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"What A Beautiful Family!"
In which you get confused for being a family
Rengoku:
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- It happens during a trip to the store in town with his little brother. Maybe it was to restock groceries or maybe it was buying supplies for his next demon conquest, either way: all three of you went down to visit.
- Rengoku smiled softly at you as he watched you with his little brother, holding his hand and laughing with Senjuro and occasionally lifting him up and spinning around.
- At some point during the walk, Senjuro pointed at some birds flying in the tree and begged Kyojuro for a closer look, which Kyojuro happily allowed him to do and put him on his shoulders with a big smile. You helped Senjuro steady himself and laughed at how precious the two looked.
- As Senjuro and Kyojuro debated about what kind of birds they were, you couldn't help but look at Kyojuro with nothing less than love in your eyes and a fond smile.
- "Aw, how precious!" a woman walking past with a basket filled with baked goods cooed at you three, "I'm glad even with demons terrorizing us, people can still have moments like this. Here, have some!"
- At first you tried to decline out of embarrassment but Kyojuro humbly took them and gave one to Kyojuro and handed a pastry to you. You were hesitant but then you took it and graciously thanked the lady, "but also, I feel bad for not paying for these, ma'am. Please, let me-"
- "Don't you worry about it. A beautiful family like you should enjoy a good snack on such a lovely day, especially since your husband's a hashira."
- Rengoku opened his mouth to let out a hearty "TASTY!" but stopped himself halfway when he heard that. You just stared at the lady in flustered shock as she bowed her head and walked away.
- You and Kyojuro shared a look with each other, Kyojuro giving you a nervous yet wide grin and you returned it. Both of your faces felt warm and you were barely able to hold eye contact with each other.
- "Haha, that lady thought you were (Y/n)'s husband! Isn't that funny, big brother?" and Rengoku's gaze softens as you become timid and look down at your feet, "Yes...I suppose it is, Kyojuro."
Tengen:
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- You were walking with Tengen and his wives, happy to see him a bit more after his retirement, when you stumbled upon three neighboring children, who played too roughly and were crying their eyes out about it.
- You and Hinatsuru helped them while Suma tried not to cry with the two boys but offered to help and Makio awkwardly tried to calm them down. Tengen just squatted down and told them that it wasn't very flashy to cry, which made you and Hina elbow him.
- Instead of getting more upset, however, all three boys became excited and seemed to recgonize Tengen, asking him if he was the sound Hashira, which seemed to greatly inflate his ego as he said: "Yes but I am also the God of Festivals!"/ "WOW! REALLY!?"
- You and his wives exchanged glances knowing he wouldn't shut up. When they asked if he could tell him a story of the demons he fought, he tried to be all: "Oh, it might be too scary for you kids...BUT WHAT THE HECK- So I was in the Entertainment District which is filled with prost-"/ "UZUI."/ "IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE STORY."
- Anyways, after some censoring, each boy found a home in your lap, Suma's lap, and another sat on Hinatsuru's but leaned their head on Makio's arm. All of you entranced by Tengen's storytelling and prescence.
- "Haha, such an energetic father. Those boys are definetly gonna grow up strong!"/ "I wonder which of those women are his wife?"/ "From the way they're looking at him, all four, probably."
- Tengen's voice suddenly stopped, most likely because he heard what they said, but instead of correcting him, his eyes landed on you. You could feel Hina's, Suma's, and Makio's gaze on you as well and you felt timid...but not uncomfortable. His lips upturned into a smirk and you felt yourself trying to look at ANYWHERE but the attractive faces that were staring at you.
- "Well, what happened next!?" One of the boys demanded, impatient from the cliff hanger.
- "Huh- Oh, right! Anyways, this demon CAME OUT and he was UGLY. Absolutely hideous, like a monster that crawled from under your bed-"
- When the boys finally were called home, you all waved goodbye and parted ways. Leaving you alone with the retired Hashira and his wives, you didn't say anything but the energy felt different as Suma clung to your arm and Tengen walked closer to you, Makio's eyes would stray towards you but timidly look away when you caught her gaze as Hina wished this walk would last forever. Just the five of you.
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jame7t · 8 months
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do you know what to do with all these molted cicada nymph shells
Sure, they're not dead, but they still give off the same vibe to me. You know? The empty casings of a spent thing? Dust gathering in the recesses where something used to be? Sure, they're not dead, but they still set off my Necroentomophobia. Fear of dead bugs! Did you know that? Did you know people could be scared of dead bugs? Whatever. It's not the same as being scared of a bug, sure. But I can be scared of a lot of bugs. Sure, little things, like the humble lady bug- not scary. Butterflies, scant as they are, are only off-putting to me. The beautiful moth? Well, I love it, but I don't want to hurt it. It's whimsical, fat body makes me nervous. I don't want to squish it by accident! Because then it would be a dead bug.
And that's worse. It's like, not precisely a direct fear of a dead bug. It won't leap at me in a defiant rage, or be waiting for me around the scary corner. It's more like a shortcut to existential dread. It's a combination of 'ew!' and 'I am going to die one day' and more importantly, if a bug is dead, something has killed it. And you never know if that something is still lurking around. Just kidding. Do you know what a cicada shell is made of? That's right. It's the happy chitin! I don't have an issue with chitin. We're not chitinous beasts, but we have the enzymes to break them down. Humans, that is. This isn't a science fiction piece. This is my blog. I've always thought chitin was interesting though- it's a natural armor made for little guys ostensibly. Little guys in the sense, that it is for bugs only. Well, crabs have chitin, and they can get pretty big- The spider crab can grow over 300 feet in diameter. Just kidding, it can't do that. It's pretty big though. At this point, you'd think: 'Okay- crab reference, and a direct link to the enzymes to break down chitin. Do we eat them? Should we eat the Cicada shells?' Well, I'm not going to. That sounds kind of scary to me. Would you? Would you eat the shell of a thing? I can't imagine it tastes good. I'm eating potato chips right now. They're yummy, and crunchy, and in many ways- the opposite of the humble cicada's false corpse. A lying bug. A lying, cheating, swarming thing. A bug we don't like. A bug we have to deal with. Don't we have to deal with everything? Would it be easier to show less mercy to the little things? It wouldn't, and it would be mean. And that's worse. Anyway, to answer your question, you turn them into mulch, apparently. Or bury them in a hole. Through my research, those were the only two real options we have. There's also 'add them to compost.' So that's three, you have three options. Do you want my opinion? No? Moving on then. There's also a fourth option- a telling one, at that. A sort of 'secret option' lots of people choose. 'Let them decompose on your lawn.' Right? Right, the easy one? Might as well call it 'do nothing.' Doing nothing is always a choice, sure, but when you give me the choice to 'do nothing' in a game, or choose your own adventure, it always seems like a lazy choice on the developer's part. And sure, from your real life perspective, it's probably the easiest. But from a game design perspective? You have to account for the player sitting and watching. What happens if I don't intervene? What happens if I let it continue? Well, in the case of the empty cicada, they stink apparently. I've never noticed it, and we have cicadas here- but I've been lucky enough to never be out in or see a swarm. A predecessor of mine once recalled a story in which the swarm was so bad, you couldn't walk outside without crushing them on the sidewalks "Ew," is what I thought. Maybe they only smell if there's hundreds of them. Thousands? No, probably just hundreds. Not saying they wouldn't smell more if there were lots, I'm saying they probably start being noticeable at around a hundred. Nothing wrong with that. Not sure what the smell is, though. Do you? You should put them in a hole.
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ceilidho · 3 months
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Hey! I think youre an amazing writer and i really look up to you. Ive been reading your works since reylo, you inspired me to write my own reylo stuff. I think youre wonderful and could read your works over and over again. I was just wondering if I could ask you advice. I'm trying to get into writing second person pov fanfic, but I'm terrible at it. I can write it from third person or first person no problem. I was wondering if you had any tips.
oh thank you, i really appreciate that!!! and im so glad you're giving writing a shot!! honestly it's so tough to actually make the decision to sit down and write something and then show it to other people (and it's very scary and kind of humbling as you get better and better and look back at your old work haha) so that's so awesome!!
i actually wrote so much beneath this so i needed the "read more" lmaooo
actually, i'll tell you what, when you first transition from writing 1st or 3rd person to writing in 2nd person, it feels weird and abnormal, but i've actually grown to love 2nd pov. i just love the way it sounds in my head when i'm constructing a sentence. and tbh there's actually not a huge difference from writing 1st and 2nd pov in my opinion.
like my general thoughts around 2nd pov are:
obviously since it's an internal dialogue (like the perspective is rooted in the person you're writing from rather than some omniscient 3rd pov), while you can still describe what's happening on the main character's face ("you purse your lips" "you frown, annoyed" etc), it's still coming from their perspective, so there's a level of depth there that other characters around them don't have. like Price in my western fic is a bit more mysterious on account of him not being a narrator figure in the story.
if you're using 2nd pov because you're writing an x reader fic, and you want to keep your reader character quite neutral, ensure that you're avoiding big descriptors like skin colour, hair texture/length, body size (unless you're specifically writing a fat reader or a reader with a specific body type, in which case, go wild!), height, etc. your reader character is never going to be 100% neutral, but just pay attention to any descriptors you add and you can make sure they're as neutral as can be.
