#i hope the anons see it because those asks came in quite some time ago 😅

[moon-mirage]

Finally, by VERY popular demand, Peeta carrying Katniss while kissing:

#the hunger games #thg #peeta mellark #everlark #katniss everdeen #i think the colour scheme works nicely #as for the clothes i like the idea that they repurpose capitol clothing #so that's where the little decorations come from #so they have their normal stuff but also won't let go the more fancy stuff go to waste #i hope the anons see it because those asks came in quite some time ago 😅 #my fanart

[undyingoracle]

hai omg can you do alastor reacting to the person he's courting giving him flowers instead of the other way around

Alastor reacting to you giving him flowers.

warnings: gn!reader. romantic scenario. might be ooc. sorry about that.

A/N: I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS IDEA. At first, I wanted to write something like him just getting flattered by it? but I think he would be more upset and disappointed that he wasn't the one who was giving you flowers. after all, "he's a gentleman and should spoil his beloved with that kind of gifts every time he got the chance to." (that's what he thinks, at least). Hope you can enjoy it anon! ;; thanks for your request. ♡

English is not my first language, so I apologize for any mistakes. feel free to correct me as long as you're polite about it.

⠀⠀⠀⠀ 𝅭ㅤ𝅭ㅤ⎯⎯ㅤㅤִㅤㅤ୨ ♡ ୧ㅤㅤִ ⎯⎯ ㅤ𝅭ㅤ𝅭

February 14th. a date everyone knew the meaning of. a date where everyone did their best to show off to their loved ones, to spoil them or even fall into the deepest of the lustful desires.

however, for the radio demon it was a pretty irrelevant date. he didn't really saw the meaning of it, and therefore, he didn't get as excited as other people did, and it wasn't exactly because he didn't got gifts or attention during it, in fact he did get lots of gift, specially from people of the cannibal town (who seemed to like him quite a lot). however, all those gift were meaningless to him, and he even hate most of them, since they're usually some kind of sweets, and he isn't really a fan of them, so they ended up in the trash or someone else's hands. he just didn't cared about it, nor the people who gave it to him.

nevertheless, this time it was a little different. he had someone in mind he wanted to give a gift to, and since a few weeks ago that thought has been running around his mind. but being quite unused to being on the giving end on this dates, he was conflicted on what to get to his special someone. flowers? he already got them flowers before, a lot of times and a lot of different types and colors. chocolates? he couldn't even stand the sweet smell of them. other kind of desserts had the same effect. and just like that, he keep discarding ideas that wasn't good enough for him. he wanted to blow you mind, he couldn't just do the simplest things!

soon enough, he asked for advice to the best person: Rosie, who, after giving some other ideas that were also discarded, ended up suggesting that he invited you to have dinner together, but instead of going out to a fancy restaurant, both of you just stayed at the hotel and HE cooked the most mind blowing meal himself. that way not only was he able to show off his cooking skills, but he also was able to make sure that everything was perfect. to the decoration, to the lighting, to the ambience music, to the flavors. he was simply in control of everything. he agreed to this, he thought it was a perfect idea!

so the next day, he went to ask Charlie for help at having a space for you and him alone. she agreed excitedly, of course, and promised him that absolutely no one was going to interrupt their perfect date. so, with her help, he got the kitchen, dining room, and a balcony all for himself.

when the day itself arrived, he immediately started decorating the dining room and balcony, with just a little magic it was a quick process. the table had a pretty dark red tablecloth, in the middle of it were some light up candles. it was just what you expect to see at a table on a romantic dinner really, kind of the cliché stuff. the balcony, however, had some lights wrapped around the railing, you could find some flower petals from the table leading the way to the entrance of the balcony. he wanted it to be the most unforgivable night of your life! that way, even if you ever (tried to because hes not letting thay happen) leave him, you would remember him whenever this date came around.

he also cooked some fancy dishes, some simpler meals that he knew you liked, and Rosie got him some sweets (against his will) that she knew you would love. everything was made for you to love.

soon enough, the time for the date came around, and you showed up. as you were standing before him, he tilted his head, confused as to why you kept you arms behind your back.

— Darling, are you perhaps hiding something from me?

he asked as you giggled. then, you pulled a bouquet of flowers from behind you back and extended it to him, holding it with both hands as you said "happy valentine's day!" excitedly. he looked at you in shock. you got him flowers. and he didn't. you prepared such a beautiful bouquet for him, and he didn't? he felt disappointed in himself for not getting you something as basic as a bouquet of flowers. how could he not get something like that for you? how could he even think of not getting such a beautiful gift to you? he could have made it the best and biggest bouquet ever and he didn't! how could he-

— Hey, Al? Are you ok?

he came back to his senses when you spoke to him. he looked at your worried expression and just chuckled.

— You just took me by surprise, my dear! I wasn't expecting to get such a beautiful and heartfelt gift from you. I am truly flattered by such a cute gesture!

— You're sure? You seem a little... down.

— Well, I am a bit disappointed in myself. After all, such a beautiful person gave me such beautiful flowers, but I didn't get them flowers! How could a gentlemen forget to bring flowers to his date? For shame.

he replied in a joking tone, making you laugh. your laugh was absolutely worth everything to him, he adored it and he loved seeing you so happy.

— Don't worry silly! you already planned all this, didn't you? that's more than enough for me.

after you were done talking he extended his hand to you, taking the bouquet in his other hand as he lead your way to the table. he wanted that night to be something that you wouldn't forget, but he didn't planned for it to be a night that he also wouldn't forget because of a little surprise. not that he was complaining though.

#🩻✦🍎˖ ،،̲ request... #hazbin hotel imagine #hazbin hotel x y/n #hazbin hotel x you #hazbin hotel x oc #hazbin hotel x reader #hazbin hotel fanfiction #alastor x reader #alastor x you #alastor x oc #alastor x y/n

[lightlycareless]

Can we have more headcanons ?? Pleaaaaseeee😭😭🫶🏻

Hello anon!!

Of course! This came to me just a few days ago, and idk, I just thought it would be cute to explore the idea a bit hehe :> Anyways, I don’t have much to say this time, except that I hope you like what I wrote 🥺❤️

As always, here are the warnings: mentions of pregnancy. Fluff overall. I’m sorry I’m still in my domestic stage with Naoya lol.

Happy reading!

I heavily believe that Naoya is the “against the current” type of guy. Like, you'll never find him following trends, going to popular spots everyone is raving about, or indulging in the list of “things to do with your partner!” kind of stuff—he finds them silly, a waste of time, and highly embarrassing depending on the context….

He has a wide variety of things he dislikes, but today we’re going to talk about a particular niche.

Naoya heavily disliked how certain pregnant women would refer to themselves in plural, in other words, talking as if the baby and her were one, making decisions for them and whatnot, for example:

“The baby wants to eat this.”

Or

“We want to do that.”

Because as stated before, he found all those things to be incredibly absurd, doing his best to not “burst their bubble” and say it was them having the craving, not the baby.

But when you get pregnant… everything changes.

The first time it happened, he didn’t even notice it. At least… not the way he should’ve.

After a mission, Naoya decided to call you to both let you know he was coming back home, as well as to see if you needed anything from outside since he was already there—he always got you things either way, but he wanted to be sure he got just what you wanted, especially now that you were pregnant.

“Hmmm… ice cream! We want ice cream.”

He’s quickly taken aback by your choice of words, but doesn’t chase an answer, thinking instead it was his annoying cousins Mai and Maki pressing you into this decision, as they’ve done before.

“Are you sure? Nothing more?” he asks; Naoya has never liked how manipulative they could be towards you…

“Yep! The ube one from the store I like, pretty please, my love?”

