#[[ also this came out much longer than I had meant for it to be 0.o ]]

[countlessrealities]

Kinda 👀 Prompts || Selectively accepting !

@mcltiples sent: [KNIFE] sender uses a knife to rip receiver's clothes { To Evil Rick from Weird Rick >:D }

There were a lot of things that Rick found fascinating about his partner. Some more entertaining, others more frustrating, but all undoubtedly worth his interest and attention. Even when he wasn't directly involved, he liked to watching, observing the other going through his motions, speeches, choices, hows and whys with the same focus he usually reserved exclusively to his experiments.

His alternate's mood were one of Rick's favourite phenomena to monitor. They were so volatile, and mostly unpredictable. They could be as explosive as the weapons the man enjoyed building or as subtle as a the light twitch of an eye. They jumped from an emotion to the other, always close to the extremes, always shying away from mildness.

He could tell that his partner wasn't being honest with his feelings whenever they were played out with strict moderation or calm.

However, this didn't mean, as one could think, that apathy was something unknown to his alternate. It was a rare show to witness, but it did happen. Just as everything else, it was deep, absolute, totalising, and it required a very special, very careful handling.

That, though, wasn't the situation at hand. Rick wasn't dealing with one of his partner's most violent moods, whether on the heated side of anger or with the ice cold quality of pure detachment. The other seemed to be in a quite cheerful mood, lively and playful, with a clear side of mischief.

And, of course, lustful too, judging by the way his alternate had shoved him into the closest wall and was assaulting his neck with his teeth and tongue. Judging by the viciousness of the attack, by the time their encounter ended, he would have sported quite the collection of bruises.

One of those hands was insistently grabbing at the front of his shirt, alternating pulling at it and pressing against his chest, as if to make sure that Rick's back would remain firstly pinned against the wall.

His partner's other hand was somewhere by his side, oddly not trying to touch him as he would have expected, and the reason for it became instantly clear when the sound of cloth ripping filled the air between them without a warning. Oh, so this was the game of the day.

The blade was so sharp that it cut through the fabric as if it had been melting butter and nicked the flesh underneath, drawing a steady red line from the top of Rick's sternum to the line of his navel. Thick droplets of blood gushed out of the wound, their warmth in contrast with the cool air of the underground hideout.

Rick's only reaction was a raised eyebrow, conveying the barest hint of judgement. He didn't mind the sting of the wound since pain had little meaning to him nowadays. If something, under the right circumstances he could even appreciate the way it lit up his nerves, forcing his whole being to feel connected, even if just briefly, with the universe that surrounded him.

In a different situation, he would have given into the urge of voicing what his gaze was already hinting at, but his partner seemed delighted and even more turned on by his handiwork. He could tell by the way the other was leaning more heavily into it, hard, hot and solid against Rick's thigh. Those hips were moving, slow and almost imperceptibly, seeking from his body a hint of satisfaction that could take the edge off.

How could he deny this pleasure to the man who owed each and every atom of him?

His features relaxed back into a more neutral expression and he let his nape rest against the wall, focusing on the feeling of that tongue teasingly lapping at the cut. His alternate's hand had slipped under the torn shirt, wrapping itself around his side, tight and possessive.

Rick's fingers found their way in the other's hair, tugging sharply at those blue locks and using them to press that face more into his chest. He wanted to smear his partner's chin and cheekbones with his blood, so that he could lick it off later.

A hum rumbled in his chest, as the knife worked to get rid of his belt and slash through his trousers, leaving behind more stinging cuts. Clothes could be easily replaced, he mused, distractedly registering the fabric falling off him piece by piece, until he was left bare for his partner's eyes to feast on.

This man who had made himself into a god and the twisted, unbreakable thread that linked them together? It was one of a kind even in a universe made of infinite realities.

#[ ic :: Evil Rick ] #&& Prime/Weird Rick #[ v. Are you sick like me? ; canon div :: Evil Rick ] #[ ʸᴼᵁ'ᴿᴱ ᴹʸ ᴼᴮˢᴱˢˢᴵᴼᴺ. ᴵ'ᴹ ʸᴼᵁᴿ ᴾᴼˢˢᴱˢˢᴵᴼᴺ :: ᴇᴠɪʟ ʀɪᴄᴋ & ᴡᴇɪʀᴅ ʀɪᴄᴋ ] #suggestive tw #[[ kind of? x'D ]] #[[ I can never tell with these two bc ]] #[[ there's no horniness involved on Evil Rick's side 0.o ]] #[[ he's there like 'was this really necessary -judging-' x'D ]] #[[ but as per usual he lets Weird Rick do whatever he wants ]] #[[ also yeah I edited another icon to fit the situation xD ]] #[[ also this came out much longer than I had meant for it to be 0.o ]] #[[ and much more...deep? I wanted to write a silly thing ]] #[[ but this is what Evil Rick gave me -facepalm- ]] #;; queue

[chemicalpink]

BTS members's reaction to their future spouse wearing their clothes....

Disclaimer: This analysis/reading is based on my experience and knowledge of astrology, it is not meant to be the absolute truth, as BTS are real people, and astrology can only capture so much about multidimensional humans that have had past experiences and cultural approaches amongst other things, it does not have to resonate with you since this is in no way related to anyone reading it (unless you are a member of BTS in which case, get out of here lol ) This is just for entertainment purposes.Remember that tarot as a form of divination only allows us to read current energy and as time advances it becomes less accurate, so it basically reads up to a 6 months period of time, which leads me to also mention that by s/o I mean any soon to be relationship or an already established relationship, indistinct of whether they are a soulmate relationship or not. Entertainment purposes only.

Warning: contains slight mentions of smut, not explicit.

KIM SEOKJIN

he feels this sort of fondness inside of him, kinda like taking a big needed gulp of air after holding your breath for too long, this man has stars inside his eyes from watching his s/o in his clothes, can’t help but think hey, maybe they look even better on them than I do (only for a split second tho) the feeling you get all warm and fuzzy inside? that’s a given in him. Ear bright red, he might not be too much into lending his clothes on a daily but he sure as hell discovers a fondness in it. There’s also this sort of… domesticity to it, like- this man wants to feel at home and watching his s/o using something of his definitely delivers that homey feeling. Apart from all that, the quote that comes up us “you deserve love” so maybe… that impulsive need you sometimes get when you wanna wrap up something cute and squish it? That's the feeling that’s most prominent here. (5oCrx, the star, the empress oracle cards)

MIN YOONGI

now this is interesting… when watching his s/o in his clothes, Yoongi has this conflicted set of feelings, overwhelmed, mainly, he truly knows how to appreciate the cuteness behind the act but he can’t help but feel kind of undeserving of it, it seems like the action starts an overthinking spiral of yeah they’re cute and all but what they do for me is so much more than I could ever give back. He kind of feels selfish by keeping them by his side, can’t really bring himself to mutter a bigger compliment that a ‘you look nice’ don’t get him wrong, he definitely acknowledges the small act of love but he’s.. carrying so much inner baggage that he can’t really look past what the scene makes him feel. (the hermit rx, 6oS, 10oC+ oracle cards)

JUNG HOSEOK

Now… Hobi is a fashion icon okay keep this in mind. He seems to be very particular of his clothes so while he knows there are no bad intentions behind it, he kinda feels itchy at the sight. It is funny though, there’s a playful feeling of surrender as he watches his s/o wear his clothes, like ‘fine okay I won’t get as itchy just this once cause you look cute or whatever’ soft smiles and warm hearts. Although he’s not the biggest fan of the action, it definitely serves to boost his ego, makes him feel like the man in a non greasy way/non toxic way, like a reassurance that his s/o is deciding to stay by his side after all. Similar to having conflicted feeling like Yoongi but from different parts from within, sure, he can’t help but think ‘oh god please be careful with that jacket if it gets stained there’s no going back’ but at the same time watching his s/o in it softens his rough edges and makes him smile even just a little. (7oWrx, 10oS, the emperor + oracle cards)

KIM NAMJOON

This man- the absolute death of me. Kim NAmjoon enjoys a good teasing. And he can’t help but keep feeling like that is exactly what his s/o wearing his clothes entails, and man is he glad to play along. Not quite exactly sexual, but more of a sensual part of it, he’s just dying to get the clothes off. Can’t keep his hands to himself (cue that one Selena Gomez song) it flips a PDA switch on him, he feels absolutely loved to the edges, has this warm feeling inside his heart that he can’t help but wonder how he got so lucky, and honestly, it isn’t frequently when people get to see his bright sunny side so it ends up being even softer than intended, he just feels so full and bursting at the seams with happiness. (5oC, the sun, ace oC+ oracle cards)

PARK JIMIN

Error 404. Park Jimin.exe has stopped working. This man loves good dramatics in his day to day and really, there’s no stopping him when he sees his s/o in his clothes, Time stops, his heartbeat is erratic, all he wants is to be their loyal servant, personal hype man at their service. Whatever it is that he was doing before? forget that completely, he's devoted to his s/o now. He gets to experience new sides of the relationship with such a simple action, like realising that he truly is head over heels for this person. There’s just a lot of loudness in this. I meant it when I said personal hype-man, would probably even go as far as to let his s/o “shop” inside his vast clothes collection ‘yeah take this and this, these would look amazing on you’ So yeah maybe he feels a tad bit insecure that his s/o is absolutely rocking his wardrobe but he can quickly get those feelings aside if it means watching his s/o just a little bit longer being the truest model there could possibly be out there. (IM SORRY I LOST THE CARDS LMAO)

KIM TAEHYUNG

This man goes 0 to 100 real quick. And don't get me wrong, he’s pretty romantic, but seeing his s/o wear his clothes? Now that’s a switch going off very clearly. Again, not in a toxic masculine way, but Taehyung is bursting with this distinctive dominating shine when watching his s/o wear his clothes, he’s absolutely on top of the world, cloud nine, and there’s no coming back down. He’s pretty playful about it, but there’s absolutely no doubt that inside his mind those clothes are currently non-existent. It’s the final nail in the coffin, the final reassurance that his s/o is his and his only, like a reminder that he is in a relationship and he’s 100% devoted to it. It does go down the traditional relationship line of thought but he’s quite a traditional man himself, so without any ill intention behind, he would really just like to show off his s/o being cute inside his clothes, a proud feeling behind when he talks about it, like a little kid teasing his friends about getting the best candy out of them all. (the hierophant, justice, the chariot)

JEON JUNGKOOK

Okay this is about to be quite a ride. As things are right now, he doesn’t seem to have a lot of tact when it comes to lovey dovey couple stuff, this man is more of a- man of deep rooted actions and sometimes cute words sprinkled on top rather than superficial actions, he doesn’t seem to find the appeal behind his s/o wearing his clothes, at least in an intended to be romantic type of way. He finds it trendy and he might just act cold about it, it doesn’t really hold a deeper meaning to him personally. Listen, he might be the type of boyfriend to ask for his hoodies back as soon as possible. If it isn’t meant to be done in a “oh look the couple sharing clothes” way, he might find his s/o cute in them, but not overwhelmingly so like many other people do. He’s just- very particular about his possessions being his. Funny inner thought that came up ‘we can buy matching shirts just please don’t steal my clothes’ (judgement rx, the tower, QoSrx)

Decks Used: the romance angels oracle cards, the prisma visions tarot

#kpop tarot #bts tarot

[tomoonine]

impression | oneus soulmate au

[son dongju] — dongju doesn’t know what frustrates him more; the fact that his soulmate met dongmyeong first, or that they met keonhee first.

soulmate au wherein the first sentence your soulmate will ever tell you is tattooed on your wrist.

Pairing: xion / reader (gender-neutral)  Genre: soulmate au, non-idol AU, fluff, humor Word Count: 2139 words

☽. check out the other members’ versions below! ravn | seoho | leedo | keonhee | hwanwoong | xion

to be honest, dongmyeong looks more like keonhee’s twin rather than yours

That sentence has been written permanently on Dongju’s skin since he and Dongmyeong turned 10

He’s thankful that his sentence isn’t super generic

Bc you know, generic sentences are going to make it hard for him to distinguish who his soulmate is

Although initially as a kid, Dongju only had one question in his head when his soulmate mark manifested on his skin

Who the heck is Keonhee???

It bothered little Dongju so much that he had to ask everyone within his vicinity if they knew who this guy was

Not a single relative of his was named Keonhee

Not even a family friend

Even Dongmyeong didn’t know who this “Keonhee” was

And asking Dongmyeong’s friends if they knew anyone proved fruitless too

Dongju wasn’t too focused on finding his soulmate at this point

Rather

He was too busy trying to find out who Keonhee was

And why he looks like his twin Dongmyeong

.....who else would even look like Dongmyeong more than himself???

But back to Dongju’s dilemma

Since his link’s manifestation, Dongju has been especially sensitive with regards to names

When he looks at his assigned section for school, he looks through the class list for anyone named “Keonhee”

Dongmyeong has even taken initiative to report any Keonhee’s he might have a chance of meeting

But at this rate

It has come to a point where Dongju sometimes forgets that

His soulmate isn’t named Keonhee,,,,

For real, it’s the only thing that goes in his head sometimes when someone reminds him of his soulmate

And it has been that way for so long

Until the magical day !

That he met !

Not you lmao

But Keonhee !

On that fateful day

It was Dongmyeong and Dongju’s first day in a local music school

They were both going to start taking vocal lessons :]

The twins were older by this time

And Dongmyeong at this point was thinking about starting a band with his friends in the neighborhood

Dongmyeong was already learning the piano that time, and he wants to explore and expand his skillset

Dongju meanwhile was just pretty chill

So their parents let him get lessons, and decided that Dongju should take some lessons too 

Bc y’know, you have to maximize that stuff, and the Son Parents were thinking like s t o n k s

And surprise surprise, Dongmyeong and Dongju get to meet so many cool people at the music school!!

The other students so friendly and welcoming

Even while they’re waiting for their turn in front of their designated room, they’re still chatting with some people

One student kept them company the entire time even after most of the community left to practice on their own

The guy Yonghoon enjoyed their company!! He was even happy to hear that Dongmyeong was forming a lil band with his friends

It was basically just a fun conversation between the three of them about music

Until the person occupying the twins’ room opened the door

Dongju and Dongmyeong look up to see a tall guy smiling at them

“Hi! The teacher said that it’s your first lesson, come in!” The stranger tells them, and it prompts the twins to go in

Bidding their new friend goodbye, they shyly enter the room

Dongju and Dongmyeong greet him, and they both introduce themselves to the stranger

“I’m Lee Keonhee!! I’m technically your senior, but I hope we can be good friends!!” Keonhee introduces himself with a happy smile, and Dongju’s face hardens

“Keonhee?” Dongmyeong questions, and his head whips fast to look at Dongju

“You!!!” Dongju yells, pointing at him.

Keonhee is confused

Keonhee is scared

“Me?” Keonhee asks, a bit terrified from the sudden outburst

Dongju hurryingly shows Keonhee his soulmate mark and points at it

“You have something to do with my soulmate!!!” Dongju explains, and Keonhee is now s u p e r  c o n f u s e d

The taller boy is just scratching his head

“Er... I’m sorry to break it to you, Dongju was it?” Keonhee sheepishly replies. “I’m not your soulmate, unless you’re the one who sent me that shopping list and homework reminder earlier morning then you have explaining to do too.”

What

No???

Dongmyeong can’t help but laugh because bro no,,, that’s not what he meant,,,,

Dongju has to clarify that 

No Keonhee, you are not my soulmate,,, 

“What I meant to say,” Dongju says “Was that I’ve been trying to find out who you were and why you looked like Dongmyeong,,,”

Keonhee stares at him, and looks at Dongmyeong. 

“You know, I can see the semblance.” Keonhee tells the two, making his point clearer by actually standing beside Dongmyeong.

“But there’s a problem...” He adds, catching the twins’ attention. “I’ve only met you guys now :0 Sorry man, I don’t think I know who your soulmate is.”

Ah right

Dongju forgot

He has to look for his soulmate

Right...

So okay, he’s finally met Keonhee, but it still brought Dongju to a bigger dilemma,,,,,,, 

Keonhee just met them both, so today wasn’t the legendary day where Dongju could finally meet his soulmate

It takes even longer for him to meet you, and it disappoints him immensely

He can’t help but feel a little bothered that destiny will constantly test his patience

And he’s a bit tired :(( He’s waited and searched for so long :(( Dongju just wants to meet you so bad :((

And he still can’t believe that you’ll meet Dongmyeong and Keonhee first

Like,,, universe why like that,,,,,,, 

On the brighter side of things though, the entire period prior to meeting you was a fruitful time for Dongju to meet the best friends of his life !

Yonghoon, upon the request of Dongmyeong and his other bandmates, joined their band “Onewe”

Keonhee, being friends with Hwanwoong and co., brought Dongju in their little friend group

And it was honestly a great time for Dongju because he finally has a group of friends from different schools and backgrounds :>

It’s so wholesome; Dongju’s friend group always make it a point to watch Onewe perform when they have gigs, and Onewe visit the open mic sessions at the cafe Youngjo’s part-timing in to either perform or watch

They’ve given Dongju great company, and it made him feel less disappointed in his failed efforts to find you

We love the power of friendship ♥

But just because he’s less disappointed about his unsuccessful attempts of finding you, it doesn’t mean he hasn’t stopped searching :(

He already knows that Dongmyeong and Keonhee are nearby, so he can say definitively that you’re also just around

Everyone in his circle of friends are actively helping him out too!! 

When they meet anyone new, they all make it a point to introduce Dongju to them

Despite the effort

It doesn’t really seem to work . 

Because no one ever replies to Dongju using those words

Until the fateful day came

The day Dongju finally meets you happens approximately a decade after his soulmate mark manifested on him as a kid

Most of the people in the group are still in college, save for Youngjo, Seoho, and Yonghoon who were either pursuing higher studies or are working

Dongju and Dongmyeong are taking courses from different departments, and they don’t take the same general subjects

Which is advantageous in a way because at least they get to meet a more diverse set of people

And thanks to that, you managed to become classmates with both Keonhee and Dongmyeong for a general education subject !

You don’t know a lot of people in this subject because you got separated from your friends who were supposed to take the same subject :( 

So you were dreading groupworks because it looked like almost everyone knew each other and would group together :(

Besides, you can’t escape groupworks no matter where you go

So when the dreaded moment arrives, you’re having trouble finding anyone to group into three with

You’re busy looking for a group that would be willing to take you in :,)

Meanwhile Dongmyeong and Keonhee are joint by the hip, looking for someone who would join their little group

It felt like d e s t i n y when you and the pair made eye contact

It was like the sun shone on both of you

And the universe timed it just right for you to meet at this very moment

So you go to them, write your names in a paper to submit to the professor, and start planning

Based on your little meeting, it appears that you guys only have the weekends available to meet without interruptions and uncertainties, so you guys adjust accordingly

Online meetings during the weekdays, and physical meet-ups during the weekend if necessary; so you spent a lot of your time doing your parts individually while consulting each other online

But the thing is

Your online consultations also ended up being a time for you guys to get to know each other and become friends !!

During that class you share with Dongmyeong and Keonhee, you guys have started sitting beside each other !!

It usually ends up w one of you making a joke and trying hard not to laugh

Or hiding your snacks from the professor and eating like ur in a buffet in class

You even started hanging out with them sometimes outside classes, you drink boba together uwu 

AND because you are a new friend of Keonhee and Dongmyeong, by tradition, you have to be introduced to Dongju and co. !!!!

PLUS ! How coincidental ! Dongju is free this weekend ! So not only can you guys be productive with your project, but you can finally meet their other friends !

