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fumikomiyasaki · 2 years

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(;_; Sable,Ignacio, & Lustre only Serendipia ones with phones. Lustre would love a text from Carol 😅)

Beep

10 Sable & Lyla

Beep! ( Don't mind me just doing some that I can also with outside serendipia )

A loving text

“I really did enjoy yesterday night. Its kinda sad I can only see you at night but I will embrace every second of it... which however makes my heart miss you more... oh I got inspired by that book you recommended me. I got some for you too I could bring. If you want to stop by my lab, hit me up. <3 See you later.“

( Can fullfill this wish)

A frustrated text

“Didn’t I tell you to stop sending me those kind of messages I told you before!!! If anyone would see this I have tons of explaining to do and I have enough on my plate already.. AND NO I WILL NOT SEND YOU A PICTURE BACK. Geez... how many times do I have to tell you... Next time I come to you personally and scold you out in front of Sin if I have to....”

A drunk text (Cause it sounds hilarious)

“heeeeey hot stuffff... deery and I enjyo the vibe here.,,,don’t ya wanna join us .. cmooonnnnnn... I wanna embrace the bothksofd of yall...bettrrr vome or we ahce too much funnnn withoitut yaaaaa... ”

(She is a flirty mess when drunk... i apoligize. Also i bet given she often passes out when drinking too much she is asleep if he would try to come over.XD)

A late night text

“Hey Tarak... my bad calling you this late but... do you maybe have time in the morning. I wanted to go jogging to clear my mind and I need a good partner to chat with in between. Do you have time ? :) “

A wrong number text

“Mellow you don’t understand... there is that person I finally have so much in common with and I wanna spend more time with them but.... I don’t know how to cross the distan--”

“Oh um sorry... I messed up and send something to the wrong person... Sorry Matcha... wait now that I wrote you anyways, do you want to come over later? I have some stuff I wanted to share.”

A text asking for advice

“Hey Lucas, could you help me which fabric to use... I am kind of torn on which material would work better with this outfit. I also need help with the right accesoires... Would you maybe have time to stop by later.”

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ciderjacks · 1 year

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Brad this season slowly collecting weird autistic women like Pokémon cards

#It’s like the platonic version of a harem #I don’t even want Braddavid anymore I just want more scenes with Brad and this insane fuckimg Pack he’s accumulated #Finale Is just Brad standing there while Jo Carol Poppy Rachel and Dana all attack his family #mythic quest #brad bakshi #mythic quest s3 #im kidding I do want more braddavid the actors have too much chemistry for nothing to happen #And their whole enemies to lovers thing is so good this season especially last episode where David. Um. Does that thing with the desk. Yea

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devilcat210 · 1 year

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To the beautiful couples!! What are some of your valentines day celebrations/traditions? :D 💝💕💖💞💕 (also u dont have to include all since i know theres a lot and its all ur choice no pressure ✨)

We celebrate Valentine's day with

Giving gifts, cuddling/kissing, and going out💕

And...

Never forget to include our lovely friend, Sally💛

-Ibuki Carol/Sandalphon-

#asks #Dream Bar+Cafe #ibuki carol #latte sharney #may ling #nike amor #mikayla zayn #inazuma tsubasa #sally mare #my ocs #sally's harem #platonic poly relationships

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katz-chow · 5 months

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deranged reader my beloved, my daughter, me. back again in the spools of my brain.

warnings: exactly what the title is. fem! reader, pwp, blood, gore, manipulation (?), toxic reader (?), reverse harem w/ soap & ghost eventually the others, pnv, fingering, overstim (fem)

🏷️ | @warenai @reese-is-right

part 1

you came from a normal life before joining the military. your parents love you and so does your younger brother, he's a pain in the ass but aren't all siblings? cookie cutter houses lines the suburban streets, grasses cut, and christmas decorations find themselves on the houses as soon as december hits, no sooner to avoid hoa fines.

It's actually silly how you turned out this way, a small malicious brain in a body of a well cared for girl. in many ways it was like taming a wild animal; your nails were manicured on the regular, hair neat and put together, strands never where you hadn't meant for it to be, and your uniform was pristine, never stained, never wrinkled. on the outside, you truly where just the sweetest young lady that was meant to sing christmas carols at nursing homes and gain pinches on your cheeks as tips.

but you can't fully tame a wild animal though. in many cases, tigers eat their owners, monkeys maul them, and raccoons abandon home after trashing it. you, were simple. you don't bare your teeth to your owners or unsheathe your claws, you pin them. you pin them in a way that artists pin beetles and butterflies, perfect and spayed out for display and enjoyment.

and that's what you did to the 141. you made them yours. it came easy, natural- almost instinctive. everyone wants to be liked, right? so what if you're extra, extra good at that? you're just charming!

it started with soap. he was an easy target knowing how friendly he is. after finding out he's a demolitions expert, you stepped in asking him rather complex questions on the molecular composition of the explosives he found himself building. and he gladly explained it to you, not having a lot of people who know chemistry on such a level outside of an academic space.

the two of you spend lunches together relating his chemistry knowledge to your biology knowledge as an ex-medic. together you were Biochemistry, what a bunch of nerdy POS'.

quickly that lead to more chemistry in the comfort of your bed as well, having the two of you wrapped up in the sheets as he fucked you hard and fast, his name spilling out of your lips like an echo in the void that is your thoughts.

his dick rammed into, your ankles on his shoulders and his grip on the back of your knees as he bends you in half.

after that night, it became many more. soap was now just johnny. the two of you shared loving glances and plenty of playful touches, a slap on each other's ass when the other passed by, a ruffle of hair, and arms wrapped around the other's waist, cheek to the muscle of their back.

ghost, observant as ever, found this quite aggravating as he thought you were his to hold. while you and johnny fumbled with carbons and phosphorus, ghost had picked up more paperwork than normal, training more recruits than he normally would, just to go and ask you for help. which, being the nice person you were, happily agreed to help him empty his plate.

silence filled the air besides the occasional sound of paper shifting and being flipped, or tossed to the side. some pens scribbling on the paper and against the hardness of the wood also found its way into the comfortable silence and the absence of words. ghost's eyes dashed up to look at you, chewing on the flesh of your lip as you focus on the paperwork that he had asked for your help on. he sees the blankness of your face, how nothing else seems to move or show any signs of emotion besides the gnawing of your teeth.

he quirked an eyebrow at this, how unusual you are...how fascinating. almost as if in a trance, a stupor, a daze as your aura pulls him onto his feet and over to you. he hovers over you, only your wooden desk in between.

