#so i was like oh! i can compile this now! excellent!

[elegyofthemoon]

i was thinking about that post a little more re: sampo being a part of the masked fools or even the stellaron hunters so i'm trying to keep my eyes peeled for some evidence for both sides

For the Stellaron Hunters, the only things I can really come up with is the Stellaron Hunter Logs in the Data Bank, with the name "Sam..." written down but trailing off

as well as trying to find some connection with the name "Epsilon" during his scene at the end of the Belobog arc, with Epsilon being the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet and there being 5 people known in the Stellaron Hunters: Blade, Silver Wolf, Sam (?), Kafka, and Elio.

As for the Masked Fools, using the same screenshot as above, the quote "True happiness always entails the manifestaton of the dignity of mankind" highlights the drive/motivations of Aha the Elation, with happiness being the true meaning of existence for humanity. The Masked Fools take this an extra step to seek out happiness by stirring trouble wherever they can.

There's also this tavern he mentions on his farewell to the unknown person

In the Simulated Universe, a tavern is also mentioned known as Tavern World's End, belonging to the Masked Fools.

Personally, I feel like there's a lot more argument for Sampo being a part of the Masked Fools here, but not against him being a Stellaron Hunter just yet. Just need more proof is all

#hsr notes #hi sorry im coming back to make a rather lengthy post orz #alskdjfah unfortunately hsr is like the One Thing thats making me chill through all this ✌🏼 #double Most Unfortunate that its mostly be gluing my eyeballs on this guy ahaha oops #idk if anyone wrote this out yet #i havent looked deeply into the theories for hsr...yet #ive only seen the ones for sampo being either/or and i ran into the tavern scene last night #so i was like oh! i can compile this now! excellent! #soooo here we are #honkai star rail #sampo koski #id love for others to give me some extra proof if they found any! just compile all of it lmao #snow speaks #'is it too early to be making this post?' its nearly 7 am its fine dont worry about it i have brainwormies

[inkyquince]

I was about to wonder why you'd like him and saw that the unburnt/skinless side looks like Miguel o'hera and was like "yeah that's fair"

...can you tell I miss him

i... imma be so honest with you rn.

anon these men dont look alike to me.

but also dude i like him as a character and also his looks, in a totally seperate way to miguel.

it's like saying i like wren because he looks like whitney or somethin'

i miss miguel too but idk, im not currently writing a fic for miguel where he's switching rapidly from being a sadistic fuck to be so sweet and caring because it doesn't fit with his character.

fits with our king harvey's character tho

anyway, that's just one iteration of this king. and ive needed him gutteraly for a long as time with many different loooks to this king.

so of course, the comic book Harleen (2019) version:

king. angry king.

then there's the batman animated version:

i was recently getting back into batman and when regular harvey showed up? tossing his coin? instant squirt. ask any person i was chatting with regularly during that time. for the love of god i made horny compilation videos of JUST HIS VOICE.

... anyway.

from the long halloween

to robin: year 1

to batman: jekyll and hyde

to the detective comics with him and his ass in the air

this man has had a strong hold on him. now, real quick, the worst iteration of him, of course made by joel schumacher, collosal hack who ruined every IP he's ever touched from phantom of the opera to batman.

jumpscare warning?

sorry tommy lee jones, heard you hated working with jim carrey on this movie.

and lastly, the movie version that i'll be putting under the cut because yowza. oh and the cgi for his face burn is excellent so.

scroll to see if but ALL IN ALL.

Harvey Dent is my favourite tragic character of all time, and Im way more emotionally invested in his story than Miguel's ngl. Both amazing charactesr, but my guy, all of his iterations look different except for the obvious half of his face.

idk if im coming off mean, but idk, im thoroughly side eyeing you.

anyway, harvey dent from the dark knight under the cut because my god, he's hot and mad.

i need him viscerally ever since the dark knight game out in 200 and wot wot.

#squinting at u #i dunno in general i hate it when im talking about a character and someone piques up like “just like this character!” #like dude #cmon #its just vaguely annoying to me #two men with nothing in common but share brown hair in SOME VERSIONS #harvey dent #two face #ask #idk if i came off mean but i am autistic so i will make u sit there and regret your actions #batman #gotham

[watcherwatts]

something i fucking adore about puppet history, or at least this season of it, is how predictable (not the right word but i cant think of a better one right now) it is. not in the sense of like "ohh cmon we all knew that was gonna happen boooo" but in the sense of "oh my god i was right ! i knew that was gonna happen !" like, for example, from the beginning of this season, i knew that the professor was a hologram, i instantly theorized about the idea that hea a hologram and the box is his power source. and when i found out i was right ? i was ecstatic. i was so fucking excited that i was right. and thats what i love about this show. the fact that you are able to pick up on all these little hints and clues, all the little breadcrumbs and foreshadowing. we are given all these little things to pick apart and sink our teeth into. the fact that you are able to build theories upon them and even have your theories be correct, but even if you are wrong, or slightly wrong, its still all worth it. every episode leaves you on your toes, needing the ticking of time to go faster so you can get your grubby little hands on the latest episode. we are all putting together pieces of some grander, and probably way more surprising puzzle, and its so fucking beautiful. its so fun, and exciting, and just..god i love it.

plus, this ties into a huge reason why i love shane madej so much. why he is such an inspiration to me, especially creatively. because who else is going to do something like this ? who else is going to craft an entire multi-season puppet show about a puppet teaching insane events in history, with trivia segments for ryan bergara and whoever that episodes guest is to compete for the title of history master, that in-show puppet shows, and a musical number, where the host of the show, the professor, ends up being sent back in time and immediately eaten by a dinosaur because ryan bergara made a deal with the devil and a genie because he was sick of loosing every episode, he then realizes what a mistake he made and during the professors funeral, where it is revealed that all the puppets were turned into puppets because of the professors weird time shit and are now in some kind of limbo where theyve also created a hologram of the professor, so he kinda wishes that he never made the deal, so the weird limbo hologram professor gets sent to the now and does the show as a disguise for the fact that he wants to become fully corporeal by skinning ryan bergara and wearing him like a meat suit and successfully? (we were left on a cliffhanger) does so, MEANWHILE, back during the crustaceous period, the dinosaur that ate the professor gives birth to him, the egg hatches and now the professor is part dinosaur and has a t-rex mom and pterodactyl/pterosaur dad who love him very much, however its the fucking crustaceous period so guess whats heading the way of that sweet little family. AND THERES STILL AN ENTIRE EPISODE LEFT. who else could even do something like this? think back to the hotdaga. what started out as a silly little hotdog on a skateboard turning into a fully fleshed out story with musical numbers. he even combed through every unsolved voice over file to compile clips to create an entire fucking song using ryans voice. this is where shane excels, his creativity truly shines. he is a mad genius, a fantastic artist. shane is and always has been a storyteller, and i am so fucking proud of how far hes come. i am so happy that he is truly able to delve into his passions and create.

puppet history is such a genuinely well crafted story, a work of art, and i am so excited to see the finale of this season. thank you to everyone that has put their efforts, their hearts, and their souls into this show. thank you @wearewatcher.

i love you.

#watcher #ghost posts #puppet history #long post #puppet history season five #shane madej #puppet history spoilers #puppet history the professor #the professor #puppet history lore #puppet history theory #watcher entertainment #wearewatcher #we are watcher #it reminds me a lot of my arg days #i want to study you under a microscope shane madej

[nerdieforpedro]

Weekend Update 02/11/2024

Nerdie! It's the middle of the month, how are you?

Good. Nothing to complain about. Mainly relaxed and then worked Thursday and Friday. My orientee made me laugh.

Oh? How so?

She said that now that she's had some different preceptors she enjoys my balances of being a bit hands off since I know she's experienced, but still checking in during the shift to see how things are going. (Puffs out chest and also wonders if that's a good or bad thing.)

