Russell Crowe as John Biebe in Mystery, Alaska (1999)

Hello!

I am a person who is writing his own Interactive Fiction game. I currently have about 50k words written for it and will probably be making a forum thread soon. But I really need some advice from you as your game is one of my favourite.

The thing I am struggling with is my plot seems a bit bland to me and I just don't know what to do about it. Like I at the start only decided my game is going to be very reactive to choices and I have loads of meaningful choices and lots of variables remembering lots of things. But when I read through what I have written so far it feels a bit meh. Like your game is soooo intriguing as a reade. So my question was how do I make the plot more intriguing?? Sorry for the long ass post

I'm probably not the best person to ask about this; I go through cycles of self-doubt at least a few times a month 😞

But I'll do my best to help!

First of all, 50k words for an initial demo is impressive! HM had around 28k words when I first uploaded a public demo (which was just the first version of the prologue), so you're doing very well!

I think it would help tremendously for you to sit down and figure out what themes you wish to put focus on. It doesn't mean that you can't tackle a few others as you write, but it's always good to set goals like this to maintain consistency and make their presence strong in the story. It doesn't have to be something "grand"; it just needs to be clear in your head.

It's cool to aim for your choices to be meaningful, but watch out for scope creep. Not that I can talk; I have way too many variables tracking the MC's actions/dialogue choices as well as routes that not many will ever know about. And they can be fun! Just remember that fun doesn't always remove the stress attached to those boosts of excitement. I'd say try to focus on choices/variables you're sure you can deal with, particularly those that can enhance the quality of your plot, and you can decide to add more once you're certain you can handle them.

I have no way of knowing you're not already doing this, but well-developed characters help the impact of the plot grow stronger. Their fears, motivations, what they need to see vs what they have currently. Humans are complex beings, and for me, it's always interesting to try and explore that complexity. I love exploring it.

Try to talk to a friend about what you have at the moment! It helps to have some who'd never mince their words and are willing to give honest feedback while being helpful at the same time. In a way, it can be encouraging to know you have someone to depend to, and I hope you can find them if you haven't met such a person yet.

It's a first draft!! This is something I also keep telling myself, though it doesn't necessarily help me clear out all doubts all the time. But you should at least be aware of it. This is the first time I'm creating an IF, but I did a lot of film screenplays before, and my first drafts always sucked. It's why rewrites are not a foreign concept to me, and why I know HM might go through a lot of changes before I settle on its final version. But I do think both readers and writers should be aware of the fact that first drafts aren't supposed to be perfect; and WIPs, no matter how long they are, shouldn't be expected to have no flaws at all.

I cannot stress this out more, but taking walks outside or even doing the most mundane of errands can help to clear your mind! Try to take some rest; it might even give you some perspectives you haven't thought of before :))

I think that's all I can give for now, and I hope you're having a great time writing so far! I do want to remind you that you'll have to find methods that personally work for you as well, whether you're a plotter, a pantser, or something in between. It's why I haven't been too specific with the things I said; it's best for you to try and see what actually works for you as a writer. Best of luck <3

I hope this isn't overstepping at all, but I've dealt with what you're dealing with before and I know how disheartening and frustrating it can feel to want to create and finish something but not being able to for whatever reason. The thing that really helped me more than I expected to was actually to just...stop setting goals for myself. Every time I set a goal and then missed it, I'd punish myself for it and it would just make me feel worse and it was like this cycle I couldn't get out of. Once I stopped doing that, things got a little easier. If it also helps, whenever I'm unable to get anything written down or drawn, I just keep telling myself it's a first draft and everything can be changed later. And doing that relieves so much pressure off me. It doesn't matter if I write bullet point sentences, if my sketch is just shitty lines, if it's completely illegible, it's a first draft and it can be changed. Writing full flowing sentences is hard, but shitty bullet points of what I like it a lot easier. I can fix it later. But doing that at least lets you open the door a little and get something out, ya know? Again, I'm so sorry if this is overstepping, but I just wanted to let you know what's helped me, from someone who knows how exhausting and infuriating it can be. I hope it helps, even a little. Just remember that all this should be fun, ya know? That's the end goal. It's all fun. If you're not in the mood for something, then that's fine. No one will be disappointed. No one will yell at you. These projects will always be there if and when you want to return to them. You got this, okay? Everyone deals with stuff like this, and being kind to yourself and letting yourself off the hook every once in a while is such a wonderful experience. Good luck, okay? I'm rooting for you and I love you!

No, thank you thats really sweet! I have in the past done a very similar thing that I just wrote outlines with bullet points and then wrote the real story according to bullet points. I think it doesn't work so well with what I am working on right now, because its just full smut left and I am not good at writing bulletpoints down for smut its usualyl just " - insert smut here" :D But for the other projects this is definitely a good option.

I think the issue is that if you write long form content you just know readers will jump ship if you don't upload fast. And yea, I know I know you shouldn't write for the readers and all, but in the end I am an attention whore just like everyone else and I want that seratonin feedback.

I guess its just that set myself up for failure last year when I wrote like a maniac. 5k a day or whatever, because I had constant output and would get constant feedback. Now that my output is very low, very very low, I just feel very useless.

Writing was the only thing I was semi good at and now I can't even do that, you know? It makes me feel MEH.

Gosh sorry thats not what you asked, I'm sorry. Your advice is real sound, thank you!

hey kels i was scrolling through my dash and then i caught a glimpse of your new fallon drawing and i want you to know that i went absolutely buckwild and then i scrolled further to see the whole drawing and i'm pretty sure i squealed. kels ever since ive started following you and your art and fallon have slowly nestled yourself inside my brain its amazing how excited i get whenever u upload a new drawing. also ive noticed that i'm slowly but surely starting to sound more and more unhinged and wild like you. how the fuck do you have so much influence on me. 

ALSO i love the new fallon drawing!! you are so right blue gold and white are just her colours they fit her v well!! and i love how much texture you used throughout the whole drawing and her shoes are AWESOME!! also love the whole winter fairy-ish vibe <3

ALSO i was wondering if you could like sort of,, idk explain your drawing process on this drawing? like if you did the colouring first or the lineart and stuff bc i just love how it turned out and id love to try something similar!!

