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vodika-vibes · 3 months

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Hello, Vod'ika. I couldn't resist and came here with another request. Most of the time music usually gives me a lot of ideas. I was listening to “Sexual Healing” by Marvin Gaye when a prompt came to my mind: “Do you know what can help me get better? Sexual healing.” I was tempted to ask this with Hunter, but I thought it would be fun for a Fives x shy F! reader (with an established relationship) where he comes back to her exhausted after a battle and she takes care of him, you know? Prepare a bath, etc. It's up to you if it's going to be NSFW or just a make-out session. Xx

Love Me Like Only You Can

Summary: Fives has been gone, deployed, for months now. But he's coming home tonight and you want to surprise him.

Pairing: ARC Trooper Fives x F!Reader

Word Count: 1395

Warnings: Spicy, but not smutty. Reader spends part of the story in her underwear.

Tagging: @trixie2023 @n0vqni @imabeautifulbutterfly

A/N: I hope I got the general vibe you wanted with this request. Fives wasn't being agreeable for me, but it turns out that Crosshair was junking up the writing pipeline, so I had to flush him out first, lol. I also made a divider for this cause I needed something to do, I guess.

You have been dating Fives for close to a year now, and while it’s true that he spends less time on Coruscant than a lot of people would be able to tolerate, Fives goes out of his way to make sure that you know that you’re always on his mind.

It’s surprising, really. Fives stands out, even among his own brothers. Loud and boisterous and so very clever. Not to mention funny and charming.

The fact that he chose you out of all of the women on Coruscant is still surprising to you, even a year later.

Sure, you chose him back, but you choosing him is much less surprising than him choosing you.

After all, at the time, you didn’t even know that he knew you existed.

And yet, somehow, as if he has a sixth sense when it comes to you and you alone, Fives always manages to find you in a crowd of people. Even when you want to blend in. Even when you’re trying to blend in.

His gaze always finds you, and a bright smile crosses his face, and he’ll sweep you into a hug-

You love him. You love him more than you’ve ever loved anything in this world, or any other, and he feels the same way. He’s never hid that from you.

Which is why, since you know he’s back on Coruscant and you know he’s going to come straight to your home as soon as he’s done with work, you want to surprise him.

And while you could make him his favorite dinner, and dessert, you feel like that’s something that he’ll expect. Because you’ve done it before, and you know that he loved it, based on the wide grin and the soft way he looked at you, you want to do something different.

Something a little outside your comfort zone.

Which brings you to your present for Fives.

Your gaze drifts to the gauzy material of the lingerie set you bought specifically for today. It’s sheer and lacy and a shade of pale purple that Fives loves to see you in…and it’s so far outside what you would normally wear that even looking at yourself in the mirror is kind of embarrassing.

Personally you think you look a little silly, like a child playing pretend, but you have a feeling that Fives will love it.

You make a face at yourself, and then turn away from the mirror to finish pulling on the dress you bought specifically for tonight. It’s the same shade of purple as the lingerie you’re wearing, as to not ruin the surprise too quickly. Though it’s also shorter than you would ever wear in public, the hem of the skirt hitting at about mid-thigh.

And then you run your fingers through your hair, letting your curls topple around your shoulders. Then, and only then, did you leave the bedroom to head into the kitchen to make Fives’ favorite dinner.

It’s nothing fancy, nothing that your parents would expect you to make if they ever deign to visit you on Coruscant. A simple stew, something hearty and filling. And something that you learned to make specifically for Fives.

And, before you know it, your apartment door is sliding open, and the sound of familiar footsteps, heavy only due to the armor he’s still wearing, reaches your ears.

You give him time enough to remove his armor, and then you poke your head into the hall, a warm smile on your face, “Welcome home, Fives.”

He glances at you as he sets his boots on the shoe rack, and a bright smile crosses his face, washing away the exhaustion that was there, “Well, don’t you look pretty.”

You step into the hallway properly, your smile widening. You give a small spin, allowing the skirt to flair around your legs. “Do you like it?”

“Ah, cyare,” He sets his duffle bag on the floor and walks over to you, sliding his hands around your hips, “You could wear a burlap sack, and still be the most stunning woman on Coruscant.” He leans in and bumps his forehead against yours, “I didn’t know you owned something so short though.” He adds as his fingers brush against the hem of your skirt.

“I wanted to try something new.” You reply, “Is it too short, do you think?”

“Mm, I think it’s perfect.” Fives replies, “Well, unless you want to go dancing around my brothers, in which case I’d have to blindfold them.”

You laugh, “They’re not allowed to look at me now?”

“Nope. They don’t deserve to look at you,” He tilts your head back with a gentle finger on your chin, and he kisses you quickly, “I barely deserve to look at you, but I’m definitely not going to stop anytime soon.”

You laugh again, before you slide your hands up his chest and wrap your arms around his neck, “I like you looking at me. It makes me feel pretty.”

“You are so much more than pretty.” Fives murmurs, his lips hovering just over hers, “So, so much more than just pretty.” He trails his lips from the corner of your lips down to your jaw, and then up to your ear, “If I spoke every language in the galaxy, I still wouldn’t have the words needed to describe your beauty.”

Your face heats, but you’re unable to tear your gaze away from his. “The things you say to me sometimes,” You whisper.

“You doubt my words?”

“Never.” You reply softly, “Never ever.”

Fives hums softly, “I missed you, mesh’la,” He whispers, “It was…such a long time to be away from you.”

“You’re home now.”

