Such a pretty house and such a pretty garden

(I was thinking too much about the part in “Alone Infection” that sounds like the intro to “No Surprises” by Radiohead.)

Due to the length, ID under the read more.

ID 1: A gif of a child's drawing of Faust when he was still a regular doctor. A little girl stands next to him. They are both holding flowers and smiling. There is a name crossed out in the corner. Text: "A heart that's full up like a landfill" ID 2: A gif of Faust with a scalpel. He is crying as he slashes the throat of a silhouette. Text: "A job that slowly kills you"

ID 3: Faust faces away from the viewer, putting on the paper bag. Text: "Bruises that wont heal"

ID 4: A gif of several Fausts as he embraces his "silly" persona, smiling through the bag and posing cutely. One of them holds a flower as its petals fall off. Text: "You look so tired, unhappy"

ID 5: A still image of a doctor's bag, including bandages, pills, and a stethoscope. Dr. Baldhead stands inside, holding a bloody scalpel. He is looking at the viewer, blankly. Text: "Bring down the government"

ID 6: A gif showing a close up of a hand administering an injection to one of Ariels' gears. Text: "They don't speak for us"

ID 7: A gif of another child's drawing showing post-Strive Faust in a crudely drawn house. Some simple flowers are in front of it. Text: "I'll take a quiet life"

ID 8: A gif of another child's drawing showing post-Strive Faust in a crudely drawn house. Some simple flowers are in front of it. Text: "I'll take a quiet life"

ID 9: Strive Faust clasps a number of flowers in his hands, he is pleased with himself. Text: "No alarms and no surprises, no alarms and no surprises"

Hollywood History

Made with the pairing intent of Reader x Elvis Presley, and Reader x Marlon Brando

Summary - As a new actor from the South steps onto Hollywood's acting scene, his presence sends the Hollywood veterans into a bit of a stir.

Warnings - Smoking, swearing, drinking, some undermining of Elvis' acting ability by certain characters. Not many warnings truthfully, just a little blurb that I never got around to finishing the ending of.

Author's Note: Oh this little piece, and its other bits stashed away, I've held dear to me, but it will only ever be an idea that I can't quite articulate at the moment, so here's a short bit from it. As I dusted this off I feel all those fuzzy feelings coming back, so for now I'll call it the intro piece to this little two-parter.

The party was going great. Though it wasn't quite all that much like a party. Many studio heads had come together to have a giant dinner, bringing their best actors along with them to showcase the worth of their studio to make an appearance of themselves.

You sat at one of the many round tables with actor friends, some of whom were from your studio. There was Marilyn Monroe, Dean Martin, Marlon Brando, Rita Hayworth, Gregory Peck, and now and then Judy Garland popped by the table to talk to you and Marlon about the minutiae of how a few of the big wigs were getting along.

Sometime in the conversation, greased-up black hair that belonged to a very nervous man across the room caught Rita's eye, making her smile mischievously as she brought up a rather controversial topic to the table.

"Say, what do you think of the new guy, Y'know the one from the South, Eric Presley something or other…"

You corrected in good spirits over the rim of your champagne glass before taking a sip,

"Elvis Presley, dear"

"Ah yes, that Elvis Presley"

A few friends at the round table grimaced and made faces of an unsure, disapproving nature. The man was a hot topic among you and your Hollywood friends, after all, it seemed he was trying to take the movie business by storm after having conquered the music business, along with dozens of hearts of silly school girls who'd be better off focusing on their studies.

Your date, Marlon, blew out the corner of his mouth after taking a long thoughtful huff, keeping the smoke from going into your vicinity as a gentleman should. Then after staring at an empty corner of the table for a while, he shrugged as he leaned forward to put the cigarette out in the ashtray. After sitting back on his chair his hand that rested atop your thigh slid back a little with his movement, not that you'd complain too much.

"Frankly, uh" he started, "The guy's a phony, I-I mean he's riding on the tail of his music, it's a fucking mockery of actors. When he makes a movie where he doesn't sing, then, eh, maybe I'll think differently. But that's another ten years coming at least."

"Well," Marilyn's breathy voice made itself known, leading all eyes to land on her as she tilted her head to Dean, who seemed a tad uncomfortable at the statement. Dean had started with music just like the Presley kid, and eventually branched out to acting as well.

Marlon laughed incredulously at how his words had been taken into offense by his longtime friend. He brought his hands up to gesture his well-meaning as he explained, "It's different with people like you Dean, Sinatra too, there's a big difference. Elvis Presley is, well uh, let me not spoil our mood eh?"

His voice had risen in pitch as it always did whenever he was about to break into a laugh. Everyone laughed a small laugh at what he was implying and continued with their smoking and drinking. But being the devil's advocate, you said something just to stir the pot.

"He seems to be a good fit for dramatic roles, those last two films were-"

Marlon cut you off,

"-were his last two movies if there's a God."

As everyone laughed including yourself at the jest, Marilyn leaned forward and lightly swatted at Marlon's chest before ordering with a commanding yet soft voice,

"Oh you dog, let her finish, let her finish"

You sent her an appreciative smile as she sent you a wink. After the laughs subsided all eyes were on you as you finished your statement, "All I'm saying is his last two films show promise as a dramatic actor"

Everyone took what you said with a grain of salt, even Marlon nodded with thought. His hand slid along your thigh as he turned his body entirely to you while in his chair.

"Well Honey, uh you see the thing is, anyone can act. I mean everyone's an actor, every day, so I don't doubt his skills as an actor, he could be a great actor I don't know, but he's got no essence. He's got uh, too many idiosyncrasies that pull away from the actual film, the actual character. I mean, really he could never pull off sending an adage through his films, or-"

"And you think you could?"

You stared at Marlon stone-faced after cutting him off. Everyone's faces fell flat, including Marlon's as he was taken aback by the uncharacteristic action, but after a few moments, he smiled and let out a noise of amusement as he realized what you were doing, "Honey, I already have"

You smiled as it seemed he caught on to your little devil's advocate act, following your smile the rest of your friends around the table also caught on and began to laugh while internally letting out a breath.

You often were placating and adaptable, but when it came to someone who you shared a connection with, someone like Marlon, you often let a bit of internal venom slip through the cracks. And with Marlon being the way he is, the combination of you and him led to a tumultuous on-and-off relationship often covered by magazine tabloids. For a moment everyone worried that the next coverage of your relationship would be from an argument over something as silly as a boy from the South, trying to make a name for himself in the film industry.

In the end, you two always found each other again. But there was often a bit of straying here and there…

And who knew that the amateur actor, the boy from the South, would be the one to lead you astray?

So, I said I'd have another post with the full manga pages for reference as well as the source of the manga pages. I'm going to be using the overall chapter numbers and the individual volume numbers (not the 2-in-1 volume names) as well as the Viz localized chapter names for the references. And I'm gonna go in order of appearance in the intro.

Chapter 98, Volume 10, Typhoon Fun. Cute little note, the mouth squiggle was clearly made into a heart in the anime intro.

Chapter 15, Volume 2, The Yellow Ribbon of Happiness. Unlike many of the remade manga panels which altered some details, this one features the ribbons.

Chapter 25, Volume 3, Love and Suffering. The original manga panel featured Lum disguised as a regular human girl prior to her enrollment in the school, with her horns softened and squished to look like barrettes. This is also why her hair is shaded differently.

Chapter 38, Volume 5, Everybody in the Rain. This one required me to make a guess. It does resemble Lum scratching Ataru in the Yellow Ribbon chapter mentioned above or Lum scratching Rei in chapter 6, but this is the only scratching while flying I found. I got some anonymous help with this one.

