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theofficialuriel · 2 months
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girls when Han Sooyoung sacrificed 63+ years of her life for kdj and yjh traveled the galaxies for hundreds of years for him but they can’t even get a text back
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ifreakforicecream · 9 months
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COD MODERN WAREFARE 3 Predictions
Disclaimer: I have never played the games I am just doing this for my own enjoyment (I don’t have 70$ lying around) I am going off of cutscenes, the wiki and other people’s head cannons. I kind of wanna see how this list plays out once the new missions come. (This barbie has to draft 30 sheets of site analysis for a presentation but is doing this instead) I will probably update this with coloured text as it goes
also, lmao mw3 getting revealed by monster energy drinks has the same energy as the previous installments being revealed by Dorito Chips or when hero movies get early reveals from toy/action figure patents.
Graves does come back but only as an operator for the multiplayer games. Conversely, He could be an illegal arms dealer but in hiding (think MacAfee before they found him). Shepherd has a higher chance of going in that direction in my books. Update: he comes back completely unscathed and going by the new trailer he's siding with Farah and Alex? oooo this gonna get messy (28/7/23).
Price, Laswell, or Gaz dies. Sort of a riff off from the originals I’m guessing the writers are trying to find some form of subversion but this is where it's at (oof)
Farah or Alex dies and neither of them finishes what they started. My money is on Farah tbf.
Gaz dying makes sense in the way that he started with wanting to do right by people when he first met and would probably die that way too. or this being a red herring price jumps in for him and dies and then takes his place which seals his fate as the MC of this installment.
Laswell goes out of the way of aiding a mission when she was expected/advised not to.
Laswell gets a protégé that will replace her in a much later installment. It has a shot at being Gaz man just collects good intel.
more female ops? I like to think COD writes them pretty damn well. (at this point my standards are must pass the Bechdel test. which is not a bad benchmark considering its flaws but not great either)(this is also where I found out the first installment of Twilight passes the Bechdel test. go figure)
Gaz replaces Laswell and Ghost takes Price’s place.
Price dies while killing Makarov. or we get him smoking a cigar as he is introed making it a full-circle moment once more.
Ghost trades bullets with shepherd but only shepherd dies. Many have said the reboot plays it safe so I am going off of that assumption here slightly but ik a lot of og gamers of the previous titles would find that satisfying.
In the wiki, it states that the shadow company is disavowed but that might change. I didn’t check the established title (Like if it was private or public) of such a company but there might be a line of succession here. for what they have in assets it seems too big to be disavowed.
we get a partial face reveal of the ghost. It could be something mundane as smoking or a teasing jump cut. it’s just like barely there.
everyone gets promoted: It happened after the mission in the ghost's origin story. It’s a hefty mission they just survived. I would be surprised if they didn’t. with shepherd gone this swings either way. or gets buried under the rug as it is a mission hidden from the public.
Roach gets in the picture. he also wins the IDGAF wars or is second to Price in that regard.
regional operators? They were all over the place in past titles and with las almas this seems the least farfetched. (hoping for some Indian or Nepalis operators woo)
someone from 141 or affiliated gets kidnapped or “killed” but it’s that “lucky death” situation that COD likes to pull like it did with Alex. This happens towards the end or at a start of a mission season.’
Shepherd is the actual villain and they kill off Makarov pretty quick as a subversion of the original title. Again moot, if you consider the potential monster energy leak his face is in red behind price.
price dies, Gaz finishes the job.
this is more of an anti-prediction: the price isn’t gonna be the main character but the most prominent. (also going by the monster leak) ghost was the last game’s MC I don’t think they were married to his POV all that much even though it played a huge role.
ghost dies, and Soap finishes the job. “you wanna be better than me Johnny” or Johnny dies saving Ghost in the final moment.
Makarov operates the no Russian mission remotely and he acts as a clean nationalistic politician, making him more dangerous and will cause international trouble when apprehending him. (a lot of opposing politicians or figures “fall out of windows” in the process.
The ghost team carries over to Russian soil.
141 gets bigger and possibly with pre-existing operators within the game.
shepherd gets murdered by a more evil boi/girl
ghost’s tattoo design has a canonical refresh/update. The grey fleece jacket comes back.
Soap recovers while Ghost hunts for Shepherd solo. (this happens right after the final mission or the bar scene)
Every now and then a COD title comes out with a new game mechanic or a way to play. In this installment, I am predicting laser sights for night missions.
Heavier lean on digital/informational warfare.
we don’t get much about ghosts. RalphsValve said there might be a spinoff personally I don’t this will ever happen but it’s a tossup considering the original investor report saying mobile makes 40% of revenue but the Microsoft acquisition may change things ( also wonder where product collaborations are at on that investor report probably not that sizable but still worth a look). Conversely, he’s ghostie has become a character favorite and the market landscape has changed drastically in the last 10-20 years and he already has source material. BTW I read that Origin comic That poor fucker can’t catch a break. Brother looked so red-eyed when he hit the tarmac when he met Soap.
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voiceless-terror · 3 years
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#21 and #46 for kiss prompts, maybe? I can't get enough your writing tbf
kiss on a dare- a little jonmartin season one fluff <3 All in all, this is one of Tim’s better Friday nights.
It’s been ages since Jon’s hung out with them, and never with Martin along for the ride. The Archives had been off to a messy start after the Dog Incident and Jon’s subsequent panic over the state of the place. What used to be an ‘every couple of weeks’ tradition turned into an almost-never one as the newly-assembled team got buried under more and more boxes of dusty statements. He’s pretty astounded that Jon agreed to dinner and drinks- although it’s a Friday night, Jon’s been apt to stay weekends more often than not. He figured if he arranged for it at one of theirs instead of a pub, Jon would be more likely to come. He always preferred less crowded settings.
No, the real feat was getting him to come knowing Martin was invited.
Jon’s been getting...better around him, that’s true. He was perfectly fine at his birthday party, going off about emulsifiers for a solid fifteen minutes. Tim’s always been rather fond of Jon’s infodumping, and if he’s comfortable enough to do it around Martin that must be a good sign. Despite an initial freeze-out, he now thanks Martin for his tea and saves his most pointed comments for Martin’s more egregious screw-ups (and even those have less bite than usual). Still, a colleague does not a friend make, and Jon’s never been good at opening up to people he doesn’t know all that well. However, Jon just nodded at the Martin caveat, seemingly not giving it a second thought. And Martin didn’t seem all that worried either.
Whatever, Tim’s not going to look a gift horse in the mouth. He’s just happy they’re all here, having a good time. It’s late and Jon’s had enough wine to keep a smile on his face. He missed that. It’s nice how easily they slot together, even with all of the upheaval and a new addition. Martin himself isn’t so shy after a drink or two, more willing to engage in banter and keep the conversation going. This is what it should be like all the time, Tim thinks. Shitty archive job or not. 
It’s when they retire to the living room, drinks in hand, that he finally notices the little grin on Sasha’s face. And Tim, knowing exactly what that means, is both a little afraid and excited. Four-drink-Sasha has always been a host unto herself.
“Why don’t,” she begins, a hiccup interrupting her as she slumps into an armchair. Tim snickers and ignores the glare this earns him. “Why don’t we play one of our old games-”
Tim raises a glass in agreement as Jon, predictably, groans. Martin looks quizzically between them. Ah yes, time for your initiation, Marto! Not that they’ve played this in about a year or so, of course, but it's always fun to revisit the good old days.
“Seriously? We’re not children-”
Tim gives Jon a playful slap on the back that sends him flying forward on the couch, spilling a bit of wine on Sasha’s rug. He hopes she doesn’t notice. “C’mon, it’ll be fun, boss! Nothing like it to break the ice, and there’s definitely some ice that needs breaking.”
Martin blinks, hand tightening on his glass. He looks nervous, like he always does when he doesn’t know exactly what’s going on. Which is a shame, because he’s been so nice and open all night. Even chatting with Jon. “Sorry, what are you talking about?”
Jon rolls his eyes, giving Martin a commiserating look. “Truth or dare.”
Martin lets out a disbelieving laugh, relaxing minutely. “Wait, really?”
“Yes, really.” Jon’s foot reaches out to shove at Tim’s leg. “Tim loves pulling ridiculous stunts-”
“-Hey, you loved the karaoke idea-”
“You sing?”
“No.” Tim would dispute that, but the look on Jon’s face declares it a bad idea. “And Sasha likes to ask probing questions.”
Sasha preens, though the remark was certainly not meant as a compliment. “What can I say, I’m the Queen of Truth-”
Tim snorts. “Hacking and blackmail more like-”
“Anyway-” Sasha sings out as Tim dodges a pillow to the face. “Tim….truth or-”
“Dare, always dare.”
“You’re absolutely no fun,” Sasha pouts, though it doesn’t take long for her eyes to narrow in thought. There’s very little Tim won’t do, but that’s a dangerous look. “I dare you...to text…”
“Text? You can do better than that, Sash.”
“Text...Elias.” That’s more like it. 
Jon immediately scowls. “Tim, no-”
“I don’t have his number-”
“I do-”
“Sasha!”
“Jon, it’ll be fine! He’ll just say ‘oops, wrong number’ afterwards, no harm, no foul-”
Tim takes this time to snatch at Sasha’s phone, sitting precariously on the arm of her chair. She doesn’t notice, too busy gesturing at Jon empathically. He scrolls through her contact list.
“And then it’ll come down on me-”
Sasha rolled her eyes. “How is he going to connect it to you? It’s not like he knows we’re all together-”
“Done!” Tim tosses the phone back onto the couch with a little grin. Sasha blinks, looking down in confusion.
“Wait, that’s mine-”
The screech and smack on the arm at Tim’s hastily fired off ‘u up? ;)’ to Elias Bouchard were definitely deserved. He’s sure he’ll face consequences for that in the near future, but Jon and Martin’s immediate laughter had been well worth it. Shouldn’t dish it if you can’t take it, that’s Tim’s motto.
In the next round, Tim manages to get Martin to confess to his poetry-writing habit, an admission that has him turning an attractive shade of red. Jon just giggles quietly to himself as Martin reads through one of his poorer attempts at rhyme saved to the notes of his mobile. Tim watches the two of them; Martin keeps looking up at Jon throughout it all like he’s the only one in the room and god, his crush is so evident and yet Jon is oblivious, smiling at him like he’s not on the receiving end of some of the most loaded glances of all time. 
Martin gets Sasha to admit to her most recent perusal through confidential institute records, which turned out to be previous archival expenses (solely to find out what Elias would cover with their new jobs, of course). At first glance, there wasn’t much in the way of extravagant meals or supplies, but a bit more digging had her finding Gertrude’s extensive travel budget. For an old woman, she certainly was a globe-trotter.
“All I’m saying, Jon, is that we could definitely do with a trip to China-”
“Yes, I’ll be sure to ask Elias about Gertrude’s trip to China, something I certainly shouldn’t know about, and he’ll have to let us go.”
“Refill?” Martin’s on his feet, taking Jon’s wine glass in his hand and Tim watches as their fingers brush- go Martin!- and yet Jon just nods his thanks, completely oblivious to the seduction taking place before him. Tim’s given it some thought and honestly, he thinks they’d make a cute couple. An odd pair, for sure, but Jon’s so soft once you get to know him, and Martin’s one of the funniest, sweetest guys he knows. They could be good for each other.
“Well, I still think it’s worth a try.” Sasha’s eyes are starting to blink heavily - she’ll be out for the count tonight, for sure. “Anyway, it’s your turn. I dare you-”
“I didn’t even pick!” Jon says, though he doesn’t seem too put out by it. This is the Jon Martin should know, the easy-humored, smiling man sprawled out before him. He’s even taken his little sweater vest and tie off, looking more like the familiar friend from research Tim knows so well. It warms his heart.
“Fine. Truth or dare?”
“Dare, I suppose. Seeing as how you already have one queued up.”
“I dare you to...to...to give a little kiss to someone in this room.” She waves her glass around imperiously. “Anyone you like.”
Silence. Tim gives Sasha a warning look that she ignores. She’s well in her cups, and he supposes any sense of propriety has gone out the window along with her sobriety. He’s actually seen Jon give quite a few kisses on a particularly memorable New Years Eve, but that was a different time. He doesn’t want him to feel pressured, not when he’s just starting to open back up.
