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nisuna · 6 months

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I NEED HEAD CANONS ON PERVBEST FRIEND GOJO AND GETO, MAYBE WITH SOME TAG TEAMING🫣🫣🫣🫣 gojo sticking his hand in your bra(with consent) cause he’s,oh!so cold, and your just so so warm. Geto taking questionable pictures of you, your Twinkie had to much cream in it and it oozed on your face, before you even had the chance to wipe the cream off, he takes a picture, all in good “fun”, Geto and Gojo sharing a collection of photos of you. Maybe they came over to your apartment, after a bit hanging out, you go to get food for the 3 of you, one of them gets curious and starts snooping in your room only to find your vibrator or panties, and maybe just maybe they take it with them after you guys get done hanging out, sharing it with each other cause that’s what best friends do! I’m so sorry this is so horny, I was thinking with my choochie 😕😕😕😕

Okay so first of all I definitely DID NOT expect so many people to vote on my poll so thanks for that 😭✋🏻 and over ¼ of you voted for Satosugu tag team so I am here to deliver :^) I changed some things but I hope you still enjoy and I sincerely thank your coochie for coming up with this 🫶🏻 I too must admit that I was writing this with all of my pussy

Thank you for your take!!<3

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~kind of long(?) drabble~ Strictly 18+ Minors DNI

TW: pervy roommates&bff!satosugu, questionable consent at some parts but it's all good in the end, panty stealing, groping, vaginal double penetration, nipple play, marking, biting, hickeys, noncon picture taking, jerking off, it's just very messy and nasty, they start off very mean but they actually really do like you a lot<3, use of good girl, baby, angel, smut with fluff, aftercare

When your two best friends first suggested moving in together you didn't think much of it. You've known each other for a long time and they've always been very kind and helpful. You hang out together all the time anyway, so of course you said yes! And the first few weeks were fine, but then you noticed panties going missing and when you asked them if they saw them anywhere, they just shrugged blaming the washing machine/dryer. Sus, but you didn't think much of it, you trusted them.

You did notice them getting more touchy with you though. Their hands straying to your boobs and ass when they hugged you around the house. The first time Satoru put his hand in your bra you told him off but he just whined that his hands were so cold and you were so warm. Sus. They made you sit on their laps, especially when you were eating something cream filled, bouncing their leg and catching you off guard smearing the cream all over your face. As you went so wipe it off they stopped you, only to stick their fingers in your mouth and snap a quick pic.

And if you dared to speak up they shushed you and said that it's just friends having fun with each other. "Relax, it's not that serious." You thought it was quite serious, but you kept that to yourself for the sake of your friendship. They surely cared about you a lot, right?

Oh boy you had no idea just how much they cared about you. They were highkey obsessed. They obviously always liked you a lot, that's why you were friends afterall. But after moving in with you they realized that they liked you way more than they were anticipating. Of course it was them who stole your panties, breathing in your scent and using the fabric to jerk their throbbing cocks off. And the just for fun pictures they took, oh they had a whole album of them. You didn't even notice most of them being taken. And they made sure to always exchange them with each other if they got some new material.

During movie nights they had you squished between their bodies, one of them softly caressing and squeezing the fat of your thighs, while the other was playing with the hem of your tiny shorts. They liked to think that you wore them especially for them, exchanging knowing grins while your eyes were focused on the tv screen in front of you.

You were just too cute not to tease. Especially when your breath hitched as their fingers got dangerously close to your core. Or when you were clutching onto their shirts when their hot breath and lips hit your neck making you squirm. And after the first time they made you cum, they knew they were hooked. And when they finally had sex with you for the first time, they swore they fell in love. You were so cute and obedient and just so so soft. They loved watching you squirm as you tried to take them like a good girl. To your surprise, most of the time they were really gentle with you while praising you throughout their thrusts.

They both fucked you on their own the first time, but slowly tried to get you used to them both being there. The first few times it was one of them fucking you while the other just watched, dick throbbing in their hand and finishing with cumming on your face or tits. They were also very big on aftercare, spoiling you with anything you needed and praising you for taking them like a champ.

But one day they just couldn't help themselves and thought of a pretty little surprise for you. Suguru told you that he had to leave to run some errands, leaving you alone with Satoru, which ended with you on your side while Satoru was pounding into you from behind on your shared bed.

"'Toruuu~ feel so good you're so deep- ah"

"Yeah? Feels good right, look I'm in your fucking tummy, baby. You're so tiny. 'Can feel myself all the way in there", he whispered as he splayed his hand out over your lower stomach, kissing along the expanse of your neck.

You were too caught up in the moment to even pay attention that Suguru had not left at all and was listening to both of you through the closed door, already undressed waiting for his cue.

"Baby?"

"Hmm?", you mewled arching your back as he played with one of your hardened nipples.

"Can you keep your eyes closed for me for a bit? I want to try something out. Oh, and lift your leg a bit. Thats it, good girl", he praised while holding your leg up by the knee. The new angle making you feel light headed.

You were too fucked out to notice the door opening and closing as a certain someone slipped inside the room. He had to hold back a gasp when he saw you splayed out like this. Completely bare, looking insanely soft and spread wide open just for them. Satoru and him exchanged a look and he slowly made his way over to where the two of you were laying. When the bed dipped under his weight next to you, your eyes opened.

"Hi pretty," he pecked your lips.

"Nnngh Suguru are you back already? I thought you were- ah", you gasped as Satoru rolled his hips into you expertly.

"I never left, angel. We wanted to surprise you."

"Surprise me how?" you questioned mouth slightly hanging open and pupils blown wide open.

"We think you're ready to take us both. Would you like to try that, hm? If it hurts too bad we can stop."

You hesitated. Take them both? How? Your questions were answered as you felt Suguru's member prod at your etrance.

"I don't think I can-"

"Oh sure you can, you're so wet. Don't worry, we'll make it fit. You're such a big girl, I'm sure you can take two cocks in your pussy. It's gonna feel so good, I promise."

You were skeptical, but the thought did make you gush around Satoru. He kissed your neck for reassurance as Suguru went to cup your breast, fondling it softly. You felt so nervous, but safe at the same time. You trusted them, so you nodded your head letting out a breathless, "Okay, I'm ready."

"We'll take this slow, we got you."

The first stretch almost make you scream as you slung your arm around Suguru, scratching his back in the process while hiding in the crook of his neck

As soon as they both bottomed out he whispered against your hair, "Shhh it's fine, you're fine. Tell us when you're ready for us to move."

You took a couple of deep breaths trying to adjust to the extreme stretch. After a while you finally nodded and they slowly picked up their pace.

Suguru tried to kiss your pain away swallowing all of your whines in a deep kiss.

"You're doing so well for us, such a good girl.", Satoru whispered against the nape of your neck. And as you felt tears swelling, Suguru made sure to wipe them away smiling at you gently.

After a while it did start feeling incredible you were huffing and puffing as they both moved in sync stuffing you to the brim.

"Feels good", you moaned against Suguru's lips, "more, want more!" And it made you squirm as you felt Satoru suck a deep hickey into the side of your neck.

"Such a greedy girl. But see, I promised we'd make you feel good."

"Yeah, you're so tight and wet for us, good girl. Such a good girl for taking two big cocks so well."

"Want you to fill me up.. please and 'want to cum! Want to cum on your perfect cocks, please make me cum."

Your moans really got to their heads as they picked up the pace fucking into you harder than before.

"Yeah? Wanna cum? Of course we're gonna make you cum, how could we not if you beg so nicely."

"And we're gonna fill you up to the brim, make you nice and plump." with that Satoru moved his hand from your leg to your clit, rubbing thick circles into it, which made you see stars. They were hitting all of the right spots and you felt yourself getting close.

"'m gonna cum, gonna cum, gonna-!!"

And you swore you saw hearts in Suguru's eyes as soon as you clamped down on their cock, creaming all over them and letting out the lewdest moan they have ever heard you make.

"Ah, holy shit. So good, you're so good for us. Oh my god." Suguru praised as they both continued to fuck you through your high, Satoru's fingers not leaving your clit. You felt yourself get overstimulated as you grabbed onto Suguru's arms digging your nails into them.

"'S too much I can't, I can't-"

"Shh you're almost there, you got it, just a little more."

You bit down on your lip, moaning in the rhythm of their thrusts. But you definitely didn't expect another orgasm to come your way.

"Shit! I think I'm gonna cum again, please don't stop 'Toru.. please dont!!"

"Like hell I would!", he slurred. His arm was starting to burn from the tension, but his rhythm didn't falter, rubbing you through your second high.

And at the feeling if your your tight cunt convulsing around their cocks they lost themselves, filling you up to the brim with their warm cum.

"Oh god I'm so full, it's all the way in my womb, gooood" you cried against Suguru's shoulder as he pulled you close and kissed the top of your head.

