since i learned that you are Floridian i must now ask you stereotypical and generic questions 🫡

what is your favorite pub sub and why is it the chicken tender sub (jkjkjkjkjk i’m more of a jerk turkey and gouda girl meself) ???

if you and a Florida Man got into a fight who would win?

do you see yourself moving out of florida in the future (i need to get out it’s too hot and i deserve an aesthetic fall and winter 🥹) ???

thwnk you for el participation

I knew exposing myself would backfire. Damn it

I am a vegetarian,,, sooooooooooo when I order a pub sub I have them put all the veggies on multigrain bread because I want the roof of my mouth in SHREDS.

So get out of here with that chicken tender NONSENSE.

Fight a Florida man? Only if we have our dueling gators and are standing in the middle of a hurricane dressed in only duct tape.

NEXT QUESTION!

Ehhh I’d totally move out of Florida. I traveled lots with my last job so I have been around,,, but I’m pretty established here and I refuse to participate in the housing market right now so I will continue to enjoy the endless summer.

Are you happy now?

<3

Would you write the meeting room P2? please!!!!

Hi! I’m so sorry I avoided this request for this long, but the thought of rereading my first fic made me want to scream haha. I did it, found lots of things I could improve, and somehow survived without cringing to death. This is the product of that. I hope you’ll enjoy it! (✯◡✯)

This is the continuation of The Meeting Room. If there is any interest, then I am more than open to continuing this series!

The Hotel Room

🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Warnings: Smut.  Pairing: Chishiya x fem!reader

Plot: Unable to forget what happened in the meeting room, fem!reader seeks out Chishiya again. 

3201 words. 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

It had been a week since any words were exchanged between you and Chishiya. Of course, you couldn’t completely ignore the man - he was an important fellow member of the Beach’s executives. But that didn’t mean you had to speak with him.

The lack of conversation, however, didn’t mean that he wasn’t constantly on your mind, because he was. No matter what you were doing, the thought of Chishiya’s strong hands roaming around your body always crept up on you. It didn’t matter if you were in a meeting, at a game, partying, or even trying to sleep. He was always there in your mind - making you go crazy.

One day you had enough. You could only push away the thought of him so many times before you cracked. That’s at least how you decided to justify your next move.

At 11pm, the day after a game night, you left your comfortable bed to walk the cold corridors of the Beach. The sound of your heels echoed through the hollow halls that were, luckily, completely empty. Everyone always tended to gather around the pool or at the event hall that was made into a makeshift club - rarely were anyone leisuring around in the hallways. You were therefore alone, with no witnesses, as you made your way to Chishiya’s room.

With a forceful hand, you knocked hard on the door. You heard the sound of a lock unlocking before the door opened before you. You were met by Chishiya’s face that you for a second could have sworn looked annoyed at being disturbed - a facial expression you had never seen before. You didn’t even know that Chishiya had facial expressions in plural. All you ever saw was the definition of smugness.

Said smugness quickly returned to his face once he saw who was on the other side of the door. He opened the door further and leaned against the doorframe.

“That took you long enough,” he said with a smirk. “Couldn’t fight it any longer?”

You groaned but nonetheless pushed past Chishiya to enter his room. Right now, you weren’t in the mood for cocky remarks, although you knew it was impossible to converse with Chishiya without lending ear to plenty of arrogant comments.

“No, I was just bored,” you lied, trying to sound unconcerned. You were not about to admit just how much Chishiya had taken over your mind this past week.

Chishiya chuckled before closing the door, locking it behind him. He leaned up against it and watched you with analytical eyes, scanning your face and body as you looked around his awfully clean room.

“I could think of a way to entertain you,” he crowed, taking a few steps towards you.

A part of you wanted to shut him down, to leave the room before anything further happened. But another part of you was so desperately longing for his touch that you couldn’t bear the thought of going any longer without him. How did this even happen? What made you change your mind about Chishiya?

The well-known (and well-hated) smirk crept back up on Chishiya’s face at your silence. It was clear that he was enjoying watching your internal conflict, relishing in the fact that he had so much power over you.

“What do you say?” he asked lowly.

You didn’t respond with words. No, instead you completely surprised yourself - and Chishiya - by crashing your lips into his, forcing your bodies close together. After a moment of complete shock, Chishiya’s lips moved forcefully against yours as he pushed you backwards towards the wall. With your back now fully pressed up against the cold plaster, Chishiya’s hands began moving freely over your scantily clad body.

Unlike the first time you did this, Chishiya was everything but careful with his touch. He squeezed, pulled, and explored exactly as he wanted, growing more and more confident with each second. You wanted this and he knew that. He therefore wasted no time, untying your bikini top and letting it fall to the floor.

Chishiya broke the kiss, suddenly leaving your mouth empty and cold, to admire your body. Both of his hands moved up your body to cup your breasts, squeezing perhaps a bit harder than he intended to, causing you to hiss.

“Knock it off! They’re not stress balls, you know.” you complained through gritted teeth.

Although he was grinning at your reaction, Chishiya nonetheless loosened his grip on your breasts, and moved his hands to your waist instead.

“Sorry, princess” he chuckled, clearly having a lot of fun with you right now.

“Don’t call me that!” you groaned. The last thing you wanted was to be Chishiya’s ‘princess’. That’s at least what you told yourself.

You wanted to yell more, to tell him off for even considering using a pet name with you, but no words came out the second you felt Chishiya’s lips connect with your body. They voyaged all over, leaving your body covered in warm kisses from your cheek to your shoulder and down your chest, until they finally stopped their journey at your nipple. Chishiya licked the sensitive area, swirling his tongue round and round, and in the process causing a pool to form between your legs.

Before you knew it, the licks had turned into sucks, his mouth leaving hickeys all over the skin of your breasts. God, it felt good, so good that you could…

“Hey, wait! Don’t do that!” you suddenly exclaimed when it dawned on you that hickeys were anything but discrete and hence not suitable for the secret nature of your affair. Chishiya chuckled against your now wet skin, the air from his breath tickling your nerves.

“It’s fine, your bikini will cover it.”

You looked down at the slowly appearing marks and sure enough, they were placed strategically, completely within the bounds of where your top would be. You couldn’t help but be somewhat impressed with how well-throughout Chishiya managed to make an unprepared hookup. Noticing your lack of response, Chishiya grinned and got down on his knees in front of you.

“But fine, I’ll stop.”

With both of his pointer fingers hooked under the seam of your bikini bottoms, he slowly pulled them down, revealing your body in its entirely. His eyes were hungrily locked on your centre, noticing (and very much enjoying) the drops of arousal creating a thin string connecting your body and the underwear. Feeling somewhat insecure with the way he was so blatantly staring at you, you decided to open your mouth again to draw attention away from your body.

“I hate you, you know that, right?” you said defiantly. Chishiya’s eyes darted up to yours. He looked almost… satisfied with your remark?

“Then why did you come back?” he asked smugly before meticulously licking up the traces of your arousal, causing your knees to buckle at the sudden stimulation.

What could you even reply to that? ‘You gave me the best orgasm I’ve had in months’? Even if it was true, you absolutely could not tell him that. It would only inflate his already huge ego even more, something which you were not ready to handle. So instead, you stayed quiet - or well, you weren’t exactly quiet, but you weren’t speaking either. Would moaning also heighten his superiority complex? Probably, but you weren’t able to keep them in, so moaned you did.

In hindsight, you should probably have suspected just how good Chishiya was at given head considering how he managed to rock your world with just his fingers a week prior. But still, you were surprisingly amazed at just how adept he was with his tongue, licking up and down your folds before finally settling on the needy bud, perfectly circling around it. Unable to fully control your movements, your right hand grabbed ahold of his blonde locks while your left hand painfully slapped into the wall behind you.

“Fuck, Chishiya.” you accidentally whimpered before covering your own mouth.

Of course, it was all too late. Chishiya had already heard it, and telling by the way his cheeks raised, a smug smirk somehow appearing despite his tongue never moving, he was taking it as a personal win. With one hand, he hooked your leg over his shoulder, giving him even more access to your core. Using this opportunity, he dived his tongue straight into you, tasting you fully before attacking your clit again.

The room was entirely filled with perverted sounds: Licking, sucking, and moaning from the both of you, as Chishiya worked to get you over the edge. Or at least, that’s what you thought until you were right there, on the peak and…

“Get on the bed.” Chishiya said after pulling his mouth away from your body. You were in shock, frozen on the spot as you tried to make sense of his actions. Did he not notice the way you were pulling his hair? The way your entire body was tightening up, begging for release?

“But I-” you started before getting interrupted.

“I know. I’m not leaving you hanging, just get on the bed.”

Not wanting to argue with him - at least not until you got what you came for - you walked with wobbly legs over to the bed, sitting down on it. Chishiya unzipped his hoodie, finally giving you a chance to see his body. Your eyes were glued to his torso, examining every muscle on his lean body. Was it rude to look? You weren’t sure, but it was not possible to look away, instead daydreaming of what he hid underneath those bathing shorts.

His next words came as a bucket of cold water, throwing you well out of your little fantasy.

“You brought a condom, right?” he asked while neatly folding the hoodie and plopping it on the ground.

Ah, that’s right. A condom. The thing that cut your endeavours short last time.

“No,” you admitted softly before standing up and walking towards your discarded bathing suit. “But I can go get one.”

Noticing your eagerness, Chishiya couldn’t help but snicker and push you back on the bed, making your body bounce softly on the mattress.

“I got one. I just wanted to see how badly you wanted me.” he said arrogantly in the same way that always pissed you off.

You were just about to cuss him out when it finally happened. His shorts dropped to the ground exposing the secret treasure hidden below. Your eyes journeyed down the happy trail until you finally saw him in his entirety, your gaze transfixed on his hardness. You had seen a dick before, plenty of times actually, so you weren’t entirely sure why you were so enchanted by his. But here you were, blatantly staring like you just saw the Loch Ness monster.

Of course, Chishiya noticed this. It was hard not to with the way your eyes were locked to his body, your mouth slightly agape in anticipation. It wasn’t until Chishiya moved towards you that you got thrown out of your trance like state.

“I take it that you like what you see?” he hummed haughtily, standing right in front of you. God, it was so close to you, mere centimetres away from you. Oh fuck, you were staring again, weren’t you?

“Sh-shut up” you mumbled all flustered, your words getting tangled up in your tongue. A blush was creeping up on your skin, turning it a nice, pale shade of pink. 

