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dwobbitfromtheshire · 4 months

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Steve was hard of hearing and kept putting off getting a hearing aid despite Robin's instance. He's gotten pretty good at lip reading when he needs to. He can still hear when someone's close, but Eddie tends to move when he talks. At this moment, he was going on one of his rants, and Steve really wants to hear him better. Desperate, he hopped over the coffee table and jumped directly in front of Eddie. He cupped Eddie's face to keep him still.

"Okay. Now talk," Steve said.

"Uh. . . ," Eddie blinked at him.

"What?" Steve asked.

Eddie stared at him, and Steve could feel his cheeks warm underneath his fingers. Eddie's cheeks were surprisingly soft, and Steve couldn't help but caress his cheeks with his thumbs. He really liked holding Eddie like this. . . and if he were to lean in, he could close the distance, but Eddie wasn't a girl. Suddenly, Steve found that he didn't care that Eddie wasn't a girl. He wanted to kiss him anyway.

"I suddenly can't seem to remember what I was talking about," Eddie said.

"Yeah, me neither," Steve said softly, and he moved closer to Eddie.

"Steve. . . " Eddie trailed off, and he could feel Eddie's breath against his lips.

"Yeah?"

"I think I'm having a sexuality crisis," Eddie said.

"Me too."

Eddie's fingers ran up Steve’s arms to his shoulders as he moved closer, and he let his hands trail down until they rested against the small of Steve’s back. Steve shuddered.

"Fuck."

It was Eddie who closed the distance. Really closed the distance. He slammed into Steve, nearly knocking him over as he crashed his lips to Steve’s, and wrapped his arm's completely around Steve’s waist. Steve gasped against his mouth, causing it to fall open, and Eddie immediately slipped his tongue in. Eddie grinned as Steve moaned against his mouth. He let his hand slide down lower and cupped Steve’s butt before giving it a squeeze. Steve squeaked, and Eddie giggled delightfully before breaking the kiss. Steve wrapped his arms around his neck.

"What is this?" Steve asked.

"Well, it felt a lot like we just made out a little," Eddie said.

"Ass, I know that. Like, what are we?" Steve asked. "I mean, I still like girls, I think."

"Me too," Eddie nodded. "Are we boyfriends?"

"Do you want to be boyfriends?" Steve asked.

Eddie looked thoughtfully at Steve and cupped his face.

"Boyfriend, boyfriend, boyfriend. Boyfriend!" Eddie grinned. "Yeah, I like it."

"Heeeyy, boyfriend," Steve said slyly and squeezed his hips, causing Eddie to giggle.

"I've never really been boyfriend material. I've come close once, but I fucked that all up and I broke her heart. Not my proudest moment," Eddie said. "I don't want to fuck this all up and break your heart too. I want this to work."

"I want this to work too," Steve said softly.

A little while later, they were cuddled up on the couch with Eddie's head in Steve's lap as they watched TV. Eddie turned his head to look at Steve.

"Hey, you know Robin, right?" Eddie asked.

"I vaguely recall my platonic soulmate," Steve said dryly.

"You know how we both know about Robin?" Eddie asked.

"Because she told us. I was there when she told you. You called her pretty, and she was like, "Oh God, not another one. Why do I keep attracting boys when I want to attract girls? GIRLS?!" Steve said.

"I was being platonic when I called her pretty," Eddie mumbled.

"Anyway, yes, I know we both know about Robin," Steve said.

"Do you think on some level she knew about us before we knew about each other?" Eddie asked.

"You mean, because she's queer, too? Like some sort of spidey sense?" Steve asked.

"God, it's so hot that you read comic books," Eddie said. "But yes, like that."

"Hmm, maybe we could ask her to hang out and see," Steve said.

"Okay, because this is not going to be our first official date," Eddie said. "I'm going to woo your ass off."

"Looking forward to it," Steve grinned.

A little later, Steve went to pick up Robin so they could all hang out and left Eddie at the house.

"You are lucky that I am not seeing Vickie today," Robin said as they walked through the door.

Eddie jumped into the hallway, a grin spread across his face.

"There she is, one of my best friends, and there's my boyfriend," Eddie said.

"Settle down, Munson. You saw me two days ago," Robin rolled her eyes and walked past him. "So, what are the plans?"

"It didn't even phase her," Eddie said.

"Give it a moment," Steve said.

Robin came to a sudden halt, froze for a minute, and then whirled around. Her eyes were comically wide.

"Did you just call Steve your boyfriend?" Robin asked.

"As of today," Eddie said proudly.

"So. . . you two are dating?" Robin asked slowly.

"Yep," Steve asked.

"You two do know that you two are guys, right?" Robin asked.

"Yeah, I was very aware of that when he crawled into my lap earlier and felt him rise up against me," Steve said.

"I like girls but I also like Steve," Eddie said.

"I like girls, and I also like Eddie," Steve exclaimed.

"Yeah, thanks because I didn't know what bisexuality is," Robin rolled her eyes.

"There's a word for it," Steve whispered to Eddie. "Did you know there's a word for it?"

"No!"

"But you two apparently didn't," Robin said and shook her head fondly at them.

"So, you didn't know about us before we knew about us?" Eddie asked.

"I'm just as surprised as you are," she replied. "How did this start anyway?"

"Well, I was talking, and Steve suddenly grabbed my face. . . By the way, why did you grab my face?" He asked.

"You were talking, and I'm hard of hearing, but you kept walking away. I wanted to hear what you had to say, so I held you still," Steve said.

"That explains so much. . ."

"Get a hearing aid, dingus!" Robin exclaimed, and then her face softened. "Thanks for telling me, the both of you."

Sometimes, people just know who they are, and sometimes, it takes others a while to figure it out. Everyone grows their own way.

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batfamhyperfixation · 9 months

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*Jason and Tim fighting Harvey Dent*

Jason: I'm trying to think of a good lawyer joke, cause lawyers, nobody likes them, right? *Harvey Dent offended gasp in the background*

Tim, sarcastic but amuzed: No, you're doing great, this is some good stuff, yeah

Jason, after finishing tying them up, pausing and turning to Tim: You got a good lawyer joke?

Tim: No, actually, I was kinda just watching

Jason, looking at a still clearly upset tied up Harvey Dent: Look, we haven't toured the Borscht Belt, we aren't comedians, we're just a couple of assholes

*them walking away leaving Harvey and all his henchmen tied up to be picked up by the police*

Harvey: those two are my least favorite, at least the little angry one doesn't add insult to injury

#tim drake red robin #jason todd red hood #red hood #jason todd #tim drake #red robin #brief mention of #damian wayne #incorrect batfamily quotes #source: buzzfeed unsolved #harvey dent #two face

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sea-jello · 7 months

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this is my propaganda for @cats-inthe-cradle to participate in morrotober that i did. a while ago but forgot to post for some reason lmao

ref from cradles banger ass au that i LOST in my camera roll for some reason and had to go FIND again

#if you haven’t seen cradles au yet what are you even doing smh #happy friday the 13th by the way #i guess #i think i did this in september/early october lmao #it was when i was getting used to drawing him again #IT WAS SEPTEMBER 21ST #DO YOU REMEMBER #lloyd look funky i can’t put my finger on it #ninjago #lego ninjago #morro ninjago #ninjago morro #morro wu #lloyd garmadon #brief mention of #kai ninjago #that is kai btw #jellos scribbles

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berenicetheiv · 2 years

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SHORT NATAL/BIRTH CHART OBSERVATION 5:

Don't steal, don't repost 👿🔪.

✧*。 CAPRICORN MOONS

I've noticed that they tend to be really self-critical. The definition of "my worst enemy is my self" because their number one critique (borderline hater) is themselves and it's sad to see because y'all are awesome. The sweetest people to those who they care about. They're so friendly and kind to those who treat them nicely and is sarcastic in a subtle way or just plain ignores those that aren't treating them well (unless pushed because they're mature and only acts if absolutely necessary).

They really pick apart every single thing about themselves and judge it. But probably the worst thing they are so self-conscious about is their education, smartness and career. Even more so than their appearance though they get so negative of that aspect of themselves as well. Most times when it comes to their education, from childhood and up they compare their level of intelligence to others and make all these conclusions that lead to them just writing off themselves as dumb for making simple mistakes.

If it takes them slower to understand some topics, they just jump and think they're stupid and get so embarrassed because "everyone got this faster than me, why not me." They just have to understand something before anyone else and if not, oh boy. And if they don't get rid of this mindset asap it carries on to adulthood and their career. They judge themselves so much when their careers aren't like high end.

But the thing is, outsiders wouldn't be able to tell all this. Their exterior is really poised that you'll think they got their shit together, have no problems and all that. And they likely do got their shit together but still somehow find imperfections about themselves and their life. And only the most important people in their life might know what's going on in there- but even that is up to these cap moons who will decide who they purposely show this side of themselves. It tend to just be sneak peeks, too. Like their closest ones will probably not suspect all that turmoil if they don't directly show it to them.

