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biggest-gaudiest-patronuses · 1 year

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my favorite halloween story has little to do with halloween but: once at a college costume party i met a post-grad student who grew up by the coast and came from a family of avid amateur (semi-professional? her mom regularly won tournament prize money) fishermen (fisherpeople?), with the result that she (the post-grad student) had grown up regularly eating fresh seafood multiple nights a week, that was the basic family meal, and when she got to college (hundreds of miles inland) suddenly fresh seafood was very hard to find (on a college student's budget) and she was so frustrated that in junior year (after she moved into a sorority house and had enough space) she concocted a plan to purchase her own aquarium specifically in order to farm/breed her own fresh seafood, and i'm assuming she was so gung-ho that she didn't do her research bc no sooner had she purchased an enormous aquarium off of [craigslist i'm assuming] than she discovered that local pet (aquarium? fish supply) stores either (1.) did not sell species of fish she was interested in eating, (2.) did sell fish she was interested in eating but they were tiny/would take too long to grow to a size worth eating, or (3.) sold fish-she-would-want-to-eat of a size-she-would-eat but at a price that made them more expensive than just going to the fish section of the local grocery store (((did she think they would be cheaper? and if so why buy an aquarium at all why not just buy and quickly consume the fish???))), or (4.) a combo nation of the 3.

But ANYWAY by this point she has already purchased the aquarium, so she goes ahead and buys some tiny fish of a species she was interested in consuming (i want to say guppies. i know they weren't guppies it was another species entirely, probably several different species, but in my headspace that detail has been overwritten with the label "[guppies]" so guppies it is). anyway the guppies don't look particularly delicious but she's observing them pretty often (multiple times a day) in order to track their growth, and soon she's regularly jotting down notes and calculating their caloric intake and predicted weight increase and she's tweaking the aquarium settings to facilitate growth and--basically she becomes an aquarium person. you know, those people who have an aquarium and are heavily mentally focused on the having and maintaining of said aquarium (often in a supposedly leisurely but also completely serious and sedately obsessive manner).

so she gets really into it, and is encouraged by her sorority sisters (who are having fun naming and making up back stories for all the different fishies), and yes i guess she also grows attached to the fish (but this isn't the story of a bunch of fish not getting eaten, ok, she doesn't eat those fish, those fish are no longer for eating, but she still eats plenty of fish whenever she gets the chance, at restaurants and at her parents' house i assume, fish are still being eaten, she does not end up a reformed former fish-eater). oh, and then she goes on to write her senior thesis (? or class thesis or. some final project paper thing) on the fish (or on her aquarium ecosystem? something to do with aquariums), and she decorates her graduation cardboard hat thing with a little finding nemo plushie sewn on.

*GASPS FOR BREATH* (no no wait. ***GULPS LIKE A GUPPY*** hah!) anyway this all happened several years before i even met this woman whose name i don't remember at a college halloween party, but the reason i know this backstory is we had both had too much halloween punch and i asked her "so what are you studying" and she started telling me about how she was in the final year of getting her PhD in Marine Conservation

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teyamsatan · 11 months

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dilf jake sully's biggest kinks?

argh, people sending me anything jake related??? immediately h word alert thinking about it ok let's see bb

i feel like this man has so many kinks, but that might be just me projecting all my kinks onto the most dilf man i've ever seen in my life. i only chose a few, cause othrwise i'd be writing a whole ass thesis and getting my phd on why dilf! jake sully can break my back and step on me and i'd thank him for it. anyway, here's my top contenders:

(🔞 smut under the cut)

dacryphilia/overstimulation

dilf!jake loves it when you cry. he gets off on seeing your puffy face as he sinks into your warm, sopping cunt, whimpering something or other about "'s too much, can't come anymore, daddy". he'd chuckle, a low, sonorous sound escaping his chest, bringing one of his hands up and gently removing your tears before they reach soft cartilage of your ears. his fat tip kisses your cervix as he bottoms out in you, burying his teeth in the flesh of your shoulder to muffle his own moans threatening to escape at how good you feel squeezing him. "come on, princess. one more f'r me, i know you have it in ya. come on daddy's cock and then i'll fill you up, how's that sound, huh?"

somnophilia

being olo'eyktan, dilf!jake finds himself in a... sticky situation at least weekly as he comes to your shared tent in the middle of the night yet again, kept against his will in meeting after meeting after meeting, when all he can think about is you, and how you're most likely sleeping peacefully, your naked body glistening under the light emanating from the plants surrounding you, peaking through the weaves of the marui. he can't help the way his digits fist around his throbbing cock at your sight, always better than even his best dreams, pumping himself vigorously as he stalks towards you, kneeling in between your legs, wasting no time as his tongue starts lapping at your dripping folds, nearly coming apart at the seams at the way even in your sleep, you can't help exhale breathy moans of "daddy, please. need'ya in me, daddy!" "always so needy for daddy's cock, you dream about it, huh, babygirl?"

daddy kink/breeding kink

there's nothing that makes dilf!jake want to fuck you senseless more than one little word. just one word, coming out your perfect, fuckable mouth: daddy. "say it again, kid." his pace is ruthless as he has you on all fours, fingers wrapped around your braided hair and the other on your hips, pulling your body back as he's slamming into you with enough force to knock the air out of your lungs with every thrust. "d-daddy, daddy, daddy!" "that's right, kid. daddy's gonna take good care of you. gonna come in this tight little pussy. gonna put another baby in you, huh?" you try to nod or say yes, but all that comes out are blabbered mewls as Jake's cock bruises your cervix, one hand reaching around to circle your clit in the way he knows will have you squirting all around him, your slick and cum dripping down his balls and thighs, mixing with his seed that he fucks back into you, using his length as a plug to make sure nothing gets wasted. "...d-daddy..." "that's right, kid. taking my cum like the good girl you are."

i might do a part 2 cause i feel like i've missed some important kinks that i'd like to... explore ;)

arghhh i need him, i need him so badly, i need him entirely, wholly, substantially, exceedingly,...

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39oa · 7 months

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top 3 landoscar moments <3

miss risa you have no idea how difficult this was i think this is like 20x the acceptable length of what this prompt called for.

honorable mentions: not one specific moment but any instance of 1) lando constantly giving oscar the opportunity to win in the final round (see winner-takes-all during summer games + 100-point ultimatum in mini golf), i think if we tallied all their wins by round over the course of mclaren pr videos he'd honestly be above oscar by now, 2) lando being obessed with saying OSCUHHHH like it's an actual filler word he's ingrained into his basal speech patterns instead of his legal name, and 3) obviously oscar hearts-eyeing lando's entire existence in general though i think one great moment is the virgin radio uk appearance because why were they still managing to exchange extremely charged eye contact throughout 14 minutes of zak brown sitting between them. brah

other hms include ice bath video just because them making those sounds at each other was objectively hilarious, the cricket match-up (lando getting all worked up like "nice and easy oscar or else i'll take you off in the next race!!!" "i'm just worried about oscar, i feel like he's a silent killer you know" "oscahhh ): let me get you out mate ))):" and then oscar nonchalantly going Well it's only lando bowling i'll be fine. and immediately decimating him with his aussie schoolboy cricket prowess lmfao), suzuka in general but more specifically oscar not being prepared in the slightest to get absolutely doused by lando on the podium after he foksmashed his champagne, and also underrated landoscar moment is definitely oscar submitting the lando P3NI5 photo to a neural network image guesser.

ok let me get onto the actual list but thongs debate too just because lando obviously Knew but was doing it to be a little shit... in general i think what's fun to me about landoscar is that they've become quite natural in a sort of quiet domestic way so i like any moment that shows off their wordless communication, or alternatively oscar's endless level of patience + tolerance toward lando (listening to whatever pre-race music he blasts / silently giggling at his antics during the cake decoration video). like it's kind of funny when lando pretends in any way that he's miles more hilarious than oscar is because 1) he literally has the exact same sarcastic sense of humor, 2) 80% of his humor is a defense mechanism anyway, and 3) he's probably even more baseline introverted than oscar is (omg i could write a thesis on their social media presences but i won't.) and whenever people talked about how carlando were So Funny as teammates and mistakenly ascribed effusiveness to lando's character in response to their dynamic it quickly became apparent later on that carlos was always the one bringing this out in lando and not the other way around so... like i think their humor matches up well just in subtle moments aka the post-double podium video where oscar is like eyeing the way lando is holding his trophy at the start and then lando gets embarrassed and they start giggling while poor andrea is trying to make his speech like If you two don't stop!!

