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WHAT WAS KANDI TALKING ABOUT
DID YOU DRAW SUN FEET
BEAN???
I look away
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Always had an idea of hw link having a daughter with Zelda, but it would’ve been a huge scandal if it was discovered cuz she needed to get married to some jerk prince or whatever since Hyrule fell apart after the war, and also cuz it was out of wedlock. So they kept their child a secret and Warriors eventually took care of her while Zelda continued on with her duties. She’s devastated cuz she wants to be close to her daughter but she doesn’t know that the queen is her mother. Link would tell her but she’s terrible at keeping secrets and people would DEF know that she’s not lying if she said it. So yeah, for some reason I like playing with these type of plots 💀💀
I didn’t mean to make her dress look like toon Link’s outfit but it’s cute idk
#quick design don’t like link’s outfit but oh well#dilf warriors dilf warriors dilf warriors#legend of Zelda#Hyrule warriors#hw zelink#yeah no one except a select few know about Zelda and Link
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mmm, from the prompt list, since i'm a bit curious... 4 or 51, for anyone from alkaloid or crazy b...? i hope this isn't too vague aha
No worries, that’s perfect!
51 would be a good rinniki prompt but I’m furthering my Rinne-Aira agenda instead with 4. It sure is fun to make things happen to Aira in empty alleyways huh
4. “Hold on, you died.”
“Yeah, well, it didn’t stick.”
send me prompts!
Aira screams when Rinne’s eyes suddenly shoot open.
“Whoa, whoa, where’s the fire, Ai-chan?” Rinne exclaims. Aira continues to scream until Rinne gets to his feet and manages to slam his hands over his mouth, and then he just stares at him with wide, deeply confused eyes. The place where Rinne’s throat was sliced open is completely healed now; the only indication that anything happened at all is the still-wet blood soaking his shirt.
“If I let you go,” Rinne says carefully, “are you gonna start screaming again? I really don’t want anyone finding us back here.”
Aira shakes his head slowly. He’s right—it would be bad for two idols to be found in an empty alleyway, one of them with obvious blood on him. It’s a miracle no one came running already.
Rinne narrows his eyes but slowly removes his hands. As promised, Aira doesn’t scream, though he does stumble back a little, finding purchase against the wall at his back. Rinne doesn’t pay him any mind, patting himself down and making a face at his shirt.
It takes Aira a second to find his voice. “Hold on, you died.”
Rinne shrugs. “Yeah, well, it didn’t stick.”
“How did you not die?” Aira doesn’t shriek, but it’s a near thing.
“The better question is, how did you notice?” Rinne looks at him again, head tilted with intrigue.
“How did I—I can’t just not notice someone dying right in front of me?!”
“No, no, you don’t understand. It’s a thing: people don’t notice when I die, their eyes just kinda glaze over. Well, except for Niki. Oh man, he’s gonna be so mad…”
“That doesn’t make any sense.”
“But here I am. You saw it yourself.” Rinne tries to smirk, but it comes out as a grimace instead. “Ugh, I really don’t like having blood on me. Look, how about we talk about this somewhere that’s not on the street? Niki’s apartment is close by.”
“Do I have to?”
“Would you prefer not getting answers?”
Aira wants nothing to do with Rinne, but he knows that he’ll have nightmares about this no matter what. He won’t get any sleep at all if he doesn’t understand it.
He glances out of the alleyway. It’s the middle of the day. There are a lot of people walking around. “We’ll be seen.”
Rinne waves his hand nonchalantly. “Nah, we’ll be fine. I know a shortcut, no people.”
“…You’re not gonna kill me, are you?”
“Ha! No need to worry about that, Ai-chan. I like you too much, and even if you tried to tell someone, they wouldn’t hear it. Trust me.” He smiles sardonically. “But uh, don’t try it out with my dear little brother, hm? Who knows what he might hear…”
Aira wouldn’t have tried telling anyone—much less Hiiro—anyway. “Fine.”
