#at least i got the memo

[randomnameless]

The phrase “we have been aware of the high levels of competency from KT's writers, especially with their work for 3H” is worrying; i'm not going to shit-talk them just for thinking that 3H has a good story, especially when someone's standards for what makes a story good or not is subjective and could be different from ours, but KT's story-telling skills are never going to improve if people keep only telling them that Three Houses' deeply-flawed story was actually a narrative masterpiece, instead of a self-contradicting mess with plot points it introduces solely as gotchas and has no intention of ever following up on in any meaningful way, characters getting assassinated left and right to try and argue that female Ashnard might actually be right and not so different from them in terms of morality and goals (while they're in the middle of fighting for their lives and watching their friends die in battle because she decided to invade their home unprovoked and solely for a landgrab), and an over-powered villain group that should have ended the story long before it even started because the writers decided to give them a stockpile of magic nukes they can launch at anywhere in the world, which was also introduced solely for shock value and without them realizing how much of the story is ruined by making it so that the villains who want to kill everyone and take over the world can just nuke anyone they want (that isn't inside Garreg Mach when they launch it) with no consequences.

I just don't like what it means for the future of FE stories if the worst story in the series keeps getting praised as one of the best, even by separate developers, is all.

Wait and see anon!

For what it's worth, while Engage's sales are apparently not as stellar as Houses in the same timeframe (like House after month 1 and Engage after month 1?), Nopes totally crashed.

Amazon isn't the only market in the world, but in some places in the world (tfw not for amazon.fr) Nopes is now sold at around 15 bucks, which is ridiculous considering older games released on consoles still being in circulation are more expensive than this thing that is barely 1 year old(even the first FEW?).

Also, Engage was supposed to have been released earlier but Covid and Houses being released later than planned meant it was delayed, but Engage was supposed to be Fodlan's antithesis, at least writing wise - you'd think IS would have tried to retrofit more Fodlan themes (maybe more uwu maybe some villains aren't BaD and earl grey because they luf u) but they didn't.

Imo, fwiw, while KT apparently loved how Fodlan was received, IS is aghast and doesn't want to touch it within a 10 meters radius, only if it means selling units in FEH and even there, they sometimes retcon Fodlan units (hello F!Billy/Sothis) or challenge them in various FB (Brave!Supreme Leader, but also in the most recent one, Sylvain harping on his Crust being BaD...) clearly showing how they don't really want to follow KT's direction regarding those units - at times, it's almost as if the CoS receives more development in Heroes than in both Fodlan games!

So I'd like to see what IS has in store for the next FE games (or the next non remake FE game), even if in my opinion, given how Heroes has to retcon/finish the writing (Mercedes reveals more about her Adrestian family in FEH than in two of her games!) for characters just to sell them in the gacha game ffs, speaks volumes on what they think of Fodlan's writing.

On top of that, FE16 was the first game where people received surveys/mails from Nintendo/IS asking them if they understood the game... - so despite Fodlan selling well (better than expected?), imo it's clear the writing isn't to praise, at least for IS, and they don't want anything to do with it (Nopes' DLC was scrapped, when shiny!Rhea's sprite was datamined, so either they made an useless sprite, either this sprite might have been used in a future DLC?)

They can still butcher a future remake (plz no jugdral) by adding pointless supports between units and trying to uwu more than needed the red emperor - or add an OC waifu du jour who will sell merchs and try to uwu her if she is on the side of the red emperor - but I feel like we will see where they will go with a brand new game (since Heroes's writing is... as consistent as a fog and basically circles around "women sad'n'lonely*, men evyl", female playable OC simps after the avatar and is useless in the resolution of the plot because Alfonse will finally find a mc guffin way to defeat the villain of the year).

*i truly hope Vero isn't any indication to what the writing of the future games will be, like heavy retcons from her first apparition to "i was brainwashed and akshually everyone supports me from my home even if i send them to death against askr because the voice in my head told me to do it" because that'd suck, but vero is a young woman, thus she could be monetised for alts, figurines and even DLC content in a main game!

