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nihongoseito · 2 months
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random vocab of the day
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うずうず(と) = itching to do something, impatient; sorely tempted
冷え性(ひえしょう) = sensitivity to cold (e.g., being the kind of person who is always cold 🙋🏻‍♀️)
トレジョ = trader joe's (yes, the u.s. grocery chain)
陛下(へいか) = your/his/her majesty (alone or suffixed)
最寄駅(もよりえき) = closest station
花鳥風月(かちょうふうげつ) = beauties of nature, themes of natural beauty (四字熟語)
故障中(こしょうちゅう) = out of order
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querenciadocs · 2 months
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﹙𝟣𝟢﹚─ 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔
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PROSPERA
hello again !! new doc today! hope you guys are excited and like my new doc, i tried something new today, a new pallette of colors which i think goes well together. prospera is a blue-ish dark themed doc, single muse with plenty of space, so should be easy to edit! huge thanks to @lemondaydream because she helped me sooo much!
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taste-your-silhouette · 10 months
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I wanna paint your face like you're my Mona Lisa
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Pairings: Damiano David x fem!reader  Contents: Smut Summary: Damiano takes you to see his new yacht Words: ~1205  A/N: Forgive me if you come across any errors while reading. I hope you enjoy it 💙 
Damiano tucks a strand of hair behind his ear and says, "Today, I'm taking you on a nighttime picnic."
"Nighttime picnic? Sounds cool!" you laugh.
Damiano grins, matching your excitement, and nods. "Exactly, amore mio. We'll be under the stars, and a picnic will be perfect."
"Hmmm, sounds intriguing. So, where are we heading?" you ask.
With a gentle kiss on your lips, Damiano replies, "Let's head to the marina. I've got something new and I'm excited to share."
And he takes the lead, pulling you by the hand toward the marina. It's not a long walk, so you stroll hand in hand, chatting about random stuff and playfully teasing each other along the way.
As you arrive at the marina, you both wander through its numerous alleys until Damiano stops and gazes at you with gleaming eyes.
"Okay, you've got a yacht, I can tell. Which one?" you inquire.
"Y/N"
"Hm?"
Damiano chuckles and points to a massive, stunning yacht.
"That's the name. 'Y/N in the sea with diamonds'," he announces proudly.
You burst into laughter at the yacht's name and the fact that your name is on it, but most of all, you're filled with love for Damiano for arranging this surprise. You take a step closer to him, closing any remaining distance, and plant a passionate kiss on his lips. He places both hands on your waist, intensifying the connection between you, and sending shivers down your spine. Your heart races as he pulls you closer, but as he breaks the kiss, he reveals.
"Let's hop in soon, I've been keeping this Yacht secret from you for weeks."
"Weeks ago?! I can't believe it!" you lightly push him, laughing playfully.
Damiano holds your hand, taking the opportunity to guide you into the yacht. It's magnificent; your heart races as you step inside the Yacht—it's like stepping into a movie set. The interior is sophisticated, adorned with muted tones and soft lighting, creating a welcoming atmosphere. The huge picture windows allow the sunset light to dance across the elegant hardwood floors.
"So, did you like it?" Damiano asks, his eyes filled with anticipation.
"Gattino... it's amazing!"
"Come here," he takes your hand and leads you to the deck.
The deck is utterly cozy, featuring a soft rug and cushions scattered on the floor. A basket filled with delicious treats sits nearby: fancy sandwiches, fresh fruit, and a selection of tempting sweets.
"You're a box of surprises, you know? Look at this place!" you exclaim, marveling at the setup.
You glance at Damiano, who's looking at you expectantly and happily—his beauty enhanced by the golden glow of the sunset. A gentle breeze envelops you, and everything intensifies as Damiano draws even closer, so close that your breaths intermingle. He whispers:
"I love you, Y/N. Nothing I can create in this world comes close to what you deserve."
"I already have everything I want, I have you loving me, and I love you," you express with a contented smile.
You resist the urge to jump on him and skip the whole snack part.
"I want to madly kiss you until I lose my breath."
Damiano holds your gaze and smirks. "You, my love, have no idea of the things I want to do to you right here, but come on, let's eat first." He takes your hand, and together, you walk to the soft pads on the floor of the yacht and sit down.
You find yourself comfortably nestled between his legs, leaning back against Damiano's chest. You both enjoy the delectable treats, savoring each bite while talking and laughing, basking in the joy of being together.
The sun has already set and the moon is massive, with its twin dancing in the sea, Damiano gets close to your ear and whispers:
"You look damn gorgeous in the moonlight, Y/N"
His heart races as he feels Damiano kissing your neck and caressing your face lightly, bringing his mouth to meet yours. You turn to face Damiano completely and straddle him, wrapping your legs around his waist, his arm wrapping around your waist and squeezing as the kiss intensifies.
You moan in between the kiss as you press yourself down and rock forward slowly, causing the perfect friction between the two of your sensitive parts. Your clit swells with pleasure as you feel how hard Damiano is.
He moves his hands from your waist to your hips and gives it a gentle squeeze, guiding the movements and setting a rhythm. The kiss between you is interrupted by a moan, and Damiano takes the opportunity to explore your neck even more with kisses, bites, and hickeys. You feel him getting even more aroused with the increased pace of the movements.
In a flash, he's got your ass and lying down on the comfy floor, his body on top of yours. His hands roam all over your body, causing a trail of excitement and goosebumps on your skin, which he has easy access to thanks to your dress.
"So wet for me..." he says, softly rubbing the right spot.
With his other hand of his, he holds one of your boobs and squeezes it.
"So delicious," he slides your panties down your legs with only one hand, "and mine." And he enters you.
His hips go all the way down and stop, he buries his face on your neck, and you can perfectly hear all his groans, even the quietest ones, just as he hears yours. He holds your thighs tightly.
Your hearts are pounding, as are your moans as Damiano's hips slide in and out of you faster, his balls hitting you with each thrust, his hands gripping you so firmly it makes you tingle.
You scream his name as you start to feel your legs shake.
"Come for me, Y/N," he says between moans in your ear.
You moan louder and stronger after hearing his voice asking you to come like that, and it's impossible to hold back the huge feeling that is about to explode.
And it comes, as soon as you feel it penetrates you as much as it can, gushing all the pleasure it feels for you inside you, spurt after spurt.
He collapses on top of you, his hands slightly loosening their grip on your thighs. You look at him, his eyes still filled with desire and lust.
You hook your legs around him and spin around on top of him, sitting right on his lap.