AW!!! i am so hype for my awful girl to be Enjoyed so much!! she is my favorite dressup doll i love to play barbies with her most of all heheh. also i am THRILLED that my Unhinged and Unwell nature have rubbed off on u. i know i am a Strong personality and it makes me V POLARIZING (i am either LOVED or LOATHED i havent met many ppl who are just like meh abt me. i am an Experience) and its always a DELIGHT when someone finds my feral animal traits endearing or positive and kind of picks up on them. i think because life is short that we should all be as bananas as we please at any point in time. PURE ID HERE BABY

AND TY TY!! my girl has a strong aesthetic and this piece kind of went a liiiiittle against some of that (its a lot of hard angles vs i normally give her a lot of ovals and rounded edges) but for the setting its appropriate bc im trying to give her a bit more of a """"harsh"""" or """"severe"""" vibe (like as harsh and severe as she can possibly look which isnt very). i LOVE to use texture brushes they are such an easy way to get out of drawing details myself because i am SO lazy!!

okay i “”answered”” this i GUESS technically because i typed words in response but its a whole lot of jack shit so like. here ya go. SORRY PAL. 

here are some more shoes as u can see i basically draw her in the same ones always except when i draw her in a plugsuit

OKAY THE DRAW IN QUESTION i kind of cheated on bc i literally just traced over one of my older draws i did for a very obscure au i made of who made me a princess (i am always doing such ridiculously niche shit i love to sit in my little sandbox and have no one else understand my barbie rps) BUT the process is the same as basically every draw i do like this. it is very simple so dont worry (or do, maybe)

i use 1-3 layers at a time and then immediately merge when i feel like im done and LIVE W MY MISTAKES if not!! anyway prepare to be massively underwhelmed heh

this is so funny i cant believe i literally traced my own drawing im a fuckin FRAUD im the laziest bitch i know. anyway. my sketches are way messier than this but it always starts out either scratch ass lines or color blocking w this bright ass magenta bc thats what feels right!!!!!!

HERES THE LAYERS I USED LOL i do all textures n shit as a clipping mask so actually i used 4 layers for this bc id set down one texture or pattern that was gonna overlap on a diff layer so i wouldnt have to work harder to erase and then BLINDLY MERGED to make things more difficult if actually i fucked up before that!!! work smarter not harder except when it is absolutely braindead to do otherwise is my motto

IF IM DOIN SMTH NICER like this then i usually make sure all my lines connect (this is also why i do a lot of angles and simple clear shapes when i draw) so i can set that layer as reference and USE THE FUCKING FILL TOOL BAYBEEEEE!!!!! this also makes it easier to fuck around with COLOR imho bc you can just rapidly swatch with zero efforts. i Love to take shortcuts. i Love to be lazy. i HIGHLY rec this, if i have colored smth that stays in the lines then its bc i connected the lineart and used the bucket fill underneath. if my lines dont connect sometimes ill make a temp line and erase after i filled. im dedicated. ALSO u can see here that my patterns layer is all overlapping and fucked up bc i didnt check and erase fully but i use p limited palettes in general so... IT DIDNT MATTER THIS TIME!!!!!!!!. 

anyway after all that i lock the lineart layer if i havent already and color some of the lines for some PIZAZZ. easy way to immediately fake effort i do love to do that

HERES AN ACTUALLY MESSY SKETCH:

 i do all of my fucking draws on the same canvas bc im a horrible little beast, so the only reason i didnt erase the sketch and use it for the colors layer was bc there were others on that layer already and i didnt wanna scoot them so i could cap the finished draw. i did NOT connect my lines for this one i colored like a toddler. who gives a shit we all die in the end anyway!!! 

YOU DIDNT ASK FOR THIS BUT LINELESS MY LOVE... i just color blocked for this one alas i do not have process caps, i will do that next time i draw i guess if anyone wants that!!? i typically only use a single layer for lineless- block out the shape, alpha lock, then color and carve from there. EASY PEASY!! ive shown it before but i spent all my formative draw years on v limited feature programs (mspaint, oekaki, TEGAKI MOST OF ALL) so i dont explore tools much and do what seems easiest and most intuitive to me... im sorry i dont have any sick tricks or real process i am but a feral little clown drawing in the DIRT. also here is the tegaki overlay i use whenever i am Blocked or fatigued w procreate layout. it makes me feel NOSTALGIC and INSPIRED so i do this instead of like, actually getting on tegs2

this ended up long as fuck and FOR WHAT?? its just 10 images and several paragraphs of “sorry im the laziest fucker ALIVE”

Hi!!! ^^ For the artist ask game: 1, 2 & 23? :)

Hi! :)

1. Favorite drawing from this year

I already gave two in this reply but I'm going to keep giving more favorites as long as people keep asking this question :D

I liked this one for a long time and I remember thinking to myself I'd never top this one after I finished it:

2. Least favorite drawing from this year

I love this question! Lots of contenders for this one. Most of my drawings I like very much at the moment I post them, but I've noticed that the more tired I am when I post, the more likely it is that I look at the drawing again in the sober light of the next day and find all sorts of flaws. Sometimes I'll even post a drawing that I don't like myself, but want to upload because I might as well track my progress, including the meh bits. (And sometimes I get surprised when quite a few people respond positively, and I reevaluate the drawing and realize it has some neat thing about it.) Well, my least favorite one was neither here nor there; I don't really know what was going through my head when I posted it...

23. Favorite pose you've drawn

Ok, I've got a few asks with this question and, like with the "favorite drawing," I'll take the liberty of just putting a different favorite in every ask!

This wasn't a pose study per se, more a coloring/modeling exercise, but I do really like the pose. He's got a very slight contrapposto going on with his feet pointing one (two) way(s) and his head looking another way, which makes the pose feel less static. I like how he's looking off into the fog. (In retrospect, I should have entitled this piece "Witcher above the Sea of Fog.")

