#these are based entirely on my preferences and what i've actually got around to watching
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A Look Into My New Guilty Pleasure: Poldark (2015 Series)
My biggest weakness is period dramas — especially period dramas with a talented cast, sweeping romance, terrific scenes (preferably set in some kind of country/provincial side), and lots and lots and lots of just sitting around and talking.
That's probably why Poldark has captured my heart. As a big fan of Outlander, it's no surprise that I fell in love with this show. Outlander and Poldark have so many similarities that I may make a lengthy post about it, but for today, let me just rant about my new guilty pleasure. I'm so obsessed with this show that I actually finished watching the entire five seasons in one week!
Poldark is based on Winston Graham's novels and adapted by Debbie Horsfield. I was so excited to start this show, with a male protagonist originally written by a man, created and written for a series by a woman. I haven't read Graham's novels (I'm going to one of these days, I swear!), so I'm not sure how well Debbie's adaption worked. I've read many Reddit threads, though, and some fans of the novel are not that impressed with how she omitted and added details to the show (will get back to this once I've read the books or at least the seven ones that were used in the show). The show has also been adapted in the 70s, so this was not the first time Graham's novels were seen onscreen!
Despite not having read the books, I fell in love with the story, the characters, and the cast! The show follows Ross Poldark returning to Cornwall after fighting in the American War in the 1780s. He looks forward to marrying his childhood sweetheart Elizabeth but, believing him to be dead, is now engaged to his cousin Francis. He then tries to resurrect his family's mining business and hires a young girl Demelza to be his kitchen maid (whom he eventually marries) while also crossing paths with the villain George Warleggan, a corrupted banker who stops at nothing to ruin Ross's prospects and personal life. As the show progresses, we also meet other characters, including Prudie and Jud, Ross's servants, Verity, Ross's cousin and Francis's sister; Ross's friend Dr. Dwight Enys and his love interest Caroline Penvenen; Sam and Drake Carne, Demelza's brothers, and Morwenna Chynoweth, Drake's love interest.
Yes, this show has a large ensemble cast, and trust me, there always comes a point when you hate or love them. Especially our protagonist Ross Poldark. Ross... is an interesting character. He's terribly, terribly flawed and many times times, I'm so infuriated with him to the point that I want him to suffer. I swear, you cannot go through this series without screaming at Ross. (When that moment came up in Season 2, I swear I had my middle finger ready every time Ross showed up on my screen from then on.)
But my favorite character in the show is Demelza, Ross's wife who started as his kitchen maid. She's the heart of the show, the voice of reason, and even though she makes questionable decisions along the way, you can't help but get on her side no matter what. She's the perfect fiery yet gentle match to Ross's stubbornness. He treats her like shit many times in this show, which makes me angry to no end, but they eventually grow to be understanding, loving partners.
And it also helps that Aidan Turner and Eleanor Tomlinson have one of the best romantic chemistries I've ever seen. They're terrific actors as well and they bring the characters to life so effortlessly. They just seem like they have the best time shooting this show. I kind of want to rewatch Loving Vincent now just because they're in that movie, even just in supporting roles.
Poldark is a roller coaster, with so many ups and downs (mostly downs, to be honest, please give Demelza a break!) My favorite season has got to be Season 1. Season 1 had the best Ross and I loved the early stages of his relationship with Demelza. It also has my favorite episode: Season 1, Episode 8. That episode broke me so much, thanks to Aidan and Eleanor's perfect performances. It's the only time I ever cried watching this show. I usually cry in period dramas (I've cried countless times in Outlander and Downton Abbey), but for some reason, I only cried once in Poldark. Most of the time, I'm annoyed and infuriated (hahaha but I still love it!)
The romance in Poldark is also quite unique, something I haven't seen before. Ross and Demelza emotionally hurt each other many times in this show, and they don't have the best communication. It's not an ideal marriage, but that's what makes it so raw and real. It hurts when Ross sleeps with his first love Elizabeth or when Demelza falls for the much-sensitive Hugh Armitage, but these are challenges people face all the time, and it's interesting to view it in characters and circumstances through 18th-century lenses. Plus, it can be very tiring to see perfect couples onscreen all the time. So watching Ross and Demelza's relationship thrive, suffer, and reconcile is very refreshing to me.
Nevertheless, Ross and Demelza are still able to work together. Seasons 2 and 3 showcase the worst moments of their marriage, from infidelities to insecurity, but the love between them still perseveres and they learn to forgive. In the end, they realize that they belong together.
And despite the unconventional marriage, Poldark is not a stranger to grand romantic gestures. Two of my favorite Ross and Demelza moments occur in Season 2:
A real funny, old-married-couple type of bicker in The Beach Scene:
And of course, showing all intimacy in The Stocking Scene:
(Let's just not talk about what happened 2 episodes after this!)
The romance in Poldark not only ends with Ross and Demelza. We also got two really good couples in the series: Dwight and Caroline and Drake and Morwenna.
And these love stories don't just happen! They're fleshed-out characters with proper backgrounds and their own problems, especially Drake and Morwenna's relationship. Morwenna is one of my favorite characters, and she doesn't deserve all the shit thrown at her. The last season of Poldark is not the best (bordering on bad, actually, especially the last two episodes), but watching Drake and Morwenna get their happy ending is worth it.
Finishing all five seasons is bittersweet. I enjoyed most of the story and fell in love with different characters. I kind of regret watching everything in one week haha. But what can I say? As soon as I finish each episode, I'm so tempted to start another episode. I think the last time I stayed up until 5 AM the next morning to watch TV shows was Yellowjackets. Poldark's just too good to binge! It's one of my favorite TV shows now. Maybe I'll watch Sanditon next...
I want to write more about Poldark soon, maybe a comparison with Outlander or maybe just a post about each character. I realized I hadn't talked much about Elizabeth, Francis, and George in this post; I was too preoccupied with the love story aspects and Ross and Demelza. We'll see!
#poldark#poldark 2015#ross poldark#demelza poldark#aidan turner#eleanor tomlinson#period drama#tv shows#a bit of a rant#current obsession!!!!
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¦¦ The Hand That Feeds ¦¦
Bucky Barnes x Brock Rumlow
Tags/Warnings: Hydra Trash Party, Using the Winter Soldier as a plaything, Non-Con oral sex, mentions of abuse, brief blood and violence, happy ending! :D
Also on AO3 for those that prefer it!
When the command came to sit, he got to his knees and waited. The order could be followed up by a number of possible different scenarios, or none at all. Just a test of endurance as the cold from the concrete flooring seeped into his bones.
In the shorter periods between missions when he wasn't being stored in the deep freeze, Hydra's agents got to let loose on the Asset. The Winter Soldier. Anything went really, as long as it wouldn't ultimately compromise his functionality. You might be surprised at how huge a window that left for the things that could be done to him.
From the rhythmic taps and slaps on the cell door as the keycode was punched in, he knew that today it was Rumlow, one of his main handlers, and that he was in a good mood.
“Hi honey I'm home,” he hollers as he enters, “did ya miss me?”
The soldier bit his tongue just in case he ever answered in the affirmative. After all, Rumlow was the gentlest with him and he knew it. He treated him with some amount of respect while the others just used him like the tool he was supposed to be. In spite of his accelerated healing capability, Jack Rollins had still left him shitting blood for a day after one of his ‘recreational’ visits.
Brock swings around the metal folding chair he's carrying, snapping it open in front of the soldier and sitting down in front of him.
“Bucky, Bucky, Bucky.” He drawls.
The soldier had noticed Brock using this nickname for him more recently. He didn't like it. It made his head swim and hurt.
“What a day… what a fucking day!” Brock is grinning widely as he leans back in the chair and the metal creaks under his muscled bulk.
The soldier remains still and silent, though when he hears the sound of the zipper his mouth floods with saliva. He likes to think that it's a conditioned response but he's actually not so sure anymore.
Rumlow eases his cock out of his pants and the soldier has nowhere else to look but straight at it, watching as he runs his hand slowly up and down the thick-veined length of himself a few times as he looks down into the blank blue eyes before him. When he pauses his movements and gives a nod of his head the soldier leans forward to wrap his lips around the tip of him, his tongue pressed up wet beneath the bulbous pink head, a bead of precum searing across his tastebuds. Rumlow groans, a low chuckle bubbling out of him as he closes his eyes and lets him get down to it. He trusts him enough not to bite his dick right off. There was a time early on in his conditioning when he would have, Brock was grateful he wasn't that guy, but that nasty little habit was electrocuted out of him soon enough.
Rollins claimed he had trained the gag reflex out of him, although Brock had joked it couldn't have been that hard given the small size of Rollins’ dick. Regardless, the Winter Soldier sucked cock like he was born for it.
“Fucking hell…” Brock groans as he watches him take him fully into his hot mouth “I said it before and I ain't afraid to say it again, you're better than any woman I've had, Jesus Christ!”
Rumlow liked to talk. It was a reliable indication of when he was going to finish when the filthy words just kept spewing out of his mouth like a river. But for now he was just getting warmed up.
“Ohh yeah, there we go. Fuuuuck me.” Brock purrs as the soldier gradually takes him deeper, sucking his entire length down his throat, drool starting to drip from his chin. “You get to be the fucking cherry on top of my glorious day, you know that?”
The soldier shifts on his knees, metal hand sliding to the base of his handler’s thick cock to cup his balls. He knows he likes the feel of the cool plates against them. His flesh hand sneaks down between his own legs, tugging at the canvas tac pants to give his own erection some room to swell. Rumlow is the only one that tolerates him touching himself. Every other basic need of his is taken care of, albeit in a regimented, carefully controlled way. This is the only part he has any modicum of autonomy over. He might be a legendary assassin but his body still yearns for carnal release sometimes.
Brock pipes up again between the echoing slurps and gruff groans they trade.
“Oh yeah, such a good fucking day. I got to kick your little boyfriend’s all-American ass up and down the compound, and it ain't often - fuck - that a guy can say that!”
The soldier didn't answer, kinda difficult to with a cock stuffed in his mouth anyway but he'd often hear Rumlow and the others refer to this person; ‘his boyfriend’, ‘Cap’, but to him he was just another target. Enhanced like he was, but just another target to take down when ordered.
Rumlow continued, his fingers combing through the soldier's lank hair. “God damn, if he knew I got to come back to this, oh yeah, I don't think he'd be too happy.” He laughs again, his hand gently guiding the man between his thighs as he swallows his cock down to the hilt and makes a strangled moan as the tip of him hits the back of his throat. “Not too happy at all.”
Rumlow grits his teeth as he feels himself getting close to going off. “Such a perfect fucking slut mouth on you, mm! Fuck it ain't gonna be long today, you ready for it, huh?”
Whether he's ready for it or not doesn't really figure into anything. The soldier turns his watery eyes up to meet Brock’s blown out dark brown stare, humming around him in answer, almost gagging as the man starts pumping his hips up off the chair, fucking his thick shaft down his abused throat, chasing his impending release.
“Oh shit, yeah yeah that's fucking right! Man if Steve fucking Rogers could see this… see his good ol’ pal Bucky taking my load like a fucking bitch-”
Steve . The soldier turns the name over in his fractured mind as everything else fades into the background. Why does it sound familiar, why does he feel the essence of it in his bones? No other names he had heard in his decades of service had shone out of the dark like this one did.
He's whipped back to the present. Rumlow’s face contorts as he starts spurting his warm salty cum over his tongue with a loud shout.
Then, something's different. Clearer.
He's standing at the open cell door, looking back at Rumlow screaming on the floor in a puddle of crimson clutching at his groin. Somehow this feels like the way it's supposed to go.
Bucky spits out the blood and cum, wiping his mouth with the back of his gloved hand. He twists his foot, the plastic and wires of Brock’s communicator crushing to trash under his boot before he turns and stalks down the corridor.
