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illarian-rambling · 3 days

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Thanks for the tag @elsie-writes!

OC Interview

I thought doing this in a pair was fun last time, so let's do Astra and Mashal together :)

Are you named after anyone?

Astra: "Just the stars above, darlin'."

Mashal: "Not that I know of, but my memory of anything beyond waking up in Astra's vardo is a little fuzzy, so I guess I could've been."

When was the last time you cried?

Astra: "Gods a'mighty, I couldn't tell ya. Probably a few years back, at least. I don't know - I'd a' rather eaten bricks than cried in public when I was in Yewbury, so I guess I learned to hide my tears from everyone, includin' myself. That makes it sound sadder than it actually is, though. I just ain't the easily ruffled kind."

Mashal: "Uh-huh... Not easily ruffled. That definitely sounds like you."

Mashal: "I can't cry. Is that cheating? I guess I get kinda sad at night, when everything's so quiet and my thoughts seem so loud, but metal is metal, so there are no actual tears."

Do you have kids?

Astra: "Fuuuuck naw. Maybe someday, but I'm too busy travelin' right now."

Mashal: "...I- I don't think I do. I don't remember anything from my past, though. I'm probably in my mid-twenties. That's feasible. Oh gods..."

Astra: "Love, take a good look at yourself. You asked me how to make coffee the other day. Ya don't got no surprise amnesia kids."

Do you use sarcasm a lot?

Astra: "I try to, gods willin', but I'm afraid my insults tend to come out a lil' more direct than that."

Mashal: "It's an unbecoming habit, but sometimes I can't help myself."

What is the first thing you notice about people?

Astra: "Their clothes. You can tell a lot about a fellow from the cut a' his smock. Clothes tell ya how much money they've got, how much care they put into their image, what social groups they're a part of - all sorts a' tasty details. The shoes especially. Never trust a fellow in spotless work boots is what my momma always says."

Mashal: "Wait, what can you tell about me from my clothes?"

Astra: "I make all your clothes, love, it doesn't count."

Mashal: "Oh. Well, I suppose I... It sort of shames me to say this, but I try to check if they're a mage or not. I don't know why, but mages make me so nervous. You can usually tell a sorcerer by the hands, a book mage by the scars."

What is your eye color?

Astra: "Blue. Whoever my biological dad is musta been a pale fucker, cause it ain't everyday you see Shuari skin with bluebird peepers, even if I am a lot lighter than my momma. My right eye is a lil' grayer than the other, which might have somethin' to do with my vitiligo, but I ain't sure."

Mashal: "My ocular runes glow white."

Astra: "And a very perdy white too. Don't get yourself down just cause you got a different look from most folk."

Scary movies or happy endings?

Astra: "Scary! I wanna see blood, guts, horror!"

Mashal: "You say this, and then you make me go turn on the lights because you're too scared to sleep in the dark. I like happy endings. Horror always makes my skin crawl. Or, you know, it would if I had skin."

Any special talents?

Astra: "I'm the best damn witch a' the borderlands! Ain't nobody's runes equal to mine. Ain't no one makes finer machines. But other than that, I've got a mighty knack for embroidery."

Mashal: "I'm a decent artist. Nothing spectacular, and I'm only any good with a pencil, but I'm pretty good at sketching from life."

Astra: "And you can fight with a sword, don't forget that!"

Mashal: "And I can fight with a sword."

Where were you born?

Astra: "The stinkin' shithole known to the world as Nakaow. It's a debtor village in the borderlands. All the folk there have contracts owned by the local lord and have to farm 'is land till they pay what they owe. 'Course, they only end up further and further in debt everyday since he charges outrageous rent for sleepin' in 'is buildings."

Mashal: "I don't know. I'm from the Republic province of Sulu'Oku, I'm pretty sure. I have a Sulu'Okan name and accent. I just don't remember any of it."

Do you have any pets?

Astra: "Why, yes I do! I found Mercher's Day on the streets a' Landanium, on, well, a mercher's day. He's a tubby beast of a calico cat who tends to think he's a tiger 'round anyone who ain't me. Or Mashal. He took to the fellow remarkably well when he decided to stay with me."

Mashal: "I have a hazy impression that I did once. ...Or maybe I didn't. I'm not sure. I'm happy to share Mercher with Astra."

What sort of sports do you play?

Astra: "If I got time to toss a ball around, I got time to read up on magic. And one a' those things is a mite more important to me."

Mashal: "Without physical exertion, sports don't feel as exciting for me. I also can't really improve steel and pistons through exercise, so, there's that too. I work through my sword forms from time to time, if that counts. I'd be afraid to play any team sport in case I accidentally hurt someone."

Astra: "Love, I'd pay honest money to see you huck somebody across the ring in a game of Jetj, and I'm sure other people would too."

Mashal: "Maybe once we're in Unity. There are robots there. Who knows, they might have their own sports I can learn? I'd really like that, I think."

How tall are you?

Mashal: "Ugh, six foot ten. I did not ask to be built this way. Astra said she'd be able to rebuild me to be shorter someday, but we really don't have time right now. I think about five foot nine would be a good height. I'm tired of banging my head on everything"

Astra: "Five foot fuckin' nothin'. That's what happens when you're malnourished all your damn childhood. Do you know how ridiculous I look standin' next to Mashal? Shit's tragic. I'll retrofit him if he wants, yeah, but half a' that'll be for my own peace a' mind."

What was your favorite subject in school?

Astra: "I never went to school proper, but the best lecture I ever snuck into was Applied Gravitation Runes. Now, that might not sound too excitin', but ya gotta understand that a gravitation rune is the base a' anythin' runic-mechanical you could dream a' makin'. That class really opened my eyes to how those runes could be used."

Mashal: "I'm sorry, that sounds... really boring."

Astra: "Hush, you're more'n half gravitation runes yourself."

Mashal: "Huh. Well then. Uh, I guess my favorite subject would've been art. I don't remember school, but I like art now, so I probably liked it then."

What is your dream job?

Astra: "You're lookin' at it! I'm an independent witch, not bound to some stodgy university or grant board. I walk where'n I please and run the tests I wanna run. I will admit, it'd be nice if I could get government contracts, but I'll take me freedom over them any day."

Mashal: "I... really don't know. I guess just anything where I can help people. I could be a knight, protecting travelers. I could do what Astra does and help people with magical terrors they don't understand. The specifics don't matter, just the result."

Astra: "Gods a'mighty, you're so noble..."

Mashal: "Is- is that a bad thing? Why are you making that face?"

Astra: "Ya talk so sweet, you're makin' my teeth hurt is all. It's a good thing, love. You're a good man."

I'll tag @roach-pizza @rkmoon @goldencomet69 @bard-coded @moonandris and anyone else who wants to play :)

#writing #writerscommunity #writblr #my ocs #author #oc interview

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thegamingcatmom · 11 months

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Hiii, okay so I came up with this question while at work but, how would momma react if/when her constant sniffing (and dry humping) of her drama queen eventually makes her scent change? Like eventually reader has to start smelling like momma or the rotting corpses who’s rotten scent is more than likely penetrating the entire building/floor.

Hey there nonny!

Ohhh that´s a very interesting question indeed and very deep at that. Love it! 🥰

(Also, can I just say it actually blows my mind a bit that my posts haunt you even while at work? Like, I feel so honored rn. 😭)

Okay so first off, I´d imagine that this sickly sweet smell of rotting meat and bodily fluids and what not would immediately burn itself into every fibre of your being. I´ve never had the chance to smell something quite like it before (thank god) so I can´t say for sure but I think there´s just no way you wouldn´t reek of it for, like, a week or so IF there was direct contact over a longer period of time - without any protective clothing.

(Again, I´m no specialist, so I could be wrong here.)

As for a certain someone´s case, I´d imagine it didn´t even take a full day for that...odor to completely manifest and sink into their very being - clothes, hair, skin, just everything.

This gets me thinking though: I might just write a lil something at some point about how that certain someone even got there in the first place and how their very first day together went (I´ll give you a hint: probs very batshit). I think that´d be quite fun to write!

Aight so, I imagine the first few days, probably the first week even (if not longer), were especially tough on Momma´s precious Drama Queen. Not only having to get used to...everything that happens in this madhouse, but also that smell like-

To put it frankly, it sucked.

As for Momma, however...

Listen, it gets her going, aight? There´s just no other way to put it. Blood, guts and gore galore is what she lives for, it´s what she calls home and as soon as a certain someone stepped foot into her territory they became a part of that as well. Became hers.

Now, as we know, there was just...something about that certain someone that made Momma go like, yes - that one, exactly that one.

Now, I can´t tell you exactly what it was that Momma has smelled there because her sense of smell is just out of this world - something that is proven when she was able to smell that Beth was pregnant. I mean, that´s some creepy shit right there (I loved it).

But it´s exactly that superb sense of smell that I´m trying to focus on when writing and it´s also the reason why, to Maggot Momma, there will ALWAYS be this that smell, my god! moment, no matter if her paramour is covered in blood and guts (something that would drive her mad, mind you). I like to think she´s able to smell down to your very core and that´s why a certain someone is, in a way, also the safest person on the planet. They´re like a drug to her and there´s just no way she´s gonna give that up. (If only a certain someone knew that, whoopsie.)

(Not to mention Maggot Momma would smell if something was fishy, like, immediately. Be it other ppl foolish enough to enter her territory (they´re dead before they make it to the 1st floor, let alone to her darling Drama Queen) or just any changes to or in a certain someone´s body.)

Now to fully answer your question: the scent of her precious Drama Queen has changed for sure, it had to with...everything in this (cursed) building. But that´s the goal.

Because, to her, they simply smell like home now and it gets her going like nothing else because she needs them to smell like her - that´s always, always the goal - and it´s basically like a dog marking it´s territory like, the only thing that´s left to do now is for Momma to pee on them and we´ve got it all yknow like-

But also, there will ALWAYS be that special odor that just makes them "them" - her perfect Drama Queen indeed.

So rly, all of that only serves to get Momma tingling even MORE because drugs combined with blood, guts and gore galore??

This is bliss, absolute perfection just-

Thanks a lot for that super interesting ask! 🥰

#evil dead rise #ellie evil dead rise #maggot mommy #deadites #alyssa sutherland #evil dead rise...but gayer

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play-rough · 3 months

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Why are you so good at writing? I want to be that good at writing too. Fun fact, you are the reason I started writing BSD age regression one shots. I'm also currently rereading through your classification au. I can't remember how many times I've done that before, but it continues to be amazing. -🐈‍⬛ anon

Ok real talk because I get this question a lot, ‘why are you so good at writing?’ Short answer, practice!

Long answer, I’m an adult who was lucky enough to be able to take creative writing and scriptwriting classes, and even though I haven’t been writing fanfic for too much more than a year, I have a bunch of years under my belt of just talking classes where I had to do nothing but write. Not to make assumptions about you anon, but I know that a large chunk of my audience is younger than me. I think it’s unfair of my audience on themselves to ask why they’re not as good at me as writing when I’ve had multiple years of practice in and out of a professional environment and they’re in maybe high school, ya know?? Not to say you are in high school, but just letting you know I didn’t drop onto earth with the gift of writing lmao I’ve been forced to practice

So my advice is, keep writing one shots! I didn’t do anything special to get better. When I wrote part one of the classification au i was happy with it, and then a year later of constantly writing I felt like I had improved so much that part one no longer held up and I had to rewrite it. I didn’t do anything to get better other than do more writing. Your brain is a muscle and so it can be trained and flexed by writing, and it will get stronger!

