#which was gonna be for my autumn event don't look at me

[hypnotisedfireflies]

I miss Lachie! I specifically miss Tess and Lachie, their family friendship warms my heart every time. Would you perhaps consider giving us a snippet of the two of them? Perhaps a late night conversation while they’re camping out on their way towards Jackson? (I’m desperate to hear anything more about their road trip)

(Also will Lachie make any appearances in IO???)

Hi anon! Thank you for your ask (and giving me the chance to pop back into Driftersverse!)

I don't think Lachie will be appearing in IO. I tend to keep the OCs to their respective universes, DD/SQ, IO, Charro, etc. But who knows??

Hope you like this little ficlet. It's set during the events of TLOU while Ellie and Joel are off Ellieing and Joeling and Tess is making the trip across country with Lachie. This is as they begin to reconnect after the Firefly crew has perished, and Lachie is experiencing the earliest trouble with his lungs that later leads to something worse.

Autumn, 2023 Wisconsin.

In Little Hope, Wisconsin, Lachie did something that he hadn’t done in years.

Dear Mum, Dad and Col.

Lachlan Maynard had penned letters on scraps of paper up and down the USA and posted them in every undamaged mailbox he could find.  He was very careful to address them neatly and correctly.  If everything got back on track – one day, eventually – those letters might make their way home.  Somebody had to empty the mailboxes eventually, right?  And when that happened – if, if that happened – then Lachie wanted that chance of some small piece of him finding his way home, even if he was long-dead and nobody remembered his name anymore.

Some time ago – when exactly, who knew – Lachie had stopped.  The hope that those letters might one day find their way across the ocean had not dwindled (however increasingly unlikely it seemed) but there were fewer things to say.  Sometimes, he didn’t really want his family to know what he’d done.  It was increasingly difficult to explain or justify the confusing nature of the Firefly cause, which sometimes seemed so righteous and other times seemed like a poorly organised terrorist chapter. 

There just wasn’t much he wanted to write home about anymore.

But on this bright, golden autumn day in Little Hope, Lachie felt the urge tickling his fingers once again.  He dug around until he found a pencil.  Lachie sharpened it carefully with his smallest knife and lifted the shavings to his nose.  He breathed them in.  Fresh, new pencils!  His cousin, Shannon, had a box of Derwents that she only used for special occasions.  Nobody else was allowed to use them, but sometimes Lachie liked to lift up the tin lid and have a good, long sniff. 

I am in Wisconsin, he wrote.

“Lachlan.”

He looked up.  He was sitting on the bonnet of the truck to soak up the sunshine.  Tess only called him by his full name when she really wanted his attention.  He looked right and saw her standing against the vibrant backdrop of autumn leaves.  Many were still doggedly clinging to their branches like they could outlast winter.  Lachie could feel its cold, deadly little talons digging deeper into every day.  It made him cough in the mornings.

“Everything okay?”  Lachie pined the paper to his thigh with the side of his hand.  The wind buffeted up a little whirlwind of dry, crackling leaves.

“Your … friend,” she said with as much tact as he could expect, “has a much warmer jacket than mine.  I’m gonna take it.  I just wanted to … tell you before I did it.”

“Oh.”

Lachie glanced at the low ditch on the side of the road where Toni lay.   She’d fallen and suffered a terrible gash to her leg the day before, and had died in the back of the truck during the night.  Catastrophic blood loss.  Lachie used to think Toni was all right, but Toni hadn’t liked Tess, and Toni had made it clear – loudly and often – that Tess would be easier to transport with her vitals preserved in jars.  Dev (before he got himself ripped up by two clickers) told Lachie Toni’s prejudice was rooted in fear, and she was convinced Tess would turn eventually.  Some of the others were, too.   Toni also wanted Tess on reduced rations, and she wanted her restrained at all times. 

Tess gained her full freedom when the numbers of their team dwindled so pitifully that they desperately needed the extra, free hands.  Toni mouthed off only once more after that.  Tess decked her with two hard, savage hits, breaking the other woman’s nose.  The others just looked on – Toni had said some shit, after all.  And Lachie grinned as he gathered up some supplies to treat the injury.  He suddenly felt just that little bit safer.

Tess never had held back.

“I’ll help you,” he suggested.

Lachie jammed the paper in his pocket and pencil behind his ear.  He followed Tess to the ditch and helped skin the thick, fleece-lined jacket down Toni’s arms. 

“You want her boots?”

Tess considered it.  “No, they’re too small for me.”

“Let’s take her jumper too, just in case.”

“Jumper,” Tess repeated, grinning at him.

“You know what I mean.”

“What happened to your accent?”

“It has its moments.”

They completed the grisly task of stripping Toni for the last of her worth and then covered her body with leaves.  The ground wasn’t too hard yet.  They could bury her.  But Lachie didn’t see the point in going to that effort.  They needed to conserve their calories.  And Little Hope was a nice enough place in the world to become bird food.  Toni could do worse.

“Guess that makes you two even for the hard time she gave you.”

“Shut the fuck up,” Tess muttered, shedding her own jacket and dressing in Toni’s.  She emptied the pockets of meaningless trinkets, then turned up the collar.  “Thanks for making that easy.”

“Yeah, no problem.”

“I know she was your friend so … I’m sorry.”

Lachie squinted as another squall twisted a pile of leaves up into a new dance.  “It doesn’t matter.”

The breeze lifted Tess’s hair.   She had long, silver strands throughout now.  It was still kind of hard for Lachie to believe she was really standing there, really alive.  He’d never had any doubt that she’d made it through the years – if anyone could, it was her – but the fact that their paths had crossed again was a miracle he couldn’t overlook.  It was almost more incredible than her surviving becoming infected, for fuck’s sake.

“We should make camp,” Lachie suggested.  “I reckon we’ve come far enough today.”

Tess was scanning the handful of crumbling old buildings.  This must have been a charming little town, once.  There was next to nothing here, but it had a postcard-selling vibe. 

“You feel up to trying a building or two?”

“Sure.” Lachie shrugged.  “What are we looking for?”

“I want to get you out of the cold, for starters,” Tess said, already pulling out her handgun and checking the load.  “The coughing in the morning’s getting worse.”

“Nah, that’s just – yeah, nah, that’s nothing,” Lachie tried to wave it off.  “That’s just – I had asthma kind of bad when I was a kid and sometimes it acts up a bit, that’s all.”

“Well, the cold can’t be helping.  Let’s find something with a bit more shelter tonight, okay?”

He was kind of stoked that she gave a shit.  Tess had looked out for him when they were in Indy, too.  He was definitely just an afterthought behind Joel and Tommy and Rachel, but the fact that she’d given a damn at all had meant something to him then, and it still did now.  And well – hey.  It was probably just strategy on her part.  Two of them stood a better chance of making it cross country than one alone.  But then she met his gaze and he recognised a softness entirely separate to survival. 

“Okay?” 

Lachie nodded.  “Yeah, okay.”

“Let’s try that one first.”

“You’re the boss.”

Tess, who had already turned away, stiffened.  Lachie looked on ahead.  Had she seen something?  And then Tess snapped the cartridge into place and plowed on ahead to the building.

“Come on, move.”

The town had been abandoned by living, dead and infected for a very, very long time.  The general store had been turned over of absolutely everything of value and there was a single, crumpled human who had perished at some phase of infection.  They were almost skeletal, their body and ragged clothing ruptured by powdery, dry fungal plates. 

At the back of the general store was a room claimed by the sky.  Half the roof was missing.  Tess and Lachie built their fire here, where the smoke could pour up into the air, and the walls around them would provide some warmth against the coming night.  Lachie pulled out two FEDRA-issued dinner ration packs.  The grade was excellent.

“Do you want Butter Chicken or Beef Ragu?”

“Have we got any of the Chicken Italiano left?”

“Nope.”

“Ragu, then.”

They prepared the meal packets in boiling water and ate inside their sleeping bags on two sides of the fire.  Tess had been right.  He felt warmer with the wall against his back, and there was no wind in the old structure, save that which whistled through the cracks.

“You know what really pisses me off about these?”  Tess said, poking around her bag with a fork.

“That they’re better than what ration cards could buy?”

“Yes,” she answered, sounding mildly annoyed that he guessed right. “The shit we used to eat in Boston sometimes, you know?  We knew what they were feeding the soldiers was better than what we got, but this is something else.”

Always we.  We did this, we did that.  Tess couldn’t name Joel, but he was always moving in and out of the conversation. 

“Fireflies didn’t have this stuff most of the time either,” Lachie admitted.  “Think we were eating better than most civilians though, if you were stationed outside the zones, that is.”

“Like you were.”

“Yeah, like I was.  Funny when you think we were only a few miles apart for years.”

Tess didn't respond.

“Anyway,” Lachie continued.  “Fireflies were raiding stuff all the time, but when they got their hands on premium rations like these, they stockpiled them for the big ticket events.”

“Like a cross-country trek?”

“Yeah. Build up the strength, that sort of thing. Speaking of.  We should reach that Firefly supply cache tomorrow, all things going well.”

“White Earth Reservation?”

“Yeah?” Lachie shot her a suspicious glance. “How'd you know that?”

“I've been listening. My ears weren't handcuffed.”

“This is gonna be awkward for awhile, isn't it?”

“Till the day you die, Lachlan.”

He coughed softly and set his meal aside. They'd argued about this many times already:  he'd plead his sorry case and she'd stonily stared him down.

“White Earth Reservation,” he confirmed, pulling out a map.  He held it up to Tess and followed a general route along the top of the country with his finger.  “So we’re … like … hereabouts.  We come up north into Minnesota – avoid Minneapolis, I’ve heard shit from there that’d make your hair curl – and come at the Reservation this way.”

Tess was studying the map with great interest, so he passed it into her custody. “Is anyone stationed there?”

“Supposed to have been deserted for a few years. Unless they sent someone up there from the east, I dunno. Seems unlikely, though. So yeah, nah. We'll scoop in and grab the gear, then go down through the Dakotas.”

“To Salt Lake City?”

Lachie held his breath while he calculated his answer. He sighed and picked up his chicken. That had been the original mission. Evacuate Massachusetts, empty the final Firefly caches cross country and regroup with the dwindling remnants of the cause out west. Deliver the subject - Tess - to Salt Lake City for further study.

There was nothing in that mandate about locating Tommy Miller out in whoop-whoop Wyoming or reuniting the subject with her spiritual husband.

“Maybe after,” Lachie mumbled around a mouthful of rations. “See if that dickhead Tommo’s all right first, maybe.”

“How… how was he last time you saw him?”

“I didn't know there was a problem till he fucked off without saying goodbye. I knew he wasn't happy but … shit, is anybody? You really think he's in trouble?”

“Maybe.”

“This trip was really for Joel, huh? He needed to know what was what.”

“It was for us both,” Tess quietly answered. “I don't know if we ever meant to stay so long.”

“In Boston?”

“We had an apartment,” she continued, eyes on the fire. “Living every day in a fucked up dollhouse for thirteen years.”

“A lifetime.”

“A parody.”

“Why didn't you leave?”

“Go where?”