 “Jon doesn’t have to if he doesn’t want to-”
Sasha rolled her eyes. “Oh come on, you remember-”
“It doesn’t matter- Jon, you can skip this one if you like, we can think of something else-”
“Tim, it’s alright.” Jon puts a hand on his arm to stop the argument, and there’s a strange look in his eyes that can’t be attributed to liquor. It’s mock-serious, almost playful paired with his little sly smile. He thinks for a moment that Jon’s going to lean in and kiss him but instead he gets up from the sofa in a smooth motion and walks across the room to Martin, who’s just turned around with two glasses in hand. He freezes in place as Jon gets on his very tippy toes, takes his face in both hands, and kisses him. 
Jonathan Sims. Kissing Martin Blackwood. Against a kitchen counter. Martin Blackwood, who, once he’s over his surprise, puts the drinks down behind him and kisses right the hell back, arms winding around Jon’s waist like they belong there.
What. The. Fuck.
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“The leg bit was a nice touch.”
“Hmm?” Jon’s in Martin’s lap, sprawled out on his couch back at his own flat, eyes closed in contentment as he leans back against the other man’s chest. Martin’s got one hand in his hair, and the other entwined with Jon’s, twirling the black ring on his finger. It’s heavenly.
“Thought you were trying to climb me.”
“Well, you usually pick me up at that point, make it easier.”
“Sorry, next time.” Kissing Jon’s always fun but kissing him out in the open, in front of their friends? Was that something they could do now? “Should we tell them we’ve been dating for two months?” 
Two whole months since that night in Document Storage when Jon had finally let his guard down. When Martin had held him in his arms. Jon was very particular about keeping up appearances, though that all seemed to have crumbled tonight. Sasha rather fashioned herself a matchmaker, and Jon didn’t do anything to dissuade the fact. It’d been nice, having their relationship to themselves, the secret of it, the obliviousness of their friends who still thought Jon only tolerated him. It’s not that he wanted to keep it that way, of course, but it was nice while they were still figuring it out. 
“If you’d like. Maybe it’s time.” Jon tilts his head back, giving Martin a fond look. “Though I know how much you enjoy playing the lovesick fool-”
“There’s something so poetic about unrequited love, yknow?”
“All the more when it’s requited, I’d say.” Martin couldn’t argue with that. He leans down to give Jon’s forehead a peck. 
“Hmm. Give it a few more weeks. Act out the honeymoon phase for a bit, it’ll be fun.”
And when Jon squeezes his hand and smiles back, Martin thinks he won’t need to do much acting at all.
ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/31318724
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sevendeadlymorons · 3 years
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So I saw that requests were open and I wanted to ask if you could please write some headcanons about either the brothers or (un)datables cat sitting? You don't have to do this if you already have a bunch of requests btw.
I love cats so how can I not 😌
Brothers Catsitting
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Lucifer
Genuinely the worst at this
He is not keen on cats because they’re just destructive shits
When you first handed him that cat, he had high hopes honestly, but as soon as it jumped on his shelf and started to knock shit over, those hopes were officially shattered
Couldn’t understand why cats had to be such assholes. It had no respect for anything in his room and he so desperately wanted to kick it out but he promised you he’d look after it
It was constantly at his feet looking for more food and jumped on his desk to drink his tea
He was so delighted when you came to pick it up. He never wants to do that again
Mammon
He sorta liked it actually and it was yours so what’s not to love
It was goin alright at first honestly. He played with it a bit, gave it some food and even let it sleep on his lap while he watched a movie
But little did he know that this cat was destructive. It was knockin down all his shit like it was no ones business
He almost threw it out his room, frankly, but it’s your cat. He can’t do that to your cat
So he tried to pet it to calm it down, which honestly worked. Perhaps it was bored?
Took a swing at his hand after deciding it had enough of his affection so he just texted you to come pick up your cat. He now has a grudge against it
Leviathan
Why were you giving it him??
Genuinely so confused when you dropped off this tiny little cat into his room, watching it as it walked around his room, exploring
Sorta wary of it at first but tbf, it was chill. It sat on his lap and fell asleep while he gamed and he fed it some food when it started meowing down his ear
He enjoyed listening to it purr when he ran his hand down it’s back and scratched its butt. Later found out they actually didn’t like their butts being scratched...
He panicked and yelled at it a few times when it went to knock down all his figurines but other than that, it was a very calm and polite cat
Kinda disappointed when you came to pick it up a few hours later
Satan
He was thrilled. Overjoyed. Ecstatic, when you gave him this small bundle of fluff to take care of for the day
He made sure this cat was living in luxury and never took his eyes off it
Constantly had a piece of string or cat toy in his hand to play with it and you’re pretty sure it had one too many treats
He pretty much didn’t even let it get a chance to cause any trouble since he never let it off his lap and never once left his hand from it’s fur
Took so many picture with it and sent at least 10 to every group chat he’s in, sending you constant repetitive reminders every 5 seconds of how the cats doin
He could’ve cried when you came to pick it up and actually asked if he could see it regularly
Asmodeus
Very nearly said no to cat sitting, but how could he say no to your face
He didn’t know how to look after cats and he sure didn’t want to get covered in cat hairs so kept his distance
Did find it very cute though and even put a little bow in its fur at one point, until it got pissed off and swung at him
He asked Satan for some cat toys after it was clearly looking for attention 10 minutes in and honestly, he enjoyed it. The cat wasn’t so bad. He even took a few hundred photos with it
Gave it a brush and listened to it purr, scratching behinds its ears and cooing over it like a baby
Kinda adamant about handing it back over because he sorta got attached to it. So instead asks for photos every single day
Beelzebub
This will not end well, but sure, he’ll look after your cat
He doesn’t really know what cats do. He’s a dog person after all. But after a while, the cats actually not too bad
It seemed to constantly want food though, stepping up onto Beel’s chest to try and snag his snack and sticking its head into old take away bags
Ends up sharing all his food with it for the day. He wasn’t exactly sure if cats could eat it, but it looked like it enjoyed it, so...
Rubbed its belly, completing ignoring the fact his hand was getting completely annihilated in the process
Very sad when you took the cat back but ey, more food for him
Belphegor
He’s not bothered. It sounds like a hassle that he isn’t up for, but he gets left with it either way
Stares at it from on the bed as it stares back up at him on the floor. There was no way this cat won’t cause him trouble
He also really wants to take a nap but he also doesn’t want to leave this nightmare of a cat alone
Actually sorta surprised when the cat jumps up on the bed and curls up next to him, falling straight to sleep. This was his type of cat. Who knew it would be so easy
Falls asleep with it cuddled up next to him and that’s literally it. That how he catsits. The cat doesn’t move and neither does he
You come to pick up your cat a few hours later and find them both fast asleep, the cat pressed snuggly into Belphie’s neck
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nochiquinn · 3 years
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campaign 2 episode 140: I don’t even have a title for this, how do you title this
listen I'm lowkey theorizing that they get tpk'd and that's why this ending feels so abrupt; I think they only film one week ahead so I don't know how realistic that is
(note that I am not HOPING they get tpk'd, I'm merely noting the possibility)
critrole closet where do I obtain taliesin's shirt
ashley johnson ma'am stop I'm already gay
SHOW US THE MINI MATT
I take it back put the mini away
mala: remember when this guy had like egg on his dick
bf:I'm hearing matt doing that description and I'm just picturing him putting on costume pieces as he does
(mala: taking out the dm is a valid strategy)
summon WHAT NOW
oh he can cast meteor, that's fine
look at liam, he knows EXACTLY what he's about to get hit with
I HATE IT
MATT I HATE IT
leave essek ALONE
JESTER VS BIG SCARY MONSTER REDO
success!!
lkfgslk travis
LEAVE ESSEK ALONE
shared HP pool!!
I was joking aout the tpk, matt
oh god bless
I zoned out until caleb successfully made lucien throw a tantrum
(I know this is Big Important Combat but it is still combat and therefore I have no attention span)
I really appreciate how fair they are about reminding each other about shit that affects them negatively. tbf the internet would scream it at them after but I still appreciate it
these eyeballs is fuckin
matt: fury is mounting in lucien me, distracted: a furry is mounting lucien, got it
we get it you played kingdom hearts 2
"he threw another moon at me" is THAT what the fjord moon theory was
"EVERYBODY everybody?" homestar runner never leaves you
make those eyes work for you
fruit salad new ship name
wait did he say "they need you" or "I need you" bc either way I went momentarily slightly feral. I don't even ship it that hard (OR SO I THOUGHT)
"I press my forehead to his" nope there I go
I WAS F U C K I N G JOKING
who made the post earlier about there not being a true rez ritual this campaign, I blame them
the entirety of top table is killing me. travis and liam with the most intense faces and laura sitting in the middle just crying.
also liam and sam texting, what are you plotting
someone get ashley some tissues. brian I know you're offscreen, get ashley some tissues
hey artagan you wanna fuckin shOW UP NOW
THAT broke through, we love when the dice cooperate with the narrative
man jester and arty are gonna have a come to jesus meeting after this
MATTHEW
OKAY but that was a really cool thought
and he didn't say it WOULDN'T have worked
PUNCH U WITH UR PAST
how the FUCK
"THE COMPANY DESERVES TO SEE THIS"
LONG MAY HE REIGN
"was saving it for something" was it Wish
oh I hate how that sounds
oh thank god
my head hurts
okay I have to go boop the child nobody FUCKING DIE
I stood up and got actively dizzy, this episode is gonna kill me
they didn't give a "this episode is five fucking hours long" warning so I assume it'll end soonish but how or why I do not know
Please Save My Boy
Please Save My Boy(s)
MY GIRL
JESTER VS BIG SCARY MONSTER RECORD RESTORED
I am ashley
a BREAK? a fucking BREAK? IT IS ONE THIRTY AY EM
I figured that was the explaination, was the somnovum blocking artagan, but also
"insight check" fuck you don't make me laugh right now
don't think about how this is the second time they've seen molly's body dead on the ground
someone smack a healing into caleb please
yeah is it like a big flesh cocoon or a naga situation
ughhh if they rez him they risk it being lucien again and not molly
wizard HEAL THYSELF
if they res molly tonight I'm gonna puke
like just out of stress. that is the only recourse left to me.
YEAH
if liam cries I cry
the city knows what jester is capable of and gave up the bag bc It Knows Better
I actually don't know if I want this to work, I'm torn
it is a crime that they cannot irl hold hands right now
if he asks taliesin if molly wants to come back I will actually puke
what's the dc for this? isn't it like a 10 for the first death? does this count as his first death?????
hello 911 laura bailey is murdering me with acting
jester lavorre vs death
matt trying to finagle it in their favor
"you are frustrating and we miss you"
essek :(
fjord :(
although nobody knows it and no one knows our names, that doesn't make it cheaper it was worth it just the same
you know what, this I can accept. caduceus who saw fjord go down on the ship and just said "no". caduceus who stared down his friend's abuser and told him to go fuck himself (respectfully). caduceus who saw something extremely unfair and said "I'm fixing it". if this is what does it, I can accept this.
he's a BABY
he had fucking archetypes in his head for each of them and that's all he remembers
make taliesin talk to himself
I've been drinking ice water and that was A Mistake, I'm shivering terribly AND I have to pee
yesss
taliesin, res thyself
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rovinky · 3 years
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thank you @sleepy-skittles i definitely needed this after yesterday's awfulness
I wasn't sure what to write for this at first but I think I finally figured it out - this is longer than I thought it would be oops, maybe I should put it on ao3 idk
Rovinsky + “this isn’t our actual first kiss but it is our first important kiss”
The first time he ever kissed Kavinsky it had been after a race.
Gansey hadn't wanted him to go but he'd been feeling an itch burn beneath his skin. He'd needed to crawl out of Monmouth and away from morality for the nighty came for him a second time, Ronan shoved him again, and again, and again, until his fingers curled in Kavinsky's tanktop and he dragged him in for a kiss. The taste of cigarette smoke and bitter alcohol swathed over his tongue and the smell still makes him a bit woozy even now.
After the first kiss, they'd parted and didn't speak of it again.
The second time he kissed Kavinsky had been during a substance party.
