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silvershiningtarot · 1 year

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🫶🏾🤲🏾🙏🏾💋👅PAC18+ What’s The Dynamic Between You & Your FS Getting To Know Each Other🎈🎉 (Channeled Message)

*Take a moment to breathe in and out. This is about how you and your FS getting to know each other. Dynamics of it all. Five minutes to look at it. This is a general reading. Take what resonates and let the rest fall off. I'm sorry if you keep getting channeled messages. Y'all husbands wanna talk to you.

Pile 1: It seems like when you and your partner get to know each other, it will be a big ass transformation. I mean a big one. A lot of people will start falling off. Friends, family, and co-workers. That goes for them as well. Because they'll start to wake up and see the bullshit about the people in their life. It is like you are their clarity. You awakened them. They are the clarity for you. They are very hardworking. It can turn toxic like they can become workaholics in their work. They'll buy you gifts. Some of your husbands/wives have money. I heard the CEO of their company, they'll help you with your career. You are their wish fulfillment and vice versa. I can you and them might go through some issues while you getting to know them. You have the 5 Of Wands. It seems like if they going through a breakdown you and they will find a solution to fix the issues. You will have some flashbacks about your past. Maybe this manipulative female hurt you badly or them. Cause it seems like your partner will be going through some tough shit. A few of you might be dealing with some tough memories. This older woman had fuck with your partner's mind and yours as well. You both probably went through similar situations. That's why you two are on the right path together. You had a bad breakup with your ex-girlfriend/ boyfriend. I don't want to delve deep into this but maybe some of you, your ex, or their ex bullied them. They were depressed for a while and felt very insecure about themselves and vice versa. So you start working out. Being flexible, and getting back into good health with yourself and vice versa. It just seems you two had gone through a lot in the past. Now you two will face it together. Whatever you heal on your own now it is time you two heal it together. If that makes sense. They will help you with your career I can see that. I mean they'll be your supportive partner to you. I heard them say “I'll pay for this and pay for that”. So basically they will pay for everything with your career. They won't throw it in your face. Not at all. They love helping people be independent. This is a partnership between you and them. I felt an instant connection between you and them. You are on the right path with them and vice versa. Honestly, I don't see any issues like that in the beginning with them. Woah, tying the knot oh my god. It looks like they want to marry you. Or they are seeing a future with you. They think that you are their destiny after all the transformation you both have gone through. No wonder they wanna propose to you. Haha 😂💎. I heard them say “You're my special diamond.” Aww 🙀☺️☺️. You are their special diamond. It seems like this spouse has some words to say to you. If you wanna hear it. Before I tell you their message it seems like they would send you sexy nudes, and other pictures just to be teasing you and vice versa. I think that you two like teasing each other. They will be falling for you deeply. They like flirting with you and you too. Here’s their message to you.

😱“When I first saw you, I thought you were rude. Sorry for saying that. But then in my mind, I was like I'll give this chance. Because I don't do relationships like that you feel me. I've been hurt in the past by plenty of other females/males to ever crossed me again. I won't be fucked over no more. I know I sound paranoid as hell. But I don't know when I'm next to you my walls go down. You are my lucky star. I shouldn't be having these feelings for you. Because what if I end up sabotaging this connection with you and then you leave me? Ugh, I couldn't take that kind of heartbreak. Don't get me wrong I had my ideas of you. Don't act like you didn't either about me. So I wanted to tell you that I truly care about you. I can't stop thinking about you, I love talking to you. You are funny and very easy to talk to. You are smart and an amazing person to be around with. I love your energy and you are so incredible. Yes, I shouldn't compare you to my past exes and I'm sorry for that but wow, you have been patient with me. I love the magic we have together and I’ll never want to lose that for sure. So I know we have known each other for a while. Will you be my girl? My intuition told me I should trust my instincts. So I am a man/woman about my shit. So will you?”

Woah, this is your husband! I’m gagging yes! Lol 😂 this is the second time marriage came out for the both of you. I think a lot of you or some of you will go straight into just marrying them. After getting to know them, you’ll just marry them. I heard when you two get to know each other it’s like you two already dating in y'all mind. This is your divine masculine. Of course, you two will be having sex, I mean passionate fucking sex. Hahaha, I heard tearing that pussy up. Wooo 🥳 that’s awesome 👏🏾. But They are leaders, they don’t like to look back at the past. Yes, sometimes the memories will come up with both of you. They’ll never go back to their past mistakes. They do have a big ego. I think you too but I sense more like they are confident. This FS is confident of what they want. They don’t play any fucking games. The second they got feels for you, they will tell you. In the beginning, you will have a crush on them and vice versa. So it feels like a lust whirlwind romance and that's why you two will be quickly getting married. You'll love spending time with them and you won't stop thinking about them either. Again you two will be boyfriend and girlfriend. Even after hanging out for a couple of months or weeks instantly, you two will be dating. Public kissing. I think that you will think that you are pregnant but I feel that you'll be excited about it. They can't sleep without and you can't sleep without them. They are possessive over you. Sometimes when you are not home, they'll be moving around in bed trying to sleep but they can't. Whenever you are next to them, They feel better. I think either you or them might be stuck in drama or I heard we're stuck in drama. I believed co-dependent can get toxic sometimes. Sometimes they might be in a dark headspace and need to release. I do believe that they will be clingy to you. Or you might be like that with them. In my opinion, I feel like this person will make you feel safe that you both will be co-dependent on each other. It can get toxic. You two are yin and yang! Split soul. This is your other half and vice versa. You guys incarnated down here in the 3D world to be together. You guys need each other. You're so stunning to them. I mean fucking gorgeous in their eyes and vice versa. You meant to have new beginnings with them. Plenty of opportunities will come your way. Sacred Support! Wow, you two are divinely guided and divinely secured. This is an unbreakable bond between you two. It is meant to be. I think that once you two do that then you'll start to trust it. Since your FS is paranoid as hell, they started to believe it. 🙏🏾✨🙏🏾✨🙏🏾. You would start loving yourself, and vice versa yes they are confident about what they want but they have their self-esteem issues. You love spending a lot of quality time with them. Maybe that's your or their love language is quality time. I heard “They don't like their time being wasted.” I don't blame them. I honestly agree with them. Seriously.

Pile 2: Since you have the 3 Of swords makes me feel that you two will be helping each other with some type of heartbreak. I can see some type of possessiveness. I feel like they will be clingy to you and vice versa. Yeah, you'll help them with all the disappointments that happened in both of y'all lives. I can see that both of you are close. They're masculine I sense that they'll be your first everything. Like your first kiss, first-time sex, and first date. I know that some of you did have those experiences then you going to have sex with the right person you can trust. You two will be honest with each other. I can see that you'll be comfortable with them and vice versa. I think that you'll argue with them heavily. I think that because they might be too clingy and possessive. I sense that like if you are at work and if you are working with some dude or a girl they'll be jealous. It will become toxic for a minute and then you two will break up and make up. It was like an off-and-on thing between you two. But I think that you or they will make a promise to each other, I heard them say “ I'll come back to you.” A lot of y'all Future Spouses are very masculine. But you guys will break up a lot they can't sleep without you and vice versa. It will become toxic they will be too attached to you. So there has to be a balance. 🙀. So of course they'll be petty and you will be too. I sense that both of you will be childish. That's why you two will make up and break up. I think that when you two see each other it’s like sex! Passionate steamy sex. HA! I told you heavy passionate sex! You guys will still have sex even after getting to know each other. Damn! So creamy! Woah, intense you two have. I can see the passion. Even when you two get some space from each other you'll be having sex and talking to each other. Geez! Woah, ethereal love! Both of you are head over heels for each other. Yes, they are street-smart but they are childish. I was right, again you two are fucking childish. It's like once you two start growing tf up if you want to. You two will have a beautiful connection. Don't get me wrong it seems that they are very intelligent. They are probably the CEO of their company. Tying The Knot 🪢🪢 Wow you two would want to get married and I think that you two will have sex with them while you getting to know them. I won't say like instantly but maybe a couple of dates you go on with them and then bam 💥 your and their clothes is on the floor. I can hear their message to you.

“ For once in a lifetime I never thought I met someone like you before. I'm sorry for being clingy, and possessive but I can't help it. I like being next to you. You are so special to me. I am to you too. Please don't ignore me. I know how I make you feel. When you look at me what do you feel? Do I get you horny? I know that I do. We have this great chemistry together. I fucking like the fact you can booty call me and I still can come over and lay it down on you. Kiss me 😘. That kitty is still on fire. I know I was a jerk to you and I missed things at work and I'm sorry 💔I can't see you with no one else but me and only me. I know I was being petty and childish and overly protective but what the fuck do you want me to do. Like I am a fucking hot head. You see what you make me do. I know I'm not blaming you for my action. It's just, I need you here with me. Please don't give up on me. Not just yet💔. I mean if there is someone else out there for you then I won't hold you back. Hahaha!! What am I saying? Of course, I'll snatch your little ass back into my arms real quick. I don't give up period. I know that's so crazy I tried gaslighting you back to me and yeah that deserves a slap across my face. How about this? Why don't you come over tonight so we can discuss where we stand? But I just wanna take care of you always and forever.”

It seems that you or they will be battling some addictions. I can see that. You two will get through it together. They are your devil in a good way. They are very handsome looking, masculine, and well charming. They do tend to be a bit cocky. I see that in the beginning, you two will try again on the second date you'll have your lazy days with them, and vice versa. They have a body of a god. Wow, I think neither of you won't be seeing sides of the story of the other if that makes sense because I think that because you two are childish sometimes you two will be blaming each other. In my opinion, I feel that when you two don't see eye to eye on things maybe take a step back from each other and relax. That's what I think you should do. Ahh, I see they'll be addicted to you, and I feel that you'll be the same with them. They'll be very possessive over that pussy. Wow, intense I see. Sex to you two will be healing. I mean very healing for y'all. It won't solve all of the problems but I think that sex is a very important part of your dynamic with them. You guys share a bonded connection. You can manifest this connection with them instantly. It is very powerful. I sense that you two are each other’s mentors. That's the feeling I got from that. Woah, that’s so funny! Didn't it say, First Kiss? So basically of you, I believe that this is your first everything with this person. That's beautiful to me. A few of you, I sense that this is your High Vibe Soulmate. I can't explain how much important this connection is. If you ever watched Harry Potter when the Phoneix Bird burst into ashes and rise back up again. That's exactly how this dynamic is. No matter how times you two fall you always get back up. No matter what. I send all my love and positive energy to this connection. Good luck to y'all. Muah 💋💋💋. Yes, I do feel that your FS is a celebrity but let me explain by celebrity. I think that they are upcoming celebrities like they are probably an independent artist or I sense like an artist for some of your FS. But a few of you hmmm. They are probably well-known celebrity but I heard they flop a few times. I feel that you two will come across the dark portal that surrounded y'all connections. A lot of inferences I'm seeing. A lot of outsiders will be in your ear. Awe they'll draw you a bath. You'll be taking a bubble bath together, just enjoying each other. I feel like either you or they fear being alone. I sense that more part from their side. Why do I sense this spouse is older than you? Some of you I sense younger than you too. Not like baby young but middle age ’20s or late 20s.

Pile 3: I sense that you two will feel at home with each other. With the 4Of wands, I sense that you two will bring a lot of stability, security, and a lot of nurturing. A lot of self-care with both of you. They'll start being more confident and vice versa. It seems that you two will create something together. Maybe painting or music. If some of you do music then you'll be doing music with them without a doubt in my mind that you will. In my opinion, you two will start dating quickly for some of you. It's like you'll have a fast-paced love with them. But I feel like with them, they know what they want and there's no choice that they'll ask you out. I see the Empress' card, Wow, can you start paying more attention to yourself If that makes sense? There's a lack of focus with you two. Probably with you, I’m sensing that. That's why they'll help you get back on track. Do not strain away from your path. I know that they'll be frustrated sometimes about it not with you but In my opinion, I feel that they will sometimes. I can see you saying “I'm sorry”. They don't blame you but just know that they'll stand by your side no matter what. I do sense of a bit jealousy from them. I don't think that they'll be unfair to you or envy but I get a possessive vibe from them. Maybe simping for you. Woah, I believe that they'll be in love with you. I told you that if they know what they want then they'll be don't mind looking like the fool for you. Ahh, I'm gagging right now! Marriage, no wonder with the 4 of wands. You two see a future with each other. For some, this is like fast-paced love 💋they were very instantly connected to you. You'll be doing a lot of shadow work with them, crying, and rebirth a lot with them. I can see them holding you two tightly while you scream and cry your eyes out. In their mind, they say “I'm your husband.” I can hear their little message coming to you.