“I dunno. Tommo said you'd come from some place up in the mountains. South? Could've gone back, tried for it. If anyone could've made it, it was you two.”

Tess shook her head slightly. “Bit past happy endings by then, Lachie.”

“Well,” he finished his meal. “Guess it's a good thing it's now. Hey Tess? Can do shitloads with now.”

“You're still painfully optimistic.”

He laughed a little. Sure. It was easy to have hope in and for other people. The heat was off.

He waited until Tess was asleep before digging out his letter again. He deliberated over the cordial lines and wondered what he could add. So deep in concentration was he that the bottom of the page caught on an ember and smoked. He swore softly and smothered both flame and another coughing fit.

Going to Yellowstone.

He didn't write any more until the following morning. Tess helped him sit up as a more aggressive spate of coughs woke him.

“This is asthma?” She asked, passing a flask of water.

“Woodsmoke doesn't do me any favours,” he managed, rubbing his watery eyes.

Tess didn't seem convinced. She did most of the packing up and loading while Lachie got himself together.

“I'll drive,” Tess announced.

“Yeah, no worries.”

“You ready?”

“Yeah, just give me a sec.”

Lachie looked down at his measly letter. He glanced at Tess, who was circling the truck and checking the tyres.

Catching up with some old mates.

He pushed the letter into a mailbox as Tess turned the ignition over.

#driftersverse #tlou #asks #the last of us #tlou fanfic #tess servopoulos

[project-sekai-facts]

have you seen that theory about vbs not being the original owners of their sekai, and if so what are your thoughts about it?

i stared at this post for a few minutes wondering if you were talking about a post that was written by me and then i checked twitter and a post about RADder being the original owners popped up on my fyp so i'm assuming that's what you're talking about (also i realised that my post is. still in my drafts).

i go full pepe silvia under the cut. uh. sorry.

yeah anyway i do agree with that theory. kinda. The Street SEKAI is mentioned multiple times in the initial cards to have been around for a while, though this could be referring to the fact that SEKAI take time to grow before they manifest fully to the owners (think about School and Wonderland SEKAI, which probably took years to reveal themselves). But it could also imply that someone else contributed to the SEKAI before VBS. I actually talk about the theory briefly in that first linked post, so we'll continue from there.

so I don't think it was RADder. And yeah basically my only reason is that they're too old. MEIKO was released in 2006, considering the only date mentioned in the game is (Autumn) 2021, this is after An was born, when RADder was already pretty successful. Also we don't know enough about SEKAI physics to confirm this, but Miku seems to be more important than MEIKO so maybe space-time wasn't broken until 2007, and RADder is probably even more successful at that point because of the CDs they recorded when An was a baby.

the SEKAI just doesn't work in the time frame. What we know is that the Street SEKAI was formed by dreams and aspiration. Which is kinda the case for most SEKAI but Street SEKAI was more specifically formed by the passion its creators have for these dreams. and while RADder had big dreams to be top musicians in the world and was passionate about that, they were like realistically never gonna achieve that, but also they were at a point where they were doing very well and were very successful and on their way there. they didn't really need the help from Miku as much as VBS needs it.

Now the way Nagi talks about some things in Light Up the Fire definitely could be read a certain way, especially when she talks about passing on RADder's dream to the kids in the audience at RW, but I still don't think RADder being the original owners entirely works. Honestly the easiest point to argue for that claim is that the Street SEKAI has a very strong attachment to RAD WEEKEND, which on the one hand could be part of the fact that Taiga very clearly never moved past it and never fully processed the death of his sister, but it makes a lot more sense to be a trait tied to the people who aspire to surpass it. also MEIKO outright says that's why the attachment to RW is there in her initial 2*.

However,

I don't think it's entirely out of the question for some of the other side characters to have an influence over the Street SEKAI. As I've mentioned, the SEKAI has a strong attachment to RW, and all of them have the same goal of surpassing the event. Also the 4 older VSingers in the SEKAI (MEIKO, KAITO, Luka, Miku) all takes traits from the members of RADder. Which makes a lot of sense for the main mentor figures in the SEKAI to be based on the people that the kids look up to.

There is an argument to be made though that they gave up on their dreams to easily. In LUTF, Taiga decides to crush all their dreams and Tatsuya (+ his group), Arata and Kotaro all leave, like, they just give up while (an admittedly very shaken) VBS sticks with their dream.

Tatsuya and EVER leave because all this time they'd been just carrying on until they eventually saw victory, but after taking a beating from Taiga, they realised that there's some things that you won't be able to overcome and give up.

Arata leaves because even though he has skill, Taiga was able to get through to his weakness - Souma. Taiga realises that Arata has experienced a similar loss and grief to he did, and although Arata is trying to carry Souma's dream on his behalf, Taiga knows from experience that Arata is just clinging on to Souma's dream as a way of coping with his loss, rather than actually trying to uphold it (basically he calls him selfish). Arata isn't able to argue back, feels a lot of guilt over that, and leaves.

Kotaro is like. particularly interesting and also most eligible for Miku therapy. He's genuinely really scared and overwhelmed by Taiga's challenge, and gives a poor performance when he has to stand up to him, and straight up gets called shit and weak by Taiga and the audience. Dead serious. Afterwards he literally has a breakdown, calls himself an idiot for not being able to sing and then goes on about how he's shit at everything and apologises because should've given up ages ago because all he's ever done is drag everyone else down before literally running away and DAMN do I hope he gets development on that in the Toya event.

all things considered i'd honestly say that all of them to some degree could've contributed to the formation of the SEKAI, Souma included (honestly he seems the most passionate about it even though he was forced to give up). all of them were passionate about it but then there's always the fact that they all gave up really easily, although they were reluctant. that said, toya did the same thing in the main story so...

Although,

There's still an argument that the Street SEKAI was just formed by the four of VBS, and Kohane was just the final piece of the puzzle that made it reveal itself. Three passionate people who are wholeheartedly devoted to their dream and one ordinary girl who wants to do something that she can dedicate herself to and feel passionate about. inverse MMJ if you will. fate is probably canon in project sekai also like i've mentioned this a few times before so that could play a part in all this.

but come to think of it, the sekai doesn't even reveal itself to Akito and Toya until really late in the main story. supposedly they still heavily influenced it but that's a bit... odd? don't you think? like the only other times that happens is N25 and WxS, wherein the SEKAI was made by only one person and let the others in later, but this was a SEKAI that was supposedly made by all 4 of them. so if you think about it hard enough, could the street sekai maybe do that again?

Also,

Nagi is very important to the VBS story and lore despite the fact that she was very obviously written in much later in development. Going back to the fate thing, at RW she states that since RADder is over and she's over, she now has a new dream, that being that she wants the next generation to be inspired by what they achieved and carry on their legacy. While when she says that, she's talking about An and Akito in the audience at RW, it's stated multiple times that the "next generation" includes all of VBS, and all the side characters. so yeah, the fate thing. I doubt the game will ever do anything about it since they're side characters, but I think it can be argued that they contributed to the SEKAI a bit.

i wrote this in so many increments and in the wrong order and now it lacks any cohesion whatsoever and i have no idea what i'm even saying at this point and i think i sort of proved it and disproved it simultaneously but like. yeah. it's an alright theory. i have some thoughts on it.

#project sekai spoilers #theory #mod talks #asks #part of this may or may not be copypasted from an essay i wrote on another blog so if any part of it seems familiar shhhh no it doesn't

[luvxiem]

##LUVXIEM'S 500 FOLLOWER EVENT

[ RULES ]

✧ only one [1] character per request

✧ up to three [3] prompts per request

✧ requests will be fulfilled on an inspiration-based order, not when they were submitted, and not all requests will be fulfilled

✧ requests will be accepted from june 1–june 30. after june 30, any submitted requests will be ignored

[ HOW TO REQUEST ]

✧ include which character you want, the prompt number AND the prompt itself

✧ optional: you can include if you want the request to be fluff, angst, or humor/comedy. if you don't include this, i'll choose :>

✧ example request: “can i request vox with 5 ‘you used to have feelings for me. admit it.’? fluff please!”

[ CHARACTERS OFFERED ]

✧ ike, luca, mysta, shu, vox, & sonny

[ PROMPTS OFFERED ]

"it's not like this with them."

"this doesn't change anything between us."

"i think i missed you more than you missed me."

"don't say that to me. that's not fair."

"you used to have feelings for me. admit it."

"don't lie to me. i was there."

"that's your favorite candy? you have shit taste."

"i know you're trying to be scary, but you're just way too cute."

"i couldn't find a costume, so i just decided to go as your [partner/bf/gf]."

"boo!" "you were scarier with the mask off."

"who you gonna call?" "ghostbusters?"

"what happened? let me help you!" "relax, the blood is fake."

"you're being so lame right now."

"you haven't done this in a while, have you?"

"you have that on you all the time?"

"your mom called me."

"i'll take care of it, don't worry."

"i know it hurts, we're almost done."

"you need a jacket it's cold out, i don't care if you don't want it."

"can i borrow a hoodie?" "i don't know, will i get it back this time?"

"oh please, who's gonna stop us?" "the police."

"i've been looking for my hoodie-" "my hoodie, you mean."

"here comes the airplane!" "i can feed myself." "too bad."

"i'm dying." "you're not dying."

"this is the guy?"

LUVXIEM'S 500 FOLLOWER EVENT PROMPT LIST IS A HANDPICKED SET OF PROMPTS CHOSEN FROM THESE PRE-EXISTING PROMPT LISTS:

@/BELATEDBDAY69 "more otp dialogue prompts <3" @/SASSY-ASHOKA-TANO "autumn & halloween prompt list" @/ROSEWRITINGPROMPTS "40 fluff dialogue prompts" @/STREETS-CRIMES "hurt/comfort prompts" @/STREETS-CRIMES "clothing prompts" @/POMPOMPTS "general fluffy dialogue prompts" @/BELATEDBDAY69 "random otp prompts <3"

thank you for 500 😭🫶

#luvxiem.500 #ike eveland x reader #luca kaneshiro x reader #mysta rias x reader #shu yamino x reader #vox akuma x reader #sonny brisko x reader #nijisanji en x reader #ike eveland fluff #luca kaneshiro fluff #mysta rias fluff #shu yamino fluff #vox akuma fluff #sonny brisko fluff #nijisanji en fluff #luxiem x reader #luxiem fluff #noctyx x reader #noctyx fluff

[korrasamibottles]

Long tag game!! Thanks @nova-leaf @lilrobinbird for tagging me💖

How many tumblr accounts have you had before this one?

Just one! I made it in 2012 to look at Walking Dead and Supernatural gifs and eventually it just turned into a personal blog. I met two of my best friends there!! Unfortunately I'm locked out of it for now because I decided to be a responsible internet enjoyer and changed all my passwords and I uhh. I can't remember what I changed it to. And the email I used to sign up 12 years ago is long dead. So that blog might be gone forever. Life is a highway I'm gonna ride it all night long etc. etc.

How long have you been in fandom?

