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raythekiller · 10 months
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I really wanna see (if u wanna write it) JTK, Toby, ej, masky and hoodie platonically with a new recruit that’s a child (around Sally’s age, maybe a bit younger, like around 8-9. sad backstory, blah blah blah) but instead of being like fanon Sally (sweet, joyous, innocent) they’re literally just a little shit. Like shenanigans, swearing, pranks and being immature? (Even though they all find the kid strangely endearing and funny) so basically the kid is just a COMPLETE troublemaker, but also have a kinda sweet and soft side like most kids.
🗒 ❛ Troublemaker Child Reader ༉‧₊˚✧
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Featuring: Jeff The Killer, Ticci Toby, Eyeless Jack, Masky, Hoodie
#Notes: this one was so funny to write lmaoo
pronouns used: they/them
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꒰⸝⸝₊⛓┊Jeff The Killer
I swear he tries to be nice at first. He'll look at them and go "Awe, hey there little g-" "You're ugly as shit." "..." Yeah, someone better get that kid away or they're getting stabbed. Legit just develops beef with the toddler so now they have kind of this rivalry going on. I'm talking full blown prank wars. Everybody is just looking at Jeff weird because you're a grown ass man? And they're a literal child? But the dispute doesn't slow down until one day the kid actually gets slightly hurt because of one of his pranks and starts crying, to which he'll genuinely feel bad and patch them up while apologizing. It's a cute bonding moment.
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꒰⸝⸝₊⛓┊Ticci Toby
Thinks that the kid is funny as hell. Doesn't mind it when they sass him, he'll just laugh and pat their head, but loves it when they do it to others. Just the reaction of sheer horror on their face at this 8 year old cussing them out makes his day every single time it happens. Will absolutely help them prank others or just cause trouble in general - they're officially partners in crime now. One night, they come up to him and ask him to check for monsters under the bed, to which he just smiles and ruffles their hair, checking every corner of the room that a "monster" could be hiding in and even offers to read them a bed time story. It's super cute, he's a surprisingly good big brother figure.
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꒰⸝⸝₊⛓┊Eyeless Jack
Total dad figure. Tries to "reform" the kid and teach them proper manners and to stop messing with others, which barely even works. Scolds them when they misbehave, but nothing too serious, more of a "I'm not mad, just disappointed" kind of talk. Will also apologize to the people they mess with, almost like he's the one legally responsible for the toddler (which he's not). There was one time where he caught them drawing something on the walls with crayons and was about to give them a talking to again, until he noticed it was a drawing of him. He had to stop for a second cause he genuinely didn't know if he should be mad or flattered, but ends up hugging them anyway.
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꒰⸝⸝₊⛓┊Masky
Hates the little shit and asks Slenderman on a daily basis why he recruited them, to which he doesn't answer. Will just kind of drag the kid by the back of the collar whenever they're about to go cause some trouble, dragging them away. He's absolutely not happy about having to babysit, but he can't exactly go against the boss' orders. He doesn't warm up to them at all until they catch a cold someday and he's the one tasked to take care of them. Seeing them so vulnerable and weak made him genuinely feel bad, and he doesn't leave their side for a second until they're fully recovered, even sleeping by the side of their bed.
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꒰⸝⸝₊⛓┊Hoodie
Another one who finds them funny as shit. Will at most tell them to be careful about not hurting themselves while pranking other people, no actual scolding ever coming from him. I already mentioned that he's good with kids, he's just got that cool uncle vibe to him. He already likes the kid, imagine the one day he walks into his room to see them wearing his clothes, trying to pick up his guitar which was about their size, all because they "Wanna be cool like uncle Brian!"? He might actually cry.
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type1diabetesinfandom · 4 months
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I'm thinking about writing something with a character who has type 1 diabetes. Where might I find information about what it's like to have it?
That's awesome!
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Start with my #how to write t1d tag!
It's got a mix of do's and dont's, infographics and legit how-to-write-this posts, and also will give you some blogs you can browse for daily lives as t1diabetics.
You are ofc welcome to browse this blog as much as you find useful!
Some fic recs for a good look at diabetic perspectives, written by diabetics or people familiar with the disease, are:
My fics When the Warmth Hits You and Lost were written specifically for diabetes awareness and are long enough to cover multiple aspects of it. You should be able to read them both fandom blind, especially if your focus is on the medical stuff.
@rpgwrites's Pathfinder, Truthseeker series and her Diabetes Awareness Day series.
Outnumbered by @heartofcathedrals.
A Painting of One Thousand Voices by WolfieChan12.
Wescott Preparatory Academy by adder574 is a good view at t1d care and life ~20 years ago. Note that the medical information is dated, but useful for stories taking place 20-ish years ago.
(God I can't believe it's been that long 👵)
A New Low by Rosie_Rues.
Anything tagged with Diabetes by Carbon65.
Ditto with witchry9.
Some OG fiction books I recommend borrowing from the library or however you get books:
Let Me List the Ways by Sarah White.
Sal and Gabi Break/Fix the Universe by Carlos Hernandez.
Sweetblood by Pete Hautman.
Sweet Desire by J.M. Cagle. (You can get part 1 for free).
There are lots of bloggers, youtubers, and podcasters who share t1d focused content. I don't really pay attention to these so I'm not going to recommend specific ones, but definitely poke around. You'll find cool stuff.
The JDRF and Beyond Type 1 websites have easily-digestable medical info, but note that anyone can post on BT1 so it's not as accurate as I would like it to be.
Dr. Bernstein is also awesome for medical stuff, but hardcore, and his methods are extreme, although effective.
Now There's a rabbit hole if you want to explore differing medical opinions 🤣
You are always welcome to send me asks or dm me directly if you have specific questions! And if you decide to get seriously into the research, I have a discord server with a specific channel for asking questions about how to represent t1d, that's open to all diabetic peeps in the server.
Hope this helps, and I'm excited to see your character someday! Good luck writing!
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sketchfanda · 5 months
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A Little Moxxie Love: Well that happened!,
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Somedays I.M.P just had one of those days and one of those kinds of jobs. It had started all routine enough, a client came to their office looking for the service they provide to the best of their abilities of course. They go to the living world, find the target and make a corpse out of them. Simple as that, leave little to no evidence and back to their modest little slice of Hell, provided things didn't go FUBAR of course.
Except for the fact their client had been the recently deceased employee of a genetics research lab which had little to no moral compass on using animals as test subjects for God only knows what the fuck for. Not to forget to the target and cause of his death, that he naturally neglected to mention before hand of course had been FUCK MOTHERING HONEST TO GOD GREMLINS!! Yes somehow this bunch of amoral labcoat wearing intellectual jackasses had gotten their hands on a cute little mogwai, got him wet and then they fed the newly born ones AFTER midnight!! So they basically not only broke 2 of the 3 key rules when handling a mogwai, they wound up with the natural result of being ambushed by a hoard of gremlins who did as Gremlins were want to do.
That being cause untold wanton destruction and mayhem for shits and giggles, eat any and everything in sight and of course get themselves wet in order to multiply enough to make an army. Which meant I.M.P pretty much had to clean up this shit before these scaly goblin/troll looking scuzz-balls got out of the lab and made their way into a populated area like a small town or a major urban city. Where they would no doubt cause even more of a fuck-storm of chaos at least before they had to avoid any major potentially fatal bright lights like the sun then move on, rinse and repeat. it was fortunate they could be killed easier than cockroaches at least.
EXCEPT for the fact some of the anarchic little monsters started getting their grubby 3 clawed hands on of the lab's experimental chemicals, ingesting them nonchalantly which began to result in God only knows what sort of mutations. One of them grew batwings, another was turning into a living vegetable garden and don't even get started on the goddamn spider!! It was small wonder this had to require everyone in the whole misfit organisation, yes including even Loona who was busy mauling as many of the little goobers she could get within reach of tooth and claw. to say nothing of how busy as fuck Blitzo and Millie were painting the walls and ceiling with the green blood of every gremlin in sight, but what of Moxxie I hear you asking?
Well our favourite little possum found himself in a bit of a situation that was even more unexpected a snafu than finding out about this mission. As he was cornered in the rec room by one particular and quite frankly peculiar Gremlin who had something in mind besides wrecking other people's shit. Now by nature gremlins and mogwai were what you might call a mono-gendered, asexual species. They were technically mostly all male and their means of production consisted of getting soaked in water, causing more of their kind to multiply and sprout off their backs, so the bigger the body of water, the better.
But Moxxie you see wasn't dealing with the average Gremlin right now, for you see this one was legit an actual female. It seemed among the Lab's numerous formulas and mutagens, they'd cooked up one that could in theory physically and biologically change one's gender. For all their amoral antics and who knows what the fuck sort of acts against God and humanity they had going on here, seems one of those egghead fuck-wipes was apparently trying to make transitioning a better process for the T portion of the LGBT community. And this Gremlin right here was unintentional proof it sure as Hell worked!!
