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otakusheep15 · 1 year

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Spending New Years Eve with the Obey Me Boys

Just a short little thing to celebrate New Years.

Lucifer

You have to convince him to stop working before he misses the whole day. He'd take you out on a nice little date around the Devildom during the day, and then the two of you will come back home and relax after. Lucifer isn't big on parties, but if you want to attend a New Years party, he won't say no. Once it's midnight, he'll kiss you, deep and passionate, making those around you jealous. Afterwards, the two of you spend some quality time alone, welcoming the new year together.

Mammon

Naturally, he's taking you to a party of some kind. It's loud, crazy, and perfect for Mammon. The two of you dance, drink, and party for hours, just basking in the fun of it all. There are fireworks and sparklers and shouts of joy everywhere you look. At midnight, Mammon grabs you and kisses you. It's far from a perfect kiss considering he's running on pure adrenaline and alcohol, but that's just fine for the both of you. For the rest of the night and early into the morning, the two of you stay out, enjoying the festivities as well as each other.

Leviathan

As the introvert of the family, nothing sounds less appealing to Leviathan than a New Years party. So, instead, the two of you stay in and binge some anime. It's an anime the two of you have seen countless time together, but it never gets old no matter how many times you watch it. Leviathan keeps track of the time, watching as the clock slowly inches to midnight. Once it does, he shyly initiates a kiss, and it's over as quickly as it began. He's a blushing mess, but he's happy, and so are you. When you finally decide to leave his room, it's already the next day. You haven't slept, too busy marathoning, but you wouldn't have it any other way.

Satan

He's not big on many New Years celebrations, so he lets you take the lead. Wherever you wish to go, he will follow, and gladly. You spend most of the day out shopping at bookstores, selecting stories to read while you wait for midnight. For the rest of the day leading into the night, you and Satan sit in the lounge, silently reading and enjoying one another's company. As the clock strikes midnight, Satan walks over to you and places a kiss on your lips. It is a loving, yet short kiss, and it is everything you love. After a while, you begin to tire out, and you curl up next to Satan. The final thing you hear before drifting off to sleep is his voice reading your favorite story.

Asmodeus

The two of you go party hopping together. Asmodeus has to grace as many people with his gorgeous self before the year ends, and he wants you along for the ride. You go party to party, enjoying yourselves and partying with various crowds. However, at the end of it all, Asmodeus wants nothing more than to spend his final moments of the year with you and you alone. He drags you home while you still have time, and the two of you have a mini makeover session. It's calming and relaxing, and a wonderful way to end your year. Once it's midnight, Asmodeus practically pounces on you, kissing every inch of your face he can reach. Every kiss conveys how much he loves you, and you spend the rest of the night in this sweet bliss.

Beelzebub

He takes you out all around the Devildom for some special New Years treats. There are some snacks that you can only find around this time of year, and Beelzebub intends to try every last one with you. The whole day is spend in every restaurant, bakery, and shop you can find, and each treat is more delicious than the last. However, nothing is sweeter than the kiis Beelzebub gives you once midnight arrives. The kiss is more romantic than anything you've ever experienced, soft and gentle and everything you love about him. Once you've tried every treat you can find, he takes you home where the two of you rest up, effectively sleeping off the food.

Belphegor

Belphegor is determined to be awake when midnight strikes, so he makes sure to nap as much as possible during the day to store up energy. This, of course, means that you're napping as well. As boring as it sounds, napping with Belphegor is a lovely way to spend the day. He's comfortable and warm, and you drift off easily in his arms. Just in case, an alarm was set to ensure you awoke before midnight, which is what happens. Despite still being sleepy, Belphegor pushes that aside in favor of you, kissing you like a starved man. It's soft and comfortable, just like he is, and it's a perfect way to wake up. After the kiss, he immediately falls back asleep, pulling you down with him.

Diavolo

You're helping Diavolo plan his New Years party. It's a lot of prep work, and it takes up most of your day, but being able to spend it all with him makes it more bearable. As is expected of the future king, his attention is taken by a variety of people, from fellow planners to party goes, but he keeps you by his side at all times. You can feel his gratitude for you emanating off of him, and you know how much you mean to him. Right before midnight, he steals you away to a more private area, giving you some privacy. There, he kisses you with so much love and passion it practically makes your head spin. In this one kiss alone, he conveys all of his gratitude and love for you. The rest of the night is spent partying and entertaining guests, but Diavolo makes sure you always remain is top priority.

Barbatos

Unfortunately, Barbatos does not get much of a break on New Years. Much of his time is taken up my party preparation, especially in the kitchen. However, he makes sure to keep you by his side as much as possible, giving you small tasks so that you don't feel left out. Together, the two of you knock out much of the cooking, and he makes to thank you for your contributions. During the party, he is still busy attending to guests, but he does occasionally check up on you to make sure you're enjoying yourself. As midnight approaches, Barbatos summons you to the kitchen, telling you that he needs help preparing more food. Instead, when the two of you are alone, he kisses you. It is short, but it tells you so much more than words ever could. All of his unsaid feelings wrapped up into one small kiss is perfect for someone like Barbatos. After a moment alone, he sends you back out to the party, and you spend the rest of the night stealing subtle glances across the room.

Simeon

He invites you over for some seasonal baking. Just the two of you alone in the kitchen, baking sweets to your heart's content. A small flour fight breaks out, and you know it'll be a pain to clean later, but that doesn't matter right now. All that matters is that you and Simeon are having fun and doing something you both love. Eventually, you do manage to get some cookies into the over, and you have a moment to relax and clean up the mess. It is during this moment that Simeon notices midnight is just a minute away. He comes up to you, taking your attention away from your work, and he kisses you right as the time changes to midnight. He keeps you there for what feels like an eternity, the both of you swapping kisses and basking in the moment. After what feels like simultaneously too long and not long enough, a timer breaks your focus, signalling the cookies are done. The two of you share a laugh as you tear yourselves apart to go enjoy some sweets.

Solomon

Seeing as Solomon is the only other human in the program, the two of you have to indulge in classic New Years traditions. After some light arguing over what to do, you eventually settle on a marathon of The Twilight Zone. It is enjoyable, and it feels like time is at a standstill as you let the show draw you in. Solomon is particularly enjoying this marathon, and he actively engages by attempting to figure out the twist or true message of each episode. It is entertaining to watch him come up with his elaborate theories, and it feels like no time has passed despite the clock telling you it's almost midnight. Solomon suggests that, since the two of you are already indulging in traditional New Years activities, you might as well partake in one more. With that, you share a kiss with him as the clock strikes twelve, and it is a delightful kiss indeed.

Bonus: Luke

Luke tried so hard to stay up to midnight, he really did. He even had the idea to invite you over to ensure he'd stay up. All night the two of you played games and watched movies, all in an attempt to keep Luke awake. But, eventually, his body couldn't keep itself up much longer. After all, he's still a growing angel, and he needs his sleep. He passes out just a few minutes shy of midnight, and you're honestly surprised he lasted this long. You contemplate what to do for a moment before deciding that you should bring him to bed. You scoop Luke up into your arms, careful not to jostle him awake. After putting him to bed, you check the time and see that it is now midnight. You look down at the sleeping angel before placing a gentle peck on his forehead, whispering him good night. Then, you carefully make your way across the room, turn off the lights, and make your way back home.

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canmom · 10 months

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Animation Night 164: Yaoi, Yuri

The fashion on Tumblr lately has been to divide everything in the world into yaoi and yuri, hasn't it? Well, tonight we don't need to make any abstract stretches of the imagination: it's time for anime where boys kiss boys and girls kiss girls.

So. Five minutes ago, before Tumblr deleted it, this post was off to a pretty good start! I was happily explaining about the differences of nuance between 少年愛 shōnen-ai, 耽美 tanbi, ジュネ june, やおい yaoi and ボーイズラブ bōizu rabu on the one hand, and on the other, why 薔薇 bara (rose) isn't a genre title but nevertheless the editor of 薔薇族 Barazoku ('rose tribe') magazine coined 百合 yuri as a distaff counterpart, the 'lily tribe', and that really caught on.

I was starting in on a brief sketch of some history, how Tokugawa Japan was super gay and had a defined set of social rules for gay relationships in the form of 男色 nanshoku, but this was squashed by the Meiji restoration, and thus gay manga became a subgenre cultivating its own specific otaku audience.

So then I was gonna tell you about how the early shōjo manga focusing on gay relationships, taking the old term shōnen-ai [which originally referred to pederasty], were quite nerdy and literary, but the subgenre rapidly grew in the 70s and 80s, cultivating an otaku audience of its own - primarily women termed, somewhat disparagingly, 婦女子 fujoshi but this demographic breakdown is certainly not absolute and there is a term for male fans, which is 普段し fudanshi. We coulda gone into the whole world of doujinshi, of the massive convention comiket; I coulda cracked open Kimi Rito's History of Hentai Manga for some interesting tidbits about how certain images become encoded as symbols and then reused routinely in manga.

And you know, I might have talked about how this is distinct from manga aimed at gay readers in gay magazines (like the above mentioned 薔薇族 Barazoku) which might be termed ゲイ漫画 gei manga. Perhaps we might mention here the upcoming adaptation of gay manga meme sensation kuso miso technique:

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I was maybe gonna talk a little about some of the older genre conventions of BL; the masc top or 攻め seme and the effeminate bottom or 浮け uke; maybe a little about how yaoi fandom got exported into anime fan culture in the West and the strange phenomenon of the 'yaoi paddle'.

...well, it looks like I managed to skim over all that anyway. Spite works wonders for typing speed, it turns out. But believe me, that's really just surface level stuff. We're working on a followup to the legend of Animation Night 69, so we'll be able to get in a lot deeper in a few weeks~

Anyway, even today, BL and yuri works rarely get adapted into anime in a particularly high profile way. But 'rarely' is not never! In Animation Nights past, well: on Animation Night 69 we watched the delightful 風と木の詩 Kaze to Ki no Uta (The Song of Wind and Trees), an OVA adapting the seminal (ha ha) shōjo manga about a French twink at boarding school. That was the direction of Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, known also for Venus Wars and definitely the subject of a future Animation Night, it was as moving and melodramatic as you could hope from 70s shōjo. Sayo Yamamoto (AN36) brought us the incredibly charming figure gay skating series Yuri on Ice; and then of course Kunihiko Ikuhara (AN155), bless his heart, made his always bold statements on yuri with Yurikuma Arashi ('Lesbian Bear Storm') and BL with Sarazanmai, which I will surely cover if we ever reach the point where we're like 'let's marathon a TV anime' again ;p

Tonight though? We'll be looking at a couple of relatively recent films on both sides of the fence.

For the BL wing, we have the film 海辺のエトランゼ Umibe no Étranger, aka L'étranger de la Plage or Stranger by the Shore. Kanna Kii, the mangaka, had previously worked as an animator at Studio Hibari, a small anime studio that dates back to the late 70s and broadly seems to specialise in shōjo. Kii returned there to design characters and supervise the film, and evidently Hibari were very excited to adapt the work of their alumnus, because they absolutely spared no effort.

