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indrawzcord · 15 days
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another fiore crying drawing by yours truely
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pianapplez · 2 months
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Hello there 👋👀,
So I just found your blog and had a lot of fun scrolling through all the pjo show crit😂 I couldn't help but notice that one tag you left on a post where you said you had some beef with Annabeth's portrayal in the books 👀 Would you mind elaborating on that if you're comfortable with it🙈? Because I absolutely share that sentiment, but it's sooo veeeery rare that I see other people express anything like it... I've found that trying to be a part of the fandom can be pretty alienating most of the time, if you're not exactly the biggest most devoted Percabeth shipper...😅 And often any criticism leveled at Annabeth just gets you a smack with the "internalized-misogyny" hammer... it's even worse in the tv show now due to... obvious reasons...
Again just if you're comfortable with answering of course🙈 There is a reason I stayed on anon after all...😅😂
Really glad you asked because i finally get to ramble about this heheheh (going forward, know that i skimmed over The Last Olympian to have a clearer sense of what I meant because that's the book where Rick fumbles her character more than the others)
i'm gonna try to make as much sense as possible but short answer would be, she's underdeveloped. Long answer:
She really got on my nerves in the last two books, with the whole Rachel debacle and then the Battle of New York. I can't really remember a single moment in those books where she and Percy aren't bickering or having heated discussions, which really made me question their friendship status. Of course, it's not like friends can't fight and it obviously builds up the (romantic) tension between them, but it got unbearable at one point.
I understand she's a teenager in an incredibly stressful situation that didn't even get to have a normal upbringing- she grew up way too fast (run away at 7, head counselor at 12) while also not really maturing, which is not a problem for a character, if it is handled properly. Given the fact that I am writing this, Riordan did not.
On the surface, my biggest beef is that Annabeth is not exactly held accountable for her actions (ie. treating Rachel a bit like shit and going off on Percy for a bunch of stuff.) I know Percy is to blame a bit here: as far as we know, in TLO he basically cuts the greek world out of his life as much as he can as a coping mechanism. And while yes, he never apologizes either, he doesn't give her nearly half the hard time she gives him: always either giving him the cold shoulder (there must be at least one example of this in the entire series but i cant be bothered to look it up sorry) or starting an argument only to then storm off (see the "you're a coward, Percy Jackson!" scene, which is not the fairest example since she was confronting Percy about ignoring camp but also was a bit too harsh about it) (especially after finally reading the prophecy and being under the impression that he was absolutely going to die when he turned 16 lmao) or just straight up storming off (see, Annabeth reacting when Rachel shows up for the first time during the battle of new york). While most of these feel, at least to some degree, fairly justified given how the entire situation does an absolute number on her emotions, she comes off a bit brattish and like she's trying to rile Percy up, especially when it comes to Rachel, which in the context of a battle that could mean the destruction of the world.... Well, it reads as a bit childish to me, and i wouldn't exactly have that much of a problem with it if it was dealt with in some way (a two-way apology would be nice).
After that first impression, i realized that Annabeth is barely ever anything else other than a plot device (when relating to Luke) or a love interest (when relating to Percy). This might be because the books are on Percy's POV. Hell, on the third book he's even conflicted when Annabeth is considering joining the Hunters of Artemis, aka, when making a choice for herself would mean he loses her (which is fine and dandy but it feels like Percy is more upset about her choosing her own path rather than being sad about not seeing her as often); we really only get a few glimpses of her, as in, actually her when she's on her own.
Obviously it's impossible to talk about Annabeth without touching on percabeth, which also is, in my opinion, what hinders Annabeth's character the most. On paper they sound great. The guy whose fatal flaw is loyalty falls in love with a girl whose been let down by people over and over, and she decides to never give up on the boy whose always had people give up on him (can't find one of the million posts that talks about this right now but it always goes something like that) And yeah, the bickering is really well written! But that's literally as far as it ever goes: they don't ever seem to have fun together, because 8 times out of 10 the bickering ends up being passive aggressive, and mostly done by Annabeth. My biggest gripe about percabeth is that their friendship seems to be based off... shared trauma. Literally. Other than going on quests together we are given no examples of them hanging out, nor a reason why they would want to spend time together in the first place, not even a shared hobby. Yes, in the fourth book they had a movie "date" planned but of course they didn't even get to it, and surprise surprise, they had a minor discussion, and surprise surprise, Annabeth was passive aggressive again. It's hard to picture them having fun together when even the author doesn't write in any scenes in which they get along smoothly (and before you say anything, a scene in which they get along where neither of them is about to die, and they're not talking about previous adventures. Gets a bit hard then, doesn't it?) It's even harder to picture them as a couple when the moment she gets upset about something, she starts coming off as emotionally manipulative (see, again, literally any conversation with Rachel or about Rachel)
To be fair, the books are relatively short and don't allow many "filler" chapters, if you will; there's always something happening to keep the main plot or a minor plot point moving forward, but it's not like there is no room to develop the characters' relationships, especially when we're talking about the main char and what is essentially his endgame. As an example we have Percy and Clarisse, or Percy and Beckendorf. Their interactions are brief but still hold so much weight.