Moxxie:*currently backed up against a corner of the room as he scrambled through his coat to find any weapons on hand. His shirt messed up, bowtie missing as his face was covered in lipstick marks as he tried not to panic.* "N-now now miss, I'm sure you're as reasonable as you're very pretty so maybe you should reconsider...uhm..."*The imp spat and cursed, mumbling as he hadn't yet found something to defend himself. Damnit this bitch was horny!!*
??:*let out a mix of a purr and a giggle as the clicking of black stiletto high heels signalled every step closer to her prey. Yes this Gremlin, Greta we will call her, had changed in so many ways from the rest of her kind and it showed. Don't even ask where she got her outfit from, it was like these damn things operated on some toon logic and physics. As the shortstack minx ran a hand through her long mane of neon green hair, her pouty ruby lips making kisses at our imp boi, hips sashaying as she shed her snow leopard skin mini skirt, standing clad in just a matching set of a bra and thong panties.*"Oh why can't you commit?"
Moxxie:*knew the feeling all too well that he was literally and figuratively screwed. This she-gremlin was looking down to fuck, his golden eyes widening as she nonchalantly removed her bra. Tossing it aside as she now stood clad in just her thing and high heels and still looking down to fuck. To which the imp sighed and took a deep breath, looking intently at the lusty chaos beast.* “So this is how it’s gotta go, very well. But know this, I possesses a certain set of skills when it comes to dealing with women, my wife included. Skills that should you proceed with your intentions, that I will not hesitate to use. So bring it….Bitch…”
Greta:*let out a lusty mix of a coo and purr, as if Moxxie’s sudden mood shift was a total turn on for her.* “Oooh what a hunk!!” *The further emboldened and aroused female Gremlin wasted no further time as she pounced into the imp, grabbing and pulling down his pants, boxers and all!! Pink glowing hearts in her eyes as she beheld the imp’s now exposed, stiffening cock. Now this was a feast!!*
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Greta proceeded of course to practically suffocate herself on that alpha imp dick, her Ruby red lips latched around that length and girth as licked and sucked on it. Her newfound sexual instincts guiding her into a primal drive to mate with this unique specimen as she deepthroated with abandon. Her snow leopard print thong soaked with her flow of juices as they made a puddle on the floor as she lewdly bobbed her head on that imp shaft with abandon. Moxxie gritting his teeth as he clutched her wild neon green mane of hair and facefucked her, driven to tame this insatiable she-beast.
it was no wonder and only natural that the battle of sexual wills proceeded to its next level as Greta now remained only in her high heels, arms and legs wrapped around the imp who was just as nude as the day he was born. Performing a standing fuck position as his hands clutched that bubbly scaly Jade booty of hers, his heavy balls smacking the outer rim of her netherlips. Juices splashing and flying as Greta let loose with deep beastly moans of primal desire at such grilling erotic sensations. Glowing pink hearts in her eyes as Moxxie proceeded to not only give her one helluva a first time but pretty much ruin her for other men altogether, and she wouldn’t want or have it any other way!
Greta:”Hahhnharder! Harder daddy!! Don’t stop! Make babies with me!!”*the sexually mutated gremlin howled lustfully, as Moxxie fucked her spotty style. Her lipstick smeared, mascara flowing down her eyes like gothic tears. Her stomach swollen from he deep his length and girth reached and filled her as those baby-making balls slapped her clit. She just couldn’t get enough of it!”
Moxxie:”This isn’t my first rodeo you know!”*The imp hitman quipped as he found himself on his back as Greta now rode him cowgirl style. Her 3 clawed hands caressing his chest as her hips bounced on his cock, his pelvis all soaked and sticky with their mixed juices. He had cum 5 times in this mutant and hadn’t pulled out once but he was no stranger to borderline nymphomaniacs!! Hands holding onto her waist as he used his best natural weapon in his arsenal, his infernal stamina!!*
The rec room clock ticked on, minute after minute into hour after hour as the imp and gremlin’s battle of erotic wills raged on. Position after position with Greta especially making sure she got plenty of oral and anal stimulation. It was a lucky thing the rule about never make a mogwai or gremlin didn’t apply to any liquid outside of water or this room would get pretty Damn crowded real fast!! But right about now Greta was enjoying getting wet in a more different and fun way and didn’t want to stop anytime soon.
Missionary to mating press, spread eagle to full nelson but Moxxie knew he would prevail! He could only hope that his co workers weren’t having too much trouble with the infestation, unaware of the security camera in the upper corner of the room that was catching each and every single moment of his and Greta’s sexual duel. All transmitting on a monitor in the security room, where Millie and Loona sat and enjoyed the show. Enjoying the snacks available as their crimson skin and fur respectively was stained with the green blood of gremlins.
Indeed Moxxie had nothing to worry about as they’d taken care of the infestation, preventing the little freaks from breaking out for their shit storm of chaos. Floor after floor, wall to wall and ceilings coated in the remains of gremlins, splatters and pools of green slime blood, body parts making it akin to a slaughterhouse. Of course the imp and hellhound didn’t think Moxxie needed to know that yet, not when he was having so much fun. Hey they just laid waste to a gremlin army, who said they couldn’t enjoy a free porn show?
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Loona:-.-“Sooo we gonna take that one back with Us? Seems like a waste, girl gets her world rocked by fatty daddy and we got to off her?”*The hellhound quipped, tail idly wagging as she rubbed her thighs together. Phantom sensations of past intimacy with Moxxie coursing through her nerves. It reminded her she needed her fix.*
Millie:”Oh don’t you worry none, we just tell the client job done, sneak her back into hell and get her all nice, settled in with ID and papers. After a little of this of course…”*the wrath shortstack assured as she held up a syringe filled with the lab’s genetic sunblock. Handy to have on hand in deprive Greta of the bright light weakness. Sensually biting her lip as she and Loona watched Moxxie pin the kne of a kind lady gremlin against a wall and plow her fierce. The voyeur duo sharing a fist bump as their devious plan came together.*
Yes sir what the client didn’t know wouldn’t hurt, especially given it was payback for holding out on the mission details. Not Loona’s fault for the intel for sure as they conspired on smuggling Greta out of the living world and into hell, there was no doubt she’d make a killing in the lust circle. That is knowing she’d get her regular Moxxie dick fix of course. Plus who knows what kind of babies you’d get from a gremlin going all porno with an imp…for science!!
Blitzo of course was clueless about this going on, as he was busy fishing himself out of the mountain of gremlin bodies he’d racked up. Popping his head out as he looked around a sea of limbs and green blood, eyeing the handiwork akin to a critic analysing a work of art. Sitting comfy as he fished out a set of glasses from what had been one very brainy, chatty gremlin and out them on. Humming as he looked at where the 4th wall would be.
Blitzo:”Now, was that civilized? No, clearly not. Fun, but in no sense civilized. Now what we want is, I think, what everyone wants, and what you and yours have: civilization. The niceties. The fine points: diplomacy, compassion, standards, manners, tradition... that's what we're reaching toward. Oh, we may stumble along the way, but civilization, yes. Everything society has worked so hard to accomplish over the centuries, that's what we aspire to; we want to be civilized…..or something I dunno what the fuck I’m talking about….so any of you fuckers not dead yet?”
Now that’s comedy….
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tobiasdrake · 5 months
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Well, chief. I guess this is it. Thanks for everything, and I'll see you aro-- Oh, we aren't finished yet.
Goddammit.
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Hypothetically speaking, if you were going to be alone with a man who might try to kill you, what size of knife would you carry on your person and where would you stash it? Asking for a friend.
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Are you, though? You know in a Saturday Morning Cartoon when the adult guardian goes, "The plot is happening but YOU will go to your room and behave yourself. You will NOT slip out and go do the thing."
But this is like episode 87 and we all know they're going to slip out and go do the thing anyway so, really, saying this is just a formality at this point?
That's your level of authority, Yakou. Thank you so much for saving my life from my terrible mistakes last chapter; Anyways, back to doing the things that got me in trouble in the first place!
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I'll write him a note and leave it in Halara's hotel room, along with an IOU formally requesting that they deliver it to Yakou upon confirmation of my death.
I obviously won't be able to pay the IOU but at this point I'm pretty sure Halara only cares about the optics of charging money.
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Kurumi, I took you to meet my dangerous, ambiguous wildcard contact. There's a 50/50 chance he's going to tie you to a chair and dangle you over a vat of acid before all is said and done. We are well past the point where something as innocuous as worry is inappropriate.
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OH THANK GOD. Of Death. Literally. Thank you for finally ending this awkward quasi-farewell, Shinigami.
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We're running out of good ideas to escape from this sub. This is one step above pointing behind Yakou and shouting, "LOOK, A FALSE LEAD!" then bolting when he turns around.
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Because then it will spoil. The best kinds of evidence have an expiration date!
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Yuma finally proving that abandoning all pretense and bailing at the speed of feet is, and always has been, a viable option for dodging Yakou's paper-thin attempts at professional responsibility.
Sorry, man, but you-
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HAHAHAHA OKAY, Yuma made me laugh but I was unprepared for Kurumi to then also bolt out the door. XD Run, guys! Yakou looks like he maxes out at a shamble! A brisk jogging pace should do!
To be fair, she does not work here. It'd be uncomfortable for her to stick around someone else's workspace without her one and only connection to this place.
Sorry, Yakou. As hard as you're going to kiss her ass, Kurumi is not interested in becoming your intern. She's here for Yuma. And she is as much of a troublemaker.
