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bit-b · 10 months

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AVOID USER "THATTECHNIQUE"

There's a VERY problematic artist that's been infamous in the Hat in Time sphere for a while. It is the user "ThatTechnique". They've been called out in the past for their suggestive/explicit drawings of the young characters in 'A Hat in Time'. They have long since been banned from the Hat Discord, and generally shunned by the community.

Recently, a document released detailing her attempts to groom a 14-year-old aHiT fan. The screenshot evidence shows clear attempts to manipulate this teen into being in a relationship with them. I encourage people to go read the document. I do warn that it's stomach-churning. And people sensitive to grooming and discussions of NSFW should proceed with caution. Though, any explicit material has been censored and cropped. Investigations were done by 'Impactor' and his team. The doc was signal boosted by 'Aster'. 'The Thatti Document'

Despite this evidence, Thatti is trying to play it off like the document is no big deal. Saying that the document didn't reveal anything that people couldn't already figure out. (complete lie, since the grooming evidence is brand-freakin'-new™) Also, she didn't reply on the tweet that had the Google doc. She instead replied to Impactor's comment saying "On stand by for questions as always". My guess is that she did this so that she wouldn't inadvertently make the callout show up in people's feeds. A user would need to add a couple extra clicks to reach it. Not a lot of extra distance, but distance nonetheless. This is clearly an attempt to de-legitimize the claims made by the document, and to manipulate her current followers into thinking that reading it is a waste of their time.

Even though she claims it's a "waste of y'all's energy", 2 hours later, she made a poll on her account letting people know that she's considering closing her main account and making an 18+ one in it's place. She also plans to focus on using her Tumblr account for her SFW art.

This tells us WAY more about how she actually feels about this. If this was about not liking Twitter, she'd just up and leave the platform. NOT create an 18+ account to replace the SFW one. And a few of her followers have even chimed in saying how odd it is for her to wipe out her whole account instead of leaving it up as an archive.

She knows she's been caught. And she's running.

I write this post to warn people on Tumblr about her actions. She's been here a while, but it seems like she's planning on making it her new art home. If that is the case, and if this isn't an isolated incident, she might attempt to groom people here.

I urge you, DO NOT engage with ThatTechnique. Don't comment or reply to her posts. Do not @ her. Do not DM her anything. A manipulator is VERY risky to interact with, and you could put yourself in danger by doing so.

Instead, spread the word about Thatti. Warn others about her past and current actions. To be extra cautious, block her on whatever socials you have in common with her.

If you are/were a victim of Thatti, Impactor is keeping their ear out and wants to hear from you. Please get in contact with him via DMs or mentions on Twitter. He plans to update the document with whatever new information he can find.

I wanna thank Impactor for organizing this document, and thank everyone who gathered and contributed information. More specifically, I wanna thank Apple for reaching out and giving all these details about their abuse. That was a brave thing, and I applaud you for it. I genuinely hope that things smooth out, and that these callouts give you a level of closure. Please stay safe, everyone. There are some great people in this community. But every community will always have some creeps on the underbelly.

#ahit #a hat in time #hat in time

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watching-sam-and-dean-again · 7 months

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Sam & Dean are, in fact, soulmates

It’s rant time again! (Sorry)

I saw an idiotic interesting take on Twitter last night where someone claimed that Sam and Dean aren’t soulmates, and that they couldn’t understand how anyone could interpret it that way (particularly referring to "Dark Side of the Moon"). And they actually wondered what show soulmate-truthers (my term) were watching.

Umm, the actual show?

I’ve paraphrased the comment slightly and replies slightly, and I’m not posting a pic of the actual post, because I’m going to try not do that on this blog, but also, this person is just like the others in the replies (and in fandom) who “interpret” the show a certain way because it suits their destiel narrative. They all drank the cool-aid, so why single one out? At the same time, this take shows so little media literacy that it pisses me off. Thus, the rant.

Please do read on if you’re interested.

One argument I saw under this tweet was that Dean needed to find a road to lead him to Sam, so it proves they weren’t in the same heaven.

Wrong.

If they weren’t in the same heaven, Dean wouldn’t have been able to find Sam. Period. We know this because Ash has to do a little spell thing in order for them to leave their heaven (“Winchester Land”) at all. They can’t just jump heavens on their own. We also see this in later seasons. People just don’t hop into each others’ heavens without some sort of help.

Another stupid argument I saw is that Sam and Dean can’t be soulmates because "they’re BROTHERS!”

Wrong Again!

While having a soulmate is often (maybe even most often) seen as a romantic trope, being soulmates is actually not inherently romantic. Let’s even just stay on the WB/CW level for this one for a minute. Dawson and Joey consider themselves soulmates in Dawson’s Creek, but they don’t make a good couple, they work better as friends, and they don’t end up together. While they aren’t entirely platonic, them being soulmates ultimately isn’t about romantic love either. Sorry, I stumbled onto a reactor watching this show lately, so it’s fresh in my mind. You could also make arguments for Xander and Willow, Joey and Phoebe, or Christina and Meredith (Grey’s Anatomy calls it “my person” being science-based, but it amounts to the same thing). Ultimately, being soulmates just means two people have an incredibly close bond, love each other dearly, understand each other on a deeper level than most, and often need each other. Despite what some hellers think, not all love and closeness is sexual or romantic. Finally, if someone sees being soulmates as having to be romantic, they should probably take it up with Kripke.

Anyway, let’s round this rant off at three flawed arguments with this one: people are “free” (passive aggressive) to interpret the episode how they “like,” but Sam and Dean bring soulmates is not actually supported by the episode.

Ugh!

Why the hell would the writers have Ash even mention soulmates in the scene at all, if it wasn’t to tell the audience (and the boys) something important about the characters? Knowing that soulmates share a heaven isn’t necessary to the plot at this moment (if they aren’t soulmates). We have been told people have individual heavens in most cases, so we don’t need to know the soulmate exception to generally understand how heaven works. But we do get this bit of exposition because 1) it tells us why Dean was able to find Sam on his own (with no spells, even though people don’t usually share a space), and 2) because it tells us the info that they are soulmates, bound together no matter what. It deepens their whole tangled up relationship, for better or worse. Is it a bit unusual for brothers to be soulmates? Yes! That’s the whole point. Sam and Dean are weird. This is not news. Where have these people been for the last 4.5 seasons??

Also, Ash looks directly at Sam and Dean after he drops the soulmate bomb. And each of them looks uncomfortable. The scene takes a beat here, a short one but it’s clear, so the audience can acknowledge this info. Why would the camera focus on the characters’ reactions if the soulmates line was a just a random little nugget of info? People hellers will write whole distractions on the significance of “parallels” between characters and “interpret” scenes using head-canons as support, but they can’t don’t want to understand that the camera lingering on the brothers when they learn information about themselves is significant? Also, it suggests in the script that Ash looks away from them to give them a minute to process this info. Why would he care if it didn’t pertain to them? (Hellers. Have. No. Media. Literacy.). Sam and Dean are soulmates. It’s canon.

Also, this is another episode but it adds confirmation. In 15x20, Dean feels Sam on the bridge in the new heaven before he sees or hears him. Thus. Soulmates!

#supernatural #sam and dean #spn meta #anti hellers #Sam and Dean are soulmates #my edits except for 1 #bad take rant

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midnight-pluto · 1 year

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COFFEE: PG.00 — 8 Shots of Espresso

COFFEE: Tim Drake x gn!reader

SYNOPSIS: Tim meets a barista that gives him what he needed most - a large coffee with way to many shots of espresso. Though what happens when just a single action changes the other’s life, forever?

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SUNDAY, MARCH 19 2023 — 11:32 PM

'WHY WAS I scheduled these hours? Hell, why did I even decide to work here?’

Oh, right, you need money. Just living in Gotham was expensive, not to mention the fact that villains and vigilantes stormed the street at hours like this and insurance can only cover so many villains. You’re almost bound to have a window or two broken. Though luckily, most of the vigilantes offer to pay for the damages caused or someone else offers to pay for them.

Checking your phone’s lock screen, you see that the time was 11:34. The cafe you worked at closed at midnight but there were still a few customers scattered around, most of them being students studying for upcoming exams or projects most likely.

Hearing the ding from the door you turn to look at the person who entered the door, “What can I get for you?”

The boy that stood before you was wearing wearing a dark attire - black pants, matching boots, and a simple red hoodie - all of the dark tones complimented his light blue eyes but they were clouded with something you couldn’t put your finger on; it didn’t help that their were dark bags underneath them as well.

Snapping out of your daze you look at him for his order, “A black coffee but add fives shots of espresso to it,” he deadpans. Before adding that to his order, you pause.

You slowly turn to look up at him to see if he was serious. He was very serious. “Um, y-you do realize that you’re asking for seven shots of-“

“Yes.”

“Alrighty then, um,” you swallow thickly out of pure fear at what had driven this poor boy into needing that much espresso in his coffee. You have met some insane individuals in your lifetime - mainly because you live in Gotham - but none of them have been driven to this extent, “Anything else?”

“No, that’s it,” he replies, shoving his hand into his pocket for ( what you hoped to be ) his wallet.

“Name?”

“Tim.”

A few seconds of processing payments and discussing sizes later, you’re on your way to creating a large drink that could possibly kill the very customer you’re making it for.

Meanwhile, said customer is actually relieved and really grateful for you on the inside. Tim had been running at max four hours of sleep for the past week while working on a case nonstop, and on top of that, he had patrol duty in 20 minutes.

Originally, he had left at eleven for his cup of coffee but unfortunately, his previous requests have been denied because apparently giving customers that much of espresso in their coffee was against company policy even if a Wayne was asking for it.

Multiple coffee shop stops and rejections later, he came upon the cafe you worked at and was able to get the coffee he so desperately needed.

A few minutes later, you gently slid Tim’s drink towards him with a small, “Enjoy.”

Thanking you with a nod of his head and a small smile, he took a look at your name tag - Y/N L/N.

TIMESKIP

The next morning later, you wake up at eleven thirty, feeling like a bag of shit. Turning over on your back with your arms extended outwards and legs barely touching each other; like a shy starfish.

