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( 🫧 ) - SPRING DIARY : CONTAINED THEME !
In celebration of PINKFAIRE'S kofi reachin' 143 followers (it went up to 160+ the past month) here's the promised FREE THEME for my lovely followers/supporters! This is also an announcement of my discord server openin' and a massive thank you to those who had been so kind to my resources with all the compliments received. I don't say it as much, but I do appreciate it. I hope you have as much fun usin' this theme as I do while makin' them. Have a nice day.
FEATURES . .
1 Main Photo.
3 Extra Photos.
1 Description.
2 Popups: Rules & Muses.
OTHERS . .
Photo sizes stated once installed.
GUIDES . .
REBLOG the post if you use, honestly. The ONLY request I ask for.
DO NOT share the codes with ANYONE once purchased/received.
DO NOT claim as your own/use as base codes/mix with others.
DO NOT remove the credits.
DO NOT take any of the edited photos I use in the previews.
Find related links: Preview. Code.
This is a FREE THEME.
P.S/ If you don't have discord or isn't comfortable to be in a server, feel free to hit me up in DMs for the codes! Make sure to REBLOG this post first, or I won't entertain the DM at all.
#rph#indie rp theme#free rp theme#free theme#rp theme#contained theme#mine : all#mine : themes#( be kind to me ok ; im in my anxious chihuahua state atm )#( i wanted to make one for a solo muse ; but not quite sure#lmk if that's smth you want! )
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Fashion Dreamer Tips & Tricks
Some stuff only I found that isn't mentioned or in-game at all or is easily missed as far as I'm aware? I hope it helps some of you guys out :) It is quite image-heavy under the cut, fair warning!!
Colour Matching (Item Creator)
Pressing down on the left stick changes the display from mannequin to the item itself, but pressing it again will show whatever item you're creating along with whatever your muse is currently wearing.
So if you've gotten a custom coloured item from someone else, this is great for making items and accessories to match with it! And you don't have to waste 120k points trying to match colours by guesstimation instead like me :'))) Or maybe I'm just dumb because I knew how to zoom in and out, just not the display switching OTL
2. Showroom Configuration (is stupid)
This is for the Happy Home Paradise players... Make sure that any mannequins or clothing you display in your showroom is actually accessible, because you cannot walk under ceiling decorations, even if they are lighting. I have no idea why. You also can't change the camera angle, so it'd be best not to put the door/panel decorations all in a row at the front, because then players can't see what you're even displaying (unless it's just like a mannequin in the middle surrounded by lockers... Idk)
Taking the time to plug my showroom again before I swap out the outfits for the fancier stuff I have >o< Find me at a8xv4JW3Am!
3. Muse Advisors
There are at least 2 or 3 advisors who are present at the Muse Mirror in each Cocoon in rotation. (e.g. Noz and Iris in HOPE) They can not only suggest colours and unique makeup that you haven't obtained yet* (I've seen a look where your character gets like a Batman/Robin mask lol), but also give you their own! If the one whose look you want isn't there, you just have to quick-travel (press down on the right stick) to another Cocoon and back. Otherwise, you can just keep talking to them and backing out until their option shows up.
Before & After (Iris ver.)!
(*Unfortunately, they won't give you unique eye shines/reflections.)
4. NPCs
I've just learnt that the NPCs you start with are most likely random. I've seen others start with NPCs I haven't even seen or heard of! You need to raise their friendship level until you get a special event that says 'Friend Introduction' - and even then, I think the NPC who appears next might be random (unconfirmed). This may make it quite a pain for those who want the unnatural skin colours, since I believe they are only unlockable via NPC friendship rank... So just go into solo mode and spam some outfits :')
5. Camera Angles and Idle Poses
This one is a bit useless, but I didn't know about it until now so it's going in. Most of the time, I use the drone camera to take photos, but could never really fit fullbody photos - turns out, you need to angle the camera slightly downwards (have your character looking up) to be able to zoom out enough to fit your Muse's whole body in. If the camera angle is level with your Muse, you will never be able to get a fullbody picture. Who thought this would be a good idea???
Level angle and tilted angle - the level angle is already at the lowest it could go.
Additionally, waiting for a while will let your character have the time to perform some idle animations, some of which (I think) are not present in the poses option, even via NPC friendship rank. The downside is that you'll have to crop out some parts of the UI and the quality will be a little lower - however, that can be fixed using waifu2x (which I tend to use anyways for aesthetic posts lol).
Before & After using waifu2x!
Since the game is so new I thought this might be helpful to some who are also just starting out. If anything here is wrong, please let me know and I'll fix it as soon as possible!
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There’s no way I can pass up, “i’m gonna remind them you’re mine” for my girl Scarlett please 🙏
You don’t know how you keep getting dragged into these things…
Sure, in the light of day, Aurelian Academy was the picture perfect institute for higher learning and a practical hub for possible connections within the supernatural, and even sometimes human, world, but at night? When the enchanted lights dimmed, when the professors turned in for the night in their wing, and the moon rose above the shimmering lake that made its home on Aurelian’s campus?
That’s when the real fun, as you’ve been told, begins. Parties, secret meetings, illicit affairs, and more all occurred under the cover of night within Aurelian, and you just happened to have been pulled into once such event— a party that Blake hadn’t stopped gushing about since he heard of it: It’s supposed to be the biggest party of the year! How could I possibly miss it? And, since you’re my best friend, I’ll need you by side when I attend. It won’t be as fun without you.
The fact that it’s barely into the second semester didn’t seem to matter to Blake in the slightest.
Seriously, who thought it’d be a good idea for both sirens and succubi to be housed in the same dorm? That’s only a recipe for disaster— added to the fact that the incubi dorm was a relatively short distance away, and you have a whole slew of potentially bad ideas.
Though nothing bad as my idea of actually attending, you gripe, hand tightening around the flimsy plastic solo cup, sloshing an almost luminescent blue drink over the brim. Blake has been lost in the sea of people, I’m not even sure what time it is, and I think I’m going to go deaf if this music doesn’t shift gears soon.
All in all? You weren’t having the best of times. Not that you minded parties, you’ve been to quite a few in your time, but this sort of thing hadn’t ever really been your scene. The air, intermingled with a variety of scents, is almost cloying in your nostrils, the beat of the bass thrumming your ear, and it’s only due to the privacy wards that you haven’t completely keeled over due to the sound. Your only saving grace is the fact that your girlfriend had agreed to come save you after a certain amount of time.
Getting the chance to see Scarlett, even if it’s in a throng of gyrating bodies and a dimly lit room, she’ll definitely be a sight for sore eyes. You just have to hold out long enough for her to arrive. And she’ll hopefully take me back to her room, you muse, taking a sip over the surprisingly sweet concoction in your cup. Which will lead to the actually exciting part of my night.
For now? You’re content with sticking to the sides of the party, the shadows wrapped around you in a comforting embrace, as you waited for your emerald green eyed savior to arrive.
“You’re not having fun are you?” The sudden voice causes you to flinch in surprise. Your attention immediately settling on the form of Isabel, an occupant of this very dorm, who had a charming smile stretched across full lips. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone so miserable at one of these things.”
You shift. “I’m not miserable,” you reply, not wanting to seem rude. “This just isn’t usually something I go to.”
Isabel hums, amber eyes sparkling. “I can see that.” She tilts her head, slowly appraising you in a way that immediately sends alarm bells ringing in your head. “I can say, with quite a bit of certainty, that you haven’t ever been to one of my parties before?”
She’s right.
“Why do you say that?”
“I think I’d remember someone as beautiful as you attending,” she purrs, leaning closer, locks of raven black hair falling over her shoulder. “None of my sisters, or myself, have been able to take our eyes off you since you arrived with that incubus.”
Sisters. The realization hits you instantly. You’ve completely forgotten that Isabel was a Siren, a species that always traveled in pods, a group that grew as close as family. Who also happened to make a game out of who could get the most valuable prize by the end of their hunts. How do I keep getting into these situations?
Isabel’s smile only grows. “I must admit I’m surprised none of them have snatched you up yet.” Her hand trails down your arm, before you’re able to jerk it away. Something she doesn’t seem to take offense by. “It’s possible they’re too shy to.” She tilts her head, eyes flashing carnally. “Pity. But it only means more of you for myself.”
“Look I have a—”
“She’s already spoken for, Laurent.” A sharp voice interrupts your rebuttal, accent thicker than usual due to the agitation you detect laced within her tone. “You’ll have to take your games elsewhere.”
Isabel’s entire countenance shifts as your girlfriend finally comes into focus— Scarlett. Your eyes rove over her form, clad simply in a red-laced corset top, paired with a belt and tailored black pants, as well as her signature heels, she looks every part of the unflinching conquerer that roams the halls during the day. Not a single strand of dark auburn hair out of place, emerald eyes narrowed into slits as she takes a protective stance next to you, the only sign of her anger being the slightest clench of her jaw. Something anyone that wasn’t you could, and would, miss.
“Wasn’t aware she was yours, Voltaire.” The siren holds up her hands, clearly not wanting to get into an altercation with your girlfriend. “Maybe you shouldn’t let her wander off alone without you.”
Scarlett’s brow arches, an imperious look etched across her face. “I’d take that into consideration if your opinion mattered in the slightest to me.” She waves her hand, a flippant gesture of dismissal if you’ve ever seen one, and drawls. “Run along now. I do believe your time in our presence has run its course. No need to insist upon a place that doesn’t want nor need you.”
Amber eyes flash dangerously but she wisely keeps her mouth shut, giving you one last look, Isabel turns and disappears back into the throng of bodies, no doubt heading over to her sisters that stood near the open bar.
A gentle touch to your cheek pulls your focus towards Scarlett’s face, a bit more emotion now showcased— if the slightest downturn of her lips, and the darkened state of her gaze, was anything to go by.
“Why did you entertain her for so long, my heart?” It’s asked softly, no accusation in her tone. A question borne purely out of curiosity.
You rub the back of your neck. “I panicked and sort of froze.”
Scarlett’s eyes narrow at that. “Did she do anything to you?” A darkened gaze, that flashes obsidian, turns to look back at the room, in the direction that Isabel had disappear off to. “If she did all you have to do is tell me and I’ll handle it.”
“Honestly, I didn’t realize what was happening until it actually happened.” You shake your head, taking Scarlett’s hand, that had limply fallen back to her side, in a gentle hold. “She caught me when I was thinking of a fairly distracting topic.”
“Oh?” Dark auburn hair falls over Scarlett’s shoulder, reminiscent of Isabel’s earlier action, but somehow more elegant, and your girlfriend’s gaze darkens for an entirely different reason, the obsidian black telling of a completely different hunger. “And what would that be?”
Stepping closer, you wrap around arms loosely around Scarlett’s neck, tugging her closer until her body is flushed with yours. “You.” A satisfied purr rumbles out of Scarlett. Her head titling into the gentle touch of your fingers running through her hair. “Out of pure curiosity what were you going to do?” At her raised brow, you elaborate. “You said you would have handled it. How?”
