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                            .　　. ˚　. ╳ ⊹ ― 𝐈𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐀 𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐘 𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐅𝐔𝐋 𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓, a scarce occasion in Hell. Perhaps that is why he finds the King of Hell on the balcony in sequestration. For a moment, Alastor simply hangs in the shadows, watching wearily at their ' supposed ' king. It was no secret that Alastor didn't feel he was suitable for the role. Yet, perhaps, much like himself there were simply things one didn't see below the surface. For instance, Alastor could have chosen to disrupt this peace, antagonizing him until his eyes glowed RED like the apple that adorned his cane with that mouthwatering wicked glare he fancied to glimpse. It was far better than seeing him sulk, melancholy, && searching for a reason to continue. It was cliche, boring in Alastor's opinion. 

                           But ― much to his dismay the RADIO DEMON decides to stow away his mischief for the night, materializing finally from his shadow && stepping out onto the balcony to watch the rare scene of tranquility on this hellish night. He can sense Lucifer's tension, it cut through the air like a blade. Still, Alastor holds himself back. Quietly tapping his cane, inhaling softly. ❛ You know, you're not at all what I thought you'd be. ❜

so about that book…

I love The Girls

Especially Girl^2

day 22 and 25 -looks at date- or at least inspired by them

This is Rei Suwa appreciation account now.

I used to be so against the slow burn trope. Not because I thought it was shit; it's just, I usually don't have the patience to wait whatever-amount-superior-to-three damn chapters for my dear ship to finally be able to look at each other without blushing and/or hold hands. Thus why you often times see me reading oneshots or fics with the "Established Relationship" tag on them.

So you can imagine just how surprised—or maybe not, maybe I just didn't think enough about it—I was when I realized my newest fixation's main pairing is—canonically—the embodiment of slow burn. Because holy shit they're taking their time.

Nothing against how Kusuriya develops its love story—quite the opposite, actually. The relationship between Jinshi and Maomao, two characters that are written as beautifully as their romance, is a rather realistic approach as to how the same or a similar dynamic would developed in real life. In such a complicated situation, with such complex feelings about emotions—both external and their own—and attachment, makes sense that it takes so long for the relationship to finally sail.

The problem is, I didn't know I was signing with the Devil the moment I decided to pick up the light novel. Ten volumes and nothing has happened. Nothing.

And you can say that technically things have happened, because they have. I mean, Jinshi is just so desperate for Maomao to give him the time of day, you know what I mean? And even that isn't enough anymore and thus he has committed some of the craziest shit I've seen in any romance. Which okay, I don't usually read these type of romances but still.

What I mean by "nothing" is just, their relationship hasn't changed status. I could also say that it seems to go nowhere, but that'd be lying. Since, you know, it has changed quite a lot—just not in the way my impatient ass wanted it to. Because he can be as honest with his feelings as he pleases, and those around them might be heavely conscious of the tension and thus constantly tease those lovebirds (as they should), but babygirl's not helping, you know?

And I get it, Maomao's not the best at expressing and understanding herself, and she's also way too busy worrying about going as unnoticed as possible (she should give up on that one already, tbh) while keeping her head where it should be. But like, I can't help feeling frustrated over it like ‼‼

GIRL, FUCK THE RULES. TAKE THAT PATHETIC EXCUSE OF A MAN AND RUNAWAY SOMEWHERE NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY YOU. YOU THEN CARRY THAT BITCH BRIDESTYLE TO THE CLOSEST CHURCH AND MAKE HIM YOUR WIFE. PROCEED TO FROG AROUND, EXPERIMENT WITH YOUR UTERUS AS MUCH AS YOU'D LIKE, AND THEN TEACH THE PRODUCTS OF YOUR PRACTICES AS YOUR OWN GUINEA PIG THE WAYS OF HERBAL MEDICINE. AS EASY AS THAT.

But she won't. She'll take her sweet ass time being in denial about both Jinshi's and her own feelings, then maybe she'll proceed to analize herself and find out that maybe, just maybe, that affection that she'd been feeling for that loser became something else. Did said affection also become something more complicated? Absolutely. Does she know how to deal with it? Hell no, but fuck it. If I learned something from school is that you always leave the hardest parts for later.

Now you see why I was so against reading slow burn?

