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noxtivagus · 1 year
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a night will never not be complete without me rambling abt ffxiv huh
#🌙.rambles#[ ffxiv. ]#i'm so happy i found smth like ffxiv for me n apollo. later in 2023 will be the third year of playing. which is a bit hard to believe#i'm so soft for the drk quests i did enjoy it in english or wtvr but reading those fanmade jpn translations rlly warms my heart even more#n then. uwahh listening to shb osts n other vg stuff rn n masquerade at this specific point just#eulmore ost means a lot to me i rlly love that kind of vibe n then. i have a lot of fond memories in that place.#w sm friends back on twintania n 5.5 days hehe.#i am srs rambling again but i just rlly like talking to myself ok pls don't mind me uhhhh#ffxiv helped keep me grounded yes it rlly helped me through hard times. w the world in it n then. the stories that helped me so much#n the music :<< n the charas mean so much to me n then. i just appreciate the game so much. it means a lot to me#thinking abt it n i've really never been good at friendships. i rlly do want to do better bcs i value them so much but hdfjalkfsjda T_T#i rmb fucking up smth late 2020 n then first half or so of 2021 i only interacted w my family n school ppl i think n. ppl in ffxiv#srs reflecting rn n for the longest time i think i genuinely rlly struggled w social anxiety. still do to an extent but it was sm worse#twintania n my fc then changed my life fr they helped me n i don't think i ever rlly directly thanked them but yh.#n then. those social interactions helped me later that year reconnecting w my longtime irl friends that i barely talked to for those past#years bcs of the pandemic n then earlier 2022 w making new friends that weren't online friends for the first time in so long#n then being more connected w my reality again w all that yes n then making more online friends. not a lot i'm still v shy but <3#idk i know i rlly say a lot of the same things often n i write a Lot in tags n ramble sm n i genuinelly will be embarrassed if ppl actually#read this but pls i just like talking to myself i don't do it for attention T_T but I SHOULD REALLY FIX THESE STUFF UP#i think i've just been rambling for the past hour . idk i just really love n appreciate a lot of stuff in life n there's no end to what i#cld just write about like this to myself. n i write even more in my notes oh dear#i seriously look forward to so much this year i'm going to put my regrets behind me n just look towards doing the future#the best i can do is just be kind to myself n do what i can n do what i love uwahh#ok genuinely i still do feel rather stressed n anxious n i'm pretty sure i just wrote that earlier but uh my mind is a mess at this hour#i should not be on tumblr past midnight or when i'm sleepy . i've really made a habit of writing so much in tags#school starts like tmrrw now n thankfully my sleep got mostly fixed. i have so much more i want to do but i'll make sure to#take care of my health at least. for the past 2 weeks now i think i usually sleep around midnight (earlier typically) n never later than 3#I'M HAPPY W THAT sleeping better rlly improved a lot but it's so hard to start making that change when. Yeah but here i am now <3#that said though i'm gna stop. rambling now i wna be a bit more productive before i sleep but gn in advance ><
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nyancrimew · 2 months
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thanks for not posting my actual ask but vagueblogging about it to 5k people ignoring the context that im an incest survivor whos trans who was saying that a very small circle of white trans bloggers on here were being called out because of their incest and cnc fetishes, not because of their gender.
its so disingenuous and hurtful that you would misconstrue this situation like this when many black bloggers and or survivors have been open about the source of their upset.
ok i wasn't gonna answer to this ask but i think you need to realize that you are absolutely not the only person sending asks to me, i am a big blog, i didn't reply to your ask directly because i was replying to about 10 different asks at once (yours being one of them yes). the main point i was making just being that the kink discourse is really fucking irrelevant with the situation at hand anyways (do you genuinely not see how matt's behavior is absolutely unacceptable?) and you can stop sending me these asks. the other point i made was about how you can't just say there was no harrassment going on, just because you personally weren't a part of the well documented big harrassment campaign against various bloggers including avery and myself.
not going to engage with the kink discourse in this or your other ask, because that's not what this situation right now is about and is irrelevant.
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vega-482 · 1 year
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Kevan Brighting's opinion on voice AI
You've probably already seen this screenshot of an email of Kevan's opinion on AI generated audios
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YES it's the real Kevan Brighting
However I'll explain the full context in this post and how we got this email
[warning for brief NSFW mention]
We obtained it thanks to @/shinakazami1 who asked him directly!
Ok so, since someone from a TSP discord server I'm in posted a NSFW AI generated audio of the Narrator, and someone else pointed out it wasn't ok to feed Kevan's voice to an AI and using it for making NSFW content without his consent, I wanted to know about his opinion on the matter but I was too coward to ask myself
But Shina had previously said she could ask Kevan directly if we wanted to commission him but didn't want to ask directly, so I told her if she could ask Kevan directly about his opinion on the matter, I wanted to ask specifically about the NSFW AI audios, but she decided to ask him about AI generated audios in general, and she'll ask him about NSFW voice commissions and other NSFW matters later
And that's basically how she got his opinion about AI generated audios
So the best thing we can and should do as a fandom is respecting him and his work, as well as his opinion on the matter and stop doing AI generated audios with his voice since he doesn't agree with it
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Milk theory? 👁️👁️
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ANYTHING FOR YOU TWO!!!!
ok this is gonna be short and mildly insane. i would like everyone to understand that this is pretty much Entirely unfounded & i'm just reading too much into a teeny little thing. however i've convinced myself that this theory is viable against all better judgement
take these mad ramblings with a Monumental grain of salt. im not to be taken seriously ever
so it all boils down to This
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Motherfucker.
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the milk carton behind Barnaby's house.
it was added with the last large update, and it Immediately made me lose my mind. it's such a... strange thing to add to the map, which already has Teeny Secrets - along with other choice objects that make me narrow my eyes. but this isn't about them.
The very first thing I thought of when I saw the milk carton was the phrase "no use crying over spilled milk". which, of course, essentially means that there's no point in crying over things you can't change / things already done. There are a couple ways i'm interpreting it with this context
Something is going to happen that Barnaby feels personally responsible for. or is responsible for - either indirectly, or maybe he'll do something terrible. i think it's entirely possible that he might do that possible something for Wally. and again, take this with salt, but Clown has implied through trivia and fun hypotheticals that Barnaby would go to lengths for Wally. and yes, i know. taking evidence from "what would the neighbors do in Among Us" is absurd. IN MY DEFENSE! while the trivia isn't really to be taken seriously, there's always a thought process behind character roles and dynamics and behavior, and that is something that can be (carefully) looked into and applied. like in Among Us, apparently Barnaby would, and i quote, "Barnaby does all the Dirty work if Wally is an Impostor- Anything to help his little Buddy out...". anything to help his little buddy out, huh? like, it's been stated that Barnaby knows things about Wally that no one else does. and it's been mildly implied that he's fairly protective of Wally. and we all know that Wally is getting into some deep shit, and whether he means to or not he's likely gonna fuck everything up for everyone. it's not that big of a leap to speculate that Barnaby might do something drastic/horrible/regret-worthy in Wally's name / for his sake.
2. something terrible is going to happen to Barnaby / directly related to Barnaby, and he's going to be absolutely powerless to do anything about it. though i think that's kind of a given... yeah this section is pretty self explanatory
3. Barnaby is going to go missing. because what used to be on milk cartons? Missing Posters! yes yes i know this one is even more of a reach, since milk cartons didnt have missing posters on them till the 80s, but yk. it's a Thought.
my second thought was "oh ok so when the carton spills, it's curtains for Barnaby." this part of the theory is just me being paranoid that Barnaby is going to wind up kicking the bucket - though i suppose if that were the case, there would be a bucket, not milk. well, if a bucket ever appears, i'm going to start prematurely mourning. Still!
the point is - at some point, that milk is probably gonna spill. it may be just a detail as things get better Worse, or it could be indicative of something terrible happening to / because of Barnaby. the milk spills, Panic Time.
Milk Theory.
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normansnt · 2 months
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Okay so I, myself, is trans masc and have bad body dysphoria. If it’s alright with you could I ask for something with Alastor and the reader cuddling or something with fluff along the lines of being overly sensitive about what they look like and such? If you’re not comfortable with that then something with angst (I love angst) with Alastor and male reader?
HERE YOU GO LOVE
I hope you like it I did put a bit of angst in it since you said you liked it🫡
Ok Alastor might be a bit OOC but like😎
Warnings: body dysphoria
Handsome boy
(Alastor x trans male reader)
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Here you were again. Staring at your reflection in the mirror. You did this almost every day.
You hated your body, since it wasn't even yours. You truly didn't want to look at it, you were struggling to tear your eyes away. You just hated it so much. You just wanted to take the scissors and cut off everything that shouldn't be there.
Being born in a body that was never yours. It was like prison.
The tears started rolling down your cheeks. This was nothing new to you. crying was almost a daily routine at this point.
"Dear, are you ready to go?"
You heard the static voice of your boyfriend from the other side of the door.
"Shit" you whispered to yourself as you hurriedly went to put on your binder but thats not so easy.
You were staring hatefully at your body for too long apparently.
You were struggling to put on your binder when Alastor opened the door. The moment he entered you got it on but it was of no use. He has seen it. The prison you were born in.
He was standing there in the door. The smile fell from his face.
"Darling?" He asked.
"...please leave." You managed to whisper.
You never told him. You were scared that he would leave you.
However even though you never said it directly he knew. He knew because he had the tendency to over analyze everyone and so after some time he figured it out.
He knew the basic concept of being trans. He worked in the radio business after all he has met trans people. However the moment he noticed that you, his lovely boyfriend, were born as the gender which you aren't he started to get deeper into the subject.
He learned everything that is about transitioning, body dysphoria and most importantly, how to help with these.
Alastor surprised himself truly, he has never done this much for someone, but you, you were so important to him. He has never loved anyone as much as he loves you (perhaps his mother).
Alastor always believed that what a person looked like or presented themselves as had nothing to do with their value or personality, in fact he found the whole idea of connecting looks to self worth foolish. Male, female, neither, both it didn't matter to him much.
"My love" he proceeded to walk over to your kneeling form.
"Can my lovely boyfriend look at me" he said as without the static in his voice.
This got your attention and you looked up at him, he was wearing a small smile, not his usual grin, a smile that said: everything is ok.
Your eyes were red from crying as you looked up at him. The moment he noticed that his eyebrows wrinkled.
"Oh, dear, we cannot have that" he said at last as he lifted you off the ground (with the help of a little magic lets face it the man is a twig) and sat down with you in his lap on your bed.
"My darling, you do know I love you, yes?" He asked.
You hesitantly nodded your head.
"Lovely, then you also know that I love every part of you no matter what, you will be a gorgeous man in my eyes with or without female body parts, hmmm?"
You didn't answer to that.
"Well, now you know. I am aware that what you youngsters call 'body dysphoria' is. A major problem for you do not think I don't know how much you cry."
You looked up at him in shock, you were always so careful to be quiet.
"In fact that is why we were going to go out today I was going to get an answer out of you" he chuckled a bit.
"However, I think perhaps staying in is a better option for tonight?" He looked at you questioningly.
You nodded again.
With that confirmation Alastor hugged you even closer to him and laid down on your bed with you clinging to him.
"My handsome boy." He said
He hugged you and kissed your forehead. He started singing quietly with the static back in his voice, he knew you found it calming.
His singing was lovely, it was slowly luring you to sleep. Before you fell asleep you mumbled a 'thank you' to which he gave another kiss to your forehead as you drifted off, feeling loved.
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Hope you guys enjoyed (especially u @coffeewithcocoa) I just wanna say as a last word to every trans person out there that remember you deserve love and are worthy of affection.