There’s a beat of silence, wherein only the party surrounding you both intercepts it, but when Scarlett offers you a sultry smirk, you immediately felt the familiar swoop in your gut, heat building between you both. It’s of no surprise when Scarlett leans closer and places a hard kiss to your lips— somehow making it deep, passionate in a way that only she could, without ever introducing her tongue. “What would I do, my hear?” She purrs, tugging at your bottom lip with her teeth. “I’d remind them that you’re mine.”
She dips her head, placing an open-mouth kiss to your neck. Clearly delighting in the way you arch against her at the familiar action.
“I suppose I have a different course of action now.” Scarlett steps back, keeping your hands interlaced as she leads you towards the exit, hips swaying in a rhythmic fashion. “Something that’ll be far more rewarding.”
Your breath catches. “And that is?”
“Reminding you that you’re mine.”
#midnight sun#asks#midsun: snippets#ro: scarlett voltaire#daniellew24#changed the wording a bit#hope that’s okay ❤️
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For drable promts
These prompts for KavleirX Apollo
> " the rockstar and the the law attorney , now that,s a novel a loved to read."
" I have made my best music when you were a part of my life."
" Being a muse requires just much talent being as being musicians"
Hi hi!! Thanks so much for the freaking asks! I did all of them :3. They were just so good!! I had so much fu writing them! I just...I love Klapollo! So I'm really glad I get to write them more :3
They all kinda just ended up as Klavier being smitten with Apollo. Hope that's okay XD. He do be pining!!
Now...on to the prompts!
"The rockstar and the the law attorney, now that's a novel I'd loved to read." 295 words
“A rockstar and a defense attorney? That is totally a novel that I’d love to read.”
Ema had said it sarcastically, Klavier knew. He knew that writing a novel was ridiculous, writing a novel, especially basing it off of his experiences with Apollo. But he just couldn’t help it, something about Apollo inspired him. Something about him that made Klavier want to be the best he could be at everything he tried.
His management team were the first people that mentioned him writing a book, actually. Klavier ignored them at first, he didn’t want to make a piece of art that was just a cash grab, no matter how much his team tried to convince him otherwise. Though, at some point, Klavier had become…inspired.
Fiction writing was very much different from songwriting, but Klavier found that he liked it. He liked the creative process in general, and though there was difficulty translating his songwriting skills into fiction writing, plus his perfectionist tendencies making it harder, he still quite liked it.
One day, Apollo and Klavier were out at a café. Apollo was talking about novels, and how interesting they were, and that he really should have read more. Klavier wasn’t sure when, but at some point, the words came tumbling out of his mouth before he could stop them.
“I’m writing a novel, actually.” Klavier had blurted out.
Apollo seemed surprised at first, then that surprise turned into intrigue. “Oh, really? That’s cool! What’s it about?”
“A rockstar and a defense attorney solving the murder of the rockstar’s band’s guitarist.” Klavier replied.
“Oh! A rockstar and a defense attorney? I’d love to read about that, actually. That must be a pretty interesting duo.” Apollo said.
“Ja. They are, Herr Forehead.” Klavier smiled. “They are.”
"I have made my best music when you were a part of my life." 300 words
Klavier really missed songwriting.
He missed the creative process of it all, writing away his thoughts as they poured out from his mind, looking at his work days later with a fresh new perspective and then ironing out the kinks that he found.
And lately, he had found some inspiration
It started with Apollo saying something that sounded like it’d be a good song lyric, to which Klavier immediately jotted down on his phone to remember to integrate it into one of his songs. The next thing he knew, hours later after the investigation had ended, Klavier was writing away at his notebook.
He stared at the lyrics that he had just written, frowning in thought.
What to write next…
At the sound of a notification on Klavier’s phone, he picked it up. Opening his phone, he smiled at the photo of him and Apollo on his lock screen. Apollo was deep in thought, his index finger pressed at the bridge of his nose. Klavier liked that little habit of his, he thought it was one of the most adorable things he had ever seen in his life.
He clicked on the notification, an unamused annoyed text from Ema telling him about some investigation details. Klavier quickly responded, before turning back to his notebook. At the possibilities that it held, at the blank canvas that would be his artform. He would probably make a few mistakes, even with years of experience he still made mistakes.
Not only that, but this was a solo song, and he wasn’t used to writing solo songs.
Though, that didn’t matter. Klavier knew that with his inspiration, he’d make it just fine.
It may have been new and a little terrifying, but in Klavier’s opinion, it was the best music that he had ever made.
"Being a muse requires just as much talent being musicians" 380 words
Apollo did not think he was remarkable.
Klavier wasn’t sure what the hell made Apollo come to that conclusion, he really wasn’t. Apollo was one of the most inspiring people in Klavier’s life, his search for the truth one of the most remarkable things about him.
He had a talent, able to spot lies with just a person’s body language. He was perceptive, noticing the tiniest of details instantly, before the detectives even registered that they were there. He was detail oriented, putting together all the information of their cases in an interesting and coherent way. So many things that Klavier could go on and on about, so many things he admired about the man.
And yet, he seemed to disagree.
Which was frankly, ridiculous.
“God, I wish I actually knew how to do stuff…” Apollo was lamenting to Klavier.
“What do you mean by that, Herr Forehead?”
“Well, I sorta uh…don’t have any hobbies? Like sure, I do sports and outdoor stuff, but that’s not as cool as all of your guys’ hobbies.” Apollo sighed. “Mr. Wright can do piano and poker, even if he’s terrible at piano. Ema’s got her whole science thing, Trucy does magic tricks, and you’re a rockstar! Compared to you guys, I don’t have a lot going on.”
“Even if you don’t have “anything going on”, you’re still quite talented Herr Forehead.” Klavier said.
Apollo didn’t look convinced. “Am I, though? I mean, I’m a defense attorney sure, and I have my tell spotting thing. But other than that, I’m not that talented.”
“Well, being a muse requires just as much talent as being an artist.”
“I guess…” Apollo trailed off, then realizing something. “Wait, I’m someone’s muse?”
Shoot, Klavier let that slip.
Apollo took Klavier’s lack of an answer as an answer. “Wait, Prosecutor Gavin, whose muse am I?!”
“I have no idea.”
And of course, Apollo sensed the lie. “No flipping way you don’t. You know, don’t lie to me.”
“…Ja, I know.”
“Tell me then.”
“Nein.”
Apollo frowned. “Why not?”
“I want to keep it a surprise.” Klavier teased with a wink.
“Oh, you’ve got to be kidding me.” Apollo glared at Klavier. “I’m gonna find out, Prosecutor Gavin. Watch me.”
Klavier slowly grinned. “I know you will, Herr Forehead.”
#ask game#fanfic ask game#ace attorney fanfiction#ace attorney fanfic#klapollo#klapollo brainrot#klavier gavin#apollo justice#klavier x apollo#apollo x klavier#oblivious apollo justice
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here is my valentines event plotting / starter call. i haven't decided if i'm dropping my pre-event threads yet, i may try keep them in my drafts for afterwards, though i will definitely be continuing anything majorly plot heavy. i'm taking from marios idea & offering 2 in fandom starters, and 2 out of fandom starters per muse. this also doesn't apply if our muses are each others dates, they will go separate as well.
also here is a link to my currently unfinished outfits !!
like & I'll dm you, or reply with any starter requests !!
albus dumbledore - going it alone
Albus just wants to have a nice night out, and look at all the exhibits at the museum. If anybody asks him to dance he might say yes?
drinking || dancing || general chatting || exploring the museum || people watching || snacking in the corner || flirting || looking for an out || chaos
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anastasia tremaine - blind date with vesta blackbeak
Anastasia is just really excited to be able to put on a pretty dress, and dance all night long. She’s already dragging her sister off to help her pick a dress, and wants to make sure both herself & drizella have a good time.
drinking || dancing || general chatting || exploring the museum || people watching || snacking in the corner || flirting || looking for an out || chaos
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andrew deluca - blind date with lee hongjo
Andrew would like to forget about everything wrong in his life, and get his mind off of work for one night. Let this man have the fresh start he needs, he’s hoping for the potential of love.
drinking || dancing || general chatting || exploring the museum || people watching || snacking in the corner || flirting || looking for an out || chaos
threads: carina deluca
arizona robbins - going with amelia shepherd
Arizona is happy, thank you very much. She would like to spend the night dancing with her girlfriend and forget about all the horror her loved ones have faced in the past few months.
drinking || dancing || general chatting || exploring the museum || people watching || snacking in the corner || flirting || looking for an out || chaos
threads: sofia robbin sloan torres
atticus lincoln - going with jo wilson
Link and jo just had a baby, they deserve this night out. A night where they don’t have to worry about the kids at all! Though, maybe there’s still a little worry. Link is going to try make sure that jo has a great time.
drinking || dancing || general chatting || exploring the museum || people watching || snacking in the corner || flirting || looking for an out || chaos
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bash de poitiers - currently going solo
Bash is going to try find himself love, not realising that the only person he wants to talk to is the girl who keeps telling him to keep his distance. She’s on a date, but maybe he could ask her for a dance?
drinking || dancing || general chatting || exploring the museum || people watching || snacking in the corner || flirting || looking for an out || chaos
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bonnie bennett - going with enzo st john
After the disaster that was last valentines day (and every holiday since) bonnie would like a nice night with her husband, but she’s also ready to fight if need be.
drinking || dancing || general chatting || exploring the museum || people watching || snacking in the corner || flirting || looking for an out || chaos
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brittany s. Pierce - going with santana lopez
Brittany just wants to wear a pretty dress, and dance the night away with her girl. That’s it.
drinking || dancing || general chatting || exploring the museum || people watching || snacking in the corner || flirting || looking for an out || chaos
threads: quinn fabray
celeste kipper - blind date with feng yu
Catch these two having interesting conversations about current events. Celeste just wants a nice night out, and to forget for even a minute about all the death in her life. She’s trying to adjust to this new place, but doesn’t quite trust anybody.
drinking || dancing || general chatting || exploring the museum || people watching || snacking in the corner || flirting || looking for an out || chaos
threads: mags flanagan
charlotte king - going solo
The only reason charlotte made it was because she found a babysitter, and wanted a reason to get out. She’s still upset about the fact cooper & mason aren’t here, but she’s trying to live her life as best she can.
drinking || dancing || general chatting || exploring the museum || people watching || snacking in the corner || flirting || looking for an out || chaos
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cleo sertori - blind date with jesse st james
Cleo just wants to have a nice time, and is on the look out for love. She’s been single for a while now, so is hoping this blind date works out, or at the very least she has a good night.
drinking || dancing || general chatting || exploring the museum || people watching || snacking in the corner || flirting || looking for an out || chaos
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coriolanus snow - blind date with edwina sharma
Luckily for everybody else, coryo has no memories. He is still a judgy dude, but he’s not here trying to put anybody in the hunger games. He doesn’t know why he signed up for a blind date, but he’d rather be at home.
drinking || dancing || general chatting || exploring the museum || people watching || snacking in the corner || flirting || looking for an out || chaos
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Diego - going with bree tanner
Diego is looking for nice night out with his girlfriend, though being very aware that he is around a lot of humans he might need to keep some distance from.
