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thomasisaslut · 10 months

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Draco Malfoy x F!Reader

First Time?

Word count: 2.4k

Includes— Loss of Virginity, Blow jobs, Fingering, Hair pulling.

On Ao3 — https://archiveofourown.org/works/48644014

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Brewing your antidote for common poisons potion was a simple task, even if you boyfriend—Draco Malfoy—of one year was standing directly beside you working on his own version it was a fairy simple task. You have always excelled at potions and one as simple as this was no big issue.

Your potions fade from a dark blue navy color to vibrant teal, at that moment you knew your potion was finished.

"Professor Slughorn!" You say from across the room.

His head turns you, "Yes? Ms. [Last Name]?"

"I have finished my potion sir."

He smiles, "Brilliant! Place it when cooled and bottled on my desk." He states before turning back to the Gryffindor student he was helping.

Draco nudges your shoulder, "Good job, princess." He smirks then returns to his potion.

Around 5 minutes pass and you bottle your cooled potion, after placing it on Professor Slughorn's desk you stride back to your desk beside Draco.

"Need any help with that, Dray?" You ask, looking at his potion that was a sky blue, way off from the goal color. He nods.

You begin to help your boyfriend with his potion, explaining to him what he did wrong and how he can recover the brew before class ends. Upon fixing the potion the Hufflepuff boy beside him knocks his arm, causing the entire bottle of powdered unicorn horn to fall into the brew—you quickly move Draco out of the way as the brew explodes. Once the potion has settled down your clothes are slightly burnt and a total mess.

"Merlin- Are you alright, love?" He asks, taking a small rag and wiping the soot of your face. You nod but he examines your face anyway.

"Alright.." Draco says before turning to the Hufflepuff boy and glaring at him. He demands an apology for ruining his brew and your clothes, the Hufflepuff—obviously scared of the Malfoy—apologizes for both reasons. Draco then turns back to you.

"Are you certain you're alright?" He asks, clearly concern.

You giggle a bit before coughing up a bit more smoke and nodding.

"Yes, just a bit..." You look down to your white—now stained with soot clothes before finishing your sentence. "A bit messy..."

He chuckles, "We'll clean up in the dorm?" He says, placing his larger Slytherin robe on your smaller figure.

"But we still have class-" Before you could finish your sentence Professor Slughorn interrupts you.

"You two may leave, Ms. [Last Name] I'll have your potion graded by tonight, Mr. Malfoy you can return at the end of the day to begin a new batch?" He offers with a smile.

"No credit will be taken off for the mistake."

He was much nicer than Professor Snape.

"Yes, thank you, Professor." You say before grabbing your bag then your boyfriends hand and leaving the potions classroom.

On the walk back to the Slytherin dorms you can't help but notice Draco seems anxious, so you speak.

"Are you alright, Dray?" You ask, now concern for him.

He nods. "I'm just worried, are you sure you aren't injured? Even just a bit?" His eyebrows furrowed, still completely nervous for your well-being.

You giggle a bit before nodding, finally he understands that you're completely fine and instead—just a bit messy.

Eventually the two of you reach the Slytherin dorms, even if you were in the dungeons to begin with it took a while to get there. Walking in you and Draco head to the girls side of the dorm then to your small room inside of the dormitory.

"Would you like me to leave? For privacy?" Draco asks once inside of the smaller dorm room.

You shake your head no, walking to your large standing dresser, it was black with a small Slytherin symbol on the side of it—it truly matched you.

"Are you certain?" He asks again.

"Yes, Draco, I'm positive." You look over your shoulder to smile at him, he's standing awkwardly by the door.

"I promise I don't bite, love." You giggle then go back to searching for another white dress shirt—along with a new Slytherin tie, skirt, and robe. You groan, not finding any.

"Something wrong, princess?" He asks.

"I have no other shirts, Dray." You frown at your empty dresser.

"You could wear one of mine?" He suggests.

You ponder for a moment before speaking.

"Alright."

He nods then the two of you make your way to the boy's side of the Slytherin dormitory. Once there Draco leads you to his dresser—the same design as yours was—pulling out a white dress shirt and handing it to you. You smile then begin to take off your filthy tie, once that is off you strip off the stained black white shirt, then you move to your tights, and then, finally your dark green and black plaid skirt. When removing your clothes you can't help but feel your boyfriends gaze, when you glance towards him you see his eyes filled with pure lust. He notices your eyes and instantly looks away, his cheeks now flushed.

"Sorry" he mutters, his gaze completely locked on the hard wood floor.

You giggle then move closer to him, tilting his head up with your finger cupping his jaw.

"Don't worry about it, Dray." You smirk.

You notice his cheeks are a deep red now, his eyes flicking from your eyes to your breasts that are held in a dark green lace bra.

"You're very beautiful like this, my love..." He says, staring at your eyes—his cheeks completely flushed as he stutters over his words.

"Why thank you." You say, still smirking. An idea then comes to you. Before speaking you watch as his eyes scan your body from head to toe.

"My love."

His eyes snap back up to meet yours.

"Yes?" He asks, still flustered.

Without another word you tilt his head up a bit more before pecking his lips, but that small kiss soon fades into a deep and passionate one. Your hands meet his pecs and you push him back onto his bed—breaking the kiss.

"[First Name]? What are you planning?" He asks a bit nervously but you hear a hint of excitement, and you see it too as you look as his bulge.

You don't say anything as you move to straddle him.

"Princess, what are you doing?" He asks as his hands practically fly to your hips.

"I'm sure you know." You say teasingly as you rock against him, you feel him grow larger.

"Wait- Princess..."

You stop your movements and go to slide off him when he stops you.

"I.. It would be my first time."

You smile and kiss him,

"It'd be mine as well, love."

You see him smile then he flips your positions.

"Then... let's continue?" He smirks, now pinning you to the bed with one hand.

With those words you begin to feel a sudden rush of wetness at your core.

You nod—truly eager for him.

He nods in return before using his free hand to trail down your already stripped body.

"So beautiful..." He mutters before connecting his lips to your neck.

He's kissed you there before, but never for sex—it excited you even more. He moves his kisses to your jawline then to under your ear, nibbling and marking your neck in deep red and purple love bites—practically littering your neck with hickeys. While he continues to mark your jaw and other bits his hand begins to trail down your neck to your breasts, wrapping his hand around your back he unclasps the lace bra and throws it somewhere behind him.

The cold air hits your nipples and they become hard little nubs, he uses his index and middle finger to begin toying with them. Whimpers pass your lips and his smirks widens.

"You like that, princess? Well prepare for more." He says before pinching your left nipple—drawing a loud moan from your throat, he smirks and does the same exact thing to your right side.

Draco continues to play with your nipples as he marks your neck—now becoming more dominant with his bites, leaving marks of his teeth ingrained on your soft skin. You can tell he's much more comfortable with the situation now.

"I want to feel you." You says, pleading as you try to move your hands from his own.

"Later, princess." He says then holds onto your wrists tighter—his grip now firm and unbreakable.

He then releases your nipple and begins to trail his hand from the hard nub down to your lower half.

"Mind if I take these off" Draco asks, his deep tone husky and alluring as he motions to the dark green panties that were matching with your bra. You nod and lift your hips, he hooks his index finger in the waistline then throws them off of your legs—they land somewhere by your bra—at least they're together.

You are snapped out of your thoughts as you feel his middle finger stroke your clit. You moan and look at his eyes, his gaze filled with the same lust as before.

He smirks from your reaction the rubs again, it was nothing like when you touch yourself—it was so much more intimate.

More moans are drawn from your throat as he moves his finger to your folds, inserting a finger into your tight cunt. He then begins to slide it in and out.

"You like that, princess?" He asks, clearly amused by your sounds.

Knowing your words would betray you-you simply nod. But at that he withdraws his finger.

"I need words, baby, or I won't continue."

He's such a tease.

"Yes! Please, I need more..." You plea.

"More? Are you sure you can take two of my fingers, princess?" He teases.

"Dray!" You whine. "I can take it, please!" You beg.

He grins before obliging, he thrusts two of his fingers into your folds before quickening his pace, curling his fingers inside of you to withdraw loud whimpers and other sounds from your throat. You try to wiggle your hands out of his tight hold but you fail—more moans flood out of your mouth as he inserts a third finger, now scissoring your wet cunt.

"Draco!" You moan loudly as you feel your climax approaching, but before it does he slides his fingers out of your pussy.

"Why did you-"

He cuts you off, "I can't have you cum without me, princess."

You whine but nod, he releases your wrists and speaks again.

"Strip me, [First Name]."

