#2. crushing tomatoes with other stuff so it looks like blood is coming from them (HELP)

[boltupbitches]

Crème Brûlée and Sweets - Chapter 2

"Holy shit!" Josie whispered to herself. She was sitting outside the Bengals practice facility, nervously waiting for Joe to meet her at her car. She texted him as soon as she arrive (a few minutes early at that) and was waiting for him now to text back.

Lost in her train of thought, she was startled by her phone binging. She picked it up out of her cup holder and looked to see Joe's text.

Joe Omw out now. see you in two minutes.

Josie ok

Josie immediately reached for her purse, shoving her phone into it and applying some chapstick. She then got out of her car and made sure to grab the pastry box that held the Finnish tiger cake for Joe.

"Hey! So glad you could make it!" A voice called out.

She turned around to see Joe approaching her with a welcoming smile and she could feel the blood rushing to her cheeks, nervous at the site of her celebrity crush. 'Get it together Jo,' she mentally chastised.

"I wouldn't miss this opportunity for the world! Thank you so much for reaching out to me. It's, uh,  it's wow." Josie chuckled, looking down shyly and shuffling her feet. "Sorry, that's not very articulate, but I'm very happy I am there. Thank you so much, Joe." She looked up from underneath her lashes at him, silently cursing herself for not wearing any makeup today. She was almost certain she was as red as a tomato right now and it definitely wasn't from the sun beating down on them.

Joe stared at her with a smile still on his face, his eyes holding a soft look as he took her appearance in. He wouldn't tell her this right away out of fear of making her uncomfortable, but she was beautiful. Even more so bare-faced and not behind a camera on the screen. He took in her blonde locks tied up in a half-hazard bun, the freckle next to her green eyes and her reddened cheeks. She was really here.

When he had sent that DM and retweeted her video while tagging her, he didn't think anything would come of it. A normally confident man, Joe had a brief moment of panic and uncertainty hit him when he realized that many on Twitter would see this and start retweeting it, making it a trending topic. She would see it, and he wasn't sure if he was he should be happy or embarrassed at the possibility of being shut down or worst - completely ignored.

"That's no problem at all, Josie. It's my pleasure." He gestured back towards the sidewalk leading towards the facility. "Let's head inside where it's a bit cooler."

Josie nodded and held out the cake to him. "I brought some cake for you by the way! I wasn't sure if you were serious about wanting it or not, so if not I'm sure there's maybe someone on the team or staff who would like it." She rambled.

'She's cute.' Joe thought to himself, watching as she shifted the cake in her palms. He decided to take the cake and save her some of her nerves. "Nah, the guys get enough stuff given to them. This is all mine for sure. There's a staff fridge I'll ask one of the assistants to put it in for me before we start our tour."

They started walking towards the security doors and Joe swiped his access card to get into the facilities, stepping back to allow Josie in first. "Ladies first." He pretended to do a little bow, the cake box still securely in his arms.

Josie smiled and walked through, turning towards him and pretending to do a curtesy. "And who said chivalry is dead, Mr. Burrow?"

Joe laughed a bit at that. "Sadly I don't have a sword or shield to fight for your honor, Ms. Black. I don't film Tik-Toks though, so I think I get some points towards chivalry."

Josie got the reference and laughed. "No brothers to film them either?"

"Nope. I mean, I have two older brothers and thank god they don't!" He turned towards her as they continued walking. "And you? Any siblings?"

Josie nodded. "Yep. I have two older sisters. My one sister is living back in Pittsburgh, close to my dad's family. My other sister lives in Boston with her wife. I'm the baby of the trio."

"Yeah? Honestly, it's the same with me, being the baby I mean. I'm the youngest of the kids. There's a few years between us, so it's always been interesting. You close in age to your sisters?"

Josie shook her head. "Not really. My oldest sister is 12 years my senior and my other sister is 6 years my senior. So, I was closest with Gabby more than Hannah. We all get along, but Hannah is older so, by the time I was entering 1st grade, she graduated high school and was in college."

Joe stopped near an office and leaned in the doorway. "Hey, Drew. You think you can do me a quick favor?"

A guy with long brown hair looked up. "Yeah, sure. What's up Joe?"

"I'm going to be giving my friend here a tour. Can you put this cake in the break room for me? It already has my name on it. I just don't want it getting smashed up in the locker room."

Drew stood up and reached for the box. "Sure, man."

Joe thanked him and out the door they went. They reached another set of doors and they stopped for a moment. "Alright, JLB. You ready to see where the magic happens?" Joe smiled. 'That sounded way smoother in my head.' He fought the urge to cringe.

Josie didn't seem to think so and nodded. "Aboslutely! And JLB? Aren't you also technically JLB?"

Joe laughed at that. "I swear I only just now realized we have the same initials. Anyways, we'll start the official tour beyond these doors. We'll hit the gym room, film room, PT room, and a few other key points before heading out to the field. I was told that photography is allowed, but definitely not in locker room or of any players practicing. We good?"

Josie nodded at that. "Fair. I wouldn't want someone taking pictures of me looking like a sweaty mess either." Her cheeks flushed read as her mind went south at that. "I mean, post workout of course!"

Joe bit his lip to keep from grinning. His own mind conjuring up some not so PG thoughts of other activities. 'Don't be a creep, man. You can see it in the news now. Bengals rookie QB harasses Youtuber.'

Josie took his silence the wrong way and rubbed a hand down her flushed cheeks. "I swear I just made it worse trying to explain myself. Didn't I?"

Joe tried to keep his face neutral, but she could see the mischievous glint in his eyes. "Maybe."

She groaned at that. "Great. Now I made an ass of myself."

"Nah, you didn't. I'm just teasing you. Just know you can sweat around me all you want and it won't be gross." The second he finished that sentence he felt his own brain shut down. "Well -  I guess you're not the only one making explanations worse?"

Josie giggled at his flushed cheeks. "Maybe."

Joe licked his lips and nodded. "Fair enough. Let's go ahead and start this tour before someone overhears us and I accidentally make us both headlines news for all the wrong things."

He opened the door and made a sweeping gesture with his arm. "After you."

"At least you didn't say m'lady."

Joe took that as a challenge and raised his eyebrow. "My pleasure.." 

"Don't say it."

"M'lady." 

Josie turned back around and pretended to walk back the way they came. "I'm out."

Joe laughed and jogged after her, "Wait - wait." He moved ahead of her and held his hand out. "I won't say it again - but the look on your face? Was worth it, Josie! You really don't like that word?"

Josie shot him a look and answered, "Nah, not really. It gives me incel vibes too much. All you need now is a sideways fedora and some suspenders."

"Well, thanks for the fashion advice, but I think I'll pass." He said sarcastically. 

Josie rolled her eyes and gave his shoulder a shove. "Joey Franchise with a fedora and suspenders. Can you imagine that?"

"I have a pair of hipster glasses but that is as far as I'm going." He admitted. 

Josie went to open her mouth, but someone else shouting down the hallway caught her attention. "Hey Joe! That your new lady with you?"

Joe's face went red a bit as he turned to see C.J. approaching. "Hey man." He avoided the question, "What are you doing here?" They did their manly hand shake which amused Josie.

"Had a PT session. Anyway, who dis?" He turned his eyes on Josie. "Ayy I know you! You're the murder mystery baking girl. Was this the girl you were shooting your shot with last night, Joe?" C.J. teased.

"Dude? Uncool." Joe muttered at C.J., not daring to look at Josie.

"Oh? Oh. Yeah. My bad, dude. Well, I gotta go - water my dog? Yeah, water my dog. Later, man!" C.J. did a speedy exit and it was just the two of them once again.

"So," Josie started, hands on her hips. "Let's do this tour and then, you can tell me all about what that was at lunch."

Joe nodded at that fair. "Yeah, [clears throat], that sounds like a plan."

'Smooth, Joe, smooth.'

#Joe Burrow fanfiction #Joe Burrow fanfic #Joe Burrow imagines #Joe Burrow imagine

[jekde04]

There’s Something About Juvia

For Gruvia Week 2021: Day 1 - Beguile

Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4

Pairing: Gruvia (Gray Fullbuster & Juvia Lockser)

Fandom: Fairy Tail

Genre: Romance/Humor/Friendship

Word Count: 1,562 words

Summary: His memories were still hazy at best, but Gray swore that damn potion did something weird to him. (Based on the aftermath of Episode 50, "Special Request: Watch Out for the Guy You Like!")

You may also read it on FanFiction.net and AO3! Check out my master list for other Gruvia fics.

Seriously, what did that woman do to him?

His memories of the incident were still hazy at best, only pieced together by bits and pieces he heard from his guildmates.

Apparently, Juvia unwittingly used a potion that made rivals out of each other. He ended up facing off with Happy of all people – err, cats. That probably explained why he kept seeing different versions of a terrified Happy in his mind.

But what he didn't understand was while everyone else stayed inside the guildhall (hence its dilapidated state), he ended up all the way to Galuna Island, where he finally came to his senses.

Just what the hell happened to him?

The door to Master Makarov's office closed with a thud, and Gray watched Juvia as she made her way to one of the guild's tables, eyes guilt-ridden and downcast. It didn't seem that bad, though, as he saw the Master wave her off with a grin on his face as if he were more amused than mortified of the whole situation. That was a big deal, considering that any form of guild renovation angers the tight-pursed old man.

And he wasn't the only one who seemed to be uncharacteristically taking things in stride. He watched Cana as she sat beside the water mage, draping an arm over her shoulders (the other wrapped around a keg, what else?) and whispering something that made the blunette turn bright pink. On Juvia's other side sat Erza, who pressed the timid girl close to her breastplate in what appeared to be a bone-crushing hug.

Gray scoffed at the unfairness of it all. If it were him or Natsu who destroyed the guild, Erza wouldn't be that merciful. He shivered as he imagined all the scary things she would've done to them.

But everything was back to normal now – all the damages repaired and the effects of that damn potion having worn off. At least, for most of them.

Gray couldn't say the same thing for himself because truth be told, there was a funny feeling at the pit of his stomach that would show up now and then. Though he didn't remember much about what happened, that feeling often surfaced with the memory of floating in the warm sea, the rays of the sun hitting his face...

... and a blushing Juvia cradling him in her arms, a soft, almost loving look shining in her dark blue eyes.

The thought of it made blood rush to his cheeks. If he didn't know any better...

Something clicked in his mind.

A love potion.

But no, she wouldn't dare.

... Would she?

Gray sighed audibly, raking his hands over his face. Ever so slightly, he snuck a peek at Juvia and saw her still uncomfortably sandwiched between Cana and Erza, both of whom looked to be teasing her about something.

Sure, she hung out with him a lot, but it was no big deal. She was still quite new to the guild, and he was one of the first ones she met, though the circumstances could have been better. Still, he was probably one of the few people she easily grew accustomed to, as he had gone with her on missions until she got used to being part of Fairy Tail.

In other words, they were friends. And friends did not give love potions to each other. Besides, why would he be the only one affected when almost the entire guild took that potion?

He dismissed the ridiculous thought.

Gray hadn't realized he had been staring at Juvia for quite a while until she looked up and locked eyes with him. He quickly looked away, but the sight of those big doe eyes brought back a rush of fragmented memories that made something in his chest flutter.

Juvia holding him in her arms. Juvia looking affectionately at him. Juvia's voice calling his name.

Really, what the hell was wrong with him?

"Gray-sama?"

He was so distracted that he hadn't noticed Juvia come up to him. She seemed to be a little on edge, her hands clasped tightly in front of her and her eyes looking everywhere but him.

But if there were anyone who could finally answer all those goddamn questions running through his mind, it would be her.

Gray cleared his throat. "Hey, Juvia. That was some wild potion stuff you did, huh," he said, followed by a tiny smirk.

It was meant to be a joke, but the way Juvia flinched as if burned made him immediately regret what he said. Honestly, he was just trying to make small talk! He really had a knack for making things awkward.

He was about to say sorry when Juvia beat him to it. "Juvia's sorry, Gray-sama! She didn't mean to cause so much trouble. She didn't know it would affect everyone that way!"

Her eyes started to water, and Gray felt panic rising in his throat. He could not deal with crying girls, let alone Juvia, who had the ability to flood the guild with her tears.

He quickly shook his head and said, "Hey now, don't worry about it! Worse things have happened here. And no one's blaming you for anything, see?" He gestured towards their guildmates, each one minding their own business as if the guild were not in total shambles just the day before.

Juvia looked around her, then returned her eyes to him. She didn't seem pacified at all. "But you're not mad at Juvia, are you?"

Gray's lips curved into a tiny smile. "Why would I be mad?" It amused him how Juvia looked more concerned about his opinion than the rest of their guildmates. It even filled him with a certain pride that she would have such high regard for his feelings.

Plus, she really looked cute with that bit of crease on her brow and that tiny tremble on her lips.

Wait, what?

Gray narrowed his eyes. "Unless... you did something different with me?" After all, he still didn't have the tiniest idea how he ended up on an island, for goodness' sake.

Juvia looked taken aback. A blush bloomed on her pale cheeks as she started to fiddle with the hem of her top. "Umm, well, Juvia... sort of made you drink the whole potion."

"What?!" Gray asked incredulously. Well, that definitely answered how he made it to Galuna Island. And why he kept on seeing the image of Juvia holding him in her arms. "But why did you do that?"

Juvia quickly turned as red as a tomato. "U-uh... Ju-Juvia... Uhm..."

Suddenly, it all made sense. Why Juvia was always so shy around him. Why she spent a lot of time with him. Why she always invited him on missions. And why she made him gulp a whole potion and not someone else.

A smirk crossed his face. "Oh, I know now."

"Y-you do?" He didn't know it was possible, but Juvia's face got even redder. He was definitely spot on.

"It's because..."

Juvia gulped.

"... you want me to be your rival! Right, Juvia?"

He grinned at her. Juvia might look sweet and innocent, but he would never forget the fact that behind that timid exterior lies a badass mage. Not only had he struggled to battle against her before, but he also fought beside her several times during missions, giving him a pretty good idea of how strong and awesome she really was. He felt a sense of pride swell within him that such a powerful and accomplished mage would choose him to be her rival.

"Err... does Gray-sama want Juvia to be her rival?" she asked him. He chuckled at how she looked so unsure of herself.

Gray was about to answer, "Of course!" but stopped himself. Yes, he was honored that Juvia wanted him to be her rival, but...

"Well, I was thinking more of partners, you know," Gray started. "Don't get me wrong, Juvia. I think you'd be a great rival, but our powers are so alike, so it might be a better idea if we team up instead of –"

Gray wasn't able to finish what he was saying as an ecstatic Juvia suddenly lunged at him and wrapped her arms around his torso. He froze at the sudden contact as he was not expecting such a reaction from her.

Juvia looked up at him and asked, "Gray-sama really wants Juvia to be his partner?" Her eyes were so bright, it looked like a ray of sunlight cracking open a piece of blue sky.

That funny feeling stirred in his stomach again.

"Why not?"

Juvia let out a squeal, hugging him tighter. He wondered how this sometimes shy, always excitable girl could be the same gloomy rain woman he first met months ago. Though he didn't have anything against the past Juvia, he decided that he liked this version better.

Even if she was squeezing the heck out of him.

"Uh, Juvia, could you –?" he asked as he tried to push her away. She relented, smoothed her dress over, and gave him a sweet, loving smile.

There goes that weird, fluttery feeling again.

At that moment, Gray concluded two things: One, that those odd stirrings were probably due to his potion overdose. And two, that they were going to fade over time.

He had never been so wrong in his life.

A/N: I entered the Gruvia fandom during the 100YQ, so it’s challenging to write Gray not yet having strong feelings for Juvia. But their wild ride from enemies to lovers is what endeared me to them the most, so hopefully I get more inspiration to write fics encapsulating their journey. I hope I somehow captured their early friendship here (and Juvia’s little crush on Gray, obvious to everyone except him, lol).

#gruvia week #gruvia #gruvia fanfic #gruvia fanfiction #Gray X Juvia #gray fullbuster #juvia lockser #fairy tail

[yanderecandystore]

PLEASE i need more of your among us concept, it was so good!

Hi!! How are you doing? I saw a lot of people want more of these, so I wanted to gain some time to be able to come up with more stuff about Yandere Among Us.

So, I hope you didn't wait too long. How about we continue where we left off?

But this time with an proper begining.

TW/Tags: Everyone is fighting // more characters because I hate myself! // Shy boy is a really suspicious boy // not as much as yandere tendencies, but maybe the start of them?? // All characters have real names, but calling each other by colors is a formal military way in this universe, ya know? // Mentions of blood and possibly (just maybe) scent kink 👀 // It may low-key not be like the original game but I tried ;-;

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"- You're pretty sus, not gonna lie." Ch - 1 [Yandere!Among Us x Reader - Short Fanfiction]:

(Ch - 2)

"- And then I told her:' Yo, your chicken is dry as hell!' And then she beat me with a stick." You were currently talking with your best pal, Cyan! You two were in the cafeteria taking a snack-break, while everyone was trying to repair the ship by doing their own assigned tasks.

"- H-Heh, that's so you [Y/N]." Cyan said, although their tone was extremely off, like they didn't know what to say. They haven't eaten anything since the day began, and you were starting to worry if they were okay or not.

