#then after was the bathtub scene with the second leads lol

[fanfic-me-up]

Birthday Boy || Kaminari Denki

Synopsis: You plan Denki the most epic party, but save the best gift for last 😉

Pairing: Kaminari Denki x fem!Reader

Warnings: M/E+, 18+, explicit sexual content, heavy drinking (but being safe about it)

Word Count: 3.8k

A/N: This is for the @bnhabookclub​ bingo event! Huge thanks to @shoutogepi​ for betaing, u always come thru for my denki content, like where would i be without u 😭 This is for Denki’s b-day (that passed lol) but ima just post anyway so hope you enjoy! 💖

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Denki’s in the corner overlooking the scene in front of him with a drunken smirk on his face. This party is going down as the most epic rager in the history of ragers.  The spacious backyard allowed you to hire a DJ to come in and pump beats through a bad ass stereo system that even Jirou approved of. And she has unbelievably high standards considering her quirk. The bass is turned up all the way that Denki can feel it thumping against his chest.

You took the time to decorate the rest of the yard with canopies and fairy lights, providing a pretty backdrop over the starry sky. Denki’s birthday is in summer so the breeze tickling his skin was just right. People are still splashing in the pool despite it being ten at night.

Denki sees you across the yard, waving goodbye to the taco man you hired. You actually planned the whole party on your own. Denki had no idea how you balanced party planning with late-night work shifts, all the while keeping it a secret so Denki wouldn’t find out.

Then again, it wasn’t that hard to keep it from him, Denki literally heard you on the phone, hiring the taco man for his birthday, and he still didn’t think anything of it. You made sure to invite all of his pro-hero friends. It was relatively tame for the first hour until Sero challenged Denki to a keg stand, and Denki has no shame so there he stood in the middle of his backyard at two in the afternoon, hanging upside down with Sero and Kirishima holding him up, and guzzling as much beer as he could before he toppled over. The Bakusquad all yelling “CHUG! CHUG! CHUG!” and of course, Bakugou had to chime in, saying he could do it for longer. 

And that’s how all the pro-heroes of the future generation that are deemed “noble saviors” by society end up challenging each other to various drinking games. You got the cheap booze, but no one could tell the difference by the third cup. 

“You say… boobs? where...” Mineta slurs, wrenching his guts out into a flower pot. Poor flower.

Oh. Denki just narrated that whole beginning scene out loud. In the third person. Whoops.

Nobody wanted to invite Mineta, but it was Denki’s party so they all stuck it out for one night. After a few rounds of the typical high school party games in which Bakugou took every opportunity to shit all over - 

“Why the fuck… we’re pro… pro-heroes... playin’ this… this... kiddy… sippy cup shit…”

Don’t worry, Kirishima shuts Bakugou up real fast. With his mouth.

“No one shuts me up! You hear… I- I will fuuuck…” Kirishima pulls Bakugou in for another kiss, and Denki peeps some tongue. Go Kiribaku! Mina, of course, came up with the ship name, she comes up with all of them, but Denki loves the ship name you two share the most. It’s what Mina calls… fuck… what’s it stand for? T-O-P? P-O-T? O-T-P? Denki shrugs, thinking it’s one of ‘em, and that he definitely ships you with him all day every day.

Where are you by the way? Denki needs his fill of you, a kiss every twenty minutes dammit! He hangs onto the wall when he walks, the room spinning way too much, but he’s still able to discern you from the chaos. A halo of light surrounds your figure, giving you an angelic appearance, though that can just be Denki’s vision going in and out of focus.

Denki lifts his hands up to his face, as if he were a photographer trying to get the best angle for a shot. You’re collecting empty cups from people and refilling them with water. At least that’s what Denki surmises since everyone groans when you hand them back their cup.

“Oh no, Y/N, Denki’s doing that thing again with his hands where he’s pretending to be a cameraman! Help!”

Denki giggles at the talking broccoli in his living room. Broccoli is such a nice guy, always looking after everyone, he's the number one broccoli for a reason ya know. 

Denki couldn’t have asked for a better girlfriend, I mean, have you seen yourself? You strut over like a model that could end Tyra Bank’s whole damn career, hips swaying in a seductive rhythm to the marching drum of Denki’s soundtrack in his head. Denki really wants to run his hands all over you, dammit, he’s been hoping to get you alone since this afternoon for some birthday sex, but with all the last-minute planning you were doing, it was never the right time.

“Now’s a good a time as any, birthday boy.” You whisper in his ear, making Denki jump when he realizes you caught him narrating out loud. This is why Denki loves you. You put up with all his weird shit.

Denki lurches forward, wobbling slightly, and proceeds to drag you upstairs. You giggle at his impatience, looking around to find the Bakusquad passed out on the couch and definitely staying the night. No way in hell are you letting anyone go home in their inebriated state. Sero is wrapped from head to toe in his own tape after Denki dared him to mummify himself. Mina is curled up on one side of the couch with her makeup miraculously still in place after all the swimming, dancing, and streaking (yes, you heard that correctly, it was a dare) Kirishima and Bakugou are cuddling on another couch, with Bakugou’s head tucked into Kirishima’s arm. Halfway through the night, Kirishima lost his shirt and he’s just been chilling shirtless the entire night. 

“Hold up, this is too good,” you giggle, motioning for Denki to pose in the middle. Denki looks about ready to pass out next to them, with his eyes half-closed and smile so dopey, you’d think he just came back from overusing his quirk. You take a picture of the chaos that is your boyfriend and friends, and decide it will definitely make it into the scrapbook. 

Denki drags you down the hall, like this is his first time exploring the place you’ve shared for the past two years, and leads you into every room.

“Denki, this is the bathroom!” 

“Then why is there a bed?” He looks genuinely confused trying to pull you into the bathtub. 

“Okay, you are way too drunk. Sure you can get it up?” You wonder if he’ll even remember your sexcapades in the morning. 

“I’ll let you be the judge,” Denki pulls your hand to his crotch, which is already rock-solid through his jeans. You bite your lip, teasing the outline with your fingertips, and relishing in every twitch of his hardness. Denki huffs, clearly wanting to get this show on the road, because he throws your hand off and drags you into the next room so fast you trip over your feet.

Denki pumps his arms and shouts “huzzah!” in victory when he finally finds the bedroom, and you giggle at the loveable doof. But, any sign of light-hearted energy vanishes the moment Denki’s lips are on you. Before you know it, you’re pushed against the door, with your thighs spread apart. Anticipation swirls in the pit of your stomach, bubbling at the newfound friction of Denki’s thigh rubbing against your delicate center. He takes it upon himself to rub his cock against the inside of your thigh with absolutely no shame. 

“Eager now, are we?” 

Hell yeah, Denki’s eager, birthday sex is best sex… well, any sex is best sex as long as he’s getting sex. Heh. Denki should take a shot every time he says sex.

“I think you’ve had enough shots to last you till next year, birthday boy.” 

Fuuuuck Denki didn’t know birthday boy was a thing for him, but now he needs every day to be his birthday, just so you call him that. And oh my god who the hell decided criss-cross straps were a good idea? It’s like a fucking maze trying to figure out how to unclasp your bra. You reach around to unclasp it yourself when Denki whines in frustration. He cuts his whine mid-way, when he sees your naked chest, nipples taut and ready to be played with. Just when he’s about to pinch your nipple, you send him for a loop and flip positions, trapping him against the door. And Denki is 100% okay with that too.

“Tell me what you want. I’ll make it the best gift you’ve gotten tonight, birthday boy, ”

You whisper directly into his ear, nibbling and licking at the lobe. You’re awarded with a slurred giggle that brings a smile to your own face. Denki throws his shirt over his head, but instead of it looking sexy like a Taylor Lautner scene in Twilight, Denki ends up getting his head stuck. You torture him for a few seconds by just standing there watching him get his arms tangled in the mix before finally helping him.

He’s still wearing that ridiculous Pikachu party hat Kirishima gave him, and when you try to slip it off, he swats your hand away. You pull his shirt over his head, and come to the conclusion that it’s not true birthday sex if said birthday boy isn’t wearing a 99 cent store party hat. Nothing can stop the delicious tingling making your pussy flutter. 

He pins you with his sudden change of demeanor, even though you’re the one pinning him against the door. It amazes you how he can change from this doof wearing a party hat to 'yeah, fuck me, daddy' in three seconds straight. The electricity sizzling the room is squeezing your heart threatening to burst, as you take in Denki’s unrelenting gaze.

“I want you naked, on your knees, and worshipping my cock, unwrapping it with your tongue.”

You gulp at the unexpected switch, heat pulsing between your thighs as newfound wetness seeps through. A dark tone colors the usual tenor timbre of his voice. You slide out of your jeans and Denki takes his time ravishing every inch of your naked body with his honey-glazed eyes. He weaves his fingers, massaging the roots of your hair, and pulls you down so your eye level with his crotch. 

“And then you’ll thank me for the gift by swallowing every last drop of my cum.” 

Your mouth waters at his bulge on display, and you can’t stop yourself from mouthing him through his jeans. You nose at the rough fabric, biting the zipper and pulling it down with your teeth. You make sure to look up at Denki when you press a teasing kiss to the tip where there’s a wet spot, pre-cum leaking through his boxer briefs. His lips are kiss-bitten red partnered with a cute flush spread across the apples of his cheeks like he’s been out in the sun a little too long. 

You love every part of Denki, you really do, but he’s giving you the sign to hurry up with how he’s literally grinding against your face. His cock bobs, hitting his stomach, when you pull his briefs down; it’s pinker than usual, he’s been horny for a while you think, and it’s leaking so much pre-cum that it’s running down the shaft. You nuzzle your face in, taking in his scent at the most concentrated part of him. You might burst if you don’t touch yourself, but it’s Denki’s night, and you want to focus all your attention on pleasing him. You’re busy having this internal debate when you hear a gruff voice from above you.

“It’s okay, baby girl, go ahead n touch yourself.”

He doesn’t have to tell you twice. You spread your legs enough to trace the outline of your folds and gather enough of your juices to start rubbing your clit in a fierce rhythm. At the same time, you lick the underside of Denki’s cock, following the path of the vein leading up to the head, where you swirl your tongue in circles. You pull off the tip with a pop.

“Birthday boy’s gone quiet,” you whisper, looking up at Denki. It’s true. He hasn’t made a sound which makes you a little concerned he’s not enjoying it. You voice this concern openly.

“Am I doing it wrong?”

He shakes his head, “No, baby, I love it… just… enjoying the view,” his breath hitches at the end. 

Fuck, Denki thinks, how could that even cross your mind? Not when you’re naked on your knees, chest blossomed with different colored hickeys Denki’s left on you from the week before. You’re giving him that doe-eyed look that completely contradicts your naughty actions of suckling his balls. Denki bites his lip when your tongue peeps from your lips to get his cock warm and wet, but what he doesn’t expect is for you to pull away. Denki groans at the loss of heat surrounding his cock. You wipe the spit dribbling from your lips with the back of your hand.

“Babe, I love you and all your weirdness, but I will stop going down on you if I have to hear you refer to yourself in the third person one more time.” 

“But it’s my birthday,” Denki moans, banging his head against the door.

You roll your eyes, tempted to retort with “it’s my mouth,” but pleasuring Denki is top priority, and apparently Denki very much agrees with this sentiment as he forces your head towards his cock. You don’t have time to catch your breath before you’re diving face-first into a mouth full of Denki. Tears spring from your eyes at the shock of his cock hitting the back of your throat, but once you relax your throat and neck, you return to rubbing circles against your dripping clit to the same rhythm of Denki fucking into your mouth. You moan, causing vibrations to thrum around his cock and travel through every synapse of his body. 

“Fuck yeah mmmmm…  just like that, knew you could do it, fuck baby you take me in so good like my cock was made for your tight little pussy and mouth,” Denki groans, unable to filter what’s coming out of his mouth. The sight of his cock going all the way in and out of your mouth, sucking him in almost as good as your pussy, makes his balls tighten and he knows he’s getting close. 

“You like that, huh? You like being stuffed full of my cock? You don’t care which hole as long as I’m fuckin’ into one, isn’t that right, baby girl?” 

You moan in response, eyes rolling in the back of your head, as you chase the high you’re so desperately looking for. The end is in sight, just around the corner. You press your fingers harder against your clit, rubbing intense figure eights, as you choke on Denki’s cock. Your jaw is starting to ache, but you’re at the home stretch now. When you try to pull off to gasp for air, Denki grips your hair tighter, and thrusts his hips forward. All you can do is sit there and take his thick cock, saliva dripping down your chin, mixing with the sweat glistening your chest. Your nose is pressed against his pelvis, so each time you breathe in, the scent of Denki hits you hard, his happy trail tickling the inside of your nose.

“Fuck, baby, you have no idea how hot you look right now touching yourself. Like swallowing my cock turns you on that fuckin’ much.”

The raw power of having Denki above you, saying these filthy things, even with that fucking party hat on, is making your pussy flutter, almost like your body is begging for him to slide into you this instant. As a compromise, you insert two fingers into your pussy and start to rock your hips, riding your fingers in time to Denki fucking your mouth. 

“Ah shit ah… mmmmm you wish it was my cock inside you, huh? Bet you’re so fuckin’ soaked that I’d slide right in.”

You moan in affirmation, your pussy quaking at the suggestion, begging to be filled. The coil tightening your core is about to snap, and your thighs shake in sheer anticipation of the wave of pleasure about to spill. Just when you’re about to come, Denki pulls you out from under him. You only have a moment to gasp for much-needed air before you’re slammed up against the door. Denki slams into you so deep that his cock hits your g-spot on the first thrust. He’s ramming into you so hard that your thigh starts to slip down. Denki picks you up, patting your bum as a signal for you to wrap your legs around his waist.

“Tell me…mmmm fuuuck…how much you love my cock,” he finally grits out, his words getting lost between the sounds of your love-making. 

You didn’t expect to be pleasured tonight by Denki, and honestly, you were completely okay with finishing yourself off, but knowing that he’s taking the time to make sure you’re taken care of when it’s his night turns you on even more. A filthy, squelching sound can be heard every time Denki pushes in, coating his cock with your juices.

“Ah… mmmm… I love your cock, baby - love…  how... mmmm… it fits in my mouth... and fills me up. I love when you’re inside me, and... you fill me up with your cum and there’s so much it drips out… Your cock is the best I’ve ever had… God baby, I feel like it’s my birthday tonight.” You babble in between kisses and moans. 

“I want you to feel good too, baby, now come on lemme hear you scream. I want everyone downstairs to know you’re taking my cock and loving it.”

Both of you are a damn mess at this point. Your hair sticking to your face, and drool dribbling down your chin, but all you can think about is the wave of pleasure about to seize your entire being. Denki feels it too since he starts thrusting at an uneven pace, but still able to hit your g-spot with unapologetic precision, like the sharpshooter he is.

It takes one more deep thrust to topple you headfirst into the abyss of your long-awaited orgasm, and oh does it feel good. 

“Denki! I- oh god- right there! Right fucking there, oh god I-I’m- mmmm...” 

A scream is ripped from your throat, as your back is slammed against the door, your boobs bouncing up and down from the sheer force of Denki’s thrusts. He found his way down to your pussy, making sure to rub your clit with his thumb, so you get the dual sensation. Liquid heat rushes through every inch of you, releasing any and all tension from your body. Denki continues to fuck into you, making sure you come more than once. He groans when your pussy clenches around his dick, but he doesn’t stop riding your orgasm out with you until you’re completely spent. Your body buzzes in the blissful after-effects, but you come back to reality when Denki grunts.

“Fuck, babe, lemme come all over that pretty face.” 

You whine at the dull throb of your pussy, the thought of being covered in Denki’s seed is exciting you despite just getting off. You unwrap your legs from his waist, and make your way down on your knees once again. Denki takes himself in his hand and works himself in overtime with coordination you had no idea he still possessed while being this tipsy. Seeing the outline of his flexing bicep reminds you of how much power he wields over you. You eagerly await for him to finish on you. You lick your lips, hoping to catch any drops of come that land in your mouth.

“Say ah,” Denki pries your jaw open with his other hand. 

“Ahhhh,” you obey, looking up at him expectantly. You run your fingers wherever you can; his arms, down his stomach, his thighs like you don’t know where to hold on to for purchase. He speeds his hand up a little more, his jaw clicks and you see his jawbone protrude, giving a masculine, angular look to his face. Everything about Denki right now screams dominance that you’re wondering if this is even your Denki. You’re taken out of your thoughts when he groans, spilling his seed all over your face and in your mouth. 

“Just like that… fuck yeah… now swallow like the good girl I know you are.”

There’s so much come that it drips down your chest and between your cleavage. He groans at the sight of you covered in his seed, and he makes sure to milk every last drop. You make sure to look up at him when you swivel his cum around like your finger painting, before bringing it up to your mouth and sucking it. You make sure to lick yourself clean, not wanting any to go to waste, and Denki watches with his mouth slightly open and chest heaving, trying to catch his breath, but it’s impossible with the image in front of him. 

Once you finish putting on a show, you get up and take Denki by the hand to lead him to the bed you share. There’s a moment of stillness, electricity still buzzing through the room, but you’re both way too exhausted from the long day to have any energy to really bask in the afterglow. You’re caught up in your own thoughts, but you’re interrupted when you hear a “honk” and catch Denki blowing a kazoo with his party hat barely hanging onto the side of his face. You still can’t believe you came with him wearing that hat; you must really love him. He looks thoroughly fucked out and like he’s just had the best birthday ever. 

Denki’s had the best birthday ever. Period. He turns to snuggle into you, despite both of you being sweaty and sticky. He wants to feel you against him.

“Thank you, Y/N, for today, and for all the birthdays before, and the many others to come. I feel like the luckiest guy in the world being able to spend them all with you.” He trails off as a yawn takes over. You lean forward to kiss him lovingly on the lips. Your noses rub together in that sickly sweet way that everyone secretly loves, but pretends to hate if they see another couple doing it.

And as his eyes threaten to shut, Denki thinks it’s a perfect finish to a perfect night. The end. He faintly hears you giggle, and the last thing Denki hears before he drifts to sleep is-

“It’s only the beginning, birthday boy, only the beginning. Happy birthday, Denki.”

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[lionsloveandlies]

Do you know anything about the movie Performance 1970? If so please would you share your knowledge with us, I find the whole thing so intriguing but know nothing.

Okay I know I received this ask well over a month ago but I rewatched Performance last night and finally feel prepared to talk about it. I'm going to be separating this into two parts; behind the scenes drama and actual film discussion.

Behind the scenes drama:

Okay so the infamous drama that went down that this is known for is that Keith Richards accused Anita Pallenberg with having an affair on Mick Jagger while on set. This almost broke up The Rolling Stones (kind of like how Brian Jones wanted quiet after Anita left him for Keith) but obviously Mick and Keith were able to get over it and I believe not too long after filming Anita found out she was pregnant with her and Keith's first son Marlon. I remember reading stuff that supposedly Keith presumed that the baby might not have been his but christ that boy is Keith's clone.

However I should also mention that initially Marianne Faithfull was supposed to have Anita's role but she found out she was pregnant and had to be recasted (around that time Anita found out she was pregnant as well but decided to have an abortion so she could keep the role - I'm not shaming, actually good for her! there is no such thing as a bad reason to get an abortion!). But I still can't believe Mick cheated on a pregnant Marianne, I know he horribly cheated on everyone he had ever been with but christ Mick, have a little integrity for once in your life! But that same man also cheated on Bianca Jagger so yeah, he's an idiot.

I would also like to add this film was shot in 1968 and I can't imagine how ahead of its time this would have been but Warner Bros execs were apparently incredibly grossed out by the film, in particular the disgusting and filthy conditions of the bathtub that the 'women' (word used in what I read despite the fact Mick Jagger is in that tub as well) were all bathing in. Honestly the filth is what makes the film so much more real and interesting compared to a lot of other psychedelic films from around that time.

The soundtrack for the film was meant to be done by The Rolling Stones as a whole but due to the affair Keith was not interested in doing that and that was when Brian was going through his breakdown after his second drug bust.... so no score from them :( but it's still an amazing score but there are bits that sound, and forgive me if this makes no sense, that sound very Brian Jones-ish. There are aspects of that score that remind me of his contributions, the songs that he had a big part in composing, and even the A Degree of Murder score. I don't necessarily think they were trying to rip him off, I honestly think it helps add to the whole idea that Mick's character Turner is inspired by Brian (and having seen this film 3x I feel like I can see more and more of him in Turner with just a little hint of Keith for balance).

This is a little more silly and I have pointed it out on my blog before but you can see the kaftan Brian wears at the Rock and Roll Circus on one of the clothing racks in the film (also there are behind the scenes photos of Anita wearing it - probably because it's hers and Brian most likely stole it) Here are comparisons:

I wonder if it was revenge for the amount of clothes Anita took from Brian after their big break up... but that's not important. Now onto the film itself.

Film discussion (Spoilers obviously):

I can honestly say I needed the three watches to be able to understand this. I was completely confused the first time around (did not help I took like 3 gummy edibles and it was the second time I had done that... the sound became distorted in parts and the screen was spinning lol) but I still loved what I watched and specifically remember absolutely loving Mick's performance (still one of my favorites) but there are so many layers to this - everyone always seems to hyper focus on the drug aspect and rarely on the sexuality and gender parts of the film. Obviously drugs are a big part of the film - I believe it was one of the film's directors who stated that Performance was made to be a pro-drug film (which is hilarious). But if that was all the film was then it would have been another forgettable psychedelic film much like The Trip (1967) or Psych-Out (1968) (though I do suggest Psych-Out! I love that film) but it goes much deeper than those films do.

With the drug aspect, I like how the psychedelic, tripping scenes weren't like how the other films did it with bright colorful spinning lights all over the place but instead with a kind of ugly sequence that goes straight to the brain - because that's what drugs do, you're not going somewhere else you are entering your own mind. And Chaz, the film's protagonist played by James Fox, sees in his drugged out state Mick Jagger as the role of his boss making references to his sexuality in a sly way while making all of Chaz's associates strip naked. It's all scored to Mick Jagger's song 'Memo from Turner' (love, love, love this song by the way).

Throughout the film the idea of performing comes up a lot (duh it's the title of the film) but specifically the concept of presenting yourself in such a way that it appeases those around you. In Chaz's case it's shown in the film that his whole persona is a performance, that his toxic masculinity and heterosexuality are not really him. That he over emphasizes his attraction to women because that is what he is meant to be but his true self slips in every once in a while, the main visual I remember is his wall covered in nude photos of women but there also being a few photos of boxers that are in great shape and only wearing shorts. There is a character, Joey, that enters the film who has some kind of a past friendship with Chaz but it clearly went horribly wrong as Chaz's boss does not want him to speak to him. But Chaz disobeys and ends up pissing off Joey so he retaliates by destroying Chaz's apartment with red paint (including the word 'poof' written on the wall), beating the crap out of him, humiliating him and trying to get him to admit to his sexuality. He ultimately kills Joey instead because he would rather be a murderer than admit to who he really is.

Chaz and Turner have an interesting relationship to say the least. Chaz, on one hand, seems to be rather uncomfortable by the 'bohemian' lifestyle that Turner and his two girlfriends, Pherber (Anita Pallenberg) and Lucy (Michele Breton), live. Turner and Pherber take it upon themselves to expand Chaz's mind themselves by 1) trying to get him to dress more femininely and trying to get him to admit that it's perfectly fine to feel like you are a woman sometimes (with reference that neither Turner or Pherber fully identify as either man or woman entirely) and 2) drugging him with hallucinogenic mushrooms leading to the musical sequence featuring Turner.

The film implies throughout that Chaz and Turner have some form of an interest in one another, whether it be platonic, sexual, or romantic I think is more up to the viewer (though I would not say it's platonic...) The scene that gets to me while watching is towards the end, Chaz wakes up and find Turner in his bedroom than it cuts to the two of them in bed together and they embrace but then it cuts to reveal that it isn't actually Turner but Lucy (who Chaz thinks kind of looks more like a younger boy than a woman). He does like Lucy but there is a clear sentiment throughout that he wishes it was Turner who did come to his room. Even Turner seems kind of mad that he let Lucy go down to talk to Chaz when initially he wanted to be the one to do that.

In the end when Chaz is forced to leave because his boss finally found him, he makes one final goodbye to Turner (and Pherber) but Turner is insistent that he join him. Turner represents so much to Chaz, he represents what Chaz secretly wishes to be; completely open with his sexuality and gender and not caring if anyone is uncomfortable by it while also being clearly attracted to Turner as well. But Chaz is confused by everything going on (and he has a limited amount of time before he has to leave) and decides the only way he could be happy now is to become Turner. So he kills Turner, there is a quick shot of going through the bullet hole into his mind (similar to the tripping out scenes) and Chaz leaves. The film's ending is Chaz, now played by Mick Jagger, leaving in a car with his boss.

I must admit it took me until this third time watching to fully grasp the ending. Chaz is sick and tired of performing for everyone (i.e. being a masculine, heterosexual man) and the only way to stop that performance is to put on a new performance and become Turner (i.e. androgynous and non-heterosexual) because I don't think he can ever truly be himself. The whole film is everyone trying to get Chaz to be the real him but that's the last thing he could ever want. He'd rather place all these affectations on himself and play a role instead. It's just now this new performance is more aligned with his 'true' identity but nonetheless it's still a performance.

#I have no idea if this is what you intended or wanted from me but here you go anon probably my single most in depth film analysis #I've done - which is sad because I have done quite a few for school but I could never be this impassioned by The Graduate or Natural Born K #illers which I have written essays on :/ #Obviously the film analysis part is mostly my opinion so I hope it's not too rambly #Ask

[inevitably-johnlocked]

Let’s talk about The Twist of Good Omens (Pt. 1 of 2).