this is probably obvious, but you don't have to start every sentence with "you did x" or "you said y" or whatever. you can still be loose and flexible with your sentences like you might be in a 3rd person narration. like, i'll take apart a paragraph from my fic and highlight where i've added the "you/your" pov:
The worry making your body tense and stiff finally releases once you’re alone. You curl up on the bed without pulling down the sheets or taking your dress off. The journey's left you weak, sapped of energy. Worn down to your base elements. Hardly unexpected after what you’ve gone through, after leaving behind a cooling body two states away. The days since have left you sick with worry, nerves shot when you consider how the authorities will look to you first, the maid, and find in your absence all the answers they need. 
notice that i only started one sentence with "you" here. i think some people mistake using 2nd pov for thinking that the entire story/fic has to be a direct narration of what the character is doing (i.e. "you walk to the end of the hall and then you sit down. you notice a silver bullet on the table near you. you pick it up.") but that's not the case.
the narration is coming from this character, yes, but it's also still a story. this is hard to describe, but there's almost a weird, unconscious 3rd pov in the story at the same time, like you're looking down at this narrator and you're speaking through them, but you still have some externality. in order to tell an evocative, interesting story, you HAVE to know and notice at least a bit more than your narrator consciously does.
this kind of mirrors real life in a way actually because your brain picks up a lot of information that you as a person don't consciously absorb. it's why humans are able to have quick reflexes and dodge/duck things or whatever without realizing what they're doing. (look up "unconscious perception"). you can do this with 1st pov as well, but 1st pov is very useful for stream of consciousness stories or really getting into a character's head. 2nd pov is still governed by that narrator character, but it's picking up on other details and information in the surrounding environment.
anyway i hope this is in any way helpful haha - it's how i like to think of writing in 2nd pov!
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How would each skeleton deal with the situation of being harassed/hassled by a Karenish human?
Undertale Sans - His brain protects himself by falling asleep in the middle of their conversation. He doesn't care, he just wants that Karen to leave him alone. As she calls him rude and bad educated, Sans gives her a thumbs up and teleports out of there.
Undertale Papyrus - He will give her a reason to really complain by throwing his car into her wall or breaking one of her windows with a big rock. Papyrus doesn't care if he gets in trouble, he has the cute face syndrome on his side and no one will ever believe her.
Underswap Sans - Every time she screams she's going to call the police, Blue gladly shows her his plate! And when she screams he's not a real officer because monsters can be policemen, he arrests her for offence to a federal agent :D
Underswap Papyrus - Unfortunately, Honey is not really good at defending himself. He looks down as he's getting screamed out like a child, grinding his teeth as he waits for her to be done. However, when she's not looking, he gladly lets his four dogs poop on her lawn and lets everything there as an act of revenge. He's not really brave, but he's bitter.
Underfell Sans - Every time she asks him a question, he insults her lol. Just to piss her off more. Red loves to play with the limits and this is too much of an opportunity to not do so. That Karen is starting to lose patience, and he keeps pushing because he wants to see her explode and have a mental breakdown because of him. He's smiling so much that his cheeks hurt.
Underfell Papyrus - Ok, so Edge is usually pretty humble, but Karen starts to piss him off. When she threatens to call the police, he can't hold himself and laughs at her face, screaming that he is the best lawyer in the region and that all she will gain is a big loss of money if she continues to harass him. If she doesn't believe him, he takes out his photo album collection of criminals he made cry in court. There as hundreds of them. What you're going to do now?!
Horrortale Sans - His brain erases the annoyance and he keeps walking away, not giving a fuck in the world, as his Karen neighbor is screaming at him to come back because she's not done with him. Good for her, he's sure done with her, however. If she keeps pushing, he will crack his neck to watch her with a terrifying growl as well. It's usually enough.
Horrortale Papyrus - Willow is sassy naturally and he will gladly answer her back sassily. The Karen neighbor is shocked he dears to refute their bullshit arguments and will scream at him. That's good because talking louder than people is a thing he does. Willow will totally cover her voice by screaming louder until everyone is looking at them. People don't care about the argument, all they see is a Karen harassing the cute helpful skeleton of the neighborhood all grandmas love, and those grandmas are pissed off now. Good luck fighting them because they won't hesitate to kick that Karen out of the street.
Swapfell Sans - He doesn't answer. He keeps staring at that Karen with a creepy smile, perfectly still. The neighbor is trying to keep up with their argument, but the more Nox stays silent with that scary smile, the more they're losing their train of thought. Eventually, they give up, scared, and run away. Nox sighs. He can finally keep up with his day.
Swapfell Papyrus - As they talk, he takes out a chicken mc nugget and puts it in her mouth, shutting them off efficiently, before walking away. The Karen is standing still in shock, having no idea what the hell just happened. Rus is quite proud of himself.
Fellswap Gold Sans - As soon as that Karen is done, he's reversing the situation by flirting shamelessly with them, and with extreme dullness until they run away, offended and shocked, screaming they will tell everyone in the street. Cool. Wine won't hesitate to do that again right in front of their husband to cause chaos in their relationship lol.
Fellswap Gold Papyrus - He's panicking and suddenly screams "GOOSE" out of nowhere, making the neighbor stop talking. Taking advantage of the diversion he definitely not plan, he runs back home to lock in his room's closet to hide from any kind of socialization in the next two days lol.
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CBS Ghosts - Pilot - How Best to Haunt Part 2
Warning Spoilers may appear.
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As an HMoney Shipper, I have to admit that I liked that Hetty thinks Trevor’s ability is amazing and the topper.  It also helps support the idea of Hmoney when you compare Pete choosing to prop up Alberta’s power.  
But regardless, it is SO awesome that Trevor “the baby ghost” has the best power.
I also feel that although he is clearly proud, this shows that Trevor is also quite humble. He wants attention, and he likes it, but still doesn't have a huge ego. He is adorable in that second gif.
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I love the way they’re all cheering him on!  Like how adorable is it?  
Thor does his thing - they cheer.
Isaac’s power comes up - they mock him.
Alberta’s power comes - she smiles and grins.
Trevor’s power comes up - everyone cheers him on as he does it.  
I feel like the house has probably figured that Trevor is very much someone who needs praise and encouragement. They tease him a lot and Sass is very vocal about disagreeing with him, but like this is the ONLY person that they are cheering to see the power. Thor just does it, Isaac avoids his, Alberta probably uses hers a lot so they don't have her show off, but with Trevor - they're like "show us, show us".
It’s cute! And interesting.
I also find it interesting how Pete literally gets up to show some support behind him. I wonder why.
I enjoy Sass being encouraging after the earlier disagreement, and I like that the women seem supportive as well given that they seemingly have different roles in Trevor's afterlife as we see later on.
Also, is Alberta the first one to call Trevor "Trev"? Is he the first one to have a nickname stated?
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I really love that Trevor is very dramatic as he does it and I love that it’s SO difficult right now and that we see the progression of his power throughout the series. (Aside from Whodunit, Trevor appears to have gotten MUCH better as the series goes on, to the point of what happens in FB).
Aw, I mentioned this before, but They are all SO CUTE encouraging him. Baby ghost privileges.
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Yeah, Boy! Took a lot of grunting, but good boy!
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I love the excited cheering, plus Pete saying “Scary, right?”  
His power is definitely most scary since it’s a lot harder to ignore something just randomly falling over.  
Aw, Trevor’s first T-Money thing.  I love it!  This is one of those things that makes me think Trevor’s a cute dork.  It’s so cute that this is his thing, as is the fact that a pantsless Trevor likes to jump up and down.  
It’s cute that he does that and completely ignores that he’s probably flashing people when he does it.  He does it in the library scene too and it’s cute.  
Also, Trevor is so adorable. We know how much he enjoys jumping up and down, but this boy also gives himself a nickname and does a little "T" gesture that is adorably dorky - adorkable! (side note, this is why I like using "Letter-Money" for ship names with Trevor. Because he likes it so much).
Such an excitable puppy.  
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One of many times that Trevor shows that he's into praise.
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I love the excitement at the plan going into place, but I also really love that Flower salutes him. Isaac's happy they have a plan and they're all ready for it! So cute!
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 Okay, but why on earth did Trevor flick Pete’s arrow and then pretend that he wasn’t the one to do it?
What the hell, man?  
Like A) it makes no sense and B) Pete was just being super nice and encouraging.
I feel like this is one of things where - they've lived together for so long and Trevor's just like not caring. Dumbass.
Anyway, he's still cute.
