#i can still stick it in my blog title lol

[gingernut1314]

Face Your Fears

Luffy x GN!Reader

Summary: Deep in the jungle, you are faced with your biggest fear and your captain is more than happy to help you.

Warnings: fluff, fear of spiders, very mild spoilers for the anime (Alabasta arc to Post-Enies Lobby arc mentioned), use of Y/N

Word Count: 1.4K

A/N: This is my first "full-fledged" Luffy fic soooo I hope it turned out okay lol. Regardless, I hope you all enjoy!! 🩷🩷🩷

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You stood deathly still in the middle of the thick, dense jungle. Sweat ran down your skin in pools, the muggy heat doing nothing to help calm you down. Your muscles had grown so taut you feared they might snap under the pressure. Your limbs were frozen in place as you fought against the rising panic in your chest. 

This was a nightmare. Your worst nightmare.

The one thing you feared above everything else. 

And you were stuck--unable to move to free yourself from the situation. 

You whimpered pitifully as your captain came hopping back down from the tree he had climbed, bouncing like some ball as he called your name, arm extended to show off the stick he had found for you to admire.

“This one is so much cooler then the one you found. Usopp is going to be so jealo--why are you all pale?” Luffy asked, titling his strawhat adorned head and blinking his long eyelashes slowly at you as he tried to figure out what was wrong.

Everything was wrong. So, so wrong. 

“H-Help.” Your tightened throat croaked out. “Help me. Please.” Luffy’s easy going nature shifted instantly, steady seriousness filling his dark brown eyes as they scanned the small amount of cleared space you both stood in.

“What’s wrong? Someone here?” 

“Luffy.” You stressed, that nightmare growing closer and closer. He snapped back to you and you found the strength within you to shakily lift your hand to point to your other, already outstretched arm. “Please--get it off.” 

His eyes followed your guidance to find the big, furry spider crawling its way slowly up your arm. One that had some how, thanks your horrible luck, had found its way to land on you. 

But, instead of instantly coming to your rescue, that signature grin of his stretched across his face, bringing attention to the thin scar just under his left eye. 

“Cooool! Where did you find that tarantula?” Luffy asked, coming into your orbit. He took your wrist in his strong, warm hand only so he could observe the creature more closely.

“Get it off!” You panicked, your heart feeling as if it might burst out of your chest. “Please, please, please get it off!” Your panic turned into a near sob of fear, your eyes beginning to sting with it.

“‘Kay.” Luffy shurgged, happily scooping the too-many legged monster off your skin. 

The frozen spell the vile beast had put you under fell away and you scrambled from Luffy, bumping into a nearby tree in your rush. You frantically swiped and scrubbed at your skin to try and get rid of the icky feel of all those furry legs. 

“He’s not bad, Y/N. He’s friendly, see.” Luffy said, bounding back over to you, spider in hand, to show you just how ‘firendly’ it was. 

“NO! Luffy!” You screamed, sprinting away from your captain who continued to happily chase you with it like this was a game, that cackling, mischievous laugh of his never ceasing.

“He’s so tiny and fluffy! He’s not gonna hurt you.” 

“Tiny? Look at it’s fangs!” You screeched as Luffy hopped infront of you again. You were quick to freeze in your place before you could run head first into Luffy and the horrid demon he held. Luffy smiled brightly at you as he raised the spider up all too close to his eyes.  

“You know it would be the coolest if we could have fangs too.” He mused, lightly petting the tarantula who seemed too at ease within Luffy’s hold. “Like….this!” Luffy snapped his head back towards you, both his canine teeth stretched, thanks to his Devil Fruit powers, to resemble that of long, sharp fangs. You huffed in annoyance at him.

“Can you please just--throw it away or something? It’s--I don’t like it.” Luffy gave a loud whine in protest, teeth snapping back to normal.

“But--Y/N, just come look at him. He’s super cute. And you like super cute animals. He’s like Chopper--well…expect he’s not a reindeer and can’t talk.” Luffy said, starting towards you once more. You took a step back with every step he took forward. 

“It sure as hell is nowhere near as cute as Chopper. I don’t want to look at it.” You snapped. 

“He’s more scared of you then you are of him, I swear.” You yelped when your back hit another tree, blocking you from moving any further. Your heart began to race as you spied the demon still resting in Luffy’s plam. 

“Luffy--I’m serious.” 

“And I’m serious too. Can you just look at him? Please? I’ll hold him the whole time.” Luffy begged, thankfully stopping in his journey towards you. You watched him and the monster for a very, very long moment. A moment you took to try and calm your heaving breath. 

“Will it make you quit bugging me with that--thing, if I do?” Luffy nodded rapidly, his smiling growing ever the more wide. “Don’t you dare more or I swear I’ll kill you.”

“Still as a statue.” Luffy said, making a show of freezing up his body. You approached him as slow as a snail, your breath becoming heavy and short all over again. 

“It’s okay. You know I won���t let anything happen to you.” Luffy smoothed as you came to a stop a few inches before him. His words helped steady your breathing, but made your heart pitter-patter in a different rhythm then that of fear or panic. 

A rhythm your heart had been beating for your captain for a long, long time now. Ever since he had dragged you from your little back water home and took you on all the adventures you had ever dreamed of. 

From wicked, hook-wielding Warlords, islands in the sky full of angels, strange games amongst enemy pirates, to islands flooded with water, and the start of new friendships--that rhythm had been there, sounding only for him. For the man who was making your dreams become a reality and whose kind and warm, yet strong nature pushed you to grow more then you could have ever thought possible.

And here he was again, pushing you to over come this seemingly silly fear of yours in such a--loving and caring way that just made that rhythm beat all the more fast.

“Its…” It was ugly. It was just as horrible to look at in Luffy hand as it was on your arm…but it was fluffy…and you did enjoy a good fluffy animal. “It looks like he’s wearing orange socks.” You observed, glancing up at Luffy whose smile was brighter then the sun beating down on you.

“He does! That’s what we should call him then. Socks!” Luffy broke his statued state to pet the spider again. “Hi, Socks. You’re gonna love it on the Sunny. We’ll even have Franky build you a tank--Oo! Right next to the aquarium!” You snapped away from the spider with a shake of your head. 

“No. That thing--”

“Socks.” Luffy reminded you chipperly. You only huffed. 

“Socks is not coming with us back to the Sunny.” Luffy whined again as you started for your dropped supply pack. 

“But--he’ll be lonely here.” You felt your skin prick in more fear when Luffy’s voice was much closer to you then it had been before. You hesitantly looked to the side to find a thousand beady little eyes staring back at you. You gave a throaty scream that you tried to keep as muffled as you physically could, all but throwing yourself backward.

“He--he has family here, I’m sure.” You said as calmly as you could, pulling your pack onto your shoulder. Luffy groaned, but agreed with you. 

“Yeah.” You watched him place Socks on a moss covered log, saying a quick goodbye to the furry beast. Luffy’s sad face made you feel just the tiniest bit sorry for him…for him and Socks. 

“Luffy…” You said as he grabbed up his stick again and you both started back through the jungle. “I’m sorry we couldn’t keep Socks.” Luffy shrugged.

“Eh. You’re right. He has a family here. A life. I couldn’t take him from that.” Luffy said, that lovely smile of his pulling to his face. “Besides,” He continued, throwing an arm over your shoulders and pulling you into his side. You felt your skin heat and heart start up its pitter-pattering all over again at his closeness. “I wouldn’t want Socks to keep scaring you like that.” He said, nuzzling his face into your cheek. You leaned into his affectionate touch, savoring anything he would give you. 

“Thank you…maybe we can find a less--leggy animal to keep as a pet.” Luffy lit up like one of Usopp’s fireworks. 

“Really?” You nodded, spurring Luffy’s hold on you to fall away despite your want to keep him close. “Awesome! I’m gonna go look!” He stated before bouncing off deeper into the jungle, leaving you to try and calm your racing heart all over again.

Taglist: @fanaticsnail

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[slowips]

need a little time away

childe & reader

childe returns from liyue after 2 years with great news! he is now an expert in what liyue calls feng shui, and he says your house is full of bad luck. so... what's the solution? him, of course. he'll be staying in your house.

# childhood friends, visions do not exist, fatui is not a sus organization but a well respected company, bullet fic, hot proofread, 1.6k words.

✱ this was a draft i had on this blog since the beginning of the year. i didn't have enough energy and interest to reformat or rewrite it for my writing blog, so i'll be posting it here and calling it a day. it's also partially because i forgot the plan for this story, lol. but title was given by (@)isekyaa, which i used for another childe fic.

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childe was a peculiar childhood friend.

you remember him telling you that fishes would sleep upside down with their bellies peeking out of the water's surface. that's a sign that you should not touch them—no matter how hungry—because it was rude to disturb the fishes sleep.

(fish is better fresh anyways, and by fresh he meant caught alive.)

he would tell you that when your hands are so cold that you can't feel them, it's caused by invisible fire in the air. you don't feel heat from the fire because it's invisible.

(since it's still a burn, it means it must be treated asap.)

shy and sweet, even though he shared things that you've learned are not quite right, he was still a joy to be around.

then one day, he went missing.

at first it wasn't alarming. children get lost in the thick forest of snezhnaya all the time. it's part of growing up. helps builds essential skills like having a good sense of direction.

but then he didn't come back home for dinner. his parents frantically called the town for help.

"my poor child," they cried. "lost in the woods with a single coat".

everyone banned together to track the lost child. he wasn’t the type to go wandering around on his own for long.

was he playing alone? was it a kidnap? did you hear any fights among their family? what urged him to run away? do you think the search is worth?

whispers and rumours grew, which dampened efforts but you trudged on in deep snow.

crunch

crunch

crunch

the gale of an impending snowstorm warns of you danger. it pushes against you as if yelling at your bad decision to press on.

crunch

crunch

crunch

you promised to find their son. you promised to find childe.

in the center of the snowstorm stands a someone with similar stature to your missing friend.

you returned with a child with blue eyes and messy orange hair, tuffs sticking out in a recognisable fashion.

you couldn’t find childe, the peculiar childhood friend.

whoever you brought back didn’t like it when you reminded him of his misunderstandings.