Keonhee and Dongmyeong tell you to meet them at the cafe where Youngjo works at this Saturday

For a grand introduction :>

Timeskip to Saturday, you see that Dongmyeong is waiting for you outside the cafe ! He leads you the way to the table they’re working, and upon entering, you can see Keonhee at the end of the cafe waving at you

But there’s someone else sitting beside him who’s on his phone

Dongmyeong points towards the table, particularly at the new person sitting beside Keonhee. “The rest of our friends will pass by later, but I hope you don’t mind if my twin brother joins us in the mean time. He’ll be working on his own thing so he won’t bother us.”

“Twin, huh...” You trail off a little bit. “It’s fine, I just hope he won’t be distracted by our wack behavior,,,”

“Nah it’s okay, he’s used to it lol”

You arrive at the table, and Keonhee greets you. Upon sensing a new presence, Dongju looks up to you from his phone and greets you with a little bow.

Now that you got a better view of what Dongju looks like

Damn

He’s cute

You can’t believe he’s Dongmyeongs twin bc for some reason he doesn’t look exactly like him

THIS ISN’T YOU SAYING THAT DONGMYEONG ISN’T CUTE THO

But looking at the guy....

It was like he was handcrafted by a higher being who took their time molding his face to what it was now

Ethereal

Beautiful

Wow

“(Y/N), this is my twin brother Dongju. He’s from the same university as us, but he’s from a different department.“ Dongmyeong says, with a pat on your shoulder.

Your eyes dart towards Dongju, Keonhee, and Dongmyeong.

Huh.

Twins, you say?

“To be honest,” You turn to face Dongmyeong, and you turn your head again to look at Dongju’s face, and back at Dongmyeong.

“Dongmyeong looks more like Keonhee’s twin,” Your hand is pointing towards Dongmyeong, and your heel spins to shift your body to face Dongju. “rather than yours.”

Dongju drops his phone on the table, and a blissful smile blossoms on his face

“It definitely means I’m the better looking twin, right?” He smiles, and when your hand goes up to cover your mouth in shock, he can see his words etched around your wrist like a bracelet.

Dongmyeong and Keonhee have their mouths ajar at the scene unfolding

And you can’t help but laugh at how this scenario was playing out

Dongju cracks a bit and laughs along

How unbelievable

He’s no longer frustrated at the fact that you met his brother and another friend first

He’s starting to think that the universe foresaw that this blossoming feeling in his heart was worth all the wait

Seeing you this happy, with a goregous smile handcrafted by a higher being

Standing and shining in front of him, as if the universe planned this out perfectly

It surely left a good impression on him

#oneus #oneus xion #son dongju #oneus scenarios #oneus imagines #oneus reactions #oneus au #oneus soulmate au #ravn #seoho #leedo #keonhee #hwanwoong #oneus x reader #kpop scenarios #kpop memes #kpop x reader #tomoonine writing

[lilikags]

Meraki (greek) - to do something with your soul, creativity, or love. to put something of yourself into your work.

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ೃ‧₊› a b o u t  t h i s  p o s t° ➮ Pairing: Yaku Morisuke x reader ➮ Oneshot ➮ Tags: childhood friends to lovers, fluff ➮ Word Count: 1863

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Morisuke has been there for you- ever since. You've known each other longer than you can remember, and you really couldn't do much on your own without him. He's always had your back, and somehow a responsibility to take care of you whenever your parents couldn't.

It started way back when you were kids, a really young age- probably somewhere around 4. Your parents and his parents were out in the park, having a picnic. It was a gorgeous day outside- the sky painted a soft blue, fluffy, white clouds dotting the ether, a fresh breeze caressing the skin. Your parents were chatting away, about the time one of their co-workers almost set the office on fire- the outcome was not good for the clumsy employee.

You and Morisuke were left to play, the parents believing they had a good eye on the two of you. You ran around in the grass, having Morisuke chase you, and it was fun. He ended up catching you most of the time, but it was your challenge to outrun him. The two pairs of little legs ran around in the grass, with giggles to be heard along the way. It wasn't long before you tripped and fell, scraping your knee on a rock. The two of you were a bit far away from your parents, and they were a bit slow to respond. Morisuke was paying attention though, and he helped you up and walk to your parents, who treated your injury while they continued talking. Morisuke sat beside you, watching intently in an attempt to learn how to treat those so that he could help treat it in case you tripped again.

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The flu. The thing everyone gets a shot for every year. Even though you did get your shot, you still got it. 4th grade you was definitely not happy. You understood that getting a shot was better than suffering days through the symptoms of the flu from actually experiencing it. The shot was bad, but the actual flu was so much worse. You would honestly rather go to school, at least you got to feel healthy and got to talk to your friends. Well, at least you didn't have to do schoolwork today, that was one plus. You sat in bed all day, with the tissues by your bed, an ever-filling garbage can, and a high fever. It definitely did not feel nice, 0/10 would not like to experience again. At least you got to be on your ipad all day.

That afternoon, Morisuke dropped by your house. He came by with some soup, which he made with his mother after school. He asked your mom if he could see you, and she said that she'd deliver the soup to you, so that he wouldn't get sick from you. He insisted and your mother couldn't help but give into the young boy's requests, requiring that he wear a mask to prevent him from getting the flu. He happily complied with that; wearing a mask wasn't much at all if it meant to see for himself that you were okay. By then, you were already someone important to him, and he knew that, even at such a young age.

You heard the two come up the stairs of your home, the wood squeaking just a little from the two bodies walking on it. You were happy to see Morisuke come to check on you, but you also didn't want him to get sick either. You decided that you would keep your distance from him- that way, you could keep him safe while also letting him see you. Win-win situation, really.

"(y/n), Morisuke's here to see you," you heard your mother say as she opened the door. You saw your mother carry the soup, which you knew was from Morisuke himself. Your mother didn't know how to make this particular soup, despite trying several times- it always tasted a bit off. You'd often go to Morisuke's house and they'd serve you this soup or some of your other favorites; you loved the food there and you'd prefer it over whatever your mom would cook for dinner- though you couldn't go there all the time. You smiled as you saw the soup for yourself, and as you reached for it, the towel resting on your forehead slid off. You picked it up, remembering that it was there in the first place. The two of them giggled at that, and you pouted. After a bit of talking, Morisuke had been called home by his mother and he headed out, telling you to make sure you drink water and sleep well before he left. You smiled and waved goodbye, and you could hear the sound of his shoes going down the stairs.

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"Moriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii," you whined. "Help me with the homeworkkkkkkk." "Just give me a minute (y/n), just need to finish this up," he replied as he was finishing his own homework. It was about time for high school entrance exams, and teachers were piling up homework for about no apparent reason. If they could just give you less work to do when you could be studying for entrance exams, it would be great, but no, they had to give you work. You'd been stuck on one question on a science worksheet since forever, and it was the only one you couldn't figure out. It just made no sense to you, like, it had nothing to do with what the rest of the worksheet. Either 1- it had nothing to do with it and the creator of the worksheet just wanted to put it in there or 2- you were seriously completely forgetting about something. You figured it was the latter, but you really couldn't figure it out.

"Okay, what do you need help with- the science homework?" Mori finally turned to you. "I can't figure it outttttttt, it doesn't make any senseeeeeee," you pouted. He looked at the problem, "Oh, this wasn't in the notes, but the teacher did mention it earlier for a bit." You stared at the paper, trying to remember what the teacher said. You were thinking, and Mori stopped what he was about to say to let you think for a bit. After a while, you continued to stare at the paper, and he knew your mind was just blank.

"Alright, so..." he explained the topic, and even searched up parts he wasn't exactly sure himself to give you a full explanation of the question. He talked for longer than you expected, as you thought the question was simple; after all, it was only fill-in-the-blank. Yet he was probably better than your teacher, somehow answering your questions to the best of his ability, and even if he didn't know part of the answer he was trying to tell you, he'd simply search for it online, learn it himself, and explain it to you. It was a good 30 minutes before he was done, and it was quite impressive, how he taught it to you. You didn't even have that many questions; it seemed he answered them before you could ask.

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Being volleyball manager was harder than it looked- really. Contrary to what it seemed compared to other teams, they were quite chaotic, sometimes even a nightmare to take care of. As their manager, you had so much to take care of, and not being able to be taught about being a manager from any previous manager, you had to figure it out on your own, with a bit of help from Coach Nekomata. Your previous club had been disbanded due to the lack of members, so you had no choice but to join another one. You considered a lot of clubs before joining the boy's volleyball club, but you ended up joining despite Mori's advice telling you that you'd go nuts over the things they do.

He'd insisted, really insisted. He even tried talking you out of it, no matter how much he wanted to see you, he knew you might just go nuts trying to take care of them. Sometimes you came over to walk home with him, and they teased about being Mori's girlfriend, which you were not. It wasn't bad at all, kind of funny, and they didn't do much more. How bad could it be? Apparently, really bad, according to Mori. But your experience said something different, so you decided to go with it anyways.

The moment you were introduced as the team's manager, you were immediately overwhelmed with everything they were trying to ask, along with all the things you had to do as manager. It was definitely difficult, as all their attention was on you instead of practicing. Smh this is volleyball club, not (y/n) club. Sometimes you tried to copy Mori and yell at them, but all they thought of it was something cute. When they were misbehaving, about something else, they'd definitely listen to you, but when they were trying to get your attention, it was always Mori that got them to go back to practicing. You were eternally grateful for Mori for saving your sanity, else you wouldn't have any left for college.

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"(y/n), I have some (favorite food) for you. Mind if I come in?" Mori knocked on the door. "Mhm." you replied, as he opened the door and set the food beside you. You gave him a small smile and looked  back at your computer, your hands continuing to type away on the laptop in front of you. College life was a mess, though perhaps not as "busy" as high school. You were busy getting job experience, as well as doing work for your classes. It all consumed so much time, but the work was strangely fulfilling for a time when you finished it.

"Make sure not to overwork yourself; I'll be coming in later to check on you," he said, giving you a quick kiss on the forehead. Softening at the kiss, tired from working all day, you held onto his arm, signaling you didn't want him to go. He gave you a warm smile of adoration, and you buried your head into his shirt and clung onto him. The warmth was relaxing; you could feel the stress floating away. Mori smiled softly. This was so much better than writing that research paper, definitely. You could probably finish it in time even if you took a bit of time off now.

"Mhm, let's stay like this," you said, wanting to take a break from the research paper you had been working on. You had moved to the kitchen to properly eat your (favorite food), and you and Mori talked the entire time. It was probably the longest dinner you'd had, but it was definitely enjoyable. It definitely helped you with the stress of school, work, and other things you had, and you were eternally grateful that he was always there for you. Even when you did go back to working on the essay, Mori came by with a glass of water and a snack to make sure you were well-hydrated and had something to eat. Later that night, you were still working on the essay, and he came in to remind you that you should sleep. You told him that you wanted to keep working on it, and he sighed, and told you that he was going to sleep without you. Literally, you stayed at your laptop for 10 minutes, closed it, and joined him. He just has this magic of getting you to sleep. (and that was why you weren't tired in class the next day)

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Mori had been fidgety all day, and you knew why, you were just waiting for it to happen. You read him like a book; after all, you'd known each other longer than you could remember. His hand was in his pocket much more than usual, and his usual supportive nature had become a little more nervous- just for today though. You weren't surprised- actually, you found out a while ago.

"(y/n), will you marry me?" you heard the words you had been waiting to hear. You nodded and the tears came flowing out; you couldn't believe you were at this moment in time, such a special event you'd only experience once. You felt him gently slide the ring on your finger, and the two of you kissed right there. You were positively sure that this was the man you wanted to spend your entire life with. From the very start, to the very end.

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A/N: Hey guys! Lili here!! Finally got this done after,,, way too long LOL I really hope you enjoyed it and i hope I didn't mess up the ending ,,,, oops. Anyways, just letting you know ilya and take care!

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[wearesorcerer]

[5e] 8th-Level Spells

The glorious thing about 8th-level spells is that they are almost the same thing as 9th-level spells: horrendously powerful in ways that are barely limited. The limitations on 8th-level spells might be a smidge greater than those on 9th-level ones, but it’s not so much that (IMHO) it matters. (TBF, in 3.x spell levels vary by class; mass cure critical wounds is a 9th-level Druid spell but an 8th-level Cleric and Healing domain spell.) 8th-level spells have several perks over 9th-level spells despite being roughly as powerful: they’re available at a lower class level and you can use them more often (because you can use 8th-level and 9th-level spell slots to cast them). From experience and hearsay, I’m well aware that games don’t often get to the highest levels, but they can get to 15th/16th.

In other words, your choice of 8th-level spell is more important than your 9th. The 9th-level spell is the cherry; the 8th-level spell is either the whipped cream or some kind of drizzle.

Primary List

Abi-Dalzim’s horrid wilting · dominate monster · earthquake · incendiary cloud · power word stun · sunburst

That’s four boom-booms and two crowd-controls, with some CC mixed in with the boom-boom.

Abi-Dalzim’s Horrid Wilting: you violently dehydrate all creatures (except constructs and undead) in a 30-ft cube, dealing 12d8 necrotic damage (Con half; plants and water elementals take double damage). Non-creature, non-magical plants in the area wither and die instantly. This spell didn’t have an associated mage’s name in 3e, so I’m not sure where that came from. Other differences: it deals necrotic instead of typeless damage (you’re not applying what 3e would call “negative energy”), so undead and constructs are now immune to it; it deals a flat number of d8s instead of 1d6 per caster level (up to 20d6); and vulnerable creatures take double damage (makes sense) instead of increasing the die type to d8s. I don’t have much to complain about with this spell. It’s not my personal cuppa, but it sure is effective. Good.

Dominate Monster: you charm a creature, turning it into your mind slave for up to an hour. This is overall a downgrade from the 3e version (which lasted for one day per caster level and allowed you to perceive through the subject’s senses if you concentrated), but you don’t have to worry about issuing weird commands to prevent a creature from pulling a Sorcerer’s Apprentice problem -- and, well, you’re not waiting until 18th level (as you had to in 3.x) to get it. Do not pretend you are not horrifically evil for using this. “Good” in the sense that it’s highly useful and powerful.

Earthquake: This is the structural aspect of meteor swarm without the direct damage. It’s nearly as spectacular and will assuredly scare people in the area. The mun doesn’t care for the Earth element, but can still respect this thing’s power. Good.

Incendiary Cloud: a moving fireball that deals a flat amount of damage (10d8 fire, Dex half) but is effectively a DoT. Y’know, in case just blasting things to death wasn’t good enough for you. So far, so good.

Power Word Stun: target of 150 HP or less within range is stunned (no save); it remains stunned until, on each of its turns, it can succeed at a Con save. I like this spell a little better than power word kill in that there is some chance of the effect wearing off, as opposed to being an “I win” button almost regardless of level. It also affects more HP, so you’ll get more mileage out of it -- provided you don’t cast it on something with a good Con save. It’s not dominate monster levels of “I win,” but it’s also not mind control.

Sunburst: much bigger than fireball, blinds for one minute and deals 12d6 radiant damage (Con negates blindness, halves damage; oozes and undead have disadvantage on the save). Creatures blinded by the spell can save at the end of each of their turns to remove the blindness. ”Radiant” damage is a hold-over from 4e and was the term used to replace “positive energy,” which related to the plane of the same name. The 3.x version deals half as much typeless damage (bigger radius, though), ‘cuz it’s a light effect, not a holy effect. Sorcerers don’t get a lot of spells that deal Radiant damage unless they go Divine Soul and the Elemental Spell metamagic (UA variants) doesn’t let you change to or from Radiant (or any physical, Force, Necrotic, Poison, or Psychic) damage, so if you’re trying to cover your damage types, this is probably the spell for you. Unless you want sunbeam. A good boom-boom of boominess.

Cleric (Divine Soul) List

antimagic field · control weather · holy aura

Antimagic Field: magic stops working in a 10 ft. radius sphere centered on you. That means you shut down your class. Why would anyone do this? Mainly because of other casters. I WOULD NOT PICK THIS SPELL UNLESS YOU FIND A WAY OF ALSO BEING COMPETENT IN MELEE.

Control Weather: I’m pretty sure this is also an option for the Storm Soul or whatever it’s called, but whatevs. You’re Storm from X-Men. Need I say more? TAKE THIS SPELL!

Holy Aura: for 1000 gp, you can pretend to be a Paladin for up to a minute (with concentration). You and creatures you choose glow; they (and presumably you) have advantage on saving throws and all other creatures have disadvantage on attacks against them; Fiends and Undead that hit a creature must save (Con) vs. blindness until the spell ends. The effects are kinda neat, but why am I spending an 8th-level spell on this? Like, seriously, this is a second-level spell’s power. Pass.

Variant List

Demiplane: you create a permanent 30′ x 30′ x 30′ extradimensional room; every time you cast the spell, you can either create a new plane or gain access (via shadowy door) to one you’ve made or know of. It’s like having a better version of a bag of holding and a worse version of Mordenkainen’s magnificent mansion at once. The advantages over MMM (no costly material component, the space is permanent) outweigh its drawbacks. For Sorcerers who have incredibly awesome plans and/or just like planar magic.

Spells I Wish Were on the List

animal shapes · antipathy/sympathy · clone · glibness · illusory dragon · maze ·  mind blank · telepathy · tsunami

Animal Shapes: as I said about 9th-level spells, animal shapes is better for anyone who cares about polymorphing party members. There’s bound to be a Druidic or therianthropic origin at some point.

Antipathy/Sympathy: because 3.x got rid of inverting spells (a thing in AD&D), these were separate ones, so it’s good to see them as one effect. The downside is...why is this so high level? You specify a kind of creature (which sounds like species rather than type) that is affected by the spell and either wants to approach or flee from within 60 ft. of something. In real life, 60 ft. is not all that big; it’s tremendous in D&D because D&D is weird. The 10 day duration is really the only thing that justifies this spell’s level, but that’s an upgrade (it was two hours per caster level).

Clone: as I recall, this was the spell that made me realize how restricted the 5e Sorcerer’s spell list was, to my great disappointment. I’ve never used clone, but it’s a spell that’s worth using. You want to pull a Naraku? You can out do Naraku. You want to be a lich? Why would you when you can just use this spell and find a better method of gaining immortality? Such a good spell!

Glibness: This is something of an upgrade, yet not. The spell was new to 3.5; it was a Bard-only spell and third level (why it’s a Transmutation effect and not an Enchantment is beyond me), whereas here it’s 8th-level. The effects are identical save that the 3.5 gave you +30 on the check and worked for 10 min./level (which, given how Bards worked back then, meant 70+ minutes), whereas this treats your roll as a 15 and lasts for an hour. Rolling a 15 in 5e is much better than it was in 3.x given how easy it was to inflate die rolls, so the spells are roughly the same...except that this is an 8th-level spell, which is mind-blowing to me.

Illusory Dragon: other than going off of Investigation (3.5: Search) instead of Perception (Spot), this is pretty much greater shadow conjuration one level higher and with a specific thing it can do. I’d say compare it against phantasmal forces from O/B/AD&D. Still cool.

Maze: I’m assuming you can accomplish the same thing with imprisonment, but regardless, mazing is awesome.

Mind Blank: this is pretty much the best abjuration magic against spells that affect or target a creature’s mind. (I’d say that unequivocally, but I don’t know all spells in 5e.) Yes, it’s worth having. Very much so.

Telepathy: the only advantages this spell has over telepathic bond (a 5th-level spell) are that it lasts for 24 hours, you can cast it on a creature on the same plane from any distance, and it affects basically all creatures (IIRC you can’t have 0 in a stat anymore). The duration is key here, as permanency is no longer a spell.