The story centres on orphaned highschooler Mio and his neighbour Shun, an aspiring gay novelist on a remote island in Okinawa. The pair grew close three years before the start of the story, but Mio had to leave Okinawa; we join him now as he returns to that same shore, still holding feelings for Shun.

I'll admit, I don't know a ton about this movie - but it comes highly recommended by kvin who described it as one of an 'oasis' of strong BL works released around 2020. And the clips I've seen - well, they're the gifs used in this post, really nicely drawn scenes of affection. So I'm pretty excited!

Our yuri wing... well, there's a few good choices for yuri TV shows I could show you, but tonight it's late and we need something short and sweet, and that really narrows the field! What I have is あさがおと加瀬さん。Asagao to Kase-san [Kase-san and the Morning Glories], a one hour OVA adapting the manga 加瀬さん Kase-san by Hiromi Takashima. The OVA starts partway into the manga, when plant nerd Yui Yamada has already started dating her crush, the athletic Tomoka Kase. It follows the trials of the girls' relationship as they are coming towards the end of their time at school - relatively low-key, slice of life first relationship typea thing.

The animae was adapted by studio Zexcs under the direction of Takuya Satō, who you might remember as director of the first part of Armitage III [AN153]. Zexcs spun out of JC Staff at the end of the 90s, and they've been pretty busy since then - for me their most notable creation is Aku no Hana (The Flowers of Evil), a truly unique rotoscope anime with an incredibly engaging, tense story about teenagers and the imp of the perverse... which sadly never got the love it deserved! yes I'm still beating this drum!

Anyway, while I have not been able to find a ton of production information, I am told at least that Kase-san was a passion project for Satō - evidently a yuri fan given he also took on the adaptation of Otherside Picnic. It began first with five-minute web adaptation Kase-san and the Morning Glories in 2018 that's more of a musical montage of moments from the series, which was then able to be expanded the next year into an hour-long OVA...

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A lot of romance stories focus on the characters getting together, so it's interesting that this one skips right over those chapters of the manga and gets going once the characters are already together, focusing more on the trials of an ongoing relationship between two goofy hormonal kids trying to figure out if this is just a class S thing or something that they want to last. A great deal of effort is put towards character animation, intimacy, the little flinches and reactions. You can read a little discussion about it here on ANN.

So! With apologies for the late start once more (T_T), it's time to begin! Animation Night will shortly be live at twitch.tv/canmom, and I hope you'll join me for a gay old time~

#Youtube #animation night #long overdue subject and i wish i had had more time to do it justice

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alexseanchai · 7 months

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Phichit's known interests are social media, esp photography, and running an ice show, so I'd figure him for getting whichever art degree gives him the best background for running an ice show, which is probably theater with a focus on the business management and technical aspects, and probably as many photography and videography courses as fit in that degree plan

unless the requirements of the theater degree conflict with the demands of his career, like, if the degree needs him to be part of the technical crew for productions that overlap with competitions, one of those has to bend

though in that case he might simply not pursue any degree until he's retired from competition, or (less fun) he might pursue a business degree that he can do entirely distance learning, bc that's much easier to work around competition schedule

which is approximately what Yuuri must have done, since his JSF website bio gives his university as Kii Gakuin University and that's a geographical enough name to pin it to a particular region of Japan, and therefore there's no way he spent more than several weeks total of his time in university in the same country as the main campus

except Yuuri can't have gotten a business degree, Mari wouldn't be wondering what he would do with his degree if his degree had any obvious relation to running the onsen, Yuuri has to have done something art or possibly athletics related, possibly collaboratively with a university campus in or very near Detroit

Viktor I think ditched compulsory education at his earliest legal opportunity, but that'd be when he was like sixteen, right? canon is set ten years later, and by then I suspect him of being at least most of the way toward a degree in at least one of business, sports management, or (given the sheer volume of books we see in his apartment in the Blu-ray visuals) literature

and either the degree is from an institution based in St. Petersburg or, and the later he started on it the likelier I think this is, he also did distance learning (possibly still from an institution based in St. Petersburg), specifically in order to avoid having to ever set foot in a classroom while potentially recognizable as The Viktor Nikiforov

and if he was studying in person then I figure he completed the degree before canon, otherwise he had to take a hiatus from that too to go coach Yuuri, but if he was doing distance learning then that's not a concern

and he has to have either completed the degree before the end of canon or taken time off from that, there's not really enough hours in the day for him to both coach and compete as it is

#yuri on ice #phichit chulanont #yuuri katsuki #victor nikiforov

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crabbng · 1 month

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you gave us permission to ship your characters rookie mistake/jk I actually enjoy Teraat/Kiigari because of how they first appeared together, the "i don't like magic" with wizard lady love/hate homestuck kismesis type shit i get from them is like wood burning in my fire place. I also like Aoife/Bon cause she makes Bon do the things he should that he wants to and he just has easy intimacy with the way she speaks to him almost bossy but kind i like their dynamic but i can also see them staying friends. And Bon/teraat just a tiny bit but i can kinda only see them as friends but i love the good Teraat brings out in Bon almost like Aoife, even though shes still learning herself it's sweet they are sweet and figuring out life together.

another kismesis type shit one is the maighstir/zeynah i agree with the anon who said marek and zeynah are fam energy, they are like his lesbian ex mom's who fight in front of him and for his attention to see which mom is better and the maighstir wants bragging rights but doesn't pay child support while zeynah is working a 9 to 5 jobs for this family to come home to her ex-wife screaming at her about how she's better being a brat and making her wonder why she married and not regretting divorcing her but they can't make different living agreements so they have to live together. im sorry that was a lot, i may have ran my mouth a bit and you probably don't even know what im talking about anymore, idk i just love the hate ship lesbians

you actually nailed one on the head (perhaps you already knew about it) ms myra maighstir and zeynah ARE bitter exes. canonically they dated and broke up. this is entirely accurate.

we gotta get tera and kii back together tho, ur right. LET THEM FIGHT.

tragically (not tragically) aoife and tera are both big ole lesbians, so bon is out of the picture for them 😔 if aoife were into guys tho, you know bon would be down to clown

terabon friendship is SOOOOO REAL AND SO GOOD THO!!!!! i agree, i love them. they are both figuring things out. together <3

#asks #anonymous

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p5x-theories · 5 months

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So I know a few people have talked about stuff like this but I wanted to take a wack at it. How pretty much all the new thieves parallel the old thieves in one way or another. For example Joker and Wonder, Cattle and Mona. But the rest are pretty debatable, but for my guesses it would be Closer and Panther, since she has the same awakening and the seating arrangement in class. Soy is Skull’s parallel as the outsider with a passion that’s being stopped by an outsider force, i.e. Kamoshida & Miyazawa. Mont and Violet, for the supposed past trauma in figure skating and gymnastics. Yuki and Crow, specifically Prince Crow, as they both have AoA endings with “wrong” spellings. Crow having sole instead of soul and Yuki having gose instead goes, plus her personas having a strong connection to judgement/justice. Okyann and Oracle, with them both having palaces and supporters, I feel like we’ll learn more about Okyann’s true self being the Hermit of the group. For the rest are just educated guesses, but Riko and Queen, Seiji and Fox, Noir and Leo, Rin & Toshiro, Kii and Maruki, Kotomo and Erina, Enco and Wolf, finally Sophie and Polter

Huh, some of these are really neat and wouldn't have occurred to me! Personally, since the Phantom Idol teammates seem to be based on Confidants, I'm expecting them to parallel Joker's Confidants rather than members of the Phantom Thieves, but this is an interesting take on how it might match up if the Phantom Idols are still teammate parallels.

Closer and Panther, and Soy and Skull, have definitely been discussed on this blog (along with Closer and Skull (as in, Closer as the Chariot) and Soy and Fox), so I don't have much new to say on them but it's definitely as supported as anything at the moment.

Mont and Violet is a really interesting one. I hadn't made the connection between their sports interests, and even though they're not quite the same situation that could be something!

For Yuki and Crow, I do want to start out by mentioning "sole" is not a typo for Crow's AOA:

That said, I don't think I properly noticed that Yuki's AOA does have a typo, haha! Text without the effects over it, from the files:

I definitely see the connection to judgment/justice, though I suppose it's worth noting those are two separate arcana in this series. Still, there is some weight to the idea! The scales (like Tembin, her files codename) are featured on the Justice tarot card, after all.

Okyann and Oracle is definitely another one we've discussed on this blog before, and if I'm honest is actually perhaps the main reason I hope I'm wrong about the Phantom Idols being parallels to Joker's Confidants instead of teammates (or, alternatively, hoping Okyann is an actual story teammate and was only an idol for the beta) because I think it could be such a fun parallel! Definitely with you on that one.

Riko and Queen's another big one, considering Riko seems to be being set up as the next story teammate after Soy. This one's currently my main theory for her as well; there's too many apparent similarities.

Seiji and Fox could work. They have a sort of similar... vibe, to them, I suppose? That aloof impression they give off, especially before Fox joins the team, is definitely there.

Leo and Noir is another really interesting one that hadn't crossed my mind, but I think I see what you're getting at- it's about their parents restricting them, right? Leo from his dream of being a tokusatsu actor, Noir just sort of... generally in her life... it really wouldn't have occurred to me but I can follow it and I'm intrigued.

Rin and Toshiro would not have crossed my mind in a million years. Personally, I'd probably guess Erina before Toshiro for her? Though we do still have a very limited impression of her at the moment.

To jump one ahead on your list just to keep them together, you also have Kotomo and Erina, but I think if anything I'd probably swap her for Toshiro in this case, too, haha. Kotomo very much seems to be filling the Shiho role in P5X, but she's come across as more reserved and observant, the type to think things through first, whereas Erina's more of a charging in first type, which kind of is the impression I've gotten from Rin. So if I had to match Kotomo with a member of the Phantom Thieves, I'd probably pick Toshiro before Erina.

Going back to the one I skipped, Kii and Maruki. Trying to figure out the connection you're basing this one on- is it Kii's (apparent) minor psychic ability, and Maruki's interest in cognitive psience? Is it Kii's chuunibyou delusion talking about protecting the school as one of the chosen ones, and Maruki's warped desire to protect everyone in the world with his actualized reality? I feel like I'm almost following the logic for this one, but not quite...

Enco and Wolf, and Polter and Sophie, are hard to really discuss just because we know so little at the moment, haha, but all the same I feel like I can sort of see the impression you're getting. Wolf's desire for justice for his wife's death (and struggles with his daughter) could be easily reflected in Enco just with other family members (or, honestly, even just a romantic partner instead of a wife), and Polter despite being human could struggle to connect with and really understand others/her own emotions, much like Sophie (and, in that case, Ichinose as well).

All that to say, overall, I think I see where you're coming from, and it's a pretty solid theory, even if it differs a bit from the usual assumption this blog's been running with! Certainly an interesting train of thought.

