#anyway yes one of our biggest pet peeves

[inhuman-obey-me]

Diavolo & The Loyalty Thing

Alrighty everyone, we're going to be blunt here -- if there is one character misunderstanding in this fandom that has always pissed us off (jk there are many actually), it is how people interpret Diavolo's deal with Lucifer after the war.

We know a lot of y'all don't like him because of that agreement. We know a lot of you think that Lucifer is magically bound to Diavolo's will because of it, as with a pact, and is unable to defy him. We know that many of you dislike Diavolo because you think he was taking advantage of Lucifer in that scene.

Well, the devs have made it plain time and time again and even more so in Nightbringer: that is not the case.

You are wrong, and here's why. (Or, to put it more nicely, please let us convince you otherwise.)

(spoilers including Nightbringer Lesson 17 below the cut)

Let's start by reviewing the situation from Lucifer's side:

Lucifer, a guest to the Devildom many times before in a diplomatic coordination context, has just led, and subsequently lost, a civil war in the Celestial Realm. The catalyst that pushed him to start this war was the impending punishment declared against his sister, Lilith. Seeing that sister get fatally wounded in said war, he flies down after her falling body, where both of them land in the Devildom.

Diavolo then shows up with Barbatos, presumably because they, you know, saw two war-wounded angels falling from the sky into his domain. Lucifer turns to Diavolo and starts shouting that he knows the prince has the power to save his sister -- and pleads with him to do exactly that.

Diavolo makes a point of telling Lucifer that it may not be in the way he expects or wants, but he agrees to do it on the condition that Lucifer swears loyalty to him. Barbatos attempts to interject against the idea, to which Diavolo responds that he's aware already that this is a big risk for him. Lucifer, upon realizing that he is becoming a demon himself as a consequence of the war, agrees to Diavolo's terms.

(OG Scene on left, Nightbringer scene on right)

Diavolo then takes Lilith before she dies and reincarnates her as a human. This then remains a secret between the three of them from that moment all the way until the events of OG Lesson 15, when Lucifer finally confesses the whole thing to his brothers in the first timeline, and then OG Lesson 16, when MC reveals it (in the second timeline).

So to recap: Lucifer started a war with Lilith's punishment as the catalyst, lost, showed up in the Devildom, and then demanded the prince of that realm save his sister from essentially the same punishment he was fighting against in the first place.

To be clear about Diavolo and Lucifer's relationship at this point, they had been communicating about diplomatic affairs, as a governmental head and a top representative respectively. They are friendly, but not close friends yet. They are not allies in this war. Diavolo is not involved at all in the Great Celestial War or the situation with Lilith. And with this rebellion, Lucifer no longer holds that diplomatic status -- in fact, as mentioned in Nightbringer Lesson 8, the brothers were essentially war criminals in the eyes of the Celestial Realm, with Lucifer as the leader.

Moreover, Diavolo's goal as prince is that he wants to establish peace and cooperation between the Devildom and the Celestial Realm. These two realms were enemies for the vast majority of history, and although there is a nonaggression agreement between them currently, it's a tense sort of truce, not true peace.

Helping Lucifer defy the Celestial Realm is in direct opposition to that goal. Taking in the brothers at all is pretty risky in terms of that goal, as Barbatos makes clear above, but there's at least a sort of implication that it is the Demon Prince's business what to do with new demons. Interfering in the Celestial Realm's punishment of one of its angels though? Well, Asmodeus and Leviathan understand right away when they learned the truth from Lucifer back in OG Lesson 15.

There was a very real risk of pissing off the Celestial Realm that he had to calculate against here, and it's a risk that threatens not only him but everything that matters to him most -- his realm, which is a responsibility he takes very seriously, and his goals, for peace between the realms.

And then there's Diavolo's own precarious political situation.

Though Nightbringer retcons this a bit with Diavolo's father falling into a slumber and leaving the realm to Diavolo more suddenly, the original OM actually established that Diavolo was in charge before the fall, with the Demon King going off to sleep shortly after giving the brothers' their titles. And Nightbringer has shown that his position as the de facto leader of the realm is very much in question.

The nobles of the House of Lords are very blatantly unhappy about Diavolo and his goals, especially in regards to the now-fallen angels. Really, the whole realm doesn't really approve of angels -- they've made a clear point of it in NB, and even well into OG's main story, approval ratings for the exchange program are mentioned as being better but still pretty low, with various references to demons threatening to eat the angels.

But more to the point, the House of Lords has power over Diavolo. Though he is the rightful heir to the throne in terms of birth, they are able to challenge that right, and they even choose when he will be allowed to ascend to the throne -- something which, even in the distant future of OG, they still have apparently never allowed him to do, seeing as he's still not the king even after all this time. And just between his goals for peace and his taking in the fallen angels, they already maneuvered to punish him with suddenly demanding he go through the Kingsblood Crucible to potentially prevent him from ever becoming king. And as Diavolo says, even if he passes, they could still decide against appointing him king.

Now imagine if they found out that he risked the safety of the entire realm to help save a dying angel. If they knew that, they probably wouldn't stop at just challenging his fitness to rule.

So, to be clear, when Lucifer showed up with Lilith, yelling at Diavolo to save her? Diavolo was NOT free to just do whatever he pleases. When he said he's taking a big risk by helping Lilith, he really was. There were so many reasons why he shouldn't, and no real reason why he should -- but Lucifer was begging him to do it anyway. So, he needed something in return. Some kind of reassurance, some kind of protection in the potential consequences.

And there certainly are consequences for helping Lucifer. Even with the Lilith deal being a secret, there are consequences. We saw that already with the House of Lords' increased animosity -- as said above, he was nearly removed from power over it. And as for the Celestial Realm?

Well, that brings us to the end of Nightbringer Lesson 17, where Raphael comes bearing a message from the Celestial Realm -- or, more aptly, a threat.

(We could go into a whole thing about why the Celestial Realm is threatening this but that's for another time)

So, here we are, at the very dangerous crossroads that Diavolo finds himself at now in Nightbringer -- the Celestial Realm coming into his domain with blatant threats of war, while the nobles of his own realm just tried to remove him from power. Threats that are being made against him over helping Lucifer and the brothers. And that's without any of them knowing about Lilith, which would only make all sides even angrier.

You know what he could really use, amidst all those threats? An ally. Someone he could depend on to have his back. Someone he could rely on to be unequivocally on his side, in that very precarious balance of powers.

So that's what he asked for -- loyalty. For all that he was putting on the line for Lucifer's request, he asked for Lucifer to stand by him in turn. What he asked was simply this: "Don't stab me in the back. Don't leave me to deal with the consequences alone. If I'm going to help you, promise me you will be there for me too."

P.S. Lucifer himself has said he agrees with Diavolo's goals. Talking with Diavolo about the peace and cooperation plan was a huge part of why he started having doubts about the Celestial Realm! He was not being asked to do anything he disagreed with; Diavolo knew Lucifer feels the same about his goals as he does. Lucifer takes the loyalty thing too far in OG Season 1, but it was never the only reason for him supporting Diavolo!

#meant to post this right after lesson 17 and here we are moments before lesson 18 drops loool #anyway yes one of our biggest pet peeves #we'll go into more about the celestial realm and why they're doing this in another post probably #they're another thing we want to yell about because THEY SUCK ACTUALLY #obey me #obey me! #obey me swd #obey me shall we date #omswd #obey me nightbringer #obey me nb #omnb #obey me nightbringer spoilers #obey me diavolo #obey me lucifer #om! diavolo #om! lucifer #obey me analysis

[aintashes]

— get to know me !

name / pronouns?: astraea ! they / them :')

most active muse(s)?: daryl and only daryl. i've said this before, but daryl is literally a muse-eater. i've had countless other blogs and muses, and daryl squashes every single one of them every time.

rp pet peeves?: my biggest one is probably just the general lack of respect for peoples' spaces. i'm here to curate the space that i want to be in, and so is everyone else. we don't all have to like each other— blocking is not hard and it also doesn't have to be malicious !

years of experience?: it depends on what you mean by experience. because with rp and writing in general, get this... 17 years. yes, i'm 28. you can do the math there. the internet was like the wild west in the year or our lord 2007 and i would write with my friends on things like skype and weird forum websites. daryl's blog alone has been around for 10 years, believe it or not !

fluff, angst, or smut?: i will go for fluff over angst and both of those over smut most of the time ! it depends on who i'm writing with and the relationship between our characters, but generally i lean toward fluff. daryl deserves the softness, anyway, he's been through more than enough angst.

plots or memes?: plots !! plotting is my middle name. i love having solid foundations. when memes are the first thing that gets interactions going with no background plotting around it, it's really hard for me to figure out where to take anything— mostly just because daryl is such a particular muse.

long or short replies?: i think anyone who's ever looked at my blog will be able to tell you that i tend to go long even when i try to keep things short, lmao !

time to write?: anytime, but i love writing during early morning hours especially. and if it's raining ?? my god you'll never be able to tear me away from the computer.

are you like your muse(s)?: daryl... is a very special character to me for a lot of reasons. i do find that i relate to him in many ways, though there are definitely things about him that i absolutely do not vibe with. but yes, i would say that i am like him a little bit more than i'm not ! maybe like... 65%, if i had to put a number on it.

tagged by: @chaos--mode, ty bestie ily tagging: anyone who would like to steal it !

#dash games // #about the writer. ( astraea ) #i should'a queue'd ya.

[all4theluvoflizzy]

F/Ovember (or F/O Takeover) Asks from Lizzy's F/Os!

Jimmy: We saw that Lizzy had made a couple of her own ask games before and we wanted to try it out! So each of us are gonna contribute 3 questions to the post for all of you to pick from and send to people! You can still send them to us if you'd like too. We don't mind answering our own questions, or each other's! Anyway, I'll start this off.

Jimmy's Questions:

Out of you and S/I, who's more likely to get themselves into legal hot water?

Which one of you is better at talking your way out of trouble?

What's an unpopular opinion that you and S/I agree on?

Austin: Groovy idea, Jimmy! Here's my shagadelic questions~

Austin's Questions:

If you could time travel with S/I to any era of your choosing, where would you go?

