#if you want me to send receipts i will dig but

[iturbide]

Yeah... Fire Emblem as a whole has an issue with imperialism. Like, no joke, in the first games, Marth just ‘accidentally’ ends up the ruler of the whole continent at the end of it. No, really, just... apparently the excuse is that No One Else Is Left between the events of the first and third game with a strong royal claim to the kingdoms??? So, we all just bend the knee to Hero King Marth. The second game, as mentioned, does this with Hero King Alm uniting the lands because, again, the events of the story killed everyone else with a claim (oh, and Celica is there I guess). Genealogy is iffy because it frames Arvis’s True Mistake to be betraying Sigurd and trusting Manfroy and not, you know, taking over the continent under the Granvale Empire; Seliph even becomes Granvale’s new king and... a few kingdoms (that happen to be claimed by Seliph’s allies) break off (if said allies survive to the end), but otherwise we just replaced the Evil Emperor with Hero King Seliph (you are seeing the pattern, yes?). Thracia 776 is the different and the same. Lief leads the peninsula of Thracia against Granvale (then under Manfroy’s control), by uniting the two kingdoms of Thracia under his banner and they become one kingdom under Hero King Lief (which Seliph of course allows and support because he’s friends and allies with Lief). We literally only stop this trend at FE 6, which makes no mention of Roy taking over the continent after defeating evil king. The same goes for FE 7 to FE 10. I want to include FE 13 as not imperialist, but... the way Chrom’s Father trying to kill all of the Plegians just serves as “Why Plegians are evil, because they want revenge for the *attempt at genocide*” is very... like, the only ‘good’ Plegians are the ones that join Chrom or have Reese reservations about the war, but apparently any Plegian that holds ill will towards Ylisse and it’s royal family are all ‘bad.’ Chrom does not take over the continent (this is good), but man Awakening sure does say that military interventions into brown people is Okay and if they are angry about it they should let it go (this is bad). So, I guess FE 13 is half imperialist and half not imperialist? We dedicated too much time to this, on to FE 14 where... god damn it, I get it is trying to pull a ‘we should just get along’ message, but why is the Beautiful Land Always Bathed In Light the Japanese one and the Dark And Dreary Hellhole Alway Bathed In Darkness the not-Japanese one??? This is weird. Not imperialist (I think), but it’s iffy. Then we have FE 16. 3 Houses. 3 Houses is kind of neat because this is the first time I have seen folks seriously debate this whole imperialism issue, but also that’s because it also fumbles. 3 Houses is the first game where all of the actors are playable characters so naturally everyone got attached to everyone in the cast, so everyone was suddenly Very Aware that they were doing an imperialism at the end of every route.

I think it is kind of to 3 Houses credit that some folks are debating these concepts, but also to its detriment because 90% of this debate is over the fact 3 Houses tried to subvert previous tropes (hey, the brown skinned guy is actually the most moral person here!) while playing others straight (we must all be united by the Heroic King/Duke/Emperor that wins the war).

anon you're preaching to the choir here -- if you've spent much time on my blog, you've seen me come down on Awakening and in particular A) Chrom's father and his genocide, B) the story spending all of two lines on it summing up with "but Ylisse was really hurt by it too," C) the only good Plegians are the ones that join Chrom, and D) all the good Plegians having pale skin while the bad guys (Aversa and Validar in particular) have dark skin tones. My AO3 is more or less 500,000 words dealing with that.

Basically no one hates Fire Emblem more than Fire Emblem fans.

(Claude in Three Houses is still one of the best things that's ever happened to the franchise though and I will stand by that.)

#answered #anonymous #fire emblem #i'm not qualified to speak on any of the older games #so i'm just not even going to do it #and i don't feel like digging for links right now #if you want me to send receipts i will dig but #again: i really just want to write at the moment

[directdogman]

Hey there's someone trying to say you said you were pro Israel on discord? They're anonymous and say you blocked them before they could get screenshots so I don't really believe them, but still :[

Mhm. Nice bit of news to wake up to, this.

Yeah, so this person's a troll and they're more than likely lying on purpose in order to try to me look bad because I blocked them on Twitter for being unpleasant, something I rarely even do and they're still seething about it. The block had nothing to do with Gaza, the person was just being annoying and I thought it'd be healthier to block and move on. I'd really prefer not to have to give this person energy, but if there's a rumor going around, I'd like to nip it in the bud, since it's very easy to disprove in this case.

To explain what this person's blathering about: Earlier this week, on a Phonegingi plush advert, this random user that doesn't follow me (and actually instructs fans of mine not to interact with them in their bio) made a dramatic QRT decrying me for posting a DT advert during a strike week, which I honestly had no clue it was, especially since my own timeline was (and still is) full of accounts posting normally.

Given that the person seemingly encountered one of my posts in the wild and ended up seething because of it + likely didn't want anything to do with me on their timeline (as their bio indicated), after thinking it over briefly, I did the healthy thing and just blocked the person + moved on. Makes sense, right? I'll admit: Even if the way the person approached me was regrettable, if I'd known it was a strike week, I'd have participated (as I'd participated in the last one), so I stopped posting teasers for the week anyway, only resuming again yesterday.

I'll also say: I checked my own timeline btw and looked at the accounts posting, and nobody else had anyone acting like this in their replies, even the much larger accounts. Nor did anyone else contact/reply to me in any way stating any disapproval.

Given that I've only blocked one account recently that isn't a replybot (and ofc, given the subject matter of that tweet), I'd have to assume that this is the anonymous person spreading stuff.

I'd understand where this person was coming from if maybe I'd stayed completely silent about Gaza, (which a lot of accounts I follow have) but I haven't. I had a Palestinian aid post pinned on my Twitter for weeks, I've talked about Gaza's child population and my support for South Africa's Hague suit in my discord server, I've engaged in the boycotts, wound down posting during strikes, donated a pretty substantial amount of Dialtown revenue towards sending money/esims... I have 4 bucks in my bank account right now and when my next DT check comes in, you'd better believe I'll be giving more. That's my right as a private citizen and one I'll continue to exercise.

I feel pretty uncomfortable having to put this stuff in front of me to 'prove' myself, even if some of it is public anyway. Charity should be something you do because you CARE and if it wasn't for this person, I'd have been far happier keeping a lower profile and not explicitly calling attention to my own aid, but given this ask, I feel it'd be stupid not to nip this in the bud. The majority of this information could be easily found with the tiniest amount of digging, btw, so it's not like the user couldn't have known any of this. This is the part of having a fandom that creators seldom talk about. You block one person for being a lil annoying, next thing you know, there's rumors that you support genocides! Fun.

So yeah, I'd like you to tell this person to just move on like a normal person (send them this post if you have to) and to stop spreading incorrect rumors about me out of spite. If they insist, I'm happy to pull up receipts to prove everything I've said. If they actually thought I was pro-Israel, they wouldn't be spreading it anonymously, they'd be writing another public post about the subject matter. Also if you see anyone repeating the rumor, please correct them. Thanks.

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[sharonisthebettercarter]

we need to have an honest conversation about hostile attribution bias, honesty, and bullying.

@deliciouskeys i've had enough of this shit. you wanted to piss me off. now i'm pissed the fuck off.

hey, hiiii. friends of hers? critics? whoever you are reading this and willing to hear me out, i just wanna start by saying don't hate on her or anyone for this. don't send harassment, don't send anon hate, don't even unfollow her if you do read this all the way and find yourself upset with the topics discussed or her actions.

or maybe you wouldn't anyway, and you've already decided i'm insane, fine. but if you are friends of hers, don't barrage her with verbal abuse of any kind even if you are disappointed or disgusted, i'm not about that. and good friends won't just coddle and take your side to enable the bullshit, but they won't try to hurt you when you're down either

and to clarify what this is? it is a harsh criticism of ongoing behavior i have faced from her behind the scenes. or out in the open i suppose but mostly unseen or dismissed.

yes, i have the motherfucking receipts. i've tried to condense them to what i found most relevant to the topics at hand without clipping the interactions so much that they would give a biased misrepresentation, but all conversations as of this moment and to the best of my knowledge are still available to view in full context. mine certainly won't be deleted.

i may have some bad takes sometimes cause i'm as perfect as anyone, which is to say NOT AT ALL. but i'll readily admit that and the fact that i work on it, CONSTANTLY. and before anyone decides to dig through my shit to see if they can find dirt on me IRRELEVANT to this situation to DISTRACT from what's being called out?

all i ask is a fair chance and moment of your time to show you what i've been through, because it's something she never gave me from day one. and bear in mind please, that i am pissed off because it's gone on long enough and now she's trying to drag my friends into it while CONTINUING TO LIE BEHIND MY BACK and feign fucking ignorance.

no more.

deliciouskeys? you. yes you, i am addressing you directly this time. i gave you a peace offering with the mike sully meme, and you just kept going.

since i poked my head into the boys fandom, you have been hostile to me, LIED about me, put words in my mouth, accused me of hostility towards you, assumed my intent while not only withholding the benefit of a doubt, but consistently. consistently putting me down and insulting me as some sort of estranged fandom villain who only exists or popped up to oppose you or ruin everything.

i'm not a fucking cartoon character, i am a person. i do not exist to supplant you or whatever weird shit you keep imagining me to be that makes you act like this.

almost every single thing i say to you, instead of actually LISTENING or i dunno, READING IT AT FACE VALUE, you take. hyperanalyze. and immediately give it the WORST interpretation you can. and that's if i'm lucky.

i'm not here for fandom wars and shipping bullshit. i'm not here for your false dichotomy fantasy. i'm here to be a bullshit shipper and have fun and try to get others to be more open and have fun too. maybe throw in a psa here and there for the things i find important.

i'm not here to get fucking bullied either or to watch others get bullied. you can take your assumed hostility and narcissistic PROJECTION and shove it straight up your ass if you think i'm going to tolerate it.

and what is 'hostile attribution bias'? it's this shit.

oh, and you don't have to assume it anymore. i'm fucking hostile. why am i hostile? oh... at this point, i KNOW you KNOW. but not everyone else does, so let's just lay it all out and let others draw their own conclusions. hm?

this was what set you off, right? the automatic assumption that this was someone i knew, looking out for me? i suppose that's possible but that doesn't mean i know exactly who it was or that i put them up to it.

and y'know, i might have even said that anon was a bit harsh and still given you the benefit of a doubt. anon was ANGRY and that's clear, but plausible deniability is so wonderful, isn't it?

