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inamindfarfaraway · 2 years

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Ideas for the Gauthier-Duong siblings’ akumatized forms:

Kane - Bondsmith

Kane wants to have people’s loyalty and positive regard - themes of entrapment and possession

Has just been denied the love of his stepsister and the right to more family than his mother

Goal is to trap Alison, Noah and Estelle as his loving family - the last push Estelle needs to accept becoming a superhero, because she may typically choose flight rather than fight to defend herself but nobody threatens her dad

Truly loves them and thinks this is the only way for them all to be happy; has a disturbing version of his sweet, excitable kid demeanour

Akumatized item is a keychain with an old photo of him and Alison on it, initially taken off his schoolbag, worn hanging from his akumatized form’s chain necklace with the now blackened photo embedded in his chest armour

Kane acts and seems to Estelle like a ‘golden boy’, wanting to be perfect and make people think he’s perfect to ensure they’ll stay with him (to protect his feelings), his whole outward personality reflecting that, and repressing his negative emotions, now released in full force - wears shiny gold plate armour, a gold mask shaped in a cheerful expression, and black underclothes and tarnished grey skin the armour cannot completely hide

Chain motif representing the possession of people he wants for himself and connections he wishes to preserve and enforce on others - lots of chain accessories, web of chains across his chest converging over the photo that prevents the heroes just pulling it out

Power is to bind people together with magical chains that he can mentally alter the length of - as well as physically restricting movement, gold ones make them get along with the other person and black ones make them reflexively dislike them, affecting only emotions, not thoughts, so people forced to feel good or bad about each other can still name reasons they shouldn’t in a detached, logical way; his plan to get the Miraculous is simply to chain the heroes directly to himself and compel them to give him their Miraculous, since his power doesn’t affect him

Bowerbird defeats him by using Ladybug’s Lucky Charm, a smoke bomb, to obscure his vision (Ladybug and Cat Noir are incapacitated, a black chain between them making them too busy arguing to focus), using her vocal mimicry to trick him into thinking she’s Alison so he lets his guard down, restraining his attacking arm with a perfectly timed Masterpiece before he can attach the chain to her, shackling his other arm with it, breaking the chain net with her paintbrush and smashing the photo

Estelle - Echo

Estelle wants to be listened to - themes of voice, sound and hearing

Feels disregarded and disrespected by her birth parents, especially Violette, and has her trauma from their divorce ripped up to the surface

Goal is to share her sense of loss of stability, security, control and agency with everyone else out of vengeful spite

Bitter, sullen, temperamental, sardonically mocking, essentially Estelle’s worst exaggerated

Akumatized item is her headphones, fused to her head and turned purple with red handprints ‘holding’ the earphones and three jagged crystalline red spikes on the band, constantly blasting music which is generated by her own emotional magic loud enough to faintly be heard externally

Her parents were her entire world and their fighting and divorce her world decaying and crumbling - power affects her environment

Pink skin, long floaty purple dress, long light green hair in pigtails and purple eyes - the colours, clothing and hairstyle she liked and wore frequently when she was eleven, during the divorce, as just prior to akumatization she felt no less helpless than she did then

Motif of red handprints gripping her arms and legs at multiple angles, symbolic of her feeling pulled carelessly and incompatibly in different directions

Doesn’t speak, a red gag stifling her voice

Power is to affect her surroundings through the music she listens to within a radius that expands as her strengthening emotions increase the volume; it differs depending on the genre, her psychological state automatically changing it: a mournful classical track turns the ground into bottomless quicksand (sadness), an aggressive rock song creates indestructible red crystal spikes (anger) and a rousing pop song lets her emit sparkly white light in burning lasers and blinding flashes (joy/confidence)

Bowerboy defeats her by, after repeated frontal attacks fail, realizing the best way to help his sister and save the day is to follow Ladybug’s plan, and distracting her from the safety of a bower while Cat Noir sneaks up to deliver a Cataclysm to the headphones

If they were akumatized in their superhero forms, Estelle would be Flame Bowerbird with a colour scheme based on that species instead of the satin bowerbird and Kane would be Killer Whale, switching the grey and white great white shark for its bigger, more intelligent predator the black and white orca.

#estelle needs to learn that she CAN DO THINGS #and be good at things #and just be good #so she gets to beat bondsmith basically all on her own #meanwhle kane needs to learn that he CAN’T DO EVERYTHING #and to accept his limits and flaws without writing himself off as wholly bad #and he stops just feeling hurt on her behalf and thinks ‘what would estelle do?’ and the answer is to care about the plan #so he plays support in the final battle #also echo is named for how noah and violette fighting and ignoring her feelings ‘echoes’ the divorce period #and in reference to the echo of greek mythology who wasted away to just her voice because she wasn’t loved #mlb ocs #miraculous ladybug ocs #miraculous ocs #akumatized ocs #akumatization

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cap-sweet-and-salty-sadness · 2 years

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Infinite at Every Window

Geraskier, Different First Meeting, Geralt is hired by the Kerack noble family to find their missing son who hasn't shown up at Oxenfurt to teach for the semester.

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Geralt roughly lands on cold stone. He groans at the feeling of his organs setting to their right place inside. He's not in a cave anymore, but in an old, decrepit castle, the sun shining bright through a broken window. He assumes this used to be the foyer, but now there's nothing welcoming about it. Dust overtakes the few furniture pieces left and floats around him as he gets to his feet. Nothing's broken in his satchel, and he still has his two swords, so there's that.

His medallion is still giving an insistent thrum. A quick look outside doesn't give him an hint of where he could be. The castle is surrounded by a luxurious forest, infinite at every window, he can't see much before the brightness becomes too much. The colours, although dulled by dust and decay, are too much for his eyes because of the Cat potion, and he waits impatiently for its effect to end. What a waste of a potion.

He slowly ventures in the hall. It's long been abandoned, and from his knowledge the architecture is neither human or elvish. He bites his lip at the only possible conclusion. He's not on the same plane anymore. He fucking hates portals. There's a high chance of Jaskier also being here, probably in captivity, and he sets his mind on finding him and then how to get out of here. The walls of the main hall are cracked and obstructed by vines, the chandeliers hanging from the high ceiling crooked and on the verge of falling.

Whoever is here is in hiding, because no one would willingly live in such sorry place. He continues swiping the room with his eyes and something on the floor makes him kneel down. The dust is disturbed here. He follows the trail into a private dining room, smaller by noble standards to only welcome the noble family. The long table is currently occupied by two persons, their backs turned to him.

He steps in the room and is assaulted by sudden noise; the low timber of the man's voice, the scrape of a chair when the girl fidgets on it, the fireplace alive with the logs cracking inside. The room has been magically insulated. Either to make sure nobody outside the room hear them, or so no one inside hear outside. He makes his steps heavy, insistent, and with a start they both turn around. The young girl, Geralt isn't good at putting age on faces, but she couldn't be older than 10 years old, and she's obviously a noble fae - from her elegant hairstyle to the frills on her dress and the pinched expression she sports. She's too young or doesn't have the need for a glamour here, and her small dragonfly-like wings are lilac and iridescent, tucked against her back. Every once in a while, one lightly flutters, like she can't keep still.

The other person is a man, with a mop of unkept brown hair and clothes that probably used to be vibrant, but are now dirty and ripped at a few places. His face is... There's plenty of food on the table, pastries and fruits and meats and everything anyone could dream of, and yet the man's features are emaciated, with a deep set of dark circles framing bright blue eyes.

Geralt has been shown Jaskier's portrait, but the eyes, the same as his mother's, are a dead giveaway.

"How did you get here?" The little girl asks with a pout. "You're interrupting my lesson."

"Apologies, I was looking for--" He looks at Jaskier, whose large eyes widen even further as he discreetly shakes his head. Quick to catch on. Geralt likes the efficiency.

"Marinette's father? We were about to take a break, it's quite alright darling." Jaskier's voice is controlled, but there's no denying the quickening of his heartbeat, rosewood relief drifting to Geralt.

Marinette clicks her tongue and jumps to her feet, already bored. "Mphm. I need to go pipi anyway."

And Marinette runs off through a door opposite the one Geralt has come from. As soon as she's gone, Geralt is at Jaskier's side in two long strides, kneeling beside him. He looks worse than worn, and Geralt knows they don't have much time before the girl returns with her father.

Jaskier is rearranging the papers on the table, his long fingers trembling. When he looks at Geralt however, his gaze is strong and steady.

"Did you get kidnapped too? If a witcher got taken by this bastard, maybe I'm not so dumb after all."

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#geraskier #geralt of rivia #jaskier #the witcher #my writing

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verdandasrsblog · 3 years

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So this week I got Annoyed™ at Kara-Meir and Garlandia’s designs (Partially due to @enkoro-rs suggesting I do Kara-Meir, after which I fell down a rabbit hole). Like with the Laniakea overhaul I’m going to put my reasoning/inspo under the cut for anyone that’s interested

Honestly, where do I even start with Kara-Meir? I guess I’ll just go top-down,

1) Hair - Based on the novel covers it seems like she was supposed to be blonde originally, and just have an absolute shit ton of hair. Since the flow of the in-game design’s braids didn’t make no goddamn sense, I found some ACTUAL braided bun hairstyles and combowombo’d them into one mega hairstyle. The pins in the buns with the danglies are really just to be fancy, but I also wanted to incorporate the bits hanging off her belt in her in-game model’s concept art.

pictured: whatever the fuck these are supposed to be

2) Skin/Face/Eyes - So originally I actually colour dropper her skin from the concept art and then realized she was maybe a bit tanner than the concept, but you know what? Fuck it. I tried to keep her face shape from the concept since the cover art of her is just kinda “Generic white lady” but honestly she got a bit pointier than that in the end. I’m also not sure what her canon eye colour is supposed to be; Zooming in on the ref just gave me brown, which is what I ended up using, but if that’s not correct and anyone has the novels let me know.

3) Clothing - So I restrained her cape to something someone could maybe fight in, but my main concern was her armor - She’s supposed to be a knight but what’s up with the bikini boob breast plate? She’s portrayed as wearing both chain and full plate in the cover art and is clearly a melee fighter, so changing her to plate armor seemed obvious. Since she can wield Sunspear (t75) it makes sense to me that her Def would be somewhere in the 70s to match, which with the rework means necronium.

