#i like guys who are plain evil but i like them more when they have some fucked up motivation beyond taking over the world
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hi i really love your works and i saw that ur req is open so if it's okay w u can i ask slytherin boys reaction if reader just give them something "just because" (maybe flowers, accessory, plushy, etc. and reader said they just reminded them of the boys), which they think is very unusual since supposed to be it's them who should give presents to you since u r the most wonderful person they have.
Just Because || Slytherin Boys
type :: fluff
tw/cw :: none
contains :: draco malfoy, tom riddle, mattheo riddle, theodore nott, lorenzo berkshire
summary :: you gift them something randomly and they're all traumatized so they don't know how to react
DRACO MALFOY
He's pretty used to getting random gifts from his parents as a reward or an apology
So when you give him two brand new ties from his favorite brand, he's confused
He can't recall any fights with you within the past few days
And he also hasn't done anything "reward-able" within a while
So he instantly assumes you must have done something bad
He gets anxious and asks you what the gift was for
When you say it's "just because" he doesn't believe you
Asks you more questions and your replies don't help him understand
Once you fully explain that you got him those just because you love him, no other reason, he's shocked
"Oh wow, well thank you then. I'll get you something soon too."
You reassure him that he doesn't need to but he insists
Comes to you the next day with a stack of boxes filled with purses, heels, dresses, and more
TOM RIDDLE
"Why?" He asks instantly as you hand him the box of chocolates
He's fully convinced you're either trying to
A.) Spike him with a lotion potion (which he doesn't think is needed)
Or
B.) Spat in it and wiped your boogers on it because he did something bad
The first one is due to his past of girls trying to get him to like them because even though he was evil and emo, he was still hot
The second one is due to Mattheo traumatizing him as a kid by doing every gross action possible in order to call dibs on food
You explain that you did it because you love him and that's it
But he doesn't trust you fully yet
He cuts open all of the chocolates one by one, putting them under a microscope
He does this for about an hour before he finally realizes that you were right, it's just plain chocolate for him
"Thank you." He says as he eats one, making you smile that he finally tried it
The next day, he does the same for you except WAY more expensive
Brand new purses, heels, dresses, and makeup all for you
If you reject it, he'll just force you to take it by slowly sneaking it into your wardrobe
MATTHEO RIDDLE
Knows about this purely from romantic movies and TikTok
He was fully convinced it was just a girl thing and that guys never got it back
So when you get him a pair of brand new shoes, he's confused
"It's not my birthday yet?" He's trying to think of why this gift is for him
Thinks it's a prank at first
Tom used to give Mattheo "gifts" when they were younger and eventually those "gifts" would light on fire, get glued onto his skin, or morphed into something hideous
He's super cautious at first to even touch the shoes because he thinks it might bite him
Tom really traumatized him (canon older sibling event)
But when you coax him enough to trust you, he tries the shoes on and loves it
Wears it 24/7 and brags to everyone that you got him them
He then realizes he should gift you something too as a surprise
So he gets you a cute plushie and some cute hair accessories
Always feels so proud when you wear his hair accessories
This sparks an addiction in him, kinda like a gambling addiction LMAO
Starts to buy a bunch of clothes, shoes, accessories, and more just so you can always be wearing something he got
It's like claiming you as his and showing off to other guys that if they wanna steal you from him, they gotta spoil you rotten
THEODORE NOTT
Before his mom passed, he was raised to always treat a woman like a queen
His father, despite being a raging death eater and murderer, also believed the "happy wife, happy life" phrase
So his father would make sure to force Theo to gift his mother flowers, "pay" for his mother's meals with his father's card, and more
With you, he's no different except now he does it with his own money
Buys you flowers, chocolates, pays for all the dates you go on, etc
So when you surprise him with a fully planned date that you paid for in advance, he's super shocked
"But why? That's my job :(" He's genuinely upset that you did this
Thinks that you weren't happy with the dates and gifts he gotten you
But you explain that you loved those all but you wanted to treat HIM for once
And he's so flattered, he gets all giddy - Like "Awww shuckss" kinda giddy LOL
Enjoys the whole night with you and treats you out to an even more fun date next week
It becomes a little schedule for you guys, that you take turns planning your weekly dates
LORENZO BERKSHIRE
Was never treated to much as a child since his parents left him in the care of the Malfoys
Of course they cared for him and were super kind, but they would obviously gift their own child the better toys and foods instead of him
He grew up knowing that this was normal, so when you gifted him something super lavish for once, he was paranoid
He instantly assumes that you got an even better gift for someone else
But you shut down his worries and say it's just for him
But now knowing that it was just for him, he feels guilty for some reason - as if he's not supposed to have this
Tries to gift it back to you and deny it but you insist
Will keep fighting with you until you smack him on the head and yell at him to just accept it
He'll accept it, but he always feels some guilt attached to it since he doesn't feel worthy of you buying him anything expensive
But you reassure him that you wanted to get him a gift because of how amazing of a boyfriend he is to you
So he'll accept it, finally, but he definitely buys you something next time you two go out
masterlist || recommended :: annoying habits
#harry potter#harry potter x reader#draco malfoy#draco malfoy x reader#draco x reader#draco x y/n#tom riddle#tom riddle x reader#tom riddle x y/n#mattheo riddle#mattheo riddle x reader#mattheo riddle x y/n#theodore nott#theodore nott x reader#theodore nott x y/n#lorenzo berkshire#lorenzo berkshire x reader#lorenzo x reader#slytherin#slytherin boys
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I hate doing this but there's drama in the horror webtoon community and I have to vent.
Do NOT support Hanza_art
If you don't want to be spoiled/involve yourself in a toxic situation do not read further.
My Deepest Secret was infamous for its overly miserable plot twist ending. The main character turned out to be "crazy" and "delusional". Somehow that protagonist was capable of living a normal life and being a serial killer at the same time. This character never got real professional help, and they were left to suffer in their delusions.
The horror community is often wary of authors that portray mentally ill people as unsalvagable or monstrous. Personally, I was horrified.
The backlash was horrible because the plot twist made no sense in general. In addition the story was marketed as a romance and by the end nobody had paired off. I felt my time was wasted, and I was disgusted by the way the "true villain" was discarded for the crime of being mentally ill.
When Hanza returned with a more level-headed protagonist and a more violent psychopathic villain....some readers gave the author another chance.
I don't blame them. Paranoid characters like Rozy are very interesting! Especially as main characters!
Hawa, the secondary female lead, grows out of her "naive victim" stereotype as well. It's very satisfying to watch. It was tied together nicely by the handsome villain, Adam.
Adam is extremely evil and irredeemable. When the story begins he is a serial killer who targets "innocent, sweet" girls like Hawa.
Rozy is overprotective and she doesn't trust men. In fact she's a known man hater. The characters are all adults, so their character traits and desires aren't just quirks. They are all deeply flawed people.
It was a very promising start.
Plus, it wasn't marketed as a romance so I was sure it would be written better! The weakest part of My Deepest Secret was the romance (by the end I mean) so yay!
Or not...
I do not keep up with TGU on a regular basis. The plot slowed down considerably and I noticed a worrying trend. Frankly, I'm not shocked by this immature behavior in the slightest.
Every single male character in TGU is a sexist abuser who harbors violent thoughts about women.
Hanza is very good at writing scary, irredeemable, sexist pigs that belong in jail...but it was a worrying trend all the same.
Adam was a smart, handsome serial killer who liked to hide in plain sight. By about chapter fifty he was alot dumber, and I cannot stress this enough.
Every male character that associates with Rozy or Hana turns out to be a stalker or harasser. The kind that would get charged in real life.
That kind of hatred towards "all men" is worrying in a thriller comic, and it was very annoying.
I wanted Rozy to outsmart Adam.
I don't want to watch her and Hana be abused by multiple men (mostly former friends!).
I came for the girl boss mystery, and I got alot of sexism instead. What a slap in the face.
Past a certain point I was only checking in to see how bad the story had gotten....and...yup....the male police officer helping Rozy is also a weird guy.
............first of all that's boring.
Second of all it's insulting.
Hanza hates toxic romance, and it shows, and that's perfectly ok. It's not for everyone, but Hanza has built their entire career on top of sexy murder men...so their attitude is extremely hypocritical and annoying as heck to watch.
"I hate toxic romance but I'm also going to sell suit merch of Elios and Adam."
Like, what did you expect?
Hanza is an adult creator, and they do know who they're catering to.
At this point they are absolutely insulting the fans that pay their bills, and that's unacceptable.
Authors are public figures now. They have been since the Facebook Era. Random internet trolls should not influence how you speak to your fan base. I understand that working for Webtoon is brutally hard, but Hanza is a popular artist despite their fumbled first story.
It's like watching somebody blow their nose on a golden ticket.
TGU was their second chance. A very generous second chance, that got great reviews in the beginning.
I'm astonished that Hanza somehow managed to concoct another dud plot twist. Their rude attitude has to be the nail in their coffin. They should not get a third generously funded chance.
Don't interact with their posts.
Don't review bomb the webtoon.
Don't give them any more attention.
They've made more than enough money off of fans they clearly don't respect.
Every creator worth their salt knows trolls and super perverts are only 0.05% of any given Fandom.
If Hanza wants to spit on the 99.95% fine.
Just don't give them any more money or support. That's the only punishment fans have the right to inflict.
Why am I so upset?
Well, as you can see Hanza posted spoilers. They spoiler bombed Twitter because they don't want to finish TGU.
That's right. On top of insulting everybody who paid for this comic they also don't want to finish. Despite the fact that the story reached its climax recently. The girlboss alliance is finally forming against Adam but...too bad I don't wanna write it (suckers).
The sibling plot twist is just abysmal as well.
Shame on you Hanza.
You damn well know that this sibling plot twist is completely out of left field and unexpected. (and boring. I am convinced you are trolling your fans.)
The shipper trolls and the edgy Rozy/Adam fans had no idea it was coming before you randomly spoiled it.
For the record I don't ship anything in this lackluster comic, because I know better. Again, My Deepest Secret was marketed as a Romantic Thriller and then there was zero payoff. Sure, this one isn't a romance, but I don't think anyone signed up for every guy on the block being evil. Just the guy upstairs. Since the story isn't even about love I never imagined so much drama would come out. It feels very pointless and petty. Every time I hear about this artist it's a drama issue and I can't help but think they're part of the problem. Their recent behavior on social media hasn't left me with any other options.
Hanza, you are being manipulative and childish on purpose because you don't want to finish what you started.
You pandered to horror and toxic romance fans on purpose just to get money.
You spoiled a story millions of people have been reading regularly just to satisfy your childish need to bully your own fans.
You took their money.
You signed your contract.
Nobody made you do it.
If you really are super conservative and you think romance must be pure LEAVE US ALONE, and go write pure romance.
Nobody is stopping you, but you wanted to milk more money out of people you don't respect.
It's sickening, and I'm happy that TGU will never get a physical release.
You don't deserve a dime of that money.
Shame. On. You.
#yandere#male yandere#yandere male#webtoon#do not read any works by hanza#my deepest secret#the guy upstairs#anti-rec I guess
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「 ✦  Yandere Angel ✦ 」
Yandere Male! x fem! reader!