Satoru kissed the back of your head as the three of you stayed like this for a while, basking in each other's warmth.

You were the first to break the silence, trying to peel yourself from their grasps, "Okay enough.. ah I feel so sticky and uncomfy", you whined. They only chuckled at you being so adorable. Eventually, Satoru was the first to pull out and get up from the bed.

"I'll go make a bath ready and get you a glass of water."

You nodded with a weak smile, feeling Suguru pull out of you as well, but still keeping your body close while stroking your hair.

"Were you comfortable? Did it hurt a lot?"

"At first yes, it hurt quite a bit..", you sighed. "But then it felt really good, I liked it a lot. Thank you for the surprise."

Suguru chuckled against your head, "You're welcome, glad you liked it. I'm very proud of you by the way. You did such a good job."

You felt your cheeks heat up at his praise, but you let out a groan at his next words.

"Sooo.. any positions you'd like to try next?"

And with perfect timing Satoru walked right in on your conversation. "Are you plotting a round two without me??!, he fake gasped, which only earned him a pillow right in his face, almost spilling the glass of water he brought for you.

"Definitely not right now!!"

But it also made you smile at how well you all got along, you were definitely looking forward to your future with them.

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ghouljams · 5 months

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Hey there! I recently reread your Crybaby fic (the horror was so descriptive and cleverly psychological! had me on edge throughout the whole story all over again) and I hope you don't mind if send you this big ask!! But I would really like to know what meaning their relationship has, especially from Threat's perspective. If I remember right I saw you answer an ask (must have been months ago) about Threat tapping when Crybaby blocked off their advances – so Threat does have a sort of ownership sense over Crybaby, but is there more to it? (the ring scene was cute; Threat feels generally very touchy-feely, boundary pushing) Did they scare Crybaby on purpose, for the paranoia and emotional terror? (I'm assuming they stalked Crybaby too, on campus and near the forest) I also love the way Crybaby is not completely oblivious to Threat's weird behaviour and is pretty 'lucid'/suspicious/aware? for someone who get terrorised and tapped the shit out of their mind. I'd love it if you could share some thoughts about that, I'm very curious, this work has been haunting me in the best way possible! I'm obsessed with this OC, (although both are really polished characters!!) was Threat limited to only this main piece of work or could there potentially be more? (the bar one was great too, I'm getting antsy just thinking about the different endings) –Lots of love!!!

Oh my god you're so kind, I am so deeply proud of the Crybaby fic and I'm glad it's still getting love. I feel like I'm at a con panel rn ehehehe :D I'm going to do my best to answer your questions in a way that makes sense, and doesn't devolve into me just rambling <3

What's the meaning of their relationship(especially from Threat's perspective)?

This is actually a little complicated but I'm going to do my best. For Crybaby, Threat is a close friend and potentially a lover. We hear from Threat that they've done this dance(Crybaby running) multiple times and that Crybaby has attempted to be understanding in multiple cases, but Threat either broke the rules or didn't want to follow them and tapped her. In my mind Crybaby and Threat would have grown into lovers if Threat was just a little more careful with their spooky shit(which I think is nicely shown by the ring scene, they're comfortable with each other and intimate, but there's that tense horror beneath the surface). For Threat... I think they love Crybaby. Genuinely I think they love her, they just don't know how to love someone properly. That's why they work so hard to keep her around, to keep her placid and tapped. Threat could eat Crybaby at any point and they would rather keep her around, and stay close to her. I think Threat is in love and doesn't know how to handle it so they keep trying to start over and get it right.

2. Did they scare Crybaby on purpose, for the paranoia and emotional terror?

Nope! Crybaby caught Threat organically, and then Threat started running damage control. Threat plays pretty fast and loose with what they are, and they got a little too comfortable with Crybaby's routine. That said, I do think Threat sort of... enjoyed Crybaby's fear. I think Threat limits their scares to a quick "boo" or just being quiet around the house. The sort of "Oh I didn't see you there" scare that normal people engage in. They didn't show their fae form or do any of the big scares on purpose(Crybaby was not supposed to wake up and see them messing with her tethers...)

3. Was Threat limited just to this piece or will there be more?

I have more planned for Threat! I have had to put them on the back burner because writing for them is a LOT, but I do have more stories planned for them. They were originally conceptualized as Soap's darling, so I want to write a few pieces with the two of them interacting more. I also just really enjoy their interactions with Crybaby so I want to do more of those too. I just haven't had any ideas pan out so they're cooking in the kiln rn, but they'll be back <3

4. I also love Crybaby's vague awareness that shit is happening. I think it adds a lot to her character that she ISN'T clueless, but can't do anything to save herself. And I think it's closer to what most people would do in a horror movie than we'd all like to believe. Sure you can notice the tropes, and feel on edge, but at the end of the day you don't know whether there's actually a killer or if you've just concocted one in your mind because you've watched too many movies.

Lots of love to you too!! I'm so glad you enjoyed the fic, thank you for sharing your thoughts with me and letting me answer your questions!!

#ghoul speaks #x oc #oc: Threat #oc: Crybaby #I love these two #they're so bad for each other and yet they're so good for each other

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cgspirl · 2 years

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Regarding Antlers (Spoilers for NOPE [2022])

Working on a video essay for 'Nope' and I ended up ranting on Discord about Antlers, so I'm gonna post it here, unedited for the Full Effect™️ of the brain damage Mr. Jordan Peele has inflicted on my churning little brain:

ALSO. antlers. antlers is such an interesting character because he comes off as like. the apathetic, jaded remains of someone who is a hollywood legend, who never wanted to be a hollywood legend, who just. now has to live with that because that's just how it is.

and on the surface? yeah! that's antlers holst. but frankly there's more to him than just. grizzled jaded cinematographer who was going to fuck everything up for everyone because he's a selfish artistic prick.

to make a long comparison short he's like o.j. down to earth (heh), no-nonsense, straightfoward type of guy who knows what to do within his field of expertise and only wants to do his job and be left alone to do that job

unfortunately, because he is someone that can be commodified by hollywood (cinematographer), unlike o.j. who can't (animal-wrangler), he's stuck in the claws of the fame machine even though he doesn't want to be.

a big thing i noticed on my rewatch was the purple people eater scene. at first, it comes off as threatening and ominous, like a warning; and then you put it in perspective of who the fuck he's actually talking to. these 'kids' (grown adults but antlers is old n therefore probably refers to anyone younger than him as 'kids') have already been through the worst of it. all that's left to do it pull it off. think about it in perspective of the lyrics, specifically the verse he chose to recite:

'tree' of course. not being an obvious tree but rather being a reference to the mountains jj resides in; but the specific one is the "i wouldn't eat you / 'cause you're too tough" because. because they're quite literally the protagonists. they are too tough to eat because of plot armor. this was quite literally antlers' strange artistic way of saying how much he believes in them because he sees them as 'too tough' for jean jacket to eat. they'll outsmart it. they'll outpace it. n by god they'll get the impossible shot.

also extremely important to me that antlers a) predicts his own death and b) always stands away from the group, which can symbolize both him being an outsider AND his foreshadowed death. i also think it's very important to mention (because so many people have been so quick to write it off as 'selfish' or 'stupid') how antlers dies.

if you watch the scene before the run, antlers takes. some sort of cocktail of medication while angel watches both vaguely concerned and confused but ultimately chooses not to say anything because frankly. well frankly it's none of his business whatever they've got shit to do.

now they get the shot! they get the shot, everyone's celebrating, overjoyed they got it! except antlers. antlers comments on the light, how it's going to be magic soon.

remember he joined this operation late; to him, he hadn't done enough to fully like. constitute his contribution (despite bringing the equipment that actually allowed this come to fruition but to him that isn't enough. it's not enough. he has to get the impossible shot. the shot that will finally, finally prove to himself that he is, in fact, the artistic genius hollywood claims he is. but instead of getting it right there, with angel and the equipment near by, he chooses to walk away, to distance himself from angel, the equipment, and essentially the rest of the group. why? he didn't want to put them in danger.

what he was about to do was essentially suicide! fuck he even leaves angel with a warning before he goes: "Don't worry Angel, it's gonna be alright. We don't deserve the impossible."

|now a lot of people have imposed this 'we' as antlers referring to the group, but frankly? i 100% he was talking about himself and hollywood as a whole. they don't deserve the impossible; they'd just squander it. these kids? these kids do. these kids have put their asses on the line far more than any big wig hollywood anybody has in his lifetime; they deserve the impossible.

granted, if he'd been less cryptic, angel's stupid ass probably wouldn't have followed him up and nearly gotten himself killed by that's neither here nor there at this point tbh THE POINT IS. antlers knew exactly what he was doing (give or take on account of The Meds:tm:) and wasn't going to let those kids get hurt for him to do so because, at the end of the day, it wasn't them who had anything to prove to hollywood; it was him.

tl;dr antlers is a weird cryptic old man who might've been on a lot of drugs but his heart was (kinda) in the right place

#nope #nope movie #nope 2022 #antlers holst #o.j. haywood #em haywood #character analysis #he's MY shitty old man and I get to analyze the fuck outta him #i love him so much #artist to artist communication (literally)#like. i get it! 100%#my weird old artist man #i love him #nope spoilers #jordan peele #jordan peele nope #jordan peele movies

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Would it be a major turn off if a character, in a world where almost everyone has magic, only had a few chances before they have to cause like actual bodily harm in order to continue using it?

