#It comes at such unconventional times

[mothmans-led-lamp]

Do you ever start a song in your head but your mind started the song with a lot more enthusiasm than you expected so it's like "... Hm.... Yes, what an exquisite so-(GETCHA GETCHA WITH THE WITH THE PUNK TACTICS) oH gReAt hEaVeNs"

#Please tell me you do this too #It comes at such unconventional times #I'll just be sitting and suddenly I've got sea shanties harrasing me #Punk #punk tactics #punkstyle #relatable #music #music meme #autism memes #autism #? #joey valence #@joey valence

[kyouka-supremacy]

Can't take off my mind this very specific flavor of sskk dynamics from a timeline that goes like: the doa arc never happened. Skip forward to bunch of years past the canon events, and you have sskk who can't really call each other enemies since it's now evident to everyone they enjoy seeing each other, but aren't friends either since they do very much still work for enemy organizations. And they just keep stumbling across each other on their respective missions from opposite fronts, trying to capture the same target for their own team, and they keep fighting and competing with each other in a way that is almost playful (but never going easy on each other because then where's the fun!), making them both almost look forward to meet and clash with the other on missions and to fight for the same target. And the mission accomplishment rate has now decreased to a 50% for both of them but neither of them can bring themselves to really care because for the first time they're having the carefree, mindless fun they never experienced in their lives and they have a person they enjoy to spend time with to the point they even got past denying it. And Atsushi telling Akutagawa “even if I let you go now, I'll still have to hunt you down” and Akutagwa replying “hunt me then” and theatrically disappearing out of a window or something leaving Atsushi laughing and just. them being together although nobody is going to say it out loud

#atsushi nakajima #ryūnosuke akutagawa #sskk #shin soukoku #bsd #bungou stray dogs #mine #q. #24/10/22 #I think it's not even that unlikely to happen either? To name one‚ something of the kind already happened in 55 Minutes #(Akutagawa being assigned to hunt down pm traitors and Atsushi infiltrating in the same group– same target‚ different goals) #I just think fic writers should let go of the trope of them being assigned to the same mission by a collaboration between organizations– #which is‚ let's be honest‚ so unlikely to happen and even in canon was a one-time occurrence #(yet is such a recurring expedient in fanworks!!!) and embrace the potential of Atsushi and Akutagawa being assigned to the same mission– #from their respective organization AS ENEMIES and unexpectedly meeting on the field. #The surprise!!! The romantic tension!!!! C'mon it's so good!!!!!!! #The eventual begrudging come to a temporary accord!! That is something they chose and is not imposed!! #The turning their back to the other last minute to guarantee their own victory!! #The playing everything from the beginning again and again like a loving dance!!! Now THAT'S a good trope. #Sskk typical unconventional mating rituals right here #And since y'all really like matchmaker Dazai you can still have him getting in touch with Chuuya– #and see to which parallel missions Atsushi and Akutagwa can ~accidentally~ be assigned together lmao #Btw this was largely inspired by Sway With Me by atsumara_co on ao3 that fic opened me a world. #The quoted line is partially reprised from that I couldn't help it it's such a great scenario #Usual disclaimer that you should really write whatever you want #this is more of a reflection on my personal tastes based on what I've found to be popular in the fandom #I've already talked about this before like I can't bring myself to hold it against authors because it is an easy way to make them interact. #Still for me it really cheapens their dynamics if you make them repeatedly join forces like it was the norm... #It stripes the value of them being from enemy organizations do you get what I mean? #Kyotag out

[natjennie]

OKAY why do yall have to have the worst nastiest most rotted bad faith interpretations of things ever the episode was incredible what the fuck is wrong with you

#you cant love something? #you've never heard of 'if you love something let it go' #???? #like okay tell me you dont understand narrative structure without telling me #because the difference is they chose it! they voted! they decided! #all the other times leading up to this that alison has considered leaving it was never going to work #it was in desperation and full of schemes and tricks and barely scraping by #of course this time was different! #instead of NEEDING to sell the house. it was a choice #instead of alison leaving them it was them letting alison go. #do you GET IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #it was actually perfect!!!!!!!!!!! #alison has always been the audience surrogate. and they made it so literal #like we are separated from the ghosts now but that doesnt mean we cant come back #that doesnt mean we cant love them #and even from the pov of the writers! you're leaving this story by choice #youre not being forced into another season or trying to scrape together every last penny #they're still there! we're just going our separate ways! #where's that art that's like. different relationships and its lines running parallel and away and intertwining #ghosts has always been about doing things in your own time and unconventional expressions of love and family and growth #i thought it was perfect okay!!!!!!!!!! #if you're mad i get it feel how you feel #but the themes stayed theming. i thought it worked perfectly #remind me to never trust when yall say things are bad #bbc ghosts #ghosts spoilers