'Is this my punishment for not applying for colleges the moment I graduated high school? Probably.'

After a few more moments of doing absolutely nothing, you decide to attempt to be a productive member of society. Grabbing your phone from your bedside table, you see that you have multiple message notifications, twitter notifications, and that it was now 11:42.

Checking Twitter first, you see that Tim Drake had tweeted something.

'Wait hol' up, wait a minute. Why am I mentioned in that tweet and why am I mentioned by so many other people? Also, how did he manage to find my twitter?'

Smiling at the comments that replied to your tweets, you decide to try and attempt to be a productive member of society.

Starting by brushing your teeth.

SPECIAL NOTE: this is a repost of my old post but I’ve now re-created it in a slight smau format that it was originally supposed to be in this could be read as a standalone oneshot still tho so yk

Also please ignore the fact that none of them are verified, I was to lazy to change them so I apologize once again

#coffee ☕️ - tim drake #tim needs sleep #you just fuel tims coffee addiction #tim drake x gender neutral reader #tim drake x reader #tim drake x gn reader #tim drake x you #tim drake x y/n #tim drake #x reader #batfam #alfred pennyworth #steph brown #stephanie brown #dick grayson #richard grayson #coffee shop au #smau dc #dc smau

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djuvlipen · 9 months

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Can't believe I'm being cancelled for disliking gypsies, one of the most misogynistic groups out there who sell girls as young as 10 for gold and money, don't let them get education, etc. Unless you've lived close to them and experienced the whole extent of that culture, stfu

This is a tweet said by a ‘radical feminist’ known on radtwt and this is exactly why I only follow Black, Asian, Indigenous and Roma feminists now. White radfems will excuse their racism under the guise of feminism yet when it comes to actually being feminist and helping Roma women? They’re silent. I can’t believe someone would say this and not think to themselves ‘this is even more reason why I must ally with Roma women against oppressive aspects of their culture’ but instead she goes full nazi and later on says how Roma are ‘forever condemned to be lower caste’ and lives a ‘cringe’ existence without ever thinking about the racism they experience that makes their existence so ‘lower caste’ and ‘cringe’. I’m sorry to bring this to you, I know it could be triggering, but you are the most active Roma radfem I follow right now (the few I follow on twitter have been on hiatus or either suspended :/) and I needed to get this off my chest. I’ve been so annoyed at radfem spaces lately because of bs like this, where white radfems will go on about how they can’t be oppressive because they’re women and all women are oppressed only to turn around and be oppressive racist assholes.

I know the user you are talking about, I'm going to include screenshots for context:

She was first called out in early June by a Romani feminist and another feminist on Twitter. Unfortunately many of the reactions are like this,

I think some of those users are actual fascists, because some feminists would rather ally with the far right than support Romani women.

Then you've got the usual jokes about Europeans being just like Hitler because it would kill Gadje to actually take anti-Roma racism seriously for once instead of turning it into an Internet meme,

Tbh I have seen this sentiment echoed in many radfem spaces, not just on Twitter. A few months ago I received an ask that said "why should I care about Romani women when their culture is so sexist in the first place". A woman commented on one of my posts about racialized misogyny against Romnia with "stop playing the victim, if people don't like you it's because your culture sucks". (I'm paraphrasing because I'm too lazy to find those posts rn)

I totally understand why you'd only follow radfems of colour, I think I follow only a few white radfems as well. White feminists always try and undermine their white privilege because they think being a woman means they can't be oppressors. It's a very one dimensional way to understand how oppression works. I could go on and on about this but I think you summed it up pretty well. They're not only ignoring their race and class privilege, they are also being actively bigoted against woc.

I have heard that misandristlana was Afghan (but living in the UK), I can't find a proof for it because she has been suspended though. In any case it's a huge no hope for women moment but I am really not surprised by this, non-Romani women typically never show support to Romani women so I stopped expecting anything from them. We can only count on ourselves to liberate ourselves. That's why I prioritize fellow Romani women before other women

#roma #asks #anti roma racism #anon #misandristlana

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familyagrestefanblog · 10 months

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Seriously, Trailer warning. The Trailer they just dropped is almost offensively stuffed

I'll only talk about it under "read more" because I genuinely think they just straight up gave the entire ending away. So what I'm about to point out and talk about kinda feels like leaks even though they are absolutely not. Its a damn official trailer :/

So think twice before you click read more, I did my job warning you

The trailer end with this.

That's civilian Marinette seemingly frozen right in front of civilian Gabriel while he is 100% making his wish right now.

It's pink and green, Tikki and Plagg, what else is it supposed to be?

The trailer also shows Marinette seemingly finding everything out and wearing both the Ladybug and the Black Cat miraculous' at the same time after Adrien gave it up in London, which we know because they also show Plagg flying away with the miraculous by himself

which automatically turns Marinette into a two-in-one kill if Gabriel gets her, which he apparently DID. Ladybug NEEDED Chat Noir.

And on top of that they also show that Gabriel is Nathalie's nightmare but she's too weak to stop him now. He literally SAYS it.

So unless Alya, the Resistance and Félix aren't suddenly waltzing in last second to steal Marinette's, Adrien's and Nathalie's job by defeating Gabriel for them and stopping him at THIS crossroad of destiny everything lead up to

Then we are fucked. Gabriel wins and they just revealed it all in one damn trailer.

I mean, don't get me wrong, the writing has been on the wall for the last 2 seasons - especially season 5 which was pretty much dedicated to Gabriel himself while serving as a second season 1 - so yeah, everything going to hell and Gabriel winning was pretty much the expected s5 ending now since it's been painfully obvious for quite a while already that ever since s4 we haven't been leading up to the original ending of Miraculous anymore.

Miraculous has been a global phenomenon for years on end. They have been talking about 6 season and more of story to tell since before season 2 even started airing.

As you can see, the tweet is from the 25th of September in 2016. And 2x01 "The Collector" had it's World Premiere on 21th of October in 2017. That's a whole year later!

YES, even though animated shows takes years of development in advance to get done, they absolutely had the damn time to make one more (at the very least ROUGH) concept for season 4 and 5 that follows the same story skeleton of the initial s4 and 5 while keep every episode mostly the same besides adjusting the executions of story and character arcs so it doesnt end with season 5. Meaning all that happened is that on paper there were two versions of season 4 and season 5, which would also explain what the hell is up with the leaked bible.

One s4+5 execution for the case that it stops here as it was planned and the other one for when the story is supposed to continue which is now happening. So S6 onwards can continue what these 2 seasons left out. Which is alot. A fuck ton of a lot in case you didnt notice it by now.

I figured as much about half way through season 5. The only thing that's makes me angry now is that they are giving this much away in the trailer. Since the way the trailer shows Gabriel as the main character is only continuing what all of season 4 and especially 5 have been doing all along. Leading up to Gabriel's victory and the consequences of everything our heros - and everyone else too in the show - never took care of for 5 damn seasons. Which is also a fuck ton of a LOT.

I would be more surprised if he didn't win now and S6 onwards isn't getting out of Gabriel's wish reality. That's all the show (and Ladynoir in particular) have been leading up to for quite a long time already.

#ml spoilers #miraculous ladybug #miraculous #Ml Trailer #ml season 5 #jesus fucking christ #I fucking told you people this shit wouldnt end well #the writing was on the damn WALL for 2 damn seasons!

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mysmorgasbordoffantabulosa · 1 year

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A couple of thoughts on the BigHit Music/BTS relationship and... that rumour!

First the rumour

So, let's get the rumour out of the way... [though I'll probably come back to it eventually].

Last month an anon directed me to a rumoured 2020 blind item, about two members, who hadn't extended their contract...

This account is a known Taekook account. The comments/replies suggest the original poster of the blind doesn't exist and they posted this blind just before closing their account... but here's the thing why can't I find any reference to the original post. You're not telling me shit loads of Taekookers, hell OT7 and solo stans wouldn't have been all up in that shit if this blind was around in 2020. I never saw such a blind back then and I follow two big blind item websites (they have always intrigued me). This makes me think the post wasn't real. But perhaps there's a slither of truth in it...

Then on 11th Feb 2023, Crazy Days and Crazy Nights posted this...

And in the comments, there is the prevailing theory that BigHit/HYBE is deliberately not promoting their (Tae and JK) solo project stuff as some sort of evidence to back this theory up. Despite the fact that BH doesn't promote work that they don't produce themselves. I have yet to see a tweet or Weverse announcement about RM's involvement in a K-Variety Show he's doing, or Hobi, Suga and Jimin's recent fashion brand deals. Why because those companies are more than capable of promoting their own work with the members themselves.

Tae's cooking show is currently being promoted by the broadcaster as per usual and JK's World Cup Single was for a different label so any promo would have been done by them. Also, if BH weren't supportive of these endeavours do you really think they would allow their staff to travel and work with the Tae and JK and and provide support on these projects? You knot

I also find it interesting that a blind item that is supposedly 2 1/2 years old is suddenly back again and linked to a recent company purchase and Blackpink. That just seems suspicious.

I'll leave that there for a bit...

Let's keep it on the down low...

Now let's look at HYBE and BigHit and why I think the boys might have more control than we currently see.

Earlier this week, in light of the whole HYBE/SM drama, I saw two TikToks from the same user that piqued my interest and how BTS might have more power than we think...

Now I, like many others, was under the assumption that HYBE had full control over BigHit, but after a little research, I've found that this TikTok is true and BigHit is a separate entity to HYBE itself...

This twitter thread from April 2021 (when Scooter Braun and Ithaca Holdings were purchased), is very insightful and all publicly available...

So, in essence, when HYBE was in the process of purchasing Ithaca Holdings from Scooter Braun, Bang PD did something, he and the HYBE board (mostly made up of former BH Entertainment people) unlisted BigHit Music from the stock market and separated it off as private company. Still owned by HYBE but privately owned by them and independently operated and not affected by HYBE's dealings.

Before I move on some context that's needed for later…

In 2018, BTS re-sign with BH

In 2020, we discover BTS's contract renewal will run from June 2020 to June 2024

October 2020 BH Goes public BTS get shares in the company

6 months later Big Entertainment splits in HYBE and BigHit Music.

