#not to be weird but it would be so attractive if a final boss changed genders when they changed phases
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I know that in your masterlist it is written that you write in MK1, but can you pls use MK11? I beg you, I beg you!😣🙏🙏🥺 I really like the way you write!<3<3<3 You will make me a happy person ! If you can't do it on MK11, I understand. I respect your choice. <3
I really want to go with daddy young Johnny! I want to get a sexual overdose 🥵 and embarrassment! ////// (Okay, stop asking! Sorry if it's too much)
ʚThe theme for the fanfic is this: F!Reader makes hints that she is not indifferent to him. He looks at him for a long time, makes dirty jokes, looks for an opportunity and a reason to touch him, but respects his personal space. And when they are alone, she is wildly embarrassed by him, although she is a pervert.ɞ
Thank you in advance! You are just lovely 🥰 I'll be looking forward to it.
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| MK11 Young!Johnny Cage x flirty gn!reader
Word count: 2.2k
CW: 18+, smut, praise, penetrashunnn, thigh riding, dry humping, brief mention of fingering, no use of y/n, dirty talk.
a/n: THNX ILYSM !!!!! I should've been clearer on mk1/mk11 SRY. BUT YES MY GAWD \(`Д`)/ young mk11 johnny is so bbygirl the most bbygirlest eyes ever planted on a fictional man i swear (ง ื▿ ื)ว
edit: i did go back and change some stuff so this would be gn, just cuz :3)
sum: Seeing a younger version of your Johnny awoke something in you.
reblogging is very much appreciated! ᕙ(‾̀◡‾́)ᕗ
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Even after it was thoroughly explained to you, you couldn't get it through your head that there had been a weird 'glitch in the matrix' from some guy Raiden, making it so the younger version of your boss was now in your present timeline. Yeah, you found your present Johnny attractive but god was his younger self something else, his demeanor, his personality, you wondered how this Johnny turned out to be so mature.
Over time you got to know more about younger Johnny, he was always so friendly with the others you felt left out seeing him laugh it up with his older self. You wondered if you and Johnny could ever be like that together, he never sought out to have a friendship or showed any obvious interest in you. After a speech to yourself in the mirror, you decided to suck it up and walk up beside him as he sat on a chair with his legs wide open, lord the intrusive thoughts were really beginning to get to you.
As you sat down with a smile, you introduced yourself formally and finally started a small conversation about what younger Johnny thought about himself in the future. "I seriously can't believe I turned out so... Boring. It's like I lost all my 'Johnny'." He says looking over at himself, who is doing regular work and clicking away at a computer. You chuckled, suddenly everything Johnny said was so hilarious? Not thinking about what you were doing, your hand flew right above his knee. Too distracted with laughing away at Johnny's joke, his eyes almost immediately fell to your hand, he had gone silent as he felt blood rush to his already forming erection. Finally hearing the sudden silence, you stopped and cleared your throat, quickly removing your hand seeing Johnny's pupils were blown out gazing at you. Choosing to ignore something that had clearly happened, you and Johnny continued on with your conversation.
A couple hours had gone by since your super awkward and gut-wrenching encounter with Johnny, and you couldn't stop thinking about how he had quickly gotten up after cutting your conversation short to rush to the bathroom. Maybe he was just so turned off by your comfort around him that he didn't want to be near you, you had to stop overthinking about every little tiny detail. Turning away from the work you weren't doing, you turned to see if Johnny was still around. He was standing by the table with his arms crossed, analyzing a map, 'God his arms look so good' you thought, your eyes were definitely lingering in areas they shouldn't. You were getting lost in him as you wondered what his arms would look like wrapped around you, maybe in a hug, perhaps wrapped around your neck as he went at you from behind... You were caught off guard when you heard Johnny call out your name, not only sending shivers down your spine but making you worried he had caught you in your perverted thoughts.
"Would you mind helping me over here? I need a second opinion on this." You almost jumped out of your seat hearing he wanted your opinion. You walked over to Johnny trying to act as nonchalant as possible, your hand rested on the table as you leaned on it with him towering over you. "What's up? Have your eyes finally started to fail you?" You joked, as you said it you saw older Johnny glare at you, reminding you that he was still there. Younger Johnny smiled and chuckled, you were so close you could almost feel the bass in his chest when he laughed. "Hah, no I actually just needed your opinion on this plan I made, apparently Johnny over there doesn't know how to attack in style." He stepped back a little to give you room to look over his plan on the table, he kept a close distance as he observed your facial expressions and reactions to his ideas. As you took up the space where he was, you couldn't get rid of the overwhelming feeling of his eyes on you. Knowing he was behind you, you repositioned yourself with your hands holding you up on the table. You just so happened to accidentally rub up against Johnny's crotch, causing his breath to hitch and raising his body temperature in milliseconds. Of course, you had to take the opportunity to be this intimate with him so you kept your hips where they were for just a good amount of time before deciding it was time to realize your mistake by standing up straight.
Turning around acting completely oblivious to the fact that you just made him so incredibly hard, you smiled and said “Yep, looks good.”. His lips were ever so slightly parted as he felt the life flush out of him at how much control you had over him. In this moment Johnny knew exactly what he had in mind for you, he had gotten the hint immediately and was already planning in his head the rest of the day. Johny stayed next to his older self for the entire workday, using himself as a prop to stay near you. As the day went on and more and more people were beginning to clock out and go home, the more you eventually forgot about what happened. All you thought about was how long it was gonna take for you to finish up reviewing a couple more documents, the part you dreaded the most was going to check the inventory of weaponry for the future mission older Johnny was putting together. You assumed everyone had already headed home since it was so quiet and dark. Making your way to the large building where everything was kept you held your clipboard ready to just skim over everything, you couldn’t help but think about how younger Johnny made you feel earlier in the day, butterflies were fluttering around your stomach as you daydreamt.
Unbeknownst to you, Johnny was just on the other side of the door, sitting on a crate waiting for you, was it crazy that Johnny asked his older self for your entire routine? Possibly, but it was going to be worth it. He waited for you to open the door and be greeted with him sitting on a crate in a poorly lit cold room. Your heart sank, seeing Johnny after work hours was definitely different than seeing him around other people, other people to be more extroverted with.
"Oh! Johnny? What are you doing?" You had a look of genuine concern on your face, your brows were furrowed while his were relaxed, it's like he didn't see the total confusion and awkwardness in the situation. He stood from his carefree position and made his way to you. "You thought I wouldn't notice?" His voice sounded a bit more serious than normal, he sounded like his more mature self which got you a bit nervous. Your palms were moistening up the closer he approached. You took a half step back as he got closer.
He had a smirk plastered on his face. Your steps were soon stopped after you felt the back of your knees hit a crate, allowing Johnny to get close enough to feel your uneven breath on his cheek. "What?" You replied in a soft whisper, you were pressed up so close to him. You could feel his hands make their way to your waist, trapping you to him. Your face started feeling hot as you began to think back to your thoughts earlier in the day, thinking about this exact situation versus living it at the moment felt strange. "The way you look at me.." As you turned your face to the side to conceal your embarrassment, he inhaled sharply into your neck, basking in your scent that sent a bolt of arousal to his growing erection. He pressed his chest against yours and snaked his hand up to your face from your waist to cup your cheek, bringing your attention back to him. "Don't get all shy now, you wanted this, didn't you? I could tell..." Through your shame, you couldn't help but get wet hearing his words. You clenched your thighs together hoping he wouldn't notice how turned on you were from this.
To your dismay, Johnny did notice and smirked looking down at your eagerness, he couldn't help but tease you by using his knee to spread apart your legs, stopping you from getting any kind of relief. You whimpered quietly at the loss. Hearing you solicited him to capture your lips in his, his lips felt so soft against yours, it's as if they were made to be connected to yours. He slipped his tongue into your mouth searching for more sounds while his hand on your waist crept up under your shirt to cup your breast, occasionally teasing your nipple. You mewled weakly into his mouth while clenching your thighs around his knee, you pulled away from the kiss to tilt your head back in pure bliss from the stimulation. He grinned and pushed his knee further into your core letting you get off on it. You soon came on his thigh with a whiny moan, and your hand reached out to grasp his wrist.
"I know baby, I know.." He muttered quietly, he gently pulled your hand away from his wrist and hooked his fingers on the bottom hem of your shirt, slipping it off smoothly. His tongue swiped across his bottom lip as he observed your breasts carefully like he was trying to engrave the image into his memory. You felt a little self-conscious from his gaze, so you covered your chest with your hand. Seeing your facial expression turn a little uncomfortable, he took your hand and raised it to his lips, kissing it softly before bringing your face closer, and giving your lips the same treatment.
Your tongue slipped into his mouth once more, forgetting why you were even feeling self-conscious. As both your tongues danced together in sync, you could feel his hands slowly make their way to the button of your jeans, undoing it and pulling them down and off. He was getting so turned on by the sight of your panties that he couldn't resist but pull you closer by the hips to rub himself on you. A guttural groan squeezed out of his throat as he felt himself get harder through his pants which he was aching to get out of. By the time you were about to protest that you needed more pleasure, he had already pulled his boxers off along with his pants. He smirked at the way your eyebrows raised a bit looking at his pre-cum leaking cock.
You reached down and gave him a few pumps before lining him up with your entrance, you whimpered quietly as you rubbed his tip on your sensitive bundle of nerves, while collecting your wetness and putting him back at your entrance. Johnny kept you from falling back by putting his right hand on the small of your back, and slowly pulling himself into you. You clenched your jaw as he inched himself further in, the stretch his cock gave you was filled with pleasure and good pain, "Oh Fuck- You're so- Mmh." He struggled to continue, needing to stop and hold before he came too early. Your walls squeezed him in more, causing him to groan again, you could feel his cock twitch and throb in you which only made you squeeze him even more.
"I need you to- Mmh- To relax-." He used his left hand to rub your thigh attempting to soothe you a bit. You let out a satisfied sigh when you finally felt him roll his hips out at a slow pace, still adjusting. As he got used to your tightness, he went at a swift pace. The sounds of skin slapping and the crate bumping against the wall filled the room. Johnny couldn't hold back the quiet grunts that slipped from his mouth every time he thrust in you. You felt so at ease with him in you, that your head lolled back, allowing him to plant his lips on your neck and leave deep-tinted hickeys that would undoubtedly be questioned the next day. He got put in such a trance that he was starting to feel numb, his mind going into such a haze that he without warning, grabbed you by the hips and flipped you so you'd be bent over the crate.
"Fuck- Sorry-" he murmured before plunging back into your dripping hole. Although his roughness was a bit new to you, you weren't complaining. His hand found a place on your lower back again to hold you in place, his brutal pace was surely going to leave you sore. You felt yourself reaching your second orgasm while Johnny continued slamming into you over and over again, he felt you squeeze him tighter giving him the sense that you were close. He reached for your sensitive bundle of nerves and rubbed at a fast pace, matching his thrusts. The added stimulation was only making you scream-moan louder, you could feel tears threatening to fall from the corners of your eyes. Your moans were cut to a gasp as you came, He followed soon after as the rhythmic squeezes you were giving his cock made him moan and slightly whine. You felt the ropes of his cum painting your walls, and slowly start to drip out when he pulled out with a pleased sigh. He plunged his fingers into you once more making sure to not waste any of his seed, the unexpected feeling leaving you to whimper quietly. "Next time, don't tease me like that."
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paris in the rain || pjm [1]
pairing : bookstore owner!jimin x fem!reader
genre : angst, fluff, eventual smut, strangers to friends to lovers.
rating : pg-15
series summary : you hadn't expected to run into jimin, an unusually charming guy in the midst of love and peace, in paris. but here you were, falling for a man covered in the smell of old parchment and wine while also recovering from the traumatic experiences of your past. your work stay in paris, which you had took on for a change of atmosphere, changes every nook of your life.
chap word count : 5.7k
chap warnings : swearing.
author's note : okay so its finally here !! ik this one has very less jimin in it but trust me its important to set the mood aagh!! i hope yall enjoy my first series and lmk what yall think about it hehe :)
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city of love by alexi butirskiy
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Walking down the street, you can't feel more ecstatic.
Work had been a bitch lately but your boss did one thing right when she gave you the task of attending some upcoming art exhibitions in Paris, and writing reviews on them for the art section of your magazine. Initially your friend Yoona was also going to accompany you, but soon the plan changed when she was assigned to visit Boseong for the tea plantation's article.
Miranda, your boss has several acquaintances in this city. One of them was going to help and guide you on your three months long stay. The breeze cut through your hair swiftly as the sun slowly started to sink beneath the horizon.
You had asked Taehyung, the said acquaintance, to meet you at the studio apartment you were going to live in, your luggage already there via helpers. Your phone buzzed to indicate a message.
Taehyung (6:02 pm) : the helpers have left and i am at the apartment.
Taehyung (6:02 pm) : it's been half an hour since i have arrived !!
Taehyung (6:03 pm) : where are you?
You (6:03 pm) : omw; I'm walking hehe.
Taehyung (6:03 pm) : seriously?
Taehyung (6:04 pm) : come quickly, it seems like it's going to rain.
You (6:04 pm) : okay, mom.
You stuff your phone back in your coat pocket and look around in awe. You had met Taehyung twice before, once when he had come to Seoul to curate some pieces for the museum he works for, and again when you both ran into each other in Japan. You were there with your company, to cover a highly anticipated gallery opening, and him as a mere spectator.
Assumably, you had shown him around Seoul for a week or so, when he was there and so, he thought it would be best if he could return the favour when you were in his city. Thus, calling him a friend would be better than calling him Miranda's acquaintance.
The sky turns a weird mix of pink, golden and grey as you turn the corner to a buzzing street. The first thing that caught your eye was the head of the Eiffel tower peeking from between two buildings and lush green trees. The setting sun casted a soft lustre upon its form and the tower looked as loving as ever.
A feeling struck your heart, ever so lonely, ever so loveless, ever so gloomy. Maybe, it was one of the reasons you agreed to come here, to heal what was broken, in a way yet, unlovable.
When you glanced at the tower's iron structure, you saw what it reflected, the city's love and a hidden form of something unexpected, misery. You relate to it. An embodiment of love, filled with eternal misery.
People loved to call you friendly, a person who could attract peers and enemies alike, easily. An everlasting smile etched on your features, always announced your presence to everyone before you could officially do it. Little did they know, or noticed but never acknowledged, that your smile never reached your eyes, lingering at your cheekbones, drowning itself in the dark circles marked underneath your eyes, if ever so lightly.