You do as told instantly, your hands fly to his tie, pulling him closer for a kiss while your hands remove his tie, you then unbutton his white dress shirt—luckily his robe is already off—you then move your hands to his belt, quickly undoing the buckles and sliding out of his black dress pants. Once the belt is gone you unzip the pants and slide then down, revealing his grey boxers that have been soaked with his pre-cum. You smirk up at him while he stands at the edge of the bed.

You have another idea.

Quickly you slide his briefs down, his large and hard cock throbbing before you.

"Princess-" You cut him off while kissing him, your hand pumping his leaking dick. He moans into the kiss, moving his hand to your hair and grasping it tightly to deepen the kiss. Biting on his lower lip he opens his mouth—your tongues now colliding in a wet, sloppy kiss. Breaking away from the kiss you hand doesn't stop stroking him, even when you stand.

"Sit on the bed, Draco." You demand, your tone lustful.

He nods and sits, once he has sat you sink to your knees before him and then you begin to pump his bulging cock again, drawing deep moans from Draco. You then bring your lips to his inner thighs, kissing and nibbling on them before pecking the tip of his erect cock.

"Be gentle, princess..." He moans, his hands clutching onto the sheets as you take the head of his penis into your warm mouth, you then flick your tongue over the slit of his cock—drawing more pre-cum into your mouth—you swallow it before taking him in deeper. His entire 6-inch now lodged into your throat as you moan around him.

"You're feel so good, love..." He whimpers then moves his hands to your scalp, holding onto your hair tightly as your nose hits his crotch area.

You then begin to bob your head.

"P-Princess..." He whimpers. "I'm close..." You smirk and remove your lips from his cock.

"Why did you-"

"I can't have you cum without me, Dray." You mock.

He chuckles then moves his hands under your armpits, throwing you onto the mattress and then moving over you again, his heads resting by your head.

"Are you ready for me, my love?"

You nod,

"Yes, Draco.."

With those two words he angles his cock at your entrance before slamming into you, his entire cock thrusted into your wet cunt. You moan loudly, he does at the same time. He then begins to move slowly, letting you adjust to the size.

"Go.. faster..." You say in between whimpers.

He nods and quickens his thrusts into your pussy, moaning with each pound.

"You take me so well, princess..." He groans then continues to propelling into you, hitting your cervix with every push.

"So close, can you take it."

"Inside, please..." You beg, wanting to feel his release deep inside of you.

He nods and continues to ram into you, his pace as quick as he could go—slamming into your cunt one final time before he cums, your pussy now filled with his seed. He notices your release hasn't come yet and he continues to ride through his orgasm.

"Draco!" You shout as your cunt squirts—your release arriving.

He smiles, sliding out of you—you can feel his cum on your thighs as it leaks from your pussy.

"You were so good for me, princess." He kisses your temple, laying beside you on his dorm bed—wrapping his arms around you in a tight embrace.

You nod and rest against him, completely spent. Your eyes begin to flutter shut.

"Sleep, my love. You did amazing..." He kisses your forehead as you drift off into sleep.

He soon does the same, the two of you intertwined on his bed after you shared your first time together.

#draco malfoy #draco x slytherin!reader #draco smut #draco x reader #draco x you #harry potter #harry potter smut

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charmedreincarnation · 7 months

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TW: SA, possibly death??

Hey there fellow witches and warlocks, it's spooky season and I am loving it! I recently discovered the void state through yoga nidra and your reverse psychology method charm, and I was ready to manifest my dream life. October is my birth month and my favorite season, so I was excited to see what the universe had in store for me and whoa did it come through.

It's unfortunate to see that SA victims like me and others are still getting death and rape threats. I was inspired by a blog who shared her experience with yoga nidra, but then deactivated due to trolls sending her horrible messages. It's sad to see people hating on others' success, but we won't let them bring us down.

I manifested everything I desired of course my mind came through!! - from my desired face, body, aura, zodiac, personality, voice, talents, friends, family, and so much more. A few things I've manifested include a dark academia mansion, billionaire parents who aren't known, a witchy and Halloween-themed small business, and an eco-friendly private jet.

I know some of you may be concerned about the "death note" I've manifested, but it's just for fun - I'm a huge fan of Light Yagami from Death Note. I won't actually use it, but it's a cool spook factor to have.

Here’s a tiny list anyways ⬇️

🎃Desired face, body, aura zodiac, personality, voice, talents, friends, family and so much more. I had this long wattpadd story ass list that I obviously won’t share here but trust me my mind came through .

🎃open minded witchy family, dark academia ass mansion, Pinterest dark academia wardrobe in my massive closet that’s the size of a room, billionaire parents who aren’t known (I love my privacy and I love being mysterious), wattpadd billionaire love story to happen in the future. Yes not now…. I’ve been ugly all my life so I want to be a slut right for a bit not sorry, everyone loves and falls in love with me, Idgaf personality, Scorpio sun moon and rising, bold attitude that is adored, but a kind heart for the people I love and so much more. Again like most people I had a very long list on my google documents

🎃I own a witchy candy and Halloween small business!!! but I’m going to be making 100 million dollars a year so I will be a billionaire in the future. I like working and having a craft and it’s just so me, ugh I love my life !!! But I’m going to hire my two best friends that I manifested so we can all be successful rich witch bitches who travel the world and have too much money to spend

🎃an environment friendly private jet. It won’t affect the environment as I love the environment but I also hate flying commercial! I’m also vegan now, I couldn’t be one before due to health issues, but I love animals 🥹🥹🥹 and now I’m rich enough to have healthy tasty cruelty free food.

🎃anyone who sends death threats, rape threats, or engages in a bitter manner on that tea page including the owner will never get into the void until they grow up and acknowledge that they’re weirdos. I’m not as forgiving as these other big blogs. Bye ✌️

🎃anytime I say “you’ll die alone” when im arguing with a man 🤮🤮 (incels, misgyonists, racists not men who aren’t insufferable ofc love y’all) they actually will, and no one will ever love them, until they grow up and once again acklowege their faults. As you can see I’m very into vigilante justice and I’m petty 👻 I’m a witch anyways so now my craft will be perfect.

🎃all my spells and curses work! And any harm attempted to be done to me always backfires On the person 10x worse ! Yea this is my world everyone’s just living in it.

🎃psychokenis, my eyes being able to turn red, divine protection for me and my loved ones, the ability to speak to animals, and never aging. The last thing I manifested a way to benefit all !!!! research age regression and see how we will all be eternal youthful witch bitches in the future ;) I got inspired by my grandma who retired but us too old to enjoy her life. Now she can and we call be 150 and still sexy with 0 bodily pain. I also always hated how we slowly decompose and lose bodily function until we die.. like why can’t we be sexy and bodily abled forever!! This will also help with health issues and diseases like cancer! Just one way to give back for my blessings. And the rest is just to spook bitches tbh I don’t plan on actually doing anything but speaking to animals.

🎃I manifested a death note. Now before y’all start I just really love light yagami I don’t think I will actually use it or maybe I will just to spook bitches but whatever

🎃so much more that I don’t want to share because it’s too long!

So, fellow hot bitches and witches , keep manifesting your dreams and never let anyone bring you down. Remember, we were born to be happy, rich, and loved. It is in your DNA and my word is final !!!!! I’m gonna leave my dream life and be a whore now lova yaaaa 🖤🖤🖤

Lmfao slay 😭😭 idk if it’s too early or what but this sending me for some reason! Anyways I wish you all the best in your life and dreams. Have a great spooky season! I love witches and Halloween too 🧞‍♀️🧞‍♀️

#law of assumption #manifesation #manifesting #void state #void success

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taylortruther · 2 months

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Did it feel like her songs about Joe were starting to get redundant? By the time Midnights came out I was surprised we were hearing another two songs about the breakup/make up period in the beginning, another song about the beginning when they were falling in love, another three songs about how the relationship is great if the world stays out of it, another song about the Afterglow I-thought-he-cheated moment, and another song about how it wasn't supposed to work but it did. It really struck me that the Joe parts of Midnights were dedicated to not giving us any kind of update or really new information. It was all either about their beginnings again or 'everything's perfect except for the media nothing to see here.' She found a couple new angles on it, like Mastermind, but she was mining the same ground she'd been sifting through for four albums already. At the time it struck me as odd that she was deliberately avoiding any real update, but I thought she was just committed to privacy and refused to go into any other part of their relationship that wasn't already known (which is entirely her right). But obviously it turned out to be much more complicated than that and the mysterious gap makes perfect sense now.

i noticed the beginning was really fertile ground for her, but it didn't really strike me as unusual or concerning. the 2016-2019 period of her life was HARD. it was obvious, to me, she was probably processing that stuff all the time because for her, it never went away.

additionally, folkmore's fictional narratives and midnights' reflections on the past still reflect her mental landscape at the time of writing (tolerate it, coney island, bejeweled, champagne problems, hoax say hello.) so i'd argue she was treading new ground and writing about some of their issues even if it wasn't strictly autobiographical.