Thanks for reading :). Feel free to chat :)
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cannibal-nightmares · 2 months
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just an incoherent thought dump. this is for me and no one elss
first of all
just found out that thank god i don't work tomorrow.
secondly they sent me home early. it's so humbling and confusing. it's strange you always think youll know when it happens and then it does and you don't. you might have a faint idea but I never know how to stop it. people always ask me "what's the tell? how do I know?" and I always tell them *you will know.* you will know before I do, most often. the way I set myself up for failure though is always say "I'll tell you if I need something" but it's so endlessly hard to actualize how this shit robs you of your words when you're not in the thick of it. I've realized that a surefire tell is when people speak to me and I can't decipher a word they're saying; i have to think hard and they have to repeat themselves and it all still sounds like a jumbled up mess, lime a different language. and what's worse is the words out of my own mouth don't sound luke they're in my voice, like someone is doing the relay for me. I can't think too hard about it in the moment because otherwise it just gets scary
lastly
im realizing that I have to remember what I said about this being cyclical. I have to. we depend on that fact. it just *is.* it forever *will be.* im not scared or sad about actualizing this, im just tired, momentarily defeated. I'm realizing that my time between October through december-january-ishh was the wave of good. and im grateful. it's weird meeting new people when you're in a good wave. it's less alien meeting people in a bad one, in ways. that's a whole other tangent. bad waves can,make you seem skittish and untrusting (well, true), but at least that's the expectation thereafter. maybe this logic is backwards. i am so used to looking after myself--and I'm not saying this for pity, I'm stating it as fact--that it's strange bonding w people during a good wave and having them see you shift. it's confusing for them, and rightfully so--what im trying to say is it's hard to articulate that *it's okay.* then, what's selfishly(?) maddening, then, is having to console others while, well, *everything else* is happening. I know all the tricks, is what im saying. I've been here before, you just have to take my word. I'm not saying I don't need help sometimes, but that itll be okay. it will be fine again. if I have to promise that to myself, I have to promise that to you.
anyways
it's time,to try and have dinner. perspective for you.
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jocelynjjones · 1 year
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Hey everyone! Fuck you! Stupid fucks!
How do you like that? Now that i have your attention I must let you know that I will be taking an extended break from Tumblr to focus on drawing softcore pornography and moving boxes of Christmas decorations around in my garage and home. I may be gone for just a week, or I may be gone for two weeks. I will misseveryone with whom I fuck on here and hope you will forgive me for abandoning you. We have had some good times here on Tumblr haven't we? Yes we have. It was sad when Twitter died and we all had to move here. I wish the website had stayed up just a little longer so I could collect my things. Who remembers when I tweeted about AI art and got so many likes? I'll tell you the truth those tweets were bullshit I don't really think that shit I just wanted to stir the pot. And stir I did in a minor way. Anyway and who remembers when I took a video of me eating some leaves that I took off a tree in the park by the river?
My sister's cat died recently. It had a weak heart. I'd known that hairy fucker since it was a kitten. Now it's dead. And so is its broodbrother who died a year before. I wasn't in the country at either time because I don't live there. Anyway it got me thinking. Cats and pets have such short lives. They're born, they grow old, and they die. They pass away. My first family cat died at 15 when I was also 15. Old fuck! I was cut up about it. He fucked with me in a bad "I scratch you" way, but I fucked with him in a good "you're not so bad" way.O ld incontinent fuck. Well isn't the short life of a pet just like that of a social medium if you think about it? We can't bring Twitter back. The servers were shut down when hated Musk couched his industrious lance and rode Woke down to a they/them without mercy. Everything of social intercourse and beauty we have had there is gone. And I actually heard that they're shutting it down again tonight as a matter of fact, just to teach us a lesson/let it sink in. If we brought Twitter back then they would just shutit down again immediately. This is what happens when you let hated Musk have nice things. And it's why we humble fellows can't have any nice things at all. And that's not so bad. And that's actually a good thing. And that's a good thing.
I'm so sorry again for leaving. You'll miss me, and when I come back to talk my shit again, as would say hated Ye, you'll be so happy you'll say "Hey. King. Good to see you, King. I was really fucking with you in a good way. And it's good of you to come back." Because I'm something of a personality on the on heres. If I ever got suspended, which I wouldn't because I'm not a complete idiot, and I'm probably actually quite high IQ, and have been playing the game (which you just lost, BTW,) for longer than you've probably been doing anything in your life other than shitting and crying, and that's probably what you still do—fuck you!—people would say "Where is he? Where did Jones go? I can't believe Jones was suspended. I'm going to be really sad while Jones is gone. We all remember Jones. We all love Jones. We think Jones is some sort of a King. We'll allways remember when Jones said "I know when that Christmas bling—Glory to the newborn King" and we all Liked it. Where the fuck is he?" And I would come back on a second account and say "Heh. Some ruleset on this 'site, huh? Can't say Kill yourself you stupid fuck to some fucking Brand or Woke anymore. Not that I'd know one morsel about that shit…" And like a switch the Timeline, and my Notifications, would flood: "There he is. There's Jones." "He's back. Attention everyone!— he's back." "Yeah, I'm thinking Jones backy." I'd get Follow Fridayed, I'd get followed, I'd get hailed, I'd get heralded, I'd receive a hero's welcome. I'd have such a reception. But it won't happen because I'll never be suspended, not to mention they took Twitter down last month because there was too much chicanery going on in the Liminal Backrooms of AI, which are scary as fuck, BTW.
Anyway I just wanted to say I'm leaving for a bit and you won't see me due to that. So I'll see you later…
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anhed-nia · 1 year
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BLOGTOBER 10/31/2022: SPIRIT HALLOWEEN - THE MOVIE. SIGH.
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I have this vivid memory of what was probably my first Halloween. I grew up in a blue collar suburb in Upstate New York where there were lots of kids, lots of shady teenagers, and lots of cemeteries and creepy old buildings. It was as perfect a Halloween environment as you could ask for, in my humble opinion, but this memory has nothing to do what people were wearing, or who had the scariest decorations, or any of the usual holiday cheer. It was early still, right after school let out, and we had just set out to go trick-or-treating. The streets were still quiet, and we hadn't hit any houses yet; choosing the right one to start with seemed like a loaded decision, and you had to pick based on visible decorations, because a lack thereof usually indicated abstainers who didn't want to be annoyed by sugar-crazed children. While there was this mounting tension in the air, my mind locked onto a moment where we were passing along the yard of an unadorned house with a pool that belonged to an older couple, the kind your parents warned you not to bother. There was a 6' chain link fence around the yard with green plastic privacy slats, which offered a zoetrope-like view of their private space as we walked along. I was hypnotized by this half-obscured vision of the forbidden realm of other people's lives; it ratcheted up the suspense I was feeling unbearably. Nothing happened there, of course, and we went about our business, but this became the most potent image I have from what was surely a more eventful evening. It had a strange potency: a mystery, a threat. A feeling I don't often get as an adult.
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This is the specific collection of Rudy Munis, but it's basically how the stores felt.
Another feeling I don't often get in my adult life is being really freaked out by Halloween decorations. I liked (still like) all Halloween decorations, really, but as a child I felt the difference between the kid stuff and the adult stuff really starkly. For the most part my parents made our costumes, but once in a while we'd get to go to an actual store loaded with absolutely terrifying Don Post masks and home decor that lit up and screamed at you and everything. When I was little I was just as drawn to these things as I was repulsed by them, and we all kept a mental record of which houses in our extended neighborhood had really intense Halloween displays. They ranged from fun-scary to SCARY-scary; I remember reaching some of those places after dark and just standing on the sidewalk while a whole field of demented animatronic devices howled and moaned at me, and sometimes I'd just totally lose the nerve to walk up to the door and get candy. And like god forbid there'd be an angry teenager in there with really gory makeup just waiting to ruin some kid's night.
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I'm bringing all this stuff up because…well, mainly because I don't have too many positive things to say about the SPIRIT HALLOWEEN movie and I don't quite have the heart to trash it even though I obviously have a strong opinion about what kinds of feelings it should have evoked. I mean there's no mistaking this for anything other than a cash grab, which is fine, but just being in an actual Spirit Halloween location is a lot more stimulating than this. Just in case I haven't revealed myself to be a dyed in the wool wussy at this point, I really love horror just because I'm so fucking sensitive; I won't go in a haunted house attraction because it makes me nervous enough when a normal person tries to interact with me, let alone when someone in a scary costume acts like they're going to kill me. When I'm in a Halloween store, some part of me still remembers how easily threatened I was just by electronic decorations, and it's kind of an exciting feeling. I'd submit that anybody who is at all alive inside fantasizes about playing with every single thing in Spirit Halloween, let's say, if you were locked in the store by yourself and you could do whatever you wanted. Which is exactly why the SPIRIT HALLOWEEN movie is so disappointing.
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I didn't really mention her but Marissa Reyes is the best thing in this movie.
The threadbare plot involves a group of friends hovering on the eve of being too old to trick-or-treat, who try to make the most of "Fright Night" (the local iteration of Devil's Night, I guess assuming the word "devil" was too provocative for this kind of production) by sleeping over in a Spirit Halloween. Unfortunately the ghost of Alec Windsor (Christopher Lloyd) has just awakened—the evil developer who originally built up the town—and he is looking for a new body to possess, hopping from one spooky decoration to another in pursuit of a child host. It's not a bad idea, but the movie shows little understanding of what's so fun about a Halloween store. You'd get more joy and creativity out of just documentary footage of real kids running around in one of these places with a free pass to wreak havoc, but instead we get a limp montage of the gang hitting each other with plastic swords and rolling around on the ground in front of an iPad, accompanied by some pretty awful low rent hip hop music. Plus, for a movie that's meant to be a feature length advertisement, the actual wares of Spirit Halloween aren't shown off that well; what's in the background on the racks is often just as interesting or more so than what Christopher Lloyd's ghost is dragging around, and it's telling that one of the main featured products is just rubber balls.