Your eyes bounce off the structure and rake your surroundings, pausing on a peculiar sign, upholstered above a small shop with no exterior decorations except for a faded poster of a bestseller book and a small open sign hanging in the glass of its brown, shabby door. The shop had none of those tell-tale ground to ceiling glass windows. Instead, old, paneled walls are taking their place.
'MIMI'S DREAM'
The sign mentioned the aforementioned words in faded cursive letters.
All the other shops in the neighborhood were decorated impressively, to attract the people. They were cleaned and maintained, giving off the vintage vibes, but still fancy.
Mimi's Dream was none of the above. It was shabby, old and gave no efforts to attract people. The door was almost hidden between the glamour of the shops next to it. An odd sight, indeed, amongst the splendor of the street overlooked by the wonder of the city.
Your pace faltered as you neared it. An unmistakable scent of coffee and old parchment filled your senses and you paused right outside the door, weighing the options of stepping inside or stepping away. The only thing visible from the small glass partition on the door was a small desk pushed up against a shelf overflowing with books.
A mop of blonde hair kept on moving at the edge of the desk. The person, whose hair they were, was crouched down behind the desk, so you could only see the top of their head, which kept on shuffling here and there. Rest of the interior was mediocre, some of the shelves were dust-laden to be honest.
The option of stepping inside weighed more on your balancing pan and thus you moved forward to push open the door when a buzzing sound stopped you.
Taehyung could have not chosen a better time to call you.
He greets you with a shout in normal Taehyung manner.
"Where the fuck are you?"
"Outside Mimi's Dream."
"Outside what now?"
"It's a bookstore, Tae. What do you want?"
"You. I have places to be, Y/N. Cut the tour short and get your ass here."
He sounded livid, so fucking livid.
And, you? You were now scared for life.
In all these peculiar sights you forgot the most peculiar man ever. Him waiting for you, at your apartment had slipped your mind completely. You mumble a small 'sorry' and dash from the place towards your apartment as the gray clouds started covering the sky above you.
It was a mess.
Your apartment was a mess.
And amidst the mess, was standing Taehyung, his hair equally messy and eyes shooting daggers at you. Even though the daggers were blocked by the numerous cardboard boxes standing tall between him and the door, with him visible only slightly, his fury was well translated to you.
You picked up the small boxes at your feet, set them aside and started heading towards death personified. He was not even speaking anything, just looking at you with the expression your mom gave you when she found out you tried smoking weed. Your mom had also stared at you wordlessly, Taehyung putting you in a similar situation.
As you stood in front of him, face to face, your eyes cast down, though, he squinted his eyes at you and opened his mouth to tell you off. But, he stopped midway, snapped his mouth shut, shook his head and turned around, realizing you were already quite the disappointment for him to sour his tongue up with the words he was going to say.
Even though you knew the reason for his anger, you couldn't stop your mouth from acting up.
"What?" you spat as he faced his back to you, trying to navigate his way around your dumping ground.
"Nothing. I decided that murdering you is not worth the jail time." he said and sat down on a box, giving up his thought of going deeper in your house.
"Okay I'm sorry."
"What were you even doing for a whole hour? The route from the airport is straight and like ten minutes away on foot!" he prodded and you looked everywhere but him.
What were you going to say? A poorly decorated bookstore caught your eye and you were gathering the courage to step inside it? No thanks, you'd rather save yourself from the embarrassment. Lying always seemed like the best option for you anyway, so why not go with it.
"I thought I'd take a look around the neighborhood." you murmured, your feet being the most interesting for you at that moment.
"When I was waiting for you at this shithole?"
"I said I'm sorry. I didn't know I'd get too caught up!" you knew you were being inconsiderate but the look on his face almost made you laugh out loud.
He breathed anger, trying to subdue it by taking deep breaths. One thing you knew, you needed to make it up to him later, in some way or other as this was totally your fault.
You went forward to hug him and wrapping your arms around his torso, you mumbled into his chest
"Listen, I am so sorry, genuinely. I just got distracted by this beautiful city you live in. I promise I will make it up to you later as you had to give up your time doing nothing because of me."
"How?"
"Huh?" you looked up to him, your chin on his chest as he wrapped his arms around you, squeezing you tighter.
"How are you gonna make it up to me?" a sly smile on his lips.
"Um, however you ask me to."
"I am going on a date with my girlfriend next week."
"Congratulations?"
"You'll be the one paying for it."
"Fuck no." you free yourself from his grasp and take a step back.
"Well then, okay. Have fun living in this city without any friends. Have fun learning French. Have fun with loneliness." he said and started moving towards the door, his lips still set in a wide ass grin.
You fucked up pretty well this time. There was no way you were going to let him go, leaving yourself to explore this city alone. He knew that, that bastard.
The only concern now on your mind was, where were he and her girlfriend going to, for a date. Knowing Taehyung, he'll probably choose some expensive place just to annoy you.
You rush towards him and quickly hold his wrist, almost tripping over a lone object on the floor.
"I'll do it."
His eyes sparkle with mischief as he looks down at you and nods his head in a way of saying, 'told you so.'
"Where are you guys going?"
"I'll let you know in three days, by Friday."
Prick. He has planned his date a week prior. It has to be something extravagant, given his expressions. You wish you don't have to spend way more than you can, you can't afford giving up a chunk of it on an unnecessary date in your first week in the city.
"You have not yet decided, have you?" you squint your eyes at him, trying your best so that he'll slip up the answer.
"Oh you'll be surprised to know that I have it all planned out. Just not for you to know yet, darling."
"Whatever." you huff and set yourself to work, him helping you around the house to arrange your stuff and settle down quickly.
Two hours later you plop yourself down on the couch now in your living room and not in a bubble wrap against the window.
"Food, food, food." Taehyung mumbles as he sits down beside you.
"Wait, I'm ordering something."
"No, there's a place down the street, it sells amazing fried chicken. I wanna eat that."
"So we are going there? You can't even stand properly Tae, how do you have the energy to walk down the street?"
"Not we, you."
"What?"
"They don't do deliveries, but they do pick ups."
You just cock an eyebrow at him without saying anything.
"What? Don't look at me like that. This is your house, it's your duty to feed your guest. And, I can wait here now, given that I have this whole couch to myself." and he proceeds to rest his head on the armrest and kicks his legs in your lap as you shrug them off almost immediately and stand up to collect your wallet.
You don't have the energy to argue with him and somewhere you still feel guilty for making him wait, though you should not as you're gonna pay for it, but you still do. That's why you proceed to do as he says.
"You are going to pay for all your sins." you grit through your teeth and dash out.
The streetlights adorned the street giving it the look of a pearl necklace.
The place Taehyung had mentioned was just five minutes away and you started trudging towards it in a slow walk as soon as you exited your building. Rounding a corner, you once again came in front of the familiar, peculiar store.
The lights outside were dim and you wanted to get a peek inside but you thought better as a previously disappointed man is already waiting for you. Still, a small smile plays on your lips as you walk past the door.
You glaze your eyes around yourself and once again delve into the feeling from before that day. You felt the hole all too well, but something told you the chatter and air of this city would help you in filling it up.
So indulged in your thoughts, you don't watch your way and bump into a wall. A soft wall. Wait, a moving wall.
Oh my god it was a person, very much alive, moving and soft.
You lose your footing and stumble back, your eyes closing for a fleeting second as you steady yourself. A soft thud follows your collision, the person dropping someone their belongings. Your face turns in a grimace as a shrill gasp leaves your mouth. The only thing then audible is a string of timid 'sorry' in a voice dipped in honey, garnished with crumbles but oh so sweet.
You open your eyes and cast your sight downwards, just to be met with a mop of blonde hair, crouching at your feet and collecting his books.
Mimi's Dream, the only thing that flashes your mind as soon as you see the all too familiar sight. He stands up, towering an inch or two above you and oh boy were you not ready for it.
He was beautiful. In a, sweep you off your feet at the first sight, kind of beautiful. His round cheeks and plump lips catch your attention. As you take his appearance in, his lips break into a shy smile, his eyes crinkling in the process.
Two crescent like eyes, with lashes dipped in night, his appearance was similar to that of a blonde Adonis. With high cheekbones and a sharp jawline, set on a pretty neck, he was too much to look at.
He handles some books in his hand and when looks at you staring at him, clears his throat, the shy smile still tugging at his lips. You soon look away and bow down, mumbling a small,
"I am sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going."
"Oh no, I am sorry. It was my fault too." he lets his voice ring in your ears softly as you meet his almost hidden eyes, due to his smile and slightly puffed, pink cheeks, due to the cold.
You let out a light chuckle with a shy it's okay and continue to stand there weirdly when he decides to break the awkward silence.
"You're a foreigner."
Your accent might have given you away or the fact that you chose to speak English instead of French for someone in Paris. Even though he looks Asian, you can never be so sure if he was brought up here or had immigrated, like you.
"Yes, I'm from Korea."
His widened eyes and the glimmer in them confirmed your assumption as he starts way too excitedly,
"Really? I am from Korea too."
Before you can even muster up a reply, a distant voice ringed in your ears.
"Jimin!" shouted a man from a few places behind you.
You swiftly turn around to look at a lean man with platinum blonde hair frayed over his forehead and lips formed into a sort of triangle. He was handsome, insanely so. You couldn't help but just stare at him. He wore printed baggy jeans and an oversized multi colored shirt, a stark contrast from the man you just bumped into.
"Yeah?" the man behind you, who you now assume is Jimin, quips with a tired voice. As if all he wanted now was to crash in his bed and not bear another second of the world moving around him.
"I'm hungry, man. Bring the books in quickly so we can eat."
"Uh, yes coming." Jimin grunts and looks at the back of your head. His stare burns the back of your head and you whip it around to look at him.
"It was nice meeting you, " he raises his eyebrows expectantly, with the softness of the freshly bloomed buds and extends a hand towards you.
"Y/N."
"Jimin." He smiles bashfully and grasps your hand in a gentle hold before letting it go and using it to better hold the books he was comically balancing with a single hand. You both giggle at the same time.
"It was nice meeting you too, Jimin." you speak and part your ways with no more words, just smiles and glances.
"Sorry once again." he calls out as you reach the corner.
"Likewise, Jimin." you quip back and turn around to find him walking backwards towards his shop, looking at you. You laugh again, "Now, go."
And with that, you disappear round the corner.
Lately Taehyung's been a little off.
You can't put a finger on the long list of reasons you have for his grumpiness. He is what you'd like to call a drama queen, over enthusiastic and overdramatic. There could've been complications at work, he could've been low by you bailing out on him constantly, maybe there's trouble in paradise, or maybe it's just one of his moods.
It had almost been a week since your arrival and you were rushing around, trying to settle yourself and your stuff in the new city. It had been overwhelming for you initially, especially when you realised many people did not speak English, and not everything was as romanticized as the books and the movies. So you were thankful when your neighbour Lily helped you out.
It had been so hectic that you were not able to meet Taehyung for almost a week. He had been trying to come up with plans to give you a tour of the city, the museums, the landmarks, the galleries, the cafes, the clubs, everything. But you were always cancelling on him due to your weary state, resorting to watching Netflix and eating to your heart's content whenever you even got an ounce of leisure time.
As a result, the man was now in one of his dramatic moods.
You were almost settled down, almost being the key word. So you decide to ask him to hangout with you. After all, he is the only one you know in this new world.
You (10:26 am) : hi. wanna hangout later?
Taehyung (10:31 am) : did the sun rise from the west today?
You (10:33 am) : shut up or I'm taking my words back.
Taehyung (10:33 am) : okay okay, sorry.
Taehyung (10:34 am) : and yes, I'd like to hangout with you, your majesty.
You (10:34 am) : my place?
Taehyung (10:35 am) : lmao no
You (10:35 am) : yours?
Taehyung (10:36 am) : be ready at 6. i'll pick u up
You (10:36 am) : and take me to?
Taehyung (10:36 am) : hell
You (10:36 am) : bitch?????
Taehyung (10:37 am) : relax, don't you believe me?
You (10:37 am) : um, no?
Taehyung (10:37 am) : good 😂
Taehyung (10:37 am) : anyways. don't cancel tonight.
You (10:38 am) : 👍🏻😒
These were the reasons why you were always scared to agree to any of his shenanigans. Always vague and increasing your nervousness, as well as dying curiosity. But at this point, you brought this upon yourself and you have to roll on with his antiques with a grudging smile.
You set your phone down on the kitchen counter and walk to the balcony of your bedroom, past your perfectly set up living area.
Your apartment had the classic, minimalistic design. A cream couch adorned the living room with a wooden coffee table and potted plants sitting atop the stools in the corner, with varying heights. A small bookshelf was pushed up against the wall and a loveseat was placed beside the window. It was small, but lovely.
Your eyes rake the expanse of the street visible from the small balcony. It was still the start of the day and people were rushing about with their morning caffeine clutched tightly in their hand and eyes cast low. Some were the exception and occasionally glanced about to absorb their surroundings or just strike up a chat with someone they know. It was a relief to see the life in the city move similarly to the one back home, yet differently.
While trying to take in the morning view from your apartment, your eyes once again fall on a particular blonde wandering the streets with his head low and hands tucked in the pockets of his trench coat. Your eyes follow his figure as he makes his way till a corner and then turns, hiding behind the blocks of buildings.
Jimin was a stranger. You knew nothing about him but his name and the place he worked at, the bookstore. Still, he kept on visiting your mind at random hours, for reasons unknown.
Your highschool friend, Gina always used to say that you thought about absurd things, your curiosity working it's way towards topics you have no relation to, at all. She was true, ofcourse. For right now your mind was running circles around only one person, Jimin. You were charmed by his presence. You died to know more about him. You died to look at him again. And you still don't know why you gulped down your coffee hastily, changed into a presentable pair of clothes, put on your coat, grabbed your keys and left your apartment.
You might reason it as the dire need to get some books.
The overhead bell rings as you set foot inside the shop and a smiling face looks up at you from behind the counter.
He is not Jimin.
But you are very much welcomed by him.
"Hello." he speaks in a chirpy tone and you can't stop the smile etching itself slowly on your face.
"Hey." you respond and gingerly make your way towards him.
He was dressed differently today, yet so similar, donning a black sweatshirt with a big smiley on it and his platinum blonde hair still frayed at his forehead, this time his lips in a heart shaped smile instead of a triangle. His radiance bounces off the shelves filled with books, him standing out against the vintage, old backdrop of the shop.