“All right!” To Aira’s disgust, Rinne takes that opportunity to throw an arm around his shoulders and shake him in a friendly manner. Aira eyes his shirt, hoping he doesn’t get blood on him too. “Off we go!”
#unlike the other ones this one DOES have a concept#basically rinne cant die and anyone who witnesses it wont remember#and if someone tries to tell them it wont register#except for a select few who theoretically only remember bc they care enough to do so#the rest of crazyb dont know bc it doesnt happen often enough for them to have seen it in the first place#rinne is afraid of it happening in front of hiiro#he doesnt want him to have to know this#and if he sees it and doesnt remember....#well he doesnt want to find out which is worse#enstars#rinne amagi#aira shiratori#enstars lb#ensemble stars#amagi rinne#shiratori aira#anya tries to write#drabbles#asks#agried#prompt answers
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[ people look at young Victor and go "he's so pretty and lively. surely he's never tried to overdose on purpose." ]
#[ except he's tried twice ]#[ he might be persuaded to discuss it if he's feeling extra raw and vulnerable. no one except for a few select friends know about it ]#; about Victor#; headcanon#V; Novice#suicide tw
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various little Pictures of thinges
#photo context/information described here in the tags since there are no longer photo captions#(from top Left to right) image 1: BABYY!!!!! SON!!!!! HE!!!!!!!!!!!!#image 2: I found a patch of these clovers that were kind of mutated or infected or something? like they were not actually Red clovers#it was patches of totally normal green clovers except every once in a while one of them would have one leave thats red or half red or even#be completely red. AND they were growing near a patch of these wildflower weeds that have red stems to them. so I wonder if it's even poss#ble that maybe some of the red like.. got mixed in with the clovers somehow? a lot of the patches with a few red ones look spotty and unhea#thy so it could have been the sun or something. I dont know how plants work. I just thought it was really cool to find these one or two#special mutant clovers in huge patches of ohtwerise totally normal green clovers.. :0#image 3: look at these weird round fat baby carrot things... Rotund#image 4: laying out some fabrics for a costume just drafting them and seeing what looks okay in the pile and what doesnt etc.#thats my whole process is just 'throw things into a pile on the floor that look okay and match then put them on eventually' lol#image 5: MORE wii scores lol.. I think this is my best score on this one though. There's 10 little markers you have to select so getting 7#means I selected more than one per second.#image 6: I couldnt decide which type of muffins I wanted so I just made a batch of plain/vanilla batter and then added things to each littl#section to make multiple flavors without having to actually make a full batch or multiple batters lol. I think it's chocolate swirl (with d#rk chocolate chunks). banana cinnamon. strawberry. normal chocolate. rosemary and lemon. peach. ginger peach turmeric. and#'scraps of the other batters all thrown together' lol. Decent however the random recipe I found online for a basic cupcake batter was#not very good and they were weirdly dense and spongy.#image 7: A PICTURE OF THE dishscapes that I watched and rambled about (to the like 5 of you who saw that post#and read the tags of it lol).... beach houes..I still so much wish I could make my own Fantasy Screensaver Story.. oughh#image 8 & 9: a really cool flower from outside. I like that it has all these weird spindly little things from the center :0#photo diary
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Unless Kaeya is completely comfortable with the person, he would never actively want to have sex with someone facing them nor from the front. The last thing he wants is for them to see/feel him like that, especially if fully undressed