Anyways, capricorn moons are complicated. They likely had a complicated life or went through something that just made them so critical and melancholic. They're not cold. They're not heartless. They can get really ambitious, wanting to accomplish a lot. And like other Capricorn placements, they can be workaholic. They're independent, don't really need anyone and they're just minding their own business. And they need to stop being critical of themselves because the way they're kind to others should be how they're treating themselves first.

Lastly, those with their Cap moon in the 1st, 3rd, 8th, 10th and 12th house (and/or if it's being aspected by Mars, Saturn, Pluto, Chiron or negatively aspecting the Ascendant, MC, Jupiter, Neptune)- their self-criticism is likely worse. Try checking the moon persona chart and persona charts of those aspecting the moon as well.

That's all for now. Thank you so much for reading 🌹.

#astrology #astrology observation #astrology observations #natal chart #birth chart #capricorn moon #moon in capricorn #based off of people i know who has this- it's just saddening how they critiques themselves a lot #brief mention of #persona chart #moon persona chart #did i just write an essay on these wonderful cap moons? yes yes I did- i love y'all

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necromelli · 5 months

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— chaos and calm

wordcount: 665

jane mellie finally takes finnick up on his invitation and visits him in district four. she never understood the ocean in those old poems before, but she does now.

a/n: I wanted to write a small blurb about my descendant of lucy Gray to gauge if people would like it or not (especially since it isn't a reader based fic) if you do, heavily considering liking it or reblogging to let me know ♡

The lake back home in twelve didn't compare to the beach sitting in the backyard of district four victors. It was loud, water lapped at her ankles and soaked the end of her dress. The sand was soft and warm, like Jane could feel the sun kissing her skin directly. Finnick insisted she wore sunscreen, but Jane refused. If the cloudless sun overhead kissed her until she burned like Icarus, then that was a gift Jane would cherish for as long as she could. The ocean was deafening; white noise that, for once, didn't feel suffocating. Jane thought the ocean smelled like Finnick — or Finnick the ocean.

“Mags made lunch, darling.” Finnick's voice cut through the hypnotic sound of crashing waves. Jane felt him next to her, the sand under his barefoot sinking away in the water. “Your cheeks are pink. Y’know sometimes, too much of the sun-”

Jane lifted her left hand, shushing Finnick softly. He didn't know when to turn the Capitol charm off; but, like Jane was figuring out about the ocean, everything blended together at some point. Both the good and the bad.

After the initial shock, Finnick relented and glanced back to the opened sliding doors leading into his house. He waved at Mags, sinking down to sit next to Jane. This time, it was just Finnick, the boy from district four, that spoke.

“It's lovely, isn't it?” Jane hummed in response, agreeing with the boy. “Peaceful. Calming.”

Jane sucked her teeth, a sign she was prepared to chide Finnick, and simultaneously laughed through her nose. “Oh, pretty, you aren't very good with that, are you?”

Slowly, Jane Mellie's eyes opened as she propped herself up on her elbows. She tilted her head to look at Finnick, unbothered by the way sand clung to her pink skin and the way her dirty blonde hair blew in her eyes.

“We’ll work on it. Everyone's got the talent to be a poet, it just takes practice.”

Finnick snorted, reaching out to tenderly touch Jane's rosy cheeks. He brushed the loose strands on hair from her face, tucking them behind her ear so that if she wanted, Jane could look at him fully. Finnick knew she wouldn't, far too captivated by the ocean and all the untold stories he knew was going through her mind. Finnick's thumb stroked the apple of her cheek, softly brushing away grains of stubborn sand.

“Y’know, I think I would surprise you.” Finnick whispered, words cool against Jane’s warmed cheeks. “I’ll have to conjure something up before you leave.”

“Mm. That'd be nice.” Jane nodded, her eyes closing shut as she focused on the feeling of Finnick so close to her. “Give me enough and I could turn it into a love ballad.”

“Maybe I’ll take you up on that.” Finnick teased, his lips pressing against Jane’s forehead. The girl smiled, an easy smile that affected her whole face; even her cheeks lifted. “I'm sure it would be beautiful if it came from you.”

Jane lowered herself back into the sand, although this time, she took Finnick’s right hand in her left and held it against her stomach. Finnick sat next to her, free hand resting on his knee. It was quiet, but not the crushing quiet that could overtake their minds at any moment. A serene kind of quiet. One that soothed and comforted the soul instead of striking fear and restlessness.

“I've got these old poetry books passed down through generations. There's this one about the ocean I never got, but I think I do now.” Finnick knew where it was going before Jane Mellie even offered. “Want to hear it?”

Finnick smiled down at her, chest tight with love as he squeezed her hand. He was enamored with Jane Mellie the moment he watched the chaos she caused at her reaping a few games prior. He shifted, laying down next to her in the sand, eyes closing just the same.

“Yeah, pretty, I’d like that.”

#catching fire #tbosas #fanfic #mockingjay #thg finnick #thg fanfiction #finnick odair #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #the hunger games #brief mention of #mags flanagan #she makes them lunch bc shes an excited mom #whos so happy to see finnick crushing + being happy

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f1nalboys · 1 year

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Flower Fields - Bo Sinclair

Bo Sinclair x SI

WORD COUNT: 3749

WARNINGS: THIS IS A SELF INDULGENT AND SELF INSERT STORY, NOT X READER!!!! idc if u find this cringe! if u do just move past it, please and thank you! fluff, brief mentions of bo's childhood trauma, brief mentions of being alone as a kid and just some sad litle tidbits from bo and i, could be ooc bo bc hes kind but again i do not care <3, actually kind of sweet stuff hehe, cringe nicknames galore, sorta proofread.

Bo’s truck sat a few yards away, tucked off onto the side of the road, tall weeds trampled down into a makeshift trail. The two of them were further into the field, past the bushes starting to bloom with fruit that Bo had pointed out tasted disgusting to him as a child, settled into a patch of wildflowers. The day had been relatively cool, the sun warming them just enough to keep the two of them comfortable.

They had laid out a large checkered blanket on the ground, their shoes on one end to hold those corners down and her bag and the picnic basket on the other corners. Bo was in jeans and a t-shirt, one she had picked out for him and said it complimented his eyes, and his hat while she wore a yellow sundress that seemed just a little too short, not that Bo was complaining, a silver necklace on to match the rest of her piercings.

The food had been good and she had complimented Bo with a mouth full, hand over her mouth, though he could see she was smiling from the way her eyes crinkled together. Bo had waved her off with his hat, still not used to the genuine compliments even after all this time. “S’nothing,” He had said, popping a cherry tomato into his mouth and grinning at the small sound of disgust. “Still don’t get how you like ketchup and hate tomatoes, though.”

“They’re completely different!”

“It’s made out of tomatoes!”

“Ketchup isn’t soggy.”

“Neither are my tomatoes.” He wiggles his eyebrows at the accidental innuendo and she rolls her eyes. “‘Don’t matter anyhow, because I don’t want you eatin’ anything outta that garden.” He grins at her scoff; the only reason Bo had gotten the damn garden fixed and kept up with it was so that she’d have something to do that kept her out of the house and not cooped up inside. It was just a plus that she seemed to enjoy it and it was a huge plus that some of the plants she was growing were fucking delicious and saved him some money when he had to head into the next town over to get groceries.

She’s sitting criss-cross next to him, facing towards his outstretched body, and she takes a second to enjoy how relaxed he looked. Bo laid on his back, one arm under his head and the other over his stomach, hat placed over his chest, one leg outstretched and the other up, tapping away to some invisible song in his head. His brown hair was slightly damp from sweat (how he was always perpetually sweaty, she wasn’t sure) and the ends curled in around the nape of his neck and his forehead.

“Like what you see, peach?” He drawls suddenly and her eyes snap back to meet his blue ones, crows feet evident now more than ever. A shit eating grin was on his face, head tilted to the side to get a good look at her. She can feel the heat on her face instantly and she shakes her head.

“Nah, just trying to figure out how I’m gonna kill you.”

“Yeah?” His grin grows even wider. “You can’t kill a bug but you’re gonna kill me?”

“You’re more annoying than a bug, Bo.”

“You hurt me, you know that, darlin’?” He says winking at her and looking back up towards the sky. The sun was lowering every minute and the two of them would have to pack up and head home soon. “How’re you gonna make it up to me?” His voice is light and she grins, hands fidgeting in her lap. Bo’s eyes are closed and he takes in a slow, deep breath, letting the smell of the flowers around him soothe his soul.

His eyes flutter open at the sound of rustling and he grins when he turns his head to look at her. She was picking off flowers and leaves from the plants behind her with a sense of determination, her back to him. He says nothing, just watches as her fingers grab onto each bud, surveying it, before either plucking it or continuing on to the next. When she faces back towards him, she has a large pile of flowers collected in her arms.