I had really intense Supernatural and MCU phases back in the day, and binged TLOK and ATLA in 2015 after the Korra finale (I watched Korra first and then atla, and I maintain that's the best way to do it😌) but I never really participated in the fandom, like I never talked to anyone or made anything. So I'm gonna say I've been in fandom since summer 2023 when I made this blog to post my tlok fic (couldn't post it on my old one. My face is/was all over it. You understand.) Everyone I've interacted with here is like. Shockingly nice. Idk why I expected to be beaten with hammers but umm it didn't happen so thank you all for that💖

Your favorite trope in fiction?

AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE BED!!!!! Also rivals coming together to fight a common enemy and then maybe coming together in a different way.....? That's good too.

Your favorite random fact?

There are vast, delicate fungal networks in the earth beneath our feet right now as we speak :) They wrap around tree roots and spread far and wide, connecting multiple trees with each other and allowing them to share water and nutrients. This is especially helpful for saplings, which often aren't able to get enough sunlight to make their own sugars. The fungal network helps ensure the survival of young trees, and in exchange it gets a share in the nutrients being passed between the trees!!!

Your favourite game or kind of game?

Saw trap.

A place you’d like to visit? (If carbon emissions, logistics and money weren’t in question)

Oh god literally anywhere. I want to get marinated in every culture and environment I think that would blow my mind in the best way. I do want to make it to Italy specifically at some point in my life because apparently I have cousins there? But then again what if they're weird and I don't actually want to meet them.....

An animal you’re irrationally afraid of?

I can't really think of any? As a kid I was terrified of big dogs, but that fear is like 99% gone now. Sometimes other people have their dogs off leash in the woods and I gotta say. I Do Not Like It when they come running up snarling barking jumping with their hair raised at me. But the vast majority of dogs are I encounter are nice, and when they aren't I just try to ignore them and keep walking lol.

What’s your favourite season?

Autumn 10000% and then winter. Then spring. Then summer. I hate being hot.

A smell that brings you nice memories?

So maybe this is weird but I really like the way horses smell? I was a farm girl growing up and always loved horses....a horse bit the top of my head once...a different horse broke my arm......still love them.

(If you’re ok talking about food. If not, delete this part) What’s your favorite food from where you were born? And what’s your favorite food from some place else?

My mom's Italian so it was all pasta all the time growing up...lasagna😭 Also chicken cacciatore but the pasta isn't the main event there. But yeah. Pasta tomato garlic basil.....I'm there babiee.

I'm also obsessed with Indian food and there's a place near me that has a vegetable korma that makes me cry.

What’s your favorite drink (if you drink alcohol, alcoholic and non-alcoholic)?

I don't drink alcohol anymore but I loooooooved rum & coke. Also hard cider.

As for regular drinks. I am 75% fruit juice by volume at all times.

Do you give your pets random table scraps?

My cat is a huge freak who turns her nose up at human food like she's literally too good for it. Sometimes I'll offer her a piece of cheese and she'll lick it, but that's it.

I don't know who has and hasn't been tagged already so if you want to do this. Do it🫵

[bastardtrait]

plans??

here's what I think is gonna happen on my blog up through to 2024 because i am sitting on SO much content like, honestly. if ur sick of me this is the prime time to unfollow. i will not be mad.

faygo: OKAY SOOO lowkey I took a break from posting because i'd been posting the faygo legacy and i thought, THOUGHT i lost the screenshots so i kinda pretended to ignore it lmfao. but i found them. literally just now. so. prepare your optic receptors for suffering.

other ts3 content: so...i have a sizeable amount of sims 3 content... *debbie ryan hair tuck* should i post it? idk. it's good, i think. but i feel like my blog is SO cluttered atm so idk about it. i think if anything, if i want to post it, i need to complete something first. because do I wanna be a bitch with 5 active saves across 2 games? i don't think so.

reclaimed roots: i really like this save and i think i'm gonna blitz through it. it's a low-effort gameplay save with almost no story, like it's just so easy to play.

nova: i already talked briefly about bringing this save back, so i'll do that! now this save has been so up and down and changed scope so many times that it is going to be unrecognisable from how it was before, which is good, because i do NOT need 2 storytelling saves. that being said;

lucky: i consider the lucky legacy to be the main event event on this dumbass simblr. gen 5 is coming up, but later in the year. maybe autumn or winter. honestly there's so much setup i need to do for the next generation, including but not limited to: creating a new save file. do u understand how little i look forward to that. (yes you do). that being said, when it does come back, you will know. i will be so annoying about it.

#naldo.txt

[bluesofawriterwithcoffee]

She is like a shot of espresso.

Michael's pov 

"Victoria please don't be mad, i just thought you won't be interested in this event hence why i didn't invite you" I say calmly as I hear her monotone voice respond "alright, have fun then." She hangs up. 

I stand by my desk, shaking and unable to think or understand anything that happened. Tori and I never fight because we always work together for everything but this event for my skating rink wasn't as important as i thought so i didn't invite anyone not even my parents not they would even show up. It's just Tori isn't doing well, I didn't want to be a burden which of course upset tori that i even thought of myself as a burden. That feeling exists. I just feel like I'm gonna break down. 

It just feels like I'm gonna lose her. I can't do that. 

I bike myself to the spring household, ring the bell and see Charlie open the door "hi Michael, is everything okay? You don't look good" i have been crying as i biked my way so no i don't look like i usually would. "Is tori there?" I ask 

i try to smile and chin up as i see Tori's dad 

"She is in her room" He says "come in" He looks concerned. I don't think he has ever seen me like this so it's a first. "Thank you" I walk in and remove my shoes, i quickly walk past the family having lunch as i go upstairs to her room and knock. 

"Go away Charlie, i don't want to eat" she responds. I'm shaking, she sounds hurt and i did that, i slightly punch the wall, "fuck" I say under my breath. 

"Michael?" 

I freeze. 

Tori's pov 

We don't fight, well we do but not really. Fighting isn't our thing, we disagree and have opinions that aren't similar but we i mean i never get upset by Michael and his decisions, rather i am curious about them. 

I know he isn't the perfect guy, and I'm not the perfect girl. So we match pretty well and get along as we both know our weaknesses and strengths, it's weird thinking like we are a couple, well we are but it's always been this unspoken rule. People know it but also don't, i know it but also i don't. I don't know why he's not inviting me to the tournament. It just hurt me, I didn't understand myself and I tried to be civil about it but my anxiety got the best of me and I just attacked Michael or lack thereof. I completely ignored him like an idiot. That's what i am a fucking idiot. 

The doorbell rings. I don't bother getting out of my room to open it because I don't care who's at the door. I'm playing lorde in my room and maybe cry silently because I'm an idiot who ruins people's lives. 

Before I could resume my sad autumn girl lifestyle, I hear someone breathing heavily by the door and I see a text from Charlie. 

Charlie 

Michael is by your door.

Fuck. I don't understand how he can just- ugh 

I just wanted to be alone. That's what I deserve. 

"Michael?" I ask.

I open the door, and see him standing frozen. I caught him off guard. "Sorry" He says "can i come in?" I nod 

My room is a mess, there is laundry everywhere, some toys of oliver. Charlie's laptop and mine, the bed is unmade and bottles of diet lemonade are almost everywhere. 

He shrugs nervously and sits by my bed. I sit on the floor, not making eye contact because I'm too embarrassed for everything. 

"Michael, I'm sorry i don't know what happened to me it just felt like you were gonna leave or something I'm sorry i ignored you i just i don't know anymore" I didn't realise that i started to cry but he holds my hand as i just sob and then hugs me tightly. 

"It's gonna be okay, we are gonna be okay tori." He says in a calm tone and holds me as i hide myself in a blanket and he wraps both of us in it 

"Wanna watch something?" I ask. 

"Sure, Star Wars?" He says. 

I smile, truly he is one of the best people i know and i guess I'm completely in love. 

He smiles back. 

Michael's Pov 

I open her laptop and start playing Star Wars, she rests her head on my shoulder, i kiss the top of it. 

She yawns, I'm guessing she couldn't sleep at night. 

 

I sigh, as I see tori falling asleep in my arms and I think to myself. 

She is like a shot of espresso, just amazing and fantastically awesome. She is the perfect person for me even if we aren't perfect human beings. 

#michael holden #tori and michael #solitaire book #solitaire alice oseman #alice oseman #osemanverse #solitaire #tori spring

[cable-knit-sweater]

Mayaaaaaa! *knocks on your window* are you alive in there???

That new photoshoot of Chris 🥵 I have thoughts. Many thoughts especially after the richy rich photos of Sebastian from this weekend. It feels like one of those Hallmarky movies.

Imagine this: rich CEO Seb is driving through MA on his way to some retreat or something that he's supposed to go to and find his zen after being totally stressed out. But his stupidly expensive car breaks down in this small town. Local mechanic Chris is there to fix it but it needs a part that'll take a day to come in. Chris offers Seb a place to stay at his farmhouse while he waits because they don't really have hotels.

There's homecooked food, lingering glances, horse riding through the beautiful countryside (it's autumn!). Lots of cosy sweaters, fireplaces and even pumpkin spiced lattes (which tastes better than any coffee chain Sebastian has ever been in).

Then Seb finds himself truly relaxing and enjoying himself for the first time in months - years even. Doesn't even check his emails once.

Oh, and they definitely have sex in that hayloft. Chris is picking out hay from Sebastian's hair with a soft chuckle, loving the way Seb looks in his borrowed clothes (those suits and shirts in Seb's suitcase were too formal).

Anyway - have a great day at work ✨ I'll be here when you need to flail 😘

Tej. I am barely alive. Just, hanging on by a thread, thank you very much for asking 😭😭😭😭

I too have many, many thoughts, most of them highly inappropriate and that my brain needs some more time to think through. Thankfully you’re much less unhinged than me and coming up with this BRILLIANT IDEA.

It’s frankly unfair for them to do this to us in such a short timespan. I’m still very far from being over how Seb looked at that event on Saturday, bc god damn he looked good 😫😫

And then to make it all worse, you ATTACK ME with this??? I am literally begging you to write this fic and also to never talk to me again bc what little was left of my mind has now combusted. FUCK FUCK FUCK.

I can just SEE IT so clearly. I’m so weak for the idea of mechanic Chris, in his white tank with oil on his calloused hands, sweat dropping down his neck from a hard day at work, and Sebastian just needing a moment because how the fuck is he supposed to string words together into sentences when there’s this walking wet dream in front of him?

And when Chris does ask him to stay, he’s so eager to say yes, but also thinking this is probably the worst decision ever, because being in close quarters with Chris is going to be a challenge, to say the least. There’s no way Chris is into him - and Chris definitely thinks he’s some sort of spoiled brat at first.

But it actually turns out to be the best decision he’s ever made, because of all that you just said. They get to know each other pretty quickly. Chris makes him realize what the important things in life are, and he finally gets to relax. Of course there are lingering glances, home cooked meals and cosy sweaters. Chris giving him heated looks when Seb is wearing Chris’s clothes. Sebastian feeling absolutely overwhelmed with how this man isn’t just ruggedly handsome, but also incredibly sweet and caring, and a bit of a dork. They just click, and it’s like they’ve known each other forever, but also like this is what Sebastian had been waiting for forever, and desperately needed.