[vulpinesaint]

everybody talking about wanting new asexual memes i think we need to go muppets sex and violence on this. not in the sense that sex should be the new asexual meme but in the sense that we counteract the cutesy stuff with incredible awful imagery. so. lose the sex keep the violence. i think the new asexual meme should be ripping someone's throat out with your teeth. i think the next asexual meme should be tearing flesh apart with your fingers. and the new aro meme is Knives. are we all on board with this

#we can also keep muppets as an ace meme we deserve it :D #we can get the cannibalism girlies with this one! expand the reach of the community! #new aro meme: conventional weapons mcr #this is reminding me that i want to make an aro positivity blog. but i also want this acc to be ace nd aro positivity 24/7 :) #idk i'll think of some opinions for an aro-focused sideblog at some point #and this post will go on there. obvi. #OH. BUT. #tired of 'everything is about penetration' when will the time come for embracing unconventional forms of intimacy as asexual #vampire teeth in neck is something that can be so. about experiencing closeness in other ways #AND about experiencing closeness without the feelings that others attach to it #AND about experiencing closeness in a way that is uncommon and considered strange #i do not favor sex i do not favor romance. and i am unlocking new forms of intimacy every day. #the secret third thing is violence. #ace #asexuality #ace positivity #asexual pride #ace memes #aromantic #aro

[nadiaerre]

“Some birds can’t be caged. We’re on borrowed time… Our sins catch up to us all eventually. While you were kidnapped, I walked in your shoes: I sat in the FBI, felt the camaraderie. It’s compelling. It’s also an illusion.”

#white collar #neal caffrey #mozzie #peter burke #isn't that what the show is truly about? #belonging vs freedom #i like to think that they've struck a balance in the end #both peter and neal have risked their own lives for each other #they've both stood in each other's shoes #peter finds comfort in belonging and rules #these two values are important to him because he's built his entire life over order and what he believes is fair #neal didn't and neither did mozzie (he couldn't) #they'd found the closest thing to a family in peter and elizabeth #but their world views are too different #i love that it all comes together beautifully in the end #peter has always been aware of neal's genuine struggle (he wouldn't have been so forgiving otherwise) #he understands him because he loves neal and hopes he doesn't get too lost #on the other hand neal has had his fair share of ideas re: how to deal with crimes through the fbi in unconventional ways #what happened to peter too many times has always been a collateral effect #neal understands where peter comes from even when their beliefs clash #especially over the time - working with him #love is all about understanding and respecting each other's different views on freedom #i like to believe that for every neal in the world there is a peter and vice versa

[not-poignant]

70/? - Underline the Black (omegaverse) - Efnisien/Gary

Title: Underline the Black Rating: Explicit Pairing: Efnisien ap Wledig/Dr Gary Konowalous Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Darkfic, Disturbing themes, Age Gap, Omegaverse, Alpha/Alpha, no Mpreg, Medical experimentation, Medical trauma, Dominance/Submission, Dystopian universe, Forced bonding, Forced relationship, Imprisonment, Nonconsensual medical procedures, PTSD, Flashbacks, Nightmares, Chronic illness, Mating cycles/Heats, Knotting, Miscommunication, Trauma recovery, Mind control, Child Abuse, Hope, Hopeful ending.

Summary: Efnisien ap Wledig is an omega born into an all-alpha family. Abandoned by his birth mother and raised by his aunt, he is subjected to a lifetime of medical experimentation and brainwashing and believes himself to be an alpha. But the experiments begin to fail, and he is abandoned yet again to an Omega Rehabilitation Facility, where the family expects he will be retrained into the ‘perfect omega’ and placed in an arranged marriage, or be eliminated if this is no longer possible.

The Facility don’t know about the experiments, and Efnisien doesn’t even know why he’s in there in the first place, since he’s an alpha…isn’t he? One thing’s for certain, he definitely doesn’t need an alpha companion, no matter what the staff at the facility seem to think.

Underline the Black - Chapter 70 - Overcoming @ AO3

In which Efnisien ventures beyond the gates of Hillview for the first time, despite his terror, and Gary employs a variety of techniques to keep him distracted from his fear, including finally opening up a bit more about his past.