Gansey hadn't wanted him to go but he'd been feeling an itch burn beneath his skin. He'd needed to crawl out of Monmouth and away from morality for the night. He'd arrived at Kavinsky's party where he'd been asked to produce a substance.
"Here's your fucking substance, asshole," Ronan growled before laying a wet kiss on Kavinsky's mouth before he could protest.
He can still remember how the boys' jeered all around them. How Kavinsky's body stiffened and then relaxed in his arms. His own flushed reflection staring back at him in Kavinsky's mirrored shades when they parted.
For a second time, they parted and didn't bring it up again.
The third time he kissed Kavinsky had been in a dream.
They met in his dream space, standing together in the woods. Kavinsky had grinned at him, wild and boyish. His shades were gone and for once, Ronan couldn't tell if Kavinsky was inebriated. All he knew was he'd laughed and said, his voice teetering into derisive, "You want to kiss me so bad."
The worst part was Kavinsky was right. He rolled his eyes and pulled him in for a kiss, wrapping his arms around Kavinsky's slim waist. He felt Kavinsky press something into his hand and when Ronan woke and could move again, he'd shifted his gaze to his palm to see what it held.
A small little orb hovered over his palm. Inside, Ronan could see galaxies swirl. Their own little secret.
The fourth time he kissed Kavinsky had been much later. After high school, after Adam graduated from Harvard, and when they both moved to Boston to chase Adam's career. He hadn't expected to see Kavinsky ever again after a falling out their senior year of high school. He never expected Joseph Kavinsky to become a part of his life again.
Boston wasn't exactly where he thought he would be calling home either but Adam had found a job in the city and Declan had moved in with his artist girlfriend Jordan in the same area. Despite his claims of hating Declan, Ronan could never quite shake his need to be around family.
So, Ronan made a life here.
At times, he would travel around to the country to escape the city's oppressive atmosphere, working on farms and volunteering his time at animal sanctuaries. He made friends with a girl named Hennessy on accident while Adam was at work. They hit it off when she hopped into his car and told him to drive, drive, drive.
Afterward, they ended up in the apartment he shared with Adam and she laughed hysterically when she found out his name. "Ronan Lynch?" she'd cackled. "Your Declan's brother."
They'd bonded even further when they both found out they were dreamers.
A night of dreaming left them both buzzing and wanting, feeling drunk without having to drink, they winded up in a tattoo shop. Proclaiming they would get matching tattoos, even if Ronan had no intention of letting anything on his body match someone else. Hennessy was taken off to one room and Ronan to another where he'd come face to face with a boy - now a man - he hadn't seen in six years.
Joseph Kavinsky gave him his second tattoo.
Joseph Kavinsky also gave him his third tattoo and fourth tattoo. Ronan kept returning for more ink and Kavinsky's talented hands.
"You want to kiss him again, don't you?" Adam had asked one night after Ronan spent hours talking about Kavinsky's shop.
Maybe he did but he quickly denied it. Adam only smiled at him; the kind of smile which left him feeling stripped despite being fully dressed.
"It's okay if you do," Adam whispered. "I'm secure in us."
Ronan returned for a sixth tattoo and they were at the shop until past closing. Kavinsky locked up once they were done and Ronan stole the fourth kiss. He pressed him against the BMW and kissed fast.
"What are you doing?" Kavinsky had asked.
He didn't know. They parted again for the fourth time but unlike the other times, this last one haunted him. It followed him around and entered his dreams.
Hennessy told him to just fuck Kavinsky and get it over with. Adam told him to ask Kavinsky on a date and get it over with. Gansey told him he really needed to focus on himself and get over it.
Ronan could not get over it.
Which is how he ended up standing out of Kavinsky's shop, staring at the Open sign, and trying to talk himself into walking in. It's been two weeks since their fourth kiss - not that he's been counting.
He takes a step closer to the shop and then backs off, before pacing back and forth in front of it, until the sound of the door opening makes him freeze and spin around. Kavinsky stands there, his head tilted to the side, looking ridiculously kissable in the afternoon sun.
"Lynch? What the hell are you doing?"
Ronan stammers, wishing he could formulate words but they're failing. He knows two languages and can't even formulate one sentence.
Kavinsky raises an eyebrow. "Is it your tattoo?"
"No," he finally manages. "No- the tattoo is great." He rubs the back of his neck, looking down at his scuffed combat boots. "K..."
"Yes?"
He wants to ask Kavinsky out but he has no idea how to do it. Of course, Adam had been the one to kiss him. Then, they'd just started being boyfriends; there had never been an 'asking out' process. Everything had just happened.
"Look, I have clients coming..." Kavinsky starts but Ronan steps in and kisses him again to shut him up.
There's a moment where Kavinsky stands there, stunned, not kissing him back but then they both relax into it and Kavinsy releases the door so they can step into each other's space. They kiss hungrily until they're both breathless and pulling away for air.
"Shit," Kavinsky gasps. He reaches up to touch his lips, his cheeks turning a faint shade of pink.
Ronan reaches into his pocket and pulls out a matching miniature galaxy sphere and places it in Kavinsky's palm. "Text me."
Their parting less like shrapnel now and more like waves longing for the return to the shore.
A text comes later in the evening and Ronan practically dives for his phone which if Adam had been home, he'd be fairly embarrassed.
-> so about that kiss
Ronan's heart flutters as he types back, glad Kavinsky stole his number from his paperwork. Of course, he's never changed his number, maybe Kavinsky still had it from Before.
<- yea?
-> are you sure you want to do this? are you sure you want to get to know me? pretty sure you hated my guts at the end of hs
<- i did but tbf you were a piece of shit
-> thanks
<- so was i
-> we both were
<- i suck at apologies man so idk if you're wanting one or what
-> i'll take another kiss instead
<- when?
-> whenever you want to give it to me
Ronan chews his bottom lip and sends Kavinsky a final text, asking him to come over. He sends over his address and mentally makes a note to tell Kavinsky everything.
About Adam. About their life here. About their agreement. They can make it work.
The sixth time, arguably the first important time happens six months later. Sunday, the shop is closed, and they're standing in The Insitute of Contemporary Art, staring at artworks by an artist Hennessy is currently obsessing over. The rain outside is partially what drove them indoors to start with but Ronan supposes it kills two birds with one stone.
"I don't get it," Kavinsky says while he tilts his head back and forth.
"I don't think you're supposed to." Ronan turns away from the art so he can look at Kavinsky instead. He studies Kavinsky's profile, his sharp nose, and soft lips. The way his brow creases together while he looks at the painting.
"Pretty sure it's supposed to be about something important- Ronan-." Kavinsky gasps when Ronan turns him to face him. "You almost knocked me on my ass."
"You're fine," Ronan replies. He presses his forehead lightly to Kavinsky's, squeezing his hand where he holds Kavinsky's smaller one in his own. "I'm gonna say something and you're going to think I'm insane."
Kavinsky rolls his eyes. "Are you going to say you like this painting because it's fucking ugly."
"I love you."
Kavinsky blinks, clearly looking like he needs to reboot. "Excuse me?"
"I know it sounds insane but I do, I love you." Ronan blushes, wishing he hadn't spoken at all. Telling Adam he loved him had happened quickly and with ease because he knew it to be true. Now, he's standing at the precipice of loving someone else, someone he'd never expected to love but he does all the same.
"You don't have to say it back," he adds quickly. "I don't expect you to... I just wanted you to kno-." Ronan cuts off because Kavinsky is kissing him. They kiss in front of a Jeff Koons which he's sure Declan would shudder at and he knows Hennessy will laugh at. They kiss until Ronan feels dizzy and when they part, he almost has to sit down.
"Fuck," Ronan whispers.
Kavinsky's face is flushed and he clears his throat, slowly turning to look at the painting again but Ronan feels him squeeze his hand subtly. "So, what do you think this means again?"
Ronan smirks and squeezes back. "I think it fucking sucks but let's go ask Parrish."
Hearing Kavinsky laugh is enough to make everything worth it.
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soultronica · 3 years
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So i wrote a ficlet about my kidlaw-got-married-and-divorced-young AU. As said in the notes i do like to headcanon that they get back together in this verse, but much much later, when they’re well in their forties. Partly because i love getting back together stories, partly because i like the idea of amicable divorce to the point that you can stay in each other’s orbit for that long, partly because I like the idea of growing into each other’s perfect person after some time, as the result of a life lived. 
Anyway no way i could condense /that/ into a ficlet so here are headcanons about 45yo!kidlaw (getting back together after having been very briefly married in their twenties)
> 45yo!kid is a leather dad but tbf he’s always dressed that way
> 45yo!law is also a leather dad but he aged into it and refuses to admit he might’ve been influenced by kid’s style
> kid’s the type of guy who’d normally have a beard, unfortunately he still can’t grow one
> neither has ever had difficulty getting laid but law was considered the hot one when they were younger whereas kid is particularly popular now, especially with younger gays 
> law knows this and is very petty about it
> (kid once dated guy who was like, 26yo, for a couple months and law still talks about that time he was “dating jailbait”. also he sarcastically calls kid “daddy” when he’s being a bitch)
> in general, kid has the ability to stay on good terms with the majority of his exes unless it’s a rly bad breakup (perks of burning through your feelings fast)
> he even has an ex-step kid who still has his phone number and to whom he sends happy bday texts and the like, nothing weird
> law on the other hand is full no-contact with all his exes, and there’s nothing wrong with that, but he still feels envious of kid for having that ability?
> either way they’re both each other’s The Ex. the whole combination of being each other’s first serious relationship / their only marriage / still seeing each other regularly because of their friends. they just kinda see each other as occupying that important niche in their lives
> this said they’re not close friends? they manage to get back to liking each other quickly enough (see ficlet), and stay friends after that, and they see each other like once a month at functions, but they never do stuff just the two of them
> kid is pretty tight with baby tho (law’s sister, in every modern au she’s law’s sister ok) because idk the weapons/machinery stuff they have in common idk how that works out practically irl. they repair motorbikes or something
> and of course luffy and the strawhats kind of glue everyone together into a big chaotic family
> and also i lied about them never doing anything just the two of them because they’ve fucked again a few times. like not a lot, but. fucking your ex is a thing and when you’re both available and wound up at the same party, why not
> and i guess that’s kind of how the reconnecting starts?
> like at first it’s definitely sex-with-the-ex sex, like it happens once every 5 years and it’s nice but at the end it’s “yeah thank god we’re not together anymore, a couple hours with this guy is definitely my limit”
> once they hit 40 tho, they kinda reach a new phase where they like-like each other. like they genuinely start enjoying each other’s company again to the point of wanting to seek it out apart from other people
> it’s kinda hard to articulate why now and not then tbh like obviously the first time they married each other too early before they could be sure they liked each other enough to sustain long term. but they were in love and surrounded by friends and they felt like they’d found their family-for-life and making such an obviously dumb choice felt kinda radical to both of them? and then they started annoying each other 75% of the time way too early ofc. but when they’re older they’re also more settled, more chill, with similar interests, and a lowkey whatever attitude on life on both sides that finally makes them fit together without the friction
> (stuff they now have in common includes both being in the local concert scene, yknow the gigs where the crowd is 80% dads, also now that they both have kids in their circles they find they're both pretty uncle-y. and also kid reads now lol)
> anyway when they reach a point where they’ve seen each other for the third time that week and spent the entire night talking, and two of those times was initiated by them without the excuse of going home together after a thing they were both at, they go yknow what let’s give it a go because now they’re not idiots anymore 
> only killer knows for the first couple months. baby would’ve been told if she could be trusted lol
> they’re not exclusive. they weren’t the first time and it didn’t work for them (when they reached the point where they saw other people more than each other bc they didn’t enjoy each other’s company that much anymore after the nnth fight was when it was p clear divorce was on the table) but this time it works as intended. also they find out they like swinging
> they don’t move in with each other either. spend a lot of time at each other’s places but they can afford + like having their own
> after a year or so of low intensity dating and being happy with it they start showing up at functions together
> everyone’s like you know what? this is a good development i dig it. kind of like when they managed to become friends again the first time and everyone was pretty relieved
> both kid and law are happy
> also in love eventually
> presumably 5ever
> they are never EVER ever getting married again
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blackhakumen · 3 years
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Mini Fanfic #771: Burgers Date Night (Super Smash Bros Ultimate)
7:34 p.m. at Big Bang Burgers.......
