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larryatendoftheday · 4 months

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This year I craved stories that transported me somewhere else. So in addition to my usual weakness for angst, I sought out fics with surprising plots and excellent world-building. These were the ones that really stuck with me. Thank you to these creators and to everyone who shares art or writing or creates fic rec lists. You have been and will continue to be a fantastic gift to so many. Thank you <3

Note: The fics in this list were published in many different years. They are not in a particular order. The main pairing is Louis/Harry unless otherwise noted.

Party Lines by nonsensedarling @absoloutenonsense Explicit | 25k | Phone Sex Operator

Several of my all time favorite fics are phone sex operator AUs, and this fic is an iconic addition because Louis isn’t even actually a phone sex operator. He’s pretending, and he gets attached. Full of sexy, sweet, and funny dialogue and the appropriate amount of suffering and uncertainty, this fic will transport you to an excellent alternate universe.

War Of Hearts by BoosBabycakes @boosbabycakes28 Explicit | 80 k | Enemies to Lovers / Non-traditional ABO

I live for a well-executed enemies to lovers arc, and this is it. Believable, sweet, funny, angsty, and oh so satisfying to read. Alpha Harry doesn’t fit his gender’s stereotypes, especially in private. His arch-nemesis Louis knocks on his dorm-room door in the middle of a pampering self-care night and sees the side of Harry that he keeps hidden. What follows is a fantastic gAyBO story about repressing, exploring, and accepting your true self. There is a strong cast of OT5 and related people that keep you laughing and believing. Honestly, I need to re-read this right now.

Men of Steel, Men of Power by Stria (Asia117) @nooradeservedbetter Explicit | 58k | Political Revolution / ABO

Get ready to be absolutely consumed by this parallel universe and the angst-ridden reality of Louis, pretend alpha and head of security, and Harry, feminine alpha and new-hire. There is enjoyable intrigue, mystery, crying, sex, political philosophizing, and some spy movie shit as Louis attempts to right wrongs and push back against those in power. OT5 pop up in surprising and satisfying ways. However, perhaps most notable to me was the attention to detail in how Louis deals with pretending to be a gender he is not. (Perhaps don’t read while in your gender dysphoria feels but do read to feel seen.)

what's left of my halo's black by LiveLaughLoveLarry @loveislarryislove Explicit | 22k | Friends with Benefits / Angst

If you love pain, this fic is for you. A heartbroken and emotionally damaged Louis manages his problems—such as being a wedding planner and the impact of his abusive ex--by secretly fucking his coworker Harry. It turns out this doesn’t actually solve his problems, though, and new issues emerge from what was supposed to be a simple friends-with-benefits arrangement.

turn me up by turnyourankle Explicit | 3k | Hanky Code PWP | Louis/Luke Malak

I found this while searching for @1dhankyfest content, and I love it. There’s something about unabashed gay sex culture that revives my soul.

Paint Me In A Million Dreams by green_feelings @greenfeelings Mature | 112k | Fake Dating / Enemies to Lovers

Hollywood actor Harry Styles is gutted when the man he can’t stand gets the Scorsese role he wanted. It gets worse when their teams conspire to set them up in a fake relationship to promote the film. I read this fic in the first days of 2023, so the details are a bit blurry in my memory. I know I loved the enemies to lovers arc, the strong Ziam subplot, and Harry obsessing over his unavailable crush (which isn’t Louis). In my comment, I wrote, “My heart absolutely ached with the pining and angst, and the sexual tension was so palpable.”

Gonna Dream of How You ... by therogueskimo Explicit | 4k | PWP / Canon-compliant

This canon-based fic was so steamy and tender. Photos of Louis performing in a tanktop get Harry going. What follows is some long-distance edging and fun. It features soft Dom Louis and desperate Harry and just really hits all the right notes in my opinion.

Almost Misheard by tommokat @tommokat Teen and Up | 4k | Friends to Lovers / ABO

This is a comfort fic. It’s got hilarious fluff about best friends who realize what their inner alpha and omega knew all along. (The rest of the gang might be in on the secret too.) I’m almost amazed by fics that manage to pull me in with believable characters and storylines without any angst, and this one delivers on every front. You’ll be grinning the whole time.

Coax the Cold by MediaWhore @mediawhorefics Mature | 86k | Mermaid / Historical AU

Professor Tomlinson is fascinated by the occult. When a circus advertises a unique sea creature, he decides to go undercover as a janitor to get close. He plans to write the paper that will finally prove he was right about the existence of fantastical creatures. This author expertly builds the world of this fic – 1800s Britain, academia, and freak shows. I loved the believable cast of characters (OT5 and more!) and the stakes that are set, including the horrid antagonists.

fondre ton absence by scrunchyharry @scrunchyharry Teen and Up| 41k | Amnesia / Historical AU

Harry and Louis childhood best friends who grew up and discovered love together in a quiet village. Harry manages asthma and chronic illness that often leaves him homebound with his books, but Louis always keeps him company. Their simple life is turned upside down when Louis is drafted in WWI and does not return home. Then, when Harry finally finds him, Louis doesn’t remember anything. This story was a tearjerker but so beautifully written. I adored that portions of the story were told in letters and that Harry often referred to literary works. Bonus: This fic has amazing visuals by whenthebodiesspeak.

be a good boy, Harry by stretchmybones Explicit | 1k | PWP / Pet play

Harry wants to play, but Louis is busy watching football, so he asks Harry to wait. I haven’t stopped thinking about this domestic and sexy little slice of life since I read it in January of 2023. My comment said “simple and perfect,” and I still agree.

The Heart's Home by homosociallyyours @homosociallyyours Teen and Up | 10k | Squiddry

Someone wrote the Music for a Sushi Restaurant fic of my dreams. Half-man, half-squid, with the voice of an angel, Harry is quite the catch. Louis, an exhausted and lonely restaurant employee, is tasked with keeping an eye on the special find. This story was so entertaining and sweet. It filled me up with good vibes and left me happier than I started.

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I always include my favorite fic that I published that year at the end of these lists. I didn’t publish much, but I really enjoyed this one.

In His Rightful Place by larryatendoftheday @larryatendoftheday Explicit | 2.7k | PWP

Harry reunites with Louis and gets to reclaim his role as the person who fucks his boyfriend best.

#favorite fics of 2023 #mine #fic recs #thank you all!!! <3

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tvickiesims · 2 years

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Desert Plants Default Replacement + Custom Versions

One more batch of default replacements for plants from me - this one is for desert plants. You know, to make your Strangetown even more iconic 😎

This will replace the following plants: 2 saguaros (the normal one and the Christmas decorated one), agave, joshua tree and plumeria. Agave has a V1 (no flowers) and a V2 (with flowers) version, be sure to keep only one! Custom versions are also included in the archive (for both agaves and Joshua tree), they are seasonal.

Joshua tree and both agaves have meshes from the Sims 4 converted and retextured by me.

Plumeria is not a desert plant but I thought I’d include it here anyway. Its replacement was made using @pforestsims beautiful textures from this set. I used red, white, pink and purple flowers so be sure to grab other recolors from the link above to have even more variety.

The saguaro’s texture was taken from this great set of conversions by Ohbehave. I also tried adjusting the mapping to the new texture as much as my current skills allow me. And that led me to the decision to get rid of flowers. No regrets though, they were all blurry and too small to bother.

It also got a mesh gap fix:

To complete this set I’d recommend getting my replacement for opuntia (Nopalito’s Prickly Pears) from the flowers replacement set here (you can pick only the prickly pears if you don’t want the rest).

Polycount:

Tropical plants replacement is here

Trees replacement is here

Shrubs replacement is here

Flowers replacement is here

Special thanks go to @balkopat, @episims and @beautifulnerdkitty without whom this set would not be possible 💚

Everything is separated so you can pick and choose what you’d like to have in your game.

Compressed, clearly labelled, picture included.

Download at SFS

#s2 #s2cc #bytvickiesims #mydr #desert plants dr #desert plants default replacement #desert plants #dr #default replacement #plants #trees #cactus #cactee #agave #saguaro #joshua tree #plumeria #plants by tvickiesims

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vague-bisexual-crimes · 10 days

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Ok first chapter thoughts:

I think it’s genius to have Angel’s first chapter before Jimmy’s because you get to see the idolized, famous, iconic Ark thorough the fan’s lense before you get to see Jimmy trying not to have a panic attack in the car before an award show. I don’t think it would’ve had the same effect the other way round with seeing Jimmy and reading his internal monologue and then seeing Angel idolize him. Also I really like how the first chapter ends “I lean over her shoulder and look at the photo. There they are. Our boys. The Ark. Blurry, pixelated smudges, half blocked by huge bodyguards in dark suits. Rowan is leading them, Jimmy in the middle, Lister behind. They seem connected. Like the Beatles on Abbey Road, or a group of toddlers holding hands in a preschool trip to the park.” And I am going to pick that apart a bit cause I adore analyzing stuff. Firstly, I think the first sighting of The Ark in the entire book being a horribly blurry picture probably taken off someone’s phone in an excited frenzy says a lot about how no one sees The Ark as who they are, and only see them as these gods, to use Rowan’s own words. I’d also like to say that I know they always stand Rowan, Jimmy, Lister, but the way that it’s phrased even in the first chapter in Angel’s perspective there’s a slight distance but between Rowan-and-Jimmy, and Lister in the phrasing. Rowan is leading, Jimmy is in the middle. And Lister is behind. Also first of many Beatles references.

#sorry if these posts read horribly it’s almost 11pm I can’t be bothered to break these up or edit them #evie rereads iwbft #iwbft #i was born for this #the ark #lister bird #jimmy kaga ricci #rowan omondi #angel rahimi #juliet schwartz #alice oseman

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eco-lite · 8 months

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Finally finished volume 4! Here are my many, many thoughts:

“???”

* Holy shit, Seigi, you have got it so bad for Richard. I’m begging you, please do some self-analysis!

* Noooo not the pomegranate tree that represents Seigi and Richard’s relationshippp. 😫😫😫

* I feel like Richard’s last advice to Seigi was actually for himself.

* Seigi refusing to drink tea with Saul from the cups he and Richard would use. 😢 The pining is so strong.

* HE SAID IT. 👁️

* “Just because I spend every waking moment thinking about him, just because my heart skips a beat every time I lay eyes on his face, just because I’m having dreams about him kissing me every night, it doesn’t mean I’m in love with him” (21). JESUS FUCKING CHRIST.

