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BEGOÑA VARGAS as CAMERON in BERLÍN (2023-)
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hotvintagepoll · 30 days
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Marion Davies (Show People, the Patsy)— JUSTICE FOR MARION DAVIES. I am always so upset when I learn that some people STILL think she was some untalented pretty face who was only a success because of her relationship with Hearst. Please watch literally any of her movies, silent or sound, to see how untrue this is. She was successful in spite of Hearst's constant meddling. She really shines as a comedienne. Just watch her imitate other silent stars in The Patsy, or her screwball antics in Show People. I've watched so many silents just for her, but she was also really good in sound films, too, like Blondie of the Follies. She's absolutely adorable, and she deserves to be recognized for her talent, alone.
Rita Hayworth (Gilda, Cover Girl)—Absolutely, drop-dead gorgeous. She steals every movie she’s in; she was Fred Astaire’s favorite dance partner, as you can see in clips from their movies [link][link]. Born Margarita Carmen Cansino, Rita's story had its tragedies—her father was awful and had her performing in nightclubs way, way too young; the studio totally remade her look because they were afraid of her hispanic image, putting her through painful treatments and diets; she had a string of failed marriages. But beside all that, I think there's something about Rita that still glows through—an inner beauty that has nothing to do with the studio, or the men who pinned their dreams on her. Rita brings an incandescence to roles that's impossible to replicate, and was truly a great actress in that she could switch from herself—shy Margarita—into a bold and glamorous femme fatale so convincingly everyone fell in love with her as Gilda. She's my favorite movie star, and I think she was a beautiful human through and through—Rita, gorgeous and real and shining bright.
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Marion Davies:
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the queen of comedy
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 If anyone is looking for a tragic infamous funny fav, this is your girl! She came from a catholic convent to become a showgirl! As many of these early Hollywood stars, she fell victim to falling in love with the wrong man. She had a long lasting affair with a older powerful married man, William Hearst. Their story was so iconic and scandalous that it is largely what inspired Citizen Kane. She gained her fame through him, which eventually gathered her the reputation of being social-climbing and taking advantage of more her looks than her talent. This made her controversial, which wasn't helped by her flirty fun personality and attitude towards other actors (including Charlie Chaplin). All of this hate meant that she was eventually ostracized by Hollywood and even blamed for Hearst's death. My poor girl was excitable, funny, charismatic, energetic, and extremely talented. I believe that at her heart and soul, she was truly a clown. She possesses an incredible gift for mimicry, a deceptively animate face, and an absence of on-screen ego that allows her to throw herself into anything, no matter how foolish or potentially embarrassing, with all of her considerable energy. And it's those ridiculous moments that are almost always her best in film, because to me, that's really who she was. She was silly and sweet and so so so so so funny! And she deserved better than the tragedy of the life she got.
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Rita Hayworth:
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Do you need any other propaganda? Here’s the video.
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She was not called "the love goddess" for nothing: beautiful, glamorous, despite playing sexy and provocative roles her inherent shyness somehow also would shine through sometimes, creating this contradictory and incredibly attractive image
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Often played "the bad girl" who tempted the male hero away from "the good girl"; but did have roles that broke her out of that mold. She was also the inspiration for Jessica Rabbit. THE pinup girlie.
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She was soo beautiful when she was young and she MAINTAINED that beauty into her later years and I think that old lady glamour is hot. bombastic sex appeal
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every line she delivers in gilda is so flirty and passionate or absolutely desolate and it's so good
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I just have a lot of feelings about her
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Can we get more Hyewon fics?? 🥺🥺
Negotiation
IZ*ONE's Kang Hyewon x Male Reader Smut
4,491 words
Categories | daddy kink, power dynamics, titjob
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It's your usual route, to be completely clear: circling up all the newbies, clearing out the incompetents and training those who had more than a pocketful of potential. It's your job, it's what you're paid to do. So if anyone dared question your bond with any of the trainees, they can complain about it to your face, and not in the form of scattered whisperings throughout office cubicles.
Your intentions are wholly pure. You swear on your mother's life. You'd pull the typical blame-it-on-the-femme-fatale thing with this girl, but you know it's somehow your fault, too: whatever might happen. She can't bear all the weight of the sin. 
You don't think sin is supposed to look this good, though.
"Sir," she says, perfect curled lashes fluttering with no ill intent at all. She's innocence, pureness, angelicness—all compiled and composed into one beautiful young girl. "Good afternoon. My name is Kang Hyewon; I'm more than eager to do my best for you."
In what way? you're tempted to ask. But then those exact words tumble from your mouth, and you're pretty sure you've fucked it all up. You, in your holier-than-thou suit and tie, asking something so suggestive to an innocent girl like her? Outrageous, that's what it is; scandalous, too. You could get fired for it.
However, it's as if she expected it—she leans forward, offering you a show of plentiful cleavage that breaks several dress code regulations and ethical rules, with a soft, rare smile. 
"However you want me, sir," she says sweetly. Resting her chin on her hand, the smile on her full lips grows wider. "I'll do anything."
"I've heard something like that before, Miss Kang," you say. "Strangely, I've heard it from the same person, too."
"Oh?" Hyewon assumes an innocent naïvety, wide doe eyes almost convincing you of a clean record. "How so?"
See, she's kind of used to that subtly flirty banter. Somewhere in the city of Seoul, in a humble little apartment, she's learning to make money in other ways. By doing it, she needs not travel lengths of distance to a corporate building or spend day after day spell-checking papers. You, having checked backgrounds of probably a billion people and verifying their digital footprint as decent or in-, know all about it. Might have watched a few of it online. Might have done some stuff too.
"You might've fooled Nana and the others, kiddo, but you haven't fooled me," you inform her, offended that you actually have to tell her. You're lowering yourself down to keep up with her one-step-ahead talk. She may be playing dumb, but she knows what she's doing. "I know all about your secret streaming account. Thing is, it probably isn't a secret. You've got thousands of followers on it."
"Can't a girl have a little fun, sir?" asks Hyewon with a giggle. "I was just playing games to pass time."
"'HyemsterKang' ring a bell?"
Hyewon looks up at the ceiling, as if she could find an appropriate answer for your inquiry embedded there. There's none: only a switched-on lamp and a vent. 
"Hmm," she hums, curled hands supporting her pretty face, "probably. What kind of account is it?"
"There's Twitch, YouTube, you name it. Twitch has the most followers, with over two hundred thousand. It's a surprise no one recognized you when you walked through the front door."
"Why would anyone recognize me? I'm just looking to enhance my skills here."
You're tired already. "Cut the bullshit, Hyewon," you say. Drop all the formalities and workplace language just like that. "You know what kind of videos you make. And, look, you've got to understand that I've got nothing against them, but anoth—"
Hyewon pouts. "Why are you so hot and bothered then, sir?" 
"Because you can't pretend to be some pure, holy girl here. I would've gotten you on the training course if you didn't lie through your teeth. What we need is honesty, transparency. You can't lie on the job here."
Hyewon seems to consider this. Her eyes lose their glimmer as they look down to your desk. And she looks so… sad: her eyes are, as mentioned, downcast, and there's so much more to them than sadness because they hold so many raw emotions of disappointment that make even your heart hurt. Her saddened shoulders lose their sturdy posture. 
For the first time since she's entered your office, Kang Hyewon looks… defeated.
"Does that mean you're not taking me in, sir?" she says after looking up at you again.
"No, and please," stress this with gritted teeth, "don't call me sir."
You've no idea why you feel that way. Many other girls have called you sir, both in a formal and informal setting. There was Kim Minju, whose experience gathered little to no potential, and Yabuki Nako, whose aspiring dream to become your corporate's airline stewardess was a pipe dream due to her petite height. 
But it feels strange with Hyewon. It's like there's some hidden motive behind it. Whatever it may be, it's surely working.
Hyewon juts out one, plump lip as she rises from her seat. Instantly, your boundary alarms go off. They're blaring like ambulances now, running in purposeless trips around your mind. Interviewees are not supposed to do that. She's crossing the line, so many lines.
What sets more alarms off is her taking a seat in your lap, as if she's always done that before. As if she belongs there. 
Her slim, tiny body presses up snugly against your frozen one. "What would you rather be called, hm?" she asks. Like a good girl, her hands are folded neatly on her lap, (un)fortunately covered by a gray skirt. "Please, do tell."
"Hyewon…"
You try to give her a steady look, try to tell her that it's wrong. But your hands are on her waist, and they subconsciously pull her closer. Damn her and that sexy skirt and blazer. 
"Mm, your hands feel so good on me," she sighs happily. "It turns me on so much. It makes me feel warm here," she pats the space between her thighs, "and it's all your fault, sir. All your fault."
"You need to be taught a lesson, Kang Hyewon."
"Go on then, daddy." Hyewon's voice drops to a haunting whisper. "I deserve it."
There, you let go of all your morals. The fact that Hyewon's supposed to be your interviewee and you're supposed to play professional with her becomes nonexistent. You've seen what she does on those videos, and now you're eager to see the body she hides so chastely under those uniform clothes. 
"Bend over."
The obedient Hyewon gets off your lap and lowers herself on the table. Her skirt rises and shows you a lack of even undershorts to save the exposed thong. Her ass cheeks sandwich the thin little thong perfectly.