"you and soap..." he started and as quickly as the daze came, it left him to fumble for the right words. you look up at him, the same bored expression on your face before you wide your eyes just a tiny bit in surprise and realization.

your head tilts to the side, deciding on letting him grumble with his own choked words. and he, in fear of such situation, opted to shut his mouth and walk back to his desk, picking up from what he left off.

a giggle escapes your mouth, "you can ask him." you say playfully, going back to your own sentence to write and finish up.

the two of them were a pair, always have been- and easy to hook both with the same, sweet bait of your kindness. sooner or later, you got what you wanted, two playful dogs that tend to your every need, whether to pick up some food for you, run to your room to get a file you forgot, knock someone's teeth out for your collection, or to pull orgasm after orgasm out of you until you’re a panting mess. that last one was your favorite.

you sat in simon's lap, knee bent with your leg thrown over it, spreading and keeping your thighs from closing. johnny's fingers thrust into your sweet heat as your sharp nails continue to dig into the back of simon's hand, holding onto the flesh of your waist tightly. behind you, you could feel simon's dick twitched as more of your slick dribble down onto his own trousers. his hot breathe against your ear grounded you just a bit as johnny's thumb grazed over your swollen clit. "that's it lovie...one more for us yeah?" johnny snickers from his place, crouched right in front of your pussy, all wet and puffy from the many orgasms that the two of them have taken from you. you whined as he continue to tease you, fingers languidly pulling in and out of your cunt as his thumb swipes over the top edge of your bud. you cry out. even his feather-light touches on your wet clit draws you closer to the edge until your mind goes numb, your pleasure boiling over the edge once again. your body convulses as simon's grasp on you tighten. "good girl, come on now. i kent you could do it..." johnny praises as his fingers pumps in and out of you quicker, pulling every last drop of your pleasure into his palm.

now two of them were playful with you, you were theirs and they knew how to share. their sweet little play thing that was always too good to them, so obedient.

simon now wishes that you were as obedient in the field as you were in bed as he sweeps through the building in search of you. he curses to himself for letting you slip past his field of vision and his attention, going off on your own with a simple "be right back".

he believed it but that was almost an hour ago, and this building is not big. however, the concrete walls and fluorescent lights rendered this place a labyrinth. rifle in his hand, held close and alert, he quickly tip toes up the stairs, observing the twisting quiet hallways, its greenish lights making him feel sick.

he continued on, careful in the thickness of the silence, making his heart thunder and his steps heavy, like forcing through gelatinous air. a wail rung through the concrete walls, not yours, but a shriek of agony, the only sound being made in the longest minutes in his life.

he jogged on, gun tight in his grip, ready to shoot the poor bastard that stood in between his darling and him.

your voice got louder as he got closer, he turned the corner, meeting you and a man in an empty room, door swung open. the man knelt on your feet in front of you. crimson pipes and frayed pieces of his bicep dripped down thick, molten blood onto a pile of rumble from the collapsed wall. simon froze, his own blood flowed thunderously in his ears as he felt his chest shook.

your face showed the same picture as it did when he made you take over his paperwork all those weeks ago. a plain, empty, broken face stared back down at the man on his knees. he mumbles something in russian quickly, petrified in his spot as you held the saw onto the top of his head. his pleas faded into nothing as his voice grew raw from overuse. a simple, broken, "please" breathed out of his exhausted lungs.

simon saw the way his unsteady back raised as he took a quick breath and how it shakily exited his body. blood continued to drip from his exposed bone and muscle. the man's body swayed, weakened from the lack of such plasma flowing through him. a man on the brink of death didn't scare simon, he has been where you are now. he has seen death like an old friend from school, bumping into it every so often.

the dread that filled his body and weighed on his shoulders was your reaction- or lack thereof. you didn't care about his pleas, or how the light in his dull eyes extinguished from tight-lining in between life and death. you didn't care that his arm was discarded behind you. you didn't care about the severed arm, laying in a dark pool, drenched in blackness, just a foot away from your backside. you didn't care.

the man's hand grabs onto your leg, begging, pleading for mercy, even as death was eager to take him. simon sees his breathing becoming staggered, shallow, knowing death is standing over your shoulder, staring on, waiting for you to make the final blow, to end his life.

but you don't. a satiated hum of approval rumbled out of your throat as you dug the jagged blade of the hand saw into his skull. the man pulled from the well of his energy, enough to let out a sluggish, hoarse sob. he bent over more, trying to escape the digging of the steel into his scalp, failing.

you pull back the blade, making you cut deeper and the man choked on his anguished cries. satisfied, you yanked the blade out, leaving the man to hiccup one last plea as you kicked him off your leg. he falls to the ground on his side, his chest rising ever so slightly. you step over him, throwing the saw to the other side of the room, it's weight hits the concrete with a 'thump'. simon doesn't speak, and neither do you. he walks behind you, rifle still drawn. and you know why.

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therealesino · 6 months

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This might be kinda random but I was wondering, what would all the Royaul characters be as tarot cards? What's their uprights and reverses? This question has been on my mind for quite a while since the latest update hahah

I really like this question, so I took some time to really think about it, and I think this is how I would see them.

Cross - wheel of fortune. Both reverse and upright. Wheel of fortune is luck, opportunity, change, destine, winning. It can also mean karma, and honestly, Cross is the personification of karma. (just ask Samuel and Carol uwu) Honestly, on that note, ask the harem too. They did nothing to deserve what happened to them, and they got to see justice served. UwU

Reversed, this is bad luck, disappointment, misfortune, mishap, unforeseen setback. We see this in the guard, and how he interacts with his father honestly. And we will be seeing this more as the story progresses.

Killer - 10 of swords (I'm sorry baby D:) Upright this means ruin, failure, bitterness, collapse, exhaustion, dead end, victimization, betrayal. All things that would describe royaul Killer. Killer has been betrayed, brutalized, and broken in ways we haven't fully seen yet. He's changed, and he's hurting.

Reversed, this is survival, improvement, healing, lessons learned, despair, relapse. So, not without hope, but Killer has been changed by his experience, and he will struggle with healing.

Nightmare - 5 of cups. The 5 of cups means loss, grief, disappointment, sadness, mourning, discontent, feeling let down. These are all things that would describe royaul Nightmare, especially after his father's betrayal and his mother's death.

But revered the 5 of cups means acceptance, moving on, finding peace, contentment, seeing positives. Which is how he differs from Killer. Killer struggles so much to move on, to let go, where as Nightmare is ready to shed who he was and be something new. Something better with Cross and the others. He's changed yes, but he's not going to let it stop him.

Dust - the star. The star represents hope, inspiration, positivity, faith, renewal, healing, rejuvenation. Which I think we see a lot in the collar and the wall. Dust was breaking down, falling apart at the seams, until Cross came along and pulled him back together. But he had to believe in Cross, and have a little faith, that everything was going to be okay.

The star reversed is hopelessness, despair, negativity, lack of faith, despondent all things we saw from Dust when he was in the parlor. He was giving up, on the verge of falling down, and giving into madness. His mind in tatters that it left him spiraling down.

Horror - four of wands. This card represents community, home, celebrations, reunions, parties, gatherings, stability, belonging. And let's be honest, without Horror, the others would have fallen apart in the parlor. He's the one who held them together, and kept them sane. We'll get to see Horror shine soon enough, and remind everyone why he was seen as a pillar of strength before the fall.

Reversed, it means lack of support, instability, feeling unwelcome, transience, lack of roots, home conflict. And well, we all know what happened when Tempo tried to separate the harem.

Epic - Justice. Epic is justice through and through. It represents justice, karma, consequence, accountability, law, truth, honesty, integrity, cause and effect. Much like Cross, Epic is karma and justice, and honesty. But unlike Cross, it comes at a much steeper price, and he does not always win. In fact, if you ask Epic, he losses a lot uwu

Reverse, justice is injustice, retribution, dishonesty, corruption, unfairness, avoiding accountability. Now I wouldn't say Epic is corrupt, far from it. But his life has been nothing but unfairness, and as a spy he is rife with dishonesty and retribution.

The avoiding accountability, well that will come later in his personal life UwU

EDIT

Not me forgetting Dream.

Dream - Death. The death card represents transformation, endings, change, transition, letting go, release. Which is not where Dream is at the moment.

He's stuck on the reverse of death, which is fear of change, repeating negative patterns, resisting change, stagnancy, decay.

Dream was so, so traumatized by what happened to him, so changed, so broken, that he's stuck for the first part of the story. He resists everything good that is being given to him and doesn't trust a single thing, leaving him falling apart on the way side.

Eventually, and after some stuff, he will transform into a being of change, and release. He will let go of some of his hurt, once he accepts that things are different, and honestly, thats okay.

