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moonstruckme · 9 months

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hi lovely! would you consider writing part 2 for reader that is remus' roommate and sirius, where they are freshly together? if you don't feel like it that's fine, have a good day darling

Thanks for requesting honey! Hope this is alright :)

part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5

modern au

Sirius Black x fem!reader ♡ 1k words

When Remus opens the door, he banishes his surprise at finding Sirius there almost as quickly as he knows he’s not here to see him.

“She’s in her room,” Remus says, stepping aside.

Sirius grins at him, beelining down the hall. He’d been coming around a lot more often lately, and though Remus would like to be annoyed, it’s hard to deny how sweet the two of you are together. After your first meeting, Sirius had begun showing up every weekend, allegedly to hang out with Remus, though you somehow always ended up coming along. Then he started popping in on weekdays, claiming he forgot something at the apartment or was in the area and “thought I may as well stop by to see the two biggest nerds on campus.” According to you, he started showing up at your cafe a short while after that, acting surprised to see you and like he only vaguely recalled Remus mentioning you worked there (after he’d bribed Remus with chocolates for the intel).

You’d only gone on your first date the week before, and Remus had to meet Sirius nearly twenty minutes away from campus afterward to avoid any possibility of running into you as he gushed about the dress you’d picked out (Remus had seen it before you left; it was adorable), how smart you were (Remus knew), the book you were in the middle of (Remus had lent it to you), and did Remus know this and that and that about you? (he did). Sirius spoke like you were the most fascinating creature on the planet, and Remus wasn’t sure he’d ever seen his friend so happy.

When he got home, you weren’t much better. It had taken you awhile to build up the courage, a few days of Remus catching you smiling at your phone or staring off to the side of your book with a dreamy glaze over your eyes, but finally you’d asked Remus (trying to be casual, as if he didn’t know better) about Sirius. It had started with questions about what kind of music he preferred, then what he’d been like when they’d been in school together, and soon Remus was telling you everything he could recall from the moment he met Sirius when they were eleven, surprised and a bit endeared by how eager you were for every story.

The day after that, he’d started getting texts from James asking about the girl that had his best friend so smitten (“Moons, I’m telling you,” James had said, “I keep walking into his room to find him texting with his feet kicking behind him. It’s alarming”). It had begun to feel like all Remus did lately was relay information about you and Sirius to anyone who asked. Frankly, he felt lucky to have a first-row seat to the show, endlessly amused to watch as two of the most self-assured people he knew devolved into giggling fools in the other’s presence.

Now, he can hear you squeal as Sirius bursts into your room, followed by some scuffling sounds, and then Sirius drags your blanket-wrapped form across the floor and out into the living room by your ankle. You curse and twist about, grinning with the sort of animation Remus hadn’t known you possessed until you’d met Sirius.

“Alright,” Remus says in his bored, I’m-so-done-with-your-lovebird-shit voice (he’s had plenty of time to practice it in these last few weeks), “unhand my roommate, Sirius.”

Sirius drops your foot, and you sit up, shaking your head in entirely faked exasperation as you straighten your rumpled hair.

“Moony, do you know she’s been dodging my calls for days?”

Remus quirks a brow. “I heard you on the phone last night.”

“Some bullshit about an exam,” Sirius continues as though he hasn’t spoken. “Can you believe it? You know me, I won’t stand for this sort of treatment.”

“I know you’re needy, Black,” you say, standing with the grace of a monarch despite your polka-dot pajamas and the blanket wrapped around your shoulders and going to sit on the couch, “but I can only afford to feed your ego every so often when my strictest professor’s exam is coming up.”

Remus hums in recognition. “That’s tomorrow morning, isn’t it?”

You nod, brushing a greasy piece of hair behind your ear self-consciously, and Remus watches you sympathetically. He’s not sure how much you’ve let Sirius know, but it’s hard to live in such close proximity to someone and not pick up on their moods. You’ve been horrendously stressed about this exam all week. The coffee maker has been running nearly non-stop, the shower running not at all, and Remus has seen light coming from under your door at all hours of the night.

“Maybe the two of you should go to a park or something,” he suggests gently. “Enjoy the nice weather, relax for a while.”

You look anxious at the prospect of abandoning your textbooks for a few hours, but Sirius is assessing you, putting the pieces together of what this week has done to you. “Good idea, Moons,” he says, and Remus doubts he has to fake any of the enthusiasm in his voice. “What do you think, lovely girl, want to go on a little adventure?”

You hesitate, but in the end time with Sirius is too tempting to pass up. “Let me just get dressed.”

“Ugh,” Sirius complains. “If you have to.”

A few minutes later Remus is watching you both warmly, feeling oddly like someone’s dad, though he’s not sure whose. He can’t help but smile as Sirius fawns over you, telling you how pretty you look and insisting upon tying your shoes for you (“Gorgeous thing like you, doing things for yourself? Don’t be ridiculous, sweetheart. Give me a few weeks, and you won’t remember how to tie your shoes or open your own door.”) before opening the front door gallantly. You’re all coy looks and feigned annoyance at his flirtation, but there’s more color in your complexion than Remus has seen all week, and you lean into Sirius when he wraps an arm around your shoulders. It’s all very sickeningly sweet.

“Have fun,” Remus says, waving you out the door. “And Pads.”

Sirius looks back, gray eyes practically sparkling. “Yeah?”

“She’s got an exam in the morning. Don’t get her home too late.”

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indigo-casson · 6 months

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something that i've been thinking about lately is the parallels between star wars: andor/rogue one and tamora pierce's trickster's queen duology. primarily because the star wars brainrot is real and the tamora pierce obsession is forever, but also because they are kind of both tonal and thematic departures from their main 'verses in some similar ways?

in both the star wars verse and the tortall verse, the majority of the media has focused on one individual (or a small group of individuals) who make a profound difference in the world. Whether that's alanna singlehandedly finding the dominion jewel/becoming king's champion/making way for female knights, or luke skywalker blowing up the death star, or daine and numair going to the divine realms during the immortals war, or anakin skywalker becoming a sith and dooming the republic, most of the original material has seen battle and political change as something that is affected by either an actual chosen one or simply a single very plucky and well-placed individual.

trickster's queen and andor, however, really look at rebellion as something that has to be done by a diverse group of flawed people who work together despite their differences. mon mothma knows that her role is raising money. ulasim, chenaol, and the other members of the raka conspiracy each take their individual roles in the rebellion, and recognize that even though they might not want to work with aly or the luarin nobility, they need their skills and influence to make it happen.

both stories also show rebellion as extremely costly and something that requires making tough calls. nobody has their hands clean by the end of a civil war. notably, trickster's queen explicitly narrowly avoids having the protagonists kill a group of 5 year olds. luthen is ready to kill cassian when he becomes a liability, and cassian does kill lots of people, including some allies whose only "crime" is being susceptible to giving up rebellion secrets.

in rogue one, we don't like davits draven because he orders jyn's father killed, and that just feels wrong. jyn is our heroine and it upsets her, so emotionally it's distressing. but of course, draven and cassian and jyn are all working towards the same goal. draven did what he had to--galen erso is a liability as long as he's alive. dove and sarai's little brother elsren has to die because he's a direct heir to the throne, ahead of his sisters. it doesn't matter that he's five and totally innocent. as long as he lives, a luarin has a greater claim to the throne than a raka, and as long as that's true, the rebellion can't succeed.

in the star wars original trilogy, people for sure die! i'm not trying to say that they don't, but it's definitely not something that's shown affecting our protagonists on a deep, emotional level. they're all side characters, or else they come back as force ghosts. the prequels are uh. fucking tragic, but at the end of it, almost all of our heroes make it out. even the casualties of the war are droids vs clones, which is to say, totally interchangeable cannon fodder on both sides!

the number of character deaths in the tortall 'verse is fewer, probably because it's primarily created for middle grades, but even when people do die, they're either demonstrably bad people or minor enough characters that the emotional resonance isn't the same.

by contrast, at the end of trickster's queen, almost the majority of the main conspirators die in battle, not to mention those who don't even make it to the final conflict. at the end of rogue one, all of our heroes are dead, and people aren't exactly making it out of andor s1 in good shape either. more than half of the aldhani team dies on that mission.

I could go on further, but I think my main takeaway is that once you've invested a lot of time and attention and fandom into a 'verse, you have a lot more leeway to tell different kinds of stories. tamora pierce could not have written trickster's choice until after the values and world of tortall were so clearly established, and if she had, it wouldn't have had the impact that it did. similarly, part of what makes rogue one/andor so striking is the fact that it is such a departure from the preexisting values and story format of star wars.

for every chosen one we see in media, there are hundreds of people working behind the scenes to make their big, death star destroying moment possible. the only way to improve society is through collective action, and part of that is that everyone's hands are going to get dirty. i think lots of people want to imagine that they could be like luke skywalker and swoop in 2 weeks before the battle of yavin and become a hero, but the fact of the matter is that that's not how the world works! war requires us to do things that would ordinarily go against our values, but in the context of a drawn out, bloody, thankless battle, maybe we decide the ends justify the means.

#analysis #i don't particularly imagine that anyone will read this because it is so niche lmao #but the brainworms wouldn't leave me alone #star wars #long post #tamora pierce #tortall #tricksters queen #andor #rogue one

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thegoodwitchglinda · 7 months

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voted most likely to run away with you

rook hunt x reader.

rumours of you two being in a relationship are spreading like wildfire around NRC, how will rook respond?

p.s the reader’s gender is intended to be nondescript, however there is the use of “mon cherie” in this fic because french. sorry.

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the world was ending.

you were avoiding Rook. How could this ever happen? Well, he had an idea or two. After all, putting in some distance after almost the entire school had started not-so-subtly whispering about you together, wasn’t that unreasonable.

But it was absolutely unfair! And he’d have to put a stop to it, one way or another.

Perhaps he’d just show up to your dorm room at about two in the morning - it’s not like you could avoid him then.

The loud knock on your door scared the life out of you, considering the uncharacteristically early hours. You just had to check the time, and questioned if you should even answer the door, considering it was 1:58. AM. But after a short pause, the knocks continued, so you rubbed the sleep out of your eyes and got out of bed.

