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omegalomania · 1 year

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everything is lit, except my serotonin

"what a time to be alive" is probably one of my favorite songs on the new record. that's not really a hard sell, though; i struggle to pick favorites at the best of times and by this time tomorrow, my favorite track will likely be a different one. but there's something about this track that i keep circling back to, for a multitude of reasons.

this one has proven a little contentious. critics don't quite get it, and even people who love the song will say that it's a little off-putting lyrically, primarily because of those lines in the chorus: "everything is lit, except my serotonin / everything is lit but my lightning-bolt brain". i'm not going to say outright that critics scoffing at the obvious earth, wind, and fire influence is one of those delightful instances of antiblack racism that's so common in music criticism, but i'd be lying if i said i didn't suspect that was a factor. but more to the point, that line in the chorus hit me a little harder than i expected it to.

patrick has stressed repeatedly that the majority of "what a time to be alive" was written before the pandemic. the lyrics to the bridge are the only parts that reference the pandemic specifically, but the rest of the song feels oddly prescient as it discusses how it feels like the end of the world...probably because in 2019, for some of us, especially those on the west coast, it did feel like the end of the world. pete wentz lives in los angeles, and thus probably got a very clear picture of this as it happened in real time. wildfires have always been an issue on the west coast, but by 2017, they started picking up in speed and scope, in large part due to the effects of climate change. the year after that, they got worse. the third year in a row this happened, it cemented that this was going to be a pattern, which is exactly what happened. today, the last third or so of the year is generally regarded as "fire season," when risk of wildfires becomes extremely high, power outages are common, and evacuations are anticipated.

i live in a fire zone. every year since 2017, i've had to evacuate my home regularly, or i know someone else who has. at this point, it's pretty well-established as routine. the first time this happened, it felt like the end of the world - watching neighbors' houses go up in smoke, housing displaced family members or friends who'd been evacuated themselves or actually lost their homes. by the time the pandemic happened, fire season hadn't actually died, either; we were carrying out evacuations while masked, and often without power (and thus no easy way to get news as to what was happening).

here's a thing about living in a fire zone. there are nights when you're going off no sleep and you're watching the ember-glow on the horizon at the early hours of the morning and thinking that it could almost be considered pretty, in a dark and dismal kind of way. there are days when the smoke haze is so heavy that you never get to see the sun but it makes the air hot and thick and it burns in your lungs. the smell of smoke becomes choking and omnipresent.

everything is lit, except my serotonin. everything is lit but my lightning-bolt brain.

i don't know if these lines were written about the wildfires in particular. it wouldn't surprise me if they were. there are a lot of moments in the song, the parts written pre-pandemic, that make me think that could've been the case: neon in the night-time and not caring if it's pretty because the view's so pretty from the deck of a sinking ship. livestreaming the apocalypse, because twitter feeds were literally the best way to get your news on whether your house might be next - if you had power and internet, that is. and not everyone did.

everything is lit but my lightning-bolt brain. it's kind of a silly line, and i understand being put off by it. it took me some time to warm to it too (pun absolutely intended). it's also a quadruple-entendre. everything is "lit" in the colloquial sense of being cool and exciting, sure, but it's also more or less how the human brain works. our brains are really just electricity, passing little bursts between all the neurons and synapses. on top of that, the sensation of feeling like electric shocks are passing through your skull, or "brain zaps," are a common symptom of withdrawal from antidepressants (which, among other things, are used to regulate someone's serotonin levels). and then there's the case of the world being on fire, literally. everything is lit except my serotonin. my lightning-bolt brain.

a memory:

i never actually stopped working through the pandemic, as i was considered an essential worker. the fires didn't let up either. a particularly horrible fire tore through a nearby area and that's the thing about fires: they turn the whole fucking sky vivid orange. i drove to work on a chilly autumn morning, the whole sky lit up in an orange glare. i stood for a minute in the freezing parking lot while flakes of ash overhead settled like snow onto my car, my hair, my clothes. somewhere, people's homes and livelihoods were burning, and in a matter of days or hours the wind could change and my home and friends could be next. so i walked through the falling ash and the sickly orange glow of the sky and did my temperature check at the door with my mask pulled up over the lower half of my face, and i got to work.