#undertale #fanfiction #royaul

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widowpunx · 8 months

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HALLOWEEN IS UPON US!!

Thank you Anon and all the beautiful people for asking 🔥😎😎🔥 here's your response...

OH YES! HALLOWEN IS UPON US AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS!

As the nights become darker and longer, your host widowpunx is proud to present to you the next edition of her AO3 kinktober celebrations:

NATASHA ROMNOFF'S | DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE WE GO 2023

Let's celebrate together various dark and weird wonderful fics where Natasha Romanoff and her harem conformed by other mcu ladies like Maria Hill, Wanda Maximoff, Melina Vostokoff, Christine Palmer, Pepper Potts, Laura Barton, Yelena Belova, Kate Bishop, Sharon Carter, Carol Danvers, Hope Van Dyne, Peggy Carter and more immerse in this dark smutty world full of vampires, demons, werewolfs and other sexy dangers where G!P Natasha Romanoff will experience so many lewd and incorrect situations.

Welcome to the fourth annual widowpunx's kinktober celebration. Hope you enjoy this special kinktober edition and will download to keep in your collection, and will excite those of you who love this smutty concept. Let's start with three new works

Notes: Please read tags carefully | Only 18 +

Kate Bishop X G!P Natasha Romanoff - COME WITH ME TO EAT YOUR GIRL - (After Yelena makes Kate feel bad and she finds comfort in Natasha's arms.)

2. Natasha Romanoff X Maria Hill X Wanda Maximoff - Eternally (Maria and Wanda find a fun way to pass the time until Natasha's return.)

3. G!P Natasha Romanoff X Wanda Maximoff - Make Me Crazy ( A Mission Gone Wrong + Sex Pollen) [Wanda is a Tease + Awkward Natasha]

4. Werewolf! Natasha X Sex Demon Wanda + Natasha's Pack [Carol X Yelena X Sharon Carter] - Losing Your Mind In Chaos Magic (Wanda has been hoping to find a lover who can satisfy her overwhelming appetite but luckily Wanda not only finds a werewolf lover named Natasha but a pack of werewolves willing to help [Coming Soon]

5. More to come 😏😉 he he he 😈😈😈

If you missed the last editions you can find them below 👇👇

DOWN THE RABBIT RABBIT HOLE WE GO 2020

DOWN THE RABBIT RABBIT HOLE WE GO 2021

DOWN THE RABBIT RABBIT HOLE WE GO 2022

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xoxoladyaz · 10 months

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AU-gust, Day 11: Doppelgänger

A/N: So this is the first part of a potential series that I'm thinking of writing because I want a reverse harem for Stevie and also because I like to mess with canonical events as much as possible. I definitely tried to do something a little different here with my writing so let me know your thoughts as always!

TW: Canonical violence and creature death, mentions of major character death

It’s not a smooth landing.

She collides with the damp earth, palms scraping against dried out branches, knees sliding in the frigid fall mud. She gasps, and the air that floods her lungs smelt of decaying leaves, of abandoned squirrel feed, of rotting jack-o-lantern corpses, of chlorine.

Chlorine.

The pool.

“You will go across and then you will go back.”

“Fuck,” she spits out, nauseous as she leans her forehead against the ground. “Fuck.”

The dulcet tones of Modern English float past her, cloying and faint. I’ll stop the world and melt with you –

Faint.

Too faint.

“Fuck!”

She pushes herself to her unsteady feet. Is it the bites acting up, or the sluggishly bleeding scar around her neck, or was Seven not fast enough to fully scare away the rigor mortis that had gripped her body back –

Not home. Don’t think of home.

There’s no time.

“Save her, please.” She’d heard Nancy’s voice even as her eyes began to fail her. “Save Barb.”

“Barb,” she mutters as she forces her legs into a slow job.

“Barb,” she says again as her legs grow warmer, the muscles screaming with exertion.

“Barb,” she yells as she breaks into a run, the blood in her body rushing back to life all at once, pumping through her veins as she races across the forested floor, through the bushes and into her – the backyard.

“BARB!” She screams, and Barb – the other Barb – turns in her direction just as the lights under the pool go out.

Twenty feet away.

“Hello?”

“GET INSIDE – GET INSIDE THE HOUSE!”

Fifteen feet away.

“I – sorry, who are you?”

Ten feet away.

Faster, Harrington, you need to be faster –

“RUN – GO NOW!”

Less than five feet and –

The monster emerges from the shadows of the pool shed, taller than she remembers, its floral-shaped maw pulling into a snarl. Its screech sends shockwaves through the night air, through the pools’ small waves, through her memory and her body feels sweat for the first time since her almost-death. Other-Barb screams back, only a hair’s width away from the monster and, well, her knees are banged up anyways.

She grits her teeth and dives just as the Demogorgon’s claw swing out, sending herself and Barb crashing into the rough concrete of the Harrington pool deck. Other-Barb gasps at the impact and starts to scramble, pushing up and away from her and the monster.

Save her, please, Nancy’s voice echoed again. Save Barb.

The monster roars again, and she can almost feel its breath on her back. “Go,” she yells, shoving Other-Barb further along the cement as best as she can. “GO!”

A claw grabs her leg, piercing through skin, and with a scream she’s yanked backwards and tossed into the pool. She lands in the warm water with a harsh splash and

She’s there, paddling around with her Tommy and Carol in the summertime, ten years old and convinced she’ll never be happier than in that moment and

She’s there, the first time her and Tommy went skinny-dipping, back before her small world burst apart and

She’s there, doing her laps as Billy Hargrove’s eyes burn into her shoulder blades and

She’s there as the vines grab at her ankle and pull her down down down into hell, to the feast where she was the main course and

She’s there, at the bottom of the pool, and there’s no monster in sight.

But there is a shadow above the pool, its claws scraping the ground as it stalks menacingly towards the glass door where a figure with red hair stands amidst others –

Amidst others.

Fuck.

“This will be your job, you understand?”

She’s ten years old and her father has just installed the pool.

“You wanted the pool, so you have to take care of it, make sure we don’t get too many leaves. Understood?”

Her father’s face is shadowed but the tool in his hands is not. Long, metallic, with a basket on the end.

“Don’t make me ask again.”

“Yes, Dad.”

“Good. Keep it close. And if I see a single leaf, I will drain this sucker.”

She shoves against the bottom of the pool, ignoring the sharp burst of pain in her leg and the screaming that’s starting in her lungs and swims, pushing herself as fast as she can towards the leaf skimmer at the end of the pool. She breaks the surface just as the creature lets out another scream and this time it is echoed by a chorus of voices, almost all of which sound familiar. Her hand grasps the skimmer as the house lights start to flicker around her, and suddenly she’s back at the Byers’ house watching Joyce’s Christmas lights go awry.

“Where is it? Where is it?”

“Nancy, Nancy!”

“NANCY!”

“ – WHAT THE FUCK, WHAT THE FUCK - ”

“ – GET INSIDE, HURRY - ”

“ – BARB! BARB!”

“Be careful now,” her father says as he watches her handle the skimmer. “It’s sharp under the basket. You got it?”

“Got it,” she says, and then she’s swinging the basket-less pool skimmer around in her hand as she turns and charges towards the monster and

Nancy’s firing her pistol, wincing with every pull of the trigger as the monster stalks closer. She can’t see Jonathan, he’s somewhere on the ground, and she sees that Nancy is going to run out of bullets soon but Nancy doesn’t stop, she just glares at the creature as she shoots and says

“Go to hell you son of a bitch!” She yells in time with Nancy’s memory and thrusts the sharp end of the pool skimmer through the monster’s torso. The sound it lets out sends shivers rippling across her skin but she does it again, pulling the skimmer back out and stabbing forward again.

