#like go actually look at what modern YA is releasing

[dreadsuitsamus]

Jubilee | Renji Abarai x Reader |

author's note: this is an au where renji is a mechanic and reader is his secretary/bookkeeper. i plan to do an overall larger story with this au, and will likely consider this fic 'canon' to that one when it's released lol. but i love this idea and had to write something quick for it, and it's lightly inspired by an outing with my friends the other night 🩷

pairing: renji abarai x fem!reader

warnings: fluff, modern au

The sound of the door between the garage and the office area alerts you to your mechanic's presence, eyes quickly flitting to check the time— around his usual time for a snack, so you expect to soon see him with a bag of popcorn as he sits in his usual seat at the edge of your desk. But when you hear the jingling of his keys instead of the microwave popcorn popping, all sense of time and the world as you know it shatters. This man, while not strict about routine at all, has always naturally followed the same way day in and day out.

Renji appears before your desk, the keys to the building and his car swinging around the ring looped on his index finger. "C'mon, we're closing early today."

Blinking and quickly pinching your thigh to ensure this is real and that you haven't nodded off at the desk again, you perk a brow at your friend and technical boss. "Huh?"

"Gotta clean your ears out." He teases with that handsome smile. "I know everything I tell you goes in one ear and out the other, but clearly some stuff sticks since you apparently didn't hear me. I said, c'mon. Shop's closed the rest of the day."

"But you've still got-" Your hands search for the daily schedule Renji wrote out for himself, and on it it shows he's only got but four of the six oil changes done, not to mention the—

"Hey!" He knocks his knuckles against your wooden desk. "It's fine. Trust me, the work'll still be there tomorrow. Now can you please come on?"

Irritation twinges at your lips, pulling them into a bit of a pout, not that you'd admit that to him and take the chance of him wanting to stay late another day to make up for the short workday. He slips into one of his nice button-up shirts he keeps on standby— his favorite Hawaiian shirt, actually. It's black and the flowers are a mix of white and warm colors, and you've always thought it looks stunning on him.

"What's the occasion?" The question is a hum on your lips while you tidy up the desk and shut down your computer.

"It's the last night of that lil carnival that's in town. I wanna go check it out." Renji says boredly, swinging his keys as he waits for you to finish getting ready to go. "I want you to go with me. My treat."

"Aren't you generous, paying for a lady's three dollar entrance ticket?" You tease and pick up your purse, following him out of the door and waiting as he locks up.

"Turns out 'm not the worst boss after all, eh? I remember birthdays too, punk, so consider this part of your birthday present." He pokes at your forehead with a sly grin, and damn him to hell— you were quite hoping he'd forgotten your upcoming, dreaded thirty-third birthday.

Your lips pull into a pout. "So you're admitting you're the boss here, hm?" Renji always tells customers you're the one in charge and sticks with that mindset even when you're alone, so such a statement from him is odd.

"Just for today. Had to give ya a break." Renji winks, the light from the sun that's just barely starting to set casting a nice glow on him.

Your scoff is light and followed by a warm laugh, and soon you're ducking into one of Renji's many cars. It's his daily driver, nothing fancy or classic or particularly stunning, but it's the only automatic he owns and thus the only one you can actually drive, so it's your favorite by default. "This jubilee happens every year, y'know, and this is the only time you've ever mentioned it outside of complaining about all the traffic it causes."

Renji shrugs, looking far too relaxed as he drives. "I wanna go."

Good enough for me.

The city park is full of people and madness as Renji drives in, swooping into the last miraculously-empty parking spot. And bless his foolishness as he smiles cheekily at the father of five that's fuming in the minivan as he has to make another rotation for an empty spot. You hide a snicker in your hand and walk with Renji to the entrance, watching as he charms the old lady selling the tickets and making her day.

"What?? Six dollars?! You're cleaning me out, missy." He teases, opening his wallet and pulling out the cash for the entry fee. Bless the old woman's heart as she laughs and blushes at Renji's innocent flirting and slaps the two tickets into his hand.

"I think you'd make more money as a stripper for old ladies." You snort and walk with your friend into the carnival, the bright lights from the rides and the smell of greasy food attacking your senses.

"I don't have the rhythm for stripping." Renji laments with a dramatic sigh.

Your giggle is music to Renji's ears as you survey the carnival. The lines are all long and he's not quite sure how he feels about some of these rides— this was put together in a matter of days?? Hell no.

The ferris wheel still looks kind of fun, however…

Renji leads the way to the ride, and after a quick glance back to make sure you're still there, he takes your hand. "Don't go missing on me now!"

The warmth of his hand is just barely hotter than the burn of your cheeks; it's been five years since you met and subsequently started working with Renji at his dingy little auto shop, and you loathe to think about the truth of why you've been single all this time— if that sort of love with your friend was in the cards, it would've happened by now.

Renji, oblivious to your mental plight, finally finds the end of the line to the ferris wheel and staunchly takes his place and quietly dares anyone to try and cut in line. His hand is still firmly holding yours and it's like a switch flicks in his mind with how suddenly he drops it.

"Your hand is oddly soft." You murmur as you begin people watching.

"I keep telling you, WD-40 is the best moisturizer you can use!" Renji insists with a laugh, and you shove him playfully— he knows how much you hate the smell of the degreaser.

The line moves slowly, as expected for a ferris wheel, and it's dark by the time you're loading into your carriage. The breeze is cooler than it has been all day long, and Renji notices your shiver as the ride gets going. "I didn't bring a jacket." He murmurs. "You can use my shirt, if you want."

You shake your head and rub your arms as they litter with goosebumps. "No, it's okay. It's just a little chilly."

"Mm. Well, come here." His leanly muscled, tattooed arm slips around your shoulders and already you feel a certain warmth enveloping you. "Been told I run like a furnace."

"You do."

"Guess that makes me pretty hot, huh?" Renji's smile is full and you just can't help yourself but laugh at his cheesy little joke.

"With all the swearing I hear from that garage and that red hair of yours, you're definitely at least a hothead."

"Ooooh, deserved." The redhead hisses. "I don't try to be, y'know."

"I know. I also know all that effort goes out the window the second you hit your head on a hood."

"Hey, you give it a try and tell me you wouldn't let out a swear or two!" Renji pouts, brow furrowed and he looks so stupid but still so damn cute.

"I don't have any reason to be under a hood— that's what I have you for."

"Damn right." He's smug now, the bozo. He squeezes you tighter to his side, running his hand up and down your arm a few times. "You feel okay?"

"Yeah, yeah. I'm fine." He's so warm, and damn that fancy cologne of his, the one that cost him more than one of his tattoo sessions. It's essentially been designed to set every nerve of yours alight and fill your chest with a pounding urge to pounce on the poor mechanic that just wanted to smell nice.

"Good." He mutters lowly, his thumb swiping across your chilly skin.

The ferris wheel is filled up eventually, and you get maybe five rotations before a sudden stop, the LED lighting on the sides of each carriage going out as well. Renji groans, louder than the other voices in the midst of the outage, and looks down at the ground and tilts the carriage enough to make your heart skip a terrifying beat. Before you can even think twice you're grabbing the back of his shirt and tugging him closer to you.

"We are all the way at the top! Do not tilt this fucking thing!"

"Scaredy-cat." Is all Renji responds with, the bastard.

"Shut up!" You hiss, and Renji finally settles in as someone down below alerts you through a megaphone that the fireworks show is about to begin, and that they've had to pause the ride.

"Well look at that. We got the best seat in the house." Your mechanic settles in, pulling you close to his warm side as the show begins.

And truly, it's worth being stuck at the top of the ride. The lights are fantastically bright, the shapes and pops and booms all backed by a playlist full of some of your personal favorite bops and classics. Renji smiles as you sing along, and finds himself looking at you more than the show, not that you notice his watchful eyes.

Renji carefully slips his phone from his pocket and snaps a few photos, and by the time he takes the last picture you've caught on long enough to smile for the camera. And that's as long as your interest lasts as the finale starts up, but Renji's too busy setting the perfect picture as his phone's wallpaper to witness it.

His heart warms when you meet his eyes just as the last few fireworks go off, and his cheeks flush red at the gentle, brief touch of your lips to his cheek. "Thank you for the birthday present, Renji."

He makes sure to bring you to the local event and do the same thing each and every year after, if for nothing other than your sweet kiss.

#renji abarai x reader #renji abarai x you #renji x reader #renji x you #renji abarai #renji bleach #bleach #fluff #fic

[bonefall]

Ok I have not read any of the books in the newest arc because ya boys and adult now with limited funds and yada yada so I need to know how bad as the pacing cus as a kid for a much as my 11 year old self loved the books I always thought the pacing was shit so Is the new team better or worse at the whole pacing thing?

Even just speaking on all books currently released that the new team worked on, TBC, DOTC, and AVoS, the series has developed a really serious pacing problem.

DOTC grinds to a halt with the climactic battle in book 3, struggling to find a conflict to fill the gap that their botched "redemption" of Clear Sky leaves. One Eye makes a valiant effort before being killed in the same book he's introduced in, but Slash feels like 2 books of padding.

AVoS is the worst of all this. Darktail and The Kin isn't even a threat for half of the arc, forced to spend time in ThunderClan where nothing is happening, and the rest is waffling about bringing SkyClan to the Lake and Alderheart's celibacy. And STILL it shoved a ton of content into Tigerheart's Shadow.

TBC got a bit better, but it rushes past emotional scenes of major importance (like the main cast mourning dead friends and family) to focus on pointless bickering and ship bait. The last book was 50% the actual plot in the Dark Forest and 50% the leaders arguing if they should finish the story or not.

Worse, modern books have a lot of what I call "Quicktime Events," which are basically random disasters that appear suddenly and end just as fast. A good example is the fox in Thunder Rising, which spawns in the proto-SkyClan camp shortly after Clear Sky shoves his son's face in Frost's infected wound, and they just fight it off and never mention it again.

But if they don't HAVE quicktime events, we can go entire books without a battle at all. Like they just have no idea how to make meaningful combat be part of the story.

But then again, the pacing hasn't been good since like... TNP. I have scathing commentary on Po3 and OotS, too, so it's not like it's JUST a new team problem, y'know?

Anyway yeah. The pacing is bad. It's been bad since before the new team took over, but they sure haven't improved things, and 2/4 decently paced arcs for the old team is a better track record than 0/3 for the new one.

I'll reserve judgement on ASC until it's done, but it's not looking good either.

#bone babble #Warrior cats analysis #Pacing

[lemontines-writing-corner]

wally darling x TV head! reader oneshot

authors note: wally darling belongs to @/partycoffin!

Quick summary: You’re a fanatic about the culture of vaporwave that your whole wardrobe is literally 1980’s-2010’s internet style more bright neon like clothing. Even your room is so vibey! Average regular person who explored the Welcome Home Website until you spotted something odd…

You honestly lived a normal life. Spend your time working as freelance artist with a vintage semi modern like aesthetic, mix of three actually. 80’s, 90’s and early 2010’s, it peaked your interests with internet culture, how it all started and began.