What is S/I's flirting style like?

Which one of you is more of a daredevil?

Dale: My turn now huh? Wingo!

Dale's Questions:

What's the most surprising thing you've learned about S/I?

Which one of yall is the more protective partner?

What is the most outlandish thing that's ever happened to the two of you?

Bojack: Looks like I'm up.

Bojack's Questions:

What's S/I's biggest pet peeve?

Is S/I a morning or night person?

What was your life like before you met S/I?

Mr Peanutbutter: Ooh, now me! Hooray!

Mr Peanutbutter's Questions:

Does S/I like surprises?

What's the most fun thing you've ever done together?

Has S/I ever cooked you a meal, or vice-versa?

Rosco: Ooh, here I go! *giggles*

Rosco's Questions:

Do you and S/I have any pets together?

What's S/I's favorite food?

Which one of yall is the bigger troublemaker??

Ken: My turn finally? YES!

Ken's Questions:

What's S/I's best talent?

Do you ever wear matching outfits?

Do you and S/I ever travel together?

Tuca: Tuca Toucan in the house! Here's my questions! Let's goooo!

Tuca's Questions:

What's the funniest thing S/I's ever said?

Tell me about a time S/I went wild!

Waffles or pancakes?

Ginger: Last but not least, here's mine. I'm glad to be a part of this~

Ginger's Questions:

What's the sweetest thing S/I has ever done for you?

What's your favorite physical quality of S/I?

Which one of you has more refined tastes?

#self shipping #self ship #f/o #self shipping community #self shipper #romantic f/o #fictional other #self ship ask game #f/o asks #ask games #f/ovember 2023 #f/ovember #f/o takeover #f/o takeover asks

[lorillee]

prev anon here, apparently the numbering system views differently on your blog theme. anyway salt asks 13 19 and 22

13) Unpopular opinion about XXX character?

bobby fulbright is my best friend forever i love him so much if you disagree im sorry for your taste. see i know the default reaction is to hate him for betraying us or whatever but like i cant even be mad at him because im just eternally angry at the writers. because the plot twist SUCKS and makes NO SENSE and has NOT A BIT OF BUILDUP and its not like. sigh. whatever. we’ve talked about this

19) What is the one thing you hate most about your fandom?

well this ones easy. the entire fanon perception of the von karma-edgeworth family soap opera is like quite possibly my biggest pet peeve simply because its so horrendously prevalent. because naturally we need edgeworth 1) to be the most abused child ever in the history of existence so that phoenix can be his glorified babysitter as such is the nature of this particular brand of shlock “angst” or perhaps even you might call it “whump” and 2) to have absolutely no blame in any of the things he did as a prosecutor up until turnabout goodbyes because, well, yeah maybe he sent a whole bunch of people to prison or even to their deaths unjustly by obscuring important testimony and leading witnesses and so on and so forth, but, like, that was totally all manfred’s fault! yes miles edgeworth is a grown adult who has been making his own decisions for a good while now, but, like, if you think about it hes not actually responsible for anything he did. because manfred! and like, after turnabout goodbyes, edgeworth just totttalllyyy hates manfred and has no complicated feelings on this at all and he- huh? what about franziska? oh right i forgot about her. um well she also probably hates manfred with 0 complicating feelings i guess. i didnt really think about it but since shes basically just a glorified extension of edgeworth except a GirlBoss they probably have the same opinions. what? did i look at edgeworth’s office and see the suit manfred gave him plastered up on the wall? uhhh no. wonder why thats there. did i play investigations? ummmmmm uhhhh well there was that one line from manfred where he called miles worthless so like clearly this is evidence he personally physically beats his kids on the regular! no im not going to look at any of the rest of his behavior throughout the case and think about how this might reflect on his relationship with miles- oh right and franziska too. i forgot about her again. LOLZ ! did i play investigations 2 with my eyes open? nope 👍

ok sorry for the extended sequence of passive aggressive sarcastic strawmanning. but anyways by taking out all of the (CANONICALLY PRESENT!!!!) nuance to this situation you make everybody involved infinitely less interesting and altogether have a 1) blatantly uncanon and 2) incredibly bland story. naturally this is exactly what kind of thing the fanon enjoyers like but im still going to be a hater about it. alright whats next Ummmm

22) Popular character you hate?

hates a strong word i think. the only character i really hate is shelly because hes embarrassing and sahwit because out of EVERYBODY we couldve seen again in investigations 2. we got SAWHIT. AND WE COULDVE GOTTEN LANA ?????? WHOS ACTUALLY THEMATICALLY RELEVANT TO HALF THE STUFF GOING ON HERE????? WE COULDVE DONE SOMETHING WITH THAT ??????? OR GOD FORBID HAVE A BACKGROUND CAMEO OF SOME OF OUR PAST CONVICTS A LA EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID WITH THE DELITES????????? BUT NO ! NO ! WE GOT FRANK SAWHIT!!!!!!!!! I HATE THIS MAN !!!!!!!!!!!!! ok anyways ummmmmmmm i dunno im very fond of the whole aa cast! except for them

#THANK YOUUUUUUU #ask game answers #anon

[sweetscenes]

 I find myself incredibly bored, and sleep isn’t cutting it so I’m gonna tell y’all some stories from my 10+ years of rping on various platforms! Buckle up everyone, let’s do this. 

 My first story comes in the form of me being involved in an ami.no rp, where I created a marvelous, detailed OC. I was really proud of this OC, and it took me several days to flesh out her character and her journey. She was a wonderful character, although I’ll never rp her again due to this incident. 

 One of my BIGGEST pet peeves is when someone plagarizes or copies people’s writing, art, whatever. So, you can imagine my surprise upon finding out that one group of friends copied the ENTIRE amino. Like, legit took our systems, rules, aesthetics, everything. Now as someone who helped build this platform, including writing up a fair amount of lore and fun abilities, I was a little steamed. 

 But NOTHING could compare to someone literally copying and pasting my OC. They literally control A control c control v my character. The same metaphors, the same expressions, the same TYPOS were on the form. They changed the face claim and the name of the OC but otherwise it was EXACTLY my form. 

 They tried to claim that it was their own OC. Which it was not. That was wild, let me tell you. I ended up just leaving the dm, blocking them, and moving on. They were banned from the amino they copied, so like, lol it worked out I guess. 

 Now let’s talk about the time I was bitched out by someone... because they liked me. 

 On this SAME amin.o, someone comes into my dms and starts talking with me. Chatting. We talk for a few weeks, and I noticed that she started modeling her aesthetics after mine, which, fine. Then she sought out the same abilties for her characters as mine. Which again, okay. 

 She’s always telling me how much she admires me, how much she looks up to me, things like that. I’m flattered, but eventually it starts getting kinda overwhelming. 

 Finally, one day, I wake up to this HUGE rant on how she admires me so much that she hates me. That she wishes she were me, because I have everything she wants. She ranted about how good I was at rp and creating characters and how she was so envious of my ability and said it wasn’t fair that I got everything. Like she went ON. 

 I think I was just like “oh sorry” before I moved on and never mentioned it again. 

 One last story from amin.o. Someone created an OC. A rather peculiar OC. This OC was... 

 A kazoo. 

 Yes, someone wanted to roleplay a sentient kazoo. 

 Forged by Hepheatus and blessed by Aphrodite, this kazoo just wanted to be played and make friends with humans. It had feelings. It had love. It was something else. 

 We, of course, approved the kazoo. 

 If that wasn’t wild enough, someone’s character had BEEF with the kazoo. Like unironically. 

 I think the thing was that the girl that the person’s character liked was hanging out with the kazoo more than him, so the OC. (without the muns) permission, threw the kazoo into the water and described it drowning. 

 People then, before the kazoo was revived, held a massive funeral for said kazoo. 

 So there’s that. 

 My final story for now relays the time I got kicked out of a roleplay because my character was causing unrest and problems. 

 But not for the reason anyone would think. 

 So I join a group of home.stuck roleplayers, we are doing a fan session. I make a human OC, and join in the rp where there are already three human characters. trolls have not be cast yet, which was fine, they wouldn’t be relevant for a while. 

 Anyways, I guess I made my character too likable because all of the muns of the human characters decided to have them all crushing on MY OC. My lesbian OC. It was the Wednesday love triangle before it even happened. Or i guess square? Since it was two dude ocs and one girl oc in addition to my oc. 

 Yep, this actually happened. 

 So people in OOC would get into fights about MY CHARACTER and how I should be shipping with THEIR OC. My character caused ship wars. 

 Eventually, the admin decided to KICK ME OUT, rather than telling the other three to get it together. Like “if you all can’t share none of you can have it” I guess? 

 I’ve never joined another fan.session. 

 I hoped you enjoyed a small taste of the wildness I’ve experienced, and let me know if you want me to share more stories including the time an online friends tried to isolate me from my irl life, someone who thought I was a kin from the same source their kin was, the time I had to deal with a server wide crisis because the other admins decided to play a nasty april fools prank while I wasn’t online, or the time I became a relationship counselor for two people in their mid 20s. I was 16. And many more! 

 Until next time folks. 

#;ooc #pineapple story time i guess

[encyclopika]

Animal Crossing Fish  - Explained #193

Brought to you by a marine biologist and a fish colonizing new horizons seas...

CLICK HERE FOR THE AC FISH EXPLAINED MASTERPOST!

One of my biggest pet peeves is when people tell me they don’t believe humans are having a profound effect on the planet and the other species that call this space rock home. But, like, literally everything we do affects an animal somewhere. That’s not to say it’s necessarily *bad* for that organism - sometimes it’s great for them, but at the detriment of other species (in which we call those invaders invasive species). Today’s fish certainly has us to thank for literally opening the door to new frontiers for it, and it’s not in the usual “Person A is dumb and let this thing free in the local pond” business. 

The Silver Pomfret was a Pocket Camp winter fish that appeared in December 2020 and stayed until March 2021 in the marine area. Someone let me know if it ever came back?

