#yes I do literally feel bad for supporting small businesses and creators because what if I’m stressing them out or requesting to much

[vtori73]

Hmmm... probably shouldn't try writing this right now while lacking a decent amount of sleep BUT I can no longer escape complaining about it so I'm just going to DO IT...

Anyway, so, I keep seeing posts by people sharing counter arguments to posts complaining about people not reblogging their work and just... I'm not sorry to say this but none of these counters i've read so far make any sort of good arguments and kind of just prove the point that a lot of us artists/creators are already very aware of and that is that a LOT of y'all feel entitlement to our creations (regardless of if ur an artist or not).

Don't get the connection? I'll try to explain. Let start with breaking down some of these counter arguments I've seen. The flimsiest one being accusing people of 'guilt tripping' & yes I do think it's flimsy argument/accusation. For one, the artist is NOT literally forcing you to do anything you don't have to ACTUALLY share anything but for the artist it means a lot and could lead to them making actual money that they NEED but can't get elsewhere because we live in a capitalist society. If it bothers you, guess what, you can UNFOLLOW them (it's free) and artists shouldn't be made out to be the villains because they are being honest that the shares/engagement are just THAT important for them (unless they are literally harassing u but that's diff, let's all acknowledge that a diff thing... good? Good!). I don't really see it all that different from panhandling, sure you might find some artists who aren't actually poor poor BUT I would hope most of us are aware of by now that only a very very small percentage of artists are actually living lavishly and at most are making decent enough for what they do. Also, I know we all LOVE to complain about this age of influencers and how things have to involve engagement, likes, etc but for fucks sakes don't be dicks and forget SOME people DO need that bullshit because they can't get their shit out there otherwise & if their shit isn't out there they can't make money, and we need money to fucking live in this nightmare world!!!! You could also just BUY from the artist instead because you know what's even BETTER then online bullshit? ACTUAL FINANCIAL COMPENSATION!!! 'oh but I don't have money, I'm poor too, I can't right now, I would rather give to someone I know who REALLY needs it, etc" all valid responses (that you should keep to yourselves because we don't need to know ur business) BUT you can't have ur goddamn fucking cake and eat to, if you can't support us financially THATS why/when we ask for reblogs/reshares, etc because guess what?... Yeah, you guessed it, it's FREE to do that shit, sure likes are... SOMETHING I won't argue they aren't BUT at the end of the day it doesn't get the artists work to others, it doesn't help spread their artwork to others who might actually be able to pay/hire the artists for their skills.

... okay, so yeah I hope that all makes sense, if not... oh well this is as coherent as sleep deprived me can be. Moving on, I'm going to tackle the next argument which is "likes are engagement too, they mean something TOO ME!!!🥺🥺🥺" ...Ugh 🤮🤢🤮 yeah, this argument is... also bad. Why? Well for one it makes it about someone else, just because YOU are okay with only likes doesn't mean everyone else is especially since not everyone needs the same amount of engagement/support as others since some or even plenty of y'all arent ONLY making income from ur creations/art and have other venues of support unlike some other artists who rely on their art to bring in money. &, I KNOW we are all aware that's not how social media works, social media doesn't put much worth into just likes which is what most artists mean when they complain. They aren't LITERALLY saying your likes mean nothing to them and that you might as well have just spat on them & their work you FUCKERS but I feel like we should all be aware that's what these artists meant, right? Right? Well, y'all should if y'all pay any attention to social media/artists (and please, PLEASE don't try to lie and say yall don't because I know that's bullshit with how much commentary & criticism I see on this & that regarding social media & the claws it has in all of us and our passions/livelihoods etc whatever).

I... think I had another counter argument to a counter argument but I honestly don't recall either so for now I'm just going to wrap up this horrible post. So... you all like to go on & ON about supporting artists, about supporting individuals and not corporations, about supporting indie titles TRUE indie work... and yet... And yet, when these artists & creators go on to complain about no one reblogging/retweeting/sharing, etc their work that they have worked very long & hard for that they are trying to use to stay afloat in our capitalist society y'all are quick to go 'oh y'all are so mean to guilt trip us & this artists who clearly doesn't need engagement for xyz reasons says they appreciate just likes so why should we!!!" I've already known this for awhile, and it's not a hard pill to swallow either, it's just a fact of life that people don't actually want to support artists, it has to be easy, or quick or something, it has to be in the way y'all want to support us, otherwise y'all won't bother and instead of leaving it at that y'all dare to COMPLAIN about US, and it's... its entitlement, pure entitlement to us, to our creations and I just wish yall could acknowledge that, just... be honest with yourselves, with us... please.

Anyway yeah... this was directed at specific posts I saw, and maybe I'm being harsh but I'm just tired... so so tired & not just because I'm lacking sleep but also I'm just so tired as an artists and dealing with seeing day in and day out of basically almost NO ONE caring at all about us or our work. I'm just so tired of all of y'all and maybe next time instead of complaining about x mainstream media thing maybe just... go partake in it instead? I mean, at least those creators/artists were already compensated & don't actually really need y'all's shares, follows, etc, all y'all got to do it consume the media, which is what y'all actually wanted... right?

[changbin-froggy-jimin]

I have absolutely no idea what proper manners are for buying photo cards off of Etsy, but like I’ll buy 5-15 in a single purchase and idk if that’s a bad thing??????

Like I don’t want to stress anybody out but like I’m paying them a bit more I think??? So I hope that if there’s stress it’s not to bad because hey that’s good right?? I hope??? I’m sorry if it’s bad I don’t know any better????

It’s my first time ever really doing something like this so... Idk how to do it right ahhhhhhhh

#yes I do literally feel bad for supporting small businesses and creators because what if I’m stressing them out or requesting to much #is this that ‘I’m trying to get a good grade at Etsy which is something that is achievable and normal’ type thing?? #annabwbwksmkznsbakalqm #I’m stressed #but I will hopefully get cute fake cards so like... happy about that #also purchasing my friend gifts for her birth so like??? #oh goodness I feel kinda bad #they can also cancel the orders right??? #I hope they can if it’s to much #all the pictures only have people purchasing like 1-2 cars and I’m over here purchasing 12 #am I a bad person? I don’t know 😔 #can somebody tell me if this is bad behavior? #thanks I would appreciate it #froggy writes

[mimibtsghost7]

Fuck you and all your little brain washed rats sending people hate because you cant take responsibility for your actions!! But go on stay silent like you always do, pretend its nothing of your business, keep being a fetishizing racist delulu like you love to be while pretending to be the best blog on tumblr!!!

NOT like anyone will see this but YOU will so LET’S GOOO!!!~~

TW: mental health and more (if you feel like this can trigger you, pls don’t read this, breathe in and out and listen to this HERE and remember I love you), loads of tea and Mimi NOT being a friendly and kind ghost. 

funny enough: 

I never pretended of said I was the best blog. But I guess the fact that you say it might be because you heard it frequently? Thanks for thinking so^^

I sent hate to no one and u r the one sending it to me rn ^^ In my whole 4 year journey on Tumblr I received a lot of love but also worse hate that you can imagine. Yes you are saying now you are receiving hate ... funny how it’s bad when It’s addressed to you but when it’s at me and my dear followers it is not. Still, I never told anyone to go hate on you. You were the idiot that tagged my old blog and as soon as my blog was gone pple searched me and found out you were the reason behind this. But as you keep hating on me. Let me tell you I am kind but don’t mistake that for me being a coward.

I am not into insulting others and I don’t care much if you insult me. BUT don’t YOU DARE touch my dear followers. Insulting ain’t hard. Let me try: The only rat here is you hiding in your hole as an anon. I went and compared your writing with this ask and previous hate asks. And it was you~ Good for you~ the sewers smell just like your filthy mouth spilling sh*t left and right. So on brand. However, I know who you are @hobisbeautifulass Hi ^^

Me racist? HAHAHAHAH you truly know NOTHING about me nor my ex-blog’s message. It was a place when you were welcomed no matter your skin color, religion, gender ... proof? well it got deleted thanks to you. but ask around this time and search for who reblogged my posts as they were always the top of the tags (even if I don’t trust how bad you are at research). I supported the BLM movement and still do and will always do but I did so veeery early without anyone telling me. Not for the notes but because of my humanity. I wished my dear followers’ happy holidays no matter their religions. And never cared about those things. Why judge someone on something based on religion or how they were born. As for the LGBTQ+ community, I was always and will always be there for love being love. I talked about mental health and opened venting nights. I helped left and right and when I was receiving hate because of people like you spitting lies about me. What did I do? Did I go online and called people bad? No. I looked back at myself and asked myself if I did anything wrong. I tried to educate myself and apologized sincerely when I had to. I read books and watched documentaries to learn how to become a better human. AND never repeated a mistake twice. You tend to forget that our cultures are different and sometimes you grow up to see some things as normal when they are not. This is not an excuse tho, so I always believed that I was lacking and if someone had something to say against me, there is a chance they are right and just in case I should reflect on myself. But for your case it was pure nonsense. ME? a stalker? how can I stalk when I have social anxiety and at that time couldn’t even leave my room? I am even afraid of taking public transportations and just the other days I was crying from joy when I took a taxi alone. they said I was in Japan stalking Jimin and Jungkook and took a pic when I was NEVER EVER was on that land. You put me on the same list as people who bought info about BTS’ flights to be on the same plane as them? I was stalked before and let me tell you it ain’t cute and fun. I am even scared of the idea of being followed. that’s why I never shared openly my age, country, or anything about me on my blog. that’s why I have no personal social media to this day and that’s why making my ex-blog was some sort of miracle in my life. 

Silent? yes I was silent when I received hate and didn’t even vent to my dear followers or pointed fingers. Why? because I thought as my day was hell I shouldn’t make anyone’s day worse. I was worried about my dear followers with mental illnesses being triggered. I tried to take my life so many times I lost count but I still came here and smiled. It was my safe place and you took it away. Yet, I should pity you? You hated on me first for no reason and you know it deep inside but right now you are trying to convince yourself that you are the angel and feel no guilt. Compared to you. I pointed fingers at no one and didn’t name you when my blog was gone. Why? because compared to you, I thought you will not be able to manage the hate and what was done .. I didn’t want you to suffer the same way I did when you are the one who made me suffer the most the past couple of days. But the kind Mimi is someone you will never remember because you dared touch the friends I love and calling them names. I don’t mind people insulting me but don’t you dare touch my people. I know myself best. My dear friends/followers know me best. I thought ... I could leave without this mess but you keep barking in my ask box and it’s annoying. I left this backup account just to talk to my friends and yet you are here to ruin things again? I should stop being kind to the ones who deserve non of it. I ignored you when I had so many followers and you went silent too because you were scared of me. But as soon as I lost my blog because of you, you went, edited and then reblogged that stalker post. How can I be a stalker? do you even know the definition of a stalker? do you even know shame? well .. I don’t think so.. you said it yourself. You are NOT ashamed (and you reblogged that so many time lol). 

Death threats? this is no competition but thanks to people like you I have been there and wish no one to be there not even you. The only difference is that you almost killed me for real. You were not the sole reason? Great job walking away from you beloved word: RESPONSIBILITY. And I didn’t get just anon hate, I got literal tagging by people like you, DMs, and people pointing guns at me. That’s why I didn’t mention you. I was worried about the one who took away what I worked for for 4 YEARS. I was more sad and concerned about the ARMY fandom here. Do you know how many rely on my updates? do you know how many people said I helped them? do you know any of that? do you think 200k people were “rats”? Do you think if I did and say wrong thing I will not be questioned by those people. I always told my dear followers: “friends, if I do or say anything wrong or share anything that hurts anyone please tell me. I am willing to learn from everyone.” But what did you know? what did you do? Well ..  guess you love notes? As the most notes you ever got and the most attention was when talking about me? 

Love how you talk about fetishing when my blog was what people call “family friendly”. I also like BTS. I love them for their music, talent, personalities and the happiness they give me. I also enjoy BTS’ bond and love their interactions. I posted content of all kinds of interactions JM X JK, JK X V, V X JIN, JIN X SG, SG X JH, JH X RM, RM X JM ... If you are calling this fetishing asian men just because I scream over BTS as a fan and love their bonb. Then aren’t you against the idea of being an ARMY? I was a clear OT7 and you were told that you weren’t right: 

 Then you answered this without even explaining the nonsense about me: 

idk .. I am trying to find sense in your nonsense so .. wait wait let me look at the definition of fetishism first. 

Fetishism /ˈfɛtɪʃɪz(ə)m/ noun: a form of sexual behavior in which gratification is linked to an abnormal degree to a particular object, activity, part of the body, etc.

Then .. judging from your URL alone hmmm ... cute. I won’t even talk about the SMUT you write that is full of kinks and fetishism. Well I have no problem with fan fiction but the irony you spit is out of this world.

Also, I made money out of mimibtsghost? HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH no lil one. I worked day and night for FREE. At some point when BT21 just came out and there were no products on AMAZON or anywhere but S.Korea, someone reached out to me to offer 20% off or something for my dear followers. When they asked what I wanted I said what about international giveaways for my dear followers. Basically, made gifs, found content, updates, analysis, edits, and so on for free. Again, w-wait .. Aren’t you the one asking for commissions? Well .. It’s not wrong. But again THE irony. 

So, I went to see that post you made about me with “PROOF” and it was just another person who was salty as I got them blocked I can’t even recall who they were but oh well. Their arguments according to YOU and many should be taken as FACTS just because they said them?  You said HERE that your first comeback was MOST:7 that came in just last year (2020) SO what the hell do YOU know about what happened years before you came when all the proof you pointed at where baseless without any backing?

Let’s see this so wise person you used to delete my blog and what I have done ^^

The gifs: There is a story to this. The first week I came to Tumblr, It was my first time on this site and the first time I share anything. I shared some content and my analysis had a lot of notes for a small creator that started just a week ago. But I made a mistake, I found a gif and posted it while crediting the gif maker. At the time I had NO idea it was wrong. I logged off and after 5 hours I log in and there was a WAR for that ONE gif. The big blog had me blocked and her friend was telling me to take it off. As soon as the person told me I did IMMEDIATELY and apologized againa and again and told them to tell the original gif maker to deblock me as I want to apologize directly and that they can block me after that. They did and I apologized but they just kept insulting me. Of course it was MY mistake and that’s why I apologized. But for them. for a mere gif (yes I say a mere gif because I made so many gifs and they were used on all platforms but I never thought it was necessary to hate that much on someone like they did to me). That blog was big and had big blog mutuals. Thanks to that, I became someone you do NOT become mutuals with but block and never reblog content from. Without any big mutuals. Without any shoutouts. Only my love for BTS, my dear followers’ support and my hard work.. My blog, became bigger and FAST (I got 10k in less than 6 months after I started) and that brought loads of jealousy and thus more rumors. Even if, I apologized and since then made my own gifs. And I made SO many gifsets that I can’t remember how many there were. What I can recall is at some point I made them daily and many times a day.

Ships Jikook? I posted content of ALL the members interactions. I was here at a time where Jikook stans and Taekook stans where always fighting. BUT I posted about both and even made so many posts to encourage loving all the members and all the interactions. I also used the tags solely used for shipping with other big tags to show that BTS’ interactions are all important and their bond is beutiful. That our fandom shouldn’t hate on a member just because they are not part of a ship we like. And wait .. even if I shipped Jikook? I got called ALL those names by someone who ship the members with readers and write sexual scenes? Like, wait ... I am truly confused. Like, write fanfic and do all you want as long as you hurt no one I guess but why am I getting hurt for doing non of it? Like according to you, the person you should be cancelling is yourself?! I am also not into cancel culture like you so hahah whatever.

Posted stalker pics: well wow the story changes each time. Next thing you will hear that I was the one holding a camera for a member in a Vlive lol. Let me teach you about this update thing I was doing. I follow accounts I trust and that’s how we get info circulating fast. I always do reasearch but sometimes mistakes are made. For example when lately people shared pictures of BTS leaving their virtual concerts and schedules. There was a watermark of a news outlet. Normally we trust those but only later we realized that those people stalked BTS. You clearly can’t know it all. But I still didn’t share many pics related to many events (I will not name those as pple can search them even now because some pple never deleted those). And all big accounts shared many pics then deleted later. This happens all the time but it happened like ONCE for me. However, I am called a stalker for that? 

When Jonghyun passed away ... I don’t even wanna recall that night as the memories just ... when that happened I posted about it and send my condolescences. that post had over 10k notes and was at the top the tag. Why did I do that? I was devastated. Yes, many were but I will talk about me rn: I was suicidal the days before that and one of the songs that I listened to when I was broken where by him. I has been in the kpop world since 2006. And learned about his group since their debut with ‘Replay’. I was never a stan but I still knew of many groups and listened to all the songs I liked. I was very sad when he was gone and ANGRY mostly. Why is this angel leaving? Why is someone like me still here? Why did I not leave instead of him? How much did he suffer? And in the midst I posted a post from twitter that stated how agencies usually put down pple with mental illiness and hide it in the industry. Yes, that was important but NOT at that time. I shouldn’t have posted that and I realized after 5 min of doing so that it was WRONG. So I deleted it FAST but it kept being reblogged and I kept getting hate and people telling me: “Go kill yourself”... the sad part is that I almost did as my answer was “true ... why am I still here?” I apologized and logged off then to this day won’t forget crying at 3 AM while walking outside next to my dad. I was outside as I couldn’t breathe anymore and the idea of seeing the walls of my room was hell. I cried and cried and the teary eyes that my father looked at me with are something I am ashamed of to this day. To add one more thing while I am spilling the beans. I hate learning about someone dying. My grandma passed away sometime before that and it was so shocking to me. and some people came and told me when I was mourning her: Go follow that bitch of grandmother of yours. And for what? At that moment I didn’t think I would live to see the next year but I went to therapy and took medecine that was hurting and made me shake all day just to turn somewhat sane. No one knew tho ... I smiled all day and cried all night.. Even on the blog I fought no one of the ones who hated me. I just blocked them but even that was an insult to them?

Again, you said no one should defend me. Yet, you were ready to fight whoever touched anyone around you. What about changing your URL to beautifulassirony

Also THE hypocrisy. If you are sorry then why are you answering an ask of someone isulting someone you want to apologize to? Just make a post wher you apologize or ignore it from the start?

One more thing but surely not the last. You said you were good with research which you are NOT. So, let me show you what an OG detective ARMY can do. But first, as I was scrolling I saw some of your “work” (let’s not even talk about those gifs) and I am just giving my point of view here: I hate how you painted Namjoon as this horny-idiotic-make-dog. Like I get it it’s a fanfic or Namjoon as a dad but ... Namjoon is such a smart man who is very respectful and ofc he is a human with needs like many but what the hell is this way of portraying a character? Also a character is not cool, amazing, and a strong woman just because they curse and belittle their partner. 

Oh well, only you kept reblogging that as it show 36 reblogs when only 33 as still there when I looked and out of those 13 reblogs are yours? (you might have reblogged it more) but again some people might have liked ... people have different taste ... so ... whatever. 

Let’s continue, shall we ^^. You said you were the victim here when I was the one getting robbed right? How can I believe someone who reblogged the post below and was proud calling themselves an abomination or how the Oxford dictionary defines it:  a thing that causes disgust or loathing. For once you weren’t wrong.

What can you expect from someone who has the “I am not like others” kinda mentality while stating relatable things that everyone goes through?

This is getting pretty long. So to sum this up. You are now telling others that hate is NOt ok and that they should be ashamed of themselves when you yourself is not ashamed of hating on me?

