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Legacies | two

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Pairing: Jake ‘Hangman’ Seresin x Kazansky!OC

Summary: It's time for the daggers to meet their instructor and for Ana to test her patience with Hangman.

Warnings: mentions of stabbing/prodding with a pen, no actual stabbing, some dialogue taken out of the movie

Wordcount: 2.6k

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The flight suit's fabric rustled as she pushed her arms through the sleeves and pulled them up her shoulders. Ana shifted on her feet, tugging at the suit several times before reaching down. Her fingers brushed the metal teeth of the zipper until they found the pull tab. In one smooth, long pull she zipped it up.

“Hey Ghost, are you done?” She turned around to Halo and Phoenix, also in their flight suits, standing across the bench from her in the locker room.

“Right behind you.” Cocking her head towards the doors, she motioned for them to go ahead. Once they had left, after the door to the room fell shut and Ana was alone, she allowed herself to take a deep breath. The flight suits had many pockets, some of which the aviators used to keep a little memory or lucky charm on them. Ana did too. In the right chest pocket of her suit, she kept a small picture.

She glanced down at the crumpled and crinkly paper, the corners were dogeared and torn from use but that didn’t matter to her. What mattered was to have a piece of her family on her, always. She smiled down at the picture taken in her parent's backyard. There were her siblings surrounding her mother, all of them trying to hug her at the same time, and just beside them her father and her. He had his one arm thrown over the pile of people while he pressed her to his chest with his other arm. Ana had both her arms thrown around his middle. They all were smiling brightly into the camera, the laughter of that day resounded loud in her memory.

Watching the picture just a moment longer, her thumb stroked over the corner of the paper before she put it back into her pocket. A glance at her watch told her she had to hurry.

Arriving at the classroom inside the hangar she was the last to join the group. Naturally, they had already chosen and taken their seats.

Walking up to the tables set up where the aircraft usually were stored, she spied Hondo standing to the side. It surprised her, but then again it shouldn’t. Where Maverick was, Hondo wasn’t far away. They had become an inseparable duo in the last years, judging from Mav's text updates and the many stories of her father. Many about how he sent them everywhere together, Maverick's companion and his watchful eyes wherever her father couldn’t follow him himself.

Hondo looked over, his eyes lit up with recognition, she could have sworn to have seen a small smirk appear on his face. In a way, it felt weird to have so many people involved in this mission with whom she had personal connections. Maverick, Rooster, and Hondo now too. She wondered if that would make everything more complicated or easier. There was also still the question of what they were here for and how serious their task would be. Ana couldn’t yet estimate how it would be. Some part of her, deep down, worried about it.

Letting her eyes pan over the tables she realized two things. There was only one more empty seat available and it was beside Hangman in the first row. She had to stifle a groan. That was the last place she wanted to sit.

Slowly she made her way to the front where she slipped into the single free chair beside the cocky bastard. Upon seeing Ana take the seat beside him Hangman started to grin. She wanted to wipe that cocky, wolfish grin out of his face. Hard. When he opened his mouth her desire to strangle him only intensified.

“You know if you wanted to be near me you could have said something yesterday evening and I gladly would have taken you to my place.”

“I’m not that desperate to be around someone who’s all bark and no bite.” She glared at him from the side but Hangman only chuckled and put a toothpick between his lips.

“I’m all bite too Darlin’. Just need you to let me show you.” He leaned towards her and winked. The way he was grinning told her he was utterly pleased with himself and the comeback he had come up with. As he leaned back in his seat she got the impression that to him it was like he had just won a prize. It angered her, even more, when the way he nonchalantly flipped the toothpick in his mouth with just his tongue sent ripples through her, causing a tingling sensation in the pit of her stomach.

“Attention on deck!” Everyone rose to their feet, back straight, eyes forward and hands at their sides as their superiors walked into the hangar. Rear Admiral Simpson stopped beside Hondo on the side while Vice Admiral Bates walked up to the podium.

“Morning. Welcome to your special training detachment. Be seated.” The chairs scraped against the floor as they sat down again. There was an air of eagerness and curiosity between everyone.

“I'm Admiral Bates, NAWDC commander. You're all TOP GUN graduates. The elite. The best of the best.” Warlock briefly stopped. “That was yesterday.”

She furrowed her brows at his words. He had just praised them immensely only to shoot them down the next moment. Why?

“The enemy's new fifth-generation fighter has leveled the playing field. Details are few, but you can be sure we no longer possess the technological advantage.

Success, now more than ever, comes down to the man or woman in the box.”

Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed Hangman turn his head to the other side, glancing somewhere to their left before he looked straight ahead again. It distracted her, causing another wave of annoyance to wash over her. She didn’t want to be distracted by him, not right now, not ever. To make matters worse he had been bouncing his leg under the table. The movement in her peripheral vision wasn’t making it any easier to pay attention to her superior.

“Half of you will make the cut. One of you will be named mission leader. The other half will remain in reserve.” This time when Hangman turned his head - towards her before he glanced behind - she knew exactly where or rather who he was looking at. She knew Rooster sat just two rows behind them. Their squabble at the bar was still fresh in her mind. Anyone who knew these aviators, even just the slightest, would also know that the role of mission leader was a head-to-head fight between Hangman and Rooster. Hangman always had to be the best. Losing was no option for him. She knew he would fight for that position with everything he had, perhaps even dirty. Normally she wouldn’t have cared for these power games between colleagues but Rooster was something more than just her fellow aviator. She was somewhat protective of the man she had grown up with near side by side.

Discreetly grabbing the pen that lay before her, she slowly put her hand under the table, the pen tightly clutched into her hand. In a swift movement, she shoved the tip of the pen into the side of his leg, poking - stabbing - him. Hangman’s head shot back towards her, a hint of surprise had dilated his pupils, his mouth opened a hint. Ana glared at him from the side, pulling her hand back before she changed her mind and placed her hand on his knee, pushing it down to stop the incessant bouncing of it. Hangman continued to stare at her, a small smirk tugging at his lips as she pulled her hand back. This time entirely.

“Your instructor is a TOP GUN graduate with real-world experience in every mission aspect you will be expected to master. His exploits are legendary.”

Approaching footsteps resounded in the large hall, echoing from the floor and the high ceilings as Warlock continued his speech. Like her fellow aviators, Ana too glanced behind to catch a first glimpse at their instructor. Other than them however she already knew who their instructor was. So it wasn’t Maverick’s approaching figure that caught her attention as it did her colleagues. Her view fell onto Coyote, whose face fell, mouth turned upside down, and jaw tight.

He, Payback, and Hangman had thrown Maverick out of the Hard Deck the night before, all three displaying rather cocky and demeaning behaviors towards their senior. Now that behavior would bite them in the butt.

“And he's considered to be one of the finest pilots this program has ever produced.”

Hangman’s expression was even better than Coyote’s. She watched him turn back forward with slumped shoulders and closed eyes, rubbing over them and the bridge of his nose with his thumb and pointer finger.

“What he has to teach you may very well mean the difference between life and death.”

Seeing the otherwise cocky and self-assured pilot with so much regret and defeat amused her greatly. She snickered quietly to herself but not quietly enough. Opening his eyes again Hangman glanced over at her. Ana shrugged her shoulders.

“You didn’t know?”, she taunted him.

“You did?” He asked her with one raised brow. Once again she shrugged her shoulders. Still smiling she turned back towards the front as Maverick walked through the two rows of tables to the front.

“I give you Captain Pete Mitchell. Callsign: ‘Maverick’.” Watching Maverick take to the podium made her smile even more.

“Good Morning.” Maverick looked over the rows of aviators, staying a beat longer on Ana than the others. She gave him a brief nod and the slightest hint of a smile on her face. Then he held up a thick bundle of paper held together by a metal file fastener.

“The F-18 NATOPS.” He patted the front of the thick stack of papers, putting it down on the podium before continuing.

“It contains everything they want you to know about your aircraft. I'm assuming you know the book inside and out.” A chorus of affirmations followed his words. Maverick glanced over at Cyclone and Warlock, Ana noticed and sat up straighter. That look, albeit she couldn’t entirely tell what, meant Maverick was about to do something controversial, potentially - very likely - getting himself in trouble. He took up the manual again, chucking it into the bin beside the podium. With a heavy thud, it landed.

