#{ Trying my honest to god best out here and it just isn't cutting it. }

[yuichiroswife]

{ Ah yes, the "I'm suddenly remembering my ex-fiancé and miss him because us splitting up was my fault for being anxious about moving in together" feeling slapping me in the face at like... 10:39 PM is exactly what I need on top of all the natural sadness I feel about my daily life. Thank you, brain.

That aside, I hope that y'all had a good Thanksgiving or whatever it is that you celebrate where you're from or even just had a good day if you don't celebrate anything. }

#{ Life why do you hate me so much? } #{ Why do you feel the need to do things like this to me? } #{ All I wanna do is be able to write some drafts and asks. } #{ Is that too much for me to ask for? } #{ I've been sitting on drafts that I keep promising to answer for months. } #{ But my brain won't let me write anything. } #{ Trying my honest to god best out here and it just isn't cutting it. } #{ Also kinda sad that my friend said she'd visit me while she was in my city but never did. } #{ Especially since she's an online friend and I never get those kinds of chances due to the fact I'm broke. } #{ Hurray for poverty. :D *sarcasm* } #{ Anyway... as always I will try to do stuff but at this point it's better just to not expect anything from me. } #{ If you don't like these kinds of posts just... block me or whatever. I honestly don't care at this point. } #tw; negative #✠ [ ' ʙʟᴏᴡɪɴɢ ᴏғғ sᴛᴇᴀᴍ. ' ] - ✡ ʀᴀɴᴛɪɴɢ/ᴠᴇɴᴛɪɴɢ ✡ #✠ [ ' ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ʟᴇᴀᴅs ʙᴇʜɪɴᴅ ᴄʟᴏsᴇᴅ ᴅᴏᴏʀs. ' ] - ✡ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏғ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀ ✡

[thelaundrybitch]

Link your three favorite fics right now

How do you write smut scenes? Do you get very visual or detailed? How important is it to be realistic?

Share a snippet from a WIP

YAY! Thank you for sending me an ask!

Link your three favorite fics right now

Woven by Nacatu on Wattpad and AO3 (2012 tmnt)

LINK HERE

Pocky Game by Moonbean21 on Quotev (Bayverse Raph)

LINK HERE

Shells, Tails, and Freelancers by @sharpwindow (Bayverse turts)

LINK HERE

How do you write smut scenes? Do you get very visual or detailed? How important is it to be realistic?

Ok, Im'a be honest.

I don't really enjoy writing *smut*

I prefer to write romance, and romantic scenes that potentially end up in some steamy bedroom time.

I don't necessarily get very visual or detailed, I'm more about dialog and feelings. For me, those are the most important to portray during a love scene.

As for realistic? I mean... Feelings and dialog, I try my best. I think if I can get myself to enjoy my bedroom scenes, then they are realistic enough 💖

Share a snippet from a WIP

WOOHOO! Going for gold here! 🥳

It's a bit out of context and messy, but here you go. It's with my tmnt OC Basilio - who is the eldest of my iteration of the turtle bros.

Warning, Thirsty bitch under the cut

💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

I'm in a dojo.

None that I recognize.

It's dark and quiet.

There's a whole bunch of plants - mainly bonsai- lining the walls on scattered shelves.

It's incredibly peaceful.

As I'm spinning in place to see the rest of the room I've jumped to, I see him.

Sitting with his back to me, in deep meditation.

Quietly I walk to him, thinking I'm being sneaky, but his hand whips out and grabs my wrist and with a sudden yank I'm in his lap.

“You're not where you're supposed to be, Ma Reine,” Basilio hums into my ear. His lips find mine immediately, and I can't help the moan that follows my surprised gasp.

The kiss isn't nearly as long as I want it to be, so when he pulls back from it, I end up chasing him for more.

He lets out a low chuckle and places a few sweet kisses on my needy lips.

“Where am I supposed to be?” I ask, still trying to get him to kiss me.

He's all smiles as he kisses me everywhere but my lips. “With the other three. Today was my solitary day,” he tells me. 

I pull back and give him a sobered look of concern.

“It's required by dad,” he says, “I have exactly zero issues with you popping in on me,” he tells me before I can even spiral into my anxious guilt. His hand finds the back of my head as it tangles through my hair, pulling my lips to his for one of those kisses.

God I just.

No brain activity.

Just pure feelings.

“So,” he says, breaking the kiss, “why me?”

I feel my body flush with hot adrenaline as I blush from head to toe.

Thank God it's dark in here.

He snickers, “You look like I just caught you reading my diary. Fess up,” he teases with a poke to my side.

I squirm a bit, bringing my hands to my face, embarrassed about how I'm going to present this.

“I've been thinking about you all day,” I say quietly.

He moves my hands to reveal a single raised brow ridge and a smug smirk.

“Oh?” he asks, his eyes searching my face until they fall to my lips, where they stay and wait for my response.

*gulp*

I know if I open my mouth I’m going to embarrass myself further so I just nod, instead.

“I thought about you all day too…” He confesses, with a flirty wink. “So tell me,” he says, while moving so suddenly I don’t realize I’m on my back and pinned under him until it’s too late. “What kind of thoughts… were you having?”

There’s no escaping him.

I mean, this is Basilio we’re talking about.

So instead I close my eyes and get it over with, “Thirsty ones,” I admit.

I feel his warm breath in my ear, “Why are you embarrassed? I’ve been having thirsty dreams about you for years,” he purrs, before his lips make real estate down my neck.

“Not dreams…” I let out a pleasurable gasp when his open mouth leaves a love mark on his descent. “Active… uhm… actively thinking,” I get out through some heavy breathing.

“I didn’t say mine happened while I was asleep. They were a conscious decision. And I enjoyed every second of them.” He’s so matter-of-fact about it, I end up squeezing him between my thighs, because oh. My. God. 

“You gonna share, so I can make your dreams come true, Ma Reine?” He purrs between kisses that are making me thirstier. The kisses are everywhere but my mouth.

His self-control is killing me.

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Hope you enjoyed the snippet! You can Find out more about Basilio HERE

Again, Thank you so much for asking me some questions! I love doing these!

Questions are from this post HERE for anyone else who may want to use it or to ask more questions!

~tags for the sneak peek~

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[crithaus]

I wanna make some things like very clear to the new Vox Machina fans coming from the animated show to our humble home. Really I wanna settle some of the score about my best girl Vex'ahlia.

Now I know, I know that with so incredibly much source material to try and condense into just 36 22 minute episodes naturally some stuff is gonna be cut out or missed or edited, and TLOVM is it's own canon true, but what with it being Vox Machina but abridged it makes sense to me that it can be directly compared and perhaps found a bit lacking in regards to its source material, and so here I go.

They're not treating Vex with total fairness to be honest. A lot of her best early moments in VM are taken out or given to other people in TLOVM, like her first brush with death with Delilah in the Briarwood arc (it was her that got attacked by Delilah and almost died, not Keyleth, but like this one I get ig. The Twins and Percy held like the campaign record for being down and hurt the most like Sam had to deliberately change that so this wasn't hours of the twins just being near death like I'm not happy but I get it), or season two changing how she found Trinket (Vax was nowhere near her when she ran into those poachers) and mainly the portrayal of Vex as this snippy, mean, jealous, callous, unfeeling bitch without any of the uncertainty inherent in her or the tender moments to flesh her out.

Like in VM proper she's rude and a little snippy sure but that's borne of an established backstory of emotional neglect and the crushing trauma of poverty and Vax literally being the only other person who genuinely loved and cared for her after the mother who's arms she was ripped from was burned alive, (y'know after Syldor the worst dad god ever created literally abandoned them with their mother for 10 years while they were dirt poor (but happy, Elaina is the best mom to live ever), dragged them away from her for 5 in which time he destroyed her and Vax's self esteem, let the whole racist ass town he was ambassador of harass them along with harassing them himself and forced them to be the perfect quiet little doll heirs he only decided he wanted after 10 years of no 'true blooded' kids of his own) and then when they ran away, saw their mother had been murdered in her home by a fucking dragon had to spend the next several years at only like 15ish stealing (in Vex's case haggling and hunting) to survive! Like Vex's hangups around money are from the period in her life where she as controller of her and Vax's meager finances was in charge of making sure they didn't starve to death in the woods somewhere, at 15 she and Vax had to keep themselves alive with no help from anyone but each other, her haggling any and everyone down is a direct response to that.

