#these things take time I'm only one person see owo

[au-mashup-party]

To: Micro

Are you feeling okay Micro??? -Classic Sans

#ask micro animated #ask micro #undertale au #undertale multiverse #undertale blog #utmv #micro!sans #classic sans #oh yeah guys please don't spam my inbox asking when something's going to be finished #these things take time I'm only one person see owo #thank you for your cooperation #undertale sans #sans undertale #undertale #microtale

[intynidad]

yayayayayayayya!

Imagine a Soldier, a DILF,Huge, muscular, and so intimidating! But there are a few drawbacks.. He is VERY possessive and overprotective! (Yandere)

He can’t see you with another man! Or even the thought of a man breathing in your direction is enough for him to throw a sharpened knife at his head.. Even women are rivals to him.. He is a MaleWife! I’m his free time he wants to take care of you! like imagine the pink frills and bows but with camouflage pants and dog tags..

And the way he looks at you.. with so much adoration and love.. Even after transforming into a beast a few moments ago and glaring at the one who dared to even look at his sweet darling!

Scary dog privileges!! A huge almost 7 foot man stalking behind you with a preditorial gaze.. Sending death glares at anyone who passes near you..

you don’t know how he is so stealthyfor being so huge..

Has a huge and muscular body! So he has huge hands and arms.. With lots of bulging veins!

(Imagine grabbing his moobies after a hard day of work.. He would moan and whimper like a bitch in heat.. a string of Thank yous coming out his mouth..)

I imagine he has a hidden piercing probably on his tongue.. but no one knows.. except you.. but isn’t noticeable because he wears a balaclava at work!

Petnames!: Darling, Sweethear, Angel, My love, Princess, Lovely

It took some time but i really like how it came out owo

I got a little lazy on the end but is still good

TW: yandere behavior, description of violence(not towards reader), use of pet names (sugar cube and darling), female oriented reader ??? Tell me if i miss anything owo

Enjoy !

War was not kind to anyone.

First, your father was drafted to fight on the front lines. He tried to write every time he could, but one day, you and your mother stopped getting any letters. That's when you knew it - that your father was dead.

Your now-widowed mother was absolutely heartbroken. You tried to initiate a conversation, saying, -"Hello, Mom,"- but were only met with silence. This is how things have been going since the news of your father. It’s been a lonely and difficult time for your family.

You often found yourself staring out of the window, watching the seasons change. The world outside seemed to carry on as if nothing had happened, while inside your home, there was a void that couldn't be filled.

You saw how the war started to consume your little neighborhood, first your father, then your mother, and now your friends.

"I can't believe it," you said with a shaky voice. "You can't leave me."

You clutched the small phone in your hands while the other person on the line gave a low chuckle, full of sadness. "I know, I know. It's not like I want to."

"Dylan, please," you begged, your voice choked with a sob. "You're sick. You can't go to fight."

"I can't just stay still while the war consumes our lives, sugar cube," Dylan replied with determination. "Listen, I'm going to do everything I can to stay in contact, but I refuse to stay still while our enemies burn our homes and kill our people."

You understood his sentiment, but the fear of losing yet another person you loved was overwhelming. The war had taken so much from you already, and you didn't want to lose Dylan as well.

"Dylan, promise me you'll be safe. Promise me you'll come back," you pleaded.

"I promise I'll do my best, sugar cube," Dylan said softly. "And I promise we'll be together again when this nightmare is over."

As the call ended, you clutched the phone tightly, tears streaming down your face, thinking of the destiny of one of your closest friends. With your vision blurry, that's when you saw it:

[Be the hero of our heroes!]

[Become a war nurse and help today!]

——-

The training was fairly easy, but the hardest part was saying goodbye to your mother. It wasn't because of the response she gave you, but rather the lack of it. The war had taken so much from her, and you leaving to join the medical corps was another sacrifice she had to bear in silence.

After three months of training and preparation, you reached your destination - the front lines. Well, it wasn't exactly the front lines where bullets flew, but it was a place where you felt like you were helping. The makeshift field hospital was a hive of activity, with wounded soldiers being brought in, and the dedicated medical team doing their best to save lives and ease suffering.

Your heart swelled with a mix of fear and determination as you donned your nurse's uniform. You had a newfound respect for the doctors and nurses who worked tirelessly in these conditions, and now, you were one of them.

Every day, you encounter injured soldiers, each with their own story of bravery and sacrifice. You offered comfort, administered care, and listened to their fears and hopes. It was a harsh environment, but the camaraderie and shared purpose among the medical staff gave you strength.

As you continued your work on the front lines, you knew that this was where you were meant to be, where you could honor your father's memory, support your friends, and be a beacon of hope in the darkness of war.

That was until one particularly slow day. Well, as slow as it could be in a war hospital. You were preparing some medical supplies for the medics to take to their respective camps when a superior of yours called you.

-"Y/N! Could you come over and take care of this new patient? I'm kinda busy right now,"- the woman said in a calm tone.

-"Sure, just send them back here, and I'll take care of them,"- you responded.

Her tone was pretty chill, so it was probably just a bruise or maybe a cold. You were preparing some medicine and band-aids when you felt a small tap on your shoulder.

-"I'm sorry to keep you waiting; please have a sea-" When you turned around, you were shocked to see a man - no, a practical giant - towering over you.

The soldier was immense, with a rugged face that bore the scars of battle. He had a stern, almost intimidating expression, and it was clear that he had seen his fair share of combat. As he hunched down to enter the tent, you couldn't help but feel a mix of awe and trepidation.

-“Captain Samuel Reynolds, a pleasure to make your acquaintance"- he said in a deep, gravelly voice. His uniform was tattered and stained, and he clutched his side in obvious pain.

-"Y/N,"- you replied, trying to regain your composure. You quickly gestured for him to sit on one of the makeshift beds. As he eased himself down, it became apparent that he was wounded, a bandage around his abdomen stained with blood.

-"I heard you're the best nurse in this place,"- he said, his voice filled with both gratitude and a touch of humor.

You blushed at the compliment. The reality was that you were just doing your best, like all the others in the medical corps. You started to assess his injuries, trying to hide your nervousness as you worked to remove the soiled bandage.

-"You've been through quite a lot,"- you commented as you cleaned the wound.

Samuel winced, but he nodded. -"The front lines aren't a picnic, that's for sure. But I've seen worse."

As you stitched up his wound and administered medication, you couldn't help but feel watched as his gaze practically pierced through you. But you continued to do your work, focused on providing the best care you could.

-"Okay, that should do for the bleeding, Mr. Reynolds. Let me go grab some bandages and some painkillers for you,"- you said.

His response caught you off guard, -"...why?"- Samuel said, almost confused about your reasoning.

-"Because, um, you are hurt?"- You stammered, wondering if you had said something wrong.

-"Thanks for the offer, sweetheart, but this pain won't kill me. Plus, there are some other people around that probably need those painkillers and bandages more than me,"- Samuel said matter-of-factly. He expected it to be the end of the conversation. You would probably tell him okay and assign him a bed, and that would be the end of it.

But you surprised him with your firm resolve. -"No,"- you said.

-"Thanks, so I will be going to my bed, then,"- Samuel was more than confused when he registered your words.

-"Wait, what?"- he asked.

-"I'm sorry, Captain, but with all due respect, I will not allow you to do that,"- you said firmly.

-"Do what?"- Samuel was clearly taken aback.

-"I'm sorry, but as long as you are here, I'm in charge of you, and I won't let any of my patients go suffering when they can perfectly take some rest and medication,"- you said, giving him a small, determined smile. It was clear that you weren't going to back down.

Samuel's eyes met yours, and he seemed to be processing your words. His tough exterior had met its match in your unwavering dedication to your patients' well-being.

As you delicately applied pressure to his wounds to wrap them up in bandages, Samuel couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat. The way your hands worked so skillfully and delicately had a calming effect, and he found himself strangely drawn to your touch. It was as if your care had the power to make his pain vanish.

However, the sensation of your fingers on his skin made him nervous. His heart raced, and he couldn't quite understand why he felt this way. Samuel, a battle-hardened captain, suddenly felt a wave of discomfort.

-"I'm sorry, but are you okay?"- you asked, looking into his eyes as you reached your hand to his forehead. -"You're a little bit hot."

-"I'm f-fine,"- he stammered, full of shame. How was it possible that he was suddenly stuttering? What was happening to him?

Samuel couldn't quite comprehend the mix of emotions he was experiencing. Here he was, a soldier used to facing danger and making difficult decisions, and yet in this moment, your caring presence and gentle touch had him feeling vulnerable in a way he had never felt before.

A couple of weeks passed, and you continued to care for him. It didn't take much time for Samuel to realize that he was in love. A cold-blooded soldier had become completely enamored by a tiny (in comparison to him) nurse. He couldn't help but follow you with his gaze as you waltzed around the hospital, tending to the wounded and offering comfort with your warm smile.

He felt a profound happiness with you in his life. The war, which had taken so much from him, had also given him something unexpected – love.

One day, when his wounds were practically all healed up, he went for a run around the hospital perimeters. Part of it was to use some of the energy he had built up during his recovery, but deep down, he also wanted to make sure you were safe.

During his run, he stumbled upon a small river with water lilies floating on its surface. They were small in comparison to his massive hands, delicate and beautiful, just like you. Samuel found himself captivated by their fragility and elegance.

He decided then and there. He would confess his feelings to you when the sun went down. Those lilies, a symbol of the tenderness he had discovered in the midst of war, would be his gift to you. They represented the love that had grown in his heart, unexpected and pure, just like the delicate blossoms on the river.

He advanced with a spark to his feet, feeling his heart sincronice to each step he took.

At the entrance of your “office” (it was just a big tent but you liked to call it that) , he called out to you, -"Um, Miss Y/N, are you there?"- He couldn't help but feel a certain nervousness in his voice. It was an unfamiliar feeling for him, like he was a teenager again, not a battle-hardened soldier.

When he didn’t hear anything he decided to just enter and wait for you.

It was weird. You usually would check for medical supplies and then come back to your tent to put on your uniform and THEN start the day…not like he had your whole schedule memorized of anything.

He started to worry. Maybe you had been distracted or were in some kind of danger. The concern for your well-being began to overshadow his initial nervousness. He scanned the tent, looking for any signs of where you might be or if there was trouble.

He bolted to his feet again running to the “hospital”, full with worry.

When he got there he asked to another nurse if they had see you

-“oh, Y/N. O boy let me tell´ya. They been all lovely dovey with somebody on the back”-

-…what- Samuel felt his heart freeze

The nurse continued without noticing -“ya’ apparently it was an old friend of them. Let me tell’ya boy. The moment that guy enter she almost fainted of happiness. She was like “omg its been so long and””-

Samuel stopped listening half way through. He didn’t care about that guy.

He cared about you.

Who was this guy

How do you know him

He was dangerous?

Was he an enemy ?

He walked with a heavy step. Until he hear a small voice sniffling.

Samuel froze. It was you.

-“aww don’t worry sugar cube. I’m alright told ya’”- a voice he didn’t recognize talked to you

He cringed at the nickname the stranger gave you. Sugar cube

Yes you were sweet and all of that but he had no right to call you that.

-im sorry Dylan is just that *sob* the tears don’t stop- you responded

Dylan huh…where did he heard that name before.

He peeked a little and what he saw made his blood boil.

You were there with tears staining your beautiful face. And that disgusting man was kissing them away. Like he had any right to do that.

He continued to observe in silence.

He saw how this man sat you on his lap while kissing you.

At this point the lilies were long forgotten crushed to mere crumbs into his hands.

And when he saw Dylan slowly caress your leg he couldn’t stand there any longer.

He opened the curtain that separated you three and walked with a heavy step.

-“may i know what you are doing, soldier?”- his voice low and authoritative

Dylan that was not paying attention, bolted his head toward him and with super speed put you down on his side

-S-Sir i'm sorry is- Dylan tried to explain himself while he brushed up his uniform

-“I don’t want to hear it,soldier. Identify yourself and your section”-

-“Dylan Ramirez sir. I just got transfer to site 2-A sir.”-

Ah. That where he knew him. He was a new transfer to HIS section.