Ana couldn’t help but snort in surprise and disbelief. It was so on-brand for Maverick that it shouldn’t surprise her. She had heard so many stories about his shenanigans even if she had never seen them firsthand until now. The others seemed shocked, Hangman glanced over at her and for a brief moment, their eyes locked.

“So does your enemy.”

That one sentence was enough to bring his point across. And to bring Ana back to professionality. She turned serious once more, listening intently to him, mentally preparing for whatever they - whatever Mav - was going to ask from them.

“But what the enemy doesn't know is your limits. I intend to find them, test them, push beyond. Today we'll start with what you only think you know. You show me what you're made of.” Even with the seriousness of the mission, she was sensing ever stronger, the corners of her mouth turned up once more. She knew how Maverick flew and she knew how good he was. Ana may have never seen him fly in an F-18 but the stories she has heard about his career were enough to have her excited. She was looking forward to being able to go head-to-head with her godfather. Finally. It was something she had been wanting to do since she was little. Since the first time she heard the stories about both Mav and her father’s legendary exploits.

Throughout the entire group, an air of excitement developed. Of course, the others longed to prove their talent. Maybe they even thought they had a chance against Maverick, thinking they’d have an easy time showing him up.

When they were dismissed the scrape of chairs against the floor was loud, everyone eager to get themselves and their aircrafts ready. Flying was second nature to them. Every single person in this detachment was as comfortable in the air as on the floor. You had to have a love for the skies to get so far. Chatter erupted within the group, mainly the duo’s talking to their partners. While they all filtered towards the exit Maverick spoke up once more.

“Lieutenant Lawson, a word?” Ana stopped and turned around. The others had briefly stopped too to watch her and Maverick.

“Yes, sir.” She agreed with a nod. Maverick eyed the aviators, prompting them to stop staring at them and continue filtering out. Once they left the hangar it was just the two of them. Maverick stepped up to her.

“You don’t look surprised.” Was the first thing he said to her. She smiled at that.

“How could I? I figured it out yesterday. You coming back at the same time they call the best Top Gun graduates of the last years back for a special training? Who else would they get to teach us?” It made him smile too. An earnest, flattered, if a little embarrassed smile.

“Come here.” Maverick pulled her into a hug. The one he couldn’t have yesterday at the bar when he wanted to hug her for the first time in a while. It felt good to hug her godfather again, after such a long time.

They stayed like that for a moment before Maverick sighed and pulled back. He looked at her almost remorseful and equally as serious. “You know I can’t go easy on you. I’ll have to be even stricter.”

“I know.” she nodded. “Wouldn’t want it any other way.”

Him going easy on her would be the exact opposite of what she wanted. There was a reason she wasn’t Ana Kazansky but Ana Lawson in the Navy. Because she had wanted to make it on her own, without having it made easier thanks to her last name. Maverick smiled down at her as well, seemingly knowing what she was thinking at that moment. He knew the reason after all.

“At least I finally get to go up against you now.” She was giddy about that prospect, her fingers kept itching to go get ready and to show him. Maverick grinned at her.

“You think you can hold yourself against me?” He asked her in a playful banter, causing her to laugh.

“Of course! You’ll see, I'll show you what I am made out of.” Shaking his head Maverick looked at her with fond eyes once more, before he shooed her off with a wave.

Watching her leave the hangar to get ready for the training Maverick kept watching her retreating form. He would have to go in a moment too.

“If you are anywhere close to your father, you’ll be doing just fine kiddo,” he mumbled to himself, thinking back on the times he and Ice flew together. He too was excited to get into the air with Ice’s legacy.

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pitinthelanepages · 1 year

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we need more Juan Manuel imagines !! the one you wrote was so good i loved it💗💗

summary: it's hard for your boyfriend, juan manuel correa, to focus on the movie. especially when you're wearing glasses.

genre: suggestive! fluff

a/n: i am back to keep jm nation alive, again 🤓

here's another jm oneshot i wrote, if anyone wants to read!

As an IT engineer, you have always been passionate about technology and enjoy the challenge of solving complex problems. You met Juan Manuel Correa, the F2 driver, at a social event and hit it off instantly. Despite your busy schedules, both of you decide to pursue a relationship and try to make it work.

Your job involves long hours of programming, testing, and troubleshooting software systems. You often work late nights and are on call for technical emergencies, which can make it difficult to plan activities with Juan. Meanwhile, Juan spends most of his time travelling around the world for training and races, and also has to maintain his physical fitness to stay competitive.

As a result of both of your demanding careers, you struggle to find time for each other. You try to stay in touch through video calls and messaging apps, but it's not the same as being together in person. You often miss each other's calls or have to cancel plans due to last-minute work commitments or travel arrangements.

Despite the challenges, as a couple, both of you remain committed to making your relationship work. You prioritise quality time when you can, such as planning weekend getaways or attending each other's events whenever possible. You also make an effort to support each other's careers and interests, whether it's by attending a race or sharing updates on the latest tech trends.

Today is one of those days you finally have time for each other so you planned it to be a movie night ahead. As you prepare for the movie, you make some popcorn while Juan sets up the TV. You had decided to watch a classic action movie that you had both been wanting to see for a while. Once everything is ready, you snuggle up on the couch and start the movie. The opening credits roll and you both settle in, munching on popcorn.

However, you notice the subtitles are too small for you to see them clearly so you disappear into your bedroom before appearing beside him with a set of glasses perched up on your nose. Initially, Juan doesn’t notice it as he is too immersed into the intense action scenes playing on the screen before you two but when he finally takes a glance at you, only to steal a couple more within a minute.

Though you two have been dating for some time, somehow he has never noticed that you wear glasses. The way they perch on your nose, the lenses magnifying your eyes, make you look even more beautiful than usual.

"Is everything okay?" You ask, noticing his gaze.

Juan swallows hard. "Yeah, everything's great. I just... I didn't know you wore glasses."

You chuckle. "Yeah, I'm near-sighted. I usually wear contacts, but they're bothering me today."

Juan can't help but stare. The glasses make you look somehow vulnerable and sexy at the same time. He finds himself imagining all sorts of scenarios involving you in glasses, and his heart starts racing as he finds himself beginning to sweat in the comfort of his living room where the temperature has relatively been cold.

"You look amazing," he blurts out, his gaze intense yet lost in thoughts.

You raise an eyebrow. "What, in my glasses?"

He nods, feeling his face flush. "Yeah. I mean, you always look amazing, but there's something about the glasses that... I don't know. You look very cute. But don’t worry, I swear my thoughts are platonic."

You laugh. "Okay, now you're just teasing me and platonic thoughts, really?"

He shakes his head. "No, I'm serious. I can't believe I never noticed before. You should wear them more often."

You smile, and Juan feels a jolt of electricity shoot through him. He knows that this is going to be a long night, but he doesn't care.

What he doesn’t know is that you have been his girlfriend for long enough to notice something is up with him but you choose not to mention it.

Later that night, you get ready for bed, slipping into your favourite pyjamas and running a brush through your hair. As you finish up your nightly routine, you feel Juan’s arms wrap around you in a loving embrace.

"Hey there," He murmurs, nuzzling his face into your neck.

"Hey yourself," You reply, smiling at the warmth of his embrace.

He tightens his arms around you, and you can feel his heartbeat against your back. You close your eyes and lean into him, savouring the feeling of his body against yours.

"I know I swore they were just platonic thoughts," He says softly, his lips brushing against your ear. "But I have to be honest with you. Seeing you in those glasses tonight really turned me on. I couldn't stop thinking about you the whole time."

You’re surprised by his confession, but you also feel a sense of excitement and intrigue. You turn in his arms, facing him and looking up into his eyes.

"Really?" you ask, raising an eyebrow.

Juan nods, his gaze intense. "Yeah. I just can't help it. You look so sexy in glasses."

You feel a blush rising in your cheeks, but also a spark of desire in your belly. You had never thought of glasses as something sexy before, but the way Juan is looking at you makes you feel a rush of heat.

"I had no idea," you murmur, feeling suddenly shy.

He leans down and kisses you, his hands running through your hair. "Well, now you do," he whispers against your lips. The glasses are long forgotten as you explore each other's lips, the warmth of your embrace taking over.