Well, even if it’s going to be shared at the end of the day, Naoya won’t deny that seeing you happy makes him happy too—so, after wandering a bit out of his usual path to get what you want, he heads back home, gives you the ice cream, and relishes the great reward that is your smile and kisses…

A satisfaction that quickly dies out after remembering you would concede to giving most, if not all the ice cream to the frustrating twins, instead of enjoying it wholeheartedly.

“…did you get to at least eat some of it?” Naoya would ask upon meeting up with you once dealing with some of the equally bothersome procedures he always needed to do after finishing a mission.

Seeing you resting by the engawa while gently caressing your stomach is enough to wash away his displeasures… until you answer pushes him back to square one.

“What do you mean?” you respond, he sighs.

“You don’t have to defend them, you know? I know it was Mai and Maki asking you to get ice cream.” If he’s being honest, he was quite surprised their parents haven’t barraged him with reprimands of how he’s not supposed to indulge your requests, or done the same to you for that manner. Either way, he is not looking forward to it, quietly preparing himself to defend you when they do.

“Oh, but… they didn’t?” you add with a subtle frown, confused. Naoya blinks.

“Huh? But you said—then who were you referring to back then?”

“Back then…? What do you mean back—oh!” you gasp, a smile parting your lips when suddenly remembering. “I get it now; it was the baby!”

“The baby…?” Naoya slowly repeats, trying his best to understand. “When you meant we, it was actually…”

“Me and the baby.” You admit with a nod. “Sometimes I get cravings, sometimes the baby does, and sometimes, it’s both of us. The ice cream was one of those times.”

“No way… can you really know that?” He asks, amused.

“Of course! A mother has to, right?” you chuckle. “..Or that’s how it feels anyways.”

But even if what you said wasn’t possible, this didn’t stop the warm sentiment of adoration for you and his unborn baby to settle in his heart, growing bigger and stronger any time you mention it afterwards, to the point he starts doing it himself.

“What are you doing, my loves?” He would ask, just to give an example, after seeing you in the living room, covered by soft blankets and a small heater, safe and away from the cold winter, while leisurely watching TV.

“We’re watching a movie, want to join us?” you ask, looking up to him with a soft smile as you pat the spot beside you. “It’s warm underneath the covers.”

Naturally, Naoya immediately obliges.

“…we want a hamburger…” Is another moment that he keeps dearly his heart: you quietly muttering your request against his chest, almost as if ashamed by it, while he laughs in response—it’s endearing how you still act this way, even when knowing he would do anything to please you.

“Want me to get it, or have the cooks prepare it?”

“Let’s go out, we haven’t been on a date in a while now…”

He kisses the top of your head.

“Anything my girls want.”

“Sushi too?”

“No, Y/N. You know you can’t have sushi when you’re pregnant.”

“Then it’s not anything…”

Naoya laughs once more before placing his hand over your stomach and leaning down.

“Tell mama she needs to be patient. Once you’re with us she’ll have all the sushi she can eat.”

“Do you promise?”

“Have I ever gone back on my word?”

No. He hasn’t, and you rest easy knowing that.

Naoya really is that kind of person that hates on something before trying it, and when he eventually does, he loves it hahahah

But of course, that’s only on things that pertain directly to him. Kind of “I love children” but “only MINE though.” So he still finds those plural references from other people silly/stupid 😂 really, he only has eyes for you 🥺

Anyways, thank you so much for sending in this ask!! I hope you liked my little headcanon, I still have many more to come, but one step at a time 🤭

Take care and hope to see you soon!

#ask #naoya zenin #naoya zen'in #naoya x reader #naoya zenin x reader #naoya zenin x you #jjk naoya #naoya zen'in x reader #jjk x reader #jjk fluff #jjk x you #prompt series: jujutsu kaisen

[gojos-thot-patrol]

HIIII how have you been?? <33

Candy here, and dear lord have you heard about a star being named after satoru?? Literally, my first thought about it is that should tell this news to you and maybe request (if you’re not doing anything and up to writing rn) because i thought this star will really spread heart-wrenching fanfictions about him, something related to a star with satoru, i kept thinking about him and sugu and stars defining their fate.. sorry this is so vague, tell me if you want details hihi,

hope you’re doing so finee, have some candy babes 🫶🫶

CANDY HELLO DARLING HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?!?!

They named a Star after out boy?!?!?!?!? I'm gonna be emotional-

Okay okay, so I am currently working on kinktober BUT I'm gonna take a break here and wrote a lil warm up for you for two reasons.

The opening line to the fic instantly came to me and I couldn't not wrote a drabble at least

once you're one of my named anons or moots, you get special treatment <3

That being said, I call this one

Starlight.

When you first saw Satoru Gojo, you could have sworn whatever higher power there was put the stars in his eyes by hand, carefully and meticulously placing the celestial sparkles to make the most breathtaking eyes you had ever seen.

You saw galaxies when he laughed, constellations connect when he smiled, you were sure your heart exploded into a thousand celestial galaxies when he finally asked you out. You had fallen in love with Astraeus himself.

The only person Gojo seemed to love even half as much as he loved you was Suguru. The two boys beyond inseparable. Suguru would talk about astrology and you could see the celestial bodies in Gojo's eyes dazzle with adoration. You couldn't blame him. Suguru had a charm to him that made it impossible not to fall into his orbit. It only felt natural when Gojo suggested Suguru officially join your relationship.

You remembered the countless nights you had spent cuddled between your loves, watching movies until the early morning light. You remembered how in love Suguru was with the moon and how fascinated was with the stars. Spending entire nights out under the glittering sky on full moon evenings, dancing and laughing and falling in love.

You remembered the first time you saw the luminaries in Gojos eyes explode, marking the inevitable heat death of your universe. When word of Suguru's betrayal came out. You saw entire galaxies collapse in real time as he coped with what felt impossible. It wasn't the last time you saw the black holes form there.

You though they would never glimmer again after Suguru died, By Gojos own hands no less. You didn't spend the nights under the stars anymore. Instead they were spent at home, with him curled into your side. The stars weren't in his eyes anymore, they were glimmering in his tears. Nothing you did seemed to help. He needed time.

He slowly recovered, though his eyes never dazzled quite as bright as they used to. He recovered, and you recovered with him. He found joy in new things. In raising his son Megumi, in teaching and leading his kids to creating a new world for Jujutsu Society. He found a purpose beyond just being the strongest. You swore the stars in his eyes dazzled exactly how they did the first day you met him on the day he asked you to be his bride.

It was the last time you would ever see the stars. You remembered taking comfort in the soft glitter of his eyes when he told you he would win, and then feeling impossibly betrayed when he never came home. You couldn't cope. The sun had died, the universe had proven it's self to be cold and uncaring.

That is until you the full moon. It was weeks after Satoru's funeral, and by all means you had plans to just ignore it, finding it almost too painful without your darlings. And yet, once the time came, you found yourself drawn into it's orbit.

You swore you saw those stars smiling down at you. The ones you had fallen in love with all of those years ago. You just knew, some cosmic comfort assured you, Satoru was okay. You could hear Suguru in your heart. "Thank you, for fixing what I broke. I'll take care of it from here Darling."

You knew they were okay. And one day, you'd see them again. But for now, at least you still had Satoru's stars in your life. And if you ever missed him, you had the entire galaxy to remind you he was never truly that far away.