"Ooh, what's daddy going to do?" she asks eagerly. She wiggles her round butt into your sprawled hand. "Is he going to spank me and make his babygirl count it all?"
"That would be too easy, don't you think?" Groping her, you look hard into her sparkling eyes full of excitement. "Daddy's going to spank you, but you can't make a single sound."
Hyewon whines. "But that's so hard, daddy. Can't you make it easier for Hyem?" 
"So am I, and no. If I hear you moan, you're not allowed to cum." 
Merciless is the perfect word to describe you right now. But your mind just rambles with lustful things to do to this sexy little vixen—(a hamster, if you will, as an ode to her username HyemsterKang, but that sounds less sexy; it doesn't give justice to the seductress that is Kang Hyewon)—and you're eager to perform them ruthlessly. 
Trail your fingers on her wet pussy lips. You find her clit, and from there, you give it tiny, teasing brushes. Hyewon bites her lip hard, and clings to the table for support. And for a moment that's all there is to it: you rubbing her clit and her grinding her round ass to your fingers. Until:
"Ahh, daddy!" 
That's one orgasm subtracted from the list. After you slap Hyewon's cheeks with all the might you have, she instantly cries out. You feel her juices dripping on your hand. 
Hyewon looks back at you. And you realize why her streaming career has done so well—that face is made to be ruined. Her scared eyes portray an opposing desire for more, and you can't help but give and give exactly that.
"I'm sorry, daddy!" she whimpers. "I'm sorry!"
Nevertheless, you continue to spank her. Reddened skin blares almost as bright as the office lamp. Her thighs drip with her nectar. 
You're harsh; your hand's starting to hurt from yout endless slaps on Hyewon's butt. But the pain seems like a small, sideway thought when you're witness to her cheeks bouncing with each blow. When she's holding onto the table like she wants you to go on. 
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," sobs Hyewon. "Please just spank me like that, treat me like a whore, use me—"
Your spanks become less and less measured—one follows the other a little too briskly. If the door weren't locked and the glass made it so any outsider couldn't hear, people would assume you're already fucking her with your brains out. But no, that's just you spanking Hyewon to teach her a lesson, to teach her to be a good girl.
"Fuck, slap my pussy like that!" she yells. Her pants sound hot and eager. "I'm going to cum, oh yes, oh fuck!"
That's your cue to stop. Hyewon doesn't deserve to orgasm yet, not until she's learned her lesson.
"This is so unfair, no," whispers Hyewon disappointedly, turning around with a pout. 
"Newsflash, Hyewon: the world isn't fair. Nothing is." 
Slip a finger inside her and her knee-high-clad legs curl around your hand protectively. She's riding on any good thing; she wants nothing more than your cock, and besides that, probably a job, but anything works for now.
Hyewon works herself down on your fingers. "When will I get to cum, daddy?" she asks. "Daddy? Say 'now,' please."
Execute blunt thrusts into her slick pussy, which is an impossibly tight cavern not even the bravest can make it out alive without exploding. Her back curves and she twists at the pleasure. Her delectable little cunt is sweet and closed around you, a newfound temptation to latch on for life, a vice to remember.
But there's also her fantastic chest to look at, doing what you're doing: peeking through the neckline of her blouse, which you just so happen to do as well. 
"If you give me a feel of those tits," you propose, the way negotiations should go, "maybe I'll let you."
"Of– of course, daddy." 
Hyewon undoes the buttons of her blouse. Like curtains, they part to a wonderful show. This show, though, would have been banned for nudity and corruption (and not in the usual way.) 
Hyewon's tits are glorious—they size up to more than a handful, and have these tiny pink nipples that you'd love to squeeze any time of the day. You're hypnotized by them, in every way possible. You glance at how they rise and fall in coordination with Hyewon's breaths, and the way her nipples perk into the air hard and aroused once the black lacy bra is off. The air-conditioner wind might have had something to do with their state, but you're thankful for both, either-which-way.
"C-careful," begs the young girl, wincing. "They're sensitive…"
"Is that so? Would it feel good then if I did this?"
"Oh, ohhhh!" Hyewon gasps with a hand over her mouth. Her skin feels boiling hot, but in a strangely good way, when you begin to suck directly on her nipples. "Yes, just like that!"
Her breasts are softer and better than the stress balls your office gave away during mental health seminars. The balls are only good for squeezing and throwing. In Hyewon's case, you can completely release all your stress just by fingerfucking her tiny pussy, and sucking her tits all at the same time. With her, you forget more than your morals—you forget about work, your deadlines, your responsibilities. And, needless to say, it's all her fault.
Hyewon can't keep up with the doubled pleasure. She's constantly squirming to have your fingers deeper in her cunt, and she keeps pushing her breasts into your face. Your rhythm of thrusts in her hole doesn't wither, and neither does your sucking on her right nipple. She doesn't know what to do except squeal out replayed pleads.
"Daddy," she says. "Please keep doing that, it feels so good. I'll be a good girl, I promise I won't lie anymore."
You ride your teeth around Hyewon's areola, sucking the area around it also. If you could, you'd never let go of her breasts. You would keep sucking on them, alternating between one and the other, for days on end. You bet you'd survive even without food or water. Hyewon's tits are enough for you to live eternally. Hell is nonexistent when you're with her.
"Do you think you deserve to cum, Hyewon?" you ask. You play with her clit, making it harder for her to get her words out.
"I think so, d-daddy. Yes."
"I don't," you laugh. "I told you not to make a sound, and you disobeyed. How would you become a competent worker if you're like that?"
Hyewon's near tears. "I'll do whatever you want," she says. Breaths get lost here and there due to your fingers still swiftly exiting and entering her. "Please. I need you. I'll, I'll be your good little fuckdoll, I promise, I swear."
"Will you let me fuck your tits, then, Hyem? If you're that good and eager?"
"Yes, daddy!" 
Hyewon nods over and over. A bit too excited, she pushes you down to the office chair rather roughly. But you pay no mind; in fact, your erection grows harder and lengthier at her enthusiasm. It throbs violently with how Hyewon slips off her blazer and pulls down your pants.
Her eyes brighten at the sight of your member, as if it's something that can actually make her day better. 
"You're very hard, daddy." She bites her lip, looking up at you with incredulous adoration. "Let me do something about it."
Hyewon's huge tits hug your hard-on, sandwiching it between them. You groan as she holds her chest so that your cock slips in and out seamlessly, lubed up only by her spit and your precum. Her soft flesh brushes your sensitive, pink penis perfectly, giving it a feel of what heaven might actually be. 
"Holy shit, Hyewon," you sigh. 
It's like she's entertained by what she's doing, too. She's looking down at your cock entering her flesh as if it were an exciting movie. But she takes extra care to seal longer glances with you, knowing that her face alone can make you cum.
"Oh, daddy likes my tits, huh?" Hyewon says coyly. Playing with her nipples while titfucking you, her gaze grows more and more sultry. "Daddy's gonna let me cum after this, right? Make me learn my lesson?"
"Just… just keep moving your tits like that. And we'll see what happens."
Not a solid promise, but Hyewon is satisfied with that. She knows her power and how to use it well enough. She's practiced in the strokes and squeezes she does on your cock, the temptation calling for you  in her brown eyes, everything. She has it all measured and listed down somewhere, probably, just waiting for the right time to use it.
Hyewon lifts her breasts, then slams them down on your lap again. The cycle repeats, and her boobs become like that of a real fleshlight. But hers is better—a toy pales in comparison when paired up with Hyewon's tight, hot body. And all it took to have her was a spanking session. There was no need to shed thousands of won.
"Like this?" she asks. Hyewon's letting you use her for your own pleasure, caring for your bliss rather than hers. The grip of her bosom around you tightens, and you find it difficult to catch your breath. "Do you want me to keep doing this?"
"Fuck yes. You're such a good girl for me right now, Hyewon."
Her cheeks are rosy. "Thank you. I'll make you cum, I promise."
She's made probably a hundred of oaths from the moment she walked into this building, but this one seems to be the one she's most determined to carry out. Hyewon's fiery rhythm risks you of exploding all over her pretty chest. Her smooth, pillow-soft skin knots your stomach and sets everything ablaze. Her facial expressions, which are a far cry from the saintliness she pretended to possess earlier, drive you off the edge.
"Shit… shit, I'm going to cum," you announce in a broken voice.
You can't stave your orgasm off anymore. Your dick expels liquid white strings everywhere. Hyewon's collarbone and big breasts bear most of the desirable damage, but she's sure to open her mouth, too. And she looks every bit the part of a cock-hungry slut, with her eyes rolled back and tongue lewdly hanging from her thick pink lips. White semen becomes her new lip gloss, and she'd put it on any time of the day.
"You still have more in you, daddy," says Hyewon. She strokes herself around your cock without pause. Curses leave your mouth as her evil gaze challenges you to say the opposite. "I can feel it. I want you to explode all over me."
"Fuck, yes, Hyem. I fucking will."
There isn't a single bad movie out there that matches the rapid pacing of Hyewon's titjob, and it's probably for the better. You just keep on cumming, and Hyewon keeps on titfucking you. It's a win-win situation because she enjoys being sprayed with your cum. It makes her feel like the used little doll she is.
