#circular ending and whatnot

[neptunevasilias]

Tbh if/when they make volume 10 and they inevitably change some things about that episode, I think they’re going to change the part about Vale going under offscreen and only a bus of people getting out. I do not vibe with that choice

#like. i’m not the only one right?? #I can’t put it into words rn why I think it’s such a bad choice but I feel it in my bones #chris post #although one reason is that I felt like vale was going to be the final act/‘post-final act’ #(as in all the big earth shaking stuff happens in vacuo but the plot still continues in vale #with a smaller cast. more focused on the main characters + salem + summer etc) #circular ending and whatnot

[lovestruckficto]

@thatonegeck1 Ask and you shall receive!

I got this big guy made by a company called Budsies! They turn art, illustrations, ref sheets, anything you can think of into a huggable plushie!

(By the way when I say big guy I do mean BIG. He's 2.5ft tall. Totally able to be worn as a backpack too!)

Here is the reference sheet I made to send in to them! Feel free to steal it, edit his expression, etc

If you want one yourself, you'll have to go to Specialty Commissions on the site (NOT a regular Budsie), enter the waitlist, then get it supersized when you order (or don't! the regular 16" size is still pretty big). I'll leave more details under the read-more.

All together including shipping and whatnot it costed me $300 (US shipping, if you are not in the US it will cost more). Obviously not cheap, for me I conveniently had my birthday around that time and was able to use gift money to get him!

For the color picker: Color 21: Light Blue (Eyes, WILL COME OUT A BIT BRIGHT) Color 30: Light Grey (Majority of body) Color 31: Grey (Waist, Secondary arm color) Color 32: Dark Grey (Face buttons, finger tips, minor details) Color 33: Black (Screen, wires, L trigger)

PUT THIS IN THE DESCRIPTION SECTION: -Waist, cranks, and parts of the arm are cylindrical shapes.

-The buttons on his head should have 3D form to them, not just flat pieces of fabric.

-Screen/face is completely flat and should not stick out too much (if at all). Face should not be visible at all in profile view.

-The bottom part of the base should have a circular piece of black fabric.

-Lines on chest (including where his name is written on him), waist, head, and cranks should be embroidered!

-The lines on the right side of his head extend to underneath his head. These should also be embroidered!

-Please give the neck some reinforcement/structure so it doesn't make the head hang loose and possibly tear. <<< THIS IS SOMETHING MY BUDSIE DOES NOT HAVE SO IF YOU GET ONE I'D LIKE TO SEE THE END RESULT

-I would like if the back 2 tubes were capable of making this plush able to be worn like a backpack!

#p03 #inscryption #my art #budsies

[girakacheezer]

Marlowe Devblog #10

I came across an issue in the game where if a box is flush against the wall, I can stand on the floor beneath the box as long as I’m walking into it.

This issue also occurs sometimes in stacks of boxes, but normally because there’s a very small ledge/difference in position that’s less than 1 pixel and thus not visible to the human eye.

Since this is similar to the issue I faced in Marlowe Devblog #3, I thought maybe a similar solution would work, where I could just simulate collision in different orders to find the correct outcome.  But with throwing entities into the mix, this would double the number of simulated collision runs in a single entity check, if not increase them further, so this strategy is becoming less appealing.

I looked online to see if anyone else has faced similar issues with tiles or whatnot, and one solution I saw people mention was to “change the player’s collider to a circle”.  In this engine I’m making, collision isn’t really built to the point where it can work with arbitrary geometrical shapes, just rectangles (it makes calculations a lot simpler), but I can still use the idea of a “rounded hitbox” to fix this.

The issue right now is that as a perfectly rectangular object, when we try to fall down and into the right into this “wall”, the corner of our hitbox hits the hidden corner of the wall below the box and end up getting pushed up as well as to the left outside the wall and box.

Using a circular hitbox though, the corner of the player’s hitbox wouldn’t get snagged on the hidden corner in the wall anymore, allowing us to “slide” past it.  However I don’t have circular collision programmed into the engine, so instead I’ve opted for a slightly different solution.

The idea is instead to use a hitbox that behaves more like this, with “rounded” corners to help us slide past things when we’re against a mostly flat surface.

In practice how I achieved this was by snipping the ends of the collision lines for map collision, so that there was a bit of room to avoid hitting the corner/edge of the line inside the “wall”.  I chose to snip the map lines instead of the player box since in general map lines are bigger than entity hitboxes, and rounding the corners of a very small hitbox could lead to weird interactions.

However this had an issue where if I jumped into a corner just barely, I could clip the player’s corner into the line and get OOB, since map line collision is permissive in that if you were behind a line the frame before, you’re allowed to be behind the line until you’re in front of it again.

So I updated the collision such that for the map lines, there was a tiny space behind the line that if the corner/edge of the hit box was in, it would snap the player to the line edge, even if it was on the inside of the line before.  This prevented the issue where the player could clip OOB via corners in geometry.

This update to line collision also meant it fixed the issue I previously had in devblog 3 without the need for multiple collision simulations, so I was able to remove that code from the map collision which will increase the perf of collision code in general.

This also lets you slide around corners if you bonk into them just barely, which is a nice feature to have to make jumps/collision feel more fair.

I also applied a slightly modified version of this corner forgiveness to entities, and it works well here too.  It also solves a previous issue I had where you could get snagged on a corner if sliding against a solid flat wall of boxes, which previously I had a solution in place that sorted entities by distance from the target before running collision checks, which was a rather expensive solution performance wise.  I’m able to remove that sort() call now, thanks to this.

#marlowe devblog #gamedev #indie dev #devlog

[operafantomet]

Hi! Do you have any idea of what could be the pattern of the Phantom's cloak in Point of no return? Does it open at the front? I have to make one and all I can see is lots and lots of gathered fabric everywhere! Thank you in advance ♥

Frankly, it's one of the constructions I struggle the most with myself, and my jaw dropped when I saw the picture perfect replica Kaedra had made for a Las Vegas gathering.

Basically it is a "double cloak". Imagine two cloaks sewn together to form a fully covering garment, with the sides folded up to create sleeves, and of course with an opening for the arms. This means the sleeves are a part of the main construction with deep pleats up the sides - though sometimes they add internal sleeves or cuffs as well. More often than not the arm opening has elastic bands, and some also do an elastic band to wrap around one finger to firmly hold it in place. Here's a fairly good look at the construction of a Danish version:

On top of the cloak is a draped hood with netting in front of the face/eyes. This enables the wearer to see. The opening of the hood is sometimes supported by extra fabric or wire. This makes it easier to find the opening in the masses of fabric, and it keeps a distinct hood shape when worn. One of the more distinct hood shapes I've seen is the Aussie/World Tour ones. The hood is narrow in front, and with various eye-shaped openings with netting to give the wearer a bit of vision:

Many of the US cloaks has had a similar thing, while other versions seems to do bigger round areas with netting. Some Phantoms also rely on the tubular shape and peeks out through the actual hood opening. The most visible examples of this being Michael Crawford, which would occasionally show off his white mask, but the hoods were also smaller back then. They are a lot bigger today. A visible mask and even a visible red sleeve like Piangi's Don Juan doublet is originally what Maria Bjørnson designed. But the red sleeve was never done, and the mask is no longer visible.

The neck area is often a flat area to which the masses of fabric is gathered. In some versions it's circular, covering the back and the front. Here's a closer look at the Danish version, where the left side is plain and shows this flat area, while the right side is covered by a drape:

In others it's just covering the shoulders/back, like a shirt yolk. Here's a German version:

As seen in the Danish version, many cloaks have an additional draped area around the neck. Some look like a second hood, some starts in the front and ends like a "scarf" in the back. The best photo I was able to find of the latter is this first photo, which shows a World Tour one where the drape in the back can be seen:

The Japanese cloaks are even more fabric-rich: they have a full drape both in front and in the back, in addition to the hood itself. Usually there's no need to create an advanced opening for the Don Juan robe, but from this picture you can see that they have a fairly firm "shirt yolk" which opens in front:

In other words, there isn't just one way to create the Don Juan robe. In stage-worn versions all kinds of fabric patterns has been worn: paisley, dots, floral, checkered, flames, swirls, whatnot. The main point is that the fabric is lightweight, and that it drapes well. This is especially important for the masses of fabric in the "sleeves". It also needs to be somewhat fundamented over the shoulders, with a yolk or circular area, covered by a decorative drape of some sort.

I hope that gave you some inputs! Best of luck :)

#don juan triumphant #don juan robe #phantom of the opera #point of no return #aminta #costume nerding #maria bjørnson

[bambiraptorx]

@goobersforlife this is sort of propaganda, sort of a lore dump

I decided to do a rough drawing from above of what Draxum's lab sort of looks like in the GMTT au. I don't actually know/remember what shape his lab is, but for the sake of this drawing I'm assuming it's circular lol.

So, Draxum does not, in fact, let the turtles have free range in his lab because there's no way that would end well lol. He keeps them in an enclosure that takes up maybe a third to half of the lab, to make sure they have room to roam. It's probably got glass walls, or maybe enchantments that are see through? In either case Draxum would have had to jury rig it fairly quickly lol.

The enclosure is more or less rectangular, with some cut out areas along the back corners for better observation. The walls are mostly solid, barring an access tray at the front that Draxum uses to give them food and whatnot. The access tray is also built into or nearby a door (not marked in the diagram). Inside the enclosure, the access tray is positioned over the sunning area, a large flat space with a heat lamp above it.

