#i didnt even think about it before reading it but yeah i am absolutely going to be my niece's aunt betsey

[britneyshakespeare]

last night i started rereading david copperfield. i've read so much new literature this year, i wouldn't say im "burnt out" but i feel like im cycling through things so fast that i... i dont know. i dont feel like i get to have them melt into me as satisfyingly as they used to although that might also be a product of how i feel about my overall *life* right now, idk. deep stuff but anyway.

i havent read a novel in almost four years. i have been too ashamed to pick them back up and i left off in the middle of the professor by charlotte bronte, which i always felt ashamed for being unable to finish. someday ill reread the beginning and finish it, but yadda yadda yadda i hate that nagging feeling that i HAVE to do something. reading should not feel like a chore. which is also how ive felt about my reading plays at such a quick rate this year. not that its a CHORE, like im not enjoying it, but like it's a daily task im distracting myself with to get some temporary pleasure and im cycling from one to the next at an almost monotonous rate. i can't keep living in my imagination like this. hiding from the world and pouring myself into new ones.

i always figured id want to reread david copperfield someday, too. it's one of my three favorite novels ive ever read (not that ive read SO many novels, but still). i think of it often. and i dont think of it like it's a highly literary or intellectual novel. i think of it like an old sitcom or a newspaper strip. like a victorian peanuts or full house. i've never forgotten a bunch of the characters' catchphrases and i've continued to slip them into conversation with people who don't understand them just to overly-explain a joke that only i'm really going to find funny. because that IS the kind of person i am.

ive only read the first four chapters so far. i just cant wait to get to aunt betsey's place, to be honest. i didn't even think about this part... this is the first novel i'm reading since i became an aunt. i never had a character in the book i related to *too* much; i had certain things in common with dora and i loved her, but we weren't one and the same. but my niece is only two and a half months old and i already feel like oh yeah. oh yeah i'd take this little girl in after she ran away from her abusive boarding school. i'd provide for this girl. i'd raise her with my neurodivergent friend that i live with. i would do ANYTHING for her.

#tales from diana #diana rereads david copperfield #may as well make that a tag now #two reasons i thought to reread david copperfield now: #besides as i mentioned i wanted to re-enjoy an old favorite bc ive been cycling through new things so much im getting tired #1) i was going through my old tag from when i reread sense and sensibility like two months after i read it the first time #(after i already went through my tagged/david-copperfield and relived my posts i made from when i first read it) #and i was like gosh it's really been five years EXACTLY since i first read it #i started it in november 2018 and finished in january 2019 #wow. like wow #and 2) ive mentioned it on here before but i keep thinking about mr. dick's affinity with king charles i #how i understand what he means now when he said all of king charles' sorrows were poured into his head #when charles was beheaded in 1649 #yeah it really is one of my favorite little novels of all time. so much charm and so many ppl in it to love #i told dan when i read it the first time 'i laughed. i cried. i got thrown into debtors prison' #he liked that #also after i read david copperfield the first time i started calling him dan'el. like dan'el peggotty is called #i never stopped doing that lol. #dan doesn't understand that i contain all of mary queen of scots' sorrows but thats ok #i didnt even think about it before reading it but yeah i am absolutely going to be my niece's aunt betsey #your sister betsey trotwood who disappointed me on the night of your birth

[i-cant-sing]

PLS PLS WRITE THE PLATONIC YANDERE MIGUEL OHARA FIC IM BEGGINF 🙏🙏🙏🧎‍♂️🧎‍♂️🧎‍♂️🧎‍♂️🧎‍♂️WE NEED MORE PLATONIC FICS OF THIS MAN

(Thank you for reading this and have a great day!!)

I definitely see dad Miguel treating reader like a child, no matter what age you are. You could be a strong, independent woman, and to Miguel... you're a baby🥺 Everytime you get frustrated when he tells you no, or doesn't allow you to do what you want, he thinks you look absolutely adorable, your brows furrowed and your nostrils flared, and Miguel just has to just lean down to your level and you think that he's gonna offer you an explanation and in his mind, he does, but all he really says is-

"I know what's best for you, mija."

And if you dare to say "you're not my dad!", he won't say anything because yeah, you're right, but he will stare at you intimidatingly until you either take your words back or change the topic.

I think Miguel is not someone who talks much (but he still expects you to converse with him regularly) and so when he doesn't wanna argue with you, he may or may not shoot a web to seal your lips shut, just so that you give him enough time to explain (which again he doesnt), but he does use this time to tell you that you're grounded and then again, uses his strength against you to pick you up like a little bratty kitten and drop you back to your room.

I also think that Miguel definitely sees you as this helpless creature that would absolutely DIE without him. It doesn't matter if you're a spider-person like him, no. To him, you're just a frail kitten that needs papa Miguel's help to shelter her from the pouring rain and bubble wrap you and cuddle you and just- protect you from this all too harsh world.

And you could be trying to break free from his grasp, going of about how he didnt need you to pull you from your universe, how you had your life under control and what not, and Miguel would just sigh and shake his head and mutter "Teenagers🙄" EVEN IF YOU'RE AN ADULT.

Miguel isnt someone who talks about his feelings, definitely not at first, he just bottles everything up until the lid pops off and someone else has to face his fury. BUT that doesn't he doesn't expect you to talk about yours. He's super observant so the moment he notices the slightest change in your mood, or the way you breathe, oh he's bugging you to tell him whats wrong. I mean he's breathing down your neck, which as you already know isnt great because he is the only person you're allowed to talk to (minus Peter B Parker and Mayday), and eventually, he may even tie you upside down with his web to make you talk. And he's just nodding and offering up solutions/therapeutic advices (not really, they're just compromises) while you're getting blood rush from hanging off the ceiling for so long.

Also going back to the "you're not my dad!" thing, I think if you say it enough times, it does start to hurt him and eventually he reaches a breaking point where he does end up getting mad and bares his teeth at you as he yells "I AM, NOW! AND IF YOU DON'T START LISTENING TO ME MIJA, YOU WILL REGRET IT! NOW, MARCH OFF TO YOUR ROOM!" And sure, you get spooked enough to run off, but not before you yell like a very cliche, angsty teen "I hate you!" and you slam your door close before he could scold you again. He still comes right up to your door, probably to ground you even more, but he doesnt have the heart to open the door when he hears your sobs. Damn, now you just broke his heart. So, Miguel leaves, deciding its best that you two get some space to cool off.

Now I see Miguel as the type of dad who doesnt really apologise (mostly because he doesn't feel like he's done anything wrong) but instead offers a parley or a white flag of sorts in the form of food (like some cut up fruits and veggies, or even your fav takeout) and sure, his heart is still heavy with guilt, even more so when he sees your swollen red eyes indicating how you've been crying for days, so he clears his throat, maybe shifts in his seat a little and asks about your day or something random, heartbreak intensifying 100X when you refuse to talk to him, making him resort to something thats... uncomfortable for you both.

A hug.

I mean this has to be the most awkward hug in history, because Miguel just swoops you up and places you in his lap, pulling you to his chest and telling you that he's not letting go until you talk. STILL NOT APOLOGISING, I mean there is a greater likelihood that you may end up apologising to him but Miguel sure as hell isnt saying the word "sorry" (unless you're dead, specifically if u die in his arms hehe).

#yandere miguel x reader #yandere spiderverse #yandere miguel o'hara #yandere atsv #yandere x reader #platonic miguel #miguel x reader #miguel spiderverse #miguel x you #spiderman 2099 #spiderman atsv #platonic yanderes #platonic

[hp-hcs]

i love ur fics sm omf.....

i am massively abnormal and mentally ill so thinking ab yan theo and mattheo with a gryffindor reader, clearly toxic but in which reader tries to break up with them .... failing miserably and just getting manipulated by them about how he's gonna get hurt and everyone but them wants to hurt him. he refuses to believe which just makes them go take the violent route since he was making it hard for them 🙁

and could i possibly be 🦦 anon? hope im not bothering, have a nice day or night !! <3

of course you can, lovely 🦦 anon!!

i absolutely adore the amount of angst in this request

also no i totally didnt base a lot of this on my own ex bf what no thatd be crazy

abuse warning! stay safe!!

toxic — yandere! manipulative! theodore nott x gn! reader x yandere! manipulative! mattheo riddle

requests open

‼️heavy abuse warning‼️

(physical, verbal, emotional, & psychological; lots of manipulation and gaslighting)

U.S. National Domestic Violence Hotline: [phone]

Text line: Text START to 88788

YOU DESERVE SAFETY. YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

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“We’re breaking up. I can’t do this anymore.”

Theodore looked up at you quizzically from where he was reading on the couch. “Hm?”

“I’m breaking up with you. Both of you.”

“Oh, darlin’,” Mattheo sighed, shaking his head. “We can’t in good conscience let you do that.”

“See, here’s the thing, Matty,” you laugh humorlessly. “I don’t care.”

“But baby,” Theo said softly, his eyebrows furrowing as he looked at you with puppy dog eyes.

You steeled yourself as you started to feel the melting effects of that damn expression of his. “I can’t. Not anymore. It’s too fucking exhausting.”

“What is, baby?” Theodore pleaded, reaching out to grab your hand. “Tell us so we can fix it.”

The urge to shy away from this conversation, to apologize profusely for trying to leave, and to shove all of your emotions down until you felt numb again was overwhelming.

Theo rubbed the knuckles of your hand with his thumb. “Baby…”

You took a breath and steeled yourself again. “The everything, Theo. The lying. The cheating. The benders every weekend. The screaming at each other and the ghosting me. The waiting for me to come crawling back to you. Begging you to take me back every fucking time. Apologizing for everything even when it wasn’t my fault.”

“Ba-”

“No. I’m talking right now. The manipulation. The love bombing. I’m sick of it. I’m. Done.”

“Now, c’mon, darlin’,” Mattheo said placatingly. “Don’t be like that. You know none of that was our fault.”

“None? You slept with half of our year while we were dating.”

“Are,” Theo corrected. “Are dating.”

“Cute. No.”

“Baby, who else could possibly love you as much as we do?” Mattheo pouted, reaching out for your wrist and using it to tug you down onto his lap.

You stiffened, trying to free your wrist from his slowly tightening grasp. “Literally anyone. It’s not like you guys do anything.”

“Don’t do anything? Sweetheart, we protect you,” Theo chuckled with a sharp smile.

“Oh yeah?” You scoffed, managing to free your wrist and get out of Mattheo’s lap. “Protect me from who?”

“There’s a lot of bad people out there, doll. People who’d want to hurt you if they got the chance.”

“What, like you?”

“We’ve never laid a hand on you, sweetheart. Not once,” Mattheo sneered the last word like a curse, his greedy hands reaching out to snatch your arm again.

You flinched minutely, stepping back from his grasping hands. “I don’t care. We’re over, whether you like it or not.”

“Oh, stop it, darlin’,” Theo cooed patronizingly, standing up from the couch and crowding into your space. “You need us. Who else would care about you as much as we do? Who else would want you?”

“I. Don’t. Care.” You gritted out, shoving at his chest.

The boys shared a look—one you couldn’t quite read.

Suddenly, Theodore caught your jaw in his hand, squeezing tight. “You’d better shut up, sweetheart. Before one of us gets mad.”

“Dude, are you threatening me? I wi-”

Your sentence was cut off by a harsh slap.

You froze, mouth hanging open.

Your hand slowly went to your stinging cheek as you stared at him with wide, disbelieving eyes.

Theo at least had the tact to look guilty. “Baby- baby, I’m so sorry- it was an accident, I swear.”

You didn’t move, still processing what had just happened.

“Sweetheart? Darlin’, I’m sorry. I really am. You were just making me so mad…It was an accident, swear. It’ll never happen again, promise,” he cooed gently, stooping down to cup your cheeks in his hands with utter gentleness and care.

He hissed sympathetically when you flinched back from the pressure on your already-reddening cheek, gently stroking his thumb over it.

As you looked up at his apologetic and remorseful expression, you could feel a flicker of tenderness as you were reminded of the sweet boy you fell in love with in the first place.

“It’s okay, Theo,” you whispered, your words betrayed by the way your voice cracked. You swallowed thickly, blinking back the tears that threatened to spill from your eyes. “It was an accident.”

Theo made a show of sighing in relief. “Thank you, darling. But now you know to shut your mouth, don’t you baby? You know I don’t wanna hear you fucking saying that shit again, mhm?”

You just nodded mechanically.

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hey! guess what! it absolutely will happen again! if your partner ever hits you, call a friend to come get you and then leave. it’s not worth it to stay, trust me.

to my taglisters! i haven’t tagged you in this due to its sensitive content. you know your boundaries and limits better than i do. stay safe.

— hp-hcs xx

#harry potter #hp #fuck jkr #x reader #hp x male reader #theodore nott #theodore nott x reader #theo nott #x male reader #hp x gn reader #theo nott x reader #x gender neutral reader #mattheo riddle x reader #mattheo riddle #mattheoxreader #mattheo riddle x male reader #yandere theodore nott #yandere harry potter #yandere mattheo riddle #🦦 anon

[lastoneout]

You know what, I just realized something that I can probably add to my list of reasons I'm more ND than I think I am...

So in middle school I found out The Princess Bride was based on a book I immediately decided to read it. But here's the thing, unlike the movie's framing device of a grandfather reading the book to his grandson, the book has one that's basically like an autobiography?? Where the author talks about his grandfather reading him the book as a kid and how it affected him growing up and how, eventually, he decided to "abridge" the original and publish the version you're reading. The author even says Florin and Guilder are real places, and gives "history" on them.

I found(and tbh still find) this part of the book exceptionally boring. It's mean spirted and depressing, and an absolute slog to get through. But I kept trucking through taking everything as complete truth, even though I was pretty sure these countries weren't real places. Europe is big after all and I was in middle school, maybe I just hadn't heard of them before. Thankfully once the "real" book, the story The Princess Bride, actually starts the intersections start to make sense and aren't as boring and I quite liked them more or less, even if they were a little confusing at times. I also read everything after the "real" book ends, an epilog of sorts about the author not being allowed to abridge the sequel bcs Steven King?? Was going to do it?? But there was a bit of this "sequel" included so I read that too.