#thanks for sharing!#theories #wonder #cattle #closer #soy #mont #yuki #okyann #wind #fleuret #leon #rin #moko #key #enco #polter #anonymous

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hitogatarock · 1 year

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To Know the Musicarts More

this is an interactive post to know how the Musicarts from the upcoming game Takt op. Destiny by the City of Crimson Melody perceived others through a some sort of a QnA, posted by the official account!

Original source • my twitter thread

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— Destiny

What do you think of her?

Moonlight : "Destiny is... you know what, she's comforting, because she understand my intentions without me having to speak. Is this also the result of having the same composer? I don't know."

Carmen : "Looking at it, she acts very astoundingly yet dangerously, you can't take your eyes off her."

— translator's note : Both Destiny and Moonlight's original pieces are composed by Beethoven.

— Jupiter

What do you think of her?

Walküre : "I appreciate her exceeding powers, but I would like to see her use her head a bit more, for example, to think about her surroundings."

Air : "Jupiter? It's not just that she's got a lot of energy. Even that sounds like she's forcing herself to do it..."

— Twinkle Star

What do you think of her?

Fledermaus : "Every single one of her reactions are exaggerated and funny, and she's the best toy... Ah, no, she's a fun person to talk to."

Walküre : "She doesn't change her behavior at any given time. This is because she's in a stable state of mind. She is a senior figure whom I can honestly respect."

— Walküre

What do you think of her?

Jupiter : "Walküre is really a pain in the neck. She dilly-dally about what's done and say things like, "I should've done that". It's over, you know?"

Daphnis et Chloé : "The blame is on me. I know it's my fault... Umm, maybe if she could speak to me a little bit more softly..."

— Carmen

What do you think of her?

Moonlight : "Even if I don't talk, half of my intention is understood yet she was misguided at the same time. Try a little bit harder for it."

Nutcracker : "Lady Carmen... She's fascinating, isn't she? Even though we're both Musicarts, I adore that beauty!"

— Nutcracker

What do you think of her?

Destiny : "The way she greets everyone cheerfully and without distinction brightens up the atmosphere. She gives me a lot spirit."

Belkis : "Politeness is a good upbringing. I feel safe when I interact with her. However, I am concerned that she sometimes seem to look lonely."

— Fledermaus

What do you think of her?

Destiny : "It's great that she can talk to everyone like that. But why doesn't she talk to me much?"

Air on the G String : "Fledermaus? Let her do what she want, no matter what. She won't listen to anyone, anyway."

— Boléro

What do you think of her?

Twinkle Star : "Boléro doesn't talk much, but she's easy to understand when you want her attention! That's why Kii-chan always talk to her first!"

Daphnis et Chloé : "I feel a little relieved when I'm with Miss Boléro. ...Well, she doesn't have to force herself to talk."

— Moonlight

What do you think of her?

Carmen : "Humans are creatures that judges by appearance. She and I should act like elders, but no matter how many times I say it, it doesn't work."

Twinkle Star : "Kii-chan wants to be like Moonlight! She's slim and beautiful... and doesn't know what's on her mind, things like that!"

— Belkis

What do you think of her?

Nutcracker : "I admire her willingness to give everyone the golden rule at any given time... but I am concerned that she is too high-handed."

Boléro : "Why do she talk to me, who doesn't respond, when she could talk to someone other than me? It's not that I don't like it or anything, but I can't help wondering."

— Daphnis et Chloé

What do you think of her?

Belkis : "I have advised her that she should be more assertive, but whenever she speaks with me, I'm the only one who talks in the end. Good grief."

Boléro : "She doesn't really talk about it, but she know what she want to do. Well, I'm not inconvenienced of it."

— Air on the G String

What do you think of her?

Jupiter : "I think it's amazing that she's strong. It's just that there's too much uneveness on her. I wish she was a bit more amicable. It's worth telling me."

Fledermaus : "Miss Air is easy to understand, yes. I can come up with any number of ways to make fun of her because she's so antagonistic. Sure, I like that."

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#my translates #translation #gata: game tls #takt op. destiny by the city of crimson melody #takt op.#takt opus #もっと知りたいムジカート #タクトオーパス

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not-bcring · 2 years

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"I got a question, dick for brains. If you're gay..."

Miu fidgets in place, looking away from Kokichi. It's not that she's scared of him. She's Miu Iruma. She's not scared of anything. Sometimes it's just easier to say things when it doesn't feel like she's saying them to anyone.

"Why do you keep me around? If you don't want my body, and you don't actually like me as a person... Is it just to keep Kiibo happy, or what?"

- ✩ 「 @honeydewmuses 」 ✩

「 ☆ 」 Kokichi spares a curious glance at Miu when she looks away, but it only lasts a moment. As if prompted, gaze raises upward instead, arms resting behind his head as he leisurely rocks back and forth on his heels. Unconcerned about where the other is facing, the perfect picture of ‘couldnt care less about what you are doing or saying’. So... no need to be nervous. There’s no high stakes here. Nothing hangs in the balance, no vulnerabilities to catch or revelations to be given. Just a random conversation to pass the time. Less important than the bangs Kokichi playfully blows out of his face, wide eyes and blank expression reminiscent of a child batting around an inane toy... Miu can say whatever it is she needs to.

It’s not like there’s anything here to be scared of.

❝ Wow... I didn’t expect a genius to ask such a dumb question. ❞ Kokichi bluntly replies, tone holding a bit of ‘wonderment’ to it, like he really was taken aback by the other’s confusion. Truthfully, it doesn’t come as much of a shock at all. For all her flashiness and fornication, her mask is far from flawless. Frankly, Kokichi would barely give it a five out of ten. Far too easily shattered and far too one-note for his tastes... but that’s neither here nor there. Blowing at his hair with a soft ‘huh’, big eyes transform into that narrowed, catlike gaze, a slanted smirk slipping on with ease, ❝ It’s cute you think I need you around to keep Kii-boi happy. We could be at each other’s throats and I could STILL make them forgive me in the bat of an eye and the suck of a robotic dick... ❞

Shrugging with a snicker, tone lilts with haughtiness mirrored in the arch of his spine, rocking coming to a halt so he can puff out his chest, ❝ Trust me, I’m more than capable of satisfying our little Sparkplug’s emotional needs without any outside help. ❞ ... A beat and a pop of his lips later, Kokichi adds with sharp articulation, wanting to make sure Miu is paying attention, ❝ Nope. I keep you around for purely selfish reasons. ❞

❝ Things are more interesting with you around. ❞

It might not seem like much of a statement to make, but all Kokichi can do is hope that Miu has spent enough time around him to be able to decipher it. She’s pretty smart... For someone with tits for brains. With that in mind, Kokichi keeps facing away from her, being as genuine as he can without his own fears breaking him open from the inside. But hey, if Miu can face away from him even if she’s not scared of his response... then he can be a little cryptic when giving it. That’s how this game of theirs works, after all. ❝ I can’t STAND boring people... so I don’t bother wasting my time with someone if they can’t spice things up for me. ❞

❝ You should feel HONORED, honestly... I think you’re entertaining enough that I’m willing to look past your putrid personality and that eye-sore of pink. ❞ Is he trying to spark up a reaction? Of course, he is. This... insecurity doesn’t suit Miu. Facing away from him, doubting that she isn’t putting up with HIM rather than the other way around. That just won’t do. Can’t have one of his favorite bitches muzzling herself. Still, he supposes it’s a good thing that she asked. Gives him a chance to at least TRY and be a decent person....

❝ I’d ask why you keep me around, but we both know it’s because I’m so cute~ ❞ 「 ☆ 」

#not-bcring #⭒ ˙ ˖ ✧ — ˗ˏˋ ❝ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ʟɪᴇꜱ ᴄᴀɴ ʟᴇᴀᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴛᴏ ʜᴏᴘᴇ; ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴛʀᴜᴛʜꜱ ᴄᴀɴ ʟᴇᴀᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴇꜱᴘᴀɪʀ ❞ ¦ 「 Kokichi IC 」#⭒ ˙ ˖ ✧ — ˗ˏˋ ❝ ᴏᴜʀ ᴠɪᴇᴡ ʙᴇɢɪɴꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴘᴇᴇʟ ᴀᴡᴀʏ ❞ ◌ ᴅᴀɴɢᴀɴʀᴏɴᴘᴀ ᴠ3 ¦ 「 Kokichi 」#⭒ ˙ ˖ ✧ — ˗ˏˋ ❝ ᴜʟᴛɪᴍᴀᴛᴇ ɪɴᴠᴇɴᴛᴏʀ ❞ ¦ 「 Miu 」#honeydewmuses #⭒ ˙ ˖ ✧ — ˗ˏˋ ❝ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ɴᴇᴇᴅꜱ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ʟɪᴋᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴇ; ᴡʜᴏ’ᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴋɴᴏᴄᴋᴇᴅ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ʙʏ ꜰᴀᴛᴇ ❞ ¦ 「 Kokichi and Miu 」#⭒ ˙ ˖ ✧ — ˗ˏˋ ❝ ᴏʙᴛᴀɪɴᴇᴅ ʜᴏᴘᴇ ꜰʀᴀɢᴍᴇɴᴛ ❞ ¦ 「 Answer 」#⭒ ˙ ˖ ✧ — ˗ˏˋ ❝ ᴅɪɴɢ ᴅᴏɴɢ; ʙɪɴɢ ʙᴏɴɢ: ᴀ ʙᴏᴅʏ ʜᴀꜱ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴅɪꜱᴄᴏᴠᴇʀᴇᴅ! ❞ ¦ 「 Queue 」

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Random long update post about my life i guess? LOL

Been enjoying messing with tamagotchis lately!!! I’ve always wanted ones with a colored screen, so I caved and bought some Tamagotchi On and it’s SO fun! Like, I just play with a lil pixel friend and can marry them off. It’s a commitment, but also, easy to just take a breather from my day to see how they’re doing and then continue working on whatever I was doing. I also downloaded the MyMeets thing bc I kinda want to try and make my own pixel bg bc wouldn’t that be cute??? Would also want to commission Poo for one as well bc I always liked their pixel works. I’ve also wanted a Sanrio Meets one, but they’re SO expensive, so I’m going to wait a bit before buying one. I really want to marry Sanrio meets tamas to my On and I think it would be cute to see. The blue one is technically my fiances (though I’m the one that mostly looks out for it) and the other one is mine. I named my first tama child Denjitchi, after Denji from Chainsaw Man bc I read that a couple weeks back and FELL IN LOVE. I really love the characters and world, and it’s how I felt with Dorohedoro, where the world seems so dire? But the character relationships are so fun and you get attached to so many. I also really love how it’s violent, but also fun??? Not only that but the concept fo their abilities are weird in a cool way, the devils are kinda freaky too and I love that. Also love the entrance of the Darkness Devil and the name itself made me laugh bc u know. LMAO-- I like the sense of dark humor it has. After that, I made sure to preorder both Denji and Power nendoroids bc I love their relationship the most! I wonder if there’s gonna be a part 2... I need it, after the heartbreak I experienced with Aki...

