#bc i don't really need those for the custom characters to work it's just for the menu to look nice and

[pikachu-deluxe]

tried to play some ctgp today but turns out i had to download 70+ updates bc i hadn't played it in years oops

#had to wait like 6 hours for it to fully update #did play like 20 minutes offline tho #just to test out the stuff i put in my stuff folder in case i broke something #i did in fact break the menus bc i shouldn't be replacing menu files in ctgp to add custom character portraits #that's literally all i changed #but the menus break bc i guess ctgp adds some stuff there that's just gone if i replace it #like the arrows to change between cups and the extra cup logos #so it was just a glitchy mess it was a miracle it worked at all #i'll just take the menu files out of the my stuff folder tomorrow #bc i don't really need those for the custom characters to work it's just for the menu to look nice and #to have the custom characters' portraits appear instead of the original ones #the only thingi need for the characters to work is just the kart files and stuff not the menu things #so yeah #i also need to remember how to play mkwii again #bc i kept bumpinginto things or going into the offroad at least a few times per race while i was testing if it worked #and burning out bc i have the mk8dx timing in mind whenthe countdown starts #i'll go online tomorrow tho once i rember how the game works

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Sugar Daddy Konig (Part 1.5)

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Hey Hey! I am back with the next part so y'all can finally meet Konig and not just have me talk about Horangi the whole time…also I'm thinking of an official name for this fic bc it's about to get real. ♡ ♡ ♡

Part one Here!!

Konig x Fem!reader + Horangi x Fem!reader…Adding more COD characters in future parts >ᴗ< Reader is going to be fucking around, they fight over you!!

MDNI!! 18+

Contains. Fingering going 100mph with Konig… while on the phone with Horangi, other than that the story continues! Fluff, Smut, Enemies to Lovers?, Sugar Daddy Konig, Motorcycle Horangi, Konig Dom, Sex eventually, Multiple men, more motorcycles…

I guess this is an AU.

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You pick a register and begin scanning items for customers. You wish someone could come take you away from all this. Wait. What did you mean by I can fix that? IS KONIG GOING TO BE WEARING A MASK to the restaurant? You must be going out with a total creep! You continue thinking about the tone you texted him, were you too blunt? You told a stranger your place of work! A million thoughts are swarming through your head as each boring customer interaction goes by. Hello, have a nice day yada yada… start stocking some shelves… work work. Is this shift really 11 hours…?

Waving goodbye to your coworkers, 11 hours had finally passed. You head to the bathroom to look at yourself in the mirror you really need some princess treatment you’re looking exhausted! You sigh to yourself preparing for the long night ahead of you… why did you choose a date when you could’ve been with Horangi?! You splash water in your face and storm out of the bathroom, grabbing your helmet on the way out. When you finally leave work it is dark outside, you check your phone.

I am outside, In the Milan Red. You read from Konig.

What the fuck is a Milan Red? When you begin to look around you notice it. A sports car, one you've never seen before. You were never really a car girl always more into motorcycles but you knew it had to be expensive. It revs, and you get a little rush in your heart. He steps out of the car. Konig. You expect something nice; Konig is put together but he's wearing boots, jeans, a black hoodie, and finally the classic mask. He dressed casually for you. Well, at least you recognized him. He’s tall and muscular but you knew that. You had already imagined his body. Is that a hand tattoo? You don’t remember that from the Tinder photos, You must have been too focused on his eyes. You are already imagining what other muscles and tattoos he could be hiding. You want to learn more about him. He’s walking towards you…do not panic. He's not scary, just big. When he gets close to you, you look up at him, and he towers over you. He towers over everybody. You admire those eyes in person for only a second trying to peek at anything you could to get a read on his face. Was he handsome too?? He reached his hand out gesturing to you to take it, “Hallo hübsche, would you like to go for a ride? It’s a beautiful display of Austrian engineering, meinst du nicht?” You're speechless but not at the car at his beauty and the accent it's just so unreal. You shutter and grab his hand. He begins walking you closer to his car. “What are your thoughts on the mall?” He asks abruptly. Clearly trying to gauge your reaction. “I like it.” you reply unsure. You haven't made a trip to the mall since you were a kid especially since you don't have extra money to spend. “Okay, let's go together then.” He says already opening the car door and leading you into the passenger seat. You hardly have time to disagree, he shuts the door and enters the driver's side. His large body only just perfectly fit in his leaned-back seat. You can only see through the holes of the mask, but you don’t wanna ask him about it just yet. He shifts the car into drive and takes off.  Before you could speak. “So you ride a motorcycle, ja? I didn't see one in the parking lot...” He asks nosily. You look down at the helmet you forgot was even there. You try to play nice, “Uh..my friend does.” “Does he now? Is it fast?” He smirks and practically laughs at you. “It's a 650cc.” You reply. His eyes focused on the road he only chuckles to himself, you wonder what's so funny but brush it off to avoid any follow-up questions about your situationship. He gets onto the highway and the speed is picking up on the Milan it seems he is trying to impress you by going fast but he's only up to 100mph and Horangi has already taken you faster…your phone is ringing. “Are you going to answer it?” Konig looks at you. You go to decline it. You're busy after all. Konig looks at you with a more serious expression quickly grabbing your thigh, you jump but he begins rubbing it to comfort you. Eyes still on the road. “Answer it, Mein Liebling. On speaker. Now.” You can't help but do what he says. The speed of the car, his sternness, his grip on you. You answer. 

“Hello.” You say. “Hello, do you need a ride back home beautiful? I am already on my way.” Horangi speaks out in a joyful tone. You love his voice almost as much as the masked Austrian mans you just met. “No Hong-jin, a friend picked me up. Thank you.” You say looking at Konig to see his reaction. Konigs begins to slip his fingers up your thighs and over your clit, and he begins firmly rubbing you over your pants. “Oh, alright then. I'll miss you, maybe we can ride when you get back?” He immediately doesn’t believe you, he sounds so disappointed. You love riding on his motorcycle, especially at night the disappointment is mutual. You moan a little and catch another glimpse at Konig the car is at 125; he mouths. “Say no.” He rubs not harder but better. Making moans escape you more. “Nngh no s-sorry, H-Horangi..not tonight.” You try not to say much but the excitement got to you. You accidentally called him Horangi to his face! “Oh, so I am Horangi now? That's fine with me.” You can hear him smile as he says it, despite circumstance. He is just so perfect, he likes when you call him his nickname. You blush at the thought. You look down and watch as Konig's tattooed hand begins to slip inside the top of your pants, down lower until it’s over your dripping slit, and he immediately thrusts his two fingers into you when he feels you open for him. He bites his lip in enjoyment you can tell he likes the thrill of teasing you. He begins moving his fingers. His large hands practically rub your clit at the same time while he fingers you. To be honest you could kinda get used to this. The speed of the car was making your heart pump even faster, making the feeling all more intense. Was he getting off too? You look down and his cock is hard. Was he actually jealous of Horangi or did he just likes feeling your insides…. You can see the outline in his jeans practically begging for a blow job… you whine again. It's getting hard to hold back. “Hello.” Horangi’s voice speaks through the phone again. The neighbor you have a crush on has been listening to you moan in Konigs car!!! You hang up!! Flustered! Konig laughs, “Horangi is your friend huh? Do you think he caught us?” DEFINITELY The car slows down and begins to cruise at 60. You try to catch your breath. “Do you want to cum, mien schatz?” You desperately nod yes, and you grab his wrist. Even though you shouldn't take this any further if you want to be with Horangi and his motorcycle so bad! Konig slowly removes his fingers. He’s edging you…“Not yet our date is going to last all night y’know. I wouldn’t wanna waste it. Ich will dich schmecken.” You whine in disbelief. The car slows down more. Even takes a few turns and you squirm in your seat with each bump. Konig smiles. You look up, you're at the mall. “Let’s have some more fun?? Ich werde die ganze Zeit mit dir spielen, Süße.” Konig says. The german he is speaking is getting harder for your basic understanding. Did he say play?

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[konigschitzo]

Sugar Daddy Konig (Part 2-Reuploaded)

Hey Hey! I am back with the next part so y'all can finally meet Konig and not just have me talk about Horangi the whole time…also I'm thinking of an official name for this fic bc it's about to get real. ♡ ♡ ♡

Part one Here!!

Konig x Fem!reader + Horangi x Fem!reader…Adding more COD characters in future parts >ᴗ< Reader is going to be fucking around, they fight over you!!

MDNI!! 18+

Contains. Fingering going 100mph with Konig… while on the phone with Horangi, other than that the story continues! Fluff, Smut, Enemies to Lovers?, Sugar Daddy Konig, Motorcycle Horangi, Konig Dom, Sex eventually, Multiple men, more motorcycles…

I guess this is an AU.

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You pick a register and begin scanning items for customers. You wish someone could come take you away from all this. Wait. What did you mean by I can fix that? IS KONIG GOING TO BE WEARING A MASK to the restaurant? You must be going out with a total creep! You continue thinking about the tone you texted him, were you too blunt? You told a stranger your place of work! A million thoughts are swarming through your head as each boring customer interaction goes by. Hello, have a nice day yada yada… start stocking some shelves… work work. Is this shift really 11 hours…?

Waving goodbye to your coworkers, 11 hours had finally passed. You head to the bathroom to look at yourself in the mirror you really need some princess treatment you’re looking exhausted! You sigh to yourself preparing for the long night ahead of you… why did you choose a date when you could’ve been with Horangi?! You splash water in your face and storm out of the bathroom, grabbing your helmet on the way out. When you finally leave work it is dark outside, you check your phone.

I am outside, In the Milan Red. You read from Konig.

What the fuck is a Milan Red? When you begin to look around you notice it. A sports car, one you've never seen before. You were never really a car girl always more into motorcycles but you knew it had to be expensive. It revs, and you get a little rush in your heart. He steps out of the car. Konig. You expect something nice; Konig is put together but he's wearing boots, jeans, a black hoodie, and finally the classic mask. He dressed casually for you. Well, at least you recognized him. He’s tall and muscular but you knew that. You had already imagined his body. Is that a hand tattoo? You don’t remember that from the Tinder photos, You must have been too focused on his eyes. You are already imagining what other muscles and tattoos he could be hiding. You want to learn more about him. He’s walking towards you…do not panic. He's not scary, just big. When he gets close to you, you look up at him, and he towers over you. He towers over everybody. You admire those eyes in person for only a second trying to peek at anything you could to get a read on his face. Was he handsome too?? He reached his hand out gesturing to you to take it, “Hallo hübsche, would you like to go for a ride? It’s a beautiful display of Austrian engineering, meinst du nicht?” You're speechless but not at the car at his beauty and the accent it's just so unreal. You shutter and grab his hand. He begins walking you closer to his car. “What are your thoughts on the mall?” He asks abruptly. Clearly trying to gauge your reaction. “I like it.” you reply unsure. You haven't made a trip to the mall since you were a kid especially since you don't have extra money to spend. “Okay, let's go together then.” He says already opening the car door and leading you into the passenger seat. You hardly have time to disagree, he shuts the door and enters the driver's side. His large body only just perfectly fit in his leaned-back seat. You can only see through the holes of the mask, but you don’t wanna ask him about it just yet. He shifts the car into drive and takes off.  Before you could speak. “So you ride a motorcycle, ja? I didn't see one in the parking lot...” He asks nosily. You look down at the helmet you forgot was even there. You try to play nice, “Uh..my friend does.” “Does he now? Is it fast?” He smirks and practically laughs at you. “It's a 650cc.” You reply. His eyes focused on the road he only chuckles to himself, you wonder what's so funny but brush it off to avoid any follow-up questions about your situationship. He gets onto the highway and the speed is picking up on the Milan it seems he is trying to impress you by going fast but he's only up to 100mph and Horangi has already taken you faster…your phone is ringing. “Are you going to answer it?” Konig looks at you. You go to decline it. You're busy after all. Konig looks at you with a more serious expression quickly grabbing your thigh, you jump but he begins rubbing it to comfort you. Eyes still on the road. “Answer it, Mein Liebling. On speaker. Now.” You can't help but do what he says. The speed of the car, his sternness, his grip on you. You answer. 

“Hello.” You say. “Hello, do you need a ride back home beautiful? I am already on my way.” Horangi speaks out in a joyful tone. You love his voice almost as much as the masked Austrian mans you just met. “No Hong-jin, a friend picked me up. Thank you.” You say looking at Konig to see his reaction. Konigs begins to slip his fingers up your thighs and over your clit, and he begins firmly rubbing you over your pants. “Oh, alright then. I'll miss you, maybe we can ride when you get back?” He immediately doesn’t believe you, he sounds so disappointed. You love riding on his motorcycle, especially at night the disappointment is mutual. You moan a little and catch another glimpse at Konig the car is at 125; he mouths. “Say no.” He rubs not harder but better. Making moans escape you more. “Nngh no s-sorry, H-Horangi..not tonight.” You try not to say much but the excitement got to you. You accidentally called him Horangi to his face! “Oh, so I am Horangi now? That's fine with me.” You can hear him smile as he says it, despite circumstance. He is just so perfect, he likes when you call him his nickname. You blush at the thought. You look down and watch as Konig's tattooed hand begins to slip inside the top of your pants, down lower until it’s over your dripping slit, and he immediately thrusts his two fingers into you when he feels you open for him. He bites his lip in enjoyment you can tell he likes the thrill of teasing you. He begins moving his fingers. His large hands practically rub your clit at the same time while he fingers you. To be honest you could kinda get used to this. The speed of the car was making your heart pump even faster, making the feeling all more intense. Was he getting off too? You look down and his cock is hard. Was he actually jealous of Horangi or did he just likes feeling your insides…. You can see the outline in his jeans practically begging for a blow job… you whine again. It's getting hard to hold back. “Hello.” Horangi’s voice speaks through the phone again. The neighbor you have a crush on has been listening to you moan in Konigs car!!! You hang up!! Flustered! Konig laughs, “Horangi is your friend huh? Do you think he caught us?” DEFINITELY The car slows down and begins to cruise at 60. You try to catch your breath. “Do you want to cum, mien schatz?” You desperately nod yes, and you grab his wrist. Even though you shouldn't take this any further if you want to be with Horangi and his motorcycle so bad! Konig slowly removes his fingers. He’s edging you…“Not yet our date is going to last all night y’know. I wouldn’t wanna waste it. Ich will dich schmecken.” You whine in disbelief. The car slows down more. Even takes a few turns and you squirm in your seat with each bump. Konig smiles. You look up, you're at the mall. “Let’s have some more fun?? Ich werde die ganze Zeit mit dir spielen, Süße.” Konig says. The german he is speaking is getting harder for your basic understanding. Did he say play?

