#i care about them i want more development guess i’ll have to do it myself

[melobin]

✧ eunseok as your boyfriend ✧

part of the riize as your boyfriend series!

cw. eunseok x female reader. strangers to lovers, fluff, some light angst, smut toward the bottom.

summary. eunseok as your boyfriend, both domestically and sexually. nsfw content is included below!

a/n. sorry for randomly abandoning this series .. it’ll be finished i promise 🫶🏻

how you met

you met when you were quite young

he’s been your brothers best friend for as long as you can remember

you grew used to him always being at your house, always being around you

you tried to not take too much notice of him but it was hard, he was sweet, funny, attractive

in some fucked up way he felt like your dream man that realistically you knew you could never have, or so you thought

eunseok was always quite doting on you

your brother trusted him around you, trusted him to be there if something was to happen and your brother couldn’t show up

you knew all of this, your brother always telling you that if you can’t get ahold of him, call eunseok

you hardly ever did but in the rare occasion you did call for him, he’d be there

how you got together

your crush developed on him quite quickly as you grew up

you pinned it down to some form of silly little school girl crush

the cliche, having a crush on your brothers best friends who’s older than you, who’s so sweet to you, who always makes you laugh and who is attractive as fuck

you’d read about those kind of relationships and how in the end they always worked out

you weren’t too optimistic about this though, spending a while fearing he saw you as nothing more than his best friends younger sibling who just happened to be around him because of a mutual connection

it wasn’t the case though

eunseok wanted to take care of you, he wanted to protect you

for a while he pinned it down to the fact you were younger than him and you’d practically always been in his life

it wasn’t really he case though and deep down he knew it

as the two of you grew older around each other, the more his feelings of needing to protect you and take care of you grew

he founds himself hoping he’d bump into you around your house, hoping you’d reach out to him because you needed something, needed him

once he accepted his feelings he decided he needed to play them out on the table as soon as possible

the day it came to confessing to you, he was stressed

wasn’t really sure how it would go, hated the ides of things becoming awkward between the two of you and for your brother to find out the man he trusted with you

he really was stressing over nothing though

it was a little strange for you when you received a message off of eunseok, asking if you could meet him somewhere

you weren’t entirely sure on what he wanted to say to you and in all honesty it made you worry a little bit

did he notice the crush you had on him? was he about to reject you? was he about to tell you to never look in his direction again?

maybe your overthinking was a little extreme

and completely wrong

for some reason eunseok thought the best place to be rejected for his confession was a little cafe near by your house

something about him seemed different when you got there, he was fidgety, couldn’t seem to stay still no matter how hard he tried

“there’s something i need to tell you” you looked over at his, eyes confused and head tilted to the side. you looked so cute, distractingly cute. the pout that formed on your lips as you watched him made me want to lean over and kiss it off of you, he both loved and hated how you made him feel. “is everything okay?” your voice was so gentle, it calmed him. he cleared his throat “yes? uh well i guess it depends how this talk goes” now you really were concerned “i’ll just come out and say it, in the past few months i’ve noticed myself growing feelings for you and i didn’t know what to do about it or how to handle it due to the nature of our relationship and i just didn’t wanna fuck anything up” whatever you had expected him to say, you were dead wrong. you sat in silence for a few moments, those few moments terrified the lost looking boy in front of you. you weren’t mad or upset or anything like that you just weren’t sure on what to say. what do you say when the boy you’ve been pining over for years confesses to you? “i’m sorry if it made you uncomfortable or anything i just-“ “eunseok” he stops speaking, eyes darting to yours, entire body relaxing instantly at your next words “where are we going for our first date?”

he was smitten right from the start, he loved spending time with you. although he hated lying and keeping secrets from your brother, you were worth it

the dates he took you on were simple but intimate

he realised he couldn’t do anything too big without your brother noticing, he had already been questioning him about him seeing someone, already noticing the change in his behaviour

he noticed it in you too, but decided against commenting on it, already putting the math together in his head, he just wanted the two of you to tell him before he spoke up about it

he wasn’t against the idea of a relationship forming between the two of you, there was no one he trusted more than eunseok, especially when it came to you. he just wanted to watch eunseok sweat and panic for a while

eunseok wanted to ask you to be his before tackling your brother thought

boy already adored you and didn’t wanna wait too long before securing your relationship, so he didn’t

only a few dates had passed before his hands found themselves sitting on your hips and his eyes trained on yours, looking down at you like you held everything he could ever want

wanted to be sweet with it but couldn’t stop himself from just asking you, wanting to be able to call himself your boyfriend as soon as possible

“would it be too soon to ask you if you’d be mine?” his fingers rubbed small circles into your hips, yours played with the bottom on his hair, you wanted to humour him “hmmmm i don’t knowww” you dragged out your words, laughing a little as he rolled his eyes, but your demeanor turned serious after “but if you think it’s not too soon seokkie, i wouldn’t be opposed to it” he smile and pulled you. a little closer to his, lips ghosting over the skin of your cheek “in that case, be mine?” “happily”

what he’s like as a boyfriend

he adores you and everything you do

he’s the walking definition of domestic dominance

just wants to take care of you in every way that he possibly can

it’s the small things that matter, standing and sitting close to you when you’re doing mundane things, always having an eye on you when you’re out and about, hand on your lower back when you’re walking past people, even leaning over you to put your seatbelt on when you’re in his car

you don’t ask him to do any of these things and you never fail to get flustered when he does them

he just wants you to be safe and happy and content and will always be prepared to do what he needs to do in order to make that happen

his ideal date is just laying in bed with you in his arms, starting with watching whatever film or show netflix has decided to offer the two of you and ending with you making out under the covers and giggling against each others lips

he embraces any form of intimacy and gentleness that he can get with you, especially out of the way of the other boys. wants you to himself, just for him to enjoy

he does enjoy the occasional date outdoors, usually during the night. something about being under the stars with you is so peaceful and comforting

likes to wrap his arm around your waist and hold you against his side as you walk, always taking precaution to glance around before leaning forward to kiss you

eunseok is not too fond of pda, he adores touching you, kissing you, holding you in his arms but he’s a little less willingly to do it around other people

not out of embarrassment, but more so out of wanting to keep his privacy with you

in private he’s very touchy, hands always on you, all over you. everywhere.

he loves forehead kisses, will find any excuse he can to hold you in his arms whilst you’re laying down and press a gentle kiss to your forehead before resting his own head on yours. it’s so comforting and intimate. for him, it’s a kiss that says both everything and nothing at the same time

boyfriend eunseok would give you anything you wanted and more if you let him.

arguments with him

eunseok can be quite nonchalant about a lot of things, he doesn’t enjoy arguing with you but he’s not the most outwardly emotional about it either.

he’s cold, he doesn’t necessarily mean to be, especially when it comes to you, but that’s how he is by nature so it’s not uncommon for you to assume he doesn’t care when you’re upset about something. even more so when it’s something that he’s done.

but he does care, often finds himself stuck in his own thought once he realises he’s hurt or upset you.

sometimes he’ll realise mid argument and try to fix it but he finds himself making it worse, often accidentally saying things like wrong.

most arguments usually end with him holding you, stroking your hair and kissing you’re head until you’ve calmed down, whispering the sweetest words in your ear about how you mean the world to him and how he’d never want to upset you.

if you’re the one who’s upset him then he just doesn’t know how to act.

he knows you’d never hurt him intentionally but sometimes he finds himself overthinking things you’ve said to him, getting into his own head and beating himself up over it.

he loves you and he’ll hear you out when you apologise. he might seem a little distant and off during it but once you curl your fingers around his hand and tell him how much you love him he tends to come back to the ground.

letting you wrap your arms around him and tell him sweet words, comforting him

at the end of the day he loves you more than anything and he’s ready to work through any argument the two of you have. he thinks you’re worth it.

his love langue

quality time and physical touch are his.

he loves spending time with you, just sitting and talking or playing games or anything. as long as he’s with you it doesn’t matter to him what you do.

he values all of his time with you, you’re his favourite person so he treasures everything.

if you’re around other people he always finds himself gravitating toward you, hand in yours or arm round your waist.

thinks the way you’re happy to just sit and play with his fingers whilst he talks to his friend is cute.

he also loves touching you, having his arms around you, holding your hand. anything that lets him having skin to skin contact with you.

his favourite times are when you’re sat together, arms wrapped around each other playing a game or watching something, he gets to spend time with you and have fun as well as have you in his arms.

lowkey bullying too. lovingly.

he’s teasing, taunting, mocking, he’ll make light hearted jokes to you.

genuinely gets slightly upset if you don’t find them funny because you’re his girlfriend and you’re supposed to find everything he says funny, those are his words.

it’s all with love though, teasing you when you get flustered around by him, taunting you when you lose against him in your favourite game and mocking you when you ask him for something as simple as a kiss.

he always finds your reactions to be the cutest thing, loving the way you whine and pretend to be mad at him.

knows he’ll always get your attention back on him when he starts littering kisses on your neck and telling you i’m so sorry baby, a hint of amusement in his voice.

what he’s like in bed

dominant. it’s very rare that he’s not. eunseok just loves taking control, loves having power over you.

thinks having you at his mercy, a wreck under him is the ideal way to spend the night. especially when you’re crying out his name as he fucks himself into you.

he can be mean, you’ve found yourself bent over his knee, counting the slaps he makes against your ass countless times.

he just likes when you’re good for him, loves his good girl more than anything and needs to put you in your place when you’re a brat.

has no issue in putting you in your place either.

very rarely will he drop the dominant act, but sometimes he will.

no power play sex with eunseok is the sweetest, softest thing you’ll ever find yourself doing.

he holds you so softly as he fucks you, whispers the sweetest words in your ear, moans so prettily as you clench around him.

constantly reminding you about how much he loves you, cums so deep inside of you just to be sure you take all of it.

on the flip side, he can be rough.

he loves forced eye contact, making you look at him whilst he fucks you senseless.

but he also loves pressing you face down ass up and fucking you till you’re crying, god he loves it when you cry.

the way you look, the sound, everything is so beautiful, even more so because it’s coming from you.

you’re just his everything and he makes sure to treat you and fuck you as such.

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#✧ melody posts #riize smut #eunseok smut #riize as your boyfriend #✧ hard hours ✧

[sturniolosugar]

INTERLINKED PT. 2

pairing y/n & chris sturniolo

Summary: Y/n and Chris have been best friends for awhile. They end up becoming sexually involved with eachother. They value eachother so much but are both scared of the consequences of their actions, which leads their friendship to be stuck in a rocky place.

Warnings: mentions of self harm (not descriptive, just a mention)

pt1 pt3 pt4 pt5

I guess in a way I’ve developed a toxic attachment to Chris. Because after all we are not actually together. So I feel like I have no right to feel jealousy when he talks to other girls. But we’ve had sex only a couple times. The last time we had sex was 2 weeks ago. I wonder if having sex with me and laying next to me skin to skin rubbing his hands over my body meant something to him or was just a casual Tuesday for him. I get into a spiral when I start thinking of this shit. We were best friends for so long and I have a feeling getting sexually involved with each-other wasn’t the best choice. As much as this possibly could ruin our friendship, I loved it. I loved the way it felt. The way he would touch me, looked at me, felt me, held me. I remember the first time we had sex. It was at his house when Nick and Matt were gone. We had talked for hours and hours. We were both sober not even 1 drop of drugs in our system. So as much as sometimes I wanted to blame the drugs for being the reason we got involved with each other like this I couldn’t. Because we were both completely sober when it happened.

