#also they were all trying WAAAAAY TOO HARD

[stevethehairington]

just left the theater after seeing wonka and..... that.... that was a movie. that i saw. in a theater. fjsjsksksk

#what the FUCK honestly fjsjskfkd #that was not at ALL what i was expecting and it was fucking WEIRD #but like not even the right kind of weird for willy wonka!!!!! #also they were all trying WAAAAAY TOO HARD #lil timmy tim was going way too hard fjsksk it was a borderline desperate performance i would say sorry timbo #OLIVIA COLMAN CRUSHED IT THO SHE WAS FABULOUS I LOVE HER #also hugh grant WHAT are you doing with your career babes #kudos to you got taking the wackiest roles now but this one took the cake lmfao #ALSO THERE WAS SINGING THERE WAS SO MUCH SINGING LIKE WAY MORE SINGING THAN I EXPECTED THERE TO BE #it was like. trying SOOOO HARD to be a broadway musical for the silver screen but oof it was not charming enough for that #i am not gonna lie i spent most of that movie staring at the screen like what the fuck jsjkssk #it was a fun time tho lmfao #mack rambles

[youryanderedaddy]

i am going to BRUTALLY FUCK ADAM UP (and not in a fun way) FOR ALL THE SHIT HE PUTS HIS DARLING THROUGH. IT'S EITHER HIM OR US DYING, NO IN-BETWEEN. AND EVEN THEN HE DESERVES TO BE PUT IN THE SAME PIT HE DUG FOR DARLING, NO PROPER BURIAL OR ANYTHING. NO SAD BACKSTORY IS GOING TO CHANGE MY MIND.

(I love your work by the way, gives me the fuel to spitefully plan all those bastards demises. This is a compliment)

TBH Adam is terrible and I am not making any excuses for him. BUT HERE IS HIS SAD BACKSTORY (any excuse to talk about his emo ass). Basically him and reader grew up in a very poor area, both stuck in abusive households, and for a while they were each other's only support. They were best friends, and eventually escaped home at 16. They lived in motels for months, running small errands for a while to save enough money to move in together. Eventually they managed to rent a run - down flat (it's a start), but then little by little Adam started becoming more and more paranoid, from over - protective to possessive to boderline abusive. Reader escaped, found new friends and managed to find a normal job, which Adam learns of, and it just gets worse from there.

His deal is that he feels like he only has Reader - he has no family or friends, he has no social skills, he's very rough and hard to talk to, so if he can't be with Reader, he feels like he'll be alone again. He had some sadistic tendendies even as a child, hurting animals and getting into street fights, but as an adult it just got worse. Especially since Reader used to balance his bad side out - and now it's been left unchecked for a while.

The other thing is that he hates the idea of Reader moving on and starting a clean sheet. He knows he can't do that. He can't work a normal job, he can't act like a real adult, he feels totally disconnected from his surroundings. He has no actual skills, just trauma and skillduggery that he picked up from his father. Anyways, he's subconsciously envious of Reader, since she manages to move on from her past and start anew.

Adam is also prone to depressive episodes and unpredictable mood swings. He thinks that if he feels like shit, everyone should feel like shit lol. The grave story is him trying to say "You're not going anywhere, you're staying with me until you die." and in his head it sounds romantic, but irl Reader thinks she's getting murdered (which fair enough I would too lol).

But yeeeah overall he's like a time bomb and living with him is basically living on eggshels. Just a very dangerous and unstable character, you never know what you'll wake up to lmao. If it makes you feel better, in my headcanon he dies at 27 because he smokes and drinks waaaaay too much and Reader just takes all his money (which is not much lol) and leaves, and hits the lottery or something xDD

#rambling about my fav #I don't like him but I find him interesting #in my head he's like #emo af #with eyeliner and all #also thanks for the kind words anon <33

[rarepears]

Ok I was rereading your "Break news: Westeros lord marries a stranger?" Fic and I am almost sure Jinwoo would be the kind of parent that would gift those super expensive security stuff (like those necklaces that point to your ubi and stuff like that

But of course he can just teleport himself to the child and they have the shadows to protect them

But I just imagine him looking through the system's shop and seeing these jewelry that looks beautiful, maybe has a leon charm or a sword that looks like one of Jaime's drawings and he goes: why not?

So he buys some, cause the children are the kind of using different accessories for the week and he just thought that those earrings were very pretty and that bracelet wouldn't interfere with sword practice

And look! That ring would look really pretty on Tywin (cues their drama cause one of Jinwoo's books told about this tradition) and why not? :D this isn't the first gift he gave to him

So yeah, in my mind Jinwoo is the parent that buys his family everything they want and doesn't see a problem, they work very hard and deserve a reward and he likes to spoil them

Firstly, what is "ubi"? Because I'm thinking "universal basic income" and that's not what you're referring to. If you were thinking more along the lines of "gps", that wouldn't be possible since GPS requires satellites to circle the planet that Westeros is located and the GPS chip uses said satellites (on a very precise orbit) to decode and compute the precise location of said chip. Unless Jinwoo starts importing satellites to float around Westeros...

Something that I was consciously writing into this fic was Jinwoo and Jinah's kind of over the top gifting/shopping. They went from buying only the bare necessities (and some times not even that) to now having more money than they could ever spend. This sudden swing in financial purchasing power is making them go a little crazy like how Jinah is buying waaaaay too many clothes for Jinwoo to wear and paying a lot of attention to Jinwoo's PR. At least Jinah has a bit of Sudden Wealth Syndrome - a bit of an identity crisis because she can suddenly afford to spend money on her hobbies and other wants, fear that Jinwoo needs a backup plan in case he gets too injured to keep clearing gates, and also not quite knowing who she is going to be as a person (because she is just a teenager).

Then there's Jinwoo's mom who doesn't quite know if it's her place to say anything about the siblings' shopping spree. These kids are so incredibly independent from what she remembered before her coma; do they really need her, a parent, around? And it's not like they can't afford to spend with Jinwoo's current income. Their mom doesn't really know her place in the family dynamic now, so she's kind of backed off and is quietly looking on. She's not spending money if she can't because it's not her money; but she's also not sure what she could or should be doing, so she does things like make a cloak for a lion, cook meals for what she thinks are Jinwoo's friends, and try to make herself useful and not appear overbearing to her suddenly-so-mature-and-independent-children.

