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okayto · 4 years

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Murderbot Reference: Character Descriptions Part 1

So, characters and things in Murderbot stories don’t get a lot of physical description, which is very cool, but out of curiosity I went through all 5 books and tried to note every time a character gets a description (body or clothing).

I also ended up making some non-visual notes, such as the names of Mensah’s marital partners and Amena’s age. Basically, the things I’d want to remember about a character if I was writing or drawing them. Therefore, beware of spoilers.

This got long so it’s under a cut, and I’ve split it into 3 posts. This post contains:

Mensah

Gurathin

Pin-Lee

Ratthi

Arada

Overse, Bharadwaj, Volescu

Wilken and Gerth

Miki & Human-Form Bots

Don Abene

Combat Bot

Amena

Thiago

Other posts: Part 2; Part 3

Mensah

· “She had dark brown skin and lighter brown hair cut very short and I’m guessing she wasn’t young or she wouldn’t be in charge.”

· Looks tired and sleep-deprived during pre-abduction interviews; more creases at corner of eyes after rescue

· Clothing: During rescue, wears a long caftan over pants (long enough to hold it up while running), “looked more rumpled and creased than they should, but not enough to draw attention.” One shoe falls off during run, she can toe out of the other one.

· Very good at controlling herself, can look physically relaxed during all this.

· Height: comes up to about MB’s shoulder. MB has to “look down” to meet her eyes directly.

· Feed interface is implanted as a fail-safe for emergencies, but is not augmented.

· One child “looked like a miniature version of Mensah;” family has 7 children total

· Two marital partners: Farai and Tano. Farai uses she/her and seems comfortable with Murderbot.

· Has at least one brother (who married Thiago), see next point

· Lives outside the capital city with two marital partners, plus her sister and brother and their three marital partners, “and a bunch of relatives and kids who Ratthi had lost count of”

· Is “second mother” in family

Gurathin

· Has “a small, quiet smile, and they all [PreservationAux survey members] seemed to like him.”

· Augmented human, specifically gives him some information storage (similar to MB), internal augment. Carries a specialized toolkit.

· Shorter than MB, who puts its arm on his shoulder to run after injury.

Pin-Lee

· During Exit Strategy when meeting MB, is wearing a jacket and carrying the key for Mensah’s implant.

· Wears feed interface in ear

· Take medication (unspecified, but had it with her during ES)

· Has past experience in habitat and shelter construction

Ratthi

· At end of ASR, is there to meet MB when it comes out of cubicle after Mensah purchases it. “He was wearing regular civilian station clothes, but with the soft gray jacket with the PreservationAux survey logo.”

· Shorter than MB, who puts its arm on his shoulder to run after injury.

· Carries a lucky spare interface

· Is a biologist

· No physical description (besides being shorter than MB), but according to Word of God on her Dreamwidth blog (no links or Tumblr will hide this post from the tags): “Ratthi is super hot. We're talking Sendhil Ramamurthy levels of hot.”

· The closest physical description in text we get is being used as a comparison: “Iris was small, shorter and slimmer than Ratthi, not much bigger than Amena.“

· Doesn’t seem to have a partner, but according to MB, has a lot of relationships with all genders of humans and augmented humans, and he and they all seemed very happy about it.

Arada

· “Arada has a lot of expressions, even for a human.”

· Short hair (singed in NE after whatever happened in the wormhole)

· Has light gold-brown skin “and you could really tell all the blood had drained out of her face” when frightened.

Overse, Bharadwaj & Volescu

· Overse uses she/her, Arada’s marital partner. Is certified as a field medic

· Bharadwaj uses she/her

· Volescu uses he/him; in a 4-way marriage

Wilken and Gerth

· Both she/her. Both augmented humans, carrying traveling packs and a couple cases MB recognizes as combat gear, including armor and weapons

· Have worked for GrayCris before, know enough about it to keep blackmail material on hand

· “From the shapes, the cases held weapons, ammo, and a couple of high-end sets of self-adjusting armor, the kind I’d only seen in the media.”

· Armor has energy weapons built into forearms. Faceplate and helmet. With no comm or feed, can hear but voices sound like they’re farther away. When armor powers down, automatically opens vents to allow air circulation so person doesn’t suffocate or get heat exhaustion.

Miki/Human-Form Bots

· No cloned human tissue, just a bare metal bot-body that can pick up heavy things (but not as good as specialized hauler or other cargo bot, according to MB). Big, globe-like eyes. Eyes are dark and opaque surface. Can extend a secondary clamp from chest and used to hold emergency kit while using its hand to treat MB.

· Cameras and sensory inputs are in head; its processor, memory and other things that make it Miki are in the chest/torso

· Strong enough to pin Wilken’s wrist to wall and stand firm while Wilken pushes.

· Human-form bots often used to portray “evil rogue SecUnits who menaced the main characters” in entertainment media, so humans who had never worked with SecUnits expected them to look like human-form bots, not SUs.

· Not popular in corporation territory (according to MB) because they’re more general-purpose and not as good at specific tasks as dedicated bots, and “with the feed available their data storage and processing ability isn’t that exciting.”

Don Abene

· Warm brown skin lined at the corners of mouth and eyes, long dark hair has strands of white. MB can’t guess age.

· Hair is loose after helmet taken off, long enough to need brushing away to check neck, and Wilken grabbed it.

· After helmet removed during fight, has a mark on neck where helmet rim pressed in.

Combat Bot (not Combat SecUnit)

· (Combat SecUnit note: they probably don’t look super different from regular SecUnits, at least if you’re not super close, because MB didn’t realize one SU in the Exit Strategy dock fight was a Combat SU until it was able to counter MB’s hacks; MB didn’t recognize it as a CSU on sight)

· Anyway: combat bots, separate things from CSUs

· Combat bots are close in shape to human-form bot, but 3 meters (~10 feet) tall, has multiple weapon ports in chest and back, four arms with multiple hand mods for cutting, slicing, delivering energy bursts, etc.

· Faster, stronger, and more heavily armed than a SecUnit, and a “not very endearing personality” according to MB.

· Camera and scanners in head, processing and memory in lower abdomen for protection

· Can deliver pulse through skin to cause SecUnit pain sensors to max out, and another pulse meant to fry SecUnit armor and explosive weapons.

· Grabbed SecUnit by head and shoulder with one hand; MB feels “shift in the metal that mean something sharp was about to come out of its hand.”

Amena

· Shorter than MB (“stares up” at it)

· Smaller than Iris [see part 2 for Iris] and Ratthi

· Has to tie hair up in order to put on EVAC suit

· Just under Preservation’s legal adult age

· Oldest of the family’s 7 children

Thiago

· Mensah’s brother-in-law, married to Mensah’s brother; Amena’s uncle

· Brown skin

#Murderbot #Murderbot Diaries #Network Effect #Martha Wells #Reference

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mayiotome · 3 years

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XOXO Droplets [Free to Play/ ext. ver:$19.99]

My Rating: 💗💗💗💗 ▪️

itch.io game page

Producer: GBPatch

Release Date: Aug 31, 2017 (Updated: Mar 20, 2020)

Languages: English

Genre(s): Stat Management, Romance, Slice of Life,

Download size: 279 MB (W/L) 261 MB (M)

Content Warnings: Swearing but it’s censored anyways.

Advertised length: not listed in hours but the completed game is 320,00 words while the free version is 130,00+

My Play Length: a few (3-4) hours to complete all routes (using cheats after the first one and skipping all seen lines).

Steam Key: YES

Achievements: YES

Demo Available: Technically there’s a free version that’s about half the game.

(There is also a horror version of this game I’ll be reviewing in the future.)

Description/Features from game page:

“The story begins when our nameable protagonist finally transfers into the boarding school of her dreams at the start of her junior year in high school. It would be perfect if it wasn't for that little catch attached to her enrollment: her parents will only let her keep attending the school for her remaining two years if she doesn't make everyone there hate her by shunning them, like she always does.

Do your best to show just enough interest in the other losers around to appease the folks while still having time to chase after all the attractive guys in the MC's afterschool group, which just so happens to be a group for chronically unfriendable people.

★★★★★★★

No, seriously folks. When we say the protagonist and main love interests are a big ol' jerk squad it's not a mistake and it's not an understatement.”

Default Game

3 distinct jerky main boyfriend options: Everett Gray, Nate Lawson, and Shiloh Fields

6 side characters who'll be your buddies and 6 minor clique boyfriend options, each with a bonus effect that makes the game easier

Partial Voice acting for every significant character by a talented cast

The option to break up with your bf and start dating someone else, if you feel like it

A variety of methods to manage your Reputation with the unimportant students

Part-time jobs, stores to visit, useful items, optional mini-games, an in-game phone to call a guy up and arrange a date at one of several different locations

Over 130,00 words. Hundreds of different events, including a collage-style ending system where you get events for every goal you achieved during the game

Cheat codes for those who don't give a f*ck about gameplay and just wanna see the events

Paid Extended Addition

3 more main jerk boyfriend options: Bae Pyoun, Jeremy King, and Pran Taylor

2 sweet but not-terribly-bright side boyfriend options: Kam Sung and Adrian Wulu

Yet 1 more boyfriend option in the flirtations party boy Lucas Kaiser (New Addition!)

4 Extra Date Events for Everett, Nate, and Shiloh

The ability to unlock all 4 CGs and 12 outfits for Everett, Nate, and Shiloh, rather than just 3 and 10

50 more Random Events, 45 more Text Chats, 24 more Part-Time Work Events

320,000 words in total

An accessory system that lets you decorate the main character with a variety of pieces, plus small events where characters comment on the accessories you wear

The option to change the background of your cellphone to one of 12 different options

Even better cheat codes

My Review:

This game is half stat manager, you have to “work” to get money, choose where you sit at lunch to raise your popularity with different cliques, etc.

The story isn’t all that long if you use cheats but if you do use cheats you can’t get certain achievements.

The free version only lets you date 3 out of the main 6 guys (The paid extra version gives you those 3 + 3 others that are more side characters but they have their own scenes too, though not many).

It’s not too long or that story rich compared to other games I’ve played. The gameplay isn’t too hard or difficult to figure out.

You can pick the first and last name of the protag but not her looks.

Story/Writing

The story isn’t that long or complex, you have an ultimate end date. Extra scenes take place at the jobs you do every few times you do them. Each job is connected to a character (and school clique) with a few scenes. There are 1-3 date scenes per date location per guy. On certain (calendar) dates certain events happen, depending on who you’re dating certain dialogue will change but it’s not too big of a change (maybe like 3-5 extra or changed lines).

Most of the game is just slight dialogue changes depending on who you want to romance/who you’re dating and a few original scenes per character.

Characters

So yeah, they’re not lying when they say that the characters are jerks. Kinda loveable jerks after a while but yeah, none of the guys actually want to date the protag but she kinda just says “Hey we’re dating now” or “Hey we’re going on a date tomorrow” and they just go with it albeit reluctantly but she grows on them for the most part.

There are 3 side characters you can date too, for achievements and I think 6 others for smaller perks for the game but no actual game-play involving them and it takes a long time to be able to actually date them as you need to meet certain requirements.

The 3 side characters are only with the paid version but they don’t go to the school the protag goes to so there’s less scenes of them really.

Visuals

The style of the stat raising menu/Weekend Planner is cute, the CGs are drawn in a cute drawing style and the rest are classic looking backgrounds that match the character styles.

The protag has a little portrait in the bottom corner where her facial expression change. With the paid version you can buy her accessories and they show up on her in game (some also trigger random events for each guy, 2 per guy as there are 2 versions for each of those items).

Sound

It is semi-voiced meaning there’s sigh sounds, growls of annoyance, a few lines here and there are voiced, they each have a set of “catchphrases” like the protag will go “Boo” when she is unhappy or a little laugh sound, Nate saying “this is absurd” when he’s annoyed or “You can’t be serious!” Sometimes they say the first or first few words of a sentence.

Stat Raising (Gameplay)

It’s not too hard to keep the stats (clique popularity) even/balanced so you don’t fail the game. It’s easy to earn money via the jobs, if you have a set guy you want then keep doing the job associated with him (where he also works) to raise his stat with you, get scenes at that location and earn more money the more you progress that job. (There’s no mini game for the jobs just occasional scenes.)

Using cheats the stat gameplay goes by fairly quickly and with no possibility of failing. You can get through each route quicker this way but there’s no way to skip the actual weekend planner part (which is good because you can go on dates or the store still.)

My strategy is to use a cheat to raise clique levels to the max, to get money, and buy a bunch of taffy (which skips the weekday choice pages and lets you quickly get to new story events.) that way I can just skip over the mostly tedious parts of the gameplay.

Worth the Price?: In my opinion, yes. You get a lot more content, unlock the other 3 guys, outfits, cheats more, date options, etc. (See above) and clearly time and effort went into this game. There’s no bugs, the VA is decent however limited. I’m sure some people might thing it’s a bit expensive but you have to remember you’re supporting a creator and not some big game cooperation.

Conclusion aka TL;DR

It’s not your traditional guys quickly fall for the protag story as none of the guys actually want to date her when they start dating. All the characters are jerks (So much so that they’re all in a club cause no one else wants them in theirs) but they do grow on you after a while. There’s no way to really skip the stat raising part of the game but it’s also not that hard to keep everything balanced and there’s always cheat codes.

I ended up getting the extra version (meaning paying for the rest of the game) because I wanted to romance Jeremy and Pran (Green and white haired ones).

My Rating:

Story: 7/10 (would score higher if the routes were more different.)

Characters: 9/10 (They’re jerks but they’re meant to be. This isn’t really a game where the characters will compliment yours and make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside but they’re well done.

Visuals: 10/10

Sound: 10/10

Gameplay: 9/10 (sometimes you just wanna skip all the stat stuff and just read the story. there are cheats in that case but you still need to actually click through the weekend stuff and keep skipping days until you get to the next event day). You can’t simply roll back on the mouse wheel to change a choice or rehear a line, it’ll bring up the log page where you can click any line that has sound to hear it or read what was said.)

Overall - 💗💗💗💗 ▪️

#otome review #otome game #xoxo droplets #gbpatch

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hiyo-silver · 6 years

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Flower Doodles

chapter two of the dads au! part one is right here!

this one is a bit angsty but aaaa

it’s also on ao3 here!

Eddie fumbles with his keys, finally poking them into the keyhole and opening the front door, around 8 o’clock. “Is it cheesy to say ‘honey I’m home?’ even though we’ve been married for six years?” he calls out, expecting them to be in the playroom. He walks in and hangs up his coat on the hook, Bill’s was not hung.

He walks into living room, spotting Bill on the couch, fast asleep, a tiara on his head, obviously he’d been playing some sort of game with Quinn. She, on the other hand, was kneeling in front of him on the couch, drawing flowers on his face with a washable marker.

Eddie walks over, wanting to chuckle at the situation. He kneels in front of the couch where Quinn is, “Hey sweetheart, papa’s face isn’t a canvas,” he says with a small smile, “Can you get the wet wipes so we can clean this up?”

Eddie studies Bill’s face, who looks exhausted, his nose looks a little red and raw, and it makes Eddie frown. “Hey, Billy, you up?” he says softly, tapping his face lightly to get his attention.

Bill hardly stirs, turning his back to Eddie and hiding his face in the back of the couch. Eddie frowns again, rubbing circles on Bill’s back gently. “Baby, I don’t know how long you’ve been asleep but you’ve gotta get up, honey,” he says softly. He carefully takes the tiara off Bill’s head, it looked tight enough to hurt. He notices that Bill is still in his coat, the house wasn’t too cold so he must be overheating.

Quinn comes back with the package of wet wipes, they were easy to find on the shelf in the bathroom. She hands them to Eddie, giving him the puppy-eyed expression. “I’m sorry, daddy,” she says softly, seeing Eddie’s frown and assuming he was upset with her.

“No- no sweetheart it’s fine, I think your papa is just a little sick, I think, you wanna go back to your room?” he asks, taking the package and pulling out a wipe for Bill’s face.

“Is papa okay?” she asks, staying put, if not moving even closer to Bill.

“Yeah I think he’s just got a cold, I just wanna clean this up and have him at least drink some water.”

“Mkay,” she says calmly, “When you’re done will you play with me?” she asks, offering another puppy-dog-eyed face.

“Yeah I’ll be there soon, sweetheart,” he promises, coaxing Bill into turning towards him again.

She finally leaves the two, scampering off to her room to play with her dollhouse or something. Leaving Eddie to play nurse. Even though that’s his literal career, he feels that he has to do it for his husband far too often. He really needs to take care of himself better. He frowns again.