“I’m gonna make you something.” She states matter of factly, letting the flowers fall onto the blanket in a heap before she settles back down and begins to… do something with them. Bo watches, eyebrows furrowing together as time goes on, watching her weave stems of flowers together with the confidence of someone who had done it hundreds of times before. “What’re you looking at?”

He blinks, looking up from her hands, which had stopped moving, to her face. “Just trying to figure out what the hell you’re doing,” He responds, sitting up onto his elbows with a grunt. She shrugs, going back to work, and he finds himself getting sucked into the overall gentleness of her weaving. “So? You gonna tell me?”

“It’s a secret,” She teases, snapping off an excess part of the stem from one of the flowers, tossing it into the growing pile beside her. “Learn to be patient.” Bo scoffs slightly; he was many things but patient was never one of them. Her fingers pause and her blue eyes snap to his own, eyes narrowing into a glare.

Bo flashes her an apologetic smile, leaning over and nudging her knee with his hand. “M’sorry, bobcat.” Her scowl breaks instantly, lips curving into that smile he loves. She bumps her lip piercing with her top lip only to pull at it again with her bottom teeth, repeating the motion a few more times.

“I hate when you call me that.”

“No, you don’t.”

“Yeah, I do.”

“You hate it so much you’re smilin’ for me?”

She forces a short-lived frown. “I didn’t say I hated the way it sounded.”

“Aw, bobcat, you like my voice or somethin’?” She shakes her head with a soft laugh, focusing back on the task at hand. Bo had taken up calling her bobcat about a year ago. She was confused when he did it the first time and he gave her a wild grin, pulled her onto his lap and kissed her. “Ya just remind me of one when you’re angry at me, s’all.” He had whispered against her lips, laughing when she pulled away with furrowed brows. “Look beautiful but are downright terrifying if they’re comin’ at ‘ya.”

She can feel how antsy Bo was getting with each passing minute, his fingers drumming against the blanket in a soothing rhythm. “Alright, alright, I’ll tell you.” She says suddenly, nearly finished with it anyways. She holds it up to him, curling it around into a circle. “It’s a flower crown.”

“A flower crown? You think I’m a hippie or something, Brooklyn?” His eyebrow is cocked and she shakes her head, the braid of flowers falling into her lap. He watches for a second as she begins to work on it again, instantly noticing how her fingers are working slower, how she’s pausing after each braid made, how she fell silent. “I’m just teasin’ you, honey, you know that right?”

“Yeah, I know.” She says, looking up from it for a quick second to smile at him, though it falls the second she looks away. Bo can feel the mounting panic in his gut at the realization that he had blown her off, had said something that bothered her. Sighing, she looks back up at him and gives him a sad smile. “I know you were just teasing, Bo, honest. M’not mad or anything. Just… it’s so dumb.”

“It ain’t dumb. C’mon, peach, tell me while you finish.”

Nodding carefully, he watches as she swallows heavily, her fingers picking up speed. “I used to do this a lot, back when I was younger. Make flower crowns and daisy chains and shit. Sometimes I’d just braid blades of grass together for, like, hours.” She smiles fondly at the memory but Bo can see the sadness twitching at the side of her lips. “I was alone a lot when I was growing up, y’know?”

“Don’t you have siblings?”

“Yeah, but they didn’t really want to hang out with me growing up, especially back in Georgia. I was too young to understand that they just wanted time to themselves; I always figured they hated me.” She chews at the inside of her cheek for a moment, shaking her head. “Anyways, back there on the army base - you remember me talking about that? - there was this random wild-flower patch behind my house that I would go and hang out in.”

Bo sits up fully now, turning his body to be facing hers, sitting to match her. He lets her continue talking, eyes going from watching her fingers adding in new flowers to the crown and then up to her face which had begun to soften. “I’d take my favorite blanket, which kind of looked like this one, and a big bag of my favorite books and I’d spend all day out there. I’d only go inside to piss and to grab something to snack on and to drink, seriously.

“But when I was out there, I learned flowers and their meanings. Well, I tried,” She grins, eyes flickering up to Bo’s and then down just as quick. “I kind of had a shit memory so it was really just looking up whatever flowers I saw and seeing the symbolism and shit. But I also learned how to make daisy chains and flower crowns and stuff, and when I’d give them to my siblings or parents they’d call it cute or whatever and then it would end up in the garbage.” She sighs once again, shaking her head to get the memory to go away.

“M’sorry for making you feel like that, Brooklyn,” Bo says carefully. “I was just tryin’ to tease. I aint throwin’ anything you give me out, don’t worry about that.” She laughs lightly and he reiterates. “M’serious! Might just ask Les about saving the flowers. Pressin’ them, or whatever. We can even have ‘em in one of those shadow boxes and hang it up. Alright?”

She nods, meeting his eyes and giving him a thankful smile. Her shoulders relax and he lets out his own breath; he had gotten through to her, let her know that he wasn’t gonna toss away her shit like they did. He’d treasure it far longer than she realizes. “And…it’s…done.”

Bo raises an eyebrow as she holds the flower crown up at him, grinning. There were multiple colored flowers in there but most noticeably were the bright orange flowers that seemed to take over the entire crown. They were familiar, and Bo is transported, for just a second, back to when he was younger, sitting behind the church, watching butterflies land on top of the petals gently.

“Thank you, peach,” He says softly, leaning over and allowing her to place the crown on top of his head. Even a year ago he would never have let this happen, something so soft and domestic, but he knew her and she knew him. He was willing to let himself have this one if it meant she’d keep smiling at him like she was. “I love it.”

“It looks beautiful, really.”

“So, ya’ gonna make yourself a matchin’ one?” She nods her head, picking up two more flowers and beginning to weave them together again. “What’re these flowers meanin’, anyways? You’re not breaking up with me or tellin’ me I stink in flower language, are you?”

She snorts before shrugging. “Well…”

“Hey!”

“Kidding! Uhm, honestly, I don’t know what all of them mean but the orange ones, they’re milkweed, mean joy, happiness, dignity, and freedom.” She looks up at the sky, wracking her brain to see if it meant anything else, before nodding. “Yup! And I think it’s very fitting. Plus, you look cute.”

Bo hums, feeling a blush crawl up his neck. Cute was not a word people used to describe Bo Sinclair. Handsome? Sure. Sexy? Definitely. Monster, inhumane, freak, idiot, fuck-up? Time and time again. But cute? Never. Not until her. “You’re just tryin’ to make me blush.”

“Is it working?”

“Sure is, peach.” She grins and the two fall silent. Bo watches her as she makes her own matching crown, eyebrows furrowing together ever so slightly. “Baby?” She hums, not looking up. “What’s your favorite flower?”

She doesn’t have to think. “Snap dragons or pansy violets.”

“What do those mean?”

“Pansy violets mean love and romance, so it’s very fitting for us,” She says, looking up for a quick second to toss a wink and an eyebrow wiggle his way. He grins. “And, if I remember correctly… snapdragons mean deception and graciousness. The deception is because concealing one supposedly makes you look fascinating and cordial. Or whatever, somethin’ like that.”

Bo hums, trying to think of what those two flowers look like. She talked so fondly of them, of her time spent in the wildflower field of her old home. Bo realizes she talks about her past easily now. Before, not that he could blame her or even judge, she used to keep it to herself, mentioning small things in passing. Now she offered things up like a piece of candy in her palm, holding it out to him to take and savor. He hopes he’s able to do that with her soon.

She finishes her own crown and grins, placing it on top of her head and when she meets Bo’s eyes she’s grinning, eyes squinted, but then she’s looking at his crown and her mouth is dropping into a gasp. “Don’t. Fucking. Move.”

“What? Why? Don’t tell me theres a fuckin’ bug, Brooklyn, I’ll freak-”

“No, there’s not! Just don’t move a muscle for me, Bo, alright?” His lips thin out in a frown and she stands, slipping her shoes back on. “I’m serious! Not a muscle! I’ll reward ‘ya if you listen.” He rolls his eyes as she disappears but begrudgingly does as he’s told, keeping still and staring ahead at where she had been just moments before. He hears her rummaging in the truck and his eyebrows furrow, mind racing at what she could possibly be doing. He left the keys in the car. She could be leaving right now, he thinks, she could have been lying all this time about loving him and had found her opening. Right when he is about to whip his head around, she calls out to him. “Coming back! You didn’t move, right, baby?”

Her approaching footsteps ease his racing heart and mind just a bit. “Yes ma’am,” He confirms, unable to hide his toothy smile when she walks back into his line of sight. “What’re you doin’ with that thing?” He asks as she bends down, polaroid camera in hand. She doesn’t say anything, just holds it to her eyes and takes a photo after a pause. He tries to keep a smile on his face, but he frowns when she pulls out a phone. “What’re you doin’ with that?”

“Oh, relax, grumpy. Just keeping some memories, that alright with you?” She takes a photo and then sits down beside him on the blanket, smooshing her face beside his, and grinning. “Say cheese!”

“No.”

