#narrator: oh mc how do you always get yourself into these things

[echotzzz]

“Elain should stop being annoying and accept Lucien already”

umm okay since when woman rejected or disliked a man… annoying??

Do Acotar fandom understand what it means to accept a mating bond??

It means you will bind yourself to that other person FOREVER. Be it your soul, body everything. He is yours and you are his. Like they cant get divorce or start a new life w someone else if that fail. This is not a simple bf/gf thing like this is a big deal, very permenant and forever once u accept. Its completely fine if you two ALREADY FALLEN IN LOVE and the mating bond is there to seal the deal. Like that’s romantic

But for Elain that never was the case. She has NO FEELINGS for Lucien. Her heart belongs to Graysan when her mating bond was revealed. And when she start to move on from him she develop feelings for Azriel along the process.

Like cant yall understand why she couldnt just “accept” Lucien.

“But she should give Lucien a chance”

this mentality or mind set really falls down to the mating bond and how the majority of the fandom sees the mating bond only from Lucien’s pov. Yeah he’s hurting not denying that and its sucks for him. But cant people sees this from Elain’s pov as well??

The place she came from there is no mating bond. She turned fae against her will and suddenly said to be some Fae’s mate whom she doesnt know anything about and whom she sees as the one who “betrayed her family” whether he’s guilty or not, but In her mind Lucien literally allied with the bad people that kidnapped her. Do you think Elain will ready to fall in love w him?? or attempts to open her heart for him??Like lets be real no bs if you’re in Elain postion will you see Lucien as this trustworthy, safe, worthy of her love kind of guy? I need people to be serious here coz Elain reaction to lucien made perfectly sense to me I dont know why people are so mad!! the first reaction of Elain to him were: “She cringed away from the coat, from him” .

Her being wary around him made sense to me and some people even went further to said Elain’s racist or a snob needs to bffr. Yall insane.

People would say it will be like feysand coz they also start in a bad place coz rhys is the ‘villain’ in book 1 but Feyre first word abt rhys was he’s the most beautiful man she ever seen. Theres ATTRACTION. AND HATE. which is good coz when there’s hate there’s PASSION and that could lead to FEELINGS.

and believe it or not Elain and Lucien did try spent time w e/o. Remember that tea time and in acofas?

And theyre being so polite to each other too. Elain is indifferent towards him. There is just awkwardness. Both Elain and Lucien has no interest in bridging the gap. Both cannot stand in e/o presence in a room more than 2 min (Lucien’s word not mine). Visiting Elain is not always in Lucien’s agenda when he’s in the night court. And thats canon per Acofas & Acosf. They’re just not into each other. You cannot tell me the reason Lucien even look at Elain is not because of the mating bond. Attraction and feelings cannot be forced full stop.

“Elain need to learn how to cope coz mating bond is her culture now”

She started gaining control of her life. Which readers expect that of her right?? to have a backbone? to be the narrator of her own FATE? RIGHT????

so why is it so shocking and oh so horrible for Elain to not want her mating bond? We see previous MCs rebel and protest to fight for their story but why drew a line for elain?

we accept her character development to be this independant woman who would not be coddled, some even want her to leave the Night Court to find her true self.

We want all the above for her EXCEPT her control over her love life. When it comes down to the person she should love, kiss and fuck, In that terms Elain should submit to the bond and just shut up??????

“Oh no how dare she reject her mate!! how dare she liked Azriel and not her mate!! the audacity, she’s so blind to his kindness, the jacket, the gloves, the pearl he gave her!! how dare she be so annoying and hurts his feeling. Elain GET IT TOGETHER HOE!!!%*\”

Cant yall see how irony this is?? What happened to attraction and feelings? Does that should be thrown out of the window?

Why is it a rocket science for Elain to actually like Azriel?? This fandom worship Azriel and want him to fuck them in their dreams (im not making this up). Why its ok for the readers to be attracted to Az but not Elain??

Its not rocket science its just this fandom already has this mindset about the mating bond and the perks of having a mate. Feysand and Nessian are what successful mate couple look like.

But we shouldnt be naive enough to believe that ALL MATING BOND ARE HEALTHY

Theres a lot of unhealthy mating bond mentioned briefly such as tamlin’s and Rhysand’s parents and a couple more from the Creacent City series.

Rhys said the mating bond is not a perfect system.

You can feel bad for Lucien. Thats fair. And it sucks to know that male has stronger mate instinct than the female. But what yall cant do is to put the blame on Elain. Both Elain and Lucien are the victim of the mating bond. The fault belong to the Mating Bond system and the Society that urge male to covet their female mate and have whatever it takes to make the bond work.

Wouldnt his fan wants him to find his own person who loves him for who he is? Thats literally what Lucien craves for. Acceptance. Atp Elain’s body language and reaction showed that she’s anything but accept him. And truly I dont see that will change anytime soon. SJM has spent 4 books and not any point we see Elain beginning to change her mind. Acosf literally showed that.

“If Elain will not end up with Lucien then why haven’t she properly reject him yet?”

This is not real life. Yeah!!! Elain’s happened to be a book character. And in books there are storytelling aspects and huge plot reveal. You cannot expect a huge moment in a character’s arc be done in any other people pov?

Like why people really want the news of Elain finally rejecting Lucien be in Nesta’s pov? Wheres the fun in that?? it didnt make any sense. Obv SJM is waiting for it to be in ELAIN’S BOOK whenever that will come out. So cant yall just wait?? Like pls just think for a sec.

“Elain doesnt deserve Lucien”

okayyyyyy…is that a dig at Elain? Coz like I said Lucien deserve someone who wants him for him and thats not Elain and vice versa.

“they should end up together coz they are mates”

Im sorry but mating bond will NEVER be the ultimate factor to fall in love with someone or SJM’s reason for her characters endgame. And certainly not for Elain who will marry for love. For all of grayson fault, Elain did truly loved him once.

Feyre doesnt love Rhys bcoz of the bond, but bcoz of love she agreed to bond w him.

…..

So to end this long post I would remind people that this is a romance story. Where the end game will be two people in love. So ATTRACTION and FEELINGS plays a huge role for the build up.

Also I highly think Lucien or the mating bond are not what Elain hates the most. I think she hate the fact that she has no say in this. That her choice are being taken away. And everyone around her expecting her to just accept the bond.

I genuinely dont have anything against people that actually ship elucien for their aesthetic and really hope for their endgame. Some people want Elain & Lucien to break the mating bond together to free themsleves of the fate that control their choices and along the way get to know e/o and developing feelings and so on. See!! this is a good story which doesnt diminish anyone’s character arc and certainly allow all characters to have a choice. “I love u for who u are and not because of the bond” Like with SJM masterful writing that could be pretty lit.

With that being said, I really side eyed and hate those who treat Elain as the devil incarnate for refusing Lucien and called her “shallow, dumb, indecisive, selfish” follow with “she will see her mistake, she will beg forgiveness, she will realise that she’s so blind to the-” oh no no no

Her feelings are valid. Refusing Lucien has been put as one of her flaws or why she should be hated is SO CRAZY to me. Yall dont want people to coddles her or treat her like a child so then…pls start accepting her words as it is. Dont try to twist it or double it down. If she says she’s part of the night court, then she’s part of the night court. If she says she doesnt owe Lucien anything, that means she doesnt owe him shit.

#elain archeron #pro elain #pro elain archeron #rant

[creabirds]

the lovely @albonoooo tagged me to share my 10 favorite reads of 2023. oh boy, here we go.

so far i've read 61 books this year (which is below my goal grrr but whatever. when life hits you or something) so it's a tough decision. these are in no particular order:

once there were wolves - charlotte mcconaghy | a really haunting novel set in the scottish highlands revolving around a woman who is working on a project to rewild wolves to the area. the writing is brain-meltingly beautiful. please look up the content warnings tho!

middlegame - seanan mcguire | i do not know how to explain this one except it is absolutely brilliant??? about a boy and a girl with very special talents in language and maths, respectively (and they're not in love!). and like, alchemy and human experimentation. it's very weird but alas, i love weird books

girl, woman, other - bernardine evaristo | a beautifully interwoven story about the lives of twelve black British women (& other) that explores family and love in such a compelling way!!! it certainly didn't win the booker prize without reason

bunny - mona awad | if you like weird things this is the book for you. also if you enjoy unreliable narration, (toxic) female friendships and dark academia. it's a girl's right to be weird and slightly cult-ish

yellowface - r.f. kuang | i cannot make this list without mentioning r.f. kuang bc she is the loml. this book is not my favorite by her but it was certainly a banger, as always. if you're interested in topics of post-colonialism and systemic racism you should never miss out on her books

the deep - solomon rivers | magical alternate history about a mysterious mermaid population in a vaguely post-apocalyptic world. lovely portrayal of culture, (shared) memory and generational trauma

she who became the sun - shelley parker-chan | just another asian-inspired fantasy to add to my list of favorites because i just love them so much. this one was so fun and has queer and nb rep!!!

none of this is serious - catherine prasifka | i didn't really ENJOY reading this bc it kept calling me tf out the whole time. if you, like me, find yourself living in existential dread, the anxiety of a small rabbit being chased by lions, and a crippling social media addiction, this will be a fun one to get through

the raven cycle - maggie stiefvater | i've just finished my THIRD reread of this series in 5 or so odd years. yes it is that good. if you haven't read it GO NOW. it's ya but i promise it's not very ya-ish. paranormal fantasy / magical realism / legends and the most likable cast of characters you will ever see (did you say: where can i find ya books with female mcs that have a personality? the answer is HERE)

her body and other parties - carmen maria machado | i've never really read a short story collection before so this was an interesting experience. i loved some of them more than others but they're def worth a read, some even mind-boggling

sorry for rambling but if you truly expect an english major to not go on a rant about books you've been sorely mistaken

if you ever need book recs please feel free to slide into my inbox/dms i am a walking library

tagging @wanderingblindly @grubbyraccoonhands @drivestraight @maxcuntstappen and whoever wants to do it im not sure who of you reads books besides slurping down fanfic like its melted gummybears so uh.

#tag games #crea.txt

[luckyqueenreign]

LITG - Episode 23 - Season 5

OK.... if you’re reading this then you have either read my other spoilers and/or the episode summaries / leaks.. If not get out of here! Spoilers Ahead! 

If you’re not on Team Suresh after this episode, seek therapy!! The man is groveling! He is atoning for his sins!! FORGIVE HIM! And even if you pie him off at every turn in this episode, he still tells you he won’t stop fighting for you 🥺. 

NARRATOR: Things were just getting pretty serious between Alfie and MC before Dana stepped in.

NARRATOR: So instead of seeing any actual romance on Love Island, we get to watch people talk about it instead.

NARRATOR: Or more like, how people feel about the romance that might have happened, before they got interrupted by the person desperate to hear about the romance.

NARRATOR: If you’re confused, don’t worry, you’re not the only one.

Dana stares at you with wide eyes, eager for you to dish the gossip about your conversation with Alfie.

DANA: Soooo, that looked pretty intense.

MC: It really was.,

DANA: Go on then, spill the tea, girl.

DANA: What did Alfie say?

MC: He said he’s catching serious feelings for me.

DANA: Shut up! The boy’s not messing around then.

MC: Right?

DANA: And how do you feel about Alfie?

** CHOICE **

MC: I’m catching feelings too.

MC: I’m not that into him.

MC: I’m not sure.

MC: Not to be cringe, but I’m catching feelings for him too.

DANA: Wow! It seems like you’re all loved up then…

Dana forces a smile but it is slightly strained.

DANA: MC and Alfie, sitting in a tree…

MC: Shhhh!

DANA: Sorry, I don’t wanna ruin your cool girl reputation.

You laugh together - excited.

MC: To be honest, I’m not that into him."

DANA: Don’t beat yourself up about it.

DANA: It’s not your fault. If you’re not feeling it, you’re not feeling it."

MC: I guess so…

DANA: You gave it a shot, no one said you had to marry him."

DANA: Luckily, it’s not that type of dating show!

MC: I’m not sure how I feel to be honest.

DANA: That’s fair. There’s no rush to decide.

MC: Isn’t there?

DANA: Yeah, it’s not like you could get a text any minute announcing a recoupling…

MC: Sometimes I hate you.

DANA: Love you too, girl.

Dana winks at you. You laugh together.

DANA: You must be doing something right. You’re driving all the boys wild at the moment.

DANA: And don’t think I haven’t noticed Suresh being all over you like a rash.

MC: I know. He’s really stepped up the flirting recently.

DANA: You can say that again.

DANA: It’s a bit weird that he’s trying to play you off against Arlo though. What’s that about?

DANA: Do you think he just loves the drama?

**CHOICE**

MC: Suresh is all about the drama

MC: Suresh hates drama

MC: I have no idea

MC: Suresh is absolutely loving all the drama.

DANA: He’s gonna get himself into some serious trouble if he keeps it up.

MC: He also loves trouble.

Dana rolls her eyes.,

DANA: Why does that not surprise me?

MC: Nah, Suresh hates drama. He has no time for it.

DANA: I find that hard to believe.

MC: I know, but it’s true.

Dana raises a sceptical eyebrow at you.

MC: I don’t know what he’s doing.

MC: He can be a hard guy to read.

DANA: He can also be a hard guy to trust.

Dana stares at you with knowing eyes.

DANA: Do you want my opinion?

MC: Something tells me you’re gonna give it to me either way.

DANA: Damn right I am.

DANA: I reckon Suresh thinks that you haven’t hooked up with anyone seriously since him.

DANA: And now you’re moving forward, physically…if you know what I mean..."

MC: Very subtle.

DANA: I know. So, now you’re getting physical with someone else, he’s jealous."

MC: You could be right.

DANA: I’m your dating guru. I’m always right.

Dana takes a long victory sip of her water bottle.

DANA: So, as your dating guru I feel like it’s only fair I get all the juicy deets."

DANA: What happened in bed with Alfie last night?

** CHOICE**

MC: Tell Dana everything

MC: Play it coy and suggestive

** Depending on the night you had / both options **

MC: We did bits!

DANA: No way!

DANA: And? How was it?

MC: Hot! Very hot.

DANA: Oh my god. It’s all ramping up now.

MC: Nothing too juicy but we had a nice spoon.

DANA: Cute. Not as exciting as I was hoping but I’m happy for you.

MC: It was very cute.

MC: You know…nothing much happened last night...

DANA: Don’t hold out on me, MC."

MC: It was a good night. That’s all I’m saying.

DANA: Playing it cool, eh? I’ll get it out of you eventually."

MC: But this was before all the Suresh and Arlo drama kicked off.

DANA: That went from nought to a zillion wildly quickly.

MC: Tell me about it.,

DANA: That boy is a walking soap opera.

Dana shuffles up and eyes you closely.

DANA: Like, do you think he’s done enough to be forgiven for cheating on you?

MC: What do you mean?

DANA: I guess I’m asking where your head’s at with Suresh. Like, erm..",

DANA: Are you sick of his games…or are you actually enjoying all his flirting?

** CHOICE**

MC: I’m enjoying Suresh’s flirting

MC: I don’t like Suresh’s flirting

MC: I have no clue how I feel

MC: Truthfully, I’m kind of enjoying Suresh’s flirting.

DANA: Two boys bidding for your attention. It could be worse.

MC: I know. It’s definitely keeping things exciting.

DANA: Facts!

MC: I don’t like that Suresh is laying it on so thick.

DANA: Yeah, he needs to back off.

DANA: It’s causing so much drama.

MC: I honestly don’t know how I feel about Suresh’s flirting.

DANA: It’s an odd one.

MC: That boy sure knows how to mess with my head.

DANA: That’s why he does it.

DANA: Never a boring day in this villa!

"Dana lays back on the seat, lost in thought."

DANA: You know how Suresh is always banging on about those long, passionate steamy nights of luuurve you used to have?

You nod, unsure of where Dana is going with this.

DANA: Well, I reckon that if you get hot and heavy with someone else…"

DANA: It might bring back some sexy feelings for Suresh.

DANA: Or at least it might do at some point soon.

MC: Do you think?

DANA: It’s possible.,

DANA: To be fair, if Suresh is telling the truth about your sex-capades, they sound pretty epic.

DANA: That’s a lot of pressure for your next luuuurver.

You laugh at Dana and roll your eyes playfully.

DANA: I think you need to go speak to both Alfie and Suresh and find out how they feel about you.

DANA: And more importantly, how you feel about them.

MC: I’m assuming you mean separately?,

DANA: Course! Unless you want to cause even more drams.

MC: Maybe you’re right.

DANA: What do I keep telling you about that?

DANA: Spend some time with both the lads, separately, and work out where you stand with them.

DANA: Figure out who’s giving you serious vibes, not just fanny flutters and then you can make a proper decision.

MC: Is that an order from my love guru?

DANA: You know it, girl.

You find Alfie relaxing, eyes closed, on the sunbeds.

MC: Are you asleep or just have your eyes closed?

Alfie sits up and gives you a cheeky grin.

ALFIE: Neither now.

MC: Can I grab you for a chat?

ALFIE: Does that even need to be a question?

ALFIE: You wanna stay here or should we go somewhere away from prying eyes...and ears?

** DIAMOND CHOICE**

*Let’s go somewhere more private.

You and Alfie sit opposite each other on the sofa, it suddenly feels very intimate.

ALFIE: I’ve been looking forward to having some alone time with you.

ALFIE: But I’ve been trying to play it cool.

Alfie runs his hands through his hair acting nonchalant but behind his cheeky persona you can see he’s nervous.

ALFIE: Was there something specific you wanted to chat about?

MC: To continue our previous chat

MC: Get a bit flirty

MC: Get to know you more

MC: I just wanted to pick up from our chat earlier.

ALFIE: Yeah, things were getting pretty real before Dana came over.

MC: Exactly. I thought maybe we should talk about that.

ALFIE: I agree, I’ve a lot I want to get off my chest.

MC: I just wanted to have some alone time with you.

ALFIE: Well, I’ll never say no to that.

ALFIE: For such a huge villa it’s proper hard to get a second of privacy.

MC: You can never properly get to know someone in a group.

ALFIE: So you want to get to know me, eh?

MC: Who wouldn’t want to get to know you?

ALFIE: Right! My mum’s constantly telling me I’m a catch.

ALFIE: To be fair, she’ll tell anyone who’ll listen.

MC: I wanted to get to know you more.

ALFIE: Oh really. Well I’m an open book.

MC: That’s good to hear.,

ALFIE: There’s no secrets with me.

ALFIE: What you see is what you get.

Alfie shuffles up closer to you and puts his hand on yours.

ALFIE: I just want you to know, I meant what I said earlier, this isn’t a game for me.

ALFIE: I don’t know what you’re doing but you’ve got me hook, line and sinker.

MC: So, you would want us to be a proper thing?

ALFIE: Hell yeah. I’m not messing around. I can see us making it work outside the villa.

ALFIE: Bring ya to meet the fam, and if you’re lucky you can meet Benji.

ALFIE: He gives the best cuddles, although he will try and get on your lap and the fella weighs more than a small horse.

ALFIE: I remember you saying you love adventurous dates so I’d take you somewhere with a bit of excitement.