And then there's Jinwoo who is just a hoarder and now finally has the means to spoil all his loved ones because he feels very guilty that he couldn't give Jinah a proper childhood while their mom was in a coma. Jinah missed out a lot, he thinks, because of his inability to provide.

So yes, here's a mini character analysis about the Sung family's relationship with money and gifts.

#tywin lannister x sung jinwoo #sung jinwoo #solo leveling #solo leveling ideas #tywin lannister #game of thrones #a song of ice and fire

[fishing-lesbian-catgirl]

45.

45: worst date you’ve ever been on

I haven’t been on very many but I do think I have a decent answer even if I don’t like thinking about it.

Just over a year ago, a trans woman I matched with on tinder invited me with no notice to go to her place to watch a movie and hang out. It was, by all circumstances, not a great idea. I had sudden unplanned events, it was snowing pretty bad, and it was already like 7 pm. However I was in a bout of extreme loneliness and was desperate. So I drove 30 minutes during a snowstorm to get to her place. I want to preface this by saying that I have struggled throughout my life with being kind of a germaphobe. Not like so extreme that I have to wipe down and disinfect my apartment every week or anything like that, but I’m tend to wash my hands waaaaay too much and just be easily grossed out in general. Anyway her place was absolutely disgusting and filthy and a mess. I feel a little bad saying that but like it was bad. I mean I didn’t see like bugs or mold or anything, but everything was covered in stuff that had been carelessly left there, every surface and most of the floor covered in empty food containers and like crumbs and god knows what, that probably doesn’t sound that bad but I don’t know how to describe it better and I don’t want to keep thinking about it much longer. I’m not the neatest person and my apartment is usually a bit of a mess, but the idea of inviting someone over without cleaning it first is so against the way I do things that I was and still am baffled by it. Anyway I didn’t want to judge too much (I really am trying to get over the germaphobia stuff but it’s hard ok) and I was still a very lonely bitch so I sat on her gross crumb covered couch and watched the Sonic the hedgehog movie, (bc I had mentioned to her in a conversation that I never saw it). She was touchy and cuddly and I quickly got kinda overwhelmed but, again, I was super lonely, I hadn’t spent time with anyone in months (unless you count going to classes but I don’t) so I didn’t want to bail. After the movie we talked and she was sweet and cute and she respected my boundaries and worries because I was very inexperienced with anything remotely resembling dating. But it was now like 1 am and there was a snowstorm outside and she was saying I should probably stay the night, even being upfront and saying we don’t have to do anything, but she was hinting that she might want to. But at that point the mess and dirt and whatnot was really getting to me. I went to the bathroom to pee and sort out my thoughts, but it was like 10x nastier in there, I don’t want to describe it even thinking about it makes me want to take a shower. After that I wanted to be as far from there as possible. I told her as politely as I could but probably not that politely, that I had already gone way out of my comfort zone and that I wanted to go. This wasn’t a lie or anything, basically everything I did that night was well beyond my usual comfort zone that night. She seemed very disappointed but I was beyond feeling bad anymore, I got out of there and went to my car where I rubbed my hand with hand sanitizer like three times and drove home through the blizzard going at a snails pace on the highway bc of the weather, and the whole time I felt like throwing up. When I finally got home over an hour later I took a shower for like another hour.

Now that I typed all that out I’m realizing I used way more words than I needed to say that my worst date was going to a girls place and it was really gross so I didn’t stay longer than a few hours. It’s also not like much of an interesting story and I wrote all that out and relived those memories for what is ultimately not that interesting.

Although even if the circumstances were different I still don’t think I would like the sonic movie

#ask game #oh god I just realized I might still be friends with her on steam???

[luthsthings]

A Sims 4 Horse Ranch* review, by a Simmer who's not all that into horses

* Software not final. Sponsored by EA.

First, many thanks to EA/Maxis for the early access! This was a treat for me, to get access to an early build to try out for a while, as I'm not exactly a high-profile streamer. Or a streamer at all. Or even a creator (though I'll upload a household I came to love to the Gallery when I get a chance!). But I do love this game! And I love that I can help more of you play it the way you want to. Anyway, the review…

What I liked!

The great range of build/buy! I'll get LOTS of use out of this. It complements some other packs well too.

There are lots of helpful rooms in build mode for fast stables and nectar-related spaces! As a non-builder who sometimes tries to build, I was really happy to have a premade horse stall for my lot.

[image: a pre-built stable room in Build mode]

There's lots of Teen–Elder clothing and hair, and I love the dirty clothes swatches. I'll get LOTS of use out of this pack's CAS! And it will go well with styles from some other packs, too.

The new Afro-textured hairs are a welcome recognition that the cowboy culture of the Old West was not a White culture — there were lots of Black, Hispanic, and Indigenous cowboys and entrepreneurial women in the Old West!

I deeply appreciate the Indigenous content in build/buy, recipes, and CAS — I could see lots there in CAS, for example, that the Navajo people I saw and met in Utah and northern New Mexico (which is a part of the world I really want to go back to) wore IRL.

Lots range from fairly small (15 x 20) to quite large. I appreciate the range as someone who isn't a fan of building on large lots when I do build. There are horse practice areas in the land around some small lots, so you can still keep a horse there.

For Strangerville owners who love that landscape (which I do!), there's now somewhere for that valley, with its smaller population, to be "near". I can imagine that you'd drive up into a range from the new world and drop down into hidden Strangerville. Driving the other direction might take you to Oasis Springs.

The horse-riding and other horse animations are really detailed and fluid. They interact a lot with each other, too. I felt like parent and child horses recognized their relationship even.

[image: a mare lovingly nuzzling her foal]

The sheep and goats are endlessly adorable. Plus profitable! :D And they can sleep in your house!

The rabbithole adventure location out in the countryside has a very different gameplay than previous ones! And it has great sound effects -- play it with the volume up! It's hard to find, though. But it was nice to not need other tricks to get access. (I still have not done the secret places in Oasis Springs or the Outdoor Retreat pack!)

