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angelosearch · 2 months

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10 Ways To Tell You're Reading A Fic By angelosearch

@gardengalwrites came up with this awesome tag game and I am so here for it.

I am very punny. I love to use puns, allerliteration, and wordplay. Language is a jungle gym and I chose to climb it in any direction I please.

In every piece of writing I do (be it a chapter, one-shot, essay, etc.) I seek to give the reader a moment of ha, a moment of aw, and a moment of awe. I want to make you laugh, move you, and inspire you! Hopefully, I accomplish that.

This goes without saying, but dialogue (see what I did there? see #1). I let the words a character chooses to say and how they say it be the primary influence on their characterization. I think this comes from my favorite way of consuming media being TV, videogames, and movies where the plot primarily hinges on dialogue.

Family, trauma, and family trauma! I have experience in these things, enjoy thinking about them, and love to write them into my stuff so my poor characters have to suffer, muhahaha.

Most of my background in writing and reading is in nonfiction in nature and on the technical side. I've written for environmental organizations, nonprofits, associations, and medical service companies mostly in the form of marketing copy and press releases. As a result, my writing is overly researched and probably oddly specific about things that may have nothing to do with the plot. Basically, I over-explain things. We know this.

Related to the above note, I also need my writing to feel native to the subject material. I do a ton of research to tone-match and find little details and deep cuts to include to make it feel like it lives in the world I am exploring. I'd say a good 40% of the time spent on anything I am writing is dedicated to the research/planning stage.

Pop-culture references! I try to keep them subtle because I want to keep readers immersed, but I do make a lot of them. I am a pop-culture junkie. I am also planning on putting easter eggs in my fics referencing each other!

Simile, metaphor, allusion, symbolism, etc. My FAVORITE part of anything I consume is dissecting the author's intent and how their work fits into the greater context of their writing/life. Therefore, I do my best to emulate these narrative devices in my own work.

I refuse to play the omniscient narrator. I am in one character's head at a time. They are the narrator and my readers will only see what they see and know what they know in language they would be willing to use. Though I do love jumping perspectives and seeing the same scene from more than one point of view.

Unfortunately, typos. I try really hard to avoid them but my dyslexia is a powerful force that shows up in my writing.

Bonus: If it's an FFVIII fanfic, Laguna is most definitely involved. I have written three fics directly from his perspective (When in Dollet, Man of the People, and At this Moment); Balamb Harbor Playhouse and I hope you love the flowers as much as I do have him as a major character; and Chaos Theory is riddled with him and his POV as well. What can I say, I love that magical himbo and I will never stop making jokes about how he constantly falls off of cliffs. I may or may not also be using him to parent my inner child I MEAN IT'S JUST HIM AND RAINE TOGETHER YOU GUYS THEY ARE SO CUTE

Tagging @mathiwrites @irishais and any other fellow authors among my mutuals!

#tag game #ao3 #writing #writeblr #creative writing

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nyappytown · 1 year

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Susano'o Theory Bones:

First: What lead me to look into Susanoo in the first place was a mention of Kushihime in Clash! Oh Ye gods of Calamity. Upon looking into her I had to of course, look into her husband. And immediately he reminded me of Yato’s behavior.

Second: While Yato mentions that Yukine is scared of the dark, Yukine mentions that same chapter how Yato hates storms. Since the beginning of my looking into the theory it has always made sense that he would despise his own nature.

Fourth: The reoccurring motif of storms through the series while we still have no sign of the storm god.

“I wonder if Yato has another name too… I’ll go ask Mayu about Yato after I stop by the team room…”

Now onto a very rough comparison of folk lore!

Susano'o is a key figure and works as a foil to Amaterasu through in many points of the mythology, many of the events of the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki cannot exist without him, yet, he is no where in Noragami as it stands. But as I will list below, we still see some of those stories interpreted... but with Yato in place of Susano'o-no-Mikoto.

Susano'o was born of Izanagi’s nose in the Kojiki. Yato is constantly shown with a runny nose.

He was sent to Ne no Kuni by Izanagi after his birth because he wailed to be with his mother.

Yato was sent to Yomi after wailing to be reunited with Hiyori and Yukine.

(Ne no Kuni translates to “land of roots” but it has been associated with the underworld in just about everything I have read.) fun fact! We have seen Yato demonstrate he may have some sort of control over Ayakashi.

The heaven arc is honestly where the most was shoved in our faces. Susano'o is the god who slew Yamata no Orochi and retrieved Kusanagi from its belly.

In the heaven arc Yato is who takes down Take’s dragon.

The trial by pledge is known as “ukei” which is the same ritual that was performed by Susano'o and Amaterasu to determine his innocence. Each party took an item from the other and was chewed on them to produce children. The party to produce daughters would be seen in the right and the party to produce sons, wrong.

Susano'o was declared in the right, and upon winning was so overwhelmed with joy he proceeded to make a mess of Amaterasu’s weaving hall and flayed her horses. (Normal person behavior, I know.) And that is, in one of the accounts, when he was banished!

Those primarily in order they appear in Noragami and not the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki but hopefully it is enough to express why I am so in love with this theory! There are also other more humorous moments and little call outs which I adore.

At the beginning of the series, in chapter one, Yato makes mention of how stormy it is, and then sneezes, which can indicate someone is talking about you.

At the divine party Yamata no Orochi gets mentioned, directly across from that, and paneled to the same size, we see a “gloomy” Yato drinking by himself.

In chapter 83, we see Take with his perm and watch Kofuku break the rafters of Izumo Shrine down on him in a way that is very similar to how Ookuninushi and Suseribime managed to hold of Susano'o to get out of the underworld. This may in fact be a call out to this story. This is also potentially quite punny, as one of Susano'o-no-Mikoto's titles is Takehaya-Susano'o-no-Mikoto.

While it is Take in the scene, we see Coo phone, and black cats which are both associated with Yato through the series. But of course, black cats could also just be bad luck. (Poor kitties)

I adore that Ookuninushi is in this shot too. It’s just too perfect.

On the note of the above story!

In this tale, Ookuninushi received scarves from Suseribime to protect him from the trials Susanoo set him on. At the end of the tale, he receives a sword, as well as a bow and arrows from Susano'o.

And what is Rekki’s vessel form?

Exactly that-

I would like to end, with the manifold fence.

“Ah, a manifold fence.”