“ My little sweet tooth, the moment I saw you I wanted to just protect you always. You keep me standing all the time. I love the moments we share. Taking selfies and I admire you so much. I just want to protect you from everything. I'll still give you your independence. But let me stand beside you no matter what. You can call on me I’ll be right there. You are my new beginning and I am yours. I feel so complete with you, I can do anything when I'm next to you. When I'm with you I feel limitless. I never thought I could love again because I’d drown myself in work left to right. I'm not saying you were my distraction I'm saying that you help me concentrate better. I can be in two places at once without feeling drained. My sweet darling I care about you so much. I can't wait for the world to see how much we can create together as a family. That's right you are my family.”

You'll be having sex with them a lot, it seems that you going to have multiple orgasms with them. Wow, very intense. They are street smart and probably used to be a dealer or they know their street very well. If that makes sense. Unexpected sex haha 😂 it's going to happen unexpectedly as you can be chilling with them the next minute and then your clothes are on the floor. I think that for some of you, it might happen when you smoke with them and then after that, you wake up to happen. It has been written in the stars for you and them. This is destiny, you guys are meant to incarnate down in the 3D world to handle each other mission and your own. There are a lot of debts that are ending between you and them. I can see that with families, friends, and breaking this generational cycle. Everything you had learned from your home life, school, and life itself. You might help them with some financial issues or vice versa. Somebody probably stole from them or owed people money. That shit fucking sucks ass. You two will end a lot of family karma. You two will break off the family ties. Some of you won't even talk to family after this. Wow, I'm sorry 💔💔. But I think that you'll be free from family after everything they put you through they like fuck it. I heard them say “We got each other”. Don't matter if they got kids or not or whatever the situation is I believe that they'll take their kids and it'll just be you and them and their kids make y'all own family together.

Pile 4️⃣: It seems that you two will be going through a lot of heartbreaks or dealing with some heartbreaks. Because this FS is a celebrity for sure. It's a lot of self-doubts, but you'll be avoided a lot of confrontation, especially with them. I don't think that they like confrontation. FIVE OF WANDS, THREE OF SWORDS, and ACE OF WANDS. This makes me feel you two will come to terms with that no more running away from your problems and theirs as well. Even if you two have your disagreements you shouldn't avoid them period in my opinion. It seems like with this FS they like to swerve their ass to different topics I mean the second they feel they are in a hot seat or you, they'll switch the topic quickly. I heard that they'll feel like you are attacking them and vice versa. You two I feel like you guys are highly defensive. You'll try to defend your argument even if you are wrong you still defend it even with them as well. At the bottom of the deck, you got the KING OF SWORDS AND DEATH. So a lot of shadow work needs to be done with you two. By yourself of course and then with them too. If you two decide to keep avoiding situations like this, imagine the bigger situations. But I think that one of you or them will start to realize and be like fuck it let’s talk about it. You guys have to compromise and start to take things slow. If they are mad at you let them breathe for a minute and vice versa. You guys will talk about it after. Okay, there are the issues. I think that they are a player, yes they are part of the music industry and I believe that some of you might be part of it or meet them. But they might be taken or I sense that you might be coming in unavailable and they'll sneak their ass and come snatch you. But that's up to you if you decide to take that road with them. Spiritual hater, I don't sense either from their side or yours that they are a spiritual hater. There is a lot of jealousy, especially about what type of industry you guys are in. So much dark magic involved in the music industry. That's why I feel like if some of you are going into the with them know the business that you are in. In my opinion. Reliving the past I think that a lot of old habits that you guys used to do will sneak their way in. You have to catch those patterns. Self-control and self-awareness are very important for both of you. Trust in the process! I think that your guides would want you to have faith in them. Again if they are taken or you are they'll be patient and vice versa. That's why I feel there isn't any cheating going on I don't feel that way. This will happen in divine timing with you both. You guys are soulmates it's just a lot of baggage you two are carrying from your past, trauma, and memories. I think that they have a message for you. But you both will retreat a lot together I think that some of you will start as friends first or at least in my opinion just acquaintances.

“Hey, you! I was wondering if I can get a moment of your time, please. I just wanted to say that for the past few months, I've been getting to know you and I have been better. The way you make me feel it's breathtaking. I love it though. Even though you are with someone else at the moment no worries my chance will come. I can feel it. I like it when you kiss me on my forehead and tell me everything is going to be okay😍. I like making you blush. I know I am a celebrity and I know what comes with that. Fans, fame, etc. But don't even trip about that nothing in this world compares to you. My emotions are high right now. The way how I feel can't even match up with the way how others do to me. If that makes sense. You're like my best friend I know sounds a bit strange but I get it though. All of my thoughts about you are running through me right now. I wanna kiss you, hug you, and rip your clothes off. I'm trying to control myself so let me breathe for a second. I know I avoid a lot of problems with us but baby, trust in us okay? Don't give up on me not yet. I believe in us and I know you do too. Don't worry our chance will come. Once it does you best believe I’ll break down that fucking door to come and get you. I never thought after my ex's situation I never thought I can fall in love again or feel this way about another woman again. You did that for me. I am slowly working on myself by doing a lot of self-healing with myself 🙀. I realize a lot of issues start from home the way how I grew up and everything. I'm sorry for putting this on you. I hope you can forgive me, and can you? There are so many dark forces that are trying to separate us and including myself, because I am afraid of getting hurt that's why I run away. I love spending time with you, I love you for giving me your time and energy to me💜💜🩵. That right there makes me feel very special. I appreciated it😍. I never felt appreciated in a very long time. I want to feel needed and loved. So I am sorry for pushing you away like that🪢🎈. Let's not push each other away anymore whatever we have to face we’ll face it together as partners. You are my yang and I'm your yin. Let's put our pieces together and fix the puzzle. Shall we? Thank you for sharing your time with me💫💫🌸. I dedicated a song to you, please listen to it for me. Listen to my message.” 💋💋

Wow, their message to you seems so respectful and appreciative. They know what type of business they are in and they went through a lot of transformations. You two will activate each other psychic abilities and awaken each other's gifts. You'll start to recognize your patterns and vice versa. This manipulative female I don't know who that can be but she's going to get cut off for sure. I think that you going to get pregnant but you'll keep it private. Only you and they know about it. A lot of flashbacks and memories will happen. You two will be shedding a lot together. This connection and dynamic is a huge transformation for both of you. I think that you'll be intimidated by them because they have been through a lot, especially in the music industry they are in. Oh boy, they went through hell. The friends, family, and business just fuck this person over heavily. I think they sometimes have suicidal thoughts. They just wanna leave this earth. They feel alone. I heard they still do. That's why I feel like they dedicated this song to you. Even I feel drawn to this pile as well. Ohh I see the issue ⚠️⚠️this ex can be dangerous or might be dangerous. I don't sense harming you but stop your connection with them like delaying it. If that makes sense. I think they are going to decide to say fuck her or him because they are going go stand up to this ex. I don't know if this ex might return but whatever you or they decide to do that's up to y'all. You guys are each other new beginnings, a new fresh start. There's a lot of jealousy I sense that on your side you might be jealous of this ex! I heard no need to be. They have their eyes on you and only you. But they might be beefing with their ex probably even right now or they are trying to ignore them. You take their breath away. They can’t sleep without it and vice versa. You both will be heavily attracted to each other. Everlasting love! Awww I'm not going to say this is forever because I don't know if that is between you and them to make it last forever. They are going to say I love you first. Sexy whisper mmmm 😘☺️😘☺️😘. They seem very private but show off as well. I'm getting Virgo/Sag and Capricorn vibes from them. A little bit of Leo too because they crave your attention. I think at times they'll be jealous too. Knowing what type of FS oh yeah they'll be jealous. But they have your back and you got theirs. This pile was quite tough but fucking worth it. Even if you are taken or they are you two will at least respect each other relationship and be patient with each other and when the opportunity is open you'll take it and so will they.

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badasgirlfriend · 5 months

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Love On The Down Low - Bada Lee Social Media AU - 031

pairings: bada lee x zhong lei

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TW: grooming

a/n: would've could've should've is the song she wrote </3

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Numbness

That's what Bada had been feeling ever since she got that message. There were no tears or screams, just silent suffering. Her eyes were dry and she felt hollow inside. She was staring at her blue notebook she got with a pen in her hands

'Whatever you think, sorry but I don't give a fucking shit'

But mostly, she was mad.

She felt a burning anger within her. She was mad at the people who didn't believe her and continued to throw so many words at her without hearing her first

'Sorry, I don't give a fuck that your life is medicore'

She was angry at the company she basically brought back from failure.

'That you screwed up and are unable to leave the shithole'

She was mad at that girl who, for no reason, decided to destroy everything she has worked for. Playing the victim while Bada is the actual victim

'For you to think that my success is related to your failure"

Bada felt a growing sense of dread and anxiety. She had a feeling that this story would end badly for her, and she didn't like where it was headed.

Trapped in a nightmare with no way out

"Your delusion is top-notch fuck it"

Her eyes remained glued to paper that was filled with lyrics. Her attention was focused on the song she was working on, not even glancing at the girl who just entered the studio. She sighed and scribbled the mistake she had accidentally made, for what seemed like the hundredth time.

Bada heard the chair next to her being pulled out, but she didn't look her way. Lei remained silent as well, not making a sound.

Lei stared at her, Bada's hood was up, hiding her face perfectly. She moved her eyes to read what she was writing. She cracked a smile, happy to see Bada get her motive back.

She wanted to say something, but everything that was on her mind felt embarrassing. Lei wasn't used to having this problem with anyone else. In fact, she was always the one striking up a conversation, you can never keep her mouth shut. But ever since she spent all those nights thinking about the butterflies she gets everytime she hangs out with Bada, something changed

Oh she's so fucked

"What's worse?" Bada spoke up, and Lei's eyes immediately darted towards her

"Being wanted but not loved, or loved but not wanted?"

"Uhm depends in what situation you put it" the shorter girl answered "But for me, I prefer a situation where both love and want are mutual"

Bada only nodded, satisfied with her answer. "Same" she muttered and closed the notebook. She then pulled her hood down, and tried to fix her messy hair

Lei felt sorry for the girl. Her eyes felt dead, and her eyebags were only getting worse day by day. Compared to when she first came and now, she lost so much weight too

"Let's celebrate" Bada bent down down and took out a small convenience store white cake from from the mini fridge.

Lei eyed her suspiciously taking a sip of water "What is this for?"

"For me getting kicked out of my group"

The chinese girl almost choked on her water "what- you got kicked?" she asked in disbelief, she didn't think it would come at this point

Bada's head whipped around in the blink of an eye "N- no oh my god, I said it wrong. Maybe I'll get kicked, I don't know they're thinking about it. If they can't win against the girl then yes"

"Well fuck your CEO and manager" Lei muttered, throwing her bottle on the floor in a fit of rage. "This whole situation should've ended months ago. That company is so greedy and corrupt, just hungry for more attention and money"

Bada couldn't help but grin as Lei continued to angrily ramble and curse everyone. It was oddly adorable how she would grab the hem of her shirt every time she was mad and play with it. Bada also noticed the way her heart began beating abnormally, and she couldn't help but feel a tug of affection for this girl. She'll ignore it for now

It will go away

"It's okay. We'll see how it goes" Bada replied "We'll see what happens" She passed a fork to Lei, and they began eating small bites of cake without even bothering to cut it.

"You didn't tell me you were a YG trainee."

Lei shivered at the mention of YG, her mind going back to those haunting memories of her time as a trainee. The voices of the other girls and stagf constantly putting her down, the pressure of being perfect, the abuse and neglect, most importantly him

"Yeah" Lei's mouth suddenly went dry at the thought. " How do you know?"

"I saw your 'YG songs' file" Bada said

"Oh, should've changed the name" she uttered "I was for five years then I left"

"I don't blame you" Bada sympathized. "It's a good thing that you left. They're known for keeping trainees forever without ever making their debut."

"It's not because of that" Lei sighed, avoiding eye contact and looking towards the computer. "I was forced to leave. They forced me to go, and there wasn't much I could do about it. It's a long story"

Lei's cheeks reddened when she felt Bada's hand grab hers.

"We have time" Bada said, reassuring her.

2016

Lei's whole body was shaking, and tears would run down her cheeks. She was trying to hard dance perfectly, but she simply couldn't anymore. The pressure was taking a toll on her, and she couldn't keep up no matter how hard she tried.

"Hey are you alright?" a voice said behind her. She wiped the tears from her face quickly, her eyes still red

She turned around to face the person, and her eyes widened as she saw who it was. It only took a split second for her to recognize him as her senior, she was too embarrassed to look him in the eye. Instead, she bowed and kept her head dangling low "Y-yes Im fine thank you"

He smiled softly at her and laughed. "It's obvious you're not, here take my water bottle."

"It's unnecessary really," she was about to deny his offer, but his playful glare won her over. "Thank you."

"If anyone's giving you a hard time, just tell me. I'll have a talk with them," he said with a lighthearted tone. He winked at her, and Lei blushed hard "How old are you anyway?"

Lei cleared her throat and replied "15"

He smiled at her amused "Really?" He eyed her up and down smirking "You look much older"

If only she knew..

