#beacuse there are only a few people who knows them

[wispscribbles]

hi i just discovered your beautiful art so i obviously needed to scroll down your whole blog to catch up on everything you posted haha

i just wanted to say that i got way too emotional after reading that post of yours regarding mw3 and your mental health… on one hand i’m so sorry that you felt that way, but on the other i feel it with my whole heart

ghoap content especially for me helped me these past few months with my mental health in ways i would never have expected, it was my solace and inspiration, i started working out too and got back into drawing, got a lot better at it as well!

but unfortunately i get way too fixated on fictional stuff and there comes a time that my brain switches up and connects the things i liked and comforted me with things that make me extremely uncomfortable and stressed out, especially if i fall down a fandom rabbit hole that i would never have searched up, beacuse i know myself, i know my limits and triggers but i feel like i’m not a part of the fandom if i don’t like and interact with every single headcanon, art and ship

these past days i was really down because of that, and the things i read (why did i do that???) and now when i think of ghoap i think of that stuff and im scared that i alienated myself from the one thing that made me happy

but discovering your art and with that your post reminded me that im not alone in these feelings, even if it’s not the same exactly, and i wanted to thank you, for sharing your thoughts that time i guess haha <33

((sorry for rambling))

Long reply under 'keep reading' !! CW: talk of triggers and MCD

Always feel free to ramble my way!!! How nice you could find some comfort in my art and ghoap stuff. Especially in my mw3 post. I've been considering deleting it a few times, but hearing it maybe helped to read in some way makes me happy I left it up.

I get where you're coming from - I very much use these fictional characters as a safe space, but ppl view them very differently. There's room for it all, "don't like, don't interact" is very much a policy I agree with. It's important to mute words and be aware of your own triggers as you browse stuff in this fandom, because there's such a wide variety of stuff out there. You do NOT have to interact and agree with every thought people have on this ship, that's impossible and super stressful. There's plenty of stuff and headcanons I don't vibe with. There are no 'requirements' that you have to meet in order to enjoy fiction.

It's part of why I enjoy ghoap - that their dynamic resonates and has sparked so much creativity and outlets for so many - but it also means there's gonna be a lot of stuff u don't necessarily agree with or feel comfortable with. For example, a lot of folks use the MCD in mw3 as a way to explore grief, which I think is really cool, but on a bad day that could potentially get my brain in a bad headspace, so I only check out that art and those fics when I feel okay. There's also a bunch of stuff I'd never want to interact with, and that’s fine !!

I'm personally quite vanilla and a sucker for exploring the softer, more domestic aspects of these characters. It's what brings me joy. I know there are parts of this fandom who don’t vibe with what I make at all, and would call it untrue to the characters. Some creators enjoy exploring the more violent or toxic sides to the source material. That's just how it is, we all need different things from fiction. As long as we're capable of chilling in our respective sandboxes, then all's good.

But if you're like me, and enjoy the softer things, then definitely be aware and careful while exploring this ship and fandom. I've seen takes on these characters that are so far removed from how I view them, that they're basically the complete opposite, and it can leave a very bad taste, especially if you're the type to hinge your safe space on fiction.

Just... be mindful of yourself and your potential triggers, be respectful and don't interact with things that make you uncomfortable to the point of feeling unsafe. Shape your own online experience to your best ability.

Hope you're doing okay and still find joy in ghoap <3

#ask #anon ask #long post #mcd #mcd mention #major character death #mw3 spoilers #ish #few extra thoughts in tags: #sry it took a while to respond. i wanted to give a proper answer #hope this makes sense or helps somehow #and if interacting with this fandom continues to have a negative impact on your mental health then take a break #i understand using fiction as an outlet or safe space (i do it) but if the bad starts outweighing the good then try to distance yourself #don't dive into those rabbit holes that u know will make u feel bad #i understand the urge but its so important to protect yourself online #I’m far from an expert on this stuff so this is just my two cents #stay safe!!

[writingwithcolor]

Japanese Q Speedround: Google Is Right There

Hi, it’s mod Rina. It’s time to speedrun some asks. 

@troublsomeidiots​ asked: 

I'm writing a character who is both black and Japanese and lives in japan in a primarily Japanese area and wanted some help in writing a person who is biracial who lives in primarily homogenous society? Like what kind of struggles she would face, especially as a person who has never met anyone who is black other than in passing?

Open Youtube. Hit search bar on Youtube. "being black in japan" "half black half japanese in japan" "black hafu in japan". Try different combinations of keywords. Bon voyage.

(neither Marika nor I are Black. We will not be speaking to experiences we do not have.) (we can outsource to some of our friends if you ask a specific question. These are not specific questions.) 

(Black Japanese readers--please feel free to comment if there’s something you want OP to know!)

@layzeal​ asked: 

Hello! I have a question regarding family/last names in Edo period Japan. My story takes place in 1816, my character was born in 1796 from a commoner family (that she gets separated from a few years later, and in a different country).

I've read that regular people in Japan didn't adopt the use of family names until Meiji restoration, but I'm not sure how true that is. Would a family of commoners in that period carry a family name, or would they only use their first names? And any idea if that family would have to present a last name when moving/passing by a different country that does use them?

It's important for me to know, since the existence of a last name or not would quite heavily influence how hard it'd be for the family to meet again, and which means would be used. Thanks in advance!

When I gave Google some keywords from your query, the second result explained how pre-Meiji commoners without family/clan names used bynames to distinguish themselves, and gives additional data on them. Maybe give it another Google? 

@weavefeather asked:

Hello, I am a writer and I really need some advice. I am wotking on my book since a few years, maybe 2 or 3, and I finally got the points together how it could begin. My plan is that my MC (named Nanami Kudo) is an lawyer of the FBI and has to go to her homecountry Japan, beacuse they send her to foreign investigations about a syndicate of people.....  And the some things happen, like her brother who still lives in jp doesn't really welcomes her, some complications with the police and so on... 

But thats not the point! Im really struggling to take in words how she gets to the other country, leaving her home behind and her partner she worked with. Do you have any advice on it, maybe how to structure it, some words or scenarios that fit?

How she gets to the other country: …..She flies there.

How US government agents/workers relocate and what the experience is like: That's your job to google. We are not government agents. Try anecdata on reddit, reddit AMAs, and Quora.

It’s unclear what her relationship/proximity to Japan is. What kind of nikkei is she? Is she mixed race or monoracial? How much Japanese can she speak? So many unknowns. Go read our Japanese tag and appreciate just how many ways one can be a Japanese person. Until then, you are nowhere near close to being able to write a nikkei homecoming plot. 

Lastly, you are the author. Give us scenarios yourself and come back to us.

In Conclusion

Guys, you all gots to google some more. It’s beneficial to both of us: not only do we get to help with more specific things and have enough info to do so, but you don’t have to wait months until your ask comes through the backlog only to receive an answer you could have researched in anywhere from a couple days to 3 minutes. 

~ Rina

“But Rina, I don’t know how!” 

You’re in luck!

First, try one of our own post on Google shortcuts. 

Second, stay tuned for some very relevant posts...

COMING SOON: WWC’s A Beginner’s Guide to Academic Research

#japanese #mixed race #japanese diaspora #research #asks

[yuansimps]

The fight is over. Get the cameras away.

Sae Itoshi x Athlete!Gn! Reader

—>You were just watching your beloved boyfriend Sae's match, but some man said some things that made you mad.

Warnings!! Reader knows how to fight, random man saying stupid stuff to you.

"What is your problem with me?" you said with a cold tone, making the man in front of you shake.

You had a pretty face, sure, but the muscles that was visible on your arms screamed danger. The man frowned and started to shout at you.

"ME?! What is YOUR problem, huh!? Just beacuse you're the lover of that useless football player doesn't mean you can go around and make peoples life harder!" the man said.

You really got mad there. How could he say 'useless' to your perfect boyfriend?

"And how is me watching my boyfriend play can make your life harder?" you said as you got up from your seat and stood in front of the man who was bothering you for the very last 8 minutes.