So like, obviously Necronium is a particular aesthetic that didn’t seem quite right for her. Looking at her lore, she has a wolf theme in her backstory and since she's also supposed to have some smithing ability (she was raised by dwarves) I thought it'd make sense that she might make her own. She’s also been to Morytania in the books, meaning she could have access to Phasmatite (Her access to the Necrite is a bit more iffy but she is hanging out on Tuska after that event so she has at least some experience with the desert). I had tried out the red glow initially but it looked like shite and didn’t really fit her anyway, so I think the gold is a better compromise both character-wise and aesthetically.

4) Sunspear - So she canonically has a sunspear, and I ended up using the current in-game design for it since her concept art one just seemed... unstable

I get that it’s reforged or whatever but it looks like it’s gonna shatter on impact with anything

Truthfully, though? You know what she should have? One of THESE bad boys:

AKA just a Grecian-style spear head. It’d also be more believable that she thinks it’s a dagger if it looks like this. I still think the in-game sunspear is a bit more ~dramatic~ but it should just be a spear tip quite frankly

Okay, onto Garlandia:

1) Hair/Face/Skin/Eyes - I’m grouping the hair in here since I honestly just left it as the in-game version (At least from what I can see from her chat head, I can’t remember if there’s some BS going on on her back or not). Ancient Greek women did tend to braid their hair so that’s accurate-ish, I guess. For her skin though, she mentions in dialogue that “Her skin shed its colour”, but her model isn’t any paler than the other icyene in game. Accordingly, I made her significantly paler, and gave her a bit of frost bite damage on her extremities from the winter she had to endure after her wings were ripped off (I considered making it darker but there’s a point where they just need to be amputated since it won’t heal, so I went with something less intense to show that it’s healed since). For her eye colour, I zoomed in on her chat head but it wasn’t quite clear - 2/4 icyene in-game have blue eyes, but I went with gold to match the rest of her pallet.

2) Clothes - This is a big one since I spent a lot of time staring at Greek art trying to figure out what a Greek-inspired character would wear when they never want to be cold ever again (It would make sense for her due to the trauma). Additionally, her skin is kinda fucked, and having it be uncovered would probably just lead to sunburn which is the last thing she needs. The shape of the middle woman’s chiton below inspired the hem of her dress, since I wanted to give her a very flowing, fashionable look:

She was supposed to have been a noble so like, fuckin’ Fashion, Baybee

I also turned her weird metal underpants into a girdle, since a waist band of some form or another isn’t uncommon in the images we have of ancient Greek attire:

Garlandia, why did you have metal panties?

Since she’s a bard (I THINK?) I also strapped on some extra storage for sheet music. Her jewelry was inspired by the following pieces, though TBH she could probably be decked out more, I just wanted to leave her hands mostly free for that good good harp playin’

3) Shoes - These get their own section because I did way too much research for it not to. Basically, most Greeks straight up didn’t wear shoes, never mind socks. Also, in her model, is it just me or do her shoes look uncomfortable as fuck??

Yikes girl are those cutting into your thighs?

Anyways, with her feet/toes being fucked up from frostbite, I wasn’t going to NOT give her shoes/socks, which meant I started looking at roman artifacts instead:

I found mention of romans wrapping their feet in fabric when it got cold, but the only “sock” I could find was from a roman fort in Britain:

So, like, needless to say after all that and also getting suckered into reading about the nuances of gladiatorial combat for like an hour I ended up going for something more modern:

So anyways they’re 0% accurate from what I could find but I like the vibe

4) Himation - So remember what I was saying about how Garlandia would probably hate being cold? Check out these bad boys:

Basically the ancient Grecian version of the Blanket Cape, and also used as outerwear in the winter! It seems like the winter ones would have been made from wool, I’d imagine she’d wear it most places except maybe the desert or Karamja since those are warm enough on their own.

Anyways thanks for coming to my fucking runescape character redesign dissertation, next on the chopping block? Who knows. Maybe Zuzu (I heard her voice acting recently since I never play with sound and YIKES YIKES YIKES YIKES I HAD NO IDEA OH GOD)

#runescape #runescape 3 #rs3 #kara-meir #garlandia #redesign

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2dsheep · 4 years

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Happier

Part 1 of 2

Erwin doesn’t know why he's dragged himself to this broom cupboard of a bookstore. How many half-finished books does he have at home lining his shelves? For as many of those as he has, he has double that which have never been opened. He runs his fingers along the spines, glancing for a name he might recognise, perhaps a title too intriguing to ignore, but the letters may as well be scribbles for how his eyes just glide across them.

A hint of daylight catches falls upon him as he steps into the next aisle, penetrating the one dingy window at the front of the store. He thinks there might be another one at the back, but when he pokes his head around the shelf he sees that it’s been barricaded with books, allowing barely a hair-width’s stream of light to tickle the room. Though there isn’t much of it, the soft light skimming along the floor and playing with the dust has Erwin feeling uneasy. He can’t remember the last time he left work so early, but must have been far too long as the few long hours of sunlight left waiting to see the day out hang over him like a weight on a fraying rope, and that can’t be a normal reaction. Perhaps he should do this more often. It was probably something he’d have to get used to before feeling the relief one would expect when getting the whole evening to themselves. Not that he knows when he’ll have the chance to do this again. There’s already lingering guilt that he’s not using his home study to put in the extra hours that were robbed from him due to necessary maintenance work in his office. He’d planned on doing just that, but he remembered a coworker’s suggestion of this place as he was leaving the office. Erwin can’t even remember telling her that he was keen on books, or used to be at least, and office small talk isn’t something he usually engages in. She was right though. It is a charming store, but his heart isn’t in it today. There are better things to be spending his time on.

Offering a small nod and an even smaller smile to the owner, hidden behind his wispy white hair and wire-framed glasses, Erwin pushes the door open and steps back onto the street, the bell ringing sharp behind him.

He’s never been to this part of the city. It isn’t really his scene, to call it something. He feels like a fish out of water and sure looks like it too, donning a suit that could pay a month’s rent in the city while surrounded by people who look like they got dressed in the dark. And yet, when he looks around he feels poor, as if he is the one that is missing something vital. There is a vibrancy in this area that he can’t quite grasp. Life seems to breathe out of the buildings, and the colours seem to pop out, exuding an energy he hasn’t felt in years. The people aren’t that much younger, if he can trust his estimations, but there’s youth in them that he doesn’t think he ever had, a freedom in the way they move and talk that eludes him.

Erwin looks back at the store and catches his reflection in the front window. For his surprise, one would think that he hasn’t looked in a mirror in well over a decade. Does he always frown like that? He looks tired, even more so than he feels in this moment, and his face has earned yet even more lines and shadow this year. It’s unfortunate but not a priority by any means. There will be time in the future to deal with this if it ever affects his work performance.

The sun is warm against his skin but he doesn’t have much desire to soak in it. He should go home after all. It’ll only take him thirty minutes to get back, leaving him enough time to push out a few more reports before the morning. He might have to skip dinner to make up for this wasted detour, but that’s what coffee was for.

Fastening his suit jacket, Erwin makes to head back to where he parked his car, when something, someone, catches his eye, and he feels his breath turn into lead. The world around him blurs, and all he can focus on is a man across the street. His back is to Erwin, but he knows it’s him without a doubt; his hair is dark, alluringly so, and he still sports the same hairstyle, shaved short while long on top. The clothes he wears aren’t much different from his preferred style from a few years ago either, donning his trademark boots which make him perhaps an inch taller than he really is. He stops outside a bar, turning every so slightly, just enough that Erwin can see his face, eyes dark against his pale skin, features as sharp as he remembers.

Levi.

How long has it been now? It must have been three years since he watched him walk out of their apartment, without a single word from either of them. Erwin just watched, making no fight to keep him. And life lost all its spark.

Erwin would almost say that Levi hadn’t changed at all in the last few years were it not for the smile he wears, dimpling his cheeks. Had Levi ever smiled like that with him? He can’t remember. All he remembers are looks of anger, disappointment, a touch of sadness here and there that pang away at Erwin’s chest now in a way they hadn’t ever done before.

Someone brushes past him to get into the book store and the street snaps back into focus, the hustle and bustle rushing back into his ears, a lingering scent of coffee dancing about the air. It’s only then he realises he’s been staring. But he doesn’t stop. He can’t take his eyes off Levi until his attention is ripped away by another person leaning down to plant a kiss on Levi’s cheek, and Erwin’s lungs fail him.

It’s only a second or two, however, before Erwin is watching Levi once more, just in time to catch him shake his head, no doubt rolling his eyes as well. It was such a familiar gesture but then Levi grins, and though Erwin can’t hear it from here he can almost feel the laugh that erupts from him as the man whispers something in his ear.

Why hadn’t Erwin been able to make Levi laugh like that?

Erwin doesn’t think he’s ever seen Levi in such a carefree manner. No, he’s sure of it. But he doesn’t want it to be true and he thinks back to the very beginning, their eyes meeting across a bar. A slight pull on the lips. He focuses, chases that smile. A chuckle that barely escapes the throat they share heated words. The image transforms and Levi’s biting his lips, a pitiful attempt to hold in a moan as Erwin pushes into him. Before he can even start to appreciate the image, never mind scold himself for letting his thoughts wander there, Levi’s mouth turns into a snarl, the look itself more devastating than the words to follow. Erwin doesn’t remember what he said back, or perhaps he won’t allow them to resurface.

The longer he observes, watching Levi give away smiles like he has too many to keep to himself, Erwin can only recall all the times he had instead stolen them from Levi. Cancelled reservations. Forgotten birthdays. An uncountable number of conversations cut off for a things he considered more important.

Erwin doesn’t take his eyes off Levi, watching until the very last moment when he walks into the bar, the door falling shut behind him. The streets wilts, sound and colour draining to something Erwin would have considered more palatable to his tastes, but it just feels dull, lifeless. He shouldn’t have come here, but his legs have him stuck in place as his mind tries to chase a million thoughts while working at a crawl. He realises that he can’t put a face to the man Levi was with. The only thing he can recall is that his hair auburn. Or was it red? Did he have hair at all? In his mind he tries to recreate the man’s image, as if it will help him understand this all better, as if it would be the key to what went wrong, but all he can see is Levi, picturing him so clearly it’s as if he has a photograph in his hand to remind himself of each of Levi’s features.

These last few years, Erwin hasn’t thought of Levi much. He hasn’t needed to, hasn’t let himself need to. There wasn’t time to be thinking about the past. But for the entire ride home, there’s nothing else on Erwin’s mind, Levi’s smile having burned its image like a scar across all this thoughts. He probably shouldn’t have driven, barely remembering how he got home when he pushes open his front door. Did he remember to lock the car? It should be fine.