I also figured out how to buy nijisanji goods, so I caved and bought chronoir kuma rubber charms and they’re so cute, I don’t want to take em out of their plastic-- I have no idea where I want to hang these either bc I don’t want them to get dirty or lost bc they’re expensive. I also preordered two Kuzuha nendoroids from different sites (bc they have different preorder bonus LMFAO) along with Himawari nendo bc I like her too and I swear nendos NEVER really caught my attention before, but for SOME REASON goodsmile started coming out with REALLY good ones that appealed to me and now I find myself wanting a new one every month??? Smh, calm down!! Anyway, Idk why I like vtubers-- something about watching someone with a cute anime avatar just doing something so mundane such as playing video games or singing is a nice comfort to me ever since quarantine happened. Like not only that, but all the Holostar goods I ordered months ago are all finally being shipped and idk where the heck I’m gonna put those either LMAO.

Hmm what else, in February, I got a instax printer thingy and I’m having fun testing out how my art works look on it! I think it would be cute to make personalize polaroid pics for others too as a commission, though I’m a lil hesitant atm because it’s kind of hard to not have the colors too washed out. When I was testing it on Kii, I had to bring the brightness down along with increasing the saturation and contrast just so that his colors wouldn’t be so washed out!

Besides talking to close friends, I’ve been keeping mostly to myself on social media, not even posting art everyday, which is nice, but also social media has skewed my relationship with art where if I’m not posting it, then I’m just wasting time. I’m still trying to get over the fact that I’m not just an artist and that I’m allowed to venture out into new things and work on projects myself without having to post every single detail about it on the internet. Every since I graduated university, I shifted from just drawing all the time to having more time to find more interests outside of art. Sushi and Poo convinced me to do journaling as well, so I started that in February and it’s been fun to write down unfiltered thoughts, even though it’s a mess, along with making random spreads. I enjoy being able to still be creative without having to post it, you know? I’m still trying to find my flow when it comes to balancing commissions and my own projects and interests-- I have to keep myself accountable with my own schedule.

There are so many things I want to do, but it’s easy to feel so overwhelmed that I end up not doing any of it at all and reverting back to whatever I’ve always done. I enjoy immersing myself in my work, my projects, my interests. I want to do that, but at the same time I do need to be active on social media from time to time because I still need to do commissions. I like sharing my work to have that connection with others, I just don’t like the pressure of trying to upkeep an audience or anything that social media culture pushes onto people. I guess that’s why I still like tumblr because I can just post whatever and not care too much lol. That’s all I can think of from the top of my head in this convoluted, messy, post about my life (I say this as if it's not some essay or some shit lmao). Nothing really eventful tbh??? Just been doing my own thing and then I would have weekly voice calls with Sushi and Poo and then catch up to other friends once or twice a month.

Hope everyone else is doing well~

#x #just a lil update on my life eheh #this is still a personal blog and ya guess i just wanna get a lil personal but not really? LOL

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This is the second and last part of the Curious Experimentation fanfic!

The duo arrived back at the dorms rather quickly and Kai.to stepped back so he could let Kii.bo unlock his dorm door. “I wonder what it’s like.” he thought out loud again. The white haired student also wondered the same thing, but flushed a light pink out of embarrassment of the thoughts. Although, he assumed that things would turn out fine. He hoped so at least. Kai.to set down the food and drinks they had brought with them and patted the floor next to him. “Come on, you still want to try this out right?” he questioned, laughing a bit again as he noticed Kii.bo's blush.

Kii.bo nodded as he wanted to focus on this to not let his embarrassment linger for too long. And sat next to Kai.to. "Yeah, I still wanna try it out." He answered honestly. Kai.to grinned but didn’t say anything, only opening his mouth in waiting for the food that was next to him. He hoped that he was doing this right, he didn’t want to make a fool of himself.

Kii.bo picked out a piece of food out of the pile of food that Kai.to had picked out. Which happened was a chocolate bar that he decided to unwrap first. He decided to break it into pieces as it would probably be less annoying to eat. Carefully and somewhat unsure, he put the first piece of chocolate into the other's mouth.

Kai.to chomped down on the chocolate, letting it melt in his mouth. Chocolate had always been one of his favorites. It was sweet but bitter as well. Which was a good flavor combination. He quickly swallowed and opened his mouth again, awaiting the next piece. He gave a smile at this and fed Kai.to the next piece of chocolate.

Kai.to kept eating the chocolate Kii.bo gave to him, the duo keeping a steady pace. The chocolate would soon be devoured, but that wasn’t a problem. They had more food that he could indulge in. This actually wasn’t half bad. This was more of a calm process than he thought.

Kai.to once again opened his mouth, glaring at the cookie with excitement. It was vanilla with white icing and rainbow sprinkles. He remembered eating some as a kid. Kii.bo noticed Kai.to's excitement and gave a warm smile; putting the cookie up to the other's mouth so that he could start eating it.

Kai.to ate the cookie with haste. It was really sweet, but it was good. He finished it in a few bites, and then licked the crumbs off of his lips. Kii bo gently chuckled, keeping his smile at this as he picked up another cookie. He hadn't considered the possibility of the other needing a drink after all this, but was starting to think about it now.

Kai.to's mouth was a little dry, but he kept the pace and kept eating the cookie. His stomach grumbled a bit from all the sweets, but he took no notice. "Hm...? Should I get a drink from the cafeteria?" Kii.bo asked as it was a good thing that he had acted on his instincts earlier and had bought it for him. “Ah, could you? I would appreciate it,” Kai.to smiled sheepishly. He grabbed himself a cookie and ate it quickly, though a bit slower than earlier.

Kai.to continued to eat while Kii.bo grabbed the decently sized chocolate milk carton he bought from the cafeteria. He was starting to feel a tiny bit full, but it was nothing he couldn’t handle. After eating a few more cookies he decided to give himself a break, breathing heavily.

Kai.to placed a hand on his stomach. It was soft and not too distended, he probably had quite a bit of room left, but the break was needed and he felt a lot better after taking a breather. Seeing that the other had something to drink, he had handed it to Kai.to. “Thanks, Kii.bo!” Kai.to grinned, quickly removing his hand from his middle. “I really appreciate it.” He stared at the carton of chocolate milk, another consumable that he hadn’t had since he was a kid.

"Ah, you're quite welcome!" He responded with a chuckle as he sat back on the floor next to Kai.to. Noticing that the other's stomach was soft and somewhat distended after what he had fed him.

“Ah, is it alright if I had the chocolate milk?” Kai.to asked, hating that he sounded like a child. But he was doing this for Kii.bo, so that he was the one in charge. He couldn’t ruin things for him. "Of course!" Kii.bo answered as he felt like a parent for a moment here. It gave off an awkward feeling, but that wouldn't affect too much on what they were doing.

Kai.to took the carton and opened it before holding it to his lips and drinking the liquid from said carton. He could feel his stomach swell the tiniest bit as he chugged down the chocolaty beverage, but he didn’t slow down.

Kii.bo glanced curiously at this, surprised at how Kai.to's stomach starting to swell at this. However, it wasn't at the same time considering how much Kai.to was eating. But it was interesting in a way. An innocent way, but a way nonetheless. As he didn't expect the other to drink it straight from the carton. Since he hadn't brought any glasses, so that one was on him.

Kai.to finished off the milk and pulled away from the carton, panting heavily. “Jeez, that was a lot of milk,” he laughed between labored breaths. He wiped his mouth and leaned back, he was starting to get a bit full. "Woah..." He was very shocked to see that the other had managed to drink "Do you want to stop?" Kii.bo asked as he didn't want to make the other sick by feeding him more.

Kai.to thought for a minute, resting a hand on his stomach in the process, before shaking his head. “ No, I think I'll be alright. Let's keep going!” He stated, glancing eagerly at Kii.bo. "Okay, just wanted to make sure!" Kii.bo responded and then started to beam. He hadn't grabbed the biscuits yet, so he'd grabbed a couple of those. Kai.to opened his mouth, awaiting the biscuits that Kii.bo was grasping. They were always one of his favorites.

Kii.bo brought the biscuit to Kai.to's mouth, something he was getting used to doing during this. But he didn't mind that at all as he still had a smile. As he was learning significantly from this. Kai.to bit down on the biscuit, humming at the flavor. It was a nice break from all the sweets he had indulged in. Soft, buttery, and salty, whoever made these must be an amazing cook! He quickly finished the first biscuit and awaited the next.

Kii.bo grabbed another one and put it into the other's mouth like usual. He had seen how quickly the other finished the first one and couldn't help but gently chuckle at that. Kaito ate the next biscuit a little slower than the first. He was getting close to his maximum capacity. His stomach had pushed out against his undershirt. He hoped Kii.bo didn’t notice, he didn’t want to be perceived as weak for not eating that much.

Kii.bo wouldn't perceive him as weak if he did notice; especially since he wouldn't be able to eat that much in one sitting. Kai.to would be stopping after a bit more time anyways. Especially since his own stomach would balloon out more than Kai.to's if he ever tried to do something like that considering that he got full quicker. Despite that, the focus was on Kai.to right now.

He eagerly awaited the next biscuit despite the feeling of fullness that was washing over him. He could eat a bit more, even if it made him a bit uncomfortable. Kii.bo grabbed one more biscuit and did the same thing he had been doing since they had started this. Minus the break for the drinks. Kai.to ate the biscuit and then laid back, breathing heavily. He was feeling pretty full at the moment and his stomach was starting to hurt.

"Are you full?" Kii.bo asked as he had seen how much he had fed Kai.to. And didn't want to unintentionally cause the aspiring astronaut to get sick. Kai.to nodded, wincing as his stomach grumbled uncomfortably. His stomach was stretched tight with all the food he had eaten. He rested a hand on his middle and softly rubbed it, desperately trying to gain some relief. Kii.bo had wanted to make sure, so he felt better asking in case. was glad he had asked again.

Kai.to squirmed uncomfortably, the full weight of what he had eaten hitting him like a truck. “Ah, sorry Kii.bo. This probably wasn’t the best example” He huffed. "It's fine! And this was better than I thought this would have gone." The shorter student sheepishly admitted and chuckled as he thought it was originally going to not end well.

Kai.to let out an inaudible sigh, glad that it had gone right in Kii.bo's eyes. He still felt incredibly uncomfortable and started to take off his jacket and undershirt, only leaving him in his t-shirt. Plain white with a red face on it. The clothing item slid up so you could just see the underside of his belly. The other couldn't help but be both fascinated but proud at the same time of how much Kai.to managed to eat with his help. Therefore, he wanted to be mindful of asking beforehand on making the decision.

Kai.to flinched a bit in surprise before melting into the touch. The heat from the other student's hands was comfortable and soft, soothing some of the cramps that plagued his stomach. Kii.bo smiled at the reaction, rubbing Kai.to's stomach slowly and gently. Kai.to let out a satisfied sigh as he could feel the discomfort slowly but surely fading. He felt a lot better than before.