ALFIE: Although you won’t catch me doing any of that bungee jumping or anything like that…,

ALFIE: I don’t tell many people this…but I’m afraid of heights.

MC: So skydiving’s out the window?,

ALFIE: For you, I’d give it a go.

ALFIE: Women find it attractive when men squeal with fear, right?

You laugh and put your arm around his shoulders.

ALFIE: I remember you saying you like chilled dates so that’s what we’ll do.

,MC: That sounds like a bit of me.

ALFIE: I’m much happier just going with the flow. See where the night takes us.

ALFIE: I don’t want to toot my own horn but I’m pretty good at bringing a bit of romance to my dates.

ALFIE: Candle-lit dinners, long walks, I’ve been known to write a poem or two.

MC: Really?

ALFIE: Nah, but I could give it a bash

Shakespeare aint got nothing on me!

You roll your eyes and playfully nudge him.

Alfie shuffles, suddenly embarrassed.

ALFIE: Look, I hope I’m not laying it on too thick. I just want you to know that I’m all in.

ALFIE: For me, this is the real deal.

Alfie moves closer to you, an intense look in his eyes.

MC: Kiss Alfie

MC: Hold back to speak to Suresh

**If you chose to kiss above**

MC: You lean forward and kiss Alfie on the mouth

Alfie kisses you back softly.

MC: Keep it soft and PG.

MC: Let it heat up

MC: You kiss gently.

Alfie runs his hands up your back and into your hair. It’s very sweet, until…Suresh walks into the room and freezes at the sight of you and Alfie.

You and Alfie pull apart and glare at Suresh.

MC: You run your hand under his shirt and feel his abs. They are rock hard.

Alfie moves away from your lips and starts kissing your neck. It’s hot!

He eases you back onto the sofa when…Suresh walks into the room and freezes at the sight of you and Alfie getting hot and heavy.

SURESH: Woah, guys. Really putting on a show there.

You and Alfie pull apart and glare at Suresh.

** If you chose to wait for Suresh **

MC: You’re so sweet but I need a bit of space to figure out where my head’s at.

ALFIE: Course. There’s no rush. I’ll be here.

MC: Thanks.

You squeeze Alfie’s hand gratefully and smile at each other.,

Suresh struts into the room, he pauses at the sight of you two together, a smug look on his face.

SURESH: Aw, don’t you two look adorable."

Alfie drops your hand and glares at Suresh.

SURESH: Sorry to interrupt guys.

ALFIE: You’re not sorry at all, are ya?

SURESH: You got me there. Not sorry to interrupt.

SURESH: That was looking way too friendly for my liking.

Alfie rolls his eyes at Suresh.

SURESH: MC I really need to speak to you about something.

MC: Right now?

SURESH: Yep. It’s pretty big.

You give Alfie an apologetic glance.,

MC: Is that ok?

ALFIE: You know me, I’m chill.

ALFIE: It’s one of my many great qualities.

Alfie gets up to leave.

ALFIE: We can continue this later…we’ve all night.

** Regular option – if u do not choose to purchase diamond option **

MC: We can just chat here?,

"Alfie nods over to Eddie who is spread out, sunbathing by the pool."

ALFIE: Old Eddie eager ears is just there.

Alfie raises his voice jokily so Eddie can hear.

ALFIE: And nothing gets past you, does it mate?

Eddie pretends to be asleep.

ALFIE: If we wanted to say…or do anything without everyone knowing…,

Aflie winks at you cheekily.

ALFIE: It’d be much better being away from Eddie, somewhere more private?

*Let’s go to the living room,

I’ll keep it PG.,

ALFIE: That’s a shame.,

MC: I’m not going to say anything risky. I’ll keep it PG.,

You sit down next to Alfie, he shuffles closer to you, so he can properly look you in the eye.

ALFIE: I’ve been looking forward to catching back up with you.

ALFIE: But I’ve been trying to play it cool.,

Alfie runs his hands through his hair acting nonchalant but behind his cheeky persona you can see he’s nervous.

MC: I just wanted to pick up from our chat earlier.

ALFIE: I’d love that. Things were getting pretty real before Dana pulled you away.

ALFIE: She was absolutely gagging for the gossip.

MC: She likes to be in the know.

ALFIE: I’d say not much gets past her.,

MC: You’d be right.

MC: So, I thought maybe we should talk about what you said.

Alfie looks around to see who is listening in, then gently puts his hand on yours.

ALFIE: I meant what I said, this isn’t a game for me.

ALFIE: I don’t know what you’re doing to me but you’ve got me hook, line and sinker.

MC: So, you would want us to be a proper thing?

ALFIE: Hell yeah. I’m not messing around. I can see us making it work outside the villa.,

ALFIE: I wanna take you on proper dates. You know, ones that don’t have your ex lurking at the next table.

You nudge Alfie teasingly.

MC: Wow. That is a proper date.

ALFIE: Right! And it won’t just stop there.

ALFIE: I wanna bring ya to meet the fam.

ALFIE: My old man will love you, I know it.

Alfie shuffles, suddenly embarrassed.

ALFIE: Look, I hope I’m not laying it on too thick. I just want you to know that I’m all in.

ALFIE: For me, this is the real deal.

Alfie moves closer to you, an intense look in his eyes.

ALFIE: Is this the real deal for you too, MC?

**CHOICE**

MC: Snog Alfie

MC: It feels like the real deal

MC: I need time to think

MC: You lean forward and kiss Alfie on the mouth

Alfie kisses you back softly but it quickly heats up

Suresh sees you and marches over.

SURESH: Woah, guys. Really putting on a show there.

You and Alfie pull apart and glare at Suresh.

MC: This feels like the real deal for me too.

ALFIE: You have no idea how happy that’s made me.

Alfie can’t contain his ecstatic grin.

You squeeze Alfie’s hand and beam at him.

Suresh struts over, a smug look on his face.

SURESH: Aw, don’t you two look adorable.

Alfie drops your hand and glares at Suresh.

MC: You’re so sweet but I need some time to think.

ALFIE: Course. There’s no rush. I’ll be here.

MC: Thanks.

You squeeze Alfie’s hand gratefully and smile at each other.

Suresh struts over, a smug look on his face.

SURESH: Aw, don’t you two look adorable.

Alfie drops your hand and glares at Suresh.

SURESH: Sorry to interrupt guys.

ALFIE: You’re not sorry at all, are ya?

SURESH: You got me there. Not sorry to interrupt.

SURESH: That was looking way too friendly for my liking.

Alfie rolls his eyes at Suresh.

SURESH: MC I really need to speak to you about something.

MC: Right now?

SURESH: Yep. It’s pretty big.

You give Alfie an apologetic glance.

MC: Is that ok?

ALFIE: You know me, I’m chill.

ALFIE: It’s one of my many great qualities.

Alfie gets up to leave.

ALFIE: We can continue this later…we’ve all night.

You take a seat on a sunlounger as Suresh itches to tell you what he has to say.,

MC: Do you want to sit down?

SURESH: What I’ve got to say is a pretty big deal.

SURESH: Shall we go somewhere we can be alone?

** DIAMOND CHOICE **

*We could go to the bedroom,

MC: We could go to the bedroom, no one is in there right now.

SURESH: If you want to take me to the bedroom, who am I to say no

Suresh sits down on a bed, he taps the mattress next to him but you sit on the one opposite.

SURESH: This is bringing back a lot of memories? You, me…a bed.

Suresh winks at you, hoping for you to play along.

MC: What do you have to tell me?

SURESH: Wow, way to put a guy on the spot.

SURESH: I was just having a joke, breaking the tension and all.

Suresh fidgets, for the first time showing a flash of vulnerability.

SURESH: OK. I’m just gonna come right out and say it.

MC: You do that.

SURESH: I will. Ok. Here goes.

SURESH: I only coupled up with Arlo because I thought that you wanted a chance to move on.

He doesn’t pause to let you respond.

SURESH: I mean, you seem to get on so well with Alfie, that I thought I’d step back and give you some space.

SURESH: Not gonna lie, seeing you on a date last night with someone else, looking absolutely stunning, was brutal.

SURESH: It really hit home how much I miss you.

SURESH: No matter how much I try to move on, there’s a proper unique attraction between us.

SURESH: There’s something about you MC that drives me wild.

SURESH: You can go ahead and deny it but it’s there. I know you feel it.

**CHOICE**

MC: You’re right, we do have chemistry.

MC: You’re wrong, it’s all in the past.

MC:I can’t deal with this right now.

MC: I admit, we do have chemistry.

SURESH: Some things just don’t go away.

SURESH: Especially when it’s as electric as what we’ve got going on.

MC: You’re wrong, all of that stuff is in the past.

SURESH: Come on. Things like that don’t just disappear.

MC: Well, it has. Sorry.

SURESH: You can lie to yourself but you can’t lie to me. I know you too well.

MC: Not anymore.

MC: I can’t deal with this right now. There’s too much going on.

SURESH: I just need you to know how I feel.

MC: I need some space to figure out where my head’s at.

SURESH: And I’ll give you that space after I’ve said what I need to say.

SURESH: I promise.

MC: I’m trying to move on, and all your games are just making it harder.

SURESH: Look, I messed up. But I’m genuinely sorry for the way I’ve handled things.

SURESH: It was probably the worst thing I’ve ever done.

Suresh looks down at the ground, lost in thought for a moment.

SURESH: I just wish I could go back in time and get a chance for a do over.

SURESH: I’d do anything to take back what I did…how I hurt you.,

SURESH: Do you reckon you’ll ever be able to forgive me?

** CHOICE **

MC: "Yes, I think I could"

MC: "No, you made your bed"

MC: I don’t know

MC: Maybe I could forgive you.

MC: If you proved to me that you’ve really changed.

SURESH: I’ll do anything to show you I’m a new man.

SURESH: I’ll get your name tattooed across my chest if you want.

MC: Alright, calm down.

MC: You don’t have to go that far.

SURESH: Ok, ok. Sorry.

MC: No, you made your bed, there’s no way I’m forgiving you."

SURESH: I was a different person back then.

SURESH: I’m really sorry, MC.

MC: You can apologise all day, I’m still not forgiving you.

SURESH: And I don’t expect you to, but I’m gonna keep telling you how sorry I am, because it’s the truth.

MC: I don’t know. This is all a lot to take in.

SURESH: I know. And I don’t want to rush you.

SURESH: I just wanted to know if I have a teeny, tiny bit of hope.

MC: Don’t ask me. I’d be the last person to know.

SURESH: Anyway, enough of the heavy stuff.

SURESH: I’m just buzzing to have alone time with you.

Suresh moves beds to sit next to you.

SURESH: Seeing you strutting around in your bikini everyday brings back memories of that trip we took to Monte Carlo.

MC: You’ve been thinking about that?

SURESH: I haven’t thought about much else the last few days.

SURESH: Especially about that late night beach stroll we took after those lethal cocktails.

SURESH: We snuck onto that boat and had a little party for two…You were feeling pretty adventurous...

MC: You nearly got us into some deep…trouble.

SURESH: Me? How was I supposed to know someone owned the boat?

Suresh gives you a cheeky wink, which makes you smile.

MC: Poor guy looked like he was going to have a heart attack.

SURESH: Who can blame him? Finding a smoking hot, half naked babe.

SURESH: He thought all his birthdays had come at once.

You giggle and put your head in your hands at the embarrassing memory.

SURESH: But it was more what happened before we were interrupted that I can’t seem to get out of my head.

SURESH: You slipping out of that silky dress and standing in just a thong under the stars. You were unreal. So confident…

SURESH: You climbed on top of me, with that look in your eyes…I was all yours.

Suresh moves closer to you, his eyes are fixed on yours.

SURESH: Best night of my life.

You lock eyes - it’s suddenly very intense.

Suresh leans in for a kiss.

MC: Go in for a full snog

MC: Stop the kiss and go for a friendly hug

MC: Tell Suresh he’s crossing a line

MC: You move closer to Suresh and kiss him on the lips.

He pulls you in for a passionate snog. It’s very hot.

Kat walks past, she stops and laughs.

KAT: Oh. My. Days!

KAT: Are you two hungry?

KAT: Because from the way you’re eating each other's faces, anyone would think you’ve been starved all week.

MC: You lean away from Suresh, avoiding his kiss.

MC: Woah there. Let’s keep this friendly.

Suresh laughs.

SURESH: Sorry!

MC: How about a hug?

SURESH: Sure. I love your hugs.

You give him a friendly hug, but Suresh tenderly caresses your hair and kisses you softly on the cheek.

Kat walks past and laughs.

KAT: Owwwf, this looks very romantic…

,KAT: Next you’ll be holding hands and staring out at the sunset.

KAT: Guess you won’t want me to tell anyone about this little private moment.

MC: Woah. That’s overstepping a line. Massively.

SURESH: I’m sorry.

SURESH: All the talk about that hot night got me all fired up.

Kat walks past and laughs.

KAT: Been reminiscing on the good old days have you?

KAT: Looks like it got you both flustered.

You snap around to see Kat standing with her hand on her hip, a wry smile plays on her lips.

KAT: Don’t mind me. I’ll leave you two love birds to it.

Kat struts off towards the villa casting you a devilish grin like she knows your secret…

** Regular Option **

Let’s just stay here

MC: You can just say what you need to say here.

SURESH: I’m trying to open up to you, babe.

SURESH: I’m not messing around. I can’t be as real with everyone listening in.

SURESH: I really think we should have this chat in private.

*Let's go to the bedroom,

Here is fine,

You look up at Suresh who shuffles on the spot, appearing unusually nervous."

MC: Go on then, what do you have to tell me?

SURESH: Wow, way to put a guy on the spot.

Suresh fidgets, for the first time showing a flash of vulnerability.

SURESH: OK. I’m just gonna come right out and say it.

MC: You do that.

SURESH: I only coupled up with Arlo because I thought that you wanted a chance to move on.

He doesn’t pause to let you respond.

SURESH: I mean, you seem to get on so well with Alfie, that I thought I’d step back and give you some space.

SURESH: Not gonna lie, I regret that now.

SURESH: No matter how hard I try to move on, there’s a proper unique attraction between us.

SURESH: There’s something about you MC that drives me wild.

SURESH: You can go ahead and deny it but it’s there. I know you feel it.

MC: You’re right, we do have chemistry

MC: You’re wrong, it’s all in the past

MC: I can’t deal with this right now,

MC: I admit, we do have chemistry.

SURESH: I knew it!

SURESH: Some things just don’t go away.

MC: You’re wrong, all of that stuff is in the past.

SURESH: Come on. Things like that don’t just disappear

MC: Well, it has."

SURESH: I don’t believe you.

MC: I can’t deal with this right now. There’s too much going on.

SURESH: I just need you to know how I feel.

SURESH: You need all the facts before you make any decision.

MC: I’m trying to move on, and all your games are just making it harder.

SURESH: Look, I messed up. But I’m genuinely sorry for the way I’ve handled things.

SURESH: It might be the worst thing I’ve ever done.

Suresh looks down at the ground, lost in thought for a moment.

SURESH: I just wish I could go back in time and get a chance for a do over.

SURESH: I’d do anything to take back what I did…how I hurt you.

You take a moment to process this.

SURESH: Seeing  you strutting around in your bikini everyday brings back memories of that trip we took to Monte Carlo.

MC: You’ve been thinking about that?

SURESH: I haven’t thought about much else the last few days.

SURESH: Especially about that late night stroll we took after those lethal cocktails.

MC: Yeah. You nearly got us into some serious trouble.

SURESH: How was I supposed to know someone owned that boat?

Suresh gives you a cheeky wink.

MC: Poor guy looked like he was going to have a heart attack.,

SURESH: Who can blame him? Finding a smoking babe half naked on his boat. He thought all his birthdays had come at once.

You giggle and put your head in your hands at the embarrassing memory.

SURESH: But it was more what happened before we were interrupted that I can’t seem to get out of my head.

Suresh moves closer to you, his eyes are fixed on yours.

SURESH: Best night of my life.

You lock eyes - it’s suddenly very intense.

Suresh leans in for a kiss.

MC: Go in for a full snog

MC: Stop the kiss and go for a friendly hug

MC: Tell Suresh he’s crossing a line

MC: You move closer to Suresh and kiss him on the lips.

He pulls you in for a passionate snog. It’s very hot.

Kat walks past, she stops and laughs.

KAT: Oh. My. Days!

KAT: Are you two hungry?

KAT: Because from the way you’re eating each other's faces, anyone would think you’ve been starved all week.

MC: You lean away from Suresh, avoiding his kiss.

MC: Woah there. Let’s keep this friendly.

Suresh laughs.

SURESH: Sorry!

MC: How about a hug?

SURESH: Sure. I love your hugs.

You give him a friendly hug, but Suresh tenderly caresses your hair and kisses you softly on the cheek.

Kat walks past and laughs.

KAT: Owwwf, this looks very romantic…

,KAT: Next you’ll be holding hands and staring out at the sunset.

KAT: Guess you won’t want me to tell anyone about this little private moment.

MC: Woah. That’s overstepping a line. Massively.

SURESH: I’m sorry.

SURESH: All the talk about that hot night got me all fired up.

Kat walks past and laughs.

KAT: Been reminiscing on the good old days have you?

KAT: Looks like it got you both flustered.

You snap around to see Kat standing with her hand on her hip, a wry smile plays on her lips.

KAT: Don’t mind me. I’ll leave you two love birds to it.

Kat struts off towards the villa casting you a devilish grin like she knows your secret…

NARRATOR: Oh dear…that couldn’t have been worse timing if I’d had planned it.

NARRATOR: But MC and Suresh have nothing to worry about, it wouldn’t be like Kat to overshare about people’s sex lives...oh wait."

NARRATOR: Speaking of oversharing about sex lives - I’ve got even less of a sex life than Steady Eddie does! We’re going to start a celibacy club when he gets out.,

NARRATOR: Anyway, enough about me, find out how the actual drama unfolds in the next episode."

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My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

How to Survive Your Yandere Demon Boyfriend and Live with him in Peace and have Fun: Chapter 4

A/N: FINALLY. After writing 9 drafts of this chapter...... I felt this was the best of them all..... (My back is ded-) This is again a "build up" to the main conflict, so not much aside from plot-building happens.......

Also, this chapter's writing style is a bit different (imo) , but it still has the "changing povs" in between.

Also, also, after this, I won't be much active, due an upcoming exam that I have to prepare. I may start taking requests again in late july.....

Anyways, as always, have a great day ahead!

(Yandere AU x Replaced MC AU)

Yandere Lucifer x MC

TW: Implied Bullying ; Implied Sexual Content (Mild) ; Unhealthy Mindset ; Yandere ; Angst ; Insults ; Swearing ; Denial ; (If I have missed something please tell me!)

Extra: Mention of "Note"(1) ;OOC Demon Brothers ; Changing POVs ; Unreliable Narration ; Female Reader/MC ; OC Lucifer (According to what I think of him as a Yandere) ; Secrets ; Use of Pact ; (Slight) Dark!MC.

“MC! Today I made an appointment for us at my favorite spa!”

'A memory…….'

“MC……! You should hang out with me!”