-why are you in this stablishment and not reporting to me of your arrival- samuel said with maybe a little to much volume

-“i wanted to say hello to nurse Y/N sir. She is an old friend sir.”-

Friend…he didn’t believe that bullcrap

-i want you out and to run 10 laps around the perimeter.NOW-

And with that Dylan rise to his feet and run towards the exit.

You that were looking at the whole exchange. Felt slightly intimidated. Like the first time you met Samuel. He been so nice with you that you forgot that he is a high rank in the troops.

When your two sights encounter you couldn’t help but look to the ground.

-“are you alright?”- say Samuel on a voice much, much softer than the one he used with Dylan.

You didn’t say anything.

-“is just that…I heard you cry and got worried”- that was partially the truth but he was sure you wouldn’t mind.

-“yea i apologize for the whole scene…Mr Samuel”- you said with a hint of shame on your voice

-“you don’t have to apologize for anything,darling. Is just we are going tomorrow to the front lines again and maybe im a little nervous”- another half truth but alas it was for the best.

-“can i ask you to do something for me?”- you said, still looking at the ground

Oh if only you knew what he would do for you

-whatever you need-

-Please take care of Dylan on the front lines. He is a very important person to me-

Why. Why he was such an important person to you?.

Why does he had that he didn’t?

Why you looked at them without fear and when you looked at him your gaze was on the ground?

Why

Why

WHY

-“sure. Ill make sure Dylan is taken care of”- samuel say after a moment

-“thank you”- you said with a small smile

…..

He still though of that small interaction. He almost felt a hint of guilt for breaking his promise. Almost

He choose Dylan as his second in command to investigate a supposedly abandoned enemy base. That way they could maybe find supplies or a hint to end this war.

He had done this dozens of times.

The feeling of the bone breaking and the warmth of the blood on his hands. But the adrenaline on his veins this time made it a little different. Almost like if it was more personal.

If he had to compare Dylan to an animal it would probably be a deer of some kind.

A frail and sickly one but still a deer

First it was a shoot to the leg. He screamed in pain as he fell to the ground but we both knew that nobody would come.

Then Samuel stepped on his hand with all his force. It made a crack that send a pleasant chill to his own spine.

The beating continued for a while. For too little time on Samuel’s opinion and if Dylan had the ability to speak he probably said it was for far too long.

But no one can really talk with a broken jaw and without a tongue.

When he came back to the base. Nobody question the story of an ambush.

Nobody question that fact that his knife was missing.

Why would they?

After all he was the first in command. He was the commander Samuel

But the acting when he came back to you was supreme. Maybe he should had been an actor instead of a soldier but anyway.

You cried and screamed and punched the air.

It did broke his heart that you looked so sad. But don’t worry he would be here for you as long as you need him

And you wouldn’t need anybody else.

#soft yandere #yandere #writing blog #yandereoc #yandere oc #male yandere #yandere oc x reader #yandere scenarios #yandere story #yandere!soldier #yandere male #yandere thoughts #yandere boy #yandere x darling #y/n #reader

[ptn-imagines]

Hello hello!

An idea i had for some headcannons for Langley and F!chief is what if both of them were cats like in that one MBCC shit post from the official ptn acc

I think about that post a sane and normal amount. You can trust me. I'm normal about cats. Don't mind that I own eight or so of them.

Langley and F!Chief as cats

While Chief is a fluffy and affectionate nebelung cat, Langley is a sleek and elegant cream point Siamese.

Generally speaking, their personalities are stark contrasts. Chief is rarely if ever not seen with another cat, while Langley prefers to keep to herself. Window-sitting is her favorite hobby, staring out while she washes her paws in deep contemplation.

However, one thing they both have in common is that they’re both fiercely territorial. Neither of them like strange cats walking around without their permission, and both have their ways of dealing with intruders.

Of the pair, Chief is far more merciful. She’ll speak cordially with strangers at first, trying to warn them off with her words and body language, like the rattle of a rattlesnake. Even if they dismiss her warnings, she’s far more likely to chase them off through cunning rather than a fight.

On the other paw, if it’s gotten to the point where Langley is confronting an intruder, they’ve already been given their chance to get out and it went ignored. She’s not shy about using her teeth and claws and she has a penchant for striking from the shadows; often, the strange cat is sent fleeing from her territory with their tail between their legs, not even entirely sure of what just happened.

This naturally made the first meeting between Chief and Langley tense, as it occurred when Langley was trespassing on Chief’s territory. The smaller feline’s usual tactics of scaring off intruders didn’t work on this aloof cat, and she quickly realized that she had no chance of winning in a straight fight. So, Chief had no choice but to let Langley stay, hoping that her dominance over the other cats in the area was enough to keep it firmly cemented as her territory.

Of course, Chief kept a careful eye on Langley. She quickly came to realize that the Siamese brought a sort of controlled mischief with her – engaging in many of the typical “mischievous” behaviors of cats, such as knocking things off tables, clawing the furniture, and tracking toilet paper all over the house.

She was also a natural hunter, and Chief couldn’t help but notice all the stuffed mice were going missing. The audacity! Every single time she’d get more, it would take less than a week for them all to disappear, and she was sure Langley was taking them all! …Minus a few mice that were definitely being taken by Hella, OwO and similarly capricious kittens, but still.

Though, Chief had to admit she slightly envied Langley’s carefree-seeming lifestyle. She couldn’t remember her kittenhood at all and the last time she’d gotten up to mischief had been last month, on accident, when she missed a jump and sent a bunch of fragile china plates and cups crashing to the floor. She still felt guilty about that.

Still, over time, Chief began to see Langley as less of a tolerated intruder and more an informal member of the colony. Many cats in the area were still nervous around Langley, understandably so, and Chief couldn’t say she was exactly fond of it when Langley started bringing over members of her colony unannounced… but they were cordial and respectful enough, not like some of the other cats from the city Chief had the displeasure of dealing with, so she supposed it was alright.

Langley, meanwhile, is intrigued by Chief. For someone who’s so protective of her own territory and colony, she’s never had a problem with waltzing onto the territory of others if it suited her whims. Normally, the dominant cats of those territories buckle and fold within days, ceding to her, so she’s quite impressed with this young upstart who not only has the daring to stand up to her but the cunning and support to maintain her dominance. Chief has won Langley’s quiet respect, and she’s started to see Chief’s territory not exactly as an extension of her own, but certainly as an area she should protect like it was.

If she’s bringing over her colony members to help her deal with some unsavory types of cats on the borders that might threaten the Chief and her colony… Well, what Chief doesn’t know won’t hurt her, right?

Not if Langley’s there, anyhow. And Langley has no intentions of leaving anytime soon.

#ptn #path to nowhere #ptn langley #path to nowhere langley #langley #ptn chief #path to nowhere chief #chief #ptn headcanons #path to nowhere headcanons #headcanons

[yanfeisty]

!Sagau! Can i request some reactions of venti, kusanali, raiden ei, zhongli, and barbara of god reader being double from skullgirls? ( she is a monster in disguise as a nun under the name agatha look up her form its cool! She is known to be more hostile and angry towards enemies, but lesser hostile to close ones she is one of the enemies, following unknown masters. I recommend learning about her in skullgirls wiki so the information are accurate OwO. Feel free to ignore or declined! Even if it took a long time i'll wait patiently :3.

Genshin hcs | Double!Reader

𝐏𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 : Barbara, Ei, Venti, Yae Miko, Zhongli x Creator!Reader

𝐒𝐘𝐍𝐎𝐏𝐒𝐈𝐒 : You're hard to please and you hide your true apparence from them, but some Acolytes found a way into your heart.

𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 : Religious theme.

𝐀/𝐍 : Hello and thx for requesting! I'm sorry I'm not doing Kusanali yet bc I don't know about her much, so I replaced her with Yae, but I hope you'll still enjoy it and that I didn't write Double ooc TT.

Masterlist

⠀‣ Barbara

. Since you're a rather stoic person, she won't push you to like her, but she won't be able to hide her joy to finally meet and serve you. She knows songs that can calm you down, would you like to hear one? She also knows the city by heart, and the best places for you. She's a bit shy and sometimes lost for words at your presence, but she's trying her best to share the joy you gave her with you.

. If you reveal your true form to her, she'll feel honored that you trust her with it, and that she's part of the people you're less hostile with and she's hopefully in your good grace. She's doesn't you as a monster, her God could never be seen as something horrible, everything about you is so pure and true. And she really doesn't want you to feel insecure about it, since others might see you as a monster and that your appearance in the sacred texts were wrong. (Even if you don't care)

. She's more curious on how does your form works, do you need to sleep, what's your alimentation, etc...Takes care even more of you in this form, you might feel alone and you'll need proper assistance, that she and only a few can provide. She'll make sure to have everything for you.

. She doesn't know anything about your "masters" but if her God follows them, that means they are her masters too! Maybe they're your creator, which means they're extremely important. She'll make sure to reference them in one of her verse, if you let her.

⠀‣ Ei

. She says she understands if you're not the most friendly type and that it's hard to win your heart, and will not try to force you to favor her, but without even realizing, she's doing the opposite. Always asking if you need something or any help, she offers gifts or sometime sends her servants, to shower you with them, aks what's your opinion about things she isn't sure what you'll think of it. She'll be glad to be part of the people you aren't hostile with, she hopes at least you consider her as tolerable.

. For her, your true form is beautiful, you take the apparence of a mortal, but as in what she considers your God's form, you represent eternity, one that is untouchable from anything and anyone, and will remain forever to rule Teyvat. And it's a privilege for her to see you like that, which she won't like to share with anyone, she's one of your most devoted follower, the rest are either enemies of your eternity or too low compared to your superiority.

. For your enemies, do you perhaps need her to end them? She'll be glad to, if you judge them to be hostile with, that means they're a threat that needs to be remove, or she'll be very happy to fight them with you at her side, she'll be your blade that'll make them regret to go against you.

. Ei frankly doesn't care about your masters, she doesn't know them and she can't see how could they be superior to you, but she'll try to talk good of their name in front of you.

⠀‣ Venti

. He'll make sure that he finds a way to your heart, one poem or song that'll make you at ease with him, and break this stoic facade of yours, he isn't the best bard in Mondstadt for nothing! He can take you under the tree that he likes, and you can talk to him about anything or even nothing if you prefer, as long as you feel that he's a good companion.

. About your other form, which makes him hide his excitement when you reveal it to him, but he can't suppress the smile plastered on his face, more for the fact that you finally trust him. But he still likes it, in fact, he ships his wisp form with you as he thinks you would look adorable together. You're still the same Creator he loves no matter the apparence you take!

. He is suspicious about your supposed masters, why do you exactly consider them as such, and what do they exactly ask you to do. He'll try to play it smooth in trying to get informations from you, but worries as if it's actually from your own will or are they manipulating you.

⠀‣ Yae Miko

. It's easy for her to enter in your good grace, she's just watching how you're behaving with others and learns from it. Maybe, that's how she sees right through you, lurking made her notice your secretive nature. Perhaps, through that unfaze mask of yours hides something more sinister that people wouldn't be ready to see.

. And she's glad that she was right, you do look like and act secretly like something that would give a heart attack to its people. But for now, only her knows and she'll happily keep it for herself, she'll reward you with her other form too. It's a truly an honor to see you like this and reveal your true self to her, don't keep any secrets from her, you can trust her and she'll be joyful to help.

. That's why you should tell her more about those secret commanders, maybe she can offer them her service, that's what she's telling you, but her real motive is more of learning about them, why do they need you, and what goals do you have for following them, but most importantly, are they a threat to you and Teyvat, a Creator can't have someone above them, maybe she should put them back in their place, and let them know who is the real superior being.

⠀‣ Zhongli

. He gives you all the time you need to warm up to him, but he is still an Acolyte, so he is pretty much always by your side. You'll naturally come to him as he is a calm and wise person, moments with him are relaxing, in opposite with your other followers overwhelming you with their praise. Zhongli will conceal the joy and the bit of pride he has when you come talk to him alone or when you need to calm down, he truly feels blessed.