I am not the type that sends anon hate. I might ignore some barking but the past days you came and bite me hard. I face the ones I have to face without fear. I know I am not the bad guy here and I don’t care much what you think about me. Even BTS got haters. This says a lot. BUT do NOT dare talk badely of my dear friends/followers. You said you do research well? Start by deleting the post below that was originally by ME from your blog ... oh how meticulous you are. From your baseless receipts to your twisted logic. Indeed people on the internet can say anything and it will be FACTS. You painted me as the devil and painted yourself as this researcher? What’s next you receiving a Phd in ‘pity me’ after your MBA in lies and irony? Whatever~ 

Whaaatever~ Karma will have upcoming talks with you. No need for you to apologize. I never cared about you and you only got attention using me. But I am not here anymore how will you get that blog running now? Are you gonna add me in a fanfic next? No need for you to send me my appearance fee when you do so~ And no need for you to apologize to me just apologize to you conscience if you have any left.  As for me @hobisbeautifulass​ you are just someone I will forget soon anyway~~ 

And because according to what you said HERE when you described the things you hate about people and I thought that was VERY close to how you treated me. Thus, you might really not stand yourself rn.

Do.Not.Worry. BTS are starting the Love Myself campaign again and just in time for you to jump in (you are good at jumping to conclusions about me so I won’t worry about you). I know you don’t like me or my friends but be sure to love yourself at least ^^ 

You are a Hobi stan? Then learn from Hobi to share some sunshine not bring the storm. Have a good day~

#Anonymous #hobisbeautifulass #don't mind the typos as I wrote this in one go #just because I am someone who do not punch back when someone hit me do not mean I will stand nicely when you touch my people #anyway~ bye~ #mimibtsghost

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Jeweler Richard Fanbook Short Story #13

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Ramen Story

The voice of the owner as he said “welcome” turned into a mutter at the end, fading away. I could understand how he felt. With a light, cut-and-sew jacket draped over him, a blond, blue-eyed man had come inside, standing behind another man who quite literally had the air of a student. It wouldn’t be unreasonable to wonder if he was an actor. But we were just a party of two.

“Two people,” I indicated with a peace sign. We were guided to a table seat. There were no other people around. While we were at it, we gave them the meal tickets that we had bought from the vending machine outside. A couple of negi ramen.

“What a surprise. There’s always a long queue for this shop. So that’s how shops are like right after they open in a student district?”

In this shop, currently reserved to our exclusive use, I talked without restraint about all sorts of things – about the layout of the classroom building in my campus, about the hideout-like garden in the university’s premises, about my friends and even about my teachers. The shop’s atmosphere did that to me. The man who could well be the best listener in the world let me talk as much as I wanted, occasionally making an exasperated face.

“Here, sorry for the wait. It’s hot, so be careful.”

“Thank you, thank you.”

“You too, Mr. Foreigner. This is ‘hot’.”

As Richard replied with a “thank you, madam”, the old lady laughed fickly.

Now for the ramen.

Its soup was salt-based, warm steam wafting from it. That being said, it wasn’t as if there was anything special about it. We hadn’t added any ingredients, so it was a simple one. Fermented bamboo shoots, dried seaweed, fish cake and a large helping of green onions.

We silently put our hands together to thank for the meal, taking the chopsticks and parting them with a snap. I took the dwindled noodles, then opened my mouth wide and filled it with them. I tried to make as little noise as possible.

Delicious.

This shop’s ramen was simple, but it was a strong ally for a student’s cold pockets and quick-to-get-hungry stomach. It stayed steadily in your belly, resolutely reminding you for about three hours that you had eaten ramen today. And above all else, the animalistic joy of eating without thinking was more irreplaceable than anything else. Tasty food was great.

By the moment I was done with my very-IQ-lacking monologue of “thank you, o ramen; o ramen, thank you”, there was only a little bit left of the contents of my bowl. Still eating the green onion ramen without a sound, Richard looked at me with upturned eyes from his bended posture. Those blue eyes made me seriously wonder if there weren’t gemstones inserted in them.

“Hey, you got a moment?”

“As you wish. Whatever you please.”

When I prefaced it with, “This is serious talk – super, super serious talk”, he made a face that screamed, “You’re being too long-winded”, so I went straight to the point.

“I didn’t think you’d actually come eat ramen with me.”

I hadn’t imagined that the day would come when I could eat a bowl of ramen for 450 yen at a historical, cozy ramen shop in the student town with this beautiful man who usually only wore suits. I hadn’t at all. Even now, another side of me was still tilting his neck somewhere within my mind, wondering about “how things came to this”.

Ever since around the time I had started working part-time in Ginza, I had no sense of reality. Not even about the fact that I would later be going to Sri Lanka. No, of course, I was fully ready and had a Visa, so I was in a phase where all I had left to do was get on the plane and I was making the oh-so-busy Richard help me out with that, but...

Richard took a sip of the salt-based soup with the china spoon, then glanced at me. “So you were not expecting anything from me, is that it?”

“No way. On the contrary.”

When I said that I just didn’t think he would give me the OK, Richard’s lips curved in the shape of an arc, and after looking for napkins on the table, he realized that there weren’t any, so he took a handkerchief from his pocket to wipe his mouth.

“I value the accuracy of your palate. It is obvious that, if you have a shop you like, I would want to try eating there.”

“Thank you. And for remembering about it too.”

Soon after I had started working part-time, I was introduced to a stone called chrysoprase. I once laughed my butt off when I learned that the etymology of the fresh green-colored stone included the meaning of “leek” or “green onion”. The topic then changed into ramen, and we, the shopkeeper and part-timer who subtly had not yet thrown off reserve with each other, talked about liking green onion ramen, what kinds of toppings we preferred, and other such things. I had kind of thought that “it’d be nice to go have ramen with this guy someday”. Back then, to me, Richard was someone as far-off as the moon and stars that shone in outer space. Of course, he was still as resplendent as the moon and stars even now, but he didn’t feel as distant.

Once I was done drinking the soup up to it’s last drop, I heaved a small sigh. “That was delicious. Last time eating Japanese ramen and this one for a while, huh.”

“How about putting instant ramen in your suitcase?”

“I ain’t used to making those. I’m the type that goes out to eat ramen rather than making instant ones. But there’s curry roux inside. Weird story, isn’t it? I’m going to a curry culture zone, yet I’m taking curry with me.”

“Analyzing Indian and Sri Lankan curry by Japanese curry standards can cause serious stomach problems. Beware.”

I puffed out my chest, saying that I had properly prepared myself for this because he had already told me about it before, to which the beautiful man gave a little sigh.

“May I also talk about a truly serious topic?”

When I told him that didn’t mind it at all and that I wanted to hear it, Richard looked at my face directly. It made me nervous. What was he going to tell me, I wondered.

“I did not think that you would actually invite me out for ramen.”

“Me?”

“Yes. I honestly did not.”

“Why?”

As I kept on tilting my neck at that sentence, which you wouldn’t think would come from someone like him – who looked like just breathing was enough for him to get invited to eat out –, Richard spoke to me reticently. He told me that people were quick to come towards him, but there were also those who surrounded him from a distance, watching him without trying to shorten the distance between him and themselves. So this kind of thing also happened?

Looking back, I was also from the keep-a-distance group at first. But I sucked at giving up, and whenever something that made me happy happened, I would be overjoyed no matter how many times I remembered about it, so every time I recalled the chrysoprase talk, I would find myself thinking that I should invite him out for ramen. It just so happened that the desire for this “someday” had amplified as the number of times that I thought about it increased, and I had finally voiced it this spring.

The shop was tiny and had a bit of a mysterious scent, but it was truly delicious. It would be closing this spring. I was concerned about what to do if he declined it with an awkward face, but the response I got after speaking up was a “When will it be?” without a moment’s delay.

“Was it okay to have invited you?”

“What do you think?”

“Well, I was just thinking I was glad that I invited you, but...”

The reply was a short-range smile. That slightly tired face with no sense of uneasiness to it was bad for the heart. But I was gonna get used to it. I had to.

“Still, was it really all right? That I was the one you had a meal with for the last time at a shop that you have fond memories of, I mean. Would it not have been better to do so with the friends that you always ate with?” Richard asked.

Hmm. So he was gonna bring that up, huh?

“Well, well, thank you very much for your superb consideration. But I’m glad it was with you.”

“Is that so?”

“I’m glad it was with you. Not anyone else; with you.”

I had learned many lessons even in just four years of university, such as that things were shifting, everything kept changing over and over, the green onion ramen shop would be gone, I would be leaving for Sri Lanka in the near future and there was no telling how my life was going to be from now on. But this jeweler was a man who knew very well how to cherish a memory.

Only to people like that did I entrust the things I didn’t want to forget.

Bidding a courteous farewell to the elderly shopkeeper and old lady employee, we exited the shop. Cars rushed on the Yasukuni Avenue. Kasaba during holidays was so quiet that it felt like a different world. As the wind softly blew, the cherry trees planted along the street shook and their pale pink petals scattered about.

“That was delicious, huh~. You got any plans for later?”

“I am going to help Saul with chores. We are not boorish enough to engage in business talk after just eating ramen.”

I stole a peek at his profile as he started chewing on a mint gum. The beautiful man brushed cherry blossom petals off his golden hair. He offered me one of the white gums, asking if I wanted to eat it.

I probably wouldn’t forget this sight. Even if that ramen shop was gone, even if my address was no longer in Tokyo.

Richard tilted his head a little, as I was still staring at his face even after accepting the gum. “Anything the matter?”

“Aah, sorry. Your beauty was like you’ve come from another world, so I spaced out.”

I then changed the topic, saying I was going to think about what to have for dinner or something. There were still lots of shops that I wanted to visit while I was still in Japan, though they were all set-meal and chain ones. I didn’t think I was able to hide my melancholy, but he’d probably act like he didn’t see anything. I was grateful for that.

In the middle of our walk to the train station, I looked back at the cityscape one last time and wordlessly offered a moment of silence to it.

Thank you for everything; I’m off!

#housekishou richard shi no nazo kantei #housekishou richard #jeweler richard #the case files of jeweler richard #nakata seigi #richard ranashinghe de vulpian #richard ranashinha de vulpian #richard #jr short story collection #tsujimura nanako #yukihiro utako #novel #my translation

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for a prompt peter meets the rouge avengers and they witness irondad at it's finest

It’s half past two in the morning when Peter’s ears perk at the sound of an old-fashioned, peppy ringtone.

He looks around in search of it. There’s Tony passed out at his workbench, face dangerously close to a slice of plated cold pizza; DUM-E is rolling around a few feet away chasing after a crumpled ball of paper Peter had tossed over his shoulder; there are tools scattered everywhere and blueprints and a whiteboard covered in equations.

But no phone.

Peter slips off his stool. He walks toward the sound, slowly, cautiously, and by the time he thinks he’s located the source the ringing stops.

Peter stares at Tony’s discarded running jacket. Throwing him a quick glance over his shoulder just to make sure the older man is still asleep, he reaches into the pocket and pulls out an old flip phone.

“What,” he deadpans, to absolutely no one.

Tony Stark, the former CEO of the world’s largest tech conglomerate. Tony Stark, creator of the most powerful mechanical weapon—sorry, prosthetic—of all time…

Is carrying around a dinky Nokia from 2009.

A Nokia which promptly starts ringing again (very loudly). “Shit!” Peter swears, jumping. On instinct he answers it. “Hello? What? Hello?”

“Tony?”

Peter glances at Tony again. He bites his lip. “Tony is unfortunately unavailable at the moment. I’m his… personal assistant. Would you like to leave a message?”

“Oh, uh,” there’s some muffled muttering on the other end, like the caller is relaying Peter’s words back to someone else, and then, “I uh—it’s kind of an emergency. Would you mind asking him if he’s got a minute to talk?”

And by now, Peter’s totally put the pieces together: crappy old phone, the voice—he is absolutely 100% having a real life conversation with Steve Rogers.

Again.

Peter doesn’t exactly know the full story between Tony and Steve. He just knows that whenever anyone brings up Rogers, Tony’s face darkens and he clams up.

Squinting at Tony, he asks, “Are you sure you need to talk to him?”

“Believe me, I wouldn’t have called otherwise.”

“But if you had, maybe, some other form of assistance? Say a web-slinging vigilante from Queens?”

There’s a pause.

Steve says, “Hey, kid,” with a smile in his voice.

“Hey Brooklyn,” Peter returns. “Long time, no speak.”

“Yeah, well, you know. So you’re working for Tony now?”

“I wouldn’t call it working so much as slave labour.”

A laugh. “Somehow I doubt that. What’s he doing?”

“Sleeping—which, y’know, he barely gets enough of as it is. So what’s the situation?”

-

“Nice disguise.”

Natasha Romanoff looks up from the paper kid’s menu she’d been studying. Her eyebrow, dyed blonde, is raised. “I was worried it’d be too effective.”

“You do realise Buzzfeed publishes weekly articles that are literally just blurry photos of you and the other rogues followed by a bunch of keysmashes?”

“Excuse me?”

“Don’t worry about it.” Peter slides into the booth opposite her. “So you’re here to what, feel me out?”

“Don’t be ridiculous, I’ve already done that.” She sets the menu down. “I was already in the area. We’re both waiting for the ride.”

Peter nods. He looks out the window while she studies his face. He’d had no choice but to forego the mask seeing as his suit is still under repairs back in the lab. FRIDAY had said it wouldn’t be fixed until morning.

Natasha kicks his foot. “Why do you look younger than I remember?”

“I don’t know,” he shrugs. “But hey, since we’re playing Q&A, why’d you stab Tony in the back?”

“I didn’t stab him in the back,” Romanoff argues. “I just… the Avengers are my family—”

“Tony’s part of the Avengers—”

“Tony has a support system. Steve is nothing without us—and I say that with love. Without his team he’d just be a sad old man stuck in time.”

“But now with you and your amazing makeover skills, he’s at least caught up to the seventies with that beard.”

She kicks him again. “Shut up. I don’t have to explain my reasoning to a kid.”

“So why are you?”

Romanoff squints and leans forward. “Why are you here?”

“Because if Tony knew that you needed help, he’d stop at nothing to save you no matter how much he hated your guts—which he doesn’t, by the way, he’s just really hurt—even if it meant putting his own life in danger. I don’t want that.” Peter shrugs. “Plus you were pretty cool last time and I thought we could be, I don’t know, friends or something. Whatever, it’s stupid.”

Her lip quirks up. “It’s not stupid.”

“Really? So you’ll be my spider buddy?”

Natasha rolls her eyes. “Think of a better name first and then we’ll see.”

He opens his mouth to retort, but right at that moment the door to the Taco Bell chimes and Steve Rogers walks in.

“Oh wow,” Peter whispers. “The beard really does work for him.”

“Right?” She grabs his arm. “Come on, little spinner.”

—

Steve is not at all pleased at how young Peter is.

“I dropped a jet rail on a kid,” he proclaims for the upteenth time, knuckles white around the steering wheel.

“Yeah, a kid that can lift fifteen tons on a bad day,” Peter snaps back, a little irritated now. He finishes strapping on the kevlar gear Natasha had provided him with. It’s bulkier than what he’s used to, but better than no protection at all.

“I dropped a jet rail on a kid.”

Natasha reaches out. “Steve—”

“I DROPPED A JET RAIL ON A KID!”

“I’m FINE!” Peter shouts back, the only one in the van besides Barnes that doesn’t flinch.

“You’re eight!” Steve retorts. “You don’t even know what fine is!”

Peter closes his eyes. “Oh my god.”

“Steve, he’s enhanced,” Natasha reminds him, the only voice of reason. “Tony never would have brought him if he didn’t think Parker could handle it—”

Peter’s eyes snap back open. “How do you know my last name?”

“What did I say about how I’d already felt you out?”

“That sounds… so much worse than the way you mean it.”

“See?” Natasha pats Steve’s arm. “He’s already making dirty jokes. He’s fine.”

Steve is silent for a few seconds. Then he shakes his head. “We have to take him back.”

“What?!” Peter demands. “No! You need my help!”

“I need Tony’s help!”

“I can literally do anything Tony can,” Peter proclaims, and then pauses. “Probably.”

“That’s real reassuring,” Wilson pipes up from a few feet over.

“No one asked you,” Romanoff hisses.

Wilson rolls his eyes. “I’m just saying, Steve’s got a point. Look at this little twink. Have you seen him? He’s like two feet big.”

“I’m literally sitting right here,” Peter says. “And I wasn’t kidding when I said I can lift fifteen tons.”

“No,” Steve decides. “You’re too small.”

“Oh, are you shitting me?!” Barnes explodes. “Steve, you were a five foot tall asthmatic when you enlisted!”

“That was a different time!”

“It’s just a little stealth mission,” Barnes says. “The kid can pin my arm down. Even you can’t do that.”

Steve frowns. “You can pin his arm down?”

Peter takes a deep breath. “I’ll say it one more time: fifteen tons.”

Another pause.

“Fine,” Steve says. “Fine, Jesus Christ. But if he dies—”

“You’ll blame yourself like you always do,” Natasha finishes for him with a dry look.

Rogers sighs. “Yeah. Probably.”

—

Tony jolts awake at precisely four AM.

The first thing he sees is pizza.

It’s two inches from his face and disgustingly congealed. He pushes it away as he raises his head, and then notices a second thing: Peter is gone.

“Um… FRIDAY?”

“Yes Boss?”

“Where’s the kid?”

“He left approximately two and a half hours ago on urgent business.”

Tony’s eyes narrow. That stinks. Like, a lot. “Urgent business? He’s twelve.”

“I was only able to catch his half of the phone conversation—”

“Oh, well then just trace the call or whatever.”

“I’m afraid the phone he used isn’t advanced enough for that.”

Tony stiffens. He doesn’t want to look, but turns around anyway, eyeing his jacket. Slowly he grabs it and feels around in the pockets. “It’s gone.”

“What’s gone?”

“What do you think?! The phone! The little rectangular piece of garbage Rogers FedExed to me with the worst apology note of all time!”

“Oh, that.”

Tony freezes. His eyes close briefly. Then they seek out the nearest of FRIDAY’s cameras. “You didn’t wake me up, darling.”

“No,” she replies, almost sheepish.

“Whyever not?”

“Peter and I both agreed that the best thing for you would be for you to sleep as long as possible—”

“I don’t CARE what’s best for ME!”

He takes a minute to fume. Then he starts moving. “Is he wearing his watch?”

“Yes, Boss.”

“Fantastic, showstopping, incredible,” Tony slaps the housing unit on his chest. “Open the pod bay doors, would you?”

—

Peter is kind of kicking ass.

Like, not to brag or anything, but he’s taken down six HYDRA agents so far and for once hasn’t had to ask for help. He’s holding his own.

Maybe it’s something to do with being part of a whole unit. They move around each other, they fight as one; there’s a boost to the normal amount of adrenaline Peter feels in the midst of a fight. He knows that if he gets kneed in the chest and goes down for a second, Barnes is gonna swoop in and break a jaw with his metal arm. Likewise, Wilson knows that if he gets thrown back into the wall with that weird glowy laser gun, Peter is gonna web the HYDRA soldier up and subdue the threat.

It’s… kind of awesome.

They’ve split up, for the most part. Maximoff, Rogers, and Romanoff are working through the east wing while Peter, Barnes, and Wilson slowly carve their way through the west.

“Could use a little bit of backup,” Wanda says through the comms, in a rasping, out of breath voice.

Peter taps his ear. “Where are you?”

“Second floor, third room,” she reports.

Peter doesn’t waste any time. He shoots a web for the roof of the atrium and swings across the wide open space that separates the two halves of the building. He’d calculated the distance just right and hurtles straight into Wanda’s attacker.

“Thanks,” she huffs.

Peter shrugs, wiping Dilapidated Building Dust off of his suit. “Hey, no problem.”

“You know, they’re all hypocrites.”

Peter pauses. “What?”

“I was nineteen when we went to Germany. My powers just happened to be more convenient for their needs.”

“I, uh—oh.”

She slips past him. “I’m not saying they’re not good people. I’m just saying that when it comes to winning, sometimes morality goes out the window. In that way… Sometimes I think Stark might have had the right of it.”

Before he can really process that, Peter reaches out and grabs her wrist. She scowls. “What?”