(“look, childe! the fishes are asleep again!”

“they’re dead. probably because of a parasite. want to catch one and see for ourselves?”

“i think i got burned by fire in the air.”

“it’s a frostbite. it’s fun to see how deep the numbness can go. want to try it with me?”)

news of his new hobby, fighting, would become the talk of the town.

there’s always an edge to his smile, a non-shine in his eyes that make it blend with the harsh environment of winter.

his parents sent him to work for the fatui. you’ve hardly ever seen him since. it was as if they couldn’t bear looking at an imposter.

“you didn’t know i came back?” childe asks at your door.

he has frequent trips overseas, and every time he returns, he’s the talk of the town. they whisper about the months he went missing, cajole at the stories he tells from his adventures overseas, and admire the man he has become.

(good with kids too, the grandmothers coo.)

he’s not wrong to say it is strange you’re surprised he’s back when this isn’t the first he greets you shortly after he returned.

in your defence, your month has been going splendid (NOT)... you’ve been distracted by so many things.

dog died, retrenched, attended a funeral for a distant relative, bumped into a cabinet that broke your family’s heirloom. anything bad imaginable felt like it happened to you.

you would say your house is haunted if snezhnaya citizens believe in ghost.

you aren’t really in the mood to greet a puppy dog smile that never quite seem to land.

before you can explain yourself, a strong wind blows. it extinguishes your flame.

(it’s backup because your heater was sent for repair.)

“you know what? we should talk inside.”

you couldn’t agree more.

as you closed the door and proceed to reignite the fire, you notice how he’s staring at your interior.

“you don’t know how my house looks?” you quip, “never changed my layout for years.”

childe remains quiet. he looks at the ceiling, then looks at the carpet.

“liyue has this idea that the way your furniture is structured should coincide with the flow of luck.”

you don’t know what he’s talking about, but it’s rude to interrupt your guest. you hum as a prompt for him to continue.

“it’s called feng shui. i practically studied it while i was there for 2 years and i know a house ridden with bad luck when i see one.”

it sounds ridiculous.

sure, you can’t deny your luck has been all over the place the past month, but it can’t be because of a layout you have for years.

child points north.

“this is the flow of luck this season. you should rearrange your furniture.”

“how so?”

“like here,” he says as he stands across the dining table parallel to your door. “horrible decision. this is the first thing your visitors see when you enter, and it should not be the dining table.”

“o-okay…”

for some reason, even if the subject of energies and whatever bores you, there’s a rhythm to how he speaks. it’s as if he’s almost (almost almost almost) like the childe you once knew.

(carefree, laid back, and innocent.)

“why in this orientation anyway?” he asks as he looks at the door then the dining table. “you’re blocking the pathway into your house.”

“my parents only drop by for a few minutes so i wanted a table close to the door.”

“not an excuse,” he says wagging a finger. “this is blocking all the luck. i’ve heard of your misfortune. never thought someone would be so unlucky to have a hail stone puncture the roof.”

you would have groaned, but knowing childe, he wasn’t done.

“do you have the stone with you still?”

“… why would you want it?”

“oh, for fun.”

there it was. that childe that told you he liked the taste of blood in his mouth.

that childe who beat up another who apparently spoke ill of you.

childe who tells you he can teach you how to survive the cold winters with a single coat. he learned it from a kind stranger.

“okay, so what should i do?” you ask to get rid of these depressing thoughts. you slump into your couch. “where should the dinning table be. my space isn’t big enough for it to be anywhere else.”

he stays quiet to examine your living room again. he’s probably already picturing the areas behind closed doors.

you really aren’t in the mood for a whole renovation, especially when you’re broke after loosing your job. plus, the dining table is a gift from your parents, so it’s not like you can discard it. they’ll probably scold you till your ears fall off when they visit next week.

“it seems like we have to mitigate the situation with something else,” he says after his thinking. “again, not an excuse to not shift what we can, but you do need a lucky charm to help chase away the bad luck.”

and he smirks.

oh, he smirks.

“what might that be?”

“it’s not a what. you should be asking who.”

“not asking.”

“it’s me.”

“didn’t ask.”

“you sure you don’t want me to solve it for you?”

it’s not like you don’t want childe to stay in your house. he has stayed for a couple of days before.

granted they were because he was kicked out of the house for whatever reason. this? this was unreasonable. you don’t know what he’s planning. feng shui or not, he’s going to need a better reason to live under your roof.

before you can push him out of your door, you can’t turn the damn knob.

what.

“it’s a sign.”

“no it’s not,” you insist as you use two hands to twist it. the door knob rattles. any more strength and you fear you’ll break it which is worse.

“you have to accept the circumstances. and, i’m trying to help.”

you look at childe, disbelief littered all over your facial features. fate is a cruel thing.

“the coldness probably froze the mechanic,” he diagnoses. “will you let me help you warm it up? i won’t cause a fire. promise.”

fine. he is right that he’s trying to help, and when he gets that door unlocked you’re kicking him out.

as you exchange places with him, leaning against the wall to watch him start a fire and use it to warm your door handle, you guess having someone who knows how to deal with these bad situations is a boon.

you guess if you’ve accepted your childhood friend is not coming back, then you can accept this too.

(unwillingly.)

when he unlocks your door, you’ve made up your mind.

“you can stay,” you say to his surprise. his face scrunches in confusion but it bursts with happiness later.

“i knew i could count on you.”

“on me? i thought you’re staying here because i’m counting on you to be my lucky charm?”

“oh, we’ll, that too.”

“you’re not telling me something.” you press your foot on the floorboard so hard you think you hear it crack. “why do you want to stay in my house?”

“you can keep me for feng shui reasons.” he raises his hand in a surrender pose. “your floor cracked, by the way. want me to fix it for you?”

you roll your eyes, too tired to say no. it will be foolish to reject free services.

“fine. i need a break.”

“rest well…?”

that’s the last thing you hear before you crumple on your bed.

#childe x reader #childe x you #childe x y/n #genshin x reader #genshin x y/n #genshin x you #genshin impact x you #genshin impact x y/n #genshin impact x reader #genshin impact imagines #reader insert #x reader #tartaglia x y/n #tartaglia x reader #tartaglia x you #i actually... miss this writing style... i don't know. i think after working i've tried very hard to pack my sentences #but then it sort of lost that innocence of verbal telling #idk how to explain but i like this actually :3

[bsxcrxts]

no thots ™️ just steve spitting into your mouth... thats all.

anon, thank you for your patience! also for the lovely @stevenose who also asked me for this like a month ago <3

Minors DNI! Please have your age in your bio to interact with my blog and my works!!

Word Count: 695

Warnings: reader is insanely needy/horny in this, some pretty mild degradation towards reader (terms like slut, fucktoy, etc), mild daddy kink (more as a title, less as a dynamic), obviously spit kink lol

A/N: yeah I've spent a lot of time thinking about this <3  I would really like to continue this or expand on it one day. We’ll see how volume two goes.

You were going crazy. You had to be.

You and Steve weren't even undressed yet, and you felt the most desperate that you had in a long time. Surviving the Upside Down had taken its toll, but whatever you witnessed Steve doing to defeat that demobat was the only thing you could think about right now. You rubbed your thighs together, feeling yourself growing wet for him even though you hadn’t so much as unbuttoned your jeans.

He was laying above you, pressing kisses to your lips, running his hand along your arm and up to cradle your face. You felt like a slut. Here was your boyfriend innocently trying to love you up after a traumatic series of days and all you could think about was how much you need his cock.

And god, you need it. Steve slips his tongue into your mouth and you groan aloud, cunt leaking into your panties. You might be embarrassed if you could think straight long enough to form a coherent thought.

The image of him shirtless and spitting blood flashes through your mind and you grab his shirt, pulling him as close to you as he physically could be. Your other hand fists in his hair, yanking him towards you. He gasps into your mouth and you can feel him smirking into the kiss the two of you are sharing.

And then he pulls away.

“Steve,” you whimper, watching him sneak a glance at your kiss-swollen lips. He looks at you for just a second too long without saying anything, so you try to take charge again. “Come on, Steve, touch me, please,” you beg, tilting your hips upward and practically melting against him as you try to pull him into another kiss.

“So needy for me, hm?” Steve asks, a bit taken aback, but clearly into it. His pupils are blown wide and he’s panting a bit.

“Yeah,” you answer, too concentrated on getting as close to Steve as humanly possible that you can’t even argue. Not that you want to.

You’re not wearing a bra, and your tits press up against Steve’s chest; even behind the fabric of both of your shirts, the stimulation feels so good. You moan wantonly and bite your lip. Steve shoves a thigh in between your legs and you wonder if he can feel how wet you are through your jeans– not likely, but the thought has you trying to grind against him.

“Jesus, princess,” Steve breathes, “acting like such a little fucktoy for me right now.”

“Oh,” you gasp, almost shocked.

“You like that?” Steve asks, pressing his thigh against your still-clothed cunt. 

“Please! I wanna be your fucktoy, Stevie. Can y-you, can–” you trail off, eyes rolling back as Steve pushes against you and the seam of your jeans rubs against your clit just right; harsh, but welcome.

“What do you want, princess?”

“S- spit in my mouth?” you ask, looking up at him with the most fucked-out expression he’s ever seen. Then, just because you really want it, and because you know Steve likes it, “please daddy?”

“Fuck,” Steve chokes out, and gently grabs at your chin. “Open your mouth for me.”

You obey, sticking your tongue out for him as he spits in your mouth. It’s quick, and you want more, but you moan and swallow it down, feeling delirious with pleasure.

Steve looks shocked, his own mouth a bit agape, and he pulls you closer to him by your jaw and licks into your mouth, and before you know it you’re rearing back and begging him for more, mouth open and eyes practically rolling back from the feeling of being used like this. 

This time when Steve spits into your mouth, he bumps his knee against your clothed center perfectly.

“Take it, princess,” he moans, “take what daddy gives you,” and you’re gone.  

“Cumming, m’ cumming,” you gasp, clenching around nothing. Your orgasm is powerful and quick, and you feel your cunt spasm, aching for more.

