#literally the cutest character ever created

[gigizetz]

just finished Good Omens s2, and yeah the ending was sad and all but can we also appreciate Muriel's existence?

#literally the cutest character ever created #they are so precious I can't #more muriel content please internet #good omens #good omens season 2 #go2 #good omens 2 spoilers #crowley #crowley good omens #muriel #angel crowley #muriel good omens #good omens fanart #digital art #art

[espiepuffs]

Poképlushies!

You really enjoy creating pokemon plushies so you decide to surprise your partner with them!

Characters: Arven, Nemona & Penny!

Arven

You were hanging out in his dorm when you told him you have a surprise for him, and that he should close his eyes.

When you let him open them, he’s greeted with a Mabosstiff plushie !

He’s literally frozen with stars in his eyes because it looks so much like his own Mabosstiff and he’s just so in awe of how adorable it is!

It’s safe to say he absolutely loves the Mabosstiff plushie with his entire heart.

From then on he starts to call it Mini-Mabosstiff

He even brings out his actual Mabosstiff and the dog loves it too!

If Arven doesn’t have mini-Mabosstiff on him it’s probably with the actual Mabosstiff because he treats Mini-Mabosstiff like it’s own child

Arven has sent you photos of the two sleeping together it’s the cutest thing imaginable, seeing the dog coddling up with the plushie <33

Arven takes mini-Mabosstiff everywhere with him unless he’s going somewhere a bit too dangerous or impractical to bring along, he doesn’t want to lose the gift that you personally made him!

He’s so caring and loving with it, you’re able to tell he really treasures mini-Mabosstiff and it shows!

Nemona

You decide to surprise Nemona with a keychain Pawmi!

When you show it to her she clips it on her bag immediately

She’s so happy with it and asks so many questions about it too!

“When did you make it? How long did it take to make? When did you even get the time to make it?”

It may not be a huggable plushie, but it’s small enough to take with her everywhere

Wether she’s battling someone or simply running around Paldea, you best believe that it’s coming with her >:)

You never see her without the Pawmi keychain, she calls it her ‘lucky charm’!

And if you gave it to her before she went to area zero, it’s still going there with her for luck, no matter how dangerous it is

If Anyone asks her about it she’s just going to stand there and talk about her little Pawmi plushie that you made her for as long as possible!

It’s now one of her favourite things apart from you and pokemon battling, she’s so thankful for it and appreciates the gift a lot <33

Penny

When you bring a box to Penny’s dorm room, she’s slightly surprised. A gift for her, personally?

She opens it and inside she finds miniature versions of all of her veevees, and a mini version of a gigantamaxed Eevee, it’s fur massive and fluffy!

After looking at them she looks up at you, her mouth open and she gives you a small hug, smiling shortly after

“Thank you… I really appreciate it, s/o!”

She doesn’t give hugs out often btw

Even though her room may be crowded, she makes room for the mini veevees immediately, and they’re now all lined up together on the shelf nearest her computer <33

If she’s not snuggling with one of her actual eevee evolutions, she’s asleep with one of the plushie veevees in her arms.

She definitely tells team star about them at some point if it’s ever brought up

They never leave her room, maybe she’ll take the gigantamax eevee with her when she goes to visit you but they all stay in her dorm.

Overall, she cherishes them much more than she might show, just know that she loves them and you so, so much!

#pokémon #pokemon scarlet and violet #pokemon scarlet #pokémon violet #pokemon scarvi #arven x reader #Nemona x reader #penny x reader #arven pokemon #nemona pokemon #penny pokemon

[bunnygirllover45]

Thank you, thank you so much for making this blog, this makes me feel so happy, everytime you post something I get excited and I just would love to run around the room I am in.

I never want to lose the feeling these kinds of blogs give me. Even if I do, I will still remember how happy this used to make me feel when I was having a bad day.

Johann isn't a good person, nor are the most of other fictional characters I love. But they all make me feel less lonely. Thank you, I want you to know that I adore what you do.

This is literally the cutest shit I've received ever. I'm fucking sobbing. Thank you so much for these sweet words, sometimes it can get a little hard to feel good about what I do, but receiving this kind of words from someone, no matter if it's anonymous or not, I don't care if I never learn who these kind of sweet things are coming from, the important thing to me is to know that there's some people out there that are happy with what I share. And the same way you won't forget the feeling my blog or others make you feel, I won't forget that I can create these kinds of emotions with what I do by simply existing. You're not alone anon, me (and Johann) gotchu. * smooch *

#chrona... answers things? #I got a little poetic there sorry #sometimes the inner Chrona is just too soft #sigmas be like feelings suck #bro stfu I'm emotional thanks to a TUMBLR ASK.

[ackleskittles]

SUPERNATURAL FINALE : an honest, maybe sometimes controversial, take on tv's biggest disappointment of this decade.

DISCLAIMER : in this essay, i will give my opinion about 15x20 of the silly long-running show Supernatural (no kidding???) and i stand by the fact that i hate it, BUT i am not just going to trash talk my comfort show the entire time, and will try to bring into light the things that actually worked (ahem, yes, i will try to find some...) in this episode. i don't need any attacks on my opinion, you can disagree with the things i am going to say, but let's stay civil, right ? hope you enjoy it !

let's face it, no need to beat around the bush : Dean's death is THE worst thing that could've ever happened to us. 15 years of adoring, worshiping THE best character ever created on tv just for losing him ?? this way ?? feels (sorry but...) fucking disrepectful to me. and listen, i haven't seen that cursed episode again in six months, so don't mind me if my blurry memories are failing me... it still makes me so mad, that the episode starts on OUR beloved hero living a peaceful life, happy, kind of, finally free from god's (yeah, more like chuck) who's been through literal hell, faced a hundred deaths, just to end up on that stupid rebar. fuckin stupid quick, meaningless death of a HERO. i can't even think straight when it comes to this but what makes it EVEN WORST is the freakin comedic part of this episode. the pie in the face ??? when THE Dean Winchester is about to die ??? or Sam's fuckin hideous wig ??? the episode focuses on some POINTLESS hunt involving a fuckin vampire literally no soul remembered from season 1 (if you did remember without even looking it up and just happen to have this knowledge, i am sorry AND really impressed) ?? are you just kidding ?? your main character dies, and you just make it absolutely no big of a deal ? i could not. disrespectful, once again.

Dean isn't even the only one who's been failed on this finale because the same disrespect is put on Sam. i'm not bringing back the wig again (BUT THE WIG THO ??? i know the budget is low with covid and everything but come on ??) but the blurry wife is the icing on the cake. but where they failed Sam the most is the way in 15 years (okay this is not only finale related but i thought it deserved to be brought into light) they never EVER gave the man a real closure with Jess. they literally bring every character back from the dead, or at least give the boys an opportunity to say goodbye at some point but they never even cared giving Sam a proper closure from the most important relationship in his life. this, pals, makes me insanely angry. but at least, Sam gets to live and have an ordinary life until his last breathe.

Castiel isn't even really mentioned again ?? i mean, no need for a long thesis about this shame but he's been a fan favorite for YEARS and they just ???

i reached the part where i have to list the things that worked for me in this cursed episode. well. it gave us Dean x Miracle ? the man deserved to have a dog. and it was one of the cutest thing they ever did on this show. Miracle is somehow Dean's little sparkle of joy and hope after losing Cas. kudos (somehow, in a way, i don't know) to Dean's last speech to Sam, and their heartbreaking exchange. it really moved me, and made sense, it was in character. Dean dying on his feet was also appreciated (and those kudos go to Jensen, thank you buddy) but i will explain why in the next paragraph. anyway, i don't have anything more to add, and trust me i tried really hard!! oh, the photography was also decent, but it's one thing Supernatural always did well, so... not surprising.

i am NOT a supporter of Dean dying in the finale, and i am thankful to the wonderful talented writer in this fandom for their amazing fix-it fictions on the finale. this ground is covered, so i am leaving you with ao3 for all the ways the show could have ended WITHOUT Dean dying. my man deserved to be happy and free ans well. i am going to cover the ground of THE WRITERS REALLY WANT DEAN DYING. fine. i don't agree, but you do you baby. 15 years of the show, Dean Winchester was depicted as a HERO. the fanbase has been dedicated for FIFTEEN FUCKIN YEARS and being myself a 2006 Supernatural fan, this finale made me feel like it was a total loss of time. as i said before, i WORSHIPPED (and i still do) this character like i've never worshipped any other character. what he (and we) deserved for always sacrificing his own happiness and life was to die the hero he's always been. to die, i don't know, saving Sam one last time ? with a show with great biblical implication, didn't he deserve a great biblical tragedy ending ? something huge, epic ? and i know this could be controversial because they are no longer under the influence of god himself, but he could have been paralleled to Jesus somehow, just joining heaven next to Jack and Cas as his mission on earth was over. i don't know. just thinking about things.

what could've also been great would have been Dean's life flashing before his eyes as he was dying. glimpse of unseen good moments, memories, as a tribute to the character. once again, he deserved no less than to be praised for everything he did for his family, and for the world.

anyway. revival is now a thing all over social medias and it could both heal us, or destroy us. it raised a lot of concerns, the most important being will Cas' confession finally be aknowledge ? i sure hope it will for misha's perfect delivery of it, and his fight to allow his character to be himself fully. but i also hope this revival finds a way to "cancel" the mistake the writers made with this finally. it could make sense. it could be yet another illusion, trick, anything really and they could (just like us) pretend it never happened (spoiler alert : it really never happened) and i don't want my hopes too high. but it's possible.

thank you so much for your attention. i wanted to write an essay about the finale but i feel like i've been here and there talking nonsense. i've never really expressed my disappointment before, as it was something really personal to me, but i am glad i finally did. there could have been so much more things said. or said in a better way, but i tried my best :(

love y'all, spn family <3

#supernatural #spn finale #dean winchester #sam winchester #castiel #dean x castiel #crowley #jensen ackles #destiel #misha collins #jared padalecki

[tetsunabouquet]

Knb characters that would baby trap you?

Kise

-If he's serious about you and he suspects you aren't, he'll go to great lengths to keep you. -Claims you are destined to create the most beautiful child in the universe together. -Secretly has an entire vision about having the most beautiful family so he can rub it in everyone's faces once and the rest of the GOM get together with the kids. -He totally has a list of his favorite features of himself and you that he wants the children to inherit. -Kise doesn't lie about it once you confront him, in fact, he often suggests the two of you should be starting a family because he wants a cute army of mini-hims and mini-yous. To which you make jokes about wether he's interested in starting a war or something considering he envisions so many. -If it were possible, Kise would be the type to have over 40 children with you to which you always grumble he'd end up killing you by overbreeding.

Akashi

-If you ever were to postpone a big milestone in your relationship because of circumstances, like saying you should wait to move in together because you want to help nurse a sick relative or there's something important coming up career-wise, the alarm bells will start ringing in Akashi's head. He may not look like it, but after the loss of his mother he has developped a serious clingy side. -There is no way as tying you to him, then by literal blood. -Once you get pregnant, he will play it off with the most smoothest sentences ever, managing to convince you this was totally not his plan at all and that he'll be there for you. -Has paid people to clear every crook and nanny of his browsing history so you will not find out he has already searched for all the cutest baby necessities before he even knocked you up.

Haizaki

-If he ever likes a girl enough to actually want to be in a serious relationship and you'll ever grow tired of him acting like a douchebag, something inside of him snaps. You're his girl, the woman he loves more then his own mother, he can't let you go, no. -The next time you have heavy make up sex, he plans to get you pregnant. -Of course he promises to fix himself for the sake of the baby. -Whilst he's smirking on the inside because now you'll be tied to him forever. -If you're still in college, then he's the type of guy to drop out and get himself a job so he can take care of you and the baby.

Nash Gold Jr.

-He's not the kind of guy that accepts his girl drawing away from him for any reason. No matter how valid, no matter if you're coming back later and you've told him so. You won't spend Christmas with your family without him. He'll make sure of that. -When you're feeling off, he'll be the one to smoothly suggest a pregnancy test. -He'll envelop you in a warm hug and assure you when the test comes out positive. -Nash will use the money from basketball competitions to buy a home for you and the baby. Now, you won't go on family vacations without him anymore, if you won't be having one with your own family with him.

#knb #kuroko's basketball #akashi seijuro #akashi #knb x reader #haizaki shougo #nash gold jr #kise #kise ryouta

[spro-o]

okay, so,,, i got back to reading 4kota, and i have so many thoughts of literally every nature

SPOILERS AHEAD FOR 4KOTA, NATURALLY!

okay so, allow me to rant a lil

bro why the actual fuck is Arthur just magical hitler now?? 😭 like hello???? it genuinely makes me really sad because he was such a sweet and likable character for most of 7ds and now he wants to create an ethnostate for humans only???? it just breaks my heart, man

SAME WITH JERICHO LIKE HELLO? QUEEN, YOURE BETTER THAN THIS. genuinely tho- nakaba try not to make all your characters pedos challenge (impossible). there are literally so many other ways in which Jericho could have ended up in a similar situation, but nakaba really just chose pedophilia? it couldve been something along the same lines just without the romantic attraction!! a family bond can be just as strong- and it couldve been something like her losing Lancelot or in some other way letting him down, and then thinking that he despises her and holds onto that grudge (which, judging his character it wouldve probably been a small spat that he got over) - but maybe Jericho didnt understand that, or wasnt ready to face him, expecting him to be livid - so she asked for an alternative reality where that didnt happen and they got along great as sister/brother or master/trainee. i wouldnt put Jericho past being so stubborn that she wouldnt believe when Lance would say that he forgave her, and then boom!! same set-up, just without the nasty pedophilia!!

