#big chonky raven

[eldritch-spouse]

Ehe

This just goofy, no real angst. Could even call it fluff. Including the BEST characters. Silly ravens(like the amount of medicine I took, is making be go crazy. So suffer with me)

874, this is how many times you tried to make this ancient dish your old friend enjoyed. You had to recreate the ingridients for it many times, since it wasn't really an earth dish, still unable to make a perfect copy, but getting closer. Today is the 875th attempt.

You observe it, still flawed. Yet oh so close to perfection. You need to work on the ingridients more, if you could make perfect replicas, surely then next time it will be the same like he enjoyed it. You set it down

You don't know why you still do it. Maybe just to remember them, you mourned for an entire century. When they told you he died, you didn't believe it. The Siadar Creators never did like you, a deity from a pantheon beyond their order and control, the feeling was mutual, so it wouldn't be a suprise that they would try and seperate you two. But the more you waited and waited for him, the more clear it became that your friend wasn't coming back. It was when you truly couldn't feel them anymore in this world, that you considerd that the Creators might have been right. Yet still not believing that they told you the full truth-

You snap out of your thoughts when you look back to the food and see one of your ravens eating more than half of it. You take her away from it, so full the raven is, she plops down. More round than before. Before you can scold her, you hear more messy eating. Three other Ravens eagerly eat the food. Until there barely any left. You stare it the remains, you can feel your eye twitch.

"Well I hope you four enjoyed it"

A fith raven comes, eyeing the remnants of the dish, you sigh and simply push the food closer to him. By the end of it all, you have five round ravens. Squawking that you make them more

Only your creations would have the audacity to act this way with their god

-angst anon

Adorable!

Deity makes every raven out there chonky- They're too big to fly anymore. Still hasn't perfected the dish.

Mission failed overall, but they discover the happiness of chunky little ravens.

#Krulu oc

[wearethekat]

tagged by: @e-b-reads

favorite color: no particular preference

currently reading: I just finished Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon (very chonky). I think next I’m going to return to my Nona the Ninth reread, which has all of my heart and at least 60% of my brainpower at any given time right now. I’m also partway through a mediocre Arthuriana paperback right now, but that’s too meh to be worth mentioning.

last song: as we speak (write) I’m on my mildly dubiously acquired Best of Youtube playlist on the mp3 player listening to. hm. The Sleeping Beauty suite by Tchaikovsky.

last tv show: ah excellent timing, because I just did watch the latest episode of the british baking show yesterday. Alexis Hall dragged me into it with that book of his. also, it’s the only tv show I can watch without having people with me to yell at the screen. 

last movie: went and saw Rogue One in theaters last month, not because I especially like Star Wars, but because I wanted to see if it was as good as I thought it was when I watched it the first time (it was). I love the soundtrack and also I’m a noted tragedy enjoyer. plus no romance. watching that movie was a similar experience to being hit by a train. I love seeing things in movie theaters. 

sweet/savory/spicy: hmmm going to say savory on this one

currently working on: craft project-wise? I have a big cross-stitch (of a geranium) stuffed in the closet since I don’t need it to keep my hands busy for online classes anymore. I’m learning how to knit and I have about two feet of a scarf (boring so far. note to self: get more complex pattern next time). I have a pattern for these really cool pants I am (extremely virtuously) doing a proper muslin for. 

tagging: (no pressure to do this!) @six-of-ravens, @carys-the-ninth, @literary-illuminati, @profiterole-reads, @renatereinsves

#thanks for tagging me I love being tagged #tag game

[troofless]

Chapter 2.4 Notes:

this chapter is so chonky man 😭 and for what? depression?

oh so this is the juicy chapter right i can see the illustrations already

so 理不尽 (used way back in 2.1 to that was originally described as the great big unfairness) as dictionary says irrational and unreasonable but i think unfair should be fine here… anyway

ok ngl this is actually so interesting cos like flynn and yuri actually experienced and survived a war and this wasn’t really elaborated on in the game, only raven being like yeah i died i guess