Thanks for the ask!

If you’re still doing the Panam x male!v prompts, how about Angst/Fluff prompt “You make me feel safe.” ? 👀

HELLO AND THANK YOU FOR PROMPTING PANAM x V.

I must express my gratitude in caps, because it's obviously not such a popular ship, and it needs more recognition and love. I know I mostly write about the boys, and they are indeed my favorite ship, but I really really love Panam x V...

Here come one of the fluffiest thing I ever wrote. Please, bear with me, the begining is weird and I hesitated to delete it, but I thought, meh, it's my take on how they found a cure.

And lets face it, the whole thing with "I transfered your engram on the chip but it's still reprograming your body for Johnny's engram?" Bullshit, CDPR.

As usual, here is the link to the masterpost linking all the fills I already did. Please note that currently, I'm not taking any new prompts while I work on the one I already have. This is to limit the wait between the ask, and the answer.

ANYWAY. Have a good read!

Sorti du bois, de retour sur la route.

Out of the woods, back on the road.

Finding her had been the hardest part. Her name was but a whisper in the wind. Most of the nomads they crossed path with only referred to her as The Witch. And before they even talked about her, the clans had wanted to know why they were looking for her, and they had wanted to meet V each time to see with their own eyes how close he was to death. Several times, Panam had nearly lost her cool and jumped at them. But Cassidy and Carol had calmed her, two reassuring presences at her back.

The woman was old, older than the chief of the Aldecaldos dared think about. And her eyes, of a washed blue, were piercing. All knowing. Her skin was so parched, it looked like rice paper. She was beautiful, too, with long dark hair that reached her ankles. But most of all, it was her smile that Panam would never forget: kind, warm, mysterious. Overall, she seemed trustworthy, lost in her fortress of a lab, deep in the mountains in the middle of what used to be the Wyoming with her team of independently funded researchers. “I answer to no-one,” the doctor had said.

And sure, after meeting her Panam could totally see why she had inherited the witch moniker. Cassidy agreed with her, the woman might have been a doctor, but she was first and foremost a witch. It made the old cowboy wary, for he still remembered the folklore of his Irish ancestors and feared God Almighty as much as the next Leprechaun.

The Witch was also their last chance. V Was running on fumes. Most days, he was in such intense pain that nothing relieved him until he fell asleep, exhausted by the constant agony. It made Panam’s heart clench, and blood boil in her veins as she raged against the universe.

The key, the Witch explained in her high-tech lab, was time. The relic had been made to upload a construct in a dead brain, and the transfer monitored for over a month with gradual coma. In V’s case, the relic had been uploaded in a brain still alive, if barely, and with no one to control its spread, it had gone on too fast. The key, the woman repeated, was time. Changing a body was a slow process.

So over the two following months, the doctor continued to explain, she would, day by day, force the nanites to reprogram to match a body scan Viktor had sent. It had all of V’s normal biometrics. She would make the biochip slow-down, and kick start-it again while putting V under coma. She would monitor it closely, she assured Carol, to make sure the nanites behaved.

All that shit had gone right over Panam’s head, but Carol had more or less followed, being much more tech savvy. What mattered to Panam was knowing if V would make it. The doctor pinched her lips together, and shrugged with an expression of sorrow.

“Not sure, but he is a fighter,” which was, Panam knew, the answer given by doctors when the chances were slimer than they wanted to admit.

“Leave him here with me for two months,” The Witch said in conclusion.

Then there was a… Negotiation. Discussion. Ok, maybe it was more of a quarrel. Anyway, there was a talk with V.

“You can’t stay here for two months; you need to be on the move. Leave me here with her, come back in two months. Just in time to see me awaken.” He said with a smile. It was his brave smile, Panam knew. He used it when he was scarred shitless, but didn’t want her, or anyone, to see it. He had had this face right before connecting to that fucking machine under the Arasaka Tower. The nomad’s chief was not forgetting that face anytime soon.

“What if you don’t wake-up, what if this is good-bye?” she conceded in the end, confessed as tears ran unto both their faces.

“Panam, I love you, you’re my North Star, if I don’t wake up, I’ll still find you in the next life.”

She might have killed him herself for how fucking embarrassed he made her feel when he said things like this. But at the moment, it was the only thing she wanted to hear. Forehead against forehead, she relented. And left him behind, in the middle of this nowhere, with a strange doctor that was also a witch.

---

Two months, one week, three days, twenty-two hours, thirty-one minutes and six seconds later

V was still recovering, so Panam watched over him. She let her eyes roam over his sleeping form, observing the regular rise and fall of his chest. His skin, pallid and covered in a thin layer of sweat, was taut over his bones. He had lost weight, or more accurately, not yet regained it. Because he was recovering, Panam kept telling herself.

He stirred, huffed softly and then sighed as his eyelids flickered open. Panam waited with baited breath. Since she had come to fetch him out of the facility – a memory so weird that half the time she believed it had been a dream – every time he opened his eyes was a wonder. He blinked, chasing the sleep away and turned his head toward her.

“Hey,” she said and he smiled.

The clan had just stopped for the night, which meant everyone was camping under the open skies or sleeping in their cars. They had a clear sky above their head and V’s facewas lighted by the stars, and the strange glimmer of the desert at night.

The last embers of the fire where long gone, so Panam was squeezed in a warm wool blanket, seated right next to him, sharing her heat with him.

V looked at her, a small frown appearing between his brow.

“Why are you not sleeping?” he whispered. Panam looked straight ahead, not wanting to reply. The truth was that every time she closed her eyes, she was pulled in a nightmare where he had not made it, where he had died in that facility, forever gone. The dreams were strange, mixing with the stories Cassidy had been counting by the campfire, about the legend of King Arthur. He had said meeting The Witch had reminded him of that, so he had started to tell the tale, to the never-ending excitement of the children. So now Panam was dreaming of swords stuck in a stone, but the sword was a guitar, and the isle of Avalon was not in the middle of a lake, but deep in the mountain of what was once the Wyoming. And it was not King Arthur, but V, sleeping away in the magical land, waiting to be called to serve again.