Those who presented the football match realized that there was a problem in the stands and they immediately reflected you on the cameras.

Sae and his team were on a break, so when you appeared on the cameras he focused on the big screen.

The man tried to push you, but you didn't budge. He got angry and screamed some things to you. Sae knew you could protect yourself but he was still worried.

Everyone was watching the screens, the people near you and the man tried to seperate you two but the man only got angrier.

"YOU KNOW WHAT? FUCK YOU." the man said and punched you on the face with all of his might. The stadium fell silent, you took a few steps back beacuse of the punch.

Sae couldn't believe his eyes, he started to run towards the stands but his teammates stopped him and pointed towards the screen. He looked at the screen again only to find you grabbing the mans collar and headbutted him.

Blood was dripping from your nose, you grabbed the mans arms and twisted it. The audience started to cheer for you, you pushed the man to the floor and glared at the cameras. Silently saying 'The fight is over. Get that cameras away.' the screen reflected the score again.

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"Don't worry, his punch was not that strong." you said as you looked at the beautiful face of your boyfriend. He was holding an icepack to your nose while your head was on his lap.

"Shut up. You took three steps back when he punched you. You still call this a 'not a strong punch'?" Sae said, you sighed and closed your eyes. Smiling to yourself.

"...I was worried.." (Sae)

"I can see that." (You)

"You could try to care for yourself, then." (Sae)

"I'm sorry, love. I really didn't want to fight. But his words were just....unacceptable. You know you're my red line, I can't stop myself when they say your name and talk shit about you." you got up to a sitting pozition and stroked Sae's cheek with your thumb.

Sae sighed and snuggled closer to your body, he was basically on your lap but who cares.

"I don't care about them, I know you're strong and all but....you feel pain too. It's not like you're immortal or anything." he mummbled into your neck, you chuckled and sterted to play with his hair.

"Yeah, I'll be sure to keep that in mind." you said and kissed his head. Sae smiled, he really liked how protective you were for him.

"I hope so." he said and went off to sleep....

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"Hello?...Yeah. I want that man banned from all of my games in the future....No. I'm sure. I don't want him to bother my lover again."

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I STAN Y/N WITH MUSCLES—

#blue lock x reader #itoshi sae x reader #bachira meguru x reader #bllk isagi #bllk x y/n #bllk imagines #bllk x you #bllk sae #sae itoshi #i simp for him #bllk nagi #bllk rin #blue lock #blue lock anime #rin itoshi #mikage reo #shidou ryuusei x reader #shidou ryusei #isagi yoichi #gn reader #x reader #anime x reader #anime x y/n #itoshi sae #blue lock sae itoshi #itoshi brothers #i love him

[sparklecryptid]

obey me! oc made with

tfw you are over 100 years old. have survived all sorts of inhumane experimentation, ruined lives, murdered a few people and finally achieved peace only to find the descendant of an angel about to get killed and since you are the child of a fallen angel you GUESS YOU CAN HELP HER-

oh wait. Ruth's your child now. no take backs. at least you raise her well and without any major magic related problems. she even gets into an exchange program! good for her!

wait. why does she look so nervous. wait. HER EXCHANGE PROGRAM WAS WITH HELL? SHE MADE BESTIES WITH A BUNCH OF DEMONS? DOES SHE - okay thank fuck she doesn't have any pacts but - WHO DO YOU NEED TO KILL TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF YOUR CHILD-

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anyway meet Riguel! He's Kokabiel's child and has weird cosmic abilities that neither of the three realms know about because hes been hiding from all of them for the past odd hundred years! This is his human form! he does have another form where he gets all decked out with constellations tattooing themselves in white across his body and glowing but he does not look like that often.

because hes in hiding.

because he doesn't want to deal with the politics of the celestial realm or the devildom

beacuse he knows they would likely try to kill him and his daughter over fear of their power.

and like hell is he gonna let that happen

(hes a bit paranoid. its fine. hes fine.)

anyway. hes the one the bros and dateables fall in love with but Ruth (his daughter) is Liliths descendant and the MC up to the end of the whole 'Belphie has decided on murder' thing

(which goes differently)

anyway there might be a fic

(if anyone asks me about him more)

#when stars align verse #there its a tag now!

[book-place]

Chocolate

Warnings: slight violence, bruises, let me know if I missed any :)

Pairings: Tewksbury x sister reader, Enola Holmes x reader platonic

Request: Anon

Request by: Hiii! I saw ur requests for enola Holmes was open! I was wondering if you could do some headcanons for being Tewkesbury's younger sister and going along with him and Enola and Enola constantly trying to turn you into a mini her and her and Tewkesbury being rlly overprotective, dw if not!

*not my gif*

Summary: You learn multiple things while Enola is tasked with watching over you

A/N: I’ll probably make more fics going off of this beacuse I just love the concept so much!!

Please don’t plagiarize my work, you may reblog if you like but I’m asking that you don’t steal my hard work

“First thing you need to know, Y/n,” Enola announced, glancing over her shoulder briefly to make sure you were still behind her, “Is that you should never let a man do what you are perfectly capable of doing yourself.”

She gestured to a man opening a door for a lady in a nearby shop, “Not only is it dehumanizing,” she continued, “But downright pathetic.”

You nodded your head along with her, barely even understanding the words coming out of her mouth, but clinging onto them like a lifeline nonetheless.

Normally, your elder brother, Tewksbury, would be the one walking you home from lessons, but his meeting was running a few minutes late so he asked Enola to do it for him.

She had gladly agreed, not having anything else to do for the day, but also wanting to spend more time with you.

Since you were so young, about six years old, you were never able to keep up with her intelligent conversations, which she was quick to learn, and dialed it down to the best of her ability. But she also genuinely enjoyed your company, and not only for the fact that you actually listened to what she said, unlike most people.

And as she was picking you up not long before, she got to thinking about all the life lessons she could teach you, like her mother did for her. Lessons that she was quite certain Tewksbury was too much of an idiot to teach you himself. So, she began rattling off a list of things she thought you ought to know.

“Secondly,” She reached her hand behind her for you to take as you got to a more crowded part of town, which you gladly did and squeezed it to the best of your ability, “Always be prepared, no matter what. Even if you are simply going on a trip to the market.”

She pulled out a pencil and a paper from her pocket and displayed it in front of you, showcasing what she would need if a case ever suddenly came up.

Your brother had told you thrilling stories of what she did as a detective, making her out to be nothing less than a superhero in your eyes, which was why you were so excited to be spending some time with her.

“Do you understand?” She asked, to which you nodded your head vigorously.

Enola continued her ranting as you both weaved in and out between people, ignoring the glares that adults were giving you, the two children girls who ought to know better than to be running around alone without an elder brother or father in company.

When she came to a stop, it was in front of a small sweets stand on the corner of the street and she paused her speech as well, “Would you like something?” She asked.

A small squeal left your lips as you jumped up and down excitedly, nodding as fast as your head would let you.

A faint smile ghosted her face as she turned away from you to face the shop owner, and you spun around as you looked at everything around you in wonder. You had never been to this part of London before.

Without really meaning to, you had begun floating towards one of the other stands, one that had all different kinds and colors of fabric, easily catching your young and eager eye.

Your lips parted slightly as you slowly reached a hand out and ran your fingers over the smooth silk of a red fabric that hung proudly on display, only for another figure to harshly slap you away.

With wide eyes that had already begun to fill with tears, you stumbled back slightly and cradled your stinging hand to your chest.

“Oi,” The shop owner was an intimidating looking man with a cold glare glued to his face, “You think you can try to steal from me? Why you little brat-“

All you could do was watch, paralyzed in fear as he raised his hand once more, this time looking as if his aim was towards your face.

Right before he could swing his open palm towards you though, his hand was the one being harshly slapped away, and an angry looking Enola stepped in front of you protectively, a glare set on her face that would be enough to put the man six feet under.

“Just what do you think you’re doing?” She hissed at him dangerously.