“Bo, c’mon! Say cheese.” He sighs, a smile tugging on his lips. “I’ll kiss you if you do!”

A moment of silence. “...Cheese.” She snaps the photo and when she looks at the photo, much to her surprise, Bo has a wide and easy smile on his face; one of his real ones. “Now can you tell me why I wasn’t allowed to move, miss bossy?”

She kisses his cheek and rests her head on his shoulder, the flowers on her crown tickling his skin, but she shows him the now-developed polaroid. “Cause you had a few butterflies on your head.” Bo makes a surprised noise, carefully taking the photo out of her hand. He sat there, criss-cross with his hands in his lap and a smile on his face. On top of the crown were two monarch butterflies. One sat just above his left eye, wings outstretched boasting off the vibrant colors. The other was mid flight, flying away from Bo back towards another flower somewhere else.

“I love monarch butterflies.” Bo says with a soft sigh, handing the photo back to Brooklyn. “Les, Vince, and I used to hang out behind the church a lot where the garden used to be. That’s where we had a buncha these flowers, the orange ones, and these little guys,” He taps at the butterfly in the photo with his finger. “They would lay their eggs in ‘em. We watched ‘em all hatch and then they’d sorta… flutter around and shit. Used to love watchin’ ‘em when I’d be staying out of the house.”

Brooklyn grins, moving off of his shoulder and grabbing his hand with hers. “You know something? These are my favorite butterflies too. The monarch ones; back in school we did a unit on them and they were my favorites. They symbolize change, transition, and hope.” She brings Bo’s large, calloused, murderous, hand to her lips and presses a soft kiss to his knuckles, ones that hadn’t been split open by someones face or covered in another persons blood in months. “Guess they knew the two of us would change, right?”

“You believe that?” He asks, tone soft and light, followed by a laugh when she nods. “I ain’t changed a bit since I was a kid. Still an asshole, still a fuck up. You though, I’m sure you changed.” She cocks an eyebrow at him and he isn’t totally sure if it's at his own negative self-talk or the implication that she had changed since she was younger. “No way you were this cool as a kid.”

“Oh, I was, trust me. Biggest goddamn nerd around, baby! Always had my nose in a book.” Her smile falters ever so slightly and Bo gives her hand a reassuring squeeze. “You weren’t either of those things as a kid, though. You were just a kid in a bad situation.” It’s her turn to reassure him, ground him there in the field of flowers, remind him he’s not back home strapped to his high chair. When her fingers wrap around his wrist, it’s gentle, doesn’t bring back the same burning pain that it used to. “But if that’s what you think of yourself back then… then you did change. You let yourself grow, that’s all.”

Bo swallows thickly and nods. He didn’t know if that was true. Sure, he knew he was a kid, knew he didn’t deserve what had happened to him, knew deep down that it wasn’t his fault, but when the people who raised you made it their mission to tell you that it was true, it was hard not to believe it. But being here with her, listening to her say it so earnestly just in front of him, wearing the flower crown she had made him out of nothing but love, it was a little easier to stomach.

“Alright, alright, too sappy.” He says suddenly and she smiles, kissing his cheek, understanding. He tries to play it off as a joke but she knows that he hears her words, he just can’t tell her that himself. He figures one day he’ll be able to. Bo stands, taking care to keep his crown on his head. “Now, you wanna pack up and head home, honey? You owe me that reward for sittin’ still, remember?”

She rolls her eyes but nods, holding her hand out to him to help her up. “Who said it was that type of reward, perv?” He gives her a look and she grins. “Yeah, dumb question. What’re you staring at my hand for?” Bo can feel his cheeks heat up at being caught and, after he’s sure she’s up and steady, he drops her hand.

“Nothing.”

“Bo, cmon!”

“Fine! It’s dumb, but… was just thinking you’d look good with a ring on ‘ya, that’s all.”

Her face instantly morphs into a love sick grin and she wraps him into a hug, head resting on his shoulder. Bo wraps his own arms around her and leans his head onto her own and the two stay there, clutching the other, for just a moment. It was silent, but it was a good silence, the kind where everything, including his ever-racing mind, was still. “Now you’re definitely getting that reward.”

He laughs and she can feel it rumble in his chest. “Fine by me, peach. Let’s pack up and head home, okay?” That night, after everything was packed away and they had gotten home and they had their fun, they both laid in their bed, him on his back and her on her side. He stares up at the ceiling, looking over at his bedside table and grinning at the flower crown that laid there. He had already sent Lester a text message asking how to press flowers and had gotten back a ‘I’ll show ya!’ text. “I love you.” He says and she rolls over in an instant, throwing her arm over his bare waist.

“And I love you, Bo.”

“Promise?”

“Promise. Y’know, I thought of a new nickname for you.”

He looks down at her and grins. “Yeah?” She hums, nuzzling further into his side. He briefly recalls when they first slept in the same bed together, how she stayed on her side with her back towards him, how she tensed up whenever he moved. Now, she clung to his side, ear pressed to his chest, his heartbeat in her head. “And what is it?”

“Butterfly.” He scoffs and she giggles. “It’s good! And fitting in my professional opinion. Way better than bobcat, that’s for sure.”

“Hey! Watch it, peach!”

“Aww, m’just teasin’, butterfly. I love all your little nicknames for me. They’re cute.”

“Like me?”

“Exactly.” She grins and leans up ever so slightly and he leans down, lips connecting and Bo finds himself shocked at the electricity he’s still able to feel when they do. It was always like the first time with her.

Bo lets her roll over and curl into herself with a small grin. “Goodnight, honey.” That night, he dreams of a butterfly field, the two of them in the middle.

#f1nalboys works #f1nalboys masterlist #f1nalboys writing #bo sinclair x self insert #bo sinclair #house of wax #house of wax 2005 #HoW 2005 #slashers #brief mention of #lester sinclair

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starmonsterrr · 9 months

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Wouldn't it be funny if Io met Kane in Outertale?

I feel like something like this would probably happen

#two cat-like self-inserts who love Ink #I feel like they would be great friends #brief mention of #outertale #corv gets an ask #corv's io #corv's ocs #Kane by KarineVerse

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dreaminghour · 8 months

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9, 10 & 11 for the ask game 😊

thank you so much for the ask, nasti <3

from "cool asks for fic writers"

9. Do you ever have plans to write anything other than fic?

i used to mostly only write original fic, for a long time my fanfic writing was only occasional. the last novel i was working on i started in 2013 and i've basically taken a hiatus from working on that. i'd basically stopped writing when i got super depressed in 2018 anyway. i went to finish my degree and picked up fanfic again in summer 2020.

i love the lack of pressure of monetization for fanfic. i was so stressed about querying and marketability when i was writing original works before. it was so hard to just keep my eyes on my plate. i'm really glad i leapt into this hobby with both feet.

i sometimes think about posting original works on ao3 but i'm not sure about it.

10. What inspires you the most?

i already answered this one, but i'll expand on my second point which is getting inspo from others' fanworks

sometimes when i'm new to a trope or a pairing or a show, i feel like i need something to build on.

it's a combo of needing to know what the water is like while also finding out if i want to pour a volatile compound into the mix. sometimes seeing people on the same wavelength is super affirming and sometimes i just want to sow chaos >:3

but it's also like... i want to be influenced by others, i want to get into the pool and splash around with some strangers, does that make sense?

11. Weirdest thing you’ve ever written/thought about writing/etc.?

hmm... probably dragon porn. i'm really into the idea of Qui-Gon fucking a dragon right now.

sorry this got so long!

#dreamy does asks #ask game #obiwaned #(formerly known as)#coldwaughtered #writing stuff #brief mention of #quiani #cool asks for fic writers

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I just remembered something that happened at my boyfriend's (now fiancé) high school grad party. Keep in mind this was several years ago and I don't remember everything.

Basically I was sitting at a table with my mom and three (3) of her mom friends. I've known these women practically all my life. At this point my mom had wandered off to do something (I really don't remember what) and it was just me and these other ladies.

For a bit of background;

We know these ladies cus I went to school with their kids (from elementary thru high school) and we would play together sometimes. They all have kids that are close to my age as well as kids who are still in elementary school.

Now for the story. Basically I was sitting there eating my pizza and listening to whatever they were saying (not too uncommon for me, I normally stay quiet unless I've got something to add to the conversation). At some point they started talking about some drama at the elementary their kids go to (and that I went to). Essentially, there was a girl in the same class as their kids who seemed to be being bullied.

I don't remember all they said was going on with her, but one of the things was that some nasty stuff was being written about her on the bathroom stalls. Stuff like "[girl] is ugly" and "[girl] should just kill herself" and "[girl] should die". (Keep in mind, this girl would've been 10-12 years old at this point)

(I had considered adding my two cents about mental health and how this was awful but decided I didn't need to, as at least two of the moms have a kid with mental health issues and who was bullied in elementary.)

Apparently the girl had •issues• and at some point one mom said she wouldn't be surprised if the girl was writing these things herself for attention. The other moms agreed, and they kind of started dissing her?

