#who's thinking about the future not meeeee

[gureishi]

Saeyoung and Eunji by @/tsang_fei

Light filters through the windows of her dance studio like springtime in her childhood home: warm, symmetrical squares of sunlight streaming through the curtains, singing her name, beckoning her outdoors. It's the tender scent of seasons changing, the whisper of warmer days to come.

This is a soft place. He made it that way for her.

"Still working, starshine?"

Saeyoung slips into place behind her, arms snaking around her waist, smiling lips brushing her shoulder. The flannel shirt she bought him signifies the months that have passed since he hid in his hoodie, headphones over his ears, eyes bathed in blue light, head in outer space, heart in her hands.

She is longer surprised by the silent way he sneaks up on her.

"I had no idea you were here."

He scans her screen, running one finger experimentally across her keyboard, never quite touching the keys.

"I don't know much about jobs other than the one I have," he says, pausing for a moment before correcting himself quietly: "had." Eunji smiles, leaning back against his chest, listening to his heart. "I did imagine dancers did a lot more dancing," he continues thoughtfully, "and a lot less typing."

She laughs, delighted whenever her brilliant boyfriend is stumped by the intricacies of her life.

"Everything's in English," she says, sighing. "My resume, my website, all of my information. It's useless if I want to work here."

Saeyoung stands taller behind her, peering over her shoulder more intently now.

"You want me to do it?" he asks. "I could translate it faster."

"I'm better at English than you are," she says. It's the only thing she has over him.

"And I'm better at Korean," he teases. "And probably translating too."

For some reason, this frustrates her.

"I'm working, baby. Just let me—okay?"

Saeyoung goes quiet and she forces herself to focus. She can't remember the Korean words for "immersive" or "improvisation."

She deletes the whole line. His arms tighten around her waist.

"Thank you," he whispers. His breath dusts her cheek and her fingers freeze over the keys. It's taken him ages to learn to say thank you instead of I'm sorry. "It's like you're starting all over for my sake."

He's right, and he isn't. He's smart, and he's got it all wrong.

"I wanted to," she tells him, giving up on the resume, twisting so she can stare straight into his sharp eyes. "You gave me a reason."

He slips his hands into the pockets of her overalls and kisses her once, swiftly, softly.

"Don't work so hard," he says. She laughs, loud and raucous like a child, because she's said those same words to him hundreds of times.

The past is a world away, text she wrote when she didn't know who she was becoming, sun on her skin, fragments of songs she barely remembers. Her future is fingers on keys and bright white windows, socks on the marley floor, sentences woven from words in two languages, the boy at her side.

"Just a little longer," she tells him.

She's almost there.

#mystic messenger #saeyoung choi #cmc eunji #saeyoung x eunji #commission #i got myself this commission as a reward for finishing my first year of grad school #so ig for my second-year reward i am sharing it lol #who's thinking about the future not meeeee #jk it's me #tsang_fei is my hero my girl looks so good

[thelov3lybookworm]

Not a bad decision

Summary: Dresses are stressful.

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A/n: A short lil blurb like thing which was supposed to be posted during @/starfallweek, but i decided the other fics were better, so you get this now

(also i feel like i wrote this when i was sleepy even though i did not because this fic's writing feels a lil different from all my other ones 🤷🏻‍♀️)

well well guess who forgot to name the fic. IT WAS MEEEEE

anyways, Enjoy!

Dresses were not something Y/n was interested in, that much would be clear to anything with a pulse and a brain.

They were something everyone around Y/n was interested in though, and she felt like a rabbit among deers as Feyre gushed about the new seamstress the high lady had hired with her sisters and Mor.

"Oh mother, I am telling you Mor, she makes the most wonderful dresses. The dress I wore last week that you loved? She made it."

Y/n tuned them out, or tried to anyway. They were too loud, so loud that even the mother would have begged them to shut up.

"Y/n?"

Y/n blinked, glancing up from where she was sharpening her daggers to keep them ready for if she had to go to a mission in the near future.

"Yes?"

"Elain asked you what you were going to be wearing to the party." Mor told her, a knowing gleam in her eye.

"Oh." Y/n straightened, clearing her throat as she tried to think of an excuse to what she knew was coming. "Um, I think I'll be getting some new leathers, maybe a new shirt-"

"A shirt?" Nesta questioned, her eyes incredulous.

"Uh yes?" Y/n's cheeks were blazing, and she understood why it was shocking to the newer additions in the Inner circle like Nesta and Elain as they had only recently been made fae, and even then it had been rare for the to attend family parties.

"Y/n hasn't worn dresses in centuries." Mor explained, making Y/n deflate a little in relief.

"But why?"

"That, I don't know."

Y/n rolled her eyes at that. "Wearing a dress is not convenient. I can't fight in it."

And she looked weird in them. She never thought herself beautiful enough to look good or even begin to compare to the other beautiful females, so she never tried to wear anything other than her trusty leathers.

Nesta gave Y/n a look, and having become very close with Nesta to the point where Y/n had even started to consider her a sister, Y/n knew that look meant no good.

"No one is going to try to rip out your throat at a high lord's party you know."

Y/n smiled at Nesta, playing coy as Feyre announced that the seamstress had arrived and was waiting for them in the sitting room. "You never know Nesta, you never know."

"You are wearing a dress for this party. I won't take no for an answer."

Y/n's eyes widened when she realised Nesta was not bluffing. "I- I can't-"

"You will." Nesta muttered, her sentence ending in Y/n's cry of shock as Nesta grabbed Y/n's arm and dragged her over to where the other ladies had disappeared into the sitting rom.

Mother help me.

Nesta knew about Y/n's harmless little crush on Azriel. Of course she did. She knew everything.

She also insisted that this crush was not harmless, giving some stupid reason how Y/n was getting shyer and more concerned about what Azriel thought about her, leading to her becoming more secluded.

Y/n did not believe Nesta's wild accusations though. She was sure this little infatuation would go away with time, even if it hadn't in the past three hundred years.

"Y/n, are you coming or should I arrange your funeral?"

Y/n rolled her eyes at Nesta's absurd statement as she began walking towards the door.

"And why would you do that?"

Y/n found Nesta glaring at her when she opened her bedroom door.

"Because it sure seems like you were taking your time dying in there."

Y/n laughed, but the sound was short lived as her previous insecurities came rushing back as she glanced down at what she was wearing. She was so scared of how weird she would look she hadn't even glanced in a mirror, and now felt like it was a bad idea to be completely unaware of how she looked because now, she wished to die.

Maybe Nesta should arrange a funeral.

"How do I look?" Y/n questioned, and by the soft look on Nesta's face, Y/n knew her concerns were clear in her voice.

"If I were Azriel, I would kill myself if I wasn't the one removing that dress tonight, I'm just saying." Nesta muttered, shrugging. Y/n gaped at her.

"What- I- I don't even know what to think-"

"Good then. Stop thinking and just enjoy the party. You're already late. All the guests have arrived, and starfall is about to begin soon. We need to hurry."

Y/n nodded, and with a last skeptical look at her dress, she hurried after Nesta.

Starfall was considered a sacred night, and more so in Velaris. Plus add to that the extra and huge show off that was Rhys. The party was bound to be extravagant.

And sure enough, when Y/n stepped into the main ball room where everyone was gathered, drinking and chatting and dancing, Y/n's eyes widened in amazement. It should not have been a shock, considering Y/n had been attending these parties as part of the inner circle for the past three centuries. But this was a party thrown by Rhys, and he had an unbeatable streak of always shocking Y/n with his over the top arrangemens.

"Y/n!" Came the whining voice of Cassian, and Y/n turned to find him running towards where Nesta and Y/n stood, his head turned to look at someone behind him.

Y/n smiled. "What happened?"

At that, Cassian turned to look at the two females, an adorable pout on his lips. "Azriel is not being very nice-"

Cassian's eyes were fixed on Y/n, wide and shocked. She blinked at him, glancing down at herself, doubt again creeping in before she made herself meet his eyes.

"Cass?" Nesta mumbled, a self satisfied smirk on her face.

He blinked, glancing at Nesta for a moment before turning back to Y/n. "You- you look good."