'Of those days………

Those precious days……'

“Hehehe….. you’re so cute MC!”

'You were always kind……….'

“Hey, MC………. Do you love us? Then would you stay with me and my brothers….. forever…? I promise you wouldn’t regret it!”

'I would love to………..

You are my family after all…'

“Oh, MC darling! I’m sorry, but I promised Irina that we would hang out today…….. I promise I will make it up to you!”

'Ah, it’s ok.

It’s just one time, one day.'

“uh…..MC? The thing is…… I am quite busy….. today….”

'…….'

“You know MC? Blue doesn’t suit you……. *sigh* why am I with you…… rather….. why can’t you be like her….? Whatever, just my luck.”

…………………….

'It’s ok.

H-he doesn’t mean it….'

“Why are you talking to me? You’re wasting my time.”

'………

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129 notes - Posted May 30, 2022

#4

hi^^ i'm not feeling well recently and i was wondering if i could request some Mammon fluff to heal me. the scenario being, Mammon and MC are best friends and promised to tell each other everything, so when he overhears his brothers gossiping that MC admitted to having a crush, he gets a lil upset because 1) how could you not tell him abt it first? and 2) who is MC crushing on???? and he acts moody with them until he finds out that MC's crush is on him whether by confession or the brothers, up to you. i just need a lovestruck Mammon being oblivious to his own feelings for his best friend until the idea of them being in relationship with someone else sets him off... i'm sorry if this is so cheesy and cliché!

A/N: Thank you for requesting! I hope you feel a little better after reading this! And also please take care of yourself, I hope you feel better! 💕

Let me tell you, I like my my fluff cheesy :) so don't be sorry! This is such a cute request after all!

And also....... this is my first fluff writing so, any corrections or even suggestions are appreciated! 💖

As always, have a great day ahead!

Also....! While I was writing, I was listening to-

I Like You, I Love You (Kagamine Rin)

TW: None (Apart from some mistakes and the repetition of the words "Best friends")

Extra: Fluff ; Unreliable Narration ; Second-Person POV ; Oblivious Nature ; "MC" addressed as you and not directly as "MC" (majority of the fic).

Mammon X MC

My Other Half

Only one demon in the whole of Devildom knew you like the back of his hand.

Mammon.

In the first weeks of the exchange program, he had seen you as a nuisance not he nor you knew when that changed. You two had grown accustomed to each other’s presence to a point many had assumed that you were a couple. Of course, the demon had to explain that you two were best friends and not a couple (while tomato blushing). His brothers especially Lucifer and Asmo would relentlessly tease their brother while a small and soft smile played on their lips.

In the span of only a few months, the demon had become someone you could talk with and complain about in a very dramatic way that never failed to make the demon laugh at your antics. So, in the end, you ended up telling him everything about yourself, your likes, dislikes, your life back in your home realm, family, and just about everything.

Like you love chocolate filled with almonds.

Or which brand of Devildom soda you had come to like.

Or that one manga Berserk manga you love and that one manga you especially dislike. (He also agrees with you on that….)

That one game you like and also the character you like so much that you call him your “Husbando”. (he nearly wanted to throw hands with a fictional character)

So of course, not only Mammon would boast about how was he your first, but also about how much he knows you and how you would spoil him.

You two would help each other in almost everything, and also get punishment from the eldest together.

“The peas of the same pod.” You two were truly just that.

Or that was supposed to be that way…..

For some days you acting quite….. weird….. but in a good way.

Out of nowhere, you would take him to Hell’s Kitchen or Madam Screams and then you would look in his eyes, searching for something in them.

Then you started to hug him out of nowhere while running at him at lightning speed….. every day. At first, he did not at all understand why you do this, which caused him to think that you were in danger so he literally sprinted in the direction you came from, to rip the sonnuvabich to pieces, only for you to tell him with a smirk that you wanted to surprise him. Why………. I mean he is not against the hug itself it's just that it was so sudden. Though, don’t worry now he will catch you and hug you before you could! After all, he ain’t the fastest demon for nothing!

Only….. for you to pout at him……. (so cute…..No! He ain’t blushing or anything!)

Then one day, a demon started to hit on him, only to get spooked by your very angry face. That day, Leviathan screamed at you for being so much jealous that it triggered his demonic nature.

Jealous…….?

Were you…….

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#3

ok see Mammon having named a crow after mc when they leave after season 1. Cue Mammon being embarrassed and having to explain to mc why this crow has the same name as them when they walk in him.

A/N: A lot smaller than I expected... but still I hope you like this anon! (damn I am getting a lot of Mammon fluff reqs, I'm not complaining tho-) Plus, this was very cute request! Thank you for requesting!

Also any corrections or suggestions are highly appreciated! 💖💖

As always, have a great day ahead!

TW: None. ; Fluff.

Extra: GN!MC ; Second-Person POV ; Unreliable Narration.

Mammon x GN!MC

Missed you so.....

Finally, you were back to your lovable and dorky demons.

It felt like it had been too long, even if it wasn’t truly like that…

It's just that these demons and everyone else had become a part of your heart that can’t be replaced…….

And it seemed that even they shared the same sentiment.

You were smothered by bear hugs the minute you made your entry, as they told you how they missed you. (some of them cried too-) (Mammon denies all claims of this-)

It felt like coming home.

Warm and soft.

It felt as if everything was in place, as it should be, perfect.

….

So then why was your name being frantically called by the Avatar of Greed in the long hallways of your abode?

“Mammon?” you call him peeking your head to see the commotion, worried for the demon.

“Tch. Where in the- where did it go?!” the demon searches frantically for something…..

You approach him quietly, “Where did what go?”

“DAH!”

“Mams?”

“I- uh- uh- NOTHIN’ BYE”

Ok.

‘So something is up’ you think as you can still hear Mammon screaming your name.

You sigh and go back to your room, exhausted.

Just as you enter your room, a loud cawing noise greets you.

“Huh?”

You look up to see a crow sitting on your room’s window looking at you as if to say something….?

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205 notes - Posted May 20, 2022

#2

How to Survive Your Yandere Demon Boyfriend and Live with in Peace have Fun: Chapter 3

A/N: I have finally decided to write this fic again! Though it is still on Semi-Hiatus. This chapter is basically setting up the timeline of when this Au happens and a deep dive into Reader/MC’s thoughts over the situation. So, not much happens in this chapter (except Lucifer and MC’s relationship gets a little depth as well-)

I hope you like this!

As always, have a great day ahead!

(Yandere AU x Replaced MC AU)

Yandere Lucifer x MC

TW: Unhealthy Obsession, Unhealthy Mindset, Manipulation, Yandere, Implied Sexual Content, Abandonment Issues, Angst, Mentioned Stalking, Implied Imprisonment (?), Self-Doubt(?), Denial, Curse Word (only once). (If I have missed something please tell me!)

Extra: Changing POVs, Unreliable Narration, Female Reader/MC, Slight Dark!MC (?) , OC Lucifer (Yandere) (According to what I think of him as a Yandere), Slight Masochism (?).

Third Person POV:

“Lucifer, we need to talk.”

Lucifer spun around in 0.1 second at that line, anxiety already churning his guts. Even so, he flashes his smirk at her, “Yes, love?” he asks trying to sound normal.

“Do you have any updates on Irina? Anything new?”

“Ah………. Yes, it seems she had learned about pacts today and was asking Mammon to make one with her. He somehow got away from her.”

Ever since that evening, Lucifer has kept tabs on Irina’s movements under MC’s order.

“……Tch.” She shakes her head, as if to say, ‘she had seen this coming’. “Lu, can you please call all your brothers here in your study?”

The demon raises his eyebrow, “Will you be ordering them not to make a pact with Irina?”

“…..Yes. Would that be petty?”

“…..Yes, however, I do feel you should do it since it is a need now.” He looks at her, eyes soft and reassuring. The human looks away from him, eyes looking outside the window. She sighs deeply eyes closing for a moment-

“Do you think that I should have been stricter towards them?”

“….”

“Do you think maybe I should have been like Solomon? Making pacts just for the power? Maybe then…. Then things wouldn’t have come to this……”

“….MC….”

“Maybe it was because I was too trusting of them……. Maybe it was because……. I was too soft on them? Or maybe….. they only pretended that they care for me………”

“…….” He knew that this was wrong, but he had now seen an opportunity arise at this. “Maybe they did….” He replies, standing up and walking towards her, a faint yet twisted smile on his face.

“Maybe they did, after all they are demons. They may have pretended to like you since, Diavolo and I had told them to be civil towards you.” He wraps his large hands around her waist and kisses her on the neck, he continues, “They may have done it out of fear.”

“If that is so, then even you may be pretending right at this moment, yes?”

Chuckling darkly, he smiles at her lovingly, “I am not like them, sweetheart. They did so for their own good and became blind to their own power over your heart and you, our master. Even though it hurts my pride a bit, but it is the truth, demons in pacts are like wild dogs. They need to be trained to respect their master. If the master doesn’t trains them? Well, there are repercussions of it. For example, losing respect towards them.”

“But they can be disciplined with love as well, right?”

“True, there are two ways teach an insolent, bratty dog, either to love them or to show them where their place truly is. You, my darling, have taught me through love, something that I and many others saw as an impossible feat. Yet you achieved it.” His hands tighten around her figure, he nuzzles on her neck.

“I am your loyal dog. And you are my master. I have already pledged my loyalty to you since the night I had bound myself to you through our pact, but I shall pledge it once more to you.” He suddenly removes his arms and steps away from her.

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My #1 post of 2022

Could we get Mc finding out diavolo has concubines while they are dating. And diavolo doesn't understand what is wrong with it. The angst, the drama.... then Mc just tell him she'll indulge in the brother then. And maybe it clicks for dia.... and he is just like..." oh...OH! Ya ok, we getting rid of the concubines, MC COME BACK!" And basically turns into a sad puppy dog following Mc around saying sorry over and over as Mc just keeps kissing the brothers, like all of them, one by one, right in front of Dia, until he finally really gets it. That if he wants real love and true loyalty in a lover, that the same is expected of him.

Ps, I like your writing, so whichever way you take this, I am down. I like seeing what ya do and reading your stuff. Keep being awesome! ^-^

A/N: First of all, thank you for the compliments! Second, I did make some changes just to fit it better, for the angst. Third, I really, really hope you like this story! And fourth, thank you for requesting!

Tbh, it was little difficult, since I never wrote anything for Diavolo. I feel like he is guy that is very hard to figure out, more than Lucifer.

But! I still had quite the fun making him suffer :)

And as always, have great day ahead!

Edit:  My thoughts on writing Part 2

TW: Implied Cheating ; Mentions of Cheating ; Angst ; Depression ; Fainting (?) ; Mentions of Concubines ; Harem ; Pretending to be alright when you are not (idk if this a real TW but oh well-) ; Poly Relationships ; Implied Sexual Content.

Other: Cheater!Diavolo ; MC addressed as "you" and not directly as "MC".

Diavolo X MC

MC X Brothers

How does it feel now?

“Dia?”

The name falls off of your mouth in utter horror as you look at the scene in front of you.

There he is, sitting on his throne looking ever so handsome, embracing and kissing a body that is not yours.

You don’t know if your voice was unheard or ignored, as Diavolo, your ever so charming lover, was kissing the lips that were not your own. A moan escapes from his mouth as one of those…………. whoever she was had started pleasuring him with her mouth, as you had once.

You drop on the ground, as you feel………. a lot of things……

First comes fear, disgust, and then despair.

You can’t hear anything.

You can’t see anything.

You can’t feel your own body.

Everything is dark.

Before losing to the darkness, you wish only one thing-

‘Please let this be an illusion.’

How naïve you were.

*************************************

You open your eyes to the ceiling of his bedroom.

His bedroom……. wait.

Shooting right up from the bed, eyes wide open, looking everywhere.

You sit in silence and internally plead to every god for that……scene to be just a very bad dream.

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893 notes - Posted March 19, 2022

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Hi! I saw that requests are open, if it's not a problem could i request Satan reacting to MC coming to him with new books every time they hang out because they want him to read them out loud since they have a short attention span? Like, Satan would be reading said book while MC is drawing or doing something else.

I have adhd and reading books that are not digital is a nightmare for me, so him reading out loud would be pretty relaxing.

Btw it's up to you if you wanna do headcanons or a oneshot!

ABSOLUTELY!!! So this is actually my first request and I'm super excited because as someone who also has ADHD I can totally relate! I hope you like it!

Too Still, Too Quiet

GN!MC with ADHD Summary: Satan notices that MC seems to have a hard time hanging out with him; he's determined to get to the bottom of the issue and find a solution.

After living in the House of Lamentation for nearly a year, you've grown accustomed to the many quirks that came with living with the seven Lords of the Devildom. You had gotten close to the brothers, and as they picked up on your symptoms for your ADHD, they each found their own ways of being helpful. Lucifer had always known, as it was written on your file, and made a point of sending you subtle reminders throughout the day to keep you organized and on task. He brushed it off saying that it merely prevented him from having to go after you later on if you forgot or did something incorrectly.  Mammon was no stranger to having a hard time prioritizing and staying focused and took pride in lending you some of the different tools he used to fidget with. After all, his human deserved the best, and you couldn’t get any better than using something that belonged to the great Mammon. Leviathan’s room provided a relaxing atmosphere with just enough stimulation to keep your brain satisfied enough to focus on your school work and tasks. The sounds of the aquarium provided a fantastic back ground noise, and Levi always took caution in wearing his headphones when he gamed if you were working in his room to not add to the distractions around you.  Asmodeus had a good eye for when you were growing too frustrated by the regular chaos that tended to fill the House of Lamentation and would pull you aside to his room for some self-care to help calm you down. There was nothing like a head message and face mask from Asmo as he happily gossiped about the latest drama in The Fall to help ground you.  Beelzebub, on the other hand, was great at noticing when you were starting to grow restless. In those moments, he’d not-so-subtly state that he was heading to the gym and it’d sure be nice if he had someone to join in before very obviously making eye contact with you. At first you had a hard time figuring out a good balance between a work out that satisfied Beel while also not killing you. But now the two of you easily worked with each other until you were both sweating, smiling, and happy. He also made sure to remind you to eat through out the day whenever you went to a round of hyper-fixation on something. Belphegore wasn’t particularly helpful when it came to your forgetful spells or disorganization as, being the Avatar of Sloth, he would normally encourage such behavior. Instead, he did what he did best, and helped put your wandering mind to ease whenever you were trying to sleep.  The only person, and not for a lack of trying, that you just couldn’t seem to find a flow with was Satan. 

He was too quiet and organized for you to be able to stand being around him for long periods of time. You had tried hanging out with him a couple of times, but after a few minutes of him silently reading or him explaining whichever text he was currently studying, you would grow restless and distracted.  Which brought you to your current situation.  Satan had invited you to come relax in his room with him, as the rest of his brothers were dealing with the aftermath of their most recent dilemma. It wasn’t so bad at first, some light conversation here, some banter there, but soon your mind started to wander off to the spines of the endless books around you as you pondered on what might be inside them.  “MC?”  Your attention snapped back onto Satan, who stood frowning at you. You blushed and scratched the back of your neck. “Oh, I’m sorry. I got a little distracted. What were you saying?”  Satan sighed as his frown deepened.  “I’ve noticed that tends to happen a lot with you. Not that there’s anything wrong with that!” He quickly amended raising his hands in defense. “But it seems particularly bad when you’re with me. You get quite jittery and I don’t think you’ve ever stayed in my room longer than ten minutes,” for a second his eyes almost looked sad as he looked over at you, “Is it something I’m doing? Do I make you uncomfortable?”  “No! Satan, no, it’s not you I promise!” You quickly reassured moving closer to him. “It’s just well I have a hard time staying still and focusing on things and when it gets too quiet it bothers me because then my brain is like hyper fixating on the smallest noises in the room, even though I’m supposed to be focusing on what you’re saying or my work, and it’s like, is that a page a turning or a something scratching at the door and then I start wondering about what kind of things could be in here and-”  “MC.” Satan cut off, though he didn’t seem annoyed. In fact, his eyes now gleamed with a sense of understanding. “Do you happen to have ADHD?”  “Yeah, I thought you all knew? Lucifer told all of you when I arrived right? That’s why everyone is so-” you moved your hand in a vague gesture that even you weren’t entirely sure what it was meant to symbolize.  Satan huffed and shook his head. “Lucifer did no such thing. I imagine he would’ve told us if it came to be a big enough problem. But you know him. He takes pride in being the only one to know certain things. “  You frowned and tilted your head in confusion. “But then what about the others? They’ve all been helping me out for months now.”  Satan placed a hand under his chin in thought, “They most likely took note of individual symptoms and decided to help. Belphegore, and possibly even Leviathan and Asmodeus may have put two and two together, but the rest probably think you’re just forgetful or that you’re restless,” he smiled reassuringly at you, “but that’s besides the point. Now that I know, I can help make you feel more at ease when you’re with me. What’s the main issue that you-” “It’s too quiet!” You quickly cut off, causing Satan to raise an eyebrow. “When we’re in here relaxing and you’re just reading and I’m supposed to be reading too, it’s too quiet. I try to focus on the book, but my mind keeps jumping around to other things. And I want to read all those books you’ve recommended to me, I really do, but I start feeling bored after a little while and next thing I know I jumping sentences without noticing and then I’ve gone an entire chapter with no recollection of what I’ve just read because I wasn’t really paying attention to the words at all I was just flipping pages without realizing it, so I have to go back and re-read the whole thing all over again!” You throw your hands in the air in frustration. “Is exhausting and makes me feel dumb, so I get up and do something else instead.”  Satan nodded, taking in every word carefully. “Well first of all,” you yelped as he flicked your forehead.  “Ouch! What was that for?!”  The demon smirked and crossed his arms over his chest. “For calling yourself dumb. Just because you have more difficulty with literature than others, does not mean you’re dumb. You simply require a different reading strategy than what most consider “usual”, and I believe I have a solution that would suit both of us,” you perked up at his words. “I recommended those books to you because I greatly enjoyed them myself. How about, when you’re here, you can choose a book you want to read, and I will read it out loud for you? That should help, yes?”  A light airy warmth filled your chest at just how accommodating Satan was willing to be. “But what about the books that you were reading?”  The demon shrugged, “I can always read them in my spare time.” He moved closer to take your hands into his, silently demanding your full attention. “I want to spend more time with you and get to know you better. I want you to be comfortable and be able to be yourself when you’re around me without feeling stressed. This is honestly the least I could do for you, MC.”  Blushed rushed to your cheeks as you felt your heart flutter in your chest. You awkwardly cleared your throat and took your hands back, rubbing them on your legs as you noted how clammy they were. “I think I-I would like that a lot” The grin on Satan’s face widened as he took one of your hands and lead you deeper into the bookshelves of his room. “Splendid! Then why don’t we get try right away? Take you pick, MC, I will be your narrator for the evening and for as long as you wish.”  ***** I hope this was something along the lines of what you were looking for! It is a little short, but I hope you like it. Thank you so much for the request, I loved it! Requests are OPEN and I would definitely love to complete some more if anyone has any ideas or prompts that they’d like me to complete. Just send in an ask and, if I feel comfortable with it, I’ll do my best to make a fic for it!