but you've gone beyond that point. it wouldn't be the first time someone's noticed your behavior, and i can guarantee that. our first conversation was on my post about the comics and what they meant to me, sparked from an interaction i had with another fan of the show who refused to read the comics but still insulted them directly to me.

the bottom piece is from the post, the top would be the snippet of conversation with the other person prior. all of these are highlighted with slightly adjusted coloring for ease of understanding who's who. and granted, you could argue that i jumped the gun in my first response to you, but then you accused me of being hostile towards people who allegedly read and disliked them. and i had done no such thing, i literally was not addressing those people at all.

that was the first time you put words in my mouth, lied about what i said, and 'villainized' me for 'attacking people' made of straw i might add, when the post itself SPECIFICALLY STATED:

MISCONCEPTION.

so not the people, but the IDEA. an actually legitimately incorrect idea given context. i could go into a rant about how the comics cover one of the single most important and detrimental concepts to humanity (the war machine) and how american media is so piss watered down, propagandized and censored for babies and pearl clutching old people (and before you clutch your pearls over me 'attacking' babies and the elderly, i am not. i am criticizing AMERICAN MEDIA and PURITAN MENTALITY) that the comic itself was relatively tame outside of the american world view bubble, but that's not the point here, is it.

the 'many many' actually refers to people off of tumblr too, though i'm sure there's a fair share here of that mindset as it's found everywhere with everything. even then, i don't condemn the people. minds can be changed for ideas, that was what i was trying to do. maybe i need better methods and i can admit that.

still you chose to lie to my face or what, attempt to gaslight me?? whatever it was, it was enough for someone ELSE to step in and literally ask if you were BULLYING me.

and me, being the naive fucking moron that i am and thinking we ended on a nice punny note and the conversation wasn't so bad STILL gave YOU the benefit of a doubt.

did you extend the same courtesy to me later on? well, let's see.

no. no you did not. snippets of a convo from an anon ask you got on a proposed canon butchlander from when i tried to join in, you immediately accused me of things i have never said or done or even implied. and when i called you out on it, you immediately apologized (good on you, not included here but i DO acknowledge it and DID appreciate it) and i thought, "oh cool! we must be explaining ourselves to try and better understand each other so this doesn't happen again."

only for you to then backtrack and jump back on that ASSUMED HOSTILITY shit you seem to just LOVE huffing. but just for me i gather. maybe a couple others that i haven't seen or don't know about.

considering this is just the stuff i DO know about.

moving on.

you have questions? oh, what a cowinkydink, i have answers. if only you had just ASKED ME DIRECTLY INSTEAD OF PUTTING WORDS IN MY MOUTH AND LYING.

but to give some clarification to the numbered ones.

love the framing here. OF COURSE, WE are ONLY here to be a NUISANCE. must be nice being a real human who can interact with others instead of solely "bother" them. if you'd actually read the post, you might have seen it was about the BULLYING itself, not the bullshit that apparently makes you rabid enough to be a bully. great use of being obtuse.

stop putting words in my mouth. stop fucking lying about me. stop assuming my intentions. stop painting me for your weird ass personal agenda or vendetta. stop making up bullshit about me when you haven't taken two seconds to get to know me. i did no such thing as 'slur the cishets'. proof is in the fucking pudding.

ahhh... i understand why you don't block people. and i think i'm understanding the insidious behavior and bullying too. you're disgusting to people who you don't want to see the content of so that they'll block you while you get to pretend you're still on your little high horse of being the "less petty" or "bigger" person. and that way you don't have to see their content anymore, right? having your cake, and eating it too. it's smart. it looks good on you as long as people don't see the behavior, like you might actually want to solve problems.

although, if i'm to understand all this correctly, you don't want to given the continued hostility towards me regardless of what i do or say. am i getting this, more of that delectable plausible deniability? or am i giving you too much credit? do you even want the benefit of a doubt at this point? because you stated before you'd rather be considered evil than stupid.

oh, my mistake, "disgusting" than "ignorant". let me not do what you do and put words in your mouth. clarify for me, if you want to.

personally, i think ignorance is more forgivable than malice because at least the uninformed can learn better, while those with ill intent will seek to harm again, but to each their own i guess.

and if you actually have brain damage over a nonsensical but ultimately harmless shit joke online, i'd suggest seeking actual help from a doctor because that isn't normal. but i'm going to be generous and say maybe it was a bit much or gave you a recurring nightmare or something, i don't know you, in which case yeah, get help if you need it. i take mental health very seriously so i'm not joking or being sarcastic here. happy healing and sorry for the trouble if that's the case on this specific thing.

but oh! you just don't want to see it, right? TOO BAD BITCH, I GOT MORE TO GIVE AND YOU CAN'T STOP ME!!

and i don't have a problem with you writing your personal views about a pairing, any pairing. if that were all you had done, we probably wouldn't be having this conversation or, if you don't care i suppose i wouldn't be screaming into the void.

but you explicitly stated your point of view was "pretty common", that defaults my view as "uncommon" or in other words, "others" me and those who like bottom billy. don't you dare deny that when you know for a fact it's true.

then citing reasons for why you believed your view was more "accurate". you then went on to claim you were "baffled" when if that were true and you were actually interested in TRYING to UNDERSTAND? YOU WOULD HAVE JUST FUCKING ASKED ME DIRECTLY.

not that i would owe you an explanation or apology, or anything. but i'd have been NICE enough to try and answer anyway to the best of my ability. here, i'll do it now.

i'm not a big fan of bottom homie for the same reasons i'm not at all a fan of (show) homewell. apart from the whole superdick/compressing anus thing, narcissistic abuse/grooming and exploiting someone's trauma for a toxic kink is not only a huge turn off for me, it's super fucking triggering based on my experiences and what i have been through. i've had enough people looking down on me and telling me they "know what's best for me" while trying to rob me of my humanity and use me for their gain.

the funny thing is that i relate to homie in that sense but consider myself a total bottom who also LOVES the 'dom mommy' in certain context, but i also share a lot of similarities with butcher as well and know they both have a lot of very intense differences from me. and homie has a fucking vibrator for a dick. you CANNOT make me want to miss a chance for that, it's just not going to happen. and if i ever want to explore any form of 'grooming' kink from a personal place? i'll stick to thanos and mistress death, thanks.

i also don't find toxic masculinity sexy, that's a red fucking flag for me more glaring than the entirety of homelander, i find POSITIVE masculinity far sexier and true 'top' like. MM has the most of that in my opinion and is the sexiest man on the show, besides the guy who plays black noir under the mask.

i also fully understand the kink on the other end, y'all wanna baby him cause he's never had a mommy and longs for some kind of nurturing parental love, and y'all also wanna fuck him cause he's hot. so ya smash the two together and embrace the infantilization kink (which is seriously not my thing)

and listen, more power to ya. if that's what you like, enjoy it. i'm not judging. i just don't have the same fucking taste and i'm entitled to that. i don't understand why you have to comment on it or be "baffled" by the idea that people can be different from you.

for the record, i don't want to smash the two ideas together, i want to help homie SEPARATE and DEMUDDLE the legitimate problems and confusion in his brain that makes him so vulnurable to women's manipulations, and help him grow the fuck up without wanting to fuck his own mother (if he hasn't already) or keep him baby minded forever. i want to untap his potential and see the man he can/would become depending on circumstance.

because i like redemption and character growth and am a sucker for second chances regardless of liking dark media, and there's a huge difference between "i like you" and " i like that you like me".

that requires a more careful handling than anything suface level, but regardless i don't enjoy exploiting trauma kinks or reinforcing toxic masculinity any more than i would enjoy yiff or snuff. i wouldn't judge someone for having the taste as long as no one real got hurt. but that doesn't mean i have to have their taste.

stop kink shaming me or being "confused" by my preference, i haven't done the same to you. and before you pretend you haven't or that i have.

if you were "seriously trying to understand" you would again, ASK ME DIRECTLY instead of this roundabout bullshit where you talk about it and 'how confused or tired' you are, but can't be bothered to take two fucking seconds to JUST ASK for a more serious answer beyond willem dafoe.

if i wanted to shame you for having a kink, i wouldn't be subtle about it. but i wouldn't anyway because i wouldn't even shame those who have a rape fantasy because i have one and have written and read plenty of it. i file it under 'horror pr0n' with a number of other things, and not every form or 'flavor' of horror pr0n that exists is going to be for everyone, much the same as fucking regular horror. but if it's FICTION, it shouldn't matter.

i understand that and if i judged others for having different tastes or acted... well like YOU, that would make me a hypocrite.

and your friend got it PERFECTLY on the first note. and then decided to enable the bullshit yet again by subscribing to the bane of human unity, tribalism. thanks for reinforcing the idea that this HAS to be a dichotomy WHEN IT'S NOT.

a little healthy teasing and competition? i'm game. it's too bad that's not what this was.

i am not your fucking enemy just because YOU decided i was, YOU do not get to decide that for me. but i'll give them the benefit of a doubt and say they were 'just joking', right?

that's ALL it ever is. "just jokes". but JUST when you or "your side" do it. it's not like you've ever been derogatory and petty about "your side" being the "good side" of fandom.

if you have to constantly reinforce and self assure how "good" you are compared to "others" specifically not part of your niche bubble?

you're an asshole who's not actually "good", full stop. if you have to measure your self worth based on what others do or comparing yourself to them, actually seek help because that's not healthy. just my two cents

but if you want to get technical, NO ONE IS RIGHT AND NEITHER BILLY NOR HOMELANDER IS TOP OR BOTTOM IN A TRADITIONAL SENSE, not just because opinions and preferences can't be right or wrong. because butchlander isn't fucking canon, isn't going to become canon, and as far as we know, both characters are confirmed 100% STRAIGHT within the show with toxic masculinity issues a mile long and would never wanna touch each other like that with a 10 foot pole, and homelander's shown exactly ZERO interest in actually being pegged thus far, so that idea's a headcanon.

even herogasm showed us that 3 on fucking 1 STILL wasn't enough to take him down and homie freaking out over a bruise from an unfair challenge of 3 on 1 because it had logically been a very long time since he'd been hurt makes reasonable sense on a basic surface level. he's then over it by the time maeve makes him bleed and carries on bleeding, and now butcher's dying and is the most vulnurable and literally weak because he's sick of the bunch, so... headcanons? headcanons are fine but let's not forget reality and then laugh at the people who remember it.