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HOLY SHIT YOU GODDAMN VAMPIRE
I legit did not turn the camera to check the fireplace. He may have been here for this entire scene thus far.
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I KNOW RIGHT!? We need to put a bell on him. Wait, no, bell only chimes when you move. ...one of those perpetual motion clicky ball sets that managers have on their desk to make them look important. He can wear it around his neck.
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You heard as much as Yakou, man. Yuma was super cryptic and then fled.
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*sigh* Okay, what's Desuhiko pulling this time, Vivia? Is the pale blue blink supposed to be Fubuki? But then the storm would be... him getting the shit kicked out of him....
Ugh, I don't have time for his shenanigans, I have a trap to go die in.
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For a man who was all gung-ho about box cutting my throat out, you sure don't seem to be in any rush to do it. I think Vivia used up all of his energy trying to stand up dramatically.
How are you going to feel if I die before you have a chance to kill me, Vivia? Can you live with that regret? Or... I guess, since you want to die someday, maybe not being able to live with that regret would be a good thing.
I guess. Keep doing what you're doing and hope for the worst, my guy. Power of positive thinking!
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literaticat · 25 days
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Hey Jenn. So a few weeks ago I got an offer from a small press. They sent a contract and discussions were going well, but even though I've had some trepidation (they're legit but small/low-ish sales) now THEY seem to be getting cold feet. They seem to find it suspicious I have little to no online presence, no socials. I told them I'm happy to set up social media, etc. But it's gotten to the stage I'm wondering, do I have to show them ID or something? They've also indicated they want to get to know me more before we sign and want to make sure I'm not posting inappropriate (discriminatory stuff) online. They didn't accuse me of the latter, just indicated it as an example of why they want to get to know their authors better first. Which is odd if they already can't find me online! Anyway, the whole thing feels bizarre to me and I feel more of this should have been brought up either at the submission or offer stage (i.e. indicating they want social media links, etc.) but it wasn't. I don't understand why they are worried as I'm the one who could be potentially burned by them, not the other way around? They are not offering an advance and of course I'd use my real name on a contract so I get paid. Plus as I said I'm willing to set up socials. Bottom line is, is any of this a red flag or are they being justifiably cautious? Any insight you could give me on this totally bizarre situation would be great! Thank you.
See previous answer right before this one. I don't think it's a red flag for them to want to get to know you, or want to have a call/zoom, or whatever -- that sounds normal (and like a good thing, actually!). And it's hard for me to tell if they want to get to know you AND they have talked about social media, or they want to get to know you BECAUSE of social media (or lack thereof) -- the former, OK, the latter, maybe kinda weird?
I can't say, out of context, if any of this is actually "totally bizarre" or just sensible -- maybe it's somewhere in between. It WOULD be totally bizarre if you had no social media, and they were like "sorry, we think you might someday create social media and then be a bigot on those accounts!" -- but it doesn't sound like that's what they said? I don't know, in other words.
Let me ask you this: Does this publisher actually put out books that look good? Do they have a robust list of books/authors you have heard of and can find in stores besides Amazon? Do their books get reviewed? Are there any red flags on things like AbsoluteWrite? Do their authors seem happy? If signs are pointing toward them being legit and trustworthy, cool. If, on the other hand, the field is littered with red flags ... maybe this is another one.
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detectiveichijouji · 6 months
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Case 23 - Kido Joe’s strict rules of madness
[AO3 version]
Briefly, Ken and the others found Noel around Taichi’s university. But the moment his eyes encountered theirs, Noel decided to run away. Maybe he was still scared?
“Ken.”
Daisuke stopped walking and glanced at Ken, “Noel had a fragment, but he got it stolen from him. He was going to give it to me so we could keep it in a safer place and without hurting anyone.”
“... I see.”
“I told ya, Noel is a good guy. You gotta apologize to him.”
“... I will, but next time ok? I have to go home.”
And then Ken left. The group went back to their own homes after that too. But Ken wasn’t going home… He really found odd Noel Leblanc being there, right there… Casually and all of a sudden… He was kinda curious about Noel’s alibi to being there…
… But he didn’t find Noel.
… Noel Leblanc was definitely there -- Ken was musing as he returned home. The moment he arrived at the Ichijoujis residence, he realized his parents weren’t at home yet so he just walked to his room and started musing about the information gathered so far.
“... Something does not sound right…”
“Hm?” Wormmon blinked, “What’s wrong?”
“Noel confirmed he’s a distant relative of Arsène Lupin’s creator,” he was reading the messages Takeru sent to him. 
It felt like Ken and Takeru had become some kind of Sherlock Holmes and Watson for this mystery. Funny though, because of the Lupin books having its own take of the most known British detective as ‘Herlock Sholmes’.
“Huh, is it?”
“Well, it can be possible… But it might mean we’re on the right path,” Ken rested the phone on the desk and looked at Wormmon, “It could mean the hypothesis that Noel Leblanc created Arsenemon is plausible.”
“Hmm…Ah, I see!” Wormmon nodded, listening to Ken’s musings quite interested.
“Maybe he sent Arsenemon to help us out. Noel was present when Hikari-san received Koushiro-san’s phone call…”
“Hmm… True true.”
“This means… Espimon might not be Noel’s only digimon partner.”
“Oh??”
“He’s Arsenemon’s partner too.”
Joe and Gomamon usually go home late, because of the activities at the medical school and his internship there. Also, they were still helping the Digimon Arena -- which changed its localization to a better place, and kept training and challenging digimon and tamers. Except this time King Shoutmon had legit real prizes for them, from their village’s cuisine and crafts after all.
“Soooooo… Do you think I can beat TeslaJellymon next time and win the all-you-can-eat ticket from Delumon’s cafe?”
“It would’ve been nice, but don’t forget we’re not there to just compete,” Joe smiled, “we’re helping to keep everyone safe and treat their wounds.”
“Of course! But… Ah… I’d like to try out the Village of the Smiles’ cuisine someday…”
They laughed lightly, walking in the streets. Until they found the eyepatched Impmon… lying on the sidewalk.
“Huh…?” they blinked.
“Help… Me…!!”
In the morning…
“Aaaah I can’t believe I’m turning 17 soon!!” Daisuke seemed pretty… excited?? “Just a few more days… Uh… 18 days!!”
“Why? Do you want to get your presents already?” Hikari giggled.
“N-nope! I mean… Takeru, Ken and you are already 17! I’m always the last one of the 1991 kids to get older!”
“True…” Takeru smiled, “I’m the oldest. You can call me ‘Takeru-san’ now”
“No way!” he pouted.
Noel was also walking with them to school, again. At least this didn’t feel tense this time.
“... Ah! Noel,” Daisuke grinned, “When is your birthday, dude?”
“... June 15, but why?” The boy looked back, directly to Daisuke and with some curiosity about what Daisuke would do with that info.
“Oh! So you’re…”
“16 years old already. I was born in 1992… I think.”
“Makes sense…”
June 15…? -- Takeru thought, but this time he kept quiet. To not make Daisuke mad at him again. But why was that date interesting for him…?
“This makes him a Gemini!” Hikari commented, “Like Miyako-san!”
“Hm? Inoue-san… is a Gemini…?”
“Yes, her birthday is on May 30th though”
“Oh…”
“Mine is December 1st!” Daisuke added, with another grin, “This means I get presents twice in a month!”
“Oh… Christmas presents too…”
“Well, there’s the ones who just give only one present for two dates” Hikari teased Daisuke with a giggle, “Right~”
“H-hey…! Don’t remind me of that!!”
The classes were completely normal for them all. But something kept bugging Takeru… Something wasn’t right… Something… was off.
Then, after class he just witnessed (by sheer accident of fate) Lune talking with Noel and Soleil:
“You shouldn’t be befriending those punks!” She said, “Remember, we have a goal.”
“...” Noel, however, did not say anything in return.
“Well… Let him be, Lune.” Soleil sighed, “Soon or later he will stop.”
“I made predictions, they won’t stay on your side at all!” she continued, “If you keep trying to be Motomiya Daisuke’s friend… You’re fated to misfortune.”
Takeru wanted to intervene and defend Daisuke, they were saying something so awful about his friend! And now saying Noel couldn’t stay friends with Daisuke?!
But Takeru’s phone rang, and he had to leave before the other three noticed him there. It was Miyako, asking him and the others to gather at the karaoke booth.
He, Daisuke and Hikari (plus their digimon) left the school and went to the usual karaoke booth. There, Miyako explained them the details:
“King Shoutmon said… Joe-senpai had gone crazy and took control over the Digimon Arena. Then, Izumi-senpai sent me a message saying he detected another fragment and a bizarre amount of data around this area here,”
She pointed to a marked area in the map of her laptop.
“Then, I went to check which area is and… Bingo. It’s the new place our friends picked to host the Digimon Arena’s activities.”
“Another fragment…” Takeru clenched his fist.
“Now they chose to attack Joe-san…” Hikari frowned, “First Sora-san, then Taichi… What are their goals now?”
“... I can’t see the pattern here” Iori commented, trying to connect the cases to each other, “Only that Arsenemon was right to warn us about the enemy targeting us now.”