Love you all have a great morning/night/afternoon💗
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meraki-yao · 6 months
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RWRB: A list of thoughts on the Campfire Scene
Ok I went to sleep for another hour to calm myself down and now I can form coherent thoughts about the scene and not just scream and squeal
It's a three-minute scene with two shots. The first shot is a little over two minutes
When Alex asks his question, Henry, who was looking into the fire, tilts his head towards Alex as if to listen better. After Alex finishes, Henry looks up towards the sky, like he's wondering how to answer
Alex doesn't really react to Henry's "Once upon a time" even though he's not directly answering Alex's question. He just listens, and that's such a beautiful thing
Nick deserves a round of applause for this scene, his monologue was two minutes long, and monologues are really hard to perform because it's just you who keeps talking, you don't really get to react to other things or people, it's just you, so Nick is a fantastic job
Nick's delivery and tone, and the way he sometimes ends a sentence a bit like a question (ex: "acutely") makes it sound like Henry's been thinking about this story/ metaphor for a while but this is the first time he ever verbalizes it, so while he knows what he wants to talk about thus he doesn't need to pause a lot to think of the story, he does occasionally need to think of the next word or line because again, he never actually said any of this out loud before, and Nick does that so well
@pippin-katz pointed out that Nick misspoke and said "sent the suit a prince of armour" which is hilarious, and while because movie, this shouldn't happen, realistically we all have moments where we mix words up so it almost feels more... authentic? Also, I didn't pick it up but now that Pippin mentioned it I'm really aware of it lmao
Also Henry/Nick's voice here is so soothing? I can almost imagine him telling bedtime stories to his and Alex's kids like this in the future. I wonder if Henry would write children's books because it feels like it'd be something he do and something he could write really well, if this clip is anything to go by. Plus I stumbled across an audio of Nick reading "The Emperor's New Clothes" before (I literally have no context of why he was reading that and it was literally just audio, not sure if I can find it anymore) and it was so soothing and calming that I fell asleep to it one night. Besides the full-cast RWRB audiobook that I'm practically demanding at this point, I wonder if he would be interested in doing more audiobook/narration stuff. He's really got the voice for it
The King sending a suit of armour to protect the prince's heart kind of further proves my point of the King being a much more loving grandparent to Henry than the queen in the book, and him worrying more about Henry himself than the image of the crown. He noticed that 1, Henry is an emotionally sensitive person, 2, Henry is gay, and both of those things could be turned against him easily, and he will get hurt. He does love Henry, just not in a way that's good for Henry. If we get a sequel I do hope we can see them reconcile in one way or another. It'd be a nice example for people in the same positions.
The "Nothing will ever happen to him" line!!!! I wrote a whole essay about Kensington and this line because somehow this line was one of the most powerful ones to me, but to know that it was originally Henry's word just adds another level of pain to the Kensington scene
You can see Henry's face light up when he starts talking about the peasant boy. And Alex's quick eyebrow raise and deep chuckle. It's so beautiful, I wanna cry
We talk about Alex's heart eyes, which, yes, but Henry's look of pure adoration and love at Alex when he says "Truly Alive" makes me want to melt
I yelled a little at Alex when he started to lay back down (as in I verbally shouted "DAMMIT ALEX LOOK AT YOUR MAN") because I felt like if Alex saw Henry's face in the following lines he'd figure out Henry has issues earlier? But then I saw a take saying the shot was framed like theatre where Henry's both centre stage and in the spotlight so the focus is on him, so Alex was designed to lay back down on the timber bench to make the entire space for Henry
Henry's look of sad longing when he talks about the peasant boy pulling apart his armor is heartbreaking
I wonder if this was originally planned to be the changing point from Alex's POV to Henry's POV? Because in that case I do think the lake scene worked better as a changing point
I also wonder how did Henry end the story in his head up to this point? Because as hopefully as the last line is, at this point in the story, Henry still doesn't believe he can keep this
I get why scenes are cut because when you're putting together a movie, there are a lot of things you don't see for individual scenes until you put them together. This is why as much as I want the cast and crew to get the premiere they deserve to have, I don't really want an extended cut of the movie, because things were cut for a good reason
That being said, if the cornetto scene and this scene proved anything, is that the scenes themselves are fascinating, and I WANT THEM ALL
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kopw · 9 months
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g1 season is upon us! i'm too lazy to gif every match myself! the world needs gifmakers like you! yes you!
this guide includes: basic gifmaking, actions, how to blur on-screen graphics, coloring tips catered specifically to wrestling footage (mainly aew and njpw), how to add subtitles, what tags to use
what you will need:
photoshop (i currently use cc 2017 for windows which you can grab from this post by birdysources)
kmplayer (for extracting frames)
what you might need depending on what you're looking to gif:
4k video downloader (for downloading videos off youtube)
vkopt (browser extension that lets you download videos off vk)
step 1: getting the footage
if you're directly downloading from a site this step is super easy. just make sure to always go for the highest quality of footage available (for njpw this is nowhere near 1080p, and even aew's 1080p footage is pixelated in places—but don't let this deter you!)
if you plan on giffing something off a ppv, chances are you might need to torrent the event. if you can, look for versions off fite with either web or webrip in the title for the best quality. this applies to weekly television too (fite doesn't have picture-in-picture). always seed your torrents. yes, even that one match from 2012. especially that one
you can also get recent shows off watchprowrestling dot co (previously org) which includes njpw tour shows and indie events as well. check out indy★wrestling★group on vk for smaller promotions and japanese promotions outside of njpw (tjpw, stardom, noah...)
step 2: choosing a clip
wrestling footage quality is not consistent. entrances with too many flashing lights or small particles will have huge quality drops, so unless it's something really special, don't put yourself through that. close-ups are generally your best friend but don't shy away from clips with lots of movement (you do sometimes want to gif the wrestling parts of wrestling too)
step 3: extracting frames
open your video in kmplayer. go to the part that you want to gif (though, i suggest leaving a bit of fodder before and after the actual clip. you can always trim the frames down later and it's better to start off with more). then, press ctrl + g
this should bring up this window:
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your settings might be different if it's your first time downloading the app so just copy what you see here
kmplayer automatically captures into its own folder, which you can change if you want, but i just left it as is. i recommend pinning the folder you regularly use to the quick access menu in your file explorer
hit start, start the video, let it capture frames for however long, and then hit stop on both the extractor and the video itself. and now you have a bunch of frames in a folder. cool!
step four: converting frames to layers
open photoshop. this will take ages but open it. go to file -> scripts -> load files into stack...
this will bring up this window:
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click browse... and select all the frames you just extracted. depending on the number of frames, this might take you a bit. then hit ok and let your layers load into photoshop. this will take a long time (saying this as someone whose laptop tends to heat up to the temperature of an egg pan at this point in the process)
step five: actions
i use actions (user-built series of recorded commands, meaning you don't have to click everything manually) for everything except coloring. i use a mishmash of like three different actions that i never bothered to organize. these are the two most important ones:
actionpack #1 by giulia (i use the setup and save portions from this one)
squishmoon actions by lildohnut (i use the hd sharpening from here, first layer on 0.3 for close-ups and 0.2 otherwise, and the second layer at the suggested 50%)*
*most sharpening settings you'll find are made for current films and tv shows so you do have to make some adjustment to fit your crunchy wrestling footage
step six: sizing
pick a size for your gif! here is a handy chart:
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as for height, it can range anywhere from 300px-540px and beyond. most people go for 350px-450px. 400px is the sweet spot
personal preference: adjust canvas size not image size and fit your footage accordingly. some footage (looking at you aew) can have an odd black bar at the bottom, and manual resizing can help getting rid of it. if you just resize the whole image that will stay there and bother you
additional tip: guidelines
9/10 times you will leave your footage centered. however, there are times when this can look a bit awkward, depending on the framing, in which case i like bringing in a few guidelines. go to view -> new guide layout...
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rule of thirds is generally good for drawing the eye to certain places. these settings will divide your canvas into nine squares that help you reposition your main gif layer
optional step: blurring pop-up graphics and banners
so, you have your sharpened, resized gif... but the sharpening made the small text and other unwanted elements on your screen shrivel up like raisins. you can leave it as is, people won't mind, it's a wrestling gif, who cares. but, if you want, you can just blur it out
i'm at least a little bit certain that i'm personally the guy who brought this over from k-pop tumblr (not saying i invented the concept, i just love being a trendsetter) and so i can give you a few reasons as to why people do this. such as:
adding subtitles over pre-existing, burnt subtitles (example: njpw post-match comments off njpwworld and not youtube)
getting rid of elements that might distract people from the focal point of the gif (the hotties... and the moves. mostly the hotties)
it makes your otherwise milquetoast sharpening look a little better in contrast
it's gonna be ugly either way so it's a pick your poison type of situation. if you do want to try the blurring method, you will need a basic knowledge of filters and layer masks
step-by-step blurring process:
duplicate your gif layer
blur the layer on top (i typically go for a 4.0 gaussian blur; for this, go to filter -> blur -> gaussian blur...)
apply a layer mask to the blurred layer and make the layer mask black (this will remove the blur effect, don't be scared). to access the layer mask just click on it. you can press alt before clicking to "enter" the layer mask (though you won't see your gif this way)
go in with a soft round brush (or any brush) with white and draw over the bits you want blurred. this is the tedious part
profit?
here's a comparison:
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it's really down to personal preference ٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و
i convert my base gif layer and the blurred layer into a smart object before moving on with my process because sometimes photoshop likes to do this thing where it only applies the blur to the frame you're on. you can avoid this by combining the layers manually
if you're working with njpw footage and your clip plus coloring combination allows you to, you can also just go over the banner with black and blend it into the background. it's by far the best option but there's so rarely an opportunity to utilize it (i did it in the little header i made... go back and look at how beautiful she is)
step six: coloring
the big one. oh boy. prefacing this with: you can just skip coloring if you want. the sharpening settings i recommended earlier give a nice contrast to the gifs as is, so if it looks fine like that, you don't need any fancy colors. that being said...
my thought process going into coloring is to focus on skin tones and adjust everything around them. i don't tend to use psds, i always just manually color correct based on the actual footage i'm working with (venues differ, lighting differs, hues differ... incredibly hard to plan for all of it in advance). if i plan on making multiple gifsets of the same event/match, i do re-use settings, but sometimes minor adjustments are still needed
to begin coloring, you will need to use adjustment layers. you will pretty much need a basic knowledge of all of them (to the extent of knowing what the sliders and values do)
[1] i always begin with an exposure layer. this will remain above all of your layers (unless you plan on adding subtitles). here are my settings:
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again, every layer you add after this will go below your exposure layer
[2] i add a selective color layer to further adjust the blacks. this will vary gif to gif but keep your adjustments small
[3] i add a vibrance layer. wrestling footage has major saturation problems that you can manage early on to make your life easier. take back a tiny bit (usually from -3 to -5) of vibrance before you begin your other color adjustments
[4] this is the big skin tone adjustment step using a curves layer. it does most of the heavy-lifting in my process. here is a video tutorial that explains the technique i use. it works the same with gifs as it does with images. the key differences are:
the image you are color picking off of shouldn't be a limited skin tone chart but rather an image of the wrestler(s) in natural (or as close to natural as you can find) lighting. i just go for renders used on the roster page. fan photography is way too edited to use here
try picking from a darker area of skin (shadows, midtones). it fits better with match lighting
this step will most likely correct color tints, but keep in mind that different promotions/shows/venues have different lighting. here are my personal observations:
aew dynamite and rampage have strong magenta tints
aew collision and roh honor club have strong red tints
njpw has a washed out blue tint
impact has a strong green tint
you can either lean into these (play around with making them really vibrant) or cancel them out using opposites on the color wheel (for example: to get rid of the magenta tint on dynamite, either decrease the magenta slider in your neutrals using selective color or add more green using color balance)
you will almost always have to add more cyan as well (either using color balance or channel mixer; channel mixer can also help you fine-tune skin tones with its blue tab—don't get rid of yellow undertones!)
[5] here is where i start fiddling around with manual adjustments that i seriously can't help you with... just add layers and change colors until you think it feels right. don't be afraid to start over if needed
[6] finishing touches! if you're like me you will have overcolored in the previous step. don't be afraid to add a saturation layer and decrease specifically the saturation of the reds (this will affect the skin tone; if you feel like you're on the right track but it's just too orange-looking, it's a saturation issue)
i also tend to add a black & white layer below the exposure layer up top set to soft light and lowered to 10% opacity. this gives you a bit of additional contrast that pulls the final gif together in my opinion
optional step: adding subtitles and watermarks
always add text layers above your coloring!
