#and yessss their characters were the ones i wanted to see interact the most i hope they have lots of scenes 🥺

[mobius-m-mobius]

JANELLE MONAE and DANIEL CRAIG in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)

#janelle monae #daniel craig #benoit blanc #glass onion #knives out #oh the outfit the hands the eye rolls he's slaying 😭😭 #and yessss their characters were the ones i wanted to see interact the most i hope they have lots of scenes 🥺 #movieedit #dcraigedit #glass onion spoilers #dianagifs

[dashielldeveron]

HELPPPPP TELL ME WHY IVE ONLY NOW FOUND YOUR FICS AT AN UNHOLY HOUR IN THE MORNING AND HAVE SPENT THE PAST FOUR HOURS PORING OVER YOUR WRITING????

literally wasnt in a bnha phase atm when i got smacked in the head with the absolute DELIGHT that is your writing??!?! oh my GOD your writing is so delicious i was kicking my feet and had to put my phone down MULTIPLE times when going through shinsou's, monoma's, and dabi's part of the soulmate series and im Not Ready for aizawas or todorokis. what RIGHT do you have to make me have to stuff my comforter in my mouth to stifle my laughter as i clutch my phone in my hands and grin like a maniac at the absolute comedic gold that is your writing.

Your dialogue? masterful. i want to eat your writing because the interactions between characters seem so Real and Complex and in depth i am frothing at the mouth you dknt UNDERSTAND!!! And the fact the reader insert has a nuanced personality!!!! the snark and sheer Kindness from the reader in dabi's fic and TENDERNESS!!! HAD ME!!! SHAKINF!!! goddd you write tenderness and yearning so so well im going to be re reading your fics for the next couple years, actually. "shy boy" and "sweet boy" being used for dabi , , , im on my hands and knees you have no right!!! at all!!! to make me want to kiss the reader insert!!! hello!!!! what the fuck!!

AND MONOMA!!! MY BABYGIRL!!! HES SUCH A THEATRE NERD WHO WANTS TO PRACTICE AND SATISFY YOU BECAUSE!! TO SEE U BE UNRAVELED BY H I M --- NOT AN ABILITY HE MIMICKED FROM SOMEONE ELSE--- MAKES HIM SO SO WEAK. i have no words. best monoma character portrayal ive seen. hands down. im gonna die happy, actually.

also.

reader: wanna try sexting?

shinsou: no <3

made me cavkle so hard aksbjsbsbs i love that man sm

Oh btw!! may i ask what other chars you have planned for the soulmate au? i will be. frothing over whatever you put out nonetheless!! i hope you have a lovely day <333

four hours?!?!?! you could've watched gone with the wind in that time!!

yessss YESSSS get back into bnha!!! we want you back!!!! lol it's fab that you were reacting like that to thinking about the boys; i think that monoma would be kicking his feet, too, if he were reading about you!!! and shinsou would get so overwhelmed reading fluff about you that he'd have to take breaks, splash water on his face. if dabi read fic, he'd prob read the whole thing in one sitting, emotionless, but then have to go throw rocks at windows. whatever you're feeling, they'd feel, too

and yesssss dabi is shy/sweet boy bc that's what he is!!!! he's prob not feeling very shy/sweet in canon rn, but he'll remember eventually!! ohhhhhhhh monoma my beloved. GOD it makes me so happy to hear that you like him here. i love monoma soooooo much; i dislike how he's villainised in fic bc it's easy to, but i think he's so charming and devoted, both to his friends and to the bit. and based on 1-B's play at the festival, someone's a huge fuckin' nerd about LOTR and Shakespeare and stuff, and i think it would fit monoma well; he seems aware of the roles of characters in stories and overall storytelling, and LOTR/HP/Shakespeare are all about structure and word choice. i love him. i'm going to take him to therapy and make out with him in the car afterwards.

also!!! not that there's a "correct" order to read the routes in, but it sounds like you're reading them out of release order!!! which is great!!! i'd be FASCINATED to hear back from you after you read aizawa's chapter, bc that's where most of the tainted love lore is dropped--and aizawa's and shinsou's routes have pretty heavy overlap.

i'm writing shigaraki's right now, and then i have a route for [secret character], censored not bc he's the "true route," or anything, but bc he already appears in the story, and from my POV, it would sour his current scenes if we knew we had a route with him. these are the routes i have planned, and then i will either 1) let the fic marinate or 2) leave the fic "finished" but occasionally add "non-canon" routes for other characters and perhaps "fandiscs" for existing routes. considering i have lots of ideas for other fics, i'm leaning towards the first one, since i don't think i can commit to the latter right now idk

but ohhhhhh i love you. you are SO kind, and i'm so so so glad you're liking the fic!!!! i hope the rest of it is just as fun and that your day is peaceful!!!! xx.

#dash it all

[splatoon-edits]

i really want sheldon in side order and i want him to go fucking nuts. like. batshit insane. and i know that this makes no fucking sense but hear me out. since in rotm we had callie marie and octavio, that is three fifths of the characters in octo canyon. since they will most likely not be an to join the journey, assuming 4 is involved, than that just leaves one person. that person being sheldon. as for why i want to see him be unhinged, we know he was neutral for chaos vs order, and we've already seen a little bit of him being fucking deranged peaking through in some of his dialoge relating to certain weapons. what i want is to see more of that. show us sheldon going absolutely apeshit Nintendo. please. i need this. also it would be funny to see pearl and sheldon's dynamic yknow. like. the idea of them interacting would be so fucking funny. like. scrappy, chaotic gal whose voice could deafen the ears of many meets autistic weapon nerd who is, unbeknownst to us, more unhinged than she could ever be. also also that post about the sheldon marina autism-to-autism communication event. sorry for the long ask by the way.

YESSSS GO OFF!!!!!! I COULD NOT AGREE MORE!!! SHELDON MY BELOVED!!! THE AUTISTIC CHARACTER OF ALL TIME!!!!!

No but fr he spends so much time around weapons i wanna see him actually USE one. I need to see him be insane. Let 8 and Pearl be in a bad spot and then he swoops in to save them.

ALSO HIS DYNAMIC WITH PEARL WOULD BE SO GOOD!!! I know for a fact she would compare his ramblings about weaponry to Marina's ramblings about engineering/heavy machinery. I want to see them bicker but also be friends. I want both of them to be guiding 8 and for Pearl to make a suggestion about going all in with no plan and for Sheldon to be like "um actually you should do xyz" and for them to bicker. OR even funnier possibility i want Pearl to suggest something insane and then Sheldon agrees with her and shes like "i thought you were a nerd????" and they start to get along. Anyway i just think they would have a funny dynamic. Cuz like in splat 2 we get to see Marie kinda poke fun at Sheldon but we don't really get to see Sheldon annoy anybody back. So imagine him and Pearl just dissing each other constantly but also somehow understanding each other. Like at first Pearl thinks he's a nerd who talks too much but then she realizes he's actually just as deadly if not more so than her. And at first Sheldon thinks she's just some loud, abrasive, and childish inkling. But actually he realizes she is fun to be around and smarter than she looks.

Anyway point is YES I LOVE SHELDON AND I THINK HE DESERVES TO BE UNHINGED IF HE APPEARS IN SIDE ORDER!!!

#mod shiver #mod speaks

[fahye]

just wanted to say you truly have such a gift for writing character dynamics. love love love maud with her troops searching for the cup as her holy grail. loved maud and violet ofc i feel like they got to be a relationship so rarely shown in media for wlw. ross and hawthorn’s interactions were sparked with this potential if that’s the right word? honestly made me sort of giddy. but i also loved maud and violet’s relationship with hawthorn, and ross and maud’s friendship. all in all just cannot wait to see how the characters interact in the third book. the drama of hawthorn robin and edwin all coming face to face again? robin and edwin meeting violet? how ross and the kaur sisters will fit into all this? it’s just super exciting, which i think is down to your superb writing of character dynamics!

yessss well DONE for spotting that the cup, of all the objects, is the one most attached to an outright quest.

(there's some other symbolism wrapped up the objects of the last contract and which one is most prominent in the book with which protagonists, but I don't feel like over-explaining that; like any good tarot symbolism, it's best if everyone digs into it for themselves.)

& thank you so much! LET THE WOMEN BE MESSY was my mantra when writing maud and violet, both their romance and their wider relationships. let them be loud, let them make mistakes, let them snap and spark and rub each other the wrong way, let them have sex while in the middle of a fight. why not. life is a glorious mess.

final note of promise: yes, adelaide and kitty show up again in book 3.

#ask replies #a restless truth

[pleasetakethis]

all of ‘em for the rnm ask meme 🤭❤️

Yessss!!! Link to the original in case anyone else wants to reblog/play.

Who is your favourite Rick and Morty Character? This is like asking my favorite It's Always Sunny character... because I love them all for their terribleness. Probably Rick, though Rick wouldn't be nearly as compelling without Morty. Favorite side character would be Squanchyyyyy or Mr. Nimbus.

Which Beth is the clone: Domestic Beth or Space Beth? As a mom, I want to say Domestic Beth is the real one because a parent wouldn't leave their kids... except this is Beth Smith we're talking about, so I think Domestic Beth is the clone. I think our "scared little overachiever" pursued freedom when she knew her family had a fallback.

Do you think that Rick-C137 and Rick Prime were previously romantically involved? "Infinite shit happens." Yes, absolutely.

What do you think would be a good name for Birdperson and Tammy's daughter? Phoenixperson II aka PP aka Peepa (terrible The Office reference).

How many seasons do you think Rick and Morty will eventually have? No clue but I'm here for alllll of them.

Rick C-137: smash or pass? Smash.

Who is your favourite Rick and Morty villain? Evil Morty. I love that manipulative little asshole who found a way out.

Your favourite Rick and Morty episode? How do you pick just one ;_; For Rick's character development, I'd say Rickternal Friendshine of the Spotless Mort. Seeing Rick deal with his feelings for others always hits me hard because he spends so much time denying those feelings. For fun, I'd go with Mort Dinner Rick Andre because I love Mr. Nimbus and I also love seeing Jessica become more than just Morty's obsession.

Your least favourite Rick and Morty episode? One Crew over the Crewcoo's Morty (the popular choice seems to be Claw and Hoarder: Special Ricktim's Morty but I love the slut dragons--currently fostering four cats for a friend while said friend is moving, the youngest is female and going through her first heat, and I will randomly mimic the wizard when she's yowling: "You slut! Shame on you! Shame, you slut! You slutty, slutty slut!" I am giving her lots of lovings and she has a heating pad, though, so she's okay).

Who is your least favourite Rick and Morty character? Beth and Jerry without character development (pre-separation).

What is, in your opinion, the worst thing that Rick C-137 has ever done? Real answer: use his grandson the way he does (codependent, grooming, the list goes on and on). Fan answer: torn between taking Morty's memories and the "save a point in time device" from Vat of Acid.

Do you think that Rick and Morty will be affected substantially by having to change the voice actor for Rick and Morty and a bunch of other characters? Affected, yes. Substantially... I don't know but I'll give anything a shot, especially since Adult Swim did the right thing dropping JR. The cool thing about the show is that there are infinite (heh) ways they can address this, if they choose to address it at all, so I'm excited to see what happens next.

What's a good Rick and Morty blog? All the Rick and Morty peeps I follow are awesome! I hesitate to recommend anyone I don't interact with because DNIs pop up all the time based on stuff I saved in my drafts and later go to queue and have to delete because they have some hateful anti/TERF rhetoric going on, so check out my reblogs and likes to find my favorites. :D

Who is the Rick and Morty character that you relate to the most? This ties back in with IASIP. I don't really relate to any of them, I just enjoy them and their fucked up relationships and situations.

The funniest Rick and Morty bit/scene, in your opinion? This is the one that hooked me on the show, the moment I knew I was a goner for these assholes: Butter robot: What is my purpose? Rick: Pass the butter. (Butter robot passes butter) Rick: Thank you. […] Butter robot: What is my purpose? Rick: You pass butter. Butter robot: [looks at its hands] Oh my god. Rick: Yeah, welcome to the club, pal.

Best Rick and Morty season? My favorite so far has been season 6 (they did such a good job with character development, including Rick backsliding into his obsession with Prime--just chef's kiss).

Worst Rick and Morty season? I've enjoyed all of them so far for different reasons. Much like some of my other favorites (The Office, IASIP), I would say push through season 1 if you're unsure and wait until you get through season 2 before you make a decision about the show.