Oh. Shit.

Rook was there, standing at your door way. And you had a feeling it was going to be awkward, since you hadn’t seen him in a week. Purposefully.

“Hi… what’s up?”

“Just my spirits, mon cherie, seeing your face again has lifted them greatly!”

he was eccentric as ever, but you were pretty used to that. “Oh… thank you. So, did you need anything? You know, it’s kind of late. Or, early, I guess.”

“Ah, yes. I need you.”

“What?”

“I need you to come with me.”

…

“Why?”

“I can’t tell you, it’ll spoil the surprise.”

well, you were already awake. “Okay, I guess I can go with you.”

“Wonderful! You might need this, it’s quite cold at this hour.” He handed you a black jacket, that had your name embroidered in gold on one cuff… and his on the other.

Your cheeks certainly warmed up fast, before you continued on your mystery adventure with Rook.

You had been walking for awhile, in comfortable silence, but when you could no longer keep track of the sheer number of tress you’d counted on the way, you had to ask where you were going. Or if you’d be there in a reasonable amount of time.

But Rook didn’t really give you answer, which made sense within the next few minutes as your walk came to a halt.

You were at a beautiful lake, with water so clear it seemed to glow even in the dark hours.

“Wow, it’s beautiful, how’d you find it?”

“I’m glad you like it. And a hunter must know his hunting grounds.”

“hm, I have to ask through, why’d you take me here at two in the morning?”

“I thought it was the right amount of romance for our first date as a couple. Just us, here, late in the night.”

date? couple?? “Wait, what are you talking about?”

“We’re dating, haven’t you heard, mon cherie?”

“But those are just rumors!”

“They don’t have to be.”

“…are you asking me out?”

“I’d love nothing more than to be yours, if you’ll have me.”

Once again, you started to flush. This was something you’d dreamed of, and now that it was happening you could barely get the words out of your mouth.

“Then I’m yours.”

Rook smiled, and he stared at you for a moment like he was just happy to be there, and then he spoke again. “Perfect. You might want to check your pocket then.”

confused as you were, you put your hands in both pockets of your jacket to check them, and from the left, you pulled out a small promise ring.

He was in it for the long haul.

#rook hunt #rook x reader #rook hunt x reader #twisted wonderland #twst #twisted wonderland x reader #twst x reader #dtw

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vocaloidfactoftheday · 9 months

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Have You Seen This Lost GUMI Anime Pilot?

This is a bit of an unusual post for this blog, but I think I may have come across a case of lost media involving an anime pilot starring GUMI. It's possible that it exists on the Internet, and I hesitate to declare this as "lost media," but I cannot find it anywhere, and I figured that a post on this blog was the best way to see if anyone has any leads or extra info.

The anime is titled "Koisuru Dessan Ningyo," with an English title of "Do Drawing Dolls Dream of Love?" I don't know the runtime of the pilot, but I think it was most likely around 5-7 minutes. I believe this could have been the first instance of a Vocaloid being cast in a main voice acting role (perhaps, the first one cast in any voice acting role). I'm not completely sure if they actually used the Megpoid voicebank, or had Megumi Nakajima voice act as GUMI, but the way AnimeAnime (Japanese anime news site) describes it, it seems like it may have been the former. In either case, the character that GUMI portrays in the anime is a character that is clearly made to resemble her.

(These are the only screenshots I could find that come from the pilot, but more may exist.)

The main character is a doll (who I'm not sure is named), who models for a girl's drawings before eventually falling in love with her. I don't believe GUMI's character has a name, but she plays a main role as the girl the doll falls in love with.

Where It Was Seen

The pilot aired on NHK TV on January 9, 2014, during late night (possibly just after midnight?). It aired alongside another pilot as part of the program Aoyama 1seg Kaihatsu. This was a sort of tournament, where two pilots were broadcast once a month for three months, and viewers would vote for which pilot they liked best. Then, the three winners would go against each other in a final round, where the pilot with the most votes would get picked up to become a series. (I think they held this tournament once a year from 2010 to 2014 or 2015, though I don't know if it was the exact same every time.) The broadcast was 25 minutes long for each of the first three rounds, with the first half dedicated to showing both pilots and the second half dedicated to presentations about each pilot. (This is why I think this pilot was around 5-7 minutes, though I'm not sure exactly how much time commercial breaks would take up.) For a few years, including 2014, the program was hosted by the now-disbanded Japanese girl group E-girls (no relation to what you and I know as "e-girls." in their case the E stands for "exile.")

According to the official Tumblr account, karappo-heart, this pilot won the first round of the competition! It probably didn't make it out of the finals, though, since it didn't get picked up for a series. It's also possible that it did win, but some other issues prevented its production. In any case, the Tumblr account hasn't been updated since the first round ended. While this contest was going on, three shorts were apparently available to watch on NHK's website, but they have since been removed. I think at least one of the shorts was web-exclusive. I haven't been able to find info on who actually won the finals, or even what GUMI's short won against.

People Involved

The doll is portrayed by a masked dancer refererred to as Hitori de Dekiru Mon. I can't find much info about him online, but I think his real name is Takemura Ryohei. (I'm not sure because that part on his Japanese Wikipedia article has a "citation needed" label.) AnimeAnime specifically refers to his role as being the doll's "human form," though it's possible he provided voice acting too. AnimeAnime points out the unusual nature of having a human portray a doll, and having a Vocaloid portray a human.

Masanori Okamoto (who also wrote the screenplay and produced the pilot) animated the pilot with the pixilation technique, using time-lapse pictures to show movement of objects and people (this may have included live-action photos of the doll's actor portraying a "human form" of the doll). It seems like it may have blended stop motion/puppetry and live action stills with traditional animation? This is an example of Okamoto's work from around the same time, which seems like it might have been made in a similar style:

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The third known person to have worked on this is none other than Vocaloid producer sasakure.UK. He composed the theme song, which of course features GUMI, and a few other songs to be used in potential future episodes. If you're a big fan of his, the anime title may sound familiar to you, as he released 3 of these songs (though both news sites I looked at, AnimeAnime and Anime News Network, say he made 4 total) plus their instrumentals as an EP under the same title. You can listen to the whole thing on YouTube!

I think this EP uses GUMI's VOCALOID3 voicebanks (the first sounds like either Native or Sweet, the second one sounds like Adult or Power (if it even is GUMI--it sounds more like IA to me, but sasakure.UK labeled it as a GUMI song so I kinda have to take his word for it) and the third sounds like Sweet). If that's the case, her V3 voicebanks would have probably been used for the voice acting, too.

Places I've Looked

After some Internet searches only garnered me a few screenshots, I decided to see if there was a way I could ask sasakure.UK himself about the short. I believe he has a contact form on his website, which I used to send a message in both Japanese and English (in case Google Translate was more helpful to him than my incoherent Japanese). This was back in May of this year and I never received a response. (Since I used a website contact form and not a direct email, I don't have the message I sent him anymore. I guess that's lost media now too.)

It occured to me while writing this post that I never contacted the animator himself, Masanori Okamoto. While his Vimeo and YouTube pages don't have the pilot, and his Twitter and Tumblr links haven't been updated in several years, he does have an email address listed. I sent him a message (in English because I was too sick and tired to try to write a coherent email in Japanese and I don't like waiting to do these things). I'm not sure he still checks his email since his social media that I've found has all been inactive for years, but I will post an update if he responds.

I know that this pilot is not on the NHK website, or, again, on the animator's YouTube or Vimeo pages. I also could not find it on the Internet Archive.

Now, I don't expect anyone reading this to have saved this on their computer and kept it there since 2014. But with this post, my goal is simply to make more people aware that this exists at all, and I'd also like to learn more about it myself (such as whether or not the pilot won in the finals after all, how much animation actually exists for it, if any more screenshots are out there, etc.)

Thank you for reading such a long post! Please feel free to correct any info I got wrong, or add on to this post with any knowledge you might have about this lost pilot!

(also sorry for any typos :()

#vocaloid #lost media #sasakure.uk #gumi #japanese vocaloid #vocaloid2 #vocaloid3 #internet co #lost content

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absolutebl · 10 months

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This week in BL - I am all over the place, But Laws of Attraction is Phenomenal af

July 2023 Wk 2

Being a highly subjective assessment of one tiny corner of the interwebs. Organized by which ones (in each category) I’m enjoying most.

Ongoing Series - Thai

Laws of Attraction (Thai Sat iQIYI) 1 of 8 - Icky picked it up but it’s not airing for me until Sundays so I held this post specifically to watch and talk about this show. Stars the pair from To Sir With Love with the same production team. IT’S SO GOOD Y’ALL. A morally corrupted trickster lawyer with a tragic past, sad eyes, and a beautiful smile that he uses like a weapon. Meets paladin martial arts instructor from other side of the tracks (who is out, at least to his baby sister). Corrupt police. Spoiled rich kid evil. Ambitious politician. Tragic death. Terrible subs.* This show is very like Manner of Death but so far it is a much better/tighter story. It’s NOT BL but it is fucking phenomenal. And you shoudl watch it. Not wait to binge it. WATCH IT. On a global scale this might be the best thing currently airing featuring gay romantic leads. Its really fucking good. It’s Lawless Lawyer but more complex character motivation and gay af. Fuck yes please and thank you. FINALLY. Triggers for violence, beatings, death & torture depicted on screen. Like MoD they are not holding back. (* A lot of the familial names they are using are not gendered in Thai but translated as such, like “nephew”. This one is gonna go down a lot easier if you know some Thai.)

Step By Step (Tues WeTV & Gaga) ep 12fin - 2 years pass and no one’s hairstyle changes? Srs. Them meeting again = hella AWKWARD. Both still pining & hurt. NO SINGING. The reconciliation scene was great. I enjoyed that on the “do over relationship” they went with phi/pom (instead of the super formal khuns). So cute and so much more relaxed. Also lots of neck kisses! Charming final ep. It’s only flaw being they dropped the side couple, but I wasn’t really into them anyway. Ultimately? This is what Boss & Babe should have been and could we please have Up lead out another BL? I miss him and he only gets prettier. Full review below.