And oh boy Syldor? Syldor? And his bullshit expectations and neglect are the reason she's so chronically unsure of herself and so desperate to keep being Vax's favorite. You think Keyleth is unsure of herself? Buddy you have seen nothing. Vex's confidence in herself is a facade and literally the longer you know her the more obvious that becomes. She's so slow to let other people in and equally slow to trust cuz she's been hurt so brutally and the few times she relaxes enough to do something for herself (side eyeing the broom incident), she gets narratively punished for it! Bro, the night before meeting with Syldor Percy finds her in tears obsessively polishing her armor cuz she's so desperate even after all this time to prove to Syldor that she is someone, that she isn't the diluted little half-breed Syldor always looked down his nose at (and then Percy, who never again was fooled by her false airs and stepped up to do The Sweetest thing god ever created), like...she's fucked up! And lonely! And wants nothing more than a stable home and people who genuinely like her.

Them leaving their home in when the conclave first attacked Emon drove her to tears because it was the first home she'd had in so long and now they had to leave it. She's got so much depth and she is so endlessly kind too. Every time she sees someone whose circumstances mirror her own she doesn't hesitate to open her purse for it. (her freeing those kids??? Anyone???) She's no Keyleth or even Pike to be sure but she's so sweet. Keyleth goes tearing off up the Sun Tree, Vex follows. Grog gets swindled by some punkass merchant? Vex goes tearing off after him, all her interactions with Vax to be honest she might have Little Sister disease but still, she is so endlessly kind and good and it's not as overt as Pike's genuine goodness or Keyleth's earnestness, it's slightly more subtle but always present. She's the beating heart of Vox Machina, she encourages them all, (just look at what they tell Pelor I mean.... And and I could go on and on about how the fact that she's the champion of the god of Life, Light and the Sun means so much narratively but I mean I doubt I need to I mean it's Pelor), They all look to her and Vax for guidance, look at what they do to fucking Saundor for him merely taunting her, (yes it's more deep than that I know), they literally get stuck in hell and wait there, in the middle of HELL for her cuz they can't/won't move on without her.

She's brilliant, and clever, and broken and 'greedy' and a bitch yes true, but she's so much more than that, and I'm not even gonna tell you to watch the podcast cuz fuck Orion tbh and y'know I am a hater and a gatekeeper both and am totally fine being in the little niche of of vox machina likers, but if you want substance, if you want all of her because god is she compelling, then take your cues from the podcast and not the show.

The show is new, and still ongoing, and I hope they start letting her shine as she was always meant too in later episodes, but she is the heart and soul of Vox Machina and y'all better put some respect on the name of Lady Vex'ahlia De Rolo, Champion of Pelor, Baroness of the First House of Whitestone and Grandmistress of the Grey Hunt, Coinmistress and Treasurer of the Tal'dorei Council.

#vex'ahlia #critical role #vox machina #vex'ahlia de rolo #the legend of vox machina #the legend of vox machina spoilers #vox machina spoilers #i guess #I'll not sppil the show it was only out like 3 days ago but VM ended like 5 years ago and i dont think i need to tag it but whatever 😒

[gummydummy19]

Kinktober day 8: Dry Humping

Still angry

Summary: Ransom has been grumpy all day over something stupid, luckily you have the perfect way to cheer him up.

Content Warning: smut (dry humping so no piv), grumpy but soft Ransom, fluff

A/N: this is based on a tik tok trend I saw going around about girls showing their boobies to their bf mid-fight, I wanted to write it and immediately thought our grumpy boy Ran would be the perfect candidate :)) also LOOK HOW PERFECT THAT GIF IS HES SUCH A CUTIEEEEE LIL GRUMPY RAN RAN heheheheh

Word Count: 700+

“Raaaannnn…” you whined at your boyfriend who was currently still giving you the silent treatment.

“Are you seriously still mad? How long are you gonna keep this up?” You asked, arms crossed as you stared at him sitting on the couch.

“You wanted me to be quiet so that’s what I’m doing” he finally spoke.

To be quite honest, you understood why he was sulking. Earlier today you had snapped at him and told him to shut up because he kept talking through your favourite show. It was unusually bitchy on your end but in your defense, you’ve been PMS-ing and it just slipped out.

“Ran I’m really sorry, I promise I didn’t mean it I was just being a bitch.” You tried to apologise but he wasn’t having it.

You were about to leave the room and let him simmer down for a while, when an idea popped into your head.

"Yeah, you fucking were. So why don't you just go ahead and le-"

Ransom's sentence was cut short when he lifted his head up, just in time to see you pull up your shirt, revealing your bare breasts.

His eyes grew wide and his mouth fell open, but you could tell he was still trying very hard not to give in that easily.

"Holy fuck."

You grinned at him and raised your eyebrow expectantly.

"That's not fair." He stated, "If I were to whip out my dick in the middle of an argument you'd just get madder."

"And are you getting madder?" you smiled

"You know damn well I'm not."

"Good."

"I'm really trying to be mad at you here," Ransom grumbled

"So be mad then." you grinned, giving your nipples a tug, making them bounce slightly.

"Fucking shit woman..." he ran his hands down his face trying to compose himself.

"So are you still angry now?" you questioned.

"Christ, no. No, I'm not."

"Great." A triumphing grin grew wide on your face.

"How long are you gonna stand there with your tits out?"

"As long as it takes apparently."

"Get your ass over here."

You giggled and dropped your shirt down before skipping over to him and taking a seat on his lap, straddling his thighs while your arms wrapped around his neck.

He stared at you and you could see there was a tiny smile pulling at his lips. You ran your fingers through his hair and kissed his jaw.

"M'really sorry ran...forgive me, please?"

"Hmm," he let out a sigh, "gonna need to convince me, kid."

"Yeah?" you grinned "M'key..."

You slowly rolled your hips as you nibbled on his ear. Your skirt fell off your hips and you could feel his growing, clothes bulge press against your panties. You could feel his dick twitch through his pants when you let out a small whiny moan in his ear. His hands immediately flew to your hips to guide your movements.

"Fuck baby, gonna grind on my cock? I don't even gotta be inside you to make you cum, huh? Gonna cum in your panties for me, baby?"

"Shit Ran..." you sped up your pace. His cock was now painfully erect and snug in his jeans, creating the perfect bulge for you to ride on.

"Holy fucking shit I can feel you through my pants, you slutty little thing huh. All wet and warm for me? Just for me isn't it baby?"

"Unnghh yeah Ran...just for you...feels so fucking good." You whined, grinding and humping on him like a dog in heat while you licked and sucked on his neck and ran your fingers through his already messy hair.

Ransom held you tighter. All his filthy words about making you cum in your panties got him pretty close himself. He really tried his best not to blow his load in his jeans, but with the way you were removing on top of him, and god, the sounds you were making...

"Ran, I'm gonna cum!"

"Shit baby, yeah, go ahead, make a mess of those panties for me, fuckkk..."

You trembled above him as you kept on humping him for dear life.

"FUCK FUCK FUCK RAN I'M CUMMING! FUCKING CUMMING SHIT OH!"

You screamed and Ransom was lost, his hot cum shooting in his boxers, immediately soaking through the material and leaving a wet stain on his already messy jeans.

"SHIT ARggHH!" He squeezed you tightly with a grunt and you both came down from your high together.

"Well," You said after a few seconds of silence and heavy breaths. "Good talk."

Ransom grinned and ruffled his hand through your hair before pulling you down and placing an unusually sweet kiss on your forehead.

"Let's go take a shower, you brat."

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[blonde-and-cat-suc]

choose violence ask game: 3, 12 and 22?

p.s. love your blog, please keep spreading the truth!

And I love blogging <3!!! I do it for the girls and the gays.

>>>><<<<

Answers under the cut . . . This is gonna be a long one.

3) Screenshot or description of the worse take you've seen on tumblr?

Okay, so, the only problem with this one is that I've literally seen too many to count. But the one that I'd often seen and had the most visceral reaction to were definitely the longer, well articulated analysis posts from stans that did SO MUCH bending and twisting to claim Adora being equally toxic/(and or abusive) to Catra. Which, obviously, I also spent time analyzing. Trying my best to understand what was going on. And you know what? I get it. I don't agree. But I get it. Adora and Catra grew up under the same circumstances, so yeah, they wouldn't be entirely innocent of picking up bad habits from their childhood. Realistically. Fine.

But implying that Adora is worse? Worse than Catra?

...

Anyway, I've suffered from my own self-inflicted torture in the past. I wish I hadn't spent so much time reading stan analysis the way I did, but... Here we are.

And that's just on Tumblr. I don't believe that other social media/forum sites are better or worse about c//a and SPOP, but I have seen worse in The Wilds. (At least on Tumblr there's the filtering options. Everywhere else, good luck).