He definitely can’t believe his luck when after the tension builds and builds, they finally give in, and yes, have sex in a hay loft, probably all over the property really. He never really wants to leave.

I absolutely LOVE this whole idea and the fall vibes, and now you’ve written your first Evanstan fic, I NEED YOU to write this one next, pretty pretty please?? I’m gonna be thinking about this all day in between screaming, probably.

I love you and your genius brain so much 💕💕💕

#maya answers #evanstan #rpf #TEJ 💕💕💕 #this is TOO FUCKING MUCH honestly

[a3outfitstournament]

A3! OUTFITS TOURNAMENT INTEREST FORM RESULTS

thank you for filling in the interest form! based on the results of the form and the polls i did here, here's how the tournament will go:

FINALISED CATEGORIES

spring outfits

summer outfits

autumn outfits

rehearsal outfits

travel outfits (from HAve A greAt trip)

mAnkai AnimAls (thanks for the suggestion!)

mankai encore outfits (the majority voted for mankai encore to replace the students' uniforms in this poll)

mankai starlit sky goods (thanks for the suggestion!)

trajectory of blooming (threw this in bc i wanted an even total number of categories)

other characters (izumi, matsukawa, kamekichi [non-negotiable], godza, 1st gen mankai etc. i'll put the full list under the cut)

ROUND 0.5

there will be a round 0.5 for those with two rehearsal outfits to determine which one will represent them in round 1 of the rehearsal outfits category (e.g. sakuya HS rehearsal vs sakuya post-HS rehearsal). also 64% of y'all in the interest form wanted itaru's gamer outfit to fight his spring outfit so that's also gonna happen in round 0.5

round 0.5 polls will start on 22 April 2023, 3am PDT. each poll will be up for 24 hours so please drop your vote asap!

CONTESTANT PAIRINGS

an overwhelming majority of 80% wanted me to randomise the contestants' pairings in the brackets so this is what i have:

(i know some of the pairings like yuki-muku, guy-citron, and azami-sakyo look too coincidental (the fact that they're all consecutive too wtf??) but i promise i really did randomise it I HAVE PROOF)

(look there's no way i could've come up with chikage vs omi or homare vs juza on my own so pls believe me 😭)

basically for round 3 on each side, there'll be 3 guys going up against each other. based on the results of this poll, i'll put the 3 guys in a poll together, then take the 2 guys with the most votes and pit them against each other in round 4 aka the semi-finals to determine who will go on to the finals. this will be standard across all the categories that have all 24 lads.

as for hAve A greAt trip, since there were only 20 guys in that event i've decided to shuffle everyone again. the pairings:

this might be a little confusing (i've never despised odd numbers so much till creating the brackets for this tournament) so i'll do my best to explain

for round 2, there will be 3 guys in the red circle going up against each other (do NOT judge my circles i did my best with my mouse). i'll take the 2 guys with the most votes from the red circle and pit them against the winner from the blue circle. this will result in the 3 guys in the green circle. once more, i will take the 2 guys with the most votes from the green circle and pit them against each other in the finals (in yellow).

OTHER CHARACTERS

80% of you guys wanted a separate category for the other characters so here's the list of who will be appearing (including suggestions from you guys):

mankai non-acting staff: izumi, matsukawa, kamekichi (this is non-negotiable), tetsuro, rento, and akashi

1st gen mankai (yukio, yuzo, kasumi, hiro, zen, and syu)

mankai ensemble cast: iku, arata, eiji, miki, akito, takuya, ichiro, julian, kengo, yuichi, tsubasa, and keita

godza: reni, haruto, shift, madoka

hyakka company: kabuto amadate, aoshi shikagawa, and keiju amadate

gekkagumi: august and july

sakoda

mankai siblings: fuyuki takato, tadoru minagi, meguru minagi, tangerine, mika (i know mika's technically not related to citron and tangerine but i'm putting him here bc in my heart they are family)

mankai members' friends: mizuno, tonooka (i'm being generous by calling him a friend tbh, nachi, and ryo

recurring etude event rivals: hikaru karasuma, puck, aaron

i'll post the 'others' bracket closer to when we've cleared the main 24's categories. once we have our winner from all 10 categories, we'll proceed on to the finals

RULES

be nice. you can roast the characters' fashion choices to your heart's content but don't drag the characters themselves, and definitely don't be a dick to other voters. this is just for fun so let's keep this friendly and respectful <3

and that's about it! if you've made it this far thank you for reading my long walls of text and putting up with my handmade canva creations lmao

if you have any questions please feel free to DM me or drop by my ask box

#a3! act addict actors #a3! #a3! outfits tournament #if anyone knows an easy-to-use tournament bracket generating website #i wouldnt mind a link being dropped in my dms or ask box #bc the ones i tried sucked ass #and i resorted to just handmaking the main 24's brackets + hAve A greAt trip on canva #it was... interesting trying to fit 12 pairs on one doc while still making sure it's readable #what kind of mega doc would i need for 22 pairs..... #anyway mod grumbling aside! im genuinely looking forward to this! #i cant wait to see people's fashion takes #i'll save my own takes for my main i'm gonna fake neutrality when i'm modding here <3

[sometayrecords]

Midnights chapters

In my mind, Midnights' tracks could be sorted into 3 chapters. These are:

-the "sequels" chapter -the "lost tracks" chapter -the "Midnights core theme" chapter

stick with me and I'll explain everything

Disclaimer: I know there are theories that support the same or different things concerning the following stories, I'm just gonna share what I personally believe :)

✩ The "sequels", or "album sequels", are the tracks that, like the title I gave them says, could be a sequel to a Taylor's old album, if that album was, like, a movie or a book.

Those tracks are:

You're On Your Own, Kid: if Taylor Swift album was a movie, this song would be the "15 years later" final scene.

Midnight Rain: the more I listen to it, the more I think it could be about the boy from Fifteen (Fearless album)

Would've, Could've, Should've is clearly about John Mayer, so it's a Speak Now sequel. it's the relationship that scared you for life, the one everyone told you to run from and you regret not having listened.

Maroon is most definitely about Jake, so it's a RED sequel. looking back at a relationship year's later, all the memories are still there, realizing that what the fire that was burning red was also filling the sky with smoke.

Question...? is probably about Harry Styles, so it's a 1989 sequel. the one that was striking as a meteor and gave you something to hope for, but things were too complicated for anything more to ever happen.

Sweet Nothing: the reputation sequel. Taylor and Joe have found a home in one another and are still sealing their relationship from the world, this time not to hide it, but to keep what matters to themselves.

✩ The "albums' lost tracks" are songs that, in my mind, could've been among Taylor's more recent albums' tracklist, because their lyrics and melody would really fit there.

In contrast to the 'sequels', which lyrically depict a more mature pov of past situations, the 'lost tracks', to me, sound like they could be a part of past albums, both lyrically and sonically, at the time those albums were released.

These tracks are:

Glitch: the whole song is giving jaylor in their pre-dating era, especially during autumn of 2016, so I could really see it in reputation.

Paris: undeniably a Lover's track which lost its way and ended up in Midnights. being happily in love and not letting anything else affect your peace of mind.

Lavender Haze: I could see this one as a bridge between reputation and Lover. It's keeping your private life under a mystery vale, but also reminds me a lot of I Think He Knows.

Snow on the Beach: its ethereal sound and its nature related & otherwordly imagery make me feel the song could fit in folklore.

The songs I think could fit evermore are:

Vigilante Shit (no body, no crime's missing sister)

The Great War (Renegade walked so this song could run)

and High Infidelity

all because of their narrative; everything that happens sounds like a movie or book plot, and everyone who's part of it sounds like a character of that fictional story.

I could kinda see Bigger Than the Whole Sky being among Fearless (Taylor's version) (from the vault) tracks. The hopelessness after losing someone that meant everything to you and trying to figure out what went wrong are really giving young Taylor, while the arrangement reminds me of Don't You.

And I could really see Hits Different being a RED TV (from the vault) track; I feel the lyrics resemble an era of a young Taylor (obviously before Joe) but at a time when, in the media, she was starting to appear as this girl who just 'switches boyfriends' as if she doesn't care about them, so she tries to appear cool and unbothered, while in reality she's losing her mind over the break up that completely broke her heart. And the whole vibe is really The Very First Night and I personally love it as much :,)

✩ The "Midnights core theme" tracks are the songs that, in my opinion, reflect Taylor's deepest feelings on where she currently is in life (not flashbacks of past events). They're the songs that I personally believe could summarize Midnights concept best. In a cohesive order, they are:

Anti-hero: doubting your worth, morality, and overall self image, and realizing half your problems are actually in your own mind.

Bejeweled: acknowledging your real value again, after the ones that hurt you almost took your shine away.

Labyrinth: all the past pain, trauma and insecurities coming to the surface, desperately wanting to heal and being understood, fearing to ever going through what hurt you before again.

Karma: A connection between the past and the present. Your actions brought you here and everyone eventually gets what they deserve.

Mastermind: Taylor admits a part of her intrusive thoughts, but concludes that all her actions (which have been fueled by what she feels are her most disposable, egotistical traits), have actually led her to the purest thing that ever happened to her. And that the person she's safest with could see right through her all along.

Dear Reader: a final letter to her past self, trying to remind her not to get lost in what her mind is telling her at her darkest times.

#midnights #chapters #taylor swift #fearless #fearless tv #speak now #red #red tv #1989 #reputation #lover #folklore #evermore #eras

[galvanizedfriend]

Are you going to sign in for the autumn exchange?

Sadly, no. I rarely ever participate in fandom events cause I'm not very good with following deadlines or writing based on prompts, so committing to exchanges is really tricky for me, since I don't know if I'd be able to deliver and it's a whole thing when you're supposed to write something as a gift to someone. I wouldn't want to either write something totally different from what the person asked or end up not writing anything at all.

But on top of that, I'm also gonna be involved with some major stuff for work for a huge chunk of the event duration, and would ideally like to keep updating my current stuff somewhat in schedule, which I don't even know how I'm gonna handle, so. 🙃

Looking forward to what folks are gonna do, tho! I love the fall theme!

#yokan answers #anon

[welcometoteyvat]

For the ask game,

Teyvat, Archon, Venti, and Freedom?

thank you for the ask!!

teyvat: which released region do you prefer and which unreleased nation are you most looking forward to visiting?

for released regions, liyue ofc; there's no way I wouldn't love a fantasy China and the favoritism mihoyo gives it in game goes a long way too lol. the events are super endearing (lantern rite cutscenes hello????) and the landscape is so yellowy autumn (favorite season) <33

aboveground chasm is probably my favorite subregion b/c of the colors the absolutely banger soundtrack and two very good archon quests (shoutout to perilous trail and dainsleif halfdan!!!!!)