To the left of the enclosure, about two thirds of the space, is dry ground, with a decent amount of obstacles/decorations so that the turtles have more of an environment to interact with. There's a few large logs (or log shaped objects) for them to climb on, which they generally enjoy squabbling over. There's also a tent-like formation for the turtles to hide in that they like to sleep in, on, or around.

The last third of the enclosure, on its right side, is a sort of artificial pond. Very useful since three of the four turtles are naturally aquatic, not so great if Draxum wants to run an experiment on one of them (he does not like getting wet lol). Either this part of the enclosure is deeper than the rest to allow for the water, or the whole thing is somewhat raised, I haven't decided yet.

So yeah, that's the GMTT's home lol

#rottmnt #rottmnt au #giant mutant toddler turtles #my art #rise of the tmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #image functionally described

[lunaremy]

ive tried to draw their room layouts like 3 times and failed so now im gonna describe it

ou know it !!

FIRSTLY - Each sibling has their own room. While the rooms appear circular from the outside, they are actually reminiscent of regular rectangular rooms once you go inside. The only difference is that the wall facing the outside is curved. It reminds me of a basketball semicircle.

WHITE'S ROOM - Pretty much the only place he can go to relax. Still, it's shockingly clean and would look like a showroom at IKEA if he hadn't decorated it. There's a corkboard filled with photos of him and his family on the wall (white and red at a restaurant, pink and pretty's concert, etc etc) and it's extremely taken care of. In fact, there's a stack of photographs inside the drawer of his nightstand. On top of said nightstand is a standard bomb-shaped alarm clock, commonly mass produced and sold in many convenience stores on Planet Bomber for it's familiar shape and it's effectiveness at waking people up. Fortunately, it doesn't actually explode like a bomb - thanks to a lawsuit roughly 70 years ago. His bedsheets are blue and white polka-dotted, and while his bed looks extremely comfortable, it's so well-made that one might think he's never slept in it at all. To be fair, he only sleeps once every two days, and he's always on top of making his bed after using it. To the right of his room is a desk, and on that desk is a pretty old-looking computer. It's purely for recreational use, White says, but his idea of recreation on a computer is playing old ass games like chess or solitaire or googling whatever he likes as his computer loads astronomically slowly. It's right across from his bed, so he sometimes uses it as a TV as well.

BLACK'S ROOM - The baseboard is painted a dark burgundy because he thought it looked cool. Same with his bed and silk bedsheets that are really more for looking pretty than anything, but his pillows are white and he has a ridiculous amount of them. There's a full-length mirror propped up against the wall, and he has a desk as well. Only, his computer is more advanced than White's was, and he has a bunch of little novelties like a zen garden and whatnot on the desk. Also, it's accompanied by a swivel chair that he secretly loves to spin around in sometimes. In front of the window is a miniature hydroponics station where he grows flowers. He really hates dirt, so it's great that biological technology has advanced so much. He also has a bookshelf that's absurdly stocked with books, but all he reads are romantic dramas anyways, so it's not that interesting if you're not a fan of those. Everything in his room is really expensive, so it's rare his younger siblings are allowed inside.

PINK'S ROOM - It's pink. Like eye-blindingly pastel. Unlike White and Black, her bed is Twin Sized, which is how she prefers it. There are a lot of stickers stuck on the wall, and she has a pretty extensive closet, although it's mostly filled with whatever doohickeys she finds interesting because she finds her form interesting enough as it is. There's a small treasure chest at the bottom filled with things like musical instruments and radios/CDs. There's a big empty space in the middle of the room (as her bed, desk, and closet are in corners against the wall respectively) for her to groove out in, but even with that large space to dance in, she frequently ends up bumping into the walls and hurting herself a little. She has a netbook that she frequently uses in the bed instead of on the desk, so the desk is pretty much just free space that she frequently alters. One month it's there to hold a big radio, and the next month she's using it as a stand for a digital piano. You get the idea. Just as colorful as she is.

BLUE'S ROOM - You would not be wrong if you just considered it a giant bed. It's messy, but not like Pink's "Organized Chaos" way. There's just genuinely a shit ton of blankets on the floor. The only space without blankets on the floor is occupied by one of many computer monitors to go with the three on his way-over-the-weight-limit desk. The wires are a mess, something he actually detests because it makes it harder to troubleshoot. He spends a LOT of time in this room. Like a LOT. Sure, he sleeps on the sofa to be in the presence of his siblings sometimes, but when he's really sleeping, he's in here. He has black-out curtains over his window, so the room looks like a vampire's den. And there are so many blankets over the bed that it's almost criminal. At the very least, every single pillow and blanket in the room are of the utmost quality, so Blue is fine with this. He has a white-noise machine and a fan.

RED'S ROOM - For starters, he has a punching bag in his room, hanging from the ceiling. And instead of a desk, there's a big tv where it should be. He has a few games, along with a game console White bought for him, something he cherishes deeply. There's a lot of posters on the wall of whatever he considers "cool" at the time; except he rarely takes them down when they stop being cool. His bed is twin-sized like Pink. When he was younger, it used to be racecar themed, but he's since had that replaced. There isn't much to his room because he spends most of his time out and about. I think he has glow-in-the-dark stickers on the roof. Something of note is that there's a laundry bag made to work like a basketball hoop on his wall - you ball up laundry and then hoop it into the basket. He sometimes asks other siblings for their clothes so he can play basketball with it.

YELLOW'S ROOM - He has a bunch of terrariums on a shelf, and inherited Red's love of cool looking beds (his is bee themed). There's an easel near his window, but he still likes to draw on the walls, so White opted to coat one of the walls in a blackboard-like material. Yellow loves this wall and draws on it with chalk all the time. It should be noted that he has a pet butterfly in the middle of that shelf that is deeply cared for and always pampered by Yellow. White has replaced the butterfly at least 5 times (they all lived happily and died of old age) to keep Yellow from being sad. He doesn't have a TV or computer or anything in his room, but he doesn't care for it and has a handheld console to play on anyways.

AQUA'S ROOM - Her bed is a canopy bed and she owns a sewing machine and a rack of various fabrics. She also has a small bucket of trinkets near the sewing desk, as well. Aqua has a dresser, and a small TV on the floor that she rarely watches. It's really for the sake of background noise, if anything. There's a large rug on the floor that she made by herself a while ago. Aqua goes here to relax and get some peace and quiet. She often borrows family photographs from White, but instead of having a dedicated corkboard, she usually just frames them or tapes them to the wall until it's time to switch them out. For some reason, it smells like mints in here.

GREEN - Reminds me of a dragon's den. Lots of whatever his older siblings have bought for him. He has a TV, but he's too young to own any consoles. Pretty bare-bones, he'll probably spruce it up as he gets older, but for now it's just a place to store his toys and sleep when White tells him to.

#bomberman #super bomberman r #white bomber #black bomber #blue bomber #red bomber #aqua bomber #green bomber #pink bomber #yellow bomber

[ashmedais-corner]

Their Wedding Night

I'm gonna take a little break after this chapter then add an epilogue.

Probably in a similar style to the original epilogue (I know it's not perfect but I thought it was a nice way to end it. Circular and whatnot).

#dramione #dramione fanfic #draco x hermione #hermione x draco #draco malfoy #hermione granger #ao3 fanfic #fanfic #ao3 writer #enemies to lovers #harry potter #happily ever after #angst with a happy ending #happiness #happily married #wedding #marriage #bride #wedding night #i promised a happy ending and im going to deliver

[jellycrusher]

Fangirl pt. 2

INITIALLY POSTED ON MY FORMER PAGE: bts-teaspoonff

Genre: Romance, Slow Burn, Idol A/U

Pairing: BTS OT7 x reader

Rating: PG

Summary: Y/N, being a huge fangirl, finally got her chance to work alongside her favorite idol group as a backup dancer. She gets to know each member personally and realizes that her feelings may be more than fangirl-idol attraction.

Word Count: 4K

Taglist: @nochujeonjk​

PARTS: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | … masterlist

“Hey there, early bird! I missed you!” As I was patting off the dust from my backside, my slight irritation was gone as my brother rushed to give me a big hug. We barely see each other nowadays, now that I live alone. We used to live together but he moved in with his girlfriend around three months ago. We used to be two peas in a pod, never leaving each other’s side. Best friends. I don’t hate that he moved out, though. I actually learned to be a lot more independent due to that, and I gained a new friend which was his girlfriend. She’s older than us by two years so I guess I gained an older sister through him. “Did you eat breakfast? Or maybe brunch?” he peeked at his watch as he continues to hug me.

“Only a roll of kimbap from the aunty across my building. I don’t want to eat a lot when I’m nervous.” I giggled as I release him from my arms. 

He exclaimed with his mouth agape. “Right. You tend to vomit when you’re really nervous.” He pats my shoulder and escorted me up the steps and through the doors. “Don’t worry, they’ll love you. Those guys are really nice, but I can’t say anything about your new teammates since they’re new as well. Let’s just pray they treat you well.” He pats my head in adoration. We arrived at the front desk and I proceeded to ask for Mina. She gave me a visitor’s ID and my brother broke my conversation with her when she offered to give me directions, telling that he’ll escort me on the floor where I’m needed instead.

