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polzkadotz · 4 years

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Asas reread their fics - ftayc - part 4

And we’re back to rereading this fic!!!! last chapter i reread was the 7k monster of chapter 3, and this one... oh. Oh, this is also 7k?

wowie

if you want a spoiler to interest you, here we go lmao

we begin with this author’s note bc I don’t think I ever really talked about it here on my tumblr???

It was sort of my first time being recommended, really. I had noticed that my hit count had gone up substantially and I couldn’t understand it, but it was nice??? and then i found the post on the library and I was like Oh. I See.

Whoever it was that recommended me, thank you. Seriously.

But enough mushy-wushy, let’s tackle this giant.

We begin with this exchange, which...

I was trying to be funny and this still makes me smile so at least I amuse myself lmao

Neil needs to free himself of the plot device I pulled out of nowhere and he taps into his reserves of power that he has hid away for, basically, forever. One thing that I wish I had made more clear, which was basically the vitriol going through my mind as I wrote this fic, was that Neil had been cutting himself of his powers and how powerful he was for a fucking long time because

1) he bought into his mom’s reasoning that his father was simply Not Someone They Could Face and Win

2) he had made himself fit into a mold that would “make him survive” but, by doing so, he basically chained himself to a fraction of the three-dimensional person he used to be, which made meeting Jean and finding out that he had become a pet god for a human even worse because Neil could see all the ways they were similar but Neil had been doing that shit to himself voluntarily.

Originally, when I thought about making Neil a god in this fic, I did think about modeling him out of an existing god but also, the more I thought about it, the more I wanted to make him be someone who was struggling with letting himself be what he was with his full-potential. Someone who had been cutting himself back for so long he had basically lost whatever sense of personhood he used to have. Someone who had started to get tired of cutting parts of himself and forgetting what he used to be so he would survive for--

What? Survive for what? Neil eventually realized he hadn’t been a person for too long and as long as his father was alive, he would never feel safe to be.

Now that I think about it, Neil was very much me working through my own shit about trying to live as myself at the same time that I had different versions of past me struggling with the person I was becoming. The person I wanted to be.

Anyway, back to the story.

There’s a throwaway paragraph where I sort of tease that Andrew’s dragon is becoming "hungry” and it was basically me trying very hard to foreshadow that the priest thing was going to happen lmao

After battling for two paragraphs against the thought of creating a new priest, Neil gets them back on track to go as far away as its possible for both dragons flying.

Nicky tries to get Neil to talk about the god thing, and I like how I made it clear that even being reminded that he had been a god was something conflicting to Neil.

And then we get to the part where Neil suddenly remembers that he has a lot more money than what he had previously said in the first few chapters, but who cares about plot consistency, am I right? Does it show that this fic was edited hastily? Because I can guarantee that it was :3

They stop in Mumbai, I think (the place is not important for past Asas and honestly... can’t say that’s changed lol). Nicky tries to get Neil to talk more about being immortal and stuff. Neil gives a bit of backstory, as a treat, and Kevin reveals what he knows, as a threat I guess lmao

I kind of imply that Neil only had one priest, which... I remember is not what I put in the sequel.............. so I do recommend you reread your fics before writing a new piece, wink-wink

OH MY GOD I MADE NICKY ASK WHY NEIL’S ENGLISH “WASN’T WEIRD” AND THEN I REPLIED WITH A SENTENCE THAT WAS BASICALLY STRUCTURED WITH PORTUGUESE GRAMMAR AND SOUNDS VERY WRONG IN ENGLISH

Asas... my god, Asas.

Anyway, after a lot of questioning, they eventually go to sleep and, when Neil wakes up from a nightmare, he has his daily fairy tale dose from Andrew, who’s also awake. I gotta be honest, I don’t even remember that fairy tale but it explains the Aaron, Andrew and Tilda.

After everybody wakes up from their naps, they go to their last destination: Tokyo.

Wait lemme check:

when did they leave Mumbai in my story?

when did they reach Tokyo?

yeah, that math totally checks out.

Whatever. As they arrive in Tokyo, Neil splurges even more money on a hotel for the whole crew, even though they had been pretty not nice to him as a whole lmao. But! The boy believed he was going to die, so what was he going to do with all that money?

Nothing, so he programmed an email to be sent to Andrew with the info for some of his bank accounts and fucked off to try and find what his mother had stolen.

Neil gets on a ferry that will take six hours to reach the island where is the volcano that his mother had made him hide his father’s immortality. Neil got nekkid because he wanted to have clothes when he got out of the volcano, you know?

(Also, yes, I’m gonna ignore the other time inconsistency from his travel inside Japan, I was very much pressured by the whole “got recommended on the library” okay, you can judge me through those lenses)

Unfortunately, for him, he wasn’t alone when he finally climbed out of the volcano.

Fortunately for him, this Ichirou Moriyama doesn’t want his father, who is very much interested in becoming immortal, to actually become immortal. Neil explains the whole immortality thingy (I found some typos and honestly? I shan’t fix them. It adds character) and Ichirou subtly kicks Neil’s clothes closer to him, which... I get it, my guy. It’s kind of difficult to have an intimidating conversation when someone’s bits are out and about.

As they are trying to hash out their problem -- as in, Neil’s father told them that Neil’s immortality would be viable to cure Kengo --, Andrew appears blowing his ball of flames onto both of them, and Neil uses his powers to create a pocket that repels the fire, so it doesn’t touch him or Ichirou.

(Why didn’t he use those powers on his clothes, as well? Dunno, don’t poke at my plot too much or it will definitely crumble right into your face, you’re gonna inhale too much dust and die from fandom toxicity, AND THAT’S NO WAY TO REACH A GOOD DEATH)

btw:

Neil, my dude. The dragon thought you were in danger? Chill out???

Neil rages for a few seconds but quickly turns that into a situation to ask Moriyama for his protection against his father, since Neil just technically saved his life.

Oh, and if you think “Uhhh, why would Neil even believe that Ichirou would keep his word?”

