#[linnie speaks]

[wellgoslowly]

old quotes about love that i think lockwood associates with lucy because im obsessed with these fuckers

“and she tortures me, tortures me with her love. the past was nothing! in the past it was only those infernal curves of hers that tortured me, but now i’ve taken all her soul and through her i’ve become a man myself.” - fyodor dostoevsky

“i can’t think of any greater happiness than to be with you all the time, without interruption, endlessly, even though i feel that here in this world there’s no undisturbed place for our love, neither in the village nor anywhere else; and i dream of a grave, deep and narrow, where we could clasp each other in our arms as with clamps, and i would hide my face in you and you would hide your face in me, and nobody would ever see us any more.” - kafka

“i love thee, i love thee with a love that shall not die. till the sun grows cold and the stars grow old.” - william shakespeare

“how do i love thee? let me count the ways.” - elizabeth barrett browning

“i love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. i love you simply, without problems or pride: i love you in this way because i do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no i or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when i fall asleep your eyes close.” - pablo neruda

“if i had a flower for every time i thought of you… i could walk through my garden forever.” - alfred tennyson

“when we love, we always strive to become better than we are. when we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” - paulo coelho

“in vain i have struggled. it will not do. my feelings will not be repressed. you must allow me to tell you how ardently i admire and love you.” -jane austen

“he’s more myself than i am. whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” - emily brontë

“every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. those who wish to sing always find a song. at the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.” - plato

“doubt thou the stars are fire; doubt that the sun doth move; doubt truth to be a liar; but never doubt i love.” -william shakespeare

“i cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look, or the words, which had laid the foundation. it is too long ago. i was in the middle before i knew that i had begun.” -jane austen

“i loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.” -charles dickens

“you are always new. the last of your kisses was ever the sweetest; the last smile the brightest; the last movement the gracefullest. when you pass’d my window home yesterday, i was fill’d with as much admiration as if i had then seen you for the first time… even if you did not love me i could not help an entire devotion to you.” -john keats

#lockwood and co #renew lockwood and co #anthony lockwood #lucy carlyle #george karim #locklyle #george cubbins #lockwood netflix #locklyle brainrot is real #save lockwood and co #linnie speaks #linnie assigned really niche stuff to lockwood #alfred tennyson #jane austen #william shakespeare #franz kafka #emily bronte #plato #charles dickens #john keats #fyodor dostoevsky #elizabeth barrett browning #pablo neruda #paulo coelho

[arminslovurrr]

i have plans that i cannot share with you rn bc the haters will sabotage me..

[update:] i just published it so go readddd!!!

#toji smut #jjk #jjk smut #toji fushiguro #sons best friend!toji #[linnie’s works] #[linnie speaks] #toji x reader #toji x black reader #black y/n

[storiestoldbytime]

"I like it when she puts her tongue inside me."

Luna is very proud of Ginny’s talents, and we love a supportive girlfriend

#linny #luna lovegood #ginny weasley #this is a redraw from the favourite #technically the one sitting down is the one speaking but i just ignored that #cause it would look better like this #so yeah #my favourite lesbians

[bobaheadshark]

4. How many WIPs do you have right now?

14. If you could see one of your fics adapted into a visual medium, such as comic or film, which fan fic would you pick?

18. What’s one of your favorite lines you’ve written in a fic?

4. How many WIPs do you have right now?

too many unnamed sport rpf ones LOL. outside of that there were quite a few on the backburner but i am mentally prodding at two sydcarmy ones!!

14. If you could see one of your fics adapted into a visual medium, such as comic or film, which fan fic would you pick?

probably the horrifying squid game gong yoo rpf story (jagiya). tonally that was the most spooky thing i've ever written so it would be vaguely interesting as a contemporary korean new-gothic psychosexual horror film i feel. i was gonna be vaguely embarassed about that choice and it's 2024 and i've decided to no longer give a fuck

18. What’s one of your favorite lines you’ve written in a fic?

great question linny... i have a love-hate relationship with my finished fics and i hate re-reading them, but maybe this section from the sydcarmy christmas one 'cus i was trying to write something that was fun and light for christmas instead of angstville which is the barely habitable clime where i kinda live usually.

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It’s the comfortable silence of gentle work. Syd had made a token effort to add to the festive vibe, and they’d argued back and forth about what music to play, until Syd finally grabbed the phone and smashed the button for Indie Christmas on Spotify. They sit through an ad about teeth whitener and a podcast ad about mindfulness before Eels starts blaring, all tinny from her phone speaker.

“You couldn’t spring for Premium? Do I pay you that badly?”

“I download all my music, usually. Just not sure Andre 3000’s weirdo jazz joint is like super fun for the 25th? Anyway, my dad’s usually got his vinyl at home.”

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it's been like four years since i started writing fic and i feel like i'm only just starting to skim the edge of what my actual desired writing style is, so that has been... interesting to navigate!

asks from here <3

#bobah speaks #asks #thank u linny #q

[immxrtalbi]

I know I don’t talk about it much. But I love linny so much!! Ginny being protective of Luna. Luna watching her play Quidditch with a handmade costume to support Ginny. I love them

#linny #alex speaks

[baanyue]

so i was playing the three hopes demo and OH MY GOD.