plus, as super fans, i think we get caught in the minutiae and don't see the big picture. let's pull back and look at the story her albums told about their relationship, in stages:

2016: joe and taylor meet and fall in love 2017: reputation is released and, among other things, it's about joe being sexy and wonderful and not caring that she was "crazy" or cancelled 2019: masters situation happens also 2019: lover is released and it's about taylor recovering from the cancellation, fighting her demons, admitting she self-sabotages, but we also get songs implying they want to get married! makes sense, it's 2-3 years of dating now. we also, notably, get a song about her wanting to step back out into the world! 2020: pandemic! sorry, daylight! also 2020: folklore and evermore are released and are about, among other things!, how she fears her life is too big for joe to handle but she is still planning a future with him (peace, the lakes, which both feel more present to me.) makes sense, they have obviously talked marriage and KIDS, things are getting very real. but, to your point, evermore in particular reasserts that they were lucky to find each other in the beginning (clm, lss, evermore.) 2021: renegade discusses joe's shit - we now understand that he has his own struggles and clearly describes a very recent/present conflict ("timing") 2022: in midnights, we get songs about the early honeymoon phase (lavender haze), and about how he is still a respite from it all (sweet nothing, mentions a recent trip to wicklow.) 2023: ylm drops (written in dec 2021), we also get the alcott - both implying conflict and a couple trying or failing to reconnect. makes sense, it's been like 6-7 years! couples go through shit!

...no, this isn't the WHOLE story. but it feels like a satisfying one, and not one where she was simply recycling topics. to me anyway.

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zenithabovemarshland · 4 months

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Just thinking aloud about fame, celebrity, and Pluto in Aquarius...

When Britney Spears was released from the conservatorship there were posts about how it's likely Britney might not be as internet-literate or socially appropriate as we'd like her to be, considering everything she went through. The posts encouraged others to be patient and understanding, and not to cancel her if she happens to make any mistakes.

Just now I saw a similar point about Gypsy Rose Blanchard. Now that she's released she intends to make herself very public online, but her entire life (32 years) has been spent in either one prison or the other. There are concerns for how she might adjust to the internet we know today, seeing as how she likely didn't get the opportunity to grow alongside social media the way the rest of us did.

In the 2024 Year Ahead Forecast from The Astrology Podcast they brought up the Pluto in Leo generation, and how that period of time and that generation relate to the making of our concept of "celebrity". They're also the generation that are holding on to power (like the presidents of the USA). Pluto in Leo gen is also unique because it's one of the only Pluto generations that is likely to live to their Pluto opposition, which is happening now. With this Pluto opposition, the pod talked about how the idea of who gets to be in power is likely to change. As well as our concept and relationship with "celebrities".

In 1991, Pluto in Scorpio (square to Pluto in Leo, if it matters. Whether it matters is still something I'm exploring here), Michael J. Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson's. I'm not actually sure how public illness was allowed to be previous to that. I just remember growing up how Michael J. Fox was something of a special case, and his celebrity status helped make massive leaps in awareness and research for Parkinson's.

Hollywood became big in the 1920's, when Pluto was in Cancer. While Pluto has been in the opposite sign, Capricorn, I feel like I've heard about a million celebrities coming out with illness. Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Bruce Willis. Recently, Celine Dion. If you Google it, there are lists of dozens of celebrities with chronic illnesses. Not to mention mental illness, which has become that much more public.

My feeling at this point is that there are themes of privacy, hidden and internal illness, and representation here that we've seen getting dug up from the Pluto in Cancer era. True crime stories from old Hollywood, being open about mental illness, exposing how child talents have been exploited by the industry, and of course, hidden afflictions to celebrities are changes we've seen around fame through the trine, Pluto in Scorpio, and opposition, Pluto in Capricorn.

Most obviously, though, who gets to be famous has changed the most in the last 20 years. It used to be only special, hand-picked people who got to be famous. Now it could be anybody with a cell phone.

I think of this blog post on the Aries Point by Ace (AliceSparklyKat), where they talk about how the angular points seem to manifest. They've noticed that celebrities whose Sun is at 0 degrees Cancer seem to be regarded as chameleon-like in their nationality, form, or culture, and those with 0 degrees Capricorn seem to be known for a peak example for one nationality, form, or culture. I wonder if this can be seen in this shift to influencer culture, particularly in the rhetoric that celebrities until now have been made to represent everybody. But now, after Pluto in Capricorn, we are much more aware of the consequences of not having fair representation of more nuanced, individual experiences. At first it was all about art and talent. Now, it's about the hard tacks of who gets what job and why, and the consequences of story. Very Cancer to Capricorn opposition coded.

Anyway, I feel like I've noticed a lot of celebrities becoming ill in the past, and now I feel like I'm seeing some "taboo" issues come up in influencer culture. I'm wondering about how this could be gearing us up for Pluto in Aquarius.

What do you think??? I really want to hear your thoughts!

#astrology community #astro community #mundane astrology #pluto in aquarius

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katy-l-wood · 10 months

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Delete your Threads account. You know what Meta as a company has done, you know the kind of person Mark Zuckerberg is. You've lived through Gamergate, the elections, covid, the fucking lot of it, and yet you're still willingly making an account on Threads. How can you possibly justify that?

Second ask: Scratch that, I hadn't read your most recent posts. Sorry for being so rude.

Third ask: "Still going to keep an eye on it" For what exactly? For it not to be as bad as it is? For it to get even worse before you decide it is wrong? You know who Mark Zuckerberg is. You know what Facebook is. Be up front: you don't actually care or stand for anything, you're only afraid of losing business. Have some dignity.

So you decided to be rude as fuck, "apologize," and then come back and be more rude?

I was incredibly clear in that post of why I am going to keep an eye on Threads, despite the concerns: Twitter was a valuable source of live news, especially during natural disasters, and Threads is the first potentially viable replacement for that. IDK if you actually follow me, but if you do you'll know I do a lot of work around natural disaster communication. Twitter was invaluable as a communication source during natural disasters. Full stop. It is not up for debate. But hey, if you want a source with more authority than a random tumblr blog, here, have a nice shiny research paper:

Mind you, that was written in 2010 and the importance of Twitter as a communications tool during natural disasters has only increased since then. There is no other tool out there, no other website--news or otherwise, that can provide such granular, specific updates when shit hits the fan as Twitter did. The only better, quicker source of information I have found during natural disasters is listening to actual radio chatter from the departments involved in whatever problem, and that can be very tricky to do if you don't know where to look or have the right equipment. There is no other site where I can go specifically follow so many of my local fire departments, my local emergency services, my local National Weather System stations, and get live pushed updates from them every single time they post.

When Twitter DDOSed itself last week and put a limit on the amount of tweets people could view and forced people to be logged in to view anything at all, the effect was immediate and BAD. People suddenly couldn't view things like missing person alerts, or weather alerts. I had people messaging me because they were trying to check the National Weather System autoalerts for their area on Twitter due to being caught in a sudden storm, but they couldn't get on to check.

Love it or hate it, Twitter had an immense amount of value and it got that value--at least in the case of natural disaster communication--because the stubborn ass government decided it was big enough to be trusted with official lines of information. Very, very few other social media sites have ever had that trust from the government. Look at how they banned TikTok on all government devices. But they DO trust Facebook, and Instagram, and Meta. Which means their chances of trusting Threads and migrating over there when Twitter finally takes its last breath are ASTRONOMICALLY higher than expecting them to go anywhere else.

We can debate the privacy and moral issues of the Metaverse and those involved until the cows come home, but it does not change the fact that if my mountain is on fire I'm gonna get information about where that fire is from wherever the fuck I can. I'm not going to wait around for it to maybe show up in a "live" updates news article from CNN from some reporter half a continent away in New York who doesn't know anything about where I live and gets the roads wrong because they just don't know. I'm going to go to the website full of my neighbors and local firefighters and see what's happening right that second.

Do we need to fix the privacy and moral issues? Yes. But we can't throw the baby out with the bathwater either. Not using Threads or any other Meta product isn't the answer here. Using them with extreme caution and only for very specific needs, for the time being, is. Long term, we need to be focusing on privacy based legislation that would finally put these companies in their place. But until then, again, I'm going to keep following my local fire departments wherever they go.

P.S.: If you're going to keep the shitty attitude, fuck right off and unfollow+block. You're not wanted here.