"I love you," Juan whispers, pulling away from the kiss. "And I always will."

"I love you too," you say, your heart swelling with joy and anticipation. "And I can't wait to see what other surprises you have in store for me."

#juan manuel correa #juan manuel correa x reader #f2 #f2 writing #f2 fic #f2 x reader #f2 imagine #f2 fanfic #f1 writing #f1 x reader #f1 x you #f1 imagine #f1 fanfic #f1 fic

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boojangs · 2 months

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hi there! first of all: i hope you are doing well in your health & family/personal matters. to go through whatever it may be AND still deliver lengthy updates on three different stories? that is WILD dude. so yeah, do take care of yourself <3 also related to the stories, this is also where one of my questions stems from (sorry, i got a couple questions into one today): how do you manage different stories simultaneously? do you use any software/app to track the storyline or something?! that is fucking impressive! as for my second question - which is YMU-related: for the Victoria arc, did you plan that way ahead for this story or was it something you plan on exploring differently? I'm still catching up on ch18 & can tell this is a challenging topic they must overcome before all is well in the soon-to-be all-Addams couple. which leads me to something that got my attention in between readings: does your fic "Addams" converse with the HAA/YMU universe in any way? sure thing they're 22 and Other Things Happen in that one shot but the whole "enid brought in during summer" and some hints that they've overcome stuff lead me to believe that they were related or in a drama-less packed size AU somehow. either way, thank YOU for your service with your amazing work. take care & i hope to see more of the stories you have to tell us :)

I saw this and wanted to make sure I had time to properly answer, LFG:

My health is as good as it can be right now, so we'll take that win for now. The family matters are unfortunately grim and we are waiting for the inevitable, essentially. My stories are my coping mechanism and a very good distraction from what goes on around me sometimes. How are you? 🥰

To answer your question about juggling multiple stories (four right now lmao), I use a little thing called ADHD. I have a notes app of my own characters and their descriptions, the rest of my fuckery lives and breathes inside my head. I can switch easily, which is cool!

The Victoria storyline was always meant to be a foil for Enid and a test for Wednesday, once I settled into writing YMU. people have lamented the recycled storyline from Home and Away, with Wednesday keeping secrets, but she didn't really grow from that experience. She will this time. Also the stakes are now incredibly high, but I'm not going to defend it here again. I've had a Wednesday headcanon since I first watched the show, and I cannot believe I actually get to share it now because of this story.

Very astute of you! "Addams" can definitely be viewed as in the same vein, just a different path in the world I've created. It's not their exact future now, as that will be coming soon too, but could be a fun little thought 😉

Thank YOU for supporting my lunacy and my many, many forms of wenclair. I have so many stories bouncing around in my head, who knows if we'll see future one-shots 🩷🖤

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four-loose-screws · 4 months

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Blog Update 2023.12.19

Hey ya'll, I've been a bit quiet for a couple of weeks - there's been holidays, end of the year projects at work, all those IRL shenanigans. But lots of B I G stuff is going on both for my translations and life decisions, so it is time for an update!

First - I mentioned previously that I made the decision to translate the FE2 and FE6 novelizations at the same time. But I hadn't decided on the details until now, so I will report them here!

In case you missed the first announcement: I made the decision to translate FE2 and FE6 simultaneously because the FE2 novelization has been the most difficult to understand and translate of all FE novels so far. The writer used high-level vocab and wrote in thick, chunky paragraphs, so translating 2 pages a day has gone from a simple task to a gargantuan burden. The FE6 novel, on the other hand, was written as the 3rd book in the FE7 novel set. Having already translated FE7 and knowing there is more dialogue than flowery prose, I knew FE6 would be much easier to translate, and allow my brain some time to relax, while still allowing me the ability to translate regularly.

FE2 Book 1 will upload over the span of 6 months, between Jan - June 2024. I had this book mostly translated (I translate 6 months ahead of my Tumblr queue.) by the time I decided it was too difficult to complete FE2 all in one go. So I will just post this book all together, like I have done for all my novel translations in the past.

For FE2 Book 2 and FE6, I will alternate chapters from July 2024 - 2025 (end month TBD). So the schedule will be: FE6 Ch. 1 -> FE2 Book 2 Ch. 1 -> FE6 Ch. 2 -> FE2 Book 2 Ch. 2, etc.

Once the holidays are over next week, I'll be be able to focus getting caught back up on asks and requests as well.

Now for my IRL new news - after a 5 year "trial run" in Japan and a 5 year "trial run" in the US, I've decided that my permanent living location will be Japan! Cue the confetti! And my family has too. It feels important to acknowledge their full consent in the process, ha ha.

It won't be an easy life as I am 0% Japanese (as is my family), but there are many advantages to being an outsider looking in to Japan, so I want to embrace them and go back to loving everything I loved about the lifestyle there. Plus I have not been able to get a job in a Japanese company in the US - and I did NOT spend ~$50k on a Japanese major just to lose my speaking abilities, thank you very much!!

This is another reason why requests have been answered slower recently - I've been filling out job apps, and figuring out the moving back attack plan. Nothing is decided yet - finding a job willing to hire from overseas, and getting a work visa again, etc. takes many months - but I'll keep posting updates whenever I know my translations upload schedule will be affected!!

Thank you all for continuing to read my translations!! ❤️❤️

P.S. It feels so much better applying to jobs when I have some actual experience to leverage, and my tone is not "plz hire me I am a 20-something baby who needs $$ or else I will starve."

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platonic-tony-stark · 1 month

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Hey 👋 I know it’s rough right now, I really do understand it. Life is tough but you shouldn’t shame yourself for having these feelings ! What you feel right now is completely valid and you deserve to acknowledge those feelings and not feel a guilt about them. I don’t know you but I can assure you that you are wanted in this life and you are needed in this life. We all have different ways of coping and just because yours is a fictional universe billions of galaxies away doesn’t mean you’re doing something wrong. BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY this feeling of suffocation and darkness that you probably feel carries itself on your shoulders everyday WILL PASS and that little voice inside your head that says “that’s bullshit, you’re wrong it won’t go away” is very very wrong. No matter how hard it gets never let that voice win. You are worthy of happiness and it will come your way. That voice is a liar and in a few years time you will be glad you didn’t listen to it. Everyone yearns for the past and for childhood to come back and embrace them like a warm blanket but if you get so caught up in the past you are going to forget to look ahead and around at the current moment. You might think it’s the end and that isn’t true, it’s the beginning. I know that sound cliche but you need to remember it has been proven that multiple realities exist so somewhere in those realities your comfort characters are reading your story and watching you right now and I can tell you with full confidence they are screaming “DONKT GIVE UP JUST YET, I DONT WANT THIS STROY TO END”. We all as readers of your blog no matter if they like, comment or just appreciate from afar are also begging you to carry on. You are so strong to have come this far, carry on. YOU HAVE GOT THIS! Drink some water and eat something small. You deserve that much at least. Now start the next chapter in your life, your comfort characters can’t wait to see what’s next xx 💚💖💚 (anytime you see this at the end of an anon that’s me and I appreciate you being here)

Wow wow wow. First of all, damn tumblr looks hella different now. Secondly, I can't believe, my posts are still around and still getting LIKES amd Follows. Like my guy- I've been gone for almost 2 years now I think. I was on some times but not active active yk. I truly believe nobody missed me EXCEPT this person.

SO UPDATE. I ain't dead. And got professional help. Brain chemicals balanced and stable environment. I moved and sorted things out at work.

I joined loads of communities and wrote some fics on AO3. I still love tony and the OG Marvel Stuff but clicked out after endgame and the spiderman movie after.

Just wanted yall to know i never deinstalled the app and never ever thought to delete all this. I kind want to continue but want to kept the atmosphere of the first avenger movie and around iron man 1 & 2 i just love the nostalgia. In my humble opinion the best era.

Thanks for read and I might beginning to post again. Maybe. Let's see what the morning brings

Cheers yall!