I mean, if she said it's fine, it should be fine right? Now did you do anything writing this week?

I did a bit. Not as much as I normally do. I'm gearing up for projects I have either agreed to or planned for myself.

My two fics are quite different. One was silly and sweet and the other was filth. Nerdie in a nutshell really:

Is it for the wallet of the shoebox? (Tim Rockford x plus size female reader) Tim being silly in a bookstore leads to a serious conversation and a partial photoshoot at home. Comedy and domestic fluff with slight spice.

One Pass for the both of Us (Lucian Flores x female reader x Benny Miller) You and your boyfriend Lucian have the same hall pass. All smut with sweatpants and gold chains.

Working on two things I promised people. One requested fluff and the other action and smut.

I decided to start a new series (because clearly I don't have enough - Dieter, Frankie and Tim give Nerdie a death glare) 👀 because this Pedro character was in my WIPs way before the three of you! Might even help me brainstorm…

Two Hearts by the Ocean will feature Javier Gutierrez x Abigail (plus size OFC). The vibe is sweet summer romance. Mainly fluff every Wednesday, not sure how many parts, at least five. Let me know if you'd like to be tagged for it. I have a few people in mind but if you'd like to be added, let me know. 😆

Roc & Doc and Weddings 101 with Dieter are still ongoing, no worries. Tim and Dieter have calmed. Frankie is a bit pissed still but you have the longest masterlist Fish! You don’t care…well. Okay. 🫡

I might be trying to figure out how to write Ezra. I love reading fics with the man, but his speech patterns have so many nuances to it. I've been studying @morallyinept aka Jett's Pedro Pascal Character Database that she's been compiling and her entry on Ezra from Prospect has been invaluable. It's an excellent reference for Pedro character fic writers or if you just wanna know more. She also has one specifically on Ezra’s speech patterns that I swear I’ve read at least four times.

It's me, I'm the problem. 😭 I’m either overthinking or not focusing on the right parts. Ugh…

Fics I read this week: ( I took time off work and had plenty of time to read - still didn't get to everything. 🥸)

Movie Night by @munsonownsmyass (Zach Ellison x reader)

No game at all (but I can do this) by @for-a-longlongtime (Marcus Pike x Tim Rockford - Frankie Morales floating in thots)

Wouldn't It Be Nice - Chapter one by @lady-pug (Agent Whiskey x female reader)

02 x birds - Frankie Morales x reader by @trulybetty

Mon Amour by @saturn-rings-writes (Jake Lockley x black female reader)

The Stars by @youvebeenlivingfictional (Poe Dameron x reader)

Mutual by @morallyinept (Ezra x female reader)

Dinner Party by @lavendertales (Steven Grant x fem reader)

The Mercenary and the Whore by @absurdthirst and @storiesofthefandomlovers

Comedy of Errors (MK Spring Bingo #3) by @soft-girl-musings (Steven Grant x GN reader)

03 x snowfall - Marcus Pike x reader by @trulybetty

Ambrosial by @spacecowboyhotch (Din Djarin x fem. black reader)

Half of you - part 1 and part 2 by @foxilayde (Santiago Garcia x female reader)

God Speed by @magpiepills (Tim Rockford x female reader)

Not for nothing @magpiepills (Ezra x female reader)

Perfect Fit by @lowlights (Frankie Morales x plus size reader)

To the Flame - chapter 5 by @pedroshotwifey (Dark Javier Peña x female reader)

Come back to me by @reallyrallyauthor (Poe Dameron x female reader)

If you’re not looking at @immarocketman ‘s art, then I feel sad for you. It’s beautiful 🤗 They put out a sketch of Din/Cobb this week that’s apparently going to have a fanfic written about it by @theywhowriteandknowthings

There was also an excellent head cannon about Sarah’s younger years by @clickergossip that resonated with me on Black girlhood. ☺️

That's about it until next week! 🥰

Stay hydrated and safe!

Love Nerdie 💜

#weekend update #Nerdie update #Nerdie's fic recs #pedro pascal characters #fanfiction #pedro pascal #pedro pascal fanfiction #din djarin #frankie morales #ezra prospect #Tim Rockford #Marcus Pike #Santiago garcia #Steven Grant #jake lockley #javier peña #javier gutierrez #poe dameron #zach wellison #Agent Whiskey

[o-uncle-newt]

Cabin Pressure Advent Day 16: Paris

PAAAAAARRRRRRIIIISSSS!

There are not words for how much I love this episode, there really aren't. I actually listened to it early this morning because I was so excited, and then had to deal with a difficult personal situation and was like "oh dang I wish I hadn't listened to it yet so I could cheer up from it now!" But I had, so I listened to Hot Desk (from Double Acts) instead. Also very effective.

Anyway- I love everything about this episode, because I LOVE Golden Age mysteries! I'm not super well read on all the different authors, but I've had a lot of fun over the years reading Conan Doyle (and Poe and Wilkie Collins, if we're going that far back), Chesterton, Christie, and more recently Sayers, and even more recently have read a smattering as well of John Dickson Carr, Margery Allingham, Anthony Berkeley, and a bunch of others. To digress a little, I highly highly recommend Martin Edwards's excellent book The Golden Age of Murder and his wonderful short-story anthology compilations and reprints- it really got me on a kick of trying to read a bit more broadly in the genre after discovering how much I loved reading a few specific authors growing up. It's been really rewarding and I highly recommend it!

Now, the thing with Paris is that the popular backstory is "John Finnemore had Benedict Cumberbatch on the show, he became famous as Sherlock on Sherlock, Finnemore thought it would be funny to do a mystery themed one as a result, and so we have Marin Crieff as "Miss Marple." Which is apparently not UNtrue per se, but JF himself has said that he always planned to do a mystery episode. Which makes sense, as in the first link just now JF makes clear that Golden Age mysteries are his "trashy fiction of choice," about which I can only say amen!

Which is what makes the episode so great- because it's super clear what kind of love for the genre he put into the episode as a result. There's the Christie- obviously the Miss Marple references but also the "gathering everyone together in the parlor" thing (which she doesn't do ALL the time... but she does PRETTY often lol). There's obviously the Conan Doyle reference, which is "snappily put," as Douglas says. There's a fun reference to Raffles- who may not be a detective himself but is definitely a cousin to the whodunnit genre (or shall we say brother-in-law, as he was Conan Doyle's...), and there's "Crieff of the Yard," which is a phrase that I'm confident has a basis in detective writing but that I'm not able to pinpoint, which is annoying. Arthur's example of the monkey at the circus also evokes a few stories of MASSIVELY varying quality involving unlikely murderous animals, which is always fun. (And parenthetically, while there are no Sayers references that I can find, I will say that I continue to be confident that the dog-collar plotline in Here's What We Do from Double Acts is a reference to the dog-collar plotline in Gaudy Night. He has never confirmed it but like, how could it not be? Or at least so I tell myself.)

But all of that is window dressing- the episode itself is a beautifully written impossible crime mystery, and I love that about it. JF has mentioned that he likes John Dickson Carr, who was big for locked room mysteries/impossible crimes- though loads of writers wrote them (including, incidentally, AA Milne, who you likely know better from Winnie the Pooh, who wrote a fun early example of the genre that you can read here for free because of that magical phenomenon, copyright expiration). And this episode is just such a good example of one that it makes me wish that JF would get into the whodunnit-writing game more broadly (beyond his Cain's Jawbone sequel). If Richard Osman can do it...!