She forces you to spurt more up until you can't anymore. All there's left are little droplets of pure white, and ragged moans from both ends. 
Hyewon's blouse and chest are stained all over. But when she gazes at the mess you made on them, she doesn't look upset. She looks rather… turned on. Her squirming thighs and bitten lower lip indicate that. She may look like a porcelain doll with her angelic face and pale skin, but she's been used just like a ragdoll would.
"Did you enjoy that?" she asks. "You liked it, didn't you?"
"I did," you confess. "How wet are you after all that, Hyewon?"
Hyewon reaches under her skirt and brushes her fingers over her pussy. She gasps. "Oh, v-very wet, daddy. Won't you do something about it?"
"Yes, I will. Get ready."
Both you and Hyewon rise to your feet. You step out of the rest of your pants while she shrugs off her blouse. Now, she's only wearing her black schoolgirl skirt and her long socks with shoes. 
Hyewon hops on the edge of your desk. "Will you really fuck me this time?" she asks hopefully.
"A deal's a deal, Kang Hyewon. Now spread your legs."
She opens them. You lift the skirt up to get a view of her pretty hole. Her pussy lips are plump, just like the painted lips on her face. 
(You want to fuck both.)
So, you thrust. 
All at once Hyewon is filled up to the brim, your balls pressing against her ass. 
"Oh, oh, so deep!" gasps Hyewon. "You're so big inside me!"
Your cock throbs. The clench of her walls is amazing, but they're also tempting you to cum again, and you can't have that. So, you set slow but forceful strokes, driving yourself inside Hyewon and feeling her walls part. Her surprised moans guide blood to your erection. The expression she wears never goes far from orgasmic, and she might as well be already cumming with how tight her hole's clamping on you. 
Wrap your hands around her tiny waist. You're ready now. You start to drill her tiny body down your desk. She cries out and leans her head backwards, allowing you to see how much of her neck you've covered in cum. Her glazed breasts bounce before you, getting your cock in an increased solid state to pulse and thrust in her hard and good.
"Yes, daddy, fuck me!" she prods you on, just like how your cock is prodding at her insides. "It's so good, daddy, it's so good, it's so good—"
She's promised to make you cum and delivered it out. Now, she wants you to make one, too, and return the favor. And, even if the only thing you're offered in exchange are Hyewon's loud screams that sound in your ears and her half-naked figure that's straight out of a porn video, you're glad to do so.
"Guess you aren't so innocent after all," you laugh. You're trying to keep custody of the upper hand here, but, god, does Hyewon's cunt choking your cock make it nearly impossible. "All that pretense, Hyewon, don't you get tired?"
"Oh, daddy," Hyewon sobs softly, arms hung around your neck and shoulders. Her eyelids are heavy, too wrung by pleasure. "If it gets you to fuck me, I don't mind at all."
You find her erogenous zone and rub it in the same, fire-quick way you thrust. "A little too fast there, don't you think?" you chuckle, but you're flattered.
"All I want is you going fast inside me." Hyewon's legs tense up after you grab them for easier leverage. Her moans are cut short with stutters. "I want it now."
"And what exactly do you want, Hyewon?"
"I—" She blushes furiously. Her words rarely come out in any form other than squeals. "I want to be your little office cockwarmer. I want to do nothing but be the toy who sucks daddy's dick and keeps his cock hard. I don't want to be anything else, daddy, and you know it—you know I want it—"
"Oh, you will." Pumping into her harder, you set the stone there and then of your ownership of her. "You're mine now. Everyone's gonna know about how you get on your knees for me so easily, Kang Hyewon. You'll be known as my little office slut, the one who keeps my stress relieved."
"Yes, yes, you can fill me up all the time, you can make me wear the slutty secretary outfits from my streams, daddy! Use me, oh god, I'm yours!"
It's a tempting offer. You've seen her streams while looking through her background, and you saw that one of her in the tight little secretary uniform. You think of how pretty she'd look in it, and how heads would turn at her entering your office everytime in it. You picture the outrage that does nothing since you're at such a high position in the office hierarchy, such an important person. They can't do anything if you decide at once that Hyewon's going to be your cumslut. They can only create rumors painting you out to be the exploitative bad guy, and Hyewon starring in the role of the poor head-over-heels newbie desperate for a good life.
You can live with that. 
The inches of your length never get to breathe as you're constantly shoving them inside her, knocking against her cervix and making her sob for more. There's no limit to the pumps you can give to Hyewon, but you still test it out. Hyewon remains at your mercy.
"Are you going to be my slut now? Do you really want that?" you ask her. "Or are you going to back out because you're too much of a pussy to dive in?c
Grab her chin and force her gaze at you. That's how you see that Hyewon's completely serious. That's exactly what she wants. She didn't come here for a job, she came here for you, and she's not leaving without being yours.
Hyewon nods. She presses her forehead against yours. "I want you," she whispers. "So make me yours. You know you want to teach your whore of a babygirl a lesson. You know you want to fill her cunt everyday."
That's right, you do. You knew, since the minute she spent teasing and toying with you, that you want to fuck her brains out. And here you are, doing exactly that. 
This could be forever if you wanted. 
"Gonna cum now, Hyewon. Gonna fill your cunt up with daddy's semen. Gonna fucking breed you."
"I'm close, too, daddy. Give me your cum."
You make sure to press completely against her cervix when you cum inside her. Hyewon's girl cum and your white fluids mix together, a blend of sex and sin, and drip down your table. You can't really think of anything else except for Hyewon's screams climbing up in volume and her squirt spurting all over your best uniform. No, you're brain-dead with lust, and there's no turning back.
You make her your cum deposit. You make her your babygirl, and as corny as it sounds, straight out of a bad teen romance where everything goes too quickly for any talent to be actually seen, you're okay with that.
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"And that's how I think that we should promote the book earlier this year. Thank you for listening."
The clan of higher-ups sitting at the oval-shaped table clap politely. You try to keep your clapping at the appropriate level of enthusiasm, but your heart bursts with pride for Hyewon. She's come so far without your help. She's learning to stand on her own.
"I think that's a great idea, miss Kang," says Miyawaki Sakura, your director. She's a petite woman with a soft voice, but everyone knows that she's the boss of any room she stands in. "I'll jumpstart the idea tomorrow with the board of directors."
Hyewon flushes with happiness. "Thank you, miss Miyawaki."
"I do have one concern with miss Kang about the presentation, though," you pipe up. "Miss Miyawaki, do I have your permission to speak about with Hyewon in private?"
Now everybody's looking at each other. They try to keep themselves decent, but they all know what you mean. By now, your sexual relationship with Hyewon is an open secret. It might not be eligible for the title of secrecy anymore since all of the office knows it. 
But what can they do? You're the best in your team. You run too many things that keep the company going and they can't risk your loss. 
Hyewon waits for the director's response with bated breath. Her hands fiddle with each other as she waits for a response.
"Of course, sir," replies Sakura finally. "You may go."
You and Hyewon exchange glances. The two of you know exactly what your "talk" would be about.
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pdrrook · 5 months
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After playing through all three LI routes in the visual novel, I started looking through more information about your blog.
While I love all of the routes, Reed seacrtly over his childhood friend for years, Jewel and MC falling in love when they're both on the run 🥰. Learning Laurent is a fan of classic nior films just makes his romance more hilarious for me in hindsight, considering the MCs Allure ability and illegal activities are traits usually associated with the classic Femme Fatale, but they're also framed for murder and unwittingly involved in a conspiracy so they got some damsel in distress mixed in.
I had no idea about this when I first played Laurent's route because when I created my MC Liz Morren, I gave her a vintage wardrobe and eyes like Elizabeth Taylor. She does hide her natural violet eye color with colored contacts, being a tier 5 Allure is difficult enough without having a rare eye color that would make her easier to potentially identify. Also, considering her limited funds, she can only really afford shopping at second-hand stores, and women's fashion from the 40s and 50s tend to flatter her curvy build better than most modern fashion.
Can you just imagine when Laurent first started visiting the perfume shop and then this sales girl who looks like she just stepped out a classic Hollywood film in live color gives him the most charming customer service smile? The poor bastard never stood a chance.