* “‘Now, tell me, what happens to a young man flying on the wings of romantic dreams when he slams into the cold hard wall of reality? His delicate shell smashes into a million little pieces, scattering his contents every which way, just like an egg thrown against concrete!’” (22). I think Saul is talking about both Seigi and Richard here.

* “Was I being an emotional two-timing bastard without even realizing it?” (33). Lol kinda.

* Badass!Seigi let’s gooooo!

* You are absolutely not giving up, Seigi! Now is the time to take Richard’s advice that was so bad about Tanimoto but so good in this situation. Go to him!

* Tanimoto is actually really emotionally intelligent. I adore this scene between her and Seigi. Seigi really just needed to talk through his feelings, huh?

* So Seigi can admit to Saul that he loves Richard, but can’t admit to himself that it’s in a romantic way. I agree that the lines between friendship and romance can get blurry—I’ve experienced it myself—but everything Seigi is saying about his feelings since Richard left him are so romance coded. Like, clearly Tsujimura wants us to think Seigi is in love with him.

* Please please can Seigi call Richard an idiot to his face? I need to see his expression.

“The Secret of Alexandrite”

* I don’t trust anyone who uses the word “brouhaha” unironically… Or who talks and talks and talks without letting the other person say more than a single sentence. Or calls England the land of Harry Potter. 🤮

* Richard’s father is an entomologist. 🙂 Let’s go bugs! 🙂

* I’m pretty surprised that Seigi explains his Richard kissing dream so plainly to Jeffrey.

* “Was even death not enough to quell the fury of the xenophobic seventh Earl of Claremont?” (103). Oh Seigi, my sweet naïve child. Nobody is as xenophobic as the British aristocracy. “‘It’s an iron-clad wall of bigotry’” (106). HA.

* “It didn’t seem to have occurred to him that the four years Richard had spent ‘running away’ was really just ‘moving’ and ‘having a career’” (115). Idk why I find this so funny. It’s not even sarcastic—it’s just facts.

* Frankly, fuck you, Jeffrey. It’s been a while since I watched the anime, but I remember Jeffrey being a lot more goofy and sympathetic than this. Either they toned him down for the show or I had severe fandom brain. (Okay, I forgot he was just trying to protect Henry, but he’s still an ass!)

* “He was looking at me with an expression of pure joy. It was the same look you’d give a beloved pet when you’re thinking, ‘Man, what a stupid little guy you are’” (130). Lol I have made this face many times at my dog. Love her so much!

“Follow the Lapis Lazuli”

* Richard leaving secret notes and showing up at the museum in drag is so iconic. What a drama queen.

* Me whenever Richard calls Seigi “my knight in shining armor”: 😳😳😳

* Nurse!Richard unlocked

* Richard hugging Seigi and squeezing him till it hurts 🥲

* “Richard enunciated the two-word idiom with the precision of a vocabulary exercise. I don’t think I’d ever heard someone say ‘Eat shit,’ with such clear and perfect intonation. He put his whole body into that one” (161). Richard, I love you so much for this. The way this paragraph was translated too, is just so hilarious.

* Wow, I’m getting really emotional about Richard taking care of Seigi like this. Please can somebody do this for me?

* Richard’s violent responses to boys confessing their romantic attraction to him is interesting. Although Richard never directly says that he’s bi, he doesn’t shut down the idea that he could be attracted to a man. But I feel like that conclusion has come after a lot of struggle with internalized homophobia. The British aristocracy is not known for being accepting of queerness, and since we know what a racist shit bag Richard’s great-grandfather was, I doubt his family had a history of accepting other forms of difference. Richard says he’s struggled with the boundaries of friendship. Maybe because he did feel romantic attraction to those friends. But he ended up lashing out once the other boy would acknowledge the romantic nature of his actions, because he couldn’t accept that he was also attracted to these boys. That would be wrong. I think it’s only once he distanced himself from his family that Richard was able to analyze his feelings with a more open minded perspective.

“The Gospel of White Sapphire”

* Even though I know Seigi has a plan, it’s still very unsettling to see him going along with Jeffrey so convincingly. And poor Richard is so confused and betrayed. 😞

* Instead of Seigi’s whole life flashing before his eyes as he prepares to destroy the diamond, it’s just the moments he felt closest to Richard. 🥲

* Okay Seigi wtf? After all this time and everything he’s done for you? Why can you not see that Richard cares about you very much? How the fuck could you possibly think that he could just move on after you got thrown in prison for saving him from the stupid will? Freaking delusional! And giving him the pudding recipe?! I need to shake this man like a rag doll.

* Richard. You cannot say things like “When you threw that stone, it rekindled my love for you,” and then be like “haha just kidding.” No.

* “When Richard finished, he gently raised his right hand and placed it on my cheek. The same hand he so carefully handled gemstones with. It was soft, and cold, and tender” (227). I got fucking chills!

* Pages 224-229. 🥹🥹🥹 Tsujimura’s writing is so beautiful here. They crafted this intimate moment so well.

* This situation where Richard and Seigi both did incomprehensible things in order to protect the other is giving me serious Good Omens vibes. At least Richard and Seigi are a hell of a lot better at communicating than Aziraphale and Crowley!

* Seigi making Richard pudding to cheer him up right after the conversation in which Richard told him not to over exert himself trying to be useful and make others happy. But Seigi himself said that when Richard is happy, Seigi is happy. So I guess there truly aren’t anything lengths Seigi wouldn’t go to to ensure Richard’s happiness. I mean, he was prepared to take on £300 million in debt and go to prison if it meant Richard could be happy with someone else. So…

* It’s good to know that Seigi doesn’t call his mom “Hiromi” because of some falling out they had. They don’t seem particularly close now, but at least they’re on good terms.

* “We talked about the things that scared us—for me, it was my family members’ tears, and for Richard, it was the mirror” (253). Heart crushed at my feet omg Richard 😢

* They literally exchanged rings and are being so sweet I’m dhdjdjdk

* “I shut my mouth and straightened up, and Richard touched my cheek with his hand. At least, I think it was his hand. It was probably his hand. His blond hair tickled my ear and then pulled away again” (262). HAHAHAHHAAAAAA

* For real though, Seigi works so well as an unreliable narrator because he’s not purposedfully misleading the reader. He genuinely is so self-deluded about his relationship with Richard.

* “Honestly, I was pretty sure that what touched my cheek earlier wasn’t his hand. But I decided to pretend that it was. I didn’t think my heart could take the alternative” (263). OH GOD.

* Richard saying “Oh, you sweet summer child,” to Seigi is too good. I’ve said that about Seigi my head so many times.

* After Richard teases Seigi that he and Tanimoto might become a couple if Seigi introduced them: “Richard cocked his head to the side. His seductive gaze was dripping with allure. I never knew he was such a ladykiller” (268). SEIGI. Just who is Richard staring at with that seductive gaze? Certainly not any ladies! 🙄

* Seigi’s subconscious truly knows more than he does. Every time he says something that expresses his true feelings about Richard, or acknowledges Richard’s feelings for him, he suddenly starts thinking about Tanimoto. Hmmm interesting. Seigi knows that he and Richard love each other, but his brain can’t put a label on what kind of love that is. It’s much easier to think about Tanimoto, who Seigi does understand his feelings for.

* God, that chapter was an absolute whirlwind. I can’t believe almost all of that happened in a single day. What a ride!

“The Bicolor Tourmaline Tease”

* First of all, this title is incredible

* Wow, Tsujimura didn’t keep us waiting at all for Richard’s return lol

* This whole volume I thought the stone on the cover was supposed to represent Jeffrey’s color-shifting alexandrite lapel pin, but apparently it’s this metaphor-rich tourmaline!

* Seigi is not into this roleplay lol

* Seigi dishes out compliments and sentimental shit to Richard all the time but he absolutely cannot take them in return. 😂

* This is really too much Richard, omg

* “‘While I can’t understand it myself, you seem to enjoy lavishing me with praise. Consequently, I do not mind you doing so. In much the same way, I would like to indulge in the sweets I love to the greatest extent my health might permit, I implore you to praise me unabashedly to your heart’s content. But in return, I eagerly await the day that praising you will bring me such joy, Seigi’” (288). I’m going fucking feral over this.

* “‘Now, what we’re you talking about, Richard? You had the audacity to call me, the man to whom you owe your life, to Japan, asking me to step in to take care of the Ginza shop ‘indefinitely,’ and what’s the first thing you do when you come back? Flirt with the part-timer?’” (291). GSJDKDK SAUL I LOVE YOU

* DID SAUL AND SEIGI PLAN THIS?? WTF

* I can’t tell if that story took years off my life due to stress, or extended my life due to sheer joy. That was pure chaos and I loved every second of it.

“Overcast Iolite”

* A nice quiet story in which Richard tries to encourage Seigi in his own way. And of course, an interesting history lesson.

“Moonstone’s Affection”

* It makes me very happy that Seigi and Richard have dinner together on Saturdays now.

* NOT “THE MOON IS BEAUTIFUL, ISN’T IT?” 👀👀👀 And Richard brought up Natsume Souseki so he knows.

* Oh god, Richard said it too. Honey…

* WAIT SEIGI KNOWS WHAT IT MEANS

* I don’t think I can handle this new era of Seigi complimenting Richard so freely.

This volume was beautiful but such a fucking whirlwind! Can’t wait to start #5 tomorrow!