Chapter 26, Volume 3, How I've Waited for You. Beloved iconic scene recreated faithfully.

Chapter 12, Volume 2, Intention. Though it does somewhat resemble Lum's crying fit in chapter 2 and chapter 9, this scene is definitely from this chapter.

Chapter 23, Volume 3, Zodiac Cycles. The middle part of the zodiac gyroscope device-thing lost its one-horned striped tiger-beast (Lum's zodiac sign).

Chapter 36, Volume 4, Tanabata Date. The fur on the chair ends up floating but we have all the details on the dried squid.

Chapter 83, Volume 9, A Century by Age Three. This was a red tint chapter originally, hence the manga page looking a little different.

Chapter 354, Volume 33, Steal My Heart. Almost all the manga panel recreations come from early volumes or chapters, so it is kind of crazy that this one is from so late in the series. It is a wonderfully silly pose with the iconic Rumic gesture and yes, they replaced her uniform with the typical bikini.

Chapter 13, Volume 2, Puppet. The fan was made a bit more generic, despite UY often using the Japanese flag fan as a comedic prop.

Chapter 183, Volume 18, A Night Alone. This is the Lum cooking scene that I felt most matched the anime panel. The one in chapter 240 looked a bit different. Though they clearly drew a completely different gun than the one in either panel.

Chapter 47, Volume 5, A Tragic Date. I completely overlooked this when I was digging because I misinterpreted what the anime panel was showing. I got some anonymous help and I am glad I did, because I was not gonna find it in the next 29 volumes. Anyway, this one has her beach swimsuit replaced with her usual outfit. Also, this is one of the few panels that is drawn very differently than the source seeing as Lum was drawn with very cutesy proportions in the original manga panel.

Chapter 111, Volume 11, There's a Cat on the Stairs!. I didn't expect this to be a panel recreation since Lum jumps out of it, but I saw it while digging and yeah, it is clearly the same goofy expression.

Ghost Fandom Fic Recs

This is such a great idea @ghuleh-recs thank you so much tagging me in yours and saying such lovely things about Banchetto!

I must say this is by no means an exhaustive list of the writers I admire but on digging through my tags and my AO3 bookmarks these are the ones that had my giggling and kicking my feet all over again

And this is getting really long so I'm am going to try to limit myself to one fic per amazing person 💜 haha I failed so hard at that you are all too talented.

@ghostchems I actually gobble up everything chems writes like a greedy little gremlin and I love her OCs as much as I love the Papas. But as I recently admitted I have been fangirling about her since before I was lucky enough to be her friend so Black Light Guides You is my go to for many reasons. It's got the signature horny/horror Chems blend as well as our boy getting resurrected and taking back his rightful position. I love how Terzo and Marion's relationship develops and I am so excited about where they are headed in the ongoing sequel A Perpetual Rise. And then Burn with me!!!! I came for Dracopia and stayed for Mia.

@ramblingoak The Queen of AUs if you want a Papa in any kind of situation Oak is the person you need. If I start talking about The Cardinal's Bride I will actually never shut up and Oak suffers enough word vomit about it from me so I will stop there. But I will say Oak is an incredible all rounder. Every thing she writes it is great and there is something fantastic for everyone. Sexy Cardinals, Mary Goore, Vibrating Pants, Ghaseball, Rat Birthday Parties or Zombies have at it!!

@the-hole-in-terzos-shoe No matter what the scenario Shoe writes the most romantic, charming Terzo you will ever read. I was going to rec the incredible My Dirty Little Secret and Let's get these heels off... which was inspired by our mutual love of Vita deVoid's Terzo but then she dropped Intro to Romantic Literature yesterday and I haven't been able to stop thinking about Professor Terzo so just go read both.

@sucharide If you want to read about some of the darkest depravity written in the most beautiful poetic way you could ever imagine then Roach is the writer for you and A Problem of Mind and Body is the perfect example. But my personal favourite and the first I read I think is Ritual and Ruination a silly and sexy look at the consequences of rituals gone wrong. And who am I kidding I can't not put Poor Beast in the Catacombs on here.

@zombiequeenblog I tell everyone who will listen to me about Cardinal Copia: A Sadistic and Glorious Bastard. It was my first Dark Copia fic and still to this day my favourite Copia characterisation. He is such a well rounded full character in this and I can't get enough. It's hot, it's emotional, it's scary at times but I can count on my hand how many couples I am as invested in and these two are at the top of my list. The world building is incredible, this version of The Abbey is so vibrant and all the side characters are so fleshed out. I have an especially large soft spot for Terzo in this fic he is the perfect dramatic flirt and I would give anything to be one of his girls.

@honeyynymphh Reading anything by Missy is like reading a gothic horror classic. The way she builds atmosphere is second to none a little nightmarish, a little maudlin (good golly go get this kid some laudanum!) is such a great example. And another one of my favourite Copia characterizations especially in The Mark of the Beast, Freshly Squeezed and my personal favourite there’s total depravity (standing right in front of me) he is so mean and I love it so much.

@kissingghouls SUCK CLUB!! I can't possibly decide which one of these is my favourite. I love this whole universe. There is so much going on and I can't wait to get to the bottom of the ongoing vampire mystery. I love how they all interact and I love that the all read The Cardinal's Bride! The Count, The King, and The Prince and I just love them all!

@xfilesinamajor With Wandering Steps and Slow This Terzo!!! This one right here is my favourite, god this fic breaks my heart but it is so so so perfect. His self esteem, his natural charm as a defense mechanism god I am obsessed with it. Also The Peach is one of the hottest ghost fics I have ever read. The ghoullettes really need to get more action, especially if it's like this

@writingjourney Everything Ibi writes is just so perfect. The slow burn of Honey and Venom and Unprecedented have me on the edge of my seat. But I have to especially urge everyone to read Friday Nights at the Cinema Club because if you aren't a Primo fan you are wrong and this will show you exactly why. Like I said, perfect!

@sweatandwoe I am always impressed with the ideas that sweaty comes up with. Really fun and original and hot. These assorted drabbles and headcanons are an excellent place to start. Study Break is so incredibly hot and The Sacrifice was a real highlight from petrifying papas. I also can't rec sweaty without mentioning the Saren fics because WOW. If you have any interest in Mass Effect and Turians then you have to read Overflow and Melting Point

@inkstainedrat Lacrimis et Memorias This fic broke my heart and put it back together again. It is the definition of bittersweet and yeah. I have a lot of feelings about Terzo and this story pokes every single one of them and is another one that stays with me.

@violet-lazer Another one of my favourite Terzo writers, in Pride, Incumbent and Astronomy he is so charming and lovely. Also Terms of Engagement Copia is such a cutie

@whatawonderfulexistence--blog Distractions is a lovely first date with Terzo and then Strawberries because i do love when he is being all seductive. Also I'm not fully caught up with Powerwolf yet but Atone was so HOT

@hallowed-be-thy-username Kissing the Obscene was the Terzo fic I ever read and Please Papa was the second and I just keep going back to them. I had started to fall in love with Terzo already but reading these and all the others really sealed the deal. And also coincidentally one of my favourite papa cosplayers!!