Everyone always see you either walking out of the 80’s, or some other days the 90’s, or the 2010’s! Everyone probably knows you have an interesting fashion taste, but that’s because you like being colorful!

When you finished the last of your commissions, you decided to chat with your online friends as they recommended you to check out a website they found.

you: what is this website?

⭐️ aster_diaster ⭐️: idk I found it on the Reddit forum, some puppet show forgotten and there it’s a restoration website. I thought you might like it ;P 🌀🌀🍎🍎

you: oooh !! I’ll definitely check it out 😁 thanks !

Without any hesitation you clicked on the link and was introduced with a puppet sitting on the rock, you thought nothing of it as you smiled admiring the art and layout of this website. You didn’t think much of looking at the clues, because you thought it was just a website. Your internet friend didn’t give a in depth construct about it. So your initial thought was a forgotten puppet show restoring all its lost media.

“I do hope there’s going to be lost episodes releasing”, you mumbled as you scrolled through the guest book, adorned by the drawings and submissions people sent. You yawned and clicked off the website and decided to open up youtube to play something what YouTube has given to you the first song that came up was Do Ya Like x Resonance

Just as you were about to login for Pinterest to look for inspiration and save a few pins to have an idea to draw something, a notification popped on the right side of your laptop.

⭐️ aster_disaster ⭐️: 🍎 voywex. try replacing it at the end of the link from the website I showed you 🌀:)

You: oh alr-

what’s with the weird emoji uses???

⭐️ aster_disaster ⭐️: nothing much. Ha. Ha. Ha. Im waiting 🌀🌀🌀👁️

You rolled your eyes thinking they’re just playing with you, “tomfoolery” you muttered to yourself as you clicked on your history and clicked back to the website, “this is gonna be a rickroll I swear.”, or so you thought.

Upon typing the letters you were greeted with a pair of eyes staring right through your soul and told you to be quiet, then it blinked as it’s eyes then showed the two spirals. You were about to click it off as it typed on the text box quickly, “wait! Don’t go please!”, you were honestly scared but his eyes were hypnotic, the spirals started to pull you in as the spirals expanded.

You didn’t remember a single thing. Not one thing at all, but all you heard was a voice. “see you soon neighbor~” .

You suddenly woke up in the middle of the woods, hyperventilating you touched your chest and checked your pulse, you looked around to notice that everything is so colorful a bit too unreal. “I must be tripping…” you said to yourself as you stood up not even realizing how odd you looked.

“Maybe I should…explore the place?”, you started walking down the pathway as you saw a ray of houses the only one that stood out was the house in the middle surrounded by other houses. “Wait…I know this place”, your eyes widened and walked down the pathway.

There home looked at you all curious, you waved back at home as home swinged its window to say a hello, “ok….I must be dreaming am I?”, before home can even respond, you ran and went to the nearest person who is in the neighborhood.

Which was Eddie, you bumped into him as he looked at you with a shocked look and you all distraught and confused, “sorry….”, you began to pick up all his mail as he came along to pick it up as well, “no worries neighbor! Say I never seen you around here, are you new?”

Before you can say anything you heard someone screeching from behind as you were caught with a butterfly net, of course that caused one of your antennas to snap off which your screen had bugs. You were blind and tried to navigate your way to get out of this mess.

“I caught the bug! Eddie look!” Julie pointed as Eddie was in shock, “Julie I don’t think it’s a bug” Frank crossed his arms as he observed you, “they don’t have bug like features compared to Howdy”, your voice had a static as you spoke, “h…hey…I’m..n…not…a…a b…bug…h…help me” you struggled as Eddie took the butterfly net off you.

Barnaby suddenly chimed in to see the commotion, “what’s going on there fellas?”, he looked over and saw you, “oh boy new neighbor!!”, without a doubt without letting anyone speak, he picked you up and hugged you, “boy oh boy! My names Barnaby pal! What’s yours!!”.

At this point you were overwhelmed with all of this and struggled to get off. You can’t see anything nor speak because of the bugs on your screen. “I think they need to be put down”, Eddie responded as Barnaby realized what’s going on, “oopsies, sorry pal” he smiled a bit and set you down.

Frank then grabbed a piece of your antenna and put it where it belonged on your head as the bugs on your screen was gone. Now you can see and speak well, “I’ve never seen a neighbor with a head like that” Julie looked at you as everyone collectively agreed.

“What are you even talking about”, your eyes turned into three question marks, signing that your confused, “Well you’re no bug, you’re more of a tv head…” Frank circled around observing you and touched your tail, “you have a plug as a tail” he seemed interested as everyone looked at you like as if some artist drew a beautiful piece.

“Listen, I’m too overwhelmed with all of this mess. I just need to get home. This is not the time to watch me like I’m some circus animal”, you felt frustrated and overwhelmed.

“Indeed. But this is your home neighbor, I’m sorry for the behavior everyone had given you (y/n)”. You turned around and saw Wally as your screen had three explanation marks, “Sorry Wally, we were all excited to see the new neighbor”, Julie looked down as Wally walked towards you facing in front of them, “apology accepted Julie”, he smiled and looked at you.

“Indeed they are a strange one, they have a head of a tv”, you then touched your face as you were in a limbo, you couldn’t say anything and stayed in pure shock. “No worries neighbors, me and (y/n) are going to have a quick tour around the neighborhood, we don’t want to overwhelm them so for now we take baby steps”.

Before you can retaliate, everyone nodded and waved a goodbye to you as Wally looked at you…a little too comfortable as you blinked, “Uuh…so when am I going home?”, Wally hugged you as he himself is intrigued by you and your tv head self.

Boy oh boy. This might take awhile

authors note: I gave up halfway so I’m sorry if I didn’t make it that interesting-

Also Howdy and Poppy aren’t in this fanfic because I just only thought of the character of who would be outside most of the time

Here’s some concept art as an apology 💔

#welcome home puppet show #fanfiction #welcome home arg #welcome home fandom #wally darling #julie welcome home #barnaby welcome home #tv head #barnaby b beagle #julie joyful #sally starlight #howdy pillar #frank frankly #eddie dear #welcome home x you

[snootlestheangel]

I would love to hear about this!

So tempted to hit y'all with OC stuff but they're not even Fandom ocs, they're just my little guys (and gals)

The idea I have for a COD x OG work crossover is insane and chaotic and I need to stop thinking

I hope your head gets to feeling better soon.

For context, the actual narrative of my original work is basically the modern world coexists with inhuman species and magic users. There's more for the specific homebrewed species of mine on @snootlessimperfectworld that will also help explain some things. Specifically looking at the "Let's Talk Series"

Here's a thing about the OCs I posted previously but I'll be adding more here, don't worry

But for today, the focus is the use of "portals" throughout the work. Literally the main conflict in this is the result of a Dragon breaking out of prison and into the realm where Humans exist, thus breaking interdimensional boundaries.

I really just can't stop picturing the 141 getting sent to a random location due to some really weird signals/energy changes/some other thing that raises concern. There's reports of people patrolling the massive compound, and there's starting to be rumors they're actually harboring some weapons of mass destruction.

The team arrives and they find the building to be... empty. There's no sign of people or any hint as to what they were doing.

They're about to give up when they find a hangar connected to the back of the building. They decide to check it, just to be safe, and enter the hangar without really knowing what they're walking into.

Instead of vehicles or even storage bins, they find a Dragon. A massive, teal colored Dragon chained to the floor and sleeping. Or at least, tranquilized. The Dragon's wings are stretched above it at an awkward angle, there's massive steel collars around its neck, tail, and snout. It's legs are pinned underneath him, and there's massive chains keeping the bulk of its body against the floor.

The 141 is so in shock by what they're seeing, they can't even say anything. They just kind of walk around the dragon like "?????"

Eventually, Soap reaches out and touches the dragon cause "how could they do this to you?". Next thing they know, they're releasing the dragon's chains and hoping it stays asleep long enough for them to leave. They'll deal with the consequences later, all right?

Except by the time they're done with that, the dragon is Awake and some other stuff happens and they run into my little troop of idiots.

Maxlar is the first one they encounter (excluding Devon, the Dragon featured above), and he's just all "oh geez, thanks guys for releasing him. I was real worried about him, ya know?"

I'm just thinking of Malvo, my grumpy cold-exterior "I am better than all of you" little Demon man, basically telling the 141 to piss off and let them deal with their issues in peace. Of course Price refuses, cause "that's a dragon and you guys are weird, we're not just letting you wander around"

Hades trying to step in and prevent things from getting worse. He's trying his best to not have a mental breakdown. These guys are scary and guns still kill Night Watchers, okay? He's trying to be a good King and be a good diplomat but it's really not working when these guys clearly are serious and he's got Maxlar, Devon, and Troy behind him cracking jokes like it's a normal Tuesday. That and he's got Malvo threatening them in increasingly intricate ways, and he's really just very tired and wants to go home.

Finally, they reach a kind of truce, and the 141 decides to assist them in making it back to their world. Hades wants to cry from relief, but there's still a lot of things left to discuss.

Someone on his side of things asks "what do we do with these guys?" while pointing at the 141.

Aten, the feral little dragon he is: *with a growl* Eat them 141: Huh??? Troy, a vampire: Yeah, I am kinda hungry. Price: We agreed to help! Aten: And you'll be helping by filling our stomachs! Hades: What the bloody hell is wrong with you two?! NO! I swear- *covers face and just stands there for a moment* Gaz: Is he okay? Aten: Oh yeah, this is normal for him. Maxlar: If Hades isn't having at least one mental breakdown during a stressful situation, there's something incredibly wrong with him.

I mean, these are the people the 141 has to deal with:

Maxlar Whishling, a schizophrenic magic-wielder that's got a sort of "high on life" mentality and is just so unserious. The reason there's an interdimensional war happening in their world, and is adamant it's not actually his fault. Which yes, he's right, it's not technically his fault, but he's the reason still.

Devon Breathstone, Maxlar's best friend and partner in crime. An absolute unit of a human (around 7' tall and fucking huge all around) because he's a fucking Dragon. Incredibly chill and more controlled than Maxlar but clearly along for the ride

Malvo Whishling, Maxlar's younger brother turned Demon that is so fed up with everyone and everything. He's supposed to be dead, yet he's not, he's having to clean up after his brother's messes. Incredibly powerful magic user. Smarter than everyone, has no emotion, speaks in a very formal way, literally well-dressed.

Hades Evanchio, the King of the Night Watchers but more like the King of Anxiety. Never signed up to be King, was literally dragged into it. Cares deeply for his friend Maxlar but just really wants to go home and cuddle with his husband, okay? He's tired, leave him be.

Atendarajo Evanchio, Hades's feral husband. Definitely commits arson on a regular basis. Intentionally initiates chaos because he can. Also a dragon, but mini sized. Has crippling Small Dog Syndrome as a result of this. Will steal your kneecaps in a second.

