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allthegothihopgirls · 28 days

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I love the asexual Bruce Wayne agenda and I totally agree with it. What I want to know though is how Bruce (asexual queen that he his) deals with his hormonal teenage boys?

Cause like Bruce never got the sex talk (I mean his parents died when he was young, and the family Buttler is Not giving his former employers son the sex talk) and that’s fine by Bruce. Cause he’s never felt these ‘urges’ that everyone talks about. Honestly, sex is overrated.

But, Batman prepares for everything. And one thing that people ALWAYS stress about parenting is having to give your kids the sex talk.

I just really want to know about the hijinks like;

Bruce: *Standing forlornly in front of a ‘Sex Ed’ PowerPoint* So, I understand that you probably have no desire for these… urges. That everyone talks about. But the parenting book (and society) decrees that to be a good parent, I need to give my children a proper education on sex.

Dick: *Very much not asexual* Yeah, no thanks dad this really helps!

Bruce: *Bewildered* How???

although the idea of bruce uncomfortably giving his version of a 'talk' is amusing, i don't think he'd give one at all. none of the boys would really give him any reason to, until he gets to tim at least (he's like, the only one i haven't fully projected my asexual agenda onto at this point).

dick's always been very responsible, so when he starts dating, maaaaybe bruce has like, a single thought contemplating whether or not to sit him down, but i think he'd get off with a "you know that you should always treat a woman right, yeah?" whether dick's actually dating women is up for debate but you get the point and a pat on the back. i believe that bruce operates predominantly under the 'if they have questions, they'll ask' mindset, so he trusts that if dick needs an answer to something, he'll come to bruce. (or just source an answer elsewhere)

i do also think that if anything, alfred would be the one to pull bruce up and ask if he'd adequately informed the boys of things 'one on one' (because he KNOWS that he hasn't). and even then, if bruce were to actually sit dick down, he wouldn't get so far as an introduction spent dancing around the topic because bruce is himself, mortified, before dick stops him and says that he doesn't have to give him this talk, because "wally already did" (much to bruce's disapproval).

as for jason, dying isn't great for a guy's love life. as i pretty much said previously, i don't think bruce would approach anything until it was absolutely relevant (when the boys are already in a relationship). so jason not getting a chance to really date before he died, means that bruce never had the opportunity to talk to him about it. i also believe he'd assume that jason already knows, with the crude jokes he makes, and the kind of people he grew up around on the streets. and obviously, by the time he comes back as red hood, he's too old to 'not know' and it's just presumed he knows his stuff.

i think tim might cause him a little bit (a lot) of trouble though. it definitely scares the shit out of bruce when he finds out about steph getting pregnant by her ex. it prompts him to fling fully into action mode to prevent tim ever being in that situation. that'd be the first time he's properly spoken to one of his kids about it, lots of emphasis on protection and what NOT to do.

however for any other talk pre-steph, i really do think he'd try to palm off the responsibility onto dick (he's very thankful that he's got kids old enough to do it for him), asking him to talk to tim. bruce would probably pull out all the cards "i'm too old" "he'd think it was less weird coming from you" "i don't know what you kids get up to, he's better off hearing it from someone who he can relate to" "i don't want to traumatise the kid" etc etc.

i do think the whole steph situation would be a bit of a reality-check for bruce though, and he'd have the realisation "that could have been any one of the kids" and he would be on his toes for a bit. especially with the amount of girls tim is rumoured to have relations with. him getting with bernard would be a big relief for everyone bruce i think.

once again when he gets with bernard, bruce is 100% palming off the responsibility of having that talk, onto one of his other kids. most likely jason. this is getting super far into my own personal headcanon territory, but literally none of them are straight to me, and i think jason would be the most 'comfortably' gay (mostly just his lack of care about the subject, being percieved as open-ness). bruce would 100% ask dick to talk to tim if it weren't for how private he tends to be with his love life in adulthood. (even getting him to just have the general 'talk' with tim was pushing it)

i don't think he'd ever talk with damian, the league definitely taught him (although objectively). i do think out of all the kids, he'd be the one to have questions though, mainly about the romantic aspect of relationships, as he struggles to wrap his head around the concept of 'love', (which really tests bruce's parenting abilities) i do think dick (having the bond he does with damian) would go out of his way to have a talk with him as he got older though.

as for cass, i don't think she would have ever been taught, with her irregular upbringing, as well as not going to regular school and all. but girls are new in the batfamily, and bruce doesn't want to touch that conversation with a ten-foot pole, so he calls diana in to do it for him.

final note, i also really do think a large contributing factor to bruce most likely never approaching the subject out of his own free will is just how private they all tend to be with their love lives. like i can see dick telling bruce that he's dating someone (as a teenager), but apart from a name and how he knows them, he's not really giving much else away. jason on the other hand just completely leaves it up for everyone else to figure out on their own (it lives entirely in my head that he's like this with his family, but is super close with his partner's family, which is a shock to everyone). if anything, tim's the only one who ever wants people to know about his relationships, for them to 'meet the parents' (bruce) etc etc. it probably all stems from bruce himself being a pretty secretive guy.

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fatuismooches · 5 months

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Hi!!! This is my first time saying anything here, so yayyy! But I say that one ask from another anon talking about how Dottore had never recorded fragile!reader's voice before and then forgot what it sounds like, and my brain made some jumps and--

I like to think that sometimes, whether when Dottore is just working in the room while reader sleeps (I like to think that he's modified himself enough that he doesn't need as much sleep as regular humans) or if he's also in the bed with you, that sometimes, reader's sleeping form reminds him a little too much of when reader was in a coma. Or perhaps, even worse, and that reader's time had come while he was sleeping/working. Immediately, he has to reassure himself that you're not, in fact, dead, by either going to check their pulse and keeping his hand there longer than it needs to be (what if they die the second he takes it off??) or, if he was closer to them or sleeping with them (in the literal sense), by even just listening to it. And he tries to rationalize it with himself (bc he's so i denial, I already know it) by being like "noooo, i'm not worried!! I'm a great doctor, and I have nothing to worry about!! I'm just... checking for abnormalities!!" as if he isn't just doing it to make sure they're still alive.

Idk, the thought just popped into my head. He's lost them before without a chance of saying goodbye, and he never wants it to happen again, especially if this time they'll be gone for good.

I'd like to think that reader wasn't really aware of it until one night when he was making a little more noise than usual, and they woke up groggily to find him with their ear on their chest, desperately holding onto you as if you were going to die any second. And then the second he realized you were awake, moved off was like "Hello, I'm not doing anything sus whattt"

So now reader knows he does it, but allows it because they think it's kind of cute, but also because they know that he would never admit his fears.

Anyway, I'm kinda tired, so I don't know if this actually makes any sense. But slay!!

Thank you for feeding us Dottore content, and I hope you have a good day or night!!

You've known Zandik for a long time. So you are very aware that he has weaknesses. Yes, even though the scholar tried to hide it, his walls would slowly chip away during those late nights spent in the dorm or on expeditions. But Dottore? After you woke up, you wondered if Dottore had any weaknesses. Dottore seemed to be a man of no fear, but perhaps you should have expected that because what would someone as God-like as him have to fear now? He has much power in his grasp, surely there is nothing that could bother him. He's no longer the same Zandik you once knew, and that's okay really, but you just wonder to yourself sometimes. Little did you know Dottore's one and only fear was about you.

Il Dottore considers himself a rational man in every possible subject area. Yes, he does not allow himself to be swayed by anything as irrational as emotion and instead focuses on logic. Whether his final decision is cruel or unethical is not something he cares about. But you... you are the exception. You are the variable he cannot control. And so irrationality is one of the things he despises, swore to himself he'd never be a victim of, but here he was anyway. Succumbing to an irrational mindset is the last thing he thought he'd do.

Often times when Dottore sleeps with you, he doesn't actually sleep. He gets into the bed to appease you, because it brings you comfort, (your words) lays there for a bit until you fall asleep, and resumes his work. He is just far, far too busy to stay. But, nowadays, he finds it even harder than usual to say. Why? Because of his irrational mind, once again. He needs to know that you are alive. Which is a dumb fear really, you're not going to die, you're not going to leave, your body is stable (for now) so there's no need to worry. But he needs to know. He needs confirmation. You know. He really hates that you've done this to him. He hates it. But he can't blame you, only himself, because if he cured you already he would never have to deal with irrationality again.