#few3h spoilers ahead in the tags #like honestly i miss byleth so much but I’m kind of starting to grow on shez #also seeing byleth talk is so strange but if it takes for them to be evil to speak then I’ll take it #specially when it is goddam ZACH AGUILAR oh my GOD #also omg omg the way we see a different side of the characters like jeritza as a professor??? #at one time hubert said professor and i thought he was talking to me but then he was looking at jeritza and i was like oh right sorry #and to play as a student is sooooo weird lmao #also their designs??? FERDINAND??? #and linnie and caspar’s daddies like #NWJDHSUISS I’m just #so excited over everything #also ALVAR?? NEW ENBY ICON JUST DROPPED. #they are so cute and their design is so pretty #god… i can’t take this anymore #i can feel the hiperfixation on fire emblem coming back… #worst part is i can’t really buy the game coz i just got the kirby and i have no money lol #i didn’t think i would actually like this game but I’m really enjoying it so far

[violentemperor]

Can you believe they are sisters, though?

#[ mun speaking ] #|| You are wrong to think that I am weak — Linnie #|| A fist makes the fight last a sword ends the fight — Cyrrin

[saintsenara]

What are your favourite ships for Luna?

thank you so much for the ask, @thesilverstarling!

when it comes to favourite ships for luna the answer is... eh, not many. i've given my views on lunarry and snuna, and i think the same issue which i've raised in both of those - that full-fanon luna's sunny disposition and accurate understanding of the world is the only thing which makes them possible, while canon-coherent luna's personality type [sentient golden retriever joins qanon] does not - applies to the rest of luna's common non-canon ships.

both ginny and ron tend to speak to and about luna the way you might about a friend's precocious toddler - the eye-rolling behind her back is fond, but it's still eye-rolling - and so linny and lon [rona? runa?] are out.

hermione would genuinely rather take a job as rita skeeter's unpaid intern than spend her life explaining that no that's not a snorcack horn, so bye-bye lunmione.

i find the marauders-subfandom-influenced fanon that luna is related to the malfoys completely inexplicable - there is no way on god's green earth that draco malfoy knows who luna is, or that he'd be seen dead with her, given her fashion sense, so it's a no on druna.

dean is clearly grateful for her support during his miserable imprisonment, but that's as far as it goes, so i'm not going to be found handing out lean [duna?] propaganda any time soon.

and neville's canon vibe with luna is very much giving "even i look down on you" [although i'll concede that matthew lewis and evanna lynch have magnificent chemistry on screen], so sorry to lunville [nuna? these ship names do not come easily...] but it's a boot.

what i do like, however, is the idea of luna ending up in a relationship with an older man with an extremely paternalistic vibe - think friedrich bhaer with jo march [book version - he was far too nice and hot in the most recent adaptation...] - especially if that man is then gradually induced to derangement by the force of her... luna-ness - think duncan wedderburn with bella baxter [film version].

which means, if you want to go fully unhinged and deranged, there can only be one answer:

luna lovegood/garrick ollivander.

everyone's new otp.

#asks answered #asenora's opinions on ships #luna lovegood #unhinged and deranged #ship name: lollivander

[theroyalthrones]

Behind the Scenes | Motillier Hall | Grenoble, Lavande

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ost of you have traveled hundreds, even thousands of miles to be here, and your presence warms my heart more than you can imagine. To my cherished family and friends, your love and support have been my constant. Each one of you has added a layer of joy to my life, and I am grateful for the countless memories we've shared.

To my incredible family, you are the roots that ground me, the branches that lift me, and the leaves that bring color to my world. Thank you for being the foundation of my happiness.

And to my love, [Fiancé's Name], meeting you was like finding the missing piece of a puzzle I didn't know was incomplete. Your love has added a new and beautiful dimension to my life, and I can't wait to spend forever with you.

Tonight is not just about celebrating our engagement; it's about celebrating the love that surrounds us—love from family, love from friends, and the love that binds us together. Thank you all for being part of this magical journey. Here's to love, laughter, and a lifetime of happiness.