"You're even more irresistible with the moonlight illuminating you," he says, lifting both hands and massaging your boobs.
You smile, wiggling slightly with his cock inside you.
"Let's not end this anytime soon then, because I can say the same for you."
And so you spend the night, on Y/N in the Sea with Diamonds, christening every corner of it with pleasure.
"You're even more irresistible with the moonlight illuminating you," he says, lifting both hands and massaging your boobs.
You smile, wiggling slightly your hips with his cock inside you.
"Let's not end this anytime soon then, because I can say the same for you."
And so you spend the night, on Y/N in the Sea with Diamonds, christening every corner of it with pleasure.
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eemamminy-art · 5 months
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I tried out busuu today, I did the whole first chapter of polish.
I don't know if it changes depending on what you select, but it asked me the purpose of learning the language and I selected "friends & family", and the first chapter I got was on introductions using informal terms! How to say hello and goodbye the way you'd say it to your friends/family, (cześć and na razie, as opposed to the more polite terms of dzień dobry and do widzenia), and also how to introduce yourself and ask someone else's name (Mam na imię ___, a ty? / Jak masz na imię? -- again, the informal forms), and to say nice to meet you.
Which is stuff I already knew, but! It's really refreshing considering the first chapter on duolingo for polish is uh.... well you learn the words for man, woman, child, girl, and boy, and you learn how to say phrases like "he is eating bread" or "she is drinking water". Which I mean, I love that I have a huge vocabulary of food words and other random nouns from duolingo but 😂 generally the phrases are SO silly, like stuff you'd never ever use! And the translations when you click on a word are sometimes uh... not really accurate.
I did one last session on it this morning too in one of the intermediate chapters and the translations it offered were just straight up not correct. They were for words and phrases that are difficult to translate, but since there is no grammar explanation offered and duolingo will just list three possible translations of any given word, the explanations did not make ANY sense in the context of the sentences they were asking me to translate to english. If I didn't already speak the language at the level I do, there's no way I would have been able to complete the exercises with what information they provided.
So yeah! My mini review, as busuu compares to duolingo: it very much looks and feels like duolingo (the app is even just as bloated and laggy on my phone 😂 and every other ad is for their premium service which I will not buy ever) but my first impression of the lessons is that it is more accurate! I don't know if it will actually provide any grammar lessons or just continue to throw phrases at me to memorize, but they have at least been helpful phrases so I will take it as a supplementary learning tool on top of my classes.
Oh yeah, and it actually has SPEAKING lessons!!!!! I know most languages on duolingo do but polish does not, I was so excited when busuu asked me to say "miło mi" out loud!! 😭 it's the little things...
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futurebird · 10 months
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The people who do well on the test go to the best schools. That's why we let them in to the best schools.
This is the 3rd time I've seen someone who makes YouTube videos go mad trying to second guess "the algorithm."
YouTube provides creators with a firehose of data: How long people watch, when they stop watching, the distribution of views. YouTube also sometimes selects videos using a secret, unknowable algorithm to be "promoted." For small and medium creators this is a huge deal and the difference between 500 views and 500,000 views.
For self-critical analytical minds it's a toxic combination. Think of it this way: You have all this data to help you improve your videos, if the data meets certain criteria your video gets seen. Your video matters. For those who are trying to make a living making videos it's critical.
But, you don't know what those criteria are. Some of your videos get 100,000s of views some get only 100s. The Algorithm decides. The worst kind of boss or parent is the inconsistent, unpredictable boss who inflicts punishment or anger seemingly at random-- all making you think you ought to be able to figure out why it's happening. You keep struggling to please them, to meet their unspoken formless criteria for success. Improve your thumbnails! (by adding exaggerated faces to them) Avoid these colors. Don't forget to ask people to like and subscribe! (People really are more likely to like a video if you ask. So, you should ask because likes are a factor in the mysterious algorithm, right?)
It reminds me of standardized testing.
Why say "like and subscribe" ? Because the data from YouTube proves that when people ask they get more likes. Having a lots of likes means a video is going to be popular. If YouTube determines that a video "will" be popular then YouTube promotes the video *making* it popular. Ouroboros!
(The people who do well on this test go to the best schools. That's why we let them in to the best schools.)
It's enough to make a person crazy. Once again I'm seeing a creator I like as a person, someone who cares about science get obsessed and maybe a little delusional about little blips and kinks in the watch-time graphs for his videos.
You see suddenly "the algorithm" hasn't been boosting his videos like before. He didn't change anything the views just dropped off. And so he's looking for a reason. He is blaming himself. But... it might not be anything rational. They change the algorithm all the time. My advice is to avoid depending on YouTube (if you have the option.) It's not a good work environment.
I hope that this guy comes out of it. I'm not kidding when I've said it's driven other people mad. Like they had to get therapy because of it... which sounds funny ... until you think about what it would really be like.
Thanks for letting me share about this. It's weighing on me today--
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accio-victuuri · 1 year
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CPN : random thoughts 🍬🍭
dumping some minor cpns that has popped up here and there for convenience. as usual, i need one space to ramble.
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I also want to take this opportunity to applaud yibo-official for releasing that 1 hour + bts footage. They just went f*ck it and didn’t bother splicing it, they went ahead and dropped it on us out of nowhere. maybe one day they can post an hour long yibo vlog or photo set of yibo selfies. you know. just a suggestion. lol. The last post they made seemed like the final HB related content to share but apparently not. I am so thankful! This is best 3/14 gift!!!! I guess this is also a treat for “yibo movie fans” all over the world who continue to show their support for the overseas screenings.
1. Back in January, YBO posted for HB reaching 300 million in the box office and emphasis on the 3 ( zhan ). People have noticed that this scene looks like it was shot 10/5/2021 — ZZ’s birthday. What a coincidence that they chose this photo to be assigned to the number 3.
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2. The way they dropped this big BTS content is reminding us of how the CQL 160 minutes bts was shared before. Is this them taking a page out of that? If there is something turtles are good at, it’s going through hours and hours of BTS footage! This is nothing to us!!! 😂😂😂😂
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3. Also this was edited heavily, i can only imagine how many hours of footage they have. The selection of clips and what they can show. The music and it’s arrangement. going back to XZS being quiet — it’s a cpn that the two teams probably worked on this because the project is too big to accomplish by one group only. or maybe it needs a sign-off from the creative director xiao zhan. lol.