When you come down from your orgasm, you’re slouched against Steve and he’s running a soothing hand along your arm. You press a kiss to his cheek.

“Round two?”

#Steve Harrington smut #not proofread #so sorry if there are mistakes it's 5:30am

[hummingbird-games]

2022 IN REVIEW (VN/INDIE GAMES EDITION)

(Missed last year’s?? Check me out!!)

This year had lots of personal high highs and lower lows, so I’m glad I had games to distract from things 😂Without further ado, here’s my year in review:

DEMOS

Pivot of Heart - I’m unsure of the current status of this one, but I played it earlier this year and fell in love with the MC, the art, and was intrigued by the tarot inspired gameplay!

My Alien Roommate - I will 100% be supporting the Kickstarter the MOMENT it’s live. I was actually upset when I reached the end of the demo knowing good and well it was only a demo so that’s how you know I had a fun time 🤣 also, how can you not wanna romance an alien?? That’s what I thought. 

Our Life Now and Forever - On one hand, if you’re plugged into the VN scene, you’re already aware of this game and there’s no need for me to draw attention to it. On the other hand, to quote Billie Stevenson, “I do what I want.”

Infinite Blue - Oh man did I have fun with this one! To say I’m excited for the full game is an understatement! (review for this one is on the blog too btw)

Error143 - Seeing people simp for Micah Yujin has added 10 years to my life because a dark-skinned love interest getting THIS much attention??? Players be ready to risk it all for him and I love it. Also yeah he has my attention too, I am not immune, TF you thought this was???☠️

Garden of Seif - I’m not much help in selling this game because I just straight up inhaled it?? Everything was on point, from the characters, to the unraveling story, to our LIs and supporting cast, and of course, can’t love a game with loving the MC (at least, that’s how I work)

Fully Released & Played (at least 1 playthrough)

Gilded Shadows - The brain rot for this game is so real??? So. Damn. Real. It got to a point where after I played so many routes and unlocked multiple endings that I had to stop playing so I could work on my game! And there’s still content on the way?????? Oh to live at the same time as GS 🤗

Sifting Thyme - I’d be lying if I said this wasn’t my favorite high school otome game.  And I thought long and hard about the many other games I’ve played. And I have played a lot of high school romance/dating sim games ☠️ But this one takes the cake!!--and because food is involved, pun intended. If I could have played this in one sitting I totally would have.

An Everyday Love - Check the tags on this blog. I never shut up about this game. Seriously. 

Butterfly Soup 2 - Sequel’s only been out for like 2 months and I’m already begging for a third.  

Blanket Cat & Teacup - The first is a cozy visual novel that gives storybook/ younger me watching Reading Rainbow vibes, and the second is a puzzle, point and click narrative about an introverted frog girl who needs to get tea ingredients for her party, and both these games reminded me of the healing power of gaming. 

Still Shinning - Simply and lovely in its execution. I need to check out this dev’s other titles as well!

Portrait of a Texas Family - If you play no other games on this list, play this one. I don’t have any better words other than “I love it” and “this family and their love and their worry stick with you”.

Dusk & Dawn - SFHJSHFJSEJE THIS WAS SO GOOD LIKE WHAAA??? Black female MC, demi rep, superheroes, 2 dating options, multiple endings/dead ends, ughhh this game had it all. The only thing stopping it from being perfect is a sequel. And no, there’s no announced sequel so we can sulk together...

Fully Released (& still on 1st playthrough)

Wylde Flowers - I suck at farming sims in general, but this game has a special place in my heart. It’s the definition of charming + cozy and it was made to be played in bed so shoutout to the Switch port!!

ValiDate: Struggling Singles in your Area - I want to go in depth about this game when I’ve played all or majority of the routes, but for now just know I also believe this game was made for playing in bed LOL.

Gemi’s Gushies

(a list within a list of games that have devs trucking along in the background and I want to spotlight for y’all)

Band Camp Boyfriend

Ise and Kai

The Closet Door

Herotome

College Craze

Trouble Comes Twice

#gamedev rambles #game recommendations #visual novels #indie games #Happy Holidays #guess we're making this a yearly thing??? #game reviews #this is not an exhaustive list btw!! #just the ones I reeealllly wanted to highlight lol #gaming year in review

[andrebearakovsky]

(cont. ask) first of all NOOO don't apologize i was looking for a long post, this is why i came here! i've been lurking way back! i remembered your blog name! 2. wow??? this is such a comprehensive answer!!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍🤗😳 thank you so much! 3. any content you want to post i am here for! 4. i can't believe there are so many new guys, like yes of course, but i can't believe it! 5. Oh yeah the details of the Holtby thing are coming back to me, i seem to have repressed it.🙈

Aw that's so sweet of you! A longtime viewer! (Viewer? What am I, a YouTuber? Calm down.) It's sweet of you to remember me and I'm delighted that I am apparently famous and evidently famous for making long/extensive posts lol. Which I'm about to do again.

I talked about Strome, Milano, Sandin, and alllll those young guys on my last post, as well as Darcy and TvR. [And Dowd but you already knew him.] The rest of the guys currently on the team I haven't really touched on yet that joined post-Holtby era are Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Anthony Mantha, and Charlie Lindgren. I'll get into them in a bit, but I gotta get into some other things first.

You said you haven't really watched since the Holtby era, so I'm going to assume you know everything that happened/all the people we had up til that final season, and that you know little/nothing of what has happened since then. So I'm gonna give a quick recap of some of the big things that have happened in that time:

You missed the ENTIRETY of the Sammy and Vitek goaltending era, which was kinda turbulent. Sammy was gonna be the starter with Henrik Lundqvist as the backup, but then it turned out Lundqvist had a heart condition and had to retire and never played a game for the Caps. This forced Vitek into action, and we had 2 years of the Sammy and Vitek goaltending duo. I, personally, loved it. Some people did not. I still hold that they were BOTH GOOD!! They split time, neither one ever TRULY grasped the starting reigns. There was also when Vitek got taken by the Kraken in the expansion draft and then immediately traded him back to us. Also they were besties, which started when they were a duo down in Hershey. It's also why my blog is titled "goalie best friend tandem," though it also currently applies to Darcy and Chuck who are besties. You can search the "goalie best friends" tag on my blog for cute Sammy and Vitek content. Neither of them are here anymore, but they're still friends - I remember seeing a quote Vitek gave to some Devils people talking about him and about still being friends and such.

Players you knew back from the Holtby era who are no longer with us: Lars Eller, Richard Panik (useless), Jonas Siegenthaler, Travis Boyd, Christian Djoos, Michal Kempny, Radko Gudas, Garnet Hathaway, Dmitry Orlov [don't talk to me about these last two I'm sad]

Players that played with us for multiple seasons after the Holtby era who are no longer with us this year: Justin Schultz, Conor Sheary, Daniel Sprong, Matt Irwin

COVID robbed us of our time with Brenden Dillon and I'm sad about it

We had Zdeno Chara for 1 year, and he straightup fixed Nick Jensen. Jensen was abysmal before that, then Chara was his defense partner for the whole year, and Jensen is good now. I no longer dread every time he touches the puck, I trust him. Also he has a personality now! Idk what kind of dark magic Chara used, but I will be forever thankful to him for it. 1 year of Chara absolutely 1000% worth it just for fixing Nick Jensen

We got Marcus Johansson back! :) And then we traded him again

We traded Jakub Vrana for Anthony Mantha, who is useless and unfortunately still here. He never fit in with the team vibe of "sexy idiots," he's not loud enough or slutty enough.

In March 2022 Carl Hagelin suffered a really bad eye injury during practice. I think the butt end of someone's stick got into his eye? (We were never told whose stick it was, I'm sure they have to feel absolutely terrible about it.) He's lucky he didn't lose his eye. He tried to come back, but he never played a game again after that. He was technically on the roster all of last season, but he never got into any games, and he just announced his retirement this summer. A really sad end, tbh. And RIP to the 4th line of dreams.

We were GONNA have Connor Brown for the 2022-23 season, and he was gonna play with Dylan Strome whom he's friends with and played in juniors with. But he played for like 2 games and then got hurt and was out for the season and never played for us again. I think he's in Edmonton now.

You know about goal songs, right?? I think the last year of Holtby was the first year of goal songs. I have a Spotify playlist of goal songs if you wanna check it out

There have been SO many injuries the last 3 years. 2021-22 was what I like to call the year of babies. I don't even remember who exactly was injured but there were so many injuries it necessitated the callup of SO many rookies. TWELVE rookies played that season: Martin Fehervary, Connor McMichael, Beck Malenstyn, Garrett Pilon, Hendrix Lapierre, Brett Leason, Aliaksei Protas, Axel Jonsson-Fjallby, Zach Fucale, Joe Snively, Alex Alexeyev, and Lucas Johansen. All of whom made their NHL debuts that season except for Fehervary, McMichael, Malenstyn, and Pilon. Of those rookies, Fehervary and McMichael were the only ones who were really supposed to make the team that season; they stuck around the whole season, while Leason and Protas played 30+ games, AJF played 20+, Snively and Malenstyn played more than 10 each, and the rest had 6 or less. It was truly the year of babies. Some of those guys aren't in the organization anymore, but I think this is the year the rest of them finally make the leap and are true full-timers. [Except for Fehervary, who already is]

More injury news: Nicky and Tom were injured for like the first half of last season. And in December, John Carlson broke his fucking face. He got hit in the face with a puck and it broke his entire face, like it was really bad, and he hardly played again. I think he came back for like the last few weeks, but tbh his injury was when the season went downhill. [I say "broke his face" but the official reports are he had a fractured skull and severed temporal artery. Yikes! He's fine now though]

Ovi just keeps breaking goal records. He got 800 goals and then passed Gordie Howe last season!!! He is now number 2 all-time in goals!! He currently has 822. Watch out, Gretzky, he's comin' for ya

Oh yeah the Hershey Bears won the Calder Cup this year!! It was absolutely epic. They played the Coachella Valley Firebirds (Kraken AHL team) in the finals, and it was an awesome finals. It went to Game 7 overtime. GAME SEVEN OVERTIME!!!!! Do you know how rare that is? It's only the 2nd time the Calder Cup Finals has gone to overtime in Game 7, with the first time being in 1953. In the NHL, it has only ever happened in the Stanley Cup Finals TWICE. EVER! By the Wings in 1950 and 1954. So the Bears won the Calder Cup in Game 7 overtime and it was exciting as FUCK. And a lot of guys who might make the Caps roster this year were on that Cup-winning team: Snively, Protas, McMichael, Malenstyn, Johansen, as well as top prospects Lapierre and Iorio. They're the oldest franchise in the AHL, and that was their 12th Calder Cup, which is the most in AHL history.