He sharply rolls the shoulder of his left arm as he walks, the plates rippling into place all the way down, resetting. Everything is clicking into place. Just like his brain.
If he's lucky he's bought enough time to pay a visit to Rollins and the others before the alarm is raised that something has gone terribly, terribly wrong.
#bucky barnes x brock rumlow#winterbones#winter soldier x brock rumlow#hydra trash party#winter soldier angst fic
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My review of Hilda season 3
A proper review. One without spoilers. I've been thinking about making this today. I'm still going to not tweet or post a lot; I want to keep my word on that. I'd rather retweet some important stuff. But I want to make a review on the entire season and give out more reasonable thoughts.
Yesterday, after two years of waiting. The third and final season of Hilda finally premiered on Netflix. And I have some stuff to say about this final season. Including as someone who's been following this show for five years.
I'm going to be honest, despite this final season only being shortened to 8 episodes. With 7 regular ones to the finale being legit movie length in a way. And whatever issues I and others may have with it. The final season of Hilda delivers an emotional final chapter for this show. Including this time, focusing more on Hilda's family which also introduces a new character by the name of Great Aunt Astrid.
And what makes this season interesting is that compared to the other seasons and the movie. This is not based upon any books. This is all new territory that surely still surprise a lot of people.
I want to admit something. And again, I am not trying to spoil anything huge. But considering the season is shortened. I was hoping that certain characters would get expanded upon or well, we get to see them one last time before the show ends. Mainly where they are now after the events of The Mountain King. I'm talking about characters like Erik Ahlberg, the Bellkeeper, the Marra and some others.
It's disappointing we don't see more of them. But to be honest, in exchange for that, we get a final season focuses more on the two characters I consider the heart of the show. And that's Hilda and Johanna, who is also possibly in her biggest role in the show yet considering she gets a lot more focus this time around. And to be honest, with how the story goes throughout the season. I actually prefer that much more than whatever else.
Would I have liked it if they did 13 episodes again? I wouldn't mind. But I still loved what we got. And honestly, I think some people are merely disappointed that this season, we get answers to some things to stuff people didn't want answered. But to me, I try to keep my expectations in check, and I rather see what the writers want to showcase to us. And honestly, the fans like me can explore some "Loose ends" in our own stories. And to be honest, it's not like this stuff is eating away at us. The Mountain King felt like a fitting closure to the show. But I'm so glad season 3 exists because of what it decides to explore and ending the show on such a beautiful note.
All the actors do a fantastic job as always. Such as Bella Ramsey, Daisy Haggard and everyone else. Especially with the time skip they decided to do. Having these characters grow up a little bit to me is a good decision. To showcase these characters are still growing. Yes, I'm one of the people who didn't mind Hilda growing a few more inches.
The show still has its very funny moments. But what was surprising about season 3 is how well...this is possibly the darkest the show has gotten. And somehow the scariest. Which may sound really stupid. But I swear to God as the show goes on. With the unraveling mystery about these "Two hooded" figures. There are times I legit worried for these characters.
I even felt like there was a contrast in tone between chapters 1 and 2. With chapter 1 feeling like a fantastical return to this world I've loved watching. And chapter 2 I swear, I feel like I'm watching something akin to Silent Hill. Which sounds like a very stupid comparison. And then there's chapter 6 where I am scared for these characters I have cared about for so long. It really says a lot even in a show like this, and the fact this isn't based upon any existing material. It gives you a feeling when you've grown attach to these characters and seeing them in some of these situations. Whether harmless or not.
I swear, I felt uneasy during certain moments. Because I now understand a certain friend of mine and whoever else. I just felt even more genuinely worried for these characters. In fact, there is a scene that I told my best friend RySenkari, "I HATE THAT F***IN SCENE!" not because it was bad or anything. But because let's say my...the show really tugged at my heartstrings or something. Because there was no way they were going to do that, you don't do that to me.
In a funny yet sick way of looking at it. I think I went through my "Mr. Stark, I don't feel so good." moment because again, I hate that scene in the finale.
Yet that also grows into how far these characters have grown since the first season. How much they have changed since we first met them. And it's a beautiful thing when see them succeed.
The soundtrack by I think it's still Ryan Carlson is still powerful as always. That I want this soundtrack to be released on YT and Amazon Music soon. It's likely the best the score for this show has ever been. Also, the main theme by Grimes is beautiful as always.
Also, I've been wondering about changing my header/background images again. The ones you see on my Tumblr and Twitter accounts. I'll even do the same for my PlayStation profile's background.
The animation is fantastic as always. The scenery is beautiful as always. I feel like I have nothing else much to say. But it's merely me just loving this season. Yet compared to the earlier ones, I feel...hesitant to rewatch it. Again, this may sound stupid. This is the tensest the show has been. And the writers somehow made this more intense than some things they pulled in season 2 and The Mountain King. Those mad geniuses. And this is a show that's geared towards kid but everyone in general. That speaks volumes of how good the writers are.
And while there were some reveals that I feel little bothered by. But I still liked what they delivered. Again, that finale...that finale is something.
Again, despite it being only 8 episodes. Season 3 is pretty an emotional final journey for the fans of this show. A humorous, yet pretty scary at times adventure that pretty much makes you cry over these characters if you've become attached to them. It had that effect on that. I talked about my reaction. I'll admit, I do think maybe my...Autism might've had an effect of how I reacted. It likely did, but I'm not going to bring that up again. It's something I just wanted to mention.
I'm wondering if I should say anything else. But I want to be done with this review. I don't think I have nothing else to add other than the fact if you've haven't watched Hilda yet. I highly recommend watching seasons 1, 2, The Mountain King and season 3 right now. If you have time that is. December is the perfect time to watch this show. I talked about how this show feels kind of perfect to watch it during this time of year. I assure you; you will not be disappointed. And hopefully, if you've read my reaction to season 3, you'll understand how I felt.
And especially with how stressful the last few weeks have been. Watching Hilda again is always a great thing. I'm still not leaving this fandom. I will always love this show. But right now, I'm going to take it easy a bit. I'm not going to post a lot, make any manips and whatever else. I'm going to try to relax a bit. It's weird this time around I have a job now in the morning and I couldn't or well...I didn't want to lay in bed after I finished the show. I stood up all night after finishing it. Luckily, I took a 5-hour nap before that.
Again, thank you Luke Pearson and everyone who has worked on bringing this beautiful show to life. I'll never forget this. I'm always going to cherish what you all made. You made me and others so happy with what you've made.
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Hello! Can I ask for Hunter x Hunter or Spy x Family matchup? Maybe both if it's not a problem....
My pronouns are she/her and I'm heterosexual. I prefer matchup to be romantic.
Actually I am pretty calm and reserved person, I, tend to don't speak when it's not necessary but I'm way more talkative and open with people i know. I rarely show emotions and I find it really annoying when somebody is overreacting or hyperbolizing. For some positive traits I'm patient and I try to understand people, I like to put myself in the shoes of others and see things from their perspective. I dont like to judge people based on trival things when I don't know them too well. Some people around me may describe me as "cold" because I don't show too much emotions and I don't like to be informative about myself and my life. However, I don't think it's entirely true, if someone inspires my trust, I will be happy to share some thoughts and spend time with them.
When it comes to my interests, I like reading and I try to learn languages like Russian, Japanese and Korean. I especially enjoy reading about art and visiting art galleries. I try to be as open as possible and enjoy every field of art, from medieval paintings to manga.
My love language is definitely time quality, although I'm not the type of person to give 100% of my time to someone. Meetings with me may not be the most common thing, but I like to make them special. I like to talk about various, even abstract ideas. I am particularly interested in philosophy, so I would appreciate a person who would have some original thoughts and different views on things.
I've hope it's not too long! Also excuse my english it's not my first language.
hi there!!! (your english is breath by the way) i am super happy that i get to do your matchup because this one is so fun!! you're the first person to ask for two fandoms, so this is rad!! without further ado...
the hxh character I chose for you is...
KITE!!
i seriously love this man omg
he is also quite reserved, so even if you two are quiet around each other, there is still a lot of care and love between you two
he agrees that it is annoying when someone is overreacting, so when somebody does, you two just look at each other and roll your eyes and then giggle lol
he doesnt think you're cold but that's also because he is very close to you and cares about you a lot and has seen a greater side of you
who cares if you're quiet? that doesnt make you mean, it just means you are able to be yourself
that's how he sees it
and he's the same way, so he understands you
he loves that you love art and will often spend time at art galleries with you and listen to all of your knowledge
teach him what you're learning about languages, he thinks it is very cool
he loves spending time with you, but you're always both so busy, so it's rare, but that doesnt make him love you less, if anything, it makes him love you more when you go to see him
those times together are very worth it and very fun, it just really shows how much you care about each other
and you two always have deep conversations while watching the stars
its romantic in a quiet way and that's why you two are literally perfect :)
now
the spy x family character I chose for you is...
TWILIGHT!!
pretty much same deal here
he is also quiet and reserved... i mean duh
but since you two got to know each other, he couldnt help but build a bond with you
he thinks that it is better that you're reserved along with him so you can keep what you two have quiet and it's kinda awesome fr
you two definitely have time to talk and hang out, even if rare, but when you do, it's always a really good time because you always have something interesting to talk about, making it much easier to open up to one another
this man knows dozens of languages, so if you ever need help go to him
read to him, i think he would love it
you two definitely have to meet very rarely, and mostly in secret, but it's never a bad time
it'll always be getting coffee or going to a museum and it never fails to be an interesting and lovely time
he loves to hear what you have to say about a lot of different matters, so he loves talking to you about anything
and you both love learning new things, so that's always your goal when you see each other
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matchup rules --- pinned post
@tonberry-yoda
#i hope you enjoyed!#writing#fanfic#my writing#fanfiction#<3#matchup#matchups#spy x family#hunter x hunter#spy x family x reader#hunter x hunter x reader#twilight x reader#kite x reader#hxh#hxh x reader
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whump question challenge by @withalittlebitofwhump! thought it'd be fun to answer these all in one go, it's an old challenge but i found it and said "why not?"
if you're new to my blog, here's some info abt me and whump!
alright, here we go:
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1. Favorite whump trope(s)?
answer: hidden injury or collapse, preferably together! also prefer when it's from an abdominal wound (stabbing, GSW, etc)
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2. Least favorite whump trope(s)?
answer: anything to do with just regular sickness/emeto. or allergic reactions. not a fan of anything that i see as potentially embarrassing (?).
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3. Top 3 whump scenes and why?
answer: this is so hard??? omg. uh, okay:
1. all of the whump scenes in he is psychometric (i can't choose) they're the ones i rewatch CONSTANTLY, jinyoung's acting is amazing and it's got all my fav tropes
2. daredevil episode 2 because damn, they really gave us an entire whumpy episode so early in the series and it's AMAZING
3. the vault scene in be reborn (c-drama), the way it's filmed and also the acting, the length, it's SO GOOD.
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4. Top 3 characters to whump and why?
answer: (this is so hard lol)
1. buck (911) because he's got the relatability, the found family, and everything
2. keith (VLD), all the good tropes but only in fics, sadly
3. peter parker (MCU) again, because he's relatable and has (had) found family
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5. Favorite fandom for whump (show, series, etc)?
answer: currently it's gotta be 911! it's a treasure trove for found family whump.
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6. Do you prefer written or watchable whump?
answer: watchable for sure! though, i'm a huge consumer of whump fics.
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7. Do you also like hurt/comfort?
answer: i'm mainly a hurt/comfort person, actually! if there's no recovery/aftercare and comfort, the whump falls a bit flat imo.
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8. What do you think the difference between hurt/comfort and whump is?
answer: i'd say whump refers to the act of the character being hurt, and then hurt/comfort is the trope that includes whump.
