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mxescargot · 5 months

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Not going to lie, I really don't want to spam numbers for the couple ask game right now, but I do want to know about your characters' relationship, soooo. 1-30. :3.

(You don't actually have to answer all of them if you don't want to, you can just do any you want to do- /gen) 🌻

oughhh tyty for the ask /gen

for those unaware, tl;dr: good princess/evil queen gfs :>

couples ask game for reference

princess prima garon (she/they/one) is the archetypical heroic good princess whose family was descended from a chosen one hero that defeated an evil overlord and sent them into exile. prima is the new chosen one to defeat a new evil: vindicta nox (any pronouns), queen of the neighbouring evil kindgom and descendant of the evil overlord prima's ancestor ousted. instead, they fall in love. (also turns out the kingdom's not that bad, just has a "villainous" aesthetic)

1. at first their families were. concerned. but over time stuff worked out and now they get along fine/their countries are allies

2. see above, i think it was harder for friends to get over distrust though

3. don't know, hmm.

4. i imagine prima's most relevant ex might be the lancer to her leader in their hero-team? but either way they're on good terms and that was a while ago, just ended up being kind of incompatible for a committed relationship. maybe prima dated around as well but this would be a childhood friend... turned first love or something? 👀 considering making them arospec and realizing that later/vindicta feels "different" from the rest. vindicta is definitely also a different type of person from the people prima thought they should be dating... xe's much easier to be around as a Partner. vindicta may have a previous ex that they also ended up not being too compatible with, but that ex had a worse attitude about it and it ended on worse terms.

5. initially, they don't get many chances to sleep in the same bed. however physical touch is vv important to them (totally not projecting /s) so when their families and the people in their kingdoms became more okay with it they spend the night together alllll the time. usually at vindicta's place because he's, yknow, actively ruling crows country and travel arrangements are a pain in the ass. ANYWAYS prima loves sleeping tightly curled up into vindicta. or the two spoon, they probably have one of those couples' pillows so your arm isn't crushed

6. they ABSOLUTELY give each other nicknames/pet names. vindicta calls prima riri, while they call xem vin. vindicta uses a lot of the typical flirty villain pet names: "my dear", "my sweet", etc. this happens to fluster prima a lot, though it's hard for one to admit the obvious fact that one finds it attractive. prima isn't big on pet names except using the ones her gf calls her sarcastically sometimes, which it finds kinda funny. sometimes they jokingly call each other their full names and titles.

7. vindicta likes how strong-willed and determined her riri is, almost stubborn. however, this can almost be exasperating and sometimes prima doesn't know ones own limits. less decided/articulate on what prima likes and dislikes about vindicta

8. not gonna go into too much detail about this (i am a minor) but prima: vindicta's overall height/build (vin is the taller one), and voice if that counts as physical vindicta: probably into collarbones? and the uhh waist/stomach area yk.

9. didn't know what this was, looked it up. seems to be about commitment and also just, happiness in a long term relationship? so i guess so.

10. haven't built out too specific of a timeline yet but they've definitely had big fights over what i mentioned in #7 with vin getting frustrated over prima being kinda self destructive and almost obsessed with "the right thing"

11. idk how to articulate this 😭

12. the respective royal families/courts freaking out, crises in both of their kingdoms, probably a death in prima's family

13. as i mentioned, both really value physical touch. they also both do a lot of words of affirmation (building off of hero/villain banter). besides that vindicta leans more gift giving and prima more acts of service/quality time. in terms of unique expressions of love, they like sparring with each other and helping improve the other's swordsmanship. prima enjoys trying to cook things that vin might like and generally like... presenting skills she's learning to him. meanwhile vindicta likes surprising darks gf with gifts related to their interests in particular, dark really enjoys their reactions.

14. idk what really counts as a "little thing" but? prima: smelling petrichor after rain. finding shapes in the clouds, moon, or stars. experiencing hypnogogia before falling asleep. running your hand along cold, polished stone. enjoying a drink so warm it almost burns your tongue. vindicta: happy vestibular stimming. waking up as the sun rises. noticing the seasons change. aspects of prima's style of magic usage: a pinkish yet golden light, a hard-to-describe tingling feeling.