i remember that moment vividly because it was strange and surreal and eerie and it was probably the moment that felt most like the end of the world to me, or at least it did then. driving through town with the sky on fire and a disease tearing through the world and having to walk into work anyway. that's what this track reminds me of: the sheer, staggering surreality of watching everything fall apart, and then...you go to work, because what else are you supposed to do? you go to work. the world is ending. you go to work.

what a time to be alive.

#*making poasts #*writing #i dont think ive ever used that tag but i guess this counts. its a bit more prosey/personal than my standard stuff #just thoughts i was thonking about this song....lines that hit different when u have lived in a fire zone #its such a bright happy-sounding song but jesus christ. jesus christ.#anyway u are free to rb this or reply whatever i dont care

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matchamabs · 1 year

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drunk drawn au where after guy confronts gaara in lee’s hospital room, gaara realises that as dumb as he looks, guy is pretty genuine when it comes to caring deeply for his students! so what’s an enormously traumatised attention-starved 13 year old supposed to do? obviously he spontaneously defects and becomes his student whether he likes it or not.

#i have been thinking about this for WEEKS #naruto #gaara #rock lee #might guy #might gai #kankuro #temari #team guy #sabaku no gaara #ok but if he knew his real backstory i think guy would b soooo moved #like what a shit hand 2 be dealt!#he tried and nobody gave him the time of day!#so with the condition of no killing people #and follow konoha rules #he can stay #and with all the bullshit going down with suna and the old kazekage #kankuro and temari are like thonk #this actually might work for us

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abnormalityjoseph · 1 year

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SAGAU Idea

Sagau, but the creator!reader actually can regain their divine powers. [Kinda Imposter AU]

The Gnoses were to the Archons in order to directly resonate with Celestia

However, the Creator did not create the Gnoses.

Once the Creator was subdued (put into a comatose state beneath Teyvat, for example), Celestia helped instigate the Archon War by revealing the Gnoses and the positions.

The reader, randomly gets dreams with Genshin characters in there (meeting Fischl before she got her vision, comforting Kunikuzushi after his first betrayal, talking with the Crimson Witch, you get the idea)

They pass off the dreams as just..Yk dreams. But those interactions did happen in Teyvat. One of the few times the world was graced with the Creator’s presence since the Archon War.

Cool. Nice. Then you get Genshin and realize these look like some of the people from your dreams. But weird but oh well

Then you get isekai’d into Teyvat. As the Creator’s reincarnation. Your descent is felt by all the divine and those you did meet in (what you assumed were, but actually weren’t) dreams.

It’s pretty cool there. It always looked magical in Teyvat while you were playing, but it’s even better in person!

Oh, btw you’re being hunted.

Yeah…so turns out Celestia made a fake creator to keep the Archons pacified…and said fake creator had ordered for your head.

But this..False Creator could never replicate the aura your presence emitted. People were bound to find out, if you were able to evade capture long enough.

Spoiler: you do. And if the Tsaritsa won’t come to your aid first, then the Abyss will. Because of course the Abyss knows what’s going on, and of course the Tsaritsa would catch on fast.

Depending where all those characters you met are, it may take awhile before you realize those dream encounters were actual encounters. But hey: more friendly faces that’ll [eventually] come your way!

The more people who believe you are the true creator, the stronger you’ll become. Eventually you’ll be able to even the playing field against Celestia and whatever Archon tries to stand in your way.

What I mean is: You’ll have the chance to grant people your version of the Ghoses. To give them strength equal to an archon + as a gift for standing by your side.

The archons’ Gnoses resonate with Celestia, but the ones your followers get will resonate with you

Now go, wage war against Celestia and return to divinity! With your followers by your side, and your powers returning, the False Creator’s got a big storm coming their way!