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9. How would you explain whump to someone who’s not familiar with it?
answer: i'd say that whump refers to a character being hurt in some way, rather physically, emotionally, or psychologically. it's a trope that many enjoy, and it adds development and drama to a storyline!
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10. Is there any old whump you particularly enjoy? (say, pre 2000?)
answer: hmm, star wars comes to mind, as well as the OG macgyver, and the karate kid trilogy! right now i can't think of much else.
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11. Why do you think you like whump?
answer: i think i like it because of the interactions and drama (plus the "whumperflies" lol). i tend to like whump for characters i can relate to!
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12. When did you realize you liked whump?
answer: oh god, i've always known i liked it! it's such an integral part of my media consumption. when i discovered the community + fanfic, i was around ten or eleven (young, i know!). so probably around seven years ago, almost eight since i've been actually knowledgeable about the term.
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13. Favorite posts with whump (gifsets, picspams, etc)
answer: gifsets or whumplists, they help me find what to watch!
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14. Are you “out” to people in real life?
answer: mostly, yeah! my family knows, since my sister also enjoys whump (not as much as me, but still some!) and will recommend shows to me based on that.
some of my irl friends are avid fanfic readers/in fandoms and know the term well. :)
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15. How did you find the whump community?
answer: 1980's macgyver whump list :)
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16. Any unusual mediums you like for whump (plays, music, vlogs, etc)?
answer: some kpop music videos have really good whump scenes!
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17. Any meta about whump you’ve been dying to share?
answer: do not have an answer for this one unfortunately!
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18. Whump fic(s) you’d love to see?
answer: MORE. BUCK. WHUMP. also, to the lockwood and co. fandom, please write more gen lockwood whump with minimal/established romance. i need the fics.
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19. Whump you’re looking forward to? (Maybe something teased or something you haven’t seen yet?)
answer: AHHH 911 SEASON 6B!!! coma!buck for the win, y'all, i can feel it in my bones.
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20. Top 3 favorite whump fics?
answer:
1. kindness, what connects us by FandomLife54 on ao3 (911, buck whump, tsunami AU)
2. quintessence blues by SilenceIsGolden15 (VLD, keith whump, magical injuries)
3. of bikes and concussions by datleggy on ao3 (911, buck whump, misunderstandings, concussion)
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21. Tropes you think are overdone?
answer: car crashes (especially with little to no aftercare or injury)
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22. Tropes you think we could use more of?
answer: i love the "found" trope, where a character is injured and then subsequently discovered by friends.
i also think we could use more of the "injured character calls someone for help and passes out over the phone" trope. it's so good.
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23. Favorite sites/archives for consuming whump? (question by @dammittmarie )
answer: tumblr (obv), the whumpapedia is good, ao3 best fanfic site, and that's about all i use!
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24. Have your whump preferences changed recently? If so, why? (question by @fyeahvulnerablemen)
answer: my preferences have honestly stayed pretty consistent! i've always loved hidden injury, abdominal wound, and collapse whump. however, i used to be rlly into panic attack-related whump and i don't rlly like it much anymore!
#soft whump#whumplist#kdrama whump#whump gif#whump recs#whump fic#whump prompt#whump#fanfic#whump community#whump scenes#whump blog#whump scenario#whumpy#911onfox#buck whump
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Final Fantasy XVI: Some slightly more coherent Post Game thoughts and a kind of long ass reviewish type thing
GAMEPLAY:
First off, I wasn't sure if I would enjoy this game. When it was announced to be action based I was horrifyed. I don't play action games and I fell in love with the Final Fantasy series for the RPG elements. So I was so, so afraid that I would hate the gameplay and not even manage to get through the game.
The first trailer, the announcement trailer, looked amazing and I was super excited. But then my interest waned into cautious wait and see apathy. I didn't even preorder the game until after I saw someone play the demo.
I knew very little about the marketing of the game, very little about the plot. I'd seen a few images on the SE twitter and a few mentions around about trying to appeal to a Western Mainstream Audience. None of which really excited me.
No traditional parties, no RPG elements, a gameplay style I have VERY LITTLE experience with, appealing to an audience I don't share much in the way of taste with. And starring a main character who seemed to be gruff, mean and angtsy from his images (an archetype that isn't my favourite).
So I watched the demo, the opening section of story intrigued me, the glimpse of gameplay didn't seem too complicated and I gathered some excitement. It looked gorgeous, the music was stunning and the best thing? Clive was nothing like I'd imagined.
Sure, I knew he wasn't going to be that teenage boy for the rest of the game and he might change, but that first look at him (caring, compassionate, loving, brave...) surprised me and made me want to see what the opening events would bring.
So I got the game, booted it up and dove in.
And I loved it.
The gameplay that I had so feared was perfectly accessible. Was I the best at it? no. Did I experiment anywhere as near as much as I should have? Absolutely not. But I learned the controls pretty easily, learned move patterns, worked out dodges and parrys and counters and staggers and combos. It was mostly fun, occasionally a bit frustrating, sometimes slightly anxiety inducing.
But, after beating the game, I realised that some of that anxiety was fearing that I would reach a point where my skills wouldn't be enough. That I would find myself stuck behind my inexperience and end up giving up. And I think part of that was actually BECAUSE of my RPG preference. Where I'm used to just being able to grab a few more levels if I'm worried. Where there are armours and weapons and spells you can equip to mitigate and target certain enemies.
Without that I felt like the only thing I had to fight against the bosses were my own skills and coordination and not my brain. And I prefer to rely on the latter!
But I managed just fine. The game taught me to fight very well, guided me on how to challenge bigger enemies, gave me the practice I needed in putting dodge and the other essential skills to use.
Am I chomping at the bit to try a harder mode? Absolutely not. But I made it through the entire game on Action Orientated mode and with only using the one assist ring (pet assist, because I knew I wouldn't be able to manage Torgal on top of my own moves). And, for me, that was impressive. I was so tempted to start in Story Mode but I held out. I told myself 'you can try the rings if you can't do it'. I even made it all the way to the final boss and thought 'if you can't beat him you can always try one of the rings' but then didn't have to consider it.
I have no idea if people who like action games think this gameplay is good or not. And I certainly don't speak for all non-action gameplay people. But the gameplay did surprise and impress me. And I feel like if/when I replay it I will be much more confident in trying new moves and Eikons.
STORY:
I've seen people comment on the influcences on other FF titles in this game. But, to me, the biggest influence is the FFXIII Trilogy (which gets a lot of hate but is actually one of my favourite FF titles along with FFIX and FFVII). I'm not sure if it isn't mentioned as much because some people just aren't familiar with the FULL trilogy but, my god...some things are direct one to one comparisons. Some DIALOGUE is almost copy and pasted. There are complete character arcs replicated.
Obviously, the journey and the characters involved are very unique and make the story it's own. But Ultima and his actions are pretty derivative. And I'm not sure it worked for the best in this story. I've seen a few comments on how the first half of the game, which focused more on politics and the struggles of the people, was stronger than the second half. Which was more about Ultima and his plot. And I agree. Because the characters were SO GOOD and the world building so interesting that taking the focus away was a bit disappointing. And then Ultima's motives were just not as interesting as the human motives thast had been driving other aspects of the game.
But some of the story themes were so good throughout. Changing the world and it's order, fighting to live on your own terms.
The sidequests, too, were so much more than simple fetch quests. They all focused around groups of people that gave areas and towns and individuals entire storyarcs. And they grounded the game so much and made you care about the world and the people.
The story has it's flaws. But it still sucked me in. It still made me care. I still drove me forward to find out what happened next. I made me complete 77 hours of gameplay in one week. I loved the world and the characters and wanted to see so much more.
CHARACTERS:
I FUCKING LOVE THIS CAST.
Clive. Clive, my beloved. Oh how I misjudged you from the promos and oh how you surprised me the most. I was expecting an embittered, gruff, wounded man who cared about nothing but his revenge. And I was given an embittered, gruff, wounded man who was actually also still that kind, compassionate, loving, humble and gentle teen we met in the demo. Who was enveloped in a group of people who wanted to make the world a better place and pulled him away from the brink of despair. Who gave him a cause and a purpose and let the real Clive live again. Who found someone he loved from his past and instantly grabbed her and was willing to sacrifice everything to protect her (we would have died, his revenge for Joshua incomplete, in that valley protecting Jill if Cid hadn't turned up). He joined a group he barely trusted and was willing to wait tables for them because he knew that no task was above or below a man. He was open and honest with those he cared about. He raged and cried and hugged and held people when needed. He told his beloved that he loved her in front of everyone, because he saw no weakness in bonds. He was a deadly fighter who mudered his enemies...and yet he also still deeply loved his brother, he cherished Jill with love and devotion and a tenderness we rarely see in this sort of character. He could pet his dog :)
Jill, oh Jill. I love her. I love her I love her I love her. Hurt in a similar way to Clive (used, forced to kill, hates herself for her actions) but never runs away from it. She fights, even though it hurts her. She risks herself to save those she loves but is also willing to take a step back and live for those she loves. She was raised as a lady, speaks softly and beautifully, has a delicate touch when it comes to politics and diplomacy (Clive is also actually pretty good at acting like a lord thanks to HIS upbringing but more so in command and leadership) but yet she never shys away from the path her and Clive chose to walk. Silk over steel, I believe the phrase goes. But, at the same time, I really...really wish the game had just given her more. Jill is probably the character who suffers most from this being a non-party game. Despite her being a companion for most of the game the fact that she is optional for some content and deliberately removed from others gives her less presence. And when Joshua reappears they have to share Clive's story and she gets the shorter end of the stick because of Joshua's role as the Phoenix.
As for Jill and Clive's romance, it is one of the (if not THE) best onscreen depictions of romance we've seen in the series, in my opinion. I'm a sucker for romance, a self declared shipper. I have my ships for every FF game. Some I'm actually super passionate about. But Jill and Clive have such a lovely dynamic, a natural progression and just communicate so wonderfully. From the moment they are reunited they open up to each other, even about the toughest subjects. They share and they support one another. And even before their relationship was consumated they were gentle and affectionate with one another. They are allowed to love one another in a way we don't normally see in a FF romance (and they are allowed to do so long before the final few scenes).
Joshua. My sweet, baby bird. I worked out he was still alive the moment we saw 'Margrace' and I wasn't sure how I would feel about him when he reappeared. Why did he stay away so long, what was he doing, how did he know so much. We eventually get most of those answers, but the moment Clive grabbed him and Joshua was sobbing apologies it felt like it barely mattered. He has a kindness like his brother but fights with his mind more than his body. He plans and puts them into action. But a part of me always felt he was doomed and spent most of the game swaying back and forth on whether or not he would survive. By the time the endgame rolled around I desperately wanted him to live. To carry on his father's legacy and help rebuild a new world order.
TORGAL. WHO'S A GOOD BOY??? THE BEST BOY!!! I LOVE HIM. I'm not even a dog person. I'm a cat person all the way. I LOVE THIS DOG. I PREORDERED THE PUPPY PLUSH. I WILL CHERISH THIS PUPPER FOREVER. BEST FENRIR.
The rest of the cast is just so numerous and to describe my adoration would make this post so much longer. So many of them are wonderful and have such significance. Cid, Gav, Otto, Mid, Charon, Goetz, Tarja, Martha, Isabelle, Dion, L'ubor, Byron and other...all so great and loveable and the sidequests and missions make you so invested in them all. It is truly the whole cast of characters that hooked my attention in this game and drove me through every single green marker I could get my hands on.