[1] subtitles
the font i use for subtitles is arial rounded mt bold, which you can download for free here. the point of subtitles is for them to be readable, so feel free to use any other font as long as it can be read with ease (nothing too thin or too blocky). if you plan on using the font i use, make sure to set it on faux bold and faux italics
font size differs based on the size of your gif, but it should normally be between 17pt and 23pt. i like to keep my tracking (letter-spacing) the same as my font size (so for 21pt subtitles i would have the tracking also at 21). i keep leading (the space between multiple lines of text) 3pt or 4pt
if there are two people speaking, i like setting the second speaker's text color to #ffd300. this is a generic yellow caption color that is still easy to read
after you have your basic text done, right click on your layer to add blending options. adding a stroke and a drop shadow can further help bring your text to the foreground. I keep my stroke (hah) at a simple 1px black. here are my drop shadow settings:
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here is a more detailed guide about subtitles by clubgif
as for placement i add a horizontal guide at 95% and put my text on top of the line (while also keeping it centered vertically)
[2] watermarks
i personally don't use watermarks because i just don't care to, but if you want to add one, the same general ideas apply. just lower the opacity of your text layer at the end (if you want... again, a watermark is personalized)
step seven: timing
this is where you'll have to convert your video timeline back to a frame animation!
delete the frames that you don't need and then set a consistent timing (click on your first frame and shift + click on your last one to select all of your frames before adjusting). i like my gifs at 0.04, but depending on the footage you can go for 0.03 (newer bte episodes) or 0.05 (this also works if you don't have enough frames and want your gif a bit slower)
step eight: exporting
go to file -> export -> save for web (legacy)...
here are my export settings:
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make sure to keep your gif under 10mb! if your file exceeds 10mb, you can't upload it to tumblr. you either have to cut some more frames or add compression to your gif (something i would never do, i always just cut frames)
additional tip: tagging
you have your gif! but how do you get people to actually look at it?
i always tag wrestlers* (full name, for both searchability and tag filtering purposes), promotions (initialisms like #aew over #all elite wrestling; if it's a more generic promotion name i.e. impact, go for #impact wrestling), tracked edit tags (#aewedit, #njpwedit; this not only helps source blogs find your posts and give them a bigger reach but it lets you browse other people's works). if you want to go the extra mile you can also include which event/video the gifset is from somewhere in your tags (if it's not already in the caption)
*even if you feel like it personally hurts you to tag that one wrestler you can't stand who happens to be in a match with your fave: do try tagging all wrestlers involved for ease of filtering, especially if you don't add image descriptions to your gifsets (tumblr's post content filtering system picks up on those)
general tumblr etiquette but don't cross-tag (i.e. tag a wwe gifset as #aew). no one likes cross-taggers. crossover events are exempt from this rule of course (forbidden door, multiverse united...)
additional tip: accessibility
don't use gradient text in your captions. screen readers can't read them!
if you can, include an image description. no matter how basic. this not only helps people with screen readers but the alt text of your gif is what's going to be displayed in case the gif isn't loading properly. here's a guide on how to caption gifsets by shangs
and you're done! all that's left to do is get silly with it. once you have the basics down you can virtually do anything. you can make those pretty graphics with blending. you can gif every single match of your fave in chronological order. sky's the limit
don't be discouraged if your gifs are not "perfect" from the get-go. this is a hobby just like any other hobby, and with time you'll get better at it. don't compare yourself to others and don't put your efforts down. only you can make the exact gifs you want to see
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wren-dy-flowergarden · 11 months
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A fairytale we will never forget. (Wanderer/f!Reader)
*ੈ✩‧˚₊⁀➴ You are a failed writer of the Academia and Nahida gives you something to write about. Post Sumeru Arc! Wanderer x f!academiaReader *ੈ✩‧˚₊⁀➴A/N: OK! LISTEN- I have so much I need to write and My Precious Treasures is giving me trouble. Let me have my small little scaramouche man to cheer me up until my writing gets better (ꈍᴗꈍ)ε`*). (Side note: not everything is cannon compliant, Im still on last act of story- but have been semi spoiled lol cause Kaveh stole my heart and the event was sooo cute!) *ੈ✩‧˚₊⁀➴Word Count: 3.3k *ੈ✩‧˚₊⁀➴Tags: if bickering was cute, writing stories together, lots of fluff, light spoilers, writer will do anything for inspiration, poor be'tad
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You've failed again and would you be surprised it's not the first time you have failed.
It might have been the sixth, but you have lost count when your writings could fill ten books worth. You look at the scrolls limply hanging off your desk, the textbooks pilling so high they create a safety hazard of 'homicide by books'.
It's not right. It's not correct. It's not factual. It's not accurate. That's all they say, when they dismiss you with a wave of their hand and close the doors in front of sleepless eyes.
You want to scream, because it's not fucking accurate when a measly academia scholar like yourself cannot even read non-biased readings that do not have the author as Great Sage.
You needed something to take your mind off this.
You needed a break.
"You want to write a fantasy novel?" Aether comments munching on a stick of grilled meat. He looked off put by your comment as his companion Paimon speaks up, "Paimon doesn't understand how more writing is taking a break from writing?"
"It's a break because I can enjoy myself! No need to look at which theory makes more sense than the old. No more citing ancient sages that lived hundreds of years ago that are outdated. A good old fantasy."
Aether rolls his eyes, "And what defines 'good old fantasy'?"
Your eyes shine as you point directly at him. He scoffs as he tries another vendor's dish, "I mean- You have fought literal gods right! Or at least people tell me you have fought monsters that are as strong as gods!" You pause as you comment on your own delusions, "Well- I'm not sure how strong a god is, but it sounds impressive."
Aether is about to stop you as you continue, "Oh! Oh, what about the time you slayed a dragon? That sounds super interesting."
He groans in a way that you sense is that every time someone mentions the words 'dragon', that he must correct them, "For the last time. We didn't 'slay' it. We purified the crystal that made Dvalin sick."
"...So, your saying saved a kingdom from dark magic and that is not fantastical enough!"
You slam a couple mora onto the next vendor as Aether finished his latest dish. Sure, that money was for the breakfast, lunch and dinner for the next two days but what could be better than breathing, live, material!
You plead, "Please! One story, any story! I need something to jump start my brain that is not a library book."
Aether looks up the sky longingly you would narrate it as a 'take me now' moment; but surely not from you.
"Any story?"
You beam nodding as Aether reluctantly says yes.
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"So that's the story. Sorry about this but I need to be back in Liyue by tomorrow and knowing (Y/N), she can um- be a lot."
You can't understand the rest of the sentence, but you see Aether talking to a smaller girl with leaves in her hair and flowers that bloomed around her.
At least that is what you say, but behind the boy with a large hat covering his head wore a frown as you could see each flower wilting- dead on the floor fictitiously.
What a buzzkill.
The girl, Nahida is what Aether calls her and she reminds you of sunshine that warms your heart. She smiles as she gives a small wave to you. As she does the boy behind her taps his foot frown never leaving his face.
"I see." And there is an ethereal ring in the small girl’s voice, "Leave it to us, please give the people of Liyue and the him our regards."
"Huh! Us?" A voice speaks at the same time. It was the boy with short purple hair dressed in flowing clothes different than your own. He looked like the wind would parachute him away at any second.
Aether sensing the shift whispered goodbye to you, leaving the room with the small girl and the frowning boy.
The girl speaks up first, "Aether told us of your 'predicament'? She questions because, no, writing a fantasy novel isn't considered a predicament more than getting a thorn stuck in your thumb; compared to how the academia cranks out automatous, encyclopedias of information that are used as the life blood of people’s lives, but in a sweets way she gives respect as she looks in your eyes.
Or so you thought.
"Therefore, he will help you!" And she points her thumb behind her to a balking boy who stomps his foot down. You could have sworn you felt the ground shaking, but that was probably his attitude.
"Wha- I refuse! There is no way I will be helping that baboon." And ouch, because words do hurt but if he had any sense of social norms and could read the room he would not continue. But he did, "You expect me to become one of those mediocre story tellers on the street?"
You glower as you gather any confidence you have in your work, "How dare you. Stories keep people alive!" And he gives you a look as if you are the idiot in the room because stories don't technically keep you alive, but that didn't stop your ramble," They let us share emotional connection with one each other as we can obtain a deeper understanding of people!" Don't say it, remember your manners, “and someone like you that has the emotional capability of a doormat wouldn't understand that!"
You wince as you see the boy’s brow raise underneath his ridiculously large hat, his mouth snarling as he cracks his fingers. It felt like the air was being sucked out of the room.
"Oh, really now?" It sounds like a threat the way his tone bleeds with irritation, "Let’s see who's the doormat once I-"
Nahida, gently places a hand on top of his and the air returns to normal. You let out a gasp that you did not feel you were holding as her voice rings out, "Now children, that's not how to treat each other."
She looks stern? Like a mother that is discipling her child by the way his face writhes into reluctance. She gives you a harsh stare that makes you feel like your own mother is chiding you, "Now, people who ask for favors can't start fighting with the asked. Can they?"
You look down at the floor, digging your heel in, properly chastised, "No... they can't."
She turns to the boy behind, "And people who invite guests into their home..."
He looks reluctant as if this wasn't his first time finishing her sentence, "don't blast them away..."
Blast them away?‌ And you think the right answer should be 'threaten, cause bodily harm, or even joke about causing bodily harm' but the small girl looks content either way.
"Now to start good relationships, we shake hands!" She clasps her hands together smiling.
Neither of you move.
"I rather not take my chances."
"I rather put my hand in boiling water."
Oh yes, this will be wonderful...
You sit down on a bench overlooking the landscape of Sumeru. It was beautiful the way the bustling of the city created a divide between the ethereal beauty of the nature itself to the bustling city life that coexisted with it.
Now that's beautifully said. Wait- but you used the word "beautiful" at least three, not four times now. What could you use instead?
You were about to dive deeper into your thoughts before a voice interrupted.
"Hey baboon!" A voice calls in which you wish was with endearment, because at least that be cuter than plain degrading. The boy pushes a plate of sticky rice plated with different types of fresh fruit, covered with syrupy goodness, "This is disgusting."
He's been doing this a while now, ever since Nahida kicked you two both out of the house with a couple of mora to keep you both full (how nice of her). She commented on 'sharing experiences with one each other', leading you to buy your favorite dessert as an olive branch.
You see the way her pushes the plate off towards the side of the table, "Hey that's my favorite dessert you know!"
And he scoffs folding his hands across his chest, leaning against the chair, "You have the tastebuds of a child then." And of course he continues, because goddamnit he does not know when enough is enough, "Oh- I forgot you are a child trying to create a kid's book."
You don't know which is worse. You going back to your small apartment to keep writing a bleeding thesis paper or you having to deal with this punk.
You take a breath in, you strive for peace, "Well. Then what's your favorite food?"
He rolls his eyes, "I don't have a favorite food."
"Everyone has something they like." You counter because he is not getting off the hook.
He pauses before he replies in pure reluctance, "Tea. The more bitter the better."
Now you're folding your hands across your chest, mirroring him.
"Tea?" You deadpan, "That's not a food."
"Were you not listening? I said I had no favorite food."
This time you scoff, "Well then why don't you like sticky rice?"
"It's disgusting."
"That's not an answer!"
"It is an answer you complete and utterly useless-!"
A third voice, "Excuse me."
You both turn to a server that has seen better days in their effort to survive customer service industry. The man looks at you and then at him, "You need to leave unless you stop yelling at each other. There are others trying to enjoy the view."
You look behind him and indeed others do look frustrated with the boy and you. At least you can read the room before the boy in front of you could, he looked like he was about to argue, and it was an argument he would lose. Slamming a couple of mora with a quick sorry, you grab the boy by his sleeve running out leaving your mango sticky rice behind.
By the time you make it to the top of Sumeru you are huffing and puffing. Air feels like fire as you steady yourself on your kneecaps gasping. Next to you, the boy has every piece of flowing fabric in place, his face not even a drip of sweat upon it. In other words, he looks and probably is way healthier than you.
"How- huff aren't you- dying?" And you say it in a way the means 'how are you standing', 'why are you freakishly healthy' or in a comedic sort of way 'are you even human?'; but his jumps eyes wide as he retorts head up high, "Everyone can run at least that far."
You start to think about your counterparts in the academia and how even a mile run would make you want to never leave your room again, and then you rethink, because Aether is his 'friend?' and that blond hair boy is certainly the least normal boy you know but he might fall into the category of 'everyone' to your interviewee.
That gave you hope.
You sit at a rickety bench underneath tarp that give a nice shade in the sun, fanning your shirt to let air in between all your robes. You notice him standing off to the side, like a cat waiting to be beckoned and that almost makes this time bearably. He must have surrendered, because he sees you eyeing him then the chair across from you and he sit down right on the edge.