“I am,” He murmurs, “I missed you. So much.”

“If you’re exhausted, you should rest. Dinner will hold.”

“I bet you could give me some energy, cyar’ika.” He holds your gaze with a teasing little smile, “You know what would make me feel better? A little sexual healing.”

Your face heats a little more, “Wouldn’t you rather take a nap? Not make yourself more exhausted-?”

“No, I really would rather make myself more exhausted. ” Fives replies with a teasing little smile as his hand moves to the strap of your dress. “Because it’s you. And it’s me. And nothing else matters.” Slowly, painfully slowly, he drags the straps of your dress down your shoulders, and allows the material to pool at your feet.

Only then does he tear his gaze from your face, to look down to make sure that you’re not in danger of slipping on the thin material.

And then Fives stops.

He blinks. Once. Twice. Three times.

And then he exhales slowly as his fingers slowly, reverently, trace the lace of your lingerie. “This is new.” He breathes out.

“I wanted to try something a little outside my comfort zone.” You explain, your voice hushed so as to not break the atmosphere of the room.

“For me?”

“You make me want to do things like this,” You whisper to him.

“Oh, ner cyare,” Fives breathes out, “I need your hands on me. I don’t care how.” He lightly rubs the thin material of the lingerie between his fingers, “but I really want you to keep this on for a bit longer.”

You smile shyly, “How about a massage?”

Fives lifts you, just enough that he’s able to kick the material of your dress out from under your feet, and then he walks you backwards into the living room.

He pauses only long enough to strip his shirt off, and then he flops on the couch, “Come here, cyare.” Fives pulls you down and positions you so you’re straddling his hips, and then, once he has you properly positioned so you’re both comfortable, he pulls you down to crash your lips against his.

His hands are everywhere, caressing and squeezing and tracing, even as he coaxes your lips apart with teasing nips and soothing swipes of his tongue. You tangle your fingers in his hair, trying to pull him closer and closer.

This is what you missed the most about Fives being gone. This closeness, this connection. The feeling that everything will be alright so long as his hands are on you and his lips are against yours.

And then Fives releases a quiet moan as you pull his hair a little too roughly, and you’re lost.

#star wars #tcw #arc trooper fives x reader #fives x reader #18+ fic #clone thirsting #star wars fanfiction #x reader fanfiction #f!reader fic #answered asks

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catboii · 5 months

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((just a "little" (ha) update I guess, nothing major, just a note that I'm sorry if I post alot this week with seemingly no regard for my/my muse's vast presence on the dash, or if I end up writing alot of short weird drabbles to vent.... if there's questionable stuff it'll be tagged like always <3

I understand if you need to unfollow me to keep your dash clear for other people if you're mobile etc. or if you need to blacklist my muse's url for a bit if it's overwhelming

After xmas everything may have settled and if you wanna refollow then I'd welcome you back and wouldn't ask any questions. your comfort (whatever that may classify as in the context) is my utmost priority!

normally I try not to clutter, and I try to keep general post reblogs minimal and just queue most of them. I'm just... not doing too good rn

then again it's a 50/50 that I'll be posting nothing at all, just making my muse's presence known if it wants to sorta wave at someone from the depths of my brain hell jail.

I'll still be checking in around xmas stuff bc this muse gives me v happy bubbly vibes whenever I write it and that's honestly what I need rn.

I'm sorry if your muse reblogs/replies to one of mine's posts or smth and I seemingly glance over it. I genuinely just didn't see it. I always try and respond to stuff, or if it doesn't know how to reply I at least acknowledge that my muse saw it by liking it. but I might not have the mental capacity to actually keep up w stuff

...

BASICALLY I'm either gonna be kinda quiet or rly hyperfixated on not being in my own head for the next week or so.

I'm obv stressed anyway bc I need to do xmas shopping still and it's a struggle bc online it probs won't come in time. we're going "late night shopping" on thursday though so hopefully we can get a bunch of stuff then

but mainly an old work friend of mine passed away today. He's been unwell for a few years, and I dunno if he knew what it was and was just keeping it quiet, or if they genuinely couldn't work it out. last I heard he was getting MRIs.

I had a complicated relationship w him (positive) bc he was either bipolar or had BPD like me (although he wasn't diagnosed with either, but it was obvious he at least had bipolar), and if you know anything abt BPD you know what an FP (favourite person) is, and we were sort of each other's when we were working together? I think. like I say he wasn't diagnosed, but it felt like that. we hit it off really quick and were both really comfortable with each other, and he was just the sweetest most supportive person. he was one of my FPs, which basically means my brain was cursed to be in intense friendlove with him. He would tell me that he loved me and appreciated my friendship, was always saying you need to tell people you love them, however you can, however you mean it, because you don't know if you'll ever get to tell them again

he always showed off the little things I made him and made sure everyone knew exactly where he got the silly little origami animals on his desk, or who made his juggling balls that were his favourite thing in the whole world bc I made them for him by hand, and picked the fabric out specifically for him.