Kyoko: (Giggles Softly While Sitting Next to Her Girlfriend and Boyfriend Together on a One Sided Table) I still can't believe you actually wore a tuxedo on our date night, Pitto-Kins~
Misako: (Starts Snickering) Yeah. (Playfully Pulls Dark Pit's Cheek Next to Her) Were you planning on wooing us for the rest of the night, babe?~
Dark Pit: (Scoffs While Rolling his Eyes) You wish. I'm only wearing this cause mom told me that I should look presentable in these type of occasions....
Kyoko: Was it your goddess mom that told you that or your witch mom?
Dark Pit: Both of them.....But speaking of which, why exactly didn't you guys wanna go to your school prom tonight? Not that I mind spending the night here eating out or anything, but isn't attending prom suppose to be more important or something?
Misako: (Simply Shrugs) Nah. We just never really been interested in going to that kind of stuff.
Kyoko: Yeah. (Slumps Her Head Down on the Table) It also doesn't help the fact that stupid Hasebe and Mami are attending there too. One of them probably already won Prom Queen as we speak....
Misako: (Starts Rolling her Eyes in Annoyance) Or both of them at the same time.....
Dark Pit: You really don't like those girls, do you?
Misako: Not in a million years. They've been a pain in our asses since kindergarten.
Kyoko: Always thinking they're so much better than us in every way.....
Dark Pit: ('Tch') Please. There's no way those stuck up twerps are better than either of you girls.
Misako: Tell that everyone else in our classes.....
Dark Pit: Well, your classmates obviously have piss-poor taste. You guys are a lot more amazing than anyone gives you credit for. Or at least....(Starts Blushing a Little) I....think you're both amazing.....
Kyoko: (Heart Begins to Melt in Pure Happiness as She Hugs Dark Pit on her Side) Your such a sweetheart, Pitto-Kins~
Misako: (Hugs Dark Pit and Kyoko on Her Side) Yeah. Not to mention a handsome cutie too~ (Gives Dark Pit a Kiss on the Cheek)
Dark Pit: (Blush Turns Brightly Red as He Starts Bashfully Looking Away) W-Whatever.... Can we just order something already?
Kyoko: Ooh! (Excitedly Points at a Picture of a Giant Looking Burger on Front of Her Menu) We can totally do the Big Bang Burger challenge together!
Misako: (Raised an Eyebrow in a Bit of Confusion) "The Big Bang..." what now?
Kyoko: The Big Bang Burger challenge! It's this really cool challenge everyone been talking about in school. We'll be King and and Queens in this establishment if we can beat!
Misako: King and queens, huh? (Turns to Dark Pit) What do you say, DP? Wanna give this challenge a go?
Dark Pit: (Simply Shrugs) Eh. I'm down. Might not gonna be that much of a challenge any-
Few Minutes Later......
The trio widened their eyes in horror at how big and wide the Big Bang Burger in front of them, really is.
Strength..... Courage.....Wit..... Endurance.....All these skills and more are cruial to completing THE BIG BANG BURGER CHALLENGE!!!
Kyoko: I-I-Is this really that big of a burger?.....
Waiter: (Smiles Brightly) Yep! Biggest one we've made so far. We here at Big Bang Burgers would like to wish you lovely couple the best of luck. (Walks Away) You are gonna need it....
'Door Close'
Misako: ...................This is a mistake.
Dark Pit: I'd say we get the hell up out of here before anyone noticed.
Misako: Agreed. (Was About to Leave Out of Her Table With Dark Pit Until....)
Kyoko: (Stops her Girlfriend and Boyfriend While Pouting at Them) Guys!! We can't leave here yet! We have to do the challenge!
Dark Pit: (Turns Back to Kyoko) Kyoko, have you SEEN how big this fucking shit is!?
Misako: There's no way we can finish that!
Kyoko: ('Sigh') Look, I know this burger is big, scary, and could probably give us a menacing looking glare if it has eyes, but if we're able to beat mean girls, jocks, and thugs into submission, then I'm sure we can handle a measly big burger, am I right?
Misako: (Takes her Girlfriend Words into Consideration Before Sighing in Defeat) Our adorably dense girlfriend is right?
Kyoko: Hey!!!
Misako: (Turns to Dark Pit While Ignoring Kyoko Altogether) We can't back out of this challenge now. Not without fight.
Dark Pit: ('Sighs in Defeat') Damnit, you're right. (Turns Back Towards the Burger Along With his Girlfriends) on the count of four: we eat this motherfucker like hell. In a one....in a two....in a one, two three, four-
Twenty Minutes Later.....
Dark Pit/Kyoko/Misako: (Groans Miserably and Slumped Their Heads Down onto the Table While Being Completely Full in the Process) 'Ughhhhhhhhh'
Kyoko: My tummy can't take anymore.....
Misako: Tell me about it.....I don't wanna see another damn burger for as long as I live......
Dark Pit: (Turns Back to the Waiter Standing in Front of their Table) Please tell that we were AT LEAST this close of the beating the challenge......
Waiter: Can't say that you have I'm afraid. (Smiles Brightly) But you're efforts this evening was spot on to say the at least.
Misako: (Starts Rolling her Eyes Again) Spare me the enlightenment crap already....
Kyoko: (Rest her Head onto One Side of Dark Pit's Shoulder) So....full......
Dark Pit: (Gently Rubs Kyoko's Head) Who would be this crazy enough to finish a challenge like that.
Waiter: Well, if you must know....(Shows the Trio a Taken Photo of the BBB Challenge's Hall of Fame on his Tablet)
Kyoko: (Amazed by the Picture in Question) Woah.......
Misako: Hey, wait. (Points at the Frame Up Top of a Very Familiar Face) DP, is that your older brother at the top.
Dark Pit: (Takes a Look at What Misako is Pointing at Before Groaning in Annoyance) ('Ugh') Should've fucking known.....
.........................................................
Dark Pit: Hey.
Ren: Hey there, champ. How your little date goin' along?
Dark Pit: Exhausting. We tried that stupid Big Bang Burger Challenge and failed miserably.
Ren: Lol really?
Dark Pit: Yeah. REALLY!
Dark Pit: Pain.jpg
Ren: Wow. You guys looked pitiful lol.
Dark Pit: No shit Sherlock.
Dark Pit: Word has it that you were known as the King of the place.....
Dark Pit: Is that true?
Ren: I...... don't know what you're talking about I'm afraid.
Dark Pit: The Champion.jpg
Ren: That obviously could've been someone else in that frame.
Dark Pit: You're really gonna start lying to me right now, Joker boy?
Dark Pit: I thought your Queen specifically told you not to take the challenge anymore....
Ren: She did!
Ren: I just...Think that could've been anyone in that picture, ya know?
Dark Pit: I'm five seconds away from texting her right now, man.
Ren: Okay! Okay! Fine! You win! I did take that challenge last year! Back when Banjo and I went to their grand opening
Ren: I wanted to impressed him. So I.... decided to take on the challenge.
Ren: Still surprised I completed it TBF....
Dark Pit: Interesting.....
Ren: Please don't tell Makoto about this.
Ren: Graduation is coming in a couple of days. And the last thing I want for her right now to be worried about my health.
Dark Pit: That depends really....
Dark Pit: It'll cost ya.
Ren: Fiiiine..... I'll give you ten bucks.
Dark Pit: Give me Twenty and you got yourself a deal.
Ren: Don'tcha think you're pushing it there, Pitto-Kins?
Dark Pit: Oh look. Makoto's name is already showing up on my contact list
Ren: Alright! Alright! Twenty dollars! Take it or leave it!
Dark Pit: You got yourself a deal, Joker boy.
.....................................................
Eventually Outside of the Burger Joint............
Dark Pit: (Walking Next to his Two Girlfriends on the Sidewalk) Sorry this date isn't as glamorous as some prom night...
Kyoko: Are you kidding? (Happily Rest her Head on One Side of DP's Shoulder While Hugging one of his Arms) This was the best date night ever~
Misako: (Rest her Head on the Other Side of DP's Shoulder While Hugging his Other Arm) I agree. We rather spend the whole night with our sweetheart of an angel than attend some dumb-
'Limousine Horm'
Without warning, a white luxurious limousine suddenly coming next to the sidewalk with none other than Hasebe & Mami standing on the sunroof with smug looks on each of their faces.
Hasebe: Well, what do we have here? A bunch of peasants walking alone on the sidewalk.
Mami: Like, guess who won Prom Queen this year?~
Misako: (Starts Rolling her Eyes in Annoyance) Both of you?
Hasebe/Mami: Both of us!~
Kyoko: Go figure.....
Mami: Like, who would've thought being ridiculously popular and obviously better than you two losers could give us both the title?~
Hasebe: I know, right?~ What a crazy world!~ By the by....(Points at Dark Pit) Who's the angel freak in the middle?
Dark Pit: (Eyes Widened in Anger) The fuck did you just called m-
Misako: (Gently Squeezes Dark Pit's Arn to Calm Him Down) His name is Dark Pit. (Smiles Softly at the Angel) Our boyfriend.
Kyoko: (Happily Snuggles her Head Onto her Side of Dark Pit's Shoulder) Whom we love very much~ (Gives DP a Kiss on the Cheek)
Dark Pit: (Smiles a Little While Blushing)
Hasebe: ('Ugh') Of course you two would date s weirdo like him.
Dark Pit: Takes one to know one, bitches. (Gives the Middle Finger at the Duo)
Misako: ('Heh') Yeah. (Gives Hasebe and Mami The Middle Finger as Well) Up yours, assholes.
Kyoko: (Giggles Softly at What is Going On Right Now)
Mami: ('Ugh') Whatever. We were like, leaving anyways.
Hasebe: Takes us away, Limo Driver!
And with that, the limousine begins to drive off. Leaving the couple behind.
Dark Pit: ('Sigh') I think I'm starting to see why you guys hate them so much....
Misako: Told ya they're bitches. (Turns to Dark Pit) You okay, babe?
Dark Pit: Yeah. I'm already over it. (Turns to Misako and Kyoko With a Small Smile) Mostly cause I got you two with me. Thanks.
Misako: (Smiles Back at DP) Oh please. You don't need to thank us for that.
Kyoko: (Smiles Brightly) Yeah, Pitto-Kins. We got your back no matter what!~
Dark Pit: Yeah. I know. You guys wanna spend the rest of the night back at my place?
Misako: Lead the way, handsome~ (Starts Walking Back to the Living with Her Boyfriend and Girlfriend With Her)
Kyoko: (Want Back to Resting her Head on Dark Pit's Shoulder While Walking) Can you give us lot of cuddles once we get there?~
Misako: Yeah. I second that request~
Dark Pit: Anything you desire, your highnesses~
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zirkkun · 3 years
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Yo you have every right to be upset about things! You're still a person with your own feelings and deserve to be treated kindly. No one should come at you for making things you enjoy or for misunderstandings. I hope things get better for you even if I wasn't here for when all the drama happened (or maybe I was and just wasn't aware of it? I tend to avoid drama as much as possible tbh)
I didn't really post about it much. I think I answered about 4 asks about it (three of them in the same post because i was sure it was the same anon due to the similar string of seemingly continued messages) and the rest I just deleted as soon as they came in, but I got... A lot. A lot of mean things said too. Kinda hurts when you wanted to make something because you knew this work was highly criticized and wanted to let people give it a second chance only to be shot down by the people you were hoping to defend lol
In short, and a lot of it I missed because I was blocked by a lot of people so my friend sent me screencaps; someone took I believe only the old ask box post I had for ULR, which at the time was called "Underlust Rewrite," and was disgusted at the fact that everything was revamped and "made for kids" (because it's not 18+ explicit content, but as I've said before, it's just cause I'm too scared to be horny on main, and I've literally made a whole different biological system for ULR so I can write the necessary story ""sex scenes"" without it being human-like sex or otherwise uncomfortable or too explicit for me to draw, but I still consider it a mature story overall), so they blocked me instantly here and on twitter and then made a callout post on twitter itself. People were telling me originally to stop calling the AU Underlust, and I didn't really get it at first, because like, what's the difference between my spinoff and, say, Underlust Gold, Swapfell Indigo, TS!Underswap, you know, names that have add-ons from the original title to differentiate it but still connect it to the source. So that's what I said, as well as if I removed the Underlust name, it would be considered stealing to me, because I'd be disconnecting it from the source. But apparently, instead, what had been the concern was that it was just being called "Underlust" and the "Rewrite" aspect was implying I was replacing the original story, which like, had never been my intention and I've made a bunch of things with both the ULR and UL cast together and love the idea of Lust and Ace meeting up and just being a disaster duo of not working together at all. I just adore Underlust like it's in my pinned FAQ, Lust's been in my banner for months now, and he's practically my staple pfp character on every account but here atm.