Eddie gives up on trying to get Bill up, just gently rubbing the flowery scribbled design off his cheeks. It takes him quite a while to get them all off, “Bill, c’mon, you gotta eat dinner, did you or Quinn eat yet?” Eddie looks over at the clock, 8:26.

Bill opens his eyes blearily, putting his hand out to Eddie, who doesn’t accept it. “Mmm no ‘mb sorry,” he slurs out, putting his hands on his face out of shame, he felt like he messed up big time by forgetting to have the two of them eat.

“Hey- hey no baby it’s okay, I know you don’t cook, you obviously aren’t feeling great, I’ll be right back, mkay?” Eddie says softly but quickly, not wanting his husband to feel bad for something that wasn’t his fault, schools really are germ factories.

Bill pushes himself into a sitting position on the couch, fumbling to unzip his jacket, which Eddie does for him instead, “You too hot?” Eddie asks as he helps the disoriented man get his coat off.

Bill shakes his head, “not too bad, my jacket just makes weird noises when I move,” Bill murmurs, getting up to hang it up on his hook.

Eddie frowns at the sound of his voice, “Have you been feeling bad all day, baby?” it sounded settled in his sinuses which probably wasn’t comfortable. Bill sits back down on the couch and pulls the throw blanket over his shoulders.

“Mmm only a little,” he still speaks softly, curling up a little on the couch, looking small, which was always concerning to Eddie.

“Bill… you should call me if you aren’t feeling well, I think you have a fever, you should have come home,” Eddie said in a disappointed voice. He hates having to be like this, he is Bill’s husband, not his nurse who should be nagging him all day about his choices.

“‘Mb sorry, Eddie,” Bill tucks his head away in his knees, he’s always most emotional when he doesn’t feel his best.

Suddenly, Quinn comes back in quietly, basically sneaking behind Eddie, he jumps when she speaks. “Papa, you’re awake!” she says with a smile, clamoring to sit next to him on the couch and pushing a fuzzy pink blanket in his lap. “Daddy said you were cold so I brought you a blankie because he was taking too long to make you warm enough to play with me,” she explains, which brings a small smile to Bill’s face.

“Ndo,” Bill cringes at the sound of his own voice, “A little cold but I’m just a little sick, Like two months ago, remember, daddy made you be quiet because he wanted me to sleep,” Bill explains, he was always better at explaining things to little kids than Eddie was.

“OH, I’m sorry papa,” Quinn says, in a smaller tone, trying to be quieter since he had brought it up.

“I’m gonna make some food,” Eddie says, giving Bill a sympathetic look, he wishes Quinn wouldn’t cuddle so close to him, she was going to get his germs and then she’d be sick too- and he just didn’t want that. “Quinnie, you wanna help?” he asks, trying to pull her away.

She nods excitedly, she loves helping in the kitchen.

“We’re going to make canned soup for dinner again,” he tells her as they go to the kitchen and both thoroughly wash their hands. He gets out the cans and lets her set them in the automatic can opener. She giggles the entire time, she likes to feel like she’s helping too, and Eddie didn’t let her often. He was just desperate now.

They put the food in bowls and put them at the table with three glasses of water. Eddie walks back to the living room to find Bill wrapped in both the blankets now and made a note to grab the thermometer after they ate. He shakes Bill’s shoulder again to wake him back up, “Billy, I’m sorry you’re so exhausted but please come eat something,” he says a little desperately.

Bill easily agrees, just wanting to properly get to bed soon as possible. He keeps the knit blanket from the couch over his shoulders as he drags his feet to his spot at the kitchen table. He swirls his spoon around in his bowl a little, taking some small sips of the broth.

Eddie watches him with pity, seeing him wince at swallowing and needing to be careful so that he could breathe through his mouth when he needed to. Bill puts his spoon down when he’s finished most of it, “shower?” he asks, wanting to take another steamy one to clear his sinuses again before bed.

“Yeah, of course, I’ll do the dishes and get Quinn in bed, I’ll read her Peter Rabbit, it’s been a while, and you shower and get some warm pajamas on, I’ll get the Vicks out too.”

“I still wanna do storytime,” Bill says strongly, “Makes me happy,” he says tiredly. He cringes at the mention of the Vicks, he’s never been a fan of it, he’s too familiar with it.

“Of course, baby,” Eddie nods, surprised that he is so specific about it, although he should have known.

“Yeah, papa has to tell the story,” Quinn says surely, even as Bill gets up and shuffles to the bathroom.

Eddie agrees, finally asking Quinn about her day with the Hanscoms as he does the dishes. When she’s finally done talking about all the games they played and the stories they exchanged, Eddie suggests that she goes back to her room to wait for he and Bill to be ready.

Bill comes out of the bathroom feeling a little better and a little more awake. He has on a baggy and long sleeved shirt, one that’s relatively old and gross but it makes him comfortable. He had pulled on some navy flannel pajama pants.

Eddie studies his dark circles and angry pink looking nose, creasing his eyebrows in worry. He just doesn’t like when Bill gets so worn down. “Hey Billy, I set up some clean sheets on the couch for you so you’d be comfortable sleeping tonight,” he says softly.

Bill nods, this was standard procedure for when he was unwell, since Eddie may be able to be around germs, but he also still can’t get sick because work. At least Eddie made him feel loved by showering him with care besides physical affection.

They go to Quinn’s room, Bill didn’t write anything new that day either. So, he must wing it. “Once upon a time,” he clears his throat for his voice to come out clearer. “There was a beautiful little princess named Quinn, and one of her fathers, the king, wasn’t feeling well,” he starts with a small smile, finding himself clever.

Eddie just kept his same worried expression, wanting to just put Bill to bed already. He sounded congested still and he would do better with a good night’s rest and he’d probably call him out of work the next day, against the other man’s wishes.

“And he was taken care of by the other big and strong king who made him feel all better really soon so that he could kiss his daughter goodnight,” he finishes the story much quicker than usual, frowning when he realizes he should probably be more careful of spreading this to her.

Eddie kisses both of her cheeks, instead of Bill kissing one of them, “Night, princess,” he says, flicking on the nightlight before switching off the main lights.

Then he drags Bill out too, bringing him back to the living room couch and having him sit down, “Bill goddamn, you look like Rudolph, if I didn’t know better I’d think you didn’t have proper tissues in your classroom.

“Rand out this mornindg,” he says through the congestion, looking down at the ground.

“Mmm baby, I’m gonna get you more, I think we have some in the linen closet, I’ll be back.” Eddie gets up quickly, ruffling Bill’s hair and walking to the hall closet where he kept most of what he’d need.

He gets out the unopened box of tissues along with the thermometer, Vicks, and a cold and flu medicine before kneeling in front of Bill on the couch again. “I’m gonna fix you right up, don’t worry, baby,” he says softly, rubbing Bill’s shoulder gently.

“I know, Eddie, I trust you,” he says tiredly, leaning into the boy’s touch.

Eddie pulls the wastebasket nearer to the couch, unwrapping the tissue box and throwing the trash away, handing the box to Bill since he’d need it that night. He gestures for Bill to take off his socks, rubbing the Vicks into his feet, massaging his feet a little longer than he needed to to be more comforting once he sees Bill relaxing more as he does. He pops two pills out of the package and hands them to Bill with a glass of orange juice. “Okay one last thing, lemme take your temperature.”

He pops the thermometer in Bill’s compliant mouth, it’s gotten easier to do this over the years. Bill has slowly gotten easier on him about getting taken care of. While he waits for it to beep, Eddie swipes some more Vicks under Bill’s nose and walks behind him to rub his shoulders, grabbing it from his mouth as soon as it beeps, before Bill can even grab it himself. “100.4, not too bad, you’ll be alright, but I do want you staying home from school tomorrow,” he lets him know, although it wouldn’t be a choice.

“Mkay, as long as I can get a sub,” he says quietly. He lays down and Eddie lays the blanket over him, running his hands through his still damp hair.

“I’ll help if you need, you just sleep. You’ll be okay for the night?” Eddie asks, continuing to rub his hair carefully.

“Yeah, I just am annoyed that I can’t sneeze,” Bill mumbles, cuddling himself into the couch.

“Lemme help,” Eddie chuckles, booping Bill’s nose ever so lightly and pulling his hand back when Bill wrinkles his nose and buries his face into his elbow to sneeze. “Bless you. Mmm yikes, baby, that sounds like it hurts,” Eddie says softly.

“Only a little,” Bill replies, closing his eyes, at least he was comfortable now.

“Goodnight, I love you, I’ll be checking on you tomorrow before I leave for work, so I’m sorry that I’ll be waking you around six, I’m just paranoid, and you’d be up by then anyways if you were going to work, and I’ll get Quinn to Bev’s tomorrow morning like usually,” he rambles on, trying to calm himself by talking out loud.

“Eddie-” Bill interrupts softly, “It’s gonna be fine,” he says, looking up at Eddie assuredly.

Eddie nods and goes over to turn the lights off, “You can take more nyquil if you need it, I know the dose isn’t that many, but another capsule shouldn’t have long term damage if you really need it to be comfortable enough to sleep. Eddie turns on the t.v., putting on Cartoon Network, for some reason Bill still always watches cartoons to fall asleep when he doesn’t feel well, although Eddie does find it adorable. “Sleep well, baby, I hope you wake up feeling better tomorrow.

Bill nods and hums happily, snuggling into the couch and blowing Eddie a kiss, “I love you,” he murmurs out, although it comes out more like “I wuv you,” due to the lack of enunciation.

A few hours later Bill shoots up into a sitting position, his face wet with tears and sweat, still choking out a panicked sob even in his conscious state. He puts his face in his hands and tries to calm himself, but he’d awoken from a nightmare. He wasn’t on his PTSD medication anymore. It didn’t usually affect him anymore. Sometimes though, it came back with fever dreams. He felt himself reimagining Georgie’s death over and over in his head. He feels like he can’t breathe. Just like when Pennywise had me in a chokehold. He chokes out another sob, forcing himself to stand up and shuffle to he and Eddie’s room with the blanket still around his shoulders, a mess of coughing and hyperventilating and crying as he opens the door.

“E-Eddie,” he pauses to try to catch his breath, coughing roughly into the blanket.

“Bill?” Eddie wakes up slowly at first and then sits up quickly and is at Bill’s side in seconds. “Baby, baby, what’s wrong?” he coos softly and ushers Bill over to the bed, having him sit and rubbing his back.

“Dr-dr-druh-dreams, G-g-g-g-georgie,” Bill fumbles the words out and leans into Eddie with almost all his weight. Eddie holds him close, pulling him between his legs and rubbing his back with one hand and his hair with the other.

“Sweetheart, it’s just the fever, baby you didn’t do anything wrong,” Eddie murmurs to him softly, trying to be comforting to him because it was distressing to see him in this stage of a panic attack.

Bill coughs again, the hyperventilating wasn’t doing his clogged chest any good. He starts to regulate his breathing and calm into Eddie. “‘M s-suh-suh-suh-sorry, cuh-cuh-can you tuck muh-me in again? Buh-buh-but first cuh-can we check on Qui-Qui-Qui-Quinn, I’m sc-scuh-scuh-ared,” he breathes out.

“Billy baby, sleep here for the rest of tonight, I don’t want you alone like this,” Eddie says worriedly, pressing the back of his hand to Bill’s neck, “You’re burning up, baby,” he fingers the sweaty short hairs at the back of Bill’s neck.

“Stay here, I’m getting the ibuprofen,” Eddie says, pushing Bill onto the bed.

Eddie gets the bottle of fever reducers and rustles around for a washcloth to get damp with cool water. Quinn shuffles out of her room, her teddy bear in her grip, “Is papa alright?” she asks, having heard the chaos.

“He’s just not feeling well, he had a bad dream,” Eddie finds a soft cloth and brings it to the sink and turns the water to cold, running it over the cloth and wringing it out before deciding it’s good enough to bring back to Bill.

“Can I help?” she asks softly, rubbing her eyes.

Eddie looks down, considering it. Maybe it would help Bill calm down if she were there for at least a few minutes, and that’s all he’s about right now. He just wants Bill to feel better. “Alright honey, just for a while, you really need sleep too, so he doesn’t get you sick.”

He brings the things back to the bedroom, grabbing the tissue box and wastebasket on his way back to the bedroom. “Hey Billy, Quinn was worried,” he says as he makes Bill sit up again, putting the cool cloth on the back of Bill’s neck.

Bill shivers at the sudden coolness but finds comfort in it eventually. “Qui-qui-qui-quinnie the pooh,” he smiles, putting his arms out for a hug. She crawls into his lap, a little confused by the sound of his words.

“Papa you sound like a frog,” she giggles lightly.

“Mhm, I knuh-know,” he croaks out in his hoarser voice.

“You need sleep, papa,” she says softly. “I gotta go back to bed.” She starts to get up, and Eddie is glad to notice that he already seems a little calmer.

“I pruh-pruh-promise I’ll get some rest. Tea p-puh-party redo tomorrow?” he asks tiredly, cuddling up to Eddie.

“Mhm,” she says, already on her way back to her bed, yawning. She’s always been pretty independant, which was good in this situation.

Bill lays back on Eddie, relishing in the comfort of the cool cloth and gratefully taking the bottle of pills, swallowing three with the water on the bedside table. Eddie lays back, Bill immediately crawling on top of him. Bill was basically entirely on him, his legs straddling his hips and his head on his chest. The rise and fall of Eddie’s breathing slowly calmed him the rest of the way.

“Thank you, Eddie,” he says softly, “‘M sorry for being so needy,” he mumbles.

“No, sweetheart, you’re fine, I shouldn’t have left you out in the living room alone, I know a lot of your triggers have been around and I should have known it would be really bad soon,” Eddie says softly, running his fingers through Bill’s hair lightly.

“I can’t lose you two,” Bill murmurs as he slowly starts to drift to sleep again. Bill’s stuffed up snores fill the air again soon after and Eddie feels a twinge of guilt in his chest.

I really can’t just keep hurting him because of my own phobias. I know my mom sucked, but his parents were the opposite, I can’t help but feel like them. Eddie almost starts crying at the realization. Eddie has trouble sleeping due to the intense smell of Vicks right in his face. He falls asleep with his hands tangled in Bill’s hair, Quinn walks back in with her blanket and he teddy, cuddling up to Eddie’s side, never one to pass up sleeping in her dad’s bed.

As promised, Eddie is up by six in the morning to shower, squirming gently out from under Bill to get ready for another day of work. He showers quickly and comes back to the bedroom to get dressed and then wake Quinn. He’s mindful of the fact that Bill’s nose is still running in his sleep, which sends a shiver down his spine as he tries to clean his face up with a tissue.

He shakes the small blonde one until she wakes up fully, attached to her papa’s warm body. “Morning, Quinnie,” he says softly, picking her up to take to her room to get her in clothes for the day. He gets her dressed and makes her a quick piece of peanut butter and banana toast, at least healthier than yesterday’s meal.

“Thank you, daddy,” she says, eating her toast slowly as she grabs her coat for when they leave.

Eddie texts Beverly asking if Quinn could stay until eight that day, not wanting to leave his ailing husband with her for two hyper hours before Eddie could be home. She says it’s fine, sending Bill her well wishes.

Eddie hears a pained squeak from the bedroom, quickly walking over and peaking in, Bill had curled up under the blankets in a tight ball. He’d stifled back a sneeze in hopes he could stay silent and not have Eddie worry about him at all before work.

“Billy, you know that can burst your eardrums,” he hums in a tone of disappointment.

Bill peeks just his eyes out from under the covers, embarrassed to have been caught. “‘M sorry, didn’t wanna bother you too much before work,” he says, sitting up and rubbing his eyes to alleviate some pressure in his sinuses that had ignited a headache.

“It’s fine, Bill, as long as you’re up I’m gonna have you take some medicine, alright?” he says, although Bill can tell the question isn’t really a question. “Mike is coming over later, wanted to make you something to eat, since you don’t seem to do that much when I’m not here but food is important for healing.”

Bill just nods, “I’ll be fine today, Eddie, no more panic attacks, I promise.”

Eddie frowns a little, “I just feel guilty leaving you again,” he sighs, walking over and kissing Bill’s temple. “You’re still warm, what if your fever spikes again?” Eddie asks softly, about two seconds away from calling into work sick. He never missed work, he never got sick himself, he decides that he may as well use it for Bill.

Bill turns to the side opposite of Eddie to cough into his elbow, sighing and laying back.

“That’s it- I’m calling in to work to take care of you,” Eddie says, pulling out his phone and leaving no room for argument. Bill whines and looks over at him.

“Babe, I don’t want you missing work because my students are actually germ factories,” he mumbles, turning to lay on his stomach and cuddle his pillow.