One time around xmas, bc of covid, we had these big plastic screen dividers between our desks and I used posca paint pens to draw him a HUGE Robin in a scarf and santa hat (his name was Robin and people always got him little Robin themed things, he loved them) on the one by his manager desk, like a name tag, but Facilities told him he needed to clean it off and chastised him thinking he did it, and you're "not supposed to vandalise work equipment" even though they're literally washable and it was xmas. we were sticking decorations everywhere, how is it any different? but he played along but he was really mad. He didn;t wanna say it was me that did it, because he thought I might've gotten in trouble, but he also wanted to argue that I'd put alot of work into it. I hadn't put that much in, it was just for fun and I liked drawing it, and he got to see it! That was the important part. and I said so. but I cleaned it off and drew him a new Robin on a piece of paper and he kept it at his desk like a retired picket sign, and told the story to anyone who would be polite enough to listen

mostly though, he gendered me correctly (and he was in his 60s so being so passionate abt they/them pronouns was just really sweet, though he was clearly bi but still in the closet, so it was maybe a little projection, in a way, or just straight up quiet queer solidarity), and literally agressively made sure everyone else did too, when he realised I'd been just letting people at work use whatever pronouns, he got really proactive and made sure all my paperwork was marked as "them" officially (with my permission). if anyone misgenered me he would get visably annoyed or disgusted, and there were a couple people who "forgot" (every time) and he actually got angry at them about it and reported them for harassment, which might've been a little extreme, but I honestly felt so validated, and I'm tearing up thinking about it. I don't think anyone's ever fought that hard in my corner, especially after only knowing me for, at that point, less than a year.

We worked together in a couple different parts of the business for a couple years, until some stuff happened that I shouldn't say bc I need my rp blog(s) to stay far away from my professional life, but we were gonna be working together doing something else, but it wasn't his thing, it was stressful and there were other reasons, but he just lost it and walked out.

we had a little joke when we were training before he left, he had this soft toy robin that he let me borrow because I was really anxious, and I gave it a little notepad and pencil and wrote something silly on it for when he got it back each time. usually some out of context joke on what we learned that day, so we could both laugh about it. but when he left I still had it, and I messaged him saying I would get it back to him sometime, but he said to keep it to remind me of him.

I put it away to keep it safe, but I'm gonna have to go and find it, because it's one of the only physical things I have left of him.

#ooc post.#.vat file #rl illness ment-#rl death ment-#readmore.#I think I'm ok for now. I'm sorry about the stuff mentioned at the top but I'm not sorry this post is so long. for once.#you don't have to read it. but if you do? then hey. thanks. we're besties now.#I had a little rant about him and it's cathartic but I'm trying not to break down tbh #I think just expressing how much I loved him helps. he was just. so pure and wholesome in reality.#always showing how much he appreciated people...

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thundergodfanclubpresident · 7 months

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the day has finally come. the day for me to finally talk about my Mortal Kombat OC that i DEFINITELY didn’t make specifically to be gay for my sweet darling thunder god (or wind god, depending on what i'm vibing with. it is not consistent. sue me.)

i'm trying to write a gay little fanfic about him but i can't get my sorry ass to finish the first chapter 😫

anyway here he is! the lad himself: Ryūjin!

YES i used an online character maker to design him. i came up with him at like 2am, i was NOT drawing his ass that late.

things that aren't depicted as a result:

his eyes glow just like any other god's; they're a bright yellow

he has glowing tattoos (similar to Fujin's) all along his arms. a dragon surrounded by ocean waves winds around his right arm, his left depicts jellyfish, fish, and other sea creatures within the seas

anyway uhhh. detailed-ish explanation about him under the cut if you care.

Name: Ryūjin (龍神; "Dragon God")

Height: 7'2

Age: Eternal

Occupation: God of the Sea

If you didn't guess from his name, Ryūjin is directly based off of the Japanese dragon sea god of the same name. In mythology, he is mainly depicted as a dragon that lives in his undersea palace, Ryūgū-jō (竜宮城, 龍宮城; "Dragon palace castle"), however in many myths he possesed the ability to turn into a human. If you want to know more about Ryūjin from the myths, look it up. I don’t think anybody wants me infodumping about Japanese myths on my silly little MK sideblog.

Anyway, I digress. Ryūjin (or just Ryū), the OC, is Earthrealm's god of the sea. He's a little bit older than Raiden.

Much like his origin, he usually takes on the form of a massive dragon within the sea, but will take on a human-like form when the want or need arises. His human form has long, unkempt, white hair (if you couldn't tell), glowing yellow eyes, and he either wears his armor (as above) or just simple red and black robes.

He prefers to live in solitude in his Dragon Temple, controlling the oceans and mostly staying away from others. Local legends say that disasters such as tsunamis are caused when he leaves his temple in anger to swim around the seas, and the thrashing of his body causes the water to act up. He...might also be the cause of the whole Bermuda Triangle problem.

Much like the other Earthrealm gods, he has a sworn duty to protect Earthrealm when the needs arises, and will do anything to do so. However, he is generally an abrasive individual to those that work with him, and is quick to disappear into the seas when his work is done.

He has a soft spot for both Raiden and Fujin, causing them to be the only ones that see the kinder side of him. Generally, he's written to have a relationship with one or the other (usually Raiden). Regardless, he enjoys visiting both of them in the Heavens, and is always happy to see both of them (even if Fujin has a habit of getting on his nerves sometimes).

He specializes in hand-to-hand kombat, specifically jiu-jitsu, but he also possesses a sword and dagger should the need ever arise.

As a god, any standard rules that may apply to Raiden or Fujin will also apply to him.

Before you ask: No I have not thought about his role in MK1. That's a WHOLE other can of worms, methinks.

#mortal kombat #mortal kombat oc #mk oc #mortal kombat 11 #mortal kombat sona #oc brought to you by trombone supreme

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massivemonsters-giantguts · 1 year

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Sorry for sending an ask meme over a day after you reblogged it but!! 👄 for Bonnie, Rietta, AND Barlai! I couldn't choose just one v_v

👄 What is your OC’s smile like? Is it bright and wide, or thin and reserved? Does your OC wear any lipgloss or lipstick? Do they chew their lips?