Although a part of him wanted to tease you more, to savour the physical effect he had on you, he also couldn’t ignore the way his dick was throbbing for you. He was, after all, just a man. With surprisingly gentle hands, he pushed you backwards onto the mattress and centred you on the bed before climbing in between your legs. Wasting no time, Chishiya hooked your legs over his shoulders and immediately assaulted your clit with his tongue bringing you right back to the edge you were so close to before.

This time, Chishiya didn’t stop. Instead, he continued his tongue’s repetitive routine until you saw stars. With your legs clamped around his head and your back arched higher than you thought possible, you came harder than you ever had before. His tongue didn’t stop moving until he was completely sure he had milked your orgasm for every drop of pleasure possible. First then, did he slow down before eventually pulling away.

Even though your body was no longer on fire, your mind was still clouded. You therefore didn’t even notice Chishiya opening the bedside drawer to pull out a condom until you heard the sound of the packaging being torn open. After blinking hard a few times, your gaze refocused on Chishiya - once more staring at his manhood as he rolled the condom down his shaft. Without any words, Chishiya leaned down over you, lining himself up at your entrance and immediately pushing in.

The word ‘pleasure’ could in no universe cover the sensation of Chishiya’s dick stretching your cunt to the limit. It was better than ‘pleasure’. Way better. From his shaky breath, Chishiya too was in pure heaven at the feeling of your walls hugging him tightly. He took a moment to cherish the feeling of your body around his before he finally began moving his hips, thrusting in and out of you.

Grunts. Moans. Whimpers. Every possible sound imaginable came from the both of you. Being completely engulfed in bliss, you didn’t even notice how you hugged Chishiya close to you, wrapping your arms around his torso. Although it was involuntary, it was still a very intimate action, perhaps even too intimate for Chishiya who had never been much for sentimental. 

Uncomfortable with suddenly being confronted by potential emotions, Chishiya quickly turned you around to avoid your embrace. With you now on your hands and knees, he continued to fuck into you while being free from the uncomfortable thought of feelings. Another plus was that he could enjoy the view of his dick, now shiny with your arousal, piercing in and out of you. This was way safer, he thought. This was just sex.

Feeling your core tightening around him, Chishiya leaned down over your body.

“You got another one for me?” he grunted into your ear, his hips continuing their rhythm. You didn’t respond with words, but instead squeezed your walls even tighter around him. “Yeah?” he asked smugly. “Come for me then.”

That was all it took before the coil in your centre snapped, pleasure flowing out through your entire body from your abdomen to your fingertips. You collapsed down onto the mattress, your arms no longer strong enough to carry your weight. With your ass now fully up in the air, Chishiya’s movements became erratic. You looked so good there, ass on full display and your face all spaced out.

“Mm... Too much, Chishiya” you whimpered softly, your words barely making any sense. Your brain was halfway shut off, the feeling of Chishiya repeatedly slamming against your G-spot making your mind malfunction.

“Just a b-b-bit more, pr-princess,” Chishiya groaned. Under normal circumstances you would have rebutted the pet name, but you didn’t have as much as one brain cell that wasn’t completely fucked out at this point.

With a surprisingly loud grunt, Chishiya pushed his dick deep inside of you and emptied himself. His fingertips were painfully digging into the ample flesh of your ass, his hips stuttering slightly with each spurt his dick made.

Chishiya pulled out of you, immediately removing the condom, tying a knot, and throwing it in the bin next to the bed. No longer being supported by his body, you fell to your side, too exhausted to speak. Chishiya laid down next to you, staring up at the ceiling. The room was completely quiet until you finally got control over your vocal cords, saying something that Chishiya did not expect you to.

“You know,” you started with a hoarse voice, clearing your throat before speaking again. “Realistically there is no reason to use condoms.”

With a raised eyebrow, curious to see where you were going with this, Chishiya turned his head to look at you before you continued.

“I mean, what is the chance that I’m even surviving another 9 months with these games? And who cares if I get an STD or something. Life is literally too short to care.”

Amused by your words, Chishiya responded with a smile on his lips.

“You sure know how to kill a mood, huh? Talking about mortality isn’t exactly good sex-etiquette.”

You groaned and rolled your eyes, not wanting to be reprimanded for your lack of ‘etiquette’.

“You know what I mean,” you began, sounding somewhat annoyed that he was focusing on the morbid side of your statement. “Shouldn’t you be jumping and dancing at the suggestion of skipping the condom? Isn’t that what guys do?”

“I’m not saying it isn’t tempting.” he said, still looking at you.

“Then let’s do it?”

Chishiya was quiet for a few seconds. He turned his gaze back up towards the ceiling as he weighed your words. Of course, you were right. What were the chances that either of your survived 9 more months? It was slim, very slim, so you might as well have fun, right?

“Sure,” he said while nodding, his tone sounding amused once more. “No more condoms. Now we can also be more spontaneous.”

“Spontaneous?”

“You’ll see,” he smirked before looking at you again. “Anyway, it’s late. Get out of my room, I need to sleep.”

You furrowed your brows at his abruptness. Was this the guy who just tried to lecture you on good etiquette? Surely it wasn’t good etiquette to throw someone out minutes after you came in them. Not wanting to explode on him you sat up and glanced at the clock on the wall. Fuck, it was late, well past midnight. Okay maybe he did have a point. Sleep was extremely valuable in this world, after all. A good night’s rest could be the difference between life and death.

“Fine,” you said before getting dressed again. Chishiya watched you with careful eyes, enjoying a final glance at your body before you covered it up. Just as he had said, your bikini top perfectly covered the multiple hickeys on your chest. Once dressed, you made your way to the door without looking at Chishiya.

“Sleep tight, princess.” you heard him say teasingly as you left the room.

You didn’t stop to clap-back. Perhaps you should have. Instead, you allowed him to have the final word, to make him feel like he had somehow won this little interaction between you. Perhaps you would just have to live with this new nickname. Maybe you could even learn to love it - or at least tolerate it.

With hasty steps, you marched back to your room, your mind replaying the last hour on repeat, over and over again. It was especially your final conversation that was stuck. What did he mean by ‘we can be more spontaneous’? You weren’t sure what to expect, but a part of you were excited to find out what he had hidden up his sleeve.

☾ DANCE ROOM 7 ; HAN YUJIN

yujin masterlist / zb1 masterlist ; wc 1.327k

➛ genre / trope ; idol au , friends to lovers 🎧 — so sorry that this took so long , my writers block is unreal , if y’all can’t already guess my fav girl group..

“ y/n ! “

you turned around , seeing yujin sprinting down the sleek grey hallways owned by hybe entertainment.

“ what are you doing here ? “

you asked , the boy let out a small huff of exhaustion as he stood in front of you with a small sweet smile.

“ wakeone is under renovation sooo we’re going to be colleagues for a while ! “

his smile became bigger as he looked down at the floor while swaying his feet back and forth. you raised an eyebrow at him finding his attitude quite odd. well… maybe he’s just excited to explore hybe. yeah , probably.

“ well have fun , my breaks over i need to head back to the dance room. “

“ oh… uhm are you free later on today ? maybe you could show me around ? “

“ i’m quite busy , you know preparing for a comeback and all that. “

you tip-toed and ruffled his hair , which made his face scrunch up in annoyance , playfully swatting your hand away.

“ see you whenever i see you. “

as you were about to turn around to continue your journey , you felt his fingers gently slid around your wrist with a small tug.

“ uhm… could you show me to dance room 7 ? i can’t find it… haha. “

yujin sheepishly admitted , his other hand wrapped the back of his neck as a pinkish blush coated his cheeks. he lets out embarrassed laughs which made you roll your eyes.

“ i charge high prices for my tours. “

“ i’ll pay you in bubble tea. “

“ alright deal , follow me. “

you lead the way towards the lifts. he looked down and noticed that his hands were still wrapped around your wrist. he stared at your hands together , unable to hide the smile growing onto his face.

while walking together you rambled about whatever while occasionally looking up at him in which he was always looking at you.

oh and you definitely noticed both of your hands together but decided not to say anything , deciding to let him enjoy the moment as you found out about his crush on you long ago.

yujin was arguably quite good at hiding his crush in the beginning but as time went on the facade faded.

some examples , after winning awards he would always be the first one to congratulate you and you insisting on being your personal photographer and bringing you snacks or ordering you food right to your dorms doorstep.

or during your weverse lives he would always tune in and call you to annoy you while seeing your reactions.

theres many more situations during your friendship in which it hinted towards his feelings. while you did reciprocate those feelings you decided to see how far he would go before finally confessing.

“ we’re here. “

you announced looking back up at him once more.

“ you remember the path we walked here right ? “

“ uh… yeah sure. “

“ i swear.. “

he giggled , opening the door for you.

“ where’s the rest of your group ? “

you stood with your arms crossed , looking around at the dance room not being in here before as it was one of the spares.

“ lunch break. “

“ why didn’t you follow them ? “

yujin walked up to you.

“ well i… needed to tell you something actually. “

he looked down and fiddled with his hands. his mouth opened and closed again and again seemingly not finding the right words to express himself.

“ i like you. “

“ i know. “

yujin’s eyes widened giving you a confused look.

“ you what. “

“ yeah i mean… i kinda found out after a while. “

his mouth formed into an ‘ o ‘ shape and his ears turned red.

“ i like you too though sooo “

he smiled for the millionth time that day and giggled uncontrollably.

“ also you’re really bad at lying. “

he hummed in response.

“ if you were lost why are your things in the room. “

he laughed , burying his face into the crook of your neck in embarrassment and his arms snuck around your waist.

“ i just wanted to talk to you. “

the stadium roared with screams and cheers , the dim venue being lit up by spots of white light making it look like stars in the sky. overwhelmingly bright stage lights being the main attraction with equally ear blasting speakers.

your group walked around the extended stage , periodically holding up their microphones to sing their part in the serotonin boosting song and interacting with fans as well.

you walked over to the pit squatting down and waving at the thousands in front of you which made them go absolutely crazy.

winking and giggling made them go even more feral. the power you had over them was insane.

a few fans a few rows behind the barricade were jumping up and down , furiously screaming and waving their hands in the air , which peeked your curiosity.

you stood back up giving them a confused look while trying your best to scream ‘ what ‘ at them.

“ .. AT THE BACK .. “

“ …THERE… “

“ …HERE..THERE “

the loud music accompanied with the never ending cheers were way too loud for you to hear their full sentences. but they were pointing at the back of the pit which made you squint your eyes , trying to find what they were possibly hinting at.

you didn’t get far in your search before the music stopped and shuhua swung her arm around your shoulders with full force , causing you to stumble a little bit.

“ our dear y/n forgot to sing their part. “

she said into the microphone causing the stadium to , once again , erupt.

you simply gave her a playful eye roll as everyone gathered back onto the main stage.