Blood rushed to Y/n's cheeks at that. "Thank you."

He nodded, his eyes running down her frame quickly before he seemed to remember what he came here for. "Azriel. He's fighting with me."

Y/n blinked. "Fighting? For what?"

"I begged him to drink with me, and he said no. And then he was being mean and not nice at all."

Y/n laughed, patting his shoulder. "I'll take care of him, don't worry."

He seemed satisfied. "He is right next to the refreshments table."

Y/n nodded uncertainly, then went off to find Azriel.

She found him exactly where Cassian had said she would, and she walked up to him with a deep breath.

"I heard you were bullying Cassian."

He turned to meet her eyes, then froze. Y/n had to stifle the urge to cover herself somehow with the way he was studying her form. He himself looked ravishing, clad in a tight shirt and a coat.

To get some semblance of control back, she snapped her fingers in front of his unfairly handsome ace, and he startled.

That in turn startled Y/n.

She, a mere fae, had managed to startle the spymaster of night court? This was certainly new.

"I- what? Did you say something?"

He... was he... blushing?

No why would he blush?

Was he?

"I heard you were bullying Cassian?"

His brows furrowed. "I haven't seen him since this morning though."

Y/n blinked, then whipped around to glare at where Cassian and Nesta were standing, off in a dark, secluded corner, and giggling among themselves.

Y/n folded her arms across her chest, feeling betrayed, but before she could think more about that, Azriel's voice broke her focus.

"Um, Y/n? Will you- can I have a dance?"

Y/n stared at his nervously shifting form, speechless. "You- you want to dance... with me?"

He nodded, his confidence seeming to increase as he extended his hand, his gaze boring deep into Y/n's eyes. So deep it seemed to touch her soul.

Blushing, she slid her hand into his scarred one, and, in a burst of boldness, ran her thumb over the back of his hand. The move seemed to shock him, but still, he led her to the dance floor, his back straight, wings high.

As she followed behind him, she could not help but glance around in search of Nesta, a wide smile on her face when her best friend gave her a thumbs up.

Maybe this was a good idea after all.

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#azriel x reader #azriel shadowsinger #azriel #azriel fic #acotar #acotar fandom #acotar fanfic #acotar fluff #acotar series #acotar writing #mating bond #sarah j maas #a court of thorns and roses #acotar headcanon #azriel spymaster #azriel acotar #acotar fanfiction #azriel fanfic #azriel x you

[howlingday]

Now that I’m seeing timeline stuff again how about stung knight timeline where all three fell and appear at the dance

Jaune: YANG!

Blake: (Fires at Cinder) Get everyone to safety! I'll make her pay!

Jaune: (Gulps, Clenches fist) Fine. Once everyone is through, I'm coming back!

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Yang: Oogh... My head.

Cardin: You spilled the punch, bro.

Yang: I'm not your bro, bro. ...Wait a minute. Is that... Stop Light by Cassy?

Cardin: Yeah, why?

Yang: I remember that song. I used to love it back... at... Holy shit...

Ruby: Swear jar! And what happened to the punch?

Yang: ...

Ruby: Yang? What happened to your clo- HOLY CATS! WHAT HAPPENED TO YO- OOMPH!

Yang: (Holding Ruby) My baby sister even looks more adorable in my dream~!

Ruby: Yeeeeeng~! Shtop~! Yur imberrashing meeeee~!

Yang: HEY! HANDS OFF MY- Huh?

Yang: Whoa... (Lets go of Ruby) Talk about deja vu.

Yang: What the heck is this? This like some kind of Chrono-Splitter action?

Yang: Eh, I'd think of it more like, uh, Fighter's Forces of Fate.

Yang: So you came back in time to help us fight?

Yang: Something like that.

Yang: Can you prove you're me? Like, REALLY me?

Yang: ...Squat thrusts.

Yang: ...

Ruby: Squat thrusts? What is she-

Yang: (Blushing) Yeah, you're real. (Sighs) Geez, this is freaky. Though, not as freaky as that arm, though.

Yang: Gifted to me by General Ironwood before he-

Ironwood: Before I what, miss?

Yang: (Flinches, Combative stance) Whoa! Back off! We kicked your ass once, and we'll do it again!

Ironwood: We? Okay, until this is sorted, you're under- OOF!

Blake: Ugh... That could have gone better.

Yang: BLAKE! (Helps her up) Are you alright?

Blake: Me?! What about you?!

Yang: Who cares about me?!

Blake: I do! (Holds her close) When you fell, I... I thought you... We thought you...

Yang: I'm okay. (Strokes her hair) We're both okay now.

Yang: Oh... Wow...

Ruby: Aw... Even in the future, you guys are best friends~!

Blake: Wait, is this... Beacon?

Yang: Yeah, it's a long story... I think. I don't know what's going on, but we traveled back in time. I still have my arm, Stop Light is on the playlist, and Ruby's even more adorable than I remember in her dress~!

Ruby: Yaaaang~! Stooooop~!

Yang: So, uh, me and Blake, huh? How did that happen? Or am I supposed to know?

Yang: Well, uh, I don't think it would hurt to tell you guys, but I think it'd be easier if Jaune was here.

Ruby: Jaune? He's over... there...

Jaune: STOP POINTING AT ME!

Jaune: YOU POINTED AT ME FIRST!

Jaune: NO, YOU POINTED AT ME FIRST!

Jaune: NO, I DIDN'T!

Jaune: YES, YOU DID!

Nora: FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! KISS! KISS! KISS!

#rwby #rwby timeline #dragonslayer #bmblb #knightshade #stung knight #jaune arc #blake belladonna #yang xiao long #cardin winchester #ruby rose #nora valkyrie #james ironwood #rwby au

[lildoodlenoodle]

Something we see as the noir comics progress is a return to or a bad forced reflection to the 616 universe, but the noir characters are fairly different, with different life experiences, and motivations than their 616 counterparts. By forcing the same relationships and dynamics onto these characters we get a picture that doesn’t make sense, because they are not the same characters, and, ultimately leads to, lazy and bad writing. This is most evident to me in the romantic relationships, specifically the noir spideycat relationship.

Ok so, they have Peter, who’s implied to be a teenager in the 16-19 range(likely on the younger end of that), and the writers have him sleep with Felicia Hardy, an adult, who is implied to be anywhere in the 30s-50s range(likely in early to mid 40s), his boss and sudo father figure’s (who died 8 months ago)ex long term partner/girlfriend. And this is how they draw Peter’s reaction to her coming onto him:

GIRL he looks HORRIFIED and shocked why why why. Ughhhhh. I genuinely cannot tell what type of emotion they were going for. And the only people I’ve seen talk about this specific reaction were like ‘That is the reaction of a panicking gay man’ which maybe, but also A CHILD.

Then, the reaction the morning after also kills me cause Peter’s like ‘so we’re boyfriend-girlfriend now’ because he genuinely thinks that’s how that works and Felicia laughs at him cause she knows damn well it isn’t. That really highlights to me the difference in maturity, vulnerability, and age inbetween these two and it killllssss meeeee.

AND ITS NOT EVEN IN CHARACTER FOR FELICIA! In like Ultimates(?), 20 smth her kisses masked teenage Peter but after he mentions being in high school she freaks the fuck out! And has a general reaction of disgust! Like ‘Ew OMG I cannot believe I kissed a High Schooler’ and then she leaves!(and her noir design and story was so cool, like she wasn’t the black cat she was the WHITE WIDOW and an entrepreneur and it was so cool and THEY DESTROYED IT ALL FOR A BAD ‘LOVE’ STORY(there’s also the whole MJ Felicia lover foil but different post same vein))

Cause I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again, the writers either forgot what their ages were, didn’t care about the implications, or didn’t understand what the implications were of having a teenager sleep with a middle aged woman. And maybe part of it is the teenage boy and his friend’s hot mom or hot teacher gag/trope we see a lot in media that is considered to be more socially acceptable than if the genders were reversed. And I hate the general disregard for this sort of thing. Cause grooming and sleeping with older people as a teenager does cause trauma and does change how you build and handle future romantic, and especially, sexual relationships!