Kii.bo decided he'd go back to studying later, as he found this much more interesting. As he felt that relieving the other's discomforted stomach as much as he could was more important. Giving a small but caring smile as he continued to rub Kai.to's stomach as he would consider this an odd but successful result. In addition, it gave him more of an understanding on how this worked and how it can have innocent intentions and results.

#stuffedronpa #stuffed ronpa #kai.to mo.mota #ki.ibo

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reddus-sideblog · 3 years

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Pathfinder Update

Today’s session was a little slow, everyone kinda talked a lot, and here’s the rundown, after the cut

So, we planned out our departure from Idle Crag, Tisiphone, Kii, Nik, and young Valka would acquire the artefact, the “Stormbreaker”, that Captain Lora’a Valka used to control the weather around his ship (a part of his prolific nature as a renowned pirate), that had been taken from his ship by the Port Authority of Idle Crag Meanwhile, Ivan, our new “companion” and his men, would set off fire works to cover our “work” if things got messy, while Captain Valka would get his crew to get the ship ready to sail. So hopefully we’d get the Stormbreaker outta the Port Authority contraband warehouse and be setting sail right away.

Captain Valka also entreated Nik to help him reacquire some of his lost merchandise (drugs), so that he could save face with his trade partner Prince Hekate. Prince Hekate is the one partially sponsoring Valka’s potion shop in Bostadt, using it as a front to move his merchandise (drugs). Finding this out Kii said “It would seem Prince Hekate has his fingers in a lot of pies”. Both Valka brothers blushed, as their dealings with the Prince were not simply business, and you know how catboys are.

As this was the last time we’d be on dry land for some time, the group made some last minute preparations. Tisi took Valka aside and talked with him a bit as they went to the Valka Tinctures carriage, to grab a few things. While alone with Lora’sae Miss Tisiphone remarked how while his brother was easy on the eyes (Lora’sae took this as a roundabout way of Tisiphone hitting on him, because he is the most conceited catfolk ever) he truly was scum, and for all of Lora’sae’s faults, he was probably a lot better than all of his other brothers.

Lora’sae explains to Tisiphone that the names of his brothers are sequential, and that his people have rather little regard for the males of their families (with him and his brother’s names being the name of their mother combined with a number, Lora’a, Lora’to, Lora’li, and Lora’sae being one, two, three, and four of Lora Valka, literally). Tis was a bit taken aback by the catfolk’s culture, remarking how it was so cruel, and Valka didn’t disagree. Tisiphone told him in turn that her and her sisters were named after spirits of righteous vengeance from some old myth (Valka thought it was quite appropriate given the nature of the Eriny sisters).

Tisiphone also remarked how, for the time being, they were allies, but come the lot of them returning to dry land she might reconsider their, so far, congenial relationship with young Valka’s brother as she was quite sure Lora’a had a price on his head. Lora’sae was rather perturbed by this, and tried to convince Tisiphone that his brother really wasn’t all that bad, which only made Tisi reply that she’d be keeping a closer eye on him. At any rate Tisiphone took the last shoulder cannon that was leftover along with her Twin Orb.

So the time came for Nik Kii, Valka, and Tisiphone to get a hold of the Stormbreaker. They looked over the building, and Tisiphone and Kii took the back entrance, picking the lock while Nik and Valka made a case for coming to the contraband warehouse, saying that that BASTARD BROTHER OF HIS stole things belonging to him, and he needed to see if they were in the warehouse. Somehow this worked, and on the way in Kii made Tisiphone and herself invisible, which helped a fair bit. Valka made his way through the warehouse, picking his way through things and making his way to the high security lockup section. At the entrance was an ornery dwarf keymaster who really didn’t believe Valka’s story, and started being even less believing when Valka couldn’t produce any documents to support his claims. Tisi, now having made her way around behind the catboy and the tiefling, cocked her rifle. Valka knew that sound, and tried a bit harder to convince the dwarf of his case before Tisiphone got impatient. Unfortunately these negotiations were taking too long and Tisi just shot the keymaster. Then Kii stabbed him, and then Valka threw a bomb at him. The dwarf keymaster was thrown off the raised platform that led into the lock up area. He was downed, but not necessarily dead. Tisiphone then spun about and emptied her carbine into one of the other guards, hitting him four times and murdering him immediately. The other guards gave up quite quickly.

Kii and Valka were a bit taken aback by Tisiphone’s ruthlessness, and Valka stabilized the dwarf while she looked about for the Stormbreaker. Nik looked about for Captain Valka’s stolen loot and merchandise. Eventually, the group found the Stormbreaker, which turns out to be a device forged in the shape of a skeleton, which is seemingly sentient? (A second for sentient magic artefacts, actually, the first being that magic book boy who escaped from the Mage’s Guild that we tried to hunt down as a bounty, which ended up falling through). And so the group ran to Captain Lora’a’s ship with the Stormbreaker in tow (he folded up into a portable shape and Nik carried him), with Ivan and his men following suit quite quickly as well.

With Stormbreaker posing like an Arch-Vile from DOOM at the prow of Captain Valka’s ship the clouds split and the wind suddenly swelled in the ship’s sails and we were swept away onto the open ocean, with a vertical column of clear sky above us, and a dark halo of a tropical storm all about us as the storm headed inland.

The trip...is taking two weeks at full speed. Halfway through this journey Tisiphone had cleaned her guns a dozen times, Nik had gotten tired of working out, Kii had gotten bored of pretending to be a pirate and had resorted to using her magic for spritely pranks, while both of the Valkas had nearly nearly run out of the Captain’s supply of booze. At this point Ivan seeks a private audience with the Captain who kicks Valka out of the cabin. Kii, ever the curious and interested sylph, makes herself invisible and flies into the cabin’s window. Ivan speaks with Captain Valka and reveals that the island they are sailing for is a former Velakan prison colony, now a Pragian prison colony. Jodd the Butcher is flying to island to free a prisoner, who would certainly sound important if a dragon rider is flying all the way there to get him. Kii, invisible still, stands up, and interrupts Ivan, drawing her rapier, questioning Ivan further on who exactly he is.

Ivan wastes no time and partially disrobes, and starts undoing his bandages to reveal that not only is he not Joshua Graham levels of crispy like we kind of all assumed, but rather that he is ACTUALLY COMPLETELY INVISIBLE. He unsheathes his sword and touches it to Kii’s blade. Captain Valka, meanwhile, is kind of checked out, and mostly finishing what little of the liquor his younger brother hadn’t yet. Ivan tells Miss Kii that she certainly isn’t the only one who can go about unseen, and they both depart.

Kii tells Tisi, Valka, and Nik what she heard and saw, and asks Tisiphone if she can talk alone with her. Tisi gathers up her gun kit and comes with her, and Kii dimension doors them up to the crow’s nest and they tell the watchman to buzz off for a little bit. Kii confides in Tisiphone, telling her that she may not exactly be the only remaining member of the Velakan noble line, there was a legitimate heir, the son of the king and queen, who disappeared soon time after the Pragian takeover. She wonders if this prisoner that the dragon rider is coming for is him, and if they’re on the wrong side of this, and what Ivan plans exactly were.

Lora’sae, meanwhile, came to see his brother once more, practically begging him not to hold out on the booze, reminding him of how annoying he was when he was intelligible and not entirely sauced. Eventually Captain Valka acquiesced, letting Lora’sae in, and revealing a second secret stash of alcohol (Lora’sae had found the first one). The Valkas got to talking about their other siblings, and apparently they were still alive, and out in the world. Lora’li was last heard of in the Western kingdoms, living his life as an “entertainer” and “exotic dancer” out, which Lora’a had heard from Prince Hekate, so, the implications of Hekate gathering “experience” with the Valkas purposely is...plausible. As for Lora’to he was last heard of leading some of the Northwards invasion that Pragia was performing out of Velakor into the Southerlands (of course a fucking Valka is responsible for that disaster...). Lora’a said, though, that he was a bit proud of Lora’sae, as he was actually doing something for the Valka Tinctures company after it’s ignominious end, wasn’t being a whore for royalty, or leading in such murderous ventures as himself or Lora’to.

“If I ever meet them (the other Valka brothers), what should I tell them about you?”

“Tell them whatever you want… It’s not like you’d listen to me.”

“I’ll tell them… you’re doing a good job.”

Young Valka tears up and the brothers hug.

Why do we keep ending on wholesome Valka brother moments?

#thank you Adam for the exact quote with the Valka brothers

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jalebi-weds-bluetooth · 3 years

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Ishqbaaz Liveblog, E4: Anyone Between 40-59 is Shit

Previously: E3 “A really good premise”

Welcome! My liveblogging continues. Check out @australian-desi and @tellywoodtrash for more IB liveblogs (if you’re interested in this, TTji is my ultimate guru to lb-ing)!

So far I’m waiting and seeing if IB will break Kasautii Zindagi Kii 2, cause KZK2′s plot and non annoyance meter stood firm till 5 episodes. Until new Prerna decided to mega sacrifice herself and marriage a CREEP to save her family’s home. I noped out of that so hard after Prerna’s decision.

And so far I’m pleasantly surprised by IB, and genuinely enjoying it plot-wise.

Here’s the end of my yapping, now enjoy the liveblog!

Episode 4: “Anyone Between 40-59 is Shit”

- Deva Shree Ganesha continues. Till now Nakuul’s chin level is steady (later in the show his nose is permanently in the air - as noted by @ridzmystique)

- Burning Man continues, literally.

- Ganesh Ji also getting nice footage.

- Where is the thunder in the bg music coming from?

- Why ISN’T ANYONE DOING ANYTHING TO STOP THE FIRE? AH SHAKTI nearly went but was stopped by Tej.

- Tej doing damage control. Ofc, classic Tej. Dramatic shot continues, Tej is dramatic AF.

- HEY WE DIDN’T SEE MUCH OF THE OBROS TRYING TO SAVE BURNING MAN. But we must assume cause Shivaay is a bit burnt.

- Shivaay hurt his hand too? Shivaay, are we connecting too? Why? (My hand is hurt too)

- Ah, their first factory was burned but Dadaji decided to save the people instead of inventory #dadajirocks

- Shivaay taking the full pressure of things, as usual. Oh, Nakuul is acting really well in this scene - what do they do with him later?

- Poor Dadiji, she’s so sad - she’ll get a heart attack one day.

- Good vaada to take from older brother, make sure bhaichara remains between all of them.

- Sometimes it is so important to not be like your parents, if your parents are shitty.

- Oh the Mandir is BEAUTIFUL.

- DRAMATC TEJ APPEARS.

- WTF ACQUIRING LAND BY FORCING THE FARMERS? Tej must like what crap the government is pulling right now. #farmersprotest (please check it out and give it the support and awareness it deserves)

- Good, thank God Shakti has some sense. Oh, a flawed man with a conscience - I really like Shakti, he’s very layered.