It took like 3 days for it to actually click what was going on, because once I finally got the chance to have a conversation with someone where they weren't telling me I was the scum of the Earth -- which, honestly, bless the three people I talked to, they were so sweet (which actually included someone from the Japanese side of the fandom whose art I loved too... yeah it got pretty far. Once I sent them a message though it was cleared up quickly and they did post a clarification post about ULR and me, so that was nice to see.) -- I finally got the chance to realize that this was a misunderstanding from the beginning, from both sides, where people coming at me were saying I was doing all of the stuff above and probably more but those stuck the most, while I was confused as to where this information and accusations were coming from and what they were referring to in the first place. They probably never explained it in the anon asks because, well, they probably assumed I knew what I was doing, but when they came at me about something I didn't do with vague context of something I did do, I was very confused, and got really defensive really quickly, and really honestly snapped pretty hard. After my first initial explanation post and people were still trying to tell me to stop ULR/don't call it Underlust/whatever else there was, I just got tired and told people to block me if they didn't like it. But that didn't really stop anyone and honestly made it worse because that's when I started getting really nasty messages. I like... Specifically remember one where someone called me a lowlife and a thief, and that one stuck the most, but I tended to not read through them before deleting them for my own sanity. I actually did this to one of the people who'd later talked to me calmly about it at first too, because I had just woken up, and really didn't want to read an essay lecture on everything everyone's been telling me at the crack of 7am when I was borderline ready to delete my account and start over lol
Some people I do remember were accusing me of trying to censor nsfw content or erase it as well because ULR isn't 18+, and I'm out here on my horny ass like "wh. What are they talking about, where did you get that idea, have you SEEN my ao3 recommended list," /j but in all seriousness I really didn't understand that accusation at all because I've never been against nsfw content in the slightest and lowkey? This is very dumb -- but like, you know how they say when you get hate mail, you know you've made it? Well, for me, my thought has always been, "When there's 18+ fancontent of my OC's, I'll have finally made it." This is... Not a joke, some of my friends think its very weird LMAO oh well. I've been on the internet for far too long at this point -- like, definitely since I was far too young, probably, and being with a family of the next youngest being 12 years older than me, I really dove into stuff pretty quickly I definitely shouldn't have, but hey that's life -- I'm really unfazed by mostly anything now. Hell, me making ULR was honestly half motivated by me wanting to make others more comfortable with this kind of media, discussing sexuality and otherwise sexual-considered topics, without really being embarrassed or bothered by it. Because, people talk about death and killing and whatever other gorey stuff just fine, but the moment sex comes up, people just gasp in awe, y'know? I kind of grew up that way myself but like... ironically, in being more comfortable with my asexuality, I realized that it's honestly not that big of a deal. Sure, we don't need to hear the details of everything. We don't need to hear the details of a murder either. But I will never understand how murder is always the lowest on the "morally wrong list of things to not to" to so many people and that it's fine to mention, but even consider bringing up anything else and it's like, a sin and you're a bad person. Even racism is like, higher up on there for a lot of people, which it's like... this is an issue that needs to be discussed, or it can never be solved. You can't just kick that away and hope it goes away on its own, that's never how it works.
Ah, well, now I've gone off tangent lol. Sorry to make you read a blob of text lmao but having things in a cohesive format of what I've been thinking does feel a bit better. Thank you for the support regardless, and I do want to keep making what I really enjoy, because frankly, I really want to make things that make people take a step back and think for a moment, y'know? Things that invoke like a realization in yourself about something you didn't even know. That's how fiction's always been for me, so I want to give back by making it that way too. ... maybe my horny content is exempt from this however. That's just. Self indulgence LMAO.
Probably helps that I'm actually talking this all out for once, too, since before any of this I tried to keep as much of the situation contained to myself as possible in hopes I could clean it up before it got too bad. That was, in hindsight, probably a terrible idea lol. But I didn't want to be a source of stress for anyone following me or become the new creator-to-defend that like, 50% of people hate and 50% of people love and that you're either on one side or the other and there's no where in between. (I feel like Arin Hanson comes to mind for me every time I think of someone like this.) I know I can't please everyone and I knew internet hate would come eventually, but like, didn't expect it to be over a name or tag choice. I thought that would be a simple enough DM or clearable thing but apparently not, especially since I saw someone a few weeks ago delete their blog over a similar thing (though, the opposite, in a way: posting nsfw in a sfw tag by mistake). It wasn't in the UT fandom so y'all probably weren't following them (tbf I wasn't either, I just witnessed it happen from start to finish), but it was still disheartening.
Anyway, thank you, and sorry to make ya read all of that (if you actually did vahdbs don't blame you if you don't it's a lot of thought dump lmao)💕💕
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silver-wield · 3 years
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Ngl, you can still okay something and not like the way it turns out. You can reflect over something and change your mind, it's not like that's a big problem, especially since the 7R project is still going. In Nojima's case, it sounded like he either wasn't referred to to okay every single line or some lines were changed after supposedly okaying it, and the localization team basically said "eh, good enough"
Either way, Nojima not being satisfied with the localization wasn't something that Clotis pulled out of thin air. There's a whole screenshot of him basically saying he won't let the same mistakes happen again. You never said the head of the localization team was an anti-Cloti using his power to make pro-Clerith content either because even still, there was nothing even in the English dub to suggest that Cloud has romantic feelings for Aerith. The main problem with the English lines is that they made Tifa sound weirdly jealous of a complete stranger and eventual friend and Aerith seem like a legitimate love rival who has a chance of getting with Cloud despite the fact that Nojima's vision has always been Cloti point blank period.
I heard that because they were pressed for time to release the game, which got delayed anyway, the JP team wasn't able to double check everything the other teams did and trusted they followed the script...because that's literally their jobs. Go figure 🤷‍♀️
Aerith in every other language is a hard core cloti and pining for Zack, so Nojima actually made it very clear what the true story is and the idiots at SENA decided they didn't like that angle and bullshitted lines under the excuse of timing, being "faithful to OG" and mouth alignment, yet everyone else managed it. And not to mention the arrogance of assuming Nojima hadn't already thought of Easter eggs to include in the dialogue 🤦‍♀️
What's hilarious about that set of interviews is the English translation guy, Ben Sabin, completely disappears halfway through the second part. He doesn't answer anything after trying to justify his bullshit and yeah, he sounds super defensive over it.
On twitter this group of interviews prompted a lot of people to cross check lines and that's how we know just how much bollocks he shoved down our throats. We didn't get the same game everyone else did. That pisses me off. I paid £75 for some douchebag's fanfiction.
The devs know about it now, so hopefully we'll get a dialogue patch to fix the worst lines that didn't even exist in the original text, but with how covid is causing disruptions they may choose to focus on making the rest of the game accurate and fix the bs once everything is done. Tbf, it's mostly Aerith's lines and a couple of Cloud's they fucked over, which shows just how badly they wanted to push that non-existent fanon pairing.
The point I've made over and over about this isn't that they messed with ships, it's that they messed with characterisation and narrative continuity. These morons acted like part one was the entire thing and now because they inserted bs where it didn't exist they've fucked over future scenes because they won't be consistent. They basically turned Remake back into OG after Nojima went to a lot of trouble to improve the original story. It's their condescending arrogance towards the creator that really pisses me off more than anything. Nojima wrote it, but oh no, some asshat at SENA decided he knows better and went off page. We shouldn't complain and be totally grateful for this wonderful gift he gave us.
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inmyarmswrappedin · 3 years
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The third episode of 19 is up! (Has been for a few hours lol.)
You can actually check on the website how long each episode is going to be, and this episode is one of the longest ones. The only other longer episode is ep 9, which will be 22 min long. So there’s a lot to say about today’s ep.
Yusuf has something to do in Oslo, so he tags along with Aisha to “go to uni.” Aisha tries to get out of it, but there’s no use. They go to the station together, where Yusuf runs into a friend. The friend asks Yusuf right in front of Aisha how come he allows his sister to dress like that in see-through clothes. Says dudes these days aren’t like they used to be (I mean how much older than Aisha is he, really? But fine lol). Basically makes Yusuf feel like he’s not a good brother because he’s not intervening in Aisha’s life more.
When the guy leaves, Aisha angrily asks Yusuf why he didn’t defend her, so Yusuf’s like, “I tried, but he kept going.” (Which, tbf, is true.) Anyway, this is strike 1 in Aisha’s “men ain’t shit” day.
The guy Yusuf was supposed to meet is late, so Yusuf again talks Aisha into showing him around the law building. You can actually tell it’s the first time Aisha’s stepped foot into the building, because she doesn’t know where anything is, but also, because she’s very clearly enamored with how big and cool everything looks. Yusuf is equally impressed, says this building doesn’t look like their high school at all. He even admits, in an awed voice, that he totally gets why their parents are so proud, and why they tell everyone in the family about Aisha studying law. (I mean, this is so touching, but also, yyyyyyikes.)
Finally, Aisha gets her brother to fuck off, and since she’s already in the building, she goes to one of the auditoriums and kind of imagines herself to already be attending classes. She leaves when other people start to trickle in, and instead goes to the library to keep working on her GED.
You know the writing for a show is good, when as soon as an idea starts to pop into your mind, the show goes and actually addresses it. While she’s revising, Emrah texts Aisha about meeting. And I was like, “okay they’ve texted or hung out every day so far, who’s Aisha kidding? They are basically dating.” Emrah asks Aisha to meet at some food place, so Aisha turns off the location on her phone (lmaooo) and leaves.
When she gets there, Emrah is surprised that she came. He was hanging out with Abdi, but pulls out the chair next to him so Aisha can join them. Aisha instead sits in front of him, which obviously annoys Emrah. Abdi’s like, “sooo I’m going to get you some water.” While he’s gone, Aisha asks Emrah why he asked her to meet him if he was hanging out with Abdi, and Emrah’s like, “I didn’t think you were actually going to come!” 
At this point, a fight just seems like it’s going to break out. Abdi comes back and tells Aisha he heard she’s going to uni. Abdi is studying to be a teacher, himself. (Aw!) So Aisha asks Emrah why he isn’t studying to be a teacher, and Emrah snaps that he will, but he needs to get a few things in order yet. And Abdi’s all, “has anyone tried the salad????” Aisha says she has a birthday to go to. Strike 2 in Aisha’s “fuck men” day.
And so, then, at the party, the girls start talking about the dudes they know. Like who’s dateable, who’s not hot, making fun of the pics the guys post on insta, with guns or doing muscle poses, etc. Inevitably the girls start talking about Emrah, who’s not off limits, because the girls don’t know that Aisha is still very much seeing him and into him. So there’s this moment where they’re saying Emrah is hot etc, which I thought was awkward since Aisha is right there, but THEN they start talking shit about him (like he legit went to jail, etc) and that might be even worse because she can’t defend him either. This adds to the tension Aisha is already feeling.
Later on, the girls are talking about the importance of retaining your V card, because it’s important for guys that their girl is a virgin, and also, they can tell when she’s not. Aisha takes umbrage with this convo. She says that they all have different noses and hands and so on, so it follows that they’ll also have different pussies. So they won’t all look the same, and also, a woman doesn’t always bleed the first time. Like, it’s all on google! A girl says she doesn’t trust google, so Aisha gets more personal. She’s had sex and she didn’t bleed, it just hurt a little. The same girl wants to know who she had sex with, and Jamilah says it was Emrah. Anyway, this was strike 3 on Aisha’s “men should die” day.