Tbh this one of the bigger problems I have with basically all of the Spider-Man Noir comics, they give Peter(and MJ) all this trauma and complicate relationships in certain ways and then they never talk about it or do anything with it as if it doesn’t affect them AT ALL or didn’t EVEN HAPPEN. It’s undeniable that a lot of, not only the trauma, but why the trauma isn’t talked about is because of the need for the 616 parallels.

#ironically enough the only one that we actually see deal with her trauma is Felicia bc what happened to her is super visible #and it says smth it does #I hate so much how they massacred my girl for a relationship that wasn’t even good!!! #had this in my drafts for a while but I saw someone talk about this that wasn’t me so I’m like this is a sign #spider noir conspiracies #Felicia hardy #peter benjamin parker #white widow #spider noir #Spider-Man #spiderman #comics #tw grooming #tw sa #tw assault #tw rape #just covering all my bases

[sergeifyodorov]

Sometimes I just think about how insanely different the lives of all the 2015 draft class players are now and it makes me feel ridiculous. Like, Mitch is a hometown kid on the leafs and they either love him or hate him at all times, he’s doing good personally, is getting married, but professionally he’s in so much limbo. Connor is the most talented player in the world according to most people but he cannot win and the weight of the world is on his shoulders and he’s in a big black and white house in Edmonton. Jack was pretty much held hostage by the team that never wanted him, his bodily autonomy completely denied, and then he finally gets traded to the nhl villain team and he beats the guy who was always better than him. And Dylan isn’t exceptional as a player, he’s decent on an aging team full of dads and he has a wife and a daughter and another on the way and he just seems happy. I wonder if they ever think about each other.

I KNOW RIGHT like each of their stories has just gotten so much More interesting over the course of the past ... coming up on eight years now. Hockey is a fantastic soap opera, you know? The story just keeps on going.

And the crazy part is we're not even halfway through. A hockey player with a shelf life -- Mitch and Connor both seem pretty durable, and Jack seems a lot healthier now after his neck trouble has been resolved -- can last fifteen, twenty years if they're lucky. Who knows where the story will go from here? Dylan's contract extends further into the future than any other Capital -- he'll be a UFA in the summer of 2028, which ironically gives him more job security than any of the other three in the class. Good, for a boy who just wanted to be wanted somewhere. I wonder what the Capitals will look like after Ovi's done. (Assuming Ovi ever retires, although I have a sneaking suspicion he and Sid will go out in the same summer. They have always been entwined, after all.)

I desperately want to know if we'll see any of them on any other teams, too! Hockey is unlike a lot of other sports in that its biggest and brightest superstars tend to stay as put as possible: of what I consider to be the six "generational talents," (Howe, Gretzky, Lemieux, Crosby, Ovechkin, McDavid)(IF U HAVE OPINIONS ON THIS SEND THEM TO MEEEEE), only one of them so far has played for more than one NHL team (Howe era Whalers don't count!!!). Mitch isn't generational by any means, but he's far and away enough of a superstar to go just about anywhere he wants, which for my own feeble sanity I beg means #leafsforever. I just hope if they go anywhere else then they keep to the colour scheme! Dylan's three teams have all been red and Jack's have both been yellow/gold. If Connor McDavid becomes a Dallas Star it'll mess with the damn symbolism (plus his TA of mathematics ass could never match the vibe that silly little group of rapscallions has).

And... the eternal question: the Cup. Eichs is obviously still in the hunt right now, but i do dearly want to know who of the four of them wins it and when. Fun fact: both Dylan's and Jack's only playoff appearances to date have involved eliminating Connor. Mitch actually made the playoffs first out of all four of them, but by one measly game Connor has more wins.

In summary: Urgrghghuhuhsgdhkgjhfdghhfgkdjfhjkd the lore... the drama... etc etc

#saw someone ask a blog i follow 'whats the deal with the class of 2015'. COME OVER HERE I WILL GIVE YOU THE *NOVEL* #asks #i do find it achingly sweet how dylan seems to be the Okayest out of all of them. like he has settled into an agreement with the Universe. #the universe said. your team will kinda suck but you will be centring a great player. #and he said. okay that's cool im a nerd #and the universe said. and you will have two daughters #and he said. slay! #dylan strome #connor mcdavid #jack eichel #mitch marner #narrativeposting

[kairiscorner]

Ri. Ri. Ri the rizz master. Meron akong brainrot ulit 😭

beh, u should def watch maria clara at ibarra. Its so good like man 😩

but imagine… miguel/noir in a noli au. The clothes???? The plot??? The tagalog OMGGG, like imagine miguel using really old tagalog, as in, the days where ppl still used señor/señorita. Words like maharlika and the like. (Sana tama yung spelling ko hahahsj)

i could go on and on about imagining them in old filipino literature. I can’t. Im so far gone.

-leonara <3

NAKO ATE ARE YOU TRYNA KILL ME????????? man i found ibarra hot there though HE'S THE STANDARD YOU CAN'T BLAME MEEEEE

anyway, so imagine,

miguel o'hara in a noli au

ok so we were both colonized by the spanish right, so i think that YES, YOU BOTH WOULD'VE UNDERSTOOD EACH OTHER IN SPANISH KUNG MESTIZO/A KAYO; but if not, bc from what i remember, the indios weren't taught spanish, you'd kind of just..... listen to him, and if he says a word you understand in tagalog, you'd answer him in tagalog and JUST--

i think if you really didn't understand him bc of how malalim tagalog was back then, which was way more common than how my conyo ass speaks, you two probably wouldn't come to an understanding, you'd probably resort to using your body language to tell him LMAO

also am i the only one who thinks filipino/filipina beauty, doesn't matter if you're moreno/morena or pale or darker than that, really captivates miggy? like even if you didn't look like mestiza women at the time and were a pure-blooded filipino/filipina, HE WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY IN LOVE WITH HOW YOU LOOKED EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T GO ALL OUT FOR HIM (he knows you're perfect :>)

he would try to impress you with his spanish, but honestly, you couldn't care less bc YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HALF THE SHIT HE'S SAYING, so you just... nod... and... leave.......

when you're waiting out by your window, or nagpapahangin lang ykyk kasi mas malamig noon, he'd call out to you and say you look lovely tonight in the MOST FANCY OLD TAGALOG WAY (fuck di ko alam kung paano, BUT LEMME TRY SOMETHING HUHU)

"aba'y binibini/ginoo... ikaw ay punong-puno ng kagandahan ngayong gabi; ang mga tala sa langit ay daig pa sa iyong ning-ning."

then he fuckin winks and you're dead

if you knew him ever since you were younger, he would write those letters ibarra sends maria clara, AND HE'D GAZE OVER AT YOU SO LOVINGLY AS YOU READ THEM OUT LOUD, AND WHEN HE CATCHES YOU BLUSHING HE'D SAY IT, HE'D CALL YOU OUT

"aking binibini, ika'y... namumula. kay ganda ng pula sa iyong mukha, ika'y tilang isang rosas na namumukadkad."

(((oh the urge to kiss him right then and there fuckkk)))

he would harana you. that is FINAL. he would sing in spanish because that's how he expresses himself best, and because he's more familiar with them. but i think he'd compose his own songs in spanish AND TAGALOG FOR U

IF YOU FR DON'T GET THE HINT HE LIKES YOU, HE WILL STRAIGHT UP ASK YOU ONE DAY IF YOU'D WANT TO RUN AWAY WITH HIM AND LET HIM TAKE CARE OF YOU

HE WANTS A FUCKING FUTURE WITH YOU AWAY FROM THE COLONIZERS AND BULLSHIT THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE NOLI AND WANTS TO SEE YOU SAFE AND SOUND. HE WILL KICK THE SHIT OUT OF THE GUARDIA CIVIL IF THEY FUCKING HURT YOU !!!!!!