"Good morning. I am Hoseok."
You just smile at him without giving him your name, too lost to even return the act of kindness.
"What can I help you with?" he asks, softly, to gain your attention which he realizes he might have lost.
Your mind goes blank. You had not thought that to enter a bookstore, you'll need to have an excuse. You can't walk in there without any motive. In your panic, you say the first name that comes to your mind.
"Fitzgerald."
"Ah, classic." he says with the same, kind expression and you almost sigh with relief.
His eyes glide over your surroundings and stop at a corner which makes you whip your head towards it.
It was a mess, the shelves overflowing with old hardcovers with a passage between two such tall ones. A stack of books was placed at the end of the short partition, up against the wall with some stray pages covering the ground beside it. A wooden plaque with the sign 'Fiction' hung at the entrance.
Hoseok walks over to the corner and you follow him, spellbound by the sight in front of you.
You loved books. You loved the fact that there is a form of escapism so unreal, yet so real. The prints on paper bound by hardcovers or another layer of paper give you a sense of comfort hardly anyone could provide. The life you had lived was short compared to the ones your mind, your heart had lived. It was singular, it was just one. The ones lived by your heart were multiple, they took up small places in your existence and shaped you for the singular one you had to live. Your eyes read things your life couldn't display to you in its entirety of twenty five years. You eyes read things which taught you lessons your people couldn't teach you in the entirety of your twenty five years.
You close your eyes for a fleeting second and inhale the scent of parchment rolling off of fresh coffee. You open them with a forever smile marking your features.
"You'll definitely find him somewhere over here."
You snap out of your trance at Hoseok's words and look at him smiling at you.
"Ah, thankyou. I actually moved in recently and wanted to fill my shelves with some of my faves which I had to leave at home."
His face lights up at your words.
"How's the city treating you?"
"Like it has known me for years."
"Really?"
"No."
You both laugh at him seeing right through you at your half ass lie. Of course you have loved this city, but you are still adjusting to its glamour, to its reputation. You can't say it's been treating you like an old friend, but it is definitely trying to accommodate you well.
"It's good though. I am still navigating my way through the 'parisian' lifestyle." you make air quotes around Parisian and Hoseok snickers.
"Nothing extraordinary about that. I know you'll fit in well."
"Thank you so much." and you realize you never gave him your name.
"I am Y/N, by the way."
"Nice to meet you." he shakes your extended hand and turns towards the aisle of books in front of you.
"As I said, you must find him somewhere over here. I normally would have been able to find it out for you but Jimin recently rearranged the shelves." he says with a dent between his eyebrows and a disappointing voice, "without letting me know."
At his mention your ears perk up like a dog hearing his owner call him.
"Your co-worker?"
"More like my boss but yeah."
"Oh so this is his shop?"
"Yes, it was his grandfather's. Then his father's. And now he handles it." Hoseok looks at you with a soft glint in his eyes, as if reminiscing the days when Jimin's father used to run the store.
"Wow." is the only word you are able to conjure. This store is really vintage, it holds years of history and three generations have adored it.
"It's incredible." you look around the area in awe of it.
The interior is quite what you might have imagined it to have. The old wooden panels and worn off paint decorating its walls alluded to the overall vibe of the shop. There were numerous aisles in front of you, eac one of them had its genre mentioned on a plaque hanging at its entrance. The shelves lining the walls were adorned with statues made with alabaster or marble, displaying Greek gods and replicas of some famous pieces from the 14th century. There were blown off candles hurdled in a corner and hanging lights from the ceiling casted an incandescent glow all over the floor.
Hoseok claps his hands while looking at his desk and you immediately give him your attention.
"Okay so I'll be at the desk sorting some things out. If you need any help, just call out my name, okay?"
"Okay."
A thought suddenly strikes your mind and you turn on your heels to witness a departing Hoseok and call out to him.
"Yeah?"
"Has the name always been the same?"
He smiles and you both know the name you are talking about. A knowing look comes over his face and he raises his eyebrows a little bit.
"No, they changed it." he says and prances off casually as you wonder what might have been the shop's original name then.
When Hoseok said you'll find Fitzgerald somewhere among these shelves, he might have not mulled over the possibility that maybe you won't. Even though the thought was impulsive when you had spoken it out loud for him, you realized you really needed Gatsby and Benjamin Button to have a place on your shelf.
You had skimmed through the shelves, rather thoroughly and had failed to locate the books sitting atop them. You did find a lot of other books which always had a corner in your heart and as you moved about the aisle with the likes of Jane Austen, Orwell, Tolstoy, you wondered if you'd even find Fitzgerald among them.
You move towards the section which displays a set of books which were not dust ridden or had slightly worn off covers like the others. These had immaculately illustrated covers which used modern graphics and you know you have ventured into an area where your quest had the highest chances of failure.
Your eye catches the faded 'Romance' scribbled onto the side of a shelf and you run a finger over it, smiling at the thought that years ago a couple would have wrote it over there, or maybe the previous owners used less expensive methods of indication for the readers.
Raking your eyes over the shelves, you quickly grab a copy of One Last Stop with your free hand as you are yet to read it.
"Hoseok?" you call out and the reply is almost immediate.
"Yeah?"
"Help me, I can't find those books." you say and a soft padding sound follows as you hear his footsteps advancing towards you. He appears beside you at the end of the aisle.
"I swear to god I am going to fire Jimin."
"Yeah well good luck with that but I really can't find Fitzgerald anywhere over here." you laugh with him and both of you start your search again.
Amidst it, you try to glance out of the door and see rain pouring heavily and partially disrupting the morning buzz of the roads and adding to the eerie, peaceful vibe of the store.
Hoseok searches through the top shelves and you go through the bottom ones, removing the books and readjusting them. A while passes and almost all the books have been readjusted but your treasure hunt still didn't have any direction.
"Now only he can help you find it." Hoseok says and plops down on the floor with crossed legs and a tired stance.
"God?" you chuckle and follow suit.
"No such luck. It's just Jimin." he sighs and looks at you with his lips curved in apology and you smile a little at him.
"I am sorry this was such a mess. I swear we are better on other days."
"I am sure about that. It's just not our day today." you say and pat his arm encouragingly.
He studies you with an unreadable expression and you feel a silence sit around the both of you, comfortable enough for you to prop your chin on your folded knees pulled to your chest.
You were alone with a stranger but the rain sounds and the calm morning gave you comfort which was hard to achieve in the rush of moving in and settling down. You close your eyes for a second and realize you'll need to head home soon. Opening them with a groan you move your legs to break the peace.
"Aren't you waiting till he returns? He will be back soon."
"I want to, but I can't. I have to run some errands."
His lips form a triangle as you stand up and pat your butt to get rid of seemingly nothing. As soon as you pick up your phone which was out on the floor, the door opens, ringing the bell violently and in walks a very drenched Jimin.
"One more hour of this rain and we'll have to use boats to navigate the city." he grumbles, rather loudly and Hoseok slowly stands up as you just stare at him wide eyed.
He is wearing the same outfit you saw him in from your balcony, except his coat and hair are wet and his face carries an annoyed expression. Hoseok walks towards him with missiles to shoot instead of words.
"Boss, can you please kindly let me know where the fuck did you keep Fitzgerald after your impromptu rearrangement?" he asks with a sickly sweet smile which soon transforms into a sour face and you suppress a giggle at the look of pure horror on Jimin's face at Hoseok's sudden outburst.
He takes a second to contemplate his words and when he realizes, you watch his eyes turn into small crescents and cheeks puff up with a smile.
"Oh I have kept them in the inventory area."
"But they were old?"
"I know." and he gives no further explanation for his odd behaviour and walks up to a door at the back of the store you were just now discovering.
You and Hoseok look at each other, then at the door he disappeared to, then again at each other, trying to make sense but failing nevertheless. He returns a minute letter with a stack of books in his hands and comes to a halt in front of Hoseok while humming an old Polish tune.
It's then that he realizes of your presence in the store and turns his head towards you. Your eye catches his movement, mainly because you were staring at only him and he locks his eyes with yours.
His face changes demeanor and the nonchalant expression morphs into that of surprise, his eyes widening and body straightening up with an amused yet joyful small smile.
Hoseok looks between him and you and before he can open his mouth to ask the obvious question, Jimin speaks up.
"Y/N?"
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an incomplete list of texts i sent as i slowly lost my mind over the second book of rivers of london, because i fully intend to drag at least one more person into this pit with me. come read with me i promise you're gonna feel so good and normal over this book, come closer
wow okay peter remains the absolute horniest bastard ever. is he a tits or an ass man? yes
oh we are just getting the surface levels hints of nightingales MOUNTAIN of unresolved PTSD and i am very 🥺
you ever feel like a character was written specifically to appeal to you? i'm getting so many tantalizing hints and i KNOW he's going to destroy because he's catnip. he is bait specifically designed to hurt my feelings
also his description makes me think of lee pace or like, 90s/00s paul mcgann and that's just Very Good and i'm being deeply not normal about it
also nightingale reads as SO queer to me, and the potential in fic to explore what that means insofar as how he has navigated the changing landscape of queerness from 1900 to present day is so tantalizing. i don't care that the author says he's not, in this case the author is wrong lol
i must say, i do not care for simone. if we absolutely MUST have hetersexual nonsense in this book i would like beverly back please. she was cool and not a cheating homewrecking jazz groupie lol
still not impressed with simone. i mean, far be it from me to judge a woman's grieving process and all, but she doesn't seem very broken up over her within-the-week dead lover. i mean, i LOVE peter and all and he's hot shit, but immediately falling into bed with him? sus
in conclusion bring 👏 bev 👏 back 👏
also peter, buddy, WHAT ARE YOU DOING
he's a disaster so even though i'm screaming DON'T DO THAT i am unsurprised he is being led around by his dick by a beautiful woman throwing herself at him
but i just. i Don't Trust Her. she doesn't make sense, and i can't tell if this is a case of male author writing wish fulfillment and thus not giving the hot girl adequate motivation of her own
or whether i AM supposed to find it suspicious the way she basically doesn't mourn the man she homewrecked who died very suddenly and then IMMEDIATELY jumps into bed with the magic cop investigating his very probable murder
and i REALIZE the only way to find out is to keep reading, it's just frustrating that women are written poorly so often that, even if he's written good women before, i still have to debate with this is a subtle clue or just Male Author Syndrome
oh my god he finally twigs that this may be weird behavior. peter. bud.
at least he got it before trying to sneak her past folly wards?
side note: god lesley really got the short end of the stick. like, her face fell off, her teeth are a fucking mess, and she probably has brain damage. she got royally shafted
peter "i'm totally straight" grant, talking about how he wants to take a muscly guy by the shoulders and kiss his cheeks and making sure to mention how many phone numbers her got while canvasing the gay bar.
hmm sure, jan
look i KNOW peter is Incredibly Horny All The Time when near any attractive woman, but simone appears from NOWHERE half dressed while he's canvassing for the jazz vampire and he just skives off like that? while looking for a potential killer? that doesn't seem like him he's not that irresponsible. that smells like conspiracy and glamour and i don't trust herrrrrrr
like, peter was already horny wanting to motorboat mama thames (lol don't think i didn't catch that pun) last book. but this book has been a whole new level of horny, and peter may be distractible but not THAT distractible surely
another side note. i love molly and nightingale's weird friendship they've developed living basically with just each other for decades.
oh jesus that's fucked up
oh the severed head is talking
oh. oh no. it got worse
peter, darling, beloved, is now REALLY the time to be talking about how hot your boss is? like i appreciate your dedication to the thirst but time and place, bud
oh never mind i forgive you nightingale is so fucking cool, i get it, i love him
he's so good. the most tragic backstory and perfect stiff upper lip old fashioned english gentleman on the outside, and then just below the surface he's a daredevil and a bit of a bitch and he fucking CARES just SO MUCH and have i mentioned how much the casterbrook wall HURTS ME?? this was revealed in the last book but i just remembered it and it stabbed me again
okay i'm done
i feel like peter has miscalculated making a deal with his cousin to teach her if she aces latin. that's gonna come back to bite lol hope you like teaching too smart for their own good teenagers cuz that's gonna be your life now
"but sir, what do we do if you die??!" "well, that doesn't seem like it will be my problem at that point :)" he's such a bitch sometimes and i LOVE him, mother
ohhhhh. oh no. the pale lady looked like molly and now molly is obviously not okay after she died, that resemblance wasn't just coincidence she definitely knew her 😢
and this is the first person peter has killed, no matter how accidentally. and nightingale is back in the hospital with his chest infection. wow everyone is just having a terrible time right now
okay. i realize that as a memory for him this probably isn't a GOOD one, it's from the war and probably much scarier and MUCH more traumatizing than he makes it sound with his dry narration of it. but god. nightingale knocked out two TANKS. by himself. with his mind. fucking sexy lol
oh damn it why can't they just let me be horny about how powerful he is instead of immediately following it with the fact that he was rear guard and making emotional that it means he was the one trusted to watch over and protect the rest of his men while they retreated as that one final shield between them and enemy fire
hhhhhhhholy shit what did simone DO to mama grant???!!!!
she just bitch slapped her!