Tsunami: I just like the idea, ‘kay?

#5e #spells

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𝐈 𝐃 𝐄 𝐍 𝐓 𝐈 𝐅 𝐈 𝐂 𝐀 𝐓 𝐈 𝐎 𝐍  /  𝐂 𝐀 𝐑 𝐃

when  sour  patch  hands  over  his  identification  card   ,   his  smile  is  as  bright  as  ever   .   he  doesn’t  hesitate  to  hold  onto  idle  chatter   ,   however  the  student  pauses   .   ❝  oh   ,   your  emergency  contact is  THE  ssǝsʎln estate   ?  ❞   he  avoids  answering   &   dismisses  the  question  entirely   .

H I S T O R Y

chanhee was born in los angeles, california. as bright as the sun that’s constantly shining, he was such an exuberant child. his father was the head butler of a wealthy family while his mother was the head nanny. his mother was so compassionate & wise, always watching over the kids with a sense of bubbly grace. his father was so unlike both chanhee and his mother. he was serious & deadpan. he had no patience for riffraff but was also rather good-humoured; just because he was grumpy didn’t mean that he was mad at the world per se.

because his parents were live-in help, chanhee grew up on this estate that seemed to stretch as far as the eye can see. he grew up in lavish kitchens and big laundry rooms. he grew up tidying up after kids his own age, mirroring his parents’ actions of doing the same thing. he was quick to pick up on the chores & routine that needed to be done. oh, it was such an endearing sight to see little chanhee attempt to carry a laundry basket that was twice his size. 

his best friend growing up was a girl just a year younger than him. the daughter of the wealthy man & woman. she was rambunctious, always messing up the perfect scene that his father always tried so hard to orchestrate. chanhee was enchanted her & always wanted to be by her side. so when she hid from her father, he would hide with her. not that it would do any good because then they both would end up giggling loud enough to give their spot away.

chanhee went to public school, unlike the kids of the estate, who all had to move to private boarding academies upstate. he was so proud of his family’s line of work, he wouldn’t stop raving about it. he was so sure that he was going to grow up to be the head butler of this wealthy family. it was his destiny, just like it was his father’s before him. he would spend his life making sure that the estate was the best it could be. that’s what chanhee wanted. 

tragedy struck when chanhee was 10. his father never visibly smiled. he would indicate he was happy through his tone of voice. his father only smiled when he was with his wife, or with chanhee, or watching a stage play. once a month, chanhee’s parents would make a date to a play that chanhee’s father has been wanting to see. that month, chanhee’s parents didn’t come home. it was an attempted robbery, they told the family. but when heroes came onto the scene, the robber panicked & killed their hostages.

chanhee had no other family. his grandparents have all passed & both his parents were only children. extended family were just about to be contacted when the wealthy wife, came into the staff’s living quarters, flung herself onto little chanhee & sobbed. she cried about how his parents were like family to her, about how they meant so much to her, how everything is going to be different now that they’re gone. she was mourning, chanhee realized, just as much as he was. so he sobbed with her. then, the wife had an epiphany.

the wife asked chanhee to come with her. they went to the wealthy husband, who was locked away in his study. he’s been in there since the funeral but chanhee wasn’t one to pry into matters he shouldn’t. the wife & the husband talked by themselves first. when chanhee was asked to come into the study, they both had such bright smiles. they were going to adopt chanhee as their own. so that he wouldn’t go into foster care & that he wouldn’t have to be far from what he knows. after all, the estate has been chanhee’s life. the family would always have a piece of chanhee’s parents with them if he stayed.

and so, he stayed. he was adopted into the family. his best friend started calling him sour patch soon after. the only thing chanhee craved for was sour patch kids, especially during the whole transition. not long after, even the help was calling him ‘master sour patch’. his newfound parents also lovingly called him so, but the expectations were that he was chanhee during lessons & gatherings. 

the transition was strange. chanhee didn’t like being kept from chores. chanhee didn’t like cooking his own meals. instead of laundry & gardening, chanhee’s time was kept busy with tutors & extracurriculars. soon, he was also being sent away to private boarding schools upstate. it seemed the only thing that was constant was that his best friend was by his side most all the time. 

sour patch realized he loved her when he was 15. sour patch was going to confess to her, even though they were adopted siblings, when they both came home for the summer. however, she also had a realization to tell him when she came home. she was a lesbian. she dreamt about girls, sang about girls, wrote girls sappy love letters that had a liquor-stained kiss mark on them. sour patch’s heart broke. but no one knows that it is. because, he never told her that he loved her, instead he decided to support her as her best friend. if he could never be her lover, then by the gods, he’ll be the best best friend he could ever be. this, however, sent them on a rocky path. 

his best friend was a troublemaker. a party monster. that summer, she came home & begged sour patch to come with her to a party. sour patch was scared about it, to be honest. he’s not meant for such raucous behaviour. he’s a little meek & a little too sugary for that. but, because he loved her, he said he’d go. because he loved her, he’d get drunk & watch her make out with some other socialite.

at 15, he became a ladykiller, a maneater, a party monster himself. because if he could never kiss his best friend, then maybe he’d kiss the girl with sparkling pink lip gloss. maybe he’d kiss the boy who lingers a little longer any time the group would have a shot together. he became addicted to the parties, just as much as his best friend was, so much that they were both staples in the socialite scene. 

his parents loved him just as much as they did their biological children. they allowed him to live this lavish lifestyle without any goal in life. because, as long as he was taken care of, they couldn’t be happier. so, sour patch never had a plan anymore. he drank his way through high school, making it just enough to be considered exceptional & with a lot of potential. he didn’t go to college, at least, not yet. he had a talent in music, so maybe he would pursue a career in that. for now, he was allowed to explore the world. which meant — party like there was no tomorrow but make it global. 

it was a night where he was too drunk to see straight. it was a night he where he was about to throw up behind a dumpster on his way back to the hotel from the bar. someone was trying to rob another bar patron. he remembered she had glitter in her hair & the robber had a gun on him. before she could give him anything, sour patch got in the way. but with no training with his quirk, drunk as a skunk, his intervention really meant that instead of her being the victim, sour patch was going to be. he was on the ground, in his rock candy position, being shot at while the other patron ran out of the alley.

it was a real hero that saved sour patch that day. a real hero that helped him. in a drunken epiphany, he remembered his destiny. to help people. he was always meant to. before, it was just the family of the estate. now, it’s people who can be saved from villains. it’s people who can escape his parents’ fate. he can help those people, if he became a hero. however, old habits die hard. he can’t just give up the lifestyle he’s living. so for now, he’s attending u.a academy while also sneaking away to party until he can’t remember a thing. until he can let go of all these old feelings, he has to learn to balance both.

S T A T I S T I C S 

POWER: ★★✰✰✰

SPEED: ★★★★✰

TECHNIQUE: ★★★✰✰

INTELLIGENCE: ★★★★✰

COOPERATIVENESS: ★★★★★

M O V E S

DROP POP CANDY: this is moreso a maneuver that he can use to de-escalate a situation or minimize damage. sour patch uses his gum form & stretches farther away, to either force his opponent to use long-range attacks or to follow him. he’ll then shoot himself into the air using the boosters on his sneakers & his gum state. he then he’ll come crashing down, turning into a jawbreaker to gain momentum. at the very last moment, he turns into his jelly state, bouncing so he doesn’t get hurt, as well as using the opportunity to disable his opponent, either by encasing his opponent while in his jelly state or sticking to them if they’re too big to be encased.

YUMMY GUMMY BEAR: sour patch becomes his jelly state. that’s it. that’s his move. because sour path is so affable, he’s often asked to participate in adverts & commercials by the hero company he interns in. so, he’ll often do a dance & sing a song while in his jelly state to support the company. because he can mold his jelly state to look like a gummy bear, this ‘move’ has been dubbed ‘yummy gummy bear’ by his peers. 

ROCKIN’ THE JAWBREAKER: he has many addendums & revised versions of this move. basically, he attempts a flurry of punches & kicks, most often in capoeira martial arts style, changing from his rock candy & jawbreaker state back to back. both states have different levels of flexibility & sturdiness, so some attacks work better in the other state. because one fight can never be the same as the other, he often improvises this tactic to best suit the situation.

C O N N E C T I O N S

dirty little secret — sour patch likes to keep his partying on a need-to-know basis. either you’re honey, who can save him from his hangover, or you’re a partier like him. but when someone finds out that he’s been sneaking off-campus, sour patch begs them not to tell the dean. sour patch says that he’s in their debt & he’ll do anything so long as the secret doesn’t get out. OPEN ( 0/2 )

bass down low — sour patch is a lothario in shy boy’s clothing. he loves the idea of love & intimacy but has just enough commitment issues for him to be a mess when it comes to romantic relationships. so, instead, he turns to drunken one-night stands. magic moments underneath neon lights or hidden in the closets of flat parties. when someone likes their bass as low as sour patch does, sour patch is sure to eat that up. OPEN ( 0/3 )

catchin’ feels — sour patch thought he could move on. he thought he could stop being a slave to a childhood crush & actually be happy with someone who loves him for him. with them, it was almost attainable. it was almost there. but it was either the drinking, or the hiding, or the noncommittal issues about his future. now that he’s doing better for himself, maybe things will change. or maybe he’s hurt them too much. OPEN ( 0/1 )

banana brain — sour patch isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. he knows that. you can’t please everyone. but like hell, he’s going to try. of course, this seems to just set them off more. it seems like sour patch is crazy for trying so hard to be friends with this person but he believes everyone deserves a chance. if sour patch can’t give them that chance, then he’s done wrong by them. at least, that’s his thinking. OPEN ( 1/3 )

#uaintro. #murder tw #alcohol tw #that's all i rlly mention but trust me sour patch has done many a things o_o #also sorry this is so long once again i luv u guys <3 xo

[comicteaparty]

June 10th-June 16th, 2020 Reader Favorites Archive

The archive for the Reader Favorites chat that occurred from June 10th, 2020 to June 16th, 2020.  The chat focused on the following  question:

How does poor web design affect if and/or how you read a particular webcomic?

carcarchu

it's a huge factor. if a comic is amazing in every way but the website or app makes it difficult for me to read i'm simply NOT going to read it. there are a lot of great series that i've put on the back burner just because the website is so annoying to navigate

Eightfish (Puppeteer)

i've honestly never run into a website so bad it stopped me from reading a comic i was interested in

carcarchu

FYI the worst comic app i've ever experienced is Aqua Kiss which I downloaded to read a single series. it's the most barebones app imaginable with no search bar. if you want to read something you actually have to manually load each calendar week to find it and some stuff are buried dozens of pages back. and to make matters worse it doesn't have a "history" or "bookmarks" feature either

Deo101 [Millennium]

The worst things with sites that I see often are 1: huge headers, and 2: laggy sites (not really site design, but its adjacent I think) Another is if the pages are too big on the screen, so you can't, for instance, see some panels all at once. Those kinds of things can really ruin a reading experience for me

carcarchu

One example of a website that is hostile to the reading experience is ZMYK which for some reason hosts vertical scroll comics but cuts them up into little pieces as if they were comic format so you can't actually scroll through the entire chapter as it was intended to

That kind of thing grinds my gears so much how can something you have to pay for be that incredibly bad

Deo101 [Millennium]

I've also seen some sites that have graphic design issues, where elements are illegible due to their color, and some have very busy and distracting backgrounds. Those kinds of things won't necessarily ruin it, but they're distracting

Eightfish (Puppeteer)

forward comic's website was doing this weird thing where the further I read the longer pages took to load. Near the end it seemed they were taking 10 full seconds. Still read the whole thing though. Reading manga on shady sites with terrible internet connection as a kid has desensitized me

Oh one comic I was interested in but didn't read because of the site: I was kidnapped by lesbian pirates from outer space. It doesn't have a website. To read it you have to pirate (hehe) copies of the archive.

It's a pretty sad story- the author was young and tricked into giving up the rights to her series

She ended up taking the site down to prevent the company from getting any more money off of it

https://rosalarian.tumblr.com/post/65353128180/its-with-extreme-sadness-that-i-announce-that-my

Here's her post about it

I think it can be a good warning message to us

Cronaj (Whispers of the Past)

For me, the biggest thing that deters me from reading a comic is if the website isn't well optimized for mobile (as someone who reads a lot on the go). This includes the images loading bigger than the page, or navigation being hidden on mobile, or glitchy scrolling, or any number of ungodly things. Also, too many ads. That'll turn me away in a heartbeat.

Deo101 [Millennium]

Yeah ads are definitely a huge turnoff for me too

Eightfish (Puppeteer)

FYI the worst comic app i've ever experienced is Aqua Kiss which I downloaded to read a single series. it's the most barebones app imaginable with no search bar. if you want to read something you actually have to manually load each calendar week to find it and some stuff are buried dozens of pages back. and to make matters worse it doesn't have a "history" or "bookmarks" feature either

@carcarchu okay i just digested this comment and wtf

no search bar is laughably bad omg

how did you even find out about it

Deo101 [Millennium]

Yeah that's ridiculous hahahaha

carcarchu

it's a shame because there are genuinely good comics on there you can't read anywhere else?? and i found it because an artist i adore did a series for it but it got AXED after only 2 chapters and after that was pretty much scrubbed from the internet. i think it's a shame because it really had so much potential and it ended before the story was really able to start

it's a screenshot from the app. you can see that it is categorized reverse chronologically by week

the point of aqua kiss is to emulate monthly/weekly style manga magazines but in app form. however i think the execution of this idea was horrendous

SteffieMusings

Oh no! It must make reading there so challenging. As for me, if the navigation is so hard to understand/pages don't load properly when you click a link or when the website's colours hurt my eyes so much I can't stay there for too long.

Shizamura 🌟 O Sarilho

Honestly nowadays most of the CMS's out there share the same basic functionality and adaptability, so it's getting harder to screw up on that. Most sites are OK, if only a bit laggy. If the site takes less than 2 seconds to load and it's not so crowded that I have to look for the comic, I'm generally good.

Erin Ptah (BICP | Leif & Thorn)

How much bad/inaccessible web design I'll tolerate is directly proportional to how much I care about the comic.

I've dropped a couple series in the middle of the archive just because they changed the site design to screw up the tracking of bookmarking sites, so I would've had to figure out an alternate way to keep track of it, and it didn't seem worth the effort

mariah (rainy day dreams)

Oh yeah, I've totally had that happen too where I was deep into an archive, had taken a reading break for a month or two, and came back to find the urls had been updated and my spot was lost it isn't so bad if a comic also has an archive page, but ive stopped reading a few stories that it would have been too hard to track down where I was.

DaeofthePast

I haven’t had to experience weird websites in a while, but I do sometimes go to an unknown website to read the comic/manga I’m looking for. Mostly what I’ve had trouble with is unnumbered chapters, of that it’s unclear where/how to start reading in general.(edited)

Like, I get to the page for that specific comic and then there’s no easy “start reading here” button anywhere

And when I do find the chapters list, I don’t know which end of the list is the beginning bc it’s unnumbered

chalcara [Nyx+Nyssa]

Is a "First page" button enough or are you looking for a "new readers start here" button? (<- is redisigning her page)

DaeofthePast

Is there a difference? :0

chalcara [Nyx+Nyssa]

hm, sometimes yes.

Some old running comics have different jump-on points (schlock mercenary for example).

DaeofthePast

Ooh I see

Well when I first go on the site, I just want to start reading so idk

snuffysam (Super Galaxy Knights)

So, I always try to read every comic that's featured in the book club all the way through. Like even if I don't particularly like the opening, or if the comic is thousands of pages long, or I don't have time to meaningfully discuss the comic, I do try to at least give the comic a fair shake by reading through the entire archive. There have been four exceptions. One was because of content (it was a gag a day comic, and the content was SO horrible for SO long that I just couldn't stand it anymore. real "punching down" type of humor). Another was because the comic was literally deleted before I could get to it. The remaining two were because the site design/organization were so awful that the comics were unreadable. One of the two comics had a custom built, hand-coded site (I assume), and it just... didn't work properly. Like the "previous" button seemingly took you to a random page, the "next" button and the "latest" button led to the same place, etc. I'm not sure the creator ever bothered to test the site. The other one used some pre-built stuff, so it was ok... but you had to scroll to the top of the page to go to the next page. Not only that, but the author was posting all their comics to the same archive - which means one page would be the comic that was actually meant to be read for the book club and the next few pages were a completely different comic entirely. And this wasn't a gag-a-day either - it was a story based comic, so the three action minimum to get to the next page made things absolute hell to keep track of.(edited)

DaeofthePast

Wow

chalcara [Nyx+Nyssa]

Uff, yeah, that sounds horrible.

Nyx+Nyssa's page is currently a barebone mess, but I made at least sure the navigation works. :/

DaeofthePast

Having the comic be deleted while you’re reading it sounds like such a weird experience lmao

snuffysam (Super Galaxy Knights)

i mean, it wasn't thanos snap style lol

DaeofthePast

Was the website gone too or?

snuffysam (Super Galaxy Knights)

it was in between days

nah the website was still there, it's just that the author had decided to reboot their comic and forgot that they had submitted it to the book club

DaeofthePast

Oh okay I imagined Thanos snap style

keii’ii (Heart of Keol)

Not really a design but a site thing: I can't do comics without an archive of some sort. On platforms like Tapas or WT, the episode list serves that purpose perfectly fine. I personally need to be able to see how many pages there are, and I need a way to go to specific pages easily. It might sound like a small complaint, but it's a big thing for me! There have been comics that piqued my interest, but once I saw that there was no archive of any form, I left forever. Sure, I might be missing out, but there are also lots of good comics out there that have accessible archives. My life isn't long enough to read them all, so I'm letting myself be very picky.

copperine

I can manage a very basic site just fine. But if a site is hard to navigate, or just makes reading the page/getting to the next page difficult - I'd be likely to give up eventually. Doesn't matter about the quality of the comic, but if it's a chore to just read it, it's going to put me off after a while

snuffysam (Super Galaxy Knights)

I will note - if you want me to actually discuss your comic in the book club, please do have an archive link, and probably a cast page too. Like the lack of one doesn't stop me from reading entirely, but I can't discuss anything without being able to look back at specific moments. (and one of those archives that just has dates doesn't count - lemme know what the chapter is!)

copperine

For example - when I read webcomics on dA, I was absolutely fine with either the author having a dedicated folder with the pages in order. Another option was to link next and prev pages in the description. But if I had to go find each next page, I just wouldn't.

DaeofthePast

By an archive do you mean kinda like a chapters list?

snuffysam (Super Galaxy Knights)

A list of all the pages, ideally

That also list the chapters somehow

copperine

Short version: if I feel like I'm spending half as much time navigating the site as I am actually reading, it's gonna get old real quick

DaeofthePast

And same copperine. As long as it’s organized well, I will probably read it

snuffysam (Super Galaxy Knights)

Like maybe you click on a chapter link to get to a list of the pages, or maybe it's just a list of the pages with the chapter names as headers

some sort of organization

keii’ii (Heart of Keol)

Yeah! (I admit my own comic's archive page isn't the prettiest, but it's 100% functional.)