Troy Fallwood, a vampire known for simply appearing in the most unusual circumstances only to disappear again for several months. A bastard and a fellow chaos instigator.

I just wanna witness Ghost feel intimidated because holy fuck that guy is huge-

I want Soap and Gaz to get fucking bullied by a feral little Dragon

I want Price to be arguing logistics with Anxiety Man and Smarter Than Everyone

I want Soap to slowly be integrated into the Chaos because Maxlar, Devon, Troy, and Aten all realize "hey he's actually kinda cool"

I want Gaz to get hit on by a vampire but he can't tell if it's because the vampire actually believes Gaz is attractive or because it's, as he said earlier, he's "kinda hungry"

I want Price to be fiercely protective of his team while Hades and Malvo are begging to get rid of the others

#i've been thinking about my boys too much #snootles's ocs #snootles's original work ocs #maxlar whishling #malvo whishling #devon breathstone #hades evanchio #atendarajo evanchio #troy fallwood #simon ghost riley #john soap mactavish #kyle gaz garrick #captain john price #call of duty

[bossyuri]

Ima put my random thoughts about SRV in here! It probably won't make much sense but wtv sdfsg

again I haven't placed the last building or conquered the whole map yet, as context, but i did finish the main story aside from that.

So ima start of with thoughts while disregarding how the bugs affected the experience!

Overall, I had a good time! I really enjoyed it. I love the new crew. I loved the focus on friendship. I'd say the story overall is nothing really special though, which I don't think is necesserily a bad thing. Sometimes a chill story packaged in a fun game is good ya know.

I loved finding out bits and pieces about our friends through dialogue, I think that was great, and I really liked that it felt like a solid friend group. Modern Yuri (as I like to colloqually call him lmao) is so much more mellow from having a good support system early on lol. But he's still got some Classic Yuri in him.

The rival gangs I think that thematically, visually, their music and stuff, they were great. I liked them a lot, they had good contrast, their music when you fight them rules. I do think that they were a little underused in the actual story though so they don't quite leave the impact that say, the Syndicate did. The threat they posed felt more theorical than anything you actually see. Again not the worst thing, but I feel like they could've used a bit more time to be more present. (I did like how the Panteros stuff ended because it tied in with other things later though!). Like I think in particular that the collective could have been used a lot more.

That said I did play with looong months-long break for the first quarter of the game so idk how that affected my impression. And the last few missions I think were really, really cool, I really liked them! But I felt like the middle parts after a certain point weren't quite as memorable.

But I don't think it was bad! And the game isn't quite over yet, so I'm looking forward to what's to come.

Also I did like how narratively the game tries to give you a nice fantasy release from a lot of real life issues. I'm sure many people at Volition had to face these frustrations in their lives and it felt like. relatable yknow.

Now though.....so I work in game QA, going on my 7th year, and the game released in....really an unnacceptable state, which was really a bummer and really harmed it. I don't blame the devs. Devs want to give us good games. But they don't control release dates.

and they did not control covid. I know a lot people see covid as an "excuse" to fuck up games but trust me as someone who was working in the industry through it all, it absolutely messed up a *lot* of stuff that you may never know about. My setup from home is still not ideal. And thats not even getting into employee burnout but anyway-

I've had crashes to desktop, blockers in missions (regularly), broken multiplayer (tho i havent had a chance to test it again after patches) needing full game restarts for a variety of reasons (clothes broken, face broken, world stopped populating, quest blocked...) the clothes system still breaks for me after so many months after release (thought its a lot better. i dont fear the stores as much anymore lol). I don't know if it's a quirk of the PC version, but it would have been so much more of a good experience if they had had the time to polish the game more before release. Lots of gamers don't have much patience for this kinda shit, and it's a shame for a game that has a lot of love put into it.

But they're still patching the game, and the QOL changes that they keep adding are really good. The game is a lot more stable for me too so I will definitely keep playing, and I'm hoping that my mental state will allow me to make some fun content from it. I'm still kinda hoping for a steam release sometime so I might get to replay the story again if that happens. Because taking screenshots on epic is a goddamn pain.

So huh anyway. I don't think anyone cares that much but if you've read that far thank you! And also thanks for sticking around with me for so long despite my dropping off the face of the earth in a depression spiral. But I'm still around and Yuri is still around. And Saints Row V is fun!

#im trying to keep this mostly spoiler-free but its not like entirely spoiler-free so read at own risk

[trashexplorer]

BLCD Review: STAR★NYAKS

Title: Takane no Hana wa, Chirasaretai (高嶺の花は、散らされたい)

Author/Artist: Sakyo Aya

Release Date: 2021/02/26

Cast: 

Tadokoro Hinata x Terashima Takuma

Ishiya Haruki

Tada Keita

Watai Kanato

Fushimi Haruka

Watanuki Kaho

Shimano Hana

Nanase Ayaka

Miyake Marie

Nagatsuma Juri

Synopsis: Yukishita Hana, the kind Alpha working at Starnyaks Coffee. Renjaku, the arrogant Alpha who is a regular at said cafe, whose flower studio is located nearby.

At least that’s what the clients perceive, but Yukishita is actually an Omega with a crush on Renjaku. He couldn’t hide his gender anymore when his first heat came unexpectedly…at age 26!

Review Proper

IT’S 2003, FOLKS!!!

Can I just stress that “nyak” means something similar to “ew” in the Filipino language? It’s just so funny to me. They omitted the k in the BLCD, but I will never let it go. It’s STAR★NYAKS to me until the day I die, Sakyo Aya. Also, idk if my memory serves me right, but this, surprisingly, is the healthiest Sakyo Aya pair to date? They’re not exactly that dumb for each other, and I loved how Hana was only in it for the underwear the first few chaps, while Renjaku-san wasn’t overly possessive, unlike most of the Kuroneko Kareshi tops. Hana also wasn’t an annoying tsundere! Hallelujah! Nakamura Shungiku character development when? Renjaku-san turning domestic was such a shocker to me too! The very first time I’ve ever wanted a Sakyo Aya top since Ei. 

Anyway, enough about the plot. This review’s highlight is, of course, the VAs ‘cause this was undoubtedly ROBBED in last year’s awards.

I will never get tired of saying this, but

MY RINTAROU-KUN IS BACCCCKKKKK!!!

I wasn’t too keen at first, as his voice was a little too high for Hana, but he quickly grew on me. You really gotta give it to Shinshokan when it comes to casting. 👏👏👏 Hearing Takuma in a Sakyo Aya was just such a blast to the past, man. I couldn’t ask for more. If y’all wanna hear what old school pron sounds like in a modern setting, look no further. I’m sorry, SatoTaku and Sonna ni Iu, but this is Takuma’s best performance of 2021, and it’s with none other than rookie TADOKORO HINATA!

YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND! IT’S BEEN NINE YEARS SINCE WE’VE EVER HAD SOMEONE OF THIS RANGE DEBUT AS A BL SEIYUU!!! The last was Hamano Daiki in 2014, and he’s not even that active outside Yarichin nowadays. 😩 And, I know that I have a bad habit of looking for a rookie’s soundalike senpai, BUT TADOKORO DOESN’T HAVE ANY!!! HE A RARE BREED! A GIFT FROM THE GODS!!! He’s like a deeper TsudaKen with a clear diction like OnoYuu with a side of Suwabe suave~ YA KNOW WHAT I MEAN??? But that’s just diction and range! HE REALLY DOESN’T SOUND LIKE ANYONE I’VE EVER HEARD BEFORE!!! AAAAAAAAAAAA

JUST LISTEN TO THE TRAILER:

I’m just so proud. I’ve been supporting him since his first official supporting role in Memento Scarlet and have always expressed my wish to see him in a lead role in every review since and here we are now. 

And how was his performance in his debut role, you might ask? Fucking perfect ✨ It can’t get any better than that. He really saw that wig and snatched it! Listen, Takuma’s a Gen 2 veteran who has his own rhythm that can swallow you whole if you’re not too careful. Nakajiki fell victim to that back in Hidoku Shinaide, and he was a top there, so it was going to be harder on Tadokoro here ‘cause bottoming was Takuma’s forte! He not only stood his ground, but he owned that Takuma ass so well. 😭 Granted, Tadokoro has some experience in the anime industry, but he’s honestly done better than the recent Takeuchi Ryouta, Matsuda Kenichirou, and Hamada Kenji comebacks when they’re supposed to be more experienced. UGH. SO MUCH POTENTIAL WITH THIS ONE. I DON’T GET WHY HE DIDN’T GET AN AWARD!!! HE WAS ROBBED ISTG!!! He doesn’t have anything lined up for 2022 yet, but I’m gonna eye his profile like a hawk and have a fund ready just for him. He’d do great in a Haji! If they only adapted their works

We have stellar plot execution, AMAZING VOICE WORK AND CHEMISTRY, and overall faithful following of the manga. I read PCB’s scans before this was licensed by SuBLime, and I’m not sure if they used the magazine or tanko raws, but there was a bit of a jumble with the sequencing of the events in the BLCD. I’m leaning towards the former, though, so I highly suggest getting a copy of the SuBLime version if you plan to have a read-along. If you’re a fan of this series, I implore you to listen to this. It’s one of the best adaptations of 2021. Don’t listen to chil-chil. AND TO EVERY TADOKORO, VETERAN, AND WHALE TRASH OUT THERE, GET THIS. GET THIS!!! 