“No, I wanna stay and make sure you’re alright,” Eddie says, gaining more confidence every time he repeats himself.

Eddie was in his sweatpants and a tee-shirt already, seeing as he had to change into scrubs when he got to work anyways. He crawls back into bed next to his husband and cuddling up to him, “I’m staying right here.”

Then, Quinn pulls off her coat and climbs in next to them again, “Me too?” she asks softly.

“Oh shit, yeah I gotta text Bev,” Eddie says in a hushed voice, pulling out his phone to let her know.

“Eddie, language,” Bill says softly, curling up with his face in Eddie’s chest.

“Yeah, yeah, yeah,” Eddie says distractedly, typing away on his phone. She responds quickly, only a little frustrated with the sudden change in plans, but she understands.

“How about I fill you with medicine again and then you take a nap, how does that sound?” Eddie asks softly, playing with Bill’s hair gently.

Bill cuddles closer to the other for a moment before releasing his tight grip on Eddie’s waist. “Mkay, as long as you come back,” he says softly, letting Eddie wriggle out of his place in bed again.

Quinn pulls herself closer to her dad, snuggling into his chest, “I miss you when you go to work, papa,” She says softly.

Bill feels guilty when he hears this, although he knows he can’t help it. “I’m sorry, I’m home now,” he replies softly.

They lay quietly until Eddie comes back with a small bottle of cough syrup and some Dayquil pills. “Here, sit up and take these, I’ve got tea for you too,” he says softly, pulling Quinn off of him gently and pulling him into a sitting position.

“You’re the best,” Bill hums, taking the small cup of red liquid and knocking it back, and then swallowing the pills easily. Eddie hands him the mug of tea, which he sips carefully before laying back down. “I’m still sorry, but hold me?” he asks softly, putting his arms out, beckoning Eddie to lay beside him.

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Home prices could cool when the Fed tapers its bond-buying program. But a crisis? Unlikely.

U.S. home prices have been rising at a record annual pace in recent months, fueled in part by historically cheap credit, the absence of properties for sale, and the scramble by households for more space as families have fled to the suburbs during the pandemic.

Can the good times last when the Federal Reserve finally cuts back on buying mortgage and Treasury bonds? Here’s how mortgage rates and a less gargantuan central bank footprint could impact the heated U.S. housing market.

“The Fed is certainly talking and thinking about it,” said Kathy Jones, chief fixed income strategist at the Schwab Center for Financial Research, on the subject of how the Federal Reserve could scale back the central bank’s $120 billion a month bond-buying program.

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The central bank has maintained a large footprint in the mortgage market for more than a decade, but the worsening affordability crisis in the U.S. housing market led Fed officials to walk a tightrope recently when trying to explain its ongoing large-scale asset purchases during the pandemic recovery.

Fed officials in recent weeks have expressed a fair bit of disagreement around the timing and pace of any scaling back of its large-scale asset purchases.

St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said Friday the central bank should start to slow down its bond purchases this fall and finish by March, saying he thought financial markets “are very well prepared” for the reduction in purchases.

During a midweek press briefing, Chairman Jerome Powell said tapering likely would start with agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and Treasury bonds at the same time, but also “the idea of reducing” mortgage exposure “at a somewhat faster pace does have some traction with some people”.

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As of July 29, the Fed was holding about 31% of the roughly $7.8 trillion agency MBS market, or housing bonds with government backing.

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It may now seem like a distant memory, but before the pandemic upheaval, that was precisely what the Fed was trying to do.

“Who would have thought,” said Paul Jablansky, head of fixed income at Guardian Life Insurance, that the U.S. would be in the midst of “one of the frothiest housing markets in history,” following last year’s extreme pandemic shutdowns that closed businesses, workplaces and national borders.

“Occasionally people ask, are we at the peak?” said Jablansky, a 30-year veteran of the mortgage, and asset-backed and broader bond market. “We are outside the balance of our experience, so it’s very difficult to say we are at the peak,” he told MarketWatch.

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“So far, we haven’t changed that,” Jones told MarketWatch.

While the Fed doesn’t set long-term interest rates, its mass buying of Treasurys aims to keep a lid on borrowing costs. Treasury yields also inform the interest rate component of 30-year fixed-rate mortgages. So perhaps, scaling back both at once makes sense, Jones said.

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“What we need to remember,” Jablansky said, is that markets sold off in anticipation of tapering, not the actual pull back in asset purchases. “Later in the year, the period [former Fed Chair Ben] Bernanke was talking about, the Fed actually continued to buy assets, and the amount of accommodation it provided to the economy actually went up.”

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“It’s very difficult to draw a lot of conclusions from that real short period,” Jablansky said. “For us, the conclusion is that 2013 may be instructive, but the circumstances are really different.”

See: Why the Fed’s balance sheet is expected to top $9 trillion after it starts reducing its monthly asset purchases

The message from Powell consistently has been about preserving “maximum flexibility, but to go very slowly,” said George Catrambone, head of Americas trading at asset manager DWS Group.

Catrambone thinks that may be the right strategy, given the uncertain outlook on inflation, evidenced by, the recent spike in the cost of living, but also because of how significantly many of our lives have changed because of the pandemic.

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Extreme wildfires, drought and other shocks of climate change have been tied to $30 billion in property losses in the first half of 2021, while putting more patches of land and U.S. homes in the path of danger. While these were less frequent housing market topics in 2013, the pandemic also changed the whole notion of “what is safe” for many families.

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After touching record highs, the S&P 500 index SPX, -0.54%, Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.42% and Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, -0.71% closed Friday and the week lower, but booked monthly gains.

On the U.S. economic data front, August kicks off with manufacturing and construction spending data, followed by motor vehicles sales, ADP employment and jobless claims, but the main focus of the week will be the monthly nonfarm payrolls report on Friday.

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My Friend has been Falsely Accused of Tracing So I Will Defend Him

Okay I accidentally deleted the blog I posted this one because I’m a dumbass, so I’ll just repost it here even though I don’t use this blog anymore, but apparently I still have followers. Bless caches because I was able to get this back from google caches so I don’t have to retype everything. I added further evidence and refutes to claims that were not in my original post btw.

Anyways, I am making this post to help out my good friend @5ru9 aka Falco who has been recently accused of tracing/copy pasting other people’s / official art!

I’ve known Falco for over 3 years, and we’ve grown as artists together. Once in a while we give each other advice on art (thanks for the mech and armor advice and teaching me how you line and color!), but most of the time we just meme each other.

Anyways, a lot of people have pointed out that they’ve seen him livestream before, and he’s already posted some of his block outs and other wips as proof that he does not trace in his post here:

http://5ru9.tumblr.com/post/168277137427/hello-i-have-been-informed-about-a-callout-post

To further prove his claim with solid evidence, I shall present to you!

Times he’s asked for advice on his art, or I randomly decided to mention things I notice in his WIPs!

Exhibit A-1:

A Tenkai Knight he made up! I pointed out a few things I thought were awkward about the perspective in his WIP.

Exhibit A-2:

He started working on this way back in July and didn’t finish it until much later because he was working on several other pieces at the same time. I suggested lowering the eyebrows and drawing the eyes a bit narrower to get more of the playful expression he was aiming for. In his final piece here, you can see that Falco continued to refine the piece.

By the way! The reason he sometimes posts a lot of detailed artworks one shortly after the other is because he sometimes works on multiple pieces at once! And then finishes coloring them around the same time.

Exhibit A-3

Falco and I spent good time trying to figure out why he felt like something was wrong with his sketch! I thought maybe it was the trapezius and I decided to red line (or blue line i guess) it so it’d be easier for him to see approximately where i thought the line should go to fix it.

Exhibit A-4:

The gif-ing process turned white bg into blue… anyways! Falco showed me an early version of his Tenkai Knights OC that he eventually used in an April Fool’s joke to pass off as a new character in the series. He mastered the tenkai style enough that at first glance, people really did believe it was official! Like you had to get a good look to realize Shiyu was not really a real new character! Btw I had to go into my old twitter acc to find this…. (Edit: the gif wasn’t working bc it was too big so i had to make it smaller… and choppier and stuff to fit the mb max)

Well now that brings us into!!!

Exhibit B

Some of his old art!! (I’m so sorry falco i’ll be exposing your ancient art to ppl now)

Here you can see his progress from 2014 Tenkai fan art to early 2015! It starts looking more and more like the official art, which is what he was going for.

For reference, here’s what the character Ceylan Jones/Washizaki looks like:

I blocked out fan art by everyone except falco (which i marked) that shows up in this google search. Everything else is official art. The two fan arts by falco you see here are more recent, the angel one being from 2016 and the chicken one from 2017 (i think he also made a version with sonic instead of the chicken? lol). They’re both on his dA accounts btw! The 2017 one really looks like official art, doesn’t it? But it’s his artwork! He practiced a LOT to reach that point, and I hope the earlier arts I showed above this one are enough to convince you in his art progression! Side note: i only used images w/ceylan because 1. i’m biased because ceylan is my favorite character and 2. he drew ceylan a lot because ceylan is his favorite character Also you can see his handle change from s3iwashi to burningbraven. 5ru9 is is a pretty recent handle.

ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN IN THE TENKAI FANDOM FOR A WHILE CAN VOUCH FOR HIM!!!!!

And now for the last one,

Exhibit C

WHAT? WHO IS THIS???

This is my favorite character from a Chinese series called AOTU World! His name is Grey, or 格瑞。I commissioned Falco to draw Grey for me, and let me tell you it would be IMPOSSIBLE for him to have copied any of this. Why? Because the donghua is 3D and the manhua’s art is very inconsistent!

Let me show you the reference pictures I gave him to work with!

They’re all in my gdrive folder here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1CqwH5KS-pHX0ZqLHQpoIZBi6W-gsU_Tz

This is all official art from the manhua, except the 3D model is from the donghua. Look at how inconsistent the references are! There’s no way he could have copy and pasted or traced this! Grey doesn’t even do this particular pose anywhere. lol. I told Falco “give him a cool sword pose”. (I’m sorry for being so vague, Falco! But it turned out great!!) The style he ended up drawing in was a mixture of all of them.

Btw!! here’s the blockout and the sketch he sent me before I sent my payment for the commission!! You can see his construction in the block out!! The arm construction and leg construction is light, but it’s there. You can also see the block out below the sketch. Notice he actually fixed the leg length from block out -> sketch?

ARGUMENTS AGAINST SPECIFIC ACCUSATIONS

LOOK, thte actual drawing doesn’t even match the sprites that closely. Pay attention to the collar especially. The whole frankensteining the image and then painting over it thing is just way more effort than drawing it himself. They don’t even match that well in the overlays. Like wow it’s such a crime to try and stay on model.

WHO WOULD EVEN NEED TO TRACE A MOUTH LIKE THAT? IT’S SO EASY TO DRAW. I CAN DRAW IT PERFECTLY JUST BY LOOKING AT IT. (well i AM an animator so I also do style mimicking)

Doesn’t the fact that you have to edit the sprites to match his artwork prove that you’re just a tryhard in making up fake evidence and not a tryhard enough at art since you think it’s so impossible for people to draw characters on model?

Yes he referenced the broom and possibly the heels from this image, but your overlays for the leg and arms are disingenuous and you know it. The leg positions are different, and the overlay doesn’t even match up. Face tracing also makes no sense. You literally stretched the mouth to try and make it fit but it still doesn’t fit. Do you really think it’s that hard to draw mouths and eyes in the DR style? DR faces are really simple to emulate. Also you fool, if you follow Falco’s artwork enough, you’d realize the way he draws bodies is actually rather consistent even as he does different styles. Especially when it comes to hands. His way of drawing hands is how I recognize his art and know right away it’s his art and not official art or a trace (also his coloring style). The heels he drew are also reminiscient of how he typically draws shoes/feet. he draws them bulkier. The other art has dainty heels. At most he referenced how backside works because he’s used to drawing sneakers.

Also come on, if all you referenced from an image was a broom because you liked the style (his is also clearly drawn by himself since you can’t overlay it on the other one. like i said he mostly used the style as a reference for how-to-broom) and you referenced pieces from many other images, are you going to list every single thing you referenced? While yeah it’d be nice to, it’s a little ridiculous to expect all 5-20 references whenever they post the image. It’s a thing where, if someone asks, you’d tell them, but it’s too much to list all of it. This isn’t a 20 page thesis.

If it’s such a crime, then holy shit sue all those people who parody other people’s comics and sue everyone who dares!!! to ever draw something remotely similar to someone else. Dang.

Art doesn’t live in a vacuum.

Okay, this one is just plain stupid. You distorted the sprite to match it up with his, but what would be the point for him to distort it just to trace? Also if he traced, can you explain the rest of the fingers that are drawn nicely but clearly different from the sprite? Also the thumbs don’t even match up. His faces more downward while the sprite is facing more forward. Also explain the turned body in Falco’s sketch, then!! And the hair! OH WAIT YOU CAN’T EXPLAIN IT BY ANY OTHER WAY THAN HE DREW IT HIMSELF!!! BECAUSE NO SPRITES MATCH IT AND YOU CAN’T FIND ANY SPRITES TO DISTORT ENOUGH TO EVEN GET CLOSE TO MAKING FAKE EVIDENCE FOR IT.

By the way, the style he drew it in is closer to the drv3 than this sprite. while it’s pretty much the same style as the older games, drv3′s art is more refined than the older games. Falco’s art is also more refined as you can see. (wow not only did falco’s art improved from back when we first met; even professional artists improve. shocker. /s)

Dude what the hell? The overlays don’t even match up even ifi you tried to frankenstein them. And these are really common poses at really common angles, and once again, must every single thing we reference from be listed in the description of every place we post an image? Let me just list all 30 videos and 50 images i used as reference for one of my prints. jfc.

As for the saihara animation based on the digimon opening animation? It was pretty clear to everyone that it’s some kind of parody. Many people when making parody animations don’t mention the original video either?? It’s a fun thing for fans of the franchise to recognize the reference themselves. Yes he could have said it was the digimon opening on the description, but at least he didn’t say he thought of the idea himself? And if you talk to him about the animation, he will openly tell you it’s from digimon. And the fact that you think it’s a trace despite how much the overlays do NOT work out is practically proof that you’re just doing this maliciously and hoping that saying he traces enough with shoddy evidence will make people believe you.

ALSO PEOPLE LITERALLY TRACE ANIMATIONS TO MAKE PARODIES OF, DOWN THE STYLE WHERE ALL THEY CHANGE IS THE HAIR AND OUTFIT, AND YET SOMETHING WITH DIFFERENCES EVEN DOWN TO THE STYLE LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING YOU THINK IS A TRACE? Do you need a new pair of glasses?

I was gonna ignore this one because it was the same as a lot of the others, but you literally erased Falco’s face line so it would match the sprite, and you covered the bigger boobs Falco gave her, and totally ignored that the angle doesn’t even match properly. Like you covered parts of his sketch in your overlay just to make it look more like it matches, but if you actually fucking overlayed it correctly, even with squashing it, it won’t fit. (Also sorry to point this out Falco, but the circles on your goggle lenses are too small compared to the sprite; Maybe if you actually traced like this person claims you’re doing, they’d be perfectly like the sprite. OH BUT WAIT YOU DREW IT YOURSELF SO OF COURSE THERE’S SOME DIFFERENCES. JUST LIKE HOW EVEN THOUGH ALL YOUR OTHER WORKS ARE REALLY CLOSE TO THE STYLE AND PRETTY MUCH ON MODEL, THEY’RE NOT EXACTLY THE SAME WITH THE SPRITES! SHOCKER...!)

HOLY FUCK. I already pointed out and gave evidence that Falco started on the Nier Automata drawing waaaaaaay before he posted the actual picture. The 2 sketches are sketches! They don’t take a super long time. I busted out 10 inktobers in 1 day. (thumbnails of my artwork below)

Look I even even lined and colored 5 fairly detailed chibis in 1 day (i did the sketches earlier though. btw i hand drew the plaid on ray. it was annoying)

At the moment I have 5 wips. They’ll likely all be done around the same time. I know Falco often has multiple wips as well, and sometimes he also finishes some of them close to each other. Some artists (like my friend Fish) can pump out extremely detailed paintings in less than a day. WOW some artists can draw at a fairly fast rate. WHO KNEW? (manga artists in weekly magazines pump out 15-20 pages of manga in a week)

He’s still developing a style; he’s mostly doing style mimics of series he likes in the mean time.

At the moment he’s mostly experimenting with the drv3 style, but he was practicing p5 earlier. By the way, he DESIGNED a phantom outfit for mishima. Who the heck would he copy that from? He made it up because he loved mishima and wanted to make him part of the gang in some AU fan art. Mishima doesn’t have artwork like this for him to trace, so it should be obvious it’s his own work.