Bonus:

I FORGOT MY FAVORITE

For shame.

I need to add this because I can’t stop thinking about it. “In other words, you’re the invisible hand of nature.” Also, the pesti-germ is a reference to pestilence. Which Susano’o is associated with via Gozu Tenno. While Father, in this case, is associated with the Capyper.

This has been my first attempt to back up a Twitter thread! Thank you for bearing with me as I know these are probably strange in bullet point format on Tumblr. The other two are a bit more complicated, so I will get to those at a different time.

#susanoo theory #noragami #adachitoka #meta #theories #yato #this isnt even all of it #just a random ‟masterpost‟ i put together at 2 am to introduce the concept to someone on twitter #it goes too deep #maybe one day i will comprise an actual full on meta/analysis of the similarities

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valhallakonbi · 11 months

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Nadeko Sengoku and puns

i thought i would write about some wordplay on here to take my mind off things. i think some of this stuff is common sense but there’s also more double-meanings you might not find reading subtitles or translator’s notes alone.

please note that i am not fluent in japanese! if this post is missing anything or if i’m wrong about something, definitely let me know!

i chose to write about Nadeko because she’s the most punny character that comes to mind. of course most of them have something punny going on, but Nadeko’s name itself is a double pun, and so is Otorimonogatari as a title. i also want to talk about the Renai Circulation lyrics.

first things first, Nadeko’s full name is spelled as follows: 千石 Sengoku (surname) 撫子 Nadeko (first name)

literal readings of the writing for Nadeko 撫子 include “dianthus girl” or “caressable child”. 撫 means dianthus (a type of flower, the traditional japanese one is pink and is called dianthus superbus) and 撫でる, a verb, means “to stroke, to caress”. most japanese first names ending in -ko use the 子 kanji (”girl, child”) as a suffix, which denotes that they are feminine.

together, the two kanji 撫子 can be read as “Nadeko”, but the most common reading is “Nadeshiko”. Nadeshiko is a first name as well but it is also synonymous with Yamato Nadeshiko, the “ideal woman” archetype in japan : soft, graceful, humble, good-natured, faithful, etc. in Renai Circulation, some of the puns make reference to the Yamato Nadeshiko archetype (keep reading for direct quotes).

the surname Sengoku 千石 means “a thousand stones”. a lot of people have noticed this but Sengoku is pronounced the exact same as the name of the japanese period of continuous civil war that eventually led to the unification of japan and put an end to the feudal system. it is written differently though, Sengoku 戦国 (war + country), so i don’t know how relevant this one is (i can’t remember but this could’ve been mentioned once or twice in canon?)

now, onto Renai Circulation, because there’s one particular verse i really like:

Senri no michi mo ippo kara! (Even a lengthy journey begins with a single step!) Ishi no you ni katai sonna ishi de (With this determination, hard as a stone) Chiri mo tsumoreba Yamato Nadeshiko? (If dust is piled up, then Yamato Nadeshiko?) "Shi" nuki de (Without the “shi”) Iya shinukide! (No, I’ll go all out!)

i roughly translated it line by line above but as you can tell, it is incomprehensible in english since none of the puns hold up.

i’ll break this down further with more thorough translations :

Senri no michi mo ippo kara! (Even a lengthy journey begins with a single step!)

“senri” (”long distance, lengthy”) means “a thousand ri”, with ri being a japanese unit of measurement. think of it as if in english “thousand mile-long” was a phrase commonly used as a euphemism to describe something that goes on for a great distance. the use of the word “senri” is interesting because the “sen” 千 in senri 千里 is the same as the one in Sengoku 千石 (”a thousand stones”).

Ishi no you ni katai sonna ishi de (With this determination, hard as a stone)

in japanese, the words “determination, will, volition” 意志 and “stone” 石 are pronounced the same, ishi, but written differently. the character for stone 石 can be read ishi like it is here, but also koku, like in the surname Sengoku 千石 (koku turns into -goku because it forms a liaison with the previous syllable)

Chiri mo tsumoreba Yamato Nadeshiko? (If dust is piled up, then Yamato Nadeshiko?)

this one makes no sense in english but it is the punniest line out of the whole verse!!! i love it. there’s a proverb in japanese that goes, Even dust, when piled up, turns into a mountain. it’s basically the “Mighty oaks from little acorns grow” of japanese, “small yet repeated efforts lead to great achievements”.

in romaji, the proverb goes “Chiri mo tsureba yama to naru”. compare with the above, “Chiri mo tsureba Yamato Nadeshiko”. the “yama to naru” (which means “to turn into a mountain”) is replaced with Yamato Nadeshiko. (in the official lyrics, the japanese line is written in full hiragana)

"Shi" nuki de (Without the “shi”) Iya shinukide! (No, I’ll go all out!)

in reference to the previous line: without the “shi”, “Yamato Nadeshiko” becomes “Yamato Nadeko”.

a literal reading of “shinukide!” 死ぬ気で (from the last line) would be, “with the feeling like one is dying”. as a common saying, it means “to go all out”, “to desperately give it one’s all”, “to go at it like hell”, etc. the pun here is pretty straightforward : “Shi” nuki de and shinukide are pronounced the same.

that’s it for the Renai Circulation verse!

now onto Otorimonogatari! Otorimonogatari 囮物語 is the first Monogatari arc narrated by Nadeko. it means “lure tale” or “decoy story”.

if you compare the writing for Otorimonogatari and the writing for Bakemonogatari, a first pun emerges :

Bakemonogatari 化物語 Otorimonogatari 囮物語

the “otori” kanji is the same as the “bake” kanji, it’s only difference being as if written inside a mouth 口 kanji (which makes sense for a “lure” kanji if you think about it). 化 + 口 = 囮 (as a side note, Hanamonogatari 花物語 uses the same formula, the kanji for “hana” 花 (flower) is the same as “bake” 化, only with a grass radical over it)

this is pretty neat on its own, but we can go further with the mouth 口 kanji. the writing for “snake” (hebi) in japanese is 蛇. in Otorimonogatari, Mr. Serpent, aka Kuchinawa-san in japanese, is introduced. “serpent” is a great localization for “Kuchinawa”, because kuchinawa is actually a more archaic reading of the 蛇 (snake) kanji mentioned previously. this reading comes from the writing 朽ち縄 kuchinawa “rotten rope”, but kuchinawa can also be written “rope with a mouth” 口縄. it seems like “rotten rope” was more common, but for the sake of the pun i really like the mouth thing. it circles back to otori 囮.

in the novel, Kuchinawa is written using katakana クチナワ (ku-chi-na-wa), and in the anime his giant form has 蛇 ideograms floating around inside him, so i would say this one isn’t necessarily intentional.

welp that’s it! thanks for reading!!!!