Unreleased: honestly, probably Fontaine, I'm afraid of what's gonna happen with Natlan and Snezhnaya just makes me think of sheer cold 😖 sorry Childe I'll visit your hometown another day. I'm actually pretty excited about whatever water mechanics they're going to put in, swimming/diving would be dope lol like we get to go underwater there?? no more waverider?? hell yeah

archon: which nation’s known ‘ideal’ do you like the most: freedom, contracts, eternity, wisdom, justice, or war?

maybe eternity.. I feel like the archon ideals are always like "they appear to represent xyz at first, but actually..." and then they subvert that first impression, so I like makoto and yoimiya's interpretation of eternity and its counterpart transience :3 the whole thing about an eternal moment and keeping forever in your memories was a nice spin on the textbook definition of eternity. also I just really like the idea of the past as a place that you can't go back to

venti: which character(s) do you think you’d actually get along with if you were to meet in person and who do you think you’d actually dislike interacting with?

would smack xingqiu over the head with a book if I met him, I like him but dear lord his dynamic with chongyun makes me want to throw him off a cliff (<- person who hates practical jokes where the complaints of the person being pranked aren't taken seriously OTL)

if xiao decides to constantly be a downer while we're just chilling I would also dislike interacting with him (not his fault he's always pessimistic but man,,,,, get some therapy)

characters I would get along with.. yoimiya or tighnari? yoimiya is a talker which means that even if I can't make small talk she can, and idm people who can talk my ear off <3 tighnari because he's straightforward but no-nonsense, also touches grass and knows a lot about plants what more could someone want

other candidates would be shinobu (I feel like she's straightforward with her intentions and we could just hang out) and chongyun (simply because if we didn't get along I would be incredibly sad)

freedom: if you were blessed with a vision, which one would you want to have (and which one do you think you’d actually get)?

goodness I have no clue. in every version of reality I don't think I'd get a vision at all, hydro might be useful because water, probably would get either electro or dendro though

#i've thought about the vision thing for ages and have come to the conclusion if im transported in game i would be an npc!!!!! #no vision no dead friends no trauma /jjj #the thing about visions is you have to have something you're looking for some kind of ambition #me? nah i'm still looking for that #i dont think ive had like the revelation that dendro visions seem to require. dont have enough passion for pyro no dead friend for anemo /j #hmmm actually if anemo is connected to wanting change and wanting to leave your current state of being... maybe?? idk though #not different enough from the crowd to actually get electro and i definitely dont have the strong moral/mental conviction for hydro #and cryo is also nah again i havent gone through the trials and tribulations that every cryo char seems to have #ty for the ask <3 #dkniade #ask game #also SPOILERS AHEAD #addendum i still think it's crazy we (in game) got to see someone receive a vision in real time right in front of the traveler's eyes #just based on that i think someone can sus out the pattern for dendro visions #also thinking about the aranara quest bc of rana now #still CRAZY to me they referenced kenji's poem be not defeated by the rain once you run into the fatui agent its such a cool poem

[woozi]

yzaaaa 😭 jackson's coming to my country HSJSSKJDKSDJFJDLEJJSJS like this is the first time ever one of my ults is actually going to be in my country </3 ( as far as kpop concerts/gigs go, only kard and vav have performed here if i remember it correctly ). anyway but i'm not going hdjsksks it's not being held in my state, like i could travel but it's lolla event, combined with all other western artists . (and. 💀 i don't wanna spend money on travel and the concert just to see jackson for like half an hour or something 😭 idk how lolla event works but i have no interest in others artists at all </3 ).

im just happy he's gonna come here 🥺 hope he enjoys his stay here and local birds make it so worthwhile he decides to do a concert in near future <3 and then got7 will come here and yug will pass on the baton to gyu who will make svt come here <3 it's all starting to make sense. ( 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 im so annoying lmao )

omg also the bear post yesterday <3 what are they? candies? i haven't seen those irl here hejsks not even gummy bears. ive had jelly candies but nothing in bear shape. they look so cute tho </3

NAURRRR omg in a way we're both watching ghibli together <33 that's so cool. arrietty was so good 😭, the idea of small people borrowing things which you'd probably throw away or don't pay attention to is so <33 ( the wholesome version of parasite BYEEEE 😭 wth did i just realise) i really liked how it ended, i haven't seen spirited away yet but now im gonna do it soon and annoy you with my thoughts on it hehe. my favorites,,, going to be predictable here and say whisper of the heart :3, my neighbour totoro and arrietty. my seiji brainrot is ongoing all the time.

HELLURR HSSJSJKDHD WHEN DID THAT DK MOMENT HAPPEN 😭😭 i haven't seen that one, YOU'RE SO VALID FOR THAT dino and woozi ( and hoshy </3 ) are so cute in all the _world performances i cri 😭 this particular one is my most favorite dino-woozi moment from bets, also i forgot to mention i enjoyed bets so much bc whole tour i got to see chestnut hair cheol <3 lichrally had time of my life the whole time 😭 his current hair is also one of my favorites but short hair coups is very dear to me </3

i had a fun time during the diwali festival holidays here <3 finally got around to watching a wong kar wai movie, chungking express bc my friend said they also wanted to watch it, we both were ready to become sad ( like yes movie is sad and lonely) but all we did throughout the movie was laugh 😭 idk why watching sad media with someone ends up becoming comedic to me, we both were more interested in first half of it rather than second one.

my oct was nice filled with festivities and media consumption. how was your october? btw do y'all celebrate halloween? im not a fan of it but love the fall vibes <3 trees don't change color here (except for the two northern states of the country) i don't get to see the autumn colors that much

hope you are taking care of yourself in midst of dealing with last year of uni (it really sucks, i hated my last year of uni so bad dhjssk) sending you only the best wishes and strength <33 im p sure you're already doing well, try not to worry too much it'll turn out well i promise <33 until then hannie devil on your shoulder will fight everyone and everything for u <3

sprouted arms 😭😭😭😭😭 pls ur so funny. love you 🥺🤍 and the flowers 🥺 im sending in 10 bouquets of each <3 🌸💮🏵️🌻

WAIT OMG HELLO??????????????????? ALSO NAURRRRRRRRRRR </3 hope he holds his own concert soon for ur sake 😔

ALSO LOVE THAT U HAVE UR OWN AGENDA LMFAO u sound like my friend but with gyu and rowoon 😭

those r little dolls <3 they're not soft at all but theyre fuzzy to the touch so 😋

literally <3 also we can… watch tgt if u'd like 👀 ALSO URE SO RIGHT DFJKFDJKFDJKJKD but the implications are much graver in parasite lmfao. ALSO OMG IM SO EXCITED FOR U???????????? LMK ONCE YOU'VE FINISHED WATCHING IT <33

and SAME????????????????? that is also my favorite dino x woozi _world moment everyone looked so happy to see dino play that lil joke too 😭 ALSO SO TUREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE <3 sumn abt him lately is sOOOO,,, (i want him so bad tbh)

ALSO UR TASTE???????????????????? i heard wkw are really good, and based on the lil snippets i've seen they look AMAZING. and ure absolutely right abt that JKDFJKDJKFDJK same goes for me watching horror w my friends too

AND I LOVE THAT FOR U <333333 glad u have a great oct 😋 oct was very stressful for me i had sm to do in uni lmfao (even now though.. what has changed). i also don't celebrate halloween but i love the spooky vibes <3 and felt, we also don't have fall lmao i live in a tropical ass country 😭😭😭

THE WAY U EVEN RMB LIL DETAILS LIKE THAT </3 thank u, a girl is going through it but ur little messages bring me sm strength <3 ure lich rally the sweetest ilysm i hope ure doing well!! MWAH 🤗🤗🤗🤗

#cherie 🪂 #s-cxups #y.ask #long post

[robinegreenwood]

XII - 𝚙𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚗

[oc x sirius black]

｡･::･ﾟ★,｡･::･ﾟ☆　　 ｡･::･ﾟ★,｡･::･ﾟ☆

Eden nearly jumped out of bed as she was shaken awake. Rubbing the sleep out her eyes she looked up to see Camilla jumping up and down in pure glee at the foot of her bed.

Seeing that she had successfully woken her up, Camilla jumped off the bed and leapt to Eden's side.

"Come on Eden, get up, it's Pumpkin Day!"

Eden's brows furrowed, her head still groggy, "It's Halloween already?"

"No silly," Camilla's springy coils danced on her shoulders as she skipped around the room, "It's the first day of Fall."

Eden made an O shape with her mouth before she reclosed her eyes and sank down into the comfort of her mattress.

Camilla frowned and looked around the room for something soft to throw at her - Eden caught the pillow before it struck her in the face.

"How am I supposed to be able to enjoy the wonderful colours of Autumn if I have two swollen black eyes?"

Camilla rolled her eyes, "Come on they're just pillows."

"But look," Eden got out of the bed and right into Camilla's face, "Look the corners are pointy though, see, see?"

"Hey, hey get out my face," Camilla broke out laughing as Eden began chasing her around with the pillow.

The two abruptly stopped running around the room as the door suddenly swung open to reveal a very irritated looking Sirius Black.

"Am I gonna have to file a noise complaint? It's literally five in the morning." His butterscotch coloured eyes stared darkly at them.

Eden and Camilla were too apprehensive to even move as his gaze rested on them unwaveringly.

Their apprehension grew but was gone within a flash as a mischievous grin suddenly broke across his features. They let out a sigh of relief.

"You had me there Sirius," Camilla admitted begrudgingly.

"You should've seen the looks on your faces," his grin grew as he continued, "Couldn't report you guys anyways though, our two dedicated Prefects are probably busy snogging right now."

As he was speaking the words Lily and James swept into the room; Lily's face was consequently turning a blushed shade of pink.

"Sadly, we were actually getting after two fourth-year Slytherins who were digging around the Restricted Section of the library. For what reason I don't want to know," James sat down on Lily's bed.

"Saw them on the map?" Sirius asked.

James nodded and sunk down lazily into the pillows.

Eden smiled to herself as she too laid back onto her bed; her eyes losing the will to stay open. The voices of her friends became a muffled sound around her as she entered into the void between sleep and wakefulness. Her lethargic mind began to drift slowly over the past events of the previous weeks; they had seemingly flown by.

Since the quidditch match, Peter had successfully avoided the group. Pretending he couldn't hear them, he would duck into different rooms if they called after him in the hallway. And even though he was still rooming with Remus, Remus never once saw him. It was the strangest thing. After a while, the group gave up on trying to talk to him, and allowed distance to seperate them. Eden's studies had been going well, potions was inarguably her favourite class, but surprisingly, DADA was right up there with it-her intriguing professor was the reason behind that. She had also been put in a partners project with Sirius in Transfiguration which-at the beginning-had been reasonably uncomfortable for them both. But towards the end of the project he pulled her aside, and took the time to apologise to her for what had happened. She had easily forgiven him; to her, second chances were everything. He had promised her that he would not manipulate anyone ever again, and he had remained truthful to his word. She had noticed a change in his behaviour. So had Marlene, who could be seen pouting everytime he passed her in the hallway with not so much as a second glance. A person could say that Eden didn't mind the change one bit.

One of the most memorable times she could recall from the past month had occurred just more than a week prior. Haunted by her recurring nightmares, she had woken up one day at dawn and left the dorm for a breath of fresh air. While she had been making her way around the lake, she saw figures walking into the castle. That had seemed a bit odd to begin with, but as the figures got closer she could've sworn that she recognized James' voice talking over the others. And then the following morning she didn't see Remus all day, and not one person seemed to know where he was. She'd decided not to speak a word of their possible early morning expedition to anyone: afterfall they might ask why she was also up that early, and her nightmares weren't on the table for discussion.