DaeofthePast

I only have a chapter list so far ^^; idk how to go about getting an archive

keii’ii (Heart of Keol)

Chapter list is totally fine if your chapters tend to be on the shorter side

chalcara [Nyx+Nyssa]

I like having chapter lists around, although coding them can be a handful Not sure if to go for an archive with thumbnails or just with page numbers though.

keii’ii (Heart of Keol)

It's also workable if you also have like... a dropdown menu for individual pages on the actual pages? So it only takes 2 clicks to go to a specific page (first click to go to the chapter, second click to go to the page)

snuffysam (Super Galaxy Knights)

OH yeah, there was also a dA comic in the book club once that didn't have any next/previous buttons. However, it was a short comic - the bare minimum for getting into the book club - so I still read it all the way through. But it was pretty annoying to do so. (it was also pretty obviously a fetish comic, but that's not really relevant to the discussion XD)

DaeofthePast

I want to post by scene so I’ll be dividing chapters like “chapter 3 part 1” to hopefully that will be better

copperine

I'll always take functional over pretty

DaeofthePast

Haha I’m not sure if I want to know the comic for that one

Also what is “punching down” humor?

snuffysam (Super Galaxy Knights)

Like, the author was a straight man, and nearly every joke was making fun of people who weren't those things.

Tuyetnhi (Only In Your Dreams!)

it's like making fun of people but

copperine

Yikes

Tuyetnhi (Only In Your Dreams!)

you're intentially trying to put them down

that's punching down in my imo rip

DaeofthePast

Oh

Tuyetnhi (Only In Your Dreams!)

yeah....

DaeofthePast

Well at least I know what to call it when I see it in the future ._.

snuffysam (Super Galaxy Knights)

Like, occasionally I see a shitty joke in a comic and I keep reading because maybe the author improved (we do sometimes get comics with archives that date back decades in here) But this comic was just so consistently awful for so long that I couldn't stand it

Tuyetnhi (Only In Your Dreams!)

oof that aint good

snuffysam (Super Galaxy Knights)

Though that's kinda off topic lol

DaeofthePast

Oh yeah

So bad site design...

snuffysam (Super Galaxy Knights)

Anyway, I don't really wanna post the examples of the comics I talked about in here cuz I don't wanna call anyone out

Actually, hold on, lemme check something

DaeofthePast

I feel I haven’t had too much experience with bad site designs, but I might have just forgotten(edited)

K

snuffysam (Super Galaxy Knights)

ok yeah

so, the comic where you had to scroll up to the top of each page to click to the next one, and the site was multiple comics alternating pages that made the story rough to follow

copperine

Oof yeah having to scroll up to click next won't stop me but it is a bother

DaeofthePast

I like having the next button both on top and the bottom, even if they update page by page(edited)

It just feels convinient

copperine

Yeah same

keii’ii (Heart of Keol)

Re: punching up/down, here's an overly simplistic set of examples: billionaires making fun of poor people is punching down. Poor people making fun of billionaires is punching up.

chalcara [Nyx+Nyssa]

's good webdesign pattern for everything with continous content - e.g. blogs, web-novels, webcomics.

Ideally you have one on top, between content and comments and under comments

snuffysam (Super Galaxy Knights)

the comic that alternated storylines & required scrolling back up to go to the next page was Antibunny: http://vinnied.comicgenesis.com/d/20061002.html if you see that page I linked and click next a few times, there's no obvious distinction between the main story and the spinoff story (no, like, header change between the two, and the art style looks similar), so you can see how it'd be confusing to follow and the scrolling is just icing on the cake (it used to be even worse) the only reason I feel comfortable sharing that is because the author uploaded the comics to new sites, and fixed all those issues in the process: http://antibunny.net/

DaeofthePast

Oh nice. So they realized the problem

copperine

Aren't they in this server? Or am I thinking of another one

snuffysam (Super Galaxy Knights)

Yeah, the author is in this server

copperine

I thought so

snuffysam (Super Galaxy Knights)

Hence why he realized, because we told him that there was a problem during the book club

copperine

I'm not gonna take anything said here as a comment on anyway btw

DaeofthePast

It’s cool that submitting their comic to the tea party resulted in some good feedback :3

copperine

You love to see it!

It always makes me happy when webcomic community stuff helps people out, that seems like the ideal outcome

DaeofthePast

Yess

Tuyetnhi (Only In Your Dreams!)

i agree on that yeee

DaeofthePast

It’s like having a friend point out a spelling mistake. Embarrassing but you can live with the knowledge that your work is now a little bit better(edited)

snuffysam (Super Galaxy Knights)

Yeah kinda off-topic, but I love it when the author of the comic for the book club joins the server. Like not only does it mean that the author could join in on others' discussions in the future (pay it forward 'n stuff), but... it's just really sad when I see a comic pop up in the book club and the author seemingly forgot they submitted it.

DaeofthePast

How long does it usually take to get to a comic? :0 that they would forget they submitted it?

copperine

I always hope I can help others out or support them, and I hope they feel the same

keii’ii (Heart of Keol)

The book club had a very very long wait list in the past. These days, not so long.

DaeofthePast

And I guess if you submit a comic with a website, the people here can be your beta testers

snuffysam (Super Galaxy Knights)

what's odd is that five months ago, the wait list was six months but now, the wait list is two months y'all need to submit/resubmit your comics

DaeofthePast

I tried going to submit mine yesterday and the site doesn’t let me v.v says you’re booked for July

snuffysam (Super Galaxy Knights)

oh yeah, so it is

DaeofthePast

Maybe later :3

snuffysam (Super Galaxy Knights)

i guess Rebel doesn't want the queue to get too long

copperine

I would submit mine but I'm only at 10 pages and I believe you need to have 20 to submit

DaeofthePast

Ooh they have a minimum?

Gotta count my pages now

keii’ii (Heart of Keol)

I mean it makes sense. Hard to discuss a comic that only has the cover for chapter 1

DaeofthePast

XD

Tru

keii’ii (Heart of Keol)

"Let us dissect this cover image for an entire week"

DaeofthePast

It would be a hilarious April fools challenge

copperine

Idk I think it was 20 minimum?

DaeofthePast

shrug

copperine

@snuffysam (Super Galaxy Knights) can you shed any light on this

keii’ii (Heart of Keol)

The sign up form is where you would normally find that information.

copperine

... very good point

keii’ii (Heart of Keol)

But the form is currently unavailable, and it's possible that Rebel might change the requirement when it becomes available again

copperine

Ah

Thank you for the heads up

keii’ii (Heart of Keol)

FYI, https://comicteaparty.com/ is where the form will be available eventually

Shizamura 🌟 O Sarilho

They accept resubmissions now?

FeatherNotes(Krispy)

I def like arrows on the top and bottom of pages for sites to be more of a thing, as well as clicking the image for the next page too! Honestly there hasn't been a make or break, mainly preferences, and the most complaints i have are with the mobile formatting. I think most comics have been pretty solid in functionality that i've read, and it's clear that having their own website is becoming mainstream enough for there to be help, tips, and tricks to making it work!

mariah (rainy day dreams)

I definitely prefer if I can just click on the comic image to go to the next page especially for mobile.

copperine

Agreed!

Idk about resubmissions tho

chalcara [Nyx+Nyssa]

... Wow. I absolutely HATE clickable images on mobile, because they usually mess with the pinch-zoom.

FeatherNotes(Krispy)

i've had sites that didnt have image click throughs and the arrow..... was like SO TINY XD

chalcara [Nyx+Nyssa]

Didn't think anyone would actually like it, so... huh.

FeatherNotes(Krispy)

i kept going back and forth

chalcara [Nyx+Nyssa]

yeah, navigation needs to be bigger on mobile for safe tapping.

mariah (rainy day dreams)

Oh, re:resubmissions, I'm pretty sure you can if it's been long enough? I think @snuffysam (Super Galaxy Knights) mentioned it recently as an option. But maybe a tangent for #general

boogeymadam

i dont mind the pinch zoom being a little more difficult from time to time cause usually the clickable image is worth it to me

mariah (rainy day dreams)

Same

boogeymadam

am also fond of sites that allow left/right arrows to let you move forward and back on desktop

mariah (rainy day dreams)

Mainly it's just for like Krispy said, reading on mobile and tiny next/previous buttons.

FeatherNotes(Krispy)

ye my dummy thicc fingers prefer the click through image for sure

ohh yes Boogey that too

boogeymadam

it took me hours of googling to find the very simple comicpress option to just turn that on on my site

copperine

Mmm I do like sites that allow pinch zoom though

keii’ii (Heart of Keol)

I also prefer clicking on the image to go to the next page

mariah (rainy day dreams)

My fingers small, but still dummy T-T

copperine

It makes it easier to get a better look at the page

FeatherNotes(Krispy)

iweudhweiu Mariah XD

copperine

Especially if it's got smaller font

chalcara [Nyx+Nyssa]

nyxandnyssa has a seperate navigation for mobile that's much bigger and skipping scene select to make tapping easier.

FeatherNotes(Krispy)

I've had the hover text def bum me out for some comics, where you click the image and it just displays the text, then you gotta click the tiny next bar def killed me there

copperine

I've never had issues with pinch zoom affecting clickable images but I can imagine it would be annoying

FeatherNotes(Krispy)

but! never breaks me out of a comic for me to stop reading-! i persevere in the face of adversity XD

boogeymadam

i've never encountered a site so bad i couldnt continue reading. maybe stuff where i'd stop reading until i was less frustrated but i'd come back later.

DaeofthePast

That’s something I’ll have to consider for my site then

mariah (rainy day dreams)

I feel like Smackjeeves had a really obnoxious auto pitch & zoom before they updated most recently. I like when I can turn it off on my phone. I'd rather do it myself most of the time and let my phone try to auto it X')

DaeofthePast

I usually read on desktop more often than on mobile so it’s good to hear from other’s experiences

copperine

Idk I've never used a custom site yet

boogeymadam

same dae, except on tapas and webtoons!(edited)

comics with their own website i'll boot up my computer for a single update of

DaeofthePast

Even on webtoons I read on desktop

boogeymadam

omg your power, webtoons feels so choppy on desktop to me

FeatherNotes(Krispy)

im definitely lucky that our site got a mobile friendly version i remember the 'ol pinchy zoomz was tiresome on our site for sure

DaeofthePast

I get headaches from reading on my phone unfortunately :/

Idk what the difference is between reading mobile and on a desktop but my brain doesn’t like it

Like, I can text fine???? But reading a comic for some reason is like “no”

So yeah, comics on desktop for me

FeatherNotes(Krispy)

ohh!! it could be the close proximity!

DaeofthePast

Ooh :0 maybe?

FeatherNotes(Krispy)

i know i get motion sickness depending on how close/ far i am from screens

DaeofthePast

Maybe it’s something like that... :O

boogeymadam

whatever the reason sorry you get headaches and motion sickness from comics :'0

DaeofthePast

Every once in a while I’ll try again to read on mobile I never learn

boogeymadam

the only reason i dont like mobile is sometimes comics text is a combination of too small there and the font is hard on my dyslexia

DaeofthePast

Rip

boogeymadam

so i see if zooming in on my computer helps

DaeofthePast

The lesson here is that it’s good to have both mobile and desktop options

boogeymadam

yep :'D

FeatherNotes(Krispy)

ohhh yea def agree. I know that feeling and i sometimes ... have a Time reading my own work XD (i admit it lol!!)

boogeymadam

sometimes my own comic is hard on my dyslexia for The Effect so i never have hard feelings with other comics

copperine

(brb)

FeatherNotes(Krispy)

ewiudhiwue the things we do AT WHAT COST XD

DaeofthePast

Asdfghjkl

Meanwhile I use the same font for everything

boogeymadam

wait im gonna generalize this more so it can be a party

DaeofthePast

Please post that on pillowfort so I can reblog it

boogeymadam

you can post it for yourself if you want dae!

i'm having a hard time logging on asdfgjh

DaeofthePast

Rip sure

copperine

Ah see I have both

Because hand lettering

It's great for feeling right for a comic but also eternally wondering if it's readable

DaeofthePast

Ooh yeah I guess that would count as both

What’s your comic btw :0

Wait, we’re supposed to be talking about website design right

keii’ii (Heart of Keol)

Yep! If it gets too off topic, you can always continue in another channel that's more fitting.

copperine

Ah sorry! Sure thing

sssfrs (JOE IS DEAD)

Mobile is too small for me

DaeofthePast

Yeah

FeatherNotes(Krispy)

(oHHMYYGOSH BOOGEY XD)

boogeymadam

mm archives were mentioned already, and how it can really turn readers away to simply not have one at all? my favorite archive is https://www.vaingloriouscomic.com/comic/archive 's but i've seen some where they attempted an all picture archive and it backfired by just being a page of all empty boxes. this didn't deter me from reading it and it got fixed pretty quick tho~ mine is one of these and its a very chonky slowmoving page cause i uploaded the first 90ish as fullsized pictures. nobody's ever complained so idk if it's ever deterred anyone from reading but i know i gotta fix it someday.(edited)

sssfrs (JOE IS DEAD)

I really dont mind any kind of web design in particular though tbh. I prefer desktop sites but it’s fine if the design isnt great

DaeofthePast

Have you guys ever gone to a comic website (for a single comic) and the colors used in the background were so bright that it felt like they were blinding you to the point it was hard to read the actual pages?

sssfrs (JOE IS DEAD)

My archive is down right now becayse it broke and I dont know how to fix it lol

FeatherNotes(Krispy)

i def want a fully view-able archive but we're gonna be hitting 800 pages and i dont know how well that will work XD

sssfrs (JOE IS DEAD)

But I have a navigation bar now

boogeymadam

u could have multiple pages of archive, krispy!

i'm starting a new page for chapter 2

sssfrs (JOE IS DEAD)

Or dropdown menus

boogeymadam

but its probably important to have a dropdown if u have more than 1 page, yeah

mariah (rainy day dreams)

I want to switch to picture archives, but I haven't found a good plug in/way to get my word press to do it :( if anyone has recommendations...

sssfrs (JOE IS DEAD)

I wish I knew how to make dropdown menus

FeatherNotes(Krispy)

i'll have to bring that up ! we dont do the tech work for our site ( thank gosh seriously) but i love archives that show full pages

sssfrs (JOE IS DEAD)

If I could make dropdown menus I would be unstoppable

copperine

I miss the drop-downs on SJ

boogeymadam

i feel like dropdowns are smth i pretty much only exclusively see on hiveworks comics

i wonder what their secret is,,,

sssfrs (JOE IS DEAD)

I’ve inspected the elements on so many hiveworks sites lol

I want to know

Tuyetnhi (Only In Your Dreams!)

they use word press I think

for their comic sites

just have to do some digging with the site html and csss

copperine

Right click and inspect maybe...

sssfrs (JOE IS DEAD)

Php stands for my Personal hell pit

FeatherNotes(Krispy)

if i could go undercover for yall i would XD

boogeymadam

also!! @mariah (rainy day dreams) i use elementor for mine

its not perfect and breaks like every time i update it but it works asdfg

chalcara [Nyx+Nyssa]

... I'm currently writing a sparkling fresh wp-plugin for my page (comic easel wasn't doing what I wanted), but I am also a software dev who enjoys coding.

sssfrs (JOE IS DEAD)

My template I use functions in mostly php and xml and its gibberish to me but functions so well I dont know how to improve it to have specific things I want

Tuyetnhi (Only In Your Dreams!)

my knowledge with site design is basic at best lmao

chalcara [Nyx+Nyssa]

wordpress is a bit special in that it does most things more complicated than strictly necessary.

Tuyetnhi (Only In Your Dreams!)

but I do like fiddling with stuff

^that too lmao

FeatherNotes(Krispy)

I know Shiza of osarilho is really good at web designing? she's made some beautiful work with her site!

boogeymadam

i want to ask shiza for more help but not before i have some money to pay her :')

she's helped me a lot already

sssfrs (JOE IS DEAD)

I can do html and css at the babiest level

mariah (rainy day dreams)

I'll check that out Boogey, thanks! Even if it does break X') And I guess I'll just make a note to start stashing money to hire shiza XD im definitely at the point where my site needs a general face lift, but I don't have the spoons for it.

boogeymadam

imo i've made some really pretty pges with it. it's a drag and drop that's excellent at galleries, but it doesn't like when you don't have even rows for some reason

the wordpress plugin, Elementor, i mean.

copperine

I've been wanting to try comicpress for ages

I just don't know where to start

mariah (rainy day dreams)

I'm gonna move over to #shop_talk for my response

copperine

I had someone who was gonna help me out but we lost contact so it's on the back burner

boogeymadam

OOPS yeah

copperine

But for websites in general I prefer to have one that feels very basic than one that feels too busy or crowded

I'm not a graphic designer at all lol

If I do try an independent site I'm planning to pay a coding friend to help me

DaeofthePast

yeah i have no idea what I'm doing when working on my site, it's kinda basic, but at least it looks nice

copperine

I just use a premade theme on my ComicFury site

It works and that's good enough for me so far

Oh I guess the other thing that would put me off reading a comic is if the site isn't formatted for mobile, and/or particularly if the site doesn't have adaptive formatting

Tuyetnhi (Only In Your Dreams!)

same, but editted it hard core so it looks like it's own thing lmao

copperine

I usually read on my phone because my computer is where I work so I like to get off it for hobbies

Tuyetnhi (Only In Your Dreams!)

but for me uh i guess mobile i try to read it either on tapas, webtoon or its own site

I find just clicking the page to the next one helps me a lot lol I don't do a lot of zooming

copperine

Mmm

copperine

It's personal preference a lot tbh!

sssfrs (JOE IS DEAD)

I like my comuter because its big

copperine

Valid

Mine is not

Shizamura 🌟 O Sarilho

did anyone talk about paying me please you don't have to do that

copperine

Idk but you can pay me

Idk what for but

I'll take money

mariah (rainy day dreams)

I absolutely would have to if you made my site awesome X') work is work, and you should be paid for it

Shizamura 🌟 O Sarilho

fair enough

Just send me a DM whenever you're up for that and lemme take a look at what you already have

sssfrs (JOE IS DEAD)

I would hire someone to do web design for me but I dont have the funds & I dont wnat to make someone do work for me for free

sierrabravo (Hans Vogel is Dead)

I've been meaning to set up my own website for a while now, since the collective i was originally hosting my webcomic with kinda fell apart, but it's so much work and i'm hella intimidated :'''D

copperine

@sierrabravo (Hans Vogel is Dead) there's been some related discussion in #shop_talk and I believe @boogeymadam might be able to advise (I'm sure others can too but I'm going off the convo from earlier)

Shizamura 🌟 O Sarilho

@sierrabravo (Hans Vogel is Dead) depending on how much it is I can help you out

RebelVampire

Admin Reminder Remember this channel is for experiences as a reader first and foremost, so #shop_talk and #general are better if you want to discuss your own stuff.

DaeofthePast

thank you for the reminder :3

RebelVampire

I would say poor web design is something I have a complicated relationship regarding webcomics. On the one hand, outside of a site being 100% completely broken, I'm willing to sit through a lot to read. So in terms of affecting whether I read a comic the first time or not, there isn't much to say there. But it does affect how engaged I am with the comic. Cause if I can't easily go back to re-read a page, easily find things like character names, have to deal with extreme lag cause the host is garbage, have to deal with eye bleeding color schemes, etc. you can bet your bottom dollar 1 time is all that comic is going to get in terms of reading it. I can only subject myself to so much, and if I don't feel like reading a comic again because of the site itself, I'm going to quickly forget it in favor of comics whose sites don't make me cry. I do give more leeway to sites created by creators in many respects. But professional bigtime hosts like Tapas or Webtoons literally have no excuse for some of their garbage design choices. And some of their design choices are super duper garbage.