Worst of all, Annabeth could be one hell of a character; what's most interesting of all is how being a daughter of Athena she is still incredibly emotionally driven, which is displayed very clearly with her fatal flaw being pride: her telling the Sphynx that her questions were too easy was not smart nor strategic: it was completely impulsive. I seriously think she wasn't far from being the best character in the series had she been given more time.
I guess i have as much beef with Annabeth as i have with Rick for doing her dirty. I really could sum this up with: while her emotions are justified, she acts upon them quite poorly. And this is what i mean when i say she's underdeveloped, because it would've been nice to see her come to her senses a bit.
Would love to read anyone's opinions on her character though, feel free to comment, even (or especially) if you don't agree with me!
#pjo crit#anti percabeth#annabeth chase#percy jackson#tbotl#pjo tlo#the last olympian#percy jackson and the olympians#congrats anon on being my first ask!!!#sorry if it's too long or rambly i just have so many thoughts about her.#i dont hate her i dont even dislike her im just conflicted about her. sad that half of her conflict was being jealous over a boy#like yeah i guess said boy was the first real friend she ever had but also rick wrote it in a very “girls fighting over boy” kind of way#didn't really write it to make it seem like annabeth's reasons were anything more than just a hormonal teen acting out. there were no layer#sometimes i feel like im being unfair to annabeth and that maybe her being emotional and mean sometimes is her character and#she's actually written well and i just don't like her? but then i think over it and im not ready to give rick that kind of credit lmao#i truly believe he wrote her beef with rachel to entertain middle graders without really thinking twice about it#annabeth adds to the drama with her passive aggressive comments but at what cost.... maybe im reading too much into it idk#maybe i just find boy drama annoying..#but making it so that rachel is bound to maidenhood was such a lazy way to get rid of her as a romantic interest#the way rick butchered her character and any char dev for any of them in the tv show by rushing so many things... god. that's another story#if there are any typos i'll edit them later but my eyes are dry af right now and its late jdsjdfh anyway i hope my takes were interesting?#maybe i don't have that much beef with annabeth herself but the fact that percabeth is seen as the best endgame couple when i don't see it
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ok i might be talking complete nonsense here, but. the Strict Order as a metaphor for an author facing writer's block.
"the Strict Order abandoned the world," yeah if i wrote a sweet potato story where the main character just keeps suffering with no sign of resolution, i'd drop the story too (<- has actually done this with a tesilid fanfic orz)
"The world rejected the Strict Order's abandonment, so to keep the world going the Strict Order made Tesilid keep rewinding time." That's just like when you get stuck at a certain point in the plot and keep rewriting the events leading up to that moment to try to make it work. nods sagely i understand. i too make my OCs go through scenarios lots of times until we get it right. sometimes it takes months. sometimes it never works.
"The saintess only exists in timeline ~86," oh yes, the classic 'idk how to solve this problem so i'll introduce a new character' trick. i'm familiar
"okay but if time looping is the Strict Order rewriting the story, then why can Tesilid remember it" because the author already wrote those scenes and it'll be sad to throw them all out. and also it's a cool gimmick to have a regressor story. (<- has drastically changed the premise and worldbuilding of a story just to make an alternate timeline relevant before)
"what about ailette's existence--" same as muriel, where you insert a new character in hopes of solving a plot problem. except this time the characters write the plot themselves, because just this once you give priority to their character traits & goals rather than where you thought you wanted the plot to go. (tesilid has someone he can be himself around and who can do certain things on his behalf, instead of being fully constrained by his obligations. ailette gets insane buffs instead of being restricted by the world's difficulty.) therefore the chars now have more agency and are not only solving problems, but also taking the story in a direction you never would have thought of before. (whatever the hell tesilid and ailette are cooking rn, separately, which is surely going to result in interesting developments later on)
tldr; the strict order as a metaphor for an author who hit writer's block. their friend World Shaper inserts their OC Ailette in and their writing style is to let the characters run away with the plot. it works. world shaper and all their friends are co-writers working on the story together and reacting to it in real time.
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gloopdimension · 6 months
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HELLO GLOOP !!! I love your animations, they're so smooth ! I've walkways wondered- do you have a background in animation?