#suggestive#//First sinday hc whoop whoop#hc; kaeya#//The exceptions outside his special few are ones he wants smth out of he knows might get off on his body#//it’s maddeningly dysphoria inducing; esp with some of the things they might say; and always leaves his skin crawling#//But it’s nothing a little booze and pride in getting smth he wanted out of it to can’t help cope#//Not entirely wash away; but at least ease the burn of it a little#//The select few allowed to see him fully are numbered enough to be counted on One hand#//And even then; the whole time through the first few goes with him; he WILL be analyzing each and every reaction and word they say#//What extra non-related info can I fit in here hmm#//Deffo a power bottom; but will happily jump at the chance to peg sb if given the opportunity#//Really likes taking initiative and pleasing his partner; though is okay being used by them from time to time#//He just likes the feeling of being in control of himself and the situation most#//will only willingly give it up; again; for the sake of getting smth he wants out of the other or if he really trusts the other person#not to take things too far. That; or he’s being incredibly self-destructive; but that's a WHOLE other can of worms#//He doesn’t mind if the other person is rough with him or not; so long as he can still have an opening to turn tables he’s fine#//Will let them do whatever; but once he starts reaching his limits & starts poking for ways to fight back?#//If he can’t find one; it Will get ugly#//Has retaliated quite viciously to those who cross lines with him; esp if he knows it was deliberate. Severity varies depending#//Playful competitiveness and attempts to quell him to submission are fine; but if he starts feeling it’s getting a little Too serious#THEN it’s a problem. Has only happened a handful of times; but he’s still wary of it#//Shit what do I tag on that last bit#//Adding to a previous bit; he won't mind taking on a more passive role if his partner wants it; esp if necessary#//Really; most anything goes with him so long as he has an out or two; give him that much and he's good#//He won't mind setting his preferences aside for whatever reason so long as he has that much#//Will still playfully try and tug the reins out of his partner's hands though; can't & won't change that he'll still be a lil shit about i#//That is a MUST. It's so fun to him esp if they get annoyed enough to try and fuck it out of him
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feel like big brother anytime someone new rb’s the siken ask game peeking over their shoulder like hi yeah don’t mind me just checking if there’s any pairings i need to stick your blog in the rat cage over .. uhh steddie? well i don’t go there i do not even know who that is so i will let it slide .. steve/nat EXCUSE me ?! when bucky is right there well im shocked and you’re incorrect but also can’t comment further on marvel i have more pride than that .. merthur yes go off babe .. truly the only time ive ever been glad a post has broken containment was holding my breath terrified one of the ********** shippers would get ahold of it and id have to burn this whole site to the ground. or kill myself.
#rosekiller. is the ship btw.#i ain’t afraid to say it!!!!!!!!#fuck them losers i shouldn’t know who those ppl are but i DO and i blame a very select few for that#will be holding onto that grudge until my dying days!!!!!#speaking of who gave the blond one MY birthday and why did tumblr think that post was ‘based on my likes’ BRUH what.#say what you will about the tiktok algorithm but she knew me better than that. she gave me that vid of niall singing beautiful girls at#LEAST once a week . talk about knowing your audience that is exactly the kind of content we need more of ppl!!!!#sry this got derailed idk what my point was except to be a siken gatekeeper and also a cunt. forgive me! kiss kiss mwah
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you lied to me, and ruined everything, and ruined how I approach almost any romantic feeling at all. and all you can describe it as is having fucking beef with me. and you don't even recognize your own actions. you don't even fucking remember them. you aren't phased by it at all. I agonized, had meltdowns over it. losing me, ruining me was just a regular fucking day for you.