GIRL 1 Is that your brother, Your Highness? GIRL 2 He looks.. Good CAROLINE D'ALAIRE Does he? GIRL 1 It's almost like he's changed (Laughs) GIRL 2 They've kidnapped your brother and replaced him with… What? GIRL 1 A decent guy. (all laughing) CAROLINE D'ALAIRE (chuckling) Hmm, Maybe you're right. He helps her into the car, and while they're in it, Caroline looks over to him. Staring at him LAURIE ALAIRE What? CAROLINE D'ALAIRE … LAURIE ALAIRE Is there something on my face? CAROLINE D'ALAIRE … You're doing really well, Laurie. You've surprised me. LAURIE ALAIRE (Laughs) I had hoped you would have had more faith in me, Caroline. CAROLINE D'ALAIRE Seriously, I think you can actually pull this off. CAROLINE D'ALAIRE I can actually see you being a leader, Laurie. A king, maybe. LAURIE ALAIRE … (chuckles) Thanks for the confidence, Linny. I couldn't ever do it without you. He looks out the window, clearly happy. They continue to drive, the scene isn't over yet. After a few minutes in silence, Caroline speaks again CAROLINE D'ALAIRE So Laurie, you know how I'm getting married and all that? LAURIE ALAIRE Be a little more excited about it than that, Linny. M8 CAROLINE D'ALAIRE (Laughs) My engagement party is next week idiot. And I need you to be there. It's important to me. LAURIE ALAIRE I know it is, I would never miss it. CAROLINE D'ALAIRE … I want no drama, Laurie, None. This is about me… for once. LAURIE ALAIRE … CAROLINE D'ALAIRE And I want everyone I love to be there to celebrate my future with me. LAURIE ALAIRE Of course, I still don't get why you're being so ominous. Spit it out. CAROLINE D'ALAIRE I love my family, Laurie, everyone. You're apart of it, and so is Dorian. CAROLINE D'ALAIRE He'll be there. LAURIE ALAIRE Oh-.

#ts4 storytelling #ts4 royal family #ts4 royals #ts4 royalty #royal sims #TheThronesStory #ts4story #sims story #sims storytelling #ts4 screenshots #ts4 story #ts4 legacy #HouseofAlaire #Sim: Caroline #Sim: Laurie #TheIdiot

[superbecky]

Meet Aislinn - Soriel Fanchild

>Please do not re-post or use my work in any way without my permission! Re-blogging is ok. Thanks!<

(CHARACTER INFO BELOW!)

My "first" art post of the year! Honestly, this kind of art is something I always shied away from making, at least regarding posting it online… but, I guess here we are! Nothing wrong with going into the new year trying out something new. Allow me to introduce to you, Aislinn! She is my attempt at an Undertale fankid for Toriel x Sans (because yes, Soriel is amazing and I love it so much).

The concept of this character actually dates back years ago as a little collaboration between me and a family member. I never was planning to make her known about, but during Soriel Week 2023 (so back in August), I decided why not? Thus, I started updating her design and did a sketch. However, during that time Soriel Week 2023 was ending and I got too busy until I eventually forgot about this kiddo. That is, until a few days ago when I got inspired by that same family member and decided “you know what, sure let’s just do this for fun”! So yeah, here she is!

I did have fun drawing/designing her, but I also think it is a little bit tricky when creating fan characters because, at least for me, I want them to feel like a natural inclusion to the world they are supposed to be from. I think overall I did good though at this goal!

Anyways, if you are interested in hearing more about her character, the family/story dynamics, and my design process, then keep on reading! Otherwise, I think she turned out cute and this was a fun little project to work on! I wouldn’t be opposed to drawing her again or even with other family members, but I think it will ultimately depend on if people would want to see that. Oh, and if you have any questions about her you want to ask that I don’t have answered below, then feel free to ask me! C:

🤍💙💜🤍💙💜 So… if you are reading this, then you are wanting to learn more, yeah? Well, buckle up because boy do I have a lot to share! Does Aislinn exist within an AU/alternate timeline? Well, I feel it would be more appropriate to consider her inclusion as being part of an alternative timeline because it’s more so my head canons/my take on a possibility of what could happen after the events of a pacifist timeline if Toriel and Sans end up together. Like, there isn’t anything drastically changed to what we know from canon other than me throwing some head canons into a pacifist timeline, so it feels incorrect to me to call it an AU. Do I have a name then for this alternate timeline? I guess if anything, you could consider her inclusion as a follow up to the stories/events told in my other Undertale alternative timeline, Scrapbooktale. Why the name Aislinn? Why not use a font for her name? Well, technically if you google “Aislinn font”, there is a font that I think fits her pretty well. But basically, Aislinn’s name means “dream or vision”, which I felt tied back to things in Undertale like “hopes and dreams” (Asriel) and just how like I feel that with monster kind being freed, they are able to pursue their dreams. Toriel and Sans are both shown to be very family-oriented, so why wouldn’t a possible dream of theirs be to extend their family? That’s where my inspiration came from. Her nicknames are Linn and Linny. Does she speak using a font like Sans and Papyrus?  Nope. More information regarding your design process for her?

So going into more details regarding her physical design, her head and part of her neck is completely bone like Sans and her hands are also skeletal. The only thing on her face that has fur is her little floofy eyebrows! The rest of her body is more like Toriels. She wears a big, green headband/bow as I decided that I wanted to give her some sort of visual element that would give the illusion of ears. I knew that I wanted to give her horns, but instead of just giving her horns that look like what Toriel has, I thought it would be cool to give her horns that resemble Sanses Gaster Blasters. Her eyes in shape are more like her moms, but they are just more so glowing pupils like Sans has (or in her case, glowing ring lights). Her eye color has a slight blue tint to it as I was inspired by Toriel’s official Nendroid design, which has blue eyes. One of Aislinn's most treasured items is her gold flower hair clip that was given to her by Frisk. She always keeps it clipped on her favorite headband/bow.

How old is she? How tall is she?