Would you stop watching the show if Justin Roiland returned? I don't know. Depends on whether a public statement was involved and how much responsibility he took for his actions (versus playing it off). I can't listen to Marilyn Manson anymore (because Brian Warner is an abusive POS) and that band was formative during my middle + high school years (almost as important to me as NIN and I would mourn that loss if Trent Reznor turned out to be trash). Roiland coming back might ruin the show for me.

Your favourite Rick and Morty quote? Hard to pick but right now it would be: "Nobody exists on purpose, nobody belongs anywhere, everybody's gonna die. Come watch TV." This gets me right in the feels because it's true. Life is short, probably meaningless, so might as well enjoy while we're here and have a chance... because this all ends.

If you had to be one member of the Smith family in the next season, who would you want to be? Ooo, I'd want to be Space Beth.

#rick and morty #ask games #mortysanchez #THANK YOU FOR ASKING :D #this was fun!!! #ramble about shitty people incoming #k but seriously #i'm so fucking mad underneath it all over the brian warner shit #don't confuse your persona with your humanity ffs #he completely ruined three or four albums that meant a whole lot to me as a teen #the silver lining: i saw mm and rob zombie in concert a few years ago and was unimpressed by mm #he put on a shit performance and didn't come back out to do helter skelter with rob zombie because he was 'sick' #rob zombie on the other hand #was a-fucking-mazing #the energy he gives to his shows - even in bumfuck west virginia - is incredible #he started his set by playing country roads over the PA #no joke #everyone sang along bc hello west virginia #he did a circle around the floor and shook hands with people in seats too #so impressed by him as an artist #anyway #so it's okay if people we once appreciated turn out to be trash #because others will rise up in their place to show us that hope is not lost and there are decent people out there #fuck justin roiland #and #fuck brian warner #bri rambles

[butyoumakemesohot]

you're so right abt r/onance and n/ancy actually omg i do feel like fanon really plays up their relationship when tbh in a lot of their scenes together n/ancy didn't seem to like r/obin very much. maybe that's just my interpretation but i feel like that kind of ruined their chemistry for me a little. but then also i do agree that n/ancy would need a lot of character growth for that; i think she needs a good amount of character growth in general. i love her, don't get me wrong!! she's one of my favorite characters in the show. but where i could excuse a lot of stuff she said/did in earlier seasons because she was young, and teenagers do and say dumb stuff, i feel like now she's grown up a lot and yet??? in every way other than physical appearance she stays the same??? and obviously a huge part of it is that the writers wrap up almost all her character development into the love triangle; in doing that, they focus so much on who she'll choose that they don't stop to ask if a relationship is actually what her character needs. and the thing is, i don't care who she decides to get with - i just want to see her mature as a person and learn from mistakes, and have some growth outside of just relationships. but instead she's just the Middle of the Love Triangle™, and it makes me so sad because there's so much more to her than that!! she has so much potential!! but she's been mostly stagnant growth-wise for the whole show (barring some moments in the earlier seasons), and i'm afraid it'll continue into the next season.

yessss i honestly think she has the most untapped potential out of any character except for maybe will. the du/ffers either reduce all of her storylines to a love triangle OR they try to force her into these weird hashtag girlboss moments that rarely pay off and are literally never addressed again? like were we supposed to applaud when she cheated on steve because it meant she was hooking up with jonathan… or when she was classist towards jonathan during their argument in s3 only to smile smugly when he said he was sorry and not offer up her own apology… because i didn’t!

and yeah nancy was getting on my nerves a LOT when she was interacting with robin tbh. she only changed her tune once robin started contributing to the investigation! that’s just one of many reasons why i don’t ship st/ancy lol i feel like steve would never wanna be with someone who was mean to his best friend… although it looks like the st/ancy train is in full force for s5 i fear :/

all of this isn’t to say i dislike her - i actually love how smart and driven she is! and i think she’s very unique and interesting overall. but like you said, she just. has not grown at all even though the writers keep trying to convince us she has.

#stdiscourse

[lilyclawthorne]

Julieta for the character ask meme?

Yessss I wanted someone to send her. It got a bit long so it’s under a read more!

1- Favourites thing(s) about this character?

Omg where do I even begin. She’s such a caring and affectionate mother, I love the way she interacts with Mirabel. Also I’m literally in love with her gift, I think healing with food is such a mom thing and it fits her so well. She’s so pretty as well and she looks like she’d give great hugs and would have such a calming and soothing presence. Also I love her apron I literally want one like it.

2- What song(s) remind you of this character?

I have the bare bones beginnings of a playlist started for her, and one of those songs is Burned Out by dodie. Not a perfect fit but it’s a song kinda about feeling like your not living up to the expectations of people who love/adore you. I think amongst her siblings she’d have been a favorite amongst people in their town, but it would get to her and convince herself that she’s never doing enough

3- Do you like this character?

YES. Pls refer to my blog title. I’m a simp.

4- Would you write about this character?

YES. Currently working on a Julieta fic.

5- What do you not like about this character?

How dare I get asked this. I dislike that we don’t see more of her that’s it.

6- Favourite thing this character has said?

I love the whole scene with Mirabel in the kitchen, but especially “I healed your hand, with my love for my daughter,” and everything that follows with her reminding her of the things she loves about her daughter.

7- What do you like most about this character?

She’s very caring and affectionate with the people she loves. I just admire that a lot. If I have kids I wanna be like that with them someday yknow?

8- Do you think this character is underrated or overrated?

Underrated. Julieta needs more love.

9- What’s your favourite headcanon(s) for this character?

I like to think she definitely snapped at some point as a teenager when other people were making fun of her siblings, and has definitely punched someone over it at least once. Also, I like angst so I’m also interested by the headcanon that she can heal everyone but herself.

10- Who do you like to ship with this character? (If you do of course) Is it another character from the cast or is it an OC?

Me. Her loving husband Agustín of course.

11- Who do you not like to ship with this character?

The rest of her family. Why tf must people do this

12- Have you read any fics about this character? (if it’s not an OC)? Can you recommend anything good?

Oh boy have I! These are all ones that feel more Julieta-centric that I’ve read and could definitely find in my Ao3 history right now. Also I know on tumblr that @zafirosreverie and @georgethatperson have written some great Julieta x reader fics.

Let Us Take Care of You Too

A mother’s intuition, or a pack of lies

Always Perfect

heal

Hidden Pain

Rend, Repair, Repeat

An Arepa A Day Keeps The Smile On Your Face

home sweet home

14- What outfit would you really like to see this character wear? Or what’s your favourite outfit of theirs?

I mean idk what I’d want her to wear, and she’s only got the one outfit, but she’s very pretty in it. Actually yknow what, I want to see her wearing that apron less often aka getting a break more often.

16- What do you think would improve this character? Like, character-arc wise?

I’d love to see more about her with her siblings and her mother. I think learning more about them and how they grew up could deepen character dynamics as a whole in the movie.

17- Have you ever had a crush on this character…?

Me, only two hours ago:

18- What’s something you associate this character with? E.g. a certain colour, object or scenery?

The herbs and flowers she carries in her pockets, the warmth of a fire, the shades of blue she wears, just cooking in general (which I do often),

19- What would the show/book/movie be like if this character wasn’t present? (if it’s not an OC)

I just feel like Mirabel would be sadder :(

21- Wild card! Talk about anything to do with this character! Anything at all!

Im convinced she’s ambidextrous, literally used her using both her right and left hands for many things so I’m leaving it there.

#ask #ask game #lurks-in-the-shadows #encanto #julieta madrigal

[927roses-and-stuff]

Miracles in Gotham Chapter 5: Tales of the Misguided Serpent

I really am sorry it's taking more than five chapters for them to actually get to Gotham, by the way. I know most fics will usually have them there by the first chapter. I just like having a lot of build up for the plot and future subplots, so please bear with me!TW: Explicit minor character death and violence in war. Mentions of PTSD, depression, anxiety, and self-harm. 

Hey guys! Thank you so much for reading this story and (hopefully) enjoying it so far! I realize I don’t say it enough, but I truly appreciate everyone who took the time to read this fic, and knowing that there are people who enjoy it are part of my inspiration to write more. As always, an extra thank you to @ozmav for the AU, and @mystery-5-5 for helping me through the writing process (and dealing with my rants).

There will be mentions and allusions to real life events and locations associated with World War II. I don’t mean any disrespect, and any character mentioned and associated within the story is purely fictional. This is not meant to be an accurate depiction of WWII or war in general, nor is it meant to be a mockery of what actually happened. There will also be brief mentions of PTSD, depression, and anxiety symptoms and self-harm. These are all based on research from sources that my therapist has given me (i.e. Centre for Clinical Interventions) and my own personal experiences. 

Lastly, Alfred is in his mid-teens here (because he would fake his age to get into the army) and he isn’t the all wise and knowing Alfred Pennyworth we know and love just yet. And we all know how Master Fu loves giving Miraculous to unqualified, unprepared owners XD. 

P.S. Not me making Sass oblivious to human stuff because I don’t know a lot of war stuff. 

If you want to see more, follow: #miraclesingotham or ask to be added to the tag list.

Tag list: : @northernbluetongue @zerotosiki @spicybelladonna @my-name-is-michell @legendaryneckjudgestudent @lokiifriggasonn

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“Tell me everything you know about this Alfred Pennyworth and your time with him, Sass. I need to know if he can help before considering everything.” 

The snake kwami merely nodded. “Of course, my Guardian.”

“Alfred Pennyworth was one of the best snakelets I have ever known, even if in the end, he did not believe so. If given the time, perhaps, he could have mastered the Snake Miraculous in all of its power, despite his young age. I think he would’ve been only a year or two older than yourself...” 

August 1943, Northwest Europe

“Alfred Pennyworth, I am Sass, kwami of the Snake Miraculous, of Intuition. I will grant you the powers of Second Chance, so long as you promise to use your powers for good.” 

The snake kwami held out his hands gracefully as he finished introducing himself to his new owner. The current Guardian had told him of his duties before he was handed to the young man in front of  him. In times of war, a little intuition could go a long way. 

As Alfred continued to remain unresponsive, Sass began to worry. Alfred Pennyworth was a young man with sharp eyebrows and dark, piercing eyes dressed in a camouflage dark-green military uniform complete with the green beret covering his scalp . Sass noticed the tiny tremors of his shoulders and his tightly pressed lips,  although it would be unnoticeable to the untrained eye. They were in a dimly lit room, although it was strangely quiet for times of war, as the Guardian had relayed to him. 

It had been perhaps the strangest experience that Sass had encountered with a human, although he didn’t have that many to rely on. The young man continued to stare at Sass, and in all his infinite patience, Sass floated in place, and entered a meditative pose above the box he had just come out of.  From the little he knew of humans, they were often slow, narrow-minded creatures who needed more patience than most kwamis were willing to give. 

However, despite the strangeness of it all, Sass felt a warm kinship with the still man in front of him. 

Sass was unsure of how long it had taken for Alfred to be shaken out of his stupor, but he soon closed the box carefully and addressed him. 

“Hello. You’re the friend Mr. Fu told me of?” He asked hesitantly. 

“Yesss,” Sass nodded. “Master Fu is the current Guardian of the Miraculous. You must be someone special for him to entrust you with me, and me with you.” 

Alfred nodded slightly. “Yes, he mentioned that you would help me in my times of need.” 

“That is correct.” 

Sass watched as the young man bit his lip in thought and lightly traced over the marks on the box. “Sass, was it?” 

“Yesss.” 

“...I am Alfred Pennyworth.” 

“I am aware.” 

He looked up from the box and lightly cupped Sass in his hands. Alfred’s eyes squinted at him, his eyes roaming over his tiny form suspiciously. Sass stayed still for him, not feeling uncomfortable at the human’s scrutiny. Humans were suspicious of the unknown, Sass decided. They were wary even when there was evidence to say otherwise. 

When Alfred seemed satisfied, he spoke again. “Why would Mr. Fu give me a tiny snake?” 

Sass frowned. “I may be tiny, human, but I am powerful. With the bracelet you hold in that box, you will be able to turn back time for an unlimited amount of times within an allotted 5 minutes after the first reset. With my help, you are able to directly change events around you as they happen, for as much as you wish.” 

The young man’s eyes widened and gulped; Sass was unable to determine if it was out of terror or fascination. 

“Why would he entrust me with such a power?” 

“The Guardian’s mind works in mysterious ways. Perhaps, he wanted to give you a chance to see in yourself, what he saw in you.” 

His breath hitched, and he gulped again. “And what if I don’t like what I see?” 

Sass floated upwards to meet Alfred’s eyes. Yellow eyes met dark brown as he spoke. “That will all depend on you.” 