“Hmm…” Ken mused.
“Did you notice something, Ken?” Tailmon asked.
“Miyako-san, please search for Ornismon data. I need to check a little detail.”
“Hmm??” They all looked at Ken, and then Miyako started checking the database about Ornismon.
“Hmmm… It is an ancient bird, possibly linked to… hatred?”
“Hatred??” Patamon repeated, “So this means…”
“They were exploiting our Crests’ power negatively” Hawkmon added, “isn’t it what you were thinking about, Ken-san?”
“Yes, as I suspected… Previously they were enabling the seven deadly sins, but now…”
“They’re goin’ after us and using our Crest power wrongly…” Armadimon mused, “So, this means… Takeru and Patamon can be targeted again, dagya?”
“... We need to catch those remaining pieces as soon as possible” Daisuke clenched his fists, then asked: “How many shards are left?? How many do we have? And How many Arsenemon have?”
“Whoa whoa, calm down Daisuke” Miyako said, “Hmmm… 7 for us, 9 for Arsenemon, and there’s only 4 left.”
Iori was recapping all the previous incidents with the fragments: “Taichi-san’s case was possibly exploiting the Crest of Courage. So if Joe-san has one…”
“Well, he was kinda acting cowardly don’t ya think?” V-mon commented, “So, what’s the opposite of Reliability?”
“Hmm… Deceitful, disloyalty, dishonesty, treachery, unsteadiness…” Wormmon answered.
“I think we shouldn’t go too literal here,” Daisuke sounded annoyed, “Let’s go stop Joe-san before things get worse.”
“Alright!”
But someone else was listening to them… And before they could catch him , the one spying on them left quickly, not even meeting with the group when they left the booth and headed to the Digimon Arena.
The Digimon Arena was covered by… water!? At least it was a bubble filled with water shielding the building. The 02 group were confused about it though -- would they need to swim to get inside? Should they just send Iori and Submarimon?
But…
Sending Iori alone sounded too troublesome…
So Ken had a strange feeling and approached the water barrier. He examined it for a second and then put his head inside it for a few minutes. Miyako and Daisuke gasped in horror and they were ready to go there when Ken took his head off the barrier and looked at them, deadpanned. 
“It’s not real, we can breathe inside.”
“NEXT TIME DON’T DO SOMETHING THAT RECKLESS!!” both Miyako and Daisuke hissed.
“A-anyway… Let’s go,” Takeru tried to interrupt their fight. They all nodded and got inside the building.
And then they just met Joe and what was supposed to be Gomamon, perhaps? A Neptunemon was next to him and they watched the Arena, TeslaJellymon and other competitors like Tenno Yuu’s Sparrowmon were… writing something on paper sheets!?
“What, is this a cram school now?” Daisuke blinked “Everyone’s doing homework??”
“No, it’s not homework it’s…” Iori commented as they approached the arena. Then he just glanced at one of those sheets and realized what they were, “... a contract.”
“A contract?!” The others (but Ken) exclaimed.
Daisuke immediately took a paper from one of the kids filling it and read it, “Huh…? It’s about the arena rules?? Wait, you have to agree with ALL OF THOSE to be able to participate in the battles!?”
Ken yanked the paper from Daisuke’s hand, and the others read it over his shoulder, “... ‘No running, no using projectiles, no weapons, no shouting, no chatting, no singing, no rough play, no drinks or food, no swearing, no tossing junk, no diving’… ‘Don’t break the equipment/building, use the stairs, play safely, use slippers’... ‘Please inform your phone, Digimon Arena ID, blood type, digivice type, digimon type, digimon field, digimon category, allergies, goals’…”
“What is this, a public pool??” Daisuke squinted his eyes. (※ he clearly didn’t read it at all)
“I think this is going too far,” Iori commented.
“Joe-san, please stop!” Miyako ran towards her, but suddenly a horde of Marching Fishes came in, blowing a whistle and wearing security hats.
“DON’T RUN INSIDE THE BUILDING!!” Joe shouted from a high lifeguard chair.
“A-ah!!” Miyako stopped immediately. The others came in, but walking calmly. Then she looked at the group and whispered, “How can we do something without breaking the rules?”
“... Have Imperialdramon deck that fish-like digimon?” V-mon commented.
“That’s Neptunemon,” Tailmon clarified, “I didn’t expect to see one here…”
“The rules didn’t say we can’t fly, so…” Daisuke grabbed his digivice, “Let’s go, V-mon!”
V-mon nodded and then… “V-MON EVOLV--”
“NO SHOUTING!!” Joe ordered, shouting again; then he snapped his fingers. 
“W-WHAT?!” The Marching Fishes came in swarms and then dragged Daisuke and V-mon outside -- “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaah, helppppp…!!” they shouted until their voices faded. Then the fishes left them outside the building.
Daisuke and V-mon tried to get inside, but… no success. Now the barrier was made of water and they couldn’t dive into it -- “DARN IT!!” Daisuke punched the barrier.
The other five couldn’t even react to that… Oh no, they’re in real serious trouble. If they can’t snatch the shard from Joe and Gomamon…
“Joe-san,” Hikari frowned, and then walked calmly there, “Why are you doing this?? Weren’t you helping King Shoutmon and TeslaJellymon to get stronger? Weren’t you here because you wanted to help the contestants to not get badly hurt??”
“Those fights ARE dangerous, so I put an end on them. If they follow the rules, no one will be hurt. I’m doing it for them, but I won’t allow anyone to disobey my rules.”
“That’s wrong!” she snapped, but still not raising her voice, “You know deep down that you’re setting too many rules to the point there’s no fun anymore! Yes, you’re preventing someone from getting hurt, but you’re also not allowing no one to do anything!!”
“You’re like them, disobeying norms and running amok in this place!”
“Aren’t you disobeying the rules too, at this point?” Iori said, deadpanned.
“H-huh?!”
“You clearly said ‘No shouting’ while shouting,” Takeru commented.
“Kh--!!”
“He also shouted when telling Miyako-san to not run too,” Wormmon nodded.
“The rules say no weapons, but Neptunemon is wielding that big spear right next to you,” Patamon added with a shrug.
“We can do those things! We’re keeping this place in order!!” Neptunemon hissed.
“That’s a lie, you just want to drop a ton of rules on us to ruin the fun” Miyako squinted her eyes, “How can the Digimon Arena work if you can’t even battle?!”
“Yeah,” Armadimon wagged his paw, “Bet y’all can’t beat us fair and square here, dagya.”
“You all are--!!”
“Checkmate, Joe-senpai” Ken smirked, “You know we’re right. You broke the same rules you made.”
“GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!! I… I…!!!”
“Should we go retrieve the fragment from him now?” Hawkmon asked them.
“Mhm! Miyako-san!” Hikari grabbed her D-3.
“Ok!”
Hawkmon evolves to… Aquilamon!Tailmon!Jogress Evolution! Silphymon!!
Silphymon then used their visor to pinpoint where the shard was, so they could get it from Joe-or-Gomamon. They identified it as the whistle on Joe’s necklace.
“There” Silphymon shouted, but Neptunemon attacked. They dodged the spear and stared at the opponent, “Miyako-san, The Digimental fragment is the whistle” They (Aquilamon side) said.
“I won’t let you get him and ruin our dominion!”
“Since Joe-san broke the rules…” Takeru nodded, then used the Digimental of Hope to evolve Patamon into Pegasusmon.
“No!!” Neptunemon shouted, and then threw the spear at the boy and Pegasusmon. Everything was starting to get extremely BAD when…
“Un, deux, trois~”
Someone snapped the fingers and teleported Takeru & Pegasusmon out of the range of the spear.
“WHAT?!” everyone exclaimed.
“C'est l'heure du spectacle” Arsenemon appeared in the middle of the arena, “ Pardon, I’ve been appearing too early recently~”
“Arsenemon!!”
“STOP RIGHT THEREEEEEEEEEEEEE!!” Daisuke and V-mon came in, running after they had been unblocked from the barrier.
“Oh, my favorite Chosen Detective was outside this time,” then he snapped his fingers and a calling card popped in front of Daisuke, which was caught by the boy:
Hello, mon ami. I’m here to steal the wicked fragment from Kido Joe. Enjoy the show~
“I won’t sit and let you steal it!” Daisuke growled.
Then suddenly, Kido Joe started to laugh. Quite scary, to be honest.
“Ah, you want this?” Joe showed them the whistle in his hand, “Well, I’ll give you if you could beat Neptunemon.”
“?!?”
“What? Do you think I’m not a trustworthy person?”
“Ken… We have to use Imperialdramon right now” Daisuke whispered to the other, who nodded in response.
“Then I will--” But suddenly a robotic arm sneaked in and stole the whistle from Jou’s hand “W-WHAT!? HOW?!”
“You’re all bark but no talk!” Miss Espimon appeared from the ceiling, “Now go back to normal!!”
“… He let it be caught,” Armadimon blinked.
“?!?!?! HOW COULD YOU--”
“He might not wake up like this. So allow me to help you, fine gentleman…” Arsenemon shrugged, “Oeil de Chat” he snapped his fingers and a small black cat with green eyes magically popped in front of Joe, having the glowing cat eyes synchronize with Joe’s and then making the man fall asleep.