I knew I needed to put in my two cents now, but a different two cents than the original. At the next pause in conversation, I said something similar to the following:

I know I don't know the whole story, but if what you're telling me is actually what's happening and this girl is doing this herself there certainly are problems. If she is the one writing these things, it sounds to me more like a cry for help than a cry for attention. But even if she is doing this for attention, there's still something incredibly wrong. I hope she gets whatever help she needs.

I went on to explain some mental health stuff and my reasonings.

Basically I scolded the parents for 5 minutes and continued trying to emphasize "hey this isn't a good thing" for the next 10 minutes.

I think at some point I pointed out "what if this was your kid who was doing this?"

I just hope the kid got the help she needed and that she's doing alright now.

#possible tw #mental illness #mental problems #possible triggers #possible #child abuse #long post?#long post #brief mention of #self h@rm #su!cide #attention seeking #true story #sad but true #true events

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dwobbitfromtheshire · 6 months

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Eddie and Steve crawled into bed. Eddie grinned and straddled Steve’s waist.

Eddie: *singing deeply* Let's do the mash, the Munnnsssoon mash!

Steve: *sighs* Eddie, it's November.

Eddie: *whines* Yeah, but I just thought of it, and by the time October roles around, I'm going forget it. Steeeve, are you going to mash this Munson or not?

Steve: Nah, I was actually going to see what Wayne's up to. He does have pretty eyes.

Eddie shrieked and flung himself off Steve, bouncing onto the empty spot beside him. He crossed his arms and turned away from Steve, pouting.

Eddie: I'm no longer in the mood.

Steve: I had a headache anyway.

Eddie: Oh, I'm sorry, baby. . .oh, I've decided you're not watching the sports with Wayne anymore.

Steve: I was joking.

Eddie: I can't take that risk. I have spoken!

Steve learned never to joke about Wayne like that again even though Eddie had quickly forgotten about it, and he had gone back to watching the game with Wayne.

#stranger things #stranger things s4 #eddie munson #joseph quinn #eddie stranger things #steve harrington #eddie munson lives #steddie #steve x eddie #steve harrington x eddie munson #steddie ficlet #brief mention of #wayne munson

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neednothavehappenedtobetrue · 2 years

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okay! you’re anxious!

you missed a week on your ketamine and might miss more. you’re off the Abilify.

you’ve had a somewhat destabilizing week with I Can’t Believe It’s Not COVID. you’re still dealing with Mystery Virus.

people keep telling you to rest but all the work you don’t do this week is going to get done by a person with actual COVID and a sick baby.

you feel like a monster for making L work but actually she’s really, really just as capable as you of being like, yo I have COVID, catch u later. no, really. really, she is. really.

okay maybe you’re a monster. you’re going back to work tomorrow and you can’t retroactively untake today off. calm down and go to sleep so you can be a good staff member tomorrow.

ugh. that didn’t work. I was hoping that would work.

it’s not your fault that you got sick. it’s not your fault that you’re understaffed. it seems a lot like your boss overcommitted.

if it feels like you’re doing less work than anyone else on your team, well, you are. you’re also only being paid to work 20 hours a week. this is the first week in a month you haven’t exceeded your hours and it’s because you took 1.5 sick days.

it feels like everyone was so kind to you because you said you had COVID and now you’re a Liar. but actually, you really did have that very high fever and miscellaneous other symptoms. that was real and did happen.

you have a lot of trauma around being sick, I think. probably talk to your therapist about it.

no, really, you do. you have been sick a lot and there has been a lot of minimization and neglect of Baby Alex (let’s roll with the passive voice for now)

and now you’re an adult trying to take care of yourself but ALSO do your job.

when it has been drilled into you that you’re worth as much as your productivity and exaggerating all your symptoms.

remember that poem you wrote about being a roomful of girls and women, all different ages, taking care of each other? maybe dig it up. type it out.

today you took a sick day when you weren’t in the hospital and were physically capable of reading and typing. you rarely do that, actually!

if the way you live with having done that is to frame it as taking care of eleven and twelve and sixteen and eighteen year old Alex who all went to school while Much too sick, do that.

#sorry I forget how to do readmores on mobile #brief mention of #child neglect for ts

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anybofemotions · 2 years

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TV shows of detective genre in the Civilized World

TV shows positioning themselves as detective genre in Russia

Or 13(1313131313) reasons why I don't want to live in this country. Demonstrative, imposed on the masses disrespect for the personal boundaries of women and mandatory sexualisation of their images in media is OK. Two guys with bright hair kissing in the background? Horrible, awful propaganda that attacks our _spiritual bonds_.

I see the second poster almost every day when I go home from work and I'm so fckin tired of this whole lifestyle that's been forced on me. I'm so angry.

Anyway, happy Pride everyone and especially happy Pride to russian (and also belarusian) citizens

Our government tries to cut us off from the world, feed us to the full with hatred and stupidity so we won't be able to think about anything else, and therefore we must use our brains (like true detectives:)) and stay stronger and braver than ever

#happy pride #russian tv show #brief mention of #dghda #pride in russia #queer people in russia #yes we exist #and yes we're against the fucking war #fucking #FUCKING war #no more censorship cause we already have enough thanks mr putin

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horsewizardart · 1 year

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book club

#mlp #rainbow dash #fluttershy #brief mention of beloved anime character goku #horsewizardart

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freyayuki · 2 years

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Final Fantasy Record Keeper Fireworks Festival Banners And Pulls

The Fireworks Festival event just started in the Final Fantasy Record Keeper (#ad) (FFRK) mobile game. As part of the festivities, several banners have shown up featuring lots of relics, including several new ones for a variety of characters.

There are 5 Fireworks Festival banners in total. There’s a Stamp Sheet associated with these banners. You get a Stamp each time you pull on any one of these banners. You get different things depending on the number of Stamps you have. Here’s a list of the prizes or rewards:

1 Stamp: 5000 Gysahl Greens

2 Stamps: 50 of each 4-star Mote

3 Stamps: 50 of each Major Orb

4 Stamps: 50 of each 5-star Mote

5 Stamps: Bartz Klauser’s (from Final Fantasy V) Cosmic Traveler Wardrobe Record

6 Stamps: 1 free Ultra Soul Break (USB) pick

7 Stamps: 10 of each Crystal

8 Stamps: 1 free Glint Soul Break (G) or Legend Materia Relic (LMR) pick

9 Stamps: 10 of each Crystal

10 Stamps: 1 free Synchro Arcane Soul Break (SASB) pick

11 Stamps: 10,000 Gyashl Greens

12 Stamps: 10,000 Gyashl Greens

13 Stamps: 50 of each 5-star Mote

14 Stamps: 60 Rainbow Crystals

15 Stamps: 1 free Awakened Arcane Soul Break (AASB) pick

16 Stamps: 10,000 Gyashl Greens

17 Stamps: 15,000 Gyashl Greens

18 Stamps: 10 of each Crystal

19 Stamps: 60 Rainbow Crystals

20 Stamps: 250 Anima Lens+

For the free relic picks, you can choose from a curated list so, unfortunately, not everything’s available.

There’s also a Stamp Sheet that’s only for each of the fest banners, meaning you’ll only fill out the sheet if you pull on the fest banner it’s associated with. Here’s a list of the rewards you can get with this Stamp Sheet:

1 Stamp: 1000 Gysahl Greens

2 Stamps: 1 Stamina Potion

3 Stamps: 1000 Gysahl Greens

4 Stamps: 1 Stamina Potion

5 Stamps: 2 Orbfest Tickets

6 Stamps: 2000 Gysahl Greens

7 Stamps: 1 Stamina Potion

8 Stamps: 2000 Gysahl Greens

9 Stamps: 1 Stamina Potion

10 Stamps: 2 Orbfest Tickets

11 Stamps: 1000000 Gil

12 Stamps: 3000 Gysahl Greens

13 Stamps: 2 Orbfest Tickets

14 Stamps: 1 Stamina Potion

15 Stamps: 2 Orbfest Tickets

16 Stamps: 1500000 Gil

17 Stamps: 3000 Gysahl Greens

18 Stamps: 2 Orbfest Tickets

19 Stamps: 3000 Gysahl Greens

20 Stamps: 1 free new relic pick

The new relic pick refers to all the new relics on each of the fest banners. So you need to pull 20 times on 1 fest banner to be able to get one of the new relics there.

Only 2 fest banners will overlap at once and only for like a day or 2. So for example, when fest banner 2 drops, it will overlap for like 1 or 2 days with fest banner 1 before fest banner 1 disappears.

For this fest, I was interested in 4 out of 5 banners - banners 2 to 5.