Some additional context I have to justify it are that 1. It's almost OP and I need some things to balance it out. Like, it's literally immortality that's kinda like save points, just done so it isn't completely videogame style (since that world isn't a video game) 2. Most people's powers do have side effects. However, to be fair, they're supposed to make sense (e.g. former protagonist has fire powers, so she's also heat resistant but is naturally very hot, so cold hurts more before it heats up and she can't touch things that need cold because she can't just switch off the heat, or one that's probably more cliche but they've got super strength and don't know how much force they're actually applying, gentle to them still is pretty rough a lot of the time, etc), and I'm not sure if having to actually injure yourself is a good side effect to near-immortality 3. She also has a sort of healing ability doubled with it, where no matter how awful the injury it heals in 24 hours (like from light paper cut to the loss of a limb, it is always 24 hours, it just made more sense to me that way), so as long as she stops the bleeding she'll be fine the next day But then I feel like it's a bit too much since 1. She would lose any motive to use it - she doesn't worry about death, so with the injury and pain it'd likely just be like adding 0+-1 when you're trying to get 2 (if that makes sense), 2. She's in single-digits still, so it'd be a child harming themself because they don't want to die, which while the tone is definitely supposed to get dark at some point I feel like that might just be a bit much both to read and to write, and 3. There's already another balance in place - if she dies, she'll appear back at the last "save" (considering it's inspired by video games that's the quickest way to describe it), and will lose any memory or development that happened in-between. It also only lasts ~a month so that she won't be completely immortal, she has to keep redoing it if she wants to be. So she'd physically and mentally revert back to up to a month ago, in the exact place she was no matter what happened there in-between, no matter where she's been or what she's learned in-between. Still debating whether or not there should be a way to regain the memories or not.

I'm also not sure if I actually want to give her another reason to hesitate to use it, or if it's just because I like letting characters suffer in my head, but the story isn't going to just be in my head so I want it to be actually fun instead of just agony lol. I don't want my story to be too affected by my sadism exclusively reserved for fictional characters.

Sorry it's long and probably awkward, and that it probably has way too much info when I just needed a little bit, I just want to write my story (and current protagonist) decently and not be TOO harsh on the characters. While the way I wrote probably made it kinda clear which way I'm thinking of going, I just wanted an outsider opinion that I trust before choosing one way or the other. Sorry if it's too uncomfortable or morbid or anything, idk where else to ask and I'm embarrassed to ask people I know irl (personal issues 💀)

Thank you for reading this whole ask, sorry again about how long it is!

Bodily Harm as Consequence of Magic Use

I feel like "bodily harm" is really broad and random consequence of using magic. So... after a few uses, if the character uses magic again, their arm or leg just randomly breaks? Or a huge gash opens up on their back? It doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

Typically, the consequences of magic are more logical:

-- Physical fatigue (lots of energy coursing through your body) -- Mental fatigue (extreme focus, quick thinking, mental stress) -- Loss of source (source of magic is limited so lost once used up) -- Harm to other (someone/something related is harmed by use)

You would typically choose one of these consequences (though physical and mental fatigue often go hand-in-hand), then the extent of the consequence is greater with the power/amount of magic used. In other words, a smaller spell has a smaller consequence. A bigger spell has a bigger consequence. A small spell would cause a little bit of physical exhaustion. A big spell would cause the person to pass out for a little while.

If you can find some way for the injuries to make sense, then you could still do that. But I would also add the consequence that injuries incurred via magic use don't heal in 24 hours. And while injured, no magic can be used. That way there's an actual cost to using magic too often. It's not just a superficial cost like an injury. They're putting themselves in the position of being powerless until the injury heals naturally.

I hope that helps!

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paperlovesadness · 1 year

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do you think “jet skis on the moat” and “body paint” are about miles? or just “jet skis…”?

Heyyy

Oh my goodness. I'm so so sorry for how late I'm responding to this! I remember leaving it aside because I knew I could sit down and write a whole big answer, but then it kind of escaped my mind. But I'm here now! And will make up for it with probably another novel-length answer 🙈

Disclaimers are always: this is for fun. This is one of a million possible interpretations and even I have a lot of those in my head but just choose the 'loudest' one to share. (Sometimes I'll publish an analysis and then have a million new ideas about the song one day when listening to it. Nothing is fixed). This is based a lot on "vibes" cause it's so hard to understand the The Car songs, man.

Okay - so firstly, like I always say with The Car - I do believe that album is first and foremost extremely introspective. And Alex likes to say or suggest in interviews that there isn't too much straight up references to his actual life in there... Now I don't completely believe that? He just definitely doesn't want to talk about them (as usual).

What I see in there is a jumble of emotions and feelings and self-reflection - perhaps done in a less straightforward way than he would do previously. Maybe he did it more instinctively? But there's a strong feeling it is there.

So I do think most songs are just... about Alex's inner workings and feelings (also perhaps why it seems more abstract?) - but do some of those have the potential to refer to a very important and seemingly complicated, undefined relationship in his life? I do believe so.

Body Paint - I've tried looking at from different perspectives. And I'm not sure I found enough to connect it to Miles.

Although - there's a mysterious little detail that I've been overthinking for a while - which is this recurring theme of paint in a few songs. This is probably a prime example of my useless overthinking (and Alex would probably laugh about these sorts of connections being made) - but have you ever noticed:

There's still a trace of body paint On your legs and on your arms and on your face

Exactly the wrong time in exactly the wrong place. Save it for a rainy day. Baby, you go hard in the paint

Or are you just happy to sit there and watch while the paint job dries?

(Body Paint // Anyways // Jet Skis on the Moat)

So like do Jet Skis connect somehow with Body Paint (and Anyways) in themes? 👀

Who knows. But that's just a side observation 😅

Now Jet Skis - Jet Skis being connected to Miles possibly maybe I can see a bit more. With lyrics like:

Come over here and give your buddy a hug

So much for deciding not to let it slide

Because? You know our Milex brains work on overdrive hearing stuff like that. Can it be about anything? Yep. Does it bring to mind a certain someone whose been this man's favorite hug buddy? Also yup. Now extrawild theory territory:

"Deciding not to let it slide" kind of makes me think of how perhaps they've maybe established some new boundaries after crossing a bit too many. Like perhaps one of them went and "killed the joke" they had going in (👀) and after that some boundaries were set. Not letting more-than-friendly things happen. Not letting shit like that slide anymore... Until the next time (so much for that resolution!)

Lights out in the Wonder Park

Your saw-toothed lover boy was quick off the mark

That's long enough in the sunshine for one night

To me lights out in the wonder park is a sad image of something gone by. A wondrous place (jeez. Reference not even intended here) full of fun and joy - but the lights need to go off at some point. It's not real life; it's somewhere you can only go for so long before returning to reality.

Saw-toothed lover boy was probably what grabbed a bunch of people's attention? Miles' crooked, endearing smile (before he straightened his teeth) was something he was known for. And something Alex commented on himself I do believe a few times. (I also do know saw-toothed isn't crooked-toothed. It just sort of evokes that image to me?)

Long enough in the sunshine for one night - to me brings to mind the image of someone being given the full attention they want/deserve. But for some reason can't entirely own. (I can be yours tonight, but not tomorrow type of vibes. That's all we can have - then it's back to "real life". Lights out in the wonder park)

I don't know about the pajama pants and Subbuteo cloke. It for sure evokes childhood imagery. So maybe refers to some specific childhood story? Maybe it's about Alex. Maybe someone told him that they did that in their childhood for fun. Who knows.

And then come the super sad parts?

You know that it's alright if you wanna cry

is obviously so sad even if I can't place it anywhere specific context-wise. (Also seems to evoke Body Paint a bit with "Do your time traveling through the tanning booth So you don't let the sun catch you crying" and "I'm watching your every move I feel the tears are coming on")

And then:

Is there somethin' on your mind

Or are you just happy to sit there and watch

While the paint job dries?