#anon #replies #fwiw even the main redshit subs seems to be tired of the 'uwu stellar writing uwu' #i mean some people on the main sub #and call out the crap writting and incoherent plot points #I'm not joking about the CoS or at least Nabateans lol #they receive more love in FEH than in both games combined #especially Rhea which makes me happy #and billy too! #also lol@the shitstorm when Cyril was released #bcs some people didn't get the memo that Gonerils had him work without being fed in the main games #but here FEH puts it in your face through his own lines and Sharena's description #sure it's not too much because it's FEH and Cyril is a grail unit thus didn't get any FB #but it's better than the nothing he got in Nopes #and the bonkers supports and endings he can have in Houses that completely elude the topic #even Hubert in his support comments on how Adrestian Nobles treated Petra when she was brought to Adrestia #but in Cyril's support it's never mentionned he's just insulted and that's it #no one mentions how that certain house has almyran servants they forgot to feed #top tier writing uwu or is it just not throwing dirt on a waifu who can sell alts? #character rant #FE16

[ourfag]

fucking tumblr keeps crashing every time i go to reblog that post by piratecaptainscaptainpirates about how stede is a guy who fucks (app is homophobe?) but it resonates in my head in my heart in my soul like tbh maybe if he was confronted with an especially bizarre sex thing in conversation he’d make a facial expression somewhere in the genus of scandalized but he’d also be full on physically leaning over the table towards you like “yes??? go on????”

#you start to elaborate and when you look again hes got a teeny tiny pencil and memo pad out. #i also feel like stede isnt stede to me unless he has like at least 1 or 2 slightly weird-of-center kinks but thats a different post

[meowjings-arsb]

#I was legit yelling because the lumiknoll was being jacked #and then the cave with TWO emperor bulblaxes messing with me. I reset at least 10 times before I got the memo #and then my friend’s over there being like ‘Oh! a pikmin!’ and ‘How do I give Oatchi a treat?’ #while I’m just having a crisis #pikmin #friendo #we both had a great time 👌 #my stoof #milly’s arts #signatured #pikmin 4 #me #dande #doodles

[shredsandpatches]

Did another covid test today and while it was technically positive, the line was so faint that I couldn't see it until I shone my phone flashlight on it. So that's nice. I'm done with the paxlovid as of this morning so I hope I don't get the rebound effects. (And I'm still taking antibiotics for the strep infection. Really great Christmas presents)

I think I'm at that point that you get to when you're sick where you feel better enough to feel stir-crazy but aren't actually well enough to do anything about it without pushing yourself too hard. And I'd really like to be reasonably okay by the time work and rehearsals start up again in January so I'm staying home for Christmas and devoting most of my time to getting rest. But it's starting to get kind of boring tbh.

#my parents are planning to visit with my christmas presents when i'm a little better #which is nice i guess #i know i'm getting at least one fabulous pair of boots #also if my mother makes noises about how i should quit symphony chorus i will lose my shit #she's been muttering disapprovingly about how that's probably how i got covid #but also i think that's on me for not masking assiduously #we all test pretty regularly and there haven't been any memos about an outbreak #and the university library is probably at least equally disease-ridden #anyway i also kinda dragged my feet on getting boosted #because i didn't feel like i had time to be knocked flat for a day #so lol irony i fucked up

[kalmnotpanik]

This time of year again

#original photograhpy #photographers on tumblr #trees #winter #at least today i got the memo and wearing a warm coat

[ciceroballtorture]

He laughed. “Pardon. I had assumed you would wish to avoid such distractions, so soon after your marriage.” “Hardly,” I said. “Matters of state must take precedence.” “Is that so,” he murmured. He had a low voice, and when it went quiet, it approached a growl.

I'm sorry this is so funny. oh why are you as a man concerned with matters of state? is it so you can touch another man's nation you fag?