“ now that everyones back we’re going to play the whisper game ! “

[ im not sure if its called that , but its that game where you stand in a row with everyone wearing headphones so they cant hear , only the first person not having any and they have to try to let the next person guess the word by screaming / mouthing it out. then it keeps going and going till the last person and if they guess it correctly the group gets a point. ] side note : my explaining sucks but if y’all watch like kpop reality shows then i think you’ll know what this game is

“ y/n will be the guesser ! “

soyeon announced immediately placing the headphones on you and turning you around so you face the opposite side of them.

“ can you hearrr me ?? “

you gave her a confused look as the music from the headphones had already started playing making you basically deaf.

all you could do was stand there awkwardly while waiting for your turn. to cure your boredom you and some fans in the crowd and a conversation through hand signs or trying to read each others lips.

someone tapped your shoulder.

‘ finally ‘ you thought.

yujin ?

he stood there with a big smile on his face and a rose in his hand and a flush of pink on his face.

you took off your headphones and made eye contact which almost immediately resulted in both of you bursting out in embarrassed laughter.

the big screen was once again set on both of you and the stadium roared with the loudest set of screams that night.

yujin gently took your microphone and spoke , “ you almost ruined the surprise , you were like this close to spotting me at the back of the pit. “

“ i just wanted to give you this. “

he held out the rose , “ it reminded me of you. “

“ i would’ve bought you the world but you’re priceless. “

“ wow yujin. “ you paused , “ well , i would’ve flew to the moon and back but that means i’d just need to walk towards you. “

both of you burst out into a fit of giggles and covering your red faces in embarrassment and yet your hands still managed to find each other once more.

🎧— ngl i rlly don’t like this one but i’m too lazy to come up with another plot and shit so yeah

divider by @animatedglittergraphics-n-more

©️ yrthr 2023

A lot of Stolitz shippers (and Viv herself if Twitter likes are anything to go by) view Stolas as “Fizzarolli 2.0.” As in, Blitzø’s second chance with someone who is “shy, sensitive, and laughs at his jokes.” So they think Fizz was like, a practice round? That he failed, I guess? Even though it wasn’t really his fault??!!

What a downgrade…

Its just weird and unfair to Fizz as a character. He should stand for more than Blitz angst and an object for more unwanted shipping fodder. I find it hard to believe honestly, there’s just way more hinted to come about Fizz, while the Stolas story is coming to an end. A tragic end. He has nothing left to add. And I’m not saying he’ll end up with either one, just that the story isn’t gonna go down like that.

And yeah, the fandom had the worst, cruelest reaction to the letter reveal, it’s like they were trying to stomp it out as fast as possible. Mostly by mocking him for spelling mistakes, joking that he caused the accident because he was rejected, etc etc. The tragedy didn’t come through at all. Until that fan animation came out….which was too hard for me to see a second time, that’s what was missing.

Some made comics about Fizz laughing at the letter thinking it’s a joke, and B saying “haha yeah I’m not good enough for you” others made ones where Blitz gives him the letter as a joke and they both laugh saying “haha no way” And the silliest one was when he was about to give the letter but then he sees adult Asmodeus flirting with teen fizz. Not kidding.

Can I rant about how fandom is using the term “foil” for a second?

That idea above, “fizz 2.0” is almost as annoying as people thinking the entirety of fizz x Ozzie is also just about stolitz fuel. I compared blitz and Asmodeus to each other too, but I also know they’re their own story and their own characters. Others: That MnM is just there for stolitz comparison. That Blitz and Loona are just there for stolas Via comparison and stolitz found family fuel too. That Blitz and his own father’s relationship is stolitz fue—you get the idea.

Misusing the term “foil” entirely

First of all, characters can be foils to each other, what one character lacks, the other has in spades and vice versa, not relationships, at least I’ve never seen them used that way. And the goal isn’t for a character to become their foil. Fizz and Blitzo are clearly supposed to be foils to each other in the entertainment industry, in fame, one is talented as an entertainer and one isn’t, one is talented at marksmanship and assassination, one isn’t. Etc.

Stolas is also a good foil to blitz in fatherhood and responsibility. One chose to be a father despite his daughter being almost 18, and never leaves her side. Stolas was forced to be a father, and is ready to abandon the whole ruse because his daughter is almost 18. One puts his daughter above all to make her happy even despite his pain, one puts his daughter last for his pleasure despite his daughters pain. Stolas resents the job that was spoonfed to him and abandons it in a glorified tantrum, while blitz worked his whole life for the job he has now and is extremely proud of it.

ETC - Truth Seekers rant

I hate the fact people interpreted the Truth Seekers illusion as “all the people blitz has to defeat so he can win the prize of being with stolas” But, not concerning the chains and collar for a moment, they forget the fact that stolas actually mocks him and abandons him at the end of that illusion. That Fizz’s voice is the last one he hears. Then when stolas appears again he abuses blitz and IMP, emotionally and verbally, to Blitz physically, and afterwards he asks for sex as a reward, so blitz allows himself to be sexually objectified by him, again.

First Striker is the “villain preventing stolitz” who must die, then Stella, now Octavia is presented as an obstacle who must be corrected, and now even little fizzy. Who is next.

Which Twitter likes support this?

(if I even want to know) like damn, first you rip B away from Fizz to be forced to be stolas friend instead. Then you rip him away from Fizz romantically and force him to be with stolas instead..make it stop 😢😢

It’s more like Stolas is just a replacement for Fizz, and Blitz is clearly only tolerating him because of the few ways he reminds him of Fizz. That is actually so tragically sad…no wonder Blitz looks at him with such disdain after Ozzies. “You’ll never be him”

He is terrified Fizz Stolas will abandon him, despite the many ways stolas clearly abuses him. Cause he doesn’t want to go back to the solo act.

ATLA Live Action Episode 6: Overall Thoughts.

I have mixed feelings about this one. It made the least changes from the original, which means I have nothing really to commend it on that the original didn’t already do, but at the same time, I don’t have anything to complain about either. In isolation, it is a very good episode of television. In isolation, it’s the best episode yet, but I have a harder time crediting it because most of the good stuff in here is from the original. Onto the specifics:

This episode continued the trend I don’t love of Aang being just a vessel for cliché heroic lines. I get that the show is supposed to have a more mature tone, and maybe some of Aang’s more childish traits wouldn’t have translated well, but they could have at least put SOMETHING interesting in there.

In terms of the Aang/Roku scene, I didn’t love it. I don’t like this “the avatar must not have friends” dilemma the show is pushing. It’s tired. We’ve seen it in every fantasy show. A variation of this could work as part of Aang’s work, but it doesn’t work as his central conflict. It’s too overdone.

Also, Katara wasn’t in this episode, so I couldn’t get annoyed at them for butchering her character. Definite plus.

Another plus was June! Didn’t love her flirting with Iroh but she was fun and entertaining. Arden Cho did a wonderful job. I hope they bring her back more, she’d be a great recurring fun character to have around.

I did love all the stuff with Zuko. I loved the juxtaposition between younger, idealistic, naive Zuko and current, hardened Zuko. Even though live action Zuko is softer than animated Zuko, this episode really did a good job of showing how he has been hardened by his experiences, relative to what he once was. I liked his conversation with Aang, and how the two clearly have a connection despite their circumstances. I generally like it when those types of stories are played out in a non-romantic context because it’s so rare. A lot of the lines between them were a bit cliché, but they worked (except for the line going right into the flashback where Aang was like “You can’t have always been this way. That one was a little heavy handed).

In terms of the flashback itself:

Younger Zuko seems softer and more naive than animated Zuko, which works with the way we see Zuko here. He had a lot of good lines, especially his line about giving the weak a chance. I know some people didn’t like that he fought back against Ozai in the Agni Kai, but to me it worked. It showed that he was still trying to please his father, and just how willing he was to sacrifice his morals to do it (though not willing enough for Ozai).

Speaking of Ozai, I find it interesting how he’s portrayed here. The original show portrayed him as very uncaring, willing to banish Zuko for disobedience but not really caring if he came back. Here it almost seems like he genuinely thinks this is good parenting, like he genuinely believes this will make Zuko stronger. Obviously he’s still horrible and abusive, but I actually think it works better than the original. It goes hand in hand with how he seems to really think he’s doing the right thing for the world with the FN (because newsflash…that’s what imperialism is!) A villain who really thinks they’re right is always more interesting than one who just wants power and is horrible. I think they could do interesting things with him and I’m intrigued.

Iroh was really sweet in this episode. I liked that he tried to stop Ozai from having the Agni Kai, and that he was with Zuko afterwards. It always puzzled me why he didn’t do that in the first place, and while Iroh having flaws makes sense (he should have flaws!) that particular flaw didn’t seem right, so I liked that addition.

And rounding out the fire family flashback (haha alliteration!) we have Azula. She didn’t really do anything here but the bangs were a great choice! I found it a bit weird that the camera kept zooming in on her expression during Zuko’s burning, but her expression was very neutral. It’s another change I like from the original. I think Azula smiling in the original works and is super interesting, but this show is clearly taking steps to make her more humanized right off the bat, which I appreciate as an Azula stan who has to deal with…many people who don’t see her as human. I’m not sure what to make of her expression, but I did notice that it’s the same one she used when Ozai burned the spy in episode 3 (good job Lizzy Yu!) It seems like a mix of fear and joy and detachment, like she’s trying to relish it but also she knows it could happen to her, but she doesn’t want to admit that, and also she just wants to detach from what’s happening. It can be interpreted in many ways!

One minor thing: I didn’t like that this Agni Kai was outside. The really dark, all red, fiery throne room looked a lot more menacing. And they literally already have that set! Having it outside made it look so much more mundane.

Back to the present:

Blue Spirit escape sequence was great! Again, basically torn from the original so no surprise there. I appreciate that they didn’t feel the need to change everything, and the mask looked great. I also loved Iroh’s last line about the mask being the real you. That’s a theme that could come back for a number of characters (Aang, Zuko, Katara, Azula, Mai and Ty Lee…) And I did get this spoiled, but the addition of Zuko’s crew being the 41st was great. Lovely. Super sweet. A wonderful way to pull at the heartstrings.

I’ll give this episode a 9/10. A very strong episode of television, but I can’t give it a 10 because the strongest stuff is plucked from the OG.