The man had a look of surprise on his face as he stuttered out, “Why- that little- she’s a thief- and-“

“Perhaps,” Enola interrupted him coldly, “You should spend more time worrying about actual thieves, and less time on some curious little girl.”

Before he could even open his mouth to rebuttal, she had swung around on her heel and gently took your hand in hers once more, and marched away with her head held high.

You trailed after her like a lost puppy until the two of you were a good distance away, and she paused, swinging around and crouching down to get a good look at you.

“He didn’t hurt you too badly, did he?” She asked, scanning your body for any injury.

You shook your head back and forth, the pain in your hand had turned into nothing but a slight ache at that point.

“Well,” She spoke, standing up straight, “You pay him no mind, Y/n. He doesn’t deserve your attention.”

She then held her arm out and handed you the chocolate she had bought for you, causing your eyes to light up.

A small chuckle left her lips as she watched you excitedly try the candy, and the way you hurriedly took another bite afterwards.

“Come on,” She said softly, taking your other hand, “Let us go meet your brother, we’re late anyway.”

By the time you made it back home, your brother was pacing behind the door, only to come to a sudden halt when the two of you walked in.

“Where have you been?” He cried, “You're late! I was about to call the police and-“

He stopped when he saw you happily chewing away at some chocolate.

“We made a quick pit stop,” Enola explained calmly, moving right by the boy and plopping down on the couch, you quickly scrambling to do the same.

“And Enola saved me from the mean man!” You cheered, already emerged in your treat once more.

Tewksbury froze at your words, “Mean man?” His words were rushed and stern, a sign that he was worried, “What mean man?”

You stuck out your arm to show off the bruise that had formed on your hand, and your brother could have fainted right then and there.

“What is that?” He gently took your smaller hand in his own and observed it, “What happened?”

“Enola is a superhero!” You cheered, completely oblivious to your brother's frantic state, “The man thought I was stealing so he hit me, but Enola saved the day!”

His eyes quickly flitted over to the girl for confirmation, who nodded her head once while leaning back on the couch and crossing her arms over her chest.

He sighed slightly in relief when he saw that you weren’t badly injured, “Well thank god for Enola, then.”

Tewksbury sent her an appreciative smile, to which she nodded her head once again in return.

You smiled widely, sticking out your arm holding your candy in between the two of them, “Chocolate?” You offered.

He couldn’t help but smile, reaching down and ruffling your hair slightly with a small laugh.

Detectives 🕵️- @your-local-questioning-agender @popfishjr @spadecentral

#platonic #platonic imagine #x reader #child reader #enola holmes x reader platonic #enola holmes fanfic #enola holmes x reader #enola holmes x child reader #tewksbury x sister reader #tewksbury x reader #tewksbury x reader platonic #tewksbury x child reader

[jiminsass-istant]

https://www.tumblr.com/jiminsass-istant/738939466569416704/this-reactor-creating-a-nice-little-space-in-his

Few days back i was watching reaction video's for jm (i do that once in a while when i miss him nd want to coo over him with other ppl so i watch reaction videos) and this person popped up and it was a taekook reaction video so out of curiosity (I'm stupid) i went to check the comments section and there were comments as how this man has reacted on many kpop ships but think that taekook is far different than others and blah blah (idt i need to tell u what kind of cmnts tkkrs do on these videos) and i said the same thing that nice way to bring views.

You know I'm Indian so i see tens of reaction videos of ppl reacting to Indian stuff like songs, movies, food, culture etc and i know for a fact that those ppl are nowhere genuine or curious about my country but rather use ppl for views (as India has highest population). You can tell the difference who's being genuine and who's just clickbaiting.

If this man had watched other ships in k-pop then there's no way he gonna think tk is different cause those kpop ships has some another level of skinship (which tk don't even have much) and these reactors only gag over skinship. There's hardly anything tae and jk had said about e/o that will make one to think they're dating (like i know this gonna sound mean but there's literally nothing tk had done for e/o or with e/o that could be ship worthy or to think there's something between them). BTS has done not even half the shit those other k-pop ships do so this man saying tk is different tells u that he's just taking views. Like ask him some 2-3 things about jk and tae and I'm sure he won't be able to tell shit about them cause if someone sits on a chair to do just shipping reaction videos then you're just there for views and not beacuse you're curious about knowing them beyond that.

One of the reasons i also don't watch any shipping reaction videos (including jkk) even if they say jkk is different is because i know most of them are just saying it for views.

I hate it when these people bring jm into their ship cause we all know 99% of them hates his guts.

Thank you for putting this here maybe other jkkrs will see it and tell the man to be in his limit. He's giving Tkkrs space to degrade jm same thing one of the youtubers did. His name is something like dj dino or just dino but something like that so this guy once said that jm's promise song is pretty simple nd there's nothing in there blah blah or shit and since then his comment section is filled with jjks (i think he loves jk or praises him alot) which gave space to those jjks to hate on jm (other members too ig) and when he gave review on like crazy nd gave it some 97/100 score all his followers started hating on him to the point he had to acknowledge it and talk about the hate. This is what happens when these ppl give space to hating on memebrs and then it comes back to bite them in the ass. I pray this bites this shipper in the ass too.

A request to jkkrs who sees it to go and tell the guy about the shit his followers be doing. and ask him to stop involving jm in any ships especially tkk cause he ain't anyone's captain nor a baby sitter.

For context, this anon is referencing my deleted post about Ben Kim, the YTube reactor. Reacts to Taekook and gives space for Tkkers to hate on Jimin.

Just putting this ask here so people can go and report his @ss.

Also, this reactor even reacted to Jungkook smoking video and even used it as a thumbnail for that video. The title was something like "jk doesn't give a fu¢k". Idk.

Frankly, reactors like this should be bullied into deleting their videos. Where are the army bullies when we need them? Too busy looking at humanlouvre art maybe, lol.

Seriously though, how does that art account have 350k + followers? The art is so bad. So cringe. The fetishization is off the charts. The military related art? Yikes.

#jikook

[mari-lair]

(Kannagi AU: Part 1)

Aoi had considered taking her own life many times, particularly resentful towards the village, sure her death should be something she decide, not a safety token for people that always treat her as if she was another species.

Teru beat Akane until he is unconscious cause the boy doesn’t know how to give up. He would be fine with letting Akane sleep in the bloody grass, sure kindness won’t give him a wake up call to their situation, but Aoi looked so worried when she asked to take care of him, not let him die, that Teru let her clean his injuries and personally carried him somewhere more comfortable to lie down, making sure Aoi is within his sight when he does so. Teru pretend is all for her, but he grows to care about Akane too, trapping him when Akane comes back ready to begin a fight he is in no condition to start, and letting the unconscious boy sleep in his bed while he takes Aoi out on flower field walks. 

Aoi told Teru he is one of the kindest persons she have met after he helped her take care of a sick Akane. Teru told her he feel the same about her, and both felt a strange mix of disagreement with the other judgment, appreciation, and even a bit of joy.

Akane was conflicted if he should help a village willing to kill Aoi, but despite making his dislike clear all the time he could tell people wanted to guarantee the safety of their loved ones, which he could empathize with, even if he despise their approach to use her friend as a scapegoat. Anyone that dared to say something bad about Aoi or imply she should die already would be beaten with no mercy even if Akane get punished for his violence after.

Akane used wooden sticks as a weapon at first, too young and weak to be trusted with a sword, but he slowly grew into the best non exorcist fighter in the village. Lack of spiritual energy make it so he can’t destroy monster's souls, but he can make them feel pain, buying enough time for the exorcists to do their job, which saved more than a few people.

Teru gave him the same protective bracelet he had given Aoi when he got hurt by a monster, greatly confusing Akane, who has no idea how to feel about the demon that stand in the way of Aoi rescue yet makes sure she is happy, looking after her better than anyone in this village and randomly helping Akane too.