Trigger warning! Yandere behavior, obsessive behavior
A/N guys, I feel like I’m on drugs right now, I’ve worked on this for who knows how many hours just so I could drop it in time of New Years. It’s a long one, and I think you guys will love this one.
Summary! He is your Guardian Angel, sworn to protect you against any and all evil. You are a simple mortal girl, who ensnared the wrong angel in your circle… (no seriously girl how the hell did you do that….)
Side note — if you think there should be more trigger warnings added, let me know.
Every Angel is assigned to a human, but not every angel harbors the ability to form a genuine relationship with them. It isn’t in their clause, and, in any case, the act in itself is generally treated as something to avoid.
After all, angels are immortal, ephemeral creatures, beings of light itself. They cannot die like ordinary humans do, and they do not have the lifespan of one either…
No, they live long, immortality is something they are branded with. How could, if one could ask, would an angel live if they grew to love their charge, but had to acquiesce and give them up in the name of death?
Is it possible for life to be so unfair?
Is it possible for life to be so irrevocably cruel?
Peliel, was the name of your guardian Angel. He has been looking over you, you know? Each moment—every encounter that has mysteriously worked in your favor, it was all because of him. Truly he had your best interest in mind.
Do you remember, when it was your seventeenth birthday, your friends and you hopped in that Uber, only to be led astray but then back again? Remember how relieved you were when you had realized that you weren’t being kidnapped?
You should thank Peliel.
No, really, it’s insisted that you thank your protective guardian Angel…
On a drowsy Sunday morning, with leaves swaying to the persuasive winds, Peliel is slumped under a tree. He watches over you, you are outside a cafe, studying for a future exam. Peliel looks around for danger, he always has, he has never complained, he never will complain.
A dumb smile finds its way on his face.
‘You look so adorable…’ he thinks—he has always thought that.
His eyes perk up, where are you going?
Peliel, removes himself from the trees shade, and starts stalking towards you. No mortal can see him, he is, infact, hidden in plain sight. He watches you cross roads, than follow the same path. He follows, quite diligently too, until he comes to a stop.
The Public Library.
He smiles dumbly to himself. Of course someone as adorable and motivated as you would go to the library to study…
He moves through the door, tucking himself away into a corner so where he could watch you promptly. He has never loved being a guardian so much, he wishes death wasn’t a thing so he could forever be your Guardian Angel…
You sit in between two chairs on a desk, clasping a medical textbook in your hands. You lay it on top the surface, diligently tracing your fingers along the words, taking notes as you do. Hair cascading down your delectable visage, and Peliel watches it all, he will watch it all.
Sometimes, when you sleep in your bed, Peliel will sit at the edge of the mattress and just…stare. It isn’t weird, really it’s just him protecting what is his. He is in charge of your protection, what kind of Guardian Angel would he be if he didn’t take it upon himself catering to your protection in every circumstance?
Who would he be? No really, he might as-well be committing an act of transgression upon the Heavens.
No…the wording is wrong, in actuality, he’d be committing transgressions against you.
He sits in his corner, looking upon you like how mortals look upon their worldly desires. But, to him, you are more than just “desires.” You are his reason for living.
“Fuck.” He’s startled, it isn’t often he hears you curse…
You look upon your textbook, frustrated with the topic you’re currently studying. You look up, desperate for some notion of reprieve.
Your eyes squint.
“Can I help you? Why are you in the corner like that?”
Peliel is confused, you shouldn’t be able to see him. It isn’t natural, it isn’t possible. He is invisible to the mortal eye, he cannot be seen by ordinary folk, how can you…
“Are you referring to me?”
You should really be more gentle with him, he speaks so timidly, frightened he’s going to disappoint you…
You look over your shoulder, “I don’t see anyone huddled up in a corner like you are, so yes, as if it wasn’t obvious already, but I am looking at you. And seriously? Who would I have to look at besides you?”
Who would I have to look at besides you…
He seriously shouldn’t be getting butterflies from this, poor thing, all riled up for nothing.
“I-I’m not sure.” He attempts to smile, his face definitely dusted in red, he’s squeamish now, unbecoming. You really shouldn’t have acknowledged him.
“Don’t sit there, you’ll damage your spine.”
“How do you know?”
You hold up the textbook, “studying to become a doctor.”
He looks at you surprised.
“Really?”
As if he didn’t already know that…
“Mhmm, exam next Thursday, wish me luck won’t you?” You were being sarcastic, but he was not.
“O-of course!”
Your phone rings. “Have to go now, bye, don’t make me catch you in a position like that again. Well, that is if we ever meet again.”
He watches in awe, you leave the library, hesitant smile his way.
He feels like he’s on cloud nine, or ten, or eleven. He feels weightless, light, fluttering, untouchable.
Of course, the reason why you could see him was because of fate… you are destined for him, as he is destined for you… that’s why you could see him, that’s why he could converse with you…. Fate, you are fated to him…
He’s watching you.
Well, he always has, but something about this encounter is different… he doesn’t know, it feels more intimate, more romantic.
He sits upon a tree branch, an apple in his hands. He’s been meaning to take a bite, but he is so enamored with you that he simply just forgot… but, of course, could you blame him? You are simply so you, and he is irrevocably engrossed with you.
You are star-gazing, by yourself. Wearing a divine skirt, a tank top, and a simple, cute cardigan. You have a basket of mangoes by you, waiting a few moments to eat the next piece.
He can’t stop thinking about you, he can’t stop himself from being near you. Even if you don’t know he’s here, it still doesn’t change the fact that he’s there…
He will always be there.
Always, for you.
In the wake of the glowing moon, the dance of the twinkling constellations, Peliels whispers, sounds odd but no. He whispers to you, don’t you understand? Fate has communicated that you two are meant for eachother, bless Peliel, all he is doing is seeing it to fruition.
These whispers, these statements of fervor, are carried by the ever persistent winds.
They are carried to you.
Heaven cannot compare to the bliss you have given.
Your face is as delicate as dew drops, and your voice as placid as the clearest of waters…you are an illustration of exalted life.
He almost giggles to himself when he sees you startled, playing it off as something amiss with your hearing.
It was probably the smartest thing you’ve done thus far.
He shouldn’t intervene this much, really, it isn’t ethical. And, his higher ups would probably not be too fond of his recent behavior either. But can he help it? Really, can he?
Honestly he thinks it’s your fault.
If you weren’t so infatuating, so alluring, he wouldn’t have to do this.
If he didn’t love you like he did, he probably would’ve stepped back, but he does love you, he loves you so much that he cannot bear the sight of you being inconvenienced. No matter how minor.
So why is that you aren’t grateful? Why do you look on in terror as if he had done something so outrageous? So heinous?
“Please, someone, dial 911!” You shout, shaking as you watch the bleeding corpse of your boss.
How did he even get that way?
A part of you is at odds with one another. He was a shit boss, always targetting people who couldn’t fight back, he was rude, mean, crude, narcissistic, evil—
“I—he’s losing a lot of blood please!” You shout, cursing yourself for not having your phone on you.
Peliel watches on, not liking the feeling swirling in his stomach.
Why aren’t you showing any signs of gratitude? You hated him, Peliel knows how much you hated him. So why, why do you want people do help the coward! He’s helping you! He’s doing you a favor, how could you be so insolent and—
Wait.
You are so lucky to have a very smart Guardian Angel, did you know that?
Peliel, transforms into a mortal body, akin to how you saw him in the library, just less…divine. He transforms into the uniform of your workplace, a co-worker. He pushes pass the doors, until he reaches you the body.
“I know how to bandage deep wounds.” He said, not realizing the logistics of the situation he has put himself in.
He didn’t take note to factor in the fact that you have never seen him working with you before, or the fact that it has been a complete month since your last interaction, or the fact that this just seems so convenient…
He supposes he is lucky enough to have a human so traumatized to not question it.
“Please h-help, I don’t know how he ended up like this.” You said, voice trembling.
Cute.
Peliel thinks how he could be the cause of that trembling voice.
“Do you have a first aid kid?” He said, you nodded, still shaking. When you leave his sight to fetch the kit, Peliel looks upon the corpse like it has personally offended him.
He didn’t plan for this to happen, it wasn’t what he originally wanted. But he supposes it isn’t a complete loss, since, he does have you.
With a snap of his finger, the corpse he so assiduously butchered was bandaged up in an instant. The bleeding, to a minimum.
When you came back, you were stunned.
“How did you…I thought you—“
“I realized I had a first aid kid with me. Sorry if I bothered you.”
“No—not at all! I just…thank you for helping. I am so grateful—god—I don’t understand how this could even happen.”
Grateful.
So now you are grateful.
Peliel thinks he may have to switch tactics, but nevertheless, he is happy. He is happy he made you happy.
“Of course, it’s nothing—“
Peliel is cut off from ambulance sirens.
What a hinderance.
Alas, at the end of the day, when you have high given your police statements, you both stand outside the police station.
“Really again, I’m so grateful you showed up, if you hadn’t I don’t think he would’ve been able to—“
Peliel realizes that he may have overstepped here, but he doesn’t care. He pulls you close, hugging you. He is close enough to smell your scent.
“Really it’s nothing. You have just scene a traumatizing scene, you shouldn’t think about scenarios that haven’t passed.”
Peliel is honestly, such a lucky angel to have a mortal so blissfully naive.
You don’t think him creepy for hugging you, infact, you think the gesture was nice, comforting.
“Y/N.”
“I’m sorry?”
“My name, it’s Y/N.”
He smiles, “my name is”—he thinks for a moment—“Pete, my name is Pete.”
You look up at him, your visage twisting to remembrance.
“I know you, you were at the library.” It’s now that you two are a reasonable distance from one another. “You were crouched in that little corner—“
“And you told me you were studying to be a doctor.” He said. “That makes me wonder, shouldn’t you have been able to help him?”
You frown, your face taking a shade of shame.
“I…didn’t pass, turns out I wasn’t even familiar with half the things I doctor should be able to do.”
He rests his hand on your shoulder. “It’s okay, you’ll find your calling.”
For now, Peliel can be the doctor, your doctor.
“I uh, I didn’t know you worked here.”
Peliel purses his lips. “I didn’t know you worked here too.” Liar. “I think I should quit though, after what happened, I don’t think It’d be safe If you—I mean—I continued to work there.”
You smile dimly, “yeah, I guess that makes sense.” You take out a piece of parchment, a pen next, you scribble numbers onto the page. Peliel has no idea what you are trying to do.
It’s cute really, how bashful your getting, presenting the paper to him. “It’s my number. Call me if you need anything.”
He smiles, taking the paper in hand, “alright.”
He sees you more often now.
How lucky he is.
He gets to speak to you more as well. By the heavenly principles, he shouldn’t have such easy access to you, it isn’t in his job description, really, he should only converse with you durning pivotal moments in your life, but bless his heart, he just can’t help it!
He loves you, don’t you know that? He loves you so much it pains his heart.
You’re at a coffee shop, gaze fixed on a laptop screen and fingers tapping gently on the keyboards. For a few moments, he stands outside the window, just watching you.