#warm up #jjk #jujutsu kaisen #satoru gojo #suguru geto #gojo x reader #geto x reader #satosugu #satosugu x reader #gojo angst #geto angst #hurt/ only a little comfort #bittersweet #gojo x reader angst #geto x reader angst #jjk spoilers #Candy Anon 🍬🍫🍭

[songmingisthighs]

So I was plagiarized 👁👄👁

as some of you may know, i posted a sub!jongho fic for FFF on... february ??? which apparently got plagiarized on april 24th (my time) and i found out when an anon sent me an ask letting me know that it seemed like a blog plagiarized my work

and so i checked and... well...

and my friend @flurrys-creativity was holmes enough to make

which is just so 👁👄👁 damn

AND SO I CONFRONTED THE AUTHOR WHO HAD THIS TO SAY

and ofc i said

long story short (like how they plagiarized my work), the author had this to say and then before i can get my petty virgo ass to pull a john wick....

i would've shown the entire conversation but tumblr has a 10 picture per post limit and I'm nursing the WORST headache I've ever had. this year. bc this has turned into a straight up debacle and it's so RIDICULOUS y'all i can't make this shit up

mind you this person is in a network (or networks ??) so you would think they would be careful because they represented that (those) network(s). I can't fault the network whatsoever for what happened and i don't, bc i know networks can be CRAZY hectic not to mention the admins and mods are human beings who have things to do or personal lives so i am in no way blaming the network, this is 100% the fault of the author who said "I NEVER LIKED WRITING ANYWAYS" and maybe that's why they plagiarized

i would've felt bad for running someone out of tumblr but after what happened, i feel nothing but anger because i didn't get the justice i should have had (and also the absolute need to pee bc this got my blood rushing and my friend said i have a hamster bladder). if only you guys can see the whole conversation. when i say there were NO REMORSE, i do mean it. and the absolute audacity of this person that showed no sense of humbleness after being confronted by the person they plagiarized from. their whole post sang praises about originality and each time they posted they told people they don't want their work to be plagiarized.

i'll be honest, i feel SO HONOURED that someone felt the need to copy my work. but then i got pissed when i found out it was because they were high. and they ran off before i get to take off my corporate glove and gone all crazy smt bc this just ain't it chief

ngl idk how to end this post but i want y'all to know while i do get flattered by plagiarism, i do NOT tolerate even just a smidge. I'm a firm believer of having an adult conversation when shit happens but even i have my limits.

and to the bitchass sup-dallyboy, i wanted you to know that nothing dramatic was going to happen to you, nothing that wasn't supposed to happen at least. but instead of doing what you told you were doing which is own up to your mistakes and take responsibilities, you threw your hands up and hauled ass like a fucking coward. you talk big about saying sorry and wanting to do the right thing yet when the bill came, you flee. absolute bitchassfuckery, i hope you're proud of yourself for letting me deal with YOUR MESS when 12 hours ago i was doing okay in life but then you and your fucking audacity came in. I tried to talk to you but all you did was make excuses and put up a front until you just decided you don't wanna deal with shit and deactivate. even your exit isn't creative, my god. I'm quite an understanding person, you can ask ANYONE, but i can tear you a new one when provoked and you did. you have officially gone to my bad side, congrats.

#smt tmi #smt rant #plagiarism #sup dallyboy deactivated #sup-dallyboy plagiarised #ban list #watch out for this fucker #keep y'alls work safe

[snowshowerwriting]

Hayloo!! Big fan of your blog here!💗💗

Just an idea that popped a while ago while I read this prompt! And I thought maybe you could continue it.. please?🥺 because it's really interesting!😊

maybe hero finds out that Villain is hurt and is a single father caring for his toddler daughter and so they help the villain care for his wounds and also parent the child in some way?

*cue in the hurt/comfort*

*fluff ensues in the process* while they bond over their fondness for the daughter or something along those lines?😅

I am so sorry if this is quite specific and confusing😭😭 You can go any way with this and it’s fine if this is not how you want the prompt to continue as a story!!☺

I hope you're doing well! and always take care of yourself!<33

THIS IS SO SWEET ANON WTFF. But no seriously that little short had always sorta stuck w me bc...idky? A villain parent working their ass off for providing for their child to at least give them something they didn't have just hits the emotions. That being said, I did cry while coming up concepts for this :')

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"What's two plus five?"

There was a moment of silence as the young child spent the next minute counting on her fingers. Villain followed along with his eyes until the kid lit up. "Seven!!" She announced.

Villain gave a proud smile, ruffling his daughter's hair. "That's right, Sophie. Good job, darling," he turned back to the book, pointing at the next set of questions. However, before he could help his daughter work through the questions, the doorbell rang. Villain looked up, eyeing the bedroom door. "Did you invite your friends today?" He asked, looking at Sophie. Her eyes lit up but shook her head.

Villain sighed and smiled at his daughter, pressing a small kiss to her forehead. "Can you work out the rest of the questions while daddy goes and see who's at the door?" He asked, running his hair through her dark locks. Sophie simply smiled and gave a thumbs-up, melting Villain's heart. He got up, groaning a little as his leg began aching again.

Despite the urge to just lay down and rest his sore body, Villain left the bedroom and closed the door firmly behind him before approaching the front door.

Almost as soon as he opened it, his heart dropped, and he swore he would've fallen over if it weren't for the way he leaned against the door. Hero's glowing face greeted him from the other side and Villain could feel his heart stopping.

"Would this be Civilian Name's residency?" Hero asked though Villain only stared, frozen in horror. There were no sounds for a moment, aside from the heart pounding in his chest with the adrenaline that flowed in his blood now. His fingers twitched at the doorknob before Villain rushed to slam it close.

A panicked breath left Villain when Hero had caught the door and pushed it back with surprising ease. "I know this is your apartment, Villain," Hero's voice sounded from beyond the door. With a small grunt, Hero pushed the door back until they could make it past the entryway. They reached down to the set of handcuffs that hung at their belt as Villain stumbled back, wincing as he put a little too much pressure on his healing leg.

"Not today, please." The plea came out of Villain's mouth before either of the two could really process what Villain had said.

"You should've thought about that before you decided to be a criminal," Hero replied, closing the door securely. The crime fighter took in the sight of Villain, taking note of how the other trembled and looked like an animal caught in a trap.

Hero frowned and took a few steps forwards, cornering Villain against the wall of the kitchen and the small hallway. "Hero, please, not today. I can't- I won't fight if you do it some other time. Just not today," Villain continued, trying to bite back the quiver in his voice. There was a pause from Hero, as they took in the teared up and trembling villain ahead of them.

"Papa! I did it!"

Both the adults looked away from eachother, to the voice of a child from the other end of the hallway, outside the kitchen. Hero's eyes widened, and Villain scrambled to stand between his daughter and his nemesis. Hero couldn't help but take notice of the true panic in Villain's eyes now, the shaky breaths he took. There was quiet between the two adults as the small girl looked between Hero and Villain.

"Did you call your work friend, papa?" Sophie asked, innocently walking behind her father and peeking out at Hero.

Before Villain could reply, Hero had spoken up. "Yeah, he did," Hero smiled, dropping down to their knees to Sophie's height.

Villain almost choked on air with how quickly Hero changed their behavior. "Your dad needs a little help with his homework, so I've come to visit him." Hero glanced up at the glassy-eyed villain. "Did I interrupt your homework time? Sorry."

"No, um, it's fine Hero," Villain finally spoke up. He did his best to try and quell the shaking in his voice and his hands. "Why don't you go draw, Sophie? Papa will be there in a little bit after talking with, uh," Villain paused, glancing at Hero. He didn't expect to see the sympathetic look on Hero's face.

As Sophie disappeared, Hero stood, looking at Villain. "Is that your kid?" They asked, much gentler than before. It had caught Villain off guard, and he took a few steps back. Hero glanced down at his leg, before looking up at the father, guilt resting on their expression now. "How old is she?"

Although reluctant to do so, Villain eased his stance. In the few years he had gotten to know Hero, he was sure the other wouldn't hurt any kid, whether it was a civilian's or a villain's. "She just turned 6," he replied quietly, trying to calm his breathing. Hero's gaze dropped down to the other's leg again, and the villain shifted underneath his nemesis's scrutinizing eyes.