And you said to feel free to post some content so I am going to POST some CONTENT. Starting with:

✨Darcy Kuemper✨

I fucking love Darcy, so much. I've already said that I've liked him for a long time, and I'm absolutely elated to have him on the team. He won the Cup with the Avs in 2022. He is also very tall, he's 6'5", one time he hugged TJ and it made TJ look like a child. He's so sweet, and he's so dumb. He's like a giant labrador. Some of my favorite assorted Darcy things and moments include:

In one of his first interviews after signing he said he was gonna visit every museum in DC, and I'm like no you're not, Darcy, that's not possible. Our first sign that he was a big dummy

One time suplexed Matthew Tkachuk into the ice

Got a shot on goal during a game last year

The time he tried to "interview" Nick Jensen at the outdoor game practice while giggling incessantly

Here's him at NHL media day last year, featuring him kicking a soccer ball like you see in my profile pic :)

Says one of his life goals is to bring back the dinosaurs. Please see this post for the full story on that one

Is absolute BESTIES with Charlie Lindgren, the backup goalie. Like, so much so that they and their wives constantly take their dogs on walks together, the dogs are reportedly besties as well, and the Kuempers dog-sat Chuck's dog over Christmas. They also kind of have matching dogs, I'll include a picture below. Chuck also called himself and Darcy two of the "more normal goalies in the league" which is an absolute lie after the dinosaurs thing, so clearly Chuck doesn't have that many brain cells rolling around up there either. They also did THIS at media day this year. Their friendship is just so pure. You can read more about it in this article. And like, they didn't know each other before signing here. According to the article, evidently after they signed, they texted each other and then literally the scene from stepbrothers happened

And then TvR 🥰 Mine own love TvR. I adore Trevor van Riemsdyk so much. He's just got incredibly good vibes. I also have a bit more of a personal attachment to him, because he and I have the same birthday (July 24). He's a bit soft-spoken, especially compared to some of the other freaks on this team. Possibly one of the only ones with any semblance of a brain cell. He's not flashy; he's a steady-eddy defenseman, almost always on the third pair barring injuries. He's not gonna score a bunch of points, but he plays hard defensively every game (one of the reasons goalies love him), he's reliable, and he blocks SO many shots. He's also one of THE guys on the penalty kill. The penalty kill is TvR, Jensen, Fehervary, and Dowd, those are the main guys. We also officially claimed him as our own. As of this year, he will have played more years with the Caps than with anyone else, he currently has more goals, assists, and points with us than with anyone else, and after about 40 more games he will have played more games with us than with anyone else.

Also the ENTIRE team is absolutely fucking OBSESSED with him. There aren't like that many big specific things I can point to, it's just how I've noticed them treating him over the years, and how they talk about/to him and the general energy. They all love to shout "REEEEEEEEEEEEMERRRRRRRR" at any and every opportunity. And like you can just tell that every single one of them is deeply in love with him. They are all constantly tripping over themselves to give him the player of the game award in the locker room, even when other guys have a bunch of points in the game and it feels like they're the obvious choice but no they all want to give a love letter to their collective crush. The goalies especially love him. (Here's Chuck giving him the POTG, Nicky giving him the POTG, and a recounting of Sammy's love affair with him two seasons ago). The coaches also love him, sometimes too much for their own good - there have been times in the last few years when they've put TvR on the power play and in the shootout (??) when he had no business being there lol. And like I don't blame them lmao. He's grown to become a leader on the team (and occasionally gets As on his chest during preseason games and when a bunch of dudes are injured - another thing that confirms to me they're all in love with him, he got real high up on the chain of command real quick), he's super consistent (there was one game last year when there were so many injuries on D that the defense was quite literally just TvR plus a bunch of rookies - I said that day that the defense was "TvR and a dream"), and he will absolutely never put his mouthguard in his mouth. So as the year goes on, and as you watch games and social media content, just keep your eyes peeled, watch TvR, and you'll see that the entire team is so fucking horny for TvR specifically. I made this meme awhile back, which is exactly how the Caps feel about TvR:

Other miscellaneous fun facts about the team and players that I think you should know:

Our backup goalie is Charlie Lindgren, but we all call him Chuck. It suits him better, especially with his mustache. He also catches right-handed, which is different than practically every other goalie in the league. So like if you look, he and Darcy wear their catching gloves on different hands.

There are a LOT of NHL brothers on this team. Dylan Strome's older brother Ryan plays for the Ducks, and his younger brother Matt actually plays for the Hershey Bears. Trevor van Riemsdyk is also the middle child of three hockey-playing brothers: his older brother James plays for the Bruins, and younger brother Brendan doesn't play in the NHL but played college hockey. And Charlie Lindgren is the oldest of 3 hockey brothers: Andrew played college hockey but never made the NHL, and youngest brother Ryan plays for the Rangers.

Kuzy has been doing some wacky shit in the shootout the last few years, just go look it up on YouTube

Here's a video of the mentors trip this year so you can see Sonny Milano's father who is simply exactly who I envisioned him to be in my head

Nicolas Aube-Kubel (NAK), a French-Canadian fourth line winger that the Caps picked up on waivers in November last year, is Sergei Ovechkin's (Ovi's son) favorite player. We learn this in a video feature with Ovi's wife and kids (I'm including the link to this gifset from the lovely @thornescratch which is where I first saw this). The producer asks who Sergei's favorite player is, and Sergei immediately answers "Aube-Kubel." Not only is Aube-Kubel his "guy" according to Nastya, but then we also see that a selfie of Sergei and Aube-Kubel is the lock screen of Sergei's iPad. And Sergei calls Aube-Kubel his "best friend." Learning this information is such a curveball, because it's like the last person you'd expect Sergei's favorite to be. It's not somebody Russian or even European, it's not somebody old or someone who's been on the team a long time, it's not one of his dad's closer friends, and it's not even one of the stars of the team, it's a young Canadian dude who plays fourth line if he's in. Aube-Kubel must be REALLY friendly, otherwise why else would he be Sergei's favorite? You know it has to be absolutely devastating to Tom Wilson to not be Sergei's favorite lol. [I'm also convinced this is why they re-signed NAK so quick in the offseason, you HAVE to bring back Sergei's favorite player!!]

Speaking of NAK: remember how I said Beck Malenstyn was Nic Dowd's chosen winger? NAK is his OTHER chosen winger. Those two are twin shitstarters and Dowd loves them and I know he absolutely wants both of them on his line this season. They're gonna be a great 4th line. I could talk all day about Dowd and his 4th line duties, and you can ask me to do that if you want but I'm not gonna do it here

I also know everyone's zodiac sign because I'm a freak. I can also get more into that in a separate post if you want

There's probably more stuff, but this is all I can think of for now. Please feel free to ask me more stuff, I love diving into things. Stuff about the team, players, my favorites, whatever. I hope this is both informative and entertaining!

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As my lectures for college are about to start I find myself sad that I won't be able to spend time reading your posts as I'll be swamped with work 😭😭😭 So this may be my final request for a long time and I thought it would be right to go back to where it all started for me: Aemma. So I would like to request a story where the queen had a twin named lovingly after their grandmother Alysanne.It was their mother’s wish that neither of her children would be forced into marriage and she [ Alysanne ] manages to stay unmarried but shares a deep love with Ser Harrold Westerling, going against all to be with the man. I feel like Rhaenyra would trust her with the Ser Harwin Strong secret and that alysanne would always defend her boys so her neice and nephews wouldn't have to suffer, reminding people that Rhaenys' hair was black (which is true lol). Icing on the cake if this is long. But again, you don't have to write this, toats use for brain rot though lol.

It was a damn honor to write this one-shot for you @freelyunlikelykingdom. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the fact that you have so often made your requests to me that were always so nice and interesting to write. Thank you very much. I hope that I can give you joy with this story before the longer break. I will wait patiently for your return on tumblr and my blog (we all do, other followers may also who knows). I will receive you with ready finger on the keyboard for the next request. Also, all the best for the coming time and I hope it is not too exhausting. We see and one day again...and have fun reading.

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Cohesion of blood

warning : tiny fluff , comfort , angst , loss of family , mentions of death , tragic life

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Aemma Arryn, later queen and wife of Viserys the First, was a kind woman. Loved by all, she was a true companion to her husband. But in all that time her heart had always belonged to the Eyrie and to Heaven.

But between all the duties, mourning and tasks, there was still someone who would be eternally in her heart. Alysanne Arryn, her twin sister who was only a few minutes younger. But it was these minutes that the two would never forget. Even though they were always connected by blood, it was reproaches that would and did run through their hearts.

Alysanne was named after her grandmother, the kind queen of the previous king. She was the best of both houses of the dragon and the hawk in the sky. Even though both had never really known their mother, they sometimes seemed to be able to feel the loving words and the short holding.

When their young mother held her two daughters and expressed her last wish that flew like a breeze around the high castle. ,,None of my children shall be forced into marriage" her words were weak and yet so clearly audible that it was like the roar of a dragon before she closed her eyes and ascended to the dragon. And so it should remain Aemma fell in love with Viserys at a feast to which they were invited. A perfect couple as it would soon turn out.

But for Alysanne there was nothing more heartfelt than the happiness of her sister. It was the guilt she had been giving herself for years. If I hadn't been born, mother would still be alive she thought too often and seemed to want to make it up to her twin sister with every gesture.

The family had to stick together. And it was true, the family did stick together, even if it was difficult for everyone. But most of all for Alysanne. Because in every beautiful spring when everything is blooming and flourishing, it was the love that she experienced still under the leadership of Jaehaerys.