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[ginkgomoon]

Gavin’s Old Days Date- Analysis

I received an ask just then about this date and so I’m typing my heart away at 2 in the morning. It didn’t really fully sink in to how much of a good date Old Days was until some time had passed, with the way how I looked at Gavin back then different to how I saw him now. This date brought back so many emotions and memories- especially when it’s such a well-rounded story with various hidden meanings and references which enabled me to have something to analyse!

This date circulates around Gavin and MC’s high school history in the span of days Friday and Saturday- on that fateful day when Gavin wanted to give the letter, to the night he waited for her.

It also has a circular storyline structure, from when MC first dreams of Gavin that catalyses following events. But something we also have to note is that the whole entire time until the very last few minutes- MC is ‘dreaming’.

The turbulent flow of time and space stunned me, and countless doors opened before me one by one.

The memory fragments poured in, and those images reflecting me and Gavin flew past quickly.

He turned his back to me and walked away, his white shirt fluttering in the wind, almost engulfed by the increasingly denser mist.

I shouted his name aloud and ran desperately, wanting to catch up with him, but the corner of his shirt was like wind that couldn't be grasped, dispersing between my fingers.

His figure became increasingly blurred as he was farther and farther, finally disappearing completely in the narrow field of vision.

Standing in the void, I seemed to have lost all directions and motivation forward.

Until a gentle breeze with a familiar fragrance blew the fog away.

There seemed to be dazzling sunlight piercing through the clouds, and after the mist dissipated, a completely different space-time appeared before me…

This part of MC’s dream is like a metaphor for Gavin’s sudden leave. The mini fragments of her memories and the information that she knew now compared to back in high school come together to try to form some comprehensible picture in her mind, which in this case- her dream.

(Which probably was helped by the presence of Black Cabin with the ‘“doors”. But I could also argue that it wasn’t, because this isn’t supposed to be the first time MC enters Black Cabin. Then again, dates differ from the main storyline.)

But just like how MC is Gavin’s North Star, without him, even she is lost and directionless. They both need each other. As they are each others’ mystery, they are each others’ answers.

“This uniform and medals are my beliefs, with you guiding me in the direction forward.” -Go See Him

MC wants to reach out, not wanting Gavin to leave her, just like how he left seven years ago. Though even here, Gavin’s wind helps guide her forward- to meet him again in this time-space.

Dreams are still a big mystery to us. Some say it reveals our deepest desires and fears presented by our subconscious. By listening to it, we are able to guide our efforts in achieving and chasing what we truly desire whilst avoiding our fears. And if some dreams are based on truth, then it can easily foreshadow what we are about to encounter.

As MC finally settles in appearing at their old school of Loveland High, she sees Gavin.

Through the crowds, he seemed to be looking at the girl standing on the middle of the flag raising platform with a speech draft in her hands. Without realising, he crumpled the letter in his hand even more tightly.

The infamous letter.

Moments ago he saw me, he was so shocked that his pupils contracted slightly. He also slipped when he was about to jump down.

“Who are you?”

The shock in his eyes was now replaced by alertness and uncertainty.

Gavin clearly doesn’t know this MC- because in this time-space, she doesn’t really exist. As I said above, as dreams can be based on truth and our desires, MC feels like she could have done something to correct their relationship in this course of time. But at this stage between her and Gavin, she doesn’t know much about it because he never explicitly told her and she wants to know. This dream is a manifestation of that.

MC: “Excuse me, do you know MC? I am her cousin.”

MC also experiences being her own cousin such as in Time Subway’s Loveland High Noodle Bar and STF Drill Ground.

Gavin looked at me suspiciously for a long time, and finally nodded indifferently.

Gavin: “Oh, what do you want with her?”

MC: “How is she doing in school lately?”

Gavin: “I don’t know her that well.”

Gavin helps MC locate herself- her high school self- but when she looks back, he has already disappeared. She then overhears students talking about Gavin getting beaten up by a hundred people and becomes an investigator into his whereabouts.

The next part of the date isn’t from MC’s narration, which led me to believe that this really did happen in MC and Gavin’s own universe. The ‘truth’ of the dream.

*Beating up happening*

Random Kid Who Doesn’t Have Better Things To Do: “I heard that our school overlord is transferring to another school. Is that true? Since you are leaving, why can’t you be good?”

Gavin: “That’s none of your business!”

Random Kid Who Doesn’t Have Better Things To Do: “True, but after you leave, your beloved girl will no longer be under protection, right? Don’t worry I’ll take care of her for you. And I heard she’s our campus belle.”

Gavin (fiercely with an angry face): “What did you say?”

*More beating up*

MC’s POV begins.

Finally, I found the alley from memory.

Gavin: “You won’t get off so easily next time. Try getting near her and see what happens.”

Gavin leaves and even MC wasn’t fast enough to catch a wounded, bleeding Gavin. She racks her brains to try to figure out where he is, and finally comes to the piano room.

And BEHOLD- Gavin casually sitting on a ginkgo tree dressing his wounds.

Gavin (annoyed): “Why are you everywhere…”

MC: “Are you waiting for MC? She’s preparing for exams so she won’t be here today.”

Gavin: “...I wasn’t looking for her.”

Gavin reluctantly agrees to follow MC into the infirmary and she starts to help properly dress his wounds.

MC: “Are you not a close friend with MC?”

Gavin: “... I’ve just heard her name before. She’s got good grades and she’s very kind.”

MC: “Have you ever talked to her?”

Gavin: “Nope.”

MC: “Then how do you know she’s kind?”

Gavin: “Why should I answer your questions?”

He looked a little vexed, looking away with his ears turning red.

MC: “Sorry, I meant well. It’s just that she’s mentioned you to me. She says you’re not as bad as what people say you are. You helped carry her books and took her to the infirmary…”

Gavin: “I just happened to be around.”

MC: “Err, then you must happen to be around quite a lot.”

Gavin: “How do you know all of this?”

MC: “She tells me everything. We even look very similar don’t we?”

Gavin: “But you act differently.”

MC helps Gavin finish patching his wounds and Gavin is noted to be unwilling to stay with her.

MC: “I have one more thing to tell you. MC is a bit slow. She is not as good as you think, and will also be blinded by rumours…”

Gavin interrupts me coldly.

Gavin: “She’s a very nice person. What she thinks of me has nothing to do with anyone else. If you're here just to tell me these things, then I don't need to listen to you.”

Gavin grabbed his uniform, but a white object fell from his pocket to the floor.

It was a crumpled letter. Stained in blood.

I went to pick it up but the paper slipped out and I caught a glimpse of the contents by accident.

Gavin quickly picked up the letter and put it back without saying a word.

There was a flash of dismissal in his eyes. He tried to flatten the creases on the letter awkwardly.

(RIP LETTER. He even tried to flatten it. GAVINNN)

Gavin’s view remains the same in their own universe- “You can’t change other people’s opinions but you can change your attitude towards them. Don't let yourself be easily affected. You shouldn't envy me. You’re different from me. You're kind and thoughtful. That's what makes you, you. Besides, I’m not as free as you think, and I care about a lot of things.” -Company Footage [Chapter 3-7]

The scene around her changes. MC figures that if this is the memory of her and Gavin, then the most important thing was to find him.

MC’s mind fixates on the familiar bloody letter- recalling its words. MC then sprints to the school library.

The library looked a little deserted in the darkness. Looking along the rows of bookshelves, I finally found Gavin seated next to the window.

At this point, Gavin has been waiting a whole day for high school MC to meet him. She didn’t read the letter that had the time he wanted her to come.

He turned around and the moment he heard my footsteps, and the glimmer in his eyes suddenly died away again when he saw me.

I realised that on this day, he had wanted to say goodbye.

He just frowned and looked away, uninterested.

MC: “Are you waiting for MC? She might have misunderstood. Sorry, let me apologise for her.”

Gavin: “It has nothing to do with you.”

He paused and said in a self-mockery tone.

Gavin: “I knew she wouldn't come anyway.”

I’ve never seen Gavin like this. At this time, he was still so young and one could easily read his emotions.

Only then did I realise how he described his past as a mere “regret” was an understatement. He had to endure the long wait and the misery of being understood silently.

(It’s 2am and I’m crying.)

I mistook the farewell letter as a threat and threw it away. I never tried to learn the truth and misunderstood him. And still was protected and cherished by him.

I never felt so sorry and never wanted to blame myself even more.

If I didn't know all of this, if we had never met each other after we went in opposite directions…

MC: “Although I know saying these now is meaningless...You’ll be a very awesome person in the future, and you will stick to your belief and to justice. And you’ll also meet the person you want to meet. Even though she might not be great and always troubles you, you will definitely meet each other in the future. So…”

But when I looked back up, Gavin was gone.

As if back to the beginning of the dream, no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t catch up or make a sound.

And MC wakes up. (Circular storyline- starts and end with a dream- starts and ends with Gavin.)

“Why did it take you so long to answer? Did you just wake up?”

It was Gavin.

MC: “Gavin… I….”

Gavin: “Why do you sound so weird?”

MC: “I had a dream about you.”

Gavin: “Was it a bad dream? Don’t worry, it won’t happen. By the way, I'll be at your place soon. I brought steamed buns and soybean milk for breakfast.”

Just like how he bought milk and bread for her at the infirmary after she fainted during a school sports event.

The moment I saw Gavin, I threw myself into his arms, crying.

His strong chest, the familiar smell under his collar. This was Gavin, the Gavin who would never disappear or leave me.

Gavin: “Why are you crying?”

He tried to dry my tears clumsily, but both his hands were occupied, so he had to move to the table and put the breakfast down while I hung onto him like a koala.

Gavin: “Tell me, what was your dream about?”

MC: “In my dream, you skipped class, got into fights, and ignored me.”

Gavin: “...”

MC: “You also said, ‘it’s none of your business’ to me coldly several times.”

He held back laughter and listened to my tearful complaint. Then he suddenly took my hand, and slapped it on his palm.

Gavin: “Then bully me back now.”

MC: “Gavin, have you ever thought about… what if we didn’t meet?”

He gave it some thought and nodded seriously.

Gavin: “Yes I have. If I wasn't there, would the girl get bullied? Would someone be looking out for her? I’ve also wondered if someone would fall in love with her or give her a love letter.... Would she like someone else? So, if I were to meet her again, I must hold onto her.”

He took my hand lightly, and kissed it preciously, his voice soft.

“And never let her go again.”

(The same hands that helped dress his wounds. CRYING.)

All this time Gavin had regretted not being able to give the letter to her in person, presumably with the fear of rejection from the one person he cared about. Even if Gavin hadn’t had a conversation with her or knew her very well, the interactions they have had together was enough for Gavin to form an opinion of her- a strong enough opinion that even he refuses to listen to MC’s ‘cousin’ (interactions like wanting to introduce himself in the library but MC dashes off LOL).

Wanting to protect her continuously from the students during the alleyway fight and waiting day and night for her also really does showcase his determination and the effectiveness of having a glimmer of hope from and for someone goes a long way, especially with a loyal man like Gavin.

Additionally, MC states that he was cold to her, which shows that even someone who claimed to be her cousin wouldn't melt Gavin’s heart with secondhand words. (That wall that he built up between him and MC of how he bats each question she asks with another question LOL.)

Even in front of Cousin MC, he wants to keep up that tough and unbreakable persona, the one that high school MC is more familiar with- until the very end when he finally has to come to the conclusion that MC is not going to see him. This therefore really does make him think that she didn't want to meet him. And in the storyline, he really did have to live like that, thinking that she thought of him just like how everyone did- until they met again.

But after all that Gavin had been through, he’s willing to cherish every moment he has with MC in the future. Not basing their relationship off of the failures, misunderstandings and regrets- but their hopes and dreams of a better future together.

“Before you… I lower all my defences.” -Gavin

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[who-ever-said-i-was-nice]

Heya, could I ask for the ikevamp boys finding mc passed out at the table surrounded by work? Uni's been killing me lately. If all of them is too much then just Leonardo, Jean, Comte, Theo and Mozart? Thanks x

I cried five times while making this.

Dear Anon! Thanks sooo mush for the request. 😘I’m sorry for taking this looooong I also have a shit ton of work but HERE IT IS. I hope things get better for you and good luck!😘❤️❤️ I added a different type of uni to each of the guys just to make it interesting. @nad-zeta your daily dose of Theo. XD. Love you. Hope you enjoy! Ok here we go!

Ikevamp boys x an overworked mc

Leonardo

he just woke up from one of his naps and he decided he’s going to have a snack most probably mc

as he’s walking towards kitchen he spots you sleeping on one of the tables in the library surrounded by a huge pile of books, pens and papers

now he knew that you refused to give up on the uni you where going to when you came here but he’s still a bit surprised

he walks up to you and takes a peek at what you are studying 

architecture

more specifically some designs he came up with

*eyes emoji*

after the initial shock of finding out you where studying his work he smiles and picks you up and caries you to your bed

from that moment on he will always help you with whatever you are studying and always makes sure you take breaks

Comte

he was walking around socializing with the residents when he stumbled upon you snoozing on the dining table buried in a mountain of book

ha was aware of your studies and offered to let you off work completely

but you insisted on dedicating 4 days a week on housework

however this meant you had to study like crazy

when he saw you there he already knew what’s wrong

he panicked internally but calmly walked to your side

he didn’t insist one knowing what exactly you where studying but this was so convenient he just had to take a look

finance studies

well damn

finds it very amazing that you manege to work and study that at the same time

sighs and carefully picks you up and takes you to bed

after that he makes sure you get enough rest in between study sessions

he will spoil you a bit more and offer to help with your studies

Jean

ok so we know poor baby can’t read

he doesn’t get why you are so passionate about your university

what did you call your studies? Linguistics? Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat?

he has no idea what you are talking about but he loves you and loves that you have a passion

when he sees you passed out in your room in a very uncomfortable position surrounded by books...

...panic

oh wait no panic you probably just fell asleep ‘cause you where tiered

wait tiered?

panic

he will pick you up and take you to your room, makes sure you are tucked it

from that moment on he will make sure you get enough rest

Isaac

precious little bean

on one hand he understands why you are so passionate about your studies on the other he is worried

one time you where working late into the night and he asked you to stop and you brought up the argument that he does the same

so he decided not to stop you

however when he finds you passed out in the gazebo...

nope.

he is panicked and scared and angry at himself for not realizing sooner

he hurries to your side when one of your books catches his eye

you are studying quantum physics?

say what?

ok he now has a whole lot of respect for you

he will gently shake you awake

“ Mmmhmm...I did my essay” “Y/N it’s me, wake up”

you immediately wake up

“ Don’t ever do that again. You scared me.”

Now you guys study together so cute

Napoleon

UMMMMMM boy

if he saw you just hanging off a table passed out he will have a heart attack

then he will realize that you are just sleeping and you are not dead so he will calm down a bit

he can’t resist the urge to take a look at what you are studying either

politics

interesting.

so you want a  politics degree

what you will do with it he has no idea. After all you are in a different time period, but he thinks  it’s good to have a goal

what he doesn’t think is good is over working your self

“nunuche wake up” “noooooooooo I won’t wake up unless you do what I do to wake you up”

so he will kiss you and you agree to wake up how adorable i  think i’m going to cry over my own work damn I’m weird  

If he ever see you looking even a little tiered he will steal you away and you will cuddle

Arthotthur

Heart attack nr.2

oh no wait my bird is just sleeping

he’s not happy

ok let me rephrase that

he’s happy that you are happy but he’s not ok with the fact that you have overworked yourself and on top of that he’s beating himself up for not noticing earlier

he’s debating whether you’d be more pissed if he carried you to your room* or if he woke you up when something catches his attentive eye

you where studying to get a bachelor's degree in English whaaaaaat!

will go through your notes and

when he finds out you want to become a writer.....

Omg fanboy mode: activate

“ I didn’t know I had such an effect on you Luv”

you: say wut? Arthur I became writer because I wanted to

Now you two run around n the corridors smiling like dorks and narrating random events when your free and he writes next to you when you study   ( to keep and eye on you. He loves you so much)

* if that doesn’t apply to you I’m sorry. I try to write from another persons prospective, but a lot of my writing is based of my reactions to a situation or my personality. In this case I’d be pissed if he left my stuff there or went into my room ( it’s my sanctuary ok my disaster). And waking me up oh no bitch run. But on a serious note don’t be mad if it doesn’t fit your description, and if it didn’t and you want me to change something feel free to let me know. Ok next victim:

Theo

to say he’s pissed is an understatement

he’s pissed at you for taking it to far but he’s pissed at himself a lot little more for not noticing sooner

like his bff he’ll also be contemplating taking you to bed rather then yelling you awake like witch one will end up in a bigger slap

then he notices what you are studying

art

when you are done with this you are literally going to get an art degree

Theo ex. has stopped working

he is getting emotional on the inside

 will gently take you to bed and tuck you in

he’ll pat your head “ Creative Hondjie”. He has such a gentle smile on his face god I can picture it I’m crying

from then on when you have a project he will help criticize you and he will help you progress with your art

 will be keeping an eye on you 25/7 yes 25 this guy will create a time loop if it meant that you had more time to do the things you love (ahem Theo) xd  no

all in all he will be just a little softer with you, but only you. And will also deny it if somebody points it out

Vincent

Let’s all just sit down, take a moment and appreciate Vincent

He will see you passed out and he will PANIC

he will rush up to you and make sure you are ok

also waking you up in the process

he will ask what you are studying

“sooo you want to become a chef”

Pffffffff we all know poor baby is parallel with cooking

like he will burn water

is super supportive tho gee who would have thought

this boy is an angel and will help you cook

Jesus I hope Comte has fire insurance

you have a lot of fun with him and he will actually end up learning a few things form you.

will make sure you never overwork yourself again

 Dazai

this dork almost stepped on you

you had passed out under you window , ‘cause you had been studying on the floor

and this guy came waltzing in through the window

“Toshiko-san? Toshikooooo shit”

*cricket sounds* yup

he will squat down next to you and poke your cheek

“ what are you doing on the floor?” you: “what are you doing in my room?”