ON THE NOTE OF WHICH- (theres so much of that garbage in nakaba's writing, fucks sake) - i genuinely hate the whole thing happening with Guinevere. the whole non-consensual kiss from a 12 year old to a 16 year old (ewwwww) is one thing, but then when Lance is reflecting on that interaction and he SMILES????

you have no idea how much this panel killed me to see. Lancelot youre better than this,,,, 4 years is not a big age difference when youre in your 30's, but when youre 16???? please,,,, cmon now,,,

speaking of whommmmm~~ ,,, I ADORE LANCELOT!! SO MUCH!! this is to be expected considering i love Ban, bUT- hes genuinely just such a cool and wonderful character that has some sense in him. i especially loved those panels where he was like jumping around to get himself hyped up cuz like!! Ban does that!!!! i love,,,,

elizabeth (looking gorge btw, i love that for her) is unfortunately reduced to an object of fondling yet again 😔 literally like the second panel that shes in and shes getting grabbed and groped by Meliodas?? it just feels mad disrespectful to her really deep character that she has such a minor role when you ignore her being sexualised by Mel (in reality nakaba, but i digest)

i love that panel where Anne tells Isolde about what chastity actually is hbghjnhbjh

I FEEL SO BAD FOR NASIENS WHEN PERCY IS ALL UP IN ANNES BOOBS. genuinely- the dropped bag, and all of he blushing that happened before it during their interactions,,,, that shit broke my heart, man

nakaba try not to draw teenagers naked challenge (impossible) (chapter 86 cover)

this is literally like the cutest fucking thing ever????? i want more calm, slice of life stuff for our skrunglies. they deserve a break

someone, please, stop all this shit going on with Guinevere (writing this while reading chp 87) – I really despise the fact that nakaba has to make like literally all of the relationships either look like they have a massive age gap (Ban and Elaine), or actually have a fucking criminal age gap (Mel and Ellie). it really is not that difficult to just write a relationship where there is a <2 year age gap, did you know that, nakaba?? crazy, I know (deadass, while I don’t ship them, it would at least be bearable if she was also like 15-16, just not 12 TT)

chion is such a fucking pain in the ass oh mah gahhhhhh

I love Gawain’s lesbian antics <3

At this point, though I love seeing the characters interact in more casua circumstances, id rather have more fight scenes than god awful, shoe-horned romances between any two characters of the opposite gender (exceptions being Nasiens and Gawain, my sillies <3)

okay,,, thats it for now, but do expect more at some point or another huiyuvghbijhb

#4kota spoilers #4kota #mokushiroku no yonkishi #nnt #rant #4kota manga #lancelot 4kota #tristan 4kota #percival #lancelot #guinevere #gawain #spoilers

[welcometothejianghu]

Welcome to another round of W2 Tells You What You Should See, where W2 (me) tries to sell you (you) on something you should be watching. Today's choice: 心宅猎人/Psych-Hunter.

Psych-Hunter is a 2020 drama about a hot young amnesiac who, accompanied by a rich psychiatrist with major daddy issues and a rich girl who cosplays as a cop, uses his Inception-style psychic powers to solve crimes that are part of a shadowy conspiracy orchestrated by a mysterious figure.

True story: Once I couldn't remember the English name of the drama, so I called it "House Haunters," and now my brain insists that's the real English title. If only!

Do not, under any circumstances, labor under the impression that this show is good. It's not. It's incoherent. The writing is bad. The villain is absurd. The vibe is comically melodramatic. People make inexplicable and out-of-character decisions all the time. Countless complex mysteries get set up with no way to resolve them. There's a thin lampshade hanging over it that blurs the line between bad decisions made on accident and bad decisions made on purpose, but the net result is largely the same. This is the show that first inspired my wife to declare something dumb as a guinea pig in a roller skate.

But it's fun. It's a sea of colorful chaos with brilliant pieces that shine through like strange gems. It knows how to work an atmosphere and does so to create some legitimately creepy moments. It spins a wild yarn filled with bizarre and loveable characters. And it has some twists that truly have to be seen to be believed. In the mood for some beautiful nonsense? Here's five reasons that despite everything I warned you about in the previous paragraph, I think this one's worth watching.

1. Psychonauts for Jazz Age homosexuals

Honestly, that phrase alone should let you know if this is the thing for you. But just in case, let me explain the basic premise of the show:

Jiang Shuo, a man who has lost his memory and been adopted by circus folk, is capable of jingling his keys and diving full-body into someone else's subconscious, represented by lovely and thematic dreamscapes. He does this to solve crimes. Sometimes he takes along a handsome doctor who seems like he might know more than he's letting on, by literally tying their hands together with a red string.

Also, when they do this, they get gorgeous steampunk magical girl costume changes, complete with the cutest little pony nub you've ever seen.

This show can be stunningly beautiful. It knows how to manifest dream logic eerily well. Most of these cognitions are gorgeous, and many are done with primarily practical effects, like it's a stage play. ...And it's good it relies on that so much, because the CG it has is kinda cheap and terrible! So, yeah.

(Side note for the DMBJ fans: This is directed by the same guy who directed Sand Sea, which I assume is related to how this both is a visual treat and completely falls apart on the back end.)

The reason I'm a bit surprised that this hasn't taken off more among the creative set is what a great piece of worldbuilding this Psych-diving is. These boys (and, once, the girl) get to short-term manifest bodily in someone else's materialized mental state, where the person whose brain they’re in neither controls the experience nor remembers what happened after it’s done. Were you writing weird Arthur/Eames fic a decade ago? I got a new best thing for you. Can you say freaky dream sex? Because I can.

The base premise should be more than enough to get your gears going. Come ready to get weird with it. There's so much potential here, and so much of that potential is incredibly gay and wearing impeccably tailored suits.

2. Your friendly neighborhood circus family

As I mentioned before, Jiang Shuo lucks into the best possible fate that can befall an amnesiac: being picked up by carnies.

The troupe includes Ventriloquist Man, Really Big Dude, One-Eyed Acrobat, Other Acrobat, Cheerful Fat Girl, Boy Who Looks Like A Kid But Is Actually Played By An Adult So I'm Not Exactly Sure How Old The Character Himself Is Supposed To Be, and Silver Fox Circus Dad, who manages the whole crew. They're a ragtag bunch of performers who all live together in this cute little compound in some very nice slums, and sometimes they open the gates to their lavish compound and put on a circus show for all the common people!

Now: You know this is not going to be the wokest, most sensitive portrayal of body differences, because of course it isn't. But damn, it's pretty not-bad. The show treats all the circus members as valuable people worthy of affection, whose (occasionally exasperating) quirks are no more or less exhausting than those of the non-circus weirdos in the rest of the supporting cast.

I was half-expecting them to disappear after the first arc, but no! They’re a constant fixture through the show! They’re mostly there to support the show’s more comedic moments, but some of them get wrapped up in more emotional plotlines as well. And every now and then you get to see them actually do their circus shit, which is great.

I will admit that my fondness for them is related to how much I generally love fictional Freaks — you know, misfits who have banded together because society considers them unacceptably weird, but together their weirdnesses make them strong. When you find them, they’re usually the bad guys (e.g., the Gung-Ho Guns from Trigun, the Scorpion crew from Word of Honor) whose freak statuses make them formidable and occasionally sympathetic antagonists. But not so here! The Psych-Hunter Family Circus is good guy support all the way through to the final episode.

I know "found family" is a term that suffers from overuse, but that's the best way to describe what's happening here -- really, it's a family that's already found itself even before the show starts, and now they all live together as an unconventional collective of astonishingly flexible people. How did they find one another? Doesn't matter! What matters is that they all love and would do anything for their newest member, and they think it's great when he comes home with his attractive rich friends, who often arrive bringing snacks, which is really the best use for rich people, if you think about it.

3. Two hands, one ring

Now, if you've seen the series already, you know the moment I'm talking about. But if you haven't (and, statistically, you haven't), know that what I mean is the relationship between these two losers.

Together, Qin Yiheng and Jiang Shuo form the emotional core of the series. They're both drawn to one another because of mysterious circumstances that have started to align. Jiang Shuo's memory is missing, Qin Yiheng's dad has vanished, and all signs point to those absences as having something to do with one another.

Very early in the show, we see Qin Yiheng pull a "come with me if you want to live" on Jiang Shuo, giving the impression that he knows just what's going on in this crazy city. Except, no, he doesn't. Or does he? No, we're pretty sure he doesn't. Or he does, but he's forgotten what he knows, if he ever even knew it in the first place. Anyway, time to tie their hands together and jump into someone else's brain!

I'd say they're in love, but that's not quite it. Dr. Qin Yiheng, high-class homosexual, is in love with Jiang Shuo to the point where he's about to murder someone (possibly Jiang Shuo himself) out of frustration about it. Jiang Shuo, on the other hand, is much more sticking his fingers in his ears and going LA LA LA YOU CAN'T CATCH ME GAY THOUGHTS while trying get a girlfriend in an effort to pretend that all the shit they get up to together isn't tremendously romantic.

That is, until the scene that leads to the which-hand ring guessing game, at which point the burden of their relationship falls on Jiang Shuo (and the Inception parallels get unignorable) for exactly as long as the show will allow it to, before it freaks out and has to add another girl love interest just to make sure all the homos got no'd.

It's not textually gay, because seriously, have you met Chinese television? But it's pretty gay. Or, rather, I think Liu Dongqin (Qin Yiheng) is playing his character as a dedicated homosexual on purpose, and Hou Minghao (Jiang Shuo) is just ... kinda like that? I mean, everything I’ve seen him in, he gets real dreamy-eyed around strong men who pay close attention to him. Maybe it's just his thing as an actor. I'm not judging.

However, the main cast isn't just the two of them. One of the things that led me to this show was the promise of an OT3. And does it deliver on that promise?

Well ... sorta.

Qin Yiheng, Jiang Shuo, and Yuan Muqing are a pretty standard MFM not-love-triangle trio of Male Bestie, Main Guy, and Girlfriend (respectively). There's about five seconds at the beginning of the series where it looks like Yuan Muqing might be into Qin Yiheng, but no, that evaporates almost instantly and is never spoken of again -- and with it disappears most of their interactions with one another, period. So it's less an OT3, and more a case of bisexual cutiepie Jiang Shuo getting both a boyfriend and a girlfriend in a world where censorship will only let the latter relationship exist textually.

But damn if these boys aren't made for one another. Sure, there's a level of conscious comical queerbaiting to it -- I mean, there's straight-up an "only one bed" moment, so you know the show isn't stumbling into rainbow territory on accident. No matter how sexual or nonsexual or whatever you read it as, though, their dynamic is the spine that holds the story together. Really, it's almost sad how often the relationships are set parallel to one another, because when you do that, it becomes obvious how intense Jiang Shuo's bond with Qin Yiheng is, and how largely lackluster and comphet most of his canon romance with Yuan Muqing is by comparison.

Like so.

sidebar: The Girl

I am not going to go into a full-throated defense of The Girl this time, as I am wont to do, mostly because I think Yuan Muqing is full of potential in concept but so badly executed that there's really no hope for her. Her entire personality is whatever they need her to be in any particular scene. It's just that once in a while, what they need her to be is completely insane -- like, seeing-things-that-aren't-there insane -- and it's so great that it makes me mad! She could have been like this all the time! But noooooo

As it is, she has a perfunctory canonical romance with Jiang Shuo that's about as endgame as anything is capable of being (see point 5), and it actually gets pretty cute when it finally gets to the point where it's not just awkward obligation! But alas, it only does that so late in the series that it's not even worth it getting invested in it.

She is a creation of the show. She has no novel counterpart. Her entire function in the drama is to un-gay the dynamic between the boys. You can tell that she was initially supposed to have a different role -- to be the muscle of this trio -- but the narrative forgets pretty quickly that she's got that skill set, and she regresses to being The Girl. She makes dumb decisions that forward the plot. She gets put into danger whenever it's convenient. She demands Jiang Shuo do manly things for her because that’s what a girl is supposed to do, I guess? And then there are moments where she’s cool and crazy and it’s awesome! But they never last.

So if you are going to watch this, be prepared for the fact that the female lead is badly written to the point of frustration. I feel her actor is doing the absolutely best with what she's got; the problem is that what she's got is pretty crappy. Still, Muqing gets some pretty charming moments here and there, and I think it's worth hanging onto those and imagining the character she could have been, if the writers had cared just a little more, or even at all.

4. Powerfully surreal worldbuilding

I'm not even talking about the way people's psyches are structured according to dream logic -- the "normal" waking world is almost equally bizarre. The story takes place in sort of the real world c. 1930, except that a lot of things are off. For example, Japan and England are real locations, but China kinda isn't -- instead, the show takes place in a Shanghai-like city-state run by this moustachioed generalissimo with a faux Latin American dictator aesthetic. The place has its own flag and government and police force (where all the cops have coordinating surnames) and diplomatic relationships with other countries, so it’s clearly its own thing. But what that thing is? What it’s even called? Look, don’t worry about it. Nobody else is worried, so you shouldn’t be either.

You will, at every point in the series, be wondering if the show is trying to telegraph to you that Something's Not Quite Right Here, or if it's just making weird decisions for the sake of artsy weirdness. But don't worry -- there's absolutely no way to tell the difference between the two! Just roll with it.

There's a weird mix of universe rules happening throughout, where everything is mostly period-appropriate for a while, and then somebody builds a clock with levitating parts, or causes someone else to have very specific memory loss — or, again, swings some coins in front of a person’s face and gains the ability to treat their subconscious like a VR amusement park.

You can sort of reconstruct the evolution of this weirdness: The book has actual factual ghosts in it. Well, that’s fine for books, but TV isn’t allowed to have ghosts. But TV can have people who imagine ghosts, so long as it’s all in their heads. Okay, but you know jumping bodily into those imaginations isn’t actually a thing real people can do, right? Well, then let’s make it scientific. How can that be scientific? I don't know, it’s psychiatry. I don’t think that’s psychiatry. Look, it could be. Well, it’s definitely not psychiatry in 1930s Shanghai, and that’s the set we’re allowed to film on. Okay, what if it weren’t actually Shanghai? What if it weren’t actually 1930? What if all of this were at best a weird approximation of the period that adheres to no rules except the ones we want?

