#i know French can be a bit ridiculous but even in English that doesn't make sense

[thebibliosphere]

Hi! How are you doing? Sorry to bother you, but i dont know many scottish people and idk who to talk to about this book I found on audible. It's called Imogène, by french author Charles Exbrayat. Do you know him /the book? I've started reading it but I had to pause because, while being sold as a "humorous spy story" I find the protagonist, a "very proudly scottish" woman, to be... an offensive caricature? Like she acts like a fool, honestly. This book contains some interesting points about sexism (it was published in 1959), and ridiculous british habits (such as employees forced to give money for princess anna's birthday or being socially scorned). I'm sure the shared dislike / distrust the protagonist and her british colleagues feel are (were?) realistic. But she is so extra, and the story keeps telling how lonely she is, even after working 20 years in london. She has No friends, most acquitances dont talk to her for various motivations, her bosses hates her ... idk I feel this book is actually mocking scottish people? Or scottish women??? I was SO there for a "strong woman protagonist who gives cutting remarks to her boss or peers", but this looks wrong. Idk. I didnt know whom ask for inputs. Maybe i'm reading too much into it. Feel free to ignore this mega rant. Have a good day!

I think cultural and historical context and time of publication-- which was almost 70 years ago --are important factors to take into consideration when we look at fiction through our current expectations.

I can’t speak to the book as I’ve never read it, but speaking as a Scots woman who worked for an English publishing house for a while, being made to feel alienated by my boss and others due to being Scottish was unfortunately still something going on in 2011.

I’d get lots of “Oh but you sound so eloquent” remarks regarding my thinned-out accent (something I did on purpose to avoid being told to “speak properly” which was also something I heard a lot in school if I ever used my native Scots language instead of “Queen’s English.”) and one time my boss referred to me as “their civilized Scot” to an American author, whose Scottish romance book I was supposed to be fixing the dialogue on.

The phrasing was along the lines of, “Don’t worry, you’ll be able to understand her. Joy is our civilized Scot.”

The author laughed and made another derogatory comment about how they just loved Scottish accents even if it was unintelligible a lot of the time. I kept my mouth shut because I didn't want to lose my first career job.

I kept my mouth shut a lot in that job.

In that regard I could very well empathize with the character being lonely and not engaging with anyone, even after 20 years.

The proud Scottish woman can be a bit of a caricature, but that doesn't necessarily mean it is intended as mocking.

Again, cultural/historical context matters.

I wasn’t alive in 1959, but I know there was a lot of Scottish media about the time that leaned into the stubbornness and pride of Scots women both for humor and to make societal commentary on the fact that women were strong and more independent than they’d ever been following two world two and a lot of men weren’t happy about it and wanted them to go back into their boxes. As a result the mouthy, proud Scots woman became a mockable caricature that turned women into shrill, over proud scolds.

Get back in your box or we’ll make fun of you, basically.

So is this book being mocking, or is it employing popular tropes of the time, knowing that audience will understand what it means and that the female protagonist is being subversive despite what others expect from her?

I can’t say. Again, haven’t read it. It could be utter dogshit and making total fun of my culture. But I do think when looking at older media we need to put our thinking caps on and think, “How would the audience of the time, 1959, have viewed and engaged with this?”

Expecting a “strong female protagonist” as we know it from media today isn’t going to work with media that’s almost 70 years old.

Hell, the “strong woman protagonist” wasn’t even something any piece of media could agree on when I was growing up in the 90s.

Times change. Literary tropes and preferences change. It helps to keep that in mind.

[magicalmanhattanproject]

MCC Teams for QSMP Guys

Disclaimer: These aren't official teams or even official predictions or anything. I have no idea if the QSMP guys who aren't in MCC already want to play or even know it exists. I'm just autistic.

RED RABBITS: HBomb94, Philza, Forever, Cellbit

This was the first team that came to me and it all spiraled out of control from here. H is the master of teaching new players, which is good if it's not a whole event of new people (spoiler alert: it is). Philza is also a solid player who knows the Brazilians well enough to teach them how to do MCC and also hold his own just fine. I expect Forever would hold his own just fine. A lot of the games that are hard for newcomers are hard because a lot of MCC guests aren't Minecrafters. I expect Forever to be able to handle himself with an elytra, for example, and H is the SOT king and also a Buildmart enjoyer so he can pick up the slack for the rest. Cellbit may be an unexpected popoff in Parkour Tag with his Esconde-Esconde experience. I'm not sure if he's ever touched an elytra.

Sorrel Assigned Sandkeeper: Cellbit. He can have red puzzle too though, as a treat. And the rest of the spawn puzzles will actually get solved for once!

ORANGE OCELOTS: Roier, Tubbo, Quackity, Punz

Roier is Good At Minecraft but he's also shy about the fact that he's good at Minecraft and not particularly interested in tryharding. He would most likely be looking for a team that isn't throwing on purpose, but also doesn't mind if he's not doing homework for the video game. Pairing him with known goofball Tubbo and good buddy Quackity makes sense for that. Punz is a very versatile S tier. He's fully capable of being a sweaty little bastard, but he's good at not being toxic about it and especially at not getting toxic towards his teammates. I think he could do well with just hanging out with a couple old friends and making sure a new one has a good time.

Sorrel Assigned Sandkeeper: Quackity is the best choice as the full bilingual and least likely to survive in the tunnels.

YELLOW YAKS: Shadoune, Etoiles, Aypierre, Baghera

The French Team. Frankly, I think the chance of Etoiles getting into MCC is pretty slim. He is simply too powerful. Scott has talked before about having enough S tiers and needing more mid and lower tier players and Etoiles would Not help with that. Adding Shadoune and Aypierre to that is honestly a bit ridiculous. Baghera is not a nerf to this team either. She doesn't have nearly as much Minecraft experience as the others but she is learning very quickly. I did nearly switch her out to try and balance this obscenely powerful team. Their big weakness though is their MCC inexperience. Shadoune is the only one who has played MCC before and he hasn't even been in a handful of events yet. Late games with high learning curves could seriously hamstring them.

Sorrel Assigned Sandkeeper: Pierre. I was super super impressed with Pierre's comms with Foolish when they broke into the Federation and I want to see him do comms more.

LIME LLAMAS: Illumina, Spreen, Slimecicle, Mariana

Yeah, okay, this is Pink17 with a twist. This is the only chance we're gonna have to pair Spreen with another S tier though so we gotta take it. To be fair, I don't actually know how good Mariana is at Minecraft. That being said, I do know he's not super comfortable in his English abilities. This is essentially two teams speaking two languages wearing a giant trenchcoat, so I figured it would be best to give them Illumina, king of minding his own business and showing up at the end of the game with half his team's coins.

Sorrel Assigned Sandkeeper: Slime. The Spanish speakers know more English than the English speakers know Spanish and asking someone to sandkeep in their second language in their first MCC is cruel.

GREEN GECKOS: Jojo, Vegetta, Maximus, OllieGamerz

The Spanish Team. I really tried so hard to pair Vegetta with Foolish, but ultimately I think he would just be most comfortable with people who all speak his own language. This is another scary powerful team, by the way. Jojo and Ollie were half the team that got the first canon team with two new players a win since MCC 6 and Vegetta is widely considered to be a Minecraft god. I'm not sure his skills transfer to MCC, but it can't hurt! Maxo is here instead of Mariana despite being more comfortable with English because I couldn't deprive the people of their Slimeriana crumbs, however he's another one whose MCC skill I'm not sure of. He's known mostly for his RP like Quackity Slime and Wilbur, but he also has an extremely dope Create mod house so he's definitely more cracked at the craft than them.

Sorrel Assigned Sandkeeper: Ollie. He's trained for it and studied for it before his first MCC and Vegetta and Maximus should both be able to at least survive dungeon conditions.

CYAN COYOTES: Mike, Pac, Fruitberries, Cubfan

Obviously, Tazercraft come as a duo. Do not separate. For them, I wanted people who matched their energy. Specifically, strange, bewildering, and staggeringly competent, while still making the most baffling decisions you've ever seen in your life. Fruitberries was an obvious choice. I think introducing them to Cubfan might be dangerous lest they give each other ideas for projects, but hopefully they'll be too focused on the games for any old projects to come up. I sure hope none of the games resemble any games Tazercraft have previously designed!

Sorrel Assigned Sandkeeper: Cubfan. He is like the Only guy in MCC who I trust equally as a runner and a sandkeeper which means that I trust him to sandkeep here.

AQUA AXOLOTLS: PeteZahHutt, Jaiden, Fit, CPK

This is just a pretty regular MCC team. Pete and CPK is a very strong combination and I don't expect Fit to be bad at Minecraft, but given the absolute powerhouses that are the French and Spanish teams, I think this is probably fine.

Sorrel Assigned Sandkeeper: Fit. Pete has a habit of making risky plays that don't always pay off. I think the scary teacher voice could check that impulse.

BLUE BATS: Badboyhalo, Krtzyy, Smallishbeans, Grian

Here's a PG team for you, king. You've earned it. Yes, Dave can be PG when they need to be. For the record, I'm deeply curious about what Bad puts down on his sign up sheet for his PGness preference. Either way, this is a team of all around strong players without a standout star. We're looking at a repeat of Aqua29 here.

Sorrel Assigned Sandkeeper: Krtzyy. Everyone on this team can run but Dave enjoys it the least and actually had their first decent time ever playing Sands of Time as a sandkeeper for Aqua29. They've been playing since MCC1 by the way.

PURPLE PANDAS: Scott, Shubble, Foolish, Purpled

This is the part of the teams list when I went "okay I guess I'm making a full ten teams now, so I have to get the guys with standing invitations in". For the record, that's Scott (it's his event), Shubble (she's Scott's bestie), and Wilbur (he was one of the earliest believers). Purpled is here instead of Wilbur because he's Ever So Slightly More Cracked At The Craft, however this team is actually impossible and would never happen in canon. Scott Smajor has made it very clear that he would never put Purpled on the Purple team. Anyway, Foolish is also here!

Sorrel Assigned Sanddaddy: Scott.

PINK PARROTS: FireBreathMan, Felps, AntoineDaniel, Wilbur Soot

Y'all remember everyone wailing and gnashing their teeth about Blue29 because FBM was being unfairly nerfed by being saddled with three "bad" players and it was so incredibly mean to those players he was with and also like they got 6th overall and did Literally Fine? No? Only me carrying that grudge? Anyway, here's a perfectly fair and balanced team that no one would complain about at all. No but for real, this is the team I couldn't switch Antoine and Baghera on because that would break it.