The lights flicker as the monster falls forward, its talons clawing uselessly at the air in front of it. She draws the skimmer out for the last time and, with a final roar, impales its head on the now bloodied metal stick.

The pool lights turn back on alongside the radio that flickers to life.

I’ve been waiting for a girl like you, I’ve been waiting –

Panting, she drops lets go of the skimmer and watch as it falls forward slightly, still embedded in the monster’s skull. Its black blood is pooling slowly, staining the pool deck in a lethargic trickle that feels oh so satisfying after the last couple of days.

After the last couple of years.

“What the actual FUCK JUST HAPPENED?!”

Right. She almost forgot.

She lets a sharp exhale escape her lungs as she looks up and, sure enough, there’s Tommy Hagan, seventeen and half-dressed and utterly useless. There’s Carol standing behind him, pantsless. There’s Barb, bleeding but still alive. There’s Nancy and she can’t stand to look at her and see a stranger in her eyes, so she glances behind and –

She doesn’t know him.

But she’d know the moles on that face anywhere.

“Demogorgon,” she says, kicking the thing in the foot. “And there’s more where that came from.”

“Okay, WHAT?!” Tommy hollers again. “What the fuck are you – is this some sort of sick prank Harrington because I swear to God - ”

“It’s not a prank, Tommy,” she cuts him off before he can work himself up into a full-fledged tantrum. Tommy – no, Other-Tommy – whips around to look at her and if she had the energy, she would laugh at how quickly his flushed face pales.

“What – how do you know my name?”

“Or, better question,” Other-Nancy speaks up and fuck, it burns how much she sounds like her Nancy, all matter-of-fact and in control despite the fact that she hasn’t stopped trembling. “Who are you?”

“It’s now or never, princess.”

“I’m Stevie. Stevie Harrington.”

Crickets. Crickets and the rustling of leaves in the trees and Foreigner’s last strains playing on the radio. Won’t you come into my life?

“Holy shit.” Carol is the first to break. “Holy fucking shit.”

Tommy shakes his head back and forth, like a dog trying to get dry. “No, nuh-uh, there is no fucking way Steve has a fucking doppelganger - ”

“Only one way to find out.” Barb is the one to interrupt Tommy this time, and she turns around to look at the other boy – to look at Steve. Steve, who’s been frozen since the monster stopped moving. Steve, whose arms are hanging uselessly at his sides. Steve with swoopy hair and a constellation of freckles on his neck that look like Orion, that match the freckles on hers -

Steve, who hasn’t so much as blinked since he laid eyes on her.

“Steve. Steve,” Nancy hisses, elbowing him in the side, and then he’s moving, stumbling onto the pool deck.

Stevie steps over the Demogorgon carcass – since she gets not wanting to be near it, obviously – but he doesn’t stop walking towards her until they’re less than a breath apart. His eyes are locked on hers, and the shaking hand he holds out to her is clean and dry and warm.

She wipes hers on her pants leg – not that it will do much good, seeing as she’s soaked and covered in monster blood and scrapes and bruises – and she reaches back, taking his hand in hers and

The world flashes gold, just for a moment, and when the light fades from her eyes, the first thing she sees is a golden infinity loop wrapping around her wrist, its twin wrapping around his.

The others are screaming their exclamations, as apparently they witnessed the golden light too, but she’s not hearing anything they have to say. She’s too busy focusing on the way her other self looks at their enjoined hands, the way the warmth of their new bond seems to spread up his arms and into his now flushing cheeks, into his gleaming eyes.

“I’m Steve.”

“Stevie,” she says again, because that’s the only thing she can say and he knows, which is why he pulls her into his arms and there’s so much to do, God there’s so much to do, but for the first time in a long, long time she feels safe.

She can give herself five minutes to cry.

#steve harrington #steddie #stranger things #steddie fanfic #nancy wheeler #tommy hagan #carol perkins #barb holland #female steve harrington #hints of steddie #hints of harringrove #canon is a cat purring in my lap 'cause it loves me #two steves are better than one #stranger things fanfic #doppelganger #august fanfic challenge

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isekai-crow · 5 months

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2024 Winter Anime Lineup (Master Post?)

First post for a new blog where I'm going to try and record my opinions, break downs, comparisons, and various degrees of squees about anime!

The lineup for this year's Winter isn't as packed as the 2023 Fall season was, but that's always the case. It sure is still causing my To Watch List to keep getting longer... but more importantly because it's so lacking in big name shows one of my most anticipated shows gets to shine...

SOLO LEVELING

俺だけレベルアップな件

LET'S GOOOOOOOO!!!

I'M SO EXCITED FOR MY SHADOW BOY TO FINALLY ARRIVE!!!

also, holy CRAP look at all this TRADITIONAL FANTASY!!! There is even a decent selection of non harem Isekai this round too! And a lot of awesome sequels/continuations!

Anyways, here's what's on my to watch list for this season! I'll be posting about them in their own or other threads as I figure out how I want to set this blog up. My reasons for WHY I'm watching what I'm watching

Definitely Will Watch!

Solo Leveling / 俺だけレベルアップな件

Apothecary Diaries /薬屋のひとりごと(Continued)

Delicious in Dungeon (Dungeon Meshi) / ダンジョン飯

The Villains Day Off / 休日のわるものさん

Undead Unluck / アンデッドアンラック(Continued)

Fire Hunter (Hikari no Ou) 2nd Season / 火狩りの王

High Hopes / Might Drop / Taking My Time

Sasaki and Peeps / 佐々木とぴーちゃん

The Witch and the Beast / 魔女と野獣

Doctor Elise / 外科医エリゼ

Cherry Magic (THIS ENGLISH TITLE LMAO) / 30歳まで童貞だと魔法使いになれるらしい (DEF WATCHING THIS ONE NOW)

Shangri-La Frontier / シャングリラフロンティア　(Continued)

Beyond Journey's End / 葬送のフリーレン (Continued)

Gonna Give Them A Few Episodes

Mashle Season 2

Fluffy Paradise / Isekai de Mofumofu Nadenade Suru Tame ni, Ganbattemasu (I'm doing my best in another world to pet fluffy creatures)

Ishura

The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic / 治癒魔法の間違った使い方

Blue Exorcist / Ao no Exorcist (OUT OF LEFT FIELD THIS ONE)

Delusional Monthly Magazine / Gekkan Mousou Kagaku

This is already insanely long, so the second half of this essay about what I think is below ↓↓↓↓

DEFINITE WATCH LIST

SOLO LEVELING - I've been waiting for the solo leveling anime since BEFORE the anime was ever announced, re-reading the webcomic/manhwa multiple times and just HOPING someone would animate these gorgeous shadows. It is a very well done power fantasy with only squints of romance, and while I'm sad it's been localized to Japan (and all the fuckery that comes with of Korean erasure), I got to see the first two episodes at the World Premiere and I. Am. So. Hype.

APOTHECARY DIARIES existed completely outside of my head space, and my initial response at the premise was, Raven of the Inner Palace? I wasn't actually expecting much from it and then the first few episodes BLEW ME OUT OF THE WATER and now I'm obsessed.

DUNGEON MESHI is one of those manga I've heard about, but tried reading and it was too slow paced for me (I say, currently slogging through The Boat Arc (TM) of Hunter x Hunter), but the anime gives it life and I think I'll enjoy this alot. I love cooking anime and fantasy, so this will be fun!