#Threads #I was honestly going to make this post anyway due to how some people are tagging the original post #So here #I could honestly debate this all day #lol #But I have shit to do today and right now that is breakfast #Natural Disaster Communication #Twitter #Death of Twitter

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sminiac · 1 month

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౨ৎ⋆ ˚｡— Homesick | 02. Uncertainties

⋆ xikers Hyung-Line + Choreographer!Reader

Synopsis — Signing a fixed term-contract with KQ Ent. Comes with a promise of more opportunities and exposure for your work. You hustle to exceed your own limitations by creating choreography for xikers next comeback as requested, the only problem is you’ve never been this far away from home before, and with hard work comes burnouts in hand. Fortunately, the form of comfort closest to you is the five oldest of the group.

Warnings — Confrontation, lil bit of arguing… :b

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“No you’re definitely an idiot for that.”

Mingi’s hunched over the stovetop, laughing unabashedly to himself as he glides the thick cut of steak around the bath of melted butter and herbs that the cast iron skillet holds, so distracted that he doesn’t feel the sharp narrow of your eyes puncturing at the back of his head, not necessarily finding the same humour in your situation that has him snorting so loud you can hear it over the hot crackling sound in front of him.

Another week added to your tally of three, and the Minjae situation was still biting you in the ass.

Slumping further into your own pity-party thrown at the sleek island that overlooks the entirety of his kitchen you can feel the heat continually rise throughout your face the more details you drop, you can’t place where it comes from exactly, but there’s one too many options that shouldn’t be there.

“But it wasn’t just me, that’s the issue here Big-head-gi! It just… feels like I’m the one cushioning our fall even though it was a conjoint effort.”

You like Minjae, at least the most any sane person in your place would, but the more you questioned why you played along to begin with the harder it becomes to understand.

Breaking and chipping away at your problems was never an issue back home, but neither was becoming intimate with clients, during work hours nonetheless, but to dig and ponder was deemed excessive due to your profound understanding of self, close friends had mentioned it being both a ‘blessing and a curse’ but you never understood what they meant by curse until now.

The more you search, the more incoherent and foolish the explanations become, almost stagnant. It’s hard to say that you wish to be back home, in your bedroom, when you’re quite literally doing something so many people can only dream of, but the comfort of your bed, your family, seemed far more welcoming than whatever this is now.

Mingi was obviously not your first pick for help, but your people get so caught up in life, different time zones, scheduled events clashing head on even with so much preparation, which is why you’re sat on an uncomfortable chair that’s more for aesthetics than it is for practicality as he cooks up his post-gym meal instead of lounging on his ridiculously nice couch together and talking about life like usual.

When you’d first seen the massive thing that took up most of his living space you immediately thought of how stupid the purchase was, completely neglecting the fact that he’s an idol, which means he has idol money.

The place is big enough for there to be some distance put between the two of you for privacy reasons, even more with how frequently he’s over at Yunho’s, sometimes it makes you wonder why the two men didn’t just move in together, but it gave you a roof over your head and a good decompressing conversation or two whenever he popped in so it wasn’t your biggest concern.

When the rules had been laid out for better functionality and use of his place Mingi may have been a little stressed, it had been a long time since he’s been in contact with you, or even seen you in person and not just in clips of your dance classes posted to instagram, and people change, luckily though, things quickly became familiar again the more you interacted, by the day it feels like the two of you are bonding more and more over the beginning stages of your careers and how intertwined they were.

Mingi’s laughter eases out, the faint wash of sound from the movie he put on makes its way into the air along with the fragrant smell of the sirloin that’s washed in another round of butter that he spoons over it, you can tell he’s not completely used to living by himself after having seven roommates for years, but he’s older now, you are too, maybe it’s just something you have to get used to.

He impatiently shifts his weight from one foot to his other during his finishing motions over the heat of the orange grates, softly hissing to himself as he attempts to stretch through the tender pull of his muscles.

His large shoulders pitch up, redirecting your attention back to him, as if you can see his face his lips purse to really highlight his cluelessness. “Well what are the boys saying about you now? Not anything mean, right?” He catches you off guard with that one since you left the room without a minute to waste once quit time was called, it was impossible to continue to hang around like the guys asked you to knowing what Hyunwoo saw, and the invites to join them during their breaks continued to be declined.

Mingi’s shameless when it comes to how quickly he stresses for you, he finds that it’s unavoidable, innate, who else will worry for you here if he doesn’t? Especially from the silence he’s met with when placing the skillet down and turning the heat off before turning around to face you, you sit there with a blank stare at the shiny surface of his marble countertop, the nail of your thumb repeatedly pokes into your bottom lip whilst internally trying to fish out any convincing reason as to why you don’t know.

The skins red, irritated from how blunt it is.

“Y/n—”

“Do you think they’re saying bad things about me?” You blurt out, your hand pulling away.

His brows settle into the centre of his face, a puppy-like tilt to his head at the failure to grasp what you’re trying to say. He rests back against the counter, pretty much sitting on top of it due to his luck with genetics, a look on his face that urges you to keep talking.

“Well, Hyunwoo didn’t seem like he was going to tell any higher ups from the way he was talking, but he could’ve very well told the rest of the guys.” You explain.

“That’s probably not—”

“If he told them won’t they start acting weird around me? ‘Oh there’s our choreographer who’s supposed to help us improve for our next album that also made out with our leader and got caught like an idiot’ how do i answer to that? How does anyone?”

Mingi allows you to keep rambling, feeding into your own worries, pulling at completely nonsensical possibilities one after the other. He doesn’t know Choi Hyunwoo very well, or really at all, the most he knows is his birthday, his hometown, his face and a really niche fact about him that no one else can say from the top of their head, but that’s only because he does that for everyone he knows. What he’s sure of though, absolutely certain of, is that Hyunwoo would not out you to their CEO or any person of control over your stay in Korea, so he lets you go on and on and on until there’s nothing left to say.

By the time there’s a little left to say and not even a vague idea of how to say it his serving of steak and white rice are polished off, even having so much time to prepare two hot cups of tea for you and himself. He gently places the cup down in front of you with a closed-mouth smile, one that resembles a dreadfully sympathetic mom. “I don’t know if you’ll take my advice into consideration since you’re really dramatic, yet still so self aware? like to the point where it’s kind of annoying, but it doesn’t seem like you’re invested in him romantically, so a little kissing won’t do you any harm.”

You take in what he has to say because the thought of turning it away and shielding his words with your back wasn’t fair. Your hand raises up over your eyes, pauses, and then drops over the bridge of your nose with an irritated whine as your eyes squeeze shut to keep the frustrated tears from rolling down your face. “What kind of advice is that? You guys are idol’s ‘gi, it does do harm, an unbelievable amount of harm!” It’s easy to be careless, but the aftermath never exactly came with a big warning sign.

A deep hum clears from his chest, sipping slightly at his cup before he places it beside yours with a fleeting grimace at the bitterness covering his tongue.

“Okay, well, you didn’t let me finish? but i literally mean it won’t do you any harm. Minjae’s getting intimate with you which means he likes you, he’s Hyunwoo’s hyung, and Hyunwoo’s a big softy for his members. All I’m saying is he wouldn’t take you out of the picture when you’re making Minjae act the way he does.” There’s another sip from his cup, it’s small, and then he pulls it away from his mouth before contemplating about continuing to drink it until he’s knocking back the cup and drinking down as much as he can. Hongjoong did say that it’s effects were much better than the taste.

“Which is?” You ask.

“Stupid, obviously, but happy. You’re in the clear Y/n, especially if the choreo you’re working on for them is as sick as I hear it is. They want to excel on stage? You’re their best bet.”

Okay, maybe confiding in Mingi wasn’t a total lost cause. Shockingly enough, he had quite a lot to add on to his unintentional —but very much needed— confidence boost, by the end of it he helped you realize that you weren’t actually on the cusp of being kicked out of his apartment by KQ, going dead broke, and your contract being prematurely terminated all at once.

The only issue you had stood with the youngest of the five, and how you’d reconcile over a problem that wasn’t personal in the slightest? You don’t know, and your hardheadedness never made for an easy agreement.

That was where Mingi’s helpfulness started falling short, it also made him consider writing down every tidbit about his juniors that he can from now on.

The most he could proffer to you was keep the courage flowing, but the illusion of self-confidence didn’t quite convey with the strength and intensity you intended to achieve in such little time, or else Junmin wouldn’t be choking back his nerves whilst asking: “Are- uh, are you okay?” As he pokes gently into the side of your arm. He doesn’t talk loudly, fearing it may be out of turn, but he struggles with pushing his concern aside when you look so wrapped up in your head, he wonders if maybe it’s just his age shining through because he can’t convince himself entirely that it’s none of his business when you look so troubled.

He knows that you aren’t the loudest in the group which he’s sure is because of how fresh you are to the industry, albeit second-handedly from what he knows, but you aren’t as silent as a mouse either, this is where he starts to become unsure, but if he were to guess it’s because of how frequently you worked with different people who strive for the same level of talent you exude as to why you’re able to maintain a surface level relationship with your students but lack a little in connecting on a person level.