"- Buddy, are you okay? You haven't touched any of the snacks I brought you, you haven't even eaten a single marshmallow yet, and I thought these were your favorites!" You told them while shoving more potato chips down your mouth.

To you, the situation was mildly confusing, but to "Cyan" it was an absolute nightmare! How are they supposed to keep this up?? You're going to end up blowing their cover, they just know it!

They started to consider making you their next meal, yet if they did it right now everyone would be suspicious of them, since "they" have been with you ever since you two went to do tasks.

Stars help them, because things can go wrong any minute now! They were sweating under the suit out of nervousness and because of how hot and wet the suit was.

They didn't have time to clean the blood inside of the suit, so it was basically really, really sticky inside it.

They were disassociating until you've put your hand on top of theirs.

"- Cyan, what's wrong?!" You sound so worried, so loud yet concerned. For someone that was floating through space using asteroids to move around, your voice is so- Different, from the empty void out there. They aren't accustomed to this feeling yet.

"- I-I am! Don't worry about it, I, I think I just had a really long day, that's all." They lied through their teeth hoping that you would fall for it. But of course, you're way too stubborn to fall for that.

"- Are you sure tho? I- I could call White to see if you're sick, or maybe-" You were interrupted by the Cyan's scream while they suddenly stood up.

"- No! No, please- You-" Stars, they're terrible at this, aren't they?? They just need to shush you for now, they can't let you call someone else! The more people around them the more anxious they'll be and they will obviously be exposed to-

"- Look, [Y/N]-" -They tried to calm themselves, everything is fine, they just need to think of a way to make your worries go away- "- I'm fine, I promise, okay?" They said while putting their hands on your cheeks forcing you to look at their space suit's helmet.

You feel flustered by the sudden movement. Not only were you caught off guard by their sudden reaction, but-

This- this little thing that they did? Was starting to blossom a lot of unwanted flowers inside your heart.

' God, take a grip [Y/N]! You can't be all flustered in a time like this!' You think to yourself while shaking your head to wipe the lovey-dovey thoughts out of your mind.

You just can't help it though! You guess that ever since your team has been stuck in space- No, ever since you first met Cyan in the facility on Earth and were introduced to your team as their new crewmate, you have found yourself having a crush on Cyan. You hate to admit this, but yeah, they were always kinda… Cute, to you.

Ah well, Cyan was always the rascal, the flirty over the top one. The one that was always playing around yet also keeping their head strong when facing a conflict. Always so radiant yet so down to earth. Oh well, here you go, simping again, oh geez...

You try to wake yourself from your fantasy world, this is not the time [Y/N]!

"- Okay-y then! I-I'm really sorry if I was bothering you!" You try to speak up yet you stutter all the way, making you feel embarrassed at how silly you're acting right now.

And while you're dealing with your inner struggles, Cyan is looking at you really confused (not that you would be able to see it because of their helmet). There is something really strange about the way you talk to them that is making them wonder what your previous relationship with this "Cyan" human was all about, and wondering if they can keep it up with this charade if they observe you and learn more about, well, "how to be themselves" around everyone else.

Actually, this may work perfectly! By getting small clues out of you, they'll be able to decipher how to properly imitate humans!

But, they're still oblivious to human emotions, so this may take more time than expected, luckily you two can spend a lot of time alone-

"- Yooooo, look over there y'all!" You two heard someone shouting while coming into the cafeteria. Oh God, really?-

Of course it was Red, who else would be making fun of you two?

Well, he is not mean, he is just- ARGH!! He keeps picking on you for liking them, and it frustrates you so much when he comes looking all smug-

If your face could, it would turn itself into a tomato and probably pop off of your body and roll away from the embarrassment.

Wow… Okay, that was a little exaggerated, but still!-

"- How is my favorite couple doing on this pleasant evening?" He said while coming forward. His words making you turn on your defensive mode instantly:

"- We're not dating you know! I told you this nineteen times, Geez, stop being an ass…" Yep, really subtle how your cheeks lighten up at the idea of being a couple with Cyan.

And while the rest of the crew is now appearing into vision and coming forward to the cafeteria, Cyan is losing their grip ever so slightly- They can't handle this! It's- It's literally too many of you!

They can't take out every single one of you at once! This is terrible!

They need- They need to calm down and take this suit off. The heat is starting to take over their head.

"- So, how's it been for you two? Ya know, beside all the smooching-" Red says as he looks directly at you awaiting your delicious response, which was a little pouty face, so it meant that his job was done for today "- Have you guys finished your tasks?"

"- Oh! Well, we didn't manage to complete everything, the lights turned off out of nowhere and we couldn't see anything!" You tell him honestly. You're still kinda sad about it, it sucks to finish the day without completing everything you needed to.

Everyone's gathering around and sitting at the main table, it's time for a dinner meeting and assignment of tasks for tomorrow before everyone goes to sleep. God, you already miss your bed so much!

"- Ha! I knew it wasn't just in one room!... But yeah honestly me too, I couldn't finish my task because of the blackout. All that I needed to do was to swipe the card though!" Red said, while stealing one of your snacks, which earned a little "hey" coming from you, he was only joking though, as he returns the snack back to you before he can eat any.

"- Well, don't worry, tomorrow we can finish it!" Said Yellow, trying to lighten up the mood by being positive.

"- I sure do hope so-" Orange was about to say when Blue came in and interrupted all of you.

"- But what if we can't do any of them tomorrow?" Their voice echoed through the cafeteria. Everyone was silent as Blue's words caused a new feeling to arise inside the crew's hearts. Despair.

As no one was saying anything, they continued-

"- You guys seriously haven't noticed our situation yet, have you? We're floating through space because or engines have been broken by the asteroids outside, we can't even navigate this spaceship-"

"- We're trying to fix this-" Pink started, but failed to continue.

"- And while we keep "trying" and not actually doing anything, we are all in danger! Even the facility has stopped communicating with us-"

"- Blue! That 's enough!" White had interrupted his rant. His yelling was starting to get hold of Yellow's feelings, she was always sensitive to yelling and loud noises in general. Truth is, that the most positive person in your group was truly the most negative one in this scenario, yet she wanted to keep everyone together, to keep bringing hope inside everyone, even though she herself didn't truly believed in that hope.

"- W-We-" Yellow tried to speak through her sobbing, trying to hold enough strength to control her bottled up emotions from spitting out.

"- Come on, take deep breaths, I know you can do this-" Black tried to comfort her, like he would to everyone aboard.

"- We-We are all going to die here-e." She whispered in between sobs. Her breathing became more frantic and more desperate for air.

It's the eight time this week someone had a breakdown while everyone was present.

"- Blue, seat down." White asked, yet her normally stern voice made it sounded more like a command, which Blue absolutely despised.

"- I'm-" Blue started, yet, stopped themselves. Wanting to say something towards their distressed crewmate yet deciding to go away and miss tonight's meeting. Again.

"- This is stupid." They said before leaving.

"- Blue come back this instant-" White tried to call them, they didn't even look back.

"- … Didn't even apologise…" Brown said, trying to keep his cool even though he couldn't stand Blue's antics ever since the ship was stuck in space.

"- D-Damnit!" Orange punched the table with her wrists. God, she hated every single second spent in this hellish place. She only retracted her anger when she noticed Yellow flinching from the sound.

"- I'm- I'm so sorry Yellow-"

"- It's fine! D-Don't worry about it!" She said while trying to keep her own little charade going on. But after a month, no one believes her at this point.

"- Yellow I can lead you back to your room! Do you want to company?" Said Pink, their voice sounding just as sweet and cute as their personality. The only one helping everyone stay sane by simply being there and saying "Hi!" every "morning".

"- I would like it." Yellow had calmed herself down enough so she could at least say a couple of words. She said her good nights and followed Pink back into her room.

"- It's another meeting wasted." Green said while packing their things.

"- Well, it could be worse, right? Good night everyone!" Said Purple not really caring about anything at this point.

"- Oh, come on everyone! Shouldn't we discuss our tasks for tomorrow?" Red asked, if not begged for them to come back. How has this happened? How has all your crew started to fall apart so easily?

"- Don't worry Red, we can do that tomorrow morning." Black said while comforting White who was having a headache because of the endless fights inside the spaceship.

This was the third time just this week that your meetings were interrupted by arguing. This is only the second time Blue has actually been the cause of it though.

"- Maybe they miss their family?" Lime asked while referring to Blue.

"- We all do." Brown said while standing up and going to his own bedroom. Muttering something through his teeth that no one could understand.

The whole situation happened so fast, you couldn't even understand what just happened!

"- Are, are we-"

"- Yes [Y/N], you're all dismissed." White answered already knowing what you were going to ask.

"- Oh…. Do you want some?" You asked motioning the snacks up to her, which surprised her yet she appreciated the gesture.

"- Thank you…." She whispered. You nod your head and decide to give her some space. You knew that you didn't need to worry too much about it, as Black was there to help her feel better.

If Black wasn't in this ship, she would have already fallen apart. All of you would.

"- Well, I guess dinner has ended sooner than expected!" Red tried to joke to lighten up your mood, to which you give a little chuckle. God, today is a really terrible day isn't it?

"- Uhn, hey, you're okay? You have been quiet throughout the whole meeting." Red asked Cyan.

Oh. Oh no, please no.

"- Uhn? Yeah? I… did?" They're so dead.

"- Yeah, it was… Pretty odd. Last time Blue yelled you had put them in their place, and it was pretty cool of you to stand for Yellow like that". Red said remembering that day. He didn't have anything against Blue, as he knew Blue is trying their best like everyone else. Yet he didn't like how Blue started to act like an ass lately, especially not even apologising towards Yellow or even the whole crew for that matter.

Cyan was sweating like crazy. They were panicking at the beginning of the meeting because of the amount of humans surrounding them, but when they noticed how easily humans let their distrust control them, they decided to let them speak and see what would happen. Seeing them argue with each other made them feel calmer and safer.

' I won't die!' They thought.

But now? They're raising suspicion again, by literally not doing anything??! How is this possible-

"- Well, it is true but, I don't know Red, Cyan has been pretty tired all day, and besides, Blue doesn't listen to us anymore, so it wouldn't matter anyway." You tried to reason. Yes, Cyan was acting a little different, being a little more shy than their normal self but come on now, everyone has their bad days! Maybe today they are not feeling really well….

You looked up at them, trying to show sympathy to your friend who you still thought was having some personal issues of their own.

"- Yeah! Exactly… Today has been pretty crazy! I think I just need some sleep.". Yeah, really crazy! Their body had hit an spaceship filled with free food, and then they had to disguise themselves as one of the humans inside so they could easily take one by one. But now? They're regretting each second of it! Stars, the anxiety eating them from inside is worse than being all alone in space.

Well, if they ever get out alive, they'll at least have some cool story to tell their own kind about…. If there is anyone waiting for them to return, that is.

"- Oh… That sucks buddy, but you got an point, I guess we all need to relax, and hey! Tomorrow is a new day right?" Red smiled at you two, offering a little bit of positive before you two went inside your rooms. Well, he offered a little bit of positive and a hug, to which you had gladly taken.

Although, Cyan was at first really confused about this gesture, so they stayed a little further away from the sign of affection.

"- Oh come on! Stop being a dork, come over here already!" Red said as he pulled Cyan into the tight hug. It was comforting but you couldn't lie that you felt sandwiched between the two, you tried to warn Red that you couldn't breathe, and Cyan was still panicking but now for a different reason.

Because of the helmet, their sense of smell has been limited considerably, yet by being so near to your bodies, they realized they could still take in your scent. Or maybe it was all the blood inside the suit? Who knows, they just knew that the idea of a next meal was absolutely mouthwatering, and they weren't even hungry! Maybe the idea of having a whole place filled with eleven people was starting to make them salivate uncontrollably, as a child having to wait until they can pick their next candy from the jar.

Maybe they could basket in your scent until they actually feel the need to consume another crewmate.

Red was the first to break the hug, but not before fussing your hair.

"- Well, that's my goodbye for today! I need to restore some energy before I can give you two more hugs!" He entered the door behind him, which lead to his room. An oddly well organized bedroom which was only a couple of steps before your own bedroom.

And after your bedroom, there was Cyan's bedroom.

He gave his last goodbyes before closing the door. You can't help but appreciate that dork, the endless bickering between you two was pretty fun in your opinion.

While turning your back you noticed that was Cyan looking straight at you this whole time, which caused you to squeak in surprise. God, they were way too close! And your hair is a mess!

"- Sooooo… I guess we're alone now, right?" You asked timidly, trying your best to make small talk which still came off pretty awkwardly. You avoided their gaze while trying to come up with what else to say.

"- Yes. Yes we are." Cyan said, their tone was unnaturally dark for their nature, yet when you noticed them approaching you closer, you realized what you said.

"- Oh! No, I didn't mean it like-" You tried to explain the the misunderstanding, thinking that Cyan was about to flirt back with you, even though your comment was purely without malice! You swear it!

"- No making out in the halls, ya love birds!" Red opened his door and screamed, with his smug little face.

"- Geez get a room you two!" Said Pink from the other side of the corridor, their voice being really faint because of the distance between you.

"- We were not, okay?!" You yelled hoping Pink would hear it.

"- Shhhh! Some of us are trying to sleep here!" Orange banged on her door while scolding all of you. Even though she herself was making a lot of noise.

"- S-Sorry!" You responded.

Cyan distanced themselves from you, fuck, every single one of them was hearing you two. Were they all listening to your whole conversation? How were they supposed to kill anyone if everyone is this spaceship is an gossip addict? Always listening for the next tea to be spilled.

While looking at your face they recognized that same hue popping off of your cheeks. Are you perhaps sick? Actually, now they have mentioned it- What would happen if they ate a sick human?

"- Your face is red." They mentioned nonchalantly.

"- Sigh… Yeah." You sigh defeated. What's the point of hiding something that is in your face?! Even if it's fainted, everyone can tell at this point. The only person you aren't sure if they know it yet is, well, Cyan themselves.

"- …"

"- …" An awkward silent start emerging from you two, until they ask:

"- Is it because of me?" Did they, I don't know, brought some sort of sickness aboard with them? Are you passing out? Should they be concerned that your meat could be possibly damaged because of this sickness?

Although their tone is really vague, you still interpreted the question as one of their flirtatious jokes. Truth is that Cyan loves going around flirting with everyone, even with you! And they know that this makes you flustered, so you can't tell if they do it because it's fun for them or if-

Or if they like you….. A little bit.

"- Oh no! You won't fool me this time, I know what you're up to!" You say dramatically, trying to change the conversation to have a more silly tone, yet your whole attempt was dismissed, because as soon as you said that, Cyan started shaking anxiously.

You knew? You knew?! Oh stars, they're done for! They're so dead now!

"- W-What?!" They scream, please don't hurt them, they were only hungry and trying to survive!

"- … Uhn, Cyan? I'm joking." You tell your really skittish friend. Geez they really were acting weird! Normally they would have returned your joke but they are acting so easily terrified!

Did something happen in electrical while you were away?

"- Cyan… Are you hurt? You never told me what happened when the blackout happened." You once again ask them if they were okay. What if… They are scared because of something that happened in electrical? What if… They saw something?

"- What? Oh, I'm- I'm sorry! I didn't mean to freak you out like that." They laugh realizing that you were only "joking" with them. Honestly, your jokes are going to be the death of them.

"- Are you okay tho-"

"- Yes, for the fifth time, I'm doing fine [Y/N]." They… Growled? What? Their sudden anger made you take some steps back, what just happened??

They didn't realize how their tone had come off, they needed to be more careful if they wanted to keep your trust. You… You look so distressed! Did they scared you that bad? If not, than why are you distancing yourself? Why are your eyes so… Watery?

"- I-I'm sorry! I'm really sorry! I didn't mean to…." And why were they apologising? Why does your frightened face cause such an intense feeling inside them? They were supposed to harvest your fear as an way to easily control the situation, but instead they can't help but pity your current state.

"- I've been, really stressed out, I didn't mean to yell." They say, half true, half lie. I mean, their first day is already being so strange and stressful, anyone would've expected them to end up blowing up at some point.

"- No! No, don't worry about it, I, sigh… Honestly I'm pretty stressed out myself. I guess I was so worried about you that I ended up bothering you with my questions." You say while guilt starts to form inside you. You haven't given them enough space, maybe you been pestering them too much.

To be honest, everyone was so on edge that you should have expected something like this happening, even from someone as chill as Cyan. Before you even considered finding a way to comfort them so you two could talk about it, Cyan was faster than you and had managed to trap you in their arms.

"- Hey, it's fine. Don't worry too much, I'm glad you're worried but I can reassure you, everything is okay."

It's an little awkward long hug, but you don't really mind, it's not as suffocating as Red's was. Oddly enough, Cyan wasn't being dishonest, but that fact only brought more confusion inside their mind.

"- Well… Goodnight Cyan, I'll see you tomorrow, kay?"

"- Yeah, sure…"

After some time spent looking at the ceiling waiting to see if everyone else had gone to sleep, Cyan had gotten out of their bed and started to unzip the space suit frantically.