He loves watching you.
A shaky breath leaves his lips, he wonders how he can merge his life into yours, how he can have you all to himself.
He wants you so bad, did you know that?
No, he needs you.
He mouths the words I love you a million times, then a million times more.
He wants to say it in person.
He watches you.
You tap the keyboards gently.
He watches you.
Your eyes are fixed in the screen.
They should be fixed on him.
He watches you.
Your lips look so soft.
How soft are they to kiss?
He watches you.
Your eyes dazzle his soul.
How will they look when he has you under his d—
He watches you.
He’s always watching you.
How lucky.
He’s infiltrated your day to day life.
One might think this is what Guardian Angels do, they walk through your life as you live it, but Peliel is not the same. He shouldn’t be with you like this.
It’s as If he’s casted a spell on you.
The flowers are more dazzling, the sky is more eccentric, you smell things more in depth now, you feel things more intimately, emotions are more raw, your vision more clear and it is all thanks to you know who.
Well, in actuality you don’t, but that doesn’t matter.
He likes seeing you happy, and yo are happy.
Right?
Well, Peliel thinks you are.
You smile more.
Laugh more.
You are just so…you!
He loves It.
He’s giggling now, thinking about what he is going to do.
What he will do just so he can talk to you.
The winds take a sharp turn, you walk alongside the sidewalk, earphones locked in place, listening to a song on your playlist. When a sharp breeze sets you off your course. Your body slams down on the other direction, hitting a wall of some sort.
No, not a wall, something soft.
Something soft and breathing and moving.
“I think you have some sort of penchant running into me.” He said, recognizing you so much more faster than you can even think to remember him.
His voice is soft, and his hand is around you protectively, so that you don’t injure yourself further.
As if he wasn’t the cause for this.
Sometimes, he thinks why you don’t react the way other mortals do. Usually, they’d scream and curse at someone they see so often and nit know personally, perhaps it is paranoia.
But you are so accepting, so naive—
“It seems I always bump into you when I need saving.” You say shyly.
He blushes.
Saving.
Need.
You need him.
He knew you loved him.
“Are you hurt? That seemed like a really hard fall you had there.”
He is so happy you had that fall. Because if not, he wouldn’t be in this situation. You in his arms.
“I’m fine, are you fine? You tumbled down with me, I’m sorry, I’m probably causing you a lot of pain.” You move to stand up, Peliel has to physically fight himself so he doesn’t pull you down. So he doesn’t come on too strong.
“Do you want to get coffee with me?” He said, blurting it out before he can form cohesive thoughts.
He doesn’t regret it though, not when you gave him such an enticing response.
“Sure, maybe we can get to know each other a bit more.”
He already knows every inch of your being.
But sure, he’ll humor you for the time being.
You get gifts now.
He delivers them to you.
How considerate.
You open the door to your front porch, a crystal, white box addressed to you. Delivered in pristine condition. On it there is an attached note.
For the loveliest rose the heavens could gaze on.
He doesn’t sign it off with his name however. But you are so curious you just simply had to know, you needed to know.
How stupid you were.
A heinous, disgusting shrill came out of your mouth. The birds changed their course and the crickets and insects that surrounded your house grew silent.
Inside the box were a pair of two eyes, another note placed inside.
For the men who dared to look at the loviest rose.
You wanted to puke, you wanted to hurl yourself into a corner and just sob.
Peliel watches.
And truth be told, he does not like the reacting you had given him.
He worked so hard to get this right, to give you a present worthy of your magnificence. And this is how you respond? By screaming as if it is something to abhor? Do you have no gratitude?
But that is okay, he has other gifts in mind.
The next week, you get another package. And this time you had no Will to open it. You didn’t want to open it. You were only outside to read the nite attached to the box.
Lovely rose, I hope you like this present better than the…one before.
You don’t open it. You can’t open it. You won’t open it.
But curiosity knows at you like cornered claws, you can’t continue your day without thinking about it.
It’s always in the back of your mind.
Lovey rose.
Lovely rose.
Lovey rose.
It chips away at you until it is finally night and you cannot go another second without knowing so like a ravaged animal you grasp the box like a depraved creature and claw at it. Until it rips open to reveal…an amethyst ring.
What?
But this makes no sense…
On the ring is another attached note.
The loveliest mineral for the loveliest rose.
Oh you’re fucked now.
Peliel curses himself.
He’s let you stray far away from him.
Your at the same coffee shop, same table, same laptop, but it isn’t the same. Because if it was the same he would be watching you like he always does, he’d be watching you while you tap your delicate fingers gently on the keyboards.
But it is not the same.
Do you want to know why?
Because a incompetent, insolent mortal boy is besides you.
His finger is on you lap, he smiles at you, his gaze fixed on you.
Who does he think he is? Doesn’t he know that position is only reserved for him? Wasn’t this the place you and him visited just last week? Wasn’t this the place you two bought coffees together and had a pleasant conversation? Wasn’t this the place you smiled at him like you knew him even before your birth? Wasn’t this the place that cemented the fact that you belonged to him?
That he belonged to you?
He watches in rage, he watches seething, fingers curling into a fist, all he wants to do is wipe that mortal boy off the face of this planet.
He doesn’t deserve you like Peliel does.
He didn’t earn you like Peliel did.
What is this?
Have you forsaken him? Was every encounter you had with him nothing? You said you needed him, you said that exact word remember?
So why is he watching this.
Why is he watching this and feeling so—so jealous!
But Peliel, your very smart Guardian Angel, always has a plan. He watches you, rage mixed with absolute devotion and adoration and devises a plan.
He smiles just thinking about.
This way, he can have you all to himself, without…hinderances.
Yes, you might be a little angry with him for the first couple of weeks. You may actually be a little scared. Confused, distraught, anxious.
But it’ll all be worth it.
Besides, he’s sure you’ll come around to living with him in the mountains, isolated from the rest if the world, just you and him, forever.
Hell just have to kidnap you there first.
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A/N: thank you for being so patient while I worked on this. I made it extra long so you guys could savor it a bit more, and also because I believe it needed to be this long so you could understand fully Peliel infatuation with Y/N. I have ideas on how I can expand this story, but don’t get your hopes up because I’m not sure if it’ll come into fruition. I love you all so much and thank you for reading.
Happy new year!
#yandere#yandere scenarios#yandere blurbs#yandere male#yandere original character#yandere x you#yandere oc#yandere x reader#yandere angel#yandere x y/n#you x yandere#yandere oc x you
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...I'm baaaack.
I mean, I made one post about Swap!PV and then got distracted for months, so I wouldn't really call this a comeback. The moment I did come back though, apparently a bunch of lore just fell from the sky! Beast Yeast is upon us and all of a sudden I remember making an alt. version of this goober.
Turns out there were a few things I wasn't satisfied with in the first one, so here I am with my Swap!Vanilla 2.0 human edition! Even after all this time I still don't have a name for him. There's more white in his design, he has four horns instead of two and they form a crown on his head(that might be a bit hard to see), he also has a halo, his staff changed drastically, and he lost his soul gem. Instead he has two new smaller gems on his "ribcage".
This time around I tried to invoke more death themes, hence the ribcage, more wrappings, the halo, and the burn marks from, y'know, being re-baked and essentially reborn. The halo also makes for a nice double meaning, showing his somewhat good intentions behind the violence and spreading chaos gig.
Speaking of intentions, I maybe or maybe not have mentioned the only swaps happening in this proposed AU are between PV and WL and [possibly] Black Raisin and Red Velvet. I say maybe because if I checked, all the writing would disappear and I would have to start over again. However, I have wondered if those two swapped, how would PV handled the kingdoms? Would it be the same as DE or would the fates of each kingdom end up being swapped as well? It's something I definitely need to think on and develop.
Anyways, ramble break, here's a few doodles I did for Swap!PV!
Yeah, I had a lot of fun doing this. SO! A few changes not mentioned prior. Eyes! There are more eyes, especially on his coat. I took a bit of inspiration from a certain blue jester and his realm of nightmares. It also plays nicely with the whole "truth revealed" theme. Why not give the holder of the light of truth a bunch of opened eyes to represent his awakening? Also they looked good and his cape-coat was too plain without it.
Fun Head Canons: He's always floating, even when he's relaxing his feet never touch the floor. This PV still has a lily garden, it's just hidden away because while he still misses WL despite everything, he refuses to show weakness in front of others. His coat can take the shape of angel wings when angry and multiple eyes can appear when furious or in distress. Speaking of eyes, the ones on his coat glow. Those gems on him are pieces of moonstone that got corrupted after saving him.
As for the story behind him, I had to make a few adjustments. For one, DE and WL are two halves of the same whole, and the only reason either of them exists is thanks to precautions taken by Elder Faerie. Which means Pure Vanilla somehow has to get the stuff from Lily, who came to Beast Yeast without saying much of anything to anyone beforehand. Secondly, it means the Pure Vanilla Kingdom can't be the last kingdom explored. Pre Beast Yeast, the order in which the kingdoms would be explored would change, where White Lily's area would be explored first instead and the Vanilla Kingdom would be last. I'll address the second issue on a different post related to White Lily, but first things first. Fair warning, I wrote quite a bit.
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After forming the seal, White Lily falls ill due to the immense amount of power used. She's not used to using so much of her soul gem, much less creating a seal to lock away ancient evils. Seeing her faltering state, Elder Faerie takes her away to his palace to help her recover. During her time in the palace, White Lily becomes distressed because not only does she feel like she's being a burden, but she won't be able to continue her research on how cookies were made. That was the whole point of coming here, after all. She left her friends and home behind to find the truth and ended up sick and bed ridden instead. The least she could do to redeem herself was to find the truth.
Racked with guilt and regret, she asks Elder Faerie for two favors; she wishes to know the secret behind cookies' creation, and she requests a pen and paper to write with. Before long, White Lily gains a messenger(Silverbell) who gives her books from the library to read, and a way to reach the one other person she understands. Someone who should've known where she was most of all. Pure Vanilla Cookie.
From there the two keep exchanging letters as White Lily brushes up on fae and beast lore. But eventually White Lily would learn about the Night of the Witches in a similar enough way to canon, i.e. finding the book about it. While she's recovered enough, she's still not well enough to go, and Elder Faerie isn't risking her well being and safety for a banquet. She's devastated that her questions may never be answered. If only she could go, if only there was some way to witness it while being in the Fairy Kingdom. And then... she realizes something. Perhaps there is a way for her to know after all...
White Lily, in the discomfort of her hospital bed, writes a letter to Pure Vanilla and asks him to go to the Witch's Banquet in her place. She knows that this is a huge ask, and he has every reason to refuse the favor, but it would mean the world to her if he did. Elder Faerie hears about this and is rightfully worried, telling her about the dangers, and any cookie that goes doesn't come back the same, if at all. He sends his own letter to Pure Vanilla to warn him of the dangers that lie ahead. A few more letters come in from WL apologizing for her request, saying it was out of line and inappropriate. "What a selfish request," she thinks, "after leaving him in the dark for so long, I have the nerve to ask him for anything at all?"