Dottore is used to the quietness of a human heart, from his experiments of course, clicking his tongue in annoyance from how easily they died and feeling no emotion. But your heart, if your heart stopped... well, his madness would not be transcribed to paper very well, because it would be too hard to describe. But he denies that. And he especially denies it to you. He denies it, so that's why he finds himself counting your heart's beats per minute anyway. But now you know that even the great Il Dottore has a fear and weakness. After all, when it's only the two of you, he is only Zandik, the same man who fell hard for you all those centuries ago. But that's okay. You promised to always be there, even if he doesn't want you to be.

#smooches talks #fragile reader <3 #dottore love notes <3 #another day another fragile reader angst 😚😚 it's a lifestyle at this point <33 #thank YOU for feeding us anon i love this. it totally made sense and was SO GOOD!!#ugh i adore this :(( i love giving villains irrational fears

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comradeboyhalo · 5 months

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q!Bad has been trying so hard to burn his bridges so I consider purgatory a win for him! Though will say that I think it's nice that he and Bagi's bridge seem more or less the same? I don't think that his bridge with Bagi burned because she didn't have expectations from him like the others did from not knowing how Bad was before + she's heard him talk about wanting to eat/kill people and him being in the war before and still decided that was the guy she wanted to hang around her - even when they met up and she decided to go into her safe zone, she still gave him a chance to talk with her rather then going 'oh nah actually you're going to kill me so we won't meet at all' or she could have told her teammates on him, gave Bad permission to kill her and has been actively going 'hi Bad!!' when she saw him before the whole transferring team situation, just wanted to ramble that I appreciated the way their friendship works and how I feel like there's not gonna be a difference for them when they go back to the original island

yes! you are so right and i will now ramble!

i see q!bad's friends categorized in two areas: friends who can deal with his demon nature and friends who can't. bagi, despite her strong moral code, has seen bad at his worst, and is able to stomach all of it. she is able to forgive him (even if he may break her trust), understand the way he navigates his relationships, and continue to know that despite his actions, she has his back and he has hers. others who similarly take bad in stride are foolish, tina, aypierre, and etoiles. he may fuck them over, but they all end up shrugging it off and bouncing back. (this, of course, goes especially for foolish).

i would say phil and bad had a good friendship, but purgatory has effectively ruined it. they were just never close enough with each other for phil to understand who bad is at his core. cellbit (from what i observed) seems to hold more immoral actions (i.e cannibalism, murder) with a much heavier weight than bad. yes, he is a dark character, but notice how cellbit needed to be pushed in this direction via external circumstances? meanwhile bad always seemed to be holding off eating people and murder to just "fit in" with society, because these traits are just more innately part of him. and this is why i think bad won't hold a grudge against cellbit for purgatory, but cellbit could.

forever and baghera are a special case in which they became friends with someone who was nice and caring, were able to ignore the dark implications of his moral code, but then couldnt anymore once he began to spiral downwards. theyve both had their purgatory moment with him; they've already seen the lengths he'll go to. its definitely taken a toll on their friendship, but if they were able to move past his torture of ron, they'll be able to move past this too (and they already have: baghera may be opposing him but she's still happy to chat, and forever and bad's relationship has honestly improved in purgatory).

i do think, at the end of the day, bad is the kind of guy that is very easy to hate, but also someone you really want on your side. take tubbo or pac. he was by the far one of the most antagonistic characters to them on the island. but when you're fighting to survive, suddenly that bloodthirsty demon is real nice to have at your back. its why foolish is so careful to prod into bad's plans, to see if their motives line up. i do believe that, even if he burns bridges with majority of characters, he is still someone most characters would want to fight with, rather than against.

#ask #long post #badboyhalo

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morose-melodies · 1 year

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Yandere of your choice with a s/o who misses their family? What would be the yandere reaction??

me first, family last| yandere! dottore x reader

content warning: manipulation and dottore is very controlling

"you miss your family all of a sudden? why is that?"

dottore's tone lacked any true interest in the conversation, but he asked anyway because he knew it would make you feel better.

"I've felt this way for a while now... and i just miss them, it's been so long since i saw them," you replied, your legs swinging on the edge of his work table, watching as he cleaned up his laboratory.

"how long has it been since you last saw your family, (y/n)?" dottore asked, as he ran a cloth across his counter, briefly glancing back at you.

"years. it's been years... and, I want to see them again," you hesitated to say that, wondering how dottore would react and respond but you needed to get it out.

dottore paused, why didn't he foresee this? looking back to the beginning of the conversation, of course, you were going to say that. of course, you'd want to go home. he sighed, gripping the cloth into his hand before asking, "did you part with your family on good terms?"

"kind of... they didn't want me to leave, but I wanted to, so I did... even though they didn't want me to," you pursed your lips. maybe they don't want to see me?

"hm," dottore dropped his cloth and turned to face you, "they wouldn't care if you came to see them... especially after so long. it's best to not waste breath over trifle matters such as that... get up, (y/n,)" dottore tapped at your knee and you got off his work table.

dottore dripped some cleaning solution onto the table before wiping it off. "wouldn't that mean they'd be happy to see me?" you back away towards the door, watching as dottore swiftly moved around his laboratory while he cleaned.

"no. they've most likely already gotten over you leaving and accepted they'd never see you again. surprising them wouldn't be the best thing to do." dottore turned to face you again, and did a small "shoo" motion before cleaning the door.

"but... what if they DO want to see me? what if they miss me? i- I miss them, I want to see them... i-"

"oh, hush. what are the chances that they truly miss you? you left them, what makes you think they'll want to see you?" dottore tuts, watching as your expression went from neutral to upset.

and without another word you turned on your heels and left, slamming the door behind yourself.

the next few days were terrible.

you were obviously unsatisfied with your last conversation with dottore but there was only so much he could do to smooth this out.

he could let you visit your family but there was a problem - a year back he had a segment of his report to your family that you had disappeared a few weeks after making it to sumeru.

he could find a way to wipe the memories of your family from your head but such an advanced thing would take quite some time to perfect.

or he could simply not let you leave this manor ever again.

he was leaning towards the last option the most.

... or he could let you visit your family under the surveillance of a segment - your least favorite clone to be specific.

the sole purpose of that segment was to ruin any trip you went on. whenever you want to leave the manor, dottore lets you leave with the segment and each time you come back to the manor, you're upset, frustrated, or in tears, crying about how much you hate that segment.

he did this with the idea that one day you'll get tired of having to go out with that segment and just choose to stay at the manor with him instead of going anywhere.

so with that in mind, dottore prepared a trip for you to visit your family. dottore approached you one morning, you were sleeping at the dining table, and he seated himself beside you and placed a hand on your back, and you jolted away.

"hm?"

"if you're still wanting to visit your family, I've planned a trip for you to visit them, it will be brief, though. you'll see them then come back immediately, understood?"

"you're letting me see them? thank you! than-"

"go get dressed, your ride awaits you." he then stood up and left the dining room.

dottore heard you rushing around, getting prepared, fixing your hair, getting dressed, and packing clothes. your heart was beating violently against your chest, and you were excited.

you dragged your bag behind you and pushed through the front door and that's when you saw him, dottore's worst segment.

he stood at the side of the carriage, tall and proud. you shook your head, turning on your heels, about to go back in to complain to dottore but before you could, the segment grabbed your arm and said, "come now, we must hurry to the port or else, we may get left behind."

you grieved silently as he helped you into the carriage.

...

needless to say, you came back to the manor in tears and with a tight fist. dottore brought you in, a hand on your back as he tried to counsel you.

"t-they weren't even there! they were gone! I... I couldn't when see them," you cried, shrugging dottore's hands off of you, "I'm so mad! I hate that... that clone of you-"

"drink this (y/n), and explain to me why you couldn't see your family..." you sniffled as dottore placed a warm drink into your hands, you parted your lips to speak but, "ah ah, drink this first," dottore pushed the drink towards you and you took a sip from it.

"they moved... i- I don't know where they are! they're gone... gone forever, I'll never see them again, never again." you cried, unable to control the distaste you felt.