Aoi still winces when she hears Teru land a hard blow on Akane, or when Akane manages to hurt Teru, hating how they both can smile kindly at her despite their lives being ruined by her, but she grows to feel some twisted sort of appreciation when she takes care of their wounds. Teru notices this, and she explains that it is the only thing outside her plants that make her feel like she has some worth alive too, that prove she is capable of good of her own. (Even if deep down she can't fool herself and know they are hurt in the first place because of her, that she just likes the feeling of being trusted with their very lives.)

Aoi asked Teru if he would like to escape with her and Akane, and while Teru had smiled at the tought, he had said no, spending the rest of the night talking about his dear family, which he haven’t been allowed to visit since his duties with Aoi.

A week before her death day Akane grows visibly more desperate and Aoi talk with Teru, making him promise to take care of Akane when she is gone, “He will be sad, but make sure he isn’t alone. Keep him company, as you’ve done to me” which Teru agree.

One of the main reasons she doesn’t want to die is beacuse they’ll be sad, and the other is that they might move on. (She felt awful for hating the idea of them being happier without her, aware once Akane and Teru move on from her she will have nothing, but she keep these feelings to herself.)

On his quest to find a powerful supernatural, Akane nearly dies a few times, spending far too much time with nothing to give him hope. When he desperately wish he had more time, he is found by an old man that reek of supernatural energy. The old man offers him a heavy wood clock that he claims can stop time: For every minute Akane stop time, the old man will steal one year of his lifespan. If the clock breaks, Akane will die.

Akane accepts the old man clock and hurries to the village as fast as he can while carrying the weight of his life in his hands, he reaches Aoi’s house at night, a few hours before her sacrifice. He isn’t surprised to see Teru and Aoi awake past midnight, but he doesn’t expect Teru to rush toward him with rage when he notices the cursed clock.

He stops Teru’s time before he can do anything, already very familiar with all his tricks and strategies after fighting Teru for most of his life. Akane uses 15 years of his lifespan, unaware the exorcist has resistance to any supernatural power and will not stay frozen in time for 15 minutes.

Aoi is horrified by the turn of event, she had yelled for him to let go and had to be dragged out, even if she didn’t resist nearly as hard as she could, part of her still wanting to run away with him. Far far away from this dreadful life (even if she wanted Teru to came too)

Teru only stays frozen in time for six minutes, but he is panicked to not see either Aoi when he is able to move again, expecting Akane to pull something crazy after abruptly stoping his rescue attempts so close to Aoi’s death day, but not that he would sell his soul for power.

#tbhk #toilet bound hanako kun #jshk #aoi akane #akane aoi #teru minamoto #minamoto teru #terukaneaoi #i really need to do more terukaneaoi content their tag is lacking #all the tags comments in the first part hyped me up! thank you! #kannagi au

[rise-my-angel]

Sorry if I'm spouting stuff unwanted in your ask box. But I had a deep brain thinky moment and I thought "at least with reader inserts we admit we're inserting ourselves into the story". A lot of "shippers" seem to ship because they've projected onto a certain character, and they themselves want to be with another character (who often gets watered down to a very attractive slab of meat with little to no will and/or personality of their own). So of course, prime example is Jon with his choose your own poison girlboss, but I've seen it in some other areas. Of course there are some genuine attempts at investigating chemistry between characters out there, but it's often the most viciously toxic ships/shipping communities that I notice this sort of self insertion. Of course I could be assuming things and/or judgemental but it's just a theory I built up after years of observing.

No, you are right on the money. (Rest under a read more because gods be good have my opinions on shipping and shippers in fandom gotten me some anon hate before)

It's why certain shippers tend to be very aggressive in their defences, because they have seen so much of themselves in a character they feel like you are judging them for a real relationship they are in. Refusing to see character flaws as a fundemantal aspect of who that person is, beacuse they don't want to relate to someone like that, so they invent a vision of this person that they have to defend beacuse they won't admit they related to a bad person.

It's a slippery slope to project so heavily onto a character in a ship you like. Beacuse you end up refusing to see them as dynamic people who are more complicated then their relationship and that relationship ends updefining them as a character. Example, I ship Brienne and Jaime but I also don't look at either of them as someone I relate to on a personal level. I'm also fascinated with both of their separate stories and greatly and think those separate journeys are what makes their intertwining moments so intriguing. But if I were projecting myself onto Brienne, then I would end up acting as if she was always perfect and her entire story revolves around a starry eyed Jaime who only lives for that relationship now.

Jon has such a bad treatment by his shippers, beacuse so often he winds up being that slab of meat for the other party. I know some people have joked "well about time its a mans turn" but the point is no one should be given the arm candy treatment by fans. Man or woman. Jon is such a footnote in Jonerys dialouge beacuse ultimetly he serves her at her beck and call with little agency. Because Dany is the one they see themselves as and thus molding Jon into their perfect partner means serving the worst aspects of a girlboss character, meaning stripping the complex agency of their romantic male interests. Same with Ygritte, people see her aggresiveness and sass and think oh my god shes me, and totally ignore the actual text on the page/proof on screen that Jon's time with her isn't happy or romantic. But they want to see themeslves in Ygritte's spitfire personality so badly that they refuse to see Jon as anything but a willing puppet for her enjoyment, beacuse they want the advantage of being her and having him.

Honestly most Jon ships have this problem, and it's partially why I don't ship him with anyone, and i actually ship very few characters with anyone. My time in the Pedro fandom I was infamous for disliking popular ships and a lot of it then too was seeing people projecting onto the female to a point where their interpretation of the character was just not what was on screen.

Casually shipping is fine, again I love a good analysis post about Jaime and Brienne, but like you said. At least with reader inserts, I'm telling you it's you. I'm telling you it's me. You know the reader acts that way beacuse it's who they are and it's not forcing them to be something their not just to force that character to be relatable to you in particular.

Jonsa, Jonerys, Jonrya and Jongritte suffer from this problem greatly, and during my time in the pedro fandom Mando and Omera, and Joel and Tess also were major sufferers of this problem. The male becomes meat for the superior female character beacuse you want it to be you and it being you forces you to turn this person into someone they aren't and this it strips the other party of their agency.

The males now only exist to be relatable arm candy, as opposed to reader inserts which do the work to find a way to make the reader fit into the existing world around them organically.

At least I'm being honest. I write Jon Snow x Reader fics cus I want to fuck Jon Snow, I'm not pretending like I just really like Dany and thats why I ship it. No, they're a terrible couple, but at least I'm honest about my self shipping. I don't have to lie about my intentions.

#shipping is fine #but blind defensive shipping for certain characters turns very toxic #i got a lot of hate during tlou airing for critizing tess as a love interest for joel and its was always people who wanted to relate to her #so they got mad at me for critizing the on screen dynamic beacuse it felt now like i was attacking you as a person #your not tess im not critizing you so shut the hell up and let me speak my opinion #jon is just such a slab of meat in every ship of his #i literally think tormund is the only character hes shipped with where he still gets to remain as a unqiue individual #cus no one who wishes they were a bad ass bitch girlboss relates to the wild drunk lumberjack vibes of tormund #game of thrones #asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #jon snow #anti daenerys targaryen #anti ygritte #anti jonerys #anti jonsa #anti jonrya #anti jongritte #anti sansa stark #anti targ stans #i love when i have to do 800 anti tags otherwise every jon shippers gonna send me to the gallows

[squeiky]

"Someone I'm supposed to remember."

"Sometimes I lay at night, thinking about you. All the time we've spent together, all the memories we've made together... I never want to forget it.. but I always do."

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Artist's note:

This is more a vent per say, rather than a means of shipping, but due to the context and way I executed the drawing- I'm tagging this as sonadow.

There is an bit of a but of a rant/vent an ID and a bonus edit version of this drawing after the readmore. Feel free to skip whichever or.

(I titled them all so it easier to skip stuff. When scrolling fast)

ID:

[ID: A traditional pencil drawing; Text in the top reads: "YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CAN'T REMEMBER"

On the right and left side are drawings of sonic the hedgehog with his eye portion sketched out.