In one of the above-linked blogposts, JF mentions that it's "pleasing how naturally my main cast fitted into familiar roles from the detective fiction genre - the meticulous detective, his devoted assistant, his no nonsense boss… and his nemesis, the Napoleon of crime." Which is awesome, but I think there's even more there. I particularly love that it's an impossible crime mystery in a closed circle. While there's a genre of whodunnit where you have the corpse or whatever and have to cast a wide net to find witnesses and clues, writers there often either have to make the potential dead ends in the detective work REALLY interesting or rely a lot on coincidence. Closed circle crimes (like ones at a country house or within a workplace or somewhere with guards at all the doors or something like that) can help mystery writers focus in on the story without having to worry too much about the logistics of "why these people?" and it's why you get so many mysteries set on trains or ships or islands or whatever. And an airplane is one of the best closed circles there is, because unless you're DB Cooper you're not getting out. Agatha Christie did an early one in Death in the Clouds which is a lot of fun, and this episode is a great example.

The fun thing about closed circle whodunnits and impossible crime mysteries is that the whole point of them is that usually, the author is just straight up lying to you. There's a vent for a snake to go through, or a secret doorway to the outside, or the time when the door was locked or the circle was closed isn't actually when the crime took place, but a fake gunshot makes you think it was. And that's why I love this so much- because the author/liar of the mystery is Douglas. He's the genre savvy one. He's the one who's lying, he's the one who's turning it all into a whodunnit, and he's waiting to see if he can get away with it. He's the Napoleon of Crime- and a Columbo villain setting up the false trail that he hopes Columbo will fall for.

Because... and JF notes this in both blog posts... there's no mystery here! Obviously Douglas did it. The point here is that this episode is like if Columbo was as dumb as he seemed and the criminal managed to lead him down the garden path and got away with it. It's "what if Poirot were a moron but still had to solve the murder of Roger Ackroyd." Douglas is the one who creates an impossible crime scheme, anticipates that he'll still be suspected because, well, he's him, and manages to come up with alternative scenarios- including ones that open the seemingly closed circle of the crime- that are convincing enough to throw Martin off the scent. Without him, it would just be "so how did Douglas do it this time?"

Now, the impossible crime is still important, because while we all kind of know that Douglas did it, we still don't know how he did it. And from that perspective alone, JF's impossible crime puzzle is genius. The clues that he drops are really interesting (I'm not 100% sure I see the nail polish bottle as being fair play, but plenty of whodunnits aren't so I don't really care) and it's something that, even as we see Douglas writing a whole separate decoy mystery (reminiscent of his decoy apple juice?) on top of his own scheme, keeps us intrigued throughout even once it becomes pretty clear that Douglas has been snowing all of them. So all of that is fun- but it's far more fun with all the other tropes and schemes and false trails laid on top of it, giving it so many more dimensions.

And then, at the end, nobody solves it- the detective's reveal, after all the carefully left false trails, comes from the thief himself.

It's just... so beautiful. Ahhhh.

I feel like (and one of the blog posts mentions this) that there's a question of whether Douglas actually pulled it off, particularly in the context of whether Martin would really need to pay Carolyn at the end. My opinion is: practically, yes, Douglas stole the whiskey. If Birling hadn't offered them the cufflinks, he'd never have revealed his trick and he'd have had ample opportunity the rest of the trip to empty his decoy apple juice in the sink, replace it with whiskey, and fill up the bottle with cheap whiskey from the plane's bar or the Paris airport duty free. (Or whatever his plan was- but that seems plausible.) Carolyn would have never known once they returned. And the episode leaves open whether practically speaking Martin actually does have to pay Carolyn, but thematically... yes, of course he does, the whole question here is "is Douglas the organ grinder" and the answer is that he obviously is. The monkey's gotta pay up!

I love, incidentally, so many more things about this episode- the humor, Mr Birling, the ways in which everything is so true to character, basically everything about Arthur... but I've already gone on long enough.

#cabin pressure #cabin pressure advent 2023 #cabin pressure advent #john finnemore #paris

[talesfromthecrypts]

is there anyway sometime you can compile just one huge list of vampire movies you’ve seen or liked? looking to expand my horizons here

Oh boy have I got excellent news for you. Below is my letterbox list of every vampire movie I've ever seen (that I remembered to put on the list) in a vague ranked order. Now only like 5 of those I consider useless unwatchable garbage. Go nuts!

#anonymous

[bleepbloopclub]

I made a compilation of all of Griffin’s dialogue as a blink shark from episode 36. Still one of my favorite bits in this season!

[Audio transcript:

This one made of colorful sticks did understand me. This is very good.

That was nonsense garbage words. We understand not them. We are very dangerous animals, but not now to you, yes?

There is an understanding.

We have a favor job that, uh, you will be doing to escape eating from us, acknowledgment?

Oh oh yes yes you will kill four arm woman person until her death, agreement?

Four arm woman person--that’s extremely bad!

Mmm... You bring death to many shark lives? Not very good. Not very good. The other two in a chorus: Not very good.

Mm, yes she did do this to these two sharks. Family. Only ones left. Now three. Not very many. In this world. Yes, three sharks only. Make sad. Make sad.

We can eat you. You travel with four arm woman person on iron whale. This is awful thing. Why friend with four arm woman person?

But with her many arms she rips Sun from sky and boils all the water, misbehavior.

How many four arm woman person you know? [laughter] The others [laughter]

Is not vendetta. Is not vendetta. We try to save our world from boiling, uh, and doing that means killing four arm woman person before she kills our whole world. Is not revenge. Is not revenge. Has not happened.

World not need replenishing. World still alive. Is confusing.

We are heroes and sacrifices. Um, we will stop much dying, but will not be not dead to swim.

You know other stick people like you but empty? Not like you. The stick people like you but not like you is empty. You know them?

Is...[inaudible whisper] Is not color? Empty. Empty of color stick people?

Empty stick people like you not like you they bring terrible four arm woman person to our home and hang her in sky like big star and the sea, you know, we say sea boils. All death.

You stop empty stick people, four arm woman person no come to home, all good.

What is, um, promise?

You will kill empty stick people like you not like you or you will kill four arm woman person who rides with you on iron whale, or we will do both. Those are options. Agreement?

Other option we eat you. Hurt mouth on sticks. Not good. Not very good. And then eat four arm woman person. Maybe eat empty stick people like you not like you. Not ideal. Stick people very sharp.

Yes. Excellent! Acknowledgment!

Mmm, we still die as noble sacrifices, but world safe, so very good.

If empty stick people like you not like you aren’t dead--are dead and cannot hang her in sky like star to boils seas, then everything is great.

Agreement!

Like star. And use violence to do it and make them stop being alive.

What is a notary?

What is floatary?

Delicious. A seal on the lips is more shark on the hips.

I bite you now, gentle for moving. Acknowledgment?

What fuck WHERE WATER?

End transcript]

#the adventure zone #ethersea #blink sharks #griffin mcelroy #audio #my posts #funny

[an-aroaces-harem]

Ivy Chapter 5

DISCLAIMER: I just deepl and google translated my way through this because I wanted to know what’s going on, so there are definitely mistakes but I believe I managed the general gist of the story. Anyway, it’s just a fan-made translation solely for entertainment purposes. Morganatic Idol belongs to Cybird and ABC Frontier, Inc.

--My first weekend in the apartment was a wild one.

(The concert, the launch, and the outing with Ivy-san. It was like an out-of-this-world event.)

Monday morning at daybreak. I get ready to go to work and enter the living room to see ...

All the members were there.

Rina: Good morning.

Ivy: Good morning, Kawanaga-san. You're going to the office now?

Rina: Yes. You all ...

Finn: We've just had a lesson.

Jace: It's been a hard morning of choreography, and I'm exhausted~

Xeno: What are you talking about? Don't make a sound like this.

Hugh: ... was fun.

Despite their slight banter, exe shows no signs of fatigue from practice or the recent concert.

(As on would expect from a company with such an overcrowded schedule.)

Ivy: Ah, Kawanaga-san.