DaeofthePast

that's true yeah, there's a big distinction of the quality expectations between sites by small creators and those of big companies like Webtoons

RebelVampire

At the same time, though, I know from first hand experience that poor design choices are literally influenced by user data for bigger companies. So for every decision I consider stupid- at the same time they probably did the AB tests that showed crappy design A had better results for their conversion rates than user friendly design B.

keii’ii (Heart of Keol)

Which boggles my mind

I wonder if there's some kinda causation-correlation thing going on that the A/B tests could not detect accurately

boogeymadam

Rebel mentioned sites that have eyebleedy color schemes and I'm in the same boat; will read the comic, just will be turning down the screen brightness a looot. Sites that have a huge space of extremely neon background that distracts from the comic make me reluctant to read on the site, and I'll look for a mirror before trying. That white background of the 2 big comic hosting sites can at least be affected and turned dark by nightmode when needed, while nightmode doesn't work on half the bright comic sites I've tried it on. u-u

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[dracjoonie]

BTS Reactions ~ Date Night~[Hyung Line]

I’m actually posting content!?!? ik, right?? And its a long one! This has taken me all month to finally finish, so I hope it turned out good <3  Now to see how long Maknae line takes me...

Links and m/l in my bio~ 

𝕊𝕖𝕠𝕜𝕛𝕚𝕟

Date nights are in stone for him. Every Thursday night his schedule was cleared for you and if something came up it’d better get cleared or he would have some words. Same goes for you. Oh, your friends thought it would be nice to go to a movie with you on a Thursday night? That’s cute, better pick a different day though. Oh, your boss needs you that night? Ya, no. They better get someone else. And if they have a problem they can take it up with him. 

Some weeks date nights would be the only time you both would have the chance to see each other, so that alone would make him very insistent about it. I think hes the type to really value time together, so he would cherish the nights you had and would do what he needed to to make every one special. In his own way of course. They would start out early, maybe 5pm or earlier if you were both free. He would bring you to his apartment so you both could deescalate from all the chaos of the week prier, he would have groceries delivered so the both of you wouldn’t even have to leave if you didn’t want to. Sometimes he would cook, or you both would cook together. Other nights you would splurge and he would take you out to dinner somewhere nice. Somewhere with a gorgeous view and expensive wine. I feel like he wouldn’t be insistent on “dressing for the occasion” if you were both tired. He’s Jin, he could wear sweatpants to a 5 star restaurant and no one would bat an eye. And he would still call you beautiful if you showed up in pajamas and messy hair. 

Whether  you decided to stay in or not he would make sure you had both eaten until you were full and content, wanting to take you back to curl up together on the couch. You would watch something silly together, maybe some bad horror movies, anything you didn’t have to pay too much attention to because you would most likely be talking through it anyway. Talking, wrestling, lots of tickle fights, with sweet kisses in between. Every moment would be carefree with him, every Thursday becoming your weekly getaway from the stresses of real life.  And he would make it a point to be like that, real life could start at midnight and you could talk and rant about your lives then, but Thursdays were vacation. 

I also don’t see him letting you leave until morning, whatever that entailed~

𝕐𝕠𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕚

I doubt he would even call it date night, but that’s what it would be. I see it being spur of the moment, never planned longer than a week in advance unless it was a special occasion. Or unless he planned something in secret. I see it being really casual as well. It could even be the both of you running some errands and grabbing a bite to eat, but you would be together. Whatever you could work into your busy schedules. Sometimes if it was an off day you both had he would want to just sit around and do nothing, but would be more than pleased if you were willing to sit around and do nothing with him. 

And I mean nothing. As soon as you were over you would just laze around in his room, never leaving it if you didn’t have to. You might curl up with a laptop on his bed in a pillow fort while he online shopped or something. Listening to a playlist you both put together, breaking away from your devices to chat occasionally. You would both order some delivery and just hope that someone else was home to bring the food to his room so you wouldn’t have to venture out and be social. Some time into the day you would have fallen asleep; all curled up by your laptop, and he would wake you by dragging you into his arms and playing with your hair.  He would tell you how much it meant to him to just be able to spend casual time together with you, even if you weren’t really doing anything.

But on a night out things would be different. You both would go somewhere classy ™.   Classy and quite, probably on an off day too. You’d both sit in a corner by a window so you could people watch in peace. You’d sit and gossip and throw shade for hours over several glasses of wine. He’d tell you about how the wines he was picking were made, or even about the furniture or architecture in the restaurant. I feel like it’d be mostly him talking on a night out, all with his hands (especial after the wine) and he would just be living off of your reactions, however small they might be. 

ℍ𝕠𝕤𝕖𝕠𝕜

(I just reallly wanted to use this gif, and I may have been overly inspired by it. Oops xD) 

I feel like he would be the most planed. If its gonna be a date, its gotta be a DATE. Any other night you two were together could be casual, but once he had time on an excuse to go all out that’s exactly what he would do. I could see him making reservations for some place that’s super difficult to get into (I mean not for him cuz hes J-fucking-HOPE but~) Some place you’ve gotta count the 0′s next to the prices to be sure you read that right. He’d already prepare for you freaking out about not owning anything nearly lavish enough to be seen in a place like that. He’d just tell you to go open your closet and once you did there would be this brand new outfit for you, shoes and all. It’d be something booshie like Versace, Gucci,  Yves Saint Laurent etc. He’d take the price tags off so you couldn’t freak out about how much he was spending too, probably also rummaged through your closet months ago just so he knew your sizes. I see him renting a car for him to drive you rather than a driver, something sporty. Once you parked; valley, He walk you down towards the front entrance, his hand at the small of your back. It’d be so godamn fancy that paparazzi would be snapping pictures, and there would be plenty of other celebrity’s around. Probably poses for the cameras, spins and dips you to show you off because he would be proud to be spotted with his s/o so publicly. 100% gonna check the headlines to see the pics of you two once you both ordered.

But most nights you two would just goof around, maybe go to a karaoke night, or go shopping together. Maybe grab some burgers and head over to the company building so he could show you some dances he had been working on. Probably scream with you being extra competitive in an arcade until they kick y’all out at closing xD

ℕ𝕒𝕞𝕛𝕠𝕠𝕟

Date nights? Nononono. Date Days. Most days I don’t really see him being that into planning either. Prefers to pick a general destination and lets things progress “organically” from there.  I see him showing up at your door on your day off with a couple of bicycles he rented. Maybe a cute bouquet of flowers he may or may not have dropped a couple of times on the way over.  You would usher him inside and ask him how he even got all the way to you with two bikes and one free hand. A story for the ages. After you put the flowers in a vase and kissed him thank you he would already be dragging you towards the door, not wanting to wast any time. He already would have a destination in mind, somewhere quite on the outskirts of town a few miles out. Somewhere you could sit and enjoy the scenery, but close by to some local shops and restaurants he would be excited to visit. You would take the long way there, biking side by side through back neighborhoods and parks, maybe stopping by a lake to chase the birds and goof around in the water while looking for fish. 

Once you arrived you would ditch the bikes and stroll around through town.You would shop around and find a bunch of unique jewelry and clothing you would both be dying to add to your collections. Might have to hold him back from buying too much. Mid afternoon he would take you to a nature sanctuary. You would sit out in the grass by a stream among all sorts of trees and flowers. He would hold your hands while you lay back and talked for hours, watching the clouds and just enjoying how peaceful it was. He would share his thoughts and feelings, probably spilling his heart out to you and letting it be known just how much he appreciates the time you had. Once it got dark you would go back into town and find a small restaurant to eat at before heading back home. The way back would be just as care free, basking in the moonlight and watching the stars and headlights passing by. Probably stays the night at your place, and asks for your help returning the bikes come morning~ 

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[unofficialxstyles]

(Left) Hooked-A Gym Rat Drabble 

“You and me? Exercising? Bad idea. One of us always ends up injured,”

Instead of taking my words seriously, however, Harry chuckled. It was a laugh that lightly shook his body as he took my hand and placed it over the ice pack to hold it in place. He then reached for my other hand to undo the gloves and the wrap.

Nothing could have prepared me for what unfolded next.

The minute the entrapment was off, I could smell what I assumed to be a landfill of accumulated sweat.

I wanted to hurl.

(thank you @thatoddpanda for the idea!)

All my life, I guess I was privileged because I had never been to a landfill.

However, I knew that if for whatever reason I ended up in one, it would probably, most likely smell just like these.

“It smells terrible, Styles. I’m not going to wear it,” I flatly refused, staring at his outstretched hands in ill-disguised disgust.

That sounded like a mouthful to say in my head.

Harry rolled his eyes, as if I had just casually announced that I was allergic to chocolates.

“Come on, Rob. You know you need to wear them. You’d hurt your fingers otherwise,” he pointed out, his tone almost pleading despite his show of mild contempt over my initial refusal. I shook my head no and he let out a huge sigh. “You either wear these or you could go home and take yours. You decide,”

This time, it was my turn to offer a ceremonious eye roll.

“Or…we could just pretend this day never happened and come back another day. I checked and Louis has exactly two spaces in his class-which I’m sure he would be more than happy to offer,” I suggested with a wink. “Even if it was all filled up, he could conjure up a bicycle from thin air, no problem,”

Of course, conjuring really translated into Louis forcing someone else to abdicate their right to a seat by politely telling them that they had the wrong shoes on. I would not put that past him because I myself have been the subject of Louis’ humiliation after I was a no-show at an already accepted invitation to play arcade games. I had not gone because I thought I’d spare him the sympathy-I was terrible at games and all its forms.

“But I booked the boxing ring,” Harry was relentless in his pursuit as he now, suddenly, inhaled boldness and thrusted the black gloves towards me. “And you agreed,”

“Seasons change, dinosaurs went extinct and I do change my mind,” I pointed out. I shook my head as a final indication that there was no way I was going to compromise and bent over to reach for my phone and water bottle. When I came back up and was once more face to face with Harry, he had pulled out the look he knew by then I could never say no to.

It was the look the devil gave when he knew someone was about to sin.

The Universe and all its entity hated my guts, that much I knew.

“What,” I stalled, taking a step back in a feeble attempt to stop his advances.

“Come on, you know I’ve wanted to box with you since the first day I caught you spying-“

I held up a hand to cut him off.

“I was not spying,” I corrected him gently. “You were in my line of vision,”

Harry nodded.

“Right, right,” my potential sparring partner waved a hand dismissively.  “Come on, do me this favour, please? It’ll be fun. I’ll use my wrap too so it wouldn’t be too bad. Please, Robin,”

Harry’s green eyes bored into mine then, searching them for answers and letting me know he would genuinely be hurt if I told him no. I waited two heartbeats to steel myself to stand my ground, to fight the urge to say yes and to internally insist that this was bad idea.

But alas.

“Fine,” I caved. “I hate you, by the way,”

Grudgingly holding my hands out with my palms facing upwards, Harry’s glee was unmistakable as his fingers dug into his pockets only to re-emerge with a ball of cloth that he easily undid. He fitted a small loop onto my thumb and expertly weaved the now stretched out material across my hand. As his fingers danced along my now cloth covered skin, I found myself staring intently at the t-shirt he had on, reading the words over and over again as a method to distract myself from staring at Harry himself-focused eyes, intently furrowed brows and all.

I continued to remain quiet as he went on to do the same to my other hand and I briefly wondered just how many girls he had boxed with in his lifetime. When he finally began fitting the pair of Smellies onto my now seemingly secure, wrapped arms, I gathered the courage to ask.

“Just how many girls have experienced the horror of boxing with you?”

Pleasure.

Of course I meant pleasure.

Harry pursed his lips and did not answer right away as he strapped the velcro on my wrists tightly.

“Just you,” he shrugged. Briefly, his gaze was cast in my direction for the first time in the last three and the half minutes, as if to gauge my reaction.

I scoffed.

Harry strapped my other hand.

Somewhere in the distance, someone gave a victory cry as they lifted their weights worth in metal.

“It’s true,” Harry assured. Finally, with both gloves fully clad in my hands, Harry hit the knuckles to ensure they were truly snug before moving on to put on his own gloves. He did this quickly and in no time, we were in the ring.

Naturally, Harry looked like a professional boxer despite his hair being pushed back with a hairband, those ghastly green shoes and even more so when he immediately assumed his stance-hands raised to cover his face, legs slightly apart and knees bent.

I was going to get beaten into a pulp.

Had it not been for the lure of another strawberry cheesecake non-date at what was now our favourite hangout, I would have bailed the moment I realised, three stops away from the hell hole, that I had forgotten my gloves.

“You ready?” Harry prompted when he saw that I was obviously re-thinking my decision instead of assuming my stance.

“Mmm,” I mumbled, then shifted slightly.

The two of us began circling one another and I suspected that had I been any other person but a girl who was clearly upset about the potential of her hands smelling like landfills after a torturous battle, Harry would have long kicked my ass. Looking back, I would have been fine with going in circles, too, but I started to get dizzy so I supposed starting somewhere was better than none.

I jabbed.

Harry easily anticipated the move and raised his hand in a blocking move.

I went for a right uppercut and managed to deliver a mild blow to his chin. Harry lightly stumbled backwards, blinking, wide eyed at the unexpected move.

I smirked.

I did John and my parents proud.

“That was nice,” he commented, but did not wait a second longer to send a low kick flying against my abdomen. I wheezed but then recovered, switched my legs and threw a kick-aimed directly at his thigh.

Let’s now take yet another moment to celebrate because I had no idea what came over me at that moment.

I mean, I had never been that coordinated in my life.

Robin-1, Universe-0.

Easily, however, Harry caught my calf and in the briefest of moments, offered me a smile that paled the sun (read: bright). Akin to that of the most cheesy, cringe worthy, cliché romance scenes of my rom-com database, our eyes locked.

That was all it took for my demise.

Harry swiftly took a step back, his hand running the length of my calf before it held onto my ankle and with only a slight force, Harry nudged my leg. It sent me spiralling out of balance and I let out a yelp. In no time, I found myself hip first on the ground of the boxing ring.

It did not help that I was certain the thud could be heard within a three-block radius.

Rage and embarrassment must have fuelled my next move because under no other circumstances would I have gotten on my feet that quick, giving a jab and cross whose force would have rivalled a plummeting roller coaster.

Then again, perhaps it played better in my subconscious.

Harry caught the first punch easily, then the second and in less than a heartbeat, closed the space between us. We were both panting by then, eyes wide as we tried to process what had just happened.

I hated-no, absolutely hated, being in proximity to Harry Styles because when I was this close to him, I could see that his eyes actually had little flecks of gold in them and his hair smelt like bloody roses and he had a little mole by the left side of his lips that was so easily missed when people did not pay enough attention.

And it also reminded him of the weight of what I felt for him.

As soon as it hit me, I pulled away by yanking my hands from him and taking a couple of steps back. Harry seemed to snap out of a trance, too, as he blinked a few times, then curiously looked at me with his head cocked to one side.

“That was good,” It was Harry who spoke first, breaking several beats of silence. “John taught you well,”

I only nodded absently because in all the times John had been in the ring with me, I had never gotten up that quickly. It further convinced me that in the quickest of moments, my soul was replaced by a famous, swash bucking hero.

“Another round?”

I shook my head.

The earlier, momentary adrenaline had faded away and somehow, my hip was starting to hurt- a sure sign of a nasty bruise I was going to have to nurse.

Harry caught on.

“Your hip okay? It was a pretty bad blow. Let me get some ice,”

Without so much as waiting for a protest that I had already partially formulated, Harry had his gloves off and was off in the general direction of the counter. He came back to me sitting on the ground, legs propped up in a V shape and gloved hand rubbing at the sore spot slowly,

Gently, Harry sat down next to me and urged me to tilt my body a little. Through the tights I had on, Harry pressed the ice pack against the spot I was rubbing at moments before and held it there.

I pouted.

“You know. Maybe me and you and exercise is not a good idea,” I mentioned casually. I knew right then that the both of us began having crude flashbacks of terrible incidences run through our minds-me punching his jaw, him falling over while we were on a run together, stumbling when we lost our balance doing a squat challenge and now this.

Harry looked up.

“What?”

“You and me? Exercising? Bad idea. One of us always ends up injured,”

Instead of taking my words seriously, however, Harry chuckled. It was a laugh that lightly shook his body as he took my hand and placed it over the ice pack to hold it in place. He then reached for my other hand to undo the gloves and the wrap.

Nothing could have prepared me for what unfolded next.

The minute the entrapment was off, I could smell what I assumed to be a landfill of accumulated sweat.

I wanted to hurl.

During my preoccupation with nasty smells, Harry mumbled something I could barely catch.

“Eh?” It was my turn to assume the role of confounded companion.

“I said it’s not necessarily a bad idea, Rob,”

I grimace. “What? You mean me and you and exercise? How is it not a bad idea, Harry? We keep-“

“You just have to stop falling for me,”

I gaped.

Harry smirked then purposefully placed his hand atop mine on the ice pack and lightly pressed onto my wound.

When I cursed, aloud, in protest, Harry shushed me with hand over my mouth-eyes crinkled up in a smile so wide, his dimples indented his cheeks.

How, I wanted to ask.

How do I do that?

#1dff #harry styles au #harry styles drabble #harry styles blurb #harry styles fanfiction #gr: drabble one #idek it sucks man but #LMAO #gr

[softstraykidsimagines]

English Lessons

Summary: Hyunjin falls in love with someone who’s moved to Korea to teach English.

Requested: yes 

Pairing: Hyunjin x reader 

Genre: just plain FLUFF 

Word count: 2,112k

A/N: This turned out WAYYYYY longer than I expected it to be phew! But it was still a blast to write! 

Also, I know the name of the posts sucks but I couldn’t think of anything good -.-

You had just moved to Korea to teach English to those who wanted to speak more fluently. It was a great job opportunity and you wanted to learn about the culture that the country possessed as well.

Your parents didn’t fully understand why you wanted to go to Korea to teach English. Why not go to a country that was closer? But they accepted your decision and within a few months of getting you qualifications, you were unboxing your stuff in a cute cozy apartment.

It wasn’t much. You might be able to pay for a slightly bigger one once you start getting a decent income, but for now this space was purely for eating and sleeping in.

Which meant that you spent very little time there, and a lot more working.

Even if it was at a cafe, trying to find new ways to help people to learn quicker in lessons, you spent a lot of time out and about, carrying most of your work in your laptop.

One day, you were calmly typing away on a bench in a peaceful park, enjoying the soft sunlight.

Then you heard something. Something different.

Something you couldn’t hear on a regular bases.

Live music.

You hadn’t gone to any concerts recently, the the wonderful tune of notes in the air drew you naturally to a rather large gathering of people.

You managed to watch through the heads of the people in front of you.

And what you saw was magical.

Nine boys, all relatively young, were singing, rapping and dancing for the crowd.

You felt very impressed by the skill of what they could pull off. Their dancing was neat and precise, their rapping had emotion, and their singing was perfect. It was mesmerizing. 

And then, someone caught your eye when a new song came on.

The one who seemed to be the leader announced that the next song was called Grow Up. It had a pleasant tune: soft, kind, reassuring. You were immediately interested.

The boy who had first caught your attention started rapping. But it wasn’t aggressive. No, it was a comfort, it was a gentle speech that brought warmth to your heart.

“It’s okay to fall over for a little. I’ll catch you, are you so worried? No no no. It’s only the start. It’s ok, it’s always like this at first. It’s normal like this, even adults when they were our age. We make mistakes and grow up with them. There are still many firsts for us. It’s okay, we can just grow from our experiences, don’t cry”

Did he just look at you when he finished? You must have been imagining it. But you had felt it, that electric shock when someone stares you in the eye. 