It was right after he saw self harm marks on my right thigh. I didn’t even realize he saw them until I looked up at him and he was staring at me like he saw a ghost. I had on very short shorts (I didn’t realize how short they were and that my marks were visible when I sat down). He moved himself closer to me and put his hand on my thigh rubbing it up and down gently. I looked down where his eyes were focused already and realized he was running his fingers over the cuts. My heart dropped. He asked me why I did that to myself. I had to explain that I felt so much emotional pain at that time that I needed an escape. And that I would of rather of felt any type of physical pain than the mental & emotional pain I was feeling in that moment. He just held onto my hands tightly as we talked about it.

“Don’t ever do something like that again. Your so beautiful inside and out. Your body doesn’t deserve to feel pain especially when your mind already does. Come to me. Anytime. Anyday. Anywhere. Or I’ll come to you. Just tell me where. It doesn’t matter if you were all the way in Alaska I’ll be there. I love you y/n.” he said holding my hands tightly. “I love you too. Don’t think of me differently” I let out a shaky breath. “I love every part of you. All of you. All of your flaws. All of your weaknesses and strengths. Everything. I would never think differently of you. We’re human. Doing human shit. The last thing I would do is judge you. I have no room to judge you ma” he says pulling me into him giving me a tight hug.

He made me feel seen. Like I’m a human. Like I’m allowed to have good and bad times. He’s the only person that knows about the self harm. He never made me feel weak because of it. He made me feel loved. Like I deserved better and that he genuinely cared. After talking about it for awhile that night we continued on with our night. Everything seemed normal at first but I noticed his energy shift. He started being more touchy. More affectionate in a way. Me and Chris have never been afraid to show physical touch. It’s both of our love languages. But he was being extra touchy. So I matched his energy, not knowing what the outcome would be. I laid down at one point and he started poking my sides, that turned into a tickle fight. Seemed casual until he was laying on top of me. His head rested against my chest and I was running my hands through his fingers. I started getting tired so I shut my eyes. As soon as I shut my eyes I felt the warmth of his body move off of mine. I opened my eyes confused as to why he had just moved off of me.

“I’m just grabbing water” he says before getting off the bed and grabbing his water bottle, taking a drink of it. I smile at him. “You want some?” He asked. “Sure” I say grabbing the bottle of water and taking a few drinks. I hand the bottle back to him and he sets it on his desk before coming back to his bed and laying next to me. He positions body close to mine and puts his hand on my stomach and his leg over mine. He gently rubs up and down my stomach causing my shirt slowly ride up but still covering my chest. His hand rubs against my bare stomach as my shirt has been moved up a little from him rubbing up and down against it. “Y/n” Chris says quietly continuing to run his hand over my stomach. “Yeah?” I asked. “I love you. A lot. I want to make you feel good” he says quietly. “I love you too. I do feel good” I respond casually. “I wanna make you feel really good” he replied, still rubbing his hand up and down my bare stomach. “What do you mean?” I ask a little confused. “I wanna make your body feel good. I wanna make your body and soul feel loved. I wanna show you how deep I love you.” He says looking up into my eyes.

And before you knew it we had sex. It definitely didn’t feel like just sex because I’ve had sex. It felt deep. Passionate. It felt like we were making love. Complete opposite of lust. I felt our energies exchange and become one as a whole. He kissed every inch of my body. He took care of me after. Making sure I didn’t feel used. Making sure I was okay. I’ve had no strings attached sex before. But with Chris there was automatically strings attached. He told me he didn’t wanna lose me and that sex didn’t make him look at me differently. He said that he loved me already before sex and having sex wasn’t gonna change that. He told me he wanted to have me all to himself after that. He didn’t ask me to be his girlfriend but that’s what he was implying. I hesitated and told him I didn’t wanna ruin our friendship. I could see his face dim. Like he had just been stabbed in the chest. He brushed it off and said there was no rush but that it wouldn’t change the fact he still wanted me all to himself. I basically denied him right after having sex with him. Since then things between us have been a little rocky. It’s not that I didn’t wanna be in a relationship with him, I was just fucking scared. Terrified.

Since then me and him have had sex and every single time it gets better and better. We’ve only had sex 3 times since the first time and it drives me fucking crazy. It’s like I crave him. I crave every fucking thing about him. Even before sex I craved his energy and love. I always wanted to be with him 24/7 but my emotions intensified after sex. He fucks with my head by continuously talking to other girls. Seeing him at the party the other night with the girl on the couch made me wanna go fucking insane. And I know he must of felt the same way when he saw me talking to Marcus because he pulled me away. I just don’t understand what we are. I don’t know if he has any feeling’s attached, or if he was just manipulating me trying to get me to have sex with him. But I feel like if he was just trying to use my body he wouldn’t have waited almost a year and a half into our friendship. I have tried suppressing my feelings for him but I can’t anymore. It’s impossible. I only was trying to flirt with Marcus to see if Chris was gonna react. And he did. Im supposed to hangout with him tomorrow. It’s hard hanging out with him, especially around his brothers. He acts as if he’s never been inside of me or had his mouth on every part of my body. It’s hard ignoring my feelings for him. I feel like since I denied him right after sex he became colder. He’s still my best friend but I don’t even see the light in his eyes anymore. It’s like I hurt him. I never meant to. I just wanted to protect our friendship. Maybe I should of thought about that before agreeing to have sex with him.

#chris sturniolo #christopher sturniolo #matt sturniolo #sturniolo #sturniolo fanfic #sturniolo smutt #sturniolo triplets #sturniolo x reader #nick sturniolo #nicolas sturniolo #tiktok #sturniolo smut #matthew sturniolo #fandom #fanfic #spotify #triplets

[alligatorjesie]

*glances at the raging cunt who keeps posting harassment to this fandom's tags every month or so*

You know the last time I checked you're not a fucking reylo so beats the fuck out of us why you're up in our goddamn shit so often @watchingtheearthrise

Cait Corrain isn't active in this fandom. She's hardly a reylo, and if she's gonna act like that she's not fuckin' welcome here.

I think they may have wrote a few reylo fics a long time ago but they're not a big name writer and the fandom as a whole don't really know who the fuck this person is.

I've seen a few people online mention Cait's book is published reylo fanfiction but I can't find anything from the writer confirming it so we’re all just assuming it started out as a reylo fic.

Looking at it, it seems more like lore olympus fanfiction than reylo but again, until the author says otherwise we’re just assuming.

Cait did however talk a gullible friend into helping her sabotage other people's book reviews and when the lacky she coerced did it wrong because she didn't really explain her dastardly plan very well and the moment she realized how badly the 'friend' fucked up she threw that kid under the bus.

But even that shit is kinda sus because these timestamps don't fucking line up. This conversation looks doctored to a lot of people meaning the only person responsible for being a cunt here is cait and you @watchingtheearthrise.

The friend is mentioned to be a reylo but you can't really put much of the blame on them since they were just doing what their cool(shitty) published writer friend asked them to do, assuming this friend is even real.

Cait didn't get mad she did a bad thing. She got mad she did it poorly and got caught. Which speaks volumes about Cait.

You being here assuming the worst out of this fandom every time someone so much as sneezes without saying 'god bless you' speaks volumes about you @watchingtheearthrise.

Please for the love of fuck would you find a fucking hobby to pour this endless passion into.

You know something really fun that I've spent a lot of mental energy on over the years and has brought me great pride and joy is this Star Wars Episode 9 rewrite comic I've been working on.

Legit!

I got character sheets and new alien designs.

Most of the script is wrote out, I'm currently working on storyboards and page framing.

I'm only as far as I am because I have a life outside the computer and can't dedicate endless hours a pet project but it's got 2 of my favorite things in it:

A narratively cohesive continuation of The Last Jedi-

And furries.

Because fuckit why not it's my fucking comic.

You're welcome to laugh, and I know you will because you're a huge pile of shit, but doing this has been incredibly cathartic.

we live in a world were we have increasingly little control over basic shit in it. Media can feel like it wants to make money more than it cares about the story and character development and if I want media I’ll actually enjoy well goddamnit I guess I’ll make it myself.

I want it to be good. I want the salt of the fact a random furry wrote and created a better Star Wars EP9 to burn. I think thats funny.

I personally didn't like EP9

(Notice how I dislike EP9 but don't go out of my way to harass people who like it @watchingtheearthrise?)

So I decided to just make my own. Instead of being asshole to people in a fandom who do like it.

(Notice what I'm doing there @watchingtheearthrise?)

I don't see you in here when the fandom does nice shit like donating a shit ton of money to Adam Driver's arts for the military foundation.

I didn't see you in here when Thea Guanzon, a southeast asian reylo's published book became a new york times bestseller.

I don't fucking see you pop in when the dedicated members of this fandom post art and stories and celebrate the thing they love.

Don't let a single person who is acting shitty color your entire opinion about a whole ass fandom man. God fucking knows if I took this approach with finnreys I would just assume all of them are huge pieces of shit because nine times out of ten the people posting anti hate to the reylo tag are finnreys.

But since I'm not a complete fucking dumbass Like Some People Here

I'm able to use some common fucking sense and see it's not the finnreys that are shit.

finnreys are fine.

It's just like... 4 unique people with a lot of extra accounts.

real fucking bold to comment on someone making extra accounts to do nefarious things online from someone who already does that.

I’m pretty fucking sure at least 6 of the antis I regularly come across in this tag Are Your Accounts @watchingtheearthrise. You admit to 2 extra ones you’ve used to harass people in this fandom in the past In Your Fucking Bio

( I love hate how you have reylos in your DNI but paradoxically will not stop posting to this fucking fandoms’s tag I swear to Jesus Fucking Chri-)

God fucking bless you @watchingtheearthrise I hope you find someone who helps you learn how to not be such a festering cunt.

I started out this post not even know who the fuck Cait Corrain is. I still don't give a fuck because shit people can go fuck off into oblivion for all the fucks I don't give but since some asshat antis can’t be fucked to do a goddamn second of research I guess much like that ep9 I'm rewriting I’ll just fucking do this too.

Cait's a reylo about as much as you @watchingtheearthrise and you’re both welcome to let the door hit y’all on the ass on the way out.