#blcd reviews #blcd 2021 reviews #takane no hana wa chirasaretai #shinshokan #tadokoro hinata #terashima takuma #ishiya haruki #tada keita #watai kanato

[rhettabbotts]

okay time for soft!rhett thoughts (sorry it took a lot longer than expected!!! also kinda wishing I typed the thoughts I kinda had about this earlier when I was at work rip)

I finally sorta started listening to Tyler Childers & Zach Bryan because of tik tok (sorry to my brother who’s been trying to get me to listen to them for a while now lmao) but it has me thinking. I feel like Rhett would very much be into their music because it just makes sense ya know? it’s like classic country, but still modern. they both have this really interesting and unique quality to their voices that just really fit rhett’s vibe tbh and it’s very soothing. like that soft afternoon glow that brings a sense of warmth to everything. I think he would definitely have vinyls of their music because it add to that nostalgic/vintage quality their music has.

enough of the build up here we go so with that being said…

it’s been a long tough day for rhett. things were not going right at all whatsoever. his dad is pissed at him again for whatever reason even though he’s certain he actually didn’t do anything this time. he also had to fix yet another fence line that keeps breaking. His truck got a flat on the way into town and his attitude and just been sour since he opened his eyes since you weren’t there with him. He knows you’ll be home by the time he is, but it still put a damper on his day. by the time he walks into the house, he just wants to crawl into bed and forget about the entire day. he knows you’re home because he can smell whatever you made for dinner and he can hear the music on in the background. his heart perks up a little when he realizes what you’re playing. when you hear his boots drop, you turn around to give him your standard greeting but stop yourself short when you actually take a look at him. you can just tell without him saying anything, the toll that the day took on him. so you slowly walk up to him after wiping your hands on a dish towel, gently grabbing his face. “you wanna talk about it, handsome?” “no, just need ya to hold me darlin’.” and so you welcome him into your warm embrace and even though the day has seeped deep within his bones, rhett begins to feel lighter and things begin to feel not as grim. the defeat of the day still lingers, but he knows the longer he spends in your arms, the better he’ll begin to feel. he starts to feel you swaying to the song that just came on, Sun To Me, and he can’t help but let out a soft chuckle and the smallest smirk. his hand goes to your lower back while the other grabs yours that was resting on his shoulder. his head is tucked into your neck and he presses the softest of kisses there. “thank you for making the bad days better. I don’t know what i’d do without you” “i hope to whoever or whatever is out there, neither of us will ever find out that answer my love.” and so you both sway with each other in the middle of your kitchen, finding solace and comfort within each other until he’s ready to sit down for dinner. after plates are rinsed and left in the sink (taking care of your man was more important than dishes at the moment), you run him a bath to help release the tension and help him relax. he becomes so overwhelmed with the tender love and care you show him, combined with the day he had, he can’t help but let a few tears escape. the stoicism he tries to keep up, slowly crumbles as you gently wash away the day and massage his shoulders, placing gentle kisses wherever you could, your own heart breaking at how sad he is. wordlessly you help him dry off and get dressed for bed. he crawls into bed while you finish doing your nightly routine before sliding under the covers with him. once you’ve laid down, he immediately lays himself on your chest. without having to say anything, you know he needs you to be so gentle with him. soothing kisses and gentle fingers caressing through his hair are what helps him drift off to sleep, ocean blue eyes fluttering closed. “goodnight my love, tomorrow is a new day and i will always be here for whatever you need” rhett feels safe with you, he feels loved, cherished, taken care of. he feels like he can be his true self with you, his family name and his own notoriety be damned. you are home to him. you are his solace, his guiding light, a safe place. rhett already knew you were the one for him, but his grandmama’s ring that is tucked deep within his dresser is going to surface a lot sooner than he had initially planned, but sometimes plans don’t matter when you want the rest of forever to start as soon as possible.

fin

side note: I truly think Sun to Me is his song through and through. The opening lyrics? That’s him getting up every morning before having to help on the ranch. It becomes your song and when you both finally get married, I feel like it would be your first dance song because of that moment in the kitchen.

sierra i want you to know that i’m in just a puddle of tears right now oh my goodness this was so beautiful!!! i absolutely love zach bryan and sun to me is one of my favorite songs it always makes me think of rhett when i listen to it!!

i want to wrap rhett up in my arms and take care of him so badly :(((

thank you so so much for sending this to me, it has brightened my day up so much and you have no idea how much i appreciate it my love <3

#asks #mxgyver #rhett abbott

[rose-of-the-valley]

Mooncake Headcanons Pt. 1

Featuring the demon brothers! (all others coming soon in a separate post!)

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! Mooncakes are one of my favorite holiday foods even though they're getting more and more expensive every year. My mom used to make them when I was little so that she could make them with the fillings she liked, which then led to us knowing the extent of how bad these things are for your cholesterol.

I still eat them though because I think they're delicious and I am no stranger to hedonism. I would eat an entire box of mooncakes in a day if people would let me.

Lucifer

Lucifer's favorite mooncake flavor is Wu Ren (five kernels/mixed nuts). It's a pretty traditional mooncake filling, favored among older generations but less popular with younger people

Thus, perfect for the Devildom's resident Old Man™

If you remind him about the Mid-Autumn Festival early enough, he might even ask Diavolo for permission to bring you to the human world to celebrate

Knock on his study door the night before with an ornate box of them. He'll actually pause his work for once, even pulling out a bottle of demonus for the occasion

Offer to feed him a piece and his eyes will go wide, but he'll chuckle and let you do it anyway, so long as you can keep it a secret

"Mooncakes? Is it that time of year already? I'll have to arrange for us to go see a lion dance together. You'll share these with me later, won't you?"

Mammon

He's not particularly picky about what flavor he gets, but his favorites have a salted egg yolk core. Bonus points if it's got two

The sweet-and-salty combo is admittedly good, but mostly it's about the fact that the golden center makes him think of money

If you're planning on surprising this demon with a gift box, you better hide it well. They sell for a lot, and he's got a knack for finding things in hidden spots

If you manage to pull it off, watch this demon light up with joy. He knows how much they cost, so you must care for him a lot if you got him some

The tsundere will never admit that that's why he's happy, of course. He'll brush it off saying he's only blushing because it's warm, never mind that it's the middle of fall

"Whaddya mean the egg yolk's supposed to represent the full moon? Doesn't that look like Grimm to ya? Whatever, ya better not have gotten mooncakes for anyone else!"

Levi

Everyone's favorite otaku loves red bean mooncakes

You can bet that there's an Azuki-tan limited edition mooncake design that he just has to get

Imagine his surprise when you show up at his door two days before the release with a box of them! Just for him!

Poor guy can't decide between asking what strings you pulled to get these and just blurting out that he loves you. What comes out is a garbled mix of the two followed by a string of attempted clarifications

You'll have to convince him to actually eat them; he loves them so much that he tries to keep them on his shelf with all his other merch and gifts from you

"T-These are the Azuki-tan mooncakes! They only release them once a decade! I'll cherish them forever! Now we gotta watch the episode the design is based on!"

Satan

A bit more into modern styles than his older brothers, Satan's found that his favorite mooncakes are lava custard

The gooey liquid center surprised him the first time he had one, but he found that he quite liked this alternative to salted egg yolk fillings - it provided a nice flavor contrast without the annoyance of the egg yolks falling out when you tried to cut them

(Besides, think of the look on Lucifer's face when he gets these from an "anonymous fan" and cuts one open only to spill egg yolk everywhere!)

Catch him when he doesn't have his nose buried in a book (or cat fur) so you can share these without worrying about making a mess

However, when you find him he's got a box of your favorite flavor in his hand. He likes to keep up with human world holidays, after all

"You know, I've heard that you're supposed to solve lantern riddles for Mid-Autumn Festival. You'll come with me to try and guess some, right?"

Asmodeus

Asmo's favorites are snow skin mooncakes

Look at how delicate and beautiful they are! Just like him!

He's definitely snapping a bunch of pics for Devilgram. Cue a collage of him holding up mooncake halves and winking or blowing kisses at the camera

Of course, if you were the one to gift him the mooncakes, then you have to be in the photos too! Show the Devildom how much you love him and how adorable you both are!

His favorites are the ones where you're feeding each other a bite. He'll only post the one where you're using dessert forks though, saving any spicier ones for his personal collection

"Oooh they're so pretty! Look at all these colors! If you come to my room later I'll show you how thankful I am ♡"

Beelzebub

While he'll take any mooncakes he gets, Beel's favorites are the savory Suzhou style mooncakes with a minced meat filling

Soft and flaky, they're not as dense as regular mooncakes, but oddly enough they feel more satisfying than their sugary counterparts

When you share these with Beel, he'll likely try to devour them in one bite, which really isn't too bad of an idea considering how many crumbs these flaky pastries leave

If you're feeding him though, be careful not to get your fingers bitten

You won't have to worry about saving any for yourself. The holiday is about family after all, and Beel loves nothing more than sharing with the people he loves

"I want to have a big dinner with everyone. Then I want to share these with you after. They'll taste better if I eat them with you."

Belphegor

Belphie's favorite is another regional variant - specifically the Teochew/Chaoshan thousand layer mooncake. He prefers his with a mochi and black sesame paste filling

This demon loves the human world, and with the mochi craze it's no wonder that this is his (current) preference

Take him out for an Authentic Festival Experience™ and surprise him at the end with these mooncakes. Break one in half and feed it to him if you want to see him blush

He might be sleepy after a day of activities, but he'll try to stay awake and admire the full moon with you

If he does fall asleep, you can bet he'll be dreaming about laying under the moonlight with you

"Hey, come lie down next to me. Just make sure you don't get any crumbs on my pillow, ok?"

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#i know it also lands on mammon's bday this year so happy birthday mammon!!! #please do not eat mooncakes instead of a birthday cake #theyre very dense and probably bad for even demon health #also i have not had all of these flavors so i am going off my imagination for some but they do all exist! #i did so much research trying to make sure the mooncakes i was writing about were real LOL #anyway hello here i am openly shouting that i am chinese LOL #(specifically shanghai so this might be a bit regionally biased oops) #rose speaks #rose writes #obey me #obey me swd #obey me lucifer #obey me mammon #obey me levi #obey me satan #obey me asmo #obey me beel #obey me belphie #x reader

[foxys-fantasy-tales]

Made to taste?

Here's a bit about the WIP Made to Taste! Only a month or so before I enter a full read through and edit, then final edits. This doesn't take me near as long as drafting does, so the book should make its October 2023 release date!

Made to Taste (WIP)

Made this placeholder cover in Canva, may or may not be final cover

(critique of racial relations and capitalism, LGBTQIA+ Rep, monsters and mayhem, dark boy and maybe not sunshine but optimistic girl, meet cute, Terrible CEO villains, small business owning woman protag, magical races in modern day, first kiss, ferris wheels, cute confessions and fluffy moments mixed with helping one another during awful ordeals, they were roommates)

Status: Possible series in the works. Book one draft is complete and editing begins soon. Book two draft in progress as well.

Genres: Urban fantasy, Romance, Paranormal Audience: Adult, maybe YA Length: Not yet complete - Book One possible in 2023

When Lyra Morley accepted a rough and tumble new hire from her bar, she didn't think he would end up her new roommate in a week. Noel Akatash brings his own debts, and the people holding the accounts aren't to be trifled with. Magical home invasions aside, Lyra is more worried about her business serving the city nightlife any food she can handle all made to order.

Cooking with a halfbreed's sense of smell comes with its perks, and one of them is that she can hide her skills in the kitchen so no one is any wiser about her true nature. The night-only diner called Made to Taste is meant to be a haven for those the city would rather keep buried. Lyra, the pacifist and abstinent dhampir, would fight to keep it safe. Good thing Noel knows a thing or two about being scrappy.

Now that you know about the story, I'll choose to share an excerpt.

He was close enough he felt her shiver. He was going to make the IV upset, but he pulled out what was in his arm. His jacket was draped across Lyra before settling back in. "If that's not enough I'll get closer to you," he said bluntly. He shut up the alarm and settled. No one wanted to deal with the crazy demon that near caused a shootout in the hallway anyway.

"You did drive the doctors away, and likely the nurses too." So no new supplies until they had to. Noel had that partially covered. She watched him reach through the void at their mutual boredom and retrieve one of her romance novels from home and a thermos full of soup.