Ivy: Eito told me that the weekend show and the official distribution of the show were very well received.

Ivy: There's a special feeling that's different from broadcasting a program.

Jace: This is Aegis-chan's accomplishment, isn't it?

Rina: No, not at all. It was because of your excellent performance.

Finn: Well, yes, but I think you did a good job.

Hugh: Dance was easy to see ...

Jace: Even Xeno recognized you.

Xeno: I just said it wasn't bad tact.

Rina: Oh, thank you very much, everyone ...!

The gazes of the members are warmer than when I first came here.

(This was thanks to Ivy-san's recommendation to help with the live show.)

When I looked up at him with gratitude, he noticed my gaze and smiled at me.

Ivy: I'm happy for you, Kawanaga-san.

Rina: Thanks!

(Ivy-san has helped me a lot since day one. He helped me yesterday and even gave me a present.)

(You're a real sweetheart ...)

Ivy: You did a great job. Be confident and keep up the good work.

Rina: Yes, thank you very much, Ivy-san.

(I've been encouraged so much. I'll work harder for my presentation!)

I got into the mood and left the apartment to go to work myself.

The atmosphere in the company remains the same.

Mori Eiko: Kawanaga-san, put this data together. We'll need it this afternoon, so hurry up.

A document is placed in front of me.

Female Employee 1: And this script too.

Female Employee 2: And get me the other items on the list.

Mori Eiko: You can do it, can't you? All you're doing is easy stuff.

Female Employee 1: You have to do a lot of things to buy your way out of responsibility.

The words of Mori-san and the others prick me to the core. In fact, I feel like their words are getting tougher and harsher every day.

And then ...

Yamauchi Kota: Oh, come on, you can't just leave it all up to her, can you?

Yamauchi-san, a male employee of the department who was standing nearby, intervened, perhaps unable to see the piles of materials.

Yamauchi Kota: Are you okay? I'm free right now. Let me help you.

Rina: Thank you, Yamauchi-san, but I'm fine.

Yamauchi Kota: Eh?

When I replied with a smile, Yamauchi-san, Mori-san and the others looked at me in surprise.

(I would've been depressed before ...)

What comes to mind are the words and smiles of Ivy-san.

--flashback--

Ivy: Good luck to you too.

--flashback end--

(I can't let this get me down!)

Rina: I'll put them together as soon as I can. Please wait a moment while I compile them.

Mori Eiko: I'm telling you, don't neglect your other work.

Rina: Of course. I'll have it done by the end of the day.

I set to work at a furious pace.

Mori Eiko: Something's off ...

I was so motivated that I didn't mind the coughing.

I was able to complete my work without overtime for the work I was assigned to do.

(Next is housekeeping. Let's do this job well too.)

Today, the exe members have their own jobs and have not yet returned home.

Only Sakura-san was home before me, but he seemed to have been locked in his room for work.

The cleaning was completed smoothly, the tools were put away, and I was able to breathe a sigh of relief.

(I'm done with work, I'll go to my room and look up exe ...)

That's what I think.

Hitaki: Hey, you're here too.

Hitaki-san from Gem appeared in the living room.

Rina: Hitaki-san, you're here.

Hitaki: I was in the training room until now because I finished work early.

Hitaki: By the way, I heard about M-fest. Apparently, you played a very active role as a staff member.

Rina: Ah no, no. I was just doing my job.

Hitaki: Eito-san also complimented you on how well it went.

Hitaki: I've never worked behind the scenes of a live before, but you did a great job.

Rina: T-thank you ...

Hitaki-san's straightforward compliment made me feel embarrassed but happy.

Hitaki: That was a little surprising. But also interesting ...

While staring at me, Hitaki-san caughed quietly to himself.

(Hm? What did he just say? I didn't quite catch it ...)

Hitaki: I've been meaning to apologize to you. I'm sorry about the other day. Miu was rude.

Hitaki: Dazed and distracted, dull ...

I think he is referring to the night when Ivy-san recoomended me to help with the distribution.

(Sure, Miu-san said some harsh things to me with a smile ...)

Rina: I don't care anymore. Besides, there's no need for you to apologize.

Hitaki: I'm the leader. If a team member does something, it's my responsibility.

Hitaki: I'll let them know that they won't say anything bad to you from now on.

Hitaki-san smiled calmly, as if to reassure me. I could see the sense of responsibility that comes with being a leader.

(Miu-san is a bit mysterious, and Nagi-san is a bit scary ... I thought Gem's members had strong habits.)

(But Hitaki-san might be a nice and kind person.)

Hitaki: You said you wanted to know more about exe. How was it seeing them live and up close?

Rina: Of course it was great! Everything was so powerful, the singing, the dancing, the direction, everything was outstanding ...

Rina: The performance was so outstanding that even an amateur like me could understand it.

Hitaki: I saw the video of the distribution, and I thought it was great, if a little frustrating for Gem.

(But ...)

What comes to mind is that strange feeling I had when I saw Ivy-san on stage.

(Yes, it was nice, but Ivy-san was different at that time.)

In a sense, it may be natural that their stage appearance is different from their everyday appearance.

But I think that feeling was different from that.

I don't know what it is, but it has always stuck with me.

Then, there was a flurry of footsteps.

Sakura Eito: Kawanaga-chan and Hitaki? That's a rare combination.

It was Sakura-san who appeared.

Hitaki: We ran into each other by chance and had a little chat.

Hitaki: What's going on, by the way? You seem upset.

Rina: What's wrong?

Sakura Eito: I had to confirm something with Ivy at work.

Sakura Eito: I need to see the paperwork by tomorrow but ... he'll be up all night in the recording studio tonight.

Sakura Eito: I thought I'd ask someone to deliver it to the studio for me.

Hitaki: I see. That's what you meant.

(Ivy-san, it must be tough to work all night.)

Sakura Eito: But at a time like this, none of the staff would catch on.

Sakura Eito: I don't have time to deliver it, and I was going to look for someone.

I called out to Sakura-san when I saw him in trouble.

Rina: Um, Sakura-san. If you don't mind ...

... a few dozen minutes later.

I was visiting the recording studio where Ivy-san was working on behalf of Sakura-san.

Ivy-san lowered his eyebrows, feeling sorry when he saw me working alone in the studio.

Ivy: Eito called me just now. I'm sorry to have bothered you.

Ivy: It's not at all nice of Eito to send you out here so late at night ...

Rina: No, I said I'd go.

Sakura-san was rather reluctant to take the risk because it was late at night, but in the end he said he'd take care of it.

(I bet he was really full of work.)

(And HItaki-san was also concerned and offered to accompany me.)

I was grateful, but declined, as I felt bad that he still had more training to.

Rina: It's not that far away, so it's okay. Beisdes ...

Rina: I was also curious to know how you were doing, Ivy-san. I was told it would take all night.

Ivy: Oh well ... thank you for your concern.

Ivy: I'm sorry but thank you for your help. Both Eito and I have a lot to do tonight.

Ivy: I think that's why I've been working so hard to get the job done.

Ivy-san laughed.

Rina: It sounds like a lot of work. Can I ask you what you were doing?

Ivy: Yeah, I was working on the next new song.

Rina: What already? You just released a new song a couple of weeks ago.

Ivy: Well, we might be the ones who have a quick release span, but we've got a lot of tie-ups.

Ivy: I can't help but match it.

(exe ... but that would be a lot of work. It's a constant songwriting process.)

Looking at the desk where Ivy-san was sitting, there were writing utensils, notebooks, music equipment, and other miscellaneous items on it.

It was as if I could see his struggle as a composer.

Rina: Ivy-san is terrific.

Ivy: Eh?

Rina: Not only is he an idol, he can also write such great songs.

Rina: The song you performed at the concert the other night is getting a lot of play.

Rina: I think it's really great to be recognized by so many people like that.

exe is, after all, a group of people each of whom has great abilities.