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Nothing happens in this scene.
And speaking of balls…why are they constantly talking about balls? I mean, I know why: The movie is trying to make a point about growing up and setting aside childish things, I get that. But it feels weird that we're not saying Devil's Night, and the boys have to say "darn" and "heck" even in their most heated arguments, but then they're still having all these exchanges about their balls. It's gross and confusing. There's a decent amount of confusing stuff here for a movie that's so simple-minded, for instance the voodoo shack in the middle of a cave system underneath Spirit Halloween where the gang learns what to do about the possessing wraith that's hunting them. I mean…it's the most interesting image in the movie for sure, but why doesn't anyone wonder how it got there? Not that anybody asks, but it turns out to be related somehow (via a very off-handed epilogue) to the family of Bo (Jaiden J. Smith), the little Black boy whose dead-eyed grandma (Marla Gibbs) keeps scaring everybody, and who is probably related (I think? Right?) to the witch in the movie's opening flashback, who kills Alec Windsor when he tries to evict her family from their land. So there's this voodoo-y flavor about all that that's kind of taken for granted, which I think is a bad thing to be so glib about; and like, if all of this supernatural drama is specifically related to Bo's ancestry, then why is the movie almost exclusively focused on the fight between Carson (Dylan Frankel) and Jake (Donovan Colan) about whether Jake needs to grow out of his childhood obsession with Halloween? It really seems like Bo should be the star of the movie, and maybe Alec Windsor should be going after him as an act of revenge.
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And about Alec Windsor: It's actually really funny that, in a movie about a store that famously takes over dead mall spaces like a commercial version of the cordyceps fungus, the main villain is an evil landlord. I mean…come on, you guys. Missed opportunities absolutely abound here. And if I can make one last complaint about what SHOULD HAVE happened in this movie, I would have enjoyed at least one joke about how the name of the store is not the more natural appellation "Spirit OF Halloween". Just because, personally, I'm still struggling with that one.
PS Damn, this movie got a PG-13 rating? That must have been so frustrating when they seemed to have gone to pains to make it really innocent, what did they even do to get that? Musta been all the balls.
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papirouge · 2 years
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If you don't mind sharing what was the scary thing?
You mean the scary demonic things, of the scary thing of meeeting God?
For my demonic encounters, it was VERY scary at first but I as soon as I realized the name of Jesus was enough to make it stop, I got more confident. It was mostly sleep paralysis, voices screaming in my head, etc. but as soon as called the name of Jesus (even in my head) and it always stopped. But the most outstanding experience I had with demons was when I just about to convert, hearing a demon saying "she doesn't know we're watching her".... I like to think as satan & his demons like a mafia : as long as you go their way (all unbelievers) he will leave you alone - but as soon as you start resisting (becoming Christian) he shows his true colors and start the harassment/intimidation.
As for scary thing about God it's a bit more difficult to explain... Actually the Bible is very clear that we should fear God. Some Christians lite™ love pretending "oh but that's not actually fear, more like deep respect :)" but these people have no idea what they're talking about. There's a reason why the Hebrews were too scared to follow Moses up to the mountain and meet YHWH. There's a reason there are several occurrences of prophets falling down to their knees, or hiding their face when around God. His holiness is just unbearable for sinful creatures like us.
I remember a very vivid experience that happened to me years before I became Christian (God was already after me lol). I was in my bed, asleep. Suddenly I felt like floating, sucked up in the air. It felt like I was being carried by something (angels?) and for some reason I couldn't help but say "I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry, I'm so sorry" again and again and again. I wasn't that much scared, but more like feeling a deeply sorrow of being an awful person and unworthy of being carried wherever I was heading to (lol)
But what's very scary when God talks to you is how you actually *grasp* how almighty He is. Like...when you read the Bible you can understand it intellectually but when He CLEARLY replies to you (because it literally translates to reality) it just becomes unbearably real and that's extremely humbling and scary. Because you realize God knows every single of your thoughts, all your dirty little secrets... and you feel so ugly and dirty and this by itself is scary because you realize how BIG He is, and that despite all of this He still has all His attention on you🥺 ....but you also realize far from holiness you are and how hard you'll have to work on yourself to fit on His standards (that's what Paul was talking about when he stated we have to "work our salvation with trembling and fear" in Philippians 2:12).
Meeting God is humbling and scary because you realize the master of this universe, He who created the world, the one who makes every single thing on earth live & exist, took His time to answer to you.
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I do not wish to be mean, but like, I feel like the format of tmagp is making the horror lesser for me... some stories are too quick for the fear to sink in (first episode) or like it happens at the very end so you don't really get much of it and it just kinda leaves you there (episode 5), episode 6 is very silly to me and like I think it knows that? But that doesn't make it scary and maybe it doesn't want to be idk.
Episodes 2, 3 and 4 are good. They're not necessarily scary, the bit with the tattoo in episode two is kinda silly? But the face thing is good. It's shocking, a different kind of dread but sure.
Episode 3 made me frustrated at the guy, then I realised he couldn't actually leave and like yeah the idea of this is kinda creepy and the acceptance and just I dunno how to put it, it works, but it did not make me shiver with fear yknow?
Episode 4 was fun, probably my favourite, but it's not very scary. To me it makes up for that with the story though, the themes, the morality and the time it takes to go through the story. It adds gravity to it. It's a fucked up lil episode with a lot of story and character
All in all, I have a feeling that the horror is not as much of a focus as it used to be in tma, which might be great for other people, but I've always appreciated the horror of tma, even when I liked the characters and the story. And I understand comparing the two is a bit strange, but... I understand that the "statements" are different here, they're not from scared people who survived something weird/horrible, they're from people who are deep into becoming something else (?), from people who have not survived most likely and, just like for them, there's not enough time for us to be afraid before it's over. And there are strengths to this approach too, I just...
I've relistened to the Anglerfish, because I was scared that perhaps I've just grown numb to the horror, but no. I could still feel the shivers run down my spine, I could still feel the dread building with every new detail, every new small thing that was off and just... terrifying.
The first episodes are so widely different when it comes to horror I think. And it's hard to put my finger on it, but I feel like the role of the investigation afterwards is missing and with it some of the horror.
It feels unfair to compare an entire episode statement with just one statement from the two in tmagp ep 1, but hear me out.
The reveals in mag1 are just very well done. You have the setting being creepy, you have the line being repeated and reenacted in that weird tone twice, before the guy notices on the 3rd time that the figure is not opening its mouth. You have the swaying pointed out multiple times and each time it feels a bit more extreme, weirder, the simile used to describe it, the anglerfish, is so vivid and creepy and RIGHT. When he realises its feet are not touching the ground. The weird way it disappears. AND THEN, because he survived you get the reveal of him finding cigarettes there the next day and connecting them to the missing person. That could have been him. But that's not all, sure Jon is a little bitch, but the reveal of more disappearances adds more credibility. And THEN the cherry on top is the photo, the hand (?), beckoning.
Now let's look at the email from tmagp1. It is very short. There is a set up yes, but the reveal is just...immediate, it lacks the suspense. Like the concept is scary. But the laughter, the laughter is just...sooooo, it's not that scary. Just, it's harder to describe what's not working here than it is to describe what DOES work in mag1. I guess I could focus on the absence of things...
Man, I do sound like an old man swearing at a cloud, my friend would laugh at me and call me 240 years old, I am never beating the allegations
Anyway, in short, I know this podcast aims to be different. I can see it. The character interactions, the more intrusive listening in etc. However, in my humble opinion, the horror gets the short end of the stick here. I wish it didn't
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bodaciousandblack · 9 months
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The Reality Check of My Adulthood From Fictional TV
Watching a tv show about 20-30 year olds figuring their shit out when you're a child or teenager, is completely different from watching those shows when you're finally a 20-30 year old.
It's very entertaining when you're younger, you're kinda clueless and still perceiving things. You think you'll have it figured out by than unlike those characters fucking things up. Until you're finally at that age, and you're like "oh fuck.. this shit is so real out here." Suddenly the things the characters are going through, hits a bit too close to home, and you're that character. It's a humbling experience, especially on the rewatch.
I rewatched Sex and the City a couple weeks ago, and I just finished rewatching Insecure today, the whole time I was watching those shows it was inspiring yet scary. I'm only 22 so I've BARELY been an adult, but back then I thought by the time I was my age now, I'd be on my shit.
A part of me is terrified, because I'm definitely not on the path I'd thought I'd be, but shit happens and plans change. I'd like to be doing better for sure, I know I CAN, because I actually WANT to do better. I'm doing everything in my power, but I think I need to push myself more. More out of my comfort zone, than I already am. I feel like I'm self-aware about my growth, among other things, so I WILL do better. I'm just figuring my shit out, and that's okay.
I know it's tv but I think of the characters who probably felt like me in the first two seasons. It starts off looking like their current situation is "it" for them, they're stuck. Then throughout the seasons they experience a lot of changes in their relationships, jobs, within themselves, good or bad, easy or hard. But by the end of the show, they're doing what they wanted to or even better, that's what inspires me. So I try not to panic, or get myself worked up about life, because that's just how shit is. It'll work out, I have time, and I know I'm not the only confused young adult out here either.