#valhalla txt #nadeko

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notmuchtoconceal · 2 months

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The title "Resident Evil" as a localization which came about from a pre-existing copyright conflict is so eerily apropos, for in some ways it's even more appropriate than the original Japanese title "Biohazard".

Biohazard, of course, accurately summarizes the literal events of not only the initial, but each following entry. In the original, the title is even something of a spoiler. With Resident Evil you know you're in a house with zombies, and the discovery that it's a viral leak on the site of a hidden lab is something of a reveal. If you're an American player in the 90's you see killer dogs and the undead and night ravens in a gothic manor and you're liable to assume the possibility of something darkly fantastical. (The remake even hams this up by cryo-freezing a dangerous but too-precious-to-liquidate prototype specimen inside an underground vampyre crypt out in the crumbling 18th century graveyard which is literally suspension-chained over an altar and can only be unlocked with death masks.) If you're a Japanese player, you're seeing the same stuff, but aware of a rational, material cause, unless you would like to take the title in its grandest estimation to see all biological material -- and therefore life itself -- as constituting a hazardous contagion.

With "Resident Evil" we're using the subtleties of the English language to both redirect and obscure the central thematic preoccupation of the series. (For the sake of argument, let's assume the central RE games constitute a work of art in which each entry builds thematically and psychologically off their predecessors, responding -- and sometimes degenerating -- in complexity and nuance much like the gameplay mechanics themselves, cause uh... that's what they are.)

Once again, the original title can describe the literal evil of a house, as the game takes place in a secluded mansion. However, we're aware this title is subtly punny in an almost meaningless way because it could very easily just stop there. If you wanted to go any further, you'd have to risk being accused of looking too deeply at a mystery in plain sight, as though a glass onion doesn't infinitely refract when held up to the light.

When a North American hears the word "Resident" they don't only think of a home -- a residence -- or a person who occupies a home -- being a resident -- they also think of how the term is used as a adjective, as in Resident Doctor (again subtly pushing medical associations, hinting at a pharmaceutical reveal, but preserving the mystery while not really at all, if you're keeping your eyes open). That is, a resident in the sense of being a person who lives on the site of his job. Aha. Now we're getting somewhere. The title "Resident Evil" doesn't only function as something of a tabernacle where the nature of its occupant remains obscured, but it proposes the residence itself is that tabernacle, and a residence (a place one occupies -- occupation too having many broader connotations) too is something which is more encompassing, such as the nature of a home is not so much literal as felt. Thus, the residence of one becomes the city of two, which by the end of three is a warzone on the brink of annihilation.

Hence (all this preamble, I am not sorry to say, being necessary) the title Resident Evil functions as something of a cultural diagnostic. Resident Evil is about how corporate entities bring about the destruction of our homes. About how we give themselves to them willingly. About the mutations we induce in ourselves, the subtle yet intense dehumanization we accrue, the violence we inflict not only on our own bodies but on our families and our land -- by being unable to separate our toils from our labors or our homes. Resident Evil is not only describing and demonstrating how the work/life imbalance agitates into a cancer which is all-consuming, but how this cancer was manufactured in a lab.

Having said all this (outlined a theory you might say) I now wish to prove it by saying the thing I had initially popped in to say, and truthfully the only thing which really matters to me (if you've read this far, you've done well and you're being rewarded with my heart, for all that jargon being necessary to tie my thinking to a living will, it functions too as something of a smokescreen -- against who or what I do not know; perhaps only some veil through which my eyes might gradually well to take in the light) which is that RE2 has haunted me for years, for rather than being a crudely-voiced work of melodrama performed by low-resolution digital marionettes, I consider it a profoundly enduring familial tragedy.

I could always feel. In my heart, and in my bones -- that Annette Birkin truly loved her daughter Sherry. The problem was ... she simply loved her husband more. Sherry was simply the product of their shared passion, and of course she cared for her as an extension of that passion, but you see... Annette and her husband were working on something together. Annette worships her husband. The note of not only despair, but reverence -- as though she were more his prophet than his wife -- when she howls into the void, that the G-virus is her husband's legacy.

Yet she could never stop being his wife.

Even as William continued to mutate, self-inflicted by his own viral load, to the point his head is pulled down into his chest -- his face a wound over his heart as he sprouted a new brain, a second brain; new arms, new eyes, taking on the silhouette of an avenging angel -- she can't accept that he's dead. The man she loves. He's right here.

She looks upon the monster he's become and is so happy his heart still beats for her, she addresses him as though he is a cognizant being seconds before he mauls her. Only this rude awakening (in that timeline) is enough to induce the sobriety necessary for her to explain to Claire how to manufacture the G-virus Antidote (DEVIL) to neutralize the embryos her husband shot into their daughter. (Yes.)

It's as though Annette simply never could become a mother. It's as though she's always running around in a trance. It's as though she has no awareness she even has a daughter... until Claire brings her to her attention. Annette Birkin, simply put -- could never love her daughter in the way she needed (though the love was real) simply for she was too internally divided. She was already so consumed by her work, she could never separate herself from it long enough to build a family.

Maybe she was fooling herself. When you think of Ada holding Sherry's pendent and the family photo swings away to reveal the concealed phial of G-virus, the implication seems to be the family was only ever a front. For the business. For the warfare state. Was Annette then -- her frank love -- simply a pawn at the mercy of whatever hunger drove her?

And what of William? Did he think anything of her? Does he ever regard her? In any way? When Annette finds him wounded by machinegun fire, she runs to him. Hold on, darling. All she can think of is caring for him, and he... he does not wait. He injects the virus into himself. Does he know he's on the brink of death? Does he know his poor foolish wife can't save him? Was she only ever a glorified lab assistant whose desperate need he could easily maneuver into a sham marriage and the guilt load of a neglected daughter? Was he truly married to his work, and his only love his precious G-virus? Did he feel so cucked by being gunned down by masked goons from his own corporate sponsor, he now needed to fuck them all in a violent bloodbath of his own unfiltered becoming?