Once you’ve thought that, the sky’s the limit.

The show has a very inconsistent grasp on reality, and I am listing that as a pro instead of a con because I am choosing to embrace it as a deliberate choice rather than assume it’s the result of craven incompetence. There's something to be said, though, for how pervasively inconsistent it is. It'd be one thing if there were just a few plot holes here and there (and there are), but this is more along the lines of: We woke up in a mysterious boat and got taken to an island with a giant sea monster skeleton on the shore! What's that all about? Couldn't say! Was it real? Maybe! Moving on!

Let the number of "it's fine! who knows!" comments I've made throughout this rec indicate how much this is the kind of show you just have to roll with. If you are a nitpicker or someone who is troubled by unexplained nonsense, this is not the thing for you. If you love artistic magical realism and high strangeness, you will eat this up with a spoon.

And the lampshade that hangs over all of this worldbuilding is...

5. THE STUPIDEST POSSIBLE ENDING EVER

Okay, usually I am coy about when I think an ending has problems. I am going to drag this one out front and center: Psych-Hunter has an ending so jaw-droppingly, head-clutchingly stupid that I'm actually listing it as a selling point, because it has to be seen to be believed.

When I first watched it, I suspected the show ran out of time or money or something and just had to slap together the quickest possible ending ever. But no! This is the ending they meant! If you go back to the rest of the series, you can see that this is what they were (kinda) setting up the whole time! They just set it up so poorly and decided to make the twist hit at such a late point that not only is it complete nonsense, it actually renders moot the entire emotional stakes of the show! Absolutely incredible!

Now, as I've said before in other places, I don't begrudge the actual twist itself. I mean, it's stupid on its face, but I think they could have done something with it — if they'd had it happen halfway through the series, when the characters would have had time to adjust to the new knowledge. Instead, they slap it on at the last possible moment, when there's no time to have any reaction to it. It's just jarring and baffling, and then the whole thing's over.

I've seen lots of people say "season 2 when???" Season 2 never, friends. There was never going to be a season 2. The only reason you think this was an even remotely acceptable narrative move was that you were assuming that this would be the midpoint, not the end. You're having the same reaction I did, only I can tell this was always meant to be their spectacular dismount.

(To me, it's clear what happened: They J.J. Abramsed themselves into a cool premise for a mystery with no idea how to solve it, hoping they'd figure it out along the way. When they got to the end and still hadn't figured it out, they simply ... opted out of solving it.)

Now, if you want a normal viewing experience out of this show, watch to the end of the next-to-last episode, close your browser window, and have imagination adventures about how you think all the mysteries should resolve. But you're not going to. You are going to continue on to that last episode, and you are going to realize that nothing I could have said here could possibly have prepared you for this. And somewhere, I am going to feel the urge to cackle wickedly and not even know why. Except I'll know why. We'll both know why.

Want to watch this hot mess?

That baby's an iQiyi exclusive! But you can watch the first episode on YouTube, if you feel like getting a taste that way.

Look, I know I may have spoiled my pitch somewhat with that last selling point. After all, why would you bother watching a series if you know it has a shit ending?

I refute your objection thus: Knowing it has a shit ending changes the whole game, because it removes the feeling of betrayal that hits upon your discovering that the ending isn’t what you wanted. You know that already now, so there can be no betrayal. The ending goes from being an unpleasant surprise to being exactly the unexpected thing that you expected. With that in mind, you can dive right in (ha ha) knowing that you’ll never get the closure you crave, and therefore whatever you make up along the way is perfectly valid.

This is obviously a turnoff if you prefer shows that are like seeing someone start a magic trick, perform it without breaking a sweat, and walk off calmly, leaving you wondering how on earth they accomplished such an amazing thing. Think of this more as someone starting a magic trick, accidentally letting the rabbit fall out of their hat, saying “I meant to do that!” like thirty times, and suddenly vanishing through a trapdoor, leaving you wondering what the trick was even supposed to be in the first place — but they were really good-looking and well-dressed, so at least whatever they were doing was nice to look at while it was happening.

See? They're having fun.

#psych-hunter #心宅猎人 #house haunters #i made this #rec post #please watch this and then write more fic for it #I have a very selfish agenda here

[ficsforeren]

Our Little Secret - Chapter 4

Series Masterlist

Pairing: Eren Jaeger X Female Reader

Genre: College AU, Spider-Man/Spider-Girl AU, Fluff, Slow Burn, Mutual Pining, Eventual Smut

Series Summary: Eren Jaeger, a 21-year-old virgin college student who loves his camera a little bit too much, has a crush on you. Every night, he switches on his camera and talks about you but he never could find the courage to speak to you in real life. Strangely enough, he finds it easy for him to befriend Spider-Girl, the crime fighting vigilante, not knowing that you both share the same identity.

Chapter Summary: Forced by his best friend Spider-Girl, the time has come for Eren Jaeger, self-proclaimed campus' hottest nerd, to ask you out on a date and honestly? He's scared shitless. Thankfully, or unfortunately, for him, his best friend Armin Arlert comes to the rescue.

Content Warnings: explicit sex scene (happens at the end of the series, can be skipped if you want), swearing, mentions of characters going through depression, traumatic past events

Word Count: 8k

Poster art by the most talented @rainbuniart on Twitter

Twenty-one-year-old Eren Jaeger has been gazing at the same crack of his ceiling for the last two hours. It’s four in the morning, his body is begging him to sleep, and yet there he is, half-lidded eyes staring blankly into the darkness of his bedroom, his brain running across the universe, thinking:

What the fuck am I going to do?

Times like this make him wish that he had a superpower he could rely on—not to swing from one building to another, not to fly, and definitely not to check out girls’ panties with his X-ray vision (though honestly, if he had one, he’d definitely try to get a tiny, tiny peek of your bra, for, umm, scientific reasons). But no. Eren doesn’t want that. He wants to be able to communicate with God, or Jesus, or literally any deity out there that created him, and ask them, why, God, why am I such a fucking virgin?

Being a virgin isn’t bad. It’s not a sin, not at all. Some would even find him admirable for being able to refrain himself from getting his dick wet because he’s waiting for the right one. It’s the way he thinks like a fucking virgin that he is that’s bad. Because how in the world is he going to be able to ask the most popular girl on campus to go out with a giant nerd like him who hasn’t even had his first kiss yet? Who hasn’t had the pleasure of holding a girl’s hand for more than three seconds long? The last time he did that was during last year’s Christmas party when his aunt Dina took his hand in hers and gave him twenty bucks to get himself a new shirt (only because the one he was wearing looked absolutely horrendous). It also doesn’t help that you happen to be the cutest person in the world—or in his world, at least—with the prettiest smile, with such a pleasing vanilla and strawberry scent that Eren wishes he could smell on his pillow every day. 

So, what’s going to happen now? Let’s say, by some miracle, you agree to go on a date with him, then what? What kind of conversation would he have with you? What if he says something stupid? Does something stupid? Knowing him, he will definitely do. Or worse, what if the date actually goes… well? What if you realize how much he wants to kiss you? What if you also want to kiss him, but you’re waiting for him to make the first move? WHAT IF YOU WANT TO KISS EACH OTHER WITH TONGUE AND EVERYTHING, BUT WHEN YOU BOTH LEAN IN, HE ENDS UP KNOCKING HIS TEETH AGAINST YOURS AND–

Eren can’t breathe. 

Should I just walk up to her? He thinks, fingers tapping restlessly against the ridges of his abs. He never wears a shirt when he goes to bed, his sweatpants always hanging too low on his hips—which is already an improvement, at least, since he used to sleep completely naked. He was forced to change that habit ever since his sibling, Zeke, barged into the room at two in the morning with his phone in his hand, trying to catch him in the act. “AHA! I HEARD SOMEONE MOANING! YOU MUST BE HAVING SEX!” Zeke yelled as he kicked Eren’s bedroom door open. Eren had it locked, of course—he’s an idiot but he’s not that much of an idiot—but Zeke had conveniently duplicated his room’s key without him knowing for this sole purpose of humiliating his little baby brother.

And no, Eren wasn’t having sex, but he was watching someone else having sex through his computer screen. And yes, he had one hand around his cock, his pants pooling around his thighs, the hem of his shirt tucked between his teeth, and his own moan caught in his throat. It was so stupid that Zeke had to barge in right at the exact second he was cumming all over his hand, which made everything super weird ‘cause it looked like Eren came because he was aroused at the thrill of having someone else watching him masturbate and that was really not the case.

“ZEKE, WHAT THE FUCK, MAN?!”

“EEEWWW OH MY GOD PUT THAT TINY DICK AWAY—”

“PUT THAT CAMERA AWAY—AND IT’S NOT TINY!”

“DINAAAAA, EREN IS JERKING HIS LITTLE TINY DICK OFF!”

“I’M GONNA FUCKING KILL YOU, ZEKE!”

“BOTH OF YOU, BE QUIET—IT’S TWO AM!”

It was one of the most—if not the most—humiliating experiences he had ever had in his life. Especially after Dina spent an hour lecturing him the next day about, and Eren quoted, “Maintaining high self-esteem even if I am secretly insecure about… a certain part of my body. Small is more. Small is better,” with Zeke standing in the background, shaking his head and mouthing, “No, it’s not. You got a tiny dick.” For the record, Eren does not have a tiny dick, though he doesn’t have a witness that could testify on his behalf. Armin knew, but he’d rather swim in hot lava than admit it out loud. Anyway, knowing how he’s going to ask you out tomorrow, he’s sure as hell he’s going to break his own record in a matter of hours.

He’s scared. He’s so scared of talking to you first and getting rejected second. But his friendship with you—Spider-Girl—is in jeopardy right now. And honestly? This is the kind of push he needs because otherwise, he would never have the courage to ask you out. But it still feels so nerve-racking. Eren would rather jump inside that burning building once again—hell, let him set a fucking camp over there and it would still feel less horrifying than this. 

He switches on his phone. The selfie you took with his camera has been his wallpaper for weeks now, and Eren doesn’t want to even think about how many times he has kissed his phone screen good night. “Look at that smile,” he murmurs to himself, sighing in bliss at the sight of your little grin, so cute and naughty at the same time. “Are you really going to say yes tomorrow? To someone like me?”

Great, now he’s talking to himself as if the last two hours he spent talking to his monitor wasn’t enough. Feeling anxious and knowing how he’s not going to be able to catch a wink of sleep tonight, Eren slides his thumb along the screen, going through his contact list.

“Armin,” he breathes out in relief the second his phone call is connected. “Dude, sorry for calling you at three—fuck, four AM, but I can’t sleep. I need to talk to someone about this.”

For the first three seconds, there’s only silence. And then—

“Eren, I’m gonna fuck you up.”

***

“Armin—Armin, wait—”

You have memorized how Eren’s voice sounds by now—how deep it is, how husky, and how it gets just a little bit high-pitched when he whines after losing an argument. Even when he’s still on the other end of your campus hallway, you can hear it echoing through the room. It’s gradually turning louder as he makes his way toward you. Your heightened senses can tell but you pretend you don’t hear anything, busying yourself by replacing the books inside your bag with the other ones in your locker. 

You can sense someone walking up to you a moment before you feel a light tap on your shoulder. Snatching your textbook, you close your locker with one hand, whirling around to see a young man sporting a bowl-cut and black-framed sunglasses. “Oh, hello. You’re–”

“You don’t know me,” Armin says, his face blank and unimpressed—almost similar to Annie, though his hair seems more golden and greasier than hers. “And I don’t plan on knowing you either. We’re not friends.”

“O… kay,” you respond, both surprised and amused at his quirky attitude. Before you can speak anything else, Eren arrives at your spot with a little “Fuck,” under his breath. You cast him a smile, greeting him with a little, “Hey,” and he panics. 

“S-sorry, this is, uh—” Eren lands both hands on the blonde man’s shoulders, trying to escort —haul—him away. “This is Armin and we’re—we’re leaving.”

“Get your hands off me, peasant.” The shorter male harshly slaps his hands away before he returns his attention to you. “I have a bone to pick with you, young lady.”

“Oh, no,” you say, feigning concern. “What did I do?”

Eren whines, desperately pulling on his best friend's backpack now. “Armin, goddammit, let’s just go—”

“Now, you listen to me, woman.” Armin is unstoppable. “Ever since you came into his life, my best friend has been losing his mind.” He has one finger pointed at your face as he speaks, not caring if he’s being rude or causing a scene in the hallway. “Which is concerning ‘cause he doesn’t have much of that to begin with.”

Eren, with a groan filled with shame, rubs a hand over his face. “Oh, God.” He can try and take Armin away by force, of course, but they’re already garnering other people’s attention as it is. Also, the last time he tried to haul this little chipmunk away, Armin bit his hand so hard, it’s a wonder he didn’t have his limb amputated. 

Plus, Armin is supposed to be doing him a favor, right? Right?

You have a hunch on where this is going but you act clueless to get the most out of your entertainment. And by entertainment, you mean watching Armin embarrass the hell out of his friend. “I’m sorry, Armin, I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“Eren has a crush on you,” Armin explains, grabbing his friend by his wrist, and raising it in the air. “This is Eren.”

“I’m actually gonna kill you when we get home,” Eren murmurs through gritted teeth, harshly pulling his hand away. He can’t meet your eyes, too mortified to do so. All he wants right now is to be turned into dust and be carried by the wind.

“Nice to meet you, Eren,” you say, almost crooning even, and the said boy gulps, turning crimson from his neck to his ears as he responds with an awkward, “H-hi.”