He was a handsome man who had only recently joined the Kingsguard. A handsome title and virtues he followed. But it was love that united the two. The initial glances, the handing when getting out of the carriage or the lifting up on the saddle. Even when walking the hacking under the pretext of the heat. It was these gentle touches that became the conversations in the garden.

That lasted for hours as he reported on his work and she told him everything about her house and the landscape. But even this led to more behind closed doors and escorted trips to the Eyrie. Love could not be forbidden so close to the gods. But they had never married the possible it would not be. The law forbade it. Nevertheless, love blossomed in the spring and withstood every adversity.

Even if it was the whisper of the court and even Aemma knew it, it was Alysanne who loved him. She loved him and her mother always wanted her to marry someone who would not force her. Two gentle strong souls who had found each other. In the form of the Kingsguard and the twin sister of the Queen or the potential heir of the House of Arryn.

But every spring comes to an end and it becomes dark. Aemma Arryn died giving birth to her second child. She died leaving her twin alone. The horror of that day she would never forget. How they cut her open and she screamed for her life. It was Harrold who had to hold her so that she did not knock the master away. ,,I am so sorry my dear" she heard him say between her screams. But it was over.

Aemma was dead and she was the only daughter left of Daella. The falcon dragon alone and without a twin. The days were dark and full of sorrow. Her house in the heights seemed to become more and more the perfect place. And soon she moved back to the castle alone without Harrold.

It was the loneliness that came to her and flowed through her. Her sobs and cries of grief mingled with the howling of the wind. And never had she blamed herself more for everything. But even so close to the sky, time did not pass imperceptibly.

More than ten years had passed in which she was now the head of the house. A decision that her half-siblings did not really like, but they seemed to accept it. She had grown older, her prime, her young years gone. But it was the afterglow in the sun that showed her beauty. And never did her blood seem stronger for her family than now.

From the heights she had watched everything that happened in King's Landing in her own family. A tragedy. But now she knew that she had to do something soon. The falcon had to swoop down and react. Otherwise Aemma would be forgotten forever. Her gaze went from the portrait of her twin sister to the window.

A blue, sunny, cloudless day hung around the castle. When suddenly a loud screech was heard and a small smile crept onto her lips. My Aemma she thought and the older woman hurriedly went into the courtyard where she saw her beloved niece. ,,Rhaenyra, my dear child!" she exclaimed and embraced the blonde Targaryen.

With each meeting Rhaenyra seemed to show the best of Aemma and Viserys. And for a moment as Rhaenyra looked to Syrax, Aemma seemed to be standing there. Her twin lived on in her daughter, a beautiful thought. A thought that gave her support and security, something she knew would protect her.

Rhaenyra was like her own daughter and sister to her. She would do everything for them, the family held together. But she didn't have to look again to see that there was sadness in the violet Targaryen eyes that she herself had. ,,The winds seem to want to tell me something," she said as she went with Rhaenyra to her personal room. The young woman, who was no longer a little girl, smiled sadly for a moment. ,,Do you read me so well, aunt?" she asked, accepting the glass of wine with thanks. ,,One can see that something is bothering you, my dear child, what is it?" she asked and took a sip of the sweetish wine from Dorne.

She briefly looked at the roundness of the belly of the princess and future queen. Soon she will give birth she thought bitterly and felt her hand tighten around the goblet. It was the birth that had taken everything from her and yet she owed it her life.

A truly macabre irony. ,,My children...Jace and Lucery and little Joffrey" she began and put a hand on her belly. She took a short shaky breath in and out and it seemed to take all her strength not to cry immediately. Gently Alysanne put her hands on Rhaenyra's and pressed softly. ,,They are Ser Harwin Strong's children...they are bastards," she said at last, tears running down her cheeks.

She immediately wrapped her niece in a hug and lovingly stroked her back, trying to take away some of the pain of the secret. She gently embraced Rhaenyra's face and looked into her eyes that resembled Aemma's so infinitely. ,,Rhaenyra, you are the most important thing in my heart. You helped me through my grief, you are like a daughter to me...you give me back Aemma. It doesn't matter if they are bastards, they are your children and my blood and we stick together" she assured and Rhaenyra smiled through her tears. It was a heartfelt moment and she knew only too well how Rhaenyra felt. She herself had sinned. ,,Does anyone know?" she dared to ask and broke away from the embrace.

Shaking her head, she wiped away her tears. ,,No, there are rumors and suspicions, but the queen...she hates her, she has taken over everything," Rhaenyra admitted, and it was guilt that stabbed into the heart of the elder. Slowly she rose and approached a large cage. A hawk was sitting there, looking at her with interested eyes. ,,It is my fault, Rhaenyra, it always has been. First my mother's death, I should have been the older one to save Aemma....in another time I might have been your mother. It is my fault that I left you and Westerling alone" she said and turned back to Rhaenyra who had also stood up.

She opened the cage and the falcon flew onto her shoulder. ,,It's time I do what I missed in mourning" she went to Rhaenyra and slowly knelt down in front of the princess and future queen.

Rhaenyra wanted to make her stand up, but she waved her off. ,,Let me finally do my duty and serve the queen. Let me do my duty as Lady Arryn and be your ally. Let the falcon bring down the tower of the Hightowers and avenge me...let me bring your mother back to you in the cause of justice" she demanded before she rose and Rhaenyra embraced her. ,,We will fly back to King's Landing at once, I will have all the troops ready, I will not leave your side" she said swearing and went with Rhaenyra to the writing table where she started to write the letters and orders. And it came two days later that Lady Alysanne Arryn went with Rhaenyra on Syrax back to King's Landing for ten years.

While the falcon Daella named after her mother flew beside the two. Back in the capital, it was all over the place that the Lady Arryn was back. It had been a long time and her heart contracted as she saw the changes in the castle. The faith of the seven had been enforced and seemed to have taken over everything. She herself remained loyal to the old gods and knew something was wrong as soon as she entered.

Any trace of the dragons and family affiliations seemed gone. No one felt the cohesion of the blood, she thought bitterly as she walked with Rhaenyra into the princess's room. As soon as she entered, she saw the many people who had gathered. The blood of the family was finally together again. ,,Lady Arryn has returned after ten years, a true event," she heard Daemon say, who could not have been more like his elders. Besides Daemon and Rhaenyra, there were two brown-haired boys in the room, as well as Laenor Velaryon, even if he had clearly changed.

In addition, a knight she identified as Harwin Strong. ,,It's changed a lot for the worse since I left I see...but you Daemon are still the same" she said back and saw the short grin on his face. You must be Jace and Lucerys?" she asked acceptingly and walked up to the two. Their blue dress with white accents stood out against the dark colors of the Targaryen, and yet the falcon seemed to belong among the dragons.

Uncertainly the young looked at each other before they shook hands with the woman. She lovingly embraced them both before the younger let out a delighted cry. ,,Is he trained?" he called out questioningly, referring to the hawk that sat back down on the older woman's shoulder. ,,This is Daella, she is like my daughter and friend" she said softly, but she didn't have to look at Rhaenyra to see the sad look.

Alysanne herself had never had children and it was quite lonely so high in the sky. But she would not complain. She knew she was too old to bear children without dying. If she died, her half-siblings would take care of the order.

She let the two young ones play with the bird and was about to go to Harwin and Laenor when the door opened. ,,Birdie?" sounded astonished and Alysanne turned around. ,,Harrold" came like a breath from her lips before she rushed to the older knight and embraced him. Tears gathered in her eyes as she was reunited with her love.

She felt his hands stroking her back soothingly. His heart was beating just as fast as hers and yet he did not look a bit ugly in her eyes. A kiss, gentle yet intimate, was exchanged and apologies ran across her mouth. ,,Well, that's a surprise," Laenor said and chuckled. ,,Not only you have your secrets" said the knight and the others seemed to have nothing to say about it. And for a short moment it seemed that everything was fine.

Until a few weeks later, when the dinner came. The dinner that was supposed to make everything better but just made everything worse. It was also the first time in ten years that she had her supposed family together again. But deep inside they were all dead. The only ones who lived on were Harrold and Rhaenyra, next to her house.

Briefly, there was disgust in her gaze when she saw Aegon, a boy without self-control, and his brother Aemond, a quiet yet handsome man. Only the daughter Helena seemed to have got the good nature Viserys. She was the only one, besides Viserys, Daemon, Corlys and Rhaenys, who seemed to be left from the old times.

And yet in all this time she has never had so much power as she has now. The entire green valley of House Arryn was behind her. Even if she did not own a dragon, her troops were dangerous. A falcon was more nimble and agile than a dragon, and the green ones seemed to forget that. 

The dragon is decaying under the stones of the green she thought and took a sip of her wine as she smiled at Viserys. The once good friend was a shadow of his former self. The sickness and the throne had not spared him. Everything seemed to become even more gloomy and only the sun above the castle of the Eyrie of her house seemed to shine.

In her eye, none of the children deserved a dragon. She also had none, which is why she was alone. Aemma rode Syrax with Viserys only a few times, but it was a long, long time ago. ,,It's good to have you back," she heard Viserys say softly, and he also took a sip of wine. ,,It's been too long...but a lot has changed in that time. But she is still watching over us" she said and saw Alicent's jealous look.

Alysanne knew that the queen did not like to talk about Aemma and yet it seemed that the old queen, the pretty hawk, was still flying around them all and playing her role. ,,You don't have a husband Lady Alysanne or is it the knight?" Alicent suddenly asked without warning and it became silent at the table. ,,No, I have no husband, no king like yours. Many knights have asked for my hand, you must be more precise," she answered, and Daella shrieked and flew onto the back of the chair. ,,I think you know exactly which knight I mean," Alicent said and was about to retreat when Aegon intervened. ,,You've been whoring with this Westerling for more than three decades," he said, and even a blind man could recognize the alcohol on him. ,,Just like them and those bastards!" he hissed and this time it was Alysanne's turn to jump up.