Don’t worry, I gotchu:

Ichirou agrees with the deal, for plot reasons. Since he got a deal out of it kind of easily, Neil thinks, “Wait a minute. If I give my father’s immortality to this Moriyama, literally passing the hot potato around, then the Moriyamas won’t be after me for an immortality, my father probably won’t be immortal and come after me as the death machine he used to be and I might be able to use it to free a certain god????”

So Neil uses his father’s immortality to bargain for Jean’s freedom, and he doesn’t wait for Moriyama’s response for that one. He simply hops onto dragon!Andrew’s back and they fly away into the... sunset? Sunrise? Don’t ask me, I clearly can’t keep track of the time passage in my fics.

And this is the end of the chapter!

Let me say something that I hope will be quick: this chapter felt much better written to me then the other three. It’s shaky in places, definitely, and it could’ve gone through a more severe round of editing, but I can certainly feel the positive outcomes of the pressure I felt after my work got a shout-out. This fic had been pretty much geared towards myself, so writing about the world-building wasn’t my focus at all in the other three chapters. In this one, I try to at least explain some concepts I came up with which???? Go me??????

I still wish I had taken the time to work on this entire fic to make it as close to what I had in my head, but in a comprehensive form for the attention that it got, you know? I mean, from the ashes you crawl is still my most everything -- most kudos, hits, comments, bookmarks... It deserved so much better but also... I like that it feels rough? I like that it can clearly help to contrast the growth of my style or whatever?

It was written after a long, long writer’s block, and it only got edited and posted because I decided to participate in an event for a different fandom and it got me excited about writing again.

Anyway, I’ve talked too much. Here’s to hoping I can contain myself in the next posts lmao

#rereading #fic: from the ashes you crawl #fic: ftayc #dragon!andrew #dragon!andrew minyard #god!neil #asas reread their fics #god!neil josten #all for the game #all for the game fic #aftg fics #andrew minyard #neil josten #my fics #tfc fics #my writing

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mx-bebe31-blog · 6 years

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Criminal!Kihyun

Criminal!Kihyun AU

Laundering Money (more serious than you think in this au lmao)

Warnings? Badass Protag against Too Cocky Kihyun

Ft. Jooheon!!

Kihyun barely looks like the kind of person who would introduce himself as a mattress company owner

But he does,,,

He thinks it’s less suspicious if he first tells someone he owns his own chain of businesses across the ocean

But on his business card it says in matte lettering

Restonic Mattress Company - CFO, Yoo Kihyun

And no, that’s not a typo on the card

Kihyun likes to play his cards right,,, and while he knows being CEO is impressive to anyone,,,

CFO gives him the luxurious life he lives every day

Chief. Financial. Officer.

Kihyun is entrusted with the most important part of any business

Cold hard cash

He tracks cash flow, does the financial planning, and analyzes the company’s strengths and weaknesses when it comes to corrective actions

But while Restonic may be their company name, there is a much darker surface that Kihyun’s fingertips touch

It certainly is a registered business and qualified company, but Kihyun knows that he doesn’t need customers in his stores to make the money he does

The money he receives every two weeks is dirty, and he knows this

It’s laundered.

He takes the vast amounts of money he makes from drug trafficking and sex selling - and he turns it into legitimate money that no one can question him about

He can spend it how he wants without banks or law enforcement questioning him

And even if Wall Street didn’t already take dirty money, he can still invest in stock

He feels like he’s a winner every day

He wakes up in silk sheets and smirks at himself in the mirror knowing he can beat the system

That is,,, until you come running along

You’re not stupid and you’re not just a crazy conspirator

You know that Restonic isn’t exactly the most popular mattress place

You’ve never even seen one in person, yet when you look up where there are Restonic’s near you, a dozen results pop up in the range of 40 miles

You think that’s strange because there should be maybe two within 40 miles of each store

There’s not that much of a demand for mattresses - especially with the internet now

I mean,,, who goes to buy a mattress anymore? Unless you really really need one,, one mattress will last one person at least a better half of ten years if not that much

So you think something’s up

But you don’t know what you can exactly do about it either,,,

Especially when you’ve done a little digging on the CEO, COO, and,,, the CFO

You can’t lie, you really haven’t heard of a CFO before, but seeing the profile picture of someone named Yoo Kihyun made you want to get answers

He looked smug,,, with that little position title underneath his picture on the company’s website

With a few website hacks, public records and case files underneath your nose, you scrutinized it all

And no mattress firm can make five grand a month - not every single damn one of them!

You knew the conspiracies, you knew about money laundering

And Restonic was doing exactly that

You bite your lip and do a little more digging on the company’s website

It’s looking for job applications at their headquarters

The position is in the office, openings on the 4th, 7th, and 8th floor

The company has ten floors, and you’re determined to nab the job that’s closest to that CEO floor

You have your friend Jooheon make you a stellar job application that will pass their critiques

Employer’s phone numbers wired to buildings Jooheon’s affiliates operated to cover for you

Extensive research to get your head in the game of what you need to know

Jooheon personally training you on the type of computer work you need to have down pat. Also hacks to make really nice reports and sales charts that would help along the line

You don’t know why you care that much - maybe it’s because you’re an aspiring journalist

And normally you don’t want to do stories that would ruin people’s image or company

But when Jooheon does research on the CFO of that damned place, it just makes your blood boil

“Look at this, he must take a vacation at least every two weeks”

“He makes so much money he has three villas on the oceanside, an English country house, another three beach houses, two condos, and a big ass classic ranch house that’s in, of course, Colorado.”

“(Y/n), you know there’s a reason people put companies overseas it makes it easier for tax evasion. So even if he is laundering money, he can still get away with a lot! What a snake!”

You sit in another computer chair next to Jooheon most nights while you wait for your application to be processed.