This is HALF a meta / scene analysis and praise for the actors, and HALF an Ineffable headcanon following the meta, so I hope you’ll bare with me as my brain spews out this shit that’s been going through it all week. It’s gotten really long, so I’m going to split up the meta / analysis and the headcanon into two separate posts because as I was writing this, it was getting long, and I know some people are here for either/or.

Spoilers follow, obviously.

A little known fact about me (or perhaps well known if you’ve been here for a long time) is that I LOVE the body swap / face swap trope. OBSESSED ABOUT IT. Loved it since I was a kid. I think it’s more the psychology of it that interests me (like I also consider “plopping a brain into a robot” part of this trope too, and the ensuing crisis intrigues me... a lot of my old Sonic fanfiction dealt with this type of thing). That and my innate desire to not be me, but I digress. One of my favourite movies ever is Face/Off... not a fantastic movie by any means, but damn if I didn’t obsess about it because of the psychology of it all. I LOVE watching actors pretend they’re the other actor playing their role. It’s amazing to me.

And AS someone who has consumed this trope like life since as long as I’ve consumed media, it probably took me less than a couple minutes to spot the twist ending in Good Omens. I immediately sensed something was off, mainly in their discussion in the park and  the mannerisms of the characters when they went to their respective places. 

When Aziraphale hesitated on saying “ineffable”  before death showed up, THEN Crowley’s hesitation on what Death’s appearance was, and THEN the “tickety-boo” from Crowley, is when something was niggling at me upon first watch of the scene. I wasn’t REALLY certain about my suspicions until C!Aziraphale and Gabriel were talking in the scene immediately following. Azzie was VERY subdued in Heaven, more like he was just trying to buy time or he was bored, when in the past he would... well, essentially not shut up and try to make small talk when he was confronted by the Gabriel or the other Angels. 

Instead he looked like a man who was lowkey annoyed and bored of being there, like he’s seen it all before. He didn’t question the demon bringing up the Hellfire. Just placid indifference.

It threw me for a loop, and that’s when I said, “Oh, they switched bodies, didn’t they??”. And it’s upon rewatches that I really REALLY became obsessed with this entire ending scene, because that’s when everything sort of falls into place, and you begin to see the minutiae of Sheen’s and Tennant’s acting in these scenes, and ALL the previous mannerisms from their characters are absorbed into each other’s portrayal of, well, each other. Essentially: “David, play this scene the way Michael would play this scene as if he were pretending to be you shamming the demons.” It’s amazing.

Here’s where I need to fucking praise Sheen and Tennant on their acting, because GODDAMN did they ever get each other’s mannerisms down pat, because upon subsequent rewatches, this is where I’m seeing all the clues about the twist ending that are GLARING, and I AM LIVING FOR IT.

So let’s jump back to the beginning of the scene, where they each return to their respective favourite material things: Upon returning, each character, if they were themselves, would have been OVERJOYED by their material items being back in tact. Azzie loves his books, and Crowley LOVES his car. Instead we just see... indifferent satisfaction that everything was restored? It was odd, but not alarming. You could stock it up to them being tired from the events of the day. It was still red flag one, for me.

Now, I’m not going to point this one out as “red flag two” because I can’t recall at all a time BEFORE this scene if this next thing ever happened, and perhaps someone can let me know if they recall before I get a chance to do my fourth run-through of the series: The flavours of ice cream they each end up eating; it would be a tell if they’re each eating what the other normally does. It would be a neat little clue that they each don’t realize they’re really doing that’s out of character. So... red flag 1.5 I will say until confirmation. 

The “tickety boo”, I’m going to label as a Red Flag 2: rewatching the series, we see Azzie uses the phrase when shit’s going tits up. Crowley mocked him for it, but never ever said it other than that one time. On first watch, you just write it off as Crowley picking up Azzie’s phrases, since Crowley says a lot of silly phrases, but upon second watch, you’re like, OH SHIT, wow, it’s totally Azzie, should have seen that.

Then there’s each of them in Heaven and Hell. I already talked about my tip-offs for Azzie, so let’s talk Crowley. A!Crowley was stammering on his speech, in that way that Azzie does when he’s nervous and unsure of himself and he’s trying to formulate his thoughts and understand what is happening. He was SURPRISED about Michael working with the demons, because – even though he saw Beelzebub and Gabriel interact, he had no idea how twisted in their own schemes both sides were. This is uncharacteristic behaviour for Crowley, I think anyway, because he would know that some of the Angels get away with all kinds of shit and STILL never Fall. Azzie... ahh, I love him, but I don’t think he would.

And A!Crowley STOOD like Azzie would... Crowley has this... way he sort of stands still (ie. trying to be cool but he’s really not). He wasn’t doing that at all in this scene. And the fact he was concerned about his clothes getting ruined? Yeah, when has that ever stopped Crowley? It was sort of a sweet thing that  this Lovely here pointed out and I only remembered about it when I read this post. Azzie didn’t want Crowley’s brand new coat to get ruined, aww. 

Jumping back to C!Aziraphale, still super quiet and indifferent and almost ANNOYED at the proceedings, and not once does he stammer at all. Azzie always stammers (a little more than his usual speech patterns, anyway) when facing the Angels, especially Gabriel, but this is legit the first time he doesn’t. Just smart-arse remarks and a “devil may care” (hur dur) attitude about the proceedings. 

I think I was 90% sure about my theory about the twist when the the bathtub scene that follows appears, because it didn’t really make sense to me in my head that the Holy Water WASN’T doing anything. The demons later surmise it’s because they’ve “gone native”, but are they really sure? Hmm. Anyway, this whole scene is HILARIOUS to me upon rewatch, because it’s now Azzie CERTAIN that he can’t be harmed here from the punishment even if he’s wearing Crowley’s face, and he FINALLY lets himself BE his own person. Funny how him seeing through a demon’s eyes is WHY he finally lets go (which, you know, is kind of what happened with Crowley 6000 years before... realized the world wasn’t fair and it wasn’t going to treat him with kindness). He finally understands Crowley, I think, in a way, because of this incident. 

Azzie is FINALLY certain and unafraid of being himself. He no longer stammers, and literally strikes fear into the demons in the dorkiest of ways and THEN secures Crowley’s future of being left alone. That tiny little thing there is really sweet and so Azzie. 

As for C!Aziraphale, he’s a dramatic bitch in the Hellfire to scare away the Angels. And though it’s not seen, I’m certain Crowley would have guaranteed Azzie’s safety in the same way that Azzie did his... I’m just assuming since it’s alluded to in their final park-bench conversation.

And – segue! – as we switch back to the park bench scene, I think this was when I was, on my first watch, all “yep, they switched”. Look at even just the camera pan-in: they’re sitting on the wrong sides (Crowley has ALWAYS sat to Azzie’s left-hand side), and Azzie is slouching. Azzie NEVER slouches, just as Crowley is never straight-backed and proper when he sits. I absolutely adore Tennant playing a reassuring-Azzie so beautifully, and then the uptick in the intonation of “Anyone looking?” is SO Aziraphale, that if you hadn’t picked up the clues by now, that should have set you off, as well as... why would Aziraphale know if “anyone is looking”? Crowley has ALWAYS been the one who’s able to sense other beings around, and I feel like it’s BECAUSE of his status as a demon that he can do this (as a former angel, it might be a “skill” he retained when he fell, and then gained the skill to sense other demons, so then he would be able to tell if either-or are around, whereas Azzie would only be able to sense love, happiness, and other angels, is my theory).

AHHH And then. AND THEN, Sheen’s impersonation of Tennant’s speech patterns when he says “Right. Swap back then?” and then with the face he makes. It’s ALL Crowley right there. GAWD, perfection.

I love their little interaction after the switch... Azzie is just SO DAMNED PROUD OF HIMSELF, WHAT A PRECIOUS CINNAMON ROLL. And Crowley is enamoured by it all. He VISIBLY sees the change in Azzie, what seeing the world through Crowley’s eyes has done to him. So much so he chances to ask Azzie out, and he FINALLY accepts, no hesitation.

AH. That’s a WHOLE other meta in-of itself.

Next, Part 2, is my head canon for the lead up to this scene. It’s more of a musing than anything else, spawned by a thought I had about why are they able to switch so easily... and how did they know that they could? It won’t be nearly as long as this so I should have it up in a few days when I have a free moment :)

Anyway, I’d love for y’all to add your own thoughts or expand upon mine here if you’ve anything to say!

Cheers everyone, and welcome new people to my blog that my other GO meta may have enticed you to here <3 We’ll see how many meta this show squeezes out of my brain, probably not nearly as much as Johnlock does, but there we are, LOL <3

#good omens #go meta #go final twist #spoilers #go character analysis #go scene analysis #my meta #my thoughts

[coffeeandcalligraphy]

Holy Hands | Houses With Teeth Update #2

HOLLA guess who’s back for another writing update!

If the title of this update seems unfamiliar--Houses With Teeth, what? who? when? why?--that’s because the last time I talked about this project on here was the first time, back in July! For a refresher, check out THIS very rambly post where I “intro” the project (very minimally as I had no idea what I was doing).

I still don’t know what I’m doing *exactly* but have made a semi-break through with this project and felt inclined to share. The last I spoke about HOUSES WITH TEETH at length was to vaguely describe what the project was. This book for those who don’t want to read the previous post, is the seventh book in my (very ongoing) series, Fostered. This book comes along five years after writing the first book in the series, after a major writing revolution.

I haven’t shared much about this on this blog because I wasn’t sure how to, but I really struggled with this project. HWT comes as the book after Rewired (book 6), which I finished drafting in March-ish of 2019. From then, until two days ago, I had no idea what I was doing with the series--if I could even continue it, and how I would continue it with all the changes my writing evolution presented. I chose to distract myself/keep busy with Moth Work, a spinoff of this series and my current novel, however, HWT sort of nagged in the back of my mind for many months. 

HWT is actually one of the reasons I ended book 6 so hastily! After getting a few ideas for new scenes, I fell in love with the idea of writing my protagonist Reeve in a city by herself, with new people we’d never met before. These rose-coloured glasses worked to my detriment, as the premature idea took over my decision-making process before I could properly understand what I wanted from it. 

After the end of Rewired, I thought everything was all fine and dandy! I had a new novel idea set up, ready to be written whenever I wanted. But something unplanned happened--I didn’t end up returning to the project. This is mostly because my desires for the book--whether to write it as a “real” book, or continue it as a semi-disjointed Fostered book (which isn’t shade to my past books, just the tea loool)--started to conflict. Though I started many openings (about 3k words of first scenes), nothing was sticking. I felt like I was misjudging my main character Reeve and making her more of a caricature than she really was. I feared I forgot who she was, and that her story was ending (scary!). 

This is where I (recently) found the root of the problem. My mischaracterization of Reeve worked against me, as I’d done exactly what I’d feared doing--misjudging who she was. It had been a long time since I’d written with Reeve, a character I’ve written with since I was thirteen, and though I felt I knew her, I also felt like I’d lost her in translation. While I was back home a few weeks ago, I began re-reading a few passages of book six to get a feel for a character, which helped, but didn’t cause any revelations. 

It was only a few days ago, when I helped @sarahkelsiwrites crack the plot of her novel that I felt an itch to try to crack mine as well. I first did this by paging through my (very minimal) notes for the book. This notes document consists basically of only two scene ideas I had that were a few thousand words long. Somehow, re-reading them helped me realize Reeve’s priorities, but most importantly, how much this book focuses on her vulnerabilities. It made me realize the root of her flamboyance toward the end of book six, and where her genuine side resided. 

So this leads to the actual update! 

Let’s first chat setting, y’all. This was a hard call to make, because I’d initially determined Reeve was going to be in NYC at the start of the book. The problem is, I’m *very bad* at writing real places, especially places I don’t personally know well. The thought of having to engage a five character cast (which seems small, but in a big city where they could be doing other things, feels big), and also have to write in this city accurately made the realism of this book too much for me to handle. I’m all for realism! But I wasn’t prepared for the culture shock that was “welp these books used to take place in an unknown unlocated subway station” to “so this book takes place in a real city”. It made too many things too real for me, the time period included (which is another crisis)! Setting this whole book in NYC overwhelmed me and I knew I wouldn’t do it justice. 

The problem is, I’d planned this entire book around NYC. At the start of my initial plan of HWT, Reeve is supposed to live in an apartment above a bakery with two housemates who I’d already sort of gotten to know! I couldn’t just throw all of this away, especially since I’d set Moth Work in a direction toward NYC so everyone could meet up easily. So what did I do? After reading those initial notes I mentioned above, I made it all backstory. ;) And boy! Did this also crack the book open. 

This was the first revelation I had with HWT 2.0. Allowing myself to move the book out of this setting, but still have the important parts got me to ask myself why Reeve would move to a big city with a new identity, and oh, did the pot start stirring ITSELF. I then decided to create a smaller town just outside of NYC where I can run amuck, lol. The town’s name is Wicker (for now) which I don’t dislike, though it hasn’t grown on me. I’m very bad at making up town names, and after many attempts, I settled for a very real word?? Lol.

This post is getting long, so I won’t explain the story unless y’all want to know, but I came to the decision that in this town, our fave soft boi Foster would have a nice house and his ideal cottagecore life, and all would be SWELL. Until!! This leads to our very hasty summary:

After escaping a toxic relationship, twenty-year-old Reeve disappears for the second time in one summer. She’s drawn to Wicker, a mealy town outside New York City, whose disappearances of affluent girls has caught her attention. The day she arrives, a sinkhole buries one of them in the front yard of her new home, a fixer-upper she shares with estranged friend, Foster. Quickly she falls prey to speculation by herself and others, who try to connect her to the tragedy. And even stranger, false recognitions as the girl in the ground, and the many other missing Wicker girls make her feel more and more like one of them--these alluring unknown women. 

(A huge thanks to @sarahkelsiwrites​ for literally cracking this book open for me, and for all the conversations we’ve had regarding this project! Literally this book wouldn’t exist without Sarah!)

Now let’s get into the first thing I wrote for HWT 2.0!

Holy Hands is the prologue of Houses With Teeth, and marks a milestone for the first prologue I’ve written! 

This prologue was a very impromptu thing. I drafted this a few days ago, and immediately felt something I’ve never felt writing any of the other (many) openings I’ve tested for HWT. It felt very right, but most importantly, I felt like I had Reeve back. It’s very possible for your own characters to hide from you (which is how I felt with Reeve), and though it’s taken very many months for her to really reveal herself to me, I’m so happy I’ve waited because I’ve never been so stoked to write her. 

As y’all know, Reeve is a bit of a no-bullshit kinda gal. The last chapter you would’ve seen her in, she was lounging in a motel bathroom drinking margaritas on her own and you know? We love that for her! Except, after that chapter, I couldn't figure out who she wanted to be--the ‘no fucks given’ woman in the bathtub, or the vulnerable, porous person she often was in earlier books. I love no fucks given Reeve, however, I think I got caught up in her no-fucks-givenness that I missed the time she does give fucks (which is! often!). This prologue really opened me up to her, and I feel a closeness to her that I haven’t felt in a long time. 

The prologue itself is rather short. It’s about 1300 words pre-edits, and I wrote it in! one! sitting! A phenomenon! We begin as Reeve is getting out of a taxi to enter her new home, AKA her old pal Foster’s house. She invites herself after a horrific encounter that scares her out of NYC and closer to her old pals (who she’s estranged herself from). Reeve outlines first, the disappearances of these affluent girls, and then fixates on Irene, her future housemate, whom Foster describes as many things that summer. Reeve is semi shook by Irene because she’s startlingly pretty and also startlingly looks like?? her?? (Reeve is just into herself? Who knew?)

Excerpts:

Here are a few excerpts from the prologue that I kinda dig! Here is the first paragraph:

Four girls went missing the summer the ground opened up. I was the unofficial fifth. They were girls I knew, in some iteration at least. Girls who wore their hair down, collars up. Anklets from their football boyfriends, like voguish ball-and-chains, pretty lingerie no one would see for at least another decade. Things I’d never worn, but wanted to wear. They were wealthy girls with the kinds of parents who dressed them in tights and midi-skirts, sent them to boarding schools, paid for piano lessons just to display a trophy. Girls with parents who wanted synthetic children. Girls who lusted over the romance of marriage—the ultimate form of female liberation. Girls who cast spells with each other and chose their friends based on zodiac signs, the amounts of vowels in their names. Girls who kissed each other in secret and stayed missing until they wanted to be found. None of them knew me.

This is a description of Wicker (CW: a bit of a gory descriptor):

That summer was pallid and bitter. Wicker sat in a valley an hour outside of New York City, and rarely caught sunshine. The locals explained it had always been like this—anemic, unexciting. Women came here to raise quieter children, and those quiet children threw stones at each other’s eyes to see who’d go blind first. The first one who did was found floating face-down in the creek behind the church and the women and children left hastily. It worked in waves like this: people coming, people going. Wicker was empty and both full—of the dead, and alive. I’d chosen it for this reason. 

Here’s an excerpt that comes right after the previous (all of these actually make up the first three paragraphs lol, TW: eating disorders):

The cabbie I’d given the last of my savings to took my bag out of his car trunk and walked it up to the house. It was one of the few nice days in Wicker, one of the last while I was there. Sunshine slit my face in two as I watched myself in the cab’s reflection. I reached for my cigarettes and realized too late that I’d left them back at the apartment. That summer, I was the thinnest I’d been. The hollow ache of me more of a victory than a loss. I know why I stopped eating in those first two weeks, why every meal Foster would later serve me in that house felt cryptic, and it had something to do with the body they never fully recovered. I wasn’t hungry when I’d gotten to Wicker; I wasn’t hungry for a long time after.

Some Foster gentleness (I missed him!):

Chickadees chattered in the birdfeeder Foster had set up a week earlier. Though I hadn’t been on the road long, the drive had exhausted me. The midafternoon clouds pilled, hardly overcast, something I’d come to miss when the sun stopped coming. He hadn’t invited me to live with him, but didn’t object when I called to say I’d be coming up. It was the first I’d spoken to anyone who knew me as Reeve and not Evie in half a year. That day, he greeted me from the porch and took my single carry-on from the cabbie with a boyish thank you. It was one of the last times I’d see him wear it—his bashful gentleness, like he always felt the need to apologize even when everything was brilliant. 

Here’s an intro of Irene, where the chapter title comes from:

Irene sat at the kitchen table inside the house. I caught her in glances through the doorway. The first thing I thought was that she’d look better as a blonde. A small thing who held her mug like she was holding a holy object. I’d later be haunted by those hands when I remembered how they looked by the time she was partly pulled up. Foster described her as many things to him over the course of that summer: a housemate, a partner, a friend, sometimes just a person he knew. She was reading something, something French—I could hear her reciting parts of it, at times loudly, like she knew she had an audience, at times at just a whisper, the most personal parts, I later found. I’d translate the line I’d heard most prominently later: Don’t let the house consume you. 

“Cigarettes?” I said to the cab driver as he was nestling back into his car. When he didn’t hear me, I knocked on his window. The sound of it made Irene’s head bob to attention, though only for a moment. “Cigarettes?” I mimed smoking one when he only blinked at me. We spoke minimally on the drive up, though I learned more about him just by looking. Two daughters, their pictures pasted neatly on the dash. Candy coloured flyers for take-out restaurants jittering against the AC’s shutter. In all that time, I hadn’t learned his name.

When he rolled up the window, I had to jump back so my nose didn’t get clipped. The sun shifted through the glass in wisps, like cobwebs, and my face disintegrating from the surface of the glass was the last thing I saw before he zipped away.

I was surprised to see Irene standing on the porch next to Foster when I looked up. My cheeks warmed. The cabbie’s drive-off had embarrassed me, and I realized how I looked to her, a woman I didn’t know, that I already wanted to know. A bit pathetic. Frazzled. A city person who couldn’t navigate a city. A weak woman—already needing a fix on her first day of a new life.

“I’m quitting,” I said, even though she hadn’t said anything. In the sunshine, she was prettier than I wanted her to be. Her hair hip-length, a length I’d always been too impatient to achieve. Wearing a camisole and a midi-skirt. Pearls in her ears, like the others wore. In New York City, she would’ve been plain to me. The kind of girl I would’ve marked up with a pen in a magazine. Outlining her hips as to say they weren’t good enough, squiggling over her eyebrows because her face was too pretty for a body so average. It wasn’t long after she was gone that I became mistaken for her.

And here’s a bit from the very end of the chapter:

The ground opened like a cracked egg, so slow at first, I didn’t notice. Some say she pushed me. Others say it was the other way around. It melted under us, and one minute I was thinking about how embarrassing I was, how crude it was to still be addicted to cigarettes, and the next, there was a belly in the ground and Irene was somewhere in it. Her dark hair wisping around her, like a tornado. How I thought she’d look better as a blonde. Holy hands, camisole, midi-skirt, pearls in her ears. This was all I’d ever know of Irene. A body was found the summer the ground opened up. I still don’t know exactly who she was.

So that’s it for now y’all! Obviously lots of stuff is subject to change, but I’m finally feeling confident with this path (if I scrap all of this you will know lol)! I’m very excited for this book, and hope to take some more notes on it soon to see where it will go. For now, I’ve got an idea for the first chapter I can play around with, but I hope y’all enjoyed this little piece so far!

--Rachel

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[seriefic]

3000 Dreams (Chapter 4)

Sumary: Is the return of the past good or bad?

Warnings: Angst, Death, Blood, Mentions of religion.

A/N: English isn´t my first language. This story are scenes that have been appearing in my mind, chapters are going to be LONG. There are mentions of Islam since the main character is going to be a muslim (i´m muslim myself, not really practicing but everything is written with respect) and the story does not follow the timeline of the series. I hope you like it.

Tags: @supernaturalvikingwhore​  @lol-haha-joke​  @naaladareia​

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Ivar laughed, he laughed as if seeing his brothers with shattered faces was fun, the funniest thing he had witnessed in years and laughed because he had shown everybody that he was right, he had reaffirmed his power, so in front of the whole world he humiliated his brothers, to show that they should follow him if they wanted to emerge victorious from that situation.

-Now are you going to learn to listen to me?

-Ivar, I continue ..- Ubbe was going to answer him, you knew that with an answer that would not please the younger so you stepped on him to make him shut up and he did so, Hvisterk remained silent, with his head bowed and fists clenched in rage.

When the self-proclaimed king of York decided that the humiliation was enough, you all left the room, you entered the room following Ubbe and the first thing he did was throw one of the jugs with water against the wall, you sat on the bed watching as he moved from side to side and threw some things around the room

-You should take a bath -You said calmly approaching him and untying one of the knots that tightened his gray shirt

-Why are you so calm? what Ivar is doing will lead us to disaster.

- I am not calm, I am enduring the desire to shout at you for having returned with a shattered face after I told you not to do it, so now pay attention to me, stop breaking things and take a bath- Your hands on his cheeks, making sure he looked directly at you and listened to your words well.

-Well-he threw aside his clothes and went to where you had already prepared a bathtub with hot water for when he arrived. You knew that his return from the failed negotiation attempt would mark a before and after in the dynamics of power between the brothers, but you decided not to comment anything, you didn´t want to add more problems and stress to his head, you really wished that his greatest concern was if the land was fertile or not and you could live together and calmly. 

You hadn´t said anything to him but you really wanted that adventure to end and to be able to live peacefully in a cabin or wherever the Vikings lived when they were engaged in agriculture.

-Are you going to tell me what you want to tell me? -Asked the man tilting his head backwards, at the edge of the bathtub to look at you, you took advantage of his posture to kiss him on the forehead and slipped your hands towards his chest, introducing them into the water, hugging him.

-I just want you to be safe and if that means that at the moment you obey Ivar with your eyes closed, do it.

You watched the battle from one of the towers, Ivar was next to you, observing everything satisfied by how well the plan worked.

- Are you going down? - You asked to seeing he was going to the stairs of the tower leaning on his crutches.

-I want to fight too.

-Okay, be careful

-I don't need to be careful- Before you would have enjoyed Ivar's company, you liked how he talked and how direct he was, but now you could only describe the interactions between you as uncomfortable and cold, even when you made an effort to be kind and try to empathize with his ideas, everything It felt strange.

You looked back at the small window from which you watched the battle, you tried to be calm but the reality was quite the opposite, your heart was almost out of control and you needed to control your breathing to keep calm, you could only hear the noises, see some banners and see some groups that moved together, but you didn't really see anything, you weren't able to distinguish those who were fighting at the time, the darkness and the rain made the vision and battle much more violent and impossible and you just expected it to end quickly.

After a few hours the sounds of the battle perished and from your position you could see some vikings walking calmly, dragging some bodies, you assumed that it was over but when you were going away to leave you saw something that caught your attention and froze the blood of your veins.

Running down the stairs to the street and through the mud that mixed with the blood you ran to where you thought it was what had caught your attention.

- (YN)? What are you doing out here? -Hvisterk grabbed your arm to stop you, making you stumble and almost lose your balance

-I .......- You were going to answer but one of the bodies that were lying face down moved and grabbed the prince's leg, receiving a kick from him, the dying body of the man was sideways and immediately you recognized the clothes he was wearing.

-No-you yelled at Hvisterk when he was going to nail his sword to finish killing him but he was faster than your voice.

-What? -He looked at you as if he had not just killed a man and you crouched down next to the body, trying to analyze if what you saw was true.

