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starcturus · 10 months

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──── ❝ TIME TRAVEL DR INTRO ❞ ────

word count - 2.5k ( i did not expect it to be this long, but we roll)

posted at the request of @heckin-hecc - so here is my first dr post (if you want to see a certain dr , please do message me !! )

──・⌗ introduction to the dr as a whole

this dr has been in the process of being made for around 3 years now & it has went through many changes 🌙 but i think i am now *mostly* happy with it, even though it is still being worked on

it is one of my more complex drs - as it is split into two separate parts ; golden trio & marauders era. it initally follows the plot line of debt of time but i made several changes to the later parts of my dr

i am very protective over this dr as it is one of my more personal ones & i have worked on it for a very long time. even if you do not agree with it , please try to respect it / just ignore it ! ( nothing i am doing in this dr is wrong , i made sure of it )

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─── ❝ FIRST SECTION - GOLDEN TRIO ❞ ───

──・⌗ golden trio intro & first shifting there

year i am shifting too - 1999

the golden trio section of my dr, is mainly backstory for when i shift to be at the end of the war. i will not necessarily live through the events in person, i will just use them for memory reasons - if that makes sense? they would have happened but i will have already lived through them.

all canon events happen in my golden trio dr !

i shift to summer after the battle of hogwarts ( fred & remus survive ) & then we spend the entire summer in the burrow with the rest of the weasley’s celebrating both winning the war & hermione / my birthday !! remus gives us both a joint present to open after the party, he said that we must be alone.

after the party , we both stayed behind to open the present & found out that it was a ticking time turner — due to our earlier experiences, we knew that it was active & we both looked at each other, held hands and we were very scared. all of a sudden we were both being transported & we arrived outside hogwarts ; it was fully built compared to the mess after the war & we knew that we had gone back in time.

but basically that is it for my first shift - i will miss my golden trio friends, and i just feel scared about what is to come ; but I know hermione is by my side !

──・⌗ who am i in this era?

name - sage kiara (weasley)

age - 19 (everyone is aged up slightly for this era)

where i was raised - reading & devon w weasleys

blood status - halfblood

patronus - wiry black mole, with a pink nose

amortentia - pine wood & treacle & fireworks

my house - gryffindor

──・⌗ how do i fit in to this era? my people?

i am in the golden trio with harry, hermione & ron (we called ourselves the golden quartet thou)

i initally met hermione on the train up , when she came into my carriage and saw that i was crying. we became friends very quickly, as it also did with harry as well — ron took most of the first two years to accept me as a friend & even then we were never that close.

myself & hermione became friends with a bunch of slytherins in second year, when harry & ron fell out with us — we spent a lot of time with them that year as they kind of accepted us into their group !!

as well as the slytherins, in second year - hermione & i became a lot closer to fred & george, and they became very protective over us. they were only a year older than us, so we all spent quite a lot of time in the common room together.

i am involved in most of the canon events in the series , and if you want a post on that let me know (i have a lot that I will not bore you with now) but everything canon happens in this era & i only survive because of my friendship with harry & hermione

──・⌗ my significant other/s & found family ish?

birth family - my mother was non magical & my father was magical, but he was in a ‘accident’ when i was a baby that caused him to loose his magic (whole other story - which i will happily go into) & i had a younger brother , charlie who also was not magic.

found family - the weasley’s end up non offically adopting hermione & i after her parents ‘had to leave’ and mine were not able to look after me due to dangers - so we lived there from fourth year to seventh when we all went on the run.

potential significant other #1 - fred weasley ; we spent a lot of time together and i trust him with my entire life ! i started developing feelings for him, around fourth year & his feelings came out when we played firewhisky games in sixth year ! everyone teased us a lot , & i have always had a soft spot for him

potential significant other #2 - draco malfoy ; from second year, he always looked after hermione & i and made sure we were okay - he cares deeply eve if he does not show it a lot ! he looks after me on the nights where i got so homesick about missing my birth family & he made me feel comfortable in his common room ! i have always felt safe around him.

──・⌗ places i liked to spend time in my gt era?

the black lake ; this place is so incredibly calming & we often bring picnics down to the lake — where we sit, talk or even swim, in the summer months. the amount of time that i have spent down there by myself is insane - in winter months, we all ice skate down on the lake & it is so much fun (we all have such a fun time down on the lake)

hogsmeade village ; from second year, we are allowed to go down to hogsmeade village with someone older. so we often went down there with fred or george as they were the school year ahead of us & then we would either hang out together or we would meet up to walk back to the castle afterwards. we all had so much fun just exploring the village, looking in all the different shops & eating in the local shops. (it always made me so happy to be able to spend time with my friends.)

hogwarts library ; the amount of time that I spend in the library is absolutely insane ; there are days where myself & some of my friends do not leave the library at all & people have to legitimately bring us food disguised so librarian does not yell at us. but despite the fact we spend a lot of time studying, we also have a lot of fun in the library as well — we talk a lot & spend time learning in group sessions !!

gryffindor common room - I spend quite a lot of time, in this room with all of my friends from the gryffindor house. it is a safe space for us all & we often hold parties & gatherings for both gryffindors students and other houses. our common room has a lot of reds + gold colouring, as well as the walls being covered in bookcases, and comfortable sofas / spaces to sit and talk.

slytherin common room - upon become friends with several of the slytherins in my year group in second year, hermione & i get access too the slytherin common room. this room is very different to our common room, due to it is under the black lake & the window often houses the giant squid which lives in the lake. the room itself is very dark, mainly consisting of dark greens & blacks. however, just like the gryffindor common room - the walls are covered in bookcases & storage. we often sit there & talk to the slytherins — hermiome & i are the only non slytherins that are allowed into the common room.

there are also secret places in the castle where we all like to spend time, such as the room of requirement (from year 5) but also secret places behind paintings, which most of the ghosts & professors do not know about.