drinking || dancing || general chatting || exploring the museum || people watching || snacking in the corner || flirting || looking for an out || chaos
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edmund bridgerton - going alone
Edmund doesn’t want to date anybody, the man is loyal to his wife. He’s here to watch his children have a good time, and maybe find somebody to have a quick dance with.
drinking || dancing || general chatting || exploring the museum || people watching || snacking in the corner || flirting || looking for an out || chaos
threads: eloise bridgerton
Eleanor davis - going alone
Eleanor only just arrived in town, but the minute she found out there was a ball, she thought why not. She’s here for the free food and drink only.
drinking || dancing || general chatting || exploring the museum || people watching || snacking in the corner || flirting || looking for an out || chaos
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enola holmes - blind date with branwen
Enola doesn’t really do balls, they’re not her thing, though she’s here to try and have a good time and meet new people. She might try her hand at dancing, but she will mostly be exploring and getting to know her date.
drinking || dancing || general chatting || exploring the museum || people watching || snacking in the corner || flirting || looking for an out || chaos
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ginny miller - blind date with noela
Ginny wants to have a good time. That is all. Catch her dancing and chatting with her date, hoping things go well.
drinking || dancing || general chatting || exploring the museum || people watching || snacking in the corner || flirting || looking for an out || chaos
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harriet kepner-avery - going alone
Harriet will be finding people to flirt with, and definitely indulging in a champagne or two even though she’s underage. If she gets asked nicely enough/drunk enough she might even dance.
drinking || dancing || general chatting || exploring the museum || people watching || snacking in the corner || flirting || looking for an out || chaos
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harvey hufflepuff - blind date with do dohee
Harvey wants what his sister and mum have. He is hopeful that this blind date might bring him love, but at the very least he’s looking forward to a night out.
drinking || dancing || general chatting || exploring the museum || people watching || snacking in the corner || flirting || looking for an out || chaos
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henrietta beckford - going with elaine st john
Henri is going to spend the night dancing with her girlfriend, thanks. Though, she might find time for a little snack later on the evening.
drinking || dancing || general chatting || exploring the museum || people watching || snacking in the corner || flirting || looking for an out || chaos
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imogen adams - blind date with alec
Imogen is hopeful that this date is going to work out. She doesn’t really trust people all that much with what she’s been through, but she’s going to go out and try have a good time regardless. She may spend more of her time dancing with her friends than socialising with her date though.
drinking || dancing || general chatting || exploring the museum || people watching || snacking in the corner || flirting || looking for an out || chaos
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jack dawson - going with rose
Jack knows very little about balls, so he’s putting all of his trust in rose. He wants to have a good time with the woman he loves since their time was cut so short before. He also wants to explore the museum and learn whatever he can.
drinking || dancing || general chatting || exploring the museum || people watching || snacking in the corner || flirting || looking for an out || chaos
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jacob black - blind date with kenna
Jacob wants to find love, and forget about how confusing people have been since he arrived in dc. He’s hoping this works out (though is confused about the dude who seems to be watching his date) good luck getting him to dance.
drinking || dancing || general chatting || exploring the museum || people watching || snacking in the corner || flirting || looking for an out || chaos
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jessica stanley - blind date with rachel amber
Jessica isn’t holding out hope on this date, but she’s excited to put on a dress and look hot. She will be dancing, drinking, and all around having a great time.
drinking || dancing || general chatting || exploring the museum || people watching || snacking in the corner || flirting || looking for an out || chaos
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jo laughlin - going alone
Jo is mainly just here to watch her daughters. She doesn’t want to be at a ball, but she wants to get to know her daughters more, and insure they have a good night.
drinking || dancing || general chatting || exploring the museum || people watching || snacking in the corner || flirting || looking for an out || chaos
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karen shetty - going alone
Karen didn’t get the dress code memo, but she looks hot. This is like halloween, right? She’s not got a date, but when has that ever stopped her? She will be dancing, flirting and having a great time.
drinking || dancing || general chatting || exploring the museum || people watching || snacking in the corner || flirting || looking for an out || chaos
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laurent da revin - going with anne sutherland
Laurent doesn’t do these kind of things, but anne invited him so he’s going. He may dance, if she asks but he doesn’t really want to be here.
drinking || dancing || general chatting || exploring the museum || people watching || snacking in the corner || flirting || looking for an out || chaos
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lexie grey - going with mark sloan
Lexie is excited for a date night with her husband. She will be dragging him onto the dance floor, drinking and having a great time.
drinking || dancing || general chatting || exploring the museum || people watching || snacking in the corner || flirting || looking for an out || chaos
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lily luna potter - going with harriet hufflepuff
Lily is nervous, though she’s been on dates with harriet before they generally end in disaster. She’s prepared with her wand on her this time, hoping she doesn’t have to use it and she can just have a good time.
drinking || dancing || general chatting || exploring the museum || people watching || snacking in the corner || flirting || looking for an out || chaos
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lola fleming narcisse - blind date with kaya dura
Lola doesn’t have a very good track record with love, but she’s hoping to turn things around here. At the very least, she will be dancing because my girl loves a ball, and has missed things like this since being in dc.
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Lydia - going with cynthia
Lydia came to dc to start her life fresh, and here she is at a ball with her ex. Not that she’s upset about it, cynthia is still the only person she really trusts or cares about. She will be dancing, drinking and maybe if she gets drunk enough trying to make new friends.
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melissa glaser - blind date with beth greene
Melissa has recently regained her memories, but she’s still going through with this blind date thing. She wants to drink, dance and forget everything.
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mia thermopolis - going alone
Mia is no stranger to balls. She’s got a pretty dress, her tiara and she’s ready to have a good night, with or without a date. She will be keeping an eye on her grandmother, though maybe from a distance as clarisse doesn’t believe her. She will accept any invite to dance as that is what queens do.
drinking || dancing || general chatting || exploring the museum || people watching || snacking in the corner || flirting || looking for an out || chaos
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mika yasuda - going with taryn helm
This is only mika and taryns second date, and a ball seems like a big deal. She will be trying to get to know taryn more, as well as trying to make some new friends as well.
drinking || dancing || general chatting || exploring the museum || people watching || snacking in the corner || flirting || looking for an out || chaos
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missy cooper - blind date with elsa
Missy deserves this date with a literal queen. She has found herself the prettiest dress she could, pairing it with converse because who wants to spend a night in heels, gross. She will be getting to know her date as well as trying to make new friends & exploring.
drinking || dancing || general chatting || exploring the museum || people watching || snacking in the corner || flirting || looking for an out || chaos
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noel kahn - blind date with april kepner
Noel doesn’t really know what compelled him to sign up for a blind date, but he’s going to make sure she has a good time regardless. If she wants to dance, he will dance with her, but he will also be people watching and trying to make some friends.
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penelope park - blind date with lizzie saltzman
Penelope is trying to deny her feelings for josie. She told her how much she loved her back home, and hasn’t heard a thing since being here (though she also hasn’t mentioned anything herself) so she decided to sign up for a blind date. She’s not going to be happy that it’s with her worst enemy who also happens to have the same face as the woman she loves, so expect a lot of nasty words, and magic coming from these two. Penelope is big mad.
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primrose everdeen - blind date with willa lykensen
Prim is a little worried about this blind date, but if it gets her to stop studying for one moment then it’s probably a good thing. she is hopeful it works out, but is just excited for a night off.
drinking || dancing || general chatting || exploring the museum || people watching || snacking in the corner || flirting || looking for an out || chaos
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princess audrey rose - going alone
Audrey loves an excuse to dress up, so she’s here in a pretty dress ready to dance the night away with whoever wants to dance with her.
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rebecca pearson - going alone
Rebecca is slowly coming to the realisation she’s stuck here, without her family and is trying to make the best of it. She’s here to dance, drink and have a good time.
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rebekah mikaelson - blind date with pyrrha alexandra
Rebekah has just gotten her memories back, and isn’t sure she wants to be on a blind date after all. She’s going to try have a good time, regardless. At least she enjoys an excuse to dress up and dance.
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robin hood-mills - going with alice jones
Robin is excited to have a date night with her fiance. She adores alice, and is ready to put on a pretty dress and dance the night away. Though she may have some time to talk to other people and make friends as well as explore a little bit.
drinking || dancing || general chatting || exploring the museum || people watching || snacking in the corner || flirting || looking for an out || chaos
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ruby lucas - blind date with trafalgar law
Ruby is trying to get herself out there but also has terrible luck with love, she did eat her first boyfriend after all. She’s here to dance, drink and have a good time, even if the date doesnt work out.
drinking || dancing || general chatting || exploring the museum || people watching || snacking in the corner || flirting || looking for an out || chaos
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simon basset - going with daphne bridgerton
Simon is just excited to have a date night with his wife, doing something he knows she loves. He is ready to tell her how beautiful she looks, and dance with her and only her all night long.
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tatia - blind date with michael guerin
Tatia doesn’t really understand any of this, but she’s here regardless. She will be trying to get to know her date, and perhaps make some new friends & learn more about this new place she’s found herself in.
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victoria hughes - going alone
Vic thinks that the blind date idea was stupid, why would she want to go on a date with somebody she doesn’t know? She’s here to have a good time, and spend some time with her friends, thank you.
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#death mention tw#canibalism tw#kinda#hw: event#hw: plot call#hw: starter call#i wanted to add gifs but this was long enough already
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I had already uploaded one of these on Amino, but it was just Elijah. This is a second, less literal version of a "Reverse AU"?
So...
Sydney Sargent: The Architect.
Sydney is a nurse's aide at Camp Here & There, Lucille saved him when he was a child and despite his difficulties he dedicated his life to being useful to her and staying by his best friend's side keeping him safe. He is affectionate although somewhat distracted so he can sometimes seem distant, but he does not stop loving others. He spends his days mostly in his office recording his progress on a "project" on cassettes and as a hobby he also likes to take care of a small garden of wild plants. He has a special interest in fungi so part of his library is about them. He suspects that he may be ill, but he has not said anything about it.
Jedidiah Martin: The Muse
Nurse at Camp Here & There. He has a good heart, but the children run away from him despite his attempts to help the other camp counselors. He is in charge of giving the announcements in the camp, he doesn't seem to be doing too badly. For some reason he seems to be very interested in clocks, he has a small collection of several of them in different and extravagant designs from around the world. Lately he feels watched, he is not very religious but he claims to be persecuted by a guy with a goat mask (The others don't know whether to believe him or not and those who do have very strange theories about satanic cults. Sydney doesn't have an opinion on that , in fact he seems a little uncomfortable and prefers to avoid the topic.) He has a slight allergy to rabbits.
(Up and) Adam: A stranger in the woods.
He was once a psychology student, but one day he disappeared in the woods and no one cared enough to go find him. He has a strange obsession with Jedidiah Martin, he believes she may be the solution to his problems. He doesn't like Sydney, but he has offered Jedidiah sessions to talk about him (Gaslight?). He's weird. When he takes off his mask he makes the others feel sleepy, sometimes it amuses him to wake Jedidiah up by making a lot of noise with his tambourine. Probably cannibal. "Bone Apple Teeth"
Elijah Volkov: A demon with a PhD.