-What are you doing? -Said Ubbe approaching you, with his ax still in his hands

-Ask her-

-Were there more people dressed like that?"-You asked and Ubbe nodded, you got up suddenly, 

-Are there still some alive?

-Yes, we have captured some, they are in the square, why?

-They are part of the emirate´s army, they are the African troops, my father's troops.

-Oh shit, do you think your father is here? -You went away, trying to contain the desire to throw up that had suddenly invaded you and Ubbe guided you to the square, you prayed mentally for your father to be among the survivors, you saw many men but none known, all were sitting in a row and tied to each other and the last in line tied to a pole.

You watched all the men, one by one and your father was not among them, but you stopped at one who kept his eyes lost on the ground, his head in another world and his face covered in mud and dried blood, but still with All the dirt, you recognized it.

-Nabil-you whispered and that whisper seemed to bring him back to reality, to York, to be chained with the soldiers who had survived in front of the watchful eyes of the Vikings.

- (YN) -your name came out of his mouth almost inaudible, he looked at you as if he couldn't believe his eyes

-Ivar -You called the man who watched everything from the height- Can you free him? -You asked pointing to Nabil

-Whyi would do that?

-Please, just him.

Ivar looked at you and leaning on his crutches, even with his face bathed in blood he approached you and Nabil and then his brother who looked behind you watching the scene, with his jaw clenched and his fists clenched around his ax.

-Okay, you can keep it, RELEASE HIM- He shouted and two men approached to fulfill his orders, when he was released he fell forward and you quickly ducked into the mud to hold him.

-Help me to lift him - you asked Ubbe, who stood still a few seconds before approaching you resigned and helping you lift the man.

You cleaned his face carefully, with the help of Helga you had taken care of his wounds and Nabil already looked like a completely new man, your whole body was shaking, you didn’t know what to do or say in front of him..

-Aren’t you going to get in trouble for helping me?- He asked sitting on the edge of the bed next to you.

-No, don’t worry- your words came out shy, as if you didn´r really wanto to talk about it and that was the truth, how would you explain to him your actual situation?-Why are our troops here?-you asked changing the subject.

-The Emir made a deal with the Vatican, they would calm the Christian revolts in our territories if our army helped England and France to protect themselves from Viking invasions.

-Why isn´t my father with you?

- (YN) -Nabil took your hand and looked at you in silence for a few seconds -Your father died a few months after you were kidnapped, his heart couldn´t stand it.

-No-you said in complete state of disbelief with a lump in your throat and tears starting to fall down your cheeks- no

-I’m sorry -he said hugging you to try to comfort you, but it was impossible to find comfort at that moment, your heart had just broken, you heard how the door opened and you didn’t need to turn to know what Ubbe was, you separated from Nabil and dried your tears.

-I’ll be right back- you said and walked to Nabil who was leaning by the door watching you, you left the room and Ubbe followed you out.

-How is he going?

-He´s okay, they weren’t major injuries.

-Why are they here? Fighting with the Christians?-”He asked without looking at you, looking at the door behind which your friend was.

-The emir made a deal with the Vatican, they are here in exchange for the Vatican calming the revolts of Christians in the emirate.

-I will inform Ivar.

-Ubbe, can I ask you a favor?

The Viking pursed his lips and took a deep breath before nodding because he knew what you were going to ask him - Can we let him go?

-That’s not my decision (YN). Do you know that the only reason Ivar lets you take care of him is because he wants you to get information right?

-Please try it.

-Do you still love him?

-Ubbe …- his name came out as a complaint-I love him as a friend and a brother, he has been by my side for most of my life, so if I can free him, I will.

-We named her after you and she´s an exact copy of Hurrem, it seems that she is her father and mother -he said explaining how his daughter was.

- she has red hair too?

-Of course and the green eyes and her bad character- You laughed at the mention of your friend’s bad character but he started coughing and quickly got up and went to one of the water jugs in the room that Nabil shared with other wounded.

You were concentrated changing the glasses when you felt some hands around you, caressing your belly and a chin resting on your shoulder, you leaned on the body that hugged you from behind while you finished serving the water, when you finished you separated from Ubbe and turned to look at him.

-What? - You said seeing his expression, which could go through that of a naughty child.

-Nothing-his smirk told you the opposite but you passed by him and offered the water to Nabil, when you returned to sit where you had been at his side and the gaze of your friend passed by you to settle in Ubbe, you noticed why the prince had smiled like that.

-What happened to you? Did they make you a slave? -he asked doubtfully, although because of the way he looked at you, he already knew the answer.

-No, I’m a free woman

-Free in everything? Even to allow that man to touch you.

You left the plate in your hands to the side and looked at him, swallowing saliva to try to find the words -Many things have happened and there are things in my life that have changed, I am in love with Ubbe and for the moment I want to stay with him -you paused a little and your gaze settled on Ubbe, on the other side of the room, with a glass in his hand and his eyes lost on the wall - I don’t think I’ll be back soon.

- What about Hurrem and me?

-I love you Nabil but it´s the same love i feel for Hurrem and now I'm living, when I was at home you know how I felt, here I don't have to worry about being judged for any mistake, they don't care.

Nabil nodded slowly listening to you, I knew that I did not agree with your decision and although you had not explained everything in detail, he had understood the limits that you had already broken with your relationship with Ubbe, Nabil was a man of God, he was pious and devout and he also saw you that way, so you could see perfectly how his face was reflecting disappointment at the new discovery about your life.

-At least you pray?

-Of course, my faith is still intact, simply because of the circumstances I don't comply with all the rules

-I hope God forgives you, I will pray for it

-I hope so too

It was late when you left that room, Ubbe was gone before you. Tired, you dragged your feet down the hall, feeling heavy and apathetic, the conversation with Nabil had left you feeling uncomfortable, you knew your relationship with Ubbe was wrong, forbidden but I was hearing it from someone's mouth, even if it wasn't directly was different.

You had not rested anything in the last days, every time you closed your eyes to sleep you woke up crying or needing to vomit, but That was not the worst, the worst was that Ubbe was never by your side when that happened. Ivar had managed to keep him busy even at night and you wanted to have him by your side, to calm your discomfort and because you were aware of his jealousy because of Nabil. 

That time you were lucky, Ubbe was in the room and that was enough for you, you lay next to him and curled up in his chest, the man opened his eyes to feel the contact and wrapped his arms around you, you just wanted to sleep peacefully for one night

You woke up because someone threw you out of bed, the surprise and the hard blow against the ground left you stunned, the next thing you felt was how someone dragged you along the floor to the door while you shouted and revolted trying to let go and know what was happening, you were sure that your screams could be heard all over the hall and you expected Ubbe to appear at any moment but it wasn´t like that, the person who was dragging you and the one you had not yet seen the face put you standing at the end of the hall and several torches lit up in front of you, letting you see familiar faces, Ivar, Hvitserk, Harald and Ubbe were there.

You tried to move forward but the man who had dragged you there held you by the two arms and at the least movement you made pulled you violently to keep you still.

-What is happening?- You asked scared and confused, waiting for some explanation from the familiar faces in front of you.

- (YN) You are detained for treason

-WHAT?

-You have let all the prisoners of the African army escape and they have stolen one of our boats- Ivar was the only one who spoke and didn´t sound surprised at all, spoke as if he were only saying "Good morning" with a big smile on his lips.

-I haven’t done anything, I’ve been sleeping all this time-You paused realizing that Ubbe was in front of you- In fact...i was sleeping with you, SAY SOMETHING- you yelled at him losing your temper and patience.

-Some men will inspect your room, if we find the keys from the chains and the cell there, it will be shown that you are guilty (YN) -Hvitserk spoke, looking at you with grief, you looked at Ubbe who did not look at you and called him but he didn´t raise his head.

You were locked in one of the cells where you cried alone for the rest of the night, until you heard the door open, you didn’t turn around, you didn’t want to see who it was, so you remained leaning against the wall looking at the small window through which you could see that it had already dawned.

- (YN) - You heard Helga’s voice - I brought you water and some food, how are you?

You turned to look at her and she crouched down to hug you, you hugged her as if she were your salvation -Helga, I swear to God that I have done nothing.

-I know, I know, I believe you but the situation is difficult, I come to warn you that they have found the keys in your room.

-That’s impossible.

-Floki and Hvitserk don´t believe that you have anything to do with the escape, we will find who it has been.

-And Ubbe?-sweetheart ...- She started talking, stroking your hair -he ... i think ....- her words were cut, unable to form a sentence because I didn't know what to tell you.

-Helga, I think no one has given you permission to go down here -Ubbe´s voice startled you both and Helga gave you one last hug and got upand went past Ubbe hitting him with her shoulder before leaving.

Ubbe entered the cell and sat in front of you, leaning against the opposite wall - The keys were in your room.

-Do you really think I would betray you?

-I don’t know, maybe you wanted to go back to Nabil but it went wrong and they left you here.

His words sounded bitter and poisonous and it hurt, it was incredible how your chest could sink deeper and deeper with each event, every time you thought you couldn’t feel worse, one more piece was broken.

You got up and Ubbe did the same, you stayed in front of him -Ubbe you don´t remember? I told you to promise to take me back home when I asked for it and you accepted, WHY WOULD I WANT TO ESCAPE FROM A PLACE IN WHICH I AM NOT OBLIGATED TO BE?

.-You may have released them because they are your people, it would be normal that after seeing Nabil you would like to return.

-Why would I want to go back to a place where I have nothing? My father is dead and my only friends have a family to look after, my place is here.

Ubbe seemed to realize what you had said and his attitude changed - your father?

-He died a few months after I left

-Why didn’t you say anything?

-Because my head was full of things, these last weeks have been horrible but ....i need to know one thing. Why when they came for me you weren't in the room? why you were already with Ivar?

-Because he called a meeting to talk about security reinforcement, I should be the one who is questioning you - he recriminated you and walking towards the door.

-Ubbe, time is up- warned a guard from the door.

You walked away from him and looked back at the wall where you had been resting- What have I done to you to treat me like this? I have given you everything, even my integrity- The last thing came out of your mouth in a lower tone, you didn’t expect an answer and you didn’t get it either, Ubbe had left leaving you alone again.

A gloomy atmosphere surrounded the great hall in which the brothers, Harald, Floki, Helga and Vilde were gathered, Ubbe listened to the conversation in silence, drinking from his glass without being thirsty.

-What will we do with (YN)? - Harald asked leaning back in his seat.

-Kill her- Ivar answered simply, earning the murmurs of everyone at the table, from everyone but Ubbe who didn't answer, didn't move, nothing indicated that what he was hearing would affect him.

-We can't do that-Helga protested-She hasn't done it, I don't think it was her, it's also a disproportionate punishment, she hasn't killed anyone.

-Exactly, besides, those soldiers are not a threat, they didn't even want to be here in the first place- Hvisterk supported Helga's argument.

Floki leaned on the table to look more closely at Ivar, he had practically raised that boy, he was almost his son - why do you want to kill her? I thought you liked her.

-I don't like non-Vikings, you should know Floki, and my decision is to execute her.

-Ubbe, do you agree?- Vilde asked, touching his leg, which brought Ubbe's mind back to the table, Ubbe was aware of Vilde's fleeting glances on him, how she blinked when he spoke to her, how her voice sounded sweeter around him and how she licked her lips when he spoke to her, Ubbe had noticed it long ago and the cold woman's hand resting on hir leg was the final confirmation he expected. -Yes, I agree.

Even Harald was speechless, not expecting that response from Ubbe, Vilde tightened her grip on the prince's leg and he placed his hand on the woman's, who hid a satisfied smile at the man's reaction.

When the meeting was over, everyone dispersed in heavy silence, York had always been a dark city, from the first day they arrived but it had never felt as heavy as that day.

Vilde followed Ubbe down the hall to the room, she sat on the bed as if it belonged to her, leaning on her hands while stroking the fabrics that covered the bed

-Get comfortable- Ubbe invited as he took off his own shoes

.-I have to say that you surprised me, for a moment I thought you were really in love with that ... I don't even know what to call her.

He poured a glass of wine while staring at the woman who was sitting in front of him, he approached her walking slowly and when he arrived in front of her body, with one hand, he undid the bow of the dress that kept her chest covered -i must admit sex was good 

Vilde laughed at his comment -I doubt that it can be compared to what is going to happen tonight-  she said while still looking at him and leaving the entire upper part of her body exposed.

Ubbe approached her and kissed her, pushing Vilde to lie on the bed, while kissing her, with one hand he held her by the neck, leaving her in the perfect position so she couldn't move -Of course it won't compare to tonight.

Vilde was late in realizing what was happening, after those words, the next thing she knew was that Ubbe was on top of her, with a wide smile and a dagger had been stuck in her stomach.

-What ... what does this mean?- she asked, panicking, trying to get Ubbe away from her.

-Do you think I'm stupid?- Ubbe asked, sinking more the kinfe into her belly, causing her to scream in pain. The prince didn´t let her move,he was holding her so tight that his fingers dug into her skin leaving red grooves - Do you think I don't see what you do since day one?

Of course he got no response from Vilde's dying body, Ubbe took the knife from her stomach and wiped the curled edge on the woman's dress, watched her for a few seconds, as her body remained almost immobile, except for some spasms, while she was bleeding to death.

With his hands still covered in warm blood and his stained clothes, he left the room and called one of the men waiting in the hallway.

-Take the body and burry it.

-How much do you think it would take Ivar to discover that his witch is dead? - Hvitserk asked handing his brother some keys

-I guess we'll find out when he finds out, we must hurry.

#3000 Dreams #Ubbe #Vikings #ubbe x reader #Ubbe Lothbrok #ubbe ragnarson #Hvitserk #Ivar #helga #floki #fanfic #scenario

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Yagami residence

The other day I found myself needing some information on the arrangements of Taichi’s home for a project I’m working on. Obviously I could have just made up arrangements myself because for my cause it wouldn’t even matter that much but it wouldn’t be me if I didn’t try for canon compliance. I figured maybe someone else was thinking the same before me so I did some research and actually found some takes on this topic.

Taichi’s and Hikari’s bedroom arrangements by @taikaris​

Yagami residence “Adventure” edition by @analyzingadventure

Yagami residence “Our War Game” edition by @analyzingadventure

(I didn’t find much more but if you know of anything please let me know, I’m really curious about this topic.)

Seeing these takes on the living arrangements already reveal a lot inconsitencies within the show and being the obsessed-by-accuracy person that I am I couldn’t help but think “I just make a blue print. How hard can this be?” (Little did I know!) 

I ended up taking 153 screenshots throughout Adventure, Adventure 02, tri., and Our War Game, sorted them by which direction they’re facing, and studied the one plan of the main room we are given thanks to tri. thoroughly. This will be lengthy but if you want to join me on the way to my version of the floor plan keep reading under the cut. If you’re bored already just click and scroll to the very end where you’ll find the result of this exquisite waste of time.

Inconsistencies

First things first I have to stress it again that we’re facing a lot of inconsistencies throughout the show. 

Some are minor and - when constructing a floor plan - not important to take into account such as continuously colour changing furniture, decoration, doors, and walls. Or a fridge that opens in different directions. Let’s file this under “creative freedom” of the producers and artists giving us the chance to obsess over something like this in the first place!

(example - colour changing door that also opens to the left and the right: top left - Adventure episode 21; top right - Adventure episode 32; bottom left Adventure 02 episode 45; bottom right - tri. Reunion)

Others are on a medium level important like the front door that tends to open in different directions, the constant rearrangement of furniture within the apartment (especially Taichi’s and Hikari’s room), or the direction the apartment itself is facing documented by the views we get outside the main entrance or from the balcony. The ferris wheel for example just randomly appears on the other side of the house or not be in sight at all. Keeping in mind this being for a floor plan it doesn’t matter really but the tiny voice in my head is not happy about it. 

(examples alignment of apartment/building: top to bottom - Adventure episode 21, OWG, tri - Confession/Reunion; left side - view out of the main entrance; right side - view out of the living room)

Then there are the ones that are major problematic as they affect the layout of the place heavily. To name only a few there are the randomly appearing and disappearing doors to rooms of which one can not exsist by physical law as it would lead through the wall right into the kitchen cabinets. A balcony that changes length indicating that there either is another room in the apartment or the wall to the next door neighbours. A single shot into the bathroom that collides heavily with the floor plan given to us in the book “Digimon Adventure tri. Design Works”. The scenes where we are shown the apartment is at the end of the corridor but when we enter the place walk straight and take the second door to the right to enter Taichi’s (and Hikari’s) room we are given scenes where their bedroom is at the corner of the building as well (see third and fourth picture below). The list to these is long and I will adress the relevant ones as I lead through the whys and wherefores of my take on the blue print of the Yagami residence. For now let’s see what we know for sure and go from there.

Given facts - outside

The Yagami family lives in this housing complex in Odaiba Tokyo (source OWG)...

...in apartment number 1306 (source OWG)...

...which happens to be on the second to last floor (source Adventure episode 33)...

...and also at the end of the corridor (source Adventure episode 21 and 32)

That we are at the end of the corridor will be particularly important when we get to the layout of the apartment and the location of the individual rooms. 

Given facts - inside

As stated before I took plenty of screenshots that give great insight on the arrangements of the Yagami residence. Also stated before though there is plenty of important inconsistencies. Thanks to the “Digimon Adventure tri. Design Works” we get to see an actual floor plan of the main rooms of the apartment. 

What we see here is what I learned a so called LDK which stands for livingroom dining room kitchen. Usually this abbreviation is preceded by a number indicating how many bedrooms there are in addition. You can find this in the side notes of the plan as well.

In the same book we are given a one-point perspective line drawing of Taichi’s bedroom.

This combined with this screenshot (source: tri. - Confession)...

...makes an excellent base to start a blue print for the entire apartment. Now this is where the fun begins. Time to analyze this plan and compare all the evidence captured in screenshots to it to find consistencies and rule out things by educated guessing. Let’s get to work, shall we?

Analyzing the plan

The next step after researching, screenshoting and sorting things was to analyze the floor plan from the “Design Works” book. I reconstructed the (not so quite accurate) one-point-perspective of this bird’s eye view to a flat plan. By doing so it was clear pretty early that even though we have a constructed plan it still is inconsistent in itself looking from an architectural point.

Walls that should have the same thickness to them are slightly off. (Talking inside walls here that obviously are different from those framing the building. I know this seems like nitpicking but there are norms in architecture that should not be ignored completely!) I ended up following a middle ground path adjusting the slightly off indoor walls but keeping the outdoor frame due to lack of better knowing. (Again, we’re talking about 0,x mm based on the picture above. It’s probably not worth mentioning. I’m sorry.) “But the wall separating the kitchen from the dining area is wider!” you might now say. Well, yes - but keep in mind there is a counter like surface on top of it making it broader to place items on top. (Please see reference pictures.)

The seven doors have different widths with should have the same. (Again, lack of norms and standardization. I’m a sucker for precision! Please bear with me.) I decided to adjust them to one and the same size which so happened to be the one of the doors leading to the mysteriously appearing and disappearing rooms opposite to Taichi’s bedroom. The reason why I chose this one and not another is simple: those two had the same width while all the others were different. The majority won here lol.

The furniture themselves aren’t perfect in proportion either but fiddling around with standardized sizes I found on a website helping (mostly foreigners) to furnish their apartment in Tokyo just turned the idea into one huge mess. For the sake of my sanity I decided to keep things as they’re given in the floor plan matching real furniture proportions or not may care about who want.

This left me with an outcome you would probably say “Yea, well... duh!” (You’re kinda right. I had to go all the way for this though. I can’t help myself lol)

Comparing the plan

Now that the first part of the blue print was done it was time to compare it to what we’re given throughout the show. In other words time to rule out those parts of the inconsistencies that just don’t add up in the overall picture. 

Comparing doors

Besides the change of colours probably the most talked about issue when it comes to this apartment. The amount and placement of them vary greatly throughout movies and series so here’s a side by side comparison and reasoning why I ruled certain things out.

First off the 4 or 2 doors down the hallway. In some episodes, namely 31, 32 and 34, we are confronted with a much longer hallway leading to the main entrance of the apartment containing 4 instead of 2 doors. 

(examples 4 doors: top - Adventure episode 31; bottom left - Adventure episode 32; bottom right - Adventure episode 34)

In any other episode of Adventure, of 02, tri., or OWG these additional doors do not show up. (I was hoping I could say this is because it was always the same director or screen writer but that’s not the case so I don’t have a valid explanation for you.)

(examples 2 doors: top - OWG; second row left - Adventure episode 21; second row right - Adventure 02; third row - tri. Determination; bottom left - tri. Confession; bottom right - tri. Coexistence)

For a while I considered the one glimpse we get into the toilet in Adventure episode 21 that led me to the thought the third door might be leading to a separated bathroom but since you can see the shower/bathtub in the background of it I wasn’t so sure (I’ll come back to this later when discussing the bathroom.)

The reason why I ended up not taking the two doors left and right next to the main entrance into consideration when working out the floor plan was mostly the kitchen window. In many of the screenshots (and many more occassions throughout the show) we see a window facing the same direction as the main entrance. When looking at the entrance from outside (see above) we find the same window design making it obvious (to me) that this is the kitchen window. If we assume now that there’s another room behind the door to the right in the upper example between entrance and kitchen then the window in the kitchen would make no sense at all as it would face directly into that room. In other footage of the show the hallway is also much shorter not giving enough space for another room which aligns with the window theory. This kind of rules out the door across the hallway as it is highly unlikely that an apartment complex has such a weirdly angled floor layout. All this given plus the floor plan we are provided with in the “Design Works” makes it save to say there are just two doors down this hallway instead of four.

Secondly we have the ominous doors on the other side of the living room opposite to Taichi’s bedroom that tend to vanish from time to time.

(examples: top left - Adventure episode 21; top right - Adventure episode 32; bottom left - tri. - Confession; bottom right - tri - Coexistence)

What we know is where the LDK, the bathroom and Taichi’s room are as they are consistent throughout the whole show. According to just Adventure and 02 those are the only rooms the apartment offers which is not just weird because one might wonder where do the parents sleep but also because we see Hikari having a room of her own in 02. Where did this magically come from? This is where OWG and tri. come to the rescue. In these movies the apartment gets two (actually three, one connecting the two “new” rooms) more doors leading to more rooms. While we never get a look behind those doors in tri. it is one of the main stages for OWG providing us with plenty of information.

Here we see that this room is connected not only to the living room but also to the room we never get to look inside - ever. Also this room is attached to the long balcony that goes all the way past the living room to the end of Taichi’s room. Maybe not worth mentioning at first glance but remember what I said about room orientation in relation to the end of the building? If the building ends where we get to see it ending in any of the outside-the-main-door shots then this room is the one at the end of the building.If Taichi’s room is the one at the end of the building according to the outside-the-balcony shots then this room is sharing one wall with the next door neighbours. This will be interesting when we get to Hikari’s room, so keep it in mind.

Also the middle shot supports the small sketch oft these two rooms in the floor plan of “Design Works” where you can see the array of walls being angled so the door to the unseen room is a bit offset.

Putting these things together we’re getting this: 

How wide these rooms are we don’t know. Neither do we know how they’re funished. I’ll get to this at a later point. It is save to say though that for the sake of the parents and Hikari these rooms do exist and provide a privacy space for each of them. Therefore I do add them to my version of the floor plan. Before we get back to the interior of these rooms let’s finish comparing the LDK and set up Taichi’s room as the furniture dimensions of his room contributed immensely to what my final plan looks like.

Comparing the LDK

There’s a lot of rearrangement going on in these rooms when it comes to placement of the furniture. Kitchen equipment and devices switch places and the fridge opens in a different direction. The design of the kitchen table and chairs is switching and sometimes there’s a computer at the wall next to the kitchen table sometimes it’s just a cabinet. The little side table for the phone changes position and so do the cabinets and the TV stand (including TV obviously) in the living room where also the couches change size at random. 

I’ll share some of my screenshots for those who are interested in this but I won’t go into detail about it. If I wanted to adress these issues I’d be sitting here with another overly long post like this particular one going on about furniture colour, dimension and placement of a show that couldn’t be further away from this content lol. (Not that I wouldn’t have fun doing it but let’s be real, there has to be a line somewhere!) The main reason for this post is to share my findings about the floor plan of the apartment and since the main positions of things stay the same regarding the LDK there’s no real need for that either.

(examples kitchen: top left - Adventure episode 21; top right - OWG; middle left - Adventure episode 21; middle right -  OWG; bottom left - tri. Reunion; bottom right - OWG)

(examples couch size and furniture arrangement in the living room: top left - Adventure episode 21; top right - tri. Reunion; second row left - Adventure 02; second row right - OWG; third row left - Adventure episode 32; third row right - Adventure episode 34; bottom left - Adventure episode 21; bottom right - tri - Coexistence)

(examples cabinet/computer station behind the kitchen table: top left - Adventure episode 21; top right - tri. Reunion; bottom left - Adventure episode 32; bottom right - tri. Confession)

Alright. Now on to more interesting things.

Analyzing Taichi’s room

Now that we’ve got the easy part out of the way let’s check out the rooms attached to the LDK starting with Taichi’s room as we have the most information about it.

My first step here was to turn the linework we are provided with by the “Design Works” into a flat plan by morphing the perspective following the same path as for the plan analysis. This turned out as an utter failure when I realized I don’t have the tools to do so. I ended up turning to the screenshot from tri. - Confessions and went from there back checking with the linework for proportion and position reference.

(reminder)

To explain how exactly I went about this would would take a riddiculous amount of time. What I did in short was to reengineer the one-point-perspective bird-eye-view we’re getting in this screenshot to a somewhat flat plan. This leaves a lot of lose ends as we don’t see where the wardrobe, the computer desk, the bed, the coffee table, the rug, and the TV stand end. 