Anyway, the Silver Pomfret is named to species because ACPC likes making my life extremely easy. I’m spoiled. Anyway, this is Pampus argenteus, a type of butterfish native to the Indo-Pacific, primarily the coastal waters of the Middle East through South Asia. It is, of course, widely eaten in that part of the world. Butterifish are an interesting group of fish. They are surprisingly a part of the same Order as Mackerels and Tunas, the Scombriformes. Within that order, butterfish split off into Family Stromateidae, of which there are 15 species of butterfish, and they appear worldwide. Some other fish are called “butterfish” (it typically has to do with how the meat tastes when cooked), but if it’s not in Stromateidae, it’s not a true butterfish. Yes, we gatekeep fish terms here.

By Hamid Badar Osmany - http://fishbase.de/photos/thumbnailssummary.php?Genus=Pampus&Species=argenteus#, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31706488

The icon ACPC uses for this fish is so spot-on, like, damn! 

Now, I’m here to talk to you about a sneaky thing this fish did. You’ve heard of invasive species - non-native species that trash their new homes, basically, and it often happens because, y’know, people. Well, what if a told you that animals also take full advantage of our structures to do this, too, no idiots required? Animals will use our bridges, trash, etc. to expand into new territory where they never would have been able to before without that structure. This actually has a very specific name - it’s called Lessepsian Migration. The term can be used to describe any organism’s movement and subsequent invasion of a new area via human structures, but it’s often used to describe the very particular act of marine species moving from the Red Sea (the sliver of ocean between Egypt and the Persian Peninsula) into the Mediterranean Sea via the Suez Canal (yes, the canal that had the boat stuck in it). Yes, species can go the other way, but it’s a lot rarer because of salinity differences and physical oceanography stuff.

The Suez Canal has a lot of history, but it’s extremely important for the flow of goods across the world. For example, ships leaving from Mediterranean countries can reach India and other South-Asian countries much faster, and vice versa through it. The alternative would be to sail all the hell the way around Africa, and despite what it looks like on a map, Africa is LARGE. No one wants to do that. And people apparently aren’t the only ones using the Suez Canal for that very purpose. The Silver Pomfret is one such fish that has expanded its range into the Mediterranean Sea using the canal...and it’s not alone! To date, about 300 Red Sea marine species have staked their claim in the Med Sea.

And there you have! Fascinating stuff, no? 

#silver pomfret #butterfish #fish #animal crossing #marine biology #animal crossing pocket camp #acpc #science in video games #animal crossing fish explained masterpost

[waiting-on-a-dream]

ANDDD 1, 20, 24 for aurora, slyvan, chandani (pink mao mao <3) xuemei and emile! introduce your new ocs to us, aurie 👀

- bree <3

I audibly let out a 'ho hoh!' when I read what the first question was. It's not a deep or weird question that you would usually go for, but it's hard for some of my ocs to answer all the same! @silvoila

1. Who makes up your family?  How close are you to them?

Aurora Puerstella

Aurora laughs, shifting in their seat as they think of their answer. Out of nervousness, embarrassment, or something else, who knows?

"Well, there's my mom, my dad. And two siblings, both younger than me," they bring up a hand to brush some hair away from their eye.

"My mom is uhhh...very mindful of social conduct, etiquette, rules and stuff. My dad likes to talk a lot, but sometimes he doesn't finish his sentences, and I have to ask him to repeat himself." That was all over the place.

"Alanna, my younger sister, is currently studying in RSA. She's very hardworking, and rigid, and edgy. You should listen to the stuff she says sometimes, it's kinda cringe," Aurora laughs.

"Alaric, my younger brother, is very hyperactive, chatty, and playful," Aurora sighed. "He's the only extrovert in the family. Can you guess who lonely he gets when everyone's busy doing their own thing?"

"How close are you to them?"

"Who asks these kinds of questions anyway?" they mumble in reply. "If you couldn't tell, I'm not very close to any of them."

Slyvan Marwood

"My grandma," Slyvan chirps proudly. "She's really friendly, always welcoming to any guests we have. She knows how to cook up a storm, sew, and tell some good dramatic stories! Unfortunately most of her stories are about me..."

"And then there's my mom. She makes the most amazing chicken soup, it's almost as good as any healing potion for when you're sick!" Slyvan giggled. "That was a joke, please don't assume chicken soup is more effective than actual medicine."

"And my dad! You really need to try his apple pie sometime. It's the best food I've ever eaten," Slyvan looked like he was drooling just thinking about it. "He's a fisherman, and would often drag me onto his boat to help him. Yes, he had to drag me. I really didn't like fishing," he chuckled sheepishly. "I found it boring, okay?"

"How close are you to them?"

"Hm? I like to think we're close," Slyvan nodded after a bit of a pause. "As far as families go, I'd say we're pretty tight-knit!"

Chandani Kumar

"I'm the middle child in my family. Dad, mom, and two siblings," she smiled. "It gets chaotic sometimes, especially when my dad gets these crazy ideas to go geyser-sliding for a family outing, but I wouldn't trade it for the world." The warm smile stretching across her face proves her genuineness.

Zhang Xue Mei

"I have a dad who makes wonderful dumplings and a mom who insisted on telling me stories every night before bed," she chuckles. "And I also had a wise old grandpa who taught me how to play chess...Had, yeah. I miss him sometimes."

"How close are you to them?"

She smiles with a tilt of her head, resting her chin on a hand. "I'm the only child, so I'd say I'm quite close to my parents. Never had to keep much from them."

Emile Briar

"I have a wonderful mother, and plenty of rumbustious siblings," Emile laughed, eyes closed. "It's a very big family, and some of us had to fight for our fair share of attention, but I can't say we didn't have our fun times~!"

"My mother has this regal air to her, is driven when she sets her mind to something, and an abundance of magic." If one didn't know any better, they would think Emile to be bragging. But sweet, charming Emile wouldn't do that, right?

"How close are you to them?"

"Very close of course! I dare say I know everyone like the back of my hand. Some of my shyer siblings don't like it when I shower them in gifts for their birthday, but I can't help it," he chuckles. "They're just too cute!"

20. Describe your biggest pet peeve.

Aurora Puerstella

"When we do experiments in science class I guess. Partly because it's so noisy and chaotic, partly because the answer is there in the book already anyway. What's the point in doing an experiment if I already know the results?" They sulk like a petulant child, blowing at a strand of their hair. "I'm not a kinesthetic learner, so most experiments are really just boring for me."

Slyvan Marwood

"I don't like it when people yell for no reason," he answers almost meekly, shuddering at the thought of a certain green-haired junior. "It scares some people, and it's annoying for the most part. If they knew how to assert themselves properly, they wouldn't even need to raise their voice so much." Rich words coming from a wallflower?

Chandani Kumar

"How do I put it..." She put a finger to her chin. "It irks me when I see someone's homework, and it's obvious that they didn't put a lot of effort into finishing it. Of course everyone has their circumstances, but certain professors put a percentage of their students' homework performance in their grade, and it's such a shame that some students aren't able to get easy full marks for that."

Zhang Xue Mei

"I hate it when people underestimate me," she shakes her head with a sigh. "When people think I can't win that chess game, or ace that test, or finish fixing that machine. Okay, maybe that last one isn't so far-fetched. But still! Have a little faith in me, geez."

Emile Briar

"Broken furniture," he decides with a nod. "I know that buying and replacing furniture must be quite the hassle, but is that really a valid excuse to drag things out when people could get hurt?" He then shakes his head with a sigh. "Some people can be so inconsiderate."

24. What would you consider your main love language?

Aurora Puerstella

"Gift giving, I guess," Aurora answers with a shrug. "I like shopping, and usually have a bunch of knick-knacks on me that I'm willing to give away to my friends."

Slyvan Marwood

"Quality time, I think," Slyvan smiled. "I love spending time with the people I care about, no matter what they're doing. It's even better when they're showing me what they like, and vice versa. I love to connect with them that way."

Zhang Xue Mei

"I don't know much about love languages," Xue Mei tilts her head with a thoughtful hum. "But I'd say my main one is...acts of service. That's what its called, right?"

The interviewer nods affirmatively, and she continues.

"I've always been a helpful one. My whole neighborhood would be inclined to agree with me," she nodded. "My parents were very busy when I was a kid, and I tried to lessen their burden whenever I could. That's just how I show my affection, I guess."

Chandani Kumar

"Physical touch!" She answers confidently with a laugh. "I'm actually very clingy, but most people don't realize it because I try to keep my displays of affection small. Like holding onto my sister's arm when we're walking down the street, or putting my head on Irene's shoulder when I'm sleepy. Nothing that showy like big hugs or anything."

Emile Briar

"My, that's a rather interesting question to ask in an interview," Emile winked at the interviewer. "And who will be reading this exactly?"

He chuckled after a bit of silence, waving his hand dismissively. "I jest, I jest. Don't worry! I'll answer the question."

He then put a gloved hand to his chin, humming with a thoughtful expression. "Hm...I'd say my main love language, both giving and receiving, is words of affirmation. What can I say? I love praise," he laughed again.

#hey~ the family question helps with writing their birthday suit ups! #oc interview #aurora puerstella #slyvan marwood #chandani kumar #pink maomao~! #zhang xue mei #emile briar

[purplesurveys]

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Have you ever felt like you were dreaming even though you were awake? Uhhhhhhhhh I don’t think so.

When was the last time something just seemed too good to be true? I guess Thursday? We started our subscription on Disney+ then and I couldn’t believe how good the selection is. I literally ended up being 15 minutes late for work because I wanted to test just how complete it is hahaha and I was very surprised that every title I’d search for actually came up.

Do you believe eyes are like windows to the soul? Erm, no.

Has someone ever whistled at you while you were walking? I’ve been whistled at, smirked at, lunged at, whooped at, and honked at, all by men. 

Are you guilty of texting while driving? I used to do it a lot back in college lol but the pandemic not allowing me to drive regularly for two years really did a 180 on my driving habits. I hardly overtake, get consumed by road rage, or text while driving anymore; and the only time I touch my phone is if I have to check Waze.

Have you ever caused a lot of noise in a library? No, that is one of my biggest pet peeves so I’d never do it myself.

Do you complain a lot? I wouldn’t say so; I’m quite the passive type.