OH MY GOD SHE TRIED TO HOMEWRECK HIS PARENTS TOO???
she's PLAUSIBLY IMMORTAL???
fuck i was right she was sketchy as hell!!
she's a fucking jazz vampire and she's been glamouring and sucking him dry! buddy, get to dr walid STAT for a brain scan and make sure she's not turning you into cauliflower!
peter don't you make excuses for her you KNOW it's possible, stop lying about your mum and trying to make her feel better you need to take her in she's a m u r d e r e r
i mean, glamour yes i realize but god, frustrating
good lad peter, i see you fighting it 💪🏾
ohhhhhhhh. oh fuck. she didn't KNOW. she didn't know she was from the 40s and killing people. oh this is bad
nightingale, attempting to show concern: "that was not the most intelligent thing you've done" xD 10/10 nailed it buddy
umm, nightingale? this may not be the black and white moral situation you think it is to go in guns blazing...
it's both funny and little sad how militant both molly and dr walid are when nightingale is injured like. i do LOVE when the person who is SUPPOSEDLY in charge gets lovingly bullied, but it hurts because that's also probably the ONLY way to make him take care of himself is if they FORCE him. and peter's not any better, he's gonna need bullying too
i do love when they team up though. molly and nightingale ganging up against peter like. nightingale gets the special treatment and a hot cocoa from molly, but peter gets the dog's leash and smug little "i'm on bedrest :)" or nightingale foisting the rest of his kidney pie on peter while molly is out of the room then grabbing his empty plate back to pretend he ate it all himself when she returns xD
the cases are interesting and all, but i think it's the core characters that are really the standout of the novel and the reason i keep reading even while i'm asking myself things like, but WHY is she killing via vagina dentata instead of literally any other assassination method? i think it's also why simone stood out so much. she HAD no background that we were told (until now) aside from being sexy. which of course i now know was intentional
"this is your brain, which is not only clean and unsullied by thought..." i love dr walid. it probably says something about me that my favorite characters all have to be at least a little bit of a bitch
oh no i'm having feeeeeelings about both nightingale and peter trying to keep the other out of the vampire raid to shield them from the emotional effects of it, just from opposite ends. nightingale doesn't want peter to have the pain of ANOTHER death on his hands, this one purposeful as opposed to the accidental death of the pale lady, so he's trying to just cut him out of it. and then peter ALSO doesn't want NIGHTINGALE to have the weight of more deaths on his soul and wants to protect him from what he sees as the unfortunate necessity of having to off someone who isn't intentionally hurting someone but still may be too dangerous to live. nightingale trying to save peter from his bleeding heart and peter saving nightingale from his practicality overriding his morality 😭 i just love when characters try to take care of each other in mirrored ways
uh...uh oh peter...no i don't think those are the police OR nightingale's paratrooper buddies
okay the audiobook is fucking excellent though, his infomercial voice while extolling the virtues of doc martins is KILLING me
oh this posh wanker. "oh what is feeding on people but another form of exploitation, and we all know there's nothing wrong with exploiting workers, equality is morally bankrupt anyway" god i hate you already you're insufferable
like of COURSE a dining club oxford nose wipe would think that way. he thinks he's sooooo slick and original with his chimeras they're such exciting new COL crimes but it all just boils down the the exact same rich white bullshit mentality
he would hate it if he realized how dull and banal his villainy is once you strip back the shock value of the trappings. just another entitled prick who views people as things, fuck this dude
i'd be tempted to say the faceless man's signare smelling like pork was a dig at david cameron and piggate if i didn't know it was written a few years too early for that lol
peter: oh no nightingale is going to give me SUCH a bollocking
nightingale, obviously so relieved he's alive: very much does NOT give him a bollocking and instead tells him how impressive it is that he didn't just immediately die against the faceless man
"for a terrifying moment i thought he was going to huge me, but fortunately we both remembered we were english just in time. still, it was a close call" 🤣🤣🤣
oh ouch peter. just use all his dead friends against him. effective but also, low blow
god he wants so badly for peter to be right, too, that they and HE doesn't have to kill anyone anymore, that how that it's not Just Him ALl Alone they might have the support structure for other options. oh no i want this to work so badly so that hope is validated, but i just know something is gonna go wrong
welp
i didn't like her but i didn't want her fuckin DEAD you know?
and now the ones left standing have to deal with the trauma and the fallout
oh lesley :( they're both trying so hard to be normal about it and they're such good friends 🥺
LESLEY DO MAGIC?
LESLEY JOIN TEAM FOLLY???!!
also don't think you've been sneaky there and that i haven't noticed SOME sort of thematic symmetry of lesley struggling with having lost her face involuntarily from magic, and the faceless man having voluntarily masked himself. involuntary vs voluntary loss of identity. i'm sure there will be more parallels in the next book but like. i see you. i see you setting up face themes with these two
hopefully with lesley regaining her face somehow and thus reclaiming identity while the faceless man is unmasked thus losing the identity he built for himself and revealing the true one he hid. maybe hopefully? i want good things for lesley and bad things for the faceless one.
#rivers of london#under a readmore because it's so long and i don't want to owe even MORE of an apology to everyone in the tag than i already do
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I dont know if its just me but i hate seeing people age minors up to write nsfw stuff about them. Like if u do this your weird and stay away 🔥🔥🔥 —-🐉 anon… (again😭💔)
YES
(this became a long rant, so you can read that under the cut)
For me, I HATE when it's the MHA fandom. When it is the students, it is very uncomfortable for me to see that kinda stuff ESPECIALLY when the account is like a 26 year old or something, it's hella uncomfy
For JJK, one of my first requests was to age up Megumi to have him be a father and reluctantly, I did it. I would probably never do it again honestly because again, he's like my little dude. Like when I see people writing for Yuji I'm like WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! We have nanami and gojo and you chose the 15 year old?!?!?!
Now for the kinda other side here. When it comes to Jojo, we all love Jotaro, but he ages up in the show, so you can talk about 17-40 year old jotaro, so that's when it's okay. You can do that with any character in jojo because of the timeline and we actually see them age
so in that case... can't we just do that with other stuff?
now here's the answer
no. we cant
you are showing that you are attracted to the really young version and wanting to age them up. Seeing a 26 year old with a bio that says "in love with bakugo" please stop omfg
NOW HEAR ME OUT
Spiderpunk (aka Hobie Brown) from Across the Spiderverse hasn't had a confirmed age, but goddamn is he fine af. But in that case, what do people do? I have seen people say his age is up for interpretation and that he can't be like 15 because look at him???? So in this case, sometimes that can be okay if that makes sense
And again, I love Haikyuu and it actually reveals what they do in the future, so I think it's alright to age them up
I think for me it's fandom based. If you want to give me some examples that you wanna call out, please let me know because I would love to chat about this more
Also, another thing I'm not super into is x child!reader. I used to get those requests A LOT and my account was for romance based fics mostly. A lot of the requests I were getting were 13 or younger children asking to be platonically with characters from MHA, which wasn't a huge problem, I just would rather not write it. But when it really got me was when someone asked for a child!reader with characters from HAZBIN HOTEL AND HELLUVA BOSS?!?! Literally no. That is not for children. I dont care if they have access to it, they should not be in my inbox asking for that. I stopped writing for the fandom completely and a lot of those people left. But x child!reader should be for them if they're on this app. I don't like writing it at all and only did it for a short period because I felt like I had to. I was too scared to change my rules at the time until I finally did and then people actually respected them. But it was weird to hear kids wanting to "be with Aizawa" as a more dad character, but that's just for me
Sorry for turning this a whole other direction, but those are some other things that I just wanted to add since we were in this convo
Thanks for sending this as always and feel free to share more of what you think on the topic because you have honestly given me the courage I need to say no to a lot of things more lol
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E.O.L: First Time Meeting (NCT 127)
Taeil: You inhale deeply, taking in the scent of coffee; it’s the only nice thing about working in a coffee shop. Well, that and how your boss lets you practice your latte art when it’s slow. And the handsome guy that comes in at least twice a week is pretty good too. There are a few nice things about working in a coffee shop. Though your latte art always worsens when the regular walks through the door. It’s hard to focus. He speaks to you, and you spill steamed milk on your hand.
“Are you alright,” he asks. You nod excessively out of embarrassment, realizing that you look like a bobblehead, making you feel hot all over. “That’s good. My name’s Taeil, by the way.”
You smile, happy to finally have a name for the handsome customer. “Would it be weird if I gave you my number?”
You have to bite your lip to keep the happy squeal of excitement inside. “Yes! I mean, no!” You have to force yourself to take a deep breath. “Yes, I’d like your number. It’s not weird at all,” you say, hoping your previous word vomit hasn’t made Taeil change his mind.
Johnny: “Oh geez,” is all you can get out when the ice causes your feet to slide from under you. There’s a startled laugh behind you at your slow-motion slide to the ground. “Sorry, let me help you.”
You take the hand offered to you quickly, wanting to get off the cold ground as soon as possible. But you’re falling again; this time, it has little to do with the ice and more with the tall stranger trying to help. People shouldn’t be allowed to be that attractive.
“Excuse me?”
You’d be worried you’d offended your savior, but the handsome stranger is smiling gleefully. “Just, um, yeah. You’re nice and like nice looking,” then, cringing at yourself, you add, “I’m sorry.”
The guy just laughs. “Don’t be. It’s cute,” he adds confidently, “You’re cute.”
Taeyong: “That’s Ottis. He loves to cuddle.” The man startles a little, having been entranced by the orange tabby. “Would you like to hold him?” You offer, eager to find Ottis a home.
“Oh, I don’t know - I can’t really have a cat.”
“Oh,” that’s disappointing, “Well, you could still pet him.”
The man smiles. It’s such a beautiful sight. “I’d like that.”
You open Ottis’s cage with a smile, gathering the cat into your arms. The bundle of fur goes quickly snuggling close.
“He’s a little heavy,” you warn as you pass him off. The man takes the weight easily, the tabby instantly nuzzling close.
“He really is lovable, isn’t he?” There’s something about the beautiful stranger holding your favorite cat that is swoon-worthy. It’s no less swoon-worthy when the man comes back again and again. Each time you get another nugget of information. The man’s name is Taeyong. He travels too much for a cat. He likes going to art galleries. There’s a new one around the corner - would you like to go?
Yuta: “Come on, Don’t walk away.” You grit your teeth; every part of you tense as the man follows you. You want to turn around and curse him, but you’re terrified that it will only make it worse. Instead, you pick up your pace, hoping to get to the store on the corner before the man gets more aggressive. At least there, they’ll be a witness to the harassment.
“Hey, I’m talking to you.” The man tries to grab your arm, but you dodge him just in time, slipping from his grip.
“Fuck off,” you spit, sprinting toward the shop now. In your haste, you knock into the person leaving the store as the man following you hisses.
“Stupid bitch.” Reaching for you again. He doesn’t touch you this time because the man you’d bumped into has a grip on the assailant’s wrist. “Don’t touch her.”
The man following you grumbles but backs down at the stern look on the other man’s face. You both wait until the asshole retreats so far that he’s out of sight.
“Thank you.” You’re surprised by how your voice shakes.
“Let me buy you some water.” You want to argue, but the door to the store is already closing. You lean against the building, willing your heart to stop beating so fast. The stranger returns, offering a bottle of water, and you take it gratefully.
Doyoung: You tsk when a box tumbles from the stack in your arms. “You should be more careful. Maybe carry fewer boxes.” Someone warns while picking up the dropped prop.
“But then I’d have to make twice as many trips,” you counter lightly. “Just put it on top, please.”
Instead, more boxes are removed from your arms. “You’re creating a hazard,” the man states, “I’ll carry some.”
You only laugh, finally getting a good look at the guy with half the boxes gone. You’re mildly surprised to find the artist, Doyoung, that is involved in the photoshoot today. “Well,” you shrug, “If you don’t mind.”
You lead the way to the area you’re currently staging. “Thank you,” you offer before he heads off toward the make-up station.
Later, when you’re up on a ladder stretching out to hang lights, someone comes up to hold the ladder. You glance down to find judgmental eyes trained on you. You laugh, asking, “Am I creating a hazard again?”
“You could fall.” And maybe that’s not judgment but concern.
Once the lights are hung, and you’re on solid ground, you turn toward him. “You’re awfully cute when you’re worried.” His mouth pops open, and you grin, pleased to find that he wears surprise just as well.
Jaehyun: The dog’s leash is loose in your hand as you type in your door’s passcode. Your good girl sits obediently at your feet. Until she isn’t, the leash rips from your slack grip too quickly for you to stop it. You don’t have to guess where she’s off to, but you still yell after her, trying to bring her to heel.
Across the street, your neighbor has just opened his door to leave. You will never understand your dog’s obsession with running into your neighbor’s house. The embarrassment is compounded by the fact that your neighbor was apparently sculpted by the gods. You have half the mind to just enter your apartment and abandon your dog to her new obsession.
You can hear your neighbor laughing behind you, and well, at least he always takes your dog’s antics with good humor. Mustering up your courage, you turn to face the glorious man that is Jaehyun and hopefully retrieve the traitor that is your dog.
Jungwoo: “Is it too late for me to change my mind?” Your friend laughs across from you while you wait for her boyfriend and the mystery guy they’ve decided to set you up with.
“Honestly, I don’t think I’m cut out for dating,” you ramble, trying to convince her that you still have time to run. “This will be a disaster, just like the last guy.”
She reaches across the table to still your jittery hands. “Jungwoo is nothing like that asshole. You’ll see, he’s a really great guy.” You sigh, sinking into your seat.
“Besides,” she continues,” do you really think I would set you up with someone awful.”
You say nothing because you know she wouldn’t. She’s got great taste in men, unlike yourself. Her boyfriend is proof of that. “Here they come!” You turn to see, curiosity getting the best of you. And oh, oh, running is certainly out of the question.
Mark: Maybe the pity party wasn’t such a good idea, you admit to yourself as you struggle to keep your footing. Someone is steadying you with a hand on your shoulder. You curse yourself for putting yourself in such a vulnerable position - there’s no way you could defend yourself in the state that you’re in.
You try to focus on the words the man is saying, but it’s hard. You register him chuckling, and you pout childishly. He mumbles softly, “Cute.”
It makes you glare. Cute is the reason for pity parties because your ex hadn’t liked cute; he’d wanted sexy.
“Let me call you a cab.”
You whine because you don’t have the money for a cab, and you’re pretty sure you left your card at the bar.
“That’s okay,” he says. You shrug, watching cars drive by. His hand is a steadying force on your arm, keeping you from swaying. He keeps talking beside you, his name is Mark, but the words are hard to follow. Sometimes you try to keep a conversation going anyway. If nothing else, he seems amused by your effort. Soon he is helping you into a cab, placing his hand on the edge of the car, so you don’t bump your head.
Haechan: The beer you are drinking is bitter in your mouth, but you don’t mind because the table is surrounded by people, some you know personally, some that are friends of friends. There is abundant laughter, funny stories to be exchanged, and just an all-around good time to be had - it’s hard to be anything except joyous. Your eyes keep catching on the dude across from you who is all smiles and quick wit. He’s a friend of a friend that you’ve met maybe once before, but you find yourself drawn to him. He calls you out for staring, and you scoff, asking why you would be looking at him. It leads to a long night of teasing and banter.
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UPDATE: Changed Yume's element so I' edited her witch outfit too. Now it has similar colors and patterns to Yaguro's
Also...."When your boyfriend is the fluffiest thing in the room"
Their bio below:
Yume Kobushi:
Age: 25
Height: 160 cm
Family: Great grandmother Anei (A ghost by now)
Friends: The Murasaki family running the nearby bathhouse, more TBA
Love-interest: Yaguro
Powers:
Waterbending: She can use the element of water to form physical objects, most typically a bow or crossbow she uses to defend the library. Since she is not specifically an ice witch, she cannot freeze water.
reflection-shifting: She can traverse through water's reflection either to phase through things, or essentially teleport to another location entirely, as long as she knows where it is.