When it's over, you're supposed to know

Okay - so what if paint is some specific metaphor? I haven't found a good enough theory for what that could be (would love to hear your thoughts if you agree and have ideas!) (though... i mean in Body Paint itself there's some interesting theories 👀 not sure it works with the rest though). And now... Watching it dry signifies the end or hibernation of something. But then "when it's over you're supposed to know" - kind of suggests like that ending isn't something that the person it refers to is ready to accept. It still seems like an open possibility. Like one side is still hoping.

As though it's the last time you're gonna ride

Is also sad - suggests something seeming like it's ending. It's the last time. But then there's that "as though". Like an open possibility, hope of it not really being true.

But damn; this is a big mess! Because The Car songs are so hard to analyze, they're so abstract. I can definitely see what Alex has been saying about focusing more on the melody and the emotions it evokes and lyrics kind of being an extension of that. Taking a backseat for a second (hehe. Car pun. Not even intended).

It would seem the album that's set on the actual moon would be as mixed up and tough to decipher as if gets but nope! Alex took up the challenge of cranking it up a notch. Because of course he did.

Anyway. I hope any of this makes sense and/or resonates with someone and their thoughts about this song 💛

Thank you for the question, sorry for the delay!

Sending good energy your way! 💫

#ask #song theory #lyric analysis #The Car album #Jet Skis on the Moat

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Unpopular opinion: I think Zodiac Academy has PHENOMENAL writing. The prose maybe not so much and I understand some things are very silly. I get there’s a lot of “unnecessary” pages and povs. But I totally disagree when I see people saying the books are bad and are only skim reading for bluelance and tory and darius. I love the plot and I love how it builds from silliness in book 1 to epic battles and evil tyrants up to book 8. I love the way all the characters have developed thus far. I love the themes that have played out throughout the story. I love the worldbuilding. To me it’s clear the authors put a lot of thought into everything and the plot is plotting. It seems very well planned out. I struggle to find many plot holes whereas with *ahem* other authors there’s a plot hole every chapter. Do I wish the books were like 300 pages shorter sure but do I think they’re still 10/10 overall yes!

Same! I know they overwrite, BUT, their world building is solid. It's not complicated, but the way they even introduce certain things, as if we learn them like the twins--from nothing, is so smart. Unlike SJM, who dumped 100 pages of info without any real explanation in CC, in ZA it's done as a lesson, simple, quick, with a thoughtful explanation. And suddenly you just get it.

Also, the development of characters is pretty amazing. Every single person in the world hated Seth for 4 books straight. And the fact that they managed to make him one of the most beloved characters by now is actually remarkable.

He is so beyond universally hated for so long and then the shift is so organic, and so well done, that he becomes a reasonably good dude, while still staying Seth. They've not changed anyone's personalities too, which I think is an achievement that few authors can pull off. Orion doesn't become sweet and sensible and gentle. He is still a massive asshole, yet you just...get him. He still throws coconuts at students' heads.

I've read pretty much all of their books, far beyond ZA, and what they can do over and over again is maintain the integrity of their characters. They don't suddenly become 'good'. You follow their actions and they begin to make sense and you understand what drives them, but they don't fundamentally change, which to me, as a writer, is actually very difficult to do, and I admire that ability.

Also they can wring emotions out of their readers like nobody's business.

I don't care if people judge me, but I love ZA. It's my home. I never felt the need to write ZA fanfiction because I never needed to change anything about the characters or the story. To me, it's nearly perfect as it is.

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hexiewrites · 1 year

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on eddie not apologizing in carve your name:

I got a comment on carve your name into my chest that really had me buzzing (in a good way!) with thoughts about character development, and I wrote out a whole reply explaining where I was coming from and figured it may be worth sharing too.

I've seen the take that eddie gets off 'easy' at the end of carve. he never really apologizes to steve for how he's treated, and at the end of the fic doesn't really have consequences for this. steve has grovelled and apologized and done something on a huge public stage, and eddie... well. he's been a little shit.

I love seeing people pick up on that, because it was something I did with a lot of intention! when you write from single character POV interactions like this can often feel unbalanced, especially if we feel connected to one character more than the other. but all of carve was written with both of their ongoing development and feelings strongly in my mind. the sequel is going to touch on this a lot, and there are hints as to what's to come in my answer to the comment I got, so stop here if you don't want any inkling (but still want to know that yes, eddie is going to have a lot of his own making up to do). otherwise, enjoy this unrestrained ramble on my character choices.

(oh, and also: serious spoilers for carve your name below! read at your own peril!)

off the bat: Eddie needing to apologize for how he treated steve is definitely going to come up (more than once) in the sequel. we're going to get some insight into the character development steve has gone through (and if you read the prequel, i hope you can see how much he's a different person in THIS fic compared to that), and these boys are going to need to spend a really solid amount of time working through where they are as people and how they've treated each other (on both ends). eddie definitely has a lot of apologizing to do and is going to really need to prove to steve that he has grown and changed, and is still growing. steve definitely still has wounds from the way eddie has treated him (aka: as disposable), though steve has also made choices in this fic that are going to have serious repercussions.

ultimately, eddie absolutely makes a bad call here when he kicks steve out and refuses to listen to him, and he focuses so hard on all of steve's faults that he really ignores his own (as we often do when fighting with someone who riles us up). but the thing is: he mades a bad call because he has been hurt over and over, and he is STILL hurting with the fact that steve just kind of wants to gloss over everything and go back to their previous arrangement, when it has substantially changed eddie's life. don't forget he's also got brenner over his head and he is terrified of losing his career, so he's trying to take brenner's warning to heart, he just isn't very good at communication (all characters in this fic need therapy should be a tag, huh?).

at the end of the day, we have two characters here with their own faults, insecurities, and struggles. steve (as we'll get into in the sequel!) has his own self worth problems and has always been one to try to smooth over problems and just 'get back to normal' even if it's no longer working for the people around him (see: his breakup with nancy in canon). he is going to need eddie to prove that he's in it, that he wants this as much as steve did. eddie's got faults too, he's a hair trigger who's quick to jump and slower to think through the way his actions read. his original plan here was to sit down and talk to steve after the game but when steve changes things with the kiss, well, he gets caught up.

for me this was a good stopping point because it marks a solid conclusion of eddie's arc (from their first encounter where he still thinks he hates steve, through all these issues of his interpretation of steve's sexuality and fear of being outed, working through what it means for eddie to be queer and out in hockey not on his own terms, etc). steve taking the steps to fix it, to prove to eddie that he's all in, is what eddie needed to conclude this arc, to know that steve is going to stick it out even when it's really really hard.

but it's not the end of their character development, and in a lot of ways this marks the beginning of a huge change for steve. in the background of this fic he's spent a lot of time coming to terms with his sexuality and he thinks that this is going to "fix" it and solve their problems, but he's just opened himself up to a lot of issues and he's going to need eddie to reassure him and support him as they deal with the (absolutely massive) problems that coming out like this is going to cause them.

anyways, phew. tldr: eddie absolutely has apologizing to do, and a lot to make up for and to prove to steve that he is as in it as he is in his head. but steve has more things to overcome too, and they will hurt each other again (as humans do!) before they figure things out. they have a lot to get through as a couple in the sequel, from BOTH sides. I've tried to write this whole verse as balanced as I can (though having single character POV can often make things feel less balanced, even if they're not!) and that's going to continue to be a theme in the sequel.

#carve your name into my chest #steddie hockey au #steddie hockey fic #PHEW this was a lot #i was just so excited to have someone catch this and i wanted to go through where i was coming from with this choice #hex is writing #hex writes stuff #meta analysis of my own fic #i loved getting to write all this out haha

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semi-sketchy · 7 months

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I did it. I'm done with the Final Horizon.

The side stories...alright did anyone else run into issues where voice lines would randomly not play or was that just me? I had to keep reloading saves because it would glitch and be dead silent for like 10 seconds until the next audio file came up.

I heard lots of people didn't really like the writing in this update, but it really was just more of the same from Frontiers. Nothing scenes with poor character voice. Yeah, there were bad lines, but base game had those, too. The cyber corruption Sonic's friends go through is also just as meaningless here as it was in base game.

The biggest part I didn't like was how much this felt like an afterthought, which is because it WAS an afterthought. I didn't think the base ending was spectacular, but it also felt more in line with how the rest of the story was built.

Here, the first cutscene literally just tries to undo the Rhea island scene and everything is so tacked on. Sonic's friends face cyber corruption from interacting with cyberspace? But they're also TRAPPED in cyberspace, so why is this any different to what they've been doing? Weren't they technically helping Sonic get the Emeralds on the other islands, hence getting Emerald rewards for quests?

It's just a lot of fluff masking this basic "earn the respect of the Ancient's pilots to get a new super form that can deal with The End" and...alright. I've never been concerned over power scaling. You don't NEED to go bigger and better every time, all you have to do is make me care about the stakes and you have a good narrative. That final battle made regular Super Sonic look like a pussy so Hyper Sonic Super Sonic 2 could look so much more powerful. And I know why. This is the exact thing Ian Flynn said he wanted, only he skirted around the no Hyper decision by just changing Sonic's eye color.