Have you ever been to a music festival? No. I’m never familiar with the artists who come play at our local ones, anyway. What was the last thing that completely took your breath away? This is gonna be BTS-related yet again lol but Hobi’s latest Instagram post where he took a mirror shot with a film camera. Shit made me stop work to squeal for the next 10 minutes.

Are you a competitive person? To a fault.

Have you ever been in a relay race? Only in party games lol.

What cereal tastes so good that you always eat more than 1 bowl? I don’t like cereal. It gets soggy and in the first place I can’t even take large amounts of milk without my stomach malfunctioning.

If your life was a movie, what would it be rated? Idk let’s go with an R? I’ve done things here and there.

Are you more of a talker or a listener? Listener. But sometimes it depends on the person too; I could be more of a talker around other crowds.

Have you ever called in at a radio station & dedicated a song to someone? Not a radio station but like in local school fairs where you can send in song requests, yeah.

Would you ever go to a protest or be involved in a protest? Yes, especially if it’s for a cause I’m very passionate about. I joined a handful of protests, too, back in college.

Have you ever tried to walk on a foot that fell asleep & then tripped? Omg yes, that is the worst. One time I landed straight on my knee in the harshest way possible and the poor spot bruised for a week.

When playing rock, paper, scissors which do you usually pick? Rock.

Have you ever tried to write a book? Not a book lol but one-shots...let’s not talk about those...

Don’t you hate it when people blow smoke in your face? I’ve never been blown smoke on on purpose.

Have you ever been hit by a chunk of hail? No; I’ve never even experienced hail. Do one word text messages annoy you? Feel like I’m well past the age to still be annoyed by things like this.

Do you have high standards? This is a very vague question because yeah, I can have high standards for certain things - especially if I’ve paid a generous sum for them. But like when it comes to food for example I can be perfectly content eating at a carinderia.

Have you ever had something to say but you couldn’t get the words out? Pretty sure this is something we all sometimes have to go through.

Have you ever changed your clothes while in a vehicle? Yeah. The worst and most embarrassing part is I was also the driver. I can tell you with all the confidence in the world that that is by far the stupidest thing I’ve ever done. Fucking changing while driving, can you believe it?

Did you ever have your brothers or sisters clothing handed down to you? I’m the eldest sibling so if anything it was my clothes which were handed down to my sister.

Do you have the same routine day by day? It is, but I’m quite satisfied with the setup. My brain can’t process change as quickly as other people.

Would you ever go on a walk to raise money for cancer research? Absolutely.

If you were treated unfairly at work, would you go on strike? I would look for other options.

If God were standing in front of you, what would you say or do? Look around to see if there are any cameras because in no universe is that going to happen ever.

Would you ever try any extreme sports? No.

Do you know how to snap your fingers? With my right hand, yeah. My left fingers can barely produce a snap. Do you plan your outfits for the next day or just randomly choose? I normally plan them the night before so I can just grab my clothes and go (and spend more time in bed in the mornings, lol). < Very accurate also to me haha.

Are you a bossy person? I’m not bossy, but my temper can flare up if things aren’t meeting my expectations. 

Do you control your attitude or does it control you? I’ve been trying to control it because I do want to make an effort to be less hot-headed.

Is it true that if you don’t love yourself, you can’t love another? There is some truth to that, yes. Would you ever give blood? What blood type are you? I wish there was a less terrifying way to donate lol, but with the way it’s being practiced right now I don’t think I could ever give blood.

Is there anything that you believe should be banned for any reason? Donald Trump.

Do you share a bed with anyone? No.

Do you ever try making your dream up before falling asleep? No.

Do you get angry easily? Can.

[bluebxlle-writer]

Hey! I love your blog, it has helped me so much !! 💞 I was wondering if I could get a piece of advise on how to write sibling relationships .

Writing Sibling Relationships

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Aaa I’m glad to hear that!! I’m actually an only child, so these are all based on my observations (all of my best friends have siblings, and I often notice how they act around each other). I can’t guarantee that these are accurate, because as you know, sibling relationship really depend on countless factors.

TW // mentions of Ab*se and tr*uma

1. Normal life

If they lived a relatively stable life, they’ll do typical things - bickering, playfully insulting one another, never admitting that they love one another, or trying to annoy them by doing stupid things (blocking the way, purposely bumping into them, leaving the other’s room door open, etc.)

2. Abusive/traumatizing life

This part is prolly more helpful for y’all bc we all know we torture our ocs regularly :”D Anyway. Obviously, the relationship of siblings who had trauma will differ from normal ones. But how it differs, really depends on their personalities and the conditions of the trauma.

• If all the siblings received the same amount of abuse/trauma, be it from their parents or surroundings, chances are, they’ll be closer and more protective, as they have shared burdens.

• Then again, trauma may also cause siblings to drift apart. (A good example of this is Azula & Zuko, see case study)

3. Age range

While not all the time, age may determine the relationship between siblings. For example, those with the same age range might be forced by their parents to share things (clothes, toys, even rooms), which leads to more bickering (“DID YOU WEAR MY JACKET WITHOUT PERMISSION??!!” “BISH MOM BOUGHT THE JACKET FOR BOTH OF US, I AIN’T ASKING FOR YOUR PERMISSION). My best friend has three siblings with nearly the same age range and this happens regularly lol.

Also, siblings with close ages might often clash, while those with a bigger age gap would be more understanding. Then again, it really depends on their personalities - because alternatively, siblings with close ages might become closer by bonding over similar things, while those with a bigger age difference can be more distant.

4. What they call each other

This is my biggest pet peeve in literally every single writing tip posts about writing siblings. They claim that siblings never call each other bro/sis. This is false.

Maybe in American culture, yes, they never call each other bro/sis. But in others, usually Asian culture, we literally need to use honorifics like bro/sis to refer to our siblings (especially older ones), because otherwise, it'lll be extremely disrespectful and you'll be whacked big time by your grandpa. For example, in Indonesia, we need to use the honorific "kak" to call our older siblings (although yes, siblings will def still give each other annoying nicknames like ugly, dumbass, etc.). This is why research is important, to determine what your siblings call each other.

5. Case study

• Sokka and Katara

These two are one of the most realistic siblings in fiction. They bicker, tease, and claim they dislike each other, but they'd be willing to die for the other. They also defy the "dumb and responsible sibling duo" stereotype - because they both equally protect and are responsible for each other. Katara keeps Sokka in check with his childish tendencies, while Sokka keeps Katara in check whenever her emotions take over.

• Azula and Zuko

These two? Realistic but def not normal. They were raised in an incredibly abusive household where they were both pitted against each other - one getting more attention and labeled gifted, while the other abused even more. Their bond is truly toxic, yes, but what makes them realistic is that they used to have a normal childhood, where they played and cared for each other. And despite everything, Zuko still cared about Azula, and Azula to Zuko, although just a tiny fraction.

#writers on tumblr #writing things #writers #writerslife #writing tips #tips for writers #writersociety #writing help #character tips #writing tip #tw abuse #tw trauma #writers help writers

[austajunk]

(Heyo, I hope you don't mind me sharing my thoughts in your inbox. I just think you're cool and have good opinions, so here I am.)

OK, so I love Komahinanami as an OT3. As friends, or romantically, or whatever. I just love them a lot.

What I reeeeally don't like about it, though, is (some of) the fans' portrayal of it. For some people, it's never Komahinanami as a three-way relationship, with them all caring for and loving each other equally.

It's either Komahina with Chiaki just "added on", or it's Hinanami with Nagito just "added on", or it's Komahina + Hinanami with no interaction between Nagito and Chiaki at all.

(Like... where's the Komanami love?)

And if they do interact, then it's almost always negative. Chiaki's made out to be the girl who Nagito hates more than anything else, the girl who gets in the way of Komahina. And Nagito's made out to be this jealous, possessive asshole who is disgusted by Chiaki and only cares about Hajime. Which is just 1) not true to the characters at all, and 2) really confusing to me, because I don't know where it comes from other than just projection.

People do realise that Nagito never showed one single hint of either hatred towards Chiaki or posessiveness towards Hajime, right? I don't know where this whole "Nagito hates Chiaki, is jealous of her, and wanted to kill her for the sake of Hajime" thing comes from. Maybe it's just some fans' projection, but... it's just not canon, and it's not part of Nagito's character at all.

And Hajime isn't the only person who Nagito is capable of caring about or developing a positive relationship with. Let him have friends and people he cares about other than Hajime, even if you only ship Komahina.

Bottom line: I love Nagito, Chiaki and Hajime, I love fan works where they interact, and I love it when they're actually in character, and not made totally OOC to satisfy fans' bad character interpretations and hatred of female characters.

(Sorry again about the inbox rant - just wanted to share my thoughts!)

Hooo boi. Hoooo boi. Oh anon, you just tackled one of my biggest pet peeves of this fandom right to its core. Also thanks for saying I’m cool. :3

Firstly, the denial of the Komanami side of KomaHinaNami, but honestly… that I could deal with. This is why I focus on a lot of the KomaNami side of things on my blog but I don’t mind so much the “Hajime has two hands” side of this ship because usually from what I’ve seen, people have Chiaki be Nagito’s best friend or wing lady with Hajime and he appreciates and adores her and confides in her about Hajime and shares Hajime with her and all three are happy. Like.. in a way, that’s still ultra pippity poppity cute!

But yeah, the KomaHina fans who like to portray Chiaki as just the girl who is in the way of their relationship, as if Nagito hates or is jealous of Chiaki… no, just no. It has never once been like that! Before he really got to know Hajime, Chiaki was the only person who accepted and tried to understand Nagito. She was kind to him and he seemed to appreciate her in turn, insisting that her being their class rep made her their biggest light of Hope. He even pleads with her not to take on Junko, that he knew they were no chance against them but believes in Chiaki anyways and is devastated to the point of breaking down and sobbing at her death. Of course, he twists things and beseeches Chiaki’s name, insisting that she can lift them up with her death… but only because he’s coping. In his own world in the Neo World Program, she is missing because the memory of her (and Hajime) hurt him so much that he had to block it out. His desire to see her along with the rest of the class brings her back to them as an AI that leads them all back to the right path.