#.sc #also rip the 13yo childbride speech about how nobody expects them to fuck but everybody is now acting like its weird if philip isnt #spending every waking moment in their bedchambers. i wonder if the asoiaf fans at least got the memo

[homeinchaldea]

After hours of playing, I’ve finally finished LB7!

#fate grand order #fate/grand order #fgo #fate go #koala plays fgo #fgo jp #lb7 spoilers #fgo spoilers #stones used: 6-7 #I still think the management is whack and the servants are underwhelming #but the pet part where I keep throwing my servants to battlefield like a desperate general? #*ORT part #very anxiety inducing #once again Rasputin participates in saving the day #the final fight is a bit tricky but once you get the memo it hits well in the story #honestly I have a lot of grievances of a whole dead month but holy cow this chapter is a lot #at the very least valentines are not cancelled (for now) #also got Reines to Bond 7 during the battle…nice #anyway LB7 is over so now I’m back #also might roll of Kul because her skills seem pretty fun and useful

[justalittlebluetiefling]

We record our D&D sessions at both tables and I was having a conversation with the homebrew DM about how much he hates hearing his own voice and I can’t relate anymore, because I have so many voice memos on my phone because all my writing ideas come to me while I’m driving, so I’ve become inoculated to the sound of my own voice. To the point that I actually kind of like my own voice now. Really, the whole point of this post is to tell you that I have so many voice memos I need to transcribe into an outline, because I did 6 hours of solo driving this weekend and had too many ideas for 3 different fics. 

#seriously it's 27 voice memos #of varying lengths #45 seconds to 6 minutes #i got through almost half of them last night it took me so long but at least those ideas are not lost to the ether #every couple voice memos is like 'no wait back on this idea i had another thought' #personal

[blazingflareon]

✨guess who has covid✨

i havent been sick for years this sucks severely

#my whole household has it i just got the memo last 😔 #for a few days i thought i was lucky and dodged it but sike #atm the worst thing is the headaches n muscle pain i cant do anything bc ow hurty #i was zonked out on the couch watching tv crime dramas the whole evening nvslkhsd #not looking forward to losing my smell and taste let me tell u #but avoiding it for 3 years is a pretty good streak right #im gonna go to bed now. or try at least my dreams have a field day when im sick #blazingtalks

[catboyolli]

one step forward two steps back

#vent post #yes this is about my coworker not even saying hi or good morning before asking for shit #i thought he had got the memo because he's been at least saying hi these last days but nooooooooooo #it has been a month since he joined the team and still doesn't get that i'm a human and not a chatbot? he's not even my boss #and i know some people hate small talk and think that it's not necessary but this is not small talk it's basic manners #like saying hi how are you? good and you? good i need help with x #anyway he will have to wait quite a lot of time for an answer. get fucked 😊💖 #can't wait for him to leave :) or for me to graduate and ask for a transfer to another team #i'm very angry rn 🙃 and i'm having the feeling that he does this because i'm a woman in a higher position than him #and the fact that there's a lot of other stuff going on and affecting me doesn't help my mental health at all #(can't draw and i hate all i do)

[myname-isnia]

If there's anything this night has shown it's that I'm scarily good at silent crying

#and I fucking mean silent #not quiet sobs. no sound whatsoever apart from the occasional shaky breath #I had a four hour breakdown without making a single noise. my grandma asleep in the next room over and being none the wiser #probably not something to be proud of. but it probably says a lot about me #I mean. I've always been quiet. according to mom I didn't even cry when I was born #and when I did cry I was so quiet you could barely tell #is there any wonder that I'm awful about asking for help. apparently I never got the memo that babies communicate by crying #anyways #this night has also shown that when in the middle of a breakdown. overwhelmed by anger and tears. I can get so fucking mean #towards people who least deserve it #and now that I've mostly calmed down I feel completely awful about it #I need to stop letting my temper get the better of me. it's ruined friendships before and I won't let it do it again #also I should probably go to bed it's nearly 5 a.m and I've had a really awful night #just wish I could teleport home bc I really don't want to interact with grandma in the morning