La Pluie (Sat iQIYI) ep 12fin - I adore the tiny little baby GL thread that we almost got. And I wish we had had more of it throughout the show. The side couple turned out to be good too. Emotional crying kisses are my favorite. Sunshine netted himself an earnest serious romantic boy, we likey. As for the main couple? Well... Tai’s search story arc was dull and dragging in a final ep and it felt bloated and slow as a result. It was a good confession reunion with Tai figuring all of his shit out, not surprising but fine. Kind of a a weak final ep. Full review below.

Hidden Agenda (Thai Sun GMMTV YouTube) ep 1 of 12 - JoonDunk are back and we have all seen this a million times before, but Thailand never executed a successful formula it didn’t want to repeat a million times over, drunk bathroom and everything. Welcome (back) to Thai BL (and back and back and back). Basically they just added glasses, a new 1-shared-brain-cell friendship group, and different uni departments. Ah GMMTV, forever trying to recreate the magic of 2gether. But also I’m enjoying it. I’m a simple person. (Hi Jamie! Still in college since 2018 I see.) Anyone else notice that Chinese phrase that they did not translate for us? Mmm hum. Cute. Still... NO SINGING.

Low Frequency (Sat iQIYI) ep 2 of 8 - Thames is in coma and getting slagged off on the socials. It’s moving a bit slowly but the premise is interesting despite the poor quality of the execution.

Dinosaur Love (Sun iQIYI) ep 3 of 8 eps - Major trigger for self harm depicted on screen in part 2/4. I skipped it. Then there is assault and verbal abuse. I told you Ultimate Troop is NOT to be trusted.

Be Mine Super Star (Mon Viki) ep 2 of 12 - Look, I don’t really mind this show but I also don’t like second hand embarrassment and I sense a metric butt ton incoming.

Be My Favorite (Fri YouTube) ep 8 of 12 - I was not best pleased with this episode. Ya’ll round the tumblr-sphere seem to be enjoying it but I have officially hit the wall on Kawi. There is not enough booze for me to cope with his shizz. I may be alone in this. But gotta say how I feel... Unlike him. Trash watch here.

Ongoing Series - Not Thai

Tokyo in April is... AKA Shigatsu no Tokyo wa (Japan Thurs Gaga) ep 5 of 8 - Poor Ren, he feels compelled to take on the burden of protecting everyone from sexual assault because he blames himself. And he can’t even talk to his boyfriend about it. Oh fuck me the pair of shoes at the door. And neck kisses? TOO MUCH. Argh. Japan. Why must you hurt so good?

Stay By My Side (Taiwan Fri Gaga) 3 of 10 eps - It’s a very cute show. All the tropes and archetypes with no fuss or attempts to be clever, just executing them (sometimes over and over again). Even hiccoughs as a result of flirting! I haven’t seen that one in ages. The show feels old fashioned as a result. Nostalgic. I’m good with that.

Tie The Not (Pinoy YouTube) ep 6 of 8 - Sad boys still sad now drunk. (Noooooo shoes on bed! Argh.) Finally kisses! Also good ones for a large portion of this ep. Plus hair pulling. And verse rep! And after sex convo. Then side dishes have a whole proper gay ax covo about top/bottom. Everyone say thank you Philippines! get down with your queer selves!

Stupid Genius (Vietnam Fri YouTube) ep 6fin - I believe this was the final episode. It was cute. This is a standard sort of semi-crappy VBL high school drama. Enjoyable in its floppy friendliness, weirdly like a queer after school special promoting education. Dead fish kisses but fine for what it is. 7/10

Minato's Laundromat Season 2 AKA Minato Shouji Coin Laundry Season 2 (Japan Thu Gaga) 2 of 12 eps - Activate cohabitation trope. They okay bfs. Minato not as frustrating this week, but still frustrating for me and Shin. Next week = cute outfits and dumb miscommunication yay!

Vian the series (Vietnam YouTube ) ep 11 of 12 - again it didn’t show up on my dash in time for this. I’ll pop it into next week.

It’s airing but ...

House of Stars (Thai Mon iQIYI) 12 eps - I bounced at ep 3. Will binge if told it is worth it at end.

Stay (Pinoy YouTube) 7 eps - It’s mostly English & set in LA (shudder) so I’m not bothering.

Stay With Me ... NO I WILL NOT! And you can’t make me.

Ended This Week

Step By Step Series Review

This was Thailand’s answer to The New Employee, and everything I loved about that show I loved about this one. This was an office romance between stern boss and sweet subordinate that felt more authentic to an office environment than previous Thai BLs of this ilk. And that authenticity added tension to the narrative and character development (how novel). Now that might be because it has western source material, or it might be because it is actually kind of old-fashioned (it’s been years since I worked as an office grunt). I also really enjoyed the brothers’ relationship, and kinda wished they hadn’t attempted (and failed) to give said brother his own side BL. That one flaw made it a 9/10 for me. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

La Pluie Series Review

This BL takes to task the fated mates trope and what it means to have love chained intimately to predestination. It’s about how faith in destiny before choice diminishes the authenticity of emotion, relationships, and connection. This is a high concept to examine through the lens of a BL. By activating + examining the soulmates trope this show is challenging a foundation of romance: the idea that there is one person meant to be your one romantic partner all your life. This means that we, as viewers, spend much of the show worried about it having a happy ending, and that’s the source of both its brilliance and tension: would the narrative have the strength to truly challenge its own romantic core? But, ultimately, all this elevated complexity was executed in a somewhat shaky manner with the narrative derailing into some serious pacing issues and characters manipulated by miscommunication. However, with good chemistry and decent acting all around, plus some excellent high heat and representation of consent and a few other rare tropes, this one has to (like it’s sibling show My Ride) earn a 9/10. I enjoyed it even as it made me think, so despite its flaws: HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

Next Week Looks Like This:

Starting:

7/19 Wedding Plan (Thai Wed YouTube & iQIYI) - It's Mame and she's coming for our GL. She's such a misogynist IMAGINE what we will get with a GL side dish? It's going to be absolute carnage. To crane your neck as you drive by the car wreck or not? That is the question. Me? I'm wallowing in the guts. Trying to decide to trash watch or not...

7/20 Jun & Jun (Korea Thu Viki) - From 2022 I CAN’T FUCKING WAIT! So excited for this one.

2023 forthcoming BL master post (see comments, some are inaccurate, NOT KEPT UPDATED)

THIS WEEK’S BEST MOMENTS

FYI roselle juice is made from hibiscus (a flower) so technically neither a tea nor a juice. (Hidden Agenda)

Tie the Not = all the verse rep this ep. I love this for them.

The giggling was SO DAMN CUTE (Step by Step, na?)

We all guessed it but it was still fun. (Stupid Genius) Also miracles of miracles, two actors who actually look like they could be brothers play brothers.

First time I’ve seen faen translated as significant other. (Laws of Attraction)

THE PAIN! (Tokyo)

(Last week.)

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salty-croissants · 7 months

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Big thanks to @angrylez for this request !

I had fun trying to come up with headcanons based around this premise , I hope this turned out okay ! Oh , and I tried to insert some French phrases here and there , hopefully they’re accurate and I didn’t mess those up :,)👍

Details : use of gender neutral reader who is a basketball player ;

established relationship ;

no warnings needed

While Bullfrog might not be very knowledgeable on the topic of basketball in and of itself , after meeting you he started to grow more and more interested in your favorite sport , and seeing his determination to try and remember every bit of information you tell him about it never fails to make you smile …

He just really wants to make an effort to be a part of the things you like .

Bullfrog loves listening to you talking basketball , in his own words :

< Vous obtenez un scintillement spécial dans vos yeux ~ >

… and that special twinkle in your eyes whenever you’re discussing about your passion is something that he never gets tired of seeing , and if you ever get worried about talking too much he will immediately reassure you that that’s definitely not the case .

< Sorry , I got a bit carried away there … you can tell me if I was boring y - >

< Non non , absolutely not ! I love listening to you , mon cher ! >

Imagining that you’re part of a relatively famous team , Bullfrog is going to do all he can to make sure to come see you whenever you get to play in a tournament , no matter how many people show up .

Whenever you turn around and see him cheering for you among the crowd ( sometimes with bruises on his face if he rushed from one of his missions to see you ) , you can’t help but fall in love with your adorable frog boyfriend even more …

Weather you win or lose , he’s going to be so proud of you and treat you like the most amazing basketball player in the world :

< Mon amour , you did wonderfully out there ! >

< Ehh , I don’t know … I feel like I should’ve handled some things a bit better , still need to practice on that move a bit more . >

< Worry not , I’m sure you’ll figure it out , but for now you should be proud of yourself : you were amazing y/n . >

< Heh , thanks sweetie ~ >

He definitely brings up how well you did in your performance and generally what a wonderful person you are when he’s with the other Ghosts members , and while Jade finds this adorable the same sentiment isn’t really shared by everyone else …

Still , that’s not going to stop Bullfrog from expressing how much he adores you .

< … and the way they smiled when they scored the final point … mon Dieu , it was the most lovely thing I’ve ever seen , and then … >

< Aw , that’s so goddamn cute ! >

< … Jade , don’t encourage him : if I have to listen to this shit for one more hour I swear to god … >

< Come on Dolph , I saw you smiling a little , I know you don’t actually hate it ~ >

< … *sigh* … let’s start moving already . >

Whenever something urgent comes up and he finds himself unable to come see you play , Bullfrog always feels quite guilty about it …

Giving him some reassurance in times like these is definitely going to help quite a lot .

< Bullfrog , it’s okay , really ! Last mission was an important one , if you missed it because of my match it would’ve been a big problem ! >

< But y/n … tu es tout aussi important pour moi . >

< I know that love … but just knowing that you’re cheering for me even when you’re away is more than enough to make me happy , so please don’t get too worked up over this , okay ?

I love you so much , ma très chère ~ >

Following this up with a kiss will make sure that all of Bullfrog’s worries about not being there for you enough instantly disappear , and you can be sure that he’s going to shower you with affection for hours in order to repay you :

he really couldn’t be happier with anyone else .