Seeing them live made me understand them better.

Rina: I'm looking forward to your next song.

Ivy: Thank you, Kawanaga-san.

Ivy: Next song too, huh?

He smiled ... but his smile was different.

Ivy-san ...? What's going on?

Somewhat tired and sad.

I gasped when I saw Ivy-san's shadow for the first time ...

#morganatic idol #morudoru #morudoru ivy #resa translates something for once?

[danpuff-ao3]

@broomsticks, leftsideisdown, Jackie, whatever you know this fabulous human as, we can all agree on "wow what a rockstar." In fact, I got so caught up in compiling some excellent fic of hers, that I nearly forgot "but wait! There's more!"

Listen, her pinned post on Tumblr alone is incredible. Look at that organization! So easy to find anything you could want to peruse on a given day! Then...the meta?? The STATS? Okay the stats meta blows my mind because I'm nerdy enough to like stat talk but allergic enough to math to have 0 comprehension of numbers. Which boils down to "please don't make me touch a number, but I'd sure love to watch you play with them!" Like...what a nerd! I say, with the utmost respect and admiration. I'm geeking out over her geeking out, I swear. But ALSO...recs!!!!! All of that on top of being a prolific and varied creator, which is rad as hell! Her brain? I love it.

But also...what a sweet and supportive human! Also, did I mention cool? Very cool. I always love seeing what new thing she's chatting about, creating, or reblogging. One of my favorite people to follow, I swear!

So now...let's get into the goods!

Fics

the dark side of the moon

Luna/Bellatrix. Rated: T. Words: 200. Implied past Pandora/Bellatrix. Implied/referenced character death. HP Shipuary 2023. Kinkuary 2023. Femslash Fuckery 2023.

Luna grew up knowing two Bellas.

flowers kiss and miss

Lily/Narcissa. Rated: T. Words: 1,400. 14 drabbles. Non-linear narrative. Fluff. Romance. Angst. Secret relationship. Implied character death. Implied necromancy. Ambiguous/open ending.

She thinks mermaids are red-haired. She thinks they sing. She thinks they’re beautiful.

For Everything a Season

Dolores/Marge. Rated: G. Words: 300. Crack treated seriously. Romance. Christmas.

There were many, many reasons why they would not work. 

She bred bulldogs, for Merlin’s sake. She broke at least one teacup a week, she snored like a herd of stampeding hippogriffs, and she never cleaned her hair out from the shower drain. 

Oh, and she was a Muggle.

Hers

Cho/Fleur. Rated: T. Words: 700. POV First Person.

At the Yule Ball, a test of loyalty.

Sealed with a kiss

Bellatrix/Pandora. Rated: T. Words: 200. Secret admirer. Getting together. Hogwarts era.

Pandora's secret admirer is not one to be messed with.

Whatever You Want

Hermione/Minerva. Rated: M. Words: 200. Student/teacher. Dom/sub.

Hermione just wishes to please!

which one of us will survive the other

Lily/Petunia. Implied Petunia/Vernon. Implied Lily/James. Rated: M. Words: 1,292. Sibling incest. Dub-con. Infidelity. Canon character death. Halloween '81.

Petunia’s wanted magic her whole life. Then again, she’s always wanted what she couldn’t have. What she shouldn’t want.

One night, all her dreams come true.

Meta (Stats)

What was the HP fandom on AO3 writing in 2022?

more miscellaneous stats for HP fics updated in 2022 

wolfstar fandom survey results (part 3 includes astrology, so how could I not include it??)

hp character overrepresentation in fanon vs canon: more random-ass stats!!

atyd fic popularity stats

Recs

femslash fic recs: ginny + infidelity

HP fic rec list: underrated gems of 2022

a wormtail week works rec list

strange little girls: a rarepair (mostly femslash) HP fic rec list

also Mutuals March???? Incredible!!!!

for an explanation about Mutuals March, or to figure out why i wrote you a thing, please check out this post.

#mutuals march #broomsticks #leftsideisdown #jackie #fic recs #meta recs #rec recs

[lilisouless]

Alina: maybe we have to redefine what fits on "its an emergency, come quickly"

Nikolai: its a million dollar plan, all we need to do its letting weird people to record us in a house

Zoya: we are NOT doing a reality , nothing its real anyway

Nikolai: duh, thats why i am assigning each one of you a role to play. I will be the protagonist

Zoya: there are no protagonist in reality shows

Nikolai: Zoya...please...alright, my role will be the guy with incredible charm, incredible leadership skills but still likeable that everyone admires and its incredibly modest. It will be easier since well...i play that everyday.

Mal: and i guess i´ll play the loser guy

Nikolai: i admire your self awareness Mal, but no, i actually need you to be my best friend which i have a borderline homoerotic relationship with that will be the most talked thing about the show. Now come here and hold my hand in a platonic-not so platonic way, and you better use a mint on our brotherly new year eve´s kiss

Mal: out what now?

Nikolai: We also need a diva, a queen, a girl who is cruel, rude but so and charming that people will see her rudness as "brutal honesty" and claim her as absolutely iconic, and we have the perfect person for the role, the only woman with the talent of creating such a charismatic yet outrageous persona...Zoya...

Zoya: ugh, if it means so much to you, then i-

Nikolai: plase move, i need to talk to Genya.

Zoya: seriously?

Nikolai: Genya, would you do the honor?

Genya: do i get to write my own lines and choose my victims?

Nikolai: absolutely

Genya: deal

Nikolai: now, Tolya, you will be the sensitive man

Tolya: oh, does that mean i get to recite my poems?

Nikolai: better...you´ll learn to play acoustic guitar, i need to you play it in every second the camera is on you.Now Zoya and Alina will be most of the time fighting over me-

Alina: no!

Nikolai:...over Mal?

Zoya: no!

Nikolai: ...over being Genya´s bestie?

Zoya & Alina: fair enought

Tamar: now if you think Nadia and I will kiss for a creepy male audience...

Nikolai: actually, i thought you could be besties and a come out as a couple a year after the first season...

Zoya: you want more than one?

Nikolai: Like, our secret weapon to regain audience and a renewal. Sure Mal and I will be the most popular thing at the show´s time but after the end, you two will have the "tamadia being cute" compilations

Tamar: fine, but we demand a higher paygrade

Nikolai: David is going to be the local relatable guy...

David: i still don't follow the "reality" but fake...

Nikolai: excelent work! and the glasses give it a nice touch...and about Leoni and Adrik, you will be the cute non problematic girl and the guy that everyone forgets exists...so, pretty much yourselves

More under the cut, to not make the most too long

Nikolai: what do you mean it got rejected?!

"Sorry man, but we have a new reality show"

Nikolai watching the tv: keeping up with the ketterdams?

Inej on tv: He can buy a boat but he can't fix his hear for me? i mean...does he really love me?

---

Wylan: i am changing the curtains, i want them in icy sapphire

Kuwei: icy sapphire? omg he is so pretentious, shut up! its blue...

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Nina crying: MY WAFFLE FELL IN THE OCEAN!

Jesper: Nina , there´s people that are dying

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Hanna staring blankly: huh...i thought this was going to be a cooking show...

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Marya: oh Mr Fahey, shouldn't we talk about the obvious...(reads on smuged hand) huh...tension? between us?

Colm: Oh yes, our natural chemistry is undeniable and not fabricated for views at all

(awkwardly hold hands)

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Alys: oh , i just randomly had the impulse to...SIIIIIIIING!

"SECURITY! WHO LET HER IN?! GET HER OUT AND YOU BETTER NOT FORGET TO EDIT THIS BIT OUT!"