“Two agents, twenty feet away and gaining.”

“How can you tell?”

“Heartbeats.”

To his surprise, she grins. “I’m not going to lie, that would come in handy a lot with the work we do.”

“Well, you know where to find me. Wanna trip em Suite Life style?”

“What?”

“Nothing, just follow my lead.”

—

When Rogers’ fist collides with the last agent in the base, and Peter and Romanoff have extracted all of the information she needed off of HYDRA’s underground databases, Wilson says, “Do your thing, Wanda.”

She nods. “Everyone clear out.”

Peter doesn’t question it too much. He follows Barnes’ lead outside. The base, disguised as a factory, is in the middle of the Jersey woods—so there’s no one around to watch Wanda’s hands glow red and for the building to collapse inward.

“Cool,” Peter breathes.

“Destroying buildings can be fun when it’s on purpose,” Wanda tells him, somewhat bitterly.

Peter frowns. “That wasn’t your fault.”

“Tell that to Stark.”

“He doesn’t think—”

“Tell me what?”

Peter’s blood runs cold. He doesn’t want to turn around, but he does anyway; slowly so as to delay his inevitable demise. Tony is hovering about feet behind them all with his faceplate down.

“Oh,” he says stupidly. “Hey.”

The plate lifts.

Tony does not look happy.

“Hello.”

“It’s uh… fancy seeing you here?”

“Oh, don’t try to be cute with me.” Tony drops down onto the ground. “How about you save me the heart attack by telling me what in God’s name you’re doing out in the middle of nowhere at four in the fucking morning—and you left with them of all people when I specifically asked you not to!”

Peter opens his mouth. Then he closes it and averts his eyes. “They needed… help.”

“Oh, they needed help,” Tony shakes his head. “You need help. Psychiatric help.”

“Hey, lay off the kid man,” Wilson pipes up. “He was just—”

“Excuse me?” Tony puts a hand to his ear. “What? I must be mishearing, it sounded like you were butting into a conversation that has nothing to do with you by defending the poor decision making of a sixteen year old kid who has a math test in four hours!”

Peter blinks. He’d forgotten about that. “Okay, you’ve got a point there—however, I’d like to present to the jury evidence piece six-hundred and five: my completely uninjured body!”

Tony opens his mouth. Then it snaps shut again. Opens again; “Just wait until Aunt May hears about this.”

Peter’s eyes widen. “Are you crazy?! She’ll kill us both!”

Tony hesitates. “You might have a point—but that doesn’t change the fact that this was incredibly reckless and stupid! You can’t just run off willynilly without even informing your parents—”

“Willynilly?” Peter interrupts, instead of PARENTS?!

“Enough! You’re grounded!”

Natasha steps forward. “Tony—”

“From what,” Peter challenges, ignoring her.

Tony sputters. “Uh, your suit, Karen, TV, that board game—”

“Don’t pretend like you don’t know what Dungeons and Dragons is called.”

“The name of the game is irrelevant,” Tony snaps. “Two weeks. Maybe three if you piss me off any more on the way home.”

“Don’t tell me you expect me to like, latch onto your suit.”

“And put you in more danger?! Fuck no! Happy’s waiting in the SUV.”

Peter sighs. He turns to the others. “Well, it’s been fun. Thanks.”

Steve Rogers blinks. “Uh, yeah. You did good, kid.”

Tony holds up a hand as Peter tries to pass him. He’s squinting at Steve, but seems to decide he doesn’t want to speak to the other man. He zeroes in on Natasha. “He did good?”

“Damn good,” she replies. “We could use him.”

Tony throws his head back and laughs. “Fucking hilarious! Think again! I swear to God, if I catch any of you heathens near my kid again and you’ll be dead before my feet hit the ground. Kid, go to the car.”

“Tony—”

“No. Car.”

—

“What the hell, Rogers.”

“Tony—”

“No! This is not the part where you speak.” Tony takes a second to remember to breathe because his heart is still pounding and there’s red on the edges of his vision. “I meant what I said. Stay away from my kid.”

“Tony, he’s stronger than you’re giving him credit for—”

“Nope! Nope! No!” Tony blasts off before he has to listen to any more.

—

“Aren’t you forgetting something?”

Peter meets Happy’s eyes through the rear view mirror. Glaring, he slowly buckles his seatbelt.

“That’s more like it. So, did you have fun?”

Peter slouches. “Am I even allowed to say yes?”

“No.” Happy shrugs. “But hey, if it’s any consolation—”

Peter never gets his consolation; the car door swings open and Tony slips inside. Before he can even get a word in, he’s being pulled into Tony’s arms. The older man’s heart is hammering against his chest.

“Kid—”

“I’m sorry,” Peter blurts. “Really. I know I shouldn’t have gone, I just… I wanted to help.”

“I know.”

He breathes out. “They didn’t mean to—”

“Leave them out of it.”

“But I went along with it—”

“Peter,” Tony says, and then sighs. “Just… that can’t happen again, okay? Promise me?”

Peter wishes he meant it when he says, “Yeah, I-I promise.”

The drive home is quiet, but Tony lets Peter fall asleep on his shoulder, and when they get back to New York they stop at his school so he’s not late for his test.

And everyone sees who’s in the car when Peter gets out.

Kind of makes up for being grounded, if you ask him.

#asks #anon #marvel #irondad #tony stark #peter parker #prompts #rogue avengers #fanfiction #my writing #natasha romanoff #steve rogers #no bashing here folks!!! #this is me trying to write something unique and absolutely failing #oops

[withteeths]

Maybe Steamrolling Games is Bad Actually

Videogames are unique in that they are inextricably tied to corporatism and have been since birth (this is an oversimplification but roll with it). This means that to an extent most companies even since the ’80s have never really cared about proper preservation or easy access to their titles. Nintendo carts were originally manufactured to have their battery die in 3 years so you would have to buy a new one (this failed, but it’s why you still see a lot of dead carts floating around). I think there's a nostalgia issue within the gaming fandom regarding "oh x was great back then" but a lot of the time, games manufacturers have been historically shitty and anti-consumer and it’s just that they now have the tools to execute it much more effectively. Regarding obtrusive DRM, that’s an issue PC games have had since their zenith, where if you lost your original copy of a manual or a small plastic key you could never play a game again because the codes were individualized for each copy and support would refuse to give you a new one. Even back in the arcades, there were particularly batshit examples like the CPS board, which I shit you not was built to explode a battery pack filled with corrosive acid if it detected you were attempting to repair or modify it. There’s a lot to say about the current state of games but what I would likely illustrate is that 2/3 major consoles are racing to decide who will be obsolete first. Games consoles are reaching a point where they are trying to emulate PCs with more restrictions and DRM. We're already seeing interest in steam spike again and it’s likely that eventually, we will see almost a crash for consoles where no one can justify the price for games they can play on a PC rig. The only solution I see there would be a merger between the two consoles which feels inevitable. 

That being said as interest in the PC space increases again so does attempts at entering the bubble. We have Epic, Origin, Microsoft, Indiegala, Itchio, and Steam all vying for attention, requiring accounts, and offering exclusives to justify the use of their storefront over others. Some people think this is a good thing because it's breaking up Steam's monopoly but it literally is not, if you ever really wanna hear me rant ask me about Leftist obsession with itch being some sort of ethical steam, which it is provably not. In the end, the real sort of saviour figures that work to preserve games are random ass people on the internet. I know people who automatically assume that at the end of the day, companies care about games preservation too, and they usually have a three-pronged argument that cites a) Steam’s ability to allow the redownloading of delisted games, b) retro companies periodically rereleasing titles for modern consoles in compilations, and c) companies doing limited reruns of a game that fans request. All three of these examples are basically an incredibly effective use of diversionary tactics, but most of the time when someone cites these I just assume it’s a misunderstanding and not outright malicious intent because a lot of the time companies will attempt to actively implant these ideas to build brand loyalty.

My main dissertation is usually that Steam is incredibly selective with what titles you can redownload, and most importantly, corporate benevolence is more-so a band-aid on a gaping wound! There’s no contingency for when Steam might migrate to a new service, go belly up, or become obsolete when a new OS is created. That means thousands, tens of thousands of dollars worth of games are just gone, permanently, along with fan mods, DLC, and content. It’s a terrifying thought that not many people bring up when discussing the problems with game storefronts that focus so much on providing a cloud and have DRM attached to every purchase. In a way, Steam preceded the trend of not allowing consumers to actually own the things they purchased, and they’ve avoided criticism by strategic use of silence and creating the illusion of a company being made by the consumers they’re attempting to serve. At the end of the day, Steam is a business, and if you ever lose access to your Steam account, or they decide to up and leave one day, you will not be able to play almost all of those games, even if you have them installed on a hard drive, because if you’re online, they connect with a server to ensure your steam account has the ability to play them. When it comes to other arguments like the limited rereleases or use of compilations to preserve arcade titles, I usually just beg people to look at community-driven options that have existed for years. The Scott Pilgrim game is a big source of contention, but I would point out that for years now, it was playable, for free, with all the DLC, on PCs. Preservationists didn’t wait for the gods of Universal and O’Malley to rerelease it for 30 bucks or save up to snatch the fucking ridiculous 200$ limited edition with shitty paper cut-outs, they straight up just did the work to make the game free and available. RCPS3 has (with a contemporary build) been able to run the game pretty flawlessly for years now, in fact, it was how I played through a majority of the game in high school on my shitty brick of a laptop. If you look further out than this one example then it gets even better, MAME and other emulation backends have been able to play obscure, unfinished, and homebrew titles with 100% accuracy, on almost any setup, for free, for decades! I found out about many of these options back in 2015 or so, certainly late to the curve, but I never really questioned as to why emulation, games preservation, and some key titles being available on PC remained some sort of arcane, unknown knowledge to most people interested in games. In the end, the answer was a highly effective propaganda campaign that combined with strategic use of DMCA takedowns has resulted in the concept of communal games-preservation and emulation becoming some sort of debate, where people will wholeheartedly side with corporations in some sort of quest for preserving things the “ethical and correct way,” which is code for preservation on the condition that it remains profitable for the IP owners.

 I think the best way to illustrate this would be with the community built around the preservation of an infamous PS4 title, PT. The story of its inevitable delisting from the storefront and the messy breakup between Kojima and Konami is well known, so I won’t regurgitate it, look it up at your own leisure. What is significant here is corporate reactions to attempts at preserving the game, which can basically be boiled down to Konami acting with borderline rabid fervour to prevent redownload, redistribution, or recreation of a seven-year-old demo, released for free download. Mentions of solutions to redownload the game have been taken down, fan-made recreations for PC, and archival servers that store a copy of the game for future preservation or emulation. Usually when this is brought up a debate occurs citing that technically speaking, Konami has a right to do this whenever they want, for whatever piece of media they believe infringes on their copyright. On one hand, yes this argument is factually correct considering the current state of copyright and ownership of media, but on the other hand, what compels someone to step into the ring for a multi-million dollar company with the primary argument being “well actually, people SHOULDN’T be able to play this specific video game until it benefits the shareholders”? In my opinion, it’s some sort of corporatized symbiosis where players believe that, if you cull the bad actors and play by the rules of the company, you may be able to eventually play the game a couple of years down the line. Sure, this has happened in the past with a few isolated cases, but it can’t be stressed enough that this is a genuinely dangerous and reductive position for people to take regarding games preservation.

 I have two colleagues, Mariken and Fotocopiadora, who released a short interactive title called Videopulp (playable here: https://fotocopiadora.itch.io/videopulp). It’s a dramatic reimagining of a real historical event, wherein a promotional event was held in 1994 at Lelystad to destroy bootleg carts by a figure in a Mario costume. This perhaps best encapsulates something I am pleading with younger generations to understand, as an archivist, art historian, and creator: corporations are not your friends, and they never will be. With the rise of online circles of leftism, this concept is starting to gain traction but is starting to be polluted with concepts of fandom and tribalism. This has lead to arguments that while *most* corporations are bad how could you say that about Nintendo? Or Valve? Mario is so innocent and characters like Wheatley are beloved by all! I feel some people don’t realize that they can enjoy a select title or character without enlisting in a corporate faction in the battle for “best company” or “best videogame”. It leads to a parasocial kinship with a nonexistent figure that was hand-crafted to ensure consumer loyalty to a certain brand. It’s depressing, terrifying, and should stand as a disquieting example of how the grip of capitalism on works of art has permanently distorted how we think and engage with media today. So, what’s the solution? As always I can never really provide something concrete that’ll act as a cure-all, only things that people in games need to work towards. Bring up conversations about games preservation, create archives for your own work, support archivists and boost their work whenever a new discovery is created, and try to promote optimism and solidarity in your hobbyist communities. I’ve noticed a lot of futility being intertwined with the future of AAA gaming, use of online storefronts, and the inability to own pieces of media anymore, and I feel this should be pushed back against, even in a minute way. Open-source programmes still exist that allow you to hold on to what you have purchased, offline and ad-free options exist for games launchers, e-readers, and media players. The future isn’t bright, but it is not a place without hope, and as long as people continue to enter communities with passion and ingenuity, I think we have a chance at stopping the events at Lelystad, 1994 from happening again. 

#videogames #games preservation #scott pilgrim #rambling #post

[citrineghost]

Humans Are Historically Known for Being Terrible

Hi I’m here with an opinion today. Let’s see how many words it will take for me to adequately get it across on this very fine 15th of January

I personally believe canceling things from the past* is fruitless, pointless, and accomplishes about as much as censorship does

*We aren’t talking about shit like nazi Germany, let me elaborate further

So, as I occasionally do, I have seen a post on my dash today criticizing something historical that people are ‘problematically partaking in.’ That thing today was the wellerman sea shanty due to its ties with colonialism, slavery, and so forth. 

I’m not going to dive into this specific example, because I don’t know enough of the details and am not interested in going to find them out because I’m not planning to defend it or its history, so there’s no point. I learned what I needed to know from said callout post and it’s enough to work with.

To me, it is important that we remember that people, in general, have been historically pretty terrible.

There’s colonialism, there’s slavery (of all kinds, including chattel), there’s thievery, murder, genocide, sexism, the murdering of queers. There’s lying, manipulation, propaganda, and so many more things that I couldn’t possibly list them all. I’m not saying that everyone was equally shitty. I am aware that, especially in the most recent couple hundred years, white people, especially Western Europeans and Americans, have been pretty Shite.

Am I excusing them for their actions? Absolutely not. I think it is always important to bear in mind the way they played a part in cultures’ growth, death, and, ultimately, development from one year to the next.

The reason I’m pointing this out is because the result of people being historically shitty is that most, if not all, of our historical content, our history, is steeped in horse manure. 

There is not one thing you can enjoy from centuries - even decades - passed that is not here because of something inhumane, unjust, or otherwise terrible.

The only thing keeping us from canceling every other historical thing that we enjoy is our lack of awareness of how each thing ties into the whole mess.

So, we’ve learned that wellerman was sung by slavers and thieves and colonialists. What about that nice little folk song from uh, idk, Ireland or something? Let’s take this metaphorical song and ask the question, “who wrote it?” The truth is, for many folk songs, we just don’t know. There is a very very good chance that 90+ percent of nice, soft folk songs about lying in the grass or feeding chickens or baking bread for your spouse were written by racists, sexists, abusers, homophobes, and so forth.

Does that make it wrong to enjoy that song about lying in the grass and looking at the stars? I don’t think so. No one is profiting off of you listening to it, regardless of who wrote it. It’s hundreds of years old. Do you even know the name of who wrote it?

Remembering that times were different may not absolve something of its wrongdoing, but it does provide us context.

We have to allow ourselves to admit that most, if not all, historical things, came from or benefitted from atrocities or injustices that we would not stand for today. That’s just how human progression works. Frankly, if people 200 years from now don’t look at US, CURRENTLY, and think we’re terrible assholes, I am actually very concerned by that. 

The nature of humanity is to get better and better over time and to build a world and a society where we don’t feel the need to be controlled by greed or to consume unethically. The problem is, it takes time. It takes lots and lots of time. Would it take less time if certain people weren’t terrible, terrible people? Yes it would. But they are, and so it doesn’t.

The fact is, human progression and improvement will never reach its end because, as things improve, our perception of our past actions will change as well and we will begin to realize that what we were doing wasn’t acceptable and is no longer necessary nor excusable. 

Hate Jeff Bezos? Look around and see that 90% of people still buy from Amazon, because it provides the only affordable source of many products for people who don’t make enough money under capitalism to buy from a small business.

Hate Bill Gates? How many of us are willing to switch to Linux to quit using Microsoft? Speaking of Microsoft, they own Minecraft. Do we stop playing Minecraft?

Think Steve Jobs is a terrible person? Why are people still buying iphones, ipads, and macs? Why don’t we stop buying those so that he and current CEO, Tim Cook, quit making billions of dollars?

These are just a tiny amount of examples, using big names. We also must consider, if you have 100 books on your bookshelf, how many of the writers of those books are racists, homophobes, sexists, or abusers? I guarantee you it’s a non-zero answer. The thing is, an author who’s relatively nobody is not someone who gets canceled. No one knows anything about them but that they wrote a neat work of fiction and it’s a good book.

The question is, should we be expected to quit buying, consuming, and enjoying things made by problematic people?

In some cases, the answer should be yes. If someone is currently profiting massively from people consuming their media or products and people are ignoring their atrocities, that person could end u making millions or billions of dollars despite being terrible, which is something that undoubtedly affects all of us, economically.

In the other cases, the answer should be, do you want to? If you’re not comfortable with something, you should, of course, stop consuming it. If you can ignore the thing, you might not need to bother. And, that doesn’t necessarily mean you’re excusing it.

If we look at all of humanity, even in the present day, mathematically speaking, 50% of people are more bigoted and terrible than the rest. There’s no other way for it to be. Less than 50% would be a mathematical fallacy. Does that mean we only consume content from the better 50%? Does that mean we rigorously research producers and creators and their personal lives only to decide it’s not worth the risk of ‘contributing’ because they have no trace online except for a private Facebook account? Is them having a Facebook account enough of a ‘sin’ that it’s not worth it to buy their book?

This brings us to the censorship point

If you know your history, you know that censorship is a nasty thing. When one person decides who or what is unethical to consume from, they sometimes seek to get rid of that thing so that no one has a choice - so that no one is Allowed to consume that thing.

This has led to book burning, the destroying of decades and centuries of research about sexuality and gender. It’s destroyed religious texts. It’s destroyed content created by women that painted any single man in a bad light. It’s destroyed progression.

“But I only want to get rid of the bad thing that everyone agrees is bad!”

It doesn’t matter. If you open the door to censorship for yourself, those who wish to use it for worse reasons will become just as justified, in their own eyes, to do the same. You’ll have Christians saying it’s okay to get rid of gay content because it’s objectively wrong according to the bible. You’ll have conservative parents burning books with complicated topics like abuse and assault because they don’t want their children to have access to anything controversial or complex like that.

You cannot open the door to censorship for one group without opening that door for everyone. And that is why we do not censor things.

The question then becomes, but what of the people consuming that media? Even if it’s not censored, consuming it still makes someone bad, right? 

Not necessarily. People consume problematic stuff all the time - things considered objectively bad. However, people don’t always consume said media because they support it being normalized in the real world. For example, fanfiction or books with rape in them may be something a victim reads to cope with their own past or present. A book with abuse depicted may actually make a young teen aware that what they’re going through is abuse. Content largely seen as ‘problematic’ can often play a part in solving the problem it portrays.

Then there’s historical, problematic media. Now, this is an area where I feel things have actually been OVER complicated.

Because everything historical has some tie to injustice, there is no ethical way to consume it. 

There is no ethical consumption under passed time.

So, how do we judge whether something should or shouldn’t be consumed? It is my opinion that something historical should stop being consumed and become shunned when its meaning is well-known enough and its message is still pervasive enough that it is actively causing problems.