You can do fun stuff like take creative writing and scriptwriting classes, because I do think those helped me too, but tbh i think it was mostly just doing the assignments and working that brain muscle? Role play is also a fun way to build skills that transfer over to creative writing. I play a lot of DND in my spare time, and I think it’s helped me flesh out characters in my brain and make them more real to people, but again optional. All i really did to get so good at writing was write!

Thank you for rereading it again!!! Ily!!!

Ok ok ok one more bit of advice and this is general life advice!! I apply it all the time to writing but you can use this in your everyday life

⭐️Don’t show up and tell me what you don’t have, tell me what you do have! ⭐️

All the time i click on a fic and the first thing the author says in the notes is ‘this isn’t a very good fic and I’m not good at grammar blah blah blah’

Now I’m gonna go into this fic thinking “dang, this isn’t a very good fic. The author said so.” And I haven’t even read it yet.

What do you have?? You have a fic that you worked hard on and you’re excited to share!! Boom! Much better! If you want to apologize for lack of spelling or grammar at the end that’s fine (or don’t it’s not a crime) but don’t try to set your audience up to have a bad time. They are clicking on your fic because they want to read it! Don’t talk them out of it by telling them it’s not very good! You have a good fic, and the audience WILL have a good time reading it!!!

This was the advice my scriptwriter teacher gave me for screenplay pitches but i have never found a situation where a lil fake self confidence hasn’t helped everything

#best of luck writing my love #🐈‍⬛ anon #💌

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yunhohours · 2 years

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⠀ ⠀ ♡ A Relationship With: Junseo ♡

Request: I love when you take about Junseo from WEi 🥺🥺 what do you think a relationship with him would be like?

Your parents love him

He always brings your mom flowers and talks to your dad so respectfully that they would be upset if you ever broke up with him

But let’s be honest you would never bc he’s perfect

Physical touch is a Thing

He likes to have you sit in his lap and wrap his arms around your waist when you’re all hanging out with friends

Will give you the softest little kisses on your neck and shoulder while you sit there

He adores you, he can’t help himself

Though he tries to do it when no one’s looking because he can get a little shy

Facetimes you all the time

Like even if it’s just for two seconds from the parking lot to the building he’s going into, he wants to see you

100% the type to drive with one hand on the wheel, one hand on your thigh

Makes meaningful eye contact all the time

Stares at you lovingly and blushes shyly when you catch him

Likes to take mirror pics with you with one hand on your waist

You rarely fight because he's very patient and careful when communicating with you

Nothing hurts him more than fighting with you

So if you're fighting, you probably fucked up for real my dude

Kisses your temple all the time when you’re close to him

Like he just does it instinctively and probably doesn’t even realize how much he does it

Plans cute lil dates for you like picnics

Or a stroll somewhere beautiful

You’re each other’s photographers

Though he always tells you how the photos never quite capture your beauty

Sends you gym selfies with a lil 😜 emoji every time because he knows what he's doing

But if you react in any way he just changes the subject lIKE JUNSEO WHY

It's just fun for him to tease you tbh

But when you get back at him by sending him a photo of you wearing something that you look good in

He's facetiming you like "show me more babe, you look so pretty"

And he really doesn't mean it with anything but love and adoration

No intentions, just heart eyes

But if you give him a "special show," he'll probably die

Whether that's from blushing or being too in love with you?

Who's to say (both)

Tucks your hair behind your ear when he’s listening intently

Learns your favorite foods and watches youtube cooking videos so he can surprise you with them

Does your skin care for you when you’re too tired or lazy

And he doesn’t half ass it believe me

Likes to sleep on his back with you curled into his side, head on his chest

Makes you coffee every morning if you drink it

Or orders it in if you have a special place you like to get it from

Just generally wants to make your life as fulfilling and peaceful as you've made his :(

NSFW STARTS HERE

Loves getting you off but casually??

Like will just get you off on his thigh while you’re making out but acts like nothing is happening???

Or will rub your clit absentmindedly while you watch a movie on the couch

If you call him on it, he just smiles at you and keeps going because he wants to

And he knows you’d stop him if you didn’t want it too

Making you cum is like a self soothing behavior for him tbh it calms him

It's not a rare occurrence for him to suddenly pick you up and place you on the nearest surface

Just to bury his face between your legs

But he does it all so coolly and gently that's it's hard to comprehend that it's even happening until you're seeing stars

Even his mouth is gentle

But so skilled that you're clutching at his hair for grounding in seconds

Sex with Junseo is like a spiritual experience

It’s not intense in the way that it’s crazy or rough

It’s intense in the way you feel inside

It’s a soul-bonding experience that couldn’t be replicated with anyone else

Soft, heavy exhales when you go down on him

He completely lets go when you take care of him

Likes that he gets to use his strength when he’s on top of you

And the way that you drool over the veins in his arms

Makes him feel so fucking good about himself

He is also very aware of his impressive stamina and likes to show it off to you

When you’re on top of him, he holds your upper body close to him

Watches the pleasure on your face in awe as you get yourself off on him

Nothing is sexier to him

Will tighten his grip around you suddenly and start thrusting up into you, holding you still so he can take care of you

Wants you to be able to focus solely on how good you feel and nothing else

It helps that he gets to watch you fall apart because of him too

Basically your pleasure is HIS pleasure at all times

He’s not even worried about himself at all until you’ve orgasmed at least once already

Prefers to cum inside you (be smart!) or pull out

Lays flat on his back next to you afterwards just panting and grinning like it was the best thing to ever happen to him

Looks over at you and laughs when you make eye contact before enveloping you in his strong arms

Holds you there until you both drift off to sleep <3

#th: wei #th: junseo #wei smut #junseo smut #kpop smut #wei fluff #junseo fluff #kpop fluff

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jazzstarrlight · 10 months

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My Playable Characters Shipping List

So many characters in genshin impact, so taking screenshots of a wiki character list, I edited them together to make a shipping chart! You're welcome to use it how ever you want

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My Top 10 In Order:

1. Itto x Gorou -

The first Genshin Ship in my collection and still number one. Itto is always the first to fall in my ship and THE definition of golden retriever energy. When Gorou begins to notice his attention on him more often, he gets flustered and slowly falls for him back. Precious wholesome warriors, making a great team and greater lovers.

2. Cyno x Tighnari -

2nd place mostly cause of canon team-up and fanart. Also been debating on which one I'd be good at cosplaying if only I had the money (leaning toward Cyno.) Cyno is the first to fall and even while Tighnari cringes at his jokes, we all know he gives that clear "you're lucky I love you" face. I dream of a relationship like theirs.

3. Kaveh x Alhaitam -

Saw it once or twice on my Twitter feed until it turned into nothing but Kavetham and Cynari, and I eventually began to obsess. Alhaitham surprisingly falls first but can't express it properly, like a neurodivergent with alexithymia. Kaveh slowly shifts his thoughts of Alhaitham from "can't believe I put up with that guy" to "can't believe I'm in love with that guy". I think the autistic introvert -&- depressed extrovert angle may make for some interestingly dramatic angst. Good angst is fun to write. Plus, I'm on the spectrum and I can confirm that reading emotions (even our own) is either hard or near impossible.

4. Ayaka x Lumine -

The traveler I went with in my game is Lumine and I fell for Ayaka hard when we hung out at a festival before Lumine is made an enemy of the shogunate. Clearly, in the game, Ayaka falls in love first; but I also made an OC named Yuna Ren who fell for Ayaka as a child. I know it's cringe but... It's Ayaka-chan! I can admit I'm a bit of a simp for her.

5. Bennett x Razor -

When I found out they were friends, it was cool, but I saw something more building. Razor falls first, though doesn't understand it. Bennett enjoys having a more permanent team member and grows closer every day. They're super cute little twinks.

6. Ningguang x Beidou -

Two boss girls both dom energy however with good communication it works. Also whenever I feel like I ship too many dudes, I look at hot-I mean-pretty girls with chemistry. (Honestly, I'm surprised with how many mlm ships I have.) Ningquang falls first and... I may have an idea for an erotica oneshot. Stay tuned.

7. Xiao x Aether -

Mainly cause of fanart and if Lumine has Ayaka, the twin bro deserves a lil something special too. Xiao falls first. I mean- c'mon. That guy shows up within a second of calling his name like a genie.

8. Albedo x Sucrose -

Such a sweet and gentle intelligent pair. Sucrose falls for Albedo, and I can see Sucrose being his personal art model. If it was possible, I'd most likely cosplay as albedo (since him and HatGuy are the closest things I find to canon enby's in the game and not much a fan of the wanderer except his skill.)

9. Kazuha x Heizou -

Heizou's voicelines about Kazuha are really intresting. He obviously falls first and makes complex plans to hang out with him. They look very cute together.

10. Zingqui x Chongyun -

Sometimes when 2 characters just stand side-to-side in canon and if you see enough fanart, that's enough to ship two characters. Xingqiu falls first for the exorcist. I also think the combos of blue between the two is pretty nice.

#genshin impact #characters #shipping chart

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idv-news-boi · 1 year

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->Laurence's Journal Entry {Part 2}

Day 11 {Is this a Mochi..?}

James, I was about to eat that mochi with the American flag decorated on it,,,

I thought Akihiko made it specially for me since I’m American - until i notice the sunglasses and how it just moved...

I ended up yeeting him out of the window,,,- I'm sorry, Uncle Sam,,,! 😭😔

Day 12 {My 12th bonk of the week-}

Got sent off flying back to the manor thanks to Mr. Subedar's soldier punch- Note to self; never blabber with teammates, keep decoding alone,,-

Without this note, i might just often end up staying at the infirmary most of the time- which is not cool,, >:'v

Day 13 {The Grumpy, Artsy Gnome}

James, let me tell you a not-so-secret secret,,, Out of all the artists community in the manor, the Painter is the most grumpier one,,,-

I'm surprised when he requested me to be his model for a painting- Even after bonk my head with his blank canvas itself,,,-

He's actually very good at his field, I won't underestimate that for sure.

Day 14 {Mount Mochi}

Oh gosh Jim,,,, This manor is so weirdly amusing! Some anon just donated a huge pile of mochi's to Akihiko's camera while we're working a the studio-

He doesn't seem confused by such strange patron gift, and seems to be grateful by the sight of yummy delicacies,,,-

Day 15 {I made someone else's Flytrap eat my microphone by accident-} @idvask-hunterfinn

Yes, James, i can't believe a flytrap would be that strange enough to eat metal- i thought it was safe enough to interview it,,,

But at least Mr. Drosera helped me fetched my tool back~ ❤️

I wish I could flirt more with him if only I wasn't on "thin ice" with him,,,,/IH (⁠•⁠ ⁠▽⁠ ⁠•⁠;⁠)

Day 16 {Princely,,, So cute}

Prince got worried after i got injured during a match-

I was with Percy who i just broke up(cut connections-) with him after hitting my butt so hard,,, No wonder how I got injured/ih

But anyway, i rest assure anyone that it's hard for me to die,,, even age.