The antagonists were slightly less well presented. Benedikta and Kupka felt more real and like you could understand them and their reasons. Anabelle and Sylvester on the other hand felt evil for the sake of it (and, with the possibility that Ultima was fucking with them maybe even from the moment Clive was born it's possible that they WERE just evil for the sake of it because it wasn't truly them). And Barnabas felt like a hot mess. His backstory was just so complicated and yet also barely touched upon. So it felt like we couldn't understand him at all. As for Ultima...he is Walmart Brand Bhunivelze in my opinion. Bhunivelze (in the Japanese version, anyway) had depth in that he didn't actually KNOW he was fucking humans over. He thought he was doing them a favour by purifying them of their hearts so they could be reborn in his new world without pain and suffering. Ultima knew and didn't care. Humans were a means to an end. Ultima did Bhunivelze things for Pulse/Lindzei reasons and they even reused a lot of the terminology (ark, vessel etc) so it felt like a rehash. I still enjoyed fighting and beating them all, but I felt the endgame plot was weaker. Basically, I prefered it the first time round in the XIII Trilogy :)
LEVEL DESIGN AND EXPLORATION:
Oh boy. This is EASILY the weakest part of the game. The levels LOOK beautiful. The art design, the lighting, the graphics...this game is STUNNING. But there is no reason to actually spend time LOOKING at it. The areas are empty, the rewards insignificant. In some ways this is a good thing because it keeps you focused on the plot and helps keep the pace and momentum of the game. But it's also super disappointing. They could have done so much more with the areas and the towns.
MUSIC:
HOLY SHIT. I put my headphones for this game and never took them off. Soken went OFF. The grand and powerful boss music, the subtle reinterpretations of the traditional themes, the sweeping area music, the gentle emotional pieces. There is a piece in Ash that just pulses and gets louder and faster and makes your heart race and the tension build even when you are just walking down a path. Chef's kiss.
Voice Acting/Animation:
Just. Bravo. My hugest congratulations and appreciation to everyone involved. The VA work is stunning. The main cast is perfection itself and even the extras and random NPCs sound wonderful. And the animation is so beautifully done. The body language, the movement, the cinematography...they made the characters feel so real. I cannot fault anything when it comes to the acting and character animation. (Not even some clipping issues because they are so minor compared to that rest of the perfection we see)
and then we come to
THE ENDING:
Welp. On my playthrough I was PROFOUNDLY disappointed. My initial interpretation of the ending was that Clive failed to save Joshua and then sacrificed himself to purge magic from the world. That Joshua and Clive are both dead and we watched Jill and Torgal crying for Clive on that dock. And I could accept Joshua's death...had been pretty prepared for that. Dion, too, had seemed inevitable even from his Bahamut fight. But Clive? The narrative had left so many hint and promises to his survival. His multiple promises to Jill, the continuation of his work (both for Cid and for his father), the plans and teases for the future (exploring the world with Jill,wiritng a book etc.) that his death felt like a betrayal.
But then I saw other interpretations. That there are hints that Clive survived. That there are clues that Joshua survived. That there are clues BOTH of them survived. Or that, indeed, they both died. And that it seems to be DELIBERATELY ambiguous.
And I fucking hate that. I hate that ambiguity.
The ending initially made me want to never have anything to do with the game again. I was about to cancel my preorders for the Torgal Puppy Plush and the artbooks (that I'd ordered the moment I fell in love with the characters and the game). It was only the hope of the alternative interpretations that stayed my hand.
But I don't want this to be a vague thing that the fandom fights over for years to come. I don't want to feel like I'm grasping at straws. I want to see Clive and Jill reunited and get to finally live on their own terms. It would be nice to maybe see Joshua writing that book. I don't care about a distant future where humanity managed to pull through. I care about the characters I spent 77 hours falling in love with.
OVERALL:
Without the ending, I came out of this game feeling like it was a 9.5/10. Even with the weaknesses the game more than made up for it in the way it made me feel as I played it. The ending dropped my score to like 4/10. Now that I've managed to resolve my feelings over the ending to COPIUM optimism I've probably gone back up to 8.5/10
I would love to see a DLC for this game. My top choice would be for a confirmation of what happened at the fucking end. But since the end kind of prevents any sort of playable post game (since the main battle mechanic has been removed) I think it's more likely that we would get additional content. I would love to explore some things that were mentioned but never explored. LEVIATHAN, for one. The Northern Territory. The outer continents.
I also think this will be a strong contender for game of the year. I previously thought TOTK would be a shoe in for that (and for the sheer volume of gameplay and exploration and experimentation you can do in TOTK I think it still has a shot) but I think the presentation, acting, gameplay appeal, characters, music and story (even with the mentioned weaknesses) will earn them a lot of well deserved praise.
Because, despite the flaws, this game is still great. It's fun and exciting to play. The story still grabs you and drives you through it. The characters are phenominal. And it looks and sounds beautiful.
I'm a long term FF fan. I have played at least a little of pretty much every mainline game except V and the Tactics series. I've devoted hundreds of hours to several of the titles and have loved them deeply for years. This title is joining my favourites.
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Media consumption is generally just escapism for me. 🤷♀️
It's also worth pointing out that 'media consumption as activism' usually translates as 'criticizing other people's preferences in media consumption and calling it activism'.
But that's pretty much all I've got on the subject.
People can consume what they want as far as I'm concerned.
I'm more interested in what prompted your post on this ngl
That's the main way I see it too. People thinking that political action and education can be replaced by watching the right shows and attacking others for enjoying the wrong ones.
I already forgot the specific post I saw just now but my point is not really about any individual post so much as a greater trend that has been growing lately where people seem to assign far too much moral value to what types of art they enjoy.
There are definitely stories that have made me feel things in the past, but I don't think even my favorites are as meaningful as my actual experiences or as insightful as reading non-fiction.
My relationship with fiction as escapism is interesting because I tend to be drawn towards the more tragic and stressful types. The worlds that it would be awful to actually live in and the quests that require great effort and sacrifice to endure.
I feel like there's entire genres that are kind of dragged down by prioritizing being power fantasies too much at the cost of having interesting conflicts or forcing characters to overcome real weaknesses. I tend to find it more interesting when there is struggle.
This applies to games as well. The first two Gothic games, for example, have some of my favorite difficulty curves in any game because of how weak and vulnerable you are at the start. You have no fighting ability, no extraordinary magic, not even any kind of decent social position.
You start the first game at the absolute bottom of the ladder in a cutthroat prison colony where many people far stronger than you are perfectly willing to beat you, force work on you, extort you, intimidate you, and generally just take advantage of you in whichever way they can.
You are made to really feel this through the gameplay too. Most enemies will easily kill you in those early stages, and the average NPC can put you down in just a couple of hits at most. You are no one special. You are weaker than the nameless randos walking around the camps.
There are even escort quests where you are the one being escorted as a potential recruit for some of the games' factions, with a much stronger NPC guiding you to their base and easily killing monsters that would destroy you in one hit.
But if you stick with it, you can become stronger. You can learn how to adapt and survive in this merciless environment and eventually overcome challenges that you intimately know would have crushed you many hours ago.
I find this far more satisfying than the more stereotypical forms of wish fulfillment, while it is still arguably a form of it. I like to be presented with bleak and genuinely difficult situations and then being given the agency to overcome them. I love that a whole lot.
#I'm still not the type that seeks challenge for its own sake though#I like the way the challenge in this case is a part of the narrative and reinforces the atmosphere#long post
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buddie as running partners...buddie as RUNNING PARTNERS...!!! (does that make the 118/firefam an entire cross country team? coach!bobby? athletic trainer!maddie? idk, idk how cross country teams work.) nonetheless...say more.... <3333
here's a lil overview real quick so y'all can pick up what I put down: cross country teams are all different, and can even be formed by a community group instead of a traditional "school that competes in the individual districts," but the basic layout is coach/trainer, assistant coaches if necessary, and the athletes who actually compete. some teams have a team captain appointed from the ranks of athletes, and the captain's specific duties/responsibilities varies from team to team but essentially they're like.....the assistant assistant coach. they watch out for the team and are the unofficial leader if the coach isn't around. teams compete at meets (races) against other teams; the amount of teams at meets really just depends on what the race is for/who organized it. smaller meets can have 2-5 teams, but the big regional meets can have hundreds. in official competitions like regionals, scores are done for both individual runners and overall teams. if an individual runner finishes in the top 10 or 15 runners, he'll place as an individual, but if the overall team score beats other team scores, then the whole TEAM will also place. the scoring system is based on what place a runner gets. 1st place gets one point, 2nd gets 2 points, 3rd gets 3 points, and so on, all the way down the line to the very last runner who comes in. to get team results, the whole team's scores are added up, and the team with the lowest combined score wins. the more runners that finish higher up in the race, the lower the overall score.
I think ideally bobby would be their coach, and the whole 118 would be a cross-country team. I like the idea of maddie joining their team after running (ha) from doug and I also like the idea of hen being the team captain :] interim captain hen my BELOVED!!!!!!!!!!!
I think for spice <3 the 126 as a separate team that they compete with. they have dual meets a LOT (which is a cross country race with only two teams. there's no pressure to compete for times or positions at the bigger, more important races, and they're sooooooo fun. every time I've done a dual meet we always hung out with the other team afterward at a lake or restaurant and it was sooo <333) so the 126 and 118 are still Competing in the sense that they're gunning for the same positions in the regional/national races, but it's a very friendly competition because the teams are very close. no hard feelings if one team wins over the other, because they're all good friends and they're super supportive of the other team because it's a great accomplishment for them. judd is the coach <3 not owen <3
and onto BUDDIE <3 the thing about a running partner is like. they're your constant. sure, you've got the team, but your running partner is like your other half. someone with a similar pace as you. you train with them, you compete with them, and it gets to the point where you don't even need to use words because you know each other better than anyone else. racing isn't just a physically exhausting sport, because there's a HUGE mental factor in it as well. there's lots of strategies and techniques, and every aspect of the course is broken down into how it can make you faster, even the surfaces you run on (grass, concrete, pavement, etc. each one has different benefits and disadvantages), or how you run around a corner. each tiny aspect can shave seconds off your time, and that can be the difference between first and second place. and as a running partner, buck and eddie both know what the other person prefers. they know the precise way the other will run a hill, or jump a log, or take a sharp turn. during training they laugh and joke and have a great time but during races they're a force. there's certain maneuvers two running partners can do around a turn or up a hill to be mutually beneficial, and they do them without even thinking or communicating that they're about to do it. they just know.
and there's also just !! the intimacy of it !!! after running with the same people for so long, you get to the point where if your teammates were lost in a cluster of running people all wearing the same t shirt, you'd be able to pick them out from the crowd just by the very specific and unique way they hold themselves while they're running, even if they're all the way across the course. each person has their own unique "style," and the entire team can pick each other out from a group of 50 other runners just by looking. another aspect is after the race is over !! collapsing at the finish line isn't just common, it's almost expected. and more often than not you'll see teammates who just finished a race together holding each other up or kneeling to untie each other's shoes to get the timing chip.
the 118 team is comprised of hen, chim, buck, eddie, and maddie. the order in which they finish changes up every race, but generally, in order from fastest to slowest, it's chim, buck+eddie, maddie, and hen. bobby and athena are the coaches, so they don't actually compete unless it's for a "coach's race" that some meets have after the actual races are finished, just for fun. when they do race, athena usually finishes ahead of bobby.
the 126 team is comprised of tk, marjan, mateo, paul, nancy, and tim. generally, it goes tk, marjan+paul (running partners), mateo, and nancy+tim (also running partners). judd is the coach, and carlos cheers his boyfriend on from the sidelines :]
my last and final thought is that <3 they have pasta parties before big meets <3 basically the whole team meets up at someone's house and they all eat pasta and bread <33 carbloading AND teambuilding at the same time :]
#pasta parties w my team were a formative experience for me btw.#hehehe i will always ramble about my aus so :]]]]]#these are all my thoughts rn but imma be Rotating this :]#i'll see if there are any clips on youtube to get inspiration from !!#i've heard stories about running partners in races where like. one of them broke his ankle or something midrace#and his partner straight up CARRIED HIM ON HIS BACK TO THE FINISH LINE. during a 5k!!!!!!#and like. that's buddie coded as HELL.#another thing in cross country culture is that each team has a fun team cheer they do before each race#and i've heard some WILD ones. its so fun hearing what other teams have#(my team's was always the best though. btw) /j#but anyway just <3 buck and chim working SO hard to make a good cheer. i can see it.#ougoughoughoughghhh.......runnimng...........my one true love in this world.........#*slaps running au* this bitch can fit SO much found family and ship dynamics in it#anyway i'll leave it at this for now but i'm gonna be ROTATING this one.#if anyone has any questions .. or additions ... consider this an open-floor discussion. we're all brethren in brainrot here#911 running au#<- hehehehehe >:]#leo 🌻
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🐰 || hiya! i saw that you were doing bnha matchups and i wanted to jump at that opportunity so bad! and dw at all if its your first time doing them, i'm sure they'll turn out great! /gen :]
🌸 || im unlabeled but im attracted to pretty much whoever. but for this matchup i think i'd like a guy lolz! preferably from 1-A and no one out of high school becuz i see the pro heroes as more parental figures ( °`u´° )👍
🐰 || my myers briggs personality is right on the cusp of enfp and infp which is a little funky but i prefer infp i think! my enneagram is 2w3 too. im also a hufflepuff and my zodiac is leo!