And the pokemon and crash bandicoot ones are actually not that close. The pokemon one looks like a good attempt at imitating the pokemon style, but since he hasn’t practiced it enough, you can tell it’s a little off model because, well, he drew it himself and doesn’t practice the pokemon style a lot. Same with the crash one. Had it been a trace, with his level of control over his lines (which you can’t refute), it would have been much closer.

And you act like it’s a crime to imitate others’ art style. It’s really not. What is wrong with you? Do you want to slow down animation production by only letting the character designer draw everything? Or do you want animation where the art has 0 semblance of consistency because all the artists draw in vastly different styles? lol. What do you have against artists that try to stay on model?

LOL THIS IS ONE IS SO STUPID WHERE DO I EVEN START?

Oh, I KNOW. Why don’t I do that same pose with my own hands?

IT’S A MIDDLE FINGER, YOU IDIOT.

Just because YOU don’t know basic anatomy and can’t tell a middle finger from a pinky, doesn’t mean everyone else is as incompetent as you. He wasn’t doing the rock-on hand pose (sry idk if that pose actually has a name lol), and he’s drawn the rock-on hand pose properly before.

Closing statement

I believe I covered a lot of things and provided a lot of evidence here that Falco and his other friends did not cover in his defense against the false accusations.

I even added more counter arguments in this repost because apparently my original post wasn’t enough to convince people.

Perhaps the person calling him out meant well (no, I doubt it because they made a new side blog just to diss him because they knew if they did it on their actual blog, they’d be called out for being a jerk), but they did not do enough digging to find out if their claims were true or not (and they probably know well enough that they MADE UP THEIR EVIDENCE).

If you’re going to make a call out post, please make triple sure sure of everything before you accuse people. Talk to them first. Talk to those who know them too.

Many jobs require you to be able to draw characters exactly in the style given. Animators for example! There are multiple animators working on one series, and they all need the skill to draw consistently! Some games also have teams that need to be able to draw in the same style so they don’t have to leave everything up to one person. Comic artists often have assistants that help them draw background characters, but those background characters can’t be too different from the main style either.

As for the people who believed the call out post before, it’s perfectly understandable. I am also guilty of falling for similar posts in the past. Due to that, I decided it was best to double check before retweeting (i say retweet because i use twitter far more than tumblr these days. heck i almost never post anything on this blog) things, and if i wasn’t sure, I would just leave it be.

I hope my post was able to convince you on Falco’s innocence and all his hard work. And if you already believed him but checked out this post anyways… Thanks! ObligatoryPleaseWatchAotuWorld.

And again:

Art does NOT exist in a vacuum. All artists are influenced by each other and MANY artists, especially professionals, use a lot of references, whether it be from photographers, their own pictures, others’ artwork, life, or whatever. We all use many different resources. If you’re going to say that’s wrong, you just dismissed millions of artists in the world.

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Koozarch interviews Manuel Bouzas: Un buen suceso

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KZ: You talk about the temple as the most exciting architecture spaces in history, could you expand on this notion further?

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KZ: What is for you the contemporary relevance of the temple?

MB: I think there is no contemporary relevance in the Temple. It is actually a trap, an excuse. Alfred Hitchcock used to employ a narrative technique called ‘MacGuffin’, something which is necessary for the plot and the motivation of the characters but insignificant, unimportant, or irrelevant in itself. This is precisely the role of the temple in this project. So, more than innovation, I think that there is respect for the classic typological elements, which are studied when designing the temple: cruciform ground plan, central and lateral naves, domes, vaults, altar, etc. However, there is innovation in terms of structure: while Gothic churches were looking for the slenderness and the verticality of the space through compression force lines, this space is defined by tension force lines, where the buttresses no longer push but pull.

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MB: I realised the ruins existed because of a picture published by a group of people that were riding their mountain bikes around El Pardo forest. After contacting them, they provided me with geographical coordinates of the site. I moved there and began to take pictures of the stones one by one, until I found two of them which seemed to be special. The first one had a name carved on it (Villajos), while the other one had a date (1868). After a quick research, I found out that Agustin Ortiz de Villajos built the 2nd version of the Buen Suceso Church in 1868. When it was demolished in 1975, its ruins were hidden and forgotten in that place. Analyzing all the material I could gather, I began a volumetric recomposition of the stones using 3D modeling. Once the volume of the pieces (m3) and the density of the granite (kg/m3) was obtained, we could quantify their weight (kg). The result of the analysis concluded that there were 190 tons of stone, enough material to start working.

KZ: From research to 'design' what tools were pivotal in the development and articulation of the project?

MB: In the first steps of the project, photogrammetry and 3D modeling tools were crucial to analyze the ruins rigorously. If I hadn’t pay them so much attention at first, they would probably have lost importance later. In the next stage, model tests allowed me to analyze the balance between the structure and the counterweight, as well as the materiality and shape of the basement. Finally, it was necessary to cross the previous abstract research with one more variable, the geometry. Nine geometric elements give form to a project that, until that moment, lacked it.

KZ: What informed the various images through which you choose to reveal the speculation?

MB: A very specific type of drawing is chosen to show what is the most interesting thing for me: geometry. Nine drawings represent nine elements, which represent the nine geometries that resolve the project: the hexagon, the spiral, the angle, the helix, the sphere, the catenary, the parable, the wave and the fractal. These geometries were enunciated by Jorge Wagensberg in the book ‘The rebellion of forms’ in 2004. Wagensberg tries to explain why living beings, that inhabit nature, adopt the forms that they have. So, the aim of these drawings is to focus the attention on those elements that I want to give value to, in order to explain the raison d’être of each of these geometries. Drawing is a communication and expression tool, and in this case, it serves to explain other spatial qualities, going further than conventional plans.

KZ: What is for you the power of the image within paper architecture?

MB: The chilean architect Smiljan Radic says ‘The image always represents a moment of conviction’. I think that the image in this project presents a statement of intent, a kind of provocation. Utopia is fiction, and therefore it needs to be represented to become desirable. It is the only way we have, as architects, to validate our hypotheses, to verify if we are right.

KZ: What is for you the architects most important tool?

MB: Intuition and lack of prejudice. The first one, is an unjustifiable process that allows us to notice new directions during the development of a project. The second one, is the impulse that encourages us to take them.

See the full interview here: https://www.koozarch.com/interviews/un-buen-suceso/

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[Translation] Murase Ayumu & Furukawa Makoto: Any similarities with the character you voiced? ‘Shoukoku no Altair’ Special Interview

“Shoukoku no Altair” is based on the battle between the two major countries, the main topic this July that depicts a magnificent view of the world.

“Shoukoku no Altair” Starting from July 7 (Friday) weekly Animation broadcast at 2.25AM ~ MBS · TBS · BS-TBS http://project-altair.com/ Twitter @pj_altair

STAFF Original - Katou Kotono (Kodansha’s “Monthly Shounen” series) Director - Furuhashi Kazuhiro Series configuration - Takagi Noboru Character design · Chief animation director - Kanno Toshiyuki Deputy Director = Igari Takashi Animation production = MAPPA CAST Mahmut - Murase Ayumu Zaganos - Furukawa Makoto Cyrus - KENN Abiriga - Suwabe Junichi Suleyman - Konishi Katsuyuki Louis - Tsuda Kenjiro © Katou Kotono · Kodansha / Shoukoku no Altair Production Committee

Photographer: Fukuoka Ryouhokora Writer: Arakawa Youko

This is what we thought since we’re originally a fan

Since this is the first talk, I think with both of your performance and roles (as your character) appears to have an impression with each other. First of all, Murase-san, what’s your impression of Furukawa-san’s performance as Zaganos?

Murase: When I read the manga, my impression of Zaganos is when I thought how arrogant is he. He’s fearless and handsome, although he’s still young, he’s two or three times better (about skills) than Mahmut. I thought it would be very difficult to make Zaganos convincing. However, it’s a monthly expression (he means how to voice the character for a month or so), Furukawa-kun is perfect! His voice have a persuasive power, there’s a presence of a ‘strong feeling’ coming out with just one word. At the time of the first recording for the PV, I thought "I see, that’s why Furukawa-kun is Zaganos”, and I was convinced. Furukawa: Thank you very much……!

Then how about Furukawa-san, what’s your impression of Murase-san’s performance as Mahmut?

Furukawa: Mahmut will grow, I think that growth is one of his attractions. And the same as me, at the recording for the PV, I thought "It’s perfect for Murase-san!”. Furthermore, as the dubbing begins and carefully drawn it in the story, Mahmut is shaking, but he will gradually mature, together with Murasa-san’s acting, I think that Mahmut will become more attractive. Murase: hehe (bashful) Furukawa: How much will Mahmut bring up his mind level in the future? I am looking forward to that from now on until it ends! Murase: Uwah, the hurdle has risen (lol)! Furukawa: (lol) Murase: …Anyway, saying things like this, isn’t it embarrassing? Furukawa: That’s right (lol).

What’s the impression for playing two scenes?

Murase: Um…… It made me angry! Furukawa: Eeehh!? Murase: Of course with my role. At first, I didn’t understand anything because whatever Mahmut is, he’s still in the same position of a general. There’s a scene where Zaganos really denied me at Zugan. At that time Zaganos, doesn’t see it in his eyes, like you’re not even stupid that there’s a cut feeling for being "zero” to him feels great…… But that got me angry (lol). I’m grateful though, because the emotion born on negotiations, in that sense I threw a very good ball (unexpected surprise). Furukawa: Ever since I was born, I never hear people talk like that in my life (lol). Murase: It feels like a test when you hear someone talk a little story, like you were instructed "Please don’t listen to the production at all”. Furukawa: I got shiver like "Eh, is that okay?” Certainly, the relationship between two people will parallel in a scene, and I guess that’s okay. Because it will be interesting if the distance gradually decreases. Murase: Yeah. Furukawa: Against Mahmut, it’s too straight! Murase: That’s true (lol). Furukawa: There’s a scene to give it straight (opinion) to the smart people, and I even thought "That’s what Mahmut does!!”. Personally, it’s because it’s close to Mahmut. So, in fact, the scene with Mahmut, I also wanted to throw the ball properly. Murase: I see. It may be more frustrating when you play as Zaganos. Furukawa: Because I’m the man on Mahmut’s side. So, I was relieved when you said that "Zaganos has persuasive power” earlier. Murase: I guess it’s more like Zaganos. I will cut it like a slap if I’m not interested. Furukawa: The mind and the role are the opposite! Murase: It’s interesting, huh.

Does it mean that Murase-san feels like Mahmut or Furukawa-san feels like Zaganos?

Murase: Yes, he does. Furukawa-kun’s seriousness is passed through the core, that it looks very much as Zaganos. Being skeptical is just a big front. When Furukawa-kun states "Is this okay?” is very Zaganos-like. Furukawa: No, it’s because I was in "Zaganos filter”……! Murase: Eh, really? Then the real person said it himself, it was a filter (lol). Furukawa: That’s how it really is…… But if you look closely, Mahmut is not the type of protagonist will have a lot of friends. I think that sort of thing is similar to Murase-san. With Murase-san, the communication is really smooth, like when I talk about Polo (shirts) he casually picks up (what I’m talking about). It made me really grateful. By deepening our bonds, I think that Mahmut will improve to his works for wearing a charismatic and natural communication skill/ability. Murase: I said this myself, but even though I didn’t do anything from my childhood, my friends have increased randomly. I try not to think about it, but it will make you think. Furukawa: I’m envious to Zaganos!! Murase: Even so, you sure do noticed that. It’s surprising! If it’s like this, I want you to praise me more like this. Hey, are you a manager? ……wait, the manager is not here! At a time like this (lol)! Furukawa: Let’s read this interview and praise it. Murase: It will be cut roughly. "Murase isn’t like that” (lol).

I hope I won’t cut it (lol). Well, what kind of story you two talk about in dubbing?

Murase: Recently, we were together at the stage for "THE IDOLM@STER Side M”. I sent a one-sided love call, "That was good!”, because I love Furukawa-kun’s performance. Furukawa: It's not one-sided! I also like Murase-san’s performance, I love it! Murase: Thanks! The distance has shrunk because of the relationship where we can talk comfortably, that’s why I’m very thankful to have this role. Furukawa: That’s true. Also, since both of us are originally a fan, we will talk about the story as well. Like I’ll talk passionately about "This directing of the original is really cool” or "my hand won’t stop turning the pages” and Murase-san will agree with me. Although it’s fun to talk to Murase-san, once the "AT field’ is fully open, I have to put out an aura to talk with him……. It’s frustrating when I switch (means they need to focus on their work mode).

Although as an original fan, what do you think about the charm of the work that you feel again when you act?

Murase: I read the original and received the theme of "How can a boy become an adult?”. Some people said there’s a message that the boy gets intelligent and smart through various experiences. It made me wonder how to make it by voice, but since MAPPA-san’s visuals is so beautiful that I can get on with the world view. Then, the generation between Ogata (Kenichi)-san and other veteran people is very human. Even though it’s a fantasy, it’s fresh. There are a lot of newly discovered charms through dubbing. Furukawa: Although I got a word that it’s fresh, I think that it’s a work that secretly shows the charm that can be shown like a historical fact that was really fiction even though it is fiction. From the international situation to the enemy’s setting, it was a tremendously thought-out original. In the animation, for example, using the original language of the story named Araba, we’re setting out an atmosphere of exchanges and devising it. Also as a fan, I’m very happy that I can do different ways of enjoying "Altair” by visualizing it!

By the way, Mahmut has a golden eagle called Iskandar, what about the two of you?

Murase: It’s iPad mini 4. The image quality of the camera is good, LINE can also do research with eating logs, and also playing app games! Furukawa: It looks comfortable on a big screen. Murase: I have a smartphone too, but I just use it to receive calls from work. Furukawa: As for me, I’m still into smartphone after all. You can check the script data first, because it’s convenient. I also bought the original of "Altair” at Kindle and I’m reading it on a smartphone. Ah, I’d like to emphasize this, but when I’m on the worksite where you see me with a smartphone, I’m checking the original (the series), I’m not playing a game, I wanted to make it clear…… I’m so relieved to say that (lol). Murase: You don’t need to worry about that, it’s okay (lol).

Anyway, please tell us the last highlight of your role.

Murase: Mahmut has a strong expression of anguish. I’m also gaining power when I play as him, like when everyone draws a painting with a brush is exciting. I’m conscious of my acting so I try not to feel ashamed with a beautiful movement for a beautiful Mahmut, so please look forward to it! Furukawa: Zaganos is really a hard character to understand in one word. It’s difficult to read from the original, so when Katou (Kotono)-sensei, the original author, was at the recording site, when I heard "How do you feel about Zaganos?”, I thought that he’s delicate and difficult. Therefore, it’s nothing different to Zaganos from the manga, rather, it’s what do we think of Zaganos from the manga can be easier to understand by voice. Also, please pay attention to the relationship with Mahmut!

★YAY!! I translated Ayumu and Makonyan’s special interview from kiki-voice since I’m really looking forward to shoukoku no altair anime m(_ _)m I hope you guys enjoy it and if you did, I hope you guys could leave a donation as I try my best to translate seiyuu interviews from now on 〆(・∀・＠)

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Interview with Margret Bjarnadottir

I discovered the work of multi-disciplinary Magga on Instagram, where else do you find exciting talent the days?

Just by her name, I knew she must be Icelandic. Upon discovering her work, I became mesmerized. I got in touch with Magga to discuss her work and life in Iceland.

Jaclyn Bethany: Where are you from and where are you based now?

Margret Bjarnadottir: I am from Reykjavík, Iceland. I then lived abroad for the majority of my twenties and am now based in Reykjavík.

JB: Tell me a little bit about yourself, your childhood. What was it like growing up in Iceland?

MB: I grew up right by the sea, in the west side of Reykjavík, in a house my grandparents built and where my father was born. It´s a part of town that can be insanely beautiful, but also very wild and stormy. In the winter you see very clear Northern Lights there and in the summer the incredible midnight sun. But then I also remember the feeling of walking by the sea in total darkness, wind rain and waves crashing at 8 A.M. on my way to school. Pretty bleak. So, it´s a little bit like living in the countryside, in the sense that you are in nature, even if it´s just a twenty minute walk to the city centre. Growing up, there was a lot of space and freedom. And family bonds are strong. My mother has six brothers and sisters and we would meet and have lunch together every Saturday, all the kids and everybody. I was also pretty busy doing ballet six days a week after school, so from the age of eleven there kind of wasn´t time for much else.

JB: Were you surrounded by an artistic community?