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i--antimony · 3 months

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didn't poast last week so this is a two-week extravaganza post! con: got roped into DMing dnd pro: none of these fools have read mdzs so i can steal plots from there. hope the party is ready to be lead on a quest by a disembodied arm!

listening: oh shit SO many things. i will not be linking to all of them.

depeche mode: basically just their top songs on spotify, not any specific album. strong shoutout to 'shake the disease' and 'wrong' (which featured in my secret samol post!)

disturbed: ditto

franz ferdinand: albums 'hits to the head' and 'tonight'. throwbacks

phoenix: 'wolfgang amadeus phoenix' ditto throwback

inxs: 'x' DITTO throwback. doesn't hit the same as when i first listened to em years ago unfortunately

streetlight manifesto: album 'somewhere in the between'

boy and bear: 'harlequin dream'

sammy rae: 'let's throw a party', 'the good life', and their 'everybody wants to rule the world' cover

hozier: 'wasteland baby' and 'unreal unearth'

paramore: album 'this is why'

grizzly bear: 'veckatimiest' and 'painted ruins'

haken: their newest album 'fauna' because i'm thinking about whether or not to go to one of their shows in feb (leaning towards yes right now)

my SO's pinecore playlist

shosty symphony no 5 (<3)

and, finally, a lot of borodin symphony no. 1 in e flat and the last two movements of rimsky-korsakov golden cockerel because that's what the youth orchestra i'm volunteering with is playing right now haha

for podcasts, i've listened to the new counter/weight prequel eps! i'm so charmed to see these characters again. i still haven't finished millenium break holiday special because i lost my spot when a bunch of an episode played without sound by accident so i finally went and scrubbed back to the beginning of the episode (it's the second to last part) so by next week i will FINALLY be out of holiday special zone.

reading: finished rereading tgcf lol,,, in loving memory of square checkbox: apparently apple is switching to circle ones? hateful wikipedia page for kessler syndrome my friend @celestialtourguide sent me a dm to ask about a few of the characters in this manuscript and i was immediately charmed by it. it's so pretty, i loved the informational blurbs, just really cool stuff. it was already on waybackmachine but i've gone ahead and updated it.

watching: kurtis conner looksmaxxing. weird little subculture peek. rewatched sideways' why the music in cats 2019 is worse than you thought because my roommate was interested. this led us to the same channel's why avatar has the most ironic soundtrack of all time because roommate misread ironic as iconic and she really likes that movie. no accounting for taste, but aight. much more interesting than i thought it would be. that video then lead us to tony hinnigan's woodwind demos because hell fuckin yes. big-ass panpipes.

i've been keeping up on dunmeshi anime in little watch sessions with my SO, and also am working through kill la kill with him! i've seen it before but he has not so i'm really enjoying that.

playing: fallow.

making: i managed to finish my secret samol gift in time for reveal day!!! comics are fuckin hard dude!!!! i don't know if i'll be doing it again but it was a fun challenge. i decided to use a New App for some reason instead of procreate because procreate has not been hitting right and i wanted comic half tone brushes for this project. app is called sketchbook, it's an orange icon with a pencil on it. shrug! it's fine! i'll probably keep using it for a bit. started working on an english paper piecing project! soliciting tips for that because right now my method is: cut out hexagon using pattern piece i made to be 1/4 in larger all around than the template, gluestick template onto hexagon, baste edges down neatly, whip-stitch right sides together. remove template once all six sides have something attached. i'm sure there's a better way to streamline this process, i'll have to experiment. this will end up as a dice bag i think.

finally, pottery starts again this week! so next week will have some of that in here

eating: ah beans i did not do a good job keeping track of this. uh. made the ground pork & cabbage thing again because my roommate got SO much napa cabbage for making kimchi and we had a shitload left over. napa cabbage isn't as good as a more standard cabbage for this imo, standard cabbage tends to be a little sweeter i think once it's cooked in? idk. had some stage 5 mental illness moments last week trying to cook dinner on a very short time scale with lots of other shit to do, following a recipe because fucking of course my roommate wanted me to cook with a recipe that night. anyways.

misc: like said at the top, somehow i managed to sign up for Another Activity god damn it. so now every saturday evening i run dnd. tl;dr i'm in a group irl that meets biweekly, someone who i give a lift to for that was complaining in the car that their other online group's dm ragequit after his encounter wasn't well-balanced (skill issue) and before thinking about it i just was like oh well i could probably step in if you need! god damn ittttt lol i have missed dming so it should be fun. i vibe checked them for a session 0 last week and they seem chill and honestly shouldn't be too much work on my end, especially if i yoink plots from mdzs ha ha ha. other than that, all is basically well. i've settled back into a schedule, applied for some summer positions (!), and absolutely hate the amount of busy work in one of my two classes. yippee

#tuesdayposting

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wooblrb · 2 months

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the law of being friends with a male: 14 (∗˃̶ ᵕ ˂̶∗)

genre,, fluff, friends to lovers, slow burn ??

pairing: junghoon x fem!reader

warnings: a lot of dialogue,,

masterlist 𓇢𓆸

taglist ^-^: @dogyunslover @fordohyon @anxiousskylar

a/n: HELLOOOO :PPP sorry i havent been updatings ive been SOOO BUSYYY ( ꒦ິ ཀ ꒦ິ ) ILL TRY TO POST MORE OFTENNN Ꮚ ᵒ̴̶̷̥ ‸ ᵒ̴̶̷̣̥ Ꮚ alsoo sorry for such boring chapterss ill try write them more juicier LOL hope yall enjoy thiss lmk what you think ৻( •̀ ᗜ •́ ৻)

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“i’m home!” i announce as i walk into my house.

what a strange day. jinsik only said that because he likes bora.. i’m not like him. i don’t like junghoon like that. the only thing i’m really worried about is that i might never see junghoon smile again.

i grab my phone and open my messaging app. i tap junghoons contact and start typing.

‘thats why i have to do this..!’

i push send and let out a little yelp.

little did i know.. that text will create an issue in the future.

authors pov

“junghoon~ sorry im late! the bus took too long. did you wait a long time?” jinsik waves at junghoon while approaching.

“no, i just got here.” junghoon responds.

“lets go. what did you want to eat.”

“ahh i feel bad that i was late. i'll pay for dinner! you pick.” jinsik says while playfully punching junghoon’s arm.

“no. i said i would pay for it. lets go somewhere nearby.” junghoon walks ahead , trying to find somewhere to eat. “wahh kim junghoon is too nice(,,>﹏<,,)” jinsik runs and catches up to junghoon.

they start walking down the street and talk about random things.

“oh right i need to get a book from the bookstore! and a pillow but i can go another day.” jinsik mentions as he points to the bookstore thats nearby.

junghoon nods and follows him.

“by the way, why did you take the bus? isnt the subway closer to your house?” junghoon asks curiously as they walk inside the store.

“oh i wasn’t at home. i was on *** street.” he replies looking through the math workbooks.

“hm why were you on that street? its pretty far from your house.” junghoon questions more as he looks around at the books.

“ahh i was with y/n. i was so distracted with our conversation that i forgot to part ways” jinsik chuckles, still looking through the books.

“just the two of you?”

“huh? oh yeah just me and her. i think the is the work book i need lets go!” jinsik walks to the checkout but stops after seeing that junghoon isnt following.

“junghoon? lets go eat!”

“oh. okay.”

junghoon and jinsik start walking to the restaurant but then sudddenly junghoon’s phones buzzes.

he grabs his phone and sees that y/n texted. he reads the text then dials her number.

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y/ns pov

*are you free tommorrow? do you maybe want to go with me to buy jinsik a birthday gift?*

“i sent it!” i mumble while looking at the sent message to junghoon.

it would've been better if i had asked him in person… but everytime i see him, he avoids eye contact. what did i even do to him?! well.. to be honest. the thing that bothers me the most is… he isnt showing me his beautiful smile.

but if i were to ask him.. that would be awkward.

i look down at my phone and see he just read the text.

“AHH! ( ꩜ ᯅ ꩜;)⁭ “ i yelp as i hide myseldf under the blankets.

i peak out my head waiting for his reply.

‘why is he not answering back? is he ignoring my texts now too T-T'

i reach out my hand to check but suddenly i get a call.

‘a call..?’

i click the answer button.

“ehem…hello?” i say softly.

“i called because i had a question. when will you be available tomorrow.” junghoon asks directly.

“oh, i-i’m free anytime! its the weekend after all. hehe.” i get up from my laying position and sit straight up on my bed.

“hm then how about and 2?”

“thats perfect..!”