The important part of YBO’s post tho is their caption. Especially the part which said : Everything about Mr. Ye is dedicated to all fans of @UNIQ-王一博
I don’t know how many times I have said that Yibo is really making the necessary steps to make himself more mainstream. by that i mean, shedding the title of traffic star. the label itself isn’t all that bad tbh. lots of artists would kill to have the same traffic he does so they can have more endorsements and better scripts their way. however, i observed that he is transitioning to being an actor who hopefully will be loved by a lot of people and not just his core fans. The same goes for XZ, tho he is having a harder time staying away from being a traffic star and his own rice circle. I am in no way discrediting 🍤 or 🏍️, I just mean that the end game for the boys is to be a national celebrity. This transition leaves a lot of responsibility to existing fans like us, to be more welcoming to the new ones. This is why I get so mad when fans pay more attention to drama and fan wars cause it turns off potential supporters. It’s a huge red flag seeing a toxic fan group. I really hope one day, things do settle down and fans learn to be more chill.
4. Another ZSWW cute rumor posted said that WYB will still fuss when he sees old BTS videos of XZ scolding him. So XZ’s advice is to not scold the one you like even if you are jealous — who knows, you might end up together. This is too funny cause we know how fierce ZZ was with WYB, sometimes it’s already scary and you can tell the times he was jealous. 😂😂😂
5. Lastly, Weibo night posted some drama CPs and put it as a 9 grid photo. The pairings are not the most interesting part tho, it’s the top comments. 🤡
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>> THIS IS THE LINK TO THE POST IF YOU WANNA JOIN IN. Like the top comments so they stay there, do not comment or reply. <<
On a regular day I would totally say that this is so unnecessary cause we have to respect the drama CPs on that post. Also BJYX is not really a “drama cp”, it’s WANGXIAN and if you believe in SZD there is really no reason to try and compete with commercial CPs. Plus it might indirectly harm the boys too. But i’m feeling petty today so i’m cackling. That’s all. You ask us about a CP? Okay, how about we clown you? I have no love for Sina Weibo and WB night at all so i don’t feel sorry for them or anything. We are just telling the truth, the pairing of XZ & WYB is truly superior. You ask, we answered. What I said about being careful is still true but sometimes you just don’t give a f*ck. It is what it is. 🤡🤡🤡
-END.
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CFWC Writer of the Month - June 2023: peonyblossom
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Each month CFWC highlights one of our talented fanfic writers, and this month’s writer of the month is @peonyblossom We hope you will enjoy learning more about them and their work below! The writer is selected at random. More info can be found on the navigation page.
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Tumblr Blog: peonyblossom Blog Masterlist AO3
How do you want to be known on Tumblr? Peony, Jay, or Ethan
1- When did you start playing Choices? What was the first book you played? 
I started playing Choices when it was first introduced after I saw the promos on HSS and HWU. Ofc the first book I played was High School Story!! 
2- When and why did you join Choices fandom?
I joined the Choices fandom because of Thomas Hunt LMAO. After playing the Thomas dates in HWU, I looked him up on Tumblr to see if there was any fan content, and there was (HUGE shoutout to @lovealexhunt and @gutsfics because their works were the first ones I saw). Through following a few Thomas Hunt fan accounts, I found some other stuff in the fandom, like CFWC, and decided to read some other really popular stories, and it just snowballed lol.
3- How did you pick your blog name? 
I wanted something that wasn’t fandom-specific so I could post content for any of the many fandoms I’m in. And peonies are my favorite flower! 
4- Pull up the first post in your archive, and tell us about it!  
The first first post in my archive is a reblog of a One Direction fanfic. My first original post was about the show Miraculous Ladybug. 
5- How long have you been writing fanfiction?
Ooh. A long time. Sixth or seventh grade, so nine or ten years? 
6- What is your favorite Choices book, and what is your favorite Choices book to write about?
My favorite Choices book is America’s Most Eligible, but my favorite book to write about is Red Carpet Diaries/Hollywood U. I think I just like reading and writing about stories in the film industry since that’s what I do, lol. 
7- Share the first fanfic you wrote with us. Do you still like it, or would you change it if you were writing it today?
Waiting Game / peonyblossom / AO3
I still like it! But, if I were writing it today, I would probably make it third person instead of first. It’s still cute, though!
8- What is your favorite fic that you’ve written?
Okay, probably a tie between What If It’s Now? and Love Lost.
9- Do you have a fic that you didn’t expect to be well received, but it was? What about one you expected to be but found could use a little more love?
I think there are a few I thought would’ve gotten a little more attention when I first posted them, but by now, I don’t really think that anymore. 
10- If you could write only angst, fluff, or smut for the rest of your writing life, which would it be and why? 
FLUFF. I mean, I pretty much only write fluff right now; I just love it so much! 
11- Do you ever recognize yourself in any of your MCs or in your writing?
Oh yeah. I think I see myself the most in my RCD/HWU MC, Jackie. In the HWU Universe, she’s a film student, like me, and in both universes, she’s an actor, like me! 
12- What element of writing do you struggle with most?
Finding the time to do it 🥲 Other than that, probably just get started. I tend to psych myself out, especially with bigger projects. 
13- Do you have any neglected work you really want to finish?
So. Many.
14- If someone you know in real life (who isn’t involved in fandoms) asked to read your work, would you let them? If yes, what would you recommend they read first? 
It depends on who it is, but I’d probably let them. As for what I’d recommend, it also depends on the person. Honestly, might just send them my AO3 and let them decide ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 
15 - Are there any writers (published authors and/or fanfic writers) who influenced your writing? 
Probably more than I know! I’m sure there are plenty of authors who influence me subconsciously. But, I would say I tend to be influenced by classic novels like The Great Gatsby and The Picture of Dorian Gray.
16- Which one of your stories would you most like to see as a movie/series? 
Forever Sounds Perfect! I would love to just watch Ethan propose to Sydney 🥺
17- Do you write original fiction? 
Yeah! I mostly do screenwriting, but I also do fiction and poetry writing. 
18 -  What other hobbies do you have?
Hiking, reading, and yoga!
19 - What’s your favorite emoji? 
🥰 or 🫶
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harushinkai-daily · 1 year
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Haru-Shinkai Daily 3RD ANNIVERSARY GIVEAWAY!
Hello everyone!!
I missed doing something special last year, but today (April 27) is the 3rd anniversary of this blog! I almost can’t believe that something I started as an early pandemic project is still going, but I’m happy to keep documenting every good Haru in Appmon (there are so many!), and I’m always amazed that so many of you continue to follow along! 💛
Since it’s been a minute since our last art giveaway, I figured I’d hold another one! Everyone who follows this blog is eligible to participate.