“Not tired,” she lied, and he saw right through it. Shifting a bit, he opened his sleeping bag, beaconing her next to him. After a moment of hesitation, she relented, and slithered inside with him.

“Shit,” he hissed, “your hands are fucking cold!”

But that didn’t seem to stop him as he brought her closer to him, flushed against his body and he was really warm. She felt herself relax, at last. Like this, she could feel his beating heart against her palm. Pretending it was to further annoy him, she slid her hands under his shirt and he cursed gain, fingers digging into her flesh before he play-bit her at the juncture of her neck.

Panam shivered before she berated herself. He was in no shape for this kind of things. Yet.

But he didn’t seem to be of the same opinion, because he moaned very quietly at her reaction, and let his hands drift to the small of her back and to her ass.

“When he set up camp for real, I really want to make love with you again,” V declared in a low voice as his hands encountered her jeans. They slept clothed, nights like this, for warmth and for time-saving.

“If you’re well enough, maybe.” She replied, fighting off her natural reaction, which was to start grinding against his thigh.

“I’m well enough. I’m horny Panam, it’s like… I’d nearly forgotten what it felt like.” V continued to explain, seeking her mouth with his. Their lips brushed, breaths mingled and another shiver ran along Panam’s spine. The thing he could do to her. And she had nearly lost him.

The thought soured her mood, making her bury her face in his neck, deeply inhaling his scent. V sensed her mood shifting and kissed under her ear softly.

“What is it?” he asked. But the words kept getting struck in her throat. “Please, tell me, Pan,” he begged gently.

“I keep having these dreams where you die.” She whispered after nearly a minute where he didn’t stop kissing all over her face. Gentle kisses, barely a brush of lips, but all the more maddening for it.

His hands started caressing her back, and he scooted even closer. It was like he was trying to fuse them together, and Panam could understand the feeling. She really needed that too.

“I’m alive,” he replied, strong and assured. “Thanks to you. You saved me Panam, in more way than one.”

Breathing his musky scent, a mix of sweat, sand, motor oil and pinewood, the leader of the Aldecaldos felt something rise inside her, choking her. It made her shake against him. It was fear, and relief, all mixed together. Realization that yes, he was out of the woods and that soon enough, he would be the man she had met on a rainy day, working over a shitty borrowed car in Night-City. Strong, tall, with that fucking charming smile, and his twinkling eyes. A man that could lift her up and fuck her against the door of her car, who could ride with her as they ran away from a storm and the Raffen Shiv, a man that could repair anything with his nimble fingers.

V kissed her neck, peppering her skin with small ones until he reached her mouth again, covering her lips with his. He asked for entrance, which she granted with a small moan of despair. And then she rolled on top of him, covering his whole, too-thin body with hers and the kiss turned heated. His hands were now freely roaming over her body, fingers gripping the fabric of her clothes and she could feel his hardness against her pubis, making her buckle into him.

“Fuck, Pan!” he murmured reverently against her mouth. “Sure we can’t get away and – “

And she laughed silently against him.

“And make me do all the work?”

He rocked his hips up to prove he could do his share, but she pinned him to the ground effortlessly with her pelvis. Then she caught his wandering hands and held them on each side of his face. He tried to resist but she applied only a little more pressure before he had to surrender. He was out of breath already.

“Yeah, ok,” he conceded. Panam kissed him again, sweeter, slower, trying to lessen the fire of desire between them.

She released his wrists and started getting off of him when he stopped her with both hands over her hips.

“No. Please stay like this.” He asked. “I like it like this, you make me feel safe.” He insisted, and she was once again struck by a heat of wave, half-embarrassment, half-desire.

“I’m too heavy,” she mumbled against the skin of his neck where she had hidden.

“It’s not true and I don’t care, I love it like this.” And he held her against him. Panam could feel his smile against her cheek as he lightly kissed her ear, biting the lobe playfully.

“Ok, until you fall asleep, then.” She compromised and he nodded like a good boy, dutifully closing his eyes. It lasted maybe three seconds before he opened them again to watch her watch him. They both snorted and she let her head rest under his chin. He was so warm, and in the cold night of the desert, it was so nice. Heat was good, it meant his body was working, burning calories to produce blood, heat, cells. Cells that recognized his brain as part of them. He was alive, and they had years.

It was like he could read her thoughts, because he said:

“The thing that kept me going all this time was want, Pan. Wanting to spend a lifetime, and maybe more, with you. Wanting to feel your hands in mine, to feel your skin under my lips. Wanting to see you smile again, to hear you laugh. Wanting to make you moan under the stars again.” He finished with a devious smile, just to feel her shiver once again, and she didn’t disappoint.

“Tell me we got years,” she asked.

“We got an eternity.” V replied, thumb brushing her lips.

And at last, she could sleep.

Note: you know what? I stopped there because I still try to limit myself around 2000 words per prompts, but I think I'll write V's whole recovery, and the seks, when I publish it on AO3, so it will be a real fiction... Not for right now, but maybe in a few weeks ;)

edit 23/07/2021: And now, there is indeed a full story about this, that you can read on AO3: Le Vent l'emportera.

*slides into your asks with a rose in my mouth* why hello, tis me!

Apologies for the long wait but your favorite long asks anon is here and OOF so much has happened. Let us break it down one by one lol

Monsta x our beans, welp we can officially say we are army wives for them because shownu is now at the military and just welp this feels weird lol. I lowkey forgot he was meant to enlist so when the news came out I went through so many emotions. Its why the latest comeback feels a bit bittersweet to me. It is their BEST for sure and for this year, I agree so to not see him perform right before he left is a bit sad. I don't blame him of course (if anyone does i am fish slapping you) but just a shame. I'm happy we do get content with him still? Seems pre-planned so that is nice!