A "nice" nurse demon, he walks around in the dreams of others (especially Jedidiah and Sydney) causing them to have quite strange nightmares. He wears part of a pink suit that would not at all give you the feeling that you were talking to a doctor. Why study medicine? He really isn't sure, maybe he wanted to understand the camp nurses a little more, maybe he was bored or maybe he just finds it funny to correct others so they call him "Dr." He has a strange relationship with Sydney, possibly it has to do with his medical condition or why Jedidiah went from looking like a dead person overnight to looking better than ever when they were kids. He has a strange taste with elephants, he would put stickers of them in other people's notebooks and the others would find them on random pages everywhere.
Español: (Lengua nativa)
Ya había subido uno de éstos en Amino, pero solo era Elijah. Esta es una segunda versión menos literal de un "AU Reverse"?
Asíque...
Sydney Sargent: El arquitecto.
Sydney es un ayudante de enfermería en Camp Here & There, Lucille lo salvó cuando era un niño y a pesar de las dificultades dedicó su vida a serle útil y permanecer al lado de su mejor amigo manteniéndolo a salvo. Es cariñoso aunque algo distraido por lo que aveces puede verse distante, pero no deja de amar a los demás. Pasa sus días mayormente en su oficina grabando sus avances sobre un "proyecto" en cassettes y como pasatiempo a parte le gusta cuidar de un pequeño jardín de plantas silvestres. Tiene un interés especial en los hongos por lo que parte de su biblioteca trata sobre ellos. Se sospecha que pueda estar enfermo, pero no ha dicho nada al respecto.
Jedidiah Martin: La Musa
Enfermero en Camp Here & There. Tiene un buen corazón, pero los niños huyen de él a pesar de sus intentos por ayudar a los demás consejeros del campamento. Es el encargado de dar los anuncios en el campamento, no parece irle mal. Por alguna razón parece interesarle muchos los relojes, tiene una pequeña colección de varios de ellos en diferentes y extravagantes diseños del mundo. Últimamente se siente observado, no es muy religioso pero dice ser perseguido por un sujeto con máscara de cabra (Los demás no saben si creerle o no y los que si lo hacen tienen teorías muy raras sobre cultos satánicos. Sydney no tiene una opinión sobre eso, de hecho parece algo incómodo y prefiere evitar el tema.) Tiene una leve alergia a los conejos.
(Up and) Adam: Un extraño en el bosque.
Alguna vez fué un estudiante de psicología, pero un día desapareció en el bosque y a nadie le importó lo suficiente para ir por él. Tiene una extraña obsesión con Jedidiah Martin, cree que pueda ser la solución a sus problemas. No le gusta Sydney, pero le ha ofrecido a Jedidiah tener sesiones para hablar sobre él (¿Gaslight?). Es... extraño. Cuando se quita la máscara provoca que los demás se sientan somnolientos, aveces le divierte despertar a Jedidiah haciendo mucho ruido con su pandereta. Probablemente caníbal. "Bone Apple Teeth"
Elijah Volkov: Un demonio con doctorado.
Un "simpático" demonio enfermero, se pasea en los sueños de los demás (Especialmente Jedidiah y Sydney) provocandoles pesadillas bastante extrañas. Porta parte de un traje rosa que para nada te daría la sensación de estar hablando con un doctor. ¿Porqué estudiar medicina? Realmente no está seguro, quizás queria enteneder un poco más a los enfermeros del campamento, quizás estaba oburrido o quizás simplemente encuentra divertido corregir a los demás para quelo llamen "Dr". Tiene una relación extraña con Sydney, posiblemente tenga que ver con su condición médica o porqué de la noche a la mañana Jedidiah pasó de verse como un muerto a estar mejor que nunca cuando eran niños. Tiene una extraña afición con los elefantes, pagaría stickers de ellos en los cuadernos de los demás y los demás los encontrarían en páginas random por todoa lados.
#fanart#horror podcast#horror fiction podcast#medibandpaint#camp here and there#chnt#chnt fanart#sydney sargent#elijah volkov#up and adam#jedidiah martin#chnt jedidiah#chnt sydney#chnt elijah#the elephant man#chnt adam#chnt up and adam#alternative universe#AU#comedy podcast#fiction podcast
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hi everyone and sorry for the late intro!! i'm august (he/they) and i've joined gaenari with both gayul here and @gnseohan! i should probably make a separate into post on him but realistically i'll only be monitoring one account at a time so. gayul is the big winner this time !
lmao anyway i don't really have a discord for rp purposes so i'm stuck in ims for now but i'll put a little detail about both muses under the cut and leave this as an open plot call for anyone!
CHU GAYUL:
gaenari native born & raised; for a quick family background she has upstanding parents, three (much) older brothers who have all moved out of town, and a younger brother (@gngaram) who is the black sheep of the family but her favorite brother by far.
her father owns chu's, a diner that's been in the town for decades and was originally founded by her grandfather. gayul currently works at the diner for her parents, kinda filling in wherever is needed; she's there most nights including tuesdays, when her mother takes over the restaurant and turns it into a soup kitchen with the help of her church. mrs. chu is quite religious, by the way.
gayul herself had different dreams, though... she wanted to be a singer-songwriter, even teaching herself guitar (and having previously suffered through childhood piano lessons that she didn't appreciate until later in life). her idols are taylor swift, olivia rodrigo, heize, iu, and similar female solo acts & creatives. unfortunately, that career has obviously not yet taken off and has been put on the backburner while she prioritizes her family.
while her older brothers all went to university and have very successful careers all over the country, gayul was never able (see: allowed) to pursue higher education, instead only earning her high school diploma before she was more or less expected to just take care of her family. her father is getting old and can't physically keep up with the restaurant like he used to, so gayul and her limitless loyalty stepped up to help out.
she sort of knows that the restaurant will be passed to one of her older brothers and that they'll likely sell it off or close it down once they inherit it. she's working hard and learning the ins and outs so she can hopefully change her parents' minds on that decision and make sure that chu's stays in the family for generations to come.
as you might be able to tell, her family is incredibly conservative overall with very traditional views especially regarding gender roles. for these reasons, gayul has not told anyone that she's been dating @jiyeongn since high school and is very much in love with her.
gayul's sensitive and emotional and overall incredible soft and gentle; i kinda describe her as a "new soul" and she's incredibly pure of heart; she's loyal to a fault and her family is more important to her than anything, despite the way they treat her unfairly based on her sex. she quietly works toward her own goals when she can but helping her family will always take priority, whether that's helping to mend bridges and make amends or physical labor in the sense of running the restaurant or practically raising her little brother (who's really only three years younger than herself).
POTENTIAL PLOTS/CONNECTIONS: former classmates? gayul was a good student, maybe old friends who don't understand why she didn't go to uni. regulars at the diner; she knows your order by heart and will give occasional freebies if you look like you're having a rough day. family friends or friends from her mother's church? the chu family has been a well-known family in gaenari for generations, so surely there's a connection there somewhere. one of her older brother's ex-girlfriends who she actually really liked and hoped they would marry... friends, rivals, etc., anything really!
KIM SEOHAN:
here he is... gaenari's golden boy... the pinnacle of success... a hometown hero with the pressure of everyone's expectations on his shoulders...
to make a very long story short, seohan was born blessed. first of all, he was a "rainbow baby", a miracle to his parents who had been struggling with fertility issues for a while. and he had the bad luck to be born handsome, and intelligent, and talented. but these are good things? you say; well, not when it creates the expectation that he will always be handsome and intelligent and talented.
basically, seohan's grandfather introduced him to baseball at a young age; seohan fell in love with the sport. he played little league, then joined his high school team, then eventually got a scholarship to play for a prestigious university in seoul where he was also studying athletic training (so when his sports career inevitably ended, he could still find a job in the industry somehow).
good luck stuck again and seohan ended up not finishing his studies; he was scouted to join the KBO (national baseball league) and found himself on the futures team (minor league/farm team) for the hanhwa eagles, close to home in daejeon. he might have only been a minor league player but he was good looking enough that he ended up being requested for sponsorships and endorsements, at least on a local/regional level, and garnered some amount of fame.
however. he was pulled up to the major leagues for his first game. he was projected to have his big breakout, to make a name for himself on a national level, but unfortunately he suffered a season-ending injury to his right knee; ruptured ACL and torn meniscus; he's already undergone surgery and has many months of physical therapy and conditioning ahead of him before he'll be on the field again. so that's why he's in gaenari; he's recovering with the help of his family while he waits to heal up for next season.
he originally planned to stay in daejeon and recover with the help of his girlfriend, but she left him shortly after his repair operation, saying she lost all attraction to him after seeing him "like that."
so while he's in town, his old high school coach convinced him to help coach the high school team he used to play for and encourage the kids who probably have dreams of making it big like him someday. he agreed only as a favor to his coach, and it's about the only thing that gets him out of the house these days other than physical therapy appointments and the occasional endorsement or sponsorship that still trickles in despite the injury, though on a much smaller scale than he had been reaching before.
oh, also, he's gay. no one knows that and he keeps it very close to his chest. he did love his most recent ex-girlfriend but he wasn't attracted to her either.
in terms of his personality, he's rather conservative/reserved and really thinks before speaking; he's incredibly conscious of his image and it's like his biggest fear is letting people down or disappointing them. he's a bit sullen right now because he's struggling with failure for what might be the first time in this life and he doesn't know how to cope with it yet. still, he tries to fulfill the "image" that the town must have for him; he smiles even though it's faked and forced, he's polite and kind to everyone, and he's been hitting the gym a lot to stay in shape as much as he can while still healing. he's on the quiet side normally, but he's capable of holding a conversation.
POTENTIAL PLOTS/CONNECTIONS: old rivals? people he pissed off in high school for supposedly being "arrogant" or something? seohan definitely could've come off that way though it wasn't intentional. fans who have been rooting for him since his kbo futures debut; old friends who he hasn't been good at keeping up with who might be mad at him for that now that he's back in town or oppositely understanding and just happy to hang with him again... i'd love a best friend for him who he can actually trust with everything since he keeps a lot of his true thoughts and feelings so private... again, anything really!
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Now that part one of “Transmission/Kwami’s Choice” has finally aired, here are all the characters who I would have liked to have been used to sub in for Chat Noir instead (Sorry Zoe)
Again, this isn’t me trashing on Zoe (She did a decent job actually), I’m just most musing on what could have been
Nino - the show may have forgotten the Adrino bromance but I sure haven’t. Let Nino help out his buddy and get to bond to Plagg a bit! Let him experience the fun and joy of being a holder again! Let him accidentally figure out Adrien’s Chat and finally give Adrien his own confidant! (Not to mention Ladynoir!DjWifi fun (I imagine Tikki and Plagg show up in front of them at the same time, so they know who the other is))
Luka - Aside from the obvious fanservice of Cat!Luka, Boy has done absolutely nothing outside of his Adrinette shipping. Plus we can actually make use of the whole “Luka knows Adrien is Chat Noir” plot with this! Come on, you know you want to!