It shouldn’t be looked into that deep, he almost thinks it’s an invasion of privacy, but he just can’t shake the ephemeral interactions you had with him or the guys, how cute he thinks you act even if it’s through a detail lacking description from his members. Still, the smile you greeted them with when walking into their dorm strained your cheeks, he could see the way they twitched, struggling to uphold the expression; it was right then when he knew something about your day had shifted your mood completely before agreeing to come over for dinner, another thing that nagged at him was the timeframe between both your absence and your return wasn’t very long, and from what he knows you don’t have many friends around the area, wherever you’re staying, or maybe even in general.

He’s pushing it, and you remain unmoving for a minute longer, eyes on the tv, so still that he wonders if you even heard him. He tries to keep a neutral face as he scoots closer to you so no-one behind the two of you can see his face from the couch, but Minjae’s too alert for his own good that his eyes pull from the bickering taking place adjacent of him and redirects a little too quickly to the back of your head. Originally he just wanted to see your reaction to the silly argument, but his smile flattens seeing the way Junmin’s mouth opens but no sound comes out from how quickly you look over to him.

“Yeah, sorry. I’m good.” You say, your lips purse as you smile again. To Junmin it’s anything but a genuine answer because it’s the same exact look that you had when walking in, to Minjae it’s an approach to cracking the shell you seem to put yourself back in every time you aren’t performing.

Junmin’s heartbeat is so fast that it vibrates throughout his whole chest, he never was the best for small talk, but he nods, clearing you to look away as he eyes your knee that his hand is close to, his own knee even closer that whenever you move it bumps into him. If he was to offer a comforting touch would you allow it? He can’t bring himself to ask in fear of being laughed at.. but you always touched them when adjusting their posture during practice, telling them it was fine, that they were doing good, would it be fine if he did the same, what would the difference be?

A warmth of body heat that isn’t your own covers the inside of your leg, just under your knee.

You look down at his hand as it unsteadily almost hovers over you due to how unsure he is.

Junmin’s never tried harder in his life to keep a dorky grin from getting the best of him when you silently grab at him, digging under the tips of his fingers and running against his skin until they’re resting in the empty space, tugging him closer into your side so your hands can rest comfortably between your legs. He likes it, not having an emptiness there, your fingers fit so perfectly with his and you’re actually holding it back, there’s a grip and not a flimsy, forced endurance of his affection.

All he can really hope for is that you’re finding some kind of distraction, or at the very least a bit of relief from your fret.

Minjae watches the both of you like a hawk, making sure Junmin doesn’t push into things too fast, that you’re deciding things for yourself and not the enjoyment of others.

Trying to subtly get a better angle he unknowingly adjusts himself directly into Yechan’s personal space, the closer his head inches the more possible it becomes to knock directly into the youngest. Yechan tries to further lean his way out, but the arm rest keeps him locked in the small space.

“Okay!” He shouts, moving swiftly he leans his weight onto the couch and swings his feet up and over to meet the floor. He does a little spin as he pushes himself up, one that’s flashy enough to catch everyone’s attention and startle Minjae out from his trance. “the longer I sit here the hungrier I’m getting, so… time to eat?” His thumb juts out pointing back towards the kitchen.

Hyunwoo doesn’t take long before he nods silently from the crowd, hoping to separate himself from the angel on his shoulder and its bothersome nag about his morals and the unfair treatment you’re receiving. He can’t continue to let himself dwell on the complicated situation for much longer, one that continues to gain momentum by the way Junmin rests his head on top of yours or he knows his mouth will start running away from him in minutes.

This wasn’t a matter for his youngest members to concern themselves with. You are adults, after all. He steps over legs and feet, brushing past Yechan without a word as he makes his way out of the area. The youngest nods, smiling until the corners of his eyes crease, “Any requests?” He asks.

Hyunwoo moves instantly to busy himself once he’s away from everyone. Usually in instances where there’s a few people from the group who have to fulfil a task away from the rest he’d opt to take the least physically demanding job, Minjae clocks this as soon as he walks away without a complaint or at least a half-assed excuse. To anyone else it might be normal, or they’re dismissing it with the justification of having a guest over, but he knows.

He remembers how many times Hyunwoo would offer up one of the youngest five to take on his role just so he wouldn’t have to, but today he’s not so persistent.

“I’ll—”

“I’ll help too!” You squeeze twice at Junmin’s hand before your grip starts to loosen and you’re shifting yourself to stand up, it takes him a second to let you go, a big part of him doesn’t even want to, but before he can make a decision your feet are already pulling you away. His hold on you lingers until the distance pulls you apart, and only when you’re walking away does he realize that everyone around him most likely saw his fingers fit snugly between yours and how badly he wanted to keep holding onto you.

“You can stay, Yechan. I have Hyunwoo, I need to talk to him anyways.” Your hand brushes against his forearm as you pass by, a small reassuring gesture that’s topped with a smile, only hoping that if you really needed the help that Hyunwoo wouldn’t be an asshole about it.

He’s quick to decline, spinning on his heel. “No it’s okay, I don’t want you t—”

“It is okay, go sit please, then we’ll eat and get to the details about the choreography you guys wanted to discuss.”

Soft. That’s how Sumin would describe the guys whenever you’re around, so he isn’t completely surprised that Yechan gives in so easily to your request of leaving it to you. He has his moments of quietude amidst the yelling and the biting, there’s always something going on whether it’s himself starting up or someone else— always something to pick apart when he feels like it.

The one thing he can’t quite understand is why you’re so reduced in character when it comes to Hyunwoo’s presence as of late, and he literally means as of late. The whole time you’ve been in the room with them you seem to shrink whenever you hear Hyunwoo’s voice, it’s like he intimidates you back into a thin shell of yourself instead of being fully present. You’re watered down and pliable to the touch, he doesn’t like it, he wants you to be loud, wants you to take up space and assert your place in the midst of nine. And if not all, then at the very least him and his older members will break you out from those encasing traits that keep you palatable and meek, he hopes, it would be much easier if it were only a casual hangout and not work oriented.

“I can’t say I’m surprised.” Is the first thing that comes out of his mouth as soon as Hyunwoo hears your feet padding up to the counter, the unfamiliar weight to them against the floor. You don’t walk like you dance. He barely got full look at you before sighing and then promptly turning his back towards you again.

It’s not always the easiest being nice to someone who you can’t say fully deserves it, and the feeling is unfortunately, incredibly mutual.

Your courage is baseless as you make your way to the left of his side, but your actions don’t relay to that.

“We’re figuring this out.” You say flatly, your nerves have your voice dropping, but he mistakes it as confidence slipping in, it makes him snicker knowing exactly what you mean, ‘what can I do that’ll make you stop treating me like the villain?’ but it’s hard to even have an idea of what your punishment could be when his own confidence was never built on a foundation that could outlast your torrential downpour, he never expected it to drag out for this long.

His resentment was as lukewarm as it could get, seeing you and Minjae was like a light scratch at his skin, but the more you acted on his own judgment the deeper the wound digs.

Couldn’t you think for yourself?

“There’s nothing to figure out.” His eyes are absent, there’s no weight to what he says, if he really meant it couldn’t he at least look you in the eye while saying it?

You stand there puzzled as he dismissively works his way around the room, opening drawers and fetching supplies before closing them and moving to the next. “Okay,” you say. “then can you stop acting weird around me?”

The vehemence of your desperation is hard to tiptoe around, Hyunwoo’s never quite experienced enmity with someone else like this before, sure maybe a handful of times where his members mistakenly stole a few of his snacks or finished off his shampoo, but nothing ever escalated past a few glares.

“That’s kind of hard to do.” He mutters whilst moving to the fridge, pulling it open and searching for whatever it is he needs.

“Why? You’re not communicating with me at all here.” You say. “And I’m tired of having to brush off your spiteful jabs at me during practice like it’s nothing, I’m only here to help you become more in tune with your body.”

“Are you sure?”

The way he talks is as if he’s already gotten to your answers before you could even break that far in yourself, it’s infuriating.

“Among other things, yes. Other things that aren’t your business.”

“I think you’re naive.” He says.

“I’m starting to think your awful attitude isn’t just because of what I did.”

The sound of the fridge door being slammed shut makes you jump. Hyunwoo turns, his front now facing towards you for the first time since you walked in.

If there was no reliable conviction in his aversion towards you, there certainly is now.

“Am I right? Maybe you’re… getting jealous, that you aren’t getting as much attention from me compared to Junmin, or even Sumin.” There’s no time to let the nerves swallow you whole now, not when it’s the first time in days where you’ve felt so confident about yourself, and Hyunwoo isn’t running away yet, you assumed he’d be hightailing it out of here if you were wrong, but he can’t do much other than stand there as you make your way closer.