#Joseph’s Think Thonks #sagau #genshin impact #self aware genshin #sagau brainrot lmao #genshin sagau #someone use this plEASE I WANT CONTENT TO READ—

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snom-pixelates · 2 years

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he’s just a guy! a menace! mostly he’s a ball and a pile of dirty laundry tho!

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spearxwind · 2 months

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feeling so insanely swag abt assigning my dragon ocs a squadron name and also a callsign to each one

#now i just need a squadron name for the other bad guys...#i beat project wingman on mercenary difficulty yesterday and i have plane brain today ive been doing a lot of thonking for broken horizon #(the dragon world)#thunderclap #i kinda wanna talk about them but i dont think anyone cares abt this stuff at all

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swiftmitsu · 4 months

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reminder to not use religion as an excuse for your shitty behaviour 💛

it does not excuse it. it doesn’t make sense. don’t do it.💛

don’t expect people to suddenly excuse your ugly behaviour just because of religion. 💛

nothing you say will ever excuse your behaviour. just admit it’s you.

#mitsu think thonking #you are all valid and i love each and everyone here #hugs to everyone💛🫂🫂🫂#don’t listen to shitty people. you’re all amazing.#keep being you and never give up 💛💫

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hungriesttable · 7 months

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I’ve always found Eunyung/Haejoon stuff a little odd, because isn’t part of what makes their relationship so interesting/hard-hitting the fact that Haejoon admits he couldn’t just choose the first person he saw to fill the hole in his heart? that even though they’ve changed each other so much, there are still ways in which they’re incompatible? It’s not like this is something that totally impedes the character pairing, but it never really seems to be addressed in ship content.

#no home #just some thoughts I’ve had #also the post that said if you think about it Haejoon and Eunyung BOTH see their respective mothers in each other #and how that colors their relationship #more obviously on hj’s part but nonetheless #it feels like just doing the typical enemies to lovers or pining or whatever else scenario doesn’t capture all of that #thonking emoji #anyways who’s excited for next no home Monday 😹 I am

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piosplayhouse · 1 year

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It's so sick that tianlang jun and luo binghe have built in forehead kiss buttons but they go so long in canon tragically deprived of forehead kissies

Edit: I forgot about zhuzhi lang I'm sorry. I'm giving him a million forehead kissies in repentance

#thonking about sqq telling bimghe not to hide his demon mark because its the perfect target for kisses #i just . awaugggg they make me so SOFT #I watn bingy to know that he's not loved despite who he is but BECAUSE of who he is and that no part of him is undeserving of love #and and #lbh #tlj #svsss #the scum villain's self saving system #tianlang jun #luo Binghe #by the way i think in a su xiyan lives au when she leaves the house (tlj is a stay at home dad ofc) she gives her husband and son forehead #kissies in succession and they get so sad when they dont have them

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vynnyal · 7 months

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Y'all, how do I be normal about hollow knight.

Anyways, here's the unofficial 4th installment of that series I started a while ago where I throw together a bunch of random hk theories into one post... this time ordered to make mildly more sense!

So the context here is this:

My friend came up with a cool oc and I was immediately obsessed with the idea. I explained everything relevant... err-- mostly relevant, anyways-- but I extrapolated on a few points here.

It got kinda bloated because I tried to tie-in some of my random tangents. The rest... are just gonna be at the end, lmao.

...

Basically, there are Gods in Hallownest. They mostly fall under the category of "Higher Beings", though not all Higher Beings are gods.

All of these gods are Gods specifically because they use dreams as their life force, which is directly tied to how powerful their influence can be.

The mother of Greenpath, Unn, is the epitome of a good-ol' classic Hollowknight god.

She IS Greenpath. The plantlife came from her and is likely a direct conduit of her power (greenpath lore tablet). The Mosskin Tribe themselves are her dream-children-- they either literally spawned from her or were merely formed in her image.

And now remember, the entirety of greenpath and queen's gardens were her domain. That's like 1/6th of Hallownest.