Thank you for reminding me that I need to put the others on here though-

But as for each of them? Let me go over these three! Because god is there a lot for me to say about this autistic gothicc bimbo centaur, this smug and sassy shortstack vampire chef and this big bitchy bully ghost

Bonnie

As you can guess, Bonnie has the BRIGHTEST fucking smiles you could ask for! Ever her small ones are full of love and hope, and you can tell she pours her heart into it. But, when she’s really really happy, she does do a bit of a goofier smile- like, yknow how horses pull their lips back to show off all their teeth and gums? Bonnie does it too! Granted it’s silly and much, much cuter, but it’s still a thing she does! Because just because her face is human doesn’t mean she still doesn’t, yknow, have horse instincts!

And, as I’ve tried to show off with those sketches of her I did that are tacked to her bio, Bonnie wears black lipstick in her day to day life! It’s supposed to help with her goth vibes, but she also wears it because it makes her look cuter than normal! Her lips are naturally soft and plush though, so coating them just makes them look prettier. It also means that she has a tendency to get lipstick on the back of her teeth when she bites her lips sometimes, but she always gets time to reapply it! Same for when it ends up wearing off when she’s smooching a cutie ;)

Rietta

I’ve said this plenty of times before but Rietta has like. Smug cat vibes to the max when she can really get going. Other times, she has to put on a cutesy smile to try and get people to buy her goods; other times she’ll give her mischievous little grins and smirks to folks who deserve it. She also has tends to bare her fangs no matter what kind of smile she has, since it’s kind of just vampire nature to wanna show off your chompers! Her genuine, “I’m not prideful I’m really emotional in a good way” smiles are super precious though and if you ever see one of them, know you should treasure it and she treasures you.

Like Bonnie, she’s got lipstick on too! Granted I’ve been thinking about changing it from a generic gothic black to maybe some kind of dark blue? I want something that emphasizes that Rietta’s supposed to be different from the generic vampire but goes with her color scheme.

Barlai

Barlai is an absolute bitch. Her smiles are huge, her mouth is huge and her eye teeth (canines) are all meant to be huge—not just in an menacing way, but in a way that kinda looks goofy in the sense that they’re rounded down but still very large and still kinda sharp. (Her bites might also inflict some kinda status thing? I don’t fully remember!)

Given that her tongue is purple and that color carries over to her saliva and the rest of her, her smiles and smirks and grins all have a sort of air of “mean”, “I’m better than you and sexier too”, “I fucking love messing with people” and just emanate an absolute aura of big bad bully bitch energy. If she flashes any sort of smile at you, you better be worried if she hasn’t gotten to you already! And even if you’re on her good side? She’ll still probably have something planned for you (which might be good or bad depending on how you view her mischief and meanness)

And you know how I said that her tongue is purple? You’d prolly think that the same applies with her lips, right? Nope! She actually uses a special type of makeup meant for the undead to make sure that she’s got purple painting the rim of her smirks and sneers and smiles so she can tease you better with them! Also because, of course, theres nothing better than a big bitch of a bully marking you up and leaving several sorts of imprints on you >;3

#lazy answers #lazy's answers #lazy’s answers #bonnie #barlai #rietta #rietta vink #sugar plump gal #sugar-plump-gal #also yes ofc they’d all smooch you and/or bite you! happily so

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interlagosed · 2 years

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I’d love the answer to quite a few if those questions but I’ll limit it to B, F , I please.

[this is the ask game!]

B: Any of your stories inspired by personal experience?

Hm...I think the way I write love definitely is. The dynamics are slightly different but the general vibe of their love for each other is written from personal experience w/finding who you are born to be with and the ease and comfort of being with them. ¡Revolución! is definitely inspired by my studies and maybe my own experience growing up in a volatile country and places where I can't be as open about my politics as I'd like. Other than that, not really!

F: Share a snippet from one of your favourite dialogue scenes you've written and explain why you're proud of it.

From ¡Revolución! Chapter 4:

“Yeah,” Lando said, tartly, “but he’s going to be there too.”

George and Alex both went silent at that. Carlos, intrigued, set his book aside.

“Who-”

But George and Alex’s eyes snapped towards Carlos in unison, then Alex exclaimed, “Carlos!”

“Uh. Yes?”

George gasped, and kissed Alex. “Carlos!” he agreed gleefully.

“I do not like this,” Carlos muttered to Lando, and Lando nodded fervently. He knew exactly where this was going.

“You should!” George grinned, then thumped Carlos hard on the back. Carlos coughed, slightly winded. “How would you like to go to a bona fide Anglosax rager?”

“Uh-”

“Don’t do this to him,” Lando snapped. How dare they try to recruit Carlos against him?

“Oh, come on,” George snapped back. “You can show your hot boyfriend off to everyone. Don’t tell me you don’t love that idea. And it’ll keep him at bay, probably.”

“Who-” Carlos tried to ask again, but then Alex interrupted him.

“And anyway, you’ll have someone who won’t drink there with you. So it’s a win, right?”

Lando glanced at Carlos, frowning. “Carlos doesn’t want to go. Right, Carlos?”

“Carlos-” George started saying.

“Carlos,” Carlos bit out, and it served to quiet everyone down, “can speak for himself! Er. Myself!”

He sighed, and looked at Lando. “You know I’ll come if you want me to, right?”