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Underline the Red - 05 - Caleb/Faber Underline the Red - 06 - Caleb/Faber Underline the Gold - 07 - Flitmouse/Anton The Nascent Diplomat - 38 - Augus/Gwyn Constellations - 01 - Efnisien + Gwyn (post Falling Falling Stars) Constellations - 02 - Efnisien + Gwyn (post Falling Falling Stars) Constellations - 03 - Efnisien + Gwyn (post Falling Falling Stars) Underline the Blue - 06 - Nate/Janusz Underline the Blue - 07 - Nate/Janusz Underline the Blue - 08 - Nate/Janusz Underline the Blue - 09 - Nate/Janusz

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#chapter update #underline the black #underline the rainbow #efnisien ap wledig #dr gary konowalous #omegaverse #alpha alpha #unconventional omegaverse #whump #hurt/comfort #mm romance #queer romance #angst #I love this chapter and the next one #some big truths come out #and some real tangible progress is made at the same time #and i'm just really proud of both of them #because these are very big chapters for Gary too #in a way he's letting himself take some really huge steps here #that he hasn't taken since James was alive

[vullcanica]

@gareththegreat : headbutts danny's arm for attention

He peeks the shape of Gareth moving in with his peripherals and instinctively leans away to accomodate and make room for.. whatever he's trying to do. It's apparently the wrong move. The change absolutely bungles headbutt momentum. He's forced to watch, in utter bafflement, as Gareth's forehead connects with his bicep in slower motion than it was supposed to.

"I- ....ʷʰᵃᵗ."

He raises a hand to.. pet him? Is this supposed to be a hug? The appendage hangs in the air above Gareth cautiously, like one would regard an ambiguously mannered dog, while he tries to decipher intent and suitable reaction. One never knows, with the other man. Face the pinnacle of solemn prudence, Daniel buries his fingers in Gareth's curls, tentative and unsure. It warrants another pause.

"...You have leaves in your hair."

#𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐕𝐈𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐓 ‒ danny ║ IN CHARACTER #gareththegreat. #hgsjgs LISTEN IDK EITHER OK. just GOD this is such alien to alien communication #daniel coming into contact with gareth's unconventional affection for the first time: ?!?! womandoingequations.jpeg cryptid encounter? #gareth factory reset this man #i wish i could say this was crack but

[lurking-latinist]

14)THE NINEFOLD KEY by REBECCA BRANDEWYN Mills & Boon Super Historical A Dream… Clara Oswald has been haunted for years by a recurring dream about a handsome young man and a dark, forbidding castle. But when her nightmare begins to come true, Clara is caught up in a dangerous intrigue that began over two hundred years before she was born. A Quest… Jamie McCrimmon barely escaped with his life after his father was murdered and his home burned to the ground. He must discover what lies behind these devastating events – even if it places his own life in jeopardy! A Ninefold Key… Clara and Jamie are fated to meet and to fall passionately in love. But will their search for the ninefold key unlock the deadly secrets of their past – or utterly destroy them both?

Coming next month from Big Finish, or something.

#to be clear this is not actually coming at any time from big finish #it is entirely from the #unconventional courtship generator #also this might just be outlander? I haven't read outlander

[graysongraysoff]

i long for the days of my blissful youth i see people on my dash having opinions like "i personally don't really get ch.oso/yu.ki but i'm glad you guys are having fun" and i'm like i wish i could go back there. i wish i could go back to "i'm not personally someone who tends to ship characters who don't interact in canon but good for you hig.una.na shippers good for you." but i'm in a zine/event discord for this fandom and i have bigger fish to fry now. you wouldn't believe the things people are shipping in that place. i wish i didn't know the things people are shipping in that place. i simply cannot just vaguely nod and move on from things like suk.ui.ta anymore because i know how much worse it can be. i know the kinds of crimes people are out there committing. i yearn for the days when goj.oh.ime was the worst of my worries.

#one time jill and i looked up a list of like unconventional jjk ships on ao3 and while most of them aren't my personal taste i at least like #like i at least can see where most of them are coming from you know #but the folks in this discord really will just say anything #and i am afraid

[termagax]

why are streamers always so fucking mean to me and my boyfriend

#GRAAAAAAAAAAAH #my argument is that metal rank doom and ball are much more niche than hog #because theyre so fucking hard. they require so much gamesense and ability to pay attention and understanding the maps #and worst of all for low rank and casual you need to know when to pull out. #roadhogs cycle is easy to get into you just need to make it count if you arent hitting the hook you arent gonna be effective #but the unconventional high mobility tanks need skills lower ranks dont usually have. #im saying this as someone who plays all three with varying success rates #part of my success in ball just comes frm playing in groups all the time. good attentive supports can do a lot for a mediocre player 😁👍

[rhys-ravenfeather]

‘Found Family shouldn’t have to conform to societal expectations of a traditional family unit’ and ‘there is nothing inherently wrong with a fan seeing certain members of a found family in a certain role, especially if they have had a lack of any good famillial/parental figures in their life’ are two statements that can and should coexist.