But really, you have invincible Super Sonic here, WINCING and getting his hands YANKED AROUND by the cyber energy.

TWO ISLANDS AGO he was swinging a giant sword.

But now, he can't even DENT the boss without this power up. This either makes Super Sonic look weak or this stupidly easy titan tied to a rock mightier than a god.

The Sonic X reference though wasn't lost on me and I admit, I thought it was cool. Even if Super Sonic with blue eyes is a bit uncanny.

The fight itself though is...not very well choreographed. I lost my first attempt and still kinda fumbled around because I had no idea what I was supposed to do. Seriously, when was quick cyloop EVER useful in one of these fights? And now I'm required to do it twice with the penalty of failing being forced to redo the Supreme fight AGAIN?

This is a case where Sonic's friends would've been helpful. I know, I know, I got sick of "THAT LOOKS LIKE A HOMING SHOT" very quickly, but a little thing like "Sever that connection!" or "It's down! Get the gun!" would've helped.

Though, I liked the fight alright and it certainly had the spectacle Supreme lacked.

New music was good, though! The vocal theme for I'm With You is 10x better than Dear Father and I LOVED the I'm Here remix.

Overall, I'm...conflicted. I don't think I liked the update? Really I'm trying to recall having fun with it at any point. There were a few cool moments, the Cyclone having that fuck u laser from SA2 was definitely one, but there wasn't a high point, it was just baseline and lower.

It really upset me at a few points and I couldn't even get performatively angry, it broke me and I was just sad, though I kept going. I think I've grown numb to the bullshit. Really, this was just more of Frontiers with some added jank and difficulty.

The worst parts were challenges 2 and 5. Aside from that, there's not really difficulty as much as bullshit and cheap design. Even my brother came in and asked why they stuck this platform you have to glide to at an angle that causes you to slide off. I rage quit 4-H because they ask you to do PRECISE platforming on tiny angled boxes. With physics that make that near impossible. That's bullshit design and not a difficulty issue.

Also, who thought the rescuing animal objectives were a good idea? ESPECIALLY IN 4-H. There's a glitch where when Sonic gets the animal to safety, he stays stuck in carrying mode which means low jump, no boost, double jump, homing attack, you're basically dead in the water. It goes away at certain points, so maybe this was intentional, but also, seriously?

This was a FREE CONTENT UPDATE that they announced a month before it got pushed out, so why was it rushed so badly that the physics sliders don't even work properly for the extra characters?

At the end of the day though, replaying base Frontiers right before this and running into the EXACT same problems made me realize that it's just more of the same. Base Frontiers has some big faults and pretty BS design, it's just dialed up to 11 here.

I don't want to play Frontiers again, much less this update.

#sonic frontiers spoilers #sonic frontiers #the final horizon #sassy plays sonic

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feralmoonlight · 2 years

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Ohhh, all of your Under the Horizon posts look soooo cool!! Your designs are EXQUISITE (as with the rest of your art which I am absolutely FUMING I haven't mentioned before because Hello I Am Shaking) and even though you said you might not have a BUNCH planned, I would love to hear any miscellaneous ideas you're keeping. IF you would like to share, of course. I love sitting in here and hearing rambles :) 🌻

You want lore??? You want story tidbits??? I have good and bad news! Bad news is, I had an idea that I no longer fully remember, but said idea was loose at best, and has been scrapped. GOOD news is, I'm rebuilding this thing from the ground up and realized the first run was basically watered down goop with no real substance aside from Mer Bois Go BRRRRR --- SO ok, where to start... UH... First up, have this horribly jotted down blurb about what the boys are that half turns into writing brain taking over near the end~

Mmmm YN is... I don't want to say depressed per say, but in recent years life has thrown a lot of bad their way with not too much good. They're kind of done with people, and the few people they were on good terms with have kind of fallen off. They're stuck, and the rut they're in doesn't really give them many ways of dragging themselves out without some kind of shoulder to lean on. The choice of throwing themself into the water when there might be something lurking out there isn't so much a way to seek an end, but more one of the few things that gives them a sense of exhilaration of actually living again. They love the ocean, and they're fascinated with the creatures they KNOW are out there. But they've only caught glimpses. There's a chance they'll be safe, kind of like swimming with sharks isn't necessarily dangerous if you don't present yourself like food. They aren't HUGE huge, they think, but they don't know how big they really are, or how many. It's risky, but the kind of risk that gets your blood pumping. Sun and Moon are, behavior wise, probably more sea lion/leopard seal grade curious/dangerous? Curious enough to approach with intent, large enough to do damage if they want to. But they're more generally territorial. First meet isn't gonna go smooth. But it's not going to be bad enough to deter YN from wanting to get closer to them again, though maybe with more controlled circumstances. The same meeting is gonna make Sun far more curious, while Moon will have his standoffish 'get the fuck out of my territory' attitude. Both know humans tend to be bad news, but this human is behaving strangely. There's no boat, no nets, no means of hunting them. It just keeps throwing itself in their area and it seems just as curious about them as sun seems to be about it. And when sun plays, it tries to play back. Weird. YN takes this as a new sort of passion. They have a day job, but after that, they start spending a LOT of time on the beach, exploring, trying to figure out where the boys actually live, cause by this point they can tell they breathe air, so they have to sleep on or at least near land somewhere (unless they pull an otter and sleep floating at the surface, or blink-sleep like whales do? gotta check on that) Meanwhile, the boys dwindling pack is getting a bit wary of how much farther humans in general are encroaching on their areas. Encounters are becoming more common. They've avoided being hunted. Avoided being seen. And when they are they run quick enough to be mistaken for something else. Humans are the reason their pack is small. They can't be trusted. Yet here the boys are, slowly befriending and becoming enamored by this human they're treating almost like a stray cat. Granted, the human is doing exactly the same thing. Now the problem here is, both sides will try to coax the other closer to their side of the reef-line. YN wants them to come to the shallows, and the boys are about ready to drag them out to sea to some little remote island off the coast so they can have their 'new friend' all to themselves, since they keep leaving for ages. Still figuring out some more stuff BUT this is what I've got for the start. Give or take a few more tidbits here and there.

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Hii Bpp !!

I read your post on jimin 💜 and wanted to ask your thoughts on taehyung too ?

I am a baby army from last year stumbling my way into their contents and with there individual ig Accounts I got the impression that tae is very aware of his image ? Kind of like jimin too but like he’s a lot more open and carefree about it ? What are your thoughts on him ??

Thank uuuu !!!

Anon 2: Hi BPP! Could you share some of your thoughts on Tae? He's the member I feel like I understand the least, and get some contradicting? vibes from, so I would love to hear your thoughts on his personality, performance, anything.

Hi Anon(s),

I had a PSA on my old blog about how I speculate about the members, but for new followers, please note I write all I do about the boys knowing I could be way off base and completely wrong about them, but ultimately, I try to respect them as artists. With that out of the way, here goes:

Performance and personality were specifically asked for so let's start there. :)

Tae used to get a bit of a bad rep for being weird and a bit alien-like in their earlier years... I mean, didn’t Yoongi at some point say in the beginning Tae was the member he understood the least? So Anon, you're not alone and you're not the only person who gets contradicting vibes from Tae.

He's a very simple guy. I think his fans consider him to be mysterious, reserved, unique and all that but I think Tae is possibly the member who acts most like a typical Korean man in his 20s. I think Taehyung, and to a lesser degree Namjoon, are the most 'Korean guys' in the group i.e. the guys who most act like many Korean men I know. The way he says things, the way he asserts himself... in the West, Tae would be a Chad who idolizes his dad and who spent summer breaks at his grandparents' cottage where he developed a love for jazz. He loves his dad and wants to be like him, said at one point that he wants five kids, he posts thirst traps as though he's aiming to get those five kids as soon as possible.

Which brings me to anon's point of him being aware of his image. I agree. People might wonder why I say this given he's the guy who seems to care the least about showing facial hair, he often speaks and writes in a deadpan tone and is quick to tell off ARMYs/fans. He also seems to give the least fucks about what the company wants. All of these things are true and I think all of these things are qualities he's meticulously curated into his idol identity. When we add the fact he's the most conventionally handsome guy in the group, and that he's reminded of this as often as in every Bangtan Bomb, one can't blame him for also playing into that.

In terms of positives, something I like about Tae is how casually candid he is - he's not the type to fake it for long. Example: BTS Festa 2016 (timestamp: 21:03 - 25:00)

(The way Joon looks at Tae here gets me every. single. time. He was like "Tsk, this messy mf.")