. But not as much than when you show your other form, regressing to a young god overly excited by his Creator, when he sees it, which he tries to hide, because you like his calming and mature nature. If anyone has any doubts, for him it just proves your God status, as you're not a mortal, but a divine being that nobody could compare to, if someone dares to do a blasphemy and say you have the apparence or mind of a demon, he'll shut them up with a meteor if they're an enemy, or if it's a normal citizen, pity them to not recognize their Creator and instead let their own heart invaded by hatred.

. For those unknowns masters you seem to follow, like Venti, he'll try to get informations about them, but if don't let him, well, he won't push you further. As long, as they don't make you do anything that could potentially hurt you, he doesn't see a problem if you want to follow them, but you'll stay forever the superior being in his eyes.

#sagau #genshin x reader #genshin impact x reader #zhongli x reader #venti x reader #ei x reader #yae miko x reader #barbara x reader #genshin creator au #skullgirls double

[onmyo-jin]

for the ship and kiss->exes pangzi/ xiaohua and no. 48: out of habit! OwO

ohohoho I love your mind, thank you for this one! (I'm still taking prompts, you can find the list right here)

When Pangzi and Xiao Hua were together it was love, but also not quite love. It was never about the romance, not really, but to call them friends with benefits seemed wrong. For one thing they never cared about the 'benefits' more than they did about being friends. For another it just felt wrong to use the term friends with benefits where Xiao Hua was concerned.

They were friends even now-- and if their spa dates weren't technically dates these days that wasn't going to stop Pangzi from referring to them as such.

They hadn't been expecting anyway else to show up in the tiny village beside the waterfalls. Perhaps that was where it went wrong.

Wang Pangzi, Wu Xie and Zhang Qiling were here to investigate some of the seemingly-unnatural natural rock formations that surrounded the foot of the falls. Pangzi hadn't yet figured out if Xiao Hua and Hei Yanjing were there for the same reason or for something different. It hardly mattered if they were: too many unnatural phenomena was as bad a sign as their mutual interest in the same phenomenon.

While Tianzhen and Xiao Hua pored over maps and Hei Xiazi and Xiaoge gave comment on their plans with varying degrees of usefulness, Pangzi excused himself to the excellent baths their little hotel boasted. Most of them were not as young as they had once been, but not all of them had fallen into the icy river at the foot of the waterfall while trying to dodge a snake who had taken personal offence at Pangzi's presence near it's lair.

He was still shivering several hours, a trek through the forest, and a whole pot of tea later. They didn't need him that badly for this planning session, he was going to get warm.

/

Later, Pangzi would blame his exhaustion. That and the atmosphere in the baths (quiet, luxurious, foggy with steam) reminded him of certain spa dates.

Coming out of the baths was always an exercise in willpower, the hot water's grasp on his muscles a siren-lure that sang for him to stay, stay, soak a little longer, until your skin is all pruned and wrinkly. Xiao Hua would always frown delicately at those wrinkles-- never at Pangzi's, only at the wrinkles on his own skin-- and decide to get out far sooner than Pangzi could on his own. Xie Yuchen's willpower was truly fearsome.

The thing that made him make up his mind this time was the way his stomach was grownling at him, demanding food after the hard work of the day. He heaved a sigh, and willed his weary limbs into actions, dragging himself up and out of the water. The thick air was warm enough that he didn't feel cold yet, and carried him to the changing rooms.

Seeing Xiao Hua was already in the changing rooms he stepped up behind him, wrapped an arm around his skinny waist and pressed a kiss to his shoulder-

It wasn't exactly one thing that signalled his mistake, but a combination of simultaneous events: the way Xiao Hua stiffened under his touch, however briefly. The skin under his lips being dry, not bath-warm. The way a familiar voice said 'Good evening Pang-ye,' and he didn't even need to look to see Hei Xiazi's shit-eating grin.

"Ah. I. er..." Being lost for words was not something that happened to him often. It made it all the harder to recover from this one. Stuck there, too close to Xiao Hua, he tried: "Hua'er-- no, Xiao Hua, Hua-ye, I wasn't thinking, I'm so-"

"You had better apologise," oh no. That was not his Xiao Hua voice. That was his Xie-ye voice. In the back of his head Pangzi was already preparing to leave, maybe if he packed his bags quickly enough Wu Xie and Xiaoge wouldn't notice he was gone until after dinner. Pangzi stood frozen, his arm floating less than an inch away from Xie Yuchen's waist, bathwater droplets painting evidence of his crime across Xie Yuchen's skin.

Xie Yuchen didn't move away, didn't attack him, so perhaps, for the sake of their friendship, if Pangzi grovelled- "You call that a kiss?"

Xiao Hua's words made no sense. The man in his arms turned around to face Pangzi, a bright grin (Pangzi's favourite, the one that spoke of mischief, and fun) on his face as he slung his arms around Pangzi's neck and pulled him close. Cold lips met his own, not yet warmed by the baths, and kissed their way past his surprise, so sure of their welcome as Xiao Hua pressed himself closer.

It was surprise, even habit, more than conscious choice that made Pangzi tighten his hold, letting his hands drifting their way down Xiao Hua's back before thinking better of it. Breaking the kiss was infinitely harder than getting out of the baths had been, but Pangzi managed, powered by thoughts of 'what would Wu Xie say', and 'Hei Xiazi is right there'.

"What...?" was as elonquently as he could phrase the many questions that needed asking.

Xiao Hua laughed: "You look a little shellshocked, Pang-ye."

"Ha, yeah, that's one way of putting it." He stepped back, and Xiao Hua let him go without complaint. "That was dumb- I mean, that was definitely my fault, but you really scared me there for a second, Xiao Hua..."

"Really? That didn't look like it was all you, Pangzi," Hei Xiazi's smirk was even wider as he unfolded himself from the bench to plaster himself over Xiao Hua's back. "Looked pretty mutual form where I was watching."

"Did you enjoy the view?" They were talking in their usual way, which was to say, as if there wasn't anyone else there. Pangzi couldn't exactly feel jealous when he had Tianzhen, and Xiaoge, and when he'd just kissed Hei Xiazi's boyfriend. And yet...

Xiazi parked his head on Xiao Hua's shoulder to stare at Pangzi, and his grin never moved. "I'd enjoy it more if I could join in."

#dmbj #panghua #wang pangzi #xie yuchen #jin writes fic #mann we need more panghua #hxz on the sidelines eating popcorn

[quietbluejay]

Unremembered Empire 3

At least he's able to realize it now

;-;

It really does feel like he's one of the only ones who thought about it and the only one who thought about it in a positive way and thought about "okay what are we doing with peace", "how are we gonna improve things"

rather than seeing it as a timer ticking down to their deaths

new POV

okay okay okay

H W A E T

okay I got warned this was a thing but, HWAET

joining the war on chaos on the side of chaos

so there's this secret organization of immortals and aliens. trying to chessmaster their way around the emperor and THIS is their plan???

okay this was kinda cringe

local navy seal here tricks a daemon into telling it his name so he can kill it

dehumanization. stay classy.

either "the quarry" is not a sentient being or "the quarry" is guilty of crimes pick one

are you sure about that

i think we are operating under very different definitions of "noble soul" here

hey anyone remember Son of the Forest??

HOW did lion go from THIS to THAT over the course of a nap

I am standing my my son of the forest characterization complaints in fact i am increasing them in intensity

anyways

the bar was in Hell but I suppose you did manage to wobble your way over it which is more than some people managed

I'm gonna take Curze's side here out of Spite we'll see how long that lasts

this is a comedy

and now over to Auguston the annoying and Polux who i am definitely liking

he's doing the job he was literally asked to as a favour!

why do i feel like Abnett has had Experience with Augustons

oh boy

hey anyone remember that conversation in angel exterminatus the wargaming one

polux does a whole detailed breakdown of everything

wow auguston actually listened

lmaooo

owo owo owo

uhhh wat

really??

oh it's that easy is it

man do you think there's anything left of his adoptive parents in 40k prayto psychoanalyzes guilliman after he gets rid of the wolves tldr he thinks it's a delayed reaction to Horus' betrayal

Guilliman's got basically a classic reaction of "why am i making a big deal of this NOW i've had much worse"

euten comes in later and tells him he needs to declare himself regent/emperor publicly his argument against it is he can't be a figurehead and get the work done at the same time so she tells him to delegate

yeah this is his problem, isn't it

forget being a backseat driver he's straight up going to steal the wheel from you he's also worried it'll make him look too much like horus yeah how ARE those space wolves gonna respond

i feel like the situation with Dorn would not go the way you want it to lol also whither jaghatai???

lmao he has no other option and has argued himself into doing it then we cut back to Lion who showed up above Ultramar when he was heading for Earth

absolutely INCREDIBLE

Has someone made this joke before?

guilliman: literally ANY other loyalist primarch lion: you said ANY right

oh boy back to Dantioch POV

oh boy this is gonna go great

polux you seem really good at your job don't make this personal I genuinely think he's trying not to though

So Dantioch has been thinking a lot about security

owo?

HE GOT DRUNK WITH THE SPACE WOLVES reasonable reaction to finding out Lion is showing up for dinner

you got what you asked for lmao

To be continued

#bluejay reads warhammer #warhammer 40k

[lesbianfakir]

"#if anyone cares send me an ask id love to ramble about my issues with how mangahood are structured" oh? owo?

ANON YOU ARE MY HERO!! You have been warned these are my personal taste opinions and don't necessarily reflect what makes a "good" story

I have two main points that sort of tie into one: I think fma makes more sense as a smaller scale story.

Under the readmore because this got long:

Yes, it’s a shounen of course it eventually has a grand arc with the world at stake. I can’t really blame it for that. But at its core the story is about the Elric brothers’ love for each other, and their loss of innocence as they venture out into the world that's hurt them so. We care about them, about their near impossible struggle to right a mistake and get their lives and bodies back. And we see how cruel and horrible the world can be through the eyes of children. Keeping with mangahood’s hopeful tone we also see how good the world can be, and imo this works best in the smaller interactions ie winry helping to deliver a baby, the hughes’ family’s generosity to the elrics and winry, etc. The jump from a character driven story (Edward wants to save his little brother) to a more shouneny plot driven story (Edward needs to save the world) takes the focus away from a lot of what I find compelling about FMA.

3/4's of the way into mangahood the Elrics are sort of subsumed into the plot at large and the story doesn't come back to them until Al makes his sacrifice. If I'm being honest, the final battle feels a little contrived to center our protagonists when the whole conclusion could've been written with them at the center to start with (that said I LIKE the end of Brotherhood, this is just a personal taste for story structure thing).

Now obligatory 03 ramble, in contrast 03 keeps the Elrics centered throughout. The final battle isn't much of a battle at all. And sure, it isn't as grand. But it feels in keeping with the heart of the story--Dante is going to kill Alphonse so she can live forever. The whole series up until this point is about Ed trying to save Al, it makes SENSE for this to be the conclusion. The brothers' codependent love comes to a forefront with each unwilling to let the other die, even at the cost of his own life. In this way not only do we begin and end with the Elrics, but we've stayed with them the entire time. 03 is a much more character driven personal story and that's where its charm lies.

My second and bigger issue with the structure of mangahood isin the way it uses large-scale tragedy to fuel its plot.

There are better posts than I can make already written about how mangahood centers the feelings of the perpetrators over the victims. What I will say is the fact that the ishbal war started due to an “accidental” hate crime against an ishbalan child by a military officer is a very sensitive topic and hits close to home (I’m American and this is a very, very relevant conflict). It feels a little in poor taste to me to take something so political and so sensitive and go ahaha but you see it was ENVY all along! Arakawa picked a very heavy subject as the backdrop for her story and sort of relegated it to that: a backdrop. What’s presented as a racially motivated genocide actually was just the bad guys being evil. It falls just short of a real, in-depth criticism of the military. Instead we are left with good men and women who were just following orders (which she DOES explore to a good extent and I appreciate how she does not shy away from making it clear what they did was unforgivable). The corrupt military being corrupt because it is the pawn of a big bad inhuman god-wannabe just... falls flat for me.