#captain laserhawk #x reader #captain laserhawk bullfrog #bullfrog captain laserhawk #bullfrog x reader #gender neutral reader

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adobe-outdesign · 1 year

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Is it too early to ask for thoughs or headcanons on the 4 perils? I just really like those guys.

Before we get too far, can I just mention what a great concept the Treasures are? They're probably some of my all-time favorite legendaries. The way they're based off the four perils is a nice mythology reference, but this is greatly enhanced with the way they're vessels with fake bodies. This is very cool and unique, and that combined with the way they're sealed away to prevent natural disasters gives them an appropriately epic, legendary feeling to the quartet. Just the vibes alone are immaculate.

For the record, my personal favs from most to least are Wo-Chien, Ting-Lu, Chien-Pao, and Chi-Yu, but honestly all of them are great in some compacity or another.

I know Ting-Lu was somewhat contentious when it first leaked, with many feeling like the body is too vague-looking compared to the other Treasures of Ruin. However, I honestly really like the abstract look—I feel like it makes it look all the more eerie, almost somewhat eldritch. It also really helps convey that the object is the actual Pokemon and the body is just made out of materials, more so than any of the other Treasures.

If I have one problem with the design, it's that the ritual bowl/ding feels like it's barely attached to the head; it looks like it's going to fall off any moment. I also feel like the neck's a bit long. Otherwise, the colors are nice and the concept and typing are clear.

Chien-Pao is an interesting combo between a saber-toothed cat, a snow leopard, and something akin to a ferret. It reminds me a lot of a spotted genet, though that probably wasn't intentional:

Regardless, this is a neat design, with the body being made of snow and the markings actually being ice crystals. The simple white and light blue palette conveys snow and cold, while the black coloring on the sword draws attention to it. I also like that the sword is snapped in half, with each half composing a fang. It's a nice touch.

My only complaint is that the sword going through the top of the muzzle looks a bit odd. It was probably done like that to show that the snow is built around the sword, but it just creates a weird tension point there. I also feel like the random crystals on the cheeks weren't needed, and I wish the model looked less smooth and more like actual snow. Still, it's nice looking overall.

Chi-Yu is the least ominous of the trio, but then again it is still the most ominous goldfish I've ever seen, so that's something. Once again, the objects are obviously the beads, though this one gets points for incorporating the emotion, envy, into the design by using jade magatama beads specifically.

I think my only problem with it—which is unfortunately a big problem—is that the body works well in 2D, but really does not translate well at all. I don't know why GameFreak is allergic to particle textures, but Chi-Yu looks more like paper with fire drawn on it than actual fire, especially compared to other 'mons with much more realistic fire on their bodies. This makes the beads feel jarringly three dimensional in a way that doesn't jive with the body. The actual design of the flames, with them forming some beautiful swirls and scales, is fine; I just wish it looked better when you were actually using it and not just looking at the artwork.

And finally, Wo-Chien, my personal favorite. I had high-hopes for a legendary dark-type snail, and thankfully, Wo-Chien did not disappoint. The muted color palette feels appropriately dark but earthy at the same time, and I love how the upper body is clearly just piles of leaves, with branches forming the iconic snail eyes. The way the colors alternate in said leaves also help break up the head while still making it clear what you're looking at. It's hard to make a snail look powerful and creepy, but they pulled it off beautifully.

I guess the only drawback is that the tablets that make up the shell are much less emphasized than on the other Treasure's designs; there's nothing to specially draw your eye to them from either a color or a size perspective. At the same time however, they do fit beautifully with the palette, and it could be argued that the body shape draws your eyes from the head to the "shell" naturally anyway.

So as a whole: all of these guys are honestly really solid, and some of the best legendaries we've had in a long time; cool inspiration, interesting concept, good designs, and a mythological feel make these four throughly enjoyable.

#wo chien #ting lu #chi yu #chien pao #pokemon #pokemon scarlet and violet #pokemon reviews #I'm going to catch wo chien and eventually use it on my post game team

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jewishcissiekj · 5 months

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Ok so obviously I think about Asajj a lot but I usually don't fully explain or visualize it. So no time like the present to start doing that

Here are things about Asajj, starting with my personal design and concept of her and why it's like that (most of these are sketches to put my thoughts somewhere so don't expect anything refined or clean):

First off, that girl is a cryptid. Weirdo. I love giving her all-black eyes/white pupils because it fits her, and eyebrows whatsoever (unless I'm in the mood for that). This is mainly sticking to the earlier Dermoty Power designs for Episode II and the way he draws her later on. The pointy ears are because she's a cat to me and she had those in Hyperspace Stories #5. Also!!!! I hate the Clone Wars retconning her to be Dathomorian and a NIghtsister and that whole backstory with my entire heart. Story-wise I prefer sticking to the Legends stories in the early 00s' comics (specifically Star Wars: Republic #60). So Rattatak (her Legends home planet) and her original origin story are very near and dear to my heart. This is important. (btw I'm mostly not OCfying her I'm just mixing up some of her versions. mostly.)

Next up: tattoos and marks! made up too much lore for that but here's a bit: I mixed and matched her Legends and canon designs, and changed their meanings because they have fuckass actual meanings. the two things that kinda look like her eyebrows are from TCW and I took them and made them into her family tattoos. In MY mind, those are passed through generations in Rattataki families (by the mother) and those two are the Ventress tatts from the Ventress family. Other than that we have (in the left pic) the 12 (did not draw 12 but there are 12, 6 on each side) tattoos from her Legends design. Their actual explanation is that she got one for each of Ky's killers she murdered. But that's weird so instead for my ver they're mourning tattoos that she got after Ky's death. The things under her eyes are a whole ass mess but they're called decay marks and they're loosely based on concept art and they're basically darker the older/darker sider she gets.

(she has another arm I'm just bad at drawing it) Wanted to draw my interpretation of this outfit with my face design for her but I was not working with the cover as a reference so there's a lot missing. For this one I think it's just the outfit she wears in her later Padawan years on Rattatak, or in my AUs as a padawan in general.

they are a mess but some of my layouts and doodles for her outfits: 1) her on-panel Padawan outfit which is basically just a tank top and cargo pants. wanted to draw it so here we are

2) her ugly ass outfit as a daughter of warlords! girl I know you're like a child but what are you wearing

3) Personal Jedi Robes design but it's just the previous Padawan design with sleeves and more little changes

(can you tell I enjoy drawing her face like that) these are more AU-oriented 4) Inquisitor Asajj design because I thought it'd be cool idk what she'd doing with the Empire tho 5)Temple guard design but I hate their outfits so it doesn't look good 6) just put her TCW Jedi General robes things. go off girl (I have 3 AUs in my head that fit that premise let's move on)

Put them together just because. The drawings have nothing to do with each other 7) This one's story is so complex. But it's basically just a design for Jedi Asajj post-Order 66. Might develop work on it more but I love the way it looks

And the other one: If you followed any of my disarrayed Asajj thoughts lately you might have seen my concept of Mon Mothma/Asajj as a ship. They won't leave my mind so I'm trying to figure out how to draw Mon and that one's something of a design for a younger Senator Mon, for their first meeting or smth idk

OK! just put together some thoughts now that I have visual aid for them. great thanks for coming to my TED talk I will continue talking about Asajj but now I can show you shit instead of just writing words woooohhhh

#daily asajj thought of the day #perhaps the most groundbreaking one for me yet #sw #star wars #asajj ventress #ventress #my art #star wars fanart #fanart #star wars legends #republic 60 #no common sense just vibes #if you've read this honestly well done #thanks for hearing me out on this #or not #mon mothma #idk what to tag this fuck it take it #rbs appreciated #idk maybe someone other than my sister wants to read this you never know

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t-tomuras · 7 months

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sfw minors still do not interact; childhood encounter, hybrid!reader. Pt. 1 of something I may continue I dunno 1.3k

Hearing crying in the hospital wasn’t abnormal by any stretch of the word, usually quieter when night falls save for a few that wake with a start for one reason or another. Alone and frightened in a cold and unfamiliar place even if they’d been here for more than a few days.

Most of the patients on this wing were here for an extended stay. Recovering from quirk awakening accidents, orphaned or both as a result to the latter.

But the crying you hear now is subdued, shuddered breaths as if they’re trying not to be heard compared to the other kids that lament from whatever pain ails them or because they’re frightened and seek comfort. Wailing for whoever’s attention they could garner but this sniffling is different.

Quiet; muffled, but you can hear it.

Slinking through the halls with your keen ears piqued, twitching and flicking for any sound that wasn’t the usual settling rooms in the nighttime or the gentle whirr and occasional clatters of the old air ducts.

Until you across him, the boy you’d seen admitted a few days ago barefoot and covered in blood with a haunted look to him. Pushing the door open slightly wider quietly to get a better view into the room, curiosity getting the better of you already and all Tenko sees at first is glowing eyes through a cracked door before you push it all the way open.

“Are you alright?” And he just pulls his knees closer to his chest, scratching at his throat and his eyes and he scoots back when you come closer, “it’s scary here at night I know. Do you want me to sit with you?” Reaching out and he almost hyperventilates how quickly he gasps and draws in ragged breath as he tries to move away.

“I’ll kill you”

A head tilt but no discouragement is found, “Why would you do that?”

And in that moment, the worst night of his very young life plays over again within his minds eye. All flashing in quick succession, the time between the both of you spanning only mere seconds but it feels longer than that to him. Tenko remembers the whine of Mon-chan, the horrified look on his sister's face when she happened upon the scene and the sound Hana had made the moment she drew her final breath at his hand.

He blinks and it shifts, shifts to his mother finding him next and how Tenko cried for her. Reached out for her and she reached back even as her skin cracked and bones broke away from her body. Crumbling to dust by the time she’d made it to him but still she’d made it, though it was far from comforting as the remnants of his beloved mother dust over his mop of inky locks. The beginnings of it all graying in the moments that follow as their yard splintered beneath his hands.