As for the idea that Nagito is jealous of Chiaki… I think they get that from one scene in DR2 where Chiaki says she’s gonna go find Fuyuhiko in Chapter 2 to question him. She leaves and Hajime is irked about being left alone with Nagito, to which Nagito is like “Oh I’m sorry! You wanted her to stay?!” Honestly… people seem to ignore that before Chiaki left, Nagito expressed concern about her questioning Fuyuhiko and told her to not let him “get rough” with her. So… Nagito clearly cares. Out of everyone (including Hajime) in the main storyline, Nagito openly praises Chiaki and her talents the most. He will also politely oblige her and be quiet when she asks while he does not for anyone else. Also the thing is… Nagito is pretty protective of Chiaki. In Chapter 4, when Chiaki gets overwhelmed by Nagito being clingy, she runs away from him only for him to appear behind her five minutes later and urging her to remember that she could get hurt on her own and that she shouldn’t have run off.

More to the point, let’s pretend Chiaki and Nagito were like… rivals for Hajime’s affection like Chisa and Juzo were. That they directly mirror them (they don’t as much as we think). Even Juzo and Chisa loved and appreciated each other platonically. They were incredibly important to each other in this show while being in love with the same person. In the mangas furthermore, we have these scenes (So tell me, tell me to my face that Chiaki is the girl that Nagito somehow hates, that he never cared for her beyond a romantic rival. Just tell me. And yes yes I know the mangas are secondary canon, but when like two or three of them show all these moments of Chiaki and Nagito supporting each other, come the fuck on. I stand by that it enriches our current canon.):

#danganronpa #chiaki nanami #nagito komaeda #komanami #hajime hinata #komahinanami #komahina #danganronpa 2 goodbye despair #come on fandom #get it together #these three love each other so much #thank you for the ask! #<3

[the-al-chemist]

6, 12, 13, 20 and 25 for the OC interview asks for Artemis, Ethel and Zadie 💛💛💛

Artemis: thank you for the ask, Lizzie’s mum!

Al: you don’t have to keep calling her that. She’s seen you do some stuff now.

Artemis: only rockstar me, not real me. That doesn’t count.

Al: if you say so. Now, you’ve already asked 6 here, so let’s go to number 12 - where in the world would you like to travel?

Artemis: everywhere.

Al: you and me both, pal. Anywhere in particular?

Artemis: well, my Uncle Newt has been all over the world looking for creatures. In New Zealand and Scandinavia he saw dragons and when he was in Scandinavia he saw these multicoloured lights in the sky. And in America my mum has family who I’ve never met and they have this thing called a Wampus Cat which is like a legilimency cat, and… why are you laughing?

Al: I just find the idea of a cat that can do legilimency really funny, that’s all.

Artemis: weird. Anyway, so America would be cool. And South America, which is just down from the other America. There’s the Amazon rainforest, I don’t know if you’ve heard of that?

Al: I’m familiar with the concept of the Amazon rainforest, yes.

Artemis: well, that has lots of creatures, even ones that aren’t magic. And in Africa there’s lots of animals and you can see those on a sahari.

Al: in the Sahara?

Artemis: no, that’s a desert. A sahari is a Muggle thing with a car that looks at the animals. A zookeeper told me about it once.

Al: oh! A safari!

Artemis: that’s what I said. And in Greece they have temples. One is called the temple of Artemis. I’d like to see it.

Al: you’ve spent too long looking at that map in your bedroom at your mum’s house. Right, if you had unlimited money, what would you build?

Artemis: a boat to take me around the world.

Al: okay, then. What’s your biggest pet peeve? What do people do that annoys you?

Artemis: I don’t like it when people tell me what to do, or think that I’m stupid. I’m not stupid. I don’t like it when people are mean to my friends, like Merula.

Al: good answer. Okay, finally: the freebie question. I did cheat and text Kaze to ask what she’d lie to know, and she wants to know what you’d like to learn and who you’d like to teach you?

Artemis: last time Merula was mean to Ben, Bill’s brother Charlie did a bat bogey hex on her. I’d like to learn that.

Al: I’m sure he’d teach you if you asked him nicely. Just remember to say please and thank you.

Artemis: yeah, maybe. Rockstar me can make fireworks, though. I’d like to do that as well. And your friend JD keeps saying that Amelia will teach me broomstick gymnastics and she still hasn’t done it.

Al: maybe you should just stick with asking Charlie to teach you about the bat bogeys.

Artemis: boring.

Artemis always takes a while to answer these so I’m going to have to put a break in before I go to the others, but first, here she is playing with a map…

6. What is the hardest thing you’ve ever had to do?

Ethel: the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do was leaving Hogwarts and saying goodbye to Selene. We had been as thick as thieves since our first year at Hogwarts, always inseparable and we did everything together. We had these wild dreams and plans of being Quidditch heroes and living in a house together and of growing up and growing side by side… and then we realised that neither of us wanted those things anymore. It meant that we had to say our farewells not only to one another, but to our girlish fantasies and childhoods, all at once. It really was a wrench, I tell you, but now it seems almost silly. After all, we are still sisters, even if we shall never be Quidditch stars. Besides, I think it’s more of a loss for the Chudley Cannons than for us. Have you not seen how poorly they are doing in the league? It’s embarrassing, truly.

Zadie: I think for me, it was first going to Hogwarts. I’d always been very close to my brothers, and my parents, and then I had to leave them all behind. Especially when it came to mum, AJ and Liam - I was becoming a part of this world that they would never truly be a part of… although my brothers do enjoy watching Quidditch!

12. Where in the world would you most like to travel to?

Ethel: anywhere my dearest sister is.

Zadie: I’d love to go to NYC, see a Broadway show and see all the places you see in films. Los Angeles would be very cool, too, because I love old Hollywood movies, and South America, because I’d love to learn Latin dancing; salsa and tango, etc.

13. If you had unlimited money, what would you build?

Ethel: I would build a whole new societal structure, built on the principles of equality and individual merit, rather than based on antiquated systems that favour certain groups of society over others due to factors that are out of anyone’s control: blood purity, race, sexuality, etc, etc. I’d like to think that money would not be the thing that would be used to build such a world, however, if that old wench Ophelia taught me anything, it’s that money is power.

Zadie: I’d knock down Gringotts and build a theatre in Diagon Alley.

20. What is your pet peeve?

Ethel: I hate it when people I don’t know that well call me Effy. I only ever got called this because Jimbo couldn’t say my name properly, and it stuck. It’s perfectly tolerable coming from my family, or Selly, or Cled, and I suppose I don’t mind it from Héloïse, either, when she is with Jim, but others… It’s incredibly frustrating, especially when Mercury calls me that. I swear he only does it to vex me terribly!

Zadie: I hate it when people compare me to my older sister. I love Phoebe, I really do, but she is so pretty, and kind, and clever, and perfect. Everyone always expects me to be just like her, and they are always disappointed to find that I’m not. It makes me dislike her sometimes, and I hate that it does that to me.

25. What would you most like to learn, and who would you get to teach you this?

Ethel: I’d love for Héloïse to teach me how to speak all those different languages, so that I may converse with others from all over the world! Of course, I’d also be entirely grateful if anyone could teach me how to stop my eyes drifting over towards Lysander Mercury every time we are at a formal event. Honestly, I can’t stand the man, but he could even pass for a gentleman once he’s wearing his dress robes…

Zadie: I’ve never learnt any kind of ballroom dancing. I’d love to learn that, it would be so useful for school dances as well as for fun. Like I said before, I would like to go to Latin America to learn the style authentically.

Lizzie Jameson and Selene Fraser belong to @lifeofkaze, Amelia Booth and Cledwyn Ironwood belong to @that-scouse-wizard and Lysander Mercury belongs to @slytherindisaster

#artemis speaks #oc interview #artemis hexley #ethel hexley #zadie taylor allen

[plotjotsandespressoshots]

1, 2, 13, 25, 26

Munday Meme

1. Fav FC: Ummmm the one I used the longest is Mila but I really like Troian. Both are very versatile.

2. all time least favorite fc?: Someone ruined Michelle Rodriguez for me a while back but I never really liked her anyway so...

13. biggest rp pet peeve? When people clearly just use my OC because they like their cannons. Like if you want to fawn fine. We all love our muses. But if you just want to write fanfiction, write fan fiction. My OC isn't here so that people have someone for their male cannons to fuck...any before anyone says it, yes this has happened. I'm not here to populate people's wank banks and neither are my baby girls.

25. favorite thing about the rpc now? When we somehow find a cute cool group of people that all play off each other really well... like we have found right now.

26. My least favorite thing about the rpc now? People seem to not actually be interested in writing writing. Like I don't mind OOC convo ( Love it actually!) but I'm not very good at one-liners and I don't like to say no to people...but I'm a para/ multi para writer. Thats just how I like to RP but it seems like there are fewer and fewer of us.

#thanks baby!

[thechekhov]

Due to popular demand, I’m making a 4-part series about how to make a comic! Check out the other parts while you’re here!

1) Thinking of a story 2) Making characters (this part) 3) Drafting pages (coming not soon) 4) Presentation (coming eventually, we hope)

So, here’s the big question: 

How do you make a good character?

I’m going to have us step back for a moment to say:

There is no such thing as a “Good” Character. Because how good a character is or isn’t is subjective. We can argue back and forth for hours about what we value in a character, but no one will ever agree. You can’t make a character that EVERYONE will like, and you shouldn’t try to.

Instead, I urge you to focus on trying to make ONE or MORE of the following:

Relatable characters

Sympathetic characters

Useful characters

“What the FUCK is goin’ on here I just wanna know” characters

I think they’re pretty self-explanatory, but let’s go through it anyway.

1. Relatable Characters:

What is says on the tin. These are character you and someone else could relate to. Maybe they’re a teenager who hates school. (Timeless classic.) Maybe they’re a young adult down on their luck and in need of money, willing to forgo some moral standards to get by. (Millennials, roll call!) Or maybe they’re just like you (or literally you. We don’t judge self-insert. There’s a reason Write What You Know is a thing.)

Regardless of what you want to believe, many human experiences are universal. Some of them are universally unacknowledged, but they are still universal. You want to just be careful about falling into the ‘my character is so special and the rest of my characters are dumb’ trope. That isn’t interesting - or realistic. 