OOOOH GOT ‘EM

you two of you will laugh about it and he will ask you what you are studying

you proudly shove your text book under his nose

“ well well Toshiko-san want’s to take care of small animals?”

you: Yes, like Isaac

he’s not really fazed by you falling asleep but  will make sure you don’t overwork and if he sees you getting tired he will crack a few terrible jokes to lighten your mood and then he will proceed to steel you away

Mozart

ok now clean freak here is going to be worried

not panicked just worried

uhum Wolf you keep telling yourself that

you where studying in the music room while Wolf was playing

suddenly he heard a thump

he stopped and looked around only to find you passed out on the table

seems like the all-nighter combined with the music led you to fall asleep

he’s frozen for a hot second until he realizes you are just sleeping

he will slowly walk up to you and poke you with a broom ‘cause he doesn’t want to touch you

Jkjk

he will go up to you and gently attempt to shake you awake when he notices what your studying

 you where studying music

“Marry me?”

he will wake you up and question you about it

from that moment on he actually helps you a little when you don’t get something and you study in the music room at all times because” it’s noisy outside”

we know you just care about her Mozart

Sebastian

he flicks your forehead

that’s it. Thant’s the canon

no I’m kidding he knows how much you study and is worried about you even before you pass out

and when you do that’s it

he scoops you up and takes you to your bed

he only flicks your forehead when you wake up

yeah you get an ear full from him

he asks what you are studying and tell him you want a degree in history

ok suddenly he’s not mad at you

from that moment on he always makes sure you are not over working

he actually shows you his notebook and you find it fascinating 

now you both collectively stalk the residents

William

y’all aren’t ready for this

when he sees you passed out in the garden he’s ready to pull out a gun and kill anyone and everyone who dared harm you

then he realizes you’re actually sleeping and he calms down a bit ( he’ll keep the gun tho shhhhh don’t tell Comte)

he will gently pat your hair and just look at you

when you wake up he will ask you what you are studying

you are a complete blushing mess when you tell him you want to become an actress

he’s shooketh and also really happy at the same time

now he takes you with him to the theater and he gives you a role to play and he watches while you practice

he’s also super attentive and will never let you overwork yourself again

Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoyed! Stay safe everyone! 😘😘😘

#ikemen vampire #asks #cybird ikemen #ikemen vampire mozart #ikemen vampire theo #ikemen vampire leonardo #ikemen vampire theodorus #ikemen vampire vincent #ikemen vampire sebastian #ikemen vampire shakespeare #ikemen vampire jean #ikemen vampire napoleo #ikemen vampire dazai #ikemen vampire arthur #ikemen vampire comte

[rantheon]

the bakarina anime is done! it’s just a drop in the ocean that is the otome isekai genre so these are some recs + what you need to know about them. i just listed most of my favs otherwise it’d be too long :p

in no particular order. includes some non-isekai ones too. needless to say most of these aren’t completed yet

my next life as a villainess: all routes lead to doom

using this to plug that there’s more bakarina content in the form of light novels, manga and 3 spin-offs

an observation record of my fiancee - a self-proclaimed villainess

told in the pov of prince cecil, whose fiancee bertia straight up tells him she’s a villainess of an otome game from her past life

if you ever wonder what jeord from bakarina might be thinking half the time, this is probably close. cecil is the same kind of prince who initially finds things bored and predictable until they met the mc

the things cecil would get up to for bertia? hoo boy

also the way the mangaka draws hair is addicting to look at

the villainess cecilia silvie doesn’t want to die so she decided to crossdress

the title speaks for itself~ after remembering an otome game she played in her past life, cecil (previously cecilia) is now the one capturing the hearts of the academy ladies instead

it’s fairly new so there’s not much of it yet :c but it’s pretty interesting

the original otome game had a whole rpg combat system going on and i’m hyped to see how it’s gonna lead the story

the Angelique vibes are strong in this one

the villainess wants to marry a commoner

isabella used to play an otome game in a past life, but she was really only interested in a side character named ursch. and then one day she finds him in her mansion garden

her past life self is such a mood - i too have 100% otome games in hopes of side characters getting hidden routes but alas

definitely deserves the ‘video game’ tag. isabella can see status screens and character stats/skills etc, and all the gacha rewards and grinding transferred over after her reincarnation. she’s the isekai female protag we’ve always wanted

seriously the main ship is too op for their own good aha

deathbound duke’s daughter

in a past life, erika only managed to finish 2.5/7 scenarios of an otome game thanks to an unlucky encounter with knife-kun. with the different flags of her impending doom approaching, she takes things into her own hands years before the game events start

very fantasy-oriented (the most on this list) and pretty action-packed, once you get past the game exposition in the first 3? chapters

the world building is brilliant, from the hafan mages to the aurelian alchemists, and there’s beasts and wands and spells and dnd stuff sprinkled in

the cast has quite interesting dynamics and interwoven plotlines, and they’re all dorky in their way :>

beware of the villainess

melissa remembers a novel from her past life and desperately tries to cut off contact with the male leads, but they still make her life hell & she rages

she’s just so done with everyone and you can’t help but relate to her

definitely the funniest on this list XD melissa and her reactions takes the cake but even the shit characters are hilarious in their own way

there’s also a lot of parodies to memes etc & best of all, there’s cussing. all the shits and fucks. a whole lot of it

it’s great

death is the only ending for the villainess

penelope wakes up as the villainess from a game she’d been playing in her past life, only right now it's on the hardest difficulty where death is literally everywhere. thus she tries, well, not dying

what’s cool about this is that penelope has access to the original game system. she can see menus, choice options etc. the male leads even have affection percentages floating above their heads :> which is always cool to see (and what i’m a sucker for)

but it’s definitely one of the darker ones on this list. iirc there’s depictions of violence, abuse, drugs and then some. just a fair warning

the daughter of albert house wishes for ruin

upon realizing that she’s the villainess from a past-life otome game, mary decides to stay as one. chaos ensues

i love this manga so much, everyone is so quirky and there’s something to laugh about on almost every page. the story almost feels self-aware of itself and just lets the characters do whatever. like ride bikes

addie is so cute ;o;

it’s definitely something everyone should experience

i’m a villainess daughter so i’m going to keep the last boss

one of the finished ones!

post-annulment, aileen pulls a Lisa Tepes and asks the demon king claude to marry her. he refuses. hijinks ensues

mostly on the fantasy side, as it builds on the world of the monsters

the cast is pretty fun! aileen’s smart, funny and pretty competent in her own right. plus she and claude are positively adorable together

milady just wants to relax

post-annulment, ronia decides to open a cafe in the countryside. it later becomes the frequent hangout of a beastmen mercenary group, who are intensely feared by the townsfolk

well... beastmen. that’s all you need to know /wink

okay, that aside, it’s just as chill as the title suggests. ronia slowly makes friends she can trust, and the beastmen find a second home in the only cafe that’s willing to accept them. it’s pretty wholesome

the banished villainess! living the leisurely life of a nun making revolutionary food

despite actively trying to change her ‘villainess from a past-life otome game’ fate since childhood, elizabeth gets annulled, her noble title stripped, and is sent to a church in a neighboring kingdom. she enjoys it more than expected, despite the appearance of the ever watchful leonid

there’s plenty of 21st-century food like sandwiches, cotton candy leonid’s muscles <3

the entire cast is lovable, and can chris get an f for all the heart attacks leonid keep giving him

seduce the villain’s father

yereninovica (or just yerenica) realizes that she’s in the world of a novel she read in her past life, but as the aunt of said novel’s mc. after thwarting a kidnapping that’s basically the mc’s origin story, she takes it upon herself to also prevent the tragic death of emperor belgoat

a bit different since it switches the roles around (side character x side character) and goes into the “parent generation” of the original work

there’s also an interesting bit where the world seems to recognize her as a hijacker, and where that takes her, we’ll see in due time :o:

plus the way yeni habitually calls him ‘father’ cracks me up every time

transferred to another world but i’m the savior of an otome game

after a ritual gone wrong, “yamada tarou” (fake name) is stuck in the world of an otome game. the only way back is with a magical ring, normally obtained after becoming the lover of one of the male leads. he of course says no i’m going adventuring but the game doesn’t like that

it’s absolutely hilarious - the leads treat our mc like a heroine, and there’s a lot of otome tropes that are called out on/parodied. like the seiyuus’ names oh my god

tarou’s reactions are great and his appraisal skill is the funniest thing alive

endo and kobayashi’s live commentary on the villainess

in modern japan, endo and kobayashi start their playthrough of an otome game, which becomes a bit glitchy and odd. they discover that siegward, a male lead in the game, can hear what they’re saying. they use this chance to finally give lisolette a happier ending

much of the story’s focus is on the characters slowly warming up to lisolette, and a bit on endo/kobayashi’s irl relationship. despite being the primary drive of the story, lisolette herself hardly moves the plot - if you know what i mean

regardless it’s undeniably adorable

tearmoon empire

no isekai, more of time travel? chronoskimming?

mia wakes up 10 years in the past after being sentenced to death. now afraid of guillotine-kun, she strives to solve the issues in her kingdom that had previously led to her doom

a bit similar to bakarina in terms of concept: avoid death flags, unknowingly recruits the people she meets into her little saintess cult. the misinterpretation is very strong, and in brilliantly funny ways

it has really fun narration ngl especially in the light novel

of course, i’ll claim palimony!

to prepare for her annulment, yulia starts scheming recording her fiance’s meetups with the heroine to use as evidence. if you’re gonna lose a suitor, might as well get some money out of it, right? along the way she gets involved with rudonik, one of the male leads

no reincarnation. rather than an otome game, the villainess story comes from a book written by a side character, and the “heroine” just decided to play it out in real life

the cast together is a riot, and it’s entertaining to watch yulia only think in profits and every connection she can make to achieve it

the villainess’ slow prison life began with her broken engagement

no isekai, just a plain old villainess

post-annulment, rachel is sentenced to imprisonment. which she enjoys and is thoroughly, hilariously prepared for

everyone’s a little afraid of rachel and for good reason. it’s better to find out yourself through the LN or manga, but let’s just say that even the king doesn’t want to deal with her XD

the holy grail of eris

now this one is interesting, putting the villainess trope into a mystery ghost story. that said, no isekai either

our innocent heroine constance attends a party and encounters scarlet, an executed villainess from ten years ago. a body possession and some public embarrassment later, they decide to team up to solve the mystery that might be behind scarlet’s death

i mean, ghost villainess? sign me up

+ some honorable mentions

i favor the villainess (the heroine goes for the villainess- girls? girls? yes)

a bellicose lady got reincarnated (a delinquent reincarnates as a heroine; what a concept :o unfortunately there’s not a lot of english content for it yet)

it seems i got reincarnated into a yandere otome game (i like that the mc actively makes it so that game can’t ever happen the way it should; plus, yanderes are always interesting to study)

inso’s law (modern isekai, and quite cute!)

the reincarnated young lady aims to be an adventurer / holy guardian tiger (similar to deathbound duke’s daughter in that there’s more of a focus on the fantasy aspect)

expecting to fall into ruin, i aim to become a blacksmith (so far the only one with a shounen tag that i like; its main charm is probably the cast and their interactions with each other eliza best girl)

since i’ve reincarnated as the villainess’ father i’ll shower my wife and daughter with love (big big wholesome vibes)

level 99 villainous daughter (severely op lady who takes no shit from the people looking down at her, and regularly thinks about blowing up the academy within the first 4 chapters? hell yeah)

may i please just ask one last thing? (post-annulment, the mc literally punches everyone in the room; it’s great)

this is getting long now oops

edit: i also made a visual-friendly personally-tagged-by-me bookshelf here!

#masterpost #otome isekai reviews #rip tags i'll just stick to the english titles #my next life as a villainess #an observation record of my fiancee - a self proclaimed villainess #the villainess cecilia silvie doesn’t want to die so she decided to crossdress #the villainess wants to marry a commoner #deathbound duke's daughter #beware of the villainess #death is the only ending for the villainess #the daughter of albert house wishes for ruin #i'm a villainess daughter so i'm going to keep the last boss #milady just wants to relax #the banished villainess! living the leisurely life of a nun making revolutionary food #seduce the villain's father #transferred to another world but i'm the savior of an otome game #endo and kobayashi's live commentary on the villainess #tearmoon empire #of course i'll claim palimony! #the villainess' slow prison life #the holy grail of eris #i favor the villainess #a bellicose lady got reincarnated #it seems i got reincarnated into a yandere otome game #inso's law #holy guardian tiger #expecting to fall into ruin i aim to become a blacksmith #since i've reincarnated as the villainess' father i'll shower my wife and daughter with love #level 99 villainess daughter #may i please just ask one last thing

[hypmic-info]

ARB Prologue Part 2: Introductions

The second part of the ARB Prologue introduces the main cast. This generally deals with the groups bickering among themselves, as well as introducing their styles at the end. Please click the read more to venture on!

VIEW PART 1 HERE 

[ FOOTSTEPS APPROACH ]

SAMATOKI What? Is there something wrong with my eyes? I'm seeing that bastard Ichiro over there.

ICHIRO Samatoki...!!

SAMATOKI That’s Samatoki-san, to you. Bastard.

JYUTO Wait, Samatoki We’re deep in Chuo. Try not to make a fuss. You’ll be eliminated before the match even starts.

SAMATOKI Shut up, damn bunny cop. When’d you turn from a vicious police officer into a fortune teller? Ya change jobs?

JYUTO You don’t need divine powers or clarivoyance to know that. Listen to my advice, Samatoki. If you cause a problem here and are disqualified, your hatred for Ichiro will have to wait another year. Anyways, if you act up here, you’ll only cause trouble for yourself.

SABURO Tch. If it was my way, these lot wouldn’t have to bother Ichi-nii That glasses guy... Making extra work for us.

RIO Oi, wait. Samatoki, Jyuto. You two seem to be in high spirits before the game. In such a case, I have this snake drink...

SAMATOKI Ah-.... R-Rio. I’m good, thanks. Oi, Jyuto. You should have some since Rio recommends it for ya. Drink up.

JYUTO

Ngh...!

RIO Is that so. Then, Jyuto, have Samatoki’s too

JYUTO No, it’s u-uh alright. Actually, I’m allergic to snakes...

ICHIRO What's this? Samatoki’s having trouble with his team?

SABURO Let’s leave them be, Ichi-nii They’re simply the same as Jiro - they’re bird brains that forget whatever’s happened even a second ago. They forgot that they were even talking to you, Ichi-nii

JIRO Saburo...! You don’t have to start bad mouthing me! You should only be dissing those guys!

SABURO I just called it how it is. Though, you really are just the best at getting angry, huh?

ICHIRO God, you guys...

JAKURAI ...Oh. It seems that today’s participants are all gathering here.

[ FOOTSTEPS: MATENROU ENTERS]

ICHIRO Jakurai-san!

JAKURAI It’s been a while, Ichiro-kun. You seem well.

HIFUMI Are you a friend of sensei’s?

DOPPO Look closely, Hifumi. Everyone’s gathered here is a contestant.

HIFUMI Hm? Ah. So it’s like that. It was rude of me not to greet them.

DOPPO Greeting them... Is it okay to be so flippant when they were just fighting now?

HIFUMI Doppo-kun. Greeting your opponent properly is important when we’ll be fighting soon. If you don’t even say hello, how are you supposed to give it your all in the future battle!

DOPPO Ugh... What a stressful situation... I’m such an awful man that I can’t even say hello... Nevertheless, this is my duty... It wouldn’t be surprising if you thought that I should quite because I’m not suited for this. So why does my balding manager always put up with me? I should just quit... I could quit already... I want to say so already... Ah, that’s why. It must be cause of that.... I’m full indebted to my company... Hahaha...I work so hard for the livelihood of the company...

[ DOPPO STARTS SHAKING ]

DOPPO It's because I'm insane... because I’m gloomy... because I’m miserable... I am I am I am I am .....

HIFUMI Doppo! You’re not the kind of person you think are! Even if you couldn’t greet them, my friendship with you will never change!

JYUTO With all that noise, it must be Kannonzaka... and Izanami.

SAMATOKI Well, with Sensei  around, things are always interesting. Well, those two are at least. Though, how the hell did an office worker, a host, and a doctor wind up together?

JYUTO The fact that they’ve come this far shows the skill of their rap... but it’s certainly an interesting combination.

RIO Hifumi Izanami and Doppo Kannonzaka are Jakurai Jinguji’s swords after all. Judging them by only their appearance and occupations is dangerous.

JAKURAI I look forward to a good match. I want you to see the strength of Shinjuku Division... ‘Matenrou’.

ICHIRO I’ll prove to you sensei that my ‘Buster Bros!!!’ are the strongest.

JAKURAI I’m looking forward to it. Seeing Ichiro’s determination, I’m sure this will be more interesting.

ICHIRO Look’s like sensei’s all fired up. With this battle, things are about to get crazy. There’s no backing down now.

??? Ah! Over here, here! Ichiro~~!

[ RUNNING: RAMUDA APPEARS AND HUGS ICHIRO ]

ICHIRO Uwah... You- Ramuda!

RAMUDA It’s been a long time Ichiro! I’m so glad to see you ★ ...ha... Jakurai’s here too.

JAKURAI ...Ramuda-kun. Did you say something?

RAMUDA It’s nothing ~~ ! It’s just that I don’t think I feel well after seeing your face~ ★

JAKURAI It’s useless trying to anger me.

RAMUDA

...Hmph.

GENTARO Oya oya. What’s this? It seems that we’ve already started on each other before the battle. But was this not inevitable?... All of us gathered together by fate, such is it’s unavoidable flow

DICE I have no idea what you’re saying Gentaro.

GENTARO It is but an observation of humans. It’s clear to me that some deep, dark secret lies between the two of them. Don’t you think so too, Dice?

DICE Right. I wouldn’t know. Whatever’s going on in their relationship is between them. We’ll be opponents in the upcoming match. It’s fine for them to have at it now.

GENTARO Well, you do have a point.

ICHIRO Oi, Ramuda. Give it a rest already.

RAMUDA Eh ~ That’s mean, Ichiro! Backing up Jakurai, but also scolding me! Boo hoo...

ICHIRO I'm not scolding you. But it doesn’t make sense to be wasting time here.

RAMUDA Well, it can't be helped. I just really despise Jakurai★

JAKURAI Ichiro, he doesn’t bother me.

RAMUDA Well well! Jakurai, you’re just really annoying★

MC CHOICE

A: All the teams are here...!

They have won their battles up until now with overwhelming lyrics and sophisticated rhymes. These four amazing divisions...　Everyone is here.　

The three brothers that are distinctly characterised by their co-ordination, producing clever words and expressing the eldest brother’s ideas with superior rhymes - Buster Bros!!!. The crazy yakuza group that controls the Yokohama area as both champions of justice and malice, destroying other teams with their fighting spirit the moment they’re faced with their lyrics - MAD TRIGGER CREW. Their many fans adore them due to their distinct characteristics of performances, overflowing with a pop-style charm and provoking their opponents - Fling Posse. Their mysterious atmosphere and unique rhythm attracts others with an outstanding flow. Representing Shinjuku, the city that never sleeps - Matenrou. These four teams will participate in the semi-finals for the Alternative Rap Battle.

ANNOUNCER The rap battles will commence in 30 minutes. Please may those who have completed admission procedures sit down as soon as possible.

ICHIRO ...It’s time.

MC NARRATION And eventually, everyone assembled here would come to know... that this day's encounter was the beginning of it all.

— — — — — — — — — — 

And that’s the prologue! The plots all start to branch off in their respective division stories, so we’ll get to translating those soon. Mod Thia will be taking her time though, since all her deadlines are approaching!

I had some help in the last sections from @/slugtranslation-hypmic - go follow them for manga translations!