Day 17 {Duo Hunter Match is so fun!!!} @/idv-sinful-deities (bc that kinda feels like I'm spamming if it's a multi-muse blog for me idk why :'3)

James- I played Duo Hunters,,, IT WAS SO FUN??? It was so chaotic-- i also made a friend during the situation,,,, her name is Tae(pinned pic of Tae from the manor's survivor files)

We were giving and high giving for the good work until the hunter was about to get us- good things I saved us with a flare gun I've been saving the entire time,,, haha! x'D

Day 18 {Someone Came Back!} @idv-asktheconsigliere

Hey, James! One of the people who entered the manor before recently came back- I got so excited,,, I even made a breaking news announcement for her! Isn't that sweet? (pinned profile pic of Melissa from the manor's survivor files)

I seem to get along with Melissa surprisingly despite how serious she looks,,, She's so cool though????

Also- i just got tricked by one of the flirt attack asks by an anon who turned out to be her but drunk,,, after all that thinking from Amanda, to Angeline, to Bianca, and-

But anyway! At least I helped her get to her room- nothing has been done besides all the flirting~ 😅

Day 19 {Met Bianca,,, Also having lil Coffee Meetups} @experimental-blueprints

There was a lot of tension at first in our first meeting- i honestly don't really have taste for sassy-pretty girls- but i still invited Bianca anyway- she'll be fun to talk with~ (pinned profile pic of Bianca from the manor's survivor files)

We are now starting to meet up for Sunday coffee talks,,- Well, is mostly me talking as Bianca may look like she's so done with me yet still listens to me,,,- I think I'm in love./IH/hj 🥺

Day 20 {Bromance Marriage}

I proposed Akihiko with a friendship, purple candy ring pop, he said yes despite he doesn't like artificial purple flavored stuff,,-

I hired Eiji as our Preacher at the Red Church in case the building turns out to be hunted- I'll make sure Aki is reminded to bring his camera for that situation-/ih

#📰// journal #idv oc #identity v oc #idv oc ask blog #identity v #idv ocs #idv askblog #idv

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petriichvrs · 1 year

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14 & 7

YOUR FAVORITE RP FRIENDSHIP : at this exact minute ? i can’t legally say. i have a new dynamic coming up that has been taking up sooooo many of my waking hours this weekend BUT since i can’t go there, i’m gonna go to the ones that don’t even really count through their own faults :( i have NEVER had my feelings so personally hurt by a dynamic as i have thanks to grace moody & hande abaci. their friendship ( and lack thereof in adult life ) is so painful to me on like ... a very real level, which can sometimes make for tough reading and writing, but also makes them one of the most fun dynamics i’ve got on nox ! i always need to stress how much lex makes every connection i have with her & how much of my enjoyment comes just from talking to her & building with her - she’s never given me a single bad thought or suggestion and sometimes she will throw a song out into the world that is so sad ( or a tik tok that is SO funny ) that i think about nothing but that for the next few days. she is so talented and i love her so much <3 but also i just think that of two ocs ( or ... almost ocs, in the case of hande, at this stage ) they have such a layered and meaningful dynamic for the rp they’re in and i have not ONCE gotten tired of unpacking them.

YOUR FAVORITE OC WHO ISN’T YOURS ( OR ONE OF YOUR FAVORITES ) : i’m trying to really cast a wide net with these answers and it’s never gonna show more than in this moment. when i was like ... 13 or 14 and just starting out rping, i joined this buffy the vampire slayer forum rp where everyone was in their thirties or older and i realise how sketch this sounds but the large majority of them were so kind to me and really helped me find my writing voice when they did not have to have that amount of patience with me ! there were a bunch of people there i lost contact with eventually but the one coming to mind first is this guy who played a character named michael, who was ... a werewolf but not a werewolf ? like a weretiger or something. i definitely think looking back his fc was tom hardy even though at the time i didn’t know who that was. he was this gruff guy who if i remember right worked for the initiative ( which is a buffy special operatives thing ) back in the day but was now just trying to live a lonely, quiet life after idk, his whole family got murdered or something. when i joined he’d already started a v tentative relationship with this other werewolf so i was not a part of like ... the start of that arc, per se, but over a few months of writing together that member decided michael was going to take in my lil werewolf runaway and become a father figure to her. i got to write that whole thing in threads over that first year, and then as time went on she got brought into the pack and got to have her own plot relevant storyline, too. i got kind of. adopted along with her into that existing friend group and i had so much fun in it but i mostly remember how kind that member was and how good to my character michael was. he was a good and very overprotective adoptive dad ! def my earliest experience of that specific trope and def why i still have such a soft spot for werewolves and werewolf tales to this day !

𝙾𝚄𝚃 𝙾𝙵 𝙲𝙷𝙰𝚁𝙰𝙲𝚃𝙴𝚁 𝙼𝙴𝙼𝙴 » currently accepting !

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genshins1mpact · 3 years

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i have successfully solo'd the electro artifs domain for the the first time at lvl 90 (w/ my lil lvl 70 team lmao), no buffs, just one death (though i did have 2 deaths and buffs on the 2nd turn bc i got lazy and i fuckin hate those cicin mage bitches lmao)

.... but hey that was actually my first time fighting in that domain ever bc i completely forgot it exists since i don't rly run electro keqing and only occasionally use fischl, so not too bad i guess? but holy mother of shit was that an experience 🗿

condensed resin ftw, never leave home without it 🤧✌🏻

i don't want the ts artifs i just want the tf ones... bro this shit is the lavawalker and maiden's sets all over again 😩

...would anyone recommend tf for c1 keqing tho or should i keep running her phys? i used to have her with martial artists and now have her with gladiator i believe. and she uses black sword bc ive heard its good for her and i didnt have the ores to level up another weapon either way rn so

#aerin.txt #random thoughts #i guess? never know wtf to tag anything that isn't a special topic or image or smth ;;#aerinposting #genshins1mpact #back at it again with the condensed resin aayee #also idk if its just the lag or system default or whatever #but sometimes my game will kinda get stuck on the info in chinese for a moment and im just like whooooaaaa wait im so lost rn #only for it to refresh and its like character screen; resin timer or the map that glitched but then it fixes itself #idk that and/or my teapot have been glitching out a lot lately. just like when i got trapped in the void a few times recently #aerin.jpg #c1 keqing is great and all but ive been using her a lot less since awhile ago... like idk man...#might be my build might be my team who knows anymore ;;;#i think im just too used to using reactions and since she's rly not my main dps anymore (bc of xiao & others) ....im stumped atm #siiiiighhh :((#i love her but i might just have to give up on her for a lil bit. or push her as sub dps or smth irdk anymore ;;;#what a damn shame ;;;#the irony that im using venti more lately (a mf archer.. on mobile!!) more than keqing's fun playstyle.. ive even shocked myself tbh #i love venti nothing against him ive just expressed my disdain for aiming on mobile before #recently redid my settings for aiming and stuff so its been a lot better though but ehh accuracy still feels pretty tough ngl 🥴🥴🥴#this is probably not a shitpost but in fact rather a shitty post #aerin.tagspeak

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honey-tea-and-cookies · 2 years

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Dates I Would Take The Venus Signs On <3

Hi everybody! I love you and all the Venus signs very much. So I decided that I wanted to do my best to make you all feel loved and appreciated!!! Btw this post was meant to go out yesterday but stuffs happened I'm sorry :(

Remember: You are gorgeous, you are smart, you are strong, you matter and I adore you. Enjoy!!!

ARIES: Roller-skating date!!! I cannot skate for shit, but you can have a good time laughing at my failure. It would be light, but still active and involved. I would try my best for you and you'd find it amusing and sort of endearing. Even if you can't skate either, I just know you're better than me. We could have fun choosing cute skates, or get matching ones!!! I would hook up my phone to the speakers and turn on the playlist I made for you. We would talk about nothing especially important, maybe sing a lil bit, but overall laugh and bask in each other's company. I would take you out for food afterwards, completely your choice. You are just so fun!! You are so energising!! You make people feel like they are on cloud-9 and could go on forever.

TAURUS: Dancing date!!! Let me elaborate. It would be us, alone, dancing in our special place that no one else knows. We would be dressed our best clothes, whatever makes you feel as gorgeous as you are. I would have a dessert charcuterie board for you, with strawberries and chocolate. I would set up a cute vintage record player and play all your favourite songs. I would hold you as close as you are comfortable with and kiss your neck softly, as I look at you with nothing but utter adoration. You can bring your guard down, it's just us. I am safe. I hold nothing but love and dedication for you. I only hope that my hours of effort is able to show a sliver of my feelings for you.

GEMINI: Mario Kart date!!! Our relationship may be destroyed after this, but I'll take my chances. You will be very good at it, because multitasking and stuff, but also it's not serious. We can see different sides of each other without getting insanely serious and intense. I wholeheartedly believe that building on our friendship would be the strongest way to progress our relationship anyway. I love seeing how excited you get about winning, I love seeing how passionate you can be, I love seeing you think and work out what the best thing to do is. I don't need to let you beat me, you can destroy me all by yourself. For once though, I'm not mad about it. Maybe seeing how beautiful you look when you're excited and happy is better than winning.

CANCER: Build-A-Bear date!! I'm sorry it sounds corny and stuff, but listen. You mean I get to snuggle a bear?? That you, my love, made for me?? You custom made it?? For me?? It smells like you?? It has your personality??? I am sobbing. It will immediately become my new favourite thing, second only to yourself. You bring me so much comfort and joy, I am so lucky that I get to experience those feelings when you are gone now too!! I also love the idea of telling you exactly how I feel via teddy bear. You are powerful and gentle and nurturing and safe and scary. Words cannot do you justice. Neither can a bear, but maybe it's a start??? I would also make you a bracelet to out on your bear, with my initials on it.

LEO: Shopping trip date!! This is not to be superficial, but so you finally spend some time and (my) money on yourself for once. You try on outfits that make you feel confident, I flirt and hype you up!! I will find outfits to match or correlate with yours in some way <3. I would buy you a bouquet of those year-lasting roses in your favourite colour and carefully craft you a perfume/cologne that would suit you pleasantly. None of these are to be materialistic or anything at all, I promise. I'm simply trying to make sure you feel as handsome as you possibly can. Also, make sure you KNOW I adore you from all the effort I put in :). You are the light of my life and you deserve the world. Please let me give it to you.

VIRGO: Picnic date!!! I would take us out to a richly green forest, that looks as if it could be home to the fairies. I would take out the frog cookies, bear-shaped sandwiches and heart-shaped cake. Yes, all for you, my love. I would bring a number of find-a-words, crosswords, games like that for us to play. We don't have to, but I figured it could be nice. Otherwise we can make a Pinterest board of our life together, or talk about how much better life would be if we owned a cat. I would gift you one of my crystals (cleansed of course) and tell you what it means. No matter what crystal it is or what it 'means', the truth is the only meaning it holds in that moment is "I love you". I would kiss you on the cheek, then pick up a beautiful flower on the floor. I press the flower once I get home, so it can be yours to keep as a memento.

LIBRA: Festival date!! I know that feels like an odd choice for Libra Venus, but hear me out. I take you out to do fun things!! We get cute and tasty food!! I go on rides with you!! I win prizes for you, and vice versa (if you want)!!! I can hold your hand and drag you around behind me excitedly. We can people-watch, talk about how we are clearly the cutest couple there. We can take pretty pictures, and you playfully hit me but blush as I remark that nothing could be as pretty as you. We see the petting zoo and talk about how good pet-parents we would be (we wouldn't). I would take so many polaroids of you. Darling, you deserve your own gallery.