However, despite everything, he eventually decides to go. He knows that this means everything to her, and a part of Pure Vanilla secretly wondered about it as well. White Lily searched heaven and earth to find the truth so she could help others. Why would he keep avoiding it for so long? If he knew the truth as well, perhaps he could use these secrets to help the people of Earthbread alongside her. Maybe now he would finally understand White Lily more.
He wrote a letter addressed to both WL and EF about his final decision. White Lily is surprised at his decision, and is eternally grateful, while Elder Faerie is more resigned and concerned, knowing that he won't be able to change his mind but still wanting to help. He asks her to help write her next letter, and the two send a package to Pure Vanilla. Inside was another letter with the faint smell of lilies, as well as a map to the location of the banquet and a moonstone from Elder Faerie as a show of goodwill and for protection. He in turn sends what would become his final letter to her, unbeknownst to the two reading. He expresses his gratefulness to both WL and EF and declares his determination to find answers both for her and for the sake of everyone, stating, "Let me be your hope when you have none, and you my guiding light in shadows..."
Pure Vanilla proceeds to head to the Witch's Banquet, discovers the bitter truth, and in his attempts to save the other cookies falls into the ultimate dough. The fleeting scent of lilies is the last thing he grasps in his final moments, and the faint glow of a moonstone ensures his survival. His soul gem shatters under the weight of the truth and is scattered across the world, longing to be made whole once again.
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Well! I think I have said everything I can say about him for now. I'm sure I can come up with more things later, but if you read this far, thanks for reading! I did not know I was going to say this much, so yeah. Next post is for White Lily specifically, I hope. I'm also taking suggestions for ideas about the other kingdoms and ways this could go, so if you have anything to suggest, let me know. Y'all have a good evening!
#crk au#crk art#cookie run kingdom#pure vanilla cookie#white lily cookie#elder faerie cookie#cookie run fanart#pure vanilla crk#cookie run au#why did i make this so damn long#fadinglettersau
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Recommended BTS Fics of January 2023💖
hello, hello! here are my bts recs of january! hopefully these beautiful stories get more recognition as well as the writers 💝
** anything in parentheses and bolded are my thoughts that can be disregarded if needed **
🔞smut || 💔angst || 💕fluff || ✅completed || 🔄ongoing || 💯favorite
Break The Ice ( pt2 ) || @yoonivy🔞💕✅💯💯
↳ There are three rules to become an official Puck Bunny: 1. You have to love hockey. No exceptions.
2. You have to had slept with at least three hockey players. Starters, no benchwarmers.
3. And most importantly, have fun! (oh child that ending. oh sweet mother lord.)
Perhaps Love || @mangowillow💕💔✅
↳ for as long as you can remember, you have been in love with your childhood friend turned roommate, but jeon jungkook remains oblivious even when he comes to comfort and help you sleep every night.
Cupid’s On Holiday || @persphonesorchid🔞💕💔✅
↳ You don’t get it, you’re a damn catch. Anyone would be lucky to have you. You’re smart, you’re tidy, hell you’d give up your own kidney to a homeless guy if he needed it that bad. So what the issue? Failed relationships, blind date after blind date, and now your friend’s competitive archery teammate is telling you he’s Cupid here to help you find your one true love. You’re not that desperate. He could take those golden arrows and shove ‘em.
University Superstar ( pt2 ) || @jungkookstatts🔞💕💔✅
↳ Jeon Jungkook is your University’s biggest rock-star-athlete-hot guy. It literally prides itself on his attendance at the school — walking around with his “big name” (captain of the lacrosse team), tattoos, and rude, jock-like personality. You hate him. You hate that he can’t apologize for being a complete asshole. But what you don’t hate is how he visits your office every day. You also don’t hate that your feelings for him are crawling back into your system…
Are You Ready, Angel? || @gukkieslover🔞💕💔🔄
↳ jus your first time with sweetheart boyfriend koo, some plot there and could maybe be a series if people like it enough?? (link is to their masterlist!)
In Plain Sight || @bangtanstanst💕✅
↳ A secret relationship isn’t exactly easy to hide, especially not when you work together – and when you make the most of some alone time during a grocery run, you get a little careless. A little too much so, perhaps.
Jealousy || @ryulvrsblog 💕✅
↳ Jungkook brings his pretty girlfriend to a meet up with his old college friends who oc has never met before, normally oc would shy away from social interactions like these, but when she sees a girl taking interest in her boyfriend, oc decides to take matters into her own hands. oc gets jealous and kisses jk twice, jk is in shock at his girlfriends bold actions, jk gets a little possesive too
Jealousy 101 || @bluewhale52🔞✅
↳ Yoongi posts his Hip Hop 101 video on BangtanTV and shakes his booty for all Army to see. Unfortunately he forgets that ONE person gets dibs on first viewing.
Letting Off Steam || @wnderkoo 💕✅
↳ a bad day on track has jungkook storming off and disappearing. where else would one find him but in the comforting arms of his loving girlfriend?
Clingy || @bonny-kookoo🔞💔🔄
↳ In which Jungkook is a professional hybrid heat-partner who just wants to do his job (ngl i might have to read this one again because i forgot how it went)
Human || @angelicfangz🔞💕💔🔄
↳ humanity is evil it can be something so twisted but it has its honey gems. It has people so sweet that your teeth hurt. You had those people and you messed it up resulting in you losing them but what happens when you find yourself in a hybrid sanctuary by the same people who made you feel what you've always wanted, human.
Wait, Little Rabbit || @bangtanflirt 🔞💕💔🔄💯
↳ You, a meek little bunny hybrid, find family amongst six predator hybrids and their lovely human caretaker.
Candy Cane || @oneofthemillionarmy💕💔✅💯
↳ SUMMARY LINE: CHRISTMAS PROMPT #19: CHARACTER A DOESN’T FEEL THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT BUT CHARACTER B, WHO LIVES ABOVE THEM, KEEPS PLAYING CHRISTMAS CAROLS REALLY LOUD.
Entombed || @97erstan🔞💕💔✅
↳ (no summary but fighter!jk + drama???? yes pls)
Hooking || @mapofthesea 🔞💕💔✅💯💯
↳ The home opener of hockey season is crazy for everyone, but when star defensemen Kim Taehyung takes a specific interest in you, who are you to turn him down?
How Many Things || @myg-butterfly💕💔✅
↳ Yoongi invites you out to a party with him, and in trust, you say yes. But what happens when you lose him in the crowd, just to find him again with someone else by his side? In the midst of panic and longing, you wonder how many things he thinks about before he gets to you.
Motor Head || @jeonjcngkook 🔞💔✅
↳ jungkook doesn’t like seeing someone else have your attention, so he decides he’s gonna do something about it.
Much Better || @yoonivy🔞💕💔✅💯
↳ On a night out with your girlfriends to let loose and forget about your ex, you meet a man that you are instantly attracted to, like magnets on the dance floor. But he reminds you way too much of the one that broke you heart… Can Kim Taehyung prove to you that he is not like your ex at all?
Pink Sapphire || @jiminrings💕💔✅💯💯💯
↳ having jungkook for a husband is great as far as arranged marriages could go; he’s easy to love. your relationship’s perhaps become so easy that jungkook doesn’t think sometimes — and that’s what makes it the easiest for you to hate him. alternatively, you and jungkook married each other for business, but the both of you stay for love.
Placebo || @bangtangalicious 🔞💕💔🔄
↳ a scientific compatibility test matches you with your soulmate, except he's everything you hate and you're everything he stands against.
Camboy!Tae Mini Series || @hisunshiine 🔞💕💔✅
↳ Give me all of your love, gimme something to dream about. KTH is your favorite camboy, and as a loyal subscriber, you are chosen to test out some new features on the platform he uses to go live. He’s really good at selling his viewers a dream, and as a thanks to a new milemark he’s hit on the platform, he’s choosing one winner to get their fantasy scene. (summary is of the first part! and i fully enjoyed reading this)
I See You || @i-am-baechu🔞💕💔✅💯
↳ The L/N family has always been different from other families. For starters, they see ghosts. Y/N hated this gift but as she grew older, she became used to it. Through her college years, she hasn’t seen that many ghosts but that was because they all left alone after her breakdown towards an upcoming test. When one of her classmates has a ghost attached to him, she realizes she needs to get rid of the ghost because it was starting to annoy her with the constant talking and poking her head. How come she never noticed his smile or his bright brown eyes before?
Do check out all of the other BTS Fics that i have reblogged as well!!
** if there is any fics that you guys would like to recommend, please do! i am slowly running out of fics to read **
#bts scenarios#bts fluff#bts angst#bts smut#bts strangers to lovers au#bts friends to lovers au#bts hybrid au#bts mafia au#bts established relationship au#bts enemies to lovers au#bts fic recs#bts recs
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NSFW LINK!!
Omg! Guys thank you so much for 300 followers I freaking love all of you! So to celebrate 300 I wanted to make this nsfw link list for the hyung line!
Lee Heeseung - You were rudely woken up because of a certain someone stirring in his sleep for the past 20 minutes letting out soft moans. When you had looked at your sleeping bf you couldn’t help but look at the hard member standing tall and proud, getting and evil idea you put your hand around his member and moved it up and down earning a moan from hee pulling his pants down with his boxers your mouth was now watering at the sight. Stroking his dick a few more times you finally put his tip in your mouth swirling your tongue over it bobbing your head up and down. You were so into it not paying much attention to the moaning to realize that it has almost stopped, until you were brought back to reality with a small ‘babe? What are you doing?’ coming from the man above you. So here you are on your back heeseung fucking into you as the morning light was shining on both of your bodies, sighing with content heeseung swears morning sex was his favorite way to start his day!
Park Jongseong - Today was your birthday and you were getting ready for the dinner that your bf was taking you out to, walking out of the shower in only a towel wrapped around you you saw the most beautiful lingerie set on the bed. Picking it up and inspecting it you felt kisses on your neck and hands placing on your waist ‘I saw it and knew I wanted you to have it’ turning around to face the man in front of you you kissed him mumbling a ‘thank you’ going to the restroom to put it on. Now it was towards the end of your night and you were having your brains fucked out on the bed while wearing the lingerie set because your bf couldn’t wait to get home touching you all night having no shame. Jays hand sneaking up to your throat squeezing very lightly and going impossibly deeper eyes rolling back he chuckled ‘does my little baby love me going deeper into your heat fucking you stupid?’ trying to nod but failing miserably laying your hands on his arms moaning in satisfaction Best. Birthday. Ever.
Jake Sim - Today was Christmas Eve and you and your bf were hosting the party this year. Everything was set and now all you needed was for both of you to get ready, you and Jake showered together to save time and water as he wanted to put it. After while you were putting on your lingerie Jake made the mistake of looking over at you and he swears he never thought you looked better. You were wearing a plain white lingerie so simple and so innocent, only you were the opposite so nasty and a slut for his cock. He surprised you by smacking your ass pulling you to the bed, placing you in between his legs he was kissing your neck and groping your boobs mewling for him to do more he started making his way to your panties giving you only his fingers. Not that you cared though because his fingers were magical and they were making you dizzy all you knew was that the party was gonna have to start later.