Jimin stands out. Let's be frank. Festa 2016 was filmed sometime in the spring of 2016, BTS had done their Perfect Man cover with orange-haired Jimin the previous December. It was the '3:33 man in Fire MV' era. BTS were about to begin preparing for Blood, Sweat & Tears and the Wings comeback later that Fall. Jikook were jikooking like crazy in 2016. Jimin was preparing for Lie.

It was 2016 and Jimin stood out. All the members saw it, I think all the members felt it, but Tae was the one who actually voiced it (in an arguably petty/bratty/passive aggressive way but yeah). Btw, the way they all navigated this instance is one of the things that back then made me think they'd go far. But bringing it back to Tae, over the years he's become more refined in his delivery, but he still just says and does what he wants and rarely holds back. They're all a bit like this, but Tae really takes it lol. I like how simple Tae is in that way. He's probably the most predictable person in the Maknae Line.

Musically, I've come to really appreciate Tae's vocals. They've developed beautifully and I enjoy listening to his verses. His solo music debut is going to be a real force, I'm nearly certain.

On his dancing, I've said before that I think Yoongi is as good a dancer as Tae is, if not better, and that in my opinion Tae seems to do more dancing with his face than his body. I still think all of this is true, but I also think it seems to work for him. He's already a pretty good dancer but because he's a bit ambitious, I think he's preparing to showcase himself in a difficult choreography for his solo releases. Maybe he'll put aside his trademark 'laidback' dancing for something more intense.

We'll see. :)

#ask #taehyung only

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jihyoscrown · 2 years

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Hell in Heaven | S.C.Y

Chapter 9: late night secrets (written)

W.C.: 485

A/N: If you're on the taglist but either aren't reading it or don't like it, then please ask to be taken off. It's petty, but I don't want to be tagging people who don't even give it a like or acknowledgement at all.

TRIGGER WARNING: Mentions of homophobia and homophobic actions at the end

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Once the party had ended, everyone sat spread about in Yeri's room. The house was a mess, but you all planned to clean up in the morning. Besides, being the one curled up on Yeri's bed, you were way too comfy to get up and move.

The others were likely in the same situation. Mashiro was sitting on the floor against the wall, sipping her drink (apple juice), Zara sat in the beanbag by the bed, talking with you, and Hyunjin sat on the end of the bed talking with Mashiro while also sipping on apple juice.

Yeri walked in, shutting the door behind her, and took a seat on her bed between you and Hyunjin. "Who wants to play Truth or Dare?"

At her suggestion, everyone seems to perk up a little more. Y'all may be tired, but none of you are ever too tired for a little truth or dare. Especially after everyone remembered that the dares don't have to be outrageous.

"I'll go first," Mashiro suggests. Once she got a collective nod, she began. "Zara, truth or dare?"

"Dare!" A grin formed on the girl's face, but was quick to fade at Mashiro's dare.

"Order us a pizza." Laughter erupted from anyone else in the room, while you looked at Zara with sympathy.

Grumbling, she got out her phone and ordered one cheese and one pepperoni pizza.

Zara then turned to you. "Y/N, truth or dare?"

"Truth." You weren't ambitious enough for dares just yet.

"Opinion on Chaeyoung?" This sends you coughing on the cookie you'd been eating, resulting in Yeri gently patting your back.

"Wasn't expecting that, sorry. Anyways. She's cute."

"Just cute?" Mashiro raised an eyebrow.

"Hey, you only get to ask one question, not multiple, and you don't even get to ask the question!"

Several rounds of ToD and lots of pizza later, it's Yeri's turn to ask.

She turns to you, curiosity practically oozing from her. "Y/N. Truth or dare?"

"Truth." Again, you didn't want a dare.

"Why were you crying at Zara's house a couple days ago?" Her question makes you freeze, and you just turn your gaze to your lap.

Hyunjin crawls over, wrapping you in a hug, whispering in your ear, "you don't have to tell them." While Zara holds your hand, rubbing her thumb along your knuckles.

You refuse to face them as you speak, but your voice wavers anyways. "My parents were being homophobic… A-and normally I can handle it, but they threatened to force me into being straight and they've never done that before…"

At your confession, the room goes silent. You could hear a pin drop it's so quiet. Then, you're wrapped in hugs from everyone. The game is clearly over, and your friends spend the rest of the night trying to assure you that you're valid the way you are, and that they love you no matter what.

A/N: I know I said I was back but I tried writing this several times and just couldn't get the motivation to do it or ideas of how to approach it. This wasn't proofread so forgive any mistakes or it just being bad overall.

Summary: Getting paired up with a new girl for a project isn't bad. Until your partner notices that something is up and begins to unravel everything you thought was set in stone. Moving back to your old city after years away, the first thing that happens is you get paired up with Chaeyoung for a project. When chaeyoung discovers that you're hiding something, she is determined to find out what it is that's making you seem so out of it. She is determined to find out what your hell is, so she can be your heaven.

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ambiguouspuzuma · 1 year

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Hi Ocelot

Late sts question today(night), are there any particular metaphors or emotional indicators you find yourself using a lot? For instance, I use how a character is holding their shoulders to do that, quite often, actually.

The interesting thing about writing Going Quietly is that the protagonist is non-verbal, so there is either a lot of body language or more literal expressions of how somebody feels - a large proportion of dialogue takes place over online messaging, so if a character is angry or confused they can just send the relevant emoji.

I feel like I overuse the raising of eyebrows, but a quick search shows they've only done it five times, which doesn't feel too bad. The lack of voice and eye contact lets me put a twist on them, too, so they're often things like "Nathan sighed with his eyebrows." or "He raised his eyebrows at Cass, but she was too busy to notice."

I don't think I have a good answer for something that I keep coming back to, but I have just written a passage with a couple of indicators in, so I'll share that below instead:

Max pulled up the ballistics report. “The bullet’s trajectory and blood spatter were consistent with it being self inflicted. I can’t say exactly what happened, but from what I hear from Bea that would hardly be a surprise. Not unexpected.” Nathan couldn’t meet his eyes. Of course, the official diagnosis had moved beyond the bullet's path to the other holes in Hall's life. The exit wounds from losing Marina and his job, a double-tap that had allegedly finished him off. His life had suffered what Max would call a segmental fracture - broken in multiple places. But Nathan bore similar injuries of his own. He had to believe that they weren't fatal. Standing here, and hearing the words from Max, of all people, really brought that injustice home. Nathan imagined what might have happened if he'd died on some early case, and ended up on a slab here, Max and Bea staring down at him. What would they say, when they found his body swinging from the rafters? Nothing left to live for? Nothing more to investigate? Not unexpected? “Are you okay?” Cass messaged, separately. Nathan realised that he’d clenched his fist, and released it before Max saw too. "Sure," he said. "Sorry. It's just a lot, coming back here."

#Going Quietly

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dank-meme-legend · 1 year

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None Other Than Love

Word Count: 2,249

(I’ve been getting into more of River’s mind in my writing, since I’ve become quite good with Payton’s. But I’ve seen a writing thing where a character’s direct thoughts are put in parentheses, so I wanted to try that. Trigger warnings for mentions of suicide and separately, NSFW implications.)

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There are times where River, as put together as he appears, can fall victim to whatever voodoo magic Payton does to make people listen to him.

River has no doubt in his mind that Payton will succeed in his dream of presidency, because whatever he says, River would believe him.

Payton could tell River that the sky was green and that grass was blue and even though it would be upside down, no rebuttal would be given.

River likes (no, don't lie, loves) when Payton talks about anything, be it politics or something else.

But, what he loves (yes, loves) is the times where Payton is in between two things, between one thought, narrowing his eyes in search of the next thought to dive into it.

Payton has a lot of thoughts, on the world, on himself and his life.

Thoughts about River.

All of which that River himself wouldn't mind insight to.

(Pick his brain, go digging for gold in a diamond mine.)

It has taken time, not a lot of time admittedly, to get Payton to open up, to get his heavy burdens off his chest.

Their first proper conversation was a prime example. River spent five minutes with him and Payton let out his truth of an attempt of true happiness and it's strain.

River holds that day in his heart.

He would never want someone to cry, but Payton's tears had been held in and brushed away for years.

It was what he needed, to let things out.

To be real, a pained young man with many heavy burdens and troubles.

(Real... God, he's beautiful. Kiss him, go on, kiss him.)

River had done just that, asked if he could kiss Payton.

A small nod and it happened.

Short and sweet, never long enough, but good for a first.

Payton was blank, looking at River, wanting to say anything, but no words came.

River left with the idea of next time and Payton stayed on the bench, his cheeks red and tear-stained. (Oh God, oh God, oh God. I'm not- He- River, his eyes- my team, the dream... Alice... next time. Oh no, oh no. I take it back, no, I don't. What do I do?)

Next time does come, but there's a week before it.

A week before the following Mandarin lesson.