AHHHHH THANK YOUU :) hrmmm nothing professional, the most Background i have in it is probably me sitting in my bed when i was little and making Animation after Animation(theres a BUNCH on an old tablet of mine)
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thedeadthree · 2 years
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WHAT FORM OF LOVE DO YOU EMBODY?
tagged by @chuckhansen, @dihardys, @jackiesarch​ and @marivenah to take this cutest uquiz for my dears! ty so much! <3
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LOVE AS A RELIGION
[ love as the sole object of your reverence--nothing about you is holy, but maybe your love for another is ] when sappho said "in the crooks of your body i find my religion" and when the cast of les mis sang "to love another person is to see the face of God" and when halsey said "i found God, i found him in a lover" and when katherine philips wrote "to the dull angry world let's prove there's a religion in our love"
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LOVE AS A HUNGER
[ love as ravenous desire, love as something fragrant and home-built ] when florence welch said "we all have a hunger" and when jenny slate asked "who will come into my kitchen and be hungry for me?" and when violet trefusis wrote "I want you hungrily, frenziedly. passionately. I am starving for you..." and when anne carson asked "what are we made of but hunger and rage?"
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LOVE AS VIOLENCE
[ love as bloodshed, crimson as a knife slipped between your ribs ] when ocean vuong said "to arrive at love, then, is to arrive through obliteration" and when franz kafka said "you are the knife i turn inside myself; that is love" and when ada limon said "how do you love? like a fist. like a knife" and when richard siken said "sorry about the blood in your mouth. i wish it was mine"
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LOVE AS DEVOTION
[ devotion: love, loyalty, or enthusiasm for a person, activity, or cause ] when ruth said to naomi "where you go, i will go, and where you stay, i will stay. your people will be my people, and your God my God" and when hozier sang "i'll be the dreadful need from the devotee that drove [orpheus] underground" and when deathcab for cutie sang "if there's no one beside you when your soul embarks, i will follow you into the dark"
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LOVE AS A CHOICE
[ love is beautiful because it's built deliberately ] when casey mcquinston wrote "that's the choice. i love him, with all that, because of all that, on purpose. i love him on purpose" and when jenny slate tweeted "i just want someone to grab my little face and scream on purpose, on purpose i am going to care about you" and when jodi picoult wrote "after fifteen years, love isn't just a feeling. it's a choice" and when the good place said "if soulmates do exist, they're not found they're made"
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LOVE AS TENDERNESS
[ love as gentleness after a lifetime of cruelty ] when ocean vuong said "sometimes being offered tenderness feels like the very proof that you've been ruined" and when pablo neruda said "like a jar you housed the infinite tenderness and the infinite oblivion shattered you like a jar" and when anais mitchell wrote "all i've ever known is how to hold my own, and now i wanna hold you, too”
#only if you want to of course!#oc: valentina zaman#oc: annushka zima#oc: caitrìona#oc: líadáin talovaire#oc: lioslaith mac ruaidhrí#oc: chiara de laurentis#technical difficulties for me yesterday made this a bit late :’) so if you’ve already done this please feel free to ignore!#VALSS NOW YOU DIDNT HAVE TO COME FOR HER LIKE *THAT* UQUIZ :’)#especially the ‘wiping blood from ur partner choice?” im fine IM SO FINE...... there’s a piece I want to write that may be inspired by that!#as for how her and the elder meet and get together..... so john was hired when she was younger to k*ll her parents by a rival of her fathers#so did she seek him out to ask for permission to k*ll the man now sitting in the seat her dad should be in?#OR that she already k*lled him and was asking for forgiveness? and her honesty (and that shes.. really pretty..)#was what led him to offer her to be his hand..? eyes and ears and the like? maybe?#UHHHHHH chiaras is totally not living in my head rn? it works so well for all 3 of her verses! uc! m*cu! jw! all of the above!#‘all ive ever known is how to hold my own and now I wanna hold you too...’ IM FINEE#awww lio and muiredach being love as a choice.. :)#LOVE AS DEVOTION LOVEE AS DEVOTION these two are ruining me with that..? lía and leon..? this is fine!#you are the knife I turn inside myself that’s love..? and hati and Marcus UHHHH giventhem as chars and their story.... TRACKS#adding ‘what are we but hunger and rage’ to anyas quote repertoire BC.... these answers read the girls for FILTH..!#that fit her to a t! its such a fitting answer for her and for her and ash!#leg.txt#leg.ocs#leg.tagged#TY SO MUCH DEARS this was so cute! I love this quiz sm <3
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suntails · 1 year
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people talking about eah!briar and silver when I feel like she would really appreciate talking to malleus since they both did /something/ in order to get out of spending eternity alone because all their loved ones died and it had horrible consequences
my god fr, put them in a room together i want them to talk it out and bond. actually put her in the room w all of diasom i want them to have a convo im SO curious how it would go and how she'd feel abt their actions and vice versa
also guys ima be real with u,,, if u get any more specific w the eah asks im gonna start not remembering it well enough to answer adequately GHVBFJKD now i feel like i need to rewatch it bc lord it is FUZZY in my head
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absensia-archived · 9 months
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right, so on the one hand, the results of that "does charlotte have a soul or not" poll would be a punch to the gut for char ( it was a NO majority ), but on the other hand, what would make her happy is to see . . . ( that is, what I'm noticing ) is how over the years, more of you guys are having your muses refer to her as "char." it's such a small detail, but it's so neat to see what was essentially shorthand only used for her in ooc context gradually begin to show up more often in actual threads / ic - dialogue.