For example, we generally try not to consume content when it is made by someone who is a known nazi. This is because nazis are still a problem in our society, presently. We have antisemitism all over the place. Therefore, we cannot let the message become that it is okay to be a nazi by way of us treating nazis like normal people and allowing them to succeed in society without consequence.

However, there are certain problems that are no longer particularly prevalent or which are agreed to be terrible on a large enough scale that consuming the content does not necessarily imply you believe it is okay. For example, if you look at literally any media from the 1800s or which is placed in the 1800s, you will see a lot of casual sexism and gender roles. Should we despise that time period because sexism was readily available at every turn? Should we refuse to enjoy 19th century fashion or culture because it had problems? I think not. I think it would be pointless to refuse to consume, read about, or otherwise engage with the 19th century. It wouldn’t change the past and it isn’t going to somehow undo the progress we’ve made on women’s rights. 

As a matter of fact, if someone merely suggested that perhaps the people of the 19th century were right for forcing women to wear long dresses and darn socks all day, they would be laughed into oblivion and called a shitty, sexist incel (which would be correct).

Does enjoying media from or placed in the 19th century mean you support sexism? I certainly hope not, since I enjoy it very much and know a lot of progressive people, women especially, who do enjoy that kind of thing. It is common sense enough, at this point in time, that people don’t generally believe that the sexism of the 1800s was acceptable. I am not going to see someone watching a period drama and assume they desire for our present-day social laws to be like what’s portrayed. That would be a ridiculous assumption. However, I could not assume the same about someone I saw watching openly antisemitic content. I would quickly wonder if they’re an antisemite/nazi/white supremacist.

So, what about that one thing I heard had a sordid past?

Listen, if we’re being honest here, most things from history have a sordid past. Sea shanties? You bet. But then when we talk of sea shanties being steeped in colonialism, we have to look at the bigger picture. What about pirates? Pirates were, by and large, a huge contributor to slavery, theft, colonialism, and murder. Does that mean enjoying media with pirates is glorifying or contributing to slavery, theft, colonialism, and murder?

(I’m about to talk a lot about pirates but this can be applied to anything that was historically bad but is no longer prevalent)

Pirates of the Caribbean is only a movie, but pirates did once exist and they did kill people. They did raid ships of merchants and tradesmen and they killed them and stole their goods. They took many good men from their families and even killed working children aboard the ships. Does that make enjoying pirates in media a contributor to these things? No. It doesn’t. We are looking at a dramatised, cleaned up version of the original piracy. I think most people are aware that pirates, in the real world, are bad and harmful and should not be supported. That doesn’t make pirate media any less fun in theory, and under our own terms.

Then we arrive at our perception - because most of this does come down to perception. When you watch pirate media, should you enjoy that, are you able to divorce yourself from their actual history enough to enjoy the media? If you can, you might enjoy it a lot. If you can’t watch a movie about pirates without thinking the entire time about how terrible they were and how much damage they did, then pirate media just isn’t right for you. But, it doesn’t mean you should attempt to take it away from others. Your opinion and perception of pirate media is not the global perception.

I have to ask, do you think others view it the same way you do?

When you read that question, you may be wondering what exactly I mean. What I’m asking is, do you believe others view that media with the same “clarity” that you do? Do you believe they understand the atrocity of real pirates and Feel that the entire time they watch the media and still enjoy it anyway?

Perhaps that’s why your response to someone enjoying something you feel guilty partaking in is, “these people all must not care about the real-world damage pirates did. The fact that they can watch this (despite sitting here and feeling the same things I do) makes me sick.”

However, if that is the case, you must remember that for a lot of people, the awareness of real world consequence is suspended during dramatised depictions of it. It doesn’t mean they have forgotten about the real-world consequences of piracy or that they don’t know it at all. It just means they are choosing not to think about it in that light while consuming media.

There is also the assumption that people must not know about something when partaking in it. You may think, “How can they enjoy this media? They wouldn’t be able to stomach it if they realized what really happened with pirates.”

In many instances, you would be correct. A lot of people are ignorant to what pirates have done in the real world. If you told every ignorant person the truth, maybe 5% of them would then become turned off by pirate media, and the other 95% would keep the truth in mind and then divorce themselves from it to continue enjoying said media.

There are realities that it is safe to divorce yourself from, and there are those that are not.

Is allowing yourself to enjoy dramatizations of pirates making you ignorant to present day conditions? Not largely. There are still pirates today, but not nearly enough for the average Joe to need to take them seriously. Those who need to know about them and do something to stop them are aware.

However, it is not safe to divorce yourself from, for instance, the holocaust. Divorcing yourself from the holocaust and seeing it as merely a dramatic setting with dramatic events and not a present-day real-world problem is exactly the kind of thing that leads to young teens being sucked in by white supremacy and naziism as well as what leads to many average conservatives believing the rise in white supremacy isn’t actually real or is not a big deal. They have distanced themselves so far from the real-world atrocity of the holocaust that they have forgotten it was real and that real people, like them, were contributors. They don’t want to believe that everyday people had any power in it and that it was tiny acts of willful ignorance that made concentration camps so successful. 

All in all, there is a different answer for everything we consume.

Want to know if something you’re consuming is okay to consume? Ask yourself: is this produced by someone who is contributing to present-day conditions? If the answer is yes, quit consuming it. If the answer is no, ask yourself, does this media make me uncomfortable because I’m aware of its roots? If the answer is yes, stop consuming it. If the answer is no, it’s probably fine. You are most likely not doing any damage, so long as you are aware of what is wrong with the content and are not using it as grounds to perpetuate harm. 

If, when thinking about something problematic in an old piece of media, you cringe? You’re on the right track. If you feel inclined to make excuses for it or justify the wrong in it, it’s time to step away and reevaluate why you feel the need to do so. If you’re doing so because you feel guilty for consuming it, you need to realize that it is actually more harmful to make excuses for the wrong in order to justify your consumption than it is to admit, “Yeah, this media is problematic and contains a lot of sexism, but I still enjoy it for its other qualities.” It is better to admit that you enjoy something problematic than to spread the message that what is happening in it is okay.

Some of you may be thinking, “Or, just stop consuming problematic media.”

I think in many cases, especially recent media, where your consumption has an effect on production, this is true. However, for media that is no longer being produced, I will remind you that most things have something wrong with them - yes, even pretty recent stuff.

Supernatural kills off women constantly, queerbaited the fuck out of its viewers, and sent a huge character to fucking mega hell for confessing his love.

Scrubs has no end to its sexism, transphobic and homophobic slur usage, and other problematic content.

V for Vendetta glorifies and shines a heroic light on a character who kidnaps and tortures a woman for what appeared to have been weeks or months so that she would be forced to understand his trauma and “no longer be afraid.”

Star Wars has incest, the producers/directors abused Carrie Fisher and sexualized her as a young teen, and probably a lot more that I’m not aware of because I haven’t seen the movies nor read the books.

I don’t even need to start on shows like Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, Community, That 70s Show, and so many more. Almost every popular piece of media has something worth canceling in it. There is no point trying to curate your media consumption to only unproblematic content, because it simply can’t be done.

Curate where it makes a difference. Sigh heavily the rest of the time. Make yourself aware what and how things are problematic. Put critical thought into how your consumption is capable of supporting or perpetuating a problem and how it is not. Make informed decisions.

Do not feel guilty if you are unable to flawlessly live up to the standards of purity culture. None of us can - not really.

#long #longpost #long post #racism mention #antisemitism mention #nazi mention #holocaust mention #sexism mention #transphobia mention #homophobia mention #spn #supernatural #pirates of the caribbean #pirates #potc #scrubs #got #game of thrones #breaking bad #community #that 70s show #sorry im a bitch and tag everything i talk about in my posts so people with it blacklisted dont have to see #media #purity culture #cancel culture #wellerman #piracy #sea shanties #problematic #psa

[itsclydebitches]

Is buying the new Harry Potter game supporting transphobes because I've been seeing a lot of that on twitter? Not playing it. Pirating is fine, but actually paying for it.

Hi, anon!

I’ve seen a lot of the same and had initially thought to post my thoughts on the issue… before I got a very angry ask condemning me for a post where I admitted that I thought the game looked great and was excited to play it. I can no longer link to that post because I deleted it: a late night, impulsive decision made in an effort to try and protect myself from further flaming. Thus, I considered ignoring this ask under the same justification… before realizing that it might not matter in the long run. The Harry Potter: Legacy trailer has been out for just a few days and already I have gotten that furious ask, been told off by a friend for mentioning the trailer, and was questioned (antagonistically) about why I had added a Harry Potter related book to my Goodreads list. They’re small and potentially coincidental anecdotes, but it feels as if any engagement with Harry Potter is slowly coming under scrutiny, not just the (supposed—more on that below) crime of purchasing the new game. Given that I will always engage with Harry Potter related media, if there’s any chance such subtle criticism will continue regardless of whether I make the “right” choice to boycott the game or not, I might as well explain my position. Especially for someone who asked politely! Thanks for that 💜. 

Which leads to the disclaimer: Any anon hate will be unceremoniously deleted. This is a complicated issue and I intend to write about it as such. I ask that any readers go into this post with good faith and a willingness to acknowledge that this situation isn’t as black and white as they may prefer it to be. If that’s not something you can emotionally handle—which is 100% fine. Some subjects we’re simply not inclined to debate—or if you’re just looking to get in a cheap shot, please hit the back button.

Right. Introduction done. Now here’s the tl;dr: saying things like “Buying this game is inherently selfish/transphobic” isn’t the hot take people want it to be. Is boycotting Legacy one (very small—we’ll get to that too) way of showing support for the trans community? Yes. Is buying the game proof that you’re a selfish transphobe?  No. This isn’t a bad SAT question. Legacy boycotters are to trans supporters as Legacy buyers are to  ___? The argument that someone is selfish for buying the game is basically that you are choosing a non-essential video game over the respect and lives of trans individuals, but the logic breaks down when we acknowledge that purchasing a game has no real life impact on a trans individual’s safety, support, etc.   

“But Clyde, you’re giving Rowling money. She is then using that money to support anti-trans organizations. Thus, you have actively put more harm into the world.” Have I? I’m not going to get into whether/how much/what kind of money Rowling is receiving from this project because the fact is we don’t know and we’ll likely never know. Suffice to say, she probably will get some portion of any $60/$70 purchase. The real question is whether those sales have any meaningful impact. Reputable information on Rowling’s net worth is hard to come by, but it seems to be somewhere between 600 million and 1 billion pounds. Or, to put it another way: a fuck ton. And money keeps rolling in from a franchise that is so, so much bigger than a single video game. It literally doesn’t matter how much money you might put in her pocket via Legacy because she’s already so goddamn rich she can do whatever she wants. If Rowling wants to give a million dollars to the heinous “charity” of her choice, she can. She will. You are not directly contributing to this horror because that money may as well already exist. Every person in the world could refuse to buy this game and she’d shrug, going about her disgusting life because it literally does not affect her in any meaningful way. You’re refusing to give the murderer a knife when they’re got direct access to a knife-making factory. Horrible as it is to hear, you can’t stop them from doing something horrific with that tool. 

For me, this is the straw argument of the Harry Potter world. Not straw as in strawman, but literally straws. Remember how everyone was talking about plastic straws, swore off them, and subsequently deemed anyone who still used one to be selfish people who didn’t care about the environment? It didn’t matter if you had a certified “good” reason for using one (disability) or a “selfish” reason (carrying straws everywhere on the off chance you wanted a drink is a pain in the ass)—you’re a horrible person who wants the planet to die. Same deal here. If you can swear off straws, great! Do what tiny bit of good you can. But if you can’t or even don’t want to give them up, the reality is that your “selfishness” doesn’t make a significant difference in the world. The amount of plastic corporations are pouring into the ocean makes your actions inconsequential. It’s not like voting where every small, individual act adds up to a significant total. This is your lack up against others’ staggering abundance. It’s not adding a few drops of water until you have a full bucket, it’s trying to un-flood the boat with a teaspoon while someone else is spraying it with the hose. Have you, on the most technical level, made a difference by moving that teaspoon of water out of the boat? Yes. Is it a difference that holds any meaning in regards to the desired outcome? Not really. Now apply all that to Rowling. She is so phenomenally wealthy—with additional wealth coming in every day—that your purchase of Legacy is a teaspoon of water in her ocean of funds. It’s inconsequential.

“But Clyde, buying this game would support her and supporting her sends the message that what she believes is okay.” Exact same argument as above. JKR’s fame is so astronomical that no video-game boycott could ever make a dent in it. For every 100 people who swear off her work there are another 1,000 who continue to engage with both her writing and the writing related to her world because she is that prominent. Harry Potter is one of the largest franchises of all time, second only to things like Pokémon and Star Wars. This isn’t some indie creator who you can ignore into silence. The reality is that Rowling is here to stay and we have to take far more substantial acts to counteract that influence. 

Even more importantly, buying the game is not evidence that you support her views and the black and white belief that it does is an easy distraction from those harder “How do we improve the lives of trans people?” questions. I started compiling a list of stories with problematic authors only to realize the number of incredibly popular texts with awful histories attached to them unnecessarily increased the length of an already long post. Everything from Game of Thrones to Dr. Seuss—if you love it, chances are one of the authors involved has a history of misogyny, racism, homophobia, etc. Which I don’t say as a way of excusing these authors, nor as a way to silence the justified and necessary call outs on their work. Rather, I bring this up to acknowledge that engaging with these stories cannot be concrete evidence for how you view the minority group in question. The reasons for consuming these stories are incalculable and at the end of the day no one needs a “correct” reason for that consumption (my teacher forced me to read the racist book, I only watched the homophobic TV show so I could call out how horrible it was, etc.) If fiction were an indicator of our real life beliefs we’d all be the most horrifying creatures imaginable. I may be severely uncomfortable with the queer baiting in Supernatural, but if a friend says they bought the DVD collection my response is not, “How dare you support those creators. You’re homophobic.” In the same way, someone purchasing Legacy should not generate the response, “How dare you support her. You’re transphobic.” There’s a miles’ worth of pitfalls in connecting the statements “You purchased a game based on the world created by a transphobic author” and “You yourself are transphobic.” 

So if buying Legacy does not add additional harm to the trans community from a financial perspective, and it doesn’t make a dent in Rowling’s platform, and playing a game is not evidence of your feelings towards the group the author hates… what are we left with? “But Clyde, it’s the principal of the thing. I don’t want to support a TERF” and that is an excellent argument. Your morals. Your ethics. What you can stomach having done or not done. But the “your” is incredibly important there. People need to understand that this is their own line in the sand and that if someone else’s line is different, that doesn’t mean they’re automatically a worse person than you. For example, I have made the choice not to eat at Chick-Fil-A. Not because I believe that me not giving them $3.75 for a sandwich will make a difference in their influence on the world, but because it makes a difference to me. It helps me sleep at night. So if not purchasing Legacy helps you sleep at night? That’s a fantastic reason not to buy it. But the flipside is that if someone else does purchase it that is not a reliable reflection of their morals, no more than I think my friends are homophobic for grabbing lunch at Chick-Fil-A now and then. Sometimes you just want a sandwich. 

“But Clyde, why would you want to buy it? Rowling is such a shit-stain I don’t understand how anyone can stomach supporting her—whether that support has an impact or not. Maybe someone eats at Chick-Fil-A because it’s close to them and they’re too busy to go elsewhere, or it’s all they can afford, or they don’t know how homophobic they are. There are lots of reasons to explain something like that. But you’re not ignorant to Rowling’s problem and there’s no scenario where you have to play this game, let alone spend money on it. So why?”

The reality is that I will likely be buying Legacy, second-hand if I can, but new if it comes to that, so I’ll give some of my personal answers here, in descending order of presumed selfishness:

5. Part of my work involves studying video games/Harry Potter and as a researcher of popular culture, my career depends on keeping up with major releases: good and bad. I often engage with stories I wholeheartedly disagree with for academic purposes, like Fifty Shades of Gray.

4. I find the “Just pirate it!” solution to be flawed. I’ve spent the last four months struggling to get my laptop fixed and I currently have no income to buy another if it were to suddenly develop a larger problem. I am not going to risk my $2,000 lifeline on an illegal download, no matter how safe and easy the Internet insists it is. 

3. We’ve been told that Rowling has not been involved in Legacy in any significant manner and I do want to support Portkey. No, not just financially because I know many others have insisted that everyone good has already been paid. Game companies still need to sell games. That’s why they exist. There’s a possibility that a company with just two mobile games under its belt will be in trouble if this completely flops. Is my purchase going to make or break things? No. Same reality as whether it will put new, influential money in Rowling’s pocket to do horrific things with. But I’d like to help a company that looks as if they put a lot of heart and energy into a game only to get hit with some real shit circumstances outside of their control. Even if they’re not impacted financially or career-wise… art is meant to be consumed. I know if I wrote a Harry Potter fic and everyone boycotted it because they want nothing to do with Rowling anymore, I’d be devastated. Sometimes, you can’t separate supporting the good people from supporting the bad. Not in a media landscape where thousands of people are involved in singular projects.

2. I’m invested in reclaiming excellent works created by horrible authors. That’s fandom! We don’t know much about Legacy yet—this is pure, unsubstantiated speculation—but this new story could be a step forward from Rowling’s books, giving us some of the respect for minority groups that she failed at. That’s the sort of work I want to promote because Harry Potter as a concept is great and I think it’s worth transforming it for our own needs and desires. The reality is that as long as Rowling is alive she’ll benefit from licensed material, but if that material can start taking her world in better directions? I want to support that too.

1. I literally just want to play it. That’s it. That’s my big justification. I think it looks phenomenal and I was itching to get my hands on it the second the trailer dropped. And you know what? I’m not in a good place right now to deny myself things I enjoy. I don’t need to tell anyone that 2020 has been an absolute horror show, but for me certain things have made it a horror show with a cherry on top. Not a lot gets me excited right now because we’re living in the worst fucking timeline, so when I find something that makes me feel positive emotions for a hot second I want to hang onto it. I have no desire to set aside that spark of happiness in a traumatic world because people on the Internet think it makes me selfish. Maybe it does, but I’m willing to let myself be a bit selfish right now. 

Which circles back to this issue of equating buying a game with active harm towards the trans community. It honestly worries me because this is a very, very easy way to avoid the harder, messier activism that will actually help the queer community. When someone says things like, “You’re choosing a stupid video game over trans lives” that activism is performative. Not only—as demonstrated above—is purchasing a game not a threat to trans lives or ignoring the game a way of protecting trans lives, it also gives people an incredibly easy out while still seeming ‘woke.’ Not all people. Maybe not even a significant portion of people, but enough people to be worrisome. “I’m not purchasing that game,” some people post and then that’s it. That’s all they do, yet they feel like they’ve done their duty when in fact they’ve made no active difference in the world. Are you donating to trans charities? Are you speaking up for your trans friends when someone accosts them? Are you circulating media by trans authors? Are you educating your family about trans issues? Are you listening to trans individuals and continually trying to educate yourself? These are the things that make a difference, not shaming others for buying a game.

All of this is not meant to be an argument that people shouldn’t be absolutely revolted by Rowling’s beliefs (they should) and that this revulsion can’t take the form of rejecting this game wholeheartedly. This isn’t even meant to be an argument that you shouldn’t encourage others to boycott because though the financial impact may be negligible, the emotional impact for you is very real. I 100% support anyone who wants to chuck this game into the trash and never talk about it again—for any reason. All this is meant to argue is that people shouldn’t judge others based on whether they purchase this game (with a side argument that we can’t limit our activism to that shaming). That’s their decision and this decision, significantly, does not add any real harm to the world. Your fellow Harry Potter fan is not the enemy here. We as a community should not be turning our visceral on one another. Turn it on Rowling. She’s the TERF, not the individual who, for whatever reason, decided they wanted to play the game only tangentially related to her.  