Sorrel Assigned Sandkeeper: Wilbur. Sorry Scott got to the daddy joke first.

#sorrelposting #qsmp #mcc #i would put this on the reddit however hte reddit protest #this is a reddit post in spirit

[marie-swriting]

The Only One For You - Benedict Bridgerton

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Summary : You've always been insecured about Benedict's past as he's been with a lot of women before you and knowing he still has to watch naked women for his art doesn't help your fears to go away.

Warnings : reader is insecure and a little bit jealous, sexual innuendos, mention of nude paintings, fluffy ending, maybe some grammatical mistakes as English is not my first language, tell me if you see some and if I missed any warnings.

Word count : 2.4k

French version on Wattpad

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Song Inspiration : All Your Exes by Julia Michaels

Your reading is interrupted by the arrival of Benedict who just got back from the Academy. You close your book and find him at the entrance of your home while he’s taking his jacket off. You chastely kiss your husband to greet him. He smiles at you and picks up a painting wrapped in paper.

“Is it another one of your masterpieces ?” You ask him, smiling.

“Yes, I was finally allowed to bring it home. Come, I want to show it to you.”

Benedict takes your hand and brings you to the room dedicated to his passion. He orders you to close your eyes while he unwraps the paper and put his painting on his easel.

“You can open them.” 

When your eyes find the painting, you can’t help but be surprised when you see the nude female body in front of you. You feel your cheeks getting a little heated. You try to force a smile before talking.

“Oh ! It’s another nude.”

“Well, we have to learn how to paint the human anatomy.” He laughs.

“That’s what I understood. Your painting is beautiful, Benedict.” You genuinely compliment. “You’re getting better with each new painting. Despite my lack of art knowledge, I can still notice your skill is improving every single day. You perfectly capture… the beauty of the female body.” You state, trying to keep a calm voice.

“Am I hearing some jealousy in your voice ?” Benedict asks with a mocking smile.

“What ? Of course not ! That’s ridiculous.”

“I thought.”

You roll your eyes, pretending to be annoyed after his last remark. You try to hide your emotions as best as you can, but Benedict can see right through you. He puts his hands on your hips and gets you closer to him while his eyes are full of love.

“You know that no matter how many women there might be at the Academy, you are the one I could admire all day without getting weary. You are the only woman I see.” He clarifies while insisting on the first word.

“I hope so.”

Benedict holds you closer against him while he delicately strokes your shoulder. Your head rests on his torso and you remember you’re the only one who can be against him.

“And you”, he adds, mischievous, “you are the only one who has the privilege of admiring this beautiful body from every point of view.”

“Benedict !”

You break the embrace, flustered by his innuendo while he laughs loudly. You hit his shoulder, making him chuckle harder. You hide your face in your hands. He always has the ability to embarrass you in an instant. You know he just wants to ease the atmosphere with his last sentence, but you can’t help but have a part of you who is upset. You know observing naked women is only for his art and nothing else, but your fears grow at every new painting.

During the weekend, you go to an art exhibition. Benedict has been talking about it for the past month. He was waiting for it impatiently. Even if art is still an unknown subject to you, you’re always curious to see the different pieces. You, especially, love listening to Benedict’s comments. Generally, he doesn’t hold his word back, but when it comes to a piece of art, it’s worse. He doesn’t even wait to create a full thought before talking. He explains what he feels as soon as his eyes lay on the art.

At the art gallery, you and Benedict look at the paintings and statues at your own pace. Your arm hooked on his, you listen to Benedict rambling as you try to find every detail he points out. While he’s in the middle of a reflection about a painting representing a forest and a lake made by an anonymous artist, you let your eyes go from the painting to his face. You watch as he frowns before his eyes go wide. His face goes through so many emotions in an instant, making his thoughts even more alive. Benedict feels your gaze on him so he stops his comments and turns his head towards you with a crooked smile.

“You do know the painting is in front of you ?”

“I know.”

“I talked too much again, didn’t I ?”

“Indeed”, you confirm and he looks embarrassed for a second, “but I like it. Without you, I would not be able to understand what I am looking at so keep going.”

“You are the only person who is so eager to listen to me. Even Eloise becomes fatigued from listening to me rambling”

“I am your wife for a reason. So, do you have anything else to add about this painting ?”

“I have nothing else to say, but I think I am still going to look at it a little bit. You can go on, I will catch you up in a few minutes.”

“Great.”

Benedict kisses the back of your hand, making you smile. You walk away toward the next wall where you find a portrait of a woman with a child. You start looking at the characters, waiting for Benedict’s presence to come next to you at any given moment. But ten minutes later, he’s still not next to you. You turn your head to where you left him, frown and see him talking with a woman. At first, you don’t know who she is and you guess they’re having a friendly conversation. As you pay more attention to the woman’s face, you realise you might know her, but you can’t put your finger on it. You mentally debate before deciding to join them with a polite smile. 

“Oh, dear !” Benedict starts when he sees you. “Sorry, I was about to come to you.”

“Good afternoon.” The woman says.

“Y/N, this is Miss Tessa Brown. She was at the Academy.”

“The Academy ? I thought women were not allowed to study there.” You ask her, confused.

“It is correct. I was working as a model to be able to listen to the lessons.”

“I see.” You state, understanding where you know her from, before looking her up and down, despite yourself. “Pardon, I have not introduced myself yet. I am Y/N Bridgerton, his wife.” You add, insisting on the last word.

“It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance.”

“Miss Brown was telling me she is the artist of this painting.” Benedict informs you as he brings your attention back to the art.

“Really ?”

“Yes, I finally mustered up my courage to present my art. I am very proud of it.”

“You can be, your art is beautiful. I hope one day you will be able to claim it.” You say, genuinely.

“I hope so, too. I apologise, I must make haste. Have a good day, Lord and Lady Bridgerton.”

“Goodbye, Miss Brown.”

You can’t help but let your gaze follow her while you try to understand the nature of her relationship with Benedict. You know you’re being ridiculous, but Benedict has seen her body from every angle for his art and that’s enough for your brain to imagine the worst scenarios. Suddenly, you remember Anthony mentioned her in a discussion with his brother, discussion he stopped when he saw you entering the room. You never questioned Benedict about it, knowing you weren’t supposed to hear the conversation in the first place. But after meeting Tessa Brown, your curiosity is coming back.

For the remainder of the exhibition until your trip back home, you stay silent. You try to act normal but your thoughts are being too loud for you to talk. Fortunately, when you arrive, you have the perfect excuse to run away and think calmly as you claim you want to read. You keep staring at the same page while you hear Benedict drawing with his charcoal. Your anxiety grows at every one of your thoughts. Your rational side can’t find a way to your mind so you keep panicking. You quickly shake your head, trying to erase all of these thoughts. You really try to read this time when Benedict puts his sketchbook aside and comes in front of you.

“What is the matter ?”

“What do you mean ?” You ask, pretending to not understand.

“You almost have not said anything since we left the exhibition and you have been staring at the same page for the last twenty minutes.”

“I have not…”

“I know you, Y/N”, he cuts you off, worried, “something is wrong, I know it.”

“It is nothing.” You reassure him.

You close your book and stand up from the sofa. You’re about to leave the room when he delicately puts his hand on your arm, stopping you.

“Are you upset ?” Benedict questions genuinely. 

“Why would I be upset ?”

“Do not think I did not see your face when you met Tessa Brown.”

“What has this to do with it ?”

“You stared at her and you were a little bit cutting with her.”  He clarifies, offending you instantly. 

“I literally complimented her work.”

“Do I have to remind you the way you introduce yourself to her ? You emphasised on the word ‘wife’, not that I do not like it, I love when you specify it, especially if you are jealous.”

“I am not jealous.” You argue. “I have no reason to be, like you said last time, I am the only one who has the privilege to admire you from every angle, right ?”

“It is true. So, tell me what is wrong then.” He insists and you lower your eyes.

“It is ridiculous.”

“Y/N, talk to me.”

He puts a hand on your cheek, forcing you to look up to him.

“It is just that… I know you painted her before and I feel like you knew her pretty well. Was there something between you and her, before us ?” You ask, breaking the embrace a little.

“Yes, I have to admit we had an affair, but it meant nothing !”

“I am not blaming you, Benedict”, you assure him, “It would be stupid of me to do so. You had told me you had many women before me. I know it and I am not angry with you. And I know our society is not as strict with men having affairs as it is with us, women. I know it.” You insist, overwhelmed. “But I can’t help but think about it. I wish we were on an equal footing.”

“What do you mean precisely ?” He wants to know, curious.

“Benedict, you had a whole life before me”, you start, exposing your fears, “You danced with a lot of women, you kissed even more women and shared numerous nights with them and there are others you’ve seen naked for your art and you had feelings for some of them. It is not the same for me. I danced with a few men, you are the only one I kissed, the only one I shared my nights with and have feelings for. I can not help but think that, on that matter, we are so far away. And I know it was before me and meeting this women are now a part of who you are, but I wish they did not exist. I wish I was the only for you like you are the only one for me.” You admit, vulnerable. “I know, sometimes, there are parts that your brothers leave out to be considerate of me, but it would be so much easier if we were on the same level playing field. I would not have to worry anymore, wondering if you were once close with the woman you’re talking to and if you were, how much. Again, I know these fears are ridiculous. I know you love me and you would never hurt me. I trust you, but I want to live in a world where you do not have all of these memories with these women, a world where they would not have had an affair with you.”

Your monologue over, you take a breath. You hadn’t noticed you were talking fast. You don’t dare to look at Benedict, fearing he might judge you, even though you know he would never.

“Y/N, I feel bad knowing I am the cause of such worry, even if it is unwillingly. I wish you were the first woman I had met, because if it was the case, I would not have waited a second before putting a ring on your finger.” Benedict states as he takes your hand. “No matter what I had with these women before, what I might once have felt for them is nothing compared to what I currently feel for you. You are the only person I have ever truly loved and I will always love you until death do us part. You are the only woman that matters to me. If I can do something to ease all these fears, I will do it because I love you. I hate knowing you are torturing yourself, especially if I am the reason.”

You look at him lovingly, grateful to have such a considerate husband. You take his other hand in yours and smile at him.

“I just need to fully accept that you have known other women. Like I said before, I trust you. It is just my insecurities talking. I will overcome them. But I am glad we talked about it. I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders.”