Onto legends exo, fantastic comeback. I cannot stop listening to the album, its just bops full of bops to me. They broke so many records and I'm over here sipping my tea because fudge yes. It isn't a full member comeback, 2 of the members featured in the comeback are off playing call of duty and they still did THAT. While having lay properly in the comeback!? (Or at least some form, better than tempo era!) Kyungsoo my beloved, the man that can swoon you off your feet, his proper solo album. Omg I am just in love? The album feels like a Playlist that you hear while taking a walk or on a raodtrip? I love it, I just love everything about this with how much thought was given. It makes me feel warm and I'm so proud of him (I think he even got a first win) but sadly xiumin got the it shall not be named virus D: I feel so bad and I can only hope he gets better! It makes me worried because I keep seeing more and more idols getting sick and I can't help but wonder why don't the kpop entertainment just put a pause with stuff? Of course that is VERY unrealistic, I am aware that is naive for me to think but its just so idk how to word it properly (my English brain is not working I am sorry) I cannot help the feeling of while I get people are being safe and yes we need to still live like normal beings, is it worth risking idols health just for some entertainment? Idk how to explain my thoughts properly but maybe I hope I made sense!!

Onto svt! That is perfectly fine to not vibe with a comeback! I will admit, I didn't fully vibe with this comeback and it shocked me because every comeback was a hit to me. Even fear, left and right or homerun where I know many fans were split on, I liked but RTL was a grower. For me, listening to it without watching the mv, helped it alot and it is a song I like. Is it their best? No I don't think so but it is alright to say "hey I didn't bop to this, not my cup of tea" (imo I blame the mv? The mv REALLY didn't do the song justice at all, I am sorry if I sound like a fake fan but this mv Just is bad in all aspects. Sure we have some pretty shots but like it just doesn't fit at all?) So if anything listening to the song or wishing the live performances does it better. Seeing the choreography amps the song up more, cannot go wrong with their dancing. As for the rest of the songs, I admit game boy is my top favorite? Idk if it is because I am a gaming nerd and found all the production of the song so creative but yeah. We can wait for the next comeback! Svt always have something up their sleeves, plus we do have their music projects to look forward too (I wonder when we will get one? Seeing as RTL promotions stopped) some positive news with the boys is they resigned like a year before their contract ends and I'm a bit emotional :') I'm excited to see the boys future projects. We did have caratland recently! Did you watch it if I may ask? We did get in the soop confirmation so I'm excited to watch that, the boys deserve that nice break (even if it was filmed for a show fjsbsns)

Ok I think that is it for kpop updates? XD I do hope life has been treating you kindly! Life has been a bit all over the place sadly so I hope it wasn't like that for you as well! Until next time my bean!

hii!!!! omg sorry for the late reply i've been pretty busy these days 🙈

indeed so much has happened! and much more since you sent this ask omg!!

our shownu is at war *looks into the distance* *wipes away tear* *sighs* by now I got used to enlistment news (see what happens when you stan 2nd and 3rd gen groups) but STILL [[IT HURT]] when they uploaded the monchannel videos of his goodbye day like ????? what kind of twisted mind diuhdfuihdifuhs but the boys were all so cute and soft but they seemed so sad they didn't want to let go of their super leader :(( I hope he's learning lots and making new friends (and also we've got our international super spy yoo kihyun giving us small updates on him every now and then so everything's fine!). Yeah I totally get you it felt empty without him this comeback and at first it didn't really clicked with me but when the enlistment news came out i understood he had to take care of his health and thoroughly check on his eye sight in order to be 100% ready for the military so it made sense he had to be absent :( everything was so close (the comeback and enlistment) that I'm sure there was no other way for doing it I'm pretty sure he couldn't maybe postpone the enlistment day any further

onto exo! my ksoo my soft boi my romantic boi 🥺 his album is so him SO HIM i can't explain it bur it's just HIM you know it's the type of album you'd play on loop on a summer afternoon when you've taken your papers and paints outside in the garden to paint a bit with the warm soft breeze moving the trees lightly 🤧 and he signs in English and SPANISH (he did it for me) my multilingual king he's a native. Also I've been watching Honeymoon Tavern with Jongin these days and OMG i could d word for him really (if you haven's watched it go do it when you have time) he's SO SOFT and SO CUTE and he works as a waiter and a wedding planner and helps with the room preparations and is also a tour guide and he's just so cute so happy al the time the way he interacts with everyone is so 🥺🤧😭 onto more serious stuff now: yeah i was so worried about minseok catching covid omg but i'm glad he went through it with our any major complication and the rest of the boys are safe too! I guess the industry doesn't stop bc that would mean a huge loss of thousands and thousands of dollars/won/etc so as long as the gov doesn't prohibit going out or gathering like at the beginning of the pandemic, they'll keep on going with the idols' schedules otherwise the industry would just shut down having no way of earning money to sustain all the companies and idols.

as for seventeen! yeah i like the songs too! the mv sure ruined rtl and listening to it without watching it has really helped it grow on me more but still it feels kind of meh to me idk i really like anyone i think it's my favourite from the album. AND NOW WE'VE GOT A COMEBACK IN OCTOBER!!!! yayyyyy i can't wait they seem to be preparing very diligently (i hope they release a sexy bop) it's a shame junhao aren't gonna be present for this comeback but i'm soooooo happy they have the opportunity to visit their families again omg they have spent 2 whole years without seeing them in the flesh they must be so happy to get back to them again!!! it's so funny seeing them be bored at the quarantine hotel and doing lives every day duhdfiudhfiuh i hope it passes quickly and they can see their loved ones finally! and I did watch Caratland!! omg the unit switch song was the best thing ever hhu doing lilili yabbay and not being able to stop laughing idfuhdifuhs perf team doing chocolate and owning it????? hello??? performance team more like main vocal team wow! and the vocal team being a complete mess during check in lmaooo i loved it! In The Soop has finally started!!! I love these kind of "normal life" concepts I love seeing the boys being themselves cooking and relaxing I've watched the first and second eps as of today and also few clips from the third and omg mingyu and jeonghan drowning in the pond dfuhidfhidfs lmao they're so dumb i love them 🤣 i'm glad they could go away for a few days and spend time together away from their hectic schedules!