She was The Shit. And then, for reasons untold, she went to sleep. Though it's hard to pin down when it started, it's implied her slumber predated the Dreamers; Quirrel's dreamnail dialogue mentions her, likely as a memory from the times he was Monomon's apprentice, and even then she was just "something revered" sleeping in the waters.

Which is to say, when Mr Columbus waltzed in to pave roads through their lands (and when his wife laid claim to a decent chunk to be her personal playground), they likely didn't meet much resistance. From Unn herself, anyways. Which makes it all the more shocking that they didn't smite her image completely when her domain was so throughly invaded and remolded to PK's satisfaction.

He had, in his grasp, an entire tribe of people that followed *a different God than himself,* aka the worst thing you can be in the eyes of another God. People are dreams, and dreams are power. More worshippers= more power. If you're a God, you HAVE to actively be thought about by many people to survive. A forgotten God is a dead God. (This exact conflict was, in no small part, the beginning of the series of dominoes that led to Hallownest's downfall, albiet with a different God.)

That Unn herself was left relatively alone, despite this, is likely because Unn/the Mosskin Tribe gave juuust enough to avoid conflict while also keeping their "dream" distinct from PK's (meaning: continue to worship Unn and not PK). I can only imagine he allowed this because if he didn't, both Unn and her people would simply cease to be; the Mosskin needed Unn, and Unn needed them. That, and he was probably pretty busy dealing with the aforementioned other God that was... decidedly less submissive.

Either way, WL took Unn's land and pushed out her followers, inadvertently (or possibly purposefully) greatly diminishing Unn's power and influence. (It's possible this was the event that knocked her out, and she was merely too weak to oppose two entire Higher Beings to begin with.)

The other important character of note is Fierce Dryya. She was one of the Five Great Knights, and WL's personal guard.

After WL birthed and subsequently killed her children, she isolated herself in the depths of her Gardens, presumably "well-protected" from the fate the rest of the world faced.

There, Dryya held her last stand before a swarm of infected mantis Traitors who sought to remove WL from their territory. Sadly, WL doesn't even know she's dead, even though you have to step over her corpse to enter WL's cocoon.

It's hard to think about, but theres an equal chance that she fought off the Traitors for good... and that her death was entirely in vain. She is found next to the mound of Traitor corpses she undoubtly killed, but in the end, she died as well.

Implying that, before breathing her last, she managed to terrify them enough to never come back..

Or that she was just eventually worn down and killed, and the Traitors simply gave up when they couldn't get through WL's own protection.

....Which is to say the time between Dryya's death and events of the game is almost completely unknown!

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Things I just couldn't fit in:

1, The name greenpath is just because PK put a bunch of roads in it, really. It likely had a different name before Mr Columbus came along.

2, Btw I wondered if there were any actual children in hk. Turns out, yeah, most bugs can propogate (lol), but the only ones referenced in the game that are not directly from a God are openly NOT worshiping ANY God. I'm talking the Mantis tribe, the Spider tribe, the Flukes, the mushroom clan, and weirdly enough, a specific spirit called Joni whose whole thing was being a heretic-- aka not only Not a worshiper of PK, but actively outcast and perhaps outlawed by PK's people.

*I'm disregarding Millybug. They're implied to be childish, but that's all we know.

Other notable characters that were at least a child at one point are Hornet, who was the child of Herrah and PK, and the Vessels, the product of the WL and PK. Grimmchild doesn't count as its not an actual bug, but a vessel created by the Nightmare Heart. The PK's Vessels are unique because they were originally independent, living creatures.

3, This talk about gods and such made me think about what happens after the game. Unn isn't dead, just actively dying because Miss Rad keeps stealing all her followers. She barely has enough energy to be like "hey kid, take this thing and remember me plz."

With both Miss Rad and PK gone, there's nothing stopping Unn's revival. Like, imagine Hallownest getting repopulated by the remaining tribes, returned to their natural glory. The only place left untouched being the city and the abyss-- forever monument to the horrors that nearly killed them all.