"it's all going to be okay," dottore tilted your chin up, "this is not the end of the world, (y/n), your world shouldn't revolve around them," dottore then pinched your chin before releasing you from his hold.

this was, of course, a part of his plan, he figured he might as well make sure you never worry about your family again, they were just hindering you.

and they weren't gone forever, heh, just on a SMALL trip. upon hearing the news that their house was infested, (thanks to dottore and his segments) they'd have to leave so the infestation could be dealt with, that's all.

at that moment you went quiet and silently wept.

these are the moments that count, dottore reminded himself before taking the drink from your hand and putting an arm around you, he pulled you against himself.

"is my company not enough for you, (y/n)?"

you shook your head and mumbled into his shirt, "it's just... i just miss my family."

#yandere x reader #yandere genshin impact #yandere #yandere scenarios #dottore #yandere dottore x reader #yandere dottore #dottore x reader

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noroi1000 · 1 year

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Ooo could you please do a one shot where gojos partner is kidnapped and he has to save their life from a curse? I feel like a curse may target loved ones to get their real target to fight them.

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Paring: Gojo x reader

Summary: You've been kidnapped by a curse. A curse that wants to get rid of Satoru. And the only way to do that is to get a hostage. You are that hostage...

Warnings: Violence

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When curses are weak, they stay in a group. Then they can be stronger. A group of curses is stronger than one curse. Especially when one curse is weak.

There are also curses whose minds work better than others. These are not mindless. They don't attack without thinking. These curses are more intelligent.

They may have the ability to think. Rational thinking. They have instincts that tell them what to do, and they act to save their lives. Sometimes they even have the ability to speak. Even though their characters are different from humans. Curses are more brutal. They often have no qualms about killing. This is most often the case. But that's not all. Curses are aggressive, they don't follow the rules. Curses are capable of sacrificing the lives of others in order to survive. To win anything.

If the curses don't gather in groups, the curses do something else.

They use the human conscience. They take advantage of the connections between people.

Curses are able to take hostage, and in exchange for letting go, they will release a loved one. anyone. Conscience exists in every human being.

Even if most of the time it turns out that the curse won't let anyone out anyway. Why? Because curses want to kill. If they get mad, there's not even a slight chance they'll be kind and gracious. They play with human existence.

Curses are able to catch someone important to someone for their purpose.

Catch the closest person to lure someone. To get rid of those who make it difficult for them to do what they like.

They cover themselves with the human body, knowing that nothing will happen to them right there. No man who could kill a curse would do it to kill the person closest to him as well.

You always felt that one day you could become such a target...

So many intelligent curses live in this world. And you can't defend yourself against them. You are not a sorcerer. Not like Satoru.

All those intelligent curses that know the name "Gojo" could find out about you at any moment. And you already know that he must know a lot about your existence and your very close connection to Satoru.

Curses just die and are reborn. That's how it works over and over again.

Satoru kills a lot of these curses.

You are afraid of what might happen someday. But you know that when he's with you, you can feel safe. After all, he wouldn't let anything happen to you.

Even if you might be held hostage someday, just so they can defeat Satoru.

Anything can happen if you're not careful.

Curses are everywhere. But Satoru isn't always there to hold your hand to prevent you from getting hurt.

You know exactly that someday something bad can happen...

You don't want something like this to happen.

You don't want Satoru to get hurt.

You want him to fight the curse, and not care how you feel.

You know how important his work is.

So if you had to choose who would be safe, you or him. You choose his safety.

He could kill the curse without even thinking that you might die too.

But you know he won't allow it.

You've been together for such a long time that he keeps showing you that he won't let anything happen to you.

Even if you are able to sacrifice yourself for Him, He does not accept that sacrifice from you.

You both go home.

He will always do everything in his power to make things good for you. He promised you. Along with his declaration of love.

Hot tears streaming down his face when he saw you weren't home.

Broken window, drops of blood on the floor.

You didn't speak at all when he preferred you.

You didn't leave the house alone because all the things you would have taken with you were at home.

His heart started beating so much faster when he saw the mess in your bedroom. When he saw the glass on the floor that came from a broken window. His blindfold began to get slightly wet as he saw drops of blood on the floor.

The black material became wet against his cheeks, getting drier the longer he kept it on his face.

Getting wetter. There was discomfort. There was a sour taste in his mouth, as if something was stabbing his tongue. The clenched jaw didn't help the feeling.

In order not to burst into an act of desperation, sadness and anger, he stood with his fingers clenched in his pants. Nails digging into his thighs as he knelt looking at it all.

Can his body hold out even longer, holding back his true emotions? He shouldn't be inhibiting it in himself.

But also for something else, he shouldn't show it.

What happened now should be a good example of that.

His every enemy wants to take everything from him...

It doesn't matter if it's human or not. People who shouldn't be his enemies are. They will do everything to make him fall into the abyss of desperation and sadness.

Everyone knows he has emotions. Everyone knows that he also needs happiness, love.

But many of them want to take it all away from him...

Exactly the same as it is now...

They want to make him cry...

They did it...

Because the sight of blood when he knows it's your blood is terrible for him.

He couldn't control himself.

He was so happy when he came home. He wanted to spend time with you so that he would fall asleep in your arms later.

Now he can't do any of these things...

He pulled off the blindfold, throwing the fabric on the floor, not even looking where it lay now.

He let the tears fall down. They didn't soak into the black blindfold now.

Nothing blocked the hot drops on his skin.

His lips twitched as he tried to hold back the whimpers that wanted to come out of his mouth.

When he finally let out a shaky breath, he bent over the floor, watching his tears bathe the floor, hitting the pieces of glass. Mixing with drops of blood. As he clapped over the worst mess.

He could think of nothing but his despair. And that he may never see you again. There's always a chance he won't find you.

He didn't want to leave it like that.

He was sure it was his enemy.

And an enemy he can kill, whether it's a human or a curse...

He has promised you protection. He promised you love.

He has already given you a declaration of your eternal love.

Holding the engagement ring he gave you in his hand, he studied the glowing metal along with the diamonds.

Everything for you...

A declaration to you that you will be together forever. You were supposed to be more than his girlfriend.

Turning the ring over, he looked at the dried blood on the bottom. It's as if it had been ripped from your finger by the claws. Pulled with all might to get rid of it.

It all meant one thing. Whoever kidnapped you, it's curse.

Curses do not like cursed items, especially if they are imbued with a powerful curse that comes from the energy of the sorcerer.

He imbued this ring with a very unusual curse.

As long as you had it on your finger, you were safe from Jujutsu techniques. And from curse attacks. Unfortunately, he couldn't put his infinity there. You could still be hurt because of it.

However, you couldn't be harmed by cursed energy.

But you may have been harmed by other items that are not of cursed energy, or are surrounded by it.

You didn't know the exact function of this ring. You just knew it could protect you. Nothing more nothing less.

Which means the curse pulled it off you with some tool. Or the curse fought the pain when it touched it. Anything to get rid of your protection.

He felt that nothing had happened to the ring. That's why it was just pulled off your finger.

He knew it even though he was already very tired.

He didn't sleep all night. He searched for the next half day.

He couldn't even come up with a lead that would lead him in your direction.

Was he going to give up?

Could he live with the thought that you are no longer with him? Could he live with the thought that he had lost you forever?

"You want me to wear this, don't you?"

"I care about you. I want you to wear this and know it's from me."

"Anything else this will give me?" You placed your hands on his cheeks as you sat on his stomach on the bed.

He smiled closing his eyes. He had his hands on your thighs as he lay on your back. He snuggled into your hands.

And that one feeling of a slight cold against his skin. It was nice. He felt that ring on your finger.

"It will protect you." He replied, smiling.

Something he likes better than seeing you near him? Your touch and you next to him. When you touch it. When you kiss him. When you talk to Him. He preferred that more than staring at you from afar.

"It'll protect me, huh..." You groaned as you ran your finger across his eyelid. Feeling his long white lashes brush your skin. "Fine. I believe you. Thank you for thinking about my safety, Satoru."

You lay down on top of him, kissing his lips softly before pulling away, hovering over his face.

"You always believe me..." He laughed softly.

"Because I know you always tell me the truth."

"What if I told you that being with me would put you in danger?"