By 2021 we learn they have extended their contract for the full 7 years to 2027.

2022 BTS go on break from group duties ahead of enlistment.

NOTE: I think Points 3 to 5 are very important to all of this....

(I hope we're all still here, lol)

Why do I think this is important and shows us why BH/HYBE is not out to get the boys?

Firstly, it shows that HYBE wanted BTS/BH to be protected in case anything happened to the rest of HYBE. This is pertinent considering the CDCN blind specifically mentions the purchase of the US company. How it's worded suggests that BTS profits paid for it and that the boys are in a slave contracts. If BH is sperate that suggests that their profits don't automatically go into HYBE's bottom line. Also, any idiot with a Google Degree can tell you in seconds that BH had one of the most progress profit sharing deals with its artists.

Additionally, we don't know who owns the shares in BH, we know that in March/April 2021, HYBE was the sole shareholder, what's to say that other entities are shareholders too... such as BTS.

Think about it, in 2020 HYBE/BH were trying to persuade BTS to do the USA thing, what if BTS who were not in a happy place with all the speculation of enlistment, plus covid, were close to saying no to an extension and a push into the USA. What if HYBE offered them something they could refuse, which would kill two birds...

What if BTS wasn't happy about BH becoming HYBE?

So why did BH not become HYBE in 2020 and waited until 2021? I wonder if the answer to this was BTS and their contract extension. Imagine this...

You're BTS and the company you've literally built, is about to go public and you as artists who were promised more control in your contract could potentially loose said control when the new company is formed. Add to this you've yet to officially extend your contract and said company want you to do something new and could benefit them massively (US market push & new ventures etc.).

Your BTS, what would you do?

Me I'd kick up a fuse until you made sure there were some provisions in place to protect your brand and your creative freedom.

Maybe, that's why BigHit didn't immediately become HYBE because BTS weren't fully onboard.

What would placate them?

Maybe making BH into a separate entity and giving the boys the control, they crave?

The would do two things, ease their minds about the USA push a little, as well as the change to HYBE.

However, this could happen straight away, and would take several months to implement, it's also possibly why the Scooter Braun detail didn't happen sooner. Prior to this happening, they were given share in HYBE, and I think during that six months they were given iron clad contract extensions that benefited them and BH (note not HYBE) greatly.

Another thing to consider... perhaps BTS are shareholders in BH Music the private company. All we know is originally when they private the company HYBE was the sole owner; once you're a private company you don't have to announce things about profits, stocks & share sales unless it's a takeover situation, unlike HYBE as public company.

I also think this private (and very possible) arrangement might be what led HYBE to purchasing stock in YG Plus because HYBE would get a slice of BTS revenue (from manufacturing/distribution costs that YG Plus generate) prior to BH/BTS getting their profits, because... what if, only a small portion of BH's actual profit can go into the HYBE's bottom line.

Anyway...

In conclusion, I think there was a slither of truth in the "original" blind item, but I wonder if it involved all the boys, perhaps led by the two (who we all believe to Taekook).

No, I don't think it was connected to their sexuality, but more likely their (BTS's) unease of the company they helped build going public and a possibly fear of being undermined by any new management, as well as the push into the USA.

The latest version of the blind, is most likely being stirred up by antis who want to isolate Taekook from the others (hence the constant HYBE don't promote their solo work, even though HYBE/BH don't do it for other members), making them out to be diva's who want more and more. Then use incorrect information in the process and therefore creating a blind that actually doesn't make factual sense.

The Blackpink thing? I have no idea.

#my asks #bts blind items #hybe labels #hybe #bighit music #bighit entertainment #bts

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gaily-daily-musings · 6 months

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PR!agent Mobius is assigned to help Loki's image after the celebrity's latest disaster. No one in the firm understands Mobius' little *crush* on the guy. Loki is batshit insane. Drugs, sex, wild escapades in Europe, you name it he's done it. There's even an old rumor he killed a man once. Allegedly.

He's a movie star, a musician, a model, a fashion designer. He's even been a guest on RuPaul's drag race. He goes by one name: Loki. No last name. He's cool like that.

After his latest stunt, Loki is in need of digging out the hole he's dug for himself. And once again, his PR team is saddled with an impossible task. Enter Mobius. The newest member of the team as less and less people are willing to work for the flamboyant celebrity.

Mobius rides up the elevator to the penthouse rooftop with B15. (Does she have a fanon name???) Mobius thought he was doing good keeping his excitement under wraps but Bea scoffs at him.

"Try not to fanboy over him too much." Bea says, rolling her eyes.

"When have I ever not been a true professional Bea?"

"Hmm."

It's only ever been a passing fancy. Less than that even. For what hope did a glorified office worker like Mobius have with the god of mischief himself? Loki had a string of conquests. All far more interesting and powerful than Mobius could ever hope to be. He wasn't delusional. He was just an analyst. Mobius was aware that he isn't the most handsome either. He's got wrinkles. Gray hair. No muscle.

They get to the top at the penthouse. It was as extravagant as the man himself. Gold and green decor everywhere. They find Loki lounging by the pool. He is an absolute vision in Gucci shades.

"Mr. Loki, this is Mobius. Your new PR agent."

Mobius holds up a hand to wave. He knows Loki doesn't do handshakes.

Loki looks at him under the brim of his sunglasses. He gives his suit and brown pants a disgusted once over.

"Swell." He deadpans.

"It's a pleasure to finally meet you." Mobius steps a bit closer. "I'm thrilled we'll get to work together."

"Lemme guess, you're a fan?" Green eyes sweep over him again. Judging coldly.

"Well, fan can be a bit harsh in context…"

"He's the best in the agency." Bea assures Loki. She gives Mobius a sharp look, telepathically telling him to tune his eagerness down.

"Right," Loki says.

Bea leaves and Mobius suggests they get to work. Loki pitters around the penthouse getting another drink as Mobius pulls up his file on his laptop.

"I think we should start with your Twitter. Best stay off the whole thing entirely for a while until interest dies down."

The last tweet had been a doozy. Loki had called out a well-beloved actor calling them a donkey who couldn't act for shit. Loki just didn't really think his posts through a whole lot. Especially while drunk. He'd made quite a few spelling mistakes.

"Whatever." Comes the reply.

"Also I think an apology sooner rather than later would be best in this case and–"

"I'm not apologizing." Loki hisses. "That asshole had it coming! He can die in a ditch somewhere!"

Mobius keeps his lips from twitching up. "That's the kind of thing you shouldn't be posting."

"I'm the only one with the balls to say it!"

"Be that as it may, it doesn't look good."

Loki rolls his eyes, though it was hard to see from the sunglasses.

"I don't give a damn about my reputation."

This time Mobius does smile. "Living in the past, it's a new generation."

Loki pauses, staring at him in confusion. Mobius clears his throat awkwardly.

"It's…it's a song, nevermind. So, anyway, for apology ideas we can either go with text or video. Personally I think video is always a nice touch because…"

"What was it? The movie or the band?"

"Hmm?"

"That made you a fan?"

Mobius smiles. "That's irrelevant."

Loki tilts his head. "Is it? You know most people who work for me don't like me."

"You're a very polarizing individual. Speaking of which, the apology video–"

"People who claim to like me are just wanting to fuck me or get fucked by me. You strike me as a bottom from the top kind of guy."

Loki's sunglasses have slid down his long nose. He leans into Mobius' space. When had he gotten so close?

"Mr. Loki I am here to help you. My only ulterior motives are to get paid in the process."

Loki squints. Then he huffs and plops down on the chair across him.

"I'm not doing an apology."

Mobius sighs. "You need to show the people that you can be sympathetic."

"I don't need anyone to understand me let alone sympathize with me!" He slumps over in his chair and curls into it like a languid cat.

Mobius pauses. "No. Perhaps not. But it is nice to be understood. For someone else to get us fully."

Loki's gaze flickers.

"You have so much raw talent within you Loki. Talent that has been crushed and cut and ripped away. By circumstance and cruel injustice, by the weight of fame and fortune. But I truly believe that you are worth more than what you think you deserve."

Loki is quiet. His green eyes are visible over the tops of his glasses. For a few moments he is open and soft. And then something hardens and his lips turn down.

"So that's why you're here. You wanted a little project."

"I don't want to fix you, Loki." He says gently. Carefully. "I just want to help other people see the real you."

Loki stands, sliding his sunglasses back up on his head. His kimono falls around his figure perfectly.

"I've always been 'the real me.' If you think for one moment you're going to change any of that you can fuck off!"

Loki storms away.

Mobius sighs. They've got a long way to go. The problem was Loki was too guarded. And Mobius was too fond. He could recognize that at least. It took almost nothing for him to drop the "mister" and call him Loki. He was coming on too familiar. He can't help it. Loki felt familiar to him. This didn't feel like a first meeting. It felt like chatting up an old friend. A friend who was in trouble and was too proud to admit he needed help.

"It was the first time you went to rehab." He calls after him. "When I became a fan."

Loki stops and turns. There's tension between his shoulders.

"I don't pay much attention to celebrities. Not unless I need to for my job. I don't know their childhoods or who they're married to. I don't follow their careers. But when I heard Loki, The Loki, was attending rehab I became curious."

"That was over ten years ago."

Mobius nods. "I know. And I've been watching ever since. Your highs and lows. Quite a lot of lows. But you always picked yourself back up. Despite everything. Despite the backlash. And you always gave as good as you got. That's pretty admirable in my book."

Loki folds his arms, leaning back against the kitchen counter. His smile is a knife.

"Many have tried to get under my skin." He says slowly, a growl in his voice "You think you'll be the one to break me?"

"I don't want to tame you Loki." Mobius says. It's still too fond. But he can't help himself. He just loves him. "I just want to help you realize your full potential."

And then finally, finally Loki relaxes. His guarded demeanor changes as swift as evening to night.

"Alright Mr. Agent man, what do you suggest?"

Mobius opens his mouth.

"–and NO apologies!"

Mobius closes his mouth.

Over the course of their burgeoning friendship Loki starts to put the moves on Mobius. Calling him Mobi and testing the man's limits and his patience. Loki's hands always seem to stay towards Mobius' tie. Tightening or loosening or flattening it. Mobius takes great care to never wear the same one twice.