ANYWAY THE LIST:

🥉 twister: not really because it tells me anything wrt aspects of their dynamic but just because it's SO RIDICULOUS AND UNHINGED. first of all it's such a stunning instance of lando being better at something than oscar is but then the something is literally just being flexible so that's already a large enough indictment there (why are you as a man only good at golfing and being a little gaybo... i won't). but like [face-to-face with oscar's ass while folded up like a little pretzel] "what a sight that is" / "OSCUHH" x5 WHILE HIS VOICE IS LITERALLY GOING HOARSE IN THE PROCESS / and of course the most formative "YOUR LEFT FOOT IS NOT GOING BETWEEN MY LEGS!!!" actually dynamics-wise this WAS informative in that it proved to us that oscar will always be the first to lose at gay chicken. amen

🥈 sportbible green flag video: i think this video deserves to be slotted in at #2 because it's from when their teammate dynamic was still somewhat fresh but it proved to me that oscar was capable of Handling lando... like lando was clearly On One here and saying the most genuinely unhinged shit and somehow oscar still managed to find him funny and charming?!?? which i think is important because as much as oscar has always been characterized as chill and accepting there have been instances of him being genuinely flabbergasted and/or frustrated during his prema days which is of course also a reflection of age and natural maturity, but i still feel like specifically with lando he is SOOOOO TOLERANT of all his particularities and FOR WHATTTTTT. but also you can see during the >LOOK AT YOU WITH YOUR STUPID GOATEE ON moment that this was when lando was starting to understand that oscar wouldn't bend to everything he said and could be witty and incisive (silent killer) when he wanted to be and i think this is important as well in determining the equal footing of their dynamic. tbh my favorite moment here is the entire astrology question because of lando confidently assigning oscar piscesisms when that couldn't be any further from the truth. go off king of rejecting logical reasoning

🥇 LANDO'S BIGGEST FAN INCIDENT: this is #1 to me for so many reasons aka 1) i think this was formative to landoscar taking off as a ship in general because it spanned multiple fics but also 2) this was Personally what convinced Me to actually invest in 814 ship stonks because beforehand i was like "ok clearly oscar likes lando as a teammate and lando thinks oscar is a little lame and dry (in a mildly derogatory instead of fond way) and also oscar is just an attentive listener in general so his heart eyes disposition is mildly exaggerated" but then i watched this and it rewired my brain chemistry. the way we were still skeptics in august...

this whole fanmeeting is insane for several reasons but basically it boggles my mind because the entire exchange starts from the moment oscar is DESCRIBING HOW LARGE HIS NECK HAS GOTTEN which means lando is like sitting there quietly cataloguing the size of his body while oscar gets mildly flustered by the nature of the conversation and then lando deliberately cuts in like mate i'll buy you a new shirt and you can tell you can TELLLLL he was sitting on that response making sure it read well in his head. also it's doubly insane because when oscar responds that he'll get him a smaller shirt to strangle him they're both clearly interpreting it in bad faith like "you just want to get rid of me because i'm your competition xD" but then for whatever reason lando decides to make it Exceedingly weird 5 seconds later and his VOICE LITERALLY CRACKSSSS WHEN HE SAYS HE'LL BUY HIM A SEE-THROUGH SHIRT???????? like what's all this then. why did he essentially call oscar fit. why did he default to his little fantasy of seeing Known Bad Dresser oscar piastri in a shirt detailing lando's possession of his affections. genuinely calamitous levels of embarrassing for everyone involved i don't even know what to say.

ok i'll stop but hopefully this was informative <3 i'm so sorry

edit: omg i forgot to mention this but also the iconic silverstone fan stage side-hug and lando's whole face lighting up when he realized oscar was the one initiating physical contact!!!! 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

#never ask a man his salary or a lesbian why her landoscar tumblr manifesto is 1k words long #a

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iamthecomet · 1 year

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Hello! I absolutely ADORE your writing! It is truely keeping me sane during thesis writing burnout. I would like to offer a prompt: Aether, super tired and burnt out from taking care of everyone and everything, so the rest of the ghouls corner him and force him into self care and cuddles.

Please dont feel like you have to write anything! I'm mostly stopping by to pay my compliments to you and your writing.

Hi! Thank you so much for your kind words. I'm glad my writing is making your burnout a little more tolerable! I hope you're doing everything you can to take care of yourself through it. Don't be like Aether.

I'm jumping this one ahead in my queue because it's been a rough few days (weeks) for Aether (and Dew, duh) in this fandom. My heart hurts today. And all I want is soft.

Aether is exhausted. Dew can see it. He knows the big ghoul better than Aether knows himself. And he can see the slur in his movements, the way his limbs look heavy on his body. And yet--he won't stop. The flu took the abbey under siege two weeks ago. And so Aether has been helping.

Because that's what he does.

Aether's been up at all hours doing everything he can. He doesn't get sick--he can't. Dew doesn't usually either, his body temperature is too hot to allow anything to take root for long. But even he got hit with it, curling up in his bed and telling Aether it was ok. That the headache was manageable. That he didn't need him to take care of him. Aether had done it anyway. Even after a day of wicking symptoms away from the cardinals, the siblings, from Papa. He pulled Dew into his arms and pressed their heads together, the pain ebbed, drained. And Aether had sagged against him, an arm wrapped loosely around his waist. "You're going to hurt yourself," Dew whispered to him. Aether shook his head, already pushing away from Dew and standing. "I'll be ok, firefly. Don't worry about me." But Dew does worry. He worries far more than anyone expects him to. He watches Aether at every turn as sickness continues to drop humans and ghouls alike. He's awake late one night when Aether finally slumps back into his room. Dew hears him collapsing into bed through the wall. He lies awake, looking at the ceiling. He waits. It's less than an hour later when he hears Aether rise again and leave. Dew tries to sleep. He doesn't. He listens for Aether to come back, for him to finally sleep. He doesn't. Dew can't take it anymore. It only takes him five minutes to get the rest of the ghouls on board, and that's only because he had to go out to the greenhouse to get Mountain. Talking rapid-fire all the way back. While Mountain nods along. "Of course, we noticed," Cirrus snaps when Dew accuses them of not paying enough attention. "It's Aether. He isn't going to slow down until he's done."

"He's done," Dew says, finite. Like it's a decision he's allowed to make. It's not a complicated plan. Dew's plans are rarely detailed, usually just one sentence about what needs to be done in order to get the result.

In this case: Corner Aether. Make him sit the fuck down. The opportunity arises later that night when Aether returns to the common room to slump onto the couch between Swiss and Rain. Dew wastes no time in picking himself off of the floor between Cumulus and Sunshine and depositing himself in Aether's lap.

"Firefly," Aether says, his voice a rumble, slurred from exhaustion. He smells like freshly used magic. "I have to get up in five minutes. I have to check on--"

"No. You don't," Dew says firmly.

"They're sick, Dew. They need me."

"Aether," Mountain says from Rain's other side. "You're going to hurt yourself." "I know my limits. I'm ok," Aether yawns even as he says it.

Dew cranks up his body heat and presses closer. He flattens his palm over Aether's heart, feels the slow steady thud of it against his palm. "You're so far past your limit," Swiss says with a chuckle. But then he's pressing in too, more gentle heat. And Rain reaches up to smooth Aether's hair back from his head, to rub his temples with cool fingers. And Aether sighs his body sagging into them, as the Ghoulettes press closer and Mountain shifts to the floor so he can press his head to Aether's thigh. They lock him in. "You have to let me up," Aether says sleepily. "You're going anywhere until you sleep. I know you haven't." Dew says, putting his hand on Aether's cheek and guiding his violet eyes to Dew's. "I know you're not eating. I know you're not taking care of yourself. I'm not letting you do it anymore." "The Cardinal is really sick he--" "He's not going to die, Aeth." Rain murmurs. "He'll be there in the morning."