You don’t personally have a permanent residence in South Korea, but Jooheon does,,,

So after taking multiple nights to talk about it, Jooheon agrees to lend you his apartment there if you get the job

Until he can make it over there himself,, he still has business to finish up here before he can go back

And you,,, surprisingly get an email just two days later

It’s from an associate, obviously, but there’s the CEO’s signature at the bottom just to make things look professional

You have a web interview on Tuesday, and if they decide you’re good for the job, they will personally fly you out Friday for free if you have a place to stay and can pay for that place and the price of living yourself

You aren’t the best at interviews but being prepped and supported by Jooheon helps

You make it through it with three people on the other side of the screen

With your fake work experience and great answers, they ask you if you want to work for them

You say yes, and bow your head in thanks

On Friday, Jooheon takes you to the airport, smiling a cheesy smile

“You gotta bust him, (Y/n). Don’t worry, I’ll walk you through it all, ok? Call me when you get there, and you can always call me or text me whenever you’re feeling lonely or anxious or,,, if you just miss me that much”

You want to grab his tongue when he sticks it out at you with jest

“Ok dad, my flights calling.” You joke back and he pouts as he hands you your carry on

“Dad-zoned? Really?”

“I’ll call you. Thanks...Jooheon. I promise we’ll get this business shut down and we can watch Yoo Kihyun choke on his lawsuits.”

You have the tightest hug in your life before you leave

There are a lot of steps that involve you getting close to Kihyun’s secret

But right now is when the story really starts to get interesting

You have been working here for six months, Jooheon got back to Korea right smack dab in the middle of that time

You have an earpiece in today, with Jooheon on the other end

You’re scared, but you also are so ready for this to be over

You somehow have steady nerves as you watch Kihyun walk out of your floor into the elevator going down

Conveniently, you have reports that you were told to leave on his desk that day before his 2 o’clock meeting

Well, you were actually supposed to leave them to his own secretary on the 9th floor, but you and Jooheon made sure she wouldn’t come into work that day

Nothing bad! Just made a few phone calls and moved up her dental appointment to a time that would leave you leeway to Kihyun’s office

And, not to brag, but it worked

So you quietly stand from your own tiny cubicle, professionally walking to the stairwell

You’d rather not bump into anyone on the elevator questioning your existence if you were going up into the high-rank territory

“Jooheon? I’m heading up now.” You initiate a conversation for what’s about to go down in the next exact twelve minutes it should take you to recover those fraud files

“Ok. Just keep cool. You have his secretary’s spare key to his office, right?”

You did, and you couldn’t help but side eye the powerful people you passed as you casually walked towards Kihyun’s personal office

You read his golden name palate before inserting the key and turning it, walking into an office that smelt like stacked paper, printer ink, and a subtle hint of what must be Kihyun’s cologne

You first set the reports you did into a plastic hanging container by the door to make it look like you weren’t snooping if he ever did question you

“Look on the second bottom drawer of the filing cabinet by his bookcase”

You first quietly shut the door and locked it before hurrying over to the said filing cabinet

Jooheon was looking along with you in a camera put into fake glasses

“Locked.” You mutter before going over to Kihyun’s personal desk. You open drawers and try multiple keys before growing frustrated

“Just take your pin” Jooheon finally resorts to, and he instructs you painfully slow as you desperately try to pick the lock

Well, you got lucky

Thick files and folders filled with papers upon papers fill your view as there are vague tabs that state what they were

“There! Fraud Files”

It was so stupidly blatant, but you take it. You open the heavy folder before scanning the first few pages. You confirm this is what you’re looking for

You show the whole folder into your empty laptop bag before checking other folders

“Take his dumb insurance policies, too. The jerk even has his assets info in there. Take it, (Y/n). Everything you can fit.”

You smile as you do. You take the most crucial information first, and when your laptop bag is heavy and full, you stand and jam the lock shut again.

You smirk as you purposely break your pin in the lock, making sure he won’t find out these were gone until it was too late

You unlock the door and wait just a second before opening the door

Your heart jumps as you spot Kihyun walking down the hall with the COO

You play it cool and bow with a smile. Kihyun gives you a questioning glace as he doesn’t recognize you

“Sorry, sir, your secretary called in today, but I gave my reports. I just put them in the cubby here.” You meekly point before bowing and heading on your way, not wanting to seem suspicious

“Hold on.” Your blood feels like it’s painfully frozen as he lightly grasps your arm. You turn with your best new hire face

“Yes, sir?”

“Do you know if the Third Quarter Assets were in those reports?” He asks with a stoic expression

You bend your shoulders inwards in a small shrug, “I’m not sure, I don’t have access to those kinds of numbers.”

He nods before turning back to the COO, leading him inside his office as he shuts the door

It takes everything in you not to run towards the elevator and out of this place forever

“Shit that was close. Damn it Jooheon, what if we took longer than that?” You panic as you make your way down the stairs, toting a very heavy laptop bag in high heels

“Well it scared me, too! Just get your shit and get home we have a flight tomorrow morning.”

You smile, “This feels like I’m a spy. Like we’re spies.” You giggle as you open the door to your floor and make your way towards your desk with a smile

You quietly pack your things, shutting down your computer before taking your purse

You walk out of those company doors, and you know you’ve won

Jooheon and you look over the thousands of fraud files that stick together

You report them to the police and hand it over

You give your statement, and your report

You tell them that you will be heading back home

And you leave the country

But who said you had to give the police every single report out of thousands?

