Round Three | Poll Eight

gifs from @beauvilliers and @girlfriendline

gordon freeman pinup would go crazy i think

Unbelievably, I did one in 2022.

PLUVI UR TAGS ABOUT GEPARD IM IN DISARRAY

Gepard and his fat fucking cock that he in theory does understand is stupid big (the man is a military officer u can’t exit those barracks with a cock like his Not knowing how well endowed you are) but it doesn’t really register until you first see it………..

And he’s embarrassed really, the first time you stare with it throbbing in your palm and in sheer disbelief say “this can’t fit inside me.” He’s embarrassed when you try to wrap your fingers around it and they don’t touch, embarrassed when you lay it over your abdomen and gasp at just how far up your tummy his leaking tip reaches…….

Embarrassed when—even after such careful, meticulous prep and the way you both are soaked through as he eases in for the first time—the rubber you’d so sweetly rolled onto him only manages to last a scant few thrusts before splitting at the seams entirely. He flushes red down to his shoulders, buries his face into the crook of your neck. You’re laughing, and much to his chagrin your uncontrollable giggles at his expense are… stimulating. And if he were being honest the mean, condescending coo to your voice isn’t helping whatsoever with that specific issue.

He’s letting out a choked sound and spilling into you before he can realize what has been building, the tattered remains of the condom doing nothing to stop you from feeling it immediately. All he can do in the aftermath is press his burning face harder against your bare shoulder and hump mindlessly into you.

i. dont have an excuse for this one honestly.

(gore and suggestive themes under the cut)

like two dogs killing each other

(tw blood in linked post, obviously)

maybe the real iconic yaoi was the friendships we botted along the way

Another Point in Favor of Vidow

By this point, many of us in the Four Swords manga fandom are aware of the relationship that is (or maybe isn't) implied between Vio and Shadow. I agree that it is up for some debate, but also my opinion is that the relationship is as clear as it can get, operating within the bounds of its context—that is, early-2000s Japan, kids' manga, the bias against gay couples.

This is just another pin on the conspiracy board of red lines!

The moon is present in three main places during the Vio/Shadow arc—very first (and most damning) when the two meet one-on-one, once in a panel showing the Fire Temple that the two are hanging out in, and once behind the two as they ride on the dragon to cause chaos. (Many thanks to @hauntinghyrule for helping me find those!)

There is a common belief in Japan that the author Natsume Souseki once told a student that their translation was wrong. They'd translated "I love you" as "kimi o aisu," and he thought it was far too blunt. He was a product of the Meiji era, and preferred the idea that the Japanese language should be more poetic and subtle. He then proposed the idea that instead of "ware kimi wo aisu," one should say "tsuki ga kirei desu ne" instead, which translates to English more as "the moon is beautiful, isn't it?" (You can read more about that, and why the guy might not have actually said it, here!)

You can see where I'm going with this.

Whether or not Souseki actually said it, the phrase is widely understood to be a sideways way of saying "I love you." The moon has a lot of meanings in Japanese culture and language, and I won't say that this is the interpretation, or if our lovely authors meant this at all, but they might have. They seem fond of hinting at it. ("We feel blessed that the characters' feelings came across so clearly.")

If we can read into the presence of the moon as presence of romantic possibility, what happens then? Well. A lot.

When Shadow first approaches Vio, he's seen hanging out on top of a pine tree with the moon bright and full behind him.

This isn't the actual manga panel, I don't have that right now, but this art was based on that specific scene, and you may recognize it. There are a few other panels this scene that Vidow shippers like to call out—Vio's apparent blush when Shadow casually moves his sword away (a power move regardless of intent that made me fall in love with him), or the way Shadow hangs on Vio when persuading him to turn to the dark side. If we can read the moon's presence as a hint towards romance, then it's pretty clear what's being implied here—there's an element of seduction.

The second place we see the moon is just after Vio and Shadow's heart-to-heart on the balcony, one of the only canon interactions between them during this period without a lot of plot happening. Here's the panel I mean:

Like hauntinghyrule pointed out, if the moon is visible here, it was likely present during that conversation. That feels like reaching, but I think it's pretty significant that we can see the moon in this panel, too. It's here for that bonding moment. It's part of establishing the tone and setting. If the moon is inherently romantic, then so is this scene.