"He'll suffer."

"You're suffering," Dew insists. He keeps Aether's eyes on his. "I can't watch you do this anymore. So if you can't take care of yourself for you, can you do it for me?" Aether closes his eyes. He leans into the warmth of Dew's hand. Swiss kicks up a purr, pressing his face into Aether's neck and nuzzling in. Aether sighs, cracking his eyes open to look at Dew, still so close, right there, smelling like smoke and cinnamon. He leans in to press his forehead to Dew's and nods. "For you, firefly? Anything."

#comet writes #ficlet #request #aether x dewdrop #dewdrop x aether #aether/dewdrop #polyghouls #sick ish fic #anon #ghost fic #ghost fan fic #ghost fan fiction #the band ghost fan fiction #nameless ghoul fan fiction #soft #angst and fluff #Dewdrop is a good boy for once

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kohakhearts · 8 months

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tonight's anipoke rabbit hole (actually something i've been largely contemplating since i started rewatching the os, but i've been contemplating it Even More tonight LMAO) is the does gary oak is ash's childhood best friend (established) discussion, which...maybe it's because i already knew the direction of their arc when i went back to episode one, but i think i actually disagree with the notion that episode one presents a continuity error, i.e. that it suggests gary doesn't know ash. to save you all from my ramblings i put them under a cut but tl;dr this is a hashed out conversation i'm putting my two cents into for no reason other than that i can and i want to.

i will say that like...takeshi shudo's novelization does kind of contest my reading here, but it doesn't explicitly say ash and gary don't know each other, either. (iirc, what it actually says is that ash knows gary sort of peripherally and has the impression of him being A Bit Of A Jerk, because he comes from a family of local celebrities and it's inflated his ego - which also debunks the childhood friends thing, just in a different way. all things considered, this does make it pretty clear to me that ash and gary were not originally intended to be childhood friends however the head writers of the silver league arc were part of the team from the beginning or at least fairly early on in the os, so. take that as you will.)

i say this in reference to both the original and the dub, but there are some interesting language nuances that get cut out of the dub because they...obviously don't make a lot of sense. but i was doing my rewatch with the dub, so let me talk about that first. 'cause i actually watched the scene a couple times trying to decide if it really did feel like it challenged the childhood friends thing. and...i don't think it does?

the first line gary says that makes everyone say he doesn't seem to know ash is "well, you must be ash," which. yeah. okay, that'd be a pretty weird thing to say to a guy you already know, but i have one (1) strong thesis here and it's this: that's just how ten year olds are, lmao. the second thing he says (regarding how late ash is) is "at least you get to meet me." that one...okay, fair enough. now i'm starting to sound like the crazy one for saying This Proves Nothing. but you can't tell me ash's response to this isn't straight-up weird, ok, because he just kinda c: and goes "gary?"

this is...a poor translation, for the most part, but i'll get to that in a second. even watching this with no knowledge of the original, that call and response kinda feels like someone playing along with a bit. there's no way that he knows this guy's name just from the cheerleaders he literally bowled over to get to the lab. it's clear he already knows it from somewhere else (and following with the novelization, it's definitely the family of local celebrities thing, although that same novelization stipulates that gary doesn't even attend school in pallet town, so this is all around just a really Absurd series of events - that's why i love it so much, but still).

anyway, then gary says "that's mr gary to you" and ash's c: turns into a o: he's like. flabbergasted lmao. and he only reacts again to be like whaaat you got your first pokemon???

the rest of their interaction is just "can i see your pokemon" and "sucks to suck, sucker," so not incredibly noteworthy other than that ash goes from, like, weirdly polite with his little "um, excuse me" to when gary fucks off and he's suddenly pissed.

so in my efforts to like, dig into this more, i found that fan subs don't...completely translate the intention here, either. mostly i only got to thinking about this tonight because i was making a Joke and i pulled up a scene from this episode and it happened to be this one. for whatever bizarre reason, my choice to download Every Episode Of The Pokemon Anime led me to downloading japanese raws, not the dub. but that's beside the point. i actually sat down and listened to this scene with no english subtitles, and i was like. wait. i think this fits my thesis. let me explain.

(it all started when i noticed that when gary goes from addressing ash to addressing the crowd around them, he switches from using the pronoun "boku" to using "watashi," which probably is meant to show that he's trying to come across as Serious and Mature. i have not watched all of gary's episodes in japanese, but i've watched enough to know this is pretty irregular. i thought it was really silly, especially when...put in context.)

SO, in the japanese version, that whole "at least you get to meet me" bit isn't there - that was the translators' attempt at working around something untranslatable, because the actual progression after ash bumps into him here is something like:

>you're satoshi, aren't you? >yeah, it's satoshi-san >or should i say satoshi-kun?

which is...where the nickname comes from, obviously. and it's why he gets that Look on his face...you know the one

(this whole scene is very expressive and i love it, lmao)

even in subs, this is a weird thing to translate, so most people seem to emphasize the reference to ash's tardiness, like in the dub. but it misses some of the character beats laid out here, unfortunately. the satoshi-kun to ashy-boy pipeline is very complex. the shortcomings of the english language and all that.

anyway, gary's next line being "that's mr gary to you" does imply something about honorifics, but when ash just calls him "shigeru," he actually says "hey that's shigeru-kun to you," which doesn't suggest that he's telling ash off for being too chummy with him, as a stranger, so much as he's trying to say hey, we aren't friends, make some distance. because the next thing he says is something to the point of "you're supposed to be my rival, but you're already falling behind."

then the polite little "excuse me" of the english dub is actually ash saying "shigeru-kun?" which does seem awfully polite of him, but then he immediately drops it in his next line and just refers to him as "shigeru" again, so i maintain that it literally feels like he's just humouring gary here a bit lmao.

also worth noting, when gary drives off, ash in the dub says "i'll show you," but in the original just repeats the word "rival," looking very Worked Up.

also, just in general, i do think some of gary's lines here are like...pure exposition. he tells ash he's professor oak's grandson because the audience needs to know it. that doesn't really mean that we as the audience need to - or even should - assume it means he thinks ash doesn't know it, because he clearly does. i mean, he knew his name. that probably speaks for something, lol.

anyway, back to my thesis: this literally just reads like classic "first day of middle school" fuckery. gary oak is literally displaying symptoms of 12-year-old girl syndrome and ash is playing along because that's what pals do, right. like all i'm saying is that these two entered sixth grade and gary suddenly was like hey you can't sit beside me anymore and ash just kinda shrugged and was like haha ok, you're so quirky, and then only later when he heard gary shit-talking him realized hey wait a second, you're a bitch, we aren't friends anymore (and if this feels like an exaggeration, i work with children in this age bracket and believe me when i say i wish it were shdfhjdk).

in conclusion? yeah, the childhood best friends thing makes perfect sense. did they have a fight before this scene? has it been Years? no. gary just woke up and decided to start shit one day. most compelling relationship of the century, if i'm being honest.

ADDENDUM: when professor oak sees ash, he says something about "thats right, there were four people scheduled to see me today," but gary already seemed to know ash was going to be there, which leads me to believe they have at least enough of an established relationship for gary to know becoming a pokemon trainer was a goal of ash's and he had in fact gotten his license. because clearly professor oak didn't give him that info!

