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skitskatdacat63 · 1 year
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Hmm might be able to post Malaysia 2009 by tmr morning. I always feel a bit cagey abt posting old stuff during a race weekend tho. Bcs everyone(including myself) is so focused on 2023, but then here I am like "hey did you guys want content from 14 years ago....?"
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cybils-drabbles · 1 year
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Accidental PDA
Obey Me characters and an accidental/unintentional Public Display of Affection with (gender neutral) MC. (PDA carries romantic connotations, in my opinion, thus Luke has been excluded.) Also available to read on AO3.
Diavolo - Everyone of importance in the Devildom was invited to a soirée at the Demon Lord’s castle. After about an hour of merriment, Diavolo catches a glimpse of MC standing at the outskirts of the gathering, looking less than enthusiastic, perhaps even a bit uncomfortable. Diavolo excuses himself from the guests with whom he was schmoozing, and strides directly over to MC. He bows his head and takes MC’s arm, gently threading it through the crook of his elbow, pulls them in close to his side, and begins to take them for a turn about the room.
Barbatos - MC asked Barbatos to help them prepare food one evening. They want to make a full meal of dishes that the brothers are accustomed to rather than the human recipes MC knows. The process is more lively than either of them had expected. Even though the two of them have kept the kitchen rather clean, and successfully deterred a few House of Lamentation residents from intrusion, MC has all manner of ingredients dusting their clothes and speckling their cheeks. Barbatos ceremoniously offers a handkerchief to tidy them up, but begins to reach for MC’s face before they can deny him the opportunity.
Lucifer - MC has been falling behind a bit in one of their classes, and an exam is swiftly approaching, so they chose to pull two all-nighters this past week. Lucifer catches them in the RAD library one afternoon. He notices the black circles weighing under their eyes despite MC refusing to make direct eye contact. After about a minute of tactless verbal distraction by MC, Lucifer places two fingers under their chin to lift MC’s face up to meet his inspecting gaze. He typically alerts MC before touching them, but this time Lucifer doesn’t feel the need to be so cautious or overtly gentle; he's worried.
Mammon - Mammon - Typically, when making an entrance, Mammon likes his presence to be known; however, with MC, he prefers sneaking up behind them and leaning close over their shoulder. He likes getting the chance, albeit short-lived, to spy on what MC's doing before they notice him. Today, MC is in the House of Lamentation Common Room, and so are a few other brothers. Mammon doesn’t want to be overheard by anyone else, so he leans in to whisper, placing his hands on MC’s shoulders and pulling himself in even closer to their ear as he speaks.
Leviathan - MC has been pestered by Leviathan to play a new FPS game. He already lost quite a lot of sleep over the game since its official release a few days ago, so his pleas to play it together grew less enthusiastic. MC agrees to meet up after dinner in the living room. It turns out that MC is really bad at the game. Leviathan eagerly takes hold of the controller overtop of MC’s hands as they’re struggling to survive an encounter. Slowly he comes to realize what he’s done. He suddenly drops their hands and the controller, blushing heavily.
Satan - After browsing the library shelves at the House of Lamentation, MC and Satan are reading on a couch in the common room. MC’s body language changes slowly as they begin to hunch forward and look more puzzled. Satan waits to see if they overcome the problem themself. After a few minutes, some page flipping back and forth, and a rather loud frustrated sigh, he smiles and scoots closer. Satan snakes one hand behind MC’s neck, rubbing the base of their neck gently while he leans in to see what's troubling them.
Asmodeus - MC’s favorite necklace breaks, and Asmodeus suggest a shopping trip together to find a suitable replacement. While trying on options at his favorite jewelry store in all the Devildom, Asmo is adjusting the length of the chains around MC’s neck. As time passes, his hands linger longer and longer. Asmodeus' touch is gentle and warm as he sets the chains in place, gently trailing his fingertips down MC's clavicle and off of their shoulders.
Beelzebub - MC is on kitchen duty for breakfast, and they’re making dozens, if not hundreds, of human world pancakes. They’re reaching for a large enough serving plate on a high-up shelf when Beelzebub walks in. At first, he’s oblivious to their troubles since he’s sleepy and starving. Quickly, however, he notices MC struggling, and approaches. He braces his hip against their side, and conveniently reaches for a plate large enough for himself. Just by standing still long enough he helps MC gain stability to be able to grab a plate above for themself. Beel smiles down at them, and heads towards the fridge for his pre-breakfast snack.
Belphegor - MC and Belphegor are on laundry duty, and they have a pile of sheets and blankets left to fold. Belphie loves the feel of a blanket right out of the dryer, so he’s helping MC fold quickly; he wants to cuddle up under one of the blankets while it’s still warm. They make it to the last blanket, and Belphie approaches with his two corners to meet MC’s two corners. Suddenly, he grabs MC’s hands. Squeezing gently, he twists one shoulder towards them, pulling the blanket from their grasp, and cozying his back against MC in the process.
Solomon - MC and Solomon are brewing potions in class, and one particular concoction creates an endothermic reaction with quite a lot of steam. Solomon avoids this issue in a practiced manner, but MC’s clothes are damp and their hair is hanging limply in their face. When Solomon steals a glance at MC, he chuckles to himself, grabs a nearby towel, and approaches them slowly from behind. MC is caught off guard when he tosses the towel over their head and begins to massage their head gently, drying MC's hair.
Simeon - MC is walking to RAD, carrying not only their school bag across their back, but an extra bag over one shoulder, and some extra objects in their arms. Simeon spots MC and jogs up to meet them. He closes the distance just in time to catch the strap from the secondary bag sliding off their shoulder. He grasps MC’s opposite shoulder to steady them while pulling the strap of their rather heavy bag back up and into place. Simeon’s hands stay in place for a few moments, squeezing MC’s shoulders. He smiles at them wordlessly as a greeting.
Raphael - MC was invited to study with Solomon, Raphael and the other angels one evening. MC runs out of ink in their favorite pen and makes the smallest, off-handed comment about it. A few days later, in the halls of RAD, Raphael tracks down a very groggy MC. He approaches and wordlessly takes their hands. He places a new pen and bottle of refill ink in their palms, closes their fingers around the gifts, and walks off.
Mephistopheles - MC listening to music as they pass by Mephistopheles while exiting RAD. He tried to verbally gain their attention, but they didn’t respond. Mephisto rushes past MC, blocks their path, and again says something that they can’t quite hear. Before MC can reach up to take one bud out of their ear, he beats them to it. Cautiously, he places it in his own ear, shakes his head and furrows his eyebrows in momentary confusion. Soon enough he relaxes and the slightest grin turns up the corner of his mouth.
Thirteen - MC is sitting in a classroom after the school day has ended. Thirteen catches MC staring at a textbook, anxiously tapping their foot but never turning the page. She walks up slowly and taps the page to get their attention. She scoffs. “Studying is for nerds and try-hards.” She pulls a bag of gummy candies out of her jacket pocket, plucks one candy out at a time, and sets one at the end of every paragraph on MC’s open book. “You get to eat one only after you really get what you just read.” She pats MC’s head then brings the bag to her face, emptying the remaining candies directly into her mouth.
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simbico · 1 year
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15 questions for mutuals
Tagged by @devotedsims 💜 and @stargazer-sims 💜
are you named after anyone? Nope. My mom just liked it and didn’t think it was an “old lady name” at the time, that was exactly what she told me. lol
when was the last time you cried? Uh… a few days ago? I think? It’s not uncommon but that’s way too much baggage to unpack here. 😅
do you have kids? Nope but my nieces are over enough that sometimes I feel like a part time parent, I just get to hand them back. lol
do you use sarcasm a lot? I do because a lot of people in my life do. I try to be careful not to around people I don’t know though because not everyone picks up on it nor likes it, and when not careful it can be hurtful even when unintentional. That’s something I don’t want to do.
what sports do you play/have you played? No sports now, but I used to love anything relating to horses, used to do a lot of trail riding even when it meant risking my life in the winter. lol I really miss it and the horses I bonded with. 🙁
what’s the first thing you notice about other people? Usually colours, like clothes and hair.
eye colour? Grey-blue, sometimes grey-greenish. So, grey? 😅
scary movies or happy endings? Happy endings. I need to sleep at night without my imagination hyping up my anxiety. lol
any special talents? Not any more. I used to draw a lot but I don’t have time to get back into it any more. I can still draw a decent horse from memory though I guess. 🤷‍♀️
where were you born? Nova Scotia, one of the most awkward time zones trying to find a group to play an MMO FPS with. 😅
what are your hobbies? I have time for video games and my simblr and that’s usually it. I’d like to have other hobbies though if I had time/mental energy, like drawing again, crochet, and knitting.
do you have any pets? Yep, I have a black kitty I adopted maybe about 10 years ago named Emily. She’s my little buddy. 🙂
how tall are you? Around 5′7″.
fave subject in school? Art in high school. Anything to do with cultural anthropology in university though. Those classes taught me so much and changed a lot of my world view about so many things.
dream job? I wanted to be a teacher. I was hoping to teach English as a second language (took an intro course for it) but alas life happened and it was not to be.😔
I’m not sure who to tag because I saw a lot of people have already done it. Also feel that question 2 could feel like a really personal question that I’m not sure everyone would be comfortable with answering. 😅
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macolegacy · 2 years
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have you stopped playing the game?
short answer: yeah, for the time being. i played through all class stories multiple times, i played through the expansions (though i stopped playing the newest one from february 5 mins after starting it bc it quite frankly bored me to death) and im pretty much done with it. maybe i'll return in a few years and pick up some stories again but the game doesn't keep me entertained whatsoever. (HOWEVER this does not mean this blog is abandoned, i love my characters very much and still develop and tinker on them, but my artistic muse lies somewhere else rn)
long answer:
ultimately, i have to say swtor is severely lacking some casual map events, that cycle through the day to get some casual player engagement. basically like the monthly ones (gree, rakghoul) but on a minor scale and daily, on every single planet. and i dont mean missions you pick up from a missions terminal that you can solo, i mean things that happen casually where people randomly decide to join in in the spur of the moment - akin to world bosses perhaps?