4, It just occurred to me that most of the real Godly gods in the game get cop-outs in the pantheons so you can't fight them. White lady just kinda peaced out, Unn's on the respirator, PK is fully snapped out of existence, the Lifeblood entity is chilling out in the basement, and... well I guess you are the void king by then so it's a bit of a moot point. NKG, THK, and Miss Rad are the only ones that're ready to throw down. Good for them!

5, The story of Isma is perplexing. It's implied the grove she died in is the source of the weird acid ravaging Hallownest, though it's unknown how or why. The wiki presumes this only affects the lower regions of the world, but I personally haven't found whatever supports this*. There's pipework lining the broken elevator pass between Ogrim and the Grove, of which is literally glowing with acid, so...

*there is one spirit in the Spirit Glade that mentions acid as a biological defense mechanism, so acid does exist in some capacity outside of this weird angry stuff.

Besides that, her dreamnail dialogue is "there's no time." Seriously? That's the most cliffhanger-y quote of the bunch, I can so clearly imagine team cherry being like "have fun! No we will not elaborate lol" before they spike the ball into our court.

In any case, while down this rabbit hole I have come to terms with the fact that Ogrim is still the best character in the game. He's literally the "I lie to myself :)" guy. All his friends are dead or missing. His lover drowned in 10 feet of acid. His idol the King was sent to superhell. Everyone else is a shambling husk. But he's still out here like "hey again, I realized you're not dead! Sorry about that, everyone else is so I got confused. Oh you saw my gf after pulling the lever that lowers the 10 feet of acid in her grove? Yeah she's super cool. Yeah no I can't go see her even though she's literally right over there, I got my, uh... oath. Haha. Good luck!"

6, While reading about Essence, it occurred to me that when you dreamnail a spirit, you don't actually kill them. You merely collect them. When the seer speaks to you about how much essence you have, she mentions she sees memories peering back at her. (1200 essence dialogue)

Most clearly don't want to be collected. They are at their final resting place, and desire to stay there, whether they're aware of their current state or not.

...buuut technically, TECHNICALLY, you aren't actually harming the spirits you dreamnail and can totally collect em' all to chill with you instead of lingering, listlessly, forever. You're just kinda rude for it. Also, none of the other spirits can tell what happened to them, so just dreamnail Revek too! He'll be fiiiine. :D right?

7, What really messes with my understanding of the timeline is WL's whole physical situation with what the blindness and such. She's the Higher Being, but within such a relatively short span of time, she has aged to the point of her body breaking down? More importantly, she's not immortal?? There are no mentions of the queen ever having any physical ailments, publically or privately, until you see it for yourself. Meaning that the worst of it happened after the Vessels were born and THK began their training. Perhaps the matter with the Vessels took more of a physical toll than originally assumed?

If we're assuming the pair hooked up after PK turned tiny, then you have to wonder just how old she was at the time. Judging by the rate at which she's aging now, she was likely pretty young. Frankly, I doubt it'd change much either way. She'd have that matter-of-fact, gung-ho demeanor at any age.

This is also why I specified that not all Higher Beings are bona-fide Gods. WL doesn't need the dreams of others, and judging by the weaver's seal she uses to protect her mind, doesn't want others to dream of her. And yet the Godseeker recognizes her as... something. (Third encounter)

So at least she's not just a really old tree. But she's also not a God like PK. She's a weird, third thing.

8, but I'm not letting go of her weird orb cocoon thing. What's that about?? What is it made of? Was it constructed by others and she was sealed within? Or did she somehow create it herself? The architecture seems to imply it's inorganic, but how did she get in there, then?

To top off the weirdness, there's the conveniently ghost-sized hole in the center of her carved face. So I'm leaning more towards "exaggerated metaphor for entering WL's mind" or "easy-to-read entry point for players to go to visit WL that isn't literally there in canon" and not "there's a big glowing hole in this literal rock that inexplicably leads to a tunnel* that then leads to a room very obviously bigger than what's seen from the outside."