#taylor.txt #taylor watches anipoke #*meta #...I GUESS?? i don't think im saying anything someone else hasn't already said before #but in case you needed more more reasons to believe that gary is the funniest character in this whole anime #im here to offer you some #anyway. good night #gary oak #goes in the tag so i can always refer back to this moment of genius here #and so anyone who follows me can easily find it and know im NOT normal about him </3

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paradisepoisoned · 1 year

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always so ready to scream about meronia... 5 random headcanons for them, i beg of you

OMG YES ok it was hard what five to pick and this is gonna be long winded but fuck it I'm excited lol also I apologize in advance if this is senseless rambling I am not a very articulate person 😅

1-so I have this headcanon that Near and Mello both each have like their own little spice of PTSD or something, and they are the only ones who can kinda talk each other down in a way. I always Imagined Mello being born in Croatia during the Yugoslav wars and just living through horrendous trauma (this could be a post in itself so I'm gonna refrain because I have so many thoughts on Mello pre-wammys house but ANYWAY) and I don't really think he ever had time to process it, like he was living in a war torn country, everything he once knew, his family, everything blown apart and all of sudden he's at a prestigious secret orphanage for geniuses in England. So he kinda just buried it and didnt look back and dedicated everything to making L proud hoping that would be enough to make it go away but obviously it's not and so sometimes when he hears firecrackers or a siren or even one of Matt's videogames it fucking SENDS him and one day Near catches Mello hyperventilating in the hallway and Near shows him a breathing technique and breathes with him till he stops and Mello fucking hates him cause it works and it's something he uses the rest of his life and he thinks of Near. Near only knows the breathing technique cause he also gets panic attacks but what gets Near the most is the nightmares. The nightmares send him into thrashing fits but the worst is the sleep paralysis. It would happen one of the first few nights when they slept together and Mello would stroke his cheek or hold his hand and talk him through it or recite a passage from a book, anything to distract him. Near never says what the nightmares are about or what he sees during sleep paralysis and Mello never pushes it.They don't know what the other went through but there is a mutual unspoken understanding and I feel like that is the closest they ever get to affection

2-I feel like this is a really unpopular headcanon and not really accurate but idc I think Near secretly resents L. Idk why but I just like this headcanon. I picture Near to be a bit of a bitter person and I think he blames Mello's hatred for him on L though he'd never admit it and tbh I don't think Near had any desire to become L at all I think he was apathetic towards everything at first it wasn't until Mello came along that he started feeling alive. Near never cared about being L. He cared about the game he and Mello played. I also think mellos admiration of L would just solidify Near's disdain and I would imagine they've gotten into a fight or two about the integrity of L's character.

3-I think both would deny it but they can make each other laugh. Like genuinely laugh. I think they would fight it but every once in a while like on a full moon or some shit Near would make a snarky comment at someone or Mello would make a face behind rogers back and before they could stop themselves it would come out. They are mortified at how the others laughter makes there heart skip a beat and neither would admit to this under torture.

4-I think Mello is one of the only people who knows Near is secretly a disturbed basket case and hear me out lol. Mello is probably the closest Near has ever gotten to someone and this is already turning into a thesis so I'm not gonna get into my headcanons for Near pre wammys but ya boy has ISSUES. Like one day Mello would catch Near doing something wild like trashing A's old room (idk I have a headcanon that A and B's room stayed like mausoleums at the orphanage and it was like a ghost story) and Mello would get the blame for it cause who would fucking believe him if he said Near did it. So he gets grounded for a week and Near slips him chocolate under the door as a silent apology.

5-Linda and Roger put together a funeral for Mello and Matt. Near did not attend.

I'm sorry this turned into a Ted Talk without almost any punctuation, but it feels good to scream about these two thank you loll

#death note #death note headcanons #mello x near #Meronia #nate river #mihael keehl #mello #near #also i must have used the word like at least 76 times🤣

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papermint-airplane · 11 months

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Ok ok so let me explain what it is I'm doing here. Or try to, anyway, because it's admittedly a dumb idea and it's far from original, but I like to think I'm putting a little bit of my own spin on it. First, let's discuss what the original game, Façade is.

What is Façade?

So I'm going to do my best to explain what this game I'm parodying/playing homage to is in my own words. There are plenty of Wiki articles out there about it but I've spent enough time thinking about this cursed game and I'm not about to add actual research on top of it so take everything I say with a pinch of salt.

Façade was created in 2005/2006 by the two guys whose names are on the title screenshot I posted before. These guys.

From what I have gleaned over time, they created this "game" as a masters thesis project (I could be wrong but I already said I'm not looking it up so my source is "Trust Me Bro"). This isn't really a game as much as it is a tech demo to show off their brand new advanced (for the time) AI text parser. For those of us who don't speak übernerd, it pretty much means the game can understand you. Kind of. You type sentences on the screen and the AI does its best to figure out what you mean. Using this system, you can kind of have a conversation with Trip and Grace and they will react using pre-written voice acted lines. That sounds incredibly impressive and it is, especially for someone like me who can barely understand the magic going on under the hood, but what this basically all boils down to is that you can fuck with the characters so much. They have certain triggers which, if you trigger them, can either get you scolded, contribute to the couple's argument (more on that in a second), or outright get you kicked out of the apartment. For instance, the first time I played, while Grace was going "oh my Goooood [Player] you look sooooooo amaaaaaazing", I replied "you look terrible" and instantly got the boot from Trip.

The Story

We've already established that the point of Façade is to be a tech demo first and a game second, so the story isn't as impressive as the code driving it. You, the player, are an old college friend of Trip and Grace's and have been invited to their apartment for a "dinner party". The problem is, there is no dinner, there is no party, and all the couple does is fight in front of you. It is up to you, dear hapless player, to help them with their marital issues that you are, in no way whatsoever, qualified to address. Alternatively, you can just troll the shit out of them.

That's it, that's the whole story. Couple invites you over, couple doesn't feed you, couple proceeds to scream at each other for reasons unrelated to the absent food. And yet, as simplistic as it is, it's captivating for reasons that aren't easily articulated. This is the sort of game that must be experienced in order for you to really get it.

I can't stress enough how impressively made this game was for the time. We're talking absolutely groundbreaking stuff and probably part of the reason AI is going to take over the world and enslave us all. But somehow, in the process of changing the face of technology as we know it, these two guys gave us the worst characters in the entirety of videogame history.

Grace

Grace is a bitch. There, I said it. It's true. Anyone who's ever played Façade knows it's true. And yet, you can't fully hate her because she is justified in her bitchiness. Her husband is shallow, materialistic, and is cheating on her with everyone. She's unfulfilled in a career she didn't want and feels suffocated in her current lifestyle. However...listen, you're just going to have to play the game or watch a Let's Play because the whininess has to be seen to be believed. Grace and Trip are already fighting when you arrive at their apartment (you can hear them shouting at each other through the door) and Grace does a piss-poor job of pretending they weren't. She is the one who throws the first verbal punch and she's the one who keeps it going even as you are frantically trying to mediate. Trip calls her cold but honestly, I find she comes in way too hot.

Trip

Lest you think I am on Trip's side in this debacle, I hate him too. He's the other side of the coin. Where Grace is standoffish, Trip is overly gregarious. Where Grace sees the value in the little things in life, Trip constantly brags about his wealth and possessions. This fool forces you to look at his vacation photo. Yeah sure the vacation in question was to the Italian countryside, but he keeps talking about that photo long past the point where both you and Grace are uncomfortable. Trip is deeply insecure and it shows. It's a bit more difficult to explain what it is that makes Trip just the absolute worst, because he doesn't wear his emotions on his sleeve the way his wife does. He's slimy. He's trying to keep the conversation light (at first, anyway), but he does it in the greasiest way possible. Again, you're going to have to see for yourself in some way.

What I'm Doing Here

I've been watching a lot of Façade Let's Plays recently. *Trip voice* "That should be obvious" (if you know, you know). We all know Sims parties never go well so it was a very small step from "game about a disastrous get together" to the Sims. I'm not reinventing the wheel here. Besides, this very concept has been done before, but when has unoriginality ever stopped me? You shut your whore mouth if you're in the comments agreeing with me on that, by the way. So, to ease myself back into the Sims world after my extended unplanned hiatus, I'm going to kick back, turn free will on high, and let the magic of the Sims take over. I have gone out of my way to give Trip and Grace traits that I feel correspond extremely well to my reading of their Façade counterparts.