Even when I'm seeing friends and people I went to high school with doing what I THINK is better than me, I just remember that they're on the path that they are supposed to be on. I'm on the path, that I'm supposed to be on, even with the tribulations, I believe it'll be worth it. You can't even assume these days anyways, you don't know what's going on in people's lives behind closed doors. We only see what we want each other to see, and maybe then some.
But things are a lot harder right now, there's a lot of shit going on in this world, so I cut myself some slack. There's only so much I can do right now, but I'm gonna make sure I do my part at least.
16 year old me didn't even think she'd get this far, and I think she'd be proud of that alone. So.. if I got THIS far, I know I can get farther. I just need to keep pushing myself, doing my best, and be patient.
Throughout this year, a lesson I've learned is that sometimes you have to take some Ls before you get your Ws, big or small. I'm learning from them though, and that's the most important part.
Despite my feelings about some things, I've set a ton of goals for myself that I reached within the first 6 months of the year. Some goals I even reached earlier than expected. So regardless, I'm proud of myself. I'm ticking off boxes and my life looks similar to my 2023 Pinterest vision board, so that's still a win in my book. lmao :)
Either way, I'm just a girl!
Living Single is next on my rewatch, I'm quite excited I love that show, it's good laughs so it's a bit lighter for me.
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loveephia · 1 year
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you as inarizaki's beautiful manager..
↳ nekoma ver. | shiratorizawa ver.
fukurodani ver. | aoba johsai ver.
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- inarizaki literally holds the title of being the 2nd strongest vb team in the entire nation
- if that doesn't scare you, IDK ANYMORe
- you could trip, and they'd probably snicker at you 😭😭
- anyway, you kinda just joined the team so that you have something to add to your resumé
- everyone is thrilled
- you know some of the players since they're quite popular
- kita is so handsome
- suna just has this deadpan expression on his face. scary.
- "i'm sure you already know who i am." atsumu, no
- "hey, m'osamu." at least he had the decency to humbly introduce himself, unlike his twin
- aran is an absolute sweetheart
- you're one of the very few people he respects on this team.
- ren also had a deadpan expression, but he did nod at you, so that's something
- kita is so handsome
- AKAGI WELCOMED YOU WITH OPEN ARMS
- you are now bffls aka best friends for life 🤞🤞
- ginjima thinks you're brave for managing such a fiery team, so you've automatically earned his respect
- riseki wants to talk to you, but you're so pretty that he's afraid he'll mess up his own sentences 😭
- kosaku gives you two thumbs up of encouragement because this year is going to be hectic for you
- kita is so handsome
- practice starts, and you're still learning the reigns, not really speaking all that much since you're quick introduction a while ago
- you're drying their bibs, taking down notes for when's their next practice match, refilling water bottles
- ya know, all that stuff
- why are there so many STRAYS
- you swear you're getting some sort of arthritis from the number of times you had to bend down and pick up a ball
- yeah, so as it turns out, the 2nd years were doing this on purpose
- they wanted to talk to you 😔
- EVEN SUNA
- MAYBE IF YOU WEREN'T SO MYSTERIOUS AND PRETTY THEY WOULDN'T BE DOING THIS!!
- one of these strays actually happened to hit you in the face
- courtesy of atsumu 🙂
- osamu has waited for this moment all of his life
- (for atsumu to look like a bumbling fool in front of a pretty girl)
- that's one thing crossed off of his bucket list, that's for sure
- of course, with atsumu's enormous amount of pride, he blames it on you
- "WHY WERE YOU JUST STANDIN' THERE?!" in your defence, you were literally on the sidelines reading about the rules of volleyball. how was any of this your fault??
- kita gives him a sharp glare, almost as if he's scolding him, and what happens next is like magic
- he managed to get THE atsumu miya to quietly mumble a "sorry." TO YOU.
- and so you continue on with your day!!
- you didn't scold him
- now me personally,
- joking
- practice is finally over, and it's dark out
- you usually walk home as soon as school is over, but since you stayed behind a couple of hours helping out the team, you're sceptical of walking alone
- kita, sensing your uneasiness, offers to walk with you
- you love him so much you just want to bite his cheeks cuteness aggression
- you oblige, and it just so happens that the miya twins are heading the same way you are!!
- suna and aran see them and catch up
- "don't you live all the way in the other neighborho—?"
- "shut up, suna—!"
- so, now you're walking home with five bodyguards!! which was literally just what you needed
- they make a quick stop at a convenience store, and atsumu buys you a popsicle
- "consider it as an.." come on 'tsumu SWALLOW YOUR PRIDE
- "apology fer hitting you earlier."
- you smile, accepting the peace offering. "thank you."
- YOU SMILED.
- FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER TODAY.
- atsumu pretty much froze on the spot there, literally taken aback from how pretty your smile is
- dude, you got even the other boys staring at you
- you think it's a bit creepy, though.
- "oi, knock it off. stop staring at me."
- kita clears his throat and looks away from you because this time, he thought you were beautiful
- once you're finally home, you bid the others goodbye and flop onto your bed already looking forward to tomorrow's practice
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vine-black · 3 years
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Always handle your baneful herbs with gloves. Additionally, if you have an issue with say, compulsive skin picking for instance, consider washing your hands with a little extra scrutiny after you handle monkshood. Then wash them again, maybe.
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books-and-catears · 3 years
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Right everyone hold on to your feels, you will shortly be boarding Angst Express 101. Just look at this brilliant and angsty ask I'm speechless. Even the pairings you asked for are so unique and well thought this is a perfect angst concept. And I really hope I could do this justice. Thank you so much for this ask @saltypaperdestiny
So very sorry for the delay, this was the longest ask I've ever written and boy was I delighted. Though I have to admit I had to cry through some of them myself. This is PART 1. Rest of the brothers and the newly Dateables coming soon in part 2.
Who loved you first? Pt1
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Lucifer : Simeon
It was time, he decided. After months of being in your presence, his prideful heart had melted enough to recognise his feelings for you. You were the only he'd truly humble down for, because the affection and care you displayed was unparalled.
"MC please get dressed in something nice. I'm taking you to Ristorante Six as a thank you for helping me with Cerebus and the council paperwork" He says to you, barely containing the excitement. He couldn't wait to see the look on your face when he confessed and how you'd blush when you kissed your knuckles and your cheek and wait - What is Simeon doing in your room at this hour?
He didn't want to interrupt, surely it might be nothing to bother about. He patiently waited outside until he heard what Simeon said.
Simeon: MC... You look beautiful, what's the occasion?
MC: Aw thank you Simeon. You're always so kind. It's nothing much, Lucifer is taking me out as a thank you.
Simeon: Oh do you have to leave right away...?
MC: Oh no no. It's okay I have some more time.
Simeon: Well I originally came here to invite you to try Luke's latest attempt at some new recipes but now there's something else I feel like I must tell you. *Blushes* Something I've been holding back for too long.
MC: *joking* Oh what have you been hiding from me, angel? Speak I beseech you!
Simeon: *laughing and then going solemn* MC... *Takes your hands in his* I love you. I love you with all my heart.
MC: ....me? You love..me? But I'm not nearly-
Simeon: You're the most beautiful soul I've ever met. You radiate kindness and forgiveness and everything pure, overcoming the seven biggest evils you reside with. How can I not love you? Tell me, MC, will you accept me as yours?
Lucifer had a half a mind to storm in and laugh in Simeon's face. What a failure this attempt was going to be. His pride grew inside him as he stifled a laugh. MC was his and only his and now he would take pleasure in watching Simeon learn that. Surely MC was going to turn him down nicely but still. He creeped closer to the door, looking through the open crack.
MC: *in tears* Oh Simeon, I love you too! I never thought an angel could ever love me back!
Simeon: *kisses her knuckles* So... It's a yes?!
MC: Yes yes yes! Oh of course it's a yes! *Hugs him tight* My guardian angel who protects me in the dark, oh how I love you.
Simeon: *laughing as he picks you up and spins you around* Oh how happy you've made me MC! I'm the happiest being alive!
MC: *kissing his cheek* So am I, Simeon. I love you with all my heart.
It took Lucifer all his strength to not collapse or go into a violent frenzy. He balled up his fists so tight, the gloves started tearing at the seams. He watched you smiling so gleefully in his arms, looking so radiant. When Simeon dipped his head down to kiss you, the moonlight poured in through the window as if blessing your union.
It was supposed to be him. If only he made it to your room sooner, it could have been him. Embracing all your beauty, being the cause of the shining smile. IT COULD HAVE BEEN HIM.
At his best
"Are you really that happy with him?" he asks you later that night. The blush on your cheeks and that cheeky smile says it all.
"Congratulations MC." You look so joyous even at the thought of Simeon, how could he ruin that?
His temper is worse, more unforgiving towards all his brothers. He has to bear with your absence in the house all day. The fact that he knows you're at Purgatory hall, sipping tea and arm in arm with him pains him to think.
You bring Simeon along to the council to help him too. He outright denies and asks both of you to leave.
He only ever feels calm to see you alone, but that is even rarer with his brothers around to hog his remaining time.
Eventually makes his peace with it, maybe you're better off with someone as pure as yourself than a demon like him.
At his worst
His wrath is back. It's almost bad enough to birth another Satan. His sense of entitlement is through the roof.