"I was 15, and he was 26" Lei muttered, their chairs now touching. Lei rested her head on Bada's shoulder and closed her eyes, Bada caressing her hand

"I was young and dumb" she continued "and he was older and manipulative. He took advantage of my age and innocence to mold me into what he wanted me to be."

Bada's nails dug into the chair, and her grip tightened. She clenched her jaw so harshly that she could feel the tension in her jaw muscles "Who's that man"

Lei sighed "The famous Kim Jihoon, Korea's pride, funny title if they only knew"

This hit Bada like a brick. Suddenly, all the rumors she had heard among some trainees made more sense. Bada had met him many times, and he had always been nice, but there was always this weird feeling about him. It was like something was off and not quite right.

"At first, he started buying me drinks and snacks during practice. Then it turned more serious he began gifting me jewelry. Months went by and we started dating. I was on cloud 9 from happiness, everything felt perfect. I thought I was going to debut, and I was dating every girl's dream boy."

Bada bit her lip at Lei's confession, feeling a mixture of anger and sadness.

2017

Jihoon sat next her, smiling as he looked at her. "You look so cute like this. You should make your hair into little buns more often" he ran his thumb over her cheek gently, making her smile.

"It makes me look so childish though" Lei replied, feeling embarrassed.

"Nah, you look pretty, you're a big girl" he said, leaning in close and brushing her cheek with his lips. Jihoon pressed his body close to hers, but he immediately backed away when some of the other girls entered the hallway. They instantly began to giggle and greet him with playful flirtatious smiles, and he smiled back.

Lei felt a pang of jealousy and envy as she witnessed this, feeling completely insecure compared to these pretty girls. They were older than her, way prettier and about to debut soon. Everything Jihoon was looking in a girl

"Can't let them see us, right?" Jihoon laughed teasing her, and Lei's smile fell

She was his, but he was never hers

"We had been dating for a year, and I often felt uncomfortable with some things he wanted me to do. I just felt so confused because he was older and wiser, and he was an idol. He always used that as his excuse whenever I questioned him." Lei's hands began to shake as she tried to explain the emotions and situation she had been in.

Bada closed her eyes, trying to hold back her tears. She placed an arm around Lei's shoulder and reassured her "It's not your fault-"

"It is, it was always my fault"

2017

Jihoon slammed the practice door and shouted, "What the fuck Lei?"

Lei took a step back, her hands shaking behind her back, feeling nervous and scared. She tried to get her words out but her mouth was dry and she felt too overwhelmed to respond.

Jihoon cursed again and began to brush his hair with his hands. "I told you not to talk to me in front of the others. God you're so stupid and immature"

Lei said quietly and sniffled "Im sorry, please don't leave me"

Jihoon frowned and sighed, pulling her closer to him and wiping away her tears. "Im sorry for yelling but it was your fault baby, you made me really mad" he continued "But I'll forgive you"

Lei whispered "Why do you never talk to me when we're around other people?"

He placed his hand under her chin, gently lifting her face towards him. "They can't know about us because then they'll say that you debuted because of me"

Jihoon placed a sweet kiss to her forehead, and he looked at her with a playful grin. "We don't want that to happen, right? So let's keep it a secret."

'He's older Lei, he knows what he's doing'

He moved to kiss her lips, but she quickly turned her head away. She didn't know why she felt so uncomfortable with making out with him, but she has to, other girls would let him do things like this "I'm sorry Jihoon I don't really want to-"

He looked at her with a smirk "Shh it's okay don't worry. I know you're inexperienced, but it's okay. We'll take things slowly and learn together."

"He used me in so many ways, and I just let him. Chenle was so against our relationship, and I told him I broke up with him just to get him off my back." Lei explained, feeling a mix of guilt and shame

Bada's mind was flooded with so many emotions. She wanted to hug Lei, kill that motherfucker and burn down YG Entertainment.

"I noticed that he would always ask for my lyrics journal and I gave it to him since I thought it wasn't a big deal. But he never gave it back to me. One day I was at the cafe when I heard his newest song playing. I recognized it instantly because it was my song that I've written."

Lei paused and took a deep breath, Bada squeezed her hand in comfort. "His whole album was filled with songs I wrote, he changed nothing. I was so angry that I texted him saying that I'll tell Yang HyunSuk about what he did."

"Three hours later, I got called to his office, where Jihoon was also present. Jihoon started accusing me of selling his songs and leaking information, and even stalking him. Everything he said to Yang HyunSuk, he believed it without a doubt. Yang HyunSuk offered me two options: they can sue for stalking and selling their songs, or I can leave the entertainment and the country for at least five years and the police won't get involved"

Bada sighed sadly and rubbed her face, feeling awful for the girl "So you chose to leave"

Bada felt sick, her girlhood, her dream everything was taken away from her. Lei didn't deserve what she went through, at such a young age

"I had no choice but to leave," Lei replied softly, smiling faintly at Bada "We weren't financially stable, and in this society, who do you think they would believe?"

She shook her head sadly. "A man who's admired by everyone or a young girl who no one knows? They would never choose the girl."

"I went back to my parents after everything and worked for a year before coming here to live alone. It wasn't easy, but I made it work because I had to. I wanted to continue pursuing my dream but I couldn't. I just had to move on and let it go"

She was so used to this pain that it became normal to her. But damn did she feel sorry for herself

She was young

Bada quickly wiped away the tear rolling down her cheek before Lei could see it. She then took her hand and gently held Lei’s face, making her look at her directly.

"You were just a kid, and you didn't deserve that. He was 26. And I don't want you to blame yourself, it was never your fault."

Lei gave a quick nod of her head, trying to fight back her tears.

Bada pulled her closer and hugged her tightly. She whispered in her ear "I'm so sorry you went through this alone. But you did it in the end, and I'm super proud of you."

Lei held her firmly as well, hugging her as close as their chairs would allow them to. Neither of them minded the uncomfortable seating position and just wanted to stay like that

"And when my hiatus is over, If you want, we can go together in Korea. I'll be by your side so you can finally speak up and tell your story. Everyone deserves to hear it from the heart."

Bada whispers this in Lei’s ear with a gentle voice "And you can't hide your talent" Bada said as she pulled away from the hug and logged in on the computer. "Why stop your dream for a fucked up man, his life is going to get destroyed either way? You can get your songs back and sing them like they're supposed to, and we'll make sure everyone knows the truth and knows that you deserve better."

Lei nodded softly and let out a small, broken chuckle. "I'm sorry this turned depressing so quickly"

Lei clicked on her YG files and pointed to one of the songs "I wrote this after I realized everything he did to me"

"Can I hear it?" Bada asked

Lei didn't reply, she just played the song, Bada listened carefully from the start to the end. Each word was like a knife in her gut

She felt sick

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blinkpen · 3 months

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whu,

just now caught up on the. the that. jesus christ. as someone who was like, Around during the mass nuking of blm and ferguson related tags and blogs, i'm not, SURPRISED, at it happening, this isn't the first incidence by any means, this is a member of the choir of "the hellsite is used by necessity, fuck the racist transphobic brand-brained management and their refusal to ban literal nazis, if you gave them money for a fun widdle badge i have in fact judged you at least a little bit" you're preaching to

though "the turbo-transmisogynist ceo hopped platforms and logged into his accounts on other websites just to keep harassing and being a sore winner at women he felt he hadn't gotten enough of one over on yet??? in front of everybody??? like a jackass??? like a huge fucking piece of shit bigot jackass???" is certainly.

well it certainly. is.

trans women i love you and this is such an obvious thing to say but you deserve to use social media websites at the same clip as anyone else without being perpetually forced to dance on a cliff's edge above an ocean of internet harassment where you get cut off from community and support you need in this increasingly isolated hellworld, and it pains me greatly that you don't get that!

i know i don't accomplish much by stating the obvious but! it bears repeating! even if the skeletons running this website is hostile, each of us can still do the most we can to compensate and work to make the world better for you because you deserve that, you deserve that effort.

the first step is watching the matt man get thwapped with a newspaper by whoever has to deal with the legal fallout of this because Hopefully, there will be accountability? i won't patronize by being like oh This is Definitely how the Bad Man finally gets struck by All the consequence that feels appropriate in the "if life was like a movie" sense bc you and i have both been around the block enough times to know how rarely that actually happens but

like i said, those awful odds are something the rest of us need to work and fight to square up and make not awful anymore, and frankly, prevent situations where accountability even has to be pursued from happening in the first place, by fostering a baseline safe and accepting atmosphere where. yknow. treating you this way isn't even going to cross someone's mind, because why should it?

it shouldn't! there's no reason for it!

i'm rambling, i don't really know how to wrap this up or make it deep or worded extra good or anything, just. yeah. if you are transfem and reading this, i love you, i will never stop demanding the world to be kinder to you, that the lgbt community to be kinder to you, you belong in it! you should be safe and loved and able to rest and party and yell and cry and react and feel and be all that you are here, and anywhere you go!

you were born on this world! by definition, you belong on the face of it, as visible and varied as you see fit, as anyone else! so you should get to live like it! gesticulates frantically bc again i don't know how to end this train of thought! i love you!

#sporadic warbling #been in kind of a daze this week tbh! i hope everyone is hanging in there #discussion of transmisogyny (the ceo stuff going on atm im just catching up)#i'd ask what his problem is but like we have a word for the problem and i kinda don't care what gave it to him #i just want him [removed from any position of authority where his bigotry can guide decisions that impact others' lives]

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For Persona 5, how about Makoto and Haru's S/O's seeing Miyako Kaburagi, and introducing her as "Aunt Miyako?" Please and thank you if you get to this.

Dude I literally had no idea that Kaburagi was ever given a first name until I read this shit. The creative requests like this are always the most intriguing. I'll admit I felt a lot more inspired for Makoto due to reasons you'll see when you read.

Content Warning: Major spoilers for Persona 5 Strikers

-Ever since Zenkichi had joined the party right proper he seemed to be having...private conversations with you in particular. Makoto had her interest piqued when she noticed this but for whatever reason you two hadn't taken the liberty to tell her what it was about, just not to worry about it.

-It's not that she was suspicious of you or anything, but that curiosity in her mind never really went away, even if she respected your privacy. Not like it could've been anything bad.

-This question largely goes unanswered All the way up until the defeat of the Demiurge and all the Phantom Thieves go their separate ways again. You tell Makoto you need to go somewhere and you want her to tag along.

-She follows with interest, having no idea where you're taking her. Eventually the two of you arrive at the police station in Tokyo.

What were you two doing here? Weren't you currently wanted by the police, and they even know your identities at this point? Regardless of if they did or not, her subtly growing anxieties aren't calmed when the two of you are met with a rather disciplined, stoic looking older woman.

-Said anxiety turns to shock when you call her Aunt Miyako. Your aunt was in the force this entire time and you kept it from everyone? Is she what you've been talking about with Zenkichi? Does he know her? Does she know you're a Phantom Thief?

-The three of you all sit down and you explain the situation to her. A part of the reason why Kaburagi had let Zenkichi go and work again with the Phantom Thieves to change Konoe's heart was that he had eventually spilled the beans to her firsthand that you were one of them. It was when he said this that she her perspective soon changed on them.

-She knew her own family, she knew you wouldn't associate with them if it wasn't for good reason. And you just so happened to tell her that your girlfriend was interested in becoming a police commissioner herself.

-Having an S/O with actual family in the field she wanted to get into made Makoto ecstatic. Maybe with her guidance she could fulfill her dream of being in her father's footsteps.

-After the whole deal in the Okinawa jail you start having a lot more phone conversations with someone than normal. Obviously only hearing one side of the conversations Haru can't pinpoint who you're talking to and what it's about.

-She respects your privacy though and doesn't push it. After the Thieves split up again after beating the Demiurge you two decide to go out to get something to eat by yourselves. You'd barely had any alone time to yourselves all summer vacation long thanks to Konoe deciding to try and take over the world.

-By pure fucking chance, you end up running into a familiar face, your Aunt Miyako. Haru's pretty taken aback, seeing such a cold-looking woman compared to you actually being family.

-Be that as it may, it's her S/O's family, she'll do her best to make a good impression.

-You invite your aunt to join you as you're about go eat. Haru is pleasantly surprised to see her ease up and become not quite as cold as her first impression led her to believe. Kaburagi treats her like a completely normal person despite being the new CEO of Okumura Foods.

-She might not be the best conversationalist out there, but she's at least trying, and gives Haru her seal of approval to keep dating you even knowing you're both Phantom Thieves either from you telling her or through police intel.

-The two of them get along surprisingly swimmingly, and it's always good as far as Haru's concerned to have more connections in the police to cover their backs when corrupt officers try getting onto them.

#answered #persona 5 x reader #persona 5 #haru okumura #haru okumura x reader #makoto niijima #makoto niijima x reader #headcanon #relationship headcanons #persona 5 headcanons

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marvelmusing · 2 years

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Rescue Mission

Pairing: Billy Russo x Fem!Reader

Summary: During a disastrous blind date you reach out to your best friend Billy, and he offers to come to your rescue.