“what kind of present are you going to get?” he asks.

“uhh i havet decided yet..what about you?”

“me neither”

“well then we can just decide on the way!… okay great…yes! see you tomorrow!” junghoon ends the call.

‘nice.. i did it!!’

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next day~~

my plan has been following along well. the first step was to meet junghoon outside of school. second step. i would ask him if he is truly upset with me and why in a natural way. third step. accept his apology for whatever he's upset about, and then i'll see his smile again!!

THE END! ദ്ദി ˉ͈̀꒳ˉ͈́ )✧

“what are you looking at? and why are you giving a thumbs up?” junghoon asks, slightly weirded out.

“huh? its nothing. lets go..” i reply while scraching the back of my neck.

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#junghoon x reader #junghoon xikers #kpop #xikers fanfic #xikers fluff #xikers imagines #xikers reactions #xikers #xikers x reader #jinsik xikers #jinsik #jinsik x reader

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wishbrightdreams · 2 months

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Reinvention Progress Update #1

Hiya dreamers! This week was a bit harder on me for my mental health, so I didn’t get as much done as I would have liked to. But there’s always next week!

My weekly progress:

Health: l bought a cold-pressed juicer on Amazon this week! This weekend I’m going to be prepping juice for the week ahead. I also ate pretty healthy surprisingly this week (except for one night when I had a small pizza and a brownie.) I will be meal prepping breakfast wraps on Sunday for the week as well. I walked for 5 mins on the treadmill, I also did a 3 min exercise in bed routine. I did less movement this week due to my mental health not being that great. I also got under the red light three times.

Professional: I worked more on my pre-work for my online course. I just missed two days of not doing any work (again due to my mental health). But I will continue to work on it this weekend and up until the course start date (which is next Friday) I’m attending an event later this month that’s in my field so I won’t be updating this goal until the event has past. No progress on me finding a mentor in my field (but the organization I’m doing the online course with offers a mentorship program which I will check out).

Adulting: I booked an eye check up appointment which was very much needed (I’m overdue). I rearranged my reminders app to better suit my neurodivergent brain.

Hobbies: I updated my welcome post on my Tumblr blog. I only practiced improving my cursive/printing once this week. I made three personal subliminal’s this week.

Social: I joined a women’s sisterhood online group on Meetup. Their next social group meet up is in the middle of the month. I had my therapy session this week, I’m going to try and get to the library or cafe in town on my own for 20 minutes (to start). This will help with my agoraphobia I’ve developed.

Healing/Spiritual: No manifesting success this week. No spirit guided meditations this week (will try to do this weekend though). I did do two hypnotherapy audio meditations I found on YouTube though. Not really any progress with my practice detachment and energy protection.

Style/Self-Care: No progress on this.

Bucket List: No progress on this.

What I need to work on:

Style/Self-Care: I will try to get into a skincare routine this week. I also need to buy a fidget toy before my online course starts so I can keep focus.

Next week I will focus on:

1. Prepping for my online course

2. Making freshly made juices

3. Joining a manifestation course and spiritual community

That’s all for now dreamers!

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minjeonpark · 1 year

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Chapter 28 & things to address..

Hello, it’s your favorite absent author-nim. Lmao

Chapter 28 is up and ready for your eyes. I had a sweet time writing this one because it’s the gate to all lovey dovey stuff.

*heart flutters*

On a more serious/concerning update, there’s a lot of things stemming from one thing that I need to address. Please bare with me as I open the gates of *drum roll* anonymous readers (?) that have been abusing that anonymous button on the ask section of this app.

At first (for months) I didn't want to bring attention to the nonstop harassment I've been getting over here but I feel like there's a person (or several) that have been abusing that anonymous button for months.

And it sucks.

At first, I simply deleted the asks that these people sent because I couldn't be bothered but lately it's all I've been getting (to the point of not being able to find the nice comments) and if their goal is to make me post more often....I'm here to inform you that it's not working, obviously.

Threatening me to post the next update actually hinders me from doing so because my inspiration is gone the moment I read those asks. If you're wondering why I'm no longer active on Tumblr is mainly because of this and now I dread opening this app. with all the due respect that my mother raised me with…please stop.

This is meant to be a pleasing distraction from everyday life. We are here to make friends and to build a safe space, something that lately its not for me.

I believe this story is not that good to be receiving threats over. Sure, I love this story too, I deeply love my characters and it's been a joy writing about them. And I understand the need for weekly updates just as much as I want this story to go on forever. Unfortunately the weekly update thing has not been possible because I work 9-5 but if I'm being honest, I can write a full chapter in three nights. The thing is, reading really rude comments deters me from doing so, I'm sure every reader-nim that it's also an author-nim can relate to this.

And I’m not talking about the reader-nims asking me about the next update or sending great constructive criticism, NO. I’m talking about the anonymous asks that call me a b*tch (to put it in the nicest way without losing context) every time the weekend update is not posted.

As for the things among these *asks* that I -at this point- must address are:

1. How realistic the story is…NOT (?)

One of the first rude asks I got about DSIMY being not realistic at all was how can I claim it to be real when my writing is mediocre and sets the tannies up in the story.

First of all, I know I’ve said I’m trying to keep the story as realistic as possible. What I meant with that was in terms of the timeline. There’s no way I can deduce the tannies’ character down to perfection. Breaking news, I don’t know them. This is fiction even if the tags are #OriginalUniverse. Please understand this is in no way a Hybe certified biography written by a random ao3 author on the internet. *Me believes ao3 is not Wikipedia.*

As for setting the tannies up, I’m hurt that you think I am doing that and I have no clues as to why you would believe that. Again, this is fan fiction written by a random not certified writer dabbling in fan fiction on a site/archive called ao3.

I know I’m not the best writer —I never claim to be one. I know I have so much ahead of me in terms of improvement. I’m not forcing anyone to read anything I write so I don’t understand why the asks about the chapter being sh*t keep coming. If you don’t like it, please don’t read it. Spare your eyes from my writing.

2. Long/short chapters

Complaining about not long enough chapters and then following it up with the chapter being 15k words of filler writing…..I’m sorry. I’m already setting up myself with shorter more action packed chapters. It’s my first time writing fan fiction and I made the mistake of making DSIMY the introduction of the series. At this point, I’m lost on what to include in the chapters.

3. Ignoring comments

I’m not sure if this is about the many comments on ao3 that I have yet to reply to or the 50+ unanswered asks sitting in my inbox. I’ve been deleting rude asks for months here on Tumblr up until these asks literally ran me off the app. Being completely honest, seeing hateful asks at the top of the inbox has made me expect them every time I log on here. And sure thing, there they are, so I stopped altogether.

4. Teasing new stories when DSIMY needs a lot of improvement

Not gonna lie, up until now I was really proud of the story I drafted from the corners of my mind. Up until now. Now im not so sure if DSIMY is worth finishing after many asks telling me to focus on DSIMY instead of starting another shitty story. I know I can’t please everyone, I seriously thought I would receive a lot of excitement from the sequels. Crap, guess not.

5. Not addressing the rude asks

Seriously. This was a happy space for everyone up until I had to address this. I will not answer the rude asks mainly because it will start a chain of events of back and forth that I would like to avoid. And I seriously hope this will be the only time I have to bring such update.

One last thing.

Twitter is going to be my main social media from now on because even if you’re allowed to have a fake profile I can block people if they’re rude, whereas here I cant when people can call me a b*tch and a pathetic author (I'm putting this nicely btw) behind that anonymous button. I've loved Tumblr because you guys are more active here but with this happening I made the decision to stick to Twitter or no social media at all. This is not something I decided after one rude message, it's been more than a dozen since I got fired and it's seriously pushing me back from updating this story.

I will be posting teasers, and just overall updates about everything on Twitter. I will try to move the media over to there some time.

I know it’s very few people being party poopers but these few people are loud and for the sake of enjoying this journey I have to stop giving them access to being rude. I hope you understand where I’m coming from and I apologize if some of this came off in the wrong way —its not meant like that.

I’ll never take your patience and love for granted.

Love,

Your author nim.