I find it hard to give an exact age for her because how monsters age is a bit… unknown in terms of canon? But if I had to give her some sort of age, Aislinn is 5 years old, and I think Frisk would be roughly 14 years old around this time. As for her height... well she is just a lil kiddo, so of course she is rather short! I imagine when she gets older though, she would be taller than Frisk. What is her personality? Likes and Dislikes?

Aislinn is cautious and sometimes can come off as shy. While she loves her family, their antics definitely freak her out from time to time.

She is very polite thanks mainly to Toriel. Sans tries to loosen her up a bit, but it is something Aislinn just can’t help!

She tends to keep to herself.

She can be very curious and playful, but won’t do anything that she deems unsafe (unless convinced). Because of her age though, she still struggles with understanding sometimes what is actually considered safe and unsafe.

Her favorite color is green, and her favorite food is snail pizza.

Some of her hobbies include playing with her toy trumpet, drawing, reading and hearing stories, and playing/hanging out with Frisk.

She likes puns and jokes. However, she is terrible at making them.

Aislinn dislikes fighting and dangerous situations. She also does not enjoy getting super messy.

Aislinn and Frisk's Relationship

Aislinn idolizes Frisk. Even though she has a hard time understanding them sometimes (especially regarding all the shenanigans Frisk seems to get into) Aislinn still thinks that Frisk is the coolest person in the world. She loves hearing about Frisk’s adventures, especially the ones of their time Underground. Even though Frisk has a hard time understanding kids close to their age or younger, they still enjoy hanging out with Aislinn and sometimes envy her naïve nature. When Aislinn was a baby, though initially excited, Frisk ended up having a hard time of feeling like the "lesser child" since they are adopted and struggle with self worth. Luckily, thanks to Sans and Toriel, Frisk began to learn over time that they are just as loved and cared for as Aislinn. Though sometimes, they may fall back into this mindset. On the other hand, Aislinn sometimes feels like she isn't good enough compared to Frisk. After all, she is the sibling of the human who changed history by freeing monster kind! Aislinn and Frisk really do love each other though at the end of the day. Aislinn and Sanses Relationship

I am someone who head canons that Sans raised Papyrus and later on helped to raise Frisk after marrying Toriel. By the time Aislinn comes into the picture, Sans is a natural at the whole dad thing... or at least, he likes to hope so. For Sans, it definitely helps to have such a cool wife by his side and to have a kid this time around who is a lot more chilled out. Sans finds that raising Aislinn has actually been way easier than raising Papyrus, and especially Frisk mainly due to Aislinn staying out of trouble. That being said, Sans sometimes worries that he is not doing enough with Aislinn considering how much he seems to be keeping an eye on Frisk, because wow that kid is always getting into trouble and next thing he knows he is asking "uh kid, how did you end up flooding the bathroom... again"? He does make an effort though to make sure that Aislinn knows that he cares for her, and he tries to set aside time from all of the commotion around the house just for her. Though Aislinn is terrible at telling joke, Sans will always be proud at her attempt to tell one. Sans is the one who got Aislinn into trying out a musical instrument (her toy trumpet). He also came up with her nicknames Linn and Linny. Sans will call her baby bones, just as he did for Papyrus and still does for Frisk.

Aislinn and Toriel's Relationship

Aislinn really looks up to Toriel with how she presents herself. Graceful, polite, elegant, and sometimes just goofy. While Sans may be stuck watching Frisk all the time from almost doing god knows what, Toriel is the one who makes sure to keep more of an eye on Aislinn. Toriel enjoys teaching Aislinn things throughout the day, such as "72 uses for snails". Aislinn loves it when Toriel reads her stories, even if sometimes she does not understand what the heck is even going on in said story. When it comes to needing emotional support, Aislinn will usually go to Toriel first.

Aislinn's Magic Her magic consists of fire magic that is shaped like bones (so instead of a typical fire ball, it’s a “fire ball” that is bone shaped)! She has no blasters like Sans, nor can she teleport like he does. She can however use dark blue magic (gravity manipulation) like Sans. She can only use this magic to make someone still for a small amount of time. She cannot use this magic to push or move anyone. Aislinn also has the ability to use green (healing) magic, but is not really good at it. The most she can heal is up to 0.5-1hp, but over time as she gets older and learns her magic better, she will be able to heal just as well as Toriel does! At her current age, Aislinn's magic is still pretty weak and she is still learning how to use it properly.

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PHEW! Ok, I think that is all the main information I wanted to cover. But yeah, if you have any questions or want to learn more, then please feel free to ask! 💜

#undertale #undertale fanart #undertale fankid #scrapbooktale #undertale scrapbooktale #undertale fanchild #soriel #undertale soriel #soriel fankid #soriel fanchild #Undertale Aislinn #Undertale Family #Undertale soriel fankid #soriel fankid aislinn #undertale oc #writing that description up took like 2 hours my gosh

[wellgoslowly]

do y’all think lucy has stabbed herself in the foot w a rapier bc she was trying to wake up her foot bc she’d rather die than feel pins and needles yes or no