#mine#the other day i thought. why is my hatred worth it. why am i continuing with this?#🪳#why am i continuing with something that happened so long ago. why do i CARE. and this is why. fucking indifference#no amount of fucking sorries will fix it. no amount of i love yous will fix it.#there is nothing you can do for my forgiveness other than die. <- banger post btw i need to make that#and this is just? fucking irrelevant to you? you changed the trajectory of my life forever and you can barely even remember#youre so wrapped up in your sick little romantic fantasy you dont even realize how many people hate you.#all the time i hear it. if so fucking many people hate the both of you and dont want you to be together then its not destiny!#you only stay together because youd be fucking nothing without eachother? so itd be best to just kill yourselves<3#good evening yangang how are you all today. im balls to the wall batshit insane and about to get a murder charge#also good evening to everyone except terrible pieces of shit who i hate and want dead and who im writing this about.#me when i definitely have an undiagnosed mental disorder but idk what it is for sure so i just say im insane#like definitely BPD but there is something else too i feel like this cant just be one disorder#at this point i dont care if im forever regarded as a shit person because of all this. people dont really like me anyway? except val#shoutouts to val everybody. if they are reading this hii hello bestie#well there is a select few people who like me. but not enough that CARE about me. doomy for example is keeping me going#even if its just through mundane posting like this. i cant believe im liked let alone loved#maybe only my surface level personality is desirable but the more you get to know me the more annoying i am#well they still like me despite the fact im displaying every mental illness everyday on tumblr.com so thats niceys#no person is entirely bad or good. i feel like thats me though. i have so many bad actions. but so many good actions too. two halves#two wolves inside of you and all that business. thats me#also lotto to me to choosing the most shit idiot guys to care about ever this one isnt even responding to my misery#well he never responds to anyone elses misery either. and only mine if directly asked.#hes too much of a puzzle for miserable me to figure out.#well im done being angry here u go here's the post
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after seventh watch i am thinking about a theory that came to mind today re ethan's particular kind of power over claire. and the idea was that for a character who is very anti-masculine, ethan tends to lean into masculine stereotypes the most in relation to claire--action hero stuff, protectiveness and strength--but after watching the movie i don't totally feel like this is the case? Anyway what Is textual is that in the rare moments when ethan is framed as imposing, he's usually interacting with claire. Thinking here specifically of the hand kiss scene, which is among the most viscerally fucked up scenes i've ever seen in a piece of media, and one of the things that makes it so uncomfortable to watch is the way that ethan is framed. The way his shadow falls over her when he opens the door, and she's lying on the ground, and he stands over her....given that this is a scene where ethan's deeply suspicious that she has been lying to him and manipulating him, it's pretty fascinating that the scene is so thoroughly set up to frame ethan as threatening. anyway it's 3 am so i can't really express this coherently but im thinking about it
#mi1 does a really good job generally of having a camera that treats ethan more as a. horror movie final girl. than an action hero#he's not meant to seem imposing except in a few select scenes#and those scenes are in relation to claire. in mi1 ethan is surrounded by people who have power over him: kittridge. jim. max.#and he spends the movie outsmarting them with his wiles despite them having the upper hand#but claire isn't one of them. the movie literally takes pains to present her as someone who has reason to be very scared of him#idk it's fascinating to me when the movie could have so easily gone the route of#claire the lying#scheming temptress whispering in ethan's ear#but instead it had her lying on the ground while he stood over her#there's another angle to look at this from (it is still 3 am and i dont know why im putting all this stuff in the tags)#which is that claire is definitely a character who knows how to use weakness to her advantage a la ethan in rogue nation#and i think there's an argument to be made that she puts herself intentionally in positions where ethan has this. very stark masculine#control over her that he normally never has over anyone#and uses that to trip him up and freak him out and make him stop suspecting her#i think it's probably both of those things at once i think there's a lot going on here. claire is textually far from powerless but in a way#she is also powerless. just like ethan is textually far from powerless but in a way he also is powerless.#anyway i need to sleep#mission impossible#seventh watch#jim phelps evil polycule
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Every joke I make about bread is one step closer from becoming /j to /srs. Save me
#rennikorambles#INHALE.#i have to STOP#im gonna end up like VOID#no one knows what this means except a select few and even then maybe you dont even COMPREHEND what I mean#just know. im in danger#the more i knock on the door of the devil. someone might answer..#this is all silly ofc but also not HELP
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having weird gender/sexuality feelings once again