“I am delighted to hear it. I love you, Y/N. You are and you will always be the only person in my heart, don't you forget it.”

Benedict gets closer to your face before kissing you softly. Your kiss only lasts for a few seconds but it’s full of love and passion. When you break apart, you plunge your eyes in his with a smile.

“I love you, Benedict.”

You put your head on his torso, listening to his heartbeats while he holds you close to him. He kisses the top of your head before pressing his cheek on it. The more you stay in your embrace, the more your fears vanish. You finally let go of a sigh while he delicately strokes your arm. You close your eyes, cherishing this moment until Benedict brings his mouth close to your ear with a mischievous smile.

“We can go to our room and I will prove to you you are the only one in my eyes.” 

“Benedict !” You scream, mortified while he bursts out laughing.

“Seeing you embarrassed is the thing I love most about you.” Benedict states as he presses his lips on yours and you melt at his touch.

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[thedawningofthehour]

I got such brain rot from your fic that when I read that Galois started learning new languages (I’m pretty sure one of which was Hindi) I decided that I too would learn Hindi and now almost 69 days in on Duolingo I think I am a bit crazy. Anyway love the fic it makes me go feral /pos <3

Bruh.

Like, I am all for learning new things, I love education, I'm thrilled that my fic has inspired you to learn a new language...BUT BRO.

I am incredibly impressed and in awe. Especially coming from me, who barely understands basic Spanish and has forgotten like all my high school French. Languages are difficult and I am in awe of the people who can speak more than one, especially the people who are not native English speakers and are reading and writing in it.

And HINDI? Like holy shit. Yes it's an Indo-European language, but it is still very far from English. I don't know if English is even your first language or if you have experience learning other languages, but STILL. Hindi is a very hard language to learn, especially if you're learning how to read it too. Like. So many props to you. I can't understate how awesome that is.

And yes, you're absolutely insane for doing it because a fanfic is doing it, (Galois should come with a giant disclaimer saying 'don't try this at home') but DOESN'T MATTER LEARNING LANGUAGE. Like dude, if you stick with that it's gonna serve you very well. Hindi is like the third or fourth most spoken language in the world. And even if you don't end up using it in your career or in your everyday life, you can enjoy Bollywood movies and Indian dramas!

And I absolutely cannot be the one to talk, like, I have done so much research for this fic. Is it ridiculous? Yeah, kinda. But now I know shit. I'm more informed than I was before I started the fic. The knowledge is still good no matter your reasons for acquiring it.

Round of fucking applause for this person. I am seriously very proud of you, and proud that I inspired you.

#if this sounds sarcastic IT ISN'T it made me so happy #LEARN THAT LANGUAGE MY FRIEND KICK THE OWL'S ASS

[stargazer-sims]

Tyler Tae-Yang Lee (he/him)

Also Known As: Lee Taeyang, Tyler Lee, TY

Everyone who knows Tyler says he was practically born to be famous.

He is the son of Korean-Canadian actress Vivianne Ki-Sun Lee (who got her first big break in Del Sol in an Uncle Kaz film) and Japanese celebrity chef & television personality Toshiro Ichihara. He’s a member of the all-boy idol group Neon World Rainbow, but all the members are currently taking a break from performing together either to have more personal time or to pursue individual projects.

Tyler has just released his first album as a solo artist, performing under the stage name TY (and his fans are speculating whether this is short for Tyler or if it's the initials of his Korean name, Tae-Yang). Although music is Tyler's passion and his main career, he's also done some modelling and has made small forays into acting. He thinks he'd like to pursue acting a bit more seriously in future.

Tyler is an only child. He was unplanned and his father teasingly refers to him as "the happy accident". Both his parents adore him, and despite the fact that they never married and were in more of an on-again, off-again situationship than a relationship for several years, they did their best to co-parent. Tyler's mother was his primary caregiver, but he spent lots of time with his father growing up. Because Vivianne and Toshiro are friends, they decided they didn't need the courts to make a custody and access order. They shared custody as fairly as they could when Tyler was little, and then when he got older, he went back and forth between his parents' houses whenever he wanted. If anyone were to ask him, Tyler would say he's well-adjusted and had a happy, fun and very privileged childhood growing up in Del Sol Valley.

Tyler speaks four languages; English, Korean, Japanese and French. He's less fluent in French than in the other three, but he knows enough to have a fairly coherent conversation with any French-speaker he might meet.

He considers himself to be pansexual. He sees people as people, and doesn't put too much emphasis on gender or biological sex, preferring instead to judge people on their character and personality rather than on whatever label they may have. He does have his preferences, but he likes to keep an open mind and be receptive to any potential options. So far, he hasn't been particularly lucky in love, but there's still time. He's only twenty-six, after all.

Aside from performing, Tyler enjoys going home to Del Sol and spending time on the beach whenever he can, swimming and free-diving. He also enjoys going out dancing. Thanks to plenty of lessons from his father, he's a better than average cook, and likes to make meals to share with his friends.

His other favourite thing to do is shopping. He can spend ridiculous amounts of money on clothes, shoes, jewelry and beauty products. He always wants to look as beautiful as possible, and for him, self-care isn't just exercising, eating healthy and getting lots of rest. He has an elaborate self-care routine at home, and don't even think of getting between this man and his regularly-scheduled spa days. ("Yes, I am high-maintenance, but I think you've got to be.")

His latest endeavour is to learn how to ride. And because he doesn't do anything by half-measures, he hasn't just bought a horse. He's bought a whole piece of land and a summer home as well.

Wait until he finds out that the experience is nothing like it looks on TV

#ts4 #sims 4 #eagames #Tyler Lee #stargazersims

[hyperfreaksating]

I actually love hearing about dubs in other languages as someone who speaks English as a second language myself. Are there any other differences in the dub you feel like pointing out?

In the german live action dub you get basically everyone who dubbed the anime reprising their roles which I absolutely love. Gudo Hoegel was the first version of Buggy I ever heard and he seems to have a blast just chewing the scenery. Doesn’t sound like Jeff Ward at all though which is understandable, since he’s doing the same voice he did for Buggy in the anime, he sounds more like his og Japanese voice actor if anything, but goddammit if he isn’t the first voice in my head I imagine for Buggy. Childhood nostalgia is a powerful thing.

… also yes let’s point out the obvious: the german version for some reason that I don’t quite know translated Luffy as “Ruffy”. I do not know why we did this, I don’t particularly mind the change in German myself, but some people take great issue with it Apperantly? On the flipside imagine growing up hearing people in your language call him “Ruffy” all the time, pronouncing it exactly like you think that would be pronounced based on the way it’s written, only to then watch a japanese dub or the English one and wondering “Who the fuck is “Loof-ee”?

Voice acting is one of my special interest, be careful about what you wish for

First of all I go and drop a ear on german Buggy and I looooooooved it! It fits the english / japanese dub pretty well in my opinion. Also LMAO RUFFY sorry but now I imagine a wish version of Luffy in a stereotypical german costume 😫

About dub differences, now

So if I absolutely loved the OPLA french version - and, if, in my opinion, France often makes *chief kiss* work in matter of voice acting, I really, really, REALLY don't like french version of the anime.

France has... how to say this... A rather shit poor history when it comes to dubbing animes. Back in time, french TV channels bought entire catalogues of anime without really looking at them, and branded them all as "cartoons for kids". Now imagine the face of the producers when they discovered Hokuto no Ken and actually had to make it kid friendly ! One of the ploy they found out was the dub. They make purposely ridiculous dubs for violent animes in order to hide a bit of their initial violences. I think that even if you don't speak french you can appreciate it :

... aaaaand even if it was taken way more seriously, I think that french one piece dubs suffered a bit from this decision too. I just discovered the anime so I don't have a nostalgia filter on it and I can say it's probably one of the only medias I don't watch in french because it ruins *everything*.

For example, Buggy - Or should I say BAGGY because we translated it - and luffy in the french anime :

I don't know if when you're not french it hurts your ears as well, but it's really poorly played and written... and the character suffers a lot from it in my opinion, BAGGY doesn't have this little crazy sparkle he has in japanese and english, and Luffy... Luffy don't play at all lmao, just reading the text 😫

That's it come back for more infodumps !!!!

[neovisioned]

closing a chapter once and for all.

hi everyone, please read this as it contains important information, reasons and how to stay in contact with me as i start this book writing process !

funny how this is the second time i have to do this, isn't it ? if you have been following me closely, you know that i took a long break a while back and then, decided to stop writing on tumblr. but, not long ago, i came back thinking i'd be able to write fanfictions again, i really thought i'd be able to go back to normal, like when i first started running this blog. at first, i thought i just had a huge case of writer's block but more recently, i understood exactly why i couldn't write fanfictions anymore.

you've heard it many times before but, the interaction between a writer and readers isn't the same anymore. i won't be explaining nor developing on the issue too much but the like to reblog ratio is ridiculous now : your work will be seen once it's released but after that, it will die down as everyone prefers to like rather than reblog on their own blog. you can say that since i've came back, i didn't post anything therefore, cannot really judge the whole situation but : this has been going on for long, really long and, i've seen my mutual's work barely getting the notes their deserve and having little to no reaction, asks, appreciation. i remember saying i couldn't write for nct anymore but actually, it's not really just an nct issue, it's a writing fanfiction issue. when you write fanfiction, at least for me, i have some freedom when it comes to the plot, the setting. however, i have very little say when it comes to the characters themselves : you already know what the members look like, you somewhat should follow their personalities for some type of fanfictions. y/n is even more restricting, you can not add too many details - actually you can't add details when it comes to physique, the backstory too at times and that, became an issue for me. it's something i totally understand : you don't want to make some of your readers feel left out when giving details but at the end of it all, right now, i feel like my stories are a bit...empty ? something's missing, it's missing developed characters with a solid personality i can display, with details i can give out little by little, i craved nicely built characters with intricate stories. now yes, i know i could write member x oc but this doesn't work on tumblr, most people want to be able to self insert, that's a reality. third, i don't feel comfortable writing smut anymore, i've found myself skipping the parts when rereading my stuff. i don't really know why, maybe i'll understand later.

with all of this, i was in a weird situation : i wanted to write but didn't feel the same excitement when thinking about writing fanfictions, it didn't have the same appeal. i liked the ideas i was coming up with but when i was in front of my page, thinking about adding the members and y/n into it all, it didn't feel right.

finally, i came to understand : i just wanted to write a book, an actual one. for a little backstory, i've been writing since i was seven. i started with french and here, in france, you often have exams where you can write a story, i would always give it my all and my teachers would always love them, read them to the class. one day, when i was in high school, i finished my first creative writing work in english and submitted it to my english literature teacher and when she gave it back, she claimed she couldn't give me a grade because of how good it was and she asked me if i ever thought about writing a book. her words have been stuck with me ever since. i would remember this moment often until recently, i finally got an idea book-worthy. the entire process is terrifying, truly but, by closing this chapter i feel like i'll be able to fully jump into this new phase of my life. will i be able to finish the book, will a be satisfied with it and will it ever be published, who knows ?

thank you for the support, especially for those who voiced it. even if you sent a small ask once filled with keyboard smash or a full review, you cannot understand how much this impacted me and helped me actually make my mind up about this book. see you another time, maybe.

finally, i won't be deleting my work but please, if you ever see someone taking my work, plagiarising me, send me an ask here.

with love, han.