We exited the elevator and he directed me to a hallway with huge glass door at the end. We turned and maneuvered our way to another hallway with two huge frosted glass. He pushed the door and I could see the whole floor until the other end of the building, with rows of cubicles and people with eyes glued to their screens. A beautiful, cozy and conducive workplace. Some were huddling and discussing, and a few of them were chatting and exchanging laughs. Jiyong pulled my hand and we increased our pace. “I want you to meet my team.”

I was greeted by somewhat familiar faces as I recognize them from my last video call with my brother. Three men and two women were chatting around a circular table in a small room. Some of them got up from their seats as my brother entered the room with me following him behind.

“Wow. Now that we see you in person, you both really look alike. That’s amazing.” One female rushed to my brother’s side, pushed him against me, and gazed at our faces. I stared at my brother and he also stared back. We both chortle as we both felt amused with his workmates. We grew up used to people amazed with us looking so similar to each other, being identical twins. I spent a few moments with my brother’s workmates and they congratulated me as they discover that I’ll work for the same company along them. They gave lots of advices, tips and whatnots to make work life here easier. My brother proceeded to excuse both of us out the room, across the huge office space and back to the elevator. 

“I know you don’t want to eat but let me at least get you coffee or something small to bite. I don’t think you had coffee yet, and we both know how you function without it.” I actually forgot to make coffee for myself back at home or even dropped by my favorite coffee shop along the way. I was too nervous to actually remember. “Relax sis.” He giggled as he rubbed his hands on my shoulder, pushing me inside the elevator.

He escorted me to the cafeteria in the lobby. He offered to pay and I obliged. I ordered a really huge cup of Iced Americano and he ordered his coffee and snack. I missed spending quality time like this with my brother, though brief. I glanced at my watch and it was already 9:40 am. I gulped down my coffee within 5 minutes, almost choking with how swift I finished it. I pushed his arm to alert him to hurry as he was supposed to escort me to where the meeting is.

I arrived just outside of the room. I was staring at the frosted glass with my hand frozen inches away from the doorknob. Upon opening, I was met with turning heads and stares from girls sitting around on the floor of the dance practice room. I guess they’re the newly hired female backup dancers. Great, they all know each other already. Maybe they all belong in a dance crew? Why am I nervous?

“Nice to meet you everyone.” I bowed as I slowly trot towards them. “Are you here for the meeting as well?” A few of them stood up quickly and bowed back. 

A fellow dancer that I didn’t notice at the far right side of the room bowed as well. We all exchanged introductions as they offered me to sit with them. They all seem nice and friendly. Ages were asked and it turns out I’m the maknae out of all the 15 dancers here inside the room. I also discovered that half of us were part of the same street dance crew, five were former backup dancers of other idols and I’m the only sole dancer without a crew.

Two men came inside the dance room and talked to us for around 2 hours. I’m guessing they’re the dance directors. They informed us that even though they accepted us as a part of the dance team already, they’ll be asking us to participate at a live evaluation later today with freestyle dance. I looked around the room and I was more nervous than ever. I felt slightly intimidated by the presence of all these seasoned dancers. Deep down in my mind, I think I’m out of my league here. I got myself into a situation where I’m the least experienced out of everyone.

As the main choreographers continue to talk, I couldn’t hold in my pee. I really need to go to the restroom right now but I’m too shy to excuse myself out. “Why did I have to gulp down a huge cup of coffee just before this meeting? This is so not helping with my nerves.” To my luck, they concluded the meeting and excused themselves out of the room to leave all of us to prepare for the live evaluation. I bolted out of the room in search for a restroom. I faintly recalled a sight of a restroom just across the hallway. I ran past a practice room, blasting to Fake Love and a few chatters and laugh. I unconsciously hummed to the song in my head, closing my eyes for a moment as I ran to the restroom.

I opened my eyes and didn’t grasp the second I bumped into someone in front of the restroom signs dividing the female and male rooms. My backside embraced the floor once more.

“I’m so sorry I didn’t see…” To my luck, the person I bumped into was…

“Yoongi hyung. Should we…?” Jimin quickly came out from the male restroom just behind Yoongi, whom I’ve bumped into. Yoongi was looking at me, examining my face and slowly recollecting the memory from this morning.

“You again? I thought I told you to watch where you’re going.” He just stood there as I rub my backside. He was about to bend down and reach his hand out but Jimin quickly offered to lift me up. I gladly obliged but shit, my butt really hurts. I forced a smile as I tried to hide my winces from the pain.

“Are you okay?” Jimin asked, hands still on my forearm and looking at my face. I felt bashful from his gesture. I realized that a BTS member just helped me up. His skin is so smooth that it looked like ceramic, and such adorable cheeks that I just want to pinch.

“Thank you so much.” I bowed as I respectfully removed my hand from Jimin. I could still feel Yoongi staring while my head was down.

“Are you… an employee here?” Yoongi asked with a tone different from how he spoke to me this morning just outside the building. I stood up straight and saw Jimin with a bright smile, also waiting for my response. He placed his arm on Yoongi’s shoulder.

“I’m new here, just today actually.” My eyes were glued to both of them, realizing that I was in front of two BTS members. An opportunity beyond my wildest dreams. I’m actually conversing with them and not just me talking into thin air to their posters and cut-outs. “Backup dancer.” Jimin’s face lit up with a grin split across his face.

“I didn’t know the evaluation will be today.” Jimin removed his arm from Yoongi and bowed down. “Looking forward to working with you.” I was surprised with Jimin’s enthusiasm. I bowed back a second after him. Standing up straight, I looked at Yoongi. He looked like he wants to say something, with his mouth slightly open.

“It’s such an honor to meet you both but I’m sorry, I really need to use the restroom.” I excused myself quickly to the restroom. I rushed inside and closed the door.

Jimin placed his arm back on Yoongi’s shoulder and they both walked back to the practice room where the other members are. “Feels like I want to watch the evaluation. Do you want to join me?”

“I still have to finish up my demo in the studio. Why not ask Hobi?”

“That’s a good idea actually.” Jimin giggled at the excitement. There’s also a thought inside his mind why he felt slight familiarity when he saw your face. He doesn’t recall where he saw you or if you have worked together before. He let the thought occupy him for a few moments before pushing it aside as he goes inside the practice room.

“Hey Jimin, look at this!” Taehyung beckoned Jimin to see the video playing on his mobile. J-hope was reaching for a cup of water from the dispenser at the side of the room while chatting with RM, who was trying to catch his breath. Jin and Jungkook were going through some of the steps in front of the mirror.

“Hobi-hyung. Today’s the evaluation for the new female backup dancers.” Jimin called as he was walking to Taehyung. Hobi was alerted to Jimin’s call. “Want to watch?”

“I’m sure our presence won’t help with the nerves of the dancers. Better to watch next time.” Hobi finished his cup of water and brushed his fingers through his hair as he discarded the cup. Jimin was intrigued once more by the thought of the familiarity from your face. He couldn’t put his finger where he saw you. He was sure that he must have at least saw your face once or twice.

“Hey, look at this.” Taehyung pouted and pulled on Jimin’s shirt to ask him to join him on the floor. Jimin followed.

…..

While I was waiting for my turn for the evaluation, my encounter with Jimin and Yoongi kept repeating in my mind. I get to meet BTS members twice in one day. Too bad that it both started with me slumped on the floor. Jimin’s ethereal blonde hair with his adorable grin and Yoongi with his cool demeanor. I never thought I’ll get to meet them on my first day here.

“Next, Y/N” Interrupting my daydream, I heard the female dance director call my name. I stood off the floor and walked to the middle of the room, facing the dance directors. The other dancers, who finished their evaluations, were silently cheering for me at the back. “We’ll let you dance to a hip-hop piece and an additional dance piece afterwards.” I curled my hand at my side and waited for the song to start. I could feel the stares of the dance directors, anticipating me to start as well.

The first beat started to blast across the room and I felt a smirk plastered across my face. I’m sure the dance directors saw it as well. I recognized the song and let the beat take over my body. I could feel my hair whipping around as I pop my body to each beat. I recall the times when I would enjoy dancing to random songs late at night with my fellow dance teachers at the dance studio. Dancing like this, I really felt like I’m in my own world. With every slow beat, I could feel my body rolling and with every strong beat, I let myself pop. 

The song lasted a minute before the dance director asked to stop it. The other dancers were clapping their hands so loud that I was broken from my euphoria from dancing. I could feel that my cheeks were burning from their enthusiasm. I went back to my shy posture with both hands at my side, trying my best to catch my breath. I could see smiles from the dance directors as they exchanged words and looked at my folder. My eyes roamed the room when something caught my attention. Someone was watching from the door, both arms across his chest and with a grin that felt like sunshine.

“Hoseok? Are you here to watch?” One of the dance directors noticed J-hope standing at the door. Semi-silent gasps were heard from the other dancers as they take in the presence of the BTS member. J-hope just smiled with his cheeks high up while he walks towards the dance directors’ table. Jimin popped in soon after, skipping towards J-hope.

“We just finished our practice. Jimin thought it would be nice to pop in. Is it okay to observe for a while?” Hoseok pulled out a chair for him and Jimin. They both sat down and looked ahead. I froze in place. I can’t feel my hands. My gaze went to the other female dancers and I could see that they were really trying hard to hide their amazement that Jimin and J-hope appeared before us. I looked back to J-hope and Jimin. Usually, I would scream and jump from where I’m standing. I would cheer their names and maybe even take out a banner, but not today. I am standing in front of them, waiting for my turn to dance to whatever song the dance directors chose next. I cannot control my nerves as of the moment. It’s taking over me, hindering all movements I thought of. I can’t feel my fingers. This is it, this is the end of this chance. I won’t be hired as a backup dancer if I can’t move and handle this pressure. I thought all of this nonstop.