“Dude, pull your shit together.” Armin elbows him on his side. “Anyway, Ma’am, Lady, Miss, whoever the hell you are. I’m trying to make sure that you take responsibility for this because I want my best friend back. He’s already a giant idiot who can’t even survive the first half of The Witcher without spending all of his potions, okay? Now I don’t even want to add him to my team because he keeps thinking about you during battles and he sucks so much ass, it’s embarrassing!”

You nod, biting your lip to contain your grin from breaking. “You suck ass?” You ask the brunette and he nearly faints from the innuendo. That little twinkle in your eyes… It’s as if you’re asking him what else do you suck in your spare time?

Armin, not knowing when to stop, adds, “He literally called me at four in the fucking morning today just cause he couldn’t sleep, thinking about how to ask you out!”

“ARMIN OH MY GOD–”

“So please,” Armin begs as he pushes Eren away by his face, “Please just do something about it for me, will you? Talk to him. Knock back some senses into him before I do it myself, and I swear to God, I’m ready to get blood on my hands.” Pivoting on his heels, he says, “Now that I’m done, I’m gonna return to my wife and I’m gonna pretend you two don’t exist in my life for the next two weeks. Adios, fuckers.”

Armin walks away with his middle finger pushing back his glasses. You titter, immensely pleased by how theatrical he is. “Has he always been that eccentric?” You ask Eren, who looks just as pasty as the white shirt he’s wearing underneath his hooded peacoat.

“Honestly, I don’t know why I’m friends with him in the first place,” Eren says, mirroring your faint laughter before he turns to face you, his body turning rigid once again as he tries to get past his awkwardness. “So, uh… Armin wanted us to talk.”

“That he did.” You smack your lips, hugging your textbook close to your chest with both hands. “What about you?”

“Huh?”

“Do you want to talk to me?”

There’s something in your voice that makes his stomach act up on its own. “Yes, I would love you—to! I would love to! I’d love to talk to you!”

There’s literally nothing more adorable than how he looks right now. “What should we talk about, then?”

You’re so pretty. “Umm…” I love that dress on you, you look amazing. “I don’t know…” I love you. I think we’re meant to grow old together and have three kids running around in our backyard. “I’m wondering if someday you want to, umm…”

You’re waiting for him to say the words, tilting up your head just slightly to the side at the perfect angle that makes you look ten times cuter than before. “Want to what?”

Eren takes a deep breath. His shoes are squeaking against the floor as he drags and shifts his weight from one foot to another. “I don’t know, just, uh…” He turns his body slightly to the side, doing this little lip bite as he lets his gaze travel up from your lips to your eyes. 

The way he’s so nervously awkward is both amusing and endearing. You’d think that a man who owns a face like that would be all smooth and suave with girls but Eren has zero experience in dating and it shows from how anxious he is. Funny how he doesn’t act like this at all when he’s with Spider-Girl. He’s so chatty when he’s with that alter ego of yours, spouting out lines after lines, stories after stories. He got embarrassed sometimes too, sure, but he’s never like this. Maybe he really does like you. He likes you so much that his brain just stops functioning when he’s around you.

“I don’t know, maybe we could—” Eren gesticulates, jittery hands moving all over the place from fixing his jacket, scratching his nape, to rubbing the shell of his ear. He literally can’t stand still, eyes going everywhere but yours. “Or, you know, we could do something else or—if you’d like, we can—”

“Yeah.”

“—go and—” he stops, gaping, probably thinking that he imagined your answer. “Sorry, what?”

“Yeah,” you repeat, your smile reaching your eyes and turning them into a beautiful pair of half-moons.

“Y-yeah?”

“Yeah, either one.” 

Eren stops functioning for a second, his mind completely blank. He just stares at you, unblinking as if his soul just went on a world tour, leaving his body behind. “Really?”

“Sure.” 

He swallows. “Umm, okay…” It still feels surreal to him that you actually said yes to whatever it was he was offering (he’s not even sure what he just offered you). “Yeah, that sounds—that sounds great.” He can finally smile now, his lips curving up ever so slightly but his eyes do more than his mouth could ever convey. He can only stare at you for a while, transfixed with his mind completely blanked out as he’s suffused with so much joy. Then he remembers something and he panics again. “Shit, actually, I can’t right now, since I have—I’ve got classes to go.”

“Yeah, of course, me too,” you laugh lightly. “It’s only nine. Obviously, we have morning classes to attend.”

“Yeah…” He turns sheepish. “I was planning to ask you out after you’re finished with your Astrophysics class, but Armin couldn’t wait until then.”

“You knew I’m taking Astrophysics?” You tease, smirking. “What else do you know about me?”

Why am I such an idiot, Eren ponders as he feels himself dying little by little. Every time things start to get better, he always finds a way to screw things up. “I’m sorry, I… I didn’t mean to stalk you and be such a creep.” What am I going to do? She’s going to hate me now… Perhaps even disgusted. “You know what, I’m sorry for being so weird. I can understand if you don’t want to go out with me.”

You blink. His posture, the way he looks like he’s losing all his strength at once, and that little pout on his lips. Why does this look familiar? Then, it clicks. “You don’t want me to go out with you?”

“I do!” He exclaims a little bit too loudly. Thankfully for you, there’s no one else in the hallway right now but you and him. “Of course I do, but…” He drags his eyes to his feet, his heart beating a thousand miles per hour, his teeth sinking into his lip. 

You feel mischievous. For a superheroine who’s supposed to lie ninety-nine percent of the time to keep her real identity covered, you’re doing such a bad job at it because you want him to know that you’re the same girl he’s been sharing intimate sessions with on the rooftop. So you do the same thing you did the night you dropped him off on his porch. You reach out a hand, cupping his cheek and trapping him there so he can’t look anywhere else but your eyes.

Eren stiffens, emerald eyes shining brightly underneath the sunlight that seeps inside the room. “W-what are you doing?”

“Do you want to go out with me or not?”

His breathing tatters. “Yes, Ma’am, I do.”

“Then why are you telling me you don’t want to go out with me?”

“I wasn’t—I’m not saying I don’t want to go out with you. I’m saying that I’m okay if you don’t want to go out with me.” Wait, I feel like I’ve gone through this situation before, Eren thinks, feeling strange. Is this what Deja Vu feels like? 

“Why do you think I don’t want to go out with you?”

“Cause I’m…” He wets his lip, nervous. “Creepy?”

“Why, because you know I’ve been taking Astrophysics? Or is it because you’ve been taking pictures of me in secret?”

Eren’s not sure if you’re trying to calm him down with your words or make him feel ten times worse. “B-both?”

It’s funny how he unconsciously admits that he has been snapping photos of you like the stalker that he is. “Well, I still find you cute, so I don’t think we have problems with that. Would love it better if you could stop taking pictures of me, though. If you want my picture, you just need to ask. We can take some photos together this time.”

This is it. He’s in heaven right now. This is what paradise feels like. “I… I can?”

“Of course.”

His heart is thrumming so clamorously in his ears that it’s a miracle you haven’t heard it already. “And you… Are you saying you still want to go out with me?”

You playfully roll your eyes, giving him a light pat on his cheek before you release him. “If you want to, sure. Just ring me up or something.”

He’s in a haze, thick fog clouding his thoughts. “Okay… I’ll—I’ll call you.”

You wait for him to connect the dots, but when he remains in silence, just gazing at you with droopy eyes, you have to be the one who asks him. “Do you need my phone number or should we do it the old way with you sending a pigeon to give me my letters?”

“Shit, yeah—that’s right.” Snapping out of his reverie, Eren sticks a hand inside the pocket of his jeans. He’s about to take it out when a thought hits him like a train. Shit, fuck, I have her photo as my wallpaper. I also have her pictures in my gallery, what if she finds out? Should I delete them now? No, there are too many of them. I don’t have time for this. Even if I do, what if I haven’t backed them up? Oh my God, what to do, what to do, what to do—

“Eren?”

He pushes back his phone into the bottom of his pocket, his stomach in knots. “You know what, I think I left my phone at home.”

I literally can see the shape of your phone in your pocket, but okay. “Oh, no,” you fake a pout. “Then, I guess, we can’t go on a date then.”

“I can write down your number on my palm!” He takes off his backpack in a rush, going down to his knees to make it easier for him to look for his pen. “Wait, let me just—Fuck, where’s my pen—”

You thank the lord that most guys don’t usually take this long to make advances on their crushes, because if it takes him this long to ask you out on a date, humans will go extinct before they can repopulate the earth. “Or you can just add your number to my phone?” You offer.

“Of… course, yeah.” He returns to his feet, face flushed. “Sorry, I’m an idiot.”

“I think you’re adorable.”

“P-please don’t say that. I’m already dying here.” 

“Don’t die on me just yet. You haven’t bought me dinner.” You hand him over your phone and it nearly slips off his grip from how shaky his hands are. If it wasn’t for your fast reflexes, you might have to spend some of your savings to buy a new phone. “Careful, big boy.”

“Sorry,” he winces, being much more careful this time. He taps his quivering thumbs on the screen, adding his number on your contact list and re-typing his name several times because he keeps missing the right letters. “Here,” he says, offering you back his phone. You intentionally let your fingers brush against his, even let them linger for a second too long and Eren noticeably gulps at the minimal contact. “So, uh… I’ll wait for you to call me?”

Your mouth twitches into a smile. “I won’t make you wait too long, I promise.”

***

It’s been thirteen hours, eleven minutes, and forty-three seconds since you said, I won’t make you wait too long, and Eren is lying down on his bed with his eyes glaring at the clock that’s strapped to his wall as if he’s trying to make it burst into flames. 

Why hasn’t she called me yet?

What’s taking her so long?

Did she lose my number? Wait, have I clicked ‘save’ when I typed down my number? Fuck, I can’t remember.

He’s going insane in every way possible. He turns around to scream against his pillow before jumping from the bed. “I’m gonna get some fresh air,” he decides before he becomes the one who combusts into flames. Right before he grabs his hoodie, his phone rings.

Eren runs to grab it like his life depends on it, accidentally bumping himself against his swivel chair, hard enough for it to topple over and knock him off his balance. Groaning in pain, he reaches out one hand to blindly locate his phone on the desk. It’s an unknown number. This must be her.

He takes a deep breath, repeating two times more before he clears his throat and answers the call in the deepest, manliest, sexiest voice he can produce. “Hey, there.”

“Yo. It’s your big bro, Zeke. I left my phone at home and—why do you sound so weird?”

“Oh my God—GET OFF MY FUCKING PHONE!”

Eren shuts the line. If he missed your call because of this, he’s really going to kill him. He’s still grumbling under his breath when the phone rings again. The caller ID is still unknown. Refraining himself from grunting in protest, he picks up the call, “Zeke, for fuck’s sake, I’m gonna fucking kill you for real. I’m waiting for a girl to call me right now. If she—“

“Eren?”

Oh, wow. There you are. Calling him at three past ten pm and the first thing he said to you was his brother’s name and a string of expletives. And to think that he spent two hours practicing in front of the mirror to sound all smooth and suave, maybe even play hard to get like, “Sorry, who is this again? Oh, it’s you. I wasn’t expecting you to call me this early. What? You want to talk to me about our date? Shoot, I completely forgot about that.” He had everything planned.

“So, you’ve been waiting for me to call, huh?”

Eren knocks his head against the edge of his desk repeatedly as he says, “Not really.”

“Oh? What have you been doing then?”

“I was just… editing some photos. Touching up stuff.”

“You were touching-up stuff?”

If that first kiss of yours could be your villain origin story. This, you teasing him right now, can be his villain origin story. “Please don’t make fun of me, I’m already at my limit.”

“Dying again?”

“Probably.”

Your giggles soothe him down a little bit, making him feel less humiliated and more… serene. Which is weird, because you are also the cause of his distress. “Sorry, it took me a while to get back to you. I had, umm, family things to do.” And by family things, you meant stopping a car chase at Seventh Avenue. You’re still dressed inside your costume, actually, sitting at the edge of a skyscraper as you watch the city glimmering underneath you. “So, about that date. What do you want to do?”

Eren hates his filthy, filthy brain for coming up with ‘you’ as an answer. “I’m, uhh… I’m down with anything you want to do.”

“Oh? And what if I want to do something bad? Something… naughty.” You nibble at the corner of your lip, smirking as you wait for his response. Eren sounds like he’s choking on the other line.

“N-naughty like what?”

“I don’t know, like, cheating on my diet and stuffing my face with churros or something.”

“Oh…” You can actually hear the disappointment in his voice. “Oh, you mean that kind of naughty.”

“What kind of naughty are you thinking about?”

His face catches fire. “I’m—I’m not going to answer that.” There it is again. The most heartwarming, adorable giggle in the world that easily paints a smile on his face. “Maybe we could grab some coffee first and just see how it goes from there?”

“Hmm, I think we can do that,” you reply. “I know a coffee shop downtown that makes the best mochaccino.” We didn’t get to visit it last time because you threw up on me.

“Great.” He sounds much more relaxed now. “So, uh… Should I pick you up at your place or…?”

“Or I can just meet you at the coffee shop?” It’s too far away from my flat, and it’s faster for me to just swing by. “Let’s say at eight?”

“Okay.” His cheekbones are hurting from how wide he’s smiling. Even when he reminds himself to stop, it remains everlasting on his lips. “I’ll see you at eight, then.”

“Yeah, until then. See you, big boy.” And he can sense the smile in your voice too. “Try to keep your hands to yourself this time.”

“I wasn’t touching myself!”

The last thing he can hear before the line gets disconnected is his most favorite sound in the world, and he knows when he goes to sleep tonight, your face will stay permanently behind his closed lids. Eren sighs, throwing himself back to the bed. He’s over the moon, his body feels like floating in the air. 

It feels so good to be in love.

***

Armin Arlert has been best friends with Eren for five years. 