Ghost Soap: Berlin, a club, a dark room

(CW: age gap, unrequited SoapGaz, kink/BDSM, experience gap, eventual Ghoap is 100% consensual BUT definitely could be considered rushed/too fast by the fault of either/both of these dumb, horny men) Gaz and Soap are traveling during a uni holiday break, bumping through the continent before they have to go back and properly crack down: Kyle’s has a real shot at the Olympic team and Soap’s crammed his upcoming term with more courses than anyone should in an effort to save the dwindling funds from his scholarship. The only reason Soap’s along at all is Kyle’s charity and he tries not to think too much about how much, and exactly why, he’s going to miss him. They’re in Berlin when they meet up with this goth chick that Soap is desperately trying to impress. She goes along with it and invites them both to the club: It's overwhelming in the way that they are for first timers, which both of them absolutely are. Soap definitely lied about how experienced he was (or deliberately left out how green he is) to impress this girl so naturally the situation once they’re inside goes all tits up in the wrong way. The girl ends up making out with Gaz in the hallway instead of Soap and he can’t blame her, look at the guy. Or maybe she was hoping she’d get both of them, way she’s looking at him, but that’s definitely too close to those things Soap doesn’t want to think concerning Gaz so he wishes them well, despite the hollow gnawing in his chest and wanders.

He ends up talking to a woman who’s a little older, beautiful and attractive but she laughs and just pats him on the head when he thinks that CBT means Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, he took Intro Psych his first year, and suggests he find someone more his speed to play with. 

“Play? I’m not a kid.” He says. He’s been with older women and they’ve liked him and there’s definitely something about this one that he likes.

“Not that kind of play.” She just smiles at him with perfectly painted lips. Then asks him if she can help him find his friends, but he’s a stubborn little idiot with bruised pride so of course he tells her it's fine.

After that he just wants a place to curl up and be the fuck alone and have his sad, confused boy- man, adult man, feelings. But he’s sort of lost and doesn’t know where he’s supposed to go and definitely doesn’t speak enough German to really properly navigate this place that is so much bigger than it looked from the outside.. Naturally ends up where he shouldn’t be.

Enter Ghost, full gear. Mask, of course. Not currently with anyone per se but assisting another pair. Hears Soap before he sees him. Rolls his eyes, figures he should probably get this stupid kid out of here. Soap’s not expecting the massive man in the skull mask and the whole… outfit… to speak english. Isn’t expecting his knees to turn into pudding when he hears the voice. “I don’t think you’re supposed to be back here, sweetheart.” He stalks forward and Soap can’t look away. “Why not?” Soap says. It's stupid. But right now he’d do anything to keep those dark, almost black eyes on him. Keep him saying ‘sweetheart’ instead of ‘kid’. “Door wasn’t locked.”

“I think you know why.”  Ghost says. “If I don’t…Would you teach me?””

And the way he bats his eyelashes has to be intentional, has to know what he’s doing. Testing Ghost’s self control. “You definitely don’t know what you’re asking for.”

(Part 1, already working on Part 2!) Special kudos to @leathfaic for our silly chit chats that lead to this.

i can’t believe the intro is done already!! ヾ⁠(˶⁠ ⁠’⁠Ｏ⁠’˶⁠ ⁠)⁠ﾉﾞ‎the power of the puppy duo is so strong!!

leon’s totally a dogman who thinks he’s some sort of lone wolf and doesn’t need anybody, but his tail’s always thumping whenever he gets to hang out with chris (he’s long stopped teasing him about it, he likes that grumpy old leon is excited to see him)— it makes the reader a little jealous! how could leon wag his tail for anyone else?! ( ꩜ ᯅ ꩜;) then she forgets less than two seconds later because leon’s tail is always wagging whenever he’s with her and she doesn’t remember why she was ever jealous (˵ ¬ᴗ¬˵)

leon’s never as forgiving because he has more than three working braincells at any given moment (*꒦ິ꒳꒦ີ) she can have as many friends as she wants, she can do what she wants, but it doesn’t make him happy about it… every time she gets so much of a hint of anyone else’s scent he’s losing his mind. you’re his, silly! ( ｡ •̀ ᴖ •́ ｡)

one of the first times she came back from a walk smelling like another stupid hybrid (she’d only been playing at the park) leon was all over her, getting rid of that dumb scent and fucking her stupid. who taught you to whore around, huh? did you slut that little pussy out around the shelter before leon’s owner took you in?

soon you’re whimpering and sobbing that you didn’t mean to and you just wanted to make some friends— you’ve never slept with anyone but him— and leon manages to screw his head back on and remember you’re meant to be his baby and he’s being a big old meanie! (˚ ˃̣̣̥⌓˂̣̣̥ )

for the first time in his life he’s being a little gentler, kissing away your tears and hiding all of his degrading comments behind praise; besides, you clench on his cock harder when he’s being soft with you. just a silly puppy, aren’t you, hm? it’s alright, leon’s sorry… such a good girl, huh? ԅ(¯﹃¯ԅ)

STOP. i’m rambling i need to be put in a prison!!! also omg i’m happy you and anon find my emoticons cute! they’re just so expressive! ദ്ദി ˉ͈̀꒳ˉ͈́ )✧

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🍁 anon, hi!! 👋

Ahhh how cute!!! ☺️ Leon’s tail doesn’t just wag for anyone so she’s jealous when other people bring it out of him but then super cocky when she realizes that he’s always like that around her 🤭

AGSJVL 🫣 Leon has really been working on being less possessive and jealous cause he remembers what it was like to go to the park and meet up with new pups and just have fun.

But it smells like one or two of those little friends have been spending a little too much time with his pup so he’s just going to have to show her that he’s not going to take it lying down 😜

And at first she’s whiny and using her puppy eyes to try and get out of the situation 🥺 and as much as he wants to cave in, Leon scruffs her and scent marks her all over until he can only smell himself

Then once that’s straightened up, he’s pinning her hips down so he can lick into her drippy pussy saying things like “Gonna smell like me here too pup” or “wet little pussy just crying for me to show you who owns her”

And after she cums all over his face once (maybe twice 🤭) he moves her into a mating press and fucks her nice and deep, promising to take care of her— breed her over and over til it’s leaking out of her hole 😵‍💫

my experience at am's show (accor arena, paris, first night - 09/05/2023)

SOOOOOOO since a lot of people have done this and i want to write down as many things as i can about the concert so that i don't forget them i've decided to make this post and keep in mind i'm writing this running on four hours of sleep and a cappuccino BUT i'm currently sitting in a very pretty parisian café, chilling and waiting for my train and it's all very aesthetic i feel like the main character of a chick-flick movie. also drowning in post-concert depression but that's another story

so now that we've set the mood let's get to the actual writing bc this post isn't gonna make itself and i still have ~five hours of waiting to do and a whole lot of things to say so let's go

(also disclaimer: this is gonna be very rambly i'm so sorry i'm just emotional)

• so we got to the arena at around 6:30pm bc we had assigned seats, and entrance was a whole lot less chaotic than i'd expected (which was good) +  basically the place was almost empty bc it was so early, it really only started to fill up later and it was REALLY full only by the time inhaler was halfway through their set

• can't say anything about inhaler bc i know exactly zero (0) of their songs but i think they were nice and i actually feel like diving into their music a bit now bc some songs were pretty good

• and then once inhaler was done it was showtime!!!!!!!! i felt like i could DIE!!!!!!!!