Chloe - “But Chloe’s evil!�� Okay, but consider - Chloyla enemies shenanigans. Chloe and Alya constantly fighting and not getting along as holders. Chloe trying to show off/expose her ID again and Alya having to reign her in. Chloe being forced to support Alya because she can’t really hack solo heroing. Chloe and Alya having to begrudgingly work together and reaching a middleground of “not quite ‘friends’ ” but they don’t hate each other as much anymore.
(And we can’t forget Plagg being an absolute horrid little goblin to Chloe for some of the stunts she pulled in previous seasons)
Kagami - Again, fun fanservice for the peeps who were chomping at the bit back in season 4 when they thought “Kuroneko” was the kwamiswap ep. Also Kagami deserves nice things after everything season 5 put her through, and frankly I can see her and Plagg getting along so well in that “contrasting temperaments” sort of way. Plus, we would also get the rarepair that is Alyagami interactions/potential budding friendship.
Sabine/one of the other adults outside of Nathalie - Mostly just for the fun/experience of what an adult user on the good guy’s side would be like.
Socqueline - Technically, it would also be a case of “We just introduced this character, why are you giving her such a big role all of a sudden?!”, but I genuinely would like to see more of her and her character and how she interacts with the rest of the cast
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Shakey Sundays #8:
Ragged Glory
Some things are worth waiting for.
At age 14 I dedicated way too many hours to MTV, hoping to catch Neil Young's Mansion on the Hill. I'd seen the song's video just once; the network had seemingly played it a single time just to tease me.
During my weeks of hapless watching and waiting I tried to remember all the crazy stuff in the video; it entered my dreams and morphed. Had there really been a funeral? Who was dead? Was Young a ghost for all of it? Did a choir really sing the silly lyrics? Was that Neil in the gas station too? Were there dinosaurs at one point? Or was I making that part up? And how did guys my dad's age play such killer guitar?
Well, I never got my answers; instead I saw nothing but Motley Crue's Dr Feelgood. Over and Over Again.
But just now, 34 years later, and thanks to this new technology I'm learning to use called google, I finally got to see the video for Mansion on the Hill a second time.
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You can feel Young's burgeoning joy all over this silly video. He'd probably seen Monty Python and The Holy Grail only while stoned on tour and thought his opening gag was entirely original. He's not dead yet!
In midst of my hopeless adolescent search for the video I read in the LA Times that Young had made two additional videos for Ragged Glory, one of which involved high drama between a sexy couple on a balcony. But, reported the Times, neither video had any chance of ever getting a single second of airtime. The writer (it was probably Robert Hilburn, a total dad rock grump who routinely called Use Your Illusion 2 fantastic) mused in the piece on Young's possible motives: Was he delusional? Deceived? Nuts?
Well, making videos exactly how you wanted, which meant you knew would never be seen, sounded genius to me, and I quit watching MTV cold turkey in response. If they weren't going to play Neil Young they weren't going to have me.
I've been thinking about those mythical videos for 34 years straight now. Seriously, I've wondered about them once a month for 408 months in a row. I'm not proud to report this; I'm just a victim of the Dollar Bin (and Jerry Jeff Walker), living my life easy come, easy go...
And now, low and behold, here they are!
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Sure enough, this first one, for the hook-heavy Over and Over, has the balcony stuff; witness the serious, VH1 level, drama: a sexy lingerie lady (women in this era of music videos only wore lingerie; none of them owned pants) squares off with an Anthony Bandaras type dude; passion ensues while the band unrelatedly rocks. There's nothing silly enough here for Shakey-level greatness, although it does look like Young did indeed summon his Budokan era wind machines from the Shocking Pinks desertscape. Hurricane force winds are needed for most of Neil's videos.
And then there's the video least likely to ever be seen by me / anyone else as a kid. Had I been a MTV VG at the time, even I wouldn't have played this for fear of a FCC shutdown: there's the swearing in it, sure, but there's also the guitar solos at the 2:30, 3:30 and 4 minute marks that are so gnarly they do not seem safe for public consumption.
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Unlike the previous two videos from Ragged Glory, Fubbin' Up contains almost no plot; but half way through Neil does cavort with two different buxom ladies; someone has to stand in for Neil on stage and pretend to shred like him while he stumbles about with them. Neil Young's music videos: they make every Sunday Shakey.
As I've written previously, I do not own Ragged Glory on vinyl. (The lead photo above features my fired up cat and a record store promotion poster I got as a kid and have kept inside my copy of Live Rust ever since.) If you've got the record on vinyl and want to swap I'll gladly send you my copy of Old Ways in return (then I'll go buy another copy of that 80's masterpiece to mediocrity; I saw one yesterday for $8; where the hell were all the copies of Old Ways up until a year ago?).
Anyway, when I was 14 I bought Ragged Glory on tape and, truth be told, it was a little over my head. I loved it, sure, but like another perfect record of that era, The Cure's Disintegration, it was just too damn long for my adolescent attention level. I'd especially get lost during Love and Only Love and Love To Burn. The songs seemed interchangeable to me, and on some level they still do.
While we're at it, I'm gonna argue that those two songs heralded the often regrettable nature of Young's lyrics ever since; for every weird and spectral song like Without Rings or Music Arcade there are four or five that remind me not to forget love.
Memo to Neil: I am not in danger of forgetting about love. I'm happily married, and I am familiar with The Sermon on the Mount. But when I drop the needle, I want visitors from space in my Neil Young songs; I want to picture him walking down main street: not the sidewalk, but MAIN street.
But who am I kidding: I can't complain about Love to Burn or Love and Only Love, or anything else on this vital and classic record. No other 45 year old ever rocked this hard. At 45 Stephen Stills stayed fat and laid an egg. Just get this: Young permanently blew out his hearing not on tour for the record but while mixing the live album that followed. How cool is that? At 45 years old, while the rest of us were acting like grown-ups, he sat in a studio and listened to himself shredding at 11, thereby damaging his ears. When I was 45 the loudest thing I did was shout at the Dodgers. And it worked: they won the World Series.
But Neil kept up his revived crazy brilliance from this era long term. Check him out using Love and Only Love to lay siege to Farm aid with Ralph, Billy and Poncho in tow ten years later:
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But at age 14 I never really understood Ragged Glory. It's not an album for teenagers. Metaphors such as, "like a little girl, who couldn't wait" only made sense when I had a daughter of my own, finally asleep at 2am on Christmas eve. It was in moments like that when I wanted to chug a cold one and high step my way around the kitchen, listening to Ragged Glory on headphones. Over and over again...
But I started unlocking the record years before, late in high school. My buddy Matt, a MIT-bound, state champion wrestler in the 150 pound class when he should have weighed an easy 180, was the only person I knew on earth who was as gnarly as Young's soloing on Truckin' Up. And Matt spoke up at lunch one day, when we were probably late for Physics, and told us the story of his 10 mile run the day before after 3 hours of push-ups and brawling on a mat.
Matt had listened to Ragged Glory on his walkman during that run and wanted to report that Forking Up was the greatest song ever written. It was even better, he claimed, that his other favorite Neil song, Homegrown.
I was really into TS Eliot and The Pixies at that point; so he sounded full of crap. But as I listened to him recite Neil's nonsensical, bone-headed lyrics my future self reached out to me and ordered that I sit up and listen; Matt had a point.
Dogs that lick
And dogs that bite
Hounds that howl
Through the night
Broken leashes
Are all over the floor
Keys left hanging
In a swinging door.
Amen, Matt. The world is nonsensical and bone-headed. As the great Bob Pollard once warbled, sometimes you need to slay the beast and win the cup. Sometimes you need to fook things up and then scream about it.
There's a lot more to say about Ragged Glory but I'll pause here: happily, Young put out a new extended version of the record, aptly titled Smell the Horse, recently. Writing about it will make some future Sunday Shakey all over again.
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—send IMPRESSED for a scene from my muse's past in which they tried to impress someone, successfully or not
"Is that yours?" Jeremy asks, pointing at a guitar Mike's left in the corner.
"Huh? Oh, yeah," Mike says, propping himself up on an elbow briefly to see it. They're in bed together, Mike halfway through a bowl. Jeremy's not as familiar with the drug, but didn't decline trying it out himself. They've been like this for a while now, letting the time slip away from them, talking about everything and nothing all at once together.
"I didn't know you knew you– knew how to..." Jeremy trails off. It's a bit of a repetitive sentence, and Mike's well aware of Jeremy's struggle with words. His head's probably all foggy too at this point, so he doesn't blame him for slightly giving up.
"I mean, barely," Mike says. "I know some stuff." He stands from the bed and picks it up. It's a glossy black electric guitar, with silver frets that stand out against the dark fingerboard.
"I wasn't really allowed to be loud at home," he tells Jeremy. "Didn't stop me from putting my music on as loud as I could whenever my dad wasn't home." He chuckles, looking down at the guitar. "I always wanted to learn, and be in a band like the ones I listened to. Soon as I moved out, I got this. Never got that good at it, though."
"I'm sure you're good," Jeremy says. He pats the space on the bed next to him. "Play something."
Mike isn't sure anything he plays will be any good, but he's definitely going to try. He plugs the guitar into its amp and drags both closer to the bed, sitting next to Jeremy. "Any requests?"
Jeremy ponders the question, longer than anyone else might, but Mike is used to this now, too. He knows all Jeremy really needs is a little patience– ever since his "accident," he's never quite been as quick on the draw as he used to be. Not that Mike knew him before it, but... Because of that, he still feels a bit like an asshole for thinking Jeremy was weird when they'd first met. Who cares if he talks slow, or takes extra time to process stuff? When he does get around to speaking, it's always insightful. He knows how not to waste words, much better than Mike does, at least.
"...What's that one song," Jeremy says finally. "The, ah... the one by AC/DC."
Mike scoffs. "Thunderstruck?"
"Yeah."
"I c–" He's about to protest that it's too difficult, but realizes if he pulls this off, he would look so fucking cool in front of him. "Okay. Watch this."
Mike starts to play the song, those famous arpeggios, and he honestly starts better than he expected to. Maybe it's just muscle memory, he figures. No matter if he's rusty, as long as he doesn't think about it too hard he'll– aw fuck he's thought about it too hard and now he messed up.
Jeremy laughs. Another quirk of his– he never quite figured out how to emote right again after his injury. Most of the time, his face looks somewhere between bored and sleepy, but Mike has come to learn the subtle things Jeremy does to express his emotions in other ways. When he laughs, it's the easiest. It's the only time Mike sees the corners of his mouth curl up, even if just slightly. A happiness so strong it moves even Jeremy's face... and it's caused by Mike. What a thought.
"Listen, man, I'm high," Mike excuses, feeling his face flush a little. "Totally not my fault."
"Play something else," Jeremy suggests.
"Yeah, watch," Mike says, and starts playing a different riff. "Heartbreaker. Led Zeppelin."
"Play the solo," Jeremy says.
"No," Mike responds plainly. They both know well enough how difficult that solo is.
Jeremy laughs again, and Mike can't hide his stupid smile this time. Jeremy's happiness, all because of him– his stupid shitty guitar playing? Maybe his mere presence is enough to make Jeremy happy. Jeremy's presence is enough for Mike, he knows.
Moments like this make Mike question why he's so hesitant to just... kiss the guy already. Call him his. But the idea of making whatever it is they have any more real than this... he doesn't know why, but it scares him. He just isn't ready.