What I didn't like:

No new fridge, stove, bathtub, or toilet (I do like getting more of those!)

Very little boys' children's clothes. And no chaps for Children, even though they can ride and even though Toddlers got some

I would have liked a higher-tech/automated version of a nectar maker. However, this isn't a feature I care about much anyway.

You can't breed the mini goats and sheep, and there aren't even smaller baby ones. I'd have liked to have a full-on sheep farm. I like sheep. (I can practically see my husband glaring about how much I like sheep, even though he's waaaaay far away at the office right now.)

[image: a smiling, leaping mini-sheep, with a spotted goat behind it]

I definitely would never have found the countryside rabbithole without help, but maybe you will? If I could figure out how to do spoilers here, I would...

The horse-toy balls are a little… glowy? for my taste. They also weren't where I looked for them in the catalog, so you'll want to use search for them.

Cross-pack things?

I'd have liked to check out these before now, but with the pre-patch builds, that's not an option, and I'm always kind of busy when patches come out! For example ...

How do cats and dogs interact with horses, sheep, and goats?

Can horses be familiars for spellcasters?

Are there new Milestones?

Are there new Lifestyles?

Are there new Club rules, and are there enough of those?

This Simmer needs to know! (And eventually will.)

Neat things to know!

There's a rabbithole building in town where you can change or plan outfits like a dresser! And just off the main road in town there's a rabbithole building where you can buy goats, sheep, and groceries and other useful things, like horse age-up treats. I liked having an alternative way to buy these things and a whole new way to plan outfits. I'd be happy for more of that. If I can't go into a building, I might as well at least be able to pretend I can. As long as they don't end up being worlds stuffed with rabbitholes in place of gameplay (actually watching horse competition would have been nice!).

You can use a Community Board in town (or from B/B if you want one on your lot) to take local one-off jobs for money. Most need you to own a Horse or some sheep or goats. There are lots of ways to make money as a rancher without needing someone in the household to have a job. My relatives who are farmers will be seriously jealous.

Get to know that Crinkletop guy! He's very useful.

Bugs? Bugs!

Things to watch out for that were issues for me in the early-access build, which is NOT the release build, so hopefully it's a bit better:

Ranch dancing is EXTREMELY popular. You might want to not keep a radio at home until the new dancing has a mod to … moderate it. Or is tuned down by the devs. But I do like it when I'm in control!

[image: five Sims ranch dancing (line dancing) as a group, including two Don Lothario and Eliza Pancakes]

The beautiful stone fireplace was also very, very popular, and of course potentially deadly. Watch out for that.

Ranch hands are NOT reliable. They might stay really, really late. They might stop showing up after a couple days. They might forget the things you instructed them NOT to do the day before. They might be super into kicking the garbage bin over. Keep an eye on your ranch hand. At least until the day, someday, when they get fixed. I'm hoping this is also moddable for those of us on PC.

At one point I had a weird bug where my Sim decided she would NOT eat. The rest of the household could eat. Guests could eat. They could eat HER food. It was fixed by going to the world map and back into the household, so I didn't find out if she was going to just starve to death.

I couldn't find some of the new CAS at first because some men's outfits were under "jumpsuit" for no apparent reason. So, if you're looking for some cool outerwear, try "jumpsuits." Hopefully it was recategorized for the release build!

And that's it! I'm happy to answer questions!

#sims 4 horse ranch #the sims 4 horse ranch #ts4 horse ranch #sponsored by EA #the sims 4 #ts4 #sims 4 #simblr

[timaeusterrored]

(The Pool Boy)

((Remember that one post I made waaaaay back in the early days when everything was cool? Yeah well I’m finally writing it))

Kerry Eurodyne remembers a time when he would have been embarrassed by Ariel seeing the state of the villa after a long night. But now he couldn’t find it in himself to care. Both were used too it, just as much as Kerry was used to being shaken to make sure he was still alive and Ariel starting conversations way too early.

“Kerry! Up! Breakfast!” Ariel was two seconds from pouring water over the rocker if he wasn’t up in the next five seconds. Kerry knew the annoyance in his voice, this song and dance happened every morning.

The rocker followed the smell of food and winced at the bright lights, attempting to dim them but immediately got scolded by his cook. Claiming he ‘needed them.’ Kerry just figured he was in a bitchy mood today. Or maybe he himself was in the bitchy mood.

Ariel was talking a mile a minute while Kerry stared at his back and tried so hard to focus on what he was saying, but failed miserably. What on earth was this man on today?

“Kerry!”

The older man winced, putting his hands over his ears for a moment. Was Ariel’s voice always so loud? Or was Kerry just extremely hungover? When was the last time he was this hungover?

“Did you hear anything I just said?” If anyone saw them right now, Ariel could have been confused for a disgruntled lover not getting paid attention too.

“No, I didn’t. What the fuck did you say?” God he sounded awful. Ariel just rolled his eyes and put on a pot of tea.

“I said that we have a new guy coming in. He’s on the younger side so be nice. He’s gonna be helping Miguel out, with the pool or something. I dunno.”

“I’m always nice-“

“Remember that time I came in and you launched a bottle at my head at full force.”

“Hey now, that was only because you came in at fuckin five am while I was in the zone, that was your fault.”

Ariel flipped him off then placed a heavenly plate of food in front of him. Kerry ate slowly, trying to keep himself from throwing up, and any mention of the pool boy gone from his mind- Ker don’t call him a pool boy this is not a porno.

The thought made him laugh and Ariel looked up from his own food in confusion. Kerry stated once that Ariel could eat whatever he wanted, he cooked the food he should be allowed to enjoy it! And if he came in early enough, Miguel was welcome to join them too… Kerry needed to stop hiring only men. He wasn’t even attracted to either of them, it just happened.

Ariel forced Kerry to drink the tea and honey he had made him, stating with as renowned as Kerry was for his voice, he took absolutely awful care of it. If Ariel knew Kerry when he was in his early years, he’d know Kerry was a princess about his voice. Now his chrome did most of the work and Kerry stopped caring as much. At this rate, Kerry was going to sing himself into the grave.