They met on the first day in high school when a bunch of school jocks tried to dunk Armin’s head inside the toilet bowl. Eren, who happened to be in the same bathroom—he had just finished doing number one and was washing his hands because although he might be an idiot, he was actually a very hygienic idiot—lifted his head when he saw four seniors hauling Armin’s body in the air before they pushed him inside a cubicle. The blonde boy was already on his knees, his eyeglasses cracked and tossed away to the floor when Eren stood behind them. To tell you the truth, Eren could’ve just punched one of them in the face and used the short moment of surprise to grab the nerdy boy by his collar and run away. But no. Eren, being an idiot like always, announced for the whole world to hear by saying the clichiest thing of the clichiest. 

“Hey, assholes,” he shouted dramatically as he cast his backpack to the side. “Why don’t you pick somebody your own size?” 

It was cringe. He said it as if he was starring in The Lion King. Eren could’ve just saved him without saying anything. He could’ve just kept his mouth shut, punched one guy in the face, kicked the other two in the balls, stuck a mop inside the other one’s ass, and called it a day. That would’ve been badass, peak cinema right there. But no, Eren had to be cringe. Armin knew that he, himself, was the epitome of cringe with all the outfits he was wearing (dude walked into the room dressed in Naruto’s flak jacket and orange pants), but Eren was on another level. 

Even so, his cringy line managed to garner their attention. Whirling their bodies around to see who was this dumbass who stopped them from enjoying their daily entertainment, the jocks sneered. Eren had worn his most menacing glare on his face, chin tilted up high with his fingers already curled into balls of fists, ready to fight back if needed. One of the seniors stepped forward, lips pulled back to showcase a wicked grin before he grabbed Eren by the front of his shirt.

 Then they dunked both Armin and Eren’s heads inside the toilet bowls at the same time.

“Well, I mean,” Armin said once the seniors had left the cubicle to pick another target to torture until the next period started. “At least they didn’t give us wedgies.” He handed the brunette his bottle of shampoo, one that he carried around with him every day as getting a swirlie at nine in the morning was already part of his daily routine. Eren, just like him, washed his hair and face clean.

“I’d prefer a wedgie than this, honestly,” Eren sighed, re-doing his bun even when his hair was still somewhat soaked. 

“Dude, no,” Armin argued. “I can’t stand them. Wedgies hurt my ass and my balls. I’ve got huge balls so…”

“Well, a swirlie is even more humiliating. Wedgies don’t hurt that much. Man up.”

“Yeah,” Armin snorted. “Probably because you have small balls and an equally small dick.”

“I don’t have a small dick. You do.”

“Excuse you, you low-life degenerate. I’m five point eight inches long.”

“Ha, weak,” Eren jeered. “I’m six point eight.”

“Flaccid,” Armin corrected, his nose flaring. “Erect, I’m seven point five. Ha, weak.”

Eren, turning off the tap, loomed tall above him, exuding the same level of darkness as the final boss in Dante’s Inferno. “Erect,” he said, smirking, “I’m eight point three. Try to top that, bitch.”

With his jaw dropping to the floor, Armin seethed with rage. “That is bullshit! Let me see!”

It turned out Eren did have a big dick. Armin had never felt so mortified in his entire life. Disgraced, even. Getting a swirlie was one thing, but having the only asset he was proud of demolished by a fucking stranger?

“To be fair, you do have big balls, bro,” Eren assured with a friendly pat on his shoulder. “Cheer up. It’s not the end of the world.”

This would be such a nice story to tell at their weddings when they become each other’s best man in the future. Just two bros sizing up each other’s dicks and comforting each other afterward with their heads still smelling like toilet water. 

“I fucking hate those guys,” Eren grumbled, drying the fat droplets of water off his face with some paper towels. “A bunch of assholes.”

“Yeah, what was your plan, man?” Armin asked. “Can you even fight?”

“I can, but not against four of them at the same time.”

“I know. That’s why I asked you what was your plan.”

“Do I look like a guy with a plan?” To be fair, no, he did not. 

“Why did you do it then?” The blonde man’s frown was sketched deeply upon his forehead. “You could’ve just walked away.”

“I don’t know,” Eren exhaled. “I guess I just don’t like seeing other people get bullied.”

“You have a protagonist syndrome, that’s your problem.” But Armin offered his hand, fixing his broken glasses with his index finger as he spoke, “But I admire your bravery, young man. You’re foolish, true, but brave nonetheless. My name is Armin. Armin from the clan Arlert. I feel like we can be comrades.”

Eren looked at him weirdly before he accepted his handshake. “Eren Jaeger.”

That was the beginning of their friendship. They spent, quite literally, every hour of their days together, almost as if they were conjoined twins. Although they had different personalities, they shared the same interests and complemented each other rather well. They became so close that rumors started to spread in the hallway that they were more than just friends. A girl with freckles on her cheeks named Ymir approached them and asked them to join her LGBTQ club. Armin was happy to join as he had never had someone ask him to participate in anything before, while Eren was too nice to say no (poor boy didn’t even know what LGBTQ stood for), so that certainly added more proof to the case. 

It also didn’t help when the school’s quarterback—who looked like he belonged in Tokyo Revengers with a heart kinder than Hello Kitty on her best day—Reiner Braun asked Armin, “Dude, is it true that you two fucked behind the bleachers that night after the homecoming game?” 

Armin’s answer was, “That source of information you were talking to. Did they say I was the one who fucked Eren in the ass or was it the other way around?”

“They said it was you who fucked him.”

“Well, yes, that is correct,” Armin said, pushing back his eyeglasses. “I did do that. Now you know that despite popular’s belief, I am not a bottom. I have a bigger dick and I am much manlier than him.” For someone who (self-)proclaimed to be smart, Armin didn’t make sense most of the time.

Reiner gave him a high-five, patting his back like a proud father. “Is it true you’ve got massive balls too?”

“Everything is true, Reiner. Everything is true.”

(Eren did not hear a word about this until graduation. When he did, he went into a severe depression mode for three days straight, absolutely humiliated knowing that people thought Armin was topping the fuck out of him anytime he had the chance. Eren didn’t have that much problem being mistaken as a queer—nothing’s wrong with that—or even the fact that he’d be a bottom. But him bottoming with that fucking nerd Armin Arlert as his top? Jesus Christ. Forget his traumatic past. This was probably the reason why he started his video journal in the first place.)

Now that he looked back at it, maybe that was why Eren didn’t get to find himself a girlfriend. Surely, a guy like him would’ve been popular among girls in his school if people didn’t think he loved taking it in the ass. But that’s okay. Eren never needed one back then anyway, both a girlfriend or a dick in his ass. He felt content spending most of his high school memories being cooped up in Armin’s room, playing endless amounts of games, or binging TV shows. 

Armin felt that way too. He thought his life had already peaked at that point. He got married to his favorite waifu, got to kick some random twelve-year-old’s ass in Overwatch on a daily basis, and got to laugh and be normal with his best friend, Eren Jaeger. There was nothing else he needed in the world, as long as he had his best friend with him.

Then you came along and suddenly, Eren turned into this desperate, downgraded version of Romeo who couldn’t do anything—not even finishing the first half of Assassin’s Creed without dying or crying—but talk about how angelic you were, how cute your voice sounded in his ears, how sexy your lips were and yada yada yada. 

Ugh, gross.

“Armin, I need your help!” Eren comes barging into his room, kicking the door open without permission as always. He’s carrying half of the clothes he owns in his wardrobe in his arms, almost tripping over his feet before he lays everything on Armin’s bed. “I don’t know what I should wear for tonight’s date, and I’m so stressed out right now, my balls are literally sweating. You gotta help me out!”

Armin doesn’t budge from his swivel chair, not even sparing him a glance. With his fingers still smashing his keyboard buttons, he simply replies to him with a snort, mumbling, “Stupid incel brat,” under his breath.

Eren, grabbing a black button-down shirt and a black blazer in each hand, stands right next to him. “What do you think about this? Does this outfit say I’m hot and you should totally get handsy with me?”

Armin spins around, flatly staring back at him. “Eren, you’re going on a casual coffee date not a fucking funeral.”

“Okay, what about the white suit then?”

“You’re also not going to prom. Or a wedding.”

“Oh, God, I would love to marry her.” Eren literally has the attention span of a three-year-old, easily distracted, especially when the topic involves you. Hugging his clothes to his chest, he releases a dreamy sigh. “You know what would be nice? If both of us get married somewhere near the beach where we can hear the sounds of waves as they crash against the rocks in the background—”

“The only thing that’s great from being married near the beach is to have you swept away by a fucking tsunami so we don’t have to do this sappy conversation ever again.” 

That was harsh, even Armin realizes that too, but he couldn’t help it. He hates that his best friend is turning into a lovesick fool. Eren has been a simp from day one, but it’s only getting worse by the second. It’s annoying, really, when Eren keeps changing the conversation. Suddenly, everything is all about you. Armin can be talking about the latest spin-off of Game of Thrones and Eren would be like, “You know who’s going to be a great mother of dragons? Her. Except, instead of mothering a bunch of little dragons, she’s gonna be mothering a bunch of my mini-mes.” Eren is like… the human version of Twitter right now.

But the thing with Armin is, even though he has the mouth of a pirate, he has the heart of a nun. Despite his vexation, he also wants to be happy for him. Truly. And when Eren pouts with his shoulders slumping forward and his bottom lip jutted out, what can he do? “I’m sorry,” Armin says, taking off his glasses so he can massage the bridge of his nose. “That was very mean of me to say. I didn’t mean that. I wouldn’t want you to die in a tsunami. Getting stung to death by gazillion bees? Probably. But not in a tsunami.”

Armin is putting on a facade, Eren can tell. Putting a stop to his dramatic pout, Eren leans himself against his desk, tossing his clothes back to the bed before he gives the man his full attention. “Okay, what’s wrong?” He questions. “Why do you have a stick up your ass?”

“I don’t have a stick up my ass.”

“You look like you do, Armin.”

“And how do you know? Because I look pissed? Has it never occurred to you that maybe I like having a stick up my ass?”

Eren gives him a look. “Come on, man.”

Armin heaves a defeated sigh, running a hand through his golden hair. “I’m just wondering… What happens after this?” To Eren’s surprise, the blonde male turns solemn. He’s taking away his mask and underneath it, Eren can finally see how distraught he is. “If your date goes well—and I’m sure it will—and then what? You’re gonna date her and you’re gonna spend a lot of time with her and then… What’s going to happen to us?”

Eren, not expecting the conversation to turn this way, turns stiff for a second. “Dude, what—”

“I’m just saying that,” Armin pauses to release a sharp breath. “I don’t want to sound like this, but… You’re my only friend. I know how important she is to you. I know how much you like her. But I haven’t been able to say a word to you without you making it all about her. And I’m sorry if I sound like an asshole, but I’m tired of it, dude. I’m worried that this is gonna be it for us. You’re going to live your own life, build your own family, have kids, and grow old together with your loved ones, and I’m going to live the rest of my life stuck in this hellhole, getting fatter by the day while playing fucking Overwatch with a bunch of twelve-year-old kids until I finally die from type two diabetes or worse: prostate cancer.”

Baffled by the situation, Eren can only reside in silence, observing the way Armin’s posture droops on his seat.

“I’m happy for you, Eren, I really am,” Armin wearily says, casting his gaze down to his lap, fiddling with his fingers. “But… I don’t want to say goodbye to our friendship just yet. You’re really important to me, bro. You were my first friend and you’re my only friend now. You were the first person who cared about me enough to have his head dunked inside a toilet bowl. I know I always made fun of you about it, but I really was happy when you stuck your neck out for me. No pun intended. And now, I just…” He slowly returns his gaze to his face. “I guess I just don’t want to lose you.”

There’s a little click in his brain when the dots are all connected in his head. Eren thought Armin had simply disliked you as a person—just like how he disliked everybody else, but that wasn’t it at all, was it? He’s just jealous, not of him, but of you. 

I’ve been selfish, haven’t I? Eren muses, realizing just how much he’s been constantly shoving your name down his throat instead of truly spending time with his best friend when he’s the only one Armin has. How would he feel if the roles were reversed? What if Armin started dating a girl and moved on with his life while he was still there alone in his room, waiting for a chance to play Xbox with him again? He could only imagine how lonely it would be.

“I’m sorry,” Eren says, his voice turning equally as soft. “I’m sorry for being such an asshole. And I’m sorry for ignoring you. That wasn’t my intention at all.”

Armin isn’t sure what he wanted Eren to do, but seeing him apologizing like this with regret in his eyes feels unsettling. Wearing back his glasses, he clears his throat before he returns to his computer screen. “You know what, I was just being lame. Ignore me. So, about that outfit—”

“You’ll always be my best friend, Armin,” Eren cuts him off, stunning the other boy. “Nothing will change the fact that you play a huge part in my life. You’ve always been. And I promise you that me dating her isn’t going to change a thing between us.”

Armin, now flushed, can’t stand and listen to him for a second longer. “Yeah, I got it. Let’s move on—”

“I’ll make time for you every week,” Eren continues regardless. “Every weekend, I’ll come here to crash at your place and we’ll play—”

“Dude, I get it. Drop it—”

“No, listen to me. We’ll play games until morning and watch a new season of Jujutsu Kaisen together—hell, we can even watch that shit you like with the catgirls and the tentacles—”

Armin slams his head against his keyboard. “Oh, Lord.”

“And you know what?” Eren’s eyes brighten up, his face nearly being split in half from how wide he’s grinning. “When she’s ready to marry me and have kids together, you’ll be our godparent! We’ll have a special room for you in our suburban house where you can stay as long as you want—”

“YES, I GET IT! NOW SHUT UP!” Great, now he’s screaming. His mother would probably lecture him again about dealing with his anger issues, and that’s not fair because this is completely Eren’s fault for being so fucking sappy and cringe. He’s already talking about marrying you when he can’t even decide what to wear for his first date!