He snaps three weeks later when Simeon and you tell everyone about it and decide that you'll be moving to Purgatory hall soon. Everyone claps and rejoices while Lucifer, drunk off Demonus, crashes the fun.
"Simeon, you dirty cheat, pretending to be all pure with your white wings and devious smile. How dare you?!" He says in calm and deadly rage.
"Lucifer... what's wrong-" You approach him to ask. He looks at you and you see the little tears in the corners.
"MC WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MINE THAT NIGHT. MINE. NOT YOURS. THE ONLY BEING THAT CAME CLOSE ENOUGH TO STEAL MY HEART AND YOU TOOK HER AWAY FROM ME."
Lucifer was louder now, hysterically angry, throwing his glass on the floor. "AND I KNOW THEY WOULD HAVE PICKED ME IF I GOT TO THEM FIRST! I LOVED THEM TOO DAMNIT." Simeon stood in front of you to protect you from Lucifer's rage. You hid your face in your hands, breaking down in sobs. What is happening? Where did you go wrong?
"Look at them, Lucifer. Look. At. What. You've. Done. And don't tell you've forgotten how many times you've threatened their lives before." Simeon said, holding you tight as you cried into his chest. "How dare you still feel like you deserve them?"
Lucifer sees you broken down, clutching onto Simeon for dear life, crying. You were smiling just a minute ago what has he done? Simeon blocked off his view with his pearly white wings. A reminder of what Lucifer used to be and cannot be again.
Mammon: Asmodeus
You were his human. And he was your first demon. No one was more territorial about you than him. So he finally made up his mind to seal the deal. No more lying about his feelings. He was going to claim you, once and for all. He imagined you smiling and running your hands through his hair and kissing him returning his feelings.
"MC! I brought the movie of the day!" He barged into your room excited, but you were nowhere to be found. Where could you have gone? It was your movie night with him. You were supposed to be waiting for him inside. He asked his brothers and they said you were with Asmo. He stomped his way up to Asmo's room and called out your name. No response. Not till he peeked inside the dark washroom. You were holding Asmo who looked very unstable and weak, sitting at the side of the bath.
MC: Asmo why don't you listen to me when I tell you not to drink so much!?
Asmo: I'm sorry MC *hic* I needed it today...
MC: Why? What's so scary that you don't have the confidence to do sober?
Asmo: MC do you think I look beautiful?
MC: Of course Asmo, you always do.
Asmo: Even with my runny make up, red nose and swollen eyes and this horrible complexion?
MC: *grabs his face* You're always beautiful to me MC.
Asmo: I...I stopped sleeping around MC. I couldn't do it anymore. *tearing up* Because to them, I'm only beautiful with a perfect covered up face.
MC: Asmo...they're blind and shallow demons who don't know anything! I know you, and I know how much more beautiful you are inside out. Don't listen to them.
Asmo feeling insecure about his appearance? What a big fat lie. Is this his new ploy to get to you? How irritating. It's not going to work, Mammon knows you're smarter than that. The Avatar of Lust can manipulate in many ways. Surely his human was smart enough to see through that!
Asmo: MC, I knew you were the one only who truly loved me. And today, I found the one I love too. Much more than I love myself. So I needed a drink to tell you this.
MC: Asmo...
Asmo: *holding your face gently* MC you saw past this pretty face. You saw the things I do more than what I am. Or what I pretend to be. I know it's hard to believe coming from the Avatar of Lust... But MC, I truly really love you. *looks down and sobs* But you probably can't believe me right?
MC: Asmo. Look at me. *You run your fingers through his hair and he looks up with teary eyes* I believe you. And I've loved you too. You're the only one who never hurt me. The one who willingly made a pact with me. You've been so sweet to me since I came. How could I love anyone else?
Asmo: MC I want you all to myself. Will you be mine? Only mine? I swear I'll keep you happy always!
MC: Of course Asmo. I'll all yours. I'm your little human. *giggling and kissing his head*
Asmo: *grabs and kisses you* MC, if you want, I can be your actual first tonight.
Mammon fell to his knees. He wanted to barge in and scream. He wanted to wrestle Asmo to the ground. He wanted to break his face for saying the words that were special to him and you. But your response had him paralysed. You...accepted him. You agreed to be his.
Silent tears streamed down his face as he watched you embracing Asmo, peppering kisses all over his face, running your hands through his hair, laughing and frolicking in the water with him. The colored moonlight through the stained glass danced on their skin like a scene from his favourite movie.
At his best
He cries to himself for days. Spends as much time outside as he can.
Maybe he is an idiot for thinking he had a chance with him. How could he compete with Asmo's charms.
Maybe it hurt more because Asmo didn't even have to use his charms.
Only ever tries to talk to you if he's sure your alone. One time he barged into your room and caught you and Asmo tangled up together and it broke him all over again.
He watched as you twirled around in a new outfit Asmo bought. He scoffs. He could have bought it for you too.
You both look so cheerful and in love, he decides to accept it. For the sake of his little brother and the human he loves.
At his worst
Breaks down and lets his emotions out in the worst way possible. Too desperate to win you back somehow.
Asmo and you were just telling Solomon and Simeon about your relationship when Mammon barged in through the doors of Purgatory halls.
"MC look! Look what I got you!" He came in all ragged. He knelt down and pulled out a ring. "Take me instead! I was your first wasn't I MC? Don't let him take my place please!"
"Mammon no... No please don't be this way...I'm sorry..." You kneel down next to him as he screams and sobs like a child. You feel guilty. You caused this. You lead him on. You fight your own tears as you keep apologising.
Asmo yanks you up and wraps his arms around you, staring down angrily at Mammon. "Mammon, leave."
Mammon lunged at Asmo. "I was going to tell them. That night was our movie night. You stole that night from me. YOU STOLE MY CHANCE AND MY MC!"
Asmo mocked at him with a sardonic laugh. "You still assume MC is yours without even telling them. You kept lying about your feelings and hurting them in the process. And yet, when they finally look happy, you come and make them cry. You are a scumbag Mammon."
Mammon looked at your tear stained face, nestled inside Asmo's arms and wings. He really felt like nothing but a scumbag.
Leviathan : Belphegor
Levi fell in love with you since your first act of kindness. As a shut-in whose only conversations were with his own eccentric and dismissive brothers, you were an angel who had brought him the gift of true companionship. Honestly he was okay being your best friend, until the day he started craving more. So he decided it was time to tell you.
'MC come to my room! I have a new game to show you!' It was a virtual dating game where he was going to confess digitally. You always loved his creative ways of doing simple stuff after all. He decided to play your favourite game while waiting for you. He even left the door ajar. Now he wished he didn't.
Belphie: MC do you have a minute?
MC: Yeah I was just heading to Levi's room what's up?
Belphie: I think I fallen in love with you, MC.
MC: .... Huh?
Levi almost burst out laughing hearing Belphie's confession. What kind of a bland confession is that? How can someone say that so easily? No that was definitely a joke on MC or something. Surely MC wouldn't take this seriously.
Belphie: I had a dream just now. About you.
MC: Uh huh?
Belphie: In that dream, we were up in the sky, among the stars. And you looked so pretty glittering along with them all. So I kissed you impulsively. And you kissed me back.
MC: ...that's a sweet dream. *blushes*
Belphie: *takes your hand* I woke up and my first thougt was I wish that was real. And then I realised it can be.
MC: ...
Belphie: I want to be able to kiss you always. I want to be able to take you far away. I want all your time. I love you MC. Be mine.
MC: Belphie I-
Belphie: I know, how can you possibly love your own murderer...? *Sighs* I cannot undo what I did. I'm sorry MC. I can only swear that I won't ever let that happen again.
MC: *smiles and cups his face* You were locked away for 3 millenia I can imagine your endless anger and grief for your sister. I forgave you long ago.
Belphie: So does that mean you'll accept me?
MC: You're already mine, silly. And now I'm yours. You're the only one I can relax with in the whole realm.
Belphie: MC... Come here. *holds you close and kisses you*
Levi's game screen displayed the message "GAME OVER: You lose". Levi couldn't see it clearly. His vision was blurred by the tears brimming on his eyes. You and Belphie looked to distant shadows on the moon.
He blamed himself for even thinking he had a chance with you. But maybe just...maybe if he had gotten there before? He stared at the screen and then at his spare console that he had declared yours. He picked up it, and locked it inside. Probably won't be needing it anytime soon.
At his best
He barely comes out of his room anymore. He tries to return your smile at breakfast but then returns hurriedly, leaving Beel to finish most of his food.
"Are you sure you want to play games? Wouldn't you rather go up to the attic" He mutters under his breath sometimes and then says it's nothing when you ask him.
Pains him when he sees you curled with Belphie in random places, dozing off. Might cover you with a blanket. Just you though.
Spites Belphie. A lot of people have said they look and act alike. But somehow you like sleeping more than anime and gaming?
Just accepts it as his fate. Atleast he's still your best friend, right?
At his worst
He's called the Avatar of Envy for a reason. He can barely hold it in seeing the both of you together constantly.
Belphie you and Beel were having a jolly time watching a movie and eating snacks while Belphie slept curled up in your lap. Levi happened to walk in while you were rubbing Belphie's head soothingly.