RULES:
1. Each unique follower of this blog who likes or reblogs this post is considered entered. The maximum number of times you can enter is once. To keep things fair, users who have been gifted art previously will be weighted a bit less for decision-making purposes, but are still eligible. If for some reason you really want to reblog this post but don’t want to enter the giveaway, that’s perfectly fine! Just say so in your tags.
2. I will select a random winner on May 20 and notify them via Tumblr messaging. If the winner is unresponsive or otherwise unreachable after ~72 hours, I will select another.
3. The winner will receive digital colored art of 1-2 Appmon characters of their choice, for delivery on or before July 1! Note that this choice does NOT have to involve Haru, but it it sure can. See the 1st Anniversary Art Giveaway for an example!
(Also note mod is not very good at drawing armor/mechs, so humans and standard-grade Appmon are preferred… but if quality isn’t a HUGE factor, I’ll give any character a try!)
And… that’s it! Good luck, and as always, THANK YOU for supporting this blog. We may be entering the home stretch in terms of episodes, but please keep looking forward to new Harus every day for as long as they last!
Your HaruShinkai-Daily mod,
@citrus-cactus
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homunculus-argument · 2 years
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So I started googling the evolutionary purpose of beards. Apparently there's no single particularly conclusive theory, but there are several suggestions about it, in a varying range of ridiculousness. As my rule of thumb, if nobody knows a single exact reason why something is the way it is, but there's plenty of educated guesses, the real answer is probably a vague mixture of several of them.
I pretty much skipped over the "having a beard makes a man look more dominant, aggressive and masculine" ones, because that's just like saying "male peacocks have big tails because females find them sexy". Sure, saying "people desire desirable things because desirable things are desirable" isn't wrong, but my toddler urge to repeat "but why?" is yet to be quenched.
A beard isn't enough of a hindrance to a man's survival to work as an example of handicap principle. No woman looks at a man with a huge bushy beard and instinctively thinks "ooh there's probably so fucking many fleas in that thing, he's already comfortably feeding so many parasites that I bet he could handle my babies" and gets horny on the thought. At least I hope nobody does, and if someone does, I have to ask you ma'am what the fuck.
A more practical theory that I originally rolled my eyes at was that a beard's functional purpose is to protect the face from being punched by another man. Apparently the human way of punching with your fists aimed forward is an uniquely human one, human arms and shoulders are shaped that way to maximise the amount of force that one can put into a punch with the relatively feeble human ability.
I find it worth considering that things like boxing and martial arts are a skill, not an inherent capability dictated by genetics. So even if you do entertain the idea that humanity has largely been shaped to be ideal for fist fights, the best fighter is still the one with the ability to learn, patience to practice and train, and being sociable enough to be taught by others.
Anyway, back to beards. The thing with evolution and talking about the "evolutionary purpose" of something is that it isn't structured and organised like engineering. Evolution doesn't do blueprints of traits that a life form should have, and then start doing math on how to make it happen. It's more like writing code - you don't know why there's a jpg of a coconut in there, but if you try to remove it, the code stops working, so the coconut stays.
Considering how much a broken jaw sucks today, it's safe to say it was pretty much a death sentence before modern medical science came along. And I find it plausible and sensible to say that enough men were punched in the jaw hard enough to die from the injury, that a tiny random selection of them who happened to have chin hair happened to survive it, often enough that they had more children with those genetics, whose beards didn't hinder them in any way even if they never personally ended up in a fight.
And I don't find it implausible that a man with a tendency to grow a beard and a tendency to get up in fights would have somewhat of a benefit over both men who don't survive fights and don't end up in them.
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itsclydebitches · 1 year
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With fans continuing to get heat for their rewrites, I was thinking today about those wine experiments and how our expectations of quality are tied up in how the product is presented. If you slap a $150 price tag onto a $5 bottle of wine, people tend to literally taste a ‘better’ wine because they’ve gone in with preconceived notions about the experience. Bias is a tricky beast and it colors much of the presumed value of an object---or a person. That’s why we need blind application reviews so someone isn’t influenced by an applicant’s name, or why educators are encouraged to grade papers in random, anonymous order so they’re not going in expecting the previously ‘bad’ students to have written another ‘bad’ paper and vice versa with with ‘good’ ones.
Though I obviously don’t have any research to back it up, I have a sneaking suspicion that RT’s status as a Legit Company influences the fanbase in similar ways. We’re more inclined to expect quality from the Legit Company than we are the Random Internet Writer, in the same way we would automatically expect better from a professional chef than we would a hobbyist baker. Yeah, there’s absolutely good reason to expect a difference in quality there due to education, time spent on mastering the skill, access to equipment and ingredients, etc., but if the everyday baker does manage to make a croissant that’s fundamentally indistinguishable from what the professional chef made... I wonder how many people would say that chef’s croissant is still ‘better’ simply by virtue of them having been the one to make it. Same with RWBY. If we somehow managed to take a selection of plot-points from both canon and rewrites, removed their history/context, threw them to the masses, and asked for an evaluation of how good they were, I don’t doubt that the rewrites would secure a HUGE amount of support. But once fans learn they are rewrites, suddenly the expectation of a low-quality product--you’re just some nobody posting on tumblr--combined with anger at a perceived attack on RWBY changes the reception of the story. Fans are more likely to uphold a bad bit of writing because a professional they’re emotionally attached to wrote it and conversely they’re more likely to troll a good bit of writing because an amateur they’re not connected to wrote it. As others have pointed out, I’ve literally seen fans praise an idea in RWBY, then turn around and dismiss that same basic idea when it’s attached to a rewrite. 
If we were to craft a RWBY rewrite and pull a bit of a Goncharov in the marketing--oh yeah this is definitely RT’s property. It’s coming out next June. Look, here’s their official logo. The RT twitter is hyping it up. They’ve already got merch in the store!--I wonder how many fans would adore the story simply by virtue of it being “RT’s” work... and how many would drastically and otherwise inexplicably change their tune once it’s reveled, “Gotcha. This was written by a small, anonymous team of tumblerites instead.”
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romaine2424 · 1 year
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Daily Blog June 23, 2023
When I used to post on LJ I would often have a post called Tidbits, that is what I think today's post will be like. A lot of unrelated things, but then again some are. Hope you enjoy.
What I'm Reading:
The Light More Beautiful by @firethesound. It's 4 chapters and around 81K. I'm close to finishing chapter 3 and will do so later tonight along with the last chapter. Family and house responsibilities intruded on my fandom fun. LOL I'm so enjoying the story. I really really like reading and writing about older H/D (meaning not Hogwarts or 8th year). Here, I think they're in there late 20's. The fic is canon divergent at some point in HBP where a potion accident happens that effects them greatly, however, the main part of the story takes place 13 years later.