If Twitter and Tumblr are any indication, I can imagine the sort of responses this post may generate: “That’s a whole lot of talk to try and convince us you’re not a transphobe :/ ” For those of you who are determined to simply things to that extent, there’s nothing I can say that will change your mind. Please re-read the disclaimer and consider whether yelling at me over anon will benefit the trans community. For those of you who are still here, I do legitimately want us to think critically about the kinds of activism we’re engaging in, how performative it might be, whether it harms the community in any way, and (most significantly) whether it’s actually moving us towards a safe, respective world for trans people to live in. Personally, I don’t think telling Harry Potter fans that they’re transphobic for buying Legacy will generate any good in this world, for them or for the trans community. 

At the end of the day only you can decide whether you can stomach buying this game or not. Decide that for yourself, but make that decision knowing that there’s no wrong answer here.  

#harry potter #mymetas #Anonymous

[ayakashiramblings]

Dawn and Twilight’s Social Media Accounts

Kuya

@NevermoreButSnore.

1230 followers.

Yes, I copied Edgar Allan Poe. Yes, I’m not sorry about the rhyme. Or calling him out. 

Not that he really cares.

Insists that he is a headcanon creator on Twitter 

Everyone who follows him knows that he is lying. 

If we really had to classify him as a writer, it would one who posts those way-too-accurate posts about writers complaining about writing. 

Like the notebook hoarding one. Not that anyone here in the fandom is guilty of that, haha... haha... ha.

Ironically is one of the more popular ones out of the whole group. 

His flat responses and laziness are way too prominent to NOT be noticed. 

If you actually tentatively sneak into his DMs though, for writing tips, he will patiently listen and... rather bluntly advise you. 

It’s still advice though and is always the type to check out and reblog any short fanfics.

It just has to be weird, sporadic hours because he is the type to fall asleep with the phone on his face. 

Koga Kitamikado

1230 followers.

@CapitalKayKay

Listen, there is a reason why a lot of successful businesses chose Instagram as their social media so Koga is no exception. 

What makes his account stand out, as you can see from his rather cheeky username, is that he is willing to be an open book. 

So he isn’t constantly shoving down any products he is sponsoring or whatever piece he is endorsing. 

It’s more of genuinely wanting to hang out and explore what the world has to offer. 

Whenever he posts a picture of the gang together, he’s the one tagging all of them, even the ones with hard usernames.

And there’s always a nice comment thanking whoever hosted the fun time or being appreciative of the area and the locals.

It helps that he has a sense of humour so the memes are always just the right amount of teasing but nothing too bad that will deter potential clients.

Because of his down-to-earth nature, he reels everyone in.

Uses the space to invite everyone following him on any celebration/casual outing.

The thing is... he has a lot of followers.

So... good luck.

Aoi

1150 followers.

@DeredArtTooTsun

Look, even he knows he is a Tsundere. It’s a small victory getting him to acknowledge that, let alone use it to brand himself here.

But god, he’s the man I’m most jealous of on Tumblr.

PERFECT BULLET JOURNALS AND SKETCHES.

Got the spreads that literally define ‘aesthetic’, a perfect lineup of art materials even with pencils that have their numbers faded, and somehow, the emotions can pass through the paper and screen.

Even does tutorials on perspectives, positions with cute annotations. Just don’t praise them for being adorable though and focus on improving your skills, dummy.

Ironically though, it’s his mindless vents that get the most number of notes.

It helps that the pics include him, a very cute... I mean... manly boy screaming at very, very hot men.

A bit baffled but whatever it takes to get commissions. 

That’s right, he takes them. At least there is a back-up option should the restaurant ever go out of business. 

Spoiler Alert: Still doesn’t get paid as much. People, have you seen the number of talented artists here? Aoi might be in the rankings but it’s still hard attracting business.

Support your fandom artists, everyone!

Ginnojo

1000 followers. Just nice.

Ginnojoz

Poor grandpa didn’t intend to put that extra ‘z’ letter, it was a typo because scales don’t get along with haptic touch. 

And unfortunately, doesn’t understand how to change it. 

Once, he was huge on Vine before it died. The end of an era that he has to witness again. RIP.

Gin-Gin, it is RIGHT. THERE.

Expect to find his super short self-defence videos and Book Club Readings on YouTube.

Girls actually appreciate his instructions and attempts to provide help even if they are alone. 

He did try to respond to the nice ones and actually succeeds. 

It’s always easier getting to know the language of women when you don’t really see/touch them.

A deep baritone is perfect for some sexy excerpt of a historical novel... 

Until he corrects the setting.

In fact, he sometimes rage-quits and rewrites it. 

Unlike Kuya, him doing those established ideas actually catches on. 

Yura and Gaku

1500 followers.

MelodyandTheBeat. 

... Tik-tokers. Tik-Tok people? 

WTH do you call them?

As you can see, they are the most popular since it’s combined stardom.

Look, their covers and music mixes are beautiful.

They always have their own version that somehow combines traditional Japanese music... with k-pop.

And of course, food porn. 

Just be grateful there isn’t that awful squelching sound you hear when you consume jelly or the breaking of chilli seeds. 

Listen, I usually separate them because it’s never nice to be grouped as having the same activity as your twin. 

But in this case, being both equally beautiful AND talented sells their uploads. 

Even the cringy ones made because Yura is such a Luddite. 

Like just turning his head and being amazed his hair can turn so many colours, being impressed with each tilt until he gets to a black shade. 

Suddenly hurls the phone away. Gee, wonder why? Guess black isn’t the new... black for him?

Gaku sometimes even introduces new filters he created based on Yura’s random requests that strangely get circulated on the site. 

Oji

550 followers all know Oji-Sanz

Unlike Ginnojo, he deliberately adds the ‘z’ letter to sound cool.

You wanna know what’s worse? 

He actually uses Facebook. 

Aoi decides to give up on him. Nobody blames the poor student.

It’s apparently some old form of social media? Never used it, no sirree. 

Always changing his relationship status but at the end of the day, he’s single and ready... 

To post about all the lovely ladies destined to enter his restaurant. 

He thinks it’s great publicity. 

It really isn’t but one good thing about Oji is he includes EVERYONE.

This man respects his customers and always helps advertise their wares, especially if their connections lead to more resources. 

And less grocery shopping on his part.

Does post the recipes he and Aoi created but will never use because the Milk Hall had a certain style to follow.

Officially makes Aoi his son... on Facebook at least. 

Aoi now tolerates the account. 

Barely. 

Toichiro Yuri

WhatheMeSay has 1231 followers! 

In your face @CapitalKayKay and @NevermorebutSnore!!

You know, I’m so glad that there aren’t any users with those names because I’d be so scared of accidentally tagging them.

Also, geddit? Because... What the fox say? 

Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding... yeah, I’ll stop.

Pinterest Guy. And actually does spend on his ‘hobby’ to show off to everyone.

It does boost you and your father’s sales so there is nothing to complain about. 

His boards are always alliterated just to sound super catchy and it works so long as he gets the right emoji. 

Kabuki plays better be promoted or else.

Filled with candid pictures of his victims all taken at different angles you didn’t know were possible and in varying degrees of hilariously misunderstood positions.

He even supplies a donation link, heavily leveraged by his followers, since there are incentives tied to it like early access.

A bit suspicious the photos look like cropped out parts from Koga’s posts and some of the text resembles Kuya’s... er... wisdom?

He takes an unholy amount of selfies when he thinks no one is looking and so they are always surprised upon finding them on the Selfie Board. 

There is a locked board that no one can access, even his followers who are his comrades in real life. 

It’s actually just one picture in there. 

It’s you smiling and giggling at a joke of his. Not even you know it’s been taken. Guess he is as soft as his fur, eh? He better come out soon or else.

Kuro

Kuroruohtumbling

Ginnojo is unfortunately just old enough to have grown up with Scooby-Doo to understand the reference.

Snapchat, like a snapping snake! Hiss!

Unironically loves the puppy face.

Ok, but the glimpses of his stunts help show snippets of the circus life. 

He and his whole troupe family will even don costumes best suited for certain filters.

Sometimes ropes in Ginnojo... and by sometimes, I mean enough for everyone to start wondering if the stoic man is part of the act. 

To be fair, he randomly hugs people and ranks them here.

You, of course, were number 1. 

Now, if only he didn’t use the bloody song to announce it but you forgive him.

Maybe even risks revealing his ayakashi form before deleting the message to you.

Loves making international fans and learning various languages through each post, sort of like flashcards but animated and more fun!

And with 1200 followers, he might become a polyglot like Koga.

Shizuki 

Everyone bans him from creating one. 

Because they know the power of his roasts is too great. 

Little do they know he goes undercover. 

Underground.

And under their noses.

That’s right. His rant town on... MySpace. 

Unapologetically uses a good chunk of his salary from serving the House of Yuri just to get nifty themes that help with the whole burning process. 

Look, there’s a reason he and Oji are friends. 

This is why. 

Their taste in women seems fine but we really have got to do something about their affinity towards DEAD PLACES.

To be fair, he made the whole thing drunk but that doesn’t mean he should maintain it SOBER.

He just feels that it is a waste of space if he doesn’t utilize it. 

And it also becomes kind of cathartic. From the intrusive hugs to his master and Sir Gaku irking each other to no end, he needs it. 

Zero followers... but only because it’s super private. 

It becomes 1 the moment you jokingly create an account. 

#ayakashi romance reborn #ayakashi rr #ayakashi aoi #Ayakashi: Romance Reborn #AyakashiRR #ayakashi ginnojo #ayakashi kuro #arr kuro #kuya #gaku #ayakashi kuya #kuro #arr kuya #kuya the tengu #ayakashi koga #koga kitamikado #arr koga #toichiro yuri #arr toichiro #ayakashi toichiro #toichiro the kitsune #arr shizuki #shizuki #ayakashi shizuki #arr aoi #aoi #ginnojo #ayakashi oji #arr ginnojo #Oji

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Why did you start your entire counter-argument as a strawman to the things I said? Basically nothing you ranted about in the first paragraph was anything I said. I’ve paid 100 for an outfit, I gotten pants, and shirt, and a vest for about 100, which was my base line for this. Mind everyone, these were pretty basic, so no special pockets, extra requested adjustments, or whatever  These were also just bought as in stock items, for a 65cm doll. That’s a basic outfit for me. Socks, is something I make myself, and shoes are a separate expense. “100 or more” actually means that I’d pay 200, or 300 if it is elaborate enough, or if I personally commissioned something the artist would have to adjust their patterns for, or buy special fabric for. I’d probably pay more, but I also got a personal cut-off point for how much money I’d spend on some doll clothes. So I wouldn’t go over my own price to begin with, and make that clear also. (I’d honestly even buy my own fabric, and send it to them, if I wanted something specific.) I’m just not gonna throw the shirt/pants/vest set for 100usd, into the same category as a 300usd ballgown. That’s not how good marketing functions. And most people will not immediately go out of their way to buy the most expensive item/commission, and might be more inclined to go for a lower price range when buying stuff.

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“so maybe you’d toss me an extra $20 if you were really impressed” Did I say that? No. Did I say how much more I’d pay? No. Did I say I’d pay extra “after” I got the item/once it’s done? No. (Being able to be “Impressed” implies to me that the garment is in a state where it’s at a later stage.) Have I ever given a tip for a commissioned item/added some extra money as a bonus gift? Yeah. But that was outside the purchase, and was a nicety. It’s in the same sense, as when I send someone something they bought from me, I like to add in some candies, or small gifts, as a surprise. Yes, that’s different. In  your assumption I’d underpay, and then throw in “20usd” for being “impressed”. While I’d give a small bonus, no matter what. No need to impress me. I also wouldn’t commission you, tbh. “but that means that to you, my labor at a base rate isn’t even worth a third of what the state says is ok to pay entry level workers,” Where did you even get that from? Seriously. You were the one who claimed that the “more” from “100bucks or more” means only just 20bucks “if you were impressed”. That’s 100% you assuming something, and not even giving me the benefit of the doubt. I know some people undersell their work, but I in commissions, normally ask multiple times to give me the right numbers, after the 5th time I’ve asked, or more, I can’t exactly force them. If I ask for the right numbers, I mean it. If I did want something super specific commissioned, I’d immediately tell the maker to give me the right numbers, to avoid any kind of monetary grief. If I later noticed that I feel like I underpaid, or if I noticed that the entire project became more expensive, I’d ask them for a new value, or to not go as elaborate if it’s gonna cost them more time/money. And ask them to inform me when the cost of making becomes too much. Also, if it’s a finished item, or something they make on order, but isn’t specially commissioned, so I don’t speak to them, I’ll pay what their shop says. If you wanna blame me for not “paying what they deserve” you also have to demonise everyone who buys from these people, and I guess, also blame them for not putting up the “right” prices. You should, from the beginning, state what your prices are, if someone isn’t willing to pay the full price, is it even worth working for them? If their only complaint is that “It’s too expensive” then that’s a customer you should seriously skip, because you’ll probably waste more on them, than earn, in the end. “And you expect the work of a master tailor for that?” Damn, that must have been a parallel universe confession of mine you found, because I’m pretty sure I never said that, nor was there anything which could have implied that. Correct me if I’m wrong though. If I wanted a Master tailor, I probably wouldn’t start on instagram, since if I wanna commission a master tailor, I’d prefer to be able to go to them Irl. I also wouldn’t go to a master tailor for doll clothes, but that’s a different topic.   What I want is, simply, what was advertised, and what I paid for. I also literally specified that there are people who DON’T have the skills, and have prices which don’t match the final product. Or are you putting yourself, and Master tailors in the category, where I specifically mentioned: “where the person can’t sew straight, or symmetrical.” And noted the difference as: “You wouldn’t pay the same for a cake from a 5 star baker, and a store cake ” I doubt anyone would do that. “but the sellers who can come close to the company’s low prices—the ones you’re complaining about selling low quality clothes—are deliberately selling far under the value of what their labor would be worth if they were more experienced so they can make back some of the expense of learning the trade” So, this one, after reading it several times, because it genuinely confuses me, I don’t really get what it’s saying. What I got from this is:

It either sounds like some people are skilled enough, but just choose to create bad quality items. Since they won’t be compensated for their work anyway. (Which really isn’t a good way to advertise ones work. If that’s the case. Idk)

nd option, (and in context of what I said.) People who got little skill, since they just started learning, are undervaluing items, which are beginner level quality, but which, if we factor in stuff they had to buy to start in the hobby/trade to begin with, should either be in a similar price-point, or the same/more than what a doll company asks for their clothing, because the company is only able to ask for such a low price because of several different factors to begin with.  Even though their quality is very notably below what the company sell their clothes for.

Neither of these options, (which I got out of that, I could be wrong), sound good to me. I think the latter is more accurate, with the former interpretation, I pulled in what I got from the first parts of the rant. If someone is a beginner, they will obviously have more expenses in the beginning, because they will have to buy basic tools, and materials. But the bulk buying to begin, is often a one time bulk-investment. What I mean is that one doesn’t need to buy a sewing machine, new needles, chalk, or even bigger amounts of fabrics/thread, each time, but just the necessities missing at that point. And yeah, they’ll also use a lot of those materials, trial and error, and learning. But even if they have these expenses, they’re expenses for being beginners, that’s not something the customer should compensate for. The customer should compensate for the material, and time used, and for the actual skill the artist has used on the item they purchased. And should of course pay fairly for that. I’ll pay for what was made, and the time/skill used, and the materials, I’m not gonna pay for any side projects, or anything that isn’t directly related to my order. (Again, that’s what I get from the 2nd option. That they gain experience from making their own projects, while working on something for a customer) That’d be like going to the hairdresser, asking for a trim, and having to pay extra because my hairdresser decided to dye their own hair blue. I mean, all in all it’s a pretty weird argument. (If someone got something different, or could explain what was actually meant, if I got it seriously wrong, please do, because I’m honestly, seriously not sure I understood the argument.) I actually meant the people who overvalue the skills they don’t really have. You can literally find people who ask for the same prices as some of the more known, and skilled artists, but their products don’t hold up. If I can pay 50usd for a wig from a well known artist, who’s got a reputation for good wigs, and has done them for 5 years, I’m not gonna pay 50usd for a wig from someone who started making wigs 2 weeks ago. You aren’t even just paying for materials, time, skill, you’re also paying for the name of the artist. Which is why more popular artist might have higher prices, than unknown ones. It’s like how Guxxi could sell the same white t-shirt you get at a H'n’M, for a 1000% price inflation, bc people just care about the little label saying “Guxxi”.   (Yes, I censored the names) Even if companies can buy in bulk, most the clothes they make are also still handmade, and I’d be 100% willing to pay that for a handmade outfit, and to wait the weeks, and even months some companies take. Just like how I do with the dolls they make. Also, in that same vein, if you’re saying they’re underpaid, and undervalued. Most of them work for the respective doll-manufacturing companies, does that mean people should stop buying dolls also? Because if they’re not treating their tailors right, does that extend to their doll-makers? Are we supporting undervaluing/underpaying workers? That’s just what it sounds like. Did you mean something different? Seriously, this just came across as a little weird. Like, I can’t really think of many actual companies who make doll-clothes, who aren’t also directly tied to the doll making companies. And independent creators, and artists aren’t really companies to me. Also, in many of the doll manufacturing countries, the prices for raw materials is often below what we have to pay to begin with. Even if bulk buying cuts of a significant amount, a even bigger amount is just cut off by virtue of the materials being generally cheaper, or because they might get is straight from the producer, instead of going to a fabric/sewing supply shop, like most of us would have to. Plus, and I think this is important to note, if it’s their business, and taxes work the same way in these countries, as they do in some European countries, or the US (I assume), they can just write up material cost as business expense, which removes some of the taxes on the materials, which makes it even cheaper, something most small time commissioners might not do/can’t do, for whatever reason. So a regular artist would have to pay: full price for materials + markup from fabric stores + taxes for material + the time spent getting themselves noticed/improving, (which is a personal expense). Which might make it more expensive at large, comparatively. Finally, you used the price of 40usd for the materials, but I feel like this is pretty barebones, in terms of “what is the money used for”. What size is the doll? 30cm? 40-50? 60-70? What materials are you using? Cotton, polyester, wool, silk??? Does this focus on fabrics you own? New fabrics, specially bought for that outfit? If I was being pedantic: What counts into your price of 40usd raw materials? Did you add laces, and special fabrics? Does that factor in having to buy/make new patterns? If yes, how much would NOT making/getting a new pattern remove from the price? (I know free patterns exist, I like those) What length does the dress have? The petticoat? Are they floor length? Knee? One option will use different amounts of material. That’s just the basic material, not time, or effort invested. Just the materials. And I’m just gonna guess you’re gonna think “Why should I have given that detail, I was just making a quick point.” Since you already bothered to make a “submit long confession”, adding a quick note of how big the doll, and maybe what materials you’re even counting in, to make your point more understandable, would have been useful. Especially since you did spend the time creating a strawman, using those to argue with my points from the original confession, instead of taking the exact words I said. Just saying. So yeah, would be nice to have a base point to know what those 40usd are used for, because I don’t own any fabrics that’d reach a 40usd price point in raw materials for doll clothes, and I got some pretty expensive ones in my stash. Unless you’re seriously counting the price of buying a metre of fabric and using that as a price point, even if you don’t need to use all of it. In your case, as you said: A dress and petticoat and socks. (I assume the socks aren’t the same material?) So would you ask the price of 1m of fabric you bought, even if only 50cm were to be used? You buy 1x1.5m, and only use half of that 1m, so 0.5x1.5m. ????? I did some math based on fabric stores in my country, where I went with 1.5m of fabric each, with prices for normal mono-colour cotton being around 8usd pr metre, and a patterned red-white-polka dot fabric at 10 pr m. This is on the cheaper side, while the more expensive fabrics run from 15usd for mono-colours, to maybe 25usdh for pattern fabrics. But like I said, or asked, how much would you actually need of that 1m of mono and/or pattern fabric? Do you need a full metre of each to make a dress for a 30cm doll? Or even a 65cm? I actually did an entire run down of the prices, based on my country’s prices from the stores, but kinda realised that unless I put in the shop name, and link, it would seem like I’m just pulling random numbers, and I don’t want to put anything out that could identify me to people who know me. : P Final words. Yeah, I did take offence to your accusations, an strawmanning of what I said. While I did lack some context, I didn’t wanna make a long confession just to add “Oh btw, my price point of an outfit, was a set of in-stock items I paid 100usd for (excluding shipping).” and “Oh btw, when I said ”or more“ I mean I’d pay up to 300usd, since that’s my personal expense cut-off line for clothes. And I don’t wanna put items for 100usd in the same category as something for 300usd, and most in-stock stuff I buy is in that lower range to begin with, at least when it comes to single items.” Meanwhile you basically just tried to give yourself the biggest area to “call me out” on, and pretended my words were much worse for some reason. Also, as you can see, I also didn’t really get some of your points, but I did specifically state at those points, that I didn’t get what you meant, and that I set up my interpretation of what you said, in order to talk about it. Just so it doesn’t appear like I’m ignoring them. Difference is I made sure that it’s obvious that I’m not sure what you said, vs you just making it sound like your interpretation is what I meant. I personally have experienced a lot of this bullshit, of having my words twisted in order for people to justify treating me badly irl, so this is why I’m writing this half baked essay. Also, before someone wonders why I have sewing supplies, but still buy stuff, which is normal I know, but if someone wonders. I can’t focus for long times, and my hands are bad at holding still. I’m also not allowed to use the sewing machine, so I’m trying to get my own. For anyone annoyed at the length. It’s also pretty annoying to be accused based on strawmen where I  “rip off” beginner tailors, and demand “the works of master tailors” for the “4.5”. For the Mod, sorry for the length.