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── ❝ SECOND SECTION - MARAUDERS ❞ ──

──・⌗ marauders era intro & first shifting there

it is the summer of 1972, when i ‘timetravel’ to this era ; i will arrive outside the gates of hogwarts, where it will look intact compared to our hogwarts

when we realised that we had gone back in time, we knew that the next step was to figure out how far back we had gone & we knew that the way to do that was to try and get into hogwarts.

i will be holding remus’s letter that he left in the box of the time turner , when he gave it to us ; hermione & i will hold hands as we walk back into the building that we had just lost, where we would come face to face with a very confused mcgonnagal. after we explained our situation, she took us to dumbledore, who she said would be able to fix it.

after he tried to read our minds, he offered to look after the timeturner to try and send us back home - and in the meantime we would just have to be here. he gave us both a age reduction potion, so that we could attend the school and have it not be obvious — we would be sorted with the new 1st years in September.

however next cane go housing us, he told us that we would have to be placed separately as it would be too obvious otherwise. he took hermione too the ‘potters’ & then mcgonnagal took me down to the infirmary where i met madam pomfrey, who i would then be living with until i went back home.

spoiler — we did not go back home

i have left most of this dr up to chance , apart from one scripted event ; in fifth year i will ‘die temporarily’ after being involved in a battle between a bunch of deatheaters, and while i am dead - I will be given two options, where i can stay in this reality or i can go back to my original one. ( i choose to stay in this one , and i both hated and love that moment — effectively sage kiara & hermione granger got wiped from the face of the earth from that moment on)

──・⌗ extra information about my marauders dr

as i have only time-travelled back , i will still keep all the magic that i had from 1990’s but I will just have to keep it under wraps until either I need it in a emergency or until I have ‘learnt it’

mcgonnagal altered my memory slightly which means that the magic will come back to me slowly but I will be able remember everything else

i am very strong at magic + as I learn more and resit my years at hogwarts, my magic will only become stronger

──・⌗ who am i in this era?

name - sage violet pomfrey

age - 11 (mentality of a ninteen year old)

where i was raised - scottish countryside

blood status - halfblood

──・⌗ how do i fit in to this era? my people?

most of this will be left up to chance , as it is a dr where i will be active ! but i do have a few initial friends that i want to script in ! ( but not scripting anything about our relationship etc )

i will be friends with remus lupin, sirius black & james potter ! my friendship with peter will be similar to my friendship with ron because i know what he did later on ( but we will slowly work past that , but i will never fully trust him )

i will meet remus first on the train up to hogwarts , he will be sitting alone & i will join him ; we will make small talk all the way up to hogwarts ! when we make the journey up to the castle , we will be joined by the ‘marauders’ in the boat as well as hermione. it’ll be fun but quiet as everyone is nervous — but that will be my first introduction to the boys

i will meet the girls at a later point , either in the dorms ( depending if I get placed there ) or in classes !! but we will all get along kinda thing & we will trust each other ! our friendship will be very different to the boys 💛

i will meet other people , throughout the first year or two at hogwarts & i am excited to see their influence on my life !!

──・⌗ my significant other/s & found family ish?

found family - they are my people at hogwarts , but also james’s parents - who i will meet the summer of first year & my own magically adopted mother , madam pomfrey ( who asked me to call her poppy or mum ) i will love my found family in this dr !

significant other (discussion) - no serious romance will happen in this dr until i am older as obviously i will have a older mental age ! but i am excited to see who I end up with & I cannot wait to form relationships in my dr ; rn i am thinking it will either be remus or sirius or both ? i love them both so much

──・⌗ places i liked to spend time in my m era?

i will find most of these out over time , but here are a few initial ones

black lake ; this place is so incredibly calming & we often bring picnics down to the lake — where we sit, talk or even swim, in the summer months. the amount of time that i have spent down there by myself is insane - in winter months, we all ice skate down on the lake & it is so much fun (we all have such a fun time down on the lake)

hogsmeade village ; from second year, we are allowed to go down to hogsmeade village with someone older. so we often went down there with alice or frank as they were the school year ahead of us & then we would either hang out together or we would meet up to walk back to the castle afterwards. we all had so much fun just exploring the village, looking in all the different shops & eating in the local shops. (it always made me so happy to be able to spend time with my friends.)

hogwarts library - the amount of time that I spend in the library is absolutely insane ; there are days where myself & some of my friends do not leave the library at all & people have to legitimately bring us food disguised so librarian does not yell at us. but despite the fact we spend a lot of time studying, we also have a lot of fun in the library as well — we talk a lot & spend time learning in group sessions !!

──・⌗ other final things !!

firstly I want to thankyou if you have read this far but - i have more information that i can possibly include ; such as classes and growing up in the golden trio era / as well as a more detailed marauders backstory so please let me know if you want more details on those !!

if you read this far - please have a cookie 🍪 & i really appreciate you !!

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steelyoru · 3 years

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just drafted an Official Coming Out letter to my family so……. that’s happening sometime soon

#nart.txt #it’ll be something!#i fully expect to be met w nothing but ignorance and non acceptance #but nonetheless i’m absolutely sick of living a lie for the past 10 years!

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cancerjupiter · 4 years

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astro notes: neptune edition (pt. 1)

neptune represents issues which are frequently unconscious, so all of this may operate without your awareness. if projected, the negative aspects of neptune become more emphasised. the more you reject it in your own life, the more likely it is that you’ll meet it in exaggerated ways outside yourself.

neptune in the 1st house

tends to be the kind of person who waits and sees, but your outward behavior doesn’t begin to describe what goes on inside. you feel connected to your environment because you’re aware of subtle energies, you pick up impressions from others they’re usually unaware to be giving. you find yourself in the uncomfortable position of knowing (beyond a verbal level) what others’ unconscious motivations are, what’s hidden behind their civility. you tend to be very idealistic, preferring to live in harmony: peaceful non-demanding relationships and quiet and aesthetically pleasing surroundings. you choose to think kindly of others, whether they reciprocate or not; your sensitivity gives you a natural compassion. you can be most charming, often whimsical, sometimes romantic, and usually empathic. you seem approachable and often receptive to a degree others find startling and deeply gratifying (if not a little scary lol). you want life to be perfect for yourself and others, and your desire for a better world can be channeled into artistic creative pursuits, social work, or mere daydreaming.

you often struggle with personal identity. you may be so open to others that you pick up their moods without realising it. you tend to mimic, unconsciously, the strong characteristics of the last person you were with. don’t become an emotional sponge; define your emotional boundaries and accept it is necessary for your growth to establish a firm identity. another thing i noticed about you is that you guys don’t mind suffering; no, i’m not saying you don’t hate it (everyone does!) but you seem to accept it when you don’t have to. you put others first and feel that it’s best to sacrifice your own well-being than to be responsible for someone else’s suffering.

there’s almost always a strong awareness of and interest in spiritual energies with this placement. you may actually be psychic, whether or not you’re comfortable with the ability. you may deeply religious, although not conventionally since institutions don’t satisfy you; you feel at home with a belief system you know, from personal experience, exists. your lack of interest in the real world can lead you into seriously bad habits like drug abuse or eating disorders and due to your dislike of physical activity, this can quickly damage your (often sensitive) health. alternatively, this placement can also lead to arrogance, depending on the sun and midheaven placements/aspects.