She slapped the spine of the book on his leg. "I thought you said the void didn't like you much? You still use it a lot, even with the effects."

"Just cause it doesn't like me doesn't mean I can't smack it around," he replied. “A little blood and headache is nothing." He wiped off red from his nose. “Though I won't use it to like, uh... fight the gods or anything. It's a very delicate balance."

He didn't get so much as a chuckle. A bookmark was taken from the middle and laid on the blanket between them as she continued her tale from their bookstore reading session. Her blood pressure and heartrate fell low again, enough so the machine started to complain.

As it beeped, it drew the demon's concern back to her. He looked up to see if anyone else was coming along. "Um. Lyra, I know books are relaxing, but fuck. Are you sure you're okay?" He glanced back at the monitor. It beeped once every few seconds it seemed. "That seems wrong," he said nervously, eyes locked to the small mountains that jumped up in too few motions.

She looked up. Oh no. "Uh, it's, it's fine, really. I um, usually run low."

He hummed at it. "There's almost definitely something wrong with your circulatory system then. I know you don't have insurance but Rowan's bankrolling this. We should really get you to see someone." 

"R-Right." She couldn't very well deny the virtue in that, if she hadn't tried it once before herself only to get stupefied looks and bills that took her years to pay down. Noel didn't know a lot about the norm for human vitals, not that it would actually help in her case. He couldn't know. No one could.

The hesitancy bothered him. "You don't have to if you don't want to. I'm your roommate not your keeper."

"I'd really rather not." The words rushed out much too fast, but she couldn't care. The relief was palpable. "I've tried before and it was nothing but bad." She nearly ended up a research participant.

The flare of her Fade was awful splinters of cold blue fear struck through the flickering yellow of her base. Yellow. It was always a color that meant happiness to his eyes. Whatever weird thing Roseanne did, he was still feeling some of the after effects, or maybe it was the morphine dripping through him. He saw what the nurse put in. They all wanted to make him docile. All it did was make him relaxed and vaguely affectionate. He wanted to say more for some reason. Instead he asked, "What happened? I told the docs that you were hesitant about doctors. I just kinda figured that from the fact that disabled people tend to be as a rule. Was there anything um, specific I guess? Anything I should be worried about or know?"

"Disabled? I'm not, well..." She closed her eyes to the blinding white of the room and tried to relax. "They told me the facts of what the tests said, but they couldn't tell me why after so many trips, so many needles, and so many hours just waiting. Then, they wanted to put me in studies for more of the same, all the while saying 'maybe' this will lead to something. Maybe we'll find some weird drug to help, but nothing ever truly did. I got tired after years of it. I just... I couldn't handle the disappointment anymore, the stares, the people annoyed, disbelieving, or overly intrigued by me."

"Yeah. There's a word for that," he chuckled. "Disabled. When you're sick and it won't get better, and no one seems to know why is a common bonus. Especially for Nightkin. Bastards... I guess I get it though. In my own case, you get a drop of demon blood and suddenly every witch in the tri-state area wants a piece," he sighed and shrugged. "Nothing your parents can say either about it?"

"N-No. I said I didn't have a good um... Mom died when I was five and I haven't talked to dad at all since I turned eighteen. He sort of kicked me out,” she said with a diminishing shrug. 

"Oh. Bitch," he scoffed before a light flicked in his brain. "Ah. That's why you took me in." He grinned.

"Huh? It's not a negligible reason I guess. I never thought of it that way. I just wanted to help out.” 

"Course you did. You've had a rough go of it and you wanna make sure no one else does. It's a remarkably fleeting quality in your species." He stared at the panels on the ceiling. He tried to reach his hand up to stretch, but it fell back to his side. The void still had him exhausted. "But not like we're much better. Kindness is universal, as is cruelty. I dunno. I hit my head really hard. I'm not speaking like I'm used to. I kind of feel....younger almost." Noel took a deep breath. Whether it was due to the presence around him or the meds still floating within, in either case he felt lighter. "Anyway. I'll be out of here first probably. I'll make sure the ship's ready for you."

A smile twitched onto her lips. Her species, right, whatever that was. In the end, she was alone in that too. Lyra rested her hand on his shoulder and squeezed. "I appreciate it, really. See? You give right back. Not a charity case at all. You're too stubborn to be."

He chuckled and nodded. "Damn straight. I have too much in me to just take. I have to give back. I'm immortal, powerful, and was at one point wealthy. When you have gifts it is your duty to share them, I say. Listen to me. Sounding all educated."

"You certainly sound less like the man who walked in bloody off the street and scowled at me for giving him extras on his fries for free,” she teased.

He scoffed and settled back in the bed, trying to muster up his fury, his rage, his indignant purpose. He found none of it. Instead there was only a soft feeling that he imagined to be yellow in him as well. Anger ignited in his breast again. How cruel it was to be able to see all the colors in the world except his own. Rage died as he looked back at her. "When you're not being a pain in my ass, you're surprisingly calming I guess. I've only known a few people like you before who have this effect on me. Rowan's one of 'em." He shifted his focus to the TV. "I've now decided you can't die." Lyra's chuckle cut over a kiss shared on screen. Music swelled, but she wasn't paying any attention. It did cut off the sound of the monitors enough that she felt normal for a moment. "I don't know if you're that powerful, but I appreciate not dying yet. Thank you for helping me." Her eyes were starting to droop again from all the medicine in her system. Drips from the IV were few and far between. They would be shooting her up with more soon, surely. As she slumped, her head ended up on his shoulder. "Take as good care of...Sheryl and...Rosie. The captain will be back on ship soon. I promise."

#long post #wip excerpt #made to taste

[ask-the-friendly-ink-demon]

[mod Daisy Hazel creator of my Bendy oc Mellie Tanya here. I want to ask you how did you come up with the name Prowler and his design?]

oh! this is a interesting one, i'll start off with his design, over the years on this blog prowler has gone through many, and i mean MANY redesigns over the years, sometimes one after another until i finally figured out an style, and just decided to design him of how henry will encounter him in the revamped storyline of how this au began, but as for how he truly looked? welp uh. not much changed really, he was just originally an Bendy with clothing like his trademark hoodie and what not but just without a bowtie, (i will not show what my first drawing of him is like, cause by god i cannot- eugh it is- so bad and cringy.) though, over the years that i’ve been in the fandom and overall in my AU i've simply changed how his outfit and appearance is portrayed until finally deciding recently to be like ya know what, i'll just start from scratch, draw him from when henry first encounters him in the story, and slowly move up from there until the poststudios design is finalized, like- building up to what he looks like in the blog overall (since this AU itself does take place after ink machine and now dark revival, the story itself i am referring too is simply the prologue to the AU and eventually the backstory to what happened in the ink machine story and hopefully the dark revival story... whenever i get to it ^^;;;;) As for how his name came to be? originally it was just Modern, Or Mod, but since one of my friends, @ask-modern-demon's own bendy already had that nickname, i was trying my best to figure out the perfect name for my bendy to have him stand out from most, and in comes my good friend @ask-soul-bendy who came up with the nickname of Prowler for my Bendy!, because he is in essence, An hunter. i did have a more indepth explaination about how prowler came to be and all but it is probably either buried in the blog, or deleted to not have so many posts, but there ya have it! most of prowler’s lore mainly comes from my own head but recently i’ve been slowly deciding to have it fit more into the actual canon of the game... to some degree, i have my wonderful friends to thank for that.  but yeah that’s pretty much it, tdlr; Prowler originally just started out as a modern bendy in a modern retelling of batim before the whole game was release before slowly and surely turning into the AU i cherish today, i have LOTS of lore about his demon soul and what not, but that is for another day, maybe. people are probably wondering in my older posts of how the hell were my characters able to do some of the crazy shit they’ve seen in a certain ongoing ARC and how they are able to transform and what not, that can be explained if someone asks the right question and what not. but yeah that’s pretty much it, sorry that this post is a bit too long, i love getting asks like this and overall just rambling about my characters, it’s refreshing. (also to all of you who are viewing this post go check out the two blogs i mentioned they are really nice people and amazing friends)

#Behind The Screen! (Mun/Toon) #Roll Call! (Answered Asks) #You've got Mail! (Asks) #Think I’ll Be Going Than Make These Pipes Stop Flowing! (ooc post) #Terrors Of The Inky Past AU #reminds me i should really resume working on the AU's story since i don't have work today #dunno; we'll see. #long post

[catdemonkaid]

OK, quick thoughts on Pokémon scarlet now that I've beat the main story (up to the first(?) credits roll) :

Highlights:

- the music. It takes a lot for me to even notice video game music, much less want to have the sound on/enjoy it. But the soundtrack slaps.

- OK the open world was done magnificently. So many pokemon to catch in each area. Normally I get lost/bored in open world games, but this one kept me engaged in exploring side paths and doing things outside the main storyline. A+. Also, I'll get to the cons in a sec, but... the landscapes were gorgeous. I'll have to add some screenshots I got later, but... damn, I was enjoying just... existing in that world.

- I loved the pokemon designs, sorry not sorry if you didn't. Fidough/Dachsbun and Tinkaton for life especially.

- shrine legendaries. Chien-pao is new favorite pokemon of all time.

-the endgame storyline. Minor spoilers/vague talking about it. But... they made a fuxking pokemon game that actually unnerved and unsettled me. And hit me in the feels like I didn't know a pokemon game could ever do. Kudos. Good shit. Good on ya for going a little dark there, game freak. I hope the trend continues, I want more jrpg-esque pokemon storyline pleeeeaaassseeee!!

Not so good things:

- yep, it's buggy. Nothing game breaking happened for me, thankfully. A few things made me laugh, some broke the immersion. Noticeable. You know they rushed it to be a holiday cash grab. Would love to have seen more time and care put into it before release.

- allegedly you can't re-battle the elite four? Like, ever?? I hate that, not gonna lie. That was a big part of post game playability for me. Disappointed.

-all of the pokemon league/elite four was lackluster and disappointing. Glad for the new stuff, but you can't downgrade such a cornerstone part of the franchise like that

-for scarlet being so focused on ancient pokemon/a past age, pretty disappointed we didn't get paradox pokemon of any known fossil mons. Would have loved for the reveal that like, actually these modern revivals from fossils are hugely inaccurate and here's what they really looked like (a la dinos in jurassic Park being hybrids with random bits of DNA filled in to account for inaccuracies)

- lack of fossil pokemon in general, but I AM a paleonerd so...

- NO NINETALES. I almost disowned the game when I learned. I've had one ninetales transferred through EVERY game possible since original sapphire. She had ALL THE RIBBONS I could possibly obtain. And now... she is forced to retire. And I will not get over it.

Overall:

Love this game. Hands down. Even the cons can't take down how much sheer joy and enjoyment I got from this game. And I still have post game shit to do. And raids to conquer.

And... yes, I'm feeding the capitalist machine, but I hope there is an expansion down the road. With more transferable pokemon made available.

Hint, hint, this is your chance to redeem yourselves, game freak, and let me keep my Ninetales.