Fireworks Festival Banner 2 Relics List

The Fireworks Festival banner 2 features the following relics:

Cardshark's Deck (Type-0) - contains Ace’s (from Final Fantasy Type-0) Dual Awakening Soul Break (DASB), Awoken Jackpot Triad

Punisher (VIII) - contains Ultimecia’s (from Final Fantasy VIII) DASB, Awoken Apocalypse

Hanafuda (Type-0) - contains Ace’s True Arcane Soul Break (TASB) or Arcane Dyad Soul Break (ADSB), Apex Jackpot Shot

Millenium Rod (VIII) - contains Ultimecia’s TASB, Apex Maelstrom

Red Cap (Type-0) - contains Ace’s Synchro Arcane Soul Break 2 (SASB2), Volcano Card

Lilith Rod (VIII) - contains Ultimecia’s SASB2, Abyssal Attractor

Laevateinn (II) - contains Firion’s (from Final Fantasy II) SASB2, Blizzard Lord

Medical Shield (II) - contains Firion’s Limit Break Overstrike (LBO) or Limit Break Over Flow (LBOF), Wild Rose Fist

Rose Embroidered Gown (VIII) - contains Ultimecia’s Awakened Arcane Soul Break 2 (AASB2), Dancing Axe

Tezcatlipoca (XIII) - contains Hope Estheim’s AASB2, Righteous Wrath

Genji Blade (II) - contains Firion’s AASB2, Crown of Arms

Celebrant’s Miter (VIII) - contains Ultimecia’s Legend Materia Relic+ (LMR+), Refinement (Ultimecia)

Have 2 dupes on this banner - Ultimecia’s LMR+ and Firion’s LBO. All the new relics featured on this banner can be of use to me. Am especially interested in Ace’s and Ultimecia’s new Soul Breaks.

Ace is part of my magical fire team and my Final Fantasy Type-0 realm team while Ultimecia is part of my magical wind team and my Final Fantasy VIII realm team.

If I get more of her dark tech, she could be part of my magical dark team as well. I have Hope’s AASB1 so wouldn’t mind getting his AASB2.

Fireworks Festival Banner 2 Multi-Draws Results 1

My first pull gave me 2 disco orbs then Dr. Mog appeared and turned 1 of them into a 7-star relic. It was neither a card nor a staff nor rod so knew this couldn’t possibly belong to either Ace or Ultimecia.

It was only when I got to the draw results screen that I found out that I ended up with Firion’s SASB2.

It’s new and I already have Firion’s AASB1 so now I have 2 BDL relics for him, which is nice. Still, I do wish I’d gotten the other Syncs on this banner instead.

The 6-star was Hope’s AASB2. With this, he’s now gonna be part of my magical holy team. Might even make his Hero Ability (HA). We’ll see, I guess.

All things considered, this pull wasn’t bad at all. Managed to avoid the 2 dupes I have here and I even got 2/11 instead of the usual 1/11.

It’s just too bad I ended up with stuff for Firion and Hope. Would have preferred to get Ace’s and Ultimecia’s stuff instead. I can only hope my next draw will be even better than this one.

Fireworks Festival Banner 2 Multi-Draws Results 2

To my surprise, my second multi-draw was indeed even better than my first. This time, 4 disco orbs showed up. Then Dr. Mog appeared and turned 3 of them into 7-star items. Hell, yes! Talk about super special awesome.

The 6-star turned into this - well, I thought it was a sword but apparently it’s a katana. It belongs to Firion and it contains his AASB2, Crown of Arms. This one’s for the holy, ice, and fire elements.

My fire team’s already stacked enough as it is so Firion has no place there but he might have a shot on my ice team, especially since I did just get his ice Sync, and my holy team.

The first 7-star that showed up was this card so I knew right away this belonged to Ace. Was hoping for his Sync or Dual Awakening but this turned out to be his True Arcane Soul Break, Apex Jackpot Shot.

Still pretty pleased to see this since I already have Ace’s AASB and SASB1 so this just makes him even better.

The second 7-star turned into this staff or rod so I knew right away this belonged to Ultimecia. Was hoping for her Dual Awakening or Sync.

When I got to the draw results screen, I found out that what I got was indeed her Dual Awakening Soul Break, Awoken Apocalypse. Hell, yes! So happy to see this.

Now my magical wind team is looking really good. This is my first Dual Awakening Soul Break. You know what? Come to think of it, I’m pretty sure Ultimecia’s SASB1 was my first Sync too.

The third 7-star I got was another card. No Soul Break rank up screen showed up afterwards so at least this isn’t a dupe. So this could be either Ace’s Sync 2 or his DASB.

It was only when I got to the draw results screen when I found out that what I got was Ace’s DASB, Awoken Jackpot Triad. Yay for my second DASB.

Truly, this is one of the best pulls ever. All new items. 3 7-stars. 1 6-star. 1 AASB. 2 new DASBs. 1 TASB. Yup, this is one super special awesome pull. I wish all pulls could be like this.

Anyway, let’s see. It looks like I now have most of the relics on this banner. Here’s the relics list again for reference. The ones in bold are the ones that I'm missing.

Ace DASB

Ultimecia DASB

Ace TASB

Ultimecia TASB

Ace SASB2

Ultimecia SASB2

Firion SASB2

Firion LBO

Ultimecia AASB2

Hope AASB2

Firion AASB2

Ultimecia LMR+

So it looks like I’m only missing 4 relics from this banner - Ultimecia’s TASB, Ace’s SASB2, Ultimecia’s SASB2, and Ultimecia’s AASB2.

Ultimecia’s TASB and SASB2 are for the dark element. Getting both will greatly improve my magical dark team which is severely lacking. And by that I mean it’s so bad that I only have a few magical dark BDL relics so I can barely build a proper magical dark team.

Ultimecia’s AASB2 is both for the wind and dark elements so getting this will be another improvement for my dark team and will make my magical wind team even better.

Ace’s Sync 2 is nice to have but I already have his Sync 1. Even if I have both, I won’t be able to use them at the same time because each char can only equip 1 Sync.

So having 2 or more Syncs just means you get to choose which 1 to equip to a char. If a char has different Syncs for different elements, then there’s something to be said about having all of them. But both of Ace’s Syncs are for the same element.

In short, I feel like I don’t really need all of these relics. I mean, obviously, they’ll be very nice to have. I’d take them all if I could. But if I do another pull on this banner, I just know I’m gonna be disappointed and pissed off because the chances of getting dupes are now very, very high.

I think I’ll be better off just moving on to the next banner already. I’m happy enough with the stuff I got here, and I’d like to leave this banner on a happy note.

Fireworks Festival Banner 3 Relics List

The Fireworks Festival banner 3 features the following relics:

Mace of the Fierce (XV) - contains Noctis Lucis Caelum’s (from Final Fantasy XV) DASB, Awoken Warp-Strike

Shamanic Spear (IV) - contains Kain Highwind’s (from Final Fantasy IV) DASB, Awoken Gungnir

Collector Armlet (VII) - contans Yuffie Kisaragi’s (from Final Fantasy VII) DASB, Awoken Gauntlet

Thundering Lance (IV) - contains Kain’s TASB, Apex Jump

Conformer: Water (VII) - contains Yuffie’s TASB, All Creation

Kotetsu Shinuchi (III) - contains Onion Knight’s (from Final Fantasy III) SASB4, Dual Onion Swords

Dreadwyrm Grimoire (XIV) - contains Alphinaud Leveilleur’s (from Final Fantasy XIV) SASB3, Tri-Shackle

Scepter of the Pious (XV) - contains Noctis’s Chain Soul Break+ (CSB+), Bond (Noctis)

Lunar Dragon Helm (IV) - contains Kain’s CSB+, Lightning Bond (Kain)

Dragon Wrist (IV) - contains Kain’s LBO, Dual Dragon Dive

Ritual Hat (III) - contains Onion Knight’s AASB3, Turbo-Hit+

Ironworks Hood of Casting (XIV) - contains Alphinaud’s LMR+, Herald (Alphinaud)

Have 0 dupes on this banner. My top want here is Alphinaud’s Sync 3 because I have his Awakening and he’s part of my magical wind team.

Wouldn’t mind Noctis’s DASB since I already have his fire AASB and fire Sync. His DASB will help improve my Final Fantasy XV realm team. His CSB+ is nice to have but not really necessary.

Don’t have any of Kain’s BDL relics so I’m gonna need more than his DASB to really make him usable for endgame content.

Already have Yuffie’s water AASB and she’s part of my water physical team so her stuff here will be useful although I'm gonna need more than her to really power up my water team.

Onion Knight looks like a nice bonus. At least his Sync 4 and AASB3 are for multiple elements so he might see some use. I already have his magical earth Sync as well as his AASB1, but it’s for physical attacks and doesn’t have a specific element. I’ve never used him since the stuff I have for him have no synergy whatsoever.

At first glance, this banner seems really good because I have 0 dupes here. But taking a closer look at it shows that there’s a lot of not-so-good-relics here. I dread getting the LBO and Chains and the LMR+ because those will be useless to me.

Like, sure, it’d be nice to get Alphinaud’s LMR+ but come on, how can that improve my magical wind team? I really want his Sync so I can have a second BDL relic for him and he can help Ultimecia as my secondary magical wind DPS.