“but when yuri and flynn needed their sword the most it vanished”

gay thoughts yuri is finally back

ah yes flynn with his eidetic memory (the cat returns flashback) this wall wasn’t here before *pushes it* *shrieks of nyaa ensue*

yuri first time learning that maybe crime is ok  /j

ayyy yuri gets lost in his thoughts moment comes back

wahoo holo blastia mention. ngl i think it really is a corruption of graphics blastia but meh

gotta love how there’s a casual mention of flynn’s eidetic memory again like oh nooo the grey labyrinth is soooo dangerous *fuck you* flynn throws his perfect memory at it

alright I think I think. Flynn has guessed that Jiri was out to steal the panacea and that’s why he’s keeping quiet. there’s no way he hasn’t deduced that.

ah yes flynn suffering times return. at least he doesn’t suffer physical damage here (yuri takes the L this chapter) but he is still suffering from emotional damage like poison dot

Here's a fun fact, but here are the names of the known blastia types in the game, from JP Katakana (Most likely original word) -> Rough Kanji Meaning -> EN (obtained from the wiki):

Akue (Corruption of Aqua) -> Waterworks -> Aque

Shiruto (Corruption of Shield) -> Barrier -> Barrier

Bo-di (Corruption of Body) -> Military Arts Awakening -> Bodhi

Serosu (Corruption of Ceres...? Maybe from the ship name?) -> Driving Force -> Ceres

Hermes has no Kanji since it is named after Hermes.

Hoburo- (Corruption of Hoplon...? Doesn't make a lot of sense since hoplon is a shield and the blastia is a tank) -> Armament -> Hoplon

Rukusu (Literally Lux) -> Light-emitting -> Lux

Sa-mo (Literally Thermo) -> Thermometer -> Thermo

Kinesu (Corruption of Kinesis) -> Transmission -> Warp

Fotogurafu (Literally photograph) -> Combination of first kanji from photograph and last kanji of photography -> Photography

#troofless stuff #troofless reads books #vesperia mumblings

[paigedotpng]

absolute unit

#absolute unit #chonky #big chonk #raven #ravens #corvid #big chonky raven #look at hiiim #livin the life #livin the dream

[potatowitch]

DA:O Mod Recommendations

I made one of these a while back but I’ve since played with mods a LOT more and have found a bunch that I love and wanted to share. Includes tools, bug fixes, weapons and armor, gameplay changes and edits, texture replacers, companion morphs, cosmetics and character creation bits, and some cutscenes (primarily for the Dalish origin and Alistair romance). All from the Nexus. Let me know if any links aren’t working or are mismatched.

Tools

Make Console Commands Visible What it says on the tin. No more having to guess what you’re typing into the console.

Change your hero hair and face anywhere in the game Allows you to change your character’s hair and face anywhere in the game. Seems a bit daunting to use at first, but once you get the hang of it it’s incredibly simple. Works with Awakening. Automatically backs up your saves for you.

Redefine your hero voice Allows you to use the console to change your Warden’s voice set in game.

Bug Fixes

Awakening Silverite Mines Bugfix Fixes the bug in the Silverite Mines that steals all your equipment and never gives it back.

TSM Jowan's Intention Fix Fixes a bug that prevented the quest Jowan's Intention from showing up on the Chanter's Board (which should trigger if you tell Jowan "Run. I never want to see you again" in the Redcliffe dungeon)

Awakening Party Banter Fix Stops certain banter between Anders and Velanna repeating.

Give Robbed Elves Money Patch Fixes a bug that prevented you from giving robbed elves in Lothering money.

Joining Ritual Fix For Awakening Companions In vanilla Awakening, if you pick up either Sigrun or Velanna last out of all the companions, you wouldn't be able to have them undergo the Joining. This mod fixes that.

Weapons and Armor

Grey Wardens of Ferelden Gives your character and all Grey Warden characters armor based on Dragon Age 2’s Grey Warden armors. Works with Awakening. Armor is automatically added to your inventory after the Joining, can be added via the console and upgraded versions can be purchased from Soldier's Peak.