Jamilah’s boyfriend now calls her to check where she is, Jamilah says she’s with girl friends, the guy hangs up. Oh, but now Aisha is pissed. She starts arguing with Jamilah over Jamilah’s boyfriend calling her, Jamilah says that’s what boyfriends do, because she thinks Aisha is single, and Aisha refuses to put a name to her thing with Emrah because of Emrah’s history. Aisha gets more pissed and louder, and says Jamilah is an idiot and moreover she’s weak for letting her boyfriend control her like that. And now Jamilah is actually hurt and the other girls are silent because homegirl fucked up. Aisha leaves, but this is sooo obviously going to come back and bite her in the ass.
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sillyfudgemonkeys · 4 years
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uhhh isn't the whole 'slapping some sense into them' thing from Makoto's confidant a pretty common trope though? like there's Mitsuru and Yukari, Yu and Yosuke in their 10 rank, Louis and Legosi's fight in Beastars, various shounen series, etc. Are those examples different or do ya just not like the trope itself?
Bad trope, but specifically handled bad in P3/5′s case. Makoto and Mitsuru/Yukari event are bad examples of it. Yu/Yosuke....it’s not really a “good” example but it’s not bad. Louis and Legosi/shounen in general....(I’m assuming we’re just talking first season) it’s a bit....yeah....different....Former two bad (and the trope I dislike the most), latter two “good” (not as problematic, usually)....cause they are different tbh......probably cause they are diff tropes.
Under the cut cause length
So let’s go over the slap thing. I might refer to each Makoto/Yukari/Mitsuru/Yosuke stuff as P5/3/4 so just a heads up. 
(I will say I think if I compared the two girl slap scenes between YukaMitsu and Mako, YukaMitsu one is “better” due to it being in private and not as....big of a slap, it’s still shitty tho) I’m not a fan of Yukari and Mitsuru as friends (let alone as gfs) tbh, mostly impart of this scene. I do not think that slap was a good foundation, and I think it should’ve gone in the opposite direction. Tbh I think it should’ve made things worse. Mitsuru is at her lowest point, she’s literally had 14 goddamn days to process her father’s death ON TOP OF her student council duties, and dealing with her company (on top of stuff happening behind the scenes such as apparently being engaged). She has all these adult responsibilities thrust onto her, and she’s had 14 days to deal with it. She’s processing her grief and she’s in a “what’s the point phase.” Then Yukari comes along, a girl who’s....kinda been giving her grief up to this point, yeah Mitsuru has a right to say “what’s the point in us being friends” or even being friends in the first place, you’ve been kind of an ass to her the whole game Yukari, regardless of you apologizing (no one needs to accept an apology). You haven’t been close. So with all that context, pretend you’re the one who’s stressed, in the middle of a fresh grieving process, with someone they aren’t exactly close to, and when they question if their life has meaning.....How would you feel if someone slapped you? I’d be like “Ex-fucking-scuse me????” Like it comes off as Yukari feeling Mitsuru isn’t grieving fast enough for her, like she hasn’t had a decade to process her dad’s death (which is a fault of Yukari’s character that’s never addressed, it’s her way or the high way, she forces her emotions on other people and her being friends with Mitsuru after this feels like a reward for bad behavior). I’d be livid if I was Mitsuru, a slap is not what she needs. You can just passionately shout her speech to Mitsuru, it’s a helluva lot better than literally hitting someone while they are emotionally vulnerable. Her speech is freaking just fine without a gd slap to the face, and ruins the scene. Esp when Yukari gets to have a hissy fit earlier in the game for a similar crisis (but you know, with the context she’s already come to terms with his death for the past 10 years, while Mitsuru’s only had about 14 days), but you don’t see anyone slapping her to get a hold of herself? Even tho, she’s even more emotionally unstable at a certain part, and lashes out, but no we can’t slap her. But she feels justified in slapping someone else? Bullshit. (btw yeah she says sorry but it’s so blase I’m like “really? just a quick ‘srry’ and that’s it?”) 
Then there’s Makoto just....freaking....this girl. Giant walking contradiction, will be characterized opposite of previous characterization just to fit the freaking scene. Makoto will be “hot headed who doesn’t think” for the Kane arc and Slapping eiko, but she’s like 100% chilled to the bone for the rest of the game. Which is it? Which is it P5? Can she make plans and think calmly or can she not? You can’t have both, and if it’s the latter she shouldn’t be in that position. *inhales* ANYWAY! Let’s look at this whole thing from Eiko’s perspective.
Eiko’s feels like she has nothing going for in her life but Tsukasa, she loves him, and she thinks he loves her. She has a friend in Makoto, the perfect girl who has everything Eiko wants. But now that friend wants to take away the one thing SHE has and that SHE cares about??? She keeps saying things but doesn’t show proof iirc (except when she tricked Tsukasa, but she doesn’t give Eiko enough time to digest it and it’s all happening so fast, I think she mentions the text she gets from him but she doesn’t show the texts to Eiko, regardless Mako has another avenue to explore...which I’ll get to). Of course Eiko is confused, why is the girl that is perfect want to take something from her? She’s at her lowest, yeah not the same kind of low as Mitsuru, but she’s not in a good place. So how do you think it feels, to be slapped HARD and IN PUBLIC? And this isn’t like news to Makoto, she told her all this shit in the previous rank. Makoto’s had time to mull it over, so on top of all that, Eiko also feels like “She knows how I feel yet she’s still trying to ruin the one good thing I have??? I don’t understand.” And yeah she’s starts lashing out, but Makoto isn’t exactly handling it well either. Mako’s speech is just fine withtout the gd slap, but the slap brings it down for her character (which I’ll get to after the plan) Which brings me to her plan.....
So then there’s Makoto’s plan.....she really doesn’t have a back up plan? An obvious one? One that actually doesn’t go against their MO....you know changing his heart (INB4 ‘but silly they need his yadda yadda” yeah and we’ve done mementos bosses where we need to dig up dirt, it’s not exactly that hard esp with like Ichiko and Lala and just the general area, we know where he is we just need a full/real name, we know more info about him then most targets it’s not that bad). So why do this whole public thing? Why not meet privately with the receipts? WHY EVEN BOTHER WITH THAT AT ALL WHEN YOU CAN JUST CHANGE HIS HEART! And no this isn’t “you can’t rely on heart changing all the time” the game is ass at that message to start with so why beat around the bush??? Futaba gets help 3 gd times (I’m not saying they shouldn’t have, but if it’s a personal thing I don’t think the thieves are against it). Like listen, why.....don’t we change his heart? This isn’t about “oh why do that when we can solve it another way” no we’re past that, this guy is and has been preying on girls. Why the hell are we letting him run around???? Y’all give Mika shit (and tbf I’ve seen people give Mako’s CoOp the same shit for what I’m stating now), but 1) we didn’t find out about her shitty behavior till the last min and 2) she was caught and the situation was resolved without the need of a change of heart.....Tsukasa is neither of these things, he’s 1) a main antagonist throughout the CoOp 2) while he gets away from Eiko, he’s left to his own devices to hurt other people later (except the anime apparently? but we are talking about the game). Like seriously, change his heart, you help all the girls+Eiko, you can then comfort her without you know the public embarrassment. Hell if you want to keep the freaking speech from the slap scene you can! At least she’s not slapped! Just don’t slap her! Both P3/5 can get by with these scenes without NEEDING the slap! It’s not necessary and god freaking forbid people imitate it IRL (I’ve seen it happen first hand, people are not friends after that kinda BS).
There’s also the fact she and Eiko make amends after off screen and it’s like???? I don’t believe Eiko would go back to Makoto after that sort of public humiliation tbh. I need to see this “apology” (esp since Mako was soooo great at hers the first time with ANne after you know dragging them into the Mafia.....of course I’m being sarcastic, her apology was so gaslighty and her trying to get them to drop it like??? no you are being called out for good reason) And then there’s Makoto post slap, and she’s like ‘oh man was that ok???” like no bitch it wasn’t and the fact you get POINTS FOR ENCOURAGING HER???? Like I always say a negative thing and make her know what she did was wrong. And yeah she’s like “oh geez I didn’t mean for that :(” just.....sigh....doesn’t matter what you mean, you did it.....you have to own it......*inhales*
Now for the unfortunate implications, which if I was a Yukari/Makoto fan I wouldn’t be happy with how Atlus handled them. Already talked about Yukari (her way or the high way, butting in, gets rewarded for bad behavior yadda yadda), Makoto is similar. She’s just more bossy about it (cause she’s older probably, Yukari had it reign it into going behind Mitsu’s back cause of the whole senpai/kohai thing). But the slap reinforces Makoto’s....a bit.....physically abusive with her friends..... I don’t think that was the intent, but it’s an unfortunate implication. Who does Makoto hit (that’s not a shadow)? Ryuji (twice counting Royal), and Eiko (former for “comedy~!” and the latter for drama, yes she’s joined by the other girls in one of the events but she’s still been physical more than them). She also is known for threatening violence on top of that or just being ~intimidating~ (which hits differently when you’ve develop a streak of hitting friends rather than just someone who doesn’t do that?) And yeah it’s for comedy.....but after awhile.....ergh....(esp when they do it once for drama). It doesn’t help she’s also the damsel a lot, and literally can’t fight back against people who have ill will over her (told you she’s a contradiction), or just doesn’t bother putting up a fight tbh. Which.....then sends a message she...only hits her friends cause....she can take them on? kinda thing..... it just....makes me feel gross tbh. It’s just BS that Chie gets labeled a physically abusive person cause she “hit Yosuke in the balls” when she DIDN’T, it was all a misunderstanding! But when actually Makoto does it’s ok???? 
Yukari and Makoto have a lot in common, they get away with a lot of shit, their way or the high way a lot of the times, esp when they do things that’s....really rude and mean and shitty but hey I guess it’s ok with Atlus~! (for a game series that’s like “you are responsible for your own actions and the consequences it brings” it sure likes to let certain chars slide with their actions~! :D :/) It’s such a shame with P3 that we have Fuuka and Natsuki, while not explored a lot (such a shame) is written a lot better than YukaMitsu/MakoAnne/MakoEiko friendships. And they do it without the need for a slap, and the aggressor actually gives a legit and sincere apology??? All on their own??? All because they feel guilty and want to make amends ON THEIR OWN!!!! And actually takes responsibility too???? I’m usually neutral on them but seriously they handle this issue like fine wine compared to the other three. 
Ok let’s go over Yu/Yosuke. So when I say it’s not good but not bad, I mean like....you shouldn’t do it irl cause it’s dumb....but like....the message is a lot better. P4, it’s consensual. Yosuke ASKS to be hit. See “ASKS!” And they knowingly go in for a brawl/sparring match. Because they want to. Eiko and Mitsuru didn’t ask to be slapped, this isn’t an equal footing. P4′s is. P3/5 is someone who’s emotionally vulnerable getting slapped by someone that claims to care (and the friendship is rocky at best and barely formed at worse) and then somehow coming out as friends???? P4, strong bond, very good friends, consensual.
As for Beastars.....again I’m assuming we’re talking about their fight in S1 after the one person (vague for spoilers) gets kidnapped.......here’s the thing.....they....aren’t exactly friends. I guess if I had the beat up/slap trope as a spectrum, this would be on the opposite side of P4 (with P3/5 being in the middle). You don’t want to be in the middle, I think it leads to unfortunate implications (only time I can think of it being ok is if they deal with the fact they were slapped realistically, calling the person out). 
So on one end we have P4, strong friendship, it’s a consensual fight, it’s even (there’s no ....I guess the best word would be “power imbalance”). The other end is Beastars, they aren’t exactly friends, this fight is like....a brawl cause there is bad blood now, tbh it’s just a normal fight fkldsajflkjf; which like is fine, they become friends later, but in a similar sense this fight is even too (I mean not physically but like they are both like “LET’S GOOOOOOOO!”). But in the middle it’s the “we’re new or kinda friends but I’mma slap them when the person is down because I think they need a ‘wake up call’” is bullshit, it’s not even, one person gets slapped and the slapper somehow gets the friendship??? Like how does any of this work??? Only good ending to that is the person really giving a good ass apology or there not being a friendship. 