The Lovely Hallows (II.I)

2. Slytherin

MASTERLIST

Chapter Summary: 

Pairings: Draco Malfoy x Fem!Reader (platonic), Aemond Targaryen x Fem!Reader (future)

Warnings: Cursing, magical objects, Mugglephobia, magic!, might miss some warnings

Wordcount: 3.4 k

Notes: Alright, here we go! The description of the Slytherin common room was given after I watched a very lengthy youtube video of a player walking through it in hogwarts legacy the game. Sorry if Aemond doesn't appear much, they are children and they are drawing their own paths, but soon, this is some sort of enemies to lovers trope haha

“Remember love, once you are in your dorms, you have to…”, you tuned out the sound of your godmother’s voice, too excited to hear, for the tenth time, all the things you had to remember. She, as your parents, all had been sorted to Slytherin, so all the tricks and passageways had been taught to you since you were born. 

You ran towards Draco as you saw him in the platform 9 ¾ as soon as you ran by the portal, your godmother would have chided you, but when she saw Lucius she kept her mouth quiet 

Your poor owl rattled in her cage, anxious to get out as you ran with her in the cart.

“There you are!”, he said, “I thought you were going to be late”

“Never, have you met my godmother?”, you mocked

You said goodbye to your parents, amongst hugs and kisses, and you entered the train after giving your luggage, you wasted no time and walked to the back of the train, where the most spacious wagons were. 

You could tell who were the seniors, and who were the first years, you really looked like tourists, looking at everything wide eyed, and in marvel, you found a cart just for the two of you, but then you were joined by Goyle and Crabb.

You did not like to hang out with them, but Draco did, and besides they were like a package deal, and with Draco too. The train started its journey, and after you waved your godmother goodbye from the platform, you sat with an excited sigh, as you looked outside the window, leaving central London, you could see muggles from here, and you always found them fascinating

“I heard that Harry Potter is on this train!”, said Draco

“What of it?”, you asked, diverting your eyes front he outside towards your friend

“It will be annoying, that’s all”, he said, “The boy who lived and all that, like a celebrity of some sorts”, he frowned, squinting his gray eyes 

“Can you imagine if he is sorted into Slytherin?”, you asked with a smile, he chuckled

“We should befriend him”, he said, with well known mischief in his eyes, “if he is as good as they say, of course he will be”

“What if I’m not sorted into Slytherin?”, you asked, doubt in your voice. Goyle and Crabb looked at you, but didn’t say anything 

“Of course you will”, Draco said, frowning, you were a second of believing he was going to call you a name for even thinking such a thing but he didn’t, “they have to”, he said, and this time, he seemed more scared than something else

“They will”, you said surely, regaining your confidence, a Slytherin wouldn’t doubt it, and that seems to cheer him back up again 

The journey continued without a hitch, you entertained yourself by looking outside the window to the beautiful scenery, and then eating fudge brownies Narcissa had sent you in Draco’s special box filled with treats. Draco loathed them but she knew they were your favorites. 

The four of you looked at the door, where a boy came in the cart, gasping, he had clearly been running, he had dark hair but clear eyes

“Have you seen my toad?”, he asked, “I’m neville by the way”, you were going to answer him with a smile and present yourself

“How dare you speak to us?”, asked Draco with a disgusted face, the boy curled his lips and looked down, and then he closed the door 

“That was Neville Longbottom”, mocked Draco

“I don’t know who he is”

“a Half blood”, and the issue was settled. Soon you had to change into your robes 

When you got out of the train, to a platform in the middle of a wood, you were met by a huge man, he was a giant!

“My name is Rubeus Hagrid”, he presented, he seemed nice, “first years follow me!”, you followed gingerly, grabbing Draco’s arm leading him too. Hagrid took you to a small dock, where boats were ready for you all. You climbed on one with Draco, Grabb, Goyle and another girl, and the small boats rowed themselves 

The sun was hiding on the horizon, giving a beautiful sunset over the lake, it must been the Black Lake, your godmother beseech you to be careful when you are near it, because it said to have creatures on the bottom, like, mythical creature such as monsters and mermaids

But that was kind of silly wasn’t it?

Soon the night had fallen over the lake, and you looked all around the dark woods, and then...

You all gasped in surprise when you saw the view of the lake and the castle over a dark hill, at night, with all it’s lights lighted up, it was breathtaking, you had never seen anything like it. IT WAS HUGE! bigger than the Malfoy Manor, bigger than your family home, maybe ten times as both houses put together 

It was so beautiful

All the boats made port on a small dock, where you were received by another teacher in the Boathouse, without a word she led you up the stairs, and you all followed closely. There were a lot of stairs, and when you got to the top, you were all visibly gasping, but there was no time for that, you kept waking until you reached the huge gates of the main part of Hogwarts.

You entered a huge hall, big stairs, you went up those stairs to find your luggage arranged on one side, but you kept going, until another professor stopped you. 

“Welcome to Hogwarts!”, she greeted, she seemed severe, “Now in a few moments you will got rough this doors and join your classmates”, she said, pointing behind her, “but before you can take your seats you will be sorted into your houses, they are Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin”, she said the last name with severity, looking right at malfoy, “now while you are here, your house will be like your daily”, you shared smiles with Draco, your triumphs will earn you points, any rule breaking you will lose points, at the end of the year, the house with the most points will win the house cup”

“TREVOR!”, the boy who was looking for his toad on the train jumped in front of the professor to grab his animal,  and she didn’t appreciate the interruption, but she continued nonetheless

“The sorting ceremony will begin momentarily”, she said and she left you. You wasted no time in turn to Draco and began giggling and whispering about how excited you are 

But his eyes went to a boy with dark hair and glasses

“That is Potter”, he whispered and you looked at the boy in wonder, that was the boy that “lived”? Draco wasted no time in approaching Harry Potter

“So it's true then, what they said in the train, Harry Potter has come to Hogwarts”, all eyes where on him now, and everyone began whispering in amazement 

“These are Basilik”, he introduced, you nodded, “Crabbe and Goyle, and I’m Malfoy, Draco Malfoy”, will harry become your friend? he seemed kind of nice 

But then the Weasley boy snickered

You knew who the Weasleys were, everyone did, they weren’t hard to spot, you had met your father when he visited the manor a couple of times searching for dark items in the name of the ministry in which he worked for. Uncle Lucius loathed him, because he had taken things from the manor,  but he always smiled at you and gave you sweets from his hat. 

But Draco didn’t take lightly when you make fun of his name

“Do you think my name is funny don’t you?”, he asked, and you panicked, Harry Potter was not going to be your friend you gathered, “I don’t need to ask for yours, red hair, and a hand me down robe? you must be a Weasley”, he said, “Soon you will find that some wizarding families are better than other”, he said to Potter, “you don’t want to make friends with the wrong sort, I can help you there”, and he offered his hand

“I think I can sort the wrong sort, thanks”, he said dismissively, and you gasped, he had rejected your friend.

For better of worse, Mcgonagall came back, slapping Draco on the shoulders with a parchment, and your friend returned to your side looking defeated

“Such a tosser”, he whispered, and you only nodded 

“We are ready for you now”, said McGonaggall

He seemed mad, but he looked at you softly 

“Remember Basilik, only Slytherin is acceptable, is where the Wizarding royalty is anyways”, he said simply, but loudly, even Harry turned around to look at you, you nodded, feeling an irrational fear of disappointing your friend even though you had no say in the matter

“He is right you know?”, said the girl whose name was Perkins, she was one of the pure-blooded families of the Wizarding world, one of the 30

“I’ll do my best”, you mocked, and she scrunched her nose at you. You will only take shit from Malfoy, but no one else. 

You all stopped in front of the sorting hat, it looked old and strange, but nervousness started to take a grip on you. You looked around at the great hall, it was breathtaking, the ceiling looked like a night sky, candles floating illuminating the dining room, it was amazing 

“When I call your name, you shall come forth, I will place the sorting hat on your head, and you will be sorted into your houses”, she said, and as she raised the parchments with your names on it, you felt incredibly nervous 

“Hermione Granger”, she called first, and a girl went up those stairs and sat on the stoll, whispering to herself to be calm.

As the hat was placed in her head, it came alive, a face being drawn on the old looking leather

She was sorted in Gryffindor

Then it was the time for your friend Draco

“Of course Malfoy was placed in Slytherin”, you heard boys speak behind you, you only smiled excitedly when Mcgonaggal didn’t even need to place the hat on Draco’s head to shout… “Slytherin!”

Many new students followed, many you didn’t even recognize and the opportunity you had vanished when they were placed in other houses, and then, Minerva called your name. Everything seemed to quiet down and stand still as you started walking wobbly the three steps, the professor smiled at you, and you smiled back, and then you took a sit on the stool, you finally got to see all the students seating in the great hall, all eyes on you, and you felt nervous, but a need to prove yourself seated deep inside you. The hat was strangely light when she put it in your head

“Mmmmm strange”, he purred, “I see bravery, yes, it will serve you right at Gryffindor, but also… a need to prove yourself, yes, I see that is more to you…”, the only thing you knew for sure is that you didn’t want to be at Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw, you weren’t that nice or that smart anyways, “And I also see this resourcefulness, yes…. I know what to do with you!”, you closed your eyes in expectation and, “SLYTHERIN!”, when you opened your eyes again you were smiling, and your new house was cheering for you. Your smile was wide as you jumped to stand on your two, now secure, feet. You almost ran towards Draco, and took a seat by his side, as they kept cheering on! you were so happy, relieved, but also, deep down you always knew where you belonged. 

“I knew it, all pure bloods are in Slytherin”, he said, more happy 

“Aemond Targaryen!”, all the dining hall went quiet in expectation, and you looked back as the white haired boy went up those three short steps and sat down. Mcgonagall had this weird look on her face when she placed the sorting hat on Aemond’s head.

The sorting hat didn’t take as long as deciding as he did with you, he made his decision fairly quickly

“Slytherin!”, and the table lit up again. Most pure blooded families were placed in Slytherin, except of course, for the Weasleys, who were always placed in Gryffindor. And strangely, the Targaryens, Aemond had two sibling and they both were put on Hufflepuff 

As you looked at the table and saw your new family a warm feeling was placed in your chest, especially when Draco hugged you against his side. You knew how much he wanted this, and you knew how much he wanted you to be in Slytherin too, just like his family. You have succeeded. Aemond Targaryen sat in front of you, he had a smug look on his face. You exchanged looks shortly, and you felt relieved again.

The headmaster greeted you all, presenting the professors and the new ones for this year, and then, a huge feast appeared in front of you, amazingly, it had all your favorites! how did they know?

Crabbe and Goyle also joined you, even Pansy, and others you didn’t quite know.  