NEXT PART

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Bullet To The Heart~ J.Q

@its-quinns-bread asked:

Hey princess✨

First of all, i really love your work. You're my favorite writer tbh, your angsts are craazy😩

Got a request, if u still writing stories.

I know it's a bit weird and out of the usual actor vibe but i really want to read something like that. It's okay if u don't want to write it

Joseph Quinn, as the smartest shooter in the world, working for the most famous Gang in London. All he get is just the name of the victims(bad guys) and he find informations himself in a second, using only a bullet (right on the head) to kill em. The reader is the next victim as she's blamed for something she didn't do. That's till he sees her. Feeling like "love at first sight" Joseph refuses to kill the reader, trying to find a way to hide her so his boss won't search for her. They get closer.

You can add Jamie as his best friend and helper. When he finds out the reader is his boss' biggest enemy's sister(Dacre Montgomerys) everything make sense. His boss just want to hurt Dacre by killing his sister bc of past misunderstandings.

Having a characters death (maybe Jamie's?) Would make it sad also.

You can make the story as how u want and end it also as how u want. Just gave an idea for a fic~

Mention of Death, Angst

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Author's Note : Thank you so much lovely. Not me crying over here as I start this. I really like this ideas and I am going to roll with it.

" Asshole" he pulled his arms to swing his knife at him.

As the blade came towards him, he stepped closer to his body, so when he turned his right shoulder brushed against his chest. Using his opened hands, he strucked him upper and lower arm. The combination of his strike and the swing made the knife his hand, clutter to the ground.

Grabbing his arm, twisting until the heel of his hand pointed towards the ceiling. Then he put his right shoulder under his elbow and yank his hand down. With a crack, his arm broke causing him to hiss in pain.

" You're fucking dead!" he creamed.

Spinning around to face him, he chuckled bringing his fist back and colliding twice with his face, mainly his nose. Blood began to gush. While he tried to grip his nose and look at the blood, he kicked him in the knee caps. Mason tumbled to the ground.

Joe chuckled as he stared down at Mason, helpless.

" Funny, I'm not." Joe kicked him in the ribs. He knelt down to feel a pulse on Mason's wrist. He was meant by a strong pulse.

Mason winced, clutching his arm, " You little-"

Joe sighed to himself, colliding his fist against Mason's face, standing up taking a handkerchief from the pocket of his pants as he wiped his hands of any blood. Joe would usually bring a gun to handle guys like Mason Dye but he knew better, he didn't want to start a war with his enemy.

That could wait. Everyone knew who he was by one glance in his direction. He was dangerous and he's the smartest shooters in London. His assignments are simply to kill the victims that are assigned to him, no messes left behind, and no remorse to any of those that even beg him.

He makes his way out of the building leaving that mess for the Montgomery gang to find. It was a message to the leader of the Montgomery gang, that he was watching them and he was ready if Dacre, would strike.

He left Mason Dye alive, broken but alive.

Heads turn when he walks through the familiar bar of London, one he knows his best friend runs and spots him in a blink of an eye. Jamie is serving customers behind the bar like usually but he's also known best for selling guns and the bullets you need. Jamie was chatting with a nice couple with Joe walked up to him with one elbow on the bar.

" Well, Well, Well look who the wind brought, the smartest shooter in London and the best" Joe rolled his eyes, with a small smile on his face. He knew Jamie was only boosting his ego and playing with him like that. " If it isn't my best friend, what can I do for you?"

Joe took out the gun from behind his back placing it on top of the bar. Jamie's hands falls on top of it sliding it below and out of vision as he eyes it.

" Not too bad, where did you get it?" Joe snorted remembering how he left Mason lying with his nose broken in the building. " Don't tell me you took it off one of those nobody's off the street that look at you with one glance and they are a goner."

Joe smirked, " Mason Dye."

Jamie's eyes got wide as he leaned closer to Joe's ear, " Are you kidding me?" Joe shook his head with a serious look on his face. " He was sent to hunt, hunt for me... I know it.."

Jamie sighed pulling back as he turns around putting the gun in of the cabinets.

" You have to be more careful around like that, who knows what or who Montgomery will send out next?" Joe's hand balled into a fist.

" He can send as many as he likes, you know they will be dead the moment they stepped foot in my sight" Jamie smirked knowing fully what Joe was capable. Joe could end someone's life with just one bullet to the head.

Joe didn't care for his victims, nor he cared for their names or their families. He did the job as he was told and went on his day. The only people he cared about was Jamie, Keery and Maya that were part of his gang. Anyone else was not in his books.

A hand places on top of Joe's shoulder catching him off guard. Joe senses picked up as he grabbed the arm twisting it around and slamming the person's head on top of the bar with his other hand on it. The person winced harshly, " It's me, Joe."

Joe's eyes turned from blaze of fury to softer shade of brown as he released Keery from his old. Keery stood up, rubbing his head while Joe adjust his jacket tapping it with his open hand as he apologized. Maya couldn't help but snickered at what just happened.

" Yeah, Yeah, laughs it up" Keery waved her off as he turned to Joe, " Geez you could of pulled all my hair off, thanks" Joe shrugged as he took the drink that Jamie had slide over to him.

" You'll live" Joe turns his head to Maya.

" You have something for me?" She nodded, taking out an envelope from her back pocket and handing it over to him. He grabs the yellow envelope that holds a picture of his next victim.

" Did you hear that Joe happened to bump into our dear old pal Mason?" Jamie folded his arms and places on top of the bar as he leans in a hush tone, looking around that no one would hear him. This side of the town wasn't Montgomery's territory. They weren't allowed on this side of town.

Keery and Maya both looked at Joe with worry, " you want us to scout around and see if we find anyone else that doesn't belong here?" Joe shook his head taking a cigarette from his pocket with a lighter. He places the envelop in between his armpit raising one hand to cover the flame as he lights the cigarette.

" There's no need, I've handled it" Keery nods.

" How about a drink before dear Joseph runs to do his job?"

" Sounds good" Maya says. " Do you need us to come?" She asks.

" I've got it, Maya. You stay here and enjoy yourself with Keery" he pats Keery on the shoulder with the edge of the cigarette hanging from his lips.

" But what-" Joe put his hand up as he shakes his head.

" If I needed your help, I would of asked " Jamie pursed his lips taking one of the guns that Joe likes, with two boxes of bullets just to be safe as he slide them over.

" A gift" Jamie smirks. Joe looks around to see if anyone was watching him and takes the items off the bar putting them into his pocket shielding them with his jacket. He feels the crips of the envelope in between his fingers as he eyes it.

He felt this one was special.

-

Joe eyes the picture in his hands as he stands across the street, leaning against the brick wall and looks up in time to see you walking across the street with a bag in your hands. You had gone shopping in the opposite side of town, it was forbidden for you to walk those streets but you weren't going to be cooped up in that home.

" It's not a good idea for you to walk those streets" Liv reminded you as she places a hand on top of your arm. Her face shown with worry while you huffed the piece of hair in front of your face.

" Don't tell me you want me to be copped up in here like some chicken or something" she chuckled for a bit but shook her head.

" You deserve to do what you want, but you know those street aren't safe. What would he say?" you rolled your eyes at the mention of your brother. Dacre. Dacre Montgomery. He was the second biggest gang leaders in London, killing anyone that do his family harm and betrayed him.

Both Joseph and Dacre had higher ups to speak for and the higher ups disposed each other to the bone. There was once where the Montgomery gang and the Quinn gang were at peace, it was one misunderstanding between one another that led to the downfall.

" He would say nothing, I'm a grown woman that can handle herself" the door opened and your brother stepped in with following by Chester, one of his right hand man.

" My love" Liv stands up from her seat as she makes her way over to him. The two share a small kiss as he turns to you, with Liv's arm wrapped around his elbow. You scoff at the sight of your brother fully aware what he was going to say. You looked away not bothering to hear his nonsense this time.

" You can't be mad at me for a long time" he says stepping closer releasing from Liv's hold as he rounds to the seat in front of you and sits down. He takes a hold of your hand in his and places his other hand on top of yours. His rings shine in the light as well as his necklaces hanging around his neck in between the open shirt he has on.

" It's not safe for you to go out today" he says. " I know how much you enjoy the weather and hear the laughter of children running around in the streets. I know you want to go out like you used to, but things have changed and you must stay here. For your safety" you slipped your hand from under his as you stood up.

" I'm capable of handling myself, I'm a Montgomery for crying out loud" you shouted waving your hands around. " It's not fair that Liv gets to go out and I have to sit here and wait for your orders" Dacre sighed as he stood up.

" You will stay here and that's an order. I'm only doing this to protect you" the door swung open again and bruised and broken arm Mason stumbles in with his front teeth missing, his nose looks broken and bloodied. He looks like he's in a lot of pain as he stumbles into Chester.

Chester takes a hold of him as he looks worried at his friend. Dacre's jaw clenched at the sight of his friend, " Who did this?" he asked. Mason winced grabbing his side. You hurried towards Mason other's side as you helped Chester bring him to the couch. Mason settles down with a wince and a hiss as he slouches on the couch.

Dacre looks up at Chester, nodding his head to get Myles and Clayton as an order to go out looking for whoever did this to Mason.

" I will end anyone that did this to you" Dacre swore and points to you, " Stay inside, listen for once" he hisses storming out leaving a groaning Mason the couch while Liv stands off to the side.

" He's going to be really angry, but I can deal with him. You should go. You've been in this room for three days" you nodded and mouthed a thank you. Mason was about to protest but Liv smacked the back of his head in silence.

You ran out the door getting the things you needed and headed out the door. Sunshine was calling your name.

-

Joe continues to watch you walk down the streets and one of his hands is on the gun on the side of his pants, beneath his coat as he follows you down the street. You were his next victim and he was going to finish the job no matter the circumstances. You stopped for a moment and looked at your surroundings as if feeling something was off. Joe had stopped and hide behind one of the cars parked on the side walk. Just in case you turned around and spotted him.

You continued to walk hearing children run past you with a plane in their hands. As your boots hits the pavement, another pair of shoes hit the pavement and you have been hearing it for quite some time. You turn the corner into an alleyway when you turned around to face who had the audacity to follow you.

You thought your brother sent one of his goons to follow you but you face to face with another face. A face that the part of town you were in knew very well. His curls were messier than ever, his brown eyes stared down hard at you and he didn't have nor a smile or a frown on his face.

His hand itched for a gun but he stopped in his tracks as his eyes grew wide at the sight of you. You were beautiful. He watched your face turned from shock to surprise as you stood in front of him. His mouth was a jar.

" What?" you asked, suddenly breaking him out of his thoughts. " I'm sorry, what?" He scrunched up his eyebrows as he took sight of you. The way your hair was flowing in the wind, the way your eyes held surprise in them and amusement, the way you had that small smile on your face and the way you were waiting for him.

" Well..." you titled your head to the side. He swallows the lump in his throat at the sudden stop. He never stopped to kill his victims. But this, you.. this was different. His heart raced at the thought of having you in his arms and feeling what you were like against him.

" Your not afraid?" he asked. You snorted, shaking your head. You weren't going to tell him who you were, it's less information he needed to know.

" I don't have anything to be afraid of, certainly not of a man that has a gun ready to point at me" Joe pulled his hands away from his gun as he stood up straighter.

" Do you know who I am?" he asked, it came to him sudden surprise that you were not afraid of him. He knew it meant two things either you were ready to die as you came to face to face with your chances or that you came from a family, a family that was familiar with these type of situations.

" I do, the famous most smartest ruthless shooters on this side of town" He nods.

" What's my name, darling?" he licks his lips. His heart begged you to call his name out. He wanted to know how it sounded out of you.

" Joseph Quinn" he had to hold himself back on how good his name falls from your mouth. If he could show you how he felt, his eyes were rolling to the back of his head and his heart melted on the spot.

But, he can't. He can't care. Not for you.

" You did have a job to do, no?" you asked. " To kill me?" his lips grow in a thin line as he nods taking out the photo of your from the back pocket of his pants and unfolding it. It was a picture of you, outside on the balcony having tea.

" Huh? What is stopping you?" you took the chance and stepping closer to him. You can smell the hint of cigarettes, gun powder and mint off of him.