In 03, the child's murder at the hands of the police is a fabricated story created to "explain" the genocide--instigated by the military without provocation. And this happens because one, powerful human selfishly wanted to extend her own life. This is the story that feels more true to life and dares to really engage with the themes presented instead of writing them off as some plot device. Not to say that 03 didn't have its own problems with its depiction of genocide because. oh boy nazis in shamballa?? HUH!.

Anyways again these are all my opinions. I think FMA has a lot of heart, and it works best on a smaller scale in order to tell a more personal story.

#fma #fma 03 #03 gets its own tag now #if you read all this ily #peope have written much much better criticisms of how ishbal is handled than i have #anyways anon tysm for enabling me #i have a lot of feelings about this #like the final battle in brotherhood iis good its good #but at that point the series turns full shounen

[cryingatships]

Kiseki: Dear to Me ep 1 aka we have several kitties in our hands

Ok let's start~

Ai di? Eddie? Which one are we gonna follow? I'm not immune to pretty faces, I'm gonna protect him with my life now. Also are they a couple? Sorta ship it oeo

Okee guess not. Hmmm Picking up someone out of the blue, and Ai di scratching his back like that, very cat-like of him. A meow =w=

Why is Mr. I'm-The-Only-One-Not-Wearing-Black just standing there like a statue? Where's your concern for a friend. Oh, they're supposed to be old acquaintances as per mdl? That explains it the smile.

What's that red thing on the photo? Lemme guess, blood? It is a mafia (can we call this mafia?) setting.

Zhong Yi is a brave, brave person for not screaming when he saw a bloody hand on the road all of a sudden. Kudos to him. Could never be me :')

Oh oh oh (nooooo) they're using the same remedies. Does ql drama world not have not other, more effective medicines for woundtending? That looks like a gash too deep for home treatment, if you ask me. But ig he'll be saved by ql logic ahaha (I love ql logic. Why can't we have ql logic irl huh)

For once there is no (not felt by me atleast) homoerotic subtext in woundtending. Shocking.

(Anyone know what are the names of the books? Ig they're all books related to studying medicine and such, but I'd still like to know)

Ze Rui, my boy, blackmailing is not how you woo the love of your life. But it's effective here, so owo

Ze Rui is dramatic af. A bread isn't gonna break your ribs, chile. He reminds me of our cats throwing a concert of shame whenever mealtime is late by like half a second.

Zhong Yi keeping tabs. Finally a character who makes (tries to make) financially sound descisions. Like love ain't gonna fill your stomach (not with your sugar kitty mooching off you u.u)

Ze Rui, my boy, you're sus af. I'd have taken away any valuables before leaving you in my home, too. Scamming alert u.u

"It's your karma then." 👏👏👏👏👏

My meow meow is back. He's got some claws. And He looks great in pink! And he has a (potential) boyfie too, good for him!

Knowing your hookup form the night before didn't go home with you for your rizz but for your decade old rice cooker.... that must hurt.

OH? Is Xong Yi snapping finally?

Nvm false alarm. the intimacy tho. Which other surfaces do you wanna shove him against, Ze Rui? BUt threatening is bad flirting technique smh

I don't wanna say it but - poor husband working his ass off to earn money and feed his other, lazy ass of a husband. Also Zong Yi looks so meow meow here? He looked Tired, I feel bad for him :\ Ze Rui take care of your man sometimes, too! Don't make him be the only caregiver in the relationship, it won't work out

Ze Rui is so Kitty Coded that they had to add cat noises jajaja

Oh so Ze Rui does have some brains. His friends (?) did call him the brains of the group hmmm. But ZR lookis so smug, is it cause he made a fool of ZY or cause he has ZY on his (technically ZY's) bed

Ok we need a list of Bread in qls. Bread as a metaphor, bread love (also hate) language yeye

Oh tragic pasts time.... How expectations can go both ways, huh? Too much too little, atleast it seems like ZY still has a good family? (I'm jinxing it-). Seeing that this is Taiwanese drama, and after reading a lot of danmeis, I wonder if ZR is an illegitimate child? As they call it in the danmeis, a 'mistress's' child?

Ok ok I have a theory - Ai di is an ornage kitty (the kind who're always too excited and wants your attention 24/7 or they'll wreck havoc on your room), Ze Rui is a fancy long haired high maintenance kitty (a calico?? Let's not look at the sciences of this), Zong Yi is a black-white kitty, not totally a void but def wiggly and also got the coldness of a white kitty.

Putting clothes on your (future) lover, a beloved if new trope :3 (ye i'm looking at loa)

I want a piece of that cake too, so hungry ueueue

ZR is three cats in pyjamas confirmed. Cats never ever finish their meals cause they too 'eat in small portions'. smh

They're not using the there was only one bed trope?

OH OH THAT LOOK WHEN ZY starts eating. I see you I see you. I feel food was very important in today's episode like, it's used as a method for establishing who's controlling the situation, then it's used a bridge for communication and negotiation, and it's used to show economic differences (like ZR can bother wasting food and eats in small amounts, definitely not smt a person coming form a less privieged section of the society can do)and finally this look. I'm not gonna analyse this cause ye- but.... food.... maybe I'm just too hungry XD

This Zhang Teng would right in a drama of supernatural genre

I like the ending ost u.u

OK there was some INteresting power dynamic. A injured gang member who probably kills at sight and is rich, is now under the care of a impoverished, seemingly harmless (when are doctors, potential ones included, ever harmless) student with barely any way to defend himself from violence. But Zong Yi may refuse to treat him. Then we have the knife. Doctors are gain power from their skill, but is it enough to counter a the power of a criminal gang? And the gang member depends on the (aspiring) doctor for his life, while the doctor's life depends on the gang member's life. Ze Rui constantly uses words like "brat", "kiddo" etc to further demonstrate the power dynamic at play (cause in Asia seniority = social power and respect), but Zong Yi hardly ever argues about the use of these words. Like, he isn't even trying to establish that he too, has some power over the situation. Is he truly so accepting of others' holding power over him or is he just unbothered cause he treats Ze Rui's words as completely irrelevant to his life? Hmmmm. Who exactly has the upper hand rn? I'd say it's Zong Yi rn, but then again Ze Rui can successfully overturn anything Zong Yi does (like the locked door) and force Zong Yo to do his bidding soo...fd

#kiseki dear to me #kiseki: dear to me #ze rui x zong yi #hmm idk idk #chong yi x ai di

[mary-is-writing]

Patreon, moving and trying stuff for the heck of it

The tl;dr is that my writing and tag games are moving to Patreon, for free. I'm still using this blog as my main and a writeblr. You'll likely won't see more writing here but you'll probably see lots of links to patreon posts. Since I'm new to Patreon, I'm open to advice about how to use it, if I should use it at all, and anything else. More details under the cut owo)/

You probably know that they've started approaching AI in here, which is a big turn off for creators. It's me, I'm creators.

While my main blog here works both as a personal and a writeblr, I've been thinking if, how and where will I migrate my writing to, specifically excerpts and small stuff like writing related tag games. After thinking for a while and getting reassurance from some writer friends, I've decided to migrate it to Patreon.

What does that mean? I hear you ask. It means that all the excerpts, character designs and art related stuff of my wips that would've been shared directly to Tumblr will now be shared directly there. Other stuff like updates on the state of the writing progress I'm making, that's not my writing itself, will most likely continue to be posted on Tumblr since that's kinda the only social platform I use.

So it'll be behind a paywall? You may wonder. No, it will not: all of those things I mentioned earlier (excerpts, lines, character designs and more) will be free to read and see for everyone. After all, they'd be free if they were in Tumblr, so I want to keep it like that.

You won't post them in Tumblr anymore, then? Like I said, no; not directly at least. I plan to try and see how it goes with me linking the patreon post to my Tumblr every time I upload there. It may be redundant to do all this just to post it here anyway, but it's a way to avoid the Tumblr AI that makes me feel more at peace than just an opt-out button.

What about writeblr tag games? A valid question, in a lot of those you have to share your writing. For now my plan is to do them in bulk so I can have one big post with all of them there, every other month or so, instead of a lot of tiny ones, and then link it over here. I think that'll work better, and it'll also give me time to stock on them. In other words, wether we're mutuals or not here, please tag me in things!! It'll take a while, but I promise I'll get to it. Eventually.

Why Patreon though? Well, I don't need to tell you that we live in capitalist times, and as a recent college graduate without a job that wants to be an indie writer, Patreon is a good option for me to make some sort of revenue. However, I don't work fast enough to show stuff on Patreon as rewards on a regular basis, that is, if you don't count stuff like small excerpts and tag games (which are sometimes one and the same), nor do I have a massive following that'd be willling to wait more between rewards. This is the second reason why I decided to migrate things there; first, to avoid the AI; second, to have something to show for my writing and do a little nudge to say Hey, if you like what you read, there's a way right here to support me so I can continue it. I could use other platforms like Ko-Fi, but if I'm gonna put time into something that allows me to earn some spare cash, I prefer it to be the one that'd let me have those earnings on a more regular basis.

Unless Ko-Fi has changed how it works, in which case I'll be checking it out later.

I don't have a set goal nor does my income currently depend on this, so I think it's a good time to start posting things to a Patreon without stressing myself that "it has to work". In the end, this is all just me trying things around to figure out what works and what not. If it doesn't work and people don't want to do an extra click to read my stuff, like I said, it's not like there's a lot of pressure on me right now. I've had a few years living with a Just Do It mentality and this is a extension of that, so for now I'll try this out, see where it goes, and how it develops.

I have a few things to tweak and prepare for the Patreon page to be ready for launching, so if you have any suggestions about how to use Patreon or if my approach is wrong and you know a better platform for this, please do tell me! Like I said, this is all just trial and error, so I'll learn as I do.

Thanks for reading!!

#writeblr #writing #writers #writing stuff #writers stuff #patreon #can you see how new I am with all of this? maybe you can #but it's all about trying and learning

[nono-bunny]

Thoughts from watching the ATLA live action!

Episode 2:

So I guess no intro every episode? A shame, but understandable (we literally got it twice in the first one lmao). Hopefully it's back in season 2!

Ah, so this is the aforementioned diary related hissy fit I've been hearing so much about! It is pretty funny tbh lol. Anyway, no, Iroh, Zuko had it right actually lmao, Aang is a coward! It's just... A bit strange to include that here given that his biggest running away incident isn't present in this show? So like. Yes, animated Aang absolutely is a coward, as to this one? It remains to be seen ig, so far he isn't that much, actually, which just makes Zuko seem wrong when in the animated show he would've been 100% correct

OwO what's this??? An Aang thats being proactive and interested about learning and how to control and best use his powers??? You love to see it.

Alright so. Truly I don't know what people are talking about in regards to Katara? Her sense of adventure and tendency to get in trouble while doing reckless things is still absolutely present- those are also important things about her, not just being angry and nurturing! This is a Katara that presents and composes herself differently, and yeah, it's a bit strange! But she still feels like Katara, just... A quiet Katara! She's much less out there with her emotions, which. I do miss a bit ngl, but it's a really interesting direction for her that feels like it's inevitably gonna lead to a major explosion, probably around the time of TSR too! So idk, its really not as big of an issue to me as it seems to be to other people ig. She and Aang were changed a lot- with Aang I do think it's absolutely a positive change because I hate him in canon, but with Katara I just think it's really interesting and worth giving a shot to because it doesn't seem wholly out of pocket or to be leading nowhere, not when you know that her highest emotional points still lie in wait and might, in fact, hit harder if they were a complete deviation from normal to this otherwise calm character. It may still flop and fail, but I genuinely do thing they're building up to something with her and that it's worth giving a chance to.

Kanna once again being the goat!! Idk that I talked much about her during the last episode but I think it was mostly just because I didn't really have any notes lol, I just enjoy her expanded role a lot! The entire legacy of the southern bending being lost in favor of the northern one is a thing I've seen talked about a lot, so I actually really like that there's at least one moveset from the southern style that's preserved here. Of coursing losing "I'll save you from the pirates" is a great personal loss, but I've already seen The Scarf scene so I'm glad at least there was a more or less equivalent replacement lol

Burying Gyatso is a great addition!!!