After breakfast was said and done and Kerry decided to be somewhat human today and take a shower, he wondered about the new hire. Honestly he wondered if he had been told at all, or had just not been listening when it came up. Either way, he trusted his gardener to not hire some complete clown.

What he wasn’t expecting was a complete piece of Night City beauty standing by his pool, talking to Miguel. He was tall, built like a fucking merc, and had gorgeous red hair Kerry wanted to grab. Oh and he also didn’t look a day past at least 26. And Kerry wasn’t sure if he had reached that level of his celebrity meltdown yet of dating a guy that young.

“Absolutely not, Kerry Eurodyne.” The voice behind him made him jump out of his skin. He needed a fucking bell on Ariel at this point, who was packed and ready to go to the store to restock Kerry’s fridge. “That kid is like 28 and way not prepared to deal with you.”

“Deal with me?” Kerry asked, offended now.

“You know exactly what I mean, Ker. Don’t fuck your pool boy, that’s just pathetic.” Ariel wasn’t wrong… but fuck.

Over the next few weeks, Kerry had for the most part, stayed out of the kid’s way. He learned his name was V, when Kerry asked Miguel if that was it, he was told that’s all the pool boy told anyone. He was from Heywood, his dad was apparently a ripperdoc in the city, and he liked boxing. Pretty basic if you asked Kerry.

But the weird part was that no one had seen him actually get into the pool. He somehow managed to avoid doing it every single time he was there, doing his work from the sidelines. He did a damn good job of it too, they were just impressed he could do it.

He was normally in and out, doing his job quickly and quietly to a point that Kerry honestly kinda forgot about him… until one morning.

Kerry had been on another work binge, up all night writing and composing, when he just happened to still be up when V’s car rolled up. It was a hunk of junk and Kerry noted he needed to look at his pay. Pretty boy like that deserved better than a junk car.

It was way too early for any normal human being to be up and at em, but Kerry supposed he was awake too. Maybe it was high time for and introduction. Kerry forgot he actually had to introduce himself to people.

He walked out of the villa once he had put some more presentable clothes on, a cup of coffee warming his hands as the door slid shut behind him. The pool boy was hard at work, doing… whatever it was he did with the pool. Kerry actually had never taken care of this thing on his own… had his fame really made him this lazy.

“Bit early for a swim, ain’t it?” That was his opener? Dear god he was rusty. Alright, Ker, put on the charm.

The man turned his head over his shoulder in confusion, then his eyes widened. Kerry heard him swear before he stood up, drying his hands on a pair of cargo pants. Seriously what was this dude’s deal? How do you work on a pool and not get in?

“Shit I’m sorry, hope I didn’t wake you up- uh, Mr. Eurodyne?” He said it like a question, like he was testing what Kerry preferred to be called.

“Kerrys fine, kid. And I wasn’t sleeping, so you’re fine on that front… never answered my question though. The hell are you doing here at 5:30 in the morning?”

Fuck what was this dude’s name? Z? Van? V! That was it. V looked perplexed, hands in his pockets as he examined Kerry for a moment.

“I’m always here early. I don’t wanna be in anyone’s way so I come and get my job done and then leave.”

It was kinda impossible to bother anyone with a face like that but okay. And also normally Kerry for the most part alone, unless Ariel was worried about him or Miguel needed extra hours, in which he just sat down with Ker and Ariel and had lunch or something. But this kid? Bothering them? Unlikely.

“And do what the rest of the day?”

V shrugged. “Help my mom out at her bar, or my dad in his clinic. Or Y’know, hide bodies.” Oh he thought he was funny did he?

“Oh are you good at that? I actually have some in the bathroom I needed help moving.” Kerry shot back, earning a small laugh from the pool boy.

“I Uh… I should probably get out of your hair soon, don’t wanna-“

“You want a cup of coffee?” Kerry cut him off. Clearly this kid had some deep rooted issues and Kerry was too tired to ask why he felt like he was bothering him. So here they were.

“Uh… sure.” V’s voice was quiet, but Kerry didn’t miss his small smile as he was lead inside. He wouldn’t fuck his pool boy…

Not yet.

#pool boy au #can’t believe I just typed that #cyberpunk 2077 #kerry eurodyne #cyberpunk kerry #kerry #cyberpunk v #male v #male v cyberpunk #vax eurodyne #kerry x v #kerry eurodyne x v #kerry x male v #kerry eurodyne x male v #cyberpunk Kerry x v #v x kerry #male v x kerry #cyberpunk v x Kerry #EuroV #otp: supernova

[miss-nob0dy]

howdy everyone so I’m sorry I didn’t write anything I just didn’t have any requests BUT I wanted to let myself pour my ideas out. so my creative juices were flowing very hard in the span of half an hour on a school night 😭😭. very happy with how this turned out, hope you guys enjoy it!!!

——

Alejandro has a nightmare/night terror.

Alejandro Vargas

This guy probably has PTSD from all of the stuff he saw and went through.

He tries to deny the idea of that, though.

“Nada me está pasando.”

You can clearly see through that. You just pay more attention to what he does.

If he hears a small noise behind his back, he’ll immediately turn around with how quick his reflexes are.

Loud noises sometimes will disturb him, but he’s so used to it.

But, this doesn’t affect only his habits. This can end up completely changing his dreams into actual nightmares.

You’re always a little more gentle with him at night, knowing what the possibilities are with you suddenly hearing him toss in the bed.

He feels super bad that you have to watch out for him, but you quickly reassure him.

“Callase. No es tu culpa, okey?”

“Amor..”

It’s like you have this sixth sense of knowing when he’s having a nightmare.

He makes small noises. Small grunts or mumbles of him giving out orders.

Alejandro seems more uncomfortable. His grip on the bedsheets are tighter than usual, and his eyebrows are furrowed.

Only when he starts to talk a little more loudly, or starts moving harshly, that’s when you wake up.

You have to wait it out, knowing that it’s not good to wake someone up from a nightmare. Definitely hurts you.

After he wakes up, he’s sitting up in bed, breathing heavily. But thankfully you’re there to help him ground himself. Give him a tight hug and a few reassurances or affirmations and he’s back down with you.

That’s only for his nightmares. Alejandro’s’ night terrors are waaaaay worse.