Putting it on wasn't so hard, but getting out of it feels ten times worse now that they're sweating and tainted with the blood from the suit's previous owner. They don't need oxygen, but the feeling of suffocation inside that thing was starting to get over their heads. They needed something to cool down, anything!

So that's when the ventilation came into mind. The cold air coming from it was pleasant but not nearly enough for them, so they opened the top and got inside.

The cold air mixed with the cool metal touching their skin felt amazing compared to the heat and blood inside the suit. They need to remember to not only clean the suit, but to clean themselves very soon.

Without the helmet, their senses are so much better. They can hear and smell better, the vibrations passing through the ship helping them understand where they are and where they're going, as technically, they're kinda blind.

But who needs a great sight when they can easily smell and hear their prey from kilometers away? Speaking of which, the vents sure do help them a lot in that regard, as they can hear the soft breathing of all of your crewmates sleeping.

The smell of flesh is absolutely incredible! Just the thought makes their mouth water, maybe they deserve a little "midnight snack".

"- Eeny. meeny. miney. You!" They were deciding which one of your group should be the next, and the answer seemed pretty obvious, why not go to the nearest person?

It could lead to some issues with the other crewmates, but when they smelled your scent the need to enter your bedroom was way more important than considering the dangers of acting without thinking.

While entering your room as quietly as possible, they took a look around until they found your sleeping body almost falling from the bed. This is their chance!

Coming near you, savoring in your heavenly smell and dreaming what your taste is like, they-!... They stopped themselves from doing anything.

Your face is going to hit the floor if you continue to slowly slip from your bed.

You speak in your sleep sometimes. Not actual phrases, just occasional words. It's funny actually.

They poked your face multiple times out of curiosity. Were you awake or just dreaming? It seems like it's the latter.

You're still falling in slow motion. There is both the need to see what will happen next, and help you get back into bed.

They could just watch and see what happens. Besides, it is too dark for you to see them anyway.

Hmm… What should they do? Maybe they're wasting too much time by being here. They need to make a decision, it's to either kill you or to go back to their room.

After a couple of minutes of observing, another option has appeared, and they chose that one over the other options. They helped you get back into bed, hopefully you won't slip out again.

Maybe they should stay, just to guarantee you don't fall.

🍭꒰⑅ᵕ༚ᵕ꒱˖♡🍮꒰⑅ᵕ༚ᵕ꒱˖♡🍰꒰⑅ᵕ༚ᵕ꒱˖♡🍮꒰⑅ᵕ༚ᵕ꒱˖🍭

#yandere #sheep stuff #sheep's stuff #yandere x reader #yandere among us #yandere among us x reader #yandere fanfics #yandere fanfic #yandere fanfiction #yandere short fanfiction #special delivery request #special delivery fanfiction #some danganronpa style of despair

[miyaniacs]

Hiii I'm new to your blog and let me just say your writing is amazing, can I request a part 3 of the sinful sweet heart with Ushijima, Oikawa and Yamaguchi? Thank you! Love your work 😍

Sinfully Sweetheart HC pt. 4 Oikawa and Yamaguchi 

okay so Part 3 just got up with Ushijima in it haha  ( pt. 1 and pt. 2 ) 

its so fun to write these and I'm glad you all like them haha 

so now part 4 I guess? haha  ( this wont be as nsfw as the other one tho) 

( just got  requests for this series with Lev, Hinata, Kenma and Tendou - so part 5 &6 will be coming soon - after I finished some stuff for my bachelor thesis lol )

pt.5 /  pt.6 

Oikawa 

okay he’s a hoe lol 

but a innocent hoe? 

he acts all though and fuckboy like around you 

and you’re still nice to him, helping him when his team puts him down again etc 

the whole team sees you as their little angel they need to protect 

you’re their pure baby 

sure you give some sassy comments here and there

but your just so kind hearted? 

so they are really surprised when they see you at Goshikis Party 

turns out your best (fem.) friend is with one of Semis friends 

Oikawa and the others made it their job to look out for you

such a sweet innocent girl like isn't save here??

but then they see it  

YOU AND YOUR BEST FRIEND 

DANCING?? TO BODAK YELLOW by Cardi B

and you know the lyrics??

you’re not allowed to know them?? 

you are currently twerking against your best friend 

her hands on your ass 

now you're turning around and you both are rolling against each other 

“He wanna swim with his face? I’m like Okay” you two rap along 

and you both drop down, one of your legs still between her legs and vice versa 

“My pussy glitter as GOLD”

and that's when you broke him 

Oikawa screams 

he always thought you're innocent??? 

and now his whole world crashes and he stops functioning 

Iwa tries to talk to him but nope he's still screaming 

when you walk over to them he stops tho

“LITTLE GIRL WHAT WAS THAT?!” he screams again lol

“dancing?” you reply 

“THAT IS NOT CONSIDERED AS DANCING ANYMORE” he screams 

“Oikawa let her have fun?” Iwa tries to clam him down 

“I agree, your not my dad so let me have some fun Toruuu” you smile innocently 

“Oh pls let me be your daddy if that what it takes to stop you from doing this and make this idiot shut up” Matsu jokes 

“sure” you joke back 

and now you hear a loud BUM 

Oikawa is his knees, blood running out of his nose, and he keeps on saying : “your pussy glitter as gold. no no no no - daddy? no no no” 

“lets just leave please” Iwa says and you three leave him on the floor 

Yamaguchi 

nowww you're basically the female equivalent to him 

that's what everyone thought 

you’re shy, helpful, always there when someone needs to talk, hell even Tsukishima likes you and feels bad to be sassy with you?? 

also Yamaguchi got a crush on you tbh 

he can’t help it 

he feels like he has to protect you :( 

his heart warms up when he sees you smile and he gets all flustered 

so when he sees you at this party he’s so happy? like it’s his CHANCE to talk to you 

its not that he never talked to you - but you know TALK to you?? 

he was about to walk over to you when your friend grabbed your hand and dragged you to the dance floor 

“poor y/n - she’s probably so uncomfortable rn” Sugawara says 

“the song that’s on isn't really one that matches her either” Asahi says 

the song is No Guidance by Chris Brown  feat Drake  (sorry for all the rap songs lol but the lyrics are just the best lol and besides basically every song by Chris Brown is just perfect for this)

since the song is rather slow you wrap your arms around your friends neck, hers on your hips and you begin to slowly swing your hips 

“Naww this is rather cute actually” Daichi now walked over to the others

but uh no hny this innocent dancing isn't yours lol 

so you turn  around and her hands are now around your waist guiding you while you rub you place yours over hers 

and then you begin to roll your body, arching your back and pressing your ass into your friends body

“uhm ... what is she doing???” Asahi says 

the song switches Bang - G-Eazy and Tyga is on 

perfect to the “Clap that ass for me make that shit Bang, Bang, Bang” in the song you pop your ass up and down 

your friend and you are having the time of your life rn 

“when she throw it back she like ‘Papi don't bite me’” you scream at your friend who your are currently twerking against, her hands slightly slapping your ass 

“What does Papi don't bite me mean??” Hinata asks Daichi 

“UHMM THIS - neither you or she should know this!” he panics

“is- Is this our y/n” tanakas mouth is wide open 

“yo Yamaguchi? are you okay?” Tsuki aks

“n-no.” he whispers

he’s red as a tomato

this is not the same girl he got a crush on?? 

but ??? why is he so hot rn??

“Yamaguchi stopped working” Hinata pointed out

“hey what's wrong with you all?” you ask and walk over to them 

you don't get an answer 

Yama the wholesome baby almost faints, Tanaka screams, Suga and Daichi try to make Hinata stop talking and Asahi is just an awkward mess  

but hey- you crossed Yamaguchis dreams after that night - and now he cant look you in the eye anymore  

#haikyuu headcanons #haikyuu imagines #haikyuu x y/n #haikyuu x reader #haikyuu reactions #haikyuu requests #haikyuu hc #yamaguchi x reader #yamaguchi imagine #haikyuu oikawa #oikawa scenarios #oikawa headcanons #oikawa hc

[shima-draws]

So a couple people have asked me how Izuku and Todoroki met in my World Tree AU!! And that is a wonderful question

I haven’t worked out all the specific details yet (and I might change things later) but what I had in mind was this:

At this point, Izuku’s already training under Toshi, and has been for a few months. Toshi decides to bring Izuku to one of the big political meetings of all the fairy races! Here the head honchos of each race meet up and discuss territory disputes, general welfare, all that non fun stuff. BUT they also have some actual fun activities on the side—friendly competing between the races to see who is the best! All of the important leaders (heads of the races, town leaders, those who hold high positions in wealth, etc.) see this as a good opportunity to meet and chat with other fairies in a friendly setting, because most of the time they’re competing with each other despite that. These leaders tend to bring their children/heirs/chosen guests along with them to participate in the games—so coincidentally most of Class 1-A is there ;)

Izuku obviously meets Uraraka and Iida first and INSTANTLY clicks with them. Despite being different races they really don’t care for all of the petty rivalry and instead try to get to know each other based on personality and connections! Soon enough as they bounce around and chat with other younger fairies they eventually form a nice group made up of most of the 1-A kids. Together they spend a lot of time chatting and comparing their magical abilities and it’s a lot of fun!

At one point Izuku does notice Todoroki—it’s pretty obvious because 1. He has very distinct features and Izuku has seen photos of him before, 2. He’s standing by himself and apparently refuses to talk to anybody, and 3. He’s Enji Todoroki’s son, and Enji, being the leader of his own fairy race, is known worldwide, so it’s obvious that Todoroki would be well known too. Izuku’s kinda starstruck because Todoroki is very pretty and also because he’s famous so like. Celebrity crush, kinda? Lol. Of course they have the whole intense eye contact moment for the first time and Izuku nearly jumps out of his skin when Todoroki looks at him Like That. Izuku, too embarrassed and shy and nervous to actually approach him, skitters off like the stupid gay moron he is

Rest is under the cut because it got a little long lol

A little while after that, Izuku splits off from the group for a bit to go to the fountain and get a drink. He starts mumbling to himself about all of the magic he’s learned, and all the people he’s met—basically he’s standing there having a fanboy moment in the garden when Todoroki approaches him out of nowhere. Izuku understandably freaks out and accidentally soaks Todoroki with water from the fountain, making this an epic meet cute moment. Izuku apologizes profusely and Todoroki brushes him off, “I was the one who approached you without warning, so it’s fine”.

Todoroki starts questioning him because he noticed he came in with All Might—and of course I could not leave out the classic love child comment so he brings that up LMAO

Izuku starts laughing, and Todoroki thinks he’s being made fun of, but Izuku quickly corrects him and he’s like “There’s no way somebody like me could be blood related to All Might, that’s why I found it funny, I’m sorry!” And Todoroki’s confused like “If he chose you to come here with him, doesn’t that make you worthy enough?” Izuku promptly turns into a freckled tomato and it’s adorable. (Todoroki notices this and idly thinks he’s cute when he blushes.)

They start to chat and Izuku slowly gets over his awkwardness/nervousness. Todoroki asks him what type of magic he has and he explains, which leads to the question being turned around on Todo. Naturally he gets very sour at this and brings up Enji, and since I definitely can’t not bring canon into this situation he bitches about his magic (bc apparently he feels like he can trust Izuku enough to tell him after only just meeting him. It’s the cute charm). He explains that since he’s not only a prince, but also a dual-elemental (which are really really REALLY rare) people only care about his political position and his power and not about him specifically. They only seek to take advantage of him or suck up to him and he hates all of it;; And what makes it worse is that he didn’t even ask to have these abilities, nor to be cursed with his father’s magic.

Izuku very bluntly points out that wouldn’t it be your magic, your power? Children inherit magic from their parents yeah but it’s not always the same element—sometimes it can get mixed and become something different entirely, or they just get one element from one parent. Either way the magic is theirs, unique to them, something that they cultivate and develop and make their own, and it’s not something the parents can control anymore. Izuku says that Todoroki is the only one in control of his own destiny, and his own magic—that’s not something Enji gets to have a say in. And as for Todoroki’s prince position—shouldn’t that be something he should take advantage of? He can help and save a LOT of people just by being a prince—he can become a true hero that way, using his position for good, and ensuring the kingdom is healthy and safe and running well. Izuku says it’s his actions that will be judged—if Todoroki were a bad person Izuku wouldn’t support him no matter if he were the prince or not. “But the fact that you’re so concerned about it...I can definitely tell. You have a kind heart, Todoroki-kun! You can use that kindness to become a wonderful and generous king one day!”

Of course this is Todoroki’s Big Gay Awakening because this adorable little munchkin just flipped his entire worldview upside in a few WORDS. (Not a punch to the face like in canon LMFAO) He has a momentary existential crisis trying to figure out what this means for him and how important it is—and that’s when Izuku gets called back inside. Izuku hurries off and says he’s really glad he got to meet Todoroki and talk with him. It’s only after Izuku leaves that Todoroki realizes he never got his name and curses himself for being so stupid. He vows then that he’s going to work and change himself, figure out what to do, and meet Izuku again, and get his name!! (See, you can already tell he’s falling in love with him huh 😤)

Aaaaand that’s how they meet for the first time!! The Gay is strong

#BNHA #Tododeku #World Tree AU #Shima’s AUs #Todoroki Shouto #Todoizu #Midoriya Izuku #MHA #Boku no Hero Academia #My Hero Academia #Deku #Todoroki #Long post

[metalrequiem]

having trouble remembering what type is strong against what? look no further!

its always easier to remember things when you know WHY, wouldn’t you agree? so here’s my method of remembering the type advantages, just for you. i do so hope it helps :)

bug > grass : this is the reason why your tomato plant never gives you more than two tomatoes come harvest time.

bug > dark : one time, when i was like six or something, i was wandering around the college my dad worked at (as the head of the it department) with him because he had to do something in one of the tech closets. it was just wires and computers super disorganized; ran the network or something idk i was six. anyway the floor was like, black when we opened the door, but then when he turned on the light it turned fucking white as the carpet of roaches just fucking scattered. i forgot where i was going with this.

bug > psychic : bugs are one of the three most common fears. this will come up again. guess how many times.

dark > ghost : ghost summoning is dark magic (think warlocks). considering they’re the one who summoned it, the dark sorcerer would obviously be more powerful than the ghost.

dark > psychic : once again; dark is one of the most common fears.

dragon > dragon : trust nobody, not even yourself.

electric > flying : the only thing worse than being zapped and paralyzed is being zapped and paralyzed 20 feet up in the air.

electric > water : i mean, this one’s pretty obvious. water + electricity = bad time. (actually, fun fact, distilled water doesn’t conduct electricity - it’s the stuff typically in the water that makes it conductive. i think.)

fairy > fighting : wizards are just inherently more powerful than fighters, i guess. keep that in mind next time you play 5e.

fairy > dark : My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Season 1; Episodes 1 & 2

fairy > dragon : i’m pretty sure this was the reason they made fairy type a thing in the first place? anyway, the knight slaying the dragon to save the princess is like, THE classic fairy tale trope.

fighting > dark : so google tells me that this is a good vs evil thing, where dark is “fighting dirty” (which makes sense considering the moves like nasty plot, sucker punch, etc), and the advantage is that fighting dirty doesn’t mean you’ll win, it actually means you’re more likely to lose. or whatever. fighters are better than rogues is the explanation, actually.

fighting > normal : go ask a black belt to fist fight you. i dare you.

fighting > ice : strong man punch through ice block.

fighting > rock : strong man punch through rock.

fighting > steel : [visibly distressed] s... strong... strong man punch through... steel???

fire > bug : you know how a bunch of kids have that weird part of their lives where they think using a magnifying glass to set a bug on fire with the power of the sun is the neatest shit?

fire > grass : i mean, duh. the more specific example that usually comes to mind for me though is wildfires in like, the savannah. or australia.

fire > ice : fire melts ice. i seen’t it with my own two eyes.

fire > steel : jet fuel can, in fact, melt steel beams.

flying > bug : i mean, bugs do compose most birds’ diets. except for the bearded vulture. that motherfucker eats bones.

flying > fighting : have you ever tried to punch a bird out of the sky?

flying > grass : i guess cause, like, birds live in grass? and they use it to make up their nests? like this type advantage comes entirely from intimidation factor. “i live inside the remnants of your second cousin,” and all that.

ghost > ghost : in basically all ghost related lore/mythology, while they struggle to interact with the corporeal plane, ghosts can interact with other ethereal beings/objects just fine. i guess that extends to beating the shit out of each other.

ghost > psychic : finally, the third of the 3 most common fears.

grass > ground : plants literally grow out of the fucking ground.

grass > rock : saw a dandelion growing out of a crack in the pavement on my walk today. effervescent.

grass > water : water is one of the two required molecules (reactants, kinda? ish?) for photosynthesis. this was a really complicated way of saying plants go glug glug.

ground > electric : ground is a bad conductor. its much easier to punch someone when their powers are completely useless.

ground > fire : throwing dirt is a pretty good way of putting out a fire, actually. it suffocates it, and since fire needs oxygen to burn,,,

ground > poison : rub some dirt on it. also i heard once that if you put dirt/sand/whatever on a wound with poison (like a bite i guess?), it’ll soak some of it up or out or something. its not a solution, but it  would buy you some time i guess. please don’t test whether this is true or not.