We do know a few things though:

The wall with the glass doors leading to the balcony is an extention of the living room.

The wall with the door is a given from the floor plan of “Design Works”.

The door to Taichi’s room and the bathroom are also given in said floor plan which indicate the wall separating them being in the middle of them both.

The width of the room is given in both the screenshot and the lineworks. This is the point where I started using Taichi’s size and shoulder width as measurement unit. (Sorry for the abuse, Taichi! You were very helpful though!) With this knowledge I could now determine the layout of Taichi’s room in relation to the already established floor plan setting up the missing wall.

The desk and chair are obvious. 

Using what we were given in the original plan of “Design Works” I took the size of the TV stand as given and decided the one in Taichi’s room is the same dimension. I double checked this with the aforementioned website of real furniture proportions and found it - even though shorter - pretty accurate.

Taking a closer look at the lineworks of Taichi’s room you can see that the TV stand alings almost with the door to his room. This now gives us great information about the wardrobe. We do know where the wardrobe starts and how deep it is thanks to the screenshot. We also know where the room ends and the glass doors to the balcony start. Seeing in the lineworks that the wardrobe goes all the way to this wall we now know the dimensions of the wardrobe (keep it in mind, it will determine the size of the other two rooms.)

We know where the smaller PC desk starts (attached to the slightly larger desk), how deep it is and we know it extends to the wall with the balcony doors. 

We are also given three sides of the bed and a fixed position in the room as seen in the screenshot. Putting this down into the floor plan gave the missing side to close the bed frame.

From the lineworks I assumed the rug being rather square in shape and having one side given in relation to the coffee table, TV stand and wardrobe width in the screenshot and the lineworks it was easy to place this square down.

The coffee table ended up being a smaller version of the one in the living room adjusting its proportions to the width we’re given in the screenshot.

The balcony doors ended up being half the width of the ones in the living room. I randomly tried this size since there are two panels in Taichi’s room and four in the living room. Positioning this width in the middle of the wall is actually congruent with the lineworks of his room and the “Taichi’s shoulder width” proportion so I settled for that.

Now that all the furnishings were placed down in the blue print I back checked with the website of furniture sizes and calculated side proportions back and forth. After some adjustments and fiddling around I finally ended up with a plan for Taichi’s room in tri. (As I said, the individual steps would take extremely long to lay out to you. If you care, pm me and we go into detail lol) Looking like this:

If you double check this plan with the plan given in the “Design Works” you will find that the position of the doors to Taichi’s bedroom and the bathroom have been adjusted somewhat towards the living room. There’s several reasons for this.

Taichi’s room dimensions are determined by what we just established.

In screenshots throughout the whole show the door leading to Taichi’s (and Hikari’s) room is more in between couch and kitchen table than directly behind the kitchen table.

I’ve not been working on single rooms individually as I guide you through but simultaneously on everything at once making sure everything matches and I don’t end up with a bathroom twice the size of the kitchen...oh wait. I’ll get there, promise! (No that’s not a threat!)

Comparing Taichi’s room

Alright this will be fun. The arrangement of furniture in this room has changed so many times that one could lose count and going by the screenshots I took over the course of 7 movies and 2 seasons I was facing a huge amount of discrepancy. 

Comparing the balcony windows

This difference is probably the most noteworthy of them all as it defines the general size of the room.

(examples: top left - Adventure episode 21; top right - OWG; second row - Adventure episode 35; third row - Adventure 02; bottom - tri. Determination)

Honestly, while trying to figure out the cut of the apartment this was the biggest struggle (which transfers to the office of OWG as it is the same situation really). Eventually I had to make a decision and I decided on the cut that goes with the two window planes instead of four. The main reason for my decision was just common sense really. An apartment in Tokyio affordable for a family of four surely isn’t that  big of a size. If we went with the four panel window we’d end up with a width of the room identical to the living room (as it has a four panel window). Knowing where the door to Taichi’s room is (and therefore the other wall) this would mean Taichi and Hikari had a room the size of the living room and the dining room just to themselves. This is so highly unlikely considering where they live that I’m sure we can agree that this can’t be the case really. I did mess around with the furniture and arranged them in a wider room testing out theories like “What if those four panels are looking out of the building in a 90° angle to the living room?” and similar things but knowing that the balcony is connected to both Taichi’s room and the living room theories like these were ruled out quickly. Plenty of thought went into this only to come to the conclusion that I will move on with what tri gives us which also is supported in any other episode of Adventure besides 21 and Adventure 02 as well as the official lineworks of the “Design Works” book that served as a source for my plan.

Comparing the wall to the right of the door

There is again a very mentionable difference throughout the show also determining the general cut of the room to a certain extend.

(examples: top left - OWG; top right - Adventure episode 31; middle - Adventure 02; bottom - tri - Confession)

As you can see in the screenshots above the distance between the doorframe and the wall separating Taichi’s room from the bathroom differs in wardrobe depth. I played around with this again which means I moved the door up and down the wall seeing how this would adapt to the furniture inside that room and also how it would affect the arrangements outside in the LDK and for the bathroom. In the end I returned to my base argument of the positioning of the doors. Even though I already had to adjust their placement towards the window side of the apartment due to the bathroom giving difficulties if I didn’t. 

There’s more to compare and talk about Taichi’s (and Hikari’s) room but that only regards the interior and as said before that’s a whole different topic one could go on about forever. So let’s move on!

Setting up the bathroom

Honestly there’s very little information about that place. We get one (!) glimpse into this room in Adventure episode 21 where Hikari waits outside the toilet for Koromon finishing his business.

Thanks to the “Design Works” book there is also a sketch of a potential layout which doesn’t even match the plan it belongs to in the slightest when blowing it up to match dimensions. It also has nothing in common with what we see in the screenshot above.

This little sketch which is merely a sidenote of the floor plan in “Design Works” really is so out of proportion that no matter what you do when trying to blow it up and match arrangements of the plan it will not fit at all. Looking at that one screenshot I still decided to go with the sketch rather than what we get from the show since it is obvious that the toilet right behind the door with only enough space for a pair of slippers making people climb over the toilet whenever they want to take a shower is just for pure story telling purposes and not for actual arrangements.

 For this part of the floor plan I just guesstimated using the layout we get from the sketch and adjusted it so it would fit in dimensions. I also used the room width we established planning Taichi’s room by simply extending it. Eventually things added up and worked out proportionwise that I ended up with this:

Now that this side of the place is settled time to finish the other side.

Setting up Hikari’s room and the parents’ bedroom

Alright. We can see the finishing line from here! 

We already established the wall distribution of the office before which implies the wall distribution of the room we never get to look inside. We just need to determine the width of those rooms. Again using some common sense the missing wall can be nothing but a straight line. Where this is we need to figure out though. 

First we need to take a look at what else we know about these rooms or the rooms that should be these - meaning one of them being Hikari’s room we get to know in Adventure 02 and the assumably existing bedroom of the parents. An educated guess would lead us to the assumption that once Hikari was old enough to have her own bedroom (too old to share it with her big brother) the parents gave up on their bedroom and moved into the office. Alternatively they empied the office for her. Let’s see which one it is.

We only get to see Hikari’s room twice throughout Adventure 02 and both times the same shot.

This looks like a lot of information at first glance but when trying to place it down on the plan it doesn’t work out really. What we have is a bed, a desk with a chair and a rug. We also know her desk is under a window (not in front of a balcony door!) and the other two walls are plain. We also don’t know where the door to this room is. The classic movie take on this would indicate that the viewer is looking at these scenes from the doorframe but it might as well be on one of the walls to the side just outside of the viewers sight. We don’t know.

Starting with this window we see it somewhat rules out this room being the office OWG takes place. The office does not have any windows but the balcony doors and two doors leading to other rooms. The rest of the walls are plain.

Taking this information I think it is save to say that the parents gave up on their bedroom and moved into the emptied office. (Makes me wonder where all that stuff went.)

Back to the window of Hikari’s room. I made an assumption here claiming the window we see is facing the same direction as the kitchen window. The reason for this thought is the view we have from outside the apartment on the main entrance.

These two shots as used before point this out best. You can clearly see the kitchen window being close but not right next to the main entrance leaving enough space for a window. The fact that it has the same recessed design as the kitchen window supports this thought.

Obviously I could be totally off with this theory as we’re moving outside of any given content now. The window we see in the two screenshots of Hikari’s room might as well be on the wall facing a 90° angle to what i just talked about. 

Taking the furniture size for the desk, chair and bed we established when figuring out Taichi’s room placing it in an arrangement as in the screenshot leaves only one reasonable placement that again supports the theory of where I will put my window.

Next thing I needed to clarify was the width of the room. After some consideration I decided to use the angled arrangement of the wall separating the two rooms as the perfect placement for a wardrobe. Taking what we worked out in Taichi’s room I used his wardrobe and placed in that position. This at first being nothing of a random thought turned out to work surprisingly well for the whole concept and after a little bit of playing around with the furniture I decided that this is where I will close the room.

Obviously I had to check back with the office now being a bedroom if that newly established wall works out for this room as well. What the room needed was a bed and maybe two night stands and a wardrobe. We know the size of a wardrobe by now and I accepted nightstands being about the same dimension as the phone stand. I also turned to my trusty guide on how to furnish an apartment in Tokyo looking up double beds. Placing this down in proportion to the already known single bed of Taichi and Hikari this worked out better than I would’ve hoped for. 

One last test seeing how a now reduced in depth two panel window would fit into the wall (remember the issue we had with Taichi’s room at this point? It carried on!) left me satisfied enough to keep it as it is.

That’s when I was sitting on a complete blue print of the apartment completely furnished besides Hikari’s room still looking somewhat empty. Doing some more guesstimation here I gave the poor girl the same convenience as her brother adding a TV plus stand, a carpet and a coffee table and for the hell of it a 2 seats couch because that’s what girls have and the room had the space. 

If you made it to here: Thank you so much for reading! You have my highest respect for dealing with me!

The final result

 Again this is the mix and match of what is given by the producers, official books, a good amount of adjusting to divergence with the addition of substantiated guessing. 

If you now think “Dude, that is just... no! What did you conjour up?” I don’t blame you. If you have better ideas that you can support by anything but headcanon then please by all means pm me. I’m dying to hear other people’s take on this subject and would love to exchange about it. Now without further ado here it is:

I hope I didn’t do this just for my own sake of mind but that it can actually be put to good use by fanartists, writers or analysts that might do a better job than my rambling lol. If you actually can use it for your own projects please let me know! I’d be happy if this helped anyone to do their projects! 

#digimon #digimon adventure #digimon adventure 02 #digimon adventure tri #yagami residence #digimon meta #my own

[youreallyshouldtalkmore]

50 Ways to Stress_ Part 3

This takes place after Book 2: The Lion and His Lamb though you don’t necessarily have to read that story to understand this on. Though there are references to things that have happened previously in this series.

Summary: One of Shuri experiments goes horribly wrong and chaos ensues. And Prince N’Jadaka is right in the center of it….

As usual you can see all the parts listed for this series, along with other fanfics in my Black Panther Masterlist.  

Disclaimer:  Nothing really, Erik will be Erik so use of the N-word. And I wouldn’t read this at work, as I find it funny and you probably don’t want to burst into laughter and have everyone looking at you like you done lost it. lol

Already established Erik/Reader with T’Challa/Nakia

Part 3 

That night was a problem….

At first it was decided that you and your mini-husbands would make camp in the room that has been given to you to keep him in. Read that as an holding cell. However Erik refused to sleep there and has all streamed down to both of your bedroom. How you managed to get almost 50 Eriks into the room was beyond you. And where all of them were going to sleep….

You couldn't think about it.

You also couldn’t think about how to find around 50 five year old pjs on short noticed for all of your husbands and there was no way you were going to help wash up 50 of them.

You had gone through your usual routine although you quicken it. Upon exiting the bathroom, you almost quivered at the sight of so many mini-Erik around the room. Your bedroom was spacious but right then it looked like even it would be too small.

With a sigh you headed to bed and got in pulling the covers over you. You watched in amusement as a bunch of random Erik started entering the bed after you. You knew better than to offer you help or say anything.

All the Eriks were going to take whatever corner or floor or even bathtub they could. Extra blankets and pillows had been brought out.  Before entering the bathroom you had to monitor and break apart one fight over a pillow. Your suggestion of sharing the pillow had been met with almost ludicrous looks. So you left them too it….

“Is everyone settled?” You asked.

You got mostly affirmations until you realize one exited the bathroom and was marching towards the bed. He practically hopped up in bed. There was an Erik that was snuggling up to you but that Erik pulled himself away.

“Erik!” You cried as he pushed his other self off the bed.

“What did you do that for?” You asked leaning over to make sure that Erik was okay. That Erik was rubbing his head and muttering curses. He looked up as if he was going to challenge himself but the Erik that pushed him glared down.

It had become quite apparent to you that there seemed to be a lead Erik among the 50. Now you could never tell if it was the same Erik but you seemed to think so. He seemed to lead and be more like your Erik.

“He was in my way!” the Erik that pushed himself off snarled.

“Erik, that is….you…..” you trailed off.

“Don’t care. He was in my spot!” Erik cried before diving under the covers.

Since the bed was big enough there were other Eriks on the other side of you as well as one already sleeping like a baby at the foot of the bed. That one didn’t stir during the commotion and had a blanket and was hugging a small pillow. You thought that one was so cute. Something you knew that Erik would kill you for saying even if you were his wife.

“Alright now are we settled?” you asked again and got affirmations. 

A snore-snort came from the one that was already sleeping.

“Good!” you chirped before clapping your hands and the lights turned out.

You snuggled down, laying on your back. The other Eriks on your other side all huddled up into you as you did, making the the Erik that pushed himself off glare at them.

“Calm down and go to sleep, my love.” You murmured.

Erik sucked his teeth.

You couldn’t help the tease, “Are you jealous of yourself?”

Erik growled but didn’t say anything. You risked raising your arm and placing it around him bringing him into your embrace.

“Woman, are you trying to cuddle me?”

“Hush and go to sleep, my love. Would you like me to sing you a lullaby?” You knew that you might have gotten into trouble but you couldn’t resist.

“I will stab you.” Erik said though he didn’t have much heat behind his words.

You laughed softly, “Don’t worry, N’Jadaka. We will get through this. Now go to sleep. I’ll sing….”

By the second day, entire palace was alerted to the fact that there were a gaggle of Prince N’Jadakas and to be on alert. High alert.

Just about all of the Dora Milaje had to be all hands on deck to make sure that not one mini-Prince got into something they shouldn’t. The second day was a bit more lax….you were a bit stressed trying to keep your husbands occupied.

This usually boiled down into playing some army picture that you hated. You got a screen and sat in in front of you so that it blocked the view. You didn't need nightmares though all the screaming and yelling didn’t do you any favors. However all the Eriks running around playing army did keep them occupied.

But trying to keep 50 mini-Erik’s fed was a colossal nightmare. He was pragmatically eating through the storage.

You thought about ringing Shuri for an update but you didn’t want to interrupt.

And by the third day you were practically drowning in stress. You never realized that dealing with 50 mini version of your husband would be such hard work.

And never let it be said that Erik Stevens wasn’t high maintenance. Because he was, however split into 50, 5 year old versions of himself made it all the more worse.

Couple that with his own increase in boredom and anger about being in predicament did not make for him to be good company. He was grouchy and moody and it tested you patience thoroughly.

You tried to remain calm but it was hard.

You and T’Challa were glaring at Shuri. Even through the Kimoyo beads, the Princess could feel the weight of both of your withering gazes. She thought she did right ringing both of you at the same time for a 3-way conversation. At least she could get it over with at one time.

“I’m sorry, you wanna repeat that?” You asked calmly.

“I said, I’m afraid it’s going to take me a little bit more time.” She said before rushing forward, “I have the prototype but it’s still a little...wonky. I will spare you the specifics Big Sister, but I’m confident I can fix this….it will just take a little longer than I thought.”

“Explain it me then.” T’Challa voice was calm but an edge to it.

Once again, the technical jargon flew over your head but you watched T’Challa nod. “Cousin Y/N….what she says is valid. As much as we want this fix, we don’t want to make it this worse by rushing.”

You nodded but you still couldn’t help but stare hard at Shuri, “I understand that. I don’t want you to create a bigger mess than we have. However as much as I may understand that, neither of you are the one who will have to explain this to the Prince. Or would either of you like to come down and do so?”

“That is time I could be working on the solution. Then he would get mad that I wasted time….” Shuri said. 

She was well aware of being a coward right now but she did not want to face 50 mini Eriks. They scared her more than one tall grown man one.

“My King?” You asked.

“I have a meeting….:”

“You always have a meeting but thanks ya’ll. I can feel the support.”  You dryly stated.

“We both know that Erik will respond far better to you than to either of us. Especially right now….” T’Challa said. 

“Yeah, yeah….”

“Good luck, Y/N. If you do need me, you ring me.” T’Challa said seriously.

You gave a smile, “I know. Thanks. And Shuri….”

“Yes my beautiful Cousin-in-law, Big Sister…..”

“Stew it and get back to work.”

“Aye-Aye Captain….”

“Say what now?”

You gulped suddenly glad that you had instructed four Dora Milaje to be in the room with you when you broke the news. You weren’t entirely confident that the Erik’s wouldn’t turn on you.

“It seems that it will take a few extra days for Shuri to fix this.” You stated calmly. You couldn’t help but edge a little backwards so that a Dora Milaje was in front of you.

Erik looked up at you steadily, “How many more days?” he asked.

The other Erik’s were all staring at you almost too still and way to quiet. It reminded you of a scene out of a horror movie. You hated horror movies.

“Um, she didn’t say…..”

“She didn’t say. I see….”

“My love….”

Beepe---bepep e Beep Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeepppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp

You held your hands over your ears. You had never heard Erik so so much cussing in one sitting as much as he has done since this started. The other Eriks began raging and many started getting into fights with each other.

The Dora Milaje kept a close eye on them all.

“Erik..Erik!” You called, “N’Jadaka! Calm down!!”

“I will not calm down! That…..”

The cussing spree continued.

“She will fix it!” you called out.

“Oh, she better! If I’m stuck like this I won’t responsible for anything I do”

Even you went cold at the idea of Erik being stuck this way.

You clapped your hands together, “Hey, why don’t we watch that anime you wanted to see. Mr. Punchy or something….Or Dragonball Z!!”

You were relieved to hear the amusement in his voice as the other Erik’s stilled, “I think you mean One Punch Man, ma.”

“That one too.”

“You said you weren’t sure if you’d like it. Not enough pretty boys, you said…...Though how you think Dragonball Z has pretty boys is beyond me!”

“Hey now, Trunks, Android 17, Vegeta….” you began to list. 

Erik snorted, “Vegeta? Are you serious?”

“When he isn’t being that much of a jerk, yes. Bulma married him! And then there is Goku who more a cutie pie than anything.”

“Here we be having fights and you be talking about how sexy they are until they have too many muscles and it turns you off.”

“I don’t need men looking like beefcakes you know. There is a limit to the muscles.”

The poor Dora Milaje in the room where confused as jack by this conversation.

“At least I don’t have to sit through Kamisama Kiss again….”  A shudder went through the crowd.

You put your hands on your hips, “Dont you start with me one that….”

“And that horrid opening….”

You gave an indignant squeak, “That was a cute song! I loved it!”

“Well it’s not as bad as Wyoming!”

“Kiyomi!!” You cried, “….and you weren’t complaining when….. “ You bit your tongue and trailed off remembering your company in the room. You smiled and turned to them, “I think it’s safe to let ya’ll go.”

“Princess…” they chorus before marching out the door closing it behind them.

Erik looked amused at this and you glared down at him. Other Eriks began milling about.

You lowered your voice and hissed, “I don’t remember you complaining that night. You rather liked it.” 

Erik shrugged, “Doesn’t change the fact that it’s trifling song…..”

You twitched, “I’m not gonna argue my point with a 5 year old. What anime are we watching?” you said.

#black panther #black panther fanfiction #killmonger x reader #killmonger

[themandadolorian]

Day 5 - Winter Weekend Away

Paz Vizsla x F!Reader

Word Count: 2.5k (oops lol)

Warnings: SMUT, Unprotected sex (please wrap it before you tap it folks), Soft!Paz, nothing too wild honestly, it’s pretty mild imo, bathtub sex (is that a warning?idk),  soft sexy times, this isn’t rough at all lol. Okay I think that’s it. *This is only my second time writing smut plz don’t come for me if it’s terrible omg*

It wasn’t often that you and Paz got to do things just for yourselves. Both of you worked full time, very demanding jobs. So when Paz came home one day and told you to pack your bags and surprised you with a weekend away at a cabin in the mountains, you got very excited. The prospect of spending a weekend with Paz in a cabin in the snow blanketed mountains for four days?

Sounds like heaven to you.

And heaven it is. From the moment you arrived at the quaint little cabin in the mountains you fell in love. It has this wonderfully cozy warm feeling that just makes you feel instantly at home. You have spent most of the day getting settled into the space, unpacking and the like. So, when you are finally done, you immediately plant yourself on the couch in front of the fire Paz has started, and grab your book from your bag.

Paz said he was still unpacking in the bedroom so you don’t think much of it when he is nowhere to be found for a little while. You are so engrossed in your book that you don’t even realize what Paz is really up too.

The point of this trip was two fold. One to celebrate the holidays on your own before you both are dragged to a multitude of family events. And two, to just indulge in each other for these four days. Paz has felt further and further from you these past few months because of work and life just getting in the way. Both of you have been stressed and overworked, so he wants nothing more than to treat you to a little surprise that the both of you will benefit from. So he hadn’t hesitated to book the cabin, and immediately set to work on another kind of surprise as you stay none the wiser on the couch in the living room.

You haven’t  made it very far into your book when you see Paz come to a stop in front of you, a fond smile on his face as he gazes down at you, his hand extended for you to take. You give him a questioning look, quirking a brow, before you set your book aside and place your hand in his. He pulls you to your feet easily and turns you so you face away from him and places his hands over your eyes.

“Paaaz,” you draw out his name sweetly, “what are you doing?”

You feel his chest shake with laughter as his deep rumble fills your ears, “I’m treating my beautiful wife to a surprise,” he tells you, urging you to start walking forward gently, “Is that allowed?”

You hum in feigned contemplation as he carefully leads you to wherever he’s taking you, “Depends on what the surprise is I suppose,” you tease.

He clicks his tongue as he makes you turn left, walking you until your feet meet cool tile. Then he lifts his hands from your eyes.

“Well I’ll let you be the judge of that, mesh’la.”

As soon as your eyes peel open and take in the scene before you, you feel like your heart is about to burst from your chest. You’re standing in the large master bathroom, which is swathed in a warm yellow light. Delicate strings of fairy lights hang from the walls and a few candles sit on the edges of the sizable Jacuzzi tub on the back wall of the room. The room smells like evergreen trees and cinnamon and soft ambient music plays in the background. Two glasses of dark red wine sit on the outside ledge of the tub, the opened bottle in an ice bucket on the floor.

You are broken from your reverie by a pair of warm hands settling on your hips and a gentle set of lips leaving a trail of kisses on the exposed skin of your shoulder. You turn in Paz’s arms, your hands running up his chest until they rest on his shoulders and you are gazing into his dark brown eyes.

“You did all this?”

Paz nods and drops his gaze to the floor, suddenly bashful as he speaks, “I just wanted to do something nice for you, cyar’ika,” he says honestly, “I feel like we haven’t gotten any time together between work and life and I just want to be with you for the night. If you’ll have me.”

Your eyes water at his words and you cup his cheeks gently, standing on your tiptoes to press your lips to his. It’s a quick kiss, but a loving one all the same and you pull away to look him in the eyes again.

“Of course I’ll have you, you big doofus,” you chuckle, voice slightly wet with tears which Paz quickly wiped away.

“I didn’t mean to make you cry.”

You smile and shake your head, drying your tears, “they aren’t sad tears,” you assure him, “I’m just really happy you’re in my life. I’m so lucky you’re mine, Paz Vizsla.”

He smiles down at you, his hands squeezing your hips as your own slip down to the hem of his shirt, “Now,” you say tugging at the fabric gently, “let’s partake in the surprise you so lovingly prepared for me. Before the water gets too cold.”

“You don’t have to tell me twice,” he jokes, helping you as you tug his shirt over his head.

You both take your time undressing one another. Neither of you rushing, instead taking the time to trail your hands over one another. Over every dip and scar and stretch mark as if you are discovering each other all over again. You do this with each article of clothing until you’re both standing bare in front of one another. Paz’s hands rest on your waist, hands so large and wide his pinky’s rest on the bottoms of your ribs while his thumbs brush the underside of your breasts.

You smile up at him, and he smiles back, moving his hands to intertwine your fingers together and tug you towards the tub. You follow eagerly, stepping into the tub of hot water as Paz helps you. He follows soon after and you both let out contented sounds as you slip beneath the bubbling water. The jets feel wonderful on your back and you can’t help but feel completely relaxed as you sink further into the warmth.

“Don’t go drowning on me, love,” Paz chuckles as he takes you in, submerged up to your chin, eyes slipped closed in contentment.

You hum, and sit up slightly, stretching your legs out to the rest on either side of Paz across from you.

“I don’t know,” you say, sighing as Paz traces his hand up the back of your calf slowly, “I’d say I already died and went to heaven.”