You keep a few for yourself and Jooheon

And you guys win

It’s a plus that you’ve gained a few thousand dollars

...More than that,,,

You’ve gained a villa on the oceanside

And 200,000 dollars in paid for assets

You smirk as it doesn’t take long for Kihyun’s name to go into the gutter

You’re holding tea in front of packed up boxes as you watch from your t.v as Kihyun is put in jail for holding - no bond available, as he is a flight risk

You keep updated as his homes go up for sale and are bought by millionairs and rich kids

And when he finally does go to prison for a multitude of financial crimes,,,

You’re breathing in salty wind and sandy air on the porch of your new villa with Jooheon

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Lowkey loved how this turned into a subtle Jooheon x Reader

Hope you enjoyed lovelies!! <3

-S

#monsta x #monsta x au #monsta x jooheon #monsta x kihyun #criminal au #kihyun au #monsta x kihyun au #kihyun criminal au #criminal kihyun au #kihyun #jooheon #kpop au #crime au #money laundering

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sebongie-loves · 6 years

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youtuber!junhui

i feel like this would be very fitting for april fools lmao. enjoy!

junhui does pranks videos and yeah you didn’t read it wrong

his content is pretty similar to woodandkleiny’s (on ig) because he lives in an apartment building with twelve other youtubers as his neighbors slash roommates because there were times where four of his same-age friends were bundled up on one apartment but later get kicked out because the apartment unit’s owner got himself a s/o

so now they bundled up on his apartment and he got more people to prank

his pranks are never dangerous or harming for his surroundings or the environment and actually very hilarious because of the reactions he receives from his friends. that’s why people enjoy his videos

it’s like that one time he tricked the gamer youtuber, seungcheol to play a video games that turned out to be a horror and scared the crap out of him

or that one time junhui filled seungkwan’s bathtub with orbeez which ended up being a great storytime video on seungkwan’s channel and being a war of pranks between the two of them and a series on junhui’s channel

or when he pretended he bought two flight tickets and brag it to hansol saying he’d snatch hansol’s s/o when it’s fake but it ended up very emotional and junhui being guilty for one month straight

also, he did wrap jeonghan’s new car in aluminium foil with a big bow on top

he does a really good prank calls especially on seokmin

“seokmin.. my dog dies.. i-i’m so, ugh this is too much on me.”

“OH MY GOD HYUNG ARE YOU OKAY? I AM HERE FOR YOU.”

“no i am not, seokmin. i can’t live in korea anymore, he reminds me so much of home that i feel less home sick but now that he is not around i can’t bear the pain. i’m going back to china.”

“NO HYUNG. YOU HAVE MINGHAO HYUNG RIGHT? DOESN’T HE REMIND YOU OF CHINA EVERYTIME YOU TWO TALK IN CHINESE? PLEASE DON’T LEAVE. YOU ALSO HAVE ME AND THE OTHERS. PLEASE THINK ABOUT IT.”

“…. seokmin i am sorry for making you cry it’s a prank call and i don’t have a dog. our apartment doesn’t allow them, lord.”

however his OG prank was with his life-long friend, none other than wonwoo and probably the reason why he ended up being one of the youtuber when his original dream was to be an actor in south korea

he started living with wonwoo when he was 20 years old on wonwoo’s apartment because he was looking for one and apparently, so did wonwoo. long story short, they ended up being roomies

he was working for 3-4 part-time jobs and studying korean on top of it. no one has the heart to say it’s pretty impossible for him to reach a star, to be one of the stars

junhui knew it but this boy and his overflowing positivity believes on himself and his dream. which is to create something and to stand infront of the camera

even with that, junhui still has this mischievous part of him. he loves pranking wonwoo to death or basically jun really loves wonwoo

like he once said to himself, even if he can’t reach his dream, he’d stay in korea because of wonwoo

the event that lead him to be on youtube is when he decided to prank on wonwoo by buying red cups and putting it all over wonwoo’s bedroom just to prank him when he was asleep and video taped it because he wants to see wonwoo’s reaction

and wonwoo being the youtuber he is, uploaded it online and his viewers keep saying how hilarious junhui is and how funny his prank is even though they’ve only seen it once

and junhui is hot too so

so he started making videos

because wonwoo told junhui to make that for extra cash which ended up a lot of cash instead of ‘extra’ cash and he volunteer to help because wonwoo loves junhui a lot and he just doesn’t show it

he volunteer to put hard subs on it because junhui can’t speak english and one thing he didn’t realise is that he is the only friend junhui has at that moment so he is the only one that junhui can prank

however that problem is solved when they moved to the other apartment

however, putting subs is tiring. good thing junhui starts learning and keep on improving but when wonwoo’s s/o came, wonwoo was like ‘fuck this shit you’re rich now’

well yeah, junhui has succeed on his new career that he actually really enjoys and realised it’s a better path for him instead of acting

oh, so, junhui came to every platform he has and just asked with the help of google translate and wonwoo

‘guys i’m looking for a someone that understand korean and english. mandarin is a plus but yeah please email me on [email protected]’

you are a broke college student in korea, studying korean literature and there you are looking for a part-time for some extra cash when your friend told you about junhui’s announcement

you binge watched his video for a night and thought to yourself how cute he is and how funny he is so you decided to sent an email to that

you used mandarin for your introduction and wrote the rest in english

what’s surprising is that you are one of his million subscribers that sent him an email but his eyes just catch your email because of your horrible typo in the mandarin

and you are hired :-)

his first text was ‘you have typos on the mandarin but yeah you are hired this is junhui the youtuber don’t share my number pls’

good thing he also asked you where do you live as a distraction and when he found out you live in korea he asked for a meet-up. you know, about the pay and stuffs

when junhui saw you for the first time, he was starstruck. he could feel a thousand butterflies on his stomach when he saw you approaching him

you two talked

he realised about a lot of things about you when junhui is usually not that observant about people

junhui loves the way your eyes crinkles when you smile, he loves the way you laugh

by that he keeps on wanting to see you and use this job as an excuse to do so

you’re not different though. you also thought junhui is super cute. too cute for his own goods and at the same time, you want his shoulder to hit your face because it’s just too attractive

so the fact that he keeps on wanting to see you by texting or calling you to meet up just makes you so happy

junhui also ended up calling you for non-work deal, for instance he asked you to buy presents for his friends or just to go for a dinner or lunch on his favourite soup restaurant

and keep this on mind, junhui loves eating alone

so the fact that he asks you to join, it means something

“hey are you free?”

“i want to eat, do you want to join?”

“the boys made a mess on my room omg”

“how was your day, y/n?”