“I… um… Sleepy…” Joe fell asleep, and with this Gomamon returned to his original form.
“H-huh?!” Gomamon blinked, “Ah I’m back to normal…?”
“ You. tried. to. kill. us.” Pegasusmon appeared behind Gomamon with a deadly glare. He was already charging his Silver Blaze when Takeru patted the back of his head.
“GAAHAHAHAAAA SORRY SORRY SORRY!! 💦” Gomamon hid behind Daisuke. 
Daisuke took Gomamon with his two hands and lifted the digimon, “So, you we’re really into it huh…”
“I’m soooooooooorry!! That Impmon inserted one of those shards on Joe and it also corrupted me!!”
Everyone stared at Gomamon, “Suspicious…”
“D-do you really think I’d try to hurt y’all!? I’m a good digimon!! B-Besides… There was something else that night…”
“Huh?”
“A pair of eyes… They definitely cough Joe and me into some hypnosis spell… I recognized it… It was… Dracumon’s eyes.”
“Dracumon?”  The kids and the digimon exclaimed, but not Ken or Tailmon (neither Epimon and Arsenemon) (※ Silphymon jogress has undone and both Tailmon and Hawkmon were back to adult and child forms, respectively)
“Dracumon… that name…” Ken mused, “It surely sounds familiar…”
“Dracumon are vampire-like digimon, probably one of Vamdemon’s old acquaintances” Tailmon explained, “Might be… related to… That one digimon we met before…” 
“Hmm…”
“Ugh… I felt like I had a hangover…” Joe woke up, kinda dizzy though… “But I didn’t drink…”
“Are you okay now, Joe-san?” Hikari asked him.
“Yeah… Thank you guys… And sorry everyone…”
“Oh don’t worry you’re fine now right, Big J??” TeslaJellymon grinned, “we gotta catch those two digimon and snap their necks!!”
“No neck snapping!” Daisuke said, then he looked around and… “GAH, ARSENEMON AND ESPIMON ARE GONE!!”
Ken didn’t mind the lost fragment though… He was mostly interested in the fact that Espimon came out of nowhere. It only reinforced his theories that Arsenemon is linked to Noel, as partner or as some accomplice.
As for now, Arsenemon has acquired the 10th shard, while Team 02 has only 7. Only 3 are yet to be found, or to be used by Impmon and Dracumon.
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clit-eastwood-spicy · 11 months
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🌗💕📚💎📒🎤🎁 heh heh
AAAA SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO WAKE UP ENOUGH TO HOP ONTO MY PC TO MAKE THE REPLY PROCESS EASIER SKDJUFSDF
Honestly I love a good mix of both fluff and angst. Depending on my mood it can be just one or the other but writing both together is just so <3
2. I am nothing if not a self-ship monster. It's legit all I write. Generally I use like... ocs for it but I kinda use bits of myself for all my ocs anyway lmao. Someday I might try branching out and do reader x canon type stuff but for now it's just my ultra self-indulgent shit lmao
3. I think the fandoms I've wrote for the most so far is the MHA / BNHA fandom and Pokemon? I had an ultra-long Pokemon/Naruto crossover fic I wrote when I was like 14 that was like 50-ish chapters long and yet somehow still unfinished lmao. I still have that shit but I reuploaded it to Google Docs to make sure I never lost it, even if some of it makes me cringe now lmao
4. Forbidden love is a vibe I really dig ngl. Esp like.. older x younger type vibes where the younger person just like... absolutely lights up the older persons gloomy heart and makes them feel young again in a good way. I've also been really into soulmates type stuff lately. Also stuff with like A/B/O vibes but like I kinda cherry pick that stuff and rework it a bit for my own personal writing vibes.
5. I have a legit wasteland of barely started / half finished fics. I have only finished one and I have no idea how I managed to get the self-control to only make it 4 pages long ngl lmao. I really wanna go back and rewrite a few older fics but that's a lot of time and energy for someone like me (ADHD/Autism brain that hates doing something that feels unfulfilling in the moment lmao). Someday I hope to finish something longer though.
6. Honestly it's more an entire section lmao. The entire plot point was that my oc Riley was trying to ask probing questions in regard to my friends oc I wrote into the story, named Iseiah, who was in love with this character named Zisu and because of how Riley asked Zisu mistook it for Riley asking her out and any time Riley would attempt to interject Zisu would cut her off so the next day at lunch they're all sitting at the table and Zisu slips that Riley 'asked her out' and Iseiah loses his shit because he had just told Riley how he had feelins for Zisu. In his anger he didn't give Riley much of a chance to explain but accidentally let it slip that he was in love with Zisu. In that particular scene he says a lot of shit but my absolute fave line was “OH I SEE HOW IT IS, I TELL YOU I’M IN LOVE WITH HER AND YOU FUCKING STEAL HER, RIGHT UNDER MY NOSE! YOU RUG PULLING BITCH! I’VE BEEN WAITING YEARS TO ASK THIS GIRL OUT, BUT LO AND BEHOLD, LIL MISS AMNESIA FALLEN FROM THE SKY DECIDES SHES GONNA STEAL MY FUCKING GIRL!" and honestly I frequently quote "You rug-pulling bitch!" lmaoo. Best part was that Zisu is built like a bodyguard and legit took him down and pinned him to keep him from causing a scene lol. Just genuinely one of my absolute fave scenes because of the rollercoaster of shit in it.
7. I don't even think I have the file anymore but the line was "If nothing is real and nothing matters... then why not enjoy it? Allow yourself to live the way you want to for once. With no regrets. Not everyone has that chance. Take it and make this life, however fake it may be, a life worth living." - The fic was from a fucking Justice League / Batman fic of all things lmao
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rubyleaf · 9 months
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Went through my blog again for the funsies and discovered an old, old tag game from 2016. And boy, am I shaking my head at it. Not only is 17-year-old me hilariously and stubbornly convinced she's straight, she's also very self-deprecating and generally not in a good place.
So I thought: why not answer these questions again, over seven years later, just to see how things have changed?
So here goes. The update.
MOST RECENT:
Drink: Water! I have a glass next to me right now and I'm staying nice and hydrated :) Phone call: Mom, earlier this afternoon, to make sure I'm still healthy and haven't died from acute Moved Out And Living Unsupervised Disease. Shockingly, I'm alive and well. Text: Dad, joking about the Berlin lioness boar thing. I still refuse to believe it was a boar BTW. I don't know what it was, but those pictures do NOT look like a boar.
Song you listened to: Saosin – "You're Not Alone" Time you cried: You know, I genuinely don't remember. Might've been weeks ago. I barely cry anymore these days, except from laughter or the occasional tearing up over a heartwarming scene in a show.
Dated someone twice: No, and unless the circumstances were very special, I wouldn't. If the ship has sailed, it has sailed for a reason. Been cheated on: Single, thriving, in my lane, cannot be cheated on if I don't have a partner. Peace and love on Planet Earth. Lost someone special: Lost touch with many friends over the years. Staying in touch is still hard. But honestly, some of them turned out to not be that special after all in the first place and a lot have stayed too, so really, it's fine. Been depressed: Nah. Been drunk and thrown up: Still don't like alcohol, still don't drink ✌️ Your three favourite colours: Purple! And pink, and the third one…maybe red!
IN THE LAST YEAR, HAVE YOU:
Made a new friend: So many. So so many. Fallen out of love: Yep! Laughed until you cried: Just this week alone! Met someone who changed you: I think so! Found out who your true friends are: Yes. And to the people who turned out not to be—thanks for making it easier to watch you leave right now. Found out someone’s talking about you: In the "bringing up my existence" way? Yes. Badly? No—someone probably did, but not my problem.
EXTRAS
How many people from your fb list do you know irl: What Facebook? Do you have any pets: Not at the moment. Hard to keep any in a dorm room. I'd like to maybe get a small dog someday though! Do you want to change your name: Not anymore. When I was little I used to hate my name because everyone kept misspelling or mispronouncing it, but now I like it even if people still get it wrong all the time. Sometimes it still feels weird and othering, in an irrational sort of way, but I can't imagine myself being called anything else. What did you do for your last birthday: Had drinks with some people from my orientation group in one guy's dorm apartment. Casually came out as bi over a game of Never Have I Ever. Wound up at a party even though I had an 8:30 AM class the next morning. Zero regrets. What were you doing last night at midnight? Sitting on my bed and hitting play on the brand-new Meet Me @ the Altar song that dropped last night!!! Name something you can’t wait for: MM@TA EU tour in October! I've been obsessed with them for two years and finally they come here to play some shows and the first time I saw the announcement I legit busted a lip in my excitement. Unfortunately not a hyperbole.