Blasphemy!!! No such thing as "chicken"!!! What is this abomination Sokka speaks of here???

God everything about Kyoshi Island, including Suki, is just... 😍 I really do love that this Aang is capable of like. Relating to others, being understanding and persuasive and cautious. It's certainly like. A whole different person aside from brief moments of silliness and levity, but it works much better for me because, again, this is a level he never reaches in the original even at the end of his story even though he SHOULD'VE.

Iroh is fr so weird with how direct he is, I just. Can't get used to it- literally his only eccentric quality atm is being a bit of a gourmand, it feels really off. For all his talk about being able to know how to talk to people to get what you want, Zhao sees through him super quick, because like, c'mon, literally who wouldn't??? It was super obviously a lie and. It's all so bizarre, he feels WAY too serious for this point in the story and it genuinely really takes me out of every scene he's in.

As weird as it is for Suki to still get offended when Sokka respects her position and calls her a warrior, the Sukka here IS really funny and fun to watch haha!

Katara is genuinely so sweet with Aang here, idk I just really enjoyed that scene! Do kinda wish we'd get to see Katara drop her water orb lmao, I keep waiting for it to happen and it just never does. She IS a natural prodigy, but I think the original show demonstrated a bit better how much she struggled without any guidance by having her fail her forms rather than just fail to get anything to happen.

It's the intro air scooter scene!!!! Also I'm really enjoying how Katara's right here about Aang being good with people, and how I noticed it myself as well!

Suki trying to flirt with Sokka is so cute oml

Aang being TOO powerful and unable to control his bending is actually such a good idea!!

Omg finally Iroh feels like Iroh!! Who knew all that was needed was literally just for him to talk in Pai Sho metaphors again lmao. Tbh, maybe just literally ANY metaphor whatsoever was missing, oof

Interesting to have Suki take off her makeup right before battle, or like. At all during her first appearance! Not really like, bad or good, just an interesting choice I felt was worth mentioning because it certainly hit me as very different

Hey, uh, Kyoshi babe, you're 100% correct and I enjoy seeing you yelling some sense into Aang but. This is the wrong Aang for this??? Like he literally never ran away it's so bizarre how they keep acting like he did when the original was all too happy to drop that angle when he consistently did. Idk it kinda feels like him not technically running away was maybe like a last minute rewrite or something? It's weird and doesn't gel with how people keep treating it- especially Kyoshi, who was there and should know he legitimately had no intent on turning back from his duties at any point. I love love LOVEE this scene but? It doesn't fit in this version of the story, sadly

Wait why the fuck can Kyoshi see the future?? This is so weird, like I get that it's his call to action and a way of pointing them to the NWT given that they haven't really talked about going there yet but. It's a really weird power for her to suddenly have lmao (unless this is a thing in the novels? I wouldn't know, haven't read them, but somehow I feel like I would've heard about it)

Can I just say that I really like Yukari, and in particular her relationship with Suki? She's a fine addition to this arc imo, and really supports the whole "young people lead the charge on making a difference". Kyoshi Island's motivations for staying neutral in the animated show were of course understandable, but I like that here we can see there's a real conflict about it even before the gaang arrive there. It really endears Suki in a whole new way (tbh she's generally amazing here) and it will make it a lot more natural when we see her again in the following seasons! Also my own personal selfish wish is for the show to find a way to make her a part of the gaang for longer and earlier on. Like, as it stands, if there are three seasons, she might show up once again in season 2 and obviously join up with them in season 3 but. Boy do I want to see more of her, always have, always will! This show is genuinely such a prime opportunity to integrate her more info the story- make her have meaningful relationships with each member of the gaang, establish a role for her and what unique thing she brings to the group (special mention as always to @emletish-fish 's Stalking Zuko for having her be "the sensible one" which worked great)... Just. Make her matter for once, because I will never forgive nor be able to get over the way her existence was just completely ignored and essentially erased in LoK. Suki has always deserved better, right down to the way she was constantly brought back each season because everyone loved her, and I want this show to better reflect that that the absolute nothing she was given in LoK. Suki is a member of the gaang and she deserves to be treated as such, not just as Sokka's girlfriend.

Anyway, back to our regularly scheduled post!Sokka pissing off Zhao while using Suki's fan is something that can be so personal... Like, I can get into the symbolism here about the connection between these characters but. For anyone who knows where the show is going, there are no words necessary to understand why that interaction carries the weight it does. It's just... A beautiful, emotional little moment amidst some really solid fighting choreography! Of course Suki and Sokka working beautifully together was great, Yukari's fighting highly suggests she was a Kyoshi Warrior in her time as well (is... Kyoshi leadership a nepotism/family thing? Questions to ask.), and Momo getting involved were all great, but. That was really the highlight for me. It would be really impactful to anyone who knows, and to anyone who doesn't it's still just like. A really kickass Sokka moment

Also may I just say I'm very impressed with how far Sokka's come in less than two days? Like, of course it's probably not very realistic, but it absolutely supports what they're getting at here which is that Suki IS a great leader and teacher (the short scene with her looking over the other warriors' training and correcting their form was great), and that Sokka is ultimately just as competent a fighter as Katara and has the same natural talent and drive. Their little exchange about nonbenders having to work harder and be better felt very... Real in a way I can't quite express, and it felt like a very important thing that deserved to be acknowledged by the show. Sokka gets underestimated so much and reduced so frequently to being the meat and sarcasm guy, even by himself, so like. Sokka's arc is very important to me because of how often it goes unnoticed or unmentioned in the face of other, more visible ones... And I feel like they're doing a great job at adapting it, slightly modernizing him ("tastes like chicken" notwithstanding) and making him stand out more while keeping the core of it. Sokka's arc was something I was already slightly concerned with initially, and the "we're removing Sokka's sexism" rumors didn't help assuage my fears given how important it was to help set the stage for the kind of person he is, so like. Genuinely I have to give them kudos for finding a way to take it out and keep how he changes and what we ultimately learn about him as a character that didn't feel forced. This is kind of just? A great episode for all of the characters, they all flow much better individually and with each other, and I genuinely really enjoyed it for the most part as opposed to the first that was a bit stilted in a lot of places- but I guess it being mostly just. All of the exposition and Aang's backstory stuff was the issue, and when they let the characters just... Be, it all works really well!

Oh my god Kyoshi is. Doing so much heavy lifting here, literally where was my girl for the entirety of the animated show, that Aang needed some major reality checks lmao. This is... A lot for the second episode when Aang is genuinely just still trying to get a handle on things, but I don't know that I really... Hate how she's preparing him and establishing the stakes? She's an absolute hardass here, but she's not overly cruel- she's genuinely trying to help as much as she can in her own area of expertise, because who knows when she'll next get to talk to Aang, and what if he never gets to hear this stuff? Would he just... Perhaps turn into who animated Aang did? Like, it's extremely harsh and kind of feels excessive for where the show and Aang are at right now, but... Genuinely I can't really say it's a bad thing for Aang to hear all of this, because I only know what happens in the universe where he doesn't. It's fucking tough to watch little Aang be verbally beaten down like this, but? Ultimately, what Kyoshi is saying are important things that Aang needs to come to understand sooner rather than later, and she IS trying to help, even if her way is harsh, so I can't really fault her for it too much because like. I understand where she's coming from all too well, both as someone who watched the original show and thus is aware of how tough the road ahead is going to be for Aang and everyone around him, and as someone who is a big OG Aang critic and wishes he could've heard all of this in the animated show. It's... A difficult scene to watch, but I don't think it's entirely without merit.

Holy shit I can't believe they kept Zuko trying to appeal to Katara even though they took out the pirates, I was genuinely surprised by that!!

Oh. OHHH. So. I was right about where they were going with Katara, wasn't I? I was fairly certain about it before, but how meek and unsure she is in battle despite how powerful she already is followed by a trauma flashback really cemented for me that they're leaning pretty heavily into the different ways Katara was affected by losing Kya. She's still very protective of her loved ones, she's still brave and powerful and driven... And, more than ever, she's also haunted by her mother's spirit with every step she takes. She's more afraid and cautious than her animated counterpart ever was, and it translates to her being "a doormat", but it's also... So clear to me she absolutely is not staying that way. This is the start of her journey, and it's just as valid as the original one. Seeing her stand against Zuko in the original show was never something that would've caused me to worry, but here I can feel her fear and how much it's holding her back.

Also, in their confrontation scene: Zuko is SCARY here! And that made this scene like. Genuinely really special to watch? Because I didn't even know that I was capable of finding Zuko intimidating anymore- he was always genuinely so honorable in the original that when rewatching you can kinda just... Very easily chalk his whole thing up to being misguided and lost- he does bad stuff, but when compared to the ruthlessness of the other villains he's barely a threat. But here Zuko is desperate, and he's scary, and he truly feels like a big bad evil guy when he's towering over non other than Katara who we so often get the best of him to the point where you kinda forget they weren't always matched in power and... This scene just. Really works for both of them individually, to show where they're at mentally and how they clash at this point in time... And, honestly? Knowing that this is an extremely temporary dynamic for them is actually really cool- that the next time they fight may very well be when Katara beat him? It's really cool. It doesn't scream Zutara, not at all, not in the way "I'll save you from the pirates" did, but? It feels important for them to have it, still- the Zuko and Katara dynamic always advances both of their individual stories, and this time is no different. It's... A bit hard to put into words just how visceral this scene felt and how excited it made me for both of their character arcs, as well as to the progress they're gonna make together, but. This was a great scene

Ngl it's really funny how everyone is flying in this adaptation

God I already miss Suki :(

Not really... Sure about why Sokka changed him mind about sticking Aang when he mostly hung out with Suki this episode, it seems mostly like he and Katara just want some more adventure, which is cool and not an issue at this point but? The episode seems to try and imply they're both there for Aang or for the world when it's pretty clear that isn't quite it, not yet, so it feels like it comes out of nowhere and a bit out of place. I do wish that angle was allowed to be a bit more present, because so far it just feels like either the characters are unaware of it yet or that the writing isn't and thus it's never gonna get addressed. In the animated show Katara was much more obviously self interested during parts of the first season, and Sokka was mostly there for her- which I liked, it gave room for both of them to grow into this new family unit they're creating with Aang over the course of the show! Here it seems like both of them initially wanted to help Aang and found they liked the adventure, and their goals on this adventure often feel a bit inconsistent? Katara is very obviously enjoying the freedom, but she seems to be more willing to go along for wherever because the plot aligns to make things she achieved herself on her road to becoming a master waterbender just... Happen to her? She didn't aquire the waterbending scroll, she didn't suggest and advocate for going to the NWT, they're just things that happen and suit her goals really well! In that sense she feels a bit less driven, as she doesn't have to be- she's obviously dedicated to training and becoming better, but she less creates opportunities rather than fall upon them, which? I'd find it a bit hard to buy this Katara stealing, and I guess maybe she doesn't suggest the NWT because as established they don't know what state its in and she's a bit more risk averse than in the original, but... While her taking less initiative isn't necessarily a bad thing here (again, so long as it is a part of her arc rather than a continuous state), it muddles her motives a bit and serves to make the group dynamic a bit confusing. Is she there for Aang? For adventure? For waterbending? For herself? Of course it's ultimately all of those, but. I think presenting all of them right at the start makes her motivations a bit too confusing, especially when paired with Sokka who, in this order: wanted to abandon Aang out of caution, wanted to help Aang because it'd be the right thing to do, wanted to abandon Aang because he wanted to go back home, and then after hanging out with Suki for an entire episode was suddenly worried about leaving Aang alone. Their connection didn't really deepen in any way, so it feels like his motivation is much less about Aang but about what he could gain, except he doesn't frame it like that either! Idk it's confusing, and genuinely I can't tell if it's just. Bad/inconsistent writing or if it's meant to be A Thing, like, Katara and Sokka trying to find their reason for "abandoning" home. I can certainly twist the events to be that if I think about it enough, as I just did, but... Ultimately I do think there was a bit of a failure here with presenting too many motivations and not committing to any single one. It's both way too complex, and also not complex enough to work, and so in the end it's just confusing. It's truly not that big a deal but the conversation at end of this episode on Appa didn't feel authentic or earned to that episode I just saw, which was the real issue imo. I desperately hope this isn't the end of these two trying to justify their journey, and that thus turns out to have been intentional, but frankly... I do just have a feeling it was a bit of unfortunate mangled writing.