"So", you start once you’re sure you can say a whole sentence without wheezing, "I know- that maybe, we got off on the wrong foot," and he opens his mouth for another (probably insensitive) comment and you talk quicker, "but I'm ready to listen to any story you have to share!" There quick and simple.
He closes his mouth, the thin line never shifting in his lips before he huffed, "I don't have a story for you."
And all common courtesy went out the window as you breathe in and out, peace! Peace you say! "Everyone has a story." A twinge of sass, "Like how everyone has a favorite food."
"Fine. I'll be more clear. I have no "fantasy" story that you will want to write."
And you blink, that was not the response you were expecting. You feel the academic spirit ignited in you as you prod for more information, "What do you mean by that?"
He's thinking and you can see thunder clouds brewing in his purple eyes as he clenches his teeth, "You want those dumb fairy tales where idiotic princes go save a damsel huh? Someone who saves you no matter what even though there is no one there!" You describe it as lightning engulfing his eyes as it leaks out with every enunciation in his words. You can feel the hair at the bottom of your neck standing up, "How stupid you all are."
A moment of thought, "Well, if you put it that way it is pretty stupid."
His face contorts in a way that you wonder if your face muscles can do that as well, "Huh?!"
"Yah!" You twiddle you fingers as if trying to connect the dots, "I never said I wanted to write a classic fantasy story! Who gets to say what I will write?" You stand up renewed energy as the cogs move in your mind, "I'm writing this because I want to! Stories are meant to connect us and if I can't hear your story then how the hell am I even supposed to know what to write?"
You don't let him even start. His mouth agape.
"You're right I may be an idiot I will admit. I can't even pass a stupid thesis paper because I am too focused on the fact that every paper I have used as reference sucks the living life out of me faster than I can even graduate." You point a finger towards him, your index finger almost touching his nose and he is spluters, "But Im not an idiot when it comes to sharing others stories."
When you're sure he's not going to start on another rampant of the insipid state of his world you say one last thing. A perfect conclusion.
"We haven't formally introduced ourselves."
His brows furrow, "Ha- I know your name!" He says in a loud voice, but there is less venom this time.
You shake your head, giving little tuts of disappointment, "No silly" he preens at the word but it's payback for him calling you a baboon, "I don't know your name."
The boy eyes cross towards your fingertips as he slaps your hands away, "Get your hand out of my face." You can tell he is thinking.
He gives a sigh, before mulling over the possibility of only one-story telling night vs. a determined author who will bang on his door every day until she gets what she wants. At least that's what you believe he is thinking of.
"You can call me..."
His voice becomes muffled under his hat, and you ask him to repeat again. His violet eyes dart to the side darkening, like saying his name is sooo difficult.
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".... hat guy"
You swear your ears misheard him underneath that large hat he wears as his voice projects to the ground, "Sorry, say that one more time?"
"...Hat...Guy"
This time you blink in incredulous response, "Hat guy?" You give him time to at least say a semblance of a normal name, but he is quiet, hands folded over his chest as his final answer, "Really? Hat guy?"
You throw your hands up, "I thought we were getting somewhere! Like I was trying to open up to you about the whole story thing!" Your hands lower in apocryphal delusion, "Hat guy... what type of parent names them hat guy?"
It's so ridiculous that you start laughing.
"Stop laughing! You're looking more like a baboon than before." A sharp comment breaks you out of breath as you hunch your sides.
You wipe a nonexistence tear from you tear ducts as you look at him. A faint mellow glow is left on his cheekbones- the only word you can use to describe the reaction is embarrassment.
Or anger. Probably anger.
The fleetingness of absurdity leaves you as the last hiccup escapes your lips, he looks like a cat that had water poured on him, "Sorry, sorry! I'll be serious now. Nice to meet you pft Hat Guy!" A guffaw escapes again and this time you have to stop because it looks like he's ready to punch your lights out.
You slip next to him, his face a contorting to annoyance. Pulling out a small journal, that has seen better days, kept in the back of your satchel you find a pen. Clicking the pen as you flip to an open page.
"So. Where do you want to start?"
"Wow (Y/N) you really..." Aether pauses finding the words, "stuck to the facts?" He finishes handing the rest of the paper to Paimon struggling to hold the rest of the pages in her tiny hands.
Paimon struggles to flip through the pages, squinting at the words on the page her eyes flicking to the violet haired boy in the back, "Yeah! Who knew that he was a prince of a continent who was known for dragon slaying? Then went on a thousand-year-old journey to find a piece of paper that hold the secret of a war from a long long LONG time ago...?" Even Paimon was awestruck by your story telling.
You puff up your chest in pride, "Well, the dragon slaying idea had come from you Aether. Gotta switch it around sometimes you know?" And you can see Aether facepalm his face mumbling something that's not worth the effort to narrate.
You turn toward Nahida and the boy of inspiration, "So! How do you like the first draft? I’m thinking of adding more details and vocabulary but all and all pretty good right!"
The girl, Nahida tilts her head in wonder, "I had no idea your story was so rich." She holds a secret behind her smile as she looks up towards the boy who hasn't said a word about the manuscript, "Truly, this has been an enlightening experience."
You nod rapidly, she always knew what to say to lift your spirits. You hop over to "hat guy" as he is staring blankly at your hard work. You give a small poke, and he jerks violet eyes catching yours.
"How is it?" You tilt your head to fit underneath his hat as you point towards a paragraph that has to do with the boy falling out of his kingdom in the first act, "Pretty accurate right? I tried combining multiple classic fantasy stories to create this, like you said."
He doesn't push you away, nor does he voice any acrimony. He does look at you like an adult would look at a child who made a mess of their kitchen before presenting equally a mess of a cake that people have to coo at because- it's a child's cake. Inedible, sloppy cute and the worst part- burnt on one side and raw on the other, but nonetheless a product of hard work made by a child.
Though this could be your imagination but notice him open his mouth after deliberating his thoughts. He decisively says in full confidence:
"I see why you haven't graduated."
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missnight0wl · 10 months
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Y7Ch57: The Final “Battle”
*sigh*
Ok, let’s talk about this disaster.
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Ah, yes. Because everyone knows that as soon as Dumbledore is not at Hogwarts, the faculty becomes totally incapable of doing anything – including people like Minerva Badass McGonagall or Filius Former-Duelling-Champion Flitwick. Yes, of course.
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Funny that you say that, Jae. I’ll actually come back to it a little later.
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You know what? No. Rowan would cry at least for a week straight if they knew how fucking stupid everyone is at this point.
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All right, that might be my biggest problem with this whole “battle” because… WHY?? Why do we even care whether or not they get to Hogwarts? Minnie alone would kick their asses in under a minute – and quite frankly, I’d love to see it. Just let them through!
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WHY THE FUCK DO WE CARE?!
Ok, so it’s never really explained who’s exactly Perry’s target here. Sure, we’re told it’s about an adult Legilimens, and MC deduced that both Dumbledore and Snape are adult Legilmenses. Still, it’s never addressed directly again, and it kinda bothers me. But whatever, I guess. Apparently, we’re supposed to assume that it’s indeed Snape who’s Perry’s target. But like… if there’s anyone at Hogwarts fully capable of defending themselves... IT’S SNAPE. Like… just imagine this encounter.
Perry: Severus Snape? I have a proposition for you that--
Snape: *lazily waves his wand*
Perry: *flies over the Black Lake, slightly smoking because of the impact of Snape’s spell that hit him*
Or…
Perry: Severus Snape? I’m Peregrine Lastname, I’m the father of MC and Jacob. I--
Snape: Sectumsempra!
Perry: AAAAAAAAAA!
Snape: I suffered years because of your two spawns.
Perry: Help! I’m bleeding out!
Snape: Yes, that’s a very accurate description of my suffering.
Seriously, why do we care?! I swear, this fucking “battle” has no stakes whatsoever, and I just don’t understand why it even exists.
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Another absurd: why the fuck Verucca wants to kill Peregrine?
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Ok, so at least it’s clear that Verucca is indeed a Snyde because apparently, all the Snydes are stupid bitches. If Verucca thought just for a moment, she’d realise that the Ministry focusing on Peregrine meant they’re focusing less on her. And that means she can do whatever she wants more freely. But whatever, I guess.
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And here’s another stupidity. If Verucca wants to lead R, all she has to do is to convince other members that Perry is insane and that she’d be better for the whole organisation. Like, it should be super easy after he fucked up with the recent mind control test. And who fucking cares that he ruined R’s name or whatever? Rebel people against Perry, lay low for some time, change the name of the organisation, and enjoy your fucking profit! What would Perry do when left alone??
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Because I’m gonna do it myself!
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A friendly reminder that Verucca is also Merula’s mother’s sister (according to Y5Ch28) which means it’s quite likely Merula’s parents are cousins – which is not rare among pureblood families, after all :)
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I know, it’s really disappointing.
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Also, the Circle of Khanna behind us, especially Ben and Corey (and especially if you chose to ban Merula from the Circle a couple of chapters ago):
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No, really, it’s just… so pathetic, considering that the vast majority of the Circle never cared about Merula and Merula never cared about them.
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I… I’m…
HOW EVERYTHING ABOUT IT IS SO BAD??
Also, WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS FIRE?!?!?! How anyone at JC looked at this and was like: “Yeah, that’s good enough”?! I swear we had dragon fire animations before better than this abomination…
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Ok, but Ben’s utter disappointment in this scene is the only good thing in this damn chapter. I can even say I actually enjoyed it.
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I mean… Yeah, there were 17 of you and 7 of them, so… By the way, I talked more more about the fighting alone in this post.
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Ok, but does anyone remember that R is supposed to be an international organisation? Was it simply retconned or are we supposed to believe that an international organisation has like… 14 members? Am I counting it correctly? Perry, 7 idiots he brought with him, Verucca, Merula, Shiratori, Burke, Zenith Xeep, and Rakepick. Right?
I don’t know how it’s possible, but this whole situation gets more and more pathetic the more I think about it.
Also, I mentioned in the post linked above that I felt more threatened by Mrs Norris in Y1. But you know what else had more tension than this damn “battle”? Our very first trip to Knockturn Alley. Remember this?
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Now, let’s compare those situations.
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Honestly, it’s just so upsetting that this game used to be created by people who actually could create tension for one simple event that doesn’t even matter that much in the great picture, and now we’re getting… THIS. The final “battle” with R had literally no stakes. There was no logic and therefore also no threats. I felt absolutely nothing, and I’m truly baffled remembering how many emotions this story could give me back in Y5.
Unfortunately, it all changed with the extremely stupid end of Y5, and it was getting only worse ever since. It’s like JC’s greatest ambition is making things worse than Y5Ch31 was.
But let’s move on because I’m not done.
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MC’s reaction is about as emotional as I felt during this whole chapter. It’s just hilarious, sorry not sorry.
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Ok, so at first, I wanted to leave this part because JC clearly doesn’t know what they’re doing anymore. But you know what? I’m gonna rant. Because no, Rowan’s sacrifice was not honoured. And quite frankly, you keep desecrating it by still using it at this point.
Learning the truth was something very important for Rowan. I mean, this is our conversation from the end of Y1:
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By the end of Y7, I’m pretty sure we didn’t solve a single mystery of the story. And what’s the worst is that we didn’t solve the mystery of Rowan’s death. Sure, Peregrine told us that Rakepick went rogue or whatever. But it still makes no fucking sense.
First of all, only an idiot would believe in anything Peregrine says. But more importantly, we actually know about things suggesting that Peregrine lies. In the insane route, Rakepick in Azkaban is absolutely terrified of R, so how she’d go rogue if that’s the case? On top of that, we saw in Olivia’s memories that Rakepick talked with someone from R about Duncan brewing his potion. Yet, Peregrine claimed that R didn’t get involved with the Cursed Vaults until Jacob went missing. You know what it means? It means that Perry fucking lied. And if he lied about something this important, why should we believe him about anything else?
Moreover, we still don’t know why Rowan died. Rakepick told us in Azkaban that it wasn’t Rowan who was supposed to die that night. Then who? Ben? Why? Sure, Rakepick herself claimed in the Forest that she wanted to kill MC. And sure, you can say it makes sense if she saw MC as her competition – except it makes no sense! Why? Because it only made things harder for her. And the game even addressed that!
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Why would Rakepick make things so much harder for herself just to get rid of her competition? Especially since she should’ve known where the Sunken Vault is because we know that R was there before (thanks to the note from the Weird Sisters TLSQ). But even if she didn’t know… it still would be more reasonable to not draw attention to herself and simply use it to work on getting to the Vault before MC.