River sees Payton in the hallways at school and backstage before a debate, where he passes back and forth, looking over his note cards until the words are ingrained into his mind.

He made it a point to support Payton, he'd always sit in the front row.

But right now, he's backstage himself, wandering about until the debate starts.

Payton sees him and he looks jittery and at ease at the exact same time. (Proper and sharply dressed, too. In a tailored jacket. Awfully handsome.)

The debate is something about the school's physical education curriculum, something Payton really doesn't care about himself, but he has to.

He has to care about the jocks (Tall and strong, handsome. No, don't think that; why are his eyes so blue? And so- quit that) and the theatre kids and the outliers who don't fit into any specific group, but who all matter nonetheless.

River barely says, "Hey," and he's having to think quick.

Keep Payton steady.

Steady, four breaths in, four breaths out.

This isn't the first time they've done this breathing exercise, more like the second or third.

Still new, but it helps Payton. That's all River wants.

It works, Payton opens his eyes and River has taken a step away from him, smiling and wishing him good luck.

Payton is calmer now, confident in himself.

A few days until next time. (Pretty blue eyes, pretty blue... I said quit that!)

Astrid follows him in the library a day later, waiting in a sense.

She's smart like Payton, calculated, she knows how to get to a person.

It's abrupt when Payton sees her, he startles and braces himself for the worst.

She knows of the kiss, straight to the point.

She wants in, she wants a part of whatever Payton and River have.

Oh.

Astrid wants both of them.

Wants them, wants what they have.

Payton nods his head,

"Okay." (River Barkley and my arch-nemesis, both in bed. River... quite handsome... Oh, strike me down right now...)

River is quite happy, he'll get to see Payton before next time.

Two times after school as opposed to one.

All three of them are nervous, all in the hotel room, swaying with Everclear in their systems.

Before long, one shirt, then another, then another land on the carpeted floor and River looks at Payton for a solid eight seconds, not saying a word.

(Awfully handsome in a suit, but he's stunning like this. Incredible, yeah that works. Good lord, I think I might die.)

Payton looks back at River and his mind is short-circuiting in the best way possible. There's so much he could say, but nothing coherent comes into his head.

(Go on, go on. He's beautiful. Don't cry, come on now. Save that for tears of joy when everything is cleaned up and packed away.)

Things never get messy, at least in a literal sense.

This is extremely messy, but they all end up virtually where they started.

River drives Astrid home after a long talk in the hotel bathroom.

He can't think of anything, though his heart aches and aches and aches.

Payton sits in the hotel room, crying.

The tears comes, not of joy at all.

His heart sinks deep, deep down into his chest.

By the time next time comes, the space and tension between them is drastically different than when River first showed up at the Hobart residence.

A lot can change in a week.

They trudge on through the lesson and they don't talk about what has happened in the last couple days.

River wants to talk about it, but Payton is rigid and swimming around in his sea of thoughts. (You drive me insane, I'd like you to stop. How do we resolve this?)

The answer to resolve the tension becomes clear, but the clarity takes a few more lessons to settle in.

For a few lessons, three or four, they focus well; until the lesson happens in River's bedroom as opposed to Payton's.

Payton doesn't love River (liar), but he'll be damned if he doesn't think about him an awful lot.

Especially now, he wants to see that look on his face again, the look of admiration and excitement from Astrid's stupid little idea, repeated under completely different circumstances.

Payton takes matters into his own hands.

Though, all he can do is look at River and the gears in his head turn around and around.

But eventually, he gets his point across; he kisses River once, then twice, then everything falls together.

And Payton gets what he wants, but it's also what River wants. What he thinks about, but doesn’t want to push anything.

Payton isn't pushing him, one of them had to say something eventually, or the tension would suffocate both of them.

They see each other bare-chested once more, but now it's just them.

It's feels huge, like this is a whole thing of it's own now.

It is, it's a thing now; Payton will have to accept that. Even if they don't say anything, this will change the course of everything.

But Payton can worry about a changed course later. River is looking at him again, beaming and so in love.

Incredible, River calls him. Oh my God, incredible.

(Poseidon-slash-Superman himself thinks I'm incredible. Strong, so strong. Pretty blue eyes, like diamonds. Yes, yes, pretty blue eyes.)

That evening folds into the night, moonlight peering in through the windows.

Love.

A lot of it, whether Payton will admit it out loud or not.

River sure will, he says it many times and Payton can't say it back, but he loves hearing it.

(He loves me, yes. Good. Say it again, please oh please, say it again!)

Maybe he'll be able to say it back, maybe he won't; River won't push him either way.

Though, Payton saying it would be quite nice. (I'd cry, not bawl-my-eyes-out cry, but tears would fall if Payton Hobart ever said those three words.)

The night wraps around to morning and they're both tired, sleeping soundly.

Out of habit, Payton wakes up early. Well, very late for his standards; the clock by River's bed says that it's a few minutes before nine o' clock.

But Payton can't move out of bed, River has a tight hold of him. Secure, not letting him go.

He shifts and River shifts with him in his sleep, Payton can see him now.

He can see how he's all out of wack, messy. His hair sticking out all over the place, curls going one way, then the opposite way.

Down his chest are small crimson love bites. (Good, tonight will stick with him for a while. Make Astrid Sloan very jealous.)

For a long while, all Payton can do is stare at River and listen to him snore lightly, looking over the pattern of marks he'd left behind.

Payton, even in the midst of passion, is smart.

Everything River owns will cover them up; he can see them in the mirror when he dresses himself before school.

He can watch the fade, slowly, as bruises do.

Eventually, River wakes up and he's disoriented at first, but he instinctively holds Payton a bit closer and wakes up little by little.

Payton has his own bruises to watch fade, though they're scattered down by his hips, so he can make the choice to step back from the mirror and watch them fade, or stand close to it, where he can see himself from the waist-up only.

River was nice in that way, not even thinking about it. But the thought lingered in his mind, to do what he wants or to hold off. (Payton is put-together, but he can be unraveled, too. He'll remember tonight, I hope he doesn't regret anything.)

Evenings like last night are rare from then on, but they happen a handful of times.

Payton is nervous the first time or two, insecure of himself in every aspect, but he feels secure and finds his confident footing.

He can't feel bad about his short stature or slim frame when River looks at him the way he does.

For a while, things are good. Not always, for there are times where Payton feels extreme guilt for what he does with River.

He feels guilt for thinking about River in the way he should devote himself to Alice.

His heart is torn and River is aware; he understands it himself.

Payton can push River away some days.

Cancel their tutoring sessions and avoid him, so he can focus.

It's cruel, Payton knows it's cruel, but he had a dream. (Don't get in the way, don't get in the way.)

Unfortunately, come senior year, River does get in the way.

He runs for the high school election, which earns him a piece of Payton's mind, though not how he'd like it.

(Quit yelling, please- You'll out me- us? Living a lie?)

Payton is a hypocrite in a sense. He represses his own feelings so deeply, yet wants to lay them out in front of the entire student body.

The anger fizzles inside of Payton more and more as the campaign goes on.

Those evenings and nights under the moonlight become quick and feverish, angry with no way to properly express it.

River takes the expression and, partly in spite, to make Payton short-circuit and pause, he'll say those damned three words.

Even angry, Payton's mind gets tickled by the words; halfway pleased by them and halfway disgusted by them. (He loves me, why? Stop it, stop it. You're lying, River. You don't love me.)

The day River makes his pick for VP is his last day.

The last day of too much, too much everything. Too much being torn by a left and a right, North and South, a boy and a girl.

River stands out on the balcony, the sun is starting to set. The house is quiet, he can hear the ocean and seagulls in the distance.

Though, he hears Payton yelling for him, running up the stairs. (Payton? Payton... I won't be alone. Thank you.)

Payton pushes the door open and he's off, talking fast and loud.

River tells him to calm down.

(Calm down? Who do you think you are? Stupid, stupid, your bitch of a girlfriend. Taking my dream! I hate-)

River's hand is on his cheek, he looks like he might cry.

It makes all thoughts in Payton's mind stop for a short moment.

God, he can't bring himself to say the other three words either.

River steps away from him and Payton talks, though his voice is quieter.

He looks at Payton, he really did love him.

(I'm sorry, I love you. I wish you luck. Goodbye.)

They look at each other and then, it happens. Quick and loud.

Bang!

Payton stares, he stares hard at River, down on the ground.

(Oh God, oh God. River- why? Please, no, no! God, please...)

The sun sets and Payton's mind goes a mile a minute. (Stupid, stupid. I'm stupid- moronic- blind. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I love you. I'm sorry…)

#the politician #the politician netflix #the politician fics #payton and river #hobarkley #angst #ME GETTING GOOD AT WRITING 😩😩#it’s good #I’m proud #I hope it makes sense

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everlasting-elegy · 2 years

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Hello, this is my first time asking something and I just can say that I love so much your swapped! AU, maybe if your req is open, could you do the reaction of the brothers (of the swapped! AU) to the Replaced! AU? please

The last days I was reading a lot of this on tumblr, and I'm just want to know how the brothers would react to this.