#pokemon sv #pokemon scarlet #video game review #pokemon sv review

[manchasama]

okay so the game's legendaries are two dogs. Their names basically translate to 'that cyan one' and ' that magenta one'. specifically thats how it was supposed to be-their names were just the colors you saw glimpses of.

the two dogs followed a king (or a set of kings? twins maybe idk), one using a sword and the other absorbing a shield, where they fought a great threat and then turned themselves to stone in the fog. like lore is they both absorb metal particles, specifically one of a 'legendary sword/shield'. Some say the sword dog was the older sister, others say they're rivals.

The threat they faced against, was Eternatus. Now Eternatus is not its old name--The antagonist of the game in modern day times, named him. they're a poison skeletal dragon fellow, and they were very ultrabeasty. The final battle against him is a 4 way raid battle with yourself, your rival friend, and the two legendary dogs. In the background you can see portals, implying they have ties to ultraspace, ect. Which ya know, could be interesting for your fanfic.

Far as i know, Eternatus just released a energy that lets pokemon become giant sized-it itself may or may not have been a direct threat to the world as a large. It was sealed up basically forever after that, till the antagonist released it.

The antagonist was just desperately worried about a potential energy crisis 1000 years down the line and wanted to release that dragon for a brief time for a boost of the power source. So its really hard to see him as being evil, given how he's just trying to prevent a potential future disaster. he just, didnt have to react right away.

Most of the game has just small towns/houses, though occasionally you get gimpses of stuff like a massive castle for the dragon place, and one gym leader refuses to make their pokemon go giant sized because its not fun that way. Piers lives in basically a back-ally town and has his own musical theme, the only gym leader with that .

(the story of the dlcs were 'become a kung fu master' and that was fun, and 'so theres this legendary rabbit everyone sorta forgot about, causing him to forget/lose almost all of his powers. ' It was a very fun story arc where he's basically puppeting this poor man )

Oh man, that actually sounds really cool? I recently did an event in pokemas that touched on the doggos and eternatus, so I at least know what they look like! The shield doggo cracks me up, it's so goofy looking<3

It sounds like a pretty chill game tho. Nice to not have an antagonist who wants to take over or destroy the world (even if it's to "save" it). The text book definition of jumping the gun tho lol~

But portals you say? Iiiiintersting how many areas have ties to those things. Time traveling shenanigans are notoriously difficult to manage large scale, so I really hope they don't keep pulling modern people back (except for emmet he is allowed), but so far they've done a pretty good job as far as I can tell!

#personal opinions ahead #traveling emmet trivia

[adamwatchesmovies]

The Seeker: The Dark is Rising (2007)

While I didn't enjoy this film, that doesn't mean you won't. No matter what I say, the people involved in this project did it: they actually made a movie. That's something to be applauded. With that established...

As the Harry Potter films became instant favorites, it was only logical that someone would capitalize on the craze. Step 1: Take a semi-popular series of fantasy books and adapt them for the silver screen. Step 2: Release them between the Hogwarts movies when the fans are hungriest. Step 3: Profit. You'll get some of that box office magic too... right? Not when you make a movie this bad. It shows how oblivious Hollywood can be that anyone working on The Seeker: the Dark is Rising believed they had the beginning of a franchise on their hand.

Will Stanton (Alexander Ludwig, wholly devoid of charisma), has just moved to England with his family. There, Miss Greythorne (Frances Conroy), Merriman (Ian McShane), Dawson (James Cosmo), and Old George (Jim Piddock) approach the boy and explain to him his magical heritage: he is “The Seeker”, the one destined to help our world battle against “The Darkness” (Christopher Eccleston). To do this, he must track down six signs hidden through time.

This magical child story is as generic as it gets. You can easily rob your world of any distinguishing features by cramming in too much mythology and leaving no room for your own ideas. The problem with The Seeker is the opposite. It has so little magic and mythology you’re instantly bored. What the name of the hero who seeks mystical objects? The Seeker. What’s the name of the dark villain who wants to destroy the world? The Darkness. Wow. Really wore out your thesaurus thinking up those ones, didn’t ya?

Not helping are the characters, most of which are ineffectual and uninteresting. The adults helping Will never seem to accomplish anything. They are easily overcome by the villain and when they first appear, botch their introduction so badly they threaten to drive the poor, stupid boy right into the dark rider’s hands. Or they would, if he had even a hint of subtlety to him. One look at the guy and you scream “guilty!” Not in a million years would he convince Will to give him the signs he’s found (in such riveting and wonderful environments as a modern-day shopping mall).

I doubt the picture’s feeble twist during the third act would fool even the youngest audience members. There’s a betrayal you'll see coming from so far away it makes you restless and angry waiting for the reveal. It’s one thing for you to be stupid, movie. It’s another for you to assume I am too.

The Seeker is a bubbling cauldron of noxious ingredients. I cannot imagine anyone watching it and having a good time. Even fans of the book will be disappointed, as it deviates significantly from the source material - it’s based on the second book rather than the first, which is yet another baffling decision. The Seeker is so bland and forgettable I can already feel my memories of it fading away like a puddle in the hot sun. This is going to be my only opportunity to address the supremely dumb and weirdly quirky topic of Will’s twin brother, Tom (Alexander Ludwig). He was stolen as a baby by the Darkness. I can understand there being no pictures of him in the house. What I don’t believe - not for one second - is Will being unaware of this. Even if his parents didn’t want the truth divulged… he’s got 5 siblings! None of them ever said anything? Anyway, by the end of the film, Will saves his twin. The storm that’s been threatening humanity dissipates and then we get our happily ever after. The complete absence of imagination and energy made me hate watching The Seeker but I would love to see what happened next. Tom was kidnapped before he learned to talk. He's been trapped in a snow globe for 14 years. I doubt the Nazgul wannabe taught him anything so firstly, he’s not toilet-trained. I wonder how the parents will explain the extra mouth they have to feed to their neighbours…

Among all the Harry Potter knockoffs, The Seeker: Dark is Rising isn’t the worst. That title undoubtedly goes to The Mystical Adventures of Billy Owens, which (funnily enough) got a sequel. In another way, that film is better. By being worse, at least it stands out. This is a whole lot of hot air audiences will forget instantly - something Ian McShane and the rest of the cast must be grateful for. (On DVD, July 12, 2019)

#The Seeker #The Seeker: The Dark is Rising #movies #films #movie reviews #film reviews #David L. Cunningham #John Hodge #The Dark is Rising #Susan Cooper #Alexander Ludwig #Christopher Eccleston #Frances Conroy #Ian McShane #2007 movies #2007 films

[staydandy]

Just here, biding my time...

As my 12yo macbook has kernal attacks in increasing frequency.

I can't update the OS or it'll brick. I've had the HD replaced 3x. The battery replaced 2x. The fans replaced once. The CD drive doesn't work. The USB ports are loose. & the headphone jack also doesn't work. It only holds a charge for a few hours.

Rn I have emptied out the entire storage save for a few everyday docs/apps (including my whump list, obviously, but I constantly back it up on GDrive jic) to try to help it last a bit longer.

My current debate is ... Do I go & have it gutted & rebuilt so it can run modern OS & keep chugging along? The shell is still good, just a little dinged up (I would have someone else do it b/c I have no trust in myself .. dunno what I'm doing, would probably ruin it) Idk how much that would cost... I'm thinking it needs new SSD (it currently has a HDD), battery, chip set, & USB ports .. idk if the screen is worth replacing, or if it's even possible ... Idc about the CD drive or headphone jack anymore (bluetooth & digital media, ya know).

OR do I hope that the rumors are true, and get a new Macbook when it's finally released? Said rumor is of a 15" Macbook Air coming 2023. Idk how true it is .. so I could be waiting for nothing.

Idk .. maybe I'll make a visit to the ppl who've replaced the parts in the past & ask them for an estimate.

Not relevant but .. back when I first got it, I named my macbook Miguel, b/c he & my playstation were my prized techs b/c I bought them both myself! (the playstation is obviously named Tulio 😆)

*side note: I miss movies that look like this .. gorgeous ^

**don't try to convince me not to stick w/apple .. that's one thing I've actually thought about a lot already, and in the end, I still want/prefer an apple laptop

#just me #and my stupid problems

[thewritetofreespeech]

Could I request the Obey Me guys as well as the Now Dateables?

Perhaps M/C crawling into bed with them wanting to be held and to be touched.

Perhaps a little nsfw added in 🤤😉

note: this is the only imagine/scenario I will do for all 11 boys. cuz I’m a thirsty bitch. the rest of the time we will stick to the rules of HCs only.

Additionally, the plot has been changed slightly to ‘coming to their room at night’. Sorry. If you want NSFW stuff for a specific boy, based on the provided content, I’ll do it but 11 boys is too much even for my thirsty trappy ass.

Obey Me Boys + MC Crawling into Bed with Them

Lucifer

Lucifer sighed over his paper work. Would his turmoil never cease? 

Sometimes he felt like he had fallen into a lower level of the Devildom. Like the 13th circle of hell where the preferred torture method for lost souls was endless paperwork. A modern day Sisyphus, only instead of a boulder it was forms.

He heard the door to his room quietly click open & then close. He doesn’t look up from his paper work as he knew who it was. There was only one person, ok maybe two, who would come into his room this late at night without knocking. “What is it [Y/N]?”

“I was um...wait, you wear reading glasses?”

Lucifer frowned and looked up from his paper work now. “Magical reading glasses. For reading magical text.” They were required to read some of the magical scripts he was combing over. “What is it [Y/N]?”

The human squirmed a little when he asked again. Seeming to think over the answer, or more precisely how to explain it. “I couldn’t sleep.” They finally confess. “I was wondering if I could stay in here with you, but....you’re busy.”

Lucifer arched a brow slightly, but then moved some of the papers he had completed to make space for them. “Come on. I won’t be much longer.”

[Y/N] smiled at him and scampered over. Crawling in under the silk sheets, and as close as possible to him with him on top of them as they could. “Thank you Lucifer.”

“Of course, my dearest one.” He replied with a soft smile, leaning down to kiss the top of their head before returning to his work. Renewed in his commitment to get this done so he could spend the night with [Y/N].

Mammon

It was late. It was almost 3:00 in the morning by the time he got home, and it had been a shitty night.

Mammon had been at the casino. Gambling, drinking, dancing, the usual. His luck turned sour around 11:00 and, stupid Mammon, had spent the remaining four hours trying to turn it around. That of course didn’t work so now he was even more broke, defeated, and feeling like crap for his failure; regretting Lucifer finding out and making him feel worse. Fuck it had been the worst night.

He rounded the corner to his room and looked up in surprise to see [Y/N] at his door. “What are you doing here?” His voice seemed to surprise them too as they jumped a little before turning to him.

“Oh I was…coming to see if you wanted to hang out?”

“Hang out?” Mammon repeated with an arched brow. “Ya know it’s like 3:00 in the morning, right?”