A sudden sharp pain jolted her awake from her haze. Her hand clutched her wrist as she winced, but the pain she'd felt had gone as quickly as it had come.

"You alright?" Sirius asked, his eyes worried as he sat down at the foot of her bed.

"Mhm hmm," she forced a smile onto her face, "Not too sure what that was."

Sirius smiled at her before turning back to his conversation with James.

Even though the pain had gone, Eden was left with a feeling that something wasn't quite right, and placing a hand over her wrapped wrist she could feel warmth radiating from the mark. Something was definitely not right. As she sank back into her bed an uneasy feeling crept over her, but it was no match for the fatigue still muddling her brain. She found herself drifting back to a broken sleep.

The sound of shrill screaming pierced through her sleeping ears and Eden shot out of bed for the second time that morning. Her heart was pounding in her head and she looked around the room to see her friends bearing the same alarmed expression as her, their eyes fixed in the direction of the doorway. She let out a breath of relief as she realised it wasn't her who had been screaming. But the uneasy feeling wouldn't leave her alone and the relief she had felt was quickly eaten away by it.

James was the first to dart out of the room in search of the voice, quickly followed by Camilla and Sirius. Lily laid a hand on Eden's arm, making sure she was okay, before following the others out the door. Eden didn't pull back from the contact, growing familiar with the friendly physical touch. Following her friends, she hoisted herself out of the bed, throwing a hoodie over her pyjama t-shirt before rushing out the door.

Their group were not the only ones investigating. Almost all of the Gryffindor girls had left their dorms and were crowded into the hallway. Across the room, the entirety of the boys dorms were also shoving their way down the staircase as they went towards the source of the scream.

Turning down the last few stairs, the common room came into view. In the middle of the floor lay a collapsed figure-likely a first year- and surrounding them was a sea of darkly coloured flyers. Lily and James fought their way to the front of the group. Lily immediately knelt beside the child, checking for a pulse as James reached down and picked up a flyer. He immediately felt the colour leaving his face. Reaching over, Sirius grabbed the flyer from James' cold fingers, his eyes darkened in what seemed to be anger as his eyes scanned across the words. The Gryffindors around them had gone silent as they stared at the flyers surrounding them. Eden, trying to reach her friends, pushed through the seemingly lifeless people around her. A nervous chill ran down her back as she paused to see that everyone was staring at the floor, at the flyers rather than at the collapsed child. Frowning, she bent to pick up a flyer, her eyes still too full of sleep to read from a distance.

She felt her body crumpling as her eyes scanned the words blazing across the paper.

MORANA NYX ALIVE

The apparent death of Sephtis and Selene Nyx's daughter Morana has recently been refuted by flying rumours from the depths of Knockturn Alley. These findings have been brought to us by several credible sources and have been reported to the Minister of Magic himself. While the Ministry has not released an official statement, they are said to be thoroughly investigating the claims.

In the meantime, we strongly urge witches and wizards alike to remain indoors. Do not stray around spaces that are out of hearing distance of others. Do not go anywhere alone. And under no circumstances should you attempt to make contact with Morana Nyx.

There are no recent pictures of Morana, but she is said to look similarly to her mother…

The words became a blur on the page.

Eden fought her body's urge to slip into unconsciousness.

Against her own will, she tightened her muscles and stood tall. Her lips set in a line of determination.

This was no time for weakness. She couldn't give into fear, for it would undoubtedly give her away.

Nudging James' frozen body out of the way, she knelt down beside Lily and the child-11 year old Mabel Jennings. Mabel wasn't breathing.

Lily looked at her with worried eyes and Eden murmured a few words to her. Nodding as she listened, Lily stood up and moved to James, whispering in his ear before she dashed out of the common room. James was able to regain control of his body and turned to speak to the crowd, gently ushering them back to their dorms. Remus and Sirius helped him with the younger, more frightened individuals.

Meanwhile, Eden gently turned Mabel onto her back, breathing in sharply as she saw the child's face. She was as pale as a ghost and a white liquid was foaming from her charcoal coloured lips. Eden pushed on her temples as she forced herself to think. Mabel had ingested a poison, that she knew for sure, but what kind? Draught of Living Death?-No, there wouldn't be any foaming at the mouth. Death-Cap Draught? No. Emerald Potion?-Wrong again, she was unconscious, not screaming in pain. Eden shook her head in frustration as she stared at the girl-she was running out of ideas…and time.

A sickening feeling suddenly churned her stomach and Eden grasped Mabel's left arm, turning it face-up. She let out a sigh of relief. Her wrist was unadorned by the dark mark. Eden's train of thought went off the rails as Mabel began to shake on the floor in quick jerky movements. Sirius ran over as he heard the sudden sound, leaving a crying first-year to be consoled by Remus.

"What do I do?" he rushed as he knelt beside her.

"Hold her still," Eden's voice remained surprisingly calm, "I think I know what's wrong."

Sirius did as he was told and, as gently as he could, held her down with one hand on her shoulder and one on her legs. Eden reached towards Mabel's face and carefully lifted up the girl's eyelids. She nodded grimly. Her eyes were completely crimson. Baneberry Potion.

"Remus!" she shouted across the room.

He rushed over to her and Sirius, immediately nauseated as he saw Mabel's state.

"Still have your advanced potion kit?" Eden questioned.

"Uh-yes, yes I do," he confirmed hurriedly.

"Bring it to me," she instructed.

James, having finished coaxing the others back into their dorms, ran over to the group. He helped Sirius as Mabel's shaking worsened.

"Eden!" Remus's voice carried down the staircase as he ran, "Here it is."

She snatched it from him as soon as it was in reach and quickly unzipped it. Thankfully, Remus was extremely organised and she easily found what she was looking for. Bezoar. With the stone in one hand she quickly pinched open Mabel's mouth before pushing it inside-forcing her to involuntarily swallow it.

Mabel's body went deathly still.

"Come on, come on, breathe." Eden whispered forcefully.

Mabel lay still.

An idea sparked in Eden's mind and without hesitation she reached her wand from her pocket and held it against the girl's forehead. Closing her eyes, she began to chant words the others did not recognise. Her voice grew louder and louder as she immersed her body into the spell. The boys watched fearfully as her eyes rolled to the back of her head and her neck bent backwards.

"Eden? Eden are you alright?!" Sirius reached out for her hand but immediately dropped it- she was burning.

James shook his head as Eden's body began to shudder similarly to Mabel's only a few seconds ago, "This isn't right, this isn't right, Merlin's Beard where are Lily and McGonagall?"

As the words left his lips the professor rushed through the portrait hole, with Lily right on her heels.

"What is going on?" McGonagall demanded, ignoring the scattered flyers as her eyes locked on the scene unfolding in front of her.

Eden's body quaked forcefully as her voice rose louder-Mabel's chest heaved upwards with the same force as she finally took in a breath of air. Eden collapsed into Sirius. Completely exhausted.

McGonagall quickly assessed the situation, "James I need you to carry Mabel to the hospital wing and tell Madam Pomfrey what happened, Remus run and find Professor Slughorne, tell him to hurry there. Well don't just stand there and stare at me, GO!"

She turned to Eden who was sitting on the floor, leaning against Sirius, "Can you walk?"

Eden nodded as she tried to stand.

McGonagall gave a curt nod, "Meet us in the Hospital Wing as quickly as you can, and Lily, go to Professor Dumbledore's office, tell him everything you told me."

The Professor then turned to look behind the group.

"The rest of you," she addressed the Gryffindor students who must've gathered during Eden's screaming episode, "Return to your separate dorms and do not leave until I come to get you."

Her dress swept behind her as she exited the common room-Lily once again right on her heels.

Eden had finally heaved herself up off the floor, Sirius's hands moulded the air around her body, ready to catch her if she fell.

Staggering, she made it two steps before her knees buckled and she felt herself flying forward. Sirius reached forwards and caught her before she could further hurt herself. His hands held firmly onto her hips as she slouched backwards, her head resting on his shoulder.

"Sorry," she mumbled, embarrassed at her state.

"Don't worry about it."

Pushing herself from his grasp she once again walked forward. Her foggy mind had to fight to remain in control of her body. And frustration fueled her as she slowly ducked through the portrait-she had been trained to withstand lengthy duels without tiring, but she could barely walk from performing a simple spell. What was wrong with her?

Stumbling along, she made it from the hallway to the first staircase without another tumble. She was stubborn as she took the first step down the stairs, putting some of her weight against the railing. She refused to ask for help. Her steadiness momentarily faltered, and she fell forcefully onto the railing as the staircase began to magically move. Sirius's hands instinctively moved to steady her but she waved him away.

"I'm fine." she said through gritted teeth.

He raised an eyebrow, "Right."

Heaving herself upright she returned to her slow descent. Her legs felt like jelly. Her mind couldn't focus. Sirius noticed her worsening state but he forced himself to keep from helping her.

It wasn't until she lost her footing and skidded down half a flight of stairs that he gave up watching her struggle.

"Are you still fine?" he asked as he jogged down to reach her.

She looked up at him sourly.

"Will you let me help you now?"

"I don't need help, just let me get up." she mentally cursed her strong-willed independence.

He shook his head but stepped back. Her body trembled as she reached for the railing to hoist herself up. Halfway up, her hands began to shake, preventing her from keeping a solid grip and she felt herself slipping back down.

Sirius couldn't take it anymore and reached towards her. His hands grasped her hips as he pulled her up.

"I said I didn't need help," Eden's face heated in frustration.

"Oh I heard you" his eyes stared down at her, "It's just that I'm not very good at listening."

She glowered at him.

A faint grin lit across his face and he swiftly picked her up- holding her with an arm around her back and an arm under her legs.

"Hey, hey put me down!" she demanded, her weakened voice carried less force than she wished it to.

"I will," his grin spread, "As soon as we get to the Hospital Wing."

She used the last of her energy to struggle against his hold.

"Don't start," his voice gained an edge as his grip tightened around her.

Shamefully she leaned her head back against his shoulder, her body too tired to fight. Her mind was drowsy as she swayed ever so slightly as he walked. She finally let herself give into exhaustion, her eyes closed and her mind was quieted.

Sirius smiled softly to himself.