#the answer is yes #lockwood and co #renew lockwood and co #anthony lockwood #lucy carlyle #george karim #locklyle #george cubbins #lockwood netflix #save lockwood and co #locklyle brainrot is real #lucy carlyle headcannons #lockwood and co headcannon #linnie chronicles #linnie speaks #linnifer thinks

[arminslovurrr]

happy new years everyone!!! wishing you all abundance , happiness and prosperity in this upcoming year !!!

still working on the “dilf!toji x black!reader drabble (pls don’t kill me 😭😭)

#[linnie speaks] #[linnie’s works] #toji smut #gojo smut #jjk smut #linnieloveswhen #pleaaaaseee #choso smut #new year #2024 #happy new year #abundance #prosperity #happiness #for 2024 #love you lots #tysm for the support #dilf toji #on the brain

[wonieleles]

mint chocolate shirt — profiles : hybe’s angels 🤝

meet the members !

l/n y/n (user: yesornaur and aussieconvict) - 05 LINER, lead vocalist and visual, australian, also known as lesserafim’s cute awkward baby, got scouted outside of inkigayo while she was trying to get other cup of mint choco ice cream, adores enhypen’s jungwon (he’s her celebrity crush), remembers staining some guy’s shirt but does not remember it being jungwon, the sweetest person ever but still likes to joke around a lot

miyawaki sakura (user: sakuratree) - 98 LINER, vocalist, japanese, often gets made fun of by the youngest two for being born in the 20th century but is highly respected by them still, keeps the group from doing stupid things

kim chaewon (user: screamqueen(s)) - 00 LINER, leader and vocalist, korean, called lesserafim’s adorable, lovely, amazing leader by y/n (maybe at gunpoint but who knows), the member y/n confides in the most when she needs advice

huh yunjin (user: cestlavie) - 01 LINER, main vocalist, korean-american, always makes y/n laugh, notices the little shifts in people’s moods and tries to help with it, likes to randomly speak to y/n in (usually british) english

nakamura kazuha (user: kickinitwithyou) - 03 LINER, sub-vocalist, rapper, and dancer, japanese, just trying to live but gets teased every five minutes (it’s ok she still gets revenge tho)

hong eunchae (user: alwayswinning) - 06 LINER, maknae, lead dancer, and vocalist, korean, y/n’s partner in crime, somehow always convinces y/n to go out with her and go through with her (probably crazy) plans, a social butterfly that tells y/n all about the latest gossip

SYNOPSIS. back in 2020, jungwon accidentally bumped into a girl, causing her mint chocolate chip ice cream to stain his crisp white shirt. with no time to change, jungwon had to go to his first inkigayo performance with a huge green circle on his shirt that his members constantly tease him for. now, two years later, jungwon bumps into you again, only this time, the mint chocolate chip ice cream stains your shirt.

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AUTHOR’S NOTE. my lesserafim girlies 🫶🫶

TAGLIST (OPEN). @0i8ma @mitsukifilms @wooniy @trsrina @jliea @yenqa @0310lvr @kohakun @sunoksunny @felixsunshine28 @invusblog @sd211 @kokoiinuts @jungwonzlvr (italics: couldn’t tag)

PERMANENT TAGLIST (OPEN). @yedamdamn @miridicallyyours @jungwonize @linniely @yebin14 @abdiitcryy @stllsph @valewoos @strwberrydinosaur @zi-ever

#enhypen smau #enhypen x reader #jungwon smau #jungwon x reader #enhypen au #jungwon au #jungwon x you #jungwon x y/n #enhypen fluff #jungwon fluff #enhypen imagines #jungwon imagines #enhypen social media au #jungwon social media au #enhypen fics #jungwon fics #enhypen scenarios #jungwon scenarios #enhypen angst #jungwon angst

[bumblingdragon]

Different person but I'd like to hear more about when Lee almost died? 👀

🙌 🙌 🙌

So, at some point in the middle of the war, the group that Lee is with gets lured into an ambush and captured. The regular elves and such get tortured for information, some of the more useless ones are executed as an example, but the handful of Demi-yara (including Lee) are kept aside for a different purpose

somebody working with the group of captors is a sort of evil scientist type (tbh im still working on his character) and he's interested in the Demi-yara for his research. He's made some sort of deal with someone in power with the army to get inside and be given prisoners for his work. Demi-yara are relatively rare (at least on this continent) and have some extreme physical variety amongst them, so this guy wants to pick them apart, literally, dissect them for his research, diagram their biology and learn how they tik, etc.

when guards came to take the next prisoner to the chopping block (so to speak), they started going for Linni (the dragon girl that Lee's been pinning over). Linni's in the middle of freaking the fuck out due to PTSD related to being held in dungeons (its very out of character for her so everyone else is freaked out that she's freaked out). But Lee ends up throwing himself in front of her and they take him instead

So Lee gets strapped down and vivisected 😈 (with no sort of anesthetic either, he ends up passing out from pain several times before the blood loss gets to him.) All his friends still back in the like holding cell can hear him screaming. There's some sort of magical or medicinal bullshit going on that keeps him alive longer so he ~Suffers™~ (if he died right away the scientist guy wouldn't be able to see how his unique organs function, you know? he wants to see them in action)

Rescue does arrive not too long after, and his step-brother Sael is with them, but when they find Lee they think he's dead. He certainly LOOKS dead, he isn't obviously breathing and with how bad it looks they don't consider checking him for vitals right away. There's a really long quiet sadness for a moment where Sael is mourning his brother before Lee makes a quiet choking noise and everyone jumps to get him untied and stabilized (healing magic is tricky and not a quick fix, he still has a LONG long recovery time after that)

#oc talk #Lee #THANK YOU! for the ask!! 🥺🥰 #vivisection #whump #ask post #anonymous

[misscammiedawn]

Charmed 2024 Outfit Poll!