- Tej is dramatic AF, Shakti is frickkin layered. These two bros are playing well against each other.

- WHO? DADI AND HER TWO SONS FACE OFF.

- YAY THIS POOL IS DEEPER THAN 1 FOOT! (Imagines Arnav swimming through this *cough*)

OK STOP DISTRACTING ME GUYS, LET’S FOCUS ON THE SHOW.

ISS PY

ISHQBAAZ

WHERE THERE’S A POOL

AND NO OTHER THOUGHTS

YOU KNOW WHY I GOT DIVERTED, BECAUSE OF YOU GUYS, YES

ANYWAYS,

- Shivaay… wondering about family name even though someone died?

- You know, what I like about this convo is that both Om and Shivaay are right in their positions.

- Om: worried that a person died, Shivaay: reputation matters

- Damn it, this was a good conversation.

- Ah Rudy. I LOVE LOVE LOVE HOW THEY USED THE BABY BROTHER TO BREAK THE TENSION. The great thing of Rudy not smiling is that you know shit has hit the fan when that happened.

- I don’t like how they’re treating Guggi - the way they tried to make her ‘comedic’ because she doesn’t fit the standard of beauty. I DO NOT like this.

- FINALLY DADI! Finally have a word with your sons.

- Just ignoring Pinky. Jhanvi, I Stan you as always.

- Ah Rudy, I LOVE HOW SHIVAAY AND OM CALMED AND THE CRACKS HEALED BECAUSE OF RUDY BEING THEIR BABY.

- HAHAHAH! Shivaay yelled Om for hitting Rudra by showing Rudy how to hit better!

- HAHAHAH THEY’RE MAKING RAJNIKANTH OUT OF SHIVAAY! I LOVED how in one scene, without too much, showed how Rudy is the glue between two brothers who love each other but are ideologically different (and a difference that can cause a crack if not healed at the right time)

- DADI BRINGIN IN THE KASAM to make sure her two fishy sons tell the truth. Shakti told half truth, smart. WHY IS DADI SMILING?

- OK dadi your sons have a LOT of issues, your sanskaar totes failed.

- Okay, Anjali has transformed to Sahil (I guess that’s the kid’s name). Do we need to be orphans and have a limping sibling to be a television lead? (Taking a hockey stick and heading to my brother)

- Why is the landlady and constables standing in filmy line too?

- UFF THIS LANDLADY KA OVERACTING - OH WAIT SHE’S ACTUALLY ANIKA’S BUAJI BUAJI - DAMN WTF IS SHE. THIS BUAJI IS OVERACTING LIKE SHIT.

- Totally not interested in this character.

- Dude Anika is anaath, isme tera kya jaata hai?

- Yes Anika, kill her.

- Woah who’s manhandling Anika?

- THAT IS A FINE ACTRESS, please don’t make her do a shitty role. WTF? POLICE VIOLENCE.

- Phirse gaana? These three bros should have an album after their name. In case their other businesses fail, this one should keep things floating :D *did I foresee something in this sentence, I might’ve*

- I would call thing cringy, if I didn’t do the same shit with my bro. We’re dramatic AF too, dancing to random songs all the time.

- The police waali has personal vendetta against Anika. Why?

- Ok, almost every 40-50s person in this show is terrible.

- Ok how is this terrible Buaji and the police waali connected? Is this police person a relative or something to Buaji?

- Ok I love the kid, I love how much he loves Anika.

- Ok, we have reason why Anika should be removed from this situation asap (already murdering Shivaay for the future marriage condition).

So it is interesting and I’m eager to see what all tropes would happen when Shivaay and Anika meet. In her words, I have very low tolerance for michimichi! For example: I (largely) hate the swami track, post marriage comedy, sheetal track, when Khushi gives ‘gyaan’ to either Lavanya or Arnav about marriage or anything and all that in IPK.

But I’m also waiting to listen to O Jaana and see the staring, wind and all cause I’m a wee bit sucker for those.

So goodnight and see you tomorrow!

- S

Next up: E5 “Devi Maiyya working overtime for Shivika to happen”

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thepartingglassofthorin · 3 years

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Of Death

His breath was gone, his heart had stilled; he was dead. Thorin Oakenshield, King of Durin's folk, Reclaimer of Erebor, was dead. He wished it wasn't so, there was so much he still wished to do, even more he wished to do over. Although he was dead, he felt a tear trickle into his beard, he could hear something in the distance, it sounded like yelling. The voice became louder as it came closer to his body, Thorin recognized it instantly, it was his Brother in Arms, and the tone in his voice said everything. Dwalin and the others were there, witnessing the last of Durin's line demise. Thorin's sobs joined the others as they cried for their friend, brother and King.

Thorin waded through the darkness, unconsciously plowing towards a tiny spec in the distance. He had to move, to be rid of the darkness that surrounded him. Voices too, surrounded the warrior, some kind, others harsh, all filling his thoughts and giving him the sense of no escape. Escape, what a wonderful thought! He would do just about anything to be rid of the dark void he wandered through and the voices that taunted him. "Look at him," a gruff male voice said, almost sneering. "The great Khuzdul King, running from his fears." "Give him a rest," a kind female voice quipped, reprimanding the first. "It can't be easy to be murdered." The first snorted and moved on, while the second made a sympathetic mumble before moving away. More voices came and went, more taunting then the first, and less sympathetic then the second. The spec in the distance took form as an open doorway, the other side radiating with a feeling of home and comfort. Ease settled into Thorin's heart as he felt the light touch he face, wading though the dark became easier and the voices faded. He reached for the white void, but something nagged at him. He would be reunited with his fallen family and friends, and await the arrival of those still living. He was sure Fili and Kili were waiting for him to enter and enjoy the afterlife with him, and he couldn't wait to see them, full of their childish laughter that they lacked on the quest. Despite all of the things that awaited him in the Halls, he still hesitated. "What is it child," a voice asked, gruff but kind and clear, more defined then the other voices. Thorin turned towards the voice and saw an older looking man. He held ancient knowledge in his eyes that burned with fire. His beard was long and grey, as was the hair on his head, both braided spectacularly. His hands were rough with worked age, he had obviously held a smithy's hammer most of his life, if not all of his life. "Ye do not wish to enter me Halls," he asked, clasping his hands under his round belly. Thorin felt his face flush as he realized who he was facing. "Is there somethin' that troubles ye?" "No, I wish to enter your Halls, My Lord," Thorin said quickly, lowering his gaze to Aule's feet. Instead of boots, the tops of his feet were covered in a thick fur, rather like a hobbit's. "Then why wait," he said, gesturing to the doorway. "Yer afterlife is waiting, and yer nephews are eager to meet again." Thorin winced as he was reminded that they were dead, he lowered his gaze further to his own feet. It had been a family joke that Thorin would outlive the two because of an adventure they would traipse after. A bitter taste was left on his tongue as he was again reminded he brought them on their death bound adventure. Thorin felt Aule's heavy hand grasp his shoulder, a firm but gentle touch that gave reassurance, a smile on the Valar's aged face as Thorin gazed up at him. "Yer not th' first ta stop at me door because of regret," he informed Thorin, rubbing his thumb against his shoulder. He felt relieved that he wouldn't need to explain what feeling dwelt in his heart, it wasn't something a dwarf normally did. Auel chuckled, clapping Thorin's shoulder, slightly worrying the Dead King. "I made ye out o' stone fer a reason lad," he chortled as he lead Thorin towards the beconing doorway. "But in there, ye need not be made o' stone, ye don't need ta weather any storms in there," he explained as he walked through. Auel's grasp slipped from Thorin's shoulder to his hands, Thorin felt like a pebble again, being lead along by his father. Thorin's heart panged again, realizing that his father may be in there. But even as Auel stepped through, Thorin hesitated again. Auel stopped, still gripping Thorin's hand, a fatherly look of worry on his face. "What is it lad?" He asked, stepping back into the dark. "Is there a reason ye shouldn't enter-" "No!" Thorin shouted, snapping out of his thoughts. His voice echoed in the dark, stirring up the restless spirits that lingered there. "No, I feel qualified, but...." Thorin paused, trying to find his words. Auel watched him, no longer being able to read his thoughts as he had before. Or, it seemed that way to Thorin. "Isn't there another way," he asked, stepping away from the door, pulling his hand from Auel's. "A way where we all live- I don't even care if I die," Thorin added when Auel gave him a queer look. "Fili and Kili are practically children- And Dis! Ohh, Dis... Please, don't make her loose her lads," Thorin begged, tears falling off his beard and landing near his feet. Auel stated at Thorin with his queer look, the kind look had vanished as Thorin had made his plea. Thorin waited patiently for his answer, his heart plummeting as Auel stifled a snort. As his snort became guffawing, Thorin knew it was impossible, he felt his soul crush. "Oh lad, can't ye see where ye are," Auel asked, wiping a joyous tear from his eye. Thorin frowned as the darkness disappeared, and the feeling of a prison left. Thorin and Auel were now standing on a green hill, with flowers of every color blooming around them. In the distance, he saw hobbits sitting, laughing, being hobbits, while dwarves made themselves merry nearby, but the most unusual thing was that they were mingling, hobbits taking drink of the dwarves strong ale, and the dwarves learning how to garden with the smaller hobbits. Three, no four heads, Thorin recognized in the hobbit's group, five! Fili had dirt in his hair, making it harder to recognize, while he had though Kii was a lady hobbit with that flower crown in his hair, and the one he was struggling to make in his hands. Vili, their father, was sampling the hobbit cuisine, starting with the greens he was eating as if they were poisoned, now wolfing them down, finding they were actually tasty! Thrain was over under a tree with a little table, teaching a few of the hobbits about metal weaving. One hobbit yelped as a piece of coal split in two, showering Thrain's leather apron in sparks, but it didn't effect the old king. The hobbit's laughed at the one, Thrain chuckled a small bit before resuming the class, chiding the hobbits for laughing. Fundin, who was playing checkers with an elderly hobbit couple, while smoking a pipe, waved with a happy smile. Thorin waved, hesitantly, back, then turned with a questioning look at Auel. The King of the Halls smiled, his fiery eyes on the brink of tears. "Look through lad," he said, stepping away from the open door, sniffing back the emotions to keep them at bay. "I don't understand," Thorin said, folding his arms, still quite confused. "I thought that was the door that lead-" "To th' Halls? Nay lad, th' second ye hit th' light, ye were in th' Halls. Come, look through th' door! See what lay beyond!" Thorin stepped forward, leaning on one side of the doorway. He was still confused, but the gentle peace that settled over him pushed those to the back of his mind.