#the case files of jeweler richard #jeweler richard #tsujimura nanako #nakata seigi #richard ranasinghe de vulpian

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emilio-the-dumb-wrestler · 1 year

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Griff took a picture of himself in the mirror. “Yeah that’s what I’m talking about !” He said as he loaded it to his Instagram. Griff loved to show off his body. He worked hard for it after all. All those years he was over weight and now he was fit after spending 7 days a week in a gym and under a strict diet. Griff packed up his gym bag and left gym365. He was walking out to his car when he got his first like on his photo. Looking at his phone he seen the little heart icon flicker and then a message pop up. When he was in his car he seen the message. “Looking good there! “. He chuckled. “Thanks bro! I’m looking really good today”. He put his car in gear and headed home right after hitting send. When he got home there was another message. “Yeah you are! You’d look even better if you just let yourself be who you are naturally though 😛”. What the hell did that mean ? He didn’t know what to say about that. He went to the bathroom and stripped. Getting his razor he started to trim his body hair. Griff couldn’t stand body hair. He preferred to be clean shaven all the time. Minus a little fuzz on the face. His phone chimes again. “Seriously. You should be yourself. Body hair and all! I bet you have a lot of that !” Griff didn’t know what to say. “Yeah. I don’t like it that’s why I shave it every day”. Before he even had a chance to respond. Another message came up. “How’s about we play a game. Well it’s more of an agreement really. I will make an offer. And if you agree. I’ll pay you for it. But each agreement stands as is. And can’t be changed. Deal?” Griff didn’t even know what to say. Agree to stuff and get money ? He did have loans and other bills he had to pay. Why not ? He could always use the money. And plus he would have to agree to the stuff in order to get paid. And if it’s too weird he will always just say no. “Alright deal. I can deal with some extra cash”. He waited for a reply. But one didn’t come. He put his phone in his pocket and we to get a shot of tequila. His phone rang for a message. “Alright great! So for 100 dollars you should have a couple drinks tonight. Let loose !” “Deal!” Griff said he was already going for another shot of tequila. Before he knew it he made $600. Each time surprised when he got a notification that his cash app has money deposited to it. The room was spinning and he went to text a friend. Telling them about this guy paying him money. “Yes!!” Was the response he sent when his friend messaged back asking if he was serious about this. His vision was blurring. And he was in the middle of sending a 😂 emoji when his phone dropped. More buzzing coming from his Instagram app. The next day Griff woke up around noon. He had fallen off the couch during the night of being passed out drunk. The screen of his phone cracked from where he landed on it. He managed to get up with great effort. The room was spinning. He grabbed his phone and put it in his pocket as he staggered to the bathroom. Blurry eyes. When he got to the bathroom I. The dark he ran some water. Splashed it on his face. And that’s when he felt it. Something wrong. He had small stubble before. But now it felt like a full on beard ! He turned the light on and looked in the mirror. And was shocked. “Whaaaaaat…”. He began to shout when he heard his phone buzz. His friend has messaged him. Asking if he was serious but his response wasn’t there. Instead his Instagram app buzzed again. Pulled it up he was shocked. He replied to a message that he meant to send to his friend. “I’ll continue to pay you if you let me have free reign over choices, life style habits…. In all just to have control”. And right below Griff responded “yes!” He looked at the mirror and seen his bearded face. The next message said “good deal. You will now have a full beard always”. “You have no done cardio EVER”. “You do not shave your body hair ever!” “You tan easily and get dark almost instantly in the sun” reading this Griff panicked.

He realized then that his hands and face were much darker than before. He took off his shirt. Body hair everywhere. Back. Torso. Shoulder. Everywhere he looked there was hair. His phone chimes again “you have nipple rings”. Pain caught his attention for a brief moment while both is his nipples were instantly pierced. Making them plump and sensitive. “Why are you doing ! Stop this please !” He sent. “A deal is a deal. And you agreed to this. You lift weights a lot and it shows”. His arms and chest began to bulk up his muscle. His abs getting firm. “Please no! This was an accident !” But the man didn’t pay attention to Griff. “You have an overpowering labido too. You’re always horny”. Griff almost collapsed in the bathroom as if felt like he was punched in the groin as he got instant blue ball. Dripping sex in his shorts. “You’re 100% Hispanic. Barely able to understand me”. Griffs mind rewrote itself. As his dna changed. He was joe fully Hispanic. Spanish his primary language and he only understood broken English. “Por favor!” He sent a message. “You’re a thick man now. No cardio and eating like a pig does that. At least the weight help firm that fat up!” His abs shook and instantly disappeared under a thick form layer of fat. His gut protruded into a firm jock gut. His pecs sagged slightly. But still firm from all the workouts he did. “You smell like a dirty gym sock even after showers !” Griffs nose instantly burned from the smell of Bo. A thick gold chain appeared his neck from the next message. “Alright. And your final payment. This will leave you at about 100k dollars. You’re my dumb Hispanic bear pool boy. Always wearing something skinny while your bear body is on show for everyone to see. A stinking Hispanic pool boy.” Everything around Griff changed. He was sitting at a pool side. His hairy legs and feet in the water. The smell of Bo and chlorine filling his nose. While his jock gut rest on his legs. He was so horny he couldn’t think straight. And the man walking toward him had a big grin on his face.

@willwritesagain

November 17th, 2021 10:17pm

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blueskyheadleft010 · 5 months

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I finally finished a Duviri mission after like, completing 60 extra side objectives like a madwoman; and can I just say that despite the coolness of endlessly stacking abilities ontop of one another, the mapping is horseshit???

Firstly, overworld items and side quests don’t appear as icons on the map (like they do in the rest of the Warframe type missions/overworlds). Which is shitty because it forces you to run around endlessly until you find whatever the fuck is making noise or shining in the corner of your vision.

Also the map overlay in the top left is (intentionally??) blurry as hell and is nearly the same shade of color for every building. Which is ugly and also makes me feel like the map isn’t loading in properly. Like wtf??

The mini games are fun tho. Strange, but fun. Only complaint is some start the moment you get close to them, which should instead be optional when I’m trying to do something else at the moment.

Last thing, that really really irks me; unlike the origin system’s gameplay of mapping the main objectives/object you need to interact with, the Duviri missions only highlight locations you need to reach for the main mission, but DOES NOT highlight objects you need to interact with (not counting chests. They show up fine for some reason), making it a living hell for newbies trying to take down the emotional Orwyrm of the hour, and pissing me off by trying to chase the damn thing all over the map and not once telling me the sequence of events I need to do to kill the dragon. (You have to wait until the last second to strike the flying orb, which gives your horse a massive flight speed boost, then you throw your frisbee weapon at the Orwyrm to latch onto its side, akin to a Void Sling ability in the main game, THEN you can reach its head to pilot the thing).

Nowhere is this freaking explained. Not even Teshin helps you until you latch onto the dragon.

I. Hate. This. Lack. Of. Gameplay. Assistance.

Also, if DE wants to keep an engaged audience for that portion of the game, PLEASE LIMIT THE NUMBER OF ROUNDS TO THREE OR MAKE DIFFICULTY LEVELS LIKE EVERY OTHER MISSION IN WARFRAME. I DONT WISH TO PLAY A SINGLE MISSION FOR OVER AN HOUR AT A TIME.

This has been my Ted Talk about Duviri. Thanks for stopping by.

#warframe #warframe duviri #Warframe game rant #DE please fix your Duviri gameplay #i’m begging you #ted talks #sky rambles #it late #shut up sky

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ohmyronpa-imagines · 5 months

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Hi I was the person who requested the Gundham x reader killing game AU awhile ago and I loved what you wrote.

Would I be able to request a Ryoma x reader one shot where the reader stops Kirumi from killing him…. if this is too specific I don’t mind if you do something else, I’m sure I’ll like whatever you write.😸

Here you go, anon! I'm glad you enjoy my work! Also, do y'all like my new icon? Made it myself! (Apologies for it being a little blurry haha!) -Mod Hajime

Reader Saves Ryoma From Kirumi's Murder Attempt (x Reader)

It had all happened so quickly.

You had been having a hard time sleeping since Kaede’s execution and were aimlessly wandering around the academy.

Sure, it was dangerous, but you sincerely doubted that anyone was actively scouting for a random victim.

Unless you had become someone’s target.

A pit formed in your stomach at this idea and you immediately stepped away from the doors that led to a random classroom. Maybe going to your room was safer than being active at night. You rushed back to the dorms but paused when you heard a loud crack coming from a hallway.

You turned the corner against your better instincts and froze. Kirumi was standing above Ryoma with some long pole, or was it a stick? What you did know was that Ryoma was unconscious and Kirumi was holding a possible murder weapon.

For some reason you didn’t run away to call for help. That’s what a smart person would have done.

But no, you ran straight into danger, nothing but adrenaline and an odd sense of justice fueling your once tired body. Kirumi barely had time to register what was happening by the time you slammed her into the ground.

She struggled against you, both of her eyes visible to you. The maid looked crazed and with an impossible surge of strength, she threw you into the wall. Your head bounced off the drywall and you grunted in pain.

However, when you saw Kirumi going near Ryoma’s unconscious (you hoped) self, the pain dulled and you staggered to your feet. You reached your hands out and shoved her to the ground. With a speed you didn’t remember possessing, you picked up Ryoma and hauled him over your shoulder before running away.

Your heart thrummed in your chest as you ran, leaping up flights of stairs to reach a destination that felt too far away. Was Kirumi following you? Did that even matter right now?

Eventually, after what felt like hours, you reached your dorm, flung the door open, and rushed Ryoma to your bed. You pulled his hat off, which was damp. When you removed your hand, you saw a messy smudge of pink on your fingers and palm alongside the disturbing scent of iron.

Stifling your gag, you checked his hair and saw what looked like a gash in his scalp. Luckily, you had gone into the nurse’s office, stolen a bunch of supplies, and stuffed them into your bathroom before this had happened.

You were hesitant to leave him, but after you finally checked if he was breathing, you rushed to your bathroom and grabbed supplies. Returning with a damp rag, gauze, and some kind of ointment, you got to work.

You really hoped that this wouldn’t make his wound worse.

By the time you finished, your hands were shaking and you were near passing out. You put your first aid things aside and crawled onto your bed, wrapping Ryoma in a layer of blankets and setting his hat on your nightstand.

In your sleep, you were hugging his cushioned body.

When you woke up, you realized that Ryoma was also awake, but he was as still as a statue. You looked down to see him red in the face but with his eyes wide open. Quickly, you asked if he was okay.

“Yeah. What happened? Wasn’t Kiru-” He cut himself off. You got out of bed and changed his bandages, happy to see his wound was minor and had scabbed during the night.

Even though you stayed silent, Ryoma could tell what you were thinking. “Don’t… Don’t blame Kirumi. What she did was out of love for the country.” You raised an eyebrow at this and asked him what he was talking about.

He explained as well as he could, but the obvious concussion was causing him to blank on some parts of information. He also mentioned random names and places that he didn’t recall. You brushed it off as a delusion from getting his head whacked.

But when he said why Kirumi picked him, you felt your heart squeeze painfully in your chest. What did he mean his life meant nothing? And why did his life mean everything to you?