You enjoyed the feast, as you talked with Draco, Goyle, and others seated with you, the other older students barely even looked at you, but you paid them no mind. You didn’t know if it was because you were so excited and happy, but the feast ended as soon as it began, everything happened so quickly. 

Soon an older boy stood up from the table, and stopped right beside you were the first years were seated 

“I’m Felix Brunt, I’m the Slytherin prefect”, he introduced himself rather quickly, and he seemed truly bored, “follow me, I will take you to our dormitories” 

The entire first year group followed the prefect religiously, he kept coming down stairs from the main hall in the main building, until you reached something you will guess it was the basements and the dungeons, but it was greater than the rest of the construction, the style in the floor looked like golden scales, it you made so many turns and twists, you didn’t see anybody there but you. 

You stopped in front of a empty wall, a blank space in the stones between two beautiful carved pillars

“Pure Blood”, Felix said loud and clear. a scaly line on the floor came to life, a metal snake slithered over the wall, and on its wake, a door appeared

You all gasped, looking into what was the coolest of magicks

The door opened to you, and it revealed a small hall, beautifully decorated, and a set of spiral stairs coming down. He was almost running down, and you followed, the stairs were stone on the right side, but on the left side, it had pillars that let you see a beautiful waterfall falling down, it took you three floors to reach the end.

The small waterfall fell into a small pond, and your eyes feasted with lilies, and other water plants, carved in the stone there was a figure like a dragon, and as you looked on you saw all kinds of wonders, statues, paintings, decorations. 

You walked beyond the hall, and it led to even a greater one. It led into a huge hall, to the right, there was a huge living room with huge windows, through them, you saw what it looked like to be water, but it couldn’t be, could it? Where are you underground?

“What you can see over there are the depths of the Black lake!”, said Felix, “no matter what the mermaids say, just, don’t listen to them”, you could see all kinds of creatures swimming through the beautiful glass panels 

The living room had a huge vault like ceiling, with a glass dome that lighten up the entire room

it was breathtaking

The room was very comfortable, with tables, chairs and sofas to relax or study in, a globe was placed in one corner, and a couple of chess games, there were also many statues and skeletons of diverse animals, and bookcases filled with books

“This is the Slytherin common room!”, showed Felix, the prefect, “here you can chat, study, hang around, you are going to live here for the next seven years, this is your new home”, he showed, and while you all looked around in wonder, he seemed rather bored. 

You almost trotted back to the main hall, which also had many armchairs, and more study material

He led you to the other part of the hall, where you saw huge stairs, with a statue of who you guessed was Salazar Slytherin right in the middle, the stairs separated into, one set to the left, and the other one to the right.

“Up there are the rooms of the last years!”, he said, “you are forbidden to go up there, unless invited!”, he said, bored, “but here”, he pointed to two door on each side, “left for the boys, and right for the girls”, he said quickly, “your things must be already inside, good luck”

You shared looks with Draco as you separated, and you led the group of the girls through the huge door. It opened to reveal a huge tunnel-like construction, with a metal railing leading to what you guessed were the different rooms, all in a same circular hallway connected to all of them. The pillars amongst the huge corridor were beautifully carved, and as you looked up you saw domes of colorful glass. One door was open, you took it as a sign and you walked inside, you saw Umbra in her cage in a corner, so here was where you were going to sleep.

It had five beds, placed in a circular manner. And you were five girls, so you all were going to be sleeping here. 

The entire room was a circle, it had a huge fireplace on the other side facing the door.

“I’m here as well”, said Daphne Greengrass

“Me too”, you weren’t that excited about having to share with Pansy, but it could be worse, you believed. you all three looked at the girl who introduced herself as MIllicent Bulltrode, and another girl followed, Tracy Davies

“Don’t touch my things”, you said bluntly, “If you want something, ask for it and i will share”, you laid up for them, you all shared looks, as you crossed your arms, as Pansy did

“Agreed”, she said, you all looked at each other, and nodded, like coming to an silent agreement

“Us witches must remain united, as Slytherins, and as girls”, said Daphne, she was pretty, blonde hair, light blue, piercing eyes and a small nose. 

“Agree”, you said with a smile, Pansy smiled too, as did MIllicent and Tracy

“Just, keep everything tidy and clean”, said Tracy, looking around, you looked around as well

You went straight for your bed, it was a big bed, with a green canopy and carved wood. Each bed was placed under a beautifully decorated arch, each with a night stand on each side, and behind it on the wall, a beautiful painting. At the foot of the bed, was your trunk, with your cape and other parts of your uniform placed on top of it. 

You will never see the other common rooms, but you believed this was definitely the coolest and greatest of them all. You looked up to find a round skylight, through which you also could see the beautiful shapes of water drawn on the floor and all over the room.

All the girls were putting her things in place, on their night stands, Pansy was even placing a mirror on the wall

You were going to be happy here, you decided. 

Umbra hooted in her cage, looking at you with those fiery eyes, and you knew you were right. 

Taglist! @dreamingofyourmoons

At a haunted house with them ❦ (w/black reader)

A/n: Everyday is Halloween 🎃

Ft: Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, & Law

❦ Luffy

❧ Just know he’s here to have a great time & only a great time nothing else. So weather you agree to go or not doesn’t matter to him cuz he’s grabbing you out the house anyway.

“Boy I don’t feel like going to no damn haunted house today, I don’t want nothing to pop out and scare me like last year. That was terrifying.”

“Cmon y/nnnn if that happen then you know I’m gonna kick their ass like I did before. So don’t be scared we’re going.”

“Okay fine I’m only going cause ya cute & you convince me.”

❧ Okay so boom he came in the haunted house not expecting to be scared but to laugh & have a great time but something just jumped out. Just know he’s either gonna yell so loud and run with you or knock the person in the costume out.

❧ When he’s not yelling his eyes out or fighting with the workers, he’s definitely gonna ask them questions in the middle of them doing their job. He’s just so nosy & wanna interview them but then you have to snatch him up and leave…

“How long you been working at this job ? & do you have any food I’m hungry ? ”

“Uh I’m just here to do my job so I’m not supposed to be answering any questions.”

“Well I’m just asking, you don’t have to be so rude.”

“Luffy let’s go, stop be so annoying to that person other people are waiting in line, I’ll buy you whatever you want so let’s go already.”

“K but I will be back, so next time be ready to answer all my questions costume dude!!”

“I guess I have to it’s not like I have a choice.”

❦ Zoro

❧ Must I even say what’s gonna happen as soon as y’all enter ? yeah you’re right Zoro is gonna find himself somewhere else one minute y’all entering the house the next minute Zoro is calling you asking you where you went, Naw you asking him where he went.

“Bae, where you went I can’t find you?”

“No where did you went ? Zoro why the hell is you in a pumpkin patch if you was just walking with me a second ago?”

❧ Once you found Zoro and bought him back to the haunted house now it’s time for you to put a leash on him cause this a big house and you rather not be trying to look for him all night.

“bae imma have to put this leash on you real quick cause i don’t have time to be looking for you until the next day.”

“Really y/n ? That’s not even necessary I only got lost one time.”

“Lie again and see what happened, now lemme put this damn leash on you without all that back talk.”

❧ The only reason why he even pulled up at the haunted house with you is because he didn’t wanted you to go with anyone else only him & since you might be a lil chicken he had to be there for you & to turn to the side and laugh so quietly at your reaction to a skeleton falling on your head & pulling your wig off. All Zoro could do..well the only thing he could do is hold your wig while you break that toy skeleton in half and stomp out of the haunted house. Just know that he had a word with them ppl.

❦ Sanji

❧ first of all he’s here to keep you company & just incase you get really frightened. He’s also here for the entertainment but mostly there to be around you.

“I’m glad that I arrived so you don’t have to be scared, I’m right here to protect you.”

“Good I’m glad that your here with me, but I have to do the same.”

“Omg your so sweet y/n but there’s no need for that.”

❧ Okay I’m not gone act like he would not be scare cuz he would be at least a little. As soon as he get jumpscare he’s gonna quickly hold onto to you then ask if you’re okay. Nah you need to ask HIM if he’s okay.

“Sanji you’re okay ? You jumped back way too fast and hit your head so are you good ?”

“Yes, of course darling I just trip I wasn’t really scare or anything.”

“I didn’t said anything about being scared so that’s probably why you jumped back fast then.”

“No it wasn’t that my love haha, just was being a little clumsy”

❧ Other than that I just see him walking through the hunted house looking around making sure everything’s alright, while you holding onto him. Y’all just enjoying y’all time together it’s like a lil date for you two anyways.

❦ Law

❧ all he wanna do is enter the haunted house watch you have a good time and leave he ain’t here for no extra bs.

❧ The only “scared” reaction you’re getting out of him is just him jumping back a lil and grabbing onto to your sleeve then playing it off.

*creepy girl screaming inna distance*

“Damn what the hell was that noise? you heard that ?”

“Yes scaredy-cat”

“I wasn’t even scared, I was just asking a question.”

❧ Other than that he’s walking with a straight face and enjoying hanging out with you while holding your hands really tight just incase you get a lil scared not because he’s actually the one that’s scared asf.

Looking back at TGaMM s2, while it’s pre-ending could’ve been stronger and the arc with the Chens could have used a bit more fleshing out, it’s FINAL episode was just about perfect and the stuff I loved from s1 was just as great as ever and as such, if this is the last we see of TGaMM, I’m pretty satisfied.

Anyway, outside of the s2 (series?) finale which I’d call a 10/10 episode and ending, here’s my top 10 in no particular order:

- A Doll to Die For: I’m a sucker for Lord Hater- I mean, Lord Doom. Really funny with good horror-comedy elements and a really sweet ending, has those s1 vibes of helping a character find their happiness and it’s just an easy one to rewatch for me.

- The (After)Life of the Party: Of course I’m gonna love the ep that gave us Jeoff - plus it’s just fun in its own right, and that song’s a bop.

- Faint of Art: VERY relatable as as a fellow creative, another great song, really good jokes and an incredibly sweet ending

- Dance Dad Revolution: Pretty sure I’m the only one who really likes this one, haha. I just found it really amusing, and even when he’s at his ‘worst’, Pete is still just super charming to me. The song in this one is one of my faves (was stuck in my head for the longest time), and I love that it was the Jeoffs and their genuine love for dancing that inadvertently ruined Scratch’s scheme in the end, lol.

- All Shark No Bite: just a fun time, ngl. I love GhostShark and I’m so happy he stuck around

- Davenport’s in Demise: really interesting spotlight for Andrea. Another great song, great lesson, fun jokes- and come on, of course I was gonna put the ep with the “soft rock personality” joke on here, haha

- Kenny’s Falling Star: Idk, I just really like the story in this one. Kenny’s actually a lot more endearing than I thought he would be, and both his songs are great.