#anti talk #reylo #reylo fandom #fandom wank #fandom nonsense

[iwoszareba]

i finished up answering the overdue questions for Aqil (and one for Knave)

@lairiend @gutterspeak @silversiren1101 @commander-lariel @dujour13 @desnas thank you for sending them!! and sorry i got distracted by clownery!! △ Hey Aqil, what’s an awkward fact about Kitsune puberty that most people wouldn’t know? "You probably are aware that we are natural shapeshifters. It's not a spell we have to consciously learn, it's simply an ability that is in our blood and we develop it quite young, alongside things like walking or speech. But that also means it can go a little unreliable when young kitsune are experiencing heightened emotions. You sometimes shift between your forms unexpectedly and involuntarily. For most it relates to some kind of anxiety but not always. I'll give my sisters as an example: Qurin was strongly affected by anger, while Khadija would shift multiple times when she was very excited. It's embarrassing, sure, but it wasn't that big of a deal for us since we are quite open about our family being a kitsune clan. However it must be extremely stressful for those of our kin who prefer to keep a low profile. Do I have any especially awkward memories myself? I guess I do. I was addressing our congregation as the new Meru for the first time. It was probably too soon, I was still a little off from the ritual and getting used to my oracle curse, but I was stubborn and insisted that I could do it. I barely stumbled through my little speech, got all dizzy, shifted three or four times. It was a mess. Afterwards I felt like I made a complete fool out of myself and that it was all over. I went to my father to formally declare that I deserve to be cast out and forgotten but he just put a hand on my shoulder, looked into my eyes and said: "Son, failure is not a matter of making mistakes, failure is letting mistakes you've made define you." So… yeah. It was terrible at the time but I survived just fine. I’m sorry, this probably went beyond the scope of your original question. Anyway, I hope this was a satisfying answer!" invasiveness rating: question itself not invasive, but his own folly of getting too personal was a little embarrassing △ Aqil, with Sosiel – kitsune form or not? "Let me start by saying I admire how much implied suggestive context you were able to express in just a few words. Always a pleasure to meet someone this efficient, I myself have a trouble of being quite verbose.  Another thing I find interesting is how you set this up as a big secret reveal. Yes or no! One word and we will finally know the truth. But let's put a pin in that and run a little thought experiment. No, I'm not trying to stall from time, indulge me. Let’s say you are of elven heritage but every other day you become more human in appearance. It's not a problem and you are at peace, this is simply who you are. But then you find out your beloved finds you attractive and wants to be with you physically only in one of those forms. How would that make you feel? Would you develop a distaste for a part of yourself? Or maybe you start to doubt your partner's feelings and wonder if they truly care for you. I'm not saying that everyone needs to find everything attractive but maybe some relationships would have a hard time surviving or they would devolve into something unhealthy over time. Sosiel has never given anything less than the sense of being loved completely and that is that." invasiveness rating: miffed because it’s literally just his body, but he expects people to be curious, especially in Mendev where kitsune are rare (but 100% thank you for sending it like this, i love thinking about shapeshifter stuff) △ Aqil! You read so many books and learn so many things. Do you keep any 'spicy' books on hand in your library? 'Just in case'? "Just in case? In case of what? I can't wait for the fateful day when my knowledge of "With sword and magic" plotline and 'techniques' will be the thing that saves the day.  I jest of course, I don't think I keep any books of this type on hand at the moment. I did read a fair share of them when I was studying in Absalom, if you ever find yourself there you can seek out Madame Magnolia's Library for Light-hearted Libertines. That's where most of my reading material came from.  Magnolia herself is a wonderful woman, always a delight to talk to and could endear anyone with how open and accepting she is. I once asked how her collection had started and she told me that she would say to her friends 'with every raunchy book I read I become more immune to bleaching' and to join in on the joke her friends would gift her all sorts of outlandish titles. At some point she had so many that it seemed like a waste to just keep them to herself so she started a little private library. After that her collection only grew when even strangers were willing to sell or give her more volumes to fill her shelves.  Recently I got my hands on a little fictionalised retelling of the Knight Commander's 'exploits' during the Fifth Crusade and after reading it through I knew I had to send it to Madame. I wrote a little personalised dedication, tied a pretty bow on it. I hope she gets a kick out of that and may her colours be ever vibrant." invasiveness rating: i guess depends on who would be asking this but in peers type of situation he would be okay. and i really enjoyed making up Magnolia for this question △Aqil, is there anything you wouldn't do to prove yourself to your clan? is there anything more important? "Well of course, if you leave the question this open I can easily imagine scenarios where my decisions and their expectations don't mesh completely. We are all individuals of strong convictions so obviously we clash on details. But our love is not a result of a rigid structure and enforced hierarchy, it's a decision we've made and try to maintain through care and understanding.  I don't have to prove myself to gain their respect and support because I already have it. I want to prove myself because I wish to strive for greatness just as our god teaches.  I guess you could also mean this as 'if the ancestor spirits tasked you with something could you possibly refuse' and then the answer is no. I belong to Nethys and by extension I have to follow the guiding hand of Meru. But then again guidance does not have the severity of commands and I still have plenty of freedom to make my own choices." invasiveness rating: i thought it would get him, i really did. but then i considered it some more and realised he would be prepared to answer something like that because he did think about it himself △ aqil, what are/were your parents/guardians like? "They are wonderful. And I don't say that just to maintain my image of 'everything for family' kinda guy. When I was a little kid I believed that all parents are probably like mine because they are close to old parental archetypes. The father who, while not open with his feelings in words, shows his care through actions and structure he provides and the mother who spoils her children with affection and teaches them how to find joy in life. Of course when I got to experience more of the world I quickly realised that families can run the gamut from good to bad and in-between. And my own in its typicality is far from typical. But what more can I tell you about them…  My father, Bashar Khay, is a very knowledgeable man, serious in demeanour, his very presence commands respect but his wit displays both cunning and sense of humour. He is a teacher of magic theory first and foremost even if he dabbled in other things. The two of us perceive spellcasting in different ways. Where I hear a melody and follow it to its logical conclusion, he sees rules and equations that need to be solved. But he never tried to convince me that my approach was wrong. We would simply compare and contrast and I think it made us both understand the arcane in new ways. Then my mother, Safiya Ineni, ever radiant and full of mirth. People sometimes would tell me that I take a lot after her and I consider that the highest compliment. This may surprise you but she is a bard. I mean she started her learning journey in the usual wizard fashion but when she discovered the joy of combining sounds and magic she knew this was the path for her. And to be fair she is not the usual flashy performer, she uses warm tones of her harp to calm and soothe. Her magic is not only beautiful but also helps those who are entangled in negative emotions and struggle with stress. While I don't have those talents myself, whenever I have a rough day, I play melodies she taught me and it does make me feel better. There is more I could say but I admit that talking about them is making me a little homesick." invasiveness rating: opposite of invasive, he will use any excuse to talk about his family △ for knave, what's your biggest regret?" Regrets, regrets, regrets, regrets, regrets, regrets are for mortals and other beings with enough hubris to think reason has more power than instinct. I follow my nature where it leads me. If given the same set of choices I could make different ones. Or not! But regrets… Does zephyr spite tempest for its destruction? Does tempest begrudge zephyr for its leniency? They are both made of the same force." invasiveness rating: mostly confusing, you could point at a specific thing and he’ll be like “oh yeah, kinda feel bad about that one. i guess?”, ten minutes later point at the same thing and he’ll be like “nah, that was totally fine, idk wdym”

#oc: aqil meru #oc: knave #writing tag #pwotr pals #thank you for forcing me to finally pick a name for aqil's mom #i admit i got a little emotional thinking about them #they are a cute couple

[dragondemoness]

Ultimate Cuteness Series - Ultra Despair Girls Edition (Part Six)

Dragon’s Note: We’re back, baby! FInally found the inspiration :3 I’m still not a fan of how I’ve been writing the series so far, but eh, who cares. This is my comeback

The walk back to the hideout is painfully awkward.

Toko and Komaru don’t say a word to each other, and you seem to be caught in the middle. In an effort to ease the tension, you turn to them with your signature smile, although this time, it appears awkward.

“So, um... Wow, that sure was a tough battle, huh? Good thing we won though, right? You two really are strong, especially when you fight together!” 

Toko turns to you with a sharp glare. “D-Don’t try to distract us with your brainless optimism... It’s not gonna help anything.”

Komaru sighs in response. “Don’t be rude to them, Toko. They didn’t do anything wrong. Say whatever you want to me, but leave them alone.”

This causes Toko to turn back on her, and they argue once again. After that, the rest of the walk is filled with excruciating silence. You soon return to the hideout, and Komaru asks for Shirokuma, but the adult only walks away in silence. 

Soon, the adorable white bear does appear. “Heeey, you three! Yay, you made it back safe! Now, I wanna hear the whole story, but first... Come leap into my arms!”

“Jeez, this guy developed a taste for hugs fast...” Toko remarks. Komaru doesn’t move, and Shirokuma opens his arms. “C’mon, don’t be modest! Do it! Do iiit!” 

Toko turns to you. “Well, Omaru is a bit of a sad sack right now, so why don’t you ask (Name)? I’m sure they’d be more than happy to hug you...”

Shirokuma turns to you expectantly and holds his arms out. 

“Oh... Okay.” You then go to him and hug him, and although he and Toko both wonder why you seem hesitant, Shirokuma accepts the affection happily. “Yeah, there we go! Now it’s your turn!”

He then turns to Toko, who shrugs and begins to approach him. “I-I guess I can... I haven’t taken a bath for a while, so I might be a little sticky.” 

Shirokuma quickly steps back from her nervously. “Oh... How about you comb out your hair, take a bath, and change your clothes and undergarments first?” 

Toko gives him an angry look. “Jeez, pushy! Why don’t I just wrap myself in a bow for you, too?” 

You giggle at her. “Aww, I’ll hug you, Toko-chan!”

Toko shakes her head. “Of course you would. God, you’re so weird...” 

You tilt your head at her curiously. “Is that a no?” 

Toko sighs in resignation. “J-Just do it... Whatever...”

“Yaaay!” You grin brightly and give Toko a tight hug. She stiffens up in discomfort but allows you to do it. 

Shirokuma looks at the two of you happily. “It’s so nice to see you three getting along! Anyway, you must be tired. Why don’t you rest for a while?”

Toko looks around. “With the mood in here, I don’t think I could sleep, even if I wanted to. Aside from you, everyone seems... Unwelcoming.” 

You turn to her. “Miss Hiroko wasn’t so bad.” 

Toko shrugs in response. “I guess...” 

Shirokuma waves his hands in front of him frantically. “D-Don’t worry, they’re just shy! I mean, two girls in school uniforms, AND the cutest, most wholesome person on earth? That’s enough to make a man’s heart burst!”

Toko turns to you with a smirk. “Not just men, I’m sure...”

Komaru looks down at the ground, still appearing depressed. “...Thanks for the offer, but I really don’t feel like resting right now.” 

Shirokuma gives her a curious look. “Komaru, what happened? Did the connection not work?”

“No, it worked fine,” you said, “it’s just our connection that went out.” Komaru silently nods in agreement. “Yeah... And I’m also not sure that Future Foundation is going to come through.”

Shirokuma sighs sadly. “I see... So that’s why you’re so down. I’m sorry... Do you want me to pat your head?” 

“Pat her head? How many heads have you crushed with a hand like that?” Toko asks. 

“Hey, I’d let him pat my head... It feels great,” you tell her, causing her to scoff at you. “Y-Yeah, see? I don’t do anything like that!” Shirokuma insists.

Komaru nods. “Yeah... I trust you, Shirokuma. You’re the only one I can trust anymore... Well, one of them, at least.”

Komaru turns and gives you a small smile, and you smile back. Shirokuma then reveals that Haiji and the others are in a conference, and you go and enter the meeting room and listen in. 

“It doesn’t matter if they’re just kids! We have to kill them before they kill us!” Adult M calls out.

“But the kids have those Monokumas on their side, and those twisted animal monsters. We have to do something about them.”

As you listen in, your body begins to tremble fearfully as you whisper to yourself. “They wanna kill the kids...? No... I can’t let that happen.” Your bunny plush nods in agreement, and Toko watches you closely.

Tell me that thing isn’t alive, she thinks to herself. You hear Haiji declare that acting now isn’t the best play, insisting that he doesn’t want to put the adults in danger. Hearing this brings a change in you as you clench your fist, and your expression turns blank.

You disgust me...

What’s up with their eyes?! What’s their deal? Toko thinks to herself.

Shirokuma then brings the three of you inside, and brings up the idea of persuading the children. Haiji objects to this, as do the adults. You and Komaru give your accounts, having met the kids yourself, further solidifying that the idea was impossible.

“You really think a group of monsters like those kids can be reasoned with? Adult D asks.

The only monsters here are you...

“I bet they’d kill us the second we show up to treat with them.” Adult N adds.

And they should...