SCORPIO: Driving date!!! I don't mean for this to sound boring, but it just feels more intimate you know? You are the one I can be myself around, you are the one that loves me despite everything, you are the one that is my safe haven from the world. I want you all to myself, and what better way to get you alone with me than a long drive in the middle of a beautiful nowhere? Tell me about your biggest dreams and ambitions, your biggest fears, your greatest shame, your favourite things, your deepest and truest feelings. No one else is around, so I can focus on only you. I can give you the undivided attention and unconditional love you deserve.

SAGITTARIUS: Anime date!!! I'm sorry if you don't watch anime, but it always makes me think of Sagittarius. I want to watch your eyes light up as I turn on your favourite. I want to watch you laugh at the jokes, even if you've heard them before. I want to see your whole body glow when I tell you I enjoy it too. I want to jokingly suggest we recreate any romantic scenes and make you flustered, but you don't back down from a challenge and we actually do it. I want to compare favourite characters and have affectionate arguments about why the other is very wrong (if any of you are wondering, Saiki Kusuo - aka my pfp - from The Disastrous Life of Saiki K is the best anime character, along with many more. Let me know if y'all want my list <3). Anyway!!! Just,,, cute anime date w y'all <3

CAPRICORN: Museum date!!! Tbh this is my placement and it's probably my dream date so I chose it. I don't care too much what kind of museum it is, as long as it's cool and interesting. I want to impress you with my care and knowledge on the world and historical subjects. I want you to know I'm mature and reliable ad stable and secure cuz I go to museums and that's totally something a responsible person would do??? I want to admire you while you admire the artifacts. All of this goes double if it's an environmental museum or something like that!!!

AQUARIUS: Star-gazing date!! Inquisitively and lovingly staring into something as impossibly incomprehensible as the galaxy is the most Aquarius thing I can imagine. We will take turns pointing out constellations and getting super excited about them. We will also take turns in telling the other each story behind each constellation. Even if they know it already, it's so fun anyway. Creating shapes with the stars, trying to figure out if they look like anything, and realising the person next to me is somehow more outstanding than the stars themselves. The star-gazing will quickly turn into a philosophical discussion, but it's equally as magical.

PISCES: Painting date!!! Buying the biggest canvas we can find, and then searching for an empty park to set up in. Painting shitty ('artistic') works of each other. Using the colours and the brush to convey feelings that words can't quite express clearly enough. Staring at you as I try to do your perfect features justice on this canvas. Unfortunately, you were clearly created ethereal by the gods and I am not that talented. I'll try my darn best though!! I'm just trying to show you how unfathomably magnificent you are :( please gimme kiss to feel better, I am not an artist <3

Okay everybody, that's all I have for today!! I'm not sure how I feel about this post tbh, but I hope you enjoyed!!! I also wanted to say that some of these sound weirdly personal, but they are not lol. I am literally just talking about that placement. Anyway!!! I love you all dearly, I hope you enjoyed. Sending you all so so so so so so so so much love !!!!!! <3333333

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tommybaholland · 3 years

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bnha boys in love [valentine’s edition💗]

featuring: midoriya, bakugo, todoroki, kirishima, kaminari, shinso, amajiki, and dabi

for anyone who might be feeling lonely today, enjoy a lil something from ur fav bnha boy who loves u!

midoriya is one that gets nervous but tries hard to turn it into excitement when thinking about what he’s going to do for or with you on valentine’s day. as an aspiring hero, he always wants to put a smile on others’ faces and you’re no different. actually, you could be an exception because he loves you and those feelings are different from acts of altruism. rather, he wants to give you something straight from his heart. he’s always wanted to cook dinner for someone else, even after he’s always had his mom make him anything he wanted. he receives some basic guidance for her over the phone but he still has zero clue what he’s doing until kacchan stumbles upon him in the dorm kitchen struggling to cut onions. after some threats, yelling, and lots of arguing, the two manage to make a decent meal, actually a whole spread of food for the night. you’ve never had someone put that much thought or make dinner for you so its absolutely surreal when he presents it to you. the meal itself is really good and the night ends with the you both falling into food comas on the couch, relaxing into one another.

bakugo seems very distant leading up to the day. he didn’t seem like the type to make a big deal out of valentine’s day. then again, he had never gotten many chances to celebrate it, except reluctantly with classmates and his parents. you didn’t mind how he felt about it but it was strange that you hadn’t seen much of him the past few days. on the day, you want to not think about his absence so you decide to get some training in. not an hour passes before bakugo storms in, “there you are, IDIOT! i’ve been looking everything for you! you’re coming with me..” he doesn’t allow you time to change or shower and instructs you to close your eyes as he leads you by the hand somewhere. he voice goes soft as he stops and tells you to open your eyes. you open them to see your favorite dessert sitting in front of you and a lit candle to complete the ambience. you’re in complete awe. you knew he could cook but had no idea he could bake but he explains that sato helped him with the recipe and how he almost gave up the whole thing because he couldn’t get it right the first few times. he admits it might still not be perfect but he loves you so very much and-- he doesn’t even get to finish his sentence before you’re silencing him with a kiss.

todoroki could give you anything you wanted on a regular basis, being the son of a pro hero and all. it’s this ceiling effect that gets him in a bind for what to do for you because naturally he’d just spoil you extra. but something tells him he shouldn’t focus on the material items but rather the gesture, the sentiment, maybe even the experience. the beginning of the day is slow and lazy, with him coming to your room early in the morning to lay with you in bed. being the sleepy boy he is, he ends up falling asleep on you and you follow close behind. luckily, he set an alarm so you wouldn’t miss what he has planned. he takes you to a hot spring in a secluded location, where you (appropriately) share one together. it’s really nice and relaxing and a different type of alone you get to spend with him. he tries to rub your feet but you won’t let him because you’re ticklish and that starts a little tickle war. you surrender by wrapping your arms tightly around his neck as your ribs ache from laughing so hard. you stare at each other while catching your breath, lips slowly drawing closer. it’s all around a beautiful moment with such a pretty and kind-hearted boy.

kirishima would save as much as he could to be able to spoil you on this day. he figures; that’s what it’s for, right? this man would try to go above and beyond for you any day because you’re so worth it to him but valentine’s is truly his day to shine. he decides to put together a scavenger hunt which involves one long tour of your previous dates, like the buffet restaurant and the arcade. he even sneaks in little nostalgic things during your time as a couple, like at the park where he learned how you liked to lay on your stomach while he’d draw little shapes on your back. it’s crazy but so fun and cute and special. it ends in a random backside of a building at UA and it’s familiar but you’re confused as to why he brought you here. “this was the place where you first told me you were interested in me..and i was so nervous but so flattered that someone as wonderful as you could like me.” and he goes on and on but he can’t help that he feels so much love for you, which is something he didn’t really think he’d get to experience. he’s oh so grateful to have you and so are you to have the manliest, cutest, sweetest boyfriend ever.

kaminari feels the pressure of making your first valentine’s with him the best day you’ve ever had and tries to put on a front but fails. he loves that you’re so easygoing and chill with anything but he wants to make the day special. he wants to go above and beyond for you because you deserve it so much. he really likes the idea of an private outdoor dinner because the ambience is already pretty romantic. he sets it all up and when the time comes, he’s just too excited and can’t keep it a secret. he leads you outside as he tells you that he strung up all these lights but when you get out there, it’s real dark. he goes, “this is the best part.” he uses his quirk to simultaneously light up the small bulbs dangling from the strings. unfortunately, several of them blow a fuse and shatter, diminishing the full effect. you both laugh it off like normal and he says he was prepared for that, pulling out a lighter to light the candles on the table. it’s sweet and thoughtful, but don’t think you’ve escaped the ‘are you trying to romance me’ tiktok references. it’s okay though because a denki date night wouldn’t be complete without them.

shinso is similar to bakugo when it comes to valentine’s, except he’s more so indifferent, rather than not caring about it. he’d be the type to ask you what you want or would like to do but he realizes that was a lost cause because of course you tell him it doesn’t really matter to you and you’d be happy with whatever. you’re so lovely to him everyday, despite his insecurities and trust qualms, so he silently promises to give you a day that you deserve. he tells you he has a surprise. it’s easy to hide as he takes you to your favorite cat cafe, a place where you two are regulars. there’s one cat there, a black and white tuxedo cat, that you are particularly fond of. he enjoys watching you smile as the cat rubs up against you and lays in your lap. you’ve completely forgotten about why you were there until he tells you that the cat is yours if you want him. you’re in complete disbelief but he tells you that he had arranged it with the owner of the cafe, who had noticed that the cat was very skittish and avoidant of other people, except for you. “and i told him, ‘yeah, me too.’”

amajiki is nervous, of course. probably more nervous than on a regular basis. he knows he shouldn’t be because you’re so wonderful and accept anything he’s done for you with your sweet smile and kisses. he doesn’t like going out to public places too often but he wants to take you to several that you’ll both enjoy and he’ll feel somewhat comfortable. every place has something to do with nature: a zoo, an aquarium, and finally, a butterfly garden which he remembered you mentioning how you had always wanted to go to one. although he knows butterflies are gentle creatures, he isn’t so big on bugs in general, especially when there’s hundreds of them flying around him. you hold his hand the entire time, relaxing him as time goes by. you giggle as they land on the tips of his ears, making him smile as their delicate legs tickle his skin. he grins at your reaction as he pulls you closer. “nothing compares to your butterfly kisses, bunny.” he leans in to blink against your skin, his lashes brushing lightly like wings. you return the gesture to him, hugging him close to you as he pets your hair. he can be shy but your own little love language made up for it.

dabi has never been into something as trivial as a day about love. to him, it’s like any other day. but he never expected that he’d be scrambling around the city to find the perfect flowers to give to you. it’s the least he could do but it could never make up for everything you’ve done for him. you’ve made him feel loved and wanted; having proven it by sticking by him this entire time, such as the fact that he’s now a wanted criminal. he has to be discrete. this doesn’t mean that he doesn’t have standards and wouldn’t give you just any flower that was thrown out or forgotten. he starts to get frustrated as he stalks around in a forest and lets his quirk burn off a little steam, catching the trees and foliage into blue flames. then he sees it. you’re a little on edge when he gets home, worried that something had happened after you hadn’t seen him all day. he reminds you what day it is and then holds up what he found: a lonely flower, singed a bit on the ends of the petals but intact and tall. he explains that it reminded him of you, your relationship, what you mean to him. it’s rough around the edges and imperfect but resilient and strong.

happy valentine’s day from bnha night! any lovely requests may enter here..

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reactionimagesdaily · 3 years

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I dont understand bionicles at all, so maybe a crash course into like. 1) what a bionicle is 2) general plot of the bionicle story? happy 5k btw <3 love ur page!

OH BOY OH BOY, this is a question I've been waiting for. Thank you so much for asking, and I’m glad you like my page!! <333

A couple of disclaimers, before I start: I'm going to focus mostly on the mainline plot, but let it be known that there WERE a bunch of serial stories and comics and games that added to the story overall. Bionicle was, I think, one of the first big instances of a plot that was consumed through a bunch of different mediums.