Astral projection: She can enter the spirit realm and discuss with spirits there, typically she needs some sort of object as a medium to open her way there/reach the specific spirit she wants to speak with. This is a fairly basic ability nearly all magic users regardless of their type can do, they just use different mediums for access (In Yume's case, water ofc)
General spellcasting: She can cast spells outside her water powers by transforming her magical energy to its basic form.
Weaknesses:
While she can cast spells not related to her primary magic, in order to use those she needs to convert her elemental magic into a more basic form of spirit energy, which is more draining than using it as is.
Yume is still young and new to all this, since she didn't really grow up taught magic. While her family was aware of their heritage, her parents' generation for example thought of it a myth, so she still struggles with her powers occasionally.
Staying connected to the spirit realm for too long can cause some damage to her, such as fainting, nightmares, hallucinations and in worst case possession, since Yume is not yet experienced enough to protect herself from it with just mental resilience. She typically needs talismans to protect herself.
Given witches' elemental powers are much more restricted than those of elementals or Sorcerers/Sorceress', Yume can't use water in any other form than its liquid form. She can turn ice or vapor into water, but can't use either element as is.
Personality:
She’s quite temperamental and compassionate, wanting to do things well and also getting frustrated if things aren’t working like she’d hoped. Yume sometimes questions her own abilities due to the fact she never had “official” witch training outside the guidance from her great grandmother's spirit. She also has the tendency to get a bit flustered around people she finds attractive. (regardless of gender)
She tends to be the type to not make a big deal of her good deeds, and often helps people secretly; mainly because unconsciously due to her doubts over her own skills, she's afraid she's done something wrong so she's pre-preemptively avoiding the anger and rejection from others. (it is somewhat irrational, given she tends to do good job at helping)
She does also have a petty side to her, that enjoys taunting people and messing with those she dislikes. She's known for being able to insult people totally poker-faced, which leads to them not necessarily realizing at first they were told off.
FUN FACTS
Yume is pan, and has a fan crush on the Murasaki family daughter/boss of the bathhouse Kouka.
She still sometimes acts flustered around Yaguro, even if she's used to his presence by now.
Yume would never admit it, but she LOVES that her weird moth-ghost-past-life-Samurai-boyfriend is extremely fluffy and therefore a good pillow.
Yume didn't find out she has magic until she turned 15, which is when her great grandma's spirit contacted her, sensing the family had finally produced an offspring with magic.
She initially didn't want to go, but once she did end up in the mirror realm (accidentally) and spent some time there, she quickly begun to feel like this was her home. She'd always felt subconsciously alienated in the human world.
The library she looks after is the second oldest of the seven still left in the Mirror realm; there used to be 20, but most were destroyed during the Ancestral War long ago, where the entire realm was in chaos.
The magnolia themeing of her witch outfit comes from her family name, which is a type of magnolia.
Yume sometimes jokes her life is like one of those magical girl stories popular in her human world home country: She thought she was just a normal girl, but then turned out she has powers and a greater purpose. (People around her rarely get this joke, they are not familiar with modern world pop culture in human realm)
Yume's haircomb she often wears is her medium to speaking with her grandmother's spirit, as it used to belong to Anei
She doesn't really visit her family often, but does occasionally send them letters. Her parents have mixed feelings about her new life, wanting to support her but also struggling with the entire concept. Her grandfather - Anei's son - is very supportive though, and has even visited the library before, both as a child and now as an old man.
Yaguro:
Age: 30 (at the time of death) manifested 3 years ago
Height: 185 cm
Friends: The Murasaki family (Soul eaters), Gouken Shura, a vigour spirit and his beloved Shika, a chimera. (More TBA)
MOTH SPIRIT LORE:
Moth spirits are human souls reborn in new form through what is called a Hive Tree. There used to be 7 of those, but after the Ancient War only 3 are left. Each tree attracts slightly different types of souls with unfinished business:
Amethyst Wisteria: A purple tree which reminds a massive Wisteria tree in appearance, the spirits manifested by this one are typically those who were in some way significant people in their community, dying unexpectedly. Leaders, warriors, freedom fighters, etc. (Since Yaguro was a Samurai who died in battle, his soul was called upon by the Wisteria.)
Emerald Weeping Willow: A green tree similar in likeness to Weeping Willows, only again much more massive. Souls born from this tree were those with tragic, darker sudden deaths. These souls were typically killed by someone in a non-war setting (I.E victims of crime) or they died of self-inflicted injuries caused by mental distress of some sort.
Blue Lapiz Spruce: A large tree in likeness of blue spruce. The souls that this tree attracts are typically those who died in a freak accident or natural disasters. This tree tends to birth a lot of child moth spirits, given it is more likely for a child to die of a freak accident/natural disaster than be of a level of importance/die due to crime. (both are still possible, but rarer)
Moth spirits also correspond to the tree they are born from in color; Wisteria-born are purple with sometimes yellow accent colors, Weeping willow's creations are green with occasionally red accents, and Blue Spruce creates blue spirits with orange accents. Their names also typically indicate how they died in some way, or reference the setting they died in/a significant object related to it.
Born-Adult spirits recall their deaths with often some sort of trauma-related response left in them, whereas children tend to not remember at all; it is a supposed form of mercy by the Hive trees, granted to the youngest souls.
The way moth spirits complete their "unfinished business" is more symbolic, rather than directly going to those this regret is connected to. (Often this'd be impossible given those people may be long gone themselves) For example, they perform the same action/reach the same goal they didn't do during their past life: confessing your love, helping with something you didn't help with, etc. It is in that sense, not a do-over to fix what you already did, but a second chance to not repeat your mistakes.
Abilities:
Close combat; really strong physically with excellent swordsman skills, his blade can even slice magic and spirits, not just physical, tangible things.
Moth spirit abilities: All moth spirits share some basic abilities, but not all manifest every single ability possible; Yaguro is a rare case where he has most of them, likely because he was a combatant in his last life. These are: poofing into bunch of butterflies to quickly avoid attacks or flee, drenching an area around him in darkness using them (essentially enlargening his pocket dimension to bring people inside it), flight, Spitting acid that is corrosive even to magic seals, his wings are also stab proof.
Dadness: Yaguro is very good with kids, able to be patient and supportive with them, and children tend to not view him as threatening, even if he looks scary.
Immunity to most fellow moth-spirit abilities: Moth spirits tend to be immune to each other's powers, or at least matching ones. In Yaguro's case he is not affected by moth spirit acid, can't be taken into another spirit's pocket dimension, and he can in fact stab through other moth's wings, including those who also supposedly have stab proof wings.
Personality:
He’s known to be very efficient and ruthless in battle; He’s not the type to show anyone he fights mercy easily, although he tends to not like combating somebody who’s clearly far too weak to even have a chance against him.
Outside fights he quite intelligent, mostly polite, patient and considerate person who has a strong sense of justice, though for most outsiders he can come off really closed off and rude at first. He just doesn’t really warm up to people easily. Once you have made it to his inner circles though, he's fairly relaxed and pleasant person to spend time with.
Yaguro is very observant person, and can pick up if something is wrong long before others do. He can tell if someone (Like Yume) is about to have a mental breakdown/needs to rest before they acknowledge it.
Weaknesses:
While he can utilize majority of moth spirit abilities, there are two he can't do, and therefore isn't immune to: Ear-shattering/ groundbreaking screeches, fellow moth spirits with stab-through-the-wings ability, being trapped by their webbing.
Due to his manner of death, Yaguro has a slight fear of fire, and even though he no longer freezes around it, he still tends to keep a VERY close eye on campfires and fireplaces, dousing the flames as soon as he is allowed to do so. He does still have nightmares occasionally about fire, especially if he's too warm when sleeping. (he tends to prefer sleeping outside as a result)
FUN FACTS:
Yume met him only months after he manifested, and took pity on the tense and disoriented moth spirit, letting him stay with her to gather himself in this new, strange world and time.
Yaguro doesn't remember his past life much, other than how he died and the fact he was a Samurai.
He tends to not curse much, and sometimes uses a bit unusual choices of words, such as referring to things he sees as bad behavior/terrible actions "Dishonorable."
He does wear modern clothes too, mainly sweatpants, sleeveless shirts and cardigans. Yume does make him dress up a bit more appropriately if they travel to the capital though.
Yaguro sheds his fur every two months, which leaves Yume with bags and bags of bluish purple fluff everywhere. She's used it as stuffing sometimes...
The scar on his lip wasn't there when he was born; moth spirits generally do not carry physical scars from their past lives (apart from mental ones)
Moth spirits tend to have the same lifespan as humans (80-100 years roughly) starting from the moment they manifested. If the spirit doesn't complete their unfinished business though, they may live much longer until this is done.
Yaguro has already completed his "unfinished business" because his regret as human was dying before confessing his love to a person his past human self adored, and having a life together with them. He has now essentially done this with Yume, at least partially.
His blue jacket and belt were made by Yume's grandmother's spirit once he became an official Guardian for the library. The pattern is not just a reference to him being a moth spirit, but also of the river the library isle sits on.
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ok im sure you're Sick! of hearing about this by now BUT I woke up in a cold sweat last night to write this... I promise I can come up with other things...
ok consider this: dazai going from a mostly sadistic yan to mostly affectionate, possibly delusional for subordinate... maybe dazai decides to spy on them on their day off with their family, but instead of getting fuel to torment his favorite punching bag he just feels... weird, seeing them so carefree. or maybe he winds up injured on a mission and instead of leaving him for the wolves they actually take care of him, until backup arrives, and help can't help but wish they were the one securing his new bandages instead of stupid mori. or maybe mori starts assigning them to new teams to test their progress and dazai gets anxious, seeing them get on so well with other members... hes gonna get them back after this right? RIGHT??? please don't give his puppy away to stinky ol chuuya he'll take good care of them from now on he SWEARS.
either way, he walks away from the encounter depressed with longing. suddenly, his bed is empty to sleep in, to the point where he rifles through their personal effects to steal a shirt he can snuggle up to to catch a couple hours rest.
he gives into the feelings pretty quick after he starts losing himself in daydreams of being soft with his cute subordinate, even getting shy when he talks to them (which. huh?). subordinates pulled off missions (bad puppy, dangerous!!), legs almost too numb to stand with how often dazai wants to curl up in their lap like a housecat, and every time dazai sees them he practically shrieks in delight, begs for their attention even when hes in the middle of something else (is he not embarrassed??)
when he finally mumbles "i love you" against their lips, usually soulless eyes full to bursting with it, a cold dread washes over them. if there was a way out of this before, there certainly isn't now.
of course, dazai never really loses interest in tormenting his subordinate, its just always followed up with being drowned in affection now which is TOTALLY for your sake not his. have fun getting injured on purpose so dazai can live out his fantasies of nursing you back to health like a baby bird lol
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ahhh don't worry i'm not sick of it all :D i love clingy dazai
cw: obsession, implied violence towards darling from dazai
"dazai can live out his fantasies of nursing you back to health like a baby bird" describes him best.
like he's always hovering and fretting but he's trying to hide it, 'cos everyone's used to him bullying you at any chance he gets, how weird would it be to see dazai all clingy and whiny right after telling you to do some humiliating task for him? it's really awkward when mori's telling him about transferring to an actual team now that you've made good progress and dazai's all like "no. no way. they're not ready for that."
"but dazai, you've been training them for a year now..."
"so? still not ready."
and yea, mori's the boss, but even he's a little terrified of dazai, so he complies, despite knowing how dangerous this whole thing was.
despite how he genuinely just wanted to get a kick out of you and have someone at his side like a pet at first, once you do something good for him even though he's only ever made your life a living hell, dazai is convinced you must secretly love him. no wonder you never once asked to be transferred or to run away (it's not because you're scared of mori and dazai, definitely not!) he's used to people finding him attractive, but this is you, who he also has a not so subtle crush? infatuation? with, so, it's different.
once he's convinced himself of this, everything changes. suddenly, his little kicks aren't as painful—or were you just developing muscle? he's stopping you from going on any missions that aren't only with him, forcing you to stay inside and do paperwork?! or bring him snacks, which he makes you feed him. it's so weird to see him plastered at your side all the time, and while he still likes bossing you around, it's less violent than before (for now, at least. sometimes he just gets up and for no reason, decides to injure you—but it's better than the previous times he'd throw you into a fight with a proficient ability user and turn the other way)
once he decides the two of you are totally in love and he finally confesses, it's really over. he'll never 'lose interest' like you might have been previously hoping, he'll never just decide you're no fun to kick around anymore and pick on someone else. it's really just you for him for...probably a long time. well, at least he actually tries to nurse you back to health this time, even if the bandages are a little too tight and his stitching is uneven, and his habits of kissing each wound because "love helps it heal faster" gets on your nerves. better than nothing, right?
#i will answer ur other ask once i'm back from class !! see u in a bit#ask 🐟#anon 🐟#i love this dazai monster uve created btw im all for it#bsd 🐟#dazai 🐟#dazai 🩹 🐟
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Laurence for the soulsborne bingo! :D
Wowww 🤯 Someone finally figured that I like Laurence and would love to talk about him? 🤯🤯
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Sorry it's been 84 years and you are the only mutual with enough Insight to catch on HHHHHAAAA
Laurence is a strange case of a Soulsborne character that sorta writes himself... but actually doesn't? Like, there is some coherent direction you can go at with 'corrupt cleric' route, but at the same time he is not JUST Bloodborne!Aldrich, you feel? You can have your way around with the IMPLICATIONS that unlike that.... OTHER Soulsborne fallen Cleric, Laurence tried to HEAL the humanity from its vices by messing with the forbidden, rather than saying 'fuck this doomed world I'm out', yet at the same time, lore states that Laurence have fallen and failed! There is so much about it...