i feel like its pretty sad that the only 'multiplayer' the game has to offer are flashpoints and operations (the latter hidden behind a paywall), where gear really matters if you wanna play it with some randos, which puts off a lot of casual players (ESPECIALLY with these newest gear changes. LMFAO). and lets be real, 99% of solo players do heroics on their own unless they happen to find someone by chance to team up with so it gets done faster. and they're pretty static so its not really an event either but just a chore to get money (for a market thats so ridiculously out of hand that you might as well just forget buying desireable cosmetics while you're at it)
playing gw2 as my main mmo rn and i find myself actively searching and engaging a lot of map boss events and stuff even without a guild, and its never been an issue of what gear i have or if im good at my rotation or whatever. everyone can jump in and help out, reap the rewards and then everyone parts ways again. and if someone does die, u just band together and revive them. and if the event fails? its whatever because it'll repeat in a few hours anyway so we can try again. eso and xiv have them too and i used to camp at certain event spots all day just to play some silly event and get loot and horse around with random players. these are the moments i cherish in mmos.
u might argue swtor just isn't a game like that but 🤷‍♂️ the game quite frankly bores me so much, it feels very static and undynamic, i usually drop it again after a week of playing. besides story there isnt much to do from a casual perspective, and the rewards for doing fp/ops are... mediocre at best. i dont even have any motivation to do them unlike in XIV, ESO or GW2 where u actually get really cool gear or items of all kinds that you can use for ur enjoyment. and even with those monthly events like the rakghoul ones, it feels more like a competition of who can do the mission faster so they dont have to wait for an object to respawn rather than 'lets do it together and all win' !
so tl;dr : swtor could use some daily active map events where all kinds of players can engage in, with desirable rewards such as cool looking gear, titles, minions, mounts, furniture, whatever, and same goes to flashpoints and operations. and then i'll maybe return long term.
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nahassheet · 2 years
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Java lwjgl how to resize vao
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JAVA LWJGL HOW TO RESIZE VAO CODE
There are other resources though that cover this, take a look at this. There are various different methods depending on your target OpenGL version. If you perform frustum culling at any time, I would advise you to only check for chunks and not every single block, since it would probably be overkill and only result in a performance loss compaired to rendering a few blocks that might be outside of the view frustum but inside a chunk that touches the view frustum.Īlso it is really bad performance-wise to render every block with a seperate draw call. A possibility is that every surrounding block is checked if a specific block gets changed in any form (in Minecraft this is referred to as block updates). This shouldn't be done during every render call, you should only perform such checks if they are necessery. Those which are completely enclosed shouldn't be rendered as they are not visible anyways. You can check every block if it is exposed to air (=no other block) on any side or completely enclosed. Is there an amazingly helpful culling/optimization technique I should know about? I still haven't implemented frustum/occlusion culling. The FPS improved a little, but only by 1-2 FPS. It generated a 10x10 world and doesn't crash, but it runs at only 5 FPS, sometimes less. I found out that there was an infinite loop in the generation process, so I fixed that. It continued to lag and eventually crashed, so I tried to see if it was a problem with the terrain generation. I figured it was because I kept binding and unbinding the same VAO for every block, so I changed that because every block uses the same VAO.
JAVA LWJGL HOW TO RESIZE VAO CODE
In order to tidy up our code a little bit let’s create a new class called Mesh which, taking as an input an array of positions, creates the VBO and VAO objects needed to load that model into the graphics card. The resulting terrain is satisfyingly smooth and even, but the FPS decreases.Īt first I couldn't create a 10x10 world without crashing. In this chapter we will continue talking about how OpenGL renders things. After the smoothing algorithm finishes its task, there are about 1200 cubes. The terrain was initially too rough and uneven, so I created a smoothing algorithm and allowed for the generation of hills.īefore the smoothing algorithm does its job, there are about 900 (+/- 100) cubes. My world generation algorithm is similar to the Diamond-Square algorithm. If(G元0.glCheckFramebufferStatus(G元0.GL_FRAMEBUFFER) != G元0.I am working on a game with blocky graphics - similar to Minecraft. G元2.glFramebufferTexture(G元0.GL_FRAMEBUFFER, G元0.GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT0, colID, 0) ĭrawBuffs = BufferUtils.createIntBuffer(1) ĭrawBuffs.put(0, G元0.GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT0) G元0.glFramebufferRenderbuffer(G元0.GL_FRAMEBUFFER, G元0.GL_DEPTH_ATTACHMENT, G元0.GL_RENDERBUFFER, depID) G元0.glRenderbufferStorage(G元0.GL_RENDERBUFFER, GL11.GL_DEPTH_COMPONENT, scaleWidth, scaleHeight) G元0.glBindRenderbuffer(G元0.GL_RENDERBUFFER, depID) GL11.glTexParameteri(GL11.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL11.GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T, GL12.GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE) GL11.glTexParameteri(GL11.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL11.GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S, GL12.GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE) GL11.glTexParameteri(GL11.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL11.GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL11.GL_NEAREST) GL11.glTexParameteri(GL11.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL11.GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL11.GL_NEAREST) GL11.glTexImage2D(GL11.GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL11.GL_RGB, scaleWidth, scaleHeight, 0, GL11.GL_RGB, GL11.GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, (ByteBuffer)null) GL11.glBindTexture(GL11.GL_TEXTURE_2D, colID) G元0.glBindFramebuffer(G元0.GL_FRAMEBUFFER, fboID) This code is in the same method where I initialize OpenGL fboID = G元0.glGenFramebuffers() I have not been able to find any example code or how I would go about doing that. I have been trying to set the current render area to an FrameBuffer then draw the Frame Buffer larger on the window. The image below shows what I am trying to achieve. I am basically trying to take a small area (example 100x177) and draw it 9 times the original size while still keeping the nearest neighbor. I am going for a retro type of feel for my game and I believe that this would help with that. I am having a little issue with my game trying to get the screen to draw a ton larger.
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alvarezmarquez6 · 2 years
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twistedmusings · 3 years
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How the dorm leaders react when they catch you kissing someone from their dorm [Part 2]
A/N: AND HERE IT IS! Oh my god I still can't believe I managed to get this done! I actually stayed on task! Honestly these three were probably my favourite from the original post, I've had far too much fun writing these bois.
And what can I say? Playfully flirty MC is a good MC u wu
Warnings: Heavy smooching, possessive talk, and the reader just really pushing the dorm leader's buttons~
Part 1 here!
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“How dare you...?”
Vil was more than happy to be coming back to Pomefiore with all the stuff that had happened today. Classes were more annoying than usual, he had to chase Leona down to tell him to get his work done and there had been some problems in the modeling studio that caused the lights to be brighter than usual and now he had a headache that only a nap could fix.
Thing was, if he wanted to keep his schedule as tight as possible he would need to stay awake for...another 6 hours.
One good thing was waiting for him though. Rook had greeted him at the entrance and let him know that the Ramshackle prefect was in the dorm today as per his request.
Good.
This would keep him awake. He remembers promising you a lesson in proper skincare in order to remedy whatever you did once you woke up in the morning. Deep in the back of his head he remembers you telling him that you just splash cold water on your face but he preferred to think that you at least put some sort of moisturizer. Maybe.
He rushes to his room to freshen up and makes sure that he has the materials he needs. Vil had decided that his own brand of face cleansing products would be a good start for your skin. The tingles in his fingertips went ignored as he thought of you thinking about him in the morning. It wasn’t that sort of thing at all, he reminded himself. Dorm leaders were supposed to help each other out, despite how often they were at each other’s throats, and he was just fulfilling his role not just as a dorm leader but as a...friend.
Vil takes one last look at the mirror and makes his way down the row of rooms in Pomefiore to reach the Lounge, only to stop when he sees you being pulled into one of the many rooms by what was clearly a Pomefiore’s students hand.
Wait what?
It’s almost alarming how quickly he approaches the door and puts his foot in it, choosing to stay quiet as he sees that the two people in the room didn’t even bother to wonder why the door hadn’t closed all the way. The student was pressing kisses against your lips in small intervals, choosing instead to talk as you run your hands up the expensive purple robe and taking in the little designs.
“I had a new lip scrub I wanted you to try out.”
“Really? Then why aren’t we in the bathroom?"
“That’s rather forward for a dorm leader. Is everyone in Ramshackle this daring?”
Vil couldn’t even pinpoint the student’s name. That was your first offense. The only thing he remembers about him is the man’s caramel brown hair and how it contrasted beautifully against his dark skin. After that, nothing could pop into his head that would make that student even remotely interesting for you to be hanging off of him like that! Of all the people to be with, it just had to be a nameless potato, didn’t it?
The hairs at the back of his head stand up as the potato hands you what he believes to be the best lip scrub in the business, which only makes the alarms in Vil’s head go off even louder. That brand wasn’t even known for doing lip scrubs! In fact, they once put out a three in one shampoo/conditioner and the fact that the student even had that brand in the dorms and you just blatantly accepting it was your second offense.
And as much as he wanted to focus on that being the thing that truly bothered him, he felt the alarms deafening him as he saw the potato’s hands wrap around your waist as he kissed you again, your lips parting to let him inside.
He shouldn’t be looking at this, he should be leaving and just leave you to your own devices. The lesson wasn’t important, you weren’t that important to him--
Amethyst eyes widen when you tilt your head as the student starts kissing down your neck, already choosing one spot to make his own as he licks and nips at the skin while you dig your fingers into his robe.
Vil didn’t really know how to describe the sudden surge of energy that caused him to fling the door open and grab the student by the back of his robe and pull him backwards, eyes glaring at you the entire time as you whisper his name, as if suddenly remembering that you had a previous engagement before this whole ‘sticking your tongue down a Pomefiore student’s throat’’ business.
“Prefect. My room. Now.”
You put your hands up and walk out of the room without looking at him, Vil letting go of the student’s robes and walking out after you. He didn’t even need to tell him that he was in trouble, the student would realize it soon enough once Rook delivered the chores that needed to be done by tonight.
A list only that student would be getting instead of the entire dorm.
Vil closes the door of his room and turns the lock rather harshly, looking back at you sitting at the edge of his bed still staring at the window. You weren’t trying to defend yourself, you weren’t even looking at him.
“I hate to be kept waiting, Prefect. Not just that, it is extremely rude to keep someone waiting just so you can fraternize with someone in my dorm.”