And then the third panel that the moon is seen in is this one, Vio and Shadow flying on a dragon to bring chaos and fire:

If the moon means romance, then this is a date. They've had their moment, they're in love, all is going well.

It might not mean that much. I could be veering into atla-levels of overanalyzation, for sure! However, this feels like something that could definitely be intentional. "月が綺麗ですね" is understood to sort-of kind-of mean "I love you," turning the moon into a symbol of implied love.

And...it's very thematic, even if it isn't intended. Come on. The moon, hinting toward unspoken romance in some of the scenes where Vio and Shadow's dynamic is at its most stable? Dramatic. Amazing.

...You could read even more into it, and say that Vio is Shadow's moon—reflected light of the Hero or the Princess, guiding him to see the good, a desirable light in the darkness that Shadow insists he has to stay in. There's something lovely about that interpretation, too. :)

ok. I’m going to say it.

I love ALL eras of boreo/decklikovsky EQUALLY, and I will FIGHT for EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.

Las Vegas era? Brilliant - the inexplicable teenage love and lust for each other (terrifying and amazing) - caring for someone because they’re the only person in the universe who cares for you, getting drunk and high and altogether plastered together because you’re so traumatized and lonely that you don’t know how to bond with people in any different way and hey, you both like it (a little too much in fact) so why not?? It’s DELICIOUS. this part of the book was just written too well to be put down as “unfortunate” or “less than”. It’s so so so sad and raw and angry and vulgar and and and

And you couldn’t even have post-Vegas New York, Antwerp & Amsterdam without it!! Where would the tension, the longing, the shock of seeing your - best friend? ex best friend? The guy you hate so much because you love him even more ??? Where would all of that come from without such a complex, tangled backstory???? There’s no one without the other!!!!!!

IS THIS THING ON?!?! anyway……….

when your heart skips a beat (or maybe two or three or four) when they smile at you, because you swear there’s something hypnotizing in their eyes (and it’s not your fault it makes you flustered), when you’re listening to music and suddenly all the songs are about them (but not because you’re thinking about them all the time or anything), when your hands brush and it’s like sparks start flying (you’re imagining things, you tell yourself), because it’s not like it means anything (it’s not like you want it to mean anything, unless maybe… maybe they feel it too)-

...oh, you’ve got it bad.

Does England even have beaches. When I think of it I do not think beach

do you know what an island is

bear4puppy

Scandal

Dedicated to: my mali smišni @meowyoi mwah mwah happy late Valentine's Day, king <3

Fandom: Ensemble Stars!! Ship: RinneShu Word count: 1153 Summary: They should have been keeping their dating a secret, but Rinne just can't help himself sometimes. Notes: minimally proofread, minimal plot, but they do make out

It's hard to really say what went through Rinne's head when he did what he did. Whether he did it on impulse, or because he just wanted to stir the pot. Were you to ask him, he would tell you that none of it was even his fault, of course, but that they should have known not to interview him on live television. Who "they" is, would be left unsaid. The truth was that he thought only for a moment before getting distracted.

Because Shu was working overtime trying to make everyone believe that he hated Rinne. That he hated Crazy:B, and that he especially despised Rinne Amagi. None of this was hard to believe, as Shu's particularities were well-known, and the idea of him holding no affection for such troublemakers was hardly an impossible concept. Except - it was untrue. And Shu was well aware of the fact that he didn't hate Rinne, but that's how he wanted it to seem. However, he went too far in this attempt, and now the public was convinced that Shu and Rinne had something going on between them.

Not like they were wrong. That's what Rinne was thinking about when the interviewer asked him what the deal was with him and Itsuki. He was thinking about that something that was going on between them. Trying his best to remember that warning Shu had tried to emphasise so many times, but coming up short.