Daella shrieked again and looked excitedly at the people with her black eyes. ,,Shut your tongue, you foolish boy. A person born of intrigue and treachery doesn't talk about his family like that. You nest here, kill the dragon and call your own blood bastard. Are you so blind that you overlook the obvious?" she asked, and the others had also mostly stood up. ,,And that is?" asked Otto, who looked at her darkly and coldly. ,,They are her children with Laenor, they are perfectly normal. You forget that Rhaenys also has black hair because of the Barathons, it is perfectly normal and you are fighting like a bunch of children for the throne" she said bitterly and saw that the truths and lies were finally revealed. ,,A wretch doesn't talk about the king like that" Aemond said and approached her. ,,This is the Lady Alysanne Arryn, the guardian of the Green Valley and its vassals. The twin sister of the former queen Aemma Arryn show her more respect," Harrold said, stepping from his post and standing in front of her. ,,Enough! You all get along now!" Viserys shouted, visibly exhausted, sinking back into his chair.

But he was right, it was enough, it was over. The reign of Viserys the First passed and what he left behind was a broken family. The black and the green rose and with them a war. A war that she knew would be the end of the dragons, the Targaryen. And it would be. The more days passed the more she lost. First it was Rhaenyra's children before Daemond and Rhaenys died. Finally Rhaenyra was taken from her. But in that time she was not idle, on the contrary. She supported Rhaenyra with her troops as good as she could. And she had half an army due to the size of her vassals.

In the end, it was she herself who beheaded Otto Hightower in her made armor and ruled over King's Landing with Rhaenyra. She was inherited in the green valley as a wind dragon and even if she was never a Targaryen Daemon thought that she was worthy of a dragon. And while the war raged there was hope in the form of the marriage between her and Ser Harrold Westerling. Before they both ruled the green valley as Lady and Lord Arryn after the war. And they still stood after the wars. The hawk had won and brought justice to Aemma. And she thought she saw in the winds even her deceased family members. Because no matter what would happen she knew family, your own flesh and blood would stick together forever.

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#hotd fanfic #house of the dragon #princess rhaenyra #house targaryen #king viserys #queen aemma #queen alicent #otto hightower #aegon ii targaryen #aemond one eye #daella targaryen #daemon targeryan #princess rhaenys targaryen #queen rhaenyra #lucerys velaryon #jacaerys strong #laenor velaryon #ser harwin strong #aemma arryn #house arryn #eyrie #falcon #hurt/comfort #daemon x rhaenyra #alicent x viserys

[420thewritersroom]

MAJOR UPDATED! MADE A AO3

Ok, I've always had a AO3, but I decided to add the "Oops, Kung Lao's Dead Again AU" on AO3! You can read it here!

Also, I decided to rename the AU to give it a bit of ✨edge✨. It will now be known as "Wilted Cherry Blossoms, Dark Thunderstorms, Burning Hopes". On tumblr, I'll still add the original tag, but going forward, I'll also include this new title and AU name. For those who want to read it on AO3, go knock yourselves out!

Also, you're in luck, those who been reading this series on Tumblr will be the first to see any future chapters to this silly little AU before it goes up on AO3! So still stick around if you're interested to see where this series goes. Also, please don't hesitate to scream at me about this AU on this blog or my shitposting blog! Who knows, you might have better ideas than I do lol

#Oops Kung Lao's Dead Again AU #Wilted Cherry Blossoms Dark Thunderstorms Burning Hopes #Mortal Kombat #Mortal Kombat 1 #MK1

[mostlymaudlin]

For the writer ask meme! I love these :)

37 & 38 - @jtl-fics

thank u ash!!

38) If you could collab with any other writer on here, who would it be? (Perhaps this question will inspire some collabs!) If you’re shy, don’t tag the blog, just name it.

AHHHH collabs make me really nervous bc im bossy and controlling lmao so i need someone whose writing i admire and look up to and also will both fight me and still like me afterward. which is why i would LOOOOOOOVE to collab w laureb @starwarned. and..... well................ hehe. moving on.

37) What’s the funniest story you’ve written?

OOOH ok ive written a couple fics that were like literally crack but i think my funniest fic overall TO ME is my high school AU, We Can Live Forever. the title is from a one direction song, which is automatically funny, and then it just is a wild ride thru my sense of humor after that. i wrote most of this fic while zooted too, which explains a lot lol. i was actually just talking abt this particular scene with aforemention laureb the other day -- im putting it under the cut bc it's long but it's like the funniest thing ive ever written:

All the chairs are taken when Andrew steps outside holding two shitty chicken caesar wraps. Several of their occupants are reenacting moments from their last game using various lunch items. Andrew only has to watch the affair for a moment before he figures out he is being represented in the tupperware goal by an empty juice box.

Neil is sitting with his elbows resting on the table, watching with a small smile. He shifts to sneak a french fry off Kevin’s tray while he isn’t looking, then looks over to the cafeteria door. His grin splits open when he spots Andrew, and he pushes his chair back, gesturing toward his lap in offering.

Andrew sighs. He only allows his brain to read the situation as Gay Disaster and Object of Affection for about a second when he sits sideways across Neil’s thighs, Neil’s arm wrapping loosely around his waist to hold him in place. Then, Andrew realigns himself with what the situation actually is: Andrew and Neil, doing something they’ve been doing since they were seven years old. He relaxes, handing Neil his sandwich and ripping the cling wrap off his own.

“Which one are you?” Andrew asks, jerking his chin toward where a poptart has dodged its clementine backliner mark to charge at juice-box-Andrew in goal.

“I’m on the bench for this play,” Neil says.

“And then, Andrew! You were like, PSHAAHHHH!” Laila says, waving an imaginary racquet in the air to demonstrate the block Andrew had made. Matt imitates her general movement with the juicebox. “And the Allenstown guy was so mad, he tried to punch Jean!” Jeremy throws the poptart at an empty Coke can.

Andrew nods, taking a bite of his wrap. Copious amounts of shredded cheese fall onto his lap, so he brushes it all to the ground.

“I was a protein bar earlier.” Neil finally succeeds in unwrapping his sandwich using only one hand. “But then Nicky ate me.”

“Hmmm,” Andrew responds, eyeing his cousin across the table. String-cheese-Kevin scores on the opposing team. Nicky dumps a splash of Gatorade on it (and Allison’s hand) as everyone cheers.

Neil leans forward, and Andrew feels his breath on his earlobe.

“Want to know why you’re the juicebox?”

“Do I?” Andrew asks, willing every nerve in his body to stand down.

“Matt says it’s because you’re a little squirt,” Neil whispers, squeezing slightly at Andrew’s waist before leaning back against the chair. Andrew twists to glare at him.

“Don’t blame me,” Neil says, laughing. “I said you should’ve been Kevin’s hamburger — strong and beefy. But Kevin is selfish, and he was unwilling to sacrifice his hamburger for your good name.”

“Damn straight,” Kevin mumbles beside Neil, wiping off the plastic-wrapped cheese stick with a napkin before placing it back at center court.

#my writing

[mobiused]

hi mobi mobiused thank you for all the loona blogging you do you’re a champion and a hero. i wanted to know what would your ideal loona album would look like in terms of songs and styling etc like if you got to be the creative and musical director on an album of theirs what would you love to see!

Thank you for the love and support it really means a lot to me. To be honest just because I know they would never do it and because Yves and I were talking about it the other night I would LOVE to see a j-idol style punk/grunge album from them. Now it really doesn't have to actually sound punk, (because 1. this doesn't work with twelve singers and 2. theyre kpop lets stick to that) it just appropriates the aesthetic from them. Ideally pulling from the j-rock scene way more than like present day cringe commercialised cleaned up bullshit you know what I mean. We can steal from the wardrobes of both Avril Lavigne and Tommy Heavenly6 though I'd be happy with that.

For the TT I'd like a shouty and fun song in major that makes you wanna sing along (Yeah sorry this is another 4th gen idol songs without a melody in the chorus LOL) like okay I'm seeing the vision it's a summer school's out anthem like mmm if I had to use examples I'd mix Billlie's Ring Ma Bell (which I thought had the right spirit but was unfortunately way underproduced) and OK please don't think I'm cringe but maybe like you know when Paramore's tone shifted and it became pop rock so yeah like Aint it Fun. So like that... Like a lot of rough guitar presence still but overall it's a good time cheerful mood you know. Maybe a little bit melodic in the chorus then I guess. And also it actually sounds good And thematically going back to the 'Schools Out' theme (And when I say school I mean way less school and way more summer holiday) we're gonna expand on what rebellion means to the girls in-lore. Like what exactly are our silent protests and what are they for. Why are the girls outsiders (aside from the obvious) and where are they taking it. Like I say every time someone asks me I would like it if they picked up the threads that were dropped in the previous MV. Like literally any semblance of continuity would be massively appreciated. And I also think that instead of a loud fuck the haters ITZY-core style rebellion (sorry I actually love ITZY but they're camp and LOONA's pretentious, so), I think building on the theme of Why Not where it's more about aligning oneself with your own values and moving forward in life independent from societal views, as opposed to that meme which is like >lives life in opposition to something >inadvertently makes entire life about said thing (you guys know what I mean. probably) would be a really good way to further it. And it doesnt have to be that lore-y its just like yeah this is a thing that fits with LOONA's brand.

And as for B-sides well they still need to do a real UK House song because flop that does not fucking count. Actually we need a Day & Night sequel forget UK house lets get UK GARAGE. Because it's fucking good and we need another. I think we can bring back a featured instrumentalist not necessarily guitar but like literally anything because getting Jungmo from TRAX on Love & Live went hard as hell even if the song itself was erm. Anyway. I also want it to be danceable because I fucking miss a classic LOONA intro (*says classic but they only did it for two TTs lol*). And I'm bored of explaining so here's the imaginary setlist 1. Intro ft. famous Korean musician 2. Kpop rock title track 3. R&B summer sunset cruising anthem 4. I actually kinda ended up liking the interpolation of Gloria Gaynor in After Like so maybe a vaguely disco inspired track because this is my imagination and I can do what I want 5. UK Garage track. Promoted Bside that shows off their vocals. Yeojin gets a part which shows off her vocals as a treat. Hyeju can have a rap with way too much english that fails to scan because I think it's cute. 6. Acid house track with trance influences and this one can be the fun one at concerts where they just kind of aimlessly hop around and pick up slogans from fans as if they're really gonna keep them

Noticeably NO FUCKING BALLADS.