"That's what I believe in you too." You replied, stroking the back of his neck. "But I know you won't let anything bad happen. The ring will protect me when you're not around. I won't take it off, I promise. If it makes you calmer."

He sat down with you on his chest, gently turning you over.

Putting his legs on either side of his waist, he gently laid down on top of you, holding you in a tight embrace.

Even the weight didn't bother you.

You knew that even in this position you could feel safe with him.

You don't want anything to happen to him while you're in danger.

You want you to live normally. Safely. Happy. In your home.

"Love you~." He murmured pressing his cheek against yours, smiling a slight red on his cheek.

"Me too." You held his neck as he hugged you.

Your memories must be even more pleasant. Not only this.

You are to live longer and longer. Together.

If you're alive, you're a hostage.

And he doesn't even think that you might be dead.

You always have to live for him. Just like he lives for you.

Now and always.

He doesn't even accept the thought.

He will whip curses until he finally finds you.

One curse in town, then another.

Another and another.

Everything that moved and was cursed, disappeared.

He didn't sleep, didn't eat, didn't drink.

He was walking around everywhere. He was looking for curses. He sensed their presence.

He killed everyone he met.

He couldn't think of hunger, thirst, or fatigue. He was only thinking about you.

That you're out there somewhere. Maybe Near.

You are somewhere and you are afraid. You can even suffer, beg for it to stop. That's why he wants to find you. As soon as possible. As long as he knows you're okay..

As long as he knows you're alive and you can still talk to him. That you can smile at him.

Next hour.

20 more curses.

Soon the 21st curse will be in his crosshairs.

He searched for 11 hours.

He's been thinking about your safety for almost half a day.

It could be the 21st or even the 210th curse he will kill that day.

People are afraid to go down to the cellars. That's why he knew that he had hit the seat of the curse.

He couldn't see much in the dark.

Standing on the illuminated stairs, he only knew that there was a curse somewhere here.

But his heart stopped when he heard a small voice.

Later, his pulse increased enough that he thought his heart would burst out of his chest.

"...You shouldn't come here, Satoru..."

He looked around for the light switch. But when he found it, he wished he had turned it on.

He felt something sharp pierce his chest.

As if something had pierced him right through. Even though there was nothing there.

He owed that feeling to the sight before his eyes.

You all lying on the floor, some blood on your forehead, peeling skin on your elbows, your leg visibly broken as he could see the slight dislocation of the bone under your skin.

Torn clothes that showed shallow cuts and bruises.

"(Y/n)!"

He started running towards you but stopped when you said something to him.

"Do not come...!" Tears started to run down your cheeks. "Please go away until it's not here... Please..."

When he saw your tears streaming down your face, he wanted to go over and wipe them away. Or he was willing to do what you asked him to do. If it would make you stop crying.

But he couldn't go from here...

He looked at your right hand, seeing that your ring finger was bloodied.

"Please don't move and don't say anything. I'll help you. I'll take you home... Just calm down." He said calmly, knowing that the closer he gets to you, the greater the possibility that something might happen soon.

"Satoru, don't come any closer... Please leave me here and go..."

"Baby, look at me. I'm not going anywhere without you."

"But it -"

"I'm not going anywhere without you. I'll understand it eventually."

"...I want to go home..." You groaned seeing him getting closer.

There's no way you two will come back...

Either neither of you will go back there, or only him.

If he leaves now...

"Honey, we'll be home soon. Just calm down. Everything will be fine. Just a moment. I'll take care of you. Do not panic..."

You saw his face contort in sadness. And the eyes are glassy.

"Go away! I don't want you coming here! Get out of here!"

"Don't worry. Everything will be fine. Nothing will happen."

"Go away! If you go now, nothing will happen to you! Stay away from me!"

"You think I think my safety is more important than yours?" he asked, taking larger and faster steps.

Two meters from you.

You started crying harder.

"I would never put myself above you. That you come home is more important to me."

"No...! Stop! Do not come! Please! I don't want us both to die! Just go from here! Just forget about me!"

Suddenly he stopped.

He looked at you as he was standing two meters away.

"You don't really want me to leave. I know you want to go home with me. I won't let anything hurt you. I'll hurt you if I go now! I will not forget about you! Do you think I could throw away everything we've been through together?"

"...I want to go home... But you can't stay here..."

"I can. You can't forbid me... You can't forbid me to stay here... I won't go home because I only consider it home when you're there..."

He took slow steps forward, and suddenly leaned in to touch you.

By now you knew it was too late...

You felt something pulling you back.

And sharp tails appeared above you, flying towards Satoru.

That's why you didn't want him coming.

He jumped back, landing a few meters behind.

You couldn't move, your ribs and spine squeezed by one of the curse's tails.

You just watched as the other tails stopped in front of him and above him.

Aimed straight at his body.

"You are a weak curse. But as befits, dirty fighting, hostage, teaming up. I can't believe that the strongest are the targets of weak curses." said the white-haired one, looking at your face winced in pain.

He saw your body lifted and then curse claws gripped your neck, squeezing lightly, then a little harder.

The sharp tip of your tail touched your head.

"Curses are always like this... I can even let my guard down, and then I will die as well as her... Curses are not honorable..."

Looking at Satoru, you were giving him a silent signal to go. To leave you.

Because no matter what he does, you're going to die anyway.

Even if he turns off infinity to save you, the curse will still kill you.

If he doesn't, your skull will be punctured and you'll just die.

No matter what he does, you'll still lose a life.

You saw him raise his hands to lightly join them.

"Then why do you think I'd let my guard down?"

He suddenly clasped his hands together and appeared right in front of the curse and his fist was aimed at the stomach.

In a split second, you were moved in front of the curse, and Satoru, knowing what was about to happen, quickly drained the energy from his fist.

But there was no way to stop his hand.

Just then his fist made contact with the top of your stomach.

Even as he tried to reduce the force he used as much as possible, he felt something in your body snap.

He heard the curse laugh as he looked at your face which was twitching. Drops of blood flowed from your mouth and down your chin.

You stopped breathing for a moment, unable to breathe in the pain.

With tears in his eyes, he quickly backed away and wanted to scream.

Your body hung limp in front of him. And saw your eyes slowly close. As you slowly surrender to the pain.

Out of anger and sadness, he placed two fingers in front of it, intending to shoot the curse.

By killing it, he will also kill you.

He looked at his hollowing hand and made another sign with his fingers.

"Domain expansion..."

When you were in this state, he had four seconds to catch you to keep you safe. And lest you start dying in his domain.

"Unlimited void..."

1 second.

He saw the curse not move or focus on him.

2 seconds.

He started moving towards you.

3 seconds

He was getting closer. He saw the curse let you go.

4 seconds

He grabbed your hand.

It was already dead for you, wasn't it?

You groaned, opening your eyes slightly, not feeling much pain. Perhaps it wasn't at all...

Suddenly you felt a pleasant touch on your cheek.

"You woke up... Don't be afraid..." you heard Satoru sobbing. "We are already at home..."

#jjk x you #gojo satoru #jujutsu kaisen #gojou satoru x you #gojo jujutsu kaisen #gojo angst #gojo x y/n #gojo x you #gojo x reader angst #gojo satoru fanfic

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senil888 · 2 months

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Don't want to hijack any posts about KOSA specifically, though please please please if you are a US Citizen resch out to your senators AND representatives because it WILL eventually go through there, because this is more of a general thing that KOSA happens to fall under.

The TL;DR: One should always, ALWAYS, treat any bill claiming to be for ”protecting the children” as bullshit. They never EVER do what they claim they will. They're always a way to lock down spaces even more than before, and companies will always go with the strictest law to apply to everyone to make things easier on themselves. Do not trust them, fight them every chance you possibly get.

Just about every time a law claiming to "protect the kids" passes - or even that argument is used in general - the vast majority of the time it's made up bullshit designed to appeal to a certain group of people who will hate you for not supporting something meant to protect children. My home state had a bill (that I think passed, thankfully) re: expanding sex ed down into grade school. A TON of people freaked out, thinking they were going to be teaching eight year olds about anal sex or whatever (it was similar claims to that idfk).