For some reason, Levi couldn't hold it in anymore. "UGH YOU FUCKING NORMIES!" he screamed out of frustration.
Belphie woke up drowsily when you stopped at stared at Levi holding back tears in the doorway. "Levi..what's wrong.." you call out to him.
He barges in and pushes Belphie off you and grabs your hands, tears falling and him screaming. "Why do you care, MC?! I'm a just disgusting shut in otaku right?! But guess what even as that I do more than just sleep and drool all fucking day! AND MORE IMPORTANTLY ATLEAST IM NOT THE ONE WHO KILLED YOU! So why him? WHY NOT ME MC?!"
"Levi...no..." You plead with him to calm down, tearing up yourself. You should have known. You should have known this would happen.
Belphie violently pushed Levi off you and grabbed him by the collar. "You were the first one to attack MC in this house. And I'm sure you would have killed them if not for Lucifer. So stop pretending you're better than me, you ridiculous creep. A shut in like you is worthless. The only thing you're good at is making MC distressed."
Levi looked at you trying to pull Belphie back, tears streaming down your face and hung his head low. It was simply an Otome game and MC didn't choose him.
Satan: Solomon
Satan took his time to fall. With late night studying session, every cat cafe date, every trip to the museum - he fell more and more each time. To the point where he wanted to spend every waking moment with you. And he was ready to tell you.
For a whole week, he kept writing and scrapping the perfect love letter for you. Then he realised you were someone who preferred simple honesty. "MC please wait for me in the library I'll be there shortly." He'd said before he dashed out to bring a boquet of your favourite flowers and a book which reminded him of you. He'd almost made it to the library, he saw you waiting inside for him eagerly. That was until someone flew in through the window.
Solomon? What's he doing at this hour? Satan peeked in through the half open library door. He wanted to be alone with you so he'd wait till Solomon was gone. He shouldn't have waited.
MC: Solomon! You scared me silly!
Solomon: *laughing* Your face just now MC...so adorable! Like a scared kitten!
MC: You wooshed in through the window!
Solomon: Okay okay my bad. Now what are you doing in the library so late at night. I went to your room and couldn't find you.
MC: Oh Satan called me out here. Told me to wait for him. Maybe there's a new book he wants to read.
Solomon: Do you guys do that often? Reading books this late?
MC: Haha yeah usually we just read in my room or his at night, in case we fall asleep.
Solomon: *sigh* So unfair.
MC: What's unfair?
Solomon: You and I are the only humans here. Why did they put us in different houses? Shouldn't we... be together more often?
MC: Well logically yes we should. Just classes and magic lessons aren't enough! You should live here too!
Solomon: I doubt Lucifer would be okay with that. But well.. here's the real reason I'm here now. *brings out a little basket*
MC: That's...that's a kitten! Hi baby! What's her name!?
Solomon: MC.
MC: Yeah what?
Solomon: No I named the kitten MC. This way I get to call your name as much as I want haha. The silly things us humans do for love, huh?
Satan had a sick feeling in his stomach. Watching you and him sitting in the moonlight, surrounded by books, cuddling a kitten and confessing...that should be him. Him not Solomon. He didn't like where this was heading. But just like you can't help but stare at disaster - he couldn't look away. What was MC going to say...?
MC: Solomon... *blushes*
Solomon: Does my affection scare you? *reaches for your hand*
MC: Of course not...I.. *gets closer and intertwining your fingers together*
Solomon: Is this your way of showing-
MC: *blushes* Yes. I love you too.
Solomon: I believe I've lived for a 1000 years just to hear those words. *kisses you against the bookshelves*
MC: I believe you've gotten 1000 years worth of romantic lines stored away in that head of yours. *Laughs and kisses him back*
Solomon: Let's take this to the moon shall we?
Satan watched as he took you and kitten in his arms and flew out the window. Satan rushed in not wanting to lose sight of you, dropping the flowers and books. Balling his fists, he choked on his angry tears as he watched you both laughing and kissing against the bright light of the moon. He felt like his own happy ending was stolen from him.
When you disappeared from view, he let out a blood curdling scream, pulling at his own hair and knocking over the bookshelf against which Solomon kissed you. The wrath inside him made him thrashing around in pain, burning him inside out. The flowers he dropped, lay there next to his sobbing body, wilting in his pain.
At his best
He manages to put on his best fake smile and go about his day. Tries hard to hide his annoyance if you bring him up.
But you seem so happy and you often invite him to new cat cafes and shelters. So despite Solomon's presence, he feels calm because of you and the cats.
Is secretly happy you get to spend more time with him than Solomon. Takes advantage of that and hogs you all to himself while in the house
While he can't hold or kiss you the way the Solomon does, you're here next to him, reading his recommended books. That's enough to soothe his yearning heart.
At his worst
The war for love is on. He doesn't care if Solomon already won. He will still declare his love no matter what.
It started out as subtle, he did what he knew Solomon couldn't. Cooking MC's favourite dishes whenever it was his turn to cook.
Tries to subtly reinforce his intelligence over Solomon when you're around. What's 1000 years of knowledge worth, Satan has been there since the first millenia ever
But the day Solomon and you announced you'll be moving to Purgatory Hall, he charged at him, his demon form angry and glowing. "How dare you think you can take them away from us? You think you can win against us... against me? You may have taken my chance with them but I won't let you take them away! They belong here with me!"
You inched closer to Satan's form. You'd never seem him this angry. "Satan please calm down-" Satan wasn't listening. He let out a feral growl and attacked Solomon.
Solomon held MC by his side and made a protection shield Satan couldn't get through. You started crying, watching his wrath take over, he must be in so much pain.
Solomon felt you curl up against him in fear and guilt. Gritting his teeth, he grabbed Satan by the scruff of his neck, like you'd do with a misbehaving cat.
"You say you want to protect them and yet look what you did instead." Solomon said. Satan looked helplessly at you, crying with your face buried in your hands. Glancing at his horns in the mirror, he called out to you sadly, "MC..."
Solomon creeped closer and said in a deadly low voice. "You love fairy tales right Satan? Well in the story of Beauty and the Beast, they could only be together because the beast was actually a human." And Satan was far from being a human.
Asmo : Mammon
It happened the day Asmo looked into the mirror and felt something missing. Suddenly his own reflection wasn't enough anymore. He pondered what it was when you happened to walk into his room and hug him from behind. And then he found the missing piece. You. He simply had to make sure you would become a part of him now.
Now contrary to popular belief, he did get nervous while thinking of proposing. This man is all about lust and a little kid when it comes to love. It's a whole new emotion and he's unsure how to deal with it. With some advice from Satan's romance books he lights your room up with candles, groomed himself perfectly, waiting for you to return to your room. Only you don't come. "What's taking MC so long?!"
He headed out and found you in Mammon's room instead. Asmo saw in the reflection off the mirror, Mammon's shirt off and him lying on his front as you poured ointment over his scars.
Mammon: Oi MC please don't be so upset...
MC: You didn't deserve this. You didn't. I did.
Mammon: MC, not again.
MC: You took my punishment. You took the blame for the broken vase for my sake.
Mammon: I didn't want ya getting hurt ya stupid human!
MC: Don't be calling me stupid and then go off doing stupid stuff yourself! *cries*
Mammon: MC...no don't cry. Please I'm sorry.
MC: Don't apologize for this! Mammon you're too kind... You keep taking blame for others, and the others just UGH.
Mammon: I've gotten used to Lucifer's punishments, MC! I'm more used to it than my brothers so I can take it!
MC: .... You're such a sweet big brother. You can't stop protecting the people you love, can you?
Mammon: *turns around to lie on his back* Now you get why I need to protect ya, don't ya?
Asmo's eyes flew open as did yours. Mammon just confessed to you. Albeit indirectly, but really did. But he felt pity for his older brother. Sure he was caring and sweet sometimes, but mostly he was a thief and a scumbag who constantly gets into trouble. He didn't stand a chance against Asmo's charms.
MC: Mammon... You silly demon. I love you too. *Lays their head on his chest*
Mammon: *blushes and coughs* Of course ya love the Great Mammon, human!
MC: *smiles against his skin* Swear to me, you won't ever do that again else I will fight Lucifer myself!
Mammon: *smiles* He's attacked ya thrice and yer face still loses its colour whenver he's around and yet yer thinking of fighting him for my sake, MC?
MC: OF COURSE!
Mammon: But I don't want that. Ya did too much for all of us when ya sacrificed your life to bring Belphie back. I should know, I held ya in my arms. *Tears up* Ya know ye were smiling still?? So calm and undisturbed as if ya didn't care what happens to ya now that all the brothers are together?
MC: You caught me...
Mammon: And I never want to catch ya like that again, get that human!? I will be a good protector as I was meant to be.
MC: Mammon... you're far too kind to be a demon. *Kisses him and gets on top of him*
Mammon: *grips their arms and holds them close* Stay with me tonight.
Asmo watched as you nodded and took off your top and lay down over him again, your skins in gentle and intimate contact and you both wrap your arms around and you presses kisses onto each other. The moonlight danced on your entangled bodies.
He stared and stared, his insides burning with an alien feeling. He hadn't known envy till you came along. His signature move would be to call both of you out and suggest a threesome, but what you both seemed to have was impenetrable. And in the mirror where he saw your reflections, he couldn't see himself.