neptune in the 2nd house

you tend to be idealistic with the use of money and personal resources, not terribly attached to them. you look at them as temporary and although sad to part with something you own, you can let it go where others simply cannot. there’s an indifferent attitude towards finances, income and etc. some of you are v generous and will give things away to people who can truly admire it, believing nothing truly belongs to anyone. this outlook satisfies you greatly, making you easygoing but also easily being taken advantage of. this sort of gives you a fairy-tale attitude towards your money - it’s either always there when needed, or simply one of the world’s idiotic, materialistic preoccupations. you may be unpractical or simply forgetful with resources; not willing to sit down and figure what’s the best buy and choosing to go with intuition. purchases usually go by what you want rather than what you can afford (my friend has no idea how much is on her bank acc and doesn’t care to figure it out. she just doesn’t care lol). you should actually read the small print in contracts and not trust just anyone with your money.

alternatively, there may be a strong tendency to overvalue material things (neptune = beliefs in the house of money and possessions), specially if there’s an earth emphasis in the chart, making you inclined to putting great care and time into upkeep. you usually want your things to look aesthetic™️.

there’s also a strong creative tendency; it may be expressed in various forms but it will certainly be inherent. you need at least periodic access to music and inspiration, including the outdoors where you can soak up peace and serenity. since the 2nd house also relates to sensual pleasures, you probably expect these to provide a kind of ultimate ecstasy. in short, this placement forces you to face up to your tendencies to create illusions about money, possessions, sex, or creative pursuits. don’t expect more from them than they can provide.

neptune in the 3rd house

on one level, this placement can confuse and scatter the brain, giving it vagueness and disorganized thinking. sometimes, however, the mind exhibits uncanny insights into the subtleties of the environment. you sense the hidden nuances and meanings behind what’s being said. what you miss in terms of precise analytical ability, you can by being able to view the big-picture more clearly. there’s a danger to this however; your desire to view what’s beautiful and ideal around you can give a kind of selective perception in which only the good is seen and what doesn’t fit into that is ignored.

you don’t usually feel comfortable expressing yourself through normal channels of communication. what you have to say can be better demonstrated through dance, poetry, song, or picture (painted or taken). there’s often a shyness in the early school situation, which manifested in mental illness (my friend has dyslexia and this was a hard time for her) or simply confusion.

since this house also rules siblings, there may be some sacrifices to be made in relation to them; they may be a problem or have difficulties. since neptune fuses the boundary between the self and others, you may feel you’re responsible for their problems or everything which happens in the immediate environment (also ruled by the 3rd). if you don’t have siblings, you probably longed for the companionship of it, an idealized vision of what a sibling is. i also noticed this neptune placement showing exceptional ability as teachers - specially working w children who have learning difficulties. they can understand ways to communicate with and understand the child better than anyone else.

neptune in the 4th house

i have this one and it’s a loaded position: an unconscious planet in an unconscious house. to feel safe in a secure nest is fundamental, though that’s often quite unconscious. your idea of haven includes a lovely home, w lots of food and someone who will take care of your needs. there’s an assumption that the mother, early home life and emotional security all need to be perfect. that is, all needs will be met with ease, and there’s no upset or disappointment in these areas. the mom or other primary caregiver, is supposed to be there when needed, regardless of other commitments. the illusions connected to the 4th house (remember, neptune refers to illusions which must be exposed and released) are deeply intimate; and any threat to them is profoundly threatening to you.

neptune in the 4th generally has to overcome the strong need for the nurturing parent to not only be perfect but to continue being so into your adulthood. you have great difficulty separating from them; you may never fully do it. it doesn’t matter if they actually lived to your expectations, for their importance is in your head - the parent you idealized or pretended they were. sometimes, however, this desire focuses on the home rather than the parent. in this case, the childhood home was either perfect, or mysterious and elusive. you can react by trying to re-create the exact same nest.

with this placement, nurturing yourself becomes the ultimate value, a way to find supreme satisfaction. you can also make the most amazing caretakers and companions. your need to nurture others is a complicated expression of your own hunger to be taken care of; you give too much and eventually become resentful when no one appreciates your (not asked for) sacrifices. you might also project neptunian traits onto your parent; they may be v spiritual and loving, vague and confusing, or even absent, so you were left w only a fantasy of what they could - and should - have been. they might have also been a victim (similar to pisces moon) and you might’ve felt obligated to save them.

you feel like caring involves being swallowed up completely, and it’s something you either constantly yearn or are terrified of. you also feel if your (unrealistic) emotional security needs aren’t met, you won’t survive the disappointment (you did, and you will again). neptune in the 4th can make the most patient and loving parents, w a strong sense of their emotional bonding and spiritual responsibilities. you will do more to create an ideal parent/child relationship than anyone else and constantly remind others of how important it is to strive to be the best parent one can be.

neptune in the 5th house

this combo leads to a definite charisma, an aura of charm and power and importance (timothee, angelina, mlk, drake, etc). it’s a strong indication of some kind of acting ability, though it may be used as a teacher or a salesman rather than on stage. you’re likely to work in some area where applause and respect can be immediate and experienced personally. you need this; neptune undermines the self-confidence so you depend on others’ feedback to measure your worth. this can be a deadly dependency because even the highest praise and respect can truly fulfill the yearning to be loved unconditionally, only provide a temporary high, making you forever vulnerable.

some of the illusions related to this placement include the need to have perfect relationships and children, and the perfect artistic creation. whenever one expects perfection, they’re doomed to disappoitment, although the process of disillusionment may be needed to rethink your outlook on life. you may expect your love life to provide a complete sense of fulfillment. you can make a v romantic partner, the type to love cheesy romantic things and music, who can surround your lover with utmost affection. however, you might also expect them to sense your wishes and always meet them; or expect yourself to always be sensitive and caring at al times, regadless of your moods and/or needs.

you need to re-evaluate your tendency to romanticize lovers instead of seeing them for who they are. you may also harbor illusions towards children, your own or all, which hamper your ability to deal w them realistically and effectively. there’s a difficulty in developing a strong sense of self-worth, or maybe fancying yourself to be far more important than you really are. this placement is associated w a great deal of inspired creativity, however, and if other chart factors support it, it indicates exceptional artistic talent. with humility and self-awareness, you can use your magnetism to uplift those who have lost all confidence.

neptune in the 6th house

w this placement, neptune is in its polar opposite, since 6th house relates to virgo and neptune relates to pisces. this house is about the world as it is and how to manage it in a day-to-day basis. neptunian energy is the opposite: it yearns for and seeks to unite w the cosmos, which transcends this world. how can these two work this out?

when they’re well integrated in the chart, you can dream of neptune while using the practical 6th house skills to plan and organise the dream you wish to make true some day. it can direct the neptunian energy to envision something better, prettier, more creative and inspiring. without this, the 6th house is merely a housekeeping unit - a drive to organise and plan, but for what purpose? neptune supplies it with purpose and the house repays it with practical skills, usually related to some artistic work.

however, if the energies are at odds, there is the need to dream vs. the need to be practical and realistic. you feel a strong need to busy yourself w details and make everything as efficient as possible, tidying up and even criticising others (negative virgo energy). you may expect far too much from others and yourself, never able to say “no” when more work is piled on you. another expression is not being able to keep your shit together; you forget, are disorganized, feel tired and drained of energy, get sick often, or feel generally unfulfilled. my friend, for example, often seeks jobs for its glamorous aspects, only to get swamped by details and routine.