ground > rock : honestly? i got nothing. rock come from ground. dust to dust. there.

ground > steel : for one, steel is derived from ground stuff. that seems important? you could look at it from like, a natural vs artificial scenario. like, no matter how invincible we think something we build is, the earth will outlast it and reclaim itself eventually.

ice > dragon : the classic dragon breathes fire, and dragons are generally accepted to be reptiles (which are cold-blooded), so if a dragon’s body temperature fell too low, it’d be a massively crippling blow.

ice > flying : i’m pretty sure that birds can fly if it’s too cold? i mean, it makes sense. you know how it gets harder to feel and control your fingers when it’s cold? i imagine that’d be pretty disastrous for a bird’s wings while it’s trying to fly.

ice > grass : this is another kinda common knowledge one. most types of plants don’t do well in cold weather.

ice > ground : i don’t know exactly how to articulate it, but my head is screaming the word “PERMAFROST” at me repeatedly, so let’s go with that.

poison > fairy : poison is a pretty common weapon of choice for fairy tale villains? like, snow white instantly comes to mind. the princess bride, too. in older stories, there’s, like, the witches in macbeth.

poison > grass : so at its core, this is “poisoning nature”, which could go any number of ways, really, but i think specifically of pollution. there’s no joke for this one. eat the rich.

psychic > fighting : “brains over brawn”. everyone knows this one, lmao.

psychic > poison : i mean, there’s that trope where the protag just wills their way through being poisoned. more realistically, some cultures believe meditation can expel poison/impurities from your body. which is where the idea for the pop culture trope came from in the first place?

rock > bug : do you know that scene in d*sney’s hunchback, sorta in the beginning, where frollo is giving phoebus his absolutely batshit monologue about his plans for genocide and he lifts up a stone to show all the ants under it to visually prove his point about a hideout somewhere in the city and then he flips is and crushes them all to really drive that point home and phoebus is like “with all due respect, jesus fucking christ sir”? yeah.

rock > fire : recall the “put out a fire by suffocating it” thing. rocks work too. i guess.

rock > flying : let’s go throw rocks at birds!

rock > ice : ice melts, but rock is forever. (honestly, i personally think the advantage should actually be the other way around because when water gets in even the smallest crack and freezes, it expands and makes the crack even bigger, rinse and repeat. but there’s nothing i can really do about that lmao).

steel > fairy : y’know, the whole “knight in shining armor” bit. we’ve been over this.

steel > ice : you know what happens if you freeze a sword? you get a cold sword (ignore the fact that it gets brittle - that’s future you’s problem). you know what happens if you hit an ice block really hard with a sword? you wind up with more distinct pieces of ice than when you started.

steel > rock : i guess rock is just. more brittle than steel? weaker? less versatile? who fucking knows.

water > fire : ._.

water > ground : mudd....

water > rock : erosion! don’t think about it too hard.

normal > nothing : that’s the fucking point.

BONUS: the no effect matchups!

normal/fighting X ghost : go punch a ghost.

ghost X normal : go get punched by a ghost.

poison X steel : i mean, this makes sense. steel is the only wholly artificial pokemon type, so it wouldn’t be affected by having something nasty thrown at it. unless it’s salazzle. in which case, fuck you.

ground X flying : can’t get hurt by an earthquake if you’re in the sky. this is where i’d put that meme if i wasn’t too lazy to go find it.

electric X ground : grounded things can’t be electrocuted! or something like that. i don’t know. i told you, my dad’s the it guy.

psychic X dark : so, i actually think about this a lot. think about common fears. the one thing they all have in common is they’re linked with the unknown, somehow. like, basically all fears boil down to the fear of the unknown. people fear animals and bugs because they don’t know what they’re capable of doing to them, or what’ll happen to them if they DO do something to them. people fear drugs/alcohol (like me) because they don’t know what they’ll do or what they’re capable of doing with less self-control. so, that’s cool and all, i hear you say, but what about the fears typed in pokemon? well, ok, bugs. that’s the easiest of the three: you can just research them?? lmao go google that beetle, you’ll be fine. yeah, you’ll still be scared of the ones that you now KNOW can hurt you, but you can psych yourself up and away from that, really. or just avoid them. when it comes to ghosts, it can go one of two ways: either you can explain away whatever it is sparked the fear at that moment in the first place and calm yourself by believing they aren’t real, or you can just accept that, hey, that was a ghost, and coexist with it. chill with the ghost. offer it some cheez its. so again, you can will your way past that fear. the problem with the dark, though, is that it’s essentially the purest form of the “unknown” you can get while also keeping it physical rather than conceptual. if you’re in a dark room, or a dark forest, or the basement with a single, flickering, bulb, you can’t will that fear away. you either fear the dark, or you’re lucky enough to not. there is no way to know whether you’re alone or not. there is nothing to research, nothing to explain. there’s nothing but you, your mind, and the suffocating blackness. in this situation, really, your mind isn’t on your side anymore (again, assuming you have a fear of the dark), so how can you be expected to do anything against it?

dragon X fairy : and they all lived happily ever after :)

#no birds were harmed in the making of this post #seriously please dont throw rocks at birds #i think im hilarious and you should too #pokemon #pokemon swsh #pokemon xy #pokemon oras #am i really about to tag every single type? #fuck. #normal type #fighting type #flying type #poison type #ground type #rock type #bug type #ghost type #steel type #fire type #water type #grass type #electric type #psychic type #ice type #dragon type #dark type #fairy type #pokemon theory #i fucking hate these games

[moonlit-manifesto]

Heartbreak Red Takeover 2020

“I’ll make your heart beat again - BA-DUMP!” - Heartbreak Red (Uduki Arata)

It’s April Fool’s Day once again, and Heartbreak Red has taken over the Tsukiuta twitter account (@tsukiuta1)! Only this time - he’s taken over some of the other Tsukino Production accounts as well! If the tweet comes from an account other than the Tsukiuta account, I’ll mark it.

Heartbreak Red responds to some fans’ tweets, and they’re mostly categorized in three ways: Advice, Request, and Other. There’s a lot of tweets, so I’ll only be translating the funny ones because some are just regular advice. There’s also some news announcements like previews of Six Gravity and Procellarum’s new unit songs and a Tsukiuta official instagram account, so check out the twitter account to see those! There’s also some audio recordings too!

Read below the cut for all the Heartbreak Red goodness!

[REQUEST] Since my school is temporarily closed, I want to be cheered up by the goddesses!!

Heartbreak Red: “Hey!! Thousand Sakura Red!! Kannaduki Otaku Red!!”

Sakura Red (Chisa from Fluna):  “Since your heart is beating again, do your best!!!”

Otaku Red (Reina from Seleas): “Do you have a favorite idol? Are you reading a fun manga!? Let’s give our hearts nourishment!!!”

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[REQUEST] It’s cold and rainy today, so can I get Curry Rice Genau-san to warm up my heart with a one-liner or joke?

Heartbreak Red: “Curry Redddddd!!!”

Curry Red (You from Procella): “You can only call on me once a year! Go watch the reuploaded video from last year’s April Fool’s Day!!! 💢💢💢💢

Heartbreak Red: “That was his one-liner! Sparking Curry Red!!!”

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[REQUEST] I want to ask if Hajime-san has been eating properly!

Heartbreak Red: “Even if you’re busy, make sure to eat enough, okay?”

Hajime: “All right. Thanks...”

Heartbreak Red: “Make sure to tell Heartbreak Purple [Hajime’s ‘Heartbreak’ alter ego] that too.”

Hajime: “...I’ll tell him. By the way, I’m not Heartbreak Purple.”

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[REQUEST] Starting in April I’ll have a lot of difficult stuff going on in life, so can you and Shiki-kun cheer me on with all your strength?

Heartbreak Red: “I-It’s not Shiki-san, but...?”

Dignified Red (Shiki from SolidS): “Next year I’ll have gone around the Earth 30 times!!! And I’m still pushing on!!! I’m Dignified Red!!!!! Overcoming difficulties is a fact of life!!! Good luck!!!!”

Heartbreak Red: “Good luck~”

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[ADVICE] Until now, the only men I’ve dated have been good-for-nothing, and I’m afraid of falling in love again. Please tell me how to distinguish the good men from the bad men.

Heartbreak Red: “Looks like you had a thing for the hopeless ones. But you’re strong because you could tell they were hopeless! Do you have a friend you can trust? You can let them be the judge!”

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[REQUEST] I want to ask what’s on Chef Yoru’s menu for tonight’s dinner?

Yoru: “Katsudon!”

Heartbreak Red: “Juicy~”

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[REQUEST] Does Heartbreak Gold exist?? I want to meet the shining, sparkling Heartbreak Gold (>_<)

Heartbreak Red: “Kake...Gold!!!”

Heartbreak Gold (Kakeru from Gravi): “Gold is always getting his heart broken by lady luck (bright smile).”

Heartbreak Red: “This guy turned into a twinkling star...”

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☆Sorry For the Intrusion☆ (@solids_info)

Heartbreak Red: “Wheeeee!!!! How are you, Blushing Red 2?”

Blushing Red 2 (Dai from SolidS): “You’re here?”

Heartbreak Red: “Now for the intro!! It doesn’t matter which Twitter account - Boundary-Free Hero Heartbreak Red presents: Account Attack!!”

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Heartbreak Red: “Dai-chan-san, your line when I came in doesn’t fit with Blushing Red 2-san’s character, so instead we’ll replace it later and plan your entrance for then.”

Tsubasa: “Don’t try to protect your weird characters so stubbornly lol.”

Ichiru: “I [Love] Red Red will return, too... Issei will show up later.” [Ichiru doesn’t say the ‘love’ part cuz he’s embarassed lol]

Eichi: “You’re blushing (haha).”

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Heartbreak Red: “Uhhh so, Happy April Fool’s Day!! Here’s some pork cutlets Yorurun fried. And Purple- I mean - Hajime-san told me to contact him immediately if I run into any trouble.”

Shu: “This feels like you’re on your first outside mission.”

Rikka: “Speaking of trouble, there’s a certain someone who ran out earlier...”

Shiki: “I wonder who that could be?” [it was him]

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Dai: “Sorry for the wait.”

Issei: “Hello. Whoa, it’s Hearbreak Red-san!”

Heartbreak Red: “What’s up!”

Eichi: “This kind of sketch comedy act makes me nostalgic for those variety TV shows, haha.”

Shiki: “We’re all here now, so let’s start this thing with all of us.”

Rikka: “Yeah, let’s do it! I’ve actually been looking forward to this.”

Heartbreak Red: “Time for the SQ edition!”

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[REQUEST - SQ] Humidity makes my hair messy... What should I do? I need Rikka-san’s advice!! Also, is Shiki-san’s hair still smooth as usual? Lol

Rikka: “When you wash your hair, make sure to properly dry it. You’ll notice a difference the next day. Don’t just leave it half-wet, okay? Using hair care products will yield greater results, too! And Shiki... His hair is so smooth today that I’m angry.”

Shiki: “What can I say, I’m Mr. Smooth Hair Cuticles #1.”

Heartbreak Red: “I’m #2.”

Rikka: “I’m jealous~ (haha).”

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[ADVICE - SQ] There’s a 20cm height difference between me and the person I like! And I’m taller! I hate guys...  ( ;ᯅ; )

Shiki: “No need for that, I think that’s cool. Believe in yourself. The person you like will realize it’s cool, too.”

Heartbreak Red: “It’s a gift from the heavens. I hope the person you like will like you back!”

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[OTHER - SQ] Ichiru-kun♥ I love you ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

Everyone: “Awwww!!!”

Ichiru: “Be quiet, all you adults!!!! But thank you for your message! I’m super happy! I’ll continue to do my best!”

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[REQUEST - SQ] Heartbreak Red, what do you think of Dignified Red?

Shiki: “Yeah, let’s hear it! Not that I’m Dignified Red or anything!!”

Heartbreak Red: “He has an amazing force, I’m jealous. And to possess such a grand presence really is the meaning of dignified. Dignified Red’s calm aura is so cool.”

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[REQUEST - SQ] Rikka-san!!! Rikka-saaaaaan!! What has made you smile recently?

Rikka: Yoru-kun’s delicious fried pork cutlet made me smile~ I now have a great, big smile on my face ♪”

Dai: “...Just hurry up and finish it.”

Heartbreak Red: “I like you ‘cause you eat until you’re full.”

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[OTHER - SQ] Issei-kun, are you enjoying university life?? The juniors are growing up and your horizons are expanding.

Issei: “Thank you for your message! They haven’t decided whether or not to start a new semester [due to current events, aka the corona virus], but me being impatient won’t help anything. I’ll happily wait for a decision (haha).”

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[REQUEST - SQ] I haven’t seen much interaction between Okui Tsubasa and Kagurazaka Soushi even though their image colors are both yellow. I’d like to hear a conversation between them. Please help with this, Heartbreak Red~ [originally requested on the Tsukiuta account, but he’s answering it on the SQ account]

Heartbreak Red: “I’m a man of my word, so I called Soushi over.”

Soushi: “Now that I’m here, let’s talk, Tsubasa-san.”

Tsubasa: “This somehow seems forced lolol, but sure let’s talk.”

Soushi: “Then let’s find something to do instead. Like a dance lesson or something.”

Tsubasa: “Oh, yeah. Did you know there’s a dance lesson day organized by the office? People who want to practice on their own, regardless of unit, can go.”

Soushi: “And you’re a kind senpai who treats people to things like ramen afterwards, right~?”

Tsubasa: “What an indirect way to ask for that lolol. Since you have such a big body, I’ll treat you.”

Soushi: “That’s a weird reason (lol). And I hear you always treat Dai-chan-san to things?”

Tsubasa: “That’s because Dai-chan is an eternal little brother!”

Dai: “This turned into such an embarrassing conversation...”

Rikka: “Your ears are red, Dai (haha).”

Heartbreak Red: “That’s all for the yellows’ talk!”

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Heartbreak Red: “And so, time is up!!! I’ll be taking my leave now, SQ~!!

Shiki: “He really blew in and out just like the wind (ah, youth)...  What a ‘chill dude’ (ah, youth)...”

Tsubasa: “Shiki, don’t try to use young people slang... (but he sure is a chill dude)”

Shu: “What a crazy time this session was...”

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Heartbreak Red: “Pool of Blood-kun is in his green forest. Blushing Red-kun has returned to the sky... Actually that sounds morbid, so let’s say he returned to the bottom part of the blue sky. To everyone here except Ryou-kun and Ren-kyun who are in the middle of changing clothes right now: Happy April Fool’s Day!!”

Koki: “Happy April Fool’s! I’ve been looking forward to this, haha.”

Sora: “We’ve been waiting-!”

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[He’s now infiltrated the ALIVE twitter account (@aliveinfo1)]

Heartbreak Red: “Now that I’m here, you know what that means, right? Let’s get to it!”

Nozomu: “Yeah, let’s do it!!”

Kensuke: “Answering real questions and giving advice in a rapid-fire setting is a test of idol power. I’ll do my best!”

Morihito: “I wonder what kind of messages we’ll get.”

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[OTHER - ALIVE] Kou-kun, how is your mother doing? (From: a fan of your mom)

Koki: “I didn’t even know my mom had fans (haha). Thank you on behalf of my family. She is doing just fine.”

Heartbreak Red: “This morning my mom left me this supportive message: ‘Red, do your best!’ If you could see it, it would be so embarrassing.”

Koki: “I’m sure (haha).”

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[REQUEST - ALIVE] I love Pool of Blood Red-san so so much. From morning til night, I long to be a tomato crushed and eaten by him. Please, please, please let me be your tomato...!

Ryota: “I’m not Pool of Blood Red [yes he is], but I’ll tell him that for you... You want to be eaten?”

Heartbreak Red: “!!”

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[REQUEST - ALIVE] When Heartbreak Red and Nozomu-kun are together, what are some common things you say? I’m curious about what happens when the two energies meet!

Heartbreak Red: “Wheeee~”

Nozomu: “Whee-whee~”

Heartbreak Red: “Weh?”

Nozomu: “Ooweh-ooweeeh~”

Heartbreak Read & Nozomu: “Wheeeeeeeee~ lololol”

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[INQUIRY - ALIVE] What does everyone in ALIVE wear to sleep?!

Heartbreak Red: “I am a capable man, so I will gather this information!!”

☆Everyone’s Sleepwear☆

Those in sweats or activewear: Sora, Soushi, Nozomu, Kensuke, Mamoru

Those in Gelato Pique [brand name of luxury sleepwear]: Ryota

Those in pajamas: Morihito, Ren, Koki

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[OTHER - ALIVE] Who is the strongest in ALIVE?

Heartbreak Red: “Time to answer with your physical skills! Let’s go!”

Everyone: “Roger!”

~ Please Hold ~

[sometime later]

Soushi: *victorious pose*

Kensuke: “Ryou’s inability to laugh makes him strong in a different sense, but this competition wasn’t about making people laugh.”

Ryota: *annoyed*

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[REQUEST - ALIVE] Mamoru-san, tell us about something that happened recently!

Mamoru: “I was thirsty at night, so I had some half-finished water bottle by my bedside. When I woke up in the morning, my face was drenched...!!”