Paz huffs and shakes his head, a huge smile in his face, “if this is heaven,” he begins, leaning up to reach over and tug you so you are sitting between his legs with your back against his chest, “then I don’t know if I want to witness the real thing…might not hold up to my expectations.”

A small giggle slips past your lips, but is cut short when Paz holds one of the filled wine glasses in front of you. You mutter a quick thank you and take the glass in your hand, taking a sip. You hum approvingly at the sharp tart taste of the wine, leaning further back into your husband as he starts to talk about whatever comes to his mind. You both continue to just talk about anything and everything, slowly sipping the wine until your glasses are empty and set aside. Only then is there a lull in the conversation, and you are acutely aware of Paz pressing hot and heavy against your low back as his hands trail absentmindedly over your thighs and up your sides.

You sit up slightly, a small smirk on your lips when Paz hands tighten on your hips, thinking you were trying to get out of the tub. His hands slacken up however, when you turn around to face him, legs straddling his hips as your hands slid up his chest to rest on his shoulders. The water sloshes precariously close to the top of the tub at your movement but you can’t seem to care at this moment. Your hands slide from his shoulders to the back of his neck scratching at the hair there, and you can’t help but notice the utter love and adoration in Paz’s eyes as he looks up at you.

“You are so beautiful,” he murmurs, one of his hands coming out of the water to cup your cheek as he gazes at you.

You lean into his touch turning to press a kiss to his palm, taking note of the fact that the scents you detected earlier are from whatever salts Paz threw in the bath. “I love you so much Paz,” you tell him, shifting your hips against him. His breath hitches at the small movement, “I don’t know what I did to deserve you. To deserve this,” you whisper.

Paz’s mouth tugs into a frown at your words and his thumb brushes your lower lip gently, “you are my wife,” he tells you softly, “you deserve to be treated like this everyday…and I’m sorry I have failed you in that department.”

“You didn’t fail me Paz, you could never fail me,” your words are uttered moments before you finally bring your lips down to his. It’s slow and soft and tender as his lips move against yours. Unhurried as you both pour your love for one another into the kiss. Paz’s hand still on your hip guides you forward, while his other hand disappears from your face momentarily. You understand what he is asking despite him not speaking and you silently comply. You rise up onto your knees slightly, gasping into his mouth as he nudged at your entrance, before you finally sink down on him.

Low groans escape both of you as you adjust to being with each other in this way. Paz’s chest rises and falls rapidly against your own, the water adding to the heat you both feel as you pull each other as close as possible. Your head tilts to the side as his lips move from your own to your jaw and finally down to your neck. Kissing and nipping gently at the delicate skin below your ear, eliciting small high pitched gasps from you. His patience seems to have run out and you feel his hands squeeze your hips firmly, urging you to move. You obey without hesitation.

Your hips move against his in slow unhurried motions at first, and you can feel Paz physically holding himself back. The muscles of his neck and shoulders are tense beneath your hands. You move to cradle his face, tugging his lips away from your neck and into a kiss instead. It’s sloppy and a little too fast and you’re pulling away far too soon, but you can feel the desperation and euphoria welling up in your belly and you just need him to let go. You don’t separate from him much. Your noses bumping together as your lips brush against his lightly, able to feel the warmth of his breath as it slips from his lungs in short pants.

“I love you Paz,” you whisper, pressing your hips down firmly against his, “take what you want - what you need. Please-“

Your words are cut short. A breathless gasp is pushed from your lungs as his hips snap up into you, hitting a place within you that makes you see stars. You can’t help the moans that slip past your lips as your head falls to his shoulder, your arms falling to wrap under his arms and around his back as he sits up, trying to get a better position. Your fingers dig into his shoulder blades as he continues to thrust up into you, his arms wrapped tightly around your waist to keep you pressed into him.

It feels like the next few moments pass in a blur of hazy images and sounds. The breathless grunts and pants from Paz that ghost over your ear in warm huffs. The feeling of your chest sliding against his own, and the warm coil that pulls tighter and tighter in your belly with each movement. You feel like you can’t breathe and everything is dark since your eyes are screwed shut from the absolute mind numbing pleasure you are experiencing at the hands of the man you love. You feel his hips stutter and you know he’s close. But, ever a giving man, he does not forget about you. One of his hands leaves your waist to instead wedge between your bodies and it feels like the galaxy explodes behind your eyelids as his fingers find that bundle of nerves. You come with almost no warning, your high slamming into you like a freight train as you gasp out Paz’s name over and over like a prayer. Paz finishes soon after, his hips snapping into you once - twice more before his stills, filling you.

Paz slumps back against the tub, still holding you snug against him as you both try and catch your breath. Neither of you move for a long time, relishing in the feeling of just being in each other’s arms, still connected in the most intimate way. You only move when Paz notices you shiver slightly, the water having gone cold long ago, but neither of you noticing until now.

“Come on, mesh’la,” Paz nudges you off of him gently, both of you hissing quietly as he slips out of you.

Paz is first out of the tub, helping you stand and steadying you when your legs wobble slightly. You smile as you step from the tub and are met with a warm fuzzy towel being wrapped around you. You look over to see Paz tucking one around himself before leaning over and placing a kiss to the crown of your head.

“Let’s get you to bed, love” he mumbles against your hair.

You smile and shake your head, pulling away so you could look up at him, “Paz, it’s not even eight o’clock yet,” you say, glancing at the small digital clock on the bathroom sink, “I’m not even that tired.”

He smirks at you then, stooping down and picking you up in his arms bridal style, ignoring the surprised shriek that slips past your lips at his actions. He looks down at you as he walks towards the bedroom, a devilish smirk on his face.

“Who said anything about sleeping?”

Blood rushes to your cheeks at his words as he carries you further into the bedroom. And as he lays you gently on the bed, tugging your towel away from you before his own follows suit, you can’t help but thank the maker for this weekend away.

[midorichan10]

KnB Overdrive Stageplay Detailed Report (July 2)

(attempt #2...) Yesterday my friend and I went to see the afternoon show for Overdrive. The story more or less is the same as the anime/manga so I apologize if a lot seems like stuff we already know. I tried my best to memorize what I could in detail and it helped that we were in the 6th row in the center so we were close enough to see their faces well but still see the entire stage without turning our heads too much. Now for those who want to read the (long) report and be spoiled (including a scene with Midorima and Takao in the bath together)click under the holy squishy basketball!

The play starts off where the last one ended basically, when Seirin lost to Touou. It shows the last few minutes of them facing Aomine with Midorima (holding his giant stuffed penguin) and Kise watching from the stands above. Utterly defeated, Kuroko and Kagami go their separate ways feeling useless to each other. Riko texts Kiyoshi saying they lost and Kiyoshi remarks how he wasn’t able to return in time. They say how even though they lost, it’s not over and it’s only the beginning.

Still feeling a bit down from their loss, Seirin resumes practice. Hyuuga and the senpais notice how Kuroko wasn’t there and Hyuuga yells where’s Kuroko, suggesting he’s ditching. Kuroko (who was behind the basketball hoop which is actually just a guy holding the hoop) appears saying he’s not ditching, and the senpais freaking out. Hyuuga tells him off for “appearing out of nowhere.”  Riko arrives and tells them they have another chance at being Japan’s number one at the Winter Cup, which they express their dread of facing off many strong teams like Touou, but then show their excitement that they still have a chance. RIko tells Hyuuga that “Teppei” is coming back, much to the senpais delight (except maybe Hyuuga’s lol). Kuroko asks who was this “Teppei-san” and the senpais explain he’s a “weirdo” but the guy who founded Seirin’s club. 

Then the scene changes to Kuroko practicing shooting on his own, and missing. (The guy with the hoop actually had to make sure he missed if the shot got too close haha.) Kiyoshi comes in with his bag of candy and comments how it really was true that Kuroko couldn’t do anything except pass. Kuroko asks who he was and Kiyoshi introduces himself as Seirin’s #7  while offering Kuroko a piece of candy which he politely refuses. Kiyoshi gives him advice suggesting that the one who implied Kuroko had limits was himself, leaving Kuroko to ponder in his own thoughts.

The next day (or so) Kagami is back practicing with the team, but has reverted to his selfish plays like when he first joined, knocking down his senpais before dunking. Kiyoshi arrives which the senpai happily greet him, while Hyuuga goes over to yell at him for wearing his uniform. Kiyoshi replies he was just excited to play again, and makes his way to Kagami and introduces himself. He asks Kagami if he could play a one-on-one match with him, which Kagami grudgingly agrees. Kagami easily beats him (though it was probably mostly because Kiyoshi tripped on his shoes).  Kiyoshi comments how strong Kagami is and Hyuuga yells at him that he lost because he was wearing his indoor classroom shoes. Hyuuga and the senpais tell Kiyoshi that they’ve been having problems because of Kagami, but Kiyoshi says that it’s not Kagami who’s run into a wall, but Kuroko instead, much to their surprise. 

Kagami has a monologue with himself about how he’s weak and useless, and that he must become stronger. Kuroko joins him and they declare their newfound resolve to be stronger, with Kagami telling Kuroko to show everyone his new basketball style (basically the ending scene of the first play) with them finishing with a fist bump.

The music for Rimfire starts playing immediately. This time for the play, they have a rotating circle in the middle slowly spinning Kuroko and Kagami. (Imagine like one of those spinning mannequin displays in a shop or something). Like the first play, they had the cast do a dance opening to the theme song in this case is Rimfire, the second opening to the first season. The choreography for this one is way better than the first one in my opinion and I’m not even that much of a fan of Rimfire. Hyuuga, Kiyoshi, and Riko come out first on one side followed by Izuki, Kogaeni, and Tsuchida on the other. They group in the middle and Kagami joins in, followed by Kuroko on the other side. Their dancing included body and head rolls this time like a hip hop group or something. After Seirin, the next school was Kirisaki Daiichi doing their own dance sequence.  The next school is Kaijo with Kise smiling and waving at the audience before getting hit by Kasamatsu, and joined with Moriyama and Hayakawa. After Kaijo was Shuutoku, led by Midorima and Takao before being joined by Otsubo and Miyaji. Last but not least Touou makes their entry. I had to laugh because everyone does some sort of dance move, including Momoi, then Aomine just walks out not giving a crap and just poses. He dances with the group later though. (I can’t remember if the next couple scenes are in order but more or less they should be). The side characters walk off stage leaving only Midorima, Kise, and Aomine, with Kuroko joining in the back and positioning themselves so it looked like Kuroko was facing the rest of the GoM. Kuroko moves towards them doing moves like he’s passing by them to show how he’s determined to fight against them.  Seirin as a whole join him once again and they split off to the sides as all the rival characters do their own dance on stage. Then it splits into all the rivals (minus the GOM) and then they switch so it was Seirin along with the GoM . They then split off into groups according to their schools with Kagami and Kuroko breaking off to the front of the stage. The title of the play drops down on a giant sheet (like the first one) as the song ends with Kagami and Kuroko finishing it up with a fist bump before running off stage. 

As the title screen drops to the stage floor, we see a scoreboard in the back with the teams Seirin and Kirisaki Daiichi displayed on it with a score 84-83, indicating Seirin’s victory. However, there’s one person on the ground clutching his knee with the rest of the members in shock. Hanamiya then walks on stage laughing claiming it was an accident (or something, I honestly forgot what he said here but something like that). 

Back to the present, Kagami walks in brushing his teeth, oblivious to a very messy bedhead Kuroko approaching behind him, also brushing his teeth. After they spit out their rinse, Kuroko greets Kagami who freaks out accusing Kuroko for scaring him on purpose, and angrily asks what’s up with his hair. Kuroko nonchalantly replies it’s his bedhead, much to Kagami’s disbelief. Behind them Takao and Midorima walk on stage whining about practice, and spot the Seirin duo, much to both teams’ surprise. Takao explains Shuutoku is having a training camp leading to Midorima accusing Seirin of goofing off, which Kagami angrily replies Seirin is also there for training. Riko in a cooking apron barges in telling Kagami and Kuroko that they’re waiting for them to come to breakfast, which she reveals is her curry. Midorima and Takao cover their noses saying it stinks, and Midorima shouts at Kuroko.  Midorima: KUROKO WHAT KIND OF SCHOOL IS THIS?! Kuroko: Seirin High School. Midorima: THAT’S NOT WHAT I MEANT. Riko realizes that Shuutoku is also at the camp, so she has them train together. However, she has Kagami run back and forth from the conbini to get drinks. Kuroko is seen trying to go up against Midorima one-on-one much to Shuutoku’s surprise, but Midorima easily beats him, claiming Kuroko is naive for trying. Kagami returns with all the drinks, which Seirin takes from him as Riko notices he also got some for Shuutoku.

A bathtub is pushed on stage, and we see a shirtless Midorima and Takao and a rubber duck between them. Takao asks about Kuroko being able to do a drive with his misdirection, but MIdorima replies it’s impossible, but he’d be a formidable player if he did manage it. Agreeing with Midorima, he lastly points out that Midorima has been talking to the rubber duck between them the entire time, which squeaks in response.  (The props guy kept moving the duck to face whoever was talking as if it was listening. When they first came out, there were gasps and small squeals in the audience haha. Also at some point Midorima tried to stand up but Takao grabs his shoulder and makes him sit down again XD)

As Midorima and Takao’s bath is pulled off stage, another bath is pushed on from the other side showing Hyuuga and Kiyoshi in a bath together. They talk about how Riko probably has some motive for Kagami’s running training and how everyone is working hard to become stronger.

(Okay the next scene might’ve appeared earlier but I don’t remember, but it doesnt’ really make that much of a difference regarding the order) Izuki, Tsuchida, and Koganei are jogging outside and talk about how Teiko’s GoM were all geniuses and naturally talented, and that even Shuutoku’s members are talented. Compared to them, they feel they’re normal and have to work harder to catch up to everyone and not bring them down.

Kagami’s outside shooting hoops, wincing at his sore legs. Riko comes along which prompts Kagami to complain how he’s only been running and by the time he gets back the matches with Shuutoku are already over. Riko innocently asks if he hasn’t realized it yet, which Kagami’s response indicate he has no idea what she’s talking about. Riko then asks Kagami to jump, which isn’t that high due to his fatigue. Then Riko tells him to jump using his other leg. Takao walks by and notices them just as Kagami jumps super high (more like the hoop guy crouched lower to make it seem like he’s jumping higher) and dodges as the hoop nearly falls on him. Riko explains that Kagami’s strength is his jumping and his strong foot is actually his other foot.  She leaves muttering to herself if she helped him too much, but that it’s fine because he’s an idiot. 

Kagami is still reflecting over his new strength when Kuroko comes and spots Takao, explaining that he had come to get Kagami for dinner. Spotting Midorima suddenly appearing, Takao pulls down Kuroko to “hide” and watches as Midorima plays against Kagami, blocking all his dunks. Midorima says he can block them because he knows Kagami is going to dunk. As he leaves, he tells Takao they’re going with Takao laughing at how he knew he was there. Before leaving he tells Kuroko to not disappoint him for Winter Cup. (During the whole team, the prop guy had Midorima’s drink as well as his lucky rubber ducky, with the ducky cheering for him each time Midorima blocked one of Kagami’s shots)

Kagami and Kuroko discuss what they need to accomplish to become stronger. For Kagami it was being able to handle the ball with his other hand in order to jump with his stronger foot, and for Kuroko, his new drive. Behind them Takao asks Midorima if it was okay helping the enemy and Midorima denies it but he’ll beat them either way.

The next day, Seirin goes to watch the match between Kaijo and Touou, excited to see two of the GoM members face off against each other. Kaijo comes out with Hayakawa yelling about  rebounds, and Moriyama flirting with the audience whenever he was free, with a pitiful Kasamatsu left to deal with both. Touou on the other hand is freaking out because Aomine wasn’t there and Momoi trying to call him. Somehow an argument started between Wakamasu and Sakurai because Sakurai kept apologizing and Imayoshi yelling at them to stop, only for all 3 to stop when Momoi yells at them to shut up because she’s on the phone. Aomine then shows up to their surprise saying that with today’s opponent there was no way he’d miss this match.

Up in the stands, Kagami asks Kuroko who would win. Kuroko replies that he’s not sure, but that Kise has never won against Aomine in one-on-one matches in middle school. 

Before the match, Kise talks with Kasamatsu who explains because of a mistake he made last year, it cost them the match and the tournament. However the coach made him captain because of it, and that Kasamatsu has his own responsibility as a captain while Kise should worry about his own. 

The match then begins with an actual tip-off with a referee (which is new). The matches more or less are a cutdown version of the manga so I won’t go into too much detail, not that I could anyway. The choreography though is much better and they seem to make the matches a bit longer as well as more basketball plays with a real baskeball. There was so much fast passing and they actually shot the ball (over a wall into the backstage since no one can actually guarantee they’ll make it each time but it’s still cool). There’s less “interpretive dancing” in this one and more coordinated gameplays which was really cool, like you can tell the actors play basketball themselves (or trained really hard to look like they can XD). Touou of course is winning leaving Kaijo with little options. 

During the halftime, Kise separates himself from the rest of the team and Kuroko joins him. Kuroko explains he’s there since they had camp and went to watch the match, much to Kise’s disappointment since he had hoped Kuroko was there to cheer him. Kise asks Kuroko who he thinks would win and Kuroko replies that he’s not sure but that it wouldn’t be surprising if either team won. Kise replies that in middle school they always had to win, but that now he feels an excitement of not knowing if they would win or not.

The match resumes and Kise asks the team if he can use “that.” After some hesitance, Kaijo realizes it’s their only chance and tell Kise to do what he must. Over the next few plays Kaijo loses constantly against Aomine as Kise pretty much observes on the side. (really loved the dramatic music here too) Both Momoi and Kuroko seemed to realize Kise’s plan, and soon Seirin caught on too, which Kuroko confirms that Kise is indeed trying to copy Aomine. Kagami says that he thought it was impossible for Kise to copy a GoM but Kuroko explains that for the sake of winning he’s probably surpassed his limit. 

Kise reminisce how he started basketball because of Aomine, and always lookd up to him. But in order to beat him, he decided that he’ll quit looking up to him. Kise then faces against Aomine and drives past him in the similar choreography that Aomine has been using. Momoi comments that it’s not 100% perfect but it’s a very close copy to Aomine. Kise continues to score points against Touou with Aomine also scoring against Kaijo. There were a few plays where Aomine would like jump over players and other movements, with Kise doing the same thing. It was really cool and well-coordinated. 

Alas, down to the last few seconds, it was Aomine vs Kise with Aomine acknowledging Kise’s ability and that Kise would never give up as long as he had the same eyes as Kuroko. However, just as Kise was about to make the last pass to Kasamatsu, it’s blocked by Aomine saying how Kise ended up relying on his teammates in the end, which is unlike Aomine himself. Despite that, Kasamatsu yells it’s not over yet and there’s still time, however the match ends with Kaijo’s loss. Right at the buzzer, Kise falls to the ground feeling utterly defeated, sobbing into his arms. It really sounded like Kise was legit crying ;n; Kasamatsu goes over and tries encourage him to get up and that he did well, which was a bit difficult as Kise didn’t have the will to stand up in his crying. As Kasamatsu helped Kise up, you can see that Kise’s actor really was actually crying (cue the audience crying now too).  As Kaijo struggles to the center Seirin starts clapping for them. The two teams bow and thank each other for the match and Seirin and we the audience clapped for both teams as well. Seirin then comments how this was the strength of the GoM...

On stage, Kasamatsu remained in the center in the shadows, with Moriyama and Kise walking in front of him to the side. Kise asks where was Kasamatsu and Moriyama tells him he’s still in the locker room and Kise offered to find him. Moriyama tells him to leave him as we see Kasamatsu’s serious expression break and he starts sobbing falling to the ground, punching the ground in frustration. Kise then understands what he meants and leaves to follow Moriyama, remembering Kasamatsu’s words to him before the match.

Riko (I think) then tells the audience that summer has ended, and it’s now approaching winter as the schools prepare for Winter Cup (or try fight for their spot anyway).

Kagami is seen handling the ball with his left hand much to Kuroko’s surprise. Kuroko asks if Kagami would practice his drive with him, which Kagami exclaims that he thought Kuroko had completed it already. He answers that he can pretty much do it but he wanted an opponent to practice against. Kuroko demonstrates his drive against Kagami (which involves the two of them doing some fast turns so Kuroko ends up behind him with Kagami facing away from him if anyone is wondering how they did it). Kuroko ends up forgetting the ball though. Kagami: You dropped the ball! Kuroko: Un. I dropped it.

Shuutoku wins their match against whatever school, and Midorima notices how Hanamiya was in the stands watching, meaning that he didn’t play in his own school’s match. Seirin with their new regulars: Hyuuga, Izuki, Kiyoshi, Kagami and Kuroko, swiftly win all of their matches and make their way up to face Shuutoku.

Oh right, I forgot to mention that Midorima had his giant bear lucky item, which was the prop guy wearing a bear mask XD. As Shuutoku left the stage, Midorima tried to push his “lucky item” off but it proved to be too heavy XD;;;;

Takao apologizes to Kuroko saying this time Midorima isn’t focusing on him, but Kagami instead who he has now acknowledged as a rival. But that Takao himself has acknowledged Kuroko as his own rival, which Kuroko replies the same. Once again, the game begins with a tip-off and the rematch between Seirin and Shuutoku start with Kise (alone because his team didn’t want to go with him) and Momoi in the stands watching in the stands. Both teams put pressure on each other with the game eventually leading to Kuroko using his vanishing drive for the first time in a match, getting past Midorima. I’ll say you’ll be impressed with how fast they pull off the gameplays because again it really is amazing at how fast they play like a real match.  (Up in the stands you can see Kise being a Kuroko fanboy XD) 

Each character got their own time in the spotlight for some sort of play but most of it focused on Midorima vs Kagami with some Kuroko vanishing drives. Takao asks Midorima if he was okay with his limit of shooting 3′s but Midorima replies with a wryly smile that he had surpassed his limit long ago. Kiyoshi manages to make Shuutoku foul and get Seirin a chance to score two baskets. He makes the first one but due to his leg injury he misses the second one and the two teams fight for the rebound. For the last scene it had Kagami and Midorima in the center (the scene in the 9th pic here) screaming as Kagami tries to block Midorima’s shot. (Everyone else is on the ground screaming as well and it was rather funny just seeing Hyuuga and Takao basically half on the ground screaming in the air XD). As we know, the game ends in a tie.

As Seirin leaves the stage, Hanamiya walks by which Kiyoshi goes to greet him as Kuroko, Kagami, and Hyuuga watched. The first years ask if Kiyoshi knew him and Hyuuga explains that during middle school, there were the 5 geniuses of the GoM, but there were also the 5 who were also talented but in the shadows: The Uncrowned Kings. He further explains Kiyoshi and Hanamiya were both one of the UK, and the first years suggest that if Kiyoshi greeted him, they must be friends, but Hyuuga quickly dismisses the statement saying they’re actually the most opposite they could be. 

Seirin gathers as they realize their next match is against Kirisaki Daiichi, and leave the stage. Kagami then asks Kuroko how long does he need for a break. Kagami: How long do you need a break? Kuroko: ...........4 hours. Kagami: -20 MIN BREAKTIME!

And intermission.

The second half of play opens up with Midorima walking and both Kise and Momoi appear, with Momoi holding his favorite red bean drink and gives it to him. Midorima still appears to be sulky about the tie and Kise tries to comfort him. Midorima tells him that he should be worried more for Seirin, with the next opponents being Kirisaki Daiichi. Then we hear a bell and much to our delight we see Takao on a bike pulling a rear cart. Having never seen it before, a very confused Momoi asks what it was and Midorima replies it’s a rear cart that he has Takao pulls. Takao argues it’s because Midorima always wins at janken (which Midorima replies ‘Of course’). Kuroko joins them and Momoi runs over to try to hug him, which Kuroko swiftly ducks and dodges. Midorima tells Kuroko that next time they’ll meet at Winter Cup, which Kuroko agrees. 

Takao all fired up then challenges Midorima to janken to determine who pulls the cart. Of course, he loses. To prove that he doesn’t always lose, he decides to challenge Kise, Momoi, and Kuroko at janken. (Of course I’m pretty sure it’s scripted that he always loses to Midorima, but it seems that his games with the other 3 are actual unstaged janken matches XD). For the performance I went to, he won against Kise and tied with Momoi and Kuroko. Then he goes back to face Midorima and ultimately loses, thus prompting Midorima to get into the rear cart (cue the audience laughing). As Takao and Midorima ride off stage, the other former Teiko members say their goodbyes and split off. 

Elsewhere, Kagami overhears Kiyoshi and Hyuuga talking as Hyuuga accuses Kiyoshi for not telling them about his leg not being completely recovered yet and Kiyoshi argues back saying it’s his last chance to play with the team. Kagami wonders what he meant by “last time” and asks Hyuuga about it just as Kuroko walks on stage to join them. Hyuuga was a bit surprised that Kagami overheard them, but says that either way it would’ve been found out. And Hyuuga begins to explain what happened in their first year.