KYUJITSU NO WARUMONOSAN is just straight up Crow Bait. That curly bowl cut, the gap moe of a villain who loves cute things, and voiced by fricken Shintarou Asanuma!!! (I know him as Samatoki from HypMic, other's will know him from the "Fucking Bullshit" song from Carole and Tuesday, and a host of other roles) Also, all the pretty sentei / power ranger boys!!! I'm so hype, in the most relaxed chill way for this.

UNDEAD UNLUCK is so weird in that it involves a lot of random sexualization, but it doesn't make me uncomfortable like Seven Deadly Sin's random gropping did, maybe because there is actual implied consent involved. Fuuko and Andy are Poly and I love them for it. And the world building is TOP NOTCH.

FIRE HUNTER - If you haven't seen season one, you are missing out. A darkly beautiful post-post apocolyptic alternate Japan-esque world, from the POV of a young girl, and a young genius boy having to let himself be manipulated by capitalism to survive, and gods? a magic system? but so soft that it's barely there even while being a full on fantasy story.

High Hopes or Taking My Time

SASAKI AND PEEPS- What a weird little show that has the weirdest combination of isekai, the most "this is fine." salaryman, and a fricken' CHUNIBYO BIRB. I've already watched the first episode and it feels like there are two magic systems going on and its a bit confusing, so we will see how this plays out!

WITCH AND BEAST - I keep wanting to call this Beauty and the Beast, because the beast is a rad bad ass looking lady, and the witch is certainly one of the most beautiful undertakers I've ever seen. I think he carries his boyfriend around in his coffin backpack, so I'm hype to see WTF is up with that >o>

DOCTOR ELISE - Why do manhwa I read keep randomly popping up as anime??? This is a vilainess turned good story, and supposedly the market is full of these, but none of them are the good ones I've read, so I did a double take of happiness when I saw this. THIS ONE IS GOOD. An spoiled princess gets killed, is reborn in Korea and becomes a doctor, only to be killed by Airplane-kun, and winds up back in her old body where she decides to become a doctor again! The prince is even not your typical icy asshole! (although maybe he is a little at the beginning..)

CHERRY MAGIC - THIS FRICKEN ENGLISH TITLE GOOD LORDS ABOVE. I'm dying. I'm also excited to see this one play out and I'll be hiding behind a pillow giggling like a mad lad while I do. It's been a while since there's been a good BL that's not SAD (looking at YOU Given and Banana Fish, but avoids eye contact with Sasaki and Miyano) so hopefully it doesn't dip into that territory. Going into this one mostly blind as to the premise apart from the obvious Gap-Moe with the love interest.

SHANGRI-LA - I started watching this on a whim as the Fall season started to wind down, and found it to be a good potato chip to have on in the background. I'll probably continue watching it, but not weekly.

FRIEREN - This is what I watch when Jujutsu Kaisen hurts too much to keep going. I'm only a few episodes in, so it'll be slow going, but I think it's about to pick up it's pacing a little where I'm at, and it'll be good comfort food to have.

MAYBES

Mashle Season 2 - The pacing was SUPER WEIRD in the first season that despite all of it's shitting on the properties of she-who-shall-not-be-named, the end of the season kind of fell flat. I wanted to like it more, so I'm hoping Season 2 does that for me.

Fluffy Paradise - I love isekais with an adult in a child's body pretending to be just super smart, and this doesn't feel like it's going to do that, but still looks cute none the less. I'll give it a few episodes, but will quickly drop it if my watch list is too long.

Ishura - Is this what life is like for D&D Characters when they hit level 20? I HOPE SO. I LOVED the Legend of Vox Machina, and hope this has the same sort of vibes, but I'm going in blind!

The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic - Love me some fucked up healing magic. Please DO NOT let this be ANYTHING like Redo Healer. I refuse to watch that even those FUCKED UP HEALING MAGIC IS FUN. But this. This I want to see. Please let this also not be a harem. I'm fine with ~vibes~ but please no actual harem that's not actually Poly.

Blue Exorcist - THIS IS TOTALLY OUT OF NOWHERE. HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN?????? I remember the last season feeling like a disappointment? But can't remember why? Gonna see if this is worth re-watching the seasons from like... a decade ago.

Delusional Monthly Magazine - I watched the PV and had no fucking clue what was happening. Therefore, I will be watching a few episodes to sate my curiosity about WTF OR possibly just get myself even more confused and rage quit. lmao

I've watched the first few episodes of a couple of these, and will be watching a few more tomorrow, so Next Goal: Post a write up or three about what I think!

#anime #anime winter 2024 #apothecary diaries #solo leveling #sousou no frieren #undead unluck #cherry magic #sasaki and peeps #dungeon meshi #mr. villain's day off #mashle #kusuriya no hitorigoto #frieren #beyond journey's end #ore dake level up na ken #delicious in dungeon #masterpost

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Rebirth au: whos him that papa arc is talking about? Finally some context as to WHY they're an asshole to Jaune, and is Jeanne gonna make it into the harem?

The Cold Heart Truth

Acheius: Okay… Okay… Head count… Jaune, Jeanne, Saphire, Saphron…

Juniper: Luna, Janette, Carol, Angela, Thiriana… Yeah, that’s all of them.

Luna: What’s going on mom?

Saphron: Dad’s gonna tell us why he doesn’t want, Jaune to be a, Huntsman.

Carol: Oh this should be good.

Angela: I wonder what this will be about.

Jeanne: Dad’s going to explain why he won’t let, Jaune train to become a, Huntsman.

Janette: Oh this should be good.

Jaune: It better be…

Thiriana: Okay, Dad we’re all here, explain why you won’t let, Jaune become a, Huntsman?

Acheius: …

Juniper: It’s okay, Dear, we’re all here with you.

Acheius: Okay… This happened years ago… many years ago…

Saphron: How many years ago?

Acheiss: Enough.

Saphron: That’s not a…!

Juniper: Save your questions for later, Saphron.

Saphron: Sorry.

Saphire: Go on, Dad.

Acheius: Haaa… Okay… So your mother, and I were on our way home after a trip from the hospital. Your mother was about five months pregnant at the time, we went to see how the baby was doing. The pregnancy wasn’t go that well. Not that it was bad, but it wasn’t that well…

Thiriana: What’s was wrong?

Juniper: It was my first pregnancy. We weren’t sure what would happen, so we went to the hospital to see how things were going. Everything was fine.

Saphron: I thought you had a hard time with my birth?

Juniper: Both set of the twins were harder to deal with…

Jeanne: Sorry…

Juniper: Don’t worry. Keep going, Achi.

Acheius: Well, we were on our way back with a caravan, merchants, people fleeing, Vale. And a couple of, Hunter’s. I was nervous beyond belief, I wanted to get back home as fast as I could because I was freaking out about the baby, and your mother.

Carol: Not much has changed has it?

Acheius: Ha! No, no it hasn’t… Anyway, you can all probably expect what happened…

Jaune: A Grimm attack?

Acheius: Yeah… Typical, Grimm attack… But… by the time I realized we were under attack… the cart that had been carrying us had been flipped over… and… and…

Juniper: And, I lost the baby…

Saphron: Oh gods!

Thiriana: Saphron wasn’t the first?!

Janette: W-What?!

Coral: You had a miscarriage…?!

Angela: Mom, are you okay?

Jeanne: Excuse me! I need to… Hrk?!

Saphire: Me too!

Luna: The baby…

Jaune: …

Juniper: Uhh… We’ll continue our story when your sisters come back.

Acheius: They’re taking this better than I expected…

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Juniper: So… Everyone feeling better?

JS: No…

Carol: That was to be expected…

Janette: No shit! It’s not every day your mom tells you she had a miscarriage! How else did you expect them to react?!

Coral: You know that’s not what I meant, Jan!

Janette: Then why the hell are you making jokes?!