I think that his boss battle is so awesome, and says so much about the character without even any dialogue. The way he 'activates' for as soon as we give him his own skull, and fails to regain his humanity as a result, but instead helplessly struggles while losing his legs? Fromsoft are just so great about this stuff... His design is a complicated issue, as it counts more on the fandom than canon. In canon, his design is just retextured Cleric Beast that is also on fire; fandomry stuff, though? It is very hard to find a BAD design of Laurence, they ALL are very good. It is like every artist, regardless of skill or taste, tries to give their best to their Laurence. He is basically the free prompt of 'create the most beautiful yet the most tragically-villanous man you can get!' There is always some semblance of what the creator think is 'beauty' to designs of Laurence, be it more conventionally-attractive archetype or more 'weird' one! And I think this is pretty great!
^^^ It is in relevance to how I'd change his questline. Maybe it is a bit simplifying, but like... honestly, I'd LOVE to get to talk with Laurence all whereas he doesn't even understand that he is a beast, nor he remembers that something went very wrong. That he simply speaks with us in that... blissful unawareness, and if addressed, he would be like "Wait, what do you mean I am not human? D: I don't understand you". All only to see him LOSE it when he sees his own human skull and it HITS him what ACTUALLY happened to him! Not that finding him already all lost in his current state did not strike hard enough... But finding him him in the state where he was coping (willingly or not) and just Not Knowing, only to ruin the 'illusion', would've hit harder I think....?
And I just LOVE how much there is to work on with this character. He had good intentions and pawed his road down to Hell, he had to do a lot of terrible things because 'ends justify the means'. His very boss theme feels self-explanatory as it is, as it tells the most story, but to just... WRITE all this, you know? To EXPLORE all this. It hits differently. His charisma, the fact that he charmed several men to do his bidding and offer their loyalty in life AND death to him, what he thought was worth it for the 'greater goal', how he had lost his objective... I have plenty of ideas on his backstory and mysterious Loran + Cainhurst background, too.
There are more things, I could be here all day. But yes, Laurence DOES, in fact, activate a lot of my braincells.
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In general, I think that this character is fucking AWESOME. He hits the perfect balance between 'giving us enough to work with' vs 'giving us enough room for imagination'. It is just the way I love the under-written characters, who have so much to work with, yet will always need an impact of the person! Like I love to say, there are only three kinds of Laurence interpretations: 1) a man you find hot 2) a 'shadow' of your personality you hope no one will notice and 3) both at once. 😔
My only gripes with the fandom are..... Either, you make your Laurence just a twink!Aldrich, OR you just export Micolash's quirks onto him! Like!!!!!! Yes, for sure, he is a corrupt cleric, but we already have an evil corrupt cannibal antics for Aldrich! Leave some tragedy for Laurence! And whereas Laurence, indeed, summoned the Bloodmoon, but this is what it was - a summon. One and gone thing! Works for aesthetic masterpieces of fanart, but not as a gimmick. Meanwhile, School of Mensis is BUILT around the theme of HOLDING the Bloodmoon down! Like, PERMANENTLY! Red moon works as Micolash's aesthetic so much more! Every single red 'Moon' Rune you find is associated with Mensis! Laurence / Healing Church work better with 'pale' Moon - white (like Communion rune), pale blue (like Gehrman's Quickening mist, Arcane that Church Servants use and glowing that beastly Skull of Laurence has) or turquoise (Ludwig's Moonlight Guidance)! And don't get me started on theme of eyes and insanity being re-attributed to Laurence, when Micolash had this sexyman feature gimmic for years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I guess this is what Micolash gets for being Dark Academia king instead of Cleric.... dfjfhdshf
Like ok ok, I also sexualize Catholics HARD, but not to the point of replacing one blorbo with another! But yeah now we know that if Micolash had cleric garb, there would be NO survivors....
Thank you for the ask!
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Okay so new ep of helluva boss came out and... it wasnt very good. For me it was actually the worst episode of all of them and here is why.
First thing, pacing. I think with this episode i finally understood what bad pacing is because everything feels rushed. From action and plot, by sound design to animation. And one of the reasons behind this is too many topics squished in only 20 minutes. We had Stolas and his divorce with Stella, Octavia and all her drama, Blitz and Stolases relationship, M&Ms relationship, Blitzos fear of performing and losing Loona, Loonas past and her getting closer to Octavia. Its so many things and such a short time. And because of this none of the subjects is getting focus nor time to build up emotional tension.
So lets take a closer look at each of those plot points.
First i will talk about Blitz and Stolas, because last episodes were all about it. And they could actually not exist right now because here its totally ignored. I dont know if it was somehow resolved in ep8 of season 1, but we didnt see it so i will just ignore it. All the tension between characters is gone, Blitz is turned on by Stolas praising his sexual skills (which u know, he is still treated like there is nothing more to him than sex), Stolas doesnt seem hurt anymore by being unloved, the Asmodeus Crystals didnt appear (which didnt have to be now, but its still little weird, it seemed important) , and everything went to shit. All this drama, pain and suffering didnt get a pay off and i am so dissapointed. Their dynamic got somehow turned into just being attracted and horny, and all the complicated intresting stuff got wiped out. (I really, really hope it wont be all season 2 and its just a hiccup, please let it be). Their moments are just shallow, short, out of character, or too focused on one of their trait. By this i mean for example Stolas laughing at Bllitzos jokes. Yea, it was adorable, but why do it here? Especially with all those puppy eyes (there was soooo many of them, seriously). And others are laughing too, so its not so special anymore. And in the end even he is bored! Another scene is the one inside a van, it was abrubt, meant to show Blitzos willignes to help Stolas, but the topic got changed so quickly and unnaturally u are just too baffled to react. It also meant shit in the end, cause u know, Loona. It was meant to be important moment but got turned into comedic one. There are actually two scenes i like between them though, first is Blitz calling Stolas, and second is Stolas asking Blitz about Moxxies phone number. It was interesting cause we dont really see Stolas sassy. And Blitz somehow saying exactly the thing he didnt want to say feels like sth he would do.
Now i will use this to write about Blitz. His personal traumas and issues werent treated seriously enough. First his panic attack in the office. It was put here but nothing was done with it. (And it could be powerful to see this usually confident character breaking down in public). Then his willingness to help Stolas (in the van), could show deeper emotions and in the end didnt because he was literally useless. Then we have more important stuff, his fear of performing. It lasted less than a minute i think. Its actually quite important and should have been explored. We know he probably hates himself, so fear of getting rejected and riddiculed makes sense. It may also be connected to some particular trauma from his childhood. But it wasnt in any way hinted that it may be the case and it got resolved very quickly, so apparently the issue wasnt this serious. And lastly his memory of adopting Loona. I feel like this would work much better if it wasnt shown in this ep. I think their relationship should get their own ep, or at least half of it. It could have been explored here (la probably would have to be wiped out) , him wanting to fire Loona is actually a good conflict. She could feel like he is abandoning and rejecting her, for someone who was adopted it feels like a powerful blow. Her anger and hurt would probably lead to some sheanigans, which would end with A. Her understanding that Blitz will love her no matter what and accepting he fucks up, B. Blitz understanding Loona more and maybe becoming a better parent, C. SHOWING THIS MEMORY, D. Moxxie and Millie learning to be less racist (cause here Mox is the one who advised Blitz to speak with Loona [not like he wasnt right, but u know, i dont think they are okay towards Loona either]) .
But okay, lets get to Millie and Moxxie. The biggest problem is that they literally didnt do anything to plot. U could erase them and the only thing u would lose is comedy (which was funny at first, but got boring very quickly). I liked seeing Millie getting tired at Moxxies antics becuse it was new. But i am unsure how much is this in character. Honestly, she was created to be perfect lover, strong and murderous but caring and loving to her partner. Its not much of personality so u can do many stuf but i think she should have her character developed in her own ep so we can explore those changes. Moxxie is also kinda different, because normally he is the responsible one. Wouldnt he go insane if he found out how easy Blitz made it to steal the book from them? Though, on a positive note, him being smug about berating Loona is on point. But him getting distracted in the middle of rescue mission of GOETIA PRINCESS? I believe he would panic hard. But well, we had Blitz already doing that, so the role was filled. The one thing i actually liked were his interactions with Blitz, cause they felt more like friends.
Now Octavia. It may seem like its her episode, but it really isnt. The beginning is good, her being happy, Stolas ignoring her, stealing the book. I actually liked that, it felt like a good conflict to resolve. Suprise it wasnt resolved by Stolas, but by Loona who didnt even know Octavia before! Like, i enjoy them being friends (just friends, please dont make it offical canon ship, i would like to see some platonic relationship for once), but it wasnt her conflict to resolve. It should be Stolas, who for example took her to space to see at least one meteor. (I know we had fireworks, didnt feel good enough). Or something else, but really, this plot didnt change their relationship at all. Its worse version of Loo Loo Land. BUT to say something positive, the line "why does he hates her more than he loves me" ( or sth like that) was great. Shame it was just that.
I wont write about Stella, she is in what, 30s of this ep?
So lastly Loona. She is the best part in my opinion, because she is mostly still in character. Her being angry at Blitz, ignoring Octavia sneaking in, not looking for her in LA depsite being said to do so, calling Moxxie fat. Its all things i think she would do. The only think that doesnt fit is ironically the last scene, with her cheering Octavia up. Or rather being some kind of mentor/ older sister/ please not romantic interes kind of person. I dont think she is mature enough to open like this, nor that understanding after Blitz said he may fire her. Like what the hell? Am i missing something? I also didnt like how she was portrayed in Blitzos memory, and i mean the crying part. I think she wouldnt show her pain cause it was dangerous where she lived. Obviously this part is more my preference than actual critique.
I wish i was done but i am not. (Sorry). Now, some other thing that bothered me a lot was sound design. Did u notice how one melody changes into other without some smooth transition? U can hear this first when action starts to take place in I.M.P. Then another very unfitting change is when van scene starts. This are not all, but they got stuck in my head the most. Even the animation is somehow rushed most of the time. And i dont know exactly why, but i guess it lacks balance? Sometimes anatomy of characters gets lost, other times they move a little too much and there are moments when characters seem to float above backround (i mostly mean when they walk).
All those things makes this weak. So summing up, past episode became irrevelant, characters mostly dont act like themselves, emotional moments that were strong became shallow, there was too many scenes with horny Stolitz ( the worst is shirtless Blitz, come on!), plot wasnt constructed well ( unnecesery plot points - Millie and Moxxie, Brandon Rogers and this sitcom drama, plot focused on everything and in the end nothing) as well as pacing, bad audio design, somehow weird animation, and in generall it feels like filler that works very badly for the show. I obviously will still watch helluva, but i really really hope it wont happen to whole second season. Because if so this show will became a wasted potential and leave me very bitter.
Sorry for long post and for all mistakes i did writing it. Thank u if u read all of this, i am seriously impressed.
#helluva boss#english is not my native language#disscussion#helluva disscussion#sorry for all misspeling i am not a native#helluva critical#helluva spoilers#helluva boss spoilers#helluva boss s2ep2#please let this be a one time thing
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The Fazbear Family. The Family and some information about them and this au.
Hi, I making a fnaf human au :]
First. Oh, you know the canon lore of fnaf? Well forget about it, my au is completely different. That's right, not dead children, not Afton family, not animatronics, or whatever that involved the franchise. Definitely, fire is still here, like some fire accidents are going to happen.
Basically, my au are humans, because it has been 8 years and I can draw animatronics. The good thing, I make something very very different of was I expected.
Humans, family issues, the company being corrupted, killing people who know too much, no matter if you're the son of the boss because you're going to die not matter what, a lot of headcanons and using some mains events for this au just adapted of what a human would do.
The AU events and history take place after Security Breach (not using the dlc and if I really use it in the future perhaps I can change some stuff or trying to combine with what I have in mind).
Now, let's see the designs of the Fazbear Family!
Fred is Fredbear and Frank is Funtime Freddy. They're brothers and sons of Mr. Fazbear, the one which start the company of Fazbear Entertainment. Fred die first and Frank survive one time when some try to kill him and died years later.
Freddy is Withered Freddy and Frederick is Freddy from the first game. Twins brothers and sons of Fred, both dead by knowing too much.
Fritz is Toy Freddy. Son of Frank, still alive.
Alfred is Rockstar Freddy, Fede is Glamrock Freddy and Floyd is Phantom Freddy. Brothers and sons of Fidel, the new manager of Fazbear Entertainment. They don't know how they still alive after being close to dead after fire accidents.
Mr. Fazbear was the one who start create a local for entertainment for all the family, but he wasn’t a nice person and did some bad stuff in his life. He died from his old age. Took care of Fidel since he was an orphan after the death of his parents (whose parents are Frederick and Clara (that's right baby, Freddy, and Chica, let's have fun making ships with me)).
Fidel under the care of Mr. Fazbear, learn a thing or two, following the awful example his great grandfather was. He take care of the company after the dead of his great granddad and if you expect everything is going to be okay, you're wrong my friend, they only under new management.
So since there are no dead children, which means, no trapped souls which can't have a peaceful rest... there are dead people in this au.
A few paragraphs ago, we know that Fred, Frank, Freddy, and Frederick died, basically, not dead children, but dead workers, the entertainment workers, the ones who were on the stage.
Fred died when he was in jail, try to fighting back to his killer bite them but he died by asphyxia.
Frank was lock down in a room that was on fire but manage to escape and have almost the chance to make see the world who really his dad was, but the fire of the Pizzeria Simulator local finally kill him.
Freddy and Frederick died the same way, his grandfather contract someone who kill them, because they were acting weird about everything related to their dad and the company.
Fritz and the Toys were the only ones from the 80s-90s who were still alive (except for Puppet/Marionette who we are talking in later posts). Fritz married with Brandon (Toy Bonnie) and adopt a kid called Harry (Helpy).
Just to clarify. Phantoms (and like a kinda preview) Nightmares are real in this au, not illusions, they’re real people, students to be specific who have different careers. Phantoms are careers focus on art.
Years ago they were in a theater club, and they have the chance of working in the Fazbear Frights Attraction; because one of their teacher's friends was looking for people who could be phantom versions of some of the old members.
They have fun until the place mysteriously set on fire, that day there were only six students at the attraction and three of them had bad injuries after the fire incident. Fortunately, they recovered months later and now that day is only a memory.
Alfred is the older brother of Fede and Floyd, he is in charge half of the time in stuff about the company. He was into the idea of working for entertainment children, and he did it, but not for a long time since the place caught fire and nobody knows who do it and why. Great news, nobody dies...
At least the people who work there, the people that everyone saw when they were in the local doing their job.
After the fire, he lost his job and decide to wait because he heard that there was a plan for opening another local, but he wasn't selected, and now he works with Fidel helping with the money and bills of the company.