--Commentary: This is the shit I love writing. I LOVE writing chaotic scenes where you see everyone's personalities coming through. Rule of three: Carlos tries to get a word in edgewise three times, meanwhile George, Lando, and Alex - with the luxury of having a dynamic that's developed over years - have a big, rapid, loud argument about Carlos. And then when Carlos FINALLY asserts himself, trying to speak with the authority of a slightly older man, he trips over his own tongue trying to lay down the law. But then immediately, because this isn't about him, it's about Lando, he addresses his question to Lando. There's sooo much to learn about all four of them here and, crucially, their friendship. Carlos is a latecomer to a trio that has known each other since they were basically kids. But he still fits, precisely because his ego is not bigger than his love for Lando, it's not bigger than his fondness for George and Alex. And it's just nice to see confident, worldly, intelligence Carlos have a silly moment.

I: Do you have a guilty pleasure in fic (reading or writing)?

I read my own fics constantly. It's kind of a guilty pleasure because it feels a little self-indulgent, but I mean, the fact that I write fics at all is incredibly self-indulgent. And when I write fics it's because I'm writing what I wanted to read but couldn't find. So I guess I shouldn't feel guilty when I reread OMTSY for the 6th time lol.

#hibi answers #¡Revolución!

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igarbagecannoteven · 11 months

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Hello! Peacock, blue heart, and crystal ball for the queer asks game! Mwah <3 sending productive vibes

hiya team! thanks for the questions and the vibes! how are things with you?

🦚 - Are there any queer books/shows/etc. that you would suggest? answered here, but i am always here to offer more recommendations! i recently finished watching the first season of xo kitty, and while it does suffer from some of the usual tween show pitfalls (as well as heavily relying on some major coincidences for big plot points) it is very cute and wayyy more queer than the marketing suggested. no spoilers but if you want to watch something light and silly and all about both queer and straight love i'd recommend it! a podcast rec that is less explicitly queer but so extremely good that i'll take any opportunity to recommend it is dungeons and daddies! every season (there are two, on of which is on-going) has at least one explicitly queer main character plus several queer side characters plus it's like. so so good and funny and sad and all about father-son relationships (season 1 at least) and generational trauma (both seasons) while also being about the stupidest silliest jokes and basically i love it with my whole heart :))

💙 - When you first learned about the Queer community, did you immediately realize ‘That’s me!’ Or did you consider yourself a ‘really good ally’ for some time? absolutely not lol. i totally thought i was Just A Friendly Ally, fully to the point where i came out as straight to my parents in middle school bc i thought it wasn't fair that my queer friends had to come out & my straight friends didn't. (yes yes cringe all you want) which btw pro tip for anyone thinking of trying that: don't! bc then later when you have Realizations(tm) you'll have to come out for real and everyone will be like "hang on what about what you said when you were 13" which is a pain lol. i even had a friend who was out as ace and i was like "wowie that's neat. couldn't be me tho bc i have crushes on people and also i'm not special enough to be anything other than straight" (which like. did baby megs hear herself? apparently not lol) so it took me nearly six years after learning about what being ace meant in order to be like "hang on. that kinda is me tho" so. goes to show lol.

🔮 - What Was the Moment you Realized you were Queer? there wasn't exactly a singular moment as such, i'm not the type of person to figure out anything without overthinking it and so it took me months of scrolling through ace forums and reading testimonies to feel comfortable using the label. there was a specific date that i suddenly felt 100% comfortable with the label (which is written down somewhere) but that was after a lot of buildup and i spent the next week after that questioning that feeling lol. in terms of other aspects of my queerness,,, those are still very much up in the air lol so i guess you could say i'm waiting for that moment/moments to come! there've been a lot of beats over the last year/couple years where i was like "hmm i think i'm aro" and then "hmm actually i think i'm bi" and then "hmm maybe i'm not fully cis" but none of them have been decisive enough for me to use any label other than ace & queer (my fav labels to have 😊)

ask me some pride themed questions!

#couldn't be me if i answered any of these succinctly lol #and without giving out way more personal info than you could possibly want lol #to be clear i'm not against people coming out as straight lol just like if you're anything like me #signs may be pointing to the fact that you're not #answering mail #team #sending you good vibes team i hope your day's treating you well <3