They were, of course, dead wrong. You could literally look up the proposed curricula and grade school? Was focused around consent, asking permission to do things like hugging, that of stuff. The kind of thing that will actually protect children should they find themselves in an abusive situation, because they'll hopefully ALREADY KNOW that this is a scary person who is not asking them to do these things and you aren't saying yes to any of this. Hell, even saying no and realizing the abuser isn't listening could ring that alarm of "this is somebody not listening to me or my boundaries. I am being Abused" or something like that.

The thing the nuts claimed wouldn't protect children because they thought sex ed for grade schoolers would be the same as sex ed for high schoolers would, in fact, actually help children by virtue of education. Of knowledge. Of knowing what boundaries are, how to set them, and how to ask to do things.

The same shit applies with bills such as KOSA. The goal is never to actually protect children. It's to indirectly harm them by making knowledge access harder. In a time where libraries are actively getting slammed and underfunded, online resources and communities are sometimes the only vaguely safe outlet someone has. It might be the only way a queer kid out in rural flyover country finds solace in being queer, is able to freely be queer. "Protecting the children" (from those filthy queers) means gating off those spaces from people. From letting people find those spaces where they can be free.

Let's not forget the way this can easily gut activism work too. Often these bills are ways to delete spaces for the "outcasts" of society, and once one group of "outcasts" is dealt with, they'll find another. We've seen this "protect the kids" line when it comes to trans people (especially trans women), when it comes to drag, or any form of queer expression. "Cis white men holding hands in public" is seen as damaging to children.

"Protect the children" is effectively (if not outright) a dog whistle for "this law or whatever is actually meant to target a specific group of people, set of actions, etc. without us saying it does that because saying what we actually want to do would mean nobody would like this thing." KOSA specifically can and likely will gut online activism organization, gut queer spaces, black spaces, whatever kind of minority or leftist space you can think up of. It has the power to do that.

And its effects will almost certainly be felt globally, because again. Companies will go with the strictest possible approach, if not outright blocking access from places stricter than they care to manage. Twitter being affected by a bill such as KOSA will affect people worldwide because they have to comply with a strict as fuck law, and it's infinitely easier to apply the basics to every user they legally can (IDK about how GDPR plays into this specific bill).

There's a reason companies cracked down on queer groups after SESTA/FOSTA became effective in 2018 (which, FYI, is likely a large part of why Tumblr moderation routinely cracks down on queer people, trans women in particular!). Because queer people are, by default, seen as more "sexual" and whatnot, that those groups are more likely to get a company in trouble legally speaking. So, they try to suppress those groups as best they can without making it blatantly obvious (usually failing the latter part but they don't care).

"Protect the children" will only be used, and continue to be used, as a way to mask the actual intent. Bills like KOSA do not protect children. If they do, it's purely a coincidence. Their real goal is to crack down on whatever "undesirable" they want to send into hiding next. That's what it's used for. Is the internet, in ways, shittier than it was 15, even 10 years ago? Oh absolutely, and it was still shitty then too. I definitely found myself in spaces I absolutely shouldn't have as a kid. But the solution to that isn't to lock everything up real tight. It's a good education about these things.

Nobody told me that, if I ended up a little too sensual towards an adult, it doesn't matter if they didn't know I was actually 15 and I'm making the advancement and they had no way of knowing my age. They're still the person in trouble here. Mind you, I was just smart enough to stick to the sidelines, maybe make comments in stuff, but that was it. Nobody told me what to watch for, why things were maybe Bad, etc.

I was punished for *gasp* having porn (furry porn) saved to a deviantArt account that I had an app for. This did absolutely nothing for me. Nobody said anything about why it was bad (or could cause problems to the artist). I was just yelled at and grounded. "Protect the children" just results in that happening. In kids and teens getting punished for not knowing things that nobody would ever teach them because "they're so delicate, they aren't old enough to know this yet."

Fuck this "protect the kids" bullshit. Fuck this bill. Fuck every bill like it. Fuck every legislator who supports it. Fuck every court that even dares to uphold it. Fuck whichever US president signs it off. You don't protect children by banning drag or outlawing any form of transition before 18 or whatever. You don't protect children by removing their spaces online. You don't protect children by indirectly empowering their abusers by making sure they never know what they're going through is Wrong and Bad.

I'm pissed off that this needs to be said, that this is even a topic worth bringing up. That this is even NECESSARY to say.

#very long post #sorry y'all I have OPINIONS to vent right now #Fuck KOSA

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hiraya-rawr · 2 years

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Politely breaks open door

Imagine MC is from a family of power and then they get into a arranged marriage!? They're marrying for political / social connections and the fiance is a creep!

Any of the characters secretly pining are absolutely devastated in their own ways!?

The only people who'd stand a chance is Diluc and Ayato but they'd have to be emotionally vulnerable. Childe would have a terrible chance due to his connections with the Fatui. Zhongli and Itto barely have 10 mora to their names... Yeah I have confidence in the genshin cast! Definitely...

If MC wants a different lover, they're going to have to find someone of similar power + devotion to their relationship.

( I was thinking of something like this while playing genshin and I felt like I had to tell you first)

this this this THIS 🤩

: arranged marriage with someone else

There are so many ways this could go and it’s consuming me while I get ready for the morning, but let’s go over it ^^

First of all, this could easily be solved in the Dark Route or yandere route. Let’s say. . . Diluc could easily stage a scandal after slipping something in your fiancé’s drink, or Kaeya can always do a little digging in their secret files, Childe can set something up with the Fatui, anything to make them a lot less worthy of an engagement with your family. Your awareness of their feelings doesn't have to matter in this route, you'll just be surprised when the contract gets canceled over something shady.

But I'm not very into the yandere route, there's also the realistic au of everything falling into place over time— you marry your creepy fiancé and you can never bring yourself to love him, but you deal with it for the sake of the arrangement. And this can go on for years and years, and maybe you'll only find the strength once you're 40, 50, 60, or even 70 years old. When politics and status doesn't really matter to you anymore, you find yourself back with the person who means everything to you.

Perhaps you're both married already, or windowed but with grandkids, perhaps he's still available, but what matters is that your love story had just begun! (albeit a few decades late, but he's there for you). This especially applies to characters who aren't rushing, like Zhongli or Itto. They would wait a lifetime for you because it's been you all along.

Then again, we can delve into the complicated life of the married— adultery, scandals, rendezvouses — you didn't mean to kiss him when you're married but you did, or he did, or maybe it was an accident done over glasses of wine. He becomes your comfort figure in your disastrous marriage, you always turn to him and he becomes a little something more to you.

These routes usually don't end well but you still get your whirlwind romance. I definitely see Kaeya and Childe in this the most, only because Diluc and Ayato might stop it before it could get too far because of their status. They also wouldn't want you to be that person who's 'two-timing', no matter how much they want you to be with them instead.

(side note but I thought of a busy!husband ayato and as the neglected spouse, you find more comfort in the housekeeper thoma and and- dhhduebdhdxh)

For the less politically powerful characters, there's the option of elopement. They'll ask you to run away with them or vice versa, leave the high profile life for something a little more subtle. Childe can easily hide you away, and the rest could settle for something in the countryside where you can grow old together. I feel like Zhongli would also be very open to the idea simply because he's already seen much of the world already. As long as he stays in Liyue, it doesn't matter how drastically he "changes" his life for the sake of love. Elopement doesn't apply to Thoma though just because of his loyalty to the Kamisato clan.

I got carried away and forgot to entertain the idea of MC simply finding someone worthily powerful. Ayato and Diluc definitely are the best contenders, maybe Diluc more so than Ayato simply because Mondstadt wouldn't be so strict about the etiquette practices of the nobility (if you love someone, fight for them! it doesn't matter if they're tied to a contract~). Ayato's more of a political figure so he needs to observe his etiquette better. It's a little discourteous to offer an already engaged person a marriage proposal. If you're from Snezhnaya, then Childe would have a good chance as well!

#hira brainrot #genshin angst #genshin x reader #genshin #genshin impact #genshin imagines #genshin hcs #genshin fanfic #genshin drabble

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ddwcaph-game · 3 months

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Hi there! Hope that you're doing well ^-^ I know I'm kinda late, but I just catched up with the new update and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE every bit of it!! So many new secrets! (not sure if I found all of them, so I'll be replaying more) and I adore all the crush moments with all of F6E and the confession scenes with Rosie and Wayne, they're so adorable!