I was gonna say but "Can you just imagine when Laurent first started visiting the perfume shop and then this sales girl who looks like she just stepped out a classic Hollywood film in live color gives him the most charming customer service smile? The poor bastard never stood a chance." you said it all 😌
Laurent living his best silent noir film life on the run with the love of his life 😳👌
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torialefay · 1 month
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Hello! I just found your blog and I'm obsessed okay? I love the combo of Kpop and Astrology and you do such a good job at it I HAD to follow instantly 🤍 I was wondering if I could have a natal chart compatibility reading? You can write which member is best suited to me (And maybe for fun briefly mention who I should stay tf away from haha 😂) My pronouns are She/Her! Thank you so much 💋
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hi baby! tysm for being patient with me <3 here you gooooo!
so for most compatible, i was really struggling to choose between felix and chan. han wasn't a bad option either. but if i had to pick just ONE, i'm sticking with felix for now. but just know any of the 3 i think would be perfectly suitable. if you want me to elaborate on the other 2 a little just lmk <3
and fun fact: your sun, mercury, venus, and mars are all the same as changbin (which COULD also lead to a good relationship, but with your placements in particular i think it'd lead to more bestie vibes than anything... bc if one of yall is delusional, then so is the other one and there's no one there to pull you out of the trenches lol.)
your ascendant in taurus:
soooo i may be partial, but i really think there is such a great aura that comes with having ascendant in taurus. taurus is such a beautiful, grounding sign that also has that element of divine femininity to it from its venus ruler. it's likely that you come across as having a loving, beautiful personality & also that you have your shit together lol. as far as looks, if you are playing into your rising (which i would encourage), i'd venture to guess that you'd look & feel best in beutiful, elevated styles. this could be anywhere from super girly pink or femme fatale, but embracing that feminine energy is gonna be key. if you hone in on that, it definitely pushes you forward in a captivating way!
for skz, i think it'd be hard for any of them to be uninterested tbh. felix is a pretty ethereal guy. he just naturally draws beauty toward him. i think he'd be really intrigued by you initially and that you'd potentially really catch his eye. especially with that lovey nature taurus risings can have- making you feel super special and seen... lixie would dig it im sure.
your sun in leo:
you are definitely an encourager & able to see what people's strong suits are. felix can get a bit unsure of himself at times and i think you'd be really good at helping him work through that. his "serving" virgo energy makes me think that he'd really really want to give you anything you wanted & he'd probably like it if you were more so in the spotlight than him.
your moon in aries:
same as felix! i love a moon matchup & think it's absolutely one of the most crucial points for predicting long term compatibility. with this placement, you probably have a deep, burning desire to find passion throughout life. whether that's in a person, in art and music, in your work or service to others, in connection with your spirit, etc etc. basically, you are hungry to have purpose and fulfill it. that's not a quality that just anyone can handle. but felix does so perfectly bc he feels the exact same. you'd definitely make the most of life together :)
your mercury in cancer:
oh so you feeeeel feel? you're likely also somewhat expressive of these emotions (whether that's through verbal, through art, through mannerisms, etc). in that case, you're super in luck bc so is lixie. you both deeply understand emotions and the beauty within them. felix's libra here is a great sign to help with re-assurance for you, should you ever need it. it'd also allow for some super heart-felt convos that make your connection deeper than what others have.
your venus in virgo:
your venus tells me you're usually more attracted to super hard-working and driven individuals. people who may come across as a more "dominant" person, while still being super charming and kind. this was a part of the reason why i was having a tough time not picking chan (bc he is a virgo venus' dream ofc), BUT i think once we get past the surface, lix would be the better choice! felix can actually have a more dominant personality at times, which usually isn't seen on camera due to his dynamic within the group itself. but he definitely know how to get shit done. his venus is in libra, which means he's gonna please the shit out of you. would he have the upper hand in the bedroom? for sure. but is he not gonna do a damn thing unless you say you want it? absolutely. you could have that man on a leash making him whatever tf you want lol (sorry lixie)
your mars in scorp:
y'all are definitely gonna have some fun times & actually probably both be borderline obsessed with each other at times. i think fights would get really messy between you two and def would involve some psychological warfare. i think it'd actually take a while to work through fights too. but the other placements make up for it.
who to stay away from?
simplest answer: lee know. now i'm not saying y'all would hate each other for REAL, but i could definitely see a "love to hate" relationship here... and y'all getting on each other's nerves BAD 😂
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trashcankitty12 · 1 month
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My Thoughts On Ava Currently
I think Ava has been playing this super long con for a while now. This is gonna be long, so it's under the cut.
Admittedly, I haven't watched from the beginning or anything, but I'm aware that Ava used to be in the mob and that she's well known for being a schemer. A femme fatale sort, if you will. (I think that's the right term)
And she's petty as fuck and not known to just "let things go".
So why in hell would her "BFF" be the woman who literally forced her into labor and stole her baby? Why would she be okay with raising her child alongside someone like Sonny who has only had contempt for her (and whom she's had contempt for)?
It's a long con.
She faked her friendship with Nina. After all, keep your friends close and enemies closer. And how can a betrayal or horrible scheme cut to the core unless you intimately know your target?
So Ava becomes friends with Nina, and waits for an opportunity to strike.
She also (probably) played along more with Sonny for similar reasons. Perhaps not to get super close and stuff, but to better be able to find things that could get her what she's always wanted, sole custody of Avery. (Especially after Kiki died.)
She probably didn't realize how perfect of an opportunity she was going to get until Sonny and Nina started messing around with each other.
Knowing Ava, she had a least three or four different scenarios on how to blow this up to her advantage.
She just had to be patient.
And damn did it pay off.
Don't know how Pikeman and Valentin got involved, (or if she is really involved since all we know is she seemed to be messing with Sonny's drinks during Friday's episode), but I can see how Ava's mind is working.
She's going to crush Nina by stealing the one thing she's wanted, Sonny (and potentially doing so in a way that points how Nina isn't special, she's just another pretty blonde that Sonny fucked because he seems to have a type. Or by pointing out that Sonny has never (or I've never known him to) be faithful to a woman he's with. He's always cheated).
Nina will see them together, and thanks to that stupid gossip column, will probably hear about all their time together.
Or maybe it'll be just subtle hints and jokes and jabs until it becomes official and it drives Nina crazy because her best friend would never betray her like that. Right?
And then it comes out that Ava and Sonny are together and it drives Nina to the edge because the way it comes out is absolutely devastating to Nina. (Bonus points if Ava has managed to make 'friends' with Willow during this time period.)
The Sonny angle:
Meanwhile, Ava is also subtly fucking with Sonny's head. She's messing with his meds, she's putting thoughts in his head, whispering in his ears.
He's seeing enemies and traitors everywhere. He can't trust anyone but her.
And something gets Sonny started and he majorly fucks up in a very public way and it's just what Ava needs to not only put Sonny away in jail, but get him declared an unfit and unsafe parent. (Which would potentially help Carly too, if she wants to play house with Jason again... But this ain't about her.)
Or she manages to get Sonny to kill himself. But that would be... Anticlimatic. (Maybe he dies in prison or something. IDK.)
Anyway, I feel like this is Ava's master plan.
Or I hope it is. Because otherwise, this whole thing is just going to be a mess. (Please no Ava/Valentin....)
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ddepressedbookworm · 2 months
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hi my friend @counterculturecryer had to delete a post for safety reasons, but he still want it on here so i'm posting it for them
TW: rape, sexual assault
please take note of the TWs, thank you
I want to talk about SA on men by women and why male victims are often overlooked.
I'm sorry for the heavy topic, I just wanted to say this.
This is NOT to invalidate or "counter" any harm done against women, all victims of SA are important and we need to do our best and do what we can to help and spread awareness for all.
I am not an expert, and I apologise if I say something wrong. While this does not directly involve me, it felt important to say. Please raise your concerns if anything.
*The News*
As I scrolled down on some other articles cases, I noticed that for some reason when the case was a woman aggressor and a male victim, most of the articles were merely headlines "Woman R*pes Man" without any further details on the case, as if it is a sort of subversive headline. This media coverage which displays male r*pe victims as a rarity or even a surprise subconsciously promotes our thinking that males cannot be r*pe victims. It impacts the way we think socially about the issue. For example, there is an argument that it is "not common" — but so what? That does not make it any less important. And —it's more common than you think. it's exactly because of lack of coverage that makes it seem so "small and unimportant". By presenting it as a rarity, not only does it promote disbelief, it also promotes dismissal as we see it as a "minority" and therefore “unimportant”
*The Media (movies and so on)*
In especially comedies/rom coms, male SA is often played for laughs. SA is never funny and that does not change with the gender of (or anything else) who it happens to. The man does not consent and potentially tied up and the woman is portrayed as a "sexy femme fatale" when she literally assaults him. This is propagated by that idea that "men cannot control their sexual urges". Not only does that put women in danger and provide an "excuse" for some men's behaviour, but it makes it so that whenever a man is portrayed to have sexual contact EVEN IF IT IS NOT CONSENSUAL, he "enjoys it" because he is a man and he has "so much sexual urges" that ultimately he does "want it" which is absolute bs. It's played up for laughs because 1) audiences find it unbelievable and 2) is my next point
*Patriarchy Enforced Toxic Masculinity*
Male SA is also played for laughs, and often ignored due to disbelief because of the inherent argument that “men have to be masculine" and it is somehow unmasculine to be at the hands, the victim of, a woman. People use biological arguments like, "if men are stronger than women then why can't he fight back?" or "is it physically possible for a woman to assault a man?" The way society thinks of men and the way society thinks of what men are promotes the idea that men cannot also be SA victims, especially not victims of women.
IT IS 100% POSSIBLE
Men can be victims of SA too, we need to provide a safe space for them to voice out as victims without the fear of being shamed, disbelieved or "harmlessly" joked about. This also goes for all cases of SA, regardless of gender.
*stop playing SA on men for laughs*.
#twr*pe #tw sa
#stop playing SA on men for laughs
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The Turing test.
Waverly was mad at the world.
Why? 'Cause she was going to end up alone. It was the only outcome that she could actually see happening.