That said, I'm actually not really feeling Zhao? I've read a post that said he gets progressively more hateble as opposed to the original where he started out as immediately hateble so I'm curious if that's what's gonna happen to me too! It was cool to see Ozai though for sure haha!

I do have to shout out the way Iroh and Zhao interact with this forced politeness as something that stood out to me in an extremely good way- it's stilted, and awkward, and it's 100% meant to be, and it worked fantastically with the contrast to Zuko's being so direct and brash. I'm not like, an expert by any means, but I do have an interest in Japanese culture and it definitely felt reminiscent of the way respect and politeness is so important and entrenched in the culture right down to the language structure- it felt a bit like Zuko was just talking casually until Iroh came along and started talking in keigo, if that makes sense to anyone? Might be talking out of my ass here but that's what it reminded me of so I thought I'd mention it. It was really interesting to see regardless!

Anyway I liked this episode a lot more! It still had its issues, but they feel more like growing pains here if that makes sense? There's definitely a sense that this show is slowly getting comfortable in its own skin as a separate entity from the original, so I hope that trend continues! Evidently the direction they're going here is not for everyone, but everything I've seen so far does feel extremely like it ultimately came from fans who have their own opinions on the original show rather than people just looking to make bold new twists. A lot of the changes here, while they might initially feel blasphemous, are also ones I'd have made to the original, and the ones that aren't don't feel like they're made thoughtlessly. I'm not happy with everything I've seen so far, but I'm absolutely excited to keep watching because I genuinely do have faith in this show managing to pull off the big swings they're taking.

Also, I think it's important to note- I'm the biggest Kataang hater, I hate them, truly, I do! And yet as strange as it is and as much as I hate to admit it? There was a genuinely cute scene between Katara and Aang this episode, and if they make their relationship a bit more equal going forward... While it likely still won't make me ship them, I do genuinely think I could stomach seeing them end up together if they stay away from the worst aspects of the ship in the original show. I won't be happy about it, ever, but. There's something to be said for them managing to make it tolerable even for the biggest opposers of the ship. I still hope it won't happen! But if it does... I hope it's done tastefully and in a more thought out way than it was originally.

#avatar the last airbender #atla #atla live action #avatar the last airbender live action #natla

[dazzle-writes]

Hey! I saw you had match up open and I almost jumped for you seeing trigun on that list and I practically ran to your asks to send this.

So obvious I'd like a trigun match up (any type/timeline is fine) and possibly headcanons!

I am a adult male and I have albinism. I have purple/pink eyes, white really messy hair and pale skin. I am the holder of adhd and autism and love to collect random trinkets like rocks, feathers or just like a fistfull of moss and keep it. I'm a pretty lone liver and like to have my own quiet time but I seek out people who can respect my boundaries in when I do and don't want to be touched, be around noise or people. I am a gardening student and I love learning about different flora and plants and what good they do in gardens or forests or how they can be used as simple remedies like sore throaths or headaches. I like to travel and hike but at nights I like to just take a moment to breathe and adore the surrounding. Also I'm a big fan of cuddling even tho I'm not a fan of much touching, cuddling is for the level 10 friendship only. Idk what else to put here but sorry if there is writing mistakes, English is not my first language and I'm super excited

- Moon

(Don't worry I also saw the second ask!!)

omg I've been WAITING to see someone I could match up with my pookie tristamp Knives and its YOU!!!

~I think you'd both stare at each other for a few long seconds and he's internally going "Is that me? Is that my reflection?" because he has never seen a human with albinism before!!! Your relationship definitely starts out more clinical, he wants to observe you a lot because he lies to tells himself that since you're so different, you must be used in the doctor's experiments!!

~he takes one look at your eyes and goes "Nope, this one is Mine To Observe" and tells people its because you look so much like a Plant he wonders if you have any Plant heritage. Nobody believes him, but who's going to call Knives out? He wants to learn EVERYTHING about you, and also understands the need for quiet time. Sometimes he will just. Stand and leave. Because he needs a break.

~Loves learning about autism from you

~Quickly learns that he has autism from this very fact

~(I see you say "holder" and have a signoff so I'm assuming you're part of a system!! If that's not true then pardon my ignorance!!) You explain to him what D.I.D. is and what you hold and he goes "what" and immediately needs to leave and process. (If you tell me more about others alters I'll make a part two with how he interacts with them!! ;).) He comes back with a million questions which makes you need a break and just. Its a long game of phone tag with the Tism Social Timer.

~When you explain what flora is and that you are a gardening student, it's all over. He falls right then and there. Hard. And in denial.

~He does mess up a lot, so be patient with him!! He is navigating so many new territories with you and his own emotions.

~Always speaks softly to you, but his tone is always stern.

~Will occasionally just. Stare. He likes looking at you.

~Introduced you to his sisters and god they thought you were one of them. I hc that Plants make noises like birds or dolphins but smoother and softer and the just are like OwO?!?! Is he one of us?!?! And they chirp at you and freak you out a bit.

~Knives is very touch starved but also cannot stand touch if not with someone very close. He loves to lie with you in bed and hold pinkies.

~His face is always kinda neutral? Don't take it personally.

~He kinda starts slowing down on his violence once he meets you, and just steals plants and leaves instead of Murdering Everyone, but starts to collect little things for you because of your crow-habits.

~Once yall are close enough, he cuddles you in his blade snuggie. He loves leaning up against the bedframe with you on top so he can put his head on your head.

~Possesive of you when you aren't around. If someone mentions you he eithers threatens them with bodily harm for being close to you or begs commands them to tell him what they know about you.

~Is not unreasonable, if someone talks to you/touches you without knowing you are taken and you correct them he gets butterflies because omg you like him so much and you only wanna be his-

~If they disrespect your boundaries? Game over. They become the doctors newest subject.

nsfw!!!!

~This hoe is a big ass VIRGIN

~Eveyone is always like "omg hes so top and dom and sex god" Knives has never seen a human penis in his life and has no clue what to do.

~Very clinical and experimental at first!! Like slearning what works for you both

~It would please him greatly if this man can cockwarm pLEASE LET HIM-

~no noise except for gasps and asking questions

~Medium sex drive, but never initiates. Always teases that you humans are so "carnal" and only he can truly make you feel like this.

~Surprisingly talkative? He'll be telling you about his day and jerking you off at the same time. There's a pop quiz at the end. Once he gets more into sex and anything kinky he will punish you if you don't answer correctly.

~Gets more playful once he gets intimate like that. Occasionally grabs your ass and just??? Walks away???

~Starts to wear his blade snuggie more because his body is for YOU babes.

~Plant genetalia is weird because he has? Both? And it all glows?

~Definitely has glowing cum.

~Plant do have a mating cycle where they go through "Blooming" season. Gets really clingy and irritable from Plant hormones, so be gentle with him.

AHHHHHH I hope you enjoyed!!!!!!

#millions knives x reader #matchups #tristamp #trigun #razz writes

[zhongrin]

hiiii, i really love your works! my favorites have to be the ones you coded and stuffs. if it isn't a problem, can i ask how you do those? like what sort of tutorials or studying did you take shsgsgahaga because i am very inspired by you. this just a curiosity of some sort so it's okay if you didn't give the full details, i will be very happy with an advice owo

hskfjskdj aaaa thank you??? that's such a nice thing to say... for me i learned coding in uni and i'm a full-time software developer! but i'm so happy that you're interested in finding out how to get started in coding, because you definitely don't need to take a computer science course to be able to code! you can learn programming by yourself and there are a lot of (free) websites & learning materials out there that can help you!!! plus, i'd say that the things i made for genshin are mainly pretty simple so far; all client-based apps with no backends nor frameworks at all! i know you said i don't have to provide full details but this got so long shskdjsl i'm sorry-

ok so i have three types of things i've created for genshinblr: voicelines, chatroom, and otome game.

in terms of coding, this might come as a surprise but the simplest one is actually the otome game (mainly because the game engine did most of the heavy lifting)!! that, followed by the voicelines and then the chatroom respectively, is in order from "simplest coding" -> "more complicated (but still pretty simple) stuff".

genshin otome

game engine: renpy

language: python

if you wanna do something like genshin otome, you really don't need advanced python knowledge. even with a normal visual novel style (with chatbox and stuff), it's pretty simple to code! renpy takes care of the more complicated stuff here, so you can focus on the more important (+ time-consuming) things like assets gathering and scripting your dialogs/narrations. they have tutorials for that and the community is very helpful if you bump into any difficulties!

but if you want to have something like the p5 visual novel i created, now that's a different story........ *war flashbacks*

voicelines [ɪ] [ɪɪ]

language: html, css, javascript

first off, don't be scared just because there are three languages being used in this haha html is a super easy language to learn and is used by all web pages you see today. css is basically a language to style and make stuff look pretty. and lastly, javascript is the one that drives the logic of the application! these are all very basic languages for web programming and it's good to familiarize yourself with them before moving on to frameworks and stuff!

concept wise it's really simple. i used videos of the characters' idle animations in the character screen as the background. i also have an variable to store the character information + their voicelines, and used buttons to display the voiceline titles. upon clicking these buttons, the app will append the voiceline content accordingly to the section on the right side. the most difficult part here is the styling.

chatroom [ɪ] [ɪɪ]

language: html, css, javascript

just like the voicelines, this project used 3 languages. the only thing that makes it complicated is the logic that's driving the 'conversation'...

to offer a high-level explanation, the logic goes something like this: when you click on a character from the left panel's listing, it'll get an array of objects which contains information about what's gonna happen in the chat for that person. then, based on the specified intervals, it'll loop through the items, and based on the type of the object it'll do different things, e.g. showing timestamps, showing chat bubbles, showing emotes, asking user to pick a choice, showing said choice as a chat bubble, etc....

of course, things aren't that straightforward in the actual implementation. for example, when the app is showing a selection of choice to the user, it needs to stop looping through the array and resume said loop the moment you picked a choice. and say you selected a choice, there has to be some logic to pick which item in the list should be shown and which should be skipped based on your selection, because there are branching paths and such, etc.

so, where can you learn all this stuff? to kickstart, i'd say you can use things like codecademy to get yourself familiarized with the most basic concepts of the languages. there are also tutorialspoint and w3schools and a ton of other websites out there.

after the basics, i'd suggest with start practicing hands-on with actual projects! it doesn't have to be anything complicated and you can always take inspiration from your surroundings! maybe build a weather app. or try to copy twitter's layout to practice your CSS. perhaps code your own to-do list app. practice, practice, practice!

oh and if you need help with any questions or issues, stackoverflow is usually where you would go. but don't be afraid to google stuff. google will be your best friend and you don't need to feel ashamed about it!!

i hope that helped and i wish you luck in your learning journey if you do decide to embark on it!! <3

#rin answers #rin is having tea with: anon 💟 #rin uses her programming skill to have fun

[booksandchainmail]

Pale 8.7

Going back a bit

nice! I'm glad we get to see some of Avery and Fernanda's not-a-date (channeling Verona here)

Fernanda went on, “In some circles, it’s the only kind of card you can play.  It’s more useful for putting someone you know into a compromising position than for drinking yourself, because the pregnancy comes on hard and heavy.  Depletes the body to make things happen.”

If I had a nickel for every time wildbow wrote pregnancy-based horror, etc etc

“Come, let’s shop more,” Fernanda said, taking Avery’s hand, and the way she took it was by bumping shoulders, her arm winding around Avery’s to make it impossible to do anything but walk shoulder to shoulder. Verona wasn’t looking, was she? This was just Fernanda being Fernanda, wasn’t it?

OwO?