#personal#just....#i identified as a genderfluid lesbian for a long time yeah?#and when i stopped iding as a lesbian if was bc 'i like enby people too and im more secure about not being a woman most of the time'#i still rarely ever feel like a woman! but!#why has the thought of being a genderfluid lesbian been plaguing me nonstop again#i still feel the same way i did when i stopped considering myself one#but now my brain is like 'can i be a lesbian if im rarely a woman' and 'can i be a lesbian if im into enby ppl too'#i just......i feel like a lesbian again but i dont feel like i can just SAY that without it technically being wrong bc im genderfluid#i know at the end of the day theyre just words and i can id how i want but :(#idk i guess there's still a part of me thats afraid i'll be hurting myself or others by saying im a lesbian#especially if i feel like i dont want anybody except select few close ones to call me a woman
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you ever wake up from an elaborate dream about a joyful euphoria deathland and everything starts falling apart? me too
#ive had this recurring dream series where i die and get put in a open world videogame like afterlife where i can do whatever#and right before the dream ends something horrible happens#but this time? the horrible thing took up part of the dream#the open world afterlife is usually a bouncy castle hotel with a built in resturant#but this time it felt like an actual town#there was a wooded area and a beach house area with a small carnival type place#there were commercials for stuff too! one series of commercials i remember VIVIDLY is a brand for effect sprays#there was one that was a ''wife'' spray?? it could make anyone legally married to you for a select amount of time#and another one was a ''dad'' spray which made anyone act like the average white dad. that one was funny#but the bad thing part was when i and a few other ppl were running away from someone trying to use a spray#we were running through the wooded area and we ran to the carnival to blend in with the crowd- except i failed to and almost got caught#then it turned all this bleak black??? and i was running away from the black stuff and i was suddenly back to the bounce castle hotel...#so then i woke up.#may i mention that the death part was at first like a title screen. i didnt know how i died. i was in a queue with other people-#and we were going through one of two portals.#these portals determined our afterlives#dream journal#anyways. that happened.
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Saw a post going around that said "use this picrew to make you now + you as a kid" and I thought it was fun :)
#the 'moles' arent really moles btw i tried to represent my acne bc i have/always have had a lot of it#i used to have pierced ears but around age 12-13 it started making me dysphoric so i dropped it and the holes closed up over time#i had so much dysphoria when i didnt know what trans meant...#i was also kind of a bully withiut realizing because expressing affection is weird and i was kind of a tsundere type kid honestly#sent a few friends to the doctors without realizing because i fought with them a lot physically as a way to express affection#...except i went way overboard and no one ever told me because i was too intimidating. only learned about it years later#i had problems with self control and never knew how much strength i had/was using at any given moment so it caused. problems#nothing permanent thankfully#i selected round eyes for my kid self for the Vibe but ive always had almond-shaped eyes. it didnt like. change#everyone else in my family has roundish shaped eyes so we have no idea where /that/ gene comes from lol#i never stopped wearing hoodies though. there are a few habits i picked up at that age that i never let go of#(namely: im very weird about clothes.)#sunny#picrew#it has been a WHILE since i've posted a picrew here. damn#other notes: selected a smile for the vibes but me never smiling was actually a real problem.#i had to train myself to smile in front of my mom because she wouldn't shut up about it and got upset at me constantly for it#(i had the tbh creature straight face 24/7 and she took it as a show of disrespect which. what)#also i do have moles on my face other than the acne i just have a lot more acne than i have moles so. its more important
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So I was watching Patreon-only livestream of one of my favorite Youtube travel vlog channels and then apparently Shane Dawson(?) is a fan of this channel(??) and actually did a parody/homage video of this other channel with his partner Ryland(??????)
I know very little about YT drama in general but I do know that Shane is BAD NEWS and ngl I felt anxious about Shane being a fan of this Disney vlogger channel because he seems to sow drama in whatever he touches
I fucking can't believe this
#michelle watches:#ordinary adventures#shane dawson#these things i think#ugh i feel skeevy like when everyone and their mother suddenly were talking about the try guys bc of the ned scandal#one year to the day almost too!#anyway this is weird and i'm tired but my brain is hyperfocusing on this fact and i can't sleep rn#no one should be knowing about these obscure YT channels except me goddammit#never mind the fact that the vids have tens of thousands of views#only me and a select few actually watch them#yes i'm in denial about popularity
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The Mean Girl Bully Reader x Nerd Loser Yandere story sparked another red flag reader idea I had 😈
Imagine a Bratty Female Reader x Well Mannered Wealthy Male Yandere. Unlike our favorite monster whore gal, and two-faced bully, this new reader insert is super vocal about her distaste in just about everything. Hardly anything is up to her “standards.” She not only complains, but whines too! 🥳
Then her poor beau weirdly loves her despite her horrid personality. I don’t know how, I’ll leave that part of imagining up to you, but there’s my request 🥺
I just like morally grey or blatant antagonistic readers. A lot of times, it’s more fun if the reader is attractive this way to a yandere, than having stereotypical good traits, like being compassionate or respectful 😔
So please, a Bratty Female Reader x Well Mannered Wealthy Male Yandere?