“Plus, this group here... There can’t be peace with those kids. You know what they’ve done.” Haiji states.

What about why they did it...?

“Those brats don’t even care about family. Things like persuasion... It will never work.” Toko points out. “That’s right. They’re not human, they’re demons!” Adult O calls out in response.

No... You are.

Haiji ultimately decides not to act immediately, which Toko seems to find cowardly. You can’t help but agree. The two of them argue, and when Komaru calls Toko out for not understanding the feelings of the weak, you find yourself agreeing with her, as well. As the Ultimate Cuteness, and even before you claimed that title, you were always targeted for being weak, particularly by one individual. You snap out of your thoughts when Toko finds a comeback of her own.

“You think I’m ‘chosen’? You must be kidding. What’s so great about me? I’m a w-walking inferiority complex! But hey, look at (Name) here! They might be weak, but at least they don’t use it as an excuse. B-Besides, it’s not like they suffered for it.”

What a bold assumption. You were tired of hearing that. “...Yes, I have.”

Toko turns to you with a look of doubt. “Oh, r-really? What could someone like you have possibly gone through?”

You look down at the ground as you clench your fist. “...Bullying.”

“Huh?” Toko looks at you in surprise, and Komaru look at you sadly. “(Name)...? See that, Toko?! You’re so insensitive!”

Before Toko could fire back with a comeback, an adult rushes into the room, saying that Monokumas and plush monsters are attacking. Surely enough, they come in from outside and begin slaughtering adults. 

“What?! How did the children find out about this place?!” One adult questions. Toko immediately points her finger at you. “I-It’s gotta be them! They must’ve led them here!” 

“What? Me?” Komaru glares at Toko. “No, it couldn’t have been them. They were with us all along, remember?”

“Th-That’s right! It’s not their fault! I just know it!” You turn to him in surprise.

“S-Seriously?” Toko groans. 

“I don’t know why everyone keeps doubting them, but just because they act a little childish and have their own style of dressing doesn't mean that they’re bad!”

You smile at him. “Thanks, Shiro-chan!” Maybe you’re useful after all...

He then begs you to save the others, so you run outside, and Komaru and Genocide Jack work together against the beasts. Unfortunately, you didn’t arrive before many of them were already slain. Haiji enters soon after.

“This is all your fault. You led those monsters here when you went on your stupid mission! I bet it was you! You must have a direct line to those brats, huh?! What did you do?! Answer me!”

He suddenly turns and shouts at you, and your vision becomes blurry with tears. Komaru quickly takes you into her arms to comfort you while Toko, Haiji and Shirokuma continue arguing. 

“You know, I’ll go further and say you guys are spies for the kids!” Haiji shouts, and Toko turns to you. “I-I’m sure one of us is!”

“Everyone, cut it out! You’re making (Name) upset!”

After that, the adults apprehend the three of you and place you in three separate rooms. Toko sighs in frustration. “D-Dammit! They take away my stun gun, then they stuff me in this dusty room... It’s all her fault! And theirs, too!”

She considers this and looks away. “Well... It’s not like I want them dead or anything... B-But that (Name) has to be a spy! They clearly hate Haiji’s guts, and I swear that stupid rabbit of theirs is alive! But it can’t be... Jeez, what is their deal? But... They also mentioned bullying... What does that mean?”

Meanwhile, Komaru blames herself for the incident, and Toko and Haiji’s words are echoing through her brain. Where’s (Name)? They’d know how to help... They’re the only one I can trust... The only one I want...

In your room, you simply sit and reflect on everything, clutching your bunny plush close to your chest. Then, a young girl’s voice is heard from outside the door.

“Hellooo! My name is Kotoko Utsugi. I’m the Fighter for the Warriors of Hope! Eeeee, you’re so adorbs! I’ve just gotta bring you with me!

Everything goes black, and soon after, she pays a visit to Komaru. Meanwhile, Toko switches to Genocide Jack, and uses her scissors to hack through the door with no problem. Soon after, she rushes out and goes to your door.

“Yooooo, pretty one! It’s time to go see Master! If you don’t get your cute butt out here, I’m gonna pin your pretty little hands up to the wall! It’s been sooo hard to resist...”

She soon realizes you aren’t there, and neither is Komaru. Three Monokuma kids appear behind her, and show her a tracking device linked to you and Komaru’s wristbands. Soon after, she proceeds to give chase. Meanwhile, Komaru finds herself strapped to an unknown contraption, with Kotoko right in front of her and your unconscious body on the floor beside her.

“Now then, let’s begin with the ‘Motivation’!”

“Wh-What the...? What is this?! What happened to (Name)?!”

“Oh, they’re not hurt or anything! They’re way too adorbs for that! They’re just taking a little nap, that’s all. Now, let’s begin! No more stalling!”

She activates the switch, and hands begin grasping at Komaru from multiple places. She manages to repel them, but more continue to come. Genocide Jack finally finds the three of you on the monorail, and engages in a short spat with Kotoko before managing to defeat her. She then frees Komaru, and you wake up shortly after.

“Ngh...”

“(Name)!” Komaru rushes over and engulfs you in a hug. “I was so worried!”

You chuckle and pat her head reassuringly. “It’s okay, Maru-chan. She didn’t hurt me or anything. I’m glad you’re safe, too.”

“My, my, I was wondering when you’d wake up. For a second, I was sure you were dead. And I was real pissed, ‘cause that was supposed to be my job, y’know? But anyways, good to see your adorable face again, pretty one...”

She tilts your chin up to face her, and she winks at you before switching back to Toko. Soon after, the two of them leave, and Kotoko turns to you with a smile.

“Wow, you’re a great actor! Maybe even better than me! You sure had me going for a second!”

#danganronpa #danganronpa x reader #danganronpa ultra despair girls #komaru naegi x reader #toko fukawa x reader #ultimate cuteness reader #ultimate cuteness series

[superbiam]

Rant about Naruto and Hinata’s ship

I will forever ride hard for NaruHina but yeah based on how the story develops it makes more than sense for Naruto and Sakura to be endgame.

I will delude myself into believing their marriage/relationship is meant to teach about first love and second love.

I know that as the protagonist everything should technically work in his favor. The hint of reality that not everything will go as you planned no matter how much you work, deserve it, or will end up with who you want gets hit on the head.

Sakura was a great comrade and friend to Naruto and a great person overall, makes sense why Naruto would love her. 

Naruto did everything he could in his power to keep her happy and help her in every which way he could, laid down his life for her, professed his love to her and everyone who would listen, Naruto did everything someone would without a doubt would fall in love, especially having true love for her.

However, just because someone shows you genuine love and care it doesn’t obligate you or your heart to reciprocate those feelings.  

It sucks.

I’ve personally been there.

But guess what, I fell in love with someone who loved me for years and years and showed me nothing but love, respect, and a great friendship even though I rejected them countless times in the past and now we’re married!

At a point you have to get up and go where you are loved the way you want to be loved, there’s no crime in it. There’s only so much you can do but it always takes two to tango. You can’t force someone to love you just because you go above and beyond for it.

I think that’s why I’m so attached to this specific fictional relationship because in reality it’s very possible to occur in real life and it has for me.

Loving someone after your first love or being heartbroken a ton of times doesn’t mean you “settle” or just take what you can get, it doesn’t take away value from the next person you fall in love with and possibly spend the rest of your life with.

 I get Naruto is the protagonist and everyone wants him to end up with his first love but no one cheers for Hinata ending up with her first love.

That’s why it kind of irks me in some aspects that others view Hinata as the next best thing or Natuto’s second choice. Naruto never have Hinata false hope, he never stringed her along like a jerk, Naruto loved her as a friend and it’s possible to eventually see beyond platonic love.

Naruto could’ve easily gone out with any girl in any village because of the immense admiration everyone had for him and the constant confessions but he was able to still find genuine love for him in the right places with the right people that knew him before anyone ever did. 

It also falls in part with that sometimes what you’ve been looking for all this time is right in front of you

I think i’ll end this now lol but thanks for whoever took the time to read this rant

#naruto uzumaki #hinata hyuga #naruhina #firstlove #secondlove #quotes #life #heartbreak #movingon

[faebaex]

Soulmates?

author note: Their first meeting! (*°▽°*) phewww, I haven’t written in a long while so apologies if it sounds clunky (ﾟ><ﾟ) I had fun writing it though, so I guess that’s all that matters. This includes an oc of mine, but I realised after writing that it could also be read as reader insert, so read it whichever way you want! Please note that this is a female character.

I’m not sure whether to write this from Lilia’s perspective too? It could be interesting to see his thoughts. Maybe I’ll do it if it’s requested, or if I feel inspired (✯◡✯)

characters: Violetta Palebloom (oc), Lilia Vanrouge

It was midnight when I first met him. 

... Cliché, right? I mean, when better to meet your soulmate, the fabled love of your life, your one and only, bathed in moonlight amongst the trees? 

But this was the Sombre Wilds, where even the brightest of moonlight struggled to pierce the depths. And worse? 

He was an outsider. 

You shouldn’t have such an obvious tell. 

My advisor’s words flashed through my mind as I worried my thumbnail between my teeth. How rude, I scoffed internally. To make it worse, this wasn’t even an old habit. It was new, fresh, assumedly developed as a result of... recent events. With a grimace, I shook that thought from my head. What’s the point of dwelling about it now? Besides, if they want me to stop, maybe they should stop!

Economics, politics, diplomacy... What a chore! On top of that, choosing advisors, appointing a royal guard, discovering who and what survived and deciding what to do with them... What a mess. And the meetings! No wonder the Sombre Wilds fae had the reputation that they did, with all the shouting, furniture throwing, and almost duels over something as mundane as infrastructure. 

So of course, I absconded. The earful I’d receive upon my return would surely be mind numbing, but could it be worse than staying? Surely not. Either way, a visit to Granny was exactly what I needed, a solace away from the responsibilities that had suddenly tumbled upon me. 

... Why did Granny need to live so far away from the castle anyway? A pout formed at the thought, what was the point of being Queen if you couldn’t order your Grandmother to live with you? Stubborn old lady. But at least it gave the perfect excuse to escape, to seek comfort amongst the gloomy trees. But alas, comfort is always so easily disturbed. 

I had nobody to curse but myself, really, over this... misfortune. 

So caught up in my own thoughts, I hadn’t realised that I had stumbled upon a clearing with a guest in it’s midst. A guest that left the hairs on the back of my neck standing straight and instincts screaming to run, hide, do something, anything. The moonlight struggled to filter through the thick canopy of trees, leaving only small shapes of light dancing along the undergrowth in the otherwise murky clearing. But I could see his back clearly, and froze entirely at the treeline as his voice rang out, mischievous in tone, through the clearing. 

“Oya? You should be more careful, little one. I heard the Sombre Wilds are quite dangerous.” Words laced with teasing, the man turned with a fanged smile, only to take in a sharp breath when our eyes met. Deep red eyes meeting deep brown, both frozen as the gravity of our situation washed over us, heavy and foreboding. 

My heart felt like it was on fire. The deep heat that bloomed in my chest did not mix well with the nausea that curled in my stomach, the mix of two such strong emotions making me feel lightheaded. No way, could this be...? Fuck. Fuck, no way. My heartbeat hammered in my ears and it felt like every nerve in my body was standing on end and tingling. It was taking everything I could to keep my breathing even. Wait, was I even breathing at all? I couldn’t tell.