"aking sinta, ipinapangako ko. hindi kita pakakawalan, hindi kita iiwanan sa impyernong ito, sapagkat ikaw ang natatanging liwanang sa aking buhay, ang tanging minamahal at mamahalin ko hanggang ako'y yumao't mawala sa mundo. nais kong maramdaman at maranasan mo na ikaw lang ang mundo ko. tu eres mi unico mundo." (shit sana tama AAAAAAA)

a/n: BIG THANK YOU TO ATE @binibinileonara FOR THE REQ AND INSPO, LOVE YOU PO ATEEE /platonically <333

tags !! @thecoolerdor @miguelswifey04 @luvstarrstruck @binibinileonara

#miguel o'hara #miguel o'hara x filipino reader #miguel o'hara x reader #miguel o'hara x you #miguel o'hara x y/n #atsv miguel #atsv x reader #atsv x filipino reader #atsv imagines #atsv x you #atsv x y/n #CURLING MY TOES KICKING MY FEET TWIRLING MY HAIR GIGGLING I FUCKING LOVE HIM SO MUCH

[lgcminki]

PLOT CALL & TRACKER !

and we’re back! excited for everything minki is a part of… woooooo. he has his own feelings about making it to NKND after thinking this was his last shot at ever making it. BUT we’re here to meet reqs not talk about minki’s feelings *kicks them aside* so without further ado… here’s my semi-monthly “PLEASE WRITE WITH MEEEEE” post. ummm… like this post if you wanna plot??

trainee mission 017

preparation: @lgcjiho

performance: solo

review: solo

NKND

shorts (i will be running to you at fast speeds): filmed by @lgcsaem [threading], filming @lgcxjasper [threading]

solo performance: solo

i would LOVE to thread with the other NKND members whether core or trial!! if not, i’d love to chat and come up with little headcanons for the future ❤️ — @lgchxneul [writing starter], @lgcwenjun [awaiting starter], @lgcbk [writing starter]

friends who are willing to listen to minki’s worries about the future please step up — @lgcyura [writing starter]

#( ooc. ) #/ oooo so exciting!! #and now i have to go back to irl work

[fushiglow]

i saw this fa and immediately thought of over the threshold!! tsumiki would totally be so loved by the audience on produce ahahah (and ofc by her family ❤️) if tsumiki was in this story, what would that look like? :D

i also wanted to ask about the audience’s reaction to satoru dedicating a song to suguru at his concert!!! as someone who is in kpop fandoms (which is also why this fic is so dear to me, the parallels with the challenges and pressures they face;;) i can just imagine all the takes fans would immediately have about the whole thing AHAHA also makes me go aww that suguru couldn’t fully enjoy the performance but sksjddj i loved the angst sm

i also have sm questions about satoru’s past but that’s spoilers LOL and i love learning alongside suguru about the layers satoru has… there’s so much to unpack i’m so excited to see how both stsg’s pasts unfold…!! including megumi and gojo’s past AAAAA their bond in every universe is really everything to meeeee and gojo being a support for the next generation criiiies *plays snooze by agust d* AND CHOSO AND GETO? what went onnnnnnnnn i also did not get the sugar-ooh until geto did and it was such a fun revelation my jaw literally DROPPED LOOOOL

i find the way you write stsg so so fascinating too how they bring out different sides to each other like when satoru speaks quieter and sincerely and suguru (and us readers) is hit with realizing again and again that there’s so much he doesn’t know and hasn’t figured out yet about satoru which makes this even more compelling [big heart] ah i love this fic so much and i’m so happy to have found your writing (i will never ever ever ever get over rivers crossed mountains scaled omg) and am veryyyyy much looking forward to what comes next for them!!!

also so sorry this was long and a mix of questions and comments skdkdk for future reference do u prefer these via tumblr or ao3?

OHHHH I love you so much for dropping this in my inbox 😭

So, Tsumiki is definitely present in the Threshold universe! Gojo didn't mention her by name when he was telling Megumi's story, but when he said Megumi didn't want the Zen'in fortune because he's "stubborn as hell", he was talking about Tsumiki.

It's a parallel to canon basically. The Zen'in — obsessed with bloodlines as they are — seriously underestimated the strength of the Fushiguro siblings' bond when they refused to factor Tsumiki into their discussions with Megumi. Hence, he followed Gojo into music rather than rely on their dirty money. That's why the Zen'in blame Gojo, even though it's really just because Megumi's a spiteful little so-and-so! 😏

Because of the parallels with canon, Megumi would try to keep Tsumiki away from the toxicity of the music industry as much as possible — hence why she wasn't at the album launch. However, I like to think that her career is adjacent to Megumi's in some capacity! As much as I love writing about the Fushiguro siblings' relationship with Gojo, the inclusion of that story served more to give Suguru a look into the real Gojo Satoru, so she's unlikely to feature in this fic. I think continuing their story would require a sequel — which I'm not even gonna think about until Threshold is finished... I'm not, I'm not thinking about it!

As for Gojo's dedication at the concert, he spoke in Japanese so Suguru would understand him, so most of the audience wouldn't have known what he was saying immediately. However, I'm sure the online reactions once the videos were translated and passed around were very interesting! Having said that, it's hard to communicate the nuances of the Japanese language in an English language fic. To most English speakers, "this was the first song I played for them" seems like a deliberate omission of gender, but that's not the case in Japanese. So, I imagined Gojo using his native tongue very responsibly in that moment, sticking to language that sounds purely professional — but that wouldn't stop fans from speculating 👀

I'm not planning to explore Gojo's past in *too* much detail because it's mostly his present and his future that are relevant to the story. Meanwhile, it's Suguru with the big fat question mark over his past... 🫠 So, if you want to ask questions, go ahead and I will simply avoid sharing spoilers! As for where to ask questions, Tumblr lends itself to longer answers so if you enjoyed this response, probably best to ask here! However, AO3 comments feed my body and soul so feel free to leave those too... It's whatever you prefer really 🥰

Megumi and Gojo's relationship is everything to me tooooo, no one can stop me from shoehorning it into every damn fic I write! So happy you're enjoying SatoSugu's dynamic in this story — and that you enjoyed Rivers Crossed so much! Thank you so so much for all your kind words, and your interest in the fic! I loved answering this soooo much ♥

#♥ #threshold fic #miidnightzone #ask fushiglow #fushiguro megumi #fushiguro tsumiki #gojo satoru #geto suguru #satosugu

[bluedalahorse]

Help Blue with her writing warm-ups!

I’m trying to finish Heart and Homeland right now, and it can be hard to get in the zone. Something I miss from grad school residency is doing warm-ups for my writing. So I am thinking I might do timed ten-minute warm-ups responding to a prompt before I launch into my H and H writing sessions each day, just to change up how I’m doing things.

But… I need your help! Here’s what I need you to do to send me a prompt.

Send me an ask with a Young Royals character and 2-3 backup characters:

Simon | Wilhelm | Sara | August | Felice | Maddie | Fredrika | Stella | Vincent | Nils | Walter & Henry | Alexander | Rosh | Ayub | Kristina

Then send me an ask with a Major Arcana tarot card and 2-3 backup tarot cards:

The Fool | The Magician | The High Priestess | The Empress | The Emperor | The Hierophant | The Lovers | The Chariot | Strength | The Hermit | Wheel of Fortune | Justice | The Hanged Man | Death | Temperance | The Devil | The Tower | The Star | The Moon | The Sun | Judgement | The World

I will use your prompt as a writing warm-up and write in response to it for ten minutes. Later I will post whatever I come up with. It may be crackfic. It may be heartfelt poetry. It might just be a few sentences or lines of dialogue. Who knows what I will come up with!

A few final notes:

I plan to use every character and every Major Arcana card once. If your first choice has already been written about, I’ll go with one of your backups.

If you pick Wilhelm or Simon as your first choice, you are not allowed to choose the other one as one of your backup characters. Sorry, friends, they’re just too popular!

Walter and Henry are together for now because I don’t feel confident enough to write them separately and I think I would have more fun writing them together first. That may change in the future.

I’ll try to get to the first five requests at least, over a series of days, but I can’t promise much after that. I’ll tag you/answer your ask when it comes though.

I reserve the right to respond to prompts in unconventional ways.

If you want to create your own ask game where people make warm up prompts for you, do it! Join meeeee. You do not have to use tarot cards, you can use paint chips or song lyrics or whatever. Writing is always best when done in community.