12) The unpopular character that you actually like, and why more people should like them?

Guys. I LOVE SWIFT WIND. I FUCKING LOVE SWIFT WIND I DON'T CARE THAT HE'S ANNOYING THEY'RE ALL FUCKING ANNOYING!!!

First of all, yes, yes, yes, Swift Wind is horrendous wasted potential (surprise, surprise), and yes, of course, I'm still pissed over it. Those scenes where he's so loyal and kind to Adora, and she, having no other point of reference for a friend, much less a resourceful friend... Like, awwhh. Plus, he makes it very clear that he has his own will and isn't just mindlessly following Adora around like a god-honest horse would. He has his own agenda. He doesn't have to go into battle with Adora, and doesn't gain too much from risking his life to help her and her friends in the short term, but Swift Wind does it anyway. He's interested and invested in Adora, personally, anyway. He wants to be there for her and support her growth as a person.

And Adora deserves all of those amazing, raw, sappy, fairytale friendships!

I DON'T CARE THAT HE'S LITERALLY A HORSE HE IS STILL FUNCTIONALLY A HUMAN BEING. THEY ARE BESTIES. THEY LITERALLY HAVE A MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC LINK GOING ON. THEY SHOULD HAVE CONSIDERED SWIFTIE TO BE APART OF THE BEST FRIENDS SQUAD, I ACTUALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY HE ISN'T.

MORE LOVE FOR SWIFT WIND!!!

22) Favorite part of canon that everyone else ignores?

In my experience, this is the type of fandom that cultivates, um, extreme niches, for lack of a better term. As in, literally what my blog is compared to a "stan's" blog. They're like. Different SPOP fans everywhere, so I don't truly believe that there's a portion of this show that is genuinely ignored... There's someone out there that liked even the tiniest, unimportant fraction of this show. Just got to go find them. (Hell, I know people that love, like, Tall Star specifically, out of all the other characters. Nothing has gone totally unnoticed, which is something I really love about the fanbase as a whole, despite everything).

Anyway, to keep it short, my favorite "underappreciated" parts are hm... Maybe the parts where Adora gets to explore the world around her? And not in a super plot related way. I know that the BFS goofing off so much isn't totally ignored. But I like to see that Adora especially was still learning new things everyday in canon, just like, randomly. Nothing to do with the Horde or the Rebellion. Just. She should be excited for the new world around her, dude. Those are pretty rare moments in the show, actually. Wish there were more.

#asks / anons #salt ask games #MORE LOVE FOR SWIFT WIND I DON'T GIVE A FUCKKKK #cw: mariposa being more vulgar than usual #thanks 4 indulging me anon ure the best xoxo

[the-light-of-stars]

ok but now I need to know your thoughts on the taylor swift lyrics. what songs did you analyze and what were your thoughts on them????

Alright so first of all for context:

this was a lecture about the literary era of romanticism, so for most of that lecture we had been talking about the literary and philosophical concepts and ideas present in that era.

And then the professor went "ok so I am not a swiftie - I haven't even listened to her newest album yet - but I believe Swift's music greatly encapsulates a - simplified , pop-cultural - continuation of the ideas of romanticism in the modern day....so let's analyse some of her song lyrics-"

So he had us quickly look at a few song lyrics from different songs of hers, but the ones he stayed on longest - and the ones he had us do proper academic analysis of - were these from "My tears ricochet" from her Folklore album:

I have to note that these aren't my personal thoughts, I'm just recounting what happened in the lecture, and I'm putting this under a cut so that it isn't super long :

So multiple students (it was a very tightly filled classroom, had to be at least 100-150 students there) had participated in analysing these lyrics and I gotta be honest I don't remember most of the exact details of their analysis because I had a lot of classes today and had been awake since 6am but I'll try to summarize as best I can.

Essentially the main point was the comparison of these lyrics with philosophical concepts by Schelling and especially a comparison in context of this aphorism by german romanticist poet Novalis:

"Wir suchen überall das Unbedingte und finden immer nur Dinge"

["Everywhere we look for the Absolute yet we can only ever find things." (in the original german it is a wordplay)]

So one angle of analysis was that these two verses of Swift's lyrics follow this philosophical concept as posited by Hardenberg/Novalis - such as "home" here, as the only defined location, representing the Absolute , the object of Longing as it is conceptualised in romanticism, this that is desired innately but cannot be reached in ways humanly possible, as humans can only ever find "Things": abstractions, objects and concepts limited in their scope and at most a reflection of the Absolute, something that can at best be asymptotically approximated but not be directly perceived or grasped physically or intellectually. Thus here the idea that the lyrical "I" can go "anywhere" and , following that, observe anything, and yet will always be unable to reach the defined and Absolute of "home."

Home then, as defined by other students in the lecture, would be the innate idea of some sort of absolute security in the self, a place of comfort and belonging and a place of certainty. Home, thus, as not just a location but as a concept: a kind of pre-conscious knowledge of being ('Being' here possibly in the hegelian sense), an experience of pure existence. Suppose an analysis also referencing Spinoza's concept of the Substance, the natura naturans, which singular modi are necessarily extensions of and ultimately 'return' to ( 'return' here used simplifying, as modi constituate extensions or aspects of the indivisible infinite Substance under the attributes of Thought and Extension, which thus cannot really be divided and, following, cannot 'return' to it since they were never truly separated.)

Of course, romanticism and general philosophy of the era being concerned with theological questions as well, one student pointed out another angle to view Swift's lyrics under in regards to romanticist theoreticism, that being the theological one: "Home" as the Absolute and the Absolute as God or a christian-mysticist interpretation of it either way, "Anywhere" as the world of human perception and "Home" as the world of god that life springs from, in relation to an article the professor had mentioned about a Times (iirc) journalist visiting a Taylor Swift concert and calling it a "religious experience" to sing specifically the quoted line with and within a crowd of tens of thousands of people.

In regards to this last point the professor also specified that "religious experience" here is not necessarily limited to the scope of (protestant) christianity but rather is to be seen as some sort of pre- or post-religious understanding of a form of ontological transcendence that escapes the boundaries of rational describability.

Following that we also analysed the album title and its cover art:

The romanticist connection in the title being fairly obvious as "Folklore" as a literary category is something romanticist authors in their nature-mysticism and attempt at distinction from Enlightenment era concepts of pure reason loved to discuss, recreate and include in their works.

Furthermore then the connection of the cover art , which students compared to works of famous romanticist painter Caspar David Friedrich (here the painting "Easter Morning"):

The composition of a lone human figure among the trees during a foggy morning or evening is a very popular motif in (german) romanticism as the fog represents the Unknown and - as mentioned above - the always out of reach and never truly perceptible (by human means) Absolute as well as the everlasting Longing towards it. The trees and forests as well a popular romanticist theme as part of its nature-mysticism and above mentioned contrast to the Enlightenment rationalism as practiced in the cities and structured human society.

Apparently on either this or the Evermore album (I don't know on which as I don't listen to Swift's songs and can't remember which song exactly the professor quoted there) there is a lyric saying "we are the new romanticists" as well.

All this to say that after probably twenty minutes of analysing Taylor Swift lyrics in an academic framework of literary theory and ontological philosophy- as well as repeated promises by the professor that he "is not a swiftie" - the prof stated that "Taylor Swift probably didn't put nearly as much thought into this as we did just now but she is an international phenomenon and does - wether intentional or not - make use of concepts and ideas used in romanticist writing and philosophy so analysing her lyrics seemed apt."

#ask #anon ask #WHEW THAT TOOK A WHILE TO WRITE #sorry but I had to check my references and everything lmao #but yes this is the gist of what that discussion during the lecture was like #and yes people did chuckle when he told us to analyse a Taylor Swift song

[professionalakazasimp]

Douma x Reader

Part 3

_interactive game_

(AFAB reader)

Choice made~

"Agree to stay at his abode with hesitation."

Warnings: Slight manipulation, non consensual hugging, and violence (in his head)

"R-ran away-? Why would i-"

You were really put on the hot seat here. Was it really that obvious you'd run away? And why does he want someone like you to stay so badly? Wouldn't you just be a burden? There wasn't really a choice, you couldn't get yourself to lie. It would just get to trapped further.

"I...I did run away. Yes." You confessed.

"My guess was right! Haha. I didn't know I was such a people person."

He excitedly replied, creepily emphasizing on the "people person".

"Well then, this certainly means you have nowhere to return, right? So you should just stay here! It's really dangerous out there, you'd certainly get yourself killed again. It's safer here."