It's that time again. Votes for this year's outfits!

I Shall Wear Midnight

Featuring a top hat gifted by Goddess Lady Ru'etha, a shawl and sprig of lavender crafted by Daja, a clasp crafted by Linny Bee and a pendant bought from Noelle. This is Miss Dawn's enchanted item filled with tokens of power. You will be mesmerized by this new witchy look from Dawn.

Miss Dawn's Teaching Outfit

Paired off with Daja's Lovely Assistant outfit, Dawn taught the 2024 version of "Utilizing Presence in a Scene" with this green and red outfit. Pictured with and without jacket.

Pink Pyjamas

Formal sleepwear for those who are tired and need to get their rest in before the next day of the event.

The Footie's On

Cammie and Craig are sportsball humans and Craig watched the Chelsea/Fulham game with Daja (Cammie watched Packers/Cowboys) and brought his strip. A gift from Daja and Sleepyhead. Rare photo of us boymodding. Albeit we don't really try to appear masc when Craig fronts.

Sunrise's Outfit

WINNER OF THE 2023 BEST OUTFIT AWARD - A lovely green velvet dress for a somft sweetling. This year worn for the "Non-visual fixation" class that she demo bottomed at. Online attendees described it as "Compersion 101"

Maiden's Pyjamas

A chemise utilized as night wear that really compliments the deeply hypnotized look in my eyes.

Plug/Zero Suit

Cosplay brought for a video shoot. It didn't end up being used so Sleepyhead helped me take some photos with it. I am informed my butt looks great in this outfit?

Miss Dawn's Casual Look

Miss Dawn's outfit is so ubiquitous that it's what she's wearing in our avatar (artwork by Poppetsisters).

Camden's Casual Look

A lovely green and blue outfit for lowkey social situations and pretending we have a chest to speak of.

Vampire Gala

Last year the same outfit was utilized for our subbiest scene. This year it was pure toppy energy. Amazing how the same outfit can help amplify the predator's presence. Your neck will get bitten.

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Go ahead and vote for your favorite!

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Utsukushii Kare S2E4: “face me straight on”

Thanks to @linnie-la91 for this screenshot. This line, along with the one following it, ended up being a pretty good summary for this whole danged season: “But he's a weirdo. We always fight.” Thankfully, the season ended with Kiyoi and his weirdo getting along better.

At long last, here are my thoughts on the big moments in season 2 episode 4 of Utsukushii Kare. There were a lot of them! I’m going to touch on some of the psychology threads I’ve been examining throughout this season but I’ll save my really in-depth analysis of those for another post on the season as a whole. 

Every episode of this season has been packed with character development and things that both clarify and chart changes in the relationship between the leads. It’s not surprising that in the final episode this ramped up even more. Overall, in terms of the dynamics I’ve been writing about, Hira and Kiyoi are finding a more balanced way of relating to each other. Emphasis on *more* balanced, since it’s definitely not there yet, and they might not want it to be entirely balanced anyway. It’s a much-needed and significant improvement. Instead of Kiyoi completely on his own pursuing Hira and getting nothing but fake-pursuit role-playing in return, we saw Hira taking risks and showing awareness of Kiyoi’s actual mental state (instead of the thoughts he wants to ascribe to him for fantasy reasons). 

So, first, the “I'm not going to kiss you…until you finally decide to take me seriously” scene. This move might strike some people as manipulative on Kiyoi’s part. Withholding affection, contact, or physical intimacy definitely can be manipulative. But I actually think it’s a very reasonable boundary to set under these circumstances. Kissing, and whatever might come after it, is one of the few types of pursuit (maybe the only one?) that when Kiyoi engages in it, Hira reliably reciprocates. But physical intimacy often works differently from other types. It’s not unusual at all for someone who distances in other ways to be the pursuer or be much more receptive to being pursued when it comes to sex. In Kiyoi’s case, there are a couple of reasons why this kiss moratorium makes sense. One of the main recommendations for repairing a polarized pursuer-distancer situation is for the pursuer to stop or reduce pursuing (in a calm, mature way, not engaging in reactive distance). Usually this leads (eventually) to the distancer having to try doing some pursuing in order to get their needs met. This is the area of their relationship in which Hira is most likely to really feel the absence of Kiyoi pursuing him. It’s a good start to trying to reverse those roles. 