and if you had just asked me why i even brought up lovely amazing beautiful cishet women (not at all sarcastic, see above purple posts), instead of YET AGAIN. ASSUMING MY INTENT AND PUTTING A LOAD OF CRAP IN MY MOUTH. you can have that back by the way, what the actual fuck is wrong with you??

or for clarification on why i brought it up? i could have TOLD YOU MYSELF. because unlike SOME PEOPLE, when someone just ASKS a question or gives a neutral or even heated response? I DON'T ASSUME HOSTILITY OR TAKE IT PERSONALLY FROM THEM LIKE IT'S A FUCKING SPORT.

fact (and correct me if i'm wrong): majority of people participating in shipping fandom are cishet women.

this is a simple fact, it doesn't mean anything beyond that, i specifically said both times there's nothing wrong with this.

a majority of people are cishet, so this is to be expected. it still doesn't mean there's anything wrong with the people.

fact: society has issues, ideas, and expectations that affect and harm us all. cishet, or queer. and these issues will and do present themselves in fandom and fan fictions whether we realize that or not. heteronormativity would be one of those. misogyny is another.

and one of my kinks is challenging that, or at least the way i see to challenge that while dunking on redpill idealogy and toxic masculinity because i fucking can.

and i just LOVE how you tout about having the "pReTtY cOmMoN" perception which newsflash, YOU ARE NOT IMMUNE TO HETERONORMATIVE IDEAOLOGY IF YOU THINK TOXIC MASCULINITY IS A REASON A MAN WOULD NEVER BOTTOM. you'd be surprised what people could get up to behind closed doors. but then you turn around and not only put more words in my mouth, enable anon to put words in my mouth, discourage getting a direct answer from me, accuse me and my friends of being the type to randomly accuse someone else of doxxing??? wtf even is that.

and of course. given your 'pretty common' perception being the total opposite of heteronormativity, it MUST mean that society has resolved all of its issues and come to accept queer people exactly as they are in all forms with no expectations or interference whatsoever, oh yeah. places like florida or uganda just totally don't exist. the u.s. isn't on the verge of becoming an actual fascist hellhole for us, and it is TOTALLY just... no one oppresses us. no one.

ESPECIALLY not the cishets.

and despite all the evidence to the contrary, you especially have done nothing wrong here and its all in my head. is that right? can you clarify for me? do you think that my situations have put zero pressure on me in my day to day life? on my friends' lives? do you think you didn't add to that? do you think you and company are the only ones that feel or react like humans?

imagine being so far up your own ass you tell the queer HOW to queer. or at least be a GOOD queer, right?

oh, i'm sorry let me not put words in your mouth. you were of course only laughing at me behind my back for the 'anti-cishet' things i never said.

and no. OBVIOUSLY i wasn't saying any of the shit you accused. i was saying i prefer SUBVERSIVE themes when i do my tops and bottoms and a more detailed look at that can be found in my purple all over responses or just the posts themselves, but if you still want to ask me anyway, i'll answer to the best of my ability.

and what a coincidence that despite you understanding top/bottom not just being related to penetration and some people will feel certain dynamics may be reductive, how ironic that you couldn't possibly fathom that as one of my main complaints.

you don't WANT to actually understand. you just wanted a circle jerk of confirmation bias.

this anon hit the nail on the fucking head. and you wanted to fight them?? i could have overlooked this but i wanted to touch on something really important because i don't know what anon may have seen but i once saw you answer an ask about homelander's redeemability and you cited "tough love" as a means to get there.

and as a former addict and narcissistic abuse survivor (specifying for context), i can tell you first hand "tough love" is not a real thing, and it's not discipline either because that requires teaching and providing tools for rehabilitation. but don't just take my word for it.

from a psychological perspective and to hear actual professionals go over the concept? "tough love" not only DOESN'T work. it is an excuse to be nasty and abusive to someone under the guise that you are only doing it to help them, when all it really does is make you an abusive fuck.

this would be why the SHOW had HOMELANDER of all people saying it, why what billy did to ryan is presented the way it was with HUGHIE of all people, the guy who was at the time dealing with a huge wad of toxic masculinity issues up his ass, 'got it'. and even BUTCHER'S DAD is presented as the piece of shit that he is who gladly passed on his curse to butcher like it was a 'gift'.

even the comics got this when they present butcher doing his scumlord over 9000 move to hughie and annie saying "cruel to be kind" about his own bullshit. no. no no no. he did NOT do that for hughie's well being. he did it for himself because he was a selfish prick.

and i want to be clear. i am being an asshole here and i fully recognize that. that's for ME to feel better because i am fed up with your bullshit. because you have spent your time poking and prodding me for a hostile reaction. well congrats motherfucker. you got it.

and there ain't NO fucking love there.

i won't be your enemy. but i am NOT your friend either. clearly YOU wouldn't want that anyway.

but because i always have to add in that disclaimer for basic human decency? EVEN WITH HOW I FEEL and what the actual science says about "tough love", i would still never tell someone they can't use it in fiction, presented as a toxic kink or whatever the fuck else. even if it triggers me. even if i have a thousand different reasons to criticize it and voice that in a separate space.

people can do whatever the fuck they want and i can't control that. neither can you.

but i don't have to engage with the content or speak positively on it or keep my mouth shut, and i'm not gonna harrass people or pull the kind of insidious bullshit you do either.

at the end of the day, this is fiction. and if you feel the need to run an entire fucking smear campaign about me over fiction and preferences??

stop lying about me

stop putting words in my mouth

stop talking about me behind my back

stop predetermining who i am for me

stop assuming hostility when i will flat out tell you my intent and you can just ask, that doesn't just go for me.

stop fucking gatekeeping and gaslighting.

I DON'T HAVE A DISHONESTY PROBLEM LIKE SOME PEOPLE.

and fuck you.

neither me nor any of my friends or these anons are crazy and i will not sit around while you try to fucking gaslight me or anyone else. try it again, i fucking dare you.

bottom billy lovers existing is not an attack on you. it never was. you don't own the tags. FUCKING DEAL.

this behavior? is UNNACCEPTABLE.

as for fandom? a few more things i want to cover. i couldn't have said it better than a friend of mine who while a little hectic and crazy sometimes, has been nothing but a sweetheart<3 that i just want to encourage and motivate to art or post pictures of her billy butcher kitty babygirl incarnate but unfortunately due to circumstances may be regressing back into her shell.

a message i will never stop promoting, whatever iteration it comes in, whenever it comes up.

i may disagree with what you are saying or doing, but as long as you are not harming anyone, i will fight wholeheartedly for your right to say or do so.

that is the philosphy of true freedom, THAT is what i subscribe to. and it pisses me the fuck off when i see people trying to punish or hurt people for things that hurt no one. we don't get to decide how other people want to live their lives. we can only navigate and hope we might find a friend along the way.

and THAT is the single greatest picture of captain america ever fucking created. no i will take dissenting opinions.

in regards to assumed hostility or hostile attribution bias, a more lighthearted and easily digestable demonstration is below.

gais... just don't do it. don't automatically assume that someone means you harm or pain simply because they disagree with you. this is what leads to more problems. this is what leads to human tribalism. this is what divides us. this is what destroys us. this is what leads to wars. fandom shipping bullshit or otherwise.

the fucking stupidest invention of humanity, fought over goddamn unholy wads of paper and scribbles of ink because people couldn't accept that their ideas weren't accepted by everyone else, and anyone who didn't fall in line got the axe. or alienated. or excommunicated. or accused of being a witch. or whatever.

but this is the kinda shit we need to nip in the bud at the most basic level we can, every time we can.

it's called intolerance of the intolerant. and it's how we stop hatred from fostering and the intolerance being tolerated and eventually taking over.

because assumed hostility? it IS intolerance.

people are not made from ideas, it's the people who make or break the ideas, not the other way around. and ideas can change.

that should never be seen as a bad thing because it's necessary for positive changes and better understanding as time goes on.

challenge yourselves and the way you think, listen to newcomers and welcome them, have healthy discussions, learn to agree to disagree. it's not that hard.

and i know, i get it. it's not easy, not that simple either. everyone's on edge, people are sickly addicted to hatred and anger because they are EASY. giving in to them doesn't require self control or any form of discipline, it is as simple as instinct. it IS instinct. but if humanity has ANY hope of moving forward?

we HAVE to learn to give people the benefit of a doubt. we HAVE to learn to listen to each other, *actually* listen and hear *exactly* what others are saying. HAVE to learn to identify the difference between a differing *non-hostile* opinion and actual *intolerance*

because the world has already seen what happens when we FAIL and eventually we WILL run out of chances to get it right.

please at least TRY to give the benefit of the doubt in an appropriate situation.

i'll lead by example.

keys? even you. even now, i'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt DESPITE how you've treated me AND my friends now. because MAYBE you were actually key in the sketch and just having a bad day each time we interacted or MAYBE you have some sort of trauma getting triggered whenever you see my shit or we interact or whatever the fuck it could be, MAYBE you are feeling the pressures of a self discovery coming out journey and it's manifesting badly (yes i did notice that and if this is the case i would still wish you nothing but good will and luck with that, not sarcastic), or some combination, there's a million reasons and i don't know you, so i'm not going to assume or say anything for certain.

unlike some people.

but i don't think you're stupid. on the contrary, looking at your posts, my first 'assumption' was that you are actually very well educated and were just enjoying having fun and being silly. later and based on some things i saw, it occured to me that your education/upbringing may put you at odds or at a disadvantage with connecting with people online or having them understand you, that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with you or them, it just means you're speaking different languages.

even the "tough love" thing could be a miscommunication/malapropism. it could also be internal denial because you had a loved one do that to you and still haven't come to terms with the actual abuse you were experiencing because "they knew best"

i've been there. but maybe i'm the one who's projecting just to give you the benefit of a doubt. is it fair for me to take out my own frustrations on random people? fuck to the NO. which is why i TRY regularly to keep that shit in line and my life private.

so i absolutely will not excuse you for being so blatantly dishonest about me either behind my back or to my face because even if you do think i'm being hostile (when i'm not), there's no excuse for that. no, i wouldn't excuse myself either.

that needs to stop in a general sense, and i know you KNOW you are doing that because you'd have to *actually* be the biggest fucking illiterate moron on the planet to not know at this point.

especially when i reached out to you before to try and resolve this calmly and you ignored me and then continued lying about me, yucking it up with anons and buddies like high school mean girls. officially. unironically. instead of doing an ounce of self reflecting.

and i didn't include those messages, but the continued disingenuity and callous misrepresentation is there. and especially the carving into my character to define me however you want without giving me a voice to speak for myself.

stop it. you know it. i know it. maybe you think i'm some country bumpkin cousin hick fucker who happens to conveniently be queer but is remarkably stupid or an easy target.

and maybe i am stupid for ever giving you the benefit of a doubt, but you don't get to rob me of my humanity or basic courtesy.

because YOU'RE human too. and you have a right to your thoughts and feelings and opinions, and i get that, and i support it

even if by some fucking bizarre coocoo for cocoa puffs alternate reality, butchlander were to become canon the way I saw it? i wouldn't gloat or celebrate or try to rub it in your face.