I'm also going to try and do a lot of streamlining - it's not that I DON'T want to talk about bionicle, but there's 10+ years of story to cover, so... yeah. :P

Also! Sorry in advance to anyone whose 'read more' function doesn't work, because this is gonna be a doozy

So, what is a bionicle? From a meta perspective, Bionicle is a Lego theme that ran from 2001-2010, and was briefly rebooted from 2015-2016. It's name is a mashup of biological chronicle, and it was hugely successful in its time, essentially helping to save the Lego company from bankruptcy. The idea is that you use finnicky technical pieces to build humanoid figures (and sometimes their vehicles!) and then. play with them

From a textual/lore perspective, I'm not sure Bionicle is an in-universe term lol. But the characters that we recognise as 'bionicles' are grouped into a bunch of different classifications - 'Toa', 'Matoran', 'Makuta', 'Glatorian', and so on. The characters are kinda like inverse cyborgs, where there's metal on the outside and flesh and muscle on the inside. They often function like robots (e.g. have removable and replaceable masks that they constantly wear over their faces) but are still essentially living creatures.

So, what's the general plot of the story?

...[inhales deeply] Okay

In the time before time, there's an island called Mata Nui that sits in the middle of the ocean. It's populated by these dinky lil' guys called 'Matoran' that live in six villages organised by elements - fire, water, ice, air, earth, and stone. They eke out a life as best they can, facing dangerous wild animals (collectively called 'Rahi') and worshipping the Great Spirit, who is confusingly also called Mata Nui. (They named the island after him.) The great spirit, they say, once watched over them all, but was long ago forced into an enchanted sleep by his evil brother.

(These are the matoran. Look at these cute little guys :3)

One day, six canisters wash ashore, on the island's golden beaches. And out of these canisters step six strange figures called Toa. Tall, strong, and heavily armed, there is one of these 'Toa' for each of the villages, and each of these guys have control over an element. They are the main 'heroes' of this story.

(These are the six Toa. Here's a fun game - spot the girl!)

Each of the six Toa are named characters - from left to right we have Onua (wise and grounded), Lewa (fun-loving and mischievous), Pohatu (friendly and confident), Tahu (hot-headed and impulsive), Kopaka (cold and quiet), and Gali (intelligent and compromising). Some of the Matoran are also named characters - there's Jaller, the captain of the guard at the fire village, Hahli, a sports player from the water village, Matoro, a translator from the ice village, and Takua, who's technically from the fire village but is also an 'outsider' who tends to wander the island. Takua is especially important because he becomes the Toa's 'chronicler', following them around on their adventures and writing everything down for posterity.

Without getting into too much detail, the Toa spend two real-life years getting into wacky highjinks. They hunt for masks (as aforementioned, the masks they wear can be removed and replaced) that grant them special powers, fight the Rahi, and also face up against a terrifying race of creatures with mind-control powers called the Bohrok that are determined to strip the island of all life. They also fight against a being called Makuta, a mysterious shadowy figure who claims to be the brother that forced Mata Nui into his slumber. When they first meet him, Makuta takes the form of a Matoran to throw them off, before turning into a nebulous black void and doing his best to murder them all to death.

(Makuta as he appears in 2001's 'Mata Nui Online Game'. As far as villain introductions go, marching out to meet all the heroes and then telling them "I bore you, for I am nothing. It is from nothing that you came, and it is into nothing you will go. The people of this world are builders, but look into their hearts, and you will find they also have the power to destroy. I am that power. I am destruction. And I will destroy you." is pretty fucking solid though I say so myself.)

There’s a lot of cool worldbuilding and mysterious details about the island. At one point, the earth Matoran note that they can only dig so far into the dirt before they come across some hard material - some type of metal - that they just can’t break through. Also, amidst the stars in the sky, there’s an ominous blood-red star that’s appropriately known as the Red Star. What’s it doing there? Nobody knows

Also at one point, the Toa also get mutated into new forms after falling into a liquid that's called 'energized protodermis' but should really be called 'McGuffin Sauce'. There's a lot of changing forms and characters being mutated in this series in general, which I'm sure has nothing to do with the fact that Lego always needed new figures to make into toys.

(This is how the Toa look after being mutated. In these forms, they're referred to as the Toa Nuva -and let me assure you that that distinction will soon become necessary. :P)

So, in 2003 in our world (I’m not sure about the timeline within the lore), Takua the chronicler finds a mysterious mask and brings it back to the Turaga, who are the wise old rulers of the Matoran (The most promiment of the Turaga is the Turaga of fire, who’s called Vakama. He’s an even-tempered and wise old man who’s not above hitting villains with his walking stick if they threaten his village.). It turns out that the mask is special - it’s the mask of Light, and it’s part of a prophecy that involves the arrival of a seventh Toa who’s destined to defeat Makuta. So Takua and Jaller go on an adventure to try and find the seventh Toa.

Meanwhile, Makuta isn’t just going to sit around and wait for the Toa who’s destined to defeat him to rock up: he unleashes his secret weapons, the Rahkshi, who are, in lore, suits of armour driven by slugs. Sounds corny - in practice, they’re hella intimidating.

(Look at these bad boys)

Some more adventures happen and, to make a long story short, the Rahkshi kill Jaller and Takua the chronicler puts the mask of light onto his own face, transforming into Takanuva, the Toa of Light. The audience surrogate and ‘weird’ character was the secret hero all along!! I love that honestly.

(Takua and Takanuva - before and after)

As someone with light powers, Takanuva is essentially the perfect counter to the big bad Makuta, who has shadow powers, so he finds Makuta’s lair intent on beating him. Makuta challenges him to a game that’s called ‘Kohlii’ but is basically this universe’s version of lacrosse - Takanuva accepts and proceeds to wipe the floor with him. During their fight, they fall into another conveniently-placed pool of energized protodermis and become merged, forming a new being called ‘Takutanuva’. Takutanuva doesn’t stick around very long, because he’s this weird contradictory being of both light and shadow, but before he fractures he opens a gate underneath Mata Nui and lets the Toa, the Turaga, and some named Matoran get through. Inside, they find a hidden city - a whole other world.

Takutanuva then manages to use his powers to hack the universe and bring Jaller back to life. Hooray! After that, he dies, and Takanuva is back. Makuta is nowhere to be found. [eyes emoji]

So now the Toa, the old Turaga, and a couple of Matoran are inside this whole new location, and they’re all wondering what the heck is going on. Well, not all of them are wondering. Vakama, the head Turaga, steps forward and admits that actually, the six (seven) Toa heros that we’ve come to know and love... aren’t actually the first Toa. Gasp!

The next two years of sets and story are essentially one giant flashback, as Vakama tells the current heroes about adventures past. It turns out that the hidden city they’ve found is called Metru Nui, and once upon a time, Vakama and the other Turaga were Toa themselves, fighting to keep the city and the matoran safe.

(New (old) Toa! The flying green one is Matau, who was a stunt-driving excitable madman, and then on the ground from left to right we have Whenua (nerdy chronicler), Nokama (schoolteacher-turned-superhero), Vakama (anxiety-ridden leader), Nuju (absent-minded stargazer), and Onewa (racist prick who needs (and gets) a character arc). To differentiate themselves from the Toa that we’ve come to know and love, these Toa are the Toa Metru)

They had a bunch of adventures of their own. They fought the Vahki (capture robots upholding an authoritarian police state) and the Morbuzakh (evil sentient vines), and they also had ‘arch enemies’ in the form of the Dark Hunters, who were mercenaries that hunted Toa.

Also, that story about Makuta putting Mata Nui to sleep? Not a story so much as a history lesson! Ultimately, the reason that the city of Metru Nui was abandoned was because Mata Nui WAS awake, watching over them all, but then Makuta forced him into slumber and essentially caused a cataclysm. The Matoran were rounded up and forced to sleep as well, and the Toa Metru had to flee the city. When they came back, it had been overrun with Visorak (basically giant spiders), and they had to fight hard to defeat the horde and its leaders and escape with all of the sleeping Matoran.

Once they left Metru Nui (and arrived on the island that would become Mata Nui), the Toa Metru sacrificed their powers to wake up all the Matoran - which is how they transformed into the wise old Turaga. Also, the Matoran woke up with no memories, which is how they’d never known about Metru Nui up until this point.

Anyways, after exploring Metru Nui and making plans to move back in, everyone does some digging around and discover something about Mata Nui: his spirit is fading. Whatever Makuta did to him, it not only put him to sleep, but it’s also slowly killing him. After presumably having an existential crisis, the gang come up with a solution: there’s another legendary mask, the Mask of Life, that should be able to resuscitate Mata Nui, or at the very least, keep him from kicking the bucket while he’s sleeping.

(The Mask of Life! If you look closely, you can see that the faceplate is shaped like a humanoid figure (because, yaknow, life) and if you think that’s not the tightest shit ever you can get out of my face)

So, the modern-day Toa (the Toa Nuva, if you guys remember the name) are like ‘okay, give us the location of the mask, we’ll go and find it’. So they get sent to another island, this one called Voya Nui, and they arrive and... get their asses handed to them? What?

A quick backtrack: a gang of thugs called the Piraka had already arrived on Voya Nui in search of the Mask of Life, wanting it so they can use its power to blackmail powerful organisations and generally get ahead in the criminal world. (From a Meta perspective, they’re,,, really interesting. Up until this point, the villains in Bionicle had either been wild animals, or villains with grand overarching plans. These guys are basically overpowered street thugs, complete with their own theme song - the ‘Piraka Rap’. Look it up on YouTube; it’s fucking hilarious, because the rest of Bionicle is generally timeless, but the Piraka Rap was basically dated as soon as it came out. I love it.)

(The Piraka themselves! Fun fact; in Bionicle lore, ‘Piraka’ is a slang term for ‘thief’ and ‘murderer’, and was also considered so vulgar that if a Matoran called another Matoran ‘Piraka’, war would be declared over it. These guys are really just going around calling themselves slurs. I have to respect that.)

So, yeah. The Piraka defeat and imprison the Toa Nuva when they get to the island. Now what?

Well, now it’s time for the Matoran to get involved! A group of named and previously-established Matoran set out to see if they can rescue the Toa. There’s Jaller, Hahli, and Matoro, who I’ve already mentioned, and then there’s Kongu, Nuparu, and Hewkii. And I need to take a break to say that all these characters have been with the story since 2001 (it’s now 2006), and they’ve all contributed to the plot before!! Kongu is a prominent Matoran from the air village who led a flight of giant bird-riders to save the day one time, and Nuparu is an engineer from the earth village who basically invented mechs to help the Matoran defend themselves against the Bohrok. These guys are BADASSES and I want to bring up how a really strong initial 3 years of storytelling laid a great foundation for so many small characters. It’s just neat! :D

Anyways, these Matoran travel to the island of Voya Nui in canisters (like how the original Toa landed on Mata Nui) and while they’re sailing the ocean blue, their canisters are struck by lighting from the mysterious Red Star. And that lighting, say it with me now, TRANSFORMS them! Specifically it transforms them into Toa. They end up calling themselves the Toa Inika, because they’re searching for the mask of life, which is also called the ‘Ignika’.

(The Toa Inika. Being transformed by a bolt of lighting means that in addition to their regular elemental powers, they also have electric/lighting abilities.)