What had you seen in his eyes when he had rapped his part? Anger? No. Sadness? Yes, melancholy. A silent suffering and a cry that not even his comrades could pick up. What had made him feel like that, to rap that part almost in tears? You weren’t sure. But you soon realized he had looked at you, saying ‘Don’t cry’ because that’s exactly what you were doing.

You wiped the tears away as quickly as possible. You never cried in public. Much less unconsciously. But there was something in that song, in the boy’s voice that hit you in the heart, and if someone had punched you there.

You decided to leave. You didn’t know what had happened during that song, but you didn’t want it to happen again.

You went back to your bench and opened your laptop again. What had I been doing before that music? Before that boy...? You shook your head violently. Get it together. You started typing again, slowly, your mind wandering as soon as you stopped concentrating even a little bit. He was so different... You finally stopped trying to write with a huff. That boy was becoming a nagging thought in your head and it was beginning to piss you off.

You decided to stop trying to work and just relax. Clear your head, maybe get a coffee later, and it’ll be as if nothing happened.

You sat for a while, just staring at the blue sky, listening to the birds, the breeze and distant traffic. The music had stopped, which disappointed you. You wanted to hear more, hear the boy again—

“Excuse me?” You look up in shock. Your mind had drifted so much that you didn’t even realize that someone had come up to talk to you. And when you saw who it was, you heart did a backflip.

It was him. Standing right in front of you.

He was taller than you first thought.

He had his hair parted to the side, held with hairspray. It suits him. He must be a professional performer. He was wearing relatively casual clothes, but somehow they looked completely original on him. You noticed a small mole just under his left eye, which was shining with kindness.

You were flustered to say the least.

His eyes suddenly went wide.

“Are you.... ummm....  not from here?” He asked in English. His accent was actually quite good, it surprised you. “I can speak a little English if you want”

You finally startle out of your daze. “Oh! No, no I can speak Korean, sorry. I teach English here” you smile kindly at him.

What was he doing talking to you? He must have better things to do than speak with someone who watched him perform. You were stumped. Then the boy switched back to Korean.

“Phew. I’m not good at English, I can only speak a few words” he chuckled. “Our leader, Channie Hyung usually tries to teach us, but he’s no professional.” He looked at you intently. “Maybe... you could teach us? If you’re willing to of course!” You noticed his ears were turning pink. Cute.

“That sounds like fun”, you answer. You weren’t about to turn down another job offer; the more the merrier! “Pass me your phone and I’ll give you my number”. He fished in his pocket and gave you his mobile phone. You quickly typed your number in and gave it back to him.

“Thank you!” He says, beaming.  You couldn’t help but be intrigued by this kid. He seemed to go out of his way just to talk to you.

“OH I’m Hyunjin, by the way” he realized that he’s not even introduced himself.

“I’m y/n”, you giggled.

“YO! Prince!!” came the yell of a shorter boy from the group. “We need to scurry, or were gonna miss the meeting with JYP!”

“Coming!” He yelled back. “It was nice meeting you, y/n and I hope I see you again soon! Bye!” He sprints off with his companions, trying to fight one of them off as they tackled him in a hug.

What is with that kid? You ask yourself. Hyunjin.... pretty name...

You didn’t see Hyunjin for a while after your first encounter. You were working and he was working harder.

But you two started texting.

H: How do you say ‘You’re an absolute idiot and you should move out’ in English?

You: WHY TF WOULD I ANSWER THAT 0.o

H: I want to say it to Channie Hyung and scare him shitless

You: ugh ok fine

H: thank you y/nnnnnn :))))

H: if you want I’ll film his reaction 

You: yes pls you owe me ^-^

And you both started getting closer before even meeting up.

Until one day:

H: HEY Y/N

You: hey! Why so energetic? 

H: I have the day off and I was hoping you could give me a quick English lesson at the last minute???

You: Couldn’t you have warned me earlier??? >:(

H: I didn’t know until today, sorry :(

H: it’s ok if you can’t

You: no I can -.- how about we meet at the cafeteria around the corner of the JYP building?

H: COOL ILL C U THERE IN AN HOUR

Why in Hell would Hyunjin want to have an English lesson on the one day he can have a break?? You were no closer to figuring this boy out than you were the first day you met.

You finally arrived at the cafe and saw Hyunjin waiting for you at the corner table. You quickly ordered your drink and walked over.

“So! Long time no see!” You say, trying not to show that you were feeling nervous. “Thanks for the video of Chan, by the way. You were right, saying that scared him shitless”

“I knew you’d laugh” he smiled brightly.

“How’s idol-life going?”

“Tiring but amazing. We’re all working hard and it’s paying off”

“I’m glad. So why did you want to have an English lesson on the only day you have a break from all that?” You were dying to know. Your curiosity was at its highest.

Hyunjin shuffled a bit in his seat. “Actually, I just wanted to hang out with you” he shuts his eyes tightly before continuing. “We’re so busy right now, I haven’t had the chance to see you, so I was hoping today we could hang out?” He kept his eyes shut, waiting for your answer.

You couldn’t help but laugh at his attitude. “You didn’t have to ask for a lesson, dummy,” you said. “I’d love you spend the day with you.”

His face lit up with happiness. “Brilliant! Then finish your drink as quickly as possible and let’s get going!!”

The day you spent together was amazing. You went to a fair that was close by and competed in every booth. You shared food, laughed and had the time of your lives together.

It saddened you to end it.

“Can we meet up again?” Hyunjin asked hopefully.

“Of course we can,” you chuckle. Don’t hesitate to call me” and you say your farewells, and part ways.

But before you were out of earshot, you heard an excited yell.

“Hyung!! Hyung oh my god they told me to call them!!! The day was amazing!!!! We had so much fun!! I can’t wait to tell you everything!” And he ran in the direction of the dorms.

All you could do was stand there a moment, a little shell shocked.

You weren’t stupid. That wasn’t a normal reaction after hanging out with someone for the day, when you were ‘just friends’

Your heart started beating faster as you started picking up the pace to go home. He likes me too! He likes me too!! Was all you could think as you basically sprinted to your apartment.

You didn’t see each other again for a long time. In fact, you were barely in contact at all. You started texting less, he was working more, and you started loosing the hope you once had.

That was until you got an urgent message from him.

H: Y/N HELP WE ARE GOING TO THE USA IN A WEEK AND I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO SPEAK ENGLISH PROPERLY CAN YOU PLEASE COME OVER TO THE DORMS

You: That’s out of the blue, mate. But lucky for you I’m free today. I’ll be over in 10 :)

H: THANK YOU SO MUCH

You finally got to the dorms, and knocked to get in.

When you entered, the first thing you saw was Hyunjin. He was standing in the middle of the room, fiddling with the hem of his shirt and he seemed to snap out of a daydream when he saw you.

“Hey, are you ok?” You ask gently.

“Umm.... I’m..... I’m......” he finally gulped. “I wanted to tell you, y/n, that.... we aren’t going to America. I asked you to come because I wanted to tell you that.... that I..... I like you. And I’ve liked you since I saw you cry while watching me perform. I like everything about you, from how you add cute faces to your texts to how you laugh when your having fun to how much you care about your work. And I want to be more than friends!” He shuts his eyes, a very tense squint, as he waited for your answer.

“You’re cute when you do that” you say, giggling.

He looked at you appalled. “Do what?”

“That little squinty thing! It’s so cute”

He goes all red. “I’m not cute” he mumbles.

“Yes you are, and I really like that about you”, you counter. You continue softly “I really like you too, Hyunjin. And I’d love to hang out more with you. Just, next time, don’t tell me it’s for a lesson, just say you want to hang out”

He smiles like a child, and shuffled over to you to hug you.

“Thank you” he whispers.

[BONUS]

H: Y/NNNNNNN

You: yeessssssssss???? :))))

H: we’re in need of an english lesson! Do you mind coming over?

You: is it really for a lesson? *~*

H: ...

You: Jinnie.... -.-

H: please just come hang out with us!

#stray kids #stray kids imagines #hyunjin #hwang hyunjin

[avengers-nextgen]

AU Propositions

So, I have been thinking about doing an AU along with the main series. Below are the theee options I’m willing to write! Each has a snippet or sample of material for that given AU. Please vote on which one you’d like to see based off of wha I’ve written.

— — —

Apocalypse

Factions, were all that remained. Years ago the government was overthrown, the world dissolved into chaos, and loyalty became an illusion. Patriotism no longer existed, one governing body was replaced with many, maps were re-made, and alliances dictated territory.

Ram shackled buildings made up towns, and once superior technology was now lost. The wars had ravaged scientific advancement putting the world’s technological timeline in reverse.

Enemies lurked at every corner as nations tried to re-establish themselves. Safety didn’t exist.

The only hope anyone had was the next generation-the offspring of surviving fighters. Tides were beginning to shift, and alliances were converging to form four powerful states. Keeping peace was increasingly difficult, but the few unattached townships were looking to restore America. If one nation could rebuild itself, then others could too.

— — —

A bullet ridden sign held a few straggling letters naming the town NEW O, also known as ground Zero.

Smoke wafted into the sky, streaming up in plumes from piped chimneys.

“The stables aren’t far,” James assured, stepping aside as a barefoot kid ran past, “we take a ride down south and check on Havoc Sector.”

“Right, my favorite place to be,” Piper sighed, adjusting her backpack.

“It’s just a quick round up,” Alex tried to brighten the mood, “nothing major. Get the medicine, distribute it, and head home.”

“Last time we sent someone to distribute supplies they were killed.” Piper reminded the two siblings.

“Which is why there’s three of us.” James pressed his lips into a thin line.

— — —

Havoc Sector was a shit hole. The only reason none of the states wanted its service was because of its poverty. They had nothing to offer anyone. In fact, Havoc Sector was lucky they even had support from New 0.

“It’s infected,” The Doctor pursed his lips, “I’m not sure there’s anything we can do.”

“There has to be something,” Bianca insisted, looking at her discolored arm. The large cut from a work related accident had become severely infected.

“I’m sorry, no medicine can treat this-let alone if we had any.” Part of Bianca wanted to kill the man. He claimed to be medically certified, and maybe he was once upon a time, but the equipment now just wasn’t the same. His abilities were limited.

“I’ll go somewhere else then,” Bianca decided.

“And where will that be?” The doctor frowned.

“The Skids,” Bianca’s assertive tone surprised the doctor, but he was more surprised by the selected location.

“If you go to the Skids you’ll die for certain.” He made no move to stop Bianca from stumbling to her feet.

“So be it.”

— — —

A fist rocked into her face pushing her back against the dusty wall. All around people crowded and yelled at the scene before them. Just beige her opponent could take the advantage, Sage slammed her foot down against their knee.

With a sickening pop the other girl dropped with a cry of pain. Using the back of her arm, Sage wiped the blood from her face, and grasped the unfortunate competitor by the front of her tank top, “Yield.”

“Not a chance.”

“You know what happens if you don’t.”

“That’s why I’m here.”

The crowd roared angrily and slammed their hands down upon rickety wood tables.

Kill

Kill

KILL

KILL!

“You heard them,” The girl smiled thinly. Sage nodded and quick as a wink she snapped the other girl’s neck letting her drop to the ground. With the thud of the body the room dissolved into complete chaos.

Sage scampered from the ring and snatched up her winnings before heading off.

She’d changed quickly, and was now pedaling swiftly towards home. Her mother was sick and dying, if she’d gathered enough money there was a chance she could afford a hospital room. The Skids was a cutthroat place. A place for criminals, but because of that-they had the best health care possible.

80s

“Throw the ball!” Piper yelled, tapping the bat on the base outlined in the dirt. James brought his leg up slow, making the movements grander than they needed to be, before throwing the mall. It whistled through the air in a perfect spin as Piper swung the wooden bat.

A loud crack resounded signaling a solid hit. James glanced at the sky trying to follow the ball as Piper took off to where Scout stood prepped at first base. Orion charged in from the outfield sprawling out flat in an attempt to catch the ball. Recovering he slung it towards second base forcing Piper into a dive.

Nathaniel snagged the ball from the air, stopped over to tap Piper, and cursed when she beat him. “Safe.”

“Yes!” Thalia clapped. Piper stood to dust herself off, all the while taking a bow.

With a sigh James took his place on the mound once more. Adjusting the cap on his head he wiped at the glistening sweat with the back of his arm.

“Hold up,” Scout called, checking his watch, “shit. We gotta go! School is soon.”

Nothing else was said as they all picked up the baseball equipment. An onlooker would have laughed watching a bunch of teens scramble across the dusty field, up and over the hill, down the other side, and disappear in the neighborhood.

— — —

“You have to work on your pitching,” Nathaniel joked accompanying his younger friends to school. College had yet to start for him so he enjoyed the morning cycle to school without the anxiety of having to do any learning.

“You pitch next time,” James huffed, taking the corner sharp into the parking lot. Kids were scrambling out of cars and racing up the steps to meet friends.

“That hit though,” Alex winked at Piper who puffed her chest out in pride. They rode past a car blasting U2 and shortly after another playing ABBA.

“The music tastes of some of these people,” Orion shook his head in dismay.

The conversation was interrupted as an engine came screaming by, a motorcycle sped past sliding into a parking space with ease.

“Hey! Watch it!” James yelled, “You yield to us.”

“Says who? It’s a parking lot. Everyone yields to everyone dip shit,” James’ brows arched in surprise as the biker jerked off their helmet to reveal an intimidating girl with short choppy black hair.

“Attitude,” Alex hummed earning a snicker from Piper. Shaking his head James lead the group to the bike rack.

“Some people have serious nerve,” Scout frowned.

“You get used to it,” Orion assured him hopping up onto the nearby wall, “see you all later.”

— — —

“Glad to see you decided to turn up,” Bianca turned to see her friend climbing the steps to the front of the school.

“I’m still a bit nervous,” Bianca admitted. She’d managed to snag a prosthetic but it wasn’t exactly the most function-able or attractive device.

“Don’t worry about it,” Sage promised holding the door open for her, “I’ll kill anyone who says anything about it.”

“Murder on the first day seems a bit excessive,” Bianca laughed.

“So does getting math homework,” Sage countered.

— — —

“This place is ghastly,” Penny frowned.

“Why? Because you learn stuff?” Chloe asked, arching a brow.

“It’s a prison.” Penny insisted.

“Thanks for that, I can finally cross going to jail off of my bucket list.” Penny rolled her eyes at Chloe before turning her attention to Arthur.

“How’re you holding up?”

“Honestly I am terrified,” Arthur mumbled. The news was all over the place with people who’d been beat up or killed for being gay, lesbian, and trans.

“Just remember to be careful,” Chloe warned.

“Why the fuck wouldn’t I be?” Arthur glowered.

“I’m just saying-“

“Yeah, you don’t want to move schools again I know.”

“Arthur, I’m not mad at you.” Chloe looked a bit offended, “but not everyone is like us. Some people are cruel.”

“The newspapers made me well aware of that,” Arthur swallowed hard, his heart hammering in his chest at too fast of a pace. He was pretty sure he was already sweating.

Demigod

Capture the flag was the olympics of camp half blood. The winner didn’t earn a week of chores, gained honor, and best of all-bragging rights. There was nothing worse than watching people fume over defeat.

Even the campfires were fun if the participation was high enough. Maybe the music wasn’t the best but it got the job done. If anything, it allowed people to be completely unhinged.

Dinner was wonderful too, there were people to laugh with, tell stories with, and simple talk too. It was a vibrant atmosphere meant to be welcoming, but it was also a lonely type of place. There were those who felt confined, restricted, and unwanted.

Chloe hated her cabin. The perfume gave her a headache, the gossip was annoying, and they didn’t value a whole lot. Of course, not every child of Aphrodite was like that, but stigmas existed for a reason. The only one who’d gotten anything good out of the deal was Arthur. A perfect body, the one he always wanted, and with none of the pain.

Even Piper was dissatisfied. There was only so much a person could do with the limited equipment. She had big plans, big desires, and being confined to share a forge was infuriating. Her only solace was Siyanda who seemed to understand the struggle.

As for Scout, there was more to being smart than knowing facts. He was stuck in a cabin full of one uppers. Nothing anyone did was good enough, and someone always came up with something better. He was sick of it. Not to mention everyone’s ideas seemed to follow the same pattern. Originality didn’t seem to be valued as much as tradition did.

Penny and Orion were stuck in the most crowded cabin where something was always missing because someone always took something. You could barely even trust your own siblings with objects for fear they’d take it or sell it for something better. Personal possessions weren’t much of a privilege for them.

James and Alex had a relatively empty cabin. Everyone was pretty alright until it came to intense competitions, then all hell broke loose. People would argue over athletes about who was better or not, and it could go on for days. No one ever admitted defeat, that they were wrong, or that they weren’t as good as their ego said they were.

Violence was quite the go to response for people in the Ares cabin, but it didn’t come naturally to some. Thalia refrained from unseeded conflict at all costs, and instead advocated for peace more often than not. Bianca just wanted to be left alone. She barely spoke to anyone, and they all assumed it had to do with the age old incident.

Being a child of Nemesis meant no one wanted to befriend you. Not to mention the history of Nemesis children at camp. Fox found herself trying to be as detached as possible, but it was hard when people tried to piss you off to see what would happen.

As for Nathaniel, the poor boy didn’t catch a break. He taught archery every chance he got or helped out in the medical wing, but there was one cot that no one touched. It was practically forbidden, but that almost made it worse.

Enzo fit right in with the other peppy magic kids. He went about practicing his powers all day, loved to participate in group activities, and cabin bonding moments. Sage, however, kept to herself on the top bunk in the dark back corner of the rather unpopulated cabin. She found their happiness sickening, and spent most of her time curled up staring at the wall. No one bothered to drag her into activities anymore.

#avengers #avengers next gen #captain america #steve rogers #black widow #natasha romanoff #romanogers #pepper potts #pepperony #tony stark #iron man #clint barton #hawkeye #thor #loki laufeyson #loki #vision #vision/wanda #wanda maximoff #scarlet witch #bucky barnes #bruce banner #hulk #peter parker #spiderman #wakanda #black panther #guardians of the galaxy #marvel #mcu

[chamomilehoneytea]

Kimi ni Todoke Chapter 123 Translation: “Final” Chapter

Hello Kimi ni Todoke fandom!

Here we are at the final chapter! But don’t cry too much – we’re getting a bit more of the story in April 2018! :D Over the next few months, Bessatsu Margaret will be releasing some “Kimi ni Todoke”-related goodies with issues of their magazine. The following were announced in this month’s issue:

1. January 2018 Issue (December 13): “Kimi ni Todoke” Special Tribute Book (will feature Kimi ni Todoke-inspired art by other shoujo manga artists)

2. February 2018 Issue (January 12): “Long” Interview with Karuho Shiina

3. May 2018 Issue (April 13): “Extra Volume”: I’m not sure what this will be exactly…the announcement says something along the lines of: “Maybe you’ll be able to see Sawako and her friends’ ‘afterwards’…?” This is either a really mean tease, or we’re going to get a glimpse of the characters’ university / post-university lives after all! This bonus story might be one long chapter, or a few chapters covering different characters / stories. Shiina will have a few months to work on it, so the length may approach that of a regular volume (hopefully); still, we probably won’t know more until April.

I’ll definitely translate the bonus story, and I may try to translate the interview with Shiina.

Soon I’ll also write a post about how I buy Bessatsu Margaret, in case any of you would like to collect these bonus items.

Volume 30 is currently scheduled for release in March 2018.