But Armin, standing abruptly from his chair, blushes to his toes. His sapphire eyes are seconds away from popping out of their sockets. For a moment, they both just exchange stares but the second Armin’s thin lips twitch in a smile, their boisterous waves of laughter fill the room.

“Are we being gay right now?” Eren says, eyes turning glassy from how much he’s guffawing.

“Shut up.” Armin gives him a light kick on the shin. “Even if I were into dicks, I wouldn’t date you.”

“Really? Why not?”

“Seriously? You’re gonna ask me that question?” He flatly replies. “Gonna make us sound even gayer?”

“What, I’m a charming man.”

“You’re an asshole.” But the tiny smile Armin displays on his face is filled with nothing but the fondness he held for the man. “You don’t have to fuss about your outfit, man. You’ll look good no matter what you wear. Just be yourself.”

“Be myself?” Eren snorts. “You want me to be myself? I’m a fucking idiot.”

“True, but she has a bimbo kink.” After his little lash-out, Armin decides that he’s going to go all out at supporting his best mate today. “The stupidest you act, the horniest she gets.”

“That’s not reassuring in the slightest,” Eren grimaces. 

“Eren,” Armin puts pressure on his voice. “You’re an amazing guy, okay? You’re kind, you’re courageous, you’re funny and sweet even though you can also be annoying as fuck sometimes.”

The corner of the brunette’s mouth quirks up, an impish glint in his eyes. “Sometimes?”

“All the time,” Armin corrects with a playful roll of his eyes. “But you know, if someone as cranky as me can stand your corny ass for five years, I’m sure she would love you. I’d rather die to admit this so I’ll just say this once.” He stops tapping against his keyboards, turning around to face the other man. “You’re the greatest guy I know. So have faith in yourself. You got this.”

Armin was so serious when he said it. It was like he was trying to convince Eren to jump over a cliff to save his life when it’s really just about him choosing whether he should go with a gray shirt or a black tee. “Wow,” Eren responds, rubbing the tip of his nose. “I didn’t see that coming. The blonde boy promptly turns back to his computer, keeping himself busy as his brain couldn’t form a witty comeback to say. “So, like…” Eren begins. “Do you wanna make-out or—” He’s hit right on the face by a water bottle.

After going through twenty minutes of trying every attire he owned, Eren falls back to Armin’s bed, his groan muffled by his body pillow. “Fuck, what am I going to do? I don’t want to show up in a hoodie. What do boys usually wear on first dates anyway? What do girls wear?” He gasps when a thought enters his head. “Dude, what if she wears this cute little dress and she ties up her hair in a ponytail so I can see her neck and her baby hairs, and, like—"

“Aaaaand we’re back.” With a last tap on his keyboard, Armin pushes himself away from his desk, leaving his chair. “You want to look good? Fine, come here. I’ll show you how to look good.”

Armin takes a few strides and stops before his wardrobe, sliding the door open with one hand. “You know what’s gonna make a good impression?” He rhetorically asks, standing on his toes as he tries to reach the top drawer. “If you dress up like that dude from Attack on Titan.”

“I don’t know what that is.”

“The fact that I’m still friends with an imbecile like you is beyond me.”

“You literally just cried your eyes out, whining about how scared you were of me leaving you.”

“I didn’t cry!” Armin better be used to his teasing quickly because Eren’s not going to live this down for at least the next five years. “It’s an anime, really good. You might want to stop watching Euphoria sometimes and start watching real shows instead.”

“Now, why you gotta be rude like that.” Eren throws himself on the bed, sitting on its edge. “So, what, he’s the protagonist?” 

“Yeah. He looks just like you. Long hair, green eyes. You even have his iconic man-bun look.”

“Is this guy popular among ladies?”

“Well, they’ve been calling him Zaddy.” Armin shrugs. “Like Daddy but, you know, swagier.”

Eren’s face contorts in repulsion. “Is he a dad? I don’t want to dress up like a fat older man, bro, come on now.”

Eren is the exact reason why Armin’s mother is getting more persistent in scheduling another appointment with his therapist these days. “I mean like Daddy in the sheets, you dumbass! Not actual daddy. Well, actually, according to one theory, he is the father of—”

“I literally don’t have time to keep up with you, Armin. I’ve got a date in less than three hours.”

“Rude,” he snorts, throwing a pack of clothes still sealed inside a plastic bag. “Here. I’ve ordered this for our next anime conference but desperate times call for desperate measures, so…” He rips open the package, tossing him a beige shirt with string tassels at the collar, a pair of dark pants, and a simple black mantle. “Try them on.”

With a frown, Eren shucks off his black band tee and wears the beige shirt. Armin watches him put on his mantle with his eyebrows furrowed and his arms folded neatly on his chest, scrutinizing every little detail. “Okay, good,” Armin comments, standing right behind his friend as they both stare at their reflections in the standing mirror. “Now, raise your right hand in the air. We can add some fake wound and blood dripping down your palm later—”

“What the fuck—“

“Ssh sshh sshh, just bear with me for a second.” Armin is in his serious mode right now, and if there is one thing Eren has learned from befriending him for five years is you don’t fuck with Armin when he’s being this focused. “Now, do a frown.” Eren isn’t frowning in anger; he’s frowning in confusion because what the fuck are they even doing? It seems good enough for Armin either way. “Perfect.” The blonde boy snaps his fingers in the air. “Now say, in the deepest voice possible, ‘It’s because I was born into this world.’”

Eren draws the longest exhale. Staring flatly at the mirror, he repeats, “It’s because I was born into this world.”

“Fuck, yeah, that’s it!” Armin shouts, punching the air in victory. “Holy shit, dude, we are so gonna win the next cosplay event—”

“Jesus Christ, Armin, I’m running out of time here!”

“Okay, okay, geez.” Randomly picking up one of the shirts and jackets Eren had brought into his room, he pushes them against the other boy’s chest. “Here.”

Eren narrows his eyes suspiciously. “You really think this is okay?”

“Look, Eren, what’s important is not what you wear, but how you act in front of her. Come here, let me teach you.” Armin provides him with a little demonstration as he gives out his instructions. “Follow me. Stand with your feet close together like this.” Eren follows with an eyebrow raised in question. “Yep, like that. Now stretch both arms out to your sides, held parallel to the ground. That’s it.”

Eren blinks in confusion. “What am I doing?”

“You’re T-Posing. To assert dominance. Show that bitch who fucking owns her.”

“I’m literally never going to talk to you again.”

***

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Huge thanks to Aleks and Nissa for beta-reading this chapter for me. I love you guys forever ❤️

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I HAVE A NICKNAME HELLS YEA I’m using that on AO3 now lmfao

That answer is literally the cutest thing ever I could scream I love it so much

I love the fact that no one is aware of Vox’s actual ranking and the fact that Vox has no idea how much they actually like him. Do you think they, the sins, would ever petition for him to get to go to other rings? Especially since the sinners are put at the top ring to be easier to exterminate and they might wanna avoid that? Maybe they just try for at least a day trip? I can’t imagine it would be easy especially since Lucifer isn’t the most fond of him but I also imagine he wouldn’t break the rules, if it’s in his power, just for one sinner anyways

But also awwwwww I’d love to hear more about what each sin thinks- even if we haven’t met some yet. If you have time/feel like it of coarse! I’m just very curious and love this little universe 👀

I got an image in my head of Ozz as that meme with the guy holding the sword and the cat with the cat being Vox 😂😂 as an artist I feel contractually obligated to make that a thing now wait a minute-

I'm glad to hear you like the nickname 😭 I thought Obby was fitting for some strange reason

The sins want Vox to be able to visit other rings, but they're been unsuccessful in find a way to let him pass through the boundaries. They've never had a sinner like Vox before so they don't know which way they're supposed to go. Does he need special permission from everyone? Just Lucifer? From the whole Royal family or some type of blood sacrifice?

The reason they haven't really put in the effort yet is because Vox hasn't really expressed interest in travelling the other rings. They don't know that Vox isn't aware of his status , so they assume that he's content where he is. Vox, on the other hand, is very interested in exploring the other rings, but he assumes he isn't allowed too and he doesn't want to ask just in case it would be viewed as disrespectful

Once Vox discovers his high ranking, he will actually explore the other rings of Hell to see how his power is holding up and if he needs to change things. VoxTech would expand to the other regions, and Vox would supply jobs to the hellborn sinners. They would be under Vox's protection too- so the likelihood of them being injured or killed by others gets lowered. Papermint would also get an exception as Vox's assistant, but he would only be allowed to travel with Vox or with written approval from Vox

As for the sins!

Mammon views Vox as potential for money. Vox is incredibly rich and knows how to play into people's wants and desires to fuel his own powers and needs so Mammon respect him, but doesn't like him because Mammon things he should be the only one who is rich and in charge of people's money. Mammon doesn't mind Vox as a person. He views him as a cash cow, though, and wants to exploit Vox like a mini-attraction.

Levi likes Vox because Vox likes sea creatures and respects the creatures. When Levi discovered that Vox's favourite animal was a shark- he knew what he had to do. He created Vark by hand specifically for Vox, but also as a creature who could stand on his own in case Vox turned out to be abusive towards animals. When Vox brought Vark to the next meeting, Levi was pleased to see how well cared for the shark was and how much Vark loved Vox- it became clear to Levi that Vox was someone who deserved his powers and the pet. He likes to see Vox get jealous or possessive because he finds it humorous, and he sees himself in Vox. He uses Vark as a means of measuring Vox as a person since Vark is an excellent judgement of character.

Ozzy relies a lot on Vox for his factories, but he doesn't try to take advantage of Vox's powers. He likes Vox as a person and finds him rather charming and witty. Ozzy respects Vox as a businessman and appreciates how much Vox cares for his employees. They never talk about sex with one another because Vox gets uncomfortable quickly- but Ozzy knows about Vox's partner, and he can tell that the relationship isn't the best, but he's unaware of how bad it was. When Vox starts to date Alastor, it's a huge shift in personality and change, and Ozzy does get a bit sad because it becomes obvious to him that Vox was being abused and he blames himself for not noticing. He could sense a huge lack of lust rolling off of Vox but just fought he may not have been the most sexual. Ozzy knows now that there was a huge lack of consent, but he never brings it up to keep Vox feeling secure

Bee and Vox get along the best because they're both pretty outgoing. Vox does have some anxiety and can be bad at socializing. Bee finds him rather endearing and likes to hang out with him. Vox gets along pretty well with Bee's boyfriend, too, and the trio likes to have lunch together during the meetings. Vox supplies Bee with all the power she needs because she has helped him the most and was always there to comfort him when he needed it. Bee knew of Vox's relationship with Val, but she was asked to keep it private, and she respected his wish. Bee and Vox both like sweets, too, and sometimes Bee would bake goodies for Vox to try. Sometimes they're drugged, and sometimes they're not. After Vox starts dating Alastor- he tells her no more drugged ones- which she also respects

Lucifer finds Vox idiotic and clumsy, but he does like him. He's a firm believer that Vox could do way better than Alastor, but he doesn't meddle with Vox's personal life. Lucifer does his best to make sure that Vox is happy and content because he's worried about power outages all the time. Vox is a great source of anxiety and stress for him, but he doesn't say it outloud. He's the one that eventually tells Vox of his ranking because he finds out first that Vox thinks he's just an 'overlord.' Lucifer is embarrassed that he never told Vox, and eventually Lucifer gives Vox a charm that allows him to travel through the rings. Alastor doesn't like the charm, but he accepts it as a 'work-related item'

Satan and Vox tend to argue a lot because they're both rather hot-headed. Their arguments are usually lighthearted though and the two don't mind each other. They're not exactly friends though

Belph and Vox are mostly friends because of Bee, but they can hang out and socialize without Bee. They like to nap together sometimes, and Belph doesn't mind sharing her drugs with Vox.

I don't know a lot of Belph and Satan so sorry for the shitty explanation! As I come up with more I'll expand on it

#hazbin hotel #anonymous #vox hazbin hotel #radiostatic #hazbin hotel alastor #hazbin hotel lucifer #hazbin hotel mammon #hazbin hotel beelzebub #hazbin hotel satan #hazbin hotel asmodeus #hazbin hotel leviathan #hazbin hotel belphegor

[inkwolvesandcoffee]

TH Characters and Crochet

TH Masterlist

This concept was prompted by my new hobby and led to some very interesting (and, in my opinion, good) plot points. Henceforth, I might turn some of these wee ideas into full-fledged one-shots. For now, though, enjoy!

Tag List: @potter-solomons @buttercupsandboys @zablife @mollybegger-blog @liliac-dreamer @vir-tual @rose-like-the-phoenix @babaohhhriley @solomons-finest-rum @hoodeddreams13 @moral-terpitude @onlydeadcells @hecatemoon87 @wandawiccan60 @dreamlandcreations

Tommy Conlon

The art of crochet is an absolute mystery to him. Nevertheless, though he won’t admit it plainly since he’s been raised and trained to keep his emotions in check, he absolutely loves and adores the husky you made him.

It had been another fretful night, one that leaves you alone in the bed and him either wandering about the beach nearby or leads to a night of training at the boxing school. Either way, Tommy shut you out yet again, refusing to show you even a glimpse of the chaos he carries with him.

Later that day, the short night was followed by an equally as plagued nap. It's that he woke up before it was too late, but otherwise he'd have fallen off of the sofa and face planted into the soft carpet (which you had bought after the one time that actually did happen). Now, it’s his snuggle buddy and you’ve noticed it’s helped with the nightmares caused by his PTSD. So nowadays the silence when you come home after work is laced by soft snoring, an oddly comforting sound that stems from the most heartwarming sight.

Tommy, tightly holding on to his husky as he snuggles it. His ear phones are connected to his laptop, an ASMR video with rain sounds displayed on the screen.

Perfectly content.

At rest.

Alfie Solomons

You were already magical in his eyes, but the fact you can create stuff out of yarn makes you even more so. He still thinks your hooks look uncannily like embalming tools, but he adores the scarf you made him. He wears it whenever he can, loving the texture as well as your scent.