For the next few months, Sass watched as Alfred Pennyworth trained with his fellow soldiers as part of the Achnacarry in Scotland and eventually recruited to the No. 47 (Royal Marine) Commando based in Dorchester once the new year came. It had been the longest that Sass had interacted with any of his holders. He took to hiding in the pockets of Alfred’s uniform, although he often wished he had another place to hide when Alfred and the other humans were training with ringing, deafening gunshots,  the thundering footsteps of a hundred men caused tremors within the soil, and the hoarse shouts and screams of soldiers in a stimulated battlefield. When the soldiers were off-duty, Sass liked the chatter as Alfred and the others conversed with one another, their different tones whether morose or jovial, since it helped him drift off to sleep in Alfred’s warm pocket. 

In what little downtime that they had, Alfred liked to ask Sass questions about the Miraculous, what they did, their purpose in the world, the limits of his own Miraculous, and always, why he was chosen to bear such a great responsibility. Sass always told him what he could (although being inactive for so long left him little knowledge of other holders), and always repeated what he had told Alfred the first day they met. Sass liked being with Alfred. He was intelligent, curious, logical, and sensitive to information. Despite the grim circumstances that surrounded their partnership, he was glad that Master Fu had chosen Alfred Pennyworth.

It had been nearly a year since Sass and Alfred met when the No. 47 Commando received their first operation on June 6, 1944. Alfred often told him stories at night of his family, his home, and his surroundings. The night before as they were preparing for battle, Alfred had shared his worries with his fellow soldiers and Sass. It would be the first time they would be in a real battle, outside of Achnacarry or Dorchester. As the Commando arrived at the battlefield the day after, all the soldiers were crammed onto a ship. It had only taken a few hours to arrive at the outskirts of where they needed to be. Only a few miles from the shore, and already the sounds of battle rang throughout the ships, and the soldiers prepared to join in. Some would join as soon as the ship hit shore while others would stay behind to make sure that their ship didn’t sink and attack the opposing army from the water. Alfred was one of the soldiers that would be fighting the moment they hit shore, so he made sure to find an empty space to transform. Sass found himself and Alfred cramped near the ship’s engine, where Alfred was already fiddling with the Snake Miraculous. 

“I won’t look like a circus act when I transform, will I, Sass?” 

Sass shook his head. “No. Make sure to imagine yourself as you are, and the Miraculous will conform to your desires. You might find that your clothes will feel scaly as a side effect. Either way, your clothes will protect you from most impacts, although I’m not sure about bullets.” 

Alfred smiled. “I see. Will I be able to talk to you when I’m transformed?” 

“No.”  Alfred’s eyes widened. “Fear not. I will still be with you, as a part of you, but we will not be able to interact as we are now nor will I be conscious when you are transformed.”

Alfred took a shaky breath. “Alright. Thank you, Sass. Anything else I need to know?” 

“Use it wisely. Seeing that many possibilities will take a toll on you. You will most likely witness one moment in time in different ways. Others may not remember the other timelines, but you will. Do not forget that.” 

Alfred gave a curt nod. “This is it, then?” 

“Yessss, I wish you luck, Alfred.” 

“As do I,” he chuckled. “Sass, scales slither.” 

As Alfred called out the last words, Sass faded into unconsciousness. He had faith in Alfred, and hoped he would work well with the Snake. 

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When Alfred de-transformed, Sass noticed the light in his eyes and the way he clutched tightly onto two soldiers a few years older than him. The battle was over for now, Sass mused, so Alfred must be relieved that he was safe and alive. Later in the safety of his barrack, Alfred recounted the battle in hushed whispers, how many times he went back to save just one more life (“To think, who might’ve remained dead if you were not with me,” he said, rubbing Sass’ head affectionately with his finger), or to take one more shot he missed the first time. Sass asked him the precise number of times that he went back in time during those allotted 5 minutes that he had used “Second Chance.” Sass asked him who he had saved, how, and whose lives were lost in return. Alfred answers both questions enthusiastically with a significant amount of detail, that Sass allowed himself to feel content. Alfred had saved lives, had done his part for his country.

Sass was proud of his snakelet. 

As time went on, battles were waged and the war raged on all over Europe. Sass didn’t understand human battles, but he made sure to stay by Alfred’s side for all of it. 

It was about half a year in that Sass noticed the changes that Alfred is going through. Like every soldier, he is marred with scars, had a more gaunt, more sickly frame that came from eating smaller rations and sleeping less, and dark circles under his eyes that emphasized how haunted he was. Yet, Sass noticed that Alfred was overextending himself. In every offense, Alfred volunteered to be in the frontlines. In every battle, he took the time to transform, which meant Sass was also often exhausted after every battle and struggled to eat the already miniscule portions Alfred spared from his rations. After every battle, Alfred was jumpy, going from soldier to soldier and striking up conversation whenever he could, visiting the infirmary and muttering apologies to the wounded soldiers. It took Sass a while to realize that the former had been people he had saved, and the latter were the people that he couldn’t or those that he almost hadn’t.

Nights were always the worst. In the daytime with the rush and hustle of war battles, there was not a lot of time for Alfred to do anything but act and fight, especially when he transformed with Sass. But at night, when there was a semblance of silence in his own corner of the barracks, Sass comforted Alfred through the tears, the nightmares, the bloodshed, and other horrors he witnessed. When Sass couldn’t comfort him, Alfred retreated to the arms of Leo Dupain, a soldier a few years older who knew of Alfred’s real age, and the person who Alfred recounted saving the most during his resets. He had sandy brown hair, olive green eyes, a square-like jaw with a hooked nose that looked like it had been broken at least once. Sass listened to their hushed promises of returning to the motherland and settling down somewhere in the countryside far away from the influences of war and its politics. Sass watched as both Alfred and Leo drifted to sleep, holding each other like they were each other’s only anchor to the physical realm. Sass watched as Alfred woke a half hour before the crack of dawn to visit the infirmary before beginning his training, never looking back. Each time, Sass noticed that Leo searched for warmth that had previously been there.

Sass knew that witnessing all of Time’s possibilities was a heavy burden for anyone, much less a child. Alfred related to him about comrades who had died from gunshots, from being trampled on, or thrown overboard. If not them, it was the patients in the infirmary, the ones who had fallen trap to insanity or those who had lost a part of their physical bodies forever. Alfred was inconsolable. By December of 1944, Alfred had anxiety, insomnia, and an unhealthy attachment to the Snake Miraculous.

During that time, Sass tried to teach Alfred how to be more responsible with the Snake’s power, how to use each return more efficiently, and especially, how Alfred didn’t need to use the Miraculous for every injury that his comrades endured. Sass had relayed stories of other Miraculous heros: Heracles, Hippolyta, Joan of Arc, others unrecorded in history who had struggled to learn the same lesson: that Alfred was not a god and he couldn’t save everyone. 

But war was brutal and without mercy, especially to those with kind hearts.

Everything came to a head when Alfred failed to save Leo Dupain before he could reset. Sass was thrown onto the ground as the transformation wore off, gunshots blazing in the background as Alfred’s screams pierced his tiny ears. Sass slowly shuffled to Alfred’s side, and climbed into a nearby pocket.

“Leo, Leo!” Alfred cried, grabbing the heavy body of Leo Dupain, whose leg had been blown off by a nearby explosive. Blood spilled forth from the wound, and Leo breathed in shallow gasps, as his body became limp. Alfred was soon covered in his blood and from the dust and dirt around them. Frantically, he tried to find spare cloth but was futile in his efforts. Sass could feel the tremors from Alfred’s body as he held onto Leo Dupain like a lifeline. Other soldiers had heard his cries and clambered to them, grabbing Alfred forcefully out of Leo’s arms and into safety,

“He needs me! Stop! I need to save him!”

“Leg’s been blasted off, can’t do much for ‘im now but fight,” a soldier- Gabriel Ackles- muttered. He had been one of the soldiers Alfred saved a week earlier from a headshot.

“It wasn’t supposed to be like this,” Alfred ranted hysterically. “I was supposed to save him; he wasn’t supposed to get hurt. He’s going to die…”

SLAP

Alfred stood stunned as Gabriel stood before him, red-faced and fuming.

“We are in battle, soldier! Get it together! You wanna help Dupain, Pennyworth?!” Gabriel didn’t wait for an answer before shoving a long gun of sorts into Alred’s hands. “You go out there and drag every Nazi motherfucker to hell or die trying! You got it, soldier?!” 

Sass watched as Alfred’s eyes dimmed into a stormy grey and stared at the gun in his hands. A second passed and with trembling hands, Alfred was marching back onto the battlefield, gun ablaze. Sass tried hard as he could to use whatever remaining energy he had to protect Alfred, but the amount of resets during Alfred’s transformation had exhausted him and he fell unconscious to the sounds of war.

When Sass regained consciousness, it was to Master Fu’s face. A chill ran down his spine as he fluttered around frantically searching for Alfred. They were in an empty room that only had a few books, two futons and the Miracle Box. There were two double doors that separated their room from the outside world and another, smaller door that led to the rest of the building. 

Where were they? Why was he here? More importantly, where was Alfred?

“Do not bother, Sass,” Master Fu said in a tone more morose than he had ever heard. “Mr. Pennyworth has returned you to me. It has been several months since you were inactive.”

Sass deflated and floated down to the ground beneath him. “Where is he now, Master?”

“I am unsure.” Master Fu looked out of the large double doors. “I am afraid that I have placed too many expectations on young Alfred. When he helped us escape London, I had given you to him as a token of gratitude and friendship.”

“Master?”

Master Fu sighed and turned back to look at Sass with teary eyes. “I could not have foreseen that I had cursed more than blessed him, Sass. He had refused to give you back at first, and it was only yesterday, a month since I last saw him, that you had returned to us.”

Sass couldn’t speak. He had really liked Alfred Pennyworth. He was a good man- one of the best. But, even he couldn’t deny the madness he had endured during his time as one of his snakelets. If kwami had hearts, Sass knew it would be obliterated by the news.

“I see, Master,” was all Sass said before Master Fu renounced him and his Miraculous.

Present day

“And that was the last I heard of Alfred Pennyworth. The next time I appeared in this realm, it was to Luka Couffaine.”

Marinette wiped away a few tears that had sprung up during Sass’ story.

“Do you think he would have anything to do with the Miraculous after all he’d been through, Sass?”

Sass bowed his head and closed his eyes. “Perhaps. He had many questions I could not answer. I am not sure if his trauma overrode his curiosity. I know he had been planning on studying the Miraculous more before Leo Dupain had died.”

Marinette played with her hands as she mulled over Sass’ response. Something about his story caught her attention.

“Leo Dupain? As in my granduncle, Leo Dupain?” 

Sass blinked, yellow eyes trained on her. “Perhaps.” 

“If they're the same person, then he’s still around,” Marinette mused, thinking of the one-legged elder from her early childhood that made her laugh with his silly jokes and warm cuddles. “I never really kept up with him since my grandfather kept us away from Papa’s side of the family. He was funny, though.”

Marinette entered a silent trance, going over all the new information she had received so far, while the kwamis waited with bated breaths. Alfred Pennyworth had deeper ties with her than she had previously thought. In another world, he would’ve been another distant granduncle. However, would she risk going to him in this world when the Miraculous had already scarred him so deeply? But what if he didn’t know about her granduncle? What if he spurned her away despite that? What if he didn’t? What had Master Fu seen in Alfred Pennyworth that he had practically given away one of the Miraculous to his care? How would she explain everything that had happened since their last argument?

What other choices did Marinette really have?

“Marinette?” Tikki asked, the only kwami comfortable enough to break her train of thought.

She sighed, not liking her decision one bit, but she was desperate, and in some ways, this would be beneficial for both Alfred Pennyworth and her.

“Looks like we’re going to Gotham City.”

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I really am sorry it's taking more than five chapters for them to actually get to Gotham, by the way. I know most fics will usually have them there by the first chapter. I just like having a lot of build up for the plot and future subplots, so please bear with me!