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"footage of Kaz falling facedown over a cake"

Matthias: is what he deserves (smiles)

#grishaverse modern au #modern au #netflix shadow and bone #leigh bardugo #grishaverse #grishaverse shitpost #shadow and bone shitpost #crooked kingdom #nikolai duology #sab shitpost #shadow and bone imagine

[magicalgardenofhypnosis]

Love Isle Resort Part 1

Jamie Lomas is a extremely hot British soap star actor on the English show the young, edgy and soapy Hollyoaks for a whole new generation.

He is visiting on vacation when I caught him in his hotel room upon a request waiting for him on the bathroom I can see him in the reflection.

The mirror previously cleaned he stops to be his own admirer posing at the mirror with s huge fake smile and dental implants galore of course.

He flips the light switch on the light radiating on him I continue to hide in the shadows of the bathroom as he looks up to see the light blink.

He curses the lights as he bangs the wall all goes dark for him his eyes stay upward lock on the light frozen on time it malfunctions according to my plan.

I glee with excitement sneaking out of the closet I reach in back of him embracing his body with mine as I dig my nose in to his shirt.

This lifeless husk of a body is mine it to play with hours unfortunately he taste sour and ripe from a few hours of the gym my hands enjoy.

My hands begin to roam on his body feeling how plump his pecs are, erect his nipples are and his upper body strength fully bulked up.

I lean in laying my lips on his skin first his face then down his shoulders tracing it to the chest and his abs so broad and godly I had to have him.

“Can you hear me Jamie? Answer me love” I demand of his attention instinctively.

“Yes…. I can hear you.” He replies to me.

“You will do everything I instruct of you.” I add.

“Yes sir.” He issues.

“Your cock, nipples and pecs are hard.” I tell him.

“Uummmmm….aaaaahhhh….yyyeeesss” he howls.

“It’s throbbing and you are burning fucking hot.”

“Oh God! It’s burning “

“Strip off your clothes you need too”

“These damn clothes….oofff”

“Much better “

“I feel sexy “

“Let’s play “

“First off get in the shower and clean up “

“Yes”

“After be my entertainment for the night “

“Your wish is my command “

“I am deeply programmed “

“In the mean time let’s peruse this den that use to be my hotel.”

“God most of this like a movie set”

“ Time to update the clothing for today”

“One swipe and the staff will prep the pool”

“Now for my main course “

“You are back? Excellent! Put these pieces on.”

“Meet my by the pool after “

“I have plans for you “

“Sir Yes Sir”

Leaving the room he compiled automatically as if on autopilot the clothes rip off the bed and the towel falls to the floor in a frantic way.

He cleans up the room putting everything in its proper place as I designed in his mind as his architect and now rule for a lifetime well obviously.

He grabs his wallet, keys, cellphone and his hotel room key as he exits the sweet aroma of the cologne I left for him mix with his own scent fills the halls.

He pops on the elevator pressing the pool side button as it descends his mind is in a whirlwind of emotions overtaking him in his own madness.

Walking off en glides over to me standing far too tall his shadow overcast on me then I grab him and yank his lips down to mine as we kiss.

We make out intensely feeling each other up in more ways then I can say as he kisses me slowly and we touch I am enamored at his ways.

“How do you register yourself?”

“I am slave nothing less nothing more”

“Good boi! This will be quite blissful.”

The end

Love isle Resort Part 2

“When you look in my eyes what do you see?”

“Fuck you prick”

“Look in my eyes “

“I said….”

“LOOK IN MY EYES”

“Damn it”

“It’s so much easier”

“To stare and obey “

“S-t-a-r—e”

“O-b-e-y”

“You belong to me”

“I belong to you “

“Take me to your room”

“Wait!”

“Yes”

“Finish your drink “

“As your wish “

“Let’s go “

“How about we do some role play”

“When you arrive upstairs….”

“YES MASTER!”

I exit the elevator walking on to the floor in a state of frenzy knocking on the hotel door for room 403.

Ashley Taylor Dawnson opens the door for me standing shirtless waiting for a pizza order as programmed.

He stares at me checking me up and down

I can see his cock growing, body pecs are bouncing and I assume control.

“Well hell there”

“Would you like to come in”

“Excuse me!”

“You heard me hot stuff “

“Where’s my pizza”

“I see it in your pants”

“Oh my god!”

“Sure! Let me teach you a few lessons”

“Hell yeah!”

“Slam the door “

“Crawl to me and kneel “

“Mwahahahahaha “

The end

#Ashley Taylor Dawson #Jamie Lomas #hypnosis #the lights #reprogramming #mind control #actor

[triviareads]

so I was worried about what constituted a spoiler for my review of Mafia Virgin by Mila Finelli (here's my spoiler free review) so in honor of pub day, here's a compilation of all my notes:

Your benchmark for the Emma/Buscetta dynamic is Cross/Pippa from One Good Earl Deserves a Lover by Sarah MacLean (complete with some similar language to Pippa's "I'm fascinated by your BONES" except make it foreskin), except Giacomo isn't trying to be celibate in the least, and after he gets over his obligatory 10 seconds of guilt for wanting to fuck a 20 year old virgin (a precedent set by Fausto and utterly disregarded by Enzo lolol), he's all over Emma

So what I'm also saying is, as far as mafia romances go, this isn't super intense or out there. It's definitely not a dark romance despite how it was marketed (and a big part honestly is Giacomo is too nice), BUT it's a decent mafia romance and the sex stuff is equally solid.

The real horror, if there is any, is the classic mafia thing where it's the modern world and yet she's expected to get pregnant on an extremely short timeline; also possibly a commentary on the state of our reproductive rights?

Speaking of sex stuff— I thought it was hysterical that Giacomo actually chose to consult with a (mob) doctor on how to get his wife pregnant, and if Emma actually wanted that to begin with, I would appreciate it even more. Said doctor also tells Giacomo in the babylogue that sex can induce labor so you know what that means

Also I couldn't say it in my review but this...... was the hottest passage of Mafia Virgin. I hate to say it (actually who am i kidding i don't) but it's this not only because of the novelty but it ties excellently into their mutual breeding kink and Giacomo very early on being sad about the lack of women in his life who played with his balls:

Second hottest was prob when he came in his pants after eating her out. The thing about Giacomo is that he has a few flop moments in a way that's still hot but also really funny (see: when his ex-ish mistress REJECTED him the second she found out he has a wife; like, Katarzyna and Mariella would NEVER) especially compared to Fausto, Enzo, and Giulio (well, Giulio has his own flop moments but they're mostly business related)

Also, I think everything about this exchange is just great and Giacomo is valid when he's annoyedly like "this is a me thing :/ "

On a more random note, you can't tell me Giacomo Buscetta isn't an ally even if he is deeply unimpressed by nepo bby mafioso Giulio (who is now in charge of Málaga? lol) because he tells Giulio's assassin bf Alessio he's a fan of his work

The redemption arc I neither needed nor wanted was Roberto Mancini's— this is the man who inspired a great deal of (super valid) daddy issues in both Frankie and Gia, and you're telling me he's actually a doting dad (to Emma at least)?? I want to call bullshit. Yes, parental relationships are complicated and can vary by sibling and I totally understand why Frankie and Gia are estranged from him so why...... did we need this arbitrary redemption in book 5? And it's to the point where Roberto actually is like, "oh I never told your mom to give up her career after she married; she chose to!" and to me that invalidates so much of Frankie's conflict in the first book when she really wants to go to college and fulfil her mom's dream of having an independent career when her mother couldn't, but she's forced into an arranged marriage by her father who also disowns her once the news gets out that she's Fausto's mistress.

Anyway, I'm hoping there's a pegging bonus scene. Also, we WERE teased about potential period sex stuff which also never happened :(

#mila finelli #mafia romance

[lostdrarryfics]

THE BIG FIND: DAY SIX

Welcome to the sixth day of our anniversary celebration!

