#pandemic boyfriend

[spicyclematis]

weekend with namjoon (18/?)

#the ads during pandemic>>>> #namjoon #bts #mygifs #btsgif #btsedit #usersky #cyphernet #userdimple #raplinuser #annietrack #bts x bodyfriend #more like boyfriend lmao

[semisolidmind]

so i had an idea based on a horror manga i read forever ago

(not sure what to call this)

Emi Saito, a college student, lives a normal life with her nurse aunt and older sister, Kami... Until Kami, a famed geneticist, dissapears. A few months after, a horrible, unbelievable outbreak occurs;

All of Japan's regional and corporate mascots have become real, living beings, and many of them have a thirst for human blood.

Panic and terror rule the streets as hundreds of adorable (and not so adorable) mascots swarm and kill any human they come across. While there seem to be a few exceptions, most of the mascots are maliciously murderous. There doesn't seem to be a way to kill them either. Bullets, fire, acid, explosives...nothing fazes them. They regenerate at super speeds and bounce back seemingly no matter what.

Emi witnesses her aunt die trying to protect the patients at her clinic.

With no one left to turn to, Emi flees the city on her own, somehow managing to dodge the many mascots that prowl the streets. She makes her way to the countryside, attempting to find shelter or survivors. Eventually she's cornered by a small pack of wandering mascots, but just before they can take a bite out of her, she's saved by a rough-looking dog mascot.

He introduces himself as Uzu, the mascot of a small seaside fishing village. He asks Emi if she can cook, she says yes, and he whisks her (somewhat unwillingly) away to the village to be his lil' housewife- I mean maid! Housemaid!

Things are tentatively peaceful for the two for a while. Uzu is happy to have company-whohappentobereallycute-who can cook fish, and Emi is just happy to be alive and safe (even if her roomie is a bit terrifying).

Until some mail arrives for Emi. Her sister is alive, and is calling her to return home.

Uzu, who's come to care deeply for Emi (far beyond his stomach) doesn't trust the letter, and urges her to stay with him. They've built a good life here, he reasons, why rock the boat? But Emi insists. Her sister might still be alive, she has to know for sure. Uzu relents. He'll go with her, ever loyal, and kinda wanting to see the city for himself.

So they go, making their way across the countryside, fighting mascots and rogue humans along the way. When they get to the city, it lies mostly empty, ravaged and bloodied by the mad mascots. Emi, remembering her time before meeting Uzu, is now a bit reluctant.

#click for quality cause mobile is stupid #semisolid ocs #anybody here read pygmalion #it’s real messed up #exophilia #monster boyfriend #fuwa fuwa pandemic

[herrlichersonnigertag]

Just realized that maybe all my beautiful mutuals dont know that I live in the same city as my boyfriend now so I need you all to know that I LIVE IN THE SAME CITY AS MY BOYFRIEND NOW

#not just the same city. i live a ten minute walk away from my boyfriend. we can be gay so conveniently. :))))) #this may not sound like a big deal but consider this: for the first year+ of our relationship i lived either a full continent away #during a global pandemic #or I lived IN A DIFFERENT COUNTRY ACROSS THE OCEAN FROM THEM #so a ten minute walk is. a big fucking deal. #שירו שיר חדש #inspired by mia as most things are #@mia #diagnosed with gay bitch disease

[bawcothebadartist]

... sooo... I'm trash for big monsters... I caved and made OCs for @semisolidmind 's Fuwa Fuwa Pandemic

It's a work in progress, I just wanted to draw pretty fat tiger man honestly

#you can tell I draw mostly monsters and such #because I cannot draw humans for the life of me #it's 2am help #bawco's monthly shitpost #monster boyfriend #monster girlfriend #polyamory #art #ocs #trans #<= that's Elliot because I am projecting #fuwa fuwa pandemic

[lashton-is-my-drug]

My fellow Lashies, please tell me you picked up on things during the Amazon Music and Howard Stern livestreams during pandemic lockdown with all 4 guys, that hinted Luke and Ash were spending time together at Ash’s place.

Should I do a post about it or y’all good?

#5sos #5 seconds of summer #ashton irwin #ashton 5sos #luke hemmings #luke 5sos #ashton fletcher irwin #luke robert hemmings #lashton #lashton hemwin #pandemic lashton #lashton is real #amazon music livestream #howard stern livestream #5sos album release conferences #CALM album release #CALM album #boyfriends #lgbt #lgbt 🏳️‍🌈 #gay #luke and ashton #lgbtq #lgbtpeople #they were roommates #2020 #pandemic #luke and ash living together

[deliciouscreatorrebel]

2018 me telling myself to outside. I find this quite funny.