“I’m only a shell of who I used to be. For a cause as noble as hers, it’d be pretty damn shameful to deny her request. So-” You pulled him into a gentle hug, tears threatening to fall from your eyes.

It was quiet except for your occasional sniffling as the two of you sat on your bed. After a minute, Ryoma decided to hug you as well, patting your back. He didn’t understand why you were crying. The killing game must’ve finally hit you after days of living in shock.

You parted from your hug and handed him his hat, apologizing for the blood. He shook his head, giving you the faintest hint of a smile. He put it back on his head and sighed.

Ryoma patted his pockets, rubbing his hat when he realized he was missing his candy cigarettes. You sat with him, keeping a close eye on him.

The sound of the Monokuma announcement blared through your ears and you both grumbled about that “damn bear”.

You stood up and reached your hand out for him. He hesitantly took it and you left your dorm holding hands. He looked away from you and huffed, smiling to himself.

“I guess I’ve still got a ways to go.”

#mod hajime #danganronpa v3 #ryoma hoshi #ryoma x reader #x reader

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tatakaeeren · 1 year

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GIF Tutorial

Someone asked me how I made my gifs so HD so I decided to write a full step-by-step uuuh babyyy 🎶 tutorial + useful tips on every part of the process.

It is explained in detail, so people with 0% experience can try it for the first time, and the more experienced gif makers can focus on the parts they are interested in 👍 (click on the images to see them bigger)

Disclaimers: I am not a professional, I have learned by trial and error and by watching other amazing creators. I use photoshop CC 2019 in Spanish so some of the names may vary but I tried to use the more accurate English names and used colors as references so even in other languages you can still follow this tutorial.

GIF TUTORIAL STEP BY STEP:

1.- Open photoshop and create a new project. Then go to “files” 🠲 “import” 🠲 “convert video to frames” 🠲 this will send you to your video folder, and from there select the one you want. TIP 1: try always to download it in the best quality possible (1080p or 720p) so you will end up with “cleaner” HD gifs.

2.- When you select your video, then you will have to choose the specific moment or scene you want (you do this by selecting and moving the arrows at the bottom of the image) TIP 2: I usually limit every 2 frames, but if your scene is too short (less than 20 - 25 frames) then I suggest not clicking the limit and leaving it at 0, likewise if your scene has too many frames (over 70) then limit every 3 frames 👍 to make it smaller.

3.- Sometimes when you select your scene, a few extra frames will show up in your timeline, it’s ok, you can delete them by selecting the frames and clicking the trashcan icon at the bottom. Next, don’t forget to change the speed, you do this by selecting all the frames (click the first one then press SHIFT and click the last one, this will select everything), and then click one of the numbers below the image and select “Other”. TIP 3: Usually I use between 0,07 - 0,08 (my fav) - 0,09 from faster to slower. The speed will depend on the gif you are making. TIP 4: If you have PSDs colorings, now it’s time to add them, just click and drag your PSD on top of the image, and remember to make sure it is on top of all the frames and layers ( the ones on the side). Personally, I do it now, because when I do it later in the process there is always a few frames that won't color.

4.- Now that we have our desired frames, speed, and PSD coloring (optional), we need to make it easier to keep editing. So we need to click on the little icon with stripes at the top right corner on top of the timeline (the orange square) 🠲 “Convert timeline into video” 🠲 and now you should have one long frame instead of many single ones.

Now let’s do the same with the layers that are on the right (purple circle), once again click the first layer then shift-click on the last one to select everything 🠲 right click on one of the layers 🠲 “convert into a smart object” 🠲 and now all the layers also become one.

5.- What I like to do next is to cut and then resize (you can do it the other way around if you’d like) select the cutting tool on the left side (light blue circle) and then it is up to you to choose which shape do you want (in the purple circle) there are some basic proportions but you can also make your own.

6.- Now is where all the fun begins. Let’s resize our image so we won’t end up with a giant gif. to do this go to the “Image” tab on top of the screen 🠲 “image size”

TIP 5: To choose a good size, please keep in mind the standard sizes on Tumblr or other social media. If you are using one gif per row then the size should range between 540px - 560px - or 580px / If you are using 2 gifs per row then the size should be around 268px / and if you have 3 per row then the size should be around 177px. Once you select the appropriate size… this is where it gets tricky. Depending on the gif you are making you will have to select a different option ex: if your gif is too blurry or has lots of movement or grains if they are too dark or too light if the colors are too different, all these factors will determine what you need to use. TIP 6: I usually use only 3: bilineal - bicubic reduction or keep details 2.0 (the names may change in English but look for something along those lines or in the same place as the ones in the image with the green ticks)

7.- SHARPENING TIME!: go to “Filter” 🠲 “sharpen” 🠲 “smart sharpen”

As I have mentioned before, the amount will depend on the gif you are making, there is no perfect formula for all the gifs, so you need to play around a bit to find the perfect setting for your specific gif. TIP 7: This is what I normally use: amount: between 250 and 300 / Radius: 0,3px - 0,4px or 0,5 (but never over 0,5) / noise: anything between 0 and 50, now if you have a very blurry scene you can go up to 100 👍 and finally select the option “Grussian blur”.

Tbh I never change the “shadows” and “lighting” settings (they are always 50 -50 -1) If you know how to use them or want to play around, then go for it…. I have no idea how to 🤣 oops.

8.- BLUR: sometimes the gifs look TOO sharp so we need to add a blur filter. so go to “filter” 🠲 “blur” 🠲 “surface blur”

then once again, depending on your needs, you can play around with the settings. TIP 8: I normally use 10-6 / 9-4 / 7-4 or 3 / etc. but I never go over 10.

Also if you are noticing that your gif is still looking a bit blurry or with imperfections, due to the quality of the video, the scene is too complicated, etc. then I recommend adding noise on purpose 🤣 hey! if you can’t fight against the noise then put it on purpose and make the gif with a bit of texture and colors, it will look nice too 👍 go to “filter” 🠲 “noise” and then add the amount you want.

9.- Now we are almost done, you can leave it like that if you want or you can add some extra steps and play around with the brightness, exposure, color balance, gradients, filters, etc. you can find everything on your right (the yellow circle). Here is up to you to explore and experiment, I never use the same, it changes every gifset I make.

10.- You can add your watermark, images, texts, paint with the brushes, or do anything else with your gif. but this time I will skip these steps, but if you need extra information about something, please feel free to ask, and I will gladly help you 😊.

TIP 9: Before you save your gif, please make sure all the things you added are in line with your gif “video frame” 🠲 move the little arrow so it will end perfectly with your gif, if the others are longer, it doesn’t matter, you can move them or you can leave them there, the important thing is that the line is perfectly in line with your gif.

11.- Now there is nothing left to do, it’s finally time to save it for the web. Go to “files” 🠲 “export” 🠲 “save for the web”

TIP 10: Now you have two options: you can view your gif in the “optimized version” tab where it will show you one option that you can edit. If you select this option then these are the settings I always use, the only option that changes is: using pattern (the gif will have a small invisible “net” that will make the gifs look more uniform, use this especially when the lights or shadows and colors look grainy) or you can use Diffusion (to make it smoother and move flowy) you can try both and see which one suits your gif best 👍

and then the easier second option is to click the “4 copies” tab on top of the gif, and it will show you 4 different options, then you just select the one you like the best and it’s ready!

12 .- THE LAST STEP!!! TIP 11: make sure your final gif is smaller than 10MB (Tumblr's limit) and hit SAVE! and you are ready!! ヾ(≧▽≦*)o

This is our final result: A sexy Gojo 💙

Thank you for reading, I hope this helped you, and I can wait to see all of your creations! ✨

Feel free to tag me in your gifsets or to ask me any other question in case you need extra information or need me to explain something better 💖

Also, if you are an expert and would like to comment, change or suggest better steps and/or settings, please let me know! so we can all learn and grow 👍

#gif tutorial #tutorial #mygiftutorial #i apoloogize in advanced for any mistake or bad explanation #I really hope this help you to learn how to make gifs or to learn new steps or settings 💖#allresources #completeresources #rresources #please let me know if im doing something wrong #or if you would like to recommend me better settings or steps #i would gladly accept them! 🥰🥰🥰

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mixedstyles · 2 years

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Italy!Harry x influencer!OC

Authors Note: Hey guys! I’m posting this semi-series purely for my enjoyment. A very long time ago @reveriehs and I briefly communicated through asks about Italy/Italy!Harry and it inspired me. I decided to make this an OC “series” because I fell in love with a name I saw. Plus, I’m making this mainly for myself. I’m posting because I just figured some might enjoy it!! This will mainly be medium-long social media blurbs, occasionally written posts, but no full chapters. In this universe there is no covid, none of Harry’s shows were canceled.

Face Claim: Amaka Hamelijnck

Warnings: swearing, google translated norwegian, annoying fan comments, ridiculous (fake) IG usernames

Milan Fashion Week, February 2020

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deziiisule Tusen takk @alessandro_michele for allowing me to be apart of your show. It’s something that I will forever hold dear to my heart. I can’t begin to explain how much this opportunity meant to me. Takk, takk, takk. 💕 Tagged: alessandro_michele and gucci

alessandro_michele a beautiful human being ✨🖤

anna.distad THAT’S MY BEST FRIEND

arna_olsen she's an icon, she's a legend and she is the moment

mammasule My love 👩‍👧

↳ lota.sule MOM YOU HAVE TWO CHILDREN AND A HUSBAND

↳ mammasule unnskyld 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 (sorry)

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Love on Tour: April 15, 2020

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anna.distad This is the clearest photo we got from the h.s concert last night. The rest are blurry from excitement. Tagged: deziiisule

deziiisule Thank you for tagging along with me <3 I had an absolute blast

lota.sule Jeg kan ikke tro at dere gikk uten meg (I can't believe you guys went without me)

↳ deziiisule elsker deg (love you)

↳ lota.sule Whatever 🙄

jules_vanser Anna your hat is amazing 😩

↳ anna.distad takk 💅🏻🤍

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Spotted: April 16, 2020

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DailyHSNews Harry spotted at local coffee shop on 4.16.2020, the day after his Birmingham show.

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jediharry I mean… when you zoom out of the picture there are other people there??? It’s just that they’re sitting next to each other.

sraj0nes Wait she looks cute 🥺

rowlandfan01 It’s a cropped photo 😭😭 you guys try to make something out of nothing

hrrysgrl The way he looks at her. 😭😭🥹

↳ dumwitch GAGSJFBFD YOU CANT EVEN SEE HIS FACE WHAT???