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[phoebehalliwell]

I cannot wait to read the stories you write for Sheridan and Warren & Dency! I can feel the love you put into them. They feel for realistic and I wish they were canon!! 😭 how do you think Dency would be if she ever got to meet the bros? (As they’re like the best non-canon characters ever?) Also, Dency has only one friend in magic school? Poor Dency :( For some reason, when I read your little Dency holiday headcanons I could totally see he being a teacher at magic school?? ✨✨

i think a dency/warren/sheridan team up would easily be one of The most chaotic things to ever rock the magical community both are the first borns of their respective generations so both are pretty power loaded But one of them is really knowledgeable in the magical and how it all works and all that and the others were raised by a guy who has frosted tips. i my writings warren and sheridan were not like raised with really any magic they were given a spell to unbind their powers but everything else was just a sorta figure it out of your own thing i think with their active power it was really just like a figuring out what works at what doesn’t like that was p self explanatory and when it comes to like everything else. they just fuckin. try things. see what sticks. as i think i’ve mentioned before sheridan’s in a band that’s his thing and the lead singer / his friend is like a witch practitioner who does not know magic is actually real in fact okay so the majority of people in the band are witches that’s their shtick sheridan pretends not to be bc well they’re all practitioners he doesn’t want to do anything they do but then have you know actual magic happen so he’s like yeah hahaha i don’t believe in magic / i don’t wanna practice magic but basically every single spell they know they’ve learned from sheridan’s friend or alternately warren looking it up on youtube or like indie witch blogs and they work that’s undeniable but they are kinda hack jobs and like they’ll make their own potions and stuff using the knowledge they have but like. like they’ll microwave potions. they have no access to magical ingredients. they’re definitely not operating at full potential. that being said i do think a large part of magic is the intent behind it so like they’re no good at spells or writing them nor do they have the power of three but they’re still p powerful witches and everything they do they do with their chest so like it works. dency on the other hand is a magic whiz so i think in that team up like when it’s time to make a potion they’d be making it either at dency’s apartment or in magic school and i think the twins would like socks: knocked off like they had no idea how powerful magic could be and just how powerful they are like in general. i also think they’d both be pretty hyped to be related to the antichrist bc like that’s kinda cool as hell (they also definitely have no the source is/was who cole was they’re not even aware of the charmed ones so dency does her best to explain in layman’s terms the antichrist part was about the only piece of information they retained). i also think like dency grew up with the charmed ones she also grew up hearing stories of her namesake and also being raised by a cupid like she really feels and understands all the love in between the halliwells so i think she’d really be like the one to introduce w&s to you know their magical side like bust out a photo album of prue and tell them the stories she knows of her both warren and sheridan have premonition i think like very limited occasional retrocognition but i think like when you know learning about their mom and seeing all their personal items of her they would get a flashback maybe even like a prue highlight reel and uhh they don’t cry often they’re too glib for that but um yowch :’) i also think dency would help them start their own book of shadows i think dency has one of her own that she made with her roommate it’s leather bound but probably has like witchcraft for sexy bitches!!!! embossed on the cover bc it’s not meant to be an heirloom it’s just something for the two of them that dency will later add to the halliwell book of shadows. (a note on dency’s roommate bc idk if i’ve mentioned her before her name is dove she’s an only child and she comes from like a really rich family who lives in marin county right across the bridge she’s probably from like ross or something and she has no active powers. she can scry she can make potions she can cast spells she was the standard mediumship but she has absolutely no active powers. her parents also have no magic and presumably neither does her grandparents in fact there seems to be zero magic in her bloodline at all and yet here she is, a witch. and everyone sorta thought she was a late bloomer at first and dove like really really wanted to have an active power like she tried So Hard and yet nothing. so i think her andy dency both sorta bonded from being the outcasts in magic school and that’s why they became homies i think they both received the nicknames of dud and devil initially to bully them but they ended up just calling each other that people also stopped calling them mean names after someone called dency devil in the third grade and dove bit them and the whole thing develoved into a lord of the flies magical battle to the death between eight year olds. both dove and dency got suspended for a month, in that month the charmed ones still trained dency from home and dency begged them to bring over dove and train her too bc she only got suspended bc she was defending dency so that really solidified their relationship. the book that they share is really more of dove’s creation tho bc dency is very dyslexic and cannot spell and dove’s a bit of a control freak. the book also does not look like the halliwell BoS bc dove really tries to make the text as legible as possible so dency can read it when she’s not around. their book definitely looks like a bujo.) but that’s not the point the point is dency like helps warren & sheridan build their own book of shadows they were vaguely aware of the concept as the lead singer friend has a bos that she made in like a moleskine notebook however these guys tend to just keep all the information they need in their notes app. but yeah i think these guys would also just really love having someone to Talk To about magic especially someone who they can just like Ask Questions without having to dodge any language or make things seem less specific i do think they also know dency’s probably more powerful that them maybe not by raw power but she’s definitely a more skilled witch than them And Yet In Spite Of That they’re still two years older that her and do sorta shift into big brother mode (a setting they didn’t even know they had!) whenever it seems like dency’s gonna do something really dangerous like these guys were born in 2000 and dency’s in 2002 and it’s really barely a split but like still!! watch out!!!! which dency finds hilarious and tbh they find pretty funny too bc they’re not like great role models (well, sheridan isn’t, warren is studying to be a teacher for like elementary school (or he’s studying hotel management bc i think that’s be funny) so warren does seem more professional/responsible he has less tattoos than is brother but that’s definitely a con bc he is just a stupid and reckless as his twin) but yeah they like really try to fill their Responsible Shoes and be Big Brothers to dency. and then i guess since i’ve brought up teaching here i will answer your final part about dency and teaching i think the halliwells really run magic school i have said in a post many moons back lemme see if i can find it yeah no i can’t okay so i think in ye olden days the elders decided that they need to make magical schools to bring in young witches and train them in powers of good so like every elder at the time picked a location like a source of power and made their own school and the majority of them are named after their founders however i think the elder who made magic school was the captain holt of the elders which is why magic school is entirely beige and called “magic school”. i think he didn’t believe in naming the schools after the elders bc the point is not to glorify the elders to point is to uphold and train good magic. anyways that mentality faded i do think gideon ran magic school for a good chunk of time but did not exceed the amount of time the founder ran it so it was never like His magic school but i think once the charmed ones came along they really started making changes and making it practical something gideon did not do bc he’s an idiot (i’ll tell you what i will link the funniest ask i’ve ever received) and i think you know paige starts recruiting witches especially those without connection to magic to come and learn at magic school and since the charmed ones frequent it so much i do think a lot of witches who might have gone somewhere else or to a more local magic school do try to get into magic school and i think in the magical community is does end up getting dubbed like halliwell academy or even charm school where like almost no one calls in magic school anymore and if they were to get school hoodies it would say like halliwell academy on it. i think piper finds it all embarrassing i think grams does not shut up about it. so yeah i think magic school really is a part of the warren line at this point i think i could definitely see gen2 take up the mantle out of everyone i think most likely to be a professor would be henry jr. i think wyatt would guest lecture i think peyton also has a high potential in regards to dency specifically i’ll tell you what i’d love to see is okay. demons warlocks darklighters they don’t play by the same rules as light magic like “forbidden love” all that fuck that everything’s forbidden what’s an outside relationship to them and we’ve seen in the show like with the manticore baby and even in s1 i’m like 90% sure that darklighter goal was just to knock up daisy the point i’m getting at is a i think there are a lot of kids born of dark magic who just have no clue who or what they are especially if they are raised away from their magical parent and people like paige can’t find them bc they don’t get whitelighters bc they’re not witches but i think having dency find them and like bring you know the children of dark magic to learn i think that’d be a really cool thing i think it’d be a major controversy bc a lot of families would be extremely hesitant like opening up their vast wealth of knowledge to y’know evil beings and yeah i think it’s be fuckin weird if you were born half-demon and find a vanquishing potion for yourself in your textbook like ouch! but i think it’d be really interesting to do. that being said i think i’d slate that for later in life for dency where i have her at now she’s an investigative journalist (also elise is her godmother fun fact) and i think i’d really want to give her a lot of growth and knowledge before she does that But i think it’s be really cool to do

#i feel like i should make a character page or like oc page where i just like put up all the names & info for the various next gen members #bc like #there's a lot #idk i'm working on a lil aesthetic piece for the non canon witches of the next gen #which was gonna be for my autumn event don't look at me #but it's got dency the morrises prandy's trio bennie montana and i wanna add a piper mark kid i think #and then i wanna add the peripheral characters as well like love or w&s lead singer friend or like effie melinda's whitelighter #like characters who's names i would just drop just to keep em organized #maybe i'll do that #charmed #next gen #dency halliwell #warren halliwell #sheridan halliwell #dove clifton-hartfield

[illicitlimerence-writes]

a-maze-ing | m. schumacher

pairing: mick schumacher x reader word count: 1.3k words request: yes/no. by an anon: "you get scared by them in a corn maze and lash out and hit them, quickly followed by apologies with mick? xx" i really liked this request and wanted to post it during spooky season. warnings: fluff, scares, language. a/n: as i was writing this i realized i've written about the reader hitting someone like four times. i promise i'm not a violent person and do not condone violence, i just try to think about the most likely reaction to what's going on in the story. not proofread! also english isn't my first language! not super proud of this one. writer's block is being a bitch again. also i know no one's gonna care, but i start my new job on monday! it's actually the same job i had before the panoramic happened, and i've been working from home since then (which is a blessing, but, being cooped up in my home for almost two years has been awful for my mental health so i asked if i could come back). and i'm so excited because i love my job! (plus my boss is one of my best friends, so it's all really chill and fun.) anyways i'll shut up now. hope you like this!!!

my masterlist

(will i ever get tired of posting these gifs of mick in that sweater? no, the answer is no.)

the usgp was an event you were really looking forward to. it was nearing the end of october and you were a fan of all things autumn, pumpkin spice, and chilly mornings.

you'd seen on instagram a few posts of a pumpkin patch nearby, and you and mick decided to go there the week after the race, before heading to mexico.

mick knew how much you loved fall, and he bought matching sweaters for you two as a surprise. you were getting ready that morning, brushing your hair in front of the mirror when mick came up behind you.

"close your eyes," he said, kissing your cheek.

"what's going on?" you giggled as you felt his soft lips on your skin.

"do it, trust me," he insisted, you gave in, closing your eyes with a smile on your face.

you heard him grabbing something, you cracked one eye open slightly to see what it was, but he caught your reflection.

"don't peek!" he said, hiding whatever he was holding behind his back.

"sorry, sorry," you chuckled, closing them again.

"okay, keep them closed, but turn around," you heard in your ear, feeling his warm breath on the side of your face. you did as you were told, standing expectantly. mick helped you put on the sweater, guiding your head first, then your arms. "wait, not yet," he said as he finished, quickly putting on his own.

he turned your body so you were facing the mirror again, and you felt his arm around your waist, his body next to you.

"okay, now," he kissed the side of your forehead and you opened your eyes. you blinked a few times, your sight a little blurry. once your bodies came into focus you gasped.

"mick! i love it, look at you!" you cooed as you saw your reflections, matching cream-colored knitted sweaters with a little pumpkin on the left side, where your heart is. "this is so cheesy, i love it," you grabbed his face and tangled your lips together. he hummed into the kiss, his hands on the arch of your back.

the entire ride to the pumpkin patch you could barely contain your excitement, your leg kept bouncing up and down in anticipation, mick's free hand that was wrapped around your thigh bounced alongside it.

you gasped, the back of your hand hitting his shoulder repeatedly in excitement. through the distance, your eyes met a huge red and white barn. a giant wooden sign with 'welcome' painted in red showing the way to the pumpkin patch.