His apartment is quiet, feeling more so than usual. He throws his keys onto the hallway cabinet, their clanking along the wood far too loud, and it has him stop. How many times had Levi asked him to hang them up? That’s what the hooks were there for, he’d always claim with a click of his tongue as he hung them himself. The keys feel heavy when Erwin picks them back up. He suspends them from their hook for perhaps the first time since moving in, and they give a sharp jangle that cuts through the air before the silence settles once more like a thick layer of dust.

Erwin kicks off his shoes and rushes towards his study, chucking his suit jacket onto his desk before he rifles through his drawers, pushing aside papers and files. There had to be something. Anything. Just one small reminder of Levi. He throws open his filing cabinet and flicks through all the papers though he’s confident enough in his organising skills that there really can’t be anything in there. Maybe he can find a photo somewhere. Did they take any together? They must have, surely. As he continues to search, he becomes willing to settle for a receipt at a restaurant for a meal they shared together. Otherwise, what did their time together amount to?

He strides to his storage closet and pulls out the one box he has of things yet to sort, items spared from disposal owing to work keeping him busy for some time now. There are some gifts he’s never had any intention of using, some warranty receipts he intends to throw out as soon as they become useless. Half way through and there’s nothing. He can’t have thrown all of the photos away. Would he have done that? On that thought he stops elbow deep, forgotten and meaningless objects on the floor around him. It wouldn’t be the first time he’d thrown away something with sentimental value. He and Levi always had different attitudes towards that sort of thing, with Erwin eager to get rid of anything no longer practical and Levi clinging on to them for a million reasons that Erwin could never understand. He threw away something of Levi’s once and hadn’t recognised his devastation at the time, even when Levi’d assigned words to it, something so rare in itself that Erwin should have paid more attention. He searches his memories and remembers it was a box of ticket stubs. A collection of trash, Erwin thought at the time. It has taken him this long, taken his own desperate search for a reminder of the past to realise what it had meant to Levi.

They never should have been together. For years Erwin held onto him, keeping him caged. He’s spent all of these years not knowing how bright Levi could shine. The real Levi, the man he’s supposed to be, he’d seen for the first time today. What more should he have known about the man?

With little faith he continues to empty the box slowly, his enthusiasm abandoning him with each object he withdraws. When did he lose his sentimentality? He remembers as a child gathering seashells with his parents on holiday, and keeping them for years, with no intent on doing anything at all productive or creative. Briefly he wonders what happened to his seashells, but it’s hardly important now. The box lays empty, and Erwin is struck by some strange desire to crawl into it and seal it shut, perhaps to hide away from the bitter memories that surface in his mind, flickering in and out like an old film reel. But one by one, the flashes of anger, the suffocating silences, empty liquor bottles, all lose themselves to a warm light.

He recalls Levi’s bedhead in the morning, truly a sight to behold. There was something charming in how he never cared to fix it unless he was leaving the house. Erwin would joke he could tell that day’s luck depending which way it was pointing, and Levi would call him an idiot in return, but not without a small display of amusement.

Levi’s hands. They were so strong, their power almost terrifying considering their size, but Erwin had never known a touch so gentle. However, at times he’d also experience the necessary brutality they could perform when receiving one of Levi’s massages after spending far too many hours in his office chair.

Years must have passed since he’s thought about any of this, and he almost smiles at the memory, the Levi he remembers who was so fierce in his passions but in a way that didn’t consume him. The giddy feeling in his chest retreats as quickly as it came, giving way to shame as hot as coal. He’s sure that he didn’t give thought to this the last few months of their relationship either, perhaps even longer spent without any consideration for all the things he loved about Levi.

Erwin laughs. His chest feels hollow. He pinches the bridge of his nose, laughs again louder, and his head starts to clear. Levi is happy now. He’s found something Erwin hadn’t been able to give him, wasn’t willing to.

The silence in the apartment they once shared grates on him. Unease sinks into his bones. There are so many could-have-beens and what-ifs hanging about the air Erwin barely wants to breathe, and crawling into bed to sleep manages to make itself an inviting activity for the first time in who knows how long.

#i wasnt gonna make a tumblr post like this #but it felt odd not to?#ive been posting my fics to tumbkr for like four years now?#eruri #erwin smith #levi Ackerman #fanfic #I still can't let go of these dorks

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littlemix-styleblog · 5 years

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Requested Little Mix Inspired For Ludovico Einaudi concert

Jesy

PrettyLittleThing BLACK OVERSIZED SWEATER DRESS: £18. So out of all of the girls who go to concerts often everyday, every year Jesy is...No where to be seen. We don`t even know if she has been to one before which makes this job a little harder. But that doesn`t mean we can`t fufill your request and come up with a banging outfit. Thankfully this wasn`t too hard for us and we managed to scramble this ensemble together. So let`s start with the main piece of the outfit being this oversized black sweater dress from PrettyLittleThing. In case you have been living under a rock you would see and know that Jesy likes to wear oversized clothes. Now wearing oversized clothes shouldn`t be a nightmare to you, it`s a great alternative to a jacket or a coat. Shirt dresses have become popular over the last few years, You can dress them how you want, So you can dress it without support aka a belt, You can dress it with support either up or down or you could wear it for lounging around. We personally like it when it has support as when it`s just left hanging loose it could look like a tent on you and you would have no structure or stability. So if you`re looking for a good time with your friends this is your guy. What`s more is that it comes in a variety of colours.

I Saw It First Yellow D Ring Slogan Tape Belt: £4. So as I mentioned above a felt would help support the shirt dress and make it look more cute and stable. In case you have been sleeping your whole life you would know that the famous Off White yellow and black belt has become a worldwide hit recently with celebs and god knows who else wearing them. Even though the belt costs more then our lives, there is plenty of cheaper alternatives on the market and so we have found one right here from I Saw It First.

Buffalo Classic hi top chunky sole trainers in black: £166. Let`s make no mistake about it Jesy loves her Buffalo shoes, She has been seen wearing them a lot lately and I don`t think theres no stopping the girl wearing them. Even though they arent to everyone taste shoes like these have become a huge trend recently..The chunky, wide trainers have become a staple in many girls closets as we revist the 90s. However, if the price isnt to your taste then you could settle for a pair like these

PrettyLittleThing BLACK FLAT TOP BAKER BOY HAT: £10. If you wanted to accessorise the outfit or make it a bit more classic then why not add a baker boy hat. I would like to note these hats arent just for winter but they can be worn for summer too..So get some good use out of it. Do remember you can always take it off and you can still pull off a cute hairstyle underneath.

Topshop Black Striped Tube Socks: £3.50. For the oddest reason socks have also become a big trend again recently...Gone the days of having no socks or hiding your very own socks with your dogs face on them. Don`t be scared to get your socks out and have a little fun. If you`re like me and don`t like having bare feet in socks then socks are the way to go, They are also a great piece to accessorise your outfit with. I think we`re going for a sporty vibe with Jesy`s outfit here..Which we didn`t plan at all. If you didn`t like them then we have another alternative here

PrettyLittleThing GOLD DRAGON PENDANT NECKLACE: £6. Probably wondering about this, But let me explain. So if you have been following Jesy`s fashion recently and watching EatingWithLittleMix you would know Jesy often wears necklaces and sometimes she wears a statement necklace. Now recently in episode 2 of Eating With Little Mix she was wearing this...Egyptian queen gold statement necklace, She likes bold, edgy necklaces. So we went on a mission to find a bold and edgy necklace and we ended up with a scorpion which we think could do just as well.

Perrie

MissGuided white seat belt buckle blazer mini dress: £40. Isnt this dress a beauty? Inspiration taken from a photo shoot when Perrie wore a purple asymmetric tux just like this one. These dresses have become so popular recently and do you know why? Yes it`s the seat belt and before you start no I do not know why seat belts have become so popular recently..You can find them on belts, dresses, skirts, tops, bags everywhere. I mean for a cheaper alternative you can always rip your dads seat belt out of his car and glue it onto your top, But I`m sure he won`t be very pleased with that. So it looks as though the seat belt trend won`t be going for a long time as I can well see this continuing into the festival season. Aside from the seat belt the dress altogether is a beauty, it`s asymmetric so it makes your legs look thinner. It`s in the style of a blazer or tux if you will giving it structure and stability. I wouldn`t mind snapping this one up for myself.

MissGuided black pointed toe lace up barely there heels: £28. We couldn`t decide what shoes went with this dress so we went with them all so bare with me as we go along here. Heels, If you wanted to go for the classic, feminem look then heels are your answer..I chose lace up heels because I personally don`t like the look of bare feet or ankles, Lacing going up your leg gives it definition. You can also team these with black over the knee high boots making your legs look slim and sexy, Overall giving it a edgier and bolder look. Lastly, If you`re looking for some fun and want to promote your girl why not wear a pair of her Superga trainers?

PrettyLittleThing STERLING SILVER 100MM LARGE HOOP EARRINGS: £18. Perrie is very rarely seen without her classic gold hoops nowadays. With these earrings you can wear them if you wish, it`s your choice. We chose these sterling earrings from PrettyLittleThing. If you`re weary about the price the reason they are £18 is because they are sterling...Sterling costs a lot. They are also available in gold.

ASOS DESIGN marble clutch bag with metal handle: £30. I hit the jackpot when I saw this. Searching for a similar bag to the Balenciaga tote she is often seen with I struggled until this beauty popped up on my screen and oh boy did I fangirl. I could`ve chosen this as a dupe for the Mango one she has but I decided not too..I dunno why. I was debating whether to include this one because it doesn`t look like a concert bag to me and it didn`t really go with the outfit but the more I think about it, the more it goes with the dress we suggested. This bag was too much to pass by and not show you guys. It`s marble effect with metal handle is just a purchase waiting to happen.

Jade

SHEIN Cross Back Scalloped Trim Bodycon Dress: $9. I think out of the girls Jade is probably the easiest when it comes to this sort of request. Jade is the type of girl that wears everything and anything and can make it look good. Jade has been seen over the years sporting bodycon dresses whether they are pink, black, red or any other colour. She seems to be embracing her figure more as she wears these on a daily basis nowadays. So we went for this one from Shein, Now it is important to note that due to Jade`s skin tone she shouldn`t be really wearing bright, vivid colours as it doesn`t suit her. Try and stick to more emerald tones like maroons, blacks and greens. We decided to go for this dress today because you can either wear it casually to a concert or out for dinner. Please read on to see what we have teamed this with.