#astrology #zodiac signs #neptune #neptune houses #aries #taurus #gemini #cancer #leo #virgo #1st house #2nd house #3rd house #4th house #5th house #6th house

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nekumiko · 6 years

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Fandom: Daiya no Ace

Genre: Romance

Rated: T

Words: 2, 032

Chapters: 1 | 2

Summary: She’s fascinated with his hair. Just his hair. But Ryousuke finds it invasive, and of course he won’t let her off that easily.

Chapter Two: Not even an acquaintance, but a nuisance

Snickers.

She hears snickers. From the people passing them by, and a certain distinct one.

"What did I even do wrong?” she asks distractedly. “I just made a mistake."

"Exactly."

That chuckling continues. She wants to cry. Out of humiliation and relief at the same time.

"Huh?" She blinks, then realizes, her eyes widening before settling back to a small frown. "I mean, there's nothing wrong with being friends with someone who just happened to be your brother." Her brown eyes now locks gazes with familiar ones of the same color, hidden behind thick black glasses. Help me. Please.

The source of the annoying, mocking chuckles straightens up, but his eyes still laugh. Not for free, right?

You're unbelievable.

"Are you even friends?" Kominato pulls her back to attention, away from the three-second conversation of eyes.

"What do you mean?"

"Maybe you're just forcing it on him. Or you've been targeting him next."

"Stop treating me like some criminal."

"Ryou-san!"

She is pulled back by the scruff of her collar, her feet lifting off the ground a bit, as someone's broad back fills her vision. "Ack!" she almost chokes.

Their interrupter starts talking to the senior, allowing her to step further behind him to hide from eyes she couldn't even see. That's when a school bag is deliberately dropped on her feet.

She groans, but has to take it with her.

"Oh?" she hears Kominato as she steps onto the stairs. "So that's why she doesn't grow. Your girlfriend."

"Geh," both second-years gag.

Leaving the usual denial up to her savior, she slips away as they easily slip into baseball talk, the school bags on each hand keeping her from running up the stairs. Reaching 2-B's classroom, the bag almost flies out the window, the way it bumped into the sill before it landed on the desk behind the one she'd chosen for herself. She then hunches over on her own desk, making fake sobbing noises.

Black.

Interacting with Kominato Ryousuke, which she tries so hard not to do, always leaves her feeling dark and gloomy.

She's used to non-friendly banters, but this is something else. He'd always manage to work her up with just one word from him. And she ends up spouting unintelligible things that would put her into more of a disadvantage.

What was she even thinking? Even back at the train station. What could have happened if ever she had encountered the older Kominato back then?

So much for wanting to advance to the 'friends' category.

"Bop." A light tap on the back of her head.

Almost instantly, she turns with both arms outstretched. "You-!"

"Not the glasses, no marks on skin," the male brunette warns, which temporarily halts her actions until he sits down.

"Ka-zu-yaaa!" She settles on pulling his bangs with every syllable before flopping face-down again, now on his desk. "Kazuya," she groans, "I'm so stupid."

Black. That's all she can see right now.

How wonderful would it be to sink in darkness and stay there forever.

"I'd be lonely," she hears Miyuki say.

So she said that out loud. "Ew, Kazuya. Please listen to yourself."

But if only she'd stop seeing color—no, if she'd only stop seeing that pink, she'd stop approaching it like a moth to a flame.

She buries her face into the blackness, wishing for a black hole to swallow her up.

"Stop hugging that, it's not him." Miyuki carefully pulls his bag out from under her, replacing the black she's seeing with the beige desk.

She remains unmoving.

"Did you throw this? I have a packed lunch in here."

"I don't care because it's not true."

"My contacts and goggles are—"

"You have them back at the dorm."

"As expected of a stalker, huh?"

"As if."

Miyuki laughs. "Now what was that all about earlier?"

She groans again.

"I thought you've been avoiding direct interactions with Ryou-san? And now you do a surprise attack?"

"You mean you saw everything?" She shoots up, prompting Miyuki to lean back on his chair for she almost hit his chin.

"Of course." He grins.

"Then why...?"

He shrugs. "I was wondering what you're up to."

She sighs and looks out the window. "I thought he's Haruichi."

"Haruichi?"

"Ah!" She looks back at him. "Kazuya, why didn't you tell me Kominato-san has a little brother?"

He holds up both hands to chest-level. "Trust me, this is the first time I'm hearing this."

"He just joined the team! You met the new members last week, right?"

"Do you really expect me to remember every single new face?"

"But... but he has pink hair too! That'd be hard to miss!"

"What do you think do we do in the field? Gawk at each other and gossip?"

"Hmph." She crosses her arms. Then she lights up. "Aha! Maybe you got punished for being late!"

He chuckles. "All-seeing eye."

"Spot on!" She giggles. "So that's why you didn't have time to observe?"

"Don't be silly. Practice lasted for the whole day, we all ate in the same cafeteria, and live in the same dorm. It's just, for someone to be remembered, they should do something remarkable first. Or be a miserable failure." Miyuki glances out the window with a smirk.

Click.

"Whoops, forgot to turn that off." She lowers her phone to see Miyuki raising an eyebrow at her. "Sorry, I need money."

"Since when did the little princess need money, huh?" he asks. "My face practically fills up your phone memory. How come you won't just take Ryou-san's pictures too? That way, chances of interaction are lowered." He leans forward. "Or do you just like looking at him in person?"

"I-I wouldn't deny that, but it's really not how you make it sound like. Besides, taking someone's picture attracts more attention. He'd really call the police."

"You think I wouldn't anytime soon?"

She laughs and pokes his cheek. "Of course you wouldn't! Kazuya loves me!"

"Listen to yourself, Aya."

"This is why you two are mistaken as a couple," a voice says beside them.

"Eh? Mochi's our classmate again?" she says monotonously, turning to the voice.

"Nice to see you again too, Aya." Kuramochi puts his bag down on his chair. "Wait, haven't you seen me in the opening ceremony earlier?"

"Of course she didn't," Miyuki butts in. "Her eyes are over to the third—"

"I was just kidding, Mochi!" she cuts off, waving her hand left and right, smacking lightly on Miyuki's cheek. "Don't take it to heart!"

"I thought so, actually," Kuramochi looks back and forth at them.

"And besides," Miyuki's at it again, "she wouldn't be mean to her strongest link to Ryou-san."

