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amanitacurses · 1 month
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sehunniepotwrites · 1 year
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Something Stupid | J.JH
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SYNOPSIS. Out of all the things that could spill out of his mouth while spending time with you, Jaehyun finds himself saying the stupidest words of all.
PAIRING. friends-with-benefits!Jeong Jaehyun x (fem) friends-with-benefits!reader GENRE. Friends-with-Benefits!AU | Friends-to-Lovers!AU | Fluff | Suggestive WORD COUNT. 1559 WARNINGS. suggestive content: making out, alluding to sex (but no explicit descriptions!), fwb situationship; i use the word stupid a lot; nicknames: my sweet girl
PLAYLIST. something stupid - frank sinatra
DISCLAIMER. This is work of fiction. I do not own the people/characters and concepts I have written about. You cannot translate or copy my work. Crossposted on AO3 by sehunnypot.
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Making out with you is a pastime Jaehyun will never get tired of. It’s been an hour since you’ve arrived at his place, bodies tangled together in between his wrinkled sheets. Unlike the other times you’ve spent in his bed, Jaehyun savors his time with you–never moving past his wandering hands, clothes still separating you from the heat you will always crave. Even when a hand slips in between the thin material of his shirt, fingers tickling the soft skin of his wide back, he doesn’t cave in like he usually does.
Instead, Jaehyun breaks the heated kiss with an elongated groan, gently pushing you away to create some distance. The task itself is hard when your body splits the full mattress with him in the dim lighting of his bedroom. He’s never turned you away before, not when he’s had you like this–fingers tangled in his hair, hips pressed against his, and thigh wrapped around his hip. When you lean in to connect yourself to him once more, the pressure in Jaehyun’s palms strengthens ever so slightly and presses you back into his headboard. “I need to stop myself or else...”
“Or else what?” You breathe out with a pant that fans across his face, taking in his disheveled appearance.
Jaehyun, turning red in the ears and neck, turns his gaze away from you. His eyes dart everywhere around his room, doing his best to avoid the eyes that stare right into his soul. When you hum in confusion, he finally whispers, “I might say something stupid.”
He’s serious, you note.
The hands that rest on top of his now slowly reach up to cup his cheeks. Your thumbs caress the pink tint that paints his soft skin, loving the glow that takes over his handsome face. He’s always been that way. Frustratingly handsome in your eyes to the point of annoyance. So good-looking, a punch to his nose wouldn’t dent his prettiness. “That’s never stopped you before,” you reply, using your soft grip to turn his head back towards you.
The two of you have been at this for months now, your relationship progressing from acquaintances that met through his coworker, Johnny, to friends and finally, to friends that come together behind closed doors. Jaehyun doesn’t know why he has to hide the fact that he is sleeping with you from others. In fact, he thinks his group of friends already picked up on it by the way you’re always attached by the hip at parties. Before, you dismissed Mark’s comments about disappearing at the same time entirely but in the past few weeks, you answered Johnny’s teasing smirks with a shy smile that provided both a clear answer and yet, no answer at all.
You know that your mutual friends don’t mean it in a bad way, their teasing is just a way to rile you up, but still, your shenanigans with Jaehyun are something you wanted to keep private. Plus, you’re both grown adults making consenting decisions, no one else’s opinion should matter except the two parties involved.
Jaehyun, being the sweet guy he is, respects that; that’s exactly why he keeps you to himself. He doesn’t utter a word because he wants to keep you. Even when he wants to move past this silly arrangement of hitting each other up with the excuse of needing release, Jaehyun refuses to say anything. Because what if he loses you, the best thing he’s ever had?
You are the one person that keeps his mind occupied from morning until night. There is no room for anything or anyone else but you. Your smile clouds his brain, your laughter fills his ears, and your touch keeps him longing for more. Jaehyun often finds you in the little things that pass him by–in the coffee shop that he frequents, wondering if you got your morning fix; in the stories that he hears on the news, thinking you would enjoy the upcoming city event that is being highlighted; and in the tiny trails you leave behind in his apartment, hoping that one day they would find a permanent spot in the place he currently called home.
There were so many times where Jaehyun could’ve slipped and revealed his feelings, resulting in him biting his lip until it bled but this time, as you look at Jaehyun with eyes that sparkle, he decides it might be time to come clean.
“But this could top every other stupid little thing I’ve ever said before.” He still refuses to meet your gaze.
You take a gulp, tilt his chin so that he has no other choice but to look into your eyes, hoping the desperate twinkle in them will be enough to get your message across. You’re ready to take a step further and you’re willing to do it, just as long as it’s with him. “Well, I happen to love the stupid little things that come out of your mouth.”
Just as much as I love you, you want to finish. But you don’t. You wait for him to get the words he is fighting off his chest. You have an inkling of what it is. A tiny glimmer of hope in your heart.