#t: the author ― (￣︶￣) #han speaks !

[nashibirne]

Where The Wild Roses Grow - An August Walker Story - 3

You can find the previous parts on my masterlist

Pairing: August Walker x OFC (Fern) Summary: Don't screw the crew? This doesn't work for August Walker Warnings: Smut, Sex, 18+, NSFW, unprotected sex, rough sex, slapping, kinda soft August Unbeta'ed! English is not my mother tongue, so please be lenient with me

Disclaimer: I don't own August Walker (but he owns me...)

Pics for the header taken from Pinterest.

Taglist: (let me know if you want to be added or removed)

@lunedelorient @inlovewithhisblueeyes @willkatfanfromasia @hell1129-blog @mis-lil-red @agniavateira @kebabgirl67 @omgkatinka @legendarywizarddetective @summersong69 @taebfada @xxxkatxo @madbaddic7ed @artandotherdelights

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Chapter 3

Fern

So, today's the day. I'm going on a date. The first in I-don't-know-how-long. Two years, three years, I don't remember. After my long time relationship with Max went down the drain I didn't want to date and here in London there was just no opportunity. To be honest I'm quite nervous. I mean, I don't know much about Lucas and I haven't interacted with a lot of people since I'm in London. Actually just with my neighbor Sloane and her wife Jackie, who are very nice and we have a little chat from time to time and with Peter and August and our clients of course. But that's it. That's pathetic you say? Yeah, maybe you're right but that's just the way it is and it's okay. Basically I like my life the way it is, I love my work, I enjoy my affair with August but deep down inside I crave intimacy, tenderness and a life outside the office. So I'm really looking forward to this date and to getting to know Lucas a little better. 

I'm sitting in my car right now. I'm ten minutes early so I have enough time to check my make-up -I think I look alright- and to straighten my clothes. I get out of my car and check my reflection in the metallic paint of my Classic Mini Cooper. I'm wearing a light blue summer skirt, a plain white sleeveless shirt and white loafers. I considered wearing the blue dotted dress but I can't wear it without thinking of August so it wasn't really an option.

I lurk around the corner and there he is. Lucas is waiting for me at the entrance of the museum, checking his watch repeatedly. He looks good with his blond hair and the blue eyes, not extraordinarily handsome like August but attractive. A John Doe but in a good way. Okay, guess it's time to go. Wish me luck!

There was really no reason to be nervous, Lucas is really nice and charming, the perfect gentleman. He knows a lot about art and I love how he shares his knowledge with me but never mansplains. He's not a bit arrogant or bossy, unlike many other men. August for example. Speaking of which, I think I spend too much time with him. When Lucas and I were walking around the museum I thought I saw August from the corner of my eye. Twice! I must be hallucinating or something. 

Right now I'm standing at the souvenir shop waiting outside for Lucas who wants to buy a present for his son Milo who lives in Liverpool with his mum, Lucas' ex-wife. We're done with the exhibition and he asked me if I want to have a coffee with him in a cafe nearby. I said yes. I really enjoy his company and it feels so good to finally do something that has nothing to do with my work.

A loud noise suddenly startles me. It sounds like someone has dropped a glass that's smashed to pieces. I spin around quickly to localize the noise source and that's when I see him. It's really him. August Walker in the flesh, standing behind a pillar, watching me.

I stare at him, surprised, or to put it more precisely, stunned. What the hell is he doing here?

He gives me a nonchalant smile and strolls in my direction as if it was the most natural thing to meet me here.

"Fern. What a lovely surprise." 

Is he kidding me? Lovely? He never uses words like this, they are not part of August Walker's vocabulary.

"August. What are you doing here?" I don't feel the need to exchange polite phrases.

"Enjoying the exhibition."

"Oh really?" I cross my arms in front of my chest.

"Yes. Why would you doubt it?" He smiles innocently and it makes me mad.

"Because you're not interested in art."

"Well, I am now."

"I took both tickets because you said you didn't want to go." I point out.

"I changed my mind and bought a ticket."

I take a deep breath and roll my eyes. I can't even explain why I'm so annoyed by the fact that he's here.

"So? Where's your date?" he asks en passant.

Now it dawns on me.

"Is that the reason you're here? Are you spying on me?"

August's face hardens and he looks at me with a frown. "I'm not spying. I'm just keeping an eye on you."

"I don't need a babysitter, August." 

"You don't know anything about the guy, Fern. He could be dangerous."

He comes one step closer and is standing right in front of me now, our bodies almost touching.

"He's not dangerous. He's a teacher at a primary school."

"That's what he says." He almost whispers. It's ridiculous.

"Why would he lie to me?"

"Because maybe he wants to cover up his true identity."

I laugh out loud. "Like what? Like an undercover agent or something. You think he's after you?"

August gives me a death stare, his lips pressed together to a thin line. "Exactly. And he wouldn't be the first." His voice is only a low growl. "I mean, come on, Fern. He sees you for what -5 minutes maybe?-  and asks you out? Can he really be that smitten by you?"

I stare at him, his words cut right into my heart, and I try to hide it by being even more sarcastic than usual.

"Oh, you mean you find it more likely that he's a spy, sent by the government to get to you, than the simple thought that he's attracted to me and therefore asked me out? Wow, I mean, that's flattering, August. So basically you're saying I'm so uninteresting that it's not a realistic scenario that a man meets me and wants to date me?"

"That's not what I meant, Fern. All I'm saying is…"

"Hi." I freeze when I hear Lucas' voice. I step back to bring a little space between me and August and turn around.

"Lucas. Did you find something for Milo?"

"Yes. I did." He gives August a funny look and things are getting pretty awkward. I clear my throat.

"Um, Lucas. This is my boss. August Walker. We just bumped into each other."

"Lucas Bellingham. Nice to meet you." Lucas gives August a nod and August gives him a forced smile in return.

"Yeah. Nice to meet you."

I can't believe he used to be an agent, since he's such a bad actor.

"Well, I'll leave you to it. Fern, see you on Monday."

"Sure."

He leans in, grabs me by my elbows and kisses me goodbye french style. Two times. Right. Left. Mua. Mua. What the fuck? After the second innocent peck on my cheek I feel his breath hot against my ear. "You look hot in that skirt. Be a good girl and wear it on Monday." 

His soft words sent shivers down my spine and at the same time I'm fuming with anger.

All he can expect from me on Monday is a cold shoulder and a lecture.

August

Okay, that monitoring operation on Saturday didn't go exactly as planned. I guess I'm a little out of practice. Of course Fern wasn't supposed to see me nor was her date. Lucas Bellingham. A boring name for a boring guy. I checked his record, of course I did. How, you ask? I'm sorry but I can't tell you. If I would I'd have to kill you.

Hey, don't be so shocked, I'm just kidding. Really. Relax.

Anyway, I have ways and means to do a background check on someone and Lucas seems to be legit. On first sight that means. I told Pete to dig a little deeper, just to be sure. He has his ways and means too. I promised Fern she'd be safe with me when I hired her and I'm a man of my word. I'm not going to expose her to any kind of danger. And no matter what she says, it definitely is possible that someone is sending an undercover agent to spy on me or Peter. Could be the US authorities or the MI5 or someone from my past, there's no lack of enemies, I've pissed off a lot of people and I know one day I will regret it. You know what they say. Karma is a bitch.

Well, here she comes.

"Good Morning, Fern."

"Morning."

Okay. A look that could kill and no skirt. Tight black jeans and a turtleneck sweater. All buttoned-up. Okay, woman, I get it. You're mad at me. She goes straight to her office and I follow her and sit down on the edge of her desk. She doesn't even look at me but starts typing something into her computer. 

"Are you alright?"

"Of course I am." 

"Really? You don't even look at me."

She takes a deep breath before her eyes meet mine.

"Just stay out of my way today, August."

I know I should take the hint and leave her alone but I can't. I don't take orders. Not from her, not from anyone anymore. I'm the one in charge, she should know that.

"What if I don't want to?" I give her a smug smile.

"I don't care what you want. Just fuck off."

"Woman." I growl. "Who do you think you're talking to? I'm still your boss."

"Then let me do my work. Boss." She holds my gaze and I know I'm going to lose any kind of staring contest with her so I decide to change my tactics. I hop off her desk and sit down in a chair.

"I just don't get why you're in such a bad mood." I try to smile and I have a feeling that it makes me look like an idiot. Fern furrows her brows. "Oh really. You have no idea?"

"Is this about Saturday?" 

"Yes, you bloody genius, of course it is. Your behaviour was beyond the pale."

"My behaviour? I was visiting an exhibition. Just like you."

"Don't give me that, August."

I stare at her. What does she want from me? I did nothing wrong goddamn.

"I was just trying to protect you, Fern. You tend to trust people too easily."

Her eyes shoot daggers at me and god, that's so sexy. Why the hell isn't she wearing that bloody skirt like I told her?

"People like you, you mean?"

Ouch. That hurts.

"I don't need you to protect me, okay? Not in a situation like this. Fuck, August. It was just a date with a harmless guy in a public place. What was he supposed to do? Kidnap me? Murder me?"

I don't know how to respond to this so I just shrug it off but the way she looks at me tells me she expects me to say something.

"I was just trying to keep my promise, Fern. You know I guaranteed your safety and I guess you have no idea how many people want to see me dead. You never know what they are up to and when someone new appears on the scene I get suspicious. This has nothing to do with you. It's just me and maybe I overshot the mark." The next words are the hardest part but I know if I want her to wear a skirt or dress ever again I have to say them. "I'm sorry."