But here, being with Jeremy, laughing with him... does it matter what they call their relationship? They make each other happy. Maybe that's all that matters.
#asks#hollowfaith#meme friday#long post#cw drugs#drabble#someone let me talk their ear off abt jeremike its so real. to me
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Hussar 4,5,10, 13
Toska 2,13,14
Florian 8,9,4
This is real embarrassing for me but hey, I finally managed to answer this ask!! Surprise for ya all (even for me lol) I’m sure - also I’m so so sorry for how long this ask been sitting in my inbox Ranger, hope ya forgive me hah 😅😅
Before you go and open the keep reading section, I want to warn that the total number of this thing is like 2012 words so be ready for a big reading lol
muse development questions here
CHARACTER: HUSSAR
4) what seemingly insignificant memories stuck with your character?
One of those kinds of memories comes in the form of how his daughter ran to him all teary-eyed and pale as a ghost. It was the first thing he witnessed after coming home near midnight once again. He truly thought that something horrible had happened, dropping his leather briefcase in haste, and swooping his little girl into an embrace without hesitation. From the sound of it, his 5-year-old was the only one still waiting for him, his wife nowhere to be seen from the quick mental survey he did through the cramped living space. Before he could utter any kind of question to his daughter, she opened her mouth to show a blank space between her front teeth, while simultaneously showing off the tiny milk tooth lying on top of her small palm. Luckily for Hussar, his blood pressure did not skyrocket to a dangerous degree, it would have been quite an embarrassment if he had to explain the reason why he was having an almost heart attack. Unluckily for him, this memory of a daughter-father-only situation would be one of the last ones before the divorce.
Another instance relates to his time in training before he became the Hussar himself. His training squad was sent for tactical training in the Bieszczady Mountains for a whole week. The training was based on solo survival tactics and navigating the wilderness without contact with HQ. Being there was an experience, sleeping under an open sky, feeling how nature enveloped everything with its majestic beauty - the views especially had been ingrained in Hussar’s mind. More so than even the training he was in the first place for. However, the first time he saw a bear wasn’t one of his fondest moments in Hussar’s humble opinion (especially when it tried to go for his MRE).
5) does your character work so they can support their hobbies or use their hobbies as a way of filling up the time they aren’t working?
The easiest answer for this is both. Hussar’s hobbies like bike riding or hiking for example consume a lot of the free time he miraculously doesn’t fill with work-related matters, especially when he ultimately gets told by either his close family or coworkers that he “haruje jak dziki osioł” (works like a wild mule). Forcing this man to take a mandatory leave, is like sending him to the literal gallows in his honest opinion. When it comes to the matter of supporting his off-time activities, he takes a meticulous amount of time to have his needed equipment in top-notch condition compared to some (looking at Gromsko being the type to see a flat tyre on a bike and going “nah, its fine”) people he drags with him to those small adventurous.
Another thing that he uses his high salary for is to get materials needed for… crocheting. That’s right, Hussar sits down in his lounge chair with a ball of yarn and crotchets or at least tries to. Compared to his other hobbies, this one is a newer skill he is trying to develop, apparently, his therapist says it’s a great way for him to work around his feelings as well as his anxieties related to work life and all the side effects of working in a “you can be killed any day” environment he frequents. Plus, he can save some money by making gifts for his close friend circle rather than spending money on expensive items all the time (his cats get also nice and cosy blankets for their own as well).
10) what would your character make a scene in public about?
Hussar is the most non-confrontational type of person you will ever encounter when it comes to the civilian public scene. It is not without any reason he was promoted to being a general, his public image is of the calmest person alive, and the Tibetan monks would be jealous of his cold-headedness. The duality of his public persona and what happens behind soundproof and closed doors is mind-blowing to the average person, especially when the person in question manages to spill over Hussar’s composure. Because there is always a limit to someone’s patience and in the case of Hussar it’s when you manage to create a fuck up on a nuclear scale. It usually happens in the workplace, whenever he manages to squeeze some time between report writing, meetings and such, he will overview manoeuvres on the training grounds. Suppose you manage to break one of the safety protocols such as incorrectly handling firearms. In that case, he will rip you a new one without any hesitation. People around you will part like the Red Sea to let a foaming Hussar right to where you stand (if you look around you will find some of your fellow comrades doing the sign of the cross, already sensing a funeral coming) because they are not going to catch a stray bullet.
The longest monologue of fury that Hussar has given so far was for straight 45 minutes (time recorded by an extremely tired Rysiek wishing for a straight double vodka shot already at noon), where the general managed to drag in the poor soul’s family several generations backwards into the lecture because there had to be something genetically wrong with the private if he thinks “playing darts with rifles equipped with bayonets” was a brilliant idea.
13) what does your character pretend or try to care about?
When it comes to pretending, he will tell whichever higher-up in question that he only cares about “the mission’s success”. In reality, he will not regret and hesitate to pull out when the situation down below gets too hot, the safety of his people or god forbid, any civilians accompanying the mission, is much greater than any winning streak. As much as the stress of a new position and responsibilities weighs him down, he doesn’t think of his subordinates as numbers or statistics as many of his peers do; he still feels and keeps his connection to the unit and its members alive rather than succumbing to the pressure of a new rank.
Of course, he also juggles his relationship with the Polonaise squad between friendly and professional because if he turns too cold he will lose his chosen family and if he shows too much attachment the higher-ups will chew him out. Keeping this balance is similar to the Sisyphus myth, where Hussar is stuck in a “między młotem a kowadłem” (between a rock and a hard place) situation almost constantly. He, of course, pretends that it does not affect him at all.
In reality, he does not give a damn about his new status, but he needs to pretend so he doesn’t come out as “insolent” in the eyes of his superiors. The thing he cares most about is keeping his subordinates from getting killed or killing themselves by performing ridiculous stunts.
CHARACTER: TOSKA
2) what was the best thing in your character’s life?
From what he knows, the best thing that happened to him recently is being “adopted” (read: being picked up from the mess in Las Almas by TF141 after everything, with a gushing wound in his side and hands cuffed behind his back for “everyone’s” safety) by his current commanding officer, Captain Jonathan Price. As much as he is sceptical of the motives and schemes of these new people around him, he has all he needs and wishes to have: bed, food and new targets. What else is there to wish for?
However, something is lingering behind closed doors, in the shadows, whispering of the time he had someone who wasn’t exactly a CO but something more… motherly? A soft-spoken voice, almost of an angel’s quality, speaking to a little child in a weird and foreign language… similar in sound to the words spoken by Nikolai when his helicopter malfunctions but of a different nature... It drives Toska to his wits end because he can’t- won’t remember what all this means.
13) what does your character pretend or try to care about?
Toska is a simple thing, or that is what his previous COs said, he only needs to care about succeeding when it comes to his missions. Failure is not acceptable, it always was like that. Until this new CO of his, the people Toska is surrounded by, with their hawk-like stares whenever he moves a simple inch, they try to crumble his devotion. They say; “Take it easy, kid”, “Do something else, mate” or “You don’t have to take care of everyone’s equipment”, but if he isn’t needed… what is he supposed to do? He pretends that he understands and that he cares about the “no’s” and “take a rest’s” they spew at him each time he tries to be of service.
14) how does the image your character tries to project differ from the image they actually project?
He’s a dutiful weapon, there’s no “different” image or portrayal for him. If you need a soldier, he is a soldier, if you need an attack dog, he will be an attack dog. Whatever it may be that his COs want, he will deliver because; he is what they made him nothing more nothing less.
Under that image though? There is a seed that wants to bloom out, but so far, the darkness all around won’t allow it. It may change, with time and by Toska accepting the new status quo he has been put in the middle of.
CHARACTER: FLORIAN
4) what seemingly insignificant memories stuck with your character?
Florian remembers the first time he saw an insect that wasn’t either a mutated killing machine or the local “wildlife” of the underground bunker. It was a grasshopper of all things, rubbing its’ long legs together and creating a sound that Florian had never heard before. He didn’t know what it was or how it got inside, but his curiosity was and still is never-ending and with that, he caught it by putting it in a glass jar. The ten-year-old at the time boy, ran to his mother with glee, being of course careful of his little prisoner, having in mind to show the critter to her. Instead, he bumped into his father, who when he saw the creature, ripped the jar from Florian’s hands reprimanding him about all the “radiation” and “danger” that the older man was known for labelling everything with those exact words.
8) how many friends does your character have?
Without counting his future camaraderie with certain Russian rangers’, he had quite a small group of colleagues growing up in Berlin. Most of those colleagues were in reality only for show, because of course having the son of one of the New Berlin’s heroes as a friend boosts someone’s social status immensely. Especially when it had its’ benefits within the new world’s school with its’ favouritism towards high-placed individuals and in turn, guaranteeing the person with better jobs, supplies, resources and equipment.
Nonetheless, Florian had a close friend who didn’t take advantage of his heritage and legacy but saw him as a living and breathing individual. They would be the one person to aid him in the future when he would take the great leap and venture into the world’s ruins in search of his father.
9) how many friends does your character want?
Having an early experience with friendships solely based on his status or whatever else he could offer, Florian has a hard time wanting any new “colleagues”. His determination to stay independent and to not be someone’s boost into their own agendas makes him hesitant to form any new relationship of his own accord. That mindset gets challenged quickly when he gets himself stuck in an inescapable situation amongst people he does not understand a lick of what they are saying, where the only option is to follow a mysterious man who doesn’t utter any words towards him (which is better in his opinion, because he would not understand them anyways).
#call of duty#metro 2033#hussar oc#toska oc#florian oc#captain john price#caligo answers q.#caligo's writing#caligo's oc#this is for whoever got through my shitshow of thoughts: 🍪❤️#watch me losing coherent thought the deeper in text you go lmao#but fr I had a blast writing this even tho it’s like 3:30 am and I should sleep#please if ya read this - I wanna talk about these critters with someone so much it’s borderline insanity 😭😂
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Ghosts of Future Change
Look, more AU_gust. How do I get Solo Leveling/ORV/Leveling with the Gods theme fic from Artist’s Muse? No idea, but you get to enjoy it now.
Fandom: Bleach
Characters: Kurosaki Ichigo/Urahara Kisuke, Unohana Retsu
Prompts: Pandemics and Epidemics, Artist’s Muse
Summary: The world changed when portals to other dimensions opened. More than monsters came through. Sickness and change did as well.
Ghosts of Future Change
Ichigo’s back itched. Badly. He was only vaguely aware of what was going on around him, his brain feeling sluggish. Being sick sucked, even more given that he knew he was only part way through the illness. Right now, he was in the middle of a round of Changing Plague. What was going to come next was worse. But he sort of expected to be hit by it eventually. All Talents seemed to be catching it eventually. But he knew the worst was to come. The Changing Plague was called that for the mutations it brought to those who caught it.
Honestly, it was a surprise it took this long for some sort of illness to come through one of the portals.
The world had changed when portals to another dimension had opened up, like so many different stories he had read while working on keeping his Korean up. Web novels had been a good way to help Ichigo keep what he had learned fresh and in his brain.