The difference between a nightmare and a night terror is that nightmares are bad dreams that you can sleep through and remember. Night terrors make you move around way more and you can barely remember them.

So, when Alejandrito has them, it’s just chaos.

He’s just thrashing around way more, sometimes even kicking you, but somewhat softly.

His breathing is heavy, and you can see him slightly sweating.

Then you wake up.

His talking is loud, he’s saying curse words and giving out orders in a frantic tone. If we’re assuming here, he’s having a nightmare about one mission he had a long time ago, losing almost his entire team and witnessing the bloodshed.

“Mierda..”

You try to wake him up by tapping or shaking him, but it doesn’t work.

You need to slap him softly in order for him to wake up, which is honestly a jumpscare.

When Alejandro awakens, he screams super loudly.

His eyes are wide, he’s breathing heavily, you can see the sweat on him clearly now. It’s a mess.

“Cálmate, Ale. Respira.”

You’re holding his face firmly, but that doesn’t help. He’s just stuck in his own thoughts. He can’t be consoled.

You can also feel the warmth in his cheeks. They’re just burning. Mans is going through it.

He’s pretty confused, but the hug you give him reassures him gently, knowing it’s his dear amor.

“Ya se terminó, no te preocupes.”

He won’t speak too much. He’s out of breath and dazed from the night terror.

Once you help him get back to sleep, he’s hugging you tightly, eyes shut tight.

The morning is just somewhat silent. He remembers about what happened the previous night, but doesn’t remember what the night terror was exactly about.

He’s just super happy he has someone to help him out.

#mw2 x reader #mwii #alejandro vargas #alejandro vargas x reader #call of duty #modern warfare 2 #gender neutral reader #call of duty mw2

[ninaisnotgerman]

Okay, so this is pt 1, Remus, and Sirius (if this does well, I'll make a master post for all of them because some of them connect) (also these are just my personal hc, you can like them, you can hate them or you can even add to them :)

So enjoy and anyways BYE!!!!!!!!

(Bisexual) Remus - tried things with Mary in 5th year to try and be straight (he could never). Were together for like a day, and remus was like "no I'm waaaayyyy to gay."

Wolfstar till the end.

Although I do hc that siri was remus' soulmate, but tonks was the wolf's mate. Tonks and Charlie got together but were unable to have a baby because of Charlie, so her and remus had teddy so that they could co-parent and to make the wolf happy. Sirius was fine because the baby would still have black blood. (They did have the baby after sirius died. It was partly in his honour)

(Gay) Sirius - dated Mary in 4th year and realised he was waaaaay too gay for remus (mary was a last-ditch effort to be straight, no hard feelings)

Wolfstar till the end.

#marauders #harry potter #marauders era #marauders fandom #dead gay wizards #atyd marauders #remus x sirius #wolfstar #sirius black #sirius o black #remus lupin #remus j lupin

[scrapyardboyfriends]

In my opinion, 2015 was quite good even without Robert and Aaron (though that really stepped it up). I actually found the Ross/Debbie/Pete storyline really captivating, especially with the reveal at the wedding and then them thinking Ross died. It was quite well done. After 2015, I started to lose interest if Robert and Aaron weren't involved in a story. Also, the ships were better in 2015 too. Robron had electric chemistry, and Ross and Debbie had genuine chemistry as well, and I think that's something really lacking in the ships now. As a result, it makes it hard to believe that there's actual love between the characters. Like I'm sorry but are we meant to believe Mack loves Chloe, because there's NO chemistry there lol. You know things are going downhill when they're seriously planning on getting Victoria with her ex fiances son lol

I wasn't the biggest fan of Ross and Debbie but they definitely had more going for them than any ship these days. I was far more of a Ross and Donna person. That was good stuff.

The relationships these days are tragic. They just throw people together with no build up and then it's like "set it and forget it". They get no development as a couple until suddenly they have a random plot that either breaks them up or lasts for two seconds and then they're off screen again.

I was trying to think if there are any couples in the terrible trio's run that I've though actually worked.

Bernice and Liam are one that I thought actually worked really well and they did get a lot of fun story and development. It's just a shame that Sam had to leave and screw it up because nothing they've done with Liam since, relationship wise, has really worked as well.

Liv and Vinny worked fairly well. I mean I have my own personal reasons for appreciating that relationship but they meet all of my low bar criteria, which is impressive these days. Because Liv was ace they couldn't just have them sleep together and suddenly be a couple. They actually had to tell a different kind of story. Different being that there was a story. Haha. But no, they had to go through different stages because of the ace aspect. And that gave them more time for development. Plus being the romantic subplot of the Paul saga gave them more screen time to develop too.

Jai and Laurel were a good match. And they did actually get something of a story getting together although they could have done a bit more. But they've at least had various plots over the years to actually develop them as a couple.

Marlon and Rhona reuniting worked fairly well. Now, I think they work largely because of all of the history between them that the terrible trio had nothing to do with so I can't give them too much credit.

Matty and Amy I like, but I like them in spite of the absolute nothing that the terrible trio have done with them.

Billy and Dawn I liked in their first incarnation but I still think they missed a huge opportunity to have Billy be a part of the Malone lie and be ride or die for Dawn in that crisis. Instead they broke them up and only really put them back together again because they had to replace David and Vic in the Meena story. Now they're...fine I guess but they only get annoying kid stories.

But the rest...

Vic and Luke were insulting. Vic and David were okay sort of until external reasons ruined them and then they should have just let it go. And now we have this Vic and Jacob thing, which is just weird. Ethan and Marcus were a whole lot of nothing. Nicky and Suni could be something but I have no faith in these people to actually put in the work. Wendy and Bob have been pretty awful. Wendy and Liam were horrific. Chaddy lasted waaaaay past their sell by date. Belle and Tom are boring. All of Gabby's relationship attempts have been terrible. Brenda and Eric and pretty dull and are really only together because the actors are together in real life. Mack and Charity really never worked. Mack and Chloe is a joke. Amelia and Noah are kind of obnoxious. Arthur and Marshall could have been something but then...weren't. Will and Harriet were...not great. Will and Kim are so mismatched they have never worked for me and their relationship also came out of nowhere and was never developed properly. Andrea was the worst thing that ever happened to Jamie. Andrea and Charles were pointless. Charles and Manpreet could have been something but they overly relied on their convoluted past and haven't developed them since. Jacob and Leanna were all over the place just for extra dramatics when she was murdered. Graham and Rhona were terrible and never made much sense. And Ben and Aaron were obviously an abomination.