Last time you saw your mum: Last time I visited home—early May I think? What is one thing you wish you could change about your life: Better executive functions so I struggle less with getting stuff done, especially uni stuff and household chores. Currently trying to do something about that, actually! If I'm really lucky I might get an ADHD diagnosis in the foreseeable future and maybe meds…? What are you listening to rn: Fall Out Boy – "We Didn't Start the Fire" Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: Often. It's quite a common name where I live! What’s getting on your nerves rn: One word: THESIS. Which I for some reason struggle to do anything about. Blood type: Still unknown! Nickname: Several shorter forms of my civilian name. On here, Ruby. Zodiac Sign: Aquarius Pronouns: she/her Favourite tv show: At the moment: ATLA (and Legend of Korra), Ted Lasso, Good Omens. Probably more I'm forgetting. High school: Graduated in 2016! College: In my Masters! I have an undergraduate degree in law now :D Long or short hair: Long, down to my hips. I used to have short hair as a kid, but I’ve always wanted long hair. Height: 159 cm or 5′2.5′’. Do you have a crush on someone: I try to tell myself that no, I'm just very fond of the person. Platonically. What do you like about yourself: I'm creative and adaptable! I'm good at winging it when the situation requires it, and I usually get things figured out one way or another. I'm a hype woman for my friends, and I like the way I can find joy and excitement in all corners of life. Also, not to toot my own horn but I'm really proud of my style right now! Right or left handed: Right-handed. First surgery: None. Piercing: None. First best friend: Probably Rebecca, in first grade. It’s a shame I moved away, I wonder what she’s doing now. First sport you joined: Ballet, when I was five or six. Kept doing it until early fifth grade, then changed to horseback riding. First vacation: Probably to my grandparents’ vacation home somewhere at the North Sea. Don’t remember a thing though, I was one or something.
RIGHT NOW:
Eating: Nothing. Drinking: Water, still! I’m about to: Hopefully write a bit more for the mystery project 👀 Listening to: Meet Me @ the Altar – "Give It Up"
WANT:
Kids: Yes, eventually. I'd like a stable partner first (although if push comes to shove I wouldn't mind raising my kids solo), and most importantly I'd like to be my own person for a couple of years and not be bound by duty to everyone else. Travel, explore the world and myself, get all that out of my system so I can truly go into motherhood with no regrets. Get married: Yes, if I find the right person to do it with. Career: Study law and work for the EU or an NGO.
WHICH IS BETTER:
Lips or eyes: Eyes. I don't pay much attention to lips outside of someone having a cute smile! Hugs or kisses: Kisses are nice, but I still prefer hugs! Taller or shorter: IDGAF. I still love my tall lanky noodle men, but I'm not picky. With women, even less so. Girl is taller than me? Awesome, great for being held. Shorter than me? CUTE. Older or younger: Around my age, rest doesn't matter. I'm at an age where anything between 20-30 is fair game, but any younger or older and it gets creepy. Romantic or spontaneous: A mixture of both. Nice stomach or nice arms: If the person is nice, their body will be nice too. It's an automatic process. I don't make the rules. Sensitive or loud: A combination of both! Troublemaker or hesitant: Secret third thing where they're chaotic but also too shy to really make a move.
HAVE YOU EVER
Kissed a stranger: Does "someone I talked to all evening but didn't know before that and didn't meet again afterwards" count? Drank liquor: Tried a bit, same as everybody. Found it nasty. Didn't try again. Lost glasses/contacts: Don't have any to lose. (Given the way I've been treating my eyes: yet?) Had sex on the first date: I'm asexual and I refuse. Broke someone’s heart: Yes, and let's leave it at that. Turned someone down: I'm a woman existing in public. Having to turn down random men is a recurring part of my experience. Cried when someone died: Not really—I seem to shut down and go blank more than anything else. I used to feel guilty about it, but now I've learned that everyone processes grief and loss differently and it doesn't mean I care less. Fallen for a friend: Yes, repeatedly, it has yet to end well, and it will probably happen again.
DO YOU BELIEVE IN
Yourself: Mostly yes. There are some things I need help with before I can unlock my full potential, but one thing I've learned is that I always manage in the end. And once I get proper help, I have no doubt I'll be just fine. Miracles: I don't like to rely on them, but I do believe that unlikely good things can and do happen. Love at first sight: Not for myself, I need to get to know a person before I fall for them. I do believe in attraction at first sight though. Heaven: It's a nice thought, but whether or not it exists doesn't matter to me. Our task in life is the same regardless: try to be kind and treat others well and hopefully leave the world a slightly better place. Santa Claus: No, and never really have. My parents never claimed he was real; my Christmas presents always came from the family that visited on Christmas Eve. Kissing on a first date: Did it once, it was okay. I think it's one of those "take it or leave it" things—if the chemistry is right, sure, go for it, but it's definitely not for everyone in every situation.
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i'm thinking of moving to taiwan after college, how has it been treating you? a lot of people i know who did move to taiwan only talk about how hard the language is (even if they're taiwanese 🥲) but i wanna now how like, your everyday life is!
oooo, that sounds so exciting, wherever you end up i hope you enjoy it! But yea, so I live just outside of Taipei in New Taipei but New Taipei is actually huge and there are many parts of New taipei that are like super far from Taipei proper and are pretty hard to live in without a having a scooter or car. I'm assuming you've been to taiwan before if you think you want to move there but ya never know! I tbh knew very little abt taiwan before coming here but yea. Just giving you an idea of where I live and that i can't speak for all of Taiwan, just my area thats just outside of taipei but still served by their metro system (which is honestly super dope, shout out to the MRT).
So like I overall love living here sm, I'd love to live here someday for work or smth and not just studying abroad. The transportation is amazing, the nature is. so lovely. Like tbh no matter where I am in the city I am no more than 10 km away from the river or the mountains and everything is so green and nice. However in order to be so green all the time, taipei is very rainy and very humid. Legit my hair was such a nightmare when i got here, if you are from a dry climate, you will notice so many changes. Like my skin is rlly nice bc of the moisture, but my hair was unmanageable so i chopped it off. But I also have was less allergies now. If youre originally from a humid climate it should be nbd.
My daily life is honestly pretty easy. I live in a dorm so I didn't have to deal with things like speaking to a landlord or finding someone who would rent to me, or having to deal with utility bills, or dealing with the semi confusing garbage disposal system. But, I do know ppl that did have to do these things and speak way less chinese than I do and were just fine. Honestly, ppl say that you can live in the Taipei area without speaking chinese and be just fine bc most ppl speak english. Tbh idk how anyone does that, I rarely speak to anyone in english here but I think thats bc I always try speaking chinese first. Most people can speak a decent amount but unless you speak to them in english first theyll speak in chinese. I feel like most things you can learn just by living your daily life and learning high frequency words and when all else fails use google translate. But honestly, my life is very easy and pleasant. If I'm hungry I can easily go to a food stall or grocery store or convenience store near where I live. If I really don't want to leave the house, I can order food with a reasonable delivery fee (well reasonable to me, ik food prices are going up here).
Personally, I find that making friends here is pretty hard, but I'm not a very social person and find it hard to start conversations with ppl idk, and most taiwanese people don't talk to you if you don't talk to them, so this might be hard. But I feel like everyone is very friendly for the most part its just kinda finding the chances to make friends is rare if you aren't working or going to classes or know someone here already.
But overall yea no taiwan is a great place to live, there's a lot of things I'm gonna miss abt taiwan when i go home but somethings in my home country are hard to find here. Some of the traditional taiwanese food isn't bad, but not like my cup of tea, but you can find a lot here. It's just that most like foreign cuisine is more expensive or geared towards the locals so its not very authentic. I def miss hispanic food and some foods are hard to recreate here bc of lack of ingredients but taiwanese food is also very nice. Some dishes may look boring but are actually very good. I hope you like living in taiwan if you end up living here!
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Frank Castle does not believe in vampires. In fact, given a chance, he will steadfastly and stubbornly scoff at and refute the existence of something so ridiculous to him.
This is a man of the belief that those mythical creatures of the night are confined to fiction in all it's many forms-- the silver screen, the written word, the drawn pages of comic books and graphic novels. They're the kind of thing you save for an evening of Netflix and chilling; all the better for wrapping an arm around your significant other and nibbling on their neck a little to get the evening going spicy.
The long and short of it is that he simply has no cause to believe in them as real beings that walk among us, in spite of the fact that he inhabits a very strange world that only seems to get stranger by the day. Mind you, this is a man who has helped to bring two children into the world. That had to include all the usual appointments-- admittedly, because of his service, only some of which he was there for. Still, those check-ups and ultrasounds and blood-test filled days were bound to feature questions around his and his wife's medical history. Neither of them are carriers of the much discussed X-GENE-- something that is endlessly more real to him and easier to parse and accept. That's SCIENCE. It's in the vein of passing down hair and eye colors, bum tickers, and all kinds of other physical family baggage.
As far as he knows, you can't just pass down a case of the sparkles.
Hell-- he'd more seriously consider a case of demonic possession before he ever took seriously a flash of fangs and a confession of being beautifully undying. He's Catholic like that, even when it's been an eon since setting foot inside a church. Both cases would honestly make him suggest psychiatric help first, but the former. . . the former is close to home. He BELIEVES in the former. He KNOWS a thing or two about dark attachments of the soul.
But the Lord Ruthven shit? C'MOOON-- Polidori just had a bitter axe to grind against Byron. None of those dead guys are still prancing among us. Vampires make him think of Halloween, Hot Topic, eyeliner and My Chemical Romance band shirts with striped arm warmers. Scene kids and vampires are the same thing, right??