You didn’t honour Rowan’s sacrifice. You ignored about 95% of things that ever happened in the game.
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itsimaginetime · 1 year
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So I've been seeing a lot of discourse lately about minors and smut. Is it ok for them to read it? To write it? Etc etc...
And so I wanted to share my own opinion and please, I would love to know your opinions as well (you can comment, reblog or anonymously send an ask to voice your opinion about the matter) and let's keep this respectful and civilized 💕
Alright so first things first, I myself wrote smut for the first time when I was 15 years old (I'm currently 18) and posted it on my insta account which didn't have my age on it and I was never asked to disclose my age on it either.
I've personally never seen anyone express their discontent with minors writing smut until this year. I'm sure I've just never come across it and it's actually been a big point of discussion for a long time and I was just never aware of that.
Now , before I go on and talk about things in more detail, let me say one thing:
‼️If you're uncomfortable with the fact that I used to be a minor who wrote smut then please, block me and move on with your life. I'm simply here to share my opinion ; as someone who has experienced being in the fanfiction community (as a reader first then later as a writer) since the age of like 11 or 12; freely and discuss this topic with people who are open to have a genuine conversation.‼️
With that out of the way, let's continue.
What's the situation all about?
To put it simply, a certain amount of writers are expressing their discomfort about minors reading their work and/or them reading smut written by minors and/or seeing minors writing smut and posting it.
(if you're one the people who doesn't like minors writing smut , can you please explain it in detail? I would love to hear your opinion and have you share it so that people can understand the situation from the p.o.v of someone who's directly affected by it)
How do I feel about minors reading/writing smut and posting it on the internet?
I feel complete and utter indifference towards this situation, that is why I feel like a neutral and unbiased opinion like my own is needed in this discussion.
Now, would I go out of my way to read and/or interact with a smut writer if I knew they are a minor? Absolutely not. But I do not care if they read my work and enjoy it. My work is posted publicly and I'm not interested in monitoring who reads it and who doesn't.
Should minors read and/or write smut?
Should or shouldn't they is truly up for debate and depends on the person.
What I'm interested in pointing out is the fact that they can and they will do so if they're determined enough.
Now do you ,as a writer and/or reader, have the right to be uncomfortable and have the right to set your boundaries? Absolutely yes you do, however that doesn't change the fact that kids are determined and will find a way.
Is it possible to get rid of minors in the nsfw writing space?
No. No , it's not a possibility. No matter how much you shame them and berate them , no matter how much you ask nicely and beg them to leave , minors have always been and will always be part of the nsfw writing community in one way or another.
And I believe it's not possible to get rid of minors in the nsfw writing community because they are kids. Let me explain.
They are underdeveloped humans. Majority of them do not understand nor do they comprehend why someone would feel uncomfortable towards them being part of this community. Most of them are simply not capable of understanding even if you explain it thoroughly.
Now you can , in fact, scare them off and berate them and shame them and attack them to make them leave. Yes, you can do that , but should you?
Being hostile or passive aggressive won't wield a positive result. On the off chance that they leave the community or delete their content after your confrontation , they could easily come back with a new account, a new identity and lie their way through to avoid your hostility towards them. And believe me , I've seen it happen before.
Not only would you be wasting your time by shaming them into leaving, but you'll also be encouraging other minor smut writers who witness your behavior to lie about their age as an attempt to avoid people like you. And that would only complicate the situation more.
What to do if you're uncomfortable with minor smut writers in general
Block them and move on. Trying to kick them out of the community won't work since even if you succeed they can always come back like I already stated in the previous section.
Is there a solution to this issue?
I personally don't believe there is a perfect solution that will satisfy everyone but I have come up with a solution where we can all meet in the middle. I don't believe that it's a perfect solution but it's the best solution that I could come up with. (Please don't be shy and let me know what you think is the best solution)
My solution to this issue
As I've already stated , I don't believe getting rid of minors in this community is possible so that option is off the table for me.
I think we should encourage minors to be honest about their age , that way whoever is uncomfortable with them can avoid them and block them.
Like I said before , I'm well aware this solution has its flaws and it's not perfect by any means, however I believe this is the most civilized solution we can use. If we can have minors disclose their ages truthfully, we can separate the community into multiple sections , one of those sections will house the minors all together, far away from interacting with adults who are uncomfortable with being in the same space with them.
Again , I would love to hear your opinion about this situation if you're part of the nsfw writing community, and I would love to have a nice , civilized and respectful conversation with anyone who's willing to talk. I want to broaden my understanding of the situation and having these types of discussions is the best way to do so.
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askyourwritergrandma · 9 months
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Hello there. I have a bit of a difficult question in the sense that I don't know who to ask about it. You seemed to be arguably the wisest source to consult on the matter, so I'm taking a chance.
I had an idea for a fic that I wanted to write and I was actually in the process of writing it for a bit. It was for a small fandom event in which I signed up for. I was almost done with it and was in the finishing stages of them when I was obstructed by people and circumstances that really ought not to have ever been and as such, I was never able to fully publish it. Ever since then, I have resented the people who did this as I not only failed to deliver the final product I was supposed to, but I also looked like a fool. I hated everyone and myself for this entire thing as this is not the first time I had been stopped from doing something that I chose outside of everyone else's jurisdiction. To an effect, I still do.
As a more notable effect, looking at the document in which all of my hard work sat made me physically ill and enraged. I had also stopped writing completely because of how strongly I felt (and still feel) about this entire situation. Soon after the fact, I also essentially erased myself from the online space for a month because I didn't want anyone to question nor point out that I hadn't done it as I did not want to explain why and doing so would have me spiral out of control and simply delete my social media as I would not be able to live with it. I have only come back recently because I was sick of being socially isolated and alone. You would think that this would be the end of it, but there's one thing that for some reason sticks around.
I still want to write this story.
Yes, I know I essentially left them high and dry but this premise and what I had been working on captivated me to such a degree that I'm still thinking about it when my mind wanders on its own. But I still get sick thinking about my circumstances that I can't change nor budge and as such, I still can't stand looking at the document nor the outline. I desperately want to get to work on it again, but there's so much negative emotional attachment to it that I can't bring myself to do it because I wonder why I ever bothered with it in the first place if everyone and everything in my life keeps stopping me from doing it.
I've tried to write other things in the meantime, but they too are suppressed as I am constantly reminded of my failure and my circumstances that are not only unfair but ridiculous as this is the only outlet I really have and to see it limited to such a degree is sickening and still makes my blood boil.
I love writing things and I love exploring these things, but I don't even know how to do it when all of it is accompanied by rage, despair, inferiority, and pure unadulterated hatred directed at myself as well as others.
So I suppose that my question really is this:
How do I bring myself to write when my entire being hates me for even trying, knowing that I'll never finish what I start because something will stop me?
Oh friend, this is just some shit right here.
Ok so important disclaimer is that I am not a mental health professional. Anything I say is based on personal experience or accumulated knowledge from the internet.
Its important that you know, and really properly internalize, that you did not fail. In fact my first thing directly related to writing that I would advise you to do, when you start to feel this way, is to say 'I did not fail' to yourself. Sometimes things happen that can't control and they affect us in very serious ways that takes time to get over.
Certainly it sounds like what you were working on was important to you and the circumstances that interrupted it were very upsetting. There's no surprise that your story has becoming a focal point for those feelings. Untangling how they are connected is something that you can only do with time and trying.
If you have a safe place where you can externalize those feelings, either through talking to someone, keeping a journal or writing the events but fictionalized I would suggest those things. Sometimes just being able to put it all out there and know that its safe helps you move on from it.
As far as people on the internet questioning you about where you've been, I can't say that wouldn't have happened or that it won't happen in the future, but as a general rule good, decent people extend you grace. Everyone has a life outside of this anonymous mosh pit we call the internet and most people are capable of understanding that. You don't need to compound these feelings of failure with any additional shame from anonymous strangers. Would they have loved to read your story? Yes of course they would have. If you were to finish it they would still want to read it. But they aren't angry or upset with you.
As you try to write, remind yourself that you have not failed. Imagine yourself as a professional athlete who has suffered a serious knee injury. You had to take time away but you're back on your feet now and you're working towards getting back on the field. Every time you sit and try to write, remind yourself that you have no failed, that you are recovering and that you will get better. Writing will get easier.
Send me as many asks as you want, if they help, I'll do my best to answer them promptly.
Good luck anon and take care of yourself.
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nixie-writes · 1 year
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Okay, so the characters im thinking reacting to their kid sneaking home could be alastor (maybe that's the reason he grounded his daughter in the previous ask idk), husk (i feel like he would maybe laugh his ass off or something if his kid was intoxicated idk), charlie/vaggie (genuinely curious to see how charlie in specific would react, i could see vaggie yelling at their kid meanwhile their kid is just standing there high af like "ok cool"), and angel dust (idk how he'd react, go wild), their 16-17 year old just comes in through a window or door and their just ominously sitting on a couch in the dark with like one lamp lighting a side of their face (i could see al in specific doing this one), and as for how they determine whether or not their kid is really intoxicated just look at that one meme of a drunk dude pointing at a clock, or something similar (you're not obligated to do all the hh characters, just go with one's you're the most comfortable with) NOW WRITE IT PLS-
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meme in question okay transformers roll out this was a lot more fun than it should have been
Alastor
You crept into the door, high off your ass on weed. You wanted cookies and couldn't be fucked to go see your girlfriend for cookies.
Inside was Alastor, sat on a cushy chair with his leg swung over his knee hands in his lap, just gazing at you with a wicked smile.
"Where have you been dear?" He inquired. You just shrugged. "With a friend," you lied between your teeth. Alastor chuckled and passed you a cup. "I'm going to need you to pee in this." You were so fucked. "Do I get cookies if I do it?"
"Oh and by the way, no friends over for the entire weekend," he added. You groaned inwardly. That meant no Loona.
Angel Dust
You climbed your drunken ass into the hotel through a window and flopped ungracefully onto the floor. You climbed off the ground and stood up, intending to go to your room. Instead you ran into a wall of fluff.
"You're drunk!" He exclaimed. "You're even sloppy at that," he observed. You didn't really care, you just wanted to go to bed. "Dad, I really need to sleep, can you punish me tomorrow?" He shook his head firmly.
"Vaggie told me to punish you regardless so... no weed for a week!" He finished uncertainly. You blinked at him. "That's it?" You inquired. He nodded his head. You shrugged. "K, I'm off to bed now, goodnight."
Husk
You swung the door to the hotel open without a care, drunk as fuck. You intended to tell your dad tomorrow but the tapping of claws on wood told you you'd have to do it tonight.
You stumbled forward to receive your punishment and face planted directly on the floor. Husk broke out in laughter. "You fucking wasted yourself!" He cried out between laughs.
Standing up you dusted yourself off. "Yeah yeah, very funny pops. Am I punished?" You asked. Husk shrugged. "Any drugs?" You shook your head no. "Then go to bed, I'll help with your hangover tomorrow."
Niffty
You slithered down the window onto the floor like a very high ninja and crept forward. You didn't need to check if your mom was awake, you could hear broken glass being cleaned up.
Slipping past the kitchen she spotted you and ran up to you, tears in her eye. "My baby!" She cried out as she raced to hug you. Before she reached you she took a whiff of pot and stopped in her tracks. "You went out to smoke, didn't you?"
You didn't want to break your mother's heart but you couldn't deny it. Shaking your head yes you sighed. "Yeah mom, I smoked weed."
She studied you, planning a punishment. "I'll forgive you if you clean the entire hotel tomorrow." She decided with a smile. "The entire hotel?!" You cried out in disbelief. She nodded her head. "Yup, now off to bed you go!" She patted your rear end with her feather duster and sent you on your way, mumbling about how unfair she was.
Charlie
You stared at the text from your grandfather. "Get your ass home immediately or I will punish you myself." You knew his temper could get the best of him so you rushed home drunkenly.
You swung open the door to see Charlie pacing on the phone with her dad. Upon seeing you she spoke into her phone, "she's home" and rushed up to hug you.
"I love you, please don't feel like you have to drink," she whispered in your ear as she held you tight. Releasing you she added, "my dad thinks a good punishment is no phone for a week so..."
She held out her hand and you hesitantly passed her your phone. "Now say goodnight to your granddad and get straight to bed young lady." You hollered out a quick 'love ya old man' and went to your room without your phone. You'd convince your mom to give it back.