Also also I love that you add options for us to decide what to call Tita Julie and Tito Robert, and even use nicknames for MC's best friends. And I'm not sure if this is a new feature or if I missed it before, but I had a lot of fun editing/adding notes to the diary! I like having headcanons about my MCs and it's nice that I can type them into the diary and make them feel more canon.

Here's one from my MC, Auri (star twin)

And here's another from her twin sister, Elise (heart twin)

Ok, uh. I just realized I typed a wall of text without even getting to the ask yet. I'm so sorry for the long ramble 🙇

For the ask: how would Rosie and Lily react about the nicknames my MCs made for them? Would Lily know about the meaning? And since Rosie would know about hers, would she have a hint about MC's crush? And I haven't made up similar nicknames for Wayne, JM, and B (it's harder to work with their names), but how would they react in the same situation?

Ahhh I'm so glad you liked all the crush scenes! They were very fun to write. 😊 There's actually two possible confession scenes for Wayne (one at The NeStore and the cheek kiss), and three possible for Roselyna (the cheek kiss, her BFF scene, and after the bus scene).

You can also check all the secrets in this guide, but I'll be adding a bunch more in the next update!

And yup, the diary postscripts are a new feature! 😄 This is exactly the kind of thing I hoped people would do, so thanks for sharing them!

As for how F6E would react...

I actually have this idea that Lily had a whole researching session at one point about lilies for that exact reason, so her winning that debate would be accurate, hehe. She probably knows what calla meant, but she wouldn't really think twice about the meaning cuz they're just flowers (unless MC starts acting really weird), and crushes are probably the last thing on her mind anyway.

Ohh I love Reyna as a nickname! Rosie is pretty much a nickname collector, and I almost wanna include it in the preset options since I also like the idea of nicknames out of a nickname.

She'd absolutely like it especially because she wants to be a princess, but the nickname itself won't make her think that MC has a crush. As romantic as she is, she isn't really expecting anyone to have a crush on her.

Wayne's fairly good at sensing if someone has a crush on him, but if MC gives him a special nickname, he'll take it as a challenge and return the favor by also giving MC a cute nickname, if he doesn't have one prepared already. (I think a flower/bird-related nickname combo between Wayne and MC would be really cute, hehe.)

If you have enough chemistry points with Wayne in Chapter 2 and ask him to sing with you, you'll learn that he's actually preparing a special song for MC's birthday. 😄

There's a very low chance that JM would realize the crush if the nickname was very subtle. If someone does point it out to him, he'll just try to brush it off and think that MC is just teasing him. That's totally going to be on his mind all night and all week, and he'll try to distract himself with work/studying until he gives in and confront MC if they really mean the nickname (half-hoping that they don't because he thinks they shouldn't be thinking about that yet). He'd admit that it's very sweet though.

Well, B already has seven possible nicknames for MC (it depends on your traits, but the default is "Weirdo"), so it's likely that B will keep teasing MC lightheartedly with that nickname if it does come to that point in their relationship (unless MC hates it of course).

As for B's actual reaction to MC giving them a nickname, they'll just say "No", turn around with an eyeroll, and leave. It'll be on their mind all day and try to be obnoxious to MC and avoid them as much as possible because that obviously isn't happening.

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Anyway, I have to say that I'm surprised how well you managed to write the diary entry like how I write MC's thoughts. 😅 I'm actually thinking of adding a separate nickname/term of endearment for the crush options later, so that should be fun.

Again, thanks for sharing this with me. I really appreciate it! 😊

#dear diary asks #f6e #wayne #roselyna #lily #jm #brandon/beatrice #crush options #headcanons #mayonness

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ncityavenue · 1 year

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Whipped

Short drabble!

Genre: inferred love triangle of some sort except all three are oblivious in some way:)👍🏾

Disclaimer: none except swearing.

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"YOU MIGHT WHAT–?" Your bestfriend Xiaojun and Ten say in Unison, you fidget with your hands looking down.

"I might have a crush on Yangyang..." You murmured, they both look at each other then back at you.

"Do you know how bad that is?" Xiaojun squeaks.

"He might break your heart, I mean– you've seen what he's done to the girls he's been with in the past like - he is our friend but he is a player and we don't want to have to break his jaw because he broke your heart." Xiaojun lectures.

"This is exactly why I didn't wanna tell you guys this." You trail off, Ten puts his arms up in defense " I haven't even said anything. Plus, I didn't think I was right when I joked about you liking him."

"I mean it was only a matter of time though," you raised an eyebrow, "you guys are kinda close and he almost does everything for you. How could you not like him?" Xiaojun explains with a bitter tone.

"Woah, Dejun it's almost like you forgot that rejection is a thing." Ten says noticing the bitterness.

"WHO the fuck reject them?!" Xiaojun questioned.

"Let's see... Johnny,Doyoung, Jaemin, Renjun–"

"Y/n, that literally doesn't make sense. YOU NEVER TOLD THEM YOU LIKED THEM? YOU JUST WAITED UNTIL THEY GOT CUFFED???" Ten marveled.

"Oh right! Also, I think Renjun might have a thing for me or something because I always see him stare at me in art class." You looked away from your friends eyes.

"Who wouldn't look at you though? You're hot." You jumped from the sudden new voice invading the conversation.

"Oh hi-"

"What? That's all I get just a 'oh hi'?" Yangyang interrogated walking up to you.

"You didn't let me finish my greeting-?" You tilt your head, Yang sucked his teeth grabbing you into a hug.

"What were we talking about? All I heard was renjun was looking at hot stuff right here and he might like them or sum" Yang asked sitting down on the bench.

"Well, we were talking about their study sessions with Kun but somehow we started talking about art and you know that always leads to renjun." Ten lied through his teeth, great liar actually you thought.

"You have study sessions with Kun? He must be more of a pain then." Yang huffed.

"You're only saying that because you stopped coming to his sessions after y'all first argument." Xiaojun reminded yangyang of the embarrassing time.

"Since when did you start kissing Kun's anus?" Yang spat back.

"Shut up asshole," Xiaojun throws a fry at yangyang but he quickly dodges it watching it hit another table.

"Nice throw, anyways! I need to borrow y/n for a few minutes, hope thats ok with you two." Yang wraps his arm around your shoulder.

"It's fine, I think they need to talk to you as well." Ten smirks winking at you, you rolled your eyes looking up at yangyang who had more of confused look on his face.

After you and yang walk away, Xiaojun huffed while Ten rubbed his back.

"How am i gonna tell them I like them now? I should've said my feelings when I had the chance." Xiaojun pouted.

"I can make things work, plus they said they 'might' like yangyang. He's not all that great, they'll probably notice that when you ask them out on a date to that new restaurant that opened." Ten says.

"When I what?—"

"I'm forcing you to ask them out duh."

"Oh please, their already cuffed– look– just look at the way their laughing over there with him.. I have no chance." Xiaojun stares at you and yang being a few feet away having a private conversation.

"You're acting like you're not hot as hell, don't say that it's a date just say that you want to hang out with them and then be like lovey dovey at the place. You know their a fool for affection." Ten smirks bringing xiaojun closer to him with shoulder hug.

"I'll try but if I end up looking like a fool you will end up in the hospital."

"Blah blah blah whatever! Plus they really care about your opinion especially on love- I don't know how but- OW!"

Ten rubbed his leg for comfort after xiaojun had kicked it, "ok I'm sorry."

"Anyways, I'm gonna go cock block see you later Ten!" Xiaojun grabbed his book bag making his way over to You and yangyang.

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I just wanted to try something new, plus I don't be seeing alot of Xiaojun or yangyang content WHAT IS UP WITH THAT😒🥱 maybe I'll continue this MAYBE bc a bitch be slacking and having writers block.

#nct #nct 127 #nct scenarios #nct imagines #wayv x reader #wayv ten #wayv xiaojun #wayv yangyang #ten being a wingman is a must #xiaojun being a cock blocker bc he loves you and doesn't want you to fall for anyone else #yangyang being a oblivious flirt

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bravewolfvesperia · 3 days

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"They all hate me. You don't hate me, do you?" (For Karol bc I'm experiencing the big Karol sads today)

@valiantxunion

Who all hated him? The other guilds? Surely not all of them... but even then, even if by some crazy chance they did, what made him think Yuri did? While it could just be a bad day and the kid was just in his own head, Yuri couldn't discount the possibility that he'd been considering such a thing for a while. Karol at least had a habit of thinking about things for a long time, and that combined with his low self esteem...