Trip, for all his rich guy posturing, is still a country boy at heart (much to his dismay), which is why I gave him country music and PB&J as faves. Can't Stand Art isn't exactly canon, per se, but it conflicts with Grace's artistic trait and I thought it would give them something else to fight about.

Grace, as much as she romanticizes the starving artist trope, is a rich bitch through and through and wouldn't survive five minutes on the street.

I'm hoping for fireworks with these traits. Knowing Sims 3, I won't be disappointed.

And finally, who is going to be invited to this evening of pain? I suppose I could send Trip and Grace out on the town to make friends but that's boring and I don't want to spend more time with them than necessary so...

Funnily enough, the game seems to know what I'm trying to do. All of Grace's randomly-chosen friends are the rich and famous of Bridgeport while Trip's are just regular folks. I find that very interesting. Maybe Sims 3 has a touch of Façade's magic AI, too.

#sims 3 #ts3 #sims 3 gameplay #mine #facade #trip and grace #sim: trip facade #sim: grace facade

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actual-bill-potts · 1 year

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🛒 🧐 🦅👀 for the fanfic asks please! And I hope your Monday improves ❤️

🛒What are some common things you incorporate in your fics? Themes, feels, scenes, imagery, etc. Ooh this one made me think. I think that grief and loss are very common motifs; I have written a lot of fic about characters' response to irredeemable loss. Part of that, I believe, is an effort to deal with my own angst re: the passage of time. That theme is something I find very compelling about the Silm, because pretty much every character in the story is doomed forever (or at least they think so).

It's also something that I am fascinated by in Doctor Who: how do you continue to love and go on when everyone around you is dying? It's a very potent metaphor for the human condition, because all of us are doomed to suffer and die, probably sooner than we'd like. What does it look like to create meaning in a world like that? For Finrod (and the eleventh Doctor, blorbo of my late teens), the answer is: there are always new people to love. Maglor would, perhaps, answer: the art we make is worth it. Maedhros might respond: there is no meaning, but I'm gonna live anyway cuz fuck Angband. etc. etc.

Apart from that - I use a lot of dawn/dusk/starlight juxtaposition imagery because, well, I'm writing silm fanfic lol. I think I write a lot of scenes where characters are trying to say something but just can't and end up saying something entirely different/characters are talking at cross-purposes/etc, just because I find that fun and brain-tickling to write.

🧐Do you spend much time researching for your stories? ...yes and no. I spend a ton of time checking timelines, maps etc of First Age Beleriand. And various other details. But other than that I'm not like. too picky about most things? For instance if there's a lot of medical treatment, etc. in my stories I do enough research to make it generally plausible and then kind of elide a lot of details because a) I am writing this for fun and don't have time for thesis-level research and b) it's a fantasy setting anyway so realism is not my #1 priority.

🦅 Do you outline fics or fly by the seat of your pants? Depends on the length of the fic! Oneshots/vignettes I do not outline whatsoever, I get an idea and sit down to write it and whatever comes out is what you get lol. For multi-chapter fics, I do outline but it tends to be pretty rough. For instance, for towers I have a general outline of major events and then I will do a slightly more detailed outline for a chapter or two at a time to make sure I'm including everything I need to for the plot to move along (at least a little lol).

A peculiarity of mine is that I find it very difficult not to write in chronological order, like if "Maedhros and Maglor have a conversation where they say X Y and Z" is in my outline and then something happens later in the fic based on that conversation. I cannot write what happens until I've written the conversation. Really when I'm writing dialogue - and dialogue drives a lot of my fic - I kind of turn my brain off and just try to channel the characters. Sometimes that takes me fun places :)

👀 Tell me about an up and coming wip please! Oooh. ok I have two.

The Athrabeth script! I am writing a movie-style script inspired by the Athrabeth, in an attempt to make it read a little more easily/convey what I think Tolkien was trying to get at to a modern audience. I'm about halfway through currently - it's been much more difficult to write than I expected, lol. There are so many undercurrents in the piece as written that are difficult to get across without having Finrod and Athrabeth just monologue at each other - and I'm trying to make it flow like a conversation rather than competing speeches.

WIP currently entitled "Finrod and babies," an entirely self-indulgent piece of work in which I write Finrod interacting with. many small children. no major plot, just utterly shameless fluff.

Thank you so much!! <3

#my writing #asked and answered #ask game

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dreaming-marchling · 6 months

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Hey!!!

Im loving the new chapter and all I can think about right now is how much Mia is going to cry about Brains dedication to being a good brother.

I mean, getting her special cooking classes for her birthday!?! That's dedication and LOVE that Mia would definitely get sappy about.

I also love how great Brain thinks the team is. He thinks that they're the bee's knees, and that is so sweet, and I have to hold myself back from a little "awww" every time I see it in your writing.

And Roman Pierce. I love how their friendship works, and I love how it looks like Brian is a stray cat that Rome brought home, and his mom and aunties just loved on. They are such good friends and can there be more baby pictures of them for me and all 57 aunts fawn over?

Ok, I guess that the Doyle's can be mysterious figures emerging from the tree line in a horror movie. Lol (Can you hear my dramic sigh from wherever you live?)

But let me tell you where my imagination is going right now. Picture it now, Grandpa Doyle looks like he used to bodybuild and still does. And standing at 6'2, he towers over my baby, Brian. But!!! Due to his lack of experience around traumatized teens, he makes a mistake that leads to what could be a fist fight, could be less severe... ok, enough about that.

Anyway, I don't know if you can tell, but I am definitely obsessed with the little gold stars! Thank you for that bit of cuteness in this angsty fic.

I'm just letting you know that at this point, you could be writing a thesis on childhood abuse recovery. A Professor at the Toretto School of Emotional Bullshit. Because I think that you are on fire for actual emotional recovery and not magical healing through finding your soulmate.

I think I'm done for now, so I'm sending you lots of love and good vibes!!! -Blue

Hi!

It's funny you call Brian a stray cat, I actually get that a lot from readers lol! Our hissing but secretly craving pets stray cat Brian with his tuna obsession ;)

Grandpa Doyle - I love your thoughts here! I haven't yet heard much hypothesis from readers about him but I feel like "large" is going to come up a lot lol!

The Stars - We need the cuteness! I think I had Dom thinking it in his last POV but truly, getting to have this quirky little thing Brian is doing be cute is a breath of fresh air. I don't think Dom is someone who was looking for cute but Brian has offered up so much "tragic" and "heartbreaking" that honest to goodness cuteness is deeply welcomed

A thesis - I have no actual thesis or qualifications but Brian's journey ringing true is a real goal so this is a lovely compliment :)

Thank you as always!!

#My Writing #Marked in Trust

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komatsunana · 2 years

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Uhhhh, so I gotta admit defeat and admit I won’t be able to finish any of the projects I wanted to for NANA Week 2022 Day 7............ Sorry 😔😭

Instead I bring you a super sneak-peak of my long awaited (for me, anyway lmao) Nana Osaki mega meta analysis, in which I will be going through chapter by chapter discussing Nana Osaki as a character. This analysis will... very likely be very long and potentially my magnum opus contribution to the NANA community.

Today, I can only offer you the rough draft of my introduction and I can only hope anyone else wants to see more one day... lol

Nana Osaki, the deconstruction of the girl we wanted to be

By no means is my first experience reading and watching NANA a universal one. We’re in the midst of the NANA Renaissance at the time of writing this is in early 2022. Times are different now than they are then. Then being the year 2006. I was 14 or maybe even 13, just about to graduate from middle school into high school.

The thing to understand was I was raised in the era of “not like other girls.” Not like other girls were different from other girls, or at least they thought they were. Other girls were feminine, popular, and liked make up, fashion, dating boys and the color pink. They were sluts. And you were not, you were chaste and read books or were into some odd hobby that made you feel both ostracized from everyone else and better then them too. You were independent, that’s why you didn’t have any friends… it wasn’t because you couldn’t make any ok!! You weren’t like other girls, you were better.