Until his father found him next. More horrified than his five year old boy but still the wretch held no sympathy for Tenko. Why would he? As many times as he’d punished him in the first place for simply being even as his son pleaded. Watery voice choking on his own tears and vomit as Kotaro struck and scarred him before Tenko willingly led his father to the same accidental demise as the rest of his family.

And you have no way of knowing any of that, so of course you’ll still carelessly draw closer to him. Coming into the light that seeps from his curtains and he scratches harder.

“Did I make you mad? M sorry if I did, I was just checkin on you. Nobody else is awake or heard if you’re embarrassed I found you.” You even make a show of rolling the soft ear that already twitched between your thumb and forefinger as if to further prove your point, “m the only one that heard, promise.”

Even with that misplaced reassurance and placating, Tenko shakes his head as he sits up straighter like he was trying to move away from you, forgetting he’d curled up against the wall next to his hospital bed. He feels like the bile will rise again the closer you get, burning his throat already and the acrid taste doesn’t subside no matter how many times he swallows. Resorting to hiding by burying his face in his knees and he grips tightly at his legs before he scratches there too because the distress only worsened the crawling feeling beneath his epidermis.

“I don’t mean to. I don’t want to,” soft, muffled and the slightest bit warbled from tears unshed.

You falter before you smile, coming closer to sit right next to him, reaching for his hand only for him to jerk away like he’d gotten too close to a flame. Shoving both of his hands between his legs as he lets his feet slide against the polished flooring.

A frown mars your features but you’re still not deterred by him, tilting to be within his view as you apologize, “M sorry. You don’t like to be touched?”

Tenko can only shake his head again, turning to look in the other direction, out the sheer curtains covering his window, anywhere instead of at you as he speaks under his breath. Barely audible over the sound of his nails raking aggressively against the skin at the inside of his knees.

“If you touch my hand you’ll crumble to pieces.”

A silence falls and he can only glance over for a moment, just barely enough to get a peek of your reaction before looking away once more. Catching the glimpse of your face screwed up in thought, mistaking it for distaste. Disgust.

Fear

He was used to all of those things now, experiencing many of them from his father but even more now during his short stay at this hospital thus far since being found by Eraserhead. Heaving a sigh far too bereft for someone his age while letting his head loll against the wall as he continues to look away before he feels your fingers wrap around his wrist anyway. Jarring Tenko and a strangled gasp catches in his throat as your pinkie loops with his before resting it on the floor between you both with a wide childish grin.

“This is fine right? Since it’s not your hand technically,” as you make a show of squeezing his pinky tighter with yours, tail swishing to the opposite side of you, “looks like it, I’m still in one piece! Since I can’t hold your hand, a pinky should be okay right?”

Tenko is baffled, almost too stunned to speak but he breaks the silence with a whisper, “why do you want to hold my hand?”

You tilt your head, brow quirked before you look ahead of you. At a wall with only hospital charts and cliche posters instead of it being decorated with ‘get well soon cards’ from the other kids at the hospital. None like the friendly gifts meant to comfort and soothe to be found, unlike the many the boy with white hair wrapped in so many bandages he almost looked like a mummy that sleeps down the hall from this room had.

None from family either, which you find odd but you can assume quickly from your surroundings that he no longer had any. Even the boy who sleeps will have a few visitors sporadically, other children accompanied by a woman with hair as white as snow just like his. Sometimes even a man built like a giant compared to your own size stalks the halls, looming outside of the room but never enters.

You think you’ve seen him cry a few times but you’re not sure, he snarls quickly if he feels people looking at him before stomping to the exit again.

So you only shrug at Tenko, the back of your head gently resting against the wall your backs are to before it lolls to the side to look at him. Soft smile full of an innocence only a child could have.

“Holding hands makes people feel better when they’re sad n’you looked like you needed it.”

#vixen drabbles

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kanohivolitakk · 2 months

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Close finishing Cassette Beasts and I think I have cemented my partner preference:

Excluding Barkhley, my partner preference is Felix > Meredith > Viola > Eugene > Kayleigh. A few of these are interchangeable, but this is what I think I'm soldified with.

Felix is easily my favorite character-wise. I love his laidback outgoing personality that feels very grounded and beliveable: I geniunely think I'd get along with him (before you ask yes, I plan to romance Felix thank you) . Not just that, Felix had my favorite story-quest to boot: his storyline with Kuneko resonates with any creative who has had those cringy OCs in their youth and man...I feel seen. TBH the only issue I have with Felix is his signature tape: while Fungogh isn't bad it's so dependent on its gimmick that your mileage will depend on how much you like it and...truth to be told I don't like Fungoghs gimmick at all to the point it was the only partner tape I benched. Sorry Felix, you're stuck with Triphinx now enjoy. (I could've gave Felix Kuneko but as a Ramtasm user it'd be redunant to have two AStral types on team, no matter how OP Astral type is).

I LOVE Merediths design and personality so much, but I think she has one of the weaker questlines? Like its not bad and I do love how it adds to the themes of nostalgia and art as sources of memory Cassette Beasts has going on, but it just feels so...insignificant compared to other questlines. Not to mention her Archangel boss felt...so insignificant to her character arc? Like yeah, Nowhere Monarch did prey on her weakness, but it didn't really feel earned thin my book. Beyond that though I do like Meredith: her design is really good, her serious no-nonsense personality is extremely tsundere without being unrealistic (she's arguably the most realistic character besides Felix) and like said, I love what she adds to themes. The best part though? Her signature beast. Like I'd argue Cat-5 is one of the best mons in the game period (especially in the early-game), and thus having her as your partner is always good, even if you don't like her character.

Viola has probably my favorite quest-line next to Felix and easily with the most fitting Archangel boss fight. Like yes, Robin Goodfellow is a b*tch to fight if you're unprepared, but its the one Archangel fight that does actually fit to the character. I love the twist of her being actually a fictional character and just the way she denies that and goes "Who cares if I'm fiction in someones world I'm real and I will show you". Her personality is great too. My only gripe with Viola is how late you get her: both Viola herself, and the ability to fuse with her. Since Robin GoodFellow is one of the last archangels you fight (if not even the last) you don't really have much time to use Viola by the time you beat her archangel and "properly" get her. So that is a really big drawback against a really solid character.

Eugene has really good design and is extremely likable and...that's it. His questline is one of the most frustrating to go through due to the LandKeeper offices being hard to keep a track of. Not to mention, while he is the second partner you get, he has the same problem as Viola where you fight his archangel so late, you don't really use him that much. Its even worse since you can't even bond with him due to partner relationships activating once you're able to fuse with them. Robindam is okay (if a bit too slow), but man is it pain to remaster as Clocksley is outright useless. I also feel that while Eugenes shonen protagonist "be gay and due crimes" personality is endearing, its also unrealistic: compared to the other more grounded and believeable partners it does stand out like a sore thumb. I still like him, but he just isn't for me.

Kayleigh is...solid. Solid design, insanely likable, simutanesouly quirky and relatable, solid quest, has one of the best signature tapes that's really good early-game, geniunely invested in the MC and their quest, is the bestly integrated to the main arch-angel plot....and that's kinda the problem. She has the "poster-girl" syndrome going on where her character is fine, good even, but since she's the first character the player encounters she's designed to be the most widely-appealing character. She gets relagated to the "vanilla" "default" option, and if you're anything like me, that is instantly a downside. Her status as the first/default partner just makes her look boring compared to the other partners, even if shes still an enjoyable character. I also have the issue with her where she's not as grounded as Meredith or Felix, and if anything has kinda the most nonsensical plot with the whole cult stuff going on. I also feel Kayleigh doesn't really have any motivations on her own, and just follows MC because shes attached to them...which is deeply ironic considering her story arc. Good character, just don't like her as much as others.

#Kirika Talks #Cassette Beasts

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askbohemiancompany · 1 year

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I Never Dream

(Continued from here)

Upon entering his mentalscape, he saw the surroundings, his room was split into 4 corners, but the room was split up.

The first corner was what looked like a higher end house, with the most noticeable piece of furniture being a lamp on a table.

The second corner was a dingy looking garage, with couches and chairs that have clearly seen better days and booze bottles. Another thing seen on the table was what looked like a swampert's hand. Not gory or cut, but just laying there.

The third looked like a club, one that would not be out of place for a crime movie, a scene where the crime boss is wasting their extravagant wealth.

Finally, there is what looks like a cave with a damp floor, which contains a number of vines covering the door with only what * assumed was some kind of tumbleweed

The only common factor that was shared between all four rooms was blue vines similar to the tangrowth's were binding the rooms together.

Suddenly, what looked like a fuzz colored walnut enclosed in a thick layer of what would look like moss formed in the middle of all the rooms. In the center were two holes which served as its eyes. The eyes opened, startling the older mon. Its eyes were red in pockets, the exact same marks that were on Grohl’s eyes.

The darkrai could not make heads or tails as to what to do from here. It was clear each room was connected to his past. What was more vague was the vineless form of Grohl.

Blue glimmers and outlines began to form along specific items in each of the rooms. In addition, a trail of blue glowing tiny bugs carried over as if to guide Oscar’s eye to the living room first.

Carefully walking towards the room, as the older darkrai needed to keep his guard up.

The bugs seemed to gather around the lamp specifically. Maybe the first thing I should do is turn on the light. See if it triggers something.

He pulled the switch.

Suddenly a tangella with a similar tree appendage and a human who looked height wise the same as Nat. Its face was noticeably vague, as faces can come off with little or no detail in these dreams, so this was not surprising. It was still unnerving

“Look. We need to get rid of you. I don’t hate you. Just, we need to move onto better things.” The voice must have been coming from the human.

A spark came from the lamp which caused the liquid to ignite into flames.

Realizing it was gas, the darkrai dove away from the inferno. Despite the flames, there was no heat, likely due to it being a dream.

The vines, which were keeping the corner of the room bound, began to recede back to the fuzzy chestnut in the center of the room. This showed it was looking more like a tangela at this point, but it was still a long way to go.

Looking back at the inferno, he saw the room segment separate itself from the other corners, collapsing into the abyss below.