Her face softens a little. 

"Just don't do it again, August. My private life is none of your business."

I nod and I really want to know if she's going to see him again but I don't ask.

The next few days totally suck. 

Tuesday: blue jeans and a cold shoulder. Shit.

Wednesday: skinny jeans and distant behaviour. Goddamn.

Thursday: A jumpsuit and a little smalltalk  but not much more. 

She's driving me crazy and she knows it. If she keeps on acting so stubborn she must not be surprised if I don't want her anymore. Ah fuck, who am I trying to fool. Truth is I want her more than ever. I want to fuck that distant look off her face. I want her to moan my name. I want her to obey. To give in. To acknowledge that I'm in charge.

On Friday I don't expect much, but to my big surprise and relief she shows up wearing the blue dotted dress she wore when I took her for the first time. I give her a glance when she walks past my office with swaying hips and she returns it. She even smiles at me. 

Okay, I have to get rid of Peter. Asap. I go to his office and close the door behind me.

"August?"

"Peter. Go home." 

"Excuse me?"

"Leave. Work from home today."

He leans back in his chair and crosses his arms with a frown.

"Why?"

"Because I say so."

He snorts and turns to his laptop again.

"Fuck off, August."

I roll my eyes and sigh.

"Please." I say through clenched teeth. "I need some time to talk to Fern."

"Talk, huh?"

"We had a little fight the other day and now it seems she's willing to forgive me." I know I sound desperate and Peter looks at me again. "Yeah. I know about your visit to the museum. And you think you can get back into her pants today."

She told him about it? This takes me by surprise. But I don't say a word and he knows me well enough to interpret it as a yes.

"You know my opinion on your little affair."

"I do and you know it's none of your business."

"Right." He hesitates and scratches his chin. "Well, do what you think you have to do. I'm going to have breakfast in the little cafe around the corner and try to get the number of the hot waiter. You have an hour." He gets up and grabs his wallet and his phone.

"Thanks, Pete."

"I'm not doing this for you, August. I'm doing this for our business and my future. If you and Fern don't talk you can't do your job properly and this could ruin everything we have built up yet. So get your shit together and return to normal. Whatever it takes."

He leaves and I can tell he's pissed but well, he's gone and that's all that matters. I go straight to Ferns office and now that I'm standing right in front of her I'm so aroused and full of anticipation I feel like I'm about to explode with lust and I'm sure I look like a predator. She looks at me and slowly stands up.

"You've been a really bad girl." I growl.

"Is that so?" She bats her lashes innocently. Oh, her audacity.

"Yes." I murmur. "You kept me waiting for four days."

"You deserved it." Heavens, she's really a challenge.

"I'm gonna show you what you deserve, woman."

Two wide strides and I'm standing right next to her. I grab her by her waist, spin her around and bend her over her desk before I lift her dress and rip her panties into shreds. I press her down with one hand between her shoulder blades and unzip my trousers with the other. My dick is so hard it hurts. I don't waste time. I enter her without any kind of preparation or the slightest hint of foreplay. I wanna punish her by being raw and ruthless but she won't let me. She is wet. So fucking wet and she takes me as well as usual. Sighing with lust when I stretch her pussy. Moaning when I start to fuck her deep and fast. I let out a moan too. "You're so wet. You've been looking forward to this." I hiss into her ear while railing her so hard that the desk moves under us. "I've been all wet since the moment I put on the dress." Her voice is dripping with desire. "I've missed your dick so much." 

I keep on fucking her with long, deep movements and when I slap her ass out of the blue she cries out my name. "August." She likes it, oh yes she does. She likes it a lot. I can tell by her moans that get even louder. I've never done this before though I wanted to, but I was scared she might not like it or think I'm a perv and tell me to fuck off. I move faster and we are both gasping and panting like never before. I'm close and so is she. I can feel it.

"Again." She begs. Oh how I like the sound of it.

"What did you say, pretty?"

"Again. August. Please."

"Do you think you deserve it?"

"Yes."

"You want it?"

"Yes."

"Say it."

"Slap my ass, August. Please."

She's a whimpering mess now and I slap her again. Harder this time. She shrieks and it sounds incredibly hot. I go on and on and after the fifth slap I feel her come. Her walls clench around me and her legs shake. "Fuck...oh god. August…" Her sweet little cunt milks my cock and when I cum too I throw my head back and sigh her name softly  till my orgasm is over. I press a kiss on her back and give her ass a few gentle strokes to sooth the pain. I bet it stings, her cheek is crimson red. I pull out reluctantly. I feel the strange urge to stay inside of her but I fight it. She turns around and looks at me with a smirk. She licks her lips and it's obvious how much she's enjoyed this.

And so have I.

I enjoyed it and I've missed it.

I've missed her. 

#august walker #august walker smut #smut #august walker x ofc #august walker fan ficiton #henry cavill #henry cavill fan fiction

[tetalizia]

Worried(Matthew X Mika fanfic)

With Damien's help, Matthew realizes that he likes— no, scratch that, loves Mika. Will he be able to tell her how he feels before it's too late?

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notes(including the notes from the first post): so i finished writing the fic yaaaayyy (≧∇≦)/ the title is the song title, translated to english. i'mma hurt y'all pretty bad— i mean just a bit. literal na nawala si mika (translation: mika literally disappeared) HAHAHAHAHA pls forgive my humor, it's broken. i'll edit this later just in case, to make adjustments and such. small caps intended. in this fic, mika gets to spend time with the incubois before malix kidnaps her, maybe a week or two. fic is based on the song included in this post, you could also listen to it while you read. this is a first for me since i don't really write and post fanfics, but i hope you like it ><

tags: fluff(i guess?), angst, major character death, depictions of violence, mild swearing

word count: 1,480

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do i like her? that was the question that bugs matthew every single day. sure, they live together(along with his brothers, of course), but that doesn't mean he likes her. he does like her, but he wasn't sure if it was more than that. maybe he loves— wait no, that's ridiculous. matthew slaps both of his cheeks to snap himself out of his thoughts and startles mika who just entered the kitchen.

"matthew? are you okay?" her voice was gentle but it was filled with worry.

"huh? y-yeah! i'm— i'm fine!" he started to wave his hands around in panic, which made her laugh. god, that was embarrassing.

"that's great to hear." mika stood on her toes and ruffled his hair as she smiled at him. why does she have to be this cute? matthew blushed as he cleared his throat and laughed at her antics. mika then walked towards the french press and made herself some coffee. the smell wafted throughout the kitchen, making her sigh. matthew turned to look at her in concern but he smiled when he saw her smiling.

her smile was contagious, his brothers (even sam who was always an asshole to him) smiles whenever she was around. they would laugh at her silly jokes and clumsiness. he was unsure on how she could do that, but it was a good thing.

"do you have any plans this afternoon?" matthew asked since he planned to bake cakes for her and his brothers today. he wasn't expecting her to join him though! ..okay, maybe he was half-expecting her to join him. she was just fun to be around, and he enjoyed her company and prescence. mika nodded, and sighed again. "i have to study today, and i might not join you guys for dinner later." matthew frowned. he didn't want her skipping meals again. "i'll bring you some food later, if you don't mind."

mika beamed at him. "thanks matthew, i'd really appreciate it." she took her cup of coffee and kissed him on his cheek before going upstairs. ..what just happened? his cheeks turned red in shock and embarassment as he covered his face with his hands.

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"she likes you too, you know?" damien entered the kitchen as matthew poured the cake batter on the tray, which made him jump.

'she likes everyone, and everyone likes her.' matthew focused on the cake and talked to damien using his thoughts. he didn't really want to talk, but since his younger brother could hear his thoughts then might as well talk this way.

"that's not what i meant by her liking you." he earned a sigh from damien. "she did give you her energy, no?" his eyes widened at damien's statement. he walked towards the oven and placed the trays inside as he reminisced that time. mika did, but he doesn't know if she sees her as someone who can protect her. after all, he was the weakest among the five siblings, and they were still on the run from malix and his gang of devils.

"zecaeru. that's not true. we all have our different kinds of strengths and weaknesses." matthew flinched at the mention of his real name. damien placed a hand on his brother's shoulder in hopes of reassuring and comforting him. he sighed and set the timer and degrees of the oven.

"..i don't know izroul, i don't know— i'm not sure about what i feel. i just.. feel like i want to protect her, make her smile. everything she does just really affects me. i feel happy when she shares her happiness with me, i hate seeing her sad and.. hahaha, sorry, i was just.." he stopped rambling when he heard damien's chuckles.

"stop laughing damien." matthew frowned.

"sorry, i just realized something." damien laughed at his brother's reactions and thoughts. he was a mess.

"what?"

"you love her."

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was it really love? if it wasn't, then what is it? matthew's mind was in a frenzy after his conversation with damien yesterday. he even got nervous and fidgety when he brought mika dinner. 'you just brought her food dumbass.' he sighed as he ran his hand along his hair. matthew then remembered mika has school today, and she might be leaving anytime soon. he then gathered his resolve and went to the lobby.

when matthew reached the lobby, he was lucky enough mika was just reaching for the door. he gently held her hand and scratched his nape in embarassment.

"matthew?" mika tilted her head slightly and stared at him in confusion.

"my name.."

"your name?"

"my true name isn't matthew.. i want you to know in case something happens." he then whispered in her ear.

"my name.. is zecaeru." he sighed in relief as soon as the words finally got out of his mouth. she was lost in thought for a moment, but she snapped out of her thoughts when he held her hands.

"if you are in any danger, call my name. i promise that i'll come and help you."

mika could only nod and smile at him, which he did in return. she opened the door and went straight to naomi's car, finally leaving for school. matthew released a breath he didn't know he was holding and went straight to the kitchen. he doesn't have anything to do today, so he decided to bake for her again.

"our little matthew's in a good mood today, isn't he?" erik chuckled, smirking as he joined him in the kitchen.

"i'm always in a good mood, erik." matthew answered as he rummaged through the cupboard.

"nah, you don't get all embarrased and red with us though." sam followed erik in the kitchen, and damien leaned by the archway.

"w-well no, i was just.." if his face was red earlier, it was even redder as his brothers teased him. sam sat on the counter and teased him even more.

"matthew and mika, sitting in the kitchen, k-i-s—" he was cut off by a block of butter flying at his face. erik and damien chuckled for they knew they were going to fight again.

"what the fuck was that for, squirt?!"