Park Sunghoon - You knew that making Sunghoon mad by flirting with Heeseung was the wrong move. Or was it with the way that Hoon was thrusting into your heat was so good leaving you dumb out of your mind, having your face deep in the mattress pleading for ‘more!’ ‘Deeper!’ He scoffed ‘more? you want more? I’ll give you more’ that’s when he flipped you around like nothing, grabbing your legs and putting them together now you could actually feel him deeper and you swear you saw stars. He put his hand over the bump that formed every time he thrusted into you and grabbing your hand hold it under his hand so you could also feel ‘ you feel that? That’s ME fucking your pussy like that , do you think heeseung could make you feel the way I do?’ Not waiting for and answer ‘ No I don’t think so you belong to me and I am the only one who will ever fuck you this good don’t you ever fucking forget that. Do you hear me?’ Slapping your face lightly you let out a yes or that is what it was meant to be but it came out as a loud moan instead.
Again I just want to say how thankful I am for all of you guys and I hope you guys enjoyed this little celebration post!
#enhypen hard hours#enhypen hard thoughts#enhypen smut#about lav!#sunghoon smut#heeseung smut#jay smut#jake sim smut#enhypen drabbles#jake sim#enhypen sunghoon smut#heeseung hard hours#heeseung hard thoughts#jake smut#park sunghoon smut#enhypen jay smut#enhypen jake smut#enhypen heeseung#enhypen heeseung smut#sunghoon hard hours#sunghoon hard thoughts#jake sim hard thoughts#jake sim hard hours#jongseong smut#lav! thoughts
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I Watched The First Two Episodes of Hazbin Hotel
Overall I wasn't bored. It's a fun show from the little I've seen. I have thoughts and notes I'd like to give so here's how this is gonna go:
🔵 Is for things I liked/would like to be expanded upon in the show's future.
🔴 Is for things I disliked ranging from nitpicks and just general critisisms.
Whenever something about Angel Dust's trauma I will come up, I'll mark "————" at the beginning & ending so you can avoid the topic if you'd like.
So let's dive right in!<3
🔴 I am so confused. This is narrarated by Charlie. And her goal is to redeem sinners so they can enter Heaven to save their lives. But she also knows that Heaven doesn't kill sinners to stop over-population, it's just plain evil. So, what are we doing here again?
🔴 This is the first time her relationship with her father is mentioned in the show. And it's done though a joke made by Alastor in a commercial he made. (Also, how would he know about Charlie's "daddy issues"? This isn't common knowledge as far as I know).
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🔴 WHAT THE FUCK? I'M SORRY. WHAT THE FUCK? I hate being this negative in the beginning but WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK. I don't want to discuss this line any more than the shock I felt while hearing it. Next.
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🔴 Everyone already talked about how the camera work is crap and I agree. But here's an idea: If they wanted to make something grandiose, why not make a classic musical number that's completely unrealistic, and then make the reality of Hell clash with it?
🔴 This scene could be cut off mostly entirely. The point here is to show how awful Adam is, and the second the talking's over, we get a better song that does just that.
🔵 At first I was gonna make this a critisism, but all it did was making me ask questions, which is good in a first episode. This has me wondering about the characterization of Heaven and how it came to be. I can accept them being a shitty bureaucracy who only appear good, but this is some Saturday Morning Cartoon villian stuff. I'm very curious about this.
🔵 Niffty couldn't say her lines and just stared at the camera and was completely unaware of the fact that she did a shitty job. How come? I wonder what they'll do with it.
🔴 This is edited. The scene didn't go like this. We cut from the hotel to the Vees before we see Alastor's counter-attack. They cut to a really long section of the episode, in the middle of something that could be dealt with in a second. I wasn't as invested as I could have been in the introduction of the Vees, because I kept waiting to come back to Alastor.
🔵 I'd like to know why Charlie is so naive. Optimistic? Yeah, makes sense. But naive? Now that's interesting to know. She clearly goes outside and sees how sinners aren't the safest people (ie Happy Day in Hell), so you think that spending eternity with them would get her acquainted with the culture and make her adjust her behaviors. But she's still looking at the guy who just tried to kill her and goes "Oh, hello again". I'm dying to know why she's like that.
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🔵 I see where this is going<3 Despite it all, Angel Dust clearly still loves acting. So when he'll escape Val, he'll show his theatrical side by improvising and acting for Charlie<3
🔵 Despite Angel Dust not adoring the hotel, it's very much a safe place for him. A safe the Vees, from Valentino. Now, someone who worked for them just a second before getting discovered, is in. Can't wait to see more of this.
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🔵 I liked the rivalry of Alastor and Vox. I liked how Vox is this perfect big shot, yet crumbles about Alastor when he's barely trying. Definitely a highlight.
To Summarize...
🔴 6 negatives 🔵 6 positives
I enjoyed myself a fair bit. Most of the negatives are either nitpicks or won't matter in five eps. It had some flaws but it's a start.
#AAAAA#hazbin is out!!#hazbin hotel critical#anti hazbin hotel#really just tagging because the stans scare me lmao#not an anti#hazbin hotel critique#hazbin hotel criticism#anti vivziepop#vivziepop critical#vivziepop criticism#vivziepop critique#spindlehorse critical#spindlehorse criticism#spindlehorse toons critical#anti spindlehorse#spindlehorse critique
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God I hate r/greentext. Why do I go on r/greentext.
Ok, so, let's break this down. Obviously both parents of the 4chan OP are at fault here. The mom is at fault for cheating, and the dad is at fault for abandoning his kids in response. The kids were innocent in this situation and they relied on him; when you have a responsibility for someone's care you cannot just abandon them because you feel hurt. Furthermore, it seems both the parents have been extremely callous about the whole situation (the dad forcing a name change, seeking to legally disavow the children who loved and relied on him, the mom laughing about the whole situation). These seem to be people who have been horrible to the vulnerable children in their care as a result of their own relationship drama and it is absolutely condemnable.
Next: the 4chan OP's response ridiculous, hateful and irrational. I am not going to judge the 4chan OP for blaming his mother more than his father. People often have a complex relationship to those who have wronged them, and even though I think the father's actions were completely heinous, it's not my place to tell the OP how to feel about that. In general I'm more likely to take this level of anger from a child at one of their parents as evidence that the parent probably didn't treat them well; OP feels how he feels about his parents and that is his business. However, his extension of his anger at his mother to all women is nothing but awful and hateful, and serves to harm more innocent people and make the world a worse place. Does he not care about his sister, who was just as much a victim in this as he was? That stands out to me particularly. How can he be so callous as to see someone who was abandoned just like he was, hurt like he was, and say "you have the same genitals as the person who wronged me, so I hate you too". It's unimaginable to me. One way or another, he's doing the same thing his father did: taking out his valid anger at one person on innocent bystanders, people who are at no fault, because they bear superficial relation to the person who wronged him. Why? Why do people not see the irrationality, the pointlessness of this, and the amount of hurt it causes?
But, ok, all of what I have described so far is principally sad. We live in a fucked up world where people are hurt and go on to hurt others. It doesn't surprise or offend me, though it makes me angry at the world. But what really fucks me up here are the comments, the commentary of people who are not involved.
The screenshotted comments are the top comments. The top commenter is a guy justifying abandoning your children because you feel emasculated. It is plain as day in the third comment how much more empathy he extends to the father in this scenario than he extends to the mother or any of the children. Why? Because the father has the same fucking genitals as him? It makes me feel such despair, and seeing everyone agree with him makes me feel such despair, the sheer thought-terminating irrational evil of sexism, by which these people can advocate abandoning those who rely on you because they are more concerned with the feeling of emasculation than with how it would feel to have your parent stop loving you because of something someone else did.
I hate this. I hate everything about this. The set of ideologies being used and propped up and replicated here are evil, cycles of hurt for the sake of cycles of hurt. Every r/greentext and r/4chan thread is like this. This is vile, it's truly vile to me. I hate that the world is like this, I hate that people find any of this compelling or reasonable. I hate this.
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important question: what are your top 5 favorite qualities of sonic’s character?
rattling you like a snow globe i am. OOOOOOOH i love sonic's character so much let's see (in no specific order)
1) moral ambiguity
sonic's not a typical goody-two shoes protagonist and i think that's super interesting, especially considering how his other "rival" video game protagonists at the time (like link and mario, etc) were. sonic's not a very cut ad dry character- he is a simple guy, sure, but when you start to peel away at some of his layers.... he's a lot more nuanced than you're lead to believe
sonic's very much a live by my own rules sort of person. and while his rules sort of match up to him being the good guy, it doesn't always make him "heroic". he killed king arthur under the complete understanding that king arthur was a real person. he kills erazor djiin. he encourages elise to kill solaris. sonic's not afraid to fight dirty, and he's not afraid to get his hands dirty when the situation calls for it.
most protagonists are more of a "we have to save everyone" or "if we kill the bad guy we're just as bad as them" type. but i think sonic specifically is interesting, because he does help some overcome their misdeeds- like knuckles, shadow, silver- but ultimately it's because those people weren't that bad in the first place. they were misguided and manipulated and confused. if they had a full grasp of the situation at hand, chances are, they would have chosen a different path. and even if they didn't, they still showed the potential for true growth.
but for a lot villains that are simply plain evil... sonic doesn't seem to particularly hesitate. sonic's attack in satbk would have undoubtedly killed merlina- he didn't know her well enough to assume that she could choose a different path, and was willing to act first and talk later, knowing he wouldn't be able to talk her out of it.
not even with eggman. he was going to let his counter part in satsr fall to his death, until shahra convinced him not to. he's used excessive lethal force before, especially in the classic games. and then of course there's the implications that sonic lets eggman get away because he finds their adventures fun. like yes, sonic's going to stop him- everything eggman does is against his principles. so sonic's going to fight him. but sonic is also a thrill seeker and a daredevil, and wouldn't life be quite dull without eggman?
2) villainous qualities
it sort of ties into sonic's more moral ambiguity but i think sonic's interesting because a lot of his qualities, depending on the framing, could be quite villainous in nature. a guy who chases after adventures, who fights just for the thrill of it, who's stubborn and doesn't ever compromise, who lives life by his own rules and doesn't care if the breaks other peoples rules?
if sonic ever chose to be a villain... he'd make a pretty good one. he has a different set of morals than others and he doesn't like compromising on his beliefs. he thinks he's right, so he's going to act on it. and quite a few sonic villains share a similar point of view- that their revenge, that their opinion, is correct, and they have no intention on listening to anyone else's.
additionally... sonic's not particularly shy with manipulating those around him. you can see this characteristic plainly in sonic x and idw, where sonic manipulates his friends into trying to get him off a boat and shadow into not killing eggman.
deep down, sonic isn't that much different from rouge, for instance. they're both thrill seekers who don't compromise on their beleifs and are, in some senses, quite selfish. they're very self driven and independent and are great manipulators. the only difference between the two of them is that sonic seems to have a bit more compassion. they're two sides of the same coin.