“Those bugs again.” Oscar said to himself. This time they were guiding him towards the dingy garage-longue.

“Grohl! The miata doesn’t work!” The voice sounded wrathful and commanding.

“Alright, we got the money! Grohl we are leaving!” After saying this, a red handprint began to form on the wall. Small red splatters began to form on the wall.

Oscar could read between the lines and realize what this meant and what happened.

The noise of a fist making contact with a face, startled the darkrai, rendering the focus he had on the hand print lost.

“Grohl! I’m docking your pay for this! All you had to do was drive us in, shut the fuck up and drive us back. Instead, what happened was the engine exploded! Now we are down a car because of your lack of hindsight!”

“I-I tried to tell you multiple times, the engine needed to be fixed!”

“Then why did you not steal us a new car?!”

One final blow that managed to cause him to flinch, followed by the sound of metal hitting the floor.

Looking to see where the sound came from, blue bugs gather around a knife.

This caused the darkrai to just stop, looking at the knife intently. Oscar began to experience dream entrapment, though he did not know that is what it was formally called.

Any pokemon that can enter anyone’s consciousness can accidentally find themselves being slowly pulled and trapped in their subject's mind due to thinking on, or dwelling too long on their own past.

Despite it being different, the knife was not far from his own claws. Oscar had his own background as a phantom, a boogie man.

A killer. One whose signature method of attack was slashing down at the body with his claws. How many lives had he taken? Would anything come back to hurt his family? Was he no different than the people who just ‘asked’ him to help with the situation?

“This. This is not real. This is not me. It’s the tangrowth’s dream.” Oscar needed to get back on track with what he was asked to do.

Sensing a pattern of just following the bugs, the dark type picked up the knife. From there, he approached the disembodied hand.

Taking a shot in the dark, he plunged the knife into the disembodied hand.

A loud, agonizing scream came from the same horrible voice from earlier. The swampert that owned the hand had materialized, as had Grohl.

“I quit!”

With a loud crunch and then a thunk, the swampert’s thumb was cut from his hand. Blood was gushing from the maimed hand.

“Kill him! Get him! Find him!”

One thing he had noticed was Grohl had taken the finger before running off. The other thing he noticed was the vines that were wrapped around the arm also began to recede and help form the Grohl in the center’s mass. The pin tree on his head had two vines now!

As with last time, the quarter of the room fell into the abyss below, but with the knowledge of how the domain would work, taking it into account was no longer a problem.

The bugs this time seemed to direct him to the bar. Hopefully this meant this was almost done.

He stepped into the bar.

“Hey good first job!” It has sounded like the toxicroak from before.

On the bar top, a carton appeared, with a pointed straw. The older mon found it odd that the choice of drink was not alcohol but it had to be symbolic of something.

Not only that, the bugs were pointing him towards the beverage. So he abliged, jamming the straw into the slot.

“Ha! What’s that shyou got there?” A drunk voice shouted.

Suddenly Grohl and a very drunk gothita were sitting on the bar stools.

“My drink. I cannot drink alcohol. It is bad for certain grass types.” Grohl told the tiny drunk woman.

“Augh laaaame! Well if it for your health Icannot fight that. Still, iwanna buy shots of something. Gotta reward you for doing soooo well today.”

“Thank you Gwen. But I’m just doing my job.” Grohl seemed happy saying this.

Once that was said, each barstool, different Pokémon sat down of different species. Everyone from the room were there, but there were a few not present. Among noted were a female samurott with bows in her mustache, a zangoose with a scarf, a blue aipom, a malamar with one eye and a deino of all things.

After the confusing first room and the tense second room, Oscar was pleased for this one being more upbeat. A lot of feelings of nostalgia in seeing the samurott due to having strong ties to one. The drunken atmosphere put him at ease, as it reminds him of human parties from days gone-by definitely cleansed the palette from earlier.

The rumbling occurred again. The corner of the room began to plummet, which Oscar made sure he got off the chunk of room.

The construct of Grohl was looking better, though he was missing a good chunk of his left side. But his tree was now at 3 prongs.

Looking over to the final corner remaining, all there was a cluster of vines blocking the entrance, but also the random clump in front.

“Where are the bugs?” Oscar looked for the little glowing blue guides. He searched, and he received.

Forming a little circle around a tiny pool of water. This was odd, but there was a logical thought. The clustered ball was dried, maybe soaking it in this water would be the answer.

Grabbing the dried ball of vines, the darkrai bathed it in the pool of water then waited on a response.

The ball began to grow in size. An eye formed in the center of all the vines. Somehow, it managed to blink, which was unnerving. The lids look like little teeth closing.

Without acknowledging the dark type, the ball ran, screaming and running towards the vine wall.

It then exploded.

There is a lot Oscar had to ask on that, but the final cluster of vines made its way back to the Grohl construct. He got to see past the wall.

There was…another Grohl and the toxicroak from the room. The legendary had to look into this further.

“Here you go Grohl. This area is yours to use for your health. If we get any mons that you can use as nutrients, do what you need to do. Let me know if you need anything, ok.”

Wait. The toxicroak and tangrowth were potentially imprisoning Pokémon for his sustenance?

“Thanks. This really means a lot Freddy.” Grohl sounded sentimental, showing gratitude for such a morbid matter.

Before Oscar could try to gather more information, the dreamscape began to fade away.

A strong force, almost like an updraft, knocked Oscar off his feet throwing him upward and knocked him out of the dream.

@asktheisle

#plot #Grohl the Tangrowth #urami the swampert #Gwen the gothitelle #gwen the gothorita #Freddy the Toxicroak #asktheisle

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football-whore · 1 year

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Honeymoon smut w’ kylian🤧please

OFCC and I apologize if its bad because I have been busy going to hospitals and other stuff like school and football trainings, cups and matches because football season has started again.

So I might not post as often but maybe like 1-2 every week so yall know.

Warnings: smut and fluff at the end.

And reader is from italy because why not(Def not bc im from italy) There might be some italian and it might be bad bc I haven't written in italian for so long.

AND DONT READ IF UNCOMFARTBLE WITH SMUT!!

You and Kylian were on a honeymoon in your homeland Italy. You havent visited Italy since you moved to France so you were really happy when the private plane landed.

Kylian had to hold you down so you wouldn't jump up and down the whole trip.

You were the first to get out of the plane when it landed. You even forgot about your bags so Kylian had to carry them.

You two waited for a taxi to pick you two up and drive you to your hotel in rome. When the taxi finally came the driver came out and helped us pack our stuff in the car "Dove stai andando?"(where are you going?) the man asked.

"Stavamo andando a roma" (we're going to rome) You answer. The man just nodded and started to drive to rome. Kylian was very confused because he didn't understand Italian but he trusted you.

When you got there you thanked the driver and took all of your bags and suitcases out of the car. The hotel you were staying at was named rome cavalieri.

Kylian had booked the most expensive room just for you two and that was why you loved him.

Not because of the money but how he always wanted the best for you and you wanted the best for him.

When you two got up to your room the first thing you did was to look around "Cosí bello!" (so beautiful!) was the first thing you said. But kylian didn't care so much because he was exhausted so he jumped on the bed to take a nap.

You went into the bedroom where Kylian was napping and kissed his cheek before you went into the bathroom to take a shower.

Just as you were about to jump into the shower you heard the door open and you saw kylian "Did you really think you would shower without me, mon amour?" You heard him say.

"No..I just didn't wanna wake up!" You said and Kylian had already taken off his clothes showing his big member.

You blushed when you saw it even tho you've seen it hundred of times before but it still made you frustrated and that turned Kylian on. He jumped into the shower with you and turned it on.

Your back arched as you felt the cold water on your skin and that turned him on even more but he didn't wanna do anything yet.

"Can you help me with my back amore?" you asked and he does as you ask him. He took some soap on your back and started to rub it. While he rubbed your back he looked down and saw your ass and decided to slap it.

"Ow! Kylian!" you moaned as you felt that your ass hurt. He didn't really care if it hurt he was just horny right now and all he wanted was you.

After you two was done in the shower you were still in a robe trying to decide which outfit you were gonna have when you were gonna wear to the restaurant you two were supposed to go on a date to.

"Mio caro which dress should I have?" you asked while you showed two diffrent dresses a red and a black.

"The black one.." Kylian said looking at his phone clearly not looking at the dresses. "Could you atleast look!" You said kinda mad at him. He looked up at you and walked over to you grabbing your waist.

"You don't have to worry about how you look..You will always be pretty no matter what mon amour" he said which made you blush.

You kissed him and when you tried to pull away he just hotten the kiss. You moaned as you felt him pull you closer to him. He then threw you on the bed taking off your rope.

He crawled ontop of you and started to kiss you rubbing the side of your waist making you moan into the kiss.

You tried to make him take off his boxers since he didn't have anything on expect boxers. He helped you take off his boxers reaveling his big and juicy member.

You didn't wear anything so he just pushed inside of you.

"Ohh mio dio!" (Oh my goodness)You moaned and he started to move without warning you. He always got turned on whenever you spoke italian so it made him want you even more.

He gripped onto your hips and his grip got harder by each thrust in and out of you. You gribbed onto the sheets as you felt a knot in your stomach.

His thrust got rougher and faster getting him closer to his own orgasm "I'm close, mon amour!" he groaned. His thrust getting sloppier and slower.

You felt him twitching inside of you as both of you finally realeased your orgasms.

He pulled out and laid himself beside you.

He took your hand in his and kissed it "You know I love you more than the whole world" he says. You smiled and said "Of course I know, amore!".

After a while you two finally got up and fixed yourself for the restaurant.

While you two were walking there you felt put his arm around your shoulder and giving you a kiss on the lips.

You two finally arrived at the restaurant and he held your hand the entire time you were there which made you get a big smile on your face.

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This is probably so bad and I probably spelt wrong on every single Italian word so if i did pls correct me. But I hope you all like this and this is a apology for my bad Haaland ballon d'or imagine

#kylian mbappe #kylian imagines #mbappe x reader #smut imagine

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blacktofade · 1 year

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hi hello! i’m trying to get into wrestling, thanks in part to your excellent fics, & im not sure where to start—do you have any advice? should i just watch the next match & catch context where i can?? i’ve seen the hookhausen primer, but beyond that i don’t know much of the Lore…what do you think?