Have a wonderful Tuesday, everyone! 💜🌻

#ask game #blue’s writing warm up prompts

[nic-liveblogs]

those mk & lloyd parallels got HANDS, any new thoughts on that or their interactions? (maybe save this ask till after the special, cuz uh... something occurs)

i hear you and i see you ok 😭😭 its just that these past 2 weeks have been incredibly busy for me and also lack of motivation 🫠

but i just got covid so perfect excuse to finally think about this 😭 problem is that i mightve forgotten alot about lmk at this point so bear with me 💀

i think this mightve been mentioned in like previous posts but lloyd and mk just training and like talking about life would be very special to meeeee!! id love to see how our 2 protags of east asian inspired lego shows would interact!! idk they could go get therapy together because they are both very messed up theyd ask each other to seek help and then say nooo im fiiinee, bonding over secretive mentors me thinks like why do they do they keep secrets all the time!!! like idk id love a swap au between these 2 they r very interesting to me.. also both of them getting betrayed suckss. they could learn somthing from each other like lloyd is more wise in like the master wu sorta way and i think mk could teach him to let loose a little.. also they can both go apeshit mode hehehehehe i think ive already mentioned this in like another ask

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i think red son would remind lloyd alot of him when he was younger like idk they try so hard to be evil but they got that goodness in them yk 😔😔

i think that applies to kai in the hotheaded sense like hes grown so much since he was 15 and i think hed want to help red son in the way he helped wyldfyre as well

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lloyd: so yeah my great grandma is like a dragon..??

nya: and i turned into a dragon once!!

mei: thats sooooo cool my great great great great great great thousand times great grandpa was a dragon too!! do you guys wanna see my dragon!!!!

*lloyd and nya expecting some tiny dragon like riyu or chompy*

and then mei whips out her totally cool kickass dragon and they are both in awe like teach me how to do that!!!!

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im pretty sure sandy is the builder of the time right?? there are so many builder characters in ninjago like pixal, jay, nya, sora, zane and i think they could probably geek out about it hehe

zane probably also knows about jttw since he knows like everything about everything yk i think he would listen to tang talk about it zane's sweet like thattt and tang can finally talk to someone who knows the full story 😭

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one time someone asked about morro and macaque and like i still dont really know how to answer that like theyve both died ig thats cool 😭 shared trauma on dying lol, and also they were both like evil at one point and i guess reflecting back on it theyve both been like what was it all really for

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ive said this before and ill say it again jay, mk, mei and maybe wyldfyre would totally go do some dumb shit together and get in trouble together 😭

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and thats all i have maybe i'll think up something in the future? who knows!

#lmk liveblogging #lmk #lego monkie kid #ninjago

[jacksgreysays]

Ahh ur bleak primmadona fic reignited my old DOS feelings...since im assuming boruto is a thing how IS hinata dealing with this nasty fallout? Does boruto sense the Tension but kinda dismiss it?

**rubs my hands together in a cartoony villainous way** Yessss, good, yesss come wallow in the bleak primadonna AU with me, sociallinkmax. But also, I recently felt nostalgic for DoS, too, and just had so many feelings! Unfortunately, bleak politically flavored feelings, but feelings nonetheless! Join meeeee

To preface: I still haven’t consumed any Boruto, so what I do know is limited to whatever I glean from the wiki, but even before when I was doing future fic I did try to incorporate as much Boruto canon as possible—in that, canon kids will still exist biologically, even if their familial arrangements aren’t the same (primary case in point is Sarada. Like, whether or not Sakako (my ShikakoxSasuke OC) exists, and because I don’t think DoS Sakura and DoS Sasuke would end up together naturally, Sarada can still exist because of surrogacy and maybe the repopulation program intending to revive the Sharingan? I try not to think about it too hard even though my brain was the one who came up with it)

Anyways, all that said: as with Indelible, this particular AU is not great for Hinata… I don’t mean to keep going on tangents with these questions, but it kind of relates to how Neji feels about the whole situation.

And, like, don’t get me wrong, obviously Hinata’s opinions are independent of Neji’s but the consequences she has to deal with relate to how Neji (and the Branch House of the Hyuuga in general) react to Shikako 1) doing something reminiscent of what happened to Hizashi but also 2) leaving her career as a shinobi behind to become an actress.

Because on the one hand, probably Neji doesn’t feel great about Shikako’s extra judicial execution of foreign prisoners sent to prevent war—even though it’s not an exact one-to-one situation of what happened with his father, and, like, maybe even part of him approves of it because if his uncle had gotten revenge when HIS twin brother was killed for political reasons then at least Neji would have known he cared WAY sooner than the half-assed “let’s train now that you’ve proven yourself a genius” bullshit.

But on the other hand, except for TenTen—who I imagine, as his teammate, has known about the Caged Bird Seal since they were genin and has probably made several attempts to do something about it—the only Seal Master Konoha has is Shikako. So the Branch House’s current hope of removing the seal would be her. So, like… O_O … not great that she seems to have left it all behind her. And who knows when there will be a Seal Master again? They appear MAYBE once or twice in a generation. And even with the Nara clan doing sealing seminars, true mastery involves a level of innovation and ingenuity that isn’t common. (This also is after Danzo has been dealt with, which means that ROOT has been dealt with, which probably means that Shikako would have had to deactivate/remove the ROOT seals on all of those agents, so by this point the implication is that she could do it, the only thing stopping her is Hyuuga clan autonomy/laws)

All of this is assuming that Neji is alive in DoS future fic—which I think he is, because Shikako has made a lot of changes at this point to make everyone stronger, but also she’s been going through a rough patch in which a lot of her actions have taken a turn for the worse (ie an Orochimaru-traumatized Ino and one-arm-down-Shikamaru and Hot Springs/Aoba and War with Cloud) so she could use a win. But even if he isn’t, as far as I can tell from the wiki, even though Boruto and Himawari are both Hyuuga clan members (while having the Uzumaki name?) and seem to have a good relationship with their grandfather, there is ZERO talk about Neji or even the Branch House in general or, like, the whole… CAGED BIRD SEAL WHICH IS PRETTY IMPORTANT. (And, again, I haven’t seen Boruto, so maybe I’m very wrong about this. In which case, my bad.)

A generous reading would be that it was dealt with before the events of Boruto… but a petty/bleak interpretation would be that… of course it’s not going to show up in Boruto: he’s part of the Main House. And—if we’re getting real political about it—while Hinata isn’t clan heiress, she also doesn’t have the seal. And while Hanabi IS clan heiress, she doesn’t have any kids. So theoretically, the line of succession for Hyuuga clan leadership goes: Hiashi -> Hanabi -> either Boruto or Himawari, depending on how much of an “official clan” the Uzumaki are.

What I’m saying is… the ANY clans could poach the Branch House out from under the Main House by either implying or actually offering to remove the Caged Bird Seal if they were to go through with the secession.

All of that to say: Hinata is on Naruto’s side, of course, and not just by default—she also isn’t fond of killing in general and the situation, again, is weirdly reminiscent of the Cloud Incident--which means Hinata’s friendships are not doing so hot considering the queen bee nature/social capital that is the one-two punch of Ino and Shikako. Obviously Shikako is out being Kako Heijo, so it’s not like she’s doing anything to Hinata’s social situation, but considering the whole divide/secret civil war is Shikako vs Naruto it’s pretty obvious that whoever internally sides with Shikako is not going to be particularly fond of Konoha's First Lady. And Ino doesn’t even have to be active—like with Indelible, if she just ignores Hinata’s existence except for coldly professional interactions, a lot of others are going to follow, kunoichi especially.

Which would orient Hinata more towards socializing with her family. But, again, the whole Branch House and Caged Bird Seal situation. Because there’s an additional… hm, how do I phrase this... so, this isn’t intentional on Naruto’s part, but this does go back into the problem of him as the Hokage not learning/respecting clan laws but also, seemingly hypocritically, favoring his own personal interests. I’m getting real convoluted, but from the outside (by which I mean, Ino-and-Chouji-being-coldly-furious POVs) it looks like Naruto did not respect that the councilors from Sand were meant to be a wergild type thing to the Nara clan as an apology for Shikamaru’s assassination. So what should have been an internal clan matter—of the Nara clan meting out vengeance on behalf of their lost head/heir—became a village wide thing when Naruto didn’t turn the prisoners over to the Nara clan.