• the moment they went up on stage i felt literal butterflies......... i just couldn't believe they were real, in the flesh, like they're ACTUALLY real they exist they're REAL!!!!! and we were breathing the same air and i was just so fucking mindblown by that concept i was fr having a moment

• setlist was the usual, i didn't get cornerstone NOR perfect sense (some of my all time am favourites.......) and tbh i still haven't forgiven them (HIM) for that like wtf boys. wtf. i get why they would decide not to play perfect sense but why wouldn't they play cornerstone LITERALLY a fan favourite and a classic smh (jk i forgive them but only bc they're cute 😔)

• also i got star treatment sooooo i mean i can't really complain can i. absolute magical experience, that song

• another thing about the setlist: they kept playing little melodies in between songs and i kept getting FOOLED bc every time it felt like they were going to debut a new song (hello you......jet skis........) but no i was just clowning real hard

• fo example at some point they played this random melody and i was like wtf and then they did nothing with it and just played high so yeah they were being sooo silly and goofy (i wanted to bite them)

• also the crowd was so ???? idek how to describe it bc during some songs they were so hyped (not only the most popular ones from am or 505; they even did a mosh pit during pretty visitors which was......okay i guess not really a song to mosh to but you do you paris keep speaking your truth). but then they were so dead during the car songs.... some girls next to us literally used mirrorball and big ideas to fucking sit down and have a break and that was so offensive tbvfh. meanwhile i was there vibing and singing along to the angsty car tunes and i genuinely was like "why am i the only one that's popping my fucking pussy rn". literally this

• diwk and sculptures are THE most powerful songs ever like hearing them live is a cathartic experience fr. diwk bc of how iconic it is, sculptures bc it's just so unique and they're so fucking powerful my ass was literally shaking. sculptures as an opener after the "countdown" intro they do is just The Right Choice TM like it just makes so much sense. it was born to be an absolutely epic opener and we love to see that. and well, diwk is a classic for a reason. the whole arena lost their shit when they hit the first notes, the floor was TREMBLING it was crazy

• the arabella fuckup moment was still so !!!!!!!! when he screamed FUCK bc he messed up the lyrics i honestly didn't even realise it was a mistake at first lmao considering just a couple of days earlier there was the "but it just doesn't fucking matter" moment or whatever he said during that part (i think it was one of the german shows? or amsterdam? idk i don't remember sjfhwhs). the point is, sometimes he's just silly and changes random lyrics and it all happened so fast one could have easily believed it was on purpose nsjcnennc but that just tells you how good they are. if you're able to make even a mistake sound so good and iconic then you're just so !!!!!!!!! yknow.

• also i heard people saying he was annoyed, a bit like during one of the amsterdam gigs, mostly bc of the arabella fuckup. but that's?? so not true?? like yeah he sounded super frustrated during that bit and his yelled FUCK is proof and rewatching that moment i feel so bad for him i wanna give him a hug </3, but for the rest of the night he was in a normal mood. pretty chill if you ask me

• apart from THE star treatment moment....... someone already mentioned it here but YEAH after the song ended he just went and whispered "it's the star treatment............" with the lowest saddest most heartbroken voice and i swear i heard my heart crack and crumble in a million pieces

• (btw yes he once again opened star treatment with "i just wanted a jet ski for the moat")

• he also sounded a bit sad and lost in his own thoughts during the closing part of iwby which reminded me of the same moment at lowlands 2022 and yes my heart broke once again

• but for the rest he was in a pretty standard mood!!! not overly chatty (when is he ever jskfke), didn't interact with the crowd that much but that's routine. just your regular banter: "what a night" "what a wonderful/splendid [can't remember???] night" and then before either pretty visitors or dancefloor he introduced the song like "it's [name of the song]... get down......GET DOWN" and that was just sooooo silly. in case it wasn't clear i was foaming at the mouth the whole time

• then during dancefloor he went "dirty dancefloors and dreams of naughtiness....AAAAAAAA"

• also he didn't really interact with the others members apart from asking the crowd to give it up for matt (cute bffs <3) and then at some point (i think during body paint) him and jamie were doing their thing. scissoring with their guitars

• after he was done scissoring with jamie he also went and hopped on matt's platform and then went towards nick too but didn't do anything lmao. i was hoping for the usual hand-around-shoulder action but no. okay you do you king

• at some point either nick or jamie fucked up a note and it was so audible and he gave them one of his Iconic Glares TM IT WAS SO FUCKING FUNNY

• btw he didn't speak that much french, i was expecting much more - i'd even say he spoke less french than he did at other french gigs over the years which ???? okay lmao. he just said basic stuff, yknow, the usual "bonsoir paris", "merci", and then at some point he said "incroyable" with, i must admit, a pretty good pronunciation. tbh it was so cute and yes my heart did a lil !!!!! yeah why do you ask

• also he sounded EXACTLY like he does in recordings and studio versions which is INSANE. he has such a wide vocal capacity and his voice is sososoSO powerful, at its best fr. he sounded so damn good and perfect and he's so fucking talented and i might sob bc who gave him the fucking right

• but at the same time i see why people were saying they thought his voice sounded a bit higher - he has moments when you can hear the "ghost" of his younger voice and it's honestly so cute

• but overall it's just crazy and remarkable how much he sounds like the studio versions. there's literally no difference. none at all. he's just THAT fucking good

• and the others too they were so !!!!! honorable mention to matt bc the way that man drums is absolutely mesmerising

• and then well..... can't really ignore the elephant in the room can we. they're all so insanely attractive it's not even funny they looked so good and alex was GLOWING. i was in awe. he has such a powerful aura - commanding and serious yet with a lightness and gentleness to him that you just can't help but stare at him the whole time. he's so charming and fascinating and ARGH literally breathtaking. hypnotising. never getting over him

• long story short when they finished he was sending big smiles and kisses at the whole crowd and the screaming and applause just kept going and going and and and. the whole concert went by so fast it was so intense and i couldn't believe it was already over

• i didn't want to go i didn't want to leave i never wanted to leave i wanted to stay there and do it all over again

• so now it's been two days since the show and hours since i started drafting this post.... and i'm already back home and i MISS THEM SO MUCH. i missed them from the very moment they disappeared backstage and the post-concert depression is so real i literally feel like i left a piece of my heart in paris. i miss them i miss HIM sososo much 💔

• i'm so sorry i'm being such a dramatic bitch but that's just who i am 😔✊️

• overall the whole experience felt like a fucking fever dream and i still can't believe it really happened. it was so magical and special and they were so perfect and ugh i just really fucking love them. i love them so much and i'm so grateful i got to see them and experience first-hand something so beautiful. i didn't sob during the show (tbh i thought i would) but i might do it now bc i'm feeling so nostalgic and emotional and </3 i'm a mess i love them so much there's nothing else i can say it's just That. simply that <3

i think i'll post some pics/videos but not many bc you can hear me screaming and singing my heart out + i was shaking + mostly it looks like i recorded using a potato so skckwjcej but yeah expect me to post something. idk what but definitely something

that's about it for now, but i'll try to add more things if i remember something else along the way!! 💖

Opinions on the weird-looking Roomba?

the perfect life form. love this beastie deeply.

Design- LOVE this look for her so much. its pretty simple all things considered, but yknow its kind of. the point. i think she deserves to have fuckoff huge blades just for funsies. her dumb little smile. always biased towards those silly lil earphone dealies. also worth mentioning how flat her eyes are-- they dont have the little light reflection in them. verrry tasty. nods at the lobcorp-era hairstyle. id Love t dissect how she moves. we love a girlie covered in blood honestly!! go girl kill!!!