Armor of the Black Fox The weapons I prefer to use for my dual wield rogue and the armor I use for Leliana.

Gameplay Changes/Edits

Extra Dog Slot Lets you take Dog everywhere with you, without taking up a companion slot. Your companions won’t banter with him and you can’t access his inventory or level him up, but he will be included in cutscenes, you can make him pee on things for Mabari dominance, all his tactics work and you can enter conversation with him.

No Helmet Hack Allows you to hide your character’s helmet. Works for Awakening as well.

Skip the Fade Skips the godawful Lost in Dreams section of the Circle Tower missions. Automatically gives you all Codex entries and buffs. Essential if you’ve done more than two playthroughs.

Character Respecialization Adds a raven to various locations that will allow you to respec you and your companions.

ZDF Dialogue Fix Fixes some weird dialogue in game. As a heads up I do still get a couple instances of strange dialogue (for example during the conversation with Leliana at camp after her personal quest) but I can’t for the life of me figure out how to fix them.

Advanced Tactics Tweaks the tactics system to make it more user friendly, giving you more options for giving your party commands. Works for Awakening. This one is an essential for me.

Personal Annoyance Remover Gets rid of the visual effects of some abilities such as bard songs and Rally.

Traps Away Reduces the time it takes to put down traps.

Awakening Lore-Friendly Epilogue Rewrite Rewrites the Awakening epilogue slideshow to be more lore-friendly and in line with Dragon Age 2 and Inquisition events.

A Nug for Leliana Getting Schmooples for Leliana can be fiddly. This makes it much easier. You still have to speak to the dwarf who sells you Schmooples, but you don’t need to speak to Leliana beforehand or have her in your party.

Happy Owen Sells Far Song Allows you to obtain the bow Far Song from Owen so you don't have to kill him if you want it.

Origin High Cunning Flag Reductions Reduces the Cunning needed for the player to access certain dialogue in the Human Noble, Magi and Dalish origins.

Natural Lighting For The Character Creator Makes it easier to see what you're doing in the character creator. No waiting until the middle of your origin story to find out what your eye colour actually is.

Cleaner Screenshots From Conversations Gets rid of the subtitles and dialogue choices in your screenshots.

Texture Replacers

White Teeth Makes everyone's teeth a lot less yellow.

Neutral Female Armor (Medium and Heavy Edition) Gets rid of the weird squished-titty effect that medium and heavy armors have on female characters.

Practical Morrigan Robe Lore friendly retexture of Morrigan's robe to cover up her titties while still maintaining the vibe of her original outfit.

Glossy Hair and Beard Improves the texture of the base game hairs and beards.

Some Dalish Textures Improves the quality of halla textures and makes the aravels match the ones in DA2 and Inquisition.

Female Noble Clothing Overhaul Makes female noble clothes much more attractive.

Maric's Blade Blues Edits the colouring of Maric's Blade (obtainable through Return to Ostagar) to match how it's described in the books.

Bow Replacer Makes all vanilla bows less chonky and ugly.

Companion Morphs

Inquisition Inspired Morphs I use the vanilla Morrigan and Leliana morphs. The vanilla Morrigan morph has slightly big ears but I find it really quite cute.

Alistair Morph - Highlights I use the Lighter Brown hair with the Light Brown Eyes. This mod is dependent on Pineappletree’s Vibrant Colors.

Unique Face Textures for Companions I wanted to share this one even though I don’t use it because it really is gorgeous - the problem is that it’s too gorgeous and makes your companions prettier than literally everyone else in the game. Alistair was looking so hot it was distracting. Wynne looked hotter than my PC while still being lore friendly.

Cosmetics and Character Creation

Pineappletree's Vibrant Colors Adds new hair, skin and eye colours to the character creator and replaces the default eye colours with brighter ones. This mod is needed for the Alistair morph I use.

Hairstyle Day Vol.2 Has the braid hairstyle I use for Lyna.