Also, if I were in Kiyoi’s shoes, as much as I might really want the comfort and reassurance of some physical intimacy after all of the hurt I experienced, I would be very wary of getting into something that would likely feel very bittersweet at best under the circumstances. Being physically intimate with someone who has hurt you deeply when that hurt is not resolved can be painful and destructive. It’s not unreasonable to want to avoid that. Acting like he was going to kiss Hira and then announcing the moratorium in that way was a little mean. But I can see why Kiyoi felt like turning the tables on Hira a bit. 

The talk in the park/on the shrine steps was a huge deal and moved the needle in a few different areas. First, Kiyoi accepted that hints and implications wouldn’t work with Hira and voiced his thoughts and feelings directly. This meant putting himself in a more vulnerable position, which isn’t easy for him. It showed real growth. Hira responded in kind, which represented even more growth for him given how much he’s been living in his own head throughout season 2 (well, arguably, his entire life). Even though his thinking about being “unworthy” of Kiyoi wasn’t hugely different, the fact that he was speaking about it openly and listening to what Kiyoi had to say in response was a big change. 

I loved the direct yet gentle way Kiyoi said, “I don’t care if you’re a pebble or not.” This was immediately followed by Kiyoi doing the same movement/pose he did when asking Hira if he would keep his dance lessons a secret in season 1, looking Hira in the eye from close up and slightly below him. There was a strong contrast here given how much closer they’d become and how much kinder Kiyoi was being, but at the same time, there was also a parallel in that Kiyoi was challenging Hira by saying, “I won't let you have a one-sided love again.” 

Speaking of parallels, I find it really interesting that Hira brings up what Kiyoi said the night they got together, but I’m not entirely sure what to make of it. Rather abruptly, he looks at Kiyoi and says, “‘If it’s the same as until now, then no.’ When you said that, it made me happy.” I don’t blame Kiyoi for thinking Hira might be making fun of him, because he does his sort of sneaky smile here, just like when he’s teasing Kiyoi about being cute. But I think he seems sincere. This is also the first time either of them really talks about that night (despite parallels galore and clearly intentional references to it in the show). I think it’s promising that Hira is actually acknowledging it after seeming, pretty much this entire time, as if he’d forgotten all about it. But I’m not sure how to interpret that weird smile! And I’m not super clear on the comment about it making him happy. Is there a part of him that was already more willing to change, more interested in finally meeting Kiyoi as equals, than most of his actions in season 1 would suggest? 

Then there’s the exchange about jobs and supporting themselves, which I actually think is one of the most significant moments in the episode. Hira has been talking himself down in part because he’s convinced he won’t be able to find a job after graduation, so Kiyoi brings up the fact that he could actually afford to support both of them. Hira makes a really obvious sour face in response to this and turns away. Kiyoi’s voiceover says, “There it is. Lord Hira gets stubborn about the weirdest things.” (It’s worth noting that this wording sounds a lot like Koyama’s description of Hira in season 1 when he badmouths him in front of Kiyoi as a sort of test–but that’s just in English, I don’t know about the original dialogue.) Kiyoi says, “You don’t like that?” and Hira nods decisively. “Then I was lying. I want you to be like a workhorse. I'll throw you away if you cause me any trouble.” Of course, Hira grins at this. When Kiyoi says, “So creepy,” I don’t know if I’ve ever agreed more with him applying that label to Hira. 

But for all the weirdness of this exchange, it’s a lot healthier than the way they’ve been communicating, and if Hira is paying attention to this and doesn’t get selective amnesia again, it could point the way toward progress. The blatant way Kiyoi says, “then I was lying” makes it particularly clear he’s just saying what Hira wants him to say, just playing along. If Hira needs for Kiyoi to be this cold, imperious, princely figure, he’ll play along sometimes, but he’ll make it pretty obvious that it’s just a game. If Hira can be content with this and not, as I said, conveniently forget about it being more like role-playing than reality, this could really be a way for them to compromise. Kiyoi just wants to know that at the end of the day Hira knows he’s an actual human being who really loves him and that he’ll drop the servant act long enough to meet Kiyoi’s need for a real partner. Hira has been expecting reality to conform to his fantasy and when it doesn’t, he’s just given up on perceiving reality accurately and let his fantasies seep into real life. If he can handle getting his needs met through this playful version of the fantasy and still remember that it’s not a fully accurate reflection of their relationship, they could really get somewhere.

I want to just briefly touch on Kiyoi’s conversation with Anna here. I found it really sweet. He shows a side of himself with her that he hasn’t anywhere else on the show. He’s partly being deferential out of politeness, but he also seems sincerely in awe of her and genuinely shy. At the same time, he’s remarkably unguarded and sincere whenever they talk. I love his expression and his manner when he comes out to her. It’s so direct in such a cute way. Her excitement about his relationship is also really endearing. Like other folks, I can see that events seem to be pointing toward her being in danger in the movie and I’m also worried for her, because she’s such a likable character. Her mention of “trusting [her]self” and “being true to [her]self” is interesting but I’m not sure if it’s pointing toward something to come in the movie or meant to apply to this episode.