Now, from where does this bullheaded rejection spring? It's from the smallness of Frank's world. Truth be told, he's never been one for GRAND dreams. His were always local things-- even when they were as absurd as a child's glossy and romanticized desire to be a wiseguy in the style of Michael Corleone. Frank's world used to be Bayside, Queens to Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. He never really made plans to leave it-- not by further than getting out of his parents' house and someday into his own. Such small sights were never set on the rest of the world beyond or what lived in it. His was a world of old school by-the-slice shops, creeping bodegas, car-fixing garages where he might someday work for the legit side of things.
Enlistment and eventual deployment only narrowed his world even further, despite being responsible for sending him into the cradle of civilzation. In that place all that mattered was putting one foot in front of the next, checking his corners, doing the job and surviving the day and the incompetence of the United States Marine Corps.
There were no vampires for him to meet in Iran, Pakistan, or Afghanistan.
And afterwards? Afterwards there should only have been the smallness of HOME again. Of Maria tucked into his side, of Lisa held in his arms, of Junior at his knee.
Ain't that just the kicker though? After all that-- after all that happened to him, he could BE one of them. Maybe not beautiful, but definitely undying. Except he doesn't know that.
And still doesn't feel like he has any cause to BELIEVE.
                                                                                                               [ Tell ‘em closed case. ]
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cosmictulips · 2 years
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Miss Tulips! Could you list some of the places you wish to visit someday. It could be countries, or specific sites with specific things to do. Just anything. Perhaps include the pictures too^^
When you think of travelling, what do you dream of..?
Isn't it so fascinating how the world is filled with memories.. memories waiting to be shared with those who seeks for it?
It fascinates me so much how there's so much beauty in the world, whether it had always been there or maybe it was skillfully created, inanimate or filled with life.. and we might not get to experience even half of it regardless of how many years we might spend on earth.
it's funny that this shows up now and not 6 days ago. it's so weird. like this legit was not here lmao.
but now it is haha.
I dream of France. always have. and first let me just say, I know each country is problematic. so don't think any less of me when I say the places I want to go to lol.
France because I've dreamed of it since ... I was like 6. before I even knew what countries were. not paris. no no. the quieter side of france. the countryside and forgotten cities.
the Netherlands because my best friends live out there. both this country and France feels as if ... as if I have been there before. in some past life. I could literally cry just thinking about them.
I think of the west coast in the US. because it's the only places I haven't touched yet. I want to see the beaches and the Mountains.
I think of new orleans. because I feel like something is waiting there for me.
I think of Malta, Greece and Japan. as I've gotten older these three countries have just ... beckoned me to come closer haha.
HONESTLY THOUGH. the world is so beautiful and I want to see it all.
I want to see All of Switzerland because so many of my locations in my story unironically take place there when I was looking for inspiration.
I want to see the grand canyon and the Northern lights. I want to walk the black sandy beaches of Iceland and take a historic trip through europe to learn history and then go through the world learning more of its history.
I just feel like... like there's so much I need to see. so much I need to learn and I will only truly understand it if I go there.
I want to go to Hawaii to learn the native language and to the Alps to see the tips of mountains.
like, I just want to go lmao
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oldguy56-world · 2 years
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Down by The Lazy River
An announcement was made over the weekend that shocked, surprised and somewhat excited me. I will get to it in a moment but let me set the stage first. We live in a high rise condo. Many days when we are going out for a walk we see fellow dwellers meeting with Uber drivers in the lobby where a package is being handed off. You can always tell from the bag where it came from and it is often McDonald's. This is usually in the morning so I assume it is breakfast. Here is the kicker. We live directly across from a massive mall (I will try not to be too specific so as to avoid stalkers) and there is a Golden Arches inside. From our building it would be less than a 4 minute walk to get there. I understand seniors might have a hard time getting around but those receiving the food are always in their 20's. I will not pass comment on this but 'Give me a break!'
So what does that have to do with the announcement from the weekend? Patience Padawan. (Hey. I saw the first movie in the theater so I am entitled to use the phrase)
Anyway, the Ontario government has announced that Uber Eats will now be allowed to bring.....Cannabis to customers! I know that stoners (another term from my youth) are notoriously lazy but this weekend I did some extensive research and there are no less than 7 legitimate marijuana vendors in our immediate neighborhood. I suspect there might be others that are not legit and I don't think they would do home delivery but | am straying from the point.
Being this is a reality and truly going to happen I have some questions. All of them are logistical, none are ethical. Let's just say I am open minded on the subject.
How do you tip the driver? Normal practice is a % so do you roll them one and hand it over? | need to know the protocol just in case.
What if you are smart enough to realize you will also need munchies. Do you have to pay two delivery fees? If I was smart I would start a shop that sells both. A good name would be the Weed and Feed. I might have to get around to that someday.
Can future passengers in that Uber car get a contact high? If so it might be helpful for them to have to put a sticker on their cars designating they sometimes carry. I don't take Uber but if I saw this sticker I could be tempted to start.
If I organized my neighbors could we get a discount? Would that make me a dealer or a businessman?
Why? I just lost my train of thought. Why am I writing a blog? The last thing I remember was going out to do research on something. It is all foggy after that.
Have you ever noticed there are a lot of birds around?
THOUGHT OF THE WEEK: Clear minds think the best. A cleared mind is just the opposite.
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kdyism · 2 years
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Um Hi!this may be little inappropriate to ask but I'm just so curious about how you write you're blog or fanfiction poetically,if you're curious..english is my third language which I'm really bad at it and i really want to improve.plus writing a good poem or novel is one of my dream which i would like to succeed so...can u sow me ways to improve in writing poetically?
Oh and all of your works are amazing,i will always support u😍
aw thank you for liking my works, i am grateful <3
it's okay to ask, i don't mind. but i don't really have useful advice. for one, english is my first language so i can't explain anything technical bc i don't know grammar lol.
one way that helps me write, in my more like (pretentious) poetic kind of fics is vocabulary, just know or keep a catalogue of many words to use, rhyme or contrast. use sounds, i tend to like having my sentence or paragraphs end or begin with a certain word or sound. it makes reading it more deliberate? i find myself reading and rereading those kind of lines and a mood is set unconsciously because of it. this thing is a literary device called alliteration uuuhh basically like the first letter of the words used are the same? like below
ex. the fleeting feeling of forever found in the forefront of love.
the sound of the letter f is the cause of the impact in this and the ve in the end of love is an assonance, it makes the same sound as f.
this device is really easy to use and makes a dull work seem a little more poetic because well, we can rhyme and hear the sounds we are making using the words, having a lot of vocabulary will help find more words you can use to fulfill the purpose you want it to.
i might overuse use it but jdjsjd i like alliteration.
another way i make my writing more not basic plot and go is by description? but not like physical, real descriptions. i like describing the way the scene feels for the character who is in focus in the same way you would a memory or a person. i think this device is what they call personification? but it gives the basic wordings emotion and intimacy because now its feels a little more alive. imagine yourself in the situation or the feeling you are trying to express and write down what your reaction is and now that is the base of your line before you can start embellishing it with nicer or prettier way to say the same thing.
i also use metaphors, sparringly because i am not good with those. but if you want to describe something without using physical descriptors that are real in the scene, you can use metaphors to describe them. i read my own words sooo much it starts annoying me but at a certain point, i start feeling my word writing and that's where i try to reach with all my writing.
ADDITIONAL: i find for myself, i don't know if this is legit advice or a good trick but theme. i alwaaaays chose a theme before writing. or else i write the first scene and decide on a theme based on it. the theme provides continuity, a semblance of subtext even. leaving emotional beats you can bring back later, things that will move the plot forward. i find having a theme on hand, beforehand, always makes continuity easy for me because otherwise, the spaces between the scenes + emotions is just empty. so to bring them together, the theme is the overarching message or main point/conflict of the story.
i want my fics to be fics i would also read, so don't try to please anyone but yourself with your writing in the beginning. others liking it too is a just a lucky bonus until you know you can accept praise without doubting yourself.
i hope this was helpful, i learnt some of these devices at school but never realized how much i have been using it. you should keeep writing and writing and writing and fixing the things that feel iffy to you, eventually you will get to a point you are satisfied with it.
i hope your dream will come true someday! even i hope to release an original someday <3
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the story of us--part 5.