My Masterlist

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You: My blind date at the bar has offered to take me home, thoughts?

Billy’s response arrives as soon as you’ve shut the toilet lid, so you sit down and look at your phone.

Billy: Considering the fact that you’re hiding in the restroom texting me, I think you’re leaning towards a no

You: I’m not hiding

Billy: Sure you’re not baby

A blush warms your cheeks, as it always does when Billy is so casually affectionate with you. Karen insists that it’s because he likes you, but you’re too scared to ruin what the two of you have. You’ve never had a best friend before, and Billy means the world to you. Frank has told you that Billy isn’t open with anyone like he is with you. But isn’t that what best friends are for?

Billy: So what’s he like?

You: Older

You: Keeps telling me that older guy’s are more experienced

You: And did the classic ‘age is just a number line’ and winked

You: So it isn’t great tbh

Billy: Jesus

Billy: I’m on my way

Billy: Just stay in the restroom until I get there okay?

A well of emotion catches in your throat, Billy knows how awkward and anxious you get in certain situations. You feel like you can breathe a little easier now that you know Billy is on his way.

You: Thank you Billy

Billy: Don’t mention it

Billy: I’ve got Jim driving me so you can keep texting me

You shake your head at the thought of Billy turning up at this dive of a bar with his chauffeur. But you’re glad you can continue texting Billy, instead of sitting in the restroom alone with your thoughts.

Billy: Keep telling me how awful he is so I have an excuse to beat the shit out of him

You: Thank you

You: But please don’t

You: Don’t want you getting in trouble over me

Billy: Alright princess

Billy: A clean in and out rescue mission it is then

You: I don’t think I can afford an Anvil bodyguard

Billy: I’m sure the CEO could offer you a discount

You: How generous of him

You: Sounds like a nice guy

Billy: If you say so princess

You frown at his words. He always doubts himself, and he accepts compliments even worse than you do.

You: Billy

You: A bad guy wouldn’t be ruining his night to come and rescue me

You: You’re one of the good ones

Billy: My night isn’t ruined if I get to see you

Your heart skips a beat as you read his words. Seeing Billy will most definitely improve your night as well.

Billy: Do you want me to sneak you out? Or do you want me to show him you’re unavailable?

You: *Tell

Billy: What?

You: You said show him instead of tell

Billy: Oh no I’d show him

You: ????

Billy: By kissing you for the whole bar to see

Your jaw drops, and you breathe out a stunned laugh. Billy had that natural confidence that always put you at ease, and the audacity he had often made you laugh.

You: Billy!!!!

Billy: What? Don’t tell me you’ve gone all shy

Billy: We’ve kissed before

You: Yeah during spin the bottle or whatever stupid game you wanted to play during drinks night

Billy: You didn’t think it was stupid when we played seven minutes in heaven

Your stomach flips, and your cheeks warm even further as you remember the night he’s referring to. You and your friends had all met up at Billy’s place for some drinks, and somehow you’d ended up roped into a game of seven minutes in heaven. Which led to you and Billy being pushed into a closet.

The two of you had sat cross-legged facing one another in the low light of his closet, and traded several long, slow kisses. Just to play the game of course.

You: You promised not to mention that ever again

Billy: Why?

Billy: You getting flustered baby?

You: No

Billy: I think you are

Billy: I think you’re squirming with that adorable expression on your face

Billy: What are you wearing baby?

You: Are you seriously going to sext me while I’m sitting on the toilet lid in a bar?

Then he sends a photo. And you stop breathing as you take in the image. He’s still dressed in his dress pants from work, and his thighs are spread wide. His ring clad hand is settled on his thigh, allowing you see the bulge in his pants. You swallow hard at the thought of his size.

You: You wore those rings to work?

Billy: Yeah they’re new

Billy: You like them baby?

You’re still warm from the heat of the crowded bar, and a shiver runs through you at the thought of Billy’s fingers trailing down your side, with the cool metal of his rings bringing goosebumps to your skin. You chew on your lip, and manage to type out a rather diplomatic response.

You: They’re nice

Before Billy can make any sort of comment about your reply, you type another message.

You: I’m wearing the dress you bought me for my birthday

Billy: You picked my dress for your date?

You: Yeah it’s my favourite

You: Gives me a confidence boost

There’s a long pause as you wait for a response from Billy, and you worry that you’ve said something wrong.

Billy: I’m here

As soon as Billy’s message appears on your screen, there’s a knock at the door. You type out a quick text to Billy.

You: I’ll come find you

Then you slide your phone into your purse, and unlock the door.

Only to be greeted with the sight of Billy leaning against the door frame, the glow from his phone screen lighting up his face. He smiles widely when he sees you.

“Not if I find you first.” He teases, pulling you to his side immediately.

“Billy.” You breathe out quietly, fingers curling into the fabric of his suit. He’s still dressed for work, and as the scent of his cologne fills your nose the tension leaves your shoulders. You smooth your thumbs up and down the material, allowing the feeling of it to ground you.

Billy also breathes a small sigh of relief at having you in his arms. He runs a hand down your back, before settling it at your waist. He rests his chin on the top of your head, breathing in the unique scent that is solely you. Your shampoo, sharp and fruity as it clings to your hair, as well as the soft, sweet scent of your perfume. You’re warm in his embrace, chasing the chill of the evening away from his body.

Billy’s lips brush against the crown of your head for a brief moment, before he murmurs,

“Let’s get you home.”

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#billy russo #billy russo x reader #billy russo x female reader #billy russo x y/n #billy russo x you #billy russo fic #billy russo fanfic #billy russo imagine #billy russo oneshot #billy russo fluff #billy russo the punisher #the punisher au #ben barnes

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G-Witch episode 12 thoughts

Well, that was a wild ride. I think we all know the big moment that everyone is talking about but before we sprint to the finish in angst-ville, let's enjoy the relatively lighter bits-- just joking there aren't any.

Seeing the witches go all out with their permit scoring really highlights how unique Aerial and Suletta are. Still, Sophie is able to beat the GUND-format antidote by sheer force of will. And unlike Suletta it takes a huge toll. This fight was incredibly one-sided on behalf of DoF which I think we all suspected. Witches aren't feared for nothing.

In the middle of all this chaos, Miorine is shielded from debris by Delling. His talk to her and mention of Mio's mother was enlightening. They way he speaks of her makes me wonder if she was a soldier too, possibly killed by a Gundam? Whatever the truth, it's unmistakable how much he cares for Mio's well-being. He might have a shit way of showing it in a non-deadly situation, but it's better than Fail Mother of the year, Prospera.

Before we open that masked can of worms, here's a brief mention to Nika. We see her save herself and the rest of Earth House by signaling to Norea's gundam. Lucky for her, she was recognized as an ally of the 'Prince'. Not so luckily, her little morse code session was seen. Oops.

I'd like to see her collusion and secrets come to light early in the next cour. She's a good egg, just trapped between her past ties on earth and the friends she made at military school. Will it end terribly? I'm anxious to find out.

Pour one out for Bob by the way. I won't mourn Jeturk, but it's scarred his son for life. Imagine changing to become a better man all because someone was nice to you, but whoops. Patricide. That's a twist I didn't forsee but it piques my intrigue. Will Bob return to Guel with a massive revenge scheme as CEO of Jeturk industries?

But speaking of parents and children...

Posting this entire scene because I wanted to showcase, beginning to end, how informative this is for what follows next. We have Suletta fearful for her life, shocked by seeing her mother kill. She's completely shaken, yet calms once Prospera repeats the philosophy we've been hearing the whole show. The light shines upon Prospera as she offers her hand, appearing angelic in spite of the killing. You can see the moment Suletta internalizes this. Killing for those you love is just; fighting gains you two, running would mean losing someone. She moves forward and pilots Aerial as Prospera demands. It's a subtle manipulation, and from Suletta's wide-eyed stare (similar to another episode where she's desperate to believe her mother) she accepts this new reality.

Small aside, I like this brief confirmation Aerial can communicate detailed things to Suletta despite only appearing as lights and a whale-like sound to us. Very interesting.

Now onto the penultimate scene.

Messed up and shocking as this is, I found it completely in character. I don't think she's snapped or anything like that, merely accepted her mother is right and killing for another person to survive is an acceptable trade. Her unnatural cheer in this scene is unnerving, but I read this as her desperately trying to keep herself and Miorine calm; she's acting the same as always to downplay the gruesome reality.

So she does what she has always done and mimics Prospera, positioning herself in the same way. All the while she's oblivious to how horrifying her behavior comes across. Yet it doesn't escape us, nor poor Mio. I would not be surprised if Prospera used that phrase as a means of conditioning Suletta to do what she asks.

From groom to murderer in the span of one episode and cour 😔 Suletta now persona non grata. It's cruel to leave us here until April but also brilliant ngl. I can't wait to see how our fav couple navigates this conflict. All is fair in love and war.

I do love this shot though, bookends are my weakness.

#g witch #g witch spoilers #g witch episode 12 #suletta mercury #miorine rembran #sulemio #with extra murder #gundam witch from mercury #guel jeturk #prospera mercury

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poisonousquinzel · 1 year

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read #11 of the Poison Ivy comic and my opinion on Janet is unchanged. I still find her obnoxiously pushy about subjects that she frankly doesn't have room to speak on. Trying to constantly say that 'Ivy's not like this' (about being ya know, a violent murderous plant woman) as if she knows next to anything about her as a person and hasn't been witness to her killing people.

Ivy literally killed her entire previous office building and then had it set alight in Gotham City Villains Anniversary Giant #1. She "spared" her boss as Janet's request by turning her into a gigantic fucking plant.

Like Ivy isn't a KNOWN criminal with a kill count in the hundreds at minimum.

Or her pushing Ivy and getting pissed only to kiss her like 3 seconds later, accusing her of doing something to the CEO chick when Ivy had literally been kneeling in front of her and hugging her, not exactly Fighting Stance sorta moment and then immediately telling her to fix it.

Her getting pissed that Ivy used her control over the lamia to get all the group members to stand in a blockade with her, like ???? Ma'am, she's Poison Ivy. Who the fuck did you think you were hanging around with??

And the "you dragged us here against our will?" via the dumbass concoction that, oh, right, Janet dragged them here and ultimately led to them to drinking. The one that she was ecstatic to keep drinking and was perfectly happy to reap the benefits from when it was something she wanted.

Ya know, the whole "At that point, I stop resisting. The hallucinogens. The weird vibes. Janet."

Saying, "I stop resisting." in the context of their make out session is not a display of enthusiastic consent, but whatever.

"you put our lives in danger for your own agenda" DUH, WHO DOES SHE THINK PAMELA IS????? like if she started this whole thing not knowing this was Poison Ivy, that'd be one thing, but she does. And she acts fucking stupid every time Ivy dares to act outta line in her view of the world.

Or when Ivy, idk, acts in character.

"you know what I am Janet." Like it's not as if she ain't trying to constantly remind her who the fuck she is, what she's done.

"This is not what you are. This is what you were."

She acts like they've known each other for Years and allllllll that bad stuff she doesn't approve of was just how Ivy was in the beginning, and all of this is some little missteps after years of recovery and rehabilitation and shit. And it's just Not. It's been a couple of months, at the most.

Sometimes we have wishful images and expectations of folks that just aren't realistic and eventually, she's gonna have to come to terms with the fact that the woman she believes Ivy to be because of a couple acts of kindness does not mean that she's this picture perfect image of an Environmental Activist with a pure non violent heart who would just hug all the trees if it meant world peace ❤️

This woman that she's built up inside her head as Ivy, is not Ivy. And has never been the Ivy in front of her.

Janet. Does. Not. Know. Her.

If she did, she wouldn't be acting like she has throughout the past two chapters. She wouldn't have dragged her to a wellness retreat that Ivy would OBVIOUSLY not morally align with.

and then she kisses her??? Ivy's trying to talk and get through to her that even if she's not Scum Of The Earth Villain With No Moral Code, that there is some things she just can't change. Ivy can't just ignore the way the world is or the way the earth is screaming in pain caused by humans.

No matter how hard she may want to, she's always going to be part plant. She's always going to have this drive and deep seeded want to protect plant life. She can't cut that out of her, it's just another part of her.

And, frankly, if she Wanted to put them in danger, if she wanted to truly make a stand in that moment. She could have just killed those two people. She could have made Them kill those two people.

She didn't. She did save the entire group, she took them out to stand and when the situation got out of hand and she realized those people were going to run them over, she saved all of them and got all of them out of there. She could have just left. She could have just popped into the earth herself and let them to deal with the consequences, where it be physical injuries or otherwise.

But instead of letting her talk, she kisses her and starts on her "oh, but I know you so much better than you know yourself clearly. I don't believe you when you tell me you're a way and then I'm gonna get bitchy when you act like how you said you are. :)"

"I don't believe you. You saved us when you could have sacrificed us." Also, sorry, but what the fuck would Ivy have even gained from "sacrificing them"??? She didn't believe those folks would actually try n run over a group of people, that's it. Them all dying aside from her wasn't going to stop what they were there trying to prevent anyway.