Vaggie
You crept into the hotel as silently as possible, treading lightly so as not to wake anyone. You snuck out late after everyone retired for the night to go party with some imps and you smoked some weed.
"Dios Mio, you reek!" Came the voice of your mother. You were nearly scared out of your skin. "Mom I can explain!" You tried in vain to save yourself.
"I don't want to hear it!" She snapped. "You not only snuck out past curfew but you smoked weed on top of it! I raised you better than this!" She exploded on you. Feeling your pockets you felt the stub of a joint in your pocket. You pulled it out and lit it up.
"Okay mom, punish me tomorrow. Let me enjoy the rest of my party." You gently pushed past her, blowing your pot smoke in her face and headed to your room.
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mina-saiyat · 1 year
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Twice Interactive Story Part 59.5-98 Alternative Workout (Momo)
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You then received a message from Momo, she asks are you working out at the park now.
 I tell her no but if she wants to see me I could be there soon, I just won't have the most energy.
 You reply to her you are not having exercise, but you could catch up with her if she wants. She said she would wait for u in the gym. You change the direction and head to the gym.
  Once you arrive, you directly go to Momo's private coaching room, when you open the door, you see she is sketching on the yoga mat, she notices you and signals you to take a seat next to her.
 You pull out another yoga mat and put it next her, while you keep staring at her cleavage when she is bending down. Momo notices and smirks, 'You just can't take your eye off my breast every time huh?'
 Yep, they're two big melons distracting me. I reply.  I try to copy her movements on the yoga mat.
 I know you like to eat melon, but it's not the time yet.' Momo replies seductively to your flirt. You two keep sketching on the yoga mat for a few more set. Then you two back to the public area for working out.
 You two go to the ramp platform for the squat, Momo helps you put the weight on the barbell, ask 'As usual?'
 You answer her that you are not in the mood today, so you want lesser weight. She nods and helps you adjust.
 When you are in position and she spots you from behind, you begin to go down with the weight but the sex marathon really drains you. After a couple of sets, your leg starts to shake. Momo immediately comes to help you, you can feel her nipples pressing your back, and she licks your ear, said' Your favorite melon is helping you, one more set, ok?'
 "Sure, if I can eat those melons sometime" I joke as I push myself through the next set.
 After finishing the squat, Momo sees you are really not in shape today, so she brings you to do some easier weight training, every time she spots you, her breast just stick on your back and her hand is keep touching your body. She even blow some winds to your ear, encourage you to hold on.
 I continue to work through her regiment growing more tired, at one point I just lay on the floor for a while. "Momo, I need a boost to help me finish this, you got anything for that?"
 Momo smirks, she pull you up while slightly grab your bulge. 'Last exercise for the today, maybe you can get a reward then.'
 She brings you to the bench, and asks you to do the bench press, you sleep on the bench and she is ready to spot you, you could only see two big melons rather than ceiling, you try your best to finish it.
 once you put down the dumbbell, Momo bend down and put her breast right on top of your face, 'Time for the dessert, have your favorite melon.'
 I pull on her top and take her left tit into my mouth, lazily swirling my tongue around it.
 you pull on her top and start washing your face with her chest, she moans quietly when you blow wind on her nipples, you are addicted to her size and start to grab her harder, she hold you head for you to play with her breast easily, another hand sneaking into your shorts and caressing your shaft outside the pants.
 She moans loudly when you bit her nipple, considering someone may find out, she stops you and bring you back to her room by pulling your shaft. Once you two enter the room, she signals you to sleep on the massage bed and ask, ‘As usual?'
 "Yes, please." I tell her, as I get ready.
 You are laying on the massage table and Momo apply some oil on your body and start massaging you. Meanwhile you use your hand to explore her body in her yoga pants.
 I moan while I rub Momo. I tell her she's doing great.
 Momo gets off her sports bra and yoga pants, allowing you to touch her skin directly. Meanwhile her hand moved to your lower half, teasing your inner thigh by drawing circles with nail.
 I tell Momo to get on top of me, So I can help her relax better.
 Momo asks you to be patient, and keep teasing your nerve area, you focus on the pleasure, turning into a doggy position for Momo to use her magic hand easier. Momo stands behind you and starts stroking you backward. You start to Moan Momo's name louder.
 I run my hands over legs and when I reach her ass I give it a hard slap.
 Seeing you still have the energy to resist her, Momo starts to twist your dick with two hands, slowly and gently. Already served you countless times, Momo Already knows your sensitive spots, her hand accurately reaches all those spots accurately at the same time.
 This sensation makes your body start to shake, you kneel and all fours on the table, doing nothing but moan like there's no tomorrow.
 In a sudden movement I'll tackle Momo to the floor, say "that's enough from you Momo, time for you to feel good" and start eating her out.
 Momo starts moaning when you are eating her out.
 'How dare you not to follow my training program. ah.'
 She grabs your hair and pulls your head toward her pussy, you use your hand to raise her leg in V shape in the air, and start to suck harder.
 As I eat her I start to play with her clit, rubbing it quickly so she gets close to cumming.
 You keep rubbing Momo's clit and sucking her harder, she soon reaches her orgasm. She did not let go of your head, so she just splash all over your face while she moan loudly.
 Suddenly, there's a knock on the door.
 I'm going to go hide and let Momo deal with this.
 You just hide behind the table and use tissue to clean your face, while Momo will deal with this.
 Momo did not dress up, she just lying on the floor lazily and ask who is it.
 It is Momo's colleague, he comes to check is Momo ok, because he can hear Momo's scream painfully outside.
 Momo just send off him and turns back to you.
 'Your dub ass, never sees you move this quick, don't wanna get caught for having sex with me?'
 "Well, you'd probably lose your job, wouldn't you? Then I wouldn't be able to see you again. Have you thought of that?" I respond before getting out of my hiding place.
 Momo leads you to the bed by grabbing your dick, she lets you to sleep on it, and start applying oil to her body.
 'He won't report me, that guy has approached me for a long time, but I am not interested in him.'
 "Well now I know." I say as I watch her lather herself in oil.
 'Anyway, I have locked the door, no need to be worried, just enjoy the class.'
 Momo climbs on you after her body was covered by oil, and starts giving you a body massage by her body. She hugs you and her breast is rubbing on your body.
 I have my hands at her side at all times while I enjoy her massage, when I can I give her a spank and tell her she's doing great.
'OH, Momo, it's feeling so great, how can I not love your body.' You spank her ass and moan slightly.
 Momo smiles when she hears your praise, aligning your shaft in between her thighs cheek, and start rubbing you.  
 Your body shivers and you grab her ass to make her move faster, you also thrust your hip to meet her rhythm.
 'Such a horny boy, you can’t control yourself don't you?' Momo sighs and twist her ass to bring you more sensations.
 "Of course not, not when you have such a sexy body." I respond as one of my hands reaches for her tits.
 You move one of your hands to her chest and play with her tits, the remaining one is still pressing on her ass to maintain her speed on rubbing you.
 'Oh, Y/N, I can feel you are harder when you're playing my tits, do you want to fuck my tits? Or you want to keep staying like this?'
 Momo asks you when she starts rubbing your dick with her clit, you are falling into the pleasure, your body shakes again, you need to decide where she will finish you off.
 "I'd rather fuck you, but I'll take your tits at this point."
 'You know I won't let you put it in, but the rest of my body is always ready for you.'
 Momo smirks and slowly moving down her body, her breasts are keep teasing you when she goes down, until your cock just perfectly slip to into her cleavage.
 She applies more oil on her chest, crosses her in front of her breast, preventing you from slipping out from her cleavage, then she starts her titjobs.
 I moan her name, and ask her to lick the tip when it pops out from between her tits.
 'Momo, your tits are so soft, just like heaven, suck my dick too.' You moan as you thrust your hips to go deeper into her cleavage.
 'I guess I'm the best coach you've ever meet right?' Momo bends her head down; her tongue licks your tip every time it is peeking from her breast.
 'Tasty, I can't wait for the real one.' Momo increases her pace while she is tasting your pre-cum. You feel you are goona cum as you are triggered by her teasing.
 I couldn’t hold it in any longer and cover her tits and face in my cum.
 'Shit, Momo, I'm cumming, I'm cumming, take it all, ahhh.'
 You thrust your hips like you are fucking a pussy, your cock just pulsing between her tits, and you cum like a volcano, waves of cum shooting out, Momo did not hide, instead, she keep stroking your shaft until your balls are empty. Her face and chest are covered by your cum.
 'いただきます(itadakimasu)'
 Momo said as she collects your cum on her chest and taste it.
 I thank Momo for her massage and ask her if she wants anything in return before I go.
 You breathe heavily, ask Momo what she wants for return as you are still recovering on the bed.
 'Actually, I want to taste more of it, but you seems too tired, spending whole weekend with Nayeon on bed huh?'
 Momo said when she gently stroked your cock, hoping to milk you completely.
 "You know it Momo. We'll have to do this when I have more energy." I say. "I gotta say though your massages get better every time"
 'I practice all these just for you, you know? Can Nayeon do better than me on bed?'
 Momo lay on chest while keep playing your cock, you feel your cock start to erect slowly again.
 "Those are two different things Momo, so unless you want to do the same I can't compare the two of you."
 Momo seems not satisfied with your answer, she did not answer you but keep jerking you off. Soon your dick is standing up again in her magic hand.
 I notice that she didn’t respond at all and ask if she's jealous of Nayeon.
 Jealous? Of course, I am jealous of her for having such a good boyfriend like you, but I feel like you only belong to me when you are in this room, when you are under my control. I guess I am even more familiar of your dick than Nayeon. '
 Momo strokes harder and hits your sensitive spots again. Your whole body just can't stop shaking, you just can't resist this sensation when she is touching you. Maybe she's right?
 "If you're so jealous, why don't you take the next step then Momo?" I tease her while I reach for her pussy.
 Momo slabs your hand and stop you to reach her pussy.
 'You can only put it in when I am your girlfriend, I am not a slut that would fuck other's boyfriend, now just let me enjoy this time when you are belongs to me.'
 Momo keeps jerking you off faster and playing with your balls, you are twisted in pain and ready to cum again.
 I cum in her hand, and thank her again for her massage as I get ready to leave.
 You cums again in her hand when you moan her name. You feel a bit embarrassed as of the previous conversation, you just simply thank her, strugglely to get up and ready to get on your clothes.
 Momo throws you a towel, 'you can go take a shower as usual, you don't wanna leave when your body so sticky right?.
 I jokingly ask if she'd want to join me as I head to the shower.
 'Have you ever try to bath without me when you are at the gym? And I guess you need me now, see how your legs shake.' Momo smirks and helping you to walk to the bathroom.
 You two start to clean each other, she is washing your inner thigh, while you are washing her breast. You rub hard to remove the oil on the body surface, she let out a moan and said you grab too hard.
 The atmosphere becomes seductive again in the smokey shower room.
 I say sorry but I have to make sure her body is clean as I continue to roughly grab and rub her tits as well as ass.
 You keep cleaning Momo by rubbing her tits and ass, and she returns by cleaning your inner thigh, every time she moves her hand, she intentionally touches your ball. You two just caress each other in the water.
 she pushes herself to you and you just hug her, you two just stay silence when hugging.
 As I look into her eyes and with the warm water falling over us, I kiss Momo slipping my tongue inside her mouth.
 You two look into each other's eyes, you kiss Momo gently and She replies passionately. You slip your tongue in her mouth, exchange your saliva.
 You two only stop the kiss when you are out of the air, when your lips separate, they are still connected by the saliva. Momo blush and tell you to clean yourself while moving to the corner to use another sprinkler.
 "Aww I wanted to clean you a bit more." I say before I slap her ass as she leaves and I start to clean myself.
 You spank her ass before sending her, you just enjoy the sight of Momo's body curve which she is cleaning herself.
 Suddenly, your eyes feel pain and you cannot see things properly. It should be the soap accidentally enter your eyes.
 Momo comes to help you, but all you feel is her erected nipple pressing again your back, and her hands start stroking your dick, rather than helping you.
 Her hand is playing magic again, as she goes on your sensitive spots, and rubs your tip really quick. This sensation makes you shiver, and you cannot even stand properly.
 You are laying back on her body, just enjoying the pleasure like you are a disability.
 "Come back for more I see" I say as a joke as I rub my eyes until I can see again. I turn around and, still leaning on her, start to finger her telling her she should be feeling good too.