I would encourage you to keep liking what you like and keep being yourself, maybe even harder than before.

even knowing you wouldn't do the same for me. at least from personal experience. see any of the above. and if you think i'm a self righteous prick for it, so fucking be it.

but if you're going to be an asshole? at least own the fuck up to it.

oh, and by the way? i now headcanon that billy butcher once a month puts on a full body gimp suit and with ball gag to do some strange kinda unholy shit with fruit OR veggies (never both), and it HAS to be a waning crecent moon, because i fucking can. and you can't stop me. ;)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

gais... don't immediately assume hostility. please. i know tone can be hard to interpret through writing or typic and emojis help, and yeah, i know i can jump the gun too. but i try to take things told to me at face/basic value or read them in a neutral tone and i think it helps too.

but we should never be judging anyone before we know them.

#the boys #homelander #billy butcher #butchlander #bullying #abuse #trauma #hostile attribution bias #disinformation #dishonesty #disingenuous #fans behaving badly #psa #critical thinking #misrepresentation #human decency #shipping discourse #long post #kink shaming

[borisbubbles]

Eurovision 2024: #22

22. MOLDOVA Natalia Barbu - "In The Middle" 31st place

Decade Ranking: 78/153 [Above Anxela, below La Zarra]

Inconsistency strikes again! Let's talk about Moldova.

I'll be honest - "In the middle" lives up to it's title. It's so... mid? mid as in "mediocre", not "median". It's uninspired generic ethnopulp, a massive downgrade from "Fight".

And yet, it's always been a notionally funny entry for me. It started at the NF, where Natalia beat Valeria Pasha and the two IMMEDIATELY entered an embittered, catty fued (the type you'd see on Big Brother between the first and second boot), where Valeria, who had won the televote, accused Natalia of bribing the juries and the TV station to declare the tiebreaker in her favour.

And then TVM came with these receipts:

ACCUSING NATALIA OF CHEATING WHILE SHE WAS CHEATING HERSELF ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤

Additionally, "In the Middle"'s chorus -the lyrics are otherwise 90% jibbertalk disguised as English- read like a Japanese water demon commanding her children into contentment. Oh to hear these sweet words be performed with barely restrained menace.

I WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY ALL OF YOUR LIFE 👹👹👹 MY BEAUTIFUL ANGEL MY WORK OF ART 👹👹👹

YOU WILL BE HAPPY DAMMIT!!! YOU WILL BE OR ELSE I BRING OUT THE BAT WITH THE NAIL IN IT!!!

Other than that, :crickets: I had nothing to give Natalia, and she gave nothing to me other than the hope she wouldn't get into the way of Raiven's qualification.

But then she showed up in Malmö making FACES AND GESTURES, and it was SENDING ME.

and then she proceeded to be swallowed up by an LED backdrop, the pure unfiltered distraction of PRETTY COLOURS, VOTE FOR ME!!!

(except for the wings they were HIDEOUS)

It was fairly emblematic of Natalia's psyche and attitude towards the song - she genuinely thought she had something good on her hands ♥ DELUSIONAL CRAZY BITCH ♥

Fortunately the ONLY way this entry works as an enjoyable piece is if you see it as a crazy lady doing weird smarmy things on the stage against a cute-creepy backdrop, and that ticks it off as "Good Filler" to me. It's tame for Moldovan standards but, yeah I could dig it ironically, and even unironically sure. She needed to NQ and she did, so no complaints from me.

Once she NQ'd Natalia showed her TRUE Oni colours by ranting about HOW THIS CONTEST IS NOT ABOUT SONGS, IT IS POLITICAL, and provided her elimination as evidence. This ofc... makes her even more of an ironic fave :GASP: bet ur shocked. Like the zionists that posted splitscreens of Eden and Bambie capped "has there ever been a more obvious showcase of Good vs Evil?", she was technically correct and yet so deeply mistaken due to a complete LACK of selfawareness. ♥

In Natalia's mind she was robbed because she wasn't A NUDIST OR A DEMON.

In reality, she died because her song was irredeemably hopeless and she tried to patch it up with expensive LEDs ♥ She died *because* she attempted to divert attention away from her song while competing in a song contest and wasn't in a position to be carried by her flag ♥ RIP my sweet unselfaware delusional queen ♥

THE RANKING

#eurovision #eurovision song contest #borisbubbles #esc #Eurovision 2024 #ESC 2024 #Moldova #Natalia Barbu #In the middle #Youtube

[1986harrington]

DAY TWO: Scary Movie

“I’m just offering a solution that gets us both what we want.” You defend yourself, your voice laced with mock offence as you pull back slightly to look back up at him. “Hm? And what’s that, then?” “I get to watch Nightmare on Elm Street, and you get laid."

“Steve, you can’t be serious! It’s Halloween, for Christ sake.” You whine, reaching up to snatch the well-watched copy of Risky Business out of his hand.

“So? Who says you can't watch Tom Cruise on Halloween?” Your boyfriend counters, lifting the tape higher above his head and out of your reach.

“I do,” You say with a huff and a roll of your eyes, arms crossing your chest in a move that closely resembles a child having a tantrum.

“What exactly have you got against Tom Cruise? It’s like you hate the guy or something.”

“He’s just so… Tom Cruise.” You reply with a melodramatic shudder. “I don’t know how else to explain it.”

“Right, because that’s a totally logical response.” Steve drawls sarcastically, a quick kiss pressed endearingly to your cheek as he slips past you and behind the counter, proceeding to check the movie out of the store despite your protests.

“You know what I mean.” You mumble, giving a half-hearted attempt at avoiding his kiss by turning your face away, exasperated at his stubbornness.

“I really don’t, baby.” He says with a laugh, and the sound warms your chest and irritates you all at once.

“Steeeeve!” You complain, head dropping back with a frustrated groan. “You’ve seen that dumb movie a million times. Please can we watch something scary just this once? It’s festive!”

“Festive?” Steve chokes out an empty laugh. “What’s festive about a creepy dude with blades for fingers hunting you down in your sleep?”

You watch him for a second, calculating your next move as he types away into the computer. A few seconds later, the old printer on the far side of counter begins churning out his receipt and he turns his back to you to retrieve it.

You decide to switch tactics, making your way over to him and snaking your arms around his waist, the side of your cheek warm as it presses between his shoulder blades.

“You should be grateful for Freddy Krueger and his weird blade hands.” You talk into his shirt, voice slightly muted by the fabric but you feel him relax against you and you know you're on your way to winning this one.

“Yeah?” Steve laughs, turning in your arms to face you, hands smoothing over your hair and tilting your head back until you're staring up at him with big doe eyes and a pout. Suddenly he’s thinking it would’ve been easier to win this argument if he’d kept his back to you.

“And why’s that, pretty girl?”

“Because,” You drawl, voice all low and sweet and enticing as your hands roam up and down his back over his shirt, causing a deep, satisfied sound to leave his lips.

“I might talk a big game, but eventually, when all the blood and screaming gets too much, I’m gonna want you to hold me…”

You push up on your toes, tucking your face into the space between his neck and shoulder, letting your lips ghost over his pulse point as you speak.

“...and kiss me.” You add, lips pressing softly against the warm skin of his throat.

“Maybe even lay me down and distract me.” Your mouth travels higher, painfully slowly until your lips are brushing his ear. “Make me feel safe and protected and good.”

You graze your teeth over his earlobe, a trick that you know sends a shiver down his spine every time and suddenly his hold around your waist is tighter, and by the feel of him pressed up against you, so are his jeans.

“You always make me feel so good, Stevie.”

You mouth along his jaw, voice barely above a whisper, nails digging into his back through his shirt and his hands are sliding down to your ass and squeezing you over the denim of your jeans.

“You’re such a little brat,” He groans against your ear, but there’s no malice in it, only admiration. “You really can’t stand not getting your own way, huh?”

He feels you smile against his neck, your arms wrapping around him and pressing you both together even closer than before.

“I’m just offering a solution that gets us both what we want.” You defend yourself, your voice laced with mock offence as you pull back slightly to look back up at him.

“Hm? And what’s that, then?”

“I get to watch Nightmare on Elm Street, and you get laid. If we do things your way, I’ll be asleep halfway through the movie and you’ll be left-”

“Sold,” Steve cuts you off, pressing a kiss to your lips before reaching behind himself and crumpling up the receipt for the order he just made.

“Nightmare on Elm Street it is.”

#1986harrington’s mystery promptober 🎃 #steve harrington x reader #steve harrington x you #steve harrington x y/n #steve harrington fluff #steve harrington smut #steve harrington fic #steve harrington

[theartistaslisalee]

Beware Art Commission Scams

So last week I got a DM from a lady who wanted to commission me four paintings of her son's puppy, and offered $500 for it. Since i've never had any offers for commission before, and I had been floating plans to start an art commission business I thought this would be great opportunity to get a start on it. I spent a week on the paintings, would periodically send her progress reports on it, then came time to deliver it via email and take the payment. At first I emailed only two of the paintings and then asked for the payment before I would send the rest. She sent the $500 via Paypal, and then I started getting emails from Paypal that the payment has been put on hold because I had exceeded the limit on my account and was not verified as Business User. They said I need to contact the lady to send additional payment to my account in order to expand my limit, and then I was to refund that amount back to her afterwards. I didn't think too deep into this, so I did as told. A day later I received an email confirming that I have been upgraded to Business User status and to send them receipt of the refund I had made to them in order to fully process the transaction. As I did I get yet another email telling me now that I had to pay an additional $550 for an Insurance Activation Fee that they apparently took from the sender's account and I would have to refund it back to her, in order to receive payment. This was when i started getting suspicious; on top of that the lady who had commissioned me was DM'ing me pretty non-stop about the status of the payment and refund, so I went and did some digging. I logged into my Paypal account to inquire about that Business User Status and I did not find anything about it, nor was there any notification about a hold on my account. I contacted Customer service and sent them screenshots of the emails I had received and they confirmed that this was not theirs and that I needed to report these emails for Phishing.

