“All you get is me. I can’t promise you more than that.” + soukoku :)

"All you get is me," Dazai says, their hands shaking by their sides, coated in red. "I can't promise you more than that."

Chuuya stares, half in awe, half in despair. Even cloaked in misery, Dazai is something ethereal. Sometimes, Chuuya wonders if that is why Dazai craves death so much and longs for some sort of escape from this prison. Maybe it's because they were not meant for this world.

"All I want is you," Chuuya says, choking on the words that have been lodged in his throat for five years now. "You're enough, Dazai."

Dazai looks at him from the corner of their eye. The mask has slipped off, leaving nothing but ruin and disbelief there. Just behind the surface is a simmering hope, something Dazai so rarely allows to show through.

But Chuuya has always been able to see them better than most.

"'Samu," Chuuya breathes, stepping forward and grabbing one of their hands. Dazai doesn't even flinch, which he takes as a good sign. Blood drips from Dazai's fingers and Chuuya doesn't know if its theirs or from an enemy. All he knows is that Dazai found him in this state, just to answer a question asked a week ago.

"I can't even promise to live for you," Dazai says, something bubbling up their throat. Chuuya has never seen them so vulnerable.

"Promise to hold me."

"Okay."

"Promise to always come home to me."

"Okay."

"Promise to not blow up any more of my shit."

A grin twitches at Dazai's lips. "Okay."

"Promise me," Chuuya says, his free hand ghosting against Dazai's jaw, cradling their cheek. He stands on his toes, lips barely brushing Dazai's and feels the way Dazai shivers. "Promise to not let go this time."

"Okay," they answer against Chuuya's lips.

A sealed promise, a promised fate, a ruination in its creation.

solomon's new card reveals the reason for his dislike of the ocean!

definitely couldn't have predicted it...

plus, the line that comes after this is just adorable!

i love this scene so much!! they look out for and care for each other!!

mc offers to go in alone because they're worried solomon would be uncomfortable, but solomon immediately shuts the idea down for their safety. and when they ask about his dislike of the ocean, they ask in a way that implies it's perfectly fine if he doesn't want to talk about it. but he's okay, and brings up the unpleasant memories behind it, bc he literally feels like mc was meant to be the first to know!! that's so sweet!

now when's the wedding

Patreon stuff for the rest of August:

August Kitchen POV scene

Band POV passage

Canon scene in high school (vote from two choices: meeting Seven for the first time or meeting Rowan for the first time)

Someone on patreon suggested a scene of Misfit Alley (and G) watching MC's band for the first time and showing the scene of G choosing their band so I think I'm going to do that!

Seven's first entry from their song notebook

The result for the Monthly Q&A where the cast answers questions!

There's sixteen days left in August so I'm going to try to bang these out before the month ends, a few may end up spilling over to September if I don't get to them on time, but hopefully that's not the case ^^

What I've posted on Patreon so far:

Seven's balcony scene (6.3k words)

Seb's bar scene (5.2k words)

G's backstage scene (3.7k words)

Orion POV (7k words)

Chapter 2 Part 2 Sneak peek (flashback)

a deleted Seven POV scene

a deleted August scene

Seven first entry from their song notebook.

Monthly Q&A post

I think my first month on Patreon was a success (so far) and I'm hoping everyone agrees lol! Though next month I'll be a bit more consistent + organized with dropping things. I'll probably take time to make an actual schedule but I know I tend to never follow along to my plans.

I'm just posting this in case I go silent, just for people to be aware of what I'm working on aside from Part II ^^

Thank you for your support as always! <3

hi all,

it's been a fun ride over the last few months. I've been working for a bit on a google drive of every monkees episode in 1080p HD, and I'm pleased to finally be able to post it! hit the readmore for the link 🐒

it is now monkee time ✨🐒✨

please feel free to spread this -- to friends, discord servers, upload it as a torrent, whatever. all I ask is that you use good judgement and not tell a million zillion people, or publicly post it to large audiences on twitter/reddit or something. less eyeballs on the link = more time it remains available for us. I'm sure there are other monkee google drives out there, but I would love for this one to stay up as long as possible 💖

ALSO if you have free disk space, I highly recommend you download the episodes from google drive and watch on a computer using VLC/mpv/etc. not only will you have the files saved in case the drive is taken down, but most episodes have extra audio tracks with commentary! the commentary tracks will not play from google drive, you have to download the MP4 files to hear them. subtitles for all episodes are also available.

that's all I've got for now -- I'll be starting 33 1/3 this weekend, but wanted to do this first. enjoy, and let me know if there are any quality or playback issues. --monkeesmvs

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Late Night TokRev-canon:

Draken makes bomb ass homemade brownies.