“Y/N, you may start.” I heard the female dance director and it horrified me as I begin to hear the music. Looks like the music has already started for some time now. The faces of the other dancers were of worry and confusion. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. This is my only chance. I should redeem myself. As I absorb the music, I was met by familiarity and bliss. I had already performed this song as a modern dance piece when I was a student along with my fellow students in the dance department.

Slowly, I let the music take over my body from my core until the tips of my fingers. Like a graceful swan, I flew across the room. I slid on the floor and stood up with an elegant smooth body roll. Jumps that took no effort and landing so sophisticated that it almost didn’t make any sound. I was eager to get this job and I gave everything. The room felt blacked out with just myself in the middle of it, being in the bright spotlight. The moment the song stopped, reality swiftly hit me. I was back in the practice room being evaluated by dance directors, observed by two BTS members and cheered on by other enthusiastic and supportive dancers.

Being the shy duckling I am, I stood straight like a soldier with both hands at the side. All the dance directors were still staring at me and both J-hope and Jimin were nodding in approval. Despite my horrible start, I’m so glad I redeemed myself. I could explode right now from the amount of emotions flooding through me. Now that I’ve finished the evaluation, I found myself staring at the two BTS members. Jimin with his dark grey loose shirt, black FILA track pants, Balenciaga bag swung across his chest, and cool dangling earpieces. J-hope in a peach flowy long-sleeve top with a green vest, brown baseball cap loosely hanging on top his head and brown shorts that shows his toned legs. They were both conversing when I felt Jimin’s long stares directed at me. He looks slightly intrigued but nevertheless, stares from this man could kill. I felt flushed and let my eyes wander elsewhere. 

“Thank you Y/N. Next please.” I bowed and rushed towards the back of the room, joining the other dancers. I was met by praises from the other dancers. My heart felt warm from all the affirmation the others were giving me but I was still bothered by the stares from Jimin. I looked at him once more and he’s still staring at me. He studied my face and smiled when he saw me getting shy from his stares. I turned my head away and looked in front towards the next dancer.

Both of them stayed for a while before excusing themselves out of the room. Some of the dancers were whispering that they’re sad that two of the boys are now not in our presence. I admit that I’m a bit sad too but I can finally breath and relax. Despite being so nervous with them present during my evaluation, I was elated that they were here inside the room as me. I’m lying if I say that my heart wasn’t pounding furiously. I’m just trying to be professional here but I’m still a big fangirl at heart.

…..

“Are you okay? You’ve been too occupied by your thoughts since a while ago.” Hoseok asked Jimin as he sips from his juice. Jungkook and Taehyung who were sitting across the two boys, eating their post-practice snack, were intrigued by J-hope’s question. They noticed Jimin was staring away with his brows furrowed.

“I really think that I saw that backup dancer somewhere but I can’t put my finger on it. Her face looks too familiar.” Jimin sipped his juice through a straw.

“Which backup dancer? The first one?” Hoseok studied Jimin’s face. Jimin nods. “I haven’t seen someone dance like that in a long time. Her passion just captivates you and pulls you in. I can’t wait to work with her and all the other dancers.” Hoseok beamed with hope as he recalls your evaluation performance.

“Also, the modern dance piece that she did felt familiar as well. I could actually feel my body dancing with her but I couldn’t remember where or when I danced to that song.” Jimin admitted.

“Did you watch the whole evaluation?” Jungkook asked the two. Taehyung kept on scrolling through his social media.

“We only watched a few but they were good.” Jimin replied, getting a smile from Hoseok.

“Yeah, especially the one you’re trying so hard to remember. You were staring at her, did you know that? It’s a shocker that she did not melt from your stares.” Jimin turned to Hoseok, surprised by his hyung’s revelation.

“Really? Oh no hyung, I’m too embarrassed by myself. I really didn’t know.” Jimin covered his face with both his hands.

“What made you embarrassed?” Yoongi comes up behind them with an Iced Americano cupped in his hands.

“You remember the girl that bumped into you when went to the restroom? Hobi-hyung and I saw her evaluation and I didn’t realize that I was staring at her the whole time. He just pointed this out to me now.” Jimin, still with a hand covering half his face. “Hobi-hyung, you should’ve told me to stop or something. That’s too embarrassing.”

Yoongi sat down on a vacant chair beside Taehyung. “Actually, I need to apologize to her as well.” The four boys turned their heads to Yoongi looking all confused. Taehyung was about to ask him for the reason but he was soon cut off by Jimin.

“Was it because she bumped into you outside the restroom? And you didn’t help her up?” Yoongi’s face became a bit darker, frowning.

“We already bumped into each other the first time this morning. I was so pissed off about something that I just ignored her and walked away. The second time was with you, Jimin.” Yoongi sipped his coffee once more, contemplating on his actions. He admits that despite being so pissed at something, he should’ve at least shown decency and helped you up. Now that he knows he’s probably going to see you around and work with you, he felt awkward thinking back on how disrespectful he was towards you.

“Wow. You’ve met this woman today and she’s already bumped into you twice, Suga-hyung. She also made Jimin-hyung bothered and Hobi-hyung eager to work with her after seeing her dance. Now I’m interested in meeting her.” Jungkook jokingly teased his elder members as he chows down his sandwich.

…..

After the evaluation, we were told that they will be contacting us again after a few days and if deemed unworthy by the other dance directors from their opinions on our evaluation, we will be informed if we passed or not. Apparently, our positions on the dance team is not final. I still have to wait for a few days to know my fate. All the dance directors walked out the room and all of the other dancers started packing up their stuff. Some of them walked up to me and praised me for my performance. They also teased me that they were afraid that I was so caught up with my nerves when the two BTS members walked in during my evaluation. They said that if it was them, they would be so nervous as well and commended me for still giving a wonderful performance despite my obvious stumble when the music started. 

One by one, the dancers head home. I glanced at my watch and was surprised with how fast time flies. It’s already 4 in the afternoon. I phoned my brother to check on him.

“You done with work? We just finished and everyone went home. Can we eat out? I need some company, I feel so drained. My treat.” I stayed in front of the door out the practice room as I swiftly typed in my message.

Thinking back, I haven’t had the time to process what a whirlwind this day was. It started on a bad first meeting with Suga (which was definitely my fault), a surprise evaluation from the dance team, bumping into Suga again (still my fault. By the way, I really need to be careful from now on) and meeting Jimin in the most unappealing places ever, impressed the dance directors but absolutely botched the second dance when Jimin and J-hope came in to watch, and finally, I’m still not sure if I’ll get this job or not because I still have to wait for their mail. I’m so proud of myself that I’m still standing up straight. Thinking about it just makes my knees buckle. I can barely hold myself straight due to my nerves before when I try to dance in front of other people or even when I met BTS once at a fan meet. I should give myself a pat on the back. Yup, I deserve that for getting out of my comfort zone and not making myself look like an idiot in front of everyone.

“Your treat? I’m about to finish. Wait for me.” My brother replied. I laughed so hard. Bribing each other with food is truly our signature move. Not that I’m complaining but you can never say no to free food.

“Korean Barbeque it is.”

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The good news was that her father knew someone who could take her car immediately and pay her for it, she wasn’t even that sad in reality that she didn’t get a lot of money out of it, she was upset that she now no longer had a car. She didn’t even know what car she could get now, she’d love a new one, but she also had bills to pay.

Rooster leans on the railing as Beatrice lies on the bed staring at the ceiling, tilting his head with a small smile, “Baby.” he calls but she doesn’t move, she just keeps clenching her hands on top of her stomach with her jaw tight. He sighs, pushing himself forward to lie next to her, pulling her immobile body to his so her face was tucked on the curve of his shoulder, “Baby, talk to me.” she just makes a defeated sound against his skin in response.

After a couple seconds she finally says, “...I can’t believe I’m feeling sad because of an old car.” she murmurs, “One that’s been giving me issues for months, I should be happy it’s done with.” but that was the very first car she got, of course it was Guillermo’s first and she technically already got a busted up vehicle…but it was her in the end. 

“I mean,” he shrugs with one of his hands coming up to cup the back of her head, “I’d be pretty upset if my car suddenly stopped working.”

“Your car is new Roos. You can get it fixed if that happens.” Beatrice counters, “Mine just was a driving fossil that honestly lasted longer than anyone thought it would.”

Bradley hums, moving his fingers in a circular motion against her scalp as she just sighs against him, “It was still your car.” Beatrice makes a noise of displeasure, burying her face even further against his neck, “Well, then what do you want to do now? You wanna get a new car?”

“I guess?” she groans, “It’s just…I don’t know what sort of car I’d like.” she pauses, furrowing her eyebrows and then lifting her head to look at him, “I…hm.” he arches his eyebrows for her to continue, Beatrice taps her hands together, “I…well, actually, I kinda know what sort of car I’d like.”

“Okay, hit me.”