Fede was the choice of Fidel for the new face of the newest local of Fazbear Entertainment, the Mega Pizzaplex. He was very happy with this job, he even has the chance of working with his best friend and meet new people who have dreams and enjoy working here.
Then months after, everything and everyone was different, some people feel like different persons and some people don't love their job anymore, they do it because they need money and they don’t have an other place to go.
Fede is bad mentally after everything that happened, from all the tension that everyone feels when they’re together to the departure of this best friend after he near dead, he loves his job but at the same time, he can't be in peace or even feeling better. Every day he feels more tired, and he doesn't know why.
Now, you see this may be one of the more ambitious projects and... I don't how I'm going to tell the history.
Perhaps I'm just going to make drawings and give context and start dropping information in the next design drawings.
Because make this in a comic is a great option, but I’m lazy and I made this account not only to separate from my main.
The bunnies drawing is ready, just need a few things or see if nothing is missing, and then I can upload it.
#five nights at freddy's#fnaf#fnaf au#the fazbear family#freddy fazbear#fredbear#withered freddy#funtime freddy#toy freddy#phantom freddy#rockstar freddy#glamrock freddy
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How I Feel About The Characters In Bojack Horseman (SPOILERS)
Bojack Horseman- When I watched the first season I used to relate to him and would have the same belief he did that everyone in the tv show was just wronging him. It wasn’t until the second season that I lost this belief and realized how much of a not very good person he was. Now I find him one of the characters in the show that annoyingly remind me of myself and I have trouble really even liking his character at all.
Todd Chavez- One of my favorite characters. I met a boy in my high school who acted just like him and it was nuts. He is so nice and so forgiving to everyone. He even forgives Bojack in the end, which is a boss move. And as someone who is asexual and as someone who has dated people who were also asexual, I really like how they depicted Todd. They didn’t make him super standoffish and unable to show any love or support to anyone. But I also like how they really showed how it’s like being ace and hard it is explaining to people who aren’t really ace.
Diane Nguyen- I can relate to her as a writer and being raised in a household of boys and constantly being ridiculed or called dumb for having emotions, even though I’m the only person in my household who’s graduated. Her character really resinated with me on a personal and emotional level. I really like her evolution throughout the series and other than Bojack, I honestly feel like she has been one of the characters with the most things changing about her from the very beginning. It also is very nice to see her finally feel some what happy and it gives me hope that someday I could be happy like her too.
Mr. Peanutbutter- My older brother and my high school theatre teacher acted like Mr. Peanutbutter. He is the only character in a tv show that isn’t human that I’ve found myself attracted to. That sounds weird especially after I said he reminds me of my older brother and my high school theatre teacher. Just wanted to clarify that I am NOT attracted to my brother or my high school theatre teacher, they just have the same not wanting to deal with any type of conflict thing Mr. Peanutbutter has.
Sarah Lynn- Sarah Lynn was like how Mimi was to RENT as she is to Bojack Horseman. She was the character who was a victum of drugs. The only difference was that she didn’t have a man named Roger to sing her back to life when she OD in the planetarium. She was the marder of the show and I think the writers did an amazing job at showing how addiction to drugs effects people and their relationships with other people. I have had several family members who are much older than me to family members who are so much younger than me that have gone through addiction. And Bojack Horseman couldn’t have shown it more accuately than with Sarah Lynn.
Princess Caroline- I personally didn’t have many opinions about Princess Caroline. Most people that have also seen the show that I’ve talked to either really like her because she’s a symbol of a strong empowering single mother, which is why my older brother likes her. And other people say she’s a terrible person because she’s an agent who gets people famous and that it’s her fault for most of the character’s downfalls. I personally don’t have really any strong opinions about her. I do have family members who can’t have kids and adopted instead and I do like how Bojack Horseman showed how adoption works and really went into detail of how it’s like being a single mother. I also really like how at the end of the tv show it turned out Vanessa Gecko actually didn’t hate her at all and it was just one sided jealously from Princess Caroline.
Beatrice Horseman- I have very mixed feelings about Beatrice. As someone who grew up in a household and with a family full of child abusers and people who have histories of being abusive to their spouses, I really didn’t like that part of Beatrice. A lot of people disagree with me when I say I don’t like her character and they blame it on her past and her childhood. But like Todd said to Bojack, you can’t blame all your problems and your behavior on your past to make you feel better about yourself. And if you hold Bojack to that, you also have to hold Beatrice to that. Sure, Beatrice wasn’t planning on getting pregnant or marrying Bojack’s dad, but it still doesn’t justify her actions. I did like how at the end she kind of accepts what she did wrong. I really liked that about her character. I also really like her character before she got married or had Bojack. So I don’t entierly hate her character, just like how I don’t entierly hate Bojack’s behavior, but I do feel like she did do wrong and she can’t just cover it up with saying she had a bad childhood.
My absolute favorite characters are two sides characters. I really liked Kelsey, the lesbian director who got fired. I thought it was cool how they depicted a lesbian and again a single mother. I also really liked the episode where Diane has to watch Kelsey’s daughter and Diane gets annoyed with how feministic her daughter is even though she was just like that as a teenager too. I also liked Penny. I was in a situation when I was still in high school that was close to the situation she was in where I ended up going on a date with a creepy guy who was much older than me. It kind of messed me up even though we didn’t do anything too serious and I agreed to going on a date with him, it still was pretty traumatizing. I really liked how they showed how she dealt with it in a realistic way and not just from Bojack’s prospective of it.
Basically, Bojack Horseman is one of the better shows made by Netflix that talks about real world problems. Who would have thought that the company that made tv shows like 13 Reasons Why and Ginny and Georgia would come out with such a master piece. And I don’t mean to upset anyone who enjoys the tv shows 13 Reasons Why or Ginny and Georgia.
#netflix#bojack horseman#todd chavez#diane nguyen#mr. peanutbutter#sarah lynn#princess caroline#beatrice horseman
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Elesa encountered Emmet and his new form not long after he made a deal with spirits , she was arriving to his home to help cheer him up and check on him as he has been depressed the last 2 years with Ingo gone .
Only to see a terrifying sight unsure of this is really Emmet at first she backed away when his once grey eyes now a piercing yellow locked into her .
“What’s the matter Elesa ? It’s me Emmet” his voice was eerie yet confused by her reaction.
-E-Emmet!? is that you? What’s with....the ghostly look?-
That made the subway boss pause as he lowers his hand he had outstretched and scans himself glancing at a mirror , to see his hair wispy and red tinges , his yellow eyes and his coat the same wispy like effect with a few changes .
“Ah! Apologises ! I felt like a new change and style for my new life !”
-new..? life ?-
“Well Ingo is Gone as many say and it’s been a few years , best to move on yes ? new look for a new life in future ! but it would seem i went a tad far?” he easily lied through his teeth grinding sharp teeth
-A-ah yes yes i think you did but it is certainly a good style for you- Elesa answers unsure but going alone as Emmet has always been off ever since Ingo’s disappearance .
Emmet hums “Also Halloween is around the corner! Maybe i’ll add a special attraction to the Battle Subway? “
Elesa nods slowly sighing (so this was just for Halloween cool cool)
-Yea that’s true oh man i better find myself a costume , but i doubt i’d match up with yours - she smiles at him
Emmet chuckles “Oh don’t be like that your the best designer there is ! Now i do hate to kick you out but i have some paper work to do , if you could?”
Oh! yes of course ,just came to check on you ,nice to see you getting in the spirit of things - she winks and Emmet rolls his eyes as she leaves .
While Emmet certainly had a weird aura about him if this is his way of coping and finally moving on then as his friend she will support him.
The door closes and Emmets netrual smile becomes sharp as he narrows his eyes he locks the door and gives himself a proper look in the full body mirror.
“Mmmm a good look yes indeed, gonna have to find a way to look normal again later , less suspicion the better~”
“BUT first! to make that Subway attraction ! hehe may aswellsell the look and continue on my destination ~ Iiiiiingoooo~ just wait a little longer~”
I’ll find you soon enough~
#some story#Emmet#TheSubwayBoss#PhantomEmmet#Made deals with the devil/ghosts#Hisuian Zoroark Emmet#merged human and pokémon
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New Update!
Noticed this should be my 100th post, so screw it, putting out Prerelease 0.6 now, with an EasyRPG fork just to avoid EasyRPG janking out over not booting from a regular title screen
Unfortunately the easyrpg build lacks the attract mode, but it's better than nothing. I'd recommend just using the regular build on windows.
Pre 0.6 Standard build here - Use on windows
Pre 0.6 EasyRPG build here - Use on mobile and literally anything other than windows, though I cant provide a tutorial myself for how to get it working. EasyRPG itself can be found here
Previous builds and changelogs here
This is probably the first build I'd consider a "stable release", just meaning it should be mostly stable for a standard playthough without it being too visibly unfinished.
Changelog for 0.6 below, beware of spoilers!
==[Prerelease 0.6]==
Internal LOOKINTO.txt added for things I should look into to see about tweaking
Blue Eyes White Giegue
Niiue Mouth/Nose placement adjustments
Niiue in mirror may be Dustier than he appears
More music tweaks
7 minute long Boss medley added during a Giygas fight where Niiue has a certain status effect
Remodeled the ship in attract mode to match the current interior layout
Made a certain unused Niiue sprite actually end up being used because I feel like it's too cute in current form to not include lol
Fixed Future Niiue using the wrong sprite in one cutscene
Fixed invisible barrier in cutscene mentioned above that had no reason to be there
Added an 80s carpet (and other changes) to a cutscene map
Fixed a minor oversight where Elmadan would replace the Mr. Saturn in a few cutscenes because I forgot to account for people not letting dan on the ship (Like a meanie :<)
Niiue hair
Reflect Crash prevention implimented; Slightly janks up enemy Flash Omega, though is probably a better solution than crashing. ONLY CURRENTLY WORKS FOR FLASH OMEGA. OTHER MOVES THAT MAY HAVE ISSUES LIKE THIS ARE NOT FIXED.
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Flash Omega reflect fix implimented for Doom Statue, N.K. Saturn, Flashzapbang, Influence inhibitor, surprise box, Foureyes, "Blue Mist", Hard shining jewel, hard Smilin' Sphere, Univese Saguaro, Hard Final Starman, Hard Ullrich, Gargiathan, Hard Voltzer!, Mr. Multiplicity, and Cmd. Deepsea. This should be all enemies with Flash Omega.
Changed a palette on a giegue sprite as to make the shading feel more natural
Tried fixing a bug where sometimes Giygas just doesn't fade in during phase 3, may add a bit of delay to the battle command right before fade in though.
Started working on putting people into the internal credits file
Changed the way the one room looks. the kind of out of place looking one where Niiue talks to you
Reduced scope of ship customization so it'd be a bit less overwhelming to impliment
Fixed some weird item quirks with Larice
Slightly toned down how harsh the Sataene color palette is
Changed Sataene's midi track in Chapter 1: Now split into two tracks
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Elmadan now calls for Lawyer Mooks, which are functionally identical to Lesser mooks, but look like ace attorney lawyers.
Added "Filter goggles" item which can be used to turn on an anti-eyestrain screen filter.
Finished ship customization, items are spread out across planets and chapters.
Tweaked earth dumps to properly utilize some parts of the tileset that were previously unused.
Made it so Dan can talk while on earth.
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The Ever-Changing Story (Part 1): About Sword Art Online's (lack of) continuity
I'm a big fan of Sword Art Online (SAO), and I came to the series through watching the first three seasons on Netflix. It was on a whim, basically, but I became hooked, and in the last 2 1/2 months I have watched four seasons, one movie, read 28 books, and even several mangas - all works (or based on works) of Reki Kawahara, the original author.
Let's start with a simplified synopsis of the story, and from hereon there will be spoilers.
The plot of the original SAO story is set in an MMORPG world called Aincrad, composed of 100 floors. After the first 10,000 players have logged in, they are told that they can't log out anymore and that the game will kill them if they die in game or somebody removes the VR gear that completely immerses them in this world. Their only choice is to beat all 100 floors, after which the survivors will be automatically logged out.
The story then skips forward to floor 74, there's a fast-paced romance between the protagonist and a girl, and after some dramatic reveals after a battle against the boss of floor 75, our hero Kirito unmasks one of the most prominent players in the game to be the genius/villain that trapped them there to begin with, there's a final showdown with several tear-jerking twists, and then the game is beaten. All survivors get logged out.
Seems like I must've missed something? If you've watched the anime, I seem to have left big chunks out, right? But that's the "original story" as published as a light novel ("Sword Art Online 1 - Aincrad"). I put "original" in quotes because the true "original story" was first published on the web, then edited and lightly rewritten before being published as an actual book.
And it has changed ever since.
Retcons on top of retcons
From here on it gets weird. Even in the anime series, Aincrad gets a comparatively short treatment, 14 episodes of the 25 episodes comprising the first season. This is because the story of beating Aincrad is dispersed over many books by now, and most of it was written as stories inserted into an existing but also vague and largely empty timeline, typically involving some form of retconning.
The story I provided the synopsis for was SAO volume 1. Volume 2 added side stories, introducing several characters not seen before. Further side stories were added in volumes 8 and 22, and Kawahara started a series describing beating Aincrad floor by floor, called Sword Art Online Progressive (SAOP), which now comprises its own 8 volumes. In addition there are various side stories, published online, in magazines, as bonus material for example for other media including manga and anime, plus computer games. (But as far as I can tell you can largely ignore the computer games - they willy-nilly change canon anyway to attract as many players as possible.)
In other words, if you'd watched the anime, you would have seen, roughly in this order:
SAO 1 - Aincrad
SAOP 1 - Aria of the Starless Night
SAO 2 - Aincrad
SAO 8 - Early and Late
SAO 2 - Aincrad
SAO 1 - Aincrad
SAO 2 - Aincrad
SAO 1 - Aincrad
So, the anime is basically woven from four different books, one written in response to flesh out the anime a bit (SAOP 1). If you liked Yui, Liz, or Silica, they were all late additions.
The retcons in the anime are sometimes nice little details. For example, when Kirito publicly displays his Dual Wielding unique skill, he hides out in Agil's shop. In the anime, Liz walks by and teases him about letting out what was their secret. This actually happened in the second volume, while the scene actually stems from volume 1, so Liz did not exist to feature in that scene. But she fits like a glove here.
Retro-continuity
So, as a viewer of the anime, or using the anime as timeline, you come to a continuous, coherent story. This is not true for the novels, though, as Kawahara readily admitted whenever he published a new one. Each volume contains apologies for the inconsistencies he introduced when shoving new stories in.