The white dissolved into an aerial view of Bree. The human settlement's streets were packed, even as it rained. Although it rained, Thorin could smell the food items from the market vendors, an apple crisp becoming quite distinguished through the many smells. The view scanned the streets as if it were from a bird's eye, watching the various people waiting in vending lines. The view finally settled on a shorter person, one with a familiar blue cloak and silver tassel. "This is a one time chance lad," Auel said in a hushed voice, Thorin had first thought he was speaking to himself. The dead king balked for a moment, realizing what the Valar meant. Joy flooded through him for that same moment, only to be squashed as another thought bloomed. He cast a worrying glance at his dead friends and family. "What of them?" Auel followed his gaze and grumbled, he hadn't really wanted to dwell on the matter much, seeing as he was breaking nearly every rule in his book. He knew exactly who Thorin meant too, doing this probably looked like a death sentence to them. "I can not explain th’ details lad," Auel explained quickly. "Ye must trust me that they'll survive this time, it's up to ye whether ye will er not. Their souls will return with ye, but unlike ye, they won't remember a thing." Auel glanced worriedly at the doorway, then back at Thorin. "I need yer answer now, yes or no?!"

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aroseandapen · 4 years

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Day 15 for Ouma month: Canon Divergent AU / Motives / Poison

You mean twins AU? Also salmon mode.

Shuichi found it difficult to approach Kokichi, particularly because he was never alone around the school. Wherever one twin was, the other was too, and a fear of rejection made it all the more difficult to swallow the potential shame of asking Kokichi to spend time together while Kurochi stood right there as well. Yet his natural shyness rammed up against his curiosity to know more. Kokichi was an enigma, and he wanted to unravel him.

Finally, though, he worked up the nerve to use one of his date tickets on Kokichi, deciding that he didn’t care if Kurochi laughed at his expense.

(Even if he did care. A little.)

Though when Kurochi’s gaze flickered in his direction as he approached the twins, Shuichi nearly lost the nerve completely. He nudged Kokichi’s arm, and both the twins turned toward him.

“Ah, Shuichi!” Kokichi chimed, his smile bright and sunny. Shuichi’s heart lodged in his throat, and he wondered if the other knew the sort of effect the look would have on him. “Hey! How’s it going? You go on any hot dates with anyone yet?”

His expression shifted to a more detached look, raising his hand to examine his fingernails.

“Everyone’s so desperate, it’s kinda cute in a pathetic kind of way, huh?”

Shuichi swallowed, his mouth dry. “Uh...”

Kurochi glanced down. Although Shuichi tried to keep it hidden, his eyes lit up at the corner of a date ticket peeking out from his hand. He rested a hand on his brother’s shoulder, leaning his weight on him.

“That’s a lie. Kii-chi wants to be asked out on a fun date, too,” he said, grin widening. “But really only by certain special people.”

“Rochi!” Kokichi protested. Shuichi was surprised to see the red bloom in his cheeks. “Don’t--! That’s not--! I do not!”

Kurochi stifled a giggle behind his hand. Lifting the other from Kokichi’s shoulder, he took a couple steps back. “Oh, I just remembered, I wanted to ask Ryoma something. You’ll keep my brother company for me, right Shuichi? I’ll see you later, bye!”

He slipped off, ignoring Kokichi’s sputtering. Shuichi hoped that Kokichi’s behavior meant for a favorable reaction for himself. With a quick, preparatory breath, Shuichi held out his hand and peeled open his fingers. The date ticket lay on his open palm, just slightly crumpled and sweaty.

“I guess you might think I’m one of those desperate people, but...” Shuichi began, smile uncertain. “...I was wondering if you’d use one of these with me.”

Genuine surprise darted across Kokichi’s features. At least, he thought it was. It vanished quickly, replaced by a huge, playful grin, and Kokichi tucked his hands casually behind his head.

“I mean, I guess I don’t have anything better to do... so sure! I’ll bless you with my company for an hour or two today!”

#oumamonth #oumasai #kokichi ouma #shuichi saihara #kurochi ouma #twins au #salmon mode #drabble

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unadulterated-strawberryniall · 3 years

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Normal People, Abnormal Jobs. [Chapter 3]

Normal People, Abnormal Jobs. Relationships in the entertainment industry are never easy. Scheduling is nearly impossible, paparazzi hound you down every date, and everyone seems to weigh in their opinion. Is it possible to have a soulmate with such a demanding career?

Loosely inspired by the 2020 Hulu drama, Normal People, this story explores the possibility of finding true love in a world motivated by reputation, scandal, and money. Touching on themes of love, mental health, and adulthood, Normal People, Abnormal Jobs navigates how two musicians from opposing worlds maneuver a destiny that consistently pulls them together. It’s challenging, yes, but if it’s true love, it’s worth it.

Chapter 1. Chapter 2.

The next few weeks passed in a blur. News of my performance had made the rounds, and Shane made sure my exposure didn’t die down in the slightest. I’d been traveling around the country, making radio and television performances, performing pop up shows, and hosting meet and greets with fans I hadn’t seen in too long. Lucky for me, having a packed schedule was enough to keep my mind occupied so I wasn’t able to focus on my anxieties. I also tried not to think about… Niall.

“Did we sleep together or something?” I jumped out of bed, my tongue jamming against the roof of my mouth and my gag reflex ready to burst at any second.

Niall sat up slowly. “No, of course not. Ya said you didn’t want t’ be alone last night. I didn’t think you should be alone either. I watched ya sleep.” He rubbed his eyes, where I noticed dark circles had formed.

“Oh…” My jaw unclenched. “Well, thank you.”

A silence surrounded us as we stared at each other.

“I have to start getting ready. I have my interviews.” I rubbed the back of my neck, which was beginning to grow warm. “You can stay here and sleep, if you want. You look tired.”

“Put yer number in me phone.” Niall reached in his pocket and chucked his phone over to the side of the bed I was standing near. He settled back into the bed, blinking at me.

“That’s not a good idea.” I felt my gag reflex beginning to creep up again. “I’m not… We can’t.” I shook my head.

I couldn’t tell if Niall was just too tired to argue, or if he was respecting my decision, but he shrugged slowly and closed his eyes.

The memory played over and over in my head. It made my stomach twist and turn. For someone with an intense phobia of vomiting, I sure spent a lot of time with stomach issues over my fear of vomiting.

I’d made my way around the country, hitting many of the major cities before returning home to LA. It felt nice to be on the road again, exploring cities I hadn’t been to in so long. Post-Pandemic world was much friendlier than I imagined. People seemed happy just to interact with strangers, as we all realized we’d taken social interaction for granted. I realized how much serenity traveling brought me. The ability to have an ever changing surrounding kept my mind active. Not to mention I would make it a point to learn an interesting fact about every city.

As nice as it would be to return home, I was a little upset as I boarded my flight back to Los Angeles. I had one final radio appearance, a coveted interview with Ryan Seacrest at KIIS-FM. Shane didn’t seem to want to disclose many details as I pestered him on how he secluded such a coveted spot, so I decided not to press it further. I thanked him once again for his hard work, and let my mind wonder about the possible questions I’d have to answer. Most of the radio stations asked the same questions, but Ryan had been known to create fun segments and ask obscure questions, leading me to feel excited for the following morning.

Friday morning in late September in Los Angeles was warm and misty. I woke up early to go for a quick jog around the neighborhood before heading to Ryan’s morning show. The concept of sleeping in for the weekend grew more and more exciting as it dawned on me that I had no real schedule lined up after this interview.

The drive to the studio was surprisingly easy, considering Los Angeles’s propensity for traffic. Perhaps it was a good omen. A successful interview could mean a lot, not only to the listeners, but also to my team, my record label, and any members of the industry that were considering me for future appearances and awards. I was heavily trained in media and public relations, perfectly dodging and rerouting the invasive and extensive questions interviewers asked me. I knew how to make my answers sound polite and refined but without losing the quality of ‘realness’ that my fans loved. Shane believed this was my greatest talent overall, noting there was never a question he could get by me, even though he knew me like the back of his hand.

“Mina, it’s been too long! We missed you. You’ve been doing big things!” Ryan enveloped me into a hug and I gave him a pat on the back. He could sound superficial at times, but the man truly had a heart of gold. He took a seat in front of his microphone, pulling his headphones over his ears, and preparing for the morning show to start. I took my own seat, watching as one of his producers flashed a warning that the show was about to go live.

“In 5… 4… 3… 2…”

“Good morning Los Angeles! We’ve got a busy morning on this beautiful Friday. Not one but two celebrity guests for me to interview. First, we have Mina Peace, right off from her career changing performance at New York’s Gov Ball Festival. We’ll hear from her in just a minute. Later down the road, we have Niall Horan in studio to answer some of your questions about his next tour.”

My heart sunk into my stomach. No wonder why Shane was iffy on the details. I’d let it slip to him that I had seen Niall at the after party. I didn’t go into detail about the night, but Shane, an expert on my body language, pretty much decoded that feelings were brewing deep in my core.

Ryan and I began to chat about the standard topics- touring, recording an album, my songwriting process. I felt rehearsed answers falling out of my mouth as I couldn’t concentrate very well. Suddenly, I heard a door open from behind me and some commotion occurring.

“Mr. Seacrest, I couldn’t wait to see ya!” Niall chorused, taking a seat directly across from me and grabbing his own pair of headphones. Ryan began to laugh. “Ya can’t have me waitin’ around. I know ya like to play hard to get, but not like dis.”

I felt my palms growing sweaty.

“Mina, have you met Niall?” Ryan grinned at me.

My mouth opened slightly, unsure of what to say. I was still in shock Niall and I were in the same room to begin with.

“We actually met at Gov Ball!” Niall chimed in. “She performed right before me. Legend.” He grinned, extending his foot under the table to graze against mine for a millisecond.

I squeezed my hands together, the recurring feeling of nausea growing inside of me. I looked out the studio window to see Shane staring at me from the hallway, giving me a thumbs up. His eyes looked apologetic, but he gave me a reassuring smile.

I took a deep breath. “Yeah, I didn’t get a chance to see his performance, but we bumped into each other before my set.” I felt the grip in my hands loosening as I relaxed my shoulders. “Or should I say… his soccer ball bumped into my shin.”

Niall grinned. “I told you, petal, it’s football!”

Ryan laughed. “You guys clearly have a nice little friendship going on! Do you think you’d ever collaborate?”

“Dat would be wicked.” Niall winked at me.

“I don’t know, Ryan. Not sure if Niall can keep up with me.” I winked back.

Ryan’s mouth dropped as the rest of the team reduced to laughter. “Look at you two!” He was clearly loving the antics the two of us were bringing to his show, along with the thousands of listeners.

The more we chatted, the more the knot in my stomach loosened. Perhaps it was because I knew Shane was just feet away, or maybe because the more I listened to Niall’s voice, sweet as honey and warm as fire embers, the more I became comfortable around him. As the interview came to a close, Ryan exclaimed how time had gotten away from him, and he was too caught up in our conversation to ask a fair few of the questions he was intending to. A smile radiated on my face from within me as Ryan pulled off his headphones and began chatting to Niall. I looked to see Shane staring at me intensely, and motioning for me to come outside.

“We need to talk.” Shane grabbed my wrist, pulling me into one of the empty rooms down the hall. “You can’t be seen with him.”