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loftec · 3 years

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Heyyyyy girl! We haven't talked in a hot minute, but I just finished reading I Will Follow Him earlier and hadn't had a chance to comment when a friend brought the nonsense anon tumblr drama to my attention. Anyway, I'll just say you handled it much more gracefully than I ever would (and probably have in the past, lmao). And I know you have a thick skin and this isn't something that would make you stop writing, but I still just wanted to let you know that I've missed your writing. I don't know if it's just in my head, but having been around the fandom for roughly the same amount of time as you have, I've discerned patterns in terms of the way people write and even what they respond to as readers, and the cliques that get formed around those things, so that to me it feels like even the fic itself generally has eras of writing styles? Like in my head I kind of cluster people together who seem simpatico in regards to the way they write IxM, but also how they express themselves and the way stories flow, whether there's depth of emotion or not, etc, etc. Anyway, for whatever reason, true or psychological, I find myself missing an era of fic that feels gone now. Not to say that there isn't any good writing anymore, just that it's simply a different vibe. So your new fic really brought me back to that old feeling. You always defy expectations when you adapt something into your own thing, so right off the bat I was pleasantly surprised that you, knowing Johnny Castle was not a completely accurate fit for Mickey because dancing/performing and also being a big man whore with the ladies (lmao), decided to subvert that and make him someone else. And Ian was Baby, but also not. My favorite thing though is the unspoken way you really showed Ian not feeling like he belongs anywhere. He has two families and none of them feel like home. I've felt that way my whole life and it's an emotional theme that's always been highly relevant. Makes you feel like there's nowhere you actually belong or anyone you really belong with. So I loved that aspect and look forward to it being explored more in the sequel(s). I thought your ending to this part of the story was realistic, even if I teared up and felt the loss. I could imagine a bit of a time jump and them meeting in completely different circumstances down the line. Again, totally unexpected that you wouldn't even include the big dance at the end, but fucking bravo honestly, because I couldn't picture some cheesy shit where Mickey dances with Ian in front of everyone for shock value and do the lift. Lolololllll... but yeah... do people honestly think Baby & Johnny lived happy ever after once the credits rolled on the actual movie anyway??? No way in hell. Lol. They were too different in ways that couldn't be overcome back then, sorry. He was meant to be her sexual/romantic awakening, and she went on to have a freer life. That's what I think. Ian & Mickey have a lot more in common, and although they have obstacles to overcome, they ultimately will be able to understand each other, and I think, get on the same page eventually. So please, think no more of any hate-adjacent crap you got or will get for this, because you'll always have a willing audience here, and we enjoy your voice so much. 💜

Hey my friend! It sure has been a hot minute, and this is so interesting! I hadn't even really thought about it, but I think you're on to something here. I haven't really read IxM fic in a good while and I kind of just figured that it was all on me because I have changed over the years, but it makes so much sense that the fic culture would change too. The characters are different, the tone is different, the fandom is different... it stands to reason that the fic is different too. I remember how fascinated I used to be with finding demarcations of time in fic, going back chronologically through the tag on AO3. Season 1 fic felt one way, season 2 a whole other way, etc. I suppose we're yet another ring in the ever growing oak tree of this fandom, lol. We're vintage, baby! You want some of those season 5 vibes? You know where to go, these angsty oldies over here writing increasingly absurd AU in 2021, they got what you need.

All of this means so much to me, you have no idea, especially knowing some of these ideas resonated with you personally like that. I've been thinking about this dang AU for several years at this point and I'm a little bit frustrated that I didn't find a way to give the actual writing of it the time it deserved, but I guess I gave it all the time I had, in the end. So that's something. I hope to muster some enthusiasm to go back and perhaps edit it a bit more soon, or at least start working on the sequels. I was traveling with my dad last weekend and I played some of my playlists for him, telling him about all my silly research and plans, and I now have three books about Soul in the late 60s to read. So you know the next part is gonna be real approachable! 😆

I think I somehow imagined that everybody knows and loves Dirty Dancing, too? I never talked to anyone about it when I was a kid, and it's only really the last four years or so that I have started meeting people who love it, like me. And turns out it's all my friends from primary school! It's all of my coworkers (at least the women), and it's so many of my tumblr mutuals... I was halfway convinced that every single person around me was just waiting to reveal themselves as another fan. Not so much, turns out! Writing a 60s dirty dancing AU is really weird, honestly! I expected two people to read my MiB AU, and I should have had the same expectations for this one. Because that's fine! I will write what I want to write and people will read what they want to read, as it should be.

Most importantly, though. I couldn't agree more with your Dirty Dancing analysis! To me, the dancing isn't the actual ending. To me, the ending is "guess we surprised everybody" and "I'll never be sorry" and "neither will I". The dance number is just a good note Johnny comes back to end it all on, but really, the honest final note is that "I'll see ya" *saxophone solo intensifies*. I just think it's so very bittersweet and good, and I only loved the movie more when I realised this. With Ian, everything became more complicated. Clayton is no Dr Houseman, and there can be no cheesy onstage dancing, and Ian has barely had time to wrap his head around the idea of having a future at all, being himself, let alone spending it with someone he just met. The Dirty Dancing AU needed to end this way for it to truly be a Dirty Dancing AU, in my mind. The next part will be something entirely different, and operate under a different set of narrative rules... Oooh well, look at me. I'm all excited about it. I can't wait to write it!

Thank you 💜💜

#manwhore johnny castle made me snort chuckle #also #I think it's only fair to mention #that while I'm extremely invested in being graceful or whatever when people come to me with criticism #I do not feel the same way when I see a friend in that situation #I get angry and defensive and ready to hustle #on their behalf #so I fully understand that reaction too

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fly-pow-bye · 4 years

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ThunderCats - “The Slaves Of Castle Plun-Darr”

Written By: Leonard Starr

From cutesy bears to slaves.

This episode starts with a peaceful scene of WilyKat chasing after WilyKat in the peaceful and serene forests of Third Earth. They even have a nice, calming music to soothe the senses as WilyKit makes fun of WilyKat for falling off of a tree branch, and almost falling to the ground. Eh, he'd probably live.

Of course, that playful scene is not going to last, as Kit spots a bunch of bipedal beasts carrying boulders. They don't know what they are, or where they are going, but they get both of those answers when their masters show up when one of them falls to the ground.

Turns out, the Mutants of Plun-Darr don't just steal from other planets, they also enslave people as well. In this case, they enslaved these hornless bovine-people, who look a little more like camels here, and their cruelty is shown right from the beginning. There really isn't any way to make this kind of action light-hearted. There's no ifs, ands, or buts, those jokers in most of their appearances so far are using slaves to build something, and it is portrayed as terrible as a children's show will allow.