Nike White Air Force 1 Hi Trainers: £90. Now do bare with us here...You either love these or loathe them, These Nike air force Hi top trainers are such a 90s staple popular among the basketball courts and now popular among the fashion elite. I have seen a lot of people wear these Nike hi tops lately with dresses and skirts, whether it`s casual or done up so this is nothing new...This is actually becoming a fast trend. I would understand why people wouldn`t like these as they come across as heavy and chunky and if you own a pair of Air Force trainers you would understand, So we have found another alternative pair for you and they come in the form of converse. These converse are another Hi top option but are less chunky and oversized and more light and fresh on your feet.

ASOS DESIGN ultimate leather look biker jacket: £35. Much like Leigh`s jacket this is a option (Yes, I am aware I`m doing this back to front) you can also choose this jacket if you don`t want to be cold. This jacket goes with the look we set out for you and we would like to officially name it the cowboy look.

River Island Black leather western block heel ankle boots: £75. We picked these boots as a alternative to the trainers in case you wasn`t feeling them and wanted to look a bit more classy. We chose these cowgirl boots for obvious reasons...Although the price may seem a little pricey do think of the investment you are making, Think of the wear you will be getting out of them and joy they could be bringing you.

ASOS Stradivarius studded western handbag in black: £10.50. How many times have I mentioned on this blog Jade loves a shoulder bag? Y`all should be familiar with her Prada, Guess, Versace and sugar cube by now. We picked this one up because it went with the cowgirl style we are opting for. So if you wanted a place to keep your pepper spray and chewing gum in case another cowgirl comes in and tries and steals your man then heres the answer.

PrettyLittleThing BASIC BLACK FEDORA HAT: £10. I absolutely love hats like this, I think they are so bold, cute, edgy and quirky. These hats are fab for festivals, concerts, casual..Cowgirl. I love hats like these with wavy long hair. I just think hats like this most of the time make the look which is why I include them in every inspired I do.

PrettyLittleThing BLACK MATTE THIN RETRO SUNGLASSES: £8. Finally, What`s a post without sunglasses like these? Jade loves retro sunglasses and I think she must have about ten million pairs hidden away in her little cave. Of course you don`t have to opt for these...Hundreds of styles and colours exist on sites such as PrettyLittleThing, MissGuided, Topshop and ASOS. You`re probably wondering what good will these be inside a concert? Well they won`t be, I`m adding these because they would be good as a unnecessary accessory.

Leigh

MissGuided white oversized denim jacket: £38. Summer is round the corner and you`re panic buying..You don`t know if this would look good for that festival or if that would look good on holiday. So we took a simple denim jacket whether it`s blue, black or white it works and teamed it with this outfit, A slight chill in the air or a raindrop and your night could be ruined because you didn`t bring a jacket, Did I mention this is so versatile...Rain proof, Cold proof, boy proof if you`re lucky. A denim jacket would go with anything and everything so make sure you get good use out of it whilst you can. We picked this jacket because our outfit is all black and we wanted to add a bit more colour and depth.

PrettyLittleThing JILL BLACK SLINKY BRALET: £10. Let`s be honest, When isnt Leigh wearing a bralet? Throughout the summer months she is seen wearing bralets non stop in a variety of colours and styles. This one is no different...This is simple but a classic, Can`t find anything to wear? That black bralet would do. When you want to throw some shapes you don`t want nothing clinging to you or making you feel uncomfortable, you would want to feel free and easy. This top comes in a variety of colours so if you fancy shaking things up.

PrettyLittleThing BLACK SUPER HIGH WAISTED WOVEN WIDE LEG TROUSER: £25. We next teamed the outfit up with these black high waisted flared leg trousers from PrettyLittleThing. Flare trousers are also another item from the 90s that has somehow wormed it`s way back into this decade and become a huge trend. A lot of people associate flares with nights out or for the beach, But realistically you can wear these for anything and everything...Which is why we put them into this post, We want people to have confidence and try something new. However, If you`re not ready to venture out yet then we have the perfect alternative for you in the form of skinny black jeans. Yes the classic black skinny jean that goes with anything..We found these ones from ASOS and these ripped ones. We made sure that either of the jeans fitted peoples specifications..So we made sure they werent tight or jeggings (No one likes jeggings), high waisted and compliments a womens figure. Either one goes with the bralet we have also chosen.

Puma Basket Classic White Trainers: £65. When you go to concerts you never estimate how long you would be standing for and at the end of the night you see girls carrying their shoes to the car as they walk the cold streets bare foot..Do you want to be that kind of girl? Of course not you want to be comfortable and have fun and not having misery or pain that heels bring. So we chose these one from Puma for £65..Leigh and Jade are big fans of Puma trainers so this is nothing new. However, If you wanted to invest in your shoes a little more then we have a great pair from Ted Baker here

Topshop Amour Layered Necklace: £7.25. So this is when we come to the part where it is totally up to you whether you want to add accessories either layering it up, or layering it down. We decided to include this necklace as it`s great for accessorising and covering a bare chest..Layered necklaces have become a big trend over the last few years and I hope to see them remain popular for the foreseeable future.

Topshop Rose Gold Flat Hoop Earrings: £5. Wouldn`t be a post without hoops, Leigh loves a hoop earring and it`s very rare that you see her without them so we had to includ them. We chose rose gold earrings because we know girls love the colour..They die for it, As I mentioned before rose gold is a very popular colour not just among jewellery but on phones, cosmetics, furniture, decor the list is endless. Every girl needs a little rose gold in their life.

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bandficsunlimited · 6 years

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Floral & Fading (Pierce The Veil Fanfiction)

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(This was the first band slash PTV fanfic that I’ve ever made, so please forgive me if it’s terrible and nonsensical and not what you really expected.)

"D-d-d-darker now, kicked out and sleeping in your car, you rolled the window down, enough to dream and make-believe..."

"That's it, stop it! Pierce...whatever, you're outta here! Go on, we're closed! Everybody out! You're wrecking the place!"

The harsh reprimand of the bowling alley owner rang out, exasperated and palpably angry, and Jaime could perfectly and very much tell why.

Standing in the carnage of musical instruments and debris of bowling equipment alike, their band sign hanging off on one corner with half already in shards on the floor, holding splintered parts of what used to be a bass guitar, and staring at a rowdy crowd that had been shoving and pushing at each other the entire time, the owner's rage towards the sheepish band was easily understandable.

Jaime wasn't sure how Pierce the Veil was allotted to perform here in the first place, considering that their post-hardcore music wasn't really the appropriate ambiance to a bowling alley, and they were forced to wear such weird clothes (Mike laughed at his older brother's atrocious green floral shirt that he fished out of his dad's closet for ten minutes straight), and the owner didn't even know what the hell their band name was ("He announced it with the enthusiasm of a vendor selling tacos in a deserted place under the torpor heat of the summer Mexico sun", Jaime observed. "Oh great, now I want tacos", another voice inside his head complained), but all he knew for certain was that this was quite unexpected.

"For a bunch of people living in '69, these guys sure do party hard." Jaime thought, uttering a low whistle as he surveyed the wreckage of the chaotic room.

Not only had he and his bandmates completely trashed the place, they also managed to influence the people to join in with it as well, and what once was a group of peaceful weekend bowling players had turned into youth-crazy moshers that threw articles of intimate clothing, allowed crowdsurfing and mosh pits, nearly ripped the band members apart (two of them tore out their drummer's sleeves, "but," Jaime internally snickered, "with Mike's big guns, who freakin' wouldn't?"), poured juice punch on each other (Jaime could see a girl smiling at them wryly without a care of the sticky beverage that dripped and coloured her hair a vivid blue), pulled the fire alarms and lit up their lighters inside the place, and ultimately ("and most importantly", Jaime noted), they enjoyed and allowed themselves to lose control to their music.

"So all in all, not a bad gig." Jaime concluded with a satisfied grin. He looked over to Vic, Mike, and Tony, all exhausted, sweaty, and holding destroyed instruments alike, but also with the same enthused smiles lighted up on their faces.

Celebratory high fives were passed around the band members, but before Jaime could give one to an expectant Tony, the owner's stern face emerged in front of them, his nostrils flared and his voluminous belly rising up and down steadily, smoke appearing to come out of his ears, startling the band out of their gregarious reverie.

"You damn brats, still happy about wrecking this place. I regret ever knowin' your name. No you boys better get out of here before I get you a damn good whacking to and slam your sorry little asses in jail!" The owner threatened, waving at them the remaining microphone stand that was still actually standing and almost tripping on the wires in the process.

"Sooooo...does this mean we don't get paid?" Vic asked innocently, a cute charming smile emblazoned on his face, doe eyes wide and sparkly, every uttered word in the sentence dripping with sass. Behind him, Jaime chuckled audibly, Tony grinned so wide it seemed the corners of his lips would split open, and Mike covered his mouth with one heavily-tattooed hand to stifle his laughter.

The owner only glared at them poisonously, radiating nothing but sheer hate and venom out of his eyes, and shoved them all out of the way, causing a little domino effect to the band and nearly tripping on the wire yet again, as he muttered various colourful profanities, most likely endowing the worst curses known to man and monsters upon the Mexicans. He shook his meaty fist once more before going past the outbalanced band members, and grabbed a broom to commence cleaning up the mess that they made.

"Great gig. Great time. Great job, guys." Mike praised his fellow band members, as they packed up and salvaged what little they can from their smashed equipment, but not before he added a grim "We still need money to buy new instruments though, and since Vic here killed off any chance of us getting paid, well..."

"Thank you Mike, that reeeeaaally boosted our morale." Tony replied sardonically with a laugh.

Vic, pretending to be hurt, indignantly glared at his younger brother with a sulking pout. "We weren't getting paid anyways, Mikey. It didn't hurt to ask."

"Hey, hey, I'm just kidding bro. Hell, I don't blame you anyways. I've always wanted to wreck the living shit out of my drums! I mean, who doesn't? It's the adrenaline, man, it gets you. This was awesome, you guys. P-T-V!" Mike ranted on happily, as they all cheered out in enthusiastic replies of "Wooooh!"

"Well, I take it that's a wrap?" Vic quipped cheekily. He was answered with an affirming chorus of "Oh yeah", "Guess so", and from Jaime, accompanied with an audibly rumbling stomach, "Anyone else also craving tacos right now?"