“O-Oh…is it? I guess I miss read the time.” [Y/N] began to fidget, then muttered some apology about going back to their room.

The demon reached out and caught their hand before they could get far. “Hey, what’s wrong? Nobody comes out here in the middle of the night without a reason.” Or they were out super late like him.

[Y/N] looked down, then decided to tell the truth. “I couldn’t sleep. So I wanted to see you.”

Mammon blinked behind his shades. He hadn’t been expecting that. Now it was his turn to fidget as he realized out of all the people in the world, [Y/N] had chosen to come see him.

“Yeah well…of course ya’d come to the Great Mammon for help. I uh…guess you can stay in here with me tonight.”

He showered to get the smoke & stink of shame off before crawling into bed with [Y/N]. His little human already drifting off just being in his covers. Mammon wrapped his arms around them and held them close. Maybe it wasn’t the worst night after all.

Levi

Of course he was awake when [Y/N] came to his room. The latest install of Kenji Momotaro: Demon Slayer Warrior Prince had just been released that day, and Levi he been playing it since he had gotten his hands on it. He wouldn’t be sleeping for a while.

When he heard the knock on his door, initially missing it over the sound of his game and tunnel vision, Levi paused for the first time in hours to go see who it was. “[Y/N]-chan?”

“Can…I stay in here with you?” They asked. Catching Levi by surprise. “I can’t sleep in my room.”

The blunette blushed violently, and covered his face. “Y-Y-You….You want to sleep in here with me??”

“Is…that ok?” They asked cautiously. Seeming let down by his reaction.

“No. I mean! Yes! W-What I mean is, I’m not going to bed right now. I’m grinding through my new game so….you might not be happy in here.” Plus, his bed was a bathtub. Which was only comfortable to him.

“Oh. Well…I don’t want to mess up your game. If that’s more important to you.”

“That’s not what I meant!” Levi outburst. Then quickly covered his mouth in embarrassment. “I…I just don’t think you’ll get a lot of sleep in here. I only like my room after all.”

“I like your room.” If Levi turned any redder, he was going to get a nose bleed. “It’s dark, which is nice. Plus the aquariums are really soothing. And…you’re there. I just wanted to be around you since I couldn’t sleep, but I guess that’s silly.”

The demon had to cover his mouth again. This time over threat of nose bleed. He was so red from embarrassment, but also incredibly moved by [Y/N]’s words, that he quickly responded, “you can stay with me.”

He moved aside and let [Y/N] in. Leading them over to his game area where he laid out some plushies as a bed, and pulled out a blanket to cover them. “I-I-I…I’m gonna keep playing since I’m not tired. But I’ll put my headphones on so I don’t disturb you. Y-Y-You can lay down here and i-i-if you fall asleep I won’t mind.”

“Thanks Levi.” He had to gulp at the cute sleepy way they said his name, before they tucked in and he went back to his game.

He couldn’t concentrate for the rest of the game, with [Y/N] so close. Choosing to use his leg as a pillow. Eventually he gave up and leaned back against the edge of his tub, not daring to disturb them and actually getting a good night sleep as well.

Asmo

There were few things that Asmo considered sacred. Love. Vitality. The Louis Vuitton spring collection.

But the one thing he considered sacred most of all, was his beauty sleep regiment.

The Avatar of Lust had a strict sleep schedule to give his body the best rejuvenation possible, and amplify his beauty. Everyone knew about it, and choose to leave Asmo alone; per his wishes.

Which was why it was so frustrating when his rest was disturbed by a knock at the door.

Asmo grumbled under his sleep mask at the light rapping that wouldn’t go away. Irritated by the noise, and now the worry lines whoever it was was putting into his forehead. He pushed his mask up to his hair line and got up out of bed towards the door. “What?!” He said in a not cute, very moody outburst when he opened it. Seeing [Y/N] standing there, startled by his ugly display. “Oh, [Y/N]-kun. It’s you.”

“Y-Yeah. Yeah it’s me. Sorry to wake you, I’ll just…go.”

“Wait [Y/N]! I’m sorry. If I had known it was you paying me a late night visit, I would have been much nicer and answered the door sooner.”

“Well I….couldn’t sleep so…-“Ahhhh~! You couldn’t sleep so you decided to come to me?? How naughty!”

[Y/N] frowned and turned to leave, but Asmo apologized quickly for being cheeky. “Did you want to stay with me tonight? That’s why you’re here, isn’t it?” He could tell he was right, but the human was second guessing themselves on coming here. “I promise I’ll behave. Really.”

[Y/N] seemed to trust them, and came into the room & into bed with Asmo. He was practically giddy with them being so close, but was true to his word and supplied no funny stuff for the evening. Just rest and cuddles.

In the morning, he couldn’t wait to tell his brothers how he slept with [Y/N] last night. Causing quite the intentional misunderstanding and ruckus over breakfast that day.

Satan

Satan was getting ready for bed. Pjs on, teeth brushed, uniform set out for tomorrow, and on his bed reading one last chapter of his latest book, when he heard the knock at the door.

At first he thought it was a branch hitting the glass of his window. But when he heard it again, he knew it was at his door, and had a very The Raven moment before he went to answer it.

“[Y/N]? What are you doing here? It’s so late.”

“I know, I know,” the replied, scratching the back of their head. “I just…I couldn’t sleep. I tried but I just couldn’t get to sleep, and wanted to see you.” They look up at him with big doe eyes and ask, “can I stay with you tonight?”

Of course, he couldn’t say no. Not with a look like that. Or more importantly, he’d never say no to [Y/N]. Satan offered them a soft smile and nodded before letting them in.

“What were you reading?” They asked, as the climbed into bed first. Watching Satan put his book away for them.

“Oh, just a new fiction series I found. Simeon recommended it to me.” He said as he climbed into bed as well.

“What’s it about?”

He told them the premise of the story, and eventually read aloud the first few chapters to them as they curled up beside him. Falling asleep soon after.

Satan smiled again, and put the book back away, before leaning down to kiss their forehead and curl in beside them. Ready for bed now.

Beel

It was pretty late when he heard the knock on the door. And a miracle he heard it at all.

Belphie was the sleeper out of the two of them, but Beel wasn’t exactly a light sleeper either. Between his workouts, large meals, and having to get up early for his morning workouts, the red head was usually dead to the world when his head hit the pillow. But, still, when he heard the quite knock on the door he woke up. 

If he were a thinker like Satan or the others, he would have thought that it was maybe their bond that woke him. Instead he just trudged half asleep towards the door to open it. “[Y/N]?”

“S-Sorry....” They apologize and look towards the ground as Beel looked at them curiously. “I knew you were asleep, but I still woke you up. I’m sorry.”

“Is something wrong?” Beel asked. A bit more awake now that he knew it was them and they seemed distressed. [Y/N] shrugged. “Did you have a bad dream?” 

They pause for a while, but then shrug again. He might not be a thinker like the others, but he was smart enough to know what that meant. He reached out to take their hand and pulled them into his room. Leading them over to his bed and pulling them onto it.

“Don’t worry. You can stay here.” Beel said, holding [Y/N] to his chest in a horizonal hug. “I’ll keep you safe. You don’t have to worry while I’m here. Go back to sleep.”

His words seem to do the trick, and [Y/N] feel back asleep. Beel stayed awake a little while longer. Combing his fingers through their hair, before he too fell back asleep.

Belphie

He heard the conversation from the door, but didn’t bother getting up.

The only thing that could break through when he was asleep was Beel and [Y/N]’s voice. So hearing them both woke him up pretty quickly, although it seemed to be handled. 

He tried to go back to sleep after hearing you settle in, but it didn’t work. The usually lazy demon kept fidgeting in his sleep, trying to get comfortable, and even counting sheep to try and go back to dream land. Nothing worked. And he knew why.

Belphie got up out of bed, hugging his pillow to his chest, and walked over to the over bed across the room and kicked it. When Beel and [Y/N] looked up at him half asleep he demanded, “move over.” He couldn’t sleep know that [Y/N] was cuddling up with someone else and not him. Especially in the same room.

[Y/N] huffed in their sleep and laid back down, scooching closer to Beel to try and make space. Beel, on the other hand, smile sleepily up as his twin and properly moved over; back pressed against the wall with [Y/N] at his chest to give him as much space as possible.

Belphie smiled back at him, then dropped his pillow to climb in. Instantly falling asleep. Holding on to his twin and beloved [Y/N] for the rest of the night.

Simeon

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. Those were the words that Simeon tried to live by

He was just about to slip under the covers happily, when he heard a small knock at the door. It was so faint & small, that he assumed it was Luke needing something. So he quickly went over to answer it without putting his robe on.

“Oh…[Y/N]….” The angel said, feeling his cheeks heat up and clinching for his imaginary robe to cover his pjs, when he realized it was you. “What are you doing here?”

He didn’t mean in the Hall. You were stay in the other dorm for a while as an infestation of some icky, demon creepy crawly, that just loved to nibble on humans was dealt with in the House of Lamentation. Luke of course had been thrilled you were staying with them, insisting that the change be made permanent to keep you away from those rowdy demons. Simeon couldn’t really agree on the demon part, but he wouldn’t be disappointed if you stayed here more.

“I…couldn’t sleep,” you tell him. “New surroundings and all. I was…wondering if I could stay in your room?”

The angel seemed to bristle in surprise at your words. Taken aback, but also in the warm feeling that was spreading through his chest. God have mercy…..

“I don’t know if that would be appropriate.”

“Please?” [Y/N] beckoned. He had to gulp down the lump, and instantaneous urge to say yes, building in his throat. “I just don’t want to sleep alone. I keep thinking about those things in my room back at the dorm. And being around you is so comforting. Just for tonight? I’ll sleep on the couch and everything if that’s a problem.”

“I wouldn’t let you do that.” Simeon insisted. He would never let them sleep on the couch like some vagabond. “Well….alright. But just for tonight. And just because you’re feeling unsettled.” He doesn’t know who he was trying to convince more: them or himself.

He didn’t get much sleep that night. Tense, and trying to remain appropriate even is they slept next to him. But, in a way, it was the best night he had ever had.

Solomon

He always stayed up late. The late to early morning hours were the best time for magic. The witching hour. He was knee deep into his research & spell casting when he heard the knock at the door.

“I..saw the light on…” [Y/N] said when he opened the door. “Are you…going to bed soon?”

Solomon blinked for a moment, then looked down at his pocket watch. Oh, it was rather late. But….“No. I still have quite a bit of work to do.”

The other human sighed, then turned to leave from his door just as suddenly as they came. “Wait. What is it?” He asked, stopping them.

They turn, and seem to debate about answering before, “I couldn’t sleep and was thinking it might be nice to cuddle with you.” Solomon blinked again. In surprise this time. “Stupid, right?”