#hypmic #hypnosis mic #hypmic arb #hypnosis mic arb #ichiro yamada #samatoki aohitsugi #ramuda amemura #jakurai jinguji #jiro yamada #jyuto iruma #gentaro yumeno #hifumi izanami #saburo yamada #rio mason busujima #dice arisugawa #doppo kannonzaka #mod thia

[yakocchi]

A White Day Dedicated to You (Part 2) Collection Event // Count

hey, hope everyone’s been doing all right in light of rl events and all. now that i’m suddenly forced to a life of indoor solitude for who knows how long, i guess there’s little else to do than to do some translating crap for practice and stuff. idk

...yea so white day was a week ago but i felt like it would be right to do this story bc this event was actually a continuation of the Valentine’s Day stories from a month ago. It’s only called part 2 because now that the roster is quite large, they’ve decided to split events so they can siphon more money ehe

Spoilers Behind the Cut

(The stories for this event were written in a His POV format)

On a silent March night…

(I wonder if this gift… will be to Kara’s liking?) Hiding my mischief and desire behind a mask of diligent maturity, I pay a visit to Kara’s room.

[Count]: “I’m here with my thank you gift for Valentine’s Day. Surely you would not mind if I come in?” [Kara]: “Oh, of course. Ah, it smells nice…” Entering the room, I set down a tray with a tea set on the table. [Kara]: “And this is…?” [Count]: “It’s a special type of tea. …A cacao tea.” [Kara]: “Ca- By ‘cacao’, you couldn’t have…” Apparently taken aback, her eyes widen. (It seems that she hasn’t forgotten that day.)

[Kara]: “Umm, then, are you… all right…?” [Count]: “Mm, about that…” [Count]: “…This need to feel you right here, right now is of course, inevitable.”

At the time, so as to not potentially break her, I had desperately suppressed my overwhelming lust… But it was Kara herself who tantalized with her purity and abruptly broke down my self-control.

[Count]: “Yes, it is indeed made with the same aphrodisiac cacao.” I give a meaningful smile, and she returns my gaze with blazing cheeks.

[Kara]: “But why? Even without something like this, I like yo-“ [Count]: “I was thinking that I would like you to experience the same feeling I did.”

[Count]: “As if you’ve gone delirious with heat... I want you to want me.” [Kara]: “Mn…” (Kara is always shy and is somehow rather hesitant to be assertive.) Even now, the sight of her with dyed cheeks is radiant and lovely, but…

[Count]: “No matter what happens from here… Just like with last month, you can blame it all on the aphrodisiac.” [Count]: “For last Valentine’s Day, that is my gift to you.”

hey u. white day is supposed to be a thank you gift this is just a barely-disguised gift for yourself. has getting a grillfriend made your sane ppl brain into a galaxy brain what is this

She pours the liquid into the teacup, and stares at the rising steam with a stiff expression. [Kara]: “…All right.” [Kara]: “But, it’s a bit… scary.” [Count]: “’Scary’?” [Kara]: “With you in front of me, I’m wondering if it’ll really turn out fine in the end…” (There’s no need for such reservations.) The wild lust from the depths of my heart slowly bleeds out to reveal itself.

count: the chocolate made me really horny haha that was bad, huh narrator: but the reality that he was really horny all the time

[Count]: “It’ll be all right. No matter how you are, it’s all adorable to me.” (So that’s why I’ll…) Taking the cup from her hands, I take the tea into my mouth before drawing her head towards mine. [Kara]: “Ah…” Meshing our lips together I force her to drink, and I could hear the gulps from her throat. [Count]: “You drank it. …Good girl.” With a single drop trailing down from her lips, I peer into her eyes. [Kara]: “Mn… ah… What, is this… my chest, is on fire…” (I want to touch you gently. Regardless of the time or place, I want to spoil you and melt you in such ways.) (But, even as I wish for such things… It seems that this night, too, will only leave those desires as simple hopes.) As on this night also, I will surely make her cry. While bitterly smiling at this prediction of things to come, I casually lift her up into my arms. [Kara]: “Count… My body’s, all hot…”

[Count]: “Show me… Show me your disheveled self.” She continues to raggedly pant, her eyes moistening with tears. Gazing at her form, in which her gaze oozes with an anticipation she cannot bear to hide… I quietly drop a kiss on her love-drugged lips…

...

me: oh wow they’re doing a continuation story for white day me: well if it’s the count he’ll probably get her a cute dress or maybe a necklace. or maybe some sweets. idk it’s impossible for him to mess this up he could make getting a pinecone seem lovely game: he regifted the horny drugs. poorly

me:

I feel like getting him upgraded to 恋人 only made life more difficult for mc

#ikemen vampire #ikevam

[undertalethingies]

Self Indulgent Self Insert Fic, Part 2

Part one here

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“Why’d you shoot fire at him?” I ask, partially to fuck with her and partially out of genuine curiosity. He hadn’t been attacking me, after all, so it was odd that she’d intervene. What did he do to get her to set him on fire just for being near a human?

Toriel purses her lips, and I note that her hands are clenched tightly. Must’ve been bad, then.

“He hides a wicked nature behind a congenial facade. Please, my child, keep your trust out of his reach,”

Oh, she’s just as formal in person! That’s honestly kinda cool. I’m pretty sure I’m the only one I know who’s ever used ‘congenial’ in a sentence, but for her it just seems natural.

“I definitely have more questions about that, but first, can you not call me your child, please? We literally just met,” Seriously, it’s weird. I know she’s grieving, but spontaneously adopting every child that falls without their approval or consent is kinda messed up. 

If I manage to free the monsters, the first thing I’m doing on the surface is sticking them all in therapy. Seriously, these guys are worse than me, and I really don’t say that lightly.

Toriel’s face falls slightly, though she makes a valiant effort to hide it. (Seriously, what were you expecting me to say?)

“A-Ah, I suppose that is reasonable. May I ask your name, then?” Ok, people who are definitely reading this because I am 100% egotistical enough to assume y’all want to hear about my life. Listen up, because I’m going to say this as many times as the author wants me to. I know this is normally the part where I’d say ‘y/n’ but I want to make it clear that y/n is for reader inserts.

I am a self insert, which I know because no reader insert would ever have this much personality, those boring fucks. As a self insert, I am free to call myself Ebony Dark’ness Dementia Raven Way and dye my hair black with purple streaks if I so desire.

(I don’t, I really don’t, My Immortal is a fun read if you want something to laugh at but no way in hell am I emulating that MC in any respect other than our shared enjoyment of MCR.)

ANYWAY, back to my conversation with goat mom! I’m not saying my real name because I’ve resolved that if I ever end up getting isekai’d I’ll go by my middle name, due to its general awesomeness. (My first name is also awesome, but it has a different vibe and aesthetics are everything in fantasy worlds)

“My name is Solena,” I say, responding after a reasonable pause in actual time and a weirdly long one in mental time. Now, my name looks like it would be pronounced ‘sol-een-a’ but it’s actually ‘sol-ain-uh’ which I’m stating because again, I’m fully confident that these thoughts are being written down somewhere by some enterprising author who is also very likely me from another timeline because no one else in existence is fully capable of conveying the Wonder that is Me.

“Thank you for telling me, Solena. My name is Toriel, and I will be your caretaker while you are in these ruins,” Toriel says, conveniently leaving out the fact that she’d prefer to keep me in these ruins forever, probably because I’ve already demonstrated some leeriness towards her.

Now, I could bring up Flowey again, seeing as her explanation for fireballing him was more than a little lackluster and I’m still pretending not to know this world inside and out, but I already know stuff about Flowey and there are things I’m significantly more curious about.

“Cool! Toriel, got it. Hey, if you live in a cave underground, how did you get such a nice dress? Do you have farms down here? Livestock? Do you harvest fibers from animal monsters?” 

Haha, you thought I’d ask more about the magic? Hell no! I’m way more curious about how society functions down here!

Toriel does a double take, her expression implying that she’s revising all of her expectations towards me. (Again)

“There are small plant farms in some areas of the underground. We have no livestock down here, as we were delivered to this cave system in a bit of a rush, but we do harvest some fibers from willing monsters, yes. How did you guess it?”

Let me tell you, the high I’m getting right now from those theories being correct? Very similar to what happened recently in the BNHA comic with Dabi’s true identity. I am living for this, just absolutely vibing with this new knowledge.

“Well, I don’t see how else you’d do it. How do you get the dyes?” Because I don’t see them having access to chemical dye, and it’s not like humans trash a lot of the stuff unless this is one of those illegal dumping spots, so what gives?

“Excellent question, Solena! There are professional tailors who transfer dye from clothes that fall from the surface! Many also simply wear clothes acquired from the trash, though mine are hand-crafted as befits-” She cuts herself off before she can let slip her (former?) royal status. I let it slide because I really don’t see a need to step on trauma landmines here.

“As befits someone who’s! Affluent! Anyway, we’ve entered the Ruins proper! There are many dangerous puzzles here, an old monster tradition, so I’ll need to focus more on guiding you!” Damn it, we’re at the first puzzle already? I completely missed the staircase room, which sucks because not only did I miss out on seeing one of my favorite rooms, I didn’t notice whether there was a save point!

Fuck!

I walk to the sign by the door. “Brave ones, foolish ones, both walk not the middle road. What’s that mean? I obviously get it in the proverbial sense, but it’s near this puzzle, so is it supposed to be a clue?” 

It straight up took me until my second playthrough to understand that sign, man. 

Toriel’s face just lights up. She looks absolutely delighted, and I remember that she’s always wanted to be a teacher.

“It is a misdirection! The sign tricks the reader into thinking about it metaphorically, when the answer is actually quite literal!” She demonstrates by stepping on all the buttons but the center two, before turning to smile at me.

“Oh, that’s genius! Because you’re supposed to ignore the tiles in the middle! It works as a puzzle while also having an easily remembered solution if you’re in a hurry!” It’s honestly my favorite puzzle in the game for that, even if you’re never given the opportunity to solve it yourself.

“That is exactly what I was thinking when I created it! It is wonderful to hear that the message came across to someone, even if my- my, ah, my friends had consistent difficulty with it!”

We continue chatting about puzzles as we walk into the next room.

Toriel explains the spike puzzle here and how you’re supposed to memorize the layout of the first room to safely traverse the spikes. She also explains that she locked the ‘incorrect’ spikes permanently in the ‘up’ position so that no one would get hurt, stating that puzzles should be fun, not dangerous.

Honestly, she’s giving way more exposition than she ever did in the game, probably because I’m a slut for knowledge. I only really half hear her explanation, though, because what comes next is going to be very important to knowing the kind of experience I’m going to have down here.

See, we haven’t gone down the hallway to the spike room yet, and I know full well there’s a Froggit waiting there to ambush me.

I have a few questions that this pseudo fight will hopefully answer.

One, are there options like there are in the game? Because if the battle system is the same, it could severely limit my choices when it comes to conflict resolution, especially if I have the same options as Frisk.

Two, do I have a narrator and is that narrator Chara? TwoA, do they have control over me in fights, as in some fics, or am I fully autonomous? TwoB, if they are here, are they evil or are they a person, because that’s also something the fandom intensely and frequently disagrees about. TwoC, can they hear my thoughts? I’m going with ‘probably not’ because I’ve made zero effort to exclude spoilers, but there's still a possibility and I need it confirmed. TwoD, can they hear thoughts deliberately directed at them? I hope so, it would be a huge pain to only be able to talk to them when no one’s around.

Three, are Froggits secretly cats because there’s a meme comic about that and I need it in my life.

With these thoughts in mind, Toriel and I turn down the hall, and the world goes black and white.

#undertale #undertale fanfic #undertale fanfiction #toriel #self indulgent self insert fic #trying to keep the chapters around 1800 words long #toriel is so fun to write dialogue for

[dahniwitchoflight]

Candy 12-14

Even Jake’s having his proverbial love triangle troubles

It’s clear he genuinely cares for both Jane and Dirk, but if he’s being honest with himself, the one he romantically loves would be Dirk, the one he would prefer to be with, who he’d choose if they were equal options, would be Dirk

But he’s also right that it’s not like Jane’s a bad choice either, sure it’s not his preference if he’s being honest, but he’s also not about to look the gift horse in the mouth if it falls right into his lap

13 is where we start start to see the unraveling happen I suppose though

Again, everyone is acting so drugged up in Candy

Jane and Jake getting literally inebriated and Dave acting like he’s going through Dirk withdrawal

Then Gamzee being the weird ugly poster child of both drugs and candy, honestly it really did make sense to shove him into this timeline in a weird and uncomfortable ham fisted way, it gets that “are you fucking high right now” feeling across really well

Gamzee really being the cloud cuckoolander here though

hold on let me un-gamzee-ify it just reading his text quirk makes me feel like im on drugs

Gamzee: you don’t got any need to go and concern yourself with his mortal flesh body out here in this candycane whirlpool beyond the infinite black wink of the wicked singularity, my ninja.

Gamzee: a sack of meat and bones in one life or the next is only a means to the final totality that will damn and raise us all in brilliant apotheosis.

Gamzee seems clearly meta aware of the situation he’s in which is interesting, This is indeed a candy swirled timeline hidden inside an infinite black hole singularity

the second line seems to be describing the meat timeline in a way though too

a sack of meat sounds worthless, but it is apparently only a means to a truer end, it has to happen for something else to happen

Essential, but irrelevant, again

funnily enough he’s also seems to be referencing gnostic concepts, not that i’m surprised really at this point

one sack of meat, or, one body in one life or the next

so reincarnation

is only a means to an end that both damns and raises a person into apotheosis, or their “zenith” their highest point

which, i mean, yeah, you live life again and again, differently each time, becoming closer to ascension, and ultimate consumation of every version of you is the basic tenet of the reincarnation gnosticisms

Also, a lot of text was put into describing Gamzee haphazardly crashing into things and setting off rube goldberg machines, which I guess sort of describes his escapades through Homestuck lol

“cinder block, crusty puppet, and Japanese sword in a tornado’s radius off balance and avalanching them catastrophically onto the hapless clown’s torso. “

So the Sword is Dirk (or AR) the crusty puppet is Caliborn (because Lil Cal) which I guess leaves the cinder block as Equius? He’s built like a brick shithouse? eh only problem sleuth stuff comes up so 2/3 ain’t bad

Speaking of Equius, oh look, A feminine half finished robot in Dirk’s basement

the uncomfortable Equius vibes ping once again though I don’t think this is robo-Aradia, but likely something meant to serve a similar purpose and almost DEFINITELY Rose related if reading meat wasn’t already obvious and if the skull for an inner head thing wasn’t immediately referring to the headaches Rose was known to have

though it’s also uncomfortably a symbol of her Doom

---14---

“A flip of the cosmic coin has rendered your entire life completely inessential.”

yup what did I just say, Meat is representing the essential bits of the story, candy is decidedly, not

hm, Dirk’s going to kill himself for the supposed greater good of his own making again

not unsurprising, but a guy like him always like to make an escape rather than give up, is he thinking death will unlock this part of his conciousness and send the memories back to the ultimate self? probably

“and one final act of relevance that can bequeath your meager energies to the cosmic well from whence they came.”

yup!

Though as much as he keeps saying none of this matters he did leave an explanatory note specifically for his friends to find, so there’s still something in him that cares

Don’t like how the bigger blacker text is basically instructing this version of Dirk to kill himself though, that again implies there’s part of Dirk that are subservient to other parts, so again it’s a question of if his ultimate self got tainted through the connecting pieces of Arquisprite > Lord English > Doc Scratch, then who’s actually pulling the strings in Dirk’s Ultimate Self and directing the behaviour of “Dirk” in general

Is it Dirk Strider? Or Doc Scratch? and does that even matter anymore since it’s all DS all the same anyway?

“In a certain sense, you’ve never felt so free.

> Kill yourself.”

That’s hilariously also a JailBreak reference, I think, but definitely played for the morbs instead of as a joke lol

https://www.homestuck.com/jailbreak/109

Literally this MC kills himself when his friend dies and he’s now alone in a vast cosmic emptiness and the text is:

“Yes! Finally! Free at last!

Though the victory is bitersweet. Your friend has died of blood loss.

This is no victory. The feeling is vast emptiness. You are no longer bound by bars or concrete, but you feel more incarcerated than ever. You come to the heartwrenching conclusion that the only true prison... is loneliness.

There is only one thing left to do.

> Continue”

and it just resets him back to the first panel but this time he makes choices differently

ironic that Dirk does literal the exact same thing but comes to exactly zero of the same conclusions

“Just as your epiphany occured at sunset, your death must occur at sunrise to complete the ouroboros of symbological harmonic resonance that is your personal arc. It is the very last moment of narratively consequential action that will happen in this whole, barren world.”

I wonder what about this death makes it so narratively significant? just because it passes along the knowledge of what not to do back to the Ultimate Self so he can avoid it? Probably nothing more than that

“but there really are no words that can adequately express the sound someone makes when they die. It’s a phenomenon that happens on two levels. First, there is the literal termination of organic processes, which is to say, the destruction of the meat. Then follows the dissolution of the ego. And you have quite the ego to dissolve, one that has flown so high above the forest that not only can it no longer see the trees, it cannot even conceive of the trees as material substance with objective meaning.”

funny it mentions a forest which is also where that happened in JailBreak

Basically describes how death in general works in Homestuck, the body dies but can leave a ghost/ego behind, but eventually that dissolves as well

Again though, making a compariosn between the Meat and the Body/Flesh and the Candy and the Spirit or Ghost

or another pun between Candy and Drugs if you take Spirit to mean alcoholic spirits

Candy seems ironically and symbolically the place where Breath Meets Void, no wonder John and Roxy hook up here lol

Does that make Meat then the place where Blood and Light meet? I have before put significance into the crossover of those symbolisms in Homestuck before, but couldn’t really conceptulize it as a solid symbolic thing and the Meat and epilogues in general did a really good job of conjoining them into the idea of the story what with the Narrative having importance but also Veins and the idea of Karkat as being reliable narrator etc etc

Meat’s as good a symbol as any for that I suppose

“ When you think so little of yourself as a moral character, any act of self-termination will result in a death that is Just. “

so this line seems to imply that Dirk’s death was permanent and Just here because he thought so little of his own moral character aka deep down he knew he was terrible person, amount of remorse felt over that not applicable, and because of that perception of his, the clock tick tocked over on to Just

Again reinforcing that the Clock is less of an ultimate moral judgment from down on high and much more like an influenceable moral compass, given form by the person affecting it at the moment

I actually kinda like the new spin on that it gives Vriska’s original just death, since that slow ticking of the clock was not just a decision, but a battle of wills between herself and Terezi, it could have easily gone either way depending on how each saw Vriska

neat!

#Homestuck #Meat or Candy

[cupidmosa]

so imma try something new I hope y'all like it. enjoy! (also this is a draft from a while back and not actually finished but you would like more let me know!

warning: spoilers, and angst

fandom: the arcana

• ok so I came up with like an au, but I don’t know if someone else has already (if they did i’m not stealing because I honestly don’t know).

• ok so it’s like an mc x lucio and mc x asra. so everybody has like a theory of what lucio COULD do at the end of the route (betray mc and steal their body like they were going to do in the beginning) but what if he fell so DEEPLY in love with mc that he doesn’t have the strength to do what he needs to.

• so instead, he takes nadia’s body (story of how it happened below) and leaves mc alone in the sense of not taking their body.

• so then basically the whole “thing” - game - starts again. mc had no memories of their life before, (well, correct memories), and instead lives their life with lucio instead of asra.