"It's been a week and a half since the battle. Has your leg still not healed?" Hero asked. Villain couldn't believe it, but it was even softer than before. He almost sank to his knees and cried in relief. Sophie would be safe. They wouldn't do anything to him or to her.

Villain meekly nodded, leaning against the wall. "I can't go to the hospital. Can't get caught an' stuff," he mumbled, looking down and crossing his arms over his chest. Hero's heart gave out at their nemesis' soft look. Slowly, they approached him, before softly resting their hand over his shoulder. Villain sighed shakily, glancing up at Hero warily.

"Let's get you patched up, first and foremost. And if you're alright with it, I'd love to meet Sophie." Villain almost cried at Hero's offer before he timidly nodded.

#snow.asks #hero x villain #heroes and villains #villain x hero #villains and heroes #writeblr #snippet #not a prompt #parent villain #this was really cute to write #very much fluff #it warms my heart <3 #thank u sm for requesting this anon

[absolutebloodychaos]

Can you write fic about the band appreciating Nace? Can be poly slash or gen, I am fine with both, but I'd love to read about the guys realizing how much Nace means to them, how much he contributes to them etc. Also maybe them simping a little for him? Because damn those tats, that gorg face and the hair?? That man is a dream, paired with his amazing personality??? Give my man some attention guys! Also thank you in advance, I am sure you'll do great, I love reading your writings <33

Sorry anon that this took so long, I've been suffering from vertigo and quite bad asthma for a few days and so had not very much motivation to write:(

I have finished it now though and I loved the prompt, thank you so much! I haven't yet written a Nace centred fic so this was an interesting challenge. I hope you like it:)

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Nace Jordan had joined Joker Out almost a year ago. And that almost a year had probably been one of the best almost years he had ever had.

At first when he joined the band there was some hesitancy from the other guys, they were still sore over the fact that Martin had left and were wary of the new member of the band.

But as time went on they soon warmed up to the new bassist and came to appreciate and love him as the sixth member of the band.

You would think that because he was the newest member of the band that there would be some friction and hostility but he was genuinely loved and cherished by all the other members.

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If you asked Bojan what he first thought of Nace he would have answered “not much” as he was mostly intensely mourning Martin leaving the band. 

He would then clarify that his first impression didn’t mean shit, that what followed was what really mattered. 

Throughout the months since Nace had joined the band Bojan had grown to love the other man dearly, as much as he loved all the other members of the band.

The man fit right in with the group, when he joined it was like a puzzle piece falling into place. Bojan couldn’t have wished for a better bass player or a better friend.

After a time though, those feelings of friendship grew into something more.

Bojan started noticing more things about the other man, things like his tattoos, and his earrings, and his smile. Oh how Bojan loved that smile.

He loved the way that Nace smiled; with the gap between his teeth showing, and the fact that when he laughed, it was the most joyful noise he had ever heard.

He loved that although the other man was responsible a lot of the time, mostly because of being the oldest member of the group, he still let loose and had so much happiness and love in his heart for his friends.

It had gotten to a point where whenever Bojan found himself on the receiving end of that smile he found himself blushing uncontrollably, having to look away or play it off as the heaters being on too high.

Bojan was not the only member of the group who got flustered when around the bassist though. 

He started to notice the mesmerised looks Jan would always send Nace’s way whenever they were in the same room, or the way that Jure took special time to make Nace gluten free meals when they went on holiday together, or how Kris would shamelessly flirt with the other man on stage.

There had always been looks and touches between the members of the band, dating back to it’s formation when they were all teenagers, messing around with each other and exploring their sexualities, and all the members loved each other dearly; but no one had taken the first step yet.

Things changed when Nace joined the group though. It’s like his presence made them all feel like they could finally be free together, like they could finally let their feelings be known and love each other more than ever before.

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The first person to confess their feelings was Jure, finding the bassist alone in the studio one night. 

The drummer had been there to see if a package had been dropped off and Nace had just been finishing off practising a possible new bassline for a new song; seeing the chance to talk to the taller man alone, Jure decided to take it.

Jure confessed all of his feelings, how he loved the bass player, yes for his personality, his looks, but also for the feeling of love which surrounded the other man at all times.

This of course made the older man cry tears of joy and when the other members of the band came in the next morning, they found the drummer and bass player curled up together on the couch, looking the very picture of a storybook couple.

And they were, for the next week at least, until Jan caved and confessed that he too had been in love with Nace since he had first laid eyes on the other man.

What followed was about three days of Jan, Jure and Nace being together and trying to work out their relationship before Bojan and Kris decided together that they should stop putting off the inevitable, and before too long the members of Joker Out were a fully fledged quintuple.

It turned out that all it took was Nace joining the band to bring everyone together and make the other four men confess the feelings which they had obviously been harbouring for each other for years. 

The sheer love felt for that man had united a whole band, or at least that’s what the other members loved to tell him on every anniversary, birthday, holiday, or just any time that they were able to.

And it was true, Bojan, Kris, Jan and Jure probably wouldn’t have acknowledged their feeling for another few years, if Nace hadn’t have come along and united the band over the fact that they were all weak for tall bass players with tattoo sleeves, cute gaps in their front teeth, hair that used to fall lazily over their forehead but now looks sexy pushed back, and gluten intolerances.

#joker out #nace jordan #bojan cvjetićanin #jure maček #jan peteh #kris guštin #joker out fanfic #joker out fanfiction #polyjo

[grapecaseschoices]

i usually don't send asks and i would send this off anon, but im scared of getting hate on this, since ive seen quite a lot of discriminatory behaviour in if fandom spaces when it comes to poc opinions so imma just stay anonymous if that's ok with u.

i came across a post you posted a while ago regarding the if ROs and the lack of diverse characters when it comes to darker skin characters and i just wanted to say thank u for making that post. i hope it gives writers and the fandom some food for thought. ive been noticing ever since i got into the if community that black/ros of black descent tend to almost always be the less popular ros and as a mixed black person myself it's really sad to see. you also mentioned the lack of darker skinned east Asians/south East Asians if i recall correctly (if not please feel free to correct me) and I honestly couldn't agree not. ive noticed in some ifs that the characters of color that are the most popular tend to be those of east Asian descent with paler skin or poc ROs who's ethnicity is left ambigious by the author and whilst I'm really happy that there's been more progress made in terms of diversity, i would love to see more black characters who aren't sidelined to the best friend stereotype and more poc characters who's ethnicity is made clearer.

some south east Asian friends of mine who are of Hmong-Thai and Agta-Filipino descent have also mentioned they would would love to see more South East Asian ROs as well as East Asian ROs who are darker skinned, because the majority of the rep that there seems to be for Asian characters are those with paler skin. its a similar feeling for Latinx ROs, i almost always see lighter skinned Latinx ROs being represented in the majority with a lack of darker skinned Latinx ros. I'm not forcing anyone to add diversity to their game ofc, but the ratio of poc ROs to white ros on some games have made me kind of sad to see, specially when there's like 4 or 5 white ros and then 2 ros of colors who seem like they were just kind of tacked on for representation points, but their backgrounds are left ambigious and no Nationality or ethnicity is ever mentioned by the author which kind of leaves me scratching my head ngl. there's also a prominent lack of SEA and SA rep in terms of ROs, so I'm always happy when I see one! I would also love to see more biracial characters who aren't half white, since we aren't all a monolith.

regarding black ros. in my time in the community whilst ive seen an increase in the amount of black ROs, seeing them always be the least popular in polls still makes me quite sad. i hope that fandom can become more open minded and give more black ROs a chance. on the other hand I've seen a lot of greatly written black ROs in comparison to back in the day, and I'm glad people are incorporating more ROs based on their culture which is great!

sorry about this essay, but i hope it doesn't come across as rude or offensive, it's just something that has been on my mind ever since ive seen your post regarding the lack of representation in if. English isn't my first language so I hope I expressed myself alright.