And you wanna know the worst part? I loved it—I loved every second of it, every word, every page. Every scene that seemed to help the relationship advance, only for Maomao to say nope and leave like she owns the place, which at this point she fucking might.

It feels like I, as the reader, am in the middle of a heatwave and some sadistic bastard won't stop teasing me with ice cream—they put it in front of my face, close enough that I can smell the cold. Then take a spoon and eat little by little while staring directly to my eyes. At times they seem to show mercy and feed me a spoon, only for it to be a rather small quantity of serving—serving that tastes so damn good at first, only for it to have such a bitter aftertaste. But if I gotta have something in common with Jinshi is that I'll never be able to beat the masochist allegations, so I'll wait patiently for the next spoon and its corresponding and seemingly enless teasing from that faceless being.

So yeah, I'm still against it, only that now I understand the appeal—even if I have yet to find out about the whereabouts of my sanity while still mananing with the little I've left.

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ARE YOU KIDDING ME AHHHHHHH

THIS CHAPTER COVER HAS FOLDED ME INTO THE PUFF PASTRY AND SHOVED ME IN THE OVEN

Chapitre 211 - The Burned-In Smile / The Scorched Smile

THE SMILES.

Just like how Syaoran mentioned each of the people most important to him in his final moments and ended on Lava Lamp, the chapter covers also went through Syaoran having a nice moment with each of them AND ENDED HERE WITH LAVA LAMP. 

IN A WONDERFUL IMAGE OF THEM SMILING AND HAVING FUN TOGETHER IN A WIND SWEPT FIELD

THIS NEVER HAPPENED. THEY NEVER GOT TO HAVE THIS MOMENT. 

BUT IN THEIR HEARTS THEY WERE THIS CLOSE, DESPITE IT ALL. 

AND THE SPLASH TEXT?

Supreme friends, and the supreme smile

H E L P

Dunno if this is weird to say but I LOVE how much Extremely Intense And Gay friendship art you make? I don't really see a lot of people pointing out that sometimes romantic and platonic are really blurred in dynamics let alone see people writing for those? And it's really cool to see them in your art and shit. Sometimes you're also in love with your best friend and best friend with your partner and you date your best friend or you call your lover your best friend and it's just. Not a strictly divided thing! It's fun to see those dynamics actually shown in something and Danganronpa has SO many relationships that Aren't strictly platonic or romantic or familial. Sometimes love is just Weird and uncategorized and you can't put a label on it!

i don't think it's weird at all, I'm happy to hear it 🥰 idk what to say that I haven't gushed before, but generally I think relationships are as diverse as the people in them and that's something to celebrate! (And I'm a lot happier thinking this way)

thinking about how the only reason sunny started reconnecting with the world and realising he deserves love is because kel never gave up on him. even though sunny isolated himself from everyone kel still called him and tried to reach out. and it’s so pivotal it’s literally the key choice that determines whether or not you get the good ending. the path to healing and contentment depends on whether or not you take the hand kel offers you. and sunny learns to forgive himself because he keeps making that choice. he opens the door for kel, and therefore chooses reconciliation and personal growth. it’s why he’s able to save basil in the end. because kel is strong and resilient and kind. because kel is lonely and has grieved in silence for years but still looks for sunny everywhere he goes. because they’re both invisible. because everything that sunny needs, kel has.

kel saved sunny’s life

i am irrationally annoyed by the results of that poll about which scion could get closest to defeating the wol because we've canonically kicked estinien's ass multiple times, once while he was possessed by one of the most powerful dragons in existence, but the masses voted for him over g'raha tia, who not only has the power to transcend time and space, but who could also go toe-to-toe with emet-selch in terms of both power and wits

I think one of my favorite things about saiki k and the reason i keep coming back to it is how it takes superpowers that we are so used to thinking of as something amazing and highlights just how awful something like that can be. It takes the extraordinary and flips it on its head and say "hey but wouldnt this actually suck if you think about for more than three seconds?" Its something i really like because it creates much more interesting characters imo. A lot of super powerful characters in media feel pretty flat because the focus is on how great and awesome their powers are, but in saiki k you just have this guy who is basically god but hayes it and is dead set on being as average as possible. One of my other favorite things is all the disability metaphor potential

Some (late) holiday photos of the boye~!

me on a daily basis

Jurassic world chaos theory countdown

Prompt 2: favorite duo

They lost a bet...

Reference pic:

All evidence suggests yes