So now I'm sitting here zapped of my spirits and letting it sink in that I've just been a victim of yet another scam and that I've wasted a good week and energy on those paintings that will now just sit in the closet rotting away. I've lost $400 over that account limit thing, but I hope to dispute it with my bank, thank goodness at least I did not send that additional $500+ for that insurance fee. Don't know what will happen now, but I think I need to get this out and let you all know of such scam. I learned this is nothing new and there has been many art commission scams not just on Instagram but on other social media platforms as well, but it seems this particular one I just experienced is not well known as I had yet to find any stories about it. So please take precaution when taking art commissions, if you ever get an email from Paypal that looks like anything I had described here DO NOT fall for it, report it ASAP.

#art #commission #scam #fraud #instagram #beware of scams #instagram scam #paypal scam #paypal #art scams

[iguessitsjustme]

Big Dragon Ep 5 Thoughts

-This continues to be the only show I do this for. It greatly increases my enjoyment of the show to post like this and I cannot explain why. I wish y’all could see and hear my reactions in real time though because they’re kind of hilarious. Anyway time for my favorite assholes!

-I cannot lie. I love this opening song. And the visuals. It has no business being this good. 

-Unrelated but the wind is so strong right now I’m pretty sure it just blew through my building. I felt a breeze and a receipt blew across my table and onto my floor. I should probably be concerned but this is one of those situations where I have no control so whatever is gonna happen is gonna happen and there’s no use stressing about it. I’ll probably be fine.

-Oh so Mangkorn was telling her no and she wasn’t listening. I mean he could have removed her at any time but I don’t blame him for wanting her to LISTEN. Considering this show started with a mutual sexual assault there is an insanely good amount of consent. 

-This is no longer the Bad Buddy song. The soundtrack has changed. Love that. 

-Of COURSE it starts raining. Why wouldn’t it? 

-YES. KEEP PUNCHING EACH OTHER. VIOLENCE. 

-Oh look. They’re fucking again. Thought it was weird that it was taking so long for them to fuck again. *eats Cheetos*

-Oh no not the model!

-Can he cook for me? 

-Oh this is so sweet. He made Yai a dish his mother used to make for him when we all know Yai has been particularly missing his mother lately. A mother’s love comes in all forms. 

-Aw they’re treating each other’s wounds. That they caused. They really went from punching each other in the face to fucking with no steps in between. 

-They make each other better and they make each other worse.

-For the love of god, please do not just throw away the sd card with your sex tape on it. If you want it gone, properly destroy it. Who knows who will go digging through yall’s trash. 

-Are they communicating? What’s happening. Or their version of communicating.

-These boys always eat seaweed snacks. What would happen if I fed them a cheeto?

-Y’all literally just had an intense fucking session and y’all are shocked by the kiss while eating the seaweed? 

-Caught in the ACT.

-I may or may not be in love with Mangkorn’s mother. Her facial expressions are sending me. I’ve been launched into orbit. I want to go get drinks with this woman. 

-At least they weren’t having sex when she walked in. Can you IMAGINE?

-Y’all really broke everything while fucking. His mom was probably concerned. Probably thought he’d been robbed or was hurt. And she comes home to find y’all kissing over some seaweed.

-BODYGUARDS. They don’t video call from the void like Yai’s father. Seriously. Why did he call from the void?

-The amount I love Park and Pong is absurd.

-None of these three know how to clean. 

-Boy was thinking about dick while eating that corn dog. Horny jail. 

-Oh here comes the drama. It’s payback for making me watch you thinking about dick while eating that corn dog with my own two eye holes . It’s KARMA. 

-Please for the love of god, let Hong be a lesbian. It’s all I want. 

-Mangkorn, let me help you with your words “I do not like Hong. We grew up together and are close. There is some family stuff I need to sort out before I can tell you more, but I don’t like her and she doesn’t like me.” There done. You don’t gotta tell him everything but geez you gotta give him something. He’s an insecure little baby. 

-Is this…communication? 

-This scene is too long. It’s too long of just people standing on talking. 

-They're just hurting each other. But this time with words instead of fists. 

-Oh no. No no no no no no no. You stop that. You put that microphone down. Don’t make me go over there. If you start singing I swear to god

-Yai is such a little drama queen. 

-DO NOT SING. WHY. WHAT DID I DO TO DEAERVE THIS. 

-Fast forwarding is the best thing that’s ever happened.

-You see. This is why you shouldn’t give a drunk person a microphone.

-That caterpillar is so random. 

-Nine is cute. He’s too nice for Yai though. Only Mangkorn for Yai. Only assholes for assholes. 

-This scene is so precious though. Of course Mangkorn is gonna catch them kissing. Are they kissing? Where else would the drama come from? His arranged marriage? No that would be too obvious. 

-End of episode. Next week looks promising. Love that for us. 

#big dragon #big dragon the series #big dragon bl #i really didn't expect to love this show so much but here i am

[dojae-huh]

hii, i have this thing where i would like to know your opinion on this thought...

So, it's always making me confused like when dojae went to dream's concert back then on sept 2022, they were the only one who brought the dreamies vitamins while actually there were taeil, sungchan, and shotaro as well in the concert.

Like why? Why only dojae who brought it?

And then the way they left the venue before the concert ends.

To me it's just sooo suspicious, like why??!

The fact that actually it was on chuseok holiday days and on the next day DY make a Q&A on his ig and there's a picture where he kinda show his blanket.

It makes me feel like HHHMMM??!!

That's why i kinda made my own conclusion that maybe Dojae really went to the concert together in one car, not with the managers or the rest of the members and maybe they stopped for a while and bought the dreamies vitamins. They left first maybe it's because they wanted to have dinner(?) and after that Jae sent Doyo to Guri to meet his parents and spend chuseok with them.

I think i'm just too delusional HAHAHA

Anyway, I really want to hear your opinion hehehehe and sorry for my bad english:(( i hope you understand what i write here :))

I was distracted in September of 2022, so I had to dig the info. I've found that is was Renjun who mentioned the vitamins.

First of all, Taeil doesn't really like to buy anything for neos. He does it sometimes, but he is nowhere close to Doyoung, so even neos excuse him.

Sungchan and Shotaro are younger members and were a late addition. They can give something as friends, but it is not expected and not obligatory. Dreamies are their sunbaes. Meanwhile JaeDo are hyungs, who must take care of their dongsaengs.

JaeDo do a lot of things together, and dreamies regularly let us know.

Jaehyun sending off or even visiting with Doyoung for Chuseok is a solid idea, because he did it in earlier years. And his closeness to one of Do's cousins proved he is welcomed by the extended family. Jae's father works in Daegu, his mother probably lives there as well. Meanwhile, Guri is much closer to Seoul, only 1 hour drive. I also think it's less safe to visit Daegu (as a couple), as there are more potential fans, and the father is a professor at a Uni, he is more noticeable himself.

So yes, driving to Guri, paying respect to Kims, spending some quality couply time in quiet parks and cafes, and then driving to Daegu to visit his own parents seems logical.

I mean, Kim mother taught Jae how to cook a dish back in trainee days, right now she has even more reason to pass on more household receipts, haha.

#ask me away #i'll be your morning star

[ciaossu-imagines]

mini event - Eyeshield 21 with Retail Workers AU. Thank you sooo much

Oh, this was such a fun AU! Thank you, anon dear, for sending it in and I hope you'll enjoy the headcanons and the AU I came up with, though they are late getting to you!

Okay, I'm going to really show my age here, but I definitely grew up with mall culture of a sort, with malls being a pretty big deal and somewhere you went to hang out with your friends. Add to that the fact that as a Canadian teen, the show 6teen was a pretty big thing (anyone else remember that one?) for me. Hell, to this day, I still go to the mall and hang out and shop or window-shop with friends.

So, when thinking about this AU, I knew how I had to take this all. I mean, I have wayyyy too much retail sales experience and it probably would have been easier to really just focus on everyone working in, say, a Wal-Mart or an IKEA and all that, but I wanted to add a sort of extra layer.

So basically, I set this AU in a mega-mall. Basically, all of the teams sort of work in the different shops within the mall. Because of that, they're all really used to seeing each other, day in and day out, because they all are in the mall at least four to five days out of the week, they probably all eat in the food court for the most part and they all frequent each other's stores because it's just easier to do your shopping after work than go out and run errands on your days off. So everyone is at least surface familiar with everyone else and there's kind of fun little rivalries between the staff in the different stores within the mall, made even more so by the fact that the corporation that owns the mall holds a year-long contest for the 'best store in the mall', where the staff in whatever store has the best sales and customer service reviews on those stupid receipt surveys wins this grand prize. Last year, every staff member of Charms Diamond Center got a paid weekend trip to be used within the year. So the competition really ramps up that existing friendly rivalry and can actually turn it a lot less friendly at times.

So, we'll begin, most naturally with the canonical team of the Deimon Devil Bats. In this particular AU setting, I kind of see everyone as the staff in a sporting goods store…I'm such a dork that I actually based this mall and it's various stores on a map I pulled up of one of the mall's in my original province's major city malls, so for me, I'm kind of imagining it as a Cabela's on steroids, haha.

Anyway, for some reason that nobody at all can figure out, Hiruma is actually the store's manager. He scares most of the employees, especially since he seems to be able to dig up blackmail on most of them (and definitely stalks their social media) that he definitely uses to his advantage to get them to do what he wants them to do - which is whatever amuses him most, not really what the store actually needs. Add to that that Hiruma always schedules himself in the hunting section of the store, particularly behind the gun counter. The amount of knowledge that boy has with not only guns, but hunting knives, bow and arrows, and crossbows, and the ease with which he handles them kind of makes him all the more terrifying to the staff members.

The store's assistant store manager is Mamori and she's actually the one who ends up doing almost all the work, to be honest. Hiruma hates paperwork and boring things like keeping track of everyone's availability, so while he does create the schedule and decides where in the store everyone will be working any particular day, he leaves the human resources type stuff to Mamori, who double-checks the schedule, who makes sure everyone is getting their breaks properly, who deals with the customers who need to talk to a manager because those are all parts of the job Hiruma just does not give a shit about and honestly, she handles it wonderfully and is the first person the staff go to if they have actual issues or even just need a listening shoulder because working retail fucking sucks at times.