...Or they could just rip off Rolling Quartz the only group that is doing k-rock right atm teehee

#(actually nazababara was underproduced just like RMB was but we'll live) #(also i like rolling quartz please listen to them) #(not so discreet plug) #also this got long whoops

[we-all-implode]

What are ur favorite IFs??

On the masterpost u said this IF was supposed to be much scarier, how so??

What changed from the first draft to now?

Have u had the idea to make this IF long ago?

If I'm not wrong, u said something about not thinking of soojin and châu as ROs wayyy back on the blog, what changed?

That 'justice league' thing w amvrosiy, how did he think about ganging up w some people and doing whatever he expects to do(fight evil??)?

Are superpowers common in this world??

Does nayeli and châu have superpowers too?

thanks thanks thanks 🥰

should i @ ppl? i think @fell-star-if & @the-kingshound are my top two

so the first iteration of “we all implode” was set in a castle during the medieval era and the mc was a servant in that castle. it was originally titled “the godkings crown” (heavy is the head that wears it. etc) and yah it was gonna be like. a lot more murdery and scary because the godking is a being that took over the castle and it like…ate ppl w/ like zero discretion i think? dunno…😭

the first draft is technically based off an rp i did in the 9th grade w/ a friend at the time. technically amvrosiy is supposed to be the mc (im sure you all predicted that 🙄) but im pushing him aside lolll. and there were a few more characters i deleted. and there was a “supernatural rights” angle that im still not sure if im going to do anything w. probably not lol.

probably a few years. but just as a regular book.

ehhhhh peer pressure i think? technically the only RO is probably nayeli? like u can fuck amvrosiy but nothing else would come from it. like honestly now that i think abt it ill probably do smthn separate 4 everyone elses romance routes, cuz tbh 🤨 i didnt wanna focus much on romance. but we can still talk abt them like theyre RO’s. 😁

re: the “justice league” thing. this IS the secret society thing i mention in the masterpost. this is a small town. so ppl w/ powers should stick together in amvrosiy’s opinion. i honestly feel like amvrosiy is probably the evil that should be fought (/hj) but yah it’s kinda like. everyone that has powers is in this club. why arent you in this club, kinda peer pressure.

not extremely common. like maybe a quarter of the ppl in this town have powers.

naur unfortunately. châu has a bit of a ghost sensitivity but i dont think it counts.

#answered ask #hopefully my answers satisfied u ahhh #dev post

[penzi-penzi]

FILE 1. The Beginning of the End (liveblog)

I've been off tumblr for like 10,000,000 years, I only made this blog to make a camp here and there liveblog. I got three episodes in before I decided I wanted to do a dedicated livelog of it. It's still very new, right? I haven't interacted much with the fandom really at all because I don't want spoilers. So please don't spoil anything! I'm only ever up to date on whatever episode I've posted about most recently.

All I know about this series is that it's about a nurse at a summer camp I would've loved to have gone to as a kid. I read a post somewhere recommending it to people who were into The Magnus Archives and were looking for something new after it ended. It was also recommended to people who like the music of Will Wood...

It took me an embarrassingly long time to realize it was because he literally made the music...

I feel like such a fool.

All the characters are entities and all the places are sites??? I think I'll have to line their titles up...

I don't know how I didn't put two and two together that my guy is doing the tunes, this intro is so his vibe...

Chickadees

The main character is Sydney Sargent! They remind me a lot of Cecil from Night Vale

Sydney's diction can be a little hard to understand sometimes, but I think that's mostly because of the speed at which they talk? Are there transcripts for this series?

They were unwanted?? D:

I'm calling him Jeddy now because I think it's funny

Ah, Lucille is the Elias

The vegan option reminds me of going on field trips as the only vegetarian kid in my class... Then again loose assorted leaves is just a salad.

Pink Elephant Man reminds me of the Man in the Tan Jacket with the Dear Skin Suitcase. I don't mean to keep comparing this to other podcasts, I just have a very associative mind. Is he actually a Winnie the Pooh reference? Or, I guess, Dumbo??

Pink Heffalump Man

Aww, Pink Elephant Man sounds like he just wants someone to dance with.

Please don't stare at the sun, Sydney

Can Sydney eat toast on its own? Or is that forbidden by the curse? Does garlic bread count as buttered toast? Do flavored butters still count as butters? What about sweet butter on cinnamon toast?

Wouldn't it be fun if Joshua was actually totally chill

Jeddy has been here this whole time?

mmmmmwOwOwmmmmm

I RECOGNIZE THE SONG TO ERR IS HUMAN IN THE BACKGROUND, WHY DID IT TAKE ME SO LONG TO REALIZE HE WAS MAKING THE MUSIC??

I've actually never been to sleepaway camp, my family could never afford it, but it always sounded like it'd be fun as long as I had minimal adult supervision. It's fun to wander in the woods.

The Heffalump Man was in Syd's Office? D:

Or maybe Jeddy is the secret villain

Is Syd saying all this private information into the intercom system?? Is this what children are hearing on their way to bed??? You're just trying to unwind for the night while the nurse talks on the loudspeaker about a private conversation they just had with a coworker and how they're secretly very worried about the situation????

Jeddy still believes everything's normal? Either he's evil or he's the Carlos of this series

I just had the thought that I really don't want want Syd to die. I dunno what the overall tone of this series is, so I don't know how much danger the character are or aren't in.

lol the winner is named clearwater

When I was little my brother convinced me to start eating mushrooms by saying I'd grow up mega like mega mario

Goodnight, Syd!

I'm now trained to stick around until they read off the copyright thing

Also, I hope Sydney isn't saying all this into the loudspeaker in the dead of night omg

Ah okay it's a tape

Heffalump guy jumpscared Syd in their office!! D:

Elephant Man's just sad no one wants to dance with him.

Elephant Man is blond? Weirdly I hadn't even considered he had hair

Seems to me he came to the nurse to talk to them about his pica. Syd's the medical professional professional, they should really have more empathy

Syd's final thoughts: Haha, get rekt Jeddy

Jeddy! He sounds sweet

Oh, Jeddy is a bitch

Sydney used to have hallucinations?

Go to bed already Jeddy

Woah Syd copied me

So he IS Carlos!

They have a history together? They grew up together? They were childhood friends?

There's the credits!

Oh! The voice actors are also the writers.

That was a lovely episode! I can already feel a bunch of mysteries wiggling under the surface that I'll need a little time to process.

I think I'll make a full analysis of the first episode when I've relistened to it and got all my thoughts together.

Until then, see you!

#chnt #camp here and there #chnt theory #chnt liveblog #no spoilers please!!!

[anam3ii]

-1bitHeart-

Nov, 28,2023,

Hi, I'm new here. I've been wanting to create a blog for a long time now. I wasn't sure how to start a blog, what exactly should I share. I meaan...I have a lot to share but I was thinking to my self..should I just be consistent and stick to one thing or would it be ok to do a little bit of everthing?? Well I guess we'll see since I'm kinda..winging it. lol

Today I'd like to share with you what I've been up to recently. I decided to give youtube a try. I love to game and thought why not..it might be fun. I recently finished a game and posted the short series. I still have a lot to learn about editing so it's not great to be honest but the good thing is I've learned a lot for my first time.Oh yes..from the many mistakes. It was not so fun starting over a lot, I'll tell you that ,yet I hope the next series is much better and maybe I'll even have some commentary.

The game I recently completed and posted on youtube is called 1bitHeart. It is created by, not a very well known, developer Miwashiba. This Japanese dev is from Fukuoka and has illustrated and created various cute and interesting RPG games. Miwashiba is known for creating their own pixel adventure games Alicemare, LiEat series,1bitHeart and the sequel 1BeatHeart.I just found out, while doing some research, that pool of creativity has not run dry just yet. In fact,there is a game in production right now by the name of The Faceless Double. You can find all of the games on steam; all but one,1BeatHeart.The game is available and you can find it here on this link.I have yet to give the game a try but so far the big difference I see between them is the more dull or muted colors and maybe less cuteness? It doesn't seem to be going on steam anytime soon so I'm a little hesitant to give it a go.

So far, all of the games that are available on steam are also published under the same publisher, PLAYISM. They publish a variety of genres. From story-focused games to Horror to strategy etc.

Now, I'll be honest, I didn't dive too much into the dev or the publisher so sorry I have no idea if there is any juicy gossip lol. I do though, want to tell you a little bit more about the game,1bitHeart. As far as I know, the game was released on steam back in 2017. The game is set in Japan, in the near future, where technology has progressed to the point that I'd say it's somewhat similar to now in our lives; it is used pretty much everyday, everywhere. It dominates the lives of everyone.

In the game, we play a young guy by the name of Nanashi, who spends most of his time indoors. He is very intelligent but a bit socially awkward. He meets a young girl by the name of Misane. While out making friends and solving mysteries, he learns of a frightening plot to take control of people via hacking. Together they set out to stop the people behind this evil plot.

I have yet to play the other games myself but I can tell you that this game, compared to the others, it's a 2D side scroller instead of using the top down perspective the others used.This allows for larger side view portraits of the game's many characters which lets the game to emphasize Miwashiba's incredible skill at designing cute characters and more detailed during dialogue. The game doesn't have turn based battles like LiEat, according to some other reviews, and also isn't solely based on exploration like Alicemare.The game has it's own systems. The hints being one, that helped me, which you get to chose to have them on or off in the very beginning. When you come across hackers and they attempt to hack the player, you defend yourself by directional inputs; which are basic. Still, the game is fun when you have to play detective and have the subsequent confrontations. You also progress the story by solving the various cases through the chapters during which you need to gather information and evidence.

Stardew Valley is a game I have played, but not finished but I can tell you that in the same way that you are able to give gifts to the characters that hang around the town in 1bitHeart you do the same. You'll trigger scenes once you become better friends with them but you are not able to romance any of the characters like in SV. This leads to one of the most impressive parts: there are actually about 48 characters in all that are spread across the town. Each with their own story, personality and style. The end goal, depending on what end you want, is of course, for these characters to become the main character's friend. You can see the amount of love and effort that was put into the game. In a review I read that the backgrounds during character's dialogue could use a little work. They probably could but I think it was done that way so the characters and their dialogue was the main focus.