[elvesofnoldor]

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#caught up with killing eve finally. take: eve is louis (vc books. NOT the AMC show). villanielle is lestat (vc books. NOT AMC show) #(ok villanielle = at least 70% lestat; eve= 40-60% louis as the story progresses) #and this wasn't supposed to be a love story but the actors got the wrong memo. maybe #idk i just read up a lot on what the writers said about their relationship and im pretty sure they were going for lestat and louis' bullshi #and they didn't successfully pulled it off as lestat and louis' bullshit #also. like. nobody even understood louis and lestat's complicated. miserable. tortured relationship and how it wasn't quite a love story #so how is a site of people growing up on at worst s*pernatural fanfic and at best star trek fanfic supposed to get what's going on #they should have just gone with villanelle books' ending. there was no need to make things unnecessarily complicated #but yeah. even though the ending does seem abrupt at first and it is a miserable ending. i actually do not mind it [hit the hornet nest] #actually i would only be hitting the hornet nest if this shows up in the kv tag. i hope it doesn't #mae overshares

[sharlmbracta]

(i thought i was being dramatic with mario but now my brain just literally yoinked and ran with ozai without even noticing me)

#brain dump #hella pooky #actually ok i admit i was there the entire time my brain yoinked and ran #why the hell is my brain into old men so much!! i seriously #hell brain #and now my memo is crumbling bits and pieces of fanfiction to write in the middle of the exam period #get help wanted #lol #im doomed #at least the new fixation helps me through study sessions ig #part of my brain is enjoying itself with the fixation #while the other part is working out formulas #get what i mean? #rant #self rant #okay at first i was just genuinely curious about him but then brain opened the box of pandora and then more convoluted darkfic consumption #and then my angst brain got ahold of him and uhh this happened #but then again #every day is exam period this semester #he is keeping me alive #quite literally #help me

[rafeysdoll]

what would rafe think if u get a build a bear with his name on its shirt !! n record his voice for the lil heart in it ૮꒰ྀི -᷄ -᷅ ꒱ྀིა

he would probably think its stupid but :(

honestly i think he’d like it in the sense he likes being needed by you, you know? and reader having a whole tiny clone of him would make him go crazy a bit after the initial shock

when you eagerly lead him into your bedroom after he comes back from a business trip he has a completely different idea. that same eagerness transferring to him for a whole different reason, smirking to himself at how excited you were.

you open your door and quickly drag him to your frilly bed, giggling to yourself. “close your eyes please, i have a surprise!”

rafe closes his eyes, already imagining you in some new cute getup. one that would ultimately end up torn up and discarded on your floor.

“okay, open!” you squeal.

he peeks, thrown off guard when he sees you holding a light brown teddy bear — fully clothed might he add — wearing a mini polo shirt he swears he has somewhere in his own closet, small letters that spell his name engraved in the middle.

“it’s you!”

“me?”

“yeahh, look, press his hand!” you smile, lifting his hand and guiding it to the fluffy bear paw. when rafe squeezes it lightly he quickly tenses up a bit when he hears his own voice say — ‘hi baby. love you.’

“w-what the fuck?” he whispers to himself, caught off guard completely. you pout, ears starting to burn with embarrassment. maybe this was a bad idea.

he looks up at you with bewilderment, quickly shaking his head when he sees your pitiful expression. “no, no i-i didn’t mean it like that baby. just- just confused me. has my.. uh voice and everything.. how did it do that?” he asks, staring at the stuffed animal with wide eyes.

“from build a bear.. saved one of your voice memos,” you mewl bashfully — unable to meet his gaze.