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archangelmacaron · 2 years

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NTMF College AU Chapter 6

How am I still doing daily updates? This is wild... I just live for the small burst of serotonin from getting a heart notification, I suppose <3 I believe I'm about three chapters ahead, although I have the full story outlined (so pro!) so depending on the next few days I might need to slow on the updates a bit but... I don't wanna LOL Sending another thanks for reading and commenting and even just hitting that heart button <3

“Thankfully, Jillian is satisfied that I am fine, and not planning to do anything rash, and she has left for work early today because of errands,” Noel said with relief as she closed the bedroom door behind her. “It is barely past nine am, though. We still have several hours before sunset.”

“Do you have anywhere else you can go in the meantime?” The devil on her bed was a bit too casually posed now, sitting with his feet resting on a pile of textbooks. He had a hand on his face as if he was thinking.

“Um, not particularly... certainly not anywhere I can think of that I would be able to go to while also concealing you.” She peered out her window at the sunny day outside, wondering where she was going to sit. The only option seemed to be back on the small bed right beside him, and he was definitely taking up more of it than he had been when she'd awoken.

He closed an eye, seeming to make a slightly irritated face. “You have no projected return time for Spica, correct?”

“No. Unfortunately she is a bit unpredictable, as evidenced by her unexpected murder scheme.” Noel finally sat on the bed next to the devil, the cheap mattress sinking her closer to him. It was her room, after all, he could move if he was uncomfortable. “When she spends the night at Ribellio's she usually doesn't come back until maybe three or four in the afternoon, but sometimes she stays up all night and comes back here in the morning. If she was hoping that she killed me last night, she'll likely head back earlier to see the results, right?”

He nodded. Noel tapped her own chin thoughtfully. “Spica doesn't seem to be good at predicting our behavior, however—mine and Jillian's, I mean, I have no idea what her experience with devils is, or if you'd somehow met before.”

He shook his head. “Unless she is using a different name, we have not. Do you perhaps have a photo?”

“Ah, yes—one moment.” Noel looked around, then grabbed her smartphone from the bedside table. The battery was low, it seemed she had been too drunk to plug it in the previous night. She opened a social media app and typed in Spica's username, pulling up her account. She handed the phone to him, and he looked at her oddly.

“What would you like me to do with this?”

“Eh? That's her account. Scroll for a bit, she posts a lot of food and artsy photos, but she definitely has some selfies in there.” “Scroll?” He looked utterly bewildered.

Perhaps he is not good with technology—I wonder if all devils are like that?

“Use your thumb to touch the screen and drag it upwards.”

“Like this?” He pressed it a bit too hard, and enlarged a photo of some graffiti. Noel shook her head, reaching over.

“No, lightly. Like this.” She moved closer to him to touch the phone in his hands. She backed out of the image and demonstrated the action, then looked up to see if he'd understood—only to realize she was now practically right beneath him, if he leaned forward just a little his pointed face would be able to touch her head. She glanced down to realize that her prosthetic leg was pressed up against his, she hadn't been able to feel it. She turned away in a hurry, hoping he didn't notice.

Ah, I feel like my face is on fire again! It's just—I have not been close to males very often, and certainly not on my own bed! My parents would be fainting in shock if they saw me here now, with not just a male, but a devil next to me!

Perhaps it would serve them right for being so controlling, even now that I am an adult.

She stifled a small giggle at the thought of her parents fainting on top of each other in horror at the sight of her next to the devil. He didn't notice, having finally gotten the hang of scrolling. He paused on an image of Spica making a rude gesture at the camera with a large smile.

“You... make it bigger by tapping it, correct?”

“Ah, yes! You've got the hang of it. That's her.”

He peered at the image for several seconds, then shook his head, handing back the phone. He didn't seem to notice that he didn't have to reach very far to do so. “No, I don't recognize her.”

I'm going to have to trust that he is not lying on this. I seem to be putting a lot of trust in someone I just met—and a devil, no less!—but again I remind myself, if he had wanted to harm me, he certainly would have done so by now...

… wouldn't he?

She glanced over at him again, once again noting how much larger than her he was, emphasized again by being so close to him. Her head came up to about his chest. It would be awkward to move further away now, won't it? Would he be offended? Or is he already offended with me being right here? Ah, I don't know! I feel like the closer I am to him, the less I can think clearly. Is it fear—fear that I am refusing to consciously acknowledge—driving me mad?

She changed the subject in her mind, then verbally. “As I was saying a bit ago, Spica doesn't seem to understand my or Jillian's behavior very well. She assumed Jillian would be spending the night at her—well, I suppose they aren't girlfriends yet, as this was their first outing... Ah, anyways, Jillian is not the type to go that far on a first date! So Spica probably thinks—or hopes—that Jillian will discover my body this morning, and might be waiting to hear if she does before heading back here. That would further distance her from the crime, just in case it does get investigated.”

It would be so traumatic for Jillian to find me torn apart... I really have misjudged Spica. I thought she was simply quirky, rude, and annoying, but it seems she has a very cruel streak.

“Jillian also has one of these... mobile phones, correct? Can Spica contact her with that?”

Noel nodded. “I requested that Jillian simply ignore any texts from her today.”

“She simply agreed to such an odd request? You did not give her details, I would hope.” His eyes were narrowed at her.

She frowned. “Is that important? I trust Jillian completely.”

“I do not.” He glared down at her in a manner she found a bit aloof.

Her frown deepened. She was more than a bit sensitive about people saying anything negative about Jillian after how horrid her parents treated her friend. “You haven't even met her!” “And I do not intend to. I have doubts she'd be as casual as you appear to be when meeting a Great Devil.”

“Ah, that is true...” Jillian had been prone to panic attacks in the last few years, and seeing someone like him would certainly give her a large one. Noel shook her head. “It does not matter. I hope to have this mystery solved before the end of the weekend, and so your paths might not even cross.”

“Hmm.” She was beginning to grow a little annoyed by the non-committal noises he'd make—as if he was thinking everything she said was just slightly idiotic or doubtful. He is the one who chose to contract with me after all, for heavens knows what terms... he doesn't need to be so snooty about it! He could have just gone home!

If he had, however, she would have been dealing with this situation alone—or worse, Jillian would insist on helping her, and she didn't like the idea of her timid friend in danger. She let out a sigh.

“The point you were making—you think I should stay hidden from Spica, correct?”

“Yes. Let's keep the fact that you're alive from her as long as we can. Once she learns you aren't dead, or maimed, she may try again, depending on what her true motives were and what her cohorts demand.”

“We can assume those cohorts are Burrows, Becker, and Lorenzi—possibly more. I will not trust any members of the faculty going forward, and must also consider that other students are involved. For example, Ribellio, Spica's boyfriend... I can't really see him wanting to harm anyone, but where Spica is concerned, his behavior is very unpredictable.” She gave the devil an awkward expression. “I do not mean to make unfounded accusations, but I suspect Spica may be abusing him.”

“If he was chosen by them to perform the ceremony, then he's at least part of their plan. It doesn't matter if he's being manipulated or forced to or not. He can't be trusted. You'll need to be just as wary of him as Spica.”

“I will be.” Noel frowned. “You said you couldn't go out in public with me, and that going out in public was alone was dangerous for me, so I am not certain where precisely you suggest we hide from her.”

He thought for a moment. “Does this building have any unused rooms, like an attic?”

“Yes, but the attic entrance is in Spica's room.”

“Could you get into it without her knowing?”

“She's extremely messy, I don't think it will be difficult. But do you really think we should hide up there all day?” Noel wasn't sure how she felt about that. What exactly would we do to pass the time?

A very unusual thought entered her mind, and she physically shook her head to chase it out. Once again, he didn't seem to notice her slightly strange behavior.

“Yes. We'll be able to hear her when Spica comes back and potentially gain a little insight into her motives by what she does next. It won't be that long before sunset.”

“If you say so,” Noel said with a grimace, carefully standing. “Um, I'll need to get dressed now.”

He nodded. “Do that.”

She waited. He didn't move, simply looking at her with sharp red eyes. She gave him an expectant look. He only blinked.

She let out a huff, shaking her head and gathering her clothing before heading into the small bathroom to change. He didn't seem to understand her annoyance. She thought she heard him mutter something as she closed the door, but she wasn't certain.