Hairstyle Day More absolutely gorgeous hairs from ShepShy.

Warden Complexions with Eyebrows I use the Tabris complexion for Lyna.

Anna Complexion Another complexion with eyebrows.

Elf Ears Edits all the standard elf presets to have bigger ears, more in line with what we see in DA2 and Inquisition.

Cutscenes and Alistair Romance Indulgence

Clan Sabrae Says Goodbye Adds a cutscene at the end of the Dalish origin where you properly mourn Tamlen and say goodbye to your clan.

DahliaLynn's Sleep Until Dawn Adds a tent to the campsite that allows you to sleep until dawn. Sleep alone, snuggle with the dog or with a romanced companion.

Alistair Romance Eavesdropping Adds a bench to the party camp that allows you to activate multiple cute cutscenes once you've romanced Alistair. 10/10 for screenshots, nice way to hear some banter from companions that you don’t usually take with you.

Let me know if y’all want me to make these for my DA2 and Inquisition mods. I don’t mod the later two games anywhere near as much as Origins (especially since Frosty terrifies me lmao) so the lists would be much smaller.

#dragon age #dragon age origins #dragon age mods #modding dragon age #dao #dao mods #da:o mods #dragon age origins mods #how many tags do i need to put here #mods

[kindofwriter]

I am starved for balance content, please, tell me about your extremely specific Taako designs

Lol, big same, I started taz waaay too late. I literally cannot even begin to explain what kind of can o’ worms you’ve opened up there, OP, this is gonna be a goddamn essay! I imagine Taako changes his style massively depending on the arc.

But first, the basics: I will accept nothing other than this boy being from Fantasy Mexico. He has brown skin. Brown eyes, but flecked with purple in a cool, magic kinda way. Freckles, bc that’s cute. A real chonky boy, bc I want nice things for fat people, and Taako is a very nice thing. Taller than Magnus with the hat, but only because it’s a very tall hat. And, of course, the iconic tooth gap.

And now for specifics you never asked for or wanted!

Here There be Gerblins:

Taako just has the world’s most obvious adventurer outfit. He’s a classic celebrity on the run - trying to wear clothes that will help him blend in, but his face is still adorned with gorgeous glamour spells (aka stage makeup). He has loose, belted brown pants, a loose pirate-esque cream shirt, and a brown cloak, topped with a matching brown wizard’s hat. His hair is pulled back into a long, blond plait. He just looks kind of sad.

Murder on the Rockport Limited:

Cha’ boy has some knowledge back and he’s shown the fuck up! A tailored evening-blue suit with silver trim, one-inch silver, heeled boots, a blue hat with a silver buckle, pale blue lipstick, and flowing, straightened silver hair, with a pair of small, blue-tinted oval glasses sat on his nose. I also really love the idea that the umbra staff changes to match Taako’s style, and turns from red to blue with silver frills.

Petals to the Metal:

I imagine that for the first half of the arc, after Rockport, Taako has a bit of a cute conductor thing going on. A loose fitting dark blue suit with a cute little blue conductors hat. Long, wavy brown hair. Blue eyeshadow and bronze lipstick.

But then after they steal from the racing gang he’s in full Racer Boy couture. Black leather pants, black leather jacket, studded choker, red, cropped cotton shirt, bright red lipstick. And he re-does his hair so he has a black fringe and red waves, which get tied into two mangeable little space-buns for the race.

Crystal Kingdom:

We all know what the space suits look like. But as for the rest of the look: bubblegum pink hair, curled and messily pulled back into those same buns, with matching lipstick. The Soft Boi look.

The Eleventh Hour:

We all know of the iconic mauve skirt, but I imagine he had a matching fringed jacket and hat, cropped white T-shirt, and white cowboy boots. Pink, circular sunglasses. Loose, wavy, ginger hair. And cute little cherry earrings, bc why not?

The Suffering Game:

The ultimate hot boi circus look. Candy-floss-pink fringe, with candy-floss-blue space buns. Matching blue lipstick, and matching pink heart-sunglasses. A pearly-white, almost iridescent, jacket with matching skirt and heels, and a pink crop top.