“that’s.. that’s real cute baby.” he reassures, standing up and kissing your cheek. “you.. don’t think it’s weird or stupid?” you frown, hugging the plush to your chest.

he shakes his head, making you smile again. “good! now when i miss you i’ll have this!” you beam, giving it a small hug before placing it on your bed.

it made his heart feel tight and warm — sinking into the feeling of being needed. it was addicting, to say the least.

he smirks, kissing your lips softly. “mm, the real things right here with you right now though, so uh.. why- why don’t you show me how much you missed me, yeah? must’ve missed me a lot huh baby? even got a mini clone of me and everything.” he speaks softly, totally contradicting from the way he was trying to lightly pick at you.

but you loved it, always having your stomach fill with butterflies with the way he was able to make ‘mean’ so deliciously sweet.

#anon #rafe ౨ৎ #rafe cameron #rafe cameron x you #rafe cameron x reader #rafe cameron smut #rafe obx #rafe x reader #rafe x you #rafe outer banks #rafe smut #rafe imagine #outerbanks rafe #rafe cameron imagine #rafe cameron fanfiction #rafe fanfic #rafe fic #rafe cameron fic #drew starkey #drew starkey x reader #drew starkey smut #drew starkey imagine #drew starkey fanfic #drew starkey fanfiction #outerbanks smut #outerbanks imagine #outerbanks x reader #outerbanks fic #rafe cameron thoughts

[charliemwrites]

Mafia!Price warm up because I am… so tired. I’ve had back-to-back events the last few days and ya bitch canNOT hang. So, while I rehydrate and wait for caffeine to work it’s magic, here’s this:

Part 1 here

Mr. Price is the best boss you’ve ever had. He’s straightforward and blunt, but unfalteringly courteous. Likes things a certain way — his own way — but that’s nothing you’re unfamiliar with from rich men responsible for billions. At very least, he seems to respect when you challenge him.

“We’ve always done records this way,” he says.

“Yes, sir,” you answer serenely, “but that was before you had me.”

He stares you down and you beam right back, tablet balanced on your forearm. One beat, two. In the corner of your eye, you see Gaz shift. You tilt your head at your boss.

He sits back in his big office chair, thumb swiping over his index and middle fingers. A gesture you’ve been mentally cataloguing as “contemplative” — perhaps deciding if he’s annoyed or amused. You don’t let yourself get nervous seeing it; you’re good at your job and you know it. He’s going to know it too, by god.

“And what do you have to do with it, luv?”

Your smile stretches wider as you take that as an invitation to round his desk. He turns and shifts a bit to make room for you, eyebrows ticking up as you set a neatly paper-clipped report in front of him, highlighted for convenience.

“See here?” You point at one section, a list of finance records. “Inconsistencies that the accountants took two months to notice. Two!”

He grunts as you set it aside, face up, for further perusal and then show him the next set. Different highlighter (and a smiley face in the corner).

“And look here, doing it this way, we noticed the discrepancies within a week,” you explain.

He picks up the page, eyes scanning over it thoroughly before setting it down. Taps his index finger over the discrepancy (circled in bright red) twice.

“Would you happen to have the account — ah, thank you.”

You hum, smoothing the sticky note (hot pink, shaped like a heart) onto the page. “So what do you think, sir?”

He runs a hand down his face, palm rasping over his beard. But there is a grateful note to his gaze as he glances at you.

“We’ll be doing it this way from now on, then.”

“Thrilling, sir. I’ll send out a memo.”

He waves you off, frown already forming on his face. You politely leave his office, stop by the break room to make a fresh cup of tea (a dollop of cream only, no sugar) and knock on the closed door. It’s Gaz that opens it.

“For the boss,” you say. “Before heads start rolling.”

“You’re a doll,” he breathes, accepting the cup and slipping back inside.

You happily toddle back to your desk and begin calling appointment confirmations. You’ve got about a million emails and a hundred calls to make.

—

Working for Price also comes with some… eccentricities. For one, you have a driver now.