(During the ‘flashback’ Kuroko and Kagami are sorta just hanging around as if they were actually there)

At this moment, all the rivals are in the gray jackets as “extras” each holding club signs similar to the first episode, trying to recruit newbies. The music was this childish cute music and they just looked so silly and dorky dancing to it. Aomine was in the middle waving his sign smiling XD Kise had a swimming sign so he was dance-swimming? XD I see these two idiots on the right doing a dance-off with each other and it was Kasamatsu and Moriyama XD

Each Seirin senpai slowly come out each of them saying their name and that they were 15 years old (to help us understand this is one year ago). First was Tsuchida (who’s been mainly acting as a narrator this entire time) and then Izuki. Izuki calls out for Hyuuga which then cues the audience to gasp (including Kuroko) as Hyuuga walks on with his horrible blonde hair. They meet Kiyoshi who sees Hyuuga’s phone and tries to recruit them to form a basketball club. As we know, Hyuuga says no but Kiyoshi still manages to recruit Izuki, Koganei and Tsuchida anyway. Oh, and also Mitobe (who isn’t in the play this time). Koganei points to the side of the stage indicating Mitobe is over there and Kagami and Kuroko look over trying to see if he’s there. Kagami: Kuroko, do you see Mitobe-senpai? Kuroko: *looking super hard* .........I don’t see him.

Koganei announces they need a cute manager, then Izuki suggests Riko who joins them stating her name and age, but then outright refuses explaining all the clubs who have asked her are not serious enough due to feeling dejected with losses from the GoM. Meanwhile, Kiyoshi still tries to get Hyuuga to join and suggests they play a match and if Hyuuga wins, he’ll leave him alone. As they talk throughout the match Hyuuga eventually screams his true feelings of being scared to play basketball despite his love for it, and even though the game wasn’t over, Kiyoshi declares it Hyuuga’s win having finally heard how Hyuuga truly felt about basketball and leaves, leaving Hyuuga alone to reflect on his own. (At some point Hyuuga was so pissed off his glasses fell off XD)

The next day, we see Izuki, Koganei, and Kiyoshi on the roof with the “extras” and Riko on the ground. Kiyoshi yells his name and class number saying he’s going to form the basketball club. Izuki mutters that he guesses Kiyoshi was unable to sway Hyuuga after all, but then Hyuuga comes along, with his black hair, shouting he’s only doing it because he hates Kiyoshi and wants to beat him at something he enjoys. Hyuuga then turns to shout to everyone that he’s joining the club and they’re going to become number one, much to the school’s confusion. Then the “teachers” come out to tell them off. The “teachers” were four “extras” with one of them being an old man principal. The old man principal was Kasamatsu because I could see his face. And I’m not sure who it was, but I THINK, IT MAY HAVE BEEN KISE, I’M NOT SURE BECAUSE OF THEIR FEMALE WIG, but SOMEONE was dressed as a female teacher in a tight suit and fake boobs and everything XDD But basically the teachers were scolding them saying there’s no way they could be number one, with even the female teacher seductively telling Hyuuga it’s impossible. But Hyuuga retorts saying they’ll show them. Riko starts laughing hysterically seeing how stupid yet serious they are, and accepts the role as coach. 

The new basketball team wins through numerous matches and eventually face off Kirisaki Daiichi. As we know, Hanamiya sets up Kiyoshi to injure his leg making it look like an accident. Hyuuga accuses him of doing it on purpose but Hanamiya claims it was an accident. Later in the hospital, (Kiyoshi really just stayed on the ground and the light changed to mimic a sunset), Hyuuga visits and finds out it’ll take a bit of time for Kiyoshi to recover. Hyuuga tells him that in reality, Kiyoshi was scared or didn’t believe they could become number one, as Kiyoshi never shouted it on the roof, so therefore Hyuuga would lead them to become Japan’s number one as they wait for Kiyoshi’s return. Kiyoshi starts to cry and tells Hyuuga (and Seirin) to wait for him. 

Back to the present, Hyuuga assures Kagami and Kuroko that it’s not something they should worry about and walks off. Of course the first years weren’t going to let it go that easily and were more resolved to beating Kirisaki Daiichi. 

The day of the match, all of Kaijo has come to watch, as well as Touou. They even managed to kidnap Aomine as Momoi lured him with a gravure photobook and Aomine was carried in a giant cloth. After Aomine was freed, Momoi gives him his photobook and he complains it’s not a Horikita Mai book. 

The match between Seirin and Kirisaki starts. Seirin was managing to hold its own with Kiyoshi and Kuroko using his vanishing drive. Koganei runs and tells Riko that according to data reports, many key players have been injured by Kirisaki Daiichi which starts to worry them. Sure enough, Kirisaki Daiichi begins to target Kiyoshi as well as Kagami (well more like stopping Kagami with dirty methods compared to them actually hurting Kiyoshi). After Kagami gets tripped in a jump, pissed off, he moves to punch Hara. Riko yells at him to stop and Kuroko runs from out of nowhere and pulls his legs to make him fall. Kuroko tells a pissed off Kagami that punching him wouldn’t solve anything and Kiyoshi helps calms him down. Kiyoshi then asks the team to leave him in the center and everyone outside, which Hyuuga initially refuses as Kiyoshi would be the only target. Kiyoshi smiles and says as long as his teammates aren’t hurt, which is why he came back. Kaijo and Touou notice the change of formation and grew concerned as they were also aware Kiyoshi would be the one taking all of the hits. Sure enough, Kirisaki focused on him , jabbing him in the stomach, sides, etc. Eventually Kiyoshi gets jabbed in the face when a member of Kirisaki falls on him (which actually looked painful, but probably wasn’t, for the Kirisaki guy because he falls backwards on stage). I can’t remember if more stuff happened but again just watch/read the match in the anime/manga. Eventually it’s halftime and Hanamiya walks and bumps into Kuroko and yells at him to move out of the way. Kuroko stops him and asks him if what he does is fun. Hanamiya feigns feeling bad but then does his signature “no way I’d say that BAKA!!!!!” His laughing really is creepy and just great acting on him. Props to his actor. Kagami, who was watching, is pissed off in the locker room and kicks the locker, which Kuroko tells him to stop (Kuroko is looking down towards the ground so you can’t see his face but you can tell he’s pissed). Kagami shouts at him saying he doens’t know how Kuroko is so calm and turns Kuroko towards him/Seirin, and pauses. THen he says it’s the first time he ever saw Kuroko look so angry.

In the bathroom, Hanamiya runs into Aomine, who warns Hanamiya that he has now made Kuroko mad.

In the second half, Hanamiya proceeds with his “spider web” targeting Izuki in order to read his plays. Struggling, Seirin try to figure out a way out and everyone stops when Kuroko asks them to let him play on his own. He reassures them to just continue playing as normal. Sure enough Kuroko begins interrupting passes and they start taking back points. At some point, Seirin convinces Kiyoshi to sit out as his leg was starting to bother him, and that they can win without him. Hyuuga, who’s been missing his shots due to his anger towards Kirisaki, starts making his 3′s again. At the end, we finally hear angry Kuroko telling off Hanamiya that the GoM would never play like him and demands he stops getting in the way of Seirin’s dreams, and does an Ignite Pass Kai towards Kagami who makes the finishing shot. 

With their win, Seirin rejoices as it meant they have a spot in Winter Cup. Kiyoshi rejoins them and he and Hyuuga share a high five, which before Hyuuga has never done as seen in the flashback earlier. Kiyoshi then goes towards a defeated Hanamiya and praises him for his dunk. Hanamiya of course, being Hanamiya, isn’t exactly happy with it coming from Kiyoshi. Despite his salty response, Kiyoshi smiles and suggests they play again someday and walks off. 

Midorima and Takao walk on stage having just finished their own match and of course winning, confirming they have earned their own spot in Winter Cup as well. 

The Seirin senpais are just leaving as Riko asks where was Kuroko and is told Kagami went to go find him. She whines how it’s always like this. The senapis then discuss how including the Phantom Sixth Man, all of the members of TEiko’s GoM are in the Winter Cup and that the Winter Cup will be a battle of the Miracles. 

Kuroko is on his own outside shooting, when Kagami joins him, saying it’s normal to be excited. The two of them play a bit of one on one until Hyuuga comes in and kicks Kagami, followed by the rest of Seirin. With their next stage being Winter Cup, Hyuuga shouts they’re on their way to becoming number one and they’re going to win, followed by Seirin’s shouts of agreement. Seirin starts to exit, leaving Kuroko and Kagami behind, and the two give each other a fist bump.

The play starts to finish in the same way as the opening. Right after the fist bump Rimfire starts playing and they reenact their opening dance, except this time they finish with the cast members lined up in an arch with Kuroko and Kagami in the center. They bow and Kuroko says some words of thanks and they exit the stage.

THey come back for one encore for their daily curtain call greeting with this time Catalyst Rhythm playing in the background. Each performance has a different person. Much to our luck, we got Kasamatsu! I’ve seen Kasamatsu’s actor in other series and he’s quite formal and polite when he’s not in character, so his speech was rather formal as well. After he finishes Kuroko says one last round of thanks and they do one last bow before waving and leaving the stage. 

Phew, that was long. I hope it was detailed enough like some people asked for XD I’ll be seeing the play again when they perform in Osaka, and once more in theaters when they do a live-viewing of the finale which I’m excited for because they do close-ups and stuff so you can get a better look of their face expressions. Overall, I REALLY enjoyed this play. They’ve improved a lot since their first one and I felt their first one was done quite well for a first-time play. Given how this play ended, the next play definitely marks the start of Winter Cup which means the rematch of Touou and the introduction of Murasakibara which I’m really curious to see who they cast. XD Depending on how they write the play, dunno if they’ll add Akashi but I”m hoping so XD

Thank you if you managed to stick to reading this long report XD If I see more stuff worth mentioning in the next couple of times I’ll add it here. I’ll probably do a mini  highlights report for the live-viewing like last time too.

#kuroko no basuke #kuroko no basket #knb stageplay #took a few hours to type this... #pamphlet and photo scans will start later this week

[sugasugasuga]

mvs im kind of in love with (a wip)

#wyd by ikon - i love this one because i feel like with boy band mvs they often fall into the weird “6 boys (sometimes literally) chasing the same girl which proves most writers and directors and stuff are male because any woman would know that said girl would be scared for her life)” trope and this mv is the complete opposite, and portrays romance, or rather the cutesy precursor to romance (yes things aren't/shouldnt be inherently romantic but the vibe and interactions and overall feeling of the this song/mv hints at romance so well, i’m more than okay with it. it’s romantic, but this kind of romantic i support) so well. it’s rarely dramatic (or at least not the mv type of dramatic) and there’s not usually a GROUNDBREAKING moment where you confess your undying love for each other and live happily ever after. those kinds of stories can sometimes feel like more of a caricature of real life, whereas this feels like a snapshot of real life. it does an excellent job of showing those small little moments in the honey moon phase that lead up to romance. the characters are tiptoeing around each other and there’s nothing explicitly romantic but the combination of the music and visuals are enough; nothing needs to be explicitly romantic. one of my favourite things about mvs like this is that i don’t feel like i need to know the words theyre singing in order to understand. it just sort of speaks for itself in its own way and it portrays the emotions its trying to show so well since it doesnt solely rely on the lyrics.   airplane (which i also really like, but not enough for it to make it on to the list “officially) does a similar thing,  and i like that it has more of an arch than this one, but i do feel like looking up the lyrics for that made a lot more sense. at first i felt that the third wheeling/””friendzone”” (for the lack of a better word) thing felt a bit out of place and like they were trying to tell 2 different stories at once but now i feel like it’s just trying to portray a more fleshed out relationship 

i am you, you are me by zico - this is my favourite music video of all time (i love the entirety of inu/run/the prologue etc more but that counts as more of a ‘mv series’ in my mind and you cant compare the two since they’re trying to achieve such different things). i feel overwhelmed by how much i love this mv every time i watch it. i genuinely can’t handle it and i have so many thoughts, starting to talk about it is kind of intimidating and i’ve been putting it off for ages.  several months later: OK I REWATCHED IT LETS DO THIS. every time i watch this mv i am overwhelmed by how much i love it. every time im like “it cant be as good as i remember” but then it is. watching it just makes me feel so soft and warm and quiet. there’s nothing in the whole mv that feels out of place. i love the clothes, i love the hair, i love how natural everything feels. the set is phenomenal, it creates this strange, distant, otherworldly, completely independent little universe. the products that are perfectly lined up and the lights and the way colour and the flickering of the light/the tv is being used makes it feel a bit like a dream. the sparkle at the beginning also gives it a fairy tale kind of vibe. it just feels surreal, blending reality and fantasy in a really god way. the close ups of the people/the sets are being used in the perfect moments, it just creates this beautiful balance that just works so well together. there’s a lot going on, but it never feels like its too much. i love love l o v e the two characters interactions. the mv feels like a whole story that says soooo much without having to say anything at all. the exchanged looks and the gradual development and the interactions are just so perfect. its one of those things where things dont need to be explicitly romantic to be romantic, the combination of the visuals and the song just conveys this very specific feeling extremely well. i love the way they toe around each other and test each other a little bit, how it feels very careful and new at first but then gets more familiar. i love how they look at each other.  i love the parts where they sit back to back and the camera spins around them. i love the part where you have a red close up of zico and she's layered above in blue. that could have looked strange but it works extremely well. everything in this mv feels like it happens or is there for a reason. it feels very intentional, but in a casual way, if that makes sense. i love the pace. i think this is partly caused by the fact that it looks like everything is just slightly slowed down, so it feels more relaxed and gives off this “we have all the time in the world” vibe, and also similar to the otherworldly feeling i mentioned earlier. i love how the sign went from opened/closed to opened/opened.i just dont even know how to say it but from 0:16-0:22, the way the perspectives are shown is just wonderful. i love the way its blurry for a split second  at 0:12. i just love all the details. i love how this mv makes me feel. i want to live in this. 

sentimental by winner - ngl i just love the way this is shot and the colours and the styling and chilled and lazy and careless atmosphere that the visuals and the song create, but also how it somehow shows this underlying frustration? looking up the lyrics helped with this one - i kinda guessed the whole “i miss u” thing because of the title and it has this bittersweetness to it? i just think that this is a great example of a series of seemingly borderline nonsensical/weird/”random” things (eg. the lobster, the bathtub, the guy dancing around with the cat or the guy riding the bike whilst lying on the floor) but it made sense, somehow? it felt like all those little details just showed the frustration and boredom and that they’re not quite sure what to do with themselves and how missing someone can drive you a little bit crazy. not to mention that the cat is a metaphor for “im going to die alone with 18 cats” and the bike thing reminds me a little bit of carousel by melanie martinez, in other words just feeling like you/a relationship is going nowhere. i also love the repeated use/portrayal of musical instruments (even/especially the ones where they go a bit crazy) because it feels like that shows working through your feelings through creativity and expressing yourself. and i also love the couple making out in random places because that’s essentially what it feels like when you like someone who likes someone else, them being with that person is always just sort of... there... i like the almost intruder-like portrayal of it here. i also love the separate rooms because they’re such a cool way to show the characters’ isolation and give them a bit of individuality, whilst still tying it all together with the band/kitchen sequences. 

you’re the best by mamamoo - i like this one because it’s a great example of “we all like the same person but not in a way that suggests we want to kill them and wear their skin”. also, i love the song and the styling (mamamoo are the only people in this world that can pull off bootcut jeans) and the colours and the choreo and the set and the retro/vintagey vibe it all gives off and how the music video perfectly compliments the song and every things so bright and wonderful and i love the dorky moments and i love the scenes under the white sheet (one of the weirdest things ive said in a while) but theyre just so radiant and soft and i love the little animations, they’re so subtle it took me aaaages to see them and theyre so small and cute and fit really well (its not like lalaland floating galaxy dance that feels out of place) and its overall just such a wonderful experience to watch the mv and also i am in love with every single one of these girls 

why so lonely by wonder girls - this one borders on including random things just for the sake of including random things, but it does it so well, i honestly dont care. you do need subs, i think? but its overall just so good that it doesnt matter too much. it just has this “i dont give a shit” in such a classy, controlled, badass lana del rey way. i watched this for the first time when it first came out, i think, about 9 months ago? and i still haven't stopped thinking/forgotten about it, simply because it was so unlike anything ive ever seen before and i honestly wasn’t even sure whether i like it or not. but i do. i love the blocky colors and the styling and the set and the actual format/size of the video and how you have the black borders on the side and how they all fit together perfectly to create this vintage/retro/strange different reality or its own world. the fact that they all perform/sing with this deadpan face and intense eye contact is also that perfect kind of strange that just goes really well with the entire mv. i love the ending and i love that it has this little arch to it, even if its kind of a crazy one, but i love that it’s not wannabe badass (like me lol) or cutesy, it’s just so fucking cool and well made in its own way.  

fine by taeyeon this is the one. the mv that will be the death of me. i love how simple this was and that the way it was shot and the variety and the colours and how pretty it was in a soft, subtle way made it really really interesting or ’’’moving’’’’ i guess. (i always say the same thing, i know, but these are just the things i love about mvs??) the underlying theme/repeated use of photographs and that type of imagery to indicate the passing of time and memories was just stunning and perfect and added this feeling of nostalgia and missing someone/something and perfectly complimented the song. i love that this is another one that just feels really sincere and real and not dramatic at all, all the interactions between the couple are just really really cute and i love that one moment where she's just in the kitchen drinking a glass of water because (at least i think that) it’s this strange relatable feeling of being a bit lost and just thinking and wandering around the house and drinking a glass of water and thinking about stuff. it’s just overall wonderful. 

never ever by got7 - this is just beautiful. that’s the only way to describe it. all the scenes are gorgeous and well balanced, if that makes sense? i love the colours and the contrast between the white and the bluish black with just enough vibrant colours to make it interesting and the smoke thing and the outfits its all just well rounded, somehow. id be OBSESSED with this band if they were on spotify  

fxxk it by bigbang - this ones slightly different bc i saw the mv a while back and i thought it was alright but then i went to hoho’s k pop shop in london and picked up 2 like, credit card sized poster type bigbang things so i was like “guess i should give them another try” and i listened to more of their stuff and i really really really like this song (and a lot of their other songs, actually?? i had no idea that they’ve recently been making so much chilled music?? i guess i just kept thinking of fantastic baby when i heard bigbang) and i think its just another instance of the mv matching the song really well. and i love the styling and colors. i say that every time bUT JUST LOOK AT IT ITS SO COOL 

crooked by g-dragon - i just kind of assumed ive already talked about this because its one of my favourites and it has been for like a year or something?side note before i rewatch it and give my detailed opinions: coup d’etat reminds me of a very specific couple of weeks of my life. it basically just feels like walking to the my best friend’s place in may or june in the evenings last year and its still light and really nice and warm and im wearing ripped jeans and doc martens and my leather jacket and me and my best friend hang out and watch a movie or walk around while we’re ”””””studying”””” and its just a. lot.  but ANYWAY i just love this so much. i love the song and the music video s o m u c h. not just because i have this weird sentimental connection to it. i just feel like it conveys this feeling of helpless, reckless, careless, self destructive badassness so strongly that there is no doubt about it, regardless of the lyrics. i looked them up once and i forgot and im sure theyre good but i just really feel like the sound and the visuals combine so well that theyre a bonus rather than something you need to understand. it just makes me feel this strange sense of pity and it has that kind of underlying sense of sadness and despair and loneliness and not being sure what to do with yourself and not quite belonging but covering it all with this appearance of not caring even though you care so much at the same time and i just love it so much. all i know is that walking places whilst listening to g-dragon is a very unique, specific feeling that i love 

she's a baby by zico - since i am you, you are me is basically my favourite mv ever i put off watching this for like 2 weeks. i was kinda nervous, ngl?? idek know why tbh? i guess i didnt want to be disappointed? but maaan. i was not disappointed. of course i dont like it as much as i am you, but i love love love that it has the same gentle pastel vibe and it just made me feel all soft inside and it made me smile and i just love it. im not gonna go on about how much i love the colors and the way its shot and stuff bc i say the same thing every time but jusT LOOK AT IT. its GORGEOUS. 

rumor by kard - this looks cool as fuck on your phone, i really really like the song and just generally love that kard always does completely new, different stuff and does it super well. (i just love their music in general bc their lyrics mean soooo much to me whenever i feel A Lot) 

neverland by holland - boy where to even start with this one. to begin with, i want to take the first 30 seconds and hang them up on my wall. tattoo them on my body. they’re just so quiet and pretty and perfect. i love the yellow neverland font. and just the contrast between the dark scenes where he’s alone and the brightness of the beach and the sky when they’re together???? SO damn good. the combination of the two makes the mv feel like it’s like a memory - when you think of someone you used to like, you think about all of it. it’s not just the good and it’s not just the bad, in a way, you’re brain smashes it all together. it just does such an excellent job of making you feel something. and the interactions between the two boys. they’re so cute and soft together but the mv also manages to give their relationship a bit of depth and it’s just great to watch. and their kiss might be my favourite “tv” kiss ever? i usually just find kisses in movies and tv shows (especially dramas) very “whatever” but this one was just so cute. they’re so cute. it’s just great. and i love the sound of the actual music so much? i’m usually not into soft music but this is actually so damn good????? im honestly just dying for holland to make more music 

#mine #long post

[smolkatsuki]

my victuuri fic/oneshots

hello! my name is des, i am a writer on ao3. (speficially for victuuri) i write quite a bit of fluff and smut, you’ll see many smiliarites while reading some of them because i am still working on opening up to new things with my writing. but it would mean a lot if you read them and even left comments on what you thought, i always look forward to feedback. :] (fyi im shit at descriptions so lmao) my ao3 account: poppysicle

one shots beauty - general audience yuri practices performing a song that reminds him too much of victor. super fluffy and romantic, i live for this kinda stuff. 

buzzed - explicit it’s the morning of victor’s birthday and yuri wants to start it off perfect. this was before i even looked up victor’s birthday so obviously i didn’t know it and it was my first smut about victuuri??? one of my most popular ones too.

mile high club - explicit nerves break in on yuri on the way to beijing, victor decides to help. the plane scene triggered some unholy thoughts one day and this is what came out of it, also one of my most popular ones!!

a first with you - general audience/explicit this was before i realized victor lives in st.petersburg and not moscow lol but it’s a two part series. first one is fluff and the second one is extreme smut (not to spoil or anything but victor bottoms??)

red velvet - mature there is a lot on yuri’s mind and victor always knows what to do. victuuri + bathtub + roses = this one shot

no balloons or cake - explicit victor and yuri’s first time this was actually based off a boy next door au i was writing but never actually started so i skipped to the smut. this is model!yuri & teacher!victor.

close - mature some victuuri angst that i felt was needed *includes good communication skills that i wish my previous relationship had lol

sunday morning rain - explicit victor and yuri take a week break in st.petersburg and this is how they spend their first day home. i don’t know if you can tell but i fucking love morning sex. this is fluff and smut.

most wonderful time of the year - explicit it’s victor’s birthday and yuri tries his best but doesn’t succeed. i really liked the idea of yuri trying to do the best thing for victor but also having things mess up for some reason? i did this on christmas day because we weren’t celebrating that day due to family issues so this cheered me up.

a gold like you - explicit victor finally gets to have alone time with yuuri after spending over a couple months of working on programs nonstop. he decides to use his time wisely and let yuuri join him on a lazy day, a few things occur. aka my poor excuse of wanting yuuri to laugh at things victor says and judge him immensely for his dirty talk skill. I COMPLETELY HEADCANNON THAT VICTOR SUCKS AT DIRTY TALK SOMETIMES OR ISN’T SEXY ALL THE TIME IN BED AND YURI LOVES LAUGHING DURING SEX. this is one of my favorite ones i’ve written tbh.

chaptered just a touch - explicit phichit finally gets yuuri out of the rink and going out to do what most 20 year olds do. and yuuri ends up meeting someone who makes him more drunk than the drink he's having. based on the song touch by little mix because it's always stuck in my head. i ended up making a second chapter since it was HIGHLY requested, i thought this was shit since i wrote both chapters around late times.

enthrall - mature (WIP) no one knew something was wrong with him. no one cared to even ask the professional ice skater. not until it lead to him laying in the bed of a hospital room, feeling absolute regret that what he did couldn't be finished. but maybe it was for the best, victor doesn't know that yet. aka victor, a five-time gold medalist attempts suicide but is saved by doctor katsuki. this is a fic that i have been working on for awhile now since i came up with the idea while trying to figure out what i wanted my first fic to be about. it does have trigger warnings due to victor’s character but i still recommend if you are able to read it. i loved the idea of victor being the weak character for once instead of yuri, plus kid fics are my weakness so i had to add emi. but please support me if you can and read this, it means the world to me. i love receiving messages and comments every time i publish a chapter. it isn’t well known but it’s something to start with, you know?

#yuri on ice #yuri katsuki #victor nikiforov #victor x yuuri #yuri x victor #victuuri #victuuri smut #victuuri fluff #victuuri fic #fic rec #self promo #yuuri katsuki #top yuri #top victor #bottom yuri #bottom victor #anime #yuri!!! on ice #vikturri #victuri

[inevitably-johnlocked]

hi! i saw your other post of johnlock fic lists and i wondered if you'd be doing more? if so, are there any case fics you'd recommend? :,) also, just wanted to mention how much i love your blog theme haha, sorry for bothering and have good day!

Hi Lovely!

YOU BETCHA! I’ve been sorting fics for a couple years offline and I’m getting good at guessing what y’all will be asking for so I start lists in case they get asked for LOL. That and I love when y’all are interested in seeing what I enjoy reading :) I’ve many requests now, so yeah, they may be more common than usual!

ANYWAY, I’ve lots of Case Fics! Definitely not all of them, but here’s what I got for you that I’ve sorted so far! Friends, feel free to add your own!

(I had some on my MFL List but Tumblr Deleted all my links so they’ll have to wait until the next one LOL)

CASE FICS

Promise of Sussex by LittleLongHairedOutlaw (T, 705 w. || First Person POV Sherlock, Sherlock Whump, Angst, Pining, Ambiguous Ending) – John tries to keep Sherlock conscious after he’s been shot on a case.