His fingers flex at his sides, anxiously swallowing down your every word, and the tone of voice you speak in that he’s never heard before.

“Don’t bring up what you were doing in that room again, I can’t—” he tries to look away, but you’re already so close that your fingers draw him right back, and he follows your guidance so easily, just like when you’re helping him on a move he can’t quite understand.

“You can’t, what?”

His tongue wets at his lips as his eyes find yours, in a proximity that’s new to him he’s shaken by not knowing where to exactly look.

Your expression softens as your thumb runs against his cheekbone. “Hyunwoo. Can’t what?” You ask again.

“Can’t stop thinking about you like that.”

🛫 Chapter 3 ⟢ …

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mk-wizard · 2 years

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Baymax the series: We owe it an apology

As someone who is a fan of Baymax, Big Hero 6, a comic author and most relevantly, a mother, I just have to get a few things off of my chest about the new Baymax series which I find other parents not only reacted way too harshly, but I find it was deeply misjudged and misunderstood.

The harshest claim the Baymax series, and even Big Hero 6, gets is that it is not appropriate for children, but that claim alone is flawed because the Big Hero 6 series (movie, books, shorts, cartoons, etc.) was never aimed at small children and always dealt with topics that were serious or went over a small child’s head. While the character Baymax is child friendly with his teddy bear like appearance and sweet demeanor, the series he comes from is obviously aimed for pre-teens and teenagers since the main characters are in that age group and deal with situations people of that age group can identify with. Some of these issues are not even medical, biological or even sexual. They are just social such as having to deal with loss, regret and changes you weren’t ready for. From the beginning of the story, the main character Hiro is an orphan who is initially on the wrong path until his older brother Tadashi sets him straight and even soon after that, his brother dies in a tragic accident. And all of this as well as the other serious topics are presented with class and sensitivity. There is no gore or harsh imagery aside from the funeral itself which was sad, but clean.

I must also point out that in Big Hero 6 progressivism has always been present whether it is in the form of science or social awareness. Just look at how progressively it portrays men and women or the rich and poor. It takes a huge stab (no pun intended) by making Wasabi a swordfighter who is also meek, nervous, insecure, kind of a fraidy cat and yet is still not any less of a fighter for it. Then there is Fred who is very wealthy yet has a job which he is proud of, he gets joy out of simple things, he is unconditionally kind to everyone, does things by himself, he isn’t narcissistic and isn’t concerned with the social class of his peers. Also, it is also very clear that it is a very feminist series because the women and girls of Big Hero 6 and Baymax are diverse and strong. It should come as no surprise to us that it would introduce us to some LGBT+ characters too, present the period as being a normal and natural thing, and have gender neutral bathrooms which might I add only contained stalls which gave anyone and everyone privacy when they had to go. Everything was presented with class and nothing innocence shattering was shown or done.

Not even when during the period episode, it showed men being aware of what a period is and what a girl needs for it. A man is not a pervert for being aware of how basic female biology works not even if he is transgender. And in the defense of that background character who just happened to be a transgender male, all he did was be a nice guy. It is like being aware of how breathing works. Even my husband who has no sisters and is biologically male knows what the period is and how it works. Also, suppose a kid was watching that episode of Baymax, it is alright because most of it would go over their head and nothing private is shown. Even the sight of the hygiene products isn’t so bad because we never even see them directly. We just see labels and boxes. As mentioned before, this series’ main audience consists of teenagers and pre-teens so it is natural for it to address topics like this.

And I also have to come to the defense of Mbita who is gay and openly asked his crush out on a date; there is absolutely nothing inappropriate about a consenting adult asking another consenting adult out. In the eyes of a child who doesn’t get how dating and crushes work, the kid will think Mbita and his crush are just really good friends and they would think the exact same thing if his crush was a woman. That is unless the kid has gay relatives or a gay parent, and even then, it is ok. I did not see an agenda being pushed around or rubbed harshly in the face of the viewer. I just saw a character in a situation that is relatable to anyone who has had a crush they were too nervous to talk to which tons of straight people go through too. If anything, I thought it was sweet. The only part of Mbita’s episode that a small child understands is that he suddenly became allergic to fish at this made him upset because he loves cooking fish and he was apprehensive about cooking something else. That and he clearly fears needles.

If you think the Big Hero 6 franchise is not for small children, that is fine because it admits that it isn’t, but you can’t fault it for that and you definitely should not persecute it for that. Do not make claims that it is trying to harm children or push agendas. It is not doing anything that it has not done before and none of it is evil.

Fellow parents, please stop being so angry at a series that didn’t do anything wrong. I don’t know about all of you, but I actually think that everything the Baymax series brought to the table so far was nice, well written, heartwarming and relatable to everyone.

I think you owe Baymax and its writers an apology because you said some things that weren’t very nice or true.

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entomolog-t · 2 months

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Hey! I’ve been a fan of G/T content for quite a while, but I’ve mostly stuck to Deviantart&Wattpad. Pretty recently I decided to create a Tumblr account in an attempt to find more content, and I’ve been amazed by how interactive the community is here! However, I noticed something that I find pretty weird, and just wanted to get an opinion from someone who seems to be a pretty active member of the community, at least from what I’ve seen.

In all the posts I’ve seen, I’ve never seen VR mentioned even once. I might just not be looking in the right place, but I just found it weird. I’ve been an avid VRChat player for a while, and having spent a large amount of time there I noticed the potential it holds for genres like G/T. I was expecting to find at least a single mention of it somewhere here, but I never have. I see lots of posts from both sides of G/T that mention something like, “I really wish I could just hold/be held by someone, etc.” and, well, I’ve had experiences like that. I’ve fallen asleep and woken up in a friend’s hands before. I’ve had friends sitting/standing on my shoulder. They don’t even know this community exists, these interactions just happen naturally.

I just want to share some of the experiences I’ve had, and when I went looking, nobody here seemed to know it was even possible. So yeah, that’s what finally motivated me to interact directly with the community. To at least let someone know that it is possible, and far more accessible than most seem to realize.

I’ll also make a standard post, but considering the fact that I’m a very new account I don’t expect many to see it. Thus why I messaged directly. I know this was a bit of a ramble, I'm still a little nervous about finally interacting with something I've only passively watched for quite a long time. So thanks for taking the time to read through, and I’d love to hear your opinion on why it isn’t mentioned, or anything else you wanna say! Take care out there!

OH! This is quite the interesting ask!! I may not be the best person to answer as I am far from techie.

First off, that sounds incredibly fun! I've only ever tried VR with an escape room - which oddly enough had a silly sizey experience; There was an issue with the calibration or something on one of the headsets and a friend who's just a little over 5ft had their in game avatar show up ballpark around 7ft tall.

I love that g/t seems to happen naturally with your interactions too! I'd love to hear more!

Now for the meat of the question- why isn't this mentioned? Again, keep in mind, I'm no techie or avid gamer so this is really biased towards myself. In no particular order,

Age

Price point

Tech Difficulty

Privacy

Missing sensations

My first guest would be age. I myself am in my mid/late twenties, and just never really grew up with that kind of tech, so theres just a lack of knowledge and not more than a passing interest in it. I think with age there also comes issues with free time, though I'll speak on that more with privacy. I think in general there tends to be a perception that VR chat rooms have a lot of minors (whether this is true or not, I have no clue, but as an adult that is a concern).

My second guess would be price point. Now, again, I am not a tech wiz, so I really don't know too well what would be a good headset (if any ol' cheap one would work, or if the oculus is the way to go), but I know the well known headsets are not at all cheap, and do also require a something to run them on (from my understanding thats just a good enough gaming pc? I have no clue.) Basically, there is a monetary component at play.

Thirdly would be tech difficulty. Some people are just bad at technology, and don't want to learn a new form of it.

Now privacy is what I would think is a big factor- and not online privacy. Roommates, siblings, spouses, family- if someone lives with another person they may not be comfortable being seen interacting on VRchat (especially with how paranoid some of us get with g/t), and then finding alone time is just an absolute pain with work, school, clubs, responsibilities etc.

Lastly, I think some people are hesitant about the missing sensations. Essentially, "who cares if all I can do is see it, I want to feel it." I think for some people it may have the opposite effect, and the degree of realism mixed with the very obviously "not real" cues could be more upsetting- being so close to having something you fantasize about but being reminded its not actually real.

Those are just my thoughts- and I hope others will add some of their own! This is quite the interesting topic and I'd love to hear more about it! As I mentioned earlier, I have very limited experience with VR, but from what little experience I did have it was a ton of fun! I feel like VRchat could be something a lot of people in the community could enjoy if they knew more/had access to it.