"to make you stop teasing me!"

before they could even start bickering, someone smacked their heads.

"ow!"

"fuck!"

it was james. "stop it you two! you're both acting like kids! you three should go to the dining room because matthew and i will be making lunch and i don't want someone to be making a mess again." he glared at sam to emphasize his point.

"jeez, that was one time james."

"you didn't even clean after."

"ugh, fine. whatever.." sam followed the others out the kitchen, arms crossed.

matthew then sighed and continued rummaging through the cupboards. but as he looked for the utensils he uses for baking, he noticed they were missing. a malicious laugh echoed throughout the kitchen, startling him. it was simon. the stuffed toy was holding a whisk, who knows where he put the others.

"SIMON TABBY! GET BACK HERE!"

the chase then began.

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matthew was restless. mika was supposed to be out from school for an hour now, but she's not home yet. he paced back and forth in the kitchen, trying to calm down. the stuffed toy just sat in the counter, sniffing the air. maybe he sensed something was wrong too. his brothers were busy talking in the dining room, but damien heard his thoughts and entered the kitchen.

"matthew, calm down. you should come sit with us in the dining room."

he sighed in defeat and sat down with his brothers.

"why do you think she's running late today? it's strange for her to go somewhere without notice.." james broke the ice and started the conversation about mika. so he wasn't the only one who was worried about her.

"maybe she and her friends went to the library, james. princess did mention about a test they were going to have a few days from now, and she even stays up late studying." erik suggested. yeah. maybe she was fine.

"that doofus.. she should've texted us or somthin'. i texted her a lot of times and called her but she didn't answer." sam's voice was also laced with worry, which was uncharacteristic for an asshole like him.

'zecaeru...' the voice was faint and weak, but his eyes flashed gold at the sound of her voice. as he was being summoned, he heard malix's voice.

"trying to call the pretty boys for help, huh? AHAHAHAHAHA! well, that's it for you, little human." a loud bang rang across the room. matthew could only watch in horror as the bullet went straight to mika's head. tears welled in his eyes as he ran towards mika who fell to the ground, lifeless.

"MIKA! NOOOOOO!"

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❝ Kung 'di pa aminin ang gusto,

Baka kasi mawala na ako ❞

#Spotify #seduce me 2 the demon war #seduce me the otome #seduce+me+otome #seduce me demon war #seduce me matthew #zecaeru #seduce me damien #izroul #seduce me sam #aomaris #seduce me erik #uzaeris #seduce me james #raestrao

[pretoriafics]

The Princess Diaries

I'm in the princess mood today because I found out that The Princess Diaries are in Disney+. Man, I love this movie SO MUCH!!! Have fun <3

You are the heir of a throne, and you just want to take a break from the monarchy. So, you are in Beacon Hills trying to taste the normal life you always wanted, but in secret! No one knows you are a Princess, but Scott finally finds out. Completely annoyed, you are writing in your diary about how this crap happened. Word count: 1.366 Pairings: Princess!Reader x Enemy!Derek; Princess!Reader x Platonic!Scott; Princess!Reader x Platonic!Stiles; Princess!Reader x Platonic!Erica; A/N: Penny is the way you calls your diary Contain: I think it's pretty fun Warnings: English is not my main language <3; Inappropriate language TEEN WOLF MASTERLIST

Dearest Penny,

I'm freaking out. You have no idea how hard to hide so many secrets from so many people! First of all: I need to be discreet not only because of all that supernatural crap I'd got into now. No one can't ever knows that a real princess is hiding in this city. I want just some peace taking a hiatus from the monarchy, and I'll not have this if everyone found out the truth about me. And, trust me, I'd been passing through a lot through those times.

First of all: Despite being trying to be constantly helpful to Scott and Derek's pack, they are suspicious as hell about me. Everyone in both packs knew I'm hiding something. Derek's bet I'm a hunter. Scott thinks I'm something else. Then, I got Lydia always talking things like 'I'm pretty sure I saw you somewhere else'. Stiles agrees with her because 'yeah, you sound pretty familiar'.

Second: I have Mr. Abbott on my back. He is the man responsible for my security in the USA, which means that, despite being far away from home, it seems like my bodyguards and all people from the royal court still think that I'm porcelain. It means that it has been pretty troublesome to keep them away from all the supernatural bullshit.

I was working as a History Teacher, not just because of my disguise, but I want to know what it's like to have an ordinary life. Contrary to my father's wishes, my car was old, and it sucked. My house? Small and single-story, and the entire security team had to stay in plain clothes, staying in neighboring houses.

But dear Penny, I'm not here to talk about my new and temporary commoner life. I'm here to talk about that, yeah, I was finally exposed.

Well, I was parking my damn old car in the parking lot when I saw something that got me in a bad mood instantly. Not too far away from my car, I saw Derek and Scott talking about something. Judging by Scott's face, they were arguing. I took my books and my notebook from the passenger's seat and walked to them.

"Hey, boys. It seems like you both are in such a friendly talk! What's wrong?"

Derek gives me a deadly glare.

"This is not of your business."

I opened my mouth dramatically, faking a happy surprise.

"You're so sweet. Actually, you're so sweet that sometimes I just want to punch you in the face."

Gosh, I hate him so. Fucking. Much.

He narrowed his green eyes for me, and Scott begins to talk.

"I got some pages of a bestiary, and we need a translation."

Derek looks at Scott.

"You will not give the pages to her."

"She's fluent in greek! And French, and Spanish..."

I smiled at him. Scott forgot about Norwegian. Considering I have cousins in the Norway monarchy, I must be able to talk their language.

"She's not trustworthy." Derek says, looking at me. I rolled my eyes.

"I'm not a fucking hunter, okay? If I was one, I'd already cut your head off."

"Derek" Scott looks at the alpha "She's our only chance."

Derek let out a long and angry sigh.

"Fine! But..." He stares at me. If his gaze would be capable of killing, I'd already fallen dead on the floor. "You'll do the translations at my loft, under my sight. If I found out you shared the translations with someone else, I'll rip your throat."

I blinked my eyes a few times, without any reaction. Okay, I was a little bit scary. He was scary. I faked a smile.

"My fear of you is completely bearable."

Derek gives his back for me and walks to his car. Then, Scott looks at me.

"He's right. It will be better if you do the translations at his loft."

My eyes got wider. It was outrageous!

"Come on, Scott! I never let you down. All this suspicious about me is ridiculous."

Scott was serious. He crossed his arms in front of his chest.

"So, what are you hiding?"

I felt my bones froze. Well, I couldn't simply tell Scott the truth. Yeah, I was taking a temporary break from the monarchy, but it doesn't mean that I can tell Scott whatever I want. I feared it could change things between both of us. I really like Scott, but if he tells someone? The entire city would know who I am, and I would have to come back to my country. Dammit!

"I'm not hiding anything, Scott."

"You can't lie to me, (Y/N). I can listen to your heartbeat."

I let out a long sigh. It was hard to hide things. Then, Scott looks at me. His expression brightened.

"Wait! I know what you're hiding."

My heart failed a beat, and my face gets pale when he took his cell phone out of his pocket. He writes something on it and, then, he looks at me, scared.

"Holy crap, I knew I already saw you! You're a fucking princess!"

Fuck.

"Shhhhh!!!" I gave him a deadly stare "Shut up!! Oh damn, I hate teenagers and their obsession for the royalty!"

As euphoric as he was surprised, Scott spoke lower now but not with less shock.

"What the hell are you doing here?! You're a teacher! And you drive an old car! And your clothes-"

"Watch your words, McCall! Watch your words!"

"It doesn't make any sense! Where your bodyguards?"

"They are in plain clothes around the school, which is ridiculous for me. I have a gun bearing, and I could kick Derek's ass if I want to. I don't need them, but you know, people are neurotic with my safety."

Scott was looking at me in shock.

"This is so crazy. Why are you here?"

"I'm taking a break from the monarchy. My dad wants me to marry a Duke because 'he is an appropriate man'." I faked my dad's voice, and then I rolled my eyes "We are pretty traditional, which sucks. But I don't wanna marry. I took a break from the monarchy and asked to stay here. You know, Beacon Hills is a low-profile city."

"Will you be, like, a queen one day?"

"Yeah buddy, I'm the heir of the throne. But don't worry, I'll invite you to my coronation."

Scott was still looking at me with widening eyes when Stiles and Erica approach us. Stiles arched his eyebrows when he saw Scott's face.

"...What's happening?"

I gave Scott a deadly glare as a silent threat to him to stay quiet. Scott looks at Stiles and Erica. Both of them are pretty suspicious.

"Uh..." Scott cleared his throat "Nothing."

Erica crosses her arms in front of her chest.

"You lie."

I rolled my eyes. On man, come on!

"I'll just translate the pages Scott found, but your alpha is an arse. I'll need to translate it while being watched by that shitbag. So, you will need to see my beautiful eyes more often."

"Well," Erica narrowed her eyes to me "Considering that you definitely are hiding something, this is not a bad idea."

I would reply to her, but I noticed Stiles looking at me. He was trying to recognize me. Dude, it was just a matter of time until Stiles remembers about me. I'm so fucked up! Erica stares at Stiles with arched eyebrows.

"Weirdo..." She said.

"Hey, Stiles" It was my turn to say something "Do you want to make a painting of me?"

"Man... I swear by God that I already saw you before. This is so weird!"

"Maybe it was in a porn."

Stiles looks at me, scared. Erica holds a laugh. Is he really believing this?

"Do you do porn?!"

"Hell, no Stiles! Do you think I look like a porn actress? Jeez!" Completely pissed off, I turn my back for them while Erica laughs. And I didn't stop talking "Stop watching those things, Stilinski. Go talk with some real girls."

I entered the school apparently calm. However, I was freaking out inside of me. I don't even want to think when Stiles finally finds out. Wish me luck, Penny! I'm in need.

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[reki-of-the-valley]

Ok, ok, @babysgarage really has me thinking about the possibility of a Quebec-born Langa and while I'm terrified of that thought, I just.... I hate it and I love it

There's no doubt about it that this kid is fluent in English. I'd even go as far as to say that English is his first language. So if English is his first language, then this kid is, drumroll please, Montreal based. (Let's be honest here, it's more English than French. Walk into a french school, elementary or high school, you'll see the kids speak way more English than French, even if the teachers are screaming to talk French.) And with that, I could narrow it down even further and pinpoint a neighborhood he'd be from, but I'll refrain from doing that

Ok, let's list what I wanna touch on here. 1) Snowboarding. 2) language. 3) that catholic thing he's got going on.