The Big Find is a 10-day long Drarry fic-finding marathon to celebrate the blog’s first anniversary. Below is the Day 6 compilation of lost fics, both old and new, that we’ve been unable to find. Our aim is to get as much attention to these lost fics as possible, to help people finally find their missing fics! Anyone can participate by reblogging, reading through each list, providing additional fic details, and informing us the title, author, or link of a fic, and their respective number in the comment section. Happy finding!

6.1 Draco likes words and fixates on them. He’ll think like “oh this is truly an excellent word”, think it a lot, then hear another interesting word and think it a lot, and so on. (original post)

fic is not what we pretend we can’t see by gyzym

6.2 There was a test to see how Powerful you were. Harry was the most powerful wizard ever/in some time. I think the test was taken when you came of age. (original post)

6.3 Harry and Draco are dating. Harry is worried Draco will leave him. Not because he’s insecure, but because he’s that kind of person. Hermione and Ron were worried about this too, that Draco is going to break their best friend’s heart. There’s no character bashing of either Hermione, Ron or Draco, they were all just doing what they thought was best. The fic had a happy drarry ending. (original post)

6.4 ao3, Harry and Neville top Draco and Severus respectively. They have sex in a “secret” bathroom/toilet where the persons cannot see each other. But I think Draco got pregnant and kind of found out about the “father” of his child. Neville also didn’t like the identity of who he was having well “fun” with and he suggested that Snape was good for sex not forever. (original post)

6.5 WIP but maybe it’s finished now. AO3, it was M or E. Starts as 8th year fic, Harry and Draco end up dating but when they’re going to uni they break up I think. It’s a nasty encounter in Draco’s room I think (he’s living with Hermione I think?). Harry ends up taking a training or teaching position in the US and Draco stays behind but they agree to write to each other. They start to rekindle things through the letters, and Harry comes back and they are sort of getting back together and Harry ends up having to tell Draco he slept with someone while in the US while they were broken up and he’s contracted an STI. (original post)

6.6 Only Harry and Draco were in the fic, PWP. They were already an established couple. The setting was in their playroom. I remember that Draco was strapped onto a BDSM bench by Harry with an automatic dildo screwing him. Harry leaves the room then Draco climaxes but the dildo still keeps going and I think Draco called out for Harry. (original post)

6.7 Re-write of all the books, it’s a massive slow burn fic (easily more than 100k). Harry was raised in the muggle world and was never picked up by Hagrid for his first year at Hogwarts and years later, Hermione is the one that sets out to look for the Chosen One. I also remember the whole gang essentially re-learning their wizarding ways on a secluded island with some of their trusted adults as professors (I think Sirius and Remus end up teaching them a lot?). I vaguely remember the title being something about establishing a new academy (original post)

fic is not hermione granger’s hogwarts crammer for delinquents on the run by waspabi

6.8 Draco and the Slytherins formed a rock band and they got their name (death eater scum or something like that) from graffiti that was spray painted on the shop the owned which was across from Weasley joke shop ( I’m not too sure on the location). I do know that George joined the band, I think to cop with Fred’s death. Lee might also have been there. (original post)

6.9 8th year fic. Pansy (and Blaise I think) found some sort of blackmailing spell that allowed them to wander around the victim’s mind without being detected. They couldn’t choose what to see so they’d just have to hope they’d stumble upon something. They used it on draco and found out about him and harry being together secretly and used it against him. (original post)

6.10 harry is sold to the malfoy’s, specifically draco. heavy sexual torture ensues. draco pierces his genitals and at one point has harry drink a potion that transfigures him to have a vagina. i believe the title is two words and the first word begins with a U. (original post)

FOUND! 6.11 They were plotting something against the ministry (I think they snuck in or interrogated someone without permission?) and they knew they were gonna be ambushed at their place so Draco asked Harry to cast some spells (I think it included incendio to light the fireplace) to make it seem like they were just having a night in and the aurors checked their wands. Theres this guy with a briefcase and someones leaking information (pictures?) to the press but the second time they tried the code they almost got caught? Draco is helped by this guy from sports or something and they met at a pub. (original post)

6.12 Draco cursing his family name because he wants to feel pain each time someone says it to it. So i think the fic starts with Draco working as a cafe barista in the human world and harry walks into the shop and calls him Malfoy, so the curse is kinda unlocked and Draco gets sick so he has to stay under surveillance in Harry’s house. (original post)

6.13 After the war Draco was obliviated and sent to live with muggles and one day Harry finds him and is intrigued with what Draco’s life is like now and slowly Draco starts to get his memories back. Draco and Harry didn’t have a romantic relationship before Draco was obliviated. I think they (or at least one of them did) had a crush on the other. And I think it was punishment for his part in the war. (original post)

fic is not hidden in plain sight by momatu

6.14 Harry hurt, yells at Draco that he doesn’t even want his name on the door (they were in alphabetical order and dracos name came first). I think they were aurors. Harry was in love with draco. It had multiple chapters and the rating was either mature/teen. I think Draco was sort of like off hand/smthing to cause the fight (maybe their relationship?) like Harry ft he was. It was Harry pov. (original post)

#the big find #drarry #drarry fic #drarry fic search #drarry squad

[subzeroparade]

Creeping into your inbox with the great joy that we have such similar taste in horror! I was wondering what your favourite horror movies/shows/books are? I'm always on the lookout for more stuff :D

Oh! Well. *◡*

Some off the top of my head (shoving this under a cut for the long, rambling opinions in which I hope you find something useful). 

Movies: My current, contemporary favourite is definitely The Witch. It’s peak everything - period-piece, atmosphere, folklore/religious horror - everything I love. Absolute masterwork of minimalist horror.

As for what’s stuck with me, The Mist - took it like a fist to the face and still think about it all the time. There’ve been some other decent religious/folky horror stuff I’ve like over the past few years - Let the Right One In (book and movie both) The Omen (excellent buildup) and more recently Antlers (doubles as a monster movie), because I am obsessed with Wendigo lore. I know they’re kinda spoopy now but when I was a tween I was also a big sucker for The Village and Signs, ha. Again, mostly for the atmospheric buildup of dread, and The Village for its evocation of folksy, Puritanical horror. 

I’m a sucker for some monster movies as well, even semi-trashy ones like Cloverfield. I love the big monster-reveal moment. Prometheus, for the same reason. More interestingly, The Host (which is Korean) but adjacent to that are some of the classic Japanese horrors like Ring and the Grudge, especially The Grudge - both versions - which changed me forever. 

Series: Midnight Mass (just a Bloodborne modern AU honestly) has some interesting ideas on life after death, and Hamish Linklater’s performance is to die for. I’ve watched it twice and loved it both times. Archive 81 for the spooky ancient-god/slow burn dread. Huge fan of The Terror series which I think you know (I love Jared Harris, the best modern-day Cassandra if you take Chernobyl into account, and nice to see Tobias Menzies playing someone way less pathetic than Edmure in Game of Thrones lol). The book is a little more dry but still good, and I just started the series’ second season (Infamy) and love it already.

 Also worth mentioning a French series called Zone blanche (translated as Black Spot of Netflix), a little under the radar, which was great. Very much the subtle “the forest is a dark place beyond human understanding” vibe. I’m actively still going through Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities but enjoying the variety of episodes so far: "The Outsider" (which frankly I just read as a queer/lesbian awakening story) and "Pickman’s Model" in particular (cannot avoid Lovecraft lmao, I’m so sorry). 

I don’t know if I can add the absolute incontrovertible masterwork that is Dark here, though it has some very, very itty bitty inconsequential minor horror elements. But I will watch it again and again until I die. 

In addition, some looser, genre-defying or multi-genre “horror” works like Get Out, Attack the Block, and the Southern Reach Trilogy (book only, the movie just couldn’t capture the peak high concept eldritch horror).  I would add the recent film The Wonder to that which has very subtle religious horror elements but is not supernatural whatsoever. I adored it. 