Because all he could remember was Shu's fingers tangled in his hair, pulling him closer. Until he had to lean his knee on the sofa cushion, right by Shu's side, leaning in as much as Shu pulled him. Their lips meeting, engulfing one another, until he couldn't even think of anything except his make out partner. Rinne's hands wrapped around that annoyingly skinny waist, pinching until his companion all but squeaked. He couldn't help but smile into the kiss, biting Shu's lip just to provoke him further. Just to tease. Only to be met with Shu's fingers giving his hair a quick tug, and feeling the tables turn on him alongside the tongue that caressed his lower lip, begging to join his own. And Rinne allowed it, of course he did. He had no choice, he preferred to believe, but to kiss back with as much fervour, to let Shu's hands pull him in, as if trapping him in the kiss. It took all their strength to pull away as they ran out of air. Rinne leaned his forehead on Shu's, keeping eye contact as if hypnotised by the sight of him. Out of breath, face flushed, spit in the corner of his mouth. Shu looked like a miracle, but Rinne was certain he looked no better; he could feel his heart pounding in his throat, moments away from bursting out.

"You… Nobody can know of this," Shu warned, his hands trailing down, from Rinne's hair to his shoulders, lingering over his arms. "You mustn't tell anyone about this." "Yeah, sure, babe." Rinne wrapped his arms around his waist fully, continuing to pepper kisses all over his face, from the corners of his lips to his nose, cheeks, forehead. "I'm serious," Shu protested, though he made no attempt to push him away. "And I'm taking you seriously." The kisses never stopped. And the moment his lungs felt full again, Rinne leaned in for another round. Shu did little to fight it.

But he didn't take him as seriously as he ought to have. What's the deal with you and Valkyrie's Itsuki Shu, the interviewer asked. Rinne was warned by Shu of what to do at that moment, when asked those questions, wasn't he? He was. But it's not his fault. "The deal?" He asked, chin leaned into his hand, ankle propped up on his knee. "Itsuki talks about Crazy:B, and you specifically, as if you did something to him personally. Is there some sort of drama going on between you?" Interviewing Rinne on live television - a mistake made by the company. Giving him instructions right before sucking on his tongue - a mistake made by Shu. "Nah, he's just a bit of a primadonna. I'm his boyfriend, there's no beef between us. Well, unless ya count the-"

He knew he screwed up. The moment that crude joke, no, the moment the word boyfriend left his mouth, he knew he screwed up. And he knew well what was waiting for him when he got back to the shared dorms.

Indeed, there was the man of the hour, Itsuki himself, sitting cross-legged on the couch as if waiting for him. The door shut closed, and Shu stood up. There was something dragon-like about his appearance, brows furrowed, that gaze full of malice. It would make Rinne meow and purr at him if he had a little less sense in him, but he knew better than to provoke in this moment. "You said we're dating on live television?!" "I know it seems bad right now, but, look, it'll be okay, we just-" "Last week I called you a degenerate parasite of the idol industry, and you let slip that we're DATING?!" "I know, I know, but it ain’t that bad! Wasn't it hard keepin' it under wraps? Now we can just date like a normal couple!" "Are you out of your mind?! We are in the middle of a scandal right now, did you even check your socials since you went and blew up our reputations?" "Oh, c'mon, it ain't the end of the world, bro, chill, we'll be fine!" A pause. "Did you just call me 'bro'?" "... I'm sorry, honeybun."

Shu sighed, rubbing his temple with his fingers, as if trying to alleviate a migraine. "Just get out of my sight." "You mad at me?" Rinne pouted "YES, I'M MAD AT YOU!" "You're not gonna break up with me, are you? Babe, I'm sorry, I'll never call you 'bro' again, I promise. Rinne-chan loves ya." He spoke in a quiet voice, trying his best to endear himself to his pissed off boyfriend. And Shu's eyebrow twitched as it, unfortunately, worked surprisingly well. "You had better fix this."

After Rinne had successfully mooched another kiss off him, one he leaned into fully despite how begrudgingly he seemed to give it, Shu left the dorms. Apparently, he had business elsewhere. Though it left Rinne pouty and in a sour mood, given he wanted to hang out more, it did give him a chance to see what Shu meant when he asked him if he'd even seen what was happening on social media.

Not like he had a chance to get far beyond unlocking his phone. With sixteen missed calls from Saegusa, and many more emails flooding his notifications, he knew that his headaches were just beginning.

But it'll be worth it when he finally gets to parade around freely with Shu on his arm.

i am getting a tattoo on my stomach tomorrow and no it has nothing to do with pete wentz don't even ask

leave america As It Was . love on tour 24/02/23 . Melb Night 1