He only uses 100% cocoa and semi-sweet dark chocolate, along with real butter from grass fed cows.

He thinks the quality of the ingredients is uber important, and so he never spares any expense when making his signature treat.

He doesn't make them too too often, but every now and then, when he feels like spoiling himself or someone else, he'll indulge.

Ken's brownies always come out perfectly soft and moist, appropriately fudgy with crisp edges and a satisfyingly crackly top layer. 😋

i actually genuinely can’t stop thinking about jancy’s past, like there’s surely some trauma buried in there. i just know she had a group before york, rosè, and grandma & something horrible happened to them hence why she’s worked alone up until s1. I JUST KNOW IT

;n; no one cawed back about the Rhythm Nation era Janet Jackson tribute I put in tactical!Venus’ design 

and then I realized a shitton of y’all were, with love, born well after I gained ambulatory independence and so I will educate the kids on 80s Janet Jackson, and also how to let the things around you inform, influence, and fuel your own creative decisions because truly? there are no original ideas (encouraging)

today sounds like this and it’s v nice.

I'm actually really excited for a project again! I think I've figured out a way to combine all the best parts of my old stuff with my new stuff. Monster ecology and lore, statblock conversions and custom monsters, encounter design, free encounters and one-shots, storytelling! I'm going to test drive part of the format in my next video on dungeon design (not the video out tomorrow, the one after). then, after another 5e class video or two so I can be done with the series already!

basic idea is to go over a monster, in the framework of us on a quest. I'll give an overview of the species to the rest of the party, and we'll begin. Each encounter will be set up to show off strengths or weakness of a particular type, cool combinations with others, etc. As the fight goes on I'll also be explaining the story behind that. Maybe as a knowledge check giving me a pokedex-style cutaway, maybe as a "the fuck was that" in the aftermath, depends on what fits best. I'll also throw in custom monsters for some of the encounters, my own versions and/or conversions from something else. and if I'm using pathfinder monsters, I'll whip up 5e conversions as well. So for example, my first is going to be gremlins. the school's been invaded because someone fucked up a portal to the feywild *cough* Amelia *cough*. I'll give a quick rundown on gremlins as a species, then we'll go through 2 or 3 encounters. show off gremlins, explain what X type we're facing do, show how they interact in different combinations and with the environment, and throw in a few that were lost in the edition change to keep PF2e people on thier toes. This gives you a few to string together for a session, or at least gives ideas on how to use thier abilities in fun ways. That particular one will take a few parts, giving me a good way to refine things too. I'm excited! I think it's something I got that others aren't doing. and keep things interesting with a little narrative story of the adventuring party. You know I love my little narratives, it's why I put a little aside between the characters at the end of my videos.

For those of you not in America, I believe the situation here can be best summed up as “People have suddenly remembered how effective strikes can be when the bosses can’t have them all killed.”

ehdjdjdhdhfjghhd does anyone else know that feeljng you get whenever your mom is passive aggressive and you shdenly get transported to five years old when your mom would call herself a monster and like tickle you to death even though you begged her to stop but you couldnt stop laughinf ????? like i know for a fact there were no negative intentions behind it but goddamn

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for the OC outfit doodle asks: 💃 OC in some radical 90’s clothes please for minerva (and serafin, if you're feeling up to it). love your comic, and love those two especially. <3

Its not quite radical 90s… but they’re definitely opposites!

Some grumpy cone

Bonus tinies

no you dont get it the cracks in the relationship were ALWAYS THERE

stede leaving worsened it, sure, but they were always there

piracy was the only way to survive for ed

piracy was a fantasy dream for stede

it has always been like that under the surface and now the cracks are more visible