Mobius knows better than to accept any of his advances. He was a professional. Also part of him was convinced Loki was just doing it as some sort of prank. He couldn't possibly be interested for real.

In the meantime, Mobius' brain starts short circuiting and desperately trying to stay on task whenever Loki decides that today was a "no underwear" kind of day and walks around in nothing but a long t-shirt. Miraculously Mobius manages. Loki in turn is intrigued and frustrated by this man who seemingly ignores all of his amazing flirting skills. Rude. He must have him.

At some point Loki takes Mobius with him to a photoshoot. He's launching his summer line of clothing. He looks incredible as always. Mobius just stands there like some dumb struck fool as Loki poses for the camera.

As the cameraman snaps pictures he silently watches and captures the soft glances Loki throws Mobius' way. Holy shit these two are in love.

The photos are released and an article is written. It's the first time Mobius has found himself the subject of a scandal.

"Have you fucked him?" Val asks Loki out of the blue. Her brow is raised in accusation.

"What? No! Of course not."

"What do you mean of course not? You literally don't have any standards!"

"Do too!"

"Didn't you used to date a guy who referred to himself as the Grandmaster?"

Loki winces. "In my defense I was drunk. And high. A little bit of both."

"For three months??"

"...yes."

Val rolls her eyes.

"Your nail polish looks lovely today by the way." Mobius tells him.

Loki hums pleasantly. "I bet you say that to all your clients."

Whenever someone compliments Loki, it's about his eyes. His face. His body. It's about his tongue, the lies he can spin on screen behind a camera. (Or behind closed doors as well). But Mobius says that he is brilliant with the upmost sincerity. Loki doesn't even know where to begin with that kind of genuineness.

"...I mean, you graduated top of your high school and attended Harvard with cum laude honors! You're so clever Loki!"

Loki's cheeks are red. He's distantly aware he's blushing. He can't remember the last time he's done that.

"Thank you." He says stupidly.

Today was a booty shorts and crop top day. Loki lay stretched out over Mobius' lap. Mobius moves to take a drink from his mug. Loki moves causing Mobius to accidentally spill cold coffee on his belly. Mobius hurriedly wipes it off.

"It's fine. I've had worse fluids on me." Loki sits up, inching closer. Mobius pulls away. A frown is plastered on his face. Loki feels exasperated.

"One kiss won't hurt you, you know." Loki says.

"There are ways other than sex to show affection." Mobius replies like Loki is a toddler. "Like pancakes! I can make you some breakfast."

Then he actually gets up to do so. Loki is left feeling sexually frustrated. But then later when he's presented with a smiley face pancake with whipped cream he can't deny the warmth in his chest.

(Guys I don't know how they get together. I didn't think about this very hard this isn't even a fic, this is just a discombobulated ramble give me a BREAK)

Mobius tends to ramble when they have sex. But it's not exactly porn star worthy dirty talk. It's quite simple to be honest.

"So good!" He'll moan, head thrown back as Loki sucks him. "So, so good! You're so good!"

He'll get stuck on that word. Good. As if Loki really is that. Not just a good lay, but a good person.

It was kind of endearing actually. Loki thinks he likes Mobius' boring brand of dirty talk. And more than that he likes the wrecked look he can make of the older man with his tie askew and face still so conflicted. Like this was wrong and they should stop. And yet they keep going.

It's not the best sex he's ever had. In fact it's rather vanilla by comparison. But Mobius holds him so tenderly when they fuck, so awestruck, that Loki feels his heart race.

Loki likes it best when he rides him up and down. Squeezing every last drip of cum out of him.

#lokius fic #my drabbles #pr mobius #i have a whole headcanon for why loki is the way he is in this verse #but didnt really fit into the drabble

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In Closing, and Moving On

Hi, you've stumbled upon a dead AKB48 fanblog! It's a blog that's already been that way for over 5 years at the time of this writing, and one where this post is being made on its 10th anniversary in order to give it some final closure and resources.

You're probably here because you're a fan of one of the former members, following their solo careers, and want to know more about their early history. Or you might be here because you're interested in the history of AKB48, or the AKB48 fandom. Can't say there's anything of value to be found here, but thanks for reading anyway. Or you could've just clicked on this link because you saw the tweet pop up in your twitter feed...in which case, welcome Ruffian?

You know, I hate it when you need to scroll through a blogger's life story to get to that pasta recipe, so I'll cut to the chase and serve you the former Ori-Minegishi Team 4 members twitter and fanclub links upfront (or in the case of a Moe and Ayaka, the groups that they're now a part of). Most of them have instagram, etc. as well but you can usually find those on their twitter profiles. Here you go! (anyone missing from here is no longer active in the entertainment industry as far as I know) Aigasa Moe: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/moeaigasa0406 - Group (METAMOL): https://metamol.jp/metamol_profile/metamol_moe/ Iwatate Saho: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/yahho_sahho - Fanclub: https://iwatatesaho-fc.jp/ Okada Ayaka: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/ayaka_o1106 - Group (SAISON): https://www.shochikugeino.co.jp/talents/okadaayaka/ Okada Nana: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/okadanana_1107 - Fanclub: https://okadanana-fc.jp/p/ Kitazawa Saki: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sakii_Kitazawa - Fanclub: https://saki-kitazawa.com/ Kojima Mako: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/mak0_k0jima - Fanclub: https://fc.sunmusic-group.com/kojimamako Nishino Miki: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikinishino4 - Fanclub: https://www.fansnet.jp/en/nishinomiki_official Shinozaki Ayana: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/ayana18_48 - Fanclub: https://shinozaki-ayana-official.jp/ - Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ayana.shinozaki.official Murayama Yuiri: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/yuirii_murayama Mogi Shinobu: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/mogi0_0216 - Fanclub: https://mogishinobu-fc.jp/ Minegishi Minami: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/chan__31 - Fanclub: https://fanicon.net/fancommunities/3877 ______ Now then, let's talk a bit before I let you go.

At the time of this writing, of the 16 members of Minegishi Team 4 who were promoted on August 24th, 2013, 4 remain. And by March of next year, that number will be down to 2. I left the fandom in around 2019. The state of the management (which I won't elaborate on here, but you probably know...), combined with starting a new career in a new timezone led to me calling it quits as a 48G fan.

Okada Nana's graduation was a wakeup call to me though, that my beloved 13th gen had very little time left. So I returned briefly to the fandom in April 2023, to see the conclusion of their story. I discovered that so much had changed, much more than I could list here. But for one thing, I discovered that in my absence my kamioshi, Kitazawa Saki, had gone from being a struggling theater girl, to a full fledged stage actress! Joining an agency and becoming so busy that she was rarely in the theater! I was so proud. And it was not a moment too soon that I returned, because 2 months later, Saki announced her graduation. I got a chance to speak to her once at an online hanashikai. And then, in the greatest stroke of luck of my entire otaku existence, I was able to go to Japan to see her graduation stage in person. It was an experience I'll never forget.

As the 13th gen's time comes to a close, it is time for me to formally exit from the fandom as well. Saho and Yuiri remain for now, but I'm more interested in their activities outside the group.

In addition to tonight being 4'stylephilosophy's 10th anniversary, tonight is also the 9th anniversary of Takashima Yurina's graduation, my original kami oshi. I always found that coincidence remarkable. So even if it's only meaningful to me, this feels fitting.

I'll continue to follow the careers of some of my favorites from back then. Particularly Saki, Ayanan, Saho, Fukuoka Seina, Ino Miyabi, and Goto Moe, as well as Ishiwata Sena and Takahashi Ayane who I discovered more recently. I hope to see as many as I can in person someday too (already making plans to see one of Saki's stage plays sometime next year!), but it will no longer be as an AKB fan.

It was a fun 11 years but all things must come to an end. I'll still be on twitter, but for the most part my interests have shifted to following a certain pair of demon guard dogs (BAU BAU).

To all of those I called friends over the years, I'll always cherish the memories we shared.

Thank you all for being awesome, and for putting up with me.

Well I think that’s it then. I'm not sure if I can say this blog itself truly completed its original mission of bringing awareness of the members of Minegishi Team 4 to the foreign fandom. However, seeing how far the members came in these 10+ years, I can say that which was truly important was a success.

Anyway, finally I’m nearly out of words, so in closing, and most of all…

To Minegishi Team 4: Umemoe, and Nororinzu MogiYuri, and Triple彩 the Three Musketeers, and KabutomuChu! And to Captain Miichan…

Thank you for those unforgettable 234 days and for the wonderful years thereafter.

I’ll never forget you.

Until we meet again. 4’style

「本日の公演も皆さんの応援のおかげで無事終わりに近づいてきています。この劇場を出た後もチーム４のことを忘れないでください。私たちも忘れません。」

#blogpost #team 4 #Minegishi TEAM 4 #AKB48

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"Stop Defending EA! They need to defend their own stuff!"