There's no way, dude.

I'm leaning more towards there being a large structure she could walk into, that was then barricaded to fully seal her within. The knight, being so small, managed to get their way in through some sort of tunnel.

But then something happened to the plan and the outside of the structure turned into whatever Ari thought that orb was supposed to be.

*Although, I do like the interpretation that the tunnel is actually Ghost slowly making their way through her roots to meet her.

#hollow knight #thonking abt hollowknight #blabbing.txt #SIGHS. y'all. To make this coherent was a struggle #It still barely hangs on to the original topic #I didn't know where to add this but it's also possible PK didn't kill Unn just because #He didn't wanna? Like. I don't think he was bloodthirsty #Just territorial #But he was at the time actively trying to kill someone. So #Who's to say the truce between Unn and PK would've been the same without miss rad?#Also also also hey. what was that about a cracktheory about Monomon possibly being a higher being again #It's been so long since I've read a good ol fashion hk fic venturing into worldbuilding with some basic character chatter thrown on top

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kai-teaa · 1 year

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one piece 1080 // sword + garp please do not repost / use

#coby the loml ily you so much pls keep doing what ur doing #i might clean and redraw this completely :thonk: still debating but i think it would be fun i just dk if i would post it hmmm #one piece 1080 #one piece #coby #garp #hibari #prince #kujaku #opspoilers #op spoilers #my edits #one piece manga #mine #op marines #i put sword + garp but what if garp is part of sword....#only time will tell :flush:

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abnormalityjoseph · 1 year

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I happen to be almost done with getting all of the talent and ascension materials for Wanderer, so take this treat!

Wanderer • Affection Headcanons

Awww the beloved!! Him!! Beloved!!

Definitely very touch starved. Once you start showing him any affection he’ll never get enough of it.

It’s almost like reassurance to him. Reassurance that he’s okay now and he’s getting better. Reassurance that you’ll be there for him while he heals.

Yeah so— Once you start doing small things like hand holding [linking pinkies or actually holding hands], hugs, even just putting a hand on his shoulder!! He starts wanting to feel that fuzzy feeling more often.

Naturally he’s a bit shy initiating it at first. He’s never really..done this kind of thing with anyone. In platonic or romantic context.

After awhile, he’ll just start doing it on instinct when you’re together.

Of course, right after he’ll look to you just to be sure that it’s fine he’s doing this.

When you give him that reassuring smile, or maybe just hold his hand tighter, he can’t help but get all giddy.

He’s…excited! He’s never done anything like this and it’s weird yet so nice!

Often used to put up a ‘fake it until you make it’ kind of confidence.

But here, with you? Maybe it’s finally real confidence.

Gradually as he gets out of his old routine and act from his Harbinger days, you’ll see him get much more open to affection.

Yeah, I already mentioned he was shy. But it was kind of a “Was that affection? Gross. Do it more,” feeling for him. The Wanderer is nothing but stubborn and quick to deny weakness, that might never change.

Over time he gets more clingy though? He just will never leave you alone. Personally will drag you up hills to go see the sights, he doesn’t explain it to you.

No need to, of course. Prolonged periods of The Wanderer being with you leads to him understanding how you feel about things like this. He’s aware you’re fine with doing all these things with him.

If you stopped showing him these simple affections he might freak out though. Did he do something wrong? Are you mad? He would try to figure it out and reconcile.

Oh, also he primarily does acts of service and gift giving to show affection. He’s not..great with words. His pride would never let him say anything too sweet.

Bless him and his good memory, Wanderer will always somehow recall even the smallest mentions of your favorite things. Or important days for you.

He’s like a cat. There. I said it. He’s just a cat that loves to give you things when you start showing him some attention.

#Joseph’s Think Thonks #scaramouche genshin impact #scaramouche x reader #scaramouche #wanderer genshin #kunikuzushi genshin #I love him #he’s so everything

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