3) environmentalist
i kind of miss the messaging of the older games... sonic was always invested in maintaining the beauty of the natural world around him. he fights a villain who essentially pollutes just for the heck of hit. he started this heroing gig with little more motivation than protecting his woodland animal friends and their homes.
it wasn't always about gods and the hubris of men pretending to be them. at the very beginning, it was just about protecting a tiny island in the middle of the ocean and the little critters who lived there.
it's also interesting to note how this can translate to other scenarios, like with merlina. she wanted to go against the natural order of things, she wanted to try to create an eternal kingdom- sonic saw through her selfishness and also tried to convince her that some things just were meant to end. and sometimes you just have to enjoy it as it was.
4) kindness
i think the last point also segways into sonic's kindness- again, sonic didn't necessarily start this mission to save the world. sonic did this to save those little animal friends. he stepped up to the plate and challenged a mad scientist armed with thousands of robotic drones and fought him.
i think the best instance of his kindness is in sonic 06, where that same compassion actually causes the end of the world. sonic's insistence on helping elise, and not just saving her but getting her to smile, ends up dooming the world. he forms a bond so strong with her in the small amount of time they'd been together that seeing him die causes elise to cry for the first time in ten years. it's his death that sets causes the apocalypse, all because he was compassionate.
it's this kindness, too, that i think adds more nuance to his character. because sonic is at his core a devil may care daredevil, who only does what he thinks is right, and who only does things for the fun and the thrill of it. but its not entirely true, because sonic will go above and beyond the demands of the situations he finds himself in.
saving tails from his bullies? sure. he doesn't believe in oppressors of any form. but then essentially adopting that kid and letting him tag along on adventures, despite his solitary nature and unwillingness to settle down or be tied down? not necessary. saving angel island and giving knuckels abck his master emerald? well, he can't just let eggman win. befriending knuckles after? not necessary. helping shahra stop erazor djinn from devastating the arabian nights? well it's not like he's got anywhere else to be at the moment and it looks like a fun challenge. promising to get shahra to smile and taking the hit for her? not necessary. defeating merlina after she shows her true colors? it's what he thinks is the right thing to do, and her disregarding the natural order of things is just plain wrong. but trying to console her after they attempted to kill each other? unnecessary.
sonic is a bizarre juxtaposition of selfish and selfless. he's here to have fun and constantly seeks out danger, but he's not just willing to save the world- he's also here to help you smile.
5) subversion from usual "speed types"
sonic's also interesting to me in a sense that he's not really your average speedster, personality wise. yes, sonic can get impatient, and he that can lead to him being reckless, but for the most part... sonic isn't afraid of taking things slow and steady sometimes.
sonic's hobbies outside of fighting bad guys include reading, looking at pretty natural landscapes, and snoozing. when he's not fighting a bad guy he travels the world but otherwise has some pretty mundane, rather slow hobbies.
think of the usual speedster archetype- fast talking, always on the move, never sits still, chatty and friendly and kind of annoying.
and sonic can be all those things, but sonic's also allowed to be pretty slow. he's allowed to laze around and read a book or take a long nap. he's allowed to be solitary and non-social and quiet. he knows how to slow down and smell the roses. he knows to appreciate the moments he's got.
#+ one: i like his mystery#there's so much we jsut dont really know about his character. it's all interpretation really. fascinating#master emerald brothel
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GHOULBOYS - Where ghosts are real, or not I guess.
GHOULBOYS is a one-shot horror/comedy TTRPG for 3 players. It's about amateur paranormal investigators hunting for ghosts in supposedly haunted locales, interpreting evidence and bullshitting with their friends. I made this one! I love ghost things! Let's talk about them! But first...
Will we finally answer the question... are ghosts real?
Inspired by shows and games like Ghost Files, Buzzfeed Unsolved: Supernatural, Phasmophobia and Most Haunted, you'll play as one of three classes:
The BELIEVER, trying to uncover evidence that the paranormal is real, and detail the nature of the supposed haunting.
The SCEPTIC, who believes that everything has a reasonable explanation, and the idea of ghosts is kinda funny.
The PRODUCER, who’s recording this whole thing, and looking out for what the other two might miss.
It's a GMless game where you and your two friends fuck around in abandoned buildings with spirit boxes, motion sensors, and turn the gain up on your microphone incredibly loudly to hear what might, maybe have someone saying half a word.
If that sounds cool, it's $5 until the end of the month!
My friends it is time to peer closely at a blurry photo
YES IT'S TIME FOR MORE SELF INDULGENCE BELOW THE CUT.
(Potential) Spoilers for: Ghostwatch and The Blair Witch Project.
Bro bro bro did you see that bro BRO
When I was a teen posessed by the grim specter of an idea known as "Thinking I was a guy", I used to get very stoned and sit in cars with my friends and drive around at night. Being stoned with The Lads was a good way of pretending I wasn't possessed, I guess.
One time we drove to a supposedly haunted stretch of road; the story was that a woman who lived nearby had gone out onto the road late at night and been hit by a car and killed. If you drove along that road at the time of her death, you might see her, wearing the nightgown she died in.
After about an hour of driving up and down the road, we were about to give up. The driver swung into a driveway to turn the car around, and out of the pitch blackness, I saw it. White, twisted, grasping. It was just a flash, but I know what I saw. I screamed, my friends screamed, the tires of the car screamed as they span griplessly on the tarmac for that endless split second before it pulled away.
Yes of course it was a fucking tree. But for at least 5 minutes, we all believed I'd seen her. As plain as day, a dead woman in a nightgown had grasped at me on the other side of the windscreen through the darkness. The real fear lasted seconds. The adrenaline lasted a few minutes. The laughs lasted for a while afterwards.
I don't believe in ghosts. But the idea of them has the power to make us conjure them. We stare at the fuzzy frozen frame of video and think we can see a form, a face. We listen to the overpowering static hum of a shotgun mic pointed into a hallway and swear we hear a voice. We peer into the darkness, and our brains connect the dots we've decided are there. We want to be scared, especially when we can laugh about it afterwards.
It's just the Pipes
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If you know the Orson Welles' War of the Worlds radio broadcast, Ghostwatch pulls a similar trick. It's 1992, you've sat down to watch a live TV show doing a "scientific investigation" into a haunted suburban home with Big Name TV News Guy Michael Parkinson, Big Name TV "Robot Wars" Guy Craig Charles, and a bunch of other Big Name TV people I don't really know.
The house is supposedly possessed by a malevolent evil spirit who the homeowners kids call Pipes. They hear banging noises at night, their mom tells them "It's just the pipes." Watch along at home, phone in using the number on your screens with your ghost stories, and you know, just in case you maybe see anything on the footage that we might miss.
It's staged, of course, and staged incredibly. It's very fucking creepy. Kitchy, mundane 90's TV gives way slowly to creeping dread that never seems to stop creeping, eventually arriving at a terminus of full on Blair Witch surrealness. It drew so many complaints from people whose children were turned to traumatised wrecks that it was banned from being broadcast for 10 years.
Probably because the newscaster they saw on TV every day turned, in the course of about half an hour, from this
To this
There's not really many clips on youtube but trust me, it's good. It's slow. Give it a chance, you should watch it.
Josh? Is that you down there?
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There's so many jokes about The Blair Witch Project, but that's not because it's bad. I mean, it IS kind of bad, and that's the point. Heather, Josh and Mike are just amateur film makers making a documentary on a shoestring budget, about the mystery of the Blair Witch, the details of which matter little to what happens next. The jokes are attempts by people trying to break the hold the film has on them. But it holds on tight.
It works so well because it's so sparse. The minimal, natural sets, the handheld footage, the we're-not-even-really-acting-I'm-actually-kinda-just-creeped-out performances. The characters talk like convincingly kinda shitty people, deal with getting lost like real people, argue like convincingly scared people. It explains nothing about the greater mystery, cares not for any attempt to make sense of what's going on, all it wants to do is slowly drag you to it's stark, screaming conclusion.
Like many successful horror films, it got a bunch of sequels which I've not seen, and don't care to. It doesn't need them.
Ok but what about real ghosts
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There's something about a weird dollar store Trent Reznor and his bros crawling around a tourist spot that makes Ghost Adventures so fun to watch. Trant Reznot is out here shouting at ghosts with his whole chest like "I HEARD YOU DON'T LIKE BIG LIGHTS SHINING IN YOUR FACE HUH", and it's great. When the often questionable "activity" occurs, it's rarely actually spooky in any way, but the deadly serious way with which they describe the mote of light (read: dust particle) moving across the footage that it's endearing.
These shows (Most Haunted, 28 Days Haunted, et al) tend towards having a pseudo "intellectual" angle. Ghost Adventures doesn't care, it's listening to Tool in it's car outside the high school, passing you a joint and saying "Isn't it fucked up that people die, but like, aren't gone, man?" I can't tell if it doesn't take itself too seriously, or if it just doesn't really know how to be serious, but it's good.
Hey there demons, it's me... ya boi
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I watched so much god damn Buzzfeed Unsolved through Covid. I watched it until the early hours of the morning, until I'd successfully creeped myself out to the point where I had to run from the living room to the bedroom in the dark to avoid the Texarkana Phantom Killer that my brain had successfully materialised just behind the back of my head.
Somehow Buzzfeed Unsolved Supernatural - it's sister show focused on.. well, supernatural stuff, and it's successor Ghost Files manages to be both scary, whilst also simultaneously very stupid and funny.
Both Shane and Ryan are always ready to be scared, but they're also both ready to laugh. They have a very endearing camaraderie too, like two kids in class trying to get the each other told off by the teacher, and despite the semi serious presentation, unlike Ghost Adventures they're not precious about trying to make sure you're scared. It invites you laugh and be afraid in equal measure, and it feels natural, especially in the early episodes. If Ryan is freaking out about the Waverly Hills Hospital body chute, it's because.. well.. watch the video? I would absolutely not go down there.
This tension between laughing and screaming drives the show. The balance between spooky-funny and spooky-scary is a delicate one. Ryan and Shane are great at knowing when to tip that balance, one way or the other.
It's easily the single biggest influence on Ghoulboys (I mean, of course it is?) because of this. When playing, you're always caught in this in-between moment that the Ghoulboys themselves do so well. Waiting for something to fall over, the spirit box to speak, the SLS scanner to show a fleeting figure. Whether it's scary or silly, your brain is waiting for it, ready to draw the shapes of ghosts we want to see.
Thank you for coming to my Ghost TED Talk
Man ghost stuff is so good, real or fake. I just wanted to make a funny game that occasionally made you raise your eyebrows and look at each other like "Oh, shit..." and had lots of stupid ghost hunting equipment, and I think it worked out. Thanks for reading.
Again, if you want to check out Ghoulboys, it's $5 until the end of the month. Take a look! There's a video of me and some friends playing it!
#ttrpg#horror#indie ttrpg#buzzfeed supernatural#ghost files#paranormal#incredible self indulgence#Youtube#buzzfeed unsolved
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Helluva Boss is basically wasted potential: the show. It could have explored so many interesting ideas for the characters and the world they inhabit but instead all we get is a storyline that romanticizes abuse, female characters who aren't allowed to be percieved as people outside of their male counterparts or just be refered to as bitches if their evil as the male villians clearly seem to get more "respect" in terms of that (put that in quotes because even then i can't take them seriously with all the so-called jokes surrounding them), and pretty plain designs when it comes to a few characters if you were to compare them to their actual demonology counterpart (Asmodeus, Lucifer, ect.) It saddens me as i used to be a fan of this show, but the way the storyline is headed, and all the controversies sorrounding it made me really reconsidered that.