🌸 || my personality is usually very happy, i'm a huge optimist and just kind of "puppy-like" so i've been told! i can be pretty funny and enjoy making my friends laugh! i'm a bit quiet at first, but if i think you're cool then i can open up very quickly. i've been called ditzy so many times its almost annoying. i'm probably always the last person to fall asleep at a sleepover because of how hyperactive i get at night! im called weird often because i get so hyperfixated on certain things and i know a shit ton of odd (or grisly) facts. i like a lot of weird media and figure out a way to tell people about them constantly. wanna hear about that truman show documentary i watched?? how about my herobrine experiences back in 4th and 5th grade?? maybe even a few facts about lemon sharks? i will be very excited if anyone listens to me ramble about random shit i saw on the internet. people are always like "why do you know this shit" and i shrug and pretend i didn't stay up all night studying the youtube algorithm just because i felt like it at the time.
🐰 || my looks differ from my personality quite a bit actually. i have a medium body type that's not really too chubby or too skinny, just in the middle? its doesn't bother me a whole lot but it used to. i'm short. like extremely short. around 4'9 - 4'10 because i havent grown since 6th grade haha. ive been to many doctors trying to see what my deal is LMAO. but back on my appearance, i have a wolfcut thats kinda messy and more of a shag at the moment because it hasnt been cut in a while, my bangs are dyed pink and blue and theyre kinda choppy across my forehead. my hair is shoulder length atm. i have peachy-pale skin because i can't tan and i have light but noticeable freckles on the bridge of my nose and a prominent freckle on my bottom left eyelid :D! i have gray blue eyes and a septum piercing. i dont like to wear a bunch of makeup because of the way it feels (i wish i didn't have sensory issues) so i stick with some eyeliner and mascara :]
🌸 || i mostly wear ripped mom jeans and lavender converse, along with whatever horror movie shirt i found in my closet. pretty much my entire wardrobe is based upon horror movies because thats all my shirts are! there's a few junji ito shirts that ive had for a while but i love them so much. hopefully guttergarbs won't sell out of the black christmas tshirts before i can snag a few 😫
🐰 || i love minecraft so much and its currently one of my biggest hyperfixations!!! ARGS are up there too, along with youtube and creepypasta! i have (not yet diagnosed) autism that i'm trying to get a diagnosis for and adhd so its kind of hard living a normal life? or what is normal by standard. i have moments where i go nonverbal and sometimes i can only focus on what new youtube videos are out today. i have a very hard time staying focused and my friends often have to tell me to do so. i have a favorite youtuber that gives me a lot of comfort and i watch his videos to ground me. my immediate response to bad stuff is youtube. its kind of childish, but it's just me.
🌸 || anyways, tysm for having these open and giving me the chance to send one in!!! i really just infodumped there lol sorry if i got carried away i was very excited! hope you're having a wonderful day/night and take good care of yourself!!!
- bo! 🐰🐰
Shawty. Honey. Sweetheart. Sugar. Flour. Milk, eggs, 2 teaspoons of salt- Thank you so much for this ask!!! You are the first person to throw themselves out into the shark infested water and I really want to thank you from the bottom of my heart! I honestly expected no body to respond... so this was an awesome surprise. Hope you enjoy your matchup!!
YOUR MATCHUP IS...
Denki Kaminari!!!!! *Insert cheering noises*
Kaminari was kinda just playin when he started flirting with you and stuff, BUT MAN. Catching feels???? Not expected in the slightest.
At first it had been more of a challenge thing for him; flirt with the cute quiet chick, but after talking with you for a while you opened up and he realized how many interesting things you had to say.
Y'all became texting at 1 am friends pretty soon, with him sharing memes and you sharing YouTube recs (he thinks you have really good taste) And bonding over what an awesome director Stanley Kubrick is but what an awful dude he is irl, and that creepypasta you read last night that you JUST HAVE TO SHARE BC DENKI WE ARE KEEPING THE NEXT STEPHEN KINGS IN THIS FANDOM I SWEAR-
When y'all start dating, he is just, so understanding of any times you go nonverbal or when you just aren't feeling up to life at the moment. He gets it. He will ask at the beginning of the relationship so he will know what to do if you're nonverbal at the moment and will follow your request through to a tee.
Sorry. So sorry, bc Kaminari has 14 different short jokes saved at any given moment, for any given situation. Totally gives head pats. oh yes get ready to be patted and to be the elbow rest.
HORRID HABIT of kissing your freckle. He thinks its adorable. (Thinks you're adorable-)
Thinks your cool!!! Soooooo cool. How much information can you fit in your brain????? THAT MUCH???????? OH MY GOD THAT IS SO COOL TELL ME ABOUT THE HISTORY OF TETRIS AGAIN
Not to be spicy.... but like... he honestly thinks your piercing and dyed hair is so sexy. Like. And he is not afraid to tell you too.
"..."
"Denki?"
"You look hot."
"Uh... Thanks? Why'd you say that?"
"Cause you look hot duh"
"Thank you????? love you???"
just showers you in love. And if you get harrassed or get called annoying, may god/jesus/allah/oprah/beyonce have mercy on their souls because Kaminari can and will vibe check them out of this plane of existence.
ughhh yall are so in love, get away from me people with happy relatonships eww
Thanks again for this, it was a whole lot of fun!!! Hope you like pikachu over here, thought you guys would mesh really well. :D
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Is the anonymous opinion thing for real? Sure here’s mine:
- Very pedantic and get sidetracked way too often in any paragraph longer than 20 lines.
- Friendly and savvy to the point where your rants feel both like side-story conversations and unorganized amateur reviews from someone who keeps enough distance from fiction to enjoy but not entirely imitate.
- Should be hailed as a Western “protector of the weak” for WSJ. Seriously, I’ve never seen someone who would go to such lengths to analyze Jump’s history and its forgotten and unpopular IPs, while also acknowledging their flaws in reviews and pointing out problematic ones. It takes dedication to not be drowned out by the cynicism of the WSJ landscape and toxicity from some childish fanbases to keep on analyzing I bet.
- I used to watch Tsun and Dere, and the entire crew was fun to watch, but also it makes me wonder: what were some of your childhood games and did those actually influence your taste in games since I saw some peculiar game choices other than the obviously popular ones.
Tsun and Dere?! God damn, you've been following me for a while. Still hoping we'll be able to get back to it someday, but I'm sadly not holding my breath
"Pedantic" and "[easily] sidetracked" are painfully accurate, to the point that I wonder if I sleep-walked to my computer to send this to myself
I do try to give off a friendly vibe both online and in real life, I feel like life is better when the people around me are happy with me rather than upset, so I'm glad to know I'm succeeding at that!
My reviews take a lot of inspiration from video essayists like TotallyNotMark or MrMorj while still trying to keep my own voice, so based on that comment, I'm going to say that it probably shows. I've always wanted to try my hand at making videos like those, I'm just trying to build up the confidence to now
I think there's already a youtube channel called Shonen Flop dedicated to talking about canceld Jump properties, but I would love to be able to take a look back at a number of them in that style myself. It's not the main thing I want to focus on if I become a video essayist, but it's definitely something I'd like to touch on
I first started playing video games when I would visit my aunt who had an old NES with the basics like Super Marios 1 and 3, the OG Mario Bros, Duck Hunt, Zelda 1, and the notoriously difficult Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Of course they were all hard for me, I was a little baby boy with no dexterity or capacity to understand game mechanics, but I didn't care, I was just having fun. That was definitely what led to me liking Nintendo more than all of the other options, since it guaranteed I'd always be excited by the prospect of a new Mario or Zelda
I think it was the GameBoy Color and GBA that really got me, though, since those were the first consoles I actually owned for myself. I have tons of formative memories playing those, but to actually answer your specific question, I have exactly one core memory where I noticed my preferences actually forming
My mom was taking my brother and me on a road trip and let us rent a few games each from Blockbuster; I chose Wario Lands 3 and 4, and while playing them, I noticed that while 4 let you have your full skillset from the beginning, 3 needed you to unlock it as you went. I found the concept somewhat confusing at first, but once I realized what was going on, it made sense that it was a way to motivate the player to keep going and to revisit areas. It taught me going forward that just because you can't do something in a game now, it doesn't mean you won't be able to later
I thought the concept was interesting and saw the appeal, but I didn't really like it in the moment. I made the decision right there "I prefer games where you have all of your abilities from the beginning." That feeling still persists, but it's much more complicated now that I've played so many more games and games themselves are so much more complex
Not every game can communicate its mechanics quickly and concisely, so drip-feeding them is a great way to get someone acquainted to a complex system, but at the same time that feeling of limitation in the beginning can prove detrimental to the experience if not balanced correctly
Aside from that, my taste in games never used to be based on brand or anything, it was just whatever was the most fun, which led to me playing a lot of weird esoteric games. I've been thinking about them all day, so here's a quick, non-exhaustive list of my favorite childhood games
Dokapon: Monster Hunter (GBA)
Planet Monsters (GBA)
Magi Nation (GBC)
Kirby: Tilt n Tumble (GBC)
Game and Watch Gallery 4
Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Heartbreak (GBA)
Frogger's Adventures: Temple of the Frog (GBA)
Sonic Advance (GBA)
Shaman King: Master of Spirits (GBA)
Megaman Xtreme 2 (GBC)
And of course, the ones that still persist as my all time favorite, Legend of Zelda: Oracles of Ages and Seasons
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This feels pretty damn good to knock off the list to be honest :)
So I finished Bloodmoon... as far as I care to at least (sorry to say!)
This expansion, in addition to some misc quests (which I did most if not all of), and the main quest (which I took the human path on), also has a pretty decently sized Town questline where you make a town.
That's usually my jam, but I've actually watched someone do that questline before and it kinda isn't- I probably wouldn't find too much wrong with it being the constant back and forth that it is but having seen it done I didn't feel too interested in doing it for myself this time around.
ANYWHO!
Blood moon thoughts?
It's like 50x better than Tribunal lmao.
It's not some magnificent perfectly crafted expansion, but it's just way better than Tribunal's "Go to the sewers!" format.
Solstheim is a pretty decent location that is genuinely just enjoyable to explore.
The main quest is a 100x better than Tribunal in terms of what you do- there's a lot of variety in what you do tbh.
And the main quest is pretty cool in story too with a lot more to find interesting than Tribunal- you help a struggling fort only for it to get attacked by werewolves, you help the local people and learn of their ways which is cool, you can become a werewolf and do stuff from their side of the fence instead, and the ultimate enemy- while a bit backloaded as Hircine doesn't hog the spotlight for the human route until the end- he's a good villain, he's a daedric prince and all that jazz, good stuff.