I could go on but you get the idea. I really think relationships are one of the biggest things they need to work on. Because they can be great sources of drama but also great sources of positivity if done well. And the show is desperately in need of the occasional bit of positivity.

#emmerdale complaints corner

[utsuboarchive]

@unblot asked: 🕯️ azul thoughts from BOTH tweels

" hoping i might slip up? say something scandalous? hahaha- i'm only joking of course. hmmm... what is there to say? my brother and i have known azul since we were children. and from the very moment i met him, he has shown to be an incredibly hard working- and stubborn individual. once he sets his mind to something, there is very little that can stop him. it's an admirable trait, and a necessity when you come from a place as cold and unforgiving as we do. though... for all the good aspects of his character... there are particular negatives i find very entertaining. such as his ability to miss something looking him right in the face. he makes denial look like an art at times, and it never ceases to amuse me. "

" azul huh? he's pretty cool. hehe~ his human body is little and easy to grab- but i like him waaaaay better as an octopus. he's so big n' soft, and perfect for squeezing real tight. and if i'm lucky, he might squeeze me back. no matter how many limbs he's got though- i really like him a lot. like, a lot- lot, you know? i try to get it across to him all the time- but he doesn't really get it half the time. which is pretty funny, since he makes himself out to be so clever and smart. but it's also super frustrating, cuz it'd be nice to get somethin' back whenever i'm all mushy like that. not that it's any sort of deal breaker. i still like him, he's still fun to be around. been a long time and he's never too boring or dull. so yeah... yanno. cool, super cute, kinda dense ~ "

an eel's thoughts

#answered ask. / 🐬 & 🦈 #azul tbt. #hehehe

[junpei-iori-ace-defective]

what's your opinion on the whole akihiko characterization discourse going on. also get well soon man!!

Ty homie! Also I have a lot of opinions on Akihiko!

Let me preface this with, I don’t think it’s Alejandro’s fault. I’ve met him before, he’s super chill! He’s a great voice actor! I think with better voice directing/writing this issue could have been completely avoided.

Spoilers/Full Opinion under the cut bc, oh boy do I have a l o t to say.

So. First things first I do agree that Aki’s new voice is waaaaay too deep. Like. I understand wanting him to sound a little more mature but he did not need to be THAT deep. Bro should not be lower than Shinji. However, I don’t think that is Alejandro’s fault.

In stressful scenes, when Aki’s voice gets a little higher, I was literally screaming in my brain. “THATS IT THATS HOW HE SHOULD SOUND!”. I think the voice director was so focused on trying to make Aki sound more mature that they were pushing Saab too far in the deep direction.

Also I don’t know how they broke up the recording sessions, but I could tell a BIG difference in the voice acting for the whole cast when the Yakushima trip happened. Like they all sounded so much better. Especially Aki and Yukari. I can’t tell if it was just me getting used to the new cast, or if it was a new session, but they did sound better. While still being deep, Aki did sound more like himself and Yukari had some of her bite back.

Aki also improved writing and voice acting wise for his second awakening and after. To quote from the live blog I did on discord “no more damnit shinji. But goddamn Alejandro put his whole soul into that.”

I think with better voice directing Alejandro could have really made Aki shine. Idk if it was just. Miscommunication or smth bc the rest of them sounded fine. But I still don’t think it’s on Saab. I know he has the range. It seems like a direction issue to me.

Now on to the writing/characterization. Whooo boy it is r o u g h.

Every. Single. Fucking. Word. Out. Of. This. Mans. Mouth. Was. Protein. They flanderized my boy sooooooo bad.

I’ve been told they wanted to make him closer to the japanese version and the arena games but like. I don’t think it was this bad????

I honestly think it was Atlus’ attempt to add more comic relief to the game. Which I understand, but I don’t think it was needed.

Part of the charm, for me at least, is how depressing Persona 3 is. Like. Of course the game is depressing as shit! It’s about death, destruction, doom, gloom, despair, ect. It’s supposed to feel so hopeless because that’s how it really hammers home it’s main point. In the last act, you, S.E.E.S., and other characters realize even though life is depressing and cruel, that there’s hope in the end. That the bonds you have forged will save you AND the world. Like you gotta hit rock bottom to get back up!

So trying to add more comedy just feels. Off. Especially choosing Aki of all people to be comic relief. Junpei has always been the comic relief TM but his character is done so fucking good that even though he’s the comic relief TM, the moments where he does get serious hit so much fucking harder.

Unfortunately with Aki, it does not work the same way. Aki is such a serious character that it’s hard to make him comic relief without ruining his character, which is exactly what fucking happened. All the serious scenes, especially with Shinji, just felt so weird bc the game sets up Aki as mr protein workout man. That when he is serious, it feels like a completely different character.

Like with his video recording that you can watch in the meeting room. What makes that funny is Aki is such a serious character that seeing him be an absolute idiot and fumble IS the humor.

I think Aki is just like. The worst choice to make comic relief. Like everyone else has funny bits and quirks, which makes them so realistic and likable! And Aki does too! But turning his whole character into work out protein work out is just a massive disservice to his character.

It did seem to taper off towards the back half of the game. Especially after Shinji’s death, and progressing through his link episodes. But all of the flanderization did hurt his character really bad. I hope Atlus stops trying to add humor where there doesn’t need to be any. Because honestly it doesn’t make shit funny, it just makes things not make sense.

(Side note, I think thats also what the other persona games suffer from too. Is Atlus being worried about the games being too dark that they add humor where there doesn’t need to be any. Which leads to weird plot things/mischaracterization)

Long story short, Do better Atlus lmao. I still love Reload. It’s literally the best remake I’ve ever seen/played. And I think all game studios should look at Reload and take notes. But it has its issues. And so does this version of Aki.