“i miss my home”

those are his texts and honestly you’re not mad of it

the more you know him, the more you realised that he is not just a guy in his early twenties that make videos on youtube

junhui is someone’s thoughtful. he has a lot of worries yet he chooses to be positive through thick and thin

someone you’d love to be with and makes you feel things that you used not to feel before

and junhui feels the same thing with you

you two like each other

but it takes too long

even his subs are shipping you two with all of their hearts because of how many time you appeared on his videos when he pranked you and like the way he looks at you just explain his feelings

oh yeah, ofc he pranks you and it’s like the cherry on top for you two’s relationship

until finally wonwoo just yelled at junhui’s face

“YOU LIKE Y/N”

“DO I? OH GOD I DO!”

junhui, being the youtuber he is, confessed through video. he pretended to send it to you through email and said it was a video you need to work on

“sooo, as you guys know, i am having the best time of my life and i’d say this is a perfect video to tell you guys something that has been going on-” he paused, pointing at his chest. “here.”

“ y/n is one of the reasons why. they really understand me and make me feel like home. i feel it’s unfair for me to say they’re only on my heart when they are everywhere in my mind, they make me feel the whole zoo inside my stomach.”

“and to be honest, this video is not for you guys nor this video is a prank. it’s for none other than y/n and a very sincere one. i.. i really like you and i really hope you feel the same way with me because i want to spend my days with you and to be around you.”

oh boy

you are crying when listening to his voice. the last part was in english with his accents and everything because it means that he is willing to speak in english for you even though he refuses everytime someone asks him to speak in english

you immediately call him, with tears on your eyes and happiness is the only feeling you feel

“yes! yes yes yes yes yes yes! i like you too, moon junhui!”

“you’re mine now, y/n.”

so it ended up being posted now instead of april fools and it makes me lowkey sad but yeah it’s okay. thank you for reading!

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dalishious · 6 years

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@briannamorley Well I wasn’t going to respond to all your replies, but then I figured hell, if you felt the need to go through all my anti Celene shit to leave messages saying you disagreed, you must really value my opinion of your opinion, so who would I be not to?

briannamorley replied to your post “What ending should I take in WEWH? Last time I played I hadn't read...”

Love the page; disagree about Celine and Briala's relationship being toxic--save for her killing Bria's parents. I personally always reconcile them even if you weigh her over Gaspard, she's the lesser of two evils. Gaspard would do way more killing then a 1k elves plus, as far as the abuse we don't know the extent all Bria says is on days she was cruel, she imagined them being amongst the Dalish with Celine having to serve her.

So like... if having her parents murdered doesn’t cross a line for you into toxic territory, what does, then?

And re: “We don’t know the extent” of Celene’s treatment of Briala...

The black curls lightened to grey with the pre-dawn light, then slid to the light brown of cinnamon as the sun brought colour to the room. Dirt-brown, Celene had called it, when Briala had waited upon her as a girl. Horse-dung brown, an ugly shadow of Celene’s spun-gold locks. -pg 27

Briala, a WOC, grew up serving Celene, a white woman, comparing her hair to horse-dung. And had to just grin and bare it because that was her job, and her mother instructed her to be Celene’s friend.

“Maker, I envy you sometimes.” She knew immediately that she had said something wrong. She felt Briala stiffen, though her arms didn’t move, and Briala’s voice was light as she said, “The empress of Orlais envies an elven handmaid?” “You know what I mean, Bria.” Still holding her, Celene patted Briala’s back. “You could leave here, become someone else.” “As long as that someone is an elf,” Briala said with a dimpled smile, but Celene knew she was still hurt. “Yes, I know. But I... I was born to sit on that throne. I can’t do anything else. Since my parents and Lady Mantillon...” She trailed off. This time, Briala pulled away. “You would make a wonderful scholar,” she said as she stood and pulled her robe on, “at least until Emperor Gaspard made a decision you found objectionable. Then, I believe trouble would ensue.” She smiled over her shoulder. “You are probably right, my love.” Celene rose as well and pulled her own robe on, as if nothing were wrong. “And... I will consider Remache.” Briala nodded and slipped her mask into place, then left through the passage behind the mirror, and Celene sighed and fetched her little magical pot. She would be making her own tea this morning, it seemed. -pg 59

Celene hurts Briala, and her thought is how she’ll have to make her own tea.

Briala sat. “...The elves in Halamshiral are angry. Lord Mainserai killed a tradesman without justification, and the elves are calling for mien’harel.” At Celene’s silence, Briala added, “It is an elven word. When the humans go too far, the elves remind them that even a short blade must be respected. They—” “They will rebel,” Celene said, the words cutting through the chilly autumn air. “Against me. Now.” “It is not rebellion, Your Majesty.” Briala bowed her head and took a shaky breath, clutching at the griffon-head arm of her chair. This was exactly what she had feared. “The elves of Halamshiral have never seen you. Their grievance is with neither you nor Orlais. They only wish justice for a man of your empire who died without cause.” “What they wish is irrelevant.” Celene turned and stalked away from the window. “I am already fighting a war on two fronts. I cannot be seen to fight a war on three.” “Then don’t.” Briala rose, putting herself in Celene’s path. “Give them justice.” “A lord for the death of an elf? I... damn this thing.” With a quick jerk, Celene tore the mask from her face. Her face was flushed beneath, her eyes red from another night of little sleep. “Shall I declare the elves equal citizens before the Maker and the throne as well, while I’m at it?” “Why not?” Briala took her own mask off, stealing a quick moment to steady herself. “Unless you don’t believe that, and I’m just a jumped-up kitchen slut you haven’t tired of yet.” Celene turned away, tossing her mask onto an overstuffed couch and stalking to the great amber wall. “You know I cannot do that, Bria. I might as well engrave Gaspard’s initials on the throne.” Against the wall of gold and red, Briala’s empress and lover looked pale and wan. Celene had always seen sleep as an enemy, or at most a necessary evil, from what Briala could tell, and since the events in Kirkwall the stress of rising tensions had her awake before dawn almost every morning. If it were early enough, Briala could sometimes coax her into lovemaking, and the warm and drowsy bliss afterward would let Celene steal a few more hours of rest. Lately, even that had not been enough. Briala sighed. “I do know.” Instead of going to Celene, she went to the small table where Celene’s teapot sat, forever just shy of boiling. She poured Celene a cup of tea, brought it over, and gently touched Celene’s shoulder. It was not quite an apology. -pg 62

Briala fears having to ask Celene to enact justice. Celene says what the elves want is of no care to her. She then mocks the idea of elven freedoms. And “It was not quite an apology” my ass - Briala has nothing to apologize for.