negl, when i the way you started and then the length of this post, i foreal thought it was gonna be a fight. so, it was a relief that isnt the case. i honestly don't think there's anything for me to add, because you said my feelings and all i could do is nod along as i read this.

though, i'm glad that my post struck a chord for you. (is that the thing to say?? i'm not even sure. i guess my purpose for that post was pointing out the ignored part and bringing on encouragement as well. so, while i'm glad it encouraged you to share your opinion and made you feel less alone in feeling uncomfortable with what you were seeing -- it sucks that things haven't changed to a point where you can feel comfortable saying your thoughts off anon without being harassed. like yikes [not at you, but at fandom]. roflmao. like this is 2023. we really STILL at a point where we're going to make people feel bad about having a GENERAL issue with the racism and colorism that if writers & the if fandom continue to show? rather than … idk continue to DO something about it.)

i would love to see more black characters who aren't sidelined to the best friend stereotype and more poc characters who's ethnicity is made clearer.

i have actually seen some improvement, too. either from the fandom directly zeroing in and supporting black characters (i know the polls can seem disheartening - and i had a feeling that's what drew you to my inbox - but there HAVE been moments where the black character would be the most favored ro -- buuuuuut .... sadly, it is still so rare that i continue to be surprised when it occurs) or in the if writers boosting black characters because they have an awareness regarding fandom's bias. i definitely do think we need more of the latter, tho.

i still think there is a very long way to go. extremely. like i think in general, despite the imporvements we have both observed, a lot of the newer games i've seen ratio is still low like you said. it's a mix instead of being - at least from my observation - as consistently majorly white like it used to be. now i'd say the ratio is aybe 3 (white characters) to 2 (characters of color, of different races) ... as opposed to 3:1. Whoo. BUT i've seen what you mentioned too, still -- too many games are still so white. And if they're not, they're more often than not theyll be light skinned East Asian or black (or mixed... with white). Or an ambigous Latino that I can't tell if they're a white Latine or meant to be a character of color. So, yeah ... i don't know what it is. a fear of writing characters of color, not finding characters of color romanceable, or just a lack of awareness.

Like I guess I agree with you (lmao), I don't want to "pressure" people to have diversity either --- mostly because the people who get hurt in cases like that are minorities reading the story. My desire, I suppose, is a want to understand. I know a lot of IF writers have the idea that 'my story is for me', and in a sense, I agree -- I think we shouldn't expect writers to bend every bit of story to the fans (not even an interactive story). I've seen the mess that can create. However, if you wanted it to be JUST your story, you would've left it in your journal. You want engagement and participation -- you want to share, and I believe most stories should be shared. So, why as an artis wouldn't you want to make a story where .... I don't know. I'm tired. I've kind of gotten to a point where I'm just like whatever. I'm disappointed in myself for expecting better from IF writers and the IF fandom.

BUT I am glad that you and your friends are not only discussing but EXPECTING better, because you deserve it. Because your friends deserve to see and engage with characters who are SEA (of all shades, but especially of darker skinned). You deserve to see mixed raced characters who aren't half white (or light skinned), because as stated yall arent a monolith -- that isn't all there is in the world. (And it's WEIRD to me, like WHY do we AUTOMATICALLY assume mixed/biracial = partially white? I mean I KNOW why but COME ON! lol.)

*sighs*

i WILL say though, again, it's not all bleak: and i have seen variation of the TYPE of characters of color -- like it isn't always the cold e. asian or the black emotional pack mule best friend. so that's good. and i hope that continues.

and you're fine, dove. i actually appreciate your ask because like i said i was feeling kinda ho-hum about things but this sorta sparked a fire in me, roflmao. you expresse yourself just fine, and honestly despite the essay i wrote back i really didnt have anything worth adding.

#grapecase answers #interactive fiction #representation matters #diversity #fandom stuf #if fandom #h o n e s t l y #just read what anon said because i honestly didnt say anything different #they got all my feelings in a nutshell and i just very wordily parroted them back #everything under the cut is just anon getting me in my feelings #you got me hype again dove #i was just feeling so blergh about this whiteness in if and the fandom #but you're right the discussions SHOULD continue and you're also right that there HAVE been some cool stuff -- like i agree #i am really loving people writing stories or ros based on their culture #it's grand #i hope anyone who sees this isnt put off by the length and takes anons words as encouragement #do that research and give us that SEA ro #give us that mixed race dark skinned RO #give us that afro-latine RO #come on you know you want to #the world is so diverse. and the if community is just so broad. how could you not WANT to engage in the voices that you expect / hope to #engage with your imagination and your heart #idk what im saying but i have feelings on this that i need to ponder #anyway #long post

[lavenoon]

16, 25, 27 for the fanfic writer asks! :D

16. (guilty pleasure tropes) covered here!

25. Have you ever daydreamed about side adventures/spin-offs from your fic? Tell us about them!

I mean. GFDHSJ Y'all see the AU AU AU and alternate reveals and non canon scenarios I come up with, those definitely fall into this category! There's also that one anon asking about promotions that I simply don't want to spoil yet but it's a whole spin-off basically that I'll just drop after exploring it for a bit! I also couldn't stand the angst yesterday after all, so I came up with a little fix it scenario (because yes, I'm fixing death now, I needed them to be happy)

I'm hoping the screenshots are easier to ignore than a whole wall of text, for anyone who does enjoy angst without any comfort! I do actually think that worst case scenario stands well on its own, it isn't supposed to be happy, but turns out death is just a bit too rough for me still and I wanted a happy ending, actually. And, not quite a side story, but no clue when I'll get to it and I am thinking about it an unreasonable amount, post-reveal when HQ finds out that they all know each other's identity, they get a shared mission that kicks off their team of three where Robin poses as someone important with Dusk/ Dawn as their bodyguard, and you just know the tension will be SO tasty. Lingering touches, teases they can't rebuke without blowing their cover, protectiveness upped to the max... For some reason, whenever I think about it, this mission happens on a cruise, but no clue if I'll actually use that FGHDJSK

27. What’s the nicest comment you’ve ever received?

God I am. I am such a sucker for any and all comments, especially those that mention a line I'm particularly proud of, and y'all are spoiling me with those!! Settling on one is pretty much impossible if I go with that standard - so I'm going with an entirely different fandom. I've mentioned my slow burn long fic before, which is currently on hiatus since the hyperfixation on fnaf is too strong rn for other projects, and, well, the entire niche I found myself in before just was much less interactive or even engaging. This longfic has been up almost two years - and within not even three weeks, Accidentally Undercover has gotten more views, comments, kudos, bookmarks, anything - you name it, there's more. I was really disheartened and partly stopped writing because, well, I have my outline to read, and if barely anyone (if anyone) even reads it, then why write more? But a couple months ago, I got a comment - after about a year of hiatus, someone told me they binge-read 113K words in one day, that they love my world-building and character dynamics, and that they would love it if/when I decide to write more again. It was just so nice without being pushy that I sat down and wrote 1.5K words of the next chapter right then. It's still far from done, and the fic itself is in arc 2 of 5 - but that was more than I wrote for it in months at the time! I think of that commenter fondly because for that fic, they were a rarity. For AU y'all are SO good to me, all the comments and interaction really are fueling me, and anyone who gets to listen to me yell on discord knows I'll melt at the positive attention at any given time fghjdks

#answer let luce #zelda7999 #accidentally undercover #this one gets the au tag bc of the ramble actually #also this is not a plea to go read my tloz fanfic please do not it is a VERY different tone from everything y'all know from me gfdhsjk #like I'm still proud of it I intend to finish it but I'm not like. asking for pity reads #it can sit there and I'll get to it #it'll just take a while #rn I am soaking up in positive attention from y'all <333 #VERY happy I tried writing again bc turns out it's not that my writing sucks it's just that I was trapped in a tiny niche FGHDJS #the og alt reveals also now feel like spin offs. theyre happy in their little universe variation #into the auverse fr

[reflections-in-a-critical-eye]

HI? oh my god, i can't believe you're back. I was so sad when you left back in march and i used to check from time to time to see if you decided to return which you did and i didn't notice until now because i took a break from social media and i deleted the tumblr app from my phone which leads me to the point of this whole rambling/ask i'm sending; so i was going through some of the questions you answered and i was surprised with your experience with the fandon while you were away because i had the same exact experience a month ago....everything you mentioned resonates a lot with me because i felt the exact same things, the hating it and hating how attached i became and how much it affected my emotions. It's so insane because i did the same thing as you, except i, not only unfollowed the fandom related accounts but deactivated my whole twitter account, then deleted twitter from my phone and tumblr too, because the discourse was too much for me and then i decided that i wanted to go back to my old hobbies, to other things, i needed something different because it was too much.