- Frightmares on MainStreet: excluding the s2 finale, this was probably the best out of all the Half-Hour eps this season, as it never feels like it’s dragging nor does it ever feel rushed. It’s fun, sweet, exciting - really the only knock against it comes from how it’s ending now feels a bit hollow, given how rushed the rest of the Chens arc ended up being. (Also I’m still a bit annoyed that the Frightmares in the thermos never came back, either as a serious threat or as a solution to defeating another threat. Like- why bother having them in the Chens’ possession in the first place then?)

- Alakasham: a nice and entertaining episode that really highlights just how much Darryl has grown over the season, plus all the stuff with the magic was a ton of fun.

- FONAA: another ep that felt like a classic s1 romp with great jokes, great moments between Molly and Scratch, and a really sweet ending.

Outside of my faves of the season, I’d say pretty much all the other eps were also really good, only ever being just kinda meh at worst.

I’d say the only ones that stood out in a negative way were:

- (I know I’m gonna be in the unpopular minority on this one) Like Father, Like Libby: it just sorta felt like a One-Scene Wonder sort of ep given that you’re just spending the whole time waiting for the other shoe to drop, thus causing the rest of the ep to feel sorta boring and filler-y since it’s not super funny or interesting in the lead up to the Big Scene. I feel like it could've played better if we got more of Libby and Leah bonding instead of just Libby being only focused on her dad and Leah being worried.

Honestly, out of all the “Special Episodes” this season, it’s the one that feels the most like it instead of simply being an enjoyable ep that happens to have a Special Lesson (like Period Piece or 100% Molly McGee)

AND

- The Grand Gesture: not bad by any means, just overstuffed. It sucks that by the time we finally got a Darryl and June ep, it also had to be shared with a b-plot that felt like it took the majority of the ep. It also just wasn’t super funny outside of like two jokes and felt rushed by the end of it.

All in all, for as much as I loved this season for its episodic installments, it’s new characters (namely Jeff, Lord Doom and Ollie) and its songs, the fact that 2/3rds of the serialized stuff didn’t quite lead up to its potential in the end and fell a bit flat - plus a couple of sorta meh episodes - makes me want to say that I do think s1 is better by juuuuuust a little bit.

But hey, s2 is still incredibly solid and enjoyable - and again, DAMN, that was a super satisfying and really great ending both to Scratch’s personal arc and the show itself - which makes TGaMM a really good show overall in spite of some minor flaws and disappointments. Easily the best modern day Disney show imo right up there with Big City Greens.

Hello! Another random anonymous but I kept seeing you’re posts about some relationship relating things and saw the negative stuff you’ve said about yourself. Even if they might be teasing jokes about yourself, you might not realize this (and not in a creepy way 😅) but you really are wonderful! I love seeing your posts and you’re personality!

You’re super pretty too! This might sound really random and weird (and I’m honestly probably not getting the right context of anything because I’m sort of confuse about the topic since English isn’t my first language and the events are hard to catch up with) but my grandma has found love when she was in her 50s and has lived a nice life.

I know your situation differ from hers but have faith in yourself. Nothing is wrong with you at all, it just takes time to find the person right for you and when you do, you’ll find someone who deserves you and you deserve them, if you wish to find someone to love of course. But try to remember that you should try and have some more love for yourself, no matter how tough it can get.

Just know that there are people out there and no doubt people waiting to meet you and love you. Haha sorry if this all sounds super weird and awkward, it’s just how the people of my culture see things. There’s always that one person out there who loves you and is waiting to love you 😊

Hi there! Not annoying at all, my entire blog could probably be classified as annoying, this is most definitely not a curated space :). I waited to respond to this cause i wasn't sure how.

First, im really sorry, i should probably tag my insecurity posts with trigger warnings, i know it can be...a bit much. and can hurt other people who read it. The good news is the insecurities usually only happen when im dating and i like...never...date. So as soon as i find a job i will happily go back to 'im too busy to date', and i can shove the insecurity back under the self hating rug. Its like a hornets nest - its only if you poke the nest that you get stung and i keep poking the nest lately.

Second, I apologize if i generalized too much, i am trying to be more aware of myself doing that. There's lots of examples of friends with good long relationships in my life - the friend whose wedding i'm going to has been with her husband for ten years, my other childhood bff has been with her partner for 11, and jelly bean and her husband have been married since 2015 and dating since college (lord we are old). And of the celebrity couples i kinda idolize, im pretty sure only steve ao*ki and recently rami (lol good for him) are the ones with break ups. (i have been REALLY entertained by the sheer sudden volume increase in thirst traps on steve's insta starting around the time nicole got cozy with this new guy and deleted her loving tributes to steve off her account - dont get me wrong i fully appreciate the photos and selfies, enjoying every minute of it but yeah he must be single right now LOL i would feel more bad for him if he hadnt been the one doing the dumping)(it must be hard dating with his insanely fast paced lifestyle though, i dont envy him :( ). So its absolutely a 'me' problem.

My only experiences dating over the years have taught me that i dont have much to offer that someone cant get through friendship (or friends with benefits) - entertaining and fun to hang out with but not pretty enough (or good in bed enough LOL) to be actually worthwhile. At this point its kind of a joke; "its saturday night, why are you calling me, dont you have somewhere to be?" "no, of course not, i was wondering if i could come hang out with your dog"

Thanks for trying to cheer me up? :) i'm sorry i'm an insecure mess!

More soulmate nonsense, haha.

Soulmate mechanics:

After your 18th birthday (Or equivalent), your soulmate’s voice becomes your inner voice, your inner monologue. (Not just accent and general voice sound, but how they would say something, the slang they use, etc.)

Trigger warnings: Extremely brief mention of a bad homelife/abusive home, mentions of drug lords and drugs, lots of swearing.

It was a fairly difficult thing for Loki to get used to. They expected many things, but this particular speech pattern wasn’t one of them.

One moment, they were using slang, crude language, and swears as casually as one’s own name. The next, flowery language and poetic descriptions, easily equatable to something Loki might find in a poetry book in Asgard’s palace library. It was difficult to discern when and where the change in tone would take place, but it was always without warning.

‘A beautiful star-filled sky, as if fireflies danced in the endless expanse beyond. So wondrous, it makes the mind curious as to how many unexplored worlds and interesting cultures could be out there. If only there were time to dedicate to such a venture.' Flowery language like that, which could then, for seemingly no reason at all, turn into: ‘That fucking horizon is beautiful, holy shit, my guy!’

As crude as it was, sometimes Loki couldn’t help but snicker at how the voice would translate their thoughts. Sometimes it’d say the most ridiculous and out of nowhere things from the simplest ideas. ‘She’s parading around like she’s Aphrodite. But... come on, with that shade of green, plus the orange? She looks like vomited up baby food.’ “*Snort*” “Are you alright, brother?” “*Throat clear* Yes, I’m fine...”

They had to admit, some of the slang they used became fairly endearing after a while. ‘Ya’ll’, ‘Honey/Hun’, ‘Dude’, etc. At one point, Loki even caught themself nearly using one of those in a conversation. Thankfully, though, they caught it before they said it out loud. ”As much as I’d love to join you du- uh, *ahem* my friend-” ‘Jeezus crispy! You almost embarrassed the fuck out of yourself!’

In the end, despite how annoying the crude manner was at first, Loki grew used to it, and eventually, some of the little verbal quirks became endearing.

‘Your soulmate must be a fuckin’ weirdo if they talk like this. Just imagine how awkward it’ll be for Odin and Frigga to meet them, woof. ...But regardless, ‘weird’ is something you’re considered too, are you not? So maybe that isn’t so bad.’

Meanwhile:

Blake found the inner monologue in his mind very comforting. ‘I wonder what kind of person could be behind such a lovely voice?’ He put a lot of thought behind that, especially after he realized how prim and old-fashioned they spoke.

Reading poetry, or any book, really, was something he enjoyed greatly, even before his soulmate’s voice arrived in his mind. But, that inner voice only made it better. 

Blake actually kind of liked how it would hiss in such an aggressive tone when he got angry, as well. It almost made him feel like he wasn’t alone. ‘Fools, barbaric fools! How they could possibly say they ‘love you’ when they so readily harm you only the all-father knows. They don’t deserve you, not at all.’ ‘Hearing’ things like that always made him feel a bit better about the abusive home he was born into.

Blake assumed that his soulmate must’ve been a massive mythology buff like he was, or perhaps was even a Norse pagan, considering how often he seemed to reference Norse myth in his casual speech. *Lighting strikes a few feet away from him* “By Heimdall’s eyes! That almost hit you!”

Sometimes he’d even entertain sillier ideas, especially after news about Steve Rogers returning. ‘Perhaps my soulmate is one of those ‘men out of time’ as well?’ or even, ‘Maybe my soulmate is even a god? That could explain why they always make reference to them.’ But, Blake knew the odds of having such an unnatural match were slim. It was far more likely that he was just an average Joe who enjoyed mythology. 

Hell, with how his life has been going, Blake was surprised that he even had a soulmate. ‘Why would someone like you ever be chosen by anyone, much less a god?’ It was thoughts like that which hurt him to ‘hear’. Though, in the back of his mind, he knew they weren’t really saying it. It was just simple intrusive thoughts. ...But it felt like so much more coming from that voice.

But later...

‘These mortals are nothing. Not but bugs to be crushed under your heel. Show them and your beloved ‘father’ what you’re capable of!’  “An ant has no quarrel with a boot.” “Are you planning to step on us?” ‘Fool doesn’t even realize the fire he’s playing with. What a fucking moron.’ His thoughts manipulated by the mindstone, those thoughts translated through that voice. Loki probably should’ve realized something was wrong when he heard so little of that slang and casual attitude they were so used to. But there was just enough of that crude language and simple manner at times to keep their guard lowered. Not to mention, the mindstone itself keeping him from realizing what it was doing.

‘That man was an innocent person caught in the crossfire. If it weren’t for you and that drug lord, he’d still be alive.’  “I can’t just sit by when someone ended up killed because of me.” “It wasn’t your fault, it was his. Right now, you need to stay low, or he'll target you again!” ‘He doesn’t understand. Of course he wouldn’t, how could he? You have power now, avenge that innocent stranger and stop him before he harms anyone else.’ That voice behind his motivation only strengthened his resolve. He would put that man, ‘Cortez’, behind bars for killing that innocent truck driver, and for trying to kill him. Of course, that only left the task of finding him.