MB: Art was never far away. I maybe wasn´t surrounded by artists, but my uncle is a poet and my cousin is a filmmaker. My parents often took me to the theatre and there was a general interest in art and literature at home.

JB: Why do you think Iceland has produced so many successful and talented artists?

MB: It´s hard to say. There are all sorts of home made theories. Some say it´s because it´s cold and dark a big part of the year and there´s not a lot to do, so people have had to find a way to entertain themselves … But if that´s the recipe then you should maybe see the same results in some Scandinavian city of 330.000 people? The older I get the more I buy the energy theory – that there is simply an unusually high energy level in Iceland. Which there must be … the island is basically a very active volcano. It´s all bubbling underneath our feet. It sure effects and manifests itself in the nature here, so it would be strange if it didn´t somehow effect the people who live here as well? I also think that because of all those centuries of isolation there is an inbuilt curiosity in the nation´s DNA – a hunger for something, an openness and lack of fear (a part of that is naivety). In that way, Iceland is a bit like a teenager. And then there´s definitely a sense of humour. I think you have to have a good sense of humour to be able to live here.

JB: You work as a multidisciplinary artist. What do you consider your primary art form, if any? Have you ever felt challenged as a multi-hyphenate female? (I read Iceland is the most feminist country in the world)…

MB: I feel like I need to move between all these art forms to express different things. They inform and support each other. Dance is what I´ve spent most time doing because I started very young, but I don´t necessarily consider it my primary art form. I have always approached my dance pieces more like a visual artist - even sometimes more like a writer. And my writing is quite literal, concrete and confessional. I guess because I started using it to save my life as a teenager, when I wrote extensively in my diary, just to understand all these first time experiences. And then the poet in me is probably most apparent in my visual art work. So, it all hangs together like this somehow.

I can´t say I´ve felt especially challenged as a multi-hyphenate female. Or, I can´t distinguish between what has to do with the fact that I´m a female or that I´m multi hyphenate. Generally, I feel that people are more comfortable labelling you one thing. In my case, people tend to want to label me a choreographer or even a dancer – which is very far from the truth. I decided when I was nineteen not to become a dancer and I hardly ever dance on stage these days.

I remember one of the teachers in my art university in Holland, said that I would have to choose one medium because otherwise I would be an amateur in every form. I tried to take it seriously at first, but then I realized that this surfing between forms was the only way I could work. And that, in my case, all the different forms supported each other.

What I have noticed though, is that when it comes to text in my work and particularly when it´s some “clever” word play, some people think that I didn´t write it. That someone must have helped me. Or that it´s based on an idea from someone else. And some have gone as far as to explain the work I have made… to me. It´s really interesting! Like language and humour somehow automatically belonged more to men? Or at least certainly not to a woman with a dance background… Having said that, this is still the exception. I feel more supported, in general.

JB: Why do you think female voices in the film industry are important? Why do you think a female driven film (like Indigo Valley) should be made, and audiences and investors alike should support them?

MB: Recently I was lucky to see a film, The Swan, by Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir, still in the editing process. Ása Helga is my age and this is her first feature film, soon to be released. While watching the film, I gradually became almost sad, because I just realized what I had missed out on throughout all my childhood and teens and basically all my life, hardly ever seeing a film directed by a woman. I wasn´t looking for this, it just crept up on me during the film and shocked me. You can´t describe the female perspective, because of course there are many.

But I still felt this perspective, which is just somehow different to what you´re used to seeing in films. Something I could very much relate to on a deeper level than I can explain with words, even though the film is based on a novel written by a male writer.

JB: What are you working on currently? What are you excited for in the next year?

MB: I just finished choreographing a piece with my friend, artist Ragnar Kjartansson, for the Iceland Dance Company. It´s a guitar ballet called “No Tomorrow”, for eight female dancers who play guitar the whole time, while moving. The music is composed by Bryce Dessner (from The National). We are starting to tour the piece now and I have to step in for one of the dancers in the first two shows in Holland at the end of May. So, I´m busy learning the guitar. After that I plan to work by myself in the studio, writing, drawing and who knows what… which I haven´t had time to do for a while. Working without a particular aim. Just following what I´m interested in and seeing where it takes me.

Check out more of Magga’s work at www.maggabjarnadottir.com

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Paper Moon Part 10

MB - @thecountessakasha - here! Finally, I can give you part 10! If you’ve been reading this series, I am so, so, so super sorry this has taken soooo long. Since I have a new job and come home everyday exhausted beyond measure, it’s taken me much longer to get this part together. Good news is, it’s finally here!

I’m going to tag a couple people who I’ve told about this and my really special love who keeps betaing this for me @evansscruff - thank you, darling.

A/N: Bucky and Steve end up at a venue that has a 40s night and meet an OFC, Melissa Rose, a singer in a local club. They both are smitten by her, and start to vie for her affections. They end up finding out more about themselves in the process.

This honestly started out as maybe a one shot but as I got going, I decided it’ll be chapters. How many? No frigging idea. This is my absolute first time writing a fic of any sort and yes I did base the OFC on myself. I hope y'all enjoy.

Word count: 5000+ because I am a wordy bitch.

Warnings: A little angst. DETAILED SUPER SMUT. (F/M, M/M, F/M/M) Possible fluff, depending on your view of things.

STEVE’S POV

Oh shit. I did not mean to make her cry. Especially after the ecstasy we both just brought to each other. After the way she made me feel. MAKES me feel.

Wiping her tears away, I caress and kiss any part of her I can reach, “Hey, hey, doll. I’m sorry. It’s too much, too early, I know.” I give her a soft sigh, moving in beside her to wrap her in my arms. “You just…I can’t explain it. You make me feel centered. You make me feel like I can be myself, like I can actually live my life the way I want to, the way I feel I need to. The way that feels right to me.”

Her big green eyes, still brimming with tears widen at my words as she stares at me, “This is fucking deja vu, I swear to God.” She’s trying to slip out of my hold, but I pull her in tighter.

“What are you talking about?” Then I realize that can only mean one thing. She’s had this same conversation with Bucky.

I roll to my back, flinging my arm over my eyes. I can feel her trembling under the sheet next to me and I move my arm to peer at her. She’s sitting up, arms wrapping around her shins as she’s resting her chin on her knees.

She hasn’t answered me.

Don’t scare her off, dummy. Don’t do it. Be gentle. Tread lightly. This is something you want, you just haven’t spoken your piece yet to Bucky.

“Doll.” I reach out, touching the back of her hand, “Doll, look at me. Please, Melissa. Just let me explain, alright?” I sit up and start running my fingers through her silken waves.

I hear a deep sigh from her. Turning to look at me, her eyes are still pooling with tears. She presses her cheek on her knee as she waits for me to continue.

“I’ve come to some realizations over the past few days. One of which is that I’m tired of waiting for my life to begin. I feel as if I never really got to have one. I’m sure you can understand why.” I brush the back of my fingers against her cheek softly as she’s nodding.

Moving closer, I orient my body to where I’m sitting up knees to knees with her, “I also know that due to the nature of my life as it is now, I’m not meant for a life filled with settling down and having a family. The guy who wanted all of that disappeared a long time ago. And he didn’t come out of the ice.”

She’s watching me evenly, and for the first time since we met, I’m unable to read her expression. “Melissa, you’ve shown me I cannot be afraid of what I want anymore. Of who I really am.”

“And who is that, Steve? And am I just a bridge to get you to that point?” She’s frowning, something I hope to never see mar her beautiful features again. “I mean, that’s great you’re done being afraid of what you want, but when you really start living as you wish, will you be strong enough to take the barbs? The inevitable judgement?” Her eyes close, feathery dark lashes brushing against flushed cheeks.

“Am I a stepping stone?” she continues. “Or are you wanting me to be a part of this new life? You saw how they looked at us that night in the club. And that was just me.” Lifting her head now, she says pointedly, “What happens when you add Bucky to the mix?” Her big green eyes focus on my blues.

Now it’s my turn to be surprised. “I… I don't… I don’t know what to say.” My hands reach out to cup her face, my breathing so rapid I can barely contain myself. How does she know? How could she? I’m shaking as I’m watching the tears fall down her face.

“You don’t have to say anything to me. You need to talk to him,” pressing her face to my hand, she’s nuzzling into my palm. My thumb brushes away the tears that paint her soft skin, “You said you didn’t have any right to make me choose. I don’t have that right either. All I can tell you right now is that I want you. Both of you. But I also realize that you two have far more history together.”

“You’re right. We do. But what are the odds that we have both said the same thing to you, about you, about each other, in the span of three days?” I lean forward, ghosting her lips with my own, “That can’t be coincidence, can it? Melissa, don’t you see that the common thread here is you?”

Her gaze is puzzling. I can’t tell if she’s scared or incredulous. She seems as if she’s about to say something before turning her gaze away from me. Shaking her head, I hear a soft murmur, “Why me? I have nothing to offer. I am no one. No one special at all. You both… “ and she’s trailing off.

Reaching for her, I take her chin gently in my palm, moving her gaze to mine. “We both what, Maîtresse?” My brows knit together as I’m waiting for her answer, but I see her relax slightly when I call her that.

“You both deserve someone better. Someone younger. Someone thinner. Someone who is better suited to your public life. Who am I but an old, fat, divorcee with a checkered past and…?” Shaking her head, she finishes, “I am not good enough for either of you.”

It’s killing me to hear her speak of herself this way. Tearing herself down. I hate it. I hate what her life has done to her.

She doesn’t see what she does to me, and apparently what she does to Bucky. She doesn’t understand. How can we show her? How can we break through this wall of self hatred she’s created for herself?

“Melissa, don’t you remember what I told you on our first date? You’re more than good enough. I told you I wasn’t giving up, because you’re too special. That I didn’t give a damn what people thought. Let them judge me! I welcome it! For you, for him, I would endure anything…”

“Steve, please! You’ve endured so much already. Frankly so has Bucky. Do you really want this burden, too?”

Grabbing her by the shoulders, I shake her slightly, focusing her attention fully on me. “You are NOT a burden. To me. To Bucky. To anyone.” I pull her in kissing her hard, and she returns it as I slide her onto my lap. She moans softly as my hardening cock brushes against her folds. I’m shuddering at the feel of her already.

“You are a blessing. Everything about you draws me in. Everything.” I murmur against the skin of her neck, fingers tangling in her hair. She’s melting at my touch, my words. I slide my hardness along her damp slit, bucking my hips upward. “What you do to me, no one has ever made me feel this way. I feel free, fully comfortable in my skin. I feel happier than ever, I feel whole…” I snap my hips up again, teasing her.

Her hands press into my chest, fingernails digging in as her hips start to move. She’s rubbing her soaking wet core on my throbbing cock. My hands grab her full, soft hips, pulling her tighter. I lift her up easily letting her sink down onto me, her head falling forward as I slide inside her once again.

We gasp in unison once she’s fully seated, eyes locking. “Steven…” She whispers, her arms linking around my neck to hold on. I’m gripping her hips fiercely, moving her forward then back, forward then back, making her rock on me.

Squeezing her eyes shut, she buries her face in my neck. I continue with the push pull, fingers bruising her flesh. Her breath tickles me and her teeth are pressing into my skin where my neck meets my shoulder, leaving marks. She’s groaning, shuddering, her slick smearing on me as I move inside of her, feeling it on my belly. She’s so tight and wet.

I keep her close as I work her on my cock, whispering praises of her. How beautiful she is, how good she feels, how much I want nothing more than to please her, how I hope I’m making her happy. How deserving she is of all of this and more.

Small whimpers and grunts issue forth against me where her mouth is locked to my neck. I can feel her nails digging deeper into my shoulders, walls beginning to close in. “Maîtresse, touch yourself for me, let me watch you, let me feel you. God Melissa, please… you feel so incredibly good, I want to see you come undone…”

She obliges, hand slipping between us, gripping the base of my shaft as I push her back. She gathers some of her wetness, the lewd sound of our union filling the room.

Her fingers move quickly around her pink, swollen bundle of nerves and almost instantly she tightens around me. A long low hiss comes from her lips as she sits up, still letting me move her as she gets closer and closer. Working her clit fast, I feel her squeezing even more, and she starts to cum for me.

“Oh God, Steve… fuck, you feel so… yes, keep going, just like that-” and she’s there, words frozen behind the perfect O her mouth makes in silence as she collapses atop me. Her walls flutter and tighten, making me buck up even more. She’s so tight I’m almost unable to move.

I’m thrusting up into her harder and harder, her vise like grip sending me over as I coat her walls once again. My fingertips leaving imprints behind on the tender flesh of her hips, growling out her name again and again before stilling under her.

I wrap my arms around her, unwilling to let her go. She rests there against my chest and I whisper praises, fingers carding through her hair. “It’s you, Melissa. You are the one. The one I’ve been looking for. The one he’s been looking for. And we didn’t even know we were looking.”

“We need to talk to him, Steve.” She’s nuzzling into my chest even as she reaches for my phone on the nightstand. “Get him here. Now.” Placing the phone in my hand, she pushes off me, leaving me staring after her as she heads to the shower.

BUCKY’S POV

Pacing, pacing, pacing back and forth on the roof of the tower as the minutes tick by waiting for Steve to come back. I feel like I’ve been up here for hours. I chew on the inside of my mouth, looking out over the city, peering toward the building where the club and Melissa’s place is.

I shove my hands into the pockets of my sweats when suddenly my phone vibrates. Pulling it out I see a notification from Steve.

Jerk: Hey man, you busy?

Nope. Was just hoping to talk to you tonight about some things.

Jerk: Yeah, I wanna talk to you too….. And so does Melissa. Can you come over to her place?

I stare at the phone, and I can feel my stomach drop to my feet. Fuck. Did she chose him? Did he choose her? Am I to be left in the cold?

My hands are shaking so badly as I try to type my response.

Of course I can. Anything for her. For you.

Jerk: Alright. See you shortly then. Door’s open.

I lock the phone, sliding it back into my pocket. I make a pass by my room to grab my wallet, moving as quickly as I can.

I don’t bother with the elevator, and as I rush to the stairwell I brush by Clint and Sam. They both call out to me. I’m practically a blur running down the stairs ignoring them, so Sam yells, “I see Mr. Personality has returned!” He doesn’t see me roll my eyes. Not now. Bird Boy will pay in the gym tomorrow.

Out the door in seconds flat, I’m already at the club when I discover I’m wearing only sweat pants, a thin t-shirt, and flip-flops.

Oh well. Neither of them will care.

It’s then I realize I didn’t bother to cover my arm either.

Jesus Christ, James. She really does have you fucked up. You didn’t think twice about concealing yourself.

It’s close to 7pm and I creep into the club, which is in full swing. Ducking the owner I slip backstage and up the steps to Melissa’s place. Two rapid knocks to signal my entrance before I open the door, being greeted by Steve. His skin, milky and freckled all flushed brightly as if he was just working out.

And there goes my heart again. Fuck.

He’s only wearing jeans, slung low on his hips, first couple of buttons undone. His hair is all disheveled, lips curling into a smile. He looks relaxed and at home here.

At home. In her place. Home. Like I feel when I’m here. When I’m with her. When I’m with him.

“Hey, jerk”

“Hey, punk.” he counters, smiling brightly, but looking nervous.

“So, where is Melissa?” I can smell her on him. I can smell their mingled scents and oh it’s a heady mix. So, so good.

He gestures toward the bedroom with his thumb, cheeks turning bright red, “Shower. She should be done shortly.” He moves toward the kitchen, grabbing three glasses. Dropping ice into each, he fills one with her favorite rum, one with Johnnie Walker, and one with Jack Daniel’s. Handing over the scotch, he tilts his Jack toward me in a toast which I match in silence.

We both take long pulls as we hear Melissa pad softly into the room. Our heads turn in unison, and we sigh contentedly together.

Wrapped in a silken robe of red, she’s standing with her hand on her hip, her lips painted into a half smile at the pair of us. Her hair is still wet, making her waves stand out. Fresh faced, no make-up, no anything except those adorable black framed glasses. She’s so beautiful. My angel. My curvy, soft, ethereal angel.

Steve walks her rum over and she takes it from him, wrapping her delicate fingers around the glass. Before drinking any, she runs her fingers through his hair, petting him, “Merci, Etienne.”

I feel my stomach tighten with jealousy as he preens under her touch. Her eyes move to mine and she can see it. She knows. With Steve still at her side, she runs her tongue along her lips, watching me. I’m trembling while she’s studying my reaction to this situation. “Come here, James.” she says softly, but with that authoritative tone I love so much.

As I make my way to her, she takes a deep drink, before setting the glass on the coffee table. When I reach her side, she pets my hair as well, fingers sliding through easily. She tugs with both hands, Steve and I groaning together at the feel of it, the sense of her being in charge.