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Instagram post, September 29, 2020

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DailyHSNews Interesting news today, Harry’s following count just went up by two! He’s recently followed the creative influencer duo of sisters Lota (left) and Deziri (right). Only connection that can be made is that Deziri has been in previous Gucci campaigns. Leave your thoughts in the comments!

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styleshappiness I don’t have much to add other than isn’t it a little weird that people know when the amount of people he’s following goes up?

↳ liveloveharry I was thinking the same thing. It’s a little sus

allthatmatters they’re both so pretty what the fuuuu-

user01 ugh, if it’s anything it’s probably a fling and nothing serious. Let’s be real.

username Why do I think they’d actually look so cute together 🫣

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Instagram post, October 5, 2020

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DeuxmoiReposts taken from @deuxmoi instagram stories 10.5.2020

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stylussy i am interested 👀

goldengirlhrry Is this talking about who I think it’s talking about?

↳ ibfagent y’all are really believing this shit??

sarryhtyles I saw a post via @DailyHSNews talking about Harry following some influencers. It could be one of them?

↳ mi6 it’s Deziri. her current posts are all tagged in Italy but her sister’s are still tagged in Norway

user007 How do they even know each other??

↳ rb1984 she did some gucci stuff earlier this year. alessandro follows her and commented on a couple of her photos and we all know Harry and alessandro are close

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Instagram post, October 10, 2020

Location: Tuscany, Italy

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deziiisule I’d very much like to stay here ☀️ 🇮🇹

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lota.sule Kan du komme tilbake (please come back)

↳ deziiisule Soon… unfortunately 🙄

arna_olsen You’re GLOWING

hrryfan tell harry i love him

harryswhore are you wearing his shirt?

harrietharry me @ harry 🎶that should be me, holding your hand, that should be me…🎶

hsfan24 can you tell him to get me concert tickets?

adoreuclub you’re just using him for fame

hisgoldengirl is this the girl who was seen with Harry?

harryyyyys She’s totally posting this to hint at him

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Instagram post, October 10, 2020

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DailyHSNews Fans were quick to point out that a button up shirt Deziri was wearing in a new Instagram post looked awfully similar to the one Harry was spotted in while filming the Golden music video. She’s since deleted the photo for unknown reasons.

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fann76 “unknown reasons” as if there weren’t people spamming her comment section??? 🙄

dezisdesk So what if it’s his shirt?

harryshq why is this detective work that fans have been doing kind fun to watch?

fandomcentral I’m not one to speculate but goddamn do those look identical

hsqh Why do I want them together 🫡

hsfan2001 I disagree. It’s totally some pr stunt. Her deleting the photo was probably part of it 🤢

↳ year3000 a pr stunt… really? If that’s the case what’s she trying to promote???

jobros15 There’s a piece of you in how I dress 😭🫠

fedupfan You’re really going to post this after y’all harassed her so much that she disabled the comments and THEN deleted the post

idkwhattoqueue I don’t like her 🫥

#harry styles #harry styles x reader #harry styles imagine #harry styles fluff #harry styles headcanon #harry styles imagines #harry styles fic rec #harry styles x influencer #harry styles oc #harry styles x oc #harry styles x famous!reader #harry styles fake social media #harry styles smau #harry styles fake instagram #harry styles writing #harry styles x you #harry styles x y/n #harry styles fic #harry's house

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Cait and Tony are invited to a nice high end reopening, it's trash.

Sam does a classical reading at a Scottish whisky event, over acts than walks out at night wearing dark glasses as if he's a big celebrity when he's not, but is classy.

More, Cait doesn't spend her time on Tumblr reading hate about her and Tony. Their life have meaning unlike these looser who have spent 10 years of their lives in a cult like mentality.

mariaae said: I truly feel so bad for Caitriona. Here she is stuck with a Dining Hall relaunch (don’t really matter to me that it’s iconic and at Harrod’s) while on the other side of the pond, there is a much happier celebration honoring her real life Hubs! The contrast is so stark! Sam is surrounded by distinguished members of a global society and what we got from London was an unsmiling Caitriona and a blurry pic with the PA! How long will they continue to do this to themselves? Really, my heart was bleeding for Caitriona and Sam. Don’t think it didn’t hurt him that Wifey could not be there! 😭💔

mariaae said: Well, well, well! This certainly threw some sunshine in an otherwise bleak scenario for Wifey. Still no matter whether they shaved off the sideburns he’s still no Sam Heughan! Sam is irreplaceable in Caitriona’s heart! And she would still prefer to have been at the KOTQ event!

uniquewastelandpeach said: Perhaps T or possibly C have been lurking on Tumblr and have read the deluge of comments that Tony needed to spif up his wardrobe and ditch the 1960’s era sideburns, One can only hope,. I think the stress eye strongly suggests the man is Tracula. I will be so glad when this charade ends.

auburncurlslass said: First and foremost…IF TAITER WAS THERE, YOU CAN BET THE FARM, HE WOULD HAVE PHOTOGRAPHED WITH HIS ‘WIFE’! Caitriona’s PR would not allow this magic moment of beautiful marital bliss to pass by…it’s all about being 'seen’! 👀

valkyrie1969 said: Listen, I don’t think anyone needs to physically see Tbag to know when he’s lurking around an event - Cait’s “stress eye” is proof enough.

caldineens said: I don’t even think that ring was a gift from Tony. Is he making payments to afford it? I’ll bet Sam bought it for her as part of the stupid narrative.

Anon, between all the people commenting above put together you can't gather even one full working neuron.

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fereldanwench · 7 months

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Find the Word - Manuscript Search Tag

Tagged by @corpocyborg--Thank you so much! This is great timing too because I've been feeling the itch to get back to writing fic again.

Words to search: trust, accident, rule, suspect, understand

#1 - Trust

From an unpublished WIP that was an excuse to write a drunk Goro

“--Please, meet me on Jig-Jig Street. I will explain there.”

Well, that woke her up.

“Jig-Jig Street? What the hell–”

Goro disconnected the call and Valerie blinked before rubbing her tired face.

“So in addition to being top-tier ‘Saka scum, he’s a desperate, pathetic pervert.” Johnny lit a phantom cigarette. Valerie wished she could slap it out of his mouth. “You sure know how to pick ‘em, V.”

“You’re one to talk.” She shuffled over to the pair of clean-enough sweatpants draped over the couch.

“You’re not actually going to meet this guy right now, are you?”

“What does it look like?” Valerie asked as she tied the drawstring into a bow under her waist.

“Why are you really helpin’ him, huh? Because you’re so fucked in the head that you actually trust he’s our best shot at fixin’ this shit?” Johnny flicked the cigarette butt onto her floor. “Or because you like how he looks at you with those pretty brown eyes?”

“I don’t know, Johnny.” Valerie pulled a black sweatshirt with a faded Arasaka logo over her blue hair and then reached for the bottle of omega-blockers on the end table. She dropped two pills into her palm and took a swig of room-temperature NiCola. “Maybe both.”

#2 - Accident

From my unpublished and probably perpetually unfinished long fic WIP

Goro set his now empty glass down on the table and rubbed his face. He knew it was unwise to indulge in these thoughts. Even in the unlikely event that she, a clever, compassionate, beautiful woman reciprocated any of the ill-advised feelings that had been stewing inside him for the past few weeks, they were not feelings either of them could act on.

If all went to plan, Goro would return to Tokyo with Hanako-sama, where he would, under the best of circumstances, be reassigned, perhaps put back in the special forces. Valerie would have the Relic removed and resume her life in Night City as a reputable solo, living her corporate-free life.

And if the plan went belly-up.…

It was best to not consider that possibility.

He reached for his phone and tapped the display, accidentally activating the front-facing camera. Goro scowled at the unflattering reflection of himself and thumbed the icon he thought would take him to the home screen. Instead, the photo gallery launched.

Most of the pictures were practical in nature, a means of recording notable locations and suspicious vehicles, but he had indulged in a snapshot of the hairless cat that visited them during their stakeout. Goro decided he wanted to take a closer look at their feline visitor when he saw it was not the only subject he had caught on the rooftop: next to that photo was a blurry image of Valerie, dazzling in the golden light of the early evening sunset, smiling up at something as she pet the cat.

He realized from the angle of the picture that the something she was smiling at would have been him.

#3 - Rule

I couldn't find this one! I am doing this at work and don't have access to all my WIPs, but it wasn't in any of my Google docs or AO3 publishes. I'm sure it's somewhere in my Scrivener files, though.

#4 - Suspect

Also from my unpublished and probably perpetually unfinished long fic WIP

"How’d you end up with this hunk of junk anyway?" Valerie asked as she buckled her seat belt.

"I purchased it from a reputable dealership," Goro answered dryly.

Valerie rolled her eyes but laughed. She then conducted a rudimentary inspection of the vehicle, opening and closing the empty glove compartment before her, then fiddling with the equally uninteresting sun visor. Finding nothing of interest in front of her, Valerie turned in her seat to inspect the back of the van. It was also empty save for his small bag of personal effects.

Agitated by her senseless curiosity, Goro was about to ask her what Valerie was looking for when she spoke first.

"Are you sleeping in here?"

Her tone was gentle, unexpectedly extinguishing his irritation with her relentless prying.

"Is this another inquiry into my well-being?" He asked instead.

Valerie shrugged.

"I've slept in my car in the city. It's not particularly safe." She gave him a small smile. "Even for people like you."

Goro regarded her from the corner of his eyes. He recalled their conversation two nights ago, when he had suspected her interest in his welfare was self-serving. His paranoia had offended her so he apologized, but he was incredulous by nature and knowing the particulars of her career history did little to truly lessen his suspicion. The few classified reports Goro had been able to obtain from the Night City counter-intelligence database repeatedly praised her high interpersonal skills as key assets during operations–It was clear her disarming personality could be as much a threat as the pistol she kept strapped to her thigh.

"I will be fine," he finally said.

#5 - Understand

From Homecoming, a post-Mikoshi smut-with-feelings one-shot

"You'll have to teach me how to make some of these dishes. I never really had much opportunity, or reason, really, to cook before."

The thought of sharing such a moment with Valerie made his whole body tremble with impatience. Even just doing unscrupulous merc assignments together, it was quickly apparent they had a natural rhythm and rapport as partners. Goro suddenly found himself eager to seize on that harmony, not for their often violent duties, but to create something beautiful with Valerie. To nourish another passion he had been denied for two years.