It's okey if you can't do it, btw I love so much your works ^^

I'm sorry if there is a grammatical mistake, my main language is Spanish and I am still learning English, so I'm using google

Please don't apologise for your English, I understand you perfectly!! I'm also incredibly honoured to be your first ask, I hope you enjoy your time here 😊 A few people have requested it so here are just some quickfire headcanons on it~

Swapped!AU: Brothers React to the Replaced AU

In a world where the brothers are players of Obey Me! and you’re their favourite character, how would they react to the Replaced AU, a fanfiction trope where you turn against them in favour of someone else? Genre: Fluff, Angst (?) Word Count: 1.1k

Asmodeus

It may come as a surprise but Asmodeus is the most devastated out of all the brothers by this trope. It’s not obvious, he’d laugh it off but as someone who strives for validation - and you being the one he fell in love with - he can’t handle the thought of you turning against him

He tried to read it once though and curiosity killed the cat. He cried throughout the entire ordeal and changed tabs to read nothing but fluff for the next hour, unable to even finish the fic

If the fanfic has you insulting his appearance or that he's boring to be around, he'll be absolutely destroyed

Regrets ever reading it and never will touch the Replaced AU again. He’s embarrassed by how much a popular fanfic genre has sullied his mood but he will be pouty for the rest of the week and spending even more time than usual for self care

Beelzebub

Doesn’t like it at all, he simply has too much faith in you. It doesn’t make sense, you’ve spent so much time bonding and supporting the protagonist throughout the game, how could you suddenly change?

He tried reading it out of sheer curiosity but was quick to drop it when it didn’t pique his interest. No matter how justified or explained your sudden change in personality is, he still feels it’s unrealistic

This 'new' side of you isn't fun at all and it genuinely hurts him you being so hostile. He might have crushed his phone again just out of the urge to hug you

Is genuinely shocked at how popular the Replaced AU is but to each their own. He’d much rather go off playing the game or reading some fluff fanfics and that’s exactly what he does

Belphegor

Belphegor acts nonchalant about it. He isn’t fond of the trope (it’s a dating game, so why are people writing stuff where the love interests hate them?) but if a fanfiction is entertaining and well written he might as well give it a try

He finds it amusing at times. Like his twin, he doesn’t believe the trope is realistic since your good nature has been shown throughout the game, so it’s honestly no harm done by reading it

Actually enjoys the darker endings. He loves when the protagonist just chooses chaos and wreaks havoc on everyone in revenge for the pain they've felt

He has no preference for or against the Replaced AU in theory but started to avoid it when he had some unpleasant dreams of it. It’s inconvenient being woken up by it so he usually reads other fanfics instead

Leviathan

Despite knowing what the Replaced AU was all about and how much he didn’t like the thought of it, he read it. He wouldn’t be a true (Y/N) fan if he couldn’t handle some measly words!!

The first time he read it, he truly couldn’t handle it, it sent him down a spiral of his typical self-deprecating thoughts. Of course you’d hate him, he’s just a yucky otaku and now somehow the fanfiction community realised that-

Oddly enough, he finds himself coming back to read the trope. Maybe a poor part of him finds it the most realistic fanfiction out there for him, maybe he enjoys seeing you be envious of other characters interacting with the protagonist, seeing you pine for him like he pines for you

Luckily he only picks up the renditions of the Replaced AU that have a happy ending. Still, after finishing a Replaced AU fic he comes back to the actual game so he can see you smiling and appreciating him

Lucifer

Lucifer actually finds it amusing and entertaining. He rarely has time to read fanfiction but the Replaced AU became a bit of a guilty pleasure for him

Despite the protagonist being mistreated, he feels smug at the protagonist being morally right against all the unfair judgement, like a martyr of sorts as they still commit selfless acts. It boosts his pride

He finds it entertaining because Lucifer is excellent at compartmentalising. The you in the Replaced AU simply isn’t the one who greets him in the game, he’s able to appreciate the two separately

Another guilty pleasure aspect is when the Replaced AU ends in a power fantasy where the protagonist snaps and rules over all. He’d rather it just end with the protagonist being with you but this is a good alternative

Mammon

Mammon typically steers clear from the angst, he didn’t know what he was getting into when he started reading the Replaced AU and boy does he regret it

The instant he senses your behaviour is off in the fanfiction he’s distancing his face from the screen as if he's waiting for a jumpscare. When you get ruder and colder towards him he’s clicking away from the fanfic and is shocked to find mountains of fanfics just like the one he just read

You’re his comfort character, the one who has faith in him and would accept him no matter what. He can’t stomach a trope that goes against that so he couldn’t even finish the first Replaced AU fic he read (he might even block the Replaced AU tag so he never gets reminded)

Likely ranted in a post or two of how the trope slanders your character and calls it stupid. He’ll never admit that he thinks the Replaced AU is an interesting concept, he just wants his happy ending with you

Satan

Depending on how it’s written and its various interpretations, Satan is intrigued, both in the trope itself and how it took off in popularity

As an avid reader, he is aware that even the most mellow and kind-hearted people can snap in certain environments. If that environment is accurately portrayed, then the Replaced AU can be a fascinating deep dive into your character

As long as it’s well written and it’s clear care and thought was put into it, he’ll read any interpretation of the Replaced AU and is interested to see where it will go. For him, it’s less a self indulgent read and more a thriller to keep him on the edge of his seat

That being said, Satan is quite critical about the majority of Replaced AU fanfictions. He knows your character better than anyone and believes it will take a lot more than a second exchange student for you to ignore the protagonist entirely

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Is there any other clone povs you can share about Leia and other Skywalker shenanigans? What's the Coruscant Guards thoughts on this matter? Especially now that they've met Shimi and Leia. Also I remember a couple months ago you mentioned that Fox kept his observations about Padme and Leia's similarities to himself and didn't put them on the List. Any you'd be willing to share? Your fic is amazing, I absolutely love your writing style, the politics, and Leia's journey towards slowly healing.

A little bit of Fox POV

~...~

“You’re not supposed to be here,” Stone complained.

Fox ignored him, taking a seat next to the bed. Being off planet right now was a risk, but an acceptable one. “Thire’s got it handled. The Chancellor got shot at. What the hell happened?”

It was worth citing inaccurate information to make Stone twitch.

But Stone also always knew when he was being played. Made him good with the senators. So instead of snapping or correcting Fox, he just said, “Skywalker played us.”

“Yeah, I got that.”

She’d done it well, too. None of the beating about the bush that Fox had been learning to expect from political aides. Not the gentle suggestions that Shmi had offered, choices carefully laid out in front of them like a gift.

Leia Skywalker had come in with tactical information and a plan, dropped it in their laps, and hadn’t even bothered to wait around to see if they would use it.

She’d been polite. Barely.

And she’d been right.

“We’ve got spies,” Fox sighed. “We knew we would. It’s a war. Senate’s a ripe breeding pit for greedy, dissatisfied people.”

Never mind that this was a civil war, and drawing hard battle lines between old friends would cut both directions.

And Skywalker knew that. Knew it in her bones. It shone in her eyes, and cut in every carefully placed word that walked right around the concepts of “betrayal” and “treason,” never said outright but plain to any man who knew how war worked.

They’d still lost twenty men on the decoy ship.

Fucking clankers.

“Honestly,” Stone said, shifting his shoulder, “I’m a lot less worried about them than I am about her.”

“Thought you liked her?”

“Oh I do.” And Stone had to be telling the truth because he couldn’t help smiling. “She’s careful, she’s competent, and she was about two seconds from trying to take field command when I got hit.” He paused, making sure Fox was paying attention before he added, “We got lucky she got distracted.”

And wasn’t that a word for what she’d done to the droid that had snuck up on her. “We’re also lucky she pulled the Senator out of the way.”

“Oh, we were pretty damn lucky all around,” Stone agreed. He frowned. “Any word from the Order on her?”

“Nothing official,” Fox sighed. “Some chatter from Ponds and Wolffe. A lotta silence from Cody.”

“Now that’s interesting,” Stone leaned back into his bed, brows arching. “He’s never been quiet about her before.”

It was true. And what he’d said had merit. Fox had been handled, and hadn’t realized how much, and that was going to stick with him.

But…

“I don’t trust her,” Fox admitted. “But I like her.”

“I do trust her,” Stone offered. “And she scares the shit outta me.”

Good. They could work with that. “Rest up,” Fox clapped Stone on the shoulder as he stood. “I’ll need you back out there as quick as you can get.”

#Don't Look Back #Duty Bound #Commander Fox #Commander Stone #outsider POV

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