Suddenly you heard the familiar voices and grab the lapel of his jacket pulling him to the side of the building as a car drives past. Joe's breath hitches seeing how close you were to him. His eyes grow wide as your lips were inches away from him. Your head was peeking out to see if anyone had spotted you two and when you saw that no one did, your head turned just in time your own breath to hitch.

Joe couldn't help it. He had to keep you safe and have you to himself. When you turned to grab your bag from the floor, a hand wraps around your mouth while he pulls you back, whispering into your ear to be quiet. The next thing you knew, things grew black as you went limp in Joe's arms. He lowers you onto the ground into his lap looking over your features.

God, you were beautiful.

He had called two people he trusted besides Jamie to help.

" Are you out of your mind?" Keery asks waving his hands over at your laying body on the ground. " We can't bring her back to the house"

" Why not?" Maya gasped as he flicked him in the forehead. He scrunched up his nose rubbing on the spot. " You were suppose to kill her, our boss will kill us first then you."

Joe shook his head, " He won't and I will not let that happen"

" It's your funeral' Keery says as he helps him carry you to the car while Maya was on the look out.

-

Dacre rubbed a hand down his face as he angrily stared at his men, his jaw twitched as there was fire in his eyes. How could you be missing?

" I specifically told her not to go, and now she's gone..." he eyes Liv who scurries away behind Chester. " Liv, did you tell my sister that she was allowed to go? At a time like this? Have you seen the state of Mason?" she nods and mumbles she's sorry.

He pinches the bridge of his nose and lowers his hand.

" You find her and you bring her here, do you understand me?' Chester nods as he begs the rest of follow him. Mason stood up as he was about to follow Chester out the door when Dacre puts his hand on his chest to stop him.

" Not you, Mason. You're still healing" Mason huffed.

" I want to help" he says. " I need my gun and bullets, I'll be okay. This" he motions to himself, " It's only a scratch"

Dacre chuckled, " you can barley walk. Take another day off and that's an order" Mason huffed as he looked towards Liv who looked away. She knew better than to go against her boyfriend right now.

He walked away with one more glance at Dacre to see if he would change his mind. He didn't.

" Babe" Liv called out to her boyfriend who had his hands in his pockets of his pants as he stared at the flowers on the table. " I'm sorry, I've only wanted the best for her."

" And look where that's got her" he says, looking at her. It was a cold and distant look. He didn't meant to be cold towards his girlfriend but right now you were more concern on his mind. His baby sister.

He made a promise to always look out for you.

" How can I make you feel better?" she asks, making her way to him running her hands up his arms, squeezing at his shoulders massaging them in hopes he would relax more. He was stiff as a stick on the ground.

He shrugged off her touch and walked out the room leaving Liv in brim of her tears as she walked to the window, looking out in hopes you were okay.

-

Your fingers dragged over the books on the bookshelf brushing over the titles with golden lettering. Joe was pouring a drink in two glasses, peeking on the side spying the poison he had just in case he needed. He glanced at you and a sudden feeling of calmness passes over him at the sight of your back.

You can feel his stare on your back as you walked through his apartment stopping on a picture.

" Who's this?" you asked, turning to point a finger at the photo and look at Joe for answers. He picked up both glasses with his hands making his way towards you, handing one to you.

" Thank you" you took one from his hand while looking back at the picture. It was Joe one arm wrapped around the person's shoulders. The other had his arm wrapped around Joe, he had blonde dirty hair, short, had pretty eyes, smile on his face as he looked at the camera.

" That's Jamie" Joe felt like he could only tell you Jamie's name. He didn't know you all to well for all he knew you could be playing him and this was all a game to you. But again, he felt that calm passing through him when you look at him.

" What does he do?"

" He's a bartender" Joe says, " the best in town" he adds. You nod, tapping one finger against the glass.

" Have you known him long?" Joe nods.

" We're very good friends and one of the few that I trust" he says, downing his glass. Your eyes move next to the next photo he has on the wall. It was Joe with two others, one was a guy and the other was a girl. She was really pretty.

" Who are they?" He scrunched up his nose, chuckling.

" You're very nosey" he says.

" Oh sorry, just trying to figure you out" he hummed as he took his glass back to his kitchen and poured himself another drink. You watched his hands hold the bottle with one hand while the other held onto the glass. You wondered how his fingers would feel on your skin.

" Those two are my friends too, Joe Keery. But we call him Keery, because then whoever calls us will get us confused and the other is Maya. They handle things when I need some help" he turns to look at you while you continue to pace his apartment stopping to sit on his couch.

" Do you have anymore?" He arches his eyebrows in questions, " you know. People you trust" you motion with your hand. He leans his back against the kitchen counters with the glass in his hands.

" Not many" he decided to answer, as a safe answer for now.

" Do you?" he asks turning the tables on you. You couldn't help but let out a small laugh. " You can say that" you weren't telling him half the truth, Liv and some of the other girls around the other side of town were some of your friends. There was also your brother's men who were you friends too.

" So what's your name mysterious pretty girl?" he set his glass down near the kitchen sink as he cautiously approaches you. There is a part of him that wants to know you but yet it's holding back because he doesn't trust anyone really. He's a man that can kill anyone with one bullet in the head.

You eyed him, " You're going to hate me once I tell you who I am and who my brother is.." he tilts his head in confusion not really understanding where you were going yet.

" I'm sure we can get pass it" he says standing a few feet away from you. You sighed and wrapped your arms around yourself, ready to walk out the door if needed as you stood up.

" Look, I don't think you want to know" you move your way towards the door when a hand reached out to grip your wrist turning you around as you come face to face with Joe.

Your breath hitches once you realize how close he is to you.

" What's your name?" the grip on your wrist was a little tighter as his eyes darken to almost the shade of the color black. If you were hiding your name from him and trying to avoid this, he was going to find one way or another. It was part of his job.

" My name is not important" he sighs, jaw locked tight as he brought you closer to him. His other hand gripped your chin making you look at him.

" You don't want to play any games with my, you understand me? Do you know who I am?" at these words you rolled your eyes and pushed away from him. He released you with a little push as you stumbled back getting your footing.

" I know who you are" you mumbled, rubbing your wrist from his grip that he had on you. " My name is Y/N Montgomery" at the sound of your last name slipping through his ears, he took his gun out from the back and pointed at you.

Your eyes grew wide at the sight of it raising your hands up.

" I'm not here to kill you, my brother doesn't know you found me" Joe blinks once as he eyes you, then another as he eyes your outfit and eyes the purse on your shoulder.

" Show me your purse" he says motioning it with his gun. " What do you have inside?" he asks.

You took the purse off your shoulder and opening to reveal what you had inside. Lipstick, your wallet, a pocket knife and small bottle of your perfume with chapstick.

" The knife, give it to me" he held one of his hands out for you to place it on his hand. You didn't hesitate to give it to him, there was a feeling you felt that you could trust him. He was surprised from the way you just handed it over to him without a word.

" Montgomery, huh?" he asked, turning the knife in his hands. He can see your initials on it shining in the light.

" Yeah, Montgomery. A name I'm not very fond of" you mumbled looking at your painted nails.

" Being a sister to the second best shooter man in London isn't enough? You're a Montgomery, you have everything handed to you" you couldn't help but laugh.

" Handed to me? I have worked for every single thing in my life. You think it's so easy being a sister of Dacre Montgomery? You have no idea what it's like, always being said oh watch this Y/N, you can't handle this Y/N, you can't be trust with a gun Y/N, you should stand behind me Y/N, you should go with one of my men, you should go there, you should do this and that" you spatted with anger, " I am tired of him."

Your eyes brim with tears turning away from him.

" He's never given me my moment. He's controlling and he's never letting me do what I want. I always have to have someone with me"

" Then how did you need up alone on the other side of town? hm?" he asks.

" His girlfriend, she's such a doll. She told me to make a run for it, to capture some sunlight. I needed to get out of that house. I felt like a caged animal.." you can feel his presence get closer.

Joe still had his gun out in case you tried anything. He could hear the pain in your voice as you spoke on how your brother treated you. It was unfair and he wanted nothing but to protect you.

" You won't be anymore.." he says. You turned around with your eyebrows knitted tougher looking at him in confusion. " What are you talking about?" you wiped your nose with the back of your hand.

" Stay here, you'll be safe here" you eyed the gun in his hand and looked back up at him. " Safe? When you have that on me?" you motioned with your hands towards the gun.

He lifted up showing you that the safety was on and that he wasn't going to really use it on you unless he had a reason.

" Why do you sense to trust me?" you asked.

" Because you're different, even as a Montgomery. You seem different, I like different. You're too beautiful to be locked in a house, your bother will get what's coming to him"

" What are you going to do?"

He sent you a small smile with a shook of his head, " Don't worry about that."

-

The door the bar opened, the noise has stopped as all eyes fell on who stood there. Chester stood there with the other men behind him as he looked around with a gun in his hands. Jamie stood behind the bar, with one hand on the gun he had hidden underneath the bar.

" Now can anyone tell me if they seen a pretty girl that came in that didn't look like she belonged here?" Chester asked stepping down a few steps as he looked around.

" Pretty busy in here, what is everyone drinking tonight?" he walked up to a couple and took a glass, downing it in on go and threw the glass somewhere where it crashed. Jamie growled at the action, gripping the gun tight.

" Have you seen the girl? Maybe she came through here?" Chester asks describing you to the woman he wrapped an arm around and pointed the gun to her chest. " I need a yes or no" the woman only whimpered reaching for her husband in fear. Chester tsk as he pointed the gun at her husband.

" I asked you a question" he says, " I will start shooting if I don't get answers!" he yelled in anger. Jamie had enough of this as he spoke up.

" You aren't welcomed here" he says bringing the attention of Chester who turned his head at the sound of Jamie's voice. " Ah, you must be the bartender that everyone talks so highly of.. John right? Or what is Josh?" Chester asked scratching the side of his head with the gun in thought.

Jamie suppressed a fake smile, " It's Jamie."

" Potato, tomato" Chester waved the gun around as he came towards the bar. " Boys" he called to the rest as they scurried up to him. He pursed his lips looking around.

" Search every inch, I don't care what needs to be done. Find her" Jamie jaw clenched as he gripped the gun underneath a bit tighter. From the corner of his eyes he can see that Maya and Keery are in the back looking out. He shake his head no to them. He doesn't need any blood in the bar.

While they searched for you, Keery and Maya rushed to find Joe.

-

" Are you going to keep the gun on the table all the time that I'm here?" you asked noticing it was still there. Joe walked out of the bedroom, most likely his as he looked at the gun on the table.

" Does it bother you?" he asks. You nodded.

" Good, don't need you to try anything on me"

" I told you that I am not like my brother" he hummed as he put on his jacket. " You might be like your brother but your a Montgomery. You never trust a Montgomery."

" But you haven't killed me yet, what's stopping you?"

" You're too pretty to be a corpse" Joe says, but you rolled your eyes at his lack of flirting. " Gee, thank you."

" There is something about you that's different, I like it" he says with a shrug. Suddenly there is a knock on the door causing your sense to be alert.

" Expecting anyone?" he shook his head as he took the gun off the table and slowly made his way to the door. Banging against the door was hard and shouting of voices.

" It's us, Joe! Red Alert!" Joe put the gun down as he opened the door as two people rushed inside, almost falling on top of each other. You noticed them from the photos hanging on the walls.

" What is it?" Joe asked. The other two have yet to notice that you were in the room with them. The both of them started to talk on top of one another shouting what was going on.

" Hey!" Joe shouted. " I don't understand what you both said, speak slower and one at a time" Kerry began to tell Joe about how Chester with his men walked into the bar demanding where a girl was and no one had any idea of who she was.

That's when Maya noticed your presence in the room, " Joe tell me you didn't" she says making her way over to you and circles around you. " She's the girl they are looking for.." Keery turned his attention towards you that was standing playing with your fingers.

" Joe! Chester has his gun down there pointing at everyone including Jamie.."

" Jamie can take care of himself, he's a big boy" Joe says, there was price of fear inside of him. " We need to tell them she's here"

" I am not going back" you said, " over my dead body they will take me back to my brother."

" Who's your brother?" Keery asked. Joe put a hand to stop you from talking when you uttered out who your brother was. Maya and Keery's eyes got wide at his name.

" Joe!" they both yelled.

" Let me handle this" Joe says as he walks into his kitchen, getting another gun out as he steps out. " You're going to stay here" he says, putting the gun in your hand that previously laid on the table.

You were about to protest when he sent you a glare. If he thought you were staying here and being in the room like you were when you were living with your brother, then he had another thing coming.

"Stay. Here." Joe said those words one more time as he headed out with Maya and Keery hot on his trails.

-

Chester and the rest of the boys were flipping tables, throwing glasses and moving people around.

" No one moves or leaves until we find the girl" Chester says.

" You can't keep us here!" a man shouted as he rose to stand up, but Chester knocked him back down with a clog of his gun. " Sit down, grandpa."

The group that was with him, held him back as he fell into one of their laps. " These are my customers, you can't keep doing this" Jamie spatted as he sent a glare towards Chester.

" And who's going to stop us? Hm? You?" he snickered. " There is one of you and 5 of us"

" You forgot to count us" Maya's voice spoke out as she stepped out with Keery and Joe by her side. Chester clasped a hand over his mouth dramatically as he gasped, " Oh look it's the three musketeers. What am I going to do?" he wined.

Joe growled, " Leave them out of it."