#miraclesingotham #maribat #dc x mlb #fanfiction #tw: minor character death #tw: violence #tw: war #tw: self harm #technically his coping mechanisms are self harm #this entire chapter is a flashback #also alfred is queer/lgbtq+ #deal with it #mlb spoilers #not me making up a relative to fit my narrative #RIP #alfred pennyworth X male oc #not me tagging ml salt bc idk what genre of fic this actually is #like im not salty about the characters #just the shows writing #and certain designs like the stupid ladybug egg #maribat fanfic #mlb x dc #ml x dc

[420pogpills]

Oooh for your dnf fic thing! Of course none of this is rigid and you can always mix and match but I feel like usually Youtuber/Streamer ones lean more in like character dynamics and more realistic interactions while Minecraft AUs allow for a lot of fun world building with the game mechanics! (also allows for fight scenes lol) And then other AUs fall more in-between. You should write what you're most into writing-wise (Is it dialogue? Character arcs? Action? Plot? World building?) Have fun w/ it!

yessss very true! 

i feel like i can’t write a minecraft au because i don’t know enough :’) like i’d have to do a lot of research (cause i’ve never actually played minecraft myself believe it or not LOL) and if i were to write something based around any lore, i’d have to look into that more deeply too since i’m very behind on it atm i’ve just got a bit too much going on to keep up with it so i only really just keep up with dream and tommy’s plot. but i don’t like doing stuff half-heartedly so i’d want to make sure i know what i’m talking about. the only reason i’ve been considering a minecraft au recently is because of that fanart of george as a mushroom prince asleep and being carried by dream i don’t remember the artists name but i know y’all know which one i’m on about 

other au’s sound like fun too! to be honest if i stick with one shots or like 2-3 chapter short stories, i could probably dip my toes into all of those things :’) but i guess we’ll see, it’s not like i’m a good writer anyway so meh we’ll seeee

thank you so much for the suggestions!!! :D

#ask #anon #dnf

[wren-fell]

Stuck in Borderland

Chapter 3: Confrontation

Sayaka finally interacts with everyone’s favorite smirking little shit. Will it be romantic and like a fairytale? Spoiler: No.

Sayaka, Madoka, Kaoru, Daichi, and Akiko are original characters, all other characters belong to Haro Aso.

Warnings: language, gun violence, threats, talk of death

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Sayaka sat in the back of the car letting the wind whip her hair as they sped back to the beach. She was exhausted. Both mentally and physically and wanted nothing more than to go up to her room and bury herself in the blankets of her bed.

Daichi pulled the car up to the Beach just as two other teams were returning. Sayaka climbed out, and stretched her arms above her head with a yawn.

“Sayaka!” she turned her head around to see Madoka waving to her from one of the other cars. She jumped out and ran over to Sayaka, “I’m glad you made it out okay.”

“Yea, I’m all good. How did your team do?” She asked.

“Uh…” she hesitated casting a glance over her shoulder at her team. There should’ve been four people at the car, but there were only two, “we had some casualties…” she whispered.

“Oh, I’m sorry,” Sayaka didn’t know what to say. She was glad Madoka was okay, but finding out two others had died for these stupid games was always upsetting.

“Do you want to grab something to eat?” Madoka asked.

“No… I think I just want to crash,” Sayaka yawned, and Madoka nodded.

They both started heading towards the Beach entrance when Kuzuryu called out to them, “Sayaka I need you to come with me.”

She stopped dead and turned around slowly, “why?”

“We need to speak with the executives about your results.”

“I failed, what else is there to say?” she asked confused.

“Just come with me,” Kuzuryu replied and started towards the door with Daichi and Kaoru in tow. Sayaka hesitated.

“Go,” Madoka said nodding to him, “it’ll be worse if you don’t.”

“Yea…”

“Good luck. I’ll see you after,” Madoka said giving her a weak smile.

Sayaka nodded and slowly followed after Kuzuryu. Why does it feel like I’m walking to my death? She cast a glance towards Daichi and Kaoru as she was lead through the hallways. Did arguing with Kuzuryu make her a traitor?

They passed the two militants that were guarding the entrance to the executive meeting room and Kuzuryu paused at the door, “we’re going to go over your results with the other executives.”

Sayaka could see Kaoru out of the corner of her eye snickering with one of the guard militants. She turned her head to look at him and he made the motion of a knife across his throat, and she scowled.

“Daichi,” Sayaka said turning to him as he nodded towards her, “thank you for helping during the game.”

She turned her head back to Kaoru and gave him a glare, “Kaoru, you can choke,” she snarled.

Kuzuryu sighed and silenced Kaoru before he could start screaming, “and please try and be respectful,” he mumbled. Sayaka flashed him a smile as he opened the door and led her inside.

Again Sayaka was stood at the front of the room like a prized pony, while the executives sat at the table staring at her. Niragi licked his lips and cocked an eyebrow in her direction, Aguni and Ann looked irritated and like they had better things to do, Hatter praised Kuzuryu as he handed him the 6 of Diamonds card they had collected, and Chishiya… Chishiya who had been stalking her since her arrival yet never spoken to her, smirked and waved. Sayaka felt her eye twitch, and balled her hands up at her side trying to stop herself from saying something stupid, or lunging across the room and giving him the smack he so rightfully deserved.

“So good to see you Sayaka!” Hatter finally greeted her, “so how did our little executive in training do Kuzuryu?” He asked turning to him.

“She failed.” There was a heavy silence in the room, and Sayaka could feel her face drain of color as Niragi leaned forward shifting his rifle.

“I thought she was super smart or some shit?” Niragi asked. Don’t say anything.

“Such a pity,” Mira a girl wearing all black, and with double sets of bangs cooed. Don’t say anything.

“Did the game not go well?” Hatter asked.

“Sayaka was unable to answer some of the questions on her own, and we made it out with only 30 seconds left,” Kuzuryu replied.

“You helped with the questions Kuzuryu?” Mira asked. Don’t say anything.

“Myself and some of the others in the group, because Sayaka was unable to complete them.” Don’t say anything.

“So she lied?” Niragi asked, “she’s an idiot and just got lucky—“

“I didn’t fucking lie! I never asked to be an executive!” Sayaka snapped.

Niragi laughed, “oh! We got a live one here.”

“You couldn’t complete the questions Sayaka,” Kuzuryu said.

“Neither could you! I’m not a fucking genius, and it was a high level diamonds game! If you wanted to die be my fucking guest!” She snapped gesturing towards him.

“WOOOOO!” Niragi whooped, “are you going to take that Kuzuryu?”

Kuzuryu stared at Sayaka with a frown, “you should’ve been able to figure them out.”

“What did you want me to do? It was a trivia game. There were no tricks, you knew it or you didn’t! If you want to die go ahead, I’ll gladly remember that for the next game.”

Niragi was on his feet swinging his gun towards Sayaka, “is that a threat?” He leaned his head back and cocked an eyebrow.

Sayaka glared at him, but kept her mouth shut as he walked towards her, “ya know? If she isn’t executive material, why don’t you let the militants keep her?” he asked glancing back at Hatter before leaning close to her face sticking out his tongue, so she could see the silver stud, “I think we can show her a really good time.”

“Not interested,” Sayaka snarled.

“Ooooohhhh, what are you going to do about it sweetheart?” he laughed pushing the barrel of his gun into her bare stomach, “or I could just kill you, since you’re so uninterested in the Beach.”

“Go ahead shoot me. You’ll never be able to get all my blood out of this carpet, and this place will fucking reek,” she hissed. She felt the barrel of the gun press harder into her stomach, but Sayaka held Niragi’s gaze. If she was going to die she was going to die being the biggest pain in the ass she could be.

“Niragi that’s enough,” Hatter said. Niragi hesitated licking his lips again as he continued to stare at Sayaka.

“Niragi.” Aguni finally spoke. Niragi pulled the rifle out of Sayaka’s stomach leaving a distinct circular barrel mark on her skin. He lumbered over and plopped back down at the table beside Aguni.

“Sayaka…” She dragged her eyes away from Niragi over to Hatter as he leaned over the table leaning his face against his laced fingers, “what did you do in the old world?”

“I was a chemist,” she replied.

“She excelled at the science and human body questions during the challenge,” Kuzuryu chimed in.

“Sayaka, did you have access to chemicals?” Hatter asked.

Sayaka froze staring at him. What on Earth would they need chemicals for? “Yes, I did…” Hatter’s eyebrows raised and as he raised his head to speak Sayaka interrupted, “but, with how degraded everything in the city is and no electricity. Most of them would have decayed by now.”

There was a long pause and Sayaka scanned everyone’s faces trying to see if they believed her. Ann and Aguni still looked unbothered, Hatter and Kuzuryu were unreadable, and Mira was giving her a fake smile that gave her the creeps. Chishiya was the only one looking at her leaning back in his chair with that stupid smirk still on his face. She felt scrutinized like she was a bug under a microscope when he looked at her, but she held his stare.

“That’s a shame,” Hatter spoke after a moment of silence. Sayaka dragged her eyes away from Chishiya back to Hatter, “well Sayaka. We’re sorry that you didn’t pass the executive test, but happy to have you at the Beach. Continue to follow the rules, and please enjoy the Beach,” he said dropping his head and holding out his arms.

Sayaka sucked in her bottom lip and nodded, “thank you Hatter,” she mumbled and hesitated before turning to the door to leave.

As her hand held the doorknob he spoke up again, “and Sayaka.” She turned her head to look at him nervously, “we’ll be watching you. I still think you can do great things for our cause,” he smiled.

Sayaka drew in a shaky breath, but nodded, “okay…” and she dove out the door.

 Sayaka walked into the lobby her head still reeling. How had that gone so wrong? As she was watching her feet move she noticed the circular imprint on her stomach from the barrel of Niragi’s gun. Slowly she ran her fingers over it. How could anyone think this place was paradise? “Let’s go home…” How could anyone think this place was home?

“Sayaka?” She jumped as Madoka put a hand on her arm, “I’ve been calling your name for like five minutes. Are you okay? How did the meeting go?”

Sayaka stared at her for a second before nodding, “yea, yea I’m fine. It went…” she paused, “I need a drink.”

“You want to go to the bar?” Madoka asked. Sayaka stared at her before nodding hurriedly.

“Yes.”

 Sayaka slammed her glass onto the bar, leaned her head back, and let out a long breath, “oh that’s so much better.”

Madoka laughed holding up her hand, “bartender we need another one over here!”

Sayaka ran her hands through her hair holding her bangs away from her face, “thank you Madoka.”

“So you were serious? You not only argued with Kuzuryu during the game, but also during the meeting!? And yelled at the executives?” Madoka asked.

“Yessss,” Sayaka cooed as she took the new glass of rum and coke from the bartender, “they fucking deserved it. Especially Chishiya, stupid, smug, little prick,” she grumbled sipping at her drink.

Madoka laughed, “you haven’t even spoken to him. How can you hate him so much?”

“Because he’s always got that stupid smug smile on his face, and it makes me just want to punch him,” she mumbled bringing the glass back to her lips.

“Oh pleaseeee,” she cooed leaning over the bar, “if anything I think you think he’s cuuutteeee.”

“I do not!” Sayaka snapped.

“You should just hook up and get it out of the way,” Madoka mumbled bringing her cocktail to her lips with her eyebrows raised.  

“EW! I’m not in the borderlands for a hook up!”

“None of us are, but it’s the Beach way!” Madoka called holding her arms out with a laugh.

“I would have to have a lot more drinks,” Sayaka laughed. She leaned over to look past Madoka as Akiko walked up to the far side of the bar.

“Hey, she was on my team tonight,” Sayaka mumbled, “Akiko!”

Akiko looked up at Sayaka as she waved her over, “hi Sayaka.”

“Why don’t you have a drink with us?” Sayaka held up her glass.

“I don’t want to interrupt you and your friend,” she said glancing at Madoka who waved a hand at her.

“No, no join us! I’m Madoka.”

“I’ll get us some more drinks,” Sayaka said waving down the bartender.  

“Akiko settle something for us,” Madoka started as the bartender passed the drinks down to them.

“Okay.”

“Chishiya the executive. Cute or not?”

“Madoka!” Sayaka snapped, as Madoka erupted into giggles.

“It’s just a question Sayaka!” she turned to Akiko, “cute or not?”

“Mmm…” Akiko sipped on her drink as she thought about it, “to be honest I haven’t seen him much. Especially not without the hoodie, but I’d say he’s cute,” she decided with a nod.

“See Sayaka, he’s cute, even Akiko thinks so,” Madoka said turning to her.

“Why Sayaka do you like him?” Akiko asked.

“No!” Red was starting to creep up Sayaka’s cheeks.

“Bullshit, she’s got a major thing for him,” Madoka laughed.

“I do not!”

“Have you guys talked much?” Akiko chewed on her straw.

“No! That’s the thing, he’s been like stalking me since I got here, and I’ve never even talked to him,” she sipped on her drink, “he’s freaking creep.”

“You still think he’s cute though,” Madoka mumbled swirling her glass.