#fanfic

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bbarican · 2 years

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august 28, 2022; 7:10 pm - long weekend

long post ahead! i feel like i havent really had the time again to just sit down and update my tumblr (and even myself tbh) with everything thats going on with my life so fair warning this post is going to be super long but feel free to read along

work:

i hate how work is all i ever think about nowadays kasi wala naman akong jowa, all my friends are busy too, tapos na yung board exam pumasa na ko and everything so talagang when i have problems at work, its all my brain can think about and its really exhausting

ill try to go in depth again about work in another post next time pero all i can say is its both really fun to be challenged but also its just really tiring too kasi it isnt the most ideal way of being challenged (if that makes any sense)

im just really thankful for my work friends kasi they constantly remind me na oo nga pala im not alone and they understand me more than anyone could kasi theyre living through these challenges too

family:

my tita and tito are leaving this week and its really bittersweet! i love having them here kasi nga its a great break from the mundane but its also very tiring to constantly have to be a host every single day so all in all im just really glad they got to visit and that they had fun here during their stay!

sana most of my cousins could come to our house tomorrow for my little celebration kasi i really do miss them plus ang daming pagkain na balak lutuin/bilhin ng nanay ko and i dont want that to go to waste

i miss my kuya so much and i wish march would come sooner para nandito na siya for a few months of vacation

i love my family and our dogs so much and im forever thankful for all the blessings we receive everyday and that we're always safe

personal:

where the fuck did this rain come from? it was partially sunny from yesterday to this morning and now its pouring again - i love the rain, not so much the lightning, but i really hope it doesnt rain tomorrow

im so excited for tomorrow kasi my brain is already making a mental to do list of the things i want to accomplish tomorrow before guests start arriving

im so emotional and extra bloated kasi magkakaroon na ulit ako ng period and most of the time naaamaze parin ako sa flor app kasi sobrang accurate niya when it comes to telling you how long before you get your period again (that is, if you make sure to always update the calendar once you do get your period)

i dont exactly know what to wear yet tomorrow - and yes inisiip ko parin yun kahit na sa bahay lang naman kami magcecelebrate

i got the tiny spray bottle that came with my keyboard cleaner to work! akala ko sira talaga siya ever since i got it pero i think i just havent been pushing it correctly all this time lang

i kinda want a cute mousepad too kasi ang panget ng mousepad na gamit ko whenever i use my laptop

music:

talk that talk is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO much better than pink venom when it comes to comeback singles

im so so so happy about twice sounding more like they did around mid 2019-2020 kasi thats my favorite era from them and im just really happy na talk that talk fits that sound ive always been looking for from them

super love the y2k mv, the choreo is AMAZING, the song is really cute, and i really love how maganda yung distribution of lines nila in the song

theres this particular song i recently fell in love with and instead of gatekeeping it (even though im sure some of you might already know it) im going to share it with all of you kasi its one of the loveliest songs ive discovered in a really long time - golden hour by jvke; reminds me so much of call me by your name and feeling like youre in italy and falling in love and being outside, basking in the sunlight with your lover - i really hope someone, someday, remembers me when they hear this song

and thats it for another update post! again if youve made it this far, thank you again for reading my updates; i hope you all are doing okay and are staying safe and dry!

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The Head Of Harmonix Talks About The Future Of Fortnite, The Metaverse, And Music

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The Head Of Harmonix Talks About The Future Of Fortnite, The Metaverse, And Music

A few weeks ago, I went to a Fortnite event where developer-publisher Epic Games unveiled its plan for the near future of its game: a Lego survival game, a racing game, and a music game à la Rock Band and Fuser. This is on top of the toolset allowing anyone to make and publish their own games within Fortnite.

The whole thing was kind of weird.

Not that any of the experiences are bad – the Lego thing is super not for me, but I really like the racing game (made by Psyonix, developer of Rocket League), and I think the music element has the potential to become something interesting down the road.

I’m just not so sure Epic’s utopian vision of Fortnite as this everything app makes sense. I agree with the idea that Fortnite is a great social tool – but only in the way most online video games can be great social tools. However, if my friends stopped playing Fortnite tomorrow in favor of, say, Call of Duty, I’d never play Fortnite again. It’s simply the loose glue that holds us together. We certainly aren’t seeking out Fortnite for thousands of different experiences – we just want the mindless shooter that allows us to hang out and talk. And thus far, Epic’s curation of user-created content on the Fortnite homepage does little to inspire confidence – it’s full of copyright infringement and mobile game ripoffs, and I don’t really want any part of it.

That said, I’m happy to be proved wrong – Roblox has certainly proven out this particular model, and even though it wasn’t much of a success, I adore Dreams, which has a similar concept. And numbers speak louder than under-paid game journalists. Fortnite is undeniably one of the biggest games on the planet, so it has the user base to pull something like this off in a way Dreams never did. Epic’s pitch is an admirable one – inspire anyone to create whatever they want and publish it within the Fortnite ecosystem. It’s also acquiring fantastic studios to make high-end games for Fortnite (which I also don’t love because Epic still lays off hundreds of people despite its success). Epic, in its hunt to make the metaverse, has also signed deals with dozens of IP across film, games, and so on, creating a mess of intellectual property – everyone knows that for more than a few dollars, you can play Fortnite as your favorite character from your favorite whatever. So, who knows? Maybe this whole thing is building up to Epic’s grand utopian vision of a game full of thousands of other games where the entire world is brought together.

I bring all this up to highlight my thoughts going into my single interview of the day. I talked with Alex Rigopolous, the founder and head of Harmonix, creator of Guitar Hero, Rock Band, and most recently, Fortnite’s new music mode, Fortnite Festival, about what exactly a studio under Epic is doing to support Epic’s vision. We only had 20 minutes to chat, so it didn’t get as in-depth as I wanted, but I always enjoy talking with Rigopolous; I love Harmonix and want to see it succeed, and I think there’s a lot of promise with its music modes in Fortnite – especially once plastic instrument peripheral support is added. I wish them luck.

This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.

Game Informer: I feel when you all were updating Rock Band, it was kind of ahead of the curve looking at living games. But now you all are in this ecosystem within Fortnite with a bunch of living games, it feels like? How do you find yourselves trying to fit in when there’s so much vying for attention in one executable?

Alex Rigopolous: Sure. It’s a big question. You know, there��s several facets to the music experiences that we’re working on at Harmonix as part of Epic. So, there’s Festival, which is a new, big first-party game in the Epic first-party portfolio. And our job there is just, like, to try to build the biggest and best music game the world has ever seen. Because it’s a live game, it’s going to be evolving and expanding on a regular basis over time. Our goal there is just: make the best music game with the broadest reach that has ever been made.

Meanwhile, we’ve created this jam system, which you can play in a special mode in Fortnite Festival on the Jam Island [on the] Jam Stage. But it’s envisioned as an ecosystem-wide feature. So, you can also play with the Jam system inside of Battle Royale. Soon enough, you’ll be able to play with it inside of creative islands. Hopefully, eventually everywhere in the ecosystem. So, the goal there is to just permeate the entire Fortnite ecosystem with music and social play experiences [with] music.

And then finally, the Patchwork system that I mentioned, which we also just released this past month, it’s like an interactive music creation toolset for Fortnite Creative in UEFN [Unreal Editor For Fortnite]. That’s all about empowering third-party creators to dream up their own music play experiences. So, you can use the Patchwork toolset not just for making original music but also as an adaptive soundtrack system. You can make whatever game – make up any game with Fortnite Creative – and then that music system will listen to what’s going on in the game and adapt accordingly. Or you can set up a control flow in the opposite direction to have the music control the game systems – the animations and gameplay mechanics. So, we’re empowering creators to just, like, dream up completely new kinds of music games.

With all the Guitar Hero stuff – you and I talked about this years ago – all the people who picked up instruments because of the game. Is there still that thrust within Fortnite?

Absolutely. I think we’re expecting to see a lot of that within the music game we’re creating, as well as on the creative side with it with the jam system and with the patchwork toolset. We’re putting very accessible tools for music creation into the hands of – whatever – 100-plus million people. And I think we’re going to see people who maybe didn’t consider themselves musicians at all developing new skill sets and emerging as music makers through some of these new places.

How big is Harmonix these days?

Well, it’s funny. It depends upon what you count as Harmonix. Because, I mean, essentially, we operate as part of the greater Fortnite development team now. We still have our studio in Boston, which is our core. But about a third of our workforce now is remote in other locations.