Enter Nana Osaki.

She was cool and rebellious, she wasn’t like other girls. She was punk and edgy. Nana didn’t move to Tokyo for her boyfriend, she was independent. She didn’t need a man, even if she had one she let him go.

Nana was who we wanted to be, us young not-like-other-girls who first read NANA.

Fast forward many years. Ai Yazawa gets ill and puts NANA on hiatus. Attitudes change, not like other girls unlearn the internalized misogyny (or don’t… or do but change their sense of superiority to some other target). #MeToo, #YesAllWomen, #LoveWins, #BlackLivesMatter, #BringBackOurGirls, #IceBucketChallenge, #TakeAKnee, #FreeBritney [re-order later]. More people care about social justice but it’s been packaged and commodified in a capitalist hellscape. A virus, a pandemic, lockdown and quarantines… The world is forever different and NANA is still on hiatus.

But we can still reread NANA as many times over as we want in that span of time. And you read it enough times to realize… Nana Osaki the girl 13 year old you wanted to be? You were her, you were always her. You may not have dressed in vintage Vivienne Westwood, sing, or have a tattoo and piercings but you were her in all the ways that mattered.

Because just like you, Nana was just a scared little girl who wanted to be loved and was scared of rejection.

Unlike you time was frozen still for her, stuck between the pages of the manga. You grew up and she did not… And maybe… she never did even between the pages of the manga.

My ultimate thesis statement for this analysis is this: Nana Osaki character arc and journey through the series is not one of the usual character growth that we have come to expect in our narratives. Instead what we have witnessed in NANA is the deconstruction of one Nana Osaki. Like unraveling the wraps of a mummy, an unending nesting doll, or layers of an onion ala Shrek… Whatever metaphor you like best, Nana Osaki is deconstructed throughout the series* until what we find at the center of her character is the little girl her mom abandoned in the snow.

*this is not including the glimpses of Nana Osaki we see in the future. Without the key events that lead to that moment, it’s hard to really say for sure one way or the other.

And the Nana Osaki we met in the prologue as well as the Nana Osaki we left on that final page of chapter 84… She is fundamentally unchanged as a person, even if Nana’s life and loved ones expanded in all the chapters between. Every action, decision, and belief that Nana holds from prologue to chapter 84, Nana always had the capacity to do and hold.

Other aspects of Nana to be discussed include: her alcoholism, jealousy, possessiveness, and internalized conservative values within a punk sphere. [more to be added]

to be continued.................. Happy NANA Week, I cannot wait to bring you the rest one day.

#nana #nana week #nana osaki #osaki nana #i scream #my nana feels

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typing4mylife · 11 months

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I Wrote Gloomy Ruins Everything pt. 2

Ok, so I was able get some more Gloomy related things from my parents house.

But before that, a little recap of the craziness that went down a couple days ago: Basically, I wrote a novel almost a decade ago called Gloomy Ruins Everything, which was a dark version of Toy Story with a revenge plot-line. It was briefly, sorta published but didn’t really go anywhere (the “publisher” folded, more on that later, lol) so I washed my hands and went onto other things.

Then, against all odds, after all this time, I find out from my little sister that it has garnered somewhat of a following on Tumblr, with extremely talented artists sharing fan art and memes. I’m still not over it, lol. Maybe I’m just an overly dramatic person but it’s truly been a dream come true.

Anyways, back to what I was talking about! Here’s a closer view of the comic collection pamphlet (front/back) for Gloomy and Friends. I’ll share the comics in future posts.

And here’s the manuscript thesis version of the novel I originally wrote in 2014 for my Creative Writing MFA. The title is absolutely terrible, lol: “Gloomy and Friends: The Search For Happiness,” but it was before I came up with Gloomy Ruins Everything (with help from my old singing teacher in fact). A lot of other things also changed between this version and what was eventually published. In Search for Happiness there was a whole convoluted saga before Gloomy got to Chloe’s Playroom and we actually got to see more of his life in his original home. I streamlined everything ultimately because it took waaaaayyyy too long for the actual plot to begin.

So yeah, more stuff soon to come. I found some promotional content I made for IG that I’ll be uploading soon, as well as some closer shots of “published” novel. Maybe I’ll do some readings too… I’ll have to see.

If you like Gloomy (or even just find the concept interesting) it would be super helpful if you could share/reblog this and future posts. I’d love to find more members of my fandom, haha, if they exist. I’ve written a new book (unrelated from Gloomy) that I’m planning to self-publish soon, but if there’s enough interest I’m considering putting Gloomy Ruins Everything up on Amazon again as an e-book.

Let me know what you think. You’re the best!

—Billy

#gloomy ruins everything #writing #writing community #ask the author #writing life #writing blog #gloomy #emo #gothic #fandom #secret fandom #I had fans all this time and didn’t realize it?#its a crazy story

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aydascomprehendsubtext · 1 year

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While I think the general Vibe of glass onion is less class warfare and more a particularly vicious satire of bad rich people I think Helen's final act burning the Mona Lisa is really weird and almost rubs me the wrong way in the opposite direction?

So like to start in a story way she absolutely has to burn it. Like it's the most chekovs gun to ever chekov. It's very well done visually with shots that parallel her and the painting, it's the narrative punch of the thesis about disruption.

But I also don't love it as a political message? Mostly because I'm also not impressed with the idea that the most devastating way to harm capitalism is by destroying... what we colloquially call high art and culture?

Two critiques to deal with first: First of all I've seen people say it's not the real Mona Lisa but honestly I can't stand that interpretation I don't see it in the actual film text I think it ruins the impact of it I do not see it. Secondly! I think that post I just rbed about knives out being movies that love kinda being Good at stuff is absolutely right. Theres a veneration of intelligence and Real creative works and artistry and Knowing stuff in all this. And I think there's a ton of problems with that. On the one hand I'm compelled by the idea that it's a critical first step to dissolve the perception that these tech dudes or politicians or celebrities DO actually know what they're talking about. Like I do think persuasion in this area specifically is a noble goal. But yeah probably more importantly it's a very cringefail liberal John Oliver fantasy to say that's enough to win! And that absolutely extends to high art - the first knives out the punchline about the kids is that they can't do complex creativity, don't appreciate their fathers art because they're nepo babies or whatever. Like wow yeah he's the good millionaire because he's nice and also because he's good at books. Glass Onion really is a new take in this regard because it's saying fuck that! Burn the Mona Lisa even if people love it ESPECIALLY if people love it.

BUT ALSO I have two kinda fundamental problems with this worldview that views culturally valued art as an inherently bourgeois phenomena. First of all like ok slight tangent but. lmao yeah ofc Ryan Johnson is talking about art that's what he does yknow? Like on some level I think it's a little strange whenever people criticize media for talking too much about Media. Like yeah capture more of the human experience but you probably know more about creating art than me because I don't make films!!!!

Second tho is way more important because fundamentally like. Idk if I agree that trying to make really good art is something to sneer at and I DEFINITELY don't believe sneering at people who intentionally don't engage or care is #praxis. And I'm open to the possibility that my classical liberalism Wes Anderson aesthetic upbringing has infused me w some bad instincts here but I just don't think it's a real life good idea to burn the Mona Lisa! One movie that I saw that I really loved this year was The Menu which was a vicious satire of the idea that people trying to do high art are engaging in it in bad faith. It says "cuisine is a scam a cheeseburger and crinkle cut fries are our only salvation." And like while I enjoyed that movie... I refuse the premise! I don't think art and striving for art that communicates and innovates and yes is frequently silly and self important is mutually exclusive with LOVING trash and when things are bad and the art fails at what it was trying to do but you love it anyway. I love bad art because it teaches me something about good art and vice versa. I think opera is probably a capitalist hellscape and yet we should have more opera singers not fewer. Idk how to synthesize this I love glass onion i think that last post about it is spot on media criticism and I also love the Mona Lisa and don't love a politics that says we should disrupt it.