 You enjoy her stroke and turn around to finger her while you are still leaning on her.
 'Y/N ah, how can I leave you alone.'
 The sensation makes you feel weak again, your already shaken legs become worse, the proximity between you two makes you can feel Momo's breathe hitting on your chest, the moaning echoes with the sound of water, while you two caressing.
 "I can't leave you alone either" I say with a laugh. "You feel so good though, Momo" I kiss her again as I lean on her to hold myself up.
 You put your head on her forehead and looking right into her eyes, you can see your face in the reflection of her eyeball. You feel like You and Momo are a real couple at this moment.
 Momo smiles happily when you follow her words, and she strokes you harder.
 'Now cum for me, my boy.'
 "You should cum for me too Momo"
 Momo nods and both of you increase the pace and intensity of caressing.
 'Y/N'
 'Momo'
 You and Momo reach orgasm at the same time when you are moaning each other's name.
 Momo jerks you off the post-orgasm, all you could do is rest on her shoulder, let her milk you and enjoy the pleasure.
 I turn her head to kiss her. "You're so good Momo." I enjoy the feeling of her stroking my cock after I've cum.
 You turn your head and kiss Momo, and appreciate her technique.
 'You really like my hand, don't you?'
 'Of course, Momo, I have never been drained so dry like this before. Ahh...'
 Momo sees your shaking legs and smirks, stroking harder, a little bit of your remaining cums leak out from your tip, you moan again.
 Momo stops when she feels you are emptied, she dries your body and helps you get back to her room.
 Once we get back to her room I rest awhile. Once I feel good I'll give her a kiss and say goodbye.
 Seeing you ready to leave, Momo looks a bit worried.
 'You sure you can drive while your leg shakes like this? I have never seen you so tired before.'
 You tell her it's fine, and you open the door. But Momo grabs your hand.
 'You can stay here tonight if you want.'
 "Are you going to stay with me?" I joke as I slowly start to go.
 You leave the room, not waiting for Momo's answer. You see a male coach waiting outside, and once he sees you leave, He enters Momo's room.
 'Hey Momo, ready to leave now? We can leave together.'
 'No, Daniel. I am not leaving yet, maybe you should go first.'
 'I can wait for you Momo. Let me drive you home, don't be shy.'
 You guess this is the men that Momo mentioned before.
 I'm going to purposely fall, and have Momo help me so I stay the night.
 Hearing the noise of your falling, they rush out immediately. Seeing you look painfully on the floor, Momo helps you get up and bring you back to the room.
 'My client is injured, and I need to take care of him. Daniel, you should leave first.'
 Daniel looks at you angrily before he turns around to leave.
 Helping you to get on the bed, Momo takes some first aid equipment and checking and where you injured.
 'Does it hurt? I told you to stay here tonight.'
 Seeing how She worry about you, you just can't stop to laugh.
 'How can you still laugh, you are injured!.' Momo hits your laughter and hits you gently.
 "I've just never seen you so worried is all. You do care about me." I say with sarcasm at the end. I look to make sure the guy is gone before saying "You know I fell on purpose so you didn't have to go with that guy, right?"
 Momo seems angry by your response, she put down her first aid equipment.
 'Yes, I do care about you, a lot, since a long time ago, but the only thing you think about is Nayeon.'
 'You think it is fun to pretend you are injured? Don't you know that I would worry about you? I can handle Daniel by myself, I don't need your help.'
 You are shocked by Momo's response, you don't know what you should answer.
 I think for a moment before grabbing her arm, pulling her in to me "if I only thought about Nayeon, I wouldn't have fallen Momo. I was thinking of you, and I didn't like the idea of you going with him. You should be with me" I say before I give her a kiss.
 Momo lying in your arm, tears dropping from her eye.
 'It is the first time I confess my feeling, I didn't know you will think about me too. But how about Nayeon? She is your girlfriend, I don't wanna affect your relationships.'
 "That doesn't matter Momo. What matters is you and me." I say while I wipe away her tears and bring her in for a hug.
 Momo hugs you back and gives you a kiss on the cheek.
 'So, you are staying with me here tonight? Let me prepare the pillow for you.'
 Momo tries to get up but you grab her back into you and kiss her again.
 'No, Momo, you can be me pillow.'
 Momo blushes, and you two spend the night together for the first time.
 I'll be spooning with Momo the entire night. Hugging her from behind.
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the law of being friends with a male: chapter one 𓆝 ⋆。𖦹°‧🫧
genre,, fluff, friends to lovers, slow burn ??,, unrequited love
pairing: junghoon x fem!reader 
warnings: y/n is delulu… 
masterlist 𓇢𓆸
a/n: ehhh this is chapter one!! its kinda short hehe… :pp the bolded parts are words directly from the manhwa! and the pink highlight is y/ns thoughts ^_^ pls lmk what you guys think so i could improve!
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one day in the beginning of my junior year, my best friend abandoned me. 
“im going to go home early and enjoy some yummy food at home~” jiwoon said with a cheeky smile as she packs her stuff up. 
“are you serious?! you can’t leave because of that! hold it in for me!~” i whine, trying to get my best friend to stay with me for lunch.
“you know i can’t go to the bathroom in public.. hehe..” she says as she keeps the same cheeky smile and rushed out of the class so y/n doesn’t catch her. 
“enjoy your lunch!!!~” jiwoon exclaims, already half way through the hallway 
i put my head down, upset that i’m going to be alone for lunch.
'even though it hurts, i’lll have to make it through the day by myself… '
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when i was left to fend for myself in the jungle named ‘the cafeteria..’
“ahh this sucks..” i whisper to myself as i eat alone. 
‘i should finish my food quickly and go to class..’ i think to myself as grab a big spoonful of rice and shove in my mouth. 
“hi.. is this seat taken?”  
my eyes widen as i look up to see a handsome guy from my class pointing to the seat in front of me. i cough and hurry to swallow my food as i nod ‘yes’. 
from the moment he sat with me…
“im ham jinsik.. we’re in the same class right? what’s yours? ” he says with a charming smile.  
‘ahh right.. the guy with the unique name.’ 
“im y/n..” 
i started to fall in love with him. 
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jinsik was funny, handsome, and popular. he obviously wasn’t only nice to me, but i feel like.. i’m special in his eyes… 
ever since that day, we ate with each other almost everyday. and we even hung out outside outside of school! 
we even sit next to each other in class.. it has to be destiny. 
maybe jinsik will eventually feel something towards me…
“y/n do you like anyone?” jinsik asks as he looks at me curiously, waiting for an answer.  
my heart beat fast, almost popping out of my chest. 
‘could this be the day.. we become more than friends..?’ 
“huh?! oh.. um yes, i do. how did you know..?”
“ah.. well its because i have one as well… and i want to tell you who it is! and if you’re ok with it.. maybe you could tell me yours?” jinsik says with hopeful eyes and he looks at me. 
i blush and look down. 
“ok.. who’s yours..?" i fight back a smile and let my face turn tomato red waiting for his response.  
“well…. we’re in the same grade. she’s cute and pretty..” he looks away blushing after saying that. 
“her smile just.. draws me in.. i can’t help but stare at her beauty. i was probably obvious, but..” 
i tuck a strand of hair behind man ear and turn my body towards him. 
“jinsik.. i-"
“she’s also tall.. and her hair is very long..’ he continues describing her. 
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“her name is moon bora and i have liked her ever since middle school. she’s transferring to our school soon..
i turn my body forward and slouch as he continues describing someone who is NOT me.
lets solve this..
jinsik’s crush              y/n 
long hair              medium length hair
tall!                        short
transferring to our school      currently in the same school as jinsik
met in middle school.      met in high school     
name is moon bora.        name is l/n y/n         
answer: Y/N IS NOT JINSIK’S CRUSH! 
i space out and look out in the distance, slightly upset with the results.
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on this beautiful spring day.. i thought i was going to be the main character in a romance drama.. but this unrequited love was cut short…
on the first episode…
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Dead (pt.3)
𝔴𝔞𝔯𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤𝔰 - death, gore, fear, crying, swearing, kinda long, I think that’s it
Y/n’s POV:
“Nick stoooppp” I giggle, shoving his shoulder lightly.
We both lay in his bed, cracking jokes and teasing each other about random shit. He’s never failed to make me smile or cheer me up. He is my home, my safe space and lll love him unconditionally forever. Forever?
The walls of his room start closing in, trapping me, suffocating me. Glancing back at Nick I gasp, watching as his head detaches from his body, rolling off of the bed hitting the floor with a loud thud.
“Nick!” I shout, waking up in a cold sweat. Matt is quick to comfort me, pulling me in with his tattooed arm while the other soothingly cards through my hair.
“It’s ok baby I’m here” he sniffles, obvious that he’s been crying.
“Can’t sleep?” I question, taking deep breaths as an attempt to pull myself together.
“Mhm” he hums in response, burying his face in my hair.
“Want me to make you something to eat?” I ask, already moving out of his arms, pushing myself off of the bed.
“Yes please.”
I sigh sadly seeing the dark circles under his eyes through the dim lighting. It’s been extremely hard for me and I’m not even related to Nick, so I can’t even imagine what it’s like for his family.
It’s been almost a week since, well… you know, and things just haven’t been the same. Matt and I sleep with dim lights on, terrified of the image that’s been burned into our brains to be seen in the dark. There’s been many sleepless nights and when anyone does end up falling asleep, the nightmares that haunt us feel as though they’ll never end.
After being questioned by the police we immediately went back to the triplets (Boston) home, unfortunately having to break the news to their parents. And we’ve been here since.
No one wants to leave the house in fear they’ll be the next.
I pad down the hallway with Matt on my heels, pausing in front of Nicks door. A gloom has fallen over this once happy room, the only occupant being Trevor whining at the bottom of Nicks bed.
Trevor knows something is wrong, off, but doesn’t know he’ll never see Nick again. No one will.
***time skip***
Matt’s POV:
Mom and dad left for the grocery store 10 minutes ago and my anxiety is running wild. I’m in a constant state of fear, terrified that someone else I love will die.
Y/n is currently curled up on my lap, head in the crook of my neck while she traces my tattoos. God I love her.
Chris is sitting directly next to me while Nate is upstairs taking a bath. This house hasn’t been the same since Nick died. It’s so empty; cold.
The silence in the room is deafening but short lived, as a crash echos through the upper floor. The three of us exchange wide-eyed glances, Chris immediately sprinting up the stairs shortly followed by y/n and I.
All three of us stop in our tracks, seeing a masked figure hunched over the bathtub with a knife.
Well fuck.
The person snaps it’s head towards us as Chris slams the bathroom door shut, all of us sprinting in different directions.
Y/n’s POV:
I take off left from the bathroom as soon as Chris slams the door, hearing footsteps following behind me. Assuming it’s one of the boys I turn around, only to be met with the masked figure.
My eyes widen as the bloody knife that had just killed one of my best friends, is pointed directly at my head.
“p-p-please don’t” I beg, now being backed into the corner. I can’t die, at least not yet. I have so much life left to live, there are so many things I still want to do; experience.
Pressing my back into the wall, I slide down it, my knees going weak. My heart is beating a million miles a minute as the figure squats down to my level. It glides the knife down my cheek leaving a cut there in the process.
Ouch.
The figure raises its arm, about to stab me leading to my death when Chris comes from behind, grabbing its arm and wrestling it to the ground.
“Run!” He lets out, struggling to keep the knife away from him.
Stumbling to my feet, I run out of the room, hearing Chris scream before footsteps continue to follow me.
I’m dead.
Matt’s POV:
I take off back down the stairs as soon as Chris shuts the bathroom door, hoping that all of us make it out of this ok. I run straight to the front door only to find it, and everything else either locked or blocked off. We’re trapped.
I frantically look around for a way out or something to use to help y/n and Chris. The footsteps stopped and I’m not sure if that’s a good or bad thing. Just then, I hear Chris scream, a few seconds later followed by a bloodcurdling scream from y/n.
That was definitely NOT a good thing.
My beautiful girlfriend, best friend, and triplet brothers all dead within a few weeks. And I’m next.
Hot tears slip down my cheeks, burning my eyes as I push myself into a corner, hoping I’ll just disappear with the rest of them. I don’t think I can do this. Live without them. I’m done for.
And then I hear it. The creak of footsteps coming down the stairs.
I’m dead.