The only real time I can think of slapping someone to legit have them get a hold of themselves, is if there is a life and death situation, and they are too shell shock to move, and you need to bring them back. Or if they are unconscious and you are trying to wake them up (usually cause there’s bad stuff happening around). And it stems from fearing their safety and you tried everything else and it was the last resort. None of these fit P3/5 scenes tho. P4/Beastars/Shounen is just “dumb bois brawling” (which dumb girls brawling is valid too), they’re different tropes. Slapping for slapstick is closer to P3/5′s trope than the P4/Beastars/Shounen one.....that one is a veeeeery fine line tbh (the more over the top the better, because it’s more distant from reality, the less over the top the closer it is to the drama one and the closer it is to reality and........it ironically becomes unrealistic). 
but yeah there’s just a couple things......that’s wrong with the scene than just the slap, but really those slaps are so unnecessary???? Like the majority of the scene is the speech, just focus on that. I think it takes more skill to metaphorically slap someone with your words than with your literal palm. 
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(hey, I really like how you expressed your opinion and wanted to share mine) I don't know if maybe I am too similar to Magnus but I really don't think he has to apologize ? Like he made a logical (but bad) choice in the seelie Queen and breaking up, and Idk if this is just in my country but absolutely nobody apologies in politics EVER but also we don't know anything about what happen in the warlock community (I need to know all about the politics there I feel robbed by the show haha) and (1/2)
And Alec lied to him, about something that could have kill him and so many more that Magnus is suppose to be protecting (and despite the fact that Alec is different, Shadowhunters are very anti everyone not SH) so I really feel more for Magnus in this situation, like you don't apologize really need to apologize to your s.o if they were hiding info about something that could kill you (and your people) even if he had the best intentions and loves you so freaking much as Alec does, and in your meta (and sorry if I sound mean, I think your meta is very cool but I see things differently) in your meta you talk about how you think Alec felt and that is a reason Magnus should apologize but those feelings come from the issues he has for his parents making him prove himself (but never reaching the unreachable goals they set), and like that's from them, I feel upset when someone yells but people dontknow that, and when some1 yells they don't have to apologize to me 
Thank you for reading my disagreement if you did, I really like most of your metas (and I agree with many) but idk I guess that is a weird subject to me, haha (◍•ᴗ•◍)❤
No need to apologize nonny, you make some good points. Plus, my meta is literally a discussion of my personal feelings on the text. It’s not “right”, there is no conclusive answer to any of this, it’s just how it works for an individual viewer, and what we think it was trying to say (vs what is literally on the screen). I will never be upset about someone disagreeing with me, and I will really never be upset by counter-discussions. That is, in fact, the whole point.
Here’s my stance on these things:
Yes, in the real world, politicians seldom apologize. But this is not the real world, so let’s pretend?
I do not think Magnus needs to apologize for thinking that siding with the Seelie Queen was his only option. I do think that negative political repercussions from that are not surprising, however, both because the Seelie Queen is manipulative and powerful and greedy and clearly always up to something, and because Magnus did not have recognized authority over all the Warlocks in the world, but he made a deal on their behalf anyways. A deal that could have, based on the hints we got in the show, turned an entire race of people into the SQ’s slaves. (Even if they weren’t slaves, it was clearly a way for her to have power over them in some way.) That’s a bad thing. He owed his people some sort of explanation/apology/statement as a reaction to that, and it seems pretty clear he didn’t give them that, and politics being politics, that gave Lorenzo the chance to get the High Warlock position he wanted and knock Magnus down a peg or two.
I do not think Magnus owes Alec an apology for siding with the Seelie Queen either. Magnus cannot trust the Clave or the Nephilim as a whole, he had every reason to do whatever he could to keep his people alive.
I do think he should apologize for being a petty bastard every time Alec tried to talk to him after that, because Alec was, every time, simply trying to do his job and keep people alive as well. (Do I blame him for being a petty bastard? Besides the potential Nephilim-murdering-wards, no, but he was still a petty bastard.)
I do also think an argument could be made that Alec didn’t lie about the Soul Sword, either? Like, yeah, he fucked up, but. His first instinct, when his father told him the truth, was to tell Magnus. He couldn’t get a hold of him, so he second-guessed that instinct, but historically he works himself back around to the right decision eventually. Maybe he would have decided definitively to continue to hide the truth anyways, and all this would be moot, but, maybe not. Maybe he would have told Magnus the next day! Maybe he would have told the whole damn cabinet at the next meeting!
We will never know, because the Seelie Queen told everyone first, while Alec was still considering what to do next. As with many things in the show, it might have been nice to see him given time to come to an actual decision. TBF, in this case the lack of time makes sense, unlike most of the timeline, but still. The show did tend to be in too much of a hurry to get to The Next Thing.
*shrugs* As always, ymmv darlings, this is just my opinion, etc etc etc
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the-spud-player · 4 years
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WTF was that season 2 of Titans:
Long post ahead:
SO YOUR TELLING ME TRIGON IS DEALT WITH IN 15MINS OF THE FIRST EPISODE????????????????
Where was the FAMILY DYNAMIC from the first season???????????
I do not care about Dove and Hawk, they have their struggles so bland isn't the word I'd use but,,,, they were just pointless.......
Blame dick for something that wasn't his fault, then come running back to him when something goes wrong? Can't have it both ways...
We just ignoring Rachel turned into a demon creature???
I'm so so tired of Dick being angsty. And leaving Gar on his own????
Kory abandoning her family for a stretch because of a crown she doesn't want?
LEAVE GAR ALONE
Again, I don't care about Dawn and Hank
While I'm on the subject: Donna, Hank and Dawn, they can get f*cked, their hands aren't clean but they have the moral high ground here??
Dawn: "You should tell the kids Dick"... Why don't u tell them yourself? Your so "connected to Rachel" then act like it. But I guess the character is too much of a wet blanket.
Doctor light being taken out was unfortunate but I liked the subversion, put Slade up there in guys that don't mess about.
Superboy, oh boy. Love the character and how he was played. Love that he saved Jason by chance. Hate they introduced him in a whole episode to himself right after a crucial part of the story. Pacing hit the breaks so hard I got whiplash
Kinda the same as how Hank and Dawn were introduced in the first season, pacing is all over the place.
Hank and Dawn get way too much screen time for being side characters
Btw, Jason? I feel for u, but u not gonna have some sympathy for the guy that just talked you off the ledge? But all in all you deserve better.
WHICH BRINGS ME TO ANOTHER POINT.
Dick comes back and says: "Hey guys, Slade's in the house somehow" then he talks Jason down, admits his guilt, people leave, THEN ITS NEVER MENTIONED EVER AGAIN.
I REPEAT, HE LEAVES GAR AND SLEEPY SUPERBOY IN A HOUSE THAT TO HIS KNOWLEDGE SLADE HAS INFILTRATED SOMEHOW.
This was before they knew Rose was working for him, and before the "truce" he had with Slade.
I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH, THEY ALL LEFT, GAR, ALONE, IN THE TOWER THEY KNEW TO BE UNSAFE.
Not that it's even Titans Tower... Just some fancy high rise
Jason and Rose were pretty cute tbf
Turned into prison break 2.0 and although I liked the new origin to Nightwing, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN COOL TO SEE HIM ESCAPE.
Btw: NIGHTWING IS IN THE HOUSE WOOOOP!!!
But if Dick gets the new costume, you could at least give Rach her peaked hood, I mean c'mon how hard can it be...
Love the Fever Dream that is Enko
And the whole dynamic of Bruce's hallucination with Dick.
Jericho is precious and is the best new addition to the show, better than Bruce, better than Connor, than his own dad tbh.
Krypto is the bestest of boys and is the only rival of the best new addition to Jericho.
Garth, Aqualad, y'know what, was enjoyable, good character.
(Also, Amazonians have pretty hard skin, so for a u put there saying how weak it was for Garth to die to a bullet, remember it was a bullet meant for an Amazonian warrior and that Slade wouldn't have shot a bullet that wouldn't pierce a super like that)
Can we have Kaldur come and pay respects? Like, they're practically brothers, I'd say maybe S3 but im not sure I want to watch it.
Rose "The titans are my family" Wilson, shut up, that's not earned, u were closest to Jason and he skipped on them.
Maybe if we had more development between you and Rachel and less OG titans doing the big SAD™, and less of H&D in general, that would've been more believable.
Good on Dick accepting her a second time tho, guy sticks to his guns.
Kinda
Also, U EXPECT ME TO BELIEVE 1, 1!!!! SWORD THRUST KILLS DEATHSTROKE, WHOS DAUGHTER CAN RECONNECT BONE AND LIGAMENT, GROW BACK A HOLE IN HER HAND???????????????????
Get on the level, decapitating him would be more permanent, he's got Logan healing beta version. Even a throw away line about his age (problems with his hands throughout if u noticed) getting to him so his heeling won't be as effective would have been better...
Donna Troy. Sigh. Maybe if you weren't written as such a, such a, such a pancake this season I would have cared that you died..
I don't..
But I do care how they killed you off...
A F*CKING POLE. ELECTROCUTED AFTER THE CLIMAX. THE DISRESPECT. THE AUDACITY. I AM SO MAD.
I just, I can't believe the writers thought that was a good move.
Have Hank sacrifice himself for Dawn, they can get their weepy moment now and not later distracting from the MAIN CHARACTERS again.
Also, SUPERBOY WAS STANDING THERE SND HE DID NOTHING. . . BULLSH*T!
[INSERT JOHN MULANEY GIF HERE]
YOU KNOW THE ONE
Also, Bruce just doesn't care about Jason huh?? Just gonna ignore him disappearing?
As much as I like Glen I did still feel he was abit old for the role, not quite Bruce Wayne, 15/20 years too old... But he acted the heck out of this more, feelingsy type, guess supes has been doing work on him in the league
Kory should have said Dawn's last line, I mean she's one of the MAIN CHARACTERS, and not a SIDE CHARACTER.
Also, how did we barely get any DickxKory this season???
Bullcr*p
And Rach just, LEAVING? Without saying goodbye to Garth, or MUMMA STARFIRE????????!!!!
And shut up Garth you never new Donna you have plenty of trauma to be sad about instead. WHICH DOESNT REALLY GET ADRESSED.
Maybe S3? Do I care????
This whole season was a mess. Trigon gone and not being the source of Rachel's alterations in powers is wrong. Because now there's no explanation. Yet. But they swept it under the rug so much that I don't care anymore, either have the risk of her messing up when it matters. Or don't have it at all.
I just. I'm so disappointed. The first season had its flaws but it was good. Didn't appreciate the cliff hanger. Appreciate it more than it being resolved quicker than I can catch a fly in my room though.
It physically pains me how much this season was badly done.
Like, no costumes. At all for some reason. A whole 10/15 mins dealing with a pointless plot point with Hank.
Just.
Treat your characters, especially the main ones.
Better. And with consistency.
Im in the UK and have waited months for this.
I can't actually remember when I was so let down after my hopes were so high.
F*ck.
P.s.
I am so sorry, I don't know how to do a "read more" text post on mobile
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8241991 · 4 years
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Would it be too much of I asked for all the hearts of the ask meme for moonriver?
Fam, you got it 100%, thank you so much for this. This probably took forever and I am so sorry I’m on mobile rn but I will do this to the best of my ability.
1. Who is more affectionate in public? In private?
I think both Near and Light are reserved people so this is a tough one, but after thinking over their characters they would be uniquely affectionate to each other in private. I could see Near crafting things for Light, making models and heartfelt gifts. Near is not one for random physical affection really, but I could easily see him stroking Light’s face or holding his hand gently. Light would be the type to return this with other kisses and caresses, but again they’re both very reserved people even in private.
In public, I think they would still be reserved but it’d be equally unique. Light and Near would probably do more activities suited for the both of them (hello art museums) and I think that would be their way of showing affection to each other in public, by genuinely showing interest in each other’s hobbies and creative passions. I know this is a ‘which one’ question but I think they’re both rather similar in how they approach affection!
2. Who is the bigger romantic openly? Secretly?
Tbf, Light would be more openly romantic. Not saying Near doesnt have the capacity or capability, but I think he can be rather wrapped up in his tasks or whatever activity he’s doing sometimes to be openly romantic. I can see Light being more conscious about what Near would enjoy romantically and not worrying about enough reciprocation- he knows how Near is and it doesn’t bother him, it’s why he does it.
As for secretly, I’d definitely say Near. Near is a sensitive person for starters and while as I said earlier he can be wrapped up in whatever he’s doing, he feels things a lot heavier than most people would imo. So while he may not be outwardly romantic with his words and actions, he certainly feels these things heavily when it comes to Light.