#I'm just surprised it's changed to the point where it /is/ noticeable.#There was a point where “char” really as what she was called only in ooc context#Otherwise it was either Charlotte or no name mentioned at all#Which makes sense seeing as she doesn't introduce or even refer to herself as Char . She /never/ does#(She doesn't stop people who get her mixed up and consistently call her the wrong name either)#(But that's besides the point)#Which means that to call her Char... you first have to RETAIN that Charlotte's her name#Then I suppose you'd also have to /know/ her well enough to get the feeling that Char suits her as a nickname#(ie. as opposed to charlie/lottie or keeping to the full name Charlotte)#and FINALLY you'd have to be /comfortable/ !! enough to actually call her by that nickname ... not out of convenience but /bc/ it suits her#like I said - it's just this minuscule detail but it's cool to see from a writing perspective#especially to come out of collaborative rp writing#it's the whole /we/ know her as char but the characters don't unTIL they decide to and it's got that:#“my name is so-and-so but my friends call me this-and-that”#EXCEPT char would rarely if /ever/ think that she'd actually be able to assert smth like that aside from being coy and facetious about it#More like “I'm Charlotte but The Primordial Void That Created and Haunts Me calls me Charlie”#Anyways! just both me and charlotte squealing and kicking our feet whenever someone refers to her as Char ic#pretty cool pretty cool
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Noel's divorced parents?? tell me all about them
His mom's name is Charlotte! She's a great cook and her family is from France, but she's only been to France a couple times as a little girl and has this idolization of it that has passed down onto Noel but in a... different way dflgkjhflkhj.
His father's name is Lawrence, and he and Char met during high school but started dating and got married years after they both graduated. Fun fact: Charlotte was a grade above him.
Charlotte's parents are Jewish, but she's never really believed in anything. She's more spiritual than religious. Lawrence and his family are catholic.
Lawrence was close with Noel until he started developing his own personality. Lawrence was kind of homophobic, and wanted his son to be just like him. Lawrence worked long hours at the bank and began distancing himself from his family, and he also had an alcohol problem and dementia-ridden father with a live-in nurse who happened to be really attractive. This all combined into Lawrence never being home, either physically or mentally, with his wife and son. And I should mention that the three of them were among the poorest in Uranium City (despite Larry being a banker) because of the alcohol problem.
So, Lawrence cheated on Charlotte for about two years (and sired two children) before he was caught making out with Patricia, the live-in nurse, at his father's funeral in a closet by poor little eleven y/o Noel.
Charlotte divorced him, and he packed his bags and moved far, far away (which isn't hard bc it's Uranium City). Eventually, he got clean and reconciled with Patricia, getting married nad buying a house together far, far away from Uranium City. He never spoke with Charlotte or Noel until Noel's funeral.
Lawrence's daughters are named Emma and Chloe. Emma was born when Noel was nine, and Chloe was born shortly after the father's funeral incident.
After Lawrence left, Charlotte and Noel became even poorer. Noel always wondered what happened to his father, and was traumatized by finding him with Patricia at his granddad's funeral. Noel wasn't really surprised that his father left, but a part of him always wondered if it was his fault.
also fun fact: Charlotte wanted to adopt Ocean and get her out of her parents' house as a little kid (when she and noel were best friends), but Lawrence would let her.
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mocha-cola · 2 years
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now saving my primos for
Arlecchino
Staff of Homa
Harran Geppaku Futsu
Arlecchino
Venti
Maaaybe C1 Hu Tao (her staff is first priority)
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Probably some 4-stars like Collei, Gorou constellations, etc.