No answer. He grabs his desk chair and sits down so he can face you directly.
“What made you go and pick that potato?”
“Why would that be any of your business Vil-senpai?”
It was very much his business, if you asked him. He would have been okay if it was Epel or even Rook that you had picked to make out with but he wasn’t just going to stand around and watch as one of the student’s whose name he didn’t even know threw all of his work out of the window! So he asked the question again, this time getting a chuckle as an answer which only served to upset him even more.
“Out of anyone in my dorm you could have picked, you had to go with someone who offers you such a low quality brand of lip scrub?”
“That is your problem with this? What he offered me? Me and him just started hanging out, we know nothing about each other! I just wanted to change that.”
His headache was coming back again.
Vil put hard work into everything he did. That was his work ethic and people be damned if they thought it was too much. Maybe they couldn’t handle it but they still respected it, respected his craft and the work he put into it.
So why do you, of all of his recent projects, disrespect him so blatantly?
It was clear you weren’t ready yet, Vil wasn’t done working with you yet. After doing something like this, and right inside his dorm, he knew that you had just taken all of the careful brushes and strokes he had decorated your canvas with…
And burnt it right in front of his eyes.
Which is why he didn’t necessarily feel any guilt when he grabbed your cheeks and pulled his own lipstick out of his back pocket, ignoring your protests.
“Quiet.”
He applies the shade quickly and before you have any chance to protest, pushes his lips against yours.
The kiss is anything but sweet. It’s almost punishing. Vil was reminding you that you were a work in progress. He still had so much left to teach you, so much left to work with you and if you kept rushing things you were going to make him mad. Once he was done with you, you could go about your pitiful little life and kiss whoever you wanted and he wouldn’t even bat an eyelash.
A hand grasps at his wrists as you press his palms on your cheeks, your tongue gently pressing against his lips so you could slip inside--
Nevermind. This sort of impatient kissing would also have to go.
He pulls away and pushes you onto the mattress, your eyes hazy with eagerness and confusion as Vil removes his jacket and gloves and leans down to trap you below him.
“Were you this greedy with him? Did he also get this treatment from you? No, don’t answer. I fear I’ll only get angrier if you do. Now be an obedient little potato and stay still, the first thing I’ll fix is that messy kissing of yours.”
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“ :( “
Snacks runs had to be the most annoying and heart pounding of his usual daily life quests. If waking up was a struggle enough, especially when no special loot such as new anime or manga was available, it was hard to complete such basic tasks without some sort of incentive.
Although Idia guessed that not dying of starvation was enough of an incentive.
He walks down the corridor of his own dorm, humming a quiet tune to himself as he looks down at all the snacks he had acquired. Which, score! They even had a limited edition chip flavor that came with the card of one of his favourite idols! It took everything in his power to not just spend all of his money on more than one bag but he had such a good day today that he knew his gacha pull luck just had to be good.
The door to a room behind him opens, Idia quickly picking up his pace and hiding behind a corner as he looks at who it could be. He isn't against anyone in his dorm but...he didn't have the means to engage in any conversation that wasn't about his current FPS game or Gakemo so--
"Thank you for the help! I thought my phone was beyond repair!"
His hands tighten around the chips pressed tight to his chest, eyes wide in surprise as he sees you stepping out of the room.
Of all people...why were you here so late?
The student laughs as he scratches the back of his head, handing you back your phone and looking away.
“No--No problem! I...I honestly didn’t think you would come to me for help. I integrated the newest magical technology on it as well as voice activated features and a--a brand new messaging app that sends messages faster!”
Idia clicked his tongue as he heard the student speak. Look at him showing off. You didn’t know that he was taking advantage of your naive mind! You didn’t know anything about magic so, of course, all those features would sound fancy!
When it was literally taking your phone and just downloading some fancy new apps on it!
Yet there you were, marveling down at it as if you had just gotten the latest version.
Well maybe he shouldn’t complain too much, even from here he could see your smile. A part of him worried that all this luck he was suddenly getting would affect the luck he would get on his chip bag but...you were worth it.
Such a rare event shouldn’t be left unnoticed.
Maybe...maybe if he stayed here you could walk by and he could open up the ‘bumping into each other late at night’ event?
“So how can I repay you? Do you need anything done?”
Idia tunes back into the conversation as he frowns, looking back at the two of you as the student looks at every single corner of the ceiling instead of looking at you.
Payment? The guy had just downloaded a couple of apps that wasn’t good enough reason to offer some sort of payment. He frowns and taps his foot impatiently as the guy stutters out a few excuses before finally giving you an answer.
“A ki--A kiss? Would that be alright?”
The Ignihyde dorm leader almost falls down as he hears that, retreating further into his corner as he glared daggers at the guy who had just dared to ask for such a bold request.
A k--kis--kiss? A kiss...from you?
This guy was starting to piss him off! He should just be content staring at you! You were a SSR character all on your own! That guy should be happy he even got to talk to you at all and shouldn’t ask for more than he was given! He already rolled for such a life changing event why would he even want more!
His eyes soften when he sees you mull it over. It was okay, you could reject him. Such a guy wouldn’t even be worthy of a kiss from you so you so all you had to do was say no! Go on, [Y/N], just reject hi--
Idia can feel his heart breaking as his muscles stop working, dropping all of his stuff on the floor with a thud as the sound echoes. Yet it went ignored, the other two people in the hallway too busy with their own activities.
When...when had you even kissed him? Idia only remembers you putting your phone away and the moment he blinked you had already pressed your lips against that other guy--!
He should be leaving, why isn’t he moving?
The student’s hand goes to your waist as you deepen it, his face turning a deep shade of red as you pull away and tap his lips.
“Was that your first kiss?”
“...y--yes..”
You were smiling and giving him such a rare, almost ultimately rare item and Idia didn’t know how long he could stare until he combusted.
So all he could do was turn around…
And run as fast as he could.
He ignored the familiar voice calling out his name, footsteps quickly following him as he started to run out of breath.
Making a poor otaku like him run, even now you were still being so cruel to him!
Idia’s door slides open as he bursts inside, ready to bury himself in his bed and never come out again--!
Only to stop when he hears you hiss in pain.
Blue eyes turn around to see your foot jammed into his doorway, not allowing the electric door to slide closed. A part of him wants to immediately go to you and ask if you were alright but he stops himself as the image of your kiss flashes through his mind again.
“[Y/N]-shi! W--What--!”
You rub at your foot and sigh, walking in with a confused look as Idia presses his back against his bookshelf. He knew it. If a SSR character could be brought to real life, this is the sort of power they would have over him.
The kind of aura you were emitting was enough for him to want to get on his knees, but he chose to remain strong.
“I was calling out to you…didn’t you hear me?”
Idia turns his head and looks at the floor, the pain still raw and emotionally taxing than what he was used to. Disappointment was one thing but heartbreak was a complete other monster!
“Shouldn’t--Shouldn’t you be with your boyfriend?”
He spits the word out, annoyed that a guy from his dorm could unlock...no...could get someone like you. You were open to every single activity Idia gave you, you gave him good feedback and didn’t get scared when you two disagreed on something. Every manga he gave you, you read and every anime he told you to watch, you would watch it.
You were receptive, you were attentive, you were what Idia wanted in a real life friend!
He hadn’t dared hope for more!
That still didn’t mean he couldn’t fantasize when he was all by himself.
“Boyfriend…?”
You tilt your head in confusion before chuckling as you realized what had happened.
“Oh so you saw that.”
Is that all you were going to say?! You had just taken his heart and crushed it into tiny little pieces and you were just going to talk about what a pervert he was being!
Someone just KO him now, like right now!
“Yes...I saw. So what? You were just ki-kissi--doing that thing from everyone to see! So you should just go back to him instead of bullying me in my own room!”
Please just leave, he wanted to cry in peace.
Yet you stubbornly remain, just like the first time he met you.
“Idia I don’t know what crazy assumptions you are making but that guy isn’t my boyfriend.”
You put up one finger.
“He fixed my phone…”
Another one follows after.
“And he asked for a kiss for payment. Simple as that. You shouldn’t act like you caught us doing something major. It was just a kis---”
Large hands land on your shoulders as Idia now stands in front of you, head hung low as he mutters something to himself.
“Just a kiss….just a kiss.”
You jump as he gets close to your face, eyes staring at you pleadingly as he cupped your face.
“JUST A KISS? DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU ARE? AN EXTRA RARE CHARACTER SUCH AS YOURSELF SHOULDN’T BE GIVING OUT SUCH RARE ITEMS LIKE THAT!”
He shakes you back and forth.
“IF YOUR KISS WAS JUST NORMAL THEN EVEN I...I COULD--”
Idia’s eyes fall on your lips, the rush of adrenaline mixed in with his built up desire for you all culminating in two choices popping up in his head. And for the first time, he knew that hesitation was not an option.
So he dives in.
His lips met yours roughly, not really moving them or anything but just pressing them against you. You put your hands gently on his chest but he takes it as a protest, which only causes him to push them onto yours even more.
This was...disastrous.
He had never kissed anyone before. How in the world did he think that he would be able to kiss you? Ah, maybe this was a dream? Right! He had just dreamed all of this up and you didn’t really force your way into his room to confront him!
His hair flares up when you cup his face, pushing him away slightly and tilting him in such a way that your lips would meet in a much softer fashion. He looks down and sees you closing your eyes, following in your footsteps and melting inside your kiss.
You both pull away slowly, Idia opening his eyes and blushing when he sees you licking your lips and sending him a teasing grin.
A rare sight...made only for him.
“I feel like I just spent all my stamina on this one event...so I don’t want to go unrewarded. Can we go further? I want to go further. What option do I have to pick for you to do that again, [Y/N]?”
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“Don’t touch them.”
“YOUNG MASTER! WHERE ARE YOU!”
Malleus sighs as he looks on at the Diasmonia students gathered around the outskirts of the school, smiling as he sees Sebek directing them each and every way. Sebek really didn’t give up, did he? One of his classes had been canceled and he was eager to see the gargoyles around Ramshackle in a much better light but he figured Sebek would cause up a stir when he didn’t find him in his classroom.
As much as he appreciated him, Sebek didn’t have to walk him to every single class.