And yet again, I’d become distracted. So distracted, that I almost hadn’t noticed him moving. His lips were... moving too? But through the frenzy in my head, I hadn’t heard a word. The man moved slowly, inching forward as if he was approaching a startled animal, hands up in a gentle, reassuring gesture. The cloudiness left my eyes as they refocused, and noticing, the man froze again. It was as if time itself stopped to honor our standoff. Both of us sizing each other up, wondering who was going to make the next move. In the end, it was him, taking another tentative step towards me. Before I knew it, I had made a move of my own.

I turned around and I bolted.

Fuck, fuck, I cursed as I ran, praying that my legs wouldn’t give out. Praying that the adrenaline coursing through my veins would propel me forward. Praying that I was faster than him. My mind was a mess, the strange warmth in my chest setting my thoughts ablaze. Wait, would he think me running from him is some kind of courtship ritual? I cringed at the thought and shook my head wildly as I tore past the trees. Now I wished I paid more attention when Ivy had gushed over those old fae courtship tomes she’d found.

...

I had no idea how long I had ran. My back slid down the tree I took safety behind, the bark scraping against my skin a welcome, grounding feeling as I sought to catch my breath. In my flustered state, I hadn’t even thought to pay attention, to listen out if the man had even pursued after me. My butt eventually hit the root of the tree and I sat heavily, wiping the sweat from my brow and pushing my hair from my face. I think... I had lost him, for now?

A flustered whine left my lips, hands rising to cover my face and legs kicking, as if to chase the feeling away. You’ve got to be kidding me... On top of everything else, now this? It was as if thinking if it could get any worse actually made it worse. Looking around, the run had taken me further off course from Granny’s house, too. Such a pain. Heaving a large, tired sigh, I heaved myself off of the ground, wiping off my legs before stretching tired muscles with a disgruntled grimace. It probably wasn’t the best idea to stay out in the open now, Seven forbid that man still be lurking around here somewhere. Granny’s was the best place to go, maybe even I could slyly needle some information out of her about this feeling. My cheeks flushed at the thought, how I wish the ground could just open and swallow me up.

Meeting your soulmate at midnight in a moonlit clearing? Entirely overrated, I say.

... Of course, I didn’t have the faintest idea of the gleaming red eyes, hidden high in the trees, that followed my movements as I hurried on my way...

#twst #twisted wonderland #lilia vanrouge #lilia x oc #lilia vanrouge x oc #twst lilia #twst lilia vanrouge #twisted wonderland oc

[unknownentry404]

So, I didn’t so much discover but rather confirm an hypothesis today, and that’s the simple fact that the snakes that Luz has are NOT venomous, or frankly dangerous in any real way.

Honestly? It’s crazy how much demonisation (heh, pun unintended. . .by me! 👀) snakes get. It reminds me of the original Unfortunate Events movie in a lot of ways. And even after that, I didn’t realise for the longest time that most snakes aren’t venomous at all.

The venomous snakes are ones you’ve heard about a lot: rattlesnakes, cottonmouths, etc. But snakes aren’t inherently venomous.

And through a simple google search, I can guess that the snake Luz has in episode one is a Smooth Green Snake. Again, non-venomous snake found in the North American Continent, and one that doesn’t even like to bite. Any of the people bitten by it would prolly experience more “the trauma of being bit by a perceived dangerous animal,” than anything else. Like, we don’t see anyone getting carted off to hospital right? Plus Camila, vet on the scene, doesn’t seem particularly stressed out. And they could have easily added either as a comedic gag if they wanted.

Basically, Luz is a veterinarian’s kid who gets on with animals more than people. In the brief opening we see her playing with two species that are famously feared for unjust reasons: spiders and snakes. Neither of which are automatically dangerous. Like sure, venomous ones of both species certainly DO exist, but the spiders here aren’t black widows or anything.

Now, I will admit I might have acted similarly as a dumb kid (and today with the spiders let’s be real; but at least I know it’s an irrational fear, and I would, rather, move to the corner of class and continue talking with Luz, than run away screaming). But I’ve watched enough creators with snakes like Snake Discovery on YouTube, that I’d be more likely to ask the kid what kind of snake it is, and once I knew the species and verified it’s non-lethality, even ask to hold it with her. (As a teacher, if I discovered it WAS lethal, my first priority would be getting the snake away from the kid asap, lbr).

Honestly, this would have been a great opportunity for the staff and faculty to teach kids about how such animals aren’t always dangerous, preventing a few phobias from developing, but also showing students pictures of the species that are, at the same time, so they can identify the difference in the wild. (But school is rarely so kind, lol).

Luz with spiders also really reminds me of Japanese kids. I worked in an elementary school in Japan for four years, and let me say: bugs are such a big thing there. Every class has at least a few tanks in the back of ones kids recently caught. And I’ve been with kindergarteners who’d let ants and the like crawl all over them without a care in the world.

Like, I have severe arachnophobia and hate creepy crawlies myself, and I doubt I’ll ever be able to overcome it at this stage, but it is not a fun way to live in any means. If such exposure in schools can stop at least some people from developing such fears, it would be well worth it.

TLDR: The snake Luz has is most likely a Smooth Green Snake and is both non-venomous and doesn’t like to bite. Both the snakes and spiders in the first few scenes represent unplaced fear, as they are some of the most feared animals, but only a certain number of either species are dangerous in any way to humans. No one would have gotten seriously hurt from Luz’ animal antics. But as a vet’s kid, Luz obviously gets on with animals more than people in the Human Realm. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

Addendums and other snakey notes:

The Smooth Greensnake is a very small snake, that is also found in the wild of Connecticut. Hence why I’ve settled on it for the main candidate of being Luz’ snakes. It is very small, and quite docile. Not a very common pet, though, so only found a few videos in it. Still very interesting. There are honestly not that many green coloured snake species, despite it being the default emoji/look for snakes. Isn’t it odd? 🐍

Rough Greensnakes: The only real difference between it and its extremely similar smooth cousin is, well, it’s rough scales. :P I believe they are the same size and look very similar.

Green Tree Pythons: These green beauties have spots, kind of like Luz’ snake. They also have fierce bite, when they do, but are still quite tame once they’ve gotten used to humans. But again, they are non venomous and don’t leave any lasting damage if they bite you. On the surface they look like they might fit as being Luz’ snake species, but they are also a bit larger of a species, and if they are Green Tree Pythons that Luz has, they they are not babies, as I believe most babies start out as red or yellow before turning green in adulthood. They are also not native to America, coming from places like New Guinea. However, there are some in America, but as people’s pets and not in the wild.

Timber Rattlesnakes: so I’m adding this because it is native to Connecticut and because this is a venomous snake. (Though also endangered and not likely to strike out if unprovoked. Admire from a distance and do not kill seems to be the memo here). It’s also, you know, a rattle snake, that makes a very distinct sound, like what can be heard in the opening of the first episode of the owl house. However I believe this to be an oversight at best, by the sound design crew, as true rattlesnakes are both quite big as adults and have very distinctive rattles on the tips of their tails, which Luz’ snakes don’t have. Generally, snakes don’t really make noise, hence why I think the default snake sound tends to be a rattlesnake’s sound.

#luz noceda #toh #the owl house #images of cute snakes #discussion of spiders and creepy crawlies

[thoselethalarts]

ℙ𝕙𝕠𝕓𝕠𝕤 𝔹𝕒𝕟𝕟𝕖𝕣 - ℙ𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕊𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪

(SSR) Birthday Suit Up (Part 3): “Happy Birthday!”

(Ignihyde Dorm: Birthday Venue)

“Have you heard from your family?”

Phobos: Family? Well… no. Not that I have anyone to hear from, anyway.

“What do you mean?”

Phobos: I don’t have any family. Not anyone I’m still in touch with, anyway. Phobos: I haven’t had anyone like that in my life for… maybe around four or five years now.

“Oh… my condolences.”

Phobos: It’s fine. I’m not bothered by it. It’s a natural question to ask, anyway.

“Could you tell us about what your family was like?”

Phobos: Hm… Well, the only person I think I’d ever be able to call my family was my previous “caretaker”, as it were.

Phobos: His name was Theodore Banner. A twenty-something that adopted me when my parents were no longer in the picture. Phobos: He was a typical guy. Worked and lost multiple dead-end jobs, ordered lots of takeout, played video games and watched mind-numbing amounts of TV, cycled through girlfriends faster than he changed socks. You get the drift. Phobos: I lived with him in his apartment through my youth. He was kind of annoying, all things considered. Fed me almost the same thing every day, these bland and soggy meals from a can… Would never let me eat the same thing he did. Phobos: He gave me this stupid little nickname, too… ugh. The first thing I did after I left was leave that behind. Phobos: I resented him for all that… still do to some degree. But he wasn’t a bad person, I guess. Just annoying.

“What happened to him?”

Phobos: Well… let’s just say that when my magic first started to develop, he got a little too excited about it. Phobos: He thought my powers were astounding, and all he wanted to parade me around like some kind of show pony to all his friends and fickle lovers. It was humiliating. Phobos: Not to mention even though I was then seemingly more attractive to him as a newfound magical being, he still refused to change my meals to something better. Can you believe that shit? Phobos: When I realized I was strong enough and smart enough to take care of myself and live on my own… I decided it was time to cut ties with him. Phobos: So that’s what I did. I cut my ties with him. Phobos: Since then I’ve been bouncing from place to place, finding little niches of my own. Phobos: Everyone I tell that to thinks it’s a depressing way to live, but honestly I’m quite content. Living in one place for too long makes me feel too trapped and confined. Phobos: Moving around feels good. It feels freeing. For now I’m here at NRC, and I live in the dorms, but when I graduate I’ll just keep moving unless I find something worthwhile to make a home.

“Do you have any plans for the future?”

Phobos: Work on building my brand online and finding some stable customers, mostly. Phobos: There’s a big market out there for my current career. People want people like me, that will do the dirty work for them with no questions asked and money up front. All I have to do is get my name out in the right circles and I’ll be set. Phobos: Other than that, I’m just going to keep living the way I’ve been living: taking it day by day and seeing where life takes me.

“Thank you for your time, and happy birthday again!”

/ End

#ツイステッドワンダーランド #Twisted Wonderland #TWST #twst oc #oc #original character #soul writes #personal story #Phobos Banner #フォボス • バナー

[lhenn]

Karina

This is Karina’s story, a story of how she grew up in the cellars of a theatre, surrounded by music and dreaming of sharing it with the world, of how she made two friends (a sad ballerina and a rat), of how she has learnt from her teacher everything she’s ever known, asking half the questions she yearns to learn and receiving half the answers she expects, suspecting this mysterious and distant man, yet so familiar to her, keeps a lot of secrets within. But he’s always been honest with her, always taken care of her, given her everything she’s ever wished for, has he not? There were only a few rules she had to adhere to, so as to keep everything the way it had always been: she should take care of herself and not get hurt, never leave their place, never talk with people and never mention their names nor where they live. But the days are long and lonely for her, especially as she grows up, head full of dreams and nothing new left to try: little adventures to the theatre should be fine as long as no one finds out… right? Or so she thought during the eight years she spent sneaking into the theatre when Erik wasn’t watching her (or was he?). Until one day, Karina’s reality is shattered after her professor suddenly disappeared, forcing her to leave the lair and venture into the outside world, and it won’t take her long to discover that half the things Erik had taught her were a lie…

A bit of context

I’ll be posting bits of Karina’s backstory (my OC). She’s the D&D character I’m currently playing; developing her backstory and finding a fitting campaign has taken me almost two years! Sometimes it feels like an awful lot, thinking my first D&D OC Kaze’s backstory took me around 7 months to complete, but then I think about Lhena, my first ever OC, whose story is still under development after 8 years, and it feels so short (I like writing, so I craft PDFs -like, kinda long PDFs? More than 100 pages- to practice).