-👘
I was wondering if I should just incorporate this into the Yandere CEO draft I have, but I had this sudden idea for a downright shameless relationship between a beloved, well-respected politician and a perverted, needy brat of a Darling. (I don't like politicians but alas, I needed a high-stakes public profession for this)
Yandere! Politician x Bratty! Reader
Mr. Politician is a true rarity in his field of work: well-mannered, articulate, and most importantly, genuine in his dedication. He works tirelessly for change and improvement, earning the adoration of the people. There's only one exception to his loyalty: no country ever comes before his Darling. And what a demanding Darling you are...
Content: female reader, older yandere, NSFW, some exhibitionism
Many would describe their interactions with Mr. Politician as follows: he's disciplined, confident and resourceful. A natural born leader, you can tell within seconds of meeting him that he is a man to rely on. He's spent many years in the game, and nothing can shake him out of his signature calmness. He keeps everything in pristine order, and nothing escapes his scrutiny.
There is, however, one quirk only few select people know about. A detail no one dares to discuss. It is common knowledge that Mr. Politician has a partner, yet the particularities of it are kept private. His beloved is a much younger girl, rotten to the core. It is unclear how this pairing came to be; the day Mr. Politician won his place in his prestigious office, he showed up with the mysterious feminine figure at his side.
What's certain and obvious to all witnesses is that his vocabulary quickly discards any meaning of refusal whenever he's dealing with you. It almost feels like the man worships you. He's never alluded to being religious, most likely because that role's been taken already. His eyes soften whenever directed at you, gleaming with raw adoration.
Splurging on expensive things is a given. Money has never been an issue for someone of his status. In fact, it's a handy and convenient tool he frequently uses to dampen the damage of your tantrums.
"Disgusting", you spit between your teeth, pushing the plate away and crossing your arms. The renowned chef of the Michelin star restaurant can only stare in horror before Mr. Politician intervenes with a chuckle. "Not feeling it today, huh?", he coos at you with loving strokes. "May I ask that you bring everything else from the menu?" he says in a sterner voice to the employee. "E-everything, Sir?" the waitstaff questions. "Well, naturally. I can't let my Darling starve."
"I'm bored. Let's leave now", you mention bluntly, standing in front of the heavily ornate table with a huff. "Are you sure, Darling? It's an important meeting for the country", Mr. Politician tries to plead. Around him, the other men sit baffled, observing the outrageous exchange. "Now!" you conclude louder. Before anyone can protest, your boyfriend stands up obediently and reaches out for your hand. "Then allow me to guide you, love."
A paradox. His earnest work is put to a halt if you require anything from him. Somehow, he has until now managed to juggle the two with little effort, and to his credit, there have been many instances requiring nerves of steel. Such as you paying him an unannounced visit to the office, and disliking the fact he was unavailable due to a meeting. So, you marched over to the window and promptly flashed your chest against the glass. Everyone else was focused on the opposing whiteboard; he was the only one who immediately noticed your arrival. "As you can see, the expected result is irresistible", he continued with a professional smile, tapping the graph with a marker.
Everyone knows Mr. Politician is fervently devoted to his principles. Take his last public speech, for example. Knuckles white from gripping the podium, he'd nearly choked during an eloquent -but passionate - conclusion. His face was red, his jaw tightened. He needed a moment to recollect himself, and the public waited with bated breaths, visibly emotional. Of course, they couldn't tell the outrageous truth: that you were shamelessly kneeling at his feet, pumping and teasing his erection until, at last, he let go all over your face.