Theme- another one that hit harder after digging through her combat dialogue. always been quite fond of all around helper, and giving it to her is a very Look At It Its On The Ceiling sorta dealie, but they really pushed it another layer with her. emphasizing that confused-almost-naivety of her designated purpose is Especially compelling-- the concept of being built to follow set instructions, but not quite understanding its consequences or Why. the background idea of malfunction, of the beginnings of Questioning, but not quite getting to the point of Protest. not quite. repeating her intro from lobcorp was Especially Mean.

she is trying her best and honestly can do whatever she wants forever, adn if that happens to include killing well then maybe you shouldnt have been so killable. you maybe consider that. excellent amnge, love her.

intro!!!

hihi! :D i am chef mio (it/itself or she! but mostly it!!)!! of class 3-2!! it is!! so very nice to meet you all!! on this little screen. it must be oh so cramped in there :(

but hi! hihi!! uh. what can i say about myself?? hum. well! i like pincurchin! they are!! friend shaped!! my partner pushpin is the one i am closest to. :) but they are not the only ones i like! it is!! good!! to have varying taste in pokemon. it improves team percentage, or something?? but i want to have the highest percentage in pokemon friendship :D

it requires being smart though!! so i'm a part of a few different clubs!! the biome club is where i usually am though! i am overseeing a project now! it's very cool! but i'm also a member of the cooking club!! because i want to improve!! my cooking skills for people and pokemon!! even if i mostly just want to make all of the world's best sour foods :D

hum. i think that is enough for now! but i want to make lots of friends!! with people too!! so i hope to be able to talk to lots of them! i'm good with food and biome research! but i will try to answer anything asked of me! :) byebye for now!

((ooc info below the cut!!))

Another character in the Sable's Pokemon IRL Cinematic universe, apparently people really liked her, so! I have made a blog for Mio! Basically, she was supposed to just be an NPC for Ren's Orthworm project and my hand proceeded to slip and make a whole ass design. Whoops.

Anyway, Mio is a minor! For the love of god no NSFW or I will block you on sight.

Pelipper Mail/Malice are on, Musharna Mail/Malice are off. The Pelipper one may change, but the Musharna will not.

If you want your character to have history with Mio, please, feel free. Her blog is probably gonna be updated the least out of my four (yes i have a fourth in progress don't you DARE at me), but she is a background NPC for the people okay.

To basically sum her up: she's a girl who worked at the Sinnoh Battle Factory and learned a lot about utilizing Pokemon from a young age, serving as one of it's trainers up until she started attending Blueberry Academy. She basically got there on a scholarship, lmao.

Mio is a very silly lil chef who's basically to sour food as Crispin is to spicy, but she's genuinely a good cook! Like with Pokemon battles, a meal must be well balanced.

She's also a member of the Biome Club! I will probably have to google-fu any answers to advanced questions but Mio knows a hell of a lot about Pokemon adaptation and environmental effects of invasive species and the like. She's just below the Club's leader in terms of intelligence, pretty much.

Mio. Absolutely comes off as a dumbass with a weird typing style, but she basically makes up for it in competence in what she does best, and the work ethic of a god. This is a girl who multitasks her way into straight B+s and nobody knows how.

Feel free to throw some silly shit this way, this blog is very unlikely to dip into the high stakes waters at any point. This is a firm Silly Only zone. (maybe with some minor drama/angst but we're mostly gonna be silly here)

Any long absences are going to be explained by her phone breaking. She's a walking techbane but literally only for phones.

gillion and chip as hadestown!orpheus and eurydice

ok so i was listening to hadestown again because i love it dearly and i am still desperately trying to cope with ep 101 and i was like haha. chip and gillion as orpheus and eurydice. because yknow in the context of the actual myth you could compare it to the whole feywild arc and whatnot.

but then i listened to it more (more than halfway through the first song) and i realized it’s way better (worse) if you have it the other way around with chip as hadestown eurydice and gillion as hadestown orpheus. (there’s another way to read it too but we’ll get to that because it’s a bit more convoluted since. well it’s basically a game theory atp)

i’m going through this song by song because i have never felt happiness or peace ever

Road to Hell: ok so ignoring the gods for now. road to hell does eurydice a little dirty so for this song it’s just orpheus i’m talking about, but hermes describes him as a muse’s son and touched by the gods themselves. ok cool whatever so what Any Way the Wind Blows: “eurydice was a hungry young girl / a runaway from everywhere she’d ever been”? like yeah ok sure cool (side note? “ain’t nobody gonna stick around when the dark clouds roll” and  for chip, mr. constantly both afraid his crew will stay and will leave anytime something bad happens and who literally lost his family in the hole in the sea? silly.) plus for orpheus, “and this poor boy wore his heart on his sleeve / you might say he was naive to the ways of the world / but he had a way with words”. that’s my boy right there

Come Home with Me: most of this is just very funny (”oh, a liar and a player too?”) but “why would i become his wife?” “because he’ll make you feel alive” kinda got me a little tbh. and there’s also the ongoing theme of orpheus working on something to fix the balance of the world, which he can do because he’s touched by the gods.

Livin’ it Up on Top: most of this i’ll talk about when i talk about the gods because woo boy that should be a post of its own with how much psychological damage it caused me. but “there was a girl who had always run away / you might say it was in spite of herself / that this young girl decided to stay” for chip?

All I’ve Ever Known: yeahhhhhhhh nothing real metaphorical about this one. fnc shippers come get yalls juice ig idk that’s really all for that one

A Gathering Storm: title aside, the whole thing is eurydice being concerned about the practical way they will survive the winter while orpheus works on his song to make the world right again.

When the Chips are Down: hand to god i did not think about that pun until now. but yeah this whole song really sold it for me. “help yourself (to hell with the rest), even the one who loves you best / take if you can (give if you must), ain’t nobody but yourself to trust / aim for the heart (shoot to kill), if you don’t do it then the other one will” are interesting enough to think about with chip because basically his whole thing is not turning out like that but there are still some times (mainly early on) that he gets a little closer to those ideas. finally, “cast your eyes to heaven / you get a knife in the back”. put your life in the hands of anything but yourself and you get fucked over.

Wait for Me intro: alright one god i can pitch right now. hermes with the “so, just how far would you go for her? you got a ticket? yeah, i didn’t think so. course there is another way, but nah, i ain’t supposed to say.” being as mean as possible rn? hermes as niklaus would work as absolutely unfortunate as that is. which also makes the “ain’t no compass, brother, ain’t no map” line in the actual song even funnier since it’s hermes describing how to get to the underworld to save eurydice.

Wait for Me: the fates hit orpheus with the self doubt and worry that essentially he’s not the chosen one, part one. don’t really need to explain that one

Way Down Hadestown (Reprise): now hear me out on this. because hades’ whole bit is deals for people’s souls. eurydice signs a deal to give him her soul in exchange for not starving to death, and this song is her realizing what that really means and trying to defend it. which i will admit, makes it seem like it would work for niklaus too. but we’ll come back to that

If it’s True: “is this how the world is? to be beaten and betrayed and then be told that nothing changes?” now this one got me a little, between gillion’s ‘my last sin’ speech and what he said to jay in the block.

Intro to Wait for Me (Reprise): “it’s a trap?” “it’s a trial.” hermes explaining to orpheus and eurydice the conditions of them being allowed to leave. at the end of the day, according to hermes, their success rides on whether they trust each other and themselves. arguably the most recurring theme of riptide.

Doubt Comes In: orpheus doubting that he actually has the power to bring her back, thinking he has been tricked or is too weak to do it. in gillion’s own mind, his fatal flaw is not knowing if he believes he can be the chosen one or protect his friends. and for orpheus, he couldn’t.

a good amount of the songs are missing because i haven’t talked about hades and persephone yet. they’re. a separate issue

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Ok ok ok we all collectively will not shut up about how Percy is endeared by Vex's ears, right? well UNO REVERSE CARD! His lil round human ears are so fucking cute to Vex. It's also very funny for her to parse out how sensitive they are vs half-elven or elven ears.

In modern AUs their taste in music seems very different at a glance but meshes SUPER well. Percy is rocking to MCR and anime intros and Fallout Boy and old rock'n'roll (that his dad and Julius loved), Vex is grinding to pop and country, and everyone is like 'surely not' until they pull up to give Pike a ride and are just blasting a Taylor Swift song together (she joins in obviously). Or on a train sharing earbuds and the poor folks the next seats over can hear Monster by Skillet from there and these two are mouthing along and sharing Dramatic Looks.