Chester pointed his gun towards Joe, " Well look here-" he didn't get to finish his sentence as Joe shot him in the shoulder, bullet went straight through. Chester screamed as he gripped his shoulder and cursed to himself. All the noise stopped and the focus was on him.

" Why you little-" Chester didn't finish his sentence because Joe shot his other shoulder. Chest screamed again as he gripped both his shoulders on the ground in pain.

" You're going to regret this!" he shouted through the pain. " Help me up! We gotta tell Dacre" he says as the boys help him off of his feet and carry him out of the bar.

" This isn't over" Jamie shouted.

" Not by a long shot" Joe says lowering his gun.

-

You were startled when the door opened and slammed shut as Joe stormed into the apartment.

" Did anyone get hurt?" was the first thing you asked. Joe stopped in his tracks as he turns to face you. " I told you I would handle it, no. No one did. But they were so close, you have to tell your brother to stop snooping for you otherwise someone will die and it won't be pretty."

" I am not going to call my brother, I have nothing to say to him" you shook your head with your arms across your chest with a huff.

" Call him" he says through his gritted teeth. " This side of town is my home, and I am not going to let anyone get hurt because of someone-"

" Someone like what? Huh? A Montgomery?"

" Someone like a pretty thing like you" he finishes catching you off guard. Your cheeks turned pink as you looked away from him.

" Don't hide from me" he brings your face back that he could see you, " You'e even prettier like this" He pokes one of your cheeks, the blush that you had darken. " Look at you, so pretty"

" You're pretty too, you know" you mumble out, loud enough for him to hear. He pauses at what you had told him and his own cheeks hint with redness.

" Thanks" he says pulling his hand away. He was about to walk away to his bedroom when your hand shoot up and stops him. He glances down at you in silence. " Stay with me for a bit" Joe was about to protest when something in your eyes caught him off guard as he sat down on the couch with you.

He ended up staying the whole night, falling asleep in your lap. In the middle of night he woke up and carried you to his bed where he thought you were more comfier. He took off your shoes for you and set them by the bed while he changed into something more comfortable as he settled in bed right next to you on his side.

When morning came, you rolled on your side to meet with the face of sleeping Joe. He looked so peaceful, sleeping with his chest rising up and down. Some strand of curls fell onto his forehead, his eyelashes were kissing his cheeks as he slept, and his lips looked so soft and kissable. They were right there for your taking.

" Stop looking at me" you heard the sound of his voice bring you out of your thoughts. A hint of red appears on your cheeks as you looked away and turning on your back to stare at the ceiling. Joe opened his eyes watching you look at his ceiling rather than his face.

" The ceiling isn't much interesting either"

" Then what am I suppose to look at?" you asked. When he didn't answer you, you turned to look at him him noticing he was already looking at you. " What?" his hand reached out to brush away a strand of your hair behind your cheek causing a hint of red appear on your cheeks.

" You're beautiful" he says.

" So are you" you tell him. He rolls his eyes as he sits up in bed rubbing his eyes and stretching his arms out. He stood up from the bed and you noticed he was only in a pair of boxers, eyeing the happy trail that you wanted to brush your fingers through, he caught you red handed as he spoke up.

" You like what you see?" you looked away, covering your face with the covers while Joe laughed as he walked into the bathroom. Today was going to be long day.

-

Joe was busy in conversation with Jamie when the door to the bar opened and everyone's eyes got wide who stood there. He wore a nice suit with his hair done nicely. His blue eyes were darker than they usually wore. Accompanying his side was Liv as she hung on his arms looking around for any sign of you. Her heart raced knowing what was about to happen.

" You shouldn't be here" a voice spoke out catching Dacre' attention as he came face to face with his enemy. " Joseph Quinn" he says like the name tasted bitter on his tongue.

" Dacre Montgomery" Joe reponse back to him, " Like I said, you shouldn't be here. You don't belong here.." he adds.

" I don't, but it came to my attention that my sister was spotted on this side of town. Care to share where and with whom?" Dacre asked. He took a few steps down.

" She's not here" Joe says.

" She never was" Jamie says as he walks around the bar. He stood next to Joe. " I suggest you get out of my bar" Jamie spats, pointing to the door.

Dacre laughs, " You are so funny, bartender. I don't believe I was talking to you."

" My name is Jamie and you best be on your way" Dacre titled his head to the side. You were peeking behind the bar counter at your brother. He looked really angry and very displeased to be here.

" I don't care what your name is, you don't answer to me. I asked Quinn over here.." Joe shook his head.

" She was never here like Jamie said" Dacre tsked as he reached his hand out for one of his men. One of his men handed him a gun.

" I am going to count to three, and if I don't get the answer I am looking for then I will start shooting. Do I make myself clear?" Keery and Maya got their guns ready if anything and Joe had his hand reach for his gun.

"One..." Dacre started as he eyed the room wanting to spot you himself. You were in big trouble and he knows you know it.

When no one said anything he went to count to two.

" You're not making things easier on you, Quinn"

" She's not here" Joe says through gritted teeth, " Leave!" he adds.

" Three" Dacre counted pointing a gun at Jamie, Joe couldn't eve react as a bullet went straight for Jamie and shooting him in the heart. Jamie stumbled back as gripped his chest. Joe catches him as Jamie falls to the ground. Everyone in the bar is screaming and running out while Dacre says, " I warned you!."

Joe doesn't pay attention to anything that Dacre is saying as he holds Jamie. Blood is oozing from Jamie's wound. Jamie is trying to say words out but blood is spluttering from his mouth. Joe's eyes brim with tears as he shakes his head.

" Don't leave me, you can't do this" he tells Jamie. Jamie only could weakly smile at him and raise his hand towards Joe but before he could touch Joe's cheek, the hand falls and Jamie eyes stare straight ahead. Joe grips Jamie, sobbing at him.

Keery and Maya started to shoot Dacre's crew while Dacre shield himself with Liv while looking for you. He see's the back of your head and grins.

" There you are trouble maker" he raises from his hiding spot as he shouts your name over the gun fire that is going on. Your head turns at the sound of his voice locking eyes with him. He found you.

Before Dacre can reach out to you, there is another scream and this scream alerts you and Dacre. Both your head turns at the sound of the scream watching as Liv is stumbling back gripping her chest as blood oozes her dress.

" NO!" Dacre screams as he rushes to her. He catches her as she falls into his arms. Joe takes Jamie's body and puts it over his shoulder as he rushes out of the bar while both Keery and Maya grab you and rush out of the bar hot on Joe's tail.

-

Joe stands looking down at his friends' grave with dried up tears on his cheeks. He had no idea if he had anymore tears left to shed but this was unfair. He was going to have to live his life without his best friend by his side. He never thought anything could break his heart, but this, this was more harder than heart break. You weren't sure if you should come up to him or give him space. A nudge on your shoulder sends you making your way to him.

You stood by his side glancing down at the grave stone.

" I'm so sorry Joe" you tell him, your fingers brushing against his own. He lets you lace your fingers through his as his body turns towards you with his head falling on your shoulder. Your other hand comes up to run your fingers through his curls. " I'm so sorry" you mumble, " he was great-" Joe cuts you off raising his head to meet your eyes.

" He was my best friend, the first person I trusted in the whole town. How am I suppose to go on like this?" your own heart broke at the sight of Joe.

Your hands reached up to cup his face with both your hands, " You can get through this. I know you can. I'll be here if you want my help" he nods turning his head to kiss the palm of your hands. He wants you here. He really does.

" He would of loved you" Joe tells you. You softly smiled.

" I'm sure he would" Joe takes both your hands off his cheeks as he sniffles, " Will you stay?" his brown eyes stare into your eyes with hope and want.

" I will, Joe" He wraps his arms around your waist as he tugs you to him.

The both of you stayed like that for a while not knowing your brother was watching not too far ahead with a scowl on his face.

" What are we going to do about them?" Mason asked.

" Leave it" Dacre says.

Dacre took someone that Joe cared about deeply and Joe took someone that Dacre cared about deeply. An eye for an eye.

But Joe took you from Dacre too. As much as it pained Dacre to see you with his enemy, he knew you were happy and if you wanted to talk with him.

You knew where to find him.

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random but have you thought abt gaming and hutao?

funny story anon, when I was writing ga-ming's fake voicelines and needed to give him more characters to talk about, I was considering adding a hu tao voiceline, but decided against it because I didn't really see a reason for them to meet (besides via friends (new liyue 6ang addition?!?!?!)). lowkey I now feel validated bc they don't have any in-game voicelines abt each other, but this would be a very boring ask if it just stopped here lol.

there's something to be said about gaming and hu tao's family baggage vs their cheerful external demeanor vs both doing a job that isn't super well received (?) by people in liyue harbor. but hu tao leans into her eccentricities a lot more while gaming is on the 'likeable by everyone' grind LOL also the dad similarities might increase if we ever get 76th funeral parlor director lore: hu tao's parents have been conspicuously missing forever, where did genshin put them? an interesting possibility would be if the 76th somehow split off from the family trade and subsequently got wiped from the family tree bc of ideological diffs (like ht's beef with baizhu), which could increase gaming and hu tao's possible shared father(?) troubles. but besides that I feel like there's not too much similarity there. They're both enthusiastic outward facing individuals, but idk if they'd have an interesting dynamic if they met.*

Although, you know that voiceline where hu tao does a magic trick and makes a butterfly of fire? and also how she plays with those lion statues outside the ministry of civil affairs? those two things would be straight up gamings alley ngl like he'd be so down for that kind of whimsy and playfulness. also hu tao would be a good candidate for a 2nd lion dance partner. she'd be completely down for doing odd jobs and this is absolutely a fun odd job, at least until she gets tired of it or has to focus on official business lol. idt she's the type to work hard at it; she's just there to try it out because it looked cool but gaming appreciates the enthusiasm regardless. would request to be the lions head in order to lunge at people and also pick greens. also there's potential for a gaming yun jin xingqiu hu tao tea appreciation club

oh also i think smth underrated abt hu tao is how shes like cheery and eccentric but takes her job seriously and has unidentifiable but occasionally present baggage .... which i already mentioned before is similar to how 75% of gm's voicelines are cheery, and then the other 25% is emotional conflict. idk! maybe under the right conditions, they could open up to each other and sympathize

*addendum: imo, hu tao has mostly moved on from her grief over her grandfather's death, and she doesn't have any regrets about the state of their relationship when he passed away, since they were pretty close and never on bad terms. My personal hc is that she still has some things she wished she said, ie. sincere thoughts and feelings from the heart that she usually avoids talking about (she would say "nice speech, but that kind of killed the mood" if someone made one of those anime protag power of friendship monologues). in my head, her grandpa taught her everything about death and funeral customs, played with her/listened to her poetry, pretended to go along w her pranks, and was in general a very loving person, but I don't think hu tao ever explicitly told him "I love you" before he died. she canonically tried to find him right after he passed away but knew that he wouldn't be there. by now i think she's made peace with his death, but still has a certain wistfulness about things she didn't think of saying. and then on the flip side, if ga-ming could see his mom again, he'd probably spend a whole day talking to her i think. he's also not someone to get drunk on grief or regrets, but i don't think he's quite gotten over it completely, and his rocky relationship with his father (before lantern rite 2024) makes this more emotional idk. not sure where I'm going with this, but maybe hu tao would be able to talk him through a bit of this messiness and urge him to simply continue with his own life. or show him that his mother was not at the border, perhaps never lingered there, because she didnt think there was any unfinished business with him or his father that she needed to worry about. the annoying thing about death is that even if the dead person was free of regrets, those who are still living will still miss them. maybe both gaming and hu tao would be able to understand that and/or sympathize with it. or maybe they'd just be silly together who knows, up to you

edit: it'd also be so funny to have gaming call hu tao "boss hu" 胡老板～～～～～～～

#ty for the ask anon! sorry about the late reply and the word vomit it was accidental #and as always if You have thoughts pls pls tell i love listening to peoples headcanons #gaming #ga-ming #hu tao #asks #anon ask #teyvat thoughts #gaming genshin #genshin impact #gaming genshin impact #嘉明

[z0urcherri]

Not really a full review but just the thoughts at the forefront of my mind If they'd of just cut some horror references (Shining elevator especially) down into shorter scenes (it'd also work as an unobtrusive background element) AND made it easier to tell apart future and past characters that happen to be in the same scene together, this film would honestly be damn near perfect. It was still an enjoyable experience, though. Alot of scenes genuinely come close to freaking me out, like the respawn terminal failure. Having a fully voice acted cast and some custom models was a treat, i just don't see why some were custom and some were just Scout with a mustache slapped on. Plus, in the funeral scene, it's too noticeable how detailed Redmond and Blutarch are compared to everyone else in the room. I joked at one point that they blew the character budget on those two and couldn't afford to detail everyone else. The voice direction also felt lacking, with certain actors (excluding Scout's and Soldier's bc DAMN i actually asked a couple times if they got Rick, posthumously, and Nathan to do the voice work) focusing more on sounding as much as they could like the original mercs than the actual performance. Mind you i'm not saying they did a BAD job, they did after all do a fantastic job with the emotional line deliveries. Usually, you would complain about the cartoony art style of TF2 clashing with someone's high-end attempt to make the shots photorealistic or so, but since Fortress Films went to all the trouble of touching up everything with grit and keeping it consistent throughout scenes, it honestly works well even if non-TF2 models end up being used. The contrast actually fits. The plot...honestly, again, this is where i wish certain horror tropes got cut way down. Did we really need a whole scene of zombie mercs doing stereotypical zombie things? I don't even think it added anything to the plot, it just happened and was pretty easy to forget right after they're all killed. It's just how it never gets referenced again once it's over. I'm...also not really a fan of the shoehorned Christian imagery around the end. It's basically another trope and again it added pretty much nothing. It's also fun trying to figure out who can and can't actually die. This, ironically, might be the only thing from the zombie scene worth any salt, if the implication is RED mercs zombify after some time while BLU just infinitely respawns (Jules wouldn't be dead and therefore would not need saving if this were the case, which is inch resting) The attention to detail otherwise is fantastic. I keep finding parallels i didn't catch the first time. Along with shots that are legit drop-dead GORGEOUS, or even cutting-edge as far as cinematography goes and are incredibly rare to see in other SFM animations, the mo-cap is some of the best i've seen. It's rough sometimes and makes for some funny facial expressions, but when it works it WORKS. The theatrical feel is just...unmatched. You almost wonder if Valve themselves produced this because of how good the scenes look. I was also really impressed with the sound design, and also the fire and water effects, prominent throughout the film. Obviously, i think the film was really, really good, it's just that some parts feel like this project started as a shitpost animation, before getting stitched together with the parts where the team decided "no, we need to put actual effort into this". I also don't understand why, if the soundtrack is an original composition, the artist couldn't be credited anywhere. Anyway, go see Emesis Blue and come back with your own thoughts.