I also dread getting Kain’s stuff here. Even his DASB. Because just that will not make him usable. So now I’m thinking of only doing 1 pull here. We’ll see, I guess.

Fireworks Festival Banner 3 Multi-Draws Results 1

After doing 2 pulls on the Fireworks Festival banner 4, decided to do a pull here, hoping for Alphinaud’s Sync. Only 1 disco orb showed up but at least Dr. Mog made an appearance as well.

Unfortunately, what he gave me was a hammer so I knew right away this couldn’t possibly be Alphinaud’s Sync.

Got to the draw results screen and fount out that the hammer was Mace of the Fierce (XV), which contains Noctis’s DASB.

Sure, this is nice to have but man, I really do wish I’d gotten Alphinaud’s Sync instead. Also, ugh at the 1/11. Really hate getting 1/11, especially if it’s a dupe or just a 5-star relic. Feels like such a waste of mythril.

Fireworks Festival Banner 3 Multi-Draws Results 2

Was only going to do 1 pull on banner 3 so I could have more draws for banners 4 and 5 but I couldn’t leave with just Noctis’s DASB. I really wanted Alphinaud’s Sync so pulled again. Got 2/11 this time - 1 6-star and 1 7-star.

The 6-star was Onion Knight’s AASB3. Well, it’s better than getting Alphinaud’s LMR+.

The 7-star that showed up was this spear or lance.

It turned out to be Kain’s DASB. It’s nice to get a DASB but argh. This is like my first BDL relic for Kain. What am I gonna do with this? How can I use him with just this?

Would have been better off getting Yuffie’s DASB instead since at least I have her water AASB and she’s already part of my physical water team. Never even used Kain before. Sigh. Was so disappointed that I forgot to take a screenshot of my draw results for this pull.

Debated doing another pull but ultimately decided not to. I didn’t want to use up all my mythril here because I still wanted to pull on fest banners 4 and 5. It feels like there are more good relics that can be obtained from those 2 banners as opposed to this one where the only thing I really want is Alphinaud’s Sync.

Also, I ended up trying the magic-weak and wind-weak Argent Odin or White Odin fight with Ultimecia, Fujin, Alphinaud, Cait Sith (from Final Fantasy VII), and Lenna Charlotte Tycoon (from Final Fantasy V) and I actually managed to get a win.

Ultimecia basically did all the work with all her BDL relics. She did very well supported by Cait Sith’s buffs. Lenna served as my healer.

Fujin provided the magical wind Chain. Also used the one AASB I have for her when she wasn’t busy casting her Chain. Alphinaud did well enough with his Awakening but when its effects ran out, he was basically useless.

Didn’t have anyone to imperil wind on this team so, as can be seen in the screenshot above, Odin was able to increase his resistance to wind a lot. The damage of my chars ended up tanking a bit at some point so really glad I still managed to get the win anyway.

Now I’ve decided to drop Alphinaud from my team and replace him with Barbariccia (from Final Fantasy IV). I also only have her AASB and no Sync but unlike Alphi, she has a Soul Break that imperils the wind element. This can be obtained from the The Record Lab.

Fireworks Festival Banner 4 Relics List

The Fireworks Festival banner 4 features the following relics:

Lufenian Saber (V) - contains Bartz Klauser’s (from Final Fantasy V) DASB1, Awoken Rousing Winds

Mythril Rapiers (Type-0) - contains Machina Kunagiri’s (from Final Fantasy Type-0) DASB, Awoken Cyclone Drive

Excalibur II (V) - contains Bartz’s TASB2, Master of Wind

Twin Laevateinns (Type-0) - contains Machina’s TASB, Apex Guardian Blades

Aurifex (XIV) - contains Papalymo Totolymo’s (from Final Fantasy XIV) TASB, Scion's Xenoglossy

The King's Rod (XIV) - contains Ysayle Dangoulain’s (from Final Fantasy XIV) TASB, Icy Silence

White Tiger l’Cie Guise (Type-0) - contains Machina’s SASB2, Siphon Sword

Omega Jacket of Casting (XIV) - contains Papalymo’s SASB, A New Beginning

Kaladanda (XIV) - contains Ysayle’s SASB, Oblivion

Element Bringer (V) - contains Bartz’s LBO, Element Bringer

Ironworks Magitek Rod (XIV) - contains Papalymo’s Limit Break Glint (LBG), Fire Flash (Papalymo)

Adamant Armlet (Type-0) - contains Machina’s LMR+, Swiftness (Machina)

Only have 1 dupe here - Papalymo’s Sync. My top wants here are all of Machina’s featured relics. Currently have nothing for him but if I get all of his stuff here, I’ll be able to use him. I can even Lens his physical earth CSB so he can be the Chain holder of my physical earth team.

His tech will also give me another DPS for my Final Fantasy Type-0 realm team. With him helping Ace and Rem Tokimiya, I might be able to beat the Type-0 Dragonking fight already.

With Papalymo’s Sync and Awakening, he’s part of my magical fire team so his TASB is a welcome addition. His LBG will be nice to have as well but I don’t want to see a 1/11 pull with only that or the LMR+ or LBO.

Don’t have anything for Ysayle but getting her stuff here will be a start. I could always use more magical ice tech. Bartz is complicated. This guy has like a million relics on this game that it’s bordering on ridiculous. I have a few of his BDL relics but the ones I have don’t have any synergy with each other at all.

Have 3 of his Syncs for 3 different elements - water, earth, and wind. Have his fire TASB and his fire AASB. His stuff on this banner is for the wind element. My wind team is already pretty stacked though so I don’t know about using him even if I end up with his DASB and TASB.

Might do 2 or more pulls here but I’m really hoping to avoid the bottom half of this banner. Also really hoping I can snag Machina’s Soul Breaks here. Ysayle seems interesting although it does suck that her Awakening isn’t here and it’s also not Lensable. I also wish Machina’s Awakening was here or that it was Lensable.

Fireworks Festival Banner 4 Multi-Draws Results 1

Decided to pull on banner 4 first before banner 3. My first draw gave me 4 disco orbs then Dr. Mog appeared and turned 2 of them into 7-stars. Yay!

Unfortunately, the results of my pull weren’t as good as I wanted it to be. On the plus side, at least all the relics I got were new. The downside was that I missed the stuff I really wanted to get on this banner.

The first 6-star I got was Machina’s LMR+ which is absolutely useless since I have nothing else for him. The second 6-star turned out to be Papalymo’s LBG. Since I have his BDL relics, this is useful but still. Meh. It sucks to have ended up with the bottom half of this banner.

The first 7-star I got was a staff or rod.

This turned out to be Papalymo’s TASB which goes very well with the Awakening and Sync that I already have for him.

The second 7-star I got was a sword.

This turned out to be Bartz’s DASB. It’s nice to get a DASB and at least I have Bartz’s wind Sync. But, like I said, my wind team is already pretty stacked so I don’t know if Bartz will see use with just these.

Happy to see 4/11, all new relics but I can’t deny that I’m sad that I missed out on Machina’s and even Ysayle’s BDL relics.

Fireworks Festival Banner 4 Multi-Draws Results 2

So I pulled again, hoping for more Machina and Ysayle stuff. Unfortunately, it wasn’t meant to be. Got 1 of the worst pulls ever. Got the kind of pull I’d been dreading and hoping against hope that I wouldn’t have to see.

That’s right. Just got 1/11 dupe. Papalymo’s LBG is now Rank 3 of 7. Eff! So freaking frustrating. Why’d this have to happen? What a waste of 50 mythril. Shouldn’t have pulled again. Sigh.

Fireworks Festival Banner 4 Multi-Draws Results 3

Should have just left banner 4 already. Just cut my losses short and move on, right? Really wanted Machina’s relics though so I decided to try again.

Well, the good news is that things went much better this time. Got 2/11 and both were new and 7-star relics.

The first 7-star turned into this outfit that I immediately recognized as belonging to Machina. Wasn’t sure which of his Soul Breaks this was though.

It was only when I got to the draw results screen that I found out that what I got was his SASB2. Yay! Pleased to have finally gotten a relic for Machina.

The second 7-star was a sword.

It turned out to be Bartz’s TASB2. Sure, I’m happy to have this but man, why couldn’t I have gotten another one of Machina’s relics instead?

At least this pull wasn’t so bad. Unfortunately, I really can’t afford to do another pull here, not if I also want to pull on banner 5, which I do. It sucks to miss out on Machina’s other relics though. Sigh.

Update: much later, I tried the Final Fantasy Type-0 Dragonking fight with Ace, Rem, Machina, Deuce, and Cait Sith. Unfortunately, failed to get the win. Deuce was my healer while Cait was my buffer. Ace and Rem did very well as my DPS.

Machina was supposed to be another DPS but I found that he really wasn’t that good at all with only his Sync. Really need more of his BDL relics. Too bad I can’t Lens his Awakening.