Annette strikes me as the type of person so desperate to be loved and with so much love to give, but who has never been in a position where it was safe to love, though also ... her psychosis could have very easily been recent. Not only the grief of losing her husband, but the reality of being in a survival scenario with grotesques of unspeakable chimerical form. She could have simply been a cold, weak-willed nerd with delusions of grandeur who attached herself to likewise and couldn't control her horniness. Is that fundamentally rational? Why would anyone do that? To what degree is baseline sociopathy instilled and artificially propagated by corporate cultures? What effect does this have across generations?

Is it strange the only one who ever showed any concern or affection for her daughter was another young woman who was also basically an orphan? Who put herself in this desperate situation, only looking for her brother, who is saving her simply for she has the strength to love?

Oh, Sherry.

I never played the one where you hooked up with Wesker's bastard.

Theoretically, it sounds cute. More than likely, it's fucked.

#resident evil 2 #annette birkin #william birkin #sherry berkin #resident evil #shinji mikami #g-virus #biohazard #RE2 #mr. death #4th survivor

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snaxpo · 2 years

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utterly DELIGHTED by the spanish translations of the main cast’s names

i’ll be looking at both the latin american and castilian spanish translations, but for the sake of my hands, this’ll just be covering the main expedition members. also, disclaimer that spanish is only my second language, so i might be missing out on some stuff! if you have any fun dub name observations in either of the spanish translations or in any other language, i’d love to hear ‘em!

- filbo's last name in latin american spanish is nomanda, which is probably supposed to be referencing “no manda” as in "not in charge/doesn't make the rules/isn't the boss."

- beffica’s name in the latin american translation is fisgona averiguatodo. i Think “fisgona” is just supposed to mean “snoop” while “averigua todo” translates to “find out everything.” her castilian last name, metomentodo, translates to something like “meddler/busybody”

- wambus’ latin american name is granjo aralatierra. i assume his first name is just supposed to be granja as in farm but with an o. aralatierra i’m pretty sure is just supposed to be "a la tierra"/"down to earth." his castilian name is pancho alaplancha which is VERY fun, but i don’t have much to say about it except that “a la plancha” just means “on the griddle.”

- actually a LOT of characters in the castilian spanish translation seem to just have real food names? filbo’s name in castilian spanish is just “cinnamon french toast,” beffica’s name boniata is pretty obviously derived from “boniato” aka “sweet potato,” gramble is pepenillo aka “pepinillo” aka “pickle,” etc etc. makes me wonder if it operates on chowder rules where most of the characters are named after real food but the food/bugsnax have punny names.

- speaking of gramble, his last name in both spanish translations is risitas! which translates to “giggles.” a pretty literal translation, but it’s also adorable, so i find it worth noting. in latin american spanish, his first name is bondoso, which generally means something along the lines of “kind/good-natured/etc.”. curiously, this is NOT his name in the portuguese translation, even when bondoso has the same general meaning there (i.e. “kindness”)

- wiggle’s latin american name is soprina serpentina! not sure what her last name is supposed to be referencing?? either it’s a loose connection to wigglebottom because snakes. wiggle. or it’s calling her a figurative snake? not sure. her castilian name is meneo desenfreno; “meneo” is a pretty direct translation of her english first name, while “desenfreno” translates Roughly to “indulgence”/”lack of restraint”

- triffany’s name sadly seems to have gotten pretty un-noteworthy spanish translations - the most notable thing about it is that her castilian surname is “explorarruina.”

- cromdo’s latin american name is oportu nista. “oportunista.” self-explanatory. his castilian spanish name is roco cararroca which admittedly i am at a Loss for how to translate. anyone more fluent in castilian than me pls get back to me on this.

- chandlo’s name in latin american spanish is adonis parkuro. adonis. parkuro. a parkouring adonis. i love it. his name in the castilian spanish translation is fortacho guacamole, which i Also have a hard time translating. guacamole is obvious but fortacho i’ve only heard Specifically to refer to... cars? well-built/sturdy cars specifically.

- the fizzlebean siblings’ first names are either unremarkable or untranslatable for me (in latin american spanish, snorpy is given the Pretty self-explanatory first name of inventín, which is the most i can make of it.) HOWEVER in castilian spanish, their last name is bichorraro, which is derived from “bicho raro” - literally translated, that just means “strange bug,” but used colloquially it means something along the lines of “freak/weirdo.”

- shelda’s name in latin american spanish is chamala, which i’m Told refers to smoking tobacco specifically which would be funny but i can't find anything else verifying that. her name in castilian spanish is yerba, which just means herb.

- in latin american spanish, eggabell is cascabell patipollo! not sure where her first name comes from, but her last name looks like it’s derived from “pato y pollo” aka “duck and chicken,” so i can only assume the egg puns were preserved somehow. in castilian spanish, her name is huevabell zampanuggets. “hueva-” is pretty obviously derived from “huevo”/”egg,” while the “zampa” in her last name is i Think supposed to translate to “gobble.”

- lizbert Also got pretty literal translations in both spanish versions, with the notable exception of her castilian surname, which is higochumbo, aka “prickly pear”/”barbary fig.”

#text post #bugsnax #i'm not tagging every character pls

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kaatiba · 8 months

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A Look Back - August in Review

Another month has flown by! As promised in my last newsletter, here's a recap of everything I've written and done since the end of July.

New for this month (and going forward), I'll also be posting these recaps to tumblr!

In August, I wrote 10,455 words throughout 22 writing sessions and wrote for 13 days out of 31. I am not surprised my stats are down by half of what I did in July, as I've spent two weeks out of commission and occupied by a knee injury that was not only painful and stressful, but also sapped me of all my creative energy.

But any writing is good writing, and I'm glad I didn't force myself to try and create, because I also needed to rest and recuperate. So what did I write this month?

First and most excitingly: I've re-published my fable, The Peacock, The Crown, and The River! I've decided I care more about getting readers now than trying to get traditionally published, a full-time and exhausting endeavour with no guarantee of success. You can read it in full, for free, on my site!

I'm halfway through Chapter 5 of LofM! My whole crew is officially on the run, having committed treason (for an excellent if possibly fatal cause).