"I don't need to be linked to him! I'd cut off all ties you'd ever create between us two!"

"Woah, there!" Kuramochi laughs. "Maybe you should stop for now, Miyuki."

"What do you mean, ‘for now?’”

It's so unfair.

'I work and live for the aesthetic. It's only natural for me to get attracted to what I think is beautiful,' she'd say. Or used to say.

Apparently it had only solidified the misunderstanding.

"You won't drop by practice?" Miyuki notices her heading the other direction after class.

"Aww, Kazuya, do you miss me that much?" she says sweetly as a joke. At Miyuki's deadpan expression, Aya continues walking. "It's recruitment day. I'm—I mean, my drawings—are Art Club's front liner."

"Oh. The double play drawing?"

She sighs. "And more."

The more she draws, the more she needs to observe. The more she needs inspiration, the more she gets teased.

"For Ryou-san's birthday?" she hears Kuramochi overhead.

She'd been sitting outside, a ways bit under a window. "Nah, an order. Miyuki Kazuya #5. I finished one of you, would you like to see…?" She looks up. "Really? It's his birthday?"

"I'm really more concerned now with how you make money."

"At least you know you have fangirls~"

"Huh." He leans out the window. "So do you accept commissions requesting Ryou-san too?"

"Why wouldn't I? It's money."

He shrugs. "I just thought you'd want to keep him for yourself."

Aya squints. "Shoo, Mochi, shoo."

"I'll request one for his birthday, with your full name and signature at the bottom. It has to have a huge 'Happy Birthday' in it."

"That's really sweet of you, to get a birthday gift for your beloved senior. But requests are closed. Go get a gift using your own effort."

Kuramochi laughs his usual. "I'd pay you double if you give it to him personally."

"…I-ignoring you." She picks her pencil up again.

The more she denies, the more she gets misunderstood.

"Makoto-san!" Someone taps her shoulder.

Aya turns around to find the three Seidou managers, plus a younger-looking girl wearing a similar jacket to them.

Sachiko's pigtails seem to bounce as she continues, "I knew you'd be here!"

Aya grins. "Of course! I love supporting the team!"

"And him?" Yui, the short-haired manager, smirks.

"And Kazuya." She beams proudly, despite noticing the two exchanging glances. "He's amazing, right? Three-run homer, man!"

"We know!" both second-year managers, somehow brought back to the excitement of the game with that, chorus.

She then turns to the youngest girl. "Hi!" She waves. "New manager?"

"Y-yes! My name's Yoshikawa Haruno, the first-year manager. Nice to meet you!" The girl bows.

She returns the bow. "Makoto Aya. I'm... a mere audience."

"She's Art Club's pride!" Sachiko says. "You might have seen her drawings of the team on recruitment day."

"U-uh..."

"She's also designed official banners for the team last year," Yui adds.

"W-well-"

"Really?" Yoshikawa faces her fully. "I did see those drawings! They're awesome!"

"T-thank you!" Aya laughs nervously.

"Oh, oh, since you've seen her drawings, have you seen that double play one?" Sachiko asks. "That one of-"

"Stop!"

"Back to the game, you four." Takako, the third-year beauty, smiles, which effectively hushes them.

It's the spring tournament. Seidou High is playing against Ichidai Third, with the former back to the top of the batting lineup.

Kuramochi, as they had all hoped, gets on base.

As the second batter steps up to the box, she tightens her hold on her sketchbook.

Black.

It's also how the surroundings seem to dim whenever he moves in the field. Like there's a spotlight. A pink spotlight, that is. His hair's the spotlight itself.

It's also something she does not want the field to look like for her after he graduates.

Kuramochi successfully steals a base almost at the same time Kominato hits, getting the latter on base as well.

Top of the second, no outs, runners on first and third.

Those two's teamwork has really gotten better since she had first drawn them. And it's a big credit to Kominato's strict training (and harsh words) that had inspired Kuramochi to improve.

"Aaaaand Makoto gets her pencil ready~"

Aya is startled by Yui's face on her shoulder. Even without anything on it yet, she holds the sketchbook to her chest as she turns to the four girls behind her—three of them grinning and one confused.

Everyone who knows about her quest for inspiration—basically the first-stringers, team managers, and the Art Club—would always interpret it as a cute crush on the pink-haired baseman.

Why? Just… why?

Well, she does lurk by the field almost everyday, she pauses to stare at him for a few seconds in the halls, and drawings of him fill her sketchbook and pile up under her study desk.

Man, she's creepy.

Maybe that's why Kominato hates her.

She's surprised she isn't banned from the field.

But really, she just likes looking at him.

He actually looks kind. Just don't let him talk. And he's so cool when he plays. She would dare say Kominato has made her like baseball again more than her cousin could ever influence her.

But that's it. He's just easy on the eyes. She doesn't see it necessary to have feelings for him. It is perfectly possible to simply admire someone without getting romantically involved, but these people wouldn't believe it.

If only she had not messed up just once—or rather twice—she wouldn't be marked as Kominato Ryousuke's number one fangirl.

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Fallout: The assassin on the roof

Here is a (very) short story about how my little ghoul met Hancock and Fahrenheit for the first time <3 Hope you’ll enjoy :D

"Really, I feel like i'm losing my mind! No matter how hard the boys and I look, it's like we're chasing a ghost! But, I swear there was definitely someone last time! I wasn't the only one who saw that fucking shadow moving along the rooftops!" Fahrenheit exclaimed as she crossed her arms.

For several days now, the mayor's bodyguard felt like she was being followed and watched by someone or something. She didn’t pay it much attention at first, but now this feeling of a mysterious presence was becoming harder and harder to dismiss as something as silly as just a nagging feeling. All members of the Neighborhood Watch were notified about it and watched for the slightest movement in the shadows, but their efforts always proved to be in vain. Most were beginning to wonder if their leader had become paranoid. The constant insistence of something they could never prove was beginning to take a toll on the woman and her credibility.

"Sounds like someone's got herself a secret admirer," offered Hancock, clearly amused at her frustration. The mayor of Goodneighbor was fully aware of this case, however, it was impossible for Fahrenheit to know if he was taking her seriously or not. She scowled at him.

"Are you kidding me?! I give to you my concerns and all you do is watch me investigate all on my own and then laugh in my face?!"

"Naaah, I'm not laughing in your face. I only sai-"

"You're not taking this seriously, Hancock! This is really freaking me out! Can you put down the Jet for two seconds and listen to me?!" She was trying, and failing, to hold back her anger.

"But I am listening, Fahrenheit. You said that you let all the Neighborhood Watch in on this and nobody’s found anything, right?" he replied with a shrug. "I don't know what more can be done for the moment other than waiting for whatever it is to show up and leave some kind of clue. And there..."