Loki was imprisoned within the helicarrier, while Blake was discovered by Nick Fury after taking down a rogue group called ‘the drug lords’. (Barely managing it, but doing so nonetheless.) ‘That mindstone was a joke. Let’s hope that you never see it again. ...Though the staff was very snazzy.’ Nick offered Blake, aka Copycat, (And his cat, Austin.) a place in SHIELD, possibly even as an Avenger! Of course, Copycat went with him right away. ‘Finally, someone recognizes you for your clear talents.’

But then, something weird happened. Blake heard from Thor about his brother, and out of curiosity, went to see them for himself.  “So, you’re the famous Loki, then?” That voice immediately made Loki jump. He turned, to see him standing on the other side of the glass. “Gotta admit, that outift... nice.” Normally, Loki would’ve responded with a simple chuckle and some comment about flattery, but that voice gave them pause. ‘Holy shit. No way, that can’t be him, can it?!’ “Are you okay? You look like you’ve seen a ghost. ...Jee, I’m not that scary, am I?” ‘Oh god, that’s definitely him. SHIT, why did this have to happen now?!.’

‘Are they alright...?’ “It’s you, you’re my destined, aren’t you?” Copycat’s eyes instantly widened when he heard that voice. ‘Is he your destined? No, they couldn’t be...could they?’ The fact that that word ‘destined’ came up in both sentences made Blake’s breath hitch. Loki immediately stood from the chair at the back of their cell, they walked up to the glass, neither breaking eye contact.

“Oh my god-” ‘Oh my god-’ ‘It’s them.’     “It’s you.” It was almost like they finished each other’s thoughts.

Anti-Capitalist Stories.

Okay, so this was something random I was thinking about earlier today while not really being able to get back to sleep.  I wonder if it’s because someone showed me this delightful little sci-fi story last night that I read before bed. (I was in a thread-conversation on a forum about how billionaires seem to want to just dick off the space and someone was “Oh, read this story I found)!  I got to thinking about the abundance of such narratives in current culture - there’s a lot of them.  It seems like a trending thing in art (not without good reason).  After that, I got to thinking of “Why are they allowed?” in terms of... Yeah, nations with free-speech laws say that we can express art any way we want even if it honks off the powers that be within certain reason.  As long as we aren’t libeling or harassing someone, even obvious parody of celebrity persons is okay.  However, I can’t help but think about how the people who have all the money in the world *could* actually shut down people’s voices (movie studios and publishers run on revenue...) and this made me think the sad thought of “The reason why they aren’t is probably because they actually think we’re kind of powerless.”  Either that, or they think we aren’t internalizing the messages of some of these stories to a degree that would ever mean any significant trouble to the status-quo.   I mean, my own bullshit fiction isn’t making a dent in anywhere because I am not a famous person by any means and I just put out free stories on the Internet that almost no one reads because I want feedback to improve my craft, so I know that no one’s coming after me, nor the oceans of other writers who do the same thing and craft their little tumblr-mythologies and whatnot, but what I got to thinking about was the actual famous stuff, the popular stuff, household name stuff.  I’m a big fan, for instance, of The Hunger Games.  I read the books before seeing the movies and I’ve read the prequel novel (which goes even harder on criticism of certain imperialist-ways with jabs at America’s doings via the fictional future country of Panem and its Capitol along with it’s crafting of a villain’s start of darkness).  I’ve seen stuff posted around here about how the movies nerfed some of the messages in it a bit.  I don’t think they did too badly - they are actually very good adaptations of the source material - the book author worked on the screenplays and it shows... I’m most annoyed with the mythology of mockingjays being left on the cutting room floor for whatever reason because their symbolism is important in the books, but anyway... There are some things they couldn’t go quite as hard on for the movies in order to get the movies made and the story out there in a form that non-bookworms would see.  Also, movies have to be marketed, so there was merchandising - the most jaw-dropping to me of which was the “Capitol Collection” makeup tie-in. (I saw that in a pre-film ad going into the second movie and was floored).  At the same time, I think that the very thing was a wink and a nod making fun of the marketing... like “Yeah, we’ll let you use us to market your product - Oh, haha, your product is this tone-deaf makeup for people to look like the vapid, vain Capitol citizens who happily watch children die for entertainment - our bookworms are in on the joke and are laughing at you.”    I still kind of marvel that the films were actually made, though.  Books? Yeah, I think publishers tend to have more freedom there (after all, screechy parents who try to book-ban actually drive up sales), but high-budget films that are very Bite the Hand and go hard with messages that are counter to profit-system...  And Squid Game.  I watched Squid Game.  It goes even full-bore harder on something of a similar theme (because its intended audience isn’t teens and pre-teens).  That series... it’s not just violent, but SAD.  (Mild spoiler ahead) - an integral part of its plot is that after the first “game” where all of the people who were selected for it who survived actually saw what the game was about - that it wasn’t just join in a weird rich people indulgence for prize-money, but actually saw people slaughtered and knew that each game was a risk of a horrifying death... well, they ran a vote and gained their freedom.  80%, when offered to return, WENT BACK because they found that a week living under their crushing debts and inability to take care of their families was worse to them than risking their lives for the money / a way out.  Oh, and when we finally meet the masked rich guys running it... Oh, they are just such slime.  And the only reason they’re doing this is because they’re BORED.  I don’t think I’ve seen anything that has better conveyed how having an overabundance of money eats the soul than that!  And we know people like this exist in real life - people who could help communities, change so many people’s lives, chuck some change some people’s way - build houses for the homeless for instance, fix areas with water-problems...hell, create a public art museum and all they do is... I don’t know, just do things that will make them even more money they don’t need, launch cars into space, buy Twitter, whatever... We don’t know that anyone’s running secret death-games anywhere, but it’s easy to imagine, which is why we imagine it so often.   There are loads of other popular media that has this kind of bent...  ... and it’s not being shut down b people who probably could.  It makes me wonder.   Is it beause they think the messages don’t mean much because the people who enjoy this media for the messages are kind of powerless?  Or do they take us all for vapid fools who only like these stories for the spectacle and the violence?  The flash, the love-triangles, good-looking young heroes and whatnot?    In other words, I had a thought for the abundance of certain themes in fiction / tv / movies lately reflecting the collective angst of much of the world along with the depressing thought that so much of it is allowed to be made / isn’t subverted or shut down by the powers it vents against because they do not see it as a threat. 

Okay, hope you don't mind, I'm gonna ramble about two very specific Diamond Clan Wardens: Arezu and Melli. These two formed a nice spot in my heart because their Nobles are the only ones the Diamond Clan worships that got frenzied, so that is something they have in common. Not only, but they tried to take care of their frenzied Nobles by themselves. Arezu, as we all know, made the balms and would have attempted to calm her Lady if she hadn't sprained her ankle without telling Adaman because she didn't want to stress him out. This is also something that went under the radar, but when you're being told about frenzied Kleavour in-game, Adaman mentions that they had a Noble who frenzied in the mountains- meaning that Electrobe was probably frenzied for months before the player even got access to the Coronet Highlands! Melli had to deal with a literal bomb by himself the whole time! That's a lot of pressure on both of them for trying to handle the situation for so long because (as Melli would deny because it's Melli) they didn't want anyone else to get hurt. Since Melli looks up to Adaman like an older brother (and probably Arezu as well), I think they both wanted to prove to him that they had a handle on the situations; fueling their reluctance to seek help because it means they weren't strong enough on their own. Besides the common area of being Wardens whose Nobles were frenzied, I also think there would be ADHD/Autism solidarity in Arezu and Melli. I have a light headcanon that Melli is incredibly sensitive with his hair and Arezu is literally one of the only people allowed to touch it. They gossip and chat while Arezu brushes Melli's hair and it's one of the few times Melli is calm. Also, just now realizing this after typing all this down, but both of their Nobles are part grass-types! They'd talk endlessly about the differences and similarities between their Nobles sharing a grass type! There's just a lot of potential for a friendship between the two and it's a shame no one has done anything with it yet.

Melli’s the favorite!

Melli is honestly such a great character, and a good choice for a favorite warden! He’s very fun, for all of the reasons you all have pointed out. @pup-themlin I agree he is quite the character! I found him annoying at first, but I quickly grew to like him seeing fan-interpretations and analysis of his character. I’d let him ramble to me too!

He appears to be very shallow in terms of behavior, but once you find out it’s a front, and he really used to be shy as a kid until he changed himself for Adaman, he shows layers to him.

@coffee-craving-canine , the potential for Arezu and Melli’s friendship dynamic is SO GOOD. And with Adaman possibly knowing about Lord Electrode’s frenzy (for months?); Melli does say he thinks there’s nothing wrong with it, and he thinks it was a gift of more power. But like his personality, is this a possible front too? He does help us, after all, with Adaman and Ingo’s insistence.

YES! I love your headcanon for Melli and Arezu!! It would make sense; Melli has such nice hair, and Arezu is a hair stylist! And you’re right, they do both have grass-type nobles!

Now I’m in love with the thought of Arezu and Melli having a friendship, that’s so great ;w;

And thank you Anon!! I’m so happy you enjoyed how I wrote him! Those were some of my first fics and I’ve gotten more experienced with writing since then; I might have written him a bit different with what I’ve learned about him since then, but generally I still see him the same way you said! He puts up a front and will defend it, but there is a layer to him that does care, and it cares deeply! These layers to clash sometimes haha, it makes him a very entertaining character!

Melli is great!

Okay so I’m the same anon who doesn’t have social media (and again I’m really sorry if this is annoying 😅) but i was scrolling back in your timeline a bit since I’m new, could someone please explain what happened with snc, jake, Kevin, and mike? Like are they not friends anymore? What happened? Also are they not friends with Corey anymore? I never really liked Tara and I’ve found most of jakes recent videos to be watered down rehashings of the same uninteresting video ideas. But it’s weird, because I used to really like jake and found him and his content really funny. I don’t know what happened but he feels so different and hard to like now. I also loved Corey so I hope he’s not getting annoying, but jakes channel now is like 1/3 boring shit with Tara, 1/3 boring shit with just him, and 1/3 boring shit with Corey to boost views.

It's not annoying, don't worry ♥️

I don't really know what happened between them, i know jake was at snc's Halloween party and Corey was also supposed to be there but he wasn't in town or smth. What people say is that they grew apart since Corey and jake moved out and they started spending more time with other people while snc worked on growing their channel. about kevin and mike,that's pretty much the same thing.

And yeah, I agree, jake used to post entertaining things, but now it's creepy and disturbing haha

I just spent so long looking through feats for my character only to wind up right back at lucky.