He sighs and goes deeper into the woods behind Ramshackle, the small broken path there leading him down a familiar terrain.
This is where he usually walked with you, after all.
Seeing this place in bright light was so very different. Instead of it being illuminated by his lights, the sun peeked out from over the trees and provided a sunny trail instead of the usual moonlight. He took a deep breath as he breathed in the smell of flowers all around, all of them growing wildly around him and defying any human to try and tame them.
His fingers trace some of the thorns he found on some of them, the flowers attracted to his touch and moving closer to his hands as a small vine wrapped around his finger.
All with his magic’s help after all.
This was his safe space. Malleus would come here during his first and second year and lose himself in the wilderness. In here no one would fear him. Here every single thing was responsive to his touches and even dared to touch back. Some of the wild rose bushes also reminded him of him, Malleus adding a bit more thorns around the flowers as in to emulate the very home he missed.
In this lonely place, he flourished.
But it wasn’t so lonely now, was it?
His third year had brought one big surprise. A human. A child of man who did not know who he was or what he was capable of. They looked at him as if he was just any other stranger roaming around their dorm and not the next ruler of the Valley of Thorns.
And Malleus, being the very curious person he is, found himself pulled to your inattentiveness.
He had dropped many hints that he was eager to get to know you more, relishing in the fact that you two were starting to get closer. And while he had hoped to keep his identity a secret a bit longer, he found it almost unbearable for you to not know who he was.
If you were so open with who you were, then he should show you the same kind of respect.
How wonderful that you were now on a first name basis with each other.
Malleus could walk over to Ramshackle dorm now and knock on your door without hesitation, smiling as he sees your excitement at just what places you two would discover in the dead of night.
Bummer you couldn’t be with him now.
He had seen you come out of your dorm and ask Sebek if he needed any help, to which the fae replied rather rudely that no human could ever track down his young master, so he was a bit reluctant to discover any more places without you by his side.
These walks were something you two did together, after all.
So he remained at this spot, touching everything and anything that would strike his fancy while going deeper and deeper into a small clearing you two had found. A large tree decorated its middle, the leaves falling gently upon the ground as the sun shone down on the large pond that provided this part of the forest with the water it needed to balance out the sun’s gentle rays.
“Shhhh, don’t make too much noise.”
Malleus stops as he hears your voice, his head immediately turning towards the sound as he hears rustling behind him. He smiles and turns to where he thought you were coming from only to be struck by a sudden idea--and immediately hiding among the trees and bushes so you couldn’t see him.
Would you be surprised to find him here?
He hoped so. Malleus had the habit of appearing to you suddenly so this wouldn’t be breaking any traditions between you two. If he played his cards right, you might join him on a walk all the way to the edge of the island.
“Prefect do you know where you are going?”
“I do! I’ve been here so many times. Now come on!”
Another person’s voice. No...he had heard that voice before.
Malleus retreats back into his hiding spot as he sees you rush by, holding by the hand a Diasmonia student as he rushes to follow you. You smile and turn around, still holding his hand while the other looked on in amazement at where you had led him.
“Prefect...this is…”
“Like it? Me and Malleus found it a while ago. This is how we know we are close to the edge of the forest.”
The Diasmonia dorm leader smiles as he watches you show the student around, pointing out different sights and sounds as the other watched on in amazement. That student probably had never gone anywhere this secret and while Malleus was glad you were showing off the place you two shared…
There was a feeling deep inside his chest that flared up angrily as he caught the student looking at you more than his surroundings.
Green eyes watch as the student’s hand clenches and unclenches, seemingly working up the courage to do something as you continue speaking. Which was rather rude, in Malleus’s opinion. You were explaining some wonderful things about the flora here and he was just staring at you without engaging in the conversation.
And how did you two know each other? Malleus had never mentioned you in Diasmonia except to Silver and Lilia, had he known you before him?
Malleus hands grip the tree bark tighter as the student takes your hand, stopping your explanation as he gets you to focus your attention on him.
What--?
“I’ve been eager to find some time alone with you.”
The student clears his throat before pulling you by the hand gently, your surprised look turning into one of playfulness as you follow along with his movements. He leads you to the edge of the pond, spinning you around as you allow him to position you in such a way that you are now closer to him than before.
Which only makes the angry feeling in Malleus’s gut flare up even more.
“Have you now? What for?”
An answer Malleus wanted to know as well.
Blushing, the student smiles and leads you into a dance with no music which only served to make you laugh and make Malleus’s fingers dig deep into the wood of the poor tree.
In the dragon fae’s eyes, you two are dancing for hours without caring about who was around. Why had he even brought you here? This student was part of Sebek’s surveillance crew and yet here he was not doing his job. But he wasn’t the one who brought you here…
You were.
Your actions were lost on Malleus as the dance finishes up, the student dipping you low before bringing you up.
“So you brought me here to dance? Who knew Diasmonia students were so charming.”
Malleus didn’t like the way you were smiling, nor how your hands rested on the student’s shoulders. He hadn’t seen this side of you before, you were playing along with this student and his motives.
Had you always been so playful? Malleus had only seen you during the night and whenever you two spoke it was a conversation worthy of two friends sharing experiences together.
But not this...never this…
“Well, not just a dance. I’ve wanted to state my intentions outright.”
The tree starts to crack slowly as Malleus can feel more thorns growing out of the rose bushes around him.
“Ever since you arrived, you have been an enigma to me. You are always so helpful even to those who do not seek your aid. Even now, you didn’t have to help me search for our Young Master."
He wasn’t searching for anyone, he was too close to you for Malleus’s liking and he needed to learn how to respect your boundaries.
“Yet you still offered me your help...and I…I want to...”
The student was leaning closer as his hands slid down to your waist, Malleus staring as you started to tilt your head as you placed your hands on his chest while his lips were dead set on meeting yours--!
Your face is tilted up as cold lips meet yours, your mouth opening in a surprised gasp as the hold the student had on you was no longer shy and timid but angry and possessive. These lips were pulling you in closer and closer, greedily eating each and every sound you were making as the air was slowly stolen from your lungs.
A string of saliva is left hanging as you two separate, your eyes fluttering open as you think of something to say to such a ravishing kiss.
Only for them to open wide in surprise as you see who you had really kissed.
“Malleus!?”
You turn to look behind the fae’s back, the Diasmonia student looking at his Young Master in mild panic and surprise while Malleus presses you close against his chest, clearly hiding you from view.
Right before the student even had a chance to taste your lips, Malleus had rushed out of his hiding place and pulled him away by the collar of his shirt.
For a dragon to watch on as something that was his was so close to be taken away, the surprise must have gotten to him.
“Go tell Sebek to head back to Diasmonia and call off his search. I will be there by nightfall.”
The student tries to stutter out a response but Malleus glares back as he keeps you pressed firmly against him.
“Now.”
You watch the student leave in a hurry, following the broken path you had led him in with. Your eyes peek up to look at Malleus but the dorm leader waits until the sound of footsteps is long gone before tilting your face up again and leaning down to press his lips against yours in another rough and dominating kiss.
Hands push you forward as your back collides with the huge tree in the clearing, Malleus making sure that the back of your head meets the bark gently as his lips never parted from yours. You wrap your arms around him as best as you could and let out an involuntary squeak when the fae decides to pick you up so that you could pull him in even closer.
He is the one to pull away first, hands firmly on your bottom as you wrap your legs around his waist to support yourself.
“Malleus--”
The fae presses another kiss to your lips, effectively silencing you so that all your attention would be on him.
“Don’t ever bring someone else into this place, child of man. Do I make myself clear? This place is our haven and I will not have someone else come steal both it and you away from me. Well, even if you don’t understand, I’ll make sure to explain it to you thoroughly. Now...kiss me again.”
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Soft as Silk
Pairing: Sweet Pea x Fem!Reader
Written: December 22nd, 2020
Posted: December 22nd, 2020
Warning: None
Word Count: 1,000
Requested: Yes! @kpopgirlbtssvt​ Hii!! (This is a lot omg, let me know if it’s too detailed!) Can I please request a Sweet Pea x shy/quite!innocent!fem!reader where when the Serpents first go to the Northside school, at some point during the school day, Sweet Pear hears soft music (a violin) and he’s curious, so he follows it. Which leads him right outside the orchestra room, where he sees Y/N (for the first time as she’s really shy and doesn’t talk to many people), by herself, playing her violin. Awhh and she would so blush when she sees him (through the window on the door) watching her play, but shyly smile too. She doesn’t hold the same beliefs as the other Northsiders do, she’s actually kind and accepting to all the Southsiders. They get closer and closer and their relationship eventually develops into boyfriend and girlfriend. Sweet Pea would be soft for her and veryyyy protect and the other Serpents would be as well. The Northsides (especially Archie and Reggie) would be shook lol. I honestly love the “opposites attract.”
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A/N: I loved writing this, especially because it was a Violin reader request! I used to play Violin all through school, I even won competition medals and even got my Letterman’s Jacket Letter from playing Violin in high school. Even though I haven’t played since, I still enjoy listening to orchestra music, if you’re like me I suggest listening to Lindsey Sterling, she’s great with her electric violin. Okay I’m done ranting lol. I also included a lot of the things I did / experienced. Like having to take a music class to graduate, swaying as playing the violin. ect.
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Walking into Riverdale high, you gripped your Violin case handle just a little tighter. The Southside High students would be attending classes today as they transferred to the Northside school.
Everyone seemed to be a little on edge since the announcement of the merge. Reggie seemed to be a little angrier since then, as well as Archie. They had both been your friends since you could remember. Both guys were often very protective over you since you were shy and didn’t have a lot of friends. It seemed like an odd friendship as an outsider looking in.
As you walked through the hallways, you made your way to the Orchestra room. Nobody would be in the classroom until at least the third or fourth period, which allotted you enough time to play to your heart's content.
Shutting the door, you let out a content sigh. The overwhelming feeling of home washed over you. The Orchestra room, was your home away from home since you were always there practicing.
Opting for a change of scenery, you decided to take a seat in the back row. Grabbing your sheet music, you placed it on the stand in front of you. Turning towards your case, you had placed it on the chair beside you. Opening the case, you pulled your bow out before tightening it ever so slightly, then you grabbed your rosin and began moving it up and down on your bow.