"Safer...?" You were beginning to nervously sweat, thinking to yourself about what you should do. He was right, you had absolutely nowhere to go. It's suicide going out there again, but your gut kept telling you staying here will be worse. But you brushed it off.

Your really just brushed it off.

"Sir- I don't really know if I should. I would just be a burden, not to mention that I don't know how to repay you..." you said in a quiet voice, still confused on what to do.

"Repay? Me? Haha, you're so honest and sweet, it's cute, really.

You don't need to repay me. You can perform chores around here if you insist on paying me back. But even that isn't compulsory."

He continued smiling eeriely.

"Well...If you insist. I'm so glad I was found by a stranger as kind and generous as you. I'll try to prove to be worthy of all this the best I can."

You replied with a smile, a small deep part of your mind screaming at you for accepting the offer.

You rose your head, opening your mouth to ask a question.

"H-hey, if you don't mind me asking- What is your n-"

The door suddenly opened. You flinch, looking up to see a dark silhouette of a man at the door, illuminated only slightly at the edges of his body by torch light. He sat on the ground, bowing his head. What the actual fuck was going on?

"Lord Douma, a helpless couple looks for your blessings."

"Lord" Douma? So Douma was his name? But why "lord"? Was he really that rich? And blessings? Isn't that something you ask from God when you're really helpless? Who was this man who'd saved you? Some sort of cult leader?

You snap out of your thoughts looking at him. He maintained a smile, but something about it seemed off. He seemed a little bit mad.

"I'll be there in a few minutes, why don't you provide them with some refreshing tea til' then?"

The man raises his head off the ground, nodding and leaving, closing the door behind him.

He looks back at you.

"You were asking something?"

"I- I was asking for your name? Or what I should call you?" You replied timidly.

"Ohhhh right, where are my manners? My name is Douma. What's yours~?"

"That's a really...catchy name. My name is y/n. Y/n L/n, but I don't really use my last name anymore since I've cut ties with my family now. Sh-should I add "lord" before your name too or-?"

"Nice to meet you Y/n. And for your second question, you don't need to call me that. But it's alright if you do."

He begins getting closer to you, moving playfully almost like a child. Before grabbing you into a hug.

You let out a small squeak in surprise.

He whispers into your ear,

"I hope you enjoy your time here."

Oh, he could smell that sweet marechi blood even better now. The urge to take a bite out of your neck was driving him crazy.

He backs up, his signature smile still on his face.

"I'll be in the room directly to the right of the floor beneath this one. Don't hesitate to ask me if you need anything."

He leaves the room, leaving you scared but flustered. "What the actual heck just happened?"

You didn't even hear him telling you where he'd be properly because you were screaming internally.

After you calmed down, the goosebumps on your skin settling back down, you looked around and made a realization.

This place was dark as hell. There were no windows. A few small holes on the walls close to the ceiling were present, decorated with colorful glass coverings along with a dark wooden handle. They reminded you alot of his eyes. Such odd eyes. You'd never seen anything like them.

Getting up, you decide to figure out what to do now that you were alone.

#kny x reader #demon slayer #kny x y/n #kny douma #douma imagine #douma x reader #yandere douma #douma x you #douma kimetsu no yaiba #kimestu no yaiba

[chipped-chimera]

So since the fates decided not to give me a idk ... big gay aunt to guide me along with my sexuality realisation, I'm kind of at a loss of what to do. I'm 30 and I went off the dating market back when meeting someone online to date was considered 'novel'. Idk how the fuck to use dating apps.

So I guess I'll throw this cry for help to you, people who follow my blog apparently, in the case you have some insight? More deets below the cut oh god help me

Okay so basically - I think I am (somewhat hesitantly) ready to start looking at dating apps. I've kind of hit a point in my self-work where I think I could actually handle rejection - which was the entire reason I was holding off in the first place. Because I know I have a lot of potential "deal breakers" to contend with, getting to this point was my bare minimum.

So aside from the obvious I-have-never-used-a-dating-app-in-my-life problem, I guess my other problems are the following:

Do I disclose I am disabled on my profile? My disability is technically 'invisible' and while I absolutely could go hang out with someone at a bar or whatever it WILL knock me out for like ... two days. Especially right now where I haven't really done any big social-ey shit in a while. Idk how else I can explain that I will absolutely still want to do things with someone, I just have the energy habits of a house cat (sure I don't say nap every day anymore but sometimes I really just gotta lie in the dark ... Yeah :C )

Disability also kind of explains all the other deal breaker shit. I won't go into that. Aside from the obvious 'money ain't great' and I cannot avoid interdependence. Like I am still recovering and hoping for the best but I don't know what the end of this shit looks like. I know there is going to be permanent damage. But I also am not gonna bench myself until I'm 'well' (also because I'm touch starved and THIRTY).

Ugh, photos. Due to disability reasons (see I told you it explains everything) my irl social circle died years ago because I could just not keep up and I've had the photographic record of a cryptid for the past ten years. So now I have to basically go TAKE photos and it feels very forced. But I'm also aware apps are really visual, so idk - ideas? Tips?

Is there some obvious Lesbian space I'm missing? Am I missing the lesbian bat signal? I've joined Facebook groups for my city but they're quiet and tend to be populated by much older people (did I mention I hate Facebook?) Also apparently queer scene is kinda sucky in my city at the moment because one of our two gay bars changed ownership and it may as well just be a regular bar now. For the moment I've just been hanging out on Reddits to feel somewhat connected but it doesn't really help my irl situation and lack of social anything.

Yeah I am not selling myself here but I'd rather be honest early on and make sure anyone who isn't cut out for it or emotionally mature enough to handle that I have baggage (well treated baggage!) Is filtered out. But I also feel like putting disability right on my profile could result in a knee jerk reaction which would prevent them from even trying to get to know me. Like I do feel I have some really appealing things about me that I'm happy about, and I do think offset the bad - I've just had a rough time of it.

Augh idk. I'm lonely. And very confused. Anyways any kind of advice or insight would be highly appreciated 🥺

#kerytalk #dating #universe pls bestow me Tumblr user gf tho #good GOD dont make me try to use insta or god forbid 'X' #seeking tumblr gf who likes vidsogames but also wouldn't mind being with a girl who has the energy flux of a literal cat #yeah I know chucking myself on an app would probably dispel some anxiety but I gotta take damn PHOTOS first

[henrysglock]

Something about Vecna's Left Hand 🤔

This post centers around the patterns of handedness in the NINA sequence and Creel flashbacks as it relates to Henward's bloodstains.

Honest to God, though, I'm trying my damnedest to find a good way to organize all the pictures I've annotated about this guy. I decided it was best to just go by jumpsuit, so I'm using Em's current naming system (JA-JE) for cohesion between sources. I also decided to try to narrow the main shots down to ones that include hand use, since that's what I really care about in this post (even though some others will be included for speculation purposes). I'm not diving into injuries or bodies, even if there are annotations about those topics, because those aren't super applicable in regard to this analysis.

Also, Em just posted his big jumpsuit bloodstain comparison analysis:

HERE!!!

You can find all the details about this stuff on that post.

Here are the background posts for this analysis:

Changing Vecnas

Comparison Of MF And Vecna Suits

Comparison Of Vecna/MF Suits To The 5 Known Massacre Suits

Lefty and Righty vs Henry Creel

First, a TL;DR recap:

Righty (Henry):

Righty (Suspected Henry):

Lefty (Suspected Edward):

Good? Okay, let's get started.

JA.

He's not the Vecna we see in the transformation sequence from 4.07, nor is he the one we see in the Mindflayer shaping sequence.

He's a lefty, though:

JA is associated with El's initial eye blood pattern:

But not with her second eye blood pattern:

He also seems to be the gauntest of our Henwards, especially in comparison to JC:

Which...lots to think about there, considering this:

I won't rule out the possibility of him being a Vecna, of course. He's just not the thicker one we're shown concretely by the transformation sequence in 4.07.

Anyway. Moving on.

JC.

This is our guy. This is the jumpsuit that we're told goes with our main Vecna via the transformation sequence in 4.07.

He's a lefty.

JC is also the only bloody Henward we see doing hands-free moves, interestingly enough.

His Jumpsuit matches Vec-Ward's, as seen here:

JD.

JD's only appearance is at the very end. He does not appear before El slams him through the mirror.

He isn't shown using his hands, but his jumpsuit matches the guy who shaped the Mindflayer (as seen here):

Which means we can say he is also a lefty:

JD is associated only with El's second eye blood pattern:

A Quick Recap:

JA, JC, and JD are all lefties. We have seen no right-handed Massacre-Henwards so far.