I mean I might do sentinel, mobile, tough or magic initiate but there’s things that don’t exactly fit with my character.

Sentinel, tough and mobile are good but there are long portions in our sessions where we aren’t in combat and I don’t really want to take a feat that’s only useful in combat. We play like a decent mix of social and combat so I like to have skills that are flexible/if it is a combat oriented thing, have like a role play aspect that makes it entertaining and fitting for the character.

Like currently my character has the telekinetic feat and as an artificer, it helps a bunch having an extra cantrips and being about to shove people with telekinesis. It also fits into the character role play as they move their prosthetic with telekinesis.

I kinda wanted to take fey touched, shadow touched or Eldritch adept because they fit the setting as the character had been mucking about and poking their nose in arcane mysteries but my intelligence is already 20 and the character’s wisdom and charisma are really low so the plus one would do nothing for him. But it would’ve been nice to get misty step and bless or invisibility and hex. Especially since as I’ve learned, you can cast those spells with your own spell slots where for some reason magic initiate doesn’t let you. I am happy that in this dnd researching I’ve discovered eldritch adept which can net a future character at will silent images which is the best info I’ve found for this character as I really didn’t want to multi class super far into warlock just to get at will silent image.

Like my character is an artificer, wizard doesn’t seem so far off but nooooo I can’t cast the spell more than once a day because of stupid rules as written. Like I wanted to give my guy more cantrips for utility and then an extra first level spell that they could use that came with a free spell slot. Maybe I’ll ask the dm if they’d still let me use the spell with my spell slots as an artificer but it was frustrating to find out rules as written, my character can only innately cast the spell.

But apparently fey touched you can innately cast two spells once and also know it to cast with other spells slots which it specifically states basically confirming that magic initiate can’t do the same.

Like I know if I picked the same class for magic initiate you could cast the spell. Eg a wizard picking magic initiate would just always have that spell prepared, but artificer magic initiate doesn’t exist as they get artificer initiate which is fine or whatever but in the campaign I’m currently playing, downtime isn’t a thing since we’re on the run/in the middle of the woods so I can’t really have my artificer craft anything since rules as written, it takes forever and so many materials to craft in dnd.

My character has really high AC but I wanted to give them shield cause it’d be funny to have their AC jump even high sometimes but I can only do that once every long rest with rules as written magic initiate which suuuuuucks.

I also wanted to give my character healing word but then remembered only one healing word a day which also sucks. (Also my character has no wisdom so it would just be a 1d4 + 0 of healing haha) I just really wanted my artificer armourer to be able to get people up quickly.

The other thing that annoyed me is that my character’s intelligence is already 20 so even though I could take fey touched for bless, and then also just be able to cast bless whenever and get misty step along with it to cast whenever with spell slots and once without, I’d be wasting the ability score improvement it also provided cause my character’s intelligence is already 20.

Like I didn’t want to wait for my character to have 20 intelligence and they had it by level 4 which has been a huge help but the downside of my impatience is that I could’ve taken two different feats that increased intelligence at level 4 and 8 and gotten 20 intelligence at level 8 but at the table I play we don’t particularly level up that fast so I wanted to be playing at max intelligence as soon as possible.

And it sucks because if I could get the technical most out of magic initiate and take bless from that but then I’d only be able to cast it once as it can’t use my spell slots rules as written. I would be able to get two cantrips with it which is great as an artificer but the cantrips I want are only really for flavour and I’ve honestly been fine with the three cantrips I currently have. Like I want mending cause I’m an artificer and it makes sense but I’ve never had a need for it in the campaign. Also my character has smith tools, he can fix his armour with that.

(I could get rid of guidance as another character has it but it’s proven useful for my character to have it as he’s more often in range of touch with other characters and I’m more annoying at dnd and remember that I have guidance more often than my friend but maybe I could talk to them about how they need to pester people gahahah but also I like being able to give myself guidance and it is one of my favourite cantrips)

So then it all boils back down to lucky. It’s just such a good feat, free reroll of dice three times a long rest. It can be used selfishly or supportively, in combat or out, it’s perfect. It’s a great hybrid ability which fits the artificer I am which is a hybrid support tank.

The only downside is it’s not the most roleplay conducive as the other ones can be explained with in universe reasons as to why he can suddenly cast new spells or do new things where with lucky? He just suddenly becomes lucky.

I think I’ll roleplay it as my artificer figured out a way to enchant his armour so it’s “lucky” cause it makes it more thematic and fun. Which then mends the fact that it’s not roleplay conducive and now all these other fun feats that I’ve never used before gets shoved aside for lucky, the boring always good feat.

Like I love taking feats for representing how characters have gained experience within the story, I gave a sorcerer meta magic adept because they got good at using meta magic, the aforementioned telekinesis to move this character’s prosthetic.

But a lot of the feats are just kinda meh.

Like we’re not just playing a war game, taking sentinel or mobile isn’t useful until in combat. And they aren’t fitting the character so well that it provides things to do outside of combat.

Magic initiate rules as written is written in a very understandable way but also half feats gives you a limited number of spells you choose from but they found as spells known. And the fact that artificer adept just gives you tool proficiency and I’ve never really used tools other than thief’s tools.

So lucky it is then. But who knows, maybe I’ll decide that getting a useless ability score increase is fine and I’ll take my misty step and bless.

Or maybe I’ll just take like shield, good berry or bless from magic initiate and take the two cantrips as a consolation prize and just not get the full power of the feat.

If we started the campaign at level 8 I wouldn’t have this issue cause I would’ve picked feats that boosted their main stat and used custom lineage to boost it to 20. But alas, forgoing the feat to get a sooner 20 intelligence worth it.

Accidentally found out today that my bro’s gf actually dislikes us haha.

I felt sad because reality often hides behind a sweet smile. I always thought she was a genuine, extroverted soul but I guess I didn’t truly understand her. I wonder if she’s annoyed with our family’s habits?

When I first found out my bro had a gf, I was so happy for him. Being the quiet guy he is, I always hoped he would find someone suitable for him. At the start, I was excited to meet her. I secretly hoped we would have a relationship akin to sisters since I’ve never had a sister before.

I always admire that she exerts a lot of effort to show care towards my parents during celebrations e.g. sending pretty gifts to our house for every occasion. Her family background is quite different from ours in the sense that she never grew up with siblings, her mother passed away a few years back and she has a complicated relationship with her dad. As such, I assumed that she would be comforted that my brother has a relatively normal, supportive family who will always have her back.

I wonder at which point did she start wanting to avoid us? Everything is sunshine and roses at the start of a relationship, but as two lives slowly merge into one, there are bound to be misalignments and road blocks. I of all people understand that my family is a difficult bag of personalities.

It’s overwhelming even for me, to spend too much time with my mum. It’s not that I don’t love her, she’s just a very hypocritical person. Someone that wants things her way and loses her temper easily. Someone who talks behind the backs of others and has opinions about everything. Yet she will say that it’s not right to badmouth others and emphasize that she’s not that kind of person.

I know it’s difficult to get along with her. It’s tiring, and she’s the only person that can make me angry consistently. She’s the main reason why I had to move out to my own apartment. Honestly, I would be exhausted having her as a mother in law haha.

My dad is a generous and talkative person. However, he knows not to overstep boundaries and is generally a relaxed person. I imagine his only frictional point with my bro’s gf is that he’s super clingy towards my brother and me. He wants us to always be together and eat every meal together. This often means that she needs to come along cause it wouldn’t be right for my brother to neglect her to spend time with us. After eating, my dad is often still not satisfied and would want to do activities together until late at night. It can get very tiring for an outsider to spend so many hours entertaining someone else’s family. Especially when she has to act like she’s in the best of moods and appear to be happy throughout the night. My dad also has the bad habit of wanting to control the conversation at every meal. He is a bad listener, and he expects all of us to listen to his stories at work, his interests, his personal views. That’s pretty much the reason why my bro and I became introverted listeners in the family. Cause both of our parents are dominant types.

As for me, I guess she could dislike me for being messy sometimes or being too indecisive. I often try to accommodate to whatever others want to do, so it’s hard for me to actually make choices. I’m hopeless in that sense cause my mind literally turns blank when I’m faced with options. As she’s the opposite of me, I can imagine she would be annoyed internally when she’s talking to me.

I’m lost now after finding out about her true feelings. I can try to advise my parents to give her more space, but at the same time I wouldn’t know how to explain to them the reason behind my advice. If I don’t do anything, will this become a significant pain point between my brother and her? I’m scared that it creates a drift between them. I know the easiest thing for me to do is to just act like I don’t know anything, but it just goes against my instinct when I know I can help.

I think eventually, she will need to communicate this clearly to my brother. That she doesn’t enjoy spending time with us. I just wonder how my brother will react once he knows. I know my brother has always been a responsible son and brother. He’s so good towards me and I know he always prioritizes our family. I don’t want them to grow apart because of us.

Maybe it’s because I’m in a relationship now where the other party also has a significant bond with his own family. I know the feeling of being present with another family yet not truly feeling heard or prioritised. However, I do know that communication solves a lot of tension in situations like this. Sometimes, we just need to speak our minds and voice out the ugly truths. Nobody is perfect, we all have pet peeves and annoyances. This negative energy only becomes a problem when it’s left to broil and accumulate into a giant blackhole. To be honest, all my previous relationships ended due to a build up of negative emotions. Simply because I always held everything in until I felt numb and burnt out inside. Until the flame inside me died.

Sigh, this post can go on for ages without a viable solution. I just hope that I can treat her better, be kinder to her and understand her better. I wish she knew that I understand her struggles and that she can rely on my brother and me to face our family together.

i’m glad to provide some entertainment :) i don’t know, i’m just not really feeling myself today…no particular reason though, i’ve just been laying in bed all day doing nothing :/

it’s just me telling you the truth ;) please do tell me which care bear you are, i really want to know!

eventually, yes! i mean…at least we tried? maybe we should just…make it our new year’s resolution to try and create healthier sleeping habits? like try the new year, new me stuff? i don’t know i just think i’m trying to put it off haha

Oh yeah I understand that, days like that suck. Like feeling not right and not knowing why so you can’t necessarily do anything to make yourself feel better? Very annoying. Nothing wrong with laying in bed all day sweetheart, if it’s what your body/brain/whatever needs then do it. Have you eaten and drank enough today love?

Uquiz says I’m cheer bear hehehehe

Here’s the link if you wanna do it too darling (and maybe let me know which one you are? If you want to?)

I like that idea, new year new sleeping schedule for us! I’m allllllll for putting things off for as long as possible😂plus, a shared New Year’s resolution? That’s cute as hell😉