I hope you're well now and if not hang in there it'll all pass soon enough! 🥰💕 bye bye!!

p.s.: I got your request for the svt this or that gifset and i promise i’ll do it one day i just don’t feel like giffing these days dhbduusi i’m out of energy 

Janis & Grace

Janis: Where are we putting the exchange then? What rooms are empty rn? Grace: I volunteered to share mine, but mum wasn't having it 😂 Grace: Juniors? I mean like, they can always run away to the barn if you can keep your barista bf away from it Janis: Yeah, they don't need that much room Janis: most people got 'em sleeping in the dining room or whatever so consider yourself lucky Janis: Help you clean it later if it needs Grace: OMG imagine if we'd done that. Dad would be waking them up at all hours with custard tarts and whatever Grace: Cringe! Grace: 🙄 Gotta sort my own first obvs but I doubt there's anything major Janis: S'gonna be cringe regardless but free holiday at the end of it 👌 Janis: Dust off the trophies probs Janis: fucking golden boy Grace: You think? Grace: Ugh true! Grace: Maybe we shouldn't put him in there, he might assume we're all overachieving weirdos Grace: nu-uh honey Janis: Yeah, god knows what kinda melts they're sending Janis: seen half of our lot that are doing it? unlucky, like Janis: meh, idc Janis: rather that than thick as shit surely Grace: omg don't Grace: if he doesn't look like Diego Luna circa dirty dancing 2 what are we even! Grace: You might not care but i'm DYING for new faces around here Grace: UMMM excuse you, he can talk to me to find out that I'm not Janis: I have no idea who you're on about Janis: you know they aren't staying forever, yeah? Grace: HUSH GIRL Grace: Like I'm gonna stay here forever, PLEASE! Janis: Okay, you're running away to buttfuck nowhere in Spain Janis: Solid plan, babe Grace: I never said that, babes Grace: There's a whole world out there that needs to get ready for me Janis: Right Grace: That better be genuine, you bitch! 😂 Janis: if you like Janis: wasn't but if we're being mental today Grace: RUDE Grace: How am I being mental? Janis: over-excitable then, as per Janis: spanish inquisition rocking up ain't no thing to get your knickers in a twist about Janis: they're just gonna be more of the same Grace: 🙄 Grace: Cos we get one decent new boy come around in a lifetime, right? Grace: I know you can only get excited about one lad but give me a break Janis: Didn't say that Janis: just saying, they're still teenagers, not a new species Grace: ugh 👌 Grace: Do this mean you're not gonna help me pick an outfit for my first impression? Janis: do you want my help Janis: really Grace: that's why I asked, babes Grace: Gotta get myself across before everyone else starts talking 🙉 Janis: Yeah Janis: alright then Grace: 🙇 Grace: Now can I be excited?? 😏 Janis: No doubt Janis: love having a captive audience you 😜 Grace: Gotta get that validation where I can now that so many of my vids are private Grace: New 🍂 same me 😂 Janis: You sure you got the right person here? 😂 Grace: No but you're the best I've got so 🤞 Grace: If Rio ever called a bitch back you'd be off the hook Janis: Too busy with her new freaky fam for this one now babe Grace: Where's the lie? Janis: can't say I blame her, like Janis: but could at least show up and get me out of this Grace: Rude Grace: It'll be fun. Promise Grace: I got sent some really good freebies after my last upload if you need an extra incentive Grace: Not even all make up like Janis: Whatever, it's cool Janis: as long as I get to be brutally honest Grace: Duh Janis: what else could a girl need, like Grace: Literally Grace: OMG bring the boy so I can get a male POV Janis: 😂 Nah Janis: you think he has any fashion sense Grace: SHADE Grace: he did fall for you tho, so valid Grace: No trying to show up with an angry P.E teacher vibe Janis: 🖕 funny Grace: You didn't get all the sense of humour in the womb, babes Janis: someone had one to shove us in there together Grace: Honestly Grace: So when you coming home?? Grace: I'll start pulling possible looks ASAP Janis: Just heading gym so Janis: got an hour to whittle down Janis: and if I see a sequin I'm out Grace: Oh honey no Grace: They aren't showing up at cocktail hour Janis: and you aren't five years old Grace: OMG that's one of the nicest things you've ever said to me Janis: more of a reminder than a compliment but have at it Grace: Sure Jan Grace: It's okay I won't tell anyone we're playing nice Grace: Gotta take all the credit for whatever magic you think you can work anyways Janis: They'll just think you're being delusional as per Janis: I can't lose, like Janis: still think you can just whack out a fucking flamenco dress and call it a day Janis: racial stereotyping to get the ball rolling, why not Grace: UGH DON'T Grace: You know someone will Grace: Michelle Tavistock 100% is tempted I can just tell Grace: #ironic like EW NO, HUN Janis: probably get her some and all Janis: rubbing their hands together like stupid english girl Grace: So gross Grace: How long before some starts an #irish pride situ too like Janis: the lads when they see none of the spanish lasses are thick enough to ride 'em Grace: 😂 Grace: If Pablo starts anything I will die Grace: You think I'm cringe babes but omg Janis: Nightmare, pair of you Janis: forgetting the spanish for brother and sister on purpose Grace: On purpose, yeah, sure Janis: Ha, puta springs to mind easy enough so shut up Grace: How dare you Grace: I'm Zorra or I'm nothing 💘 Janis: basura 💩 Grace: I so knew you were gonna say that Janis: clean up your act then, babe Grace: EXCUSE YOU Grace: 1. I have 2. rude of you to shame me Janis: yeah yeah yeah 😉 Grace: Ignoring you now Janis: Finally Grace: 🙄 Janis: 😂 Grace: But seriously I can't believe you're leaving loverboy and going off to do your half 💔 Janis: Dramatic Janis: not joined at the hip Grace: Uh YEAH you are Grace: He's gonna be well tragic without you Janis: He'll survive, babe Grace: Not me you gotta convince Grace: Bless him Janis: Shut up Janis: we're not 12 Grace: All the more reason Grace: He's got it so bad Janis: Nah Grace: You'll see when you have your Rom Com style airport moment, babes Grace: Just you wait Janis: That won't be happening Janis: gonna go airport at the arse crack of dawn 'cos the teacher's are sadists and that's when they booked the flights Janis: I think not Grace: Like that'll stop him being all 😍🎕💕 Grace: So into you 💍 Janis: you're mad if you think I'm letting that happen Grace: 😂 Grace: You're as bad Grace: Gross af the pair of you Janis: psh Janis: only 'cos you're so obsessed with me Janis: no one in this fam knows boundaries Grace: including you Grace: all over that boy 24/7 Janis: piss off Grace: Hey, not judging, just making a point Janis: well, you got it wrong alright Grace: Chill, you're in love it's a good thing Janis: I ain't though Grace: 🙄 Grace: Okay babe Janis: what would you know about it Grace: I've got 👀 Grace: Calm down, I'll drop it Janis: do Grace: 👌