wild horses couldn't drag me away. nothing could, honestly. the strength of a wild horse, fate, nothing. fate brought me here. now nothing can take me away. let them try...they'll fail everytime. i've found all i've waited for, and i could not ask for more. all the waiting, all the bullshit...it was all worth it, for her, for this, for us. i am so fulfilled and i want for nothing more...other than to be in her arms, which will be happening soon enough. 'cause if we keep working, we can make it out of this place. i can keep on working for as long as it takes, 'cause i got plans for you. oh the plans i have. loving her every single day, showing her how i've felt this whole time. a home with her. happy us, happy animals. plants and flowers everywhere, so only beautiful things can be seen by both, though i don't need the plants and flowers, all i have to do is look at her. making her my wife. taking her last name. so many plans. i don't wanna come back down from this cloud, it's taken me all this time to find out what i need. also self-explanatory, but fuck man...i don't ever want to not feel like this again, and it is a whole new level of happiness and love to know that i never have to go back to not feeling this. this is incredible and i'm so fucking happy. she is the days i can't get over, she is the nights that i call home, endlessly. every day, she makes me happy. every day, she shows me that she loves me. every day, she makes sure i know that she's in this as much as i am. and every night, we fall asleep together and i know, as a final thought to the night, that i love her and this is my life now, for the rest of forever. falling asleep and waking up to her gorgeous face is not something i ever expected, but now i can't do without it. and with this love song to you, it's not a momentary phase. you are my life, i don't deserve you, but you love me just the same. this isn't a fleeting thought or feeling, these are lifetime emotions, wrapped into one person. my person. i don't deserve her. i do. but i don't. she's perfection, and i'm so happy that she chose me. she chooses me daily and proves that she is what i deserve. 'cause with you, i'd withstand all of hell to hold your hand. i'd give it all, i'd give for us, give anything, but i won't give up. now that i've found her, now that i'm here, i'll do anything to stay. moving, leaving, loving...all for her. just her. i don't need the stars, 'cause you shine for me. like fire in my veins, you're my ecstasy. it's been raining for a week, but i don't need the stars when i look into her eyes. she lights my way through the darkness to her and i'd follow that light for life. and ecstasy? fuck, she is. she touches me and i'm transported to a heaven i never knew existed. yeah, my girlfriend is like magic in my hands. when i lose my sparkle, she's the only one that understands. i know i'm gonna marry you someday. i keep telling her i'm going to make her my wife. i am. she's already my best friend, my lover, my girlfriend, my everything. i'm so consumed by her, and i don't see that ending, ever. when i got what i got, i don't miss what i had, the old me before you belongs to the past, in the back of your mind, you might think there's something more i want, but when i got what i got, girl, i don't. i legit couldn't ask for anything more than her, than this, than us. i'm unbelievably happy and i'm determined to make her just as happy, to show her how much love i have inside of me for her, to pour it into her soul, the same way she's been doing to me. she. is. perfection. and she is good, so good. she treats your little girl like a real woman should. she is good, so good. she makes promises she keeps, no, she's never gonna leave...so don't you worry about me. i'm convinced my dad had his hand in this. he conspired with the cosmos to bring her to me. he knew i needed her, deserved her. he knew that his little girl would be safe with her, since he isn't here. he fucking knew. and so do i.
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onewingedxngel · 2 years
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Please do not reblog.
Colin Trevorrow needs to be fired HOLY HELL.
The new Jurassic World movie is an insult to the existence of brains. When I heard people clapping in the cinema (which is uncommon where I’m at) I legit booed. Wow, what a movie...
I really need to vent, because this movie... OH MY GOD. No, no, no, for the sake of everything, do not incorporate animal rights themes/parallels if it’s clear you don’t know what you’re doing. 
Spoilers for one of the introductory scenes of the film below. Also, I am an animal rights/vegan activist, and as it’s a big passion of mine (and my special interest), I’ll be going into that aspect as well, and I WILL be in my crazy hyper passionate will overindulge in talking about this mood, so get outta here if you don’t want that! It’s going to get VERY long and I’m doing this more for myself than anything, so please don’t start any bullshit in the comments and let me indulge goddammit!
There’s one specific thing that particularly pissed me off that I wanna write about here. I don’t tend to go into much detail about my support of/passion for the animal liberation/vegan movement here for a multitude of reasons, but you will see snippets of it sneak into my writing (e.g. I avoid anthropocentrism, I avoid referring to animals as ‘it’, that kind of thing). I genuinely grow extremely annoyed when I see fiction attempt to tackle the subject, and clearly be written by someone who not only knows nothing about the movement, but also holds no interest for it either. Just taking the aesthetic or the ‘comfortable’ parts while upholding the dominant and invisible ideology of carnism.
There’s a lot wrong with this movie; an insulting script, disgraceful hoards of plot holes, surprisingly boring, etc... but oh my lord, I’d like to focus on this animal rights thing because I don’t think most people will comment on this, and I wanna write about it.
The movie opens with characters trespassing an illegal dinosaur farm/breeding facility, all clad in black and hiding their faces as they document the conditions the dinosaurs are kept in. They are horrified by the conditions and decide to liberate and escape with a sick baby dinosaur because they’d die otherwise, due to the neglect.
This isn’t aluding to or mildly paralleling what activists fighting for animal liberation do... this is LITERALLY what some of us do (I personally have not done direct action, my activism is focused on outreach– but I’d love to do it someday, or vigils, but that’s a whole other story). The imagery of them clad in black and freeing the dinosaur as they make an escape from authorities is... it’s literally just the fucking ALF (Animal Liberation Front). Well, the ALF do lots of property damage, so you could also compare it to people who do the basic documentation (without such damage), but end up rescuing an individual who would otherwise die.
But then the rest of the film does what most others do, to a rather uncomfortable level considering what came before... there’s a noticeable level of casual/unquestioned animal exploitation here, even objectification (a quote from the film is something like “our food, and our food’s food will disappear”, in reference to the loss of crops. Reducing a sentient being to just ‘food’, a someone to a something– which is a focus of my novel, so this gave me a fair amount of motivation to GO AND WRITE IT AND ACTUALLY MAKE A STORY THAT DARES TO CHALLENGE THE READER AND HAVE A SERIOUS DISCUSSION OF ANIMAL LIBERATION (oh the horror!).
It’s a very small thing, but there were other things too, and it all comes together to normalise and avoid questioning what you’d think the film might want to question, you know? It angers me to see the decision to take what activists do in real life, activists who are mocked by some of the general public for having compassion and opposing injustice, taking that imagery and everything they do for animals, and using it in such a cheap and thoughtless manner (considering the rest of the film very much upholds typical carnist attitudes, beliefs and actions). It angers me as an activist myself. As the movement grows– which it absolutely is– this kind of thing really isn’t going to age well... hell, it already aged horribly because this movie’s a JOKE, even if it hadn’t butchered the subject the way it did.
Holy hell I truly believe carnists should not dare to incorporate animal rights/liberation into their story if THIS is how they treat the subject.
Anyhow, my apologies. It’s late, I’m annoyed that this movie was as bad as it was, I’m dead tired and I don’t do much activism during uni, so I got a lot of pent up energy in me. Preferably don’t reblog this because I don’t have the energy to deal with people getting all up in my face if they disagree.
Oh my God I’m tired. This movie drained me.
And yes I swear I’m beginning to work on drafts.
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breezy-cheezy · 3 years
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Random but I noticed a while back you being into dnd and if you're still into xv this is gonna be super random maybe but can you see/imagine the chocobros maybe playing a version of it?
dfjgjdddfgdhI’m so sorry this took so long to answer?? AAAA
SO. I am not sure entirely what you meant with this question, and I went ham. Sadly not with art, although.....someday I hope to.... I DID make character sheets for each Chocobro, adapting them to a D&D setting though, LOL. 
Noctis’s Character Sheet
Noctis, A Divine Soul Sorcerer (that whole connection to the crystal and all) + many levels in a Celestial Warlock, pact of the blade (he can summon certain weapons!! And has lots of magic). I also made him a Miqo’te race because....I love that bonus outfit in the game.....cat. 
Noct was kinda born into a pact with Bahamut he did NOT really sign up for, and all the summons/members of Bahamut’s pantheon just....keep showing up, like weird family friends, whether he likes it or not :P 
Although if NOCTIS got to choose what he played in a d&d like game, he would play an arcane trickster rogue, I imagine. He’s a big Assassin’s Creed nerd!! +he can have a little magic....as a treat.
Ignis’s Character Sheet
Ignis I figured would be a wizard and a rogue multiclass. He’s a bladesinger wizard specifically, great for fancy, intelligent fighting and protecting his charge. And Inquisitive archetype rogue, which I felt gels well with his keen observation and exploitative fight tactics :> He also took a chef feat! Annnd he’s an elf, because yeah.
If Ignis was PLAYING D&D and chose his character? I think he’d play a monk??Mixed with some wizard still....listen it’s a good “brains” class. X’’’D
Gladio’s Character Sheet
Gladio! My go-to was barbarian. Fighter maybe? But he thrives on righteous anger, I think it works well for a barbarian class. Give him a shield and protective rage and we good to go! I picked Path of the Ancestral Guardian for him, because it’s kind of an inherited role, and it would be neat if he received help for his role as shield from his ancestors, yeah? Annnd he’s human.
Legit he’d probably choose to play a barbarian as well. Or maybe a strength maxed brawler fighter?? Idk. If the boys can rope him into such a game, anyway!
Prompto’s Character Sheet
My favorite :> Prom is a Gunslinger Fighter, with 3 levels in Beast Master Ranger so he can have a chocobo companion! She would be specifically trained to not be spooked by gunshots so he can fire away while on her back. He is also a skirmisher warforged so he is Very Quick on his Feet human, completely ordinary, nothing to see here. :3c
If he were picking out something to play in D&D he might play something....idk I could see him going full ranger, or perhaps he’d have fun as a paladin? I could see him picking so many things, ngl LOL
This is ALOT, I hope I answered your question in some way in all this!! <3
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