Souped-up and ready for action, the Toa Inika manage to defeat the Piraka and rescue the Toa Nuva. However, through plot shenanagins, the Mask of Life ends up being sent to the bottom of the ocean around Voya Nui, and the Toa Inika learn that under the waves is a hidden city - Mahri Nui. As they descend, the Mask of Life does something odd; it sends out a wave of energy, transforming the Toa Inika so that they can breath underwater. So now, they’re the Toa Mahri. (Because they’re headed to Mahri Nui. You get me?)

Mahri Nui is ruled by the Barraki - ancient warlords who were imprisoned under the sea many thousands of years ago after they became powerful enough to threaten Mata Nui himself. They were put in a prison called The Pit, but during the cataclysm caused by Makuta putting Mata Nui to sleep, the city of Mahri Nui sunk into the water and slammed into the Pit. Many prisoners and Matoran died, but the Barraki were freed. Uh-oh, spaghetti-ohs.

Speaking of Makuta - guess who’s back! Thought dead after no-one could find him after Takutanuva died, it turns out that his spirit is possessing a robot body that had previously been a prison guard. He spends some time hanging out with one of the Toa Mahri, Matoro, basically playing mind games with him and trying to get him to turn to the dark side. Eventually, three different characters and factions smack the shit out of him, and he slips out of the robot body to go do... something else (watch this space).

This year of story was REALLY plot-heavy and I kinda can’t do it justice here. The important developments are that the Toa Mahri eventually manage to reclaim the Mask of Life, and Matoro yoinks it. While his teammates act as a big distraction, he swims away and puts on the mask. It basically grants him ultimate power, but it also fuckin’ kills him. His final acts are to teleport his friends to safety, and then release a massive burst of energy that burns him up and saves Mata Nui’s life. The Mask of Life, with no-one left to wear it, sinks into the ocean.

(“In his last moments, Matoro feels no fear. He know he has succeeded--the Toa Mahri are safe, able to resume their lives in Metru Nui. The Turaga and Matoran will know that they became true heroes. Matoro does not see himself as a hero. As a Matoran, a Toa Inika, and a Toa Mahri, all he ever tried to do was his duty. Now that duty has led him to his destiny.”- Bionicle Ignition 11: Death of a Hero)

[dries tears] Anyways, now that Mata Nui’s life has been saved, the only thing left to do is wake him back up. To do that, the Toa Nuva (the Toa that showed up at the very beginning of this story, if you recall) need to journey to the core of the universe, and a civilisation called Karda Nui. Three of the Toa Nuva - Lewa, Pohatu, and Kopaka - are sent to a village in the clouds, where they protect the local matoran and battle the forces of Makuta. Because, as it turns out, the big bad Makuta that we know? Makuta is actually the name of his species. The guy just wanted to feel special, apparently. The Makuta that the Toa have been fighting for over half a decade is technically called Makuta Teridax (or just Teridax), while the other Makuta have other names that I can’t remember off the top of my head.

Anyways, while those three Toa are figuring that out, the other three - Tahu, Gali, and Onua - journey to a place called the Swamp of Secrets in order to find a set of keystones that supposedly contain instructions on how to awaken Mata Nui. And it’s there that they find an unlikely ally: the Mask of Life itself.

See, the Mask of Life has always been a weird one - if you recall, it released an energy pulse for no reason that transformed the Toa Mahri and let them breath underwater. (It’s also done some other fucky stuff that I haven’t been able to mention - there’s a short story about how one time, a guy touched it, and it gave him the ability to involuntarily bring everything around him to life, which ultimately drove him mad. So. You know. That’s fun.) Well, it turns out that when the mask sank into the ocean after Matoro’s death, it ultimately ended up in the swamps of Karda Nui, and it senses the battles raging about it. More than that, but it remembers Matoro’s bravery as he donned the mask knowing it would kill him, and remembers how his final wish was to save his friends. Wanting to know what it means to be a hero, the Mask of Life creates a body for itself, and ventures out into the swamp to discover its destiny.

(The Mask of Life has a body now!! Good for him! Good for him.)

There’s some more shenanigans that I’m skipping over - at one point, Takanuva (Toa of light, remember him?) rocks up to help. Long story short, our eight heroes - Tahu, Gali, Onua, Lewa, Kopaka, Pohatu, Takanuva, and the Mask of Life - fight their way through the Makuta and into the very core of the universe - the Codrex. Inside, after yet more shenanigans, the Mask of Life figures that in order to wake Mata Nui up, it will have to sacrifice the body it’s built for itself. The moment is sad, but the mask remembers Matoro’s sacrifice, and is inspired to act. He sacrifices his dreams of becoming a hero, and in doing so, becomes a hero... ;_;

The mask flies deep into the Codrex, its body dissolving; when it reaches the bottom, it creates a massive energy storm that the other characters have to escape. (Our heroes make it out - most of the villains end up getting vaporized, big RIP.)

And just like that, the journey is over. After years of battle, the Toa Nuva have completed their purpose, and awakened the great spirit, thus bringing peace back to the land. Everyone meets back up in Metru Nui - the Toa Nuva, the Toa Mahri, the Turaga, the remaining Matoran. It’s a glorious day. And as they gather, something happens.

Deep, deep beneath the ocean, energy pulses through rock, and machines that have been dormant for millennia begin to whirr and move. The island of Mata Nui - long abandoned as the Matoran moved back down into Metru Nui - cracks open like a wallnut, each half sliding into the sea. From underneath where the island had been, a tremendous head rises out of the ocean, countless galleons of water pouring off of it. Titanic shoulders follow. Then the chest, and the limbs, and slowly, surely, Mata Nui rises.

Meta context: for years, the nature of Mata Nui has been a mystery. Is he a metaphysical being? Is he a real person? No-one was sure... but they know now. That solid material that the earth Matoran couldn’t mine through, all the way back in 2001? That was his skin. The mysterious red star that created the Toa Inika? That was a failsafe machine orbiting Mata Nui, poised to create new Toa as necessary. The island of Mata Nui was atop his head, Metru Nui was his brain, Karda Nui was deep in his guts. The Matoran were workers to keep him functioning, the Toa were basically his immune system (the canisters they arrive in are literally shaped like pills)... All this time, all these stories, all these characters, this entire world - they have all been inside a robot the size of continents.

(Fucking hell. Look at this. The clouds come up to his ankles.)

Celebrations ripple through Metru Nui as everyone realises what has happened. The great spirit is awake again! The Toa have won! But as the Turaga raise their voices to try and congratulate the Toa, a chill spreads over the spectators as the air grows cold. Everyone stops and looks around. What’s happening now? And then, from everywhere and nowhere, a voice rumbles. It’s a familiar voice. An unwelcome voice. A voice that most of the gathered heroes thought they’d never hear again.

It’s the voice of Makuta - the original Makuta. Makuta Teridax.

And what does he say?

“I AM EVERYWHERE. I AM EVERYTHING YOU SEE.”

Matoro’s sacrifice had ensured that Mata Nui’s body did not die, but before the great spirit’s consciousness could return, Makuta supplanted it with his own. After that, all he had to do was wait for the Toa Nuva to achieve their objective. And as they finished the fight and won the day, they handed victory to him on a silver platter. No longer does he need to strive to rule the universe - he is the universe.

(Meta perspective again but like: FUCK, man. I can’t emphasise enough how mind-breaking this was for the kids who were invested in the series. Think Thanos snapping his fingers in Infinity War, except probably more devastating, because there wasn’t a direct sequel lined up to give the heroes another chance, and there wasn’t a way to ‘undo’ it. This was a plot development that we all had to live with T_T)

(You can tell things are bad because his eyes changed from green to red.)

And what of Mata Nui? What about the spirit that the Toa were actually trying to wake up?

Oh, Makuta stuffed Mata Nui’s consciousness into the Mask of Life - and then blasted the Mask into space.

[inhales deeply]

man...

Okay, in all honesty, part of me wanted to end it there. But you know what? We’ve come this far. And there is more to the story. So I’m going to ignore my concern I won’t be able to do it justice and blunder on.

Bionicle’s last chapter (2009-2010) follows Mata Nui himself - no longer an abstract spiritual concept, but rather a concrete character. A god felled from his pedestal, struggling to find a way to save his people. And it’s AWESOME. Armed with only the Mask of Life and a sentient shield named Click, he wanders the shithole deserts of the planet he crash-lands on, bringing the disparate tribes together, uncovering secrets about who made him and what his ultimate purpose is, and learning what it means to be a regular person. Also, at one point, in a move very reminiscent of the god that he once was, he turns a guy into a snake. You know. As a ‘fuck you’.

(There’s something really cool to me about a main character being someone who essentially lost all the power of the cosmos. Mata Nui might just be my fave character in this whole story honestly.)

Eventually, Mata Nui discovers some crucial pieces of information. Firstly: the planet that he’s landed on, Bara Magna, is his ‘homeworld’ in that it’s where his giant god body was built. Secondly: the two moons orbiting Bara Magna (the jungle moon of Bota Magna and the ocean moon of Aqua Magna) were once part of the planet itself, and split off during a planet-destroying cataclysm, leaving behind a desert wasteland in their wake. Third: the function he was ultimately built for (his ‘destiny’) was to reunite the three celestial bodies into one planet, bringing life back to Bara Magna’s harsh desert environments. He was on his way to complete this task when Makuta crashed his systems with a computer virus - which was what forced him into the ‘slumber’ that he was in for most of the mainline story.

His fourth, and probably most important discovery, is that he’s essentially his makers’ second attempt at a world-fixing giant robot. Before creating him, his makers (the ‘Great Builders’) constructed a giant robot that malfunctioned and exploded. Long-deactivated, the pieces of it are still scattered through the deserts of Bara Magna - in fact, many of the villages on the planet are set up in or around these giant robot pieces. Mata Nui figures that if he can reconstruct this old robot, he can use it to complete his destiny, and maybe even save his people.

It isn’t easy. He has to convince the villagers he’s come to befriend (the Agori) to give up their homes and their safety, and he has to find an experimental power source that’ll actually get the giant metal body moving again. But eventually, he figures it all out. Powered by the experimental source, the Mask of Life, and probably also friendship, he inhabits this enormous form and rises once again. Without missing a beat, he reaches out and begins to pull the moons towards the main planet. As far as he’s concerned, he’s going to fix everything, or die trying.

(The power of skybeams)

However, it won’t be that simple. Makuta senses that Mata Nui’s spirit has inhabited a new form (and I don’t mean that in a metaphysical way, I mean that in a computer/technology way), and he quickly jets over to Bara Magna. Obviously, flinging the fucker into space wasn’t good enough. It’s time for him to destroy Mata Nui, mano y mano. Giant robot y giant robot.

(Makuta and Mata Nui, facing off. God I love this picture.)

It’s the final battle - for real this time. The two giant robots begin to punch each other, and Mata Nui is up against some obvious disadvantages. For one thing, he can’t risk attacking Makuta with all his might, because he doesn’t want to hurt his people, who are still inside the giant robot. (Inside, they’re fairing... poorly. It’s like facism, but if facism was being actively enforced by God.)