Coral: How the fuck do you expect me to take this?! Making jokes is the only way I can… I can handle… THIS?!!

Janette: Have you ever heard of a thing called timing?!

Thiriana: Enough! Enough you two… Neither of you are helping… You’re just making things worse…

Carol: Ah! S-Sorry… I didn’t mean to…

Janette: Sorry…

Jeanne: Jaune…?

Jaune: …

Jeanne: Jaune, are you okay…?

Jaune: It was a boy… Wasn’t it?

Juniper: What?

Jaune: Mom was five months pregnant; you can tell the gender of the baby by then… You don’t want me to be a, Huntsman because you’re scared. Scared because you don’t want to lose another son, aren’t you?

Acheius: Ha! Haha haaaa… You’re damn right I’m scared…

Jaune: …

Acheius: Haa… When you said you wanted to become a, Huntsman… I haven’t felt such fear before in my life… I laughed at you not because I don’t think you couldn’t be a, Huntsman, Jaune. You’re damn clever boy, more so than most people think. You would be one hell of an impressive, Huntsman. I laughed because… Because it’s a defence mechanism! I laugh when I’m scared, and when you said you wanted to be a huntsman… I’m terrified to lose another son… I… I can’t handle it… I can’t handle it again…

Luna: I’m confused… Why are you so hurt about this, Dad! Mom lost the baby not you!

Juniper: Luna!

Jaune: But, Dad couldn’t do anything.

Luna: W-What?

Jaune: Dad was with, Mom in the wagon, they didn’t even know the, Grimm was there. Dad is beating himself up because if he was outside watching out for, Grimm, instead of watching over, Mom like he did. Well… Maybe none of this would have happened. And, that’s what’s eating away at, Dad so much, isn’t it?

Acheius: Hehe… Haa… Like I said: He’s a damn clever boy… Yeah… That’s why I’m so upset… I couldn’t do anything to save my unborn son… I’m a failure…

Jeanne: For what? Y-You said it yourself there wasn’t anything you could do! Yes, you lost your first son, but you have, Jaune! You have all of us too!

Saphron: And, you’ve done a damn good job of protecting us! Yes you may have failed… But, it’s like you say: “So long as I can stand back up…”

Acheius: “Any lessoned learned is worth the price…”

Saphron: Yeah…

Jaune: …

Jaune: Dad…?

Acheius: Jaune…?

Jaune: I’m going to be a, Huntsman… No matter what you say I’m going to become a Huntsman. So… Will uou train me to become a, Huntsman. To become the, Huntsman that you needed that day. Please!

Acheius: …

Jeanne: Please, Dad?

Acheius: …

Juniper: Achi…

Acheius: …?

Juniper: He will become that, Huntsman. No matter what comes his way, he will become that, Huntsman. You know he will.

Acheius: Haaa…

Acheius: I’m going to make it hell, for both of you.

Jeanne: Oh! I’m so excited!

Jaune: Ha. Bring it old man.

Acheius: Oh, you’re gonna get it now. Come on uou two. Its time to train you into some, Hunters!

Jeanne: Whoo! Lets fucking go!

Juniper: Language young lady!

Jeanne: Sorry!

Jaune: Thanks, Dad. I’ll make you proud.

Acheius: Ha… You always have, Jaune. You always have…

///

So… Yall still angry at, Jaune’s dad for laughing now?!

Hmm?!! Hmm?!!

HMMM?!!

Seriously, it surprised me how upset you lot were. Gave me some good story idea though so… meh. Whatever.

#rwby #jeanne arc #juniper arc #jaune arc

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bearsinpotatosacks · 11 months

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Starting my "If Mav gets a harem of aviators then Carole gets a harem of beautiful women" agenda with a college au

Modern AU

Carole went to a Catholic school in Texas

She goes to uni in California to study literature and her roommate is one Charlotte Blackwood

Charlie's doing a major in Physics and a minor in Political Science and is one of those students who is always put together, even for the earliest lectures

She has a faculty job, maybe organising events or something

Carole meets Goose, called that for his laugh, through Charlie because he's also studying physics, they start dating

Charlie starts dating Pete, studying Engineering

Ron gets brought in because he's a childhood friend of Goose, Tom is brought in through Carole's book club

Pete starts falling for Tom, Goose falls for Pete, and Carole falls for Charlie

Goose and Carole break up and go for their respective crushes

Pete, now dating Goose and openly having a crush on Tom too, they hook up with aromantic Ron sometimes too, also starts dating Penny

Carole and Charlie give it a go, they both also find one Penelope Benjamin attractive and start to organise their dates to be at the bar

But Pete breaks her heart and Carole's terrified that Penny, not a student, will just go home without anything there to hold her

Charlie calms her down, they go to Penny together and after some talking, they arrange a date, maybe after some healing time, and the crew is almost all together

Pete's break up with Penny awakens him to confess his feelings to Tom

Charlie wears lacey lingerie sets every day and Carole and Penny love it

She also loves to leave red lipstick marks on them both

Sarah visits, either she's at another uni or is working somewhere else, she's an ace lesbian (and Tom's sister) and loves having non-sexual flings with the girls when she's in town

They all gets apartments together, apart from Ron, he enjoys sex and general hang outs with the boys but makes sure there is a boundary for what he's comfortable with

Carole goes on to do a masters and becomes a librarian, Penny stays on at the bar, Charlie gets some government job, Goose does some teacher training and becomes a physics teacher and I'm not sure what the others do but that's all I really have

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kiseiakhun · 9 months

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Tbh I don't even see the lanterns as a polycule. You know that toxic straight couple that keeps breaking up and getting back together? That's Hal. With everyone. Meanwhile Kyle is in a committed monogamous relationship with both Guy and John and cheating on them with each other and other people including Hal and he feels no shame about it because he's convinced he's the protagonist in a harem anime and he WILL have his cadre of waifus. John is desperately trying to introduce them to the concept of polyamory but only Guy listens to him. Carol is convinced Hal is cheating on her with all of them and she's like NOT IF I CHEAT ON HIM FIRST (they are not dating) WITH THE SAME PEOPLE. Alan is there, trying to get Kyle to marry one of his children. Guy nods along to John's 70 slide PowerPoint about how polyamory would solve all of their problems and then he goes and makes Hal and Kyle worse because he thinks it's hot to see them fight over him. John is the true victim here tbh. Justice for John.

#lanterns #t

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ligbi · 1 year

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Yet Another Comparison Of ‘90-’99 And ‘14-’23 Anime Girls

Used in-episode screenshots and semi-neutral expressions to keep some semblance of consistency for accurate comparisons, and only used tv anime so no golden boys or makoto shinkais

Feel free to comment on this post or add to it- I know I had a lot more children's anime in the 90s than in the 10ishs but there were also a lot less shows back then

List of series and thoughts under the cut

90-99

knights of ramune \ nadia

goldfish warning\ future gpx

dog of flanders\yyh

akazukin chacha\slam dunk

tenchi universe/ eva

escaflone/ those who hunt elves

kero kero chime/utena

akihabara/ devilman lady

tenshi ni narumon/gto

14-23

yuki yuna/garo

rakudai kini no cavalry/ nisekoi

kuma miko/ maisou gakuen

urara meirochou/tsugumomo

a place further than our universe/ happy sugar life

endro/carole and tuesday

bna/ interspecies reviewers

drugstore in another world/blue period

lyrocois recoil/birdy wing

revolution magical world yuri/ ice guy and cool colleague

I tried to keep it younger characters/older characters for the 90s and that was not an option for the recent anime series because

There are way too many damn anime nowadays.