Lots to look forward to in the coming months!! :)

Now for my usual disclaimer. I’m not fluent in Japanese, nor am I an experienced translator; I study Japanese in my spare time, and I read a lot of untranslated manga. I do make mistakes, and sometimes I just can’t figure things out, but I always translate to the best of my ability. Hopefully my translation communicates the gist of what’s happening, even if it’s not 100% accurate. Thank you for your patience!

Before we dive into the final chapter, I just want to thank all of you so much for your support! I’m not the most confident translator (if I can even call myself that haha), but I’ve really enjoyed sharing my interpretations with all of you. You’re all lovely, creative, and intelligent people, and it’s always a huge pleasure to interact with you and to hear your thoughts on the characters and the series as a whole. I hope that, even though “Kimi ni Todoke” is technically finished, we can continue to celebrate this incredible story together. :)

Okay guys, go grab the tissues I know you’ve been hoarding for this chapter…we’re about to leave the nest! :’)

(SPOILERS UNDER THE CUT)

Thank you so much to @chanty015 for sharing these scans with me. Please follow along with these images; in the translation you’ll see a few places marked as Pages 0 - 1 (where two pages are meant to work as one), but in these scans the pages are all separate. I apologize if this is confusing, but hopefully it’ll be easy to follow.

As always, “This is a line of dialogue” and [This is a thought.] I’ve included a few (Stage Directions) and (Notes) as well. 

Here we go! Enjoy!! :)

COLOR PAGE:

Narration: [Someday, will I reach you?]

PAGE 1:

Kazehaya’s Father: “…Hey, Martinez.”

PAGE 2:

Kazehaya’s Father: “Nice weather we have today, huh?

Sawako: “All right!”

PAGE 3:

Sawako’s Father: “Are you sure?! You really don’t want us to go with you?!”

Sawako: “Yes. I’ll be fine! Thank you!!”

Sawako’s Father: “Even though we’re saying we’ll only see you to the station? At least!!”

Sawako: “Well…”

Sawako: “…I think I’d like to be seen off from this house…”

Sawako: “Thank you for looking after me these 18 years.”

PAGE 4:

Sawako: “…I say that, but I’ll still be in your care after this, too…”

Sawako’s Father: “Sawako!”

Sawako’s Father: “Tell us whenever you’re in trouble! Rely on us!!”

Sawako’s Mother: “Sawako ~ we’ll go visit you! We’re going to the university entrance ceremony too.”

Sawako’s Father / Mother: “Take good care of yourself.”

Sawako’s Father / Mother: “Do your best!!”

Sawako: “…I will!”

PAGE 5:

Sawako: “I’ll treasure the first gift I received from you, and continue living!”

Sawako’s Mother: “The first gift? I wonder what that could have been~?”

Sawako’s Father: “Sawakoooooooooo!”

Sawako’s Father: “18 years really does pass in the blink of an eye…!!

Sawako’s Mother: “Really? 18 years is exactly 18 years!”

Sawako’s Father: “You’re so unemotional, dear…!!”

Neighbor: “Ah!”

PAGE 6:

Neighbor: “Sawako-chan! Are you leaving home today?”

Sawako: “I am! Good morning!!”

Neighbor: “I can’t believe what I’m seeing! You’re still at it!! Carrying garbage around on a sunny day!! Hand that to me and I’ll throw it away for you!!”

Sawako: “Oh – you don’t have to – !”

Neighbor: “It’s fine, you don’t have to be so modest!! I know that you were always picking up trash for us!!”

Sawako: “Huh? Thank you!”

Neighbor: “I should be the one thanking you!!”

Neighbor: “Call home once in a while! Be careful on your way!”

Sawako: “I will!”

Sawako: “Thank you!”

Sawako: “I’m off…!”

PAGE 7:

Neighbor: “She’s become a completely refreshing young lady…”

(Sawako arrives at the train station.)

PAGE 8:

Chizu: “…Sawa.”

Chizu: “I’m finally seeing off the last one! Haha.”

Sawako: “Chizu-chan…”

Sawako: “…Thank you…”

PAGE 9:

Chizu: “Sawako, I’m glad we could be friends.”

Flashback Sawako: “…I want to be friends with you…”

PAGE 10:

Chizu: “Thanks to you and Yano-chin…my high school life was fun!!”

Chizu: “Thanks!!”

Sawako: “…Chizu-cha…”

Chizu: “Ah!! Stop, stop!!”

Chizu: “Wait – I said today for sure I would send you off with a smile…”

PAGE 11:

Chizu: “…Whenever we see each other, we’ll be able to go back…!!”

Chizu: “We’ll be able to do it, right? Because we’re friends!!

Chizu: “…Do your best!!”

PAGE 12:

Sawako: “…Yes. I think so too. I’ve come to believe that!”

Sawako: [We talked a lot, didn’t we? About many different things…]

PAGE 13:

Sawako: “Thank you, Chizu-chan!”

Sawako: “Let’s stay good friends!!”

Chizu: “Of course!! Ahaha!”

Chizu: “Ah – you did it! Now I’m laughing!! Ahahaha!”

PAGE 14:

Chizu: “Okay then, I’ll see you off from the platform!! Wait, where’s Kazehaya?! What’s that guy doing?!”

Sawako: “He moved!”

Chizu: “Moved?! When’s he seeing you off?”

Sawako: “Oh, today.”

Chizu: “Well, never mind!! I’ll more than make up for it!! Let’s get going!!” *

Kazehaya: “Kuronuma!”

* She’s actually saying that she’ll “see Sawako off a lot” (I think?), which I feel implies that she’ll make up for Kazehaya’s absence. This was my best guess lol! Basically I think she’s trying to cheer Sawako up since Kazehaya isn’t there (yet).

PAGE 15:

Kazehaya: “Sorry I’m late!”

Sawako: [He always comes running for me.]

PAGE 16:

Chizu: “You’re late, Kazehaya!!!”

Kazehaya: “I said I was sorry. I had a small delivery.”

Chizu: “What did you have delivered?”

Kazehaya: “Hm? It’s a secret.”

Sawako: “Oh, uh…even though you were far away you came all this way…thank you!!”

Kazehaya: “What are you saying? I’ll come! Let me come!!”

Sawako: “…Ah!...”

PAGE 17:

(Chizu kicks Kazehaya.)

Kazehaya: “Ow!!”

PAGE 18:

Kazehaya: “What are you doing?!”

Chizu: “I wonder!! I don’t really get it, but just now I had a feeling that I had to kick you or something!!!”

Chizu: “All right!! Let’s go to the platform!!”

Ayane / Chizu’s Intuition: “…Chizu?”

Chizu: “But you’re finally going too, huh Sawako? I’ll be lonely being the only one left!!! How’s your new place, Kazehaya?”

Kazehaya: “Pretty good!”

Ayane / Chizu’s Intuition: “Chizu?”

PAGE 19:

Chizu: “O-OH!!!”

Kazehaya: “What is it?”

Chizu: “I-I-I…”

Chizu: “That’s right, I had things to take care of!!! Things!! Very important things! Gotta hurry!! No big deal, don’t mind me!!!”

Chizu: “Well then, I’ll leave the rest to you lovebirds!!! Go ahead!”

Sawako: “N-No big deal?! Chizu-chaaaan!!”

Kazehaya: “She…took the hint! Kinda suddenly and not subtle at all…Thanks, Yoshida…”

PAGE 20:

Kazehaya: “She did it for us!”

Kazehaya: “…Right?”

PAGE 21:

(Kazehaya kisses Sawako.)

PAGE 22:

Sawako: “…Ka-Kazehaya-kun, people are…!!”

Kazehaya: “I don’t care!! This is an important situation!!”

PAGE 23:

(Sawako and Kazehaya hold hands as her train approaches.)

PAGE 24:

Kazehaya: “…I wrote you a letter!”

Kazehaya: “…Read it later!”

PAGE 25:

Sawako: “…Okay!”

PAGE 26:

Kazehaya: “…Oh! And this too!! It’s late but…”

Kazehaya: “…keep it, Kuronuma!”

PAGE 27:

Announcement: “…The train door…”

PAGE 28:

Announcement: “…will close shortly. Please be careful.”

(Sawako kisses Kazehaya.)

PAGE 29:

(Sawako’s eyes fill with tears as she boards the train.)

PAGES 30 – 31:

Kazehaya: “Sawako!!”

PAGE 32:

Kazehaya: “…I love you! No matter what happens!!”

PAGE 33:

Sawako: “…Shouta-ku…”

Sawako: “Shouta!”

PAGES 34 – 35:

(Sawako gives him a bright smile through her tears.)

Sawako: “Me too.”

PAGES 36 – 37:

The Letter:

“…To Kuronuma,

This letter is a reply to the one you wrote me for my birthday last year.

When I met you, my world changed…”

PAGE 38:

Letter (continued):

“I’m impatient, and I always end up running for some reason or another. When I was with you, Kuronuma, I also learned the joy of walking slowly.

“The four years we spend at university will be longer than the time we’ve been together up until now, and there might be times when we feel anxious or lonely, but…”

PAGE 39:

Letter (continued):

“At those times, I’ll contact you! I’ll email you, and I’ll also call you! I’ll tell you about the fun things too! I’ll go see you! I’ll go meet you…”

PAGES 40 – 41:

Letter (continued):

“Surely the next time I see your face, distance and time will be blown away! I’ll be able to enjoy the uncertain things too, if I’m with you, Kuronuma.”

“I love you.”

(Kazehaya gave her a key to his apartment.)

Sawako: [We’ll change.]

PAGES 42 – 43:

Sawako: [Even so, we have feelings that won’t end.]

(Sign Reads: “Entrance Ceremony Assembly Hall”)

Sawako’s Mother: “Hehe, Sawako, are you nervous??”

Sawako: “Y-Yes!!”

Sawako’s Father: “It sure is a sunny day, isn’t it?”

(A female student sits next to Sawako. Sawako takes a deep breath.)

Sawako: “…It’s nice to meet you…!”

Sawako: [I love you.]

Sawako: [You destroyed my world, and showed me a new landscape.]

Coach / Head of Baseball Club: “All right, introduce yourselves!”

Kazehaya: “My name is Shouta Kazehaya. I played as an infielder in middle school!”

Kazehaya: “I look forward to playing with you!!”

PAGE 44:

Sawako: [Wherever you are, and whatever you’re doing, whether you have a connection with me or not…]

Ayane’s Classmate 1: “Ayane-chan, you’re so nice!”

Ayane’s Classmate 2: “Yeah! We thought you were a scary person!! Ahahahaha!”

Ayane: “Aha! Yay!”

Pin: “Ack!! You first-years are so…young!! Aren’t you just a bunch of stupid kids?”

Students: “What’s with this teacher?” “He’s terrible!”

PAGE 45:

Sawako: [As long as you’re alive and as healthy as possible, that’s enough for me.]

Chizu: “What?! Toru’s wife is having another baby?! Seriously?!”

Ryu’s Father: “She is!”

(Chizu’s text to Ryu says: “Congratulations, uncle!”)

Sawako: [But…]

PAGE 46:

Sawako: [The next time we meet, you’ll surely smile again for me, won’t you?]

PAGE 47:

Sawako: [With that unchanging smile, you’ll effortlessly unravel my heart, won’t you?]

PAGES 48 – 49:

Sawako: [I want to reach you.]

Sawako: [Always, no matter what…]

Sawako: “…I’m home!”

Sawako: [I’ll reach you.]

~ The End ~

#kimi ni todoke #kimi ni todoke spoilers #knt spoilers #sawako x kazehaya #translation #thank you so much everyone!! #and sorry for the long wait on this #I can't wait to see what happens in the bonus story #I'll post my thoughts on this chapter soon

[actual--quartermaster]

Actual--Quartermaster’s 00Q rec list:

A collection of amazing works that deserve all the praise. Warnings are added to fics with major concerning aspects, however, be prepared for canon typical violence and sexual content in pretty much every fic-- I mean, this is James Bond, he’d manage to get into a knife fight even in a coffee shop AU.

Quriosity by dr_girlfriend

Words: 80495  Chapters: 33/33

Bond finds himself increasingly curious about his enigmatic Quartermaster.

"Your prior hotel is no longer secure, I will direct you to a new location. Your luggage has already been transferred. A field agent and medic from the Diréction Générale de la Sécurité d'État will be waiting at the side entrance. I have cleared them both personally." In contrast to his crisp dry English, Q's pronunciation of the French words was fluid and flawless, the throaty tone of the fricatives sending a surprising jolt of awareness straight to Bond's cock — all the more remarkable given his degree of blood loss.

"You're wasted on Q-branch, you have the voice for a phone-sex call-in line." The words slipped out of Bond's mouth without forethought, although he had plenty of time to think in the sudden pause that came afterward and stretched on for endless moments. Bond hadn't realized until now how Q was always there, with an immediate reply. In all their banter Q had never before been at a loss for words. Ever.

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I reread this fic at least once every few months, it’s that good. I have it saved in the pdfs on my phone for car rides and vacations. This fic stays so true to the characters, with everything from Q’s unceasing exasperation to Bond’s cheeky carelessness. The only bad thing I can say about it, is that it doesn’t follow my “Q is a Holmes brother” headcanon. Honestly, if you haven’t read this fic yet, it’s probably the one you’ve been looking for.

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Human Error by thejabberwock

Words: 86107   Chapters: 14/14

007 is the perfect assassin, an artificial intelligence with the ability to think for itself. Human emotions were never meant to be part of its programming, and Q was never meant to be anything more than its creator.

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Okay, this was so good, I had to contact the author (@bondsboffin) in the middle of it being written. I was going out of my mind. Bond is so complex and the style is just so intriguing. Honestly, this is the kind of fic that will make you roll on the floor in angst.

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Blue-Eyed Monster by Only_1_Truth

Words: 118362   Chapters: 23/23

Yes, this version of 007 was a terrifyingly smart agent, and M wondered long and often whether it had been a good idea to promote him to the position. Usually, the title was the dangerous part - being 007 meant deadliness - but this time, M feared that a certain man with ice-blue eyes and scruffy blonde hair had dragged in more danger to the title than it had previously possessed

Enter MI6's new Quartermaster: an unassuming, bespectacled genius with no mind for subterfuge but plenty of genius behind a dry smile. Curious 00-agents and young boffins don't always mix in predictable ways…

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This made me cry the first time I read it. Full of humorous chess games, dangerous double 0’s, and domestic (well, at least as close as possible to anyway) Bond. A wonderful Skyfall rewrite.

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Beautiful Creatures by 1MissMolly

Words: 63151  Chapters: 30/30

“You smell good,” Q’s drunk words were slurred and raspy.

“I’ve been told.” James smiled at the young man.

“Stay here, I want to snuggle.”

“What?”

“Snuggle, be my teddy bear.”

“What!? I could blackmail you for that comment.” James joked but Q was already snoring lightly. His arms still wrapped tight around James neck. The older man gave in, convincing himself it was only because Q wanted him there. James own wishes and desires were not pushing him to lay beside Benjamin. The reason he was here, he told himself over and over again, was to protect the quartermaster. His scent and angelic face had nothing to do with it. At least that what he tried to tell himself.

Bond discovers that his quartermaster is an omega, which would be fine, except someone is murdering the omegas that work for MI6.

Very slow build of coworkers to friends to something more. Working together to fight against the monsters in the dark.

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Warning: A/B/O fic. An extremely well done one at that. Despite the summary, Q can hold his own, which was awesome to read. A complex plot and amazing development, overall a great read.

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Brevity and Opulence by loveindirtytrenchcoats

Words: 7777   Chapters: 1/1

There’s no time to grab anything to defend himself with, because the first hinge on the door snaps open with a bang, and the second follows on the next hit. The door rips backwards, thrown to the floor by the same man Q had been in the ski lift with, who smiles menacingly and draws a knife from his jacket. The Quartermaster wonders how long it will take for James to realise he’s missing.

Before the henchman even gets in his first hit, Q knows it’ll be too late.

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Short and sweet, a fix-it fic for Spectre. The best fix-it fic I’ve read at that.

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The Love Song of James Bond by Fightyourdragon

Words: 103853   Chapters: 17/17

“Knowing your history, and adding to it the fact that I am not entirely unaffected by sharing a bed with you, I think it would be pointless to pretend that we are going to able to share this house for the next two weeks without fucking over every available surface.” Q smiles at the look of shock on James’ face. Clearly he hadn’t been expecting such a direct approach and Q presses on before he has a chance to recover. “However, when it happens it will happen on my terms.”

There was definitely a significant gap between the time Bond was breaking down over M's death in the chapel to the time a confident Bond walked into Mallory's office to accept his newest assignment. What, or more importantly, who, put him back together again? Basically, lots of porn with plot.

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Warning: BDSM. A majority of this fic is two idiots on an island, fucking and making friends with the old couple who own the local pub. It’s the most weirdly domestic thing I’ve ever read, and its beautiful.

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Bal-Chatri by Kryptaria

Words: 46402   Chapters: 14/14

Rising through the ranks at MI6 is enough to erode anyone's ability to trust. The agents of the Double O program all take paranoia one step further, elevating it to an art form. But everyone needs one person to trust -- even James Bond. Now, Q just has to figure out how to convince him of that.

Bal-Chatri: A versatile trap used to humanely catch all types of birds, including birds of prey.

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Warning: BDSM. Part of a three part series, and, honestly, it’s beautiful. Q is patient and kind, and together they work through Bond’s problems.

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Synchronicity by stereobone

Words: 7600   Chapters: 1/1

It goes on like that for months, and then Q realizes that James Bond is "hanging out" at his flat.

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Another short and sweet fic, and actually the softest thing I’ve ever read. James is just so gentle and Q treats him like he deserves. Good rainy day read.

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Return the Conquering Hero by 1MissMolly

Words: 41596  Chapters: 14/14

Bond and Trevelyan are sent in to rescue a mysterious hacker out of a corrupt prison. They don't know who sent them in or how to get the young man out. But the longer they stay in the prison, the more Bond becomes attracted to the young hacker.

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Warning: major rape/non-con elements, but nothing truly horrid happens to our boys. Not the most satisfying ending but lovely nonetheless, one of those fics you wouldn’t mind a sequel to. Also, have I ever mentioned how much I love Alec Trevelyan being included? Because this pushes all those buttons.

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Redamancy by opalescentgold

Words: 80627   Chapters: 7/8

If you write something on your skin, it will show up on your soulmate's skin as well.

James doesn't quite fall in love over physics discussions and cheeky book quotes and coding and riddles inked onto his skin, but he comes close.

And then he actually meets Q.

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It’s not finished yet, I know. But, this fic is so good, I couldn’t put it down. I’m sure I read it in under two nights (that’s with a full time job and full time school). This fic highlights the true discrepancy in age between Bond and Q, and is a whole lot of angst at points, and it’s delightful.

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Distraction by Pasteles

Words: 269   Chapters: 1/1

James Bond is an impatient bastard.

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Putting this in here because my lovely @actual--007 wrote this for me, AND I OPENED IT WHILE I WAS AT CHURCH THANK YOU VERY MUCH. But, it’s lovely and so is she.

#decs talks #00q fanfic #00Q #007 #thanks actual--007 #quartermaster #q' #james bond #daniel craig #Ben Whishaw #alec trevelyan #00Q fic rec #long post

[otomequeen]

Transfer Nightmare

This post ended up a lot longer that I intended. I needed to rant and get it off my chest, otherwise it would fester and get into my land of slumber. I would have nightmares about it and I just want peaceful sleep. 

For those of you that know I’m trying to restore my transfer data on Kissed by the Baddest Bidder. (make sure the stories I’ve purchased don’t ask me to buy them again) So I can take all of them to Love 365. 