After his legs are mangled in the first challenge Taako quickly (w/ magic, ofc!) changed his outfit: flat, supportive boots, long, loose fitting pants, a white shirt and a blue and pink ring masters coat. The sunglasses are g o n e, lipstick wiped away along with the blood, makeup sweated off, and space buns now two messy tangles he shakes out into waves.

I imagine the spell that takes his beauty chews his hair up a la howl’s moving castle, leaving him with a cute, but ultimately awkward and frizzy bob of wavy hair. It also strips all the dye, leaving it natural. A lot of the scars he got that didn’t get healed immediately are visible again.

The glamour spell smooths his hair out and allows him to dye it back, but it needs to grow out again naturally.

The Stolen Century:

The classique IPRE uniform, plus long, wavy red hair and a blond fringe. Obviously this look would change depending on where they land and what they do, this is just the re-set look.

Story and Song:

Whilst the turn-around between Suffering Game and Story and Song is literal minutes I imagine Taako used magic or returned to his quarters to get rid of his blood-stained Suffering Game garments. He gets a long, black skirt, supportive boots, black tights, a black shirt, and a red cloak. Not a robe, just a regular red cloak, but it feels familiar and nice to be fighting in.

I imagine when he sees Kravitz and drops the glamour spell his legs give way (bc there’s no healing in wonderland!) and Kravitz kinda catches him and steadies him, then, without asking any questions, summons him a cool, raven’s-head walking cane. Lup eventually makes him a new umbra staff, to support him when he’s adventuring, but he uses Kravitz’ cane around the house and in town, bc spells are kind of tiring and it’s nice to be able to walk without holding yourself up with magic.

Over time Taako stops using the disguise spell daily. It’s exhausting, and he feels comfortable around his boyfriend, his sister, his best friends - his family - Ren, Angus, most of his students, actually. He still likes to look perfect on occasion, he is still, y’know, Taako? From TV? But he feels very happy and supported in his life, and that happiness no longer relies on him looking his best.

Just, I have the whole world in my head, every tiny detail of it, and it’s so vivid and whole. Fuck, I just really love podcasts. Thanks for the excuse to rant, OP.

#taako #the adventure zone #taakitz #taz balance #taz headcanons #I just have a lot of thoughts about these boys!!! #author's note

[queen-susans-revenge]

@oenothera5​ tagged me on this--thank you! Rules: Tag people you want to catch up with and answer the following!

Last song: Matty + Ariel, “They Don’t Care About Us” (my guild Discord chat has a channel for “fire tracks” and someone dropped it in there so I played it to check it out--I like it, but not enough to add it to any playlists)

Last movie: Muppet Treasure Island (because Neil Gaiman recommended it along with Captain Blood and The Crimson Pirate for pirate-themed movies, and since I’m writing a space pirate novel I want to make sure I’m thoroughly acquainted with all the established tropes of the genre). I’d already seen Captain Blood so I’ve just got The Crimson Pirate to go now.

Currently reading: The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie

Currently watching: I’m not sure I have a current show. I have vague intentions to watch more of The Expanse but honestly season 4 had a slow start

Currently craving: Solitude and the sea, as always

Currently working on: the space pirate novel; progress comes in fits and starts, but I’m up to 46k words now, and juuuuuust about finished getting all my chesspieces on the board >.< It’s not for a lack of action in the early chapters, either, I just have a big cast of characters representing multiple factions in the solar system, and this thing is either going to turn into a very big chonky boi of a novel or a trilogy of nice short snappy books. tagging: @gondalsqueen , @pomrania , @icescrabblerjerky , @agent-aurelie , @advancedtreelover , @even-in-arcadia , @gloriousclio and anyone else who wants to jump in!  

#catchup meme #I'm here I'm alive even if I'm not on Tumblr that often

[heavyset-sonicgirls]

“Happy Easter, Mama,” Mavis said, painting a colored egg on each of the ravenous rabbit’s chonky ass cheeks.