When my friend, who had leant me the book, asked what I thought, I said I liked it but I didn't understand why the author included all that personal history at the start where he complained about his job and family, it just didn't seem necessary to me and was boring as hell.

My friend informed me that all of that "personal" history wasn't real. The author made it all up. It was as much fiction as the actual story itself. It was satire, you see, and apparently??? very important to read bcs without it you wont "understand" the story. My friend genuinely thought it was super weird that I didn't realize it wasn't true, and also that I didn't like it.

But nah, I thought it was true!! Why would he lie like that?? What was it even satirizing(I still don't really know tbh)?? Why would I need to read all that bs to understand the book?? The story of 'The Princess Bride' made perfect sense on it's own!! I ended up kinda hating the book after that. I felt SUPER betrayed. He said all that stuff like it was true, what on earth was the point of lying?? Didnt he know people would believe him?? Why wouldn't I, after all I almost always tell the truth, lying about all that stuff was dumb and mean and I hated it.

A while later when I brought it up to my godfather he ALSO thought it was silly that I believed all that and didn't get that it was satire, and insisted that it was important for understanding the story.

I still don't get why it's important, and I refuse to read any of it again. When I re-read the book I just skip to where 'The Princess Bride' actually starts and then stop once it's "over". The rest of it is probably important, but to this day I think it's mostly mean spirited and stupid, and idk why he didn't just write the book normally or do what they did in the movie.

Anyway I figure this is like...normal, right? I totally don't have any deeper stuff going on with my brain. When I take assessments I insist I'm great at picking up on sarcasam and satire. Totally great at it. Yeah...

[marunalu]

Careful long rant incomming! If you are a bakugou fan its better to not read any further, so you are warned!

So regarding the new chapter. Well, like I already said, when I actually didnt believe hori could turn bakugous fake death and resurrecction even more terrible then it already was to begin with, he surprised me again. Its just SO bad!!! I have no idea what he thought when he wrote that bullshit and I really dont get how some people can defend it. I have seen many MANY terrible written fake deaths in fiction, but bakugous takes the crone! It didnt contributed ANYTHING to the story! It was just there to shock the readers and that backfired so hard that even hardcore bakugou fans were like "yeah right.... as if hori has the balls to kill his biggest money maker off". It was written in such a cheap way that NO ONE believed even for a second that bakugou would really stay dead and it pissed people on both sides (bakugou lovers and haters) off! And then, just to proof that it was indeed just for the shock value, right in the next chapter best jeanist and edgeshot come to the rescue. And in fact the most unlogical rescue I have EVER seen in shonen! They do a heart surgery on bakugou IN THE MIDDLE OF A BATTLEFIELD, with edgeshot desinfecting himself with SOAP BUBBLES before entering bakugous body and him and best jeanist stitching up bakugous RAPTURED heart and the hole in his chest, without giving him any oxygen or a blood transfusion for 30 MINUTES and he still didnt fucking die!!! Two guys with ZERO medical knowledge managed all of this, but now comes the best!!! They couldnt make his freshly operated heart beat again (lets also completly ignore the bloodlose and lacking oxygen!!!) so WHAT does it instead? A FUCKING SWEATDROP?????? THAT EXPLODED IN HIS BODY AND MADE HIS HEART BEAT AGAIN??????

WHAT THE FUCK HORI????? 🤣🤣🤣🤣 How can anyone defend that shit?!?! Listen you dont need to be a medical genius to know that a small exlosion near a heart will absolutely not make it beat again!!! Honestly I think, just like @tengoku-izumi mentioned in the comment section of one of my posts that hori is aware how terrible he fucked up bakugous "death" and resurrecction to the point even bakugou fans had to facepalm themself and now is desperately trying to explain his crap writing. There was ZERO reason for this! Bakugous "death" didnt do ANYTHING for the story! If he wanted bakugou out of the way for a while to focus on other characters he didnt had to "kill" him just to resurrecct him in the VERY NEXT chapter! And now he didnt even had the balls to kill off edgeshot despite that it was said, he wouldnt be able to return! 🤣🤣🤣

Absolutely no one of the hero side fucking dies in this final WAR, how I am supposed to care or be worried about the chatacters if I know for a fact that hori doesnt have the balls to kill them off. Its supposed to be a war! People DIE in war and not only the bad guys! At this point he could rip someones head off and I wouldnt be worried at all that the character doesnt survive!

Now lets go to the bakugou vs afo fight. First off, the mere thought that bakugou should be able to FIGHT after he just woke up from a heart surgery, lost A LOT of blood, didnt got any oxygen for HALF AN HOUR, but still for some fucking reason can fight against the main villain now, is the most utterly ridiculous plot armour shit I have ever seen! He shouldnt even be able to MOVE!! And now BAKUGOU gets to fight the main villain AGAIN, not the actual mc of the story, NO the most horrible written side character in shonen history?!?! Are you fucking kidding me??? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

It almost feels like as if hori all of a sudden realized that bakugou is the only more prominent character in the story who doesnt have his own villain and was like: "uhmmm well uhhhhhh.... lets just give him the main villain then." At this point its not my hero academia anymore but "bakugous hero academia". Not only is he the one who safes all might (I would be fine with that even if he shouldnt be able to move in his condition), he also gets to fight the main villain, while the mcs fight against shigaraki till to this point happend almost completly OFFSCREEN!!!

There is just one good thing about the fact that bakugou fights afo. It proofes even more that there is a connection between afo and izuku. Hori really REALLY doesnt want izuku and afo to interact (yet) with each other! He is hiding something. There is no reason to not let afo and izuku see and interact with each other. Afo is the main villain and NOT ONCE did he and izuku directly talk or see each other face to face. And I think its maybe because izuku would recognize afo. There is no reason otherwise. Hori could still make bakugou fight against afo, AFTER afo managed to reach izuku and tomura but he stupornly makes sure afo and izuku dont interact and thats suspicious as hell! Also Im still confident that afo has an ace up his sleeve (like the overhaul quirk for example). Also this is the perfect oppunity for afo to mention little tsubasa (on of bakugous childhood friends/minions) and to explain what happend to him. Espicially if afo actually wanted to turn bakugou into a nomou, but he had to be fine with tsubasa, because bakugou was always to close to izuku to vanish unnoticed.

All in all it was an horrible written chapter. The worst hori has written so far. Bakugous plot armour really destroys this manga for me. I think I really need a break.

#bnha #bnha spoiler #bnha dad for one #anti bakugou #anti katsuki bakugou

[babiebom]

Hey!! I love ur writing for stardew so much. I was looking at ur rules & things u write for. And saw u do criminal minds ??? Like fuck yeaaaa!! I was wondering what ur headcannons would be with dating Spencer Reid? (Especially with him dating a genderfluid / nonbinary person with adhd) Thank you sm!!! Ur work is so amazing!! 😭😭😭

A/N: yeah!!! I do write for criminal minds, mainly the fic im working on is on ao3 and I’m debating on posting it here~ also thank you thank you for enjoying my writing!!!

A/N 2: B R O T H E R I WROTE THIS ENTIRE THING AND TUMBLR DIDNT SAVE IT SO NOW I HAVE TO REWRITE AND ITS GONNA BE WORSE THAN THE ORIGINAL BECAUSE I CANNOT FOR THE LIFE OF ME REMEMBER WHAT I WROTE!!!! And I know whoever reads this (not you anon) will be like “why don’t you remember it’s your headcanons” ITS BECAUSE I FORGET JUST AS QUICKLY AS I WRITE LEAVE ME ALONE.

Tw: some cursing, adhd being portrayed by a person that doesn’t have it

Criminal Minds Masterlist

So before I get into these headcanons I do like to point out that I do not have adhd and I also identify as cis so I’m not writing this from a personal pov. Obviously I am going to try my best but I just want to warn people and say that if anything is inaccurate let me know!!

So what I know about ADHD is there is three main types

The inattentive type the hyperactive type and the combined type

And personally I feel like Spencer would know the differences in how it affects you and would behave accordingly.

But we’ll get to that in a second because either way gender-fluid or nonbinary has absolutely nothing to do with how he treats you!!

Like dude is in love with you he doesn’t care about how you identify as long as you’re happy he’s happy and he will always introduce you as his partner or significant other.

Like unless you’re feeling a certain type of way and want to be introduced in that way he is more than comfortable with everything just being neutral.

Like sometimes I think that he does go about these things in a logical way, so I feel like it could be very helpful as well as sometimes unhelpful y’know?

Like there are pros and cons to everything EVEN someone being the most understanding anyone could ever be.

The adhd can however come with self esteem issues and I know sometimes even if you’re proud of who you are and what you identify as, there will be some hard days where everything just seems hopeless.

And while I think he would do his absolute best to comfort you, he just doesn’t understand what you’re going through from a personal point of view.

He does stay with you through it and does whatever you need him to because he high key would feel awful that someone he loves feels awful.

OKAY now onto the adhd aspects

I think the differences between the three types means that there will be different ways that he handles everything.

So for the inattentive type I think he would become more conscious of everything around him that way he can help you whenever you need it.

While yes he wants to help you work on finding ways to manage the symptoms and stress he also knows that it takes TIME and that helping in this way makes everything slightly better for you.

So when you’re together and he can see you’re losing focus he either remembers everything that was said and retell them to you or try to get you to pay attention again without making it too obvious.

Like he doesn’t want you to be embarrassed and he doesn’t want the other person to feel bad or angry so he tries his best.

Or he reminds you of simple things like did you remember to place your keys in this certain place? No? Okay let’s look for them or y’know just put them there to make sure we can keep track of everything

Reminds you to eat

It honestly just seems like he’s a doting boyfriend but I feel like it would feel like much more than that

Like you’re cared for and loved

But also it depends on the type of person you are because someone doing this could also piss someone off and make them feel dumb.

I would hope that you’d be okay with it because it’s not a bad intention but I also understand that sometimes intent and impact are very different things so….

Sometimes gets his feelings hurt because he does like to go off on tangents ably things that he finds interesting and sometimes it’s hard for you to pay attention for an extended amount of time.

Knows you don’t mean it and that he’s used to it due to usually being cut off but it still sometimes hurts.

ONTO THE HYPERACTIVE TYPE

I think that this type would be more difficult for him to help with in my opinion

Like he himself has lots of things to do and has to no time to relax. So him being on the go and you being on the go is just too much.

He still wants to help but helping in this situation is difficult especially because trying to get someone to sit and relax when their mind is racing is almost impossible

Like sitting there thinking about how many things you need to do gets you more agitated and upset.

BUT I think that this type is more comical in a way with him because your conversations are just both of you going off on tangents and interrupting each other.

But it’s not offensive because both of you understand that’s just how your conversations work.

Also I think while it’s tiring for both of you there’s no one upset about both of you being gone all the time because I honestly think in this timeline you would have a job that allows you to maximize and take advantage of your adhd powers.

You understand that he’s just unavailable sometimes and he understands for you as well

I think it makes those days where you can spend all day together that much more special.

Does want to help you control it though, and if you want his help he will find ways that you can relax more because everyone needs a break once in the while.

Now with the combined type of adhd I feel like it’s more….unmanageable than the other two due to it being a combination of things working against each other and together.

Again if I’m wrong tell me (be nice though I’m trying)

And this type causes the both of you distress because he really does want to help but with everything clashing it makes it hard to be okay.

Like according to what I looked up it seems like EVERYTHING is impacted by it.

Like sleep problems, memory problems, self esteem issues, sensory issues, like damn stepping away from these headcanons are y’all ALRIGHT?

This is something that he would be like lmao I don’t know how to help you so all I can do is be here for you if you need something

Which is enough y’know

He is there when you’re breaking down, there when you’re happy. He helps you with your confidence and with loving yourself

Tries to help manage everything but in a less hands on way than the other two types.

Like with one or the other the things that are impacted are very specific things so it’s easier to help(not saying that it’s easy don’t get me wrong) but this impacts a lot more and is more general so it’s difficult

Does his best to be someone you can depend on.

I think he is very helpful with these things because of his experience with his mother

Like they’re not the same thing; adhd and schizophrenia, but like he’s used to dealing with people he loves not being in the best of mental states.

When he is not helping with everything I think in general he is a very touchy person ngl

Like he wants to be on you at all times

Not sexually and sexually like he just likes being with you.

Best guy best bf love him 💖💖💖

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[swanpit]

starlightmeadowbloom has a tendency to hound people to read their fanfic so that people can make art of it. Just so you are aware.