But why would I expect Janet to know shit about the finer details or even basic surface level shit in regards to larger problems that Ivy's trying to deal with.

Also, love her just dodging Ivy's now repeated "this was not something I should have done nor should it continue" in regards to their Less Platonic physical contact. Like, lady is Fully aware that Ivy not only has a woman waiting for her back in Gotham, but that Ivy's In Love with that woman.

And Ivy straight up said that sleeping with her was One of several mistakes, in the last chapter.

'Harley would understand. She knows what it's like to get caught up in the moment. I could just tell her about this. We could laugh about it together.

But I immediately start to feel guilty that I let this happen at all."

Like it doesn't matter to Ivy if Harley would be okay with it or if that's what she was implying with the "side quest" comment, because to Her, it doesn't feel right.

"But I immediately start to feel guilty that I let this happen at all." That I Let This Happen At All.

But also again, pointing out that quote above

"At that point, I stop resisting. The hallucinogens. The weird vibes. Janet."

and how all her actions in this scene were influenced by the same drugged goop the rest of the retreaters were high on.

"There's a reason I had trouble resisting the hallucinogenic properties of that green goop."

"What? What is it? Did I do something wrong?"

"No. I did something wrong."

"You mean sleeping with me?"

"Okay, I did several things wrong. -"

But sure, okay kiss her when she's trying to talk after she's already expressed to you that what happened was a mistake.

And then Janet stops her from dealing with the chick that Actually caused all this? Who was getting snippy and aggressive towards Ivy? Where's all your fucking anger towards the woman who actually drugged all you, you fucking moron.

"I thought you were only going to murder the real bad guys now."

well, tbf I don't think you're exactly a keen candidate for deciding who the "Real Bad Guys" are, Janet.

but Ivy stops, and tries to reason and be understanding with the chick.

Her responses "Gwen? Hey! Are you okay? What's going on" just oh so definitely sound like what someone would say if she were making the situation inside Gwen's body worsen significantly, at least to Fucking Janet Apparently.

"What the-- what have you done to her?"

Sweetie, are you stupid? What kinda person would create a reaction like Gwen's having and kneel there being like ""Gwen? Hey! Are you okay? What's going on?"

everything Gwen's getting is called self inflicted Karma.

Obviously Ivy would know she's not okay if she was actively killing her. Or like, maybe how she wouldn't get down and hug her if she still planned on murdering her?? Why would she be calming the situation down just to be like "Ha! Sike!" She's not exactly the jokester type, Janet.

Their whole dynamic is just

Ivy: says or does typical "Protect the planet" Ivy stuff that she's been doing since before this comic started (and significantly before Janet came into the picture)

Janet: wow, I can't believe you'd do such a thing, this is so unlike you.

Like, I'm sorry you're a dumb bitch Janet but boo hoo, almost like crimes and violence comes along with hanging around a mass murderer. 💀 Am I supposed to feel sympathetic for her? She's got no reason to still be hanging around Ivy if she doesn't like how she exists or how she operates in her day to day Less Than Legal activities.

#im not saying i want janet from hr to die but i want janet from hr to die already #its really disappointing that i can barely enjoy these chapters because her character is so goddamn aggravating #dc comics #poison ivy #pamela isley #harlivy #harley quinn #harleen quinzel #♧ comic thoughts ♧

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ad-hawkeye · 11 months

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You can tag this under 50 Shades, but after I read this post from Hoyolab, hoyolab (.) com/#/article/19978642/, if this is true, I am very disappointed about this direction, though it is one I've seen coming. That being said, you've given your thoughts on the writing. In your ideal world, where would the cards post 2nd anniversary have gone, if you had to keep the general situation/environment, but could change up everything else about it?

holy fuck, the way i actually agree with everything in this post. here is the link for those curious, it's a fantastic read tbh.

a few of us in our tot discord have discussed this as well. here are a few brief snippets below.

sorry for the incoherent mess of thoughts below, words are Not coming easy HAHA.

but yeah... like the post said, barbie is a very good way of putting it.

i used to have the same issue with luke. i'm not a huge fan of characters being good at Too Many Things, especially when there's no flaws to balance it out. it really pulls me out of the story. so like. the more you try to impress me with a character, the less impressed i'll be. which. is why i haaaate artem's newer cards.

see, the thing is, the whole reason why i liked artem in the first place is because of how he felt like the down to earth option. he wasn't the childhood friend/undercover agent/detective/stem genius, he wasn't a ceo and son of the richest family in stellis, and he wasn't literal royalty. he was just a lawyer who worked with rosa. he was bad at talking to people. he was a bit of a homebody. he was LAME. completely inexperienced in romance. he was good at his job, but it was obvious he put all of his skill points into being a lawyer and no where else. his abilities with shooting and cooking were both important aspects to his character, but the skills hoyoverse added beyond that just baffle me.

he wasn't cool, but he was kind and genuine.

ever since second anniversary, there has been absolutely no consistency to artem's character whatsoever.

neil gets mentioned less and less even though he was a major part of artem's life AND character. neil was his father figure, since his parents were rarely, if ever, around. and yet, in recent cards, tot constantly goes out of its way to try and convince us artem's parents did nothing wrong. to add to that, we're lucky if neil is even mentioned.

in earlier cards, it was very clear artem was grieving neil's disappearance (see: entwined fate). it was also clear artem's childhood circumstances were extremely lonely and caused him to try and brush off the neglect because he didn't want to stress out his already busy parents (see: loving memories and his dreams of childhood sr)! earlier cards also hinted at traumatic events and a fear of firearms due to how dangerous neil's job as a lawyer was (see: focus fire).

but for god knows what reason, newer cards said well! fuck all of this! artem no longer gives one single shit about neil! also? honestly? the writers seem confused and disoriented by artem downplaying his childhood issues and just made it so he truly Had no issues with his childhood. which. ok. i guess.

in recent months, we have not had one single card where rosa and artem sit down to talk about how artem feels about neil's disappearance. one single card where artem even openly addresses any traumatic experiences. or emotional neglect in childhood.

remember when focus fire mentioned that a disgruntled mafia member held him and neil at gunpoint because he was pissed neil put everyone else in the gang behind bars?? no?? yeah, me neither! because it's never mentioned again! old tot content implies it was incidents like these, the general emotional neglect from his parents, and neil's disappearance that contributed to artem's closed off personality. but man, fuck that! for some reason!

this doesn't even touch upon artem's romantic and sexual inexperience, which has also been entirely undone. he's a sex god now, i guess.

and let us not forget how artem has learned and forgot the same lessons like, several times. artem did we not learn why jealousy and possessiveness are bullshit in atmospherics, por una cabeza, etc...??? are we really back at this again? and it's not even being addressed as a character flaw anymore? okay! okay. fine! whatever.

but okay. i'm getting off track. you asked me an entirely different question! where would i have liked to have seen the cards go? i think the cards following second anniversary are so... well, nothing that you could probably swap out the plots and avoid losing anything of importance.

honestly, i think artem's cards would have shined the best if they stuck to his original character. so when considering the confines we have now:

artem is extremely emotionally repressed. it'd take time for him to come out of his shell. and his early dating cards do begin like this! it's very endearing! several cards could focus on this progression as he becomes more comfortable and relaxed with rosa. progression into being engaged. living with someone for the first time. please.

rosa and artem's dynamic has like, vanished in recent cards. which is a goddamn shame, because their more comfortable dynamics in his railroad, revisiting youth, and snowfallen secrets cards are so charming! they joke around! artem's sense of humor pokes out! they act like real PEOPLE! they're silly! they're nerds! they're equals! i'd keep this dynamic instead of it just being artem flipping back and forth between sex god and "yes i will do whatever you want [insert player name here]"

neil. please, can we focus on neil. what being a lawyer means to artem. how neil influenced that. how artem feels about neil being gone, how artem feels about neil's possible betrayal of the nxx?? he could always have an arc of going through the stages of grief, or learning to look at things through a new lens. being sad neil won't be around for milestones. etc.

the incidents implied in focus fire. okay, being held at gunpoint is pretty uhhh fucking traumatic. did any other events happen bc of neil's status? his parents' statuses? is this why he is so emotionally repressed? is this why he takes the law so seriously?

his parents. can we stop acting like his parents did nothing wrong. please. his parents used to be portrayed under the "well meaning but ultimately very flawed" light, which i adored. it was grey. it was human. maybe artem could learn that it wasnt right of his parents to be so nonexistent in his life. his parents can still love him and make mistakes. maybe he could rebuild his relationship w his parents? maybe once he realizes what he went through wasn't normal, he can be angry, and work through it. idk! anything! please!

more focus on rosa. her studies. her exams. anything. her family. her past. her hobbies. her teaching artem something. rosa talking about her issues. pelase. Please.

it truly feels like his original writers got swapped out, and the new ones have no idea what artem's charm was in the first place. they have no idea how his character even works, so they're just desperately trying to attach Cool Hobbies to him bc they think he's more boring than the other boys when like. that's the fucking point, that IS his charm.

gosh this was so long and i'm sorry if it's like. UNREADABLE or if i totally missed the point but this was like. Freeing to type out. thank you for reaching out anon, it turns out i had more thoughts than i expected!! hope you're having a lovely day! : )

#tears of themis #artem wing #tot critical #fifty shades of artem #a lot of these started as nitpicks but w the newer cards it just keeps piling up and getting worse!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAA #feel like SHIT want entwined fate and focus fire back!!!!!!!!

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imdoingsortagay · 2 years

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During Business Hours-Chapter one

Series: Overtime Au

Characters: Ceo!Pepper Potts, Bodyguard!Maria Hill, Assistant!Reader

Pairings: Pepper Potts x Reader, Maria Hill x Reader, Maria Hill x Pepper Potts ( as friends, maybe), Pepper Potts x Maria Hill x Reader.

Warnings: None rn, smut in later chapters,

Summary: When you started off as Peppers assistant, you never assumed that you would get the interest of the your boss and her bodyguard.

a/n: i think i talked about this with @urdollygf on discord, was gonna write it and did, lost the chapter for a hot minute, rewrote it and found it again today! I am very dumb but omg the ideas i have for this besties, you are in for a treat i promise you

Happy reading besties !!!

Maria was the first one to notice you 2 months after Miss Potts had hired you as her assistant, needing someone to help her around the office after Tony had left the company in pursuit of a new passion. Pepper was a bit mad at the man for leaving without notice but one could understand that if they were given an opportunity to fight with the best of the best to be in a group who would defend earth. To avoid stressing out with all her new responsibilities, she made sure to get an assistant of her own.

Compared to the other assistants she had employed weeks before she even chose you, Maria had somehow felt you were different. A very quiet person, always doing what’s told and not giving an attitude in high-stress situations. Just something about your presence really gave her some ideas.

Naughty ideas to be exact.

Pepper generally liked you when she had first hired you to be her assistant, you were the best one so far but at the 2-month mark of your time in the company, she noticed something happening between you and her personal bodyguard. Pepper had known Maria was a big player and was used to her talking about the countless ladies she would sleep with when she would take her to and from the office. When Maria had told Pepper about her weekend going in the morning she was a bit confused, usually, this woman didn’t care who knew how good she was in bed.

After a week of observing you and Maria, Pepper was able to find out that her bodyguard had some interest in you or some sort of crush or something similar on you and it was honestly weird. Pepper didn’t think you were ugly, you had some very nice features if she had to be honest with herself.

You were a very quiet person, only talking to 2 other employees who worked for Pepper, always doing your work and going beyond what Pepper had hired you for. Making sure you were always working to the best of your ability and so on. Pepper had the perfect opportunity to have you as her submissive little assistant, having her trusted bodyguard on her side to keep you on track. It was a dream come true, an opportunity just left on her lap and it’s not like she’s gonna let it go away.

And thus, she forms a plan.

“ You called Miss Potts?” Maria says as she enters Pepper’s office while she looks through the many emails in her inbox. She had no idea what she was called into her bosses office for, assuming it would have been related to her job or upcoming events.

“ Have you been eyeing my assistant Miss Hill? And don’t try to lie about it either, I trust you’ll tell me the truth and nothing but the truth” she says to her employee standing in the middle of her office with a surprised face. Well, this wasn’t what she thought her boss would want to talk to her about today.

“ How did you know ?”

“Your shit at hiding stuff Miss Hill and plus you are usually very open about your sex life and you haven’t been info-dumping on me about it”

“ Wow um okay good to know, “ she says, “ why are you asking me this ? “ she asks her boss and they both form a plan to try to have you as theirs.

Their plan is to have Maria take you home each night to try to get to know you better and get more info about you, what you like, what makes you tick, and so on. A great opportunity for Maria to spend time with you and for Pepper to choose in what direction she would want to go with you.