#glass onion #altho posts that arent actually abt glass onion and are more about a specific question about art #ive been dilemmaing about since i saw the Menu and also The Bear #trying to figure out if my aesthetic appreciation of like. Stuff thats Good and everyone says is Good Art needs to be dialed back lmao

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jrueships · 2 years

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Bestie please unredacted Jordan Poole thoughts 🙏 you pick the pairing (or pairingS 😳)

OH OK I WIL!! TRY MY B ES. T!!!!!!! .... incoming... jaren/jordan.. with a lil hints of other jordan ships 🥰 NOT EXACTLY ALL THAT REDACTED BUT... we move 🥴

Readmore my old friend it's been Years...

SO ANYWAYS i think .... it is very inch resting how MUCH poole copies steph. Even trying to copy his interview style??? When Irl that just! Isn't him!!!! He's GOOFY and nice and likes pulling pranks on men bigger than him.. thats HIM!!!! but he sees gorgeous sociologist who writes his thesis on a necessary topic in sports and interviews people on their tattoos like a little weirdo steph and he's like! I WANNA BE THAT MAN. Insane! With steph he is! Insane!

With jaren he is ALSO insane, but i think being with jaren, a living embodiment of his past, he becomes more insane in terms of playfulness? Because that's what they've always used to do? Goof up their boring ass uptight ass highschool by 'fooling around'.. his pranks upscale with more thought and his impish ways triple tenfold. And jaren just!!!!! Takes it!

How does this connect...... WELL i think hmm i think jaren sees Jordan and he's all happy like!!! Omg! Jordan 🥰🥰! But Jordan is with steph right now.... that's when jaren sees how Different Jordan is willing to become. .... and maybe he gets a Little jealous. It's easy to become jealous over 30, he's almost like a real life cheat code in the game of basketball. He KNOWS more due to experience, but experience is STUPID. Jaren's HAD experience, he lives and BREATHES basketball, whatever level steph is on that makes him soooo worthy of all this 'idolization'... jaren Wants it.

Or maybe jaren just doesn't get the concept of changing yourself when around different people? He has a bubbly, in your face personality that OTHER people just had to get used to. Even ja was a little thrown back by Jaren's emphatic sayings and clumsy antics, but he got used to it and quickly learned to love it. Jaren didn't have to change for people, so he doesn't understand the action. If you wanna hang out with a person so bad that you CHANGE for it... is hanging out really all that worth it if they don't like you for you?

Which steph DOES. He's more curiously entertained by poole's mimicry than anything. I think he wants to encourage poole's individualism more, but can't be the person to do it because poole will always see him on this pedestal. Others like Gary have to do that for him. But jaren doesn't SEE that.... he just sees, from d*llon's words.. a bunch of old bitches soon to be out of their primes, some of them already out. And here his best friend is trying to impress them all by not being himself. Unlike the grizzlies, where no one is trying to impress anyone due to collective underdog mentality! Though it's a Little (alot) hypocritical because jaren tries impressing ja with his posterizing sometimes.... a little... maybe... a lot... BUT THE POINT IS- jaren is jealous over The Warriors (mainly steph)..

SO U KNOW... maybe these feelings 'hide' for a While but show up so directly during conversations, things get called out then... Stuff Happens...... LIKE MAYBE AFTER THE ELIMINATION GAME.. jordan catches jaren after an interview and starts griddying (ja is not there or else he would've tweeted out that jordan just stomped on all the little bones in his ankles;therefore, code breaking) then laughs at jaren because he can't griddy, too damn big 😔.. and jaren is like HAHA😹 whatever 😒. Hater. AND THEY HAVE A GOOD CHAT! Talk about all the gifs they sent!!! Jaren misses his flight with the team they talk so long! He feels bad and the one word message from ja doesn't help, but Jordan says this is good because they can catch up!! He'll fly him back home tomorrow after a boys night out!

Jordan takes him to one of his favorite places to eat, it's really nice <3 they both teeter having too much manners and not having enough at the dinnertable. They kick each other under the table, jordan hides jaren's silverware, tells him to order The Among Us meal.... it's not real. Jaren embarrasses himself in front of hundreds. Jaren+Jordan eventually settle down when the food comes, they start sharing highschool stories..... take turns being the one that goes 'OH YEAHOH YEAH I REMEMBER!!' and the 'do YOU remember this ONE TIME..' IT'S REALLY NICE! Sometimes they get to a story that got a little.. intimate... maybe they were hiding around a corner from almost getting caught and they were pressed together.. a detail no one disclosed but everyone remembered in their hearts... and they have to get a little quiet and pause before awkwardly continuing with a laugh, both feigning forgetfulness when really they remember ALL too much..

AFTER DINNER DISCUSSIONS they walk back to Jordan's. Jordan is wearing classic short shorts, there's a chill in the wind.... jaren gives jordan his jacket and jordan wraps it around his waist like a skirt. Jordan really rocks a good skirt. They'd relish in the moment, but the press would destroy them if they saw this, and jaren couldn't help but notice his arm sleeves dragging on the ground sometimes even in the wrap since jordan was so much smaller. That can't do!!! If it were anyone else, he wouldve fussed and hurriedly fixed it... SO THEY HURRY HOME!

THATS when the discussions get... a Little deeper. A bit more heated. They're both really tired, team rivalries get into it... jordan says a lil smthin abt ja.. jaren doesn't rlly like it... so jaren says something way worse about steph.... jordan doesn't like That at All. Then d*llon gets brought up, which jordan HATES. They start to argue by the bed..

Jaren says something quick about change that he doesn't really mean, but it hits jordan deep because he thinks 'am I really that OBVIOUS? Do I really look that DESPERATE?' Jaren then does his signature Jaren Retreat after saying his piece, grumbling about taking the couch instead.. but jordan tries to stop him. AND U KNOW... MAYBE THEY TANGLE UP.. and accidentally maybe sorta jaren falls on jordan on the bed... catches himself so he's propped up with his hands on either side of jordan and he's leaned just Barely over him. It reminds them too much of That Close Memory and..... PASSION CALLS FOR IT... tiredness allows for it... nostalgia fuels it... THEY KISS!!

They start to make out!!! Jaren's big hands roaming thighs, up waists. Things are going well until jaren tries mentioning something sly thinking he'll get away with it.. it's regarding Steph. Smthing like 'he'd Never do this .. won't have you like the way / i'd / have you..' .... and that's when jordan turns them over. If jaren wants to make such a big deal over change, he'll show him Change.

Jordan starts sucking burning marks into the soft of Jaren's inner thighs, and when jaren tries deterring him, he's all 'just wear compress leggings over them.' Even though he KNOWS that'll make it more uncomfortable and squeeze the bruising. That's almost what he Wants. The idea of impact. He has Jaren on his back almost trying to fold him in two, the height is so difficult, Jaren's long legs starting to ache on his shoulders. But Jordan has a message to send. And what better way to send it than giving Jaren the greatest head he's ever had in his whole life?? Maybe he says how he wanted to do this since senior year of highschool and it sends jaren over the edge. But Jordan keeps going, fingering jaren WHILE expertly sucking him off. Jaren tries to worry about how well he does it, did steph help him 'practice??' Had he 'practiced' ON steph? But the sensation is getting too good and his brain blurs out. No more steph talk. Jordan has Jaren whining and tossing his head side to side on HIS bed on HIS pillows after HIS win, and it definitely gives him some Drive. They fuck with the lights on, Jordan makes jaren suck on the fingers that were used to open him up. It's hot. Jordan is really glad his cats were empaths, sensing conflict beforehand and fleeing from the room so they don't have to see 'daddy' at 'work'.

The sex is good. Of course. It has to be. Jordan using his arms to hold Jaren's legs back and press his knees by his head.. holding his hands while he does it. Forehead to forehead as he feels jaren's pants and hiccups in his face. Hurting his neck just to lean forward and swallow it all in like before. It's good. U know.. just something between Two Good Friends..