Draco has been trained as an Auror in the US and specializes in creating spying instruments and other things that help Aurors (think of Q in James Bond). Harry is training Aurors since he was waylaid by an injury, which I've yet to discover what happened to him. Draco returns to the UK to find out Pots and Pans (I love this so much), who are Harry and Pansy are best buds. And Draco also returns with his huge crush on Harry fully intact. The interplay between H/D is top notch with lots of sparks, hilarious banter, but also soft moments. Truly lovely. Oh and the acronyms!!! Highly recommend! Can't wait to finish it tonight.
Tumblr Posts of Interest:
Francesca Coppa, one of the original OTW founders, made a post about joining @fanhackers (A place where fans, academics, aca-fans and all manner of enthusiastic fannish people can come together and squee over cool research.) If you enjoy meta and fandom research definitely give a follow, too.
2. The the @thedrarrylibrarian hosts Happy Hour on Fridays with friends of the Library. I'll do a separate post later about @thedrarrylibrarian because they're awesome! But what caught my eye is their hosting @phdmama. Usually, the person they select recs a story that they love that hasn't gotten much play. @phdmama, however, chose to discuss re-reads. This is the way she so artfully stated her reasoning, "Reading, quite literally, has saved my life and transformed it. So I thought I’d highlight of few of those fics that have impacted me so profoundly. These fics are comfort food for my brain. These are fics I come back to, over and over and over again. They live in my soul." And I nodded my head reading her choices. I hope you check out the post and her selections.
What crossed my mind while reading the post was that there are fics that are in my top 10 favs, that I've only read once. I call them my Saving Private Ryan fics. Seeing that movie was an experience, one I'll never forget, but I don't think my heart could handle a second time. I put Frayach's The Price We Pay for Wings in this category. I will never understand how that fic is only 13K. It was written in 2007 for hd_holidays, and remains one of the most beautifully written h/d stories bar none.
Add-ons for yesterday's blog:
For Fan Fair, @phoenixacid heavily promotes commenting on Fair's fics, artwork, and podfics. There is a contest where you are put in a group of random folks who've asked to be involved. And the groups compete against each other for points. Points are given for comments and more points for a rec. So I'm not the only one commenting on all the fics. LOL @caroll-in and I were on the same team last year, I don't think that will happen again. We killed the competition!
@snowingalway commented on my blog yesterday with further clarification of what art is archived and what is reblogged. I found it very helpful. Here's the link with her comment at the end
Older Fic Rec:
So as I mentioned above, I hadn't re-read The Price We Pay for Wings, but when I went to get the link, I discovered something I didn't know existed...a sequel. I didn't know that Frayach had written one, I had left fandom just before. A Flame Undampened is as beautiful as the first, though I do think I could and will read it again. Scorpius had loved and is loved. And that candle, yep, it's a symbol. The fic is around 5K and was written in 2012 in honor of the Newton, CT slaying of innocents.
Oh FFS how can The Price only have 46 comments and Flame 25 ?????? sorry, just got to me. This is a subject for a later blog. :)
Have a good weekend! Rom
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if you're looking to procrastinate today: best fashion moments in music videos and/or concerts
i am always looking to put off work, especially on the friday before my classes officially start again
this was more difficult than i expected, i chose to only look for on stage fashion moments but honestly, where do i even start, so this really is just a random selection of iconic outfits, not a conclusive definitive list of my favorites at all but instead just the ones that have not left my mind in months
i meannn we all knew this was coming but beyonce really had some of the most amazing spectecular fashion moments during the renaissance tour, i could have chosen so many but i think the ones that stood out to me the most were the david koma and this loewe outfits
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i have a huge soft spot for flowy fairy dresses and this alberta ferretti dress is by faaaar my favorite look taylor swift has worn, it's so pretty
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this fka twigs performance in a valentino dress still has me absolutely gagged
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not to brag but i was literally just five feet away from dua lipa in this absolutely stunning custom mugler body suit, changed my life forever
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rosalia in dion lee was serving, i am still so mad i missed my chance to see her live last year
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yourkimjaejin · 10 months
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Ms. Tipper
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Sujin worked at a convenience store to save up money. He planned to buy his sister tickets to her favorite kpop group's concert. No one warned him that the tickets would fly in a matter of minutes. 
‘Oh well’  he thought. ‘Better to have money saved up than none at all’
Sujin worked at a store close to an entertainment company he couldn’t remember the name of. Frequently staff members and even idols themselves would stop in and grab some of the many treats lined on the shelves. And for a select few, at Sujin discretion, they got the VIP treatment. 
Whenever Sujin clocked in for his shift, after he sweeped the store and restocked the prepared foods, he would walk the isles and collect snacks. Setting them aside for when the frequent customers stopped in to buy them. Doing this bagged Sujin a TON of tips from newbie managers who ran around perpetually late for everything. They’re quick to throw money at anyone who makes their day just a bit easier. 
But most of those types weren’t memorable. The memorable ones left an impression, good or bad. 
Like her. 
Sujin met her one day during his rare night shift. Sujin is a student and his mom forbids him from working crazy hours while in school. He only did it for two reasons. 1. His mom and dad were out of town. 2. His boss promised to double his pay for the extra hours. 
So there he stood in an empty store. The only sounds coming from the air conditioning unit cooling down the room. Sujin’s boss told him to close up early if it looked like no one would stop in. but Sujin was nice. He stayed open for ten more minutes, giving whatever late night straggler roamed outside time before he decided to call it a night. Just as he grabbed the keys, a shrill chime of the overhead bell made him wince 
Well there goes my early night he thought, walking back to the front. Hoping his face didn’t give away his irritation. The irritation was wiped away at the cute girl that stood in front of the closing door. 
Interestingly, the girl bowed to him apologizing profusely for coming in late. She quickly ran around the lanes seemingly grabbing things at random but that couldn’t be. This girl knew exactly where everything was and while moving fast she never just knocked things over. With Mom-like precision she grabbed everything she needed and made her way to the counter. Sujun rang her up but for his trouble, the strange girl told him to keep the change as a tip. Sujin watched her run out of the store and down the street towards the company building. Huh, maybe she's a newbie, he thought.  The girl was out of sight by the time he looked down and saw two hundred dollars sitting on the glass. 
Her total was $15.38. 
He tried to chase after her but the girl was long gone. Leaving him with a load of extra cash in his pocket. 