The only bloody Henward I have questions about is JE, and that is solely because his sequence is shot through a mirror, presenting a lefty as a righty.

He's holding her chin in his left hand, but the camera choice presents it as his right hand. I can't, of course, rule anything out (especially given all the "mirror/holding up a mirror" stuff with him).

At the end of the day...it is meant to be recognized as his left hand, otherwise they wouldn't show us the mirror at all. They would just cut to him using his right hand normally. So, unless I have reason to think otherwise, I'm assigning him working-lefty.

I also can't concretely assign the bloodless JB suit.

This is because his only move is the hands-free one that we see JC do in the previous shot:

For now, though, I'm also assigning him working-lefty. This is based on the direction of his head tilt, which is the same as our other known lefty:

In conclusion:

Concrete Lefties: 3

Working-Lefties: 2

Concrete Righties: 0

I won't say that we don't have Henries in this sequence, because of course I can't say that. If he is shown on screen, though...he's either JB or JE, one of our two inconclusive lefties.

However: As it stands, we do not have any concrete righties, which would be an indisputable indicator of Henry's status as a mass murderer. If they wanted it to be indisputable, they would have made it that way.

#Production Error Truthers: DNI #i won't entirely rule henry out as a participant in the massacre...but it's NOT looking likely...ykwim? #ESPECIALLY with that no-cracks sequence with baby el... #anyway #henry creel #henry/vecna/001 #edward creel #edward/vecna/001 #timeline theory #st bloodstain analysis #st nina project #stranger things

[maybanksbabe]

💻

YOU GOT ME HOOKED ON POLY!BABYFEVER oh fuck off I can’t. I feel like I have a million ideas to write. Here are some thoughts though: 1) pregnancy sex. R is completely insatiable and Rafe and Topper are in heaven. The pregnancy takes their sex life to a whole other level, new kinks unlocked 2) Topper is the one who always naps with their baby, like literally multiple times a day, R and Rafe find them on the couch, asleep, the baby carefully tucked against Topper 3) Rafe might love the "sexual aspect" of the pregnancy but actually thinking about taking care of a baby human makes him freak out because out of the three of them he's the one who comes from abuse and what if one day he's the reason their kids start using??? but Topper and R are there for him and because they are three parents it's totally fine that he takes his time. But once he's stable? Duuuude.... Topper and him are constantly fighting for Best Dad Award. 4) please tell me what you think about the child's/children relationship dynamic to all three parents. I could write 100k just about what was going through my head the past five hours. I imagine Topper to be full on care giver, bathing, feeding, changing diapers, rocking to sleep, cleaning, cooking for the family, that's his strong suit, he loves it. Rafe does all of that as well but it doesn't come as natural to him as it comes to Topper and R. The baby brings out his playful side though, a side that Topper and R have never seen on him before. The baby's first laugh? Totally due to Rafe. The person who can comfort the baby best? Rafe, 100%. At one point, R and Topper just bring the crying baby to Rafe and two minutes later the baby isn't crying anymore. And R is the one to keep everything together. She's the one to make sure everyone gets enough sleep, everything is on schedule, everyone is happy, everyone is doing their best. She's the one to look after Rafe when he gets anxious, she's the one to tell Topper to chill out because he might overwork himself between family and work. But she's also the one to push them to always be better and work on themselves and their relationship. She's the glue of this family

oh my god bestie I'm so sorry it's taken so long to get to this but its been such a long few days -

1 - YES the pregnancy sex is REAL and like you said in one of your last asks Rafe is glad there's him AND Topper to take care of her because one man can only take so much lmaooo

2 - Topper is 1000% the cuddle-napper parent and singlehandedly manages to soothe baby/ies down every single time, Reader and Rafe and have no idea how he does it!

3 - SO REAL Rafe wants to be totally clean for when baby/ies arrive and spends the nine-ish months preparing as best as he can, cleaning his act up and once he does have that stable, sober base to work from he is TOTALLY vying for Best Dad award right next to Topper!!!

4 - I feel like all three of them are shoulders to lean on for their kids, just in their own ways, if they have girls, ofc they're more likely to go to R for help or any issues they may have, but on the whole they all try and express all the love and support for their kid/s as possible and there's no such thing as a stupid question. They always aim to have honest and open conversations with their kid/s because esp Rafe never really had that with Ward growing up and Topper's mom has always been... Topper's Mom, yk? As I just mentioned, Topper is probably the one to go to for cuts and scrapes and boo-boos, Rafe I feel is probably the one that encourages them to find hobbies and sports/activities they love and lets them try anything they ask for (as long as it's age-appropriate yk?) And Reader is that perfect balance of the firm but fair parent that sometimes has to remind Topper and Rafe they're parents not kids now lmaoo

#💻 anon #poly thots #libra's rafe #libra's topper #libra speaks

[having-conniptions]

Love In The Air episode 12 live reaction under the cut (long post)

I can't believe there's only one more episode left after this one (and then I'll move on to The Wedding Plan for their cameos obviously)

Awww Prapai is helping Sky again <3

"I'm not worried" baby you can drop the tsundere act fr

Sky getting startled and then annoyed every time Pai says "ouch" hahahaha

"You've become sillier since I last saw you" lmao

"He's a gentleboy in the streets, but a freak in the sheets" GENTLEBOY LMAO BYE

AAAWWW PRAPAI IS SO LOVESTRUCK (and Sky is being sneaky about how much he loves Pai but Pai notices awwwww)

Hahaha birthday immediately canceled bc baby wanna go shopping

THIS EPISODE IS CALLED WHEN THE SKY SURRENDERS TO THE WIND aaaaa will Sky finally admit his feelings??

Sky is such a sugar baby fr

Sky smiling like an idiot when Prapai is talking about couples t shirts but telling him "I think there's something wrong with your brain" hahahaha god I love him so much my sassy boiii

He's trying his best to be a tsundere

"People will misunderstand that you're my boyfriend" IS HE NOT?? SKY WTF ARE YOU ON ABOUT smh Mr Emotionally Unavailable better make up his mind

"This guy's my wife not my boyfriend" PAI PLEASE I'M WHEEZING

Aaaaa he brought Sky to his place and he's gonna bring him to the party Prapai is so ready to go official but Sky is not

Also can I just say PRAPAI IN THOSE PANTS

PAI'S CONFESSION 😭❤️😭❤️😭❤️ "When you tell me to stay away, I want you to admit that you want me to stay close. Or when you tell me to get bored, I wanna tell you that I won't." It captured their dynamic so perfectly - here's how I see it: Sky still doesn't believe this thing with Prapai is serious and long-term but he still gave in to his own feelings and desires. He doesn't see a point in going official and he can't admit his true feelings, maybe because if they're not together there won't be a breakup when things "inevitably" end and it won't hurt as much? He's trying to keep a bit of a barrier to protect himself while still indulging in this relationship. But Prapai knows what's behind that barrier and he's breaking it down with earnest feelings and a good amount of cheekiness. In conclusion: AAAAAAAAA

I'M GONNA COUNT THIS AS THEIR FIRST REAL ROMANTIC KISS I'm pretty sure this is the first time they kissed without a sexual context or the "excuse" of it being some sort of "payment". It's the first kiss that's honest and open, all cards on the table, no excuses or facades, no (faked) reluctance, just pure earnest emotion.