It’s in all likelihood that they are constantly asking you to read their fanfic so that you can make art if it

i've heard and in that case, i regretly gonna inform that kind of approach is just going to put people off, and totally will backfire the more people are hounding me about something like this the LESS i want to do it. in that case, my advice is, Please FUCKING DO NOT. CEASE. unless you wanna get hated so fucking badly for some reason.(not you twilight, it's for those who still think being pushy like this is ok, no it is not, it's fucking annoying) dont chase people, let them come to your work first, DONT FORCE YOUR WORK ON OTHERS. lack of interest doesnt mean "i should try harder", NO that means leave them alone!, they can turn from just neutral to dislike very fast especially if you're not the kind of person who can take a NO. i know it feels like you're really made it when famous big name artists are drawing and liking your fic. if you're lucky, they will but realistically that cant always happen. I assure you the fic isnt worth any less if it's not drawn by more popular artists, hell if you already have close friends constantly drawing for your fic, cherish them! are their contributions not enough??? (why even me i dont even think i am that popular anyway! i hope she doesnt do the same to other artists, we hate it if we were made to feel like we're NOTHING BUT drawing tools!) i have personal experience with someone in the past who gets super pushy with their fic, and whoo boy i do wanna give benefit of doubt at first and in the end it just got worse and worse, the persistence become more desperate and annoying and all the guilt tripping comes out and my only regret is that i didnt destroy this person any further. (fyi i just got more info that this person is still doing their shit, and even worse, good fucking grief) also ps : this person i met before has a "loyal army" of "friends" that will HARASS anyone who doesn't like their fic so yeah that's hmmmm. is this post of mine here gonna lead to a repeat of that? sadly i don't think the probability will be zero…but absolutely NOT the way to make people gonna suddenly like your friend's fic, kiddos~ i DO NOT appreciate being pushed, pressure or harassed and guilt tripped to liking something that i am not into. it might not be at that point yet for now in this situation but how am i gonna know that it wont escalate to that level? NO is NO even in this situation. if people are not interested, do NOT force it. being desperate is only gonna make people hate you , is that what you want? ask yourself, is that really what you want?

please understand that not everyone is gonna like what you put out there and that is ok. it doesnt always mean what you make is bad, sometimes because it's just niche and not people's cup of tea. if you make it personal i guarantee as fuck we're gonna make it personal too. so i'm warning you and others who still think of doing this shit now. CEASE. FUCKING CEASE. STOP

i am feeling still neutral at her fic she's trying to push constantly on others at this point, i admit i dont know enough about the content to judge, just doesnt feel like my cup of tea. nothing personal. (disclaimer this doesnt mean bad, just doesnt feel like my thing) BUT if the pushiness is still persists, that might change...and NOT in the good direction. i am truly SICK at this attitude at this point but i also know that if it was never told, no one will know and nothing will be learned. i know sometimes there's no malicious intent and it's not something people are aware on how other people take it when they're acting like this. so i have to tell now why all this "i should try harder to make everyone like my fic even if they arent interested yet i should try harder till they will" is NOT GOING TO WORK

#i swear if anyone came to harass me after this i will throw hands and there will be no mercy

[doll-elvis]

I AGREE SO MUCH ABOUT CHILD BRIDE. i went into it knowing nothing about the author, and in the forward shes really emphasizing how crazily obsessed she was with priscilla so i guess i was expecting it to be a sympathetic view of her😭 definitely not. what is suzzanes problem dear lord. shes so convinced and desperate to tell you that priscilla was some evil teenaged succubus out for rockstar blood. jesus christ. like girl even if she actually was who gives a shit????? same goes for currie grant. i dont care if he showed the author concrete evidence on a golden platter that he was telling the truth. hes just such an obvious sleazeball. just disgusting……. and she dedicates like 300 chapters to him saying over and over again that he fucked 14yo priscilla and that she was into it. babe they couldve had a steamy decade-long affair and NOBODY would care because he is literally just some random creep ass loser 13 years older than her. and when it comes to his attempted rape of her hes literally like “no i didnt try to rape her i just [decribes attempting to rape her]”. i really dont know suzzanes backstory but she is insane.

but uh. anyways that aside i did enjoy parts of the book for the more in depth view of the story. like suzzanne has such intense bias that really shows throughout but even with that it was still a great way to understand some of the situations a little better… i wish elvis and me was a little more detailed but i can appreciate how and why it is. and i am strangely curious about the actual nature of priscilla and curries relationship (i dont think they ever had consensual sex but i do believe he attacked her before elvis left germany and that leaves me curious as to why she still hung around him afterwards... i.e. those pictures of her to send to elvis that he took)

sorry for the huge wall of text im just.... very .. intrigued? by the book? its just so bizarre and raises a lot of questions lol.

“Currie’s like “No I didn’t try to r*pe her I just [describes atttempting to r*pe her]”

YES THANK YOU!!

if I could, in my own words, summarize the transcript of the conversation between Priscilla & Currie it would be this ⬇️

Currie: I didn’t r*pe you

Priscilla: You forced yourself on me

Currie: I didn’t force anything, you just weren’t into it

Priscilla: So you didn’t try to kiss me?

Currie: Well yeah I was trying to kiss you, you just wouldn’t kiss me back. You were very cold

again that was just my own words so not the actual transcript but that is exactly what I got out of that conversation- which is Currie denying he forced anything on her while simultaneously describing just how unresponsive she was to his advances, so THANK YOU for articulating that perfectly

He is an absolute sleaze-ball as you said, and clearly did not realize he was incriminating himself throughout that whole exchange

like even if Currie’s version of the events were true (I highly doubt it), he still committed statutory r*pe. Perhaps Suzanne and him don’t understand the age of consent but a fourteen year old girl cannot consent to intercourse, so anything he may or may not have actually done to her is still R*PE, whether she seemed willing or not. I’m completely abhorred that a biographer would give a man like that such a large platform and not only that, but agree/go with the story he tells- I’m sickened by it

and god, his reasoning as to why he wouldn’t need to r*pe Priscilla is just the most insane thing I’ve ever read ⬇️

“I had at least ten girls that I could call any night and go have sex with them,” countered Currie. “I’m not bragging—at least ten. I didn’t need to rape anybody ”

excerpt is from “Child Bride” by Suzanne Finstad

okay like?? Ted Bundy had a longtime girlfriend and yet he still went out and s*xually assaulted and murdered women… what’s your point, Currie?

what also bothers me is that Suzanne Finstad is sitting on the full audio tapes of that conversation between Priscilla and Currie, and knowing her history of misquoting people and writing things that don’t line up with other testimonies, I wouldn’t be surprised in the very least if parts of that tape have been conveniently left out, or transcribed wrong, as she converted it from audio to text

like the whole 1961 photoshoot, as you mentioned, is something that I just wish I could hear Priscilla explain for herself

Priscilla Presley and Currie Grant in 1961

It does raise the question if what she said transpired was true why would she ever want to be alone with Currie again, and better yet, why would Elvis willingly put her in a situation like that?

Especially when he was aware of the attempted r*pe ⬇️

MARTY LACKER: “There was a guy who used to bring Priscilla around to Elvis’s house some, over there in Germany. He would take her home to her parents’ place, and then he’d go back to the barracks. Well, he was a scumbag. He was using cute little girls to get into the house, to be around Elvis. And he tried to put the make on Priscilla one night when he took her home. She says in her book that he tried to rape her. But he didn’t succeed. Elvis told us about it, himself”

excerpt is from “Elvis and the Memphis Mafia” by Alanna Nash

The only explanation in my mind that makes sense is that perhaps Currie Grant was Elvis’ only remaining contact in Germany- or at least the only person in contact with Priscilla- and since he was so desperate to see her again, maybe thought that the reward outweighed the risk

And obviously a 15-year-old Priscilla was still reeling over him leaving Germany and would likely agree to anything to please him…plus since it was Elvis who asked Currie to take the photos, maybe she thought if Elvis trusted him to do that, she could trust him as well ?

And although I doubt she intended too, Suzanne inadvertently said something similar when trying to do one of those logical fallacies that she does throughout the duration of “Child Bride” ⬇️

“Priscilla, despite her claim that Currie tried to rape her, was thrilled to oblige, “desperate” for word from Elvis, through Currie”

excerpt is from “Child Bride” by Suzanne Finstad

I feel like Suzanne is basically answering the dilemma herself despite her attempt to point out the inconsistency in Priscilla’s behavior (her being afraid of Currie, but also being around him)

Priscilla was willing to be photographed by her attempted assaulter as she was desperate for contact from Elvis and Currie just happened to be that link between them

and I have to say, my original response to the ask that I received about “Child Bride” was something that I was worried about posting as many of the more passionate anti-Priscilla crowd tend to treat it like it’s their Bible but WHEW- I am beyond relieved that so many people have also seen just how outrageous that book is, especially the narrative that Suzanne Finstad goes with- like as you said, trying to make a fourteen-year-old Priscilla out to be some “teenaged succubus” LMAOOO (that took me out 💀)

I honestly consider myself to be Priscilla-neutral despite what some people assume of me based on some my posts 🤧 and so because of that, I am very open to reading and discussing the valid criticisms against her HOWEVER- I have no time in my day to take someone like Currie Grant seriously so that is why the first half of “Child Bride” (chapters about Germany and what fourteen-year-old Priscilla may or may not have done) are just what ruin the whole book for me

And it’s a shame because again, there are some very valid things that Suzanne points out about Priscilla, especially the things that were left out of “Elvis and me”; like her inconsistencies in recalling certain events, her sometimes questionable character (treatment of others), her possible greed (suing and more suing) and the biggest one to me- her involvement in Scientology… but all of that is just dampered by Suzanne’s god awful commentary and god awful judgement

also girl please do not apologize for sending this in- I sincerely thank you for adding to the conversation about this book as I think these kinds of discussions are so beneficial and I’m just truly grateful to be able to have them with y’all- I’ve fr learned so much from your guys’ insight

and since there is such a surplus of information about Elvis (and Priscilla), I feel like the best way to navigate through it all is by breaking it down like this, and so if y’all ever want to talk about another book feel free to send in your thoughts <3!!!

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[maggie0li]

any sombra fics you can recommend ? :0

Had to dust off the old fimfiction for this one aha :'D

I have a pretty high standard when it comes to sombra stuff, I only have about 100 fics favourited among the 2000 something or however many about him. I used to more frequently read mlp fanfiction but I don't really anymore :/ season 9 kinda ruined Sombra and sadly a lot of the new fics use his new personality (though to be fair he didnt have much of one before LOL)

Anyway here is my top 10 list of Certified Sombra Bangers (Sombrangers?). In no particular order:

Regarding Falling Villains (naturalbornderpy)This was one of the first fics I ever read and it is AMAZING. It's a Twibra fic, not really that serious and it was more lighthearted, it's about Twilight and the Princesses trying to reform him. naturalbornderpy is one of my favourite fanfic writers as well, he's amazing at writing funny in-character humour :D he also has a few other fics about Sombra but I think this is his best one

Sombra: Saga of Hatred (HiddenUnderACouch) https://www.fimfiction.net/story/125519/sombra-saga-of-hatred This is like a biography of Sombra, basically going through how he ended up as King of the Crystal Empire. It is amazing and impactful and I think about it way too much even to this day, when I read it in 2019. Sadly it was never finished and its last update was in early 2017 but I'd highly recommend it, it's incredibly high quality and surprisingly immersive

A Sparkle in the Darkness (tom117z) https://www.fimfiction.net/story/414136/a-sparkle-in-the-darkness Omg, this fic was so amazing. It's basically about where Twilight gets curious about Sombra after his defeat and begins reading up about him. There's a bit of a twist I won't spoil, but it's mainly about Twilight and Sombra's relationship (not Twibra shipping though). Absolutely S-Tier :D

Dinner With the King (naturalbornderpy) https://www.fimfiction.net/story/219841/dinner-with-the-king Another one of naturalbornderpy's fics, but this one isn't so funny and is more of a horror-drama from what I can remember. In the height of his initial reign over the CE, Sombra takes six guests to his castle to have dinner every month. And none ever return. Stomach-twisting and haunting. Sombra is more villainous in this one than Regarding Falling Villains

The Crusader King (naturalbornderpy) https://www.fimfiction.net/story/274736/the-crusader-king Okay, yeah, another naturalbornderpy story. What can I say, I'm a fan. This one is more like Regarding Falling Villains and is much lighter in tone, kind of comedic. Haven't read it in a while but iirc Sombra gets tied up to working with the Cutie Mark Crusaders: shenanigans ensue. Iirc as well I think it goes into his background briefly.

Unfortunately, I Am The King of Equestria (Sofa King Zill-E) https://www.fimfiction.net/story/374058/unfortunately-i-am-the-king-of-equestria This one is a certified funny haha, but technically there's actually no Sombra in it. Sombra has just defeated Celestia and conquered Equestria after returning! Only for some random human man to wake up in his body and replace Sombra's soul. Shenanigans ensue. It's pretty funny. However, like Saga of Hatred, it was never finished and hasn't been updated for 6 years. I highly recommend reading it

Sweetie's Shadow (Note Sketch) https://www.fimfiction.net/story/214170/sweeties-shadow Comedy and slice of life that gets progressively darker. Sombra gets magically attached to Sweetie Belle's shadow, essentially becoming the 'devil on her shoulder'. Very good, but again, unfinished. I recommend it though, it's a good read with an interesting read (kind of like A Sparkle In The Darkness)

The Fairy Tale Fiasco (LaWombat) https://www.fimfiction.net/story/401496/the-fairy-tale-fiasco This is a Twibra fic. Kind of like Regarding Falling Villains? Basically, Sombra attacks while Cadence and Shining Armour are off on vacation. Magical mishaps happen and he, Twilight, and Spike are sucked into a book about fairy tales. Cue some character development and reformation. A pretty good read that I binged in one sitting

Plural Possessive (Aquaman) https://www.fimfiction.net/story/243196/plural-possessive Utter chaos and ridiculousness. It's brilliant! Basically, kind of like Sweetie's Shadow and A Sparkle In The Darkness. Sombra, bitter over his season 3 defeat, comes back intending to steal Twilight's body. But there's one thing he doesn't foresee: the mare changed her address, and Sombra accidentally possesses Dinky Doo instead. Shenanigans ensue. Light-hearted comedy

Dark Arts and Kind Hearts (Boomstick Mick) https://www.fimfiction.net/story/295671/dark-arts-and-kind-hearts A Flutterbra story this time. Sombra returns after his season 3 defeat and a successful battle sees Celestia begrudgingly giving him some crime-infested land and the choice of one of the Mane 6 to choose as his bride. He picks Fluttershy, who is forced to become his wife. Story follows her and Sombra establishing a new kingdom and liberating it of crime. A good read. Serious content warning though for NSFW and explicit gore/violence

Those are all the top tier fics! Some honourable mentions:

Exile - Blade Star

A Meal Fit For A King - Bucking Nonsense

Tales from the Dark Side of the Mirror - GrimWolf, Legends from the Dark Side of the Mirror - GrimWolf (this is mainly about the alternate version of Sombra, from the Reflections comic: where he's a good guy. unfinished though)

The King of the Night - Pen Mightier

Alicorn Princess - Bad Dragon

A Somber Tale: FIENDship is Magic - Maltrazz

Little Sparrow - Mitch H

Hope this helps you :'D

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[mediocre-daydreams]

HI 🫶🏻🫶🏻 it’s the mind reader anon !! can i please request for “I’m not as good as you think I am.” X “Maybe, but you’re everything to me.” OR “nobody needs me,” x “i need you.” with bucky barnes?