'Cause she faked every interaction she had outside of her immediate family. She went to classes and ran into people she knew, and waved, 'cause that's what you're supposed to do, and if they started a conversation, she smiled and her voice rose a couple' notes and she answered the pre-recorded, correct answers, provided information when they asked for it, smiled and nodded and pretended to listen when they talked when really she wasn't even there. She fell into the part without even realizing it, just started acting. Acting and dissociating. Sometimes, she played it a little more "real", a little closer to the truth, but really she was just playing a slightly different part, the part of the shy, awkward girl. Because people find shy, awkward girls cute, then leave them alone. She went on Tinder and swiped on people based on looks and a few basic criteria and occasionally remarked on how her mother would think this was shallow. It's OK, depth will come later, right? She waited for them to message her first. She Googled "what to respond to [their message]", or copied and pasted it into ChatGPT. She agreed to meet them for coffee and fell into the part once more. The fake smile. The slightly higher voice. She'd noticed her head tilts slightly to the left when she fakes a laugh. You're so funny. Oh, that's so interesting. It was nice meeting you. We should totally do this again.
They do it again. She fakes it again. She pretends that she likes spending time with him, maybe even convinces herself that she does. It takes about a month, maybe two, before she realizes that she thinks of his name and no feeling comes to mind. She wears his hoodie to the homecoming street party because that's what she's supposed to do. It looks so big on her, isn't that adorable? She holds his hand, they share a drink, she plays the part.
Tell me, what do you feel when I let you kiss me? When I let you touch me? If I gently run my fingertips along your skin and breathe your name while your lips graze my neck, will you believe that I am into this too? Is this what I'm supposed to do?
Sometimes she tried to romanticize it, pretend that she was some kind of badass Femme Fatale and this was all part of her ingenious plan, but she wasn't sexy or seductive, and the best she could get them to believe was that she was normal.
In movies on TV and in books, people have so many feelings. The more Waverly read, the more she came to believe that she had three. She could feel angry, she could feel down, and she could feel energized. She supposed stressed, too, if that counted as an emotion. If she was lucky, she might feel two at the same time. But all those colourful little subtleties, she seemed to be missing. Affection was something she'd heard of, but couldn't remember the last time she'd felt. Grief made sense on paper, but she couldn't give you one personal example. And horror, revulsion, heartbreak, anguish, passion, enchantment, love -- she didn't know if she even had the capacity to understand the concepts. She felt as though she saw the world in greyscale, while everyone around her spoke of a near-infinite spectrum of bright jewel tones and deep, mixed and layered and contrasting hues.
The issue, the more she thought about it, wasn't actually that she couldn't feel emotions. No, that didn't sound right. Upon further consideration, she came to the conclusion that she just couldn't feel them for other people. No one could make her care. She would end up alone because no relationship she built ever had the potential to be real. If she tried very, very hard, she could make you like her, and you would project your humanity onto her and convince yourself that your feelings were returned.
As she sipped her tea in the living room of the apartment she shared with roommates she barely spoke to, she pondered her recent discovery that AI detectors would often flag her writing as AI generated. She tested it once on a section of a report she wrote for school because she was curious. Wasn't that interesting? Apparently, she was indistinguishable from a robot.
She wondered if she would pass the Turing test.
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sojutrait · 2 years
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ok soju we need a track by track breakdown ‼️what are ur thoughts on midnights
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HEHEH OKEY (disclaimer: these are all subject to change, i do full 180s on songs. if i call a song ass today and great tomorrow mind ur business!
i’m actually gonna give my overall thoughts out the way first jekrkdk. WELL. ITS NOT HER BEST WORK THATS FOR SURE 😭😭 i wont say it’s BAD but. it’s definitely not a banger. so much of it sounds like a bad rehash of albums and songs she’s already done. so many songs have me thinking “oh yeah. i see what she’s trying to do, but she already has a song where she actually executed this concept successfully” lyrically… yeah after evermore and folklore this feels like a crime. taylor is known to have some goofy ass “a millennial definitely wrote this” lyrics but something about this album made her crank that up to a million like sister please 😭😭 as a whole the album feels like if a god tier album (1989) had a baby with her worst album (lover). which is so confusing bc how did she backslide like this??? WE KNOW U CAN DO SYNTHPOP WELL, WHAT HAPPENED. the timing is just Bad too. like we just had the two masterpieces that are folklore and evermore, she just released the re-recording of one of her best albums, and in comparison to all that this just feels mediocre. anyways here’s to the songs ejrkr
lavender haze - 8.5/10
it’s cute!! it’s catchy and one of the best from the album. all her songs about joe makes my eye twitch lowkey but i can put that aside for now. probably the best bridge on the album (which is not a good sign bc this bridge isn’t even all that- which is disappointing bc she’s known for her god tier bridges but i digress)
maroon - 5/10
this one has potential. i can see it growing on me, but for now it was kinda boring djdkk the verses are delicious but not really feeling the chorus. the bridge made me laugh, like sister please bffr
anti-hero - 8.5/10
not even talking about it sonically, but lyrical content. yeah. YEAH. by the first line i was screaming “ME TOO” it’s like if blank space didn’t have the cynical parody spin it had. introspective and delicious MWAHH (“it’s me, hi. i’m the problem” is a goofy ass lyric tho LIKE SJRKFKF) also love the bridge
snow on the beach - 9/10
YALL GONNA LEAVE THIS SONG ALONE, ITS GOOD MOVE. even tho lana doesn’t have an actual verse on it (she should’ve but-) it’s very Lana. like i can imagine this on chemtrails over the country club. which is why i think a lot of swifties don’t like it 😭😭 the chorus is literally scrumptious
you’re on your own, kid - 6.5/10
her voice sounds so cute on the verses which is probably why i’m being so generous UEKRKD yeah i can definitely see this one growing on me
midnight rain - 1/10
taylor don’t do that shit again. no but actually, idk one of my biggest pet peeves is when artists pitch shift their vocals (looking at you frank ocean), like i get it you’re being experimental but this sounds BAD. reminds me of a reputation reject, it’s like if dress was bad. only reason it’s not a 0 is bc the chorus sounds kinda good when it’s not pitch shifted at the end
question…? - 4/10
boring. next song
vigilante shit - 3.5/10
her femme fatale songs just don’t do it for me 🗿🗿 another reputation reject. but! it does start getting kinda good at the end but atp it’s too late and the song is nearly over-
bejeweled - 6/10
this has potential. the chorus is gonna be stuck in my head i can see it now. also the way she says “nice” at the end of chorus does something homoerotic to me
labyrinth - 9/10
finally, some good fucking food. i’ve seen a lot of ppl compare it to epiphany, but the difference is this song is actually good. i wish she went with this ethereal route for more of the album
karma - 5/10
boring. millennial ass chorus. but i can see myself streaming it and calling it camp by like next week so let me not do too much-
sweet nothing - 6/10
i can see this growing on me. very nursery rhyme tho shekrkfkfk i’m a sucker for slow songs so we will be streaming this one i fear
mastermind - 1/10
nope. not offensively bad like midnight rain but it’s boring as shit
i listened to the 3am songs but none of them provoke a strong reaction from me in either way so i’ll omit them 😭
so top 3 heheh
1. labyrinth
2. snow on the beach
3. anti-hero
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mythvoiced · 1 year
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len!! time for me to enable you- TELL ME ABOUT SARANG'S CONNECTIONS >:3 who is significant in her life and why and what does she think of them?? <3
@clemencetaught | FERRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I got so excited at seeing you in my inbox that I pressed a weird keyboard shortcut and got kicked back to dash which is quite something I have no idea what happened, BUT THANK YOU FOR ENABLING ME BECAUSE, GUESS WHAT, MYUNGDAE AND NELL ARE ON THIS LIST, PLEASE HOLD---
Ahem~ This includes canon verse connections & as well as rp partner muses
The Order as a large entity is her most prominent connection, I won't go into much detail because it's just... her position in it is central aspect to her story, so I'd just be spouting wildly if I went into it again here~ BUT I NEED TO MENTION @theimpalpable 's Nae-Gil (fellow knight!!!!!!!!!!!!!) because he's fucking everything to me, they haven't gotten to interact, to establish a dynamic but he means so much to me and I love Alex so much
Sköll/Jeon Hui & Jeon San Her brothers, one you might recognise as another muse of mine, the other is her late older brother; they were a situation of Three, San was a bit older than Hui & Sarang, while Sarang was perhaps only one, two years older than Hui. San was the one she felt she could rely on in terms of a sturdy, present male figure in her life and formative years, even though he was a teenager when she was a child, he still gave her more sense of worth, of being deserving of respect than she could have asked of her parents. She looked up to him, and while she had a propensity for trying to escape the role society demanded of her in lieu of being a yangban woman, she'd actually try to 'play the part' for him, to facilitate his existence as the oldest. She was much more... content, for lack of better terms, in living that womanhood at the time, because even though San's ideals weren't too progressive (as in, he was the type to say 'it is what it is') and since child her had trusted him to want what's best for her, if he thinks perhaps it's best to play along to make sure she can stay safe and live well, she'd felt it easier to go along with it. Hui, on the other hand, was her baby. As someone with the inability to feel pain, Hui had always been a terribly accident-prone child, so he was coddled by the family, Sarang included. She felt protective of him, and since he couldn't be treated like any regular yangban son since he was a mess and couldn't be left alone according to the Jeon's, even as adults they spent most of their time with each other, she as the daughter who'd have to wait to be married, and he as the hopeless youngest. She learned a sense of belonging through him, responsibility, cameraderie. Partners in crime, sneaky siblings with a knack for lying. Her brothers were everything to her and she misses them dearly.