(source: xkcd)

2. Sympathetic Character:

I also call this the Looking Glass Character. 

Even if most of us have universal human experiences, many of our own experiences are also unique to us. Some experiences are things we will never live through - but we can still sympathise with the emotional state of the characters. If a story allows us to experience new things THROUGH a character, we feel connected to them. 

Keep in mind - this character still has to be somewhat relatable. We have to be able to say “if I was in this situation, I would do that too!” Allowing your readers to believe what is happening makes the reading experience more believable.

(I’m pretty sure none of us have been a half-gem half-human hybrid suffering through trying to right your defected-the-diamond-authority war-criminal mom’s past mistakes, but seeing Steven repeatedly say “I’m fine!” as he descends into madness is something we can all sympathise with.)

Similarly, if your character is in the woods and finds a tiny house on the edge of the prairie and it’s getting dark and the house has flickering lights - whether or not they go inside is inconsequential to sympathy. What matters is if they have a good REASON to go inside. Sometimes, it’s not the actions that’s sympathetic - it’s the motivation! 

(My sister disappeared in just such a house! I must get revenge! vs I’m a bored teenager with a potentially unrequited deathwish and/or a crush on a ghost. Well... scratch that, I can sympathise with both scenarios.)

3. Useful Characters

I was previously asked what to do to avoid making your characters into a Mary Sue. This part will be about that.

Let me start by saying: I don’t think Mary Sues are as prevalent as some people bemoan them to be. 

A Mary Sue is a character that is often described as ‘too perfect’ - they can do everything, know everything, never fail at anything, have a tragic past that excuses every emotional outburst, and are overall just ‘too good to be true’. 

I think, if played correctly, such a character can still be a good one. What makes all the difference is how useful these aforementioned traits are to the plot - or to other characters. 

Let’s acknowledge some universal truths (aside from the one about the men in want of wives and the relation of such a desire in proportion to their fortune):

The plot must go on. That’s obvious. 

In order for the plot to move, there must be things happening (in one sense or another). Also obvious. 

In order for things to happen, there must be a conflict or a tension of some sort. THAT is your litmus test for a ‘Mary Sue’ character. 

“If I remove them from the plot, will the plot suffer any holes? Will they impact the plot or impede it? Will their OP superpowers make some other worldbuilding completely useless? Will their incredibly tragic backstory overshadow another conflict between other characters?”

Characters should be like legos - they must have a function within your plot. Looking cool isn’t a function. Well, sure, it CAN be - but it must also be a function that doesn’t break Newton’s Laws. An object at rest will remain at rest. If your Perfect Character is already flawless, they have no reason to change, ergo nothing needs to happen. 

Make your character serve a use within your plot!

4. WtFiGOHIWK Characters:

Do you ever watch a show, or listen to a podcast or read a webcomic and think to yourself “Okay, cool, but what the FUCK is UP with _____? What’s their deal?!”

I like to categorize these characters in a group of their own. These characters are likable ONLY because we all have a socially wired brain that makes us CRAVE comprehension of social background like drugs. We CRAVE THAT MINERAL. And the mineral is - gossip. Backstory. Tea. The DEETS. 

Many characters are somewhat of an enigma, and the initial plot doesn’t give away all their secrets. We get hooked not because the characters are relatable, and sometimes not even because they’re sympathetic - but because their social tension within a group of other characters is RIDICULOUS and we are wired to want to understand them. 

Everyone has their own examples, but one of my favorites is this asshole:

Do I relate or sympathise with Dr. House? Broadly, no. He’s obscene, rude, and most of the time he’s not even the good guy in any given episode. But his morality roadmap resembles knitting directions for a scarf and his reactions to the most mundane situations are FASCINATING. 

(Never underestimate the power of human curiosity and how strongly it can work to make your readers turn to the next page, even if your whole plot is about a dumpster truck on fire next to a fireworks factory.)

Q: So how do I make a character?

There are several options:

- Wait and do nothing. The character will happen when you least expect it or are least prepared. Now they’re in your head. They won’t leave. aaaaAAAAAAA!

- Take a person or another character you know. Change 3-5 fundamental things about them (I don’t mean name, hair color and shoe size... I mean something PERSONAL, like background, motivations, religion, dream job, species, etc.) BAM character. (I mean, is it QUESTIONABLE to write a story about your sister as a lizard who wants to go to the moon? MAYBE. Should she still be more grateful than she is? ALSO MAYBE.)

- Take yourself and change uhhh... at least one thing about the character. Try to veil the fact that it’s actually just you. Fail. Wipe away tears. Write the story anyway. Hope no one notices. 

- Write a story in your head and then think “Who is the LEAST likely person to participate in these shenanigans?” There’s your character.

Q: What should I avoid in a character? 

Honestly, you can go around to 100 people and ask this, and they’ll give you 100 different answers. What people dislike and like in characters is so vast that there’s NOTHING you can do to stop people from hating on a character. 

But yes, there ARE some overused tropes and I want to share 1 rule that I personally keep to when making characters. (Keep in mind, this is MY personal list. It isn’t the end-all-be-all, and yes, you can argue about this. But don’t @ me, I don’t care.) 

DON’T describe your character as “______ is kind and friendly until you piss them off - then they will kill you.” 

This has been my biggest pet peeve since high school - and it’s unfortunately an absolute staple of any YA character. Someone is ‘friendly’ and ‘nice’ and ‘shy’ UNTIL - you hurt their friends. Then they go berserk. 

I know it’s tempting because ‘usually demure character lets loose their True Potential’ is a very empowering thing to see. (And I admit, I think Mob Psycho 100 pulled this Trope back in by the scruff of its neck and managed to get JUST the right angle for it to work.) 

BUT it’s overused and it tells us absolutely NOTHING about your character. It’s a calorie-free fact. Feels like a description but is actively devoid of any interesting information about your character. 

Why? Because literally EVERYONE is like this. 

We are all, at a baseline, somewhat friendly. That’s... just how most people are. Societal convention tells us we must behave with some semblance of dignity and respect towards others in standard situations in order to keep peace. 

And I daresay getting pissed off and Breaking Character is ALSO a thing that most humans experience. Getting angry when your friends/loved ones are hurt is the bare minimum necessary for being relatable. 

Not to say your character can’t do this but - it doesn’t need to be described as a part of their personality any more than, say, the fact that they have hair on their head. 

Q: How do I make my character more believable? 

Research.

We all hate that word, because school usually teaches us to think of research as boring but it is ESSENTIAL to your desire to make ‘good’ (relatable, sympathetic, useful) characters. 

IF YOU PLAN TO WRITE FOR AN AUDIENCE, THEN YOU NEED TO PUT IN THE EFFORT OF MAKING YOUR CHARACTERS MULTIDIMENSIONAL. 

That means - knowing their background. Knowing details. Knowing cultural, financial, religious terms you need to know to write them believably. 

I know, I know - what if I’m just writing for myself? you say.

Well, fine. If you’re not planning to have your work be widely public, if you’re just having fun and don’t care, then write whatever you want. Make a Japanese character with a Korean name. Force your UK characters to use USA slang. Forgo any historical accuracy. Change up facts! Erase the moon landing, whatever.

But if you want to share your work with people, and if you want people to interact with your writing on a more serious level, then you NEED to know how to use Google and gather at least SURFACE information what you are writing. If you don’t but pretend you did, people WILL be jolted out of their zone.

Research the things and people you are writing about. And more importantly - READ about the experiences of the people you are writing about! Avoiding Stereotypes in this day and age is EASY. You literally have an endless, free encyclopedia in your hands. If you can send a tumblr ask, you can google it. 

That’s all for now, and CHEERS!

#how to comic #how to comic part 2 #chekhov writes a tutorial #writing

[fluffymcu]

Rant

Literally I’m not ashamed to say that my BIGGEST pet peeve is when someone calls Tony selfish. Like HOW?!?!

I have a guy friend and we’re really close but when I talk about marvel we usually end up talking about Tony bc he’s my favorite avenger but (we have talked about Tony many times) and every time, he talks about how he doesn’t really like Tony for his attitude and the fact that he’s sarcastic and snarky. And he once called him selfish and stuff and although I love my guy friend, I really get pissed off when he says those things about Tony. We played ps4 tonight and he’s never seen civil war so I told him to watch it tomorrow and tell me who’s team he’s on: cap or Ironman. And this kid said “well for now I’m on team cap.” Like ????? You haven’t even seen the movie yet????? And you’re already saying that you’re on team cap???? Like if that doesn’t scream “I really don’t like Tony Stark” I don’t know what does. (Not saying that being on team cap means you hate Tony, I’m on team cap. But I’m on his team bc he’s actually right about the accords situation. But saying you’re on team cap before even watching the movie says a lot about you.) Just because Tony says a few sarcastic comments you don’t like him?? Because of that, he’s selfish???

ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS👏🏽

EVERY SINGLE ACTION THAT HE HAS TAKEN IN EVERY MOVIE HAS BEEN FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF THOSE AROUND HIM! EVERYTHING HE HAS DONE HAS BEEN TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE.

IN LITERALLY ALMOST EVERY MOVIE, HE HAS BEEN THE ONE COMPLETELY PREPARED TO DIE TO SAVE THE WORLD OR SOMEONE ELSE!!

HE WAS ALWAYS PREPARED TO DIE TO SAVE THOUSANDS AND FINALLY WHEN HE HAD...

EVERYTHING HE COULD HAVE EVER WANTED...

HE WAS MARRIED TO THE WOMAN HE LOVED FOR YEARS, LIVED A RETIRED LIFE IN A CABIN, PEACEFULLY ENJOYING LIFE, HE HAD A DAUGHTER WHO WAS HIS WORLD!!! HE HAD EVERYTHING HE EVER WANTED!!! HIS LOFE WAS PERFECT AND YET HE GAVE ALL OF THAT UP. ALL OF IT!! TO SAVE THE UNIVERSE...

HOW DARE YOU CALL THIS MAN SELFISH?!?