So that’s not great, but unfortunately it gets worse. (Lolololol, come wallow with me! :D)

BECAUSE it would be one thing if this were just a general movement towards decreasing clan autonomy in exchange for a more uniform treatment across the village. Which, I’ll admit, is needed (the clan system is literally nepotism or, at the very least, contributes to it. Like. Shikako literally offered to introduce Sakura to her aunt who worked in the hospital. She even admitted that was the route she would have taken if she hadn’t been put on a viable genin team. The fact that Sakura succeeded without that is a credit to her own merits, of course, but the hook up was still available to her)

BUT the fact that members of the Hyuuga Branch House still have a slavery/torture seal on them (presumably, if we’re being petty/bleak, which we are) and THAT clan autonomy is seemingly protected by Naruto… is not great. So, again, from an outside/cynical POV, it looks like Naruto is favoring the Hyuuga clan getting to keep their (fucked up) traditions but withheld the Nara clan’s right to the apology offering of the councilors from Sand.

Obviously, I’m not saying Naruto intended for this to happen—but from a cynical outsider’s POV it looks like he denied the clan rights and legitimate revenge of his teammate who happens to be:

1) the only person who can undo the Caged Bird Seal, which would radically decrease his wife/children’s position in the clan with Konoha’s major blood limit (there might be a Sharingan revival program happening, but that’ll take generations before its viable if at all)

2) a more qualified alternative for Hokage

So it could be misconstrued as Naruto tricking Shikako into committing a—pretty egregious—crime in order to keep power for himself/his family.

… I think I got extremely off track from your questions which… uh…

I guess it depends how much of a secret Neji (and the Branch House as a whole) are keeping their “will secede from Konoha with the ANY clans as soon as this fucking seal is off our forehead” plan. Because. Well. It doesn’t look good that there isn’t much mention of the Branch House in Boruto. And how fucking galling it must be to see Hiashi being a doting grandfather with Boruto and Himawari when there are Branch House members their age (or younger! I think Neji was younger than Himawari when the Main House put the seal on him?) with the Caged Bird Seal.

Like, if it’s taken this long to address it (and also, again, from a pessimist’s POV it looks like Hinata’s husband pseudo-banished their one hope) Neji may just assume neither Hinata nor Hanabi can be trusted to follow through on abolishing the seal, much less taking steps to remove the ones that already exist. But, as the in-law of the Hokage, he can’t exactly be seen conspiring with the other side of the cold civil war, which probably leads to his frustration being pointed at the Main House (which it should.) So… it’s not great for Hinata on the family side either.

As for Boruto… I don’t think he would catch all of it. Similar to Shikadai, he does feel the vibes from his parents that they’re uneasy around the ANY clans and vice versa. And also similar to Shikadai he’s kind of a double prince (son of Hokage and in direct line/Main Family of the Hyuuga clan, again, the biggest blood limit of Konoha) but it’s a lot easier for him; he gets more privileges and less responsibility. (Versus Shikadai’s double prince situation being the opposite where he HAS to learn/be ready to be the Nara clan heir—either Shikaku who really ought to be enjoying his retirement by now, or Kino who actually wants to be Kasuga’s heir, are the ones running the clan currently, but they are basically waiting for Shikadai to be old enough. Also, there are still no other options but him for Kazekage after Kankurou... and there’s the whole Magnetic Release thing. He’s a stressed lad.)

Weirdly enough, I like the idea that Boruto figures out a lot of what’s going on because he pays so much attention to Shikadai. Like… there might be a one-sided rivalry since Shikadai is probably Top Student in their class. He, like Shikako, is one of the rare Nara who is just always motivated and he has the intelligence, power, skill, and work ethic to back it up. And from what I’ve gleaned of Boruto’s character, while he is also intelligent, powerful, and skilled, he’s more about instant gratification/the easy way out. It’s a more balanced rivalry than what canon Naruto and Sasuke had going on, that’s for sure, but because they’re on different genin teams (and the deliciously bleak politics in this AU) it doesn’t lend itself into friendship as easily.

The vibe is, if Boruto were to ever approach his generation of Ino-Shika-Chou, it would go like thus:

1) Chouchou overtly glaring at/being hostile to Boruto because her dad, who likes basically everyone and is super chill, very clearly goes stony faced whenever the Hokage comes up. As if he is getting ready to protect people from the Hokage at all times. She may not know why, but she feels it for sure, and I think it’s something that she would subconsciously (or just straight up consciously) mimic with Boruto. Also, depending on how far along the ANY clans are in actually going through with their secession, of her generation she would be the one who has the most idea of it. In the sense that as clan heiress (or third in line if Chouza is still acting as clan head and so Chouji is still clan heir) she knows there’s a lot of large scale construction happening on Akimichi property outside the village. Definitely bigger than all three clan compounds combined, maybe almost rivaling one of the smaller hidden villages?

2) Inojin does not meet his eyes. I wouldn’t say Inojin is scared of Boruto, but what he gleaned from his parents is that the Hokage did something that causes them to choose their words carefully. That he did something that led to them being deprived of someone they love. And considering who his dad is… while it’s not exactly classic bedtime story material, I think there would have been a straightforward yet gently phrased explanation of what Sai went through as a child. Which wouldn’t exactly instill Inojin with faith in the Hokage—a single figure with that much political power is not to be trusted--and then, also, the ROOT seal to Caged Bird Seal comparison not looking great for Boruto either considering his confusing but privileged status in the Hyuuga Main House. Inojin understandably is nervous around Boruto who seems to have access to so much social and/or political power but isn’t mindful of it.

3) Shikadai is TOO BUSY AND STRESSED (and, in a way, grieving both of his parents—the father he never met who his existence seems to remind everyone of constantly, and his mother who he has only ever known post heartbreak of losing a brother, a husband, and her love for her home). He does not have time to care about what Boruto is doing unless it is an immediate threat.

All of which is to say, Boruto does notice some kind of tension but mostly because he’s trying to get Shikadai to notice him. And also because Chouchou hates his guts for seemingly no reason, lol.

Hm… I know I’ve said that Sakako doesn’t exist in this, but I really feel like this AU could benefit from a teen Branch House Hyuuga—I don’t want them to be Neji’s kid, necessarily, just an “average” Branch House Hyuuga teen will do—mostly because it would highlight some of the above mentioned issues. And it would also, on the one hand, be funny if the only thing Shikadai was a normal kid about was having a crush on an attractive older teen (which infuriates Boruto, lol.) But it would be another clue for Boruto to catch onto something weird happening if Chouchou and Inojin also have no problems with that teen, in that the ANY clans don’t have a problem with the ENTIRE Hyuuga clan (just the Main House, aka the part that Naruto is directly connected to)

… and that concludes my rambling villainous monologue that only vaguely answers your questions. :D

#jacksgreyson #sociallinkmax #review response #primadonna girl (says no thank you) #boruto uzumaki #hinata hyuuga #neji hyuuga #naruto uzumaki #shikadai nara #chouchou akimichi #inojin yamanaka #links #brainstorm

[artificialintolerance]

[ surge findings #4 ]

a brief update is that i’m back. i’ve spoken to kit and star since returning and everything is okay with them, rest assured. star had just been a bit busy with his own stuff to be posting much on the blog and kit wasn’t used to the mask the way i am. everyone is safe, and i’m taking the reins once again to hopefully really crack down on some slender “lore.” still endlessly interesting to me that someone seems to share a last name with me despite the fact i don’t think i have any known relatives who were my age in the 80’s.

to my knowledge, this audio file takes place a month after the last, with no entries between.

( audio log begins. )

Evelyn : “Another coffee?”

Spector : “Nooo, no, I’m good.”

Evelyn : “Really? Because it looks to me like you’re falling asleep.”

Spector : “Who, me? At the early hour of…..3AM?”

Evelyn : “Witching hour, y’know. That’s when all the weird shit hangs around.”

Spector : “That explains why it’s the two of us here, then.”