Afterwards, when he cleaned jaren up, they went to bed together. Jordan cuddling into jaren's chest and jaren passing out almost immediately. ... cue the slow wakeup and ache from last night with the classic

'....did we just-' already answered question

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Chapter 1 : Welcome to Devildom, Your Above Average Hell!!!

Summary : Welcome! You’re the new exchange student at RAD! You didn’t plan on another study, but here we are.

Warning : none?? idk pls tell me

Word Count : 1511

Notes : I appreciate critics and suggestion, pls do tell if you have any. I’m new to writing or making story over all, so expect me stumbling all over with this. oh yeah and this is my take on the game story, enjoy! X)

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You’ve finally graduated from college and now a bachelor of something. No more thesis or essays to be made. You've decided it's time to take a break before doing another gruesome work called getting a job. Though many would disagree with your decision, you don’t care about them. They don’t know what you’ve gone through, and you’re the one to decide your path.

So here you are in your living room, holding your game console about to drop into a comfy bean bag.

You close your eyes as you fall down, but something doesn’t feel right. The fall is… a little too long, and you landed on something hard. Confused, you get up and open your eyes only to see that you’re in some kind of courtroom.

“Welcome to Devildom Y/N.” said a red haired man. “..oh, pardon me. A little shocked, are we? Well that is all normal after all you’ve just arrived.” the man continued.

All of what the man said passed through your head as you’re still trying to understand ‘Devildom’. ‘Ahh, it seemed I finally died out of stress? Guess the holiday didn’t work after all.’ you thought.

You stared at the man as he introduced himself and explained the place you’re in. “ok. His name is Diavolo, and this place is RAD… Interesting acronym.” you noted to yourself.

‘Wait a second… shouldn’t he be telling me what bad deeds i have done by now?? I know I hated school but I'm pretty sure my kind of living hell would be being surrounded by A LOT of people.’

As diavolo finished his monologue you asked “Um.. I have 2 questions if that’s ok.”

“Oho, ask away.” Diavolo replied.

You take a deep breath “Am I dead? And if I am dead… or not? Why am I here?”

“I will explain everything to you, but first of all you are not dead.” said the black haired man that is now standing and walking over to you.

“y/n, this is Lucifer. He’s a demon and the Avatar of Pride.” Said Diavolo and he continues to explain how Lucifer is the vice president of the student council and his right-hand man and so on. You decided to observe the other 4 people in the room while Listening. After Diavolo has finished, Lucifer was about to continue his explanation but you decided your question is more important.

“ok… if you’re a demon… and everyone else is too. Don’t you all look too human?” Silence permeated through the room as you finished.

You hear Lucifer chuckle as he proceeds to spurt 2 pairs of wings and a pair of horns. “Does this look demonic enough for you?” Lucifer smiles menacingly at you.

“I think I expected something more… gory, sigh. We can just continue with the explanation.” ‘If I am in danger, they would’ve killed me a long time ago and wouldn’t be so polite… right?’

Lucifer is confused and surprised at how calm you’re taking everything, but he continues with the explanation anyway. He starts from the purpose of the exchange program, how long is your stay at Devildom, and what is your task as an exchange student.

Your excitement dies as you hear you’re going to write a thesis at the end of the program. ‘Welp… If you can do it once, you can do it again. Try not to internally die challenge. season 2.’

“Pfft no need to look so glum, you’re not going to write a doctoral thesis.” says Lucifer.

“Still… I didn’t remember I applied for another degree.”

“Well it’s time for you to meet your caretaker for your stay here.” Lucifer hands you a familiar looking device. “This is your DDD, it’s similar to your device from the Human Realm. Now, use it to call my brother Mammon.” You did as you’re told. You just didn’t expect a loud voice to greet you when you put the DDD to your ear.

“YOOooo Lucifer! I’ll be there in a minute, KAy! Totally didn’t forget!” The call immediately ended after that. You didn’t even get a chance to say anything. “Um, Lucifer… you sure he wouldn’t forget me in the middle of a street?” you look worriedly at Lucifer. “There is no need to worry, he is the only one that is available to do the task.” Lucifer continued by introducing apparently his brothers.

Just as the ‘Intro to the 7 Deadly Sins’ finishes, Mammon arrives with a loud bang of a door.

“HEYYA! Where’s that puny little human I need to take care of?”

“And that… is Mammon, Avatar of Greed.” Lucifer sighed. “Now that you’re here. Take the human to the House of Lamentation. You’ll be living with the 6 of us.”

“What about my things? I would need to get back if I want to stay for a year here don't I?”

“You’ll find it in your room.”

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The walk to HoL was… as you expected. Mammon rambles the whole walk talking about how you’re just a weak human and must be grateful that he’s your guardian, how you must address him by Great Mammon, How dangerous other demons are to humans and so on.

You kept answering him with ok and all agreeing kind of hum as you’re getting annoyed at how noisy he’s being. ‘He’ll stop at some point right? RIGHT!?’

As you arrive at HoL a loud shout calls out. “MAMMMOON RETURN MY MONEY NOW!!!” A blue haired male comes running down the stairs with a very angry face.

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You’re now hiding in what you suppose the dining room under a long table. The last thing you remembered was Mammon saying “IT’S EVERY MAN FOR THEMSELVES” as he ran away, and you also ran, he was so fast that you lost him in less than 3 seconds. ‘Why am I hiding again??? Ah right… a random angry dude encountered’

You came out of the table and looked around. ‘He left me before getting me to my room… sigh I guess I just have to find it on my own.’

The nearest door to you is next to the kitchen and when you open the door you see some of your stuff and suitcases. ‘Oh I got lucky.’

The room is spacious and lush with plants on the wall. The lamp on the ceiling is emitting quite some heat. You suppose it was a substitute for the sun that lacks in Devildom. You go to unpack your suitcases and find some of your books along with your clothes and underwares. ‘I don’t want to think about it but… you can’t say I won't be creeped out when someone I don't know packs my underwear!!’

“They really got all my necessities, from toothbrush to sketchbooks.” “I probably should walk around and familiarize myself… it’s still too early to sleep.”

Your door opens and Mammon’s head pops in “oh you found your room.” “AAA GOD DAMMIT!! CAN’t you knock!?” Mammon cringes at that. “Yea yea, I’m just checking on ya. I see ya got everything covered. Chiao”. Mammon was leaving “w-wait... I... might need some… g-guidance from the Great Mammon, mind touring me around?” Mammon smiles smugly “well since you said it that way The Great Mammon will give ya puny human some guidance around HoL!”

‘Good, he’s predictable. Use the right word and all will be going fine.’

Mammon tours you around HoL, he tells you some histories and stories behind some items in HoL. Mammon tells you not to touch anything in case the item is cursed. At the hall there were portraits of the brothers and one you haven’t met. You guessed it belonged to the Avatar of Sloth, considering that every other deadly sin had been introduced. You thought that it isn’t your business, so you didn’t ask where sloth is.

The tour goes smoothly as you and Mammon jokes around. When you check the time, the tour has gone for 1 and half hours. “Aaand that is the end of our tour.” Mammon smiles brightly.

“Ah it’s almost time for dinner, let’s go to the dining room.” “I’m not on the menu am I?” Mammon smiles suspiciously at you “oh, what if you are.” “pfft alright I know you’re joking. Come on let’s go to the dining room” Mammon laughs and continues walking.

You smile ‘I suppose he isn’t that bad. Quite nice actually… just a little noisy and annoying.’

The dinner was quite eventful. Mammon had to get the blue haired guy who’s name is Leviathan to dinner. Leviathan asked… well more like scolding you why you ran earlier that day. The food was… intriguing, it looks very normal, too normal but it was made with very different ingredients and it tastes somewhat similar but different. ‘I am now interested to learn more about devildom cuisines.’ The food portion you got was too much for you and Beelzebub asked if he could eat your leftovers. You don’t mind it much and give it to him.

You laughed to yourself, ‘This is going to be some interesting year i got.’

#obey me #obey me luficer #obey me mammon #obey me leviathan #obey me satan #obey me asmodeus #obey me beelzebub

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