Once you were satisfied with the amount of rosin on your bow, you pulled your violin out, placing the shoulder rest on it then placing it on your shoulder. Angling your head you held the Violin between them. Reaching underneath the violin you began twisting the tuning pegs, allowing you to tune your violin.
After tuning, you felt as though you were ready to begin playing. You glanced at the key before checking the tempo. Placing your bow on the strings you began moving your fingers to hit the notes. Losing yourself in the music you began to sway slightly as you played.
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As Sweet Pea entered the Northside school, he couldn’t help but have a foul mood. He hated the North siders and now he would have to go to school with them. Luckily, he had his closest friends beside him to help him get through the day. 
Naturally, they arrived late to school. Walking towards their assigned lockers, they placed their belongings in them before making their separate ways toward their respected classrooms. 
Sweet Pea grumbled to himself as he made his way towards the Choir room. Each student was required to take some sort of music class to graduate. The soft sound of instrument melody filled his ears. 
Glancing around the hallway, he was alone which allowed him to follow the sweet melody. The music led him straight to the orchestra room. There he gazed through the window and saw an innocent looking girl playing her violin.
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Losing yourself in the music, you continued playing until you felt the sensation of somebody watching you. Glancing towards the door, you saw a guy with a black leather jacket gazing at you. 
You could feel heat rising in your cheeks as you locked gazes with him. Normally, you weren’t one to play for an audience, however, you couldn’t bring yourself to stop playing. 
As you gazed at each other, you didn’t miss the blush that made its way to his cheeks nor did you miss the soft smile he sent you.
The sound of a bell interrupted your moment, as it signaled the end of class and the start of a new class.
Sighing, you broke the gaze you shared and begun putting away your violin. Once you were finished, you held onto a small inkling of hope that he would be waiting for you. As you exited the orchestra room, you glanced around only to see the mysterious serpent nowhere in sight.
“There you are!” Reggie exclaimed throwing his arm around your shoulders. “I’ve been looking everywhere for you. I should’ve known you’d be in the music hallway.”
You rolled your eyes, before shrugging off his arm. “You should’ve looked there first, that’s where I always am.”
“Clearly.” Reggie scoffed. “Come on, you don’t want to be late for  next period.”
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The rest of the day, your mind was clouded with the thought of the mysterious guy from this morning. You couldn’t help but think back to the intimate moment you shared. It was a moment you hadn’t shared with anyone before.
In one of your classes, you were sitting beside Tony and Fangs. They were quick to introduce themselves to you. A grin made it’s way to your face as you had become friends with some of the South siders.
“This is, Sweet Pea.” Fangs spoke introducing you to the guy you had seen earlier in the day.
“Nice to meet you, Sweet Pea, I’m Y/N.” You grinned shaking his hand.
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Since that day, you had developed a close bond with the younger Serpents. It was rare that you were seen without one or all by your side. They had taken you under their wing and protected you as their own. 
You and Sweet Pea began developing a close bond. He would often skip classes, to spend time listening to you play your violin in the orchestra room. Fireworks always seemed to erupt in your stomach anytime he was near you. “What is he doing with her?” Archie questioned as he stared daggers at the sight of you and Sweet Pea walking through the halls.
“I don’t know man.” Reggie shrugged. “It’s crazy that they excepted her into their group.”
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“This is Y/n,” Toni spoke introducing you to FP.
Fangs had convinced you somehow to hang out with the younger serpents at the wyrm.
“Hi.” You shook his hand, as your voice came out meek and meager. 
“Ah, so she’s the North sider you’ve all been talking about.”
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Season 4, Episode 20 - Qilin
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It's been quite some time after premiere of Qilin and Penalteam, but as I've said before, I was waiting for the French premiere of last four episodes of season 4, since I completely dislike the English dub and I prefer to avoid watching this show in that language if I can. I started with Qilin, though Penalteam was aired a week earlier in France. I was planning to wait for Qilin release anyway, but since the war in Ukraine started, following the content about it and related to it takes quite much of my time everyday, sometimes more, sometimes less (though mostly I watch or rather listen to YouTube videos during doing something else). In few first days I was unable to concentrate on watching the show anyway. The war is in my neighbouring country and it also affects my own one a lot. Remember that Ukrainians are fighting not only for independence of their country, they are fighting for the Europe and the whole world. Poland isn't as safe as we all thought before, despite we're in both NATO and EU unlike Ukraine. Putin must be stopped for the safety of all us.
I don't know French, but I have one simple trick to get subtitles to watch the remaining episodes in language of my choice. I just rip the subtitle files from the Hulu releases. They including the American scripts of course, so they're are not ideal, but that's better than nothing. Besides Hulu is using different frame rate (23.976 fps) than other releases like Disney+ or TFOU's service (25 fps). Simple changing frame rates of subtitles isn't working ideal, I still need to manually shift time while watching, but that's not a big problem. I'm still glad that I found a solution, so I'm not forced to watch the dub that annoys me. ;)
Unfortunately, there was a problem with the French video of Qilin I got that's ripped from the TFOU's service. For some reasons there are few minutes missing, two fragments got cut. I noticed it thanks to the subtitles, since at some point text stopped to correspond to the video. Still it took some time to figure out why. I suppose something went wrong during uploading the video on the site. One of the early S4 episodes also got corrupted there. So well, since I hadno other choice than watching these missing minutes in English, I can say I don't change my opinion, I still think that the American dub is so awful, soulless and so generic. Only Shadow Moth voice was okay to me. Sorry.
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And you know what? I have no idea what to say about this episode, so this post should be one of the shortest and the weakest one I have written about season 4. The first part of it was quite nice, but the second one when the ticket drama started was way too absurd to me. I hate when the plot of this show is that stupidly exaggerated. It reminded me Mega Leech that's one of the worst S4 episodes in my opinion for its absurd plot that felt more like a episode of Peppa Pig or another show for preschoolers than targeted for older kids.
It was really nice to see Sabine's everyday routine and all. That she is better organised than Marinette, but also we've seen what Marinette has from her mother. That was unexpected that Sabine is interested at art like her (though totally different type). I'm also surprised that she has a job outside of working at the bakery. If I got a chance I would be interested at getting some Chinese painting classes as well. It was also surprising to see Lila there, it seems that's her biggest this season till now (remember that I haven't seen Penalteam nor Risk yet, maybe she got any speaking role in any of them, I don't know yet). I don't think it's going to be significant for the plot, but I very like the fact we've seen that Lila has life outside of being a bad girl, there's something that interests her in positive way.
But there's one thing that bothers me. Sabine has been portrayed totally one-dimensional. She's another way too much idealised character, too noble, she is also too ideal mother. She hadn't done anything even a little wrong in the entire episode. I don't like characters without a weak points, they are so boring. So yeah, Sabine is a good mother, but she's not a type of character I can care about much.
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Despite that I thought it's going to be a decent episode until that ticket accident happened. I don't want to comment how stupid it was that they started to treat Sabine like a terrorist just because she had no ticket or a wallet with her for a moment. Besides the akuma battle could in my top 5 the worst this season and I don't want to waste my time to write anything about that as well. So unfortunately, the whole second half of the episode was much worse than the first one. Not nearly as bad to me as some of other this season's episodes, just stupidly absurd (that happens from time to time in all seasons) and boring. Not to mention this is another episode without Adrien (as civilian) and Plagg at all, and since I lost most of my sympathy for Marinette throughout S4, this episode has not much to offer for me generally.
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I wonder if was that said before that Chat Noir's umbrella is a magical weapon? I don't remember that. It looks like one, since it seems to be completely indestructible. I remember that umbrella appeared once only to protect against rain (but I have no idea in which episode, since I don't rewatch any since Hack-san). I thought it was just a one-time thing to make another reference to the famous umbrella scene. If it's a new Chat's skill, why wasn't it properly introduced? Geez, that's another thing this season that appeared out of nowhere without explaining how. It makes this season feels incomplete like we're missing something.
Also I have a feeling it was the ugliest episode this season. Looking at the picture below just hurts (pay attention at Marinette's eyes and the shading). Although generally I think the animation quality of S4 is better than seasons 2 and 3, not a lot, but still. And at least I like Qilin design and especially her color scheme.
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In France the whole season finale is going to be aired this weekend, at 13rd March, so thankfully just one day after the international premiere of Strike Back. I would prefer to see both episodes as fast as possible because I'm worried about spoilers (I've already accidentaly seen something big in my mobile's Google feed and I hate that, I'm not saying what in this post, because it could be read by someone who tries to avoid spoilers like me, I can't be sure if it's a spoiler for any of the finale's episode, but it should be). And mostly because I still read Miraculous fanfics and I'm sure that after premiere of Strike Back there are going to be post-S4 fics with spoilers in the tags and/or summary without warning on AO3. That always happen after premiere of big episodes those bring a lot of emotion in the fandom. I plan to stop scrolling through AO3 to search for any interesting fic after premiere of Strike Back in the USA until I see the finale, but I don't want that to take too long. But definitely I'm not going to watch both episodes in one day and I plan to write two separate posts, because since it's the finale, I expect that I'm gonna to have many things to say about both of them. It would most probably take too much time to do it in one day, knowing my writing speed which is rather slow, especially not in my native language (I don't mean typing speed, that's not too bad when using computer keyboard, but thinking what to write and how to create sentences is another story), and I always takes breaks. Because of that I hope I will be able to watch Penalteam before Sunday, maybe even tomorrow. I've also seen spoilers from this episode, including its final card which is extremely spoilery. :/ At least I know that should be more interesting than Qilin and more plot focused, so I feel I'm a bit more willing to watch it soon.
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Hello! Mind if you elaborate more on the “artsy TP/technical FP” paragraph in this ask?
Being ENFP myself, I think I already know why this is the case. BUT it doesn’t hurt to hear your input too because you articulate your thoughts so well🤣🤣🤣 Whenever I look through “recommended careers for ENFPs” on mbti sites, I oddly never related to them…they’d always state that “artistic or creative-based” careers are ideal or that “traditional” jobs are too rigid. But after seeing your explanation, everything made MUCH more sense. I genuinely like computer science and finance (I’m an MIS major). Is the coursework extremely difficult sometimes? Yes. Does it make me go insane sometimes? YES! Not gonna lie, I’ve cried many times while trying to even pass my classes because of the need of getting things done (versus my inner battle of crushing my procrastination relapses🤮).