If you look at something like jamming in Battle Royale, that’s just a collaborative effort between us and the Battle Royale team. So, the lines between Harmonix and the greater Fortnite team are not so clear. But we’re still a studio that’s, you know, under 100 people.

Rock Band – at some point, I think you all had every song under the sun. But Epic and Fortnite, specifically, are such cultural touchpoints. Is getting artists to send you stems of songs easier now? Do you still have hesitance from anyone? Or is Fortnite big enough that people are just sending you stuff?

Yes. So far, we’ve had great success in putting deals together with our music partners, music industry partners. We’re now starting to clear songs in very high velocity. As you saw in our history with Rock Band and Guitar Hero, et cetera, we do plan to be rolling out hopefully many hundreds of songs a year, growing to a library of thousands over time. The big difference now – this music will be free to play. We’re going to be releasing new songs every week into the game – top-shelf hit music that is completely free to play, which has just basically never really been done before.

How do you get artists to agree to that?

Well, so, all the songs are free to play on a limited-time trial basis. So, when you go in as a player, there’s always a selection of fantastic free music to play. But it’s turning over constantly. If you play a song, you’re like, “This is my jam; I love this song,” then it’s available for you to acquire in the store and add to your locker and build a collection.

Playing the Main Stage, the obvious missing thing is the instruments.

The instruments, yes.

I’ve heard whispers it’s in the works.

Yes, it is. I won’t even whisper it, I can affirm that. At launch, you won’t be able to use instrument peripherals, but it is a priority for us, and we are already actively working on it.

If I have a Rock Band guitar, I can play in Fortnite?

The intent is to support as many legacy peripherals as we possibly can.

Those were not made with Unreal Engine, right? The early Rock Band games. Does that present issues?

No, that won’t be a blocker for us.

Any plans to make new ones?

We don’t have plans to manufacture new ones. But I won’t be surprised if some of the companies that do make peripherals when they see the groundswell around this game – for the first time in a decade, there will be a reason for these companies to start making instrument peripherals.

I mean, does Epic wanna get into that? Have you all ever done a physical plastic peripheral before?

Dana Cowley [communications director of technology at Epic Games]: We’ve never done hardware.

Alex Rigopolous: I don’t think so. Yeah, Epic has never done hardware. And I don’t think we plan to. But there are plenty of companies that do, and suddenly, for the first time in a decade, there’s a reason for them to make peripherals again. So, it won’t surprise me to see some start to [make peripherals].

I mean, is that exciting?

Absolutely. As I said early on, what’s most exciting is just the scale at which we get to do it now. I mean, not just the free-to-play format, which makes it super accessible, but also the fact we’re on every platform. You know, we’re on consoles and PC and mobile devices with crossplay between them. The fact that you can just have – I’ll be at home in Boston online jamming with a teenager in Brazil and a middle-aged housewife in Malaysia on a mobile device, all in the same jam session together. It’s this incredible thing. Kind of only in Fortnite is that possible.

The Jam Session has a creative element to it, which seems like the thrust of Lego, and then there’s all the creative modes. Fortnite feels like it’s becoming an everything game to me. I don’t know where that eventually lands, but do you see Fortnite as a tool for creativity?

Yeah. I would say, even stepping back a bit, Epic’s core DNA is all about empowering creators through tools, you know? So, in addition to games like Fortnite Battle Royale that Epic has created, they also make the best engine in the world. […] Every year, the toolset is getting deeper. There’s now an economic model where the creators in Fortnite can actually make real money. I think that theme of empowering creators is just core to who Epic is and what Fortnite is all about and is becoming.

In terms of the music experiences, we’re trying to reflect that as well. So, of course, there’s performance simulation experience like Main Stage [with a] familiar type of gameplay. But it was really important for us to have a creative dimension to it as well.

Wasn’t that the original idea of The Axe?

[Laughs] That’s right! You remember. Going all the way back – that’s, like, 27 years ago.

The last time I talked to you, you were not owned by Epic. Was that creativity angle in the original conversations when you all were talking about being acquired?

It came about organically in large part because – well, first of all, on our side, we were already working on some new music game projects that had a heavy creative element. On their side, several of the people at Epic were intimately familiar with Harmonix’s entire history. I mean, they had been playing our stuff way back to the ’90s. So, they knew what we do, what we’re about. And I think to their credit, a number of the Epic execs were like, “We want to give you guys a platform to do what you do but on a world stage.” So, it’s a privilege, and we’re excited about it.

You’re the only interview I have, so you’re the only person I have to ask this to. Being here and seeing everything, and now having played Fortnite for years and mostly being a battle royale player – I shouldn’t say this in front of Epic people, I’ve never played Creative Mode at all. Seeing everything going on with Lego, I’ve been wondering to myself and I’m curious what you think, like, what is the identity of Fortnite at this point?

Well, I mean, this is Epic’s step into the metaverse. Setting the buzzword aside, it’s not a game. It’s not just Battle Royale. It is a universe of games, and it’s a universe of games that are all connected with each other in this way that has never been done in gaming before. So, for example, if you acquire an outfit or a skin, that’s an identity you can take with you through all of these games. If you acquire music to play in Fortnite Festival, well, you can also use that music in the jam system, which you can take anywhere through the ecosystem. Or, in the future, we’re going to be empowering creators to make their own music games that can also access the music that [is] in players’ collective libraries.

So, this whole idea of a universe of games, of all different kinds for all different types of players, where they can all interact with each other socially, and then the property that they acquire in this world is valuable across the ecosystem – no one has ever even attempted anything like this before. That’s the universe that I think Epic’s trying to create.

I feel like the cynical response to that would be, “What happened to an authored or curated experience?” What is the response to that? If people push back, what is the answer?

Well, so, first of all, Epic has a first-party portfolio. The powers that be at Epic will decide, “These are the experiences that we want to craft as our Epic first-party portfolio.” Meanwhile, on the third-party side, it’s all about deepening and expanding the toolset that any other creator – not just indie community creators, but triple-A, professional development studios – can come to the table and say, “We’re going to actually build our next game in Fortnite because that’s where there’s 100 million players today and we can just reach an audience that we never otherwise could’ve reached.”

So, Fortnite isn’t offering one authored experience – it’s offering the bookstore.

It’s offering both. The first-party portfolio is the authored experience. The third-party portfolio is like, “This is the greatest diversity and quality of game experiences anywhere on the planet.” There’s no other place you can go that just has this incredible diversity of experiences that are all connected to each other.

Do you feel like that is where the game industry is going to go – you load into whatever Microsoft’s equivalent of Fortnite is, and there are 100,000 things to check out and play?

I mean, I can’t say where the rest of the industry is going to go. But I will say, I think Tim [Sweeny, CEO of Epic Games] and Epic generally have a very bold vision of a world they’re trying to create – the next generation of social entertainment in real-time 3D where you can go with friends, meet strangers, and just have this unlimited universe of play experiences available to you.

In five years, what is Harmonix doing within Epic? In 10 years?

On the first party side, the goal is just to develop Festival into the biggest and richest and deepest music game experience that anyone has ever made. Just by adding new dimensions to it, new modes to it, building out quality and the expansiveness of it. Just anything anyone could ever want in a music game built into a highly-polished state into Festival. That’s the goal. As a living game that’s constantly evolving and adapting, make the biggest and best music game the world’s ever seen. The first party side.

On the third-party side, continue to deepen the toolset to empower the world’s creators to beat us at our own game. Let the third-party community make an even better music game because we’re giving them the toolset to do so. So, that’s the second half.

And then the third half – the third piece – is just this social connectivity layer around music that we just want to permeate the entire ecosystem [with]. The Jam System is the first step towards that. It’s really about social connectivity. Fortnite, it’s not just a bunch of games. It’s a social space that you go with friends and strangers to experience this whole universe of games. We want music to just be omnipresent as just part of the glue that binds people together in this way.

Wanting people to beat you at your own game – do you just fully expect one day to see someone has made Fortnite Guitar Hero?

Yeah! Or a music shooter. Or a music parkour game. Or a music fighting game. Or a music puzzle game. There are so many possibilities that we might not even dream up that some creators are just going to have some cool ass idea, and they’ll have the toolset available to build it.

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