So fun fact, we're actually really big on skiing and snowboarding around here! (Personally have been on the mountains since I was 5, my brother since he was 2) So that means it's totally possible for Mr Oliver to have brought Langa to the mountains every weekend during the winter for some snowboarding fun. (though personally I think the kid would have started on skies because you can't control a 2 year old on a board, but shhhh that's not too important.) Quebec has mountains of all sizes and they're not that far away from the city, so it's not a stretch to have that happen. Otherwise, who's not to say they don't have a chalet (is that the English word?) by the mountain side, so they just go up on a Friday night and come back down to the city on Sunday night? They can spend the whole weekend on the slopes, which also explains why Langa would be so good at it. His parents obviously work, he has school, so he can't do it during the week, but he's still amazing at the sport, meaning he has spent a lot of time on the slopes. So every week for 6 months a year, the whole weekend going up and down? It makes sense. So snowboarding in Quebec, very possible!

So language. Quebec born means the kid would be trilingual (I missed up on that opportunity, rip. But I already suck at just being bilingual so I would have died) And while we could argue that he could be kinda shitty in french, that he would have gone to an English school, there's a 90% chance that he'd have gone to French because of our policies. So would he have an accent? Probably (and it would be adorable). But he would be pretty much fluent. You know, 11 years forced in a french school does that to a person. So this kid knows his french, and he's a pretty good student (he'll skip but he would still keep his grades up) so even if he doesn't learn it at home, he's still pretty good at it.

So french and Langa. Langa who, despite being in a pretty anglophone environment, does hear the Frenchies and does pick up on that culture. So he could be walking and he'll overhear something so specific to Quebecois culture that no outsider would understand, but he still scoffs because it's a lil bit funny. Or he'll say things in English (or even in Japanese) that has a french construction so no one understands him. Or Langa that fucks up verb conjugations because why are they so complicated?? (Even with french as a first language, conjugation is hell) Fluent but still fucks it up like a good kid from this godforsaken province (but if he were to lose a language due to not using it, french is the first to go)

Now that catholic thingy he does with the bathroom during the beach episode. I think about it a lot. Now hear me out: he isn't religious, just raised in a religious environment even if it's not supposed to be (they say Québec is supposed to be separated from the church but it's not). He has no religious background, but catholicism is so ingrained in his day to day life that he just... It's automatic. In moments of desperation, pray to God, even if you don't believe in said God. For me, it's more of a ridiculous thing to do, something to make me laugh when things are going to shit. A "please if there's a god out there, let this not be too horrible" thing. And given that he does it for a toilet, I feel like he's the type to do that. And it feels like a very catholic province thing to do? God is invoked a lot, but never seriously. I don't know, but it just makes sense to me, especially if in a multi cultural city. I won't dwell too much on that though, religion just isn't my forte

ALSO I KNOW Y'ALL KEEP SAYING "poutine is a Canadian thing" BUT ITS QUEBECOIS ITS FROM HERE BECAUSE HONESTLY CANADA AND QUEBEC ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS AS MUCH AS I HATE SAYING THAY

I feel like I went on a tangent but I'm very passionate about pre-series Canadian Langa. I forgot what my initial point while writing this so I'm gonna stop now. Maybe take a nap now

Oh, also has nothing to do with anything, but I don't know how it works in other provinces, but here kids can take either parents last name, so I think Langa definitely took his mother's name, which means we have no idea what Oliver's last name is. So it could be an English surname or a French one or even a Japanese one if you want the man to be half Japanese

#look im not saying that projecting into this kid is good for me but #yeah Quebec kid Langa makes me feel weird but also makes so much sense #the more i think about it the more it makes sense to me #oh god am i gonna make him qc based?? #langa #langa hasegawa #hasegawa langa #sk8 #sk8 the infinity #hush lils #cursed francophone langa

[nicetomeetmew]

If LU was an anime (VA headcanons)

Okay so! A while back I uploaded a video (which you can find here) giving the LU boys voice actors. And in the description of said video, I promised that I was going to post a list of explanations for my voices and link it. Which I am only doing now.

These choices, bar a few, are my own personal opinion, so I'd love to hear your thoughts about them! I spent far to long working and watching anime for this but I am pretty happy with the end result, bar one (glares at Four). So I hope you enjoy! And prepare yourself. Cause this is LONG.

Legend - Vic Mignoga (Edward Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)

So fun fact. Back when I first discovered LU, I almost immediately imaged Leg with this voice. He had strong Ed vibes for me and when I started making this list, he was the only one I immediately knew was perfect. At least to me. It just has that quality; the snark with the capability of being genuine and emotional (I do apologise if the voice clips I included in the video made you sad. That's a hazard of FMA). I didn't consider anyone else for Legend, even though I did briefly consider Vic Mignoga for Warriors (more on that later).

Sky - Aleks Le (Zenitsu Agatsuma from Demon Slayer)

Man, I considered a fair few KnY voices for this list, including the voice of Tanjiro for Wild and the voice of Giyu for Twilight. But this is the one that stuck. I was struck between Sky having a youthful, soft voice or an older, soft voice (I knew his voice had to be soft. I mean. It's Sky.)

I watched the dub of Demon Slayer solely for this and it never would've occurred to me to consider Zenitsu's voice for Sky. But as the show progressed and I heard it when he wasn't... you know... begging some poor lass to marry him, I realised he actually has quite a soft voice. And when I heard it get all serious I thought "Yep. That works." And thus I placed Aleks Le as the Chosen Hero. You could argue that his voice is a bit too youthful for him but I still think it works.

Wind - Amanda Miller (Boruto from Boruto: Naruto Next Generations)

Ugh. Ugh. *increasing sounds of disgust*. I hate this.

But let's start from the beginning. Right off the bat, I was 99.9% sure Wind would be voiced by a woman. Okay so he's not 10 (that will make more sense in a second), but he's still pretty young and I imagine him with quite a youthful voice. For him, I considered Sarah Natochenny, the current voice of Ash Ketchum in Pokémon, and also Colleen Clickenbeard's voice for Monkey D. Luffy in One Piece. But these two voices shared the same problem. They were too raspy. I just cannot see Wind with a raspy voice. I guess if you really, really, really focus on it it could work but I just could get it to work for me hfff.

And then... ugh. I spoke to a mate about. He doesn't know about LU so I just told him I was making voice headcanons and couldn't think of a good one for a 14 year old boy. And he said "have you heard Boruto's English voice?" And I think my response was something along the lines of, "Ben, I have standards." But he insisted it would probably work so I watched a clip of Boruto on YouTube and much to my horror, it did seem to work. But there was problem. None of the clips had lines I could picture Wind saying. And because of that I was struggling to actually give Wind the voice. But something told me that it was the right one so... I... *shudders*... watched Boruto. I watched I think 5 full episodes before I had no more braincells and skipped thorough a bunch more and sure enough, I could finally see Wind with that voice. I think it fits him great and it honestly might be my favourite choice just because I had to watch that nightmare.

Hyrule - Justin Briner (Izuku Midoriya from My Hero Academia)

Ah. This one is much more pleasant. First of all, I never realised this at first but Midoriya and Hyrule are kind of similar. For one thing, they do kinda look alike. And for another they have the same "I will never give up" kinda thing going on.

Roolie is another one I knew would have a soft voice. I think Justin Briner was always down as a choice for him, except for when I briefly considered him for Four (more on that later *big sigh*). This is another anime I watched the dub for solely for this and there were a ton of lines right from the get go I could instantly imagine Roolie saying. So yeah. Aside from the tiny moment I almost assigned Justin Briner to Four, this was a pretty easy one. Midoriya has a soft voice that I could easily imagine Hyrule having. And when he got angry and his voice got harsher, I could also easily see Roolie like that too. Fun fact: there's another BNHA voice on this list... heh.

Wild - Michael Sinternklaas (Dagger from Black Butler)

AW YEAH. YOU HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH BRITISH BOI.

Ahem. Anyway. Yes Wild is British. Everyone rejoice. I was unsure of how people would react to this but I think this is the only voice on the list everyone agreed on. Which I'm happy about.

As I mentioned, I considered the English voice of Tanjiro (Zach Aguilar) for Wild. There were issues with this; mainly that it was too soft, too young, and made him sound too similar to Sky. Now here's the thing. I WANTED to give Wild a English accent. I am almost certain he would have one, like most people. However the only anime I could think of with decent English accents was Black Butler (and yes I know his final voice is from it, bear with me) and there was a problem with that. Most of the voices from Black Butler are ridiculously posh. Now you may be thinking "But Kai, Zelda has a posh English accent" and to that I would say "Ah yes but she's a princess and Wild is not". And now you might be thinking "But Kai, he's a knight an probably spent a lot of time in a place with posh English accents". To which I would say "But he wasn't always". Two words. Hateno Village.

Let me explain.

I feel like a lot of people hear the words 'English accent' and immediately think of an accent like Zelda's (and no, I am not saying everyone does and I'm also not implying that there aren't people out there who aren't British and know that there are multiple accents). Anyway, English accents are different depending on the place. And, since one can assume Wild is from Hateno Village, I would imagine their accent is different to that of those born in Castle Town. So that's why I was reluctant to give Wild a voice from Black Butler. Because all the voices that weren't insanely fancy were either far too old or did not have the right vibe.

Then one day, taking a break from this, I was watching season 3 of Black Butler (one of the only anime I watch dubbed) and I heard two voices that I suddenly thought, hang on just a second. One of those was the voice of Ronald Knox, who's a grim reaper. And the other, of course, was Dagger. I was leaning towards Dagger and what sold me was one scene in particular, which I chose as the final voice clip for Wild (you cannot tell me that is not exactly something he would say). And that was it. But Wild's was easily one of the most frustrating (not the most *glares at Four again*).

Time - David Matranga (The Father from Wolf Children)

Another tough one and also one I heavily considered for Twilight (for obvious reasons). Time's was kind of tricky because I knew I wanted it to be deep but there's such of variety of deep voices. At one point I even considered dumping the deep voice idea because it was so hard. It was a this time I thought of the voice of space cowboy extraordinaire, Spike Spiegel. But my brain said "hell no". There were other voices I considered for him, loads of which I cannot find the notes for and another one which will likely appear in part two as another character (no spoilers), but when I was picking a voice for Twi, some of the lines the father said just kept ringing big old Time vibes with me. So in the end, I decided to for it. Like I said, I imagine time with a deep voice and while to father's might be a bit more... gravelly (?) than I imagined, I think it fits him pretty well. It's serious and mature but still a certain kindness I'd imagine Time's voice to have.