“Ugh,” Sayaka rolled her eyes. She watched Akiko as she giggled and sipped at her drink, “speaking of boys at the beach. Akiko,” her eyes flitted up to her, “are you and Kaoru together?”

Akiko hesitated, and swallowed her drink with difficulty, “yea, I guess you could say that.”

“Did you know him before the borderland?” Sayaka asked.

“No.”

“Then why are you with him?”

Akiko paused, “I just…” she drew in a deep breath, “he keeps me safe. He’s a militant, so he’s got the guns and the perks, and I just want to survive…”

Sayaka watched her chewing on her lower lip, “how old are you Akiko?”

“20.”

“Take it from me. This isn’t going to end how you want it to.”

“I know… but,” Akiko swirled her glass, “he makes me feel safe, and like this is even a little bit like the old world.”

Sayaka sighed, “I dated guys like him in the old world. Not worth it,” she sipped on her drink.

“Yea me too,” Madoka grumbled.

“Yea, but what else can I do?” Akiko mumbled.

“You can just dump him and move on. I mean Akiko he treated you like crap the entire game!” Sayaka said gesturing to over her shoulder.

“I know…”

“So, you just gotta get rid of him, he isn’t going to help you get out of here,” Sayaka paused to sip her drink, “especially if only one of us can leave,” she added quietly.

“Yea, but how?” Akiko asked, “you saw how he can get. He wouldn’t take goodbye for an answer.”

“We’ll help you,” Sayaka replied.

“Yea! Girl power!” Madoka called sitting up straight and flexing her arms.

“Yea like you’re any kind of powerful,” Sayaka snorted.

“Of course I am,” Madoka laughed.

“You’re a drunk mess is what you are.” They all laughed.

“Thank you guys, really I appreciate you being so kind to me,” Akiko smiled.

“Yea, yea, yea of course. We’re nice people,” Madoka nodded touching Akiko’s arm, “just don’t take Sayaka’s food,” she whispered before giggling.

“Shut up!”

They all sat laughing, talking, and drinking. Sayaka leaned her head back to sip on her drink, when something white out of the corner of the bar caught her eye. Slowly she brought the glass down and glanced over her shoulder, and sure enough there was the telltale white hoodie. Chishiya was leaning against the doorway to the bar, hands in the pockets of his white hoodie, and the hood pulled over his face, but she could still see the stupid smirk curling his lips.

“That stupid smirking little, UGH!” Sayaka slammed her glass on the bar making Madoka jump.

“What the fuck are you—“ She leaned over to look behind Sayaka to see what she was staring at, “oh,” she snorted, “your biggest fan is here.”

“Even now that I’m not in the running to be an executive, he’s still watching me!” Sayaka snarled.

“Eh just ignore him if it’s bothering you that much. He totally knows you know, and I think he’s just fucking with you now,” Madoka mumbled bringing her glass to her lips.

Sayaka glared at his reflection in the mirror behind the bar, “I’m gonna give him a piece of my mind.”

“What?” Madoka raised her head.

“I’m gonna go confront him, and tell him to cut the shit!” Sayaka snapped slamming her hands on the bar.

“Sayaka you’ve already fought with the executives once today do you really think this is a good idea?” Madoka asked.

“Just let it go,” Akiko agreed.

“No, he wants to follow me. Fine! Let’s see what he wants!” Sayaka threw her head back finishing her drink.

“Sayaka no!” Madoka hissed as Sayaka stood up and sharply turned to the doorway only to see that Chishiya was already gone.

“Come back here,” she growled and ran out of the bar.

Madoka sighed, “she’s going to get herself killed…”

“We should go after her,” Akiko suggested.

Madoka paused before nodding, “yea, yea we should,” she turned back to the bar, “right after I finish my drink,” she said lifting her glass.

 Sayaka followed Chishiya’s white hoodie down the hallway towards the lobby.

“I’m going to find out what you fucking want,” she grumbled as she walked a little faster. She was tired, still pissed off from the executive meeting, and had maybe had too many drinks.

Sayaka rounded the corner into the lobby only to see he was gone. She stopped breathing heavily and looked around, “where the fuck did you go?”

“Ugh,” she ran her hands through her hair and sighed. She turned around to go back to the bar, and nearly ran straight into Chishiya.

Jumping backwards Sayaka drew in a sharp breath, “fuck!” He didn’t say anything just raised an eyebrow at her and stood there smirking, “what is your problem!?” Sayaka snapped.

He didn’t say anything, so Sayaka continued, “why are you following me!? What do you want?”

“Nothing.”

Sayaka paused, “nothing? Then why are you doing it? I’m not an executive candidate anymore.”

“I never cared about that.”

Sayaka hesitated, “then why are you doing it?”

“Who said I was following you?” He quirked an eyebrow and Sayaka stared at him while he continued, “the Beach isn’t that big, and I’m sure there’s one other person here wearing a white hoodie,” he teased.

Sayaka drew in a deep breath, “what do you want Chishiya? I’m not stupid.”

“You certainly didn’t prove that with your outburst to the executives.”

Sayaka sharply sucked in a breath, “if I’m so stupid why are you watching me?”

That seemed to be the magic question because he let out a breathy laugh bringing his head down making his blonde bangs cover his face, “trying to see how useful you could be.”

Sayaka hesitated, “what the fuck does that mean?”

“Don’t worry about it,” he said simply.

Sayaka stared at him and let out a breath her shoulders dropping, “fine… I’ll just ignore you like everyone else,” she mumbled and walked past him.

“If you’re going to give up that easily, maybe you aren’t as interesting as I thought,” he said, and she whipped back around ready to smack the smirk off his face, but he was already walking away.

“So? How did it go?” Sayaka sighed as Madoka and Akiko walked up to her.

“He’s still an asshole,” she grumbled turning to face her.

Madoka laughed and nodded, “yea didn’t think you were really going to get anywhere with that.”

Sayaka nodded, “yea, I guess not.”

“You want to get another drink?” Akiko asked pointing over her shoulder.

“Sure.” They all agreed and turned to head back to the bar, but stopped when someone whistled loudly.

“Hey Akiko!” They all turned as Kaoru walked towards them from across the lobby holding out his arms, “hey babe I thought we were going to celebrate tonight?”

Akiko hesitated glancing at Sayaka who shook her head, “don’t go with him,” she hissed.

“Yea… I uh,” Akiko stuttered.

“Come on babe. Let’s go!” Kaoru motioned behind him, “you and your friend can come too Sayaka, if you want. Bet I can make up for your failure to be an executive,” he winked.

Sayaka grimaced, “not a chance.”

“Suit yourself bitch,” he shrugged, “come on Akiko!”

Akiko stared at him for a second before glancing at Sayaka with her eyebrows furrowed and a sad smile, “I’m sorry,” and she walked after Kaoru who threw an arm around her shoulders.

Sayaka sighed watching them go, “I can’t believe she’s going with him…”

“Everyone has different ways of surviving Sayaka. She thinks he’ll protect her. She’s just trying to make it through this,” Madoka murmured.

“Yea, but he won’t help her survive. He’ll sacrifice her if things come down to it…”

“It’s not our decision to make.”

“I know…”

There was a long pause between them, “let’s go get another drink.”

“Yea, that sounds good…”

#Where am I going with this?? I really don't know #help #So far my least favorite chapter #but gotta get the exposition out there #alice in borderland #Alice in borderland oc #Chishiya #my writing #stuck in borderland

[peterstanslizzie]

Reacting To: Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts (Season 3 Episode 8)

OMG kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss!!! 👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨

Episode Title: Hidden Treasures

Spoiler Warning: Kindly proceed if you’ve already seen the episode or are able to handle spoilers

1. “Prahm” is an acronym, which stands for “Party Reconciling All Humans and Mutes”. First HMUFA and now PRAHM? What’s with these lame acronyms? Somebody else needs to takeover for her when it comes to creating these group names lol. 

2. Kipo pleads with the humans to make peace with her and the mutes once and for all. Emilia, unsurprisingly, thinks they shouldn’t believe her instead. Luckily, Doag is on Kipo’s side and so are Doag’s teen friends. 

As I’ve predicted, Zane ditches Emilia for Prahm

3. Emilia has no other choice but to give in because it seems like all the humans are on the side of making peace with the mutes. So, she accepts Kipo’s invitation to Prahm. I hope Kipo and the rest of them are smart enough to lock up Emilia and Greta just like they did with Scarlemagne because they’ve done things that are as bad, if not worse than him. 

4. I’m glad Wolf is finding this hard to believe. Just lock them up! Or at least, monitor at them at all times. Emilia’s definitely hatching up a wicked plan. However, Kipo thinks that Emilia is powerless because the cure doesn’t work on her and the other humans aren’t on her side anymore. That’s true Kipo but remember the last time you let your guard down and got complacent?

5. Another thing they need to worry about is to convince the mutes that the humans have switched sides. That’s gonna be tough since some of them have be cured. 

6. Of course, you can’t change stubborn people like Emilia and the same goes for Greta and Hoag. Emilia has her eyes on some sort of giant sea-creature mute and she’s planning to use it in her next plan. 

7. Back in Timbercat Village, the mutes express they aren’t ready to join Prahm just yet. They want the humans to apologize for what they did to them. I’m with the mutes on this one; How could Kipo expect them to forgive them and come back to the village, especially so soon after they shot their cure darts at them? As a result, all of them decide to resign from HMUFA except for Scarlemagne and Jamack. Well, that’s because none of their friends/family were cured by the humans lol.

8. Since the Timbercats have resigned from HMUFA, Kipo and the others are basically kicked out of their village. But Kipo’s not ready to give up on Prahm; She still wants to host it and get the mutes to change their minds. She’s suggesting that they “Prahm-pose” to the mutes to get them to go to Prahm and then hopefully, this will get the humans an opportunity to apologize to them for reals. 

9. They proceed to make preparations for Prahm like building a giant float, practicing some dance routine and setting up decorations for the event. 

I’m liking this interaction between Wolf and Scarlemagne; They’re in agreement that Emilia is most likely going to back-stab them. Also, it looks like someone is secretly stealing things...hmm

10. Benson is facing a dilemma of his own: He wants to ask Troy out to Prahm but he wants to make his Prahm-prosal (ugh, I can’t believe I typed that out again) perfect. 

11. We find out that the ‘sea creature’ from earlier in the episode is a Mega Walrus with two heads? Or is it two separate walruses that just so happens to be right next to each other. I can’t tell. What is Emilia’s plan, anyways? Does she want to get Kipo and the others to get themselves killed trying to save her and the humans from the mute. I can’t think of any other intention....

12. While everyone else are having rehearsals for their float parade, Wolf and Scarlemagne let Kipo know that there’s a couple of objects that have mysteriously disappeared and they think that Emilia has something to do with it. Why is Kipo acting so clueless and not listening to them!? It’s so obvious that Emilia is up to no good. How many times does it need to get into her head? They eventually discover that the float has disappeared too. Of course... 

Who the heck are these two now?

13. During their search for the float, Kipo, Wolf and Scarlemagne meet a couple of annoying hyper-active Treasure Squirrels, Kameko and Jeanine. They are the ones who actually stole the float and hid it somewhere. Okay, so it wasn’t Emilia but they still need to keep their guard up with her. 

14. These squirrels are a bunch of nut-cases, pun intended. They mention that they tend to not remember where they’ve hidden the treasures they found. Ugh, it’s gonna take awhile. This episode is starting to feel filler-y.

15. Inside the float, the humans and mutes are playing a game to pass the time until Kipo and the others find them. However, Benson and Dave are starting to lose it. Benson is also freaking out about his Prahm-posal to Troy. Lio tries giving him some advice and even demonstrates his very own Prahm-posal to Song and she says “No, duh”. I hope she’s trying to be funny here lol. Before Benson could open his mouth and ask Troy, they hear a roaring sound coming from outside.

16. Lio calls out to Kipo and luckily, she manages to hear his cries for help; The sound is coming from a giant tree with a bunch of gigantic acorns inside. Kipo tries to dig out the float but she mistakenly causes an acorn landslide lol. 

This episode featured a really cool action scene of Kipo saving Scarlemagne and Wolf from getting crushed by the acorns. 

17. She opens the vault in order for everyone to get out and finally get some fresh air. But it’s so frustrating that all of this was because of those crazy squirrels. I’m also thinking why introduce these two so late into show just for them to be irrelevant in the end? 

Love her or hate her, Emilia is one badass character

18. We watch Emilia save her fellow humans by shooting a cure dart at the Mega Walrus. But she also extracted some of its blood into a syringe. Hmm, I wonder why? I’m guessing is so that she can make another cure that doesn’t come from Kipo’s DNA? So, in that way, Kipo won’t be immune her cure anymore. Let’s see if I’m right.....