Alfie proudly promotes your stuff wherever he goes and helps you set up at markets. He’d like for you to do only markets in Margate and Camden so he can keep a close eye on you. However, should it be anywhere else, rest assured he’ll hang around the area and make sure you eat and drink properly. He’ll literally pop by a Prêt-A-Manger to buy lunch and deliver it to you or, as is more often the case, pull you away from your stall so you two can sit down in a coffee shop or restaurant together.

He loves it whenever you text him to provide him with photos of a new project you completed. Lastly, Alfie also always asks what you’re working on.

Forrest Bondurant

He’s actually the one who taught you how to crochet (and secretly adored how shyly you asked him to teach you). He’s a stern teacher, but a good one. Forrest is a man of many hidden talents (like baking, he makes a mean apple pie). Then again, so is his brother Howard, who is great at knitting. Jack, on the other hand, has skipped out on the creative gene though he’s been trying to teach himself how to sew.

Forrest and you do markets together. However, he mostly does the general set-up while you busy yourself with the customers. Because even though he’s very business savvy, the quiet force behind Little Moonshiners (specialized in the cutest handmade stuffies) is in fact a social disaster.

He does like talking to you, though.

(And has made you a custom wolf stuffie, which has become your all-time favourite)

Eddie Brock

Eddie and Venom alike love the stuffies you make, but V thinks his host sometimes takes his support of your hobby a bit too far. Recently, he’s asked you to teach him and ever since you’ve been trying to figure it out together. Eddie seems to finally have the basic stitches down while Venom is bordering on giving up. Not even reading the body language of his host makes him understand crochet. So he’s now your ultimate yarn spinner.

Eddie, on the other hand, has become a little competitive. Though he tries to be inconspicuous, you occasionally catch him glancing your way in an attempt to estimate whether your way of crocheting a certain project is more efficient and neater than his. To this extent, he proposes to try a new pattern together (and compare the results).

He does admit, without a second’s doubt, you’re the queen of plushies.

Eddie loves the journaling aspect of it too. He keeps a neat and very minimalist journal. Well, he tries to be minimalist and objective (as his work has taught him to be), but often finds himself writing about you, pondering your opinion on his works.

And Venom loves to tease him about said entries by mentioning them to you.

Farrier

He’s loath to admit it, but he can’t help but think of his Nan whenever he sees you crochet. The confession almost slipped out when you gave him a cream coloured crocheted turtleneck sweater for Christmas, the reason you puzzled him with taking measurements three months earlier. And it’s this turtleneck he wears quite often and takes with him whenever he’s sent abroad.

Because your scent lingers in it, mixed with his.

Because it’s a piece of home.

It’s you when you aren’t there.

And it’s the only thing that’ll prevent him from crying when he's so far from home it feels like his heart is torn apart at the seams.

Reggie Kray

Reggie loves to watch you work. He doesn’t need to understand it, finding perfect contentment in seeing you absolutely absorbed in your projects. He’s simply happy to plop you in his lap and rest his head on your shoulder, though that does little to help you focus on the pattern or the tutorial you’re watching.

He gives the best hand massages too! Whether you asked for one or not, Reggie will give you one regardless after you’ve put the hook down for the time being. Sometimes he even stops you after a certain period of time, knowing how your tight grip can cause your hand to cramp after carefully observing you for a while.

Although he does not say it whenever the topic comes up, he will blatantly admit when riled up enough that part of the reason he wants out of the gangster life is to permanently give you the peace and quiet that surrounds you whenever you crochet.

And stills his inner storm.

Also, have a wee treasure I accidentally found😉

#Alfie Solomons #Alfie Solomons imagine #Peaky Blinders #Peaky Blinders imagine #Venom #Eddie Brock #Tommy Conlon #Forrest Bondurant #Farrier #Reggie Kray

[halfmoth-halfman]

the end of march is here, so we've got a new monthly fic rec list!!

just like last month, this is only for fics that i read and were also written this month. if you wanna see more of my fic recs and favs, i have em all organized on my recs blog, here!

and as always, if you have any fic recs of your own, feel free to send em my way here or on my sideblog - i love finding new fics and writers!

Alex Keller

blood on my hands - @uselsshuman

✧ two of my favorite things: alex keller and emma's fics! alex being a great caretaker and having friends everywhere is amazing. this is the perfect fic to scratch my alex itch!

Joel Miller

to think i'd forgotten - @mvtthewmurdvck

✧ i don't think there will ever come a day when i am not completely blown away by just how good anything jo writes is. doesn't matter the fandom or character, everything is absolutely top tier and this joel fic is no exception.

John Price

the five times - @halcyone-of-the-sea

✧ a fic i couldn't put down and even after i finished it, i had to read it a million more times. i already love price, but this fic only made me love him more and the writing???? i literally have no words for how good this is.

a handful of birthdays - @mvtthewmurdvck

✧ one of my favorite price fics ever. such a cute and fun way to show a relationship evolving over time and written so beautifully. this is definitely a fic i reread whenever i need a pick-me-up.

in dreams - @yeyinde

✧ the day i don't immediately fall in love with one of lev's fics is the day i die. there should be a museum dedicated to her fics because every single one is a piece of art.

gravity - @soapskneebrace

✧ drunk shenanigans are always a fun time, and price being a gentleman at the end is the perfect cherry on top of this well-written sundae.

afternoon coffee - @lunarvicar

✧ another spectacular addition to the mothiverse! price being a mother hen is too perfect and him demanding moth lick the spoon again even more so. i may be a bit biased, but the mothiverse is one of my fav price series and every addition just makes me love it more and more.

John "Soap" Mactavish

sweet melodies - @johnnytavish

✧ everything i've ever wanted and more. i'm a sucker for singer!reader and this is so perfect. the teasing from her and the rest of the 141? amazing. the reader being a siren on stage? fantastic. this entire fic? perfection.

Kyle "Gaz" Garrick

gossamer silk smiles - @halcyone-of-the-sea

✧ whoever the anon was that requested this is doing the lord's work because i have never read a more perfect gaz fic in my life. perfect doesn't even begin to cover it. i love this fic with every fiber of my being and every piece of my soul.

kiss prompts || kiss 39: last kiss before dying | kiss 3: forehead kiss | kiss 13: morning kiss - @cowboybxtch

✧ do you want to have your heart broken into a million pieces and then put together with the cutest and most wholesome fluff you've ever read? then these kiss prompts are for you! i know i say fics are beautifully written a lot, but there's no other way to describe this little series. they're beautiful. gorgeous. stunning.

König

overflow the stars - @halcyone-of-the-sea

✧ listen, i'm not a könig girlie, but this fic right here? chef's kiss. i swear, there isn't a single character that hal can't make me love. everything she writes, every character she writes for is so well done, her talent floors me.

Leon Kennedy

in my veins - @uselsshuman

✧ did i create a resident evil section in my fic recs just for this fic? yes, yes i did. and i have absolutely no regerts because i love this fic and i will never be normal about any of the amazing stuff emma writes.

Multi Characters

141 sleeping headcanons - @maes-chocolate-cookie

✧ this is so cute and i love it. they fit the characters so well, especially price sleeping with a thick blanket no matter the temperature. i feel that on a deep level.

Simon "Ghost" Riley

sassy series || grocery list | cough - @peachesofteal

✧ i saw the words soft dad!simon and was immediately sold. then i read the rest of the fic and felt my heart clench at how goddamn cute this entire series is. "Simon is a good partner and dad I will be taking no questions." you're right, peach, and you should say it.

something tells me, i'm going to love you forever - @mvtthewmurdvck

✧ no words, just this:

your blood on his hands - @vesper-tinus

✧ i had to take a lap around my living room after i read this. this fic killed me. it destroyed me in the best way possible. "Maybe in the next life." how dare you do that to me but also i love it so much.

happiness series || a late night last minute request | four - @lethalchiralium

✧ more for one of my favorite family man simon riley series! the interactions between simon and his kids always get to me, this is such a soft and wholesome series even when it hurts.

pi day - @kioplama

✧ went in for a cute little fic for pi day, came out blushing and tearing up over "Professor Riley". really, really cute and the reaction to simon pulling out a ring made me laugh.

about someone, that isn't you - @mvtthewmurdvck

✧ this fic killed me. absolutely wrecked me. completely destroyed me. jo is too good at the angst and making me feel and getting me all caught up in my emotions. i don't know how she manages to create such stunningly painful fics, but it's a skill to be admired. i don't think I'll ever get tired of how good her fics hurt.

you wake up together - @ninetailedfoxmanchi

✧ lazy morning fics are the best. something about the pure domestic bliss and reading about ghost being calm and happy just sends my heart sailing.

untitled - @blackssuunn

✧ a lovely fic with simon being a big softy. as someone who mostly writes and reads fluff, this is top tier, grade a, perfectly written fluff and all i want to do is curl up and reread this fic over and over.

cuddlebug - @saltycurry

✧ self-indulgent tooth-rotting fluff? sign me tf up. i am absolutely here for it and i loved every word of this fic. i know there's a theme of super fluff in these recs, but i won't apologize for it when i get cute fics like this to read all day.

a good man - @halcyone-of-the-sea

✧ this is gonna be another picture because i can't find the words to explain how much i adore this fic and i feel like my emotions are best described like this:

#moth fic recs #fave fics #monthly fic recs

[muzumi-san]

Ace Attorney: 100Q Ask Meme

(If anyone sees the similar Ask Meme for DR, I did not rip them off, they were literally created by me too.)

1. Favourite Attorney?

2. Favourite Prosecutor?

3. Favourite Assistant?

4. Favourite Witness?

5. Favourite Culprit? 

6. Favourite Antagonist (in the role of the antagonist! e.g Edgeworth in AA1 counts but only in AA1.)

7. Favourite Design?

8. All time favorite character?

9. Least favourite character?

10. Favourite trial from all the games?

11. Least favorite trial?

12. Who would you want to defend you in court? (assuming everyone had a badge)

13. Favourite minor character?

14. Character you have the most headcanons about?

15. Random headcanon you can share?

16. Which culprit would you trust to help you break out of prison?

17. Case with the best cast?

18. Game with the best cast?

19. What do you think about the Ace Attorney Anime?

20. Did you ever write fanfiction for Ace Attorney? If so, which one is your best piece

21. Did you ever read fanfictions? Which one is your personal recommendation?

22. Your OTP?

23. Your BROTP?

24. Your OT3?

25. Favourite rare pair?

26. What character do you think is underrated?

27. What character do you think is overrated?

28. Prettiest character?

29. Cutest character?

30. Character you’d push off a cliff with no hesitation?

31. Character you wish was playable?

32. Character you wish to see return?

33. Favourite sibling dynamic?

34. Favourite biological sibling dynamic?

35. Smartest murder plan?

36. Prettiest eyes?

37. Culprit that came as the biggest surprise to you?

38. Plottwist that came as the biggest surprise to you?

39. Honest opinion on Larry Butz?

40. Honest opinion on Phoenix Wright?

41. Honest opinion on Athena Cykes?

42. Unpopular opinion?

43. Favourite OST?

44. Did you play Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright? What do you think about it?

45. Someone who would’ve made a fun prosecutor but isn’t?

46. Character you thought you were gonna dislike but loved in the end?

47. Character you thought you would like but disliked in the end?

48. Random fact people tend to forget that you wanna remind us of?

49. Victim you would’ve liked to see more of? (Not e.g. victim of the second case of the first game. A victim we haven’t seen basically anything of!)

50. Favourite moment?

51. Saddest moment?

52. Funniest moment?

53. Your personal dumbest moment while playing?

54. The moment you felt the smartest while playing?

55. Two characters you’d like to meet?

56. Two characters you’d like to meet with one from AA one from another verse?

57. Which character would you never want to meet in real life?

58. Which character would you like to meet in real life?

59. Choose one character you would take on a trip.

60. Character you relate to?

61. Character who is a little too similar to you for comfort?

62. Character you relate to but dislike?

63. Favourite quote?

64. Character who deserved better?

65. Outfit you’d like to wear?

66. What do you think of the fandom?

67. A character everyone else hates but you like even though you understand the hate that they get?

68. Describe Apollo Justice in 3 words!

69. Describe Klavier Gavin in 3 words!

70. Describe Dahlia Hawthorne in 3 words!

71. New Games or OG trilogy? Which do you prefer?

72. Do you like the Investigations games?

73. Do you like the Great Ace Attorney games?

74. Character you would hug?

75. Character you would kiss?

76. Describe every game you’ve played in one word!

77. What was the game you’ve played first?

78. Who or what got you into AA?

79. How long have you been in the fandom?

80. What case was the one that got you actually hooked?

81. Recommendations you have for others who also enjoy AA?

82. Was there a point in your life where AA made you want to choose a certain profession?

83. Character that you keep forgetting exists?

84. Character you’d like to buy ice cream for?

85. Which character would you introduce to your parents?

86. Which character would you introduce to your therapist?

87. 3 characters you would have a sleepover with?