Beatrice seemed nervous for some reason, avoiding his eyes before she explains, “I’ve always liked Volkswagen Beetles. My nonna had a 1971 red beetle she drove everywhere until she couldn’t anymore and my dad had to sell it. I’m not saying I’d like a ‘71 Beetle but I guess I’d like a Beetle?” she blinks, “Am I making sense?”

Bradley smiles, cupping the side of her face to rub her cheek, then pulls on the lower lip she was starting to bite on nervously, rubbing the irritated flesh soothingly, “Of course you are.” he chuckles, “Okay, so we have a new option. What next?” Beatrice frowns again and shrugs, supporting her face on both hands “Do you want to call your dad and ask his opinion?”

“I could.” she mutters, “But still I’d have to, you know check the prices and whatnot.” she groans, sliding her hands from her jawline to rub her face, headache returning the more she thought about it  “But there is…another option…I also really like Jeeps. I kinda wanted a Jeep Wrangler.”

A Beetle he could see Beatrice driving, but a Jeep Wrangler was definitely something new. But she surprised him before, he shouldn’t even be shocked anymore “...okay then we have two options now.” he kinda liked the idea of both of them having similar cars, of course not exactly the same but similar “I like the idea of a Jeep, though. They are useful.”

Bea chews her lower lip, rubbing her hands together, “Well…yeah, but they are also more expensive than a beetle.” she mutters, dropping her face back against his shoulder to huff in indignation, “This is awful, Roos. If I ask my dad he’s going to say I should get something like…a van or whatever. I don’t want a van. I want a car that I like.”

He kissed the top of her head, smiling when she looked up at him with those big green eyes, “We’ll figure something out.” Beatrice furrows her eyebrows, looking away from him, “I can give you a ride anywhere you’d need me to, babe. You know I don’t mind.”

“I know, and I really appreciate it, Roos.” She smiles, leaning up to kiss him sweetly, before she pushes herself to sit on her knees, resting her hands between her legs as she purses her lips in thought. She slides her hand in her back pocket when she feels something poking her, only to touch the sleek surface of Marcus’ business card. 

Rooster follows her hands with his eyes as she pulls the card out, already pushing himself to a sitting position so he could have a better look. “What’s that?” She hesitates on showing him the card, but eventually turns it towards him so he could grab it and bring it closer to his own eyes. 

“When I went to visit Evelyn, well, she had a friend over and his name is Marcus Beverly,” Rooster showed no reaction at the name, much like she did when she was told, “And he was looking for a model for a photoshoot and…um…he saw me and thought I was perfect for it.” Now that got his attention, his eyes slowly lifted from the card towards his red faced girlfriend who was now once again biting her lower lip.

“Wait,wait.” he has to close his eyes to remember the words she just said, “He wanted you? What kind of photoshoot is it?”

“I-I’m not sure, he just said I was perfect for it. And Evelyn said I don’t have to do it but he said I’d get paid handsomely.” he didn’t know how to feel about knowing his girlfriend was asked to be part of a photoshoot by a guy he had never heard of before.

He hums, flipping the card between his fingers, seeing the man’s name written in golden letters on the back of the piece of paper. Bradley takes a while to reply, still digesting her explanation, “And he gave you his card.” she nods, still biting her lower lip anxiously, wringing her hands together, “Well, what do you want to do?”

“I-I don’t know Roos. No one ever offered me a model job before.” she says while moving her hands up in the air only to drop them by her sides “He said I have the beauty he’s looking for…I was just thinking, I mean, I dunno, maybe the money would help? Especially because of the car and us moving together? Depending on how much it is, it could definitely help.”

Rooster taps the thin paper on his palm, pursing his lips as he thinks, “I think we need to know more about him. About this job too, I don’t want to tell you what you can and cannot do, baby. You know that. If you feel safe about it and you think it’ll help, then I’m all for it.” her smile softened over his words and she cupped his face to kiss him, rubbing his cheekbones before pulling back.

“Thank you.” she whispers, “But you are right, I should research who he is and all that.” She pulls away from him to grab her laptop while the pilot leans his back against the headboard with his hands interlaced on top of his lap. He wondered what exactly this job would be about, of course he could help Beatrice get a new car if she wanted to but he also knew she’d never forgive herself if he spent so much money on something that she’d want. Would probably figure ways to pay him back too.

She returns to the bed after plugging her laptop and placing it on top of her crossed legs, already typing the guy’s name on the search bar and waiting until the results show up. Apparently he was sort of a big deal in California, a local fashion designer who was now branching to out of state ventures. Beatrice leans on a hand as she looks around the website, seeing the past collections and blinking in surprise when she sees that most of the models he liked to use were women of various sizes and skin colors, which to her was already interesting.

Not to mention the clothes were really pretty, each collection had a name of either a goddess or it was something mystical. The collection she assumed he was talking about was only called ‘summer collection’ and there were no pictures of what it looked like. Interesting that she was still considering this, after all it wasn’t not long because of the money but she would be seen by she didn’t know how many people. What if there was a billboard? Or was she going to be seen only on the website?

“Well…he seems legit.” she murmurs as she bites the corner of her thumb, furrowing her eyebrows to turn towards Rooster, “Should I give him a call?”

Her boyfriend moves his gaze from the laptop screen to her face, “I think you should wait until New Year.” he smiles, “Because he knows that now is the holidays baby, he can wait a little bit right?” Beatrice nods in agreement, sighing softly as she still looks down to her laptop, then drops the lid shut hiding it from their view.

“...yeah, you are right.” she says, putting the laptop aside to cross her arms and lean back against the headboard just as he was. She bites her lower lip again, furrowing her eyebrows a bit, “Is it a crazy idea?” she asks, “To accept it?”

Rooster considers his words for a few seconds, then mirrors her position by crossing his arms as well, licking his lips before speaking, “I think if you think it’ll help it’s not crazy. If this guy is serious about giving you this model job and the money will be good money, then I don’t think it’s crazy at all.” he sees her chew her lower lip even harder, tsking under his breath to use his hand to pull it from between her teeth, “Bea, baby, you are overthinking about it.”

“I am…” she confesses, “It’s just…what if it’s a swimsuit photoshoot Roos? And I have to wear…bikinis and such? Or something that barely covers me?” she is too busy worrying to notice how his eyes darkened and dropped all over her figure slowly, only noticing he’s too quiet after she explains what was bothering her. She meets his eyes again, his eyes that now were such a deep brown she could no longer see where the iris was.

“I’m not complaining if it is.” he finally says, the corner of his lip quirking up amusedly at her red face, “You are gorgeous, whatever it is you’ll have to do you’ll look beautiful doing it.” she should’ve known that Rooster would be anything but against it, he wasn’t a guy who got jealous like that often. Actually he rarely got jealous, he was too busy being an amazing boyfriend to be jealous of her and not to mention, she never did anything to make him jealous at all. 

Beatrice’s cheeks get darker but she’s smiling, “You think so?”

“Baby,I know so.” he chuckles, rubbing her chin sweetly before he leans closer to peck her in the middle of her forehead, “You have nothing to be nervous about, if it’s something like that. You have an amazing body,” oh her cheeks warm up even more now, “And think about it, some other people with the same body type as you would be inspired the moment they see your photoshoot.”

Oh.

She hadn’t thought about that. 

Considering her own issues buying clothes her size because the models were always a size minimum when it comes to advertising, she always wished she could see more people like her wearing the clothes on the racks. It has gotten better now, but there was still a long way to go. Maybe she could help a teenage girl who is going through the same things she did when she was in school, maybe she could be the one thing that someone sees when trying to step out of their comfort zone. “That’s a really good point.” he smiles in agreement, tipping his head in a ‘thank you’ “I guess you are right, I’ll just wait a bit you know? Think about it better, I also have other things to worry about like the NYE party.”

“You do.”

Beatrice smiles a bit more, hugging his neck to kiss his lips repeatedly, “Thank you, you are,” she cups his cheeks for a deeper smooch, “The sweetest guy ever.” she says against his lips giggling when he wraps his arms around her middle to bring her flush against him, dropping back on the bed to lie on the mattress. He breaks the kiss to tuck a strand of brown hair behind her ear, rubbing her red cheek with the side of his thumb, just admiring her sweet face.

The more he looked at her, the more the words inside his brain repeated itself. But no, they had to move in together first, then they’d worry about that. Even if he desperately wanted, even if his heart was one hundred percent certain what he wanted to do he still had to wait. They’d have time to talk about it, surely.

–

In the next morning, after Beatrice’s pole dancing class, she commented with Shells the proposition she got as the two went out for boba tea, while the weather was colder they were both warmed up from their practice to drink anything else but that. So while they were sitting on the pink pleather chairs from the boba shop, Beatrice explained to her friend what happened.

Shells sipped her taro milk tea boba while supporting her head on a hand, taking her time to pop the bubbles in her mouth as she listened to Beatrice’s explanation, “...wow, holy shit.” the blonde laughs when Bea is done, “You know how often that happens in real life? Never. That shit is only common in movies.”

Beatrice nods, stirring her black straw inside the cup to mix some of her black tea “I know, that’s why I’m telling you. You, Ev and Rooster are the only ones who know. I already talked to Roos and he thinks if I’m safe doing it I should do it.” she shrugs, finally slurping her tea once she’s done mixing everything.

“Well, he’s supportive of you.” Shells smiles when her friend blushes a bright red, avoiding her gaze, “Not to mention, he’d love to see you all dressed up.” her blush intensifies, “You want to call the guy after NYE?” Beatrice nods, telling Shells it only makes sense since the photoshoot is scheduled for February but she had no idea what else she could do, “You think this is a new career path for you? Are you abandoning us to become a supermodel?”