There's still some flaws, or at least imperfections.
Not a ton of variety in enemies- or at least it really feels it. You fight like 100 berserks and witches, 200 goblin guys, and some wolves and bears, then the expansion ends. It's a decent chunk of variety on paper (which I won't list here) but it doesn't feel it when you just fight berserkers and goblins all day.
And while Tribunal had the dreaded sewers that you explore a hundred times, Bloodmoon has a hundred little crypts which are all the exact same layout.
There's More, just like how Tribunal has More- but it's kinda funny how you explore 1 dungeon a hundred times in Tribunal, and there are a hundred dungeons all with the same layout in Bloodmoon lmao.
I honestly prefer BM's format on that tbh. But it's two cut corner design formats either way, regardless of reason, I'm just annoyed with Tribunals sewers and unphased by the crypt spam in BM. Personal preference.
But yeah! Now I can say I've at least played through both expansions and the base game of Morrowind.
My take away of the WHOLE deal in as few words as I can?
Tribunal can be skipped tbh. Kinda boring. You do get to kill a living god though which is neat, and there's some good loot, but really the best thing it gives ya is a good Power which restores 25 to all stats- a godsend for those "Fucking lord, what curse or drain spell hit me?" moments. Also the final boss is harder BEFORE the final encounter, which is a fun challenge to do for fun :)
Bloodmoon is pretty cool! I hate werewolf and vampire transformation in bethesda games so that part is entirely moot, but the land, quests, fights, all pretty cool! Didn't really give me any memorable loot tbh, got a big mace with great damage but I ain't using that. Also they clearly had bias, there are a lot of cutscenes in this expansion- I didn't see ANY of them until I used the dev ring, because all of them but the final one are werewolf exclusive, lmao.
Morrowind?
I fucking really like morrowind :)
Mostly the early game though, tbh. The early game where you're pathetic and trash and death is around every corner while you struggle to find so much as a shoulder pad? I LOVE how that feels in this. The rest is good too, but man does early game Morrowind stand out as an experience- one I'd gladly revisit. End game is a bit too easy, you get strong fast. I could rectify that with adjusting the difficulty but that's a band aid I wasn't willing to bother with.
Amazing game, I like Morrowind a lot, probably my favorite TES game. Nice stuff :)
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[ idol!au ] — ateez x 7/11 employee reader
notes: this is so fucking stupid i'm cackling. some are based on their vlogs : minkiway, achallenz, ateezlog, and 1day vlog.
— hongjoong
"Let's get the strawberry yogurt smoothie."
"But we already got too many custard and pudding cups?"
"Do you want San to mope for the next two days?"
"No?"
"Alright then. So, get the yogurt smoothie."
You hear the commotion and bickering before even spotting the two, a faint smile finding itself onto your features. You most definitely weren't eavesdropping. Their bickering was audible throughout the entire expanse of the small store, and you finally peered up from organizing the display of flavored gum to spot the smaller of the two give the taller an exasperated expression.
"You know I don't like spicy! Why would you even suggest that, you bum?"
"You asked for my opinion, Joong," Seonghwa rolls his eyes, gaze locking with yours in the process. A knowing smile crawls its way onto his visage for a brief second, before it's replaced with a faux look of concern, "Oh! Y/n! Why don't you suggest something new for Hongjoong to try out?"
At the sound of your name being called, the smaller male stiffens considerably, hand nearly loosening around the packet of kimbap in his hands. With a suspicious glare, his head instantly snaps to his friend, who in return sent a friendly smile towards you. Seonghwa nearly laughed at the flustered male in his peripheral vision, before nodding in acknowledgment towards you once you made yourself towards the aisle. Hongjoong helplessly watched as you conversed with Seonghwa, your laughter ringing in his ears like soft, melodious chimes.
The tips of Hongjoong's ears burned red, his hand subconsciously reaching up several times to tussle his tresses and hide the obvious signs of his infatuation and nervousness. Seonghwa's eyes glimmered with mischief as they briefly darted to eye his sweating comrade.
"I really like this one," you picked up a warm pack of the spicy cheese kimbap to offer them a look, your eyes flickering to Hongjoong immediately, "But you don't like anything spicy, right Hong-"
"I'll take it!"
Seonghwa merely casts him a look of surprise, and Hongjoong almost stutters as the taller scrutinizes him. Was he that obvious?
"I've actually been enjoying spicy food for the past few weeks," he claims defensively, shoulders straightening and frame subconsciously leaning towards your own as he quickly picks up a conversation with you, cheeks red and lips tugged up into a jaw-breaking smile.
When the two step out of the small convenience store, plastic bags in hand, Seonghwa waste no millisecond to address the elephant in the room, tone complacent and all.
"You're whipped."
— seonghwa
You stare at the blue cart filled to the brim with yogurt cups, and you give the tall male a puzzled look. You were accustomed to having the eight men from upstairs purchase an abundance of food, from dried goods to ready-to-eat meals, but this was new.
"Seonghwa, is this really for all eight of you? Just.. yogurt," you mused curiously, hesitant hands reaching towards the yogurt cups to begin scanning and bagging them.
"Yes and no," he offers a soft smile, hands reaching towards the number candle display, rolling it to the side in search of the desired numbers. He places a number 2 and 3 onto the counter, and you're even more confused than before, "It's for Hongjoong's cake. His birthday is today."
"Then why do you need the yogurt?"
"The yogurt is the cake."
Your lips form a silent 'oh' as you nodded absentmindedly. The two of you share a moment of silence, before your shared laughter erupts throughout the convenience store.
"How thoughtful of you, Hwa," you drawl out teasingly, gaze unwavering from his chiseled face, "That's cute. I bet he'll love it."
Seonghwa nods silently, a polite smile brightening his features as he helps you with the items and bags, insisting he'll pack up the yogurt while you scan. He had a habit of always needing to help and making sure he wasn't being too much of a bother. His head snaps up once you call his name for nth time, and a faint dusting of pink blooms on his facial features as he meets your gaze, "Oh. Sorry, did you call me?"
You giggle lightheartedly as you finalize the amount of his purchase, eyes curiously meeting his, "If you were to pick a non-traditional birthday cake, what would it be?"
"Ah, tteokbokki," he states without a second to lose, eyes sparkling underneath the fluorescent lights of the store, "it will definitely be tteokbokki."
"When the time comes, I'll gladly make you a tteokbokki birthday cake," you accept the cash from his hands, before closing the cash register with a bump of your hip, hands working on tying the two plastic bags filled with yogurt cups, "I mean- of course, if you don't mind that is?"
A bashful smile nearly breaks his face into two as he accepts the bags, hands purposefully brushing against your knuckles a second too long as he nearly laughs in amusement at your nervous smile, "I'd love that, Y/n."
— yunho
You wrap the damp rag around your lithe finger to wipe around the buttons and crevices of the dusty cash register. Once it was practically sparkling, you decided to wipe away at the glass fridge displays, roughly rubbing the stubborn fingerprints that remained on the surface.
The doorbell chimed, and from where you stood, you were unable to see the customer that had just walked in. The sound of a group of males pierced the silence of the store, along with the rumbling of the vending machines in the corner. Nevertheless, you called out with a warm welcome and hastily wiped the last of the few glass doors. Your co-worker was supposed to be here minutes ago, while you were slaving around cleaning the place all on your own and dealing with customers simultaneously.
Removing your gloves, you internally grumbled at the fact your co-worker was late from lunch for the third time this same week. Stomping your way towards the cash register you failed to remember to add a wet-floor sign onto the area you had just mopped, utterly forgetting about the whole ordeal as you made yourself to the front of the store. As you turned the corner, your sneakers skidded loudly against the slippery tiles, your frame instantly thrown off balance as a clipped yelp left your mouth, hands bracing in front of your face to shield it from any damage.
It took a few seconds for you to realize a pair of arms were secured around your waist, and you silently gaped at the male above you with a stupefied expression.
Of course, it had to be him.
The very same man you've been crushing on for a few months now. The very same man who worked three stories above you.
Yunho was so graceful for someone so tall.
"Oh, thanks," he laughed in amusement at your shocked expression, your hands reaching up to clamp around your mouth in horror, "Are you okay though? You... uh, you should put a wet-floor sign. Wouldn't want anyone suing you for falling, now would you?"
Heaven knows you were never more thankful for your co-worker being late again than ever before. You were so close to him, you can practically smell the cologne sprayed on his neck.
"No! No, of course not! I'll get it right away!"
When you scurry from his arms and to the back to rummage in the closet, Wooyoung's voice and laughter ring out loudly behind you.
"But you fall harder every time we come here! Just sue Y/n alread—" a muffled sound of a punch and a loud squeal of pain followed suit, "Ow! Hulk hands! What was that for!?"
— yeosang
In the late hours of the evening, you found yourself guiding Yeosang through the aisles of the convenience store for a mission he had to complete for a series they were filming. When you spotted no cameras around, you sighed in relief.
"You know you're cheating, right?" You ask as the male crouches down to examine the array of rice balls and other food on display.
"There are no cameras here. No one will know."
You pause momentarily to glance at the security camera nestled in the corner, before rolling your eyes and crouching next to him to aid him in his task. This isn't an uncommon occurrence. Yeosang has come down to the store numerous times to grab items for the vlogs he filmed. One time it was utensils and a bowl, and the other time was an abundance of gummy bears.
"I can't believe you're making me do this for you," you laugh in disbelief as he stands to watch you look around for a particular item.
"You know what my members like more than I do," he muses with a soft smile, "they practically live here."
"Yeosang," you called out with a quirk of your brow, "you live with them. If anyone's capable, it's you."
"I know. I still need your help though."
You internally sigh and get to work, not that you minded in the slightest. Your heart was practically hammering out of your chest the moment he stepped foot inside the store.
"The guys usually get this pack of ramyun almost every visit, along with this rice ball," you arrange the food in his cart, before dragging him into another aisle, "We also got this new shipment of honey rice cakes- I'm sure Seonghwa will like them. He usually prefers the older types of snacks. Wait. Do you need Mingi's diarrhea medicine too?" You joke with a lighthearted laugh.
Yeosang gives you a grimace, and his judging eyes study you for a second too long that has your neck and ears heating up rapidly, "No, Y/n. Mingi's digestive system is doing just fine now.."
Yeosang nods absentmindedly as he's dragged to and fro from one aisle to the next, unable to focus on the words that come flying rapidly from your mouth "..And Hongjoong always tries new potato chips every time he visits, but these are his favorite, I can tell. San likes anything sweet. If there's no more yogurt smoothies left, just get a chocolate bar."
You peer at Yeosang who remained silent the entire time, his unfocused gaze trained on you. With a snap of your fingers in front of his face, he startles at the sudden sound, eyes wide and darting rapidly in confusion, "Oh! Sorry, Y/n. I got distracted there. Did you say something?"
"Cute," you laugh airily at his flustered expression, thumb jutting behind you towards the drink display, "I almost forgot the most important item- coke! You guys are the reason it's always out of stock here."
Taking a look at the clock above the door, you gawp in disbelief as you wait for the male to fish out his wallet, "Yeo, you've been here for the past half hour. They're going to think you got lost."
"No, that's alright," Yeosang mumbles as he hands you a sufficient amount of cash for the items, eyes looking anywhere but your face, "We should do this again sometime."
"Hm," you glance back up at him questioningly, "Sure. Whenever your next challenge is, I suppose. I don't mind helping."
He reaches up to awkwardly scratch his neck, lips pressing together into a firm line before he has the courage to meet your eyes and reply, "Oh- no. I meant.. on our own free time. No challenge. Just us two. Hanging out? Buying snacks?"
You almost stumble over yourself at his words, hands clammy and face burning. Nodding subtly, you fail to realize the goofy, flirtatious smile settling on your face as you hand him the receipt.
"Challenge accepted."