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“ Miss Hill here is gonna take you home for the night dear,” Pepper says as she’s reading one of the monthly earning reports, too occupied with the papers to notice how much you blush at the realization of being in the same space as her bodyguard. From the quietness of her office and the only noise coming from the classical music she’s playing on her computer, you don’t want to say anything to make her mad.

It’s not like you need someone to give you a ride to your apartment, sure you don’t have a car and have to take the subway late at night but you still manage to make it home without getting robbed. Plus, there is always some pepper spray and a knife in your bag in case a person does try to mug you.

“ I don’t think that’s needed Miss Potts, I can make it to my apartment on my own,” you say to pepper who places the papers on her desk to look up at you.

“ No “

“ Miss Potts, doesn’t she need to guard you ?”

“ miss y/l/n, I’m fine for now and I’d rather have my best employee get home safely “

“ Again Miss Potts, no need to worry about me “

“ Are you really gonna go against my orders y/n?” pepper says firmly to you.

“ no miss Potts, I’ll take the offer actually “

“Good girl, I was beginning to think you couldn’t follow simple orders, “ she says and you can’t help but blush at the praise. Pepper immediately notices your mood change at the praise she gives you and makes sure to take that down in her notebook.

“ Are you forgetting to say something, Miss, y/l/n” She questions and waits for your answer while you think of what to say. Maybe she does have a point about Maria giving you a ride home since you’ve had a long day.

“ Thank you, Miss Potts,” you say in a quiet voice, loud enough for the blonde to hear you, and smile when she gets thanks. Pepper just wants to make sure her best employee get’s home safe without being in danger. Especially with the busy day you had, having to run errands for her while she was in meetings back to back. Pepper isn’t gonna risk you having something happen to you on the bus in a dangerous city like new York while Maria is here, of course.

“ You’re very welcome y/n,” she says with a smile,” Maria can take you home in the next ten minutes to your apartment, you can wait by her desk while I take a minute to talk to her about important business,” she says and you nod, you leave the office to make her way to her desk while Maria enters the office moments later.

“Miss Potts”

“ Miss Hill, please repeat to me the plan for the ride to their apartment,” she says to the brunette across from her desk.

“ Open the door for them, make sure to take the long route to their apartment, ask them questions about themselves and try to get more information” she states to her boss and gets a nod of approval for her so she knows the plan.

“ Good job Miss Hill, now go take them to their home and make sure we get the information we need to move on to the next steps of the plan”

“ Yes ma’am, yes Miss Potts,” Maria says with a little salute before making her way out of the Ceo’s office.

Let part one of the plan commence.

#lizs writing #pepper potts #Maria Hill #pepper potts x reader #maria hill x reader #Maria Hill x Pepper Potts x reader #reader insert fics #Overtime Au #CEO!Pepper Potts #Bodyguard!Maria Hill #assistant!reader

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northwest-cryptid · 9 months

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Sometimes I look at the Project Moon games and wonder about what the team at PM must be like.

I mean hear me out... and yea spoilers and all that but I can't really get my point across without them so ya know.

Lobotomy Corp is a game that centers around the plot of 1 awful awful man who has done unspeakably horrible things to his colleagues in the pursuit of a goal they technically all wanted, but "not like this" only to go through so many horrifying loops of tragedy that everyone becomes numb, finding their own ways to cope with having to work at such a truly hellish work place. With the main character becoming someone better through atonement for his actions, he can't truly atone in the eyes of those he has harmed but he can try to better himself going forward and in the end he's able to at least give them all the gift of seeing their goal through to the end.

Library of Ruina shows us yet again a struggle with identity, this time accompanied by yet another major plot surrounding the idea of revenge this whole idea that the actions that freed one individual from a horrible life of abuse and neglect inflicted irreparable harm upon another. Yet they work together for so long in hopes of each achieving their own goals, only in the end coming to realization of their life, their grief, and their identity. Both being able to move past who they were and the pain they've felt and become something more than a husk living purely in spite of their suffering.

and I'll be honest, I've not played much of Limbus Company, I hate to admit it because I love the Project Moon universe but the game doesn't much keep my interest. That being said on the most baseline level of the game you have an understanding that this is a company of people specifically brought together for emotionless work. You have the most uncaring neglecting managers and head figures; Dante seems to be the most emotional of anyone and that's likely coming from the place of actually having to go through the literal pain of reviving anyone who dies, experiencing their pain in the process. So I could are they're a little more invested in their subordinate's wellbeing. However more than not, the lead figures here do not care about their underlings, and if you pay attention to the sinners; they're all full of life in different ways, sure some of them are less happy than others; but they all have goals, they all have ambition.

So what am I getting at with all of this? Well do I actually believe the lead writer/writers at ProjMoon are trying to say something about the company? Nah probably not, it's very likely they're just writing angst for the sake of angst; and while a lot of their writing is well done and captures a lot of mental illness and real conflict very well; I don't think they are necessarily trying to go any deeper than that.

That being said; we only now see how bad their CEO really is. However I have a hunch that this wasn't always the case, originally he was probably a genuinely nice dude. I say this completely on assumption mind you, so again if you think I'm making some weird stretches in logic or something read the above blurb again and recognize that I'm not some conspiracy theorist trying to spout some bullshit. I'm just saying that it's interesting to me that a small indie company of like 7 - 10 people who were really ambitious about their goal of becoming a game studio worked really hard (and likely failed a LOT in the past) in spite of their living situation being complete shit. Like basically everyone I know who knows about ProjMoon knows there were times they were so poor they couldn't afford basic heating and such. So here you have this company who dream of wealth and honor, being someone important, being someone rich enough to live a good life. They make 1 game (Lob Corp) that seems to be doing well, the Legacy version got played by a few youtubers and likely drew in a small but dedicated fanbase who gave them a rush of euphoria; finally there were eyes on their product. Real people, around the world who CARED about what they were making. They were likely far from their goal still, but now they had a chance. Then; they took a shift and remade the game to what we know it as today and what do you know... it was a success. They weren't rich or anything but here's this global fan community singing their praises, telling people "buy their game buy their game!" That's wealth and honor, at least on some level. See when you're THAT poor, even a couple thousand bucks or a couple hundred people with eyes on you can make all the difference. Sure we think "wealthy" means triple digit thousands at LEAST and such; but if even 100 people came to my stream and each of them gave me 25 bucks (the price of Lob Corp) I'd feel pretty damn successful having just made $2,500 "but cryptid they probably put a lot more money INTO it than that" sure that's true, and they probably sold a lot more than 100 copies of the game. There are currently 26,396 reviews on steam, with 455 being recent reviews. In total if we assume (and we don't, let's be real) that every one of those bought the game at full price, and the company got 100% of the money; that's $659,225 a little over a half a million. from Lob Corp alone. Now yea I'm not gonna say they didn't have to pay a % to steam for hosting and they likely had some copies sold when the game was like 50% off or something if we're being honest. However this doesn't take into account LoR being $30, with 20,501 reviews for a total of (again under the same assumptions which we aren't realistically assuming here) another $615,030 we have no idea how much merch they sold or how much profit they made from their café either.

What am I getting at here? That they made a bunch of money? We know. No it's more than that; See it's easy to look at the CEO and say "oh dude fuck Project Moon they're a shit company!" However consider for a second that you don't hate Netzach, Chesed, Angela, Tiph, Hod, etc; for the actions of Ayin... do you? Now yea obviously those are fictional people, so you know they don't have bills to pay they don't have families to take care of, they don't have real life problems to deal with... unlike the people who work at Project Moon.

All people who likely watched their friend, and CEO; change when he obtained the money and fame he was after; suddenly hiding the fact he had grown so much from the public so they could sell the idea of being a "small indie dev team" to keep pay lower and abuse their workers. Which, from what I understand; is what we learned from the WonderLab incident, unless I'm mistaken of course. Take everything I'm saying here with a grain of salt. It's very likely that the writing for the original Lob Corp wasn't about the Proj Moon team specifically, more so about working conditions in capitalism, and likely the current state of Korean societal/work norms. However I do wonder how much of the writing might be or could be based on what the team is going through in relation to their own work place.

I saw a lot of people saying "how could the people who wrote games about shit business practices literally do this shit, they wrote about it!" However I don't know if the CEO himself really had much of a hand in that, you have to remember that none of us; and I do mean NONE OF US. Have any idea what the working conditions there are actually like. For all we know the CEO could easily say "oh sure I wrote this and that, I looked over these things; I helped with those things" when in reality it's all delegated to some poor intern.

I mean hell I once worked with an indie company who literally stole my intellectual property, claimed it all as their own; said they had "come up with all of this the night before at an exclusive meeting" and then used it to profit off their scam of a game that they lied to the public about being something it wasn't and I never saw a cent of it because I told them off for not only stealing my work but A. lying to me and thinking I wouldn't know and B. lying to the public to scam people out of their money.

A lot of shady shit practices happen behind closed doors that never gets to be made public whether it's because you don't have a voice to say it loud enough or because contractually you're not legally able to without harsh consequences. You know what you can do though? You can write whatever you want for the plot of your game. Your game that is already built around the premise of abusive work practices and shitty capitalistic managers.

what was that limbus company quote, something like "take out their leader, remove the head and the meat under it crumbles" I don't know man, it just makes me wonder about how the people working at Project Moon feel about their CEO. I don't know how many of them are WILLINGLY following him vs how many have to keep a roof over their head and feel like they have no choice in the matter but to keep working for a shitty CEO who makes the big bucks while they likely get "small indie dev team pay" you know?

I'll say this again because I know, this is the "how dare you say we piss on the poor" website and I want to make this abundantly clear. I don't know jack shit about what goes on behind closed doors at that company, I'm not trying to make some kind of conspiracy theory, I'm not reading too much into plot or writing of a fictional world/characters/game. I'm not trying to make any claims about any persons working within the company. I'm merely wondering how much of the writing (WHICH COULD BE NONE) comes from a more personal view of venting about poor working conditions and how many of the employees working at Project Moon (WHICH COULD BE ALL OF THEM) actually consider their CEO to be a friend and someone worth working for rather than as an abusive boss they're scared of and who they can't quit working for because they need the money.

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coffinlid · 5 months

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If y’all wanna hear some shit read below the cut. It’s a lot. Sorry 🩷

OK SO! Yesterday I go into work at 4 and one of my coworkers immediately tells me that the restaurant is closed Saturday. I was like oh ok…. Why? Like shut down for the day or…. And he said no like the business is shutting down forever. He kinda jumped the gun bc soon after the director of operations (Pete) gathers all of the evening crew around and lets us know the situation.

(I’m gonna try to explain some context without being confusing. The company I work for owns 3 restaurants. The restaurant I work at is technically not owned by them, but they manage it for the original owner/landlord. The landlord (who fucked off to the Dominican Republic because he’s in trouble with the law) saw our finances for the first time in like a year and decided to just shut it all down. He has no restaurant experience and doesn’t understand the concept of slow season in the food world. Yes, business has been slow since November. However, we are ALWAYS popping off spring-fall. Business BOOMS. Well. Landlord guy gave our company an ultimatum.)

Pete explains that himself, the CEO, and I guess some of the other corporate people tried reasoning with landlord and even just begged to let the restaurant stay open until spring when business picks up. Landlord said they could do 3 things:

1. Buy the restaurant from him for an astronomical amount

2. Continue to run the restaurant but with absolutely no financial support from him from now on (which we were already kind of doing for a year…)

3. Shut down the whole bitch

Our company can’t afford to keep the restaurant with no support so they had to concede to landlord and just shut the whole thing down. And it had to be on Saturday. There was no reasoning with him. This took absolutely EVERYBODY by surprise. EVERYBODY, including corporate and head management of the restaurant, got a total of 2! DAYS! of notice.

I could tell when I walked into work yesterday that Pete and my two managers had been crying a lot. I know the GM is gonna float between the other restaurants as a training coordinator, but I have no clue what’s gonna happen to the assistant manager bc there are no other management positions available in the company. She’s pretty much just been hung out to dry. With 2 days notice.

My front of house and back of house coworkers were all discussing where we’re gonna go from here and what the fuck we do now. 2 days to find a new job. Everybody was scrambling to get each other’s socials so we can all keep in touch. This fucking sucks dude. I loved coming into work just for my coworkers, not even the work itself. I know it’s a cliche that companies call themselves a “family” but honestly truly we really were a little family.

Pete wants us all to stay within the company if we can, and I know at least 3 of us are going to transfer to one of the other restaurants. It’s technically not the end of the world, at least for servers. But I have no clue if the other restaurants have any space for back of house employees. I know I’m never gonna see some of these people ever again.

And we have a whole ass brewery in the back. And we JUST CHANGED THE MENU AND INVESTED IN ALL THIS OTHER SHIT JUST LAST FRIDAY!!!! We had 1 week with the new menu and that’s it. Everything is completely stocked. There are so many fixtures and plants and technology, so much new merch that we just bought.

Somehow a mass text went out to all the other stores and restaurants on our street that we were shutting down and we had so many people walking in to share their condolences. But this text went out before most of the restaurant even knew about it. So when they came in some of us were like uh… what are you talking about…. How the fuck did that happen???? No one knows who sent the text.