~Anonymous

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do you support pain-somnia

Yes. 1000%. Because that fucking thread about them on twitter is absolute bullshit, full of lies and also putting words into their mouth that they never said. I’ve been absolutely livid about it since I learned about it, had half a mind to make a twitter account just to counter all the lies on there.

Day’s original thread earlier wasn’t manipulating anyone, it was advising people to watch what they say because these jabs at fan content have been bothering fan content creators. What sort of jabs? Things like saying you’ve been so deprived of content for the ship and how this novel is “so much better” because it’s not a fanfic. It’s discouraging for fan writers to hear, and they were trying to warn people about the effect these kinds of comments were having on fan content creators. Because in the end, after the hype dies down for the novel, all you have left are these creators. Where is the manipulation? It’s a boldface lie that they manipulated anyone. 

And then comes the matter that they apparently do not support small creators. What the genuine hell? Because they don’t read and reblog from them? Readers all have preferences, standards. Some topics they can’t stand to read about, some that immediately have them clicking out of a fic, some writing level they can’t tolerate. I can’t stand first POV anything, for example, and it sends me running. Same for cliche bad tropes like playboy Sasuke or super jealous Sasuke--we all. Have. Goddamn. Standards. And. Preferences. Day has never said their ideas were superior. They have said to be icked out by some subjects or tropes that had them exiting the fic, which is understandable. Does that mean they have to reblog from small creators anyway? Just because they are more popular? 

Newsflash, but when you do that as a popular creator, you tend to fall into a hole that never ceases to deepen where literally every small creator comes to you asking you to read and review and reblog their stories which can be exhausting and time consuming to anyone who is busy like they are. Getting attention and an audience takes time--there are no shortcuts. Don’t get angry because popular creators don’t always promote your works--it’s not their job.  

And god. The other zine. The other fucking zine. Man have I never been more pissed off in my life about all those accusations with that goddamn zine. 

Let me tell you something: I was in there for a while. Trying to paint them as the poor little victims? Oh boy is that ever laughable. Without getting into details, let’s just say it wasn’t the greatest time in there. The environment was toxic as hell. I quit. Many other people quit. Participants who stayed and were only in their zine were paid double while others who were in both were only paid half “to be fair” (where’s the fairness in that? there wasn’t any--there were just being petty.)

These accusations of trying to sabotage them is absolutely fucking ridiculous. Asking them not to announce their zine? All that other bullshit? Like what on earth? I don’t even know where to start. They (the other zine) did mistreat their creators. They laughed about how Seasons wasn’t going to make it and were never going to have enough money to actually go through with the realization of the project. Begged a creator who wanted out of their zine to stay by offering them MONEY (sketchy much?). Did not listen to any advice Day and the other mods gave to them because they were noticing the bad choices they were making. They were not kind, they were not angels--they were not remotely damn victims. Day was a dedicated and available mod, which is more than I can say for the other zine who were barely present and got offended if you had a problem with anything. 

I was never going to talk about my bad experience and the ones I know many other creators had with them because that was the mature thing to do, and karma would speak for itself when the time came. But accusing Day in that thread of all these things when they and the others mods have made the experience of a being in a zine 10x better than the other team? When Day told us many times of the advice they had tried to give so they would not make such mistakes but the team simply ignored it or got pissy about it? Give me a goddamn break, they were the better person here. Better than those people have ever been to their contributors and to Season’s team.

Lastly, this whole thing about only wanting to make money is just... god I’m exhausted thinking about it. Writers spend hours and hours of their time making content, yes? Just as artists do, we take a considerable time of our day to provide the fics you read. Artists have commissions, and a good 99% of the time, no one has a problem with that. But as soon as a writer dares to request money for their work, that’s somehow a big problem. Do any of you realize how largely silent the reading community is? How many people read, possibly like, but don’t say anything? How many readers feel entitled to have the next chapter as soon as possible when this writer isn’t even getting paid? No?

Then how, good gracious, in the fucking world is it so offensive that a writer would set up someway to get a little money for the extensive time they give the fandom, and rewards these willing patrons with earlier updates? Especially a writer who is disabled and doesn’t have the same privileges that able-bodied people have when it comes to work? But somehow that makes them money-hungry? You are helping them make their lives a little easier by offering just a little money for something they love to do and dont feel they are wasting their time doing. They have explained many times how patrons are the only way they feel people are still interested in their works because people are so fucking silent and never bother to leave a comment. 

So much of the fandom takes its content creators for granted. So many get offended when there is an opportunity for them to get a little money because they don’t want to pay them for content they could have for free. For content they have been getting for free for so many years. It makes them feel entitled. But guess what? No reader is entitled to anything if you don’t pay the creator. You don’t pay us. Write the goddamn subsequent chapters or stories you want yourself if you are so entitled to have content. 

Have some fucking respect and stop getting so enraged at creators who choose to take this opportunity to get money if they can when chances are they probably fucking need that money. Day is an amazing person. They are one of the kindest people I know, hardworking and dedicated to the fandom. 

Anyone who tries to imply otherwise is a blinded idiot. And that person specifically who made the thread? A special fuck you to your ableist ass. Literally cannot get over how you would tell someone you don’t even know at all that your life (and a dozen other people as you so sweetly put it) is harder than theirs.

Find someone else to spread your stupid lies about.

#i will go off on anyone who tries to pain them in a bad light #you have no idea how much they try and are good to the fandom and the people they work with #absolutely no idea #these lies are absolute bullshit and i shame anyone who believed them #Anonymous #asks

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Who is more likely to raise their voice?: Nick, I think. He tries to keep his anger from reaching that point, but when he is actually angry, he has hyper emotional reactions in that way. And Chuck seems the type to have a quiet, scary anger.Who threatens to leave but never actually does?: So their current relationship is quite casual so I don’t think there’d be ‘threats to leave.’ Nick wouldn’t leave because even if he stopped gettin’ busy with Chuck he’d still wanna have some form of friendship with him. And on the other side, Nick already understands there’s a risk that Chuck will leave because Chuck does that sometimes.Who actually keeps their word and leaves?: It wouldn’t be because anyone said they were leaving in that context, but it would be chuck, because he clearly doesn’t find it difficult to leave when things get extra stressful.Who trashes the house?: Okay so I’m gonna say Chuck. But it’s not what anyone thinks. Because it’s not just the house that gets trashed. It’s the whole fuckin’ world. But that’s not from a disagreement. In general with their actual relationship they don’t do house trashing.Do either of them get physical?: Well I imagine if either of them actually got angry, they might end up in bed together, but no hitting.How often do they argue/disagree?: I’m not sure they allow themselves chances to argue often. That’d make it too serious. Maybe too real.Who is the first to apologize?: Nick. Chuck doesn’t do apologies much.

Sex:

Who is on top?: It switches a tiny bit, but I think Chuck is the one in control of it regardless.Who is on the bottom?: It’s frequently Nick.Who has the strangest desires?: Chuck.Any kinks?: I’m sure Chuck has plenty, Nick has biting, praise, and roughness. Also high-key, but low-key i do believe there’s a grace kink between the two of them.Who’s dominant in bed?: Chuck.Is head ever in the equation?: Yes.If so, who is better at performing it?: It’s pretty equal.Ever had sex in public?: Well not yet, but I’m sure they’re not opposed.Who moans the most?: Nick.Who leaves the most marks?: Nick.Who screams the loudest?: Nick.Who is the more experienced of the two?: Chuck.Do they ‘fuck’ or ‘make love’?: They fuck.Rough or soft?: Usually somewhat rough.How long do they usually last?: tHEY CAN LAST A FUCKIN LONG TIME.Is protection used?: Usually, yes.Does it ever get boring?: No it does not.Where is the strangest place they’d have sex?: I’m not sure.

Family:

Do your muses plan on having children/or have children?: Well they definitely wouldn’t be planning it. Nick isn’t here to child rear with the creator of the universe on purpose. He’d kinda be expecting his own birth control paired with other contraceptives to be working, and if direct protection wasn’t on the table he’d expect Chuck to do whatever he had to, to make it so he didn’t accidentally get pregnant. As far as Nick has awareness of, Chuck could maybe just, clean it all up, or he’s in control of when he’s having children with people. He’s not 100% sure how that works, but he assumes Chuck could keep it from happening unintentionally, and expects that.If so, how many children do your muses want/have?: So none. But for the sake of the meme itself, if it happened, they’d only have one.Who is the favorite parent?: Nick.Who is the authoritative parent?: Nick.Who is more likely to allow the children to have a day off school?: Nick is a supporter of mental health days, but he would still want the kid to be going to school of some sort for social reasons at least. So it’s both, but a lot of it would be Chuck. He’s a god who knows what it is to take some time off from his responsibilities.Who lets the children indulge in sweets and junk food when the other isn’t around?: Probably ChuckWho turns up to extra curricular activities to support their children?: Nick primarily, but Chuck can be known to show up on occasion if he feels like it.Who goes to parent teacher interviews?: Nick.Who changes the diapers?: Nick.Who gets up in the middle of the night to feed the baby?: If Chuck is around Nick would on occasion make him get up and do it. He’s fuckin’ sleepy as shit, and Chuck doesn’t need to sleep. But primarily it would be Nick.Who spends the most time with the children?: Nick.Who packs their lunch boxes?: Nick.Who gives their children ‘the talk’?: Nick doesn’t find it awkward at all to give The Talk. He’s just huge on being honest and answering questions age appropriately and explaining things when it comes up.Who cleans up after the kids?: Nick tries to encourage them to be independent once old enough, but it is Nick.Who worries the most?: Nick, I’m pretty sure. To be fair, Nick has had a child of The Lord in this theoretical, and he knows what happens to nephilim and other types of powerful children. Plus he himself is already an attractor of the supernatural on some level. He’s terrified.Who are the children more likely to learn their first swear word from?: Nick, for sure. He’d try to keep the cursing to a minimum, but Nick swears in a lot of situations, including happy ones. It would come out, and then he’d try to set a rule that the kid could only swear around him until it was otherwise appropriate, or if the swear made sense to say contextually.

Affection:

Who likes to cuddle?: They’re both affectionate, but Nick is a huge cuddle bug.Who is the little spoon?: I do feel it’d depend on some things. So it’s situational.Who gets naughty in the most inappropriate of places?: Chuck.Who struggles to keep their hands to themself?: Honestly both of them a little bit. It’s different for both of them though.How long can they cuddle until one becomes uncomfortable?: Well Chuck could probably comfortably cuddle for a good long time. Nick, unless he was sleeping, would be able to handle it for a half hour or so before needing to stretch.Who gives the most kisses?: Nick.What is their favourite non-sexual activity?: Watching weird TV, and eating food.Where is their favourite place to cuddle?: Couch, bed, wherever they are really.Who is more likely to playfully grope the other?: Chuck.How often do they get time to themselves?: I feel like that could be whenever they want?

Sleeping:

Who snores?: Neither, Chuck doesn’t require sleep, and Nick doesn’t snore.If both do, who snores the loudest?: Neither.Do they share a bed or sleep separately?: Well they don’t live together, but when they are together they share.If they sleep together, do they cozy up together or lay far apart?: They usually cozy up unless they can’t.Who talks in their sleep?: Nick.What do they wear to bed?: Not sure on Chuck, Nick wears sweatpants and a shirt. Or he is sleeping cuddled against chuck with no clothes cause they probably did Some Things prior to it.Are either of your muses insomniacs?: Nick. Severe insomniac himself, lets other parts of him fall asleep for him frequently cause otherwise he gets terrible, awful nightmares.Can sleeping pills be found by the bedside?: On Nick’s end, maybe. Though he maybe has those in the bathroom with the other medicines.Do they wrap their limbs around each other or just lay side by side?: They do wrap around each other.Who wakes up with bed hair?: Nick.Who wakes up first?: Chuck, because he doesn’t need sleep so he could be up whenever.Who prepares breakfast in bed for the other?: I’m not sure. I’m gonna say maybe neither of them.What is their favourite sleeping position? Just a general cuddling situation.Who hogs the sheets?: Nick for sure.Do they set an alarm each night?: Nick might depending on work.Can a television be found in their bedroom?: Yeah, Nick has one in his bedroom. It’s usually off because he tries to limit how much he associates his room with Being Awake, so it’s rather small, and he has a better one in the living room. But it’s in his room in the cases where he can’t sleep at all, or he’s had a specifically horrific nightmare and just needs something to do when he doesn’t actually wanna move.Who has nightmares?: Nick.Who has ridiculous dreams?: Both.Who sprawls out and takes up most of the bed?: Nick, maybe.Who makes the bed?: Nick.What time is bed time?: Whenever they want.Any routines/rituals before bed?: Just the general routines of like brushing teeth, taking any required nightly meds on Nick’s end.Who’s the grumpiest when they wake up?: Nick.

Work:

Who is the busiest?: Chuck, technically. He’s God. There’s a lot that comes with that.Who rakes in the highest income?: Nick’s the only one who really makes an income, cause he’s the only one who really needs to.Are any of your muses unemployed?: Chuck. His job/work isn’t technically an employment situation, it’s just what it is. It’s how it bE.Who takes the most sick days?: cHUCK.Who is more likely to turn up late to work? Chuck.Who sucks up to their boss? They both be out here bein’ their own boss, sorta.What are their jobs?: Nick is a tattoo artist, and owner of the shop, Chuck is Literal God. And author.Who stresses the most?: Chuck.Do your muses enjoy or despise their careers/occupations?: Nick loves what he does, I’m pretty sure Chuck would prefer not to do what he does, but iT’S HOW IT BE ON THIS BITCH OF AN EARTH.Are your muses financially stable?: Yes.

Home:

Who does the washing?: Nick.Who takes out the trash?: Nick.Who does the ironing?: Well it doesn’t happen often, but if it needs to happen, it’s Nick.Who does the cooking?: Nick.Who is more likely to burn the house down just trying?: Not really either of them.Who is messier?: It’s probably Nick.Who leaves the toilet roll empty?: Nick. He can be known to forget. Because ADHD is just a dick like that sometimes. Paired with frequent dissociation. He’s gonna forget some shit. Who leaves their dirty clothes on the floor?: Neither of them. Nick’s clothes being on the floor is usually pretty temporary if he’s not in a really bad bit of mental health.Who forgets to flush the toilet?: Neither of them.Who is the prankster around the house?: Nick.Who loses the car keys when it comes time to go somewhere?: Nick. He has found his keys in the fridge before. He doesn’t know how he keeps doing this.Who mows the lawn?: Probably Nick, or some part of him does.Who answers the telephone?: Nick.Who does the vacuuming?: Nick.Who does the groceries?: Nick.Who takes the longest to shower?: Nick.Who spends the most time in the bathroom?: Nick. He has a ridiculous standard of attractiveness that he holds himself to, and sometimes he’s never satisfied and it ends with him obsessively fixing himself to frustration, or until someone less self conscious switches out.

Miscellaneous:

Is money a problem?: Not really.How many cars do they own?: Just the one. Chuck hardly needs a car.Do they own their home or do they rent?: Nick owns it.Do they live near the coast or deep in the countryside?: ppprobably closer to the coast, I’m not sure how to determine that lmao.Do they live in the city or in the country?: City.Do they enjoy their surroundings?: Generally.What’s their song?: idk, i’m bad at figuring out songs it’s like i forget all the songs i’ve ever heard the second i try to consider it.What do they do when they’re away from each other?: They live their lives, Chuck does Chuck things. Nick hangs with friends, he works, he attempts to get his life together.Where did they first meet?: I’m not sure, I feel like Chuck just kinda popped in. Not sure if it  was as abrupt as a literal pop in with the powers, but like, showed up somewhere Nick was and they started talking because Nick saw him and just kind Knew who he was and was like, “yo holy shit what the fuck”How did they first meet?: Not sure.Who spends the most money when out shopping?: Nick.Who’s more likely to flash their assets?: Probably Nick.Who finds it amusing when the other trips over?: Oh they both think it’s fuckin’ hilarious. But Nick thinks it’s especially funny if Chuck does.Any mental issues?: Nick has DID and other dissociative issues, adhd, c-ptsd, depression, and a couple anxiety things, plus insomnia from nightmares. Chuck has a lot of anxiety, possibly depression, a huge ego, lack of proper empathy in some regards. Morally grey mindset based on various things.Who’s terrified of bugs?: Nick. Chuck created bugs, he’s probably not scared of bugs.Who kills the spiders around the house?: Nick, technically. He tries to make sure it’s necessary before he does, like no way to get it outside, no time to get it outside, if a semi-dangerous spider then it has to go. But if the spider isn’t doing anything inconvenient, and isn’t dangerous it can either stay, or it will be put outside.Their favourite place? Not sure.Who pays the bills?: Nick.Do they have any fears for their future?: Nick maybe does, but they’re complicated.Who’s more likely to surprise the other with a fancy dinner?: Chuck. Sorta. It’s more like he can just sorta make things happen as he pleases, and hey a lot of times it involves food with them.Who uses up all of the hot water?: Nick. Drawn to warmth.Who’s the tallest?: Nick is taller than Chuck’s vessel, but Chuck has a whole ass true form that’s probably unimaginably massive.Who’s more likely to just randomly hop into the shower with the other?: Chuck.Who wanders around in their underwear?: Not certain.Who sings the loudest when singing along to the radio?: Chuck.What do they tease each other about?: A lot of things. They get sassy.Who is more likely to cringe at the other’s fashion sense at times?: Neither of them. Maybe Chuck, idk.Do they have mutual friends?: Not,,, exactly???Who crushed first?: Nick. Sorta. Chuck just isn’t overly romantic all the time.Any alcohol or substance related problems?: Nick deals with on and off alcoholism. He’s trying to be better about it.Who is more likely to stumble home, drunk, at 3am?: Either of them, really.Who swears the most?: Nick.

#abscntee #nick and chuck tag #relationship meme #long post for ts

[wanna1things]

CEO!Kang Daniel AU

Genre;; ceo!au, business!au,, job!au are these things?? ++FLUFFFFF

Warnings;; none that i know of

Pairing;; Kang Daniel x reader

Requested?;; yes (by anon)

Summary;; Your first time talking to your boss, the one and only CEO Kang Daniel, went a little wrong, but oh so right…

Style;; bullet point….