Jaime's out-of-place remark and hunger pangs gave Vic an idea for a fun little prank. He acted all excited, suddenly pointed out to a random corner, and shouted "Hey look Jaime, a taco stand giving food away for free!"

"Where?!" As Jaime's head frantically whipped to face where Vic was pointing, Vic glanced furtively at Tony and made silent finger motions, signaling for him to trip up Jaime. Tony understood immediately, and he surreptitiously crouched behind Jaime and positioned himself by his feet, waiting for the right moment.

"Oh, you know, it's just there Hime, if you'd just, like, I don't know, back up a little, maybe you'd see clearer or something, y'know..." Mike improvised, buying for time, and Vic facepalmed behind Jaime's back and mouthed "That didn't make sense bro." to him.

But despite Mike's lame assurances, Jaime still obediently obliged with his instructions and ambled a step backward. His legs caught on the crouching turtle by his legs, and he began to topple backfirst, arms thrashing about wildly as he tried to break his fall.

"Gotcha again, Jaime!" Vic said triumphantly, earning him victorious high fives and rounds of raucous laughter from Mike and Tony.

But due to unforeseen and unfortunate circumstances, Jaime's head accidentally contacted a nearby bowling ball (ironically, it was the yellow one that he tossed at one of Mike's drums earlier and nearly hit Tony), and he heard a sickening crack, as Vic, Tony, and Mike's laughs instantly dissipated and they immediately rushed to his side.

Jaime felt himself losing consciousness quickly, and his vision blurred and faded as he saw his friends' concerned faces looming over him, Vic frantically waving a hand to his face and calling out his name.

"Jaime? Jaime??? Jaaaaiiimmeeeeee..."

~*~

Jaime jolted awake at the sound of singing invading his ears, and his eyes fluttered open and he found himself curled up in a couch, his bass guitar cuddled up next to him, a fan-gifted monkey pillow strewn on his stomach, and an abandoned floral pattern notebook lying facedown by his limply-hanging fingertips.

The rest of the band was simply chilling out; Mike lounging next to him as he clutched a coffee mug in one hand and twirled a drumstick in the other, Vic looking at his ink scribbles with a pensive visage and a badly-chewed pen stuck between his teeth, making little vocal warm-ups with their names (at the moment, he was singing out "Hayyyymeeyyyy skunnkkkk"), and Tony softly strumming notes at random on a battered acoustic guitar.

Jaime remembered his dream and his hand immediately shot up to his hair, as if to feel the phantom of a nightmarish afro that never was, and he sighed a little too loudly in relief as he felt only the soft spikes of his hedgehog hair. He rubbed his bleary eyes as he examined the appearances of his fellow bandmates' hairstyles with mingled scepticism and doubt.

Watching this event unfold, the trio's questioning stares immediately pierced (pun very much intended) through the scrutinising Jaime, but it was Vic who asked the question first.

"You okay there, Jaime?" he said, momentarily ceasing with his playful vocal warm-ups, his inquiry slightly garbled by the writing instrument clamped between his mouth.

"Dude, I just had the weirdest dream..." Jaime started.

Mike snorted into his mug at amusement at Jaime's revelation, spinning the drumstick more furiously and throwing it in the air. "Expect Jaime to be so cliche."

Tony glanced at him with a raised eyebrow and retorted "And expect you to be the one breaking the fourth wall." Mike stuck out his tongue at Tony in reply, and he failed to catch the drumstick, the wooden stick clattering noisily on the floor.

But Jaime seemed not to hear them both as he leered at Mike's short hair, hidden under his black beanie, analysed Tony's expertly messed sticky-uppy hair and Key Street cap lying by his side, and finally settled to concentrating and peering at Vic's long and flowing hair as if it was an art exhibit.

Vic finally noticed Jaime's strange stare and stared back with questioning eyes. "Why are you looking at me like that? Something wrong with my hair? Is my hat not on straight? Or do you just not like my hat? Again?" Vic badgered endlessly, his voice taking on a concerned tone, running his hand throughout his head to check for anything weird.

Jaime said nothing to clear things out as he slowly reached out to feel for Vic's hair. Mike took a sip of his drink absentmindedly and flipped his drumstick as he watched blankly, engrossed by the scene, and Tony had an exasperated expression that sighed out a silent "Oh, Jaime, here we go again."

Jaime grabbed one end of Vic's hair and started tugging at it, as if testing for it's legitimacy.

"Ow! Jaime! What the hell?" Vic exclaimed, slapping Jaime's hand away. By coincidence, Tony hit a sour note on the guitar as he was distracted by the unfolding events, making a sound that added for comedic effect.

"Your hair...it's normal." Jaime lamely replied.

Vic squinted in suspicion as he ran his fingers over his locks to fix his hair. "Is that a good thing or a bad thing?"

Jaime closed his eyes and nodded in alleviated affirmation. "Oh it's good dude. It's good. It's just, well, just that dream..."

"Well, what dream? Don't keep us in suspense, Hime-time." Vic prompted eagerly, setting down his abused pen and rumpled notebook on the desk and dragging his chair closer to Jaime. Mike and Tony set down the instruments they were holding and leaned in closer to listen in as well.

Jaime sighed extravagantly once again and began to narrate. "It was like...we were having a concert in a frigging bowling alley...you had short hair and a stupid floral shirt...Mike was wearing this nerdy-ass sweater and vest, I don't know what it was...Tony was crowdsurfing on a bunch of weirdly-dressed people...and I had cotton ball for a hair...it was sick though, we smashed our instruments in the end, and oh, I nearly hit Tony with a bowling ball!"

Tony glared at Jaime in mock disdain. "Something you wanna say to me, Jaime?"

"And me! Did you just call my clothes nerdy?" Mike put in indignantly.

"You tripped me up and made me smash my skull on a bowling ball, Tony, so I'd say we're pretty much even. And also Mike, Vic was wearing a long-sleeved green floral pattern shirt and ironed beige pants and stupid hard shoes and he had short hair that looked like it was shaped out of clay, so there." Jaime explained in a flat tone to both offended parties, not missing a beat.

Tony simply made a 'seems legit' face and nodded. "Touche, Preciado."

Mike, on the other hand, stared at his older brother for a couple seconds, as if picturing Vic in the horrible clothes Jaime described, but his should-be bellowing laugh was reduced to a strained snort as Vic glared back at him venomously with a look that said "Don't you dare Michael."

Jaime carried on with his story gracelessly as he fumbled for the words, unable to describe the dream properly. "Anyways, it was just—I don't know, but it was like...a time travel or something...I don't know man...it was 1969!" He finally declared. Mike couldn't hold in his laughter anymore at the final part, and he began to double over laughing, strained wheeze escaping his throat like a squeaky balloon losing air.

"Aw dude, did you just marathon Back To The Future...again? Look, I know you wanna be the next Mexican Marty McFly, and we support that dream of yours, even if you don't look too good in bodywarmers, but...that's just askin' for it." Vic sympathetically apprehended with a little shake of his head. His maternal and disappointed tone of voice made Tony crack up, and Vic finally dropped his stern parent act and joined in with the mirth.

"But it was! I swear! 1969! A lady! Threw her bra at me!" Jaime punctuated almost pleadingly, his voice drowned out by the chaos of laughter.

His hysterical bandmates only laughed even harder at the bra throwing part, and Vic had to jump out of his seat and whack his younger brother in the back with immense force because he promptly choked on his drink, as the slapstick-looking act made Tony's smile grow impossibly wider.

"Yeah right, like that would ever happen. Keep on dreaming, Jaime." Vic deadpan quipped with a pokerfaced expression. Jaime finally stopped sulking and succumbed to the contagious hilarity and sheer ludicrousness of it all, dimples popping up as his laugh echoed the loudest inside the room.

After everyone had calmed down and managed to catch their breath, the place was filled with silent contentment and lingering traces of entertained expressions on their faces. Mike went to the kitchen to place his mug in the sink (but accidentally brought the drumstick with the mug instead of the spoon, which made for a very interesting story later on at band practice, when he accidentally ripped the skin off his snare drum with the metal utensil), Tony returned to fiddling with his guitar as he quietly played Dammit by Blink-182, and Vic held his pen and paper once again, but before he turned away to continue writing, he said softly to Jaime, this time with an earnest smile.

"Keep on dreaming, Jaime."

"Our lights knocked out, turned upside-down, I'm just a stupid motherfucker, can't figure it out."

#i'm so sorry for this #ptv #pierce the veil #fanfiction #band #bandom #vic fuentes #tony perry #jaime preciado #floral and fading #mv #one shot #short story #crack #trash

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@silent-of-spirit I bet you thought I wouldn’t do it but I didCX Under the cut for sheer length

1.Who was the last person you held hands with?

My date-mate Michael

2. Are you outgoing or shy?

Shy generally but I have myoutgoing moments

3. Who are you looking forward to seeing?

My friends from DVC when I swoopthrough during my spring break

4. Are you easy to get along with?

I’d like to think so, I hope so, I’mgonna go with yes.

5. If you were drunk would the person you like take care of you?

I would hope at least one of themwould yeah.

6. What kind of people are you attracted to?

In general? Nice ones, nerdy ones,ones with passion and smiles and stories, people who make me feel good, peoplewho share my interest and also share their interests with me, creative people,really anyone who might bring positivity into my life and also people who Ifeel like could use some positivity. Speaking physically? I dig guys who aretaller than me, I’m weak for bara’s but also like trim figures. Gals of anyheight are great and curves and squishy tummies are so so nice. I also have hada thing for blonds since early childhood. But honestly everyone’s lovely andregardless of how you look if our personalities vibe I will probably fall inlove with you.

7. Do you think you’ll be in a relationship two months from now?

Well I’m presently in one now so Ihope that’s still a thing two months from now. And I mean who knows, maybe Iwill be in another relationship too but I think I can pretty confidently answerthis question as yes to at least one relationship.

8. Who from the opposite gender is on your mind?

My friend Calvin cause I miss himand we need to hang, my friend Mark because I’m doodling his oc right now andthinkin about hairstyles for that, Michael cause I’m watching Rooster teeth asI write this and I associate that with him.

9. Does talking about sex make you uncomfortable?

Not at all.

10. Who was the last person you had a deep conversation with?

My mum I think? Or Julia? My brainis bad at specific times and I had two convos pretty close to one another. It’sone of those.