Completely understandable, maybe we can all just watch from a safe distance. I’ll post about it and watch an episode or two, but you won’t catch me dead buying merch of it.
This clip is just so so good and summarises everything that’s gone wrong.
Have you guys forgotten what premise the show is?
Those were the good times…
A boss trying to stay on topic even though them and their impulsive ideas and yes-men are the problem 😭 wasting money on silly shipping merchandise, music videos and broadway actors
Lol? What male villains? The dads? The one cool guy that doesn’t like being a slave to the monarchy? That’s all that’s left now. A bunch of mean dads, Asmodeus and stolas aren’t villains anymore they’ve been turned into angels. They both have potentially terrifying creepy designs but the most milquetoast simp personalities. Not to mention that there isn’t a single male villain who hasn’t been automatically paired with a man. Crimson is paired up with a random man standing next to him, mammon is paired with Ozzie because Ozzie is just…there. Every single man in helluva boss’ massive society is attracted to other men. That’s just not good writing. It’s fujoshi crap. Ffs people even pair up Paimon and Cash, who both have literal wives.
And yeah female characters live in the shadow of men and male approval or male mistakes, and it’s pretty sad.
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The characterizations for those first two Star Wars Sequels movies were Plain Good. Poe, Finn, and Rey were delightful to get to know! They were likeable people! It’s so nice to rewatch them and relive the fun of when Star Wars was coming out in theaters again.
Poe - In The Force Awakens, he’s a cocky hotshot who keeps making the hero-move against impossible odds. Sending his defenseless droid into a desert so he can take on the bad guys single-handedly? No problem. Fly a ship he’s never flown before with a Stormtrooper he just met to escape capture? Totally calm about that. He’s comfortable living in the moment and taking big risks. After all, he’s serving directly under Leia, Savior of the Galaxy, champion of the free world; he’s walking with giants, he’s got to act like it! And then in The Last Jedi he has to learn to stop doing that. Be a leader. Leaders look at the big picture, and focus on how to move forward instead of just saving the day in the moment. He can’t keep being cocky and reckless. Taking a stand against a Dreadnaught and facing down the First Order with cocky quips? Easy. But letting others make the sacrifice play while you live to lead, so the galaxy can go on hoping, and fight another day? Not so easy for Poe.
Finn - In The Force Awakens he’s a Stormtrooper who wants to run away from fights. He’s got a compassionate streak, sure; he doesn’t want to kill, and when he escapes, he likes to do it in the company of people who talk to him like he’s more than a number in an army list. But the point is, he’s out to save his own skin, and the skin of anybody who’s good to him. Then he learns to stop running and start fighting for something worthwhile. He starts to learn that by the end of that first movie when he’s running into danger and fighting for Rey. But it’s not until The Last Jedi that he understands: fighting isn’t the point. (And how great is that in Star Wars?) After all, even when he’s fought, it’s just to escape. He doesn’t really believe evil can be defeated—just escaped or sacrificed against. But in The Last Jedi, he learns to stop looking at it negatively, and start looking forward; don’t just fight for things that you love, or to hurt what you hate. Fight to save what you love. Actually focusing on what you love is what helps you to accomplish keeping it safe. It’s a stormtrooper learning about hope.
Rey - UAGH she’s a lonely soul who’s dedicated her whole life to having faith that her family will come back for her when you meet her in The Force Awakens. She hangs all her identity on that; she’s nobody, from nowhere, hoping that someone will come back and tell her who she is and that she’s loved. It doesn’t matter if a brave Resistance Hero believes she can help him, or if THE Smuggler Han Solo believes she can be part of his crew, or if a thousand year-old wise woman believes she could be the heir to the Luke Skywalker Legend—Rey can’t settle for their belief in her. She thinks she needs her parents’ belief in her to be somebody. But she learns that, even though her family isn’t with her, The Force is. And she needs to find belonging ahead, not behind. So her faith dips it’s toe into a new object—The Force— by the time you get to The Last Jedi. Then she’s still hoping to find out that she’s somebody who’s loved; maybe The Force can be her key to finding out about where she belongs and how she fits. She thinks it’s led her to remind Luke Skywalker of who he is by doing what he did; redeeming the bad guy. But she fails. And that’s all she really learns: that it’s not about her, and it never was, just like it was never about Luke. She doesn’t need to find her identity in where she comes from or who believes in her: she just needs to do the right thing for the future.
And we could talk about Kylo Ren but he gets a post of his own.
Point being, these movies had characters and a direction that were Plain Good and going somewhere, and if I go back and watch them, I remember how fun it all was
#Star Wars#sw#Lucasfilm#George Lucas#Disney Star Wars#Rey#Ben solo#Kylo Ren#the last Jedi#the force awakens#star wars sequel trilogy#Star Wars sequel#Star Wars sequels#analysis#meta#character analysis#Star Wars meta#Star Wars analysis#Finn#Poe#Poe Cameron#the first order#the Resistance#Luke Skywalker#sequel hate#Star Wars sequel hate#riann johnson#fn 2187#phasma#Hux
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━━━ .°˖✧ unrequited love ⋆˙⊹
꒰ঌ definition ໒꒱ 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘.
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ below you will find sub genres under this category, as well as some useful pairings for this trope. for educational writing purposes <3
note: several of these can also be used in other tropes as well, just depends on how you write it and interpret it.
╰₊✧ ﾟOTHER LINKS . ྀི ⊹ masterlist | romance tropes |
taglist | prompt list | symbol packs | dividers page
꒰ঌ group one ໒꒱
sisters boyfriend/girlfriend | school crush | sisters husband/wife | childhood love interest except you leave and when you come back they’re with someone else | your best friend and nothing more | your teacher | your coworker | your boss
꒰ঌ group two ໒꒱
love interest doesn’t care to know you | love interest thinks you’re ugly | one of you is gone for a long time and the feelings fade | love interest wasn’t meant for you | love interest destined to be with someone else
꒰ঌ group three ໒꒱
you’re only being used for your body | love interest is asexual / has no interest in romance | love interest rejects your kiss / date | love interest doesn’t want to settle down with anyone | love interest doesn’t want what you want
꒰ঌ group four ໒꒱
love interest is still hung up on their ex | love interest is still hung up on someone who died | love interest doesn’t love you at first but comes around eventually | love interest doesn’t love you at first, then when they do you’re already with someone else
꒰ঌ group five ໒꒱
love interest is actually a jerk whose attention you’ve been trying to get. when you finally do, you realize he’s horrible and reject him when he tries to get you back | love interest is in love with someone else | love interest is in love with your sister / another family member
꒰ঌ group six ໒꒱
love interest is only using you to get back at their ex | you can’t take a hint that they don’t want anything to do with you or vice versa | given an ultimatum and love interest didn’t choose you | trauma bonding
꒰ঌ group seven ໒꒱
love interest had horrible relationships and can’t return affections | love interest has their own problems to deal with before they can be in a relationship | resisting a divorce because you or they are still in love
꒰ঌ group eight ໒꒱
jealousy when seeing love interest with another person | friendzoned | love interest has a terminal illness | tries to sabotage love interests relationships so they can notice you | love interest has a different sexual orientation
꒰ঌ group nine ໒꒱
doesn’t believe in love | can’t commit to anybody or anything | if you love me let me go / love interest can be with the one they really want after you realize they don’t love you | maid of honor x groom
꒰ঌ group ten ໒꒱
your ex is with one of your friends | your ex is dating a family member | your ex is married to a family member so you always see them | life / occupation scares love interest away (criminal aus, biker aus, mafia aus, mobster aus)
꒰ঌ group eleven ໒꒱
love interest has to have their memory wiped away for their own safety | love interest treats you like crap but you take it | love triangle | plucking the flower petals / he loves me, he loves me not, he loves me, he loves me not
꒰ঌ group twelve ໒꒱
only love who you think the person is, not who they actually are | love interest doesnt like romantic gestures / being chased / uncomfortable with romance | rejection turns you evil / insane | love interest is just plain dumb to your affections
꒰ঌ group thirteen ໒꒱
trauma needs you to stay in relationships | in love with the idea of love, not the person | love interest is way out of your league | cocky guy who believes you love him / you really don’t | love interest misinterprets your actions as you being helpful / a good friend | runaway bride | runaway fiancé
will update when I think of new ones. hope this helps if you’re not sure what story to tell but you want something new <3
#pink themes#aesthetic#pink#pinkcore#pink dividers#cute#sparkles#stars#writing prompt#writing help#unrequited love#unrequited love trope#forbidden love#forbidden love trope#romance tropes#romance trope#fanfic tropes#writing tips#writing tips and tricks#❀⋆ ─ 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 ⊹❀ ֙⋆
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Thoughts on the first three episodes of "Knuckles"
I have watched the first three episodes of Knuckles tonight, and I think I am trending on the side of "this show is bad."
Wade Whipple, deputy sheriff, was tolerable in small doses. But only tolerable. When you describe his character out loud, he makes sense, but the performance is very mild. The pratfalls aren't wacky enough, and Wade himself isn't dumb enough for it to feel outrageous. He's plain tap water: it'll get the job done, but it won't tickle your senses all that much.
So they gave this guy a show. And they paired him with a cartoon character who only plays one note, constantly, at maximum volume, all the time.
They have no chemistry. That's supposed to be "the joke," but for them to become friends you need to see a spark of something there. Most of the humans in this show can't even make eye contact with Knuckles. They look in a general direction he might be, but they rarely actually look directly at him.
In fact, going back through the first three episodes to snap the worst examples, there are a lot of scenes where they straight up avoid having characters maintain an eyeline with Knuckles. They focus way more on shot-reverse-shot close-ups so everyone can just look slightly off camera and have it not matter.
The show picked up a little bit in the third episode, where we get to see a bit of Wade's family, but even then, it wasn't, like... great. It was more that I could see what they were going for. It just doesn't mean they got there, you know? The whole episode happens to be much too convenient and doesn't really make good on the stakes it establishes. Everyone just kind of shrugs and says "Eh, good enough."
And then there's just how fast and loose they are with the story. I suppose if I'm wrong somebody will call me out, but I think this series is the first time they've mentioned Knuckles is the last of his kind and that the rest of the Echidnas were hunted and killed by Owls like Longclaw.
This is also our first real introduction to GUN, and though I think they're supposed to be a secret government agency, it's not really clear what they are outside of being super evil now for some reason. They're like if the Men In Black were arms dealers that traded alien weapons with other murderers and criminals, I guess. It's weird, and the two agents we get to see never feel cool or threatening. They're just there to tie a thread to the upcoming Sonic 3 movie so we can go "oh dang GUN has access to their own warp rings?"
And despite all of this constant trouble nobody ever stops and asks, "Hey maybe we should go tell Sonic and Tails about this." Secret government super agents, people with ties to Robotnik, mercenary hitmen... but nothing stops the road trip to Reno for the bowling tournament, I guess.