As the weeks went on, the same girl came in at the most random moments. Always during his shift somehow. Every time she left a tip three or four times larger than her actual bill. And she wouldn’t take the money back when he offered, she just raced out of the store, sometimes even smirking. 
More weeks passed and the visit from ms.tipper, as he likes to call her, had become sparse. He figured something had happened and hoped the girl was ok. Not because of the money but she was fun. A bright spot on what was normally a pretty boring day. Like today. He had clocked into work making his rounds around the shelfs. Taking down the nearly expired food to refill later. When she finally walked in, he was relieved. As usual, she waltzed around like this corner store was her second home picking up snacks and sodas then making her way to the counter
The girl looked behind him, her eyes caught on the savings plan behind him. “What were you saving up for?” 
Sujin turned to look at his plan, completely filled, “Oh! That was my ticket saving plan. My sister…..she's a huge fan of this kpop group. I was saving up to buy her tickets for a late birthday present. They sold out before I got a chance to grab some.”
“Aww that's so nice! Which group are you aiming for?” Ms. Tipper put her stuff on the counter for Sujin to start scanning. 
“NCT 127.” Ms. Tipper was shocked for a second before composing herself once again. The rest of the visit was quiet. Sujin wondered if he said something to upset her. Regardless, seconds later his visit from Ms.Tipper was over. She was out the door and he had some shelfs to restock. Coming out of the backroom, he noticed Ms.Tipper was still standing outside the store. It looked like she was texting someone so he kept going about his business until the door opened again. Sujin thought it was another customer but he was wrong. 
“Here! Take these.” Ms.Tipper stood on his left holding out tickets for 127’s concert at the Jamsil arena. Sujin’s wide eyes kept flicking back and forth between the tickets and Ms.Tipper's hopeful smile. 
“I had some friends coming to the show on the second day but only one can make it. I texted her and she said I could give the other tickets to you and your sister. She and I both thought your story was super sweet.” While Ms. Tipper stood there with the tickets, Sujin was stunned. Here was this girl who not only tipped him a huge amount of money but now she was just giving away tickets for free. 
“How did you get those?” Was the only question he could think among the many he could have chosen if his brain would start working. 
“Oh!” Ms. Tipper then pulled her mask down revealing a face he recognized. Sujin had asked his sister why there was a girl on the poster of the boy group she wanted to see. That led to a way too long explanation that he barely listened to. But it was hard to forget her face. 
A face that was literally right in front of him. 
“Anybody who's a fan of ours should have a chance to see us in person. I won’t take no for an answer so you're just gonna have to accept these tickets.” Ms.Tip-sorry Moxy practically shoved the tickets into his hand. She was almost at the door when the cashier’s brain finally began working. 
“Wait! Could– would it be wrong to ask you to sign my sister album.” Moxy laughed as Sujin ran to the cash register to loot through his bag. Letting a sound of victory escape him when his finger touched his sister's album.
“You came prepared?”
 “My sister knew the shop was near the SM building. Said to keep it with me just in case.” Moxy made quick work signing the album. Moments later, the rapper ran out the door yelling “Have fun at the show!” As the door closed behind her, he thought of one thing
How was he gonna explain this to his sister?
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“Hurry up Sujin! We have to find our seats!!” Sujin’s sister was bulldozing her way through the slew of green light sticks, dragging him by the wrist.  
“Chill, the show doesn’t start for thirty minutes.”
When Sujin surprised his sister with the tickets yesterday, he was forced to go over every detail of meeting his sister bias several times over. After an intense grilling session, his sister proceeded to drag all over Korea to pick outfits for them both to wear. While he did want to complain about the matching shirts, seeing his sister this happy made him shut his mouth. As Sujin and his sister made their way through the crowd to their seats.  Someone called out 
“Sujin-ah?!” He turned to see his crush, Jian for class 11B, waiting in the same seat that Moxy said her friend would be. Sujin shook his head thinking his crush would disappear. This whole situation felt too much like a dream for him. Jian smiled, waving the siblings over. She immediately began engaging with his little sister, fueling her excitement over the concert ahead. 
Moxy may have single handedly got him a date and won him brother of the year. 
He really had to listen to 127’s music now…..
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Taglist: @alixnsuperstxr / @1-800-call-ria / @sophrodite / @sunflower-0180
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Dylan sees Ryan in some 6 inch hooker boots while they’re trying on shoes and being silly. He really wants him to step on him.
Dylan lived for moments like these. Just he and Ryan being happy and safe and goofy together. They were at some random thrift store, going through the aisles over and over to try and find some promising items for Emma's upcoming costume party.
Despite his more introverted and serious nature, Ryan was a huge lover of Halloween and, by extension, dressing up for fun for any occasion. They were thinking maybe going as a vampire duo, but had last year's Halloween pirate costumes as a back up in case they didn't find anything promising.
"Oh, shoes!" Dylan said excitedly as they were greeted with a central aisle of shoe racks, most in surprisingly good condition. He had pretty sizable feet, so only a small selection to look at. Ryan's feet were a little smaller, so he trailed around to the other side opposite of Dylan to scope out more possible pairs.
"Hey, look at these!" Ryan called on the opposite side of the aisle. Dylan pulled their squeaky cart over to see, but froze halfway as he did. First, because he had to look up at Ryan for the first time ever. Second, because holy shit, Ryan had on stiletto heeled boots.
They were-this was-
...
Well. Dylan had discovered something new about himself today, apparently. "T-Tall."
"So this is what it's like to be over six feet-"
"Yeah, they're, those are, nice." He cleared his throat, unable to not stare at the boots.
"Look almost brand new, right? Weird. Shame they didn't get a lot of use." Ryan walked around a little just for fun, staring over the aisles just a bit before he slid off the boots and put them back on the rack.
Dylan tried to hide his disappointment. Of course he did. He and Ryan were pretty open and honest, but this was a new, well, maybe, kink for him?
And he wasn't sure if it would gross out Ryan or not. So he shrugged off his disappointment and did his best to forget about it.
In fact, those sexy heels on Ryan's sexy legs had been a distant memory. They went to Emma's party as the hottest duo of vampires ever. It was fun and pretty cool to catch up.
Dylan hated to say goodbye and goodnight, but Ryan had been shoot him looks all night throughout the party. He knew that look. It meant fun things at home for both of them.
The ride back wasn't too long and Ryan had taken Dylan's hand, leading him up to their bedroom and pushing him back onto the bed. "Get undressed, babe. I'm gonna change, okay?"
"Aw, you don't wanna suck my blood here and now?"