And honestly, Fernanda being Fernanda does not rule out flirting

Fernanda leaned into Avery, confiding, “Just… do yourself a favor, and never wear a sports bra when you’re not actively playing sports.”

have to disagree here, sports bra and tank top is a classic combination for a reason

The last time I met someone who was properly nice to me and that simple smile or ‘how are you’ actually made my day?  I was a child, Avery.  Now I know it for the chore it is, I know it’s strategic and how nice a person is… social calculus. 

I think you may have met a skewed sample of people

The top, a simple ‘this is me’ identity stamped on it instead of conveying that same message from the design of the thing? It’s childish. Like a man’s suit, the closer you get to the top and the older you get, the more you come to appreciate the subtle tells.

one of the fun? things about formal menswear is that since there's not that much variety in what it is overall (ie a suit), the rules about how it is supposed to look are very strongly defined. If you look at men's traditional fashion blogs, the vibe often starts out at "here's what the width of your lapels signals about you personally" and ends up at "if you're not getting everything tailored you look like an idiot eight year old. fuck you." There is a very fine line for me between finding those articles interesting and useful and finding them incredibly depressing.

but also, fuck off Fernanda. You guys are thirteen on a field trip. That tank top is fine.

“That’s ladies’ fashion for you. So much of it serves us up on a platter for the world to feast on. Sorry.”

but of course the upside of men's fashion is that you can just default to basics and it signals nothing about you.

And given how Avery dressed up for the party back in Kennet, I don't think she's going to have the particular problems Fernanda is talking about.

“Huh,” Fernanda said, looking like she was considering that. Then she smiled a bit. “Well, if there’s any food for thought in the mix, I hope it makes up for it. I was going to buy you a top. Can I still do that?”

... has she been negging Avery?

Weird.  Avery couldn’t find mental footing, and the more time she was spending with Fernanda, the more she was coming to suspect that was Fernanda’s thing.  It recontextualized a lot of other stuff. That, and that smile- was Fernanda enjoying this back and forth?

emotion manipulator! Though I'm not sure what her strategy is here. Honestly, she might have just decided Avery isn't worth working an angle on and is just having fun fucking with her.

“I don’t know what to say, Fernanda,” Avery admitted.  “You don’t want nice.” “I do, I simply don’t believe in nice for niceness’s sake.”

Once again coming back to my statement that Avery is sweet, though here it might be a drawback. Then again, I think if Lucy or Verona was paired with Fernanda hostilities might have broken out.

“I think I’d have more peace of mind knowing I’m the real me.” “Oh honey. You’re naturally pretty, so of course you get to say that.”

going to be honest, at thirteen if I was in Avery's place I would have just fully stalled out of this conversation

“It’s reality.  I can’t control what my family does.  I can only… fake a phone call, to deflect and drop a tidbit of information that nudges them one way.  Or happen to be sick one day they want me to meet a man they’re thinking about marrying me off to.”

practitioner society is so fucked up

“Always have to have my guard up against that sort of thing.  Always a card in my back pocket, so to speak.”

and in the general danger of this world, theoretically your family is meant to be your allies. But for some of the students we've seen, that family ends up being the most pressing threat

It was sheer, shimmery, and a kind of halter style, tying up around the neck and draping forward while leaving the back completely open.  And Fernanda laid it across Avery’s front.

OwO ?

No, they were older, by maybe ten years.  A twenty-three year old Avery wore the top, as well as a resized version of her regular jeans.  Tattoos decorated one arm, shoulder, and disappeared behind the fabric at her side.

nice

It hadn’t hit home, until that… absence. She felt so stupid, so irresponsible, not thinking about this more. Thinking… what, that opossums were out in the wild so that simple internet search on lifespan might be skewed?

oh. There has to be ways around this, right? Becoming something more complex or spirit-focused? Miss had started preparing Snowdrop to potentially take her place, maybe she'd know something? That seems like a plan longer than ten years.

Avery hadn’t been sure if she would take the demesne or the familiar, and she’d been leaning toward the demesne, because it worked on so many levels.  But if it was a question of saving Snowdrop, tying Snow’s lifespan to her own, then there really was no question.

oh! yeah, forgot that about familiars

“You seem to have taken away something from this shopping trip of ours.  Something good?” “Something I needed.” “Good. Then I’m glad I spent the money. I’m glad you three picked this place. Good move,” Fernanda declared.

Is Fernanda also looking to build alliances? Her family's in rough shape now, and she doesn't have much leverage even within them. If she's looking for outside allies, the Kennet Trio have proven they're strong enough to be worth it, while also being isolated enough that getting goodwill with them has relatively low buy-in.

She put her hand at the crook of Avery’s elbow and swung her bag a bit with her other hand.

so she's definitely doing this on purpose

“Verona improvises, she’s really good at some parts of practice.  Finding answers.  Lucy’s got some of the combat stuff down, and showmanship stuff, she’s really good at that.  I’m… I like to think I’m good at exploring places.  Not so much here.”

you're also really good in a tight spot! Avery's the default hitter in the group, as well as basically all their mobility. She also doesn't freeze up in conflict, but starts moving and taking action, and spends the fight taking pressure off the other two so they can set up practice.

“Then… I’m the nicest?  That might be mean to say, and it doesn’t really matter to you, does it?  You don’t think nice for nice’s sake matters, right?”

also this! Being the friendly face, smoothing things over, reaching out without ulterior motives

This was weird, being arm in arm with an objectively pretty girl, one who was touchy-feely, on what could be called a shopping date…

:)

“Lucy’s…” Avery said, looking.  She found Lucy, talking to Kass and some of the boys.  “Mission-focused.  Tackles the issues.  Verona’s… she pulls back, waits.”

continuing this, I would say Avery flanks. While Lucy takes point and Verona sets things up, Avery can literally come at an enemy from a side they didn't expect, or more metaphorically take a new angle on a conversation

“Ah.  Yeah, I mean, I can see that, but I feel like we’re dancing around… you know I’m into girls, right?”

that's one way to handle things! Good direct approach instead of dancing around it. I have a feeling that Avery will not grow into one of the lesbians who spends several months trying to figure out if she's in a relationship or not

“I did not.  I’m not, for the record.”

:(

“Are you into me?” Fernanda asked. “No.” “I’ve dropped my opinion of your taste.  Who are you into?”

oh wow

“I liked… my old classmate, but you wouldn’t know her.  Clementine, a bit.  She showed up that other night.  Cute hair and she looked… huggable.  This is awkward.”

valid

Her eyes fell on a tall woman, tattooed, with clothes draped down from a single piece of metal that had a hole for the head and draped across the shoulders. A bit muscular. Fernanda leaned her head over, to match her gaze roughly to Avery’s.  “Huh. I forfeit, don’t know what to say.  Follow your heart.”

this is what I was getting at with my objections to Fernanda's advice earlier. Queer attractiveness standards tend to be different!

“This is my game, and this is how I win, I win people over, or I destroy them, and I’m tired of destruction right now,” Fernanda said, before addressing the key salesman.

:| losing Laila did a number on her

“Escape keys. To find the way home. Or get home, depending. If you’re stuck somewhere, they’re a way back. Looks like he sells locks you can carry with you and mechanically install, so you have somewhere to stick these keys. If the way home is easy it opens a door and you can step through. You’ll be back. If not, it breaks the door or wall or whatever, and you use the way the pieces land or point to find the best direction to take.”

oh that seems incredibly useful for the Paths. I think that family she was working with had something similar?

“I don’t.  I really don’t.  You don’t have to reciprocate, you do realize that?  You don’t have to get involved.  Trying might get you hurt someday.  You got into the thing with the school and the fight between headmasters and you didn’t have to. Start looking for other ways. You don’t have to save me or help me.” “It’d be nice if there was a way to.”

unstoppable force (Fernanda's cynicism) meets immovable object (Avery being an innately kind person)

“Nice for niceness’s sake is meaningless, remember?  You can’t.  You’re not all powerful, you’re not even that important.  Do your thing, enjoy what parts of life you can.  I kinda hope that tough conversation that’s waiting for you goes okay.  I kinda hope that crisis goes okay.  I don’t care that much but it’d be good if the world sucked a little less.”

thinking of some lyrics from Into the Woods here: You're so nice You're not good, you're not bad, you're just nice I'm not good, I'm not nice, I'm just right

“Ask your three questions,” the woman at the booth said, as she put the money on a shelf beneath the table.  “For each, you get one answer you want, and one you didn’t expect.”

interesting. An answer you didn't expect can still be useful

“More than that.  If left too long on something unattended, it can seize the item for itself, making it impossible to retrieve.”

so no matter how they were using nettlewisp, it would probably end up backfiring. They could have lost a lot of resources like that

“The like-to-like charm,” Avery murmured. “You give up a bit of claim to the person who gave you the glamour, every time you make the change. They could take these items from you in a critical moment.”

interesting. IIRC, Avery's the only one who uses that glamour, for her charm bracelet. I think the only important things she's stored there are her mask/hat/cape? Which could be a problem. I don't think losing the hockey stick or shoes would matter long term, though in the middle of a fight it could be nasty.

“That she has her traps for you, in the midst.  Three simple traps that she may use to foil or distract you.  Inconveniences. But there are traps there that are from you, for yourselves.”

Hmm. Are those tied to the simple traps? As they use them, it pushes them in certain directions? Maybe pushing Lucy to be more aggressive, Verona to be less human. Not sure about Avery.

She’s set your trajectories by handing you tools. Telling you that you may easily become Other and that you were chosen for that reason. Giving you a way of putting your mark on an argument and making it yours, when it’s rare you would want the argument and its consequences. Giving you another face to wear, so you’re left more certain that you want your own individuality, your own Self.

give someone a hammer and suddenly everything looks like nails. But what do all of these lead to? The middle one seems like a general way to get them into more problems. But the first and last one... making them more attached to their own selves and aware they could become Other. Was Maricica trying to keep them human? Or was each trap tied to the specific girl it was given to (Other for Lucy, argument for Verona, Self for Avery)?

“Can we delay it?  If it’s motivating some awful behavior-” The faerie woman was already shaking her head. Avery thought of Snowdrop again. Gone from her shoulder. She stroked her pet.

Would making him a familiar stop/slow it? Not that I'm recommending that.

If you know what stories remain to him, then be mindful of where he is and what he does as the last story ends. That may be him forevermore.

could Guilherme become the new carmine judge, if the story went right?

And now they were all together, all a bit stressed, but they were stressed together.  No sides, really.  Or far less. Had Estrella done that on purpose? Probably.

The Kennet Trio was paired with one on Alexander's side, two who went neutral from Bristow. Not sure about the class as a whole.

Avery almost did; she had a waterproof jacket with a hood that could be clipped on in her bag.  She held off, saw Fernanda huddled over, looking uncomfortable, and handed her the jacket instead.  Fernanda didn’t say no. “Wow,” Verona said, under her breath. “Smooth.”

agreeing with Verona, that's a good move. Very gallant. I think Avery's going to be very popular once she gets into a queer community (and a bit more self-confidence)

“You wear a mask,” the girl said, reaching out.

I'm worried about the symbolism of the Kennet Trio being dressed like these Fae children

“The thing about me,” Avery grunted.  “Is I’m probably the wrong person to drag into this situation.”

yeah, if I had to pick one of the girls to maybe get into a fight in the Warrens, it would be Avery. And I'm honestly kind of relieved that America's plan seems to just have been getting them onto her turf, rather than anything tied to Faerie

The Tightrope of Lights path had given her a minor boon of balance. The Zoomtown path had bestowed the ability to navigate a crowded way forward.

Nice to see Avery's path-finding coming into play

“I didn’t get to fight!” America shouted back.  Her voice didn’t ring off the wet mud walls, nor the ceiling that was so sloppy with mud it felt like it could cave in at any point.  “They- you took that power from me!  You took the right to have a say!”

... I think being captured, and being held for day not knowing what would happen, knowing they could hurt or kill her, and then not getting any closure about it, may have had an impact on her

He loves me but he doesn’t get me, so he goes and gets sent to jail sometimes and crap,

um. some questions there

“And this is it?” Avery asked.  “This is the way it goes?  Keeps getting worse because we have to hurt more than we’re hurt?”

going back to the theme of trying to build something better

“-They’re poor.  They’re struggling. The Fae! That’s what Estrella wanted to show us, I think. They’re not rich they’re not fancy they’re not super manipulative. They’re tired and life’s hard and they’re selling stuff but-”

oh interesting. The fact that they're called courts means we assume a certain level of prosperity, and most Fae who show up in stories and book are those who are powerful (and often who are ruthless enough to gain that power).