Black Knight/Shin Myungdae (YOU ♥) NOW I do NOT in the SLIGHTEST demand this is an actual connection, but I do need to say that meeting Myungdae has added something to Sarang's character that I couldn't have found without you. Writing her as a femme fatale was 'easy' enough with the setups I already had, but having her face off against a mysterious man with a righteous cause and so much baggage to carry around, especially as the Black Knight before getting to meet him as Myungdae on that bench? Meeting the Black Knight evoked in her this potential of... I can't quite explain it. She's an assassin, a con-artist, but that chess game against Myungdae put her in a new light for me? She seems much more fleshed out, all of a sudden, with deeper motivations, with expressions of sorrow that make me think so much more about her. His class, the way he moves, the way he handles himself, if she ever were to stumble into anything that would reveal that he's an outlaw for good reasons, there's something about getting to figure out how she reacts to Myungdae and Black Knight that is revealing something hidden deep within her. A sense of justice she can't allow herself the luxury of having, the longing of being more than a pawn not just for freedom but also because maybe she wants to be part of something bigger, something good. Maybe she wants to use her skills and fight on the right side for once. It's a very dormant thought, she can't afford looking at it and feel all the frustration that comes with not having the option to follow this path. But even beyond what I'm discovering of her, I just truly love that I get to sneak Sarang a little bit into this verse, THROUGH NELL TOO. Because it's?? It's so very HUGE, it's so incredibly well-written and developed, having any of my muses interact with it makes ME feel like I'm part of something bigger. She truly spends a lot of time thinking about Black Knight, wondering about him, what his deal is, she can't figure him out, but she'd like to.
Nell Jones (@ofgentleresolve tagging even tho it's u so i can Promo™) SAME THING here, not demanding an actual connection, you simply write such amazing characters that they INSTANTLY impact mine; Nell is dragging Sarang through the gutter for the sole reason that, even in those few replies I wrote you, she's forgetting herself. Nell has such an incredible presence, energy when Sarang gets to interact with her, that she has to constantly remind herself of the act she's putting up. It's so easy to get lost in Nell's smiles and awkward demeanour that Sarang constantly analysing it is written out on purpose to underline how hyperfocused she's forcing herself to be, to avoid slipping up and forgetting that she isn't who she's claiming to be, that she can't be allowed to be who she was before Sarang. It doesn't happen often that Sarang will forget... about Sarang. But something about Nell makes her want to. I'M NOT trying to push for anything either, this doesn't have to mean anything, it's just the effect Nell has on her~
Calixtus Orion (@uroborosymphony Lynnie ma chère~) Calista, oh god, Calista, CALISTA!! Have I mentioned -clears throat- -starry eyes- Calista? Lynnie has irreversibly blessed me by allowing me to create a connection to her Calista, this plot, this connection, the dynamic, the fact that I'm obsessed with Calista, everything here is so deep and fucking amazing, I truly lack the words to be able to describe them. She's blessed me with a catalyst, nonetheless. A desire beyond her understandable desire for freedom. Sarang sees in Calista righteous anger, even though she's not kind, even though she's a powerful bloodthirsty unhinged mass murderer and war criminal, Calista is the first in a near endless plethora of encounters to make Sarang feel something, to make Sarang feel human in her inhumanity, make her fear for her life, make her reach for something deep within herself that she does acknowledge but not allow as much outlet as she thinks she does. Yes, Sarang is angry, yes she knows she deserves better, but even that instinct has begun mellowing out, numbing with time. The Sarang we meet today is much more... alive than the Sarang prior to meeting Calista. Sarang had set out to free herself and then nearly lost herself in the drag of routine carried on for centuries. Then, Calista came, powerful, angry, beautiful, and Sarang can't get her out of her head. She's the reason Sarang's fire burns again and no matter who she's with or what she does, she can only bite as fiercely and snarl this powerfully because Calista reinvigorated it within her.
Nakamura Suki (@kamipyre Ferre?? OMG Ferre~ it's you~ ♥) Another God-Tier character design that impacted Sarang two seconds after meeting her. It's violently implied, but did you know that Sarang doesn't have friends? That Sarang never had female friends? That Sarang never got to experience the epic highs and lows of casual friendships? Suki is violently important to her as a character because she's... well, to be honest, simply because of her personality, how she presents herself. Suki drags a part of Sarang out of her that hasn't existed since... before her death? Youthful Sarang, a Sarang who liked to play harmless pranks on San and gang up on him with Hui, who'd get scolded for getting dirty in the internal gardens, who's always been bad-ish at singing but enjoyed doing it in secret just because she was told it was a ginseng thing to do and a yangban lady should not favour the arts (she doesn't, but yknow). Suki makes her... young, energetic. Like she might be allowed to have fun.
Lee Hyuk (@jeoseungsaja ALEX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Here is where Sarang truly gets to shine as the brat she's secretly capable of being. This connection, minute as it may be, AND OBVIOUSLY doesn't have to be official, he simply has impacted her, sticks to my brain like Glue™. Not only because I'm a huge hyurick fan and the idea that I get to interact with both involved parties in this very painful Black Knight verse via the same character, meaning Sarang has met both figures in this fantastic ship that has me glance through the window at you guys just sort of choking on how amazing y'all are, but Hyuk as a whole is completely unlike any personality type Sarang makes herself actively interact with over and over again. She puts up a lot of acts, but when it comes down to it, some just... tire her out. If she were forced to butt heads with Hyuk, she'd probably grow tired of it pretty fast. Truth is, though, she doesn't have to. She just likes messing with him. He's an interesting fella with the most stubbornly kept frown in the entire world, poking and prodding at him to see what might make him burst is fun. Going up to him to mess with his day is like... going to the beach on a day off. It's relaxing and fun. I'm so sorry Hyuk.
Amelia Sinclair (@astremourante Ami I lub you SO SO SO SO SO MUCH) Amelia is... -lies down on the floor- how will I ever be able to explain my feelings for her. Sarang and Amelia are... they're not exactly alike, but they have quite a few things in common that makes it violently interesting to see them face each other. The coping mechanisms, the being made into a weapon, the lack of female agency, the lack of escape, the using charm and physical promises to further goals, the violence. At the same time, though, their backgrounds are very different. Amelia did not have a SINGLE GOOD DAY in her childhood GODDAMMIT AMI; Sarang had been forced into fulfilling Womanhood in a way demanded of her during Joseon but she's never been... abused. Perhaps made to feel slightly lesser, or scolded with cold detachment, but she had a support group nonetheless, she had her older brother as pseudo-father figure, her pain starts when she's effectively an adult. Their trauma is violently different and as such, it impacts them differently, too. So, while they use similar social and actual weapons to fulfil the roles imposed on them, there's no actual guarantee that they'd understand each other as well as Sarang feels they might. There's chemistry here, if I may say that~ but there's also a fundamental misunderstanding on Sarang's part that she's figured Amelia out, or partly at least, that they're very much alike, that now she's just got to figure out who's going to win this game. She underestimates not Amelia herself, but the pain she went through, effectively fooled by how much work Amelia puts into not letting anyone see it. This makes this connection so very fking interesting because Sarang could learn something here, and also because I can't WAIT to see what Amelia's reactions to all this will be, I am obsessed with that woman oh god.
AND.... UH YEAH THIS POST IS GETTING LONG and I think I've covered connections/plots/threads I feel are deep enough that I'm allowed to yell about them, so.... thank you Ferre ♥
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pokemonlunarregion · 9 months
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Zorua and Zoroark, top normal bottom shiny.
How to evolve: Zorua to Zoroark level up to level thirty.
Region: A region of eternal night as scientists created plants that could grow in moonlight, though there is some places that try to create artificial lights for the plants that couldn't grow in the moonlight. The moon still changing to different fullness percents with times there is no moon visible.
Region name: Lunar region.
Type: Dark Fairy.
Ability: Zorua: Cute Charm. Zoroark: Frisk.
Description: These Pokémon get used as inspiration for the looks of femme fatales in media. They often model for artists working on such things. However they are also one of the pokemon who model for various art. They tend to be very showy pokemon and are very tolerant about being dressed up. Trainers will have to work hard to find one who doesn't like being dressed up. They'll even tolerate those with poor or no fashion taste doing the dress up. Though since they are very gently with children, some believe that they tolerate others doing so because they think the one doing so has a child mind; this is mostly believed by those who think they have the best fashion sense like influencers. They are disputed between those who own them for their tolerance with children, and those who believe that they should be dressed up as beautiful as they deserve. Thus there's been a few fights over how this Pokémon should be dressed up.