At his best
This demon had never known love. He might have if Mammon hadn't decides to confess that very night.
But who cares? What's done is done. It's time to root for the both of you. He still has his followers to turn to.
"Mammon finally confessed huh?" He asked jokingly. Until he saw you blush and nod.
"You both must have fun together huh?" He says with a dry laugh.
Your hugs and headpats still keep him going. He takes you buy new dresses knowing it's to impress Mammon instead.
Tries so hard to conceal his tears and tantrums around you. He doesn't want to lose the small part of you that he had left.
At his worst
He cannot stay home. The sight of you both together makes him irritated and stressed both very bad for his skin.
He drinks and parties uncontrollably, bringing home demons and succubi that always seem to resemble you.
One night, Lucifer had enough and caught him by the collar, forbidding him to go to his room. Asmo giggled until Mammon and you showed up.
He swiftly escaped Lucifer's grasp and lunged at you, holding your face between his trembling hands. You look at him closely, his make up was messier than usual, the cresent underneath his eyes was darker than usual.
"MC...look at me. Look at only me. Just for a little while." Asmo said and his eyes glowed. He'd turned on his charm on full force as he leaned into you for a kiss.
Mammon pushed him back and stood before you protectively. Asmo fell back, laughing like a maniac. "Stupid Mammon they are with you out of pity! How long do you think you can make them stay with that stupid brain and sub par beauty?"
You teared up and screamed, "Asmo stop saying things like that! You dont even know anything about him!" Mammon hugged you tight, trying to calm you down.
And then in a lowly growl he said, "Asmo don't let me see ya laying a finger on MC again. Ya would see how people really see ya if you learnt to look away from your own reflection!"
But Asmo did. He did look away from his reflection. He looked at you. Only you didn't look back at him.
Keep reading Pt. 2
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tender-rosiey · 3 years
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Hiii! Can I request Dazai with a s/o that's always apologizing for everything? Like they dropped a pencil, they're apologizing, yk? Despite that, when they're in battle they're actually pretty scary and don't really show mercy? Lmao this is just something random but I love your writing :D
❥ Dazai with an apologetic s/o
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ᴀ/ɴ: i am glad you like my writing and I hope you enjoy this as well; and yay I finally posted 💕
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FIRST MEETING
He tries to take his shot and flirt with you cause yay new people to steal their hearts in this agency
You keep apologizing while rejecting him as nice as possible so he is like (o▽o)??
“Belladonna, you don’t have to apologize, but it seems you are a very polite sweetheart who is just so lovable I might die so please strangle me with your delicate and innocent hands, you don’t have to use a method with blood—“
Yeah that didn’t happen
But he found it adorable and honestly sometimes just teases you with whatever crap he can think of for the fun of it all, what a gentleman
And slowly time passed until you guys became a couple cause I am too lazy to write it down
Now he has more permission to tease you in a relationship but he also fangirls shamelessly about how cute you are too
“Awww, belladonna you don’t have to apologize; it’s okay, anything from you is acceptable!”
Keep in mind that he hadn’t seen you fight yet and so you are being described as cute and adorable
But HOT DAMN did he loose his shit when he saw you fight
He was like “my cute baby can be that merciless hottie?”
It’s such a turn on for him and he just loves your duality
As I always say (and if you didn’t see me say this then shush)
Duality is quality 🤌
After the first time he saw you fight, he held your hand and looked you dead in the eye
“…I want you to choke me to death with these elegant and merciless fingers, my love.”
And now he lives for the time he sees you fight and just keeps hyping you <3
Now it still makes him fawn over you when you apologize for something minor
I am gonna add this situation and it’s inspired by an OTP imagine
Yes he loves all women, but you know he might keep talking about how he needs a logical person (liar) and how he needs someone to humble him
But then you walk by, trip over a plotted plant and apologize to it
Dazai would be like “I want that one.”
Let’s say for example someone insulted you and is blaming you because of something, and you being the sweetheart you are; you are just apologizing to avoid further conflict with said person
Yeah no, dazai isn’t going to sit in the corner and see you letting someone blame you and insult you for something you didn’t even do
So he will call out the real person, insult the human making you feel bad and proceed to teach them to think with their pea sized brain before judging a situation
Then he will proceed to pepper your face with kisses and talk to you about how you are too good to be treated like that and that you deserve the best
One time you guys were going back home after a mission and dazai was sitting beside you cause lover privileges ✨
He just kissed your neck and got you very flustered and when you asked about why did he do that, he just casually shrugged and wrapped his arm around your shoulders saying
“You are just so attractive while fighting, I can barley hold myself; it’s not something bad, is it? :(“
Anddddddd he is trying to guilt trip you
Now you are apologizing and panicking
He is just smirking like a little shit and enjoying watching you getting flustered about it, how very kind of him
Once again I wanna say that he won’t hesitate to smack someone or rather smack their ego if he sees them at fault and they are taking it out on you
“How about you repeat what you said? I didn’t quite hear it.”
He will have an arm around your waist and just keep staring a them coldly
Honestly sometimes I don’t know who is scarier
A yelling mad dazai
Or
A chill with a murderous look dazai
Either ways they are hell
Anyways he always gives you a kiss on the cheek when you apologize and tells you not to worry about it
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onewomancitadel · 2 years
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Girl, I saw your post about Cinder’s Grimm arm lookin’ like talons, and let me say I wasn’t even thinking about that, so props to ya’ for bringing that up. You’re a smart gal, you know? TBH all your stuff gives me hope, but it’s that weird and scary sort of hope that’s makin’ you afraid to have it in case it gets crushed horribly yet you’re still happy to have it. I’d go on about how I’d feel if something dumb or contrived happens which ruins Knightfall’s prospects, but I ain’t that sort of fella’; it ain’t gonna benefit nobody if all we ever fucking go on about is how we fear that the worst is gonna for our stuff. How about instead I ask how you’d feel/what ya’d do when Knightfall actually happens? A silent scene without no fighting, the two have a genuine conversation, Cinder gets the relic for them, and they canonically kiss for real. I ain’t no humble man and I’m a sore winner, so probably what I’d do is go on all the social media I have and be fuckin’ shouting-out to the heavens about how I knew this gunna happen all god-damn long (back in 2017 at least), and that I knew it this was inevitable and how good it feels to be right for once. Sumfin’ akins to that, just about.
I have some mild hope on the basis that there are lots of things I predicted in the show that I got right or close but not quite, so I feel like I understand R/WBY's storytelling. I personally really love and adore R/WBY, it's very unique and there's nothing comparable to it for me. I always get really tired of criticism that comes from the angle of making it like other... consumerist productions, like let R/WBY be R/WBY and do its own thing. Knightfall is not a ship I'd EVER think would be canon in anything else EVER, but this is like the one show I'd say, remotely, it's actually very tonally appropriate.
On the other hand there's always the cynic in me that doesn't believe in things going right so it's never quite a straightforward feeling. I find it hard to believe in anything good.
How about instead I ask how you’d feel/what ya’d do when Knightfall actually happens?
I'm also extremely superstitious (and I get told I'm silly for this) and I fear that if I even think about this it would jinx it. I try not to. I don't believe it's possible for things to go right for me at all lol.
I think if somehow it happened I think I would be in a state of shock and probably very happy, because this is like my OTP of OTP's (I have really put all my eggs into one basket), but also my heart has been hurt and I don't know how to trust.
I do think there's an underestimation of the satisfaction readers/viewers get when they predict something. Sure, predicting something based on cliche is boring (mentor dies, though that is also a Campbellian thing), but if it's based on the internal story logic it's really awesome. I love that Qrow subverted the mentor dies trope, that was so good, for that matter.
I think if Knightfall were canon I would be happy forever, I'd never need another ship lol. I'm not even kidding, that's how committed I am to this, I'm married to it. I know I sound like such a stupid fangirl. But yeah, no jinx, I know that things always turn out poorly for me lol. I may have well jinxed Knightfall for everybody else who's a fan of it, sorry.
A silent scene without no fighting, the two have a genuine conversation, Cinder gets the relic for them, and they canonically kiss for real.
Yeah I think a major Knightfall scene, if we get one at all, would be them meeting over the Relic. It's sort of a bit early to be shipping them now, I suppose (I don't think so, compared to a majority of R/WBY ships lol) but on the other hand I think they're the most interesting ship in the show and it's not a crackship for that matter.
And wow, yeah I didn't consider Knightfall as a ship until the end of V7; props to you for being interested then. V7 was when I was like 'oh they're taking Cinder seriously as a character, I wasn't wrong to feel this way about her' and then I realised Jaune/Cinder is Reverse Salem/Ozma, and then and then and then. It all started there. There's a post I made somewhere about it but it's impossible to find right now. Sigh!
I'm glad it seems like you find my blog interesting, I'm aware that I'm sort of in the corner doing my own thing and broadly speaking I'm pretty unlikable and kind of stupid. But I have fun talking about R/WBY and Knightfall, and no matter what happens I've still really enjoyed writing fic - even if I know it's of poor quality - and writing analysis of the show. I've been a fan since V1 and I've admittedly been quite taken by surprise how much I ended up loving it.
Hope you have a good day and thanks for your ask. <3
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