#rhys-ravenfeather signing on #found family #i've seen a couple posts now talking about this and like... #i get where they're coming from but at the same time i don't really think it's that big a deal? #don't get me wrong i love love LOVE found family stories--unconventional families that you find and put together yourself? *chef's kiss* #but honestly? who is it really hurting if someone wants to see a certain character as the mom or dad? #look i get wanting to go against societal norms of the nuclear family #but i'm guessing at least some of these people either are or were kids who didn't have good family relationships growing up #this is coming from someone who both plans to write a found family and put together her own one in real life at some point btw #these are just my own two cents though

[onmyo-jin]

I'm joining the whumptober challenge! Can't promise they'll all be yym, but this first one is!

Whumptober day 1: unconventional restraints

It wasn't supposed to be like that, of course it wasn't. But the Snake (root of all evil, monster of all the ages, etc. etc.) changed many things.

This prison wasn't designed for someone like Boya.

When Boya, Jingyun's youngest master, their best hunter, their representative in the fight against Evil, arrived home, the alarms went off. Every one of them. The only reason he made it as close as he did to the place he called home, is because Qingming (kind, unthinking, gentle Qingming) opened a portal for Boya, so he wouldn't have to walk all those many, many stairs while wounded.

Boy had protested, of course. An unknown portal, so close to their gates? The guard might sound the alarm, and cause unnecessary concern. Still, the steps were many, and his legs didn't enjoy carrying him for more than minutes at a time. Being able to fly, however briefly, seemed to have changed gravity's grasp on him. That, or being mostly dead for a short time. Boya preferred not to dwell on that option.

So Boya relented, and asked for the portal, as far away from the front gate as Qingming could manage without throwing Boya out over the mountain steps.

And Qingming delivered, because as annoying as the man is, as impatient and joking and... many things, Qingming is, but he is definitely a Master in his own right. Boya believed be always was, but after the battle against He Shouyue there can be no doubt about that.

So Boya got his portal, and safe delivery home, to report and to rest. Except that is when he set of the alarm spells. He, Boya, did that. Not Qingming's unknown magic, not the sudden appearance of a portal that produced their shixiong. The portal closed peacefully, quietly. The guards blinked in surprise, but portals are not unknown arrays, and this one brought the guards' shixiong back.

As soon as the portal closed, as soon as Boya stepped across the threshold of the only home he ever had, the alarm for *invaders*, and the one for *spirit possession (evil)* began to sound. Shortly after that they were joined by the high bells of *demons inside the wall*, until every tower in Jingyun was manned and ready against– against armies, the Snake itself if they had to, if the rumours of its defeat proved false. In that cacophony it was quiet at the gate. There was no one else. No invaders, demons, or seemingly possessed enemies.

Only Boya.

Which is why he was here, now, in this prison without bars, held by magic and spells that should not be able to bind a mortal man.

Because *he* set off those warning bells, all of them.

He knew this only after he woke, after seeing where he was now: in their prison rooms, the cells Jingyun reserved for the largest, fiercest demons.

On the floor were great binding circles, spells upon spells laid out in permanent, purified stone, and paint that cannot be erased except by digging up the whole floor. Boya knew this because he helped lay these spells, these stone circles. Any human can safely step across the threshold, though it is inadvisable to do so while the circle is occupied. The same cannot be said for a spirit or demon.

These have been Jingyun's greatest asset, and a small version, an incomplete circle, has long been buried in the gate's threshold. That connected to the alarms, all the alarms Boya heard... That he set off

Boya tried, some time ago, to step across the circle, the way he had always been able to. Confidently, foolishly, in front of his elders, in front of all those who raised him, who taught him everything, Boya collided with the invisible walls of the many arrays that make up the circle.

He was trapped– trapped in a prison not meant for him, trapped inside the walls his own younger self helped build. And for what?

Boya had no answer.

The temple elders had no answer.

Boya is no longer human.

#whumptober2022 #no.1 #unconventional restraints #the yin yang master dream of eternity #yym: doe #fic #jin writes fic #more whumptober ficlets to come #will eventually end up on ao3 but that requires more time and editing than im doing for this event so xD #to be continued

[mysteriousboo]

Boop of the day!

Do you have a favorite manga?