“Now. We’re going to have us a little come to Jesus meeting. Y'all catch my drift?”

She looks back and forth between us and sees that we are clearly confused by her obvious Southern saying. Her head tilts, lips curling into a broad smile, “That means we’re gonna have us a serious talk. And we’re gonna resolve some shit. And it probably ain’t gonna be fun.”

With that, she moves away from us standing in front of the TV. Snapping her fingers and pointing to the sofa with both hands, she indicates for us to sit. We both immediately take our spots. “Such good boys.”

Picking up her rum, she crosses her arms. “Now. First things first. I am not choosing between the two of you. This may be selfish, it may be greedy. But I believe that by my age, and with the bullshit my life has been to this point, I’ve earned it.” Her sparkling, big green eyes slide between the two of us.

“I want you.” She’s looking directly at me. “And you.” She says to Steve. “And if that’s a problem, speak up now.”

Silence fills the air between all of us. It’s not awkward, it’s not tense. A quiet calm of sorts. I peer at Steve beside me, and he’s looking back. I give him a shake of my head, and he does the same. We both turn back to her, “I don’t think that’s a problem, my Angel.” My lips turn into a smirk, “I have a feeling Steve doesn’t either.”

“Good. That’s one issue out of the way. The least painful one.” Sipping her rum, she pauses here, taking a deep breath. “Now, the hard part. Which I suspect has something to do with me, but not in the way you’d imagine.”

She looks directly at me again. “Tell him. Because if you don’t it’s going to fester and cause issues within this dynamic and that’s something I refuse to tolerate. I want open and honest dialogue between the three of us all the time, constant communication. This simply will not work without it.”

I give her a heavy sigh, rubbing the side of my face then draining the glass of scotch in one go. I turn my body to focus on Steve, setting my empty glass on the table. “You know that I love you,” I say to him.

He nods, opening his mouth to answer and I hold up my hand, “Just let me finish. I love you. And not just in a friend way. A brotherly way.” I close my eyes, “I’m in love with you, Steve. And I think you’re in love with me, too. And I think we’ve been dancing around this issue for as long as we can remember. Since from way back, Brooklyn days.”

Opening my eyes I see his cheeks color brightly, and I can tell Melissa is watching closely. Studying. I love it when she does that.

Steve doesn’t answer. His mouth hangs open for a moment then closes. After what seems like an excruciating long time, he reaches for my hand. My metal hand. He holds it delicately in his own. Palm up. He traces his fingers along the plates, giving a soft sigh.

After several torturous minutes, he looks up into my eyes. “I’m in love with you, too, Buck. I have been for as long as I can recall. I just never knew how to tell you. Or if I could. Or should.”

We slide closer to each other on the sofa, “You have no idea how long I’ve waited to hear you say that.”

Reaching out to cup my cheek, his lips turn into a soft smile. “I think I do, Buck. I think I do.” He’s blushing all sorts of colors and it is knocking me breathless.

I take this moment in, just for a couple more seconds before I lunge forward pressing my lips to his. Both of us sigh in relief and adoration of the other as we kiss softly, slowly. The fluttering of my heart is matched by his own which I can easily hear, and I deepen the kiss.

I take my time, feeling each and every part of his lips, loving the soft pressure, the plumpness. “So long I’ve wanted this, too long I’ve waited,” I murmur against his mouth. He gives a small whine as I pull back, still holding him but breaking the kiss.

My eyes slide to Melissa and she’s on the verge of tears, I can see them gathering. But she’s wearing the biggest smile I’ve seen from her yet. Steve finally looks to her as well, giving a little gasp at the sight.

She looks so proud, so happy to see us this way. I want her to look at us like this forever. And to be honest, if it weren’t for her this may have never happened. “Melissa, my Angel. Thank you for this.”

“Ma Belle Maîtresse, merci.” and he gestures for her to join us on the sofa. Setting her glass back on the table, she walks over but doesn’t sit. She stands before us, taking each of our chins in her hands, smiling down upon us like the goddess she is.

“You are both very, very welcome.” She frowns a moment then replaces that with a more contemplative expression, “Please know that I expect nothing from either of you in return. If you decide that you’d be better off without me, with just each other, I will totally understand. I’ll back off and slip out of the picture to allow you to pursue your life as you see-”

She’s unable to finish that train of thought as Steve and I both grab at the lose ends of the tie holding her robe closed, undoing it, and letting the silk slide open. I look at Steve, and we’re both grinning.

“If you think we’re ever letting you go, you’re out of your mind, Angel.” and with that I press my lips to her left hip in an act of reverence.

“That’s right, Maîtresse, for as much as we belong to each other, and to you, you belong to us, with us.” Steve now pressing his lips to her right hip, mimicking my action.

Neither of us remove our lips from her soft flesh as we look up at her. The tears that were threatening to spill down her cheeks begin doing just that, and she brings her hands up into our hair, petting the both of us.

“Thank you, boys. My boys. For this. For…” she trails off sighing contentedly at the sight of us.

MELISSA’S POV

My fingers card through their hair as they look up at me. I would never, could never believe that I am deserving of what’s happening. Of these two. I still don’t believe I am and yet here they are, saying so.

I take a deep breath trying to calm my galloping heart and quell the flow of tears. Bucky sees me struggling and pulls me into his lap. He starts to wipe the tears away and Steve slides in right next to him, helping to dry my face.

I look from one to the other, feeling like I have just taken a willing step off the tallest building in New York City. That feeling of falling, floating, half sickness you get when you’ve done something huge that will change the course of your life forever.

I’m scared out of my fucking skin.

I’m having trouble with this. Already. There is no way I deserve this. To be a part of their lives like this.

“Melissa, doll. Please tell us what you’re thinking right now. Please.” Steve looks terrified, as if they’ve broken me, or scared me, or something else entirely. They’re both petting my hair, and Bucky is planting small kisses along my temple.

I can’t seem to stop shaking. I feel Bucky’s lips move against my skin as he speaks lowly, “I know you’re scared. I know you don’t believe you’re worth this. Worth us. I know.” He takes my chin in his metal hand and pulls my gaze to his, “You are worth more than this. You are worth everything and anything he or I could ever give or do. We will make you see that.”

Steve takes my hand, placing his lips against my palm, murmuring softly, “I was not lying when I said I would endure anything for you, for him. For us. This is what we want. What we need. What makes us feel whole. You are the missing piece.” he finishes with small butterfly kisses along the inside of my wrist.

This simply cannot be happening. This simply cannot be true. But, oh, oh how I want it to be.

I close my eyes, silently counting to three before reopening them, expecting to wake from this as if it’s a dream.

But it’s not. It’s real and tangible and oh god they are so warm surrounding me, holding me.

“James. Steven. Are you both sure, absolutely sure? Because this is huge. This is a big, scary step and you know how harshly we will be judged. Hell, wait until your teammates find out, oh god…” I trail off, shaking my head.

“Melissa.” I hear lowly, sternly from Bucky. “This is our choice. These are our lives. Not theirs. Not anyone else’s. That’s the end of the discussion.” He reaches up and runs his fingers through Steve’s hair at the back of his neck as he places more little kisses on my temple.

“He’s right, Melissa. And we need you. And we want you. Just as much as we need and want each other. The common thread is you, did I not just say that to you that earlier?” His fingers slide through my damp waves as he kisses Bucky’s forehead.

But I’m not. I’m not worth this. Them. Either of them. Much less them together. They’ll see. Eventually they’ll see.

We wrap our arms around each other, holding tightly to one another as I sit still perched on Bucky’s lap. My breathing has calmed, the tears have stopped. We’re all smiling at one another, and I start to laugh.

It’s a quiet laugh at first, then they join me and finally we’re all rolling with it. “This is completely insane.” I finally sigh.

“It is.” Steve pipes up, “But to be fair, our lives have really all been insane to this point. Why stop now?”

Bucky punches his shoulder, “Christ, you’re a fucking nerd sometimes.” and I collapse into giggles against his chest.

“So, we should celebrate, yeah? What should we do to commemorate this ridiculous journey we’ve just begun, y'all?” I look between them, grinning.

“I vote dinner. I’m fucking starvin’!” Bucky grabs at his belly, groaning.

It’s then I realize what he’s wearing. “Wait. What the fuck, Bucky? You…what do you have on?”

“Um. Yeah. I sort of just ran out of the tower as I was dressed.” His cheeks color brightly, and it’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.

Steve is so surprised, “You didn’t even cover your arm?”

Bucky shakes his head, “I… I didn’t know what was happening. I didn’t think. I didn’t care about anything except getting to the two of you.” he looks so embarrassed, Steve reaches up and cups his cheek.

“You precious thing.” I lean in and whisper against his lips before kissing him softly.

Steve looks at the two of us, eyes full of adoration. He gives a soft chuckle after a moment, “I guess that means we’re ordering in.”

Bucky and I start giggling, “Alright, I leave it to y'all, my local boys. I only have one request.” Wrinkling my nose I murmur, “No seafood.”

They mock gasp at me, eyes wide.

“I know, I know. The Gulf Rat hates seafood.” I cover my blushing face. Steve pulls my hands away and kisses my brightly colored cheeks, “You know we’re never going to let that drop.” He nods toward Bucky, who’s smirking.

I groan, “Fuck, I know.” My eyes roll as I try to stand, but they don’t let me, pulling me closer to them.

“You’re full of surprises, my Angel.” and I feel Bucky’s lips against my neck.

Steve’s hands are back in my hair as his lips claim my jaw, “She certainly is.”

I’m squirming under their kisses, “Now, now, boys. Let’s eat first, oui? We have plenty of time to all get acquainted with each other.”

They groan and let me stand finally. I move away from the sofa reclosing my robe and start clearing up the glasses while they’re arguing over what to order.

These two will be the death of me.

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Paper Moon Part 14

MB - @thecountessakasha - back again. Part 14 is here! There’s no smut, so apologies in advance.

Once again my deepest gratitude goes out to my really special love who keeps betaing this for me @evansscruff - thank you, darling.

Word count: 3000+ because I am a wordy bitch.

Warnings: Moderate angst. And as always, a lil fluff.

STEVE’S POV

Seven heads turn at the sound of my voice. Seven sets of eyes focus on the three of us as we stand together; Bucky and I on either side of Melissa, both of us holding her hands. I can feel her starting to tremble. It’s quiet enough to hear a pin drop.

Natasha is the first one to respond. “Hey to you.” She immediately hops up from Clint’s lap and comes over to us, holding out her hand to Melissa.

“I’m Natasha, but you can call me Nat. You must be Melissa. I’ve heard an awful lot about you.”

Melissa hesitates but finally takes Natasha’s outstretched hand, clasping it gently. “Oh! All good things I hope.” Her face brightens with one of her stunning smiles, relaxing a little as Natasha releases her hand.

“Are you kidding? These boys have nothing but good things to say when it comes to you.” She slides her arm around Melissa’s shoulders, leading her further into the room to introduce her to the others.

Bucky and I exchange relieved looks. Thank God for Nat. One by one, Melissa meets those gathered here. Natasha guides her expertly, seeming protective of her already, and making sure the others take note of that.

Melissa is her charming self, of course. Already making Sam and Bruce laugh. Already making Tony chuckle, matching his wit. Vision seems fascinated by her gregarious nature and her accent.

Wanda and Clint are grilling her about how she’s settling into the city. Leaving her momentarily in their capable hands, Natasha makes her way back to me and Buck. “She’s absolutely lovely, guys. I adore her already. It’s obvious the others do, too.”

She pauses, then looks at the both of us. “Now. Are you going to tell everyone about you two, or are you waiting to see how they react to you sharing her?”

I give a soft sigh and Bucky pinches the bridge of his nose. “Jesus, Natalia. Don’t you think this is hard enough? Can’t we just get through this part first?”

“Normally I’d agree with you, Barnes. However…” She pulls out her phone and brings up Twitter. Sure enough, there’s already gossip about Bucky and I being seen together. Alone. Away from the tower. Just like we predicted. “And everyone here has seen this.” Looking from Bucky to me she adds pointedly, “Everyone.”

I nudge Bucky’s shoulder before moving toward the collection of sofas where everyone is surrounding Melissa. “Well, I guess we need to have a ‘come to Jesus meeting’, right?”

Natasha quirks an eyebrow up at my phrase as Bucky chuckles lowly, “Yeah, I guess we do.” He follows me over with Natasha right behind him.

“Alright, alright everyone. Can we have our best girl back now?” I’m grinning at Melissa, shooing Clint and Wanda away so Bucky and I can sit on either side of her. When we’re all seated again, I look at Bucky, then at Melissa. I link her fingers through mine and Bucky does the same with her other hand.

“Now that everyone had gotten acquainted, there’s something Bucky and I need to tell you guys.” I can feel Melissa squeezing my hand reassuringly while Bucky reaches around her shoulders to rub my upper arm with his free hand.

I shoot Natasha a worried look and she nods, letting me know that it’s alright. After taking a deep breath, my voice comes out low and shaky. “I’m sure you’ve all seen the social media buzz about me and Buck. So, in order to stave off confusion, we’re here to tell you that, yes. Bucky and I are together.”

We get a few brows raises, mainly from Bruce, and Vision. Natasha, Clint, Sam, Wanda, and Tony don’t seem surprised at all. Melissa leans in and places a soft kiss on my cheek. I press on. “There’s something else. We’re together. But we’re together with Melissa as well.”

Now, Sam, Bruce and Tony all look a little baffled. Wanda, Clint, and Natasha are grinning widely. Vision is still lost.

Bucky laughs a little, clearly amused by everyone’s various rollercoaster reactions. He slides an arm around Melissa’s waist and I can feel her starting to shrink back against us since no one has really responded. My arm joins his around her.

Bucky leans over and whispers something to Melissa. She blushes brightly and squeezes my hand.

Sam’s voice echoes. “Are you happy?”

“Yes. We are.” All three of us answer at the same time, prompting a chuckle from the girls and Clint.

Sam shrugs, “Then that’s all I care about.” He claps his hands together. “So when are we going to get to hear her sing?” His eyes land on Melissa, a big open smile on his face.

She clears her throat nervously. “O-oh. Well, I have a show tomorrow night. I’d love if y'all came out. I can arrange some reserved tables with the owner.”

Tony comes around the sofa and extends a hand to her. When she takes it, he covers it with his other hand, “We’d all love to be there.” He gives her a quick wink, “As long as they have a good single malt on hand, of course.”

Melissa gives him a small smirk, her mouth opening to answer him with some smart ass comment I’m sure, but another voice is heard.

“They have a lovely sixteen year old Lagavulin, as a matter of fact.” Bucky’s tone is low and he tightens his grip on Melissa as he speaks. I can feel his irritation.

Tony’s eyes slide to Bucky and he releases Melissa’s hand. “Calm down there, Tin Man. I’m not going to try to steal her.” He gives a low huff, sounding like a small laugh, “Unless she wants to be stolen.”

Melissa snorts, “Listen here, coullion, you couldn’t handle me anyhow.” She hooks her thumbs over her shoulders, indicating Bucky and me. “Why you think I got two super soldiers?”

Silence. Most everyone looks stunned for a moment, except for Natasha and Clint who are actively trying not to bust their seams. Tony starts laughing, hard. Melissa does, too and then everyone else joins in. “Oh my god, she’s fucking great. You two have your hands full.”

“Just how we like it.” I’m still laughing a bit as I give Bucky a punch on his arm, and a “come on, man” look. He just shrugs it off.

BUCKY’S POV

Alright. I need to calm down. Tony didn’t mean anything by that. I’m going to have to get used to people flirting with my dame. That’s all.

“Do you guys mind if we show her around the tower now? I’m sure she’s dying to see the rest of it.” I brush Melissa’s hair back from her shoulder, looking to Steve. I can sense she’s still a little uncomfortable with the attention she’s receiving right now. And so am I.

Natasha pops up, “Only if you promise Wanda and I can take her out with us soon.” She sends a wink to Melissa, “Girl stuff.”

“I’d love that.” Melissa stands from the sofa, flashing an eager smile to Nat and Wanda. Looking down to Steve and me, she clears her throat. “Well, boys. Let’s get this show on the road, yeah?”

I’m on my feet quickly, grasping her hand in mine. We both look to Steve as he stands, grinning. “Yes ma'am.” He grabs her free hand and we all move toward the elevators.

A loud chorus of goodbyes follows as the doors close leaving the three of us in the quiet for the moment. I reach out and pull Melissa to me tightly, burying my face in her hair. Why do I feel so possessive of her? Why do I feel like she could disappear any second?

Steve watches us as I wrap her up in my arms. She links one arm around my waist resting her head on my chest, her other arm extending out toward Steve, pulling him closer.