No, not stupid, he thought. It was just no on had ever asked to cuddle with him before. His body and cool demeanor might be misleading, but he was a very fierce sorcerer. Powerful, and awe inspiring. He had made cities tremble in his young days, and was powerful enough to independently bind one of the strongest demons in hell. Cuddles were not something that one usually thought of when it came to him.

He opened the door to let them in and said, “if you can’t sleep, I can make you a potion.” When that didn’t seem to go over well he corrected with, “or…I could lay down with you for a moment.”

The ‘moment’ turned into the whole evening, because the second his head hit the pillow, he instantly fell asleep. Lulled to dream land by his many late nights, and the warm embrace of [Y/N]. Perhaps there were better things than just getting research done.

Diavolo

He groaned in his sleep. Then rolled over on his side, immediately pulling [Y/N] in when he was in close proximity of them. It was a reflex at this point.

At first, he had tried to keep his distance from the human exchange student. No good would come from it, and it was inappropriate that the future King & patron of the program would be involved with one of the terrestrial candidates. But he couldn’t help it.

Their brightness. Their smile. Their hope for the program and just life won him over and now he couldn’t stand to be further apart from them than a second.

“It’s morning....”

Divaolo groaned and buried his head into the back of their neck. “Five more minutes...”

“We can’t. It’s morning.” [Y/N] insisted. Jutting their hips back against his front; which had the opposite effect of trying to get him out of bed. “If you don’t go, Barbatos will start looking for you. And if he teleports into my room it will be a whole thing.”

That certainly was a metaphoric splash of cold water.

The prince groaned again, and buried himself deeper for a second, before he compliantly agreed and got up. The little full bed in the student dorms joyful of his departure, as it squeaked happily as he tried to leave it.

“Can I come again tonight?” Diavolo asked, as he adjusted his ornate bed clothes. He never slept in them. Like most things in his life, they were all for show.

[Y/N] smiled at him from under their covers and said, “of course.”

His heart swelled at their smile and the promise of later. Surging forward he gave them an impassioned good morning kiss, and told them, “wait up for me.” Before he disappeared in a whirl of black smoke to his own bedroom.

It felt terribly cold now. But he only had to wait until tonight. That he could live for.

Barbatos

The work of a butler is never really done.

There were always things to do. More chores to complete. More tasks to do. Particularly in the life of the royal butler. But Barbatos never complained about his job. He was literally born for it, and took great pride in his work. No matter how small the task.

When he heard the small bell, harking a summons from on of the guest rooms, Barbatos stopped polishing the silver and immediately went upstairs to see what was needed. “You called, [Y/N]?” He asked upon arrival. Calm as ever, and ready to help. “How may I be of assistance?”

“I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have called you up here.” They apologized. “I just….couldn’t sleep.”

Barbatos chuckled a little with a soft smile. “No need to apologize, [Y/N]. You’re a guest here, and a friend of the young master.” As well as a dear person to him. “I’m happy to help with anything you need. Might I make you some soothing nightshade tea? That seems to do the trick for most people.”

“N-No. No I…I was wondering….if you’d just sit with me for a while.” The human looked down at the ornate bed spread. Picking at the embroidery in a nervous manner. “Til I fall back asleep?”

The demon smiled again, and came over to sit on the edge of the bed. Holding them in the most comfortable manner possible with him on top of the covers, and them under them. “That is a simple thing.” He told them softly. “Close your eyes. I shall stay with you until you are asleep, and make sure you are taken care of.”

“Thank you.” [Y/N] said lazily. Already closing their eyes and falling back asleep with him close.

The work of a butler was never really done. But this was a task he was happy to do.

#;ask and ye shall receive (request answers) #obey me #obey me imagines #obey me scenarios #obey me lucifer #obey me mammon #obey me leviathan #obey me levi #obey me satan #obey me asmodeus #obey me asmo #obey me beelzebub #obey me beel #obey me belphie #obey me simeon #obey me solomon #obey me lord diavolo #obey me diavolo #obey me barbatos #lucifer #mammon #leviathan #levi #satan #asmodeous #beel #beelzebub #belphie #simeon #angel simeon

[qqueenofhades]

20+ Books That You (Might Actually Want) To Read During Pride Month!

Right, so. I got annoyed after seeing the list referenced in this post last night, told myself that my books are all packed up so I couldn’t do anything about it, and lasted all of a whopping 10 minutes before picking up my phone and attempting to make my own list instead. Behold, my from-memory attempt to present 20 books with strong LGBTQ plots, characters, and/or authors, that DON’T just rely on Suffering and Identity Politics and are... you know... fun.

Listed in alphabetical order by title. Links take you to Bookshop.org, where you can buy them from your local independent bookstore at a discount and NOT from the evil empire.

1. A Master of Djinn – P. Djeli Clark * author of color * steampunk Cairo in 1912 * djinn! magic! murder mystery! * butch Arab lesbian main character * devout hijabi Muslim badass assistant * anticolonial alternate history

2. An Accident of Stars – Foz Meadows (Sequel: A Tyranny of Queens) * trans author * bi, pan, trans, aro representation * racially diverse characters * all female POV characters * high-fantasy world adventures

3. Boyfriend Material – Alexis Hall * queer author * look I love this book SO MUCH and have absolutely screamed about it before but also I LOVE IT SO MUCH * contemporary M/M fake dating in modern London, complete with full cast of disaster found-family queer friends * it is. fucking. HILARIOUS. I almost died the first time reading it * there is a sequel called HUSBAND MATERIAL scheduled to be released in 2022; I am a normal amount of excited for this book

4. Gideon the Ninth – Tamsyn Muir (Sequel: Harrow the Ninth) * the book cover says “Lesbian necromancers explore a haunted palace in space!” * that is exactly what you get * slow-burn enemies-to-lovers F/F main romance * I cannot describe this book, it is dark, genre-bendy, science fiction-y, Hunger-Games-with-lesbian-necromancers-in space? Kinda? I have literally never read anything like it * also fucking HILARIOUS

5. One Last Stop – Casey McQuiston * queer author (who wrote Red White and Royal Blue) * bisexual fat girl from the South/lesbian-daughter-of-Chinese immigrants from the 1970s-riot-grrl main romance * time traveling mystery involving the Q train in Brooklyn (mentions Brighton Beach ahem) * magical realism * many more found-family chaotic queers including a trans Latino psychic and a Black accountant by day/drag queen by night and the mean little gay disaster who has a hopeless crush on them

6. Parasol Protectorate (series) – Gail Carriger * this is one of my favorite series, and there are five books: Soulless, Changeless, Blameless, Heartless, and Timeless * steampunk vampires/werewolves late Victorian London, like Jane Austen crossed with P.G. Wodehouse (they are all fucking hilarious) * pretty much everyone is queer; we got your flamboyantly camp gay vampires (Lord Akeldama ftw!) We got your gay werewolves! We got your lesbian French inventors! We got your big disaster idiot werewolf main male love interest! We got your crazy adventures! You name it we got it! * two spin-off novellas: Romancing the Werewolf (M/M) and Romancing the Inventor (F/F) * she has a ton more books in this same universe and writes sexy queer supernatural romance as G.L. Carriger

7. Plain Bad Heroines – Emily M. Danforth * queer author * historical horror-comedy set between a haunted girls’ school in early-1900s New England and in the modern day * all sapphic female main characters * plays with style/form/voice, a story within a story within a story

8. Red White and Royal Blue – Casey McQuiston * you’ve probably heard of it but here I am reccing it again * the biracial son of the first female POTUS falls in love with the Prince of England; shenanigans absolutely ensue * yes, the British monarchy still absolutely sucks a big fat dick * hilarious, heartfelt, reads like fanfic, just go get it, it will change your life

9. Rosaline Palmer Takes The Cake – Alexis Hall * same author as Boyfriend Material, this is his newest * bisexual female protagonist * absolutely perfect satire of The Great British Bake Off (you can tell this man has watched EVERY SINGLE SERIES and all of the holiday specials) * sweet and surprisingly thoughtful

10. Starless – Jacqueline Carey * genderqueer/transmasculine main character of color * almost all main characters are brown people! * lush Middle Eastern/India-inspired fantasy world * gods, prophecies, monsters * the best Oh God Why Me I Am A Horrible Mentor wise-old-mentor

11. The Future of Another Timeline – Annalee Newitz * nonbinary (they/them) author * time travel but make it The Handmaid’s Tale * will probably make your head explode * feminist, queer, subversive * diverse characters

12. The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue – Mackenzi Lee * queer author * technically YA but historical/magical adventure set in the 1700s * bisexual disaster main protagonist and love interest of color * (mis)adventures across Europe * has a sequel (see below) with the badass asexual sister of the protagonist

13. The Hate Project – Kris Ripper * nonbinary/genderqueer author * M/M enemies to lovers/sex with no strings attached (spoiler alert: strings attached) * HECKING HILARIOUS * sweet, escapist, and very low stakes * diverse characters, including fat protagonist with realistic anxiety disorder

14. The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy – Mackenzi Lee * PIRATES, obviously * sequel to Gentleman’s Guide * asexual female protagonist * strong queerplatonic f/f friendship * more historical/magical 18th century adventures

15. The Last Rune (series) – Mark Anthony * Imma be real with you chief, I haven’t read this series since I was a clueless teenager with no idea why I liked Gay Stuff so much, so if it does turn out to suck now, don’t throw rotten veggies at me * but especially since it was written in the NINETIES, this series was hella progressive?! * gay characters, disabled characters, characters of color, all playing significant and heroic roles in six-book epic fantasy cycle * people from Earth end up in high-fantasy world of Eldh * endgame M/M romance for the main character * books out of print, I think, but you can find them cheap somewhere like AbeBooks; first one (Beyond the Pale) linked above

16. The Library of the Unwritten – A.J. Hackwith * queer author * heaven-hell-Valhalla supernatural adventures * The Good Place x Good Omens x Lucifer x The Librarians * Pansexual Black badass female heroine * Queer found families * The Sassiest TM Bisexual Villain Turned Reluctant Hero (is he my favorite? Why on earth would you think that.)

17. The Priory of the Orange Tree – Samantha Shannon * epic doorstopper science fiction/historical fantasy set in a vaguely 16th-century world * main F/F romance between a queen and her sorceress bodyguard * sassy old gay alchemist whose backstory will give you Feelings * so many strong women and characters of color * no homophobia! marriage is fully gender-neutral, spouses are called “companions”

18. The Song of Achilles – Madeline Miller * likewise one you have probably heard of but still * a little light on the myth/historical part imho, but the writing is beautiful and will give you many feelings * M/M romance between Achilles and Patroclus  * reimagining of The Iliad (her other book Circe is also really good)

19 The Stars are Legion – Kameron Hurley * all-female apocalyptic space opera * messy messy antiheroines * grimdark war fantasy * queer sci-fi drama

20. Witchmark – C.L. Polk * author of color * M/M romance * main character is a veteran and a doctor dealing with his own hidden magic and repressed war trauma * gaslamp fantasy set in a world reminiscent of post-WWI England * strong sibling relationship

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