YEAH SURE USING AN EMOJI DIDNT COME TO MIND BUT im gonna use this from now on 🐙

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I HAD 3 CUPS OF STRAIGHT BLACK COFFEE AND WROTE THE WEIRDEST THING I'VE EVER... EVERED. HERE IT IS!! I'M SO SCARED OF MY OWN BRAIN RIGHT NOW!! I LOVE YOU!!

the eggs benedict to your mass production

college! himbo!bucky x tutor! cynical!reader (and both of them are stupid) notes: absolute crack, it's all just infatuated bucky going from himbo to educated, emotionally mature feminist king like every other word, mutual pining, swearing, a shit ton of dialogue but it's good fucking dialogue, dramatic bucky, you're stupid, he's kind of stupid but like no, just read it and find out i swear it's worth it

w/c: 2k .・。.・゜✭・.・✫・゜・。. “you’re really good at this, you know,” bucky whispered, his peppermint breath caressing your face. he was tucked into your side, one elbow on the table, one arm around your chair—sure, maybe it was a bit too close to be professional, but neither of you was complaining.

“thanks,” you murmured, not bothering to glance up and meet his eye, partially because you were concentrated on the work in front of you, and partially because you knew you’d get flustered and expose your big, fat crush on the boy who’d, for some reason, was taken by you.

well, not “taken,” exactly. he wasn’t yours, and you weren’t his, though both of you wished that could be true; both of you also did not realize your feelings were reciprocated. in more specific terms, he was taken, as in ‘awed by,’ your determination.

whether that be your raised hand, steady and confident in class, or the quick wit that you weren’t afraid to weaponize against anybody who dared challenge you, or even the determination you’d initially had to avoid him.

bucky knew he wasn’t exactly in your league, so to speak. your social circles might as well be different planets, but he figured you were an actual planet and he was your moon, circling around you, forever and ever trapped in your gravitational orbit. (at least, that’s the comparison he would make if he was passing physics.)

and that’s how you’d met him. you had lingered after class was dismissed to finish writing down the last of your notes, while bucky had hung back because the teacher needed to talk to him about his grades. to bucky’s delight, the refreshingly disinterested girl who would’ve never given him a second glance without necessity was the tutor that your teacher had recommended.

call him a masochist, but he loved that you treated him with just as much disdain as you treated the rest of his friends. it was… an unpopular opinion. att least, his friends—consisting of three-quarters of alpha delta theta and a little less than half the school’s men’s lacrosse team—certainly thought so.

bucky shifted in his seat, sending another wave of his cologne your way. you tried not to show how much he was affecting you, but you broke immediately when the arm he’d been resting on the back of your chair had finally snaked itself over until his fingers had settled on your shoulders. he began massaging small, slow circles into your skin, and you thought you might melt and mold yourself into the chair.

“okay, i- i think this is pretty good.” you scooted your chair away from him just an inch with reluctance; he smelled wonderful and had a warm presence and was so, so lovely… however, you were here to help him with physics, not get seduced. (though you’d obviously prefer the latter.)

a momentary flash of disappointment—or was that hurt?—crossed his face before it settled into its usual expression; in other words, he was gorgeous and he knew it.

“it’s not pretty good,” bucky took the paper from your hands with his eyebrows pinched in concentration. your stomach sank. “it’s amazing, doll. how are you- fuck, why do are you so beautiful and so, so smart? you’re killing me, here.”

you begged to differ. you were the one on the verge of combustion.

you pursed your lips to hide the embarrassingly exposing beam that threatened to escape and reveal your hopeless affinity for a man who was obviously out of your league. you wanted to hate bucky, you really, really did, but it made sense why he was able to pull whichever strings he wanted to. he was charismatic, confident, and had a way of leaving people in a dreamy, delirious daze that made them vulnerable to whatever kind of intention bucky had. he’d passed numerous classes that he had decidedly failed, slept with too many people to count—his pool was endless; male and female both—and had somehow managed to talk himself out of a suspension after he’d managed to break a window. 

so was it wrong to be wary of his advances? as far as you knew, he was still “talking” to your roommate’s ex-boyfriend’s lab partner (though it seemed as if not many words were being exchanged in their ‘conversations’) and supposedly was hooking up with the quarterback. 

but those could be rumors, your inner naive schoolgirl with a crush said. rumors have an element of truth to them, your rational side said. you interact with less than half the number of people he’s friends with, your cynical side said, and he’s only talking to you so he can go back to his theta kappa beta alpha friends and make fun of you. 

“bucky, i appreciate the… compliments, i really do. and i mean this with, uh, kindness, but don’t you think it’s a little… immature? manipulative? i don’t know, i just-”

this time, the crestfallen look on bucky’s face lingered, and it was most definitely one of hurt. “manipulative? sweetheart, i’d never manipulate you into anything, oh god no! i don’t und-”

“well, you’re always making fun of me so you can get some reaction out of me, and i don’t understand the appeal of trying to- to fluster somebody for entertainment, and maybe it makes this whole ‘tutoring session’ more interesting for you, but damn it, that’s not fair to me!” you snapped, eyes narrowed with malice.

you expected bucky to reciprocate. to hiss at you, or deny it, or make some vaguely misogynistic comment, but he just sat there, like a kicked puppy that had also been caught in the rain. he licked his lips enticingly and his eyes flickered down to… your lips? was that it? 

the gall of him, to continue to mock you even after you’d confronted him.

bucky laughed bitterly, shaking his head. his knee was bouncing and it was giving you secondhand anxiety. “i can’t- ha, i can’t believe you’d think that’s what- have i not been obvious enough? i don’t understand why- why you don’t understand. i like you, a lot, actually. i have since the first week of physics when you told the professor he was wrong and then pulled out evidence. 

“why would you think that i’m…” he looked at you incredulously, “making fun of you? if anything, you’re the one who’s teasing me! i’ve been trying to, well, yeah, i’ve been trying to get a reaction out of you so i can see if you feel the same way!

“and you always seem to do this little routine, where i’ll try and ask you out or- or tell you that you look pretty, or ask you questions about yourself and you do this fucking scrunch,” he pointed to his face, “on your nose, and it kills me. and it kills me that you always scoff at me like i’m nothing but you’re like… the whole world, or something. you’re like, the bonnie to my clyde.”

you bit your lip to keep yourself from smiling, not wanting to spoil his rant. “bonnie and clyde were serial killers,” you whispered amusedly. bucky looked at you, took a mental note, and continued without correcting himself.

“you’re the… apple to my eye. the chicken to my egg. and the… alpha theta to my kappa beta. and i think you’re incredible, i really do, but you won’t even give me the time of day. so yeah, i don’t understand why you think i’m the one manipulating you.

“there’s obviously a social power dynamic here,” bucky added, waving his hands around like that would help make his point clearer. “you’re cool and smart and people love you, and i’m like, a piece of shit, kinda. so i guess it makes sense why you don’t like me.

 but that’s beside the point. you have the dominant position in this relationship because you’re the one tutoring me; therefore, my performance relies on your decisions. you wield the power of controlling my gpa or whatnot. and did i mention that you’re smart and pretty? so basically, you’re just better than me which means in society, aka the individual social bubble that is every academic institution, you have more, um, influence than i do. you’re like, the prefect, and i’m the dude you report for breaking curfew. or you’re like, the ta, and i’m the guy whose essay you rip apart.

‘cause you’re like, shit, you’re so wow. and i’m so, wow,” he said the second bit with exaggerated sarcasm and a dramatic eye roll. “and i learned about all this in women’s studies, so if you think i’m pulling this out of my ass, go talk to bell hooks and simone de beauvoir, alright? i’m not, like, trying to manipulate you into a date or anything—not that i’d complain about getting a date, or like, just a shot, and i mean shot as in chance, not as in alcohol—i just really like you. like, like-like you.”

bucky took a deep, shuddering breath after his profession of infatuation. you gaped, probably comparable to a fish, at the frat-adjacent, notorious fuckboy, and delectable specimen of a man in front of you who also took women’s studies and also seemed to genuinely want to take you out on a date—though you weren’t particularly sure about the second one since his explanation was very long and not very easy to follow—that you’d severely misjudged.

“i-” you sputtered, for once, out of wit. “that’s so… nice.” you fiddled with the paper that the two of you had been working on. you could hear the sound of bucky’s heart shattering from where you sat. 

you hung your head in your hands, bewildered. “okay, you said you didn’t understand what i said but now i’m not understanding what you said because you’re saying i’m all… admired and intellectual and alluring and, powerful, even, but i- i’m not. bucky, i’m literally sitting in the library tutoring you on a subject i suck at because i have no other weekend plans and because i’ve been bullshitting my way through this class and the professor just so happened to eat it up.

“i don’t know what i’m doing either, bucky. i’m not- i’m not as good as you think i am. i’m… if we’re going back to that stupid chicken-egg analogy, you’re like a crowing morning rooster and i’m an egg produced by a capitalist’s hellish factory farm that’s dropped on the ground and will probably grow mold before someone cleans it up.” you paused. “oh wow, that was a way worse metaphor than yours, wasn’t it?”

bucky shook his head, a brilliant, dopey smile slowly growing on his face. “no. no, that was… so beautiful. you’re so smart,” he insisted, and it seemed like he genuinely believed it. “you think you’re some- some rotten egg, but to me, you’re an eggs benedict that’s been approved by gordon ramsey. you keep saying all these self-deprecating things and y’know, my therapist says that’s really bad for your subconscious perception of yourself and your value, and i know i just said that you’re smart but you’re actually being so stupid right now. because i think you’re really awesome. so…”

bucky swung his legs under his seat, which was really awkward because his legs were already so long that his knees were brushing the top of the table, so it looked more like he was trying to kick the table apart.

“can i kiss you?” bucky breathed, eyes scanning your face with pure adoration.

“absolutely not,” you grimaced, planting your hand on his face and pushing it away. “don’t push it. but… how does dinner at 7 tonight sound? not the cafeteria shit, i’ll take you somewhere nice. and don’t get it twisted, i’m asking you out, okay?” 

bucky nodded eagerly, going from kicked, wet puppy to newly-adopted, instagram account worthy puppy. “i- wow, thank you! wow. i’m so- yes, i will be there. should i get flowers or are you going to do the flowers thing? because i really like you a lot and i don’t want to mess this up and-”

“i’ll do the flowers. and the picking you up. and if you’re a good boy, maybe you’ll get a kiss at the end of the night. does that sound okay?”

it sounded more than okay to bucky.

.・。.・゜✭・.・✫・゜・。.

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[kisses4suna]

Do you do emergency request??? If not just ignore me.

Hii sorry to bother I just need an emergency request. If you’re okay with it. I’ve been feeling so incredibly unlovable and lonely lately. Bc I’m realizing my parents suck and never showed me that. And lately I’ve been feeling my friends pull away from me. I’m not sure why it could be my fault /: but can you give me a suna and maybe an Oikawa where they notice my shift in energy and remind me this doubt i have isn’t true. :(

NEVER STOP LOVING YOU !!

☆ featuring. suna rintarou, + gn!reader

☆ a/n. anon im so so sorry you are feeling like this, sometimes parents cant be the best people, and thats okay. you have people around you who truly love you and i bet the person reading this screen right now is someone extremely beautiful with the most lovely soul ever!! my dms are open for talking, and just know i am always here if you want to talk ! feel better bby :( btw, im so so sorry if you waited long, i was visiting family today so i didnt have much time to go on here, im sorry i couldnt squeeze in oikawa but heres suna for you ! btw sorry if its short and corny i didnt have a lot of time 😭

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“yeah so anyways atsumu absolutely just fell! entire face planted into that dog shit! it was so fucking funny i swear, i should’ve recorded it!”, suna’s laugh echoed throughout the entire top of the school rooftop. your eyes however, were focused on the horizon in front of you. you couldn’t hear anything, suna’s laughing was faint and sounded like nothing but a mere background noise- and his words were going in one ear and going out the other.

you wanted to say something back, but you couldn’t. you were distracted at high up you were- the distance from the rooftop building to the ground- about 44 feet. was 44 feet enough to jump off and end your life? “hey? y/n?” suna’s voice caught you off-guard- your thoughts interrupted by him calling out your name and tapping your shoulder. “hey, you alright baby?” he asks, his tone more gentle. 

“yeah- just thinking..” you say, you turn to look at him- his eyes filled with confusion and concern. “are you okay?” he asks again.

no, i’m not, but i couldn’t let you know anything about that, i feel guilty and selfish if i were to just pour all my feelings right now.

“i’m fine rintarou, what were you saying about atsumu?” you ask, looking away from his eyes.

“no. you’re not okay, what’s wrong?” he tells me, it didn’t sound like a question, it was as if he was demanding to know what was wrong. “i said it’s nothing..” i say again, mumbling this time, eyes looking away again.