The last scene I wrote is one where everyone learns about how 1) Nilam and Ilyas first met my MC Halah and 2) how Nilam acquired her war leopard, Zsa Zsa! I love it; it’s a lighthearted moment and a group conversation that, I think, comes across as natural and real…which I struggle with depicting. Read the excerpt here.

I also shared another excerpt depicting a tense moment between Halah and Raoul and slipping in some added backstory regarding the background political turmoil. You can read it here.

I introduced a new(ish) wip with a new and punny title!

In reVamped Vignettes, Laika, a werewolf, lives in an old manor house that is either sentient or haunted, along with a debonair dwarf, a recalcitrant selkie, a shy orc, and a grubby cryptid of an elf. That's a lot of personalities for one house—and then one night she stumbles on a miserable vampire named Kyle, who's just been kicked out of his nest by his sire. Laika might have a bite just as bad as her bark, but she's not so heartless as to let a vampire face sunrise with only his snapback for protection...so she invites him over. These are their (mis)adventures.

See the full wip introduction here. I'm not actively working on it, just collecting ideas and inspiration for it. Still, that could change in an instant, knowing me.

For Oracle wip, I wrote this silly little post that speaks to the character relationships and dynamics:

Fin: I could fix him Alyss: I could break him Ro: I could indulge his every whim because it’s hilarious Sage, if he was sane and not consumed with revenge: none of you people care about me :c

I've also decided to make Fin (aka the White Rabbit) have albinism, which means I need to do research on the condition.

I've been sort of idly thinking about Glitch lately. It's not ready to be written yet, but here are my most recent point-form thoughts on it.

I've started redrafting Rivener! I'm hoping to re-publish it in 2024! Initially I was aiming for January but...that's looking unlikely.

Last but most definitely not least, I wrote another fix-it fanfic! In soldier keep on marching on (waiting on that morning sun), Boromir survives the attack on Amon Hen...and the world is the smallest bit brighter for it. This fic was heavily inspired by phenomenal Boromir lives AU art by author and artist Emily B. Martin, who gave me permission to write it and then very kindly reviewed it! I am so incredibly honoured and thrilled that she did!

Well, that's a wrap on August. I hope this month was kind to you and that next month is kinder still.

#kaatibawrites #kaatiba.speaks #monthly recap #long post #and here i thought i didnt do anything this month #my brains a liar #a DRAMATIC liar too

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sanguinarysanguinity · 2 years

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Fanfic asks: ⛰ Hardest fic to write? 🔬 Fic that required the most research?

⛰ Hardest to write: So, as a necessary bit of background: I don't really hear puns. Whatever that bit of brain wiring is people have that lets them spot a pun as it goes by, I don't have it, and never have. If someone gives me a cue that a pun occurred I can often puzzle it out (much like puzzling out a math problem!), but it's not a natural function for me. Similarly, I’m rubbish at punning myself: my brain just doesn’t flex in that direction.

But a few years ago I was writing a story for a friend who greatly appreciates puns, and because reasons, I decided that I needed to write her a punny story. I fucking slaved over that story, consulting pun encyclopedias and building extensive lists of potential puns I could use, building the story line by line, pun by pun, until I finally reached the required 1K-word minimum (the story was for a gift exchange) and called it quits. It came out really well, and I'm very proud of it! Some people were very admiring of the end result and others wanted to pelt me with rotten fruit! But I tell you: on a per-word basis, I have never ever put that much work into a story before or since.

A Jelly Good Show (also as a podfic by @educatedinyellow): Holmes, Watson, and Lestrade, along with anthropomorphic marmalade, preserves, and jam. And so, so many puns.

🔬Most research: That time when I, who am neither Jewish nor from Utah, volunteered to write a fix-it for a Jewish character living in frontier Utah. It was a fascinating project, and I learned so, so much about Jews in the frontier West during the latter half of the nineteenth century. (Neither isolated nor anomalous, go suck an egg, John D. Fitzgerald!) And not only Jews: merchants and miners and Mormons and Chinese, and the strongly contested and intertwined history among them. I was so brimming over with excellent facts and stories, in fact, that I wrote 3K of historical notes and published a selected bibliography, too. I do find it a little worrying that an honest-to-god historical society has linked this fic and another has used it in a bibliography? But I did do my damnedest to stay true to the history of the region. The fic itself may or may not interest anyone here, but I nevertheless recommend my commentary, bibliography, and historical notes, all linked above, to my fellow history nerds.

Selected Letters of Abraham and Fanny Glassman: 1874-1886. Historical fix-it for “A Wreath for Abie” from John D. Fitzgerald’s The Great Brain.

#query memage #my writing #the great brain

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tombstone-pisa · 2 years

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So I'm still trying to chip away at my Fuck or Die project and hating the fact that it's gonna take FOREVER to get to the pron I haven't even gotten to Emmet finding his brother unconscious and injured why am I doing this to myself why do I have to have so much PLOT sob and I went and edited some of the dialogue. Noticed that instead of of writing "Let me go Ingo", I wrote "Let me Ingo" and I just

imagine some cheesy af supernatural AU with the Nimbasa trio, Elesa is a vamp and she's just knocking at the door to the twins' apartment and, true to her punny nature just goes "Let me Ingo" and Emmet has to be restrained from spraying her with the holy water spray bottle. Elesa and Emmet are peak vampire-werewolf frenemies (more friend than enemy but still) with poor Ingo having to mediate between them when they bicker like Elesa complaining about being hungry and Ingo's like "if you're uncomfortable I'm always happy to assist--" Only for Emmet to snarl like "NO MINE" bc if Emmet can't bite at Ingo as a werewolf because of the risk of turning him, why does ELESA get to and while Elesa would never actually risk Ingo like that she likes digging Ingo's grave a little deeper by teasing the idea just to rile Emmet up more.

I can't get it out of my head now and I just thought I'd share with you since I've seen you have some fun AU ideas and I thought it might make you laugh ^^;

Okay, this is the same reason I haven't worked on some of my fics LOL. It's so hard to get to the part I want to write! To be honest, I've started just skipping ahead and writing the scenes I'm excited for and then going back to fill in the gaps.

Oh, there's so much fun stuff you can do with that set up! Them both being supernatural while Ingo is most likely human is really fun... They could be protective of him! He's not a delicate flower by any means but he's human and they're not so sometimes their assessments of the danger he's in are a little skewed. Especially Emmet who is trying to be a guard dog.