Heartbreak Red: “I’ve never woken up to having water splashed on me, but I feel your pain.”

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[REQUEST - ALIVE] Sakuraba-san, please show us your ‘dere’ [lovey] side...!!

Ryota: “One can’t just be ‘told’ to be dere... Did you forget? (laughs)”

Heartbreak Red: “An extra-large serving of dere-------”

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[OTHER - ALIVE] Sora-kun! Have you gotten any taller?!

Heartbreak Red: “Good question!!! As a matter of fact!!! They were going to make an announcement later, but!!! All of the official websites will be updating everyone’s height measurements to reflect this year!!!!

Sora: “The results will be online!!!!! (teary-eyed)”

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[REQUEST - ALIVE] I want to be charismatic like Nozomu-kun! Please tell me three things I can do to be charismatic!

Nozomu: “#1: Believe in yourself! #2: Believe in those around you!! #3: Make an effort to have faith!! That’s all!”

Heartbreak Red: “Those are all good points!”

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[REQUEST - ALIVE] What color is everyone’s lucky underwear?

Soushi: “Mine are black. But that’s because of the color of our stage outfits (SOARA’s costumes are white).”

Ren: “Uh... well...”

Heartbreak Red: “My lucky underwear is red of course! I’m sure all of these ‘sky’ and ‘forest’ people have cool colors, too. Well, if I’m the one saying it then it’s probably true (haha).”

Ren: *relieved he doesn’t have to answer*

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Heartbreak Red: “That’s all the time I’ve got!! To all of you sky and forest dwellers - I’ll be taking my leave~!!

Kensuke: “Thank you, Heartbreak Red---!!!”

Sora: “Good luck out there---!!!”

Soushi: “Feel free to abduct me again.”

Morihito: “Soushi (haha). Thank you very much, Heartbreak Red.”

Mamoru: “I had fun!”

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☆Red Went Back Home☆

Heartbreak Red: “Now that I’ve accomplished my missions, I’m back home. Happy April Fools Day, everyone! I want to end this at home. By the way, I think I’ll be able to do some ‘Account Attacks’ that I couldn’t do this time around sometime later in April. I hope you all look forward to it~

My last audio greeting is just my final thoughts, haha. Alrighty! Thanks for a wonderful April Fools!! Until next time!”

#tsukiuta #tsukipro #heartbreak red #april fools day #solids #quell #soara #growth #twitter translation #my translation

[causeimthesupernovaa]

The Actor

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• Rowoon + Reader

• Genre: Fluff

• Words: 1.9k

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"Good morning, Y/N."

You open your eyes slowly and see a smiley Kim Seokwoo standing in front of you. You can't help but smile back.

"Good morning, Seokwoo."

"Miss."

You look at the makeup artist who is applying blush in your face.

"Sorry. I promise I'll stay still," you turn around back to him. "We'd better talk later," you smile softly.

"Don't worry about it. It was my fault. I was the one who interrupted your makeup," he smiles sheepshly. "So... see you on set?"

The boy moves away and you come back to closing your eyes. You two were the protagonists on TvN's new drama and haven't know each other for long, but he was always the gentleman and a complete darling. That was good. Many actors who got famous quickly like him weren't that humble.

The makeup artist finishes her work and you check the script one last time. The first scene you were recording today was the one in which the female lead almost gets shot by Mr Kang's two henchmen, but is protected by Seokwoo's character. You had to show your fear without fail.

"Let's start, guys," the director calls.

You enter the gloomy alley set and the actors who played the henchmen follow you. Seokwoo just watches in the corner waiting for his turn. He was wearing an open black overcoat over a cream sweater. He really suited the protagonist's sofisticated clothes...

You look at the director.

"Ready."

"Right. 3, 2, 1... Action!"

"Leave me alone! Why are you following me?" you say angrily.

"You know why, Ms Min. You know too much and we can't just leave you hanging out there."

"Don't you see? I'm going to give the press all the evidence one way or another. You can't stop me!"

"Can't?," A half-hearted smile grows on the henchman's face, who takes his hands out of his pocket. A gun turns in his hand. "You sure, darling?"

Your legs go week, but you don't let yourself falter.

"You can't simply kill me. How are you going to hide the crime? My boss knows exactly what I'm investigating right now."

"Ms Min," the other man smiles. "If Mr Kang has gotten away with everything until now, why would one little more stain like your blood make any of a difference?"

You go one step back, your back touching the alley's brick wall. They get closer. You run with all your might, shots whizzing in the air beside you. But the alley was too long. There was no way you could make it.

Your teeth quiver and you stop, surrounded.

"See?" one of the men laughs and points his gun directly at you. You curl up against the wall terrified. "You don't have were to—"

A shadows flies over you and covers your figure with theirs. Seokwoo's body presses you lightly against the wall, leaving few space exposed. His cheek touches yours.

"Don't worry," he whispers. "We are going to make it out of this."

"Hey, what the hell do you think you're doing?!"

Seokwoo turns his face to the henchmen.

"Hello."

"Kang Jinho?!" they exclaim with surprise.

"Exactly," he smiles. "Now get the hell out of here."

"We're not leaving until we have the girl dead. Your father's orders."

"Really?" Seokwoo replies calmly. "Great. Shoot."

Silence follows. The men try to find an angle to shoot, but Seokwoo's body wrapped way to well around yours.

They couldn't take the risk to hit him.

"Fine!" one grunts. "But don't you think it's over. You are going to pay for poking your nose into other people's business, Ms Min!"

And then they go away running.

"Cut!" the director yells. "Excellent, excellent! Let's do it one more time just in case, hu?

Seokwoo embaressedly unsticks his body from yours. His face is red as fire. He bows to you and returns to the corner of the set. You are a little short of breath while you observe him, his warmth lingering in your body.

"Y/N...? Y/N...? Y/N?!"

"Hum? Oh, yes, director! I'm sorry."

"Let's begin, ok?"

"O-Ok," you complied.

. . .

You let out a small sight. Since that day you just couldn't take Seokwoo out of your head. Even if it had all being staging, you... you just didn't know.

But once you felt his hug and his chest against your back, the wrapping of his breath on your neck... things were... different.

You've been acting for years and years and have paired up with lots of different actors as a couple, but none of them has ever affected you like he did that day. You must have gone crazy, right?

"Good morning, Y/N."

You jump a little bit and turn around. Speaking of the devil...

"Hi, Seokwoo," you smile a little embarassed.

"The filming finally ended, right?" he smiles. "I hope our drama becomes succesful."

"Oh, definitely!"

You pretend to be happy, but it was definitely the opposite of what you felt inside. You were devastated. After today, when would you be able to see him again? Hard to tell.

"Well" he offered his hand. "It was great working with you, sumbae."

You take his hand and squeeze it lightly. It was so weird to think about. With that same hand he had held your hand, hugged you tightly and held your face to kiss you. But fiction is fiction, right?

You force a smile and let go of his hand.

"You really have a talent for acting. It was great working with you too... Seokwoo."

A smile spreads along his full lips.

"Thank you, Y/N" he bows. "Goodbye."

The boy moves away, his backpack jumping after him. His soft hair and angel smile left with him, leaving you only with longing. He was precious, unique. Where, you wondered, would you find a soul as beautiful as his in this world?

Yes. You probably wouldn't.

"Seok... Seokwoo!" you yell impulsively.

He turns his body around and turn back his steps. He looks attentively at you.

"What's the matter, Y/N? Any problem?"

"Yes," you look into his eyes. "You."

"M-Me?" he asks confused.

"Yes, you. You... don't leave my head. I just can't get you out; and at this point... I-I don't even think I want to," you stop for a moment, biting your lips nervously. "It may seem precipitate, but... will you go out with me?"

Your cheeks are burning. You can't look him directly in the eyes.

The silence only makes things worse.

"Is this for real, sumbae?"

"Hum, yeah," you say, a graceless laugh escaping your mouth.

"This is no prank, is it?"

You look at him confused. Your face seemed to be corroding with anxiety.

"No, I'd never make this kind of pr—"

"Yes!"

"What?"

"Ah," Seokwoo touches the back of his neck and clears his throat. "Yes, I'll go out with you" he says more chill.

Your eyes grow and you smile embarassed, a warmth of delight spreading all through your body.

"You... where do you want to go?"

"It d-doesn't matter to me."

Your heart can't help but skip a beat. His shyness was adorable.

"What about we go get some dinner together tomorrow night?"

"Sounds good," he smiles, his hands nervously playing with his own fingers. "Actually, I'm quite surprised. I didn't know you had any insterest in me."

"Well, I too doubted I would be reciprocated. I acted by impulse, you know?" you smile.

"But I've always kind of had a crush on you," he says softly. "Even before knowing you, seeing you on TV and stuff..."

"O-Oh."

They remain in silence, both red as tomatoes, the two looking at each other from time to time, but soon looking away.

"Y/N! Seokwoo!"

Startled, you place your hand in your heart. Within that intimate moment you have completely forgotten you were on set — or even around other people, for a matter of fact.

You lift your head.

"Y-Yes, director?"

"There was a problem with the video of the last kiss scene. Would you mind if we rerecorded it right now?"

You and Seokwoo remain quiet for a little too long. You look constrained at each other and mutter an answer to the director, splitting each to your dressing room to get ready.

The staff gives you a yellow spring dress and apply your character's basic makeup, all this time you being a nervous wreck about the scene waiting for you. You had kissed Seokwoo before for three scenes, but this one... this one was going to be different.

It may not be acting.

"Are you ready, Y/N?" the director knocks on your dressing room's door. "Seokwoo is waiting for you."

You try not to freak out. That sounded like it had another meaning, though the director was clueless.

Ready? You were definetely not, not ready.

But you put a smile on your face and go to the kitchen set.

You take a quick look at Seokwoo. His rosy lips seemed to shine, warm and inviting.

You swallow hard.

Right, you had to do it. You were a professional. A professional.

"Action!"

"I feel sorry for everything. I'm not lying," you say crestfallen. "If you don't want to ever see me again... I'll understand."

"No."

You frown.

"No?"

"Yes," Seokwoo takes one step towards you and holds your arms. A secret shiver runs through your spine. "Don't say that, don't say none of that to me. If you denounced them, I don't care. I know how monstruous my family can be when they please. You did what you had to as a news reporter."

You hold your breath.

"You don't... resent me?"

He smiles softly.

"Sometimes what is right may hurt, but it doesn't stop it from being right," he pauses. "So please don't go to America. Stay."

"I—" the sentence dies in your mouth. Your character didn't know what to say.

"Stay here. Here with me."

You look suprised into his eyes.

"I... I don't know if I should. I don't want to hurt you more than I already did."

His arms slide down your back in a gentle caress.

"But what hurts me even more," his fingers run through your hair and his eyes lock on yours. "Is not having you beside me."

Everything is so fast. The next second you are in his arms, his breath touching yours.

"M-Mr Kang..."

He smiles.

"Do you want it?"

"I—"

"Do you want to be by my side?" you don't answer. "Hum?"

You stay a few seconds in quietness.

"Yes," you whisper, and he smiles a heart melting smile.

This was the cue.

You look at the dephts of Seokwoo's eyes and don't feel like Ms Min; you feel like Y/N, just Y/N. And the man you were going to kiss was the sweet Kim Seokwoo, not the protagonist Kang Jinho.

You were you two, just you two.

Your mouths colide and embrace one another in a slow kiss. You hold tight into his shoulders while you give yourselves away to each other. His mouth was warm against yours.

"Cut!"

He hugs your waist and brings you closer. It was good, very good.

"Cut!" a distant voice calls your attention, and you remember were you were. You immediately part from Seokwoo. "Didn't you hear me speaking?" the director giggles. "It's alright. The kiss turned out long, but I liked it. It even felt real. Well, let's get going! Good work, guys! We've all made a great drama!"

You look at Seokwoo and he looks back at you. You two blush and smile accomplices, your secret hanging in the air.

#sf9 #rowoon #rowoon scenarios #rowoon imagines #rowoon au #rowoon x reader #sf9 scenarios #sf9 imagines #sf9 au #sf9 x reader #sf9 fluff #rowoon fluff #kim seokwoo #actor rowoon #i'm terrible at naming stories

[beylinine]

Cradlesona Hype

I have no idea what I’m doing

picrews i used: https://picrew.me/image_maker/17569 and https://picrew.me/image_maker/75534 

Information

Name: Ileana Slora Nickname: Ily Birthday: 7 April Age: 25 Height: 171 cm Blood type: AB

Physical

Eyes: Dark Brown Hair: Chocolate Brown Accessories: Has a green ribbon on when her hair is up Features: N/A Illness: Not anything serious, only really bad allergies at the beginning of spring and beginning of winter. 

Social

Affiliation : Neutral --> Black Army  Occupation: Before the Black Army, she was a vocal and educational tutor that would help anyone who wanted/needed help and would sometimes hold little concerts in the Central Quarter with some children. Now, she’s a Black Army officer that has made her way up to 5 of Spades.

Relationships

Ray Blackwell: Fellow cat and book enthusiast. “Like, y’know, nyah.”  1/3 of the “Give Sirius More Stress™” gang. Met him when she ran into him playing with the cats in an alleyway. Had a small crush on him, but thought it would be better to just be friends and give Sirius more stress. Helps shut everyone up when things get out of hand during meetings. Loves to joke around with him and Fenrir

Sirius Oswald: (accurate video below) 

On the inside, feels super bad for Sirius, even though she adds to his stress. Very grateful to have him near when things get very bad. Thanks Mom. 

Luka Clemence: 1/2 of the “Reason why Ileana will someday have a heart attack” group. Ileana knew Luka before she joined the army, he use to see her in the Central Quarter when he went out on patrol. They hang out sometimes to just talk and bake sweets. Would sometimes chat with him and Edgar when the two jacks where hanging out in the Central Quarter. She helps Luka hide if Jonah was ever near. He helped her join the army when she asked and kept asking “Are you sure about this?” Did not realize she had fallen for him until she was in to deep. 

Seth Hyde: Sister Seth!!! Seth feels like the big sister, brother and father she never had, all in one. Seth likes to visit sometimes and just talk as they braid each other’s hair while listening to music. Ileana feels like she can just relaaaaaaaaaaaax during their girl-talks. 

Fenrir Godspeed: The other 1/3 of the “Give Sirius More Stress™” gang. Tomatoes can die Club. Fenrir and Ileana sometimes have contests to see who can scream the loudest. Loves to joke around with him and Ray. 

Lancelot Kingsley: Scary.Scary.Scary. His eyes just scare the ever living crap out of her. Will try to avoid speaking to him when she doesn’t have to. 

Jonah Clemence: Oh goat cheese, why. “’Who do you think you’re talking to?’ Who do YOU think you’re talking to?” This man, someone get this man away from her before she punches the crap out of him. Ileana would see the way he acts from afar in the Central Quarter and just roll her eyes.

Edgar Bright: Last 1/2 of the “Reason why Ileana will someday have a heart attack” group. He would talk (or well, tease) to her while on patrol in the Central Quarter. Even after Ily joined the Black Army, the two jacks and the new Black Army soldier would hang out on their days off. “Oh, so you joined the Black Army? I must say that I’m not very surprised. Well then, it will be a pleasure to see you on the battle field.” “Indubitably.” At some point, the teasing got fun and she wanted a bit more. Oh fork. 

Zero: Doesn’t really know him, but from Edgar tells her and the few times they have interacted, he seems like a kind and honest person. Feels super sorry that he has to see Edgar everyday 24/7. 

Kyle Ash: Drinking Club ™. Ileana sometimes goes out for a drink with Kyle and his drinking buddies. Doesn’t know that much about him but he seems pretty chill and smart. 

Blanc Lapin: He would sometimes help Ileana with her job before she joined the Black Army. The only one she can have a normal conversation with when they go out for drinks with Kyle and Oliver. Ily feels like she can rely on him for whatever because he knows who she is.  

Oliver Knight: SQUARE.UP.SHORTY. Fite me. Come @ me. This boy/man, I swear. Would beat him up during the day OR night, if it wasn’t a super bad thing to do. Staring contests whenever they see each other. “I dare you bi-”

Harr Silver: Ran into him once when she was out in the forest. They didn’t say anything to each other and just kind of walked away from each other. The next time they met up, he said one word,” Magic.” Harr could tell there was something special about Ily and she decided to tell him. Harr told her his story and agreed to a request the woman had, “Would you help me practice my magic repelling in case I ever need it.” They meet in private to practice and share tea. 

Loki Genetta: Excusez-moi? Ily would sometimes see Loki during their drinking nights. Where did he come from, where did he go? Where did he come from, someone please tell me because it’s kind of weird. Harr better keep this boy safe

Mousse Atlas: Fellow sleep fiend. Once at a cafe, she saw him just fall asleep, right there, in the middle of the afternoon. “Me too buddy.” Another time, she was eating some cheese and crackers, and she looked up to see him eying the cheese. Ileana decided to give him some, and now they occasionally hang out for Wine and Cheese Club™.

Dalim Tweedle: Saw him sneaking around at night one time. Nope. Nope. Nope.

Dean Tweedle: Ileana saw him once at a shop and he gave her a nasty look. Okay then. 