“Happy Easter to you as well, Mavis! I hope you found all those big chocolate-and-butter eggs I left for you~”

Those were dangerous calorie bombs....

Anyways, she is happy to let her daughter paint upon her immense rump! It’s fun to try out body paints! 

#rockysavannah

[27snakesinatrenchcoat]

Tried to get some pics of her belly, what do you guys think? Is she bloated/constipated? Possibly holding some eggs that she hasn't reabsorbed? Or is she just overweight from overfeeding?

Its definitely not dropsy, shes not really that bloated and she definitely isn't pinecone-ing. She's very active and isn't having swimming issues and she still has a ravenous appetite (she's NOT happy that she hasnt been fed in 2 days).

For background: she's about 2 years old and is 2 inches long (she's a big girl). She lives in a 30 gallon tank with some other smaller fish, and she has definitely been over-fed in the past. Shes been round like this for quite a while.

The tank has no ammonia, nitrites are just about at 0, and nitrates are low (i forget the exact number but I just tested the water and everything is well within the safe zone). The tank is fully planted so it's pretty stable. No signs of illness in any of the fish... just a chonky betta.

Thanks to anyone who has input! I just don't want to try to give her a salt bath and risk doing damage if she's just overweight and needs her diet adjusted. I've been working on getting her to flare a bit for some exercise and I'm going to be netting her when feeding to stop her from overeating.

I am by no means an expert on fish and this community has been a huge help to me on my adventures in fishkeeping, so thank you all so much :)

#betta #female betta #fishblr #fish help #fish advice #luna #30g

[ghost-chance]

Fanfiction Recommendation: “Fat. Beautiful. Tasty. Ravenous” by MoofyKitten

Title: Fat. Beautiful. Tasty. Ravenous Author: MoofyKitten on AO3/FFN/Wattpad Fandom: BNHA/My Hero Academia Rating: M/MA for a reason. (Detailed sex in over half the posted chapters. Perv away only if you’re of age!) Pairing(s): Fat Gum [Toyomitsu Taishirou] / OFC Found on: AO3

Deets Expect some light spoilers and a mini-rant.

I am an unrepentant fanfiction addict; this is no secret. There are fics I read to wind down after a rough day, fics I read to put myself to sleep in hopes of pleasant dreams, and fics I read to tear my hear into teeny tiny fragments then build it back again better than before. THEN there are fics that don’t fit the mold – the kind that I become so invested in that I physically cannot put off reading that update. THIS, my lovelies, is one of THOSE fics, and it’s earned that place from the early chapters. This story has almost everything I need from a fanfiction, and I have a feeling the rest is just around the corner.

Let’s get the basics out of the way.

The Spelling, grammar, and punctuation are all excellent – I have yet to notice a single error, so either the author and her betas are a force to be reckoned with or I’m just getting so sucked into the story an elephant could sit on me and I’d never notice. The formatting is effective and easy to follow, and the chapters have all been of a nice meaty length, perfect for plowing through in a single sitting only to realize you missed a meal and it’s time for bed and your brain is hopelessly lost in ship-land daydreaming about what’s up next. ...wait, that’s just me? My bad.

Syntax – This one requires an entire section of its own. The fact that I’m having to actually think about how well the author’s varying their syntax says they’re effing nailing it. If a story’s syntax is at all static or the sentence even the slightest bit predictable, it’s easy enough for me to recall it because I’m mentally rearranging the bits that irk or don’t impress me as I read. I can’t even get through a bleepin’ news article or an online recipe without itching to push what I’m reading up to the standards my professors held. It sounds harsh, I know, but please take  my word for it when I say I’m not criticizing anyone. Suffice it to say, if my classes did anything, they made editing so instinctive I can’t turn it off. Confession: I have never found myself rearranging a single phrase in this masterpiece. Arguing with the characters? Encouraging the characters? Begging, pleading, and berating the characters for breaking my heart time and time again by stopping just short of the sugary fluff I can just smell right around the corner? Oh, Hell yes. I’ve done all of that and more, but I’ve never found myself with the urge to grab my red pen and strike out or scooch even a single word.