In the fight, a hole gets blasted in Makuta’s body, and out pour a whole LOAD of Rahkshi. (Remember those guys?) However, Tahu and Takanuva also manage to escape, and join a ground battle that’s breaking out between the Agori (and their protectors, the Glatorians), the Skrall (a tribe of warriors native to Bara Magna who are absolute dicks - I’ve had to gloss over them, unfortunately, but believe me when I say that they’ve been major antagonists for as long as the narrative has focused on Bara Magna), and a bunch of guys who are called ‘Piraka’ but aren’t the gang of thugs from Voya Nui. (I think they’re the same... species?) Long story short: large-scale shitfight is happening at the feet of the two robots that are slugging it out. Makuta, being a dick, decides to try and literally stamp on all of Mata Nui’s friends down below, and Mata Nui has to desperately hold him off.

Around this point, the Mask of Life (which is really the MVP of this whole story) uses its convenient energy bursts to imbue Tahu with a set of golden armour that allows him to release energy blasts of its own. (Why it singles out Tahu, I’m not sure, but I’m presuming it’s because Tahu was the first face of the series and it just makes thematic sense for him to be a major player in the final battle.) Tahu uses his new golden armour to disintegrate ALL of the Rahkshi - and there were a lot of them on the field of battle, let me assure you. Makuta feels the loss of so many creations at once, and falters, and Mata Nui seizes his chance. He’d done his work well before Makuta had arrived, and the jungle moon is now in low orbit above the planet. Pouring every last ounce of his strength into one more push, he surges forward and up, pushing Makuta up and making sure that his head is right in the path of the falling planet.

Crunch.

(Kudos to Makuta Teridax for being such a persistent antagonist that the only way to get rid of him for good was to drop an entire damn planet on his head.)

Mata Nui guides the falling body carefully to the ground, letting it open and freeing his people. The remaining Skrall and Piraka surrender. The Matoran and Toa meet and mingle with the Agori and Glatorian. Mata Nui raises his hands, and completes his purpose; aided one last time by the Mask of Life, as well as his body’s innate systems, he enacts a synthesis on the now-united celestial bodies. Lush forests and large bodies of water appear in the desert. Life flourishes. Birds probably start to sing. Mata Nui has completed his purpose, and vindicated all of the heroes who fought for him for so long.

He feels himself fading. He lets his spirit withdraw into the Mask of Life. A new slumber - this one, earned, and of his own volition.

Perhaps one day, he will return.

(“We will honour Mata Nui, and all those who fought for him, in our memories. But the time has come to move on. His destiny is fulfilled, and for many of us, it has yet to be written. My friends, it is time to go.”- Tahu, The Mata Nui Saga, chapter 34.)

And there we go! Very, VERY long, but that’s the general plot of bionicle. There are an absolute tone of details I’ve missed out or skipped over, and I encourage you to search them out for yourself if you’re interested. But them’s the basics! :D

#Also: love (as in romantic love) is 'not canon' in the Bionicle universe. Big win for the aromantics #(I couldn't find a place in my lore explanation to mention that but my friend Zacch insisted I mention it somewhere)#also... fuck me dead this is a long post. I spent literal hours writing all of this down. Was it worth it? probably.#not a pic #Someone asked me a thing!#Ask mood: Don't Get Me Started #bionicle #bionicle lore #bionicle story

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Hearth.

A/N: I dunno if I've got any desi/brown/poc readers but if you're reading this I love you so much and you (us) deserve the same validation and representation others get.

Here's a blurb as to what it feels like celebrating Eid with Harry! Enjoy!

Warning: none — just loads of fluff.

More Inspos, Masterlist, Let's Talk

The night's pretty with murky clouds and thick layer of moon's brightness as Y/N cleans her flat, from scrubbing her Persian rugs to deep cleansing her vases back from her homeland. The flame evaporating from her candles scented like springs of Kashmir, flickers from her blowing sheer curtains due to the zephyr flurring outside.

She feels content, at peace waiting for Harry who promised that he'll be at her place by 11. He always comes an hour early helping her in setting the table before the iftari, they've been doing it together since the start of ramdan until today when he texted her he's busy along with a sad smiley.

It was fun. He fasted with her once or twice and would make sure she's hydrated enough once they break it, his love for rooh-afzah (it's a drink red in color made from essence of roses and some sweet herbs) will never fail to make her giggle as he'd demand for more after gulping two glasses already.

Then showing her his tummy along with his food pregnant jokes.

Her classes are online so it gave her time to experiment some cooking. They'd make samosas together and she always had an urge to hold back her cooes as his tongue used to poke out in concentration everytime his diligent fingers folded the samosa sheets skillfully.

"Did a pretty go'job here, innit?" He'd grin raising it like a summat trophy.

The moment he used to leave her flat (ofcourse after giving a tight hug before doing so) they both missed eachother terribly, y/n doesn't like the way her home falls into an abyss without his presence.

He's like a sunshine that warms her insides up.

The whistle of kettle and several raps of knocks on her door drags her from her fond memories of them together, she slings her feet down from the coffee table rushing to open it.

"Angel."

Harry says breathlessly prolly because he climbed three flight of stairs to get to her or that he's utterly flustered.

Her eyes remain struck at the thingies piled in his arms, a box of chocolates, many brown bags and stems of freshly blood ripped roses tucked between his knuckles.

He bought all of these gifts for her.

To make her feel like home.

To be her home.

What the fuck, nobody has ever done that for her —-- she just mighty cry.

Her mouths gupples like a fish too overwhelmed to react her emotions out and he gives her a sweet smile kicking the door shut with his feet -- gestures her to wait when she almost jumps like a cub to hug him and puts everything on the sofa knowing the things inside them's too delicate.

"C'mere, baby." He grins and she doesn't waste a moment falling in his embrace. Her cheeks smashes against his taught chest and she fists the hem of his shirt smiling too hard for her own sake as he sways them with his own rosy cheek squished against her temple.

"I love you so much, thank you." She murmurs gazing up at him with glinting eyes -- arms still lopped around his waist and his chin doubles adorably as he gives her his signature bunny grin kissing the tip of her nose, "Love you too bubba ... don't want ya homesick, at alllll."

The aggressive whistle of kettle parts them away, "Cuppa cha? Then we'll unwrap these pleasanteris." She points at the paper bags.

He nods flopping onto the floor cushions beside the large oak window of the balcony where they could bathe in moonlight.

"Thank you." He quips, kissing her fingertips while slipping his fingers under the handle of mug and takes it from her as she sits infront of him. He admires her for a second —- fawning over how she's looking so soft and cuddle-able wearing a baggy mauve kurta and some mismatched shalwar.

The tearing open of the stuffing tissue brings him back to focus --- this, he wanted to see this happiness dance over her features as she clutches the ethnic traditional dress he bought for her infront of her and when lifts it down he's met by overly excited eyes.

It's ethereal with golden details, handmade wire work and sheer fabric.

"It's gorgeous, pups." She squeezes his hand and he takes the sip of his cha smiling against the rim of the mug shyly, "Wasn't s' sure -- Sarah helped me in collecting stuff." Sarah's Y/N's bestfriend who was the only desi/brown in her filming class.

"No wonder she was being a lil sneak." Y/N chuckles already rummaging for what comes next.

He wanted to make sure he gets her everything they do traditionally in her culture and ate Sara's ears off to help him buy the most special thing and it's right there creating sweet noise when they touch eachother, dangling from her fingers.

"Churiyan .... " She whispers bitting down a smile. She loves glass bangles. Their colourfulness cheers her mood up and she'd always go with her Nani a night prior eid to select the most flamboyant pair of them from a bazar (market).

"This -— " She gestures to the gifts scattered around them, " —-- all of this and you, means alot to me." She sighs giving him a wet smile and he smoothes his thumb against her cheek like she's the most fragile thing to exist.

He watches her in a tad confusion when she stands up with a giggly squeal putting everything away and comes back with a tube of henna in her hand.

"It's chand raat t'night 'cos tommorrow is eid -- usually I spend it with Sarah and we apply henna to eachother, we're horrible at it honestly but now she isn't here 'm gonna bite yours ears —-" He cuts her off. Ushering her to sit back on her spot. He couldn't be more glad to spend all of his time with her whether it's just watching her make designs on her hand with henna.

"Your cha's waftin'." He shakes his head bringing it to her lips, "It's hot." She tells him drawing a circle on her palm and filling it with beautiful darkness of henna.

"Okie then ... " He blows at the hot beverage to cool it down and again brings it to her lips, "Now." He croons softly to her. She holds his wrist taking a sip from it -- he tucks the strand of her hair back and she smiles up at him making him chuckle when she takes a huge sigh as if her soul just woke up.

"What do we d'tommorrow?" He asks. Knowing most of the time they went to Zayn's house on Eids his mother used to fill the whole table with delicious dishes and the whole day was spent having fun.

"We do nothing but have loads of nice time -- I already made a dessert 'cos I know I'll be too lazy in the mornin', and invited your friends if that's okay?" She glances up at him done with her left palm.

"Perfect then," He nods, "D'ya need help with the other one?" He asks grabbing her right hand and the tube of henna from her.

"Yes, please." She shows him her hand covered with with henna and since it's wet she could do one thing wait or let him do it. The second options sounds more good.

"Not on me if it gets messed up." He warns her nonchalantly following the same pattern of her left hand. Stealing glances of her attractive face every now and then, dotting her moles with his intense gaze, he just thinks her brown eyes look more intricate – it's specks as if the forests soil on the first rains when they dilate with her racing heartbeat.

They're like an open book to him and at the same time mysteriously dark that he feels like burning a match to melt in them.

"You did it way better than me," She snorts examining it closely and turns the other way round to lay down on the carpeted floor and rest her head in his lap. He wipes his own hands watching the dark henna leaving a swipe of color on his fingertips.

He pets her hair, dimples milking into his cheeks when she raises her both hands infront of him -- blocking the moonlight that's falling on her, "When I was small I always used to end up getting it on my face and lemme tell ya. Having a yellow blotch isn't even a tiny bit fascinating on the only day you could dress up fancy."

His chest rumbles with giggles and he brings her hands closer to her lips blowing raspberries at them to get them dry early.

Comfortable silence envelopes them in to the point where they could hear crickets singing outside and moonlight sparkling on their skin —- she breaks it cuddling up into his chest.

"I really appreciate this, Harry." Her voice hushed whisper and her cherry stained lips couldn't resist but to patch kisses where his heart lays and she could sense it kicking a pace, "The fact that you did so much just for me -- is beyond my thought. I really feel like home." He let her speak. Squeezing her shoulders to convey the fierceness of his emotions he holds for her. His silken lips pressed to her temple and his eyelids flutters with each spurt of breath she inhales.

"I'll keep making you feel like home, till the day you'll allow me." Today. He for actually felt that his home was never a building or the luxurious furniture adorned inside it, but her. It's always gonna be her.

Because the moment he gets lost in those eyes all he come across is their shared laughter, their moments spent on this balcony right outside sipping onto their chas and watching the city wake up infront of their eyes, going to places he has never been to before, doing things he never thought he'd do in hundered years —- he isn't a big fan of spices but he still pretends like a big boi infront of her while eating pani puri she's oh so obsessed with.

The times she was never embarrassed to introduce him to her community or her friends, and getting soaked into rains even though they could've just used his car, having days planned to make him try new desi dishes, going to buy candles of many scent and shapes with him but then never feeling like leaving the store until he warns her that he'll throw her on his shoulder infront of everyone.