God Save The Queen by Alice Day (K+, 1,398 w. || Humour, Mystery, Friendship) – Sherlock has a new case. John is petrified. The Queen is amused.

Back in the Saddle by grannysknitting (M, 1,577 w. || Post TGG AU, Donovan POV, Observation / Introspection, Protective Sherlock, Injured John, Case-ish Fic) – Their first return to solving crime after the pool and the explosion.

Caught by Salambo06 (E, 1,859 w. || Frottage, First Time / Kiss, Bed Sharing, Wet Dreams, POV John, Masturbation) – A hotel room. They’re here for a case, hadn’t planned to spend the night and ended up sharing a room. No, sharing a bed. Suddenly John is very much aware of his own hand closed around his hard cock and the ragged breathing next to him. Closing his eyes for the briefest second, John dares to turn his head just enough to confirm what he already knows. Sherlock, on his side, watching him.

The Adventure of the Mysterious Appearance of Tissues by Gwen’s Blue Box (K+, 1,910 w. || Fluff, Humour, Sick John, Caring Sherlock, Hurt/Comfort) – In which there is a case, John has caught a cold and is not interested in investigating, Mrs Hudson is away and Sherlock does the shopping.

The Case of the Missing Blogger by nicknack22 (K, 2,147 w. || Fluff, Humour, Friendship, Worried / Anxious Sherlock) – Alternately titled, The Case of the Oblivious Consulting Detective. In which Sherlock comes out of his mind palace to discover John missing. 221B does not fair well as a result.

Love Hurts by Grac3 (T, 2,215 w.|| Magical Realism, Pining Sherlock, One-Sided Pining / URT, Sherlock / John Whump, Angst, Ambiguous Ending) – In a world where someone’s physical injuries manifest themselves on the person who is in love with them, John didn’t think that there would ever be anyone who was willing to risk falling in love with him - until he got shot on a case, and it didn’t hurt. Unrequited Johnlock.

Hell or High water by bluefire301175 (E, 2,250 w. || PWP, Frottage, Alley Sex, First Person POV John, Case-ish Fic, Mutual Pining, Bed Sharing) – John wants. Sherlock wants. Plain and simple.

The Case of the Made-Up Case by DoubleNegative (T, 2,394 || Fake Relationship, Clubbing, First Kiss, For Science) - Sherlock takes John to a club. For a “case.” Yes, John, a case. Part 1 of The (Secret) Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Work On Your Balance by speculate (K+, 2,448 w. || Embarassed Sherlock, “For A Case”, Skating, Fluff, Friendship, Humour) – In which John is actually pretty good at ice skating, Sherlock’s not and insists it’s all for a case , and Lestrade is pretty amused by it all.

The Many Faces of Concern by sdrawkcabemdaer5 (K+, 2,473 w. || Friendship, Angsty Fluff, John Whump, Mildly Clueless / Guilty Sherlock) – John is injured on a case, leading to some surprising reactions and discoveries about their friendship.

Domino by Deception’s Call (K, 2,689 w. || Friendship, Hurt/Comfort, Scared / Worried Sherlock, John Whump, Crying Sherlock, Hospital, Implied Caretaker Sherlock) – When John is injured on a case and is admitted to the hospital, those at Scotland Yard come to realize that perhaps Sherlock Holmes has a heart after all.

Not My Proudest Moment by charlock221 (K, 2,695 w. || Lunar New Year, Mild PTSD / Panic Attack, Coping Mechanisms, Friendship, Hurt/Comfort) – John tries his best not to get in the way of Sherlock’s cases, but when the vivid noises of fireworks unnerve his senses and begin to bring back unwanted memories of Afghanistan, he cannot help but to hope Sherlock will notice and help him before things go too far.

Extraordinary by ardenteurophile (T, 2,739 w. || Angst, Pining, Romance, Second Person POV Sherlock, Pre-Slash) – Sherlock tries to understand his preoccupation with one Doctor John Watson - the one case he can never solve.

Undercurrents by entanglednow (E, 2,996 w. || Disturbing Things, Crime Scene Fetish, Pseudo-Necrophilia, PWP, Masturbation) – “There, that’s it, perfect, shut your eyes and don’t move - and don’t speak.“

The Dangers of Dating by verityburns (T, 3,325 w. || Friendship, Case Fic, No Slash, John Whump, Worried Sherlock) – Sherlock and John acquire a new client… with a very unusual problem.

A Bit of Indulgence by beltainefaerie (NR, 3,364 w. || Fake Relationship, Pride Parade, Declarations of Love, Fluff, Dev. Rel., Case Fic) – A case leads John and Sherlock to fake being boyfriends and John runs into an old acquaintance.

Worth It by JezebelGoldstone (G, 3,467 w. || Fluff, Humour, Injury, H/C, Cuddling) – John receives a minor injury during a case, and Sherlock’s reaction makes John wonder if Sherlock is the best friend he’s ever had, or the worst.

Coldness/Heat by agirlsname (E, 3,790 w. || Cuddling & Snuggling, Body Heat, New Year’s Eve, PWP, Bedsharing, Frottage) – The inn is booked up on New Year’s Eve. The train home is cancelled because of the snow. The only option is to sleep in the non-heated guest room of a client, and John and Sherlock are freezing.You know where this is going. Part 1 of New Year’s Kiss

Equine Arse Anonymity by Kayjaykayme (E,  3,834 w. || Est. Rel., Public Sex, Coming in Pants, Humour, Halloween, Hand Jobs) – Sherlock needs to speak with suspects at a fancy dress ball. He chooses a couple’s costume for himself and John. It is logical, practical and well thought out. John doesn’t agree and exacts sweet revenge.

In the cherry blossom’s shade by Eliane (M, 3,934 w. || Post S3, First Time / Kiss, Sleeping Together, Pining / Obsessive Sherlock, Minor Char. Death) – This isn’t new. Sherlock has already done this – has gone through cities, and dingy hotels, and sleepless nights but it was different before. John wasn’t there before. They’re in this together.

No Good Without You by textsandscones (T, 4,021 w. || Case Fic, Busking, Violins, Soppy Fluff) – A diverting new case surrounding musicians and stolen instruments captures Sherlock’s attention, the consequences of which lead both detective and doctor to see one another in a different light. Part 1 of Prompt Fills

The Oolong Disaster by unicornpoe (T, 4,151 w. || John’s Beard, Fluff, Humour, Frustrated Sherlock, John Takes Care of Sherlock, Case Fic-ish, Pining Sherlock, First Kiss, Possessive Sherlock) – John has a beard. Sherlock has a panic attack.

Experiment by Gwen’s Blue Box (K+, 4,222 w. || Non-Con Drugging, Hurt Comfort, Friendship) – Of course John has always known about his flatmate’s irregular sleeping habits, especially when they’re on a case. This time, however, the case is taking longer and longer, and soon John starts to worry. But there’s not much he can do, is there? Because drugging Sherlock isn’t an option. Not yet, maybe, but will it be soon? {{CW: John drugs Sherlock without his consent}}

On Hiatus: Rotterdam by rukushaka (T, 4,240 w. || Friendship, Drama, Couple For A Case, Post-TRF, John Joins Sherlock, No Slash) – “Used them after uni a bit. Purely for research purposes, of course,” Sherlock said tiredly, head lolling against John’s shoulder.“ Sherlock goes on a mission alone, or: Two blokes in a luxury hotel in the Netherlands. Non-linear timeline. Set during the Hiatus.

What You Are Worth by Lastew (T, 4,488 w. || Observant but Insecure John, Friendship, Crime / Case Fic) – John helps Sherlock with a case, but he questions his real value to Sherlock.  

Let Down by Gandalf3213 (K+, 4,505 w. || Hurt/Comfort, Friendship, John Whump, Insecure John) – John truly is sorry for letting Sherlock down. The only thing he wanted to do was finish the case, but bleeding out in a dark alley makes it harder for him to pursue that murderer running out of sight.

It Isn’t Strange Until You Think About It by ivyblossom (T, 4,596 w. || For A Case, First Time, First Person John POV) – John tells the truth about how it happened. For some reason, “it’s for a case” always seems to do the trick.

Sherlock and John Go Clubbing by wendymarlowe (E, 4,716 w. || Clubbing, Dirty Talk, Dancing, Coming Untouched, Coming in Pants, Bi John, For a Case, Friends to Lovers, Flirting, Sherlock is Lost for Words, Sexy John, Mutual Pining, Possessive John, Floor Sex) – John pinched the bridge of his nose - even for Sherlock, this was a new level of no bloody boundaries. “You want me to go with you to a gay club, wait around twiddling my thumbs while I let you get pawed by a criminal, then out-flirt him and talk you into coming home with me instead?” Part 32 of John and Sherlock’s Kinky First Times

Unforgiven by 221b_hound (M, 4,721 w. || Marriage Proposal, Victor Trevor, Jealous / Protective John, Jealous Sherlock, Sherlock’s Past) – Sherlock’s latest case is for his ex boyfriend, the brilliant and handsome Professor Victor Trevor. John is not too happy about that. But things aren’t what they seem, an old friend of John’s is involved in the case, and John has a few surprises up his sleeve. Also - a proposal! Part 16 of Unkissed

What Happens in Vegas (is legally binding in the United Kingdom) by  moonblossom (E, 5,051 w. || Accidental Marriage, Friends to Husbands to Lovers, CSI Crossover, Fluff & Porn, Bathtub Sex, Hand Jobs, First Time) – When a case sends the boys to Vegas, John comes out of it with a bit more than he bargained for. Part 19 of Prompt Fills, Remixes, Works inspired by others

The Honeymoon Suite by Salambo06 (E, 5,827 w. || Fake Relationship, Fake Marriage, Frottage, First Kiss, Cuddling/Snuggling/Sleepy Cuddles, Bed Sharing, Holidays / Hotels, Case Fic) – “You’ll see,” the receptionist smiles, handing John the key to their room, “This honeymoon suite is quite spectacular. Our hotel has won many awards, most of them for these rooms.” John nods, licking his lips and playing with the key in his hand. We’ll probably be leaving first thing in the morning, he wants to tell her. As soon as Sherlock proves who robbed the previous couple who booked a room here, we’re out of here and stopping this happily married charade. “Thank you,” he says instead.

Tease You Till You Come by phoenix089 (E, 6,090 w. || First Time, Clueless Sherlock, Texting) – Initially, Sherlock was rather put out by John’s lack of presence on the case. But then he starts to receive pictures, several of them, of an unexpected nature. The case is forgotten rather quickly after that.

Closeted by sussexbound (T, 6,115 w. || Love Confession, First Kiss, Games, Trapped in a Closet) – Sherlock and John get trapped in a closet while on a case. Some revelations are made while they play a game to pass the time. Part 1 of Intimacy

Disguises are always a self-portrait by yellowteapots (NR, 6,223 w. || Case Fic, First Kiss, POV John, Fake Rel.) – Sherlock and John head out of town on a case of murder / suicide at a Pride Fest.

Lost for Words by notactivesherlockaccount (T, 6,709 w. || Friendship, Hurt/Comfort, John Whump, Temporary Mute John) – While on a case, John temporarily loses his ability to speak, and he and Sherlock have to find a new way to communicate.

The space between by Salambo06 (E, 6,830 w. || PWP, Friends to Lovers, Masturbation, Virgin Sherlock, First Time, Miscommunications, Bottom Sherlock, Mutual Pining, Sexual Fantasy) – “It’s for a case,” Sherlock says as soon as John looks down at his computer. John remains silent for a long moment, eyes moving from the screen to Sherlock, before saying, “You don’t have to explain.” His voice is low, too low, and Sherlock looks at the computer, putting the video on pause. “Lestrade asked me-, no, forced me to find out who’s threatening a famous porn star, and the suspect is among his co-stars, so I only need to watch out for any signs from his partners, anything that might show they’re the one sending those threats and I can move to something else.” “Right.”

A Kiss and a Cuddle should be Sufficient by Evenlodes_Friend (E, 6,853 w. || Gay Sex Club, Group Sex, Fellatio, Anal, Fake Relationship, PWP, Orgies, Rimming, BJ’s, Violence, Case Fic, Voyeurism) – Going undercover, Sherlock and John pursue a vicious killer to a gay group sex party. Not unexpectedly, things get a little out of hand. Set after Baskerville, but before the Fall.

Hide and Seek by Arwen Jade Kenobi (T, 6,934 w. || Angst, Rev. Reich-ish, Mycroft is a Dick, Depression, Case Fic-ish, Friendship, Reunion) – Pseudo sequel to “The Refining Fire.” “You owe him the truth, and you owe me the proof that will convince him that I had no part in this.”

In Which “John” Becomes a Synonym for “Help” by asignoftwo (T, 7,391 w. || Injured John, Worried Sherlock, Fluff) –  After the fall Sherlock returns to Baker Street and is reunited with John. When John is injured on a case Sherlock is faced with the reality that he could lose John again, and it tears him apart.

Drowning in Darkness by chappysmom (T, 7,575 w. || Hurt/Comfort, Kidnapped John, Post-TRF Hiatus / Reunion, John Whump, Angst with Happy Ending, Depressed John, Background Case Fic) – He couldn’t decide if it was a relief or a curse that he’d been left completely, absolutely alone. You couldn’t fight darkness with your fists, and no matter how strong your will-power, it could be beaten down by the constant monotony of nothingness. Nobody needed John.

On Favors and Keeping Score by Ewebie (G, 7,622 w. || Hurt/Comfort, Sick Fic, Fluff, John Whump) –  John woke up to the horribly unpleasant sound of his clock alarm. Which meant he’d slept through his phone’s alarm. And for a moment he glared blearily at the noisemaker before smacking at it with his palm. Ugh, he felt like rubbish. The back of his throat was burning with the irritation that heralded a proper dose, his nose was threatening to drip every few seconds, and he had the uncomfortable flush that normally suggested a fever. Nothing high, just uncomfortable. Nothing deadly, just irritating. Nothing worth calling in sick with, just a full day of discomfort in the face of other people’s discomfort. It was going to be a day where he was forced to bite his tongue from telling people off. “You’re not as sick as I am, so off you pop.” Part 7 of Tumblr Shorts

Correspondence by Cleo2010 (T, 8,031 w. || Letters, Friends to Lovers, Jealousy, Dating ) – Sherlock’s been spirited away on a case for Mycroft. Part of the deal was that he and John could communicate via letter until the case was completed. Maybe the cliche is true, absence does make the heart grow fonder. Or perhaps something is growing on the feet in the fridge. Read their letters month by month.

A Dangerous Mix by thebakerstreetgirl (K, 8,077 w. || Angst, Whump, Drugs, Hurt/Comfort) – During a case, John gets attacked and Sherlock and Lestrade find him with a mysterious drug running through the army doctor’s veins.

A Friend Indeed by Sanru (K+, 8,190 w. || Missing John, Friendship, Drama, Introspection, Possessive Sherlock, Worried Sherlock) – Something has gone terribly wrong with a supposedly simple case. John Watson is missing. While the search for him is proving to be fruitless, it has made Sherlock realize that having an emotional attachment to someone may have its disadvantages but he liked being able to call John his friend. Now if only he could find out what happened to him…

What Meets the Eye by worldaccordingtofangirls (M, 8,251 w. || Amnesia, Fluff) – Amnesia is just another case to solve. Piece together unfamiliar faces, reconstruct the old identity, the lost reality. A challenge that Sherlock could even enjoy. He can read people like books. The man with the silver hair is his boss. The tottering old woman, his landlady. The girl with the worried look in her eyes…infatuated. And as for John Watson? His husband. Obviously.

Every Night I Look for You by destinationtoast (E, 8,377 w. || Post-TRF, Angst, Mystery, Unsafe Sex, BAMF John) – Every night, John looks for familiar hints of Sherlock in the men he meets in bars, and he does with them all the things he wishes he’d done before. Eventually, he stumbles into a situation that Sherlock would know how to handle, and John must decide whether he can handle it without him.

The Very Unlikely Existence of a Flightless Bird in a Tuxedo by cwb (E, 8,829 w. || Poetry, Penguins / Animals / Zoos, First Kiss / Time, Blow / Hand Jobs, Sleepy Cuddles, Endearments, Friendship / Love, Adorable / Sleepy Sherlock, Case Fic, Sherlock Can’t Say Penguin) – A case at the zoo reveals something John finds cute about Sherlock. A conversation ensues, and so does happy endings.

The Newlywed Game: Johnlock Edition by patternofdefiance (E, 9,020 w. || Fake Relationship, Fake Marriage, Friends to Lovers, Humour, Romance, Smut, Case Fic, Self-Esteem Issues) – John and Sherlock pretend to be married in order to be contestants in a Newlywed Game. Of course it’s for a case. Of course it doesn’t stay that way. Part 8 of I Blame Tumblr

What I Hide By My Language, My Body Utters by PixChuu22 (M, 9,047 w. || Fake Relationship, For a Case, Friends to Lovers) - Based on a prompt from Tumblr user thetwogaydetectives - “fake relationship that ends up being so real, they finally realize they are in love.”

A Is For Aftermath by ElvendorkInfinity (T, 10,567 w. || Injury / Whump, Hurt/Comfort, Friendship/Pre-Slash/Bromance/Platonics, Hallucinations, Introspection, Insecure / Worried John, Big Brother Mycroft, Alternating POV, Anxious Sherlock, Self-Deprecating, Mildly Possessive Sherlock, 3G Moment) – John is still hallucinating, Sherlock cannot sleep, and Lestrade has a new case for them. But will life at 221B ever be able to return to normal? Epilogue to M is for Moriarty.

We Might Not Make It Home by Ballykissangel (K+, 10,702 || Angst, Hurt/Comfort, No Slash) – A few months later they are on a case that has gone horribly wrong. They find themselves gravely wounded and locked in a cellar. Holding onto to each other and trying their best to stay alive Sherlock can’t bring himself to say another goodbye to his dying friend and John can’t find the will to live anymore and just wants to stop hurting. Sequel to When Evening Falls So Hard.

The Thin Line by Odamaki (M, 10,809 w. || Virgin Sherlock, Awkwardness, Confessions, First Times, Anal) – John swallows. Keeps his eyes on Sherlock. Begs him not to ruin him.Sherlock leans forward over the witness box ever-so slightly, “I was distracted,” he informs the court, “by my partner, John Watson.”

Down with this Ship by FrostedFlame (PinkOrchid) (M, 10,862 w. || For a Case, Gay Bar, Pining, Coming Out, Slow Burn) – Sherlock drags John undercover to a gay bar - for a case, of course - looking forward to seeing John flustered by their surroundings (since you know, he’s NOT GAY). John decides that he has hidden both his orientation and his feelings for his daft flatmate for far too long. He is done hiding, time to be honest with his bloody best friend in the world. He just hopes it won’t change anything between them. And then it does.

The Dying Doctor by Transcendental Starlight (T, 11,258 w. || Friendship, Hurt/Comfort, Sick John / John Whump, ACD Rewrite) – Loosely based off ACD’s "The Dying Detective.” Sherlock relives a case that should have killed him, but instead resulted in John being hospitalized for a deadly disease. Sherlock endeavors to catch the murderer, while attempting to envision a future without John Watson. No Slash.

A Terrific Soporific by antietamfalls (T, 11,269 w. || Bed Sharing, Sleepy Cuddles, Fluff, Insomnia, Experiments, Ace Sherlock) – Sherlock, a long-time sufferer of insomnia, is forced to share a bed with John at a hotel while on a case. To his astonishment, he finds that spending the night next to John helps him sleep and becomes determined to maneuver himself back into John’s bed.

The Red Dianthus by kinklock (T, 11,382 w. || Supernatural Elements, BAMF!John, Misunderstandings, Fluff, Romance, Halloween, Dev. Rel., Case Fic) – The boys investigate a mysterious disappearance in a supposedly haunted house, and get much more than they bargained for.

The River Variations by withoutawish (T, 11,619 w. || Soulmates, Emotional Hurt / Comfort, Three Garridebs, Romance, Light Case Fic, Near Death Experience, Angst and Fluff) – John Watson never knew that he wanted a ‘no toast in the mornings’ normal until he realized what an honor it is to be destroyed by Sherlock Holmes.

Rainbow Hearts Retreat by PajamaSecrets (E, 11,638 w. || Fake Relationship, Case Fic, Undercover, Fluff and Smut, Bed-Sharing, Therapy, Humour/Crack, First Time) – “It’s a same-sex couples retreat. For those experiencing troubles in their relationship. Consists of group and couples therapy as well as encouraging socialization between the couples. It’s all in their incredibly dull brochure.” “Rainbow Hearts Retreat,” John read. “Sounds… quite gay.”

Equilibrium by augustbird (M, 12,351 w. || Jealous then Worried Sherlock, Sick John) – At Baskerville, John is infected by a virus that turns him into a genius. But when the infection progresses into neurodegeneration, it’s a race against time to save himself. Flowers for Algernon fusion.

And Here We Are by J_Baillier (T, 12,416 w. || ASiP Fic, Alternating First Person POV, Drama, Friendship, Mild Case Fic, Autism Spectrum Sherlock, Insecure Sherlock, Protective John, Pining, Homophobia, Loneliness, Angst, Humour, Domestics, Morbid Fluff, Kidnapping) – All the little things we never got to see when an army doctor and a consulting detective were adjusting to sharing a flat. And a life.

Fucking Cake by Random_Nexus (E, 12,965 w. || Pre-Slash, Humour/Crack, Inanimate Object Smut, Frottage, “For a Case” / “Experiment”, PWP / Kinky, Mutual Pining, Fluff) – Sherlock brings home a chocolate cake, John finds him about to have sex with said cake, then exceedingly weird hijinx ensue. Part 1 of “Fucking Baked Goods” - Sherlock BBC

Understanding by rizandace (T, 13,268 w. || Friendship, Hurt/Comfort, Worried Sherlock, John Whump Then Sherlock Whump) – Sherlock’s hiding something about his newest case, and John wants answers. Set post-TGG. Friendship fic, mostly, with brief entrances from Harry and Lestrade just for fun.

I’m content as we are (but) by inqui (The_Circus) (E, 13,806 w. || Pining, UST, Jealousy, First Kiss, UST / RST, Victor Trevor) – In which John Watson sees something unusual, becomes jealous, and makes too much of a small thing as an old friend of Sherlock’s shows up in the middle of a case.

Your Eyes in Darkness Glowing by tamed_untranslatable (E, 14,686 w. || Est. Rel., Case Fic, Hotel Sex, Bottomlock, Anal, BJ’s, Porn With Feelings, Homophobia) – Sherlock gets roped into a case in Moscow on his brother’s insistence, but finds that he can’t do it without John.

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Missing Christmas Spirit by SilentAuror (M, 15,002 w. || Christmas, Domesticity, Post S3, Happy Ending) – John hates Christmas. So does Sherlock, but he suggests that they do Christmas “properly” this year to see if they can’t track down its elusive magic and discover for themselves what Christmas is supposed to be about.

Obsession by storylover18 (K+, 15,213 w. || HC, Case Fic, Friendship) - Dr. John Watson wakes up ill one morning but it is not the 24 hour flu he thinks it was. Soon he lands in hospital, quickly deteriorating and Sherlock must work to find out what has happened to his blogger before it is too late. Case!fic mixed with sick!fic / No slash.

Till Death Do Us Part by prettysailorsoldier (M, 15,390 w. || Fake Relationship, Case Fic, Friends to Lovers, Fake Marriage, Christmas, Fluff) – When Sherlock links a recent spree of murder-suicides to a psychologist who specializes in marriage counseling, there’s really only one thing to do: Go undercover as a couple in hopes of drawing the killer out. Faking a relationship seems easy enough, but things take a turn when their real issues start to creep into the sessions, and, all the while, a killer is watching, waiting in the shadows for their chance to strike.

A Silver Sixpence by doodle (E, 16,400 w. || LIVEJOURNAL || Fake Relationship, Fake Marriage, Case Fic, ) - John and Sherlock have to get married for a case, and learn some things about each other.

A Hundred Thousand Ways to Say the Name John by Jberry (E, 16,825 w. || Fake Relationship, Fake Marriage, POV John, Pining John, Cruise Ship, Angst & Fluff) –  John Watson and Sherlock Holmes must solve a case on a cruise ship. To get close to the crew and passengers, they must get married for the case on the Baetica. However, their relationship hits rocky seas both due to the case and internal conflicts. Part 1 of Baetica

Hope for Heroes by Richefic (K+, 16,887 w. || Post-TGG Fic, Introspection / Flashbacks, Friendship/Epic Bromance, Hurt/Comfort, Worried/Anxious Sherlock, Sherlock Admires John, BAMF John, John Deduces, Fancy Party, John’s Self Esteem, Domestics) – In the final moments of “The Great Game” Holmes hopes he will have the chance to tell his flatmate that he was wrong. Heroes do exist after all and the one in front of him is called Dr John Watson.

Pleasure to Burn by scullyseviltwin (E, 17,863 w. || Firefighter AU, Firefighter John / Arson Investigator Sherlock, Slow Burn, Pining, Case Fic-ish) – “If you’d kindly stop knocking about in there and destroying all of my evidence, it would be most appreciated!” John groaned and for a moment rested his head against the side of the truck. Of course he was the only captain left on the scene, which meant he would have to be the one to deal with the arson investigator.

Just a Kiss by emmagrant01 (E, 19,695 w. || 5+1, Case Fic) – Five times John and Sherlock kissed because of a case and one time they kissed for real.

Sonatina in G Minor by SilentAuror (E, 22,574 w. || Case Fic, POV Sherlock, Angst, UST, Sherlock’s Violin, Post-S3, Romance) – John has come back to Baker Street, but Sherlock doesn’t understand the strange tension between them, even after he begins teaching John to play the violin at John’s request.