Arlecchino
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soniana252 · 2 years
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#Poseyshutthefuckup2022
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scalpelsister · 2 years
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larian add body types please i want to make this woman buff
#and i do mean BUFF#abby tlou buff at least lmao#this is me messing around w character editor at this point and not at all an oc announcement or anything lol#literally just me making a thirst trap for myself djfhdk#her name in game is fianna but if she gets oc treatment that wont be her name#fianna is just the gaelige word for like. hunting band its a nonsense word describing what i want her vibes to be based on#in which if i where to give her oc treatment she would be based heavily on either irish or norse warriors from prechristian society#thats also why her face paint is blue! because the only color we know they probably had for facepaint would have been blue#but face paint is not attested strictly so it may very well skiddadle in later forms of this character#the undercut. i have no historical defense for i just liked this beau ass hair style djfhkdjh#but yeah def her entire vibe is like. what if i followed the clearly intended barbarian flavor of celtic / germanic warriors#except im a nerd about it and try to blend real mythos into it#bc i find a lot of pop culture barbs including yasha my angel my beloved to be really hollow reps of that#and at times they lean way too heavy into vague cultural appropriation territory seeking a Tribal Look#when like. most warrior bands where not tribal! fianna for example where ARISTOCRATS#so idk im interested in capturing a recognizable look while also forcing my friends and followers to learn about pre christian europe :)#baldur's gate#my post#update to kick off her char tag bc shes named now#feilan
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violettierre · 20 days
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The last few days of Ramadan are often the most difficult of the whole month for me, but hey! in the bright side i managed to convince my new boss to give me an entire week off for Eid (my former boss usually give me 3-4 days maximum), at least i can enjoy my holiday and the rest of the week quietly :D
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journeytojaburo · 6 months
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Fascinated by sayla's cover story here
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lafleshlumpeater · 4 months
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hey lovely!!
maybe a luke castellan x fem!reader who’s suuuuper sweet? maybe an aphrodite kid, and jsut super kind and charming overall? nobody expects her and luke to be together, but how different they are ends up working?
thank you!!!
ofc<3
Warnings: fem!reader, small mention of food, PDA, one swear word, lmk if there are any missing
I hope you dont mind this is from percy’s pov<3
luke castellan masterlist part two
“No way,” Percy muttered under his breath, giving Charlie the same disbelieving look he was receiving back. "I don't believe it."
Charlie shrugged.
“Well, you’d better,” the boy whispered back. “Cause it looks like they got something serious, man.”
The pair watched in part disgust and part fascination as they watched the blissful pair across the fire. Luke had his chin rested on her shoulder, whispering something Percy assumed was flirtatious due to her flustered reaction- all pink cheeks and giggles as she reprimanded him playfully, pushing his chest. Luke remained unfazed, lips curling smugly and crossing his arms as he brushed a quick kiss against the plush of her cheek.
Charlie’s eyes widened further. “But how? They’re so-”
“Different?” Silena finished her boyfriend’s sentence, looking up from her charred marshmallow stick. “You’re not one to talk, Charles. Look at us. Besides, she makes him a completely different person. Look.”
The trio turned their heads once again, this time to the nauseating, in Percy’s opinion, sight of her feeding Luke pieces of sticky marshmallow, both of them giggling when it gets everywhere. Luke pokes his tongue out to get the last bits off of her fingers, and she squeals.
Percy’s nose wrinkles, turning to Charlie. “Disgusting.”
“Agreed,” Charlie nods with a grimace of his own. “It’s a miracle he got her, to be honest. She’s so…”
“Bubbly?”
“That.”
Charlie sighs. “I am happy for him, though. The both of them. Even if they are… terrifyingly different.”
Percy nods in agreement, heart swelling in joy for his first friend at camp. “Yeah.”
The older boy sighs. “They’re too mushy though,” he remarks.
Percy’s eyes narrow at the scene of the lovesick couple, now kissing tenderly with not even the fire casting fluctuating shadows over their faces able to hide the content of their expressions. “Not nice.”
Charlie inhales. “Oi!” he yells over the fire. “Too much PDA, man! Get a room!”
Laughter ripples through the air, and both guilty candidates break away, one unnaturally red- faced and the other tittering, finger hooked around the string of her partner's beaded necklace.
“Fuck off, man,” Luke complains loudly, eyes dancing with glee. “Leave me and my girl alone.” He wraps an arm around her shoulder, pulling her closer than deemed possible.
She looked up at him, adoration gracing her soft features as she stared at her lover. “Don’t be mean, Luke.”
“He started it!”
(not proofread- lmk if there are any mistakes)
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thedeadthree · 1 year
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if i buy cyberpunk again this time on pc what if i did
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carrotpiss · 1 year
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