11. What does the most recent text that you sent say?

“That sounds like an exasperatedconductor XD”

12. What are your 5 favorite songs right now?

In no particular order:

Paris by the Chain Smokers

Satisfied from Hamilton

Waiting For Love by Avicii

Get Better by the Bleachers (my all-timefave 100% of the time)

Waving Through a Window by CalebHyles

13. Do you like it when people play with your hair?

God yes

14. Do you believe in luck and miracles?

Miracles more than luck but yes

15. What good thing happened this summer?

This last summer? I got a jobselling cheese at farmers markets with my friend and got to go to cool placesand meet cool people.

16. Would you kiss the last person you kissed again?

Last person I smooched was my mumand I will probably smooch her again before bed so yea, all the kisses forever~I love my mommy =3

17. Do you think there is life on other planets?

Yep, not planets close to us butsomewhere out there there’s gotta be.

18. Do you still talk to your first crush?

Nope, he disappeared to themysterious land of Florida.

19. Do you like bubble baths?

Yep~

20. Do you like your neighbors?

I’ve spoken to them once that Ican recall so I don’t really have an opinion.

21. What are you bad habits?

Procrastination, I rip my hair outsometimes, I’ve got shit study habits, I write fanfiction in class instead ofnotes, I’ve got a lot of bad habits but these are the ones that popped intomind first.

22. Where would you like to travel?

Everywhere? Is that an option?Japan and England are at the top of that list since I have friends there,looking at one of those for study abroad. Egypt also for friend reasons. TheNetherlands, Switzerland, France (just so I can remember going this time xp),Australia, the bottom of the ocean, space, other dimensions. I just wanna goman, just wanna go wherever.

23. Do you have trust issues?

Kind of?? I don’t worry aboutstuff like cheating and things but I have trouble trusting that people actuallylike me without ulterior motives or that they’re not just hanging around me tobe nice. I tend to feel like I’ve trapped people into friendships andrelationships with me so I’m always waiting for them to get tired of acting andend things :

24. Favorite part of your daily routine?

It’s a tie between my morningshower and the part of my day where I whip my bra off and know it’s staying offfor the rest of the day.

25. What part of your body are you most uncomfortable with?

Generally I’m pretty happy with mybody actually but I guess if I’ve gotta pick something I’d say my hair becauseit takes so much effort to keep it up how I actually want to and I generallyjust don’t have the spoons for it so it’s very rare that I’m actually all theway happy with how it looks and/or feels.

26. What do you do when you wake up?

Lay in bed for five more minuteschecking various apps and psyching myself up for the day. Also say “I know” to my screaming kitty cat as he demands breakfast and pets.

27. Do you wish your skin was lighter or darker?

Neither? Honestly I really don’tcare, feel like I’d look weird with lighter skin though so I guess I wouldn’tmind a tan. Mostly I wish I didn’t scar so easily xp

28. Who are you most comfortable around?

My mum, Amber, Julia, Caitlyn, Calvin,Nafisa, Sheridan (this is the list of friends I’m 100% sure don’t hate me.)

29. Have any of your ex’s told you they regret breaking up?

Nope, but I’ve had one straight uptell me he dated me because he felt sorry for me.

30. Do you ever want to get married?

Definitely!

31. If your hair long enough for a pony tail?

Might be when it’s straight, haven’ttried in a while.

32. Which celebrities would you have a threesome with?

Misha Collins and his wifeVictoria Vantoch, Hugh Jackman and his wife Deborra-Lee Furness

33. Spell your name with your chin.

Lauujrfededn (first name was goingso well and then it just went blah xp)

Oobliviojusolsdo (tumblr handle wenta little better???)

34. Do you play sports? What sports?

Not by choice but I was made tojoin the basketball team in middle school.

35. Would you rather live without TV or music?

36. Have you ever liked someone and never told them?

Most of my life is unrequitedcrushes.

37. What do you say during awkward silences?

Generally nothing because I’mafraid to break them.

38. Describe your dream girl/guy?

Someone who’s as excited about meas I am about them, because I’ve found in past relationships that I tend to be waymore invested in the other person than they are in me. Someone who’s fine with meshowing love often and wants to show it in equal measure. Someone who is my bestfriend as much as they’re my lover, who has inside jokes with me and storiesand just loves to be with me and I love to be with them and we go on adventuresor sit around and either way its great because we’re great and we make each otherhappy. And also someone I can be unhappy with, someone I can cry in front ofand not worry about running them away, someone I don’t have to hold back with,someone I’m not scared to say “I need attention” to, because that’s honestlyone of the hardest, scariest things for me to say so I never say it and end upfeeling neglected. I just want people I can be happy with and honest withbecause a lot of what I’ve learned to do in relationships is lie about how I amand what I want so that I bend around what I think the other person wants fromme. I guess mostly my dream partner is someone I’m 100% comfortable and honest with.Extra points if they love dragon age.

39. What are your favorite stores to shop in?

Daiso is my snackfood and school supplydestination, Forever 21 is where most of my summertime clothes are from, I alsolove the bioware and Bethesda online stores, and Boxlunch is pretty cool too~

40. What do you want to do after high school college?

I honestly have no fuckin clueanymore. I’m thinking maybe join the Peace Corps if I stay on the politicalscience track. Honestly it’s more likely I’ll just keep working my jobs andmaybe look for another one to add to the stack. I’ve got no idea where my lifeis going xp

41. Do you believe everyone deserves a second chance?

Depends on what they did. Somethings you just gotta walk away from. The world can give them a second chancewith someone else, you gotta take care of yourself.

42. If your being extremely quiet what does it mean?

If we’re alone and I’m quiet I’mvery comfortable and enjoying our time together. If I’m with oodles of peopleand being extremely quiet I am veryuncomfortable and/or self conscious and probably trying not to panic or cry.

43. Do you smile at strangers?

Usually. I like to see othersmile.

44. Trip to outer space or bottom of the ocean?

Why not both? If I’ve gotta choseI guess I chose the ocean because I’ve wanted to explore it longer than I’ve wantedto visit space.

45. What makes you get out of bed in the morning?

Needing to pee usually. Or my catscreaming at me for breakfast.

46. What are you paranoid about?

That everyone I love actuallyhates me and that they’re all disappointed in me. That I’m actually a horrible,toxic person dragging everyone down, that if I let slip for even a few momentsthat my mental illness is acting up everyone will abandon me. That something horriblemight happen to my mum when she’s out of my sight. Mostly I’m a great bigbundle of abandonment issues.

47. Have you ever been high?

Yep, got a funny story about myfirst experience with edibles if anyone wants to hear.

48. Have you ever been drunk?

Also yep, though only twice so farin my life. I dislike it immensely and generally avoid drinking very much.

49. Have you done anything recently that you hope nobody finds out about?

Not that I can think of.

50. What was the colour of the last hoodie you wore?

Pullover hoodie? Purple. Zip uphoodie? Blue and yellow.

51. Ever wished you were someone else?

God yes

52. One thing you wish you could change about yourself?

My brain and the fact that it’s adepressed, traumatized mess.

53. Favourite makeup brand?

… The cheap one??? I don’t makeupvery much, generally just buy cheap stuff or get gifted things.

54. Favourite store?

I’m gonna go with Daiso for thisone.

55. Favourite blog?

More than one cause I do what I want!Also alphabetically~ Also I can untag ya’ll if you want XD

@crispsauce datemate/beautifulfriend

@despondent-dulcet beautifulfriend

@galaga-senpai beautiful friend

Reapers-carino (too shy to tagthem properly) Awesome Overwatch writer

@silent-of-spirit beautiful friend/fantasticwriter

@trollfishprince beautiful friend

Xreader (also too shy to tag themproperly) Awsome Overwatch writer

56. Favourite colour?

Purple, specifically lavender

57. Favourite food?

Sushi, especiallythings with salmon or yellowtail

58. Last thing you ate?

Chicken Katsu

59. First thing you ate this morning?

Sweetbread thing I got at Daiso

60. Ever won a competition? For what?

Not on my own that I can recall.My group did win the skit competition at Jack and Jill’s teen conference in2011 I think it was.

61. Been suspended/expelled? For what?

Nope

62. Been arrested? For what?

Also nope

63. Ever been in love?

Several times. Tends notto work out.

64. Tell us the story of your first kiss?

I was at my first girlfriend’shouse and we were hanging out in her room talking on the phone with my other friend that Ihad a crush on and who would later become the boyfriend who told me he dated mebecause he felt sorry for me. We were teasing him about something and it endedup on the subject of kissing and in the middle of me talking about somethingshe just kind of leaned over and kissed me. It was nice. She tasted like thehomemade peach ice cream we’d had after dinner.

65. Are you hungry right now?

God no. I ate way too much today.

66. Do you like your tumblr friends more than your real friends?

The friends I have on tumblr arereal friends and I love them the same as anyone else~

67. Facebook or Twitter?

Facebook

68. Twitter or Tumblr?

Tumblr

69. Are you watching tv right now?

I have youtube on my tv in thebackground. I am not invested.

70. Names of your bestfriends?

Amber, Caitlyn, Julia,Calvin, Sheridan, Nafisa (it’s that same list of friends I’m sure don’t hateme.)

71. Craving something? What?

Emotional validation, a sense of purpose,milk tea.

72. What colour are your towels?

Many

72. How many pillows do you sleep with?

One head pillow one body pillow

73. Do you sleep with stuffed animals?

Yes, Molly the bear and Ducky thepencil case duck.

74. How many stuffed animals do you think you have?

I’m gonna say 100. There’s atleast 30 in my room right now and then all the ones I ever had growing up invarious storage slots in this house and our house in the south.

75. Favourite animal?

Cows on land Jellyfish in the sea

76. What colour is your underwear?

Black with red trim and HelloKitty on my butt

77. Chocolate or Vanilla?

Vanilla

78. Favourite ice cream flavour?

Rose

79. What colour shirt are you wearing?

Grey with grey text

80. What colour pants?

Invisible (aka none)

81. Favourite tv show?

It’s between Gallivant and StevenUniverse

82. Favourite movie?

I’ve got a lot but Big Fish or Spyare probs at the top right now

83. Mean Girls or Mean Girls 2?

Mean Girls

84. Mean Girls or 21 Jump Street?

Hmmmm 21 Jump Street

85. Favourite character from Mean Girls?

Gretchen

86. Favourite character from Finding Nemo?

Bruce

87. First person you talked to today?

Michael

88. Last person you talked to today?

Mum

89. Name a person you hate?

Our present POTUS

90. Name a person you love?

My mum

91. Is there anyone you want to punch in the face right now?

Our present POTUS

92. In a fight with someone?

Not that I’m aware of

93. How many sweatpants do you have?

Like six????