#asks #persona 3 #reload #sorry about the essay lmao #ive been thinking about this for a while #tbh #also feel free to discuss in the notes #i like seeing other people’s thoughts

[greg-montgomery]

all the overprotective hotch ideas are driving me crazy😩🤤😍

you'll have to forgive my mexican ass for this but i can't help thinking about reader having to talk in spanish to interview the family of a victim or something and the LEO's listening and sexualizing her 'cause "she's latina🤪" (tons of stereotypes in their words ofc) and Hotch going like "you better give some respect to my agent"

reader later whispering in his ear teasingly "talking about respect now but your actions were quite disrespectful last night, sir" and he has to use all his will power to keep a straight face because now his mind is flooded with memories of how hard he fucked you the night before🥵

also i pictured one officer trying to flirt with reader going like "hey, mami" and she goes like "i'm sorry but i'm pretty sure i'm too young to be your mother, son" while keeping a straight face not even bothering to look at the guy and the whole precinct makes fun of him, even hotch has to do his best no to laugh but you can bet he's thinking of an excuse to get that officer out of the job for good

someone help me because now overprotective hotch is all i can think about😩💖

aaron would not let them get away with it in any way!!!

it’s probably not the first time that these jerks sexualise you when they hear you speak spanish. you always try to ignore them but this time you feel like it’s the last straw. you make a mental note to deal with them after you finish talking with the family of the victims but lucky for you, you won’t need to 😌 bc aaron is already standing in front of those guys, completely towering over them. he of course looks at them with his hotch™️ stare and doesn’t have to say anything for them to get scared lmfao but he does anyway!! he’s like “what was that?” and they look at him like lost puppies trying to defend themselves, mumbling “nothing, sir.” 🤭 and aaron is like “oh. because i thought i heard you talking about my agent - and not in respectful way. and if that was true…today would be your last day here.”

and of course you overhear their little chat and you’re like 🦋🦋🦋🦋 bc you love when your boyfriend defends you like that!! and later you definitely tease him about respect since he was calling you the most disrespectful names the night before 🫣🫣 aaron is unable to focus on anything else for the rest of the day 😭 he can’t wait for the day to be over so you can continue your last night activities 🥰🥰

and LMFAO as much as aaron is there to have your back, you’re always more than capable to defend yourself! when you put people in their place he enjoys it waaaaay too much!! so after your comeback to this guy calling you mami aaron loses it 😭 he bites the inside of his cheek to hide his laugh but it’s obvious he’s ready to break lmfao

#he loves you more than anything 🥹 #ask #hotch 🪐

[digitalsatyr23]

My Writeblr 2023 in Retrospect

This year feels like a weird blur. Like a lot happened, but looking back, I keep feeling like there are these huge blank spots. The only way I can really chart my course is through my writing, as well as what I uploaded here. While I became more active again near the end of 2022, the vast majority of the stuff I've done for my blog took place during this year. Unfortunately, not all the writing I did this year could be uploaded (private comms, group projects, NSFW content), and there were many dry spells here (especially recently) because of this.

What I'm Proud Of: This was the first year that I seriously did things like writing commissions. Like sure, I had done one for a friend and that worked out okay, but doing that with a friend you're familiar with is waaaaay different than working with people you don't know, especially since you gotta come up with rules and a general framework. Had some highs, had some lows, but I still feel happy I was able to scrape by on my writing alone. Like it was still rough because as basically everyone who lived through the same year can attest, 2023 was like "what if everything was more expensive for no goddamn reason" and that mean anything that was already hard was like... Way harder. Many a nights I had to ration out my food and eat like once a day to ensure I had a meal awaiting me the next day. So being able to not go hungry due to being able to write was pretty great, all things considered. I also made a lot of good writeblr friends on here. There's a pretty chill community on this site, and I'm glad that I get to be a small part of it. Hopefully my stuff will continue to be well-received going forward!

What I Regret: I think my biggest regret - aside from the major dryspells in creativity and motivation - has to be the fanfiction. Like it's no secret to me that the OoT fanfic I was writing between projects was like way more popular than my originals. And hey, that's totally cool. But it's also because of that that when I had to switch back to other projects, or just focus on surviving, I kept thinking to myself "Damn, I really dropped the ball with that one. I had a good thing going and then I just sorta walked away." I feel bad about that. Believe it or not, I do plan to return to it, but there's also another project that's been waiting for me to return to, so now that I've just about finished with this really huge commission, I need to give that project some love first. So the tl;dr is that I do plan to finish the OoT fanfic eventually, it's just not something I can get back to this very moment. If I have any updates for it, I'll let you guys know!

Stories/Chapters I Wrote This Year: 25

My 2023 Word Count: 261,933

I'm specifically counting short stories, novelettes, novellas, or chapters that are part of a larger but incomplete project (any story with multiple chapters that is complete would just be 1 in this case). Like I wrote a crapload of lore for my Arachnia setting buuuut if I had to sift through all that and include it here, I'd be here a long time... In any case, I just wanted to reflect on this year, partly so I could try and remember things, and partly so I could come to terms with both my proud moments and regrets. I feel like 2024 is gonna be the "me picking up the pieces" year or something, but I feel that I owe it to myself to keep moving forward and make things that I love. With luck, hopefully you'll love what I make too. Take care, everyone, and happy New Year!!