Personally it's Bungo Stray Dogs. It's kind of a fanfiction based on real author and their work like Fyodor Dostoevsky got the ability Crime and Punishment. They have power based on one of their work. We mainly follow the Armed Detective Agency in Yokohoma. My fav character here is Fyodor ! (I also love Dazai)

Boop back!!

I have seen some of the bungou stray dogs the anime!! It's good!! My favorite manga is prolly hunter x hunter, which sounds like a basic ass answer but hunter x hunter is just *chef's kiss*!!!

Another manga that i enjoyed reading is Kanojo ni Naritai Kimi to Boku!! It was recommended to me by a friend and it's so good!! It's like heartstopper, but WAY better because the creator isn't xenophobic!! plus, the creator also didn't grow up in queer friendly spaces, unlike Alice oseman(*eye roll*), so it's a lot better to read!! because the majority of the population also grows up in a more of a non-queer friendly environment!! It's hits harder to me on an emotional level, unlike heartstopper!!

#lol this got deep? #also can you tell that i dont like alice oseman? cause i dont lmao #heartstopper is pretty cute #its just that i dont like it when the general public is only ready accept something unconventional when #its coming from someone who isn't a minority!! #most poc female authors who write queer works often have an awful time but not alice oseman #and i dont like that someone like alice oseman #who 100% would also hate on these female creators gets to have such a massive platform #like we are getting representation but at what cost?! #like it sends a message that diversity can only be accepted if it's by someone who has only ever been a part of the majority?! #sorry for the rant #i am just super passionate about it!! #but yes 10/10 recommend reading that manga!! #thanks for the ask #mysteriousboo answers #boop of the day!!

[today-i-am-thinking-about]

the character maeda hayato from yugioh gx

#they really said ''nevermind we made his design too unconventional'' and wrote him out of the show after one season #he cant be part of the main friend group looking like that. goodbye koala man. here comes dino boy #they corrected their error in 5ds and made the main group look normal but couldnt resist having a little freak and thats why jaeger is there #then zexal said you know what lets try this again. tetsuo time. SIKE the main group is shark and kaito now fuck you #and so it continued in arcv and vrains. hayato its not your fault you were simply ahead of your time. the end

[drewsaturday]

i have no idea what's going on in scavenger reign half the time but for like 80% of episode 3 i had my jaw dropped and i didn't even realize

#sr tag #like they just. GET the whole point of having a show exploring another planet like this #there is a small part of me where the 'i dont know whats happening' comes from... #i actually get what's going on perfectly right #but i feel like i SHOULD feel like it's almost a waste of time bc of how unconventional some of this is storytelling-wise #to the structures and elements we're Supposed to care about in western media #but the way they're working with what they have is so perfect #i also may be speaking too soon to see the structure they're building toward #basically they're just. #slowing down to give rly fascinating moments and it's so good #it's not that i don't get it it's that i don't get how... #something like this was allowed to be put together and how so many other people are seeing it #for what its worth if that makes any sense lol #there's a level of patience we're not supposed to have these days #and sr hinges on it and im so glad it got the chance to

[talentforlying]

thinking about it as i re-read the original sins volume, and i know i say constantine enjoys pissing people off, but really it's more like? not letting people get away with the small shit? the snide side-comments, the sideways looks, the baldfaced assumptions, the microaggressions — he likes to rub people's nose in their own shit, make them face it, own it, try to defend it. which, as an openly queer, working class, actively anti-racist man in the 80s, does end up causing a lot of fights.

#( ooc. ) OUT OF CIGS. #he still loves pissing people off but the part that mostly Does piss people off is the confrontation. the lack of patience for bullshit #like something i forget a lot about the comics until i come up against it is the amount of homophobia john faces?? #i never really think of him as being super visibly queer but he gets called slurs Quite a few fucking times #and part of that is that he's unconventional & an old punk rocker & a dandy & stopped performing toxic masculinity a loooong time ago #but he also just. does not seem afraid of being Perceived. and when he is he doubles down and owns it #like that panel in i think 'books of magic' where someone tells him gin & tonic is a queer's drink & he goes 'pay u $25 to suck my dick ;)' #his magic is all about misdirection but he's only so good at it bc at heart he is a person who will always look you dead in the eye #all your internalized garbage and nasty assumptions? he sees it. he meets it head-on. he might care but he won't seem like it #he's too old to internalize that kind of nonsense. fix your hearts cowards #this is also why he's such a good manipulator: you're the one making it clear what you want. he just has to pretend to give it #anyway. i love him your honor #( headcanons. ) I'M JUST LIKE THE BASTARDS I'VE HATED ALL ME LIFE. #homophobia cw #just in case