Personality

Ileana is a loud, a little bit awkward at times, feisty woman. Determined to run into the battle field in order to fight for her beliefs. She deeply cares about her friends/everyone she knows and would do anything to protect them and the world she has come to love. After spending time in this new land, helping others and meeting new people, she has grown very fond of everything. Very loyal towards her relationships with everyone. Freedom Soars on Raven Wings!!!

Family and History/Life in Cradle

A fresh out of university young adult decide to follow a white-haired man down a rabbit hole one night after he dropped some stuff. She didn’t have that big of a reason to follow him, but when she first saw the hole in the ground, it seemed to be calling her name. When she finally landed, she saw the white-haired man staring at her. He introduced himself as Blanc Lapin and told her to follow him. They talked in secret and Blanc gave her a quick summary about this new land, Cradle. He hold her about her ability to repeal magic and about the armies. It would be 30 days until the hole would open again, then she could go back. Blanc helped her get a small, cozy place to call home for a while until the next full moon. Ileana spent a few days thinking and reading about this place. She didn’t have any money and she didn’t think she would fit in if she worked at the shops around what they called the Central Quarter, so Ily made some fliers and started a tutoring service for a low price.The more she read and experienced everyday in Cradle, the less she wanted to go back. She met a mysterious man named Harr Silver and asked him if he would help her with her abilities. The young woman met up with Blanc about a week before the full moon and tell him that she was not planning on returning. Her tutoring service was doing great and she had made some great friends. The White Rabbit could see the look in her eyes and didn’t go against it. The more she lived and read everyday, the more she grew fond of this wonderland. She promised that she would protect it if anything bad ever happened. Then, things with the armies were staring to heat up a bit and she decided to join the Black Army with the help of her friend, Luka Clemence. She decided to keep her small home in the Central Quarter, no matter how far from HQ it would be. She got up early, worked hard each and everyday, making her way up the ranks to 5 of Spades. Ileana also kept practicing her special abilities whenever she could. She was going to keep her promise. 

Skills and Special Abilities

Fast reflexes 

Vocal skills

Can Bake and Cook

Repel Magic

Paired with: Luka Clemence and Edgar Bright 

Yeah, I live for the whole Luka/MC/Edgar don’t @ me fam 

Thank you @lovingsiriusoswald for thinking of this and bringing the community together uwu 

#holy frick #that was super long #omg #I'll make art later #i knew it would take forever to write everything #it's 11:15pm omggg #cradlesona #Is it just me #or does making OCs/Personas make you feel so relaxed and stressed at the same time? #wowie #anyway #goodnight

[melonoverlord]

ABCs for the beautiful baby bois

Since these are long ass prompts, I’ll split them up. Here is the baby boi Ravi first.

A: Aptitude

1. what are your oc’s natural abilities, things they’ve been doing since young?

He’s been doing hospital work ever since he was around two. It started just as organizing documents and running from room to room getting supplies to help his mom who was in the surgery and delivery ward. He’s also suspiciously good at guessing which couples are going to end up together.

2. what activities have they participated in?

He’s often Val’s guinea pig for her inventions that have to do with bionic parts, but he’s also a really avid bowler. It was one of his physical therapy requirements so he could be used to lifting heavy things.

3. what abilities do they have that they’ve worked for?

Making his bionic arms and legs are natural to him as his normal limbs were. It took a long time to be able to walk and move on his own, but now he knows just exactly how to move his limbs for the most fluid motions.

4. what things are they bad at?

Staying still while getting shots. Whenever he has to get his daily flu shot, Nivviah has to chase him around the ship while he screams and cries. Eventually Nivviah has to cast “Calm Emotions” or “Charm Person” on him to get him to calm down and sit still to get his shots, which she hates because she dislikes taking away Ravi’s autonomy, but he gets sick easily otherwise and please Ravi, we can’t keep doing this.

5. what is their most impressive talent?

Boy is incredibly good at anatomy. He definitely has a career in the medical field because he can find any vein or blood vessel and know just where to cut in surgeries.

B: Basics

1. what is their hair color?

Black

2. what is their eye color?

Dark brown

3. how tall are they?

4′0

4. how old are they?

8

5. how much do they weigh?

75 lbs

C: Comfort

1. how do they sit in a chair?

Criss-cross applesauce with his hands in his lap.

2. in what position do they sleep?

Curled up in a tiny ball. He usually takes up as little space as possible. It makes it perfectly for scooping into your arms.

3. what is their ideal comfort day?

Wearing his onesie while watching Disney movies with his parents, siblings, Castor, and the snabies. Also playing nerf guns with his siblings, Castor, and Val because Ravi takes no prisoners.

4. what is their major comfort food? why?

Lassi. It’s an Indian yogurt drink that he really likes. It reminds him home. No one else can really make it, though.

5. who is the best at comforting them when down?

It used to be Crumb because Crumb thought it was his duty to take care of Ravi, but now it’s his good good mama Ciri.

D: Decoration

1. how would they decorate a house if they had one under their name?

He just wants a house where him and all his siblings have their own rooms but connect them to make one giant sleepover room. If he could choose how Tam and Ciri decorated the house, everything would be connected to a slide and the floor would look like a little forest floor.

2. how would they decorate their child’s room?

He won’t have kids for a long, long, long time, but he would try to put as much little toys in their room because he spent so long without them and would give them everything from chemistry sets to trampolines just so they can try everything.

3. how do they decorate their own room?

His room’s actually one of barest, but he’s slowly building up his toy collection, but he also has one of those little plastic slides that he likes to go down. He also has a lot of his own artwork on the walls.

4. what type of clothes and accessories do they wear?

Usually he wears jeans or overalls and a sweater, but in the summer when it gets hot he likes wearing summer dresses, especially ones that are swishy. He likes wearing long skirts in the spring or fall when it’s not cold but not super warm either.

5. do they like makeup/nail/beauty trends?

He doesn’t like wearing makeup because it makes him itchy, but he loves doing his nails with Venus or Percy whenever Percy comes over.

E: External Personality

1. does the way they do things portray their internal personality?

Yes for the most part. There’s a hidden salty part of his personality that comes out when he really does not like someone, but for the most part he’s a bubbly boy.

2. do they do things that conform to the norm?

There’s not really much of a norm given how secluded they all live, but compared to other children, he tends to be more fluid in everything from actions to dress.

3. do they follow trends or do their own thing?

He usually does his own thing. Because he’s been the only kid for a long time, he has to start his own child trends.

4. are they up-to-date on the internet fads?

There’s very few non-Freedom Vessel things he knows.

5. do they portray their personality intentionally or let people figure it outon their own?

The personality he displays for the most part is his honest one, so most people can figure out his personality right away. It takes a little while but people see that he has a hidden sass and mischievousness underneath that good little boy exterior.

F: Fun

1. what do they do for fun?

He really likes bowling with the kids or playing Nerf Guns with Castor and the snabies.

2. what is their ideal party?

Slumber party with his friends and family while they watch Disney movies and then he kicks their butts at bowling.

3. who would they have the most fun with?

Crumb is still his very best friend, but he’s getting close to Allura as his first non-family friend.

4. can they have fun while conforming to rules?

He’s a lawful good boy who has never broken a rule in his life. Except maybe training with knives. He’s broken that rule a bit.

5. do they go out a lot?

Nope. The first time he stepped off the ship since when he was rescued from Earth was Dryas. And everyone has been hesitant to let him out of their sights since.

G: Gorgeous

1. what is their most attractive external feature?

He has the cutest fucking baby nose and is a very short kid. He’s absolutely precious.

2. what is the most attractive part of their personality?

You know that he 110% cares about you and looks up to you and you never have to worry whether he’s faking his devotion to you.

3. what benefits come with being their friend?

You get the best, free health care and he will love you unconditionally even when no one else will.

4. what parts of them do they like and dislike?

He likes his intelligence and kindess, but hates that there’s not much he can contribute to the ship because he’s small. He also hates and doesn’t understand why he has such big gaps in memory and can’t remember stuff.

5. what parts of others do they envy?

He envies that he is the only child on the ship who is restricted from doing stuff (when he learned that Kalliste was going to Helios he asked if he could come with them but Luna said no because he was too recognizable).

H: Heat

1. do they rather a hot or cold room?

Cold. He loves wearing onesies and being buried under 7 blankets, and he can’t do that if it’s too hot.

2. do they prefer summer or winter?

Winter. Summer in New India got sweltering hot, and if his limbs get too hot they will flat out stop working and most likely burn him.

3. do they like the snow?

The few times he got to experience snow he loved it immensely. When he lived on Earth, he loved doing snowball fights and making snow angels.

4. do they have a favorite summer activity?

Making ice cream sundaes with Tam and Crumb.

5. do they have a favorite winter activity?

Snowball fights. It’s why he likes nerf guns so much.

I: In-the-closet

1. what is their sexuality?

He’s a little baby bi in the making.

2. have they ever questioned their sexuality?

He hasn’t met enough kids to establish a crush (as every kid he met eventually became his sibling or y’know, tried to kidnap and sell him to Genesis), but he knows that if the time is right, he will have a crush on someone.

3. have they ever questioned their gender?

No, he’s always been a bouncing baby boy. But in his presentation he tends to dress more fluidly in that he’ll wear overalls and a t-shirt one day, and a dress and painted nails the next.

4. would/was their family be okay with them being LGBT?

Absolutely, his family just wants him happy and safe over all else. Also both his parents are Bi so there’s not much to be not okay about.

5. how long would/did it take for them to come out?

He wouldn’t really come out just because growing up under a rainbow flag of a ship, coming out isn’t necessarily a requirement, you just say who or who you don’t want to kiss. 

J: Joy

1. what makes them happy?

Trains, being a help to the Freedom Vessel, nerf gun fights, Disney movies

2. who makes them happy?

Ciri, Tam, Crumb, Psyche, Castor, Allura, and Kalliste. His family and his very best friends.

3. are there any songs that bring them joy?

‘You’ll Be in My Heart’ from Tarzan.

4. are they happy often?

For the most part. He has some underlying sadness sometimes but most of the time he’s able to push that down and be happy.

5. what brings them the most joy in the world?

His favorite baby brother, Crumb.

K: Kill

1. have they ever thought about suicide?

No, he just wants to live in peace.

2. have they ever thought about homicide?

Absolutely not. The only reason he killed Manisha was because she was going to kill his family.

3. if they could kill anyone without punishment, would they? who?

Nobody. Ravi is already messed up from killing one person, 

4. who would miss them if they died?

Everyone on the Freedom Vessel and their cousin. But he thinks Crumb and Ciri would probably be the worst off.

5. who would be happy they died, anyone?

Genesis, Magdalena, Adrian probably.

L: Lemons

1. what is their favorite fruit?

Blueberries

2. what is their least favorite fruit?

Technically tomatoes are a fruit, so tomatoes. He doesn’t like skin and thinks its too squishy.

3. are there any foods they hate?

Carrots. They’re too crunchy and bland.

4. do they have any food intolerances?

Pumpkins.

5. what is their favorite food?

Pancakes, especially blueberry pancakes.

M: Maternal

1. would they want a daughter or a son?

Both. All. He’d love them all.

2. how many children do they want?

Probably 4. He doesn’t want anyone to feel alone like he did and wants his kids to be best friends.

3. would they be a good parent?

It’s like at least twenty years before he becomes a parent, but he’d be the most attentive, caring parent that reads voices in the stories and tucks his kids into bed.

4. what would they name a son? what would they name a daughter?

He would name his daughter after his birth mom Padma and would probably name his son after his big brother Castor.

5. would they adopt?

His favorite mom and dad adopted him, and he knows firsthand how many orphans of war there are.

N: Never Have I Ever

1. what would they never do?

Swear or lie to people. Or willingly hurt someone.

2. what have they never done that they want to do?

He still wants Castor to teach him to use a knife. He doesn’t want to hurt anybody with it but he likes playing pirates with Crumb and the snabies and wants to do knife tricks like pirates do.

3. is there anything they absolutely can’t believe people do?

Tell lies (or swear)

4. what is the most embarrassing thing they’ve done?

When he was first trying to get used to his limbs, he left the infirmary before Val told him he was ready and got until out the door when his legs stopped working and he fell. He was stuck on the ground for three hours just sobbing until Nivviah came down because she wanted to check on him. Needless to say, after that it as clear that everyone was a problem child on the ship and Ravi had 24/7 watch.

5. have they done anything they thought they’d never do?

Kill somebody.

O: Optimism

1. are they optimistic or pessimistic?

He’s very optimistic. About 90% is his actual optimistic nature and 10% is trying to be optimistic for his family and friends because he knows that they aren’t that optimistic about the future often.

2. are they openly optimistic, throwing it on others?

Absolutely. He is probably the only Freedom Vessel member who’s honestly hopeful about the future.

3. are they good at giving advice?

No one’s really came to Ravi for advice because he has a limited world experience, but his advice tends to fall on the optimist side of things. If you want advice that looks more on the positive side, come to Ravi.

4. is there anyone in their life that throws optimism on them?

Usually it’s Crumb but usually he has to throw his own optimism on himself.

5. were they always optimistic?

Yeah, at least as far back as he can remember.

P: Personality

1. what is their best personality trait?

Caring

2. what is their worst personality trait?

Gullible

3. what of their personality do others love?

Castor loves his big heart, endless love for everyone, his determination to be helpful, his kindness, and secret mischievous side. Ciri loves everything single thing about him from the top of his head to the tip of his cyborg toes and everything inbetween. Particularly she loves his intelligence, sweetness, bravery, and loving and trusting nature.

4. what of their personality do others envy?

Everyone pretty much envies his endless optimism even as he got kidnapped. Castor envies Ravi’s innocence and cheerful personality and his ability to make anything he’s doing fun. Ciri envies his ability to trust easily.

5. do they hate anything about their personality/about other’s personalities?

He doesn’t really like personalities that rely on pushing people away or being mean to people, especially non-Genesians to other non-Genesians. He knows that Genesis already treats people bad. Why do other people have to as well?

Q: Questions

1. do they ask for help?

Usually. He wants to do a good of a job as he can be, which is why he often asks for help when he can’t do something. It embarrasses him when he has to, but he knows that everyone needs help sometimes.

2. do they ask questions in class?

He’s the kid who sits in the front of class and raises his hand for every question.

3. do they answer questions that make them a little uncomfortable?

He’ll probably answer your questions even if it makes him uncomfortable, unless he desperately doesn’t want to answer it in which he’ll just shut down completely.

4. do they ask weird questions?

He tends to ask fairly normal questions unless he really wants to know something, then he’ll push.

5. are they curious?

He wants to know everything about the world and would do anything to get the knowledge he seeks. He’s a Ravenclaw through and through.

R: Rules

1. do they follow rules?

He’s a lawful good boy who follows every rule.

2. would they be a strict or laid-back parent?

He’d be strict in the sense that he wants his kids to do go but he’d give them freedom to just be children and run about.

3. have they ever been consequenced for breaking a rule?

I mean, he was consequenced in the sense that he literally got kidnapped, but not in punishment.

4. have they broken any rules they now regret breaking?

He still mentally kicks himself for not listening to Ciri on Dryas and still trusting Magdalena.

5. do they find any rules they/others follow absolutely ridiculous?

Let him play with his knife, he’s a growing boy. He got it for a reason.

S: Streets

1. are they street-smart?

He is still a fairly trusting kid who tends to take things at face value. He’s spent very little of his life being able to talk to the general public and has spent about half his life solely in the Freedom Vessel.

2. would they give money to someone on the streets?

Absolutely. If he ever went to a planet with people begging, he would try to help them anyway he could. Which would probably get him dragged into bad situations.

3. have they ever gotten in a fight on the streets?

Nope. He doesn’t usually like fighting and hasn’t had a chance to start any kind of fight.

4. has anything happened to them on the streets?

Absolutely. The two biggest scares of his life happened when someone came up to him on the street.

5. are they cautious when out?

Now he’s more cautious, but he also has like ten people ready to destroy the world if someone tries to stomp out Ravi’s light.

T: Truth

1. are they honest?

He’s pretty honest. If he doesn’t want to tell you something, he will just straight up not tell you. He’d never lie about anything. Though with his memory problems, there’s a lot he doesn’t say.

2. can they tell if someone is lying?

He’s got a +5 to insight, so he is pretty good at telling when people are bullshitting him, but he also likes to see the best in everyone so tends to push past his instincts and trust people.

3. is it obvious when they’re lying?

He doesn’t usually lie but it’s not super obvious when he’s lying. Since he never lies, people usually assume he’s always telling the truth.

4. have they lied about anything they regret lying about?

Nope, he’s an honest kid.

5. have they told truths that have been spread against their will?

There was the Dryas tapes when Ravi killed Manisha, but that part is kinda common knowledge.

U: Underdog

1. have they been bullied?

Yes, mostly by Adrian.

2. have they bullied anyone?

Nope, he is too good for that.

3. have they been physically attacked by a bully?

I mean, Adrian attacking him is 110% of the reasons why the party hates the pussy.

4. have they ever been doubted?

Luna rescued him just because Crumb led her to him, but she just expected it to be a child that they’d take of. When he finally got better enough to ask if he could work, Luna almost said no because she thought he wouldn’t be able to keep up and should just stick on being a kid.