Regardless of which it was, it still had Yuri turn to him maybe faster than he ever had in the shock of the question. Before he said anything, he tried to think back to anything he might have said by mistake throughout the last week - at least within a somewhat recent amount of time that would make Karol dwell on it until he reached this conclusion. When he realized he was coming up empty, he wasn't sure if it was helpful to keep seeking an answer to that.

The way Karol was curled up into his knees on the floor against the couch left Yuri wondering if he just had a really bad day. If some of the assholes in town had given him shit because he was by himself. Nowadays most of them backed off, especially knowing he was close with Raven, but some of them seemed to behave like it was a matter of their pride. Stupid. Completely stupid.

Karol's voice too. Someone must have said something to him at some point. It didn't matter that Yuri wasn't going to tell him he hated him. Based on the boy's voice, it was wavering in a state of being ready to crack at any moment. As if he expected a particular answer and was already resigning himself to it, but trying to hold himself back until he heard it.

So Yuri kneeled in front of him, not bothering to convince him to look up or trying to ask him if it was obvious. Maybe even Karol did know it was, but he was so far in his own doubt that he wasn't in a state to be able to think through it properly. There were times it happened to Yuri too, where he was so far in his own head that he could almost actually truly convince himself that so many things were genuinely wrong with him.

Quietly, Yuri spoke with a voice that was almost reserved for Karol now. "I don't hate you, Karol. I've never hated you." He leaned over to pull Karol closer into a hug. "I don't always know what's going on out there or what people say about or to you... but I don't care if the whole world is against you. I'm not, and I won't be. If the rest of the world hates you, you can still come home to me. You'd have to do something really, really, really terrible that no human could ever come back from for me to ever hate you."

He pulled back to give Karol space, letting out a small sigh. Anxiousness and nervousness tended to get the better of Karol, so even if it didn't help right away, he hoped eventually it would sink in when the mood had passed. "And since I don't think you're capable of that, you'll always have me. Don't let those bullies out there get into your head. I don't see them doing any better out in the world. Seems more like they've stagnated while you're just growing. Don't let them feed those demons in your head. And... don't let those demons tell you I hate you."

Yuri knew all about those same demons. They'd followed him around for years now, always putting his self esteem down lower and lower. Often, those demons won. Yuri always needed someone else to be there for him to pull them out. He smiled slightly to Karol though, knowing Karol had support to deal with them too. "If they keep bothering you, I'll beat them up. I'm good at fighting, too, so they'll lose. Call me if they make you wonder if I hate you again."

#valiantxunion #{ ic asks }#{ verse: post canon }#/ i don't need to describe the voice natty. u know the voice. /

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ms-taurusvenus · 1 year

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How has Mason Mount been doing recently?

He feels ashamed and disappointed in himself. Perhaps he hadn't been feeling particularly content or proud of himself, especially over the previous few months. His breaking point came when he was withdrawn from the England National Team in order to qualify for the Euros. He believes that the world may be coming to an end and that his situation may not improve. He's making an effort to be upbeat, but he's having trouble.

It's possible that those close to him aren't giving him the encouragement or assistance he needs to succeed. He appears to be someone who wants—nearly needs—supportive feedback from others while also receiving it. I sense him feeling as though everytime he talks about or when his family thinks of his career right now, they appear.. disappointed. Reevaluating, doubting, and questioning everything. I see his father is upset with him. He truly needs to talk to someone who has gone through what he is going through right now.

He feels unfortunate and asks, "What have I done to deserve this?" He feels stuck and on the verge of quitting. He has thoughts of quitting or taking a break because he wants to give up. He is rolling his eyes and not interested in playing any more, but he must maintain a smile so that people won't tease him any longer. Is he aware of what they (others) are saying about him? Possibly just temporarily. Does he understand what they are saying about him? Yes. He is having a really difficult time maintaining his motivation and battling for his objectives and goals. It almost seems like he doesn't give a damn about them, doesn't even believe they'll happen, and doesn't even make an effort to do better. It is as though he has lost interest. He lives by the tenet that "whatever happens, happens." He simply acts like a blank slate when someone talks about what's happening, saying things like, "I don't care.. it's whatever," "It already happened, can't do anything about it now," and similar phrases.

He wants to get better and get back to being the old Mason he once was. Poor guy, he keeps putting the blame on himself. It seems as though he seldom acknowledges his accomplishments and success any more. Yes, he is attempting to recall them. Yet it hardly or never works. In the end, things will turn out better. Opportunities are coming his way, and there's a chance he'll be rich and prosperous. Perhaps a clothing deal? Seeing Versace. He'll soon regain the drive and strength he once had. Everything will soon turn around, and he'll be even better than before. Also, he might be granted a leadership position or be perceived as one (a leader).

#mason mount #football tarot #football #chelsea fc #liverpool fc #premier league #tarot

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findingoblivion · 6 months

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i doubt that tumblr is going away any time soon if at all (there's a very high chance it will just be sold to someone else asap and they'll try and make a profit out of it, and this isn't exactly the first time tumblr has said "hey we're not making a profit here", i don't even think there's BEEN a time when they really have been making the kind of profit they want) especially because the vast majority of normies on tumblr won't pay attention this at all and will still keep sponsoring posts and buying badges and shit

and honestly last i heard the tumblr staff was incredibly shit anyways and mostly consisted of maintenance (this was years ago though) and people who had no idea what they were doing and don't even get me started on all the terfs on staff

so maybe it's a better thing than you thought

but with all that said I did put my discord in my pinned post if any mutuals want to add me and don't have me already

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letstalktea · 2 years

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Contents: gn!reader (you/your), amab!Kylar (he/him), crossdressing (forced)

Word Count: 583

You finished putting the lipstick on him with a smile plastered from end to end on your face. "You're so cute that I'm almost jealous."

He couldn't help but blush as he stared at you dressed in the skimpiest lingerie he'd ever seen that framed your best assets perfectly. You were so lewd dressing up like that, especially in front of other people. It was okay when it was just you and him, but not in front of those creeps. They would take advantage of you.

"It's almost time for your show." You placed a finger just below his balls and enjoyed the way he shook as you trailed over the lace of the fabric that could barely contain him. "You ready, Princess?"

You were sure the audience would adore him as much as they did you. He was practically sweating as his eyes glared at you.

"Don't look at me like that." After all, you weren't the one that was in trouble.

It was all him that came storming in hoping he would – or rather, wouldn't – find you dancing on stage. It was just unfortunate he'd found you with your shirt freshly torn off and your breasts on display for everyone to gawk at. After that, he got a little too comfortable with swinging his knife around and everyone started freaking out.

Briar had not been pleased. It took a lot of convincing (and a few promises to get a lot more risque for the next few shows) to get them to offer Kylar any kind of clemency. Clemency that came in the form of him earning back what he’d lost them: an audience and all of his profits. You would be damned if you let someone drag him off the stage though, so he had to milk as much as he could from the people who would be watching him.

You knew the audience well. You knew they liked them pretty and you knew they liked unraveling people's secrets. Well, he sure had one of your favorite secrets hidden under the skirt you'd forced onto him.

It wasn’t fair how cute he looked dressed up like a little goth slut. And the way he continued to glare at you as if he was looking for his chance to grab you and drag you away from all of this? Absolutely precious. Oh, you would love to be a member of the audience just to see how he performed, especially because you knew he wouldn’t have a clue how to dance. There was something charming about amateurs.

“Are you angry with me?” You put on your sweetest voice as you leaned down to his level, brushing your lips against his ear as you dropped your voice and whispered to him, “I promise they’ll love you as much as I do? After all, you’re a cute girl with an even cuter dick?" You flipped up the edge of his skirt to cup his balls with a gentle squeeze as you leaned forward to whisper in his ear. "They'll eat you up."

Literally, if the audience had their way. A small part of you burned up thinking about how hot it would be for them to grab both of you and molest you side by side, but you would also probably kill anyone that touched him. Then you would owe Briar even more than you already did. Then again… maybe it wouldn’t be so bad to see him forced to dance a few more times.