Something that strikes me about this story above others I’ve given the same rating (Spoiler: there are VERY FEW!) is the sheer variety of the scenes and environments. Sounds silly? Probably, but romances often develop a certain amount of location stagnation, and I know from personal experience how difficult it can be to bust through those patterns. (I mean, the majority of “A New Lease on Life” takes place in the Lair in some room, most commonly a bedroom, the lab, or the kitchen.) This story takes the couple off of familiar and ‘safe’ turf like homes and offices and drags them through countless other places without regard for their sense of comfort. Each scene feels real and multi-dimensional and directly or indirectly influences the characters’ behavior and reactions. It’s awesome. That’s a sign the author has done her people-watching!

Now, about that OC. I’ll readily admit, in the first chapter, I had my reservations. At first glance she seemed shallow, obsessed with appearances and her own view of the world, and – strange as it may sound – too skinny and too attractive. Yes, there’s some personal bias involved there, but the majority was practical rather than emotional. BUT! Because the writer of this story is the same who unleashed the beautiful Kacchako torment Hot-Headed upon me without a single breath of remorse, I gave Aiko a chance. Sure enough, my first impressions were entirely incorrect. The things that bothered me about Aiko? They all had explanation or purpose, and she’s turned out to be a pretty well-fleshed out character...pun intended. As the story progresses we’re seeing sides of her that I hoped for but didn’t expect and each chapter leaves me wondering what we’ll learn next.

Romantic connection. First word: “OOFTA.” The second word, I’d spell out, but it’s a shrill, wordless, begging whine that I cannot translate into English for the life of me. This pairing starts without any sort of romantic connection; it skips straight to the shenanigans and leaves hope that the snugglebunnies will follow eventually. Friends…if you’ve read any of my writing before, you’ll know that I. LIVE. For. The. FLUFF. The awkward mush, the sweaty palms, the am-I-gonna-barf-or-do-I-have-a-crush, the absolutely tooth-rotting sweetness capable of sending a reader headlong into diabetes with a dopey grin and heart eyes - they’re my crack and I love them. This story started with no fluff but it’s been slowly developing in the background. It’s an entirely new situation for me! I feel like I’ve gotten used to eating my dessert first then digging into an equally sweet dinner without a moment to cleanse my palate. This story? It’s like gorging on smoky, meaty St. Louie barbecue for weeks on end with literally just a smear of something sweet as an afterthought. Mind. Frackin’. BLOWN. It turns out I’m more masochistic as a reader than I ever suspected.

Another relationship I want to cover is the building friendship between Aiko and Fat Gum – because nope, she has not managed to mentally connect the half-starved Taishiro she’s climbing like a tree with the big-and-beautiful Fat Gum who owns the agency. Yep. She thinks she’s boning Fat’s beefy little brother. It’d be funny if my heart wasn’t whining for fluff. While frustrating to fluff-starved readers, Aiko not knowing the beefcake and the brother are one and the same provides an intriguing and natural way for her to build an actual relationship with him. This means none of the fetishistic bullarkey rampant in other stories pairing plus-sized male characters with OCs.

What sort of fetishistic bullarkey am I talking about? To name a handful: I love you so lose weight. I love you because you’re big. I’m fat too so it’s okay if we’re together. Blatant fat-fetish disguised as romance. Fat character’s life absolutely revolves around food and it’s gross/nvm it’s okay. Lastly, OC’s only chance at being loved by fat character is feeding them. Maybe to thin folks those don’t sound negative but to those of us who fit the description? NOPE. These don’t make healthy relationships. Using these can turn a well-meaning pairing toxic and frankly, it tends to piss off those of us who – GASP! - accept ourselves no matter our size. These...tropes, let’s call them, have made me hesitant to even try fiction involving plus sized male characters because I’ve been let down so many times. Finding plus sized female characters is easy, especially OCs, but appreciation for the chonky bois isn’t nearly as common. They need love too, dammit!