5. have they surprised people with being good at something?

Absolutely no one expected a four year old to be this good at anatomy and medical knowledge. He may be a small child but he’s a prodigy at anything in the medical field.

V: Vomit

1. do they vomit often?

Nope, kid’s got a pretty good stomach.

2. do they get lots of stomach aches?

He really only gets stomach aches if he’s actually sick. He mostly gets head colds than

3. are they good at comforting someone ill?

He’s the ship’s doctor so he’s pretty good. When Castor was on his death bed while sick, he came and gave Castor chicken noodle soup and make him drink tea.

4. what do they like as far as comfort goes?

When Ravi is sick, you’ll know he’s sick because he’s the clingiest little shit that just wants to be carried everywhere and held. When Ravi’s sick, all the caretaking is given to Ciri since she can’t catch his germs.

5. do they burp, cough, or hiccup most when nauseous? when vomiting?

He hiccups a lot when nauseous or vomiting. Most of it is because he’s actually hurting, and the second half is because he doesn’t like vomiting so he starts crying.

W: Water

1. do they drink enough water?

He’s a good little boy who knows that you need water to stay healthy and hydrated.

2. have they learned to swim?

He knows how to swim, but only the bare basics. He’s too scared to put his face underwater. He learned when he first came to the ship and was able to use his bionic limbs.

3. do they like to swim?

He likes wading in at best and splashing around, but likes it more when his feet can be on the ground.

4. can they dive?

Nope. He’s one of those kids who tries to dive and just ends up in a weak jump.

5. can they swim without holding their nose?

Baby boy needs the whole scuba goggles to swim period.

X: Xylophone

1. what is their favorite genre of music?

He really loves Disney music or classical music. He likes listening to piano or harp as he goes to sleep and Disney music during the day.

2. do they have a favorite song?

‘Feed the Birds (Tuppence a Bag)’ from Mary Poppins. He remembers his birth mom singing it to him when he was a baby. It’s one of the few things about his early childhood that he remembers.

3. do they have a favorite band/artist/singer?

Enya. She’s very peaceful when he’s trying to go to sleep, especially because he doesn’t like the feeling of falling asleep. Sometimes it feels like he’s being forced under for some reason.

4. can they sing well?

He has a really cute, high voice. He actually is really good at singing to Disney princesses.

5. can they rap?

He tries his best, but he always ends up out of breath.

Y: You

1. how old were you when you created them?

16. His powerpoint is dated July 2014.

2. what inspired you to create them?

I think Ravi’s story was one of the ones that started from a dream about a little boy with robotic arms and legs and had a little robot that followed him around.

3. were they different when they were first created?

He’s a lot more wholesome and less salty. He is now also a lot younger (his original form was 11 years old). All the salt got transferred to his big sister Sasha.

4. do you enjoy writing them more than other characters?

I mean, one of my favorite things is well written child characters, so Ravi is a blast to play.

5. what’s your favorite thing about them?

He’s my good, smart little medic boy who just wants to help people. Also I’m just really glad that people love him because he used to be my obscure boy from a story about a Dystopian Steampunk India and now he’s everyone’s favorite brother (or son in Ciri’s case).

Z: Zebra

1. what’s their favorite animal?

His favorite animal is a bear just because it’s the species of his teddy bear and Winnie the Pooh.

2. do they like animals?

He’s a little scared of animals just because he hasn’t been near a whole lot of them, but he likes the ones that are on TV.

3. cats or dogs?

If you show him a tiny dog, he will probably die because it’s small and he’s small so he can’t protect it.

4. what’s their dream pet?

Anything soft like a bunny or guinea pig.

5. do they have any pets at the moment?

Nope, but he’s helping Nivviah take care of Noodle while Castor’s on Helios. He and Allura have a running joke of calling Noodle everything noodle related but not her name. Favorites include ‘Spaghetti’, ‘Fettucine Alfredo’, and ‘Linguini’.

#imaturtlebug #Ravi Thakur #my characters #genesis campaign

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Another Day, Another Cliché.

Pairing- Brendon Urie + Dallon Weekes. Brallon.

Era- Vices And Virtues.

Word Count- 1,995 Words.

Warnings-

 Pretentious

 Mentions Of Drug Abuse.

 Mentions Of Alcohol.

 Terribly Written.

 Unnecessarily Long.

Author’s Note- This wasn’t requested or anything, I just felt like writing something so I wrote this catastrophe. Feel free to leave comments, constructive criticism, and to point out my mistakes. Also, please send in asks or submissions or stuff, I don’t bite, I swear. Unless you are into that kind of thing… -The Sentient Potato.  

Dallon Weekes had never felt complete contentment. The sheer happiness and fulfillment that it brought. The elation and general sense of gratification that it brought. Its not like he couldn’t feel it, no he could have felt it at some point in his life. It just never happened, until now.

Lying on the cool surface of the expensive cotton threads in the hotel room with the sun just breaking the horizon, Dallon felt content and he liked it. Liked the way he felt, as if he were floating on a cloud up and high near heaven, though it could have been the sheets and the mattress. He liked the constant buzz that he had in his palms, fingers, feet, and toes. It felt like he had warm, melted chocolate flowing through his veins instead of blood. He also had a permanent grin on his face. Sometimes it was visible, too.

Sitting against the propped pillows in the dawn light lit room, he couldn’t help but grin. Grin at the fact that he was in love with the marvel asleep next to him. Yep, the cyan eyed man was in love and he wasn’t afraid by the prospect of being in love anymore.

Had it happened a few years ago, there would have been a giant Dallon shaped hole in the dry wall of the home studio where he had admitted his feelings to his boyfriend. That’s how people will know where Dallon had stood after Dallon’s demise, the Dallon shaped holes in walls and doors because he’d rather avoid responsibilities and feelings, but not anymore.

The room’s silence was only broken by his lover’s snores and the skip of his stuttering heartbeat. Dallon chanced a glance towards his boyfriend and practically felt the rush of Dopamine, adrenaline, and serotonin when he managed to make out the sleeping outline of his boyfriend in the dimly lit room. Everything was a varying shade of black and blue because the sun was just breaking the horizon. Long streaks of yellows and oranges were chasing away the azure and black of the previous night.

Dallon could only see a part of the ever expanding sky through the narrow slit between the drawn peach curtains. The velvet of the curtain blocked any other ray that tried to filter its way into the room. The sun was taking it’s time with the rise and Dallon was taking his time to fall further in love. He always thought that he’d have a clichéd love story, boy meets girl, the world stops revolving around the sun and starts revolving around them, everything turns in a slowed down mesh of an artistic European movie, vibrant and pretty but so boring and after a few tragedies and end of the world fights he’d marry her and have 2 kids, a boy and a girl, and then he turned 30 and watched the girl of his dreams turn into the boy of his dreams.

Dallon had walked into the audition without knowing a damn thing about the band’s songs and with his heart and mind in their designated places along with his bass. He had walked out without his heart, his mind in frenzy and his bass guitar.

Dallon had fallen for Brendon the moment his blue eyes had landed on the boy in a white button up, black skinny jeans, converse, and so many drugs in his system that he was still high from the weed that he had smoked two days ago.

Dallon had initially found his feelings for the lead singer childish and stupid. He was a 30 year old man who knew what he preferred sexually, his didn’t develop crushes, that’s what he had chalked it up to, over the course of 10 minutes of being in the same room as the person of his affections, but there he was in his apartment smiling at the very thought of Brendon.

Dallon had quite a few inhibitions after his realization. The most obvious one being that he couldn’t possibly fall for a 24 year old, he didn’t even remember what his life was like when he was 24. The age gap jarred him, a lot, but then he started hanging out with Brendon and after the drugs were cleared out of his system, Brendon wasn’t half bad. He had a great sense of humor, an amazing music taste, a liberal, and was very open minded about things. Dallon hated tunnel visioned people. Dallon still didn’t give in, though. He remained adamant about not being in love with Brendon, that he just had a school girl crush on him, he certainly acted like one around him. But then the fateful night at the studio happened.

Brendon had knocked back 3 glasses of scotch and smoked a few puffs of the blunt before his smile had dropped along with his walls. In the bright yellow lights of the soundproof home studio, Dallon could almost see the charismatic confidence and Brendon’s calm, cool and collected ways leaving him. Slowly, very slowly Brendon started coming out and showing his true colors. His scared and doubting colors. His big brown and expressive eyes were dilated and were screaming to be held. He was shaking as his wet lips enunciated all of his troubles and doubts. He was being self-destructive. A broken string of incomplete pleas were falling past his lips and diminishing in the heavy air of the room.

Brendon was hyperventilating against Dallon’s chest when all of Dallon’s inhibitions had fallen into a dark abyss, also known as ‘Fuck it, I am in love with him.’ and it scared him. It scared him so fucking much, but he didn’t care, he was in love with the exhausted person who had cried himself to sleep in Dallon’s denim covered lap.

Dallon muses that he fell in love with Brendon’s vulnerability, Brendon muses that Dallon fell in love with his ability to take cock.

Dallon’s heart still stuttered and broke when he had flashbacks of that night. His limbs still alternated between being cold and numb and hot and sensitive.

The sun had completely risen now. The narrow slit was allowing a bright strip of light into the room. It burned a long, narrow, and diagonal rectangle into the soft grey carpet. The dust particles that hung in the air were being showcased in the bright light of the yellow sunlight. Everything around the slit was illuminated by a glow that got weaker as the distance of the things progressed. The shadows danced as the curtains moved because of the cool air that the A.C was humming out.

Dallon turned to his left and leaned on his arm as he marveled at the aesthetically pleasing human who was breathing deeply next to him. He had one hand thrown over his bare chest while the other was lying lazily between him and the man about whom he was dreaming. His head was lolling towards Dallon and his nose kept twitching. Dallon smiled at his boyfriend.

Dallon was certain that he fell for Brendon because of his soulful beauty and his vulnerability, but god damn was his boyfriend good looking. His big and well defined pink lips, his deep lip dimple, perfectly centered nose that had a gentle dip, freckle dusted cheeks against which his long lashes rested, and his expressive brown eyes made him the most beautiful sight in a room full of future super models. Hell, it made him the most beautiful person in a room with super models. He was beautiful, inside and out and always chuckled when Dallon gave him the compliment. He was an easy going, easily excited person, but he had the lowest self esteem. Good thing that he was great at hiding it.

Sometimes the strength of Dallon’s feelings for Brendon scared them. Dallon got scared because he thought that Brendon found it overbearing. Brendon got scared because he wanted to reciprocate the feelings to the same level of intensity but couldn’t do it without sounding like a cheesy romance novel writer.

Brendon sighed lightly and snuggled into the crease of Dallon’s supporting elbow while Dallon smiled at his boyfriend. He realized that he used the term boyfriend a lot, but it wasn’t his fault. He didn’t ever think that Brendon would go out with him, even deem a second glance. Dallon smiled again as Brendon mumbled something inane in his sleep.

Dallon leaned back a little to look at Brendon’s sleeping face and decided to do the corny and clichéd thing of waking him up with a kiss. He licked his lips and grimaced at the dry feeling and chapped slivers that lightly poked his tongue. The fact that his lips still tasted like sleep did not help matters either. He leaned to his right and blindly started closing his fingers around one of the many bottles on the side table.

Once his fingertips finally came in contact with the plastic ridges of a mass produced plastic bottle that probably carried more carcinogens than actually water, he closed them around it and chugged it down. He released a silent burp after chugging it all down and allowed the bottle to drop on the floor unceremoniously. The grey carpet muffled the sound of the free falling empty bottle coming in contact with the floor.

Dallon leaned at an awkward angle and expelled one last breath before he leaned in. He could feel the slow movements as each muscle worked to transition his jerky and uncertain movements into a lean. He could hear the pre kiss drum roll, He could feel Brendon’s breath tickling his upper lip’s lip line. Dallon could almost taste the kiss. His eyelashes had just fallen shut when his brain went into overdrive and produced scenes of Brendon laughing and mocking a tomato faced Dallon. All of Dallon’s confidence evaporated and he leaned out of the kiss. Dallon could feel the heat from the hypothetical situation staining his cheeks a pale red. He shook his head and tried to convince himself that he was being over-dramatic. His brain started producing even more stupid and over the top productions with the same story line to counter it’s logical side when the logical side tried to convince the brain otherwise.

“Just kiss me already.” A sleep laced tone spoke from Dallon’s left, his lover’s voice was soft. In the dim light of the powerfully glowing sun lit strip, Dallon felt his heart melt and bleed into his veins after he heard Brendon’s morning voice. It made him feel fluttery and fluffy, like he was lying on one of those gigantic bears that were bigger and heavier than most fully grown human beings. Dallon felt his brain stop the blown out of proportion production of the over-reaction complete with background music. He felt calm, he felt content.

“What makes you think that I wanna kiss you?” Dallon questioned Brendon in a tone of faux confusion as he furrowed his arched eyebrows together for the full effect. Brendon’s eyes were closed, but Dallon still managed to make out the eye balls rolling under the lids.

“Well, if you won’t do it, I will.” And with that Brendon leaned up on his elbows and slotted his pillow-y soft lips with Dallon’s equally soft and damp ones. The kiss was drawn way past it’s necessary time period and when the couple did pull away, it left them breathless and wanting more. They were greedy when it came to kissing the other. They wanted to feel the butterflies and fireworks, wanted to feel that desperation and drive for more, they wanted to feel like a young and naïve couple that was experiencing its first love, passionate but immature. They wanted to feel the love and felt it every time they kissed. It was beautiful, raw, and so, so desirous. It was love, actual requited love and it made them grin like idiots.

“Good morning, Baby.”

“It certainly is, Angel.”

#brallon #brallon fluff #brendon urie #brendon boyd urie #brendon #brendon patd #panic at the brendon #dallon #dallon weekes #dallon james weekes #dallon patd

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DASH DIET: True Answer To Hypertension Or Just A Fad?

The following blog post DASH DIET: True Answer To Hypertension Or Just A Fad? is from Blood Pressure Nutrition Website

The ‘DASH’ in DASH Diet stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension … hypertension is a condition where your blood vessel walls harden and become less supple. In that circumstance, your blood finds it difficult to flow through your blood vessels, and your heart needs to beat harder. This is translated as higher blood pressure or hypertension. In the long run, this can be severely harmful for your heart, blood vessels as well as organs! But here is where the DASH diet comes in…

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This diet is a natural way to lower blood pressure. It is generally seen that people with high blood pressure also have a high level of sodium in their blood. And low sodium diets are prescribed for them. The DASH Diet works on this principle. It not only decreases sodium intake, but works to lower its level in the blood further.

Now a word on the diet. This diet has actually been rated pretty high. And not only for blood pressure, but also for a number of other reasons!

The position of the DASH Diet in the U.S. News & World Report’s “best diets” list:

Best overall diet

Best diabetes diet

One of the healthy weight loss diets!

Source: WebMD Health News

So, that was a general idea about this diet, let’s then move on to…

Now what does the Dash diet generally do – what limitations does it put on a person?

The goal of this diet is basically to lower the levels of sodium in your blood. This is going to help to lower your blood pressure in the long run. This is because, across a number of different studies, it was observed that people with lower levels of sodium in their blood had lower blood pressure. In fact, high levels of sodium in the blood was actually linked with high risk of death as well!

Check this presentation of a study as it was presented in the New York Times website:

Chart of Low and High Salt Intake

And the DASH diet in this aim, has a few basic guideline – you are required to focus more on fruits, vegetables, whole grains, low fat dairy – and generally low fat food. This means that all fast food is off the table, especially in a regular context. In addition, you need to cut back on poultry and fish, and try and stay off fats, fatty foods, sweets and red meat.

As a general overview, that is what proponents of the diet would give you. But…

Now we take a look at what is the general outline of the Dash Diet…

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To start off, one integral part of this diet is regular exercise. Exercise helps to keep your heart and your entire cardiovascular system healthy, it helps your body to deal with stress better. And of course, it helps your body to burn calories, and keep off excess weight – which is a major cause of high blood pressure.

Besides these too, there are a few particular rules laid down by those who have formulated the diet. We have tried to note them here for you in brief.

To start with here’s what to include in your diet and why:

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At least 4 servings of fruit a day. Not only will this provide your body with vitamins and nutrients, they are a good source of roughage that keeps your digestive system in good shape.

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At least 4 servings of vegetables – this serves the same purpose, specifically leafy green which are very high in the essential minerals and vitamins you need. Also make sure you include colored vegetables like sweet potato, carrots and tomatoes, etc.

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About 6 to 8 servings of whole grain foods like bread, pasta, rice, or cereals – and mind you these need to be whole grains – with the germ and all the other edible parts of the grain.

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About 2 to 3 servings of dairy – though only low fat/skim/no-fat versions. These will give your body the essential Calcium, protein and Vitamin D it needs, but without putting in fat.

And now for what not to eat – fast foods, and soda and all that stuff are filled with a whole lot of sodium. So these should be avoided at all costs. Besides these:

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No more than 6 ounces of lean proteins which includes fish and poultry. These can be fresh (though skin less) or canned (but not in oil). Also do not cook them with too much of oil, oil free cooking is your best bet.