If only I had gotten more of his stuff on this banner. As it was, since things weren’t working out, I dropped Machina from my Type-0 team. Still working on trying to beat the Dragonking fight though.

Anyway, as for Bartz - since I got so many of his BDL relics, I decided to go ahead and make his Hero Ability (HA). Since I got his wind DASB and TASB to go with the wind Sync that I already have for him, I was actually thinking of trying him out on my wind team.

Also, I took another look at his fire AASB and I saw that it actually gives him Awoken Spellblade Mode, not Awoken Fire Mode. This means he isn’t locked to having to use fire abilities while the effects of his Awakening are up. He can use other Spellblade abilities.

His HA is Spellblade-type and has multiple elements attached to it. His fire AASB does give him elemental infusion for fire but if I can give him a different infusion for another element such as by using one of his Glints or something, then I should be able to make this Awakening work for a different element. Will have to look more into this and see if it’s a viable option.

Fireworks Festival Banner 5 Relics List

The Fireworks Festival banner 5 features the following relics:

Saintly Chaos Blade (FFT) - contains Cidolfus Orlandeau’s (from Final Fantasy Tactics) TASB, Holy Swordplay

Mystic Whip+ (IV) - contains Rydia’s (from Final Fantasy IV) TASB, Deluge

Blood Sword (XV) - contains Noctis’s TASB, Steel Pirouette F

Pleiades Hi-Powers (VIII) - contains Laguna Loire’s (from Final Fantasy VIII) TASB, Ultimate Ragnarok Cannon

Thunder God's Crystal Shield (FFT) - contains Orlandeau’s SASB2, Shadowblade Perfection

Chanter's Djellaba (IV) - contains Rydia’s SASB3, Holy Burst

Lustrous Sword (XII) - contains Ashelia B'nargin Dalmasca’s (from Final Fantasy XII) SASB2, Channeling Bolt

Outsider (VIII) - contains Laguna’s SASB, Freezing Downpour

Scarface (XIII) - contains Cid Raines’s (from Final Fantasy XIII) SASB, Last Destiny

Renge (VIII) - contains Fujin’s (from Final Fantasy VIII) SASB, Fusai

Chanter's Djellaba (XIII) - contains Cid Raines’s AASB2, Dystopian Shift

Kazetachi (VIII) - contains Fujin’s AASB2, Ka

Have 0 dupes here. Although this banner has 0 Dual Awakenings, it's still a pretty good banner anyway. My top wants here would be the relics for Laguna, Cid Raines, and Fujin.

Laguna’s part of my physical ice team. Already have his 2 Awakenings so I’d really like to get his Sync as well. Fujin’s part of my magical wind team. Some of the relics I already have for her include her AASB1 and her CSB.

For Cid, I have his AASB1. Getting his SASB and AASB2 will help add to my magical dark team, especially since I ended up missing out on Ultimecia’s dark Sync and TASB.

I only have Ashe’s TASB which is why I’ve never used her. If I can get her Sync here, I’ll be more inclined to Lens her AASB so I can add her to my magical lightning team.

Noctis’s TASB is for fire so this is a good addition to the relics I already have for him. Gonna need more of Rydia’s and Orlandeau’s tech before I can use them for the holy element. The ones featured here aren’t enough.

For Orlandeau, don’t have a single BDL relic for him. For Rydia, I only have her earth Sync. Too bad the TASB featured here isn’t for earth. It’s also too bad that she doesn’t have one of her Awakenings featured here.

Fireworks Festival Banner 5 Multi-Draws Results 1

Sadly, my first pull here only gave me 1 disco orb. At least Dr. Mog showed up. Ended up with this fist so was pretty sure this belongs to Cid Raines.

Sure enough, when I got to the draw results screen, I found out that I just got Raines’s Sync, Last Destiny. It’s new and goes very well with the Awakening I already have for him.

Pleased to have gotten Raines’s Sync but it really sucks to only get 1/11 from this draw. Really wish I could have gotten more than 1 new Soul Break here.

Anyway, this is my 8th pull on a fest banner so I just got the Choice of Glint or Legend Materia x1 reward from the Fireworks Festival Stamp Sheet.

Initially, I wasn’t planning to go 10 pulls deep on this fest. But since I’m now 8 pulls in, I’m thinking of just going all the way to get the Sync select from the Stamp Sheet. After all, I only need 2 more pulls to get to the 10th Stamp.

Fireworks Festival Banner 5 Multi-Draws Results 2

Thankfully, my second multi-draw was much better than the first. No 1/11. Actually got 3 disco orbs then Dr. Mog turned all of them into 7-star items. Wow! And hell, yeah!

Was feeling pretty hyped until I saw a familiar-looking fist and then, right after that, the Soul Break Rank Up Screen. Yeah, that’s right. Just got a dupe of Raines’s Sync. It’s now at Rank 3 of 5. Eff!

To my relief, the other 2 items were new. One of them was this sword.

It turned out to be Ashe’s Sync 2, Channeling Bolt. Nice. Now I really might Lens her Awakening. Either way, with her TASB and Sync 2, she’s definitely part of my magical lightning team now.

The other 7-star I got was a different sword.

This one turned out to be Orlandeau’s TASB, Holy Swordplay. Don’t have his AASB or SASB so can’t really use him with just this.

Ahh, wish I’d gotten another Sync instead of this TASB. Also wish Raines’s Sync didn’t show up again. As it is, it feels like I only really got 1 good relic from this pull so it still feels like a 1/11 anyway.

I really hope my next and last pull will be much better. Now down to 30 mythril though so can’t pull again right away. Need to go farm some more mythril first. Need 20 more to get to 50.

Fireworks Festival Banner 5 Multi-Draws Results 3

After what feels like forever and a whole lot of grinding, I finally have enough mythril to do one last pull on this banner. I’m really dreading doing this pull though. I keep worrying I’ll end up with more dupes and/or yet another 1/11.

At this point, I’ll take anything from this banner, as long as it’s not a dupe and it’s not 1/11. Please just give me something good. Make all the grinding I had to do just to pull again worth it, please.

This pull gave me 2 disco orbs. So glad I managed to avoid the 1/11. Hope I can avoid the dupes too. Would have gladly taken the 2 Awakenings but Dr. Mog appeared and turned both into 7-star relics.

The first 7-star was this green coat or cloak or robe.

It turned out to be Rydia’s holy Sync. Have both of her Awakenings now, which can go with this Sync, so I’ll have to see if I can find a place for her on my magical and mind-based holy team.

The second 7-star was this shield.

It turned out to be Orlandeau’s dark and earth Sync. Don’t have any of his AASBs. The TASB I just got for him is for the holy element so it has absolutely no synergy with this Sync. Until I can get more of his earth and/or dark and even holy tech, have no use for him.

I’m really glad I didn’t end up with a dupe and/or 1/11. All things considered, this pull could have been way worse.

It really wasn’t that bad at all, and I did say I’d take anything on this banner as long as it wasn’t a dupe and 1/11 and that was exactly what happened. Very pleased, but I won’t deny that I wish I’d gotten something else instead.

Like I said, have no use for Orlandeau. My magical and mind-based holy team isn’t really lacking so it’s not like I need Rydia’s holy tech. Would have preferred her water tech, actually.

Raines’s and Fujin’s Awakenings would have been more useful to me. The same could be said for Laguna’s and Fujin’s Syncs. It sucks that I missed out on them.

But I’m all out of mythril so I can’t pull anymore even if I want to. I’ve now spent a total of 500 mythril across 4 different fest banners so I now have access to the Sync Select from the Stamp Sheet.

Fireworks Festival All Multi-Draws Results

Here’s a quick list of the results of all my draws on the Fireworks Festival banners:

2/11 - Hope AASB2, Firion SASB2

4/11 - Ace DASB, Ultimecia DASB, Ace TASB, Firion AASB2

4/11 - Machina LMR+, Papalymo LBG, Papalymo TASB, Bartz DASB1

1/11 - Papalymo LBG dupe

1/11 - Noctis DASB

2/11 - Onion Knight AASB3, Kain DASB

2/11 - Machina SASB2, Bartz TASB2

1/11 - Cid Raines SASB

3/11 - Cid Raines SASB dupe, Ashe SASB2, Orlandeau TASB

2/11 - Rydia SASB3, Orlandeau SASB2

Got some pretty good pulls like that time I got 2 DASBs, 1 TASB and 1 AASB, all new, although there were some bad ones too like that 1/11 Papalymo LBG dupe.

Overall, I guess I’m happy enough with this fest. Now it’s time to think about my Stamp Sheet relic picks but I’ll talk about that in another post.

Conclusion

So, what about you? Did you pull on any one of the Final Fantasy Record Keeper Fireworks Festival banners? What relics did you get? Were you able to get the ones you wanted? Feel free to share your thoughts and opinions by leaving a comment below or by reblogging or replying to this post.

Notes:

screenshots are from my Final Fantasy Record Keeper game account

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