15. prima definitely picked up a bit of that "flirty villain" vibe in her mannerisms, while vindicta has grown a bit more lighthearted and energetic in conversation. they copy each others' stims.

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dangermousie · 4 years

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Anonymous said:

1, 2, 4

what-breaks-my-heart

said:

A hated drama you actually really liked

8 & 10 ? - DEW

astarlightmonbebe

said:

i want to ask all of them, but i'll settle for 2, 4, and 7?

I am combining all these asks for the unpopular drama questionnaire:

1 A beloved drama you didn’t like or didn’t finish: There are a bunch since unlike most of fandom I get hives from fluffy or romcom dramas a LOT.

Her Private Life - sure, the make-outs are hot and KJW finally had a leading role. But it’s not funny but cringe-worthy and the heroine is the most insufferable idiot known to man, woman or child. All I can picture is her as a crazy sasaeng causing traffic accidents chasing her oppa - I know she didn’t do it, but she was that level awful.

Moon That Embraces the Sun - it really put the trend for romances involving fictional kings with zero history into overdrive so it would be annoying for that alone. But it’s just so - vapid. It has the nutritional mental value and emotional heft of a plastic bag.

You’re Beautiful - the beginning of Hong Sisters doing dramas that don’t work for me. If that heroine was any dumber and more helpless she’d be a literal sheep, the plot was so thin it was positively anorexic, and Jang Geun Suk decided to become his character in YAB in real life with non-amazing results.

Kim Sam Soon - an oldie but super popular back way when. I hated everyone in it except the secondary girl who I tolerated. They were awful people who were boring to boot. No thanks.

Rookie Historian Goo Hae Ryang - it’s a period drama about as much as I am the Queen of England and makes Moonlight Drawn By Clowds seem more heavy duty sageuk than Jumong, in comparison. The male lead cannot act (or maybe he can and just doesn’t bother, Shin Se Kyung finally makes a sageuk that is bad, and just generally I hate it so.

Every Qing harem drama ever - some of them are excellent but I can never watch more than a couple eps of miserable women fighting like crabs in a barrel over a disgusting man.

2 A hated drama you actually really liked:

Unlike seemingly 85% of tumblr, I adored The King Eternal Monarch. It’s not the best KES drama out of the bunch, but it was entertaining, twisty, pretty as hell, and I adored all the characters and the OTP.

About Time - I think five people watched this one and four of them hated it. I was the fifth. I found it a moving, romantic, hopeful fairytale and it made me cry.

There are also a bunch of dramas fandom retroactively declared they do not like that I am not listing here because at the time they were mega popular.

4 A popular otp you don’t support:

Moon/Sun OTP. There are pieces of toast that have better chemistry. Watching Kim Soo Hyun emote at Han Ga In was like watching someone trying to act at a wall. Han Ga In was never much of an actress but she’s capable of OK performances and good chemistry with her leading men. Here, they had negative chemistry and her acting was non-existent. It didn’t help that the narrative that was supposed to sell me on their epic love fell flat.

You’re Beautiful - a narcissist and a moron do not a great OTP make.

7 A trope you hate:

Look at me being cutely drunk - sorry, that’s not cute, that’s gross.

Oh, and manbaby/idiot heroine alone or in combo.

8 An popular actor you don’t care for:

Nam Joo Hyuk. He’s very good-looking but in everything I’ve seen him in (though confession time, I have not seen Weightlifting Fairy, his claim to fame) but he has half an expression and sometimes, after trying hard, 2/3 of one. I am not going to not watch a drama because he’s the lead, because as I said he’s pretty and at least not distracting, but why he’s A list is frankly beyond me.

10 A drama that started off strong but lost its mojo towards the end:

Born Again. Kidding. That was a consistent dumpster fire.

Search WWW: nothing ever really got resolved and not in a “life goes on” way.

The Princess Weiyoung and Song of Glory - it started dragging halfway through; one more plot was one more plot too many and then five plots too many.

Giant - if we are talking older dramas - though this is what happens when something is 60 eps.

Now I will wait for shoes to be thrown my way :)

#asks #memes #kdrama #cdrama

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