— san
"And they said it tastes like toothpaste! Can you believe them?"
You reached out to pat a hand onto the taller male's back in a caring manner, nodding when he asked you how ridiculous the other members' statements were.
"Yes, of course," you console him as you carefully organized the new shipment of chocolate bars on display, allowing the male to vent to you in the aisles of the convenience store he frequently visited from upstairs. He's also been trying to persuade you to join his mint chocolate cult for the past two weeks now.
"Mint chocolate doesn't taste like toothpaste! Toothpaste tastes like mint chocolate," San brushes a hand through his pink locks, eyeing you for a reply in agreement. You think he only came down here not only to vent, but to also fuel his ego by finding another person to agree with his statements and judge his friends' taste in food- other than Mingi, of course, "don't you agree?"
You nearly laugh at the awaiting gaze that overtakes his features. He was very serious about this topic, so it was safe to assume his older friends bashed the flavor to the point San took it almost personally, "Yes, San. For the hundredth time, mint and chocolate are the perfect pair. They're like.. peanut butter and jelly. Cheese and corn. Strawberries and bananas. And-"
"Me and you."
You think you hear wrong as he quickly dashes towards the ice cream freezer to grab a handful of mint chocolate ice cream pints.
"What?"
"Hm?" he has the audacity to tilt his head in amusement, eyes practically twinkling with mischief, "What's the matter, Y/n?"
How dare he fluster you like this. Your jaw is slack as he walks back over to you with the same, bright smile and dimple on display. The words nearly die in your throat as he looms over you with a look of mock curiosity and innocence, "N-nothing, uh- do you want me to check you out?"
"You're more than welcome to anytime, Y/n. No need to ask."
His smile stretches in amusement as your eyes widen in shock. He knew what he was doing to you. You choked out a response, nodding your head as you made yourself over to the register counter.
Once placing the ice cream pints and eight plastic spoons in the bag, you handed it to the bubblegum haired male, whose eyes crinkled happily, "No need to be shy, Y/n. Sometimes, all you need is," he reached over to press the tip of your nose back with the pad of his finger, "encourage-mint."
His laughter rung like the bell chime that signaled his departure, and before he turned the corner to go back to the entertainment building upstairs, he sent you a quick and mischievous wink.
— mingi
The steam from your ramyun cup swirled up to meet the cold air as you sat alone in front of the convenience store for your lunch break. You watched as people scuttled through the streets in an attempt to avoid the light misting of rain. The cup of steaming noodles helped warm your hands though, and the store awning provided enough shelter from the rain.
Taking a generous amount of noodles in your mouth, you slightly wince at the searing temperature on your lips.
"Y/n? What're you doing out here?"
A voice caught your attention, and your head snaps up to meet the eyes of the well-dressed male standing nearby with a to-go bag in hand. You stare with stuffed cheeks and wide eyes, quickly ducking your head to drop the remaining noodles hanging from your lips back into the steaming cup. You don't know why he's asking a question like that. He, along with the others, have numerously visited the store or were nearby when you were on your lunch break. Even Yunho memorized your lunch schedule throughout the week.
"Mingi! Hi-" you cough out suddenly, hand quickly reaching up to wipe the sauce from your lips. He makes his way over to where you're sitting, before plopping beside you and proceeding to open the bag in his hands. You give him a questioning look, and when he feels his eyes on you, he turns to you with a smile.
"You don't mind if I eat lunch with you, yeah?" He snaps his chopsticks apart and gives you a hopeful look, "You just seem all bored and lonely by yourself."
You stare flabbergasted at his words, before shaking your head almost too quickly after a moment of silence. You didn't mind the lack of company actually, but Mingi was too sweet for you to deny, "No, of course not. But it's okay, you don't have to-"
"One doesn't let their friend eat all alone," he simpers, before eyeing his styrofoam box and thrusting it in front of you, "Here! You should try some barbecue eel. It's perfect for this kind of weather."
The two of you spent the next half hour conversing and stuffing your mouths full of food he had gotten from his mother's restaurant. His eyes sparkled once you complimented his mother's cooking skills, and a contagious smile found itself on his visage as you asked for the name of the place. He slurped another strand of noodle into his mouth before boisterously replying with a raised brows and a bright smile.
"I'll see if I'll have time this weekend to visit it," you accepted the napkin he offered you to wipe your mouth, before crumbling it and tidying up the area. He stands to discard the empty boxes of food and bags before checking the time on his phone.
"I'd love to spend more time with you, but Hongjoong will have my ass if I don't go back in time," he laughs loudly while dusting his clothes to rid himself of any fallen crumb, "Oh! Here's a card for my mother's restaurant! I always carry some with me wherever I go."
You accepted it with a grateful smile, brows knitting in confusion at the numbers scribbled on the corner of the small business card, "Oh, there's a number here? Is it their new number?"
"It's mine," he says while patting your head with a cheeky smile, "Next time, we should eat together there— where it's warm and not out here in the freezing cold."
You gape in awe at him, face flushing almost immediately. Mingi smiles, internally reminding himself to thank Yunho for the idea later.
— wooyoung
"Y/n! I can't believe you betrayed me like this!?"
Peeking your head up curiously, you quirked a brow in the direction of the heaving male, "What are you talking about?"
You place the last stack of cash into the register before closing it shut. The display of candy near the register needed organizing, and you sigh to yourself before you begin working on it. His friends stand outside, in front of the store, conversing amongst each other as they waited for him to finish grabbing 'something extremely important'.
Your friend nearly reached over the counter to shake you by your shoulders with an exasperated cry of anguish, "You told me you'll save me at least one of the BTS cold brew bottles! They're all sold out! Again!"
Oh. Of course that was the problem.
You roll your eyes at his dramatic rant, elbows resting onto the counter as you leaned forward teasingly. You were grateful no one else was in the store while Wooyoung had his meltdown. He would've probably frightened them anyway.
"I told you when the new shipment comes in to save me each version of them!"
"Wooyoung- it's just canned americano. We have plenty more brands to tr-"
"No! It has BTS on the packaging!" He explains quickly, "Don't you realize it's a godsend to have packaged food and drinks with their faces on it!?"
"You're going to throw the packaging away anyway! What's the point?" Your unimpressed face studies his in confusion. Internally, you smile to yourself at his frustrated tone. You love to rile him up.
When you were met with silence, you scrunched your nose in distaste, arms crossing in front of your chest defensively. He looks a bit flustered at your gaze, shoulders shrugging silently.
"Gross! Wooyoung, were you seriously planning on keeping and collecting them? Aren't you overdoing it?"
He lets out an indignant squawk and pins you with a pointed stare, which you returned with a blank blinking of your eyes.
"I don't tell you how to live."
Rolling your eyes, you turn to rummage through your bag tucked beneath the counter, before fishing out two cans of the americano. Wooyoung's eyes open wide in astonishment.
"You're lucky I remembered. My manager only let me buy two."
"Y/n?" He scrambles to the counter to take a good look at the cans, before he finds himself tugging you forward by your head with a loud cry of excitement, to which you groaned in protest, "I knew it! I knew you wouldn't let me down!"
Your face flushes at the close proximity and when the bell chimes signaling a new customer, your heart drops to your stomach in fright. You did not need anyone witnessing this. Wooyoung's grip was relentless as he squeezed your cheeks together and continued to praise you for being the most trustworthy person he knows.
"Wooyoung, how many times have I told you harassing someone isn't the way to express your feelings," Hongjoong's annoyed voice calls out from the front.
— jongho
You attempted to remain inconspicuous as you huddled over your phone over the counter, eyes glued onto the screen displaying the current live video. You swore you could hear their rackety footsteps and shouts from three stories below. You wouldn't be surprised if one of them came crashing down from the ceiling one day. An infatuated sigh and droopy smile tugged at your lips as you leaned your cheek against your palm.
A few minutes later, you had to mute your phone to attend a customer ( because heaven knows how loud and rowdy they get when they're all together. And you didn't need their argument about butts to blast out throughout the store ). To your displeasure, another few came strolling in. You wanted to groan in frustration at their impeccable timing. Of course, Ateez would start a live during your shift, and of course customers came flocking in as if the convenience store was suddenly a magnet.
By now, you've missed a good portion of the live, and some of the customers gave you wary looks as you trembled to hastily bag every item they purchased. You nearly ripped the register out in the process of your haste.
You thought it was finally the last of the burdensome customers, when a handful of bags of chips, ice cream pints, and ramyun cups were placed onto the counter. Sighing subtly, you glance up to give the customer a fake smile, only to gape as the male across from you has his eyes set onto your phone screen.
You feel the force of heat rush to your face like a volcano spitting out molten magma, and with a noise between a strangled gasp and cry, your hand quickly slams on top of your phone to shield the screen and hopefully save the last bit of dignity left in your system. You gripped it against your chest with a panicked grin, and his eyes flickered down and then back up to meet your own.
The last thing you wanted was for the boys to know you keep tab of their activities and projects. You were just supposed to be the friendly clerk downstairs. You muster up the energy to not feel too affected by the questioning stare the other is giving you.
"Well," the male chuckles at your perplexed and flustered expression, "I've caught you red handed, Y/n."
Your smile falters at the accusation.
"It's not what it looks like. It just popped up from my notifications- I wasn't even-"
"Hey, hey!" He suddenly quips playfully, arms out in front of him in defense, "No need to be so defensive. So, I take it you were lying when you said you weren't an Atiny?"
Your silence was a dead giveaway, and his smile only grew wider as you attempted to shrink into yourself.
"Who's your bias?" He tried again, and you laughed it off, quickly changing the topic by asking him how many napkins and spoons he needed for the ice cream. He reached a hand up to brush the red bangs from his eyes, before looming over the register a bit suspiciously. When your head snaps up to give him a look of confusion, his attention is suddenly drawn to the gas medicine displayed on the counter. You sigh in relief as you hand him the bags before wishing him a good rest of the day.
"Y/n?"
Before he bid you farewell from the door, he waved a hand up, mischievous smile plying at his lips, "Nice photocard you have there on your phone."
Your eyes glance down immediately to your device resting on the counter, breath leaving your lungs in embarrassment as the same red-head smiles back at you from your phone. Jongho's laughter can still be heard from outside even with the door shut, and you suddenly wish the floor will swallow you up to save the remaining crumb of dignity you had left.
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Hi Bio! Been watching Barn owl videos and had some biology thoughts. If you've given it thought in the Maskers AU, does Dream's species rear their young like owls, cats or humans? At what age can Maskers shift, and which form are they born in?
ok I've been thinking Far too much about this question the last couple of days because i feel entirely embarrassed that i didn't actually have anything on-hand for this. but thankfully now i do :) kind of.
(put under a read more because im sure some people would prefer not to scroll a hundred miles past my worldbuilding stuff ;P)
so while they are very much similar to owls in their appearance, I would base their social structure a little more like raccoons or cats (the former of which is actually... about accurate for the size that maskers actually are - more on that in the sequel, if I ever actually get around to starting it ^^) in that they are social but to a point. they engage in fission-fusion societies, where individuals or small groups traveling will clump together with others to form larger groups to spread information, gossip, etc. this can be seen with how ecsde sees it as normal to spend the night hanging out in dreams camp, trading information and enjoying dream's 'food' before setting off in their separate directions. it does mean that actual 'towns' and the like of maskers are harder to come across, but it's easier to see town 'shells' of permanent structures that are inhabited by traveling maskers, like those forest clearings that lead to massive groups of elephants gathering together to socialize. a town is more like a convention hall in a way, it's just a large handy area for events and meetups to occur, rather than a permanent place for people to inhabit.
ok now with all that out of the way, I can actually answer your questions ;P while it wouldve been extremely tempting to make them continue to have the 'cuckoo bird' sort of aesthetic I had set up with dream being an unknowing predator in their midst, I've decided that they raise their own young. they are reared in their large state, their 'natural' state, to the point that younger maskers would find it difficult to navigate the world in their 'tiny' form. it would be more of a cat-like arrangement, with a litter of 'kittens' raised by several individuals in a group that the mother is a part of. they can technically shift from birth, but it is a conscious effort to do so, and usually kits will not start shifting for a couple of months past birth. this is for good reason - a young masker shifting into their small form could get crushed underneath their siblings if they're not careful.
dream's backstory isn't something that I really plan to go into too much, but I do know that he wasn't around the rest of his 'litter' as it were for too long. the world for tinies, even larger ones like maskers (which, once again, are technically classified as tinies for reasons that i hope to get into eventually :>) is a harsh one, and just like humankind before modern medicine, it's one where high mortality rates in young are pretty common. how he got separated didn't really matter, but it did mean that he never really learned much about maskers at all (until the fic at least ;P). word doesn't spread fast amongst tiny villages too, so the first group of tinies he found didnt know of maskers. he was able to become just another orphan somehow picked up from the forests by some fluke of luck.