Knotted by naughtyspirit (E, 23,166 w. || UST/URT, Cuddling, Sharing Body Heat, Confessions, Kissing, Mastrubation, Frustration, BAMF!John) – John has to cancel a date because of Sherlock’s case, which leads them to be tied up in a basement from which they have to escape. They get wet, get tied up close and John has to step up and save them. Because he’s pretty. And hot. And just a little bit of a BAMF.

Maintaining A Personal Life by Gingerhermit (E, 24,284 w. || Alternating POV’s, Bisexuality, BAMF!John, Romance / Drama, Sort-of Case Fic, Peril & Angst, Love Confessions, Toplock, Soft Idiots in Love, Post S3) – Sherlock and John discover some interesting revelations about each other’s sexuality, which lead them both to question the assumptions they’ve made about one another for years. In the midst of their mutual discoveries, a dangerous psychopath looms on the side-lines who threatens to destroy their new beginning.

The Sexual Awakening of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson by suitesamba (M, 24,579 w. || Post-TRF, Case Fic, H/C, First Kiss/Time) – Sherlock owes Mycroft a favor. Mycroft calls in that favor by offering Sherlock’s consulting services in a charity auction. Sherlock and John soon find themselves at the country manor of Mrs. Ives-Patton Smarmington III - not very coincidentally a long-time friend of Sherlock’s mother - where they are reluctant participants in her Murder Mystery Weekend. It’s a play within a play for Sherlock and John, and their roles for the weekend event bleed over into their real lives, waking the sleeping dragons within.

Trust Me, Trust Nobody by BlueMoonOnTheRise (T, 27,751 w. || Kidnapping, Friendship / No Slash, Adventure, Trust Issues) – Whatever he told Mycroft, John trusted Sherlock almost instantly. When a new case shows up - smattered with the usual thrill of danger, death and cool logic - such trust ends up pushed to its very limits…

Hellfire by testosterone_tea (E, 28,596 w. || Fantasy / Magic / Mages / Elementals AU || Mage Sherlock, Elemental John, Developing Relationship, Torture, Powerful / BAMF John, POV Alternating, Dark / Blood Magic, UST, First Kiss) – Sherlock is a Mage that gets involved with a case involving Dark Summoning rituals, leading him to John Watson, a man with Berserker blood. The only thing is, Berserkers have been extinct for centuries. And of course, nothing involving Mycroft and his interfering ways is ever simple. This time, even Sherlock may have bitten off more than he can chew.

To Mend Icarus by AlessNox (T, 29,186 w. || Post-TRF, Friendship, Drama, BAMF!John, Emotional Turmoil, Introspection, Harry is in this Fic, Angry John, Happy Ending, Queerplatonic Relationship) – After a case lands John Watson in court, he tells Sherlock that he is leaving. Not understanding why, Sherlock decides that the only way to learn the truth is to investigate his flatmate, Dr. John Watson. A revision of the story Mending Icarus.

M Is For Moriarty by ElvendorkInfinity (T, 29,882 w. || Suspense, Mystery, Case Fic, Worried Sherlock, No Slash, Whump) – A figure at the end of the hospital bed; a needle in the dark…Moriarty has John, and Sherlock must follow the paper trail through London to find him before time runs out. Sequel to BANG.\

Jack In The Box by Liketheriver (T, 30,785 w. || Romance, Case Fic, H/C, Lestrade First POV) – John’s been kidnapped, Mycroft has rules, and Lestrade has to do his best to keep up with Sherlock as they deal with a returning foe. Lestrade POV as he and Sherlock work to find John, even though that’s the last thing John seems to want. Part 2 of Bedtime Universe

The Kissing Disease by cottonballz_of_death (E, 30,856 || Sickfic, Angst with Happy Ending, Case Fic, Self-Harm, Slow Burn, Jealous Sherlock, Body Image Issues, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional H/C, POV Sherlock, Oral / Anal, Thong, Frottage) – John brings home a boyfriend, shocking Sherlock, who long ago gave up hope that his straight flatmate would ever take a romantic interest in him. In a bid to reconnect with John, he tries to infect himself with a “harmless” virus. Neither of them is prepared for the emotional fallout that results.

Five Times They Kissed for a Case, and One Time They Kissed for Real by fleetwood_mouse (M, 32,406 w. || 5+1, Slow Burn, Fluff / Angst, Mutual Pining, Friends to Lovers) – A stolen ring! An artful blogger! And many more adventures for your enjoyment.

A Study In Auto-Signatures, Sniper Dolphins, and Sex Holidays by cwb (E, 32,690 w. || Case Fic, Post S3, Evil Mary, Dev. Rel., Honeymoon, Epistolary, Bottomlock, First Kiss / Time, Fluff, Secret Agents, BAMF!John) – John and Mary go on their sex holiday, and Sherlock is grumpy and pining about it. Part 1 of HOT DOLPHIN SEX

Our Enthusiasms Which Cannot Always Be Explained by withoutawish (M, 32,961 w. || Christmas, Fluff and Angst, H/C, Post-TRF, Case Fic, Mild Gore, Sherlock Whump) – The list that is tacked haphazardly on the refrigerator of 221B reads, ‘Kidney(s), and/or a full cadaver (preferably male, late 30s, under six feet tall), bag of fresh toes, sixteen cow’s eyes (corneas retained), dual exhaust hand –held flame thrower, an unopened first edition copy of Joseph Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness’, and no less than ten abhorrently gruesome murders in the upcoming month.” The one neatly hanging next to it simply reads, “Sex.” One of these lists is not John Watson’s. If John Watson were to put what he really wanted in list form, to live in a land somewhere beyond ‘almosts’ now that Sherlock Holmes has indeed returned to him, he would never be able to look his flatmate in the eye ever again.

Pater Noster by SilentAuror (E, 34,256 w. || Case Fic, HLV+, Family Trauma, Sherlock POV, Villain Mary) – During the autumn that John is staying at Baker Street again after Sherlock was shot, he ruminates over the similarity between Sherlock’s shot and the one that killed his father when he was fifteen. Cold case meets series 3 fix-it. Part I takes place entirely within His Last Vow, Part II takes place starting at the end of HLV and continues after.

Nothing to Make a Song About by emmagrant01 (E, 36,833 w. || Post-TRF, First Time, Reunion, Jealous John, Pining Sherlock, Romance, Angst with Happy Ending) – When Sherlock returned from his faked death, John could not forgive him for the deception and broke off their friendship. Ten years later, John returns to London in search of yet another new beginning. Sherlock, not surprisingly, is waiting.

The Unfinished Letters by SilentAuror (E, 37,391 w. || Post S3 / S3 / HLV Fix it, Angst with Happy Ending, Romance, Infidelity, Depression, Case Fic, POV Third Person Sherlock, Love Confessions, Pining Sherlock, Letters) – A fire at Baker Street leads John to read something he was never intended to see: a notebook of half-written, unfinished letters Sherlock wrote during his time away…

Turn Left at the Park by Glenmore (NR (E), 37,409 w. || Alternate First Meeting / ASiP Divergence, Case Fic, Depression, Suicidal Ideation, Loneliness, No Mary, Possessive Sherlock, Fluff & Angst, Nightmares/PTSD, Sherlock Saves John, Sherlock Whump-ish, Doctor John) – So what would have happened if John hadn’t walked through the park and met Stamford? What if, instead, he walked around the park and just went home?

Goodness Gives Extras by mydwynter (E, 39,629 w. || Fluff & Angst, Case Fic, Oral / Anal, Humour, First Time, Miscommunication, Snark, Christmas) – Christmas time. ‘Tis the season to settle down with a drink, some food and a present or two, and to enjoy the quiet relaxation of the holiday. Instead, there’s a case that drags them all over, missing presents, disappointed kids, angry parents, and a freak snowfall. On top of that John has to deal with Sherlock, who is being even more of a prat than usual. He really shouldn’t have expected anything different.

A Week is Just Seven Days Isn’t It? by scifigrl47 (T, 39,906 w. || Humour, Friendship/Bromance, Stroppy/Bored Sherlock, Undercover/Army John, Texting, Pining-ish Sherlock, John Whump) – When John heads overseas for a week, Sherlock’s forced to fend for himself. It goes about as well as anyone could have anticipated. Which is to say, very, very poorly. Don’t worry, things’ll be fine in just seven days.

The Semantics of Crop Circle Formation: a case study by Sherlock Holmes [unpublished] by canolacrush (M, 41,710 w. || Sherlock POV, Aliens, Wordplay, Case Fic) – “Look at these photographs,” I said, gesturing to the wall of crop circles. “What do you observe?”“Crop circles,” John replied.“Obvious. What else?”“Are…are those intestines surrounding them?”“Yes. The majority are bovine and ovine in origin. The farmers who have acquired these crop circles in their fields have also had a tenth of their livestock murdered and arranged thus.”“Why?” John said, presumably in a rhetorical fashion. I detest rhetorical questions. “That is what I must find out, John.”

Resistivity and Relative Charge by liriodendron (E, 41,750 w. || Synesthesia, Angst, Case Fic, Romance, Est. Rel., Homophobia, Religious Content, Victor Trevor, Mild Jealous John, Mild John Whump) – In which Sherlock Holmes meets an old acquaintance, John Watson doesn’t enjoy a trip to the country quite as much as he thought he would, and the past absolutely refuses to stay where it belongs. Part 3 of Conductivity

In the Still of the Night by SilentAuror (E, 42,234 w. || S4 Fix It / Post-S4, Sherlock POV, Angst, Drama, Romance, Virgin Sherlock, Awkwardness, Misunderstandings / Miscommunications, Case Fic, Travelling, Pining) – As locals on the Northeastern coast begin to report UFO sightings, life at Baker Street becomes significantly awkward as John brings up his desire for more than friendship and Sherlock refuses him. They embark on the investigation from the confines of the tiny cottage Mycroft has rented for them, attempting to navigate both the clues of the case as well as their own inability to communicate…

Bloody But Unbowed by BeautifulFiction (E, 43,211 w. || Abduction, John Whump, Mild Torture, Background Case Fic, Friends to Lovers, Post-TRF / S3 Rewrite, Hurt/Comfort) – When a familiar argument threatens to destroy the last remnants of John and Sherlock’s failing friendship, both men are left questioning their worth to one another. Before either of them has the chance to make amends, circumstance intervenes. John is left at the mercy of his abductors, and this time, he’s not sure Sherlock will bother coming to his rescue.

The Case of the Vanishing Pants by SwissMiss (E, 44,025 w. || Five and Ones, Post-TRF, Case Fic, UST, Homophobia, Friends to Lovers) – Five times John and Sherlock lost their pants in the course of a case.

Sentenced by SarahKnight (T, 44,777 w. || Dev. Rel., Alternate S4 Canon, Drama, Angst, Pining, Feelings are Hard) – Virtual series 4 opener. Sherlock’s in prison being targeted by a murderer, John’s married to a pregnant assassin and Moriarty’s back.

Left by lifeonmars (M, 45,153 w. || Magical Realism) – John Watson is left-handed. He’s tried not to let it affect his life, but as any Lefty knows, that’s almost impossible.

The Real Great Perfumers by shelleysprometheus (E, 45,355 w. || Case Fic, Alternating POV, Gay Sherlock / Bi John, Canon Compliant with Divergence at TRF, Friends to Lovers, Oral / Anal, Pining, First Kiss / Time, Dev. Rel., Drugging, Body Worship, Bathing, Love Confessions, Travelling, Bottomlock, Cranky Sherlock, BJ’s, Alternating POV, Jealous John) – The case, this case. This extraordinary, fascinating, scintillating case. A house. Designed entirely by its eccentric owner, built by no less than five hundred expert tradesmen in the heart of Marrakesh. A house that had, seemingly not only driven its owner out, but also to his quite unpleasant death. And a perfumer, a chemist no less, the very thought of the secrets that house could reveal, would reveal was irresistible. Sherlock had to have this case … and it seems, he also had to have John! Part 1 of the Forethought and Fire series

Corpus Hominis by mycapeisplaid (E, 47,709 w. || Case Fic, Fluff, Romance, Frottage) - John knows the human body intimately. He’s had plenty of opportunity for study as a doctor, soldier, and lover. There’s one particular body, however, he knows very little about. When Sherlock launches himself head-first into a new obsession and they get sent on a case in an unlikely location, the pair discovers each other’s bodies with confusing yet delightful (and sometimes hilarious) results.

The Norwood Love Builders by flawedamythyst (T, 47,798 w. || Fake Relationship, Case Fic, Slow Burn, Post TRF Angst) – Sherlock and John go undercover to solve the murder of Joanna Oldacre, but things are complicated by the many feelings John has been repressing in the wake of Sherlock’s faked death and return.

Holmes is where the heart is by Rose de Sharon (T, 49,636 w. || Hurt/Comfort, Friendship, Post-TRF, Reunion Fic, Bromance, Empty House Inspired, Adventure) – Three years after the Reichenbach Fall. On the anniversary of Sherlock’s death, John pays a visit at 221 B Baker Street… and he gets the shock of his life.

Coventry by standbygo (E, 52,020 w. || Dollhouse AU || Case Fic, Slow Burn, Sci-Fi / Fantasy, First Kiss / Time, Attempted Rape, BAMF John) – “Let me get this straight,” John said, wondering when his life had become a science fiction film. “Some guy orders up a personality, a person, to his specifications, and they program this into a real live person, who has consented to do this, and she goes to this person and acts as his wife, or lawyer, or Royal Marine, or Navy Seal or what have you, and she has all the skills, all the knowledge, everything? Then you say the magic words, and she follows you back to The House, and they erase it all until her next appointment?”

Wars We Fought, Things We’re Not by blueink3 (M, 55,204 w. || Parentlock, Fluff & Angst, Kidnapping, Whump, Post-TAB, UST, Slow Burn, Couple for a Case) –  Five months after John’s world has fallen apart, Mycroft sends the consulting detective and his doctor on a case that neither is prepared for.

One Little Change by jadztone (E, 58,312 w. || ASiB Divergence, Fake Relationship, Bed Sharing, Mutual Pining, Friends to Lovers, First Kiss / Time, Anal Sex, Blow Jobs, Bi John / Gay Demisexual Sherlock, Switchlock, Alternating POV, Jealousy, Misunderstandings, Case Fic, Angst with Happy Ending, Emotional Love Making, Butt Plugs, Cuddles) – Our story begins right after John and Sherlock’s first meeting with Irene Adler in September. It splits off into an AU that imagines them taking a case where they act as bait to hook a killer targeting closeted gays in secret relationships. In the weeks leading up to Christmas, many things happen that have our boys wondering if maybe they have a chance with each other. Then Irene fakes her death on Christmas Eve, and things get a lot more complicated - especially since they still have a killer to catch.

Bridging the Ravine by SilentAuror (E, 58,887 w. || Post S4, Couple For a Case, Bed-Sharing, First Times, Confessions, Awkwardness, Sex Trafficking) – Sherlock and John go undercover at Ravine Valley, a therapy centre for same-sex male couples in an investigation into a possible human trafficking ring. As they pose as a couple and fake their way through the therapy sessions for the sake of the case, it quickly becomes difficult to avoid discussing their very real issues. Set roughly six nine months after series 4.

The Book of Silence by SilentAuror (E, 60,056 w. || S4 Fix It / Post S4, Virgin Sherlock, Rosie / Parentlock, Domesticity, Fluff, Praise Kink, Sex Toys, First Person POV) – As spring blooms in London, John and Sherlock begin to take new cases and cautiously negotiate this new phase of life with John living at Baker Street again. Despite how well it’s all going, John struggles to forgive himself for the way he treated Sherlock following Mary’s death as well as trying to figure out how to finally put his long-time feelings for Sherlock into words. Part 1 of The Book of Silence/Rosa Felicia

The Burning by SrebrnaFH (M, 60,658 w. || Reverse Reichenbach, Suicide, Depression, Hurt Sherlock / John, Separation, BAMF John, Good Big Brother Mycroft, Angst, Implied/Referenced Torture, Fake Character Death, Rescue Mission, Reconciliation / Reunion, Hospitalization, Marriage Proposal, Illnesses, Physical Therapy, Happily Ever After) – Something went very, very wrong. John had seemed, if not happy, then reasonably content with his life. Sherlock had never predicted something like THIS might have happened. Not in his worst nightmares. He was the lousiest friend ever, apparently. At least Mycroft found him something to occupy his mind with, so that he didn’t have to go back to 221B and stare at the walls and the chair, where John Watson would never sit again.

This Thing All Things Devours by cypress_tree (E, 63,844 w. || In Time AU || Science Fiction, Dystopian Universe, First Meetings, Action / Adventure, Romance) – In 2169, time is money—literally. Humans are genetically engineered to stop aging at 25, when the numbers on their arm start counting down from one year. When that time is up, they die. The only way to get more time is to earn it, borrow it, or steal it.John Watson lives day-to-day in the crowded slums of Zone 13. He never imagined living any differently—until he meets the practically-immortal Sherlock, and helps him on a case to track a local time-thief…

The Bells of King’s College by SilentAuror (E, 64,019 w. || Post-S4, Missed Opportunities, Angst with Happy Ending, Fake Relationship, Case Fic, John POV, Jealous John, John in Denial, Travelling / Holidays, Virgin Sherlock, Wedding Proposals) – It’s only been two weeks since Eurus Holmes disrupted their lives when Mycroft sends John and Sherlock to Cambridge to pose as an engaged couple at a wedding show in the hopes of solving six unsolved deaths…

Bedtime Universe by Liketheriver (M, 65,173 w. across 2 stories || Hurt/Comfort, Romance, Angst, Humour, Case Fic) – John’s POV during Season 2 and beyond when Sherlock takes up semi-permanent residence in his bed. A collection of codas and missing scenes wrapped up into one long fic and topped with a bow that takes the story beyond Reichenbach and into happy territory once more.

You Have Drawn Red From My Hands by J_Baillier (T, 67,085 w. || Three Garridebs, Heavy John Whump, Hurt / Comfort, Pining, Heavy Angst, Case Fic/Adventure, Slow Burn, Sick Fic, Injury, Guilt & Depression, Just Talk Already Please, Medical Realism, PTSD) –  John getting injured leads Sherlock on a path of guilt and revelations.

The Green Blade by verityburns (T, 72,929 w. || Case Fic, Bromance) – As a serial killer hits the headlines, the police are out of their depth and the next victim is out of time. With faith in Sherlock Holmes at an all time low, this is a case which will push loyalties to the limit…

Darkling, I Listen by You_Light_The_Sky (T, 73,254 w. || Fairy Tale AU || Loosely Based on Beauty and the Beast, Magical Realism, Suicidal Themes, Romance, Creepiness, Adventure) – No one who enters old London ever comes out. They say that the beast devours them. When his sister disappears, John ventures into the dead zone beyond the wall, and finds a brilliant madman under a terrible curse… Part 1 of Darkling I Listen + Extras, Deleted Scenes

The Moonlight and the Frost by CaitlinFairchild (E, 77,289 w. || Case Fic, Post-HLV, Self Harm, Virgin Sherlock, First Time, Oral/Anal/Rimming, Romance, Angst, Mary is Not Nice) – John has to somehow rebuild his life in the wake of Mary’s betrayal and Sherlock’s deceptions.

Secrets and Revelations by Hisstah (E, 85,535 w. || Sentinel / Guides AU, Omegaverse, Aventure, Violence, Anal / Oral, Omega!John / Alpha!Sherlock, Case Fic, Politics, Mild DubCon) – Dr John Watson has some major secrets that he’s kept from his flatmate, Alpha Sentinel Sherlock Holmes. Now the Sentinel Tower is after him. Can John stay out of their hands until he can reveal his secrets to Sherlock? Part 1 of Secrets and Revelations

A Case of Identity by jkay1980 (T, 91,009 w. || Fake Relationship, Post-TRF, Case Fic) – John and Sherlock have succeeded in rebuilding their friendship after Sherlock’s fake suicide, but an unusual case puts their relationship to the test. They pretend to be engaged and attend a marriage counseling workshop. Under the pretext of the case, Sherlock turns out to be a master of seduction, and John finally learns he might like Sherlock more than he thought. Slowly, John discovers that he loves Sherlock not only in a friendly, brotherly way, but both men have to fight their own demons before they can think of taking their relationship to a new level…

31_Days_of_Porn_Challenge_2017 Series by distantstarlight (E, 96,540 w. across 31 stories || Prompt Ficlets, Assorted Kinks, PWP) – A collection in response to the 31 Days of Porn Challenge issued by AtlinMerrik! Thanks for doing that because this has been buttload of fun (that joke never gets old). All stories will be brief stand-alone one-shots.

The Wedding Garments by cwb (E, 105,390 w. || Alternate Future AU || , Alternate First Meeting, Dating / Arranged Marriages, Romance, First Kiss/Time, Heavy Petting, Cuddles, POV Sherlock, Virgin Sherlock, Idiots in Love, Slow Burn / Falling in Love / Dev. Rel., Nervous/Anxious Sherlock, Jealous/Cranky, Hiking, Vacation Homes / Honeymoon, Sherlock’s Family, Horny John/Sherlock, Patient John, Massages, Hand Jobs, Assassination Plots, Hand Jobs / Oral Sex, Case Fic, Emotional Love Making, Bath Time Fun) – This is the story of a young consulting detective who wants nothing to do with marriage and an army doctor who wants to find true love. It’s 2020 post-Brexit England and the British government is encouraging arranged marriages. Candidates meet through state-run agencies and date in hopes of finding love (and tax benefits). Sherlock doesn’t need or want a spouse, at least not until John Watson shows up. Hesitant to give in to his more carnal urges because of the way they derail his mind, how will Sherlock progress toward the more intimate aspects of a relationship? The answer lies in a very special wedding gift.

Maintenance and Repair by patternofdefiance (E, 106,650 w. || FutureAU, Augmentation || Augmented John, Depression, Body Modification, Slow Burn, Worldbuilding, Sci-Fi, Self-Care, Body Dysmorphia) – John wants to explain the rush of sensation and data, which is just another form of sensation (or is it the other way around?). John wants to say:Augmentation circuits report temperature, pressure, various forms of quantitative input. Sudden changes are reported as pain, since sudden changes are dangerous, and pain is the quickest way to encourage reflexive extraction. But all John can manage is, “Nng.” Because this sudden touch is not reporting as pain. Part 2 of STATIC

Shatter the Darkness (Let the Light In) by MojoFlower (E, 109,683 w. || Genie/Djinn AU || Magical Realism, H/C, Kidnapping, Genie Sherlock, First Kiss / Time, Case Fic, H/C, Angst, Clubs, John Whump, Mildly DubCon) – Fairy tales are for those who remember how to dream; not John Watson, broken and hiding from his bleak future in a beige bedsit. But then he discovers a lamp and finds himself in the dangerous riptide of an enigmatic man whose very existence is unbelievable, murder charges against his sister, and the growing pains of feeling alive once more.

To Light Another’s Path by BeautifulFiction (E, 128,654 w. || Post-TGG, Sick Fic, Hurt/Comfort, Drug Addiction / Recreational Drug Use, First Time / Kiss, Case Fic) – Teaching John to observe seems to be a losing battle, but when Sherlock falls ill and submits himself to John’s care, will he realise that there is more to life than the science of deduction? Meanwhile, there is a murder to solve, and John must try and convince Sherlock not to sacrifice his own health for the sake of the case.

Ten Days by Engazed (E, 137,208 w. || Rape/Non-Con, Post-TRF, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Torture, Case Fic) – Sherlock Holmes has been dead for forty months, and John is at last beginning to live his life again. But just when he believes he might be happy, his world crashes back down around him.John is named a missing person. Someone is pointing DI Lestrade in the wrong direction. And as the days pass, his situation only grows more dire. It seems like the disappearance of his best friend is the only thing that can bring Sherlock Holmes back from the dead. Part 1 of The Fallen

Colors by Quesarasara (E, 140,537 w. || Pleasantville-Inspired AU || Soulmates, Colour Bonds, Alternating POV, Angst, Fluff, Pining, Case Fic, Medical Procedures) – Everyone on earth is born with eyes that see in black, white, and an endless series of greys. When you meet your soulmate, you finally see the world in color. We’re all searching for the person who brings color to our lives. John and Sherlock are no exception. Part 1 of The Colors 'Verse

Midnight Blue Serenity by BeautifulFiction (E, 151,907 w. || Friends to Lovers, Gay Bar / For a Case, Drugs, Pining, Case Fic, UST) – When Sherlock infiltrates a club in order to track down a serial killer, his altered appearance is enough to make John question his assumption that Sherlock is beyond his reach. However, is he the only one who appreciates his flatmate’s charms, or is Sherlock at risk of becoming the next victim?

Sketchy by serpentynka (E, 184,053 w. || Post-TRF, Post-Mary, John Whump, Slow Burn Love Story, Case Fic, Art, Porn With Feelings, Switchlock, Travelling, Career Change, Family Secrets, Illness / Health) – What (and who) will be left when nobody cares about your Work? A slow-burn fic with cases, places, mistaken identities, unfair choices, essential changes, violent feels, blatant lies, fearless portraiture, family secrets, high-risk bespoke gifts, durable friendships, bedtime stories, foreign travel and tongues, sickness (and health), and the significance of things which are slow to unfurl – but cannot be ignored. Oh, and…porn.Part 1: Sherlock takes on an obvious case (barely a 4) and meets someone who will force him to re-examine what it means to see. Part 1 of Sketchy

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