Thanks to one line from Monkian, we learn that these bovine-people are called the Brute-Men, and we also get to learn from that same line what exactly that something is.

That something those Brute-Men are building is the Mutant's own castle, named, not-so-creatively but fitting for their pride, Castle Plun-Darr. Even if the Mutants did use some of their plundering money to pay their workers, why would they? Mumm-Ra wasn't going to have roommates at his pyramid even if he desperately wanted them to stay that one time; the mutants have to have their own playse, er, home.

Monkian decides to rest right next to a tree, the same tree Kit and Kat were on when they were spying on them. Somehow, them talking to each other to explain to the audience what's happening on screen isn't enough to wake him up. It takes a falling tree nut falling on top of Monkian's head to wake him up and smell the scent of a ThunderKitten or two.

This leads to something that is a constant for this episode, and a decent constant at that. In previous episodes, when there were fight scenes, we get to see the ThunderCats all together, doing their individual moves with a squad of henchmen. In this episode, it's each ThunderCat against one of the henchmen. Well, okay, this is more of a chase scene and there's WilyKit and WilyKat, but the constant is noticeable regardless.

Even Monkian seems to call out that it may not be the best decision to try to out-swing a monkey-man, and we know he's a monkey-man because he can't stop ooh-ooh-ah-ahing as he chases these kids. Even if he's slightly more serious here than he was when he was, he's still got to have a bit of silliness as he's attempting to murder these children with his flail.

Don't worry, they'll be fine. Turns out, along with the smoke bombs, they also have bombs that explode into a slippery substance, making Monkian fall off the branch. They continue to laugh at the act of someone falling off a tree-branch. Eh, even if he was hurt, he is still a slave-owner. And a plunderer. And a general bad guy. It's fine.

Meanwhile, we cut to what the Berbils have been doing since they were saved from their logic and puzzle from a week ago: they've built this brand new base, complete with a moving head, for their saviors. See, it's different when the ThunderCats let the Ro-Bear Berbils build their castle for what seems to be a price of nothing, because they wanted to. They like to build, it's like they were born to do it. Try not to think about that.

Speaking of which, one of the Ro-Bears decides to tell the other ThunderCats that he has heard of these Brute-Men, and shows what he knows about them through a game of charades. The Ro-Bear Berbils seemed like they could talk in the last episode, but I guess Ro-Bear Bill decided that building his brethren's vocabulary wasn't high on his to-build list. Then again, considering how they talked in that last episode, maybe this is for our benefit. They don't even get to say much about them; they're just big and stupid. The latter I guess is supposed to explain how they were easily led to slavery. Honestly, I wouldn't think too hard about that, either.

Of course, the ThunderCats are not going to let the Mutants enslave people, so they go out to fight the mutants and free the Brute-Men. Panthro uses this opportunity for a trial run. A trial run of what?

The mighty ThunderTank, of course! In the last episode, we got to see it dig up some scraps and protect Panthro from a rock storm. In this episode, we see that the teeth on the front of the tank aren't just for decoration; they can chop away at the gate, tearing it apart with its mighty fangs. For walls that are too tough for those teeth, Tygra has a mighty laser beam. I would have thought that laser would also work on the gate, but that wouldn't look as cool. Hope those toy-makers were taking notes, though I'd imagine teeth sharp enough to chomp through gates might not make it past safety regulations.

They all infiltrate the castle, trying to find the Mutants or the Brute-Men, and they split up. The Mutants have also apparently split up while they were hiding the Brute-Men, and with that combination, we get some one-on-one fight scenes. This episode shows off each ThunderCat's ability to fight, as every one of them gets one in this episode. Well, okay, WilyKat didn't get to do much other than run away, and Snarf has yet to make an appearance. Really, did we expect Snarf to do anything?

She spins her staff so fast, that at one point, she disappears, only becoming a spinning circle as Jackalman desperately tries to attack her. I thought that was Tygra's ability, but then again, I don't even know if disappearing is that ability at this point. For all that we've seen so far minus one or two scenes in the first episode, his ability may just as well be "I have a bola whip, and it's useful sometimes." It all ends with Jackalman accidentally hitting a wall, with even Cheetara groaning that he "couldn't follow his nose."

Speaking of that bola whip and its holder, we get to see Tygra fight against Monkian and his shield that can shoot rocks in a grassy plain. This turns out to be no match for that amazing bola whip, as he whips the rocks away. Where are they, anyway? Does the castle just happen to have a huge garden?

Seeing a nearby tree, Monkian tries to use his affinity for tree jumping to his advantage against an opponent who doesn't have a stack of slippery bombs. However, he can just whip the branch he was holding onto off, and, much like Cheetara, he ends this fight with a one-liner.

Tygra: This isn't the time to branch out, Monkian!

Oh, I'm sorry, I slightly misquoted that.

Tygra: This isn't the time to

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BRANCH OUT

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Monkian!

Okay, maybe it wasn't that obvious, but the pause is still noticeable. It seems that even the show knew they were going too over the top with that, as they decided to not have Tygra laugh his head off at his own line. At least, he's not laughing audibly; they left the animation in, so it just looks like he's opening his mouth and jittering.

Finally, we get Panthro and his nunchaku fighting against the big leader Slithe himself and his halberd, which is no match for Panthro's super strength. Most of the fight scene consists of Slithe convincing Panthro to not use his weapon against an unarmed man, and Panthro agrees, setting for his skills in hand-to-hand combat.