On the bright side, I got a SHIT TON of sympathy tips last night and made almost $200.

It was going to be my last night since I wasn’t scheduled for the next 2 days but thankfully my manager added me to the roster for Saturday night. So I will be there for the end of it all 🥲

#long post #I hope the cut actually works on mobile #so yeah I’m technically out of a job in 2 days #but I just got an offer letter for the funeral home so it’s not like I’m scrambling #THIS SHIT SUUUCCCCCKKKKSSSSSS #tt #I’m gonna miss my people so bad I think I might cry on Saturday

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graxeprk · 18 days

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PAINFUL TRUTH | BTS

CHAPTER 1

Jia's POV

I groaned to myself as I heard the familiar sound of my alarm. I lazily moved my hand around with my eyes closed to silence the irritating sound, and when I feel that familiar sensation, I fling it against the wall, and it quickly stops, causing me to sigh in relief.

Ugh. That's so annoying.

I sat up immediately as I remembered I had a meeting at 9 a.m. When I looked at the clock to check the time, my face turned pale.

Shit! It's already 8:35 a.m. and I'm late!

I rushed to the the bathroom as if my life depended on it. I swiftly took a bath and completed my morning routine in 5 minutes. It appears that I set a new record.

It's 8:40 a.m. and I need to be at my company by 9 a.m., and although it's my own company, I do my best to arrive on time, just like my employees. I do not wish to take advantage of my power for selfish reasons; I am a very fair person. Fortunately, my company is not far from my house and will only take 10 minutes to get there, so I decided to take my time when applying my makeup, but I only make it natural-looking because there is no need for me to appear lavish.

It's now 8:47 a.m. and it's time for me to leave, so I rushed to grab my handbag, keys, and phone before heading to the door and leaving the house after ensuring that it was locked because I can't risk leaving my house open, and even though I live in a very safe subdivision with guards patrolling every now and then, I still make sure to leave my house locked and secured. And it's not like the guards are particularly promising so there is a potential that a criminal may outwit them, so it's best to be safe than sorry.

I went to the parking lot, got inside my car, and then left, making sure I hadn't forgotten anything. I arrived at the company ten minutes later and was not late, which made me sigh with relief. I parked my car in the parking lot, took my handbag with my phone inside, and then got out of my car. I hit a button on my car key to lock it, and it beeped to notify me that it was locked, so I placed my keys in my handbag, straightened my hair slightly to ensure that I looked respectable, and then exited the parking lot.

I started strolling inside the company, and everyone greeted me with almost forced smiles on their faces, which made me chuckle mentally since I knew they were afraid of me because I was and still am a very stern CEO. Although I am not very kind when it comes to work, as I previously stated, I am a fair person, so if I need to be strict, I can be that in specific situations.

I entered the elevator and pressed the top floor, 78th floor. As I wait, my phone vibrates, indicating that I have received a message. I got my phone out of my purse and read the message.

SECRETARY JIYEON:

Where are you? They are already here!

I chuckled because it was as if I could hear her scolding me. I looked at the time and saw that it was already 9:04am, which made me sigh since even if I arrived at work on time, my secretary would still lecture me for being late. According to her, I should be at the office by the time the clock strikes 9 a.m. But I'm already almost 5 minutes late. Others in the company envied her for being close to me and able to speak with me casually. But it's just because she already knows too much about me and used that to her advantage to get close to me.

As soon as the elevator opened, I sighed with relief and rushed to my office. As I stood in front of my door, I paused to take a few deep breaths to calm myself before opening it with my typical neutral expression. Indeed, I see that my visitors have already arrived.

"I apologize for keeping all of you waiting," I remarked as I made my way to greet them. To be specific, there are eight of them. They were sitting before, and when they saw me, they stood instantly to greet me with those respectful smiles.

"No, it's okay. We just came early, that's why." A man in his almost 40s reassured me with a genuine smile. I nodded as I put my handbag on my desk as I sat on my chair. I gestured for them to sit on the sofa in front of me, and they all sat with tensed postures, making me frown lightly.

Am I really that scary? I assumed that while I examined them all, they were either looking at the ground or smiling awkwardly at me, but one of them was staring me directly in the eyes with an unreadable face, making me smirk internally. As expected.

"You do know them, right? Bang Sihyuk here was the one who contacted you for an immediate meeting, but they didn't say why because they said they'd tell you personally," Jiyeon continued, referring to Bang Sihyuk, who appears to be in his early 40s. I nodded, "I remember you, Mr Bang, but I thought you'd be coming alone?" I asked, puzzled by the huge crowd of people.

He chuckled, "Well, that was my plan because I didn't want you to feel overcrowded, but then I thought I'd bring them to you so you could understand why I came here." He grinned at me, indicating to the seven males he had brought with him. "I understand." I reassured him with a small smile, moved by his honesty.

"So, can you tell me why you requested an urgent meeting?" I inquired, staring him in the eyes, with a stern expression and a serious tone. "WellㅡOh! How disrespectful of me. Boys, introduce yourselves first." Mr. Bang told them, apologizing to me.

As soon as Mr. Bang told them to introduce themselves, they all stood up and did so, despite the fact that I had already learned all of them. Yes, I had no idea those seven people were coming, but I was renowned for being prepared at all times, so I looked up information about them and Mr. Bang.

But I still let them introduce themselves so that I might at least become familiar with their voice.

"Hello, my name is Kim Namjoon, and I am the leader of our group. It is nice to meet you, Ms. Jia." He smiled respectfully at me, and I could see his dimples as he smiled.

Cute.

"Hi, my name is Kim Seokjin, and I am the oldest, but you can call me Jin. It's nice to meet you, Ms. Jia." He replied uncomfortably, making me smirk for a quick second, because I knew he wasn't happy to see me, but we needed to be professional here.

"Oh well, my name is Park Jimin, and it is also nice to meet you." He introduced himself while smiling shyly, which touched my heart, if I still had one, with his cuteness.

So lovely.

"H-hello, my name is Jeon Jungkook, and I am the youngest in the group," he added, blushing slightly and making me grin with his charm. Right, I knew he was shy with women and new people.

"My name is Kim Taehyung, and it is a pleasure to meet you, Ms. Jia," he said, giving a small smile.

"Hello. My name is Jung Hoseok but you can call me Hobi or Hope, whatever you prefer Ms. Jia." He cheerfully said with big smile, and I can't bite back the smile that are threatening to show.

A sunshine.

Silence descended in the room as I waited for the man next to Jungkook to introduce himself. Mr. Bang nudged the man who was just staring at me with an unreadable expression, and I did the same. Mr. Bang pushed the man, causing him to clear his throat.

"I'm sure I don't need to introduce myself, isn't that right, Ms. Lee Jia?" he added, smirking at me, still astonished despite knowing he'd see me here. I smirked slightly, "Right. I know you are Min Yoongi, but you should know that when it comes to business, we should be professional as well." I stated, maintaining a serious tone.

He didn't say anything but tilted his head slightly in amusement. Mr. Bang cleared his throat and glared at him before smiling apologetically at me, causing me to nod in assurance that everything was fine.

I took a deep breath and looked at Mr. Bang, "So, can you please tell me why you came here in such a rush? I don't really like making adjustments as I am busy as it is, but I'll let this one slide because I know you have no bad intentions towards my company." I said, keeping my voice strict and firm, while glancing at everyone.

Mr. Bang gulped slightly, and his gaze wavered briefly before regaining his calm. The members are more uncomfortable than before due to their friend, but that friend is just smirking at me. "Well, your company is known to have the best trained people who are soon going to be a security or guards of well known celebrities, idols and other very known people who receives countless amount of threats to protect them in any kinds of danger, even risking their lives." I smiled, now that I understood what he wanted.

My company is well-known for having the best trained employees who are dedicated to protecting their clients from any kinds of harm, including risking their lives because it is their job to do so. If you are afraid of being harmed or dying, don't even consider being a security guard; it is not the proper job for you, dear. I am also strict when it comes to training these people since they are learning all of the strategies and advice to fight better that I taught them.

Although I do not teach them personally, I will teach my most excellent man what the trainees must learn in order to survive. Being a guard is a serious and dangerous job, and I want to teach them everything I know so they can better defend themselves and their clients. Every month, each of them would have to spar separately with my best guy so that I could see their progress. That way, I'll know if they're prepared to confront reality and the cruelty of this world.

I turned to Mr. Bang and said, "I understand what you're saying, Mr. Bang. Does that mean that your boys--" I motioned to the seven guys beside him, who were either afraid or blank. "are receiving threats or anything that makes you to have this urgent meeting?" He grimly nodded, "You are right, Ms. Lee. Actually, this has been going on for months now and I am worried because the threats are not stopping and it looks like that they are not planning to stop anytime soon. I feel bad for these boys as they do not deserve this."

It warms my heart to realize how much he genuinely cared for his boys. He is certainly a father figure to them, which makes my heart ache.

I smiled, "No one deserves to be treated like that and you said that it's been months since they started receiving those threats so it is suspicious to me so I have to confirm something. And to be able to do that, I just need you to tell me what kind of threats they are receiving." They looked at me with confusion. "What I mean is, how do they receive these threats? Is it by texts or letters? Something like that."

They nodded as they understood what I said.

I added, "I would also like to see it for myself, if that is possible."

Mr. Bang nodded in understanding. He stands up to hand me his phone to show me all of the threats they've received; they were all pictures of letters, which surprised me because if they were all sent through letters, it means those people knew their address but to be honest, I shouldn't even be surprised at all. He returned to his seat, fidgeting uneasily with his boys, who were watching my reaction as I glanced at the images they had taken of the letters.

If I'm not mistaken, there are exactly 12 letters; scratch that, threats that caused me to frown and look closer at the letters, and there it is, the symbol that I am quite familiar with on the upper right side of the letters.

It was faint and barely noticeable, but because of my keen eyesight, I was able to see it. I got closer to confirm whether what I was seeing was correct, and it was absolutely that symbol. In disbelief, I sat back in my chair and looked at him, only to realize that he, too, was staring at me with a knowing look.

The rest of them stared at me uneasily, recognizing how surprised I was to see something so unusual of me, since I am known for usually wearing a neutral and serious expression, but this went well beyond that. I took a deep, silent breath and looked at each of them one by one with an unreadable expression.

What did they do for them to be this obsessed at these boys?

The threats may look like just a normal threats but no, it is beyond that. It was written as if they want them to think that it is just that.

I gave the phone back to Mr. Bang just to notice that he is slightly shaking making me almost show my real emotions; sadness, pity and anger. But I didn't because I don't want to scare them when they already looks like they are going to shit their pants any second.

I cleared my throat, "I just want to ask you all, why me? I mean, why did you all decided to come to my company when I am sure there is a lot more companies out there who also specializes in these kind of things." I asked them, raising my eyebrows.

Namjoon spoke which surprises me but makes me feel relieve because I also want to hear their thoughts.

"Actually, Yoongi hyung recommends you to us and said that he knows you can catch them. Whoever they are." He said, his voice wavering a little out of nervousness.

Of course, I knew it would be him.

As soon as Yoongi's name was mentioned, I looked at him automatically to see him looking at me with his signature smirk. Though, he was making sure no one else sees that, but me.

I nodded understandingly, getting serious. "If you didn't notice, there is actually a symbol at the upper right side of the letters or threats, whatever you want to call it. It was faint but I saw it when I took a closer look, and as soon as I saw that, I knew that it is more serious and deep than I thought it would be." I said, a little tense but I know they didn't notice it because they were so focused on what I was saying.

Mr. Bang looked at me in a question. "What do you mean by that?" He asked, feeling more worried and scared than before. For the boys. His boys.

I took a silent deep breath, looking at Mr. Bang in the eyes. "What I was trying to say is that I know that symbol and it seems like I would have to do that job, personally." I said, biting my lips slightly as realization hits me that, indeed, I will have to, no, I must guard these boys instead of someone else.

They all looked at me, shocked, " But how are you going to do that when you are a CEO yourself. You need to be here, at your company. And you also said that, about the symbol, you know what it was. So does that mean that you also know who is behind these threats?" Jin spoke, looking confused and still shocked when he finally registered in his mind what I was saying.

I was about to answer his question when suddenly, the door in my office was opened violently, the door hitting the wall startling everyone because of how hard this person opened it.

"What the hell, Hyunjin?" I cursed, automatically from the shock. He looks at me then at everyone in the room with a nervous look in his face, greeting my guests silently then looked back at me with a more serious look.

I looked at my guests a little apologetic for the interruption but they just waved me off, faintly saying that it's okay.

I gestured for Hyunjin, my best man, to come closer to me so he could tell me what makes him interrupt my meeting so sudden, but I knew he must have his reasons because he just won't interrupt my meeting like that, and also without having to violently open my door as if he was in a rush to get here.

He obeyed walking closer to me, then he whispered something in my ears making me freeze, visibly.