Beatrice scoffs, shaking her head and placing her cup down, “No, of course not. This is a one time thing, I wouldn’t want to be a model forever Shells, don’t be silly.” she looks down at the baby blue colored napkins, sighing softly, “It’s just to help me get a new car.” she almost said ‘and to save money when we move in together’ but she held that back just in time.

“And what car do you wanna get?”

“I’m choosing between a Volskwagen beetle and a Jeep Wrangler.”

Shells blinked her eyes twice, a confused smile forming on her face imagining her friend driving such a big car was hilarious yet so fitting for Beatrice. She knew that Bea had her very specific tastes in several things and she wasn’t surprised that a Jeep Wrangler would be one of her choices for cars, “Well those are indeed choices, huh? You do you ,queen, you do what’s best for you.” she holds up her plastic cup in a cheers move.

Beatrice laughs softly, touching their cups together before she sighs, folding her arms on the table so she looks at the outside with her eyes turning soft, ‘You know, we hit five months.” she begins, “Me and Roos, we’ve been together for five months already, isn’t it crazy?”

“I don’t think it’s crazy at all, I knew it’d happen.” Shells shrugs with a grin, “You two goobers were crazy for each other from the beginning.” 

Beatrice drops her head in a soft laugh, looking at her phone background and seeing their picture there. “I know, it’s…well, you know I guess now it finally hit me that we are together. You know? I never thought it’d be like this.” and she was happy she took the risk, happy that she accepted going out with him and happy that she chose to remove the fears from her past relationship before going to this one.

The blonde smiled while leaning on a hand, “You deserve it, babes. You do. And if Rooster ever messes up you better know he’ll have to deal with me.” 

“I’ll let him know.” Bea laughs, looking down at her phone when she gets a message from him, “Speaking of the devil, he’s already here.” She is picking up her jacket and cup, standing to her feet with Shells close behind, the two women walking out of the boba shop and looking around in hopes to find the blue Bronco. Beatrice grins once she spots it, Rooster’s grinning face appearing behind the glass, “I’m going to go then, I see you tomorrow?”

“You bet, babes.” Shells smiles, giving her friend a quick hug and waving her goodbye when Beatrice speeds her step to get to the truck. 

The brunette opens the door after wrapping her jacket around her waist, “Hi.” she says, leaning closer to greet him with a kiss, chuckling when he hums happily after swiping his tongue on her lower lip.

“You are tasting pretty good there,” he murmurs, slowly breaking the kiss to give her a smile and lower his sunglasses just enough so she could see his eyes. She holds up her drink for him to take a sip, which he does, smacking his lips once he swallows, “Nah, you taste better.” he chuckles when she swats his shoulder playfully, turning on the car to get out of there “So, how was your day?”

“Pretty good, actually.” she says as she adjusts herself on the seat, running her hands on her hair when it starts to fall off her bun. “Yours?”

“Fine, actually. I was the only one at the gym today for some reason and I talked to Mav.” Beatrice arches her eyebrows with a smile, “Yeah, him, Penny and Amelia are having a lot of fun together. They are coming back on January 4th.” he looks at the red light above their heads, waiting for it to turn green so they can move again “But yeah, my day was pretty good too.���

“I’m glad they are having fun, they deserve it.” she says sweetly, looking at the light just like he was, patting her hands on her thighs as they waited, “I also talked to Shells, about the..photoshoot thing.” he hums meaning he’s listening to her, so she continues, “She thinks I should do it too, so…yeah,I’ll call him after the holidays.” which was good enough for her, it’d give her enough time to plan, better yet she’d call him after her trip with Rooster. She could do that, she wasn’t nervous about it at all.

Maybe she was a little bit, but it was for a good reason!

She still had a lot to think about, especially if the offer wasn’t as helpful as she’d think. Her train of thought breaks when her phone pings with a message from a number she doesn’t recognize but apparently knows her. When she opens it, she’s surprised to see it was from a former classmate of hers, a girl named Lily-Anne who used to be the ‘class president’ back then.

‘Hi, Beatrice! It’s been so long since we talked! First of all, Happy Holidays and great happiness to you. I am just messaging our lovely classmates to announce our reunion has a date and I was wondering if I could count on your presence on March 31st? Can’t wait to hear from you! xoxo Lily-Anne!’

First of all, they never talked more than a couple sentences. Second…there would be a reunion? They’ve been talking about this for so long she genuinely thought nothing would come out of it after all from what she heard, a lot of her classmates were living out of state. She frowns, about to delete the message but she stops, thinking that maybe she should think about it…would it be so bad to have a reunion? After all they were all adults now, they all had jobs and lives and their personalities changed right?

…yeah, she didn’t really believe that.

Bradley, who hears her sigh for a second time, finally takes notice she’s looking at her phone and worried it’s one of those accounts from before immediately asks her if everything was alright, “I got a message from an old classmate about a reunion. And I am trying to explain how I’m not interested in going.” 

He arches his eyebrows behind his sunglasses, parking the car on her driveway to have a better look at her, “I wouldn’t blame you if you didn’t go.” he says, knowing very well from her own words what she went through during that time, “When is it?”

“March 31st.” she huffs, “You know what, I’ll ignore it and answer after everything is done with. I mean, what the hell? Sending this to me during the Holidays?? It’s stupid and she just did this because she knows people have free time now to talk to her but I will not.” he chuckles at her annoyed face, walking out of the car to follow her to the front door, seeing how her scowl only deepened the longer she stared at her phone.

Beatrice turns to look at him after petting Jolene, hearing his soft chuckle ,”What?” she asks while crossing her arms and tossing her phone on the couch. The pilot smiles more, lifting his sunglasses to his hairline and approaching her with his arms parted, then engulfing her in a hug. Her body relaxes immediately, her soft breathing hitting his chest as he keeps her there, she’s been going through a lot these days and he felt it was taking a huge toll on her, even if she denied it.

The photoshoot proposition, then the car, and now this reunion thing would just add to her anxiety and he wanted to help her with that. “Baby, it’s okay.” he chuckles, “Let’s just ignore the people we don’t like and we’ll be fine.”

“...yeah.”

“And watch some movies while doing so?”

Beatrice laughs against his chest, her warm breathing hitting his skin, “After I shower, yeah.” she said, “I’m all sticky.” she steps away from him to reach the stairs, her boyfriend following close behind and smirking at her when she turns to face him, “...ah, of course, we could save water.” 

His smirk only widens, “I love the way you think, gorgeous.” anything to get her mind out of things.

#bradley rooster bradshaw #rooster bradshaw #bradley bradshaw x oc #top gun maverick #bradley bradshaw x reader

[larcenywrites]

What if Tony has been meaning to propose to you but he hasn't managed to find a ring that he likes and thinks you'd like, so he's been drawing some stuff, just very quick sketches to kinda help him figure out the kind of ring he wants and so on... and then he finds out Howard has a friend who's a goldsmith. And he thinks about asking that man to make the ring but then he thinks that maybe maybe he could make the ring himself... just maybe. So asks the guy like if he can teach him some stuff and whatnot.

And that's how you end up getting proposed to with a ring made by Tony himself.

I feel like that really would be the biggest reason he hasn’t proposed yet, and it may have even crossed his mind to just do it and worry about an actual ring later 😭 and maybe just let you find one yourself 😭😭😭😭

But no!!! How could he do that??? That not special or unique or romantic 😠😠😠😠😠 he has in mind what kind of look he’s after, maybe one with a double band and what not, and he’s pretty decent at drawing, so he probably has made a few designs that are similar but with very specific differences. Does he want the band to just be straight and circular, curve or twist a little? Studded with little jewels or plain? Eventually he may narrow it down, or combine a few designs into one, but now the hard part is… where does he find one similar enough? He’s probably looked everywhere, online and across the world. Aaaaand nothing 😔 whether his dad refers him to that close friend, or maybe he somehow stumbles across it in old videos or JARVIS brings it up, he’ll take his designs to that jeweler! Who’s more than willing to help out his old friend’s son! He can’t quite find any rings that are similar, or Tony isn’t quite satisfied enough with the ones that are kinda close… and then Tony’s like- wait? Do you make these?? And he’s like yeah?

And then Tony is just, “wait, couldn’t you just make this? Wait, could I make this?? Could you teach me how to make this???”

Surely making it himself is very romantic!!! And even though the guy helps him out the first time, and is pretty satisfied with it, Tony probably isn’t. Maybe it looks slightly off :/ maybe the little diamonds are quite the way he envisioned it :// well, thanks for teaching him anyway! Now he has a reference, and a backup if it’s all he’s got… and then the next few attempts might end up looking different anyway!

But once he is finally satisfied and probably has every type of jewel and emerald you can think of lying around while he was experimenting and getting sidetracked, he’ll be so proud!!!! He might even forget that he needs to do an actual proposal for a sec and be like “:00 honey, look what I made!!” And then he’s like wait shit never mind uh, this is just a random thing- I was bored! Uh!

#anon #anonymous #answered #larstalks

[desultory-novice]

I think Marx Soul has been implied to be canon since at least Star Allies, actually! Marx Megaspin, Marx Flip Ultima, Black Hole, his second idle animation, and his boss fight intro taunt— hell, even his boss appearance in Smash Ultimate to a limited extent— all have Marx Soul's eyes!