#me stuff #emesis blue #fortress films #tf2 #team fortress 2

[theharrowing]

do u have any fic recs for stories that include morally ambiguous or questionable characters? kinda like collateral? open to either x reader or mxm. i have a mighty need & love your content & trust your judgment on fic 💜 thank u for sharing all ur hard work with us! x

ohhhhh do i???

i just want to preface with: these fics are often very dark, and in some ways very fucked up. there are actions in the fics that i do not condone. i will add some general warnings but please read every warning before proceeding if you are sensitive to anything. (i personally dive headfirst without reading any warnings bc i thrive on chaos and nothing bothers me. idk what kind of person that makes me.)

also, i will eventually add links to all of these on @nabiolivereads so if folks are into the heavier, darker stuff, know that soon there will be reviews for that kind of content over there, as well.

*places an arm gently around anon's shoulder and leads then through a beaded of curtain into the secret back room of my fic recs, where only esteemed customers are allowed to go*

first of all: i am pretty sure none of these fics are on tumblr. i assume you're down to clown on ao3, and all of them are open to the general public, anyway.

i haven't read a ton of mafia/fics like Collateral, but here are things with very morally ambiguous characters. and many of them are darker, in some ways, than Collateral is.

Fatal Compulsion by Vmintie ↳ Jimin, the only survivor of the Yongsan Ripper's prolific killing spree, is put immediately under police protection. Months later, the killer comes back for him. ❣ series, 251,009 wc ❣ Jimin x Taehyung with side pairings and other members ❣ serial killer, smut, angst, fear, toxic relationship, manipulation, graphic violence, torture & murder, cliffhanger ending. this is my favorite fic of all time. i know it has a hefty wordcount but you get so swept up into the story. i revisit certain chapters all the time.

Jewel of Busan and Butcher of Seoul by Vmintie ↳ Jimin finds himself embroiled in a heist that is set to bring about the fall of an empire. Taehyung is in on the action for reasons of his own. Jungkook wants Jimin the way a spoilt child wants a toy. And over it all sits Mother, the mysterious matriarch of Seoul's largest mob syndicate. Chaos is a ladder and its rungs are slick with blood. ❣ 2 stories in one series, 183,142 wc and 243812 ec, respectively ❣ Jimin x Taehyung with side pairings and other members ❣ mafia au, smut, angst, toxic relationship, manipulation, a smattering of accidental incest, major character deaths, unhappy ending. i cannot say enough about this series. it is so fucked up and so fun to read. i fucking cried like a baby, but god, it was so worth it.

lostland. by Daebon ↳ The moment Jimin saw Min Yoongi all those years ago, he knew he was in trouble. Seeing him now as a professor, with his thick-rimmed glasses and pressed suits, Jimin can feel himself slipping again. It’s a good thing he’s being distracted by his new friend Hoseok, the campus’ most infamous and straightest fuckboy, or he could really get himself into quite a mess. Oh, wait. He never saw it coming. ❣ series, 174,254 wc ❣ Jimin x Hoseok & Jimin x Yoongi ❣ college au, murder mystery, smut, angst, a smattering of accidental incest (idk why i find this in stories lmao i do not go searching for it), age gap, underage (a 23 yo has feelings for a 16 yo & those feelings aren't acted upon until 16 yo becomes of age, but still.) this story is a fucking roller coaster and it is definitely not for everyone.

Perfect by Hiromi_20 ↳ "I've wanted you for so long," Jin whispers, mouth only a hair away from your own. You can't move, can't look away, helpless against this spell he's weaving around you. You can almost believe this is a sweet, romantic little moment. If only it was that simple. "And you're finally mine." ❣ oneshot, 7,251 wc ❣ Seokjin x Female Reader ❣ yandere, non-con, smut, restraints, forced orgasms. i don't even know what to say tbh. it's.........just very sexy. and very wrong. but very sexy.

The One by nicedress ↳ Every stamen lured into Yoongi’s bed leaves him with a new blossom on his skin and a new grave on his property. When he encounters Namjoon, a stamen who refuses to touch any pistil unless it’s his soulmate, all Yoongi sees is someone naive and easy to control. Someone to help around the farm without complaint. Someone to dig holes without realizing they’re graves. Someone Yoongi’s not quite willing to kill—not yet. ❣ oneshot, 27,176 wc ❣ Yoongi x Namjoon ❣ pistilverse au, serial killer, some violence. this story is absolutely perfect.

Honorable mention:

Between Two Sinners by LoquaciousLo ↳ In which you find yourself praying against your growing desires for the pastor's son - and his best friend - only to find it in the most faithless of places. When devils are sweet and their faces come in sets of two, what are you supposed to do? Will you resist? Or succumb to temptation? ❣ series, 114,672 wc ❣ Yoongi x Female Reader x Jimin ❣ son of a preacher, non-con, smut, a little angst. this story is incomplete, and i have only read the first few chapters anyway. but it's quite fun, if you're into this sort of thing.

also, i assume you have read more of mine than Collateral, but i have a handful of fics with very shady characters if you want more recs from my own pile, such a Boy Blue, Deadly Desire, Dollhouse, Abyss, With You Always, Consecration, Stuck, A Lamb in Wolf’s Clothing. 😈 have fuuuun!!!

if anyone has any recs along these lines, i am always open to read more! plz lmk!

#lovely anon #dark fic recs #seriously all of these are pretty fucked up #don't go into this list lightly #you've got mail 💌

[sovonight]

Hi you don’t have to answer if you don’t want to, I just have a question! You know a lot more about charms than I do, I was thinking about opening custom charm commissions and ordering the charms from Vograce. I think production, if I had 6 charms/slots, would be around 40-ish dollars if I include shipping? Maybe 50? I’m wondering if you have suggestions on how much I should price per charm. At first I was going to charge just $50 per charm, $65 if someone wants two characters, but then again, I don’t want to undersell myself at all, I’ve seen artists charge from $90 up to $105 per charm commission. but I wanted to ask your opinion first. I’m always afraid to price high because a lot of people complain if anything is over $50 when it comes to artwork, but then I have this habit of underselling. One time I only charged $10 for full body full colored artwork and I really burnt myself out making almost 30 of those, it took me eight months to complete them all... and I’m afraid of repeating that mistake with charms too. I’m experienced with drawing and ordering charms and experienced in drawing commissions, but I’ve never done custom commissions for physical items before. Thank you for taking the time to read this!

(disclaimer that i haven't done charm commissions before either, but i've been thinking abt it a lot so i've been paying attention when it's discussed on the art discords haha)

to establish a starting price for the art alone, just time yourself and multiply your hours by at least minimum wage as usual (i'd start with $15/hr). then add in production/shipping cost, then consider adding in extra based on other time factors (in the bulletpoints)

in the end i'd expect at least a $100-$200 starting price for charm commissions, especially if you're drawing the charm fully custom each time. the exception is if your process is relatively quick and easy, like if you use a simple style that's quick for you or a pre-posed base that you only need to make adjustments to. in this case i could see the starting price go down to $50-$100. so if it turns out that the price you calculated based on your hours is higher than what you think your clients are willing to pay, cutting down your hourly rate should be a last resort; i'd suggest first trying to see if you can make your process shorter and faster by offering a more simple or limited design. or you can offer designs that utilize art assets you've already drawn beforehand, and just cleverly select the customizable element of the charm

other things to think abt:

consider adding to your initial time estimate by accounting for time spent formatting your files, placing the order, quality checking, etc. plus the normal commission stuff like time spent on revisions. charm commissions also often mean extra time spent messaging the commissioner compared to digital commissions (explaining choice of clasps/finishes, communicating production/shipping status, etc) so you may want to account for that extra correspondence time too

personally i wouldn't heavily discount multiple characters. maybe a 10-15% discount, but tbh no discount is normal too. if the characters are separate, they're as much work as 2 commissions, and if they're interacting, that interaction takes extra effort to plan and pose, so it's still the work of 2 commissions

bc the difference in cost is small and it adds a lot of value, i'd definitely offer the charms as double-sided. it'd be no extra work, just the same image on both sides, where one side's flipped. you could offer an alternate expression for the other side of the charm for an additional cost

if the character is asymmetric and the commissioner wants them to be correctly asymmetric on both sides of the charm, charge extra (or alternatively don't even entertain this as an option, some silhouettes are difficult to flip for this)

you could consider offering a discount if the commission is of a character with enough demand that you can reprint and sell the charm separately

remember to update your tos to cover the details of physical charm commissions 👍

and on the production end of things, these are what i immediately thought abt:

how many copies of the charm will you give commissioners by default?

how much will you charge for additional copies of the charm?

how many copies will you actually order? (do you get extra to account for flaws, or order exact amounts)?

do you cover shipping cost to the commissioner, or does the commissioner cover it?

what happens if the package gets lost or damaged--either on the way to you, or on the way to the commissioner?

what happens if the charms come in and they're flawed?

can your pricing setup cover the occasional need to order replacement charms for the scenarios above?

#sovo answers #art tips

[t00nyah]

-07.28.23-07.30.23

decided to redesign my librarians a little bit and think what they would do if they get out of the library...they're so fun (the last guy isn't a librarian but he was so ugly i had to fully redesign him) i don't remember if those librarians were custom made or not (except i certainly remember that the first one wasn't) but uyhhuhuh yeah

in-game and pre-L corp sketches i made...2 years...ago...

each one separately with some lore under cut,..,.,.,.,.,,,

galina(she/her) before L corp had a funny case of being an urban legend just bc she killed people with her poems as an experiment a lot. yep. she can kill people by mentioning them in her poems and that's how she ended up parentless and went emo. but then not long after trying to stop being emo she got into L corp. where she kinda managed to try and be normal. doesn't write stuff much after her legend-retirement, but she's okay. (her lore is goofy but i like it and im leaving it that way)

after the library she became a fixer with narae, another librarian she got really close to.

narae(she/her) used to be a 6 grade fixer with her brother, mckenna, and sullivan, their good pal, who had a little brother that he also brought to office quite a lot. the siblings got tired and retired from being fixers and then boom they got invited to work at L corp. and they decided why not. mckenna died, but narae managed to restore from this in the library times.

as someone who actually knows how offices work, she started an office with galina, going back to business. sullivan's brother, tim, also ended up as a librarian after narae asked really nicely to unbook that random index proselyte. no-one knows where sullivan is, he just went missing one day and tim got into some bad influence. but tim probably also joined their new office, he wanted to become a fixer like his brother before.

'rittany(she/her) used to be a member of a funky syndicate. wasn't really enjoying her life there. she was almost killed in her childhood and saved by the green daze, who knew people who really wanted a child so kinda gave them her and they went along with it happily. she was trying to repay them all those years of care out of her own desire but ended up working for a shitty syndicate and got a little lost on what she's doing. then got a job offer from L corp and gladly changed her job.

she never was that good at violence, and didn't enjoy seeing such... i think after the library she ended up working at the flower shop and slowly getting some cash to go back to the district, the street, the house she used to live in, to see if her family is still there, see if they're okay.

orion, or the green daze(he/him) is just. a guy. literally. just a colour fixer bc i really wanted to have fun designing a colour fixer and that's it. he's a silly gooper with a kind heart but no actual sense of responsibility. saved a child and gave it away and disappeared. that's him. the guy. i just like roasting him for no actual reason i need to give him lore... but at least new design is cool!! the old one was so random lol.

(im very happy about giving him this new eye colour for betelgeuse, orion's alpha, being a red supergiant, and a silver(bluish) clip on his scarf-bandana-idk-thing with a dog for sirius(bc canis major is considered orion's dog), and changing skin tone was a great decision because making most characters white is very boring as it turns out and also his slight outfit style change makes me RAWARRHGRHG really cool one)

i wonder if he's alive...and what he's up to if he is...

#project moon #library of ruina #lor oc #galina (lor oc) #narae (lor oc) #'rittany (lor oc) #orion (lor oc)

[h0n3yk1tt3n]

💙🩷🤎

💙 Blue: What inspires you to finish writing a fanfic, and what makes you quit writing one at any stage in the process?