(Sorry if this is weirdly worded this one was kinda hard to answer!)
3. Who is more likely to initiate hand holding in public?
Light would, tbh. I can see it being a slow transition- Near definitely isn’t opposed to the idea, but I can’t see initiating romantic gestures (especially in public) as being something Near does. He’d be able to do it later on, especially if he felt the mood was right or needed comforting, but I believe Light would initiate it in a pure romantic sense at first.
4. Who is more likely to make huge declarations of love in front of other people?
Tbh, neither. Not saying they won’t make declarations of love, but they’d be unique and way quieter. As stated above both are reserved and can control their emotions well. A ‘huge’ declaration of love between the two (especially in public) is not something that would happen. I feel as if they know it’s not something that needs to occur. However, when it comes to quiet gestures they’re like, kings. Kissing discretely, soft leg rubbing, that sort of thing.
5. Who developed a crush on the other first?
While I believe they both would have a mutual interest in each other, I think Near would develop feelings first. Near would probably realize this once he started thinking about Light more and it started affecting his crafts and hobbies- making things he think Light would like, shaping things after him. That’s besides the point, but I think Light is one of those people who needs more time to understand his feelings for another person in a romantic sense, while Near can feel these things sooner and it would start affecting him in different ways.
6. Who spends more time (possibly overthinking) what presents to get the other?
Near and Light are both fairly confident people and understand what they both like, so while I can’t see it being really a big deal for either of them, I think Near would be more thoughtful as he’d want to make something for Light. Light isn’t an established artist (I don’t think he even draws once in canon), so he’d resort to buying things. Near would want to plan out what to make for his partner. He appreciates gifts that are bought for him, but believes to make gifts for those he cares about as a sign of affection.
7. Who initiates the most physical contact?
Light. Again, we both got two confident people here so when I say Light or Near I’m not doubting the abilities or expertise of the other, but I’m simply stating who is more likely. Especially in private, I can see Light being highly sensual with Near. Shoulder rubbing (especially after a hard day), hugging, playing with the others hair etc.. Near is receptive and often reciprocates.
8. Who is more likely to send cutesy texts to one another?
Oh man, define what you mean by cutesy. If you mean playful, I can see that being a Near thing. He has a sense of humor, and would probably enjoy teasing Light over text. However I can see them very rarely texting as I can see them working together (BOTH ARE GOOD DETECTIVES OK...) and living together so. When you’re around a person that much texting is limited. But yes, Near.
9. Who spends time reading their zodiac compatibilities?
And again, this goes to Near haha. He has some sort of spiritual side, he indulges in tarot so I could definitely see him looking into astrology. Now I don’t think he’d put the entirety of their relationship into it, he would tell Light interesting facts about their zodiac signs and how they get along. Also in rare fights he’d probably say ‘god you’re such a fucking pisces’.
10. Who is more protective?
Oooooooooh man, this is also another tough one. Lbr: both are scrawny and underweight so physical protection is kinda hard to determine. Near wouldn’t win in this because he’s so tiny, so I guess Light would feel a need to be more physically protective, but both are willing to protect each other when it comes to their emotions. Especially with how sensitive Near is, even despite his confidence, if you manage to hurt him I could definitely see Light coming for your ass (which is like, a rare moment where I kin Light).
11. Who tends to get sick more often? Who takes care of the other better?
I can see Near having a weak immune system really, and he would get sick more often. Light wouldn’t freak out about this because he’d probably just get light colds and maybe something a little bit more serious, but Light would be more competent in the caretaking department. He’d know what to do and would put intense research into it, haha.
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They both say ‘I love you’ rarely because they don’t really feel the need to say it, but if it were up to me I think Light would say it first. Near would certainly feel love for his partner, but wouldn’t always verbalize it. Light would want to wait for the right moment, and he’d make it meaningful (possibly on a special occasion).
13. Who believes in soulmates?
I could see this with Near, but I don’t know how much weight he would put into it. He’d probably go back and forth, but more leaning into ‘we’re soulmates’ territory once their relationship was further along, you know?
Again, thank you so much, I hope you like my answers. Pls feel free to ask me more ❤️
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danieyells · 4 years
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Because of you, tumblr keeps advertising ObeyMe! to me. I'm starting to crack under the pressure to play it 😔 Can you at least sum up what I'm gonna be getting myself into? How's the gameplay? I've never played this kind of game before
8D tbf it may have had been doing that regardless apparently people were seeing the ads when it first came out BUT. OKAY SUMMARY TIME.
So, Obey Me!, is not an otome game by traditional standards and, instead, simply follows a storyline with a good amount of romance in it. I believe it was first advertised(and its title in the play store originally referred to it as) an otome game and, instead, it now advertises itself properly as a story and card game.
Obey Me! follows your adventure in a place called The Devildom–essentially Hell, though I believe Hell is a separate part of it between itself and the Human World, I DIGRESS–where you’ve been brought as an exchange student to the Royal Academy of Diavolo, essentially a college for demons.
Mind, you had no awareness or say in this situation, but suck it up because you’re here for a year.
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This is Diavolo! You can’t kiss him. Yet. I suspect we will eventually. But he’s basically why you’re here.
Story-wise your job is to develop an immunity to demonic influence and attend your classes(no, you don’t actually get to do so, though there are references to/talk of it) for a year stay in the Devildom. Afterwards, you’ll write a paper about your experience and you’ll be able to go home.
The exchange program is Diavolo’s attempt at starting peaceful and cooperative relations between the three worlds–The Human World, of which you are from, The Devildom, where Diavolo rules over all Demonkind, and the Celestial Realm, populated by angels and ruled over by who I like to call The Celestial Father, but most people just call god.
Don’t worry though! You won’t be thrown into the Devildom without help! After all, demons eat humans and their souls! You are overseen by Mammon, the Avatar of Greed, essentially your sidekick throughout the story. After Lucifer, his older brother and the Avatar of Pride, shoves you off onto the unwilling Mammon, you’re sent to the brothers’s home dorm, The House Of Lamentation, to get settled.
As you can tell by the names and ways I identify them, there are seven brothers and they’re all representative of the Seven Deadly Sins.
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In order of oldest to youngest, we have Lucifer, the Avatar of Pride and Diavolo’s right hand man, Mammon, the Avatar of Greed and the one responsible for you here in the Devildom, Leviathan(or just Levi), the Avatar of Envy and a shut-in otaku, Satan, the Avatar of Wrath and the most normal-seeming one, Asmodeus,(or just Asmo) the Avatar of Lust and most charming of the seven(in a sense,) Beelzebub(or just Beel), the Avatar of Gluttony who is just as self-explanatory as Asmo, and Belphegor(everyone calls him Belphie), the Avatar of Sloth and the demon sent to the Human World in exchange for you. Suffice to say…you won’t see him much.
Oddly enough, before you woke up in the Devildom, you heard a boy’s voice begging you to help them. A demon trapped them–and you’re the only one they can rely on to save them, the voice said… .
HERE’S A READMORE BECAUSE IT GETS LONGER.
During your stay with the Seven Rulers of the Underworld(the aforementioned brothers,) you’ll get involved in their many chaotic family affairs, learning about them, making pacts with them, helping them, and romancing them along the way. Kinda.
The romance aspect has little effect on the game thus far aside from the phone calls you get every five intimacy levels. The more otome aspects are mostly in these calls, some of the texts you exchange, and in sidestories on Devilgram(the Devildom version of Instagram, obviously) you unlock by earning certain cards and raising intimacy scores. The main story does have a little bit of it(namely in the form of Mammon), but it mostly focuses on you making pacts with the brothers and helping them with their interfamilial issues and lives.
The story isn’t done and is likely not particularly near being done considering the game came out like two months ago and we get an update, thus far, once a month(but we’ve had a few events in between to keep ourselves entertained and busy with stories!)
NOW THEN ONTO GAMEPLAY… . If you’ve never played a gacha game before it’s basically a cashgrab whaletrap system where you randomly draw, in this case, cards for use in gameplay or collection. You get the best cards through premium pulls(i.e. paying real money but you actually earn the premium currency pretty easily in this game, not to mention you get one free pull of the two main paid gachas every…other day? I set mine so i get one every other day.) But you can get good cards through the regular currency pulls as well as actual gameplay.
You variously strengthen and level up the cards through battles(more below,) as well as drawing the same card multiple times(strengthens their ability), and through the Devil’s Tree, where you can also unlock more chats, calls, backgrounds and music for your home screen, and items. Using grimm(the regular currency) you can level up your cards quickly, and using grimm and items you get through gameplay and to-do “quests” you can advance spaces in a card’s Devil’s Tree and power them up as well. It’s pretty simple stuff!
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So your gameplay is in the form of simple little dance battles in which you summon the demons you’ve pulled from Nightmare(the gacha system) to battle for you. They take care of most of it–all you have to do is collect hearts that pop up on the screen and tap on them when their meters are full to use charged attacks in essence. Very simple and pretty repetitive. There are special abilities in your(and the enemies’s) charged attacks that can add some difficulty beyond simple upscaling(namely if they have paralyze as an ability which makes things very inconvenient.)
These dance battles have a timer of 40 seconds and typically last about a minute tops. So things are pretty quick and easy as far as gameplay goes. You read the story, you make some choices(the story is linear and thus far doesn’t branch based on these decisions and you can also go back and redo the decisions as well as read chats and answer calls to redo decisions for new dialogue and sometimes intimacy points as well), you do some dance battles. That’s basically it.
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:D JOBS is how you get money most easily as well as the occasional free affection items and affection boosts. All you have to do is send each of the brothers to work a job(they have favorite jobs as well as thus-far-mostly-secret combinations they can work in that you can watch secret conversations they have at their workplace in) and you’ll be notified when they’re done and you need to pick them up. If you do each job enough you’ll unlock another jobsite with greater profits(and more time between when you need to come get the little shits!)
Oh! But there’s a bit more I forgot to mention! Namely :D JOBS and Surprise Guests!
Surprise Guests come in two forms! The actual surprise kind which will pop up sometimes after a dance battle and the not-surprise kind which come up about twice a day on the home screen!
Oh, I forgot to mention the homescreen too. You can set one of the brothers to stay on the home screen and greet you when you go to it or open the app! The notifications are also voiced by them! If they have a little speech bubble over their head like so, you can engage them as Surprise Guests.
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You can also poke them on the home screen and they’ll talk a little! Usually about the other brothers or that you’re touching them.
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NOW THEN ONTO SURPRISE GUESTS. AKA THE FUN PART ASIDE FROM THE STORY ITSELF.
As I said, after each dance battle there’s a chance you’ll get a surprise guest–one of the three demons you used in the battle!
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From here you can give them food, items, medicine, or whip them--they all have preferences of what they like to be given as well! You can buy these things on Akuzon–which is the Devildom equivalent of Amazon which they clearly only used to avoid copyright, given Amazon is evil already–using premium currency or additional currency called Ravens(which you get through Surprise Guests, collecting cards over 10 times, earn in to-do quests, or get from :D JOBS.)  However you can also get them for free from :D JOBS, to-do quests, and sometimes they’ll send them to players through the mail system.
Alongside material items, you can touch them to praise them for a job well done(or comfort them after a battle you didn’t do perfectly in.)  Demons love being pet apparently!
Do this well, and you’ll get an intimacy boost! The first 5~7 surprise guests you get three hearts for the day will give you gifts–either AP(stamina), grimm(standard currency), or ravens.
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You can also get them on the home screen and you get different, more affectionate/romantic dialogue when you do well on home screen affections. I believe these are also influenced by your intimacy score.
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You can tap or rub the screen, as well as shake your phone or hit ‘Ignore’ to get a response out of them as well as giving them snacks and items. (They mostly don’t seem to like the phone being shaken or being ignored but I’ve also gotten neutral reactions from both rather than negative ones.) You can interact with their head/hair, face, arms, or chest(i think their hand counts as their arm so in the cases of Lucifer and Satan who always have their hand on their chest, be careful lol.) You can do bad, neutrally, or good in the end. You never lose intimacy points so don’t worry too much if you wanna fuck with em and see their reactions lol you’ll have chances to redeem yourself.
I THINK THAT’S IT. 8D i say give it a try if only for the fun characters or the story, and if you don’t like then nbd, right? 'u’ come to hell with ussss
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