Zorua is the inspiration behind the woman's cover art outfit of the first femme fatale book. The trainer of this Zorua was also the first to find out about its evolution, due to him battling students in the downtime of them painting inspired by his Zorua; from there the next book had the design inspired by this evolution. It has kept its title of inspiration for femme fatales since and is the main evolution of this line to be used in art inspiration, alongside other pokemon, however those who take their Pokémon to be inspiration tend to not allow evolution. These trainers see this Pokémon as a source of income, and as the inspiration behind some great pieces. So they'd rather take pride in having the previous evolution than letting it evolve. Students who have this Pokémon visiting to model have maybe a fifty fifty chance of the owner allowing theirs to battle. Which strays away from the one who found out the evolution, since he believed that this Pokémon should not be left out of the chances to prove itself in more ways than for their looks. These contradicting thoughts can become a heated debate easily. Some people carry this Pokémon in their purses if there's enough room. These people tend to ignore anyone who thinks it's cruel to do so, they believe that their Pokémon is above walking on the dirty ground this it is comfy up above it. Strangely it is a hard Pokémon to make spoiled so those who go above and beyond tend to run the risk of getting a spoiled one.
Zoroark is used as a model even if it evolves from its previous evolution. It has been seen outside of modeling more than its previous form. It has also been featured in the battle scene, though only one has made it on a team that made it to the top five in the ranked battles; it made it to the top three actually being the reason the trainer got third instead of fourth. This Pokémon is seen to have both beauty and fighting potential... Just not enough to win it a first place or a spot on the champions team. However it does feature in a gym having been raised from its previous form by the gym leader. It helped inspire the gym leader to be how her chair in the gym looks. It will walk with its trainers if allowed out of the Pokémon ball, which is often as trainers can be eager to show theirs off. The status of having battle potential and beauty is seen as some bragging rights.
Lore:
Zorua was once believed to be able to cloak itself in illusions after the first sighting. It's first sighting was by a lost teenager who said she saw it... But it had left after another Pokémon had come along to be with the teen, so the small town believed the teen saw an illusion while low on food. This story was passed on and shared by many, thus the teen went to look for proof of it finding it years later just before giving up hope, so it confused people when it didn't show off any illusion abilities. Despite the pokemon proven to be unable to put on an illusion the story of the teen still gets passed around. It became one of the model pokemon after people thought it looked nice. Some came to believe it believed it was better than other fashion and model pokemon, not needing to prove itself by always looking good, since it didn't care about competition and didn't care about being dressed badly.
Zoroark caused a new hair trend among the people after its discovery for the first time. Its hairstyle is now seen as more of a retro look, such as for die hard Zoroark fans, instead of being a cool fashion trend. A legend was made up about the two beads in its hair being wishes that could be granted... Only for the pokemon to be called illusion liars for not granting wishes when the person who started it couldn't be found... Though for about a year humans would hunt one down in order to steal the beads. Luckily most wouldn't kill the pokemon and just cut off its hair for the beads. The legend later was just dissolved when people's anger subsided. That legend served as a reminder to watch out about believing similar things.
Design inspiration: Beads woven into hair, long poofy or fluffy scarfs, grass skirts, and mostly my own head came up with Zoroark's hair then it went from there.
Lunar region is a region that I have thought about making. I will be making more Pokémon and variants for this region.
Written on my phone so forgive me if I miss an autocorrect.
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ciaossu-imagines · 2 months
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Personalization Prompt #2 – Ghostie
So, from the reader appreciation day of the event, I used the second personalization prompt for the talented Ghostie! She’s always been really supportive of my writing, does amazing stuff herself over here at @rebornologist if anyone isn’t following her, and I hope she’ll enjoy!
BLACK: what face claim from an anime, comic book, or cartoon do I associate with you?
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Okay, so this one was a little hard because there’s a couple face claims I could possibly use and I had to narrow it down to the one I felt fit you best, as you exist in my mind! And that one, as seen above, is Nana Osaki! She has the colouring I picture you as having and the style seems to almost fit if you toss some more pastels in there along with the punk/goth aesthetic!
WHITE: what flame type and box weapon do I think you’d have in the khr!verse?
Oh, this is another hard one. I definitely see you as someone with the potential to use multiple flames, both Storm and Cloud flames, with Cloud being your more dominant flame type. As far as box weapons are concerned, I see you using Cloud dragonflies. Again, I’m basing this off spirit animal symbolism, with the symbolism behind dragonflies being change, transformation, adaptability, joy and lightness of being, and them being a strong symbol of the emotional realm and a connection with nature. That, and using Cloud’s propagation abilities, it’s really damn cool to imagine a swarm of colorful, shimmering dragonflies being used either as an attack or as a barrier.
RED: what aesthetics do I associate with you?
Alt fashion. Well-manicured hands delicately shuffling and then dealing tarot cards. Pastel colours. Low ponytails. Red lipstick. Experimental art and industrial spaces. Converse clad feet striding purposefully down crowded city sidewalks. Colourful Teacups. Late fall evenings slowly ticking away into the witching hour of early morn. Snakes slithering up and wrapping around an arm. Confident grins. The hectic sound of quick typing. Raw sensuality and a lust to experience life in its totality. Fear, respect, and attraction towards the macabre and the deadly, all held in balance. Anubis.
BLUE: what are three songs I’d put on a playlist for you?
WHITE RABBIT, jefferson airplane
FEMME FATALE, x-ray dog
BRING ME BACK A DOG, iamx – just because you’re the ONLY other person I know who knows of and enjoys Dogs: Bullets & Carnage as well and this song is always my go-to whenever thinking or writing about that fandom
YELLOW: what fictional world out of all my fandoms would I picture you in?
Of course, the obvious answer is that I picture you in KHR, right along the Varia babies. But I also can picture you in the Dogs universe, as evidenced by the other personalization prompt and I can pretty easily picture you fitting into the Servamp universe pretty well.
GREEN: who would I pair you with out of all my fandoms?
You already know my answer for the KHR fandom so, for K Project, I ship you with Totsuka. For Dogs, I ship you with Heine or Giovanni. For Nanbaka, I ship you with Uno. For Welcome to Demon School, Iruma-kun, I ship you with Asmodeus. For Bungou Stray Dogs, I ship you with Dazai. For Servamp, I ship you with Tsubaki. For Saiyuki, I ship you with Gojyo. For Eyeshield 21, I ship you with Agon. For Ronin Warriors, I ship you with Ryo. For Kekkaishi, I ship you with Shichirou. For GetBackers, I ship you with Ban. For Black Cat, I ship you with Jenos. For Karneval, I ship you with Hiroto. For Gangsta., I ship you with Galahad. For Bleach, I ship you with Gin. For Naruto, I ship you with Hidan. For Deadman Wonderland, I ship you with Senji. For Ouran, I ship you with Nekozawa. For Durarara!!, I ship you with Izaya. For Yu Yu Hakusho, I ship you with Yoko Kurama. For Gintama, I ship you with Okita. For Mystic Messenger, I ship you with Jumin. For Ikemen Revolution, I ship you with Lancelot. For Blush Blush, I ship you with Poe. For Date Warp, I ship you with Alben. For Hatoful Boyfriend, I ship you with Anghel. For The Outsiders, I ship you with Dally. For Class of the Titans, I ship you with Neil. For Ultimate Spider-Man, I ship you with Flint. For Gravity Falls, I ship you with Robbie. For The Mighty Ducks, I ship you with Portman. For The Covenant, I ship you with Chase. For Jungle Fury, I ship you with Jarrod. For Ninja Storm, I ship you with Dustin. For Mystic Force, I ship you with Xander.
PURPLE: what gif reminds me of you?
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PINK: if you were an AU, what type of AU would you be?
Okay, but because I gush and fawn over your smut writing skills, it’s gotta be a succubus/incubus style AU! Something that gives the opportunity for lots of chances to sin and to write smut, hahaha!!
RAINBOW: if i were to write a khr sequel, following Tsuna’s demise, and could only use my reader’s as characters, who would you be?
I see you as the next Cloud Guardian for the Varia and one of the commanding officers, probably the right hand of the Varia’s boss.
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paper-rose-doodles · 8 months
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Sometimes I think about Seska and I get so angry
IMHO, Seska's character arc encapsulates everything that frustrates me about VOY. Like much of the series, she has amazing potential that never materializes because the show isn't brave enough to go there. So instead, we get a cartoonish "plot twist" and a two-episode arc that makes absolutely no damn sense to wrap her story up and get her off the show.
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God forbid women do anything.
Here's the thing: as a Bajoran and a loyal Maquis, Seska makes sense. She's an extremist with (arguably) good intentions, especially since we know by the time VOY premieres that the Maquis have a good point! The Cardassians are building up their military and will eventually ally with the Dominion in an attempt to subjugate not just Bajor, but the entire Alpha Quadrant. In season 1, she's an excellent counterpoint to Janeway, and it's completely understandable that the Maquis crewmates are sympathetic to the idea of mutiny. After all, Janeway needs them to keep the ship running, but she makes no attempt to respect them as individuals who didn't agree to Starfleet's rules.
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Your ship is about to literally fall out of the sky, but sure, this guy's obnoxious accessories are the real problem here.