Thank you again for your patience while I was out of town and couldn't answer this! I'm now ready to settle down and show my whole ass and admit I don't really have any good advice, but what I'm about to talk about will be specific to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), which is trying (and succeeding imo) to be WWE's younger, more hip sibling.

I'm gonna stick this under a cut because this is a stupidly long reply to your question. And I'm also gonna refer to a generic "you" as I'm hoping this will help other people who are thinking about hopping onboard.

The first trick to enjoying wrestling is by following your pussy (or pussy equivalent). The second trick to enjoying wrestling is finding one or two people to scream at. I don't speak for everyone (obviously), but I've randomly messaged so many people in fandom and they've all been happy to yell about our favorite clowns at the circus.

(For anyone reading this, my messages are always open, or you can find me on discord @ blacktofade#2949. Just know that I have every notification turned off and I will see things when I see things lmfao)

For me, getting into wrestling (again, specifically AEW) went: reading fic on AO3 -> watching some content of one specific wrestler on YouTube -> watching what I could of the AEW weekly schedule -> finding more wrestlers I liked and reading more fic on AO3 -> rinse and repeat.

There's too much lore (and often content) to feasibly digest it all as a new fan, so don't sweat it. Just have fun watching what you have time for and figure out who you enjoy most. Just remember that you're allowed to like anyone for whatever reason. We're all just here for a good time.

Also, most of the lore is hand-wavy at best. Most match promos are basically one person going "you did my man dirty by looking to the east on a wednesday at 5pm, therefore I have no choice but to fight you" and the other person says "yeah okay let's settle this in Ohio in a week like adults". Just go with it. Sometimes even with context, shit just doesn't make sense. Your job is to sit there going "yeah! kick their ass!" and to love every camp minute of it.

The great thing is that a lot of matches are on YouTube. Just search "[wrestler name] match" and you'll most likely find 10 years of content waiting for you. Pick at random. Don't try to go chronologically, or you'll drive yourself insane. See a thumbnail that interests you? Click it.

If you're lucky, you'll pick a wrestler who vlogs a lot (looking at you, Mr. Danhausen) and you'll be introduced to other wrestlers by association.

My favorite thing is watching two people wrestle on one of the AEW shows, and then looking them up later and finding out they had a major feud between 2010 and 2014 on three different continents and I'm very late to the party. This is part of the fun. Their history plays as big (or as little) a role as you want it to. You make the rules for your wrestling adventure. Anyone who says differently is a huge fucking nerd and you can tell them I'll meet them in the parking lot after school.

Now, for actual helpful info on how to literally watch wrestling:

When/Where to Watch?

Wrestling nights are every night Mon, Tues, Wed, and Fri with the following schedule:

Mon – Dark Elevation on YouTube @ 7pm EST (midnight UTC) Tues – Elevation on YouTube @ 7pm EST (midnight UTC) Wed – Dynamite on TBS @ 8pm EST (1am UTC) Fri – Rampage on TNT @ 10pm EST (3am UTC)

The Mon and Tues shows are the easiest to watch since they're on YouTube and you can watch them whenever you want after they air. They usually save the meatier matches for Wed and Fri and there are plenty of ways to watch those while sailing the seven seas 🏴‍☠ and I definitely won't share info about these if you message me...

It took me the longest time to figure this out, but they film the YouTube matches on the same days as Dynamite/Rampage (which are live shows). For example, an episode of Dark might be filmed on Friday, but won't air until the following Tues. Which is why you might see the same outfits or people in the crowds, and also why you might see spoilers on socials from people who were there in-person for Dynamite/Rampage.

Live shows have a post show for people there in-person, too. It's typically along the lines of "let's bring out this wrestler and you can clap and they will tell you they love you". Sometimes, it's a lil extra kayfabe beef between wrestlers. And sometimes, very kind people record these and put them online for us to gobble down. Would definitely recommend searching YouTube or Twitter on weekends after shows.

Throughout the year, they also have Pay Per View (PPV) events, which are additional-cost shows typically on weekends and they're like 5 hour of pure nonstop wrestling for $50. They're a blast. Highly recommend if the brainrot is eating you alive.

Independent Wrestling?

I have dabbled only slightly outside of AEW, but for $10/month, you can get a subscription to IWTV (Independent Wrestling TV, not to be confused with Anne Rice's masterpiece lmfao), which has an insane amount of matches, an excellent search engine, and a video player that isn't pure trash.

This is a particularly fun investment once you've started to get to know the general AEW roster, because familiar faces pop up EVERYWHERE.

Finding Matches?

One of the hardest things is trying to figure out where to begin with finding matches for a specific wrestler or team.

CAGEMATCH is the single most important wrestling resource on the internet. Hands down.

You can search for any wrestler and it will compile a neat little list of every single match they've ever participated in. It will also tell you who won, how long the match was, where/when the match took place, and usually where you can (pay) to watch it. This can be extremely helpful for 1) writing fic and 2) finding lore between wrestling characters.

WTF is Kayfabe?

This also took me way too long to figure out, but kayfabe is the act of pretending what happens in the ring is real (real fights, real beef, real characters, etc). They're not doing fancy stunt work, they're actually kicking the shit out of each other. Most interviews are kayfabe compliant as they sit there and go "yes, on wednesday I will be murdering my enemy live on stage". It's very fun.

The "not kayfabe compliant" tag on AO3 is typically used when the fic uses shoot names (aka real names). For example, Donovan vs. Danhausen, Jim vs. Orange Cassidy, etc.

Fandom Etiquette?

Wrestlers are often easy to interact with, whether it's here, or Twitter, or Twitch. Don't. Don't even look in their direction if you're posting about ship-related content. Don't send them links. Don't @ them. If you want to keep your space safe, block them and stop them from seeing your content.

On AO3 you can lock your fic to give an extra layer of protection (and sometimes some cunt will send an ask to a wrestler here on tumblr telling them specifically how to get around it lmfao). Do what makes you feel comfy. I leave mine open because if anyone finds it, that's between them and god. I also haven't felt shame since the 90s.

ANYWAY. TL;DR: there are many ways to get into wrestling, but I hope you have fun on your wrestling adventure because that's the important thing.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out.

PS: For anyone who wants the Hookhausen Primer, you can find it HERE.

#I need to start an official tally of the victims I've lured into wrestling #it's at least four or five people now #xmentsch #answer #wrestling primer #of sorts #i really am just a noob tho so anyone is free to correct me on things #i'm not tagging this as aew tho because I don't want real fans to see #this is for me and the girls (gender neutral) only

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my-only-way-tocooperatewithlife · 2 years

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One more drink IV - Pierre Gasly serires

Thank you so so much about the likes and rebloggs 🧡

If something is written like this then it means that the conversation is on Hungarian.

Pairing: Pierre Gasly x fem!reader

warning: swearing, language, mention of depression, alcohol usage

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I woke up early in the morning, I went out for a quick grocery shopping just to have some thing at home, for later. I have texted with my brothers asking them how was the closing and the packaging of the stand off from the Hungaroring. It was around 9 o'clock when I started to do a little make up and picking up what should I wear today.

I was questioning myself what to wear because I could not decide if it's just a normal meeting with a friend, showing them around in the city, or can it be something else? Like a date?

"Oh come on Gina, he just probably thinks you are fun to hang around and better to see the city with someone who lives in here. He definetelly did not ask you out for a date." I was talking to myself and rolling my eyes in the mirror.

Even if the weather was really cold and rainy in the weekend, now it was sunny and hot. It was still early in the morning but you could already feel that it's going to be a hot day. So I picked out an orange coloured dress which has tiny whtite daisies printed on it, and I pick up a comfy white sneaker so I can walk around in the city for a longer time. I just finished with packing my bag I put on from my favourite Yves Saint Laurent parfume, and I put my sunglass on my head when I heard my phone chiming.

"Hey I'm here"

"Okay, I'm comming."

"Szia!" I smiled at him when I opened the gate and I saw him standing there in a dark green Alpha Tauri T-shirt, and jeans shorts, having his sunglasses on which he took off as soon as I welcomed him. He had a cute smiled plastered on his lips and he stepped closer and pulled me in a hug. I was surprised by his action but I quickly put my hands around his torso and I may or may not breathed in his scent. His cologne is really nice, it's definetelly a masculine one, but it was fresh also.

"Bonjour" I giggled back at him "When did you learn this in Hungarian?" I stepped away from him.

" I may or may not looked up for some things to how to say it your languge." he winked at me while we started to walk on the street. I found it eally cute thing from him, and it really warmed my heart that he took some time to look up for a thing like this. “ But I need to learn other things so you still have to teach me a few. And maybe it's better to learn it from you and not from Google translate. And in return I can teach you some in french also.”

“D’accord, mais mon français n'est plus aussi bon qu'avant. “ (Alright, but my French is not as good as it used to be) “Qu'est-ce que tu prévois, où allons-nous aujourd'hui ?” (And what have you planned for us, what we will do today?

“Oh, so you do speak a third language.” He stated surprised. “To be honest I thought maybe check out the Buda castle, I have seen some pictures about it that is really beautiful. And after I will leave if to you, if you have something in mind”

“Perfect, I have some ideas what we can do afterwards “ I smiled at him while we were walking to a bus stop. “I hope is it okay for you to go there by bus? It's just only a few stops away from here.” I looked at him curiously.

“Sure, it’s been years since I have been on any public transportation device” he laughed and we waited for the next bus to come which can take to us to the castle.

We’ve spent most of the day walking around at the Buda Castle, Pierre really wanted to take some pictures from the whole panorama of Budapest around noon we had a really nice lunch at a tiny restaurant with a view of the whole city under us.

“So now that you guys have summer vacation, what will you do? Going back to France? Visiting some family, maybe?” I asked him while sipping from my wine glass.