Carly & Ali

Carly: last nite was good of you Carly: saying thanks cuz i read my text from last nite & it was Carly: I cudnt read it k thats facts Ali: nah, don't mention it, no bitch left behind Ali: plus, I know the cunt doing the ditching, been there, like Ali: was trying to translate but yeah, you were pretty fucked 😂 Ali: how you feeling this am? 💚 Carly: yea? hes not that bad Carly: im a slag like he said tbh Carly: feeling like i had a decent nite all things considered Carly: you? Ali: Gurl, yes he is and no you ain't! Ali: Probably Ali: Who cares if you are, he is, and the rest Ali: I dated him for a bit, so there's no shady, tryna steal your man on the sly going on, don't worry Ali: much the same, my head feels like someone took my eyes out and shoved 'em up my arse, you know? Ali: standard sunday vibes Carly: aw you're sweet but it's no diss on me Carly: like ive cheated on him a few times Carly: but he does it too you're right w that Carly: hes a good fuck when he's not too wasted tho which you kno if you got it too Carly: you're single now tho? Carly: can have him back if you want Ali: Fair play Ali: why not call it open and call it a day? Ali: Probs 'cos he likes fighting as much as he likes fucking Ali: Meh, yeah, was passable, gotta have some reason to keep him around, like Ali: Nah, going out with the girl that drove us back Ali: Remember? Dark hair, angry Carly: yea Carly: you know Carly: shit my bad Carly: she was scary is what i've got in my head Carly: idk my head is sketch cant trust it Ali: That's a fair assessment, I reckon Ali: She wouldn't hate it either so you good 😉 Carly: pretty tho Carly: call it a trade up Ali: Yeah, she's cute Ali: you need any more of the night filling in lemme know, I'll do my best Ali: it was pretty standard though, nothing too wild Carly: no faking it w her cuz shes too drunk Carly: designated driver be like Carly: last i see i was getting with his friend lowkey and he went off about it im blank from then Ali: its a fucking gay crime to ever fake it, no matter what Ali: I can get behind that one tho, not got the time or energy tbh Ali: yeah i think him and his friend then got in a scrap and then they left Ali: bros before hoes mentality hardcore, like idk, have fun jerking each other off then, if that's ur vibe boys Carly: k that sounds legit from what i caught on his socials Carly: didnt upload the circle jerk bless Carly: gay crimes must of been committed Ali: sad face Ali: coulda spat on his back Ali: protip Carly: ill let him know when he texts me later Carly: how did you kno where i live? state of me Carly: sorry to drag you this way Ali: plottwist, i'm a massive stalker with bad intentions Ali: I truly don't know, but I'll tell Lene she should be a cabbie 'cos she managed and I don't think we got any puke in her car Carly: k big lesbian crush on me yea Carly: ioher lots Carly: stealing her girl and wrecking her car in one Ali: Naturally, you cute Ali: I'll give you her number if you like, or just pass along the thanks and soz Carly: awh you're cuter Carly: probs still drunk tho Carly: giving me those kind words Carly: you handle the now ex if you love me Ali: Hahaha, he'd LOVE that Ali: ghosts of gf past Ali: Let me and I'll love you forever Carly: go for it Ali: let's see if I've still got his number Ali: this contact list is a minefield of mistakes but the real embarrassment would be getting them muddled up, fo'shame! Carly: i can give it Carly: used it more recently than you Carly: up there at my top Ali: won't be tellin' him that Ali: don't need the ego boost Ali: but tah Carly: makes it more fun to fuck him over if you praise him first Carly: but maybe thats me Ali: like a shit sandwich Ali: I get it Carly: hungry for anything but that rn Carly: [Sends the number tho] Ali: wanna come for brunch Ali: now you are newly gay Ali: that's what they do, fucking sex in the city up in dis bitch Carly: yea? weird Carly: not what i thought Carly: awh first date tho Ali: forreal, even the butch ones, don't let 'em fool you, its all fancy fucking eggs and screwdrivers by 11am Ali: you call 'em mimosas tho, gotta pretend you're being classy Carly: wtf is a screwdriver Ali: Babe! Ali: Vodka and orange juice Carly: i call it that Carly: gays and their labels Ali: save it for the rant sesh honey Ali: love you talking about how men ain't shit as well Carly: thats the ones i fuck Carly: cant be bringing no poshos to a caravan Ali: Posh boys are only good for the money anyway, I'm sure Ali: not finding any in 24 like regardless Carly: not gonna find out if they do drive by now im a lesbian wife Carly: sorry lads Ali: they had their chance Ali: unlucky boys Carly: should prob tell me your name again if im taking it Ali: Ruins the mystery a bit but alright Ali: Its Ali Ali: Ali McKenna if we're being formal Carly: k you've got the hot brothers Carly: makes sense Ali: 🤔 Ali: I think you're thinking of someone else, babe Carly: not trying to have our first fight but you coulda told me before we got hitched, bitch Carly: you're still hot tho don't be sad Ali: so you could run off with one of my brothers? i think not Ali: unless you meant Tommy 'cos he's very single but that's unlikely because he's never here Ali: stuck with me for now, hoe 😘 Carly: a slag like me could do worse Carly: has Ali: bitch, same Ali: we can compare notes, see how many regrets we got in common Carly: yea Carly: doing it Ali: Good, save it for brunch 'cos I'm coming forreal Ali: we don't have to deal with a gaggle of gossiping gays tho, bring you a maccies breakfast? Carly: k Carly: be fun Carly: you are from what i remember