#Whew #Long one #I have no clue if I'm accurate about this one #I am a hick who has very limited tech knowledge #I am a whiz with spreadsheets #Thats about it #g/t community

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fox-guardian · 7 months

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please PLEASE we need more of that somewhere else au

hi i've been sitting on this ask for a hot minute cuz i've been trying to think of how events in this world would line up with events in the og timeline. like.

i'm trying to figure out gerry's family situation. because he bonds with this universe's martin over their mommy issues, but his mom couldn't have found and gotten obsessed with a leitner, since they don't exist in this world. so how could she become a killer? well, she does it The Normal Way. no spooky shit, she just kills people for her own purposes.

and what about eric? currently i'm thinking he was left in the dark about her whole Thing because in this world, he didn't have the pre-exposure to weird shit via the institute so he's just. basically clueless the whole time they're together cuz he doesn't wanna invade her privacy too much. especially since she gets so Defensive. until gerry gets born and he gets Concerned that his wife is focusing more on the hobbies he's allowed her to keep to herself than on caring for their own child, so then he confronts her and figures out about the murders, and tries to call the police, and she tries to stop him and in the scuffle she blinds him (that's right baby he Remains Eyeless in this au)

she manages to frame him for the murders and he's locked away for ~13 years ish and she raises gerry in that time, giving him So Many Issues and eventually she just. goes back to the murders. but more subtly. only since there's More Murders In The Area Again the cops catch her and free eric and WHOO GERRY HAS HIS DAD NOW and eric loves him so much. they bond and it's wonderful. (this is obviously where we've branched off from lining up with canon this is The Good Timeline)

gerry grows up with his epic and cool dad who bonds with him via music and shitty hair dye jobs and laments that he can't see his son's cool art but gerry still describes it to him and he's like "oh that sounds so cool. i'd get that tattoo'd" and BOOM. GERRY TATTOO ARTIST DREAMS BEGIN.

he starts at a shop, gets really good, his specialty is stylized horror-related tattoos and portraits. years go by, a new guy comes in and wants to start an apprenticeship, gerry takes him under his wing. dude is pretty good and they keep working together, the guy is really good at writing script so he does a lot of text and stuff, and a lot of line-heavy designs. that guy is Martin.

one day martin informs gerry that he's noticed him being off lately, he gets concerned for his health and eventually after a lot of nagging and a one-man intervention, martin manages to get gerry to a doctor and OH NO, THERE'S A TUMOR IN HIS BRAIN but good news is they caught it in time!! now gerry has a big cool scar on his head and owes martin his life.

and then fellas. Fellas. is it gay to open a tattoo shop with the man who you taught how to tattoo and now you feel is your equal in his own right and also who saved your life because he Knew You That Well.

eric thinks so. and he kept making annoying grins about it that only got worse when gerry told him they'd made it official ("dad please" "I KNEW YOU CRAZY KIDS WOULD MAKE IT WORK" "dad" "when's the wedding" "DAD")

can you tell i've been thinking about gerry and martin a lot.

to bring it back to the "somewhere else" part, OG martin works at a coffee shop trying to get by with OG jon and gerry and eric happen to come in one day, and then another day gerry comes in with martin, Excited To Share With Him The Barista That Looks Uncannily Like Him But Older. and OG martin is, of course, shitting his pants because Oh No This Probably Isn't Good BUT THEN HE LOOKS AT MARTIN. and he's SO mad. this martin looks SO MUCH COOLER THAN HIM. he has GOLD FACIAL PIERCINGS and a SLEEVE TATTOO of ROSES. AND HE DOESN'T LOOK DEPRESSED.

he brings this up to og jon and he's just like ".... did you want to get piercings. i mean you know you'd look cool" and jon is just feeling very 😳👀 about that part but martin is just "WHAT, AND COPY HIM?? I CAN'T DO THAT"

so uh yeah that's uh. that's the most detailed i've got so far. i've got a little bit of jon and sasha and surprisingly little for the stokers. but yeah <3 this got long <3

#fg's answers #asks #the magnus archives #tma #gerry keay #gerry delano #he goes by that name in this au btw #martin blackwood #eric delano #jonathan sims #somewhere else shops au #that's the name for rn idk what else to call it #cancer mention #fictional but jic #cursing #ask to tag #also YES i have a drawing in the woiks its just martin with gerry peeking and yes i will post it once its done but aaaa

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Hello! I just found your post on pirating. I'm relatively experienced and I think most everything you suggested is smart.

I just wanted to ask, in regards to the VPN, do you have in particular gripes about Proton in regards to the privacy aspect?

I was trying to find a good VPN recently and thought that Proton's offers were pretty good, if expensive in comparison to the competition.

(I promise I'm not a shill, I'm actually wondering if I should regret my purchase lol. I also get that the post is dated last year and things may have gotten worse or better with them since)

Hi!! Sorry for the very very late reply, I didn't check tumblr for months.

To be honest, I did write that post a while ago and should I write it now, my position would be different and much milder. While throwing shade at Proton I was thinking of this incident specifically where, facing a court order, Proton was asked to log and provide the IP address of one of its clients, a French climate activist.

I take issue with companies that market themselves as useful tools to keep you safe and protected instead of actually disclosing what their service truly is about and what data they do have about you, as people might fall into a false sense of security and have no idea what they're actually paying for.

I am generally more warm towards Mullvad since they're extremely transparent about what kind of data they have on you and actively try to get as little data from you as possible, even favouring payment methods where they won't have to store any data on you whatsoever. They also allegedly were subject to a search warrant and were simply unable to give any data whatsoever as they truly had none, which if we want to assume good faith that they aren't making that up, is a good look on them as a whole. Though they've recently started to market themselves as some kind of saviours from "mass surveillance and censorship" in a way that seems... to be really alarmist and out of nowhere and might fool more people into thinking they need a vpn than they actually do, and I'm not happy about that direction at all, though their services still seem like some of the best around.

Still - I recognize that this is a big discussion, one I don't have enough knowledge over to completely discuss it either! And that for torrenting... this doesn't matter at all. In fact, Mullvad is not being recommended for torrenting anymore as it dropped support for port forwarding - for some apparently legit concerns - and it makes the torrenting experience much worse for many people. (My internet is slow as shit so I don't notice either way lol!)

All in all, I'm not a very experienced or savvy user at all. I try to learn about things as much as my lil brain allows me to understand, but were I to rewrite that post now, I wouldn't mention things that are still so murky/difficult to understand for me as well. Hope I sent you some interesting links to start some more research from though! Here's to understanding more of how things work as we go on :D

#piracy #VPN #VPNs #Proton #Mullvad #Proton VPN #share and enjoy

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Ash Betrayed (Part - 6)

“I…………………………. I…………………………. I………………... I refuse to answer!” Misty said as she ran away.

“Oh Come!!!!!!!!” Dawn said as the three girls went behind Misty.

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It was Midnight. Ash was walking around the Ketchum’s farm. He felt in peace here, with his Partner (Pikachu) by his side.

Suddenly, he heard the footsteps of someone walking towards him and he turned to see Lillie.

“Lillie, what are you doing so late at Night?” Ash asked with a smile as Pikachu jumped at Lillie’s shouldered and rubbed his cheek against her.

“//Lillie!!!!!//” Pikachu said as he rubbed his cheek against her.

“Hey Pikachu! Hey Ash” Lillie said as she patted Pikachu.

“Umm…………... Pikachu? Can you give me and Ash a minute?” Lillie said as Pikachu nodded and jumped from her shoulder. Lillie called out Snowy to give Pikachu company. Both of them went away, giving their masters privacy.

“Are you alright?” Ash asked.

“Ash………………. I-I-I” Lillie runs to him and hugs him.

“I-I am really thankful to you! I was so worried that I will never be able to go back to Alola again!” Lillie said, her eyes were a little teary.

“Hey Hey! Lillie! Trust me it was not a big deal, everything was just exaggerated if you ask me, I mean I do Pokemon battles because I love pokemon, not the titles and ranks, and if given one of these titles was enough for the wellbeing of one of my closest friends, I am ready to give it up a thousand times,” Ash said with a smile as Lillie wiped her tears and held Ash’s hands.

“Ash…………………. You are saying this right now but I know that the Title of Alolan Champion was important for you, your first league victory!” Lillie said.

“Yeah, it was a little, I will not say that I do feel not different without it, but it is negligible for the sake of your wellbeing………………………. Also, you did overhead the conversation between and Lance right?” Ash asked.

“Yeah, sorry about that, I didn’t wanted to interrupt,” Lillie said with a blush.

“So you know na that I thought about other people as well, so it is you alone?” Ash said with a smile.

“You still said that I was your first and primary priority during the issue,” Lillie said, blushing hard.