His approach, however, is very pragmatic. Whatever he wrote last is basically true. This can be minor, like his admission from Volume 8 regarding his short-story "The Safe Haven Incident". So, for example in an earlier volume he wrote that Kirito had never taken Asuna to a restaurant run by an NPC before. This is exactly what Kirito does in this story, which in turn is set - but only within the world chronology! - before the story it modifies.
By the way, that's exactly the same detail Kawahara then contradicts again in SAOP, but SAOP is special...
You see, whenever somebody asks (on social media) if SAOP is a rewrite or reboot, there's a lively discussion where people go to great lengths to say that's it is not. I wholeheartedly disagree - SAOP is a huge reboot camouflaged behind lip service to existing continuity. And it heavily depends on which SAO or SAOP book you've read or media you've watched last as to what your conclusion might be.
And mine is - yes, the story has been rebooted. We might never see absolute proof for this as the story will likely never be finished. It took eight volumes to describe the beating of seven floors so far, casting doubt on the doability (or desirability) of doing this for the total of 75 floors mentioned in the original outline. But the longer the story progresses, the more heavily it deviates not only from the original plot points, but it also starts to rewrite characters - at least regarding their motivations and traits. And then they no longer fit their roles assigned to them in plot points alluded to in earlier novels.
A concrete example of how retro-continuity works
SAO Volume 22 contains the short story "The Day Before" - an account of what happened shortly before Kirito and Asuna got married in-game. It barely carries on for a page before it introduces us to what Kirito knew of Asuna or had experienced so far:
He had her as "impromptu party member".
She joined the Knights of Blood guild and took part in "our boss raids".
She "helped investigate mysterious safe-zone murders"
She "cooked S-ranked ingredients into meals for me".
The way he describes these events, including the connecting words, imply they happened in this order. This implies they were taken from the following books:
SAO Progressive Volume 1 onward.
Not actually depicted in any books, but mentioned since SAO volume 1. (When Asuna appears in SAO Vol. 1 she's the sub-commander of the KoB and takes part in the two boss encounters featured in the novel.)
SAO Vol. 8.
And back to SAO Vol. 1.
It is heavily implied that the term "impromptu party member" refers to SAOP Vol. 1 because she joined KoB after. (Not to be confused with them partying up in the middle stretch of SAO Vol. 1.)
In other words, within this story, published as Vol. 22 of the main line, events happening in some early SAO Progressive novels are confirmed as canon that overrides earlier canon. Whenever this volume or side stories introduce additional facts or change them, they are treated as if they had always been true. (You could say the new "normal" is whatever Kawahara wrote most recently, no matter if the information stems from the SAO or the SAOP series.)
This becomes especially noticeable if you actually read the light novels last, in a reverse order, after watching the anime, etc. There wasn't a grand master plan later novels slot into. Each new one is crammed in, and as that is done, it displaces some of the original story.
More things are then casually introduced: "Field bosses," a concept only present in SAOP. Further along, it is established that "we" (Asuna and Kiroto? The frontrunners?) typically ignore side quests - which is funny as this will be later contradicted again and overridden by further SAOP installments to follow, and quite drastically so. (In SAOP it becomes imperative to do quests to get potential info about floor bosses and how to beat them. It probably helped filling these books and making them the entertaining reads they are.)
We also get to meet Argo, who is characterized pretty much the same as in SAOP throughout. (And Argo existed only as a name drop before SAOP was written.) So Argo didn't exist until SAO 2, gets fleshed out as character much later in the SAOP novels, and she "returned" to the mainline novels volume 21 and forward. In 21 she only appears in the final scene, and in 22 we get side stories supposedly telling events from Aincrad - featuring Argo, probably so that main series readers can get used to her, she technically being an addition to the cast of that series.
We're also told about the great tragedy that befell Kibaou and the Aincrad Liberation Squad - which is greatly expanded on (in SAO 1 the "Aincrad Liberation Force" simply "got burned" on the 25th floor. In the SAO mainline novels before that Kibaou was only mentioned once, as a villain. Now he's made sympathetic. This is a major change, but if you've read SAOP you'll find that Kibaou is a character you can empathize with more and more the longer that series progressed. This change will be discussed further in part 2 of this article.
Growing backwards in time
Additions from volumes 2 onward fall into two categories: Those taking place before the main events of floor 74 forward in the first novel. And those taking place within the period between Kirito proposing to Asuna and their return to the frontline to fight the boss of floor 75.
In the first category we find:
The Black Swordsman (SAO 2)
Warmth of the Heart (SAO 2)
Red-Nosed Reindeer (SAO 2)
The Safe Haven Incident (SAO 8)
The Day of Beginning (SAO 8)
Day of Beginnings (in a tweet)
Hopeful Chant (bonus story as backstory for "Ordinal Scale" movie)
All "Sword Art Online Progressive" novels (SAOP 1-8)
In the second category we find:
The Girl in the Morning Dew (SAO 2)
Sugary Days (online side stories)
The Day Before (SAO 22)
Now that I went to the trouble of listing also "Hopeful Chant", it's another wonderful example of a retcon. Here Asuna meets Kirito during his darkest days in Aincrad - and suppresses her heart-felt wish to partner up with him again. (Which of course can only be an again at this point in time if everything within the SAOP series is canon.)
The original SAO 1 was the story of a girl who chased a boy she'd fallen in love with, until he wizens up and they become a couple. This point was reiterated in SAO 2 where Asuna talks to Lisbeth about her supposedly unrequited love for Kirito (without naming in). By the time "Hopeful Chant" was written, however, it has become the story of a girl that had a deeply trusting partnership with a boy that somehow (we don't know exactly how nor has this part been written) got torn apart and the mysterious magic happens and this somehow leads us back to the events from floor 74 forward. More recently written things invalidate things written earlier in SAO.
So it would be wrong to say SAO "grows backwards in time." SAO grows on top of SAO. It's like one of these ancient cities where you dig out layer that rests on top of another layer, or like Terry Pratchett's Ankh-Morpork which is described on having been built on, well, Ankh-Morpork.
If these were just "facts" or "factoids" this might not be so important. In fact, most people ignore this altogether and go with the assumed continuity, or with a continuity that exists in their own heads after having consumed the various SAO media in whatever order suited them (and ignoring any contradictions as long as they are not too glaring). In fact, if you read SAO novels in their publishing order, you might not notice it so much. Each story in itself seems consistent, and you tend to forget the exact details of former stories.
And so the ground shifts beneath you and you don't notice that you're now in a different story than you started with. This becomes apparent if we less focus on the supposed outlines (the top-down aspects of the story, its plot point framework) and focus more on the characters, their traits, arcs, values, etc, and what stories derive from them (the bottom-up aspects of the story).
Which we'll do in the second part of this article, to be posted soon.
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words for your wips, round one! (feel free to do variations on these like pluralizations, change verb tense, w/e) Cat, intense, nobody, zone
just remember that you asked for this
CAT
winchester family au - season 11
It’s broad daylight, not exactly time for most of the monsters Claire has ever heard of, but the parking lot is deserted and there’s no one to see if two wayward girls get into a catfight or one eviscerates the other either with claws or silver knife.
rose joins torchwood
“Look what the cat dragged in,” Jack says, before introducing his colleagues: “This is Gwen, she’s married but we made out once—” “I’ve told you to stop introducing me like that” “—and this is Ianto, he’s not married and we’ve made out loads of times.” Ianto inclines his head slightly as if to agree.
INTENSE/INTENSITY
spn s7 fix
"No, I'm not," Cas says. "But if they are determined on this course of action, I will protect you."
His gaze is intense. Dean ties the necktie over his eyes to quit feeling like he's caught in a searchlight.
assets aka jemmafic
my self isn't charming, she thought. it is "unnervingly intense" and "a little oblivious to social cues" and "deeply weird in the presence of attractive men".
bill meets rose
But Bill once had an intense personal connection with a girl made of sentient oil. She could handle this.
NOBODY/NO ONE
spn amnesia fic
seems like being an ex-angel kind of sucks, but nobody has really explained to dean how it works. like, did cas quit or was he fired? that is to say, did he fall or was he pushed?
spn pre-series au
dad doesn’t ask if they learned anything. sometimes he still seems to want to pretend that sam isn’t part of the work he and dean do, that sam still doesn’t know, when at this point sam probably knows more than dean. it’s just that nobody ever asks.
++
“what happened to the body?”
“no one’ll find it,” dean says.
spn s6 rewrite
Dean sits in the driver’s seat of the Impala and nobody dares go near. He already waved Cas away, so Sam knows he’d be even less welcome.
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“Nice of you to finally show up,” Dean says, always one to snark at an angel when no one else would dare.
spn s7 fix
"You’re not upset that I was among humans?"
"Nobody died, right? Cas, I'm not the boss of you. That's how this works."
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“It’s not my mountain,” Cas keeps saying on the phone. “It’s everyone’s mountain. And no one’s.”
winchester family au - season 7
Her mother always assumed that if Jo went off on her own she would get her insides clawed out and she’d bleed to death in the woods somewhere nobody would ever find her body.
winchester family au - season 11
Nobody can tell her not to scream. They can ask her to do her own laundry or please don’t put your feet on the kitchen table but nobody tells her to be quiet anymore.
winchester family au - season 15
Like a disappointed father, like her brother turning his back on her, like a cold grave with no one to mourn.
jemmafic
It was nice, spending time with Trip in a situation where nobody was actively trying to kill them.
time is not on our side (peggyfic)
She turns ninety, and the family all come for a visit, and nobody mentions trying to fix her brain with robots or whatever nonsense, but after nearly everyone has left, Sharon stays behind.
ghost stories (clarafic)
and nobody seems able to look at the two of them and see the precise constellation of promises and lies that have tied them together, that means they will never be free of each other, they will be chasing and fighting and reaching and embracing until the heat death of the universe.
last hurrah aka thirteenfic
“How long has it been?” she asks, bracing herself for having gotten it quite wrong, although nobody is extremely aged or dead, so it can’t be too bad.
long way home (endgame fix)
“We think Daisy Johnson may be able to help us out. Is it true no one’s seen her since the blip?”
light years
But she stands now at Leia’s side and apparently that makes her important. (Not nobody. Not nobody.)
ZONE/ZONED
romance languages
she asks him about work, and the conversation becomes easier. food makes it easier, too. anna knows his taste and always picks restaurants accordingly. if she thinks he should get out of his comfort zone more, she doesn't say so.
thirteenfic
bryn looks rather horrified. “they aren’t zoned for labor!”
“oh, do grow up.”
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"Knock, knock~"
Said Charlie as he came in with some food in to his boss office
"So what did you wanted me here for Me. Azul? Said Charlie handing him over the plate and leaving a bad that he carrying with him in the couch
"Oh well I just wanted to know you more Charlie, you know I care a about my employee" said Azul putting a hand on his chest with a welcoming smile
"Oh really? " said Charlie arching a eyebrow while putting some food on his mouth
"Well if I wasnt I would have lower your payment for some of the mistake you have made in the past I could have even put Floyd and Jade to tutor you" Said Azul looking directly at Charlie making him almost choke with the shrimp he was muching on
"A-and that's why I always tell the other that you are the best Mr.Azul!"
Its not that Charlie wasn't like by the twins
All the contrary they love him, specially since he would always offer to cover Floyds spot when he got his mood swings
The bad things is that Floyd was starting to get quite the habit of letting the clownfish merman his work
What worried him is that his companions had told him that Jade and Floyd could be a rought while teaching
Not only that but to not get so close to them since it seems that their family is involve in shady stuff
"Anyways Charlie I wanted to talk to you because you told me you are to this part of the sea, right?" ask Azul playing with the algae on his plate
"Oh yeah, why do you ask Mr. Azul?"
"Well im a businessman Charlie and I know just how hard and stressful it must be to start something from zero"
said Azul finally looking a piece of salad looking at it to then look at Charlie
"So I was thinking, poor Charlie most be having it hard with his independence and here im having him working extra time without a proper payment...so I thought of raising your salary but that would cause troubles between your other companions, you know they might get jelous, people never care about other situation an only think about themselves, so I thought that I could change you of position!" explain Azul taking a bite of his salad
"Really Mr. Azul!? Would you do that?" said Charlie, his expression soon beam
"Of course Charlie after all ive heard you have quite the voice, dont you?" said Azul interested
"Oh yeah my family is half mermaid half siren!" said Charlie excited
"Wonderful Charlie, wonderful! Before I could promote you to singer then I would like to hear your sining, ive heard that sirens have quite the enchanting voice even more so than mermaids"
"Yes Mr. Azul!"
But before Charlie could even sing the door open with a strong kick suprising both Azul and Charlie
"Floyd I have told you since I have memorie to not enter that way" *said Azul clearly annoy
Charlie turn back to see both twins surprise, he didn't expected to see them this night
After all they had both day and night free because of his...jokes
"Oh Floyd-san your face is a little bit dirty here" said Charlie pointing at lower lib where a red stain was
"Oh" said Floyd and luck the red líquid away "Aha thank you Nemo~"
Said Floyd with a smile while giving some headpat to the merman
"Where you two hunting?" ask Charlie because of the smell of blood
"Oh yeah Charlie-kun, we were just hunting something for our friend Azul"
Said the merman with the calm smile he always shows, Jade always a gentle man and always so misterious
"Yeh we catch the guppy that escape from us"
Jade then pull out a special bubble that contained inside a cute guppy fish
"Aww thats so cute"
Charlie look at the little fish which swim frantically from one side like trying to break free
"I didn't thought of you like the type to have pets Mr. Azul" said Charlie looking with curiosity at the fish "tho your fish seems to be acting kind of weird"
"It must be because of how much time it was expose to the salt water" said Azul attracting the bubble to him which only make the fish the more frantic "it must also have miss me terrible, look at him it looks so excited to be back where he belong"
"Well it sure looks energetic" said Charlie happly
"But Charlie im afraid will have to leave our meeting of today for another day, right now I wanna check on my guppy since I am oh so worried that he left for such a long time" said Azul with sadness even tho his eyes had an joyful glind
"Oh yeah sure Mr. Azul! " said Charlie happly "I'll see you tomorrow"
The clownfish merman took his bag and wave at the twins and wish them good night along with Azul
The twins give him a misschiveous smile while chuckling the door close
Leaving the strange atmosphere behind
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