Trinket keeps bringing cubs home. He's a male bear, bears don't raise cubs in pairs (males don't participate at ALL), but he's a Ranger companion and lives as long as Vex does. And given he's a fit specimen he's probably the sire of a lot of cubs in the area (Vex and the Grey Hunt have got to watch out for inbreeding effects KJTRNHRKN). So every now and then he'll find a hurt or abandoned or sick cub and bring it back, and Vex nurses it back to health (and Dan too), and suddenly they Have Another Bear. Oh Dear. Sometimes Vex and Trinket make a conscious effort to train the cubs to live in the wild and release them a ways away once they're old enough, but the three bears we see in C3 is Only The Beginning.

The first time Percy tried really growing a beard, Vesper made Unhappy Faces when he'd give her kisses and in a fit he shaved it all off. He needed some talking-tos about it. His baby girl was SO upset and it make HIM upset OKAY -

It's advised that guests do not wander the halls of Castle Whitestone alone at night. They assume, naturally, that this is due to Ghosts or Restless Spirits - no the de Rolos are just. like that. Cass would rather everyone avoid the trauma of hearing them having a good time. Also the kids' darkvision means they have shining pupils if light hits them in the dark and someone fell down the stairs once so there's that too.

Percy fucking agonizes over blue now. Getting a gift to match Vex's feather takes up at least 3-12 hours of a given project. At this point he has custom paints mixed for it and will scour stalls and shops for gems of the right turquoise.

He also owns way more fur than he'd expect, because Vex is a ranger and can at least make a decent muffler or trim for mittens or ruff for his winter coat out of some of her more impressive catches. His favorite, though, is a tiny fur thing that's badly worn. Vex insists it's a bird. *it does not look like a bird,* it looks like a pointed rock with two bead eyes. It was the first thing she tried making him and it, well, it didn't come out as she'd expected. He still stims with it often, it practically lives in his pocket - like she was in Pandemonium, when VM were transformed into birds. She says she hates it, but his earnest adoration for this little silly thing she made really makes Vex so damn happy.

OH MY GOD SHE WOULD LOVE HIS EARS,,, HIS LIL ROUNDED EARS,,, SO SOFT N ROUND,,,,,,,, OMG

YOUR MUSIC TASTES FOR THEM ARE SO IN LINE WITH WHAT'S IN MY HEAD NGKJRNGK. vex imo has the most chaotic playlists because there's just one for all of her music. it switches from lizzo to mumford & sons without rhyme nor reason. and they WOULD be taylor swift stans with pike i LOVE THIS. AND GOD,, THE MENTAL IMAGE OF HER AND PERCY DRAMATICALLY LIP-SYNCING LIKE HUGE NERDS..... MY CROPS ARE WATERED. MY SKIN IS CLEAR

THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING NGKJRNKJGNR i simply think vex deserves an entire legion of bears who love her, and many of them on the castle grounds. only the best for the grand mistress of bears. (trinket mimicking vex's adopting behavior is SO CUTE I'M GONNA CRY)

percy upsets his baby One Time and suddenly he must change everything about himself. i love him so much i cannot stand it

NKGJNKJENG the de rolos fuck nasty and it is a burden upon those who think themselves to be fearless... my heart goes out to the unlucky few who dare. ALSO THE FUCKING. QUARTER ELVES. JUST LIKE A BUNCH OF CATS IN THE KITCHEN AT 2AM WHEN YOU WANT A SNACK. IS PERFECTION.

GERKGNERJN percy will do anything to maintain his wife's aesthetic

VEX CRAFTING HIM THINGS...... PERCY KEEPING HER FIRST LIL BAUBLE BECAUSE HE LOVES HER................ STIMMING WITH IT CAUSE IT'S SOFT................................ picturing vex finding out and endeavoring to acquire so many soft things, making him a bunch more knick-knacks once she's better at it, wearing soft clothes, just, oh my GOD she loves him SO MUCH

thank you again for this absolute unfathomable joy, i squeaked out loud at least 3 times, i am full of serotonin once more

Todays rip: 27/11/2023

Electromeme Adventures

Season 3 Featured on: SiIvaGunner's Highest Quality Rips: Volume AI

Ripped by ChickenSuitGuy, Jack the Ripper, Lil Hairline

Man, collabs of this scale just always make me happy. Be it fusion collabs, or just collabs of any sort, or just one ripper having fun - or somewhere between it all like this rip, its hard not to adore rips that just throw all caution to the wind for the sake of maximizing the volume of jokes. Electromeme Adventures is a fantastic celebration of Geometry Dash as a whole, and is easily the game's best rip on the channel.

Though I haven't kept tabs much with the game itself, Geometry Dash always felt like the sort of game that really embraced and rewarded the creativity and dedication of its users with its user-created levels. It feels sort of like the Friday Night Funkin' of the 2010s, if I were to put it one way - and Electromeme Adventures is but one of several thousands fanworks that have kept the game going for so long. The bar of quality is so immensely high given just how talented many of its level creators are, yet ChickenSuitGuy and company matched it with an excellent display of quality. It's such a classic Season 3 rip with jokes like Despacito and Sean Kingston ebbing in and out with jokes from the early days like Soulja Boy and Grand Dad - yet those old jokes never rest on their laurels, and are polished to an absolute sheen. Jokes intersect and blend with one another in absolutely insane ways - the vocals of Beautiful Girls and Boulevard of Broken Dreams will be alternating in harmony with one another, as the instrumental carrying over from 10 seconds prior is built on the drums used in We Are Number One - the amount of layers that joke stack to in Electromeme Adventures is frankly absurd.

Its the kind of rip that, even as I'm sitting here cross-referencing the wiki's list of jokes whilst listening to it in real-time, there are so many small things I'm still only just noticing hidden in the mix. Like, at about a minute in, the vocal sample of MatPat introducing the Game Theory channel seems to at first just be a silly form of beatdrop/transition - but the actual Game Theory intro theme then begins playing quietly in the background, arranged with samples from Scatman's World! None of the jokes are left-field turns or sudden new jokes either, it's a barrage of jokes and themes you're already familiar with yet overlaid with one another in absolute sensory overload.

The appeal of "meme mashup" rips like this such as, say, Memey Hell, does absolutely feel a bit limited in just how dense they are - you've given so little time to actually process a joke or appreciate a harmony before things move on, and I feel like the currently ongoing series of Fusion Collab do a better job letting individual ideas shine for longer. Yet few of those have been looped on my playlist for quite as many times - its impossible for me to listen to Electromeme Adventures just once at a time due purely to how much damn STUFF is crammed into it, and the excellence its all pulled off with. The finishing segment, melody-swapping the backing synth into The Flintstones before switching to Brain Power, really does just close the rip out in the most perfect way possible. Electromeme Adventures is SiIvaGunner operating at FULL Brain Power.

I can't sleeeeeppp!!! Thinking about Marcus Pike's baby not letting him leave to work and crying out for him!!!

okay this took me a while (so sorry i was busy with work before my holiday)

Marcus gets your baby girl up in the mornings, doing breakfast together in the kitchen with her in the baby chair and Marcus still in his pajamas before he spends a bit of time with her playing before he goes back to wake you. It’s a routine that works well for the three of you; Marcus misses her those 5 days of the week that he works and so he takes all the time he can in the mornings and evenings, especially when it makes your days when you’re at home, after having gone part-time at work for a while, a little easier.