"I wanted to see if you'd stumble on your words", you explain afterwards, wiping the sticky liquid off with a damp cloth. "That would've been unpleasant", he responds with a shiver. "It was live on national television."
He does not seem too bothered by the potential risk of being caught. Truly, his nonchalance knows no bounds when it comes to you. Or perhaps it is part of the charm. There's something quite depraved yet tempting about this perpetual contrast.
To return your daring favor, he gently places you onto his desk and spreads your legs, leaving trails of kisses along the inner surface of your thigh. A quick glance down confirms his suspicions: your bare bottom lays on top of confidential, rather important documents he dutifully signed hours ago. How thrilling of a feeling! He already smiles in anticipation, picturing himself as he hands over the folder to the oblivious party. He's not breaking any rules, now, is he? Nowhere in the book of etiquette does it state you mustn't fuck your beloved on top of official papers.
You gaze at the disheveled face underneath you. "One day I'll get you in trouble", you blurt out between whines. "Me? Oh, Darling. You know I always have everything under control." He lifts himself up and gives you a quick, desperate kiss. "Including you."
#yandere#yandere x reader#yandere x you#yandere x darling#yandere headcanons#yandere imagines#yandere scenarios#male yandere x reader#yandere politician#yandere smut#yandere oc#yandere oc x reader#male yandere#older yandere
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I'm going to throw my two cents in to the conversation about why James Somerton didn't get caught earlier. Part of the answer is of course that he did get caught, he just bullied and lied to get away with it for a while, but I know a lot of people still express confusion. And of course he went out of his way to make sure his audience didn't know about other queer history sources other than himself. But still. How could he have so many viewers of his videos and none of them had seen X source material?
Well. To be blunt, most of his videos were pretty basic. He tended to copy the highlights of what he was plagiarizing, not the really advanced stuff. And insofar as he copied the advanced stuff, he had a tendency to chop it up and serve it out of context alongside other plagiarized work. The material he was presenting was revolutionary to an audience unfamiliar with queer history, but like. I'm guessing 'Disney villains are queer coded' is not exactly a new concept to the kind of people who read multiple books about queer coding in film.
Now I'm not a film studies person, I'm a physicist. But you know what I do when I get a video in my YouTube recommendations about some fairly basic physics concept?
I skip it. No shade to the creator, but like. I hit that topic a decade ago and I've added literally thousands of hours of studying and research to my brain since. I'm just going to give it a pass, all right?
These kinds of videos self-select for an audience which isn't going to be familiar with the source material. The people who know it are unlikely to keep listening after the first minute or so.
And you've got to remember how much of this content the experts have consumed! With very few exceptions for weird little things that stuck in my head after all these years, I would probably not notice a physics explanation plagiarized from one of my textbooks! Not because I wasn't intimately acquainted with the textbook, but because I was intimately acquainted with many such textbooks. Spend enough time learning this stuff and it all blurs together a little bit. Does this explanation sound familiar because you've heard it before, or because you've just read books which cover this specific topic seven different times? And does that wording or that example ring a bell because it's plagiarized, or because it's common to the field?
Catching this kind of plagiarism requires having the kind of people who are already familiar with these sources, and therefore uninterested in video summaries on the topic, to watch the video. And among those people who do, it requires them to match Somerton's words to one specific source on the topic out of many, that they probably read quite some time ago. And then you have the filter of how many of those subject matter experts have the source on hand to check, to turn a vague "...hmm" into something solid.
If you know enough about queer history to say that some of his plagiarism was obvious, now that you've watched the video, then you should remember that there is a reason you probably weren't one of the people watching his videos! And because YouTube promotes videos through algorithmic engagement, none of this stuff has to pass the sniff test for any other expert in the field before it gets released. No experts have to like it for it to get published or for it to get good reviews or for it to get a recommendation in, I don't know, the New York Times.
The only people who have to like the videos for them to get traction are people who are just trying to learn introductory queer history and film theory. The exact people who aren't going to notice this. And for those of you who to whom it is obvious, ask yourself. When was the last time you watched a basic level queer history introduction on YouTube?
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