The left side has 4 drawings, one of sonic smirking with a fist, below that is a drawing of his shoes and next to it is a drawing of super sonic w/ 2 chaos emeralds. Below that is a grumpy sonic checking the watch on his arm.

On the right is a drawing of sonic, hands on hips with his back facing front. The one below that is of sonic laughing with his hand in his chest, then underneath that is sonic at a side angle, smiling whilst talking. Next to that is sonic having a toothy smirk, with a finger waggle as well.

Shadow the hedgehog is in the middle, both hands on the lower portion of his chest, with his quills (very messy) all extended outwards. Creases are all around him as his on a bed. There are 2 pillows on both sides of him. To the right of him are some earphones desgined for hedgehogs that has a headphone wire attached to it. (It's unplugged) and a book with a pencil ontop of it.

On the lower left of him (around the knees) is a phone, only a reflection of the screen shows as it's presumably off.

Shadow looking upwards, with a gazed, zoning out type expression. His identifiable scowl is no where to be seen.

Underneath all of that, are 2 comic panels.

The first one/ the one on the left is of shadow on lying his left side, with one arm over his torso while the other is tucked underneath his head (like a makeshift pillow.) His legs are also shown His, one over the other. His eyes are looking down, now the more iconic angry eyes.

A dark pillar of sorts is behind him, and to the side of that the text reads, " So then, Why".

The right panel is a close up of one of his eyes. It's pretty detailed and you can see some hints of fluff/small quills on his face as well as a bit of his big o'l hedgehog nose.

His iris has a drawing of supersonic reaching out towards one of his extended arms. There are stars around them, and sonic's eyes are still crossed out.

Text to the right of the eye read: "Are you so FAMILAIR?"

:End ID]

Bonus:

Still edited, but just a different version of the post above. It's a little less brighter, but it's more accurate to how the drawing actually looks irl:

Vent:

I never really understood how shadow gained his memories back.

This is coming from a personal level, but him struggling with these identity and memory issues always kind of stuck with me.

As someone who struggles with memory, it's really hard to trust what people say is true or not.

Someone recently told me they've known me for years, and I thought I only knew them for a few weeks.

Like, this is somebody I'm supposed to know. They're so familiar, yet to somehow their still a stranger.

It's shit like that, that always bugs me.

Then people tell me of these stories and things I went through, and it's like I'm listening to another person explain to me what my life was like. It just feels like I'm listening to someone read a storybook.

It's all so distant, beacuse I just can't really remember. I can't connect with my own self, and honestly I don't even know if should. Sometimes I question whether I should even try to learn my psst, or if it would even matter at all..

It makes it hard to trust people too. Cause there's liars out there, and when you've got memory problems it makes it easy for them to put stuff in your head.

(Always thinking about that just gives me way to much anxiety and makes it impossible for me to connect with people.. it's like I got eggshells for shoes.)

I try not to think about it too much, and just move on in life...but the feelings still there.

It just sucks.

I have a really good memory too...(I think?) beacuse when I can remember things its crisp and detailed. (Atleast..sometimes.)

Either than that, there's just entire gaps between my life I can't remember.

I have a freind who tells me about all my adventures I had with her. So I'm just here, lying down on my bed, contemplating all these memories I had with her.

All those memories I can't remember.

#vent #venting #sonadow #sonic the hedgehog #shadow the hedghog #shadsoni #shasoni #sonic x shadow #shadow x sonic #camomiletae art #traditional art #drawing #memory problems

[randomkposts]

What do you think the dynamic of a female Soichiro and female Light, as well as male sachicko would be?

K:- Well that would depend entirely on which variation of them we go with. We mentioned a few options in the original question, and I am sure we could come up with a lot of potential variations. But that would make it harder to answer the question... What are your thoughts Eclipse?

E:-Oh wow still got asks for gender DN. That is interesting one. The dynamic is changed in that current time its set it. To me at least seeing as Soichiro is the one in charge as a female detective

K:-I was surprised at the attention genderswap DN received. None of the other things I have posted have gotten asks about them, let alone so many. Its surprising and flattering. They like us. Its nice. Thanks for waiting.

We discussed a few. Different possibilities for how the gender change could have changed their jobs and perspectives. 

Do you think F-Soichiro being in charge as senior female detective would give her a tenser relationship with L?

E:-Mmm. I honestly think it be the same either way. But a lot more respect seeings as fem L is more restrained in her weirdness. Respect to your fellow detective in a male oriented work force. 

K:-Would probably be pretty frustrating to be on the case, only for some higher up to decide "this person is now in charge of the case" and you meet this famous detective that everyone raves about, who is adding a ludicrous amount of sugar to her tea, and decides that , no actually emptying the sugar bowl once is not enough. 

She then sends Matsuda to get more sugar and coffee for everyone else. Matsuda does, which you feel is a betrayal in some way. 

You stare at her, and wonder how in the world she was put in charge, when you have been bashing against the sexism in the system for years.

E:-!!! True! Inner sexism. 

God, working and having to put more effort into your image to be taken seriously and now meeting the world biggest detective and they're like this. 

K:-I can see her taking it with a lot of salt

E:-And maybe a brandy with it too. Fem Light also taking shots at fem Matsuda. 

K:-No, fem Light is offended. 

"Excuse you L, Matsuda is a Yagami family friend! How dare you!"

She doesn't say out loud, but is thinking.

Maybe she doesnt think the highest of Matsuda, but Ls here taking shots, and now its suddenly the biggest offense.

E:-Bahaha! Okay but I do genuinely love that! Sorry am thinking of male Light more than fem in this case. 

Its giving "Hey Only I can Pick on Her." Also loving how they are pretty close. 

K:- wait, this is meant to be about Lady Lights relationship with her gender swapped parents, and already female L is pretty heavily involved.

Hmm, the thing about Light, is she's a people pleaser on the surface. She's modeled herself on peoples expectations, climbed up on that pedestals herself, and appears perfect. Lights smart, popular and pretty, a reflection of what everyone wants from their child on the surface.

Canon Light looks up and to his parents, but does not really share his life with them... Or anyone. His father, who he looks up to, is rarely around, on the job to the point of having a perfectly natural heart attack, and his mother... I don't get the sense he knows her too well, or else she might have gotten more prominence in the story.

She notices things about him, but rarely more then he seems to want her to see. Thats kind of Light's relationship with most people. They can respect each other, but they know each other, but they know each other as roles mostly.

Sayu knows Light as brother. Perfect, helpful, and out of reach. She admires him, but doesn't try to be him, beacuse he's as out of reach to her abilities as the moon is. To his mother, Light is a dutiful and studious son, who is good at what he set's out to do. To his father, Light is the dutiful and studious and wants to be like him. An ideal son and brother.

For instance, if I remember right, she notices her son never had a serious girlfriend, and seems sad when he tells her he has one. I get the vibe that she knew he was doing something he really didn't want to on that one.

Light would proably be a little closer with her mother in this AU, in that they probably do more activities together, as its expected. Mom has things to teach her, and Light is a copycat. As the Justice based Death note AU is still going forward, she's still into Justice and planning to become an officer, and not get into teaching or whatever.

So there is still that conflict between sociential expectations, and Lights intrests causing tension, its just much more overt.

And thats in a scenario where the nuclear family dynamic is in place.

If her mother or both of them are at work, then Lights feelings about her parents get more complex. I get the sense that she's proud of them, and resents them, for how they make their family different. She's putting all this effort into being a perfect Japanese girl, but her dad stays home and her mother loves her job more then her. Maybe its why she puts so much effort into being the perfect Japanese lady in that AU.

Or in the "they both work as Cops" AU, there's more resentment, beacuse on top of being abnormal, She's also raising Sayu, and running the household, and having perfect grades and shit. Probably has more trouble with the popularity, but given canon Light managed to be poupluar with the insane amount of studying and "studying" he did, while still managing to have enough connections and clout to take a girl on a date on a murder whim, I have faith she could manage, being the overachiever she is. Insanly high Charisma stat and all.