Sena is the newest staff member, only a few weeks fresh into his new job, and he is honestly both enjoying his new job and equally exhausted and terrified. The customers can be absolutely horrendous or the nicest people and that's not even going into how weird (and sort of wonderful) his coworkers are. Sena becomes one of the main three cashiers for the store and he's on the front lines of dealing with the customers. His work days are always hectic, always long, and sometimes incredibly brutal, especially if he gets a customer who wants to be a dick to him. Thank god he actually quite gets along with the other cashiers, because good coworkers can really make a shift so much better.

His fellow cashiers? Monta and Taki. Monta becomes Sena's work bestie and the two of them can get in some trouble from both Mamori and Hiruma for goofing off a little up by the cashes, especially if there's not a lot of customers around, because they should be tidying up and facing products up by the cashes but instead they're normally talking or playing around. And while Taki seems an unlikely fit for cash, or for the other boys to get along with him as well as they do, the fact of the matter is that Taki gives absolutely superb customer service and for some reason, even the most pissy of customers can't seem to stay mad at him. He always seems to be able to talk down angry customers and swoops in to save both Sena and Monta from rude customers often enough that the other boys really appreciate having Natsuhiko around, even despite the boy being a little loud and eccentric.

There is one additional cashier. Kind of. Yukimitsu mans the store's customer service desk, where customers go to process returns, to escalate complaints, or just because they're too lazy and entitled to bear standing in line for more than one minute. Honestly, Yukimitsu should be anywhere else in the store. He really should. He's not the greatest at customer service and he's always a nervous wreck but he also works so incredibly hard and his nearly encyclopedic knowledge of the store's policies, procedures, return processes, layout, and stock actually means that, while the customer's might not always like his answers, he never gives them the wrong answer and offers them every possibility in place.

Kurita and Komusubi act as the store's main receiving and inventory team. Everything being ordered into the store, everything going in and out, it all goes through these two. Jolly and good-natured, Kurita tends to be a favourite of every staff member in the store. He's one of the few that never gets bullied by Hiruma, not really, and he's actually known to be really good friends with both Hiruma and Musashi outside of the store, often seen eating or hanging out with them.

Speaking of Musashi, he really only works part-time. Most of the time he's busy helping out his family's construction business and his job at the store is really only to help him earn some extra money so that he can save up for things he wants or needs. He gets a lot of leeway from the management with how picky he is about his schedule, especially because, when he is at work, Musashi works hard and always steps in to help any of the other departments with issues. He's also the staff member who really doesn't seem to care at all about any rivalries with the staff from the other stores and who doesn't seem to give two spits about any competition.

Getting those goods out onto the shelves and the floor? It's the responsibility of the Ha-Ha Bros, three best friends from childhood who all joined the staff around the same time. These guys really just focus on getting stuff out on the floor and Mamori has actually asked all three of them, several times over, to find a sales associate from one of the departments should a customer ever so much as speak to one of the bros, because all three of them deliver the worst customer service ever. Kuroki in particular has actually had a full on fist fight with a customer he thought was being rude to him.

Taki, the cashier? His younger sister also works at the store with him…and asks that she not be assigned the same area or shifts as him because boy, though they love each other, those two can bicker and they can't seem to concentrate on their jobs with the other around to distract them. Suzuna gets assigned as floor support and sale in the outdoor recreation section, especially with the bikes, roller skates, and such.

Satake, Yamaoka, and Omosadake all work as floor support and sale in the Home & Décor section. Satake specializes in outdoor toys and recreation…a little too much. He'll sometimes unbox stuff and set it up, playing it with coworkers and even sometimes with customers that seem cool, much to Mamori's displeasure and Hiruma's amusement (because Hiruma is definitely playing and rubbing Satake's face in it when Hiruma beats him, which he does, every time). Yamaoka seems to have to deal with outdoor home decor most often and he frequently complains about how tiresome, boring, and dumb that section is, especially when he has to build and accessorize floor displays of the products. Omosadake, meanwhile, loves the decor section. He'll go to the back to grab overstock, especially for bedding, and hours later someone will find him asleep with his head on a throw pillow or one of those bed in a bags. Nobody's quite sure why he hasn't been fired yet, but he hasn't.

Ishimaru exists. Literally, he is a staff member but almost everyone forgets him, including his own coworkers and his managers, so he just kind of chills over in the hunting section, where he helps a surprising amount of customers build their blinds and suggests camouflaging techniques.

I won't get as into the ins and outs of how each person functions in their workplace and all the little interconnected relationships for the other teams, but definitely want to kind of talk about how each of them fit into the mall, where they all work and such.

So, along with the fast-food places in the main food court, this mall has a couple sit-down restaurants as well. One's a sports bar that serves food, probably like a Don Cherry's or some shit like that. But the other one is one of those 'fun' themed restaurants, where the staff have to dress up like knights or in medieval style dress while serving the customers. If your guess as to who works there were the Ojo White Knights members, you're absolutely correct. Sakuraba is the most popular waiter they have because of his looks, because honestly, he's not the greatest at his job and gets flustered and stressed easily, though he does try hard. Takami really manages the floor, while also helping serve, man the hostess section and whatever else needs to be done. Shin, in contrast to Sakuraba, is the least popular waiter because he's really not great at being friendly, but is actually exceptional at his job - everyone gets their food in a speedy manner, everyone's orders are correct, everything is perfect as far as the order and speed of service goes…he just really sucks at dealing with people. Ootawara and Ikari are part of the kitchen staff, for those wondering.

Okay, I admit that this placement makes no fucking sense whatsoever and is done just because the very idea of it makes me so very, very amused. The Shinryuji Naga team from canon work at a Spencer's. Just full stop, they all do. It's hit or miss if Agon shows up for his shift and he really just uses his job as an excuse to hit on women, particularly hanging around the sex toy section of the store and pretending to need to stock stuff around there or provide customer service to someone in that area. Unsui is just horrified by almost everything the store sells, doesn't much care for the customers, and is miserable but he needs the money to save for a car and college so he does the job and does it so well that he gets promoted to supervisor. The Saiyuki brigade and Yamabushi really do most of the floor work and Ikkyu is the other cashier and sales person really, a kind of happy medium between Agon and Unsui in terms of work ethic and how good he actually is at the job.

The Seibu Wild Gunmen work in a western wear store inside the mall. Kid is technically the store's supervisor and don't get me wrong, he doesn't mind doing his job, but as soon as his job is done, he just kind of wants to take it easy for the rest of his shift. Given that between Tetsuma, Riku, and Ushijima, most of the work is really taken care of in a quick and efficient manner, it's not too much of a stretch for Kid to be able to sneak an afternoon nap here and there in back in the office. They're also not really an overly busy store, since it is really a very niche store and overall, Riku's really the only one who cares a lot about the competition so they're probably the most chill about the whole rivalry thing.

The Taiyo Sphinx all work at a tanning salon. Harao, the supervisor, works mostly shirtless and oiled up as a way to advertise how great the salon's products work and how good they can make you look, just a personal headcanon I had for this one.

The Nasa Aliens actually work in a major grocery store chain in the mall. Panther actually works both there part-time and in another chain in the mall part-time, on top of being a student because honestly, he's not from a real well-off family and needs to work hard to survive. It makes the whole competition between stores thing a little harder on him because he loves his coworkers and doesn't mind his job at either place so he can't really figure out which one to stay completely loyal to and he really does just try to do his best while working at either place. Apollo is the store manager, he's not super well-liked among the staff and he's the only one really super into the rivalries, like the one to be mean and nasty and cut-throat about it all. The Gonzales brothers are stock boys, Jeremy works back in the office handling inventory and receiving, while Homer is one of the cashiers.

Another choice done simply because it really amuses me but the Kyoshin Poseidon…they all work at a Wal-Mart. Every single one of them actually hate their day to day jobs, but they're all kind of competitive people and while they never make the rivalries into some mean or cut-throat like the grocery store's manager, they all start putting a lot more effort into their jobs when the competition between stores start in earnest.

Okay, it only makes sense that the Bando Spiders are working in a Sunrise Records, right? Kotaro and Akaba really spend a lot of their shifts together fighting amongst themselves (and Akaba can be more than a little judgey about what the customers are buying) and the supervisor, Juri, really ends up having to make those two shut up, do their work, and be nice to the customers while trying to do her own job. They're not really a huge contender for best store because they just cannot seem to get their own shit together, but it doesn't stop them all from believing they can win it.

The Hakushu Dinosaurs, for again, no reason than that it amuses me, all work in a movie theatre chain located in the mall. Marco and Maria met through work and started dating and she really wishes that he'd stop taking her to the movies for dates because they get enough of that at work. Kisaragi mans the ticket booths more times than not and really gets the major brunt of rude or upset customers, poor guy. Gaou does most of the cleaning, while Tengu is mainly on concession duty.

The Teikoku Alexanders? The all work at a major chain book store, something like a Chapters or along those lines. Yamato is the front store supervisor and he's excellent at both finding good recommendations for people and providing exceptional customer service. There's really not a part of that store that he doesn't know like the back of his hand. Honjo is good at his job, but honestly, he kind of gets distracted and sucked into reading whatever book catches his interest that day and can ignore customers until he finishes whatever page he's on. Karin's specialty is in the graphic novels and manga sections and she's always called whenever people have questions regarding those. Overall, the book store is always one of the most popular places in the mall, helped along by the fact that the Starbucks is located inside the bookstore and they always have fantastic monthly numbers and seem to be the front-runners for winning the competition.

The Pentagram, including Panther in his other part time job, work as tellers in a local banking chain located within the mall. All the staff, with the exception of Panther, really kind of consider themselves above the rest of the mall staff, as they're bank employees and not just lousy retail slaves or janitors or mall security. While the chain in the mall is very popular and has amazing numbers, they're too cocky about winning and it's really just all agreed upon by everyone else in the mall that it would suck to lose, yeah, but it would suck even more to lose to the douches at the bank so they have to at least beat them.

To finish it off with some just random headcanons - Hatsujou works at a Charms Diamond Centre, Rui and Megu work at a Harley Davidson outlet in the mall, Munakata and Aoyanagi work at a natural wellness store, Sasuke Kanagushi works at a Hot Topic, Onihei is supervisor at Bath and Body Works, Kamiya works at the Dairy Queen while Chuubou works at the Starbucks. Riku and Riko Kumabukuro and Machine Gun Sanada work at the Apple Store, Miracle Ito runs a small photography studio located in the mall, Torikichi works part time at Lush, while Rodchenko works security and Henrich Schultz works as a janitor in the mall.