But in the end, I develop a deeper appreciation for it because of that adrenaline-inducing feeling of skill acquisition. It feels like I'm taking ahold of my tertiary Te and exercising it. It’s that feeling of becoming a more esteemable being and assuring myself that I am preparing myself for a better future. My tertiary Te feels like a gift. Even though I’m far from perfect and have a long way to go, I still love my major and have no regrets choosing it. 💓 Being around other high Te users honestly hurts sometimes (my ISTJ older sister)…but it’s also their bittersweet stinging that propels me to do better. 💖
[happily shows up to my future job wearing all pink and jotting down notes from meetings in my pink notebook and my fluffy pink pen🥰💅🏼uwu]
I appreciate the arts and I appreciate nonprofit/social work too. But I could never see myself approaching these as full-time careers, but more as hobbies or a side-job. I was never really the artsy-fartsy type, but I definitely respect such folks from afar 💘 This makes me wonder how my fellow ENTP neighbors develop their tertiary Fe which would soon lead them to those said artistic careers?
Sure. People are people, they'll use their functions to process information in patterns aligned with their type, but final decisions are nuanced and different for each person. I just happen to have this weird combination of: 1) exposure to way too many people and 2) a knowledge of typology so I'm actively looking for patterns. Type doesn't determine career choice or success, but data does inform trends.
The reason why xxFPs are highly represented in artistic careers is because those careers more likely allow them a high amount of freedom for self-expression and authenticity. In many cases, creative careers can also give them flexibility to manage their own time (i.e. freelance writer, freelance artist) so they're not committed to a specific company where they can feel easily suffocated by externally imposed routines, projects, and deadlines. 
With xxFPs, the common trend is less that they're all artistic/creative savants-- far from it-- and more that high Fi selects careers using an ‘inside out’ method that’s the opposite of the high Te method. For that reason, xxFPs are far more likely to try and turn hobbies into paying careers than just about any other MBTI type because these are passion pursuits defined by their internal preferences, values, and priorities.
The deciding factor is less the type of career (artistic vs. technical) and more how the underlying mission/impact resonates with the xxFP’s values. 
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Rika Kihira - Canon interview
original interview here.
Rika Kihira interviewed by Mika Noguchi 
“I will spend this off-season being strict to myself so I can believe in myself at the Olympics.”
Rika Kihira, successfully landed the quad Salchow jump at the Japan Nationals.  She finished in 7th place at the World Championship, but she had finished 2nd after her good performance for the SP. 
She has turned this bitter experience into motivation for further improvement. And she has already started to move forward.
Q: You have entered Waseda University and enrolled in the department of Human Science this April.  Is there any research field that you are interested in, or (do you have) a goal as a college student?
I have a strong desire to do any research that is related to my skating after all.  That is the reason why I chose this specific field so I can use my research for my skating.  Unfortunately, I couldn't attend the entrance ceremony because it was right after I had returned from the World Championship, and the classes have already started from April.  
I enjoy studying about the relation of children’s health and environment to their athletic ability.  Unlike adults, there are still some areas for children where their thinking does not function.  So this is the area we analyze what kind of behaviours they would do and how do they improve their athletic ability.
Q: In terms of the environment for children’s physical activity, would you think it’s possible to apply your own life experience that you have been trying various sports from childhood?
I haven’t thought about making use of my childhood experience yet, but I feel that I am experimenting with my own body and that leads to my daily research.  When I check my body condition such as fatigue, various movements and success rate of jumps and compare them to previous data, I often have my aha! moment by that.  So I would like to do research that can be used for skating in future.
Q: The fact that you are experimenting with your own body is something that only top athletes can do.  What kind of research do you want to apply to skating specifically?
After all, I want to think about my jumps theoretically.  I'd like to do something like graphing and analyzing things that can be quantified, such as the changes of heart rate while skating the program, the difference between when I’m tired or energized, and how does the quality of sleep affect my performance—things like that.
If properly converted into data and accumulated,  you can objectively see what you have experienced in the competition and then you can understand the reason and meaning of success and mistakes.
I haven't fully understood the university system yet, so I would like to look for an opportunity to find out how to conduct a study with my own body effectively.
Q: It has been an unusual season that you were training in Switzerland as your main training base in the middle of the pandemic.
There were times when I struggled to keep my motivation high.  Because all the competitions I had planned to attend got cancelled until last December, I didn’t have any chance to show what I had been training for and I also didn’t get to do intense training. 
There was also a time when I couldn't enjoy training because there had been no chance to feel a sense of accomplishment. But the training environment in Switzerland was very good in that I could naturally have a feeling of gratitude.  I could somehow manage to let the difficult time go by with that feeling (of gratitude). 
Q: It seems that your life in Switzerland gives you a very positive effect, doesn’t it Kihira-san?
I usually felt stressed before the competitions, thinking about the competitions all the time or connecting every single thing happening to negative feelings and thinking, “Oh...I don’t think I can make it at the competition either.” But now I feel that the current environment in Switzerland made me think more positively.
During the off season especially, the training was very difficult, so I didn't have to worry if I wasn't doing my best.  Each day I started feeling a sense of accomplishment when I felt my whole body was exhausted (after the training).  Although we had a very intense training menu, it wasn’t so difficult to push myself together with my friendly team mates while being surrounded by nature in Switzerland. 
Q: You landed the quad Salchow jump for the first time at the Japan Nationals last December.  With this success, was there any change to your mind about going into the World Championship? 
It was difficult for me to gain confidence about myself so easily just because I had landed a quad jump for once.  So I wasn't really able to feel excited for the World Championship.  But when I arrived in Stockholm and entered the venue, I felt like "I've done what I could do and I want to show what I've been training in front of everyone naturally”.
Q: At Worlds, you landed triple Axel jump and had a good start with 2nd after SP.  
I was determined to perform with gratitude for many people who supported me until now.  I received all the support from my coaches, my fans, and my family. I had no choice but to show my gratitude there when I went to jump (the triple Axel).  And I also wanted to confirm my love for figure skating by landing the jump successfully at the competition.
Q: Only a few female skaters have been able to do both triple Axel and other quad jumps. Do you find it (being able to jump 3A and quads) significantly difficult?
Actually, the triple Axel is more difficult to stabilize since it is a kind of jump that really depends on the ice condition.  So the timing for the jump take-off may easily change because of the position of the blades or the softness of the ice.
And the quad Salchow on the other hand, I do feel it is relatively stable even at the different rinks.  So I think that the triple Axel is a slightly unique jump.
Q: Is there any difficulty in balancing the two types of these difficult jumps?
I don't think the triple Axel is becoming [more] difficult after I've landed the quad Salchow.  But as I practiced it more, I found that jumping triple Axel followed by quadruple Salchow in one program is difficult compared to just doing each jump alone.
I think the fact that there are only a few female skaters who can do both types of jumps is because they tend to get mixed up on how to use their body for each jump.
For me, if I continue my training everyday so that I can do run-through without any mistakes, there will be less difficulties to do these jumps.
Q: There were expectations for you to challenge the quad Salchow and the triple Axel for FP at the World Championship.
I was practicing the quad Salchow during the official practice in the morning practice on the day of the free program. But soon after the official practice, they switched the rink for FP from the sub rink to the main rink. (t/n: it seemed that official practice was held at the sub rink that was supposed to be used for FP.)  Accordingly, I only had 6 minutes practice for the last chance to adjust myself to the ice. I thought I couldn’t make it in time so I decided to go with two triple Axels instead of a quad Salchow (and a triple Axel).” 
It was difficult for me to adjust to the ice in just 6 minutes, but I think there will be such a situation at the Olympics.  In order to jump the quad Salchow and the triple Axel at the competition, I really felt the importance of the training to adjust myself immediately in just 6 minutes.
Q: What kind of training do you want to do in order to adjust yourself and be able to jump both the quad and the triple Axel in just 6 minutes?
I was always checking my jumps starting from triples (and then quads) in order during 6 minutes practice, but at the World Championship, 6 minutes ended when I just finished checking my triple Axels twice.
As I’m including the quad jump into my program regularly, I feel that I need my triple jumps to be ready for the performance without having to check on them during the 6 minutes practice.  I would like to do more training to increase the stability of triple jumps on a daily basis.
Q: You mentioned that you did well with your mental control at the World Championship.
Yes.  I think I was able to relax rather than feel nervous.  From my experience, I started to understand that I’m unable to perform well when I'm nervous, so I feel that I've figured out how to concentrate and relax clearly.
Q: Is it quite different from the way you concentrated before?
For example, if I’m getting nervous and wondering if I can really jump during the waiting time, I would move my whole face and say “A, I, U, E, O” to loosen my face muscles, and then I also laugh at myself.  This is something that I do to turn my anxiety into excitement, and my nervousness into laughter.
Also, in order to avoid being nervous right before my performance, I usually skate with this image of all judges sitting in their position, and think “how would it be if this is the real competition?” during the official performance.
Q: After the World Championship, many of your comments were very positive, weren’t they? 
I definitely think it’s better not to get depressed and think like, "I’m not good at everything.” And I’m very positive about the fact that I'd been training really hard to increase the stability of quad jumps for the competitions.
I remember that my body movement was better during the morning practice on FP day and my performance was better than SP.
And two days after the competition, my condition was getting better again and I could pull myself together.  Of course I have the regret that I couldn't get a good result, but now I want to think about what was wrong and what was good, and move forward positively while reflecting on it.
Q: Please tell us about your programs in future.  Your SP’s one-handed cartwheel was getting so much attention this season.  Do you have any plans for the next season already?
Right now, I’m planning to keep my SP "The Fire Within", but I will change my FP "Baby, God Bless You" to something else.  I really love my FP’s music this season, the birth of life was its theme.  It was a beautiful program and also had good flow to it, so I tried to express the beauty of the music by a sense of speed of skating.
For the Olympics, I am planning to create a program with good speed and also some parts where I can go slow and take a good rest.
I really want to work hard on expressing the emotion through (my) facial expression so the audience will understand the program effortlessly, like a story being told,  connected from beginning to end.