“y/n, i’m serious. what’s up with you lately? you don’t laugh at the funniest shit ever, you hardly eat anything when we go out, you’re never seen hanging out with your friends and you barely text me anymore. you wanna breakup with me or something?” he asks, voice cracking at the last sentence. suna rintarou is strong. he’s understanding and doesn’t care about anything, but he’s never felt this away about someone before, he cares about you more than the biggest and funniest miya twins fight. he cares about you more than chuppetts- hell even more than his mom probably. “i just- i don’t know rintarou. i feel like shit, and i don’t want to breakup with you but, i mean- do you even love me?! i don’t think i could ever be loved at all! everyone who tells me they love me leave! and i’m scared, i’m scared that you’ll leave too. my parents are assholes- and my friends don’t even notice anything! and i just feel like i have no one. i know i have you- but it feels like everyday someone leaves, and i’m not ready for you to leave either..”, everything felt like it was collapsing at that moment. like the earth was shaking repeatedly and after a while everything went down crumbling to the last bits. tears fell out, dropping down your face like a waterfall.

suna doesn’t say anything, he brings his hands to cover your tears, and quickly embraces you in a hug. “listen- i’m not good at shit like this.. but i love you. i won’t ever stop loving you. when im 70 years old and wrinkly, i won’t stop loving you. when i have little mini y/ns and rintarous running around my house, i won’t stop loving you. i’ll always love you. and i won’t ever leave you. there doesn’t go a millisecond where i think about leaving you, i’ve never even thought about it. because i love you too much to ever think about something like that. you’re my everything y/n, and if you can’t see that then obviously you’re blind.”

#kisses4suna #suna rintarou #asks and replies #suna fluff #suna rintaro x reader #suna x y/n #haikyuu #haikyuu!! #suna rintarō #suna x reader #suna comfort #love u anon

[thegeminisage]

ok, its time for a QUICK tng update before xm*s proceedings. saturday we did "best of both worlds part ii" and "family" and last night we did "brothers" and "suddenly human."

best of both worlds part ii: I LOOOOOVED THIS EPISODE. mwah. EVERYTHING i wanted. creepy little cyborg implants. brainwashed picard. his beautiful perfect cgi tear (which may or may not have been cgi, this is a point of debate, experts please weigh in). data bravely doing a robot mind meld. 1000000/10 more borg episodes please please PLEASE

can you imagine if the borg has ben in tos btw. what a thought experiment, except for how i quite literally can't think about it or i'll get so excited i'll pass out

did guinan imply she and picard were lovers in this ep...girl you can do better

my one nitpick with william riker was him promoting that lady he hated instead of someone who deserved it, like worf or data. it probably would have given worf ptsd but can you imagine that enterprise having a captain and first officer being gay on the bridge again...wonderful. except this time there would also be deanna <3

"how much do you remember" "everything" AHAHAHAHA GREAT. GOOD. WONDERFUL. anyway

family: extremely unusual episode but i loved it nonetheless. i was really shocked worf's parents were so sweet!!! i fucking loved them. they're like the cutest people on earth i can't believe they raised such a taciturn and stoic guy like worf...

picard's family i wasn't sure about at first until the wrestling match in the mud. sometimes you need to punch a guy and his brother stepped up to the job admirably. i kept thinking he looked like michael caine, which would have been an incredible choice.

WESLEY.....................................................we don't need to talk about it

everyone's accents in this ep were wack. why does picard have a totally different accent from his brother. why is worf's accent different from his parents. ik its not that deep but its making me crrrazzzyyy

brothers: i didnt even get a look at the title of this episode before we started bc vumoo (the shady site im using to watch) doesn't display them but it was SUCH an unexpected pleasure to get a data episode

absolutely scuh-reaming at the ease with which he hijacked an ENTIRE goddamn starship. he's so competent i love that. a real "glad he's on OUR side" moment, not unlike spock commandeering the enterprise in "the menagerie" (rip i wish that had been a better episode).

lore grew on me really fast. i was neutral on him during his last appearance, the meme aside, but in this episode he was really fun and unsettling. brent spiner can do horrible, horrible things with his face

this ep felt a little cut off? i expected another confrontation with lore, a getting back of the chip, or at least some kind of burial or funeral for dr soong, but we just quit like 3/4 through the episode. maybe less time spent on the opening section of the hijack could have fixed this

anyway i love the foil between data and lore...one has support and the other does not...but it doesn't make sense for lore to get the emotions chip because it seems like he already HAS them??

oh yeah and data repeating "i am not less perfect than lore" got funnier EVERY time he did it. little man was really going thru it i was cracking up genuinely <3

suddenly human: this episode was wack

ok, did you guys read face on the milk carton when you were in school? i did when i was way too young to be reading it and it fucked me up real bad and i completely forgot about it until i watched this episode and then i got to unlock that memory in real time

anyway, while it is obviously the correct choice to return a child to their family when they are kidnapped as babies, it is also hugely traumatic for an older child to be ripped away from a loving home* and transplanted with strangers, which those books explore in horrific detail. so the whole episode i found myself going "i KNOW it's bad politics but could they not just CONSIDER leaving him with the only family he's ever known as a possible choice" and then they DID THAT and i wanted to be ill because it was obviously the worst choice in the world

* this is a different scenario than the first tng episode involving kidnapped children, which strongly resembled the residential schools from real life. THIS particular situation, minus the method of kidnapping (during warfare), more closely resembled the crazy cult shit happening in those books, where the kidnapped girl was being raised by people who thought they really were her biological grandparents and weren't bad people and her biological family also weren't bad people. a "no fault" situation EXCEPT FOR HE KIDNAPPENED THAT BABY DURING WARFARE.

anyway this is the second time tng has dropped the ball on this subject so i think from now on they should not do episodes like this anymore. really really really really bad.

NEXT TIME: "remember me" and "legacy"

#personal #star trek blogging #tng lb

[tonberry-yoda]

Hello! I saw you added new threads in the matchup and I just loved it!! Can you add a mini fic, first date and wedding with my matchup with Joot that you did?

I think I need this a lot, after stone ocean lmao.

Hi dear!!! I am so glad I added this little bit to my matchups because I thought it would be great for people who have already done one, so of course I was happy to do this for you!!!! I'm glad you liked this idea too! Also, I totally get you, stone ocean has been a journey. i have already read it, but they didnt need to hit me that hard for a second time!!

MINI FIC

"Are you sure, y/n?" Your best friend whined, her arms going limp.

"I'm sure," you giggled, hoping to get out of the conversation quickly. "I already told you that I'm not a huge fan of parties."

"Oh, come on," she sighed. "It's going to be really fun, I promise! Plus there will be a lot of cute guyyysss.~~~"

You rolled your eyes. You haven't exactly told her that you and Jotaro were in a relationship together. I mean, sure you and him mysteriously disappeared to Egypt for a while, but she didn't have to know that. If anyone knew, they would be on your ass about it. Jotaro was known as this hot hunk of a guy around your school and the last thing you wanted those girls who claimed to be head over heels with him to know is that Jotaro loved you. You would be dead for sure.

"Sorry. I'm just a little tired, that's all. You have fun though, alright?"

"Fiiiineeee. Whatever you say, y/n. Have fun doing absolutely nothing." She giggled and ran off, leaving you with a sigh of relief.

She didn't have a clue, but you were heading over to Jotaro's house for the evening. Holly asked if you wanted to stay for dinner sometime and you were hoping to just hang out with your boyfriend for a while. Plus, how could you deny Holly's cooking?

"Oh my goodness!! y/n, you look so beautiful!!" Holly pulled you into her arms. She always smelled really good. Like vanilla and comfort.

"Hey, y/n." Jotaro rubbed the back of his neck, seeing that his mother was already smothering you.

"Hey Jojo." You smiled and managed to get away from Holly, pulling Jotaro into a short hug. You noticed that the bruises from his fight with DIO were healing up nicely. He was so strong.

"I'm so glad you could join us for dinner." Holly sounded really happy to see you. I mean, you did end up being a big factor in saving her life and dating her son, so you thought it was nice of her to repay the favor in any way she could.

"Thanks for inviting me, Mrs. Kujo. It's always a pleasure."

"Please, call me Holly, dear. Now dinner should be ready in the next half an hour, so I'll call you to the dining room when it's time."

"Thanks mom." Jotaro smiled at his mother kindly. You were so glad that he changed from that asshole he was before to the man he was now. Especially with how he treated his mother. You loved him for that.

Jotaro quickly grabbed your hand and led you to his room. He quickly gave you a pec on the lips and turned on the TV just putting in something simple before dinner.

"How have you been, y/n?" Jotaro pulled you into his arms and you cuddled close.

"I've been good. You?" You looked up at his beautiful eyes and he just kept you close.

"I've been good." He went silent for a moment, but rested his chin on the top of your head. "I love you, you know that, right?"

"I love you too." You placed a kiss on his jaw and he smiled.

You loved Jotaro Kujo.

FIRST DATE

"I really hope this isn't bad timing," Jotaro came up to you, rubbing the back of his neck. You were sitting in the dining area of the hotel you were staying at, just reading some magazine. "But uh... do you wanna go on a date or something?"His voice trailed off at the end, but you could still hear him crystal clear.

"Are you serious, Jotaro?" Your tone definitely reflected how surprised you were.

"Y-Yeah. I mean, we have some off time and I don't think there's another stand user around here, so a lunch or something wouldn't hurt, right?"

You didn't mean to giggle, but this was the first time you had ever seen Jotaro this nervous. Not even in battle with deadly enemies did he look like this. "I don't mean to laugh, Jotaro. It's just odd to see you so nervous."

"Sh-Shut up. Just answer the question, y/n."

"Of course I will, Jojo."

You stood up and put down the magazine, grabbing Jotaro's hand.

He quickly led you to some small restaurant, nothing crazy, just local. Food was there, and honestly, that's all you needed. That, and Jotaro. He must've noticed how hard you were crushing. Unless he beat you to that.

You didn't want to think about it too hard, so you just sat down and ordered your food.

Nothing was awkward between the two of you... just... quiet.

"So..." you finally broke the silence, playing with a fork while you waited for your food. "Why'd you wanna ask me on a date?"

Jotaro's face went bright red. "Uh... well... you're... tolerable. That's not the only thing of course! I- God, I'm screwing this up, huh?"

You just giggled and slid your hand over to his. "You're not screwing anything up. I'm already having a great time. Thank you, Jotaro. I'm really glad you asked me on this date."

"Thanks for saying yes. I'm really glad I asked you."

WEDDING HEADCANONS (cuz it's hard to write a fic for a wedding lmfaooo)

he wouldnt want anything big and neither would you

hell, y'all might even get eloped

that or just friends and family because it wouldn't be complete without holly and the SDC frfr

he would wear a white tux because i think he'd look hot in it

omg imagine if you wore a black dress and he wore a white tux??? unless you're down for traditional stuff ofccc

but that would be awesome

he would be shaking waiting for you

he's never shaken that hard in his life

he doesnt cry often, but he would be tearing up BAD

especially when he sees you walk down the aisle, it's over for him

and he doesnt have his hat to cover it either, so he's really crying in front of all these people he cares about

but this is just about you and him

y'all wouldnt have a huge party or anything, it's more just like a big hangout with everyone

kakyoin is the best man

polnareff cries like a baby

avdol is nonstop congratulating you two

iggy shows up in a tux

jospeh is definitely bawling his eyes out and telling jotaro to be a good husband (unlike him frfr lmaoooo)

you two would write your own vows

mostly inside jokes from when you two were in egypt

would cry in your arms at the end of the wedding telling you how much he loves you and how happy he is

you would totally do the same

holly brought tissues for everyone

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@tonberry-yoda

#i hope you like them #this was actually a lot of fun!! #jjba #writing #fanfic #fanfiction #my writing #<3 #jojos bizarre adventure #jjba x reader #jojos bizarre adventure x reader #jotaro #jotaro x reader #jotaro kujo #jotaro kujo x reader #sdc #sdc x reader #stardust crusaders #stardust crusaders x reader #jjba part 3 #jojo

[mushiewrites]

okay but seriously can you maybe go into what inspired you to write tiny boy big complaints, handsy hyperfixation (a classic), and the newest snf one?? and also maaaaybe the older one about teleporting if you wanna do that one too???

thank youuuuuu :))

- cal <333

from this milestone post / tiny boy big complaints / handsy hyperfixation / losing the battle winning the war / the troubles with teleporting

some of my favs in here <3

tiny boy big complaints my beloved ): and cals fav <3333 this fic is so special to me even though it's one of the lower note ones! it was actually a prompt sent in by cal (found here), so it's kind of hilarious to me it turned out to be his favorite one ):

I wanted george to be soft and tiny and I wanted dream to be soft but playful with him, and somehow I created one of my favorite things ever by doing so. I think this is another fic that I didn't really brainrot the concept with anyone, I am actually 99.9% positive I blacked out and wrote this entire thing and then made cal read it for me before I posted it and cal helped me pick the title tooooooo

cal is just the best is the bottom line actually :D this one was written for him and me and us and that's really all I can say about this one <3

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handsy hyperfixation was started december 26th, the morning after the dream team did their christmas stream, because I went completely insane over pictures of dreams hands (enjoy the blurry pictures <3)

then I sent these messages to cal (yes he is nick nelson) followed after I blacked out and wrote 4K words in one sitting:

then I let the fic sit until the end of february, and I finished it in the beginning of march. I will be honest, this one was absolutely 100000% a self indulgent fic, purely for myself and I didnt really care if I posted it or not. cal actually told me to name it "mushie's self indulgent hand fic", which....absolutely not....but it's correct. whatever. sue me, Im obsessed with dreams hands ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

this is my favorite thing I've ever written, it's my baby, it's 7.2K words for me and me alone lmfao. I actually was terrified to post it bc I didn't think anyone would read it, and now it's over 100 notes. I actually could cry thinking about how proud I am of it (even though I messed up some things in it, I don't care, I poured so much into this fic)

so yeah. that's handsy 🥺

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losing the battle winning the war was written 100% because of @wishitweresummer. this little idiot asked to commission me (which I said no to bc she's an idiot) bc she wanted to read about back of the neck raspberries....I wonder why? she also wanted it to be the first time george got back of the neck raspberries! cute, right? again....I wonder why :D

cal named it and its the perfect title tbh

summer requested for it to be playful and I know summer loves rough, so I made sure to really play up the snf fighting dynamic and I actually love what I created ):

she ALSO requested for george to struggle and be cocky, and for him to come out on top and completely destroy sap. she said she wanted it to be in a place that wasn't super common, a new spot for george to discover, and I adore the spot above the hip bc it's such a surprisingly sensitive spot! so that's how that was born

I truly just wrote this up to make sure I flustered the shit out of summer. I included things that people know get her and things that only I (and maybe one or two others) know about purely just to have summer yell at me for it :D

I love how this one turned out, targeted fics always turn out better to me for some reason <3

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the troubles with teleporting was the first time I ever wrote XD 🥺 this was a prompt that emma sent in, I can't find the actual prompt bc it was when my tumblr was a different name and the link is broken BUT

I remember just getting this idea to make the teleporting itself tk george at first instead of XD doing it right away, just bc I had the idea that it would kind of feel like when you go down a drop on a rollercoaster???? but a little more intense?