#replies #eyeshield 21 #es21 #headcanons #au headcanons #retail au #deimon devil bats #hiruma youichi #mamori anezaki #sena kobayakawa #monta #natsuhiko taki #suzuna taki #manabu yukimitsu #the haha bros #gen takekura

[seokjinsonlyone]

[open discussion]

topic on tonight’s table???? the tannies in their slut era!!!

like… what do you think they’d be like? why?? like bring the receipts!!! how do you think they’d pick people up? like okay you’re in a bar/club type situation and u see them before they see u what red flags they raising that you bout to ignore before they make you their next target? we can even dig deeper and discuss how are they bringing the “slut” to their everyday life? LETS TALK ABOUT IT!! as always i’ll go first

imma start the chat with hobi bc that’s my life partner nd i just know in his slut era he’d be an absolute menace

EXHIBITS A B AND C I DONT EVEN GOTTA SAY ANYTHING ELSE BUT I WILL like that hand pic will haunt me for the rest of my days like he’s FINE nd he know he fine these are the things that slut hobi would send u talm bout “pov” like he just wants to get u hot nd bothered

I FOUND THIS LOOKING FOR THEM OTHER PICS LIKE THE SHIRT COVERED IN CONDOMS HE DONT CARE BOUT YOUR WELL-BEING FRFR

but what makes him so deadly is that he’s SOOOO nice about it like he’s the type you see at da club and he’s just dancing vibing talking to everyone be and u already know he trouble when u see his jawline but it’s OVER when he come up to u and ask to buy you a drink and next thing you know you’re on the floor dancing with him and next thing you know you waking up in his bed 🤷‍♀️ he would 100% make you breakfast and coffee in the morning and send u off with a kiss and an exchange of numbers he’d even text you later

with this pic “i had fun 😘” and then when you respond with sumn like “me too” he’d leave you on read 🫠 A MENACE

i have SOOOO much more to say but this has gone on too long and i will now pass the mic 🎤 to y’all

#I GOT DISTRACTED WHEN I WAS LOOKING FOR PICTURES IM SORRY #open discussion

[grimkid]

americans love eating a full meal in their parked car | st agatha city (pixy / donny)

Pixy and Donny make a stop on a roadtrip. 1.2k words, implied m/f pairing. Trigger warning for mentions of drugs and descriptions of food.

read it on ao3 | check out st agatha city (tumblr, itch.io) Full fic under the cut!

The night sky is dark, but the overhead lights of the parking lot are more than enough illumination. Pixy wasn’t quite sure where this was going at first. This place, like many places she’s been after her fresh start, is completely new to her, and she’s sure that she would be lost if it weren’t for the automated voice spewing directions from her GPS, cutting harshly through the music that crackles from the car’s speakers. 

That, and of course, Donny, who would regularly call bullshit on said GPS, and tell Pixy to turn at one road or another, claiming it was a faster route. So far, he’d never been wrong, and she partially wondered why he just didn’t give her the directions himself.

 There’s no reason to worry about that anymore, though. They’re a comfortable 125 miles away from St. Agatha City, a little more than a two-hour drive from home. They’re parked in the parking lot of a worn-down-looking McDonald’s restaurant, one of the few cars remaining. Pixy finds this a little odd, especially since the sun has only just gone down, but Donny had assured her that this was standard, especially for this area. When Pixy looks out the window, she can see that the lights in the lobby are dark, the only illumination coming from the kitchen in the back. 

“Wonder why they’re closed so early?” She hums, turning her car off before taking a drink from her cup of Sprite. 

Donny shrugs at this question, reaching into the bag to divvy out the goodies inside. “Never actually seen their front be open before. I can’t say I blame ‘em for not wanting to fuck around with customers in person.”

“How do you think they stay open, then? Surely they can’t make enough to keep it going just on the drive-through alone.”

Donny grins over at Pixy, handing her a container full of french fries. “Well, if you were to ask me, I’d probably tell you it’s just a drug front. Pretty damn good for a McDonald’s, though.” 

“Really? Guess I’ll have to find out!” She grins back over at him, taking a fry out of the container and popping it into her mouth. She chews for a moment, and her eyes go big.

“Oh my god,” She says simply, covering her mouth. “Oh my god. What?”

“Yeah.” Donny nods sagely. 

“Do they, like.. Put the drugs in the fries?” 

He laughs at this, throwing his head back for a moment. “Probably! There’s probably, like, what? A 1:4 cocaine-to-potato ratio.”

“Not even that. It has to be fifty-fifty.” 

Donny shakes his head and continues to dig through the bag, setting Pixy’s food aside on the armrest as he digs for his own. He furrows his brows as he pulls out a box, then nothing else.

“Fuckers forgot the rest of mine. Hold on, I’ll be right back.”

“Wait, what?” Pixy looks over at him, brows raised. “Isn’t the lobby closed? How are you gonna get in there?”

“I mean, the window, obviously. It’s no big deal. It’ll be funny.”

Pixy has to laugh a little, partially out of bafflement that he’d do such a thing without a second thought, and partially out of the knowledge that he will do such a thing without a second thought. She watches as he slides out of the car, receipt in hand, then walks nonchalantly over to the drive-through window..

And deliberately cuts off a car. The vehicle honks to make its displeasure known, but he ignores it in favor of knocking on the window. There’s a bit of back and forth between Donny and the man leaning out the drive-through window, and she can’t tell if it's heated or not, but soon the window closes, and Donny stands at it with his hands on his hips. Then, a hand holding a smaller bag emerges from the window and places it in Donny’s grasp, and he triumphantly turns to face the car. He holds it in the air like a trophy, pointing to it with a big grin on his face, and the act of it all sends Pixy into a peal of laughter.

The car honks once again, and Donny turns around and stares into the front window for a moment. Pixy is unable to tell if he’s doing a bit, but it makes her giggle again all the same. Then, he victoriously trots back over to the car, opening the door and sitting back down. 

“See? No big deal.”

Pixy shakes her head fondly. “You’re crazy.”

They fall into a comfortable silence, punctuated by the munching of their dinner and the occasional passing of another car. 

When she has the majority of her meal down, Pixy looks over at Donny, taking another sip of her drink. “So, like.. You brought me all the way down to this weird little city two hours away from home. Surely we didn’t come down here for some McDonald’s, as good as it may be?”

“Nah,” Donny shakes his head. “I thought I told you about it. There’s this battle of the bands thing that happens every year. Usually, I hitch a ride with someone else and go by myself, but uh. I thought it’d be, um..” He hesitates for a moment as if thinking of the right words to say. “Fun to go to, with you. Even if it sucks, at least it’ll be funny.” 

Pixy’s eyes go big, and she suddenly looks excited. “Really!? Ohmigosh, that’s so cool! I’ve only ever been to a couple of concerts before, so I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like that! Thank you so much for taking me with you!” 

Her excited smile goes soft and fond for a moment. “.. It’s really sweet that you thought of me, Donny.” 

“Ah, well,” Donny averts his gaze at her words, his face suddenly feeling uncomfortably warm. “.. It’s whatever. Besides, everyone else was too lame to go, anyways.”

“So I’m not lame?” Pixy asks teasingly, batting her eyelashes up at Donny in a way that makes him want to squirm.

“Wh-? I mean- obviously not..” Donny trails off, and Pixy places her hand on his shoulder.

“I’m really glad.” She says quietly. 

Part of Donny wants to break the window and shimmy out in a desperate attempt to escape the situation. He does not indulge this thought, however. Instead, he stays frozen, looking down at Pixy silently, unsure of what to say.

He swallows hard, hand nervously coming up and resting on hers. “Y- Yeah.” He replies. “Me too.”

There are a few seconds of thick silence between them as they look up at each other, and in those seconds, anything can happen.

But nothing happens. Pixy’s phone buzzes harshly with a text from her roommate, and it snaps her out of their shared trance to check it. As she does, Donny looks out the window, then at the clock on the stereo.

“Oh, shit. We’d better get moving. We’ve got ten minutes until they start.” He says, giving her a nudge. 

“Oh!” Pixy looks up from her phone to the clock as well. “Oh, you’re right! Whoopsies.” 

She sets her phone back down, her GPS blaring orders to make a left turn, and starts the car. She looks over at Donny, giving him another big grin.

“So.. Battle of the Bands Buds?”

Donny shakes his head and grins.

“Fine, yeah. Battle of the Bands Buds.”

#st agatha city #pixy burrow #donny graden #fanfic #my writing

[reversesymmetry]

Mephisto master post!

I figured I’d make a pinned post with quick info and shit about me, and where to find all my stuff since I’m solely posting the majority of my writing and shit on AO3 now for formatting and my own spoons.

If you want, you can buy me a ko-fi here to help with expenses. Please read the post there as that’s currently standing!

So hi there, I’m Owen. You can call me that, or Mephisto, either one, or any other nickname that tickles your fancy. I write, shitpost, and occasionally doodle, mostly surrounding the Ghost universe.

Hard rules:

Minors DO NOT INTERACT.

I am so deathly serious about this. This is not a space for you. It will not be a space for you until you’re an adult. Ideally, everyone will have their age in their bio but I understand not everyone really wants to do that. This is for my protection. And yeah, I’m an asshole about it, but I have to put me first.

RP blogs: be normal please.

Just please don’t. I’d prefer you just make your own content. You can like and reblog stuff but don’t turn anything I post into an RP thread. I have issues with internet RP communities so I’d just like to be left out of it if possible. Thanks.

You can find me here on Ao3. Currently I only have one ongoing work that isn’t on a permanent hiatus

You can find my HCs here. Anything not marked as ‘defunct hc’ is something that I would consider to be canon in a piece of writing.

I sometimes post short blurbs on here that aren’t long enough to go on Ao3. You can find them here.

I’m always willing to take prompts or ideas on for short writing! You can always send those to me via ask. I also love seeing other people’s writing or HCs, so feel free to send that my way too, or tag me! Please note that I DO practice discretion when it comes to prompts, so if I don’t write your prompt particularly, don’t take it too hard! I promise it’s not you, it’s just what I’m in the mood for. If you send me something and it hasn’t been responded to, that means I’m either working on it, or I want to do the prompt but I have either writer’s block or am busy at the time of receipt. I try to reply to everyone!