Also, it is important not to make any mistakes even if I put in difficult jumps, so I want to make sure to have a part where I can calmly adjust myself before going into the second half of the program.  So I want my new program to have some sort of accent (for the rhythm of music and choreography).
Q: What kind of training do you want to do during this off-season?
First of all, intense body training. I’m planning to go over my competitive programs (SP&FS) when I will practice the show programs during the upcoming ice shows from spring till summer.
In order not to waste my time until the Beijing Olympics, I want to think about the Olympics every day and make sure to do intense training when my physical condition is good.
By spending the (off-season) time being strict to myself in this way, I can believe in myself by thinking, "I've been doing my best for the Olympics" at the moment of my performance at the Olympics. So I want to spend this off-season being strict for myself.
Q: For the Olympics, many people (media) will focus on how you would fight against the Russian skaters.
At the World Championship, I felt that the Russian skaters were able to perform their best at the very right timing (competition). But right now, I think there’s no need to compare myself with somebody else, the result from this competition came from the fact that I couldn’t perform what I could usually do.
It’s not that I have some parts that need to be improved compared to other people, but I could find a lot of my own challenges. I want to overcome them before going into the Olympics.
You may make a big mistake if you keep trying at random, just because you are way behind the Russian players.
If someone will do quintuple jumps, I wonder if I would go for quint jumps, that's not the case.  I believe that it will eventually show in the scores if I keep doing what I can do right now.
I did feel that the Russian ladies skaters are strong, but I just want to calmly analyze my situation and keep doing my best every day.
In April 2021, remotely during the quarantine period after returning to Japan
thank you to Fukuhana for translating and to Sunny for proofreading and editing the interview. 
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eponymous-rose · 3 years
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Even as someone who’s usually oblivious to most graphical stuff in games, MELE’s Mass Effect 1 looks gorgeous even after having just done a pretty heavily texmodded playthrough a few months ago. And 144 FPS! Lovely, lovely.
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I might finally play my Engineer (havin a normal one) -> Adept (came back from the dead and all I got was this space magic) -> Sentinel (sometimes you just gotta reconcile your past and present) class progression! Maybe.
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statticscribbles · 3 years
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Wind Chimes
Summary: Sweet Pea/Reader Request: Using the song Must’ve Been The Wind by Alec Benjamin
TW: Abuse, Minor discussion of abuse
Sweet Pea scowls when he wakes up, rubbing the sleep from his eyes confused as what woke him. He can’t hear anything and as he looks around his room nothing matches the state of the sound of shattering he’d heard. He jumps when he hears it again. Its not an uncommon sound, almost everyone in the Southside are messy drunks; everyone is once you get drunk enough. Still he can’t help how his heart races when voices rise after he hears another object smashing. He’s peering out his window, it’s three am, there’s no reason for anyone else to be up. No reason for anyone else to hear. He watches a figure almost jump out from the trailer three doors down before they vanish into the expanse of Sunnyside. He doesn’t fall back asleep instead waiting for more noises.
It’s four am when the figure that ran off returns, sliding against the trailer and opening the door before a hand tugs them back in. He can’t hear the exact words but he stays tense as the voices get louder.
“You look horrible.” Toni comments and Sweet Pea groans nodding as he slides his hand through his hair. “Rough night.” He mumbles. “When did you go to bed then?” “Four am, neighbors were screaming again.” He trudges through the day half paying attention to his lessons and relaxing as they break for lunch. “Toni, who lives three doors down from me?” Toni stays silent as she thinks. “Y/N, and her parents, but I think they’re divorced, either way her dad doesn’t come around anymore.” “Oh, thanks.” He sighs. “Why?” “Just thought I saw some guy hanging around there wasn’t sure if it was him or not.” Toni nods and returns to talking with Cheryl.
“Hey! Y/N right?” You turn when the Serpent boy calls your name. “Yeah, that’s me.” “Sweet Pea. Listen this might be kinda weird, but you live three doors down from me right?” You nod and he beams. “Great can I give you a lift home then? I usually drive Fangs home but he’s busy and I miss having someone to talk to.” You nod again and his smile stretches. “Great meet out the front after class?” He doesn’t wait for a response vanishing to whatever his last class is. You sigh tugging at your sweater sleeves, you wince as your shoulder aches; from being slammed against the wall after you snuck back in.
You know better than to fight back whenever your mother’s new boyfriend gets angry, or when he’s bored, or drunk, or if you give him ‘attitude’. You know he only does it because you’re closer with your mom than he is to her. You’d tried distancing yourself, pretending to hate her and snapping, but that seemed to make him angrier, ranting about you being ‘disrespectful’ so you kept quiet. Your mother tried her best to shield you but since he was paying for the trailer’s rent, and the bills, and most of the food you knew what the other option was if you actually stood up to him.
“I thought you had a car?” You cock your head at the motorcycle in front of you. Sweet Pea smiles sheepishly. “I said a drove him, not in a car though..” “No it’s fine, I just, did you two just shout back and forth?” “No he’d come over after school.” Sweet Pea shrugs and you smile a little. “Are you trying to ask me out? Because I’m okay with going to Pop’s if you’d rather that.” You laugh when he nods. “So not to pry but what were you doing outside at three am.” You furrow your brow at Sweet Pea. “You saw that?”
“Yeah little hard when whoever it was, was screaming bloody murder. You okay? You can stay at my place if you need?” “Yeah, I’m good. I left the window open and it got windy; it broke the bottles on the table when it blew through.” You wrinkle your nose; the bottles were broken because they’d been thrown at you; Sweet Pea didn’t need to know that. “You know the Serpent’s can protect you.” “From the wind?” You laugh trying your best to force it between the ache in your bruised ribs. Sweet Pea nods. “Yeah, besides must’ve been some wind if the wind chimes on your door didn’t move.”
“The offer stands. If you need a place to stay.” You nod; confused when he doesn’t push more about the wind excuse. “Thanks for the ride home by the way. And the food, it was really nice.” You smile opening the door as he watches you enter before turning back to his trailer.
You haven’t even fully knocked on the door when it opens Sweet Pea nodding a stepping so you can come inside. “Hey, hey it’s okay.” He starts, hand curling your shoulder which has you wincing. “Shit sorry, fuck where does it hurt? What happened?” You shuffle nervously forward as he turns a light on. “It’s nothing I swear.” “You have a black eye; and whatever is wrong with your shoulder.” You chew your lip as he sits you down on the couch.
“This was the first time he’s hit me I swear; he saw us hanging around and got mad cause apparently I’m ‘turning into a serpent slut’ just like my mom and he said if I joined them like she did he’d kick me out for good and- what?” “Your mom’s a Serpent? Why didn’t she say anything to FP?” “She told me not to mention it cause y’all have enough on your plates to deal with. Who’re you calling?” “A friend.” He hisses and you cringe slightly.
“Sorry.” You mumble and he shakes his head, slowly taking your hands in his. “You don’t need to be, you’ve done nothing wrong.” He turns from you to sit in the chair opposite and you curl your hands in his. You nod to the side of the couch and he sits next to you, carefully pulling you into his side. You jump when there’s a knock turning hesitantly when Sweet Pea stands to open it. “Why’d you call me at two am?” “You know Y/N’s mom, she’s a serpent right?” The man nods to Sweet Pea. Turning when he catches sight of you on the couch. “Her mom did-“
“Her mom’s new boyfriend.” Sweet Pea nods to the man who sighs running his hands down his face before walking over towards you. “Alright kid, we’re Serpents, and Serpents protect there own, now can you tell me as much as you’re comfortable with about what happened?” “Of course, Mr..” “FP Jones, Serpent King.” He nods and you sigh, Sweet Pea sitting next to you arm around your un-bruised shoulder.
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Trippin
Requested: Yes - Hey are requests still open? If so do you think you could so one where it's a Jughead or Sweet Pea x reader where the reader is usually super clumsy, so he's usually prepared to save them and stuff, But the reader gets a pair of heelys and he doesn't find out until he sees the reader holding onto one their friends jackets or back packs running through the halls?
A/N: I hope y’all love this. I really love the way it turned out so I hope you do too.
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Sweet Pea’s POV
5 months ago I noticed Y/N for the first time. We were friends, always had been. Walking home from Pops with Fangs on my left and Y/N to my right. We were making our way to our trailers on the Southside. After a long week of school, Pops was our escape. No care in the world we were walking aimlessly along the stone sidewalks and uneven ground. Y/N stepped up and must have mistook how high or uneven the ground was and somehow I instinctively saw her falling as I reached out and grabbed the end of her backpack. I grabbed on to it as she screamed, but I stopped her from falling before she could hit the ground.
“Ahhhh!, What the…!” I lifted her back up placing her onto her feet.  
“How did you...?”
“I dunno” She looked at me before turning back and running into her trailer as we soon made our way into Sunnyside Trailer park.
The second time we were waiting for a meeting. An emergency Serpent meeting had been called and luckily I was in the area, I texted Y/N about it and she was on her way running from her job on the Northside. She was trying to get there as fast as she could but the meeting had to start before she arrived. I heard a bike pull into the lot upstairs, and I heard pounding down the steps, and again I felt that instinctive feeling. I opened the door as she came barreling in landing in the booth in front of her. I went back over and stood next to Fangs as she collected herself, slipping out of her work vest and putting on her Serpent jacket.
“You know if you hadn’t opened that door she would have run face-first into it right?”
“Nah, Fangs she would’ve…”
“Bro did you see how fast she was running”
“But…”
“You two have some weird psychic shit going on or something”
“I don’t know Fangs”
“Hey, guys!” I turned to see Y/N’s makeup done, Serpent Jacket on, beautiful. I saw her.
The third time was when I saw her clumsiness once again, her goofiness, as she was running late to a class, running down the hallway full speed. She turned a corner running straight down the hallway as she turned the corner too sharp and came barrelling towards the lockers, but instead she came towards where I was standing and barreled straight into my chest as I fell and she fell right on top of me.
“Pea oh my god are you ok!”
“Date me”
“What, did you hit your head?” she started standing up as she grabbed my hand “C’mon we gotta bring you to the nurse, get up you big oaf” I started standing but I pulled her back down and put my hand on her cheek waiting for her to react before I did anything.
“I’m serious” I brought my lips to hers slowly. She bit her lip as I pulled away.