(I'm glad other people noticed this with the masks too, it seems very deliberate which characters were chosen, especially when you consider what felt like obvious candidates were skipped for... grey Coo and blue Dameta— they definitely could've had room for Shadow Dedede or Soul of Sectonia is what I'm saying.)

Glad to have high-def confirmation what pattern is or isn't on Marx Soul's hat though, we can finally lay "did the pattern flip too" to rest!

Oooh, those are good points! 

And as a "Let's just consider the Soul bosses canon so we can spend less time arguing about whether or not they're canon and talk about HOW AMAZINGLY COOL THEY ALL ARE!!" kinda person I really appreciate them! 

...And while I'm on the topic, Merry Magoland has done soooo much to semi-canonize multiple, concurrently existing parallel timelines in Kirby AS canon that I really don't want to see anyone fighting about this boring issue of "who/what is canon" anymore...??

You can argue what did or didn't happen in the "main" timeline, sure (if you must...) And maybe the things we've seen in the extra modes and whatnot had wildly different circumstances we've yet to see leading up to them! Maybe very few characters experienced them and lived to tell the tale. But I'm certain that none of the scenarios we've seen so far were "made up just because." They happened. Somewhere.

I used to kind of wave aside that article when FL came out indicating the Kirby series has no solid timeline, but when I think about the fact that Magolor knew what Joronia looked like to make a mask of her, but could ALSO sell equipment based on Sectonia in Super Kirby Clash that specifically points out the queen met a tragic end and Taranza's feelings never reached her? And this game now happens directly following RtDL?!?

Maybe TDX really DID happen before RtDL? (Or maybe Magolor was just making assumptions? If the games are in basic chronological order, than we do know that Magolor heard about Marx + Marx's wish before RtDL at least. Shedding some light on the timeline of their meeting.)

Anyway, things in the Kirby lore/Kirby timeline are a bit loosey-goosey right now and I'm....actually okay with that?!

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Ahhh, Shadow Dedede or King D-Mind would have been good... Sad that even 86 masks weren't enough...

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And yes about Marx Soul! I always dreaded what I might do with the pattern on his hat. Now I don't have to worry about it!

(I wish wish wish they'd rendered his necklace too though. I want to know if it's actually a non-faceted circular stone like Nightmare's is. And what the filigree on it specifically looks like.)

...Mostly, I want a nice excuse to change the way I drew it in my fan comic because whatever design I came up with for it was BAD and drawing it every other panel makes me want to cry...

#Kirby #Kirby spoilers #RtDL DX spoilers #My newest Soul Melter EX Hot Take is that everything is canon because Kirby is a multiverse

[pukepond]

Leon x OC (Eileen Thatcher) Resident Evil 4 Remake AU marriage ver.

Leon walked through the front door of his house. It was a rainy Wednesday night, and some of that rain caught him before he managed to make his way inside.

It was somewhat late, about 10 pm. Whenever he walked through the door his wife didn't greet him, which was unusual.

"Eileen." he somewhat shouted. It was late, so he didn't want to wake her if she was sleeping, but it was loud enough to hear if she was conscious.

"In here." she shouted back from the other side of the house. He made his way down the hall to their bedroom. Then, to the master bathroom. The door was cracked and he could see a dim light emitting from it, but not bright enough to be the overhead light.

He walked inside of the bathroom and it smelled flowery. The only source of light was the scented candles scattered around the room. And there she was, lying in the bathtub. The surface of the bathwater was scattered with bubbles and pink rose petals. The candles illuminated her pale skin. Smooth and supple. Her head was leaned against the wall, eyes half lidded and throat exposed. He could see her pulse, every breath she took. He knelt down beside the tub and ran his thumb down her temple.

"Hey." he said, grinning at her.

"Hey. How was work?" she asks, looking at him through her eyelashes.

"Shit. I'm glad I'm home."

"I'm glad you're home too. Now, drop those pants and get in here with me."

He chuckled and began taking his clothes off slowly, as if teasing her. Her eyes ran up and down his muscular frame. Once he was fully naked he stood there for a moment and looked down at her slick body. Then, he stepped into the tub. He let out a relaxed breath when the hot water surrounded him.

"Better?" she asked with a grin.

"You have no idea." he leaned down and kissed her forehead. Her hair was half wet, parts of it sticking to her face. He picked her leg up slightly and began running his lips from her knee to the top of her thigh. She ran her damp fingers through his hair, and scratched the back of his head.

They sat in silence for a while as he caressed her body. He pressed his cheek to her knee and looked up at her with those blue eyes of his.

"What did you do today?"

"Oh, nothing. Went Christmas shopping. I bought my sister's stuff, her kid's stuff, mom and dad's stuff. It all still needs to be wrapped."

"Do you want me to help you with that?" he asked, as his thumb made a circular motion on her knee.

"Yeah. But you can't help me with yours, it's a surprise."

Leon chuckled. Eileen always took this Christmas stuff seriously.

"Alright. What did you get me?"

"What part of 'surprise' don't you get?" she asked, rolling her eyes playfully.

"I don't know. All of it."

They didn't end up wrapping gifts. They ended up passing out right after the bath, and that was fine with him. As long as he was with her, it didn't matter what they did or didn't get done, or what holiday was around the corner. What mattered, is that he got to fall asleep to the sound of her gentle breathing every night. What mattered, is that he finally wasn't alone.

Eileon (ship name n whatnot <3)

[forty5sixty]

Punch Imperfect // Don't Count out Influencer Boxing

Celebrity or YouTuber boxing is boxing whether you like it or hate it. I've always defended influencer boxing using this example. If for some reason, my milkman and postman got into it on a Monday and by the following week they had traded insults, barbs, and whatnot, I'm definitely watching them fight. It's irrelevant whether they have the requisite skills to perform at a world-class level. Influencer boxing is this, it's that, it's cringy, a joke, a farce. Well, so is real boxing sometimes.

Like when Mike Tyson was asked in that legendary CNN interview if it was wise to carry rage into a boxing ring, my answer's the same: "Fuck it. It's a fight."

Whether it's Floyd Mayweather Jr versus Oscar De La Hoya or Colin against Jez from Year 11 after school behind the bins, fighting is fighting. Now make my classmates from school global internet stars and give them access to renowned boxing trainers, then you've really got my attention. So Jake Paul, Salt Papi, KSI, and co, touch gloves and box on.

Fighting casts a spell on people like circular objects do to boys. George Foreman once said, "boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire.” In many ways, it's so true. Think of many of the sporting cliches you often hear. From "up against the ropes" to "being counted out" via "knockout blows", most of them refer back to the sweet science.

Why do so many hate on influencer boxers? It's simple, they generate more money than most genuine practitioners of the code do. Why? Better marketing and self-promotion. Don’t get mad, get copying. The blueprint’s online so use it.

For those who don't like it, I'll leave you with the immortal words of Iron Mike from the aforementioned interview: "If you don't like it, change your station".

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#sports #popularculture #popculture #music #oneminutereads #micromedia #Youtube

[ghostlight-express]

Possible engagement ring design for the polycule?

A sort of teal tourmaline for Rena, amethyst for Sol, then black & white sapphires for Ingo & Emmet. Rena & Ingo have black bands while Emmet & Sol have silver bands.

I also considered having either Rena's or Sol's gem be circular instead of a square but I think that might end up looking odd next to the other straight edged shapes.

The twins propose literally the day before Arceus yoinks Rena (and then a week later Ingo gets eeby deebied but lands earlier than when Rena was put), so she keeps the ring on a cord as a necklace under her survey corps uniform. I imagine Ingo keeps his ring the same way under his pearl clan uniform.

I haven't really decided yet when/how Rena decides to finally tell Ingo about his pastn& relationship with her, but if by some chance he ever sees Rena without her uniform (like with the undershirt & whatnot on a particularly hot day) he would say something about the ring, and given how unique it is, Rena wouldn't really have much of a choice but to spill the beans.

A situation like the one in this fic would also work.

#ramble #rena/ingo #sol/emmet #rena/ingo/sol/emmet

[weenwrites]

FNF BF, GF, Pico, Lemon Demon/Monster, and Senpai W/ a Reader at a Waterpark

Pairing - Romantic, Platonic ( Up to reader interpretation ) Category - Headcanons Trigger Warnings - None

Boyfriend

“Yeah! I’ll gladly go with you! Well, what’re we waiting for?”

He was literally going to ask you to do the same thing!! AND GO TO THE SAME PARK!!

Wow!! What are the chances??

Regardless, yes! He’ll totally go with you!

Get ready for an action-packed day full of fun at the water park! It’ll be an absolute BLAST!!

While the two of you WILL drag one another to try out different slides and hop into pools, Bf’s definitely going to drag you around a WHOLE lot more.

The two of you might actually get lost though…

This guy isn’t the brightest, and isn’t the best with directions and maps, that’s for sure.

“Uh, Bf? I’m pretty sure we aren’t supposed to be here… Where the hell are we?”

“No idea. I think we’re lost.”

“Ya think?”

But, good thing you have life guards following you guys around!! They’ll get you two back on track and TRY to keep you from getting lost again.

So you guys will get lost at least once or twice, it’s nothing too bad, though!

If you are scared of going down some slides, it’s okay!! He won’t make you go down if you don’t want to.