However, just because it works most of the time, doesn’t mean all. Some mornings, baby girl decides that she doesn’t want Dad to go to work and apparently this morning is one of those days. She's curled up next to you when Marcus comes out from the shower and her hands are already reaching for him with a pout that Marcus can’t ignore. He gets ready one handed while holding her in one arm before the suit is on, hair as neat as it can go, and you’re reaching for her.

That is when the tantrum starts.

Her little hands cling to his suit and Marcus looks like his heart is breaking as you take her into your arms while she’s still reaching for him.

“She’ll be fine.” You try to soothe Marcus while also rocking her in your arms, her whole body squirming to leave your hold and into her Dad’s.

Some mornings are like this but it’s usually after she hears the front door close, Marcus’s soothing deep voice and warmth leaving with him, but today you think is the first time she’s done it while he is still here. It’s the unpredictability of an almost toddler; some days she happily waves her Dad goodbye and curls into your side and others she sits on the mat by the door until she tires herself out or hears the intro to her favorite show filtering through the hall.

“I don’t want to leave her when she’s crying,” he pouts down at you and you shake your head with a smile.

“Marcus, it’s honestly better if you go now or she’ll start this all back up in another ten minutes.”

You can see the fight inside him now, his eyes moving between you and the briefcase by the door, before you rest your hand on his arm and stand on your toes to kiss the corner of his mouth.

“Really, I love you honey, if she is less moody later we can come for lunch.”

That seems to get Marcus moving, a soft kiss pressed to your temple before he backs out the door with his own pout on his face.

She calms down before he's at work, her hands squishing a banana as she sits in the high chair and laughs at the silly faces you pull and so you snap a couple of photos and send them to Marcus, his response of two red hearts coming back quickly.

*****

marcus tags

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Redoing my intro post on Comet lolz (FEAT new art)

Comet Yuusonya!

She/her pronouns

16 years old (birthday is July 18)

5’1” (154 cm)

Weighs around 100lbs (45kg)

First year, in the same class as Ace

She’s also asexual & polyamorous

Comet’s my version of the prefect, having come from another universe under mysterious circumstances. Ever since being shoved into Ramshackle, she’s been spending every penny she’s gained in attempts to renovate the place so she doesn’t have to live in filth. She picked up a few jobs around Mostro Lounge after around book 2, so she’s pretty acquainted with the Octotrio (against her will /j)

She’s a very anxious person. Comet considers herself both mom and therapist friend, so you know she’s mentally ill /hj,, Believes strongly in being compassionate to others and being kind, however, she is also known for her large collection of (usually empty) strange threats. I mean she punched Azul once so she’s got some bite at least. She’s very emotional sensitive and easy to tick off, although she’s working on getting her emotions in check

Comets got passions for space and mythology. Astrology is her best subject and she’s in Mountain Lovers Club with Jade. She occasionally visits Malleus (who she calls Lunie) in Gargoyle Study too. She also enjoys art, writing, and interior design, which is part of the reason she took up trying to fix the hellhole she’s stuck in.

For the first three books or so, Comet disguised herself as one of the boys. She’s good at cosplay, and has mastered the ability to tie her hair up into wigs (which is 100% possible, I have similar hair and I’ve done it before) (side note: she refuses to cut her hair, it’s important to her), so she got up super early every day to set up her disguise. This lead to her being very tired all the time, on top of not feeling like she could really be herself. The reason she did this was mostly because of fear, both of standing out too much in this new place, and also just… men in general. She doesn’t know who to trust, and so she makes an effort to remain at least kind of distant until she learns to trust these people.

She actually comes out of her disguise after being friends with Kalim and him basically saying that living as someone you’re not is no way to live. So she started opening up to her close friends (like Ace and Deuce) who supported her, until she just… stop wearing her wig one day. Anyway that got her harassed and she spent lunch crying, only for the dreaded Floyd Leech to find her outside all alone. Comet actually did not like Floyd at first—he was too high energy for her and too unpredictable and that scared her. However Floyd kind was just like “shrimpy is shrimpy I do not care that you are a girl???” she decided that maybe she can trust him. And then she started crushing on hi—

Anyway so there’s some stuff about Comet and a little intro to how she is in the story of TWST. She’s a silly goofy little shrimp. She also threatens to cook Floyd once when he backed her into a wall. Now she just calls him Unagi when she’s jokingly annoyed at him. Fun stuff

Digimon Frontier episode thoughts yay

08 - Save Everyone! You Must Evolve, Tsunomon -I'm glad we see Junpei and Izumi having their own adventure, I thought we might've just had them at Forest Terminal (or the next area t least) and meet back up with Takuya and the others. -OMG BABIES BABIES BABIES LITERALLY SO MANY DIGIMON BABIES AND TEACHER TOGEMON -Getting some of Izumi's backstory. So she actually DID live in Italy for a while. It's not just a character quirk when she speaks Italian. (I mean I guess it's still a quirk but not just like a "lolrandom" quirk) -"I don't want to be alone but I don't want to go out of my way to socialise either." damn girl stop being relatable haha -Tsunomon can evolve to Gabumon but then evolve back. Interesting. I guess evolution is seen as more of a "transformation" in general in Frontier. I mean it makes sense for the kids but the fact that it's extended to the Digimon is interesting too. Wonder if this will be a plot point like in Tamers or if it's just a different interpretaton of the Digimon world. (Or has this already been brought up and I forgot haha) -The kids are all back together! I really enjoyed this episode. It was nice having a more character driven conflict after all the literal fighty fight conflicts we've had so far. Plus we're really getting to see the kids interacting and growing a bit at this point.

09 - The Enemy is Chakmon?! The Mysterious TV Forest -Guy with Fire Digimon Spirit struggles to light fire. -MEAT APPLES. Honestly Digimon always has food that I really want to try, it's so weird. -TV Forest is a cool idea. Getting glimpses of the human world when the moons are covered. Is this partially how Digimon learned about the human world? Who knows. Tomoki though TT_TT -Oh so there are two TYPES of Spirits. Obviously from the intro (and how Digimon works generally) I knew the kids would have more forms/Spirits. I love that each episode seems to be giving new info like this, whether directly or indirectly. -I'm starting to like Koji or at least how they're handling him. Like, yeah, some people do just prefer their own company. It's not a judgment on others. It's not bad. He's fine, he's literally just hanging. It's nice. -Bakumon. EVIL. -The scene of Wolfmon up against a tree and it's Chakmon facing him off was funny like "oh no!! a cute bear!! haha how silly" then Chakmon pulls a gun on him and I'm like "okay, Sir, please calm down" -Chakmon being the ice elemental fella but also being able to like, turn into slush and stuff is a really cool idea. Usually ice elemental things are just "snowstorm" and/or "icicles" it's nice seeing some creativity with it. -Okay not gonna lie, Izumi being the only girl in the group AND being constantly saved/knocked out is pretty fucking annoying. Digimon was always pretty good at not being sexist (especially as an anime based on a "boy's toy") but at this point I'm already like "bruh please stop" it's not even NECESSARY most of the time (like when she first evolved and Woodmon bonked her noggin out cold. At least with Tsunomon/Gabumon it tied into the story a little plus she was in danger because she chose to take a risk, but… UGH). This is honestly my only complaint about the series so far (and although annoying it's FAR from series-ruining levels of bad lol especially when it comes to anime and sexism). It's not like she's even the dainty, waifish type and it's a flaw she's going to work on by becoming braver and more independant as the series goes on. I know I'm just shy of a fifth of the way through the story but it's enough of a pattern at this point where I'm like "ugh". Anyway I won't rant too much (lol too late) since this is more a complaint with the series generally than this specific episode. -Takuya is A GOOD BOY. "OOooh your friends are EvIl DfEat THEM!!" "no" haha you tell 'em I wish more characters just... didn't fall for mindwash bullshit like that -But yeah, another good episode! Stuff happened, it was interesting and entertaining. We got a little bit more insight into the characters. And when Koji was like "hmph you savage" HE WAS JUST TEASING and he and Takuya do a little fist bump. Like THEYRE FRIENDS. He's edgy loner but he's also not JUST edgy loner. We end on the mysterious voice from Koji's device…