“Okay”
“Is that a yes…?”
“Yes Pea, i'll go on a date with you” we were a we
The fourth time was months later, finals had just finished and we were finally graduating. Cheryl was throwing her end of the year bash. Red solo cups everywhere, kids trying to play with the various vases and China that Thistlehouse had locked away. Cheryl yells every 5 seconds for someone to put something down, and Toni follows behind her to calm her down. The normal things that always went on. I couldn’t find Y/N though. I had lost her as she wandered away midway through the party and went with Toni and Fangs as they pulled me away for a game of beer pong. I heard everyone screaming shouting a bunch of “Do it’s” and “yes’s” and “you got this'' from various areas of the party until I looking up and saw Y/N. She was on the small roof of the Thistlehouse guest house, where a couch had been placed, standing on it, dangerous as it was for her clumsiness. Aside from that, she was trying to jump into the pool that stood below her.
“Y/N what are you doing!”
“Hi babyyyyyy”
“Y/N baby get down” I didn’t care that she had fun. That was not my worry, my worry was her and the danger she was in at the moment. I saw her ready to jump, luckily the building was fairly short, I could climb up right now, I knew if she would jump I could catch her, or her falling I could do the same. I had Fangs and Jug come up behind me as a backup, as she jumped I stood underneath watching as she jumped directly down completely missing the pool that Jughead thought she was going to hit the edge of, which caused him to fall in, while she landed directly into my arms.
“Oh nooooooo, Juggy”
“Its okay princess”
“Fangs can you help him while I get her home”
“Course” the 5-minute walk to the truck felt like the calmest moments of my life, her and me the trees and woods surrounding us and the sounds of the birds singing. Her head nuzzled into my chest. I felt love.
And now we’re here month 5, and on the 5th month with the love of my life. We both started working at the Wyrm, shifts on the weekend covering bar shifts. We were the only two who apparently knew each other’s movements well enough to work together efficiently and timely enough in the confined space of the bar. But this night, in particular, she was trying to impress Fangs and Toni. She had been learning some bar tricks from Tik Tok and wanted to show them a few of the moves. She was doing good and all, until one I knew wasn’t gonna end well.
“Fangs, T, wanna see a cool trick?”
“Yeah Y/N do it”
“Yeah, I wanna see” I watched the bottle swing up as it was about to land on her head, the spin not quite right on the bottle, she ducked down as the bottle was coming close to her head, I hadn’t even heard anything as I was talking to a customer but I knew. I reached upright as I turned around. Stepping right in front of her catching it before it could even come close to hitting her as everyone around us cheered. She grabbed my hand standing back up again.
“Thanks”
“Anytime” we stared into the eyes of each other, for some reason I didn’t wanna look away. As her lips came to mine slowly.
“Marry me”
“What!”
“I’ll do this again in a fancier way I promise, but… marry me”
“No”
“What?”
“No, I mean I don’t need the fanciness, I just know, Yes Pea!, It’s a yes”
“Its a yes!”
“Mhm” Everyone around us cheered once again. The happiness running through me. She was my person. The connectedness I felt for her I never felt for anyone. The constant clumsiness that she had that always made me laugh. The extra change of clothes I kept in my car because she always spilled food or coffee down the front of herself, not to mention all the coffee that she spilled in my truck on our morning coffee runs. Or even the amount of times I’ve watched her phone drop on her face in the middle of the night and had to kiss it better. Or the hundreds upon thousands of times she's fallen up the stairs. Those are the things I love about this girl. But what I love most is the way I can catch her when she falls, the way I know when she is gonna run into a door and I can open it for her, or even when I can be that barrier and break that fall for her. I can be that cushion that she needs. I love her. I want to marry her.
5 months later we had our wedding, Yeah, it wasn’t a long time to plan, but we didn’t need long. It was small and intimate. I stood at the front of the aisle, the flowers surrounding me as I waited for her to walk down. Our favorite song playing in my ears because she didn’t want to walk down the aisle to the traditional here comes the bride. Fangs was gonna be the one to walk her down, her father, a serpent had been killed years ago on a job, Fangs had been there for her as a brother since she was a kid. A brother to me as well, I was ready. Ready to take this beautiful woman as my wife. Our officiant standing behind me ready to make this whole thing official. FP standing off to the side as support as one of my groomsmen along with Jughead, Fangs my best man once he was done walking her down. Her side consists of Betty, Cheryl, and Toni.
I heard the song start, the music playing as everyone took their seats and began to quiet down. The nerves are beginning to rack through me. FP smacking me on the back as he came and stood behind me. I shook out my arms as I brought my hands together.
The doors shot open as Fangs came running in Y/N holding onto his back *I was wondering why had such a long aisle* She let go soon as Fangs whipped her forward, as she came barrelling towards me, she had a short white poofy dress on. Almost cupcake-like. And I looked to her feet to see Heelys. DaNgER was all I thought to myself. She just kept going as she came barreling into my arms as I caught her and helped her stand upright.
“Fancy meeting you here”
“Oh yeah?”
“Thought I’d make us meet the same way we always do”
“Mmm oh yeah baby, just wanted to live in danger, add a little clumsiness to the wedding huh, you’re the clumsiest person I know so I think you’d do that anyway”
“Hey!” she smacked me on the chest as I leaned down kissing her on the cheek before helping her up onto the step by the officiant. Toni handed Y/N her regular bottoms to the Heelys so that she could wear them as normal sneakers for the rest of the night. The wedding went by smoothly as vows were exchanged and the kiss. The best kiss of my life. I stepped down the stairs about to take her hand but she decided to come down tripping as she did until I caught her so she wouldn’t fall.
“See… clumsy, I look over for five seconds and you end up like this...”
“Hey… well, now you’re married to clumsy MR!”
“Wouldn’t want it any other way Princess” I kissed her before helping her stand up straight, grabbing her hand as everyone clapped and blew bubbles as we exited down the aisle.
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I would like to hear your thoughts about parentdale and the new killers album
thank god i have many!!!!
all the songs about opioid addiction.... enough said on that point
wow i rly thought i could answer this without a read more but i have LOTS TO SAY!!!!!!! everything else under the cut:
quiet town... how it's about the dark underbelly of this small town and how people willfully look away from tragedy and how tragedy manifests itself in that kind of community and how it does or doesnt fit the narrative already scripted for this place... "things like that aint supposed to happen in this quiet town, families are tight, good people still dont deadbolt their doors at night" like shut up!! parentdale... this one to me is about the generational trauma handed down from their own parents and how it repeats itself... and how the narrative of "this is a good town nothing bad can happen here" existed for artie and bunny and prudence and everyone too and some of them (fp) know that was always bullshit but others (fred) were fed the narrative that the good old days were better and bought into that to an extent until they couldnt anymore... its about all the bad shit that happened to them when they were kids and how it was swept under the rug. oscars death comes to mind too...
terrible thing.... would it be unkind of me to call it fps song... i mean really its all of them when they were teens locked away in their bedrooms fucked up and the terrible things they were on the verge of were many (the abortion alice didnt get comes to mind but there were much worse things too) and also the way the first lyric ("the parking lot is rammed with shotgun pickup trucks/ at the jones rubber plant where all the guys end up/beer-drinking boy scouts living life like they ain't stuck") HITS!!! for fredsythe. and its a masterpiece of 'this town is a machine and spits you out into this hopeless mold where you just drink with the boys after working all day' and how thats fps story but also how its subtly about masculinity and the failure to fit that mold is also a failure to live up to a masculine ideal... much to think about.
cody is almost my favorite track off the album I love it so much. there's no character I think of specifically for it but the way Brandon flowers said it was an amalgamation of guys older brothers he knew is making me go batshit feral. "Bottle rockets on an August night/Raid the coolers in the trucks/If we're lucky, we'll get loud and we'll drink/Whiskey from a plastic jug" is excellent parentdale small town tomfoolery imagery too...
when sleepwalker said "everyone is afraid of something even the strongest man alive" that was for hiram lodge 🥺i cant say more its just a feeling
runaway horses can be any of their relationships that almost worked out but did not
in the car outside is another of my favourites FRICCKK the first 2 verses give me halice (especially "She's got this thing where she puts up the walls so high/It doesn't matter how much you love/It doesn't matter how hard you try") and then the 3rd is fremione ("I dropped a line to a flickering high school flame/We laughed about all the ways that our lives had changed/She’s up the road, about thirty-five miles north/Got two little boys in school, just had a real bad divorce/And in a moment of weakness/I told her if she ever needed a helping hand/I would lend, swear to God") wow glory days who... and then "it's like the part of me that's screaming not to jump gets lost in the sound of the train its a lot" ... footloose screaming at trains hours
in another life.... is so deeply parentdale it hurts!! its for all of them realizing they turned out these small town cliches because they didn't have a choice and looking back on all their missed opportunities... ("I passed a couple of kids holding hands in the street tonight/They reminded me of us in another life" could literally be any of them..) ("When that jukebox in the corner/Stops playing country songs of stories that sound like mine" SCREAMS SHUT UP!!! its about class too....) and then the killer... "I spent my best years laying rubber on a factory line I wonder what I would have been in another life" that's FOR FRED ANDREWS BABY! and to an extent artie... like how his father made all these sacrifices for him and might have been anything in another life but fred carries this guilt around.... it runs so deep...
desperate things gives me such bruce springsteen state trooper ballad type vibes but I skip it every time anyway lmfaoooo.... that said...... sierra and tom??? ok....
pressure machine is for all of them!! the way it's about having your hope slowly crushed, ("hope will set your eyes agleam" is them when they were young teens so hopeful.... fp thinking he could be on the football team and pretend to be northside, Penelope thinking she was being adopted by a loving family, alice thinking she could overcome her roots, fred thinking he could play pro ball, etc) growing up in this small town where everyone expects something different of you and you lean into some expectations, you fight against others, but either way your surroundings and upbringing and that pressure forms who you are and then you've lost your innocence and your life is just slipping away faster and faster ... i think this is the best song on the album by far I adore her
and then the getting by ("I know some who've never seen the ocean" ) and these small town people, how there's dignity in this simple living that their parents had and all they can do is get up every day and "hold on till the getting's good" and that's what they've always done... tis parentdale
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