If you’d like you could go walk down the stairs and wait for him at the bottom, whatever you prefer!!

He WILL drag you with him to the biggest slide there is.

You can watch as he immediately hops onto the slide and disappears down the dark tube.

Now it’s your turn!! Unless you don’t want to, then you’ll just go back down the stairs!! It’s okay if you don’t want to :D

When you get out, you’ll find him waiting for you ecstatically. He really wants to go again, it was REALLY fun.

Overall, it was an absolutely fantastic day at the waterpark! He’d be super happy if you’d want to do it again!!

Girlfriend

“Sure, I’d like to go with you!”

She’s pretty happy to go with you!! She’ll deal with the necessary preparations and whatnot.

You get to pop up at the waterpark in a cool limo!!

She’s pretty chill and will follow you around wherever.

Want her go join you down a water slide? Sure!!

Sometimes she’s a bit scared to go down the bigger water slides, but after she slides down she realizes that it’s pretty fun!!

If you’re scared to go down any waterslides, it’s alright!!

The two of you can go have some nice and chill fun in the plethora of pools there are to choose.

There was this one waterslide that the two of you went through.

You both had to sit in a two-person inner tube and as you slowly slid down and began speeding up, you zoomed through a tunnel full of bright, vibrant neon lights!!

It was really pretty!! And then you ended up in this massive circular area with a hole down the middle. The two of you and slowly slid down it and then ended up at the bottom of the slide!!

There were also a whole bunch of floaties in the pools that you could step on.

You tried to hop across on them, but unfortunately fell into the pool. Don’t worry, you weren’t hurt or anything!!

Gf tried next but she fell in as well and the two of you got a good laugh out of that!!

If you’re observant, you might see some of the Dearest’s henchmen keeping a close eye on you two…

Look! That’s one right there pretending to be a life-guard!!

And.. Is that another one watching you from the top of one of the slides??

Hm…

Whenever the two of you get tired you could sit down and take a moment to drink some water or eat some snacks before continuing.

And when you’re ready to go, Gf’s limo will be ready to pick you guys up in no time!!

She’d love to do it again anytime!!

Pico

“Eh, sure. I’ll go with you. Why not?”

He’ll only go with you if there aren’t that many people, though.

He’s also STILL bringing his gun with him, you never know when someone else is trying to kill you…

He’s sneaking it in, though. There is NO way that the employees would actually let him into the waterpark knowing he had a GUN with him.

So let’s just say that there aren’t TOO many people at the waterpark. It almost seems like the place is dead!

The two of you will have your fair share of dragging each other around to go down slides or hop in pools.

He ALWAYS goes down the slides first, he finds them really fun!!

If YOU chicken out on going down a slide, he’ll make fun of you for a bit and them move on.

If he ever hears you screaming while you slip down a slide you can BET that he’s laughing while he’s waiting for you at the bottom.

Whenever you’re standing near the water he WILL splash you.

He’ll most definitely tackle you into the water if you’re cool with it.

He’ll race you down slides, the winner gets to choose what they do next.

If he knows you’re too scared to go down the biggest slide, that’s how he’ll get you to go do it.

Pico is STILL a bit paranoid with the life-guards following you two around.

He understands that it’s their job to watch you guys and make sure you don’t drown, so he’s pretty unhappy that he can’t ask them to leave you two alone or anything.

Anyway, he’d definitely do it again with you! It was really fun for him.

Lemon Demon

“A… Water park? What’s that, y/n?”

First off… How?

H-how in the world did you convince him to come with you to a waterpark, and how in the world did you get the employees to let him in?

Take a moment and look at him.

He is an eldritch horror with what LOOKS like a lemon for a head. He has SEVERAL rows of razor sharp teeth and bright red eyes. Not to mention he has a craving for human flesh.

H-how did you convince the water park employees that he won’t eat anyone, and that he isn’t dangerous?

However way you’ve done it, that is just amazing, and I must applaud you for that.

Anyway let’s just say that you two happen to have the entire water park to yourselves for some reason.

Said reason may or may not be that he scared everyone else away…

So you basically lead him around, hop in every single pool, and go down every single slide.

If you’re scared of going down slides, it’s okay!! The two of you can go down the smaller slides and just avoid the bigger ones.

Unfortunately he’s a bit too big to go down some slides, so he’ll just wait for you at the end of the slide.

When he went down his first slide, he was a BIT nervous… But you reassured him that it’ll be alright, and that it isn’t too scary!

So you go down first and wait for him at the bottom. When you see him sliding down the water-stream he has the WIDEST grin on his face!

He really enjoyed it! It was REALLY fun!!

Fun fact: he can’t swim. He doesn’t know how to. He’s never learned.

But don’t worry! He’s 8ft tall and most of the pools that the two of you hop into are only 4-6ft deep.

Besides if he were to accidentally drown, he has you (if you can swim) or a whole bunch of life-guards on duty.

You CAN try and teach him how to swim. It might take a bit of time, but he’ll learn how to float, at least.

If you playfully splash him with a bit of water, he’ll splash you back!! Only little flicks and splashes, though, unless you’re fine with it getting a LITTLE bit rough.

After your guys’ day at the waterpark, the two of you had SO much fun! And the water park employees are so relieved to see you two leave. Lem would LOVE to do it with you again! Any time!

But now he’s pretty hungry after all that swimming and splashing, so the two of you are most likely headed off for lunch now.

Senpai

“I’d be delighted to go with you, y/n!”

Little does he know that he’ll sorta regret saying that later on… Hehehe…

Senpai will properly prepare the two of you for the water park.

Snacks, water, towels, you name it! He’s packed it into a bag. You guys are going there PREPARED!!

When the two of you get to the park, you’ll be the one dragging him around.

He isn’t really one for action-packed fun, he much prefers relaxed fun. So he’ll just swim around in the pools with you, maybe splash you a LITTLE…

You’ll have to convince him to go down the slides, because he IS a bit scared slide down it.

“Come on, don’t chicken out, Senpai! You practically agreed to this when you said that you would come with me to a waterpark.”

“Hmph! Fine, but only if you go first.”

“Sure thing, scaredy-cat.”

After you slide down, he musters the courage to slide down.

While you wait for him down at the bottom, you can hear him coming.

How, you ask?

He’s literally screaming on his way down.

“Senpai were you scr-“

“No I wasn’t! S-shut up!”

“Suuure you weren’t. Now come on, these slides won’t ride themselves!”

You MIGHT- I mean you will DEFINITELY have to bribe him with a trip to a spa if you want him to go down any more slides with you.

If you’re scared of going down slides, too, he’ll tease you a bit but, he’ll only go down the small slides with you.

When the two of you get tired, those snacks that he packed come in pretty handy!! Afterward, he advises against going down any big slides encase you might just purge your insides.

After your guys’ day at the water park, he reminds you that YOU owe him a day at a spa.

But all in all, he DID have fun with you!! It’s just he didn’t enjoy going down the big slides too much…

#fnf imagines #fnf headcanons #fnf x reader #fnf boyfriend #boyfriend x reader #fnf girlfriend #girlfriend x reader #fnf pico #pico x reader #fnf lemon demon #fnf monster #lemon demon x reader #monster x reader #fnf senpai #senpai x reader #x reader #reader insert #self insert #weenwrites

[coldgoldlazarus]

Madoka is one of those things I have kind of a love/hate relationship with nowadays

Because at least IMO a lot of people miss the point, looking only at the grimdark trappings and missing that it's ultimately Intended to be as much a reconstruction of the genre as it is deconstruction; Madoka finds a way to undermine the predatory system of the Incubators in a way that allows Magical Girls to still exist, but be freed to fight the actual natural threats out there instead of a circular self-defeating cycle of Witches and whatnot, all with the power of compassion and love that the other characters lost sight of for various reasons.

(And even though Rebellion undermines that in turn, it was only due to studio interference - the head writer was forced to change the ending from a more conclusive and hopeful definitive ending to... Whatever that was.)

At the same time, though, even for people who have taken in the ending, it doesn't necessarily land as intended, which I also understand. But even that aside, the vast majority of people have legitimately missed the point and upheld the grimdark elements as a virtue unto themselves, which has undeniably done huge damage to the genre as a whole. You get weird takes that PMMM has "defeated" the Magical Girl genre, and swathes of cheap imitators that have thrice the edge and none of the worth. Magical Girl Site, Raising Project, all pointless misery porn for the people who don't actually like Magical Girls.

At the end of the day, I think Madoka was an interesting and worthwhile exploration of a "what if" that still manages to come back around to the optimistic and empowering core of the genre, but I absolutely understand why some fans can't stand it, and am not about to try to change any minds. As for newcomers, all I can say is that it's worth a watch, but only if it's not the only thing you watch. Watch Sailor Moon and Sally The Witch, to see where we came from. Watch Precure, to see where we're at. Keep an eye out for other magical girl shows that aren't just Madoka imitators. (And heck, maybe even watch Symphogear, which admittedly started out as one of those imitators, but eventually found its own path and became much better for it.) And watch Madoka, to understand how it fits into that broader framework, but don't make it your only experience with the genre.

#not a reblog #pmmm #puella magi madoka magica #madoka #magical girl #magical girls #madoka was my first experience with the genre #and tbh I wish it hadn't been #as much as I want to defend it otherwise #the dark tone was a storytelling tool #not a goal unto itself #which many have missed #madoka discourse