Jaehyun senses that there is a chance, especially when the thumb pinching his chin ghosts up to rub across his swollen lip. So, with all the courage left in him, he takes it.
Jaehyun closes his eyes, catches his breath, and then proceeds to kiss the pad of your thumb. Then he whispers the stupidest sentence–three small words with the biggest meaning–in existence against your finger, wishing that it’s loud enough for you to hear. “I love you.”
His confession, as soft as your favorite pillow and as melodic as your favorite song, causes your heart to burst into tiny little pieces that only Jaehyun can put back together. The smile that stretches across your face makes you feel like you’re exploding, much like the fireworks that decorate the holiday skies, and Jaehyun is the one to admire the beauty of it all. “Say it louder,” you ask him before tackling a small, “please.”
“I love you.” There’s more confidence behind his words the second time Jaehyun says it with the dust of the stars in his shining chestnut eyes. It sounds so beautiful when it comes out of his mouth, like the prettiest string of words sewn together, you beg for him to repeat it a third time.
This time, Jaehyun retaliates with the cheekiness that trapped you in his grip in the first place. “If I say it again, will you say it back?”
Your nose brushes against his softly before dragging it down his cheek to line his jaw and the path of his neck. You inhale the sweet, lingering scent of his perfume that sticks to his skin and place your lips onto the collarbone that peeks out of his loose shirt. “Say it one more time, Jae, and you’ll find out.”
“Promise?”
“Promise.”
Jaehyun brushes the damp hair that sticks to your sweat ridden face, daintily tucking it behind your ear like he always does. The fingers in your hair dance their way from your cheek to under your chin, gently tilting your face towards him until your eyes meet his. That’s when he gives you the most charming smile you’ve ever seen on his lips, one that can brighten up more than just his darkened room but the entire universe, accompanied by the biggest dip in his reddened cheek. You see the words in Jaehyun’s eyes as his gaze glides over every little feature he can capture. When he lands on your swollen lips, he presses not one, but three meaningful pecks onto them, sandwiched in between the three short words you needed to hear. “I love you, my sweet girl.”
The fourth kiss Jaehyun presses is one that you prolong by circling your arms around his shoulders and diving your hands into his thick hair. He makes a cute squeak out of shock, his sore body falling slightly forward into you, before melting into your hold. With his knees now on either side of your hips, you are now trapped in between him and the bed’s headboard but you don’t seem to mind.
When you pull away, it’s Jaehyun that chases blindly after you with all the love he can muster. A hand in your hair and the other gripping your waist, you love the way it feels. You love being surrounded by his scent, clouded by his words, and adored by his actions.
“I love you too,” you say as you press your forehead to his. Once again, you tenderly rub your nose against his and you kiss the tip of it to top off your moment of affection. “I love you, I love you, I love you.”
Jaehyun chuckles as your ear finds his fast-beating heart. You hear it thumping against his ribs, trying to claw its way out to you, it’s one and only keeper. Your lips leave a kiss right on top of it, causing him to shiver.
“You’re mine now, sweetheart.”
“I’m pretty sure I always have been,” you say, hugging his waist.
Jaehyun called his confession something stupid. In your mind, your lover didn’t say anything of the sort. Instead, he said something right.
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AUTHOR’S NOTE. This one’s been sitting in my docs for a while so might as well release it <3 I finally finished that one portfolio that’s been kicking my ass so let’s hope I have more time to write! Please let me know what you think hehe [reposting to test out the tags!]
TAGLIST. @johtenrecs @emmybyeakitty @ppangjae @sokkigarden @kaepop-trash @suhnnyskiess @baekhyuns-lipchain @bat-shark-repellant @ferxanda @lebrookestore @yutaholic-main @alluringjae @justsayk @itsapapisongo @ashes23 @hyperfixationficrecs @bebsky @misakiise @iwishiwasthemoontonight @inlovergirlsworld @feltednettles @ahgase55g7 @justalildumpling​ @taelme
(tagging my usuals and people i think would be interested in this <3)
NETWORKS. @neowritingsnet​
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sl-vega · 1 month
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meet the bands!-introducing: C✧LESTIA
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☆ y/n-the guitarist and founder of the band. Ever since you picked up a used guitar at your local music shop, you haven't been able to stop playing. You're completely self-taught, but you've managed to make it this far with only YouTube tutorials and improv so you must have some talent (of course a certain purple-haired bastard would beg to differ)
✯ lumine-the vocalist and co-founder of C✧LESTIA (not to mention your childhood bestie!). Her and her brother both took singing lessons when they were younger so she was the first (and only) person you went to when you needed a vocalist. She's the big sister of the group, and when she's not rehearsing for a gig or tuning her instrument, you can find her nagging her brother.
𓄼 furina-C✧LESTIA's bassist and former president of the drama club. She's the most recent addition to the band. Furina got into music after losing her passion for acting and she's proven to be an amazing asset to the band, and an amazing friend. Due to her former acting career, she can usually pull some strings to get you guys into certain venues.