I still have the second half of the series to go, so I'll reserve final judgment, but the short of it is this is shaping up to be something nobody asked for.
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The Protector
Despite his crew’s convictions, Johann is perfectly capable of being the protector, and not the protected all the time.
Such a shame it took a near-death experience and hearing loss to realize that, but we’ve all been there.
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The Birds in this fic: Carey and Scales (Twins), Killian (Lover), Antonia (Lonely Journal-Keeper), Rowan (Peacemaker), Hurley (Wordless One)
day 4 of @johann-appreciation-week! yayyy!! you can also read this on ao3. and thank you to @avijohann for the art! (I think I forgot to say that the past couple posts… oops)
Silver blood splatters on Johann’s face. The strange, dog-like creature writhes by his feet as the cloud of dagger slits its shadowy body into ribbons of blue and black. He makes sure every dagger cuts deep.
There’s a distant howl behind him. A haunting chorus grows, and he knows now it’s time to fucking leave. He pulls the Light of Creation closer to his body and squints through the darkness. Through the thick darkness of the forest hell the Light has taken them through, he can see the tree line now. The ship is just beyond the forest. He just needs to keep running, and he will be safe.
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“Can all of you stop assigning me ship duty when the world is even slightly dangerous? You guys know I am just as capable as you, right?”
Johann’s six friends all shifted in their spots and eyed each other. He watched as they avoided his gaze and toyed with their respective weapons. It was Rowan who decided to speak up, with his ever-friendly voice that said, “We know that, Johann. Of course we do. But I think you can make an exception when this world is teeming with shadow demons?”
Johann crossed his arms and glared at the six of them. “Yeah, and then when the next plane has evil robots, you’ll want me to sit out too, yeah? And when the next plane has too-rough terrain? And when the next plane has rainy weather,” he said. He saw Scales and Killian rolling their eyes, but he didn’t find it in him to care. “Then I’ll just be stuck on ship duty forever. And I’m not even the pilot! Hurley is!”
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Johann kicks the creature’s limp body to the side and weighs his options. He could just run. He’s good at that. In every world over the past two decades, all those that have perished, he’s gotten good at running from them. He even has the Light with him. Every protocol they have says he must run without looking back. And really, why shouldn’t he? This world is a fucking mess. Getting to some safety would be best.
But then he hears it. A piercing scream behind him that sends shivers down his spine. Johann turns around and sees nobody behind him and his blood boils. Didn’t fucking listen to me, he seethes. For once he tries to get them to safety, abandoning his ship duty to do so, and for what? To be the one to get the Light of Creation and still not have them listen to him? All they did was lecture him when he got there about how dangerous it was that he came with no one at the Starblaster.
If they just listened to me, if they just followed me, if they just let me take the reins to protect them—
Another scream. Sounds of a fight breaking out, of metal and flesh and teeth clashing together, fill the air. If they keep making noise, they’ll be dead for sure. These creatures have impossibly good hearing, so good it made up for their lack of eyes. Every noise they make will agitate the fight even more. If Johann runs away now, all of his friends would die in this world. They weren’t even halfway through the year.
Johann grips the Light tighter and rushes back towards his friends.
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Antonia adjusted the quiver on back and sighed. “Johann, I don’t understand. Wouldn’t you want to be safer here? You said at the very beginning of this mission how unnecessary it was that we were bringing all our weapons here. Now you want to throw yourself to the wolves,” she said. She leaned on the rails of the Starblaster and her long purple hair blew in the wind.
Johann bit his lip hard. He looked out onto the grassy plains that Hurley landed the Starblaster on, how its silver grass shone so bright in both the day and the night. Just beyond was the tree line, a perfectly straight line of a forest that got so dark it was practically perpetually nighttime inside. “I didn’t exactly know how often these worlds would suck, you know,” he said. Bitterness laid heavy on his tongue when he spoke, and he knew Antonia could pick up on it.
“Then answer my question.”
“Because it feels like you aren’t taking me seriously,” Johann growled. “Yeah, sure, I complained about a bunch of fighters on a research expedition over two decades ago. That means I never want to fight ever and should always stick to the ship, right? That I need all of you to protect me like I’m delicate? I can protect you guys, too!”
“I…” Antonia tries to argue, but the words die on her lips. “I understand. It’s not fair to you. But… we all have our supplies packed. We’ve got a game plan. Just, um, let us get the Light this time? And I promise, for real I promise, that we can all talk about this for the rest of the year. I’ll vouch for you pretty hard! I used to go on hunts with a bard back home. She was pretty fun.”
Yeah. Fun. Johann didn’t respond. He stared into the dark wall the tree line created with an intense glare. He hoped his eyes didn’t land on his crew, who were gathered below in another spar session that he was not invited to.
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Hey.
The shambling wisps of darkness and smoke jerk away from Antonia’s body and tilt its head around the area. Johann watches from a silvery shrub, cupping his mouth to amplify his whispers. The beast drags its pseudoclaws against the dirt and searches frantically for the source of the speaking, its eyeless face shifting and scrunching up in frustration when it can’t find the noise. Not that it will ever find it. Johann is making sure of that.
I don’t know if you understand common or not, but I’ll have you know that your lot has been kind of fucking awful to my friends lately.
A growl almost breaks Johann’s connection. The shadowy monster snaps its teeth in the air, its noises getting progressively louder as it paces around the silver battlefield. Though it is alone, any loud noises could trigger a whole new pack to join in on the fight. He can hear Scales and Carey groaning together, and it momentarily catches the creature’s attention instead of his whispers. Shit. He can’t let that thing hear his friends, not when they’re still alive and on the ground.
Don’t you fucking dare make this harder for me—
Darkness swirls faster. The monster whirls around closer to Johann, and just when he thinks he’s been caught, he hears a scream a few steps away from him. “I can’t— no! Carey!” Killian’s voice cries out. Her voice sounds strange, strained and garbled in a way that Johann almost doesn’t recognize her. He pulls the Light of Creation close to his chest and damn near starts hugging it.
Yeah, okay, no use in this shit. Fuck off!
Johann stands up with the Light in his arms and let the full brunt of the spell snap. Blinding pain pierces through the creature’s head. Johann holds his breath and keeps his box stead. As soon as it rears his head back, its dark mouth open in excruciating pain, Johann immediately casts the Silence spell he had readied, his violin bow an impromptu wand. The monster moves to scream, a feat so taxing its body fizzles and shreds at the limbs, but not a single howl is heard. Even when it writhes and scratches at the forest floor, no pack comes rushing in to save it, and the fear kicks in. It turns and runs away Johann, blending into the darkness from whence it came. Johann can’t hear its screams when it steps out of the spell’s radius and thank fuck for that.
Johann scrambles out of the shrubbery he’s hidden in and runs towards his friends. They are scattered around, hard to see in the dark environment, but they are not too far away that he can’t see them all. He runs to the one closest to him and stares down at Killian’s body. Claw marks slash across her body and spill blood, but that’s not the concerning place where blood is spilling. Blood dribbled from her ears in a spotty stream, but it’s enough to make Johann wince.
Killian is doubled over in pain, but when she recognizes Johann in front of her, she lets out what Johann assumes is a sigh of relief. When she can’t hear her own sigh, her fingers fly up to her ears, and her eyes widen in panic. Johann’s hand frantically waves in front of her to stop her from panicking. He places a finger to his lips, then makes a sweeping gesture to illustrate the spell’s radius. Killian still looks incredibly pained, but hey, she doesn’t look so terrified anymore.
Johann motions up. Can you stand? is the question he asks.
Killian tries, trying to get herself up. Johann offers his free hand, but she initially ignores it. Her hands hover, but refuse to grab on. She loses a little balance, and without warning, Johann takes her hand and yanks her up. Just take it, holy shit. When Killian is stable on her feet (if we can even consider her state stable), she looks down at Johann with an exhausted and even slightly embarrassed look on her face. Understandable.
Johann moves to go help the others, but Killian slaps her hand on his shoulder before he can. She struggles to look him in the eye, but when she does, she pulls a weak smile. Thank you, Killian mouths. For coming. To keep us safe.
Johann takes her hand and nods. Listen next time, assholes, is all he mouths. She laughs, and he just knows if the spell wasn't up, her laugh would be loud and comforting.
Then, he leads Killian over to the Fangbattle siblings. He watches as she fusses over them in silence, how they slowly help each other up. Johann only breaks his gaze when he goes over towards Hurley, Rowan, and Antonia, who seem worse off, but still alive. That’s all Johann can ask for.
The rush back home is disjointed and painful, but Johann saved them. He saved them. The Starblaster would have another full crew for the rest of the year. And when the crew thanks him and celebrates their near death experience, Johann smiles, knowing they are safe.
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About ccity. It even makes no sense that the MC sees the humans as evil when her mother is a human and was used like an object by her father (who is a faerie). It clearly shows sjm opinions.
I wrote a whole long ass reply to this and it got deleted 😑
But anyways
I'm not surprised. SJM has always used magic power as metaphorical proxy to whiteness and masculinity.
Tho it might not seem so blatant because her humans are often white men and she has bipoc "female" immortals.
Those white human men are not emasculated in the way sjm likes to use to show power gaps between immortal men (unless they are a love interest). Because they are inherently lesser for being mortal. Their efforts to attain freedom and equality are often looked down on. Here magic is about race in a more subtle way as the experiences of humans mirror the lives of poc and especially black people.
and those bipoc immortal females are almost always put down in comparison to white female immortals. Take the cast in Velaris for example. Amren is the only not said to be beautiful and is described as plain despite being the odd one out in a group of 3 tan guys with black hair and 4 women with blonde hair.
Cresseida and Vivianne have in common that they are politically powerful women from other courts. But one is a friend with her own more powerful mate (a romantic connection to a powerful man is a token of power) and the other is used as the rejected spare in feysand's romantic build-up. Here it's about race in a blatant way.
Romantic connection with a powerful man who is the female lead's "equal" (but always more powerful than her either outright through power like a title, physically or via age gap) is proximity to masculinity in the way that White Women™ tend to grasp for.
If there are other powerful men, either the lead or her romantic partner will emasculate him via a show of power.
In the same way, older women with power will be rejected by the male lead and be in direct opposition to the younger, prettier and more powerful woman.
Take Danika for instance. Immediately, to show her power, we are introduced to her mother, a powerful older woman, in a negative light. We are then told that Danika's grandfather, a powerful man, gave Danika the sword he promised her mother on Danika's eighteenth birthday. Putting her in direct opposition with and elevating her above her mother in proximity to magic and masculinity.
No doubt Bryce will have a powerful father and brother (if sjm likes Bryce more than she likes her brother) but surpass them to be "equal" with her male lead who might be magically weaker but will probably be physically more powerful and much older
Its a pick-me fantasy mind map
Anyways
It's important to remember sjm used Breonna Taylor's death to promote acosf, she went on "birthright" trip to Israel and loved it. She has also heavily borrowed from fellow female ya authors she used to call friends. She apparently rolled her eyes at fans who asked about Malide being a ship. Her writing reflects her.
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