Not the mic making fart noises during the kiss tho omg talk about ruining the mood lol

Just rewinded... Sky's hopeful look before the kiss is everything 😭❤️😭❤️

"I want you to kiss me too. I want you to like me." HE SAID IT HE GOT OVER HIS TSUNDERE ACT AND ADMITTED IT AAAAAAA I LOVE THIS FOR THEM

I mean of course it was gonna lead to sex but still the kiss was not about that at all. THAT KISS. WAS EVERYTHING. THAT KISS WAS THE REAL VERSION OF THE ONE PRAPAI HAD IMAGINED. ROMANTIC. EARNEST. AAAAA IT WAS PERFECT

Huh I didn't expect them to actually make it to the party after Sky said he could skip morning classes lmao

The little peck aaaa so casual so sweet Sky still isn't used to this but he loves it

Oh no now he's freaking out about his own feelings again NO BABY DON'T OVERTHINK IT YOU WERE DOING AMAZING

Oh no ex-hookups and new boyfriends do not mix

The way Sky immediately forgot about having to pee lmao

Oh no what is he seeing- OH. The ex-hookup. SKY IS ALREADY TRAUMATIZED THIS HAS GOT TO HURT SO MUCH JUST AFTER HE FINALLY GAVE IN FUUUUUCKKKK

Oh no not another flashback NOT ANOTHER FLASHBACK NOT SKY CRYING MY HEART CAN'T TAKE THIS IT'S SHATTERING INTO A MILLION PIECES MY POOR BABY SKY

Meanwhile Pai is actually doing his best to get rid of the random boy clinging to him

Prapai is so smooth even when rejecting someone

Why is Sky not confronting him THEY NEED TO CLEAR THIS UP, COMMUNICATE YOU IDIOTS

"I saw your boy. The one you let me borrow. The one who said he loved you so much" FUCKKKK NOOOOO FUCKKKKKK and I can't believe I called that guy pretty, what a fucking asshole FUCK THE FUCK OFF

Meanwhile Sky is having a fucking breakdown in the car while trying to hide it from Pai

AND NOW HE KEEPS BRUSHING HIM OFF AND MAKING EXCUSES NOT TO SEE HIM THIS FUCKING HURTS SO MUCH DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH THIS SHIT HURTS WHAT THE FUCKKKKK

Poor Pai poor Sky my poor babiesssss

Everyone is scared of Prapai lmao

TWO WEEKS????? Christ on a bicycle shoot me now I will never recover from this

And Sky's "I don't even like you" act is back up to 200% AND IT'S FUCKING HEARTBREAKING BECAUSE SKY IS BEING SO FUCKING HURTFUL AND MEAN BELIEVING IT'S JUSTIFIED AND PRAPAI IS HAVING HIS HEART SHATTERED INTO A MILLION PIECES WITH EVERY WORD I CAN'T KEEP WATCHING THIS just the thought of hearing that from someone you love - or saying that to someone you love(d) - freaking KILLS me

At least Pai doesn't really believe it. Though it hurts, he knows in his heart it's not true.

Sig is the fucking MVP

Sky is even gonna move dorms?? MY BABY IS HURTING SO MUCH I CAN'T FVKNG BREATHE OMG THE MEMORIES OF PAI WHEN HE GETS BACK TO HIS OLD DORM

Why did I kinda expect Prapai to be waiting in his room omg THE ANGST I'M GONNA IMPLODE

It's the book with all the notes he took 😭❤️ PROOF to Pai that Sky loves him

Which I guess is good for Pai but rn it's just making things worse for Sky because he still thinks Pai lied to him and used him and now that guy has proof that Sky loved him DID I MENTION THAT THIS HURTS??? BECAUSE IT SURE FUCKING DOES

Omg all of Sky's thoughts during their arc being revealed BUT AT WHAT COST aaaaa why couldn't they just have COMMUNICATED?!?! RIGHT AFTER THE FUCKING PARTY?!?!

"Can you not look for someone else? Can I be the only one for you?" 😭😭😭😭 SKYYYY BABYYYY he really wrote that aaaaa my heart

SKY WAS SO IN LOVE 😭❤️

In Pai's eyes he's proving to Sky there was no reason to break up. In Sky's eyes he's adding insult to injury and humiliating him for being stupid enough to fall for Pai. ARE YOU UNDERSTANDING I WANT TO SCRATCH MY EYES OUT

Ok what I don't like about the love confession is that it happens before they've talked it out so in that moment Sky still feels pathetic for admitting his feelings to a guy who has hurt him and will probably do so again

FINALLY they talked it out. I hope Prapai understands that Sky was not overreacting but actually acting the way anyone with that kind of trauma would act after getting triggered.

"I wonder where you get this idea that I'd get tired of you some day" *panicked look* oh no

But at least Sky is finally talking about it

"You can tell me when you're ready" PRAPAI MY LOVE LEMME GIVE YOU A BIG KISS FOR SAYING THAT MWAH

"Cause love makes me blind" AAAAAAA

Rain's reaction to PrapaiSky dating hahahaha

Sky's reaction to Rain calling Pai shameless ayyyyyy

"Can I kiss you?" PRAPAI DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH YOU MEAN TO ME RIGHT NOW

Bonus scene: WHY U GOTTA HURT ME LIKE THAT AGAIN --- HE WROTE THAT AFTER THE PARTY???? FUUUUCKKKKKK

#well that was a wild fucking ride #probably the longest live reaction ive made #because there was A LOT to react to #and because it contains a good amount of meta aka me trying to understand whats going on #love in the air episode 12 #love in the air meta #lita meta #love in the air live reaction #prapaisky #prapaisky meta #phayurain #payurain

[mermaidsirennikita]

ARC Review: You, Again by Kate Goldbeck

4.25/5. Releases 9/12/2023.

Vibes: classic romcoms with a new spin, uptight anxiety man meets freewheeling lady rake, and friends to lovers the way it should be done.

When Josh and Ari meet, he's dating her roommate (the same roommate she's sleeping with). It's years before they're able to reconnect on the right foot, and only after major blows in their personal lives. As they grow into best friends, the inevitable tension between them turns into something totally different...

I'm really loving this string of contemporaries that take clear inspiration from God Tier romcoms. I don't think you need to be a When Harry Met Sally fan to enjoy this at all, but I do think that fans of that classic snark and feels sensibility will find this hard to resist.

Quick Takes:

--I do really want to touch on those WHMS comparisons, though. I'm a fan of the movie, and if you're a fan, there are certain lines and moments in this that will be clear, never-obnoxious nods. They're not lifting--it's definitely a tribute. However, I also think the book does some really interesting things by throwing a more contemporary spin on the story. Like I said, Ari and Josh meet in a love triangle of sorts--you know Ari is bi right off the bat. And that's always a thing that influences her journey and development. This is an m/f romance novel in which the heroine's bisexuality never feels fetishized or plugged in.

You also get a lot from Ari being the person who's okay with casual sex... only to have her heart crushed by love on more than occasion... while Josh is the one who seeks a solid relationship constantly, while never connecting with anyone on a deep emotional level. There's a gender flipping element that works really well here. The idea of Ari being a commitmentphobic snarker isn't something you see in many books. She's a truly "problematic heroine". She makes bad choices, she hurts people, she needs to grow the fuck up. At points, even I was a little frustrated with her. But the story is so much more satisfying in the end because Ari needed to work on herself.

--And of course, Josh is a great hero. I found him so................... much. He's big, he's shy and uptight, he just wants to settle down and be someone's someone. He could cook. Oh, and he can totally paddle your ass and call you a bad girl over the phone! Yes! (There is a moment over text in this book.... you're not ready.)

--There's a great sense of New York, New York in such an affectionate, romcom-y way? The setting is very lovingly done, and it adds to the sense that you're sort of stepping back in time.

--I've been very vocal about my antipathy towards friends to lovers. I'm not a big fan, generally speaking. I think it suggests a sluggishness and lack of desire and action from the hero and heroine. It often falls back on the idea that "I just didn't see you like that [for five years]" which is just hard for me to believe. But here, while Ari and Josh get to know each other over years, they're not truly friends for toooo long before the levee breaks. A good while, yes; but just enough for the tension to bubble through, never too much. Also, they clearly never see each other in a sexless way. You get so much longing, so much desire in this book, with neither Josh nor Ari ready to admit it.

--Another really nice thing about this book is that for the bulk of it, Josh is 34-35 and Ari is around 29-30. Neither one has their life totally figured out. They're both still stumbling through life and picking up and trying again. It's really nice to see, and fuck anyone who says this is New Adult. These people are adults, figuring their shit out, taking the time they need. That's normal.

The Sex Stuff:

I could have used maybe one or two more scenes, and one scene does cut off oddly early. However, when these two go off, they go OFF. I really liked the way they interacted through sex. It seemed like a kind of truly honest communication between them, and I found it really touching (and hot).

This book ends on a note I was delighted with--it really feel like I was watching an old school romcom come to a close. I had a great time.

Thanks to Netgalley and Dial Press for providing me with a copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

#romance novel blogging #arc reviews #netgalley #book recs #books #book reviews

[katsushika-division]

ARB Birthday Special: Rintaro Himura

 ~~ July 16th ~~

“The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth.”

Login Lines:

“Eh? What the hell are you here for? My…birthday? …Fuck it is today, isn't it?”

“To be honest, I don't care much about celebrating my birthday, but I guess thanks for reminding me.”

Voice Lines: 

“I can't believe I forgot my birthday. *sighs* Whoop de fucking do. It's just another day. I don't see what the big deal is.”

“Let's see what people sent me today for my birthday. Death threats from people whose loved ones were my victims? Check. Fucked up love letters from rabid fangirls saying they want my children? Check. Honestly, I prefer the death threats over the love letters.”