I feel a deep sigh emanate from her and after a few moments I hear her voice, soft and small. “I think that went rather well, don’t y'all?”

“Sure seemed like it to me, Maîtresse.” Steve has a little smile gracing his lips as he leans down to kiss her forehead.

She closes her eyes and keens into his gesture. Moving her hand to my chest she slides it down over and over, effectively petting me. “Bucky, honey. Are you alright?”

My left arm tightens around her a little, keeping her close as I card the fingers of my right hand through her hair. “Of course, Angel. Why wouldn’t I be?”

Her expression shows she doesn’t buy that. Neither does Steve. They share a quick glance. “I don’t know, baby boy. You just seem on edge is all.” The elevator stops at that moment, opening to the hallway where our bedrooms are.

Steve tugs her hand insistently. “C’mon, dollface. Time to see our bunks.” A quiet giggle bubbles up from her before she follows him out. I’m trailing a little behind, admiring the two of them. He quickly opens his door for her and allows her to enter first. He’s right on her heels as I follow him inside.

Closing the door behind us, I rest against it and cross my arms. A small smirk plays at my lips watching her explore the room. She’s peppering Steve with questions, and he’s trying to answer her as quick as she’s asking. They are so goddamn cute together.

She finds a drawing he has framed sitting on his desk. “What’s this?” Her fingers gingerly hold it, examining it closely.

“Something I drew during the war shortly after I was sent to the European theater before I saw action.” Steve nods in my direction. “Before I found Buck. I felt like a dancing monkey, performing for others with no control over my own life.”

Melissa’s brows furrow together as she listens. She sets the picture back down reaching out for him, wrapping her smaller frame around his much larger one. Resting her head against his chest, she rubs small circles against his back. “And how do you feel now? About your place in this world?”

With a heavy sigh, he sits on the edge of the bed, pulling her into his lap. “It’s hard, honestly. I still feel like part of me is a performance artist. Yes, I’m obviously able to do good things and make change in the world and protect what I love. But most people can’t separate Steve Rogers and Captain America.”

I push off the door and stride over to them, sitting next to Steve on the bed. “It’s hard to separate the two because so much of you is in the persona. There would never be a Captain America if you weren’t who you are. No one else could be Captain America quite like you, Stevie boy.”

He’s embarrassed. His cheeks flush pink and he shakes his head, looking down. “I’m just a normal guy.”

“Oh, I don’t think that’s true at all, darlin’.” Melissa brushes her thumb across his lower lip. “You’re nothing short of spectacular.” His eyes meet hers and they hold each other’s gaze. He breaks the moment by nipping at the pad of her thumb then sucking it into his mouth. She squeaks in surprise then lets out a giggle that ends in a soft moan.

“I could be happy the rest of my life just hearing you make those sounds for me.” Now it’s her turn to blush, and she does that so beautifully.

Shaking her head, her voice barely above a whisper, “Steven, you don’t know me well enough to talk in such terms.”

I reach out capturing her chin in my hand to turn her face to mine, “Don’t think he says that lightly. I was just thinking the same thing.”

“C’mon, you two. It’s barely been a week. Y'all can’t say that. Y'all shouldn’t feel like that about me. I’m in no way worthy of those kinds of declarations.”

Leaning in, I press my lips to hers, softly at first then with more pressure, more passion. Her fingers slide up into the hair at the back of my neck, tugging gently. As the kiss deepens, Steve leans in, murmuring against the skin of her neck. “Melissa, do you understand where Bucky and I are coming from? We’ve waited so long. So long to really start our lives. It’s as if everything clicked into place when we met you.”

She sighs against my mouth, seemingly content in this moment. Her fingers tug at my strands again, and her other hand seeks out Steve’s as he continues. “We want you. We want each other. We want this. But more than that, we need this. To make us complete. Don’t you feel that? Don’t you feel whole now, here, with us?”

After a minute or two she pulls away from me and stands from Steve’s lap. She starts to pace, wringing her hands. Finally she stops and looks at the two of us. “Yes. I do. I feel whole. I feel centered. Like I’ve found my place in this world.”

“Then what’s the problem, angelface?” I stand up and she steps back putting her hands on her hips.

“Jesus Christ, Bucky! What’s the problem? The problem is that you, you two are Avengers! You two are super soldiers! Everyone knows you! Everyone wants a piece of you!”

Steve and I are both taken aback at her outburst. She doesn’t stop. “I am a regular, every day nobody. Lower than that, even. I’m an old, fat, divorced Southern woman, who sings in a fucking nightclub. THAT is not likely something to go unnoticed by the general population. Not to mention the fact that we haven’t even known each other for a week yet!”

I grab her wrists, stilling her wildly gesturing hands and pulling her against my chest, growling lowly. “Goddammit, woman. You are so hard-headed.”

She’s frowning at me now, but there’s no way I’m stopping. “You are beautiful, gregarious, generous, kind, funny, talented, whip smart, and no nonsense. You have this amazing ability to make anyone feel comfortable no matter the situation. You are at times shy then on a dime you’re one of the most confident people I’ve ever met. You’re this bright ray of sunshine then I’ll see the storm clouds roll in and I can feel the darkness you hide. You are an enigma I want to spend the rest of my life figuring out.”

She gasps, her eyes widening as she stares at me, frozen in my hold.

“Do you know how long I’ve waited for someone just like you? How long he’s waited? Do you even fathom what this means for Steve and me? Surely you must have some idea. You’ve waited a long time for us, too.” I pause, finding her dazzling green eyes shimmering with tears. “Haven’t you, Melissa?”

Her mouth drops open at my words as Steve makes a small sound of agreement. Her eyes shift between the two of us. Finally, after a long, drawn out, deafening silence comes a soft sigh. “Mes amours.”

MELISSA’S POV

They want me. They truly want me. I can’t believe…

… this can’t be real.

My eyes move back and forth between them. They’re watching me closely, perhaps afraid I’ll have another outburst. Bucky pulls me into him, crashing our chests together as I stand between his legs.

I stare into those fathomless blue pools - they weaken me like nothing in this world ever has. “I know that you both have your own issues. I have them, too. The last thing I’d ever want to do is compound yours by adding mine to the mix.” I stroke my fingers through the hair at Bucky’s temple and he closes his eyes with a small sigh that I savor.

“It’s something we probably need to talk about, I don’t want you caught off guard when I have another panic attack, or a serious depressive episode, or maybe something involving my physical ailments. I ain’t like your other girls. I’m older. I have health problems. I can’t have children… I.. I’m sorry.” I shake my head sadly. “I’ve had some fucked up shit happen in my life that colors how I see myself and this world.”

My eyes land on Steve and he’s watching me with a look of unadulterated adoration. With my fingers still in Bucky’s hair, reach out with my other hand, brushing Steve’s cheek with my thumb.

“What I’m saying is I don’t wanna be a burden.” I close my eyes willing the tears away. “I’m tryin’ real hard not to bleed on y'all, you know?”

Bucky falls back and pulls me with him down onto the bed, bouncing as I land on top of him. He’s so warm beneath me, so comfortable. He slides his hands down my sides tracing my curves appreciatively, releasing a low growl that gives me goosebumps. I nuzzle my cheek against his chest and look over at Steve who smiles down at the two of us.

“Get over here you precious little shit.” I reach out to him grabbing the front of his shirt and yanking him down with us. I snake my arm around him as he falls down beside our bodies, cuddling into Bucky’s side.

He raises a large hand to cup my cheek and then flashes me one of those blindingly bright Steve smiles. “Whatever happens, Melissa, we’ll deal with it. You are too important to us, this is too important to us. We can’t lose you. Not now, not ever.” His voice is calm, soft, and reassuring.

I feel like my heart is in my throat and when Bucky presses his forehead against my shoulder, his breath tickling my neck, I instantly relax. Soft, plump lips brush my skin, voice so low the timbre barely above a whisper. “Bleed on me. I can take it. I want it.” I feel his teeth against my neck, nipping sharply. “Bleed on me, Angel.”

The departure in how they each respond to what I’ve said is startling. The intent is clearly the same. The approach, however, is vastly different.

The light and the dark.

It’s barely been a week. A whirlwind of a week, mind you. The most insane week thus far in my entire existence.

I am comfortable with them. I am home with them. I feel happy and protected and desired and … loved. It’s then I realize that I can never spend another day in this life without them. I simply cannot.

Mon Soleil et Ma Lune.

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Im crying in the school bathroom rn I seriously love wonho so much I'm in pain why is he my ideal guy in every way he's so amazing and handsome and sweet but whO CARES BEVause he don't kno me haha am I right

big mood all the time im always in pain bc he rly................ doesn’t KNOW i would let him shave off my eyebrows if he wanted 2

tardy replies as usual under the cut!

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I wouldn't even care if wonho was a high maintenance boyf tbh I'd just sit and comb his hair all day and tell him he's pretty

hdjkfh this was so long ago but i think i was mostly kidding abt him being a high maintenance bf... like he would do so much giving? but i guess the only thing he’d need is constant reassurance that his s/o loves him imo jfdhgjk... i also think he’d b someone who either doesn’t settle down ever or does it very late in his life!

annie 🌹literary queen ❤️ literally crowned with a laurel wreath! not be drum attic but this midsummer nights monsta au is so!!!! give me sistar as the four star crossed lovers then drag me to h*ll and give me this doctor faustus au i'm itching for with kihyun as faustus and k.will as mephistopheles bc i love to watch my faves s*ffer but don't let me rip until i get my much ado about nothing au with the entire cast of starship ent and a lil cameo from giriboy!

(in refence to this monsta x as shakespearean archetypes ask!) fjdshgkjs shh i lov u... why is k will as mephistopheles so Accurate esp no.mercy k will lmao. um u should write all of these? in fact if... if anyone has mx literary aus.... hmu...... i’ll n*t

another thing about that incident is that it seems like the fan doesn't think Changkyun and Jooheon undersood them?? (an extension i guess they assumed they don't understand english very well) and that's pretty problematic. it seems to me that when they didn't respond the fan assumed they didn't understand and kept repeating it, as a joke. but they literally did That to the two with the most proficient english in the group... it's rly a mess all around. it's disrespectful through and through

(in relation to that gross “d*ddy” incident from a while ago) ik i feel like some intl fans think korea is a land completely culturally and linguistically alienated/divorced from the rest of the world or something and while cultural relativism is real to some extent... the idea that koreans are completely unaware of ~outside~ things is deeply racist. like mostly white ppl think that diasphoric poc are completely Different from them? when my mum went to the states 15 years ago some ppl literally asked her if there were newspapers in china lol...

i just randomly thought of monsta x as sesame street characters mostly bc i wanna see kihyun and wonho duke it out as bert and ernie (kihyun w/ the waste paper bin on his head and wonho asking 'where's the waste paper bin' and kihyun saying 'ask me that again and look into my eyes') and also minhyuk being elmo tbh...

JKGHKJDF PLEASe!!!! when will something like this b photoshopped... minhyuk as elmo is... spot on... i remember once elmo appeared on a now-discontinued late night talk show program i used to watch when i was in primary school and he was like “elmo likes wasabi, that’s why elmo has no eyebrows” and idk why ive never been able to forget this????? very lmh. also this made me think of a monsta x muppets au n minhyuk is the pic of ass-gape kermit.... next post of mine will b monsta x as kermit reaction pics

Hyungkyun is such an under appreciated ship. Like, they just get each other so well? Why do people overlook it. ㅠ.ㅠ Do you have a moment that made you ship them? How would you describe their dynamic?

it’s bc they’re intp x intj they don’t rly... Understand each other with minimal effort/real communication lmao it’s very efficient. both quiet lil darlings who aren’t emotionally That Open but enjoy their own little space together sometimes?? their dynamic is like... they’re weird in different ways but they’re v chill together. u can tell hyungwon is super fond of changkyun like he has this Expression when ck does anything at all.... i think these two rly love each other’s personalities bc they’re both kind/gentle/peaceful types and their overall ?? vibe is just highly compatible... they’re absolute darlings... v soft together... i can’t think of a favourite moment but i rly rly love their birthday messages for each other last year like changkyun’s message for hyungwon was like “ur rly cool bruh ur rly such a great person” and hyungwon’s message for changkyun was rly... just him obviously doting on him n finding him cute jksfdhg i lov them a lot :(

soyou: i know how to make hair pretty :))) knetz: dirty fckn iljin why can't she be out there being being PRODUCTIVE in society by having babies and learning how to be a good wife for her future husband ://// smh how dare she be successful now when i'm stuck doing what society wants me to do but also anonymously attacking ppl i don't personally know on the internet bc THATS respectable the irony of ugly knetz is so transparent

The whole thing about Knetz and wonho's "scandalous" past reminded me of something. As a PSA to those people who are so insistent and pushy that idols aren't allowed to have sex/date/be anything but straight: Fuck all of you. You do not own these people, and if you really cared about them you'd be happy if they were happy. Like tbh, if anyone that famous and busy could also balance out a relationship at the same time, I'd be so happy for them. It really bugs me how all idols are supposed (1/2)(2/2) have this squeaky clean innocent image where they have to look and act a certain way and have these stupid fucking dating bans because once they don't meet up to that image their success suffers. Idols already give up so much privacy, and the last thing they need is millions of people scrutinizing every little thing they do. I don't even know where I started this rant from, but basically, GIVE IDOLS PRIVACY AND DONT JUDGE THEM FOR THEIR PASTS OR FOR BEING IN RELATIONSHIPS OR WHATEVER

yeth ty for highlighting the gross obsession w purity and productivity (like the first anon said -- a very confucian sort of ideal)... i don’t rly have anything else to add here i think. also i would fight for soyou i fact i would fight lmh who said she was his ideal type in no.mercy era... she’s rly one of my faves and the way she was slandered for the hairdressing thing was one of the most ridiculous things knets ever did lmao honestly yuk

u a kihyun stan now👀👀👀

im a @fhiz stan it’s the same thing tbh

ahh so i saw your tags on that jh gifset! as one of the few jh stans (or maybe there are way more than i think there are lol) i rly love his "reversal charm." he has a lot of what i lack as a person: a strong presence and a lot of confidence! i respect him so much as a person alth i rag on him a lot LMAO. sorry if this is a bit long winded but i just rly wanted to put this out there ;;

this is rly cute i lov hearing ppl talk abt their faves lovingly it rly... Heals Me. i think it’s strange how underappreciated jooheon is in this fandom especially bc he’s usually the one who catches ur eye first bc he’s so hyped by starship as being a one-in-a-million talented rapper u know? and he rly shines in mvs and no.mercy but............. y does he have the least fansites jkfhdg ?? you’re v right abt the reversal charm thing but i feel like sometimes it’s very overdone like... on lots of shows he’s asked to do aegyo when rly he should be asked to... idk... rap or dance or something?? i actually think jooheon is the most serious member of monsta x sometimes bc he seems to have a sense that he’s.. the pillar of mx if that makes sense? and that’s why he’s always pushing himself and working tirelessly like he feels very Responsible for this group, more than anyone else. idk if that makes sense!!! i love him and i want him to... unwind a bit bc sometimes he looks so stressed and tired but he still feels the need to pretend to be energetic like my heart rly hurts for him :/ this got so emo im sry i do rly love to hear that u respect him sm i love jooheon stans :(

i can see what u mean about jooheon being 1 of the most masculine. (iirc u also talked abt kihyun being that in a post a while ago) like with his face and his physique he really is striking; his body=like that slim,upside-down Y that you'd learn to draw men w/ in Anatomy 101 , but i think.. ,--not that u asked, but,, i think the jury's still out on if he's comfortable w his masculinity with the way he acts feminine lyk misogynistic comedians Can sound like dead ringers for women,? idk & i take +

(not sure if there was a 2nd part to this? there’s nothing else in my inbox so i’m sry if there was and tumblr ate it) yeth i think i meant that his demeanor is the most ~~masculine~~ whereas i think kihyun is still the most... idk... mature-masculine?? if tht makes sense, and i definitely agree w u on that second point! i didn’t think of that at the time but now that i... do... think abt it... ur right and also the way he comes back from it by putting on the >swag demeanor again in an attempt to polarise it is definitely a bit 👀👀👀 he probably doesn’t want to risk his Manly Rapper Image for real u kno? that said it’s ingrained in kpop that behaving cute --> “girly” entails that sort of “comedic” high-pitched voice + compact body language etc.... like i’m not condoning that ofc but i definitely think it’s broader than this particular case! :/ hm

maybe i'd be doing better in school if i could major in kihyunology ;~; i stan him but i def think we still don't know much about him even after all this time after debut. especially when i look at him compared to wonho who wears his heart on his sleeve (bless him i love wonho sm, gotta protect this bun at all costs!!)...but ya it just makes me wanna learn more about him like who is the real kihyun??

i want to write a kihyun meta when i have time... i feel like i Get him a bit more these days but it’s also very hard to put into words bc u kno when u kinda sorta mb get some1 but it’s a feeling rather than anything conveniently expressable gkjdhfjk.... idk if anyone wants to send in some Kihyun Thoughts + Meta feel free! :>> i don’t think he’s actually... as complex as we sometimes make him out to be lol like his behaviour is actually kind of predictable? more on his later

wait is the february comeback actually true? ugh i'm so conflicted cuz on one hand i'm excited if there's really gonna be a full length album, but i also think they need more rest but then there's the matter of getting their first win and idk i'm super psyched but i'm also worried that the boys are being overworked

i still feel like they had a comeback like yesterday lol like looking at their schedules stresses me out bc they do so much..... im glad wonho got to go to his mum’s cafe recently tho! all we can do is have faith in them rn and when it’s time... stream, buy things if ur able to, spread the news and the hype etc. i am definitely Worried abt some things like the competition they’re up against but.... gotta have faith u kno... and i feel like all active idols are kind of... permanently worked very hard but i think currently only jooheon and shownu are a bit Overloaded. also has the date been confirmed yet... it’s february already...