Don't expect too much out of that, though. Slithe does two tail whips, neither of which manage to whip him into anything and break any of his bones, and Slithe just runs away. It's here that I did realize: is there any purpose to these fight scenes regarding the plot, since these guys are just going to show up a few minutes later with no real damage? Not really. Is it still fun to watch? Yes.

As for Lion-O, he found a locked door, and he manages to get into the door by using the Sword of Omens. No, not with another secret sword power that Tutorial Jaga has to tell him about, he just bashes the lock with its hilt. See, even the original, Lion-O can just use the Sword of Omens as a blunt object, and it just works. If it works, it works.

Sure enough, the door that was locked was the dungeon where they hid all the slaves, and Lion-O tries his best to lead them to freedom. Unfortunately, the Ro-Bear Berbil was right about their intelligence level, as they don't really seem to understand what Lion-O meant when he said that they could leave the dungeon. Instead, they just surround him, probably curious if this guy is one of those master guys or not. Thankfully, they're not willing to tear him apart; while the Brute-Men are strong, they're not exactly as brute as their name suggests.

Slithe runs back into his castle, realizing he couldn't defeat Panthro with his strength, so he uses some of his Reptilian cunning instead. Why get stronger when he could just get the slaves to do it for him? He finds the dungeon, unlocked, but he knows he can just use that for his advantage.

While the bombs WilyKit and WilyKat are throwing tend to be trouble for them, it turns out that Slithe has a bomb of his own: a Warp Gas bomb that warps a creature's nature to be the reverse of what it is. This bomb has a lot of potential beyond the creep factor of it essentially being a mind control device. What if Slithe accidentally used it on himself, and he became a nice guy? We won't find out in this episode.

However, he does manage to roll it by the Brute-Men, and it starts to smoke. With one whiff of this warp-bomb, the Brute-Men reverse their usual aloof and not-really-as-brute-as-their-name-implies selves. Slithe exclaims that these Warp Gassed Brute-Men would be strong enough to beat Panthro. He is very specific about that, maybe he's not worried about the others?

Lion-O also got a whiff of it, but it doesn't seem to do much except, according to him, he feels strange and angry. Nothing is really made of this, but he does end up going down to the ground. It's not made clear what exactly they did; my mind just assumed they hugged him to near death. They then go after Panthro, who ran in the castle looking for the cowardly lizard-man. See, that line about Panthro was important!

Lion-O wakes up from being knocked out, and notices that his sword is glowing, and he finds out through his Sight Beyond Sight that he's in trouble. Lion-O has to call the others to help him out of that situation.

However, there's one problem: he's indoors, and he doesn't know if a ThunderCats Roar can pierce through this castle's dark walls. He needs to know, and Tutorial Jaga isn't anywhere to be found. Yes, for the first time in the series, there's no Jaga this time. Maybe this castle is so evil, it wards off good spirits. He tries it anyway, as we see the stock animation of the sword growing bigger.

To make a not-that-long story short, it does pierce through the walls. I was thinking that was something made up for Roar, but nope, that signal really is that powerful! It's not as over-the-top as it was in Roar, as the castle doesn't appear to get damaged by it, but the viewers can still see it crumbling through the ceiling.

As soon as the other ThunderCats show up, minus WilyKit and WilyKat as they were told to stay home, the Brute-Men just stop what they're doing. We learn from Slithe looking at this as the Warp Gas wearing off. That's okay, because Slithe happens to have another one up his sleeve.

There is some importance to this; without this scene, the ThunderCats wouldn't have known why the Brute-Men were so brute, and why they decided to stop trying to tear Panthro apart.

Panthro even gives some exposition about how these Warp Bombs are completely illegal according to the Interstellar Council, and Tygra responds, looking to the camera:

Tygra: Rules are only meaningful if people agree to follow them. Otherwise, they're just words.

Is Tygra trying to advocate that laws are useless because someone's just going to break them anyway? It is true, but maybe he shouldn't say that. There's another problem, as Tygra points out: even if they're under the control of the Wart Gas, the Brute-Men are innocent, and it is against the code to harm an innocent being.

Thankfully, Lion-O has that force field ability he used an episode ago, which not only sends back dog-men, it sends back Warp Gas covered Brute-Men, too. See, everyone gets a chance to do some sort of fighting...except for WilyKat. Or Snarf, who hasn't even made an appearance yet. Judging by how we're only two minutes away from the end credits, I wouldn't bet on him having a major appearance.

They run away again. If only they still had those teleporters.

Unfortunately, they run fast enough so that the Brute-Men just go after Lion-O again. Having spent his energy doing that, he just stands there looking determined. It is as if he really trusted that the Warp Gas was going to wear off like it did before...and it does.

The minute he mentions they're free, and they instantly super happy, and they just leave. They just kind of rush past these last few plot points, don't they?

They gather back home, and Lion-O tells the story to WilyKit and Kat, saying that they didn't even thank him for it. Tygra asks if he felt that he wasted his time, and Lion-O realizes he did it because it was the right thing to do. See, there is something to learn in this episode!

Snarf: Snaaarf! Nobody bothers to mention that he was just following ol' Snarf's example! Oh no! (grumble)

Oh yeah, you do exist! Let me faint.

How does it stack up?

This episode was pretty good, the story is good, it brought back the Mutants in a good way, it established two home bases, and it was a good continuation from the last episode. The ending is a bit rushed, though. 4 cats.

Next, my last ThunderCats review for a while, as DuckTales 2017 will come back.

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