#i should probably stop here#im sure i could write more but its just getting ridiculous at this rate#please imagine baby maskers exactly like baby barn owns tho - balls of lint with little heart faces hidden in them#owls*#worldbuilding#maskers au#mcyt gt#its certainly not a kind world but... thats life when you are the size of a mouse#and there are absolutely animals larger than you
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hi! i love the snowy landscape process video you posted!! i was wondering if you could talk about about the brushes/textures (??) you used during painting the landscape? I've been trying to paint more but i find myself overapplying the blur tool too much instead of blending manually, but i found your process to use it really well.
Sure!
I'm putting this under the cut though, because it got a bit long. 😂
So specific tools and software doesn't actually really matter, but for the record, what I used there is *checks video* Clip Studio Paint's gouache brush, the big textured brush I believe came from Ahmed's brush pack, (which was made for photoshop but can be imported into CSP) it's one of the oil brushes with the texture scale turned down, I believe. Then the lasso tool, an airbrush tool for some softness and color overlays and such, and CSP's "gauze cloud" as the textured brush for the snowy fog around the top of the mountains. I briefly used a blending tool on the sky, but tbh.. I don't really like blending tools. But my main goal there was to just soften that back into a gradient.
Oh and a little bit of the finger smudge tool in the water.
Which is actually way more tools than I'd normally use. Usually best to stick to only a few, tbh. You want your render to be at least somewhat consistent.. Not that it's a Rule. I mean use however many a piece demands, it doesn't really matter. The point is you don't want to over-complicate the process unnecessarily, or let playing with brushes distract from focusing on the piece itself. Anyway.
To get to the point.
Beginners are commonly warned against using blur/blending tools and airbrushes, because overblending is a very tempting and common tendency when you start out. You can lose form and texture. And when everything is really soft, even the slightest hard edge stands out simply by contrast, which can encourage more overblending. So it's common to be kinda scared of hard edges lol.
But hard/firm edges are super important! They're important for composition, defining form, creating visual interest, etc.
And even in areas of softness and rest you can create interest with texture and brushstrokes and color vibration and all that good stuff, which is why manual blending is usually preferred. But it is partly a matter of style. The best area for blur specifically would probably be if you wanted that out-of-focus effect. (but in such a case I think using smth like gaussian blur on an entire layer, rather than a blur tool, would be best... but I digress.)
If you find yourself overblending, my advice would be to confiscate your blur/blending/airbrush tools for a while lol.
It's actually only just recently that I started using them at all. And even then I mainly use airbrushes, and rarely touch blending tools. But I feel more comfortable with it now, because I'm not using them to blend away my problems lol. I use them more deliberately now, rather than using them as a crutch to make something look smooth and pretty to compensate for my lack of fundamentals or something. Not that I'm totally free of that, though lol. My fundamentals are still not very strong, and I still think I overblend too much.
General rule of thumb: If you're still learning the basics, it's best to stick to the basics. Tools are tools, there's no shame in any of them, but some you have to be a bit careful with. So when it comes to blending tools and airbrushing, I'd recommend trying to limit your use of them, especially at the start. Learning to blend manually is important, and it also gives you far more control.
Pay attention to your reference. The main places I'd use soft brushes and/or blending tools are things like soft gradients in the sky or water, or to establish some base color gradients over which you can do more textured detail work, or ambient occlusion.
And try to stick to the principle of contrast. Soft edge, hard edge, soft edge, hard edge. Simplicity, complexity. That constant back and forth rhythm creates visual interest.
Okay idk if any of that answered your question, but I'll stop here. Feel free to let me know if I need to clarify something.
And sorry if you were hoping for brevity 😂
I hope it helped, though?
I'm going to leave you with Marco Bucci's video on edges. I'd also highly recommend checking out his other videos, they are all very very well done. Seriously quality information.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnhj5efzN_w
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Saturday 22/5/21 - Learning When it is OK to Drop a Series
The way I consume shows and books makes it difficult to keep a constant schedule of entertainment. I am very guilty of binge watching/reading, when I start a series, I will watch up to ten episodes in one sitting well after midnight. Then i sit around for weeks at a time putting off starting the next thing, knowing it too will take all my attention for a few days.
Unfortunately this binge behaviour means that I have often been a poor judge of character when it comes to whether I should finish something. Hey I'm already 10 episodes into this show, might as well watch all 24 episodes. And that has meant I've got a number of series on my Finished Anime List that I sort of feel wasted my time.
Higurashi is moe-horror, a very specific flavour of anime/manga where the characters and themes are cute on the surface but there is abuse, murder and monstrosities when you get even skin deep.
The true catalyst for this epiphany was an anime called Higurashi: When they Cry NEW. I followed up on it after a streamer I watch said the original series was one of their favourite anime. The show is a psychological and physical horror, and as I've discussed in previous blog posts, my domain is usually Slice of Life, so... a far cry from my comfort zone. I told the two friends I get anime reccomendations from that I was watching it and their reaction was very telling of signs I shouldve read.
The friend who suggests me Slice of Life and Isekai/Fantasy anime told me that he would never touch an anime like Higurashi with a ten foot pole. The friend who suggests me Fan Service and Horror anime told me that she tried to watch Higurashi but thought it was pretty dumb and hard to watch.
I continued to watch the show, I was 8 episodes in, and wanted to see if it got better. At 17 episodes, I was questioning again whether I should drop it, but I was almost done, so why not just finish? I regretted that.
This post is not a recommendation against Higurashu by the way, but my opinion is, if you're ok with very visceral gore horror, heavy themes of abuse, and looping stories that only get scarier with each retelling... hey, Higurashi could be for you, but in hindsight, it wasn't for me.
After I finished Higurashi, I caught up on Log Horizon, an anime I am very familiar with and enjoyed a lot.
After watching Higurashi I vowed to myself to only search out anime I know I'll be interested in, or take on suggestions from my friends who know what I like. Since Higurashi I haven't chosen to drop any series, but I also have only watched one Isekai and three Slice of Life's since then, and I thoroughly enjoyed all start to finish. But to safeguard myself against future bad binges, I'm gonna end this post with some advice to myself, and others, on how to ensure your media consumption is enjoyable.
1. Keep records and check for patterns
On my phone I have a Notes file detailing all the anime I've finished. I mostly do this because I have an obsession with documenting my habits and looking back, but it also helps as a way to reflect on what type on anime I have enjoyed in the past.
If you have a record of what you have watched, you can look over the list and find trends. Then you choose new series that have a lot in common with your faves.
I have enjoyed many romance anime, and the one mecha anime I've seen, Guren Lagann, I enjoyed a lot. So when heard that Darling in the Franxx was a mecha anime with romance, I was veryyy interested.
2. Swap stories with friends
On the list I discussed above, about 80% of the anime I've watched were recommendations from friends. It's like a learning AI, but with real people. Friends give you a bunch of anime to watch and you tell them which ones you enjoyed. Then they can get back to you with anime they think you'd enjoy based on past preferences.
Ben-to was an anime I recently watched because a friend told me it's just the type of show I'd enjoy.
My friends have gotten really good at recommending me anime that I enjoy because I've told them when I'm watching a new show and whether I like it or not. Because of my long dry spells, I dont watch a tonne, but I also give my own recommendations back and they've enjoyed my suggestions.
3. Unsure? Four episodes
Ages ago, I was watching a podcast run by 3 streamers called LewdCast and they had a segment where they had an anime bookclub; basically they'd come to each podcast having watched an anime and discuss whether they liked it or not. But having to watch an entire series per week not knowing whether you'd like it is exhausting. So their rule was to watch the first four episodes.
Food Wars was actually a recommendation from LewdCast that I was very hooked into by Episode 4, so I watched the entire series and it is still my fave anime this year.
Episodes 1 and 2 are usually world building and introduction of themes and characters. So dismissing an anime after the first episode isn't giving it a proper chance. But after 4 episodes, the themes have been established, you're introduced to core characters, and you've been given a glimpse of what the flow or hook of the show is. You're at least partway into an arc and you understand how the show will operate overall.
Some people will tell you, "Oh this show is a slow burn, but it gets really good deep into the first season", but the truth is, if you're hating it or not hooked after 4 episodes, it's probably not worth it. If a friend I know tells me, "trust me, you'll enjoy this", then I will probably stick with a show I'm on the fence with more then 4 episodes. But if you sought out a show on your own and you don't know if you'd like it, give it four episodes. If you don't wanna finish it after that, drop it.
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• Day 7: Favourite male character
I have so many opinions so like.. I'll do my top 5 [That haven't been answered like I picked Usopp for fav Straw Hat so I won't include him here]
In no real order..
Law
But more importantly preskip Law I like what a smug little shit he was and how he seemed like a devious character who was just kinda around to fuck shit up. This lanky prick of a man in a world of pirates rocks up in jeans and a hoody and is like 'what up' I was pretty hyped when I found out he was sorta based on Edward Low. I liked he was cocky and messed up but always looked like it was seconds away from the best nap of his life. Also appeared to be high as fuck for a good part of preskip. I really fell in love with this sort of character. I mean I still like his angsty post skip self but I feel I'm a little basic for being so into him cus 'moody and serious' hadn't been 'my type'
Franky
Again I prefer preskip but thats due to the hair and I am a shallow butthole sometimes. Franky's past is always a really sad one for me and I love how loyal he is. like he'd take a secret to the grave with him. I like his found family dynamics with Tom and co. He's so smart and down to earth but at the same time he's so very.. Franky which offsets it. He was a fun bad guy and an even better straw hat. I also love how he was basically 'I've known this woman like five minutes but sure I'll risk my life for her, she cute' at Robin.
Foxy
OK LISTEN I don't wanna bone him like everyone else on this list but I love him. Davy Back Fight episodes are some of my fav because they are comfort episodes whenever I'm super depressed. Foxy is useless and doesn't pose any real danger to anyone, his power is dumb, he's dumb but I find him so funny. Also his crew loves him, everyone on his crew always looks like they are having a blast and living such fun lives. I wanna be part of that crew.
Buggy
Following the theme of ridiculous men I love. Buggy, he was a fav bad guy from when I first started watching [which was when it actually came out cus damn bitch, I'm old] and I love that he keeps coming back. IMPEL DOWN would have been such a dull arc if not for him and then his marriage to Mr.3. I love his relationship with Shanks and how it feels almost cannon that they are exes and Buggy just won't let it fucking go. He's a joke but I love him. I always enjoy episodes with him, his power is fucking nuts and like myself he cannonly could be one of the strongest but he is just if CBA was a person.
Corazon
I think most people who really, really like Law can't help but really love Corazon. Like he's so beloved for someone who was dead before we even got to meet him, his entire existence is in flashbacks. He's such a great person, also a total dork and a goof which I love. He was very fun to cosplay. A very good person and also part of one of the saddest back stories.
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