Ali: I like that Ali: No bullshit Ali: Imma start all interactions like be fun please or I'm out Ali: ✌ bringing the fun and the bacon babe Carly: you're not bringing your gf are you Ali: Nah, how awkward, meet the missus, honey Carly: like there's usually a lad in my trio sorry Carly: still learning this lesbian life Ali: oh, are you bi legit? Ali: she's way too jealous for threesomes, you're good Carly: nah i just know what lads want Ali: Oh gurl Ali: that's why Lene ain't coming Ali: the lecture you're avoiding Carly: idc Carly: youre my wife now bitch Ali: 💍💍 Ali: Productive morning, if I do say so myself Ali: and we're hanging, fuck with us Carly: good influence of you cuz i havent done fuck all this week Ali: Hard work being a bi icon, babe Ali: wait 'til I get you on the yoga hype Carly: wtf Carly: is that a joke Ali: nah, I've already done half an hour this morning Carly: bitch i had my fingers crossed you mistyped yogurt Carly: i love you but its a no Ali: 😂 lets be really into yogurt, not fancy stuff, like fucking froobs Carly: phallic Carly: slurping on my dick shaped yogurt Ali: exactly Ali: what do men love more than a representation of their genitals shoved in your mouth? nothing, is the answer, bar the real thing Ali: so seductive Carly: they don't like food in bed tho, but maybe thats my technique Carly: thinking you could use whatever Carly: k just gonna dump this curry out yea bear with Ali: spicy Ali: imagine the yeast infection you'd get from a fromage frais Carly: like sorry but if i can handle cum in my eye you can deal with some saag aloo boy Carly: googling those symptoms would be a laff tho Ali: ugh, now i want indian Carly: date 2, babe Ali: 😍 Ali: this is all moving so fast Ali: 'bout it Carly: thats all i kno about lesbians k Ali: Its so true Ali: Can confirm Carly: is your gf gonna be mad that im flirting with you Carly: cuz im scrappy but she's scary Ali: 😂 Ali: Probably but when I tell her you're straight she'll have to chill Ali: yeah, we're married BUT SHE'S STRAIGHT, BABE Carly: can't tell her how many girls ive fucked cuz i dont remember Carly: convenient Ali: Best keep that on the DL, yeah Ali: like your blatant gay feelings for me Carly: k Carly: been a secret before no big Ali: Awh babe, ain't nothing dirty about this Ali: I shall tell the world Carly: you're sweet Ali: Probably not if you still wanna be getting that D but you know, noblest intentions, like Carly: im over it Carly: go off Ali: when your pussy's the cure Ali: how can I be humble now? 😏 Carly: dont be Carly: proud slags who fucking love froobs Carly: its a mood Ali: that is a whole ass mood Ali: put it on a t-shirt, babe Carly: earn some bread for my table Ali: solid business plan Ali: we can't be the only ones Carly: independent women who don't need no dick Carly: anymore Ali: hell yeah! Ali: unless that dick wanna pay the bills, in which case we'll let 'em Ali: so we can get more froobs Carly: point Ali: oh no, someone put a pic of Molly Briggs vomming on Insta Ali: 1. gross 2. who hasn't been there, poor bitch Carly: sad Carly: hope she's alright Ali: I'd ask but don't really know her and her phone must already be blowing up Ali: plus she threw a netball right in my face once and I don't forget, bitch Ali: jk, I'll just report the pic 😂 Carly: they all call me a whore cba to keep track of which mollys or other bitches Ali: She is a bit of a bitch, ain't gonna sugarcoat it so probably Ali: not saying Karmas real but posted on that friggin' TallaghtSlags page so 🤷 Ali: grab a froob, darling Carly: her name makes me wanna party with her dad but thats as far as im fucking with that family Carly: or mum i dont know who picked it like Ali: Init, proper old skool ravers, obvs Ali: think I'm out of eccies, sadly Ali: last night depleted me Carly: Watch me call my son Bennie cos I got anxiety, baby Ali: Cute tho, whole medicine cabinet of babies Carly: why not im married now Ali: We'll get on that, date 3, like Carly: where you taking me? Ali: up the wheyyyyyyyyyy Ali: well, we had brunch, indian, obvs we're fat bitches Ali: get on that chinese buffet life Carly: you can get on your yoga mat tho Carly: im fucked Carly: letting myself go so soon my bad Ali: Please, you're perfect Ali: I'll have all the kids if you want Carly: blushing is what i am Carly: how many you want? Ali: how many people names are there for drugs? molly bennie mandy charlie umm Ali: and our preachy child, frank Carly: ha Carly: tina that's one Ali: Ooh, yes, a gay icon Carly: billy, bud our weak child, cosmic kelly who's gonna have to style that out Ali: oh kelly, I hope you have the personality to match or we've really fucked you over there, soz babe Carly: can't forget dimitri, lucy or mandy Carly: sweet sweet mary joy Ali: My fanny hurts just thinking about it Carly: christine and tina are obvs twins thats a relief Carly: how manys that? Ali: 13 Ali: Unlucky for some but my actual lucky number! Ali: Fated Carly: ha Carly: it's love and keeps being proven Ali: can't fight what's clearly so right Carly: true Ali: you want a milkshake Ali: i'm having one Carly: yea Carly: strawberry Ali: 'cos u so sweet 💚 Carly: awww Ali: I shall be right there, with brunch fit for a pair of proud slags Carly: k Carly: my parents arent here no need to break the news of wedded bliss Ali: Would be a weird first impression but I could rock it Ali: new fave in-law? I think so Carly: yea Carly: cant fight fate like Carly: been said Ali: forreal, catch me outside if you got something to say, lads Ali: alone time with the bae is always good tho Carly: you kno Carly: love you bitch Ali: love ya 😘