It had been a little eerie how accurate some of those had been. Portals opened to dungeons and other realms, some that burst out swarm after swarm of monsters that needed to be wiped out. Kisuke had been fascinated, after they had made sure all their important people were alive. Ichigo had expected Kisuke’s mad science brain to explode with delight. When he had first met his cousin Yoruichi’s best friend, Kisuke had been in a collection of hard science classes and doing his best to break reality then. Having something else beat him to it just seemed to challenge the blond.
Ichigo had fallen head over heels for Kisuke when Yoruichi had introduced the pair of them when Ichigo had needed a photo shoot model for an art class. He had been lucky that the blond had felt the same way. So they were together already when the first dungeons appeared, and they had both developed Talents that made fighting in said dungeons a surprisingly fun and profitable endeavor. Besides being excellent at fighting, getting into these alternative realms had given them both an outlet that they both enjoyed.
Kisuke had invented whole new devices to take measurements, including a few that several governments had bought in order to rate and organize their dungeons. So the pair of them never had to work again, but they both still did a lot of exploration.
Ichigo had never thought he’d get the chance to do such a thing in his life. He had expected to keep up his language studies, be a translator, and live in Tokyo his entire life. Maybe taking vacations around the world and taking amazing photos with the cameras Kisuke got him.
Then the dungeons had appeared, and Ichigo had gotten the chance to explore places no human had ever seen before, taking videos and bringing them back. Another thing that Kisuke had created for him, drones that followed them and took videos. Ichigo would take that and set to work on what he wanted to release. He never hid danger, but there was a strange beauty to the dungeons. Especially when he got images of Kisuke or himself in combat.
All in all, the dungeons only seemed to make Ichigo’s life better.
Then the Changing Plague came.
Those who had developed Talents were affected first, but it spread to those who never even developed a spark of magic. One out of ever five Talents developed a high fever, most falling unconscious for a period. They’d wake up, sluggish but aware. Then they’d collapse again, a second fever raging through their system. Depending on how strong they were, they would make up with some sort of physical changes. Mostly some sort of animal aspect, though not always a natural one. There were quite a few who developed something mythical. The stronger one was, the more likely they were to become something from stories.
Or dungeons.
Ichigo was now in that period between fevers. He was still sluggish, and he wanted to scratch all over his body, but the young man resisted the urge. There was the sound of something odd in his room, and he forced his eyes open. Was still dragging from the first round of the fever, and he dreaded what was going to happen next. But he didn’t recognize the sound and that made him paranoid.
Opening his eyes, he realized that the noise was the sound of scales sliding against the wood flooring of the bedroom he shared with his partner. Blinking, it took a moment for him to realize it was Lady Unohana, a former teacher for Kisuke and one of the greatest healing Talents to have been discovered. He had heard that she had recovered from the Changing Plague, but he had not realized just how much the woman had changed. Yoruichi, the only person he knew personally so far who had been sick and recovered, had developed feline aspects, but nothing close to the level of Unohana’s change.
She looked human from the waist up, but then her body flowed into the great body of a serpent. Some sort of constrictor, Ichigo was pretty sure, given how thick the body was, but his eyes drifted back up to meet Unohana’s as the woman leaned over him.
“Good morning, Kurosaki-san,” she said calmly, moving to help him sit up a bit. “I see that you have rejoined us. I have some things for you to drink.” She held the first cup to his lips. “You’ve been sweating, and I’d like to rehydrate you in a more natural method.”
Drinking what the woman gave him, Ichigo let his eyes roam around the room. Once she pulled the cup away, he asked. “Where’s Kisuke at?”
Unohana gave a soft hum as she collected a second cup. “He’s currently sleeping in another room. He’s come down ill as well.”
“Fuck,” Ichigo muttered, pretending not to see the slightly disapproving look from Unohana. She was scary enough without looking disappointed with him. “I had hoped….”
“Hope is fine,” she told him. “As long as you accept reality. Now, how do you feel?”
“Sore,” Ichigo said. “Itchy.” Then he yawned, blinking sleepidly at the woman. She just made sure that he drank the second cup of what seemed to be broth. “How is he?”
“Feverish. He’s about a day behind you in regards to the illness,” Unohana said briskly. “Shihoin-san is watching over him. Thankfully she’s already recovered herself. Watching the pair of you is not something I can do.”
Honestly, Ichigo was surprised to see her here at all. As the top healer of Japan, she was in high demand. But she had pretty much raised Kisuke, so Ichigo could understand while she at least stopped by for a visit. But he found himself relaxing as he knew that Yoruichi was watching over Kisuke.
“One more cup,” Unohana ordered, and Ichigo managed to swallow that down as well. Now feeling rather full, he let himself sink down as Unohana pushed at his shoulders, pulling the blankets back over him.
“Rest, Kurosaki-san. You’ll need that energy.”
Eyes feeling heavy, Ichigo didn’t fight with her, letting himself drift off yet again.
***
Ichigo grinned as he was looking at the video the drones had gotten from the newest dungeon. Watching himself and Kisuke run through and take down monsters was always enjoyable. Plus, well, Ichigo just liked seeing Kisuke fight. The man was sex on legs when he was killing things.
Even when those legs ended with a pair of delicate cloven hooves. Not that Ichigo could say much, given his own feet were scaled and clawed now. Waking up with dragon bits along his body had been a shock, but Ichigo had rolled with it. At least he and Kisuke had the scaling along their backs in common, though where Ichigo’s were golden in shade, Kisuke’s ranged from crimson to black. They even shared new head pieces in common. Ichigo’s were more horns, protruding forward from his head, where Kisuke’s seemed more like antlers curling back over his head.
Also learning how to deal with tails was new. Yoruichi was going to cash in on the favor of finding them new pants sooner rather than later, Ichigo was sure of it.
But he was busy putting together some new photos to post from the latest dungeon run. He found images where they were in very similar poses, both pre and post sickness. Then, after changing the opacity of the new images, he layered them over the old. So the new looks were ghosts of horns and tails over the old images, the hint of wings on Ichigo’s back. A view of the future to come.
Smiling, because doing any photo editing with Kisuke as the subject always made Ichigo smile, Ichigo set it up to post.
Maybe he should go see if Kisuke was up for another proper photo shoot. Ichigo loved the look of the scales down his partner’s spine, and definitely wanted to make other people jealous that he got to lick them and they didn’t.
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Indigo — RM: A review
Published Thursday, December 22nd, 2022 — Released on December 2nd, 2022, Indigo had to sit for almost three weeks before I actually pulled myself together, put in my earphones for the highest quality listening experience, and dove into the inner musings of one Kim Namjoon, also known as RM of BTS.
Introduction
Even before listening, I knew I would like Indigo. Actually, I knew I would love it. RM as a solo artist makes music with the kinds of soundscapes that I tend to prefer; and with the concept photos and teasers that were being released, my first thought was that Indigo would be a deeply emotional album.
I wasn’t wrong but “emotional” can be interpreted in a variety of ways. The night Indigo and the music video for its title track, “들꽃놀이 (Wild Flower) (with youjeen)”, were released, the unanimous consensus on the timeline was collective crying. I confess I judged the entire album preemptively by “Wild Flower”, especially after the small snippet I heard playing in the background of SUGA’s drinking show, SUCHWITA (슈취타), where RM was the guest—and that made me want to put off listening to Indigo even more.
Diving Headfirst into Indigo
On Tuesday, December 20th, I received my Weverse Exclusive book and postcard editions of Indigo and decided that I had put off listening long enough. I listened through the album twice, consecutively; and the initial listen-through quickly established that sad was not necessarily the dominant underlying emotion throughout. As a matter of fact, I found Indigo overall to be an album of pure vibes; and while there are certainly elements of melancholy, it is an album that is rooted strongly in self-reflection and introspection. Moreover, Indigo is—certainly as RM intended—an album for the people (ARMY) and not the charts.
One thing to take note of is that only two songs on the record do not feature a guest artist—and RM chose to depart from convention and use “with” instead of “featuring” to indicate his collaborations. It makes sense—RM is very much so a people person, someone who likes to discuss ideas and thoughts with others. It also shows the great respect he has for the other artists, all of whom are well-known in their own spaces. He also chose to put “들꽃놀이 (Wild Flower)” towards the end of Indigo instead of towards the beginning, which is where artists typically put their title tracks.
Concerning “Wild Flower”
Speaking of “들꽃놀이 (Wild Flower)”, I have to devote a considerable amount of time to addressing it. First of all, the Korean title is “들꽃놀이” (pronounced deulkkotnori) as a clever play on words with the Korean word for “firework”, which is “불꽃놀이” (pronounced bulkkotnori). “들꽃” does mean “wildflower” but combined with “놀이”, it translates more literally into “[wild]flowerwork”. You do hear “flowerwork” being used throughout the song but the play on words between “들꽃놀이” and “불꽃놀이” doesn’t quite make sense in English the way it does in Korean. The contrast between the two concepts is conveyed beautifully in the music video with the flower fields and the nakhwanori (낙화노리), which are traditional Korean fireworks.
Second of all, if I had to designate any song on the album as sad, I would say that all of its sadness is contained in this one song. I’m not even sure “sad” is a strong enough adjective to describe the emotionality of “들꽃놀이 (Wild Flower)” in its entirety. And maybe the type of sadness is unique to the listener but all I know is that I’ve listened to it six times since Tuesday and I’ve sobbed like a baby every single one of those times. No small part of it is thanks to youjeen (조유진) and her fiercely expressive vocals but also because of the lyrics—which are, in some ways, reminiscent of “Black Swan” [by BTS]. RM has to reconcile the two sides of himself: RM of BTS and Kim Namjoon, who is ultimately someone who wants to live life simply rather than the grand extravaganza he’s been experiencing since BTS’s road to fame began. There is also no small degree of humility here in that RM thinks of himself as not a big deal when surely most people can agree that he is a very big deal. This is reinforced visually in the music video, where you see the contrasting images of RM in the flower fields and RM on stage; and it conveys a powerful message that many people who face a certain level of pressure can understand. More so than sympathy, there is a deep, deep empathy to be felt—and sometimes with deep empathy comes deep sadness.
Thirdly, going back to youjeen, her voice blows my mind. It’s strong and well-supported from deep within her chest; and you can feel her channeling the necessary emotions like the fate of the world depends on it. Different voices add different colors to songs and the color of her voice is so perfect for “들꽃놀이 (Wild Flower)”. I don’t think RM could’ve found anyone more suited.
Conclusion
The inner workings of RM’s mind are fascinating and Indigo is truly a masterpiece for the ages. Nine out of ten of the songs went directly onto my nighttime playlist, as I found “Change pt.2″ to be a little aggressive but an interesting interruption in the overall flow of the album. My favorite songs, aside from “ 들꽃놀이 (Wild Flower) (with youjeen)”, are “All Day (with Tablo)”, “Closer (with Paul Blanco, Mahalia)”, and “Hectic (with Colde)”. I feel deeply privileged to have been able to listen to something that RM crafted so carefully and purposefully to share with fans—and I don’t think Indigo will be leaving my ears or my heart anytime soon.
GENIUS LAB USA RATING: No shame, I’m on my grave.