Ahem. Rant over.

As mentioned before, I ain’t seen any of that crap in this story. This author is treating Fat Gum like she would any other character instead of focusing on the fat. I wish with all my heart that more authors were capable of (and willing to) do the same with Fat Gum, and with other plus sized male characters. I can’t even put into words how much it means to me that she’s doing such a fantastic job portraying a character type that so many writers bungle without ever realizing it. I’ve needed this story my entire life and never realized it wasn’t there; I shudder to think of how long I might have been waiting for it if this author never found the inspiration to do so.

If I don’t shut up now, I fear I never will. I love this story that much. Moving on.

Warnings

Explicit sexual content – do NOT read this around your family unless you have a stronger will than I and can do so without creeping them out. (According to my husband, when I read smut I “look like a demented vulture staring down at a half-flattened ‘possum waiting for it to take its last breath,” complete with hunched shoulders and heavy breathing. Flattering, I know.) The smut scenes, while not my usual cuppa tea, wreck. My brain? Broke. Chapter four’s budding romance? It’s goin’ on my headstone ‘cuz I’m dead.

There are mentions of human trafficking and the future may include more about it. Slut-shaming comes up a few times because men are assholes and asshole exes are the ultimate assholes. Situational fat-shaming and lack of body confidence come up as Aiko comes to recognize Fat Gum for who he is instead of what he is; on the other end of the tag, Fat is also doing a lot of it to himself even when it isn’t spelled out. You can see it behind some of his reasoning in his POV chapters and since the writer is kickass at portraying thoughts and feelings without ever breaking out of restricted POV, you can also see hints in other chapters. That said, if the shaming was really bad without any redeeming purpose, I’d have noped my way right out’a that fic and never looked back. It has a purpose, and it’s not that bad. Give it a chance.

Recommendation level

This story lacks purple prose and excessive fluff, and I haven’t seen any signs of the pop culture, literary, and music references I love so dearly, but the rating remains the same:

Ten. Out. of. Farking. TEN!

YES! I’ve finally found another 10/10!!! A quick reminder for anyone who’s managed to not see my other reading recc posts, I don’t even need both hands to count off all the 10/10s I’ve read. Congratulations, Ms. MoofyKitten – your story rocks my world and I have an addiction I do not care to shake!

#fanfiction recommendation #BNHA #My Hero Academia #body postivity #Fat Gum #mature fanfiction #Plus size guys need love too #this story is KILLING ME #and I'm loving every minute of it because I'm weird like that #i stayed up for this

[thebratscape]

Thank you! I’m so excited you guys are here!

Kate smiles warmly giving you a hug before hugging Riley tightly as she waved hello to Iwa-Chan

Hey there, squirt! Did you come to meet the new babies?

Iwa asks kissing Riley’s forehead and as soon as Raven recognizes his voice, she’s whining to get his attention

Uh oh Hajime, I think your girlfriend wants attention..

Kate teases holding Riley in her arms while playing with her pigtails

Raven finally hears the voice of someone she can actually stand to be around besides the woman and her big sister (the woman being me). She whines and pouts as her tiny arms reach for him, smiling when she sees his face.

Hey there, princess. Miss me?

Raven coos and relaxes in his arms, sucking her thumb as her big brown eyes stare up at him

Alright, enough chit-chat. Where are my adorable nephews?

I walk over to their cribs and stare down at their tiny sleeping bodies, sighing at all the cuteness

Omigosh.. Katie they look just like you. They’re so stinkin’ cute! I remember when Riley was this little. Raven came out all chonky. Looking at them makes me want more. Speaking of more, after the twins do you think you’ll have another?

Raven babbles aggressively at Hajime as if to rant to him. Who’s she callin’ chonky? Hajime looks over at you like “you better say yes.”

She doesn’t have a choice.

He jokes, nodding his head at Raven to pretend he’s listening to her baby rants

#.playtime 🧸💗 #.bokuto k. 💞 #.ft the iwaizumis