I also remember being super excited bc emma actually had the idea of the teleporting itself tkling instead of XD, but neither of us mentioned it to each other until after I wrote it that way! great minds think alike :D

again, it was my first time writing XD, and for those of you who don't know, XD is one of my all time favorite lers to read and write. I wanted to make sure I did XD justice, and I really love this silly lil fic, and how XD winds up just tkling the heck out of george at the end anyways (they even lifted george's arms up above his head while XD's bottom set got his ribs oh my goodness that was cruel huh 🫠)

the teases in this were pretty good too (':

#awkwardtickleetoo #asks #okay sorry this is like a novel but.........I explained it all didn't I #thank u again baby for sending in stuff ur the greatest ): <3 #i love the ones u sent in #u know how special handsy is to me and also tiny #ugh i love them sm #mushies 300 milestone

[luckyqueenreign]

LITG - Episode 28 

Now that im reading this back...yes it absolutely BLOWS that Suresh didnt tell MC about Gabi and the relationship but I'm more and more convinced it was a rebound from MC.

NARRATOR: Welcome back to Love Island where Gabi just started to spill the beans over her relationship with Suresh.

NARRATOR: I expressly instructed the date team NOT to serve beans on dates! There’s enough hot air in the villa already.

NARRATOR: Maybe Gabi packed her own beans. She clearly brought enough baggage.

NARRATOR: But what’s she really bean up to with Suresh? Let’s find out.

MC: …Excuse me?

GABI: I wanted to tell you earlier. But it never felt like the right time.

MC: Wait… You’re not joking? You and Suresh were actually a couple. How serious were you?

GABI: We were like a full-on thing, he had a toothbrush at my place.

KAT: O… M… G! A toothbrush is like four steps away from a proposal.

Everyone turns to face you and Gabi.

KAT: Gabi and Suresh were a full-on thing? Like a couple? Like an ACTUAL thing?

ARLO: Why am I not even surprised?

NICOLAS: Popcorn… Anyone?

GABI: Well, I wanted to tell MC privately, but I guess Kat’s taken that out of my hands.

Gabi looks at you apologetically before addressing everyone.

GABI: Me and Suresh started dating after he broke up with MC.

GABI: We were boyfriend and girlfriend.

KAT: I need to sit down. Oh wait, I already am.

MC: Can everyone stop piling in for a second? How soon after we broke up did you start dating?

GABI: I didn’t even know you existed until way after we started dating.

MC: I just don’t get why he’d never tell me this.

NICOLAS: I buy toothbrushes in bulk that I just leave at girls' houses all the time. It’s not that deep.

NICOLAS: Maybe Gabi is just trying to get under your skin.

DANA: Why would she come in and lie about this though? It doesn’t make sense.

GABI: Honestly, I have no idea why he never told you. Maybe he was just worried you’d be upset.

JOHNNY: What do you think, MC? Do you think Gabi and Suresh were seriously a couple?

CHOICE: Gabi is lying. Suresh would have told me

MC: Not only did you get with my boyfriend, you’re clearly making up lies to try and rattle me.

MC: Where’s your honesty or girl code? You’re a liar and a cheat.

GABI: It was Suresh who lied to you about this, not me. Take it easy.

MC: So you’re just pushing all the blame for this on him? Very convenient for you, isn’t it?

DANA: Until Suresh is here to defend himself there’s no point arguing about it, girls.

CHOICE: I believe Gabi. Suresh is a liar

MC: I believe Gabi. I wouldn’t put it past Suresh to lie to me about this.

GABI: So… You’re not upset with me?

MC: I didn’t say that. I said I believe you. I don’t see why you’d lie about this.

CHOICE: I just need a moment to think. This is a lot

MC: I just need a moment to think.

GABI: You do seem like a genuine girl. I just felt I should tell you sooner rather than later.

MC: I still need some time to properly process this.

DANA: Until Suresh is here there’s no point overthinking it. This is a chat you three need to have alone.

KAT: You mean us four? I wouldn’t miss that chat for the world.

NICOLAS: They won't need any air-con in Casa Amor… This Suresh sounds cold enough.

JOHNNY: Bit soon, Nicolas. MC is upset.

KAT: Yeah, Nicolas. This is serious…

KAT: Serious…ly juicy goss. Did Suresh talk about MC at all whilst you were dating?

GABI: It’s complicated… At the start he never even mentioned you existed.

GABI: But then he started talking about you towards the end. Said he was over you. That he was all about me.

GABI: But hearing how much he’s been flirting with you… I wonder if he was ever over you at all.

DANA: Suresh is flirty with everyone, Gabi. Pretty sure I saw him getting a little cheeky with Finn.

KAT: Reminds me of this DJ in Basildon. Once me and the girls…

DANA: Please, Kat. This isn’t the time for another Basildon related story.

GABI: So… Are you thinking of giving Suresh another go, MC?

CHOICE: Yeah! If he can prove he’s changed

MC: I’d consider giving Suresh a second chance if he can prove to me that he’s changed.

DANA: Good for you.

GABI: Yeah, good luck with that, MC.

MC: He’s still got a lot of work to do to win me over.

CHOICE: No way! That ship has sailed

MC: That ship has well and truly set sail.

MC: I feel sorry for the girl that does give him a second chance, but it won’t be me.

GABI: So you and him are absolutely finished then?

MC: He’s still trying to convince me otherwise but I know my worth. Me and him are over.

CHOICE: I still need to make my mind up on that

MC: I don’t really know where I stand with him just yet.

MC: We’ve got so much great history together, but I came here to find something new.

You smile at Dana who smiles back at you.

GABI: Sounds like it’s make your mind up time, then.

ARLO: Did somebody say three new boys? Eww I’m so done with Suresh.

PETE: Two new boys, Arlo. And one new man. I’m a different beast entirely.

Arlo and Pete laugh with each other.

GABI: I’m just glad the truth is out. I hope it doesn’t come between us, MC.

ARLO: Yep, better to clear the air.

DANA: Great. Shall we wait until Suresh is back before you guys have this chat then?

CHOICE: Grill Gabi further

MC: Oh, I’m not done with you yet, Gabi. You still haven’t answered my first question.

MC: How soon after me and Suresh broke up did you two go official?

DANA: Honestly, MC, I think that’s a question for Suresh not Gabi.

GABI: You’re not the only one here who was majorly hurt by Suresh, MC.

DANA: What did he do this time?

CHOICE: Let it go for now

MC: I agree that this is a conversation we need to have, but with Suresh. For now, let’s just move on.

KAT: Erm… Hello? I got a front row ticket to this drama, you can’t cancel the show now.

DANA: I think it’s called ‘being a bigger person’, Kat. You should look it up.

KAT: Yawn. You pronounced being a ‘boring’ person wrong, sweetie.

KAT: So, how did you and Suresh break up Gabi? Did he cheat on you too?

Gabi looks awkwardly to the floor.

GABI: We were going great. I was falling for him. Maybe I already had.

GABI: He said he was ready to commit. Then one day he just left. Never returned my calls. Never explained why.

DANA: That’s terrible, Gabi.

MC: That sounds like Suresh alright.

GABI: So obviously, I jumped at the opportunity to come here.

KAT: So are you here to tell MC the truth and get some answers…

KAT: Or are you here to try and win Suresh back?

Gabi looks at you awkwardly, until a phone pings cutting the silence short.

JOHNNY: I’ve got a text!

LITEXT: 

Islanders, it’s time to compete with Casa Amor in today’s game of Raunchy Races. The winning villa will have a party tonight. #NeedForSpeed #ReadySteadyGraft

DANA: Phew, that was getting too tense for me. Bring on the races!

Gabi stands quietly next to you putting on her makeup. Dana tries to break the silence.

DANA: Wowsers trousers, I cannot believe it’s Raunchy Races!

GABI: I’m gonna go grab an iced coffee real quick.

DANA: I’ll show you my special technique. You have to stir the milk clockwise.

KAT: Two sugars for me.

Dana and Gabi leave the room in a fizz of excitement.

KAT: Right. I know we’re all thinking it, but you two are clearly not gonna say it.

ARLO: Thinking what?

KAT: Gabi is only here to jump back on the Suresh Express, right?

KAT: She avoided that question like the plague when you asked her, MC.

CHOICE: Agreed. She clearly wants Suresh back

MC: I agree, it’s so obvious she wants Suresh back.

ARLO: I don’t know. She was so upset about how he ended it with her the first time.

KAT: Tears evaporate, Arlo. Lust doesn’t. Trust me.

MC: She wouldn’t even look me in the eye when I asked if she was here to win him back.

KAT: Everything points to her still liking him.

CHOICE: Disagree. I think she’s too hurt to take him back

MC: She still seems too upset about the way Suresh ended it with her.

ARLO: She definitely wants to get answers from Suresh, but get back with him? I’m not sold.

KAT: I’m never wrong about these things, girls. Trust me. I’m like a fortune cookie.

MC: Famous for their accuracy.

You and Arlo laugh.

CHOICE: Unsure. Only time will tell

MC: Time will tell. If she was here for Suresh, she wouldn't start making moves until he was back anyway.

KAT: Exactly. That’s why she’s getting flirty with Dana. She wants to stay in the villa until he comes back.

ARLO: You’ve really thought about this haven’t you, Kat?

KAT: Not just a pretty face, babes.

ARLO: It’s a tough situation. I do like Gabi though, she seems lively. And so sexy.

KAT: So… Is that what you’re wearing for Raunchy Races, MC?

Kat and Arlo look at each other, disappointedly.

KAT: You’re really channelling that Auntie MC energy, aren't you?

MC: Really?

KAT: Look. I know why you’re dressing like a 17th Century Milkmaid...

KAT: It’s ‘cos Dana and Gabi are getting along like a horse on fire and you want to give her space to explore it.

MC: Is that what’s happening?

ARLO: Like a house on fire?

KAT: Exactly. But seriously, MC, Love Island is too short to give people space like that.

KAT: You need to wear the sexiest outfit you can and watch Dana come reeling back to you with an open mouth.

ARLO: Even if not for Dana, you might wanna catch someone else’s eye. But not Pete, yeah?

KAT: You should also remind yourself too that despite the drama, you’re still the second hottest girl here.

KAT: It’s ‘cos you’re staying loyal to Alfie/Suresh in Casa Amor. And honestly that’s so sweet I’m here for it.

KAT: But he’ll be slipping into a spicy outfit to get as many snogs as he can in the challenge. Facts.

ARLO: She’s not wrong. It doesn’t count if it’s in a challenge.

KAT: So you need to dress up in a naughty number and get ‘crack-a-lacking-on’ with these new boys.

KAT: You should also remind yourself too that despite the drama, you’re still the second hottest girl here.

KAT: So let’s get you out of these clothes and try on something more eye-catching.

KAT: I’m tired of seeing all this wasted potential.

ARLO: So I’ve changed my mind. Maybe don’t wear that in front of Pete. You look next level.

KAT: This is so you, and it’s a statement none of those boys can ignore. Yass.

Dana and Gabi come bursting back into the room giggling.

DANA: Does anyone know where the clean mugs are?

They both stop at the sight of you in your outfit, staring in awe.

DANA: You look like every naughty dream I ever had, come true, MC.

Gabi shoots you a look of jealousy.

GABI: You look like a supermodel.

DANA: Oh my goodness it’s stunning. Is that what you’re wearing for Raunchy Races?

KAT: She’s not decided yet, for some reason. Seriously, babe, you won’t top that.

MC: Do you think so?

ARLO: I honestly can’t take my eyes off you. You look beyond yummy.

DANA: Please tell me you’re going with that?

*TRYOUTFIT* You’re right. I look irresistible in this

You give a twirl in front of the mirror.

MC: I am kind of in love with this.

DANA: You look so sexy. Honestly.

No, I’m gonna wear something else

You look at yourself in the mirror. Your outfit is the least frivolous of all the girls.

MC: Does this look a bit basic?

DANA: I did prefer the other one, but it’s your Love Island experience, MC, wear what you like!

The others seem much less excited about this outfit.

*TRYOUTFIT*I don’t need any more convincing. I’m going for this spicy one

I’m a little unsure. What else is there?

KAT: I wouldn’t let you go near Finn in that outfit. It’s so tasty!

The girls nod in agreement.

MC: I’m glad you all like it.

DANA: I LIKE evening walks and fridges that don’t freeze my Gouda. I LOVE this.

You look at yourself in the mirror and pose confidently.

DANA: That’s lovely.

KAT: Yeh. It’s hot. I like it.

MC: I’ll stick with this one. It’s what I know.

Kat lets out a huff.

KAT: You can lead a girl to the fire outfit, but you can’t make her wear it.

ARLO: Is everyone dressed? I can’t wait any longer.

KAT: Arlo, get you. These new guys have really turned you up a level.

ARLO: Well, it’s about time I started getting what I want in here.

Arlo pouts at you.

ARLO: Regardless of who else wants it.

KAT: That is such a mood, Arlo. Let’s get out there!

Kat runs off to the firepit, quickly followed by other girls.

You and the girls stand by the firepit waiting for the boys to arrive.

KAT: These boys take longer to get ready than us.