Anyways, this is me just rambling and i wanted to share because i'm going through the same thing. As you can see i came back because same as you, i can't find a balance to it all or a solution yet and maybe there's not point of telling you this because i have not find an answer yet and all of this is to say that i share your sentiment? and i wonder if more people go through the same thing and maybe it's more normal than we think.

It feels so stupid when you put it into perspective but at the same time it affects me and my feelings? i don't know, it's so weird but it's a real addiction, i'm really trying to get better at it and trying to handle my emotions and not react to discourse. Trying to enjoy the fun parts and ignore all the negative stuff.

I hope you can get the solutions and get there in a more healthy way faster than me!! lol, i'm SO glad you're back!!! i really love reading your opinions about everything.

Hey anon, sorry it took me a bit longer to answer your ask.

I'm glad you wanted to share your experience. I do think it's important to talk about having this love/hate, hot and cold relationship with the fandom and how complicated it can get. It's a form of emotional attachment that can take many shapes or becomes the focus of something really specific. In my case, I know it gets to me when I read really mean spirited things about Jimin. Or when I see active attempts at dismissing everything that JM and JK do together. As much as I'm aware that they are ridiculous, I'm not indifferent. And those are usually the times in which I tend to run away from it, take a break. I didn't deactivate twitter like you, but my tendency was to log out of tumblr, I felt that was the place I was usually coming back to.

I don't think there's some magic solution to this. As much as there are factual bad things happening and legitimate reasons to get angry or frustrated, these sort of reactions and having a parasocial relationship (which is quite nuanced) is most likely a symptom. Of what? Things from our own life and unresolved issues. Perhaps emotional distress. There's plenty of reasons. Being involved in a fandom or just reading tweets and blog posts and looking up videos on yt is a nice form of escapism. It's not wrong to have that. We all find things to entertain or distract us. For some it can be a fandom. But it doesn't mean it shouldn't be investigated or at least not questioned. For our own sake. Talking about it is fine. It doesn't matter how uncool it is. It's so much harder to admit that there is a problem, instead of acting like we're all very stable and completely regular folks and everything we talk about here and the content we consume has no emotional bearing on us. I find that hard to believe.

#m thoughts #fandom participation #bts fandom

[aceadmiral]

Hello, hope you are well

I've been reading your (at time of writing) most recent post regarding the sunset aroace flag. Thanks for making it first off, it's really important to raise

Nonetheless, I'm messaging because i wanted to ask what you're referring to with asexual elitism. There's absolutely no obligation to reply or expend energy explaining this to me, but you write as though its an established thing, so I've clearly missed something. I've done some research, but I can't find anything particularly recent, and I am unsure as to how what I have found relates to the sunset flag, so I'm not sure if I'm on the wrong track entirely or if I'm just missing the connection?

Again, no obligation to reply and I'm sorry if this causes offence or isn't something you want to answer.

Hi anon! Thank you for reading my post, and sorry for the delayed response to your ask; I wanted to makes sure to give it the time and attention it deserves.

For the tl;dr inclined among us, "asexual elitism" is a construction of a hierarchy among aces based on the person's proximity to normative romantic/sexual relationships, with the type of people being referenced with the "sunset" flag at the top of the heap and classes below variously including sex-favorable aces, aces who have or have had sex, "libidoists" and/or people who masturbate, non-aromantic aces, and most especially gray-aces particularly demis. These beliefs typically originated in a resentment of and/or disdain for sex (and by extension non-asexual people) as base, animalistic, dirty, etc.; aces who were not like them were "tainted" by this baseness as well. The outcome of such attitudes could range from unconscious expressions of derision towards those aces they considered to be "less than" to full-on exclusionary and gatekeeping behavior.

I'm not particularly surprised you weren't able to find any recent sources, though, because the main time period of this conflict was in fact quite a while ago, reaching its apex in the latter half of the 2000s. That's why I framed it in the context of community memory; it was an active problem with an active reaction (directly pushing back and/or creating explicitly non-elitist communities) that has been essentially eclipsed by other concerns, both internal and external, that popped up in the 2010s. However, I agree with Talia in their 2012/2013 essay "Asexual Elitism is Alive and Well"** that while we did a pretty good job against overt elitism, there remained a passive (or, as they say, "hidden") strain that persisted. The fracturing of the community and consequential lack of strong community norms has, I believe, led to the situation we see now where people are reproducing these beliefs with little critical examination.

I think it's relevant to bring up specifically asexual elitism and not a more modern alternative like "exclusionist" or "gatekeeper" to include that behavior that doesn't necessarily rise to the level of saying "this person is not a 'true' asexual" and remind people of how destructive it can be and has been in the past. Especially because I also see an pattern of people recently taking stock of all we've lost to harassment from outside our community but concluding that all of our ills are their fault. While I certainly would assign them the blame, it's prudent for us to recognize the ways the lingering effects of elitism and its ilk shaped our reaction and rhetoric.

Hopefully that is a helpful explanation! But if not, I am happy to clarify. Thank you for the question!

**BTW, as a little but of trivia, I believe this is the essay that finally coined the term "sex-favorable." If you want to read the AVEN thread Talia references in the piece, it's here. In googling it for the link I also came across this contemporaneous reaction as well.

#community #asexuality #aromantic #aroace #replies #anonymous #history

[castielsupernatural]

this is mostly for the anon who sent you the ask looking for advice about coming out, because I hope maybe they'll see it if you answer it (no pressure to answer though lmao but if you want), but I came out to my childhood friends who I'd known since we were toddlers a few years ago (and it was by far the hardest coming out experience I had, even though they were completely chill about it, because yeah I'd known them since we were toddlers) so I thought I might be able to provide some advice?

obviously coming out isn't one size fits all, but what I found really helpful was (1) testing the waters first—even though I knew already they'd be okay with it, it really helped my confidence level to just like touch on it but not quite all the way. I'd bring up gay books, recommend gay media, wear rainbows, etc. I also slipped up a few times and said more blatant stuff, so ngl by the time I told them they sorta already knew, which in my experience helped because it lowered the stakes, but even just the practice bringing it up without actually coming up made it a lot easier to actually bring up. (2) I brought it up in between board games, which meant that once we were done talking about it, we had a really easy segue away from the topic. it doesn't need to be games, but doing it while in the middle of something low stakes might help bc you have something to return to after instead of just having to sit there in awkward silence

(I also did it by writing a letter because I'd chickened out of actually saying it like seven times by that point, and tbh that made things a bit more awkward, so of you can bring yourself to actually say it, that's gonna be easier if you want it to be casual, but if the saying it part is what's hard, that helped a lot)

thanks so much for sending this!! this feels very much like how i personally would want to come out to my childhood friends - about 2 years ago i wrote letters to them saying it and every time i fly home i bring those letters with me, just in case this is the visit where i’m brave enough. but also exactly that about not making a production just doing it in between other things to ensure it’s not a Big Deal feels right. this is so helpful seriously thank you!!!!!