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No more than 2, a maximum of 3 servings of fats or oils in a day. And by a serving of fat we mean 1 tsp of margarine or 1 tbsp. of low-fat mayo. Also steer clear of trans or saturated fats.

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Less than 1 serving of sweet a day – in fact, you are only allowed a max of 5 servings in a week! A serving, typically, would be a tbsp. of sugar or a cup of lemonade etc. Again, always go for low sugar, low fat options.

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And since you should ideally stay off meat, you can replace that with legumes or seeds like lentils, kidney beans, almonds, sunflower seeds, chia seeds, etc. – but not more than 5 servings in a week, again.

So – these are the general guidelines laid down. Well, by themselves they mean not much to you – but when you use these to work out your diet chart – that’s’ when they start to take on meaning. And we have got those for you too – the sample diet plans – but before we get to that, let’s answer another important question…

Through this food intake, what is the diet actually doing for you?

Firstly, it is obviously helping your body to retain less sodium, without actually cutting down on your sodium intake. Because as you can see – none of the foods that you are asked to have are ‘low-salt’. So salt or taste is not being sacrificed.

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But what is being done is that – your body’s calorific needs are being met – and along with that it is being given only the necessary amounts of sodium. In fact, this table should make things a little clearer:

Nutrient Goals

In other words, you are eating healthy – and you are eating what your body needs to counter the harm that high blood pressure and its contributing conditions have caused in your body. And at the same time you are also learning to:

Think about your meals realistically – and learn to adjust them on a daily basis

Learn to read food labels to be absolutely sure, and

Learn the use of pure spices to replace extra sugar, fat and other high sodium seasonings.

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Overall – health is the first goal of this diet. And now that we know that nutrition wise AND health wise – the diet is healthy for you… time to check out…

What you need to DO on the diet

We have explained the general guidelines to you already. But how does one incorporate these into their diet? We have a few tips lined up for you:

Take some vegetables and make them a part of your regular lunch or dinner.

Snack on fruits instead of other things that are full of fat and salt.

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Try and have a serving of fruit before your meal – it can be a nice start, and it is the best way to have fruits.

For a few meals a week, go all vegetarian.

After exercising, if you feel hungry, snack on a fruit.

Learn to cut down on butter and other fats – as well as jams and other sweets. Start out by using less – and work up to using only as much as is allowed!

 These are some of the basic tips – your dietician will be able to help you with more. But always remember one golden rule of this diet:

If you do it right – studies show that this diet, on its own, can lower your blood pressure in 14 days!

Here are the sample diet plans

But, yes, for that you have to be completely honest with the diet. For instance…

There are three plans here – but these are completely sample plans. You can follow this if you like, but keep in mind that no added salt is allowed. Additionally, you need to ensure that you are not making departures from the plan you choose. But that is if you choose to use these.

On the other hand, you can always go ahead and speak to your nutritionist and ask them to make out your tailor-made DASH Diet plan.

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Now for the sample plans:

Meal

Plan 1

Plan 2

Plan 3

Breakfast

Whole Wheat English Muffin with Jam

Oatmeal with Applesauce

Pineapple Juice

Light Yogurt

Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice

Cinnamon Raisin English Muffin with a Schmear of Light Cream Cheese

Wheaties® with Skim Milk Topped with Ripe Raspberries

1 or 2 slices Canadian bacon

Hard-boiled egg

6 ounces tomato juice, low-sodium

Lunch

Dinner Roll

Chicken Waldorf Salad

Nonfat Milk

Baby Carrots

Cantaloupe

Minestrone Soup

Turkey and Light Swiss Cheese on Whole Wheat, Smothered with Cranberry Sauce,Topped with Romaine Lettuce Leaves

Coleslaw

Cherry tomatoes

Acapulco Tuna Salad

Strawberry Jell O cup, sugar-free

Small side salad: dressed with Italian or oil and vinegar dressing

  Meal

Plan 1

Plan 2

Plan 3

Dinner

Baked Potato

Roasted Chicken Breast

Tomato Spinach Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette

Asparagus

Apple Crisp Topped with Frozen Yogurt

Grilled Salmon with Barbecue Sauce

Italian Bread Dipped in Olive Oil

New Petite Red Potatoes

Hearts of Romaine Lettuce Spiked with Grape Tomatoes, Olive Oil Vinaigrette

French-style Green Beans, Dusted with Crushed Hazelnuts

Very Berry Sundae (Strawberries, Blueberries, and Blackberries on Light Vanilla Frozen Yogurt)

1 cup (or more) mixed carrots, broccoli, and cauliflower blend: steamed or microwaved

Crispy Grilled Chicken

Salad: Romaine blend with Italian dressing Raspberry Jell O cup, sugar-free

Snacks

Kiwi

Light String Cheese

Handful of Almonds

Nectarine

18 cashews (1 ounce by weight, 1/4 cup by volume, or small handful)

4 ounces lemon light yogurt, fat-free, artificially sweetened

And now that you know all these details, time to focus on another very pertinent question –

Is the DASH diet safe for me?

The DASH Diet has been featured in the U.S. News & World Report’s “best diets” list. It has been recommended by none less than Dr. Oz, and even by the USDA. When you have such names of authority backing it up, questions of safety shouldn’t arise.

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In fact, if that isn’t all, there are a number of success stories from across USA who bear testimony to the effects of this diet. However, there is just one small catch. The diet by itself may be good, but it is no use without the requisite exercise. The diet can only work when it goes hand in hand with the physical activity.

In fact, Dr. Oz, even as he upholds the diet, also makes certain that exercising is a must. And here we bring you the plan that he himself suggests - the Donovan Green No Excuse Workout.

And that’s not all – you can check out the 3 part regimen here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GDgKgsrEBo&feature=youtu.be

Doesn’t seem all that difficult, does it? Are you starting to think that you can do it? Well, if Dr. Oz. and all these figures of authority have a say – then you will very well be able to do it! And with success too!

But on a final note –

Is the diet the same for Men and Women?

Well, we went looking through how the diet was viewed by popular health magazines specially written for men and women. And here is what we found -

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There really is no difference –except maybe in the calorific needs. And this is where the dietician or nutritionist becomes important. Depending on your age, body weight and gender, as well as your line of work and lifestyle – the diet will differ. Portions will change, amount of exercise required may be more and the basics dynamics will vary. But then that isn’t really a gender specific thing – just as hypertension isn’t.

And so – to conclude, the studies and the proof all conclusively point towards the fact that success in the war against hypertension can be secured through the DASH Diet – provided you follow it right. So, are you ready for it?

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A possible end

“I can’t do this anymore.”

It’s been a long time. And not just that. It’s also a long story. And exactly because of that, it’s been a long time. So let me just start from the beginning. But before that, let me add to the previous post something I forgot to mention: the Pregnyl was a nightmare. I had to mix it myself, but it was contained in glass thingies. I even cut my finger while breaking it. But that’s probably not happening anymore. And here’s why and how.

On the Sunday I talked about in my last article, we called the hospital to see if the frozen embryo survived. It did alhamdulillah and we could pick it up later that day. So we went, got the transfer, peace of cake. From that moment on, my husband started to become crazy, impatient and oooooverprotective and I on the other hand was somehow more relaxed than ever, fully trusting Allah’s plan for us.

Unlike the first (failed) time, I didn’t have any symptoms. No sore back beneath the shower, no fragile breasts, no nauseousness, no cramps when I expected them.. nothing typical. Even after the Pregnyl, which was full of HCG so I should get some pregnancy symptoms: nothing.

And then the menstrual cramps began on the weekend before my testing date, which was on a Friday according to my hospital, but Wednesday according to my cycle. So I didn’t think much of it. Just like all this time. I never had a strong feeling. I never thought it would fail, I never thought it would work. I’ve just been neutral all along.

As the testing date approached, I started getting weird dreams. Nightmares rather. I dreamed about people wanting to kill me. Sometimes a creepy man, sometimes ISIS.. And my husband dreamed about death aswell. In our family, when someone dreams about death, it has something to do with a new life. So someone might be pregnant or giving birth. Normally I’d get so much hope out of those dreams, but not then. I was still neutral about all of this.

Until the morning came on which I had to pee for a pregnancy test. I wanted to do it on the day I could according to my cycle, so I wouldn’t have to impatiently wait for my period to come or not. I was sure the test would be a BFN - I couldn’t even imagine it being a BFP because I never had one. I even told my husband to not stare and wait for something to come up on the test. And that now atleast he’ll feel what I felt everytime I looked at the test staying negative the whole 5 minutes in which you need to read it.

Anyway. So I went for a pee, gave the test to my husband (who desperately wanted to look at it first) and started to clean up the mess I made while doing the test in the first place. I went back, got back in bed and asked him: “Nothing yet?" He said he saw something. But it’s light grey. I said that a line is a line and asked if I could see. And then immediately yelled at him to give me the freaking test, even before he was even able to. And there it was: our first BFP.

It was wanted, unexpected, new, exciting, worrying and frightening all at the same time. I didn’t even know how to react. I didn’t even know how to feel. I desperately wanted to be the happiest I could ever be, but my fear got in the way of it. I was so afraid to be happy. To be happy for something that would perhaps end up in one big disappointment again. I just couldn’t be happier than worried. It would just be too good to be true, as if we hadn’t struggled enough yet to deserve it - even though we really did, but we just didn’t expect it yet, unlike the first try.

That day I started to notice the symptoms afterwards. I had been exhausted, a real witch towards my dearest husband, had some flow down under, the pizza that Monday before and the tomato soup that Tuesday before tasted só weird.. All those dreams about death. And then that night, while taking a shower, I noticed the blood veins on my breasts.

The next morning I took another test to see if the line would darken up. It was much darker than the day before, so I called the IVF team and admitted that I had tested before their date, but that it was positive and getting darker. So they scheduled an appointment for our first echo on 7 weeks.

Friday, the morning after, I took another test because oh well it was just lying there being the last one I had anyway. When I didn’t see the line being darker than the day before, but pretty much the same and sometimes even lighter, I started to worry even more. Somehow I wasn’t all that comfortable about all of this. Perhaps a foreboding, perhaps a natural and logical reaction to something finally positive after all these years and struggles.

Those three weeks waiting were long, but doable. At 5 weeks and something, I noticed 1 drop of blood on the toiletpaper after bowel movement. Which wasn’t that well because of the pregnancy. Also I thought it could be because of the irritation of a yeast infection. I worried about it for a little but then forgot about it again.

Then at 6 weeks, I had to go to the toilet that night and again had some blood afterwards. I didn’t really think much of it again and went to bed. The next morning, it felt wet down under and thought I just had flowed a lot that night. But because of the blood earlier, I was kind of worried. I checked it out and realized it was red. I got up, went to the toilet and was shocked by the amount of slimy dark brown flow I had when whiping. I called the IVF team, explained what was happening and then got assured that it wasn’t a miscarriage (yet) and that the baby would still be in there. As my echo was already scheduled the earliest possible, I had to wait until then and call when it would get worse.

Alhamdulillah it didn’t get worse and went away slowly. Because of the pregnancy, my bowel movement was awful. A few days later I had to go to the toilet again and again I lost some blood. I then knew it was because of the fragile situation down under with all the extra veins and blood and stuff.

And then all of a sudden, it was there: the day of our first echo. We went inside, I got undressed and sat in the chair. The IVF doctor entered the echo and I didn’t even have time to be impatient. I just watched and waited for something to be said. But she didn’t say anything. She just kept on moving the echo-thingy and zoom in and out. And then after some while she went all the way back and told us: “Well, this is your uterus.” And I was like, well yeah, obviously.

The doctor zoomed in again to where our little mini-us was. And then she zoomed in some little further. And then she showed us the little heartbeat. My husband approached and I said how sweet it was. We both fell in love right away. And then our world got crushed right away aswell, as the doctor immediately added that it didn’t look good. At all. She measured its size and monitored the heartbeat and then she told me to get dressed, so we could talk about it in the room next door, where her office was.

It was way too small (5mm instead of the expected 1cm) and the heartbeat was way too slow and unstable. She said that it would end up a miscarriage for 99% and that the 1% was just statistically there existing because of an unnatural exceptional improbable if not actually impossible super late implantation. My husband started crying, we got another check up for the week after and went back home. It was the most silent ride back home ever. Aside from the almost silently sobbing from the both of us. We didn’t even put on music.

The following days were depressing and unbelieveable. We were broken, but slowly adapting to the idea of that the cute tiny heartbeat of that little creature inside of my belly could stop anytime now. And before we knew, Christmas was there and with my family being European, we had to act all happy and normal. The last days before our next echo went super fast and we already got used to the probably negative outcome as much as possible.

At our second echo the doctor confirmed that it hadn’t grown anymore since week 6 and as I was watching along, I noticed out loud that I didn’t see the heart anymore either. She confirmed and wrapped up. She went to the office already where she awaited us and while I put back on my clothes, my husband told me that somehow he was relieved. And so was I.

As soon as we sat down, we talked about it a bit and then got to the practical business. We got offered three options. 1: To wait for the miscarriage to come up on its own, but not longer than 2 weeks. 2: To take some pills so I’d get the miscarriage within 24 hours, but it would still be naturally. And 3: D&C.

My husband and I had talked about it before obviously, as we already knew what was coming. I didn’t want to have it come naturally, as I already got menorrhagia and so this would literally be unbearable. Also, I would have to do the 3rd option anyway if I’d loose way too much blood - something which I already do on just a period, and obviously a miscarriage is worse. So the first and second option were scratched off the list right away, leaving open the third one only.

So after our conversation, we went to the anesthesia department for an intake and afterwards went to have some blood taken from me. The next morning we went again for blood retrieval. And the morning after, our appointment for D&C was already there. And even though not really having had enough time to stress about it, I did. Especially about the infusion and the fear of feeling pain throughout the narcosis.

That morning we went from home at 6 AM. I had to get myself in a surgical gown without anything beneath it, I got a bracelet and had to get in bed and take some pills: one to calm down and two painkillers. After around 15 minutes I got picked up again and we went to the surgery department. The male nurse who gave me the ride was really nice and actually played with me, telling me to steer. I never had been hospitalized before, so I didn’t know I couldn’t steer and actually tried my best to steer along. When we almost arrived, he admitted it wasn’t possible to steer.

At that time, my husband told me goodbye and gave me a hug and a kiss on my forehead. I went in and another employee came for the hairnet and IV infusion - which went fine actually, didn’t hurt one bit. I then had to wait to get picked up again, but while waiting there was this woman who got entered and after her her husband with a tiny little bed - meant for the baby she was about to give birth to. And there I was, with a lifeless embryo inside of me waiting to get removed. As the woman got carried away, I couldn’t hold in my tears and started crying. Something I actually hadn’t done that much anymore before, after the day we had our first echo.

A nice young lady immediately came to me with a tissue and comforted me. She had seen what happened and directly knew what was up. Not long after my little breakdown, the same lady picked me up for the D&C to get started. I had to get up and get on the surgery table while still carrying the tissue in my hand. I explained them what happened and as the doctor started to comfort me again, I bursted into tears all over again. Then they distracted me with questions about what I do in life as they were preparing.

As soon as the narcosis went in, my vision went up and down and being the weird kid I am, I actually enjoyed it and asked them to do it again tomorrow, as I kinda liked it. Then I got this mask in front of my face for me to fall asleep. I talked about how the most frightening part was already over - the infusion - and how on earth I could’ve dreamed about becoming a vet while being so afraid of blood. But since I’m starting to get over it now with all of these procedures and with all of the bloody chickens I have to cut and clean for dinner, I might just become a vet one day anyway. My last words as I remember were “making chicken for dinner”.

And all of a sudden I woke up again in another room. It was weird, because I was already awake, but suddenly I got conscious again and it really felt as waking up except for already being awake. The young lady from earlier on gave me an icecream and after 5 minutes I was already able to go back to the nursing department. Funny detail: the day of the intake - which was 2 days earlier - my blood pressure was normal for normal people but high for me: 129/79. Right after D&C it was normal for me again: 100/60.

On the nursing department, I immediately went out of bed for a pee. I also got my own panties and another pad to change on the bathroom. The pad was huuuge and I asked if it would be possible to purchase them and the nure told me perhaps I could get it at my doctor’s. Anyway, one hour and a half later, the doctor came to visit me and told me it went fine. He told me that although it perhaps was a bit weird to say, but the fact that I got pregnant and for this long, it’s a great sign and that we’ve got great chances.

Ironically, the day I worried about the third line not darkening as much as I would’ve liked to, I told my husband that if this doesn’t work out well, atleast we know that implantation and getting pregnant is possible. As some sort of a comfort. While when we were on our way to the hospital for one of our (many) echoes before the FET, I told my husband that having a BFP and then a miscarriage would be so much worse than having a BFN to start with. And in the end, the last turned out to be closer to the truth than the first. Even though, ofcourse, the first is still true. But the second is just true-er if you ask my heart.

It’s been a couple of days now and my husband and I, even though having accepted the situation by now, are still broken. It’s still hard. And to some level it will always stay hard. But we’ve also decided temporarily - at least for the moment - that we don’t feel like continuing this treatment.

In 4 weeks we’ll have a check up. From now ‘til then we’ll see if our decision will be more definitive or undone insha’Allah.

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