What had happened at Halamshiral was a still-painful ache, but the elves had rebelled. Celene had done what she had to do. Had Briala been there, she might have been able to turn Celene to a different course, but Briala herself was the one who had left. It was not Celene’s fault that she had been manoeuvred into doing what she had done, any more than it was Briala’s fault for leaving Celene without the guidance she had wanted. -pg 167

Celene even has Briala convinced that she’s to blame for Halamshiral, because she wasn’t there to tell Celene otherwise. If one person in a relationship relies solely on another to guide their morals, yes, I would indeed call that toxic.

But anyway, these are just a few samples of Celene’s dismissive behaviour towards Briala. She only does the bare minimum to keep Briala at her side; she does not truly care about the elves.

briannamorley replied to your post “What ending should I take in WEWH? Last time I played I hadn't read...”

Also Bria has accepted that neither the city or Dalish elves see her as part of them; letting her rule with him as her mask--much like forcing them to work together--while interesting in theory, wouldn't last I don't think anyway. Ppl would get suspicious; Gaspard is a military strategist not an adept ruler

Briala goes from this:

Briala could not afford to spare tears for inevitable deaths. In that respect, she supposed that she was more like the nobles she served than the elves in the marketplace. The thought sometimes sickened her, but again, not as much as the thought of deaths she could have prevented. -pg 61

to this:

She had been in Celene’s court for too long. Too many years being called “rabbit,” too many years ducking her head and working from the shadows. Too many years of being proud of who she was, a feeling she could cling to like a floating log in a rushing river. It had kept her head above water, but it had never let her steer her own course. She would fight for her people, because nobody else would, and Fen’Harel take whoever got in her way. -pg 144

Briala’s whole character arc is about discovering who she is as her own person, and reconnecting with her people. Unless “has” was a typo for “had.”

Also, why is it unrealistic for Dalish and city elves to work together? Dalish elves go to the city, and city elves go to the Dalish all the time. In some cases you have clans that have very strong relationships with nearby alienages, such as Clan Boranehn and the Edgehall alienage in Knight Errant, for example.

briannamorley replied to your post “grandenchanterfiona: I don’t hate Celene because she’s a woman. I...”

Disagree not about the genocide or lying to Bria but everything else

...K?

briannamorley replied to your post “grandenchanterfiona: That’s it. Until proven otherwise the Masked...”

Nope to each their own though

...K?

briannamorley replied to your post “grandenchanterfiona: Celene is a straight guy’s idea of a lesbian....”

Stop... I can see if you were equating this to RR Martin but really???

Yes really lol

briannamorley replied to your post “I just read The Masked Empire and even though I knew how bad Celene...”

Theres disliking something and then there's bashing it to the point it becomes infuriating

Sorry guess we never received the guidelines one has to follow in terms of disliking something. Tell me, does it include going through a blog’s tags and leaving reply after reply that says basically the same thing?

briannamorley replied to your post “mllemaenad: jocelyntorrent: mllemaenad: … Okay, I don’t get it. ...”

Disagree but crazy tired so to each their own

Good thing you left another just plain ‘disagree,’ otherwise I might have gotten confused.

briannamorley replied to your post “So this by no means excuses Celene's actions whatsoever, but I noticed...”

Love orlais but again, to each their own

Cool cool I hate Orlais but to each their own. Perhaps I should find some random Orlais fan and spam their email notifications with replies saying as such, to make sure they know!

briannamorley replied to your post “lmao no, about 300 elves were brutally slaughtered, sweet summer...”

More than 300 but it does border on bashing

WTF does this one even mean?

briannamorley replied to your post “grandenchanterfiona: Celene has absolute power; she does not have a...”

If so say that from jump don't go on and on going from legitimate gripe to bashing... like damn I like both of y'alls pages but FUCK me this is exhausting

Then why are you reading through all this? And seriously, what is with this “bashing?” Is there some kind of internet slang I’m unfamiliar with? Because if you just mean bashing as in criticism that hell fucking yes I am critical of Celene. She has a lot of reasons for me to be.

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Sigh... y es it was an oversight by them that shouldn't have happened but goddamn

“But goddamn...” what? Why is there a but? Why is there a but goddamn? Just... why, period?

Anyway, TL;DR:

#briannamorley #anti celene #anti brialene

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92 Questions

Special shoutout to mary @tempus-fugit-so-study for tagging me in this!

rules: answer the questions and then tag 20 people!

LAST:

1. Drink: water :)

2. Phone call: my mum

3. Text message: my friend Sabrina

4. Song you listened to: Wait For It from Hamilton

5. Time you cried: i genuinely have no clue.. I laughed so much that I had tears in my eyes yesterday if that counts, but I don’t remember the last time I actually cried

HAVE YOU:

6. Dated someone twice: lolnope I’ve never dated anyone

7. Kissed someone and regretted it: no because I’ve never kissed anyone

8. Been cheated on: nope because I’ve never dated

9. Lost someone special: sadly, yea

10. Been depressed: nope

11. Gotten drunk and thrown up: i’m not of legal drinking age yet so nope

LIST 3 FAVOURITE COLOURS:

12. pastel pink

13. pastel blue

14. pastel purple ( i like pastels lol)

IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU:

15. Made new friends: yup!!

16. Fallen out of love: i mean i’ve never been in love so

17. Laughed until you cried: pretty much every second day

18. Found out someone was talking about you: so many times omg

19. Met someone who changed you: yepp

20. Found out who your friends are: yee

21. Kissed someone on your Facebook list: no because i’ve never kissed anyone

GENERAL:

22. How many of your Facebook friends do you know in real life: all of them, bc i only friend people i know in real life! cybersafety is important!!