#when i’ve practiced in my head i’ve always figured i would be like ok you’re allowed to ask me 3 questions about it but then we are changing #the topic forever and ever #but i feel very much the same about like i have been leaving like hints intentionally for a couple years more out of lying fatigue than #anything else #thank you for sending ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🧡 #happy jibcon weekend we are talking about EMOTIONAL VULNERABILITY AND HOMOSEXUAL FEELINGS WITH YOUR CHILDHOOD FRIENDS here at castielsuperna #tural

[touchmycoat]

lev!anon: 💕💕💕💕💕 I can't tell you how much fun I'm having going back in the leverage au tag to reread! And now I want to rewatch the Davids and reread those chapters in TGCF. Oooooh SQX as Maggie? This is going to hurt...

small excerpt:

“You seem to be connected to that Ming Yi salesman in all sorts of ways, Director Shi.”

“—xiong! I said wait! Are you seriously making me chase you down in heels? Ming Yi!”

“It’s an unfortunate history, actually. Ming Yi’s an ex-employee who caught my sister’s eye—she’s always had a soft spot for charity cases.”

“Hello? I’m taking to you! He Xuan!”

He Xuan finally stopped and wheeled around. Shi Qingxuan, who had been barreling forward in her absurdly expensive stilettos, couldn’t quite stop herself in time and ran straight into He Xuan’s chest. He Xuan’s hands closed around her forearms and shoved her away.

“So you do know my name,” he said coolly.

“Gave him all kinds of exceptions hoping he’d make the cut, but unfortunately, some years ago, he went off the deep end.”

“…Of course I know your name, I just—” Shi Qingxuan was flinching again, knowing what she knew. “Fine, yes, sorry I wasn’t thinking.”

“What does that mean?” Liu Qingge asked abruptly. He Xuan and Shi Qingxuan hadn’t gotten too far, only out of polite hearing distance. He Xuan could hear both the deepest tenor of Liu Qingge’s voice drifting across the garden and the question right in his ear. He could also see Shi Wudu give Liu Qingge a considering look.

“Mr. Cheng has had poor experiences with fake traders in the past,” Hua Cheng drawled, sounding just a little too ingratiating, hinting that he wanted to stay in Shi Wudu’s good graces despite his companion’s rudeness. Shi Wudu ate it up with a spoon. “But really Mr. Cheng, isn’t that your purpose? Charlatans can’t trick us if you do your job properly.”

“I had…I had no idea things were so bad for you,” Shi Qingxuan was saying. He Xuan met her eyes and was abruptly reminded of why exactly he fell for her. For all that she was a spoiled socialite and Gege’s little princess, and for all that He Xuan had been a miserable mess when they’d met, Shi Qingxuan had never ever looked at him with pity. She saw it when people were in need, sure, and never hesitated to shower charity cases with wealth and opportunities, but she just had a way of carrying herself that made it clear that despite all her blustering This Lady here and This Lady there, she didn’t actually hold herself above the masses. Not like her brother did.

But just because Shi Qingxuan was a difficult person to hate didn’t mean He Xuan wouldn’t try his damnedest to do it.

“You didn’t need to know,” He Xuan told her, and Shi Qingxuan grimaced.

“Yeah yeah, I don’t have a right to ask now, but I was hurt too you know! And you disappeared so thoroughly I had no idea where to even start looking—”

“What’s your point.”

Shi Qingxuan inhaled deeply.

“My point is—”

“Can we trust him?” Liu Qingge asked outright. Neither Shen Qingqiu nor Luo Binghe answered.

“—you came for an art sale? I want to help.” Looking determined, Shi Qingxuan crossed her arms beneath her breasts and those hadn’t been there last time He Xuan saw her. So she did go with the bigger pair. “Look, you know my brother will give me anything I want. If I also authenticate the piece for you, I’m sure he’ll buy whatever you’re selling. Will you let me do that? Please?”

He Xuan looked across the pathway and met a pair of blazing eyes.

“…Yes, you can.”

“Um, excuse me?” Shen Qingqiu muttered.

“You can trust his desperation,” Shi Wudu snorted. “Just look at him, still wearing my old shirt that Qingxuan gave him. He can’t even afford to burn it like he wants.”

#leverage AU #TODAY'S GOAL IS TO WRITE #i'm playing the pacing completely by ear at this point #let's hope it works out LMFAO #anon

[omegawizardposting]

Okay, so that anon turned out to be a deeply unpleasant person who readily put words in my mouth without reading anything else I had to say beyond the first paragraph or so.

Anon, if you see this, I hope you're able to better yourself. I was quite kind to you, and to receive such nastiness in return was a bit of a shock. It's pretty clear to me as such that you didn't come to me in good faith looking for an actual discussion between adults. You came to me with your nose in the air thinking I would fall at your feet for saying things both grossly incorrect and ableist.

I will somewhat address your issue with my response now, even though you probably won't read it.

Cats formed a symbiotic relationship with humans thousands of years ago, and over time, they became domesticated--and, yes, adapted for a different way of life than their wild ancestors had known. While cats can survive outdoors, as I said, they are at far greater risk of injury and death than indoor cats. Yes, even the barn cats you think so highly of. Were those cats indoors, where they belong, they would want for nothing and fear nothing.

It may be true that cats started as pest control, but that doesn't mean that modern cats are meant to also be pest control. The role domesticated animals play in society can and does change. Dogs are a great example of this. They aren't expected to catch their own food or make their own shelter, even though that was what their ancestors once did. Even working dogs have food provided to them and warm homes to return to. Even working dogs would struggle to survive in the wild. They are not wolves, and cats are not African wild cats.

Modern domestic cats are both predator and prey, and they aren't as adapted to survivng outdoors as they once were. While they are still incredible hunters, they aren't necessarily incredible survivalists--nor should they have to be. The world has changed since they were wild. There are more threats now than ever.

All of my family's cats, barring genetic abnormalities or cancer, have lived to be 18+. Even my vet is impressed. She tells us all the time that we've raised some incredible cats. Smart. Healthy. Full of love.

Our two indoor-outdoor cats almost didn't make it to that ripe old age, and once they became permanently indoors, they never wanted for the outdoor life in particular. They were kept engaged in other ways. They didn't need to hunt actual mice. They didn't need to breed and make more strays. They needed their favorite foods, their favorite people, and a safe, warm place where predators and other threats couldn't reach them.

Depending on who you ask, cats have been living as indoor pets anywhere from three hundred to just sixty years--both short periods of time on a geologic scale, but long enough for us to observe changes in cat behavior. Cats have adapted to meow at us for attention or food. They have adapted to seek comfort from us. Some cats have even developed separation anxiety from the trauma of losing a human companion. That symbiotic relationship exists to this day. There's research suggesting that a cat's purr can heal us. That just petting them can reduce stress. That cats are healthy for us.

I don't own cats. I have them, the same way I have a mother and a father. I might say I own them from time to time, if only because that is the common parlance. My cats are not "ornaments" for my amusement. They're members of my family. I love them as such, and I've rarely met a cat parent that doesn't feel the same. In fact, I find people who do not love their pets to be utterly bizarre. The relationship between human and pet is meant to be mutually beneficial. The animal receives care and love, and the human is rewarded by care and love in return.

(Even reptiles, which don't necessarily feel love, can reward their humans in other ways, such as trust. Earning the trust of a reptile is an absolute delight.)

You seem to think that if a cat isn't outside hunting its own food, it's an "ornament". I think you have a deeply disturbing view of domestic life. I also think you don't know how to care for a cat, and that's why you think they can only be happy outdoors. Keeping them indoors is too much work. You can't be bothered to play with them. Just throw them out and let them make their own enrichment. That's the attitude far too many people have, and it's why I see so many family pets lying on the side of the road.