I see some people accuse me or others on the anti-paywall side of things of this, and I want to talk a bit about this argument and why I think it's a bit of a misunderstanding. So I'm 25, (about to be 26 later this week, woo!) and even though I'm a grown woman, when I leave after visiting my parents my Dad still reminds me to drive safe and wear my seatbelt and not speed and stuff. Now, when that happens, my mom never chimes in and says "Now honey, you need to not do that. That's the police's job to make sure our daughter knows to be safe on the road." That's absurd, right? Because while it is the police's job to remind drivers to be safe, at the end of the day, my dad's just reminding me to be safe because he doesn't want me to be hurt, or end up suffering the consequences of my bad choices. When he reminds me, he's not defending or really attacking the police and their effectiveness at their jobs. He just wants to keep his daughter safe. Here's the deal. I don't really give much thought to EA as a company. They honestly could do a lot better on a lot of things, such as communication with their community, accurate representation for simmers of color, etc. But when I am here reminding people that Sims is an EA owned property and that folks need to not trample on that company's intellectual property rights, it's not because I care about the company. It's because I care about the person who could get HURT by that company deciding to defend its property. Because IF you are lucky, and EA decides to defend it's IP, you'll get a cease and desist letter. But if it's super obvious you've made BANK off of their I.P...well, we know how money-hungry EA is. What are the chances they'll try some legal action to get a cut or hell, a majority of what you've made? And they'd have a legal precident to. There's already been court cases that have allowed companies to sue modders and proven that courts consider EULA's to be LEGAL CONTRACTS that players enter into. So breaking the EULA means you are breaking the law. I don't think saying something along the lines of "Hey, you realize you're basically poking the sleeping bear that is this big company that has a TON of money by breaking their EULA. Perhaps you should NOT do that and instead make money in the legally allowed way they have given you instead that also doesn't screw over the community? Because it'd suck to see you get stuck in some legal consequences you aren't prepared for." Another reason I bring up this point a lot is because it's important to realize that breaking a EULA is a small beginning step in what can be a nasty pattern of behavior. “Watch your thoughts, they become your words; watch your words, they become your actions; watch your actions, they become your habits; watch your habits, they become your character; watch your character, it becomes your destiny.” - Lao Tzu What this quote means is that your actions become habits, and your habits become the character of who you are. Those small choices, those little things you let slide, can ultimately lead to you making more and more choices that are worse until it becomes the core of who you are. We've had a lot of examples recently of custom content creators who started out doing things the RIGHT way and then ended up making small choices that ended up with them paywalling their content and giving the community a big middle finger. Sixam CC has been one that has often come up. He started off as an early access creator, and did things right for a long while, and has since started to paywall his creations. Since then, his attitude when questioned about it and towards his patrons has gotten worse and worse. Including this wonderful exchange:

SimsCommunity even called him on his B.S on twitter only to get no response. I wanna share some tweets [I think I've shared these before] from Ghastly Simmer A on Twitter, which really drives home my point. I'll share the screenshots, but you can find the thread HERE. Just as a trigger warning, there are some su*cide attenmpt mentions in these:

I love the part where she says "they were literally stealing from the entire community" because that really is the crux of the issue. Because it starts with "stealing" from EA but it's not really just stealing from them. It's also stealing from us. The community. The people who actually make this game amazing. Then they'll expand further into stealing textures, models, and other things they didn't make. Some may start stealing other people's creations to throw into builds. Then it can go further with tracking and sharing of information between patreon creators. And then it can get so bad that it devolves into doxxing, bullying, harrassment, fake allegations, and job contacting. And the truth is, I'm not spreading the word as much for the people who have already gone off the deep end as I'm hoping to reach the people who are just starting on this path. To you, the person who has just started paywalling. The person who maybe has only just begun doing little "exclusive gifts" for your patrons. Maybe you're young, just 16 and you think it's okay because everyone does it and you just want some spending money. Maybe you're older and you're in a really rough financial situation and you're tempted by the idea you could make just a little bit more by paywalling. Maybe you're a 20-something who is needing direction in your life and you think you could make a living at this but you feel you can't call yourself a "brand" if you don't make ~*exclusives*~ like other brand creators do.... You have a choice. The path you have started on is one that looks good at first, but it gets progressively darker. Is the money worth the potential pain? The potential legal consequences? The potential pain you'll cause to the community by stealing from them? The potential people you hurt if you end up getting in with the wrong group and start harrassing people because you get it in your head you are protecting "your creations"? Only you can decide what choice you are going to make. But I will tell you, the money's not worth it. Because actions have consequences, and although Karma may take a long time coming, she's nasty when she arrives. You reap what you sow.

You have a way to make money and still be part of this community that is viable. There's lots of well known creators who do very well with early access. There's lots of people (myself included) who would love to help plug your early access creations and support you if we have the margin. You have a way off of this path if you wish for it. Because at the end of the day, I don't want to see you and the community hurt. I'm here to help if you'll let me.

#thoughts for the day #sims 4 cc #tw: suicide #sims 4 #sims4cc #sims4 #sims4alpha #sims4mm #paywalls suck #sims4maxismatch #ts4 #the sims 4

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Re: Last reblog on Parasocial Relationships and their harmfulness

EDITED NOTE: Just to clarify I do not think I've ever "genuinely" known" any celebrity or public figure like it says in that post. I have felt like I've know things about them but never to the level of fully and "genuinely" knowing them. However, parasocial relationships don't have to be that deep to still be parasocial and harmful.

I agree. It's definitely something that I struggle with sometimes. Especially since I think it's natural for people to want to connect with someone they have something in common with. In this case (meaning the types of parasocial relationships we'd deal with as Khiphop fans), you and the artist are both fans of the artist's music and likely the genre as well as other things.

That's why I got into the habit a while ago of separating the person from the "character" they play as a musician*. I talked about this for a very small amount of time on one of my youtube videos. For example, DPR Live and Dabin are two different entities. The way I would interact with Dabin through written communication, a video chat, or in-person isn't the way I'd necessarily interact with DPR Live when throwing out a random tweet or post about him or talking with a friends. Dabin is the "actor" that plays DPR Live even if they have a lot of overlaps in who they actually are since Dabin isn't actually an actor. I think this can get easier OR harder to do after actually meeting them in person or engaging with them on a one-on-one level over the internet. Honestly, for me, some people got harder after meeting them irl, some got easier, and some I'm in a weird and constant power struggle which is pretty bizarre to me. In regards to the ones I'm in a constant power struggle with, I didn't actually realize that until literally this year even though I met them years ago. (Side note: OK maybe not constant but when it comes to mind it's definitely a struggle but this also ties into the fact that I struggle with me views/opinion on them in general)

Luckily, just like any other relationship, parasocial relationships shift and reframe and even completely disappear over time. But it's definitely really easy to sucked in and can be hard to get out. Especially if these people happen to be role models and inspiration to you in your personal life (ex: that post about Yumdda I made a few days back which was sort of in jest but also partially serious too). I do think there's a balance (just like in any other relationship) but it can be difficult to find it since everything about a parasocial relationship is just so vague and nebulous compared to many other types of relationship. I think going forward, we're definitely gonna need some type of education regarding parasocial relationships and how to make them healthier (or as healthy as possibly given the circumstances) the same way we talking about networking/business relationships, family, friendships, and romantic relationships. Parasocial relationships are not new but the internet kicked them into overdrive in the same way tabloids and tv probably kicked them higher back when they came out.

There's more to be had in relation to this conversation so it might come up again later on at some point but I think I said everything I want to add at the moment.

*Just wanna add the note that this is NOT the same as separating the art from the artist. That's generally an excuse to still enjoy the art without having to really grapple with the fact that you are supporting it regardless of the harm it may cause. I know everyone is a fan of something made by someone "problematic" due to the nature of humans being imperfect and full of bias, both explicit and implicit. However, I DO think it's important to not just wave it off like that and make sure you actively engage with what they did and why you choose to still support. It's important to engage with those uncomfortable topics as well as the duality (or hypocrisy) of why you make the decisions you do and just sitting with the overall "uncomfortableness" of your decisions sometimes.

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"invisible man" by ralph ellison

finished: september 20, 2023

well, it has been a while. for one thing, this was a lengthy, dense read. i wanted to take my time with it... but i also have been reassessing the process i've created for myself with this blog. i enjoy looking back and reading some thoughts on what i've read, but with every book i read and then put down, i can't help but feel i am creating an obligation for myself by creating a system where i must read, rate, review, and then proceed to the next book. i liked the task initially, and i do think it helped me digest some reads in the beginning of the year, but the last few books i've read, as i near the end i start to feel a sort of dread that i'll have to find the right words to represent this book well, or even just what i thought of it. the reality is, most books i read take weeks to digest, some even longer, and i don't wanna box myself or authors' works in by demanding a review upon finishing. i don't know. i figured when i started this blog it wouldn't be forever, and i didn't want it to feel like an obligation. i know nobody cares or reads these entries, that's fine, that's a relief if anything, but even to write to later reflect on my own thoughts, it's becoming a burden.

so where do we go from here? i've thought of maybe moving this to instagram. i have seen several friends and creators make quick "story" reviews of books when they finish, giving them the space to share anything important about the book, it doesn't seem as cumbersome. i think i like that idea because then it would allow me to create a story highlight and i could still easily keep track of everything i've read in a year's time.

ideally, i would like to see this blog out at least through the end of the year, but i don't know. i guess i just need to acknowledge to myself to allow for imperfection. it's something i struggle with on a global level: striving for perfectionism. i start off these meaningless projects sometimes just for the sake of self-reflection, but then i end up creating a formula that eventually fatigues me as it feels like a chore or a burden because i feel like everything i produce has to be uniform. i wish i could channel this trait into something more useful.

on top of dealing with life in general and some medical stuff, i'm just tired and i'm experiencing a period where i don't want to share all that much. maybe that's also where this is coming from. i know the likelihood of anyone else reading this is extremely low, especially anyone i know personally, but i don't think that matters to me anymore. this is going to sound silly, but i was devoted to twitter since its inception; i shared a lot of myself on twitter through the years, and the platform adapted to my different styles of what i wanted to share through the years as i changed and evolved. that is, until this most recent rendition, "x," which i consider the official death of twitter. this billionaire scum changed so much about it already, but changing the name and the logo was effectively the nail in the coffin for me. so i've left what was formerly known as twitter, and even though i hadn't been tweeting much anymore, the tweets i read and the way i interacted on the platform, i've come to realized, had a profound effect on the way i moved about the world, in a social sense. that's gone now, and although there's threads, instagram, and the occasional checkin with facebook, it feels like a part of how i expressed myself is no longer here. so i guess i've kind of been mourning what is now lost in my world, but also taking the time to reflect on why something silly like a social media platform meant so much to me in the first place. it really does feel like losing a person i was close to, and even though it was a terminal case that whose "death" was anticipated months before, i'm still mourning what it meant to me. and i'm starting to re-assess what i want to share with the world and what i want the remaining social media platforms to mean to me. i don't know if i will ever have a twitter again. twitter was everything good about social media, to me. it was my xanga years mixed with my livejournal years but presented with precision so it was always easy to digest any thought. i know this must sound f#*(%& insane to anyone, but it's how i really feel. i actually haven't the slightest idea why i'm even sharing any of this.

getting into the actual book i just completed... i guess as a white woman in 2023, i'm empathizing with the narrator in invisible man. i can't ever fully know what it's like to live as a black person in 1930's harlem, or even in 2020s, but i can understand where he's coming from the more i gain knowledge. there's a lot to unpack with this story, i know that's true for most books that i've read, but this book hit notes about my county and its people that i don't think any other book has been able to do, in such an eloquent manner, at that.

some parts of the book were a bit hard to follow and dense for me, specifically some of the preachy stuff, but overall this is a very important story to be told in american literature. i am bummed that i didn't read it in high school, i think it was only part of the "AP" english curriculum, but i think the topics and themes covered in this book should be discussed and digested by all young americans. i'm sad and mad for the narrator, i admire his drive and this story was such a ride full of so many ups and downs. just when you think he's landed somewhere, doing something he's truly passionate about that he feels he's making a difference in the world utilizing the resources available to him... wham. another pothole to take him out. i really loved this book for the rawness it presents, but i hate how on the nose it is, even in the year 2023.

i'm not sure if i'm gonna rate this one, or anything from here on out, or where i go from here in terms of this blog. i hope this isn't my last post, but who knows. i'm still figuring it all out.