I tried to just get a general assortment of different character designers for both but feel free to tell me what a bad job I did for the modern stuff. Pretty sure I don’t have any dupes for the 90s ladies

personally the issue with modern anime is less ‘uwu moe moe kyun isekai harem bullshit’ and more ‘heres a single cour cheaply made no ending adaptaion of a manga or light novel why don’t you go check those out’ big budget ads of which there are too many

i’d like to run the numbers to see if the percentage of original anime has gone down or if the original works are just being flooded out by the sea of overworked nothings that are being constantly rushed out the door

yes obviously not all original works are good (or finish well rip wep) and there are good adaptations but when people think anime once they're past shounen jump series 1-500 the biggest names are original works and sure you might end up with an fma or ouran but your bebops your evas your utenas are originals. or media mixes which are weird collabs we could get into but let’s not today

i won’t disagree that there’s too many anime nowadays targeting lolicons (yeah yeah any anime for them is too much but we’re talking about comparing eras not judging content here) but I /think/ 80s and 90s relegated that type of stuff to OVAs generally. Don’t have the data to back that up but between ovas nowadays being only just for porn and the lemony history of ovas since the 80s.... there were just More ovas back when as well

doing a loose count on mal of all ovas from 90-99 1050 to about 750 total for 14-23. given the tv ratio for 95-19 being around 1:6

yes yes these numbers are fast and loose and theres chinese animation in there and we can get finicky about What Is Anime but this was a conversation about what era of anime stylization is better

it’s the late 90s btw

but that’s a personal preference of course because art is subjective blah blah blah 90s character driven comedy fantasy/scifi ova are peak

PER SON A LLY

did I have more thoughts?

probably

i started this over two hours ago make less anime

Make less anime and put more effort into what you do make

less anime. more episodes. more pay. more breaks. take longer. more original stuff

stop remaking shittttttt. you already wasted time and money and effort on a mid anime adaptation of a manga. don’t do it againnnnnn

anyway watch kero kero chime

appended thoughts the next morning less on art style and more on volume

as of mid 2023 for completed series we are at halfway of all anime having been made after ~2011 this adds up to a reddit post I found with some very nice data https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/lvvexe/chart_of_number_of_anime_per_year_over_time/ 40 was a nice number of series a year about 10 a season starting and older ones continuing. 200+ is.

yes numbers are iffy with second seasons listed as different series like sailor moon r s supers stars and mha 2 3 4 5 6 ect so for accurate numbers a human touch would be needed there is semi-finite air time to work with- obviously some companies could make new tv and satellite stations just to house their garbage but i think there is a cap somewhere in sight if anyone did crunch the numbers more accurately, total episode count is necessary. one 80s robot show of 60-80 epis is equal to 4-6 modern single cour isekais

make less anime

#anime #90s anime #10s anime #20s anime #modern anime #moe anime #classic anime #long post #comparison #i have issues with those 90s vs modern anime posts. obviously #we all know what sailor moon and faye look like i don't want to hear any bitching watch more shows

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maudeboggins · 10 months

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Edgar Bergen's "suppressed desire" party, where people were to dress as their childhood ambitions

Bette Davis as a ballet dancer

Jean Hersholt as a doctor

Joan Blondell as a "South Seas beauty" (??)

Betty Grable as a harem girl (???)

Lillian Barker and Chester Morris as Carole Lombard and Clark Gable

#bette davis #jean hersholt #joan blondell #betty grable #chester morris #lillian barker #1940s

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PoliZ’s WIP Update - 22 Nov 2023

Combining last week & this – I was on vacation and on the go, so didn’t manage much in terms of a word count. I touched 3 fics (3 WIPs) for a total of 1139 words.

On Ao3, I posted:

No Sensation to Compare With This - 1990’s AU with Rhodey and Tony meeting Carol and Maria at a bar just off base before a test flight. (Tony/Maria endgame)

A Close Call - pre-War Stucky with pining!Bucky and love confessions.

Beaten to the Punch - WinterIron College AU - Tony & Bucky as camp counselors with mutual pining.

I have 18 semi-active WIPs 😬 with my current deadlines being the WinterIron Bingo which wraps on 16 Dec and Stucky’Verse Bingo which wraps on 22 Dec.

See below cut for what I’m working on/planning to work on - arranged more or less by bingos/challenges/etc. As always, feel free to send me prompts or plot bunnies as well as asks regarding any of these projects or any other WIPs I’ve got out there. Interaction really helps feed the Muse and keep me motivated!

Seek & Destroy Collab

After reading @psychiccatpanda‘s amazing Morguna and the Green Queen, I got the itch to explore the Soldier’s POV and talked Faustie into collab’ing with me! We’re working on a new part of the series, and I’ve contributed about 900 words towards the 2500-ish we have so far. Going to see if I can squeeze any of my BBB squares into this fic.

WinterIron Bingo - [WIB_R1] (Ends 16 Dec 2023)

I have twenty-one fills completed for this brand-new bingo event that I’m helping mod!

* B column squares for the Iron Soldier badge (complete a bingo with a single work). – Alpha Tony Stark, “That was not my intention.”, James Rhodes, Alpine loves Tony and Blind date. Need to figure out an angle on this - possible remix of A Sugar-Coated Pill?

* G4 - AU: College Students – Posted Beaten to the Punch this morning - WinterIron mutual pining College AU that crosses over with my Volunteering Together square. It came in at 553 words.

N3 - FREE - filling this with Somewhere To Turn - a WinterIron No Powers AU with mall security!Bucky and young!runaway!Tony. It’s crossing over with my BBB Cold square - I’ve tweaked it a bit since posting on Tumblr (coming in at 881 words) and it will go up on Ao3 1 Dec.

* O5 - Gentle – use this poem as inspiration?

Stucky’Verse Bingo Round 1 - [SVB_R1] (Ends 22 Dec)

Thirteen fills, two WIPs and a couple of ideas.

* A1 - Harem - crossover with CABB Secret/Forbidden Relationship - Bucky and shrimpy!Steve are both concubines who love each other more than their lord. I poked at this a little for 71 words.

* B4 - Sugar Daddy - looking for inspiration - combining with CABB Nov Adoptable: Sugar Baby. Possibly shrimpy!Steve and beefy!Bucky?

* A4 - Fairy Tale Curse - this seems custom-made for a continuation of Beyond the Beast😁 Nothing written yet, other than some Vague Ideas.

* C3 - FREE - probably using this for Chapter 2 of Half of the Flesh and Blood That Makes Me Whole - a Bucky POV remix of at least the first part of Take What Was Wrong (And Make it Right), which is currently sitting at 52 words. I’m expecting at least one more chapter, possibly two, depending on how far I want to take the remix.

C5 - Last Resort - Posted A Close Call to Ao3 last Friday. A pre-war Stucky ficlet with protective!pining!Bucky - also filled my HHB Dealing with Extreme Cold, and WFB - Huddling for warmth squares (250 words) along with Whumptober Delirium prompt. It came in at 827 words.

Bucky Barnes Bingo - [BBB_R5] (Ends 10 Jan 2024)

I’ve got sixteen fills, four WIPs, and a couple more Vague ideas.

* B5 - Cold - see WIB FREE square

* U3 - Fireplace - Working on a 1980′s No Powers WinterIron fic set at a ski lodge where Tony’s being wooed by poetry and love letters that Bucky wrote to someone else. Started poking at this as a crossover with a Love Letters prompt and it’s sitting at 129 words.

* C2 - Yelena Belova– The plan is to use this prompt in the next chapter of Peresmešnik, (aka Three Avengers and a Baby), which is currently sitting at 1303 words (600-ish of which are mine).