Hugs and kisses, don't get a cat.

[lightlycareless]

Japan is quite notorious for its natural disasters. And while reading some of them for my thesis, I wondered about you and the way you write seemingly amazing catastrophes that are quite unexpected. Are you perhaps going to introduce more complicated situations like these? Even Naoya saving Y/N? wink wink

Hello anon!

omg... I don't know what to say 😭❤️ I'm very flattered!!! aglajgasjglajlsgk

oh, gee. hehe. I'm all flustered now...

Anyways, there's actually many things I've been thinking about putting in the story, or making a reference to. I haven't really thought about natural disasters per se, since where I live... it's mostly fires, earthquakes, and nationally some volcanos (if you're keeping up with that, you might've heard about Popocatepetl lol) but maybe I have? Guess it depends on the context, but first let me explain 🤭

The idea that I've been thinking on for a while is an underwater concept. It came to me after watching a documentary of underwater caves (which I did not want to see lol I still remember telling my friend: I don't like underwater stuff, so let's see the volcano one. her: let's see the underwater one. me: 💀) and how they come to be—something about the ice age and how the ice melting sometimes rises or lowers the sea levels. These changes create stalagmites and stalactites, whose layers can be used to study how the weather was back then!

At some point we get to see a scientist need a sample from a stalagmite from a very specific place which can only be approached by experienced scuba divers—This is where they take the opportunity to tell you that many years ago it would have been possible to simply walk there because the sea level was lower.

So... I got the idea of: what if there was like a temple in some of those areas, thriving thanks to it's followers donations, warding off spirits, storing cursed objects, and then... things happen and everything ends up underwater.

I have yet to decide the "paranormal" activity that this might cause (maybe people getting lured underwater? hehe), but I can imagine that somehow HQ manages to pinpoint it's origin to an underwater source 💀 How will techniques work there? Who is going to take on the mission? Not everyone is an expert scuba diver. And what kind of curses can be found underneath? Who knows—but that's something I'd like to explore in due time :>!!!

There's something else I have in mind too... but I think I'll keep that one to myself for now. As for everything else I have planned, it'll be written into the story 🤭

Also, I've always dreamed about Naoya and Y/N going on missions together. We're talking about them being in a good relationship now, and somehow... Y/N is all like:

Y/N: You know what's hot? Doing it in a haunted place. Amirite?

Naoya: Wtf? *goes along anyways, cause let's be real he ain't deny you—and hey, maybe he thinks the same as you, he just didn't want to be the one to bring it to the table lol*

Hmm. Interesting. I do have a fic planned with that theme lmao.

Well, I hope this was what you were looking for 🥺❤️ There's soooo many things I wished the manga would've included, mostly pertaining to mundane things you know, and how they affect everyday life. Like, what is the influence of sorcerers in humanity and vice versa, cause I refuse to believe they've been in complete secrecy!!! Oh well, idk where the story is going now anyways besides a rushed ending 😭💀

Thank you so much for sending in an ask!! And such a nice one at that... I'm really flattered you think so highly of my writing 🥺❤️ If there's anything else you'd like to share, please let me know! I'll be more than happy to respond to the best of my ability ❤️

Take care, have a wonderful week, and hope to see you soon!!

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[harryfeatgaga]

And honestly I feel like I’ve had no voice today because every time I tried to say anything, about 10 other anons just came to attack and it’s very overwhelming when your words get twisted and turned and people come at you like that. I’m not some random troll that came on this blog to start drama, I’ve been here for a while and I know we bring up topics of discussion very often. I felt in the time of what was being discussed on Twitter it was an appropriate time to share my own thoughts on how I didn’t like the fact that it was seemingly ok for Olivia to work with David Russel, but it’s suddenly a huge problem that these other celebrities are. I wasn’t attacking you, I wasn’t attacking Olivia. Clearly I could’ve used a better tone but i was a literally just typing. I’m not trying to be a victim so you can stop with those words. We have discussions on here so often, how the fuck would I know that something slightly negative about Olivia would set everyone off? I didn’t just bring up Olivia because I want to pick apart everything she does. Quite frankly I don’t even give a fuck what she does. I brought up Olivia because she’s apart of the group of the celebrity’s that worked with David Russell….the literal man that was being discussed. At the moment I was just frustrated that her working with him got nodded off months ago, but these other celebs are getting the most shit. I was just frustrated that harries pick and choose when it’s acceptable for someone to work with a rapist. You were liking tweets about the movie so i just assumed it was a topic of discussion that we could’ve maturely discussed but apparently that was not the case. You were getting mad saying “well how would I know that etc” and as I’m telling you about it, you’re then telling me what I’m saying was unprompted and I had no reason to bring it up. I’m sitting here explaining that her working with David Russel got brushed under the rug, and you’re sitting here….brushing it under the rug. THAT’S exactly why people have no clue what she’s done, because every-time it gets brought up you guys immediately shut it down saying it’s unprompted. She’s worked with numerous abusers knowing they were abusers and when someone draws any type of light to that it’s suddenly turning the blind eye. But this fandom is SO quick to jump on other celebrities for working with abusers. Just seeing the way harries treat other celebrities for doing exactly what Olivia Wilde has done is what stemmed my frustration today. That’s the place I was coming from.

Anonymous asked: ….ie liking a tweet about Taylor swift, and my whole TL tweeting that swifties are silent after seeing Taylor was working with David Russel. That’s what I found very double standard because, our favs gf has also literally worked with David Russel. I was simply trying to explain that and how hypocritical it sounded coming from harries that have brushed off Olivia’s actions as “fans being jealous of her.” Yet are now saying swifties are being silent and should call her out for it

Anonymous asked: ok this is very unnecessary to get nasty when I repeated multiple times I wasn’t attacking Olivia or Paige. I apologized for coming off if I was attacking, but tone obviously get misconstrued here. I literally was just fucking…..speaking… also, my whole point was that stuff Olivia does gets brushed under the rug and when I speak on it, you’re all literally brushing it under the rug. Like proving my point. And then getting mad saying “well how would I know that” when you’re literally ignoring everything I’m saying and making me out to be this vicious person. https://harryfeatgaga.tumblr.com/post/689054366382145536/goodbye-anon-i-hope-you-can-touch-some-grass-while

Ive explained my side multiple times I really dont have anything else to say I really just dont understand why you are making it such a big deal especially 8 hours later still going on about it like you may not have meant it but came off accusing and rude and you continued to argue with me when I asked you to stop the conversation like??? what are you trying to get across like okay it happened what am I supposed to do about it??? also I saw they literally just spoke at the same event imo not exactly the same not that it makes it more okay but like.......I didnt know about his abuse till the last year when this movie was brought up so??? and yeah I did like tweets about it cause its my twitter and I can and I dont like taylors fucking fans they constantly drag harry for everything and nothing so yeah Ill like some tweets by my friends about how annoying they are lmfao like literally no one on here even did what you are so mad about saying fans are jealous or whatever so I dont get why you are causing a fuss over it on here and like what are we supposed to do about it???? like are we gonna then bring up every other person who has worked with him too along with olivia as well??? this movie is happening now and a trailer came out today so thats why it was being talked about on twitter??? and clearly you said it was aired out so clearly harries do care lmfao and shes literally dragged everyday for everything else so like whats the difference what its about at this point??? I try my best to make my blog drama and discourse free so when people bring stuff up I think will cause that I ignore it or shut it down when I can because I know how some people get. i stan harry and care about harry thats it. thats what i wanna talk about on here. thats all I have to say about this im not continuing this its gone on too fucking long and shouldn't have even been a thing in the first place.