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When live has other plans (10/16)
Dawn of a new day
Book: Open Heart (AU)
Characters: F!MC Casey Valentine, Ethan Ramsey, Naveen Banerji, June Hirata, Tobias Carrick
Warnings: language, sexual references, mentions of addiction
Word count: 2513
Category: Angst
Rating: Mature
Summary: Ethan discusses with Naveen about his revelations. A long term coma patient wakes up restarting an old rivalry and June decides to go directly to the source to find out the information she desires.
Disclaimer: Characters belong to Pixelberry.
Authors note: who knew that I was capable of starting to set up a happy ending this far out? The next few chapters will have some of the key points of book 2 from canon and the impacts that it has on Ethan and Casey in this world. There are some changes too but all will lead to happy ending. This chapter is actually not too angsty but it does deal with some heady issues.
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Ethan awoke. He had slept better after been shook by his nightmare but he was still out of sorts. He knew he needed to make changes, address the issues that he had but where to begin. He made his coffee and a light breakfast and went to work. He went to the office and started prepping for his day. There was a knock on the door. He was pleasantly surprised to see Naveen.
“Did you not sleep well last night?” Said Naveen as he entered.
“Is it that obvious?”
“This is a purely social visit my boy.” Said Naveen, “I could not help but notice you seemed a little preoccupied yesterday? Is it to do with Casey?” He asked concerned.
“No Naveen, myself and Casey are as ok to be expected, I am hating the pre Miami setting we have found ourselves in, I think she hates it too but that is not the reason.” Said Ethan. He took a steadying breath.
“My dad came to see me the other day. My mother had reached out wanting to see me. I decided to open that box.”
Naveen sat there shocked. Ethan had told him at an earlier time about his mother walking out on him and Alan. He had the distinct impression that he would never speak to her again.
“Why did you reach out?” Asked Naveen, “I always thought that if you saw her again that it would be too soon.”
Ethan runs a hand down his face. “You would be right Naveen but it occurred to me, especially after our last patient that ignoring the past can be detrimental.”
“So how did it go?”
“Disconcerting.”
Naveen looked puzzled. “How so?”
“She is an addict Naveen. She stated she that was addicted to alcohol and prescription medication and I presume more illicit substances.”
“You presume?”
“I asked if she was reaching out for financial assistance and she said no, she did not want me to subsidize her habits.”
Naveen nodded before asking.
“Did she state why she did what she did?”
“Yes, she resented her whole life. She loved us but resented us so she left.” Said Ethan trying to hold back the tears.
“Am I any better than her? I do not resent my life but the hours I work, how much I drink, the pushing of people away and avoidance.”
Naveen squeezed his mentee’s shoulder in support.
“The fact that you know that there is an issue and be able to identify them is a start.”
Ethan pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed in frustration.
“These issues have fucked so much up, Naveen…”
“It is not too late to rectify the mess you feel you are in,” said Naveen, in a comforting tone. “I will give you the names of some counselors who specialize with these issues. Some are affiliated with Edenbrook, some elsewhere.”
“Thank you Naveen.”
Meanwhile, Casey was down in the ICU checking on the patients when she heard a noise that sounded like someone falling. She turned around to see a patient on the ground. She pressed the call button and went to tend to the patient. Danny came in.
“Oh my god, Stephanie!” Exclaimed Danny.
“W-w-where a-am I?” Stephanie stuttered.
“Stephanie, you are at Edenbrook Hospital.” Says Casey. Danny gives her the chart and Casey had to do a double take. Stephanie had been in a coma for seventeen years. Casey knew this was big. She took the file and took it to the team. Despite the length of time in a coma, Stephanie’s mental faculties seemed very intact. June proposed a research grant, stating that waking up from a benzo overdose was so rare that a study would help others in the situation. Ethan agreed with June. June and Casey were put in charge of selling the idea to Stephanie and her parents.
Casey and June made their way to Stephanie’s room where they met Mr and Mrs Hill. They were still in shock that Stephanie was awake, Mr Hill even admitting that when the call came he had thought it was to advise them to come and say their goodbyes. They were apprehensive about telling her that she had overdosed. June stated that she feels that it may have not been deliberate, stating that one of the side effects can be forgetting and accidentally double dosing. Casey stated that they wanted to do a study, but it was upto to Stephanie. They entered the room, a physiotherapist was there with her. They waited until she was finished. And spoke to Stephanie. Casey spoke about the research they were hoping to do. Stephanie seemed overwhelmed and Casey suggested that she speak to her parents about it. Casey hoped she would do the study.
Later that evening June met with Dr Tobias Carrick. He enjoyed the sex normally with June but today he could tell that there was more to her pent up sexual frustration.
“What’s up June?”
“Nothing”
Tobias looks at June incredulously. June rolls her eyes.
“We have had a coma patient wake up after 17years…”
“Yeah I heard about that from the younger Dr Emery. I must say I am intrigued.”
“Yes, someone waking from a benzo overdose is so rare…”
“What if a coma can be prevented? At the moment there are very limited treatment options for an overdose.”
“I can see the gears in your head, it will piss off Ethan you know.” Said June.
“And?” Says Tobias. “Either your study or my study will be ground breaking, hell I could probably kill two birds with one stone with mine but the way I am helping you.”
“How so?” questioned June.
“Well, he has entrusted his protege, why is he entrusting her with something so important? Yeah she saved Naveen and being attached to a study like this would do wonders for her career but it will give you hopefully more intel on that situation.”
June nods her head thoughtfully. She kisses him and they proceed with their night. June had hoped to leave his townhouse before Tobias awoke but she was surprised to see him awake, with a smug grin on his face.
“I have just made an offer to the Hill family. It appears that Edenbrook and Kenmore are not the only hospital’s interested in Stephanie, but you or me have the edge as they are keen to stay in Boston.” Said Tobias.
June smiled a mischievous smile,”well may the best hospital win.”
Tobias chuckled and then he went and got ready for his day.
The day was uneventful, Casey was still cautiously optimistic of Stephanie wanting to help with the study. She had noted that Ethan seemed troubled and she was unsure what to do. They had what they said they would go to after his sabbatical but she remembered that pre Miami he was trusting her with Naveen. Surely what they had now was not the end game. As much as she wanted to approach Ethan, she also was reluctant to do so. The memory of that morning where he stated that he felt betrayed by her was still too raw and if he still felt that way then it would be pointless to go there. So she did as she had been doing and kept on keeping on. Ethan could see that Casey seemed troubled. As much as he wanted to tell her everything he still held back. What had happened was a wound that had barely been covered and he was not ready for it to be reopened. He understood the why but how it all went down in the end still hurt. He did not like the pre Miami setting they had found themselves in. He knew this is not what he wanted but with everything else going on he did not want to add to his pain.
The next morning came. Casey made her way into Edenbrook and she was surprised to see Stephanie being wheeled out by her parents. They spot Casey.
“I am glad to see you before we leave.” Said Mr Hill.
“Leave? Did we do anything to upset you?” Asks Casey, still confused.
“No, quiet the contrary. We are appreciative truly for what you have done for Stephanie but we received a really good offer from Mass Kenmore…”
“Dr Carrick sounded really nice and I know you would have come up with a great offer but they are allowing me to be at home from the get go. No offense but even though I was in a coma for most of it, seventeen years in hospital is a long time.” Said Stephanie.
“I get that, truly, I hope it all works out for you.”
“Thank you Dr Valentine.”
Casey sees them off and is then annoyed. Ethan comes up behind her.
“Do you know this Dr Carrick from Kenmore?”
Ethan freezes. He knows exactly one Dr Carrick and he knew what he was up to. Just then Casey looks up and sees him.
“So you know him then?”
“We were friends until we were not. We were one and two in our year at Hopkins.” Said Ethan. “Our competition with each other grew toxic and we have not been friends since before we graduated.”
“So he is basically restarting the competition again?”
“In a way it never fully ended. It is infuriating however.”
Casey nodded and then headed in. Meanwhile Ethan was still fuming. He knew that Stephanie would be the talk of the medical world and despite him seeing the positives of Tobias’s study he could not help but wonder that there was an ulterior motive. June then walked in and saw Ethan. She asked what was wrong.
Ethan sighs in frustration.
“Stephanie got poached by Kenmore.”
June hoped her surprise was convincing.
“Really?”
“Yes, seems you can not take the competition out of med school.”
June was waiting for a bigger explosion of anger.
“What? No reprimand? You put myself and Dr Valentine in charge of keeping her here and we failed!”
Ethan raised an eyebrow.
“The family had offers from as far away as California. I am glad that she will be studied.” Said Ethan. He then left the office. June was bemused. A massive opportunity was now missed and no reprimand. She got out her phone and messaged Tobias.
Well done on getting our patient. Ethan was annoyed but you will be surprised at how pissed he is not.
June receives a message back.
“Oh he would have been pissed, especially if I am involved but not pissed at you and Casey? Was not expecting that!
June then decides that covertly getting her answers was not going to work. So she decides to get the information directly from the lady concerned.
Meanwhile, Ethan stumbles upon Casey at Derry Roasters. He orders his Vienna and another Espresso Romano for Casey. He walks over and sits down.
“It is not your fault for Stephanie leaving” says Ethan.
Casey is shook from her daze.
“Sorry Dr Ramsey but how am I not to blame?”
“You did your best, from what I understand, what sold them on Kenmore was that she was able to go as an outpatient from the get go.”
“That is fair but it still sucks.”
“It is annoying but they also said something about the prevention of a coma so if successful it will revolutionize how an overdose is treated. I can not fault that. It is the ulterior motive I can not stand.”
Ethan decides to bite the bullet.
“Aside from Stephanie, how have you been?”
“Yeah, being busy. Work, reading up on diseases, trying to eat and sleep.”
Ethan nods. “Can we try to be friends Casey?” Asks Ethan. “I know we said pre Miami before we ended things but surely neither of us meant it to be this way?”
“I know what you mean, me accusing you of treating me as an obligation probably did not help.”
Ethan winced.
“You are right there. I think the day after it happened was the wrong time to have an all out discussion about it.”
“I never wanted to hurt you, it was a rock and a hard place situation.”
Ethan takes a breath before continuing.
“I get that you did not intend too but I guess neither of us put pregnancy up on the list of things that would happen.”
“You are right there Ethan. But to answer your question, I would like us to be friends again.” Says Casey, smiling. Ethan smiled too and they finished their coffee in companionable silence. He wanted to tell her about his meeting with his mother but he was not ready to tell her yet, even though he wanted to.
A few days go by and June is still trying to figure out how Ethan is not super pissed at herself and Casey. She bides her time and finally catches Casey alone.
“Shall we have lunch Casey?” Asks June.
Casey looks at June suspiciously.
“I just want to get to know our newest team member better outside of the office.”
Casey was still suspicious but she agreed. They went to an Italian restaurant near the hospital. They ordered their food. June started off light, asking about what drew her to medicine, college etc. their food arrived and June felt it was time to go for the jugular.
“What is the deal with you and Ethan?”
Casey raised her eyebrow and then said, “Is that any of your business?”
June was affronted.
“Can’t a girl find out how your history is going to impact the team?”
“History is history June. Myself and Ethan have worked enough together to keep work at work.”
“Were you sleeping with him to gain favour?”
“Excuse me? Did I what?” Exclaimed Casey.
“Did you sleep with…”
“No I did not sleep with him to gain favour.”
June is surprised.
“What so he decided to conduct an inappropriate relationship because he could?”
“It was not a relationship. It was an arrangement, everything was consensual, we agreed to end the arrangement before he went on sabbatical.”
Said Casey rather firmly.
“And now?” Said a June. “Ethan’s moods, especially in relation to you are giving me whiplash.”
“We are colleagues. He is the lead of the team and I am the junior fellow. There never was and never will be any special treatment from Ethan to myself. Regardless of our relationship status which at the moment is that of boss and subordinate.”
Casey gets up and leaves. She walks a few steps and stops.
“I do not know why you thought I was a threat to the team, it is sad that it appears to be your default setting.”
She walks away and June sits there stunned. While June finishes off her meal she messages Tobias, telling him about lunch and how according to Casey, they are currently only boss and subordinate. Tobias, like June was suspicious if that was indeed the truth. Little did Tobias know that he was going to get an opportunity first hand to see Ethan and Casey together.
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Authors note: next chapter will be the softball game with some perspective from Tobias. I am looking forward to writing that from his perspective. Thank you for reading this far.
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