Like I mentioned earlier, you need to give gifts to the characters in order to be friends but you need money or bits to buy gifts. You get bits by playing tetris-type minigames but it'll take A LOT of grinding=time to get enough bits to befriend everyone. Fortunately, the dev was aware of this flaw, as there is a secret in the game to acquire endless bits=endless gifts.

Honestly, I enjoyed the soundtrack. It's ok. One of my favorites its the opening theme.

The biggest gripe I have with the game is that I didn't see the option for borderless windowed or something to prevent the game from minimizing. The game would minimize each and every time I clicked out of the game. It was very frustrating and annoying. Honestly, it's one of the reasons why I'm hesitant to play them to record them.

I wonder if streaming would be easier in this case?? I don't want to totally give up.Anyway..If you made it this far, THANK YOU for taking the time to read my blog today. Let me know what your thoughts are...til next time!

-A

#anime #game #pc games #steam #steam games #1bitheart #cute #story #indie #game review #review #Youtube #daily life #diary entry #diary #playism #vgperson #lieat #alicemare #2023 #november #visual novel #dear diary

[holdingontoheadache]

The time has come!! I’m a day late which I’m terribly sorry about but it is I, your holiday pal! I’ve absolutely loved getting to be your pal over the past month and getting to know you and ask whatever weird questions I could think of! Now I dont want to leave your last answers/questions from our last message left unanswered so I’ll do it here!

Oh Christmas in the sun!! Sounds nice compared to the cold you’re used to! And a concert sounds so fun, I miss going to them!

The weather down here is mostly what I’d call “cool temps” with the highs being in the 60s and 70s but a few days still have the low as 40s! Maybe it’ll dip again and be cold this month and the next but who knows! And no need to stress/worry about falling behind when reading Hail Mary! I’ve still got about half a book to finish before I even touch Hail Mary and I can be a bit of a slow reader as well! I definitely don’t consider myself a fast reader. One of my resolutions is to just read more. I had the same thing for 2022 and I read but only about a little more than handful of books but I think it’s good enough considering I had just stopped reading books for awhile. I really missed reading actual books so I’m hoping I’ll be able to read more this year and find books I want to read because I feel I’m kinda picky when it comes to finding them!

I’ve yet to watch the Andrew Spider-Man’s but I’m gonna try and do it this week! Oh I hope you like Glass Onion! I’d say watch Knives Out first so you understand Benoit a bit better as a character but they can be a stand alone movies on their own! You’ve gotta let me know what you think of them when you watch! They’re definitely some of my favorite movies. I hope they make a few more of them!

Oh I love your bags!!! I love the avatar ones and the Pooh one is very cute. I think those are my favorite of all of them! Oh and your bulbasaur is so cool!!! My fav of the Kirby ones is Kirby on the star!

Alrighty, I think that covers the whole last ask! I didnt do a speed round this time simply because I think now that I’m no longer anonymous it isn’t needed if that makes sense? Like I’d just be clogging up your inbox with another reply!

I hope you’ve enjoyed the past month and I hope the new year is an absolute great one for you! I’m not sure what’s to happen after this but it was an absolute pleasure being your holiday pal and here’s to being pals in the coming year!

Hello, lovely!! Happy Tuesday!! ✨

It’s very nice to finally put a name to a face (or a blog to an anon, in this case lol). I had a wonderful time getting to know you through this December exchange!! Hopefully, I was able to keep the conversations going with the longer asks!! Don’t worry about the lateness, I totally understand!!

Us slow readers truly have to stick together 😅. One of my resolutions this year is to read more as well. I read a couple of different things last year that I both really liked and ones that I kinda did, but don’t think I’d pick up again lol. My to-be-reads are staring at me dead in the face every time I walk into my room, so I’m starting with the stack that’s in my desk before going to the ones I have hidden away!! Happy reading on your end, hun!!

I’m rewatching a lot of shows atm lol. But I’ll definitely give knives out and glass onion a watch and let you know what I thought!! Prepared to be sick of me lol.

Until the next one ✨

(Also, I gotta see a photo of your pink self-titled now lol!!)

#holiday pals 🎄✨ #ask

[trshltna-blog]

I LIVE BREATHE FANDOM, WITHOUT IT I AM NOTHING

I mean the title quite literally, in some terms.

If you've known me my whole life, or even a part of this whole year, you'd know how many fandoms I'm in or I've gotten into, been obsessed with something or someone even if it was for a short span of time.

My first semester of the year had me obsessing with Euphoria, Genshin, Twice, Scarlet Witch, TWICE and Taylor Swift. Now, I still do love all these things but have only kept in depth with TWICE and my forever mother, Taylor Swift.

I'd say I'm a 'love!! and go" kind of person when it comes to fandoms. I made it up but basically what I mean is that, I obsess over one particular thing for (give it about) a month, and then stop. Yet, I still care about it, but if the hype dies down around it I bounce to another thing I can continue to be obsessed with.

I think the best example would be Euphoria. Now that the show has died down I don't talk about it much anymore. I've loved other shows along the way, and even think that Euphoria maybe isn't as great. But who knows, my opinion might change when season 3 comes out.

Newly found fandoms I've entered, I'd say, is TWICE. I've known them since they debuted but only got really interested in 'everything they do' last year (2021). So far, it's been great. Everytime I see a post about someone liking Twice I just know they're gonna end up thinking I'm gay. Which is true, the stereotype doesn't bother me. I guess I stayed this long because of how well ranged their music is. Also because of how bonded all 9 of them are as a girl group. They even renewed their 7 year contract as a team together because that's how much they love each other.

I've also recently started liking F1. Which is weird, because I kinda grew up with it my whole life half-watching it with my dad, but little did I know I'd keep up with it on my own middle of last year. The season's finish for this year so you won't see me talking about F1 in my stories now, but just know I'd stick around. Trust me, for some reason it's fun, I don't just watch for Charles Leclerc (lol).

Then there's the Genshin fandom. I don't play Genshin as much as I used to but I still keep up with the lore and characters online by reading them up. Maybe when I'm fully done with the semester, then I'd get back to it.

Now my love hate relationship with the MCU. I read Ariff’s blog post saying in his blog that he fell out of love with it and I agree. I still try to keep up with the movies and shows they release, but my love for it isn't as big as it was before. Maybe because the hype has died down. Thanos is no more, they've beaten him. The OG Avengers don't exist anymore, and in general they're trying to build up this new wave of superheros that might need time for people to digest and start to like. I still love Scarlet Witch though, and I'm rooting for their potential.

It's safe to say the one and true fandom I've stayed really long in is the Taylor Swift fandom. I've loved her since I was 6, that commitment right there should be awarded to me because of how bad my commitment issues are (sorry, I'm an aquarius?). Yeah, I found my safe space, and I'd love to stay as long as I can. That's why fandom's so important to me.

Well, who knows what else I might end up liking? Regardless, being in a fandom is fun. You should try it sometime.

#mda20009 #week9 #fandom

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Overnight Oats - Coconut milk fail!

I cannot believe it’s been 3 years since I have posted. But I am here! I am alive and well

So I am still continuing my healthy journey - not sure if I mentioned it before but I will say it again, DIETS ** clap ** DON’T ** clap ** WORK ** clap **

You have to change your lifestyle and your mindset when it comes to food, nutrition, exercising etc. and stick to it.

The next few posts are a few of the healthier choices that I have enjoyed/not enjoyed recently.

Today’s topic, as you see from the title is overnight oats and how I (the girl with the iron belly) finally found her kryptonite.

I have always seen this on various blogs and finally got around to trying them.

I already had most of the ingredients at home so I was off to a good start. All I needed was the milk. I went to the supermarket and there was no almond milk in sight, so I settled on coconut milk. 

Quick side note, I find that since covid our local (Barbados) supermarkets have struggled with stocking various items and it’s been a pain. I am not one to complain, but definitely something worth noting. Brand loyalty does not exist anymore, I just pick up what I can get lol

Back on topic, I am accustomed to using almond milk, mostly for my homemade protein shakes (I will discuss that on the next post) and I can tell you that I am not a fan of the taste on it’s own, but once it’s blended up with other stuff, it’s fine.

When I first tasted the coconut milk I was pleasantly surprised at how nice it was! That’s when I realized this was the first time I had tried coconut milk on it’s own. I’ve definitely had it as part of meals but never drank it straight until this day.

I very happily proceeded to make my overnight oats. I decided to stick to 3 portions to start and my first “recipe” was apples and cinnamon.

...and yes, I put recipe in quotation marks for a reason. 

I’ll be honest with you, while I read recipes, they are mere suggestions and I usually end up winging it lol

I did follow the measurements for Oats/Milk ratio which was 1 portion of oats to 2 portions of milk. (kinda like making rice!)

I ended up with this lovely finished product. 

I definitely went looking for mason jars and didn’t find any; however, I settled on these bottles for $4 each from Dollarwise.

Day 1

I ate it cold and it was delicious and creamy and I was so excited to continue to make these in the future. Fast forward 2 hrs or so, my stomach was queasy and it stayed that was for the ENTIRE day.  It kinda felt like mild cramps.

I assumed it was the coconut milk because there is nothing in this world (that I know of) that upsets my stomach.

When I googled it, apparently coconut milk is known to upset your stomach due to the high fat content. I knew it had to be the milk but since I already made 3 I wanted to be absolutely sure it was that.

Day 2

I was determined to make this coconut milk work so I heated up the overnight oats this time. Very delicious and sure enough, 2hrs later, queasy stomach for the entire day.  On this day I was prepared though, I brought ginger tea to work with me and had a cup of tea immediately after. It made a slight difference.

The coconut milk didn't give me air and didn't send me to the bathroom but feeling queasy is not fun.

When I got home I unfortunately had to throw out the rest of my coconut milk and my 3rd portion of overnight oats.

But there is alight at the end of the tunnel...

The very next week I found some almond milk and was able to make more overnight oats and had no stomach issues.

This will continue to be a staple in my breakfast prep routine