“God, when was the last time I had a decent birthday anyway? I can't remember. I'm pretty sure it was at least before my bitch of an egg donor ran out.”

“No wait. The first birthday I had after Akari was born that…was pretty special. Akari was a couple of months old by then, and she was already trying to say more than that "goo goo gaga" shit. I guess she was just waiting for the right moment because on my birthday she said her first word. Rin-nii. I remember feeling so proud back then.”

“Eh? What the hell do you want, Old Man? Damn getting soft, aren't we? Well, aren't I fucking special? *smirks* Made it my mission to personally annoy you till the day you die, Old Man. Alright, alright, thanks for getting me something then.” 

“Damn Old Man, this is actually pretty useful. God knows how many times I've crushed them. Eh? You’ve been smoking these motherfuckers for how long? So you can't tell me shit about smoking. Alright, you got yourself a deal, Old Man. A mistake I'm sure multiple fuckers regret. *pauses* Also…Akihisa…thanks for everything.” 

“Goddamn it, Touya, it's just my birthday. You don't have to make a big deal out of it. Fuck…alright Touya, we can celebrate it. Just stop staring at me like that, you little shit. Do I even wanna know what you got me, Touya? *sighs* Alright, let me see it then. I swear if it's a knife from your collection.” 

“Oh shit, this is actually really nice. At least it's something that actually suits my style. *sees pricetag* Uhh…Touya? How the hell did you afford this? *blinks* Oh gross! I did not need to know that you fucking sex fiend.” 

“There you are, Akari. I haven't seen you at all today. Don’t tell me you’re trying to avoid your big brother. *pauses* Akari just…just having you back is the best gift I've ever received. Well, I'm kinda curious now. What did you get me?”

“This is a cool figure you got me Akari. *jumps* Oh fuck it just moved and…it's flying around now. *whistles* Holy shit you built this Akari? Wow…I'm stunned. I've never seen anything like it. Ouch! Motherfuck just shot fire at me?!? Huh? Well, that'll come in handy. Shit, I was never good with names but…how about Astaroth? He does, doesn't he? Well then let's get along Astaroth.”

Akihisa Lines:

“Rintaro, I'm glad I caught you. I wanted to give you something considering it's your birthday. *snorts* Hardly, but I suppose I'll make an exception just for you today. Have I ever told you how much of a little shit you are? You know you could be grateful that I even got you something, Brat.” 

“I know how much you hate it when your cigarettes get crushed so I got you this case for them. Perhaps one day you’ll reach a point where you give up smoking those cancer sticks. I’ve been smoking longer than you've been alive, but I’ll make you a deal. You cut back on smoking, and I’ll do the same. Don’t want you dying too early. *sighs fondly* Seems like it was yesterday you were forced into my prison cell. *ruffles hair* Don't mention it, Rintaro.”

Touya Lines:

“Rin-chan~! Happy Birthday! Nuh-uh, birthdays are really special. That's what all those movies say. It's also your first birthday since we got out of prison. So we have to celebrate it! *pulls out puppy eyes* Yeah! I have so many things for us to do today. It's gonna be so much fun! Ah! I got you a present too! *giggles* Here!” 

“I saw the jacket in the window of a store one day and thought it would be perfect for you. Hm? Oh, I just told the store owner I would [CENSORED] and [CENSORED] if he gave me a discount on the jacket. What? You asked!”

Bonus! Akari Lines:

“Rin-nii Happy Birthday. *nods* Ah, yes, that. It's your birthday and the first one we've been able to celebrate together in a long time. So I wanted to make sure your gift was perfect. You deserve something besides that Rin-nii. So here. I hope you like it.”

“Not quite Rin-nii. Watch this. Activate. *giggles* It's your very own dragonbot. It's just something I've been working on for a while. I was just waiting for the right moment to give it to you, and what's more perfect than today? Of course! Just in case you don't have your lighter in you. Oh, also, he doesn't like being called it. He's got feelings too, ya know? Now you just gotta name him! *smiles* He likes it! Promise you'll take good care of him, Rin-nii.”

#hypnosis microphone #hypnosis mic #hypmic #hypmic oc #hypnosis mic oc #katsushika division #death row block #rintaro himura #akihisa mashiro #touya kisaragi #akari himura #happy birthday rintaro 2023 #alternative rap battle #arb

[writtengalaxies]

A Confession At Knife-point

Cup God Chronicles :: Part 4

Characters: God of Night, GN!Reader

Word Count: 730

Spicy Rating: Our dear reader has a foul mouth, so expect a lot of f-bombs y'all!

You stare across the table at him.

The God of Night has his hands folded in front of him, trying to keep his eyes anywhere but on the glow-in-the-dark plastic cup you're sipping juice from, the book open to that last ritual, and your face. Finally, you sigh, putting the cup down, folding your hands in front of your face. Sure, you feel a bit like an anime villain, but...the man made you a promise.

"I didn't die. So start talking. What's so ooky-spooky about this ritual that makes you so skittish?"

"How much do you understand of what's written here?"

You shrug, pointing out the sections. "This basically reads like it's a spell for a messy break up, but I can't read most of the page."

He sighs, honest to gods (ha) sighs, like a melodramatic teenager. "It's...more complicated than that."

"Explain it to me, then."

"I...I would rather not-"

"You made a deal, dude. What's in the damn book."

"...I don't have many followers. You're...you're honestly my only one any more, even by technicality. I exist because I am Night, and--"

"I don't care about your tragic backstory right now. Why's this spell freaking you out so bad. Just means I get my privacy back, right?

"It..." He sighs again, and you resist the urge to roll your eyes. "It...it isn't just severing the connection between us. It...it takes from you."

"Like, what? I'll get dizzy, or--"

"Emotionally. It cuts out part of your emotional range as payment. It's not meant to make it...easy. You lose part of yourself. Based on what I've seen in the past, your particular witticisms, your sarcasm, your....you-ness...You might be a strange, weird little mortal, but you're my strange, weird little mortal--" He takes a breath, his hand covering the part of his face you can see, like he's embarrassed about saying that. "If you truly want me gone, I'll...I'll find a different way to sever our connection, I swear. I promise. But just...I..." He swallows, a motion you're not really certain he needs to do, before he speaks again. "I...I'm fond of you, in a way I haven't been in a very long time...and...I would be...put out if you lost your...spark, starlight." 

You blink. He's never called you anything but 'mortal' before. Not your name, and certainly not what could best be described as a pet name.

You sigh, shoving to your feet to go process things, get a slice of cake. You bought it as a treat to yourself, and by fucking god, did you need it now. The last thought, that last word really lingered, however, and you turned, brandishing the knife as you started talking.

"Wait a fucking second. Why did you call me starlight? What kind of--Are you blushing?" The god shifted to turn away from you, leaving you to follow him around the table, trying to catch his attention. "You are! Why are you--oh my fuck. Do you have a crush on me?" He continued to look away, leaving you laughing almost hysterically as you headed back to the cake, gesturing as you spoke. "This is how I find out. Fucking figures! First time someone does in forever, and it's a god with a problem with personal space--"

"Please, starlight, can we talk about this--will you please put the knife down before I actually tell you--" He squawked, staring at you, then over his shoulder, where the the object you just threw rolled to a stop. "Did you just throw a cup at my head?!"

"I dunno, did you just decide to call me sweet things like we're already lovers?"

"...Fair point, but...perhaps...perhaps I am fond of you in that way as well. I just...you're interesting in many ways, and everything I learn about you I carry with me through each night..."

You stare at him for a long time, then sigh. "Do it properly."

"...Sorry, what?"

"If you're going to try to flirt with me, do it properly. Woo me, motherfucker. Flowers. Dates...I don't know if gods do dates, but I'm not just gonna say 'oh boy! Time for deific dalliances!', you gotta work for this."

"...You're...not opposed. To..."

"We'll see. I'm not a cheap date."

You give him a smirk, not unlike the ones he's used to giving you.

It's worth it to see the small, truly happy smile come to life on his face.

#nighttime bastardass #the god of night #night x reader #my writing #cup god chronicles #gn!reader #council of the gods

[hergan416]

IN THE MEANTIME

Ahem Let's look at the DARK Night of London please

spoilers/etc/etc/

Ok the Whiteley stuff goes down close to the anime (Why are Milverton's goons fighting Fred and Bonde and Louis? This is honestly confusing... maybe it's because something in the manga's about to get cut? I know this is how the anime delivers the message that brings William to Milverton's estate at the same time as Holmes... I assume that there is going to be more Moriarty focus re: Milverton in the manga because he just seems better poised in the manga right now? So this must be a way to get him there because iirc in the anime we get a Sherlock arc and then we are at the Milverton estate.)