Usually Farah, sometimes her partner Alex. On the rare occasion it’s Gaz. They always usher you into the backseat. On rainy days (so, most days in the UK) they hold an umbrella over your head while you scurry into the luxury leather interior of whatever stupidly expensive ride you’re taking.

That was a non-negotiable when you and Mr. Price discussed the details of your employment contract with him. Something about safety…? You feel silly being driven to work as an assistant, but it was your first encounter with the Steel Gaze of Decision and it was unfortunately effective.

Not that you mind the rides! All three of your usual drivers are wonderful. So friendly and chatty. You love hearing about Alex’s niece and Farah’s hobbies, Gaz’s little “spats” with Soap. You spoil them with extra treats from whatever bakery you make them stop at for morning breakfast. (Always local, you love supporting small businesses and strong arm Price into doing so as well).

There’s the gun as well. You’ve only seen it once or twice, always discreetly hidden under his suit jacket. A shoulder holster, all black. Pretend that you don’t see it because… well, you’re not entirely sure it’s legal and you’d rather live in the blissful cloud of plausible deniability.

And speaking of — there’s his bodyguard. To be fair, bodyguards aren’t a new or weird presence with your bosses. Expensive men, they need protection. Ghost is a different kind though.

He always covers the lower half of his face — actually, he’s covered head to toe. Usually in black, sometimes with little skeleton or skull motifs. And he’s fucking big, which is saying something because Mr. Price isn’t a small man either.

Ghost hardly interacts with you, but he’s unfailingly polite when he does. Not talkative, but he holds doors for you, has walked you down to the car. Even once attitude-checked a guest that decided to be rude to you. Didn’t even say anything, just walked into the guy’s personal bubble and stared him down until he subsided. Then he turned, gave you a nod, and you squeezed his arm before toddling off to let Price know his appointment had arrived.

All around the vibes in the office are pleasant, if sometimes stuffy. A little odd. All of his employees are polite if not kind to you, and Price himself is a fair and reasonable man — at least with you.

(The first time you heard him raise his voice through the closed office door nearly scared the daylights out of you. He always uses a low, even tone when speaking to you, so to hear his voice booming like that was something of a shock. Even more shocking was when he opened the door — damn near throwing his “guest” out — before turning to you.

“Call Farah when you have a mo’, would you?” He asked, calm as you please.

You blinked, still having war flashbacks of your last boss. “Yes, sir.”

“Cheers, luv.”)

There’s also the “field trips” as you call them.

Mr. Price is something of a very “hands on” businessman (“micromanager” you tease when he’s in a good mood) who has a hand in several industries. One of them is shipping. Which means that sometimes you find yourself standing beside him in warehouses or at loading docks. And of course you have to go, you’re his assistant! You take meeting notes, provide information or report details. Basically act as his second brain while he reams out idiots or organizes plans.

You suck it up, but you rather hate the smell of low tide. And the occasional gusts of blood on the sea breeze from fishermen gutting their catches. Price catches you looking ill once or twice and at least makes an effort to keep things short after that.

“Poor thing,” Soap teases when you’re in the back of the car, fussing at your wind-swept hair. “Get a bit blown, did you?”

“MacTavish,” Price snaps.

That’s the other thing. Even the slightest hint of suggestive or inappropriate words at your expense are met with firm, almost harsh, reprimand from your boss. It does wonders for you nerves and your respect for him.

“Wish I’d known we were going to the docks,” you sigh, carefully picking at pins to fix your hair. “I would have used more hairspray.”

“Thought I told you?” Price says.

“No, sir, you did not,” you answer, long-suffering. “You know you can put it into the scheduling app, right?”

He blinks. “Scheduling app.”

You blink back at him. “Oh, dear. Here, look at this.”

You spend the entire ride back to the office showing him how your scheduling software works so that you don’t have to deal with any more surprise dock visits.

#cod #my writing #fanfiction #reader fic #mafia!au #mafia boss price #mafia!price #assistant reader #oddly wholesome for a mafia au