Next up: Hira’s rather bizarre job interview with Noguchi Hiromi. This whole thing was pretty fascinating. I loved Noguchi’s outspokenness. He really went after Hira with no holds barred and yet he did it in a remarkably nonjudgemental way. I found it very significant that even though Noguchi is very critical both of Hira’s personality and his photography and even though at a certain point Hira’s aware that Noguchi is offering him a job, with all of the job interview associations that brings up, he never stutters when he’s talking with him. Well, I take that back. He does stutter very briefly when they first start talking, and then when he starts to excuse himself after Noguchi says his assistant quit so he’s super busy. But those are very low-stakes moments, moments when they’re just starting to interact or he thinks they’re about to stop. When Noguchi really starts giving it to him with both barrels, he’s fine. He even speaks to him in a rather challenging way when he asks, “What part of that makes you want me to be your assistant?” Despite his thought that “he and I don’t match,” it seems they’re actually really well suited to each other. 

The other really notable thing is, of course, Noguchi’s take on Hira as seen through his work, coupled with Hira’s confirmation that “it's like he sees right through me.” Noguchi sees things in Hira that the viewer hasn’t really had a chance to observe. I’ve read a little bit of the first novel and some of this comes through more there, but there are only the slightest hints of it in the show. Here’s what Noguchi says (per the Viki subtitles, flaws and all): 

It was such a childish photo. You should've just chosen an empty place rather than erasing people. Going out of your way to erasing [sic] people made it very clear that you hate this world…What I felt from your photo was tremendous selfishness and disgust. You haven't succeeded at all, but you think you're amazing. But instead of showing it outright, you make a shell by belittling yourself. You look down on this world with youth, stupidity, and ambiguity.

I wrote previously about how in some ways Hira seems like a depressive personality but in others like a self-defeating one, and how the biggest difference between the two is that the self-defeating person typically feels aggrieved or resentful. We haven’t seen that aggrieved side come out overtly in Hira in the show much at all, but Noguchi sees it, and Hira confirms it. This is actually pretty consistent with other aspects of his character as well, but I’m going to save my full discussion of that for my post about the season as a whole. 

And now, for that job announcement/gift/kiss scene. Whew, it’s a lot. Hira tells Kiyoi about the job with Noguchi, then tells him, “there’s a photo I want to take.” Basically, he wants to take at least one photo of Kiyoi as a professional and have it published somewhere with his name attached.  Kiyoi understands what this means and is really moved. It’s symbolic of something a lot bigger than just taking a photo. Hira’s talking about meeting Kiyoi on something resembling his own level. This is a great example of what Kiyoi was looking for when he asked Hira to “face [him] straight on.” 

Next, Kiyoi gives Hira a gift for Valentine’s Day, a little box of chocolates and a rubber duck. The duck thing has particular significance given the short thing that the show released on social media a little while ago, in which Kiyoi and Koyama are talking about Hira and they both talk about Hira’s relationship with “Captain Duck” in a pretty disparaging way. Giving Hira a duck is a way of showing acceptance of his eccentricities and meeting him where he is. And Hira’s excitement bears this out–he’s ecstatic. 

And then we have the part of the scene where Kiyoi holds out a piece of chocolate to Hira, ends up feeding it to him, and then one thing leads to another and they’re kissing and collapsing to the floor. I’ve already analyzed this to death so I’ll just summarize here. It’s not 100% clear whether Kiyoi’s moratorium on kissing just applied to him making the first move. It would make sense if it did, since the whole point was for Hira to come to him instead of him always having to do all the pursuing. But either way, it seems like he was ready to lift it, because Hira really had made quite a bit of progress by that point. Or, well, he at least was clearly heading in the right direction. His thing about photographing Kiyoi professionally seemed to clinch it in Kiyoi’s eyes. 

With that kiss, the show also suddenly acknowledged a dynamic that apparently is very overt in the novel because it’s more explicit about their sexual relationship. I gather it should also be pretty obvious, from the use of certain words and other cues, to folks who are familiar with certain tropes that often show up not only in BL and yaoi manga but also other genres. This set of tropes was also mentioned in the first episode of season 1, when Hira apologized for being “too persistent” and said he couldn’t help it because Kiyoi was “cute.” Basically, between these references, the actors’ performances in the kissing scene, and the distinct way of talking that Hagiwara Riku adopts when Hira tells Kiyoi, “I can't wait any longer tonight,” it’s heavily implied that there’s a kind of role reversal that happens when Hira and Kiyoi are physically intimate where Hira is very authoritative while Kiyoi is more reactive, even shy. Of course, there’s always something to be said for a climactic kiss as you’re nearing the end of any sort of romance-dominated story. But it’s also a bit of a wild choice to throw this very different way they relate to one another at the audience so close to the end of the season. 

Which brings us to the end of season 2. I’m grateful that the most pressing issues between Hira and Kiyoi were left resolved, but there are still tons of loose ends and things that were just getting started when the season ended, which makes sense as they were leading toward the movie. That works great for the audience in Japan, who just have a little over a month to wait until Eternal comes out in theaters. But there’s no telling when it’ll be available to those of us in the U.S., and folks are saying that similar things have taken between six months and a year to make it over here. Well, here’s hoping they at least make an announcement before too long so we’ll have an idea of what to expect...and preferably that they announce it won’t be an entire year.

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