“Actually I will go to trip with a few friends and then I will spend my time with my family. It’s really hard to spend some times with them, so in the next four weeks, I'll try to relax, recharge my batteries but it’s hard when you have to run around and meet everyone who you could not see in the past few months or who you won’t see in the rest of the year.” He was explaining it to me as we were finishing ou drinks.

“I really can’t imagine being that far away from friends and family. I'm always with my brothers, or if not then I have my friends around.”

“Yes, it’s not an easy one but you know this really well when you decide about joining racing profesionally.” He nodded while asking the waitress for the bill. “But it’s really nice to see that you are that close with your siblings” he smiled, putting down the empty wine glass on the table. The whole topic about my family and siblings are not an easy one. I don’t talk about it a lot, only my closest friends know what happened in my life and why is it turned out like that. í

And if someone asks about it, I try to act normal, and give a blank answer but my body language always betrays me. And it happened again, I have had a shy smile on my lips but the muscles in my body got really tense, you could feel that this was an awkward point for me, and Pierre definitely got the message of it and started to apologise and ramble about it. “Look, I’m sorry. I did not know it was a hard topic, and I can see it on you that I touched something really sensitive. You don’t have to tell me anything if you don’t want to, and I’m sorry, really.” I looked down at my hand and a big sigh left my lips.

“It’s really not and easy one to talk about and I usually skip this topic or try to avoid it. Let’s just keep it that all I have are my brothers and my two best friends and they are my family.” I smiled at him trying to lift up the heavy air from the conversation. “And I’m perfectly fine with that. They are all incredible people, and I’m really thankful for them that I have them in my life.” I smiled back at him with a genuine smile. “So what do you think about if I take you to one of my favourite spot in the city? It’s down at the bank of the Danube. We just need to catch the same bus we came here with. And we can sit there watch the sunset, maybe have another wine, probably you will think that I’m an alcoholic. ” I giggled and he laughed back at me. "Or if you would like to there are some bars there too, but they are usually really packed at a time like this"

“Sounds perfect by me. I don't need any bars, it's perfect if it's just a two of us. I will pay and we can go to that place. ” I started to take my card out of my wallet but he looked at me with a serious look on his face. “I think I said that I will pay, I invited you for the day, so let me be the gentleman. And you may buy the wine for the rest of the night. Deal?”

“I would argue with you longer, but if we won’t start leaving than we will be late from the sunset, so I will have to accept this offer from you.” I said while I put back my card in my wallet and started to gather my things.

We reached the area of the bank of the Danube where you can sit down on benches. You could see all the other bridges, the side of Buda with the Gellért hill with the Citadella on it. I really loved this place especially at the time of the sunset. It was not the most quiet place of Budapest, you could still here the cars around, and the tram which was going behind you. People were walking around, especially after September because next to this side there were one of the biggest and most amous univesities, so usually it was filled wit them. But this time, it was calm and just a few peope were there. We had two bottles of wine with us, we actually found some plastic cups at the store. And I also bought some snacks to it can suck up all the alcohol we were about consuming.

“Sorry that I don’t have my fancy wine glasses with me, but this is how you can have the full Hungarian experience. I’m just sad that the bottles have twisting tops on it and no corks in it. Because that way I can show you my talent.” I giggled while I poured some on his and my cup also.

“Your talent?”

“Oh yea, when I was in high school, on Fridays or the weekends in the summer time I always hanged around in this area with my friends, we really loved this place. And the wine we have had usually had corks in it, but we have had no corkscrew with us. So we have had to be creative. Did you know that you can open a bottle of wine with just a ballpoint pen or a key?” I was waiting for an answer but I already know he had no idea. “ You can push the cork in the bottle if you have enough strength or if you have something hard as a key with you. Don’t try it to push it with your finger, you can break it, believe me, I speak from experience.” I looked at him giggling and he started to laugh shaking his head. “I guess we have had different teenage years” I shrugged my shoulder.

“So if someday I won’t have anything with me just a pen or a key, and I need to open a wine, I will definitely remember this trick.” He laughed and held his cup closer to my to clink it together. I started to laugh and nodded my head as we cheered to each other. “So what about you, any plans for the summer?”

“Actually yes, I will go on a vacation with my best friends as a girls trip. I have mentioned that I have two best friends, I know them since we were kids. And we used to spent the summer time together at each other’s place. And we promised that we will always have one week together at the summer, no boyfriends, nothing just the three of us. And this year is special because one of them is getting married in September, so this will be the last time that we are together as girls.”

“That sounds really nice, so can we say it’s a bachelorette party?”

“Something like that but she made us promise that the only dicks that she wants to see as decoration in the apartment we are renting out.” He tilted his head back and letting out a loud laugh. “She really committed this whole one dick for the rest of her life thing” I rolled my eyes giggling and drinking from my cup. He was laughing at me comment as he was drinking from his cup and starting fill up mine again.

We watched the sunset, Pierre took some pictures about it, and we talked the whole night as we were just sitting there finishing up the two bottles. We talked about Pierre’s racing, his family and friends, the things he liked. But he was not having the conversation just about him, he was a really good listener and he was asking questions about me and my life and passion too, he seemed genuinely interested about the things I have shared with him as well. It was really nice to have a conversation with someone who was listening and paying attention to the things that the other one was talking about. We have never had any awkward silences during the night, we have had some silence here and there but it was not considered as an awkard one, but it can be thanked to the amount of alcohol too that we have consumed. It was pretty dark when we stood up from the bench and started to walk back to main street.

“So are you leaving tomorrow?” I looked up at him as we were walking down one of the biggest tourist streets in the city.

“Yes, I have to fly back to Milan to my apartment to gather my stuff and I will fly out with my friends on the day after that.” We we’re walking slowly in the crowd of people, trying to squeeze ourselves through them. “But we still have to night in front of us so don’t start to say goodbye to me yet.” He winked as he put one of his arms on the small of my back while we were walking, trying to avoid hitting someone, and guiding me through the sea of people. First I got stiff by his action and felt like a blush clawing up on my face. “Or do you want to go home?” He was studying my face when we were finally out from the crowd.

“No, I have a great time” I shook my head trying to force myself out of my blushing.

“Good, do you want to have a dinner somewhere maybe?” As soon as he asked this my stomach started to make weird grumbling sounds. “I take this as a yes” he giggled. “I don’t know about you, but I can have an Italian or maybe a sushi or Mexican? Oh I would love to have a good taco.”

“Mexican, yes definitely. I know a good place it’s down on this road.” I grabbed his wrist and pulling him after me.

“Slow down small one!” He was laughing “How can you walk this fast with those tiny legs?”

“We are talking about food, there is no time to be slow.” I looked back at him with a huge grin on my face. We reached one of my favourite Mexican restaurants, the weather was still warm so we have asked for a table outside on the terrace. “I usually come here as a special occasion, on my birthday or with my brothers” I started to conversation as we were diving in our foods.

“So you took me two of your special places in just a day. I feel flattered” he smiled at my cheeky. “If I won’t know better, I would feel like you are really trying to seduce me” He started to laugh and I looked at him surprised and started to laugh as well.

“Oh boy you don’t know that side of me.” I winked at him as I continued to eat my dinner. When we finished our meal had some drinks, it was starting to be really late, people already started to leave the place. “We should ask for the bill, they will start to close up soon.” As I tried to get the waiters attention for asking for the bill. I tried to search for my card again but Pierre already took his out. “Come on, Pierre you can’t pay for both of the bills!” I tried to argue with him but he was having none of it and already paid for the dinner.

“Next time you can pay for the dinner at our date” He winked at me while we left the restaurant and started to walk back to my apartment . I was shocked and I nearly tripped on the cobblestone pavement. “And yes, before you ask I hope we can have a next time” I felt the heat is coming up on my face, and I had to look down to the ground. I had my hair down so I could hide my face behind it, so he could not see that smile on my face. We reached the gate of my apartment after a silent walk. I was playing with my hand feeling really awkward saying goodbye to him. I knew that this day eventually will come to an end, and we have to say our farewells, but still I felt like I don’t know what to say or do in a situation like this. It felt like I was a teenager all over again, on their first date. I mean he said that it was a date, but still.

“Hey, stop it you will have bruises all over your hand if you are continuing scratching it like this.” He grabbed my hand trying to stop me. It was a really bad habit of mine. If I felt stressed or insecure or anxious, I started to scratch the back of my hand. His hand felt really warm on the top of mine, I looked up at him as soon as he hold me hand. He was looking back at me with a small smile on his face, he seemed pretty calm and happy. “Thank you for the day, I have had a really great time with you. And thank you for showing around me in the city, showing me your special places. It meant a lot.” I tilted my head to the side while I was looking at him with a smile on my lips.

“Your welcome, and I have had a really great time with you also. Thank you for the dinner. And have fun at your vacation. “

“Thanks, I wish the same to you.” He put his other hand above my face leaning on the door behind me. “Sorry but you can’t seduce me up to your flat, I have to leave early in the morning.” He joked and I let out a small chuckle.

“What a shame, I have a pretty cool looking definitely not comfortable couch that can be turned into a bed. ” I winked at him jokingly. “Maybe next time. You will regret it that you skipped this opportunity. ” I pointed at him with a low chuckle. He leaned closer and the breath got stuck on my throat. I looked at him with a surprised expression on my face waiting for where this going to lead. He stopped when our faces were really close to each other and I could feel his breath lingering on my cupid bow. His eyes were flickering between my lips and eyes. I let out a ragged breath. He started to smile mischievously and he turned his head and pressed a soft kiss on my cheek, really close to the corner of my mouth. “Good night Chérie” he stepped back letting go of my hand, while he was looking straight back into my eyes, holding the eye contact till he reached the side of the road and waved for a upcoming taxi. He sat in the back of the cab while waving at me. All I could do was waving back at him dumbly as I saw him leaving my street in that taxi.

I was still in shock, holding my breath in, when an alarm went off at one of the parked car next to me. I jumped in my surprise and started to find the right key for my apartment, but my hands were shaking so bad that the whole keychain fell out my hand. I tried to gather my keys from the ground and get inside as soon as possible.

What just happened? Did I just really got nearly kissed by a guy? Not even just a guy! It was Pierre Gasly.

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