19. I guess not; It seems like she wants to create her very own Mega Beast to fight off the Mega Jaguar. But which animal/mute is she gonna use though? 

20. Scarlemagne sneaks off to most likely kill Emilia himself but is stopped by Wolf. He doesn’t want Kipo to risk her life to save them from possible future attacks from Emilia. He manages to convince Wolf to let him go. Okay, so I’m pretty sure Emilia is going to turn Scarlemagne into a Mega Mute. I hope he lives by the end of the series. I think he deserves a full redemption for sure.

21. It’s time for the Prahm-posal to the mutes, which is a live performance by the humans about messing up lol. Wow, Troy has a really nice singing voice! And so does Doag! They basically go on a road-tour to perform in front of all the mute groups. 

Lol, did Troy just flirt with Fun Gus? ROLF!

22. After performing in front of the different mute groups, they’re all hoping that the mutes will say yes eventually. OKAY! It’s now time for Benson to make his Prahm-posal to Troy!!! EEEEK!

23. OMFG he said YESSSS and WE GET A LIP KISS?! THIS IS THE BEST CARTOON GAY COUPLE ON TV EVER! 

24. And the cherry on top of this perfect sundae is we also have Molly, Cotton and Label coming to see Kipo to tell her that they accept their invitation to Prahm on behalf of everyone else. Amazing! It’s time to plan for the actual party!

25. However, all things can’t end so positively because Kipo eventually finds out from Wolf that Scarlemagne has gone to end things with Emilia once and for all for Kipo’s sake. Kipo is disappointed and mad at Wolf for agreeing to all of this. But Wolf thinks it’s for the best because Emilia is not someone you can trust. She then runs off, probably to join Scarlemagne. 

26. Hope you all enjoyed my review of episode 8, which is a great episode for Troyson! Stay tuned tomorrow for when I will be posting my review of episode 9. Thanks for all your support. Bye! 

#kipo #kipo and the age of wonderbeasts #dreamworks #dreamworks animation #netflix #netflix cartoons #troy x benson #benson x troy #troy and benson #benson and troy #troyson #gay ships #gay couples #gay kiss #promposal #gay love #lgbt representation #lgbtq #lgbt #lgbt cartoons #gay cartoons #kiss scene #love is love #episode review #karen fukuhara #sterling k brown #hidden treasures

[cassierobinsons]

i’m starting s5 in a few days so lemme get this post out of the way 

4x20/The Rapture was one of the episodes i caught on tv back in 2009! it gave me brainworms. 

one thing i didn’t remember is how achingly real the jimmy-amelia interactions are after he turns up on her doorstep. amelia isn’t instantly ecstatic and eager to welcome him back into their home, she’s understandably very wary and initially doesn’t even let jimmy see claire until he can come up with a suitable explanation. tonally it feels more like a sombre family drama than a CW show. 

sam’s behaviour becoming increasingly erratic yessss i love drama i love sam being a cunt!

dean’s COMPLETE lack of chemistry with jimmy is so funny lmfao

cas: i serve heaven not man. and i certainly don’t serve you. *2 eps later* cas, with dean: me and the bestie <3

4x21/When the Levee Breaks more like FUCK YEAH I LOVE TOXICITY I LOVE DRAMA I LOVE WHEN IT’S BUSY IN SUPERNATURAL AND THE FEMALE WRITERS GET MEAN. 

good fucking sam ep! the scene between him & bb sam broke my heart! “we were never gonna be normal. we were never gonna get away. grow up.” s4 IS the secret good spn!

i appreciated that hallucination!dean pointed out that like. he’s there. he’s back from hell. sam’s priorities shifted enough that eventually his quest to kill lilith stopped being about avenging dean and became about wanting to prove himself as the Most Special Boy. only sam can do this! even a hallucination of his mother tells him dean is too weak and only he can do it 💀

dean’s behaviour during s4 and in this ep especially has frequently been frustrating but honestly... this season’s been so good with maintaining an emotional throughline with him to the point where i could probably detail out where he is emotionally on an episode-by-episode basis so i get it. no matter what he does, it makes sense as a product of his hell trauma + plus existing unaddressed issues.

it’s the logical conclusion of all the fucked up messy shit that’s been happening all season. it feels kinda prestige drama-y in that NO ONE is likeable and NO ONE is making the right decisions but EVERYTHING everyone does makes sense and can be empathised with because it feels like a logical extension of their trauma and upbringings not to mention the dire straits they’re in.

i mean, cas opened the panic room door! he snitched on anna! sam & dean beat the absolute shit out of each other! christ!

tl;dr: WHEN THE LEVEE BREAKS ONLY TOXIC TO MISERABLE PEOPLE I’M HAVING A BALL IN THIS BITCH

4x22/Lucifer Rising is the BEST finale it is so sexy it’s insane. all the azazel scenes, dean+bobby, deancas in the beautiful room, sam going COMPLETELY off the deep end, FUCK YESSSSSSS. if i saw this as it was airing i would’ve lost my mind lmfao

cas really abandoned heaven for dick. gay icon!

“we’re making it up as we go” is in an insane line to write about two of your characters if you never intended for them to be read as romantic. once again: ERIC YOU CHOSE-

another female character dead. i was starting to believe spn had forgotten its roots!

okay obligatory horny comment. i watched a few youtube reaction vids to the finale and i shit you not at least two people said that when cas cut his arm they thought he was gonna make dean drink his blood and i swear i’m now so angry they didn’t do that. how dare they not give me sexy deancas blood drinking.

and that’s a wrap for s4! i cannot believe i’ve gotten this far. if my teenage self could see me now!

#spn blogging

[gemstoneconstellations]

I love your fanfics! And I was wondering do you have any tips for original fanfic writing or just writing fics in general?

wow this actually ended up a lot longer than i thought it would, but here we go!

Original fanfics, hmmmmmm....

What I generally do is base things off of my own personal experience. Like all my iida fics are stuff that happened between me and my husband before we got married. Can’t help falling in love fic with bakugo, that was a previous relationship i had (which there is more to that story). Caught with todoroki..... thats how i got out of a ticket with a cop and how i learned that when i half check someone out and half start thinking about what i would do to that fine man in uniform (curse my uniform kink) that i glare/make a suspicious face. and when he confronted me about what i was doing, ready to write some kind of ticket for whatever i was doing wrong, i was so embarrassed that i blurted out that i found him very attractive and what exactly was on my mind and how i wanted to take that uniform off him.... that has happened with a emt too, i missed the green light looking at his bulging biceps after he rolled up his sleeves to write on a clip board.... he waved and i proceeded to squat in my seat and slam my face against the stirring wheel. escape artist cat was actually a dream i had, someone was taking off my cat’s pretty ribbon collars and putting ugly ones on her and i woke up sooooo mad, but i turned that dream into a romance story (reality kuiper was taking her collars off herself cause she was a brat) Stories about yourself, no matter how small you think it is actually has great potential to become a fic.

its also okay to borrow ideas from other forms of media. I do. example, Silk Maiden, based off of  an old batman episode from the early 2000s. its completely okay to do that. I’m not saying copy and paste the exact scenes. Just take the premises and then change it. some examples, like the movie Brave is the Scottish version of Aladdin. the princess who wants to be free and live her life beyond her princess duties needs to get married and she is not having it and wants to change the rules and runs away to find something new. premise is the same but how the story is told is different, one denies every prince and find her own prince in the streets of her kingdom and the other finds a cake that turns her mom into a bear that helps them understand each other and appreciate each other more. a weeb example is isekais. There are sooooo many isekais. japan, Korea, and china are all mass producing isekais right now. the premises are all the same, someone from one world now in another world primarily thanks to magical truck-kun who is probably could be branded as a mass serial killer at this point. I read a lot and i love korean isekai romance novels. I have read an isekai where the character was a villain who then was reincarnated with the memories of her villainous previous life who decided to live her new life by repenting by helping others but guess what? truck-kun came in the form of a airplane crash and she wakes up again in her first life’s preteen body before she became a villain. I’m reading an isekai isekai, author of an isekai met truck-kun and woke up inside the body of one of her characters in her isekai novel. all the same premise but told in a different way. i want to write an isekai for bnha! take a premise and write what you wanted to see happen between those characters if they were in that situation.

same for some fanfics, like you read a fanfic and you like the story that you read but you wished for something more. You like the idea but you wished that it went in this direction or you wanted different  types of interaction, its okay to write your own fic with the same premises. i’ve done that. (side note: but if you are gonna base off of it where a lot of the stuff is the same the give the proper credit where it deserves. no stealing peoples hard work) thats what fanfic was originally made for, fans wanted something more from their favorite works or wants something different (Thank you star trek fandom who started all this). I’ve read a lot of villain deku fics and i was craving a specific type of villain fic where “he really isnt a villain but is one but there is a reason why hes being evil cause it is for the greater good cause of deku’s savior complex and border line martyr complex he’s had since he was a child” with a side of “hero/villain romance”, “surprise quirk” and “badass” and a healthy scoop of “bakugo becomes a better person on his own without deku at UA through the power of friendship cause he has that potential without deku’s constant interference”. no one had what i wanted, so i started writing it myself.

also dont worry about being original. you can write a common idea that everyone sees a thousand times a day, like isekai, and people will love it. focus on how you are telling your story, dont put so much effort in being different. actually, common or typical tropes/ideas help make the story more relatable. two books can be equally as good but one person can like book A over book B because they felt more connected to the characters in it. they could relate to the emotions that were being conveyed. 

now writing tips....hmmmmm well not everything works for everyone but this is what i do

I write notes down, lots of them. I have notebooks full of notes for my fics. some people can just sit there and start writing, but i like notes to keep me on track and remind me of stuff i wanted to add. Writing it down makes it easier not to forget, cause you are just lying to yourself if you think you’ll remember the idea for later. i got dialogue, scenes, plots, random quirk ideas, diagrams, (12) oc profiles, outlines, lists, and a event idea that i have that i want to do some day, all in my notebook. If you are going to write a long fic i strongly encourage that you do this. Outlines are your friend, they are bones of the story Ex:

Hero By Another Name original outline:

meet at a fire, firefighter impresses kiri who will later seek her out

kiri is becoming popular and wants to share the fame

they bond some how(?)

firefighter kiri, kirishima needs to wear a firefighter uniform

firefighter turns out to be a mega fan of red riot

photoshoot

kirishima finds out shes a nerd and is cool with it

firefighter is now popular

camping with baku or bakusquad?

miscommunication

kirishima does a big confession

I always start off with the key things i want for sure to happen. then i start adding to it. I write out the scene i definitely want to see or i can see clearly in my head. i just keep adding to it till its at least three pages long of just outline that has some images, random dialogue i want someone to say or little summaries of the scene i want.

its okay to jump around when you write. there are some parts that you know you need in a story to help it move a long but it can be boring. so i write one scene that i want to happen next and then i think of what needs to happen to get to that point. like how in hero another name where kirishima shows up unannounced to her apartment  and finds out she hoards all his hero merch while not wearing pants.  how do you make that not sound creepy and have kirishima be okay with it? by adding bits of how much of a fan she is through out the story! when they first have dinner together i threw in that red riot shirt to help break the ice and that he would then know that she was a big enough fan to buy his merch and that she admires him and that he is an inspiration for her. then later adding that interview where she talks about how she became his fan shows that she has years of dedication to him as a hero. so when he sees all the merch she has, it would make sense to him that she had all of that and not go “huh, will i be able to leave this place if i enter?”

if you dont know it, look it up. research. i wrote a fic before where the reader was pregnant the entire time, i started at two months to birth. I knew nothing about pregnancy on how it can affect your daily life and what it feels like beyond what health class and child development class taught me. So i looked it up. there is seriously so much that doctors look for during those many ultrasounds cause there are so many things that can affect your health and the baby’s and did you know there is pregnancy diabetes? you can become diabetic only during pregnancy, like after you give birth it can go away or stay, the human body is just tripy. but thanks to that research, people who have had children before left comments going “yessss, i remember feeling that” or “god, this was my sister in this scene, it sucks”. Its that relatability i mentioned before that really helps and it makes the story more believable.