Poor Ingo, he's gonna get in trouble! Emmet being a jealous pup is so, so good. I really like Ingo just trying to be a good friend and accidentally setting off Emmet and then Elesa teasing them both. Maybe she brings up the whole trope of vampire bites being Sexy to tease Ingo (who is mortified and hiding behind his hat) and rile up Emmet even more. She's like 'you've been reading too much supernatural romance, Ingo!' and to everyones surprise he goes 'how did you know??' ... He's caught with the omegaverse books, red-handed.

I really like this!! Thank you so much for sending it to me! I think I'll have to steal vampire Elesa for my werewolf Emmet content... It suits her.

#onyourkneessoldier #by the way you're always welcome to dm me to talk about our fics #maybe i can help

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bakuliwrites · 2 years

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OT3 Challenge, Day 2

Here's Day 2 of the OT3 Challenge! I am 100% just taking this at my own pace, so it's not going to be consistent. Since this is a self-imposed challenge, I figure I can be lenient on myself. I have the tendency to overload myself with projects anyway. Additionally, these will all switch between mini-stories and headcanon-type posts :) All prompts can be found here. All of my OT3 Challenge stories can be found here.

Day Two-Flirting

All three of them are quite flirtatious with one another. Julian is naturally suave and Bakuli naturally flirty. Lucio is, well, Lucio and can't help himself either

Bakuli and Lucio enjoy making Julian blush and watching him get all flustered. They often compete to see who can make him blush first or who can make him blush the hardest. It's not a difficult game for them to play haha

Bakuli's flirting style: witty banter with Julian, mischievous looks from across the room, making ridiculous bets with Lucio (all bets get increasingly more ridiculous over the years. Lucio can never say no and Bakuli can't resist tempting him into nonsense. Julian is usually exasperated but inevitably ends up getting in on it), whispering sweet (or sultry) nothings in Julian's and Lucio's ears, she likes to write little notes in the margins of Julian's papers

Julian flirting with Bakuli: she enjoys hearing his punny and dumb pick up lines, they love slinging witticisms back and forth, leaving trails of notes around the house for her when he's working long hours at the clinic (many of them are illegible, but it's the sentiment that counts), acts of service (he'll fix something around the shop for her without her having to ask, etc...)

Lucio flirting with Bakuli: gifts, gifts, and more gifts (usually of things that she likes, but occasionally things that he likes), telling her that if she were a _____ she'd be the cutest ____ of them all, not so quietly suggesting to her what the three of them should do when they get some alone time, gentle caresses, running his fingers through her hair

Julian and Lucio flirting with one another: Julian says something witty, Lucio takes it as an insult, an argument ensues. And then Lucio realizes Julian was complimenting him and flashes a devilish grin. All animosity is forgotten and Julian is blushing crimson when Lucio whispers something filthy in his ear.

#the arcana #the arcana game #julian x oc #lucio x oc #julian x lucio #julcio #julian x lucio x oc #fan apprentice #fan apprentice bakuli #slight spice #bakuli bjornsdottir #julian x lucio x bakuli headcanons #bakuli bjornsdottir headcanons #i'll probably think of more things but this is probably good for now #bakuli's ot3 stories #dani's headcanons

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pinkmylkx · 1 year

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Hi are you still doing matchups? If so could I please have a matchup for My Hero Academia? excluding villains, Endeavour, Allmight and Mineta please.

I'm a bisexual female using she/her. My zodiac is taurus and I am also a taurus rising.

I am quite introverted and shy though once I warm up to new people and environments I'm much more relaxed. Often I don't realise just how loud my normal speaking voice is. I'm definitely on the stubborn side and I enjoy having some semblance of a routine to keep myself organised and help me with my anxiety. I'm also somewhat an overbearing mum friend, I don't like asking for something for myself but if one of my friends wants something I won't hesitate to ask for them. I also have a horrible sense of humour with puns and I like situational comedy. I'll be silly just to make the people around me laugh. I enjoy reading, writing and taekwondo and I love learning about and being in nature.

My favourite colour is blue, particularly the shades you see in the ocean. I have a hard time picking a favourite food since I love food in general.

Thank you very much, I hope this isn't too much information.

I know I've taken way to long to respond to you, my apologies. You can beat me up.

Alright, well since you mentioned you were bisexual, I didn't want to assume anything. SO I thought of two characters that I thought would match perfectly with you and your personality!

My first pick was Momo!🤍 I think both of you would be extremely shy at first, but quickly become more comfortable with each other! The kind of relationship where you both could sit for hours, reading or writing in complete silence, but enjoy each others company. And when you make your punny jokes, she would always lightly giggle.

My second pick was Bakugo!🤍 There is just something about couples where one is super quiet, versus the other being obnoxious and loud. I feel like once you two get comfortable with each other, there is nothing stopping you two from just constantly being loud and goofy. Although other people don't find your puns funny, Bakugo will laugh until he cries in response.

#the more the merrier #i think this is such a cute match #my hero academia #my hero academia match up #matchups #fan fiction #katsuki bakugo #bakugo #momo yaoyorozu #momo

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livingwithlosingyou · 2 years

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Living with Losing You - 7/31/2022

I’m so sick.

I do not think I have ever been so sick in my life. It sucks because all I want to do is talk to you, text you, FaceTime you, see you, ANYTHING. This has been the hardest couple weeks of my entire life. 11/10 do not recommend losing the love of your life and contracting a very aggressive variant of COVID-19. Not fun. On the bright side, I am glad that your parents, John & Julie, aunts, cousins, etc. did not contract it. As miserable as I am, I am happy to take one for the team.

This antiviral medication that they put me on has the absolute worst after taste, and it has been making me feel so sick to my stomach. I can’t imagine being nauseous every single day like you were. Even just being sick this morning, I felt overwhelmed by it. I am so sorry that you dealt with not only the emotional depression, but the physical ailments as well. You were such a fighter, I hope you know that.

I have been reading books on grief and listening to podcasts for suicide survivors. It is so easy to feel alone in this process, but unfortunately it impacts many people. I was listening to one today where they were discussing that it’s not that you actually want to die, it is just that you want to get rid of the pain. It’s that pain and hopelessness that feels unescapable. When someone gets to this point, there is not much anyone can do to prevent it. And even if we had, it likely still would have happened at a later time. As you know, I have always struggled with control. I think everyone likes to be in control. The more I accept that this was your decision, and it was completely out of my control, the healthier the healing process will be. They talked about the natural guilt that everyone that loves you is feeling. It is hard to not think about the “could haves, would haves, or should haves”. Then the reality sets in that you had a disease of your mind that told you that this was what you needed to do to be able to feel peace. I absolutely hate that.