Word Count; 1559

This is kind of inspired by a) a tv show i saw once and b) a video my mum showed me about the london olympics lol so yhh

Kang Daniel is the powerhouse of W1 advertising company (excuse me i’m terrible at coming up with names for things;;)

No kidding,, he managed to score official advertising for the Korean winter olympics like;; what?? How?? Persuasion king???

Not only is he talented as hell in the business sector

Hes also MAD good looking

He managed to rise to the top at a super young age because of his skills and he constantly has the older female office workers crowding around him and swooning,,

I mean who wouldn’t swoon over Kang Daniel???

The first time you see him is when you first join W1 as a sketch artist for the production sector

Daniel’s secretary Seongwoo is just showing you around the office when you notice Kang Daniel

Sitting in his office

Stuffing gummy bears into his mouth

Like woah hold up a second?? The professional CEO-god Kang Daniel is literally STUFFING himself with sweets??

You take a mental note of this like ok you can use it for blackmail if you need to

After a few months of working there the official sketches for the olympics adverts are needed

And boyyy is Daniel GRILLING your department

Everyones working themselves to the bone and Daniel just keeps on;; turning down every idea

So you decide to take matters into your own hands

And order him a personalised box of chocolates with ‘cheer up’ on them

Funny idea

Would’ve been even funnier if you hadn’t left the receipt in the bag when you placed it on his desk that morning

With your name on it.

It didn’t take long for a call to come through to your desk that was just daniel practically shouting into the speaker

‘Come to my office now or you’re fired’

OHHH no you’re screwed sorry not sorry

As soon as you step foot in his office you just feel overwhelming dread like ohhhh my god

Dont go losing your job!!

But instead of screaming in your face he just calmly asks you to take a seat opposite him,,

‘You’re y/n, yes?’

Well duh

‘And you’ve been working here for 3 months right?’

‘Yes, Mr Kang’

‘Did Ong put you up to this??’

He asks holding up the box of chocolates

With half of them missing

Without even thinking you say,, in shock,,

‘You ate half of them already?? It’s only been half an hour??’

He laughs that cute lil laugh and smiles so softly and you just feel your heart skip a beat like ohhh god why is he so charming???

‘So you did it yourself. No need for the formalities, y/n, just call me Daniel.’

Excuse me

Your superior wants you to call him by his first name because;; you sent rude chocolates to his office

‘Thanks for the chocolates by the way, I didn’t realise I was being that harsh to your department that it warranted a rude box of chocolates.’

Uh oh here comes the you’re fired

‘I’m so sorry Mr Kang-’

‘No, y/n, I told you to call me Daniel! And there’s no need to apologise because now you’re making the whole plan on your own’

It takes a second for you to process what he said

You, someone who has worked there for not even half a year, has been given the sole responsibility to create the plan for the OLYMPIC ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN WHAT

While you’re just drowning in your thoughts he shoos you out of the room with a quick

‘I expect a basic plan in two days time, y/n. I’ll be waiting~’

He smiles that damn sweet smile and slams the door shut right in front of your shocked face

Oh my god

So much work

uHH tiny time skip

Its tomorrow basically;; and;; you’re nowhere near finished

The deadline for the basic plan is due at 9am tomorrow and it’s currently 7pm and you have absolutely no ideas

Daniel basically banned the rest of the department from talking to you so you couldn’t even ask them for ideas??

The office is almost empty except for you, and the light’s still on in Daniel’s office but nobody is in there so;; he probably left it on (don’t do that kids it’s bad for the environment)

The last person left besides you in your department is just leaving when Daniel returns from well,,, wherever he was

She turns to you, pats your shoulder and whispers

‘Good luck, y/n, if you’re too stuck just ask Mr Kang, he’s not as bad as he seems.’

You nod to her and say goodbye and turn back to your blank computer screen

The minutes feel like hours as you rack your brain for ideas and it’s almost like you’re in a trance;;

That is, until, a voice by your ear whispers

‘Y/n~ you should’ve asked me for help!!’

Of course its Kang Daniel uh oh

He plops himself down in the seat next to yours and begins to supply you with ideas

Before the clock even turns 9pm you’re finished!! And you’re so pleased you spin around on your spinny chair (i love those) and throw your arms around Daniel

He just laughs and hugs you back

‘Well done, y/n’

Then you realise what you’ve done haha good one y/n real clever;;

And you quickly remove your arms apologising profusely while he just smiles at you and giggles lightly

And in the dim light of your computer screen you realise

God

You have a crush on your boss

He continues to help you with the project after everyone else has left until you have the perfect idea

The adverts are going to be interviewing the loved ones of the athletes and talking about supporting them and helping them to achieve their dream

By the end of the month all of your ideas are finalised and you’re ready to start filming

Both you and Daniel go to the filming, him as the CEO and you as the original creator

You both stay behind after the initial filming and mess around a bit with the camera

You manage to catch a video of him stuffing his face with gummy bears and he videos you dancing along to the songs they were playing for the photoshoots bless

And as you’re watching the various videos of Daniel back you just realise that damn;; you’ve fallen HARD

His smile just makes your chest ache because it’s so cute and you’re so in love!!

But no he’s your boss stop

After that initial filming he suddenly stops attending the filming sessions

That is, until the last session when he pulls aside the cameraman and well; who knows what he did you couldn’t hear

He still hasn’t spoken to you properly and you’re beginning to think he’s sussed out your mASSIVE crush on him oh dear

So you take the opportunity to leave early and go cry into some ice cream while on the phone to your best friend in your department

Who reassures you it’s all okay but what do they know ??

The next day you walk into work in a slump with bags under your eyes because boy that ice cream food baby made it hard to sleep comfortably

Not to mention you’re nearly an hour late because of traffic

As you log in to your computer you realise you have an email?? From Daniel??

Its subject is simply ‘completed’ and it has nothing inside except for a video attachment, which you assume is the final cuts of all of the videos from the past sessions

So you watch it but as you near the end you notice something is up

There’s an extra 3 minutes?? Why??

And boom a smiley Daniel appears onscreen (prepare for cheese)

‘Y/n~~! It’s your favourite CEO!! I didn’t know how to confess to you so;; I planned this with help from Seongwoo so if this doesn’t work blame him’

Wait

Confess

‘So… I’ve liked you pretty much since the first day you appeared and saw me eating all those gummy bears;; but since we’ve worked together on this project my feelings have grown and i’m proud to say that i love you, y/n!! I will support you until you can achieve your dream and even beyond! You complete me~’

Oh my god cheesY

‘But i think you should take a look in your desk drawer…’

So of course uhh you open your drawer and there’s a pack of gummy bears with a post-it stuck to it that reads ‘come to the roof’

Then realisation sinks in

You’re an hour late the poor guy will have been waiting on that cold ass roof for an hour better get up those stairs quick

As you reach the top you notice Daniel standing in the middle of the roof with a small bouquet of flowers dressed up in this rEALLY NICE GREY SUIT (god even imagining it he looks handsome af)

He spots you, smiles and waves at you, thrusting the flowers towards you

‘I thought you’d never come! I was beginning to think you’d rejected me!’

He laughs and scratches his neck, his cheeks BRIGHT red

‘Ahh, Daniel I would never!’

He pulls you towards him and softly presses his lips against yours, confirming both of your feelings for one another

As he pulls back smiling he whispers

‘That was a long time coming but it was so worth it’

And you smile because you would never have guessed that from the first time you spoke to him that it would end up like this

He really is the persuasion king lmao

ahhh second au first request!! hopefully you guys like it lmao it took me ages to think of a plotline ;; and its kind of short yikes

#kang daniel #daniel #wannaone #wanna one #wannaone imagines #wanna one imagines #wannable #produce 101 imagines #produce 101 #au #ceo!au

[iputmyselfintothenarrative]

When you can’t be tough (Part 3)

I worked on this ALL DAY. I was supposed to study, but what do ya know! I just wanted to get this out to you. Again, thank you SO MUCH for your support on the previous parts! Every comment, every like and every reblog really makes my day! I love you! Here you go, the last part!

If you have any constructive criticism, then PLEASE tell me! English is not my native language, so I might have made some mistakes. Please tell me if so. <3

Part 1, Part 2

Pairing: Lin x Reader

Summary: As you make your way home from a party in New York in the middle of the night, you stubble upon two really scary men. It is a good thing you aren’t alone in the city!

Warnings: Mentions of sexual harassment, foul language

Word count: 3016 (omg…)

The light of day tore through the darkness when you slowly opened your eyes. You immediately regretted that decision, as the violent sunlight harshly reminded you of the many drinks you had the night before. But not only that.

The memories of last night started to return, explaining the knot you felt in your stomach. It took all of the strength you had to be able to roll over and grab your phone that was supposed to be on your bed table, but when you flung your hand over to get a hold of it you noticed that it wasn’t there. With a groan, you rolled on your back and covered your eyes with your hand. That phone was the only way to tell what time it was. It could be noon for all you knew.

You looked back at the table and noticed a glass of water standing on it. While staring at it in confusion for a few seconds, you slowly remembered that someone had helped you in here. You looked down and saw your shoes, still neatly placed beside the bed. He had even taken them off for you. That sort of kindness was rare, and it actually made you feel a bit better than before.

But who was he? The mysterious man who saved you last night? You tried to remember exactly what he looked like, but you could only think of his strongest features which were the big, dark eyes and the ponytail on the back of his head. He had said his name at least on one occasion, and it had been something double. Like Kling-something. His face had been familiar to you, but you hadn’t been able to place it. You still weren’t able to.

After a while, you decided to get out of bed to find your phone and then grab something to eat. Sure, you felt a bit nauseated, but you knew that eating something would help with that. Kling would be gone by now either way, so you decided to just drop it.

It took all effort you had to drag yourself out of bed. You quickly changed from last night’s outfit into a pair of sport’s pants and a sweater. Before heading out of the room, you glanced at the mirror by the door. You looked like a mess, with mascara under your eyes and hair that seemed to want to fly away. Not bothering to care, you just put your hair up in a messy bun and left the room. No one was there to see you, so who should care about your face, really?

You entered the hallway from your bedroom and proceeded to walk towards the kitchen. But when you passed the doorway to the living room, you immediately froze. Lying on your couch with a blanket covering the lower half of his body, was a man fidgeting with his phone. The same man from yesterday, judging by the dark ponytail.

“…Hi?” You said, a part of you wondering why the hell he hadn’t left yet.   

He hadn’t seemed to notice you when you first got out of the bedroom, which made him jump a bit when you called out to him. He quickly turned to look at you, immediately sitting up and placing his feet on the floor. The blanket slid off him.

“Hey, good morning! So, I am sorry about the blanket, it was cold and I-” He interrupted himself when he saw the face you had made, watching you with a confused look.

The moment he had turned around and looked at you, everything dawned on you. You knew exactly who this man was, and why you hadn’t been able to figure it out earlier was a huge mystery to you. You could feel your heart sinking in your chest and how your joints seemed to freeze as the embarrassment grew stronger.

Right there, on the couch, sat none other than the Broadway-mega-superstar, creator and star of the hottest musical of this decade, Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Lin-Manuel Miranda. Right there. He was right there on your couch.

You immediately regretted letting him help you as much as he had. All of the trouble he must have gone through just to help you, a common girl with no special credits.

No no no, anyone but him. Your heart pounded hard against your ribcage, causing you to sweat a little.

“Oh my God, I am SO sorry! Holy crap, Oh my god, I am so, so, so, sorry!” Words couldn’t even begin to describe how embarrassed you were. All that time yesterday, when you had stubbornly proclaimed that you two knew each other, because you recognized him from somewhere. You now knew why.

“I feel so embarrassed right now, again I’m sorry! It’s you, hah, It’s-It’s you!” a few sounds that kind off sounded like laughter escaped you.

If he had noticed your whole ‘zero chill situation’, he did a great job not showing that he had.  

“Yeah, It’s me! Who else would it be? Me and my eyeslashes and everything.” He said with a smile on his face.

You literally wanted to sink through the ground and never ever show up ever again. The things you had said to him, and the stuff you had done last night made you cringe at yourself so hard that you could barely even handle it. You could feel your face redden which caused you to hide it in the palm of your hands.

“Sooo, are you ok?” His words forced you to look up and meet his gaze. He had leaned forward a bit, the smile on his face had faded a little.

“Yes! Yeah, I am, I mean… I am okay! Sorry, can I get you anything? I was just gonna put on some tea and maybe make a sandwich or… or two, but I don’t know if I have any ham or so, but-”

“Hey, maybe you want to go and wash your face and I can put on the tea water? Not that you have to, like I don’t mind, but yeah. Yeah. I can make tea.” He stood up and headed for the kitchen, looking at you when he passed you with an awkward smile on his face.

Although you weren’t very keen on letting a guest (not to mention that that guest was kind off an idol of yours) make the tea, his comment about “washing your face” reminded you of the left over-mascara underneath your eyes and made you feel ashamed of it. So you just watched him pass you and nodded at him with an equally awkward smile and ran into the bathroom.

You turned on the water and managed to get the worst off of your face. When you met your own reflection to make sure that you didn’t look like a raccoon anymore, you noticed how red you were.

You couldn’t help but starting to freak out, and did a few jumps to channel your adrenaline that was building up. The sound of someone messing around in your kitchen made everything very clear that this was actually happening, and you tried to calm down as to not make this even more awkward than you had already made it. With a last look in the mirror, you made sure that you looked somewhat presentable. Then you took one last deep breath to calm yourself, and left the bathroom.

He had obviously managed to make the tea without any bigger issues, as he was now standing crouching down over the coffee table, putting down the two cups of tea. You couldn’t help but to give him a smile as you walked towards the couch. “Thank you so much, it is extremely nice of you to do this!” you said and sat down, reaching for the cup closest to you.

You could feel your face redden up again when he sat down next to you, facing you with his body.

“So did you sleep well?” he asked and reached for his own cup.

You found it quite hard to look at him, but managed to do it anyway.

“Yes, I did! I guess I must have been really tired last night.” you answered him and tried to take a sip of the tea, but when you felt the hotness of the water you just made a face and put it down onto your lap.

“To hot…” you mumbled quietly.

“Um, yeah you were. Tired, that is! I literally had to, drag you into your bedroom.” He said with a laugh, which caused you to lower your head in embarrassment. “Look, I am really sorry for everything that happened yesterday. I feel extremely bad for taking your valuable time.” You raised your head to look at him again, finding yourself to stare into his big, dark eyes.

“You don’t have to stay. I get that you are a very busy person, performing and all that.”

He leaned back a bit, taking a sip of his own tea, obviously not bothered by the hot water.

“It’s okay, you don’t have to apologize. But I can leave if you want me to? But I have nowhere else to be until my show tonight, so I can stay as well. It is up to you.”

Of course you didn’t want him to go. You were delighted (and nervous and scared out of your mind) that he as there keeping you company. Again, you looked down at the tea, finding it very hard to look him in the eye. A small smile spread across you face.

“Listen… Thank you. Thank you for saving me last night, and thank you for helping me get home. I don’t know how I will ever be able to repay you for this. It was really nice of you!”

You put down the tea on the coffee table as you decided to let it cool of for a little while.

“I just… Forgive me for asking this, but why did you stay? Not that I have anything against it, I’m thankful you did. But still. Why?”

He scanned you for a moment, watching your every move. “Because you asked me to.”

His answer made you lose all of your remaining chill on the inside. But somehow, you managed to hold it in, except for your face which was now almost as red as a tomato. You couldn’t really remember when you asked him to. But since you were half unconscious when you got home yesterday, you guessed that you didn’t have the ability to register everything that was said or done the night before.

“I don’t remember that, but I believe you. And thank you! I hope you didn’t find it too boring, just waiting for me to get up.”

“Nah, I was just scrolling through twitter.” He lifted his phone to show you the display where the twitter app was still open, and smiled. “But hey. Are you sure you’re okay? You went through a lot last night.”

He didn’t really make an effort to hide the worried undertone in his voice. What you didn’t understand was how such a nice person could be real, ever. You took the time to think about your answer before you gave it to him. The memories would forever be there and make you feel bad, but at the same time, you knew that it could have gone way worse than it did. You also knew that this kind of harassment happened to women everyday all over the world, and that this unfortunately wouldn’t be the last time this happened to you.

“Under the circumstances, yes. I will be okay soon. I just wish I were tougher and able to defend myself better.”

“Hey, you can’t always be tough. No one can. As I said yesterday, It wasn’t your fault.” He answered, looking at you with the same empathic kind expression as before.

You were so touched by his caring words that you almost started to cry, causing you to hide your face in you hands again.

“You are so nice!” you said with a choked up voice as you lifted your head to face him.

“I mean, here you are, all famous and stuff, and still being so humble and caring towards other people. And not only to other famous people, but to other people in general!” Your eyes were watery as you were on the brink of having a break down.

He sure noticed this, as he hopped a little closer to you and placed a hand on your knee.

“Heey, hey. Just because you’re famous doesn’t mean that you don’t have a responsibility towards your fellow people out there.” He said with a laugh humble laugh, suggesting that he was touched by your words.

It was almost electric, the feeling of his warm hand on your knee. You could feel your heart race, but tried to pretend that it wasn’t making you all jolly and bubbly inside. Fighting the urge to place your own hand on his, you just reached for your tea again and took a sip of it. This time it wasn’t too hot to drink. Trying to get a hold of yourself, you stubbornly blinked away the tears and closed your eyes, taking a deep breath as you did it. When you opened your eyes to look at him again, you smiled and nodded your head.

“Yes, that’s true.” you said and gestured with your index finger towards him, feeling a bit comforted. He nodded to show that he agreed with you and then leaned back, removing his hand from your knee.

“So I guess that you noticed how little chill I have right now. I am kind off a fan of yours. I haven’t seen any of your musicals because they played too far away, but I sure have listened to the soundtracks!” You just had to let him know how much you loved all of his works, now that you had the chance to actually tell him this in person. When you use social media for this kind of stuff, it is often lost in the flow of posts.

“I even learned how to rap Guns and Ships!” You said jokingly, not expecting him to give you that squinty-eyed-big-smile as he delivered his “Thank you so much!”, followed by

“Oh really? Let’s hear it!”. He leaned forward, resting his chin on his knuckles, looking at you with excitement.

You almost choked on your tea when you heard his request, and immediately regretted telling him that. There was no way in the world you could ever perform a rap for Lin-Manuel Miranda, let alone one that he himself wrote.

“Hah, no! Maybe next time.” Hearing yourself say those words made you freeze faster than you could finish the sentence.

Next time? Why in the world would there be a “next time”? You weren’t his friend. He didn’t even know you. He leaned back as you started to feel the panic returning, urging you to want to blurt out a “sorry!” but you didn’t have time before he answered you.

“Yeah. Next time!” He raised his eyebrows as to say ‘right?’ and gestured towards you with his tea cup. And the blushing started again as you couldn’t really comprehend what he had just said.

You couldn’t really do more than nod at him with a ‘I can’t believe he just said that’ look on your face. This couldn’t possibly be for real. Could it?

Your train of thought was abruptly interrupted by the sound of his phone going off, and watched him check it. His excitement as he read the text slowly deteriorated into a kind off pained expression. He let out a groan when he had finished reading it and looked up at you.

“So… That was our choreographer calling me in early.” He said and looked disappointed.

Of course you knew that this little hang out session wouldn’t last forever, but even so you were a bit disappointed to see him go. “Yes, of course! Go and have fun!” You said and stood up.

When you both got to the door and he had slipped on his shoes and jacket, he turned to face you. “So, are you gonna be okay now?” He asked with a sincere voice. You answered with a smile and a nod, resulting in him grabbing your wrist and pulling you in for a hug.

For a moment you lost your breath, but managed to calm down enough to hug him back. “Again, thank you for all that you’ve done for me!” You said as you let go of each other.