88. You have to rob a bank. Which 2 characters do you choose as your partners in crime?

89. Which character do you think could win a talent show? Which one? Elaborate all you want on why, too.

90. Your NOTP?

91. Who would you trust to cook the menu for your wedding?

92. Was any character ever your icon, lock screen etc.?

93. Ship you feel like deserves more attention even though your not into it that much?

94. Your first ship?

95. Which character would you redesign?

96. Which case would you like to experience first hand?

97. Best non-human character? (Bobby Badger, Steel Samurai etc.)

98. Which character do you trust the least to pick out a movie for a movie’s night?

99. Which character would you not want on your wedding even though you like them?

100. Phoenix Wright or Miles Edgeworth? Who do you like better?

#ace attorney #ask meme #maya fey #pearl fey #phoenix wright #dick gumshoe #gyakuten saiban #the great ace attorney #mia fey #simon blackquill #nahyuta sahdmadhi #Franziska von karma #sebastian debeste #kay faraday #miles edgeworth #Larry butz #godot #gyakuten kenji #kazuma asougi #klavier gavin #kristoph gavin #aai2

[barramundi]

my twilight princess journey: enemies to lovers apparently

A few days ago I beat the legend of zelda: twilight princess for the first time ever!! and man...... i am not okay (positive)

I've always been a HUGE zelda fan, ever since I was a little kid. i literally can't remember a time I didn't have zelda in my life. so much i used to spend all day long playing majora's mask with my older sibling and i remember how i knew there were other zelda games but i thought all of them would look like oot/mm... and then twilight princess was announced. and i thought that was the most beautiful game I had ever seen. i fell in love with midna and i thought link was just so handsome and cool... unfortunately i never owned a gamecube and apparently my sibling was not really interested in twilight princess, so... time went by and i never had the chance to play it.

and then, back in 2012, 10 years late, 14 year old me heard of the wind waker for the first time. i immediately fell in love with the art and i HAD to play that game. i owned a Wii at the time and i remember feeling disappointed realizing WW was for the gamecube but then FEELING EXCITED REALIZING THE WII COULD PLAY GAMECUBE GAMES. i fought really hard to be able to play the wind waker. and i did!!! i played it way too much probably. i always say it's at least my top 2 zelda. sometimes even top 1, only losing to majora's mask.

and twilight princess remained unnoticed........ until I noticed it... negatively

back in the day people used to hate a lot on the wind waker because of the graphics and art style. and what they would compare it to to say the graphics sucked?? twilight princess. "TP good dark mature awesome!!! WW bad stupid kiddy game!!" UGH i was outraged. i had to stand up for my favorite game!!! before i even noticed, i already hated twilight princess.

i had some (bad) reasons like being under the impression that TP was trying way too hard to be dark and gritty and realistic and that it took itself so seriously it made it look stupid. and i would compare it to majora's mask's effortlessness in creating a depressing but beautiful atmosphere without having to be visually dark. "TP wants to be MM soooo bad it's embarrassing hihihi!!!" oh shut up you never played it, weirdo!!!!

anyways, fast forward to may 2023. nintendo releases tears of the kingdom and with it apparently the end of the old zelda format. i was so devastated and sad... ever since botw, i was hoping for a new old-fashioned zelda game; and now it would never come... but still i was longing to play a zelda game. i wanted to GET THROUGH DUNGEONS, SOLVE PUZZLES, DO COOL SIDEQUESTS FOR FUNNY CHARACTERS!!! but i didn't want to play the ones I had already played again... i wanted something new... but what!!!

i looked at twilight princess, twilight princess looked at me.... i thought "welp... i guess I wouldn't be able to run from you forever". and off i went to hyrule... or rather, to ordon village

at first I was sincerely shocked by how much TP felt like the wind waker. same engine, similar combat (but greatly improved), same sound effects, the yellow rupee... i was jokingly saying it was the wind waker's evil twin lmao

when i got to the first dungeon, it finally hit me: through all these years, what the FUCK did I think twilight princess was gonna be other than... *SHOCK*... A NORMAL ZELDA GAME?????

A VERY GOOD ZELDA GAME???? T-THE BEST ONE????

remember all that talk about trying way too hard to be dark and gritty?? dude. what the fuck. this game is fucking adorable. midna is SO cool in a sweet way, the songs are great and honestly this is my favorite link ever. i always looked at him being marketed as a MANLY MAN THE MOST AGGRESSIVE REALISTIC LINK GGRRRR LOOK AT HOW DEEP HIS VOICE IS!!!! reality: he is the cutest link. literally the cutest most adorable link. bless him forever. i want to hug him so bad............. i am going to pass out (positive)

also midna and zelda. they are dating.

so yeah, there i was having an absolute blast with this game. it has the best dungeons I've ever seen. (except for lakebed temple. i hate lakebed temple. good thing arbiter's grounds is the best dungeon in the entire franchise.)

anyways I got to temple of time and then my PC fucking gave up and i had to go get it fixed; i lost all my progress and cried myself to sleep but then i pulled myself together and went through it all over again. and i would do it again. because i love this game. i finally beat it 5 days ago and i can't stop thinking about it. might just as well start another run honestly

twilight princess has now surpassed most zelda games I've played and is comfortably sitting under majora's mask and the wind waker as my 3rd favorite zelda game. but there is a twist: i haven't played MM and WW in years and i kinda needed to play them again just to confirm or change my ranking. the problem is that i just don't feel like playing them. 'cause i just want to play twilight princess!!!

so yeah, with a new personal record of 17 years of delay, it still feels kinda weird to say that twilight princess might just be my favorite zelda game ever. 🙏

that's it bye

#the legend of zelda #tloz #twilight princess #zelda #zelda tp #zelda twilight princess #long post #video games #legend of zelda midna #midna #midna x zelda #link

[spaceyhiyyihlight]

FINAL TWINKLING WATERMELON POST but i just have to say, as much as i fucking loved this show, three main things made me mad

the female characters seemed like an afterthought. Chungah, Sekyoung, and Eunyoo all had such interesting stories and i WISH we spent more time with them. Chungah literally stole everyone's heart immediately and had all the makings of a main character: she's the quiet daughter of an absent but kindhearted rich CEO complete with family, school, and boy drama, and her SON FROM THE FUTURE is there?? but they barely spent any time with her, and her family storyline wrapped up entirely too easily. ntm what even happened to Sekyoung and Eunyoo? Eunyoo basically had TWO moments the entire show where she actually did something that would help Sekyoung, and then we never even got to see Sekyoung in 2023 to see if her life changed. they had ONE scene together in 1995 and it was so fucking good, i wish we saw more of them. there would've been time for them, too, if there wasn't so much time spent on the fuckass love triangle and Yichan flopping at creating the band. PLUS Chungah and Sekyoung's friendship was the cutest thing ever and i miss them 😖

the big lesson Eungyeol spent all his time and effort to learn was... he shouldn't tread his family like a burden? are you fucking kidding me? Eunho could've gotten that through to him in one deep conversation in 2023. it was ridiculously anticlimactic that that's all he learned from that whole experience. i was HOPING he would learn to stop seeing his dad as a pitiful little puppy dog that was wimpering after being shot in the eye, but NO! he spent the entire fucking show obsessing over Yichan's hearing as if his life would be completely ruined once it was gone. i kept waiting for him to finally see deaf Yichan as a HUMAN. it felt like every time he had an eye opening moment that humanized Yichan it was specific to things he didn't do as an adult anymore: he's talking 🥺🥺 he's singing 🥺🥺 he's playing guitar 🥺🥺 that's an 18 year old kid! what about your actual dad?? he also experiences joy and feels emotions and has interests. i wanted him to learn to accept Yichan as he existed without Eungyeol's meddling, but i guess he had to be a cool, wealthy rockstar to have a happy ending for whatever reason.

what the fuck happened to THE BUTTERFLY AFFECT?? i thought it was adoreable that Yichan and Chungah fell in love even in a time before Yichan was deaf, but everything else just pissed me off. no fucking way EVERYTHING that made the structure of their futures sound just happened. Eunyoo was right, Chungah and Yichan would've had kids earlier if they met younger than they were meant to. Eunho and Eungyeol probably wouldn't have existed, and even if they did, NO FUCKING WAY Yichan and Chungah named their son "Ha Eungyeol" after having a friend in their youth who habitually called them mom and dad, and then watched that son grow up to look EXACTLY LIKE that friend and never talked to him about it. ntm the other band members finding him vaguely familiar as if Eungyeol wasn't a band member and a pivotal part of their origin story. and they had pictures together. ouuu this made me so mad

#twinkling watermelon #final thoughts #SEASON FINALE 🥳🥳🥳 #rant

[rrcenic]

about me !!!

basically im like if kaveh had a dad

hi i’m nic!! he/him, ftm, gay, and polyamorous. dating the cutest handsomest silliest dude ever @lord-of-the-bundle-of-sticks <33

im 15! audhd + bpd + anxiety + depression. been on t for a year

i stole my personality from ben balmaceda

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dni if ur an asshole its not that hard to be kind to people :)

my youtube account (i upload animatics and short animation shitposts here)

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i like ships (im deranged about gay people) especially haikaveh tartali and diluven

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main interests: genshin and lord of the flies

other things: les mis, dead poets society, hazbin, spto, good omens, enders game, mcr

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-i post about triggering topics

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pssst, if you’ve made it this far, go follow/check out these people:

@cissyenthusiast010155 my cousin, the dysfunctional sherlock to my mom friend watson. has a lesbian army and enjoys tall women

@alreadykindled my other cousin! though i rarely see them irl, it’s so lovely to stay in touch on tumblr :)

@casimirt cannot stress enough how much i adore them. they’re so sweet and kind and their writing!! it’s incredible!! they always have something silly or sweet to say and everyone should go send em some love and support right now!!

@mnemosynthetic she is unhinged and i am here for it <3

@peachtaglia grrr such a cool person!! cannot stress how amazing it is to have a mutual who’s into genshin, good omens, AND lotf!! very fun to chat w

@mccall-me-maurice / @toddreblogslotf / @todd-anderson-trash always creating beautiful art and being an amazing friend <3

@saturns-ringg talented and sweet and kind! the number one mitski stan

@that-other-fruity-emo always ready to be a strong friend or to just interact! creates so much content and is always online

@grumpyheartbear i adore living vicariously through cal and cat’s silly stories of their amazingly cool lives

@twinknightmare thanjk you for reblogging this bc it reminded me that i completely forgor to tag you lmao

@candle-buds so mad that i forgot to add you to this list bc you genuinely have some of the most amazing art i’ve ever seen. it makes me very happy

@kunfire epic lotf posts!!

@charli3emily they accidentally deleted their old account sobs,,,

@felixfeliccis i like ur silly comics and your little creatures :)

@haythenonwolf @wyntercrystal9 fellow grippy socks survivors, heads full of musical theatre lyrics. psyched to be mutuals (i love dumb puns). miss you guys.

@orel-missing ur dps art inspires me so much <33 i literally adore ur ideas about characters

@thatdumbgoth <333

@cowboylexapro i love chatting w you!!! you have amazing anderperry headcanons

@hhyphae thank you for being very kind :) i hope to be closer w you in the future and like being your friend very much

@kenonade ILY AND UR ART ITS SO GOOD AAAAAH

@br4e1yn you.r art skills,,,,, hhhhng they are very very good ,,,,

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@lord-of-the-bundle-of-sticks THE COOLEST!!

@nickwildelvr childe slander <333

@imlight amazing artist grrrrrr

#introduction #nics stuff #my art #about me

[lesbianrobin]

I love young strangers but I'm caught up and I've read all your other stuff, do you have any fic recs? I love your fics so much :)

thank you!! if you haven't already read all of her stuff, i recommend everything written by my friend sarah @steveharrington!! her ao3 is birthdaycandles and literally everything she's ever written is an absolute banger. if you like my stuff you will Love her and if you've read all of my fics but not hers i think that is a travesty and you better get on that immediately.

some great under-appreciated fics of hers: run for your children, for your sisters and brothers (steve lucas and robin. that is literally all i have to say it's about STEVE LUCAS AND ROBIN why haven't you clicked yet), strung through the tether (THEE stobin platonic soulmate fic), & seriously slipping out of control (steve and robin beg eddie to give them impulsive trauma tattoos immediately after starcourt).

idk what ships/characters ur most into so i'm just gonna focus on recs that are gen/ship-lite and oneshots bc i feel like that's what most of my fics are? so if you like my fics hopefully you'll like these bc i think they are all wayyy better than my fics but with similar vibes dkvjfjcn.

windowsill is a story focusing on max's recovery after s4. steddie is there, but the story itself is really about max and her healing and finding herself in the wake of trauma, and i think everybody should read it because it's gorgeous.

similarly, no, i'm not afraid to disappear explores erica's trauma in the wake of s4, how it sets her apart from her friends, and how she uses D&D to work through some of that trauma. there is NOT enough erica-centric fic out there and this one really gives her all of the love and complexity and attention she deserves.

you can put it all on me, you can laugh and you can bleed is a classic Steve Harrington Gets The Care And Love He Needs After Getting The Living Shit Kicked Out Of Him fic, and it has multiple perspectives (including officer callahan who is a hoot) that create a rich picture and make it all feel real. it isn't just about steve, it's also about all of the kids, their fears and trauma in the immediate aftermath of s2, and it's so fucking precious. literally the cutest shit ever.

strange (but not a stranger) is a mike-centric fic set after s4 that like. single-handedly saved mike's character for me. like s1-2 mike was my BABY and s3 i was kinda eh about him and in s4 i felt like i barely recognized him but this fic reached right into my heart and said You Will Love Mike Wheeler Again He Is Still Your Baby. mike is so messy and angry and lost in this fic and he feels like a flesh and blood teenager who's been through a lot and i think this fic deserves So much more attention.

don't imagine you're too familiar is a s4 aftermath fic focused on robin, steve, dustin, and eddie. this fic Gets steve and robin they are soooo platonic soulmates coded in this (as they should be) and i love it. also some steddie. as a treat.

unlike the others on here, adventures in babysitting a psionic isn't a oneshot, it's 59k words and SO WORTH READING. it's about steve babysitting el in the space between s2 and s3. it's definitely canon divergent but it's not a huge Plot Deal it's mostly about el and steve building an incredibly sweet friendship, and they both get a lot of complexity, care, and emotional development that i love. their relationships with the other characters are also given attention and it's just like... so cozy and sweet. it's simply precious.

so that's it for now! sorry if the formatting of this was weird i'm on mobile dkcjdjc i hope you haven't already read all of these and thank you again for being so kind ab my fics!!

#asks #stranger things #fic recs #em talks