On a lighter note, today I was able to set up the Ratchet and Clank game, and made decent progress on my level. I am determined to beat this game to prove a point, but also because I know that’s what you’d want for me. To continue to do the things we used to do together, and find joy in them again.

I have had a lot of time on my hands #covidstruggle, so I started to look through old notes on my icloud. I’ll share the lyrics to one of the songs that I wrote semi-recently. I wrote and recorded this one night when you just needed a little love. You really liked this one. I also found a note where I had started creating hashtags for us if we ever got married, and thought I would share those on here because it’s cute. I even had the baby names list. We had talked about Jack for a boy. I always made the joke Jameson because it was punny, since it would be James’s son. You were firm on Jack though!

Here are some lyrics:

May 8th, 2022

When words don’t work I, will paraphrase There’s so much to say, my, sweet baby James.

Caught up in the moment, I look in your eyes I try to keep focus, but then you smile.

When life seems all lost, you’re like a compass, I follow my heart, Christopher Columbus.

Wherever you are, just call out my name. Just know I’m not far, my,

Sweet baby, James.

Hash tags (apparently I was planning for a 2022 wedding in 2020 lol):

#nocontonichols #nocon2nichols #jamesmadison2022

You know, while it is extremely painful that we did not get to these milestones that we always talked about, it still warms my heart that you loved me enough to have these conversations. How I will forever wish that I could have shared these with you. I am grateful for what we did share though. I always will be.

I decided to test out the mini Fender amp that you purchased a little while ago with the electric guitar I bought you for Christmas (or as you and I called it, Chrimahhhh). Needless to say I had a little too much fun with it. I played so hard and long that I actually started to feel sick again. It was well worth it! I bet you were watching me jam out, I am sure that was entertaining.

For dinner I ordered Burger Lounge, which was our go to when we first met and were surfing more. As the days pass, I am finding that I am missing the little things. (Que joke about little things that you would make).

We are so connected that everything reminds me of you. It’s beautifully tragic.

I still hate the fact that you’re gone. I doubt I’ll ever like it, but I await the day I will find peace with it.

I love you so incredibly much my “Sweet Baby, James”

Rest in Peace, James Burton Nichols

10/1/1993 - 7/16/2022

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ambitiousollie · 2 years

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A Room of One's Own

For the past decade, I haven't had the room to grow into myself, as a person, and it's really starting to piss me off.

Whether it's been having to fit myself into a box to make other people happy or accepting of me, having to deal with and condone others' behavior, or having to remain "one-track-minded" to keep afloat, I've found myself frustrated because I'm a late bloomer.

(Please don't respond to this post, I don't want to be comforted or hear feedback. I just want to rant. Please.)

I don't think I've brought this "late bloomer" stage on myself. I think given my life history of aging out of foster care, dealing with tw: abuse for the past decade (and currently dealing with it), and not having the freedom or support to learn who I am as a person, I think this is natural.

It doesn't make me less angry.

It makes me angry that others have these preconceived notions about me that I'm not dating, that I'm a late bloomer, that I haven't reached these developmental milestones (as a Millennial) because I don't want to.

It's not that I don't want to. It's that dealing with trauma that is directly linked to intimacy, being subjected to others seeming to keep you on a backburner, and seeing small acts of assertiveness as defiance and a win as something to be proud of, because life is pretty fucked up at the moment, is what you are dealing with.

I understand that human beings are selfish as a part of survival. However, it makes me sad that I am always a second thought, never thought of, whether it's my ethics, morals, or feelings, I always seem to be in someone's line of sight to always be messed with or have anger taken out on them, and either if I do stand up for myself or leave a situation, I'm the bad guy.

For once, I just want to be able to be myself and "bloom." I don't want to feel shame in having to prioritize my most basic needs because no one else will.

At the risk of sounding punny, I want a "room of one's own." I want to be able to be smart, assertive, intelligent, share my thoughts and feelings, exist as a woman and a person, and not have to apologize for doing so or feel like I have to "shrink to make someone else comfortable.

#personal

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hizashis-lil-bunbun · 3 years

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BNHA Valentine’s Day Headcanons!

Happy first day of February! Some of my Discord friends and I were brainstorming how different My Hero characters would celebrate Valentine’s Day. So let’s give ‘em a whirl! All characters are adults or aged up to be 18+ in these scenarios.

Big thanks to @varnienne, @emmappelle, @sweet-darling91, @donica95, and @katsontherun for letting me bounce ideas off of them. 💖

⚠️MOSTLY FLUFF BUT THERE IS SOME NSFW AHEAD!⚠️

Hizashi Yamada (Present Mic)

SFW

Gotta start with my blonde bby. And the best way I can describe his ideal Valentine’s is BIG and LOUD!

He’s never been one shy away from telling you how he feels, but he’s especially talkative on V-Day. Going on and on about how lucky he is, how much he loves you, etc.

It’s love songs all day, baby! From blasting modern pop songs while he makes breakfast to sweet, old-fashioned tunes that he makes you slow dance with him to in the living room. He’s a true romantic (and a surprisingly good dancer to boot).

And he might even (re: definitely will) serenade you. The man is a musician after all! In fact, don’t be surprised if Hizashi wrote a song just for you.

As far as gifts go, Hizashi goes all out. He’s a hero and a celebrity, with the salaries to match. So you can expect a few big ticket items. Plus, he’s a good listener. If you ever mentioned something you needed/wanted/expressed interest in, chances are it will arrive wrapped up in red and pink paper on the day.

“Hey little listener! Remember how ya said you might wanna try painting? No? Well I turned the spare room into a studio for ya anyways! Maybe you can make me something to hang up at the station, yeah?”

But just because his gifts are expensive and flashy, that doesn’t mean he devalues your own. Hizashi will blubber and gush over anything you give him, from lavish luxuries to a something as simple as a homemade card. Loudly I might add. Make sure to have earplugs handy.

Unfortunately, one of the drawbacks of having a radio star as your partner is that he’ll most likely have to work on Valentine’s Day. It’s even worse if he had teach that day as well. So don’t count on any fancy dinners until after the 14th.