Indigo Track List:
Yun (with Erykah Badu)
Still Life (with Anderson .Paak)
All Day (with Tablo)
건망증 (Forg_tful) (with Kim Sawol)
Closer (with Paul Blanco, Mahalia)
Change pt.2
Lonely
Hectic (with Colde)
들꽃놀이 (Wild Flower) (with youjeen)
No.2 (with parkjiyoon)
#GeniusLabListens#RM#Kim Namjoon#KPOP#Korean Music#Album Review#erykah badu#anderson .paak#Tablo#Kim Sawol#Paul Blanco#Mahalia#Colde#youjeen#parkjiyoon
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PRE-EST WISHLIST :
below the cut is a compilation of potential ideas for relationships with all the current muses. It is INCOMPLETE (some of them really have almost nothing sorry ill work on it more soon) and will be updated periodically. please COMMENT / IM any numbers in particular that you are interested in. If none of these interest you, here is the normal plot call LINK.
OHTA WISHLIST :
first off always actively attempting to surround himself with skaters and gamers and artists and motorcyclists and athletes and just people with generally cool pastimes too in every situation he will rage quit and fail horribly but he just wants to be a part of the crew
also any thugs wanna hang? he’ll be a meat shield lacky idiot errand boy it’s fine
anybody up to be pranked mercilessly for decades?
if you want to do some charity work you can teach him to love poor defenseless creatures instead of being a bully too
oblivious crush things i mean ohta crushing and your muse being oblivious to his crazy attention seeking behavior hey maybe even he’s oblivious to how he feels too wouldn’t surprise me but itd sure be fun to watch him trip over himself and go to the moon trying
workplace threads hiring him/him working at the same place as y/m constantly causing them trouble constant shenanigans
also smart people maybe try tutoring him his grades need help he can’t a p p l y himself inspire him i beg you
party threads are always a possibility and will 100% start begin and end in chaos but that’s fine
craigslist shenanigan threads too hes always buying or trying to buy weird shit
or maybe some soul searching detective work finding his roots or maybe making new ones y’know found families and all that stuff he’s just a little lonely
but also on a darker note themes maybe a little attempted arson or some house robberies solo (y/ms house the target) or duos (y/m in on it)
cyberbullying just a pinch smidge
always supernatural Ohta threads are also always desired never before seen content
CHO WISHLIST :
friend who notices something off about her when she starts to turn- could either be a direct witness to it or the one that stops it from happening completely??
just gal pal threads let her paint your nails and shopping to buy matching scarves and shit and let her seep off your identity a little bit a small suck
book club knitting club trade secrets gossip circles wholesome goodness pals things
also exes is great if you wanna hop on the negative vibes train very bad vibes vibes be fucked but its fine
RUI-LIN WISHLIST :
HELP him with the temple please he needs minions for upkeep maybe on a good day you’ll get to see some demons too??
also accepting large monetary transactions from large corporations and generous individuals the potential business benefits are bountiful but to keep this short ill say we can discuss the contracts later
will also offer his very niche skillset for things of value if you're superstitious and unlucky he'll bless you and your house and family but you also gotta pay him up upfront
push pull oriented things are very suited to him he doesn’t think that he’s playing the game but he absolutely is both the push and pull at the same time
if you have supernaturals please throw them at him in any and all conditions he might try to exorcise you or lock you in the basement but its fine
speaking of supernaturals somebody should feel free to discover that he is not in fact a humble temple man but a nasty gremlin
also he is accepting applications for new gods (or mortals) to worship its a fairly simple process
rivals stretching over centuries would also be SICK any relationship from the ancient past that he can't escape from would be great though Watching each other grow and change and shit
despite how much he tries to act like a wise old man he has much to learn about modern culture please teach him he doesn’t even know how to use a rotary phone or a flip
IRA WISHLIST :
someone take in the old man watch your misfortune either skyrocket or seriously clear up or probably both at different times but also very funny mundane shenanigans
but if you don’t want to allow a guest i hope you’ll allow a squatter to be caught that’s also a great viable option
#i never reuploaded n added but finally#i still feel like death but were here 4 plotting n things#hopefully ill b well again soon :pensive:
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What is an AU you really want to play with your muse?
Which tropes do you find overused/boring?
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AHH. I have a few, to say the least. My brain has concocted so many AU ideas for Mona, but I’m not sure if anyone is really interested, BUT here’s a short list anyway.
Abyss Mona (I just started a thread for this, but ahh. I would love to really dig deeper into this and explore this verse a whole lot more.)
Archon Mona - I really want to create a verse where she’s the Hydro Archon or a goddess of sorts that is from Celestia. I believe she’s quite the powerful character and her divination is even more so, which makes it even easier to see her as one of those two!
Idol Mona - I saw fanart a little bit ago of her in an idol group (or solo) and it seems like it would be a fun and modern-type AU.
HP Mona - Inspired heavily by fanart. It would be fun and unique, I think, to create a Har.ry Pot.ter verse with a person(s) and be immersed into it. The house choices, spells, classes, and the like. Personally, I am a huge fan of the works (not of J.K.R), which I guess can be controversial? But yeah, think it would be a fun concept to tackle.
For tropes, I don’t necessarily see any as boring. As for overused tropes, there is one that used to show up a lot back when I was v active here, though I don’t think it has surfaced much here. But it’s the ‘miscommunication’ trope. Not sure how else to word it, but basically it’s the whole, “We have feelings, but here’s a list of misunderstandings rather than talking to each other straight up,” idea. I am so sorry for those who do these and may take offense, but I am not a fan of the childhood friends-to-lovers trope. It’s v overdone and I never fancied it.
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Writer Wednesday 13: 5-25-22
@writer-wednesday
Too Hot To Handle
Pairing: Ben Solo X Aria Lyons (OC) (SW Sequel Tril.)
Synopsis: Ben and Aria take a well-deserved break on a remote planet.
Warnings: Smut, Sex, swearing.
“Let’s go to Carosi XII.”
Aria looked up from her personal datapad at her lover and bondmate, her eyebrow arched in amusement. “Carosi XII?”
Ben nodded and put his arms around her slender frame, pulling her close. “Yeah. I mean I heard they have an amazing hot spring there that I’ve always wanted to check out.”
“Have you now?” she asked with a mischievous grin. She knew full well what he was implying.
Honestly, she had wanted to visit the legendary hot springs on the planet of Carosi XII for years as well. She had heard that they possessed healing powers that rivaled even the best bacta tanks and could generate more Force energy than any place in the Galaxy. It was definitely a place on most people’s bucket lists.
Aria pretended to be deep in thought. “I dunno. It would be a long way out of our way.”
Ben chuckled at her. He knew she had always wanted to visit the hot springs on Carosi XII for a while. He also knew she could be a brat when she wanted to, this time clearly being one of those times. Luckily, he knew how to play along. “I’ll make it worth your while.”
“Will you now?” Aria's eyebrows shot up at that remark. “Alright then, Solo, we can spend a few days there.”
Ben smiled; he got her. He kissed her head. “It’ll be fun, Moondust. I promise.”
It was Aria’s turn to chuckle at her bondmate. She knew he was right.
The couple finished up their order, making sure all the loose ends were tied up before heading to Carosi XII, a small planet in the Outer Rims. Ben pulled their cargo ship into the hanger of Thermosen, the local resort city. They opted for the deluxe package: a five-night stay that included a lavish hotel suite that overlooked the breathtaking scenery of the mountainous planet, all their meals, and their own private hot spring pool.
After dropping off their bags, they decided to make good use of their private bath. They put on their robes and headed down the path to the small bubbling pool hand in hand, taking in the landscape as they walked.
To say the terrain of the planet was plain was an understatement, to say the least. Although the planet was covered in ice for most of the galactic year, the time it wasn’t the planet was quite relaxing. While not lush by any means, it still had trees, various plants, and patches of green grass dotting the landscape as well as the numerous hot spring polls that dotted the land; it was actually grand in its own way.
“This is nice,” Aria mused as the couple settled in the hot water.
Ben nodded. It had been a long overdue break. The two of them had been doing cargo runs nonstop for the better part of the past few years and while it made them good money, it left very little time to relax and rest. It was starting to get to the both of them.
As Ben closed his eyes, he put his arm around Aria’s shoulders, pulling her close. She rested her head on his shoulders, her eyes half-closed as she gazed off into the distance. The two of them sat in relative silence, enjoying the tranquility of their surroundings.
It was this sort of calmness that attracted many people to Carosi XII. That and the fact that the waters had supposed aphrodisiac powers. It was rumored that if a normal person sat in the waters for any more than an hour, they’d be, well, horny as all get out. Of course, Ben and Aria were not normal people, both of them being extremely Force-sensitive humans so they could probably last much longer. Not that Ben would complain if they didn’t. Hells, any bit of intimacy with his lover was always welcome.
The young couple sat in silence for the better part of half an hour, just enjoying each other’s company. Aria idly ran her hand up and down Ben’s thigh, her gentle touch sending a wave of bliss up his spine. He leaned down and kissed the top of her head; Aria responded by kissing his jawline. Then his cheek. Then his lips. Deeply. Really deeply. She shifted her body so that she was straddling his lap, her hand threaded in his thick, dark hair. She moaned into his lush lips, cupping his face.
Ben chuckled into her lips and placed his left hand on her slender hips. His right hand went to her breasts, his large fingers gently palming it in his hand. He ran his thumb over her nipple, the tiny nub perking up at his touch; as did his member.
Aria noticed this and reached in between them. She gently grasped his shaft in her hand and began to caress it. It fully sprung to life in her hands. It made her giggle. “You’re excited.”
Ben could only nod. He began to subconsciously pump his hips, his hard-on begin to leak pre-cum. Aria guided his organ to her opening and rubbed it up and down her slit. She then placed the tip at her entrance and slowly pushed it inside her, sighing as she settled.
Once she was as adjusted as she could be (holy hell, was he ever big) Aria slowly began to raise and lower her hips, Ben’s erection sliding in and out of her channel with ease. It felt absolutely heavenly. She wrapped her arms around his neck and hugged him close. She felt their life forces begin to meld together, becoming one. She couldn’t explain it but it felt right, natural, like it was meant to happen. That it should happen. She loved it.
“Yes,” she murmured into Ben’s neck. “Oh yes! Oh, right there. Yes! Yes right there! Right there!”
Ben didn’t, or rather couldn’t, respond. His mind was a blur, the only thought was that he wanted to release himself into his lover. No, he needed to.
Before long, he felt his member twitch in anticipation. His breathing increased as he neared his climax.
“I’m coming,” Aria breathed, her pace increasing. “Oh, oh, oh…”
She let out a throaty moan as a mind-blowing orgasm racked through her body. Moments later, Ben followed suit. He bucked his hips upwards and emptied his seed inside her with a grunt.
“Fuck,” he said, panting hard. “That… that was fucking amazing. I love you so much.”
“I love you, too,” Aria replied. She was really glad they had decided to visit this place. They might have to make a yearly trip of this.
#writer wednesday#fanfic#fanfiction#star wars fanfiction#star wars oc#ben solo#oc insert#oc character#female oc
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