Going to Turkish markets together. He's a bread lover and so all this time he doesn't feel like leaving the shops filled with different kiln and tandoori breads. Eating Simit and drinking black tea in the amardu cups sitting outside the cafe –- he likes it with cheese while she might sound bland she just likes a bit of butter.

Them deciding for hours and hours which Persian rug to buy -- but never buying it apologising to the shop keeper.

Giving eachother head massages from the organic rosemary Morrocon oil that one of her friend gifted her, (Y/N) thinks she's one hell of a masseuse but Harry thinks otherwise —- though he would never ever break her heart so it's better keeping it a secret.

His nose creates a purring sound while he sleeps leaning against the wall, he doesn't even remember when he fell into the deep slumber with his large hand still wrapped around her wrist in a protective manner to keep her from moving.

It's cute.

Though when she stirs to regain consciousness with the birds chirping outside she feels remorseful finding him sleeping in such an uncomfy position just because of her and he wakes up with a loud wheeze —- blinking rapidly to see what just happened only to visibly relax back when she shushes him gently.

"Baby .... shit." He grogs out, knuckling at his eyes pointing at her jaw which's covered into a orangish streak, "Don't tell me." She groans bumping her head against his bicep.

A moment later they burst into fits of hoarse giggles and chuckles. She'd try to suck in air to not to snort and would do it nonetheless driving them more into belly aching laughter.

"Eid Mubarak, I guess?" He cackles loudly. Dimple coveting in to his velvet of skin. Rubs the tip of his nose against her's affectionately and swoons her in his arms to hug her warmly.

"Now -— go 'n dress up, c'mon." He cups the nape of her neck playing with the baby hair there and she whines smushing her face against his chest, "No. Lemme sleep some more."

"Heyyy none of that, c'mon sleepy girl you'll regret it later." He boops her nose smiling down at her fondly and she grumbles mumbling something in between you're so annoying or you're being so much like my mum.

He waits for her laying on the sofa with his arms folded and eyes closed. Prolly took a mini version of nap only to perk his head up grabbing the back of sofa when she returns with wet hair, soft clean face and lips tinted cherry wearing the dress and bangles he bought for her.

An enchantress from head to toe, he wouldn't even complain if she bewitches him.

He needs someone to pinch his bum because he thinks his eyelids might have struck. He takes a dramatic breather mischievously, pupils dilated cutesly and heart shaped lips parted with the sweet loving words in praise of her beauty burning at the tip of his tongue.

His fawning gives her butterflies. Expanding her chest with warmth and she does a three-sixty when he spindles his nimble in the air demanding her to show herself from every angle.

Her head falls back. An echo of happy giggles resonating in the room when he smacks his hand against his chest and flops into heaps of sofa cushions.

"You're fuckin' beautiful, a total knockout." He walks towards her with his hands spread open and takes her's to kiss the inside of her palms, "So are you." Her voice small with shyness. He sits on her on sofa and stays beside her with his chin perched upon his knuckles staring at her like she hung the moon -- as if she's a prayer come true.

"Did you get me ready to d'nothing?" She turns towards him. The curled up fringes kissing the apples of her cheeks same as his fingertips are dying to do so.

"I might sound selfish but it was a trap to get you ready early so I could admire you till everyone squeeze between us ... " He smirks and she huffs sinking deeper into the sofa throwing her limbs in air and his breath hitches when her bangles clanks together producing a beautiful noise.

"Harry!!" She whines.

"Okie, time to fill some grumpy kitten's tummy." He announces standing up to head to kitchen and she shakes her head with a silly smile trailing behind him.

All she knows is that. This Eid she'll have the best time of her life, as she could already feel his energy and love radiating in every corner of her home.

@harryforvogue idk why but everytime I'd sit to write this blurb you'd pop in my mind, hope so you're not hiccuping wildly.

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Animal Crossing One Shot- Ten Star Rating (BobxReader)

Summary: Getting that perfect island turns out to be a lot harder than it looks.

Word Count: 1498

Warnings: No warnings here, it’s basically rated G, just two cute people, being cute together

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Feeling nothing but a heavy sense of defeat, you closed the doors of the Resident Service building behind you. With the sun still high in the sky, there was still many hours of daylight left, precious hours that could be spend planting, refurnishing, terra-forming.

But all you could feel was the aching in your legs, clearly overworked by all the running around you did this morning. They couldn’t help but buckle beneath you. Giving in, you sat down at the center of the plaza, face in your palms, as you remembered Isabelle's advice.

"Let's get more greenery on this island by planting fruit and saplings. When it comes to tree varieties, we should really branch out!"

Your jaw clenched. While Isabelle's corny joke came from a kind-hearted place, it did nothing to cheer you up from your predicament.

Last time it was too many trees, and too little flowers. Now that I've spent the whole morning planting more flowers, you're telling me there's not enough trees?

At this rate, you many never get your island to a five star rating.

Then, you heard someone yelling, their voice getting louder as they got closer to you.

"Heeeeeeeyyyyyyyy!"

You felt Bob's shadow cast over you, giving you momentary relief from the afternoon sun.

"Hey Bob."

His shadow moved, and with it, his footsteps as its pattering sounds circled around you. Even with your eyes covered, you could still vividly see Bob's wide, carefree smile, and his arms outstretched like an airplane.

"The island looks great today! On my way here I stopped like, five times to smell all of the pretty flowers! Or was it more like three times? I kind of stopped counting after two, pthhpth."

Taking your face out of your hands, you leaned your cheek against one of your palms and did nothing to mask your exhaustion and disappointment.

"Still not good enough to get a good island rating though."

Bob stilled. Taking quick glances between you and the Resident Service building, he began to understand.

"Oh."

After taking a seat next to you, you look over to his uncharacteristically somber face.

"I'm sorry to hear that."

Great now you messed up his groove. One of the happiest, most carefree villager is sulking because of you. Maybe it was better if you just got up and left, you should have never left your house in the first place.

But Bob beat you to it. Standing up with what seems to be renewed energy, he ran back to his house. You didn't have to wait long before hearing your name being shouted in the distance, its volume gradually increasing. When Bob came back his typical ear-to-ear smile was as well. He was also holding onto a medium sized canvas. With outstretched arms, he presented it exclaiming,

"Here! I gotta lil' something for ya!"

After getting up and dusting off your pants, you took the unexpected gift from his hands. Your eyebrows were raised high in astonishment. Pleased at your reaction, Bob shyly looked away while rubbing the back of his neck.

"But it's probably nothing compared to what you've done for the island so far."

As you examined the painting you weren't sure how to feel about it at first. Anyone back at your hometown would recognize immediately that this gift was clearly not your style. While you preferred romantic style oil paintings, the piece before you had to be best described as the work of a child. Abstract and sloppy, no distinct line art, and distinct brush strokes. That last part was the most peculiar to you. Did he use cotton balls to paint this?

You took a step back and looked at the piece again as a whole. Once you did, you felt a smile creep up on your face. This painting was clearly made with you in mind, as not only were you the subject, but you were surrounded by all of the things you loved on this island. The foreground was adorned with your favorite flowers, the background was the island's serene coast, and you were wearing your favorite outfit.

The colors were the most impressive, in your opinion. They were so spot on that just looking at it alone made you feel like you were right there, hearing the crashing waves. He even got your eye color at just the right shade, and remembered to add your dimples to your smile.

You found it difficult to contain your excitement.

"Wow! Bob, this is amazing! And you painted it? I didn't know you liked to paint!"

"Hmmm? Oh yeah, I like to do all sorts of drawing." Lost in thought, he started leaning back and forth between the balls of his feet and his heels. "But I especially looooooove finger painting! It's like ya got super powers 'cause everything you touch changes color!"

You chuckled. Paw prints, that explained the strange brush strokes.

"How'd you know my favorite spot on the island was the beach?" You asked.

Bob simply shrugged as he replied, "You're just there so often, I sorta figured it was like, your natural habitat or something, pthhpth."

"What about my clothes?"

He looked away briefly before clearing his throat to answer. "I, uh, always thought you looked the prettiest when you wore those." He couldn't help but blush a little. "Just 'cause you always smiled more when you wore those."

You then felt your own face heat up.

"A-and what about the flowers? How'd you know these were my favorite?"

"Oh, those? You were always buying those from Lief every time he comes over." His eyes glanced up in thought as he continued.

"At first I was thinking what made these flowers so special? You already had so many different flowers in your own garden. So then I bought a pot of my own, and boy do they smell deeelicious! They reminded me so much of you so of course I had to put it here, pthhpth!"

You tried to give a polite smile to match Bob's beaming face. But you weren't too sure how to take that compliment, if it even was one. Was he saying you were like a snack? Does he snack on flowers?

You decided not to dwell on it too much.

Now when you looked back at the painting, it was as if it completely transformed before your eyes during the short length of your conversation with Bob. What was once sloppy, thick brush strokes were now intentional, and authentic. What was once meaningless shapes of abstraction have now turned into a thoughtful presentation of who you were in the mind of Bob.

It was all so touching, you might have started tearing up a little.

You tightly wrapped your arms around Bob.

"Thank you. You have no idea how much I needed this right now."

He eagerly hugged you back.

"Like I said, it's nothing." His lips curled into a bashful smile.

Releasing each other from your embrace, you were surprised to see that somber expression return to his face. His brows furrowed in frustration.

"I don't know who's judging these islands, but if I were them, I'd give you a ten star rating just because you worked so hard on it!"

You didn't have the heart to tell him that island ratings only went up to five.

Bob continued on. Pride and determination lighting his eyes as he placed his paws on his hips.

"I might even throw in a prize, like a day off, or a life-time supply of brownies!" A nervous chuckle bubbled out of him as he rubbed the back of his neck. "Uh, actually, that last part might be more of a prize for me than for you."

Now that he mentions it, you really do deserve a day-off, heck, maybe even a week-off. You put so much work into this island, it was only natural that you needed a break to regain your strength. Then, you'll be sure to get that five star rating!

You grabbed Bob's paw and headed towards the direction to your house.

"It's been a while since we hanged out, huh? Well then let's go to my place for lunch," you said.

"Really?!" Now it was Bob's turn to look surprised. Free food always got him excited.

"Yeah!" You smiled. "Think of it as thanks for the painting."

"Sounds great!" Bob had already skipped on ahead of you, his face radiant. "Race ya!"

"Wait, Bob! My legs are still killing me from this morning, can you-"

Too late. With arms outstretched, Bob zig-zagged his way towards your house, already leagues ahead of you. For a guy who was always hungry, he sure did have boundless amounts of energy.

You shook your head to yourself and smiled. Taking one last look at your painting before trudging along, you were already thinking of how to best frame it. You loved how brilliant it looked in the natural light. A nice spot by the window would be perfect.

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This was requested by @teagibs I hope you like it! Sorry it took so long :’-)

Please bear in mind that I’m still in school, so if anyone else has made a request, or would like to request something, it might be a while. I will also be doing requests in the order they come in.

On another note, this was a lot of fun! Bob is one of my favorites, so I hope I did him justice. I currently have another one shot in the works (not a request), and ya’ll better brace yourself, cause it’s gonna be a dooozy...

Let me know what you guys think, constructive criticism is especially welcome here :D

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