"I will," he promised softly as he met her by the window.

Valerie tilted her head and skimmed her hand down his chest before slipping her arm around his waist. Goro swallowed, feeling a strange combination of self-satisfaction and humility as she studied him.

"I think there's still some part of me that's convinced this is some elaborate hallucination," Valerie whispered. Her free hand reached for his face, and Goro closed his eyes, allowing himself the indulgence of resting his cheek against her palm.

"I believe I understand the feeling," he said, meeting her gaze.

Lightly, tentatively, Goro brushed her cheek with his thumb. She inhaled and stiffened, and he almost retracted his hand, but Valerie pressed her lips to his in an unwavering embrace. Her skin tingled under his touch, and he felt the heavy sigh she breathed in through her nose. Goro was silently adamant that she dictate their pace, but every time one of those shuddering gasps ravaged her body, they chipped away at his resolve.

Valerie graciously deepened the kiss, moving both of her hands to the back of his neck as she moaned against his mouth. Galvanized by her fervor but still wary of her acute sensitivity, Goro brought his hands to her waist, fingers almost hovering over the black t-shirt.

"You can touch me, you know," Valerie murmured against his lips, lightly nudging the tip of her nose against his.

Aaannd I'm gonna be awful and not tag anyone because I honestly have not been in the fanfic side of fandom much this year and I have no idea who's working on stuff these days. Feel free to take these search words and carry it on, though!

#tumblr: dash games #oc: valerie v powell #c: goro takemura #ship: goro x valerie #g: cyberpunk 2077 #mine: stories #mine: wip #goro takemura #long post

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bunnidid-reviews · 2 years

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Possible accessible OSDDID App Review

Simply Plural !

Facts:

What type of app it is: An app for tracking what parts/alters are fronting

Compatibility: Seems to be available for apple and android products, as well as browser support

Size: 66.5 MB

Internet required: Yes

Does it share my data?: You’re able to share your information with friends. Most things are set to be private initially

Lockable: You can log off as needed

Light and dark mode are available in-app as well as syncing with your device’s settings. There’s also a more accessible font option, which I thought was a nice touch.

Personal thoughts:

Personal difficulty using(0 being the most easy, 10 being impossible): 9

How easy to add your parts: 2

How easy to switch between parts: 7-8?? It took me a long time to figure out how to even do this, but once you figure out how its maybe a 5

Personal avoidance level: 10, no parts wanted to use this app

Safe to say, I’m perplexed by this app. Let me show you some screenshots

We start with this clusterfuck of options. As someone who’s dissociating and dyslexic all these different directions that hold the exact same weight as eachother are really confusing! A young or badly confused part might think User Report is the same thing as making a note of who’s out right now

Maybe this is helpful to someone, but to me, it looked like way too much even on a present day

This is the ‘Members’ list. Where all the parts are listed. There are a lot of symbols here that aren’t listed in any of the help sections that I’ve had to clumsily figure out by trial and error. Like apparently the arrows next to the names are.. Making a note of who’s here in the moment? I had no idea until just now.

Also they’re sorted alphabetically. Never in the history of Ever have I sorted my parts this way?? Sorry, this is the stuff I’m really specific about.

Evidently the bottom buttons are how to view who’s fronting at the moment. I can’t figure out what ‘custom front’ is for

Here’s what a part looks like when you open them up from the list. You have a lottttt of info you can go through and add using the icons at the top. I like that it has this many options for people who are probably a lot more serious for the use of the app.

When I first used it some years ago, I had no idea the Visibility was an option, so you might want to make sure it’s set to what you need it to be to feel secure (Private, shown to trusted friends, or shown to all friends)

Here’s the side bar, with lots and lots of options again, but at least these are a little more sorted and I would’ve preferred this for the main page.

Now, let’s look at Add Front Entry...

Okay, so there’s a detailed front entry and a quick front entry option. The detailed front entry looks like this:

....

My dear OSDDID friends, I ask you, Do you know how long the part previous to yourself started fronting, from the date, the hour, the minute?? and when they stopped???????? Not even you, the previous parts who were here.

I think the quick entry would’ve been better if you could add the hours options yourself, because most everyone I know with a dissociative disorder has a very different rate of switching, and 2 hours is not enough for the people who might switch once in days or weeks. (I personally shift from one group of parts to another every few days to a week)

At this point if you’re thinking that “She just doesn’t understand, I’ve been using this app and it just takes a learning curve to use..”, I invite you to realize that this app has no margin for error, no lenience for our I Don’t Know Myself Disorder, no room for considering dissociation and it’s varying forms and general blurriness.

I wondered for a moment why it was like this...

Ah-ha.

The Plural Association is organization that hopes to eliminate the difference between OSDDID and non-disordered plurality, effectively de-medicalizing a Dissociative Disorder.

I read some of these links and quite a few of them focused on the ‘beautiful mind of having plurality’ rather than the dark reality of where a dissociative disorder comes from, being a trauma disorder. Downplaying DID as ‘Not Getting Along With Your Headmates’ disorder. There was just enough reasonable and flowery language for them to sprinkle blatant misinformation throughout, tricking you into believing things that may be harmful if you actually have a Disorder that needs treatment.

I have no doubt that people with non-disordered plurality are experiencing something. I can’t claim to know enough about someone’s mind to say otherwise, of course. I think saying Endogenics don’t exist shuts down people who might actually need help.

However, the mixture of OSDDID and Endogenics like this is very very harmful when it comes to creating ‘accessibility’ like this. It takes away from the actual point of what would be helpful for someone with a DD, like communication between parts, the slow breakdown of dissociative barriers, and for many, the lesser separation between parts and goals towards coming together.

The Plural Association wants you to be separate, but also know all parts, which can be incredibly dangerous to venture into yourself if you have a lot of trauma(and therefore parts) you don’t know. Integration, Fusion, and taking it slowly and at the pace recommended by a professional, are really wonderful and personal parts of healing and shouldn’t be snubbed out by the pressure to be As Plural As Possible. Exactly like this app does

Final thoughts:

This app is needlessly complicated. I mean, maybe it can be really helpful if you go through and learn everything about it. I’ve only been picking at it for a week and barely scratched the surface. I feel like it must be like an art program, it takes you a lot of hard work and practice to settle into using it.

The premise is not at all for me. Not in all my years of knowing and figuring out my DID have I ever found it useful to *just* have a record of who switched when. Sure, it can be enlightening. But I’d find a lot more use in a text app where my Personas can make note of what’s going on in the moment, how they’re feeling, why they’re there.

Simply Plural is not at ALL simple or accessible to the common dissociated user.(me) Many times I peeked at it, I got confused easily and lost. It feels like a winding house where one room leads to the next and the next without hallways.

It’s a lot especially for people who have less distinct parts too. or many of them! they’d all be placed in the same alphabetical order without any distinction between distinct and nondistinctive parts, or subsystems.

I’m extremely uncomfortable that you could technically find people on here, and find their information if they didn’t have the right privacy settings on. I didn’t feel completely safe putting all my parts on here, capping it at the main 16. Even more so, there’s the ability to give someone a ‘token’, which is customizable access to your information, including being able to write and add things, as well as delete them. I could easily see an abuser use this for the worst. What in the world?!?!?

I try to keep my reviews light and positive because I believe there’s merit in any DID media to various ranges of accessibility for people. But this one I just cannot recommend. I hope you understand my points as to why

If this app works for you, dissociation and all, then I’m really glad for you! If you’re endogenic and don’t have dissociative issues, maybe it’s more suited to whatever it is you...do with your parts? ? (I don’t know enough, sorry)

Would I recommend this app to someone with OSDDID? Nope.

#dissociative identity disorder #otherwise specified dissociative disorder #actuallydid #simply plural #did apps #DID in media #dissociative identity disorder media #app review #app recommendation #long post #bunnidid reviews

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The Promotion- Part II

Second part of a twoshot (part one) AU where everything is the same except Hunter and Willow are secretly dating and its fluffy and cheesey

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“Well well well,” chuckled Darius as Hunter practically floated through the door. “Rejection is typically fairly swift and you’ve been gone for awhile, I take it things went well?”

Usually much better at concealing his emotions, Hunter found himself unable to fight the smile that sought to make permanent residence on his face.

“The mission was… a success,” said Hunter, knowing he’d have to be the one to readopt formality. “Thank you for your support in the endeavor.”

“Of course, little prince,” laughed Darius proudly. “Oh my, it’s like the end of an era, the Golden Guard is officially off the market. Listen, I can hear the hearts of lovesick teenagers breaking across the Isles as we speak.”

“Ha ha,” said Hunter sarcastically, rolling his eyes. “It’s not that big of a deal.”

“Oh it’s not? Then I’m sure you’ll be indifferent if I bring it up during the coven meeting tomorrow-.”

“No!” exclaimed Hunter. “I mean, uh, I would… appreciate your discretion. It is a really big deal to me actually but typically before I do anything I have to ask for my uncle’s permission and I sort of skipped that step when I went to see Willow. Every time I’ve gone to see Willow actually.”

“I see,” said Darius, knowingly. “This girl has made quite the rebel out of you. Don’t worry little prince, your secret's safe with me. We can’t have a scandal, now can we?”

“A scandal?”

“I’m only teasing, don’t worry so much or you’ll give yourself wrinkles,” said Darius. “Or go worry to your girlfriend, that’s her problem now.”

“Hmph, maybe I will,” said Hunter smugly for reasons he did not fully understand as he marched up to his room.

“I hope that girl knows what she’s gotten herself into,” said Darius to himself, shaking his head as he watched Hunter slump away. “I should send her a nice gift basket, as a bribe. Maybe offer her diplomatic immunity…”

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RULERZREACHF4N: I mAde it. Home.

Hello_willow: yay! I’m glad 💚

A heart. This was huge. He needed to craft his next message carefully.

RULERZREACHF4N: miss u. AlreadY

Was that the right thing to say? That was how he felt. He held his breath as he dared to type the next part.

RULERZREACHF4N: 💛

He nearly threw his scroll across the room, startled by his own boldness, frightened of how she’d react even though she had been the first one to send the heart.

Hello_willow: Same! Happy hour anniversary lol

She was counting the hours just like he was. Good, then she wasn’t regretting her decision..