God if this pacing is how I think it'll be... will the Final Problem even be started by volume 12? And I won't get that until July. [I have been told it starts in 13 now so uhhhh yeaaaaa. There isn't even a date for 13 😭😭😭]

Ok ok ok. BUT SHERLOCK HOLMES

I need to talk about Sherlock Holmes and not bemoan my lack of manga.

I need to talk about how Miss Hudson interrupts his little depression den that he's made while John is out and about getting engaged to the Governess from a past case...handing him the newspaper. This fucking newspaper.

He knows, by the way. He's convinced himself. Mycroft specifically asks, and this is what we get.

Not enough time has passed, he suspected it then. He's thinking about Will doing this. He knows Liam did it.

"The bastard did what??"

But I love how he knows Liam well enough at this point to come to the right conclusions.

The country turns on the Lord of Crime on a dime. This is horrendous, unimaginable. He cannot POSSIBLY have the people's best interests at heart. And yet, Holmes manages to lay out out exactly what happened to Mycroft. As a slim, improbable chance... but something that however improbable must be true.

"If we assume it's true that the Lord of Crime never murders innocents, then if he killed Whiteley we must also assume that the MP was guilty of some crime. My hunch is that crime was murder, but the MP was forced into committing that murder by a third party."

...

"If word got out that Whiteley'd murdered a man, the scandal would cripple Britain's equality movement. The Lord of Crime's chivalrous spirit wouldn't allow him to turn a blind eye."

🎉🎉🎉

Ok Ok ok but. then. MYCROFT

OH GOD MYCROFT

Trying to tell Sherly a clue, just a little clue... but as vaguely as humanly possible and SHERLOCK CANT FUCKING READ HIS BROTHER WORTH SHIT SO HE IS JUST MISSING THE SLIP OF THE LANGUAGE

like

It's so subtle. "And they can act." Who is they? Sherlock doesn't know that while this is William's scheme, he is not the only culprit.

This is Mycroft trying to tell Sherly that William (and the others) plan to die soon. They will carry out the Moriarty Plan, without waiting for Sherlock Holmes.

Sure he talks of government assassins and everyone else that will be gunning for the Lord of Crime's head...but really the person gunning for the Lord of Crime's head the hardest... is the Lord of Crime.

And Sherlock doesn't know. Mycroft seems to want to tell him... but their relationship is built on points and scores and one-upmanship and gentle corrections that are so frustrating because they are always losses for Sherlock. Besides, Mycroft could never tell Sherly outright, Sherlock wouldn't have it and he's obligated to keep it a secret regardless.

So he's just pushing him to keep going, find the brothers before it's too late. Which honestly feels so sad for me. Because I'm pretty sure that this is a demonstration of Mycroft's caring for the brothers. (I know fandom will tell me to say Albert specifically, but I have to be honest, I ship mycal because of the fandom and I don't see textual evidence for it specifically).

And so it leaves Sherlock here

with no new information, even as Mycroft tried to give him some.

And... the Sign of Four is about to happen. Or the sign of Mary. Or whatever. So many things to think about Sherlock, what ever will you do?

#sherlock holmes (ynm) #moriarty the patriot #will i be utterly quiet between now and april? #doubt it #but this is probably the last or one of the last long analysis posts for a while

[skylar19737]

______________________ Just A Little Longer - RC Series Part 3

WC: 1.0K~ Warnings: Small bit of cursing __________________________________________________

Rehani's POV: After about 15 minutes or so the ear piercing sound of the first bell rang throughout the cafeteria, signaling everyone to head to their home room.

Sighing, I mumble out, "I don't wanna go yet... I just wanna.. um" I can't say that to him out loud, what the hell am I thinking? He's just going to think I'm clingy.

"You just wanna what?" He asks me sweetly. My goodness this man is going to be the death of me. Forget it.

"I just wanna stay here, with you Dove." I answer, trying to hold back a smile when he gives me a wide grin and places small butterfly pecks across my face.

"Aww. You're adorable, and of course we can. For like five more minutes that is." He smiles out.

"That's not long enough." I say, holding his mid section tighter to mine in the process.

"I know sweetheart. How about after your game we go get a ton of snacks and cuddle at my place, yeah?" He whispers into my ear, kissing the shell of it gently after.

"Okay. You have yourself a deal, gorgeous." I say in a soft tone. I put my head against his chest and take a deep breath in,

"Mmm, you smell good." I tell him in a hushed tone.

A deep laugh rumbles throughout his upper body and I smile at the sound. I love his laugh. It never fails to always make me feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside. Not only that, but it lets me know that I'm making him happy. That's all I want for him if I'm being honest. "I love you, Reh-" He's then cut off by a familiar victory noise by the one and only.

"Ha ha, in your face! Get some! Wooo!"

"Leigha, baby, please. Chill out."

"Pfft- as if, I refuse to until you admit that you lost to me. Plus, I won the bet so pay up!" She says to him.

The both of them sit down opposite of us and Cole begins to say, "What the hell did you guys even bet on? I already know that it wasn't Kai's idea." 

Kai shakes his head in response while mouthing the words 'help', and plants his face into his lover's neck.

Gently putting her hand in his hair and rubbing softy she says, "Well, the two of us played a game of Jenga... and we decided that the loser would have to do whatever the winner said. And since I won, we are coming to your game today Rei Rei."

I'm honestly not even surprised at this rate. It seems as though they have a different bet going on almost everyday. "Why am I not surprised." Me and Cole deadpan simultaneously. She shrugs her shoulders with a goofy smile and plants a soft kiss to Kai's forehead, causing him to grin and peck her lips in response. My face drops. There's that feeling again... thank god I have this mask on, otherwise I'm sure that Cole would've noticed.

Cole's POV:

"Why am I not surprised." Rehani and I deadpan.

Kai's my best friend and sometimes I feel bad for some of the things Leigha does to him, but I know that she's perfect for him. However, that's not the main concern that I have at the moment, there's something wrong here. Or more specifically, there's something wrong with Rehani. It's like ever since we walked through the doors she's been off. I don't think I did anything considering that she's been cuddled up to me for some time now, but her warmth against me isn't keeping my worrying tendencies away. We normally tell each other everything about anything , but I'm hoping that I didn't make her uncomfortable. Feeling her start to move away I tug her back tight against me, "Where do you think you're going, Princess?" I say in a low and stern voice. Typically, I'm not a super over protective or overly bearing person but sometimes I get nervous, scared even. Scared that maybe one day she'll want to leave me for someone else, scared of the possibility that Rehani never wanted me in the first place, and most importantly, I am utterly terrified that she doesn't love me or never has.

She is my everything, if I lost her I would be devastated, and quite honestly she's the only reason I have to continue living. Before her my life was total chaos. Being a popular kid isn't all that it's cut out to be. Having to put on a different face and personality just to hide what was going on on the inside was exhausting. I used to always try and pretend that I was okay, pretend that I was happy, or that I didn't need help... but eventually all of those bottled up emotions became too much for me to bare, and I started to have suicidal tendencies. At first it was just my depression and anxiety at work, but then I started hurting myself; cutting, burning, biting, hell I even tried drowning myself at one point, but no matter what I did nothing ever seemed to fill that insatiable pit of darkness in my stomach craving for the one thing I thought I couldn't have; love. That was the one and only thing that was missing from my life back then. But thinking back on it now, I guess I could blame all of that on my terrible excuse of a mother, that's a story for another day though. Refocusing on reality, I look at Rehani as she responds. "It's time to go to the locker rooms for gym or we're going to be late. Plus, we get to play volleyball today. As much as I love playing basketball it's nice to have a little break from it every now and then. Come on, let's go." Standing up further she grabs my hand and pulls me up next to her. I smile softly. "Yeah, okay."

Yeah sure, this world can be hell and cruel and do whatever the fuck it wants to, but she makes this life worth it, worth living. Which is just one of the reasons why I am indescribably, indubitably, and unimaginably, in love with her. I love you Rehani, more than anyone or anything. And I can swear that my feelings will stay the same, no matter what happens.

#cute #fluffly #fluff #oneshot #drabbles #relationship #true love #love quotes #lovers #high school #romance #highschool romance #sweet #tooth rotting fluff #writers on tumblr #tumblrpost #tumblrlove #tumblog #how do i use tags #how do i tag help #how do i use the mcdonald’s app? #how do i tag shit #have fun lol