The mayor didn't get to finish his thought as an unexpected flash of light caught his eye. He turned his head towards the window, ignoring Fahrenheit's impatient rebuttal. There he squinted and gasped. There was no doubt about it. There was an unusual twinkle from the roof of the building facing the Old State House.

The ghoul slowly turned towards the young woman and calmly spoke, "I want you to keep calm and go sit on that chair over there. And, whatever you do, do not go anywhere near that window. I'll be right back." He stood up, his face shifted into a neutral expression, and left the room without giving any other explanation to his bodyguard.

*** The sniper grumbled when they watched their target move out of sight and not return. They didn't have time to dwell on that misfortune as their companion, a dog named Mardi-Gras, started to growl. The assassin left their sniping position, grabbed their revolver, and pointed it at the door behind them as it opened.

"Good eeeevening," greeted Hancock, his double-barrel shotgun in his hands, ready to fire, “am I interrupting anything?”

The assassin certainly hadn't planned to face the mayor in person, at least, not so soon... and certainly not as the one being ambushed. They cursed themselves internally and, with their eyes fixed onto him, they gave an order to the dog to calm down. The animal stayed back but remained on the defensive, her owner still in danger. The dog's owner was surprisingly another ghoul, shorter and also younger than Hancock obviously. They gave a warning to the man facing them.

"Don't come any closer. It would be a shame to paint your nice shirt with your insides..."

"Yeah, and I suggest you give up right now. You're talking to Hancock here. In case you didn't know, I'm the mayor of Goodneighbor, and therefore I am the protector of its inhabitants. If you try to hurt even one of them, believe me, I'll take care of you myself, personally."

“Unless I kill you first.” The assassin lifted their chin, staring him down.

"Oh, I'd love to see that!" Hancock replied sarcastically.

“I don't have much of a choice, do I?”

"That all depends on you, Friend," stated Hancock, his expression calm but calculating. “But the way I see it is that we can both make the choice to kill each other right here and make a nice meal for that skinny mutt of yours… or you can choose to end this and accept the possibility of my giving you a second chance. We all make mistakes. I'll be the first to admit that, thus I'm willing to forgive you. So if you just holster your gun already, perhaps we can discuss things peacefully. What do you say?"

Listening closely, and at a disadvantage, the younger ghoul slowly lowered their weapon with a bewildered look on their face before looking away. They hadn’t expected to be caught off guard in the first place by him, let alone shown such generosity. The assassin opened their mouth to answer but immediately closed it, frowning. Their thoughts were running a mile a minute. They had to make a decision, fast, but which one?

Noticing the double-barrel shotgun was also lowering, the intruder felt a little more at ease and turned around, facing away from the mayor. It put them in a very vulnerable position, having a shotgun still aimed at them, but they were unable to face his look of sincerity any longer. Perhaps the elder could feel that the younger wasn't inherently bad. Either way, the assassin wasn't completely disarmed, and in a worst case scenario that the dark-eyed man betrayed them, Mardi-Gras would jump on him, fangs bared. They considered his offer for a moment while gazing at the residents passing by below. They decided to come clean and get something off if their chest.

"I've been following Fahrenheit for several days... There have been three times I could have easily killed her... Ten, if I add up all the times when I would have faced collateral damage. I was promised a very large sum for this job... so why am I hesitating?"

"Don't tell me that she’d caught your eye! I was just kidding that she'd had a secret admirer all along, haha! That would be a little too cliché, wouldn't it?"

"Huh?! W-what? No!" blurted the assassin, turning towards the mayor, both surprised and flustered. "Non, non! Not my type, not at all! If I had a type at all... No, attraction has nothing to do with it..."

The assassin paused for a moment, refocusing their attention back on the city below before starting again.

"Goodneighbor seems like a nice place. Not perfect, of course, but at least being a ghoul isn't a problem. I admit it's rather appealing. Having a home, a job, the protection of an influential mayor, in addition to have the right to be who we are without being persecuted... And then there's Fahrenheit. I must confess, I wasn't expecting that..."

"What do you mean?" Hancock inquired, approaching slowly. He looked relaxed, at first glance, but the way he was carrying his gun was a good indicator that he didn’t trust the assassin enough just yet. No doubt, if he had to, he would shoot the other before they had the chance to draw.

"I had met with her once before, in order to obtain any helpful information on my target. I'm an assassin, not a two-bit assassin. Anyway, I was quite surprised by her behavior. No scream, no slur, not even looking at me rudely. She treated me as if... I were a person. Rather rare coming from a human, right? She was friendly and from what I heard, she’s that way with most ghouls in addition to being... well... you're bodyguard. And even more surprising...She... kind of invited me live here. In Goodneighbor."

They turned back to face the mayor again and quickly looked him up and down, rather surprised by his sudden close proximity. Obviously he’d stepped forward while they weren't looking, but they overlooked it for now, as he had no reason to trust the young ghoul just yet. They couldn't really blame him for that. The intruder didn't know why, as this wasn't at all how they had planned out this day, but they felt like the only goal now was to gain Hancock's confidence. Sincerity seemed to be the best option available. They looked upwards to meet the mayor's gaze.

"I have killed a lot of people. You may find this terrible, but I rarely regretted those jobs. I'm quite proud of most of them, even so... with Fahrenheit... I know I'd feel remorse. I have nothing against her, nothing to fuel me to kill her! I don't... want to kill her,” they trailed off, suddenly at a loss for words. Hancock seemed to be waiting for something else, so they finally asked, "What are you going to do with me now, mayor of Goodneighbor?"

"That depends on what YOU are going to do."

"If I don't kill her, my employer will not only pay someone else to do the job, but he will also send another after me... I'll also lose the pretty bundle that he promised me, which I really need."

"Oh, is that right? I think we can work this out," replied the other, a smirk tugging at his lips, "I might have a few caps lying around."

"Are you serious? You would pay me to double-cross my employer?" The young ghoul was rather surprised by this offer. They had to, nevertheless, admit that this unexpected turn of events was welcomed. Their employer was an abject and violent human and unfortunately too influential to be touched without any blowback. However, if he planned to take down one of the only cities that welcomed their kind, the assassin was ready to annihilate him, no matter the cost. Moreso if they were going to be paid for it!

“You've seem to have it all figured out, brother...sister…uh...bro...ster?”

“Just call me Cendre.” They shook the hand that was offered to close the deal and left with their dog and their new job.

*** Several days had passed when the Neighborhood Watch was alerted by the barking and howling of a dog. When they opened the gate guarding Goodneighbor, they were astonished to find the unconscious assassin being dragged along the ground by Mardi-Gras. It was nearly impossible to know the condition they were in, since they weren't moving on their own and covered in multiple injuries, but one thing was for sure, the ghoul wouldn't last long if they didn't get help quickly!