For Store Playlist, it was the fact that it was part of a big bang and I'd feel gross for not finishing it lol. For Left 2 Chill, it was/is a multi-year labor of love that i wanted to see to the end. And the epilogue will be going up in like 12 days!! So we're nearly there! (Also the deadlines I had in my head of September-October 2023 and April 2024 for a 28 Weeks Later joke/reference kicked my ass into finishing... but good lord i still need to go back and make edits bc spell/grammar check has never been kind to me)

As for what makes me abandon one, the fact of the matter is that I don't seriously start enough fics/story ideas to make them feel.. real?? I've mentioned incomprehensible scribbles in my notes app, which were made either bc I wanted to make a comic for them or just write them down before I forgot them (cough cough royal pains manifesto). So like, it's hard to call them abandoned since they were never really started beyond Vibes (halo au... i can see like three scenes for it and no other story beyond that)

As for actual fics of mine that have been abandoned (one of which has gotten a weird influx of kudos despite not being updated since 2018) were from the era of the infamous Deleted Progress of 2019 from when my old iPod Touch was being a douche about its cloud storage. So many months worth of progress... just gone.. it still makes me sad...

Sooo short answer on reasoning for abandoning fics: not being able to commit or literal outside influence I guess lol

🩷 Pink: Do you find a certain character (or characters) easy to write? More difficult -- and if so, do you avoid writing that character (or those characters) when possible?

Jeremy and Zoe are generally easy bc they're just like me fr (oddly specific familial trauma what whaaat), but it really depends with other characters. I've done very little writing for characters other than the boyfs outside of l2c (which! I! Want! To! Get! Better! About!) so like.. the au versions of the characters are generally easy for me bc. I invented them for the most part lol

I guess it was harder for me to pin down Rich, since he was a "main cast" character whose head I spent about the least time in (next to Jared, but I've already gone on abt the meta reasoning for not getting in his head much, and writing him was less hard and more mentally taxing bc i kept fussing over potential readers Not Seeing The Vision) mainly bc the other characters had more interesting things to going on to pick apart

🤎 Brown: How did you decide to write for (or why are you writing) a certain story? (Asker, feel free to chose a specific story you're curious about. You can also let the answerer choose the story.)

I'm gonna speedrun a few bc I feel like it

Left 2 Chill: started playing Left 4 Dead 2 again. Doodled Jeremy saying one of the most metal lines from the game/trailer. Quarantine happened a month later. "Haha look at me writing an au about a viral outbreak during a viral outbreak I'm sure there's no correlation at all."

Store Playlist: worked at a grocery store and watched over the self checkouts. Fun songs played sometimes that I would dance/lipsync to. Funny customer/manager interactions. ("He's sixteen." "Nuh-uh! I'm fourteen!" — "Want some water? It tastes like roses. [...] Want some roses? They taste like roses." — [The cucumber thing]) "Hmm what if self-indulgent blorbo au?"

[Anything for the Weakness saga (hi becca)]: 5am brain rot, brain rot, gay, what if missing scene, 3am brain rot, gay gay gay hgfgvcgg g a y

#asks #mj says shit #writing #be more chill #left 2 chill #store playlist #weakness au #hey. hey @ me. hey.. write more shit. idiot. #dear evan hansen

[excaive]

I am ON MY KNEES begging you to explain some parasite lore! Jk, tho I would love to know!! Please

Since you asked I can explain a bit! :3

I've never really properly explained so I'll try and give an overview.

[if you haven't read my short comic Lasting Bonds, that gives insight into some parasite history also]

Parasites in my universe are Kin of Kqo'twec, also known as The Parasite God

They're just a funky creature that might be a bit radioactive, don't worry about it. Being a parasite themself, they infected Keith Sun, gang leader of Black Orbit when they were bleeding out in a ditch lol lucky them.

Kqo'twec and Keith at some point become interchangable. Funny how that works (points at my blog title)

Anyway!

Parasites are divided into two categories: Minor & Major

MINOR parasites are smaller parasites that give a few minor attributes - changing eye color, hair color, giving horns, sharp teeth, tails, claws etc. These are very low maintanance and practically everyone has at least one of some sort, but people don't think much of it bc it's just normal. They're just vibing and as long as you're chill with them and respect them, then the attributes will be maintained. These don't have like. a physical look or body to them (that can be perceived with the naked eye), they're kinda just the concept of giving abilities. Or I mean you can pull out a microscope and check them out, that's just A Shape.

MAJOR parasites are companions! They have a conscience and you need to work with them to maintain a good bond with them. That's ur life buddy. Their attributes are more connected with each other, if that makes sense. For example, transformative parasites are common - parasite that allow their host to physically transform into another form, fully or partially. A parasite could be like. snake adjacent and give you snake-like attributes. Slit pupils, scales, tail and fangs. Those are all attributes from that parasite.

Compared to minor parasites, you could have a couple of minor parasites that give attributes that aren't following the same theme. like you could have goat-like horns and a reptile-like tail, they're just coming from different parasites.

Minor and Major parasites can also compliment each other! If we go with the snake-like attributes again, you could get a minor parasite that could change the scale patterns or pupil shape. it's like pretty customizable lol

Speaking of customization, there are also Modified Minor & Major parasites. Currently it's mainly modified minor parasites on the parasite market bc it's kind of controversial modifying major parasites (but that's not stopping The Company from experimenting with it lol)

This is the major conflict in Black Orbit. It kinda fucks up the natural way of how parasites have been treated since Kqo'twec bestowed the knowledge of them onto the ancestors.

Modified parasites aren't healthy and some get packed with more attributes than they naturally can give + the general public begins to see them (minor parasites) as accessories they can switch out or discard rather than littol cool creatures that make you look dope, which worsens the bond between host and parasite, being very imbalanced - or not there at all. So they don't live that long and their attributes might be "weaker" or quickly fade (dull colors or like. brittle horns) ""luckily"" you can easily extract them and replace them at Parasite Clinics.

The only character with a modified major parasite that I've talked about is Cass. She has a dragon parasite, which. is a whole other can of worms tbh. It's in an artificial coma and its attributes are what is giving her the half dragon appearance and size (she's also full of minor modified parasites that made her beefy lol) so that's definitely not gonna bite her in the ass at some point! It's ok tho bc she's so sexy <3

You might think 'wait isn't a dragon parasite just a transformative parasite then?' which isn't incorrect but. They're special little guys with other requirements than most parasites, and in the city of Sunjin (which the main conflict of Black Orbit takes place) they are not well understood and there's little information about them (well. outside of the B.O.A - the Black Orbit Archives which holds documents and practically the whole history of Kqo'twec's Kin, but only archivists/oathbearers have access to that place.) Keith is so mad about how reckless Cass is with parasites but. well..[gestures at this picture]

I think that's enough for an overview!

#ask #black orbit #cai arts #I think this is the most lore I've dropped here ever #give me an inch and you give me an excuse to go a mile lol #black orbit lore #i do like talking about my stuff but also. #there are freaks (derogatory) out there who put their grubby hands on shit that's not theirs #u can look but oh my god do not touch i'll hunt you for sport #anyway sry for the mini rant thank u for the ask! <3 #u have so many cool points by now interacting with me

[pith1a]

Hi, I noticed one of your bookmarks when I looked through the ones of a fic. I noticed that you have a very interesting way of doing those 🥰 mind sharing how you did this?? Or where I can DIY for dummies for me? Would be quite thankful 🙇‍♀️

Hi! Yeah I can explain the logic behind the tags, no problem :D Before I get into that though, some unasked for advice: Please add a profile pic and bio, there's too many bots in everyone's inbox these days so this ask was almost lost in a "report bot first, ask questions later" type rush, before I realized this was an actual question and not spam😂 So, the tags are a new thing for my ao3 account; I've been on ao3 since 2015 and the amount of fics I've read is ungodly- but I didn't have a decent way to go back and look through the fics I had saved (either in private bookmarks, marked for later fics, or spreadsheets even), so there's a small amount of fics publicly tagged compared to how many are actually saved, since I only really came up with this system like this past week. (There's a lot of information so I'm gonna cut the post here bc I probably went into too much detail)

The short Summary and Last Accessed section is from a browser script, it generates those automatically when I press "bookmark". You can find the script here (works with a simple browser add on like Tampermonkey, I use the script with Tampermonkey on both PC and Mobile on Firefox, not sure what other alternatives exist for other browsers).

The tags are all based around being able to look for fics to re-read later; so every tag serves the purpose of letting me know few key things about the fic and also to let me filter works based on niche things.

There's a few "Utility tags" for lack of better word, that I use for things like marking the pov character ("X-Character centric"), and if they're AUs the character or event that the AU is centred around: so "Jon Snow Variant" for Game of Thrones fics where his character is different and "Red Wedding Variant" for fics where the Red Wedding goes differently and the divergence from canon starts there. Some fandoms also get custom tags for the Event Variant tag (because I think I'm funny).

Similarly I might tag the type of AU or content: "Time Travel", crack and crack-ish fics, crack treated seriously, angst, different types of AUs as I come across them.

I'm personally a big Crossover reader, so you'll see a lot of "X Fandom Crossover" in the tags or "Into X Fandom Crossover" (the second version used to signify what canon/world the fic is in). I also use "Get Isekai-ed" for fics where a character gets... Iseakai-ed or transmigrates or gets reborn into another fandom basically. And lastly there's tags I'd categorize as "The impression the fic left me" so if a fic made me cry irl (see: "I'm not crying there's just something in eye I swear"), if I really like the world-building and original characters, if i thought the fic was all around really well developed ("Excellence 🤌" or "5⭐️" the difference here is vibe based, I can't explain it any better), if I was going feral while reading, if I thought a relationship was really well written, so on and so forth.

Really, if you want to start tagging your bookmarks the thing I'd recommend is just not putting too much thought into it. You want your tags to be simple in a way you'd understand while looking through them (or alternatively just use them as comments for the fic, that's how my tag system started).

tl;dr -Use tags you don't need to think about for more than 2 seconds to know what they are -Tag based on what feels right for you and customize your use of bookmarks as you see fit -Have fun with it

I hope this helped :D

#ask

[kstrolotea]

Hi! May I take part on your free readings, please?

Hmmm... about me, I'm recently playing Animal Restaurant again and I think it's very fun. I love cute animals and food but I hate when a character comes to steal, someone orders food that I can't unlock or stinks the whole place lol (I usually don't notice bc I'm tapping as fast as I can to get customers)

If there's a song (or at least one I really like) is Momotaro by Wednesday Campanella. The tale is also very lively, imagine being born from a peach (is like Kaguya being born from bamboo)

And my fav flower could be lilly of the valley, I would like to have a tattoo with some

If it's okay, it would be nice if clairvoyance or tarot is used. The questions are:

1. What's my ideal career?

2. How will be my life in three years?

3. Am I with my future spouse? (Most of the time I've had readings that sound like him)

Thank you!!!

Thank you for allowing me to read for you! Please send feedback letting me know how accurate the mentions of your current situation are and how things play out for you❤️

~

I see you working somewhere quiet. you’re at a desk in a bedroom on a rainy day. it’s possible you live in the uk, ireland, or somewhere near there. the colors of the room are a soft pink and orange with some white, beige, and browns. you work for yourself or a small company. possibly a freelance copywriter or graphic designer. things feel cozy and peaceful. you are on a call with someone who speaks softly. it is rare that you speak to people over the phone. i see you doing mainly writing. this feels creative and peaceful to you. maybe you’re writing a book in your spare time. your boyfriend makes you coffee in the kitchen for when you get off your call to take a break soon.

page of swords, the lovers, knight of swords - it will feel very fresh and inspiring. things seem balanced and warm. in a commuted relationship—engaged to be married very soon to someone you’ve known for awhile. lots of projects and activities. you are always moving on to something new. very intellectually stimulated. possibly back in school or taking a random history of poetry course.

strength - i’m psyching myself out with this one… it feels like you’ve got your eye on someone and you desperately want it to be them so you’re bringing up the topic all the time and sticking yourself to their side like one of those annoying dryer sheets you find up your butt halfway through the day and the experience of finding it completely sours your mood for the rest of the evening. more than an answer, this card feels like a warning sign for you to be patient and chill the fuck out. i’m hearing something about enjoying the present moment instead of worrying about where things are going. i’m seeing you having a boyfriend right now where you’ve been around each other for awhile but the romantic relationship is fairly new, think 3 or 4 months ish, and you keep talking about marriage. not even asking him to marry you directly, but asking him for his hypothetical opinion on wedding cakes or showing him your pinterest board of dresses and rings and it’s freaking him out to the point of wanting to break up with you. your energy feels very frantic and fluttery like a bumblebee and he’s afraid of being stung. i see him shutting down emotionally, wanting to spend way less time with you, and making excuses to be at a friends house overnight or throughout the weekend. maybe he’s planning a trip without you. do you guys live together? did you just move in together within the past couple of months? i’m seeing two toothbrushes on the bathroom sink and you talking with a mouthful of toothpaste while he’s taking a dump so maybe it’s not a new relationship but a new living situation? unless you were friends for awhile and things moved way too quickly so you’re already living together within the first 6 months of making it official. those are the words i’m hearing from his head btw “way too quickly”. you need to be more patient.