#no still no boyfriend but i have accepted that i will be alone for the rest of my life #little did 2018 me know that we where going to have a global pandemic which caused me to stay indoors for 2 years #and i still don't go outside

[not-a-space-alien]

Life just KEEPS THROWING SHIT AT ME. When I first started I thought it was a good time to do so but now I know there couldn't have really been a WORSE time to start my degree program. I knew taking classes while working full time would be difficult. WITHOUT all this extra shit that's getting dumped on me since I started. You really don't know your limits and what you're capable of until you're pushed. I'm like a rabid badger with my jaw around someone's ankle at this point, clinging on by sheer stubbornness. I'm NOT quitting, this is probably my only chance to get a master's degree because I can't afford it otherwise, YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE IT TO ME

#suicide tw in tags/////// #//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// #my grandfather committed suicide yesterday #and I'm just at the point like now like well this might as well happen #just add it to the list of things i gotta deal with #why not #pandemic breakup depression losing pets massive problems at work surgery dad in hospital with COVID mom cant take care of herself #weird stepsister issues #and now tack on my grandfather shot himself on the patio where I played with my cousins growing up #it's really eerie how everything started going wrong RIGHT as I started my degree program #but each new challenge i basically just go none of that shit stopped me before. why quit now. YOU'RE not gonna be what takes me down. #somehow through all this I've managed to acquire a girlfriend and a boyfriend and some fwbs. #sorry for complaining so much babes love ya 😘 #personal

[iman-92]

wow I’m sooo embarrassed i had a one to one with my manager and how can he tell me that the head of the department was saying he feels like he doesn’t know much about me/my life ? and my manager agreed ? 💀 i feel like i’ve finally been caught in the act of telling people loads about me whilst simultaneously telling them nothing at all 😭

#as in they don’t even know how old I am or what area in London I live loooool #he even asked if I had a boyfriend omg I’m cringing why are they perceiving me at all!! time to move jobs I think #bear in mind I’ve been there like 18 months lol but sorry it’s been a pandemic! #it’s funny bc even when he told I just laughed and still didn’t answer any questions lmao I feel so cringe talking about myself sometimes

[bisociallyawkwardandchad]

just had the most gender moment ever. someone said like "are you nonbinary?? i thought you were omg what D:"

#LIKE :DDD #idk i think that was pretty cool 👍 #my friemds are being like super aupportive with everyone who came out over the pandemic #:') getting he/himed and they/themed more and shit #people jokingly calling me their boyfriend #idk im glad 👍👍👍👍 #personal 🃏

[0pa1ite]

Turning 20 tomorrow :0

#I don’t feel grown at all #I still feel like I’m 17 and the last few years just didn’t happen #I think the pandemic is partially to blame #but I just still feel so small and maybe even more lost in this world than I was at 17 #like I thought I had my future figured out but not in learning it’s more complicated than that #and I feel like I missed out on a lot of teen things #I never got a grad or prom being part of the class of 2020 #for a while my life was nothing but work and I’m finally learning to have a life beyond it #and I wonder if I was more irresponsible as a teen if I’d be more responsible now #I mourn what could have been during my teens but I’ve arguably had an incredible year which means it’s not impossible for the next years to #be just as good #I’ve crossed so many things off of my bucket list #and was able to witness so much of the world’s beauty #I went to my first concert and it was life changing #I kissed my boyfriend at the top of a Ferris wheel at dusk surrounded by flashing lights #I spent hours with my closest friend and got closure on confusing things that happened in our friend group in high school #I would spend evenings at my boyfriend’s aunts house gardening and petting cats and having beautiful garden to table dinners #I tried shrooms both microdosing and tripping and it was an incredible experience #I spent hours in the hot sun doing catering events #I learned how to ride a skateboard #and how to skate on ice #if so many good things could happen while I was 19 than why not when I’m 20 #I have hope that my 20’s will be just as eventful and just as good if not better #but growing up is still so bittersweet

[s0fter-sin]

you know when you predict a situation based on someone’s actions and when it happens you can’t even be angry about it bc it’s a horrible situation and you’ll just come across as a cunt?