He stood right back up, looking at me in almost pity but he knew I don't want that.

Silence fell in the room while I was trying to process what Hyunjin told me. Oblivious to the concerned stares I was receiving.

I didn't expect it to be this soon.

"Jia" Hyunjin softly calls out my name, when he noticed that my guests are getting worried seeing me freeze suddenly, and he successfully snapped me out of it.

I glanced at everyone in the room to see them looking shocked, clearing my throat. Why do they looked so shocked? Is it because of how i reacted or something else?

Also I noted the way Yoongi and Jin are studying Hyunjin, who feels slightly uncomfortable from the stares or more like glares that he is receiving.

I stood up, bowing slightly. "I'm so sorry but i am afraid we can't continue this meeting as I have a very important person to meet. But don't worry, i'll reach out to you once I am free and we can discuss about this again." I said glancing at them, giving them assurance that I won't be declining their request.

They all nodded understandingly, but can't help but get worried because they knew whoever this person was is not someone you're comfortable meeting with, atleast that's how it looks like to them who saw your reaction.

They all stood up and bowed at me making me do the same and they began walking out of the room one by one while giving me respectful smiles.

As soon as the door closed, I sat again on my chair, trying my best to relax my body.

I rubbed my forehead feeling a headache coming, but that is the least of my worries when my father is coming here.

No, my father is a good man, to his family atleast. I am not scared of him, but the situation. You see, my father and I had an agreement a few years ago and it seems like it is finally the time to do the deed.

Our deal.

That deal is going to change my life fo the worst, or for the better.

Who knows?

#btsau #btsff #bts fanfic #bts taehyung #bts jhope #bts #bts namjoon #bts jimin #bts jungkook #bts jin #btsyoongi #bts army #mafia

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old-school-butch · 6 months

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Excuse me if I'm wrong, but hasn't Israel itself broken ceasefires numerous times? This was a large talking point amongst political analysts/commentators.

I can't think of anything specific, but I'm sure they have at some point or another. It's fairly typical in wars for each side to accuse the other of breaking it, and this situation has been at war since 1948, lurching from one ceasefire to another. Israel's 6 day war in 1967 was 'pre-emptive' which is some shady shit, but were Syria and Egypt really going to invade? Probably yeah, so whether that justifies the strike or not depends on your perspective. Israel is such a small country that it's very twitchy about defence - if it loses a war, any war, it fully expects to be wiped off the face of the earth. Thus it likes its wars to be short and heavily technical. This is a fairly aggressive footing that makes negotiating difficult even with trusted partners, much less groups who are very open about wanting to destroy Israel and follow up on the wiping-off-the-earth thing.

Let's talk about the idea of ceasefires and agreements in general. I once spent an hour reading about some agreement (one of hundreds, they are made and broken and re-made every few years it seems) and I was trying to follow the many ways that everyone broke every agreement. The OG deal was, I believe, supplying water to Gaza in exchange for a ceasefire from rocket bombardment incoming from Gaza. It took maybe a week before Gaza fired a few dozen rockets into Israel, so Israel is like wtf, that's not a ceasefire. Hamas is like, wasn't us - the PIJ did it and we don't control them! Plus, rocket attacks are down 80% so that's pretty close right?! And Israel's all 'that's not a fucking ceasefire so FINE. We said we'd provide 10 units of water (I dont remember the numbers) but instead we'll provide 6.' And Hamas is all 'that's not the deal!' and everyone is yelling again. And pretty much the same thing happens with Israeli settlers on the West Bank where Israel will, after years of legal wrangling, remove maybe 2 of the thousands of homes built in violation of several international agreements. And that's when you realize you've spent a full hour trying to follow this stupid-add infuriating conflict where breaking agreements has become so commonplace that the whole process of making them has been degraded. Most agreements in this region end like this, so keep in mind that it's ALWAYS possible to reach back for some justification to break your agreement when you have 75 years of broken agreements to supply excuses.

Anyway, it's important to remember that these are relatively weak states. The radicals on both sides hold sway over every decision and demand constant appeasement. This makes it hard to keep agreements, even if you reach them. Personally I think this means that self-reliance, wherever possible, will make for a more peaceful future. Good fences make good neighbors and all.

Additionally, incidents can be used as an excuse for war, or not, depending on how much you want a war. Fundamentally, people get into wars when they have something to gain, or think they do. If they think they have nothing to gain from peace, there will be no peace. And who 'they' is varies - the leadership has interests that are not necessarily the same as the general population.

For example, U.S. bases have come under attack from Syria and Iran, and several international ships have been boarded and attacked. But the side that wants to expand this conflict (Iran et al) is not powerful enough to launch an attack so severe that the US can't ignore it, so nothing has happened. The calls for global jihad have been heard but weakly, several murders and assaults have happened in several countries so far. Dumb shit like a Starbucks got firebombed in Turkey for a it's purely fictional allegience with Israel, aren't some Western dupes boycotting it too? A bookstore chain in Canada was vandalized because the Jewish CEO donates to Israel. Attacks have been intercepted in Denmark, US and UK - and those are the ones we hear about. Synagogues have been burned in several Arab states, I was surprised there were any left to burn, tbh. But the West doesn't want this war and there haven't been so many deaths or so many attacks that we can't ignore it, so there's no war. Yet.

I personally think Israel wouldn't be at war right now if it wasn't for the hostages. For a state founded on the premise of creating a safe place for Jews, Israel failed on Oct. 7. This should, by all accounts, call for the fall of the leadership pending an inquiry to figure out what happened. But Israel could have, maybe, shrugged it off or retaliated with economic dis-engagement... if it wasn't for the hostages. That had everyone breathing down their necks, frantic family members on Israeli TV, they can't ignore that. Abandoning the hostages would break their fundamental promise as a state. So they were successfully baited into a war that was not of their choosing, and I don't think is in their interests. But even worse will be if they start that without finishing it and destroying Hamas completely, but there's really no doubt in my mind that Israel doesn't have much to gain in this war, just relative losses to mitigate.

The neighboring Arab states, as destructive as ever, voted against an international force to stabilize Gaza after the war, but also don't want to try governing it themselves. They've all expressed support for Hamas... but also won't join in the war OR the ceasefire. That has got to be a kick in the teeth to Gazans, but they've been played. The whole drama really is regional interests using Gaza for the live action puppet war. I wonder how long Palestinians will put up with this, but apparently support for Hamas is rising in the West Bank so the answer might be - a long time yet. Hamas has scored an unbelievable PR victory, and ISIS needs to revamp their image. They are no doubt taking notes.

I really, really don't want Israel to occupy Gaza after this and I worry they will be stuck with it. It's a total step backwards and will just allow the Islamist world to keep their bogeyman 'occupier' shtick. The PA, Saudi Arabia and Turkey have been touring several nations - I'm not sure what they are contemplating.

Surely people are tired of the ceasefires. Surely it's time for peace.

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polysyndetonaddictsupportgroup · 2 years

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For the ask game:

8. What I like most about your writing

I like how deep you get into creating characters. There is so much detail put into creating them, with how their living circumstances realistically are (Peter is canonically poor and Midtown tech looks way to fancy to be anything but a rich private school, which would really impact Peter but the marvel movies kinda ignore a lot of the details there, and you didn’t) to how they would interact with the world/other characters (it’s great how you show how Peter’s life impacts his relationship with Frank). I love it so much!!!!!

9. A fic I’m excited for you updating

The first step of kintsugi!

14. A fic I didn’t expect to like so much

Kintsugi and Therianthropy. I know very little about Frank Castle (his show is a little dark for me and I haven’t gotten to him in Daredevil yet) but I ran out of Matt mentors Peter fics so I thought I’d give kitsugi a try. Now I am attached to Frank and Lisa, characters I know little about outside of your writing

15. A question about your fic

We’ve gone over MJ and Peters living situation, but what about Ned? Does he have parents or live with just his grandma? Is he rich or one of the scholarship kids like Peter and MJ? When did Peter meet him?

poverty was such a fundamental thing to peter's character that i really wasn't willing to like, write a version of peter that didn't have that be a part of his person. like, it's such cornerstone of who he is and why he makes the decisions that he does that i couldn't really conceptualize him turning out into the same peter parker that became spiderman without it. the writers of the mcu sort of made light of it, talking about how may could sustain them and how nobody wants spiderman to have to remember the eggs for his struggling aunt or whatever, which i feel just. misunderstands why peter parker became spiderman or what spiderman represents. it was surprisingly easy to lean into what the mcu had and weave in peter parker's canonical origins. so much of it was just connecting the dots with natural consequences, like how that might affect him in a visibly rich school and his relationship with frank, who's shown to have been living in a pretty nice middle class set up before his family died.

i LOVE fics where matt mentors peter and i'm thrilled you gave me a shot. (if you haven't read the staying close to the ground or dumpster fires verses, i highly recommend them). frank there's a lot of outside of my writing, lisa i made up almost wholesale. there's nothing. she's the perfect daughter who died too young, and so i wanted to pull her off the ice and make her half feral. i love her so much. she is so unwell. like, i like to use isolated POVs to sort of "narrow" the story and influence its framing, because i think the voice of a story almost always makes it an entirely different story, and therianthropy necessarily had to come through matt and only matt, so she was sort of absent from the last installment, but she is So Unwell. like i know a lot of people are waiting for frank to show up but we need to Unpack some of the shit she's got going on mentally first.

And Ned! ned ned ned! i love ned! he's so fun and almost entirely absent from kintsugi so far, so, devastatingly, he has very little known about him. he's going to be way more present, we just have to get a few more things out of the way before he can come and join the rest of the main cast.

i'm going to keep the answers kind of vague because some of it is going to be discussed in depth later in the story, and i don't want to spoil it. but, generally speaking:

Just his grandma.

he's in between. Wealth at midtown tech is sort of on a sliding scale. you have students who are poor, and i think that midtown is prestigious enough that that sliding scale goes allllll the way up to families that are in the range of "CEO to tech conglomerate" levels of wealth. like, for the most part, those families go to super ritzy private schools, but midtown has churned out enough successfully scientists that it's not unheard of for majorly rich people to send their kids there too. that's rare enough that you really don't have a student that wealthy enrolled right now, but you do have people whose families have net worths that are easily in the several million dollar range. MJ and Peter are really the only ones in the school that can really be called poor. like, if you took a poll of their classmates, MJ and peter would really be the only ones who can remember having times where they aren't really certain if the heat can stay on or if there's enough to eat. and there's a lot of reasons why that is, but i think the biggest one is that this midtown science has a scholarship system entirely dependent on merit instead of need. like, not to get too deep in the weeds on the scholarship program for this fanfiction, but i think the only way to get a scholarship for midtown is to do so through an official testing program. there is no analysis of need for scholarships. there is a need-based grant program meant to support students with financial difficulties, but it's structured in a way that makes it incredibly difficult to use and requires a new application every single billing cycle, meaning that most of the students are students from families that can afford tuition. because scholarship is merit-based, it's become a huge status symbol at midtown science. it's also why this system gets perpetuated--parents pay out their nose for private tutors to make sure their kids place extremely high on the placement exams, not because they need a scholarship, but because having a kid that got most of their tuition waived means they're the cream of the crop. it's basically the school acknowledging that their kid is the best of the best from the get out. so it makes the actual ability to get into midtown science highly competition and skewed toward wealthier families, because they're the ones that can afford these tutors. if you get 100% of your tuition waived? It's basically the school saying you were the absolute best and brightest of everyone we interviewed for your year. in every other year except for peter and mj's, those are almost exclusively kids who had been privately tutored for the exam. peter and mj had a target on their back from the start, not just because they were poor, but because they were poor and still better than all these kids who had to go home to parents who paid for a year and a half of private tutoring only for top billing to go to a couple of kids who just sort of showed up to the test. may and ben visibly had no idea what it meant that peter got full scholarship past "oh we're so proud" and "that means we can afford to send him here." it's like the family of Miss America showing up to the award ceremony thinking their kid won a little contest, good on them. MJ's parents didn't even come to the parent mixer. a lot of the really aggressive parents took this attitude as an insult and a way to feed their inferiority complex, which they projected onto their kids, who then turned around and took it out on peter and mj, who they perceive as having taken from them something they deserved more. that being said, ned's definitely on scholarship--probably 75% or so of his tuition is waived, which is good, because tuition would have been a big burden on his family otherwise. ned's family is definitely a lot better off than mj or peter's, but tuition gets expensive. i'd say pretty solidly upper middle class. he's never had to worry about rent money, because his grandma owns their house. he's always had enough where he can have pretty expensive lego sets. but his family isn't exorbitantly rich, just comfortable.

a few years back. they're like, 14 now? I say around 11 or so. beginning of middle school, when they both joined the midtown science district/feeder school. at first, they were just generally in the same class and knew each other in a distant sort of way, but they became close friends later. we'll go into that and how exactly they became friends in wayyy more detail later.

#the first step of kintsugi #pottery shards

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