I’ve had three main inspirations (although they have kinda turned out to be 4 in the end, I won’t name the last one until it’s shown in the story): Phantom of the opera (mainly musical, both 2004 film and stage versions, there might be some nods to Leroux’s original novel though), Disney’s Tangled and the 1986 film Labyrinth.

The main reference is poto, it’s present everywhere, and yet it isn’t. I didn’t want to know what was going to happen next following Karina’s backstory, I never intended to do a retelling, so even though there are many similarities this is not Phantom of the opera, it will not be canon compliant nor follow the story.

Having said that, Karina is 18 yo as of now. She’s a genius when it comes to arts, her abilities will be shown along the story, I don't wish to spoil anything, although you can deduce that she, at least, possesses an unearthly, angelic voice. Almost all her knowledge she owes to her mysterious teacher… You might have already guessed, or maybe not, but Karina is the result of mixing Christine and Erik’s characters. In my opinion, this adds a fantastic turn of events and a very interesting divergence from poto (Erik’s character is still present -kind of).

Speaking about the campaign, we’re playing in a post-apocalyptic setting! A world where people live either behind walls or in small communities -tribes- fighting machines… (you can picture Horizon and The 100 to get an idea). But that’s a tale ought to tell in a different moment, taking place far away from where we are, a tale little Karina does not even dream about, shielded by music in the deep underground.

Most of my drawings are sketches, and I'm not fooling myself, I'm a disorganized student and I don't know when or if I'll finish them (although I want to and I plan to). The one above is Karina during last session. Her hair's a bit messed up because there was a combat (Such a thrilling third day outside!) and, as the party has claimed: «she technically is still alive» (and I don't know how to draw hair). I also don't know how to draw consistent faces, I'm trying :')

#oc #oc art #my ocs #K the phantom #my art #my writing #blog intro #my doodles #dnd art #dnd character #dnd oc #original character #erik makes an appearance #(mentioned) #phantom of the opera #the phantom of the opera #but with a spin #to be continued #lhen art

[megnificent-reads]

Once Upon a Broken Heart, Stephanie Garber - ⅗ ☆

Disclaimer, I read this a couple of weeks ago and didn’t write anything down so, I might misremember things, miss things, or mention things that actually happen in book two. Sorry.

I expected a lot out of this, and ended up not getting much. I tend to get annoyed and start angrily rambling when this happens, but I was mostly just upset. I was recommended this by my best friend, who really enjoyed it. I trust her opinions, so I was excited. But there was just something missing for me. 

The plot is kept vague and secretive the entire book. It reminded me a little of “the game” in Masters of Death by Olivie Blake, which I ended up not finishing because of the intentional vagueness. It’s just a personal preference, but I can’t care about the plot if I don’t know what it is. 

The characters seemed semi-interesting, but it seemed like most of the attention was given to Jacks, which still wasn’t a lot. It kind of has ACOTAR-syndrome, where the plan is for more books, so development is extremely slow. Maybe I’m just one of those iPad baby dopamine addicts who want plot fast but, this is my opinion blog so you get the iPad baby opinion. 

Evangline, my pink-haired princess

Now, the title of this section is misleading, because I don’t actually like her that much. However, her hair is naturally pink so she automatically gets a few points in my book.

I don’t want to call her the dumbest protagonist I’ve ever read, but off the top of my head, I can’t think of a dumber one. I’ll try to be nicer to her and say naive. She sees the best in her obviously evil stepsister, drinks poison that is labeled “POISON” in the name of love, and trusts a guy she was told repeatedly throughout life not to trust because he looked trustworthy and she missed her boyfriend. 

In her defense, I’d do anything for my husband, but I think if I turned myself to stone for him he’d do something to un-stone me but hey, what can you do?

She seems to not trust Jacks when he’s doing nice things for her, but trusts him deeply when he’s doing something obviously nefarious. 

But again her hair is pink, and I love her. 

Jacks, the Prince of My Heart

Sometimes he pisses me off but at the end of the day I love him. Even though he’s blonde. 

I was about to say I loved this little freak from the beginning. I didn’t, I actually thought he was a little too weird (rare for me), but in hindsight, I love this little freak from the beginning.

Something so romantic about calling your future love interest pathetic for wanting the very thing you’re cursed to also want.

I hate to say it, but I do love Jacks for more what he could be, not what he is in this book. I love characters that seem themselves as irredemable monsters, simply because they haven’t met anyone that thinks otherwise. (I’ll talk about you later, Selwyn Kane). 

But, Jacks doesn’t seem to change his mind at all throughout the entire book. Dedicated to the bit, I guess, but we rarely see who he really is. I got a glimpse of it on page 196 with his masochism speech, which I loved. I was so excited to learn more! Then he returned to exactly what he was a couple of pages earlier. We get a bit of his backstory near the end, but something about it didn’t feel fulfilling. It’s possible I just didn’t care about his ex-true love because I just wanted to pick him and Evangeline up like dolls and make them kiss. I have my faults.

Until next time…

This book in particular I’d love opinions and different perspectives on. I really wanted to like this book. I really wanted to care about Jacks more. It just felt like a lot of setup for the rest of the series, rather than a book that can stand on its own. 

#book review #books #bookblr #once upon a broken heart #ouabh #three stars

[imtooscaredforthis]

Antagonist

Chapter Thirteen: Talk

Mentions of: Drug use, knifes, threats, slight angst, smoking, etc.

A/N: I sense some development coming…

Tags: @vandeaad @mama-miya @dead-bxxxtch-walking @prettycutebunny @moonshineinasippycup

Pissed. That’s how Frank feels, searching the whole terrain to find that one last survivor who had been hiding the whole trial. He’s going to make them pay for wasting his time. He was going to make them hurt.

But then, he heard the muffled sound of crows cawing. He followed it to the killer shack. From there, he could hear it coming from the basement.

He raced down the steps, his adrenaline racing, and his heart thumping in his chest. The smell of weed filled his nostrils, disarming him and clearing his once-angry mind.

His killer instinct is gone, leaving him confused and surprised. There you sat, blunt in hand, once again smoking his stuff. You looked just as stunned as him.

“You’re something else.” He remarked, shaking his head. “How did you even bring that here?”

You shrugged. “I dunno, I just did. And before you kill me, I have a peace offering. You let me get hatch, and I’ll let you smoke the rest of this bag with me.”

“Or I could just kill you right now, get this trial over with, and get the rest of the bag to myself.” He flipped his knife.

He expected anger, fear, and resentment, but your expression remained neutral. You just shrugged instead. “You could, nothing is stopping you. It’s your choice.”

Frank can’t tell if he likes this side of you or not. All he knows is the bloodlust inside of him is gone, whisked away by the sympathy high he’s getting from the marijuana hanging in the air. And if you’re not going to fight him, killing you will be much less fun.

So, he pockets his knife for the time being and takes a seat beside you. You passed him the blunt you were smoking, and he pulled off his mask, putting it between his lips and inhaling.

“This doesn’t mean anything’s changed, by the way. I still hate your guts.” You told him. “Don’t worry, the feeling’s mutual.”

You grinned at him. Not a smile, not a frown or glare, but a grin. He smirked back.

“You know, I met your girlfriend today.” You said, watching as he blew some smoke.

He passed the blunt back to you. “Oh yeah?”

“Yeah. You two are perfect for each other. Nothing more romantic than two murderous assholes in love.” You remarked, taking another hit. He snorted, chuckling to himself.

“Julie can be a bit…vindictive,” Frank admitted. “I’m surprised you made it out there alive…you did survive, right?”

“Barely, but it seemed like she was going to kill Susie first. Apparently, Susie didn’t tell her we were hanging out or something, and she was pissed.” You explained.

“I don’t get why Susie didn’t tell her though, I mean I saved her, and no offense, but you guys don’t seem like the greatest people to be friends with. I mean, you and Julie are assholes, and I don’t know about that other guy, but he seems kind of standoffish too.”

“But can you blame her? You saw how Julie can get.”

“I guess not. She’s probably going to be pissed at me when this is all over.” You groaned, rubbing your temples.

“Why do you care what she thinks?” Frank asked, taking another hit from the blunt.

“Because she’s my friend. I care about her as a whole, including what she thinks..” You admitted.

“Guess you’re closer with her than I thought.” He murmured. “Yeah.”

If you’re being honest, that’s not the whole reason. It’s because she reminds you of Allison. She acted a lot like her- minus the murderer part- she’s kind, shy, and demure, but energetic and bubbly as well. Sometimes, she even looks like her.

But you don’t know if that’s true. Your memories of her are starting to fade, and the image of her in your head is growing blurry, the only clear picture you have is the one from the carnival.

Shit, you could feel the tears start to sting in your eyes. The last thing you want to do right now is cry, especially not in front of Frank. That would be extremely humiliating.

“Fuck, I’m high.” You muttered, squeezing your eyes, acting like they were all red and watery from the weed.

Frank opened his mouth to say something, but suddenly, the ground started trembling, and the familiar bell of the exit gates rang. It seemed like your little smoke session was over.

“Shit. Did you do that?” You asked, jumping to your feet. “What? No. How could I do that when I’m sitting here with you? The Entity’s pissed. If you wanna live, we gotta get out of here.”

The two of you raced out to the shack, and back into the desert, searching frantically for an exit gate. “Here!”

Frank called you over. He hit the exit gate with the night, causing the doors to slowly open. You both stood there for a brief moment, unsure of what to do or say.

“Uh, do you want your weed back?” You asked, holding up the bag to him.

He waved it off. “Just keep it.”

“Wait, seriously?” More interested in the drug rather than getting out of here alive. “Just take it ok? Now go, before we both get killed.”

“Okay, well, uh, bye.” You waved, and he sighed, waving back to you, watching as you left through the exit gate, and the trial finally concluded.

That was weird. You had an encounter with Frank that didn’t end with threats or someone being dead. It was just…normal. Pleasant, even. Almost like you two were friends.

But you’re not friends. You hate each other. You just don’t hate him as much as you do currently because you’re baked out of your mind….right?

You try to forget about everything that just happened, letting the darkness take you and bring you back to the campfire.

Yeah, things are getting much too complicated for your liking. But you know not to be too focused on that. You just need to survive this place. Hopefully, you can. And one day, maybe, just maybe, you’ll get out of here.

#dead by deadlight #dbd #dbd killer #dbd x reader #killer x reader #dbd legion #legion frank #frank morrison #legion dbd #frank morrison x reader #frank dbd #dbd frank #frank legion #susie legion #legion susie #julie legion #legion julie #joey legion #legion joey #killer x you #dbd survivor #dbd fanfic

[goldenheartstudios]

I wanna talk about Bart's sexuality in the comics

  Disclaimer 1: Just the good ol’ reminder that this is based on an opinion and shouldn’t be taken as a fact. This post is an analysis/interpretation/reinterpretation based on a headcanon, so I don’t want to pretend that this is the only right way to see the character or the story, because that’s not the case at all

  Disclaimer 2: This post is long because I like to explain and go into details about things. You’ve been warned

  With that out of the way, I can now give some actual context

  You see, I said this in a post once, but my way of headcanoning something is by building from canon, without necessarily contradicting what we’ve seen or know. But there is a kind of exception of that

  Which is me headcanoning some of my favorite characters as aroace. Why, do you ask? Because I’m myself aroace, simple as that

  And well, Bart is not only a favorite character, he’s one of my comfort characters. He’s quite a blorbo, if you will

  But, as I’ve read through many of his comic appearances, I noticed that this headcanon fits actually quite well with his behavior and things we’ve seen (so far), so i decided that a discussion on how Bart would be aroace could be a fun thing to do

  Without further ado, I guess I can start!