E:- I like what you have in mind for Fem Light

K:-I  think Light finds blending in important, even as he wants to stand out as special. 

E:-As far as Light is he is the main character

K:-And it would have a lot more complicated feelings on that as a Japanese girl.

E:-The most important. The one who has hidden knowledge and of course his words are truth. 

Oh absolutely. In a society where those traits would be fantastic in a boy as a girl it is told to be muted or non existent. 

To be reserved and modest. Which isn't bad when its WILLINGLY chosen by the girl themselves. But in Light's case standing out too much isn't the way she wants. 

K:-We all  are the protagonist of our own story, but Lights to the point of viewing people as NPCs I guess. 

So, arguably is L, as he takes on cases that interest him in complexity, not necessarily for the sake of saving people.

E:-She wants that power. However as a girl she would have to go a more indirect approach. Its more of proving he can do this and nothing can go against him. 

Ego. 

K:-Willingly is a matter of debate. After all, where is the line between willing truly and social pressure of conformity to get along easier in society?

L rejects it and avoids people, and Light glues the mask firmly to his face. 

Lights a people pleaser. And that would  be even easier to see in a girl. 

E:-Actually now that you say that I do wonder how to tell if one is modest. Most think by clothing but is it personality or-?

K:-I think modest personality is not prone to bragging and playing down the praise. 

After all, people say things like "Don't be modest, you've more then earned this."

Bug I'm sure that's not all of it. 

E:-Very much so. If anything I am reminded of that Patrick Bateman quote. 

"there is an idea of a Patrick Bateman, some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me, only an entity, something illusory, and though I can hide my cold gaze and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable: I simply am not there."

K:-That's a good quote.

E:-Again its surprising how it resonated with women. At first it was hated but rewatching it--- it was seen as oddly feminist. 

#female light #male sachiko #always a diffrent gender #femlae soichiro #soichiro yagami #sachiko yagami #female l #light death note #light yamagi #random k #a conversation with my friend #death note #female matsuda #matsuda touta #l death note #masks #social masks

[linxrouge4life]

Heres our first clone!

Heres Simon without his mask at day when working in Riddlers workshop with him or just alone.

Also heres some headcanons:

Even though hes 13 he is very mature (like other clones aswell are except Lucy who is a bit younger) and smart being Riddlers clone of course

Unlike Riddler he has his own personality of not having a ego and always being serious and looking angry when hes acually not.

He dosent show off his smarts beacuse "being Riddlers clone and sidekick is enough"

He spends his days in the workshop and nights doing schemes with Riddler and even doing crimes with him.

While he never shows it he cares about his friends (other clones are his only friends) and Riddler very much. He thinks showing it is weak and pathetic but he had his moments of showing care to them.

He dosent get very much sleep as a kid his age should since hes working all day and night.

He has a big agility and acually knows how to fight and has fought a few people like Robin and Batgirl before.

#arkham asylum #rouges #my au #gotham rouges #sidekicks #gotham villians #riddler #dc riddler #arkham riddler

[koofishy]

Courting Game

(JinMin au fanfic)

Seokjin's one-sided beef with the pretty boy on the tennis court🎾

I originally posted this on AO3 a few months ago, but I want to have it here on Tumblr too :) Sorry for the loooong sentences! I hope you'll still enjoy!

The guy had been staring at Seokjin for almost half an hour by the time he finally decided he had had enough.

Okay, maybe 'staring' was not the best word for it. 'Occasionally glancing' was more like it, but still. Fucking creepy. Silently judging Seokjin from the side of the tennis court, while he himself wasn't even playing any sports, just lounging prettily on a bench, bathing in the early afternoon sun like a cat. What a weirdo.

Seokjin hit the ball back to Hoseok with a little more force than what was necessary, eyes still on the stupid dude, who was now drinking some kind of protein shake from a bottle, licking his lips after, and leaving them with a distracting shine that, for some reason, annoyed Seokjin even more. Who did this guy think he was, sprawling on that fucking bench like he owned it, licking his plump lips and everything, all the while looking at Seokjin with narrowed eyes and a mocking curl to his mouth, as if he was so much better than him, as if he could-

"Hyung, look out!"

Something hard crashed against Seokjin's forehead, making him stumble back and almost fall over, only to catch himself in the last second, as stars started dancing around his eyes. He had to take a moment to steady himself, but then there were hands on his shoulders and a concerned Hobi up in his personal space.

"Oh my gosh, hyung, I'm so sorry! I called out but you didn't hear, and then it was too late," his best friend took Seokjin's face between his hands to examine him, worry evident on his features. "Are you okay? I sent that ball pretty hard..."

Seokjin blinked away the dizzying constellations from his vision and shook off Hoseok's fingers that were now all over his forehead, touching at the readily forming bruise right at the center of it.

"I'm fine, Hobi, it wasn't your fault anyway," he glanced at the man on the bench, who was, expectedly, staring right back at him, eyes wide, probably ready to laugh at Seokjin's misery. He had to be very proud of himself, Seokjin thought, for being the cause of all this misfortune! For ruining Seokjin's perfect face and perfect afternoon, and, yes, he's going there, perfect life even; with his stupid chiseled jawline and round cheeks and blond locks that danced around his face in the wind like sunbeams, and-

Well, anyways, fuck that guy!!

Seokjin could not let this slide, he needed to give this dude a piece of his mind, about how rude it was to stare at and make fun of strangers at the tennis court, and that he should have gone elsewhere to sunbathe his toned muscles, beacuse this health center was for people who actually did sports and not just sat around to watch like a total creep!

He turned back to Hoseok, fuming inside, hands fisted, face and ears red as tomatos, probably.

"How bad is it?," he asked, pointing to the wound on his forehead. Hoseok raised an eyebrow.

"Well, it's-"

"Okay, I'm going over," Seokjin concluded without waiting for an answer. He had urgent business to get to, an infuriating man to be lectured about basic sports field etiquette. A little bruise won't stop him from wiping the smug smile off the guy's face, that's for sure!

Under Hoseok's confused and slightly alarmed gaze, he turned on his heels, ready to march over to the bench the man was sitting on-

Except he wasn't sitting on it anymore. He was standing right in front of Seokjin, upset expression on his pretty face, concerned brown eyes looking over Seokjin with minute detail.

Seokjin froze.

"Hello," the guy said, voice sweet and melodious. "I'm Jimin."

Seokjin could hear Hoseok mumble a greeting, but he himself was still stuck in place, unmoving, barely breathing even.

Jimin continued:

"I saw you got into a bit of an accident, and I just wanted to know if you were alright," he said kindly, tilting his head a little to the side, so that his blond locks fell over his forehead lightly. He was even more beautiful up close. Seokjin was utterly fucked.

"Uh," he managed to say, and swallowed with difficulty, mouth suddenly very dry. "Uh. Yeah."

Jimin raised an eyebrow.

"Are you sure?," he leaned a bit closer, presumably to inspect Seokjin's bruise, but all Seokjin could concentrate on was his sweet perfume, smelling of flowers and strawberries, coating Seokjin's brain in a sugary glaze so that the only thoughts left inside were 'Jimin', 'pretty', and 'Jimin pretty'.

He was brought back to reality by a harsh slap to his back, making him blink away the pink haze, and he stared at Jimin, face reddening rapidly, as Hoseok said some dumb excuse about getting a drink from the toilet or whatever, and, with another slap, this time more encouraging, he let go of Seokjin to escape the embarrassing situation as soon as possible.

They were left alone, Seokjin and his nemesis of the tennis court.

The nemesis smiled at him, eyes forming little crescent moons.

"I can accompany you to the doctor, if you'd like, unless you're absolutely sure you're okay," he offered.

Seokjin was absolutely sure he was not okay, but he couldn't exactly say that. Instead, he exhaled, cleared his throat, and said:

"Thank you, but I'm fine, really."

He prided himself for sounding only a little shaky.