Fahrenheit was the first to come to their rescue with a stimpack. Then, without much effort, she carried Cendre to the Old State House, followed of closely by the faithful hound. When she got to the second floor, she placed them down on one of the sofas. She treated the injured ghoul as best she could with Hancock's help, who was equally stunned, impressed and worried at the same time.

Cendre woke up slowly to find that they were comfortably resting in a semi-familiar room, surrounded by the mayor, his bodyguard and Mardi-Gras. The woman helped them to sit up on the sofa and gave them time to come to their senses. They pet their dog who greeted them with plenty of kisses.

"Holy shit! You were severely hurt! Good thing your dog was there!"

"Je... I think I killed them all but I can't be sure. I admit, I didn't have time to check each corridor. I didn't think I would get out of this alive. There might be one or two survivors, but I killed most of them, including their leader. You shouldn’t have any more trouble out of them."

"Wait... You defeated a whole group of Raiders all by yourself?" Fahrenheit inquired, clearly amazed.

"All by myself? Non, Mardi-Gras was with me" they replied, petting their dog again. "I really don't know how we managed... Everything's a blur… I wasn't expecting to make it out alive."

Hancock approached, put off by the heroic yet inconsiderate gesture of the assassin. "You know you gave us a hell of a scare when you got back here barely breathing! Do you got a death wish or something? Why did you throw yourself into the lion's den if you knew you could’ve wound up dead?"

Cendre lowered their eyes, looking at their feet, and shrugged their shoulders. It was true, they could very well have left and abandoned their mission, leaving both groups to their conflicts. Instead, they saw it through, risking their life and Mardi-Gras’ as well.

"I dunno what to say… maybe I was attracted by the shelter that Goodneighbor promised me? It was the only thing driving me... all or nothing..."

The ghoul in the tricorn started to laugh and then leaned on the back of the sofa, looking at their guest with a benevolent expression on his face.

“The city has attracted you? Good! Because I think you're earning your place here!” Cendre looked at him. No, he didn't seemed to be kidding. The young ghoul mumbled something softly but didn't have any time to finish their thought before the mayor added, "Oh! And I might have another task that's right up your alley, but take your time to settle in, alright? It's not that urgent."

"Wait, wait, wait. A-are you... Are you offering me a job?" asked the assassin, a smile awkwardly drawing on their face.

"I'm offering you a place to stay and find a job, yes. It’s nothing permanent, but I'm sure you'll find someone that'll put your skills to good use at the Third Rail,” he sighed and scratched his head under his hat with indifference, before looking over at Cendre. He smiled and added, "but I hope you'll be willing to come around the next time I need something taken care of?"

The younger ghoul felt their cheeks warm up and their heart race at the sight of the soft smile. Flustered, they blurted out in response without thinking, "No worries, I'll make you my top priority." This gave them a chuckle from Hancock, and another heated blush.

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Inside The Misunderstood World Of Adult Baby Diaper Lovers

Sex Heroes is an ongoing HuffPost Q&A series by Voices Editorial Director Noah Michelson that explores the lives and experiences of individuals who are challenging, and thereby changing, mainstream culture’s understanding of sex and sexuality.

Tykables, the only brick and mortar storefront in the United States dedicated to adult baby diaper lovers (ABDL), is located in Mount Prospect, a suburb of Chicago. Its customers, John-Michael Williams, the store's owner says, include those ABDL who have a fetish or sexual interest in dressing like or pretending to be a baby; people who have a medical need for adult diapers and enjoy the brand’s options; and individuals, some of whom are on the autism spectrum, who find the diapers and child-style clothing provide a sense of comfort and stress relief.

To be clear, those in the ABDL community are not interested in sexual contact with children or babies, as some people mistakenly believe, but are interested in items and activities related to behaving like or pretending to be children. What’s more, some ABDL aren’t interested in role playing as a child at all and instead find pleasure in the texture or sound or feeling of clothing and pieces associated with the community.

Saying that people who identify as ABDL are misunderstood and maligned would be a colossal understatement. Even worse, not only do they face ridicule for having desires or inclinations that exist outside of what is considered by mainstream culture to “normal,” there are few places beyond the internet to express their identity, find community or buy goods related to their interests.

For those reasons, the mere existence of Tykables, which offers all three, is something of a marvel. What’s even more incredible to me, though, is that aside from some Mount Prospect residents who initially expressed concern about the storefront after it opened last spring, it’s operated for almost a year without incident. In fact, Williams recently told me that he hasn’t even experienced so much as someone ringing the doorbell and running away.

Williams chatted with me last week about what it’s like to visit the Tykables store, the biggest misconceptions about being an ABDL and much more.

The Huffington Post: Tell me about the typical Tykables customer. John-Michael Williams: Our storefront is no different than our actual brand. There are really three main categories of people that we sell to: The adult baby diaper lover (ABDL) community. Then, we also have a lot of people who are incontinent or require, physically, to wear diapers, and who prefer our style and branding. And then the third category includes people on the autistic spectrum. They prefer our products over some of the medical products because we don’t focus on the medical aspect — we actually help them remove some of that stigma that’s associated with these products.

What does the store offer? It’s designed in a very playful way. It looks very much like a nursery, with oversize baby items, like a seven-and-a-half-foot crib and an oversize rocking horse, among our other things around the store. And we have our diapers and our full line of clothing items: our Snappies bodysuits, our denim jeans that we make, our padded briefs and our diaper line.

Walk me through the experience of visiting the Tykables store. [The experience] really depends on the person, but it’s in many ways like going to any other retail store. A lot of people come in here and want to talk to someone who is in the ABDL community. We get a lot of people who have never met anybody [who is also an ABDL] and who might be nervous about meeting other people [in the community]. This is a safe space for them to do that because it’s public, but it’s not. We get a lot of people that really don’t know anybody else [in the community], so, they’ll talk to us, they’ll buy our products. We get a lot of people who will do that before they go to one of the [ABDL meet ups that happen in Chicago] or even just before meeting another person [in the community].

There seems to be a lot of shame for many people with these kind of interests or desires or inclinations. Finding a community of likeminded individuals and a welcoming place like Tykables must be really important for them. Our brand provides an actual location [to visit]. People come in and talk to us, get more comfortable and then consider going to some of the events we sponsor.