(this is just my personal opinion mainly here feel free to ignore) when it comes to smut, write what you know and not what you fantasize about. im not calling anyone out but i can tell from how someone writes sex that they never had it and they are most likely younger than me. i’ve experimented a lot in my 25 years of life and i find myself going “oh sweetie, thats not how the vagina/anus works” when i read fics sometimes. there are guides online that are very informative and tell you what the feelings are like that you would expect. dont rely on porn too much on how sex works physically, maybe for dialogue. (i think of porn as just live action fanfics for the human mating ritual fandom). its okay to use other smuts as reference tools as well, especially if you dont know anything of the bdsm lifestyle.

beta readers help a lot. if you are unsure of ideas that you have, talk it out with a friend. I sometimes do this for myself or help others with their fics. its actually a lot of fun with a group of people where you just keep shooting off ideas together about stuff and just go all out fangirlling to the point you are rolling on the ground smiling. this can help with writers block or motivate you to keep writing. also having another pair of eyes to look at your fics, not just for corrections but for input on the story can help make it better. someone can see things from a different angle and point stuff out to you, plot holes or things that you can add.

im not sure what else to say other than stuff like format and spacing. sometimes i see people who write too long of paragraphs or there is no clear separation between them. thats killer on the eyes and makes me not want to read at all cause all i see is this wall of text thats just overwhelming. i want to call who ever formatted textbooks cause thats how they do it and it makes it so hard to concentrate on reading and absorbing the info. if i see fics with no clear breaks or long running paragraphs, i usually give up half way cause i just cant do it. its hard to keep track where you are reading and you start trying to focus on it too much that the story is just lost on me. it is hard on people like me who have dyslexia (who ever called it that is just cruel to people who have it cause you can never spell it without spell check and pronouncing it is just ugggh) 

i hope this helps

#my weebs

[thatmultifandomhoe]

The Extremely Large Tag Game

ATagged By: @dreamystuffers​ thank you sweet pea and HOLY SHIT THIS REALLY IS THE ULTIMATE TAG GAME BUT I AM READY.

SECTION ONE: First and last tag: post the first line of a wip as well as the last line you’ve written so far!

So I have several Wips at the moment and whelp, I’m gonna do them all lol.

The Size of a Heart: Wonho and Reader (Drabble)

First Line Written: The sky was burning as the sun set for the night, cloaking the city in its familiar darkness.

Last Line Written: “I tell myself that it’s better if it hurts, but I…I can’t anymore…I can’t.”

Tentatively Falling: Vampire Jongdae and Reader (Series)

First Line Written: Strobe lights flashed around the dark bar, drawing your attention every now and then when they went wild as the bass dropped.

Last Line Written: It was more than you ever thought, but it was exactly what you dreamt about hearing him say.

Heavenly Father: Boyfriend Yoongi, Priest Jimin, Alter boy Jungkook, and Reader (Smut Crack Drabble - Title May Change)

First Line Written: The stain glass windows in the Church were a sight to see during the day, the sunlight streaming through and bringing life to the images during the service, and brought a sense of comforting to those during times of trouble.

Last Line Written: Jimin groaned and your eyes watered when your nose was pressed against the base, his dick down your throat.

Knitting You a Home: Wolf Hybrid Namjoon and Reader (Series)

First Line Written: The wind howled while rain pelted your house as the storm refused to let up.

Last Line Written: For the moment, his thoughts were cleared, allowing him to fall asleep with you safely in his arms.

SECTION TWO. Enter 15 of your biases and put them in this order to discover the story of your life

Parent: Hongjoong

well I mean he is pretty daddy at times

Sibling: Jongdae

Grandparent: Sammy

Haunts you: Vernon

Significant other: Jooheon

HELL YEAH BITCHES

Ex: Yuta

damn that’s...that’s a change

Best friend: Chanyeol

Proposed to you: Yoongi

Was this before Jooheon or after Jooheon? Who’s my ass with?

Your boss: Taeyong

Random person you meet a the bar: Seonghwa

Rival: Bang Chan

BUT HE’S THE SWEETEST HUMAN BEING THO

First kiss: Namjoon

Drunk and singing karaoke with: Wonho

Played seven minutes in heaven with: Felix

Gave you your favorite dessert: Jackson

I...I can see this one. He’s sweet to do that

SECTION THREE. Describe your bias by their vibes as if they were someone in your life. (I’m doing my Ults, 1 from each group.)

Jongdae (EXO): The guy that everyone knows because he’s the one with that distinguishable laugh. The class clown that knows the limits and only crosses them on rare occasions. You think you know him but then he’ll say something that you never knew about him. Craves his independence but is the quiet one when in a large group, smiling as he watches the more energetic ones run about. An old soul trapped in a young body.

Yoongi (BTS): The one who devotes himself to his work and rarely sees the light of day. His room is littered with empty to go cups of coffee mixed with his own assortment of coffee mugs Coffee ring stains on furniture. You think he’s not listening or paying attention but when you least expect it, he’ll quietly do something or hand you a gift that he knows you treasure. He’ll never ask for cuddles, but he’ll always give them to you and refuse to let you go when you try to get up. Wise beyond his years because he’s suffered and doesn’t wish it on anyone else.

Yuta (NCT): The popular guy that at first everyone warns you about, but once you get to know him yourself, you don’t know why they warned you in the first place because he’s a total sweetheart. The guy who flirts with everyone and anyone, but remains loyal to his girl. He’s never without his iced coffee, and he’s dyeing his hair in the bathtub with a friend to help make sure it doesn’t go too wrong. Will entertain your drunk texts. He’s the one to text at 2 am when you’re feeling alone and down and he’ll do what he can to lift you back up with nothing but the truth.

Hongjoong (Ateez): He’s the guy who doesn’t give a shit about trends or styles, he creates his own. The guy who does the piercings at the local tattoo shop knows him by name because he’s gotten so many of his piercings done there. He is the Fashion DIY King. Will roast his friends the hardest  because he loves them the most and takes it when they dish it back. Somehow manages to rock hairstyles - long live the mullet - that no one thought should have ever existed. Don’t let him cook though. If he cooks you’ll end up with food poisoning. He’s the one who will let you try makeup tricks and new products on him. Secretly amazing at painting nails.

Wonho (Monsta X): He’s the guy friend that you never expected to be friends with. Him? You? Total opposites on a physical scale. On completely different levels. Once you get to know him, he’s a total teddy bear. Doesn’t question it when you suddenly appear and hug him without saying a word, he’ll simply hug you back while maintaining the conversation he had going. Or he’ll simply surprise you with a hug because he likes them.

Bang Chan (Stray Kids): He’s the one that always has his earbuds in even during class. Like he’s the guy that has the earbud going through the sleeve of his hoodie and is pressing his palm against his ear to listen to the music. Listens to everyone, even if he doesn’t know them that well and gives really good advice if they ask for it.

Jackson (Got7): The guy that you can hear a mile away. Hyper. Can’t sit still to save his life. He was the guy that you’d see doing laps in the hallway with his friends when he should have been in class, but he was the nice one. Passionate and when you ask him about what he’s working on, he’ll talk about it for hours. Will also apologize multiple times for going on but then continue to go on.

SECTION FOUR. Search your name + “core aesthetic” on Pinterest and make yourself a moodboard

SECTION FIVE. Make a normal and fantasy version of yourself using this !

SECTION SIX. Writing tag game!

What is your ideal setting for focusing on your writing?

A quiet office where I can play music softly in the background and be at a desk with a comfortable chair.

 What Genre do you prefer to write?

Slice of Life, Young Adult, College Age.

Do you prefer to write on paper or digitally?

Both.

It’s the middle of the night and you suddenly wake up with an idea. What do you do?

Make a note of it in either my notebook or in the notes section on my phone.

Who is your favorite person to write about?

Jimin and Hoseok

Do you like making your own characters, or do you usually write about real people?

I like to do both. Honestly, it’s kinda like a mix of both. With some of my fics, the only thing that makes them fanfics are that I’m using the real person’s name, and I’ll pin point on certain aspects of their physical features. In Brotið Hjarta, the only thing that connects to it being Namjoon is his name, and maybe his hair style/color and ear piercings, everything else was what I imagined it to be.

Have you ever written a book/story with more than 15 chapters (100K words)?

Yes. Strawberry Cream and BBQ

How often do you get ideas?

From everyday life, sometimes I’ll be daydreaming and it kinda morphs into a story or a fanfic and so I’ll make notes so that I don’t forget it.

Do you ever get an idea that you really like, but just can’t seem to finish?

Yessss, all the time.

What is your least favorite plot?

I don’t know about least favorite plots, but I do hate it when fics dive straight into a story without any background or anything. Wait, so maybe that’s pwp fics????? I don’t want to be a hypocrite, but even with my fics that primarily focus on smut, I still add in those background details and give them a teeny tiny plot.

SECTION SEVEN. Put your music on shuffle and reveal the first ten songs that come on.

The Kids Aren’t Alright - Fall out Boy

In the Dark - Bring Me the Horizon

Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer

All In - Monsta X

To the Beat - Ateez

Shot - Lil’ Jon

Daechwita - Agust D

Treasure - Ateez

Adore You - Harry Styles

Guys My Age - Hey Violet

SECTION EIGHT. Questions tag:

Relationships: 2

Break-ups: 2

Kids: Right now? 0

Brothers and Sisters: 1 older brother.

Pets: 0

Surgeries: 0

Tattoos: 0

Countries you’ve been to: 0

Been in an airplane: yes

Been in an ambulance: yes

I sing karaoke: hell no.

Ice skating: I like it but I suck at it and have only been able to go during school events in the past.

Been on a cruise: hell no

Driven a motorcycle: nope

Ridden a horse: yes

Stayed in a hospital: nope

Favorite fruit or berry: Raspberries

Favorite color: Magenta

Last text: “Perfect! I’ll let you know when I am able to send yours out!” - I do pen palling and was letting someone know when I could send them a post card in exchange for the one I’m getting.

Cat or dog: Cat

Favorite pizza: White sauce pizza with chicken and feta cheese

Met a star: nope

Flown a helicopter: nada

Been on TV: nope

Broken my leg: nope

Seen a ghost: don’t believe in them.

Been sick in a taxi: nope

Seen someone die: no

SECTION NINE: Fifteen questions tag:

One ; it’s your birthday! what did you ask for?

Gift cards, um...(this is bad because my birthday is actually coming up) maybe some things from my Amazon list?

Two ; what was the last song / album you listened to?

WAP by Cardi B

Three ; what is your go to snack when you’re hungry?

Chocolate, cookies or cookies dipped in peanut butter

Four ; what is your morning routine?

Wake up, check messages on my phone while still in bed, get up, make coffee, maybe eat breakfast, drink coffee in bed, listen to music/watch videos or read on phone while drinking coffee, get dressed, brush teeth and skincare routine, make bed.

Five ; what mythical creature would you be?

An Elf? Or a Forest Witch. Something that has to do with the Earth and nature.

Six ; how do you interact with someone you don’t like?

I give short and straight to the point answers, if I’m working on something and they come up to me I’ll pointedly focus on that task instead of them.

Seven ; how do you define a toxic person?

Someone who lies, who makes you feel bad about the things that you do, that puts you done while lifting themselves, who is constantly bragging about their own things, who puts down others, who acts like they’re better, who acts like they’re way of life should be the only way of life.

Eight ; have you ever been to a concert or a fan-meet? if not, would you want to?

I have not, but I would like to one day because they seem fun and it would be nice to see a performance in person.

Nine ; do you believe in astrology? why or why not?

I do, mostly because it’s fun and interesting and I tend to find that I do a lot of the things and act like my zodiac sign without realizing it (aka I’m a Virgo).

Ten ; if you could have only one sense (hearing, touch, sight, etc.), which would you keep?

Hearing.

Eleven ; who is your favorite celebrity or idol?

At the moment, BM from Kard.

Twelve ; if you could talk to your favorite celebrity for a limited time, what would you tell them?

How do you keep going when it gets hard?

Thirteen ; I’m taking you out on a date. where are we going?

Maybe an art museum, or somewhere with flowers?

Fourteen ; do you prefer sweet or savory?

Sweet.

Fifteen ; do you have any Merch from any of your favorite artists?

I have several BTS albums and an EXO album.

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For Blair and Veronica, maroon, peach, amber, and honey :)

Omg, Blair and Veronica!!! Yessss! Thank you hun!!! It’s uh...under the cut, and normally I would separate them out in different sections for each character...but they apparently wanted to interact with each other...which is a bit amusing, considering they’re both technically DC, but in very different universes (and medias). I am so sorry lol 

Send me a shade of color for my oc(s) to answer!

Maroon - What are you most passionate about?

Blair: “Oh! Space and physics. Well...I guess just science in general? I love figuring out problems and equations, which comes in handy often at S.T.A.R. Labs and on the Waverider. But I’ve always loved space, my dad and I would spend hours in our backyard with a telescope! I can map out all the constellations and name all the planets and their moons. And a lot more...this is usually the part where the you say ‘neerrrd’.”