Yes he has made mistakes, but his intentions were always in the right. Ultron was one of his biggest mistakes, but all he was trying to do was prevent a bigger threat from threatening the world. The Sokovia accords were only to try to take accountability for their actions. Literally all he tried to do with his life was make the world a safer place. Genius people often forget that sometimes the world and normal people aren’t ready for the big ideas that they have. They fail to understand the logic of how sometimes sacrificing something comfortable in exchange for peace and security is the best chance at surviving something bigger. That’s what Tony had trouble understanding and no one can blame with for that. Tony suffered from PTSD, anxiety and possibly depression but the thought of Tony having these disorders would never even cross anybody’s mind because some people look at a guy like him, and only look at his first layer. They don’t even think to look beyond at what that person can really be like. I hate people that only look at the superficial; Judging by the front that someone puts up and assuming that their front is their entire personality. GOD ITS JUST SO ANNOYING!

Tony: I don’t really care, it’s not that big of a deal.

*stays up for days at a time in his lab, working to find a way to make the world safer*

Tony: lol a bunch of alien ships charging through a hole in space omg so annoying don’t care lolol

*carries a nuke through the wormhole expecting no return without hesitation to save the planet*

Tony: I finally have everything I want and I’m not giving it up so go away

*stays up all night and figured out time travel and helps the team anyway, also willingly dies to save everyone knowing what he’s leaving behind*

AGAIN, HOW CAN YOU CALL THIS MAN SELFISH!!!!

Anyways, you could probably tell from this whole rant that I feel very strongly about this and out of anything in my life, this is probably the thing that gets me pissed off the most.

In conclusion, the next time I see Ben when corona’s over and he says something like that again, I will be putting all things aside, including our friendship, and jumping him until he sees Tony as the selfless man he is. And even then I’ll steal his kneecaps for all the crap he said about him in the past.

#avengers #marvel #iron man #tony stark

[floating-in-the-blue]

i'm a bit late but for the unusual asks: 14, 26, 36 (one or two or ten haha however many you want!), 49, 71 aannndd 80? <33 sorry if it's too much, feel free to ignore some 😅

Late? You're the second person to send anything so ... no? Not late!! XD Thank you darling <3

14. if you can live anywhere in the world where would it be? why?

In one of those perfect country villages from the children's books where all your friends live nearby and you constantly invite each other for tea and cake and the weather is always nice and sunny or rainy and cosy and nobody ever has to work and you go on little adventures together. You might also be mice but honestly, I'd be okay with that!

26. how many pillows do you sleep with?

Just one. The other five that live on my bed get lovingly thrown off before I go to bed ;D

36. favorite movie?

I find the favourite tv show question so much easier because ... well, shows are longer, there's bound to be weird stuff in there or stuff you didn't like all that much or just didn't care all that much about (especially with those 20-24 episode per season shows) but whenever I think of a movie I really like, I immediately see the flaws or why it's "problematic" but it's also way more tied to nostalgia mostly?

Anyway, some favourites I'll throw out unapologetically: the original Star Wars trilogy, Maverick, Das Wirsthaus im Spessart, My Fair Lady, How to Steal a Million, Northanger Abbey (with Felicity Jones and JJ Field), We're No Angels, The Fall, and yes, basically the whole MCU

49. what was the last compliment you received?

@suckerforpsychos tagged me in a bunch of nice tag chains (I saved them to my drafts for later) and @diamondorloj kindly complimented my new whatsapp profile pic (which is my actual face for once and not a cat or flower) <3

71. tea or coffee?

Neither really. Okay, so, I have a weird relationship to hot water with taste? I'm getting better via real mint leaf tea and hot lemon with actual lemon and worked my way up to some select teas last winter! My family rejoiced! I also love everything coffee flavoured (and scented) except for actual coffee.

80. what is your biggest pet peeve?

Unpopular opinion but the first thing that came to mind for this is the plethora of pet names our favourite ghost boys have acquired in fanfic? 😅

Ask me stuff!

#personal #yeoyou

[ahgaseforeternity]

Dangerous Woman—Lucas edition

Lucas Wong || Part 4

Here comes the heat! Enjoy! (warning: some naughty times are ahead, you have been forewarned!) 

As you pulled up to the venue, your heart started beating uncontrollably. It had taken you a bit longer than you thought to drive down here, so you were a few minutes late. You were sure Lucas wouldn’t mind, but still. 

Being late for anything was one of your biggest pet peeves. 

The line was longer than yesterday’s, and you dreaded having to stand out in the cold. It made it worse that it had started to snow. The flakes were beautiful though, against the glow of the night lights. It made having to stand out in the cold tolerable. Almost. 

You had only been standing outside for probably two minutes, but you were already shaking. The dress underneath your long trench coat was short and you could feel the chill sweep in and make your skin break out in goosebumps. You tried lifting the collar closer to your face, to help keep you warm, but it did nothing. 

Your body started jumping up and down. You tried thinking warm thoughts. Hot chocolate, scarfs, a nice cuddly blanket. You groaned inwardly. It was just making it worse. 

You were just about to lift your fingers to your mouth to warm them, when a hand slowly laced through them. You gasped, turning to see Lucas standing in a tan wool coat that looked completely beautiful on him. Beneath he wore a black turtle neck, and it was by far the best thing you had ever seen. Better than his suit from yesterday. 

He looked nice and warm. It made you want to wrap your arms around him and press your face to his chest. 

Lucas was busy checking you out as well. His eyes were on your high ponytail that you decided on last minute. You had regretted it immediately after stepping outside, but from the flash of hunger you could see in Lucas’s eyes, it quickly changed your mind. His eyes traveled down your coat which hid your dress within. 

He gripped your hand tightly, lifting it to his lips to press a light kiss. His eyes never left yours as his lips gently brushed over your cold skin. Even though your skin might be cold, your insides were definitely starting to warm up. “Hi.” It was all you could say. Lucas let out a breathy laugh. “Hi, are you cold?” He asked, lowering your hand but not letting it go. 

“A little,” you stated, showing your shivering legs. Lucas smiled at that. “Come on, let’s head inside.” He pulled you along the line of people who were staring at you openly now. Well, they mostly stared at Lucas, and you couldn’t blame them. He looked absolutely beautiful against the fallen snow. Even you couldn’t take your eyes off him. 

You stared at your hand clasped in his and couldn’t help but smile. It was something so small, but feeling Lucas’s oversized hand in yours, it felt wonderful. You hadn’t felt this lit in months. It felt right, being here with Lucas. Like this was exactly where you were supposed to be. 

As you followed him inside, he soon unfortunately dropped your hand. You felt them again though but on your shoulders as he offered to take off your coat. “Oh, thank you,” you said while sliding it down your arms. As you stepped out of the coat, you spun to face Lucas, who was still standing with your coat in his outstretched hands. You smiled wickedly as Lucas took in the dress you were wearing. 

It wasn’t anything exceptional, but it cut low, all the way to the center of your chest. It was a deep crimson hue that looked just like the velvet sofa’s that were scattered throughout the club. It tied off around your neck and you watched as Lucas’s eyes traveled up and down your whole body. 

“Are you going to keep standing there all night, or are you going to buy me a drink?” You smirked, stepping up to him. Your words roused him from whatever thoughts were going through his mind. Thoughts you definitely wanted to know, but didn’t ask. 

He lifted his lips in a smirk, dropping the coats off at the front desk. “Have these placed in the coat room,” You heard him utter to the man behind the desk. “Yes sir,” the man took your coats, turning away to listen to his boss’s orders. There was something about Lucas tonight that seemed more relaxed, and it wasn’t just his clothes. There was a softness in the corner of his eyes and as he turned to smile at you with those softened eyes and warm lips, it left you breathless. 

“Come on,” Lucas took your hand again, pulling you along as you followed him up those glass stairs. You could feel people looking at you, but you only had eyes for Lucas. You watched as how his muscled moved while he walked, the way his long legs looked in the gray pants he wore. They were the perfect fit on him and gosh--he was just so handsome it was unbelievable. 

You had to glance away from him to simply catch your breath if only for a moment. You could see that he took you passed the room you had been in yesterday, and you were now heading up another flight of stairs that were more narrow and darker. It opened up to a random lone door, that Lucas pulled a key out to open. 

Your heart was racing. Where was he taking you? Your question was answered instantly as he swung open the door to reveal what looked to be a small flat. The city lights twinkled on the far wall that was made entirely of windows. The snow had picked up more and it looked startlingly beautiful. 

You could see a small kitchen and a living room where a few books were scattered on a table. You felt your fingers want to reach for them and see what they were, but you refrained yourself. “Is this your apartment or something?” You asked. Lucas just smirked, “No, not my main one anyway. This is just for when I have to work late and don’t want to drive home. I figured it’d be more private for our date than having people around.” 

Private? Yes, it most definitely was that. You swallowed the nerves caught in your throat. Your eyes traveled over the room once more, drawn to the flickering candles that were lit on a dining table. There were two dishes steaming and filing the room with a delicious smell, and making your stomach rumble. 

“I hope your hungry, I made one of my specialties.” You turned your stunned face to meet Lucas’s. “You made me dinner?” Suddenly you weren’t so hungry anymore. Well, for food at least. He smiled, while pulling the chair out for you. You sat in it tentatively, while he sat across from you. His face looked dazzling in the candle light. The shadows playing perfectly with his full lips and warm eyes. 

You couldn’t look away. He was the first one to, lifting his knife and fork to start cutting into the meal he had made. Again, you felt your belly warm. You copied him, letting your eyes travel over what looked to be a filled meat with sautéed vegetables on the side. Your mouth watered as you brought it to your lips. 

“It’s a pork roulade. Hopefully you like it.” 

Like it? Your mouth was exploding with flavor. It was possibly the best thing you had ever eaten. “It’s delicious, Lucas. Thank you,” you said while cutting another bite. His smile brightened.

 “You didn’t have to go to all this trouble though.” 

“I wanted to, Y/N. Besides, I like to cook and I don’t get to do it often, so really I should be thanking you for giving me a reason to,” He tipped his glass that was filled with a red wine towards you before lifting it to his lips. 

Of course he liked to cook, where you were dreadful in the kitchen. You were the kind of person that burned the microwave popcorn without fail every time. It shouldn’t surprise you that Lucas could cook, but he managed to keep doing it. Keep surprising you. 