"oh, my god. look at this! i want to live here forever!" your nose was almost pressed against the glass window of the vehicle, mick chuckling beside you.

"look here," he said, and you turned to his side. as mick drove through the entrance you saw a petting zoo, bouncy castle, and a corn maze. "we're definitely going to the maze," he stated, his eyes returning to the road ahead.

"there's a giant creepy scarecrow right in the middle of the maze, i'm not going anywhere near it," you shook your head, choosing instead to look at the dozens of rows of pumpkins.

"that's the fun part of the maze! you don't know where you're going." mick said as he turned off the car, leaning on his side, towards you. you did the same, and he looked at you with puppy eyes. "please?" he stuck his bottom lip out.

"fine, but you're going first on each turn we make," you pecked his lips quickly, but he grabbed your chin and kept you there, prolonging the kiss.

"i'll protect you with my life."

bullshit.

the minute you walked into the maze he immediately left your side, insisted on timing how long it'd take each of you to get out first.

athletes. everything had to be a competition. before you could even utter a word he took a turn and vanished from your sight.

you tried to memorize each turn you took, but every green leaf looked the same to you. you knew that eventually, all roads led to the scarecrow. it stood tall, imposing.

throughout your walk, you felt eyes on you, and you could've sworn something, or someone, pulled your hair at some point. maybe you were just paranoid.

you breathed deeply, it was the last turn before you came face to face with the creepy scarecrow. you gathered as much courage as you could, taking a step towards the final path.

you let out a loud shriek as out of nowhere, you felt two hands gripping your waist and lifting you up.

"boo!" mick yelled, setting you down as he laughed at your reaction. you furrowed your eyebrows as you felt your heartbeat speeding up.

"mick! what the hell?" you hit his arm twice, pouting as he kept laughing. you crossed your arms over your chest, "you scared me!"

"yeah, love, that was the point," he chuckled at your annoyed expression.

you stuck your tongue out, turning your back on him. not even the scarecrow could stop you as you focused solely on getting out of there, mick following you.

"it's this way," he said, pointing to the right as you chose the left.

"well, i want to go this way!" you continued your determined stroll.

"are you mad?" he asked, trying to take your hand. you let him, but didn't meet his eyes as you kept walking.

"what do you think?" you asked, growling when you realized you'd met a dead end.

"come on, it's this way," he said softly, throwing an arm around your shoulders and kissing the top of your head. you resisted the urge to wrap your arms around him. "i didn't mean to upset you, i'm sorry, love. i promise i won't do it ever again,"

later that night, you returned to the hotel after spending the rest of the afternoon with mick as he spoiled you in hopes of forgiveness. in truth, you weren't upset with him, yes, he'd scared you to death, but you were already planning your revenge.

mick had left you alone for a few minutes to go to the restroom, and you rushed to one of the stands, buying what seemed to be a music box, but when you opened it a small replica of the scarecrow jumped out like a jack-in-the-box. you paid for it and set it inside your bag carefully as you returned to your previous seat.

now, you were about to shower, ridding yourself of the leftover hay that stuck to your clothes and hair. mick was already in bed, scrolling through his phone. he'd showered already, and looked pretty cozy and relaxed.

the perfect time.

"oh, i almost forgot. i bought you something," you said, rushing to your bag, grabbing the music box in your hands.

"ooooh, what is it?" he asked excitedly. you handed him the music box. "thanks, love. it's beautiful," he said as he looked at the details on the wooden box, you nodded in agreement. he set it aside, leaning towards you, kissing you. "i love it," he smiled, and you returned it.

"i'm glad," you ran a hand through his hair. you almost felt guilty for the scare he was about to live. "i'll go shower now, i have hay in places where there shouldn't be any," you chuckled, walking to the bathroom and closing the door behind you.

you waited a few seconds before you opened it again.

"oh, i think you'll really like the song it plays. you have to rotate the little stick first, and you open the box after," you explained, smiling softly as you bit your lip, trying to look as innocent as possible.

"cool, i just have to reply to this email and i'll try it after," he said, and you nodded. about two minutes later, you stood beneath the warm shower, feeling lighter as each second passed.

your peace was interrupted by a terrified shrill coming from the bedroom.

"baby, what the fuck?" you heard mick's shaky voice.

sweet revenge, you thought, smirking to yourself.

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Hi, I see lots of people asking about stories of yours that you've taken down for publishing and it made me wonder. Do you have a place where people can read synopsis (plural??) of upcoming books/books that have been taken down? I saw the teaser for Sweet Berries at the end of your Farm book, but I don't know the one coming in 2022 I don't think and I wanna get hyped! (Have read Sweet Berries stories, but the book is gonna be bomb)

I don't have a synopsis landing page, but my website is about to get an overhaul, so that might be changing!

In the meantime, here's the tentative order of things:

Parties, GW book 2- Several months after a weekend girls' trip, suburban elves Lurielle, Ris, and Silva are still affected by their experiences at the resort and the orcs they met there.

Lurielle discovers that being in a multi-species relationship has its challenges: meeting Khash's family, introducing him to hers, and facing the harsh realities that lie ahead if they stay together. A lifetime together or a lifetime apart - she must decide if she can bear the heartache the future holds.

When Ris returns to the resort on a whim, an unexpected encounter with a slightly familiar face upends this elf's desire to be a free as the wind. Ainsley is simultaneously everything and nothing that she's looking for - smart and sexy and completely unattached . . . but how long can they "keep things casual?"

Silva struggles to juggle the expectations of her family and seeing Tate in secret until she becomes tangled in her web of lies, necessitating a choice - following the carefully mapped life of privilege her family has planned for her in their Elvish community . . . or throwing it all away to follow her heart, for a man with his own heart full of secrets.

Parties is a multi-POV story, following all three girls through a succession of soirees, each one winding their separate story lines - and the work friends - tighter together.

Sweet Berries - Grace has a job she loves, a community she adores, and plenty of friends . . . but her lack of bedroom action has left this event planner too horny to think. When one ill-advised night at the bar leads to her giving an exhibitionistic show to an unknown presence outside her bedroom window, she thinks she’d hit a new low. When her voyeur turns out to be a nebbishly charming mothman, Grace needs to decide if she can trust her body — and her heart — with this garnet-eyed stranger before he flys out of her life for good.

Sweet Berries is a monster/human romance novella featuring high heat and a lot of heart, with a guaranteed HEA. It is the second book in the Cambric Creek Romance series, and can be read as a standalone. CWs: human/nonhuman romance, nonhuman anatomy, size difference, exhibitionism

Pride - Don’t ever go into the forest alone, gorza, there are strangers there who will take you away.

She had grown up in the shadow of the forest, with the story of the boy who’d disappeared into its black confines having been passed down in her clan for generations. She never imagined the story’s subject might be real.

Nineteen, rebellious, and queer; trapped in a marriage she never wanted, Elshona wishes that she too could disappear from her life, never to be seen again. When she meets a sharp-toothed stranger in a pub, whose past bears more than just a passing resemblance to the tale she’s known all her life, she does the one thing she was taught not to do: follows him into the night, out the door and away from her family and all she knows, all the way across the sea.

Pride is a Girls Weekend side-story about Tate and Elshona: how they meet, their shared connection, and the pain of not being accepted and leaving home behind. It's a story of queer acceptance, chosen family, and the ties that bind us, for better or worse. CW: ALL the emotions

Moon Blooded Breeding Clinic - Returning to Cambric Creek is the last thing Lowell Hemming wants to do, but when his career as a photographer is put on hold, he’s not left with much of a choice. Suffocating under the weight of the Hemming family name and the confines of his small hometown, the monthly full moon is the only time he doesn’t feel trapped. When an intriguing flyer requesting healthy male werewolves catches his eye, he finds himself calling Moon Blooded Breeding Clinic, signing up as a donor for their catalog.

From the outside, recently divorced Moriah has everything - except the one thing she wants: a child of her own. Desperation pushes her to contact a very unconventional clinic with an unparalleled success rate . . . all she needs to do is align her reproductive cycle to the full moon and pick a werewolf from a catalog with whom to mate.

Moon Blooded Breeding Clinic will feature a high heat slow burn that examines real-world issues through the unique lens of Cambric Creek. CW: knotting, breeding, werewolf/human relationship.

Changes, GW book 3 - hahahaha, nope. Not yet!

Wheel of the Year - Ousted from her coven, hurting for clients, and struggling to keep her aging family home, socially awkward witch Ladybug is at the end of her rope. When she rents the attic bedroom to a silent, unsmiling drider, she thinks her life might be on the right track to improve; when she lets him into her bed, it will never be the same.

Wheel of the Year is a series of short vignettes, centered around the witch's sabbaths. CW: arachnophobia, spider anatomy, biological aphrodisiac, HUGE size difference, non-human/human romance.

Beneath the Linden Trees 1 - In a time of war and kings, the orcs of clan Duh’lar have secured the mountains for their own, and if adopting the customs of men is the only way to keep it, they will do what they must. Peace and prosperity follow, but when war comes to the Easterlands, the Lord of Linden Hall must decide if the orcs will honor their treaties.

Beneath the Linden Trees follows tree orcs and the women they love, and how the decisions of one affects the lives of the others:

Aurelie is a well-bred human Lady from the Easterlands, promised in marriage to the youngest son of the orc lord, sent away from her father's keep to her new home at Linden Hall. To her shock, her betrothed is warm and kind, well-spoken and indulgent . . . but after several weeks in residence in her new home, she has still not laid eyes on Tilianus, the orc she is to marry.

Lisette and Gelgrah, a witch destined for the stake and the orc who rescues her, have built their home at the base of the mountain, far from Linden Hall. When war comes to the mountains, Lisette realizes their little family is at risk of being torn apart.

Eh'lazar is an acolyte at the temple of the moon, learning the ancients arts from the high priestess, Eonar, before he is cast out for dabbling in darker magics. Hardening his heart, he cultivates a reputation as a powerful necromancer, capable of raising an army of the dead . . . but when war comes to the mountains, he must choose between cementing his power and the elf he once loved.

Beneath the Linden Trees will be a three-part series (for now) that should be read as a series. CW: typical period-era violence, human/non-human romance, size differences

Rosemary & Time - She had always known the way through the wood, until the day the wood changed.

When Thorn follows a light into the forest, the world she thought she knew falls away. Memories and lives already lived shift and dance in her head, obliterating reality and leaving her at the mercy of the fae to whom she is forever bound. Jack of the lanterns is the last person she ought to trust, but as she is thrust into the world of the high courts, he is all she has.

Surviving the treacherous Court of Autumn's capricious Queen and her deadly consort are only the start of Thorn's journey through the wood, and she must decide if she is willing to play their game forever . . . or free herself from her captor, the man she has loved for several lifetimes.

Rosemary & Time is a topsy-turvy journey through the world of the fae, where magic and memory weave a confusing tapestry, and where nothing is ever what it seems. It is a standalone story, but is connected to Girls Weekend, and recommended for the richest reading if both worlds. CW: it's the fae, baby. All the content warnings.

Reunions, GW book 4 - I promised happy endings for all my babies, and after a lot of suffering, this is the book in which they finally get it.

That's what I have planned for now!

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