#invisible man #ralph ellison

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花樣年華 : HYYH | Epilogue : Everything He Sees

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"Of literally all days," large hands carded themselves through thick brown hair continuously - a habit necessitated by annoyance. For what felt like the millionth time, Vernon cast his gaze back up to the artificially bright yellow lettering of the arrivals and departures board, his flight to Seoul first and foremost on the list, the word DELAYED seeming to mock him. "I did try to account for this and book an earlier flight but it doesn't say how long it's delayed for,"

"That doesn't bode well," Joshua's voice was as calm as ever on the other end of the phone. Vernon matched him well; he wasn't one to get angry or lose his cool, but the thought of waiting longer than needed to see you had agitation creeping in and burning on his nerves like he'd never felt before. "But I'm sure it'll be okay, have you asked why it's delayed?"

"No, everyone seems to be making their own theories," Vernon responded in a half hearted chuckle, sinking back into the uncomfortable plastic seat under him and idly pushing his suitcase back and forth. "I'm going with bear on the runway,"

"Hmm, very good theory," Joshua sounded as if he were pursing his lips, trying to think of a better one. "I hear there are a lot of Godzillas out this time of year,"

"Plural?" Vernon laughed, some of the tension vanishing from his shoulders. "In any case, I'll let you know when I'm boarding. Just hoping I don't have to wait for the morning. I wanna be there in time for karaoke night,"

"I'm sure it won't be that delayed," Vernon heard a slight shuffling and, after a moment, the familiar clicking of rapid fingers on a keyboard. "Okay, don't freak out but apparently there's a storm headed your way," Joshua mumbled sheepishly. More clacking. A pause. "But it isn't a big one! Plus you get compensation if you're waiting for more than eight hours!" He tried to sound excited. Vernon sighed, knowing the situation was beyond his control and stressing would do nothing, and thanked Joshua for his keen sleuthing.

"I'm gonna go ask the information desk how long they think it'll be and if accommodation is available if necessary," Vernon said tiredly. "I'll call you later, okay?" They said their numerous goodbyes and he dialed Jeonghan's number to let him know he wouldn't need a ride at the time he thought he would - however before he could press the bright green button his own call screen took over.

"Hey, I was literally just about to call you!" he smiled, though it quickly vanished when his friend spoke.

"Why are there pictures of you at the airport all over Twitter?" Jeonghan asked, slight panic evident in his voice. "So much for surprises?" Vernon fumbled with his phone, narrowly avoiding dropping it and searched his own name.

He sighed heavily and combed his bangs with his fingers again.

"I didn't think people would find my Twitter or recognise me in public yet,"

"The price of being famous," Jeonghan laughed derisively.

"I know it's a ridiculous request but between you and her friend group there's a ton of distraction-"

"You want us all to keep YN off Twitter?" Jeonghan cut him off in a dry tone, and while he couldn't hear Vernon nodding he definitely felt it. "That's borderline impossible, she's glued to her phone. I swear she has tweet notifications on for you too?" Vernon was thankful his ever mocking friend couldn't see the blush that burned on his cheeks at the secret he definitely shouldn't have known.

"I should only be a few hours late, maybe just start karaoke night earlier? See if anyone will watch a film with her? Make her study??"

"Dude, we love you but we are not torturing your girlfriend like that," Jeonghan snorted. Vernon rolled his eyes, pacing the airport lounge aimlessly.

"She isn't my girlfriend," he protested, adding a gentle "yet" after a slight pause.

"I'll text Soonyoung, it's in his hands from here," Jeonghan replied, ignoring his friend's correction. "Why were you about to call me?"

"Oh, just to tell you my flight is delayed and I don't know when I'll need picking up," Vernon sighed again, pulling his Switch from his carry on. "I'll message you when I board so then it's just fifteen hours from there." He cringed at how long he was confined to such a small, uncomfortable seat, hoping he'd be lucky enough to sleep through most of it. He and Jeonghan made a little more small talk before hanging up, and Soonyoung accepted his mission.

~~~~~~~~~

"Soonyoung!" You called, your blonde friend perking up like a golden retriever when he saw you. He slid into the chair opposite you, picking up the coffee you'd already ordered for him and letting out an over exaggerated sigh of joy after taking his first sip.

"I don't think the world will ever see another barista as good as Wonwoo," he grinned, to which you hummed in agreement.

"Jun is getting really good these days too," you pointed out. "But is everything okay? You sounded pretty frantic about needing to see me,"

"Yeah, huge emergency," Soonyoung pouted. "I haven't seen you in like, two weeks!"

"You woulda seen me at karaoke night! You had me so worried, Soon, I thought someone was hurt," you shook your head, although you couldn't fight off the slight smile pulling at the corner of your lips. Your friends made a lot of effort to see you, and you appreciated them for it.

"Someone is! I'm hurt!" he gasped dramatically, laying a hand over his heart. You rolled your eyes with a chuckle.

"Okay, okay, I'm sorry," you sipped on your drink. "Is there anything in particular you wanna do today?"

"Not really, as long as I get all of your attention. You know, to make up for how long you've been avoiding me?" smooth, Soonyoung.

"Avoiding you? It's called being a student," you scoffed. "You're busy all the time too, dingus,"

"Who the fuck says 'dingus',"

"Me the fuck does," you responded, frowning at your own terrible retort. Soonyoung laughed hard, and you knew you'd have at least a year (if you were lucky) of hearing him repeat "me the fuck does" after you said literally anything.

"We could see a movie," Soonyoung suggested lightly, and you agreed if not only because he had a cinema membership and you liked getting his money's worth. You'd already seen basically everything that had been released this month together. He looked at his phone and smiled.

'It was only delayed 4 hours, he'll be at ours for about 6.'

~~~~~~~~~

"We're gonna be late," you whined, struggling to balance the desserts you were holding in your lap as Soonyoung drove like he too was in a movie; not having to abide by traffic laws in the least. "And you're gonna end up getting pulled over,"

"We're almost there, calm down," Soonyoung mumbled, easing off the gas a little. If there's one thing you didn't ever see yourself getting used to, it would be Korean drivers.

"Why did you wanna get Vernon's usual instead of your own?" you asked for the fourth time, not noticing Soonyoung gritting his teeth as he pulled up on the street outside the apartment complex he and Seungkwan lived in. Soonyoung hated how painfully difficult keeping secrets felt.

"I just fancied a change, and he seems to have good taste," he responded after composing himself, shooting you a wink you swear could have made you throw up. You smacked his arm lightly and handed him the box, grabbing the crate of beers from the back seat before joining him on the curb outside.

"I can carry those if they're too heavy," he said, extending the desserts back at you. You shook your head indignantly and started up the stairs to the lobby door, Soonyoung giggling behind you and rummaging in his pocket for his door key. "I think most people will be here already," he said absentmindedly as he checked his phone, both of you stepping off the elevator in tandem. You realised you hadn't looked at yours in a while.

"I haven't messaged Vernon all day," you sighed at the realisation. "I hope he's doing okay,"

"I'm sure he's more than okay," Soonyoung grinned with a wiggle of his eyebrows, but before you could ask what he meant he pushed open the front door and everyone immediately fell hushed. The lights were mostly off besides the coloured strobe lights they only ever turned on during karaoke night, and you could only make out the silhouettes of your friends as you placed the beers on the table by the door.

"Why is everyone so-" before you could finish you noticed a hastily hung "WELCOME HOME" banner, and as you opened your mouth to ask, the very man you'd been thinking of messaging stepped out from behind Mingyu and Minghao. Your jaw hung for a moment in shock before you squealed, forgetting everyone else around you and running to leap into his arms. He wrapped his arms around your waist tightly, holding your body as close to his as possible, one hand moving up to stroke your hair as he felt hot tears hit his neck. "Is this real?" you mumbled against his skin, and he nodded. "You lied about the date to surprise me?" Another nod. You kept your face buried in his neck, too embarrassed to look up as gentle, ecstatic sobs wracked your body, but to your surprise you heard him let out a sniffle too and looked up to see his face as streaked as your own. "Don't cry," you said with a tut, wiping his face with the sleeve of your jacket. He laughed through the tears, bringing his hand up to wipe yours away too.

"That's rich, coming from you," he smiled. "I can't believe I'm really holding you again," An overdramatic cough from Seungkwan momentarily brought you back to reality, and you chucked quietly.

"Do you wanna go out onto the balcony, to catch up?" you suggested in a whisper and he nodded, taking your outstretched hand and letting you lead him past the crowd of your friends who cheered and whooped at the two of you.

~~~~~~~~~

"I have to say," you started once you were both out of earshot, chilly summer breeze pricking goosebumps on your skin. "That was a really good surprise,"

"I have no idea how," he admitted, shaking his head. The two of you looked over the view of Seoul, lights twinkling in a sea of inky black as the sun had set hours ago. "My flight was delayed and fans were uploading airport pics of me to Twitter." Realisation dawned on you and you looked at him with wide eyes.

"So that's why Soonyoung kept suggesting we do stuff where I couldn't look at my phone!"

"I can't believe it actually worked,"

"I'm not addicted like some people," you grinned, elbowing his ribs playfully. "I need to see those photos though, bet you looked cute as hell,"

"I'm still surprised when you're so bold," he spoke, voice barely audible amongst the sounds of traffic and general city bustle. "I have a lot to talk about and I'm sure you do too, but for now I think it's time to pretend I'm not severely jet lagged and belt one out," you laughed and agreed, following him back inside to mingle with your friends.

"We half expected you to ditch us all night," Joshua bantered, Vernon rolling his eyes and handing him the beer he'd requested.

"I'm not one to be selfish."