She then sent a picture of herself. He could tell she was sitting by the window, the setting sun gracing her face with a dim light. Her face was a rich Ed up into a genuine smile and her hand rested under her chin in an iconic way as Clover sat on her shoulder clearly joking the photo at the last second, the light formed a gentle glow down near her glasses making everything else in the photo blurry, not that he would’ve noticed anything else anyway.

He did feel more confident complimenting her. He still felt nervous, but it was less nervous than before. He had a sacred duty as her boyfriend to remind her of her talent and skill and worth. These were all things he had no issue validating before but now he could also publicly compliment her more… superficial qualities without feeling he was overstepping.

He took a deep breath as he crafted his response.

RULERZREACHF4N: you look beautiful

He had to pace himself to not type as fast as he thought, wanting this message to show up without any flaws so she knew he meant it and did not misunderstand. He hoped he wasn’t too forward. He felt nervous when she didn’t respond right away as she normally did.

Miles away, Willow had dropped her scroll on her desk and she rushed to her bed to scream into a pillow at the fact that her boyfriend had called her beautiful and she simply had lost all abilities to function until she had properly screamed.

——-

Hunter found it so odd how everything had changed but also nothing had changed. He and Willow still messaged everyday, he still got the same twisty feeling in his stomach when she responded, and he was still awful at typing. The only thing that was really different was that he was pretty sure Willow knew about the twisty feeling. He wondered if she felt it too.

Their new status did not dramatically change their routine, Hunter still snuck away every chance he could to visit her and they would just talk and hang out. Their meetings were secret before and they were secret now, but now the secrets were only around them and not between them.

The only other people who knew were Darius and Gus. Darius was a necessity, and had cover stories already prepared having secretly longed for the day Hunter would act like a normal teenager and seek out his wisdom of youth (and also to tease him mercilessly). Even if Gus hadn't been there when Hunter went to ask Willow, he would’ve figured it out sooner or later. Hunter was always messaging him, thinking he was subtle in the ways he’d ask about Willow, often asking Gus for help drafting messages to her or asking what the abbreviations and emojis she sent him meant

But Gus noticed a new air around Willow. She had already begun showing more confidence but now there was something extra. She sighed more (in a good way), her laugh was lighter and now when Gus caught her daydreaming the flowers she absentmindedly summoned were more delicate and colorful.

Willow knew Hunter had to keep their relationship a secret, he had to keep most of what he did outside the cattle a secret so she found no misunderstanding in him not wanting to announce it. Even without the weight of his status, it was still new and didn’t need any outside pressure interfering. Hunter was upfront about Belos’ view of romantic relationships, having only discussed the matter once accidentally when he asked about how his parents fell in love. His uncle made it clear that he viewed romance as a weakness, and Hunter never asked again.

Willow would never view their relationship as a weakness, and she hoped Hunter understood that. She also knew how important order and routine were in coven life, and she knew that Hunter altered his order and routine every time he saw her. He was defying the most powerful witch in the Isles just to awkwardly hold her hand for a few minutes a day? It was anything but weak.

“Do your dads know yet?” Gus asked one day as they walked to the marketplace not needing to clarify.

“Not exactly? I’m pretty sure they suspect something though,” replied Willow. “But they probably wouldn’t say anything unless my grades went down, but Hunter is walking textbook, my grades have actually improved. I think he writes extra credit essays for fun.”

“I’m surprised Hunter didn’t insist on meeting them and getting their blessing,” commented Gus. “Though, he got my blessing so I guess that’s good enough.”

“Aw, that’s sweet,” said Willow. “But he did bring it up once, but I think whatever source he’s getting pointers from is a little outdated because he also asked how many of my rejected suitors he would need to beat in battle before he could meet them.”

“Oh, sorry that might’ve been me,” admitted Gus. “I should’ve known he wouldn't realize I was joking.”

“Anyway,” said Willow, giving him a gentle shove. “I’m not hiding it from them, but I know that when they find out they’ll wanna meet his family and I don’t think that’s too good of an idea. I also don’t know if I’m technically allowed to date because a couple months ago when I got grounded, papa said I couldn’t date until I was 30 and I’m not sure if that was binding.”

“Wow, you guys are practically a celebrity couple and you’re keeping it under wraps?” Feasted Gus. “Tsk tsk tsk, what a shame I have such a hot scoop but am bound by friendship to take it to my grave.”

“We’ve only been going out for a week, Gus,” Willow rolled her eyes. “We’re not eloping.”

“Of course not, not until you reach a month right?” Said Gus with a smirk. “I call dibs on officiating.”

They laughed and then suddenly Willow felt her scroll buzz. She pulled it out and the smile it inspired let Gus know exactly who the message was from.

“Is that his proposal?” Said Gus with a raise of his eyebrows. “What does it say? Or is it too sappy to share?”

“‘Turn around?’” Willow read confused. She looked around and saw no indication and anything meant to grab her attention.

“Uh, Willow, over there,” whispered Gus, giving her a gentle nudge as he pointed to a tree behind them. Hiding behind it was Hunter in his Golden Guard outfit, only half concealing himself as though he was unable to decide if he wanted to be seen or not.

“Oh my Titan he’s so cute,” Willow whispered under her breath. She waved him over and he took that as his cue to walk over to them, concealing something behind his back. Before she could say anything else, he pulled out a tiny red box from behind his back and practically shoved it in her face. “Oh, is this for me?”

He nodded, silent, beet red beneath the mask. Willow carefully removed the lid of the box and looked inside to find a set of gold earrings.

“Oh wow,” said Willow as they caught the light and gleamed. This was the exact reaction Hunter was hoping for.

“Do you like them?”

“Oh, I love them,” she gasped, putting them on immediately.

“I saw you looking at them last week and I thought they would match your glasses.”

“Sure, her glasses, that’s what they match.” Gus said slyly.

“And I got something for you too Gus,” said Hunter digging into his pockets.

“You got me something?”

“Yes,” he replied as he struggled to find it. “It’s not as nice as the earrings though. I can get you a pair if you want but I didn’t know if you-.”

“Well I’ll never say no to a present,” said Gus trying to downplay his excitement. “But if it’s flowers, I may have to politely decline.”

“No, it’s something we confiscated from the Owl Lady,” said Hunter. “Or Lilith did and then when she tried to return she didn’t want it back and Lilith didn’t want it and so she threw it at me when I asked her a question but she didn’t throw it hard or anything so it’s okay but it’s something from the human realm-.”

“What? Oh! Gimme gimme gimme!” Said Gus excitedly, extending his hands. When Hunter managed to free the item, he victoriously handed it over and Gus marveled at its beauty.

“Woah! What is it?”

“I think it's a bar of blue human candy,” said Hunter. “Though, I’ve never had candy from this realm so I don’t know how it compares. Apparently it’s deep sea flavor? Doesn’t sound very appealing but it smells nice.”

“Oh, wow!” Said Gus holding the ‘candy’ up to the light. “This is amazing! I’ll cherish it always! Willow, your boyfriend is good with me! I gotta show this to Luz!”

“How do they look?” Willow asked, showing off her new accessory.

“Perfect,” said Hunter, extending his arm to her . “Just like you.”

“Aw!” Said Willow, taking his arm and placing hers around his bicep and leaning her head on his shoulder. They were far enough away from anyone where they could walk like this and not be caught. They walked a little slower, just to prolong it. “You didn’t have to get me anything ya know.”

“It’s our one month anniversary,” Hunter stated. “Well, technically an anniversary refers to a yearly event so this would be our mensiversary though it’s not as commonly used.”

“A month?” Said Willow, skeptical. “It’s only been a week.”

“Oh, yeah well a week since we’ve been dating but a month since we’ve met,” said Hunter. “Which is an important date to me. So I wanted to get you something. And I met Gus on the same day so I got you both something. Is that okay?”

“Hunter, it’s more than okay, it's really sweet,” said Willow. “But I didn’t get you anything!”

“You gave me a chance,” he said casually as though that wasn’t the most romantic thing Willow had ever heard in her life.

Willow looked up at him breathlessly with wide eyes and he looked straight ahead. She couldn’t read his expression beneath the mask but she felt she knew what he was feeling as when he said this, he pulled her a little closer to him. She had a feeling his eyes darted to the side and he was looking back at her as neither of them noticed they had reached the market until they heard someone calling out they were having a sale.

Hunter removed himself from Willow’s hold (much to his dismay and took a large step to the side. Willow took no offense to this as it had become their routine.

“Well, here we are citizen,” said Hunter in his official Golden Guard tone. “I have successfully and safely escorted you to your destination, as I would do for anyone as is my job as Golden Guard.”

“Thank you for your service,” she said, mimicking his tone. “May I hire your services to escort me home as well?”

“I think that can be arranged,” he said. “Please let me know if there’s anything else you require.”

“There is one more thing,” said Willow before he could walk away, she quickly looked around to ensure no one was paying them any special attention. “If you see my boyfriend, can you tell him ‘thank you’ for the sweet gift?”

“I don’t typically pass on messages but I’ll see what I can do, citizen,” said the Golden Guard, standing as tall as he could. He also looked around to ensure no one was looking at them before adding in a playful whisper. “You're welcome. I’ll see you later!

He forced himself to briskly walk away, confident he had left the interaction on a positive note. He knew it wasn’t competition, there was no way it could be, but he felt as though he was winning at being a boyfriend. Every time she smiled at him, said his name, or just allowed him to be near her, he felt a strong feeling that he could only compare to the feeling of victory.

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Hunter had always had a remarkable memory. Before it would be full of rules and regulations that made the other covens heads roll their eyes and call him a know it all, but now he felt he could finally put it to good use. He filled it with things about Willow; the things she liked, the things she disliked, the facts and theories she would share with him that he delighted in being able to repeat later and impress her. He could recall all their firsts; their first time getting eye scream together, their first time messaging until 2am, their first time playing a game of flyer derby just the two of them after everyone else had gone home.

Their first fight.

He had gone on a mission in the mountains and had forgotten to message Willow to let her know, seemingly vanishing without a trace. When he came back, he immediately went to Hexside figuring he’d gotten back just in time to walk Willow home. He waited in her usual spot but she never came, which was odd because he knew there wasn’t fly derby practice today. Had something happened at school?

He took to the path she frequented to make sure and found her walking by herself. He transported beside her, certain she’d be happy to see him but she did not stop to greet him or even acknowledge him.