ARLO: They’re probably discussing their gameplan for Raunchy Races.

KAT: Girls, we forgot to do that. Quick, before they get here, where are we all at?

ARLO: I’m into Pete.

DANA: It’s not the boys I’m interested in.

Dana gives Gabi a cheeky wink.

KAT: Obviously, I’m staying loyal to Finn. No idea why.

KAT: What about you, MC? Are you putting your name on any of the newbies?

CHOICE: Nicolas is ticking a lot of boxes

MC: Nicolas is ticking a lot of my boxes.

ARLO: I saw you guys hitting it off on your date.

MC: Yeh. Stay away, girls, he’s all mine.

CHOICE: Johnny is a bit of me

MC: Johnny is a bit of me.

ARLO: I saw you guys really hitting it off on your date.

MC: Yeh. Stay away, girls, he’s all mine.

CHOICE: Pete is yummy

MC: Pete is so yummy.

ARLO: Seriously, MC? You really have a thing for stepping on my toes.

MC: I just said he was yummy, I’ve not done anything… Yet.

Arlo throws you a dirty look.

CHOICE: None of them

MC: None of the boys are catching my eye just yet.

MC: I prefer what’s over in Casa Amor.

KAT: Same, babes.

**if dana is LI** 

MC: It’s a girl that I’m more interested in.

Dana doesn’t seem to notice your comment as she and Gabi laugh together.

KAT: The new boys are hot but they lack something…

DANA: Finn-esse?

The new boys bounce over from the Kitchen.

NICOLAS: What do we lack, Kat?

KAT: Certainly not abs, babe.

NICOLAS: I hope you’re all ready to have a bit of fun in this challenge.

NICOLAS: Especially you, MC. You look gorgeous in that outfit.

MC: Can’t wait.

Pete gets a text.

LITEXT: 

Islanders, in today's challenge you will be competing against Casa Amor. You will receive identical instructions. Whoever completes the challenge first will win a point and the villa with the most points at the end will be rewarded with a party tonight. #EarlyNightForSome #PartyPoints

PETE: Bring it on. Let’s go, villa!

Kat gets a text.

ISLANDER TEXT

The boy with the longest hair, give the girl he finds sexiest a smooch on the neck.

Nicolas runs over to you, a saucy smile on his face.

NICOLAS: May I?

CHOICE: Let Nicolas kiss you on the neck

MC: You may.

Nicolas lowers his lips onto your neck and gives you a flurry of passionate yet gentle kisses.

MC: You’ve got a gentle touch.

NICOLAS: I’m good with hands as well, MC.

MC: The full package.

CHOICE: Turn away and deny him

MC: You may not.

You teasingly turn away from Nicolas with a pout.

Nicolas turns to Kat and gives her a delicate kiss on the neck. Kat doesn’t even seem to notice.

KAT: Finn has the longest hair, doesn't he?

GABI: Shame it wasn’t Suresh. Being kissed on the neck was his favourite.

MC: Was it?

GABI: It was when I did it.

You and Gabi exchange a tense moment of eye contact.

ISLANDER TEXT

The boy who’s been in the least amount of relationships, give the girl he finds sexiest a smooch on the neck.

Johnny runs over to you, a saucy smile on his face.

JOHNNY: May I?

CHOICE: Let Johnny kiss you on the neck

MC: You may.

Johnny lowers his lips onto your neck and gives you a flurry of passionate yet gentle kisses.

MC: Goosebumps.

JOHNNY: The good kind, I hope.

MC: That would be giving away too much, Johnny.

Johnny smiles at you excitedly before returning to his place around the firepit.

CHOICE: Turn away and deny him

MC: You may not.

You teasingly turn away from Johnny with a pout.

Johnny turns to Kat and gives her a delicate kiss on the neck.

KAT: You’ve got good taste, Johnny.

Johnny smiles at you both excitedly before returning to his place around the firepit.

DANA: I think Alfie is the one who’s been in the least amount of relationships.

GABI: Suresh will be kicking himself. He loved kissing on the neck.

MC: Did he?

GABI: He did when I did it.

You and Gabi exchange a tense moment of eye contact.

ISLANDER TEXT

The boy who lives furthest North, give the girl he finds sexiest a smooch on the neck.

Pete stands forward and looks around at the girls.

PETE: This is the only time being from Middlesbrough has gotten me anything.

ARLO: Except that sexy accent.

Pete approaches you.

ARLO: Not cool.

PETE: May I, MC?

CHOICE: Let Pete kiss you on the neck

MC: You may.

Pete gently brings his lips to your neck and delicately begins kissing it.

Arlo rolls her eyes dramatically.

PETE: Sorry, Arlo. Thought I’d take MC’s mind off the drama for a bit.

PETE: And I couldn’t resist her in that outfit.

ARLO: Can’t argue with that to be honest.

Turn away and deny him

CHOICE: MC: You may not.

You teasingly turn away from Pete with a pout. Pete wastes no time in turning to Arlo and giving her some dirty neck smooches.

ARLO: Second best am I?

PETE: I was always going to kiss you…

Pete shoots a flirty glance your way before returning to his place around the firepit.

DANA: Isn’t Suresh the one who lives furthest North?

GABI: He’ll be buzzing with a kiss on the neck. That was his favourite.

MC: Was it?

GABI: It was when I did it anyway.

You and Gabi exchange a tense moment of eye contact.

Dana gets a text.

ISLANDER TEXT

Casa Amor wins!

Everyone boos.

MC: Guess these new guys just aren’t as fast as our old boys in Casa Amor.

KAT: Yeh, come on, boys. Pick it up.

Arlo gets a text.

ISLANDER TEXT

The strongest girl, suck the toe of the boy you fancy the most.

Arlo prances towards Pete, energetically.

ARLO: I’m a semi-pro boxer. Let me have this one, girls.

Arlo drops down and sucks Pete’s big toe for a few seconds. Pete makes an engine noise as she does.

PETE: Woah. You do not hold back.

NICOLAS: What was that noise you were making, Pete?

PETE: Sorry. Yeah, I make an engine noise when I’m… being pleasured sometimes.

The Islanders laugh.

JOHNNY: So if we get woken up tonight thinking they’re mowing the grass, it’s just you and Arlo on the daybeds.

ARLO: That’s kind of hot.

Arlo and Pete share a little peck on the cheek.

Arlo turns and smiles at you sassily.

Johnny gets a text.

ISLANDER TEXT

Villa wins.

Everyone cheers.

MC: You two were so fast!

KAT: Yayy, our first point.

NICOLAS: It was those engine noises, they must have sped up Arlo.

MC: Looked like you enjoyed that, Arlo.

ARLO: You should do it. Come on, before the next challenge.

MC: Do what?

KAT: The first boy to kiss MC’s big toe gets to kiss her on the lips. If she’s up for it.

JOHNNY: That sounds like my kind of challenge.

NICOLAS: Normally, I start with the lips and end with the toes, but we can try it this way.

DANA: That’s hilarious. Are you actually gonna do it, MC?

**DIAMOND CHOICE**

*Absolutely! My big toe deserves kisses too.

MC: I’m not just a pretty face, these toes are gorgeous too. Are you boys ready?

JOHNNY: I’m so ready.

NICOLAS: Don’t blink, MC.

MC: On your marks… Get set…

That’s a fun idea, but I’m gonna pass.

MC: Don’t get me wrong, that sounds hilarious, but let’s focus on the challenge.

JOHNNY: We have plenty of time until the next challenge. Come on!

KAT: Yeah, I thought you’d be up for a bit of a laugh, MC.

NICOLAS: Major disappointment.

KAT: The promise of your toe has gotten Johnny and Nicolas thirsty. Sure it doesn’t sound fun?

*This is too fun to turn down. Let’s go!

MC: OK, you’ve convinced me. It’s about time these toes got some love.

NICOLAS: Here we toe, I mean here we go.

KAT: This is so fun. On your marks…

DANA: Get set…

MC: GO!

Johnny and Nicolas sprint over to your feet, clattering down onto their hands and knees.

NICOLAS: Out of my way, Johnny.

At the last moment, Nicolas pulls Johnny off balance and swoops in to kiss your big toe.

NICOLAS: Gotta play dirty sometimes. No hard feelings, Johnny.

JOHNNY: You should be disqualified for that.

NICOLAS: Rules and bed slats. The only things I don’t mind breaking.

NICOLAS: What was that thing we said the winner would get? Oh yeah.

Nicolas smiles at you.

CHOICE: Full on snog Nicolas

MC: A promise is a promise.

You and Nicolas exchange a passionate and lengthy snog.

PETE: They’re really going for it.

DANA: I think the next challenge will be starting soon. That’s enough guys.

Slowly you both pull away. Nicolas grins at you excitedly.

NICOLAS: You’re fun. I like it.

Johnny looks on, trying and failing to hide his disappointment.

CHOICE: Peck him on the cheek

MC: A promise is a promise.

You lean in towards Nicolas and give him a sweet kiss on the cheek.

KAT: Look how much he’s blushing.

NICOLAS: I’m not blushing, it’s just MC’s make up.

GABI: Of course it is.

Johnny looks on, he smiles at you.

CHOICE: Reject him. Kiss Johnny on the cheek

MC: I like a man who plays fair.

You walk past Nicolas and wrap your arms around Johnny, giving him a playful kiss on the cheek.

JOHNNY: Thank you, MC.

NICOLAS: That’s a pity kiss, my man. You lost, fair and square.

KAT: Didn’t you know, Nicolas? Us women like a man who doesn’t always come first.

The Islanders all laugh.

ARLO: Two new boys willing to crawl around after, MC. Just how she likes it.

MC: What does that mean, Arlo?

DANA: Nothing. Come on, girls. Not now.

Gabi gets a text, cutting the tension between you and Arlo.

ISLANDER TEXT

Girls, get into your go-to sex position with a new Islander of your choice.

Pete and Arlo immediately jump down into doggy. Dana and Gabi fly into sixty-nine whilst Kat grabs Nicolas into reverse cowgirl.

Johnny runs over to you.

JOHNNY: Come on, MC, it’s me and you. What position are you into?

CHOICE: Missionary, let’s be quick

MC: There’s no time, Johnny. Quickly, let’s just go with missionary.

You jump back onto the floor and Johnny gently nestles on top of you laughing.

JOHNNY: Missionary is genuinely one of my fave positions.

MC: It’s like margherita pizza. Simple but tasty.

CHOICE: I’ll go on top

MC: I’ll get on top of you. Quickly!

You playfully throw Johnny down onto the floor and straddle him like a bucking bronco.

JOHNNY: I love it when a woman enjoys being in the driver’s seat.

MC: Good to know, Johnny.

You both laugh.

CHOICE: Let me show you a position you won't have experienced before

MC: I’ll show you a position you’ll never forget. One of my all time favourites.

You playfully throw Johnny down onto the floor and intricately wrap yourself around him. Bending under and over each other's limbs.

JOHNNY: I didn’t know I was this flexible. What's this position even called?

MC: It’s called Milking the Himalayan Mountain Goat. Defo not one for the warmer climates.

Johnny’s mouth is open wide as he stares longingly into your eyes.

Kat looks over from her perch above Nicolas.

KAT: No wonder Suresh is desperate to win you back, MC.

KAT: With moves like that up your sleeve any guy would be gagging for a second chance.

GABI: That’s a real show-off position.

Arlo gets a text.

ISLANDER TEXT

The villa wins.

You all jump up and cheer.

ARLO: Let’s keep this momentum going, guys. We’re not losing this party!

PETE: I like this competitive side, Arlo.

ARLO: You should come to one of my fights. Last time I lost I didn’t speak to my trainer for a week.

PETE: Did you just invite me to one of your fights? I’ll be there.

KAT: You two are such a power couple already! And you both got into doggy in like half a millisecond.

JOHNNY: Soulmates. Pete and Arlo. Parlo.

DANA: Parlo is so cute. Don’t you think they’re the newest power couple, MC?

CHOICE: Parlo are such a power couple

MC: Parlo are clearly a power couple. I love it.

ARLO: Well, we only met yesterday but we’re hitting it off to be fair.

PETE: Feels like I’ve known her ages.

MC: You’ll be sleeping in the same bed tonight then I suppose?

KAT: So does this mean you don’t think Pete is the hottest new guy anymore, MC?

MC: I told you that in a private chat Kat.

KAT: No you…

KAT: Oh yeah, you did. Oops.

CHOICE: Not if I have anything to do with it

MC: They’re not as cute as me and him will be when I make my move.

ARLO: I am standing right here you know.

MC: I know. I can see you.

PETE: I like seeing you two fight over me. Especially you, Arlo.

ARLO: This isn’t me fighting, Pete.

Pete grins smugly toward the other boys. Suddenly, Dana gets a text.

ISLANDER TEXT

The newbie with the biggest feet, pick an Islander to cover their body in kisses for twenty seconds.

KAT: Great, that’s Finn. His feet are like two big canoes.

Nicolas stands forward and grins at the girls. He looks at you and bites his lip.

NICOLAS: I choose… Kat. Come here, gorgeous.

Kat shakes her head.

KAT: No, I’m alright hun. Not about to digest the gallon of tanning oil I saw you lathering up with before.

NICOLAS: Is that the real reason, or is it because of Finn?

KAT: Doesn’t make a difference, babes. It’s a no.

Kat turns to you and Dana, softly.

KAT: Do you think Finn is getting covered in kisses right now?

DANA: Don’t overthink it. It’s only a challenge.

KAT: Not being with him today has made me realise how deep my feelings are for him.

DANA: Well, hopefully he’s feeling the same way and you’ll both come back single.

Nicolas smarts Kat’s rejection.

NICOLAS: Well, that’s a first for me. Never been rejected before.

KAT: Wait until Eddie is back, he can tell you all about it.

NICOLAS: Oh it won’t happen again. MC, I choose you.

CHOICE: Show me those sexy abs!

MC: I’d never turn down an opportunity to kiss those abs.