Something he said gripped your attention though. 

“Why don’t you get to cook all that often?” 

His eyes lifted to yours, losing their steady shine if only for a moment. “My life is very busy. Busier than I want it to be.” You bit your lip at that. His eyes zoned in on them, growing darker. You let it go at his stare. 

“Well, I’m sorry you don’t get to cook as often as you want. If I was so busy I didn’t have time to do something I loved I’d probably be super grumpy,” you said while bringing another mouthful to your lips. Lucas smiled at your words. “Do I seem grumpy?” His brow lifted. Those devilish brows. 

“No, not grumpy, but--lonely maybe.” 

There had been something about Lucas that night you met for the first time. You had seen something in his eyes that looked familiar. It was as if you were looking in your own eyes. Your own reflection. 

He softened at your words. “I understand, Lucas. I get it,” you huffed out. You weren’t trying to make things serious, but you felt for him. You wanted Lucas to know you knew how he felt. You knew what loneliness was like. You had been feeling it half your life. That’s why you read; to not feel so lonely. 

Lucas’s eyes grew serious and intent on you. The heaviness you could see made your cheeks flush, and you barely had time to do anything before Lucas pushed his chair back  reaching for your face. He lifted you so easily out of your chair, and brought your lips to his. 

You melted instantly, falling against his solid body. You wrapped your arms around his broad shoulders, feeling him tremble beneath your touch. Lucas made you feel invincible. He made you feel strong in his arms, as if you could conquer anything within his warm embrace. The electricity you could feel between you two, it was making you sigh into his mouth. 

Lucas answered your sigh with a groan of his own, pulling at your bottom lip again. “Y/N, you have no idea. No freaking clue how many times I’ve thought about that night on the dance floor,” you let out a breathy sigh at his words. His eyes were hazy and beautiful as they looked into yours. “My heart hasn’t stopped pounding since.” 

Who said things like that? Not normal human’s that’s for sure. Lucas brought your hand to cover his chest where indeed his heart was beating uncontrollably. You could feel your own eyes grow heavy as you scanned his stunning face, tracing his lips with your own fingers. He closed his eyes against them. 

He kept his hands on your cheeks, while your body craved for them to roam. You leaned closer to him, brushing your lips against his but didn’t apply pressure. You teased him by pulling away just enough that he followed you. A slow smile played at his lips. “Remember when I asked you to dance with me that night?” Lucas could only nod his head at your question. 

You pressed your lips against his jaw, leaving a trail of kisses to his ear, then whispered, “dance with me, Lucas.” His hands moved then, bringing your body closer, pressing one of his hands on your hip, while the other brought your lips back to his. You could barely make out the music downstairs and the rhythm of it was filling your veins as Lucas kissed you harder and desperate. You bodies moved together like a dance, while you pressed Lucas back against a wall, breaking your sealed lips. 

You don’t know where your sudden confidence came from, but you let your hips sway for him, lifting your arms above your head. Lucas looked at you with a groan, pulling you close again with one of his consuming hands. He turned you around so you were facing away, and you couldn’t help the moan that released from your chest. 

You pressed firmly against his muscled legs and the feeling of his warm fingers pressed against your stomach was making you shiver. You kept swaying your body against him, and you smiled lazily as you heard him groan against your ear. 

“Y/N, what are you doing to me?” You sighed again, your head falling back against his shoulder. His sweet lips kissed you again, while one of his hands snaked up your dress. He was leaving a trail of fire in his wake, burning you in the best way. As his fingers drew closer to where your dress cut low, he let his fingers slip underneath the ties and touch your collar bones. 

Holy. 

His touch was incredible. You could feel your body shaking against his, while Lucas kissed you deeper, dancing his tongue with yours. You could feel the area between your legs start to warm and that feeling, that warmth fill your core. It had you trembling. You let your hands feel the length of Lucas’s muscled thighs and feel him growl against your mouth. That growl had you gripping one of his hands, bringing it closer to where your dressed stopped. 

You felt him stiffen behind you, gripping both your wrists in his fingers. He stopped you, keeping both your hands bound in his. You could feel his chest heaving against your back, while your own did the same. Your heart was still pounding, the beat of it vibrating throughout your whole body. 

You felt Lucas bring his lips close to brush against your ear. It made you shiver, and he felt it, nipping at your lobe. You breathed a sigh. “This isn’t dancing anymore, Y/N,” he whispered. 

“Of course it is, just a different kind of dance.” He smiled against your ear, giving you a low laugh that warmed your core again. 

“You’re right, but are you sure you want to do this?” You turned around in his arms, to see that he was serious. You knew that what you wanted Lucas to do to you—it went against every rule you ever placed with dates. You never slept with the guy on the first date. You just—didn’t want to, but you had never met someone who you wanted to sleep with on the first date. 

Not till now.

Technically, this wasn’t even your first date. You thought you didn’t know Lucas enough, but you did. Deep down you did, because he was just like you. That’s when you decided. You brought your lips to his again, this time in a slow tender kiss that had him melting against you.”

Yes, Lucas. I’m sure.” It was all he needed to hear for that bond to break. He swept you up in his arms, you wrapping your legs around his waist. He gripped your hips, sending jolts of fire throughout your stomach. You both kissed with the desperation you had both been feeling all night. The fiery passion that you both held in, till now. He was carrying you somewhere, and once you felt the soft feel of a cool comforter beneath you, you moaned in pure bliss. 

He smiled at your sound, bringing himself to knee above you. You watched as he lifted his turtle neck over his head to reveal his toned stomach. Holy. He really was beautiful. You reached your hand out to touch him and he sucked in a harsh breath. “Sorry, are my hands cold?” He laughed softly, “No, not cold.” His eyes met yours in the dim lighting and you shivered at the desire there. 

He slowly stood off the bed to lift each of your heeled feet. You watched as he grazed your skin their with his lips, leaving you trembling in his bed. You arched against his kiss on your ankle as he undid you heels, dropping them to the floor. 

“You looked amazing in these tonight. When I first saw you standing there outside with the snow. You looked beautiful, Y/N.” His words made you sigh, along with his touch that traced up your legs. 

“And when you revealed what you were wearing underneath your coat,” his fingers played at the hem of your dress, teasing the skin there, leaving you aching for me. “I couldn’t breathe, Y/N.” 

You couldn’t breathe now. His touch was making it hard to remember how. 

He slowly brought his lips back to yours, tangling your legs with his. You let your hands roam over his warm skin, feeling how his muscled move above you. He wasn’t real, this man before you. The way he made you feel--it was how you felt reading your books, but better. Because it was real. He was real. 

His hands traveled over your clothed body, sliding up your curves, making you moan into his mouth. You gripped his shoulders, pushing him so now you were above him instead. You straddled his hips while Lucas sat up, bringing his hands to touch the back of your neck. He tugged at the hair beneath you pony and you moaned again. 

“Lucas.” 

Everywhere he touched, he was leaving you scorched. His fingers messed with the ties of your dress, and you urged him to pull them apart by pressing your chest closer to his. He didn’t though, instead, he let his hands travel to your hips. You moaned again when you felt his fingers travel underneath your dress and touch your bare back. He groaned against your mouth, trailing his tongue on your lower lip. 

“Your perfect, Y/N” 

No, that was you Lucas. You let him think so though, just to keep his hands on your skin. He squeezed, pressing you closer to him. His lips left yours to travel down your neck, while one hand stayed underneath your dress, the other touching where you back was exposed. 

You arched into him, letting his lips and tongue travel to where your dress met your chest. You had to bite your lip against another moan. Lucas sucked at your skin there, using his tongue to slip underneath the dress and to your hard breast. 

You bite down another moan, but gripped his hair harder. “Don’t hold back with me, Y/N” Lucas mumbled against your skin. You let your moan fly then, as it filled the room. Lucas gripped you in his arms, flipping your around so you were now laying against the soft pillows once again. 

He kissed you only once, before his lips traveled down your body again. They went down, down, until you felt his fingers pull your dress up and the cool air made you gasp as Lucas kneeled above you again, with blatant desire flashing in his eyes. 

“Oh, Y/N” 

You sighed at the way he said your name. With the longing and passion you craved. He didn’t waste time sliding your underwear down your legs, then plunging his tongue to your core. You barely had time to think. All you could do was arch and grip the sheets. He teased you with his tongue and left you breathing heavy. “Lucas, please.” 

He smiled at your words, bringing his up your body, making you shiver as they slipped beneath your dress. Your arched again as his hands gripped your breasts. Gosh, his touch was perfect. 

You felt your breasts harden as he played with them, making your core warm more and more. You were so close, you could feel it. Lucas could too, by the way his tongue sucked you. You felt him groan against you, and that’s what sent you over. You were shaking from pure pleasure as your orgasm came crashing through you body. Lucas still kept himself there, his lips just as consuming as before. 

“I need you, Lucas. Please.” You begged, watching as he slowly stood up from you, looking at where he just had his tongue inside you. His eyes were so dark and hazy. You watched as he slipped his pants off along with his own underwear, crawling back to you. Lucas helped you untie the dress, and slowly pulled the dress away so you were both bare to each other. 

You were shaking with anticipation, and you gasped in surprise when he lifted you around so you were on top. “I want to watch you.” Oh, lord help you, this man was really trying to kill you. 

As he slipped inside you, you watched his scrunched eyebrows go smooth and it all but made you swirl with triumphant. His groans along with yours filled the room, the sound of your bodies together--it was becoming too much for you. You were going to lose it again. 

“Come with me, Y/N.” 

His words shattered you. You trembled against him while he did the same, slowly working your hips slow until you were both utterly exhausted and you fell against him. 

You were both breathing heavily, while the snowy night lit the room, casting it in a shimmering glow. You felt Lucas press a kiss to the top of your head. You nuzzled yourself into his neck, while his fingers traveled down your back in the best way. It was making you sleepy, and you snuggled closer to Lucas your eyes slowly fluttered close. 

#nct lucas #lucas fanfic #lucas wong #lucas superm #superm #superm lucas #superm fanfic #kpop #kpop fanfic #mine #my work