  First thing first, if there are people who don’t know what aroace is, I’ll give a simple explanation:

  Aroace is being aromantic asexual. Aromantic means having little to no romantic attraction, and asexual means having little to no sexual attraction. Simple, right?

  There are some more factors about it, like the person’s attitude towards romance/sex and how there are different ways to be aromantic or asexual, but I’ll not delve into that because otherwise this post would get too long. There are however some quick videos I recommend to watch if you want to have a bigger understanding on those orientations (and this youtuber is pretty cool too):

  For aromantic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u50eURBqG-k

  For asexual: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM-nKODEL_

  In the course of many comics, Bart showed a lack of interest in the two, especially at the beginning. This was tried to be explained with his fast aging situation, that his lack of emotional maturity meant for him to not be ready to have romantic feelings

  But it doesn’t quite make sense because here’s the thing:

  Children are fully capable of developing crushes

  Ever since primary school you can see kids giving love letters and choosing to hang out with someone because they have a crush on them. It’s true, at that age they don’t understand the concept of romance that well, but they can feel attraction towards someone. The amount of videos you can find of people talking about their childhood crushes are a pretty good proof of this, along with personal observation

  There are many opinions and interpretations on when can someone fall in love, but a general agreement is that emotions develop far sooner than cognition or other elements, and the problem that rises is how you should deal with emotions rather than you growing to have them

  Another thing is that body wise, Bart has the body of a teen. Beginning of the teen stage, to be exact, which is the time when hormones kick in

  And hormones are the thing that greatly influence a person’s love life, which is the reason why the majority of people start falling in love around that time, but Bart didn’t, because he frankly did not care

  And the few times he showed that he did can be interpreted as not actual romantic (or sexual) attraction, which is what I’m gonna delve into

  But before I do that, I need to address the elephant in the room, that being Flash: The Fastest Man Alive comic

  Which I have to say from the get go that I will not talk about it in this post because it’s not just an elephant, it’s a freaking dinosaur full of bad choices made by people from the DC team. I do have interpretations for the relationship from that series, but I can’t share those interpretations without addressing some things about the comic and stating my opinions, which… they’re not really positive. So, I will share them only if there are people interested in me talking about it or if someone’s trying to diss this headcanon by shoving this comic in my face like a sore thumb

  But I’m letting you all know that I’m aware of this comic’s existence, and still consider Bart as aroace with that series in mind. Cool? Cool

  Also, if there’s something that I missed by either forgetting or not knowing about it, do let me know! There are a lot of comics made throughout the years after all

  Anyway, let’s begin with the first relationship: Bart & Carol

  Which is actually one of the reasons why it would make sense for him to be aroace, since their relationship seems to be more like queerplatonic than a romantic relationship, at least on Bart’s side

  What is queerplatonic, you may wonder? To put it simply, it’s a relationship that doesn’t fall into a normal friendship, nor into a typical romance. It can have romantic elements, but overall it’s not read as a romantic relationship

  Here’s a 10 minutes video that goes into details about it if you want more clarification: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIMAca8iWoc

  And frankly, this is how they acted with each other. Or how Bart acted towards Carol at least

  In Impulse #20, there was someone else who implied that Carol had a crush on Bart, and when she kissed him, they both laughed it off and settled on being friends

  Now, I can’t fully say that Carol didn’t show any sign of crush at that time, but it’s safe to say that the speedster didn’t. Heck, there was a moment when she stood still and did the classic “falling in love realization stare” thing, and all Bart was thinking at that moment was flying birds because he was just hit with a ball in the eye

  Ah, I love this kid

  From that point, their relationship was not challenged until Carol got a toxic boyfriend. At that time, Bart showed displeasure not because he was jealous, but because Carol didn’t deserve to have such a bad boyfriend (which is clearly shown in Impulse #70). It came from genuine worry towards his bestie, and that worry got assumed to be romantic by the others, not him

  And only after that he started to think of them being together, which left him mostly confused

  And Carol was the one who initiated the relationship, while Bart was still uncertain about what he’s feeling

  This whole situation is interesting, because throughout the comic, Bart shows to understand the concept of love. What he’s showing is not really romance, more like confusion caused by having feelings that were not only friendship, and he takes it as romance when he’s pressed on by the others and told that this is what he’s feeling, which it’s developed from issue 71 to issue 75

  This pressure of being in a romantic relationship and not only friendship can be interpreted as amatonormativity. What is amatonormativity, you may ask? Well, it is described as such:

“Amatonormativity is a word coined to describe the widespread assumption that everyone is better off in an exclusive, romantic, long-term coupled relationship, and that everyone is seeking such a relationship.”  

Here’s a 14 minutes video that goes more into details about this concept: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYgniujXJNE

  But basically, because of the belief that everyone is seeking romantic relationships, some people have the tendency to consider that a feeling other than typical friendship has to be romance, and when you’re not familiar with other kinds of attractions like queerplatonic, aesthetic etc. or you’re not familiar on the concept of lacking romance/sexual attraction, you will fall to believe that what others are saying about yourself is true

  And this comes from personal experience. I’ve never sought a romantic relationship with someone, and when I was getting along with someone (or I was friends with a person of the opposite gender), the others around me told me that I had a crush on that person and even pressured on it. I didn't think it was true at first, because I just really liked hanging out with that person, I just liked being good friends and getting along well. But because what I was feeling was a little different than normal friendship, and I didn’t know about queerplatonic being a thing, I fell to believe that what I had were romantic feelings because that’s what I’ve been told from others, in a society where being in a romantic relationship was the norm

  So that’s why I think that Bart’s feelings were not romantic, because his behavior didn’t follow the romantic norms (even though he understands what romance is), and he believed that his feelings towards Carol were romance after he was told and pressured by others

  And his attitude after Carol leaving is interesting as well. In Impulse #78, he shrugged off the fact that they kissed and focused more on the fact that he misses her. Actually, from Bart’s side, there was little to no importance put on the fact that they were a couple in the time Carol left in a future timeline, and his sadness came from the fact that she wasn’t around him anymore

  And in Impulse #89, when Carol settled up on being friends, he was basically unphased by it. He was more that happy on being friends and he was just glad that she was back

  So, this can be interpreted as aromantic behavior, with Bart having an indifferent attitude towards romance

  Don’t get me wrong, I love Bart and Carol’s relationship, and it’s one of the healthiest and cutest relationships I’ve read in superhero comics. But you can’t deny that the way it formed and it was presented doesn’t quite fit with being a romantic one. At least, romantic from both sides

  I also have to make note on the fact that White Lightning, a character who has the ability to make men fall in love with her and follow her orders, admitted herself that her powers never worked on Bart

  This was in issue 76, when she tried to get away with a theft, and after she pulled out her charm powers Bart was quick to snap out of it (which it also happened in issue 80, thus showing consistency)

  So basically, from his main comic series I can easily interpret Bart as aroace, but what about the other comics? Well, in Young Justice from 1998, he showed no attraction towards anyone, so that one’s easy to interpret. It also has one of his most aroace moments ever:

  This comic is a treasure

  Actually, a lot of comics don’t have him showing attraction, which makes my analysis job way easier

  But, another notable comic that showed the potential of him having romantic feelings was Teen Titans from 2003, which this is where I’m gonna continue with my interpretation

  Okay, to start with a quick one: In issue number 2, when Bart told Cassie that she’s the one who made him like girls, the only possible explanation is that she’s the one who made him admire girls, especially since he then said that she’s Wonder Girl, which he also said those things to convince Cassie on not leaving the team

  Because otherwise, it wouldn’t make sense at all if it was supposed to mean that she’s the one who made him love girls. Because:

1. He didn’t show any romantic feelings towards Cassie in Young Justice 1998

2. He didn’t show any feelings that may be considered as romantic until his relationship with Carol was questioned

3. If he had a crush on Cassie after the events from Young Justice 1998 out of screen, the statement would still not make any sense because it would have been after Carol and Bart were a thing, so Cassie wouldn’t be the one who made him love girls

  If the writers tried to make any romantic implications there, they totally failed because of Carol’s existence from the Impulse comics. Because even if I interpret Bart’s feelings towards Carol as not being romantic, Bart himself is not aware of the possibility of being aroace, nor is aware of the possibility of his lack of romantic/sexual attraction. Because this is something that you can’t easily learn from reading books in early 2000s

  And now we’re going with the second relationship: Bart & Rose

  Which this one’s fairly easy because of how little it was shown/developed

  From Rose’s side, the only sign of attraction was in issue 11, where she admitted that Robin is not as cute as Kid Flash, aka Bart

  And from Bart’s side, the only sign of attraction was this from issue 12:

  Which is vague as hell

  Okay, let’s first go to the moment they initially met for a second, which was in The New Titans 1988. In issue 126, Bart asked for advice on how he can get Rose to talk to him, since at that time she had… some issues with communication, to say the least. When it was questioned if he had a crush on her, he rejected the idea and said that he doesn’t know what he’s feeling

  From the way he talks about her, it looks more like he has that kind of interest, or “zoning out”, that some people have over someone they feel compatible with, without necessarily having romantic feelings towards them (which honestly, I recognize this behavior from personal experience)

  It makes sense for him to want to get along with her and be friends, since compared with the other team members from that time, I would say that she would have been one of the closest to his age, and it’s easier to communicate and be good friends to people around your age. But I have to admit, this is more of a guess because the comics are very bad to keep up with the characters’ age continuity and in The New Titans almost everyone is drawn to look like a big or small adult anatomy wise, so it doesn’t help with figuring it out

  And after one failed attempt of him trying to talk with Rose, the comic didn’t focus on this dynamic anymore

  There was afterwards a comment from Tara that implied he had a crush at that moment. Once again, the romance implication came from someone else, and Tara only has the perspective of an outsider. Also let’s be fair, her attitude on romance is not… quite typical to say the least, or at least from what I’ve seen, so I wouldn’t take her opinion on someone else’s feelings as a fact

  And the things the comic presented are not strong enough evidence on the possibility of romance because it shouldn’t have been this… vague, or it should have been shown more than one single instance in this comic series (and believe me, DC is more than capable of showing more romantic moments between characters in order to ship them), but that’s just it. Plus, it makes more sense that in this instance the thing he wanted to suggest was for them to just hang out and listen to her, because he was following the advice he was given

  So basically, this subplot ended with Bart trying to befriend Rose, but he failed and it didn’t go anywhere

  And now, we get back to the moment from Teen Titans issue 12, which shows his current opinion on her

  The way he talks about her can be considered as more of an admiration than crush, plus genuine worry for turning into something unrecognizable to him. The term “kinda” also shows uncertainty in his emotions

  And in this comic (Teen Titans 2003), aside from these two instances from #11 and #12, it wasn’t shown anything between them until issue 18, where their versions from an alternate future were in an established relationship

  Which it can be interpreted as anything, because the only thing we know is that they were together. We don’t know how they became a thing, when they became a thing, and we don’t know the full nature of their relationship. We just know that they’re a thing, which is not even something certain for them, as we were told in issue 19:

  And after that, you know what came out of their relationship?