"Ha. Ha." Ryan rolled his eyes, shoving Dylan back down playfully as he disappeared to the ensuite bathroom and shut the door behind him.
Dylan obliged quickly, stripping everything off and lounging back onto their bed. He wondered, idly, what Ryan might be putting on. Maybe some lingerie? Fuck, that would be hot. It wasn't often either of them pulled out some lace, but it was always amazing when they did.
Ryan stepped back inside their bedroom moments later. Lingerie? Yes, a hot little black bodice and thong. But something was...off. Until Dylan sat up and got a proper full view of Ryan.
"O-Oh. Holy shit." Those heeled boots. No fucking away. God, they were...this was so damn hot. "Babe, wow, this...you...whoa..."
"Deep breathes." Ryan laughed, heels clicking as he stepped across the room, making a show of placing the heeled boot on the beside table. The latex of it shined prettily in the faint light. "Is this okay?"
"More than okay, this is so fucking hot." Dylan swallowed and laughed nervously. "It doesn't creep or gross you out? I mean, this turning me on?"
"No." Ryan said firmly. "You being turned on turns me on."
"Aw."
"Enough." He said, voice growing deep and sultry, teasing and dominant. "Tell me what you want? This?" Ryan only gave Dylan a moment to respond before he elegantly and gracefully stepped onto their bed, pressing the heel into Dylan's chest.
"Fuck, please, yes, I'm..."
"I can tell. You're dripping all over everywhere." Ryan's foot trailed down, leaving a light indention along Dylan's chest, to his stomach, then between his legs. He gently stroked Dylan's length with the heel, over and over.
"R-Ryan, Ryan, I'm close, oh...oh, so close, I-"
"Good. Then cum." He demanded.
And Dylan did, so quickly but it was all so hot. The feel and site of the boot, Ryan's domineering words and behavior, his hot gaze and sultry words pushing him over the edge.
In the aftershocks, as he twitched and trembled, Ryan snaked his foot up to Dylan's lips and stared pointedly. "Lick them clean."
"Yes, sir!"
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iamthenerdqueen · 10 months
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The Red String of Faith - The Mall Episode: One-Shot
Idol!AteezXOCs Soulmates!ot8AteezXOCs OCXOC Slight Social Media AU!
slight twigger warnings: SMUT IN THIS CHAPTER!!! Polyamory, group of 10, two OC's -feel free to replace one OC with yourself if you'd like- , listen this is an idea me and my best friend had and is something for fun read at own risk, not edited as always, also we are starting to explore themes such as bxb and gxg if thats not for you, this story may not be for you.
A/N: Hi all, this one shot goes with our story but is just a fun filler and little something something on the side. You can read this outside of the story or not read it at all. Both are okay! Enjoy :)
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Going to the mall was a common thing for Lia and Lyra, just not this mall. After their flight back from spending time with their soulmates Ateez at their last US concerts, the two girls had decided to spend one extra day in Charlotte before heading back to Columbia. 
Being tired and honestly, a little sad at having to go separate ways with the boys, the girls decided that the only thing that could make them feel better was to go find some stores to waste their money in. What did this really mean, Lia vlogging a trip to the mall and buying Kpop stuff even though they just were with their idol soulmate/boyfriends less than 14 hours ago. 
“Hi Bunnies!” Lia was holding her small vlogging camera and waving while they were sitting in her car outside the mall. “We are outside the mall, and as boring as that sounds it's fun to us because our local mall has nothing.” 
“That’s not true, it has the creepy Aeropostale and once upon a time it had a macaron stand that was amazing,” Lyra chimed in from her spot in the passenger seat. Lia quickly got her in the shot as she spoke. 
“So, like I said, nothing,” Both girls laughed at the dig at their local mall, home was home but no one really bragged about living in or around Columbia, SC. “Our goal today, find the Noeasy, or Christmas EveL albums because I want them. And Levanter for Lyra. I also may get a couple Seventeen albums if I can find some I really want.”
The pair was walking into the mall now, and one thing Lyra would never get used to is the looks of other people when they see someone vlogging in public. She couldn’t really blame them, she would also be confused and maybe weirded out if she had seen someone vlogging before Lia started doing social media and streaming as a career. 
“Okay, guys, after our first few random stores and a popcorn break, we have made it to the FYE. And here is the selection,” Lia was filming the standard K-pop section the store had, after getting the okay from the manager on duty. 
They had a decent amount, some of the more popular albums and with a healthy selection, The largest amount was BTS albums to no one's surprise, the group was huge and it was one of the easiest to find. 
The girls were a bit disappointed right off the bat, they found the Noeasy album but none of the others in this section of the store. “Okay, they had this one from Stray Kids, but that was it. Oh, look Ateez! I’d get this one, but we both already have it, so not this trip.” Lia showed a Zero: Fever Part. 1 album, at the beginning of the area. 
“Oh, I think Lyra found some more over here,” her assumption was right as she made her way to where Lyra was at a smaller Kpop display, where there were some more Stray Kids albums and the first Seventeen albums they had seen in the store. 
“They have Seventeen, I didn’t see any others over yander. Oh! And they have some lightsticks behind the register,” Lyra pointed out both the album and the lightstick from afar. 
Honestly, they considered the first one a bit of a bust only coming out with one of the albums they were looking for and a seventeen album that Lia had picked up after all. They even joked a bit about getting the random light stick that was in the store, but neither were fans of Super Junior. 
“Okay,” Lyra had taken over the filming for Lia as they had sat back in the car to do an unboxing of the albums Lia purchased. “I’m hoping to get a Han photocard, as always, but I am also looking for Felix to have one of each member. And I know, I know, I could just order everything offline but listen I like the instant gratification that comes with picking them up from the store and our tradition is to open the albums in the car.” 
Lia was slowly opening her album and slapped her hand aggressively down over the photo card not to spoil anything for herself or any viewers. With some caution, Lia slowly pulled all of the cards up, still keeping them hidden from view. 
“Okay, first one….” She paused for dramatic effect before turning the first card over to reveal a picture of Bang Chan. 
“What a cutie, very much love him, but I have like twelve of him,” this was an over-exaggeration, Lia only had three of him but it seemed like she pulled him in every album she got, so every time she got a photo card of him she shouted out some exaggerated number in a fake complaint. 
“And we have, A HAN!” Lia was actually jumping in her seat with excitement over the card. “Look, look, look, my little dude. Hahaha, I could just squish him to bits,” she was yelling but in a way that made Lyra cackle from behind the camera. 
The girls finished the vlog by going to a much smaller Kpop shop in Charlotte and finding a much better selection. They ended up getting everything they had been searching for and matching SKZ keychains. 