#h2ho #kylar the loner #dol kylar #degrees of lewdity #tw crossdressing #a cool drink of water

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cara-delaney-author · 2 months

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Author brands 'n shit, I guess

So I somehow managed to lose a post I really wanted to reblog to an unexpected re-log. The post was about a Vox article talking about how the concept of a personal brand and a platform is poisoning artistic industries, particularly writing and music. So we're just doing a new post instead.

The article makes some really good points, especially about how now more than ever, authors (and musicians, but I write books so that's what we're mostly looking at) can't just do the thing that's in their job description. We have to do the marketing as well. And that is such a wild concept to me, who grew up convinced that I would one day land a publishing deal and be a famous author. I had this idea of how the traditional publishing industry worked, and for a long time, that idea was fairly accurate. Now?

If we now also have to do most of the marketing for our book to even stand a chance.

If advances are shrinking to the point where even successful authors are forced back into day jobs.

If print-on-demand means that nobody has to shell out thousands for a print run anymore without knowing that they'll even sell a fraction of the books.

What do we even need the traditional publishing industry for anymore?

Midlist books and authors are disappearing. The focus is on bestsellers, on "the next big thing", to the exclusion of almost everything else. That's not a sustainable plan. Sure, in theory, producing nothing but bestsellers would make you thrive. But you can't. You simply cannot guarantee that 100% of your books are going to be bestsellers. The vast majority are not. Even big pre-existing audiences don't guarantee that. Just look at these incredibly funny numbers provided by the New York Times, about celebrity books that "flopped". And I'm using that word loosely - tens of thousands of copies sold are GREAT, actually. But when you calculated your sales potential based on an audience of millions? It's nothing.

This really pokes a lot of holes into the idea that big platform = big sales, but here we are, being asked to flap our arms about and make silly voices in funny little TikToks to promote our work. When that should be the publisher's job. So, again - what are they even still good for, if you aren't coming to them already famous?

Though the article also comes with some questionable takes, albeit when it cites other writers. Specifically when it cites Defector writer Israel Daramola about music criticism, and how more and more professional outlets are closing or get incorporated into other publications. How this means that the ecosystem of criticism is shifting to "a loose collection of Youtubers and influencers", and how "This has all helped produce a mass of music fans who don’t understand the value of criticism and outright detest being told the things they like might suck." Which is just so baffling to me. Of course they don't like that! Do you?! If you think the point of criticism is to forcibly explain to people why the thing they enjoy is bad, actually, you really suck at criticism. Criticism is meant to give you an idea before you engage with something, of what the quality might be and whether or not you'll like it. It's not meant to make you go "oh, well, if this artist I love is bad, I should probably not listen to them". Stop doing that! Let people enjoy things, it doesn't matter if you, personally, think the thing in question is "objectively not good". People are allowed to enjoy "bad" things, for fuck's sake. This is the exact kind of elitism that drives people away from professional, thoughtful and educated critique.

I find this particular citation odd, because Daramola does make a point much more related to the subject of the article - that the reduction of music criticism to subsections and listicles is a symptom of a similar problem as "author brands" in the music sphere. If you don't already have a big platform, a successful brand, you won't find support. Budding artists struggle the same as budding authors, where the industry whose entire business model is built upon taking risks on new talent and building that talent up is now refusing to do that, and shifting all of that work onto the artists. This has very little to do with the audience, and everything to do with the business people calling the shots behind the scenes.

There is a whole lot wrong with my industry these days. Art gets more and more commodified. The content doesn't matter anymore as long as you, the author, can sell a lot of it. Once you have proven yourself, the publishing gods might decide that you're a guaranteed success, and deign to give you the kind of support they should have given you from the beginning. Only now, there is no risk for them anymore. That risk was all taken by you, the person with the most to lose.

One last time - if that's how traditional publishing works now, what is it even still good for?

And I haven't even gotten into how this entire system is also rigged heavily in favour of the (white, attractive) Anglosphere, while the platforms themselves have global reach. So the Anglosphere is actively sucking the air out of the room with its ever-growing cultural hegemony even on the level of individual artists. The article touches on this, too, though it brushes past that pretty quickly, and one of the linked articles in the section basically just says "if you're from a different culture, consider simply ignoring that and doing it the American way". Fabulous.

I don't have any quick, easy fixes for this problem. I don't think anybody has. But if you're a reader, if you're a music lover, maybe next time you're looking for something new, consider looking past the big hits. Ignore the huge platforms, and maybe go and find some indie artists to try. There's a lot of gold to be mined here, even if it's getting harder and harder to find. It takes a little more effort, but it would mean the world to the indie artists on the other side.

#writing #books #publishing #self-publishing #publishing industry #music industry #author marketing #author branding #American hegemony #long post

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Do you have any thoughts on Todd? Like why he spends his time terrorizing little fifteen year olds. Why Beavis and Butthead are so enamoured with him?

I typed this up and then ended up having more to say than I thought I did! so my first thought with regards to him is that Beavis and Butt-Head are both probably so used to their moms' version of love being a blend of neglect and abuse that they genuinely link that to how Todd treats them? and they find familiarity and comfort in that treatment, which is why Beavis doesn't like it when people are too nice to him, and why he's offput by Keith, for example. I don't think they look up to him in a paternal way or anything obviously but there's a lot of familiarity with Todd and his behavior already because of their families, and the boys also really admire his toxic masculinity. he's the epitome of cool. he does whatever he wants, doesn't care about anyone else's feelings, scores with lots of chicks, and gets away with everything. I think the boys admire him as much as they crush on him, and they want to BE him as much as they want him to like them in return, to validate their version of cool and to have someone as cool as Todd think they're cool too.

I think maybe they think if they were more like todd, their lives wouldn't feel as shitty. they do get away with a lot already just because other people don't seem to care, but I think Todd has an active approach to life and getting what he wants without people caring that the boys would love to someday emulate, and the only way they can express that urge with all their little teenage hormones is by crushing on him. whereas the boys just kinda do things and people passively happen not to care. they roll with the punches whereas Todd is the one who chooses when to throw them, and they want that for themselves.

now, as for Todd? it's not like he necessarily willingly spends all his free time with the boys, they tend to bother him quite honestly. but it is very skeevy how he tends to seek them out at times, simply because he knows they're vulnerable. he's probably picked up on the fact nobody cares about them so they're easy to bully and get things from and use them for stuff like their house and as punching bags. sometimes they give him money, and they don't even complain about it. he tells them to do something and they do it without question. there are no adults to kick Todd's ass if he fucks with them or fucks them up, and he's able to get a lot of his anger out on them. I imagine that cycle of power is hard to break, especially when everyone involved is unfortunately having a good time. todds toxic masculinity and Beavis and buttheads approval of it feed off each other, so that's why I think his cycle of abuse works--even though it's clearly not right.

plus he sweet talks them, and isn't always mean about it either, which doesn't help them to see Todd's bullying and abuse as what it is--they really do think (at least for a while!) that Todd wants to turn them into little versions of himself, or that Todd likes them, or that Todd sees value in them and will someday include them as part of his gang, but that they're just not there yet. when they first meet he lies and tricks them just for fun, because they see him being an asshole but then he's nice to them, so they really were hooked from the get go into thinking they had a chance.

i think later on they start to pick up on Todd not really caring for them though, like when they have that episode that says forget Todd, let's just make our own gang instead of being in his, which is so interesting considering how much they admire him. I'm not sure if it was a growth moment so much as a "Todd has been teasing the puppy dogs with an offer of treats for too long and they realize they'll never get the treat" so they just kinda give up?

that's partially why I think he hasn't really been in the new season and if he wasn't here at all I might be grateful? just because they kinda wrapped his shit up a while back--but I still kinda wanna see him! it feels like Beavis has been more open about his attraction to men lately, I wonder if being in 2022 where it's pretty normalized would change anything? he sees Todd and it sparks the LGBT conversation within their home? 🤔 he's such a key component into the boys openly showing us they can have full, romantic, teenage crushes on another guy. his role in the show is as integral as it is depressing. lol!

thank you for asking, it means a lot! sorry this got so long!

#opal's askbox #long post

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