Evelyn : “You sound almost bummed out about that. Like you’d prefer Clover or something.” ( a chuckle. )

Spector : “……”

Evelyn : “……He still hasn’t seen you?”

Spector : “Well, if I left someone sitting in the nuthouse for a month without visiting a single time, I guess I’d be hesitant to sit night shift with them too.”

Evelyn : “I understand why you’re upset with him, but the nurses were weirdly insistent you weren’t up to having guests.”

Spector : ( a quiet scoff. ) “According to who? Clover?”

Evelyn : “Well, yeah-“

Spector : “Bastard.”

Evelyn : “What?”

Spector : “Well, the nurses told me that I could leave anytime, as long as someone came to collect me. If i was released into their care.”

Evelyn : “Clover never…..he didn’t mention….really?”

Spector : “Maybe I will have another coffee.”

Evelyn : “Specs, I would’ve-“

Spector : “Ev, let’s just drop it, alright? I’m out now. I’m fine I’m just outta practice, y’know?”

Evelyn : ( a quiet hum of acknowledgement. )

Spector : “This job would be so much easier if I could pull some more weight on my own. Be some kinda superhuman. If i didn’t get tired, didn’t need to eat or drink, y’know what I mean?”

Evelyn : ( a soft chuckle. ) “Like what? A security bot or something?”

Spector : “Just like that. Just have somewhere to plug me in, keep me charged up.”

( laughter between the two. )

Evelyn : ( amidst laughter ) “Yeah, sure, let me whip you something up.”

Spector : ( laughter dissolves into chuckles. ) “Hey, you did say you were looking for a new project. Plus, you’re the tech guy. If anyone can do it-“

Evelyn : “Oh…man, I dunno-“

Spector : “Would you try?”

Evelyn : “I mean, I guess, but I don’t know how realistic that sorta thing is. It’s a real ambitious project.”

Spector : “That’s not a no.”

Evelyn : “Specs-“

Spector : ( the sound of a chair rolling against the floor. ) “Pleeeeease?”

Evelyn : ( giggling ) “Dude.”

Spector : “For meeeee? Make me a cool robot pleeeease?”

Evelyn : “Jeez- fine! Fine, dude, just get outta here.”

Spector : “Atta girl!” ( laughter, followed by soft kisses. )

Evelyn : “Boundaries, man.” ( chuckling. ) “How would I even do it, anyways?”

Spector : ( chair rolling recedes. ) “You’re the tech guy, you work it out.”

Evelyn : “And what do I get out of this?”

Spector : “Besides my undying love and gratitude? I’ll be your guinea pig at any given stage for any future projects, I’ll pay you the same amount but force you to camp out nights here with me less and I’ll buy you tacos for dinner whenever you want them.”

Evelyn : “Tacos from….?”

Spector : “Place down the road.”

Evelyn : “The convenience store?”

Spector : “Only the best for you, my love.”

Evelyn : “Alright, alright, fine. But you’re paying for whatever parts we need.”

Spector : “We have a deal.”

( audio log ends. )

#artificial intolerance #ted spector #slenderverse #surge corporation

[honeyhotteoks]

i somehow missed like 4 chapters of this night together so u know i had to read them all in one sitting as soon as i noticed AND LET ME TELL U I WENT THROUGH A WHOLE ROLLER COASTER OF EMOTIONS 😭😭 i’m so so happy they’re finally together again it was killing meeeee also u wrote chapter 12 so perfectly as someone who’s been in a similar situation to mc it was just so real and honestly the guys reactions made me happy/warm that’s something i wish i would’ve had so i was kinding living through it and their words if that makes any sense ?? anyways i just needed to pop in here and say how much i love ur acc/stories i found u when u we’re still writing into the aurora and i’ve been here ever since although i think this might be my first ask (sorry ill def send more in the future) this is getting a little lengthy so lastly i need u to know u write yungi in the most perfect way ive ever seen like u just get their characters in a way no others do i fear - 🎀

😭 oh my gosh thank you so much!! i love the four chapter deep dive i can see how that would be an emotional ride lol

also thank you so much for saying that about writing yungi, they're two of my favorite characters to write and i'm always so glad people feel like it's them.

and also, big hugs for the fact that you had to go through something somewhat similar. i always love writing hurt/comfort because not everyone has a yungi waiting to swoop in but everyone really deserves it. i'm so glad it made you happy to read 💞

#answered anon #tnt ask #🎀 anon

[daydreamreality]

Gilmore Girls Season 1 Thoughts

The ending scene and needle drop gave me chills, what a lovely note to end on. Even though I’m not personally excited about what the girls are, it’s so nice to see them in unbridled enthusiasm together. I just love them so much. 

In the past, I’ve viewed this season as kind of blah, just waiting through it to get to the juicier stories and more interesting romantic interests. This isn’t completely untrue now, but it doesn’t feel as boring to me in this rewatch. It’ll probably move up in my season ranking. This has mostly to do with how well the show sets up the familial conflict of the Gilmores, and at this point in my life that’s the most interesting part of the show to me (all of the family dynamics). Maybe I’ve also become [slightly] less cynical as well, and Stars Hollow doesn’t feel as much of a hellscape as it did before. Starting the rewatch in dreary fall and enjoying the warmth, fun and comfort and wanting to look at this show with positivity instead of getting frustrated with it (which tbh is part of the fun for me) probably helps as well. Under the cut is some evolving opinions from many years of watching this show.

The Gilmores: Not much has changed. My admiration for Kelly Bishop continues to grow. I’ve got this idea floating around in my head that the core of Emily and Lorelai’s relationship and why I don’t see much hope in it ever improving is that they both have each other’s number and neither party is comfortable with that.

Tristan: He’s awful and I will always feel that way, but I actually enjoyed having him around this time for Rory’s characterization. Also, in future seasons Chilton gets a lot more screen time and those stories are generally not as interesting; I think this season balanced it well.

At first, she’s overwhelmed by his bullying and doesn’t know how to react but once she’s had enough…oh boy. Watching her verbally dress him down and not let him get away with his attempts to break her will and “just go out with meeeee whine” is so satisfying. She doesn’t let him push her around or try to “out-logic” her; he’s not as skilled at this misdirection as Logan, probably due to age on his part and she’s a lot more grounded and less perpetually stressed out like when she’s at Yale. And yet, she attempts to be his friend and is empathetic towards him. She cares about being truthful and not hurting his feelings about the kiss. (“I think someone is recovering from their heartbreak just fine.” This right here is what I’m saying about ABs acting skill! Perfect tone.) But even despite her empathy, she doesn’t let his mistreatment make her forget her boundaries. This is the Rory I know and love and who she is at the core. Strong. Understanding. Empathic. Sees the best in people. But knows what’s best for her.

Dean: As a teenager: “yawn, I guess the lead has to have a romantic interest, whatever.”

Last rewatch: seeing and getting angry about his toxicity, probably a bit too early if I’m being honest. The early scenes, not my thing but I don’t need to pick apart every little thing. Now I’ve got a concise way to express what I don’t like about the relationship, put into words after hearing Rory’s outburst at the town meeting: he doesn’t let Rory talk.

Because sometimes you have something you need to say but you can't because the words won't come out or you get scared or you feel stupid, so if you could write a song and sing it then you could say what you need to say…and people would listen…

The “I love you” scene in the car has been discussed ad nauseam but the fact he wouldn’t give her any space to explain herself is what angers me the most. I get that he’s a teenager and it hurts to feel like you’re more into the relationship than the other party, but if he let her talk and listened I could forgive a little easier the impromptu breakup or it could have gone better. But I don’t know, I don’t think he was emotionally mature enough to understand how her upbringing could make her tentative about saying “I love you.” She wanted to be certain in her feelings and knew it meant a lot, and with her voracious reading habit, probably has an idea of what love may feel like and needed time to assess. Him mocking her for that pisses me off. My criticism of him is similar to how I feel about Max: both of these guys don’t know their respective Gilmore girl and have made them into shiny objects to admire but not treat as full human beings. Maybe a bit harsh, but I’m dramatic.