23. Do you have any pets: yee I have a pet dog

24. Do you want to change your name: when I was little yes, not anymore tho,, but it is annoying when a friend continuously calls you Michael bc a teacher accidentally misread your name

25. What did you do for your last birthday: my two closest friends came over to my house and we went on a huge walk around all the parks and stuff with our dogs

26. What time did you wake up: 8:00 AM bc it’s the weekend and there’s no school so I slept in :D

27. What were you doing at midnight last night: sleeping

28. Name something you can’t wait for: the holidays (lmao its literally 3 weeks into term) and also fantastic beasts 2.. which comes out next year

29. When was the last time you saw your mom: literally right now (we're in the same room lol)

30. What is one thing you wish you could change in your life: i wish i could be a little bit taller :( short jokes get kinda annoying when you have to deal with them for 3 years

31. What are you listening to right now: the Hamilton soundtrack

32. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: Thomas that was a real nice declaration-- um I dont think so?

33. Something that is getting on your nerves: people who act like they know everything but actually don't know anything and aren't cooperative (can you tell that I have a bunch of group assignments right now?)

34. Most visited websites: tumblr, youtube, facebook and gmail lol

LOST QUESTIONS. I JUST PUT IN RANDOM INFO ABOUT ME.

35. Mole/s: yep

36. Mark/s: yep

37. Childhood dream: to be an artist and a doctor

38. Hair colour: black

39. Long or short hair: long (mid back length,, but i want to get it cut)

40. Do you have a crush on someone: not right now

41. What do you like about yourself: how i can easily get settled into a new environment and make friends

42. Piercings: yupp! i’ve got my ears pierced, just normal earrings with one on each ear

43. Blood type: i.. actually don’t know.

44. Nickname: michy or mich but one of my closest friends calls me micjelle because i made a typo when typing my name into her contacts list so yea

45. Relationship status: i mean i’ve never dated or fallen in love,, so single?

46. Zodiac: cancer

47. Pronouns: she/her

48. Favourite TV show: i don’t really watch TV,, but the simpsons is always good :)

49. Tattoos: nope and i don’t plan on getting one..

50. Right or left hand: right :)

51. Surgery: yepp i’ve had surgery on my left arm before

52. Hair dyed in different colour: no,, but i’d like to dip dye my hair one day

53. Sport: sure, why not? especially if it’s soccer :)

54. no question?? not questioning the no question

55. Vacation? yes? i’d really like to go to london or japan one day

56. Pair of trainers: Nike

MORE GENERAL:

57. Eating: well, right now i’m not eating anything so ?

58. Drinking: water lol

59. I’m about to: finish off some homework

61. Waiting for: my friends to email me so i can figure out what their opinion is on the script that i wrote for the assignment

62. Want: less assignments (i have 9 right now and i’ve only been at school for 3 weeks)

63. Get married: one day,, in the future

64. Career: medicine,, or psychology,, or veterinary.. something along those lines

65. Hugs or kisses: hugs!!

66. Lips or eyes: eyes

67. Shorter or taller: taller

68. Older or younger: older

70. Nice arms or nice stomach: umm idk?

71. Sensitive or loud: a nice mix of both

72. Hook up or relationship: what

73. Troublemaker or hesitant: a nice mix of both :>

HAVE YOU EVER:

74. Kissed a Stranger: i’ve never kissed anyone,, let alone a stranger

75. Drank hard liquor: heck no i’m underage

76. Lost glasses/contact lenses: i mean i’ve been like i can’t find my glasses,, but they’d be in my hand or smth

77. Turned someone down: how does one turn someone down without having been asked out?

78. Sex on the first date: what no

79. Broken someone’s heart: i don’t think anyone’s ever loved me so no

80. Had your heart broken: nope because i’ve never loved anyone

81. Been arrested: lol no

82. Cried when someone died: yes,,, multiple times

83. Fallen for a friend: i’ve never fallen so no

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:

84. Yourself: yea sure

85. Miracles: yes???

86. Love at first sight: nah dude love blossoms you don’t just love

87. Santa Claus: nah dude

88. Kiss on the first date: ehhh maybe

OTHER:

90. Current best friend name: Christine and Sabrina

91. Eye colour: brown

92. Favourite movie: ummm.. Can I say the entire Harry Potter series + Fantastic Beasts bc i don’t want to make a decision?

NOW, TAG 20 PEOPLE: um okay i’ll tag @thecakestudyblr @tiny-notes @intcllectual @studitiious @serenitystudies @the-ravenclaw @joannastudies @bloodystudys @journalits @mugglstudies @hystorically @bioblrnotes @typicalstudyblr @raven-studies @chickencursivecalligraphy @ashlyn-studies @alistudys @meg-is-studying @bellaandherbujo @inquiry-studies If you’ve already done this, then just ignore this xx

#tagged #tag games #mine

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hiiii idk why i'm so nervous but i really really wanna start writing fanfiction. ljke full out "woah this makes me feel stuff" fanfiction and i thought you'd be the best place to come for pointers because you're literally amazing but anyways do ylu have any suggestions as to 1. where to write it 2. starting tips 3. what not to do?? thanks!! i really really want to but i'm little scared to

OOOH, I WAS RECENTLY GIVING THE SAME ADVICE TO MEG BONNEY ON TWITTER. Okay, here we go. Let’s do this.

How To Start Writing Fanfic for Beginners:

Okay, so, the first thing we usually do is have a beta reader-- someone who looks over stories and checks for writing flow, typos, and, most importantly in the case of fanfiction, characterization. You find one before you start writing so that you have a cheerleader who can talk about ideas with you and push you through when you feel like you wanna quit. This is a formality, though, and can be skipped. My one-shots usually are in the 20k+ range so I like to have three or four people look over them, but if I'm writing a 6k one shot, for example, I only have one beta reader.