• so they live in the palace, eventually marries lucio and becomes count/ess.

• mc’s old memories with asra and the whole investigation was corrupted by the devil and was replaced with a life with lucio after nadia “died” because lucio didn’t want them to know what he did but julian and asra and the rest of the main 6 knows exactly what happened, but lucio threatened that he would do some horrible thing if they ever told mc anything of what happened.

• but he made a deal with them saying that if mc comes to the conclusion on their own or something, they can talk to them about it.

• anyway, one day mc goes out to the market to buy some bread and lo and behold who is it?

• asra is talking to some merchant about some crystals and hears the crowd begin whispering and he turns around to see mc.

• because they’re the new count/ess, people don’t trust them as much as they did with nadia, especially since half the people don’t like lucio.

• so asra approaches mc and they’re like “do i know you?”.

• it breaks asra‘s heart, of course but he introduces himself and mc is like, “oh right, you’re that magician i’ve heard so much about (thanks to lucio)”.

• asra pretends and acts like he’s never met mc.

• mc is more proper than they used to be since they’re the count/ess and was taught extra education and manners

• asra is just staring at mc and their new fancy clothes. like they would be wearing expensive jewelry and have that “rich glow”

• he’s a little speechless, if we’re being honest

• it’s the first time he’s actually seen mc up close like that, instead of seeing them on the veranda of the palace and stuff

• they talk for like two more minutes and asra just peeks over their shoulder because guess who?

• lucio like - sTRUTS up to mc, being a clingy mess like usual

• “mc, my love” and he looks at asra with the most cocky smirk ever “asra, fancy seeing you here”

• his arm is either wrapped around their shoulder or around their waist and he pulls them close to his chest

• possessive bitch™️

• asra just...

• he can’t

• he looks away, tears daring to fall

• he looks back and he sees mc smiling at lucio with love

• and a piece of asra’s heart stops

• he thinks he’s going to have a heart attack, but when mc looks back at him, their smile brings him back

• asra excuses himself, saying he has to restock the shop

• he bids mc farewell, and a very salty “fuck you later” to lucio

• asra gets back to his -their- shop and just sobs

• not going to lie, he probably sounds like a dying cat

• but he’s sobbing so much to the point that he can’t breathe

• faust slithers up to his neck and asra just narrates what had happened at the market

• faust tries to comfort asra, and he thanks her for trying

• meanwhile at the palace, lucio is just ranting to mc about why they should stay away from asra

• and mc is just sitting on the bed, petting lucio’s hair because he’s laying on their lap

• “I know, dear”

• “he’s just so pompous and thinks he’s all that

• ironic right?

• eventually lucio just rants himself to sleep and mc gently tucks him into bed

• mc decides to walk around the palace

• every week, mc takes it upon themselves to seek out the secrets of the palace

• they know the main rooms, thanks to the fake memories and lucio just dragging them to do 🍆 - the nasty

• mc always sneaks down to the palace gardens, because it’s their favorite spot and the scene around it is always beautiful, especially at night

• as they walk up to the fountain, they see a man with white curls, and a lavender colored snake slithering up and down their arms

• the snake looks up at mc “friend!”

• asra twirls around and just stares at mc in their nightly clothing

• it feels like it’s been forever

• mc just kind of stands there, arms crossed over their chest

• “and what are you doing here at this time?”

• asra just smirks

• “I could ask you the same thing, your highness”

• he gestures to the spot next to him for them to sit

• mc slightly shrugs and moves to sit

• now, our boy gets embarrassed

• he blushes just by their action of sitting down next to him

• not too close, not too far

• but their body is facing asra, showing that their attention is all on him

• it’s a little chilly, so when the wind blows mc shivers because they’re wearing thin silk pajamas

• their eyes flutter close and asra just freezes

• anyway, mc brings up that fact that lucio just hates asra, and a few certain others that mc has never met

• asra just laughs at the way mc will imitate lucio, puffing out their chest, putting an arrogant smirk on their lips

• asra says it’s always been that way

• they get quiet for a moment

• “what happened between you two? and what’s with the ranting of you and these other people whom I have yet to meet?”

• asra looks down at the ground, trying to determine what to say

• “I realize many people don’t enjoy lucio’s antics... or him at all. but it bothers me why. it’s as if i’ve missed some important event that changed everything”

• how correct they would be

• “do the people even like me? they treat me with respect, but there’s always something in their eyes... as if they -pity me?”

• asra absentmindedly places a hand on theirs, and stares deep into their eyes because it's what he used to always do when comforting mc

• “don’t worry what vesuvia thinks of you. what matters is your perspective on yourself. they can’t control your life - you can.”

• mc looks down at their hands and asra quickly pulls away and stands up

• “i’m sorry, count/ess, I really just be getting home”

• “of course. do what you need”

• so he leaves

• a week goes by and asra and mc keep bumping into each other, so they begin making plans to meet up

• they go see shows together, hang out at asra’s shop, and just do random things as they did before everything happened

• mc is reintroduced to muriel and julian and they’re in shock of how much mc has changed

• julian is just excited to reexplain all this theories and mc is so interested in how he’s so invested to explain a killer disease

• muriel is still our shy mountain man

• he stumbles over his words, because he’s nervous that mc won’t like him, considering they're married to lucio now

• mc makes a comment to julian how he reminds them of a worker at the palace

• “I swear, the two of you could be siblings for all I know”

• later mc goes back to the palace after an entire day of hanging out with asra

• lucio is furious after he was told what his count/ess did all day

• he’s standing on the top of the stairs leading up to their shared room, mercedes and melchior laying at his feet

• mc turns the corner and stops when they see them

• lucio runs down the stairs, nearly tripping and drags them into a random room

• long story short, they get into a HUGE fight that shook the whole palace

• like shook™️

• lucio slips up and accidentally says something about how he thinks mc will leave him because of what he did

• and mc freezes

• “what?”

• “you’ll hate me if you find out the truth!”

• “i’d hate you more if you continue keeping it from me!”

• “you probably hate me already!”

• “maybe I do”

• and he just

• like, damn

• mc just broke him

• him, lucio, the count, their husband, their love

• or, ex-love

• his face softens from the twisted expression that he was just wearing

• his arms fall from the air and he just looks

• he just looks dead

• “lucio, I-“

• “no”

• mc’s face is stricken

• “I didn’t-“

• lucio holds up a hand and waves mc away

• wAVED THEM A W A Y

• even lucio looks a little surprised at what he just did but nevertheless, he does it again

• a tear trickles down mc’s cheek and they wipe it away before storming out

• they slam the door and it shakes the entire wall

• the next day lucio wakes up in his bed

• alone

• and his heart aches

• he messed up last night, and he knows it

• surprisingly, he has the strength to get dressed and walk to the veranda wear he and mc would always have breakfast

• and they’re not there

#the arcana #angst #lucio #asra #mc #au idea #asra x mc #lucio x mc

[ammeh7]

7KPP Week 2019 - Day 5

A Day of Friendships || A Romance for the Ages

By “a romance for the ages” I of course refer to the game’s One True Pairing of Narrator/Jasper.

This fic probably needed to be at least twice as long as I actually had time to make it, and it’s glaringly obvious that I wrote most of Week 5 Day 4 before a lot of the rest of it, but I figured I’d post the thing anyway and maybe go back and fix it up at some point in the future.

Summary: The narrator wants to vicariously kiss Jasper, but MC has a thing for morally dubious princesses.

Warning: Contains huge spoilers for weeks 4 and 5 of the extended demo

The narrator is some sort of Historian-affiliated spirit thing here, but the specifics are left deliberately ambiguous.

Lady Rosaline was made up for the story, since my Gisette-mancer is immoral and I wanted an ethical one for this fic. She could be any 75-manip-compatible background.

This contains several snippets copied directly from the game; I don’t take credit for those!

You can hear me.

Granted, only when you’re half-asleep, but that’s better than I can do with anyone else.

I can hear you, too—or rather, hear you thinking to yourself—which makes discerning your motivations so much easier.

And you’re special. It’s practically a giant sign over your head, screaming “Stuff! Happen over here!”

Most importantly, Jasper’s your butler.

I’ve decided. You’re the one I’m recording this Summit.

--

Week 1, Day 0

As you drift off to sleep, you contemplate how unbelievably attractive everyone you met at the Welcome Feast was.

It’s a good problem to have, right? And you certainly charmed everyone you met. But as long as we’re discussing unbelievably attractive people: have you seen your butler?

Yes? Okay, good.

--

Week 1, Day 4

“I hope all our encounters can continue being so mutually pleasing, Lady Rosaline.”

A spike of want runs through you. You can’t wait for the next time the two of you meet.

Really? Character assassination does it for you?

--

Week 1, Day 6

More than hijinks, sparring, nature walks, or intellectual debates?

--

Week 1, Day 7

“I think there’s someone who might become special.”

Oh? Really? I hope for your sake they are thinking the same.

It’s Princess Gisette, isn’t it. You have terrible taste. Didn’t you see your gorgeous butler? Or the warrior princess who’s completely besotted with you? The dashing pirate? The thoughtful Revairan lord? Your adorable blushing maid? Did I mention your gorgeous butler? Or pretty much any person besides the one who faked you out with a supposedly private invitation and then tried to manipulate you into slandering an innocent woman?

It could be worse, I suppose. You could have an eye for her brother.

--

Week 2, Day 5

“I think I would regret it if you were to become a ghost in truth.”

She gives you a soulful look, her blue-violet eyes pulling you in, despite not being the true, gorgeous purple you’ve seen on some of the Isle natives. Such as Jasper.

“Not nearly so much as I would!” You smile at her, not even contemplating how much more purple her eyes could be.

Sigh.

--

Week 3, Day 2

Jasper has indisputably won the gift-giving competition, but you’re really fixated on that perfume.

She didn’t even pick it out for you! She picked it out for herself! It was probably just a spare bottle she brought in her luggage!

Yes, it’s expensive, but…

Augh.

--

Week 3, Day 3

Exhausted from herding quarrelsome children at dinner, you drift off to sleep.

There are no assassins around. Nothing noteworthy is going to happen with you for the next seven hours, at least.

Yay!

Across the castle, Jasper is finishing a journal entry, recording dutifully. He’s taken off his jacket and is sitting in his vest, looking enticingly exposed despite not showing an inch more skin than normal. There’s a hint of tiredness around his eyes, but his face is still almost inhumanly perfect.

With a neat flourish, he ends his entry. He pulls off his writing gloves to reveal his long, slender fingers before sprinkling the page with sand to dry it and shaking it off.

He closes the journal, then stands, sticking a finger in his cravat loosen it.

Oh my.

I probably shouldn’t be here. (I might have had to extrapolate the rules of my existence myself, but I’m pretty confident I’m supposed to be watching the actors. And probably not spying on people undressing.)

He removes his cravat and unbuttons his waistcoat, hanging them up neatly. He starts to unbutton his shirt, revealing his pale collarbone, and…I’m being creepy. Sigh.

(See, if you were here, this would be history and not voyeurism!)

I return. You sleep for the next eight hours, rolling over a few times. At one point you scratch your nose.

Absolutely scintillating.

--

Week 3, Day 5

Jasper has been investigating the plot against you, like the darling he is.

You remember an incident you observed last week, with that same type of easily missed servant and Princess Gisette.

…Yes, if that was the story it makes sense. Especially knowing Gisette and her family’s reputation.

“Lady Rosaline, what is it?”

“Nothing, Jasper. It’s nothing. Thank you for your help, and your investigation. I appreciate it.”

You don’t really, though. You can’t truly appreciate what this means for him, how he struggled with this. What devotion.

Somehow, the discovery that Gisette was behind your accident last week doesn’t seem to be putting you off. In fact, I think it’s piqued your interest.

You make no sense.

--

Week 3, Day 7

“I hope you will keep something similar in mind, Princess.”

You continue onto the Matchmaker with a dreamy internal smile, not at all bothered by the fact that she just sent your poor butler on a run-around errand because she decided to procrastinate until the last minute with her love confessions.

Granted, he…apparently procrastinates even more, but despite having just received a regular barrage of clandestine proposals, you fail to recognize his advice for the heartfelt confession that it is.

If you’d just reject it, I could live with that, but how oblivious can you be?

You proceed to lie shamelessly about plans for a political marriage to the Matchmaker. She’s totally onto you, I hope you realize.

--

Week 3, Day 7

Gisette gives you a studying look from across the room. It’s a lot like the look she gave you right after she tried to murder you. Last week.

Are you really sure about this?

You manage to meet her gaze and then give her a significant smile and nod of your own.

Apparently.

--

Week 4, Day 3

You bask in Princess Gisette’s lap, drinking in her condolences about the terrible burden on you this week.

If you would pause a moment to consider the irony, you might remember that you’ve deduced this burden is all her fault in the first place, and also how tragic you found the death of that fellow she murdered, but you apparently haven’t reached that level of self-awareness.

You at least remember that she also tried to murder you, but you’ve apparently decided to let that slide.

Not for the first time, I question your self-preservation instinct.

--

Week 5, Day 2

Jasper wipes your fingers carefully, attempting to gently remove the ink.

When he is satisfied it is clean he stares at your hand for a moment, as if lost in thought. It is only a lapse of a moment though, before he returns to himself and releases your hand from his grip with a start.

“Forgive me, Lady Rosaline.”

“Jasper—”

“I should go. I have other duties to attend to.”

Despite your surprised protests, he hurries off, leaving you alone with your newly finished letter.

“—you really need to get more sleep,” you finish, to the empty air. You read once more over your letter to home, plans already forming in the back of your mind for your return.

Sleep? How could you not see the pining there? The repressed longing? How could you not melt into goo over the yearning devotion in his eyes?

How could you not want to stay?

Your maids help you undress for bed, and you doze off happily, oblivious to the fact that you’re totally doing Katyia’s Legacy wrong.

--

Week 5, Day 4

Jasper sets down your breakfast tray, both he and the breakfast as mouth-watering as always. “Let’s go over your schedule for the day, Lady Rosaline.”

You groan inwardly at the businesslike tone in his voice. Today’s going to be a busy one.

“There’s a rehearsal scheduled this afternoon, for the three hours before dinner. You’ll obviously be expected to attend that. Given that you have a leading role, you may also want to reserve some additional time to go over your lines.”

You perk up at that, looking forward to the opportunity to see Gisette. Perhaps you could even arrange some time alone together under the pretense of practicing your Serah-Vienna scenes.

“You’ve received a last-minute invitation to a tea arranged by one of the delegates from Wellin, Lady Petunia.”

You shake your head. You’ve met Lady Petunia, she’s a dreadful bore. More importantly, she’s not nearly fashionable enough for Gisette to attend her teas.

“You’ve also received an invitation to a group luncheon from Lady Aria of Revaire, as a thank you for the tea you hosted last week. Given your role in the theatrical this week, I believe you can decline without causing offense, should you wish to. Lastly, with the upcoming ball, I believe it would be wise for you to work on your dancing. I would be happy to assist you in that area.”

Lady Aria rarely says anything of substance, but on the other hand, she spends a great deal of time with Princess Gisette.

Do you really want to choose an hour of empty-headed prattle where you may or may not be able to watch Gisette from across the table over dancing with Jasper?

“I’d rather not risk offending Lady Aria. She was a great help to my investigations last week.”

(Yes. Yes, apparently you do.)

“Very well. You should still have some free time after dinner and before the luncheon, which you could spend on dancing, private rehearsal, or something else.”

“I should take some time after the rehearsal to go over the scenes I had trouble with. Perhaps Lord Clarmont or Princess Gisette might even be available this evening to go over some of our scenes.”

Jasper’s eyes widen in alarm, though it does little to disrupt the sheer perfection of his features. “My lady, meeting privately with a man you have not been matched with to rehearse romance scenes would…invite comment.”

You knew that. Etiquette might not be one of your strong suits, but you’re not that oblivious.

“I thought we might be able to find someone to chaperone, but…you’re right, it will be best if I only ask Princess Gisette. I have just as many scenes with her anyway.”

You shrug, as if it doesn’t matter to you one way or the other, pleased to have an excuse for some time alone with Gisette.

“That still leaves this morning. I’m afraid I won’t be available to help you practice your dancing in the hours between now and your luncheon.”

“Perhaps another time. I can practice by myself in the ballroom for today.”

--

You spend some time dancing around in the ballroom. There’s something about this room, because by spending time in it you can feel your natural charisma increasing.

(Perhaps if you practiced with your butler, instead of trying to look alluring for yourself in the mirror, you’d actually manage to improve your grace and not just your personal magnetism.)

--

Gisette is not at the luncheon, which turns out to be a dreadful waste of a couple hours. (Just think, you could have been dancing with Jasper.) By the time the designated hour for the rehearsal rolls around, you are practically tripping over your skirts in your haste to escape.

--

“But Vienna,” you sigh, “how could I possibly trust in his intentions after my most faithful maid saw Lady Matterly leaving his chambers?”

“Sweet girl,” Gisette rests her hand on your back, a waft of sweet perfume teasing your senses. “I know you trust your maid dearly, but you must admit she is…prone to misjudgments. Confront Sir Horus, find his version of the story. He is not a man who would be able to lie under pressure. Not like Prince Armand.”

You turn to face Gisette, clasping her elegant hand between your own. “Oh, but Prince Armand cares for you dearly! I’ve seen the look in his eyes when he watches you across the room. He may be a man who talks all around what he means—not unlike yourself, dear cousin—but I am convinced his affection for you is true.”

“Lady Rosaline!” Lady Avalie is suddenly standing next to the pair of you. “You’re turning your back to the audience.”

Right. You release Gisette’s hand, masking your reluctance to do so. “I don’t think it works for Serah to deliver that line with her back to Vienna. Princess, perhaps if you came around?”

You try a few things, but don’t quite get it right by the time Prince Zarad and Lord Clarmont have finished and it’s time to switch scenes.

“Princess, would you have some time to spare this evening to see if we can get that scene figured out?” You smile apologetically, as if you’re sorry for the bother.

She gives you a coolly assessing look, but you can detect a glimmer of amusement in her eyes. “I had some time planned to review my lines. I suppose we could use it to work on our joint scenes, Lady Rosaline.”

--

After dinner, Gisette knocks on your door, script in hand. “I hope now is a good time to work on our scenes, Lady Rosaline,” she says sweetly, just loud enough to be overheard.

You happily invite her in.

“I admit, Rosaline, I initially found the idea of this theatrical quite a bother, but I’m coming to appreciate its hidden charms,” she says, smiling languidly at you.

You look around for a suitable chair, and land on the one you were sat in yesterday when Jasper so lovingly wiped the ink off your fingers. Without sparing that tender moment a passing thought, you sit and run through your positioning a few times until you have it figured out.

“I confess,” Gisette smiles, “I’m not entirely confident in the scene before the ball, either.”

--

“Oh, Vienna!” you cry, taking Gisette’s hands in both of your own. “I fear I shall never find love!” You clasp your joined hands dramatically to your bosom.

“A lady should hope never to…” Gisette cuts off in the middle of her character’s quip, shaking her head with a smile teasing at her lips. “Really, my dear? I suspect the audience might notice if you have me grope you onstage.”