But if you tune into his station on the day (and you will), there will be at least three or four songs dedicated to “his favorite little listener.”

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Even if he can’t be with you on the actual night, he’s definitely going to make up for lost time. Mood music, candlelight, the whole nine yards. He wants to romance you. To make you feel as good as you make him feel everyday.

Oral and overstimulation are the name of the game, and Hizashi is a giver through and through. He’s happy as a clam once he’s got his face buried between your legs, making you cum for the umpteenth time that night. Seriously, does he ever come up for air?

Praise is also a big thing for him. It flows from his mouth like the sweetest wine. And with his quirk, every whispered word and groan against your body feels just as intoxicating. Good vibrations indeed.

He also loves it when you’re vocal. No love song can compete with the way you cry and moan under his touch. He’ll make you sing for him all night long and into the morning hours.

“Damn, baby. I love you so damn much. Love the way you look cumming on my tongue. Think you can do it again?”

Eijiro Kirishima

SFW

Okay. This boy adores Valentine’s Day! Like it’s his favorite holiday.

And how can he not? Everything in the stores is red! He can stock up on red merchandise for the rest of the year in the span of a week. And believe me, he does.

This means his partner should expect a lot of the cliché gifts on the big day: teddy bears, heart-shaped boxes, and red roses to name a few. Oh, and he’s definitely got a stockpile of cheesy, punny Valentine cards centered around his and his friend’s hero personas.

His favorite is the one that says “I think you’re a Red Riot! Be my Valentine?” But maybe that’s partially because it came from you.

Kirishima doesn’t just shower you with crimson trinkets; he buys treats for everyone! Especially his closest friends. To him, Valentine’s is all about showing the people he loves most just how much he cares. And it’s honestly adorable to see him practically bouncing off the walls in excitement when he finds a little red treasure for this year’s celebration.

“Babe! Look at that red shark plushie. It looks just like me! So manly!”

*proceeds to buy seven of them: one for him, one for you, and one for everyone in the Bakusquad + Tetsutetsu*

But at the end of the day, once all the chocolates and stuffed animals have been given away, he’ll make sure you know there’s no one he loves more than you. He spends the final hours alone with you, eating a home cooked meal and cuddling on the couch. Times like these are his favorite, just being to hold you close and appreciate your presence in his life.

Fair warning though. You’ll probably end up watching some some cheesy romcom, cuz he loves those too.

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Of course, the red theme continues in the bedroom: red rose petals, red sheets, even a set of red lingerie he bought just for the occasion. Which he proceeds to rip apart minutes after you’ve gotten them on. Hope they weren’t too expensive.

Kirishima tries to be gentle with you, he really does. Savoring your pleasure and letting your orgasms crest and fall naturally. He wants to see you cooing and boneless by the end of the night.

But sometimes he underestimates his own strength and gets a little rougher than expected. Maybe he gives too sharp of a love bite, or squeezes your hips a little too hard. But it’s all done out of passionate love, so you don’t mind too much.

You might actually prefer it if he gets a little rougher.

However, if you wanna get kinky, there is one thing Kiri’s always down for: pulling you over his knee for a good, old-fashioned spanking. His quirk is perfect for it, hardening the palm of his hand just before it smacks down on the soft flesh. It’s like he has a set of built-in paddles. Trust me, if you let him get into a good rhythm, by the end of the night your ass will match the Valentine’s decor perfectly.

“Not pushing you too hard am I, beautiful? I know I can be unbreakable sometimes, but I never want to break you. I love you too much to do that.”

Mirio Togata

SFW

TBH, before he met you, Mirio was a bit of a player (which is kinda canon). Like “has a different date every year” player.

And can you blame him? He’s a total heartbreaker with that (le)million dollar smile and those baby blue eyes. He got so much Valentine’s chocolate from girls in high school, it was sickening! But with you, things are different.

For starters, he’s not so big on material gifts. Giving or receiving.

“How could I want anything more when I’ve got my sunshine right here?”

No, this sweet himbo is all about making memories with his partner! Sharing experiences and spending as much quality time together as possible.

So he plans everything days, sometimes weeks, in advance. Budgeting his time and money to squeeze as much love into a single day as humanly possible.

The moment you wake up on February 14th, he hits the ground running. Quite literally! He’s practically doing laps around your bedroom in his excitement to get the day started.

Valentine’s Day with Mirio turns out to be a marathon of couple activities. Bike riding to a local café for breakfast. Sight-seeing in Tokyo followed by ice cream in the afternoon. He even manages to sniff out a carnival for you to go to in the evening, letting you run amok on the rides and games. And yes, he definitely spends too much money trying to win you one of those giant stuffed animals.

By the end of the day, you’re thoroughly spent and just want to snuggle up next to him. And maybe have a late night snack of chocolate. Mirio is more than happy to indulge you, even offering to carry you home. Anything to be close to his precious sunshine.

NSFW

Despite your sleepiness and aching feet, Mirio insists he has one last surprise to give you. So he asks you to lay face-down on the bed and wait for him. Naked of course.

Once he finds what he’s looking for, he straddles your tailbone with his thighs and squirts something slippery onto your back. You yelp at the cold sensation and that earns a laugh from Mirio. He tells you it’s massage oil. One specifically designed to relieve muscle tension.

It’s like he knew you’d be sore after his day of non-stop adventuring. Almost like he planned it... What a smooth criminal.

It makes sense though. Maybe it’s because his quirk requires him to pass through things, but physical touch is his primary love language. Nothing grounds him quite like having you in his arms, worshiping every inch of your body.

He works you over, kneading at the muscles in your back, hips, and legs with steady pressure and prescision. He even rubs your feet, making the earlier pains melt away into bliss.

You’re almost too sleepy and relaxed to realize one of his hands is creeping up your body until it’s too late. Next thing you know, he’s curling his fingers into you, amplifying the pleasure of the massage in a new way. Like I said, Mirio’s a smooth criminal when he wants to be.

“Feeling good, sunshine? Yeah, I’ll bet you are. You always look so cute like this... just makes me want to kiss you all over. Maybe I will! But I think you’re still a little tense right... here.”

#hizashi yamada #kirishima eijirou #mirio togata #bnha headcanons #valentines #present mic #red riot #lemillion #bnha smut #mha headcanons #mha smut

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