Warriors - Johnny Yong Bosch (Ichigo Kurosaki from Bleach)

Don't lie. You knew Johnny Yong Bosch was gonna be on here and not just because I put his name (albeit spelled incorrectly) in the thumbnail. When I started making this, I knew I wanted to fit JYB into it. In my mind, LU would be an amazing anime and almost all amazing anime have Johnny Yong Bosch in it.

Now, I spent a lot of time trying to figure out whether he would be better for Wars or Twi. At one point I was convinced he would be best for Twi and that's when I briefly thought about Vic Mignoga for Warriors (his voice for Tamaki Suoh from Ouran High School Host Club. Don't tell me Tamaki and Wars aren't at least a tiny bit similar). But I could bear to part with Vic for Legend so I decided heck it, Johnny is Warriors and I'll find someone else for Twi later. As for the voice in particular, the two voices I considered for Twi definitely did not fit Wars. And then I remembered Bleach and immediately I thought "Yep. That's the one". I imagine Warriors having an authoritative voice, not too deep and very... uh... I don't know the right word. Clean sounding? Anyway, Ichigo just seemed to fit nicely and thus it was so.

Four - Micah Solusod (Yukine from Noragamai)

Ugh. UGH. Okay. This is my least favourite. Four was, excuse my French, A FUCKING NIGHTMARES. There was not ONE SINGLE VOICE that seemed to work for him at all. I watched a bit of the Noragmai dub because I was thinking about Yato's voice for someone (I can't remember who. It might have been Wild) and I heard Yukine's and decided to put it into reserve. As in, my last resort. And I had to use it. Oh my god Four. I love you but your voice is literally a nightmare. Is it high? Is it low? Is it young sounding? Surprisingly grown up sounding? I DON'T FREAKING KNOW.

I mentioned earlier that I considered Justin Briner for him. I was thinking about his voice for Luck from Black Clover, which may have honestly worked a bit better, but I was pretty attached to Justin as Roolie by this point. So I had to whip out Micah.

Let me be clear. No, I do not think this works well at all. I appreciate the people who tried to see that good in it, but I honestly just don't think it works. The only reason I went for it is because Yukine's voice switches between older sounding and younger sounding throughout the show and since I could decide what Four's would sound like I said to myself "Fine. Four can be the same", found some clips, slapped it together and never looked back.

I am still looking for another voice for Four and if I find a decent one, I will include it in part two.

And last but not least...

Twilight - Aaron Mitchell Dismuke (Tamaki Amajiki - My Hero Academia)

Told ya there was another BHNA voice.

So Twi was another tricky one. As I mentioned, I was seriously considering Johnny Yong Bosch for him. More specifically, his voices for Giyu Tomioka from Demon Slayer and Kiba from Wolf's Rain (for obvious reasons). I did almost go for Kiba but something was stopping me. I'm honestly not sure what.

So I was talking to a mate (and by that I mean I rambled. A lot) about VA's and at one point he suggested Aaron Mitchell Dismuke but not for Twilight. I can't actually remember who he suggested it for but anyway, that didn't work out. But when I was looking through his work, I saw that we played Amajiki and I was curious. I listened to him and I liked it.

Okay to be fair I wanted a country accent for Twi. Of course I did. But I could not a find a decent one. They few I found were absolutely terrible. So I gave up on that and decided that was Amajiki. And that was that.

And that concludes the Links VA headcanons! I am happy with most of them and once more these are my opinion but I would love to hear your own ideas!

As I have said many times, I am working on a part two and as a sneak peak (sort of) I'll tell you two of the characters that will be featured (excluding Four, if I find him another voice).

Dink (even though he hasn't, technically shown up yet) and Malon (which is proving to be a lot tricker than I thought). There a couple more but my lips are sealed heh.

Oh and speaking of Dink, the voice I considered for Time and then thought it would be better for someone else? Yeah that's the voice that's currently in the lead to be Dink's :)

I hope enjoyed my long winded explanations! And thank you for reading/watching!

#phew #well that was fun #legend's is my favourite I think #closely follow by wild and maybe sky or wars #and like i said im very happy with wind because *ow* #linkeduniverse #linked universe #hehe... part 2...

[yesthatdana]

About meeee

Tagged by @razzybean ! ; v; thank!!

Rules: answer 20 questions and tag 20 people you want to know better.

1. Nickname: As a kid my friends called me Dani (Day-nee) sometimes. My name is so short I never really had nicknames but nowadays I go by either Dana, Ru, or Dani (Danny) lol. My online handle was often Cheyanne in games so I got called 'Chey' a lot.

2. Zodiac Sign: I am a Pisces and a Horse! I just realized that makes me a Kelpie. WELP..,,

3. Hogwarts House: I think the app put me in Hufflepuff? Which is fair. I always wanted to be in Ravenclaw tho.

4. Height: 5'3"! I have always wished I was shorter tho

5. Last thing I googled: Mushroom floor stardew valley. I've been playing it recently

6. Favorite Musicians: Idk names of singers or bands. I don't tend to have favorites either. I guess one off the top of my head that I've never disliked the music of is Shoji Meguro

7. Song stuck in my head: Our different paths, a Mo Dao Zu Shi song

8. Followers: 257ish (I block all the bots I see but I might've missed some)

9. Following: 555 8)) I did not realize I followed so many people

10. Do you get asks: Nah. It is once in like 100 blue moons if I do.

11. Amount of Sleep: Ahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahafhfhls okay so I usually get between 5 and 7, but I would ideally like maybe closer to 9? I am tired regardless but I am REALLY not a morning person.

12. Lucky Number: I actually have a few! 1, 2, 3, and 10. I prefer evens to odds but my bday is 3/10 so.

13. What are you wearing: Whoops I'm in my relax at home clothes, so a really huge mountain dew t-shirt and black leggings w socks ofc (I'm cold rn man)

14. Dream Job: Being paid to improve my mental health? :( Tbh I don't have a dream job... Anything that doesn't involve talking to lots of people, including by email or phone, and pays enough for me to enjoy life would be nice.

15. Instruments: I learned to play the flute and piano as a kid but haven't played since. I suck at reading sheet music orz

16. Languages: Really only English in any way that matters. I can understand a ridiculous amount of Japanese by ear from all the subbed anime I have watched, I took a quarter of Spanish in high school, and I am learning a bit of French rn.

17. Favorite song: Can't say I have one. I hyper focus on songs kind of one at a time, then they go into the pile of "songs I like" for shuffle listening later.

18. Random Fact: I can ride a unicycle, which I learned to rise before a bike. My elementary gym teacher brought in his own unicycles for kids to use during recess and classes, I was on the school's unicycle team 😎

19. Aesthetic: Oh boy. I am all over the place. I personally like being really bright and cute and layers, but I also love punk and chains and stuff. Neon is awesome with black, and I love really light and flowy. Haha. I can't afford to nor have the energy to dress all these ways but I would like to.

20. Dream Trip: Well I wish I could stay at my family's childhood summer vacation house on a cliffside of an island... But they sold the house so it really is only a dream. Tbh I don't really like to travel so it's staycations or to a bunch of theme parks. I love roller coasters~

#crap chat #me #i dont tag people cause idk i guess i think its bothering people

[kosegruppaa]

I get what you're saying about un following us American users. Us American culture (specially mainstream culture) is presented on the internet or other media as if it were the "world's" culture, universal. And it's really not like that. I feel the same way. That doesn't mean that because you are conscious of or oppose this sort of cultural imperialism then you think that every american person is imperialist or something. Part 1

Part 2: There are all kinds of people there. I think some people are taking the skam Austin criticism way to personal. And are not acknowledging that people from other parts of the world my feel a bit tired of English speaking culture being presented aa the universal culture in the western world. I mean Netflix in my Latin-American country is 90% us and English shows and 5% Spanish tv series hahaha

yes, all of this!! if you think about it, it is actually ridiculous how much i know about us american culture, history and current events (and to a lesser extent the uk) compared to other parts of the world. and it is not like i don’t want to know these things, it’s just that i don’t want them to take up all my social media feeds etc. 

i think a lot of it is also tied to how we all use english to communicate these days (o podríamos communicar en español también?). many countries, including norway, has a curriculum where the teaching of english also includes an element of teaching about the uk and the us (and other “english speaking countries” but those two are often favoured). but really, do we need that? i get that when teaching spanish, german, french, italian etc. it is reasonable to assume that those students might have been influenced to chose that language because of interest in the language AND the respective cultures (this is a problem with teaching spanish, too many countries and cultures!). however, english is not optional and most students aren’t really going to use it mainly in the us or the uk anyways, they are going to use it to communicate with people from all over the world, for so many different purposes. people who speak english as a second/third/fourth language FAR outnumber the people who speaking english as their native language. the massive focus on e.g. the us election system or uk education makes little sense when we think about why we make our student learn english from the age of 6. 

in addition to it taking up so much space and it being considered a kind of ”universal” culture, i also think it can sometimes take focus away from important issues here in our own countries. this is especially when it comes to stuff like social issues and stuff. even though police brutality isn’t a big issue in norway, we do know that it happens and there are also several well documented cases of racial profiling. and i think most people in norway still know more about racism in the us (which isn’t in itself a bad thing, don’t get me wrong) and i think that can lead to a misconception (and especially for people who don’t live in oslo or other more diverse areas of norway) that this isn’t a norwegian problem. and for what people can actually do - i think focusing on local communities is much more effective. i realistically cannot to anything about us issues (or we can donate money of course, but i think there are probably other parts of the world that needs money donations more), but i can do a lot in norway. and for that to happen, i need to be aware of what is happening here. the combination of following so many people/corporations/news outlets from the us, and the norwegian media also of course reporting on american news, and the media we consume all being so focused on somewhere else, i think i sometimes am more updated on what happens elsewhere then here.

but anon, do you have any good recs from latin american shows on netflix?? im always trying to find good and interesting stuff (sometimes that i can get my students to watch so they have at least some input in spanish that isn’t during lessons). and also for my own sake i need to have more latin-americas stuff in my life i miss it so!

#anon #thanks for asking! #and that assumption that us culture is universal can be found in julies announcement that she is directing skam austin i think #but don't get me wrong i also get that she would want to go there #it is a huge opportunity!