Jimin's smile stayed on but he suddenly seemed a bit hesitant. He wrung his hands together and shifted his weight from one foot to the other. It was cute. Seokjin hated it.

"You know," Jimin started, and Seokjin had a vague feeling that his words would bring doom upon him. Yet, he listened. "Feel free to decline if I misinterpreted things, but uh...," Jimin paused for a second, then looked up at Seokjin from under his lashes. "I noticed you glancing at me quite a few times while you were playing tennis, and I was wondering if you would, maybe, possibly, be interested in grabbing a coffee with me sometime?"

Seokjin's world halted and then started spinning so fast he was almost knocked off axis. The fucking dude from the fucking bench was fucking asking him on a fucking date?!

He could not accept this. He had been going on and on in his head about how he wanted to fight Jimin, and how enraged he was by him; he could not simply accept the invitation to go on a date with the guy after all that. He was going to say no, tell Jimin to stop sitting around tennis courts prettily, and walk away. Easy.

"Yeah, okay," he heard himself croak out.

His eyes widened. Wait, no, hold the fuck up, this was not part of the plan-

He was ready to punch himself in the face, but then. But then.

But then Jimin smiled at him. A big, brilliant grin, so that all of his cute teeth were visible; cheeks puffing up and eyes nearly disappearing, making Seokjin's breath catch and heart race and ears burn and palms sweat. The tennis racket slipped from his grasp and fell to the ground with an embarrassing thud, but he couldn't even be bothered by that, because it had Jimin hiding his giggle behind small hands. Holy shit.

Seokjin was in big, big trouble. Huge, even. Enormous.

"I'll give you my number, text me when you're free," Jimin said, and Seokjin pulled out his phone in a hurry, forgetting completely that he was supposed to be angry at the guy.

And that is how he ended up going on not only one, but several dates, and then becoming boyfriends with the man he had despised for all of half an hour, for taking away Seokjin's focus from tennis with his beauty.

"Did you really think I was staring at you to mock you?," Jimin asked incredulously one day as they were cuddling on Seokjin's bed, pulling away slightly from his boyfriend to look him in the eye. Seokjin shrugged.

"You had a weird expression. I thought you were laughing at me."

"I was trying to seduce you! That was a 'Hey, baby, let me take you out' face!," Jimin exclaimed, eyebrows creasing his forehead in disbelief. Seokjin kissed his little scrunched up nose.

"Didn't seem like it."

"Well, at least I wasn't making up false scenarios in my head about wanting to fight an innocent stranger, unlike a certain someone," Jimin huffed, but lay back down, head on Seokjin's chest so that his blond hair was tickling his chin. Seokjin could feel his ears redden. "And, anyway, it worked in the end, didn't it? You agreed to go out with me."

"I did. Your courting ritual proved to be effective, with some help from a tennis ball," Seokjin frowned at the painful memory, but then his eyes lit up. "Hey! Courting ritual! Get it? Like in tennis court, but also, you courting me!"

Jimin didn't react for a moment, probably cringing at the dumb pun, but then the giggles forced themselves out of him against his will, like they always did when it came to Seokjin's jokes. Seokjin was laughing too, both of them getting teary-eyed by the time they finally managed to calm down.

Maybe taking a tennis ball to the head was worth it, after all.

Thank you for reading! I adore jinimini, they deserve to be written more about <3

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[eveningspirit]

We’re about 4 to 5 episodes into this season, and I have thoughts. First, I want to say a few words about the new shows I started:

Quantum Leap -- was the one that disappointed me the most of the three with its first episode, and I’m the most invested in it now. It’s five episodes in now, but I decided to keep watching it after episode four, so that four-episodes test thing seems to be quite accurate. :)

What sold me was, surprisingly, the character I was most unsure about at the beginning. Ian Wright. They are played by a non-binary actoress Mason Alexander Park and oh my gads, are they brilliant! You may have seen them on The Sandman as well, playing Desire.

Of course, their character is non-binary as well, and how beautifully non-binary! But it’s not what sold me. It was that moment when they are genuinely worried about Ben and about Addison neglecting her own health trying to save Ben. The moment was emotional, Ian was vulnerable and real. Great acting, great character building, all the things that matter in the stories we want to watch. They just happen to be non-binary, but that’s not the story. What’s not to love?

A digression. I want to say a few words about the so-called “political correctness” in the nowadays tv shows and movies. A lot of people oppose it. I don’t, never did, but I can admit that sometimes it makes me feel weird (who cares, right?) to watch some people play some roles, seemingly only because of “political correctness”. But. BUT. There’s so much talent in every gender, body type, race, wahthaveyou. Mason Alexander Park is pure talent.

Would they be able to spread their wings and show it with such ease, with such swagger ten years ago? Without the -- perhaps -- somewhat awkward “politically correct” performances of the last decade? That transitional phase was/still is necessary. And I hope to see more, many more such performances.

Oh. And back to Quantum Leap -- the fifth episode ended with a mystery that has me on the edge of my seat!

So Help Me Todd -- three episodes in. I think the fourth is out? But the third one was so dumb and predictable I couldn’t fully stomach it. I want to watch it because of Marcia Gay Harden. The family dynamics seemed interesting at first glance too, but. I don’t know. I‘ll give the fourth episode a chance, because of the four-episodes test. Don’t see much of a chance, though.

East New York -- I’ve only seen one episode. The show is probably good, has some fine actors and the themes are important, but I didn’t connect with them. Pass, but not beacuse I’m disappointed. It just isn’t the show for me.

ETA: oh, Peripheral started yesterday too, and I watched it well into the night... Will have to make a post at a later time, because... uuuuuhhhh... mind?BLOWN!

#es watches too much tv #quantum leap #ian wright #mason alexander park #so help me todd #es watches peripheral

[angel-shaw]

Why can’t I just be angry at people

Why can I just be mad at the people who hurt me

Why can’t I just yell and tell them that they don’t understand and that no matter what I say to them they refuse to see it

Why can’t I

I know it would feel nice

I know it would

But I would feel terrible about it

Some of them really do care

Want to help

Want to support me and just can’t understand it

Others don’t care

But if I just yelled, got my point across, finally blew up, wouldn’t I feel better

No

I wouldn’t

I know i wouldn’t

Beacuse when I got to overwhelmed once and threw a few highlighters to the ground I didn’t feel better

I was scared

I was upset at myself for giving into my anger and possibly hurting someone

I felt like shit

I hate myself when I finally blow up

But it’s the only way they will understand

So I resine to just not telling them

I don’t tell them everything and I let them think what I feel is normal and what everyone feels

I let them keep their vew of me

Beacuse the only way that would change….is if I finally snapped.

#angel rambles #angel rants #angels poems

[missbrunettebarbie]

I don't watch House of the Dragon, but the #1 thought that keeps plaguing my mind is "Wow, I didn't think anyone could screw over Laena more than GRRM did in the books, but boy, was I wrong!"

There are a thousand and one things I could complain about how they wrote her character -or more specifically, barely touched on it, as they clearly did not care for her- but now I wanna focus on her death, which is the thing I've seen being most talked about.

Tbh, there is no universe where Laena's death wouldn't upset me, and I can't say the way the show went was a bad decision or not. In my humble opinion, it seemed to be an...alright choice. Which might be more aggravating than a ~bad death. Beacuse when you have a Fave Character you don't want them to have an Alright DeathTM. You want something that wrecks the narrative, even if only for a short period of time.

I always got this feeling that in the books, Laena's presence kept lingering after her death. Maybe not in a big way, but her shadow was there. In Baela and Rhaena, in Rhaenyra's marriages, in Rhaenyra's children's engagements and most importantly in Vhagar.

Because THE most interesting thing about Laena Velaryon -to both the Greens and the Blacks- was that she had the most powerful dragon under her command. It's probably amongst the chief reasons why Daemon married her and later on, when Aemond had Vhagar, he was the Greens' most powerful weapon. So in an AU where Laena hadn't died, what would the Greens have done?