Also a information nugget that some may or may not know, transfer data wasn’t a thing until I wanna say mid 2016. Because when it became announced I went through all my apps and sent the transfer data to myself and the earliest dates start somewhere in 2016. Before they got all cool and hip with emails and passwords, they used to send you two numbers. Well numbers with letters mixed in with them. Something like

App ID: 3kfc49df03kd Sub ID: 33kgfd9xzn3

Note those aren’t real. I literally just pushed keys at the same time on the keyboard. They are just examples of that it looked like

So the idea behind transfer ID is that if you don’t play the game for a while you can put in your id and get all your shit back. Which is cool. I never really worried about progress, I would always reread the stories to read the stories and get cgs back. But it was nice having the backup for my purchases. 

I’m an android user, and using google play if you purchased something and it asks you to buy it again and you click purchase. It will go black for a second as I assume it looks through your order history, and if you have already purchased it you can continue on your merry way without paying for anything else. I know that tech isn’t 100% full proof. So even through I didn’t care about my progress within the games, I cared about the purchases and got those transfer ID’s ready.

NOW

Kissed by the Baddest Bidder was released overseas in February of 2014. Cool. New game, sprites where you get their back, awesome. I try not to get super far into a game because I want to dip my toe into all the characters in all the games. I’m not made of money, so I stick to season 1 stuff. Main stories of course, pov if they have them. I’m not huge into epilogues, and rarely go into sequel territory. So between the day is was released and right now, after going through my history, I own 14 routes and 6 sub stories. If you are doing the math, and I can see how many epilogues/mains/etc there are. It’s roughly $60.00. 

Now that doesn’t seem like a large number. I could get food for a week with that amount. But it’s been small amounts that have been accumulated over the span of almost 4 years. And I’m ok with that. I planned my money and decided I have a few extra dollars here and there to spend each month and that’s exactly what I did. 

So Love 365 comes out, and you can now transfer all your shit from the stand alone apps to the super app. Cool. This will free up space on my memory card, all for it. But when I opened KBTBB none of my purchases were there. Guess it’s been a while since I’ve opened the app. Fair enough, I mean I moved half way across the world twice in the span of 7 months. I’ve been pretty busy I haven’t played much of anything. But putting in the transfer ID they had sent me wasn’t working. I kept getting an error message. I tried typing it in slowly, I tried seeing if maybe I was reading some of the zeros as ‘o’ and vice versa. I copied and pasted it in directly and it wouldn’t budge. So what do I do, obviously I send an email. I don’t want to lose my shit. 

And I know voltage has a bad rep for their customer service. I get that it’s a large company. I’m honestly impressed that I generally got a reply within a day. But instead of going, ‘huh, that’s odd. I don’t know why your code that we provided you isn’t working. Maybe there is a bug preventing it, lets see what we can do to fix it.’ They decided to go with. 

Dear , Thank you for contacting us. Same title apps can transfer your data from old app. Please take a look following steps: 1.) Go on the old app TOP page and tap news button 2.) There is a banner says "How to Transfer Data to Love 365" so tap it 3.) You can find your token IDs so please copy it 4.) Go to Love 365, you can find "Transfer from old apps" button on Start page or Transfer page as well *Please note that Token ID can be used only once. Also before use it, please make sure to restore your ALL purchases otherwise you will lose them. Please feel free to contact us again if we can be of any assistance.

I mean alright. I guess they are getting a lot of emails about transferring to love 365, and in my initial email they just saw the word transfer and assumed it was about that. So I replied along the lines of. ‘sorry no, that’s not what I meant. I want to get my transfer data back before I moved to 365 so I don’t lose any of my purchases’

I got a mixed response. Because for those that remember KBTBB didn’t have that coin system. It used to be old fashioned like the rest of them. So first they gave me a solution for if I made purchases with the coins. Which I appreciated the information. And then they told me that they really couldn’t do much about if it was before the system change. I would have to send them screenshots of my order history, showing proof I purchased stories and they would give them to me through the system. Manually. I don’t know how that end works. 

Alright fine. I’m okay with that. I had to do with with lovestruck and castaway love’s adventure because that just wasn’t working for me either. Not a stranger to extra work I opened up my history to hit a small problem. Looking on my computer I found that I couldn’t go further into my order history beyond January 2015. Now if you remember the game came out in February 2014. So on my laptop I couldn’t prove that I purchased anything between February 2014-January 2015. I sent the screenshots I could get and told them the same thing. The response was we can only give you what we see, which was 2 sub stories.

UM. WHAT.

There was no way I was going to settle for that. There had to be something. Anything that would work. I tried sending them my transfer info sent to me from the game when I registered to see if they could use that. Didn’t really get a response from that idea. So at this point I’m trying anything. Remember how I was looking on my laptop through my order history. I don’t know why but I decided to try my phone, or maybe my laptop was in the other room and I just wanted to mess around with settings to see if I could go further. Either way I ended up on my phone through my history and it went back! 

Huzzah!

Kinda. Even though it went back far enough and I could screenshot everything, it doesn’t show prices. Everything before January 2015 just has a big old 0 as the price. Great. Now I’m worried they are going to think I’ve edited an order history to fake receipts to get these routes. In the hopes they don’t think I’m trying to scam them I take a screenshot of where you can see this change take place. The top have shows prices next to everything and the bottom half shows 0.00. I also explained that in the email in hopes that it all goes well. 

I felt a small wave of relief when it looked like everything was going to be ok. I got an email saying they gave me the stories and if I was missing any just send them the name and a receipt of purchase and they will get them to me. That’s wonderful news. I mean I hate making people work more than they have to, but something wasn’t working right and I didn’t want to lose anything. They could understand that, right?

I checked the app to find that nothing has changed. Then I thought maybe they just meant the games where you can see the prices. So I went to the sub story section and they weren’t there either. Which is kind of what prompted this rant, and a few other things that have been slowly building. 

I’m slowly losing my patients. I have tried to give them the benefit of the doubt. Lots of changes, I’m sure lots of people are getting a hold of them all the time for different things. They are a big company after all, and I feel that the international market’s is low on their priority list. As far as happiness, customer service, not screwing us over by making us repurchase apps like Seduced in the Sleepless City (let’s all agree that was a hot mess. I can’t wait for round two when pirates join in) 

But for an app to glitch, and bug out with an error message that a code provided by the game doesn’t work. And then telling me it’s not the game, and they will only restore some of my purchases, and then not even restore those purchases saying they already have. That’s really pushing it for me. 

I sent an email with a full list of routes I have purchased, copies of my order history that show it (maybe they couldn’t read the names?), copies of my otome id email folder, showing emails from other games, and then from KBTBB. I provided my game name, my device information, the email linked to my account. Everything is now in their corner and depending on the response I really might just lose it. 

I don’t want to cut my losses but I feel like I’m talking to a wall. Nothing is getting through and I keep getting the same repeated copied and paste replies back. I don’t know what else to do other than give up if this turns up nothing. No way in hell will I be purchases routes I’ve already paid for again, so it might be it for me and the bidders. 

#otomequeen rants #long post #i should have made this a vlog #i type like a talk

[raisingsupergirl]

NaNoWriMo Part 2: Stepping up to the Challenge

The best part of any vacation is the expectation leading up to it. Conversely, the worst part of any challenge is that similar expectation. Usually. Unless that expectation wildly underestimates the size of the challenge. In that case, the worst part is after the first day, nine hours straight spend writing in my bed, getting up only one time to go to the bathroom and get a glass of orange juice (from the kitchen, not the bathroom). And after that day, with my brain fried and my body a pile of Jell-O, I hadn't met my goal. I'd failed. The very. First. Day. And I only had twenty-nine more days to go. Oh, and I'd also just received an email that two of my short stories had been rejected from a small publisher. Yeah, not a great start.

At that point, it would have been easy to quit. To say I'd been foolish to think I could do it. Writing an entire book in a month? While working a full-time job and doing my part to raise two young girls? Yeah, it sounded kind of nuts to me, too. But thankfully, I'd already invested in this project long before it grew to such a daunting size. For months I've been brainstorming, researching, and plotting, I had dozens of hours invested in the project before it ever began. In some ways, I had years of work invested in it. Of all my other novels, the half-million words of short stories I've edited, the craft books I've read, the writing conferences I've flown around the country for. They've all worked up to where my career is at this moment—writing this novel. And so, after I put in my first day of real work, quitting would have meant so much more than just scrapping nine hours.

So as you can guess, I didn't quit. I didn't even scale back my expectations. In fact, after gauging my chapter lengths against the content, I realized my story was going to be longer than my previous estimate of 80,000 words. In fact, it looked like it would be closer to 100,000. So what did I do? I readjusted my schedule to compensate not only for a slower writing pace than expected, but also for another 20,000 words. The end result was a little over 100 hours of dedicated, uninterrupted novel writing time over the next 30 days.

Which, as you've probably already realized, isn't just a commitment on my part. On that first Wednesday (the one where I only left my bed one time until 6 p.m.), my wife came in to talk to me maybe two times. Through screaming kids, dirty dishes, and running her own online business, she went against every little voice whispering to her, "Get that lazy, no-good jerk out of bed and make him do something for this family!" Okay, maybe the voices didn't say that (hopefully not, anyway). But they probably weren't far off at times. But instead of giving into them, she just smiled as I stumbled downstairs—brain-fried and eyes glazed over—just in time for dinner.

So as I doubled down and plotted out every single hour of writing for my next month, I definitely felt a pang of remorse. Was I really being fair? As a middle-aged head-of-household and sole breadwinner, what the heck was I doing locking myself away from my family just to write a made up story? With my wife in need of assistance and my children growing a month older, how exactly could I justify this project?

And then I sat down and talked to my wife about it. I talked about the prospects coming up at the beginning of the year, about the feeling (whispers, as I once heard them called during a Sunday morning sermon) I'd lived with for a while now that told of big changes to come. I explained how this story idea was a big one. How it just might be the best thing I've ever written. How it had to be finished before things took off next year, or else it may never get finished at all. And as I spoke, Alaina responded with a polite little smile. "Yeah, it sounds like we just need to make it through the end of this year."

She trusted me. Completely. She was ready to do her part, to work doubly hard not only to pick up my slack, but also to grow her own business at the same time. She definitely doesn't always understand what I'm doing as my fingers click away on my keyboard, but she supports it in her own way. She supports it by not leaving me. And for now, that's all that I can ask.

With that small measure of permission and support, I rallied. I couldn't fail because my success was now also tied to a promise to my wife. I pored over my hand-written schedule, tweaking it here and there for known and unknown variables, and then transferred it to my iCalendar. And then I synced it to Google Calendar. And then I made it my phone background. I wanted it everywhere. Ever present. Reminding me at every moment what I'd signed up for. Because taking one scheduled night off wouldn't mean readjusting my goal. It would mean making it up the next day. 

And then came day two. And you know what? I met my goal. And the third day? I exceeded my goal of 10,000 words. How cool is that? As I'd expected (and had even experience in previous stories), starting out would be the toughest part. I could expect my pace to quicken somewhat as the story grew more established. At least that's what I kept telling myself.

So after the end of week one, here's the rundown:

Wednesday, Nov 1st" Goal: 10,000 words; Actual: 9 hours, 7,583 words

Thursday, Nov 2nd Goal: 1,500 words; Actual: 1.5 hours, 1,761 words

Friday, Nov 3rd Goal: 8,000 words; Actual: 10 hours, 10,323 words

Saturday, Nov 4th Goal: 1,500 words; Actual: 1.5 hours, 1,322 words

Sunday, Nov 5th Goal: 0 words; Actual: 0 hours, 0 words

Monday, Nov 6th Goal: 1,500 words; Actual: 1.5 hours, 1,837 words

Tuesday, Nov 7th Goal: 2,000 words; Actual: 2 hours, 2,053 words

For a grand total word count after week one of: 25.5 hours, 24,879 words

Now, I know 100,000 words is a long way off, especially considering the effort I've put forward this week. But it's also completely attainable. It reminds me of those goobers on Shark Tank. People don't succeed by waiting for big breaks to fall into their laps. They have to fight for them. They have to align themselves with spouses and friends and teams that will fight for them. They have to plan, and self-motivate, and keep a clear eye on reality at all times.

This project, if nothing else, is going to change how I see myself. It has already pushed me past my comfort zone. No one is giving me this deadline. Succeeding or failing will look pretty similar on December 1st. But I will succeed. It'll take a village and a lot of caffeine, but I'll do it. And maybe something bigger will come out of it than I ever imagined. 

Now if you'll excuse me, my brain and my fingers need a quick break before I crawl back into my writing hole. Tune in next time to see if I develop pressure sores on my butt.

#nano 2017 #nanowrimo #amwriting #writerlife #writer probz #overcoming adversity #inspirational #momblr #mumblr #dadblr #underestimate #stepping up #stranger things #trickortreat

[todokori-kun]

Well, he IS burdened with glorious purpose.

As for the whole bookworm thing, it’s never specifically said that he likes reading but it’s pretty much canon. I mean, we all know he’s more of the ‘brains’ to Thor’s 'brawn’- magic and tricks over actually going out and fighting face-to-face, outsmarting almost everyone around him except his mother and sometimes Odin, able to read people perfectly (unless they’re Natasha)- and all that knowledge about magic had to come from somewhere other than just lessons from his mother. There’s also a scene in Thor 2 after Loki’s been put in prison, and while everyone else around him is fighting he’s just calmly reading a book in his cell and ignoring the chaos.

We can only hope it’s not Arima. He deserves to rest in peace. Also it would just screw up the perfect ending Ishida made for his story…

I think I’ve seen a theory that there’s been a time skip and Touka is dead. (please no not a time skip AoT’s given us enough of those)

I do feel 100% sure that something has happened and I’m really excited for the next chapter :D

HUFFLEPUFF PRIDE. Seriously though, personally it’s the house I think I fit best with and most of the quizzes I’ve taken sorted me into it (occasionally I got Ravenclaw, very rarely Gryffindor or Slytherin). You know how in the books Hufflepuff is the only house without an actual villain from it? I guess I’m going to ruin that XD

Dude, if Hinami is TG’s perfect s/o, Marco is that for AoT. I honestly wish I knew someone like him irl ;-; Queen Luna’s HCs are lovely though so tysm <3

OTP? 0////0 the thought of being shipped with Captain America is making me blush lol

With Loki, I like I’d just stutter like the anxious idiot I am

“Um. Is everything ok? I mean, a lot of stuff’s happened, obviously you’re not ok, just, you look tired. I mean, not that you look- you look bad, I mean you actually look really good, god, that sounds creepy doesn’t it, what I meant was- I mean- ugh…”

And for once, he’d just be kind of shocked into silence.

Loki in Thor 1 is a lot like me and I think we could be really close, but Loki in the later movies is… well. I feel like I’d end up joining Thor in his 'LOKI COME HOME’ crusade and it would always be an epic fail.

Luna + Loki would be just amazing though. 10/10 would ship. 1000/10 would pay to see that sass battle.

Honestly, Queen Luna is kinda really shippable. Idk why. I don’t ship real people (I mean, I can 'ship’ them but not in the 'writing fanfics and drawing fanart’ way)  but since I have your permission it’s like my brain is running wild XD

Aww <33 Evans is a really good third wheel though (BLATANT LIES. Evans is actually a tiny bit clingy and gets jealous sometimes…not in the 'don’t hang out with that person you’re mine’ kind of way, but in the lonely, depressed way that just leaves me feeling drained (since the SA also makes me a bit insecure)? Idk I’m a drama king haha).

I’ve heard the Hulk movies suck and from what I’ve seen they probably do so I haven’t watched them either ^^;; and yay, can’t wait to see how you’ll do in MCU hell! :D

The feels are rushing back *deep breath*

I was broken from a young age,

Taking my sulking to the masses

Writing my poems for the few that

looked at me,

took to me,

shook to me,

feeling me

Singing from heartache, from the pain

Take up my message from the veins

Speaking my lesson from the brain

Seeing the beauty through the...

Is the ‘burdened with glorious purpose’ a quote/joke from the movie? Cause I found this meme during my 3am adventures:

And Loki’s burdened with glorious butt.

I’VE WATCHED THOR 1. And I must say, Loki is definitely fave. I mean, Thor does get a lot of character development, but, meh. Poor Loki ;-; I feel so sorry for him... I mean, if only his father had paid more attention to him and not only saw him as something that will form a pact in the future...  Also, I realised something. Both of the Asgard siblings have longer hair than me. That makes me strangely salty.

Ahahahah I think the two of us would get along very well ^^;; I mean, while I do watch a lot of anime, I still consider reading (and writing) my main hobbies. Last week, I read three books alone, during school hours (summer definitely does have its advantages). I’m looking forward to watching Thor 2. It’s next on my list, however I’m not sure when I’ll next find time time for it. I still have a few things to finish up in school, but I’d say Tuesday, Thursday or Friday are the days in which I’ll have time for a movie.

While I was watching Thor, my mom came in during the shirtless scene (great timing, I know) and since it’s gotten very hot here, I had a fan and was fanning myself. According to her, I looked ‘like a deranged fangirl’. What a nice comment.

Pls no. I’m not a fan of Touken, but I don’t want Touka to be dead. Pls.  When I first thought ‘oh, a time skip?’ I was like ‘oh god, not another one.’ but then I realised that TG actually had very little time skips. But AoT has had so many it’s made up for all the other mangas I’m currently reading. 

Yeah, I’m pretty excited for it as well ^^ Hopefully we get a nice explanation. 

According to most quizzes, I’m a Ravenclaw, but my friends say I’m a weird mix between Slytherin and Ravenclaw. If I had to choose, RAVENCLAW FOR THE WIN! (I have nothing against Slytherin, I just like blue more than green)

From TG Hinami’s perfect s/o, AoT Marco, YoI Everyone, probably, Kuro Idk?? Is there anyone who’d be nice mental support? Oh, Lizzie, maybe!

I’m glad you like my headcanons ^^ When I get to know Steve well enough, prepare for a river of them huehuehue

I feel like, if I was in that universe and knew the Asgard siblings, I’d be the one quietly faceplaming behind everyone. Maybe trying to talk reason into Loki

‘You can’t just try to take over New York! You’ll get locked up or worse!’

And then I’d be grandly ignored. How fun.

And then I’d go visit him in prison and just look at him with the ‘I told you so face’. 

Honestly, I feel very awkward about shipping real life people with other real life people but people with fictional characters is fine with me, as long as it doesn’t get extreme (in the ‘this is MY character, why are you even talking about it’ (trust me, I’ve seen fangirls get possessive over their faves, and it’s not pretty)).

Have I told you how interesting Loki fangirls are? During my 3am Adventures™ I encountered roughly the same amount of Smut and Fluff. Usually, the fluff outweighs smut, but it seems that’s not the case this time. However, for some reason, I don’t have problems with character and character smut, but if I see it involves reader, I’m out of there. It just makes me too uncomfortable.  And they don’t seem to know how to tag things properly. In the Loki tag, I for every 2 Loki fics, there was 1 for another avengers. Sometimes more. 

You’re definitely not a drama king. It’s completely normal to feel that way. And I’d definitely never leave you hanging ^^

I swear, if I start another Imagines blog, I will be coming after your blood. I already have 2 and am struggling to keep a consistent update schedule! (that might have to do with school tho and school’s ending soon....)

Pain! You made me a, you made me a believer, believer Pain! You break me down, you build me up, believer, believer Pain! Let the bullets fly, oh let them rain My life, my love, my drive, it came from... Pain! You made me a, you made me a believer, believer

#evans #submission