“And you were! Everytime some related to Alola happens in my life, you will be my first priority!” Ash said with a smile, sending Lillie into a dream like state.

“Ash……………………… I……………………….. I want to tell you that I-” Before Lillie could complete the sentence, her phone rings, bring her back to reality.

“E-Excuse me,” Lillie said as she left to attend the call.

“Huh? Wonder what she wanted to tell me? Ash wondered. Far away, Pikachu and Snowy witnessed the whole commotion and Pikachu facepalmed.

“//Son of @$^#^! Here goes another chance, //” Pikachu said facepalmed.

“//I thought you promised you will work on your cursing? //” Snowy asked.

“//It is better than Last time, anyways! When will Ash #%^@%^#%# understand what Lillie feels for him! Why is he so dense!//” Pikachu said.

“//Neither he nor you understand the feelings of a lady, //” Snowy said nodding her head in tiredness.

“//What does that mean?//” Pikachu asked.

“//Like I said//” Snowy said.

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“Yeah Mom?” Lillie asked to her Mom who was the caller. Lillie stood a little far away from Ketchum’s residence.

“Lillie! I want you back immediately!” Lusamine said in a concerned and scared voice.

“W-What! Why?” Lillie asked in a shocked voice. She wanted to stay with Ash and the group longer.

“Dear, I know you like Ash and wish to spend more time with him, but please try to understand……………….…... We did not told you this before but……………… Soon after the Leaked audio, mine, your father’s and Gladion’s Passports were put under Govt’s Blacklist for no reason! Only after Ash transferred the Championship to Gladion the passports were………………………….. I-If the Passports would have been in blacklist……………….. W-W-We would have been able to leave Alola…………… T-T-T-They were planning to not let come to Alola and not let us leave Alola………….. W-W—W-W We wouldn’t have been able to S-S-S-see you Ahh!” Lusamine suddenly dropped the Phone.

“MOM!!!!!” Lillie shouted, after a few seconds, Lusamine answered.

“S-S-Sorry Lillie……………. I-I-am just………………………….…… Pl-Please come back, I know you want to be with Ash but for now please! If you want, bring Ash here but you, please come back! We don’t know what they will do next! I want the whole family in Alola! Please!!!!!!” Lusamine begged as tears came out of her eyes.

“I…………………………………… I am mom………………… I am coming tomorrow,” Lillie said as tears came from her eyes.

“Y-You will?” Lusamine asked.

“Yes Mom, I am tomorrow, I see you soon, bye!” Lillie said as she cut the phone.

“Arceus why!” Lillie said as she tried to hold back her tears.

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“T-T-T-Thank you Arceus, M-My Daughter will be here soon,” Lusamine said as she tried to calm herself,

“MOM!!!!/Miss Lusamine/DEAR!!!!!” Gladion, Wicke and Mohn shouted as they entered with a Nurse Joy.

“I-I-I-I-I am fine guys!” Lusamine said but Nurse Joy immediately started recording her Blood Pressure.

“What exactly happened to her?” Nurse Joy asked.

“Her hands suddenly started shaking and she said she felt pain in her chest,” Gladion answered.

“Mam what happened to my wife! Please tell me!” Mohn asked in an extremely concerned voice.

“Blood Pressure is high, it is probably an anxiety attack, though carelessness can lead minor or even major heart attack,” Nurse Joy said as she wrote a few medicines on a piece of paper and gave to Gladion before leaving.

“I get the medicine,” Gladion said.

“Gladion, it is alright, I am feeling better,” Lusamine said, calming down a bit.

“Did you not heard the Doctor? YOU HAVE A CHANCE OF HAVING AN HEART ATTACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Gladion shouted.

“Calm down Son, and you, keep quiet and rest!” Mohn said as he patted Gladion’s back.

“I know, but now I have no reason to stress out! Lillie is coming back!!!!!!” Lusamine said in a happy voice, but Gladion and Mohn was not happy.

“You shouldn’t have done that, she and Ash haven’t been in contact for a long time, they should spend time together,” Mohn said.

“I know dear but…………………... I-I-I- We don’t know that the Govt is planning, I don’t want to take any risk I want the whole family in Alola!” Lusamine said as she started to stress again.

“Dear Calm down! Gladion get the medicines!” Mohn said as he tried to calm Lusamine as Gladion ran to get the medicines.

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Lillie walked to Ketchum’s Residence to find Serena and Dawn in Veranda, staring at the sky, looking upset.

“What happened guys?” Lillie asked, trying to hide her sadness.

“Oh, nothing………………………… it just……………………….. we both have to leave tomorrow,” Serena said with a sad tone.

“What? Why?” Lillie asked.

“My Mother is opening a Pokémon Contest School in Twinleaf and she want me to be there for the inaugurations,” Dawn said.

“And My Mom is taking part in the National Rhyhorn Racing, she wants me to be there for support,” Serena said with a sigh.

“Wasn’t she retired?” Lillie asked.

“She has been coming in and out of retirement for the last 5 years,” Serena said.

“Anyways, it seems you get to keep Ash for yourself for now, so jealous,” Dawn said in “Arceus Damn my life” tone.

“Yeah…………………… I also have to leave,” Lillie said as she told the two about what happened. The two immediately hugged her.

“Are you alright?” Serena asked.

“If there is anything we can do, please ask,” Dawn said as Lillie tries to hold back her tears.

“T-T-Thank you guys” Lillie said as she teared up a little.

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Serena, Dawn and Lillie announced the fact that they have to leave tomorrow morning. Ash was………………………….. not happy about it but after learning the circumstances, especially Lillie’s situation, he, along with Brock, Misty, Gary and Delia, took them to the airport with a happy smile. While he was sad from the inside, he understood the side of each of them and bid them farewell. While returning to Ketchum’s residence, both Brock and Misty received called from their families, requesting them to return urgently. Sadly they have to bid their farewell to Ash well, leaving Ash feeling really lonely. Ash, Delia, Pikachu, Gary and Professor Oak were there, but he still felt lonely, felt something was missing.

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Lillie arrived in Alola with desire to meet her family as soon as possible. When see got out of the Airport building, she saw her Mother, Father and brother. But before she could hug them, the Airport Authorities stopped her.

“What happened!!!!!!!!!!!!” Lusamine asked, being denied to hug her daughter after a few days of thinking she will never see her again.

“Pardon us mam but Miss Lillie needs to taken for questioning!” A female officer said as they tried to take Lillie away.

“F-F-For what?” Lillie questioned the stupidity of the Airport Authorities.

“We don’t know mam, we have received orders from the Department of Internal Security,” The officer said.

“What do you mean questioning!!! Is my daughter a terrorist or something!” Lusamine shouted as Gladion and Mohn tried to calm her down.

“Mam please! Otherwise, we have to arrest you,” The officers said. Lusamine and the rest of the family, as well as the people nearby protested but at the end, the authorities took Lillie away.

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Lillie was kept in a room for over 5 hours, without food or even water. No officer came to question her about anything. Soon even Lillie lost her cool.

“WHY AM I HERE!!!!! IT IS CLEAR YOU ALL HAVE NOTHING TO QUESTION ME ABOUT!!!!!! GET ME OUT!!!!!!!!!!” Lillie shouted but no one heard her. She would have been kept longer, if not for this.

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Lusamine was sick tired of waiting. She wanted to see her daughter.

“GIVE ME MY DAUGHTER DAMNIT!!!!!!!!!!!!” Lusamine shouted, like how she has been shouting for the last 4 hours, but this time, something else happened. Lusamine hands started shaking, her chest started to feel an intense pain, she wasn’t able to breath, her mind was going blank.

“M-Mo-M-Mohn?” Lusamine said in a weak tone as she turned to her husband.

“Lusamine?” Mohn said in a confused tone, not knowing what was happening.

“I-I-I-I-I-I-I- OH ARCEUS!!!!!!!!!!” Lusamine suddenly collapsed on the ground, unable to breath, feeling heavy pain in the chest, heart beat going off the rail, it was clear, it was a heart attack.

“MOM/ LUSAMINE!!!!!!!!!” Mohn and Gladion ran to Lusamine.

While this was definitely a tragic accident, it also forced the Internal Security department and Airport Authority to immediately released Lillie, who promptly told the Media about her detention. Finally, after two hours of Surgery, the daughter and Mother were finally allowed to meet and hugged each other.

“Mom……………. T-T-T-T-They told me y-you?” Lillie didn’t have the courage to complete sentence.

“I-I-It ok dear, I-I am fine now, just an open-heart surgery,” Lusamine said as she put on a brave smiled and hug her daughter. She also pulled Mohn and Gladion to have a family hug.

It will be wrong to not have the chapter end on the Aether’s family reunion.

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