Whether you look at it from a fetish aspect or not, a lot of people feel shamed by having sex that is not the traditional, missionary man and woman — or man and man or woman and woman, perhaps — style sex. I find that odd. I find it strange that you can feel shame in something that makes you feel pleasure. I can’t understand that mentality. I get that people feel that way — I just don’t understand why. When people come here, sometimes we talk about that: what about it for them, do they get out of it? Everyone wants to fit in, everyone wants to be welcomed, everyone wants to feel loved — that’s something we all want. And when you’re different, it makes it difficult. And if you feel that others don’t value you, you might not value yourself and that’s very detrimental and very hurtful to one’s self. So anytime we talk to anyone here we always try and be as open and friendly as possible. To paraphrase RuPaul, “If you can’t love yourself, how the fuck is somebody else going to love you?” You have to love who you are, you have to be happy with who you are as the first step in accepting yourself or finding a relationship with somebody else. How can you expect someone else to love and accept you if you don’t even do it?

Tell me more about the distinction between those who are interested in adult baby diapers for a sexual or fetish reason and those who are into them for other reasons.

From a fetish or sexual standpoint, it’s pretty self-explanatory. They are aroused sexually, either through role play or from the product itself — the sound, texture or feeling. Or, for some people, there’s a humiliation aspect. It could be any one of those things, or something else I haven’t mentioned. It’s a really individual thing.

But it has nothing to do with children. I want to make sure we’re making that very clear. This is about wanting to act like or be children, not wanting to be with children, correct? Absolutely. It has nothing to do with actual children. The gratification comes from the objects or the role play and the persons themselves “being” the child. From a fetish standpoint it could be like… being treated as a child can be a degrading thing. If someone has a sexual response to being degraded, then being treated as an infant can be very embarrassing.

Tell me about the non-fetish side of it. For people who are into it for non-sexual reasons, it’s more of an emotional response rather than a sexual stimulus. There’s a comforting aspect for them. A lot of the things we offer are just that — they’re meant to be comforting. They’re meant to be something innocent. So, as far as these people go, there are two real segments in that crowd: There are people who are on the autism spectrum, and then those who are not but who still find it comforting. People who are autistic or more specifically have Asperger syndrome, often times have social anxiety, and products like our can offer a security blanket of sorts which help them deal with stress or anxiety. For those who aren’t autistic, it can also be a way for them to forget about their cares — to be a stress release. It really is as simple as that for a lot of people. The biggest thing as far as stress relief comes from the actual product themselves. It’s basically an accessory to the moment, whether it be the diapers or anything else that we have. And some people who are incontinent buy our products because they remove that stigma for them. It brings back some of the innocence from childhood rather than being a medical product or rather than being an overtly fetish product. It’s also very personal for different people. I could probably give you a thousand different answers and I still wouldn’t cover all of them.

What are some of the biggest myths or misconceptions about adult baby diaper lovers? You touched on the first one already: that it involves children and it does not. That’s the biggest misunderstanding. I think that most people’s first reaction isn’t that it does involve children, it’s just that it might. They didn’t want to assume that it did, but that’s the first place that they went to. And I can kind of understand that but we answer this question all the time: no. It doesn’t. From a fetish side, people think that if someone is a ABDL, they must be into water sports or scat, which is not true. I know a large portion of people don’t actually enjoy using the product, it’s just about wearing it. They’re not looking to use the product. In fact, most people in the community, whether they have a fetish or not, do not use the products to go “number two.” People think that because you’re wearing a diaper, you must be using it and using it fully ― no. Not true.

What would you say to someone who says if you’re an ABDL, then you’re sick or deviant or that this is not sexually healthy? Without any additional context, that could be answered in several different ways. The first question I’d ask is “where is this coming from?” because people can be dealing with a lot of internal hate sometimes. So is this someone who actually might be an ABDL but doesn’t want to accept that? Being a gay man from the South, I’ve met a lot of gay men who are not OK with gay people. But from the another perspective, you just have to ignore it. I hate to say, “maybe they’ll go away,” but in some cases, when someone else cares so much about what I do or the sex that I have, it’s like “do you really think you’re going to win this argument?” If somebody cares enough about what you do in your bedroom to complain about it when they’re not even involved, do you think that there’s a logical rationale behind that? You can tell them whatever you want — the common response would be, “we disagree.” I don’t know that you can ever convince some people otherwise. You be polite and you can disagree with them but in some cases… if they don’t actually want to have a real conversation and ask the questions, I don’t even bother trying to convince them because I don’t think I could.

What has been your proudest moment since opening Tykables? It’s not any one particular moment, it’s the one moment that happens all the time. It’s the moment when people thank us for being so open and for making products that make them feel better about themselves. We get thanked all the time but once in a while you get an email that is just so personal and you can tell that you actually made them feel so good — the products that we make, the events that we go to, the events that we sponsor and put on — when something we do actually makes a difference in someone’s life, that’s it. And thankfully, it’s happened frequently but it doesn’t take away from the fact that it’s that one thing that makes it worthwhile. You always have to deal with customer service issues. You always have to pay the bills and the taxes. There are all of these things you have to do when you’re in business. Sometimes you there’s that moment when you’re about to throw your computer across the room and then you get that email and you think, “OK. It’s OK. It was worth it today.”

What would you say to someone reading this right now who’s interested in the ABDL community but hasn’t been able to take part in it or may be scared to take that first step? My advice is you have to be comfortable with who you are. As long as whatever you’re doing isn’t harming you or someone else, then there’s no reason not to enjoy. As I said before, there’s no reason to feel shame in pleasure. If you deny yourself pleasure, it’s a horrible thing. About four years ago Dan Savage was talking about one of the companies that I owned at the time, it was a social networking site, and I think he said it best: whether straight or gay, mainstream or not, sex is bizarre. We all look silly doing it. We all look silly in the pursuit of it. We do silly and stupid things in the pursuit of it. But when it comes down to the enjoyment of pleasure and sex, it doesn’t matter if we look funny or not. And he basically ended it by saying he would never laugh at an adult baby but he hoped that he could laugh with one about everything that we do that’s bizarre and funny. And at the same time, don’t deny yourself pleasure because you fear someone might make fun of you or you fear rejection. Don’t miss out on something that makes you happy because of fear.

For more information about Tykables, head here.

This interview was edited for length and clarity.

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Inside The Misunderstood World Of Adult Baby Diaper Lovers

Williams chatted with me last week about what it’s like to visit the Tykables store, the biggest misconceptions about being an ABDL and much more.

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Tell me more about the distinction between those who are interested in adult baby diapers for a sexual or fetish reason and those who are into them for other reasons.

For more information about Tykables, head here.

This interview was edited for length and clarity.

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imreviewblog · 7 years

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Inside The Misunderstood World Of Adult Baby Diaper Lovers

Williams chatted with me last week about what it’s like to visit the Tykables store, the biggest misconceptions about being an ABDL and much more.

youtube

Tell me more about the distinction between those who are interested in adult baby diapers for a sexual or fetish reason and those who are into them for other reasons.

For more information about Tykables, head here.

This interview was edited for length and clarity.

Is there a sex hero you think deserves to be covered on The Huffington Post? Send an email to Noah Michelson.

-- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.

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