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[peachyysugaa]

playing animal crossing: nh with bf!enhypen! requested by no one, this is self-indulgent </3 wc: 2.7k

– heeseung ｡.｡:+*

island name: 희면 hee-myeon (heeseung + ramyeon <3)

island fruit: oranges/apples, okay with any won't reset the island if he doesn't get those 1.0

possible passport titles: humming poet/sleepless chill soul/night owl gamer (one of these aesthetics or smth that would make you laugh your pants off but i'm not creative enough)

favorite villager personality: lazy/normal

favorite villagers: beau/fauna (yes i'm giving hee deer villagers what about it)

favorite island activity: loves collecting diy recipes and making tons of stuff or visits kk slider every time

co-op with him: asks you or jake for stuff to complete his diy recipes or for what kk slider music you have in your nook stop

blurb: "y/n~" heeseung whines from behind you. you take your headphones off from your ear and turn around in your chair to face him. he sits pouting on the edge of the bed with a familiar console in his hands, the red and blue joycons giving you a good idea of what he's about to ask you. "yes, hee?" "could i get some iron nuggets please? i need a ton for the ironwood series." you sigh with a small smile on your face while slightly shaking your head. just as you predicted, his latest obsession with the diy recipes of animal crossing is still going strong. you take your own switch from its charging station and hand it over to him. "knock yourself out." "..." he stares at you with doe-like eyes for a while, not taking your own console as you had expected and making you tilt your head at him. "what's wrong?" "you've done enough work today. take a break and play with me." looking back at the piles of work you have and haven't done then back at your boyfriend (who's still waiting for you with those hard-to-ignore eyes of his), you decide to go along with his wishes and put your stuff away. this action makes heeseung shout for joy, pulling you to the bed as soon as you finish and holding you at a good enough distance to where he can see you and the screen at the same time. "this isn't just because you want to see fauna on my island, right?" "no, but she's 5% of the reason." cue you bonking him lightly on the chin with your head at that comment.

rest of the members under the cut! <3

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– jay ｡.｡:+*

island name: blue jay nest (you and i, we can fly <3)

island fruit: apples/pears, will reset the island just for these fruits! miss him with that non-matching aesthetic (the color of his dal airport has to match the fruit too 💀)

possible passport titles: top-notch designer/trendy aficionado/occasional walking dictionary (last one picked by his members LOOL)

favorite villager personality: smug/snooty (he really likes their styles/designs)

favorite villagers: marshal‼️ or raymond/whitney or vivian

favorite island activity: shopping at the able sisters or decorating his house/island (he's trying real hard for a cool theme) or making custom designs

co-op with him: sends you mail with outfits he wants to match with you in-game and/or makes you match with your characters' fits irl (ngl it took a long time to convince him to play with you bc he was and still is scared of tom nook JGIOPAJOPFIJP)

blurb: you're not at all surprised when you see your character open the door to outside of your video game home to see and hear the blinking of the mailbox. opening your mailbox, there it is: a mail from jay with the present icon. you click it open and as always the note he typed brings a smile to your face. "hey babe, don't you think we've worn this outfit irl? <3," it reads. curious, you accept the present and press the x button to open it up. as you do so, the aforementioned boy opens the door to your room, lips upturned in a small smirk and his own switch in hand. "opening it?" you gently hum in response as you click some buttons to change your character into the top. it's a grey trench coat with a black hoodie underneath. indeed, this was similar to an outfit that you've borrowed from jay in real life, so you head back inside your house to compliment the new top with the appropriate bottoms and accessories as he sits behind you and rests his chin on your shoulder, his arms loose around your waist. "are you going to come over to show me your outfit?" "come over to the nest, gate's already open." "n-nest... pfftt..." you stifle your laughter while moving your character to the airport as he squeezes your sides playfully. the silence is comfortable as the airplane glides over jay's b&w city-themed island. finally, you land and upon walking out of the airport, you see his character dressed similarly to yours: a grey hoodie with a black coat on top instead, a white beanie, of course black jeans, and some glasses and a pair of lace-up boots to match. "gosh, this is so cute." "that's because it's us, love," jay says with a soft peck to your cheek.

– jake ｡.｡:+*

island name: 제이라면 jayla-myeon (found out heeseung added myeon for ramyeon and had to match 🥺)

island fruit: pears/oranges, okay with any won't reset the island if he doesn't get those 2.0

possible passport titles: casual lone wolf/hooked angler/worldwide defender

favorite villager personality: jock/normal, likes how the jocks are always working out

favorite villagers: kid cat/goldie (reminds him of layla <3)

favorite island activity: fishing!! never gets bored of it, will always do cj's tournament (hates diving though)

co-op with him: he always has resources and fish saved up so all the members go to him, definitely challenges you in the fishing tournament but also runs Everywhere on his island for some reason harvesting resources he doesn't even need

blurb: "jay, let's do the tourn-!" "no." "c'mon, man, you're no fun!" jake groans out with a plop onto the couch. "dude, this is like the 4th time you've asked me. why don't you ask y/n to come over and play with you?" jay suggests without looking up from his own switch in his hands. "jay, you're a genius," jake hurriedly says, pulling out his phone and pressing your contact in his favorites. "y/n? hi bub, come over?" "i just came over yesterday, yunie?" your voice says over the phone, but he hears the sounds of you preparing to leave and makes a toothy grin. "bring your switch!" he yells and quickly hangs up before you can say anything else. "jake, what?" you try to say but are met with the hang-up tone. sighing with a small shake of your head and a smile, you gather your things and your switch and head over to the boys' dorm where your boyfriend was waiting for you like a dog you had told to sit. when he sees you open the door, jake practically bolts towards you and pulls you to the couch. "wh-whaa!" you yelp as you unceremoniously get dragged and sit down. he was acting like he hadn't seen you in a year as he immediately wrapped his arms around you and plopped both your switch in your hands and his in his own. "care to explain what's going on, sim jaeyun?" he pouts like a scolded puppy. "...play the fishing tournament with me?" you roll your eyes and run a hand through his amber locks. of course, it was this. you had an inkling the moment he ended the call. you weren't mad, but you couldn't let this opportunity slide. "you're on, yunie." the grin on his face is infectious as he whoops giddily. too bad he would lose to you 3 to 1 in just a few moments.

– sunghoon ｡.｡:+*

island name: iceland (home of the ice prince 😎 does he realize greenland's the one with actual ice? no but don't tell him that)

island fruit: apples/cherries, would try a few times to reset but isn't mad at the end 1.0

possible passport titles: photogenic reviewer/refined king/organic protein (i had to with the last one)

favorite villager personality: smug/uchi, enjoys a lot of personalities he's kinda looking for penguins tbh

favorite villagers: fang or boomer/aurora

favorite island activity: isn't on that much but when he is, you always see him in a winter month, running in snow and making snowboys or collecting snowflakes

co-op with him: asks you to help him with his winter wonderland theme or just plays hide & seek when everyone's on (will ask jake for stuff too 💀)

blurb: "is your island snowing yet, y/n?" "it is.... why?" you ask sunghoon a question in return with an eyebrow raised. "how many large snowflakes do you have?" "i am not giving you my snowflakes, park sunghoon." the male laughs and groans at the same time at the fact that you found him out. "jake warned me you were going to ask me next. you just got 10 from him!" you accuse. "y/n pleaseee, it's for my iceland!" "sunghoon, the real iceland isn't even covered in ice. it's greenland." "i'm going to pretend you didn't just break my heart by saying that and am once again asking you for just 5 large snowflakes." you sigh and run a hand through your hair. "3!" you shout with the said number of fingers raised. "yes! thank you, thank you, thank you!" sunghoon joins you on the couch to hug you. "you're the best." "i know." "after me." "i'm only giving you 2 now." "i'm sorry! i'll help you make your snowboys from now on!"

– sunoo ｡.｡:+*

island name: sunnyoo ⛅

island fruit: peaches/cherries, will definitely reset to get those fruits but doesn't really care about airport color

possible passport titles: summer-born dreamer/lucky sprout/shining pop star

favorite villager personality: lazy/peppy, just a preference and definitely open to all

favorite villagers: sherb/ketchup

favorite island activity: stargazing, attending the events, and celebrating birthdays (he has all his residents' birthdays and game events saved on his calendar!)

co-op with him: event dates!! always asks you to join him on event and do them together or stargazing together 🥺🥺

blurb: "y/n! y/n!" sunoo shoots up from his resting place on your shoulder. "what's up, sunoo?" you ask, curiosity piqued by his excitement. "isabelle says there's going to be a meteor shower tonight, which means it's right now! come over, come over!" "oh my gosh, really?! okay, okay!" sunoo opens up the gate to his island quickly as you fix up to get going. the night sky on his island is crystal clear, perfect for spamming the a button as the streaks of stars blast by. "celeste is over here to the right on the beach," your bubbly boyfriend tells you as your character hobbles along to talk to her after he's done. he rests his head back on your shoulder as you start the dialogue with the star-loving red owl and collect your recipe. "where do you wanna go wish on stars?" you ask. "ooh, follow me—i made a spot for us!" "really?" excitement is evident in your voice as the two of you move your characters. upon seeing the picnic setup in the back corner of the beach with a design set up as a painting that said "for stargazing with my favorite star y/n." you coo at the peach-haired boy beside you. "oh my gosh, this is so cute. i love you." "i love you too, my star." you give a small smooch to his head and the top of you wait at your spot in the game as you wish on the stars when your one wish tonight is to stay right where you are.

– jungwon ｡.｡:+*

island name: injang land

island fruit: pears/cherries, would try a few times to reset but isn't mad at the end 2.0

possible passport titles: connected ringleader/pro gardener/legendary legend

favorite villager personality: lazy/normal, doesn't look for them but likes to interact with them if they're on his island

favorite villagers: butch/stella (butch's eyebrows and personality reminds him of jay LMAOO)

favorite island activity: planting flowers and crops, loves trying to get hybrid flowers and has a green/plant-themed house

co-op with him: asks to come over if leif is on your island/if you have the flowers he needs in nook's cranny/if your store has more potted plants 💀

blurb: "jungwonnnn..." you groan, dramatically rolling around the bed with your switch outstretched in the air. "how many more flowers do i need to move?" "until we're done." "and how many more is that?" no answer from your chocoball boyfriend makes you roll over to put your head on his lap. his gaze, upsidedown from your perspective, doesn't waver from the task at hand: moving all his flowers in the perfect gridding spaces for hybrid growing. "are you almost done?" "how about this? you finish the windflowers, and i'll finish the hyacinths and we'll go for ice cream after," jungwon offers. "deal!" you remain in your place and pick back up the switch to finish your job. it's silent for a few moments, both of you focusing on your respective jobs until jungwon breaks the silence. "by the way, you're coming over tomorrow again to help me plant the crops, right?" "you're kidding, right?" "... no..." "...you're not getting more stuff any time leif comes over to my island." "haha, that was a good one. because it was a joke, right?" silence. "right...? y/nie...?"

– riki ｡.｡:+*

island name: okayama city (belift let him go back home‼)

island fruit: oranges/peaches, doesn't care because he's going to make an orchard by stealing fruit from his hyungs

possible passport titles: solo stalkholder/untamed wild child/invested bellionaire

favorite villager personality: cranky/snooty (finds them entertaining)

favorite villagers: kabuki/shino, his japan-themed island must have the japanese-influenced villagers so zucker/genji/snake would also be nice touches

favorite island activity: TURNIP STALK MARKET 🧅🗣‼️🔊 (there isn't a turnip emoji so bear with me for the onion 🧎🏻‍♀️) dude's tryna get RICH so he stay researching the best days, looking for the best deals on trading/selling/buying, when he's not doing the market he's timetraveling and trying to make his island super complete by collecting Everything™

co-op with him: asks you and all the other members for what the turnip prices are at your islands LMAOO (okay but you know he has more bells than he's letting on bc his island is all decked out and he keeps sending you stuff that fits your own theme?!)

blurb: the familiar text tone interrupts your morning coffee/tea routine. knowing it's riki, you put down your cup and pick up your phone instead to read what it says. it's sunday morning, which means you have no idea why he's up early on the weekend when usually he sleeps until early afternoon. "turnip prices" is all his text reads. "aish.. this boy..." you mumble under your breath. just as you're moving to pick up your switch, your phone rings, the contact picture being none other than nishimura himself. "riki, wh-" "you're not on yet," his voice interrupts. "yah, i won't be on for another hour with your attitude," you jokingly scold. putting your phone on speaker, you power up the console and start to open the game. "seriously, no good morning for your s/o?" "good morning, y/n. what does the granddaughter piggy say about the prices of turnips on your island?" he sarcastically replies. "hang on, i'm finding the little snot..." you ignore his sass in search of the turnip-selling daisy mae. once you find her, you scout the tiny boar immediately and go through her dialogue to get the price. "74 bells." "wAIT yours are so much cheaper! let me in." "take me on an island tour, and i'll think about it." "please, please y/nie, i'll do that and get you food." "holding you to it, riki~"

a/n: hiiii i came back from the dead temporarily to post this! i got back into acnh for brewster and harv's island <3 school is k*lling me but i'm surviving! i hope you all like this i really liked the format of the café one so i tried it for this one as well~ (also the acnh picture is mine! :D)

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[sabugabr]

"Eternals" is not a bad movie — it just doesn't look like a Marvel movie (1/2)

And honestly? I'M HERE FOR IT

So, after seeing all the polemics unfolds regarding this movie, I've finally watched it, and having watched it, I went and read all those bad reviews again and, boy...

We need to talk about some things.

You see, Eternals (2021) was a very divisive movie even before it came out. Racists were mad, homophobics were mad, some other people were also mad, the movie was banned from premiering in some countries, and when it did premiered, some critics were all over it, and it received some pretty bad reviews, and... it was a lot.