This plotline could have paid off in some really amazing stories, where Chakotay and the other Maquis have to decide between Seska and Janeway. Hell, it could have led to Janeway and Chakotay building a command structure that blended Federation and Maquis ideals. But instead, we get the "Seska is really a Cardassian" revelation, which simplifies the conflict and turns Seska into some kind of Cardassian DNA-stealing femme fatale, complete with villainous cackle and idiot henchmen. That way, we never have to question whether Janeway's strict adherence to Federation protocol is the best course of action. We can make Seska the recurring villain and run the show like TNG 2.0.
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"Also, I stole Chakotay's baby batter. I'm not sure why, but it seemed like the evil thing to do."
But here's the thing: on top of being lazy storytelling, it just doesn't make sense.
If Seska had been exactly what she claimed to be - a Bajoran Maquis member - that it would be perfectly logical that she got fed up with playing by the Federation's rules. Defecting to the Kazon is a believable action by this character. In that case, it's also believable that her former Maquis crewmates - like Michael Jonas - would be willing to betray Voyager for Seska. But why would Michael Jonas, who believed enough in the Maquis cause to leave a comfortable Federation life in exchange for a life on the run in the Badlands, be willing to risk everything to help a Cardassian spy? If there's one thing we know about the Maquis, it's that they hate Cardassians.
It almost feels like the Jonas betrayal was written before they decided to make Seska a Cardassian spy. As a result, what could have been an interesting arc with some genuine threats to Voyager's wellbeing is just a monster-of-the-week two-parter starring a disposable crew member. There's never any real danger of mutiny, because the villains are so unbelievable. And then Seska literally explodes.
And this happens a lot in Voyager (not women exploding, though there's a bit of that). The show sets up some really interesting scenarios and doesn't follow through. The pilot sets up a damaged ship with limited weaponry and a feuding crew, but by season 3, Voyager operates just like any other Starfleet ship, with unlimited replicator stores and photon torpedoes. Somehow, all the aliens Voyager trades with have compatible technology and never influence the crew in any permanent way. The idea that Neelix and Kes are the only aliens to want to join Voyager in seven years of do-gooding across a lawless quadrant is ludicrous, but adding more would alter the basic premise here! We can only have two or three aliens that we use for comic relief. Year of Hell was an amazing episode which allowed for some stellar growth...so let's roll back the clock in the last few minutes so that it never happened. Harry Kim has died like three times, but we're never going to talk about it.
I love VOY, please don't get me wrong. But it had so much potential that got thrown away in favor of replicating the TNG formula, where nothing ever changes and the crew are always playing poker or hanging out in a Hawaiian holodeck program by minute 38 of 40. Seska's character could have been a fantastic way to introduce a conflict where no side is 100% right or wrong, but that would have taken away time from a stirring episode about the Doctor programming himself a gallbladder to learn more about being human.
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"I haaaaave STOOOOOOOONNNNNESSSSS!"
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Alright lads I had to a lot ironing out with this character but now SHES HERE. This is Chimera!!! 
I just have a tendency to make real high fantasy, very fleshed out character concepts for this stupid world based on a Christmas movie trilogy. But give me your time and let me tell you about this badass lady right here (Under the cut)
I guess this will also serve as a big ol FUCK YOU to T*m All*n for getting rid of all the crazy fantasy creatures in the series. If Santa Claus exists so does an insane cat/dragon/goat centaur lady alright? Lets get into it
She’s the only one of her species, and the only one in the world who deals with Poison magic. Anything toxic and corrosive is her domain and she’s one of the best potion smiths in the land. You go to her when you want someone taken care of. 
She’s the inventor of the Poison Lipstick. The sexiest way to get rid of your enemies! She’s a real femme fatale, and proud of it.
I was listening to a lot of Doja Cat/Kesha/Ariana Grande/Ashnikko for inspo, so she is A PARTY GIRL. She is LIVING IT UP on the regular, no bar or tavern is safe. and when she parties, she gets ROUDY, she’s a whole force of nature. 
Id like to imagine she’s also a very sexual being, she knows what she’s got and she shows it off.  She probably does Burlesque work on the side, a genuine part of the everyday outfit rotation is just fancy nipple pasties
She only knows Jack by proxy cause she’s friends with Kills, but they get along well enough as Business partners. (Im thinking she's mostly going to end up being a side character overall)
And as confident as she is in herself and her self worth, she tends to intimidate and scare away any potential boyfriends cause of her work with poison and crazy party girl tendencies. And she’s all for casual relationships with guys, but she secretly wants to find some True love for herself. 
A couple characters who gave me mega inspo for her are Megera from Hercules, and Canna from the anime Fairytail. She’s a study bitch, and ill go into her relationships with the other peeps at another time. 
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Flaxy Martin
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For all the great stars Warner Bros. developed, one sometimes wonders if Jack Warner had any eye for talent. Among the actors who slipped through his fingers were Bob Hope, June Allyson and Betty Hutton. He never developed Olivia de Havilland to her fullest potential. Bette Davis only became a star through her own determination, and Humphrey Bogart was pushed through by Hal Wallis. Warner bought Virginia Mayo’s contract from Sam Goldwyn, but it took him nine films to put her into the musicals for which she was best suited. Her first film under contract was Richard L. Bare’s FLAXY MARTIN (1949, TCM, YouTube), and the initial attempt to turn her into a femme fatale just fizzles. She could do good dramatic work with strong directors like William Wyler and Raoul Walsh, but on her own she doesn’t seem to have the resources to carry a dramatic film. Not that FLAXY MARTIN gives her a lot to work with. Zachary Scott is a mob lawyer who doesn’t know his girlfriend (Mayo) is being paid by his boss (Douglas Fowley) to keep him in line. When he finds out a witness who’d alibied one of the gang’s hired guns was paid to lie, he threatens to go to the district attorney, so Mayo helps Fowley frame him for the perjurer’s murder. Most of the cast is hobbled by bad writing, but at least Scott gets some sardonic lines he can work with. Mayo has one line that rings with conviction, talking about singing in a nightclub while men make jokes, but a lot of her other readings sound hollow, and she has one big dramatic moment that’s giggle-worthy.
Bare and cinematographer Carl Guthrie give the film a great, moody look, but with that script it’s like perfuming a corpse. It’s rife with improbabilities and cliches. While trying to kill Scott, hired gun Elisa Cook, Jr. consistently misses him. When he finally can shoot him point blank, he’s out of bullets, so he throws his gun at him. On the way to prison, Scott escapes by jumping from a speeding train. He rolls down a hill rapidly and crashes into a large rock, but only has a few bruises. And he rolls right into the arms of a woman (Dorothy Malone) lonely enough to tend his bruises even when she realizes he’s an escaped convict. This was Malone’s first major dramatic role, and she goes after it with an intensity no bad writing can withstand. Through personalization, she creates a character out of next to nothing. When she looks at Scott with those great, sad eyes of hers, you may wonder if Jack Warner was so besotted with Mayo’s blonde beauty, he couldn’t see that he had a major dramatic actress on his payroll. Maybe that was a problem with Hollywood in general, as it took a bleach job to get Malone the types of roles she deserved.
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enough aa. what about.... karkat vantas, eridan ampora, roxy lalonde (pre and post scratch)?
you always send so many 😰
Karkat Vantas:
First impression: He not nice and shouty
Impression now: Boy, could you care any less? For your own health, please care a little less.
Favorite moment: I WOULD THROW IT INTO LAVA BUT THAT WOULD BE A WASTE OF MELTING.
Idea for a story: Nepeta jumpscare builds a pile/nest around him and he has five cozy minutes for once.
Unpopular opinion: While he writes just in all caps, he is very hard to read, because all caps are hard on the eyes.
Favorite relationship: Karkat & Sollux whatever that was
Favorite headcanon: There are precisely two trolls in the post-scratch crew who know how to cook: Tavros and Karkat.
Eridan Ampora:
First impression: Ew, that is a lot of slime and a lot of issues.
Impression now: That is so much slime and so much issues (affectionate)!
Favorite moment: "killin all those angels is so fuckin hard" "You're not supposed to kill them!" "noww i gotta and im gonna be good at it!"
Idea for a story: A slight AU where he is around post-5xShowdown and helps to kill the )(IC. Actually he has a good plan how to execute that, because he made so much research and preparations from when he was planning to help Feferi take the throne?
Unpopular opinion: His ultimate spiral into the killing-spree was due to his isolation (term loosely applied), which is as much everyone else's fault as his own. And it explains it, it doesn't excuse it.
Favorite relationship: I really like the pre-canon Eridan <3< Vriska in the special flavour of a potential/corrent kismesis going like that blinking meme "fishfuck, that's more than kind of fucked up."
Favorite headcanon: His Fetch Modus is Tide Wave and he has an entire sea captchalogued.
Roxy Lalonde
First impression: What fucked up mind games are you playing?
Impression now: Actually the most normal person in this entire webcomics. Maybe second to Dad.
Favorite moment: A mother always doest the best for her child *pulls out an assault rifle*
Idea for a story: Noirscape thing where she is both the washed up drinking sleuth and the femme fatal. And, quite possibly, also the heist mastermind.
Unpopular opinion: She wasn't a good Mom, but she was a nice Mom.
Favorite relationship: Her and Jake were good sillies.
Favorite headcanon: Pre-scratch she had a shitton of PhD's. Post-scratch she had all that knowledge but no uni to get a PhD at.
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