They had few dragons between them, and all of them very young. Could they have gone to battle against the Blacks, who not only had more dragons, but older ones as well? Including THE oldest one?

What good luck on the Greens that Laena died and Vhagar was free for grabs!

Which brings me to my point: I think it would have been more interesting to have Laena's death be at least more shady, if not outright murder. It never made sense that a super healthy woman in her twenties would be able to give birth to healthy twins, while on a different continent, more or less in implicit exile, surrounded by people that did not know her and with only Daemon "pretty much a trophy husband at this point" Targaryen to help ensure the birth goes well. But yet in her own home, surrounded by maesters, treated with the utmost care as one of the highest ladies of the realm, her baby not only died, but she died as well? I mean, you could claim it was bad luck, but come on.

So yeah, I think Laena should have been treated more like a Tragic Dead Girl and have an implied Agatha Christie-esque death, that wasn't just a tragedy, but another step towards the Dance breaking out.

#laena targaryen #hotd thoughts #my thoughts

[rise-my-angel]

can i ask why you don't like tess and joel together? i always love hearing your insight about shows!! i'd love to hear your thoughts/ opinions on this pairing!

A few reasons, and I'm not trying to step on any toes it just seems like I'm in quite the minority. Part of it is my own understanding, in the games remaster there are lines added that gave people the idea that Tess and Joel may have slept sometime in their past. I personally never read it that way. Only previous shippers evet talked about it. So I went into this show never believing that was even a thing.

Now on the shows own mertits, its weak. In episode one, the dramatic tonal shift from pre to post outbreak is entierly about Joel. A bleaker colour palette, quiet deep tones, and a somber soundtrack. It is purposley matching to Joel being a man who refuses himself any comfort beacuse he doesn't feel enough like a real person anymore to want it. Joel isn't a character only meant to be gruff to loving for just Ellie, its who he is now as a whole. Even the drinking is followed with close ups of Joels bitter reactions like not even his only vice brings him anything. He then falls asleep drugged on his bed and I did not feel right about watching her climb imto his bed to cuddle him while Joel is passef out from drugs. He doesn't wake up until shes already let him go and off the bed. It was for her and felt very wrong and rings to parts of me that know how easily people brush men being taken advantage of.

If you were in any kind of romance or relationship that looks like the way Joel and Tess interact you'd know thats not healthy. They are friends and long time smuggling partners, but are clearly two very different and difficult people who seem to be tired of putting up with the other. Walking away to force Joel to house Ellie as she gets to go to hers. So strike the idea she lives there, she doesn't and I assume she, Joel, and Tommy had keys to the others places beacuse their work is illegal and need privacy. So she walked into not her home and tries to cuddle Joel while he is passed out on drugs as he turns away from her only to have her stop before he wakes up. To me that implies she knows, that Joel would be upset if he woke up to that. Like she knows she shouldn't do it but does beacuse Joel is too drugged to even be concious.

Second episode I have a lot to say. Joel and Tess are at odds this entire episode. He and her either argue or are contentious towards the other in more then one way. They work together because they are friends but are fed up with being around each other.

The episode is a mirror for Joel. He is silent and watchful and it's all towards Ellie. Telling Tess not to fill Ellie with hope when neither of them are sure she is actually immune yet because he thinks letting a dying girl beleive she has a future is cruel. He is the one always doing the actionable thing for Ellie and when he does Tess fades silent into the background of the scene beacuse now it's a representation of Joel's focus. Ellie. Tess if there, but not when Ellie's in front of him. Tess talks to Ellie like an adult asking about boyfriends and joking about how she got bit. Joel stands in the background. Trying to push Ellie onto Tess so he can shive away this protective instinct but you can see the conversation bothers him. Theres no joke in Ellie getting bit because its a miracle she survived. Her safety isn't funny to Joel nor is he willing to cope with the danger as a joke.

Later, Joel is quiet and distant unlike how easy Tess is to talk to. If you didn't catch it, but as soon as Joel breaks the silence Ellie tries to prevent it from stopping. Shes awkward and decides to mimic the questions Tess asked her. But Joel doesn't think Tess should talk to Ellie like an adult so he shuts down Ellie trying to emulate thay behavior. He isn't here to find a friend in her and thinks Ellie needs to be treated like a kid because he knows he still has to be the one to protect her.

When Tess starts lashing out, theres a tense frustration in Joel and its why he walks away from her without even trying to ask anything. He's fed up and only finds a peaceful sombre moment looking at the view with Ellie.

Then, he watches Ellie go down the ladder and stands alone. Looks at his watch, his mind making a correlation of talking to Ellie with being reminded of Sarah. The next sequence is Joels rude awakening.

Joel gets pissed off and finally yells at Tess, only to be bombarded with news. That Tess hid a bite from them, that she doesnt have long to go, and that he needs to take Ellie.

Its not about Tess. Joel has only thought of Ellie this episode and this moment is the culmination. Not only is he realizing that his friend hid from them that she's about to die, that a hoard is coming and she's going to do something quite drastic.

His face screams of a man realizing how terrified he is of reliving his nightmares. That he now is forced to deal with his attachment to Ellie and cannot just ignore it now. Hes in pain of what hes so terrified to relive with another kid but knows its what matters.

He said nothing to Tess. Barley looks at her. No words, no goodbye, no anything. Just terror at how real his nightmares are about to become. His final moment with Tess is to ignore her.

He decides he cares about Tess way less then he cares about Ellie and thats all that matters. His turn go grab Ellie is so quick and desperate, refusing to let her go as he forces them outside beacuse he refuses to let anything get in the way of her saftey.

Tess didn't convince Joel of anything. People who think that moment was any influence from Tess missed the entire point of the episode. Whatever Tess felt for Joel was confirmed to be one sided in that scene. That Joel has never looked at her in that way, never loved her and he refuses to spent Tess's final moments with her when he has spent all episode protecting Ellie at every turn. Thats the only place his heart is.

There is next to no chemistry between them either. Pedro has put no engagement into whatever the actress tried to push. It's only there because I think the fandom is blinded by wanting Pedro in a romance.

I've watched and rewatched and there was never even a moment I sort of saw what the shippers were saying. Reducing Tess to Joels love interest is insulting to her character and decideing that in an episode dedicated to Joel's silent growing attachment to Ellie, is actually all about Tess in the end and thats his driving force and motivation is so insulting to Joel.

Joel's heart is only belonging to one person. A person he spends all episode seeing echoed in Ellie. Tess was the catalyst that forced Joel to realize his trauma was truly about to torment his life and live him in fear of failing again.

Joel's entire character in these two episodes is a reflection of Joels internal struggle of accepting fatherhood. He doesn't love Tess and he never did. He abandons her without any words to protect what he can no longer ignore that he actually cares for.

Giving Tess ANY influence on how Joel sees and interacts with Ellie is doing a massivr disservice to the true painful tramatic struggle hes felt the past 2 episodes.

And making Tess in love with Joel just made her interactions with him like the bed scene feel incredibly manipulative and taking advantage of a broken man who doesn't want her in his life like that.

Not everyone has to agree obviously, and I am a huge minority that not only doesnt ship them, but actively thinks they were not only never invovled but that Joel had never had feelings for her or loved her. I'm very alone in that opinion.

But I think its worth exploring why I feel it, because I think it takes a massive impact away of the thematic narrative structure around Joels entire character. If you disagree thats fine, I haven't engaged in your posts at all because I don't want an argument.

But many people have been rude, attacking and very unkind to people who don't support the joel tess ship. And I should be allowed to state why I think their interpretation misses the entire point of what Joels reactions and interactions mean.

Normally I wouldn't be so vocal about a ship I dislike. But this fandom has shown very ugly colours towards people who don't support a ship that has now been confirmed to never exist.

#tlou spoilers #the last of us spoilers #long post #this was very long but this fandom has been quite nasty about anything to do with opinions on tess these past 2 weeks #so heres my case #im sorry if it upsets anyone but its a point of view this fandom is either missing or activley ignoring