A huge amount of the reviews were just plainly complaining about the representativeness of minorities. I found SO MANY coments like:

"I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A MINIMUM AGE REQUIRED, WHEN I FRONTED SEVERAL SUBLIMINARY MESSAGES, REACHING FROM THE CREATION OF THE WORLD AND BABYLON ITSELF, IN WORSHIP TO SEVERAL GODS." [...] "I SAW IN THE MOVIE EVERYTHING I DON'T WANT FOR MY CHILDREN AND GRAND CHILDREN, IN THE STORY CREATED BY THE AUTHOR, HE MAKES MANY BIBLICAL REFERENCES, AND REGIONAL AND RELIGIOUS CUSTOMS, BRINGING CONFUSION AND PERVERTING THE GOOD FAMILY VALUES. IN MY TIME, WE KNEW WHO WAS THE VILLAIN AND THE GOOD GUY, NOW THERE IS THE EVIL SHOWING ITSELF IN THE FORM OF A DEMON BEING THE INNOCENT, GAY COUPLES AND CHILDREN WITHOUT THEIR IDENTITY, MALE OR FEMALE DEFINED😬." — by An Asshole, read the full comment here if you have the stomach for it

I swear to God, that guy wrote the whole thing all in Caps Lock, and the full text was like, HUGE — this is just one part of it. I almost pissed myself reading this absurd. The emojis just... kills me.

There is also a lot of pearls like "The boredom and superficiality of the representation will soon make us have an elderly, obese, black, oriental and transsexual character to not leave anyone out." And even like, professional critics (like the ~cof cof~ white men in the ~cof cof~ Rotten Tomates) were complaining? ANYWAY YOU GOT THE POINT

So, before watching it, I was avoiding more specific reviews because I didn't want any spoilers, so I really thought the bad ones were just disgusting people ranting, you know? But then when I went to the specifics, I found a lot of videos and articles going on the line of "Eternals is messy", "it just doesn't make sense", "has a lot of plot holes", and then I had to stop what I was doing to politely desagree.

I think that what frustrated those people was the fact that they expected a standart Marvel-like movie. And honestly, if you go watch it with that expectation, I get why one might be disappointed. This movie didn't right-on followed the Marvel formula, and actually that's why it works in my opinion.

I really liked this movie, a lot. So I'd like to discuss here some of the topics this reviews adress, and dissect this points of the movie in it's defense, because I think that, have they made a standart Marvel movie for the Eternals, it would just be bad. And second, I think the kind of backlash this movie of all Marvel movies is getting, is very, very telling.

BUT ANYWAY it goes without saying, but there'll be some SPOILERS ahead. Especially for the 2006 comic by Neil Gaiman.

So without further ado...

WHERE THE HELL DID IT COME FROM

Well, when they announced this movie, I could bet that most part of people were, like, Eternals who???? Even comic fans might have though it was kind of random, and I really get that. It makes sense that they're not that well-known, because the stories with them were initially pretty self-focused and independent, and there aren't that many comics about them overall.

So, first I'd like to state that I'm a huge fan of the Eternals in the comics. I think I've read pretty much every issue they feature in? I really like them. So when I saw the announcement for this movie, first I got really tense (bc I don't trust Disney, sue me), but after seeing the first teasers and plot reveals, I thought "Oh, they're goin with the Gaiman plot!". And now, having watched it, I still think that's the source they drinked most from;

Of course they took a lot from other Eternal comics, but for my point here I'll be taking the contextualization of this post on the 2006 comic written by Neil Gaiman and ilustrated by John Romita.

(and you can desagree with me anytime btw, this is a safe space, my doves)

So, if you've never heard of it, there's a 7-issues comic by Gaiman and Romita that focus on the Eternals:

This wonderful work of art

It's a very "closed" story, it doesn't really mix with any other event in the Marvel Universe (as were all the Eternals plots when Jack Kirby created them), but it takes place more or less after the Superhero Registration Act, so if it were to be applied to the MCU it would probably be around the same time as the events of Captain America: Civil War (2016), or right after it.

To make matters short, the story follows Mark, a very nice, common guy who works at a hospital and suddenly catchs himself having very weird dreams. He dreams of battles and long-lost tales, and he dreams he's a god. And then, he gets the visits of a strange man in a overcoat appearing at his window, asking him weird questions and apparently, they were dreaming the same dream.

It is very Neil Gaiman-ish

You can feel American Gods vibes pouring from it. And then, obviously, Mark discovers he is actually and Eternal named Makkari, and that the weird flying dude is Ikaris, and that all Eternals had lost their memories and were living on Earth thinking they were human. And their backstory goes very much like the movie tells:

But here, the Eternals were made from a hominids, "proto-human", species, and the Celestials actually helped against the Deviants, and they have these "judgments" going on: basically, if they find a species worth it, they "allow" this species to evolve. And, of course, the leader of the Eternals is Zuras, not Ajax (also, Ikaris made a little historical mistake there, and Makkari was actually called Toth, not Osiris, but minor detail, they call it out later)

So they all find each other, Makkaris is reunited with Sersi, his long-life love partner, Sersi is a party planner and she like, plans this party for the Soviets and Druig is the Sovietic Prime-Minister (...?), Tony Stark is there, Thena works for him as a weapon scientist, Sprite is like a Disney-Channel star, Zuras is homeless, anyway

Mark finds out this was all Sprite's ~ plan ~ to turn them all into humans because he got tired of being a kid and he wanted to grow up (and get laid). Meanwhile, the Deviants were planning to wake up the "Dreaming Celestial", who was there chilling, sleeping on Earth and could destroy the planet if awaken so they were doing that.

BUT THEN their plans all get frustrated because Mark is a very nice guy, so he gets bffs with the Dreaming Celestial and therefore the Celestial decides to not destroy Earth, but instead They (yes I'll use They-Them for the Celestials, sue me p. 2) will stay low and judge everyone to see if Earth is worth saving. So They make Makkari Their prophet and peace out.

And I swear, it gives me chills everytime how They call the mutants "The Changing People". This comic is very, VERY beautiful, and I highly recommend you read it (I linked it there above).

Like, it has the action scenes and you know it's Marvel, Tony Stark is there being not useful and rich, but both Romita's art style and Gaiman's poetic writing give this comic a very "mythological" vibe. It really feels (to me, at least) like they are not just superheroes, you know? They are so off, and so orbitant of the "mundane" events, that it really feels like "ok, this is another shit". Not because they are "stronger" or some God-Ex-Machine stuff like that, but because they are just a different kind. If it were mixed with, idk, the Avengers appearing, to me it would just turn this plot into some "bigger threat Marvel-style" thing.

IT'S JUST BEAUTIFUL

And this is even more effective because we have Tony there, being our human rep on the situation, a superhero that is caught up into the middle of this gods interacting and there's nothing he can do so he's just watching and going "Jesus Christ what the actual fuck" as we all would.

And maybe that's a very singular opinion, but I really think that Gaiman managed to tell a story of people in the modern days and still evoke the vibe of "yes, these are the characters that influenced all the archetic constructions of the mythologies of Western societies", "yes, we know these characters because their archetypes are engraved in our collective imaginary". You know?

I think that once you know the comic plot, is very obvious that the movie took a lot from it, from general plot choices to some minor details that made me go all cheered up in the movie theater (like, Sersi also turns a Deviant into a tree, and they also try to create the Uni-Mind to connect to the Celestial and things like that). I dare to say that this was intentionally made.

I think that it makes sense to adapt from Gaiman's comics, because it's the most popular one. Most people discovered the Eternals through Gaiman, myself included. And I really think that the reason it works so well is because they worked on the poetics, on the archetypal, on the mythological. The Eternals really feel like they are something else. And I really think the movie manage to replicate this vibe.

And knowing how impossible this plot would be to adapt into the current state of the MCU, I think the movie did a pretty good job telling this story. In many ways, I even liked some movie choices better.

So, about the movie >>>

#eternals #the eternals #eternal spoilers #spoilers #marvel #marvel eternals #and for god's sake just let us have the damn representation??? #I'm a latina lesbian I'm done with the male straight leads thank you very much #neil gaiman #makkaris #mcu #and I'm also done with the girlsboss feminism they tried to sell us with Capitain Marvel #pls just let us have angelina petting that iguana #it's all we're asking here sir

[a-master-procrastinator]

Thoughts on 7.0 changes - second combat style, new UI, etc. (part 1/?)

While with story my thoughts are conflicted and will change with time, I have somewhat better time with other changes. Of course in 2 days I haven't tried absolutely every new feature, but some of them already left an impression. No story talk, so no spoilers, but if you want to experience all of that by yourself, my thoughts are going under the cut (also bc the post is long).

First, and one of the best changes, Clash of Destiny is back! Pretty much everyone who played already know, but hey I enjoy so much more than End in the Stars. Don't get me wrong, previous theme wasn't bad and grew on me, but Clash of Destiny is a classic.

New interface

I don't mind it that much. It feels a bit out of place with the rest of UI, but nothing that would make my life miserable. A couple of fixes, and it's fine. Font is definitely better than before.

One general complaint about new character sheet and inventory - I don't like that when I open them, the game freezes for a moment. It's never been a problem with old versions (aside from Legacy window). Maybe not a huge problem, but irritates me.

Inventory confused me: placement changed, 8x10 changed to 10x8 (which will take some getting used to), blue squares are too bright and hurt my eyes, but it's not all bad. Not having to open both inventory and character sheet to change gear is unusual, but convenient.

Character sheet has a couple of things I find uncomfortable - details on stats in separate window, the way our characters are shown (can't see outfits well, view from above is weird), chosen abilities in skill tree aren't highlighted well (can barely tell which ones I chose). I think those can be fixed fairly easy (maybe aside from stats window, it's more of personal preference)

Abilities window is fine, got used to it quickly.

New customization options

I haven't explored new character creation much, but I was looking forward to new hairstyles (didn't test myself, but saw screenshots and videos from other players). Had a character or two who could use those, but there were specific hairstyles I was hoping for, and I didn't see them, so it seems not all hair options made it to live servers, which is slightly disappointing, but again, nothing infuriating. New complexion options are fine, though I heard some of them don't make sense on chiss and mirialans (facial hair I mean).

Shared tagging

Another feature I was looking forward to, since it would make completing heroics in open areas a lot faster. As I was progressing with galactic seasons, I did a couple of heroics on Dromund Kaas. 3 out of 5 require killing mobs in open area to progress, so it was good to test shared tagging. It works! No need to group, no fear of accidentally stealing mobs, no need to wait for mobs to respawn. I never completed heroics on DK so fast before.

Galactic seasons 2

After seeing rewards from GS 2 I got interested in participating. Decorations look good enough (especially monitors on a wall), weapons are very nice, I really want to get them (aside from maybe dualsabers, not my cup of tea).

I like the change from 2 dailies and 2 weeklies to 1 daily and 10 weeklies (and you only have to complete 7, after that they get locked out). Instead of worrying about logging every day and do dailies so I get rewards in time, I can gain levels by completing weeklies any day (say weekend) and not worry too much about falling behind.

At first weeklies seemed like a slog, but I completed 5 weeklies and 1 daily season objective in 2 days and got 6 levels in reward track. Feels a lot better then season 1.

Second combat style

One of main things people, including me, were excited about in 7.0. I already made a post about possible second combat styles for my characters, and some of them got it today (because switching and arranging quickbars is a bit tedious).

Jedi Knight finally with double-bladed lightsaber, just as I intended for Ollin. (plus armor from cometic items vendor, wanted this chestpiece with hood down for a long time). Going with Infiltration because it has more lightsaber animations.

Shailla can finally be a healer with double-bladed lightsaber (obviously I can't heal with double-bladed lightsaber, but having Shadow and Sage on the same character is better than having 2 separate characters).

Since I have 2 versions of Jett in game I could roll with 2 new combat styles, but since there's a small possibility that new combat styles might be released in future (hoping for melee tech users with blades and all that) I only chose one. Operative is fun and all, but Powertech seemed like a more fitting choice: it's originally tied to BH, so it's not out of place (burn baby burn). Still deciding on which spec would be best, for now it's Advanced prototype because of many different tools.

Auletta can now use her very expensive pretty lightsaber for more than just show in game! Just as with Jett, still can't decide which spec would be better - Vengeance is too acrobatic for Auletta, but it has little laugh when using abilities (and Auletta chuckling during fight is definitey in character) and more different lightsaber animations; Rage isn't acrobatic, which is good, plus uses the Force more often, but it has a second jump (and 2 is too much for Auletta), and there's only one good animation with lightsaber.

Elixess can put her training from Ascendancy to use in game while still being the best gunslinger in the galaxy. Operative is a perfect choice - little chuckle during fight, poisons, knives and cool looking rifle.

Colishan is now able to show his descent to the Dark Side in game, going from Sage to Sorcerer. Actually, he has both because he doesn't have DS level, but I have dark V legacy achievement, so can choose Sorcerer as second combat style.

Played Shailla and Elixess with both combat styles and I gotta say, it's refreshing not being stuck with just one style. Of course I'd have to maintain subscription to have access to both, but it's still neat. And thank whoever is responsible for luck for loadouts working properly for me at least, saving choices, gear and placement of abilities on quickbars.

As you can probably tell, I'm enjoying this feature.

#so yeah this is a more positive post #there are features that i didn't like as much (probably will cover them a few days later) #but so far my biggest complain is ui #and even that can be fixed (if BW will do that ofc) #swtor #swtor 7.0 #space barbie is the real endgame #(bc second combat styles are ultimately space barbie to me)