I have no tolerance for angry jealousy which affects how I see this character. If Dean was played in a way that showed more confusion, sadness, or vulnerability, I could have more compassion for the character. But his hair-trigger anger, I just can’t with it.

Max: Alright, this guy is where most of my opinions have changed. Before it was just “yawn, okay whatever, of course she’s going to date other people before Luke.” Now? I do not trust this guy to make good relational decisions. This is my in-the-moment reaction, but it basically sums it up. Good chemistry does not necessarily lead to a real connection. That’s really all this relationship was - an attraction - which is fine if it didn’t involve Rory so heavily, especially since I don’t think Lorelai was seriously considering lifelong commitment to him - maybe as a fantasy, a “what if?”, but not for real. Neither of them really knew the other. Lorelai at this point in her life should have some fun and get back in the dating game to figure out what she’s looking for in a relationship if that’s what she wants, but at the expense of her daughter’s boundaries especially at a new school where she’s having a tough time…it’s rough.

It’s hard for me to be mad at Lorelai. 1) I love her. Just to get that out of the way. 2) The way she gets into this relationship and talks about Max highlights her optimistic outlook, desire to explore and wanting something better for herself - I don’t know if he is the one, but he could be. These are good traits but unfortunately, she’s blinded by them. 3) She was thinking about how this would affect Rory! I hated the moment where Max proposes that, like he’s got this amazing idea he totally came up with himself, they should take a break to figure things out when she was the one advocating for that from the beginning?? 

The scene where Max talks to Rory about Dean at school was so uncomfortable and inappropriate. I don’t necessarily get controlling vibes from Max or that he was trying to worm his way into their lives, but he was so out of line here. Him and Lorelai hadn’t seriously discussed expectations and boundaries in their relationship (which honestly, when does anyone in this show). And then he thought it would be a good idea to get married?? Giant flaming wtf.

#Gilmore Girls #Lorelai Gilmore #Rory Gilmore #anti-dean forester #I don't think it's super anti but for the fans #anti-tristan dugray #are there still tristan stans #I got it when cmm was the hot young actor but now #idk i'll add it anyway

[bonesandthebees]

DAMN BRO TOMMY IS COLD AF "you just a bastard" i could FEEL the hurt coming thru the screen when i read that, and then tommy just INSTANTLY regrets it, and dang Bee you really did us like that, just jokes tho i loved the chapter and am so looking forward to the next one! i think this is one of my fav AU's even with how many times i yell in my head at how much of a dumbass wil's being and how they all need to grow up, i can already tell this has a special place in my heart. your writing is just *chef's kiss* and i feel the characters pain. who knew block men and a bee could do me like that. THE FUCKING CLIFFHANGER THO, 10 bucks on Jack doin his signuture "Oi, you alright" as wilby storms off. I personally think Niki is on Florisium (that may not be spelled right tho) because of that flashback scene where thats where she said she would wanna go, possibly plottin some revenge:( i have mixed feelings about niki getting betrayed, on one hand DONT DO MY GIRL LIKE THAT and on the other ik that tommy and wilbur couldnt get her out, i just wish they had thought to tell the guards to open the cell and put in the PIN using their Voices. I love what u came up with for Phil's and Techno's baskstory and it makes so much sense. One of my fav little scenes was where wilburs drunk as a skunk and Big Q is just like "please techno get this man out of my room, he keeps trauma-dumping on meeeee" and found that to be practically the funniest shit ever. anways, i love what youve done with stars so far, and am so excited to see future progress!

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aw thank you!! there's so much pain and emotional complexity with the characters in this fic so it just makes me so happy to know it's pulling people in in a way that feels like the characters pain is their own

i'll confirm right now niki is not on floslium. I just didn't want to come up with another planet name but I wanted her to reference a specific planet in that flashback lol. if she was on floslium aimsey would've heard about it because aimsey and niki also became friends when aimsey was on eldingvegr, and if aimsey knew niki was on floslium they'd tell niki that wilbur and tommy are on zephys iv and they would also tell wilbur where niki is. so yeah, niki's not there sorry to say. good theory though!

oh I've seen people point that out, but that wouldn't have worked even if they'd try to use their Voices to get the guards to unlock the cell. the guards there didn't know the cell passcode. that was specifically because they were dealing with a siren, so they knew that if anything in the silencing barrier malfunctioned niki would've been able to make them let her out.

lmao the quackity scene was so fun to write he was so tired of being wilbur's therapist

#ask #king anon #the stars and their children

[futurewife]

Your post about not wanting kids irl but exploring having kids in a fictional context is really relatable. I like the idea of being a parent in a fictional context, especially if it’s like being a parental figure to fictional children who’s fictional parents didn’t treat them well. Additionally, the idea of a character you love telling you that you’d make a great parent is also really assuring and weirdly affirming. I’m not sure how to further explain it, but it’s just a really comforting thing to me personally.

but having kids in real life? Yeah no, that’s off the table. I have so many reasons why and most of said reasons are out of my control (ie: the climate is fucked) - but mostly it’s because of my medical condition which leaves me really tired a lot and taking care of myself is already hard enough as it is. Raising a whole human being while tired? YEAH NO, that’s not going to happen. But yeah I’m sorry about this ask/2 cents but your post was really relatable.

Yes totallyyy like I like thinking about telling my f/os they're gonna be dads and stuff, I think that's super cute but even then I feel like it's more about me and them and us than the baby itself HAHAHA... Just imagining little contained scenarios like that is enough for me, and it's not even in my ship lore or anything. Great for higher stakes drama and angst though. Plus I lose interest in imagining anything past uhm... delivery and the first 24 hours....uh uh no thank you. selfship inner mind theatre over. once that baby starts impeding on our relationship (jk)

I think it makes perfect sense to enjoy it only in a fantasy way because well... if you do it in real life you get an actual real baby you have to centre around and it won't even be C.able's from d.eadpool 2 ☹🙁😬😬(L)

I agree with what you said about a character telling you you're gonna be a great parent- I think this hits the part of the brain that's like yesssss f/o picked me they picked MEEEEE im going to be their little broodmare for all time :) cuz they just like me sooooo much :)) - which I am all about almost pathologically. It feels kinda gross and biological but I guess i still have that switch that says find the best genes out there and make sure you snatch them up so they get deposited into you and create offspring. ig my f/os are my brain's idea of "THE BEST GENES" so I want them to br**d me for not only sexual reasons. it's like I don't want to actually be a mother but I still want you to want to if I wanted to idk... it's nice to be ASKED ig 🙄😤😤

when I was a kid I just assumed I would have kids at some vague future date, like it was an inevitable thing coming towards me I couldn't prevent. but when I got into my 20s I realised i literally didn't have to and it's crazy that that blew my mind HAHA. I was like wait... this idea never excited me and I never really cared about it or fantasised about babies it wasn't a part of any dream future type plans. I would always wanna rp as the pregnant mother when we played house tho ig that's the only part I liked the idea of HAHAHAHA and still to this day... but hell no i don't want to take care of the doll and tote it around and pretend to feed it. this explains everything

I also agree with your climate change reason for not having kids. That's one of my personal things too- call me a doomer or whatever but I just feel like I'm doing them a disservice, when I myself am already concerned about what the rest of my life will involve with weather messing up food supplies, plastic pollution, extreme temps etc- plus the environmental impact of one more person when in all likelihood I KNOW I wouldn't really enjoy being a mother. The cons far far far outweigh the pros for me (I can only think- my partner may really want kids? but then why are they with me lol. also i feel this is a quick trip to resentment and regret because you only did it for someone else- and as a woman statistically most of the child rearing would be on me too). i also am a bit weird in the brain (menthol illness that i think emotionally stunts me and takes a lot to manage- i need a lot of time to myself to decompress) and a lot of that is coincidentally due to my own mothering experience (bad and scary) + having no positive modelling of motherhood (hence never developing the instincts? behaviours? maternal warmth who?) so it seems like a real surreal nightmare situation to have my own children.

it's ok tho I hc C.able as infertile due to the virus 😎✌

#tw pregnancy #thank you for reaching out- to me it makes perfect sense to not have children but it's surprising how not understood this is #the societal narrative + expectation is really so strong and normalised- like how I just thought it was coming for me no matter what