Two days later, the LA Vlog was posted and a week after that, the Mall vlog went up. It was considerably shorter than the LA content and honestly, that was fine as Lia was able to do her weekly streams at the moment and was working on the long-form series for when they joined the boys again. 
What neither of them expected was Wooyoung calling Lia at 9 AM the following morning. 
“Hello?” Lia answered the phone, she had only woken up about 10 minutes before so her voice was still rough from her sleep. 
“YAH!” Wooyoung’s shout got even Lyra's attention, who made her way from the kitchen in their apartment to the living room where Lia was.
“What is the matter in here?” Lia just shrugged in response to Lyra's questions, about to ask when Wooyoung started speaking again.
“STRAY KIDS ALBUMS? You traitors, this is the biggest betrayal of my life. You looked at OUR ALBUM, OURS! But you got THREE of theirs, I swear i’m fighting them all the next time I see any of them. I thought you were ATINY. DOES THAT MEAN NOTHING TO YOU?” Wooyoung was still yelling and rapidly switching from English to Korean. 
The girls were dying, they were laughing so hard at the man’s over-dramatic ass. To the point where he could hear their laughter over the phone and Lyra thought she was going to pass out because she couldn’t stop laughing at his reactions. 
“Don’t laugh, I'm serious. Don’t make me get Hongjoongie-hyung to scold you both,” Wooyoung’s threat didn’t scare either of them in the slightest, it was a bluff. It had to be, there was no way that he would actually scold them for buying another group's album and merch. 
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“Oh no,” Lyra said, showing her phone to Lia at the text Hongjoong had just sent in the group chat. He was indeed pissed. They all were a little bit, but he was demanding that Lyra call him so that he can also speak to them. 
Wooyoung, now smug as hell, hung up his call with Lia saying he would let Hongjoong handle them. He was a little too giddy about the fact that his leader was about to scold them, something the rest of their soulmates had experienced at one time or another. 
Was this slight possessiveness hot, absolutely. Were they a little scared of Hongjoong at the moment, very much so. 
Lyra, not wanting to make him any more upset, face-timed Hongjoong. It took one ring before the screen began connecting over to him.
Once the connection was stable, his face appeared on the screen and the look he had was nowhere near amused.
“I was under the impression, the two of you were Atiny? I must have been mistaken,” Hongjoong was very calm, it had both girls' full attention on Lyra’s iPhone. 
“We are Atiny b-'' Lyra tried to explain but Hongjoong just held up a finger when she began to talk. 
“I understand that Stray Kids Make very nice music, Seventeen as well. I have to admit that we are very attached to our Atiny,” Hongjoong paused and pulled back a little, the girls could see several of the other boys sitting near him on the coach he was on. All of them had a similar look on their faces, very serious and stern.
Both girls had several thoughts going through their heads, but the one they had in common was the thought of just how hot they were being jealous. 
“We are even more possessive of each other, I think people have picked up on that here and there, but we do not share well at all. Are we not your favorite idols?” Hongjoong asked them in the same calm manner as before. 
“We understand that you are protective and you are our favorite boys in this whole world,” Lyra began, answering her soulmate, “We are Ainty, but we also are Stays and Carats and Army. We got so incredibly lucky finding all of you, but it may not have happened if we hadn’t also been fans of those other groups.”
Lyra knew the culture was slightly different for K-stans, but she and everyone she knew who were fans of Kpop loved multiple groups. 
“If I hadn't had some very good friends introduce me to a group called GOT7, I never would have spared a second glance to Korean pop. If Lia hadn’t stumbled upon a video of Lee Felix being cute, I never could have convinced her to listen to Ateez. We will always pick you, as our favorite boys, as our choice, believe in you and route for you above all else. I promise that.” Lyra became serious in her last couple of words, they both knew it. 
The boys also picked up on the sincerity of what both of the girls were saying by this. Lia, while not speaking, knew that they understood that it went for both of them. 
“You’re our soulmates, and you work very hard. We will always support your music and cheer you on.” Lia added with a small smile before continuing, “We will stream and vote for you, that is unless you’re up against Stray Kids, then I might have to pull for the other team.” 
All the boys groaned and let out complaints in a mixture of English and Korean, while the girls giggled. 
“I’d vote for you over Stray Kids, but if it were GOT7…” Lyra stopped there with a small grin on her face. 
“Hey, now we can show you our cute tattoos!” Lia said as she shifted some of the bracelets she always wore on her left wrist to show the small symbol on her wrist, it was like the inside of a Nachimbong with the iconic S at the very bottom of the symbol. 
Their faces morphed from understanding to confusion and then Hongjoong made a face, poking his tongue into his cheek. 
Lyra from beside her pulled up her pant leg to show her ankle to show a small green bird there. 
Then without warning, San pulled the phone from Hongjoong’s grasp and began speaking, “When are you going to get Ateez tattoos? Cover those with us.” He wasn’t joking in the slightest but the girls couldn’t stop laughing at the suggestion.  Maybe, just maybe they would think about getting an Ateez tattoo.
They both were shaking their heads in response, they wouldn’t cover up their happy little reminders of their introductions to K-pop. Even as the boys began to make a fuss again, their renewed frustrations, the girls couldn’t take the situation seriously anymore. 
Eventually, Hongjoong just hung up the phone and the boys spent the rest of their night pouting. 
A/N: We will be back with our next chapter soon! Get ready for another round of goodbyes as the girl got to join the boys in Europe then through to Korea.
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everydaydg · 5 months
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So Rhythm Tengoku's arcade port had a different method for handling perfects
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So anyone familiar with the series might know this but rhythm heaven handles perfect attempts in an interest way.
Instead of being able to do a perfect attempt at any time and get rewarded for such at any time.
you can only attempt one while its being marked by the perfect campaign announcement, if done at any other time it just counts as a superb.
that pushes the player to be better in that limited 3 attempt window.
I... am not a big fan of this, I get why its done but have never been a huge fan of it but oh well
This is the standart for the series... except for one entry.
Rhythm Tengoku's Arcade convertion!
So because of the form factor of the arcade version, the usual random perfect attempt selection doesnt really work... sooooo
When performing exceptionally well in a stage, a perfect attempt text will appear at the bottom of the screen while you play.
I... like this approach alot, its sudden, it might surprise the player and it adds tension while not being limited to the perfect campaign announcements!
I know its a limitation of the arcade convertion, thats bound to happen but its still super cool!
A neat oddity that I somewhat wish sticked for the rest of the series...
Ah well I just have to get better at the game haha.
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