“Wha-”

“This is going to destroy everything we’ve built up, Mina. You both are from different circles. I know you like him, but your career is more important. Think of who he’s been seen with. Julia Michaels, Ashe, Hailee Steinfeld. Now think about you. Machine Gun Kelly, Alex Gaskarth, Yungblud. You’re not the same. When people blend like this, the lines get blurred, the public gets confused, and you lose it all.”

I stared at Shane as his eyes pierced into mine.

“Think about everyone who relies on you. Your crew, the label, me.” He took a breath. “Don’t do this, Mina. Get out while you still can.” And with that, he exited the room without giving me a chance to respond.

I had to imagine that this conversation hurt Shane as much as it hurt me. He put up a cold front, but in reality, he was one of the softest and most caring men I’d ever known. But it didn’t matter to me anymore. I felt heat bubble inside of me. I didn’t care about what Shane had to say. I wanted Niall.

My feet carried me through the hallways as my mind felt blurry. It felt like I was walking on air. I could only think of one thing. After scanning the rooms, I finally found my destination. Niall was sitting on a couch, idly strumming a guitar, with his back facing me. I heard him humming something, mumbling softly, and gravity pulled me closer to him.

I walked over to him, and he looked up to see me standing directly in front of him. He opened his mouth to say something, but I cut him off. My lips crashed onto his as I leaned down, placing my hands on his chest. He quickly laid his guitar down against the couch, allowing me to crawl into his lap.

“I really love you, I do.” I breathed out. “I’m not just saying that.”

#niall horan #niall horan fanfiction #niall horan fanfic #njh #niall #1dff #1d #one direction #one direction fanfic #one direction fanfiction #niall james horan #fan fiction

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smartguyreviewed · 4 years

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2x2 - Working Guy

Originial air date: September 17, 1997

Did anyone have an actual job when they were teens? I remember how embarassing it was for me, a high schooler in the mid-aughts, to tote around resumes in my little manila folder and then be told to either apply online or have some snooty white asshole at Eddie Bauer all but dismiss me because he was clearly racist. The only jobs I really “held” included being an election judge twice, once during that totally insignificant 2008 presidential race and the other being a summer camp counselor at the church I went to.

Those little jobs sucked but I chose them. The students of Piedemont High were not that lucky.

The setting for this episode is the work experience program that shows students what it’s like to have a job. I have a lot of questions. I’m sure some of these students fared better than me back then and already have jobs, so wouldn’t this make no sense? Would they have two jobs? Are all of these jobs suitable for minors? Why does Piedmont fund such strange things?

Mo, as usual, (or depending on the plot of the episode) only cares about the perks of whatever he’s doing. With the band, it’s the girls. With this program, it’s being able to leave school after lunch. Wait, what? They’re having the students skip multiple classes for this? Is this part of a class or an elective? I wonder because this seems like it takes up a lot of time.

TJ is more excited about working in the industry of his choice, but if that was the case, he’d already have a job assigned to him as opposed to having to pick what’s on the board, making it first come, first serve. This is dumb and I can’t believe I have this many questions about a fictional high school. Anyways, TJ is short so he can only grab what he can reach and it’s not what he wants at all because he has a menial blue collar job.

Meanwhile, at the crib, Floyd is pissed because his basketball buddy who is a doctor apparently has cancelled their game because he has to do surgery. Floyd is only petty every once in a while so I’ll let him have this one. Then Marcus comes in wearing a suit and even though we’ve definitely seen him dressed up before, the audience goes wild. I hate canned audience reactions! He says not to hate him because he’s wearing Armani.

I first thought Marcus was joking because it looks like a Sears original to me, but apparently he took Floyd’s credit card and had a ball buying clothes for his fancy schmancy job. Okay, I have more questions. Marcus had to buy a whole suit and shoes to enter his predominately white workspace. Is Piedmont paying for things the students need to even work at their job? What if you’re a natural black woman and you have to get your hair straightened if you have Marcus’s job? This is all for a part time job during school hours, so will these hours count towards credit since you’re not in class? I am so confused.

Floyd is surprisingly okay with Marcus running up his card because his next question is asking if he can help Floyd get ready for his game. Marcus jokes that he’s going to be drinking with the guys after work. Floyd doesn’t press further and says he’ll practice alone until Yvette offers. Marcus and Floyd have a nice kii at this because duh, Yvette’s a girl and girls don’t play basketball. I love how all the Henderson men (including Mo) are sexist in their own ways. This isn’t the first time Floyd disregards his daughter when it comes to doing “manly” things and Marcus and TJ bond over their hatred of Yvette when her feminine ways don’t align with their default male ways.

TJ comes in and doesn’t want to talk because he’s embarassed to have this job that was forced on him. Marcus adds insult to injury by informing him that he’s working at Marcus’s job.

Speaking of Marcus, this dude just doesn’t quit. He begins sexually harassing one of the women who works there, inquiring about what she does. She has to explain to him what a DVD is, immediately dating this show. Luckily, she has sense and shoots down his attempts. Sis can’t even do her job without some horny little high school boy bothering her. This program is stupid, by the way.

TJ enters, wearing his blue collar work uniform and ringing a bell. After fending off the usual “aww he’s so cute” remarks, he’s led into the office that needs the grub. The buffoons working there can’t seem to figure out whatever physics equation makes the DVDs run and of course, TJ is effortlessly able to offer a suggestion. He gets poached from this stupid temp position to help them out.

Floyd and Yvette are practicing in the garage when Marcus and Mo show up to gloat about their temporary yet important positions. Marcus has his own office. I would hate to be the person who worked there for years, sacrificed weekends, holidays and their sanity to get a promotion and their name on a door, only to watch a punk ass intern from high school get it instead. Mo is somehow working for a judge but I’m not sure for how long because this briefcase that was foolishly given to him contains a document that should have already been mailed off to William Renquist. Mo quickly dashes from that scene to deliver the mailpiece. Marcus makes an extremely dark joke that i didn’t even catch at first about someone getting the electric chair due to Mo’s carelessness. I’m sorry but I bellowed at that. However, I question how many lawsuits will be filed against Piedmont after this program is over.

TJ comes home and announces that he quit his blue collar job and is now working as a special consultant for research and development at DVD Electronic. That’s the name of the company? It’s so bland and generic that i sounds like an Amazon seller of used books and shit. Floyd is confused but TJ gets hired by a large company every other week so it’s whatever.

At work, we see TJ has his own office. Remember that person I would hate to be? They have to watch a fucking 10 year old get it instead. Maybe they did a mass firing or something because they seem to have plenty of rooms to just give to people. Of course, TJ likes the new digs. After his friendly secretary introduces him to his space, the resident hater shows up. I guess the person I was describing earlier is this white man, because man is he salty about having to share a cubicle when he started. White man is now attempting to get into TJ’s head and asks that he pitch all ideas to him first. How TJ, who is probably a psycho or sociopath didn’t see through this as a ruse for him to profit off his black ass ideas is beyond me. Or maybe TJ is faking dumb so that when he does reveal white man’s treachery, it’s more believeable?

Marcus barges in and the white man is two seconds away from calling the cops before Marcus lets him know they’re related. But white man thinks him calling TJ his brother is a “black” thing until TJ says they are related albeit with similar genetic coding. I assume this is an obvious reference to Marcus being darker than him? Funny because I just wonder if Floyd’s wife was dark or if they both have a dark skinned parents and it just so happened to manifest in Marcus and no one else? Or maybe Marcus is actually his half-son? Let me stop.

After the white man leaves, Marcus correctly assumes he is a piece of shit but TJ disagrees. He then gets a call to join a meeting. The head boss who is stationed in Zurich makes it a point to consider that TJ’s work study day ends at 5--wait, so they’re away from school for that long?--but quickly ignores that tidbit when some meeting gets pushed to 6. Of course, TJ shouldn’t be here unsupervised and out this late but we’re gonna ignore that even if the logistics of the Piedmont Work Study Program still boggle my mind.

So yeah, TJ is stuck at work and being asked about one of his ideas, the big boss says that the white man told him to filter all ideas through him. The white man is clearly displeased with TJ snitching but the boss man ends up making TJ the new head of the project. That’s how you use your privilege, even if it is child endangerment! The hating white man (whose name is Dick Ferrett by the way) comments to another coworker that TJ is toast. How dare this little black bastard be better than him?

Meanwhile, at home, Floyd is nursing an Yvette inflicted wound from when they were practicing basketball. TJ comes home acting like a middle aged adult, complaining about work and how bad traffic was. When Floyd notices how TJ is being affected by this job, he suggests that he quit. TJ whines for a little bit and Floyd relents. What the fuck Floyd, drag him by his collar and make him sit down! TJ promises to make Floyd’s game which means he won’t be able to make it because of work.

The next day, TJ is at work and discussing things with his secretary. The hating white man is just itching to fuck up TJ’s day and it shows. You might not be wondering who replaced TJ as the chow wagon boy but it turns out that it was Mo. Yes, instead of being fired from this program that he had no business being in to begin with, he was demoted to TJ’s job.

TJ is about to leave for the day when hating ass white man comes and dumps a bunch of work on TJ’s desk. See? Told you he wouldn’t be able to make Floyd’s game! Luckily, his secretary is going to film it for him.

Back at work, TJ is falling asleep trying to carry these stooges to a victory and the hating ass white man is actually calling TJ names. They even go back and forth for a moment. Floyd finally decides that enough is enough and he’s bogarted his way through security to get TJ because I’m sure it’s midnight at this point. TJ tells Floyd he must be mad that the game was missed. Floyd says he isn’t mad although the other guys’ kids showed up. Aww Flody. Parents have feelings, too.

The head white boss offers Floyd to hire TJ permanently but Floyd declines. TJ is able to get the hating ass white man fired before he leaves, in a move that is definitely petty but deserved. Fuck that guy, exploiting a gifted black child like that.

TJ is mad at Floyd according to a conversation between Yvette and himself. He thinks TJ is going to be mad at him forever but he comes downstairs and asks to play dominos with him. Aww. This is quickly ruined as per the usual. We all know TJ only abruptly forgives and forgets when he has an ulterior motive. This time, he’s going behind Floyd’s back to keep working with DVD Electronics. Floyd comes in during a session. I’m assuming he got his ass whooped after this but we just fade to black before an arms-folded Floyd can dole out any punishment. Eh, guess we’ll find out in the next episode. Ha. No we won’t.

Stuff I noticed:

- DVD Electronics video chat has a pretty stellar, crisp quality for 90s internet.

- Mo rewore this shirt from a prior episode. I really like when characters rewear clothes. It’s much more realistic than characters who seem to always have money for new outfits no matter how broke they claim to be.

- When TJ is bringing in the food, there’s an audience member who yells “You go, girl!” I have heard this woman in the audience of a Boy Meets World episode and another show that I can’t recall, but further proves that canned laughter is creepy and needs to be banned everywhere.

#tahj mowry #smart guy #marcus henderson #tj henderson #mo tibbs #omar gooding #90s #nineties #john marshall jones #floyd henderson #essence atkins #yvette henderson

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