You grin unabashedly, releasing her hands. “My apologies. I was caught up in the drama of the moment.”

Okay, you’re kind of cute together. When she’s not planning your death.

--

“You did not see the so-called ‘love poem’ he sent me, Serah. It contained the most lurid descriptions of my—”

At this point, Serah’s maid is supposed to burst into the room and interrupt, but it’s just the two of you.

She’s standing where Jasper normally does when he’s going over your schedule in the morning. Your eyes meet, tension simmering between you.

You raise an eyebrow, smirking. “Have you ever gotten a particularly terrible poem from a suitor, Gisette? I received one at seventeen that compared my teeth to his mother’s china.”

She tilts her head in thought, her pale hair catching the candlelight without the ethereal pearly shimmer that Jasper’s hair gets in the same light.

“Nothing so terrible as what was recited at that charming little evening you hosted, but there have been a few gems.” She smirks, takes one of your hands in hers and looks deeply into your eyes. “O lovely moon, I beseech you to shine on me eternally, eclipse me in your violet pits…"

You giggle.

“He was so proud of his work that he recited it in person. On one knee. And his father was too important an ally to offend, so I had to smile through all twenty verses.” She wrinkles her nose. “It was all I could do not to gag. But enough of such odious recollections, my dear. I have a rare moment alone with you.” She strokes her fingers over your wrist, not releasing your hand.

“And what would you like to do with it?” you purr.

“Oh,” she smiles slowly, like a cat basking in the sun, “I have a few ideas.”

She steps closer. Her long, cool fingers stroke along your jaw, and she cups the side of your face, her soft lips closing over yours. She kisses you passionately, releasing your hand to bring her other hand to your waist.

You wrap your arms around her, drawing her as tight as you can without mussing her exquisite coiffure. Your mouths melt into each other, her body feeling almost fragile under your hands.

(I wanted to vicariously kiss Jasper, but… this is nice.)

You finally, reluctantly, release each other, and you blush as you realize that you weren’t entirely successful in your quest to avoid disheveling her hair. You were not emotionally prepared for her to pull your lower lip between her teeth like that.

“Let me…” you grab a hairbrush from your dresser.

She raises an eyebrow, looking herself over in the mirror and giving you a fondly exasperated look before taking a seat on your dressing stool. “I shouldn’t give you a hard time. You’re more of a sight than I am.”

You peer over her shoulder into the mirror to find your hair falling out of its twist, bodice off-kilter, cheeks flushed, and lips red and slightly swollen.

“Whoops.” You adjust your bodice and hastily tuck the wayward strands of hair into place. The rest you’ll just have to wait out. “How do I look, cousin?” you tease, sliding a hand into her pale blonde tresses and catching a lock to smooth with the brush.

“Like perfection itself, my dear.” She doesn’t finish the line, tilting her head back languidly and luxuriating under your touch. Hints of the fragrant oils she uses waft up to you as you stroke the brush through her hair.

Once you’ve brushed every lock into place and then some, and can’t really justify drawing it out any further, you twist the strands she had pinned behind her head back into place and replace her hair clip.

She stands, smiling regretfully. “Our time together is always far too short. Until next time, Rosaline.”

With a parting kiss, she picks up her script and departs, leaving you with the trace of her perfume and lips that still feel warm.

--

Week 7, Day 8

As your ship becomes a speck on the horizon, it feels strange to be idle again. It’s been a long time.

Jasper stands at a window in one of the towers, watching you go, a hint of resigned melancholy in his eyes.

I couldn’t do anything for him. Again.

I know he can’t feel me, not like you could, but I concentrate on all my good feelings, all my esteem, all the love I was hoping you’d be the one to give him for me.

It’s so quick, I might’ve imagined it, but for a moment, a hint of a smile flickers across his face.

I don’t know if anyone like you is going to come around again, but…I can always hope, right?

Jasper turns away from the window, heads back down to help with getting the castle out of the state of disarray that sixty entitled visitors always manage to get it into.

And I?

I wait.

My apologies for how glaringly this fic needed to be twice as long and several times more edited. 

I might go back and flesh it out more once I can write about weeks 6/7!

#7kpp #7kpp week 2019 #7kppweek #gisette #jasper #7kpp week #fic

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Here are the questions I was most curious about: 5, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 30, 31, 36, 37, 41, 46, & 47. Hope you have fun answering them! :)

oooh these look fUN!

The Basics:

5. How much writing do you get done on an averageday?

lol none!! jk, though this is kind of the answer…? I don’t often write during the week because I spend the majority of my afternoons/nights on schoolwork (the grinddd), so on most nights, it’s about 0-15 words? Though this is very unpredictable, because there are some nights I do have time to write, and I on average write about 200 words during those sessions! I usually don’t break 1k during these writing sessions (unless I’m on vacation and things are really flowing)!

10.  Doyou set yourself deadlines?

No actually! I’ve never really been a deadlines person (is this why I get nothing done lol), but with my writing, I don’t (of course writing for school is an exception)!

The Specifics:

13.  Describeyour writing process from idea to polished

Ooooh I don’t even think I have a writing process, but if I were to list it: 

Get an idea. 

I admittedly don’t do this very often (new ideas specifically) because I’ve been writing the same series for five years help

The idea phase might include basic conflict, plot points, etc, though it’s usually vague. 

Work out the characters

This is very intuitive for me because I’m a pantser. Usually I can just feel out a narrator/the pov (my process involves a lot of guess work)

Start writing! 

Pray this all works out

When the draft is done, edit! A lot! Though I’m admittedly not very good at this lol

Here’s an example of what writing my latest short story (untitled so far) has looked like:

Get an idea

This was a one sentence note I jotted down in my phone: girl moves in with her sister and boyfriend

Work out the characters

 I first put a name to the main character because I can’t really work with a character if I don’t know their name/a distinct characteristic, and I was starting from nothing! I also knew she had a sister, an ex girlfriend (intuitively) and her sister’s boyfriend, so I put names to them too.

I then fleshed these characters out. For example:

Linda: MC, quiet, kind of weird, lives with her sister… WHY? because she’s dropped out of college/has gone through a breakup HOW? her sister agrees she can live in her house so long as she helps renovate it, WHAT is this house? Her mother’s property, an old commune her sister is now trying to uphaul etc etc etc

 Start writing!

I refer to writing I like in times of feeling stuck/try to identify if there’s a problem a few lines before. 

And so on! 

14.  Howdo you deal with self-doubts?

Oh boy… I usually just like to remind myself that no one is a perfect writer: even the words I looove in my favourite books/from my favourite writers probably didn’t always come easy

15.  Howdo you deal with writer’s block?

omg I cry. I’ve cried so many times because of writer’s block lol hahahahaaa. I’ll be honest: I usually don’t feel motivated enough to find solutions to writer’s block, so when I run into a block, I like to give myself the chance to just… take a break? I often find I have writer’s block because I’ve been working all day, and I realllyyyy want to write 500 000 words in the 10 minutes I have to write before I need to hit the hay, which doesn’t create a very good environment to write in? So taking a break is helpful. Writing something else (like a short story, an alternate storyline or even notes for the book) helps too!

16.  Howmany drafts do you need until you’re satisfied with a project?

For the majority of my work (fostered), I’ve actually only ever written one draft of every book, but I’d still say I’m satisfied with a lot of the work. I could go back and continuing editing/redrafting, but I love the idea of preserving improvement through every book (especially for that series). For the excerpts I share on here, they don’t really go through many passes of editing? Maybe two passes for line edits! Though I’d say this is case by case, that’s just my experience with fostered! I also edit as I go, so that’s a factor to consider as well. 

17.  Whatwriting habits or rituals do you have?

GREEN. TEA. 

18.  Ifyou could collaborate with anyone, who would it be, and what would you writeabout?

Oh man… Just going to shout out my literary moms (and moms in general): @sssoto​, @shaelinwrites​, @sarahkelsiwrites​

19.  Howdo you keep yourself motivated?

I’m so bad at keeping myself motivated, lols, I give up on myself a lot! I would love to be motivated all the time, but this can become really difficult! I find that consistently working/thinking about/doing anything related to my projects is helpful! Even if I can’t write every day (which I definitely don’t), even just thinking about my characters for a few minutes can help keep up momentum. 

20.  Howmany WIPs and story ideas do you have?

Not very many! For novels, I only have the FOSTERED series which is (unfortunately loool) ongoing. I have a few short story ideas I’m tinkering with. Though I don’t have many projects! (my brain can only come up with ideas for fostered I-)

The Favourites

21.  Whois/are your favourite character(s) to write?

Yessss let me pick between my children!! mwahahaha. In order for fostered’s main squad:

Lonan (ew)

Reeve

Harrison

Darren

Foster

Foster gets no credit he’s truly so interesting I just like horrible people (which I would say this list is in order of too hahahaah). We need justice for Foster this is blasphemy. 

As for side characters that are interesting to write with:

Lincoln

Izzy

Emily

Anna

22.  Whois/are your favourite pairing(s) to write?

Oh I looove writing about (in order): 

Lonan/Harrison

Give. Me. The. Drama. This just in, they’ve been beefing for five books straight, and it’s still not over!

Also my entire sketchbook is just them help

Lonan/Reeve

Always trying to come for each other’s wigs, but if someone dare get in the way of their siblingship, they’ll magically team back up and cut YOU

Reeve/Darren

A new favourite! When you try to be nice to a new person you meet and then she won’t stop trying to marry you

Reeve/Izzy

Reeve and her mother have such an interesting relationship because they are basically the same person. Except neither of them realize this? You wanna drink cheap margaritas and smoke cigarettes in your motel room with your daughter? Sign me uppp

Foster/Harrison

This friendship be stronger than my wig y’all, you want some bromance in your life? Bromance you shall RECIEVE. 

Reeve/Emily

The amount of… shit? these girls get into? I love it?? Give me moreee they’re so magically mischievous together

Reeve/Foster

This relationship gets no credit (my fault) but I’m really loving planning the evolution of their relationship especially in the next books, as they’ve gone from lovers to friends to ghost busting partners? We stan? (how did this happen) 

25.  Favouritepart of writing

In terms of process, I love drafting the most! Picking words is also fun lol

26.  Favouritewriting program

Microsoft Word is my bitch.

30.  Favouriteidea you haven’t started on yet

Does the intro to book 7 count? We got overdue rent, we got running from your problems and a ghostbusting alliance, who could ask for more? (truly just want to finish book 6 and write this book!)

The Dark

31.  Leastfavourite part of writing

I’ll say revisions, not because I don’t like revisions, but because I’m very bad at revising my own work. I can target the problems, but can’t find solutions.

The Fun

36.  Lastsentence you wrote

I’ll keep in touch and send his daughters souvenirs—Iheart NY, Lady Liberty printed on t-shirts. 

37.  Firstsentence or your current WIP

I’m going to share the first sentence of the chapter I’m working on since I’ve shared the first sentence of the book before and I *despise* it:

Whenmy mother was nineteen, she packed up her stuff from small town Minnesota andmoved to New York.

The Rest of It

41.  Anyadvice for new/beginning/young writers?

Take it easy! Write what you’re interested in--not what you think you should write, and allow yourself room to make mistakes. There are no failures in writing: you’re always going to learn something, so don’t get caught up in the fear of something not being good (

46.  Doyou reread your own stories?

Yes! I find it’s harder to when I’ve sent it to someone (teacher, friends etc etc) and I’m worried it’ll be bad, but I really do enjoy reading my own work. It’s just nice to transport to a different place in my head. Also narrating my work is so entertaining, lol. I read my old books to fall asleep often (I’m currently re-reading book 5 of fostered). 

47.  Bestway to procrastinate

What’s the best way not to? (My personal fave is re-reading all my old notes instead of writing)

Thank you for the questions! :))

--Rachel

#writing #writerblr #writeblr #amwriting #fostered

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Spliced by Jon McGoran: A Review

Hey I don’t post book reviews here, but dammit I have a Lot Of Thoughts so here’s one. It’s long, and spoilerific, so it’s hiding below the cut.

This book is . . . Not Great. For a lot of reasons, actually. Spoilers ahoy.

Let me start by saying that pieces of the worldbuilding were interesting and thought out well—it’s obvious that the author’s spent a lot of time thinking about a climate changing future and what that entails for us, so there were intriguing bits of that sprinkled throughout. That’s the nicest thing I have to say. Buckle up.

At the top of my list of grievances, because I’m qualified to speak to this: The science is just Bad. I get it, it’s science fiction—theoretically it’s allowed to bend the rules. However, as a biologist, the fake science bugged me A Lot. The general premise is people (usually teenagers, for whatever reason) can get animal DNA/features spliced into theirs for a price. The rich kids can do this with good fancy doctors. Most people, however, do it with back alley “genies,” who apparently can alter someone’s biology within twenty-four hours in a garage or abandoned house by sticking them with a viral vector and infecting them with animal DNA to give them new physical traits. The soon-to-be chimera (that’s what spliced people are called) then undergoes a lengthy process that they call “sweating out the change,” where their biology and organs and bones and literally everything physical rearranges, again over the span of hours, and you emerge on the other side a chimera. If, however, you decide that you don’t like being a chimera, within 24-48 hours you can go to a “fixer,” a doctor who can somehow reverse this process, but if you wait longer than that, you’re stuck forever.

That’s just not how any of that works. Like, at all.

Human bodies fight off foreign invaders (like, for instance, animal DNA injected via viral vector), unless someone is immunocompromised. That’s, like, the whole point of the immune system. There was no mention of immunosuppressants or anything like that to deal with the body’s immune response, and somehow this whole chimera vector thing is in a couple of syringes, max? Plus, bodies don’t just rearrange and grow new organs and bone structures and glands and what have you over the course of hours while someone lies in an abandoned house under a blanket, which is how we witness a couple chimeras “sweating out” their changes. I’m willing to buy some fudged science if it’s at least believable fudged science, and this was definitely not. Oh, and later on a character gets an emergency splice “stacked” onto him, when his first one almost kills him? So theoretically this bigger better one saves him from the first one, which is also just . . . wrong. Like. Why.

In addition to the science being atrocious, it’s also not super well established why people want to be chimeras in the first place? The tagline on the back of the book says “Getting spliced used to be a fashion statement. Now, it’s a death sentence,” but even the “fashion statement” bit isn’t explained super well in text. Most of the chimeras who the MC, Jimi, asks why they wanted to be spliced say something about “getting back to nature” (which humanity has wiped out, basically) and “honoring/remembering the animals we’ve killed,” or something to that extent. Or they just think It’s Neat(TM). The rich kids clearly do it because it’s cool and trendy, but that no longer makes sense given the book’s political climate. There’s an extremist group (a large extremist group) called Humans for Humanity (H4H) trying to get the Genetic Heritage Act (GHA) passed, which means that anyone who’s not 100% human is no longer a person. But there are huge demonstrations and rallies for this thing, and it’s a popular enough idea that chimeras are ostracized. And yet. People. Still. Choose. To get. Spliced. Just cuz it looks cool, basically, is what I got from my read.

So not only did I not buy the fact that people would want to do this to themselves (because it’s always voluntary—no one forces anyone to be a chimera, ever), I also don’t buy the H4H logic and the fact that the GHA ACTUALLY PASSES IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA IN THIS BOOK. It seems weird to me that what’s essentially an elective body modification surgery can mean that people are no longer people? I feel like it’s one thing if you’ve always been part animal, part human, but these people were literally fully human before the opted for this procedure.

It’s impossible not to understand the Real World Parallels, because this book is incredibly heavy handed: Chimera hate is a stand-in for racism and other types of discrimination (although shout out to the giant YIKES I felt when I actually read the word “homosexuals” with my own two eyeballs in the MC’s narration about other groups a certain mega church has discriminated against), but my issue with that is that it’s a false equivalent. You choose to be a chimera (for whatever awful unexplained Reasons). You don’t choose to be a person of color or queer or neurodivergent or marginalized. Trying to parallel the backlash chimeras face in their quest to be recognized as fully people with the struggles that people of color face Doesn’t Work, period. (This isn’t my lane, by the way, I’m super white, but I’m surprised I didn’t see anything along these lines mentioned in the other reviews I read? So I wanted to at least throw it out there, but I’m by no means an expert. Please listen to people of color.)

In addition to the paralleling not working, it also sets up a nasty “white savior” situation with our MC, Jimi, becoming the Chimera Savior. Jimi is not a chimera. Jimi is the one who miraculously saves the endangered chimeras at the end, and makes a rousing speech on TV about how we all gotta love each other and get along. Jimi saves the day. Which, I get that she’s the MC, but with the paralleling to our own contemporary real world issues . . . yikes. 0/10 do not do, especially when you’re a white man writing a (probably—of course it’s not specified, but her name is actually Dymphna Corcoran, named after an Irish saint, so I’m Guessing) white protagonist.

Other miscellany that’s worth mentioning:

There were at least five (5) references to skeeviness (of the sexual harassment/edging toward narrlowly-avoided assault variety), and one attempted skeevyness on page. Against our 16-year-old girl protag (and one of the referenced ones was when she was a KID ON A PLAYGROUND). I get it, that’s life. As a female-presenting person, trust me I get it. However. Just because it’s life, doesn’t mean I want to read about it in a YA sci-fi thriller that’s not about that sort of thing. It was very jarring, and made my pulse skyrocket every time in panic, and it was borderline creepy to me, because the author is a middle aged man.

Also, holy abuse, Batman. Jimi has one (1) friend, Del, and Del’s cop father is horrifically abusive. Physically violent (and, spoiler, murderously physically violent). Does Jimi or Jimi’s mom (Del’s NEIGHBOR) do anything to get Del out of this house and situation? Nope. Not a thing. Ever. Del just comes running to Jimi’s place when he’s SERIOUSLY INJURED for Jimi to help fix him up so they can share a kiss (their first! They’re best childhood friends but the kiss early on Changes Everything! Ew! Why!), and then start the plot, which is Jimi trying to track down Del before he gets spliced. The abuse is . . . not handled well, or thoughtfully. That’s frustrating and disheartening.

This book is also super info dumpy, especially at the beginning—we’ll be chugging along through (kind of stilted at times) dialogue, and then we’ll get a couple big paragraphs of Jimi explaining the world history, or current political climate (she’s a Very Informed Teenager, okay), or family drama, or whatever, and then we’ll proceed with the chapter. And the timeline is rushed—the whole book happens in like a week? I get that it’s a thriller and it’s supposed to be fast paced, but the plot follows Del 1. Not being a chimera, 2. Becoming a chimera, 3. Running away to a chimera Haven, and 4. Dying when chimera Haven turns out to be a secret hunting ground where people can pay money to track down and shoot chimeras for sport (y i k e s), so naturally he tries to blow up the town nearby and then his dad shoots him and Del’s the only one who gets blown up (double yikes). Oh, but this is all from Jimi’s POV, don’t worry: she’s trying to track down Del and make sure he’s okay this whole time. That’s the plot. I just . . . why. To any of it. To all of it. If you see this cover, like I did, and get excited, please do yourself a favor and put it back on the shelf. You’re not missing anything worth reading.

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