94. How many sweaters/hoodies do you have?

At least 20

95. Last movie you watched?

Saw Kong Skull Island with mumlast Sunday. It was fun.

96. Favourite actress?

I really like Melissa McCarthy andalso Danai Gurira

97. Favourite actor?

Hugh Jackman and also Alan Rickman

98. Do you tan a lot?

Not on purpose but it happensevery summer without fail.

99. Have any pets?

My precious baby Simba!

100. How are you feeling?

Physically exhausted, mentallyfine

101. Do you type fast?

I’d like to think so

102. Do you regret anything from your past?

Most things.

103. Can you spell well?

Nope but spellcheck saves the day.

104. Do you miss anyone from your past?

Lots of people.

105. Ever been to a bonfire party?

At least three

106. Ever broken someone’s heart?

If I have they didn’t tell me

107. Have you ever been on a horse?

Only once but yes~

108. What should you be doing?

Drawing Mark’s character.

109. Is something irritating you right now?

Not really

110. Have you ever liked someone so much it hurt?

Several times.

111. Do you have trust issues?

Wasn’t this a question earlier? Ithink so. Check above and if not hit me up cx

112. Who was the last person you cried in front of?

Michael I think.

113. What was your childhood nickname?

Daddy called me Coolio because ofmy braids XD

114. Have you ever been out of your province/state?

Yeppers

115. Do you play the Wii?

Can’t find the damn wiimote butyes

116. Are you listening to music right now?

Nope, Markiplier

117. Do you like chicken noodle soup?

Who doesn’t???

118. Do you like Chinese food?

Yes~

119. Favourite book?

Triple tie between 1984, Brave NewWorld, and the Giver

120. Are you afraid of the dark?

Yes

121. Are you mean?

I try not to be. I hope not.

122. Is cheating ever okay?

Only in noncompetitive videogames, like using the motherload cheat in the Sims. Otherwise don’t do it.

123. Can you keep white shoes clean?

Jesus no, I’m the family disgrace.

124. Do you believe in love at first sight?

Lust maybe but love takes time

125. Do you believe in true love?

Indeed I do. Though I also believeit’s not limited to one person.

126. Are you currently bored?

Nah, pretty entertained by doingthis whole thing.

127. What makes you happy?

My friends, dragon age, my cat,music, anime, rooster teeth, video games, writing, tasty food

128. Would you change your name?

Nah, I like the name my parentspicked for me~

129. What your zodiac sign?

Virgo but I was supposed to be a Capricorn

130. Do you like subway?

Like the sub shop? I don’t gothere on my own but if someone brings me food from there I’ll eat it. If youmean subway trains I like Bart (bay area rapid transit for anyone who doesn’tknow) just fine. Though I often consider how dirty everything probably is.

131. Your bestfriend of the opposite sex likes you, what do you do?

That would probably be Calvin?? We’vealready determined that we’re too much like siblings to ever date and I don’tthink that feeling will change on my end at least so I’d probably let him knowthat and hopefully continue things as usual. No use in making things weird.

132. Who’s the last person you had a deep conversation with?

Once again I’m pretty sure Ianswered this already??? Deja’vu??? How do you spell that?

133. Favourite lyrics right now?

We are one of a kind irreplaceable

How did I get so blind and socynical

If there’s love in this life we’reunstoppable

No we can’t be defeated

Waiting for Love - Avicii

134. Can you count to one million?

I do not have the patience but Iprobably have the ability.

135. Dumbest lie you ever told?

I told my mom the cat broke thehorn on her tiny unicorn statue when there was literally no way the cat couldhave reached it or broken it in the way I did.

136. Do you sleep with your doors open or closed?

Open a crack for the cat or elsehe cries and pulls at the carpet

137. How tall are you?

5’4

138. Curly or Straight hair?

Mine is curly I like either onothers.

139. Brunette or Blonde?

Mine’s brown black I also likeeither on others.

140. Summer or Winter?

Summer forever please.

141. Night or Day?

Give me day, eternal light!

142. Favourite month

February has my favorite holidaybut I think I’ll go with July because weather.

143. Are you a vegetarian?

Nope, tried once and that’s how Ifound out I’m anemic.

144. Dark, milk or white chocolate?

White, dark, milk in that order.

145. Tea or Coffee?

Tea, coffee gives me tummy achesand anxiety

146. Was today a good day?

I think so, yes~

147. Mars or Snickers?

Snickers, even though I’m mildly allergicto peanuts.

148. What’s your favourite quote?

That’s a good ass question. Ithink I’ll go with:

“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goeson.” Robert Frost

149. Do you believe in ghosts?

Yep

150. Get the closest book next to you, open it to page 42, what’s the firstline

“And he said unto them, Let theLord be so with you as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; forevil is before you.” Exodus 11:10

Ho shit, done! Congrats if you made it through this behemoth, you now know a bunch of useless things about me XD

#ask oso #ask meme #i can't believe I answered all 150 questions #add one more and I've got the original pokedex #this was actually pretty fun #about me #about oso

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Hagiwara Sengen

(welp guess who??? feel free to be blunt, I wanna know how she appears to other people. Also tell me if you like her design, Is it too impractical? Sorry if its repetitive or has bad grammar, I edited it at like 12am rip)

Name: Hagiwara Sengen

Gender: Female

Era: Pre-Konoha, Wartime Era

Personality: Reserved, Charismatic, cautious, hesitant and loyal.

Ln: there’s a little overlap of personality here with the charisma part, but if you’re planning that as her public persona, it’s fine. from this she sounds like the kind that would separate her public and private life.

Values: Loyalty, strategy and Filial Piety.

Ln: These are all great values! as extra information, are there instances where these come into conflict? It would lend depth to the character.

Fears: No one needing them, becoming crippled or unable to reproduce.

Ln: how did these fears come about? the last two are easily justified since it’s a shinobi society with high death rates, but the first, is it taught, or a clan value?

the ‘loving to talk’ thing is my only gripe with this. you previously said she’s ‘reserved’ and ‘hesitant’, these traits seem to disagree with ‘talkative’. unless it’s another two-faceted thing where she likes to talk to her friends, or to herself, but that would be a personality characteristic then. perhaps you can consider changing ‘loves to talk’ to ‘loves to discuss’? I have no idea, but right now it’s contradictory.

Likes: -Frog/critter catching (As achild this led to a lot of ruined kimonos. Later in life she gained the sense to change into more casual clothes at her retainers relief) -Loves to talk (Though she hardly ever gets the chance to) -Running in extravagent and expensive Kimonos (Though she’d never let anyone see her do it) -Yokan -Summer (Yokan is traditionally eaten in Summer so she gets excited when it comes around)

Ln: maybe expand more on her childhood? it wasn’t laid out below, and it sounds like she was a real firecracker, so how did she turn out the way she did, was it the upbringing, or something else?

Dislikes: -Long battles (anything that involves endurance) -Writing (She has notoriously bad handwriting and even has an aide to write/respond to things for her) -Hates fish (They’re too slimy and she hates looking at their dead, lifeless eyes.) -People who hold grudges

Family: Asama

Weapon: Hachiwari/Kabutowari

Ln: cool! I’d love to see how she wields it — can’t help but notice she doesn’t have it its holder in her character design?

Group: Hagiwara

Role: Clan Head (Direct Ancestor {Kohana} was founder)

Sexual Orientation: Straight Height: 174cm

Ln: that’s pretty tall. maybe you should have a height comparison thingie (like with a cat or tree or something) in the character design so that the above-average height is clear. rn she looks short in the art, ‘cos of the short length of her clothing.

Appearance: -Body type: slightly pear shaped -Skin: Pale and appears unmarred -Hairstyle: Bun with Sakura petals -Hair colour: Bright green -Eye colour: Red/pink

Ln: one gripe. why sakura petals? Is it the vanity part mentioned later? does it stay on in a fight?

Clan Info: Clan founder: Kohana Speciality: crushing the enemy with skilled and lethal attacks Clan size: Large (Though their civilian population has always seemed to outweigh the warriors) Clan colours: (not limited to) Golds and blacks General hair colours: Whites, greens and browns (though there has been blondes) General eye colours: reds, blues and greens General chakra type: (not limited to) earth, fire

Ln: are there reasons for the color choices, or is everything in honor of Kohana? I’d also say that having such diverse colors for hair and eyes isn’t quite feasible gene-wise, since stuff like red eyes and green hair would most likely be recessive genes, or else we’d see more of them in the series, but this is pre-village, so, I’d say come up with a good reason (maybe chakra or something) and it’ll fly. But it’ll still be good to hammer it down to one or two colors, like the red-hair-is-Uzumaki thing or black-skin-is-Cloud.

-The founder Kohana was said to have been a villager that fought alongside Ootsutsuki Asura against his brother Indra.

-Kohana wielded a bow

-Filial Piety is core teaching within the Hagiwara because when Kohana was young, she left her poor father to follow Asura but when she returned found her father had died of exhaustion. She blamed herself for his death and instilled into her children not to make the same mistake.

-The Hagiwara then say that she became an ‘Onna-bugeisha’, that was known for charming looks but deadly skill. She eventually caught the eyes of a wealthy man and married. It was said he had a flower garden built in her name and she in turn trained their children in Ninshu.

-Hagiwara women are generally named after flowers/related things and often care a lot for their appearances (It was supposed to be in honour of Kohana, but it quickly progressed to a tradition fueled by vanity)ooo I like this one!!-Hagiwara were known for horrible stamina and so most of their taijutsu and jutsu is based around lethal and explosive strikes.

-Because the Hagiwara joined battles near the end they had quite a few enemies. (The enemies hated them because they exhausted themselves wearing down the opposing side only to have a new fresh set of warriors take the battlefield to crush them. Similarly, allies sometimes got angry because it felt like the Hagiwara were stealing their victory)

Ln: nice!! so rare to see actual human emotions like jealousy and envy in the construction of OCs and clans, this is great!

-Like other clans, the Hagiwara didn’t necessarily take sides unless they were paid.

-The Hagiwara have fought the Senju and they only managed to save themselves from defeat because the Uchiha were hired as back up in response to the Senju.

-The Hagiwara may have a large clan but very little of them are warriors. (This lead to it being almost exclusively civilian by the time of Boruto)

-The Hagiwara were fierce supporters of peace and did not take long to ally themselves with the newly founded Konoha. (This happened while Sengen was in power) The idea of a village appealed to them greatly as it meant their civilian population could be safe.