“Captain, hi!” he said, in case she had been daydreaming and hadn’t noticed him. But still she kept walking. “Captain? Hello?”

She held her books tighter to her chest and walked faster. It was apparent she knew he was there, but was ignoring him.

“Willow? Is something wrong?” asked Hunter, concerned. “I-I really missed you, I thought-.”

“Oh, did you?” she said, not stopping her pace. “You missed me? Is that why you were ignoring me?”

“What? Ignoring you? No! No, I was on a mission.”

“Oh, was it a surprise mission?”

“Um, not really? I knew about it last week so I-.”

“So why did you just leave? Why didn’t you tell me you were gonna be gone?”

“I’ve gone on missions before, I didn’t think it was worth mentioning.”

“It is when you just disappear!” Willow exclaimed, stopping and turning on her heel to face him. “Hunter, what if…. I thought that you…. I was worried about you!”

“Worried? Why?”

“Because you’re always telling me about all the dangerous stuff you do and I know you’re strong and smart and you’re used to it but you always tell me about it and so I know you’re okay. Then nothing! Y-You didn’t tell me you’d be gone so what was I supposed to think?”

“You were worried about me?” He repeated. “Captain, I’m sorry. That’s literally the last thing I ever wanted! I promise you don’t need to worry about me.”

“I worry about you because I care about you,” said Willow, calming herself. “That’s when it happens when you date someone. You don’t need to message me every single day but when you go from sending frequent updates to nothing all of a sudden, it makes me think something is wrong. I sent you like a hundred messages and you never responded.”

He didn’t realize he had forgotten his scroll entirely, his heart breaking at the idea of coming home to messages of her worrying about him.

“I understand,” he said solemnly, dropping his head .”I’m sorry for letting you down. I failed to fulfill my duties as the boyfriend you deserve. You deserve better, I understand your need for a replacement.”

His shoulders sunk as he walked away, his breathing shaking as he felt like he was choking on his own thoughts. Before the tears could come he found himself on the ground, something wrapping around his ankles and dragging him away. He knew he had been captured by Willow’s vines and when he looked up he saw her standing over him with her eyebrows raised. She removed his golden mask so he could see her better.

“Hunter, I’m not breaking up with you.” she said sternly.

“Y-you’re not?” He asked, genuinely surprised. “You should.”

“Why?” She chuckled. “Cause you didn’t message me back?”

“But you were… upset with me,” he said, confused as she loosened the vines grip on her ankles. “I let you down. I failed you.”

“You didn’t fail me,” she said, helping him up to his feet. She fiddled with his mask as though speaking with it as well. “Just… communicate. If you’re gonna be busy, just let me know you’re safe.”

“Deal, of course, absolutely,” said Hunter breathlessly, taking her hands in his. “Thank you for letting me say your boyfriend.”

“Well, it’ll take more than that to get rid of me,” teased Willow. “I’m not gonna break up with you over one fight.”

“Was this a bad fight?”

“Oh no, not even close,” she laughed. “When we really fight, you’ll know it.”

“How?”

“The vines will have thorns.”

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And there were also other more… positive firsts.

On the rare instance Hunter was able to sneak away during lunchtime, he and Willow had a secret spot picked up where they could be alone and not draw any attention. Hunter would dawn a Hexide uniform and they’d meet in the tree just outside the flyer derby field, on a branch sturdy enough to support them and high enough where they had privacy. Among the leaves they would talk about their day and share the lunch Willow’s dads had packed her (they had been packing her extra lately for some reason, it was almost as though they suspected something).

The pair watched Flapjack and Clover play in the branches, flying around each other playing hide and seek. Flapjack circled a collection of leaves, chirping as he avoided being caught by Clover, flying unto Hunter’s shoulder before leaping onto the top of Willow’s head, nesting happily in her hair. .

“Oh hey buddy,” Willow greeted the palisman with a laugh, reaching up to pet him.

“Flapjack! Get out of there!” Hunter ordered, reaching to remove the bird who only burrowed deeper much to his horror.

“He’s fine, Hunter,” Willow continued to laugh. “I always have seeds in my hair from gardening, he probably found some for his lunch.”

“Even so, he knows better,” said Hunter sternly. “I apologize for his behavior.”

“Sure you’re not just jealous?” she teased before looking back to Hunter who had gotten much closer to her in his attempt to remove Flapjack. Very close.

“Can I ask you a question?” Hunter breathed leaning back slightly, trying to hide how flustered the closeness made him.

“You just did,” she said, playfully bopping his nose. He smiled endearingly at her, her joking manner always finding a way to ease his nerves.

“So we’ve been dating awhile,” the word still tickled his throat when he said it. “And it’s been… really great. And I was reading something, for totally normal reasons, that said that people who are dating have certain… milestones in their relationship.”

“Okay?”

“And there’s one that stood out to me,” he said, clearing his throat. “Particularly. But I wouldn’t want to proceed unless you’re comfortable with it too.”

“I see,” said Willow, twirling her braid. “I have a feeling I know which one you’re talking about.”

“You do?”

She nodded.

“You don’t think it’s too forward or too soon?” He asked, becoming more flustered by the second. She shook her head and scooted closer to him, placing her hand on his. No matter how many times she did it, it sent a chill up his spine every single time.

He tried to find the rest of the words he had prepared but they disappeared as she shifted even closer to him. She closed her eyes and tilted her head up to him and gently pressed her lips against his. Surprised but delighted, Hunter closed his eyes as he tried to process what was happening. He thought he might float off the branch and so one hand held onto their branch as Willow secured the other one.

Willow pulled away and looked up at him with a gentle smile. Hunter looked back at her with wide, astonished eyes

“What… was that?”

“That… that was what you were talking about right?”

“I was… actually going to ask…if I could give you a pet name,” said Hunter, almost forgetting how to speak and breathe at the same time.

“What?”

“Yeah… but that was much better,” he said with a wide goofy grin, speaking as though he was in a trance.

“You… thought the next step was giving me a pet name?” Willow processed. “So… how many steps did I just skip?”

“I haven’t even gotten this far in any of the books I have,” said Hunter, still dreamily. “But that’s totally fine. I mean I’m a pretty fast reader so I don’t mind.”

“Oh,” said Willow quietly, embarrassed for only a moment when she saw her misunderstanding was more than welcomed. “So… what names did you wanna use?”

“Oh! I composed a list,” said Hunter, managing to snap himself out of the spell as he reached into his pocket to proudly present it to her. “I cross referenced terms of endearment with aspects of nature that remind me of you to find the perfect one.”

Willow took the list from him and Hunter looked over her shoulder as she glanced at the carefully handcrafted list. Willow loved how excited Hunter was to share this with her. His face lit up as he explained the reasoning behind each one and while she loved that he had gone through all this work for her, she couldn’t seem to focus on it because with him sitting so close to her all she could do was think about kissing him again.

“...and ‘honey’ I thought was clever because Clover is your Palisman and it’s bee themed and you're sweet but I personally haven’t had it so I don’t know if that lessons the effect,” went on Hunter. “Then sweet pea-.”

“Hunter, this is really cute, but to be honest, I like that you call me ‘Captain,” said Willow.

“But that’s your title, not a term of endearment,” insisted Hunter, having worked very hard on his list.

“Well, I think it’s pretty endearing when you say it,” said Willow with a shrug. “I can always use this list to find a nickname for you.”

He blushed wildly at the idea of Willow calling him “sweet pea.” All the nicknames he had even been given came from a place of irony or annoyance, sincerity.

“I don’t know if the list would work for me,” he admitted shyly. “I don’t think I’m-.”

“What about sunflower or daffodil,” started Willow, coming up with a list of her own. “Buttercup, marigold, they're golden flowers that remind me of your hair.” She laughed as she gently twirled his loose strand of hair.

The fact that she attributed the gold to his hair and not his mask made his heart want to leap out of his chest. Willow continued to twirl his strand of hair as she effortlessly rattled off types of plants as Hunter could just look at her fondly. He was amazed at how she just kept going, her mind a never ending encyclopedia. How could she know so much and be so wonderful and still choose to be here and be with him? She looked so natural here, the green leaves surrounding her like she was a picture in a frame and suddenly he was overcome with the thought of kissing her again.

He found himself moving closer but he didn’t have the nerve to close the distance himself this time. Willow noticed and suddenly the plants came to her mind slower, her focus turning elsewhere. Their eyes met, knowing they were sharing the same thought of wanting to repeat their most recent milestone.

Flapjack reached out from atop Willow’s head to grab his rogue piece of hair to pull him forward knowing he wouldn’t move on his own accord and brought him back to Willow. This time their lips met a tad more clumsily but more familiar and it was Willow who was surprised this time. She instinctively leaned forward and brought her hand to his cheek, as if to let him know she was grateful for Flapjack’s assistance who then hopped back down beside Clover, mission accomplished. Hunter closed his eyes, feeling her lips form a smile and daried to follow Willow's lead and place a hand on the side of her face as well, nearly knocking her glasses off but she didn’t seem to mind.

While the first kiss was quick and somewhat unsure, this one had a sense of confidence and lasted longer. Granted, ten seconds longer but it felt like lifetimes. Like the outside world did not exist, which is probably why they didn’t hear Gus calling up to them at first.

“Hello! Willow? Do you not hear the bell?” said the illusion he sent upo in his place, causing them to break apart, their faces sporting matching blushes.

“Sorry Gus,” she called down, waving her hand to remove his illusion, not sure how much he could see from where he stood. “I’ll be right down, okay?”

“I should probably get going too,” said Hunter, rubbing the back of his neck, not sure where he was supposed to look, feeling a dizziness he didn’t want to end. “But um…was that okay? If I had known that we were… I mean, I’m glad… but usually I’m more prepared so if it wasn’t-.”

“It was,” she said sweetly, leaning forward to place another quick kiss on his cheek as Clover flew over to her and took her staff form. “See you after school?”

All Hunter could do was nod, he hoped that eventually he would stop forgetting how to speak and breath at the same time when this happened, because he wanted it to happen often. He watched Willow fly gracefully down to Gus, her face glowing as she carried the same feeling and allowed it to ease her flight.

“Tsk tsk tsk,” said Gus, shaking his head as he and Willow began walking. “I can’t believe all the rumors are true: Willow and Hunter sitting in a tree k-i-s-s-i-n-g.”

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