I’m actually pretty sure that the origination of this practice actually came from everyone trying to figure out how to make friends in fandom. If you're the beta reader on someone's story, you're automatically buddies. Google docs has made this way easier, though-- it used to be long email chains. *shudders*

Step two, decide which host sites you're going to post your fic on. Different fandoms are more popular on different fic sites. The most popular fanfic sites are http://fanfiction.net , http://archiveofourown.org (AO3, we call it), and sometimes tumblr, depending on the length of the fic!

So, for example, the Percy Jackson fandom is really really into http://fanfiction.net (or at least was when I was writing for it?) That's where you get the most reviews/comments and the most hits for that fandom. In the case of Teen Wolf/Stydia the most popular site is AO3, easily. But if the piece you wrote is a drabble (in the 1k range), you can also plop it on tumblr. If it's in the 2k range, it's acceptable to put it on tumblr under a "read more."

For all these sites, you need an account, but AO3 is technically in beta mode (idk why; it's been like that for multiple years?) and therefore you sign up and then have to wait for an invite. But it's worth it because once you have an account, you can view the history of the fics you've read, bookmark faves, leave comments, and, of course, publish fics.

Unlike ffnet, AO3 also categorizes fics into fandoms, which is really really helpful if you write for multiple fandoms. Their sorting system is really good and really specific, which is why people use it. I think that, at this point, AO3 is undoubtedly the most diversely enjoyed site.

Here's some things you definitely need to know about posting on AO3:

(This is SUPER important), it's considered REAL bad manners to tag characters/ships that aren't the centric pairing. So, the fic is gonna ask you for characters and the ship. If you're writing a fic where Stiles and Lydia are the centric pairing, you're gonna fill in Lydia Martin, Stiles Stilinski, and then Lydia Martin/Stiles Stilinski. But say your story also has a few scenes with Scott? Either don't mention Scott, or do "Scott McCall- Side.”

The reader should be able to clearly tell what type of fic it is by your tags. (Unless you don’t want them to know). You can create your own tags or you can use the site's already established ones. AO3 tags can get slightly obnoxious but nobody’s going to call you out for that so enjoy.

If your fic takes place within the bounds of the series, you tag it "Canon Compliant." If it not only fits with the plot of the series but also takes place literally during the series, tag it "Missing Moments." If it diverges from the plot line of the series, you tag it "Canon Divergent." If it is after the series is over, tag it "Post-Canon."

If it’s AU, tag the kind of AU it is. “Coffee Shop AU” “AU-- The Hunger Games” “AU-- Everyone Lives” “AU-- Stiles is Olaf from Frozen and gets it on with Anna who is Lydia.” (Spoilers for my next fic.) (Just kidding.)

ALSO when you're posting, it's a huge struggle because AO3 either requires HTML coded stuff (for italics, etc) or rich text. My suggestion would be either putting your fic on tumblr and copy and pasting the rich text from the finished post, or getting an account on ffnet and using their document uploader to c+p your fic into, then save it and copy and paste it into the rich text part of the fic loader on AO3

So now, ratings.

Here's what you've got: G,T, M, E.

G is like... no swearing, no mention of sex, you could read it as a bed time story to a 6 year old.

T is swearing, acknowledgment that sex exists, maybe some kissing (but you're getting to shaky territory as soon as you venture anywhere remotely past second base) light, non-descriptive violence (there's also a tag for violence under "archive warnings" because some people get triggered by it.)

M is lighter sex scenes (I would say anything that doesn't describe genitalia? Idk, this is a real fine line. I think you’ll feel it in your bones. Or, bone, in the case of smut.

Nailed that joke.

HA GEDDIT. I did it again.

E is like, you're going to hell for writing this, enjoy hanging out with satan in the fiery pits, I hope it's worth it.

If you post on tumblr, tag appropriately. Tumblr tagging is different from ao3-- you just tag to sort things, and so that the right people see your work. So, like, if you wrote a Stydia fic, obviously don't tag it Sterek or Sciles because you'll get hate, lmao. You can tag character names, but I would suggest you don't tag "Stiles Stilinski" or "Lydia Martin" because the Sterk/Mrrish/Stlia shippers tend to attack you. Also, only the first five tags count.

And now, the Don’ts of fanfiction***

Make sure your spacing doesn’t look awful.

It makes people not wanna read it

You should know what regular spacing looks like. If you’re able to correct it so that there’s not eons of space between paragraphs, I would do that.

Don’t say “Sorry for the bad summary I promise it’s better than it sounds” in your summary.

“Their tongues battle for dominance” or other equally cliche dialogue

Original characters as main characters

Fandom crossovers are almost always rolled their eyes at in the fic community. Like, you can thrust your characters into a different universe, but normally, you can’t use the original characters. So by all means, write a Percy Jackson AU, but don’t make Fitzwilliam Darcy best friends with Annabeth Chase.

POV SWITCHING IN YOUR FIC

Okay this is really delicate because some people can do it really well and some people can’t

Switching back and forth between character point of view within one section of your fic is really hard for the reader to keep up with and it tends to look clumsy. It’s a no-no.

If you have divides between sections, that’s where you can switch POV.

However, I tend to write almost all of my fics with just one POV. I pick Character 1 or Character 2 no matter how long it is. It’s cleaner that way.

NEVER USE FIRST PERSON IN FANFICTION, IT IS UNIVERSALLY LOATHED.

I need to remember this one-- don’t describe clothes too much. You’ll sound like a cheesy YA novel. (I’m a hypocrite, okay?)

Titles matter. Work hard on picking a title. I s2g it actually makes a big difference. Idk why. Titles.

***Side note: All writing rules are all allowed to be broken. There is truly no such thing as a steadfast writing rule. The more comfortable you get with writing, the more comfortable you could be with breaking these rules. Does that make sense?

#answered #rongasm writes #Anonymous

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