#in other words my nephew has covid #after an entire pandemic of my sister not caring #and at least six months of her actively wanting her and her boyfriend to get it they can get a week off together #bc its ‘not really that bad’ and ‘were all gonna get it anyway’ #then her boyfriend got it and theyve let my one year old nephew crawl all over him and didnt give a single shit #she straight up snapped at mum when she suggested to keep them seperated as much as they could #like?? #i knew this was coming #now im gonna be worried out of my fucking mind #and i cant say a fucking word bc then im the asshole #coming out of my cage and ive been doing just fine.txt

[joowee-feftynn]

what was your strongest reaction to reading a fanfic mine was being unable to eat properly for a week and being haunted by The Thoughts until i cried about it to my partner

#oh and that was in the same week where i had my 15th birthday #my ex boyfriend mocked me by changing his twitter layout to spite me my mom misgendered me in a way i would never forget #and i couldn't eat anything my mom bought to celebrate my birthday and it made her really upset #even though she knew i wasn't feeling well that week #and ive been told all my life that my 15th birthday had to be special because brazilian traditions #and would you look at that #it also happened amidst the covid pandemic #fun stuff. #vent #ask to tag #joowee's chattering

[ruinpowder]

looking over my old spotify wraps why did i listen to so much jpop in 2020. it’s not a genre i particularly enjoy but idk i binged a ton of ai otsuka and chelmico and then never did it again 😭

#helen's musings #boyfriend by big time rush was also on there WHAT was the pandemic putting me through

[s0leander]

Boyfriend Material - Alexis Hall (2020)

This book has been compared to Red, White and Royal Blue on a few occasions in book circles, and frankly I do not understand how anyone would come to that conclusion. Everything about this book reads like a bad fanfiction or roleplay session someone wrote when they were twelve. From the one dimensional stereotypical characters, to the confusing prose (if you can even call it that at this point) the tired tropes and idea soup, it is more similar to an old "crack fic" you'd find on fanfiction.net.

The writing itself is bland and often confusing when it isn't downright boring. Thoughts that aren't spoken aloud are written in quotations right next to things that are said out loud. Two characters share a name (James Royce-Royce) with no distinction between the two in scenes where they both have dialogue. It's atrocious and- while I don't wish to rain on anyone's parade -I cannot fathom how this book has so much praise. Did all our brain cells collectively die out before we could review it or did people simply put the book down and walk away, trying to will it from our minds? There seems to be more focus on the comedic aspect of the book that I almost want to think that Alexis Hall wrote this in order to troll us all.

Let's start with Luc O'Donnell, our all-too-angsty protagonist who is reminiscent of a teenager with severe self worth and mental health issues. If an asshole is aware that they are an asshole does that make them any less of one or more of an asshole? If I had to answer in the case of Luc I'd easily choose the latter. He spends most of the book hating himself, making crude jokes, being an all around nightmare to be around, and talking to the reader as opposed to interacting with the man he apparently falls in love with. Luc's also the son of two 80's rockstars, I guess? His father walked out on them as a child which is most of what he bases his dreadful personality on. It's also a major plot point at one time in the book all the way up until it isn't anymore with no real climax or denouement, which is quite unfortunate because if this book had any depth at all it would have been interesting but that is sort of the theme with Boyfriend Material.

Oliver Blackwood is the only saving grace of this book (for the most part). He's a lot like if a singular normal person with far too much patience was put on a reality TV show with the most ridiculous people you've ever met. The stark contrast between him and all the other characters gives me whiplash at the very best of times. His vast vocabulary proves that Hall can write somewhat interesting sentiments without using yassified dated internet terminology and simply chooses not to.

All of the characters, specifically Luc's friends, some form of stereotype and have no real value in the story aside from taking up space and doing whatever Luc needs them to do for him at any given time. All of his friends have somewhat elaborate backstories that are never really expanded upon beyond getting mentioned every now and again in passing. He often ignores other characters unless he can get something out of it or needs something from them (this briefly changes and then continues on subtly) and only hyper fixates on Oliver because he can instead base his worth on a man which is inherently toxic. Luc's boss is every stereotype of a person on the autism spectrum thrown into one. The list goes on.

The vast majority of this book consists of one character being awful to everyone around him, especially the man he supposedly fancies while the latter just allows it to go on. There's no real pining, no significant conflict, no relationship building or anything to denote a true enemies to lovers arc or even a strangers to lovers arc. There is no build up to their relationship, it simply spawns up out of seemingly nowhere after Luc spends a good chunk of the book being in half assed denial about his feelings and Oliver just continues to be a semi-regular guy who's just sort of along for the ride. Why in the world is this book 400+ pages aside from the fact that the author clearly picked several ideas out of a hat and just ran with it, stringing it along together as they went?

I'm not even going to get started on how and why this book is problematic because the one star reviews before mine have done a fantastic job of illustrating that point. The concept is intriguing but the overall story felt like one long slow walk towards nothing and I am genuinely glad that it's over.

#fiction #romance #queer #book review #review #i don't mean to drag it but man #come on #bad books #book #things that shouldn't have sequels #pandemic publish #boyfriend material #alexis hall #luc o'donnell #oliver blackwood #queer romance #lgbt #crossposted from goodreads #m/m