* C3 - FREE - the October BBB Discord party resulted in a hilarious Mob AU communal story (mobster!Bucky & clueless!Steve plus Clint&Natasha&Scott shenanigans) that several of us did/are going to contribute to Rashomon-style.

* C5 - Marriage of Convenience/Pretend Couple - next chapter of Lady Natasha’s Consort and Lord Steve’s Companion. Got a spark of an idea the other day that might get me a bit further on this fic.

* K3 - Magic - Aro!Bucky healing with a kiss idea?

* Y3 - Alpine - see WIB Iron Soldier combo.

* Y4 - Forgotten Things - using this for Chapter 4 of You Can’t Stop It With a Gun - it’s sitting at 116 words at the moment.

* May Adopted - Insomnia - finally got this filled with The Dead of Night, which also filled a Flash Fiction Friday prompt [#FFF211 An Old Friend] along with my JBB FREE square. It came in at 317 words and will post to Ao3 before this event ends.

* August Adopted: Take the Shot - sounds like a WinterHawk fic to me… maybe cross over with JBB Touch-starved? Whumptober/Fictober possibilities as well.

Tony Stark Bingo Round 7 - [TSB_R7] (ends 15 Feb)

Seventeen fills and one WIPs, with a couple of ideas in play.

* S1 - Galaxy - possibly use in final chapter of Never More to Go Astray ?

* T2 - KINK: Cock-blocking 'bots - I still want to combine this with the Fictober Day 27: prompt "I don't know if they will accept this."

* T3 - A pairing you've never done - Posted No Sensation to Compare With This – inspired by @rebelmeg’s Wingmen and Airmen, Flirting and Flying - it’s a remix/spinoff of the first chapter, where Tony flirts with Maria Rambeau while Rhodey and Carol get to know one another better. It came in at 1093 words.

* T5 - Shawarma - possible crossover with SAUB Canon Divergence – Battle of New York-related?

* A2 - KINK: Concubine - possible crossover with SAUB Gentle Dom

* A3 - FREE – @SomeSortofItalianRoast and I are looking at collabing on a Steve/Tony/Scott fic - maybe throw in a Comfortember prompt?

* R5 - Doppelganger/Evil Twins - The Flash Fiction Friday prompt [#FFF214 Broken Mirror] got me at least a good start on the idea I’ve been playing with for this square. I posted NamNori on Tumblr and have a general idea of how I want to build on it to also fill my SAUB AU: Crack square. It’s currently sitting at 360 words.

Stony AUniverse Bingo [SAUB_R1] (ends 15 Feb)

Another brand-new bingo I’m helping co-mod! Six fills, three WIPs and several crossover ideas already!

* S1 - Edging - Filled this with Ringing in the New, where Tony makes a suggestion to improve/change up their love life. It’s a crossover with a Flash Fiction Friday prompt: How Do You Use ‘It’? and came in at 324 words - I will post it to Ao3 before the event is over.

* S2 - AU: Crack - see TSB Doppelganger/Evil Twins

* S3 - AU: Wings - see SVB FREE square

* S5 - Accidental Baby Acquisition - see BBB Yelena Belova

* T1 - AU: Fantasy - CoffeeOwl shared a really cool dragon!Steve/indebted!Tony prompt in the ACB Discord server that I may be playing with for this.

* T4 - AU: Canon Divergence - see TSB Shawarma above.

* O2 - Omegaverse - I have a Vague Idea inspired by @kandisheek’s lovely art piece.

* N2 - Mutual Pining - crossover with CABB Royal Knight?

* N3 - Gentle Dom - see TSB KINK: Concubine above

* N5 - AU: Multiple Identities - Posted The Secrets We Keep to Tumblr. It’s a first person alternating POV ficlet with mutual pining (and secret identity) Stony. It came in at 314 words and will get posted to Ao3 before the event ends.

* Y4 - AU: Soulmates - @chrissihr posted a cool idea about Animated soulmarks, where only your SM sees your mark move - may try to do something with this!

Captain (America) Bottom Bingo - Round 2 [CABB] (ends 28 Feb 2024)

I signed up for a 3x3 card for this bingo and have four fills, one WIPs and a couple of crossover ideas.

* A2 - Secret/Forbidden Relationship - see SVB Harem

* B3 - Royal Knight - see SAUB Mutual Pining.

* Nov Adoptable: Sugar Baby - see SVB Sugar Daddy.

Post July Break Bingo [JBB_23p] (Ends Apr 2024)

One fill on my 2x3 non-fandom-specific card - still working on potential crossovers.

* A1 - “It’s you. It’s always been you.” - This might fit in with my TSB Doppelgangers/Evil Twins fill NamNori above :: ponders::

* B2 - Character’s personality is split into two different beings – I’ve never played with Bucky & the Soldier being two different people, but this seems like the perfect opportunity! Will see what might be a good crossover on BBB or WIB (or even SVB)

* C1 - Touch Starved – another good fit for a Bucky-centric fic. (Steve or Tony or Clint) possibly crossover with BBB Take the shot?

Steve Rogers Bingo - Round 3 [SRB_R3] (ends 15 Jun 2024)

One fill - need to ponder possible crossovers, especially with SAUB, SBV & CABB.

* C5 - Exes to Lovers - crossover with CABB - "B1 - "All I wanted was for you to be happy." – Bucky or Tony as the Ex? SAUB S4 - Arranged Marriage might be an additional crossover

* D1 - Multiple Submissives - crossover with CABB - C3 - Bath/shower sex and SAUB Y1 - Pre-Serum Steve Rogers?

Build-A-Bucky Bingo [BaBB_R1]

Another fun year-long event from the folks at @buckybarnesevents! Each month there’s a list of prompts and you choose (at least) one each month for your card!

* November: Crackfic - see BBB K4 - Accidental villany

Warm and Fluffy Bingo - [WFB] (no end date)

Four fills on my card, courtesy of @warmandfluffybingocards

* N1 - Wingman - see TSB A pairing you've never done.

* G2 - Huddling for warmth - see SVB Last Resort.

* O5 - Volunteering Together – see WIB AU: College Students

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As OSP's Red mentioned in the Trope Talk on Romantic Subplots, it feels like most writers have difficulty with the idea of writing two people in a romantic relationship, when it's ultimately just "they're friends that make out (and maybe other stuff off screen) sometimes."

An interesting case is in the first manga I ever read, Love Hina, where the male and female leads both confess their love to each other at the start (the male lead) and end (the female lead) of volume 9 of 14.

But neither of them have ever had a relationship before, and wind up doing little things that screw things up, especially as it's a slapstick harem manga. As an example, after the female lead's confession of love, they attempt their first kiss, but it leads to the male lead kissing her nose because he had his eyes closed the whole time.

But they don't ever break up. Wingshreds, volume 13 has him proposing to her. It's just a very bumpy road as they figure things out. (Volume 14 also reveals in the epilogue that their wedding took a few years to happen for one reason and another.)

Oh that's cute!

So some of my favorite examples of the romance continuing after the hookup off the top of my head:

1.) Cecil and Carlos from wtnv. I am. Way behind on the series but like.

Cecil and Carlos get together after the first year of the show. And whenever their relationship is having problems it's either very relatable stuff couples go through(figuring out if they're ready to move in together, Carlos balancing his work/home life, Cecil learning not to over-share on the radio, etc.), or the drama is related to the bigger plot causing problems (Carols getting trapped in a side-dimension).

Last I checked things were still going on like that and they're now married with a kid, but again: I'm way behind.

2.) Percy and Annabeth from pjo/hoo.

I am also behind here, but while the first series had some back-and-forth and the love triangle, after they got together in TLO? They were solidly together and didn't really have 'problems' that weren't directly because of the main plot.

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