~~~~~~~~~

His jacket puddled around your shoulders; it was large even on him. He preferred his jackets that way. You huddled your knees to your chest, mug nestled in your palms as you once again took in the vastness of the city you lived in. It was around 4am, and most of your friends had gone home or passed out in the living room. The sky was already beginning to brighten, a subdued azure fading into hues of yellow and orange. Contrails ran alongside thin wisps of white cloud, edges a faint silver against the lightening sky. Vernon stood leaning against the balcony railing in front of you, hair tousling further than it already was in the breeze. You wondered if you'd ever felt so peaceful before.

"Vernon," you broke the silence, albeit in a small voice. He turned to face you, taking a sip of his tea. "How much longer can we deny what there is between us?" He paused for a moment, taking another sip of the honey laced beverage before setting it down on the table next to you.

"I never have," he responded simply. You stood to join him, both of you facing forward, pinky fingers daring to brush up against each other. "When I was in New York, I had a lot of time to think." He seemed to wait for you to respond, but when you stayed silent, he continued. "I thought about our bond, and our circumstances. How hard it feels after being cheated on to trust again. To trust yourself, even. To trust your own judgement after letting someone in and getting yourself hurt,"

"I know that feeling," you hummed, boldening a little and shuffling closer into his side. He put an arm around your shoulders and brought you in closer, your head nestling into the crook of his neck. He smelled so familiar; ocean breeze and sandalwood - rather basic scents indeed but so very him nonetheless.

"My feelings changed a lot while I was in New York," he said, to which you felt your heart plummet inexplicably. You had been too greedy, asked for too much by way of time, and his interest had waned. Naturally, you thought. "I moved on, and it feels wonderful. Because it's made me more sure than ever that I am completely and irrevocably in love with you," You turned to look at him, his expression completely serious. His face softened as he spoke, his eyes glinting in the rising sun. "As I got over the heartbreak and started trusting myself again, I realised every time something good happened I was racing to tell you. I'd see cute things in antique stores or a dessert you like or a book I think you'd enjoy and just consume my days with thoughts of you. The happiness you bring me isn't one I've ever experienced," he continued, words laced with a passion you'd never heard from him before. "I think that's love, YN," he finally turned to meet your gaze, his free hand coming up to cup your face gently, as if he were afraid you'd crumble away at any second. "My heart beats so fast when I'm around you but it's so… elating," Before he could say anything else you leaned in to kiss him, melding your lips together however briefly, soft and caring yet full of want and waiting.

"I have wanted to do that for so long," you whispered against him as you pulled away only fractionally, his breath hot on your lips and raising the hairs on the back of your neck. You felt alive, buzzing with electricity, his fingers on your skin the live wire. "I don't feel scared anymore," you added in a confession, voice no longer shaking like it used to. In honesty you were, at the back of your mind, still anxious - trusting had not worked well for you before, but you found yourself willing to take the risk, and hand yourself over so raw and vulnerable to a man you knew would only ever thank you for it. And you knew he felt the same.

"Forget how they began," he murmured. "Forget their beginning, and their middle, and their inevitable, bitter end," he enunciated every word, breath hitching in his throat with each one. "Can we just instead focus on our beginning?"

"Our beginning was, like, a year ago," you whispered before kissing him again, lingering a second longer than the first time. "I love you, Vernon."