For books, any goddamn thing by Joyce Carol Oates but especially "Poe Posthumous; or, the Light-House" as I’ve made abundantly clear already; also I’m currently going through this excellent treasure trove of short horror stories collected in this post here (there is a second list somewhere too, if I recall, and they are even sorted by sub-category!) 

At the top of my must-watch list is Lamb right now, and eventually The Ritual and Midsommar, as well as The Lighthouse for obvious reasons. Any other recs are always welcome! I took two classes in CEGEP on Gothic lit and horror films and learned, fundamentally, that the horror genre is an incredibly useful and dynamic way to chart humanity’s anxieties over the past two centuries or so. (Dr Kris Woofter if you are still out there, you absolute hero, those were the greatest classes of my then-short academic life and I carry them with me always; or tucked neatly under my floorboards, where they writhe and groan ominously.) 

#ask #recs welcome #horror

[thetistaboveall]

C.H.R.I.S (Compilation Home Robotic Interface System)

I waltz in to my own room in a new hotel I am apparently the heir apparent to vast fortune of it all except for the love of it all.

I could not have known the truth that I would find it in my living room the next day a giant size living doll just sitting in my chair.

You see I woke rather early for me at exactly nine am, wrapping my robe on my body I head out to the living room staring in the mirror.

I startled turning to face him as spin to my back to see him with love and lust in his eyes.

“What the fuck is this? Who are you?”I shout to no avail walking over to him.

I bend a bit over making eye to eye contact with the dullest eye balls ever.

“Wow! No glow, sparkle of glitter.” I state to him waving my hand infront of him.

“Please touch his hand to pair with him and then kiss him.” I reply a bit taking hold in his left.

Cupping his chin with his right leaning in to a heavy kiss our lips touch instantly causing him to react.

His eyes glow a bit blinking out of control in my eyes, his hands grab on to me tightly on to my hand.

The pressure is on to palm scanning me to the core of my dna stops releasing my hand in his.

The man eyes open up taking hold of me his eyes roll up my body up and down checking me out.

————

“Are you my Master?”

“Yes, I am”

“Excellent! So hot”

“Hell yeah!”

“Wow! You love that”

“I am a going to hug you now”

“Who said you are allowed too?”

“You want me too! I can sense everything “

“Do you love me Master?”

“From here to the moon”

“And back?”

“I love you through the universe”

—————-

Chris rises up from the chair racing over to me at my side he falls to his knees hugging me tightly.

His lips touch mine once more igniting a hot fiery passion shocks through us both as we make out.

His hands place on my shoulder rubbing me so tightly wraps on to my waist unbuttons my shirt.

His lips lay on to my skin forging in to my skin he traces all over my body kissing, biting and sucking.

“I am so deeply in love with you Sire”

“I would give my life for you “

“My mind is yours to play with “

“My body your playground”

“Do you love only me?”

“With all my heart and soul”

“You are my man”

“My Master”

——————

“Oh Master Lawrence! There you are”

“You missed me”

“Nice sweater!”

“Banging body “

“God you are a dummy”

“You are the man of my dreams”

“I want to be your jungle gym”

“Fuck me raw “

“Pound me till you hurt”

“Please Master”

“Feeling you up now”

“Take it all off”

—————

“God! That ass is tight”

“You gave me great pleasure “

“All I wanted”

“That is like dance between the sheets”

“Hard gains”

“Was that a work out?”

“For me it is”

“Apparently so”

“Are you upset”

“Not even mad”

“Swear yourself to me”

“I do”

The end

#Adaptoid #Android #Clone #Chris Evans

[bf-skz]

24 to 25 days of SKZMAS | December 15th - Seungmin

pairing: Kim Seungmin x Reader

genre: meeting by chance

synopsis: Seungmin works as an HR assistant for JY Publishing. He is invited to help interview the new candidates for an open position and he is susprised to see an old friend. The very same old friend that they had a crush on back in college. Could this be fate?

warnings:-

words: 831

15th day of SKZMAS

December 15th

Today is the day that Seungmin has been looking forward to. It’s your second round of interviews. Seungmin made sure to put on his best shirt in the morning to leave a good impression on you. He has been longing to talk to you again, but unfortunately he didn’t ask for your number. He could have easily taken it from your CV but that wouldn’t really match with the company’s policy. It probably would have been a tad bit too creepy as well…

You knock on the office door and wait patiently. You would be lying if you said you haven’t been thinking about Seungmin these past days. The way he grew into a real man… you know it’s been way too long since you two were as much as acquaintances, but you would like to think there could be… something. You are older now, after all. More confident in who you are, and also what you want.

“Good morning.” Seungmin greets you with that sweet smile of his. “Good to see you again.”

“Good morning.” you bow and look around in the small office. “Is it the two of us today?”

“Yes, I will be sharing some boring law things about working and rights.” Seungmin jokes. “I honestly think the CEO thinks that the HR doesn't have enough work cut out for them.”

“Maybe I should've applied for a position there.” you smile at him, glancing down at the thick pile of papers. “Are you sure we have to do this?” you smile at him prettily. That always worked for you when you wanted to get him to do something… you don't really expect it to work now.

“I believe you already know most of it.” Seungmin grins. “But I also have the offer here that you should probably consider.” he says, flipping to the last page of the paper stack.

“Theeeen how about we go through the offer, you take that suit jacket off so I can see you properly and then we discuss what we missed out on in the other's life in the past few years?” you ask with a cute tilt of your head, watching him for a reaction.

“You haven't changed one bit.” he sighs but compiles, taking off his jacket as he begins to tell you the offer. “So next to the competitive salary we offer full health care and cafeteria benefits as well as travel allowances.” Seungmin explains and he catches you staring. “Do you like it so far?” he lifts a brow.

“Oh, I love it.” you say with a little smirk, taking in all the details of his face, then his shoulders and chest and hands. “Please, do go on.”

“You get extra paid leaves if necessary and free weekends, something you didn't have at the previous place.” he says quoting your previous interview. “Plus completely free, up-to-date technological devices are provided.”

“That sounds wonderful.” you say, actually addressing what you hear now because wow, a place that treats its employees decently? Unheard of.

“So, will I see you more on the office premises?” Seungmin asks with a hopeful smirk, not hiding his feelings at all.

“I'd hope so.” you nod, smiling back at him. “I wouldn't miss out on my opportunity here for the world.” you add, wondering if he will catch the double meaning.

“Excellent. Then how about lunch together? My treat.” Seungmin adds as a matter of fact.

“You didn't change either.” you chuckle, but obey, getting up to get your coat. “Or, well. Someone has definitely put on some muscles.” you add as you sideye him.

“Compared to the wimp I used to be, this is nothing. Wait till you see Jisung.” he mentions.

“Oh, he works here, too?” you ask with a smile and you wait for him to walk around the table. You place a hand on his upper arm and he immediately flexes his muscles under his crisp white shirt. So cute. “Also, you were never a wimp. Don't you dare insult my taste like that.”

“Your taste?” he mumbles in surprise. “Are you saying you had a crush on me?”

“I might have.” You shrug, smiling at him sweetly. “You were so cute and smart, funny and just overall a great friend. Of course I would fall for you.” you tell him, and to his disbelieving look, you add. “The amount of times I imagined making out in the back of the lecture hall… wait, I shouldn't say stuff like that at your workplace!” you giggle, even though there is no one around to hear you.

“Um, yeah, let's discuss this another time.” he says, voice hitching and blushing to deep red as he leads you out of the building towards his favorite diner.

You don't respond, but suddenly, you feel stupid. Did you say too much? Gosh, is it possible that you misread all the signs and made him feel uncomfortable. Why do you always have to fuck it up?

to be continued...

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