You bounce towards Nicolas and start kissing his razor sharp abs.

JOHNNY: That looks ticklish.

After twenty seconds you stand and wipe your lips.

MC: Kat, you weren’t wrong. That was oily.

NICOLAS: My lips are less oily. You can taste them later.

You blow a kiss to Nicolas and get back in line.

CHOICE: I’ll pass, thank you

MC: Second time unlucky, Nicolas. I’m gonna pass as well.

JOHNNY: Ouch. Two in a row, Nicolas. That’s gotta hurt.

DANA: Make way, I’ll take one for the team. I want this party tonight.

Dana runs over to Nicolas and starts kissing his razor sharp abs.

GABI: That’s my girl.

Gabi runs after Dana and together they kiss Nicolas’ abs.

NICOLAS: Two at once. That cancels out the two rejections.

MC: I’m still going to count them, Nicolas.

After twenty seconds Dana and Gabi stop kissing Nicolas’ chest and turn to give each other a hug.

GABI: That was fun!

NICOLAS: Happy to be of service, ladies.

Nicolas gets a text.

ISLANDER TEXT

Casa wins.

You all boo.

ARLO: Kat, you lost us that round. It’s only a bit of fun.

KAT: I’m not doing that to Finn.

NICOLAS: He clearly did it to you, Casa were faster.

Kat pouts at a playful Nicolas. You get a text.

ISLANDER TEXT

The girl who takes the least time to get ready, give the newbie Islander they find the most attractive a lapdance.

DANA: This is me, girls.

Dana spins around to face Gabi and gently leads her back onto the firepit seating.

DANA: Buckle up, cowgirl.

Dana begins giving Gabi a lavishly sexy lap dance. Her hips and waist snaking up and down Gabi’s excited body.

GABI: I don’t know where to look.

NICOLAS: I can show you, if you like?

MC: Go, girl. Slay!

MC: That’s not nice to see.

KAT: Like she said, it’s only a challenge.

After a minute, Dana and Gabi stand and retake their positions around the firepit.

GABI: Sorry, everyone. I got a bit carried away there.

MC: Tell me about it.

Dana ignores your comment.

Pete gets a text.

ISLANDER TEXT

Villa wins.

You all hug and cheer.

ARLO: Right, no mucking up. Let’s get this party.

Dana gets a text.

ISLANDER TEXT

The tallest boy get down on one knee in front of the girl he thinks is wife material.

NICOLAS: Six foot three. Sounds like a challenge for me.

DANA: I didn’t know they could measure the height of hot air so accurately.

Kat seems distracted, looking off into the distance.

KAT: Great. That’s Finn again. If they win I’ll be fuming.

After a moment, Nicolas drops down to one knee and gives Kat a respectful peck on the cheek.

KAT: Didn’t expect that. Got a reputation in Basildon as a bit of a homewrecker actually.

Pete gets a text.

ISLANDER TEXT

Casa Amor wins.

Everyone boos and jeers.

ARLO: That’s because Nicolas wasted so much time trying to be all sexy.

NICOLAS: At least someone noticed.

Arlo gets a text.

ISLANDER TEXT

Islanders, you and Casa Amor have scored the same amount of points. There will be a tie-break round to determine the winner. Nominate one newbie to take part.

Everyone looks around at each other.

NICOLAS: I’ve done quite a few already. I’m knackered.

KAT: Yeah, let someone else have a go.

JOHNNY: Pete, why don’t you do it?

ARLO: Yeah, go on, Pete.

PETE: If you insist.

MC: Come on! You got this.

Arlo rolls her eyes at you. Pete gets a text.

ISLANDER TEXT

Kiss the Islander you fancy the most.

Pete looks between you and Arlo, pausing for a moment while he decides.

KAT: HURRY UP!

Pete dives towards Arlo and they share a passionate snog.

NICOLAS: Took you a moment to decide, fella? Didn’t know which way you were gonna go.

ARLO: Don’t worry, Nicolas. I saw that too.

PETE: Really? I thought I was pretty quick.

Arlo crosses her arms and stares at you. Pete gets a text.

ISLANDER TEXT

Villa wins! Tonight you will have a party. #WorkHardPlayHard #CasaAsnore

PETE: Get in there!

As the Islanders celebrate, Nicolas and Johnny both come and hug you. Arlo notices.

ARLO: More attention. Just what she needs.

MC: Are we alright, Arlo?

ARLO: Yep. Why wouldn’t we be?

MC: You just seem off with me.

ARLO: Me? I don’t think so.

NICOLAS: She’s just annoyed because us new boys fancy you.

Arlo glares at you.

ARLO: That’s got nothing to do with it, but thanks for your input, Nicolas.

The group goes quiet as you and Arlo face off to each other.

MC: So what’s up, Arlo?

ARLO: You won’t like this but it’s the truth. You’re just…

DANA: Right, let’s not do this in front of the new boys.

KAT: Don’t stop them, this is the most drama I’ve had since like two hours ago.

DANA: Come on. Private girl’s chat, all will be uncovered, I’m sure.

Arlo reluctantly follows you girls away to the poolside. The boys watch on eagerly.

Arlo still looks at you fiercely, pouting her lips in anger.

KAT: Go on, Arlo. You were about to spill some major tea about MC.

KAT: I can’t wait any longer, the suspense!

ARLO: I’m not good at hiding my emotions, girls. So sorry if I made it awkward back there.

DANA: Don’t be silly, Arlo. We all get like that sometimes.

ARLO: It’s just, MC you were stepping on my toes when I was getting to know Suresh.

ARLO: You’re stepping on my toes now I’m trying to get to know Pete.

ARLO: And I honestly don’t mind that, competition is fine, I’ll always win in the end.

MC: So what’s the problem?

ARLO: The fact you lead everyone on, and never commit. It’s tiring. I think you just crave attention.

KAT: Even I picked Finn, babes. Me of all people. Why can’t you just do the same?

KAT: Not with Finn obviously.

ARLO: You’ve got all the new boys crawling around after you, and I bet you won’t stick with them.

ARLO: So, are you ever going to actually commit to someone?

CHOICE: Of course, I’m just getting to know everyone first

MC: It’s Love Island, Arlo. I’m just getting to know everyone before I make any major decisions.

ARLO: So you’re genuinely interested in the new boys?

MC: They’re fun, but I’m not about to put all my eggs in one basket after knowing them a day.

KAT: To be fair, me and Finn only got serious after like two days, so you’ve still got a few hours.

MC: I’m honestly having the summer of my life. I thought it was all just a bit of fun.

CHOICE: I was ready to commit with someone before Casa Amor

MC: I was ready to commit with someone before Casa Amor.

ARLO: Even that took you long enough.

DANA: This convo’s for another time.

CHOICE: I’m not sure if I’m ready to commit to anyone just yet

MC: I’m not sure if I’m ready to commit to anyone yet.

ARLO: Right, well at least that’s out in the open.

DANA: So you’ve not met anyone that you think you’d commit to you yet?

MC: I’m not sure.

ARLO: This is my point. You being well indecisive is unfair on us girls.

MC: I’m not about to commit to one person because you’re getting a little bit annoyed.

ARLO: I know. I just wanted to let you know how I feel.

DANA: All of this is in the past now. You each know why you’re here and that’s the main thing.

ARLO: Dana’s right. I honestly don’t want any beef between us.

ARLO: It was just seeing you get all this attention and not committing to anyone. That’s all.

MC: You’ve made your point.

DANA: We can’t be falling out during Casa Amor, girls. This is when we need each other the most.

ARLO: Agreed. Got it off my chest now.

KAT: So that was like our little warm up conversation. Now for the main course.

KAT: How annoyed should I be at Finn? Like ‘throw all his clothes in the pool’ annoyed…

KAT: Or ‘never speak to him again and block him on all socials’ annoyed?

DANA: It was only a challenge, Kat. Like with me and Gabi.

You all look around and realize Gabi isn’t with you.

KAT: So much for the girls only chat.

ARLO: Where is Gabi?

KAT: Probably grafting the new boys while we’re all distracted. That’s what I’d be doing.

DANA: You should go find her, MC.

MC: Why me? I thought you and her were the newest power couple.

DANA: The whole Suresh thing earlier made her feel awkward. You two should clear the air.

ARLO: Remember, us girls need to have each other’s backs in here.

DANA: Would you go and do that, for me?

CHOICE: I’ll go and look for Gabi to clear the air

MC: If you think it’s for the best, I’ll go clear the air with her.

DANA: That’s so sweet of you, MC. Thank you.

MC: You’re right. The girls sticking together is what’s most important for now.

ARLO: Girls unite.

You leave to go find Gabi.

CHOICE: No way. Gabi owes me an apology

MC: Go and clear the air with Gabi? She’s the one who owes me an apology.

KAT: For breaking up you and Suresh, getting in a relationship with Suresh, or coming here?

MC: How about literally all the above.

DANA: I thought we said we were gonna put all this in the past.

MC: You did. I didn’t.

ARLO: If that’s the way you feel you should at least go and confront her about it.

ARLO: I feel better after telling you my issues with you. It’s the way to go.

MC: Maybe you’re right. There’s a lot on my chest.

You strut off to find Gabi.

KAT: Look at her going to confront someone about something. I’m like a proud parent.

As you’re approaching the villa, Gabi runs towards you, waving something in her hand.

MC: Gabi, can we go for a chat?

GABI: I’ve got a postcard from Casa Amor, and you girls aren’t gonna like it!

The girls stare at each other in shock. The new boys smirk excitedly from the fire pit.

NARRATOR: We were worried we’d put the wrong address on the postcard so thank goodness for that…

NARRATOR: Wouldn’t want some poor family opening that filth on their annual holiday.

NARRATOR: The Postman’s sat in a darkened room trying to recover. Nice to have some company in my shed though.

NARRATOR: But who’s been enjoying some sexier company in Casa Amor? Find out next time on Love Island.

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[rivilu]

I read your notes about DAQ on that wyll vs dorian post and i just could not agree more. Specifically the thing about krem you said, i absolutely hate how the game while trying to introduce trans friendly concepts just. Forcibly makes your character cis in association. Like no my inquisitioner would not say any of that shit!!! He is trans!!!! And you could tell that shit was not written by a trans person. I think they were trying to avoid using many trans specific words to fit in with the setting but like? "Why do you pass?" Is not a question that makes sense for someone to ask and i hate that theyre taking an existing trans term and trying to make it mean like....the entire concept of transitioning?? Idk i feel like i would be more ok if they could have you be like "oh dw i am also trans" but nah we as the player are just assumed to be cis. Also yeah as you said, inventing transphobia in a series where that wasnt present before, its annoying.

Oh dont get me started I could talk about my gripes with the handling of transness in dragon age (and particularly inquisition) forever. Actually do get me started this has been a long time coming.

i absolutely hate how the game while trying to introduce trans friendly concepts just. Forcibly makes your character cis in association

YEP. Yep yes exactly. your options are 'three flavors of being transphobic' or 'when did you know' . which is what i picked, because you can stretch your imagination a little at least.

But there's also this other tiny elephant in the room issue with Krem that i didnt mention in those tags. Or should i say. Bull in the room ? Because holy shit, way to take away the trans character's speaking voice and characterization so we get to know how much of an ✨Ally ✨the cis man bestie is! Like okay if you're being a transphobic shithead it makes a bit More sense that he'd get defensive and speak up for Krem, but when your question was 'when did you know', Krem answers 'when i was young. not a great thing to know about yourself' and then Bull immediately cuts in to cisplain transness is like? What was the Idea there. Which then makes the dialogue choices being 90% straight up transphobia MORE suspicious, because the game is letting you, almost pushing you to verbally harass Krem.. almost like he doesn't REALLY matter, he's just a vessel to see how Progressive And Trans Friendly And A Good Friend Bull is. Thanks, i hate it.

Even in terms of backstory Bull being Krems savior when he was trying to escape his life etc never really sat right with me. Like there's an underlying demsel vibe i feel the devs stuck in there that really irks me. Not helped by the fact that we dont have a trans voice actor. Also not helped by the fact that this is a fantasy setting with magic but some form of magic hrt? Nah too impossible. Like sure there's some implication that it MIGHT exist somewhere but because magic Bad in the dragon age setting and tevinter magic Even Worse he wouldn't go for it- Like ok. some people might prefer their trans realism in faux medieval media. even fantasy. Im not one of those people. And all those justifications read more like excuses to me. Like you're telling me the circles wouldn't be making BANK out of selling trans-your-gender potions and abusing the shit out of it? And just. Again this makes the setting retroactively much Worse because where before i could point to my warden or Hawke and go 'yeah that's a trans man via magic hrt' and someone who prefers trans realism could ALSO do the same when making theirs how they like. Vagueness in such matters allows for imagination! But now dai is saying noo they had to be cis. And your inquisitor also. Fuck that.

Also yeah as you said, inventing transphobia in a series where that wasnt present before, its annoying.

one tiny correction here. there were hints of transphobia in the first two games, but it was mostly contained in like. Oghren style aged like milk type humor. more meta than text i guess. like in the Pearl in game one if you ask to be surprised there's a chance you get the ever hilarious 'haha you got man in a dress' *crickets* And then Serendipity in mark of the assassin.. well the wiki says she's meant to be a drag queen. So not 100% related to this discussion. But the execution of her character just felt SO mean spirited to me when i was playing that i felt it needed to be mentioned as well. (So i just love her out of spite now. ) But anyway yeah. Out of all the lgbtq things dragon age touches on i feel like gender is one that they. dont really even try to tackle in good faith. And it just got worse as the games went on. I can handle easily skippable side gags that are shitty and unfunny. Inquisition tries to actually bring ATTENTION to the topic, and proceeds to fall flat on its face. Not to mention Sera. Them having one of the main companions being transphobic in banter.

Bioware when I catch you Bioware. Bioware when i catch you.

#sorry this got very long sjdf #ask #long post #dai critical