#i planned 2 answer more but im... sleepy...#soon... i will... catch up... and make this blog neater + more navigation-friendly #ask #compilation #Anonymous

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watchilove · 4 years

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MB&F launches today the tenth iteration of their Horological Machine – MB&F Horological Machine N°10 ‘Bulldog’. Totally unexpected in design and interpretation, as all their machines – I might say, the ‘Bulldog’ brings a joyful note to the collection. The quadruped inspiration is funny and the entire construct reaches out to the girl or boy inside of us. The connection with your dog is something special. The new watch brings a smile to any dog lover, daring to touch your love for the canine reign. Please check below the integral press release.

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Summary

The relationship between man and watch is as nuanced as the one between man and dog. The best examples of such connections last for years, even decades, shaping lives and stories. In some cases, the watch chooses its owner as much as the other way around. After all, whether it’s your first or hundredth time, there’s something special about the moment you set eyes on The One. So it is, as they say, with Man’s Best Friend. Presenting Horological Machine N°10 ‘Bulldog’.

A rounded, compact body of titanium or red gold, coupled with a generous ration of sapphire crystal. Two prominent aluminium time-display “eyes”, rolling at anyone who dares look its way. A collar studded with projections that allow you to wind the mainspring or set the time. Stout but flexible “legs” that wrap firmly around your wrist. A massive jaw. And above all, a big heart beating steadily at 2.5Hz (18,000vph).

Just like the creature for which it is named, there’s more to HM10 Bulldog than meets the eye. Its hinged jaws open and shut according to the amount of wind left in its mainspring — a fully closed mouth tells you that “Bulldog” is wound down and ready for a nap. If you can clearly see the rows of shining teeth lining the jaws, get ready, because that means “Bulldog” is full of fight, charged up with a 45 hours of mainspring energy. This massive power-reserve indication has been carefully designed and calibrated to consume the least energy possible, allowing HM10 Bulldog to direct its considerable mainspring torque solely towards its suspended balance and its revolving hour and minute domes.

MB&F Horological Machine N°10 ‘Bulldog’ (credits to MB&F)

The manual-winding engine of HM10 Bulldog was designed and developed in-house, leveraging the best of MB&F’s technical expertise built up over the years; longtime members of the MB&F Tribe will recognise elements that hew closely to the horological lab’s best-loved creations. The large suspended balance that hovers just beneath the central dome of sapphire crystal was made possible by the various iterations of this mechanism in the Legacy Machine collection. The massive jaws that indicate the level of mainspring wind are a much-expanded demonstration of the power-reserve management that was first deployed in the 2014 LM1 Xia Hang. The paper-thin aluminium domes have their roots in the HM3 Frog and were refined in 2014’s HM6. Even the grillework design motif in the “ribs” set beneath the balance and in the tail-end of the body echoes the automotive-inspired HM8, HMX and HM5. Taken altogether, the message is clear: HM10 Bulldog is a highly bred machine.

Despite its outsize personality — measuring 45mm across, 54mm from nose to tail and with a maximum height of 24mm — HM10 Bulldog is surprisingly wearable. Its sprung strap attachment “legs” allow the body to fit closely around the wrist, with the calf-leather strap as robust as any well-made leash — fastened with either a folding buckle or Velcro system. Available in both titanium and a combination of titanium and red gold, HM10 Bulldog is assembled with highly distilled expertise in micro-mechanical engineering. Fitting the requisite elements of timekeeping and time display within such a limited three-dimensional volume, while maintaining top levels of artistry and finish, requires careful balance between technical and aesthetic factors.

MB&F Horological Machine N°10 ‘Bulldog’ (credits to Arnaud Légeret and MB&F)

MB&F creations have always attracted a highly loyal audience and HM10 Bulldog returns the favour in spades: its allegiances go solely to its owner. Both the time indication and the power reserve display are visible only from the point of view of the wearer.

One final piece of advice for those who come across Horological Machine N°10 ‘Bulldog’ is engraved on its body, like a cautionary message you might find on the collar of a particularly feisty canine. The beast may be intimidating, but it ultimately exists in service of another. People would do well to remember — “Forget the dog, beware of the owner”.

MB&F Horological Machine N°10 ‘Bulldog’ is available in two launch editions: grade 5 titanium body with blue “eyes”, and 18k red-gold and titanium body with black “eyes”.

Inspirations for HM10 Bulldog

The design came to Maximilian Büsser while he was travelling in Japan; Horological Machine N°10 ‘Bulldog’ bounded up in his mind’s eye just as a loyal pup might greet a returning master.

“What you see now in front of you is more or less exactly what I saw at the time,” says Büsser, “and it was the first time I actually saw a watch in my mind, just like that.”

MB&F Horological Machine N°10 ‘Bulldog’ Red Gold and Titanium

HM10 Bulldog coalesced from various MB&F influences and motifs that dedicated enthusiasts of the brand will immediately recognise. In a deeply affirmative way, HM10 Bulldog is simultaneously a reflection of MB&F and a paean to the fidelity of their followers. The traditional saying “as stubborn as a bulldog” parallels the determination of MB&F to chart an untraditional path outside of conventional watch design, sometimes with creations that have polarised the horological community. In similar vein, the British bulldog may be a dog of pedigree and stature, but it is certainly no crowd-pleaser.

MB&F Horological Machine N°10 ‘Bulldog’ (credits to Arnaud Légeret and MB&F)

The Latin root for the word “animal” is anima, meaning “soul” or “spirit”; the enlivening element. Little wonder that the MB&F creations that draw inspiration from the natural world — such as Horological Machine N°3 ‘Frog’ and Horological Machine N°7 ‘Aquapod’ — have also provoked some of the strongest responses. HM10 Bulldog follows this evocative path, with its large eyes, expressively mobile mouth and exposed heart.

More about the HM10 engine

The mechanics driving Horological Machine N°10 ‘Bulldog’ are entirely new but deeply familiar. Completely designed and developed in-house, the HM10 engine is the technical confluence of the various areas of movement expertise at MB&F, honed over years of experience.

The eye-catching balance, suspended beneath the central sapphire crystal dome and beating at the traditional cadence of 2.5Hz (18,000vph), first appeared in an MB&F creation in 2011, with the debut of Legacy Machine N°1. Since then, this technically challenging mechanism has become a unique icon of MB&F, appearing in the majority of Legacy Machines, Horological Machine N°9, and now HM10 Bulldog.

Powerful and startling, the revolving time-telling domes of HM10 Bulldog originated in the conical hour- and minute-modules of the first Horological Machine N°3, the creation that cemented MB&F’s reputation as a disruptive horological force. Subsequently, the cones took on rounded forms in HM3 ‘Frog’, but the one factor that remained constant was the urgent need to make them as light as possible, so that they placed minimal stress on the rest of the engine. Conventional milling processes were reworked and tolerances were sliced micro-fine in order to produce paper-thin aluminium components in three dimensions. These components later appeared again in Horological Machine N°6, this time paired with conical gearing to enable the highly precise display of time.

The 301-component HM10 engine is manual-winding, with a single barrel that imparts 45 hours of power reserve, indicated by the opening and shutting of external hinged jaws. Whereas conventional examples of power-reserve display will aim for a simple hand indicator that consumes as little energy as possible, HM10 Bulldog has chosen to make a statement of strength with its impossible-to-miss display. Separate crowns are actuated for winding and time-setting, located towards the rear of the HM10 Bulldog body.

MB&F Horological Machine N°10 ‘Bulldog’ Titanium

MB&F Horological Machine N°10 ‘Bulldog’ Red Gold and Titanium

MB&F Horological Machine N°10 ‘Bulldog’ Technical Specifications and Price

Horological Machine N°10 ‘Bulldog’ is available in two versions:

Ti version: grade 5 titanium case with blue hour and minute domes – CHF 98,000 / USD 105,000 / EUR 92,000 + VAT

RT version: 18k red gold and titanium case with black hour and minute domes – CHF 112,000 / USD 120,000 / EUR 105,000 + VAT

Engine

Manual-winding in-house movement

Frequency: 2.5Hz (18,000bph)

Bespoke flying 14mm balance wheel with four traditional regulating screws floating above the domed dials

Super-LumiNova on the hour and minute domes and markers

Single barrel with 45 hours of power reserve

301 components, 34 jewels

Left crown at 11 o’clock for winding; right crown at 1 o’clock for setting the time

FUNCTIONS & INDICATIONS

Hours on left dome (aluminium dome rotating in 12 hours)

Minutes on right dome (aluminium dome rotating in 60 minutes)

Power reserve indicated in 3D by the opening and closing of the jaws (end of power reserve = closed jaws).

Case

Version Ti: grade 5 titanium

Version RT: 18k 5N+ red gold and grade 5 titanium

Dimensions: 54mm x 45mm x 24mm

Water resistant to 5ATM / 50m / 160ft

Sapphire crystals

2 sapphire crystals treated with anti-reflective coating on both sides

Strap and buckle

RT version: hand-stitched brown calf-leather strap with custom-designed red gold folding buckle.

Ti version: hand-stitched blue calf-leather strap with Velcro system and titanium buckle.

Friends Responsible for HM10 Bulldog

Concept: Maximilian Büsser / MB&F

Design: Eric Giroud / Through the Looking Glass

Technical and production management: Serge Kriknoff / MB&F

R&D: Simon Brette, Ruben Martinez and Thomas Lorenzato / MB&F

Movement development: Simon Brette / MB&F

Case: Riccardo Pescante / Les Artisans Boîtiers

Sapphire crystals: Sylvain Stoller / Novo Crystal

Anti-refection treatment for sapphire crystals: Anthony Schwab / Econorm

Precision turning of wheels, pinions and axes: Paul André Tendon / Bandi, Jean-François Mojon / Chronode, Daniel Gumy / Decobar Swiss, Atokalpa and Le Temps Retrouvé

Springs and jumper: Alain Pellet / Elefil Swiss

Balance wheel: Andreas Kurt / Precision Engineering

Balance spring: Stefan Schwab / Schwab-Feller

Barrel: Daniel Gumy / Decobar Swiss

Plates, bridges and indexes: Benjamin Signoud / Amecap, Alain Lemarchand and Jean-Baptiste Prétot / MB&F, Marc Bolis / 2B8

Hand-finishing of movement components: Jacques-Adrien Rochat and Denis Garcia / C.-L. Rochat

PVD-treatement: Pierre-Albert Steinmann / Positive Coating

Buckle: G&F Châtelain

Crowns: Cheval Frères

Dials (hours and minutes domes): Hassan Chaïba and Virginie Duval / Les Ateliers d’Hermès Horlogers

Movement assembly: Didier Dumas, Georges Veisy, Anne Guiter, Emmanuel Maitre and Henri Porteboeuf / MB&F

In-house machining: Alain Lemarchand and Jean-Baptiste Prétot / MB&F

Quality control: Cyril Fallet / MB&F

After-Sales Service: Thomas Imberti / MB&F

Strap: Multicuirs

Presentation box: Olivier Berthon / Soixanteetonze

Logistics and production: David Lamy and Isabel Ortega / MB&F

Marketing & Communication: Charris Yadigaroglou, Virginie Toral and Arnaud Légeret / MB&F

M.A.D.Gallery: Hervé Estienne and Juliette Duru / MB&F

Sales: Thibault Verdonckt, Virginie Marchon and Jean-Marc Bories / MB&F

Graphic design: Samuel Pasquier / MB&F, Adrien Schulz and Gilles Bondallaz / Z+Z

Watch photography: Maarten van der Ende and Alex Teuscher

Portrait photography: Régis Golay / Federal

Webmasters: Stéphane Balet / Nord Magnétique, Victor Rodriguez and Mathias Muntz / Nimeo

Film: Marc-André Deschoux / MAD LUX and RJ41

Texts: Suzanne Wong / WorldTempus

Friends Responsible for HM10 Bulldog

MB&F – Genesis Of A Concept Laboratory

Founded in 2005, MB&F is the world’s first-ever horological concept laboratory. With almost 20 remarkable calibres forming the base of the critically acclaimed Horological and Legacy Machines, MB&F is continuing to follow Founder and Creative Director Maximilian Büsser’s vision of creating 3-D kinetic art by deconstructing traditional watchmaking.

After 15 years managing prestigious watch brands, Maximilian Büsser resigned from his Managing Director position at Harry Winston in 2005 to create MB&F – Maximilian Büsser & Friends. MB&F is an artistic and micro-engineering laboratory dedicated to designing and crafting small series of radical concept watches by bringing together talented horological professionals that Büsser both respects and enjoys working with.

In 2007, MB&F unveiled its first Horological Machine, HM1. HM1’s sculptured, three-dimensional case and beautifully finished engine (movement) set the standard for the idiosyncratic Horological Machines that have followed – all Machines that tell the time, rather than Machines to tell the time. The Horological Machines have explored space (HM2, HM3, HM6), the sky (HM4, HM9), the road (HM5, HMX, HM8) and water (HM7).

In 2011, MB&F launched its round-cased Legacy Machine collection. These more classical pieces – classical for MB&F, that is – pay tribute to nineteenth-century watchmaking excellence by reinterpreting complications from the great horological innovators of yesteryear to create contemporary objets d’art. LM1 and LM2 were followed by LM101, the first MB&F Machine to feature a movement developed entirely in-house. LM Perpetual, LM Split Escapement and LM Thunderdome broadened the collection further. 2019 marked a turning point with the creation of the first MB&F Machine dedicated to women: LM FlyingT. MB&F generally alternates between launching contemporary, resolutely unconventional Horological Machines and historically inspired Legacy Machines.

As the F stands for Friends, it was only natural for MB&F to develop collaborations with artists, watchmakers, designers and manufacturers they admire.

This brought about two new categories: Performance Art and Co-creations. While Performance Art pieces are MB&F machines revisited by external creative talent, Co-creations are not wristwatches but other types of machines, engineered and crafted by unique Swiss Manufactures from MB&F ideas and designs. Many of these Co-creations, such as the clocks created with L’Epée 1839, tell the time while collaborations with Reuge and Caran d’Ache generated other forms of mechanical art.

To give all these machines an appropriate platform, Büsser had the idea of placing them in an art gallery alongside various forms of mechanical art created by other artists, rather than in a traditional storefront. This brought about the creation of the first MB&F M.A.D.Gallery (M.A.D. stands for Mechanical Art Devices) in Geneva, which would later be followed by M.A.D.Galleries in Taipei, Dubai and Hong Kong.

There have been distinguished accolades reminding us of the innovative nature of MB&F’s journey so far. To name a few, there have been no less than 5 Grand Prix awards from the famous Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève: in 2019, the prize for Best Ladies Complication went to the LM FlyingT, in 2016, LM Perpetual won the Best Calendar Watch award; in 2012, Legacy Machine No.1 was awarded both the Public Prize (voted for by horology fans) and the Best Men’s Watch Prize (voted for by the professional jury). In 2010, MB&F won Best Concept and Design Watch for the HM4 Thunderbolt. In 2015 MB&F received a Red Dot: Best of the Best award – the top prize at the international Red Dot Awards – for the HM6 Space Pirate.

MB&F Horological Machine N°10 ‘Bulldog’ MB&F launches today the tenth iteration of their Horological Machine - MB&F Horological Machine N°10 ‘Bulldog’. Totally unexpected in design and interpretation, as all their machines - I might say, the ‘Bulldog’ brings a joyful note to the collection.

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