-The Hagiwara were pinch hitters, and were mostly only hired to make sure to drive a battle home quickly.

-The clan/group (Hagiwara) was not known for their stamina and weren’t hired too often, so they established a merchant business under the founding family’s name (Asama)

Ln: hang on, so, what’s ‘Hagiwara’ if that wasn’t Kohana’s surname? what does the Hagiwara name refer to if it’s not the surname of the founding family?

Also maybe explain a bit more of the core principles. If the clan is so big on peace and even has a merchant empire, why did they develop such a decisive fighting style, and how? Were they like the Shaolin monks, who observed, but didn’t participate in most worldly happenings?

Trivia!!

-Sengen is one of the many names Kono-hana-no-sakuya-hime is known by (Sengen name comes from the depiction of the Flower goddess scattering Camilla petals)

-Botan {Tsuyu, Ryuu and Yosho’s sensei) is one of the last ninja descendants of the Hagiwara

-Sengen’s name was originally Senben xP A site mistranslated the name

-Sengen likes wearing heavy/detailed/traditional kimonos in her spare time

-despite her friendly and easy to approach attitude, She didn’t have many friends because being the head of a clan often meant most saw her as untouchable.

-Sengen was a REALLLLLY lonley character

I really like Sengen! I love the values and traits of the clan and your exploration in roles of females in both the social and biological way. The detail about vanity is especially appreciated, though how does it apply to men? How is the lineage passed down, is it through female, in honor of the female founder, or is it patriarchal?

Another aspect that you might want to look into is her childhood. I know you said Sengen finds it ‘hard to establish any honest friendships’, but is that consistent throughout her childhood, or did that happen after her induction as leader of the clan? There are also many political angles that you could consider from having Sengen as the leader of a clan. Are there inner disputes, on what, and how does Sengen solve them? What about inter-clan relations? The Hagiwara doesn’t sound like a particularly popular clan, and they also manage a trade empire on the side. Surely that racks up enemies, how does Sengen deal with that?

Setting the OC in the pre-village era gives you a lot of freedom for creativity! You might not have been able to say everything here since it’s a character submission, so you could very well have answers to those questions already. You’re on great track!

You mentioned a design review? ^^

The outfit is pretty, very much so, which totally fits, since her clan is beauty-oriented, but if that is her clan-head attire, then I’d say it’s not extravagant enough. I headcanon that pre-village era is one of huge disparities, so imo Sengen’s official attire should be more lavish, with way more layers, more makeup, more elaborate hair and ornaments, all over her. And preferably with some huge, un-manageble-without-an-aide trail.

If the attire is her combat attire, then I think that the clan head’s current attire is a little too not-useful. Since she’s so tall, and her clan specializes in lethal, game-ending strikes, clothes should actually be more close-fitting to avoid trailing bits getting in their way, and short fabrics like Sengen’s current bottom piece would be scaled up in size and be both flappy and not much protection. Since they use lethal strikes, I actually think it’s viable that they would incorporate lots of padding into their attire so that the force of their hits doesn’t rebound, which would mostly be around the lower leg, feet, upper arms and hands. And that would eventually morph into decorative+functional padding.

Though, this outfit is okay for her super-causal, everyday wear, and I say that because the Warring Clans era would be quite conservative outside of the battlefield, and allowing even a clan that emphasizes beauty to walk around with so much leg revealed could be scandalous. Or you could just spin it as Sengen’s personality to go against societal norms.

Also, I read this somewhere, that the kimono shows sexuality not through showing leg (that too, but) but showing the neck. So you can think about keeping the open-collar sleeves but changing the undershirt to a tank, so Sengen shows a lot of neck and shoulders.

Another interesting idea is the possibility of Sengen, being clan head, using fabrics and fashion choices to hide battle scars/wounds. It could help to explain away some hanging bits of fabric, like her asymmetrical sleeve could actually hide some scar or blemish on her arm that otherwise could be called out for in the beauty-centered clan culture.

That said, your character is very well-developed, the story is logical and makes sense, and you even made such a great drawing of your character! A lot of effort must have been put in, so if you just go that little bit further she would be so much better! Keep up the great work!

- Ln

#submission #Naruto OC #Outfit Critique #mod Ln

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5 Trends From The 1980s That Still Look Great Today

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5 Trends From The 1980s That Still Look Great Today

When historians look back on turn-of-the-millennia style, they’ll mark the last few years as the point went things got fuzzy, when the pace at which menswear trends cycle in, then out, then are reappropriated, has accelerated into an indistinguishable blur. Blame the internet, blame irony, but it used to be that a look spent two decades in the wilderness before it was re-evaluated. Now, everything’s up for grabs all the time.

At last count, every style since the war has permeated modern menswear in some way. The ’40s, in Kent & Curwen’s spin on the Austerity Olympics’ sports kit. The ’50s, in Cuban collar shirts and pleated trousers. The ’60s, in Easy Rider Americana. There’s Gucci’s spin on ’70s fashion, everyone’s take on the ’90s and, in some quarters, even the ghosts of 2000 have been summoned. And now the ’80s are back. But even stranger, so is the decade’s take on the ’50s, and the noughties take on the ’80s, a self-consuming kaleidoscope of acid jeans, boxy blazers and swept back hair.

“It feels like the ’80s have been in-and-out of fashion for about 10 years now,” says Simon Chilvers, men’s style director at MatchesFashion. “The mashing up of various decades simultaneously just seems to be part of the way fashion operates right now.” Which could be exhausting. Or, if you embrace the madness, could lend your wardrobe an anything-goes energy in which stylish sits alongside so-ugly-it’s-stylish, where the delineations between smart and casual collapse and style becomes equal parts forward-thinking and nostalgic. In other words, where we’re going, we don’t need rules. So strap in and swot up on these five trends from the 1980s that still look great today.

The Hair

Think ’80s hair and you probably think perms, mullets and flat tops. All of which are coming back, with varying degrees of irony. But all of which are also tricky to pull off.

You could slick it back Michael Douglas-style, or bleach it in homage to ’80s Kiefer Sutherland. Rather easier is the look of a man whose style would define the ’90s, but who fomented his look in the decade before: Kurt Cobain. “Grunge is definitely making a comeback,” says Denis Robinson, creative director at barbershop mini-chain Ruffians. “Think Kurt when he founded Nirvana in 1987, and for a modern update, the surrealist R&B Kiwi Connan Mockasin.”

Other long hairstyles, whether you find your inspiration in Queer Eye‘s Jonathan Van Ness or a samurai topknot, tend to demand a lot of upkeep. The great thing about grunge hair is that it mostly takes care of itself.

“Ask your stylist for a shattered bob with perimeter length layers,” says Robinson. “For the ultimate version, don’t wash it too often. To style after washing, apply salt spray and dry until it’s still a bit damp, with the hairdryer pointing top to bottom so as to dry flat.” Work through a little matte paste with your fingertips until you get that authentic Cobain stringiness, then tie your check shirt around your waist and forget about how your hair looks.

The Sportswear

The 1980s was the year leisurewear first went mainstream, driven by the explosion of gyms, fitness videos and a growing sense that the body inside was at least as important as the clothes that covered it up. Not so different from today.

Of course, back then the divide between sportswear and the rest of your wardrobe was still stark – you could wear a full tracksuit, as hip hop’s pioneers did, but best not try to pair your joggers with a blazer. Today, those distinctions have largely disappeared. In fact, mixing up with down is the best way to avoid looking like a Run DMC tribute act.

“You want to wear something that’s both modern and relevant,” says Andrew Brines, a buyer at designer menswear e-tailer Oki-Ni. “For instance… a bucket hat would be a good shout.”

It’s also good to update your references. “Pull the ’80s look off by wearing something that’s not directly grounded in the ’80s,” says Brines. That means looking to new brands rather than leaning on the ones that defined the look first time around. Your look should be inspired by the ’80s, not from the ’80s.

The Suits

After the heady days of #menswear, athleisure and its many offshoots, suits ended up at the back of most wardrobes. But the 1980s was dominated by tailoring, of the dominant sort, which means right now’s ripe for dusting off the two-piece. Although if all you’ve got hanging up is the kind of skinny suit that was de rigueur a few years ago, you’ll need to update your silhouette.

“The oversized blazer trend feels very emblematic of the 1980s,” says Chilvers, who points to the countless brands and designers channeling Richard Gere in American Gigolo for their latest collections.

You don’t necessarily need to go high-end, but it’s a trend that’s worth investing in. “It looks set to have a few seasons in it,” says Chilvers, “and once you get your head around it, it’s not actually that hard to wear.

Chilvers’ advice? Just think of it like a big coat. “You can layer a knit underneath. It looks good with jeans or just a pair of plain tailored trousers. You can whack a football scarf over it, finish with basic sneakers or heavy soled plain shoes. Basically, don’t overthink it.”

The Shirts

It was long a style rule that short-sleeve shirts were for lorry drivers, and short-sleeve, tropical-print shirts were for your weird uncle Dave. But then along came Prada, and reinvented the Magnum P.I. and Club Tropicana favourite, by digging back into its 1950s roots.

This decade and the 1980s were about flamboyance, which is why both chime perfectly with a generation that shares its every moment on social media. And in which the Cuban collar shirt is suddenly inescapable.

According to Brines, the ’80s trend is in part inspired by TV shows like Narcos and The Assassination of Gianni Versace, which both star bold printed shirts throughout. But since we can’t all pull off eye-popping Prada, the easier way to wear this trend is to keep your prints subtle and floral – plant motifs are never tacky, but hula girls inevitably are.

Take the same less-is-more approach with colours; dark bases with an accent or two, ideally in colours you’d be comfortable wearing in a block. Avoid at all costs the neons so beloved in the actual ’80s – Screech Powers is on no mood boards.

The Jeans

Dark, slim denim has had its day. Now, the jeans du jour come in all matter of fits and finishes, from high-waist spray-ons to loose and pleated.

“Acid and bleach washes are the best way to tap into the ’80s trend,” says Brine. Both which helpfully tie in with club menswear’s current predilection for distressed denim. “Just avoid anything too punk,” he adds.

If you prefer to stick to your standard slim-or-skinny cut, make sure your jeans look lived-in. Ripped jeans or heavy washes will tip things into post-punk, particularly if you throw one of those tent-like blazers on top – the top-heavy silhouette was an ’80s classic. “If in doubt, see Jeff Goldblum,” says Brine. “In the ’80s and today.”

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