“Yes, it was nice meeting you. See you soon?” He asked and reached for the door handle. “It was nice meeting you too! And yes!” You answered him with a smile, knowing that you probably wouldn’t see him again. But you didn’t mind, just the memories of today had been enough.

“Alright, Goodbye Y/N!” He said and gave you one last smile before leaving. “Bye!” you said as you closed the door behind him.

You turned around and leaned against the door, letting out a loud sigh. It took all you had to not squeal, scream and throw yourself on the floor. To distract yourself you walked into the living room, fetched the tea cups and carried them into the kitchen to clean them.

But just when you put them down on the sink, you noticed something lying on the table. It looked like a small sheet of paper with something written on it. Your heart stopped for a second as you went to see what the paper said. It said “For more eyeslash action, call me! /Lin” followed by a phone number. It was his phone number.

-The end-

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Kpop1237: Hello! I saw you posted your first HC (loved it btw!!) and decided to request one. RFA + V and Saeran meeting MC at a coffee shop. Either they work there, MC works there, or just meeting there in general. How would they go about asking them out?

Aww! Thanks Kpop1237! We really appreciate it! And, thank you all for all your support recently, everyone! ~Admin Mazz

AWW SO CUTE! This is was so fun to write! Thanks so so much for the love! We both really appreciate it! ^///^ Really hope everyone enjoys these HC, including you Kpop1237! Hope it isn’t too long hehehe.. ~Admin Lily 

Jaehee

Jaehee doesn’t get many breaks poor angel

But, when she does, she loves to go to the café

Coffee runs in her veins anyways

Work was the last thing on her mind

All she wanted was to relax while drinking a nice warm cappuccino

As she pulled out her wallet, she walked up to the counter to see MC standing behind the register

She had such a big smile on her face, “Hello! How may I help you today?”

She seems really nice

While she’s making Jaehee’s cappuccino, she begins to easily make small talk

At one point, she brought up Zen’s latest movie

Fangirl mode activated

That was all Jaehee needed

She liked this MC and wouldn't mind talking to her again

And again, and again, and again

They became pretty close, you know?

MC was just so supportive and sweet and always there for Jaehee! She really was… cute!

Jaehee began to feel the butterflies

MC was really cute aww! <3

Maybe, Jaehee should try and ask MC out?

Wait, no way! They both have too much work to do and why would she be interested.

But… maybe it’d be worth a try?

One day, as they sat together and started talking, like they normally did, it just slipped out

“MC… you know I… like you a lot, right? And-And I appreciate you being my friend.”

MC is literally thinking “booyah”

“Did you know that I happen to like you a lot too,” MC would reply with a smile

“So, would that mean you'd like to come with me, not on a day out, but… as a date?”

“I'm pretty sure I'd love to.” GUYS THE FEELS RN SO SWEET

Yoosung

Okay, this boy works so hard (at LOLOL of course)

Sometimes he's gotta go out and get a latté because being the top guild is rough, okay?

But the coffee place isn't that big

And its packed

Yoosung had just snagged a table

Oops, but someone else had sat down at the other side too

Guess who lol

MC and Yoosung just looked at each other in surprise

Should I stand up…?

But MC just started giggling

Hey… she's kinda cute, isn't she?

“Hi!” MC would hold out her hand, “I'm MC, and you're trying to steal my table.”

Yoosung laughed nervously at her joke and shook her hand, “uh, sorry. I'm Yoosung Kim.”

She doesn't make him move, though, she just starts a conversation

And oml is that hard for him

Cute girl + nerd equals train wreck

Very stuttery and has rosy cheeks

He tells he's a college student and she immediately bombards him with questions

She seems so fascinated

But, he's really not a good student atm

He switches the convo and starts asking about MC

And, he starts to like her even more

Their convo seems to go on forever

But, her coffee is gone

“Oh, so you're leaving, huh?” Yoosung asks in disappointment

“Other people need tables, don't they?” She would smile

“Um, hey. Is there any way I could talk to you again?”

“well, you could ask for my number,” she would hint flirtatiously, “or you could ask me if I'd like to come back for more coffee sometime.”

Yoosung blushed but he was smiling, “I'll do both. How does that sound?”

Did Yoosung just get a girl’s number?? Yoosung got a girl's number! see even losers like have a chance

Then again he’s adorbs so

Zen

Okay, so Zen has been to many coffee shops, and let's just say it usually ends up in a pretty bad situation.

It’s not that the café itself that’s bad, it's just that…

Someone finds out who he is and his fans begin to swarm the café.

So, he rarely goes into them unless he’s in dire of need of coffee or something to eat.

Well, the day he meets MC is one of those days.

Zen had gotten off of work late, and was pretty much starving for some type of food.

Near the practice hall was a little café about a five minute walk from.

It was almost midnight, so he decided to take the chance and enter the café.

There only seemed to be one guy working the station at the moment,

which was a relief.

Just wait Zen it gets better

When he gave his order, the barista called out for someone in the back.

A really cute girl comes out in an apron.

The previous barista switches place with her to make his order done

Here comes the small talk.

She introduced herself as MC, and Zen thought she was the sweetest girl he’s seen.

It’s past midnight already  and she had more energy than a normal person should have around the time.

“Oh it’s because I had like three cups of coffee! Gotta stay awake for late night people like yourself!”

Throughout the whole chat, never did once MC bring up that he was an actor.

She treated him like a normal person

He took his drink and gave a farewell to MC, promising to come back.

He’ll be back in a hour 4 u MC

After his first encounter, he came back after every practice.

MC was always there to welcome him, and each day their conversations changed.

He told him about his new role in the play, and she seemed enamored

“I didn’t know you had a new role! I knew you were an actor, but I didn’t want to seem like every other person and fan over you…”

That was one of the things that made him want to see  MC over and over again.

She treated him like a normal person.

He learned that she was just working these night time shifts for some extra cash

“How’d it go? Your practice?”

“I went alright… Say, MC? How’d you like to go to dinner with me a night instead of working here?” hides nervousness like a true actor

MC is overjoyed, “I’d love to!”

Jumin

Jumin rarely goes out like this due to the fact that reporters would usually swarm him

So he usually has Jaehee get him his coffee

However, even our little angel Jaehee can get sick sometimes and Jumin has to take matters into his own hands

He began to start searching for a café that delivers

Score, he found one

Guess who delivered

MC, lookin all nice and cute in her little uniform delivered the coffee

Jumin wanted to take it and go, but MC tried to start a small convo

“Hello, sir!”

“Um, good morning.”

“Wow this place is big. Is the intern out or something?”

“Um, yes, she is.”

“Hope she feels better. Have a good day, Mr. Han.”

“How do you know my name?”

Awkwardly points to name on coffee cup

“Oh. Yes, have a good day.” notorious Jumin throat clearing

She gave him such a bright smile

And that coffee was goood

He saw on the receipt the name of the creator and it was the same as the girl who delivered

Even though Jaehee came back, he wants more of that coffee so he ordered again but specifically asked for “MC”

MC came back and gave him another bright smile that morning, ‘so you liked my coffee huh? Here you are.”

“Thank you, MC.”

“Oh! Someone who used my name!” MC said, teasingly, but it kind of went over Jumin’s head

Oh my god, this coffee is so good

Jaehee never has to get Jumin coffee again cuz good ol’ MC is his new personal coffee girl

Convos became a little more than just small talk

MC’s always asking how his week went and he’d explain business statistics and crap

But, wait, she’d understand?

She went to business school for a while which is astounding to him.

She begins to help him with his ideas and promos, and he’s so thankful

This girl is so strange, he’s never met anyone like her

He actually becomes really interested in her

So much so that he wants to see her more often, so he offers her a job there

Happily, she takes it and quits her coffee job

For a while, they work together and she makes him his favorite coffee without him asking

He really starts to like MC

So much so that Jaehee recommends that he ask her on a date

And he takes it like what that actually worked

And, guess what she said: “Took you long enough!” thats a yes btw

Seven

This boy has a lot on his mind alright

Always workin and hackin so coffee is his life

And he thinks cafes are such cute little places with cute little human beings to swarm~

And cute girls too

This one day, as he was enjoying his third coffee while bein on his nice laptop, he noticed a girl walk into the café

She was really pretty like oml the kind of pretty that makes you widen your eyes and try to look away to not seem like a creep

And Seven wasn’t any different

But, since he was so close, he could hear what the girl was saying

“How may I help you?”

“Um, hi… Hey, your name’s Mario. Isn’t that Italian? I heard Italians are so good at making coffee because they naturally like to espresso themselves~”

Omg Seven was ready to explode he spit up his coffee a little

“Har har…” Poor Mario where did he go wrong he just works there

Seven loved this girl already he had to get to know her name or something

“Name?”

“MC,” she giggled pretty girl giggle

Okay, okay, Seven think

He had a ton of great ideas, but they were lost… somewhere… in his brain

She had already grabbed her coffee so Seven gave up, thinking maybe it wasn’t meant to be anyways

Suddenly, Seven noticed the girl had placed her coffee down on his table

“I’m so sorry,” MC apologized, “just trying to get the keys out of my purse”

“No problem” Seven said with a smile don’t be stupid don’t be stupid

MC gave him a smile and a wave before grabbing her coffee and going to leave

This trainwreck grabbed his coffee and went to take a sip, but he realized “Seven” wasn’t written on his cup

He ran out to MC and called, “wait! Wrong coffee”

MC turned around and glanced at the name on her coffee before laughing nervously, “oops! Sorry!”

“You know…” be prepared here comes the pun “stealing someone’s coffee is called ‘mugging’, you know?”

She bursted out laughing nailed it

Seven was successfully able to ask her for her number and she happily gave it to him

V

Cafés are such quaint little spaces and V loves to take pictures of them even tho, ya know, he can’t really see

He usually goes to smaller cafes to limit his chances of being swarmed with fans and artists (he is famous)

One day, he got himself a nice cup of coffee while he began to observe his surroundings

Then, the magical camera was pulled out and he began to take pictures

Took pictures of the workers, the windows, the customers

At one point he pointed up to take a picture of the door, but a girl had walked in and looked at him in shock

She was beautiful prettier than that witch Rika that’s for sure

V immediately apologized, “excuse me! Just taking some pictures, don’t mind me.”

“Of me?” MC asked with a nervous giggle

“Hold that smile!” V said before finding the perfect angle and snapping a picture “very lovely.”

MC blushed, ‘aww, thank you, Mr…?”

“Call me V.” he smiled

“V… Um, alright.”

“Do you, uh… come here often?” smooth V real smooth I bet she’s never heard that one before

“Well, yeah. This is my favorite café.” she has, but she doesn’t mind it when it’s from this blue-haired cutie

“Ah… Well, I should be going. Thank you!”

“Bye, V.”

Guess which café V went to again?

He was obviously really hopeful in seeing MC again because MC is infinitely times better than Rika

Overjoyed, he sorta sees her in her cute little dress and he pulls out his camera to take a picture

Of course, at the perfect timing she looks up at the lens as he takes it it’s not creepy if it’s true love guys

She lets out a laugh and he looks embarrassed, “Sorry, I-uh…”

“I didn’t think you’d come back,” she smiles

“Well, I mean it’s a lovely little café. Perfect for pictures.”

“I see…” MC began to blush as she messed with her fingers, “Um, hey V? Would you say yes if I offered to buy you coffee?”

“I don’t see why I wouldn’t,” he’d smile, “as long as you’d help me take more pictures.”

“Sounds fair,” she smiled brightly.

Saeran

I can totally see Saeran working at a small coffee shop because it’s just so calming to make all these drinks and talking to a person only a few seconds at a time

Especially since this boy can be really intimidating

I bet you he likes all the nice plants that surround the building too

The people can get annoying though

Because some actually try to start a conversation

MC is one of those people

“Hello, how are you?” she would smile

“What can I get you?” trying so hard to ignore this human being and do his job

“Um, you pick.”

Really. “Me?”

“Yeah. You,” she smiled.

She had such a big smile

“Well, alright. What’s the name?”

“MC.”

Of course, as she leaves she says his name, “thank you, Saeran.” Which doesn’t happen often to him

“Uh, no problem?” He hands her the coffee and she pays him

The day goes smoothly and Saeran thinks nothing of it

The next day the girl comes back, “Hello, Saeran!”

“Hi…” Not her again, “What can I get you?”

“You pick.”

Again, he picks and thinks nothing of it

But she keeps coming again and again and asks the same thing

He sees it as almost an attack or something he just doesn’t get it

“Is there something you want from me?” he’d snap

MC would be so calm “I don’t want anything from you. You just seem nice”

Her smile is just... so bright and her eyes are so sparkly

Saeran didn’t know what to do then

Nice? Nice?? Huh… She thinks he’s nice

“Okay,” he sighed, “well, I’ll get you your coffee”

This poor guy finds it so hard to say this “Have a good day”

MC just gives him her stupid bright smile with her eyes lighting up, “thank you! You too, Saeran”

After that, he starts to adjust to her

“Hey MC.” She’s such a nice girl she always asks him how his day is going

One day, he’s having a rough day and MC noticing so she buys a coffee for him too because he mentioned that it was his favorite

“Hope that makes your day better, Saeran”

Of course it does, he loves the gesture but he doesn’t show it

Finally one day he asks, “Uh, hey MC. Why do you come here so often to see me?”

“I told you I like you.”

“Alright, well, maybe we should actually hang out sometime?”

“As in a date?” happiness levels at max

Immediate blush, “no, just… a hangout.” yeah, a date don’t lie

“Of course I’d love to.”

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Digital Profit Master is a Complete STEP BY STEP System to Creating the ULTIMATE Product!

What is Included When YOU Invest in Digital Profit Master?

But that’s not all! We don’t do anything by half… This is why we are giving you even more!

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Check out some of the OUTSTANDING material inside!

These are just some of things we will teach you with Digital Profit Master. Thanks to this formula we have created and the system that we have used to create 1000’s and 1000’s of Dollars in sales.

Inside Digital Profit Master we will show you step by step the exact methods we used to create some fantastic products for both ourselves and for our high value clients.

Moreover, we are going to give you a step by step success master plan that will reveal every single aspect of the product creation process. This is the exact system that we use to create successful products that provides a winning combination every time.

You will be astounded as we reveal our most closely guarded secrets for the very first time. We explain everything in great detail to ensure you learn exactly how to create and benefit from Digital Profit Master from the first module guaranteed.

Take a Look at How Much People Value Our Opinion…

This is quite simply the most enjoyable testimonial that I’ve ever written because without your help and support I wouldn’t be here now. Not too long ago I was a tired school teacher, and now I’m a full time marketer spending my time doing what I’d always dreamed of. If it wasn’t for your help and support then right now I’d still be in my old classroom rather than working from the comfort of my own home. Thanks for all the help and support via email, and if you give your new students even 10% of the help you gave me, then there’s going to be a lot of new marketers going full time in the near future!

Lee McIntyre

Product creation is the lifeline to digital profit success. Without a good product and excellent guidance it’s an up hill struggle from day 1!

John and Dan are the perfect combination to get your digital product off the ground. With over 20 years product creation between them, they have seen and done it all.

If you are going to invest in something today, invest in Digital Profit Master! It’s the smart choice…

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Dave Nicholson

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Thanks for a look inside Digital Profit Master just superb!.

John and Dan are the go to guys when it comes to creating your own products. Why? Well, they have a proven track record of over-delivering both quality and quantity in there training programs. They don’t just talk the talk they walk the walk with multiple JV Zoo product of the day awards.

With Digital Profit Master, John and Dan have set the bar very, very high when it comes to product creation courses. Easy to follow, easy to implement rock solid real word advice. Digital Profit Master is an absolute MUST HAVE to anyone wanting to create their own range of best selling products.

Well done guys this is outstanding!

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Robert Corrigan

Since joining your program my first major product launch has grossed $6446 so far and $100s of recurring income is still coming in each month. I have added over 16,000 subscribers to my list and am generating a 4 figure monthly income.

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Now The BIG Question is?

We feel it is important to be honest, in fact we both base our whole marketing business on honesty and helping people succeed online.

Digital Profit Master is a complete training program that is absolutely packed full of value and will fast track your route to a successful product in no time. So in answer to that question, as long as you apply what we teach “Yes you will see a massive return on your investment”. Digital Profit Master is NOT an eBook containing copy paste third rate information from the internet. This is a step by step fully integrated course that is full of amazing value to help you start creating the ultimate products you have always wanted. This course will earn you an income for years to come.

Please consider that Digital Profit Master is a complete step by step success course and it’s very easy to see how this product could sell for over $1000 or more.

Our marketing mission is to help people like you make an online income and give back as much as we can. We are not crazy we simply want to show you how to make an online income and at the same time make it affordable!

By choosing Digital Profit Master today, you will certainly benefit greatly and definitely won’t be paying $1000 for all of this valuable content. In fact, if you ACT NOW then you can grab this killer home study course for the best price ever. 

Yes, if you act now (during launch week) you will receive our complete product creation success course at the best price ever! Comprising of 6 easy to follow modules, along with easy to understand video tutorials, printable work sheets, Digital Profit Master PDF reports, Mind Maps reports, Printable Mind Maps, also dedicated support during and after product creation and a whole lot more…

We Are Also Giving You a 60 Day no Questions Asked Money Back Guarantee!

Look.

We know this works, but you might be skeptical and that’s perfectly normal. We get that.

So you can come on board, go through the program and judge for yourself.

We’ll even give you 60 days to try the whole thing out…

If, for whatever reason, you want your money back just let us know within 60 days and you’ll get afull refund, no questions asked.

Yes.

That’s right…

We will give you a complete refund no matter what the reason.

Because that’s how confident we are that this will work for you, just like it’s worked for everyone else who’s followed our training

In short – Everyone who follows what we teach get results.

Why?

Because it works.

Remember! Create a Digital Product Once and You Can Sell it as many Times as You Like

The BIG question now is…

Are you in?

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YES John & Dan – Let me in

YES. Please give me immediate access to “Digital Profit Master” today for this single super low investment.

YES. I understand I am short-cutting thousands of hours of painstaking research, trial and error by getting my hands on these proven product creation methods.

YES. Even if I am a complete newbie I know this will work for me as long as I follow your guidance.

YES. I want immediate access to these groundbreaking strategies right away so I can start applying them today and finally start creating awesome online products that I can sell over and over again.

I understand there is no risk whatsoever and I should grab Digital Profit Master  RIGHT NOW for a very small, ONE-TIME, ONE-OFF investment and if I am not happy for whatever reason, I can request a refund under your60 Day Money Back Guarantee.

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We look forward to hearing YOUR success stories! Now you can finally start creating and selling the products you have always wanted and start to make a real business!

We look forward to hearing about your success.

P.S. You are one click away from breaking through right now.

When we started trying to learn how to create profit pulling products there wasn’t anything like this amazing program to help up.

Sure – there was information out there, but we had to find it. We did it the hard way!

Now you don’t have to. We have provided over 20 years experience, tips, tricks and research into one accessible, simple to follow, easily explained members area which you can invest in today for one low price.

So you have a choice?

You can try and do all this on your own and make a lots of costly mistakes OR…

You can get this simple, step-by-step method right now and immediately breakthrough to creating your own amazing income generating products today!

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YES John & Dan – Let me in

YES. Please give me immediate access to “Digital Profit Master” today for this single super low investment.

YES. I understand I am short-cutting thousands of hours of painstaking research, trial and error by getting my hands on these proven product creation methods.

YES. Even if I am a complete newbie I know this will work for me as long as I follow your guidance.

YES. I want immediate access to these groundbreaking strategies right away so I can start applying them today and finally start creating awesome online products that I can sell over and over again.

I understand there is no risk whatsoever and I should grab Digital Profit Master  RIGHT NOW for a very small, ONE-TIME, ONE-OFF investment and if I am not happy for whatever reason, I can request a refund under your60 Day Money Back Guarantee.

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