#blogging #writeblr #year review #my 2023 wordcount

[scenetocause]

for the director's cut, could you talk a little about the mitch/stoffel parts of your daniel goes to fe fic? i love this pairing and i love how you write them, i guess i want to know what interests you in their dynamic, why you chose to put them together etc! anything you want to say about them really!

sooooooo a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away (GP2, rip my beloved we will never 4get u) there was stoffel and mitch. mitch is actually 2 years younger than stoffel but got to GP2 a year before him because mitch is the youngest ever GP3 winner and stoffel was begging for someone to pay for him to go racing.

in a way, it's crazy that stoffel was the one of the two who got to f1 and that's mostly cus no one wanted to drive that mchonda and also mclaren had no money to pay anyone else to do it anyway. and mitch was mark webber's first flop era attempt at managing someone while he was still doing his own full-time racing career so like. what the fuck mahk wibbah.

but anyway, so, they were frens in GP2 because mitch knew all the red bull juniors and pierre knew stoffel. mitch goes to formula e at the end of 2016, stoffel graduates to having the worst time ever in f1 for the 2017 season, all very standard. it's really obvious that stoffel's time in f1 is cursed and short, from the start and by the end of the 2018 season he's well out of the door and into the loving arms of formula e. and mitch.

stoffel never really made friends in f1, all his friends were still the people who he'd driven against in junior categories, who were in formula e. antonio, robin, mitch, brendon, whoever else appeared on their insta stories bike ride content around then. well, prob not robin exercising but still.

like mitch, stoffel has to drive a hopeless shitbox for his whole first season in fe before the team morphs into mercedes (derogatory) and becomes the inexplicable villains of the series.

and then and then we get to the good bit! which is friendly rivalries (actual). one of them just won the title, the other just lost it here and i think you'd be hard pressed to guess which. a week later they were on holiday on a yacht together taking slutty swimsuit photos. mitch has stoffel's championship trophy??? these men have seen everything, including the best and worst of each other and they are besties and i think that's just neat.

i guess i put them together just because i assumed everyone did! it actually really surprised me that there wasn't like, loads more. the vibes of the title and that end in seoul/their boat holiday were particularly what prompted it but they just seemed very obvious as a pairing to me and it was a little bit of a shock that no one else thought so.

the way i write them is like. they are both very soft and snuggly boys who have a few too many feelings for motorsport, really. stoffel is quite tricky to grasp whereas mitch is sort of easy to put words in the mouth of, which is why it's stoffel's perspective but also that's putting waaaaay too much thought process into the way i write anything.

the whole vibe of the fic is sort of trying to find (and keep) something that's real, while everything feels very synthetic. and what's more canon in the emptyhalf universe than falling in love with your flatmate.

[slagethor]

14 and 25 for the artist ask?

14. How has your art changed over the years? A ton! Like a lot, a lot! I apologize if this is long but I like thinking about how far I've come, its a good day for it. I picked up drawing again during one of my most boring jobs in an office with no wifi, and hour long lunch breaks. I was super into fire emblem heroes at the time, so I took character requests to fill my time. It was honestly a fantastic way to start, because the simple shapes made for an easy on ramp for me. Immediately after I started feeling comfortable, I threw myself in the deep end and did an inktober and luckily I liked it! I stuck with pretty simple lines once I invested in a tiny lil tablet, and had a hell of a time figuring out what "Layers" and "Stabilization" were. I think these two exemplify a the best of what I could make at the time.

After I started getting comfortable, and understanding shapes a bit better, I actually became pretty paralyzed about details in my art. I realized that if I stared at my art for more than 30 second I would find a new problem with it. Like I would zoom in waaaaay too close to smooth curves, like correcting 4 pixels. I realized that was a problem, so I came into a brush where these "errors" were in fact one of the features, and worked with that to make my lines a bit more loose, and force me to stop thinking about those tiny "mistakes"

After a few years of working on that, I feel a lot better about lil bits like that in my art, and I've largely shaken the bit in my brain that wants every curve to be perfect. I found that I wanted more weight and variance in my lines, and that brush didn't really allow for pen pressure, so I again switched brushes. This current brush is actually meant for sketches, but I like it more than any lining brush I've tried so here we are!

These are all better examples of each of these eras of art for me. There's a lot of stuff that doesn't look nearly as good, I am still making plenty of pieces like that today, but these felt like good ways to showcase each! 25. Based on your recent reference searches, what would the FBI assume about you? They would probably think I'm a furry, or I've got a thing for feet. I don't think either of those are true of myself, but I'm trying to get better at feet. Furry because of that Sybil draw, and also snouts are hard to figure out, that and digitigrade legs. I respect the hell outta furries doing that stuff all the time

#my art #thank you for asking I really love to talk about this

[aligatorrageinator]

Built a 100% homemade Gamzee Makara cosplay for Halloween this year and I'm happy to report my mother was apparently quite upset I wound up going to the grocery store like this :o)

rip to all the spooky Gamzee fans but I literally could not stop smiling for more than 2 seconds with how well this came out so goofy gumbo is what you get, cry about it.

More details about the process under the break

[please reblog, this shit took me forever to make and so much stress]

The Pants

Thanks to YouTube the pants weren't that hard to figure out, but actually making them was the frustrating part as motivation was hard to come by and goddamn getting all those spots on the pants was a pain in my collective ass. They came out really soft and cozy though so I'm using them as pj pants forever now lamo

The Horns

they went through like 3 different prototypes over 4 months. The first ones were about the length of my forearm and made from model magic. You can probably guess what went wrong with those, they were way too bendy with no internal supports and being that long they were a pain to move in as they knocked into everything. After that I tried making some out of paper mache but those wound up looking cruddy and being heavy as all getout so the final attempt was just the same model magic horns at about half the previous length and they worked amazingly as you can see.

The Shirt

The shirt is just a craft store tshirt with fabric paint so that was no sweat but waiting for the paint to dry and adding all the layers took a non negligible amount of time also I've been staring at @starsnores art waaaaay to much lately so I took some scissors to around the collar bc I like the visual storytelling that Gumboat can't put on his shirts without putting holes through em.

The Wig

It's a spirit halloween wig called 'creepy man' or smth I had to cut it to be much shorter and try my hand at styling curls into it which went much better than I thought it would considering it was my first time, but pro tip: Check what strength of hairspray you're buying apparently there's different strengths ranging from loose hold to basically a stone seal.

Final Thoughts/Extras

if/when I end up putting all this on again I'm deffie using regular facepaint instead of the biblically accurate greasepaint, I don't think it came out any better, and good lord is greasepaint just the worst to have on your face for super long.

overall this taught me alot about cosplaying tolls and I'm looking forward to my next build :oD [probbie either going to be sollux or an oc so look out for that ig]

also fun fact one of my neighbors thought i had weird contacts in [I did not, it was just my eyes]

Enjoy some bonus photos for reading about my suffering <3 [the stuffie's name is Karcrab btw]

#homestuck #cosplay #gamzee makara #Halloween #gamzee #makara #photography #funny #homestuck juggalos