There are a few things I won’t write. These will be under the cut because some of them are triggering topics. This list is always subject to change (probably not be removed from but stuff may be added) so always check if you’re unsure.

If anything on this post is unclear or you have questions, please let me know and I’ll be happy to answer them and correct/add to this post!

I have a couple of OCs that get mentioned on occasion in my writing:

Cardinal Fabian Cromwell— he handles event planning, finances, and PR for the Ministry as a whole (the band has their own staff for that, he just handles the church side). He can be finicky and a bit rude at times, but he doesn’t mean to be. He’s “Terzo’s husband” in any HC posts that I write. He has a huge heart, you just have to be willing to do a little digging to get to it.

Salem— Fabian’s assistant and the true youngest Emeritus brother (though he doesn’t know that). He’s half human, half quintessence ghoul, but was raised by the ghouls in the Abbey given that at the time, ghoul and human relations were forbidden. This has since changed, but at the time he was born, Nihil knew he would be executed, and he was given to the ghouls to raise. He can be found doing fetch quests and other side missions throughout the church offices.

Meadow— an ftm earth/fire hybrid ghoul. He can usually be found assisting setup and tear down at shows. In some verses he’s Swiss’s mate and in others he’s Mountain’s, it just kind of depends on my mood. He’s very shy and rarely speaks up. He was originally summoned as a scribe, but was shuffled around to the band. He’s far too afraid of crowds to be on stage, despite the fact that he would make a skilled multighoul with the band, so he works behind the scenes instead.

I will not write:

R*pe/SA scenes, or anything surrounding that, unless it is far back in a character’s past and is being discussed as a past event.

“Hard kinks”. I’m asexual and struggle writing intimate scenes unless the planets align and bless me with the inspiration. That being said if you just want something simple on the smut scale, I’ll be willing to hold onto it until the mood strikes to write it.

Any kind of -ism or -phobia, unless it is a past event that is being discussed. I also, as a white person, am not the person to be writing and discussing traumas and experiences of people of color. There might be hints of homophobia or transphobia as past events a character has suffered, as I am part of the LGBT community and those communities are ones I specifically belong to, but I’m not comfortable writing about the experiences of a group that I will never be part of and will never know the struggles of.

Abuse of any kind, unless it’s a past event, etc, etc.

XReader. I just can’t do it. No offense to those who write it but I just can’t. If you are a Ko-Fi donor, this rule doesn’t apply!

#the band ghost #ghost the band #idk what to tag this so people can see it uhhh #shut up owen #shitghosting

[redbud-tree]

How do you set up a GoFundMe for 'hi i had to start my life completely over after finally escaping my abusive cultist family and I have next to no clothing, furniture or food and am still looking for a job' and expect anyone to take you seriously? Let alone be willing to help? It's 100% true. I have receipts, I can send you to the parties involved, I can share the ridiculous escape, I can dig up whatever proof you might need to believe me. But... god, who would want to help me even knowing it's true? It's not like I can pay you back...

#i have an apartment and i make JUST enough with disability that my rent isn't in danger #but affording to feed myself and my cat is a stretch and of course i'm feeding him first #forget getting anything new #how does one build a life out of literally nothing in THIS economy with all the life skills taught to an afab escapee from Jesusland

[slipping-through-my-fingertips]

Can you do #14 for the meet cutes?????

Hi, anon! Yes, I certainly can...

Send me a meet-cute and I'll write Klaine

14- They cover the small amount of change you are short on for a purchase.

Kurt is digging through his bag for those loose pennies he knows are in there. Likely sitting together at the very bottom laughing at him. It’s what he gets for picking up spare change in the parking lot of Lima Mall. He’s holding up the line and about to just give the cashier another dollar to cover the 17 cents of change. Apparently, it’s too much to ask to be able to pay exact change for his medium, iced, low-fat mocha. 

Seems like it’s just one of those days when everything goes to shit. 

It started this morning when Kurt literally fell out of bed. Tangled in his favorite fluffy blanket, which had twisted around his ankles in the middle of the night, he reached to shut off the blaring alarm clock, and instead of finding his hand on the nightstand to steady himself, he found himself flat on the hardwood floors of his bedroom. 

When he went downstairs, Carole and his dad had left just enough coffee in the pot for him. Despite it having sat for a good ten minutes, Kurt still managed to burn his tongue on it upon his first sip. Hence his want of an iced coffee this afternoon. No chance of being burnt. 

After scorching his taste buds, Kurt had gotten dressed in coveralls ready to head over to the garage—he offered to help out over spring break—when he noted a sticky note on the counter as he was grabbing his keys. 

Kurt, 

Take the day off, we got it covered

Dad

Slumped down on a bar stool, Kurt decided he might as well cook a decent breakfast. He had planned to grab whatever the garage had out before getting his hands dirty. Usually, someone got doughnuts or bagels. A breakfast sandwich sounded yummy. He started with an English muffin in the toaster, bacon in a pan, and cracked his eggs into another. 

When the toaster popped, the English muffin was a shade too dark and the bacon wasn’t crispy enough, but at least the eggs were cooked. 

With a deep sigh, Kurt put his plate away and went upstairs to change into some real clothes. He slid into his dark denim skinny jeans before bending down to tie his boots. The sound of ripping echoed off his walls. No, this wasn’t happening. A few inches long right down his leg exposing his lavender boxers. 

Trying to find a bright side to ripping his favorite jeans, Kurt decided he was in desperate need of a mall trip. That was how he’d spend the rest of his day. 

Now he was standing in line trying to pay for coffee before venturing off to find new jeans and couldn’t find any change. Seventeen cents. He found a nickel and dime easily but those last two pennies vanished. 

Just when Kurt’s about to hand over a dollar bill and apologize, the person behind him offers up a couple of pennies. 

“Thanks,” Kurt says, turning around. 

And oh my god…he swallows hard. 

The boy looks around his age, impeccably dressed in a blue polo and slightly darker colored chinos, boat shoes with no socks. Curly hair gelled down and bright hazel eyes filled with laughter. 

“Thought I’d give you my 2 cents.” 

And a dorky joke, who was he? And was he single? Because Kurt was ready to fall head over heels. 

The cashier interrupted with a cough and his receipt. She indicated Kurt could wait at the other end of the counter for his coffee. That was that, the beautiful boy behind him stepped up to order and Kurt was left to wait for his drink before disappearing into the ether. 

It’s not often Kurt hopes to be waiting on coffee but today he’d give anything for the barista to move a tad slower. He’s watching the cute boy hand over cash when Kurt’s order is set on the counter. 

Would it be weird to wait around for another minute or two just for the chance to talk to the boy again? 

Yes, it would be, Kurt decides. With one last look at the boy, Kurt walks back into the mall. 

He’s on a mission to find new jeans after all. In and out of stores, getting distracted by wonderful window displays, and an empty mocha a half-hour later but still no jeans. Where is a fashionable gay man in Ohio supposed to find decently priced but still sinfully delightful skinny jeans? Clearly, Kurt was going to have better luck thrifting than at their only shopping mall. 

Still, this store had a decent clearance section and Kurt Hummel was never one to turn down a sale. He checked his phone and it was almost lunchtime. Plenty of time to hit up a Goodwill or two before he needed to be home for dinner. 

As he scans the clearance racks, Kurt bumps into someone. 

“Oh sorry!” 

“Sorry!” 

When he looks up it’s the boy from the coffee line. 

“Hey, I know you,” Kurt blurts, “thanks for the two cents.” 

The boy chuckles, turning slightly pink in embarrassment.

“I’ve been that person digging for change, I hate feeling like I’m holding up a line so I thought I’d help you out.”

“I appreciate that,” Kurt says. 

“I’m Blaine by the way.” 

“Kurt.” 

“Nice to meet you.” 

They’re silent for a minute. It’s a tad awkward. 

“Sooo….” Blaine says, “if that corny line earlier didn’t scare you off, I’d love to get to know you better…over lunch perhaps.” 

Maybe Kurt’s luck was finally turning around. 

“I’d love that.” 

Together, they went to the food court.

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[keniaku]

okay so i've been sending my moots the random jjk top five questions like once a week for the past month because they are. interesting. and your answers to the last one were great, so if you wanted more random jjk top five questions, here's the one latest one! feel free to ignore this if it isn't something you're interested in!!! just wanted to offer because i love seeing people's responses!!!

you get to steal five (or three, if you prefer) jjk characters' cursed techniques: which do you steal and why?

these questions are always fun to read whether if they're for me or just the way blogs i follow reply to them thank u

the obvious number 1 is reggie star's. replicating anything by burning paper receipts that contain proof of transaction of that something is just so amazing and convenient for every day life, and it's not limited to objects. i don't even need to look for specific receipts for specific objects or services, i can just dig through the trash bin of a nearby ATM and burn those for some easy cash. like can you imagine. it would be life-changing. why did reggie even agree to be in the culling games he should just lay low during the culling games in his own corner or whatever. instead he had to go out and cause trouble and die like a loser

okay so it has some drawbacks but geto's is also very nice and versatile. the major difference between me and geto is that geto has a stick up his ass while im a loser with little to no ambitions, so if i had it i would simply not turn evil bc of the vomit balls. it could help me do chores and work, easy transportation, and even sleep better since i could set up a curse for a sentry in nights i feel particularly anxious. some curses could be pretty cute, they can be like companion curses to boost up morale, i like petting cute things. overall it definitely worth the trouble of eating vomit. also i hypothetically could gain the next cursed technique:

mahito's idle transfiguration for ideal body even for my inconsistent vision of what i desire to be. i literally can be anything i want. thats great

it's not a cursed technique but having a heavenly restriction on maki's side of the scale would be nice. i think i'd be happier with a stronger and healthier body i'm still working on it lol (thumbs up) if thats not allowed i’ll go with rct bc. wahoo

i can’t think of anymore techniques i’d want so i guess i’d pick gojo’s too. NO six eyes tho just the infinity. i dont wanna be plagued by assassins all my life. it’d be harder to manage without the six eyes but i do not care i’m not here to be the strongest or anything grandiose im just here to teleport for fun and also prevent other people from touching me

i also considered takaba’s comedian but thats too much power and responsibility i can’t handle that. maybe if the usage is limited to once a day then id be ok with taking it

#that-was-anticlimatic #answers.txt #this took so long wow lol #having takaba's power with limits would be nice bc lmfao. yknow. lol #but as it is its too much for me to willingly take to my own hands #were lucky hes just a silly guy