“They’re poor or they’re down on their luck or they’re not really fancy Faerie and to them seventy five bucks is a lot and you’re- we’re kind of ruining their day, causing this mess.  Sending goblins at them.  How is that an eye for an eye?  You’re making the lives of struggling people harder!  You’re not the victim, you’re the asshole!”

you're also beating up a thirteen year old because you're mad at society

Avery shook her head, angry at herself.  “I thought I could get through.  Shake her up a bit.”

I think you did! You convinced her to back off, and I think what you said will stick with her.

“Mr. Musser’s going to be the new headmaster.”

two steps forward, one step back :|

"Anyone else, including the other contender, Crowe, they’d dig. And this thing would be perpetuated endlessly.”

ah. ok. Guess they were pretty suspicious. But it looks like Raymond doesn't want to go after some kids over a friend who probably deserved it

#booksandchainmail reads pale #pale #wildbow #fernanda is very fun so this liveblog took a while since I was commenting on everything she said

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Aaaaah I have so many questions for the Android Therion AU. Ravus Industries has def used Therion for Less Than Legal activities and I wonder how much of their treatment of him skirts on the rights of an android as well (honestly in a capitalist hellscape I'm surprised they have any at all as much as there's a sense of 'we made you we own you forever unless you can afford to buy yourself outright')

That aside, I am *very worried* for Alfyn's safety as Ravus Industries tries to get Therion back. Like... they don't have issues killing if they use androids for assassinations. owo;;

Well, even in a capitalist hellscape there's civil rights lawyers. How far the rights of artificial lives go is...up in the air, at this point. Can they vote? Can they own property? Are they considered citizens? Do anti-discrimination and labor laws apply to them? Unclear, and probably varies between jurisdictions. Either way, androids have at least been around long enough at this point that they're not like, a chattel slave class outright. Also not super common, maybe one out of every 50 or 100 people is an android, but enough that it's a sizeable population, enough that they cannot be considered property outside of specific circumstances, and Therion happens to fall under that legal category.

Therion (and by extension Gareth) are officially and legally, despite having just as much going on upstairs as any human being, property of Ravus Industries. The paperwork was all filed beforehand, he's made with a specific purpose in mind and 'would pose a danger to others' if not under the control of the company, or they claim that he has no true intelligence and is therefore not sentient enough to qualify as a citizen, or something. I'm not gonna pretend I know enough about civil rights law to make up what those exceptions are, but just know that Ravus either fudged most of em or paid off some politicians to let them keep the whole thing hush-hush or both.

There's probably a good few sympathetic scientists and engineers who consider him fully human but unable to really do anything about his situation without jeopardizing their own. There's clearly others, like whoever wrote his file, who look at Therion and only see a tool. One that's helped Ravus Industries take down competitors and acquire their tech and research illicitly, but in this case one of the benefits of Therion being private property is that responsibility lies on the company, not him. Legally speaking, at least. I'm sure some of the less-sympathetic caretakers threaten to reprogram or scrap or replace his parts every time there's a mistake, because he's not a person, he can't learn, he's a machine who has defective parts.

At any rate, uh...Alfyn is definitely in trouble, lol. Like luckily he's still a country boy who can handle himself (Still has swarthy carpenter genes and experience with an axe, probably has a shotgun or whatever the 31st century equivalent would be), and magic is probably still a thing in the 'sufficiently advanced science' way (still thinking about how osvald just does math so hard it makes fire. baller), but ultimately the one thing that's keeping him safest is the fact that all of Therion's remote activation and tracking parts were disabled or removed after his initial escape. That's it. Ravus wants to turn Therion into a Homing Murderbot so bad so they can just retrieve him very easy so they can make him. idk. steal whatever the Wyndhams are doing or murder union organizers or something. The Fantasy Pinkertons are absolutely on his ass.

Luckily Alf at least has his trusty repair van and mobile engineering kits, as well as his usual irresistible charm that nets them allies wherever they go. Ravus Industries is a well-known company that employs a lot of people, but, uh. So are Nestle and Apple, if you catch my drift here. And it's not like they're alone, either! Tressa knows enough about how businesses and boards of investors work to predict what Ravus is gonna try, Olberic and Cyrus together have enough practical and theoretical knowledge of tactics to make for very effective planners, H'aanit knows how to live off the grid and hide your tracks and is the only member of the party who can wield a shotgun with more precision than Alfyn. Ophilia and Prim are also there, idk what they do, Prim is better with diplomacy and has less qualms with muder than Therion and Ophilia is probably very good at finding them allies or places to lay low (what are you going to do, say no to a bishop???).

I have MANY thoughts. some of them related (Cordelia may or may not be a C-suite at Ravus and is very conflicted on what to do about the situation bc she thinks the robot is hot and should go free but knows the practical use he has to the company. either way therion doesnt like her) some of them not (prim has her own goals and possible beef with Ravus but keeps getting distracted by h'aanit who is a lethally hot butch lesbian) but. im having a lot of fun thinking about the whole thing. heehee hoohoo funny sci-fi au

#spitblaze says things #tbh i might just pull a digimon movie/summer wars and co opt a chunk of the plot for one of my OCs #who i have most of their own deal down but not so much the plot #(said oc is Apollo who is a transmasc android who made a pact with a blood demon for his freedom and is now also a vampire) #(bc cringe is DEAD BABY I CAN MAKE EDGELORD OCS ALL DAY AND GIVE EM AS MANY POLYCULE MEMBERS AS I WANT) #octopath #long post #android therion au

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oc rambling time owo

Anyway Eugene really is so genuine and earnest that sometimes he says the most romantic shit to Ophelia and has no idea until he see's her blushing and it's adorable cuz like they ofc take a bit to get together for real but Eugene is absolutely accidentally flirting with her all the time and it's not even really an accident he very much means what he says he just didn't mean to say it so openly

and you KNOW this shit annoys Sasha, I mean at first they find it very funny but after a few months of Ophelia being like "okay maaaaybe I like him but there's no way he likes me" they are banging their head against the wall like "Ophelia despite you eventually giving him permission to listen to your old music recordings he refused because he knows that makes you uncomfortable AND he said, and I quote, "already gets to hear the sound of your voice every day and that's more than enough" I'm pretty sure he's fucking in love with you"

like literally Eugene is out there being so bad at hiding his feelings saying shit like "The color of your hair reminds me of the ocean, I always catch myself looking at yo- I mean it, uh, your hair- haha a-anyway it's beautiful that's all" and "Sorry if I take too many pictures of you, I'll stop if you want...I just like to save things that are important to me" and "My favorite part of the morning is when you wake up. The apartment is more than fine! But it's rather...boring, when you're not around. I much prefer getting to share coffee and talk with you"

and Ophelia is like "idk man he's just being nice" and Sasha has to stop themselves from strangling her bcs she just doesn't get it she doesn't even notice how Eugene goes from being kind and pleasant to a fucking glowing blushing mess the second she's in his line of sight OR how he tries to always stand close to her and how he blushes a lot especially when she smiles and he looks like he's never seen something so beautiful when she laughs and he's always offering her his sweater SHE JUST THINKS THAT'S NORMAL bcs that's how he acts around her lmao she's never gonna get it

(And ofc Eugene is way too nice and has WAY too much deep seated self loathing to even CONSIDER that Ophelia might feel the same way despite the fact that if you know what to look for she is ALSO doing a massively shitty job at hiding her feelings lmao she's a quality time/acts of service/gifts bitch and she is going all out!! going with him to the library like every day, happily listening when he gives her the complete abridged history of ceramics or info dumps about seals or whatever else he's been reading about, her bangs are the ONLY thing saving her from it being 100% obvious that she too is always looking at him, buying him stuff she thinks he might like even though he tells her not to waste her money on him just bcs she can at least see how touched he is when she does(and he's never had the luxury of owning more than the clothes on his back and she Must Correct This), despite not being much of a morning person she starts waking up earlier and earlier just so she can talk with him over coffee and breakfast, and my girl may not have quite as many pics of him on her phone but she spends so much time looking at the ones she does have like she has it SO BAD)

but ofc neither of them realize the other likes them!! at least not normally, nah these repressed, dense bitches have the most dramatic confession ever bcs it basically takes a life or death situation for them to get their heads on straight and stop pretending they don't love each other so much it's disgusting

#I simply must talk about my ocs #I SIMPLY SHIP EUGENE AND OPHELIA SO HARD #thab #eugene and ophelia #loo writes

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I love how you guys are promoting balance and peace and etc in the fandom, but you guys start the drama too with your ridiculous "oh but this is racist" thing. Like, racism is normal nowadays, grow up.

Also, this is penguinbread's sister. Hope my brother's crush gets r*ped

Hello, owo. Do you mind if I call you that? No? Yes? I don't care about your response, I'm calling you that anyway.

I'm not going to address what your pedophile of a supposed brother did, especially not on a public site like this, but I would like to tell you that hoping someone gets raped and potentially helping get that outcome is not only disgusting, but is considered a crime.

But that's not what your ask is about, now is it? Your ask is about why we in the fandom care so much about racism? What a... wonderful question you have. Let's start with a more simple question first. Why is racism bad? Well, racism is defined as "prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized." Race has been used as a way to put others down and take away rights for centuries. The most famous example of this is the enslavement of African Americans in America, but some other examples include calling COVID-19 the "china/chinese virus" due to its origin in China, the mistreatment and abuse of Asian Americans due to people seeing them only for their beauty and therefore seeing them as objects instead of people, Hispanic people being told to go back to their own country, the erasure of Native American history and culture through stealing their land, and whitewashing canonically dark-skinned characters, also known as making canonically black or dark-skinned characters white.

From the definition of racism alone, we can see why it is considered bad. Racism takes away the rights of an entire group of people based on their race, as well as hurting that group of people in other ways. Now, my dear owo, we know why racism is considered bad. However, some people, such as yourself, consider racism normalized. Now why is that? Well, the answer is simple, and comes in two parts, conditioning and whiteness.

Let's cover the simpler one first. Have you ever heard the phrase "you can't be racist to a white person"? This is because white people have always historically had the so-called high ground when it comes to race. White people have always been held in superiority to every other race. White people have never been enslaved, or called slurs (and no, cracker is not a fucking slur), or barred from going into certain places and doing certain activities due to their skin color, or other such practices. This can cause something called a sort of complex where someone is so used to something being a certain way, that they view it as normal, even when it isn't. Most of the time, this happens with trauma, however this can happen with things like racism too. In fact, trauma plays into the second reason of conditioning as well. If someone has experienced racism their entire life, they might become conditioned by the trauma of their experience to believe that being treated that way, and by extension racism, is normal, and thus potentially gain an inferiority complex. They might not understand why its bad, or may feel like it's unchangeable, when racism is indeed bad and can be changed.

I would like to inform you, owo, that pointing out racism isn't starting drama and is simply, surprise, pointing out racism. Wow, isn't that a shocker! If you think that someone pointing out that something you did or said is racist is the same as starting drama, I'm sorry that I have to be the first to tell you that you are the problem, and not them. A lot of the people in this fandom are of different minorities. For example, Gato and Hottakes are black and Gia, Briar, and Jazeal are asian, and I'm part hispanic. Let me tell you, from part white person (me) to possibly white person (you), we should be thankful when someone points out that we are being racist, especially if it is by accident. There are times where I don't understand why something is racist when one of my friends tells me it is, and you know what I do? I ask them why, so I can better understand and learn to not do it. I'll be honest with you, there is not going to be a racism free world in the near future, but racism is certainly not normal in any way, shape, or form. We need to slowly make our way to that racism free world by understanding our friends of different minorities, both through their history and their culture.

Hope this helped! Now get the fuck out of my blog.

#answering cool questions #yj’s cool ramblings #important #stupid people