10 - Can't Control the Beast Spirit?! Garmmon Evolves! -Okay just before the episode even starts I'm like "oh I know Garmmon!" then remember I'm thinking of SMT's Garm haha -GOTSUMON!! I love getting to see more little Digimon villages and stuff. -Grottomon's back, ruh-roh. -Aww, Gotsumon protected Koji instead of going for the shiny stone. -ROLLER DOG. -The Gotsumon in this ep was such a bro dude haha. Imagine spending (years??) of your life searching for magic stones to unlock a secret sacred power to overthrow some bad guys and then some rando kid just swoops in and gets it instead of you and just… you take it on the chin like a total champ. -Honestly not much to say. Just another solid episode. I DO hope Grottomon doesn't just KEEP showing up eternally, but it's not like he's Team Rocket geting blasted off every episode. He's only showing up every so often. Plus I expect we'll get more Beast Spirits and having the kids learn to control them before he's finally defeated.

11 - Defeat Me! The Legendary Warrior Vritramon Runs Wild -"Curse those meddling kids. Well, better summon Satan!" - Grottomon, probably -The Digimon fortune tellers were all pretty funny. Especially Sepikmon counting the stars haha. I wonder what kind of fortune teller Gekomon is in the dub. "Funny Soda Fortune Teller" "Got a Tummyache from Too Many Milkshakes Fortune Teller" -now Tomoki's Spirit is also stolen! I like that Grottomon is actually having some kind of impact ont the heroes and isn't just… showing up just to be sort-of-but-not-totally-beaten every episode. That's always an annoying kind of recurring villain. -Koji evolves to Garmmon after Takuya is taken over by Vritramon. Probably going to learn how to better control his Beast Spirit during the fight. I really like that these new Spirits are a STRUGGLE for the kids. It's not just "and now you get the bigger, better, stronger Spirit, have fun!" -CLIFFHANGER GO -this episode felt more straightforward and shorter than the recent ones, maybe because there was actually a bit more fighting and stuff?

Let Me In, Prologue

I have been reading so much ST fanfic that I wanted to write my own. It's just a quick intro to something that could be turned into a series with enough interest. I've never written before so I hope you like the sample! If I get good feedback, I'll keep it going. Thanks for reading! Let me know what you think. I'd be happy to start a tag list!

Warnings ⚠️: Tobacco use and maybe light cursing. Not a whole lot.

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"And I get to do it all over again tomorrow..." you grumbled quietly to yourself as you slammed the gate down and pushed your key into the lock. The Starcourt Mall was super crowded and overwhelming during the day but on the nights you worked the closing shift at Scoops Ahoy, you actually enjoyed the silence that fell down the now dark and empty walk ways. The only noises that lingered were the carousel music from the mechanical horse in the distance and the sigh escaping your lips, signaling the end of another exhausting work day. It was nice to be alone though. You roll your eyes as you head toward the mall exit, not looking forward to the shift you had to work tomorrow. But you immediately felt guilty for complaining. You had picked up tomorrow night's shift for Steve, as he had done for you a couple of times before. He had to beg you though. You shake your head and let out a breathy chuckle remembering how excited he was to finally score a date with....what was her name again? Tracy? Lisa? Brandi? You lost track after a while and so did Robin, sparing him a few tallies on the "You Suck" board. You noticed Steve "The Hair" Harrington was feeling a little down lately about having issues in the dating department. It had been like this since his breakup with the Wheeler girl. You figured he deserved to have the night off. Maybe it would make him more productive during your next shift together if the date went well.

The cool air brushed your cheeks, bare arms and legs as you walked out the door. It made you shiver a bit. You groaned to yourself as you shifted to dig through your bag. After a moment of ruffling through, you managed to grab your pack of cigarettes and a lighter. Steve and Robin were always quick to remind you about how gross and unhealthy smoking was but you had your reasons for choosing not to quit. You didn't want to. At least not right now. The Scoops uniform was doing absolutely no favors in shielding you from the chilly breeze. Even when the nights had been warmer, you hated that damn polyester skirt and hideous striped top. But at least THEN it was somewhat weather-appropriate. Remembering the silly looking hat still on your head, you snatched it off quickly and shoved it in your bag with a deep sigh. 'I NEED to find a new job' followed up by 'who the hell wants ice cream when it's still cold out anyway?' You pulled a cigarette out of the pack and brought it to your lips, inhaling as you lit up the end. "Ugh. Finally." As you exhaled, you leaned back against the brick wall outside the exit with a thud. Your head followed as you leaned it gently against the wall shortly after. Closing your eyes, savoring the moment. The quiet. The nicotine. The emptiness of the lot. You let it all swallow you for a brief moment before a heavier breeze blew through, nipping at your exposed skin again. Without opening your eyes, you silently cursed yourself for not bringing a jacket with you to work. You took another long drag off your cigarette. As ready as you were to leave, you weren't ready to go home. You knew what to expect. An empty driveway. Only darkness welcoming you home through the windows. And a cold bed that always seemed inviting until your eyes finally lost the fight to stay open. The nightmares clouding your unconscious mind as you drifted off. Exhale.

After a few moments, you savored the last puff from the cigarette before tossing it to the ground and extinguishing it with the toe of your sneaker. The wind picked up a tiny bit as you started your walk home but you hardly noticed the chill now. Your mind was too preoccupied trying to shake the memories of last night's nightmare. It was always the same. The blood red sky. The huge....branches? No...more like vines? covering the ground, occasionally twisting up your ankles before you could shake free of them with a bit of a struggle. The thought of how scared you were in your dream sends a shiver down your spine colder than the chill present in the air now. A familiar voice rips you from your disturbing thoughts.

"Hey, Y/L/N! You look lost!" You glance over to the car slowly driving along next to you, a smile crossing your lips at the sight of your co-workers and the familiar BMW. "I wish," you shoot back in response to Robin. You watch as Steve stops the car and leans over her to speak his piece through the open window. "Glad we caught you before you got too far! You uh....got plans tonight?" He shot you one of his infamous flashy smiles and you and Robin both picked up on the flirtatious tone. You raised your eyebrows with a short laugh as you watched Robin palm his face, gently pushing him back into the driver's seat by his head. She rolled her eyes. "Easy, dingus. It's almost like you forgot about your date tomorrow with Missy -" "MINDY" he corrected quickly, cutting her off. "MINDY. WHATEVER." Steve threw his hands up with an exasperated sigh as Robin looked back over to you with a smirk on her face. "What he meant to say was 'get in the car and come watch some movies with us'." She held up two movie cases decorated with the Family Video logo and shook them side to side slowly as though she was trying to persuade you without using words. After a brief moment, you answered by walking toward the car, Robin letting out a celebratory "yesssss!" and Steve's smile reappearing on his face as he watched you climb into the back seat. He made sure the door was completely shut before taking off toward his place. You giggled at their excitement. "These movies better be good, Buckley! And there better be snacks!" You listened to your favorite two knuckleheads bicker over which snacks were a necessity as you silently thanked them. They were saving you from the loneliness you would have endured at home without even knowing.