Veronica: “Passionate about? Phew, not sure. I mean, I love music. I kinda miss my band. But I suppose I’m passionate about helping people--”

Blair: “Oh, add that one to mine too! Helping people...kinda comes with the hero gig.”

Veronica: “Yeah, but you’ve said yours, so it doesn’t count--”

Blair: “It totally counts!”

Veronica: “I guess just my chosen family and saving people. It changes for me, you know? It used to be stealing pretty stuff, but well, people change. I just love working with Dinah and the team.”

Blair: “Wait...my Dinah or your Dinah?”

Veronica: *sigh*

Peach - Are you generally a more gentle and soft spoken person or a louder and rougher person?

Blair: I’m definitely the former. I speak softly and gentle unless I’m mad, but even then my tone is just...soft. My voice can become stern when I’m frustrated. But it can be a bit...harder than normal when I get pushed past my limit. I can be loud, though, especially when excited. I just naturally have a soft voice.”

Veronica: Right. Well, I’m more loud and rough, if I’m being honest. Don’t get me wrong, I can be quiet--trained by Catwoman and Batman, remember? So I know how to sneak around and be silent. But most of the time, I like things loud, I’m a loud person. You should have seen Alfred’s face when I used the Manor as a place to practice for my band...or any of the other times Jay and I did something disruptive...”

Amber - Do you wield any sort of superpower? If so, what is it?

Blair: *nervous laugh* “About that...”

Veronica: “Oh boy...”

Blair: “Okay, so, it wasn’t my fault...even though I did help with making the Particle Accelerator--” 

Veronica: “And apparently helping it explode, then?”

Blair: “Shush. So...I can actually manipulate energy with my mind and...hands...? It actually manifests around my hands...which is...I guess cool...? It’s pretty to look at, especially when I make energy fields, kinda like shields, they look like...moving nebulas, blues and purples. Really pretty. But well...there are moments--rare moments--where I lose control and the atmosphere around me just turns to into space-like conditions. I’ve sucked the oxygen out of a room and made the temperature just...plummet. But I’ve had it do the opposite only once, where I turned it into uh...a star? It was kinda like a solar flare, but not. It was just...really bright and hot. Don’t tell Mick, he’ll get excited and try to poke it out of me.”

Veronica: “Metas...right, no, I don’t have a superpower. I’m just really good at fighting and stealing things. I took ballet, gymnastics, and even was on the swim team for a minute. So I’m flexible and can fight pretty well--Batman and Black Canary made sure of it. So I guess...yeah, I’m just a regular human.”

 Blair: “I mean, who is really normal, though?”

Honey - Have you ever considered marrying someone? What is your opinion on marriage in general?

Blair: “Oh...so, I mean...I was engaged once, her name was Carmen, and she left before I woke from my coma--”

Veronica: “That’s pretty cold. And super shitty. Who is this?”

Blair: “Right, so, I did consider marrying her. But...I don’t know, there was someone else. Leonard...mentioned, you know, thinking about life after the Vandal Savage stuff. The future for him, for me...for us. And I mean, yeah, I considered it, I could see it...until you know, he sacrificed himself. But when Barry did Flashpoint, I asked what it was like, just to see, even though the others didn’t want to know...and it just...for Barry to tell me that in an alternate timeline, Leonard and I were actually engaged was just...it hurt at first, because I wanted that. But then the more I thought about it, the more hollow it felt. I would rather have something real, in the timeline I currently live in. So...yeah, I would consider marrying someone, and I hope maybe one day I can have it.”

Veronica: “...what? What kind of...what?”

Blair: “Listen, it’s a bit complicated and Captain Cold isn’t--”

Veronica: “CAPTAIN COLD? Are you--?”

Blair: “Things are DIFFERENT in my verse, thank you!”

Veronica: “What the fu--yeah, no, I’m not...okay, back to the question. I’m not against marriage, it sounds like something that would be very nice, but I never really thought it was in the cards for me, you know? I may or may not have feelings for someone--”

Blair: “Dick Grayson--”

Veronica: “Shut it. But I mean, it never became a thing, he was dating Babs when I left, so...

Blair: “And now...?”

Veronica: “Well...I mean, I did just pack up and leave in the middle of the night without really telling anybody. I left Selina a note, though. There’s that. So I think it would be a bit awkward to just hop back randomly in his life after pulling that. He’s probably hurt because I skipped out of town without a word. Can’t blame him.”

Blair: “I feel...like, you’re going to have to face that at some point. You’ll end up in...”

Veronica: “Gotham.”

Blair: “Gotham...really? I know Star City is bad, but Gotham? I heard its way worse.”

Veronica: “You live in Star City?”

Blair: “From Central City, lived in Star City, might be moving back to Central City. But the point is, you never know, you might find yourself having to bounce back to Gotham. Time wants to happen, my friend, and it’s probably going to want you to face your past.”

Veronica: “You a psychologist or something?”

Blair: “Astrophysicist.” 

Veronica: “...Right.”

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Untamed thoughts

Character notes

Okay, it’s official. I’m obsessed. I didn’t think I could be into something so intensely, so soon after Good Omens, but here I am. This is just so the high fantasy, repressed feelings, magic- and sword-fighting stories I’ve been missing 💖

So, I wanted to record some of my thoughts from watching Untamed, before I get too far or watch/read other formats.

So spoiler warning for anybody who hasn’t seen anything, and also warning that I haven’t finished, so I’m guessing at things I don’t know and don’t understand…

BEGIN THE NOTES:

So the first couple minutes was a straight up bloody swordfight. So when they whipped out the magic….like I was nOT EXPECTING THAT! BUT I AM HEEEERE FOR IT. YESSSS! It honestly took me so hard by surprise, and I wish I understood how their magic system worked, but it looks like I’ll have to read the book for that.

Jiang Cheng

Okay, the first couple minutes I rewatched two or three times because I understood nothing. But I latched onto three names to keep track of. Wei wuxian, the guy that everyone inexplicably wanted to kill. Lan Zhan, the Neji-looking dude that really wanted to save him (and somehow wasn’t also being attacked), and Jiang Cheng, the guy that really hated Wei Wuxian and hit him with his sword to plunge him to his doom. He notably did not attack Lan Zhan, too, which like … would have been easier than reaching over the ledge to strike the dude hanging by a hand, but whatev 🤷‍♀️.

Also, nobody was actually paying attention to the man they purportedly wanted to kill because they were all fighting over …. something (was it the Stygian metal? I forgot at this point)

And then flashforward several years, and Wei Wuxian is summoned and he runs into a bunch of Lans and Jiangs? (Not totally sure, but I recognized Lan Zhan and Jiang Cheng! At least their names when it came up on screen). And Jiang Cheng was really rough to whats-his-face, the little Jiang (who seemed like a nutball with some daddy issues, but 🤷‍♀️) which seemed to fit my current characterization for the-guy-who-super-hates-Wei-Wuxian.

AND THEN THE ETERNAL FLASHBACK STARTED. Look, I’m not even all the way through the flashback at this point. I just started the part where they all got summoned to the Wen Clan for “lecture.” And like, he was like Wei Wuxian’s brother?! They were like super close?! It really hurts to see the pure domesticity of their relationship when I know he will be responsible for his death. And he’ll do it with so much … anger.

And yeah, everytime he was around Wei Wuxian, he seemed annoyed and always complained about him. But he really cared (the bunny scene? The how worried I- I mean, my sister was), and I’m so scared to find out what turns him against Wei Wuxian.

Edit: from the second his mom stepped on screen, I was like wholly focused on Jiang Cheng’s face. She stepped up to him and said nice things and he looked so happy, I literally said out loud, “Ah, so he’s a Mama’s boy.” But then she started spitting venom, mostly against everyone else, but no she turned on him, too. Said he would NEVER measure up to Wei Wuxian. And isn’t that the most horrible thing to say to your child. The father was absolutely no help (three wives really?) and no one spoke against her, even when she attacked Ah Li (and who could bear to speak bad about Ah Li?).

Wen Qing

So, I wasn’t sure what to think of her at first. We knew she was working for the “bad guys,” but she was mostly doing it for her brother so, ya know, I kinda withheld judgment for a while. She tried (not too hard, but ya know) to look for the Stygian metal, but for some reason didn’t assault or steal from Wei Wuxian and Lan Zhan when they found it? (Maybe she didn’t know, but they were pretty bad at lying about it). And they were trying to set up a cute little romance between her and Jiang Cheng, which seems cute so far.

AND THEN SHE WARNED HIM AT THE INN. Like, okay, that’s it. I’m hers. I’m sold. Like, not only was she rebelling against what Wen Chao told her, she’s doing it in a smart way that is unlikely to get her killed. Direct defiance isn’t quite her style; behind-the-back subterfuge is. And I am HERE FOR THAT. AND FURTHERMORE, the way she got Jiang Cheng’s attention, and maneuvered a way to get close enough to whisper to him WAS BRILLIANT. I rewatched that scene several times because it was so clever and subversive, I really loved it.

Edit:

I wish she would explain things to her brother. Just saying “stay away from Wei Wuxian, your friend, the guy who saved you” does not work, my dude. You could have at least pointed out the fact that you kind of repaid his debt. Like that was a valid point that you forwent to give him an ultimatum.

Wei Wuxian

Okay, the first thing that sold me on Untamed, I’m not ashamed to say, was Xiao Zhan’s face. It’s just … Undescribable. Beautiful. I could stare at him all day. His smile? Dead. The black outfit with copious red is my favorite. After episodes of seeing him in white, when he changed into that iconic black and red, *swoon* … I think my mind froze. AND THERE’S A RED RIBBON OR SOMETHING IN HIS HAIR? ARE THEY TRYING TO KILL ME?!?!

But of course there’s more to his character. Ahem, that’s arguably more important. But like I’m not blind.

Anyway, he seemed pretty typically lackadaisical, goofing off main character, ya know. Insanely confident in himself, which being a protag, was not unfounded. I felt kinda bad for him whenever he tried to goof off with Jiang Cheng or Lan Zhan and they just … totally shut him down. Cut him off. Ignored him. That hurt. But he was indomitably cheery, and I respect that.

MY FAVORITE MOMENTS HAVE TO BE WHEN HE GOES FROM GOOFING OFF TO BEING BADASS IN 0.03 SECONDS, THOUGH. He’s done it before, but the most recent in memory is when he STARTS RECITING THE LAN CLAN’S RULES INSTEAD OF THE WEN CLAN’S. LEGEND. He’s just spouting off and having a good time and tHAT SMIRK! But then he turns, and his face turns serious, and I just. Chef’s kiss. BDE

Lan Zhan

Okay, I am really anxious to see more because a lot of his interactions with Wei Wuxian have felt … closed off to me. Like, granted, I’m not good at reading body language and subtext, which is why I like reading, so they have to TELL me. But Lan Zhan….you’re killing me here. I’m so blind.

Ya know, when his brother and uncle were talking …. I wonder what he was like before though. It sounds like he’s all uptight for a reason (maybe he used to be different and something happened?) so I’m excited to see Wei Wuxian break through his barriers.

His behavior … it’s super straightjacketed now, but I wonder. He kinda reminds me of Tenya Iida (BNHA), and I think he has Chaotic Lawful energy. IM CALLING IT NOW. (Btw, icydk, chaotic lawful is a totally, ahem, valid alignment defined as: “He has a strict moral code but it’s Chaotic as all f*ck”

Edit: Now, I recently watched some episodes from the Wen Clan arc (or whatever it’s called; I’m currently trying to avoid spoilers, so I’m avoiding the wiki), and he CARES. (Granted, he’s gotta be hurting bc his whole clan was like annihilated? Maybe? Did he give up the Stygian metal? It’s all really unclear?) He yanks the whip out of Wen Chao’s hands like nobody’s business, like Nobody Touches Him Except Me. I’m so excited!

Lan Xichen

Okay, it took me forever to understand that he was the clan leader? I had assumed it was the uncle dude. And where’s their father???

But when he whipped out the flute and magicked everybody’s swords into the ceiling. Yasss.

Also, um, I kinda sensed something with him and Meng Yao. Like, maybe it’s just rare to see men having such respect for each other. But that was such a hard meet-cute, I’m like … I mean, is it just me?

Okay, rant over, don’t mind me. I might keep this updated, but i mostly wanted a record of my thoughts thus far on Untamed, bc honestly, I’m already planning my rewatch 😁

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