"For the first time I know what love really is," he grinned. "And I love you too, YN. So, so much,"

~~~~~~~~~

His hands around your waist, in your hair, cupping your face. His lips on your lips, your cheeks, your nose. His laughter and his smiles, his fingers intertwined with yours, the way you fit so perfectly against him. Maybe this time he could let himself believe, he decided, as the sky exploded into a brilliant cascade of red, pink and orange.

synopsis: when vernon and y/n realise their partners are cheating with each other, they strike up an unlikely friendship trying to figure out how it all began.

pairing: vernon x fem!reader

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a/n: and... that concludes the show, thank you for coming! my first ever smau, definitely not perfect but a landmark in my writing "career" for sure haha, honestly i'm really proud of it. it got me back into writing and really let me get out a lot of feelings in the midst of being cheated on by someone i trusted and loved for 2 years, that i couldn't really say out loud or talk about. so thank you everyone for supporting it, it means the world to me. every bit of feedback, every kind message, every nice tag and reblog, it's all just so encouraging :) please do let me know what you think of the ending because i have rewritten it like 6 times i'm insecure lol :') i'm gonna be uploading a drabble game to request from soon and my next smau is a skz felix vampire!au college!au that's gonna be a bit batshit (pun intended) :) enough rambling, thank you for supporting HYYH, and goodnight! 💕

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tarosin · 3 years

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the great adventures of y/n tommy tubbo jack and ranboo - how y/n made friends with everyone

this is an extra to the great adventures series

requested: yes/no

warnings: cursing

tommy

you were actually friends with tommy when he was streaming to a few viewers, and you even watched as his channel grew. eventually he asked you to mod for him, as he knew he could trust you and because had experience being a twitch mod. he was also the reason you began streaming. as for how you met, you were in the same classes as him in highschool, and since you were the ‘quiet’ person in the class, they sat tommy next to you. honestly, you hated him when you first met him and the feeling was mutual. you didn’t want to sit next to the rather loud teenager and he had no one to talk to anymore as his friends were on the other side of the room.

“do you ever talk?”

“heh?”

“i said do you ever talk...do you always do that”

“do what”

“that fucking HeH.”

“are you mocking me simons?”

“noooo why would i do that...”

“it’s y/n.”

“right, yeah, yeah, i totally knew that.”

“great now please leave me alone i’m trying to work.”

“loser.”

“the fuck did you just say?”

“nothing.”

it was that moment tommy decided he was going to make you just like him, and a few years later that’s exactly what he did. by year 11 you and tommy had grown extremely close. the last day of school arrived a lot earlier than expected, everyone was extremely stressed, no one knew what to expect or what was going to happen. you found yourself hanging around with tommy a lot more as you had no idea if you would both be going to the same college, in september you received a text message that made your night:

tommy: college sent out emails telling you if you were accepted go check

*2 minutes later*

tommy: well?

y/n: i got accepted

tommy: me too

y/n: call me right now

tommy: i’m about to stream..have you ever considered streaming?

y/n: absolutely not

tommy: make an account and stream after me i’ll raid you..make me mod you know how people can be

once college started up, you were slightly nervous the two of you would drift away from each other. however this was far from the case, although you both did different subjects and he was only in on wednesdays, the pair of you would hang out together a lot more. he would be in your streams and vice versa, you would either be in his tiktoks, or you would be the one filming them.

“y/n make a tiktok we can be mutuals.”

“please god no.”

you spent so much time at his house either talking about random things, playing whatever game you could find, or streaming. he dragged you to every meet up he went on, allowing you to meet people such as niki, phil, and, wilbur. you didn’t know this, but he would constantly bring you up in conversations with dream, which eventually lead to you joining the smp in october where you would later be able to meet the likes of jack, technoblade and jschlatt. the only person you didn’t seem to see on the server was his other friend tubbo.

ranboo

you had become friends with scott after being his first twitch mod and when he noticed you started streaming, he was extremely supportive, always raiding your stream once he ended his. today you found yourself bickering with scott because he wouldn’t let you in mcc despite the fact you were ‘the best minecraft player.’

“y/n, i watched you die in minecraft 7 times last night within 5 minutes.”

“oh i’m sorry mr perfect, let me in mcc.”

“no.”

“fine i’ll make my own.”

and that’s exactly what you did..well you tried your best.

you started your stream as soon as scott ended and had him call you on discord after explaining to your chat what you were about to do.

“scott final chance let me in mcc, i’ll settle for access to the practice server.”

“fine.”

“REALLY?!”

“absolutely not!”

“fuck you, ill be in it one day!”

you left the call telling chat you didn’t need that negative energy in your life.

you really have scott to thank for you making friends with ranboo, scott made a tweet explaining what you were doing on stream which caught ranboos eye.

Smajor1995: after not making it into mcc again my good friend @y/n has decided to take it upon themselves to make their own on stream!! ill also be in the stream (if they answer my calls) *twitch link*

ranboo joined your stream and was instantly met with you yelling at scott (again) to let you in mcc.

“IM YOUR TWITCH MOD!”

“i will ban you from mcc!”

“you don’t have the nerve... so he left the call this is bullshit watch me land this water bucket clutch down this ravine so we can find axolotls and build an army.”

*you died*

you pulled your hood over your face before sinking down your chair taking a deep breath.

“FUCK!”

you calmly got back up and looked into your camera.

“i was so close, so very close.. HEY CHAT SCOTT SENT ME A LINK TO THE SERVER!”

a few minutes later you were able to get onto the server, only to be kicked less than a minute later. the reason you were banned being ‘i watched you fail the water bucket clutch down a ravine.’

you continued your build on your server and just spent the rest of the stream talking about anything that crossed your mind, that was until you decided to copy ace race. once finished, you looked into your camera and pulled your microphone closer to you.

“so this is race ace, so scott doesn’t sue me, and basically it’s going to be this course, but i’m going to change a random section practice it every day, not tell anyone it changed. of course i’m going to tell my team we have to win, oh fuck i forgot scott was watching my stream..it’s okay he didn’t hear me he’s too busy planning how he can rig the next mcc.”

ranboo found himself enjoying your content and even noticed you in his chat multiple times.

“just a minute chat i’m just sending an important dm to my mods.”

that’s when you noticed chat paused for a minute after you sent a message, it confused you for a minute before realising ranboo made you a vip on his channel and you decided to do the same for him on your channel, from there you added each other on discord. the pair of you made friends extremely quickly, you were constantly part of his streams as you would call him on discord not realising that he was streaming.

“hi y/n, by the way i’m streaming”

“i just wanted to ask if you knew how to break into a house?”

“....why”

“i locked myself out by accident and my parents are asleep come help me.”

“you are in the uk.”

“okay? catch a flight.”

chat honestly loved you and your friendship with ranboo. the pair of you only met a few weeks ago and you were already acting as though you had known each other for years.

jack

you and jack met for the first time on the smp, which would have been fine, however you met during lore and your characters weren’t exactly the best of friends. once lore had ended, everyone said their goodbyes and left the call. a few moments later you received a discord message from jack asking if you were available to call any time soon. since you were back in lockdown, you had plenty of free time. you arranged a time and date a few days later you called jack, where you had your first proper interaction out of character.

“hello jack!!”

“oh hi y/n i just thought it may be a good idea to get to know each other, well you know considering we’re both on the dream smp.”

“yeah, yeah, i understand what you mean.”

the pair of you ended up getting along with each other, it was slightly awkward for the first 5 minutes of the call, but that was expected since you hadn’t really met jack before and were anxious to call him. however, after that the conversation started to flow and you found out the pair of you had a lot in common making it easy to come up with things to talk about. it ended up feeling as though you were catching up with a friend you hadn’t spoken to for a while.

“has anyone told you your accent is really strong.”

“so is yours, y/n, what the fuck is that supposed to mean.”

“it means your accent is strong, duh.”

jack asked if you’d like to stay in call and join him on the smp whilst he streamed, and you gladly accepted the offer as you really didn’t want to do your college work, and you were enjoying your time with him. a few minutes into the stream jack had killed you several times.

“JACK STOP KILLING ME!”

rather than answering you he just sat laughing. he then went on to attempt to mute him microphone, he failed. however he didn’t realise this, so you sat listening to his plan on how he was going to kill you again. this time you were prepared, you sent a message to tommy telling him to log on along with your location. few minutes later tommy was by your side and helped you kill jack several times for revenge.

“Y/N...TOMMY!!”

“you didn’t mute your mic, so i told tommy you were bullying me.”

“im gonna go...BYE JACK, BYE Y/N, ILL SEE YOU SOON!”

“i can’t believe you.”

“hey you’re the one who didn’t turn your mic off.”

“how did you know?”

“i had your stream on my other monitor.”

“ayeee you watch my streams?”

“...i’ve been a sub for 4 months.”

the two of you stayed chatting and playing for another hour. the pair of you were already so close and you had only met each other the other day. this was just the start of your friendship, soon enough you were in a laugh and the stream ends challenge on his stream, however due to lockdown rules this was done over discord leading to you accidentally leaving the call several times.

“and they’re gone again!”

*4 minutes later*

“SORRY JACK IM BACK!”

“stop leaving y/n!”

“oh i’m sorry, let me just go yell at my wifi to stop cutting out!”

a few seconds later you could be heard faintly in the background screaming at your wifi as it would continue to buffer. as soon as restrictions were over one of the first things you decided to do was go to jacks and stream a laugh you lose where there was a punishment if you were responsible for losing the last heart. however everything was apparently hilarious in person as you would constantly laugh, meaning you were responsible for losing the last heart.

“y/n give me your phone.”

“no.”

“you lost let me tweet from your account”

“fine..”

soon enough your fans and friends with your notifications on received this twitter notification

“y/n: jack is so cool and funny he is also really tall i am not”

tubbo

tubbo was actually the last person you met and made friends with, your community were convinced for some reason that you both didn’t like each other and that’s why the pair of you didn’t talk to each other. this was far from the case you were both waiting for the right time, tubbo was an extremely busy teenager and you didn’t want to interrupt him, and tubbo knew you were currently in a stressful position since you had recently joined the dream smp, also you were still meeting people so he didn’t want to stress you out. this doesn’t mean he didn’t want to be your friend, he actually asked tommy since he had been your friend for at least 4 years what would be the best way of getting to know you.

“mate they hated me when we first met, just talk to them or something. you could have met them the last time i went up to visit you, but they ended up not feeling too good and went back to the hotel room.”

“when are you next coming up?”

“how about next week, and i’ll bring y/n, i really don’t understand why you’re nervous tubbo, it’s y/n they wouldn’t hurt a fly..well hmm.”

“see you next week then!”

a week later tommy dragged you to the train station.

“uh tommy where are we going?”

“...on a train.”

“no way, really? oh my god!”

a few hours later you finally got off the train.

“ill go with my dad to check into the hotel room, do you want to come with us or?”

“i think i’ll go for a walk and stretch my legs.”

“right okay, meet you at the beach later”

you spent a few minutes walking around the beach picking up any rocks and shells that caught your eye, little did you know it would result in you meeting tubbo. once you finished putting your new collection in your pockets you noticed a small crowd of people walk up to someone asking for pictures assuming it was tommy you walked over to the boy, it wasn’t tommy it was in fact tubbo. at first you stayed silent not wanting to really cause attention to yourself. you only spoke up when some people started to make inappropriate comments towards him.

“oh sorry to be a pain guys me and tubbo have plans with tommy in a few minutes, we should go so we’re not late. bye guys.”

you smiled and waved as they walked away. you looked over to tubbo, you could tell he was still pretty anxious about what just happened and honestly if you was in his position, you would react the same way.

“we should probably move from here incase they come back and see you’re still here, are you okay?”

“im feeling better now it’s over..thank you”

“oh it’s no problem i’m, y/n btw.”

“wait you and tommy were still meant to be on the train.”

“the train was actually on time, tommy went to check into the hotel i wanted to stretch my legs, i also wanted to collect some rocks.”

“did you collect enough or did you want more?”

“im not going to say no if you wanna go collect some with me.”

the pair of you walked around keeping each other close incase the people from before returned. half an hour later, the pair of you sat on a bench close to the beach so you could show tubbo everything you decided to pick up, he ended up keeping a rock he liked to have as a memory. tubbo wrapped an arm around you as it was getting cold whilst you watched the sunset.

“tubbo i think tommy forgot about me.”

“you can spend the night at mine, i’ll send him a message to let him know.”

“are you sure?”

“of course!”

“this has to be the most unsafe thing either of us will ever do, we hardly know each other and now i’m staying at yours.”

tommy sent you a message explaining that he didn’t forget, there was a problem at the other hotel and they had to go find another one, but you’ll be fine to stay at tubbos for the night. the pair of you spent the entire night learning as much as you can about the other person. it had only been an evening but you already knew the pair of you would be great friends.

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hleown · 2 years

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i posted a twt ramble thread that i have regarding sonadow and narumitsu and how they are, coincidentally enough, literally the sources of my brainrot. i just got into narumitsu earlier january (and i can't fathom how it took me this long) so i can't say with confidence that i'm very well aware on the exact playthrough of all ace attorney games (narumitsu got me on a chokehold and here i was going along with it) so please bear with me if there are any inaccuracies!

with that being said, allow me to copypaste the exact words from my tweets.

i just realized that another similarity narumitsu and sonadow share is the fact that edgeworth/shadow have previously hurt wright/sonic in some way and later on he had grown to respect/care for the latter that i just think. edgeworth could absolutely mirror shadow's words here.

sonic and wright have some savior/hero complex going on like i think that should be acknowledged bc they both have tendencies to be impulsive enough to head into the scene without a clearer plan in mind (in this case however i believe post-disbarred wright is a lot more careful when it comes to planning [7 years of investigating kristoph gavin is, by all means, A LOT of planning] but then again he's still the same man who bluffs his way to the right answer in court) and they're both the type of ppl to always put people first before themselves.

edgeworth and wright have been around each other long enough for edgeworth to not be blind against wright's heroic sacrifices. even though they had a whole conversation in the past about how edgeworth says they're not "heroes" and that "their job is to always seek the truth no matter what."

…ok i went off a tangent BUT what i meant to say is. edgeworth has hurt wright with his own actions. he knows this, just like wright (absolutely) does.

in the context of the sonic idw pic above, eggman lost his memory and became "mr tinker", who no longer seemed to be evil.

(here are some pics that i didn't add in my twt thread just to show you what i mean by eggman's amnesiac self, mr tinker.)

sonic wanted to give mr tinker a chance, especially bc the witnesses around him said that mr tinker had been nothing but helpful to everyone. shadow, however, thinks how ridiculous that is—eggman may've lost his memory, but the memories of those who were hurt under him weren't lost at all.

be it in a context where wright and edgeworth happen to find themselves in a similar dilemma. edgeworth finds wright's idea to give a notorious criminal like de killer a chance—because he happened to lose his memory and was seen being very… not-so-assassin-like—preposterous.

Edgeworth: "Have you forgotten that he made you suffer? That he had held Miss Fey for ransom? That—for the love of god—that he's caused enough trouble for all of us already? How can you even suggest leniency for him after all that?"

Wright: "Heh, you tried to convict Maya in the past too, remember? You said it yourself—you only cared about your perfect win record, that you'd do anything to make sure you sought out that 'Guilty' verdict, letting the innocent stay 'falsely accused'. So—what? You want me to take you out with de Killer? After all, if he can't be forgiven, can you?"

(i wrote this conversation in [almost] the same way that had happened in the first sonic idw scene above, and the same scene that i'll show a pic of right now.)

i added the next two paragraphs after i had been presumably done with my thread, because i was a bit scared to clarify beforehand that i, truth to be told once again, am not completely in too deep in the stories of ace attorney.

to be fair, i think i need to mention that while wright (looks like he) has long forgiven edgeworth for the demon prosecutor front he had inhibited in the earlier years, i doubt that there aren't exactly any lingering feelings (definitely remorse, if that was unclear) that edgeworth would at least have, if not wright.

though i suppose edgeworth had allowed himself to be vulnerable around wright.... it's not out of the question that wright would make sure those burdens would weigh him all the same. plus, they both work hard to fix the law system together so. it's not like wright wouldn't understand him. they've both been with each other in their lowest, guiltiest point of lives after all.

and with all of that being said! i need ace attorney/sonic mutuals so bad haha help. that's all from me folks! now allow me to spam-like/reblog stuff from the narumitsu tag again.

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