  Nothing

  It didn’t go anywhere

  The writers dropped that subplot as fast as they brought it up, and these two never developed into something more than friends

  After that, there are only two other notable instances that never got anywhere

  In issue 83, Bart made a one-time comment to Aqua Girl that he’s complicated but 100% available, which it was quickly brushed off and never brought up again, so there’s no point in interpreting that really

  And in issue 93, he showed an interest in a new girl named Kiran, of which Rose was the one who took it as a crush and nudged him to help the girl in order to impress her. And after that moment of Bart being excited about doing something for Kiran, this whole thing was brushed off and never brought up again. Like… that whole situation is strange because you can’t really take it as a romance, more like an admiration which was considered to be a romance

  The Teen Titans comic leaves me intrigued, because I’m left with the feeling that the writers wanted for Bart to be with someone, but it never got anywhere because they realized that it doesn’t work with his character, so anything they tried got quickly thrown away

  And in the current comics, after Bart came back from the Speed Force as Impulse again, he showed even less romantic interest than he did in the past. He actually didn’t show any attraction at all, with one exception that was made aware to be out of character in the comic itself

  That exception is from… Young Justice Dark Crisis, which I’m gonna try to do a brief description for context:  

Tim, Kon and Bart were trapped by a stereotypical gen Z fanboy in a version from their past as Young Justice, but that past was filled with all inaccuracies like homophobia, sexism, and more stereotypes (and the world being off was constantly questioned by Bart himself). That world also influenced them at some level, which led to Bart making an out of character comment about fake-Cassie fighting a woman with huge boobs up in the air in issue number 2

  This was explicitly made to be inaccurate to his character and to show more of the fact that this world is off. The only one who didn’t see it as something wrong (even though he showed at first a reaction of confusion), was Kon, which I would argue that this is out of character for Kon as well

  That whole comic is a big whole mess for different reasons not related with this post, but from that I can at least have more evidence on Bart being aroace. Yay, I guess?

  And with that, we reach the present of this post. Now the question is, do I think that the writers intended for him to be aroace? Not in the slightest

  Do I think that he’ll get into a romantic relationship in the future? Kind of, because the comic industry finds it popular to put their characters in couples

  But I have to make something clear: it is possible to be aroace and have a romantic or sexual relationship with someone, because there are many kinds of identities in the aromantic and asexual concepts. To put it in a different perspective, the terms aromantic and asexual are relatively as specific as the term homosexual

  This post is one interpretation based on one kind of being aroace that fits with the behavior Bart presented in the comics, and you can have your own interpretation that’s different from this one. Heck, you can even have your own different headcanon of his orientation, the limit is your imagination! If you want him, or any other character, to have an orientation similar to yours, you can fully go for it

  All I did was to use the canon to fit with my headcanon, but you’re not obligated to fully follow the canon. After all, if there are writers within the DC team that disregard things from the canon and change the characters in ways that don’t fit them at all without any reason whatsoever, what’s stopping you from doing your own thing for personal entertainment?

  As a final note, I’m gonna say this:

  Since Bart was in the DC Pride: Tim Drake Special comic, the only logical conclusion is that he’s also LGBT, and this applies to every other character presented in the comic/hj

  Have fun with that!

#dc #dc comics #bart allen #impulse #young justice #teen titans #I put more effort and research into this than I put into many of my essays which I don't know how to feel about it #but what I do know is that I had a blast writing this and this is what matters #gh rant

[shai-manahan]

I’m also with the previous anon and I just had this feeling for a while that some authors are choosing twine because it’s like a ‘trend’ now. Bandwagon and all that. Of course I’ll respect their decision either way but still feels forced this sudden move. Ik the critique around CoG and why some authors decided for those specific reasons to move but i’ll play devil's advocate here and support CoG. Twine games also hurt my eyes and are harder to play on mobile. I’m also a code diver so it sucks I can’t do that there haha. But yh that’s all bye.

[ID: Anonymous ask that reads: “Different anon, but yeah I guess they can make games that are hard to read and are not inclusive and we can not read them but I think it's important to talk about it if this Twine community is supposed to compete with CoG. Which... it can't. You can say "oh the authors can do what they want" and it's true, every indie developer can do what they want but criticism is how we get better and I hope that's not a lost art in if community. Do what you want but don't be surprised if it remains obscure and nobody but people already into twine games like it.”  /end ID]  

I agree that more Twine IFs should have better accessibility (yes, I'm one of those who need that to happen), and I also agree that authors should be as inclusive as they can be in formatting their games. What I disagree with, however, is the immediate assumption that they’re not trying at all. Learning takes time, and I think a lot of them already expect that not every reader would stay with them along the process. In any case, it’s midnight here right now (I don’t trust myself to offer a good reasoning at this point of time), and I think the third anon I received has a better response to this, so I guess I’ll just show that here.

[ID: Anonymous ask that reads: “Tbf twine does have mobile accessibility, Dyslexic fonts, and the ability to have a dark/light mode plus other features; it just takes effort to incorporate those features into the code, and/or the author doesn't know how to code it in. I've also seen a lot of authors include those things for better accessibility after being asked about it, so just assuming that the author doesn't care about their readers because they don't automatically have those things in their if isn't entirely true. People aren't mind readers, so they aren't going to immediately think of all the ways to ensure everyone can read comfortably. And like Shai said, for many people, if isn't something they're using to support themselves and are just doing it for fun and have more important things going on in their life to dedicate their time towards.”  /end ID]  

Thank you, whoever you are! To be honest, the dark/light mode still doesn’t work well with my eyes, so maybe that’s the case with others, too, but I know I’ve definitely encountered some IFs that provide a better option (using beige backgrounds and easier-to-read fonts, etc.)

[hand-of-devotion]

Something tells me that they won’t get to the whole. Achieving Rau’shans shard thing as quickly as tonight.

However, I’ve been spending time rotating the potential of literally every Bells Hells member getting it, what it would do to them, and how either narratively rewarding/interesting it would be.

The least likely but in my mind potentially funniest is obviously FCG. I keep making myself laugh at the concept of the influence there being akin to like. Laser beam eye upgrades. Or maybe something with hyper charging the fantasy easy bake oven lmao. I honestly can’t think of a reason as to why he would get it narratively speaking. Maybe if he and Ashton’s relationship were more fleshed out there could be some argument there but out of all the pre-canon duos they’ve sadly been the least developed in my eyes (which isn’t to say they don’t care for each other. they do. just not enough in my mind to make it A Reason for it to end up with FCG).

Unlikely but I could still hypothetically see it being done in a non-humorous way is Imogen. Who I pretty much doubt will genuinely get it as much as I doubt it going to FCG. But she’s still at least more credible in my eyes as a result of her connections to the Ruidus/Ludinus situation. Which also simultaneously is the thing that makes me think she wouldn’t get it? It’s weird. Like I WOULD understand it happening because of her role thus far but simultaneously believe out of everyone her importance is also what makes it nearly least likely. There’s also good meteor imagery there.

Unlikely but still potentially interesting to me. Is a tie between Orym and Chetney. Obviously for Chet, he’s already got a very minimal grasp on the element and the idea of him “going out in a blaze of glory” as a fire wolf is cool conceptually. Orym is weirdly something I’ve thought a lot about but still struggle to word properly. Basically my feelings there can be chalked up to “something something fan the flames”. Regarding his minimal grasp on the element of air, which is complementary to fire. As well as attention that can be drawn towards Orym and Ashton’s already existing battle compatibility. There’s also something to be said about “resident normal little guy” so swiftly becoming less normal to reflect the group I guess?

Then more likely and interesting is Laudna! Other people have already discussed her interest in the Primordial Titans. As well as her active grappling with Delilah AND the source of her sorcerers magic. Of course getting primordial abilities could be extremely dangerous if it does nothing to offset the amount of hypothetical control Delilah has over the situation. But you know. At this point if Laudna wants to try burning the witch out from the inside in some wild attempt to gain SOME sort of active control and understanding over ANY of her powers, I say god speed Queen. I live for hubris and general bad decisions if that wasn’t already obvious from who I’m personally rooting most for.

Then of course the most obvious and likely being a tie between Fearne and Ashton. I’ve talked plenty about Ashton’s specific potential as it’s what I’m personally most interested in seeing so instead I’ll just talk about the aspects of Fearnes potential that I enjoy! Obviously the main two things for me are her established connection to and control over the element as well as her recently established bond with the champion of Asmodeus! I personally am a big fan of the idea that the current primordial shard situation will mirror the union of Ka’mort and Rau’shan. Which, obviously if they’re not uniting through just Ashton as a vessel, the NEXT best parallel to ME would be their ‘union’ having some ties to Asmodeus. Who intended to be the one to ‘revive’ them the first time during the Calamity. And again, Fearne is the closest in the party to Asmodeus. I’ve seen some people mention Nana Morri and how it’s possible she kept Fearne in that weird time pocket because she needed to be older when all this stuff in canon was going on? I don’t personally see that, to me it always seemed like more of an exploration of fey morality (Morris possessiveness over her ‘collection’ and Fearnes complicated ideas about relationships and attachments), the unintended consequences of her parents actions, as well as a potential avenue for strain and conflict for Fearne. But it is true that Morri witnesses ‘fate’ and has messed with the flow of things on purpose before so! I also wouldn’t at all be against that. I would also like to see it effect Mister. Upgrade that fire spirit monkey into like. Fire spirit King Kong. With a gun.

Tldr:

I doubt if it does go entirely to one specific person it’d be anyone other than Fearne or Ashton, MAYBE Laudna. I would be kinda surprised but not upset by it going to Chetney or Orym. And I can’t conceive of a narratively satisfying way of it ending up with Imogen or FCG but also don’t think I’d personally be “mad” about it, I’m sure I could get down with it given time for it to start having effects on them lol

#critical role spoilers #critical role #the spoilers tag is weird to use here but I’m doing so anyways. out of caution #long post #not really but kinda. I’m always and forever incredibly wordy

[cafe-au-lait-loa]

My 2023 manifestations & goals

Hello manifestors!

I’m starting a blog as a way to not only motivate myself but also motivate others to finally take their power back and manifest the life they want!

So, as a first post I wanted to share with you all my manifestations/goal for 2023. I have quite a few so I’ll share them and give a small explanation for each if needed. I will also make a new post if any has manifested, although I will probably do a recap of what I accomplished at the end of 2023.

🤍 Find a remote job that I like (I’ve always had very bad experiences when it comes to job, so I really want to get rid of the belief that working will make me sad and depressed and that I will for sure not like it)

🤍 Be stronger (I say this as in both physically and mentally)

🤍Clear skin (I have been slacking when it comes to eating healthy and taking care of my skin, I’ll definitely get back on track)

🤍Long healthy hair (Affirming for this because I always get comments about how my hair is too thin, I want to change the way my subconscious thinks about this)

🤍Heal inner child (It has affected my relationships and the way I feel about myself in general. Healing my inner child will make all my manifestations easier I think)

🤍Have more happy days than sad days

🤍Get drivers license

🤍Develop a Goddess complex

🤍100K followers on tiktok (Mostly to maybe be able to get some money out of it)

🤍10K on instagram (Same reason)

🤍Learn how to crochet, knit and saw

🤍Find a good friends group (Maybe here who knows lol)

🤍Be more flexible

🤍Not be a people pleaser anymore (doesn’t help self concept at all)

🤍Get my boyfriend back (might elaborate more on that because i need to vent I guess, and motivation for sure)

Anyways, here are my goals for 2023!!! 

Let’s all manifest the life we deserve 🤍🤍

#manifestation #manifesting #manifestingmindset #loa #loa blog #loa motivation #loa methods #law of assumption #law of attraction #loassumption #loa sp #goalsetting #self concept