❥ kokomi -C✧LESTIA's keyboard player, and proud member of the chess club. Despite her cute and lady-like demeanor, Kokomi adores war-games and anything involving cunning strategy. She joined when you caught her playing piano in the music room alone. Kokomi is also incredibly popular among your peers, so her joining the band immediately gave you guys a surge of popularity.
❋ yoimiya-the drummer and self-proclaimed "comedic relief" of the group. She went to middle school with you and Lumine, so when C✧LESTIA hosted auditions for a drummer, she was quick to try out. Despite having no prior music experience, she's surprisingly good at playing the drums. Her family also owns a fire-work company so she's accustomed to loud bangs and booms.
✧ mona-C✧LESTIA'S amazing manager. She claims that she only sticks around 'cuz you guys feed her, but she actually enjoys the band's company. (She won't admit this but) You guys are the first group that she's truly felt at home with, so she always risks life and limb when it comes to getting you guys gigs (even though she always plays her efforts off).
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additional notes: 
-FIRST PROFILES DONE
-so proud of myself
-editing the html for this took FOREVER
-but it's worth it
-not much else that i wanna say
-just proud of this :3
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.° ༘🎧⋆₊˚ෆ-MY HEART BEATS FOR YOU
Pairing: [BASSIST!] Scaramouche x [GUITARIST!] Reader
Genre: rivals/enemies to lovers, rivals to friends to lovers, fluff, crack (?), comedy, angst (?), slowburn, high school au, band au, modern au, social media au, smau
Synopsis: You're the lead guitarist for your band, C✧LESTIA and Scaramouche is the bassist of 5WIRL. The two of your bands have a friendly rivalry, but you and Scaramouche don't. On top of being academic rivals, you and him have never been on good terms. Always one-upping each other in grades and in music. Even your bandmates have grown tired of your constant bickering with each other. But when your usual practice hub gets flooded, you and the rest of C✧LESTIA are forced to find a new place to rehearse. So when 5WIRL offers to share their studio with you who are you to refuse? Of course, this forces you to spend time with your sworn rival whether you like it or not. But maybe the two of you can overcome your differences and actually be friends?
Or maybe even more?
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spaceshipellie · 8 months
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Prompt: don’t talk to strangers or you might fall in love
Ellie plssss mb like a slow burn, angst bc Ellie isn’t ready to be vulnerable leading to fluff to smut 💗
Can be tlou universe or modern
“don’t talk to strangers or you might fall in love”
pairing: ellie x reader
summary/warnings: modern au, situationship, emotionally unavailable ellie, angst then fluff
you never meant to fall for her. her laugh, her smile, the way she kissed you hello and goodbye, touched you when no one was around. you knew she would never see you as anything more than “fun” and you promised yourself you could handle it. now, you could only scoff at your foolishness.
she hadn’t made it easy to keep her at arms length though. she was a magnetic force and a stab in the back all in one. the way she’d contradict her soft touch by telling you, “you know i’m not ready for a relationship, baby.” the way she’d contradict her distant behaviour by telling you, “i’ve never met anyone like you, you make me so happy.”
to say it didn’t hurt would be a lie, but you felt responsible for getting involved in the first place. which is why you had never said anything before tonight.
“you’re so fucking selfish!” you screamed.
“i’ve always been upfront with you about what i want, not my fault you can’t handle it,” she screamed back.
“well, i think you’re a liar.”
“oh do you?”
you both stood on opposite sides of her living room. the lighting dim with half drunk rum and cokes on the coffee table.
“yeah, i do. you’re so afraid, ellie. you put on this big, tough act and pretend you don’t care at all but that’s impossible.”
“i don’t need to pretend.” her voice was low and tense. it was jarring compared to your shrill tone.
“so nothing since we met ever meant anything to you?”
“that’s not what i said.”
“then what the fuck are you saying? huh?”
god, part of you wanted to throttle her. she huffed and dragged a hand down her face.
“why the fuck are you bringing this up? i thought we were good.”
“because i don’t know how to read you, ever! and i’m sick of making myself feel like an idiot.”
“i’m not trying to make you feel like an idiot.”
“that’s awfully big of you,” you snapped.
“jesus, fuck. what do you want from me?”
you paused and shook your head. you felt sick and honestly wished you hadn’t said anything. but then you would have spent another six months in silence, tearing yourself up about your feelings.
“i just… i know you never wanted anything serious and neither did i but,” you stopped.
“but what?”
“but… i don’t know, after this long i thought that maybe…”
“i’d have feelings for you?”
your head snapped up to look at her.
“oh, don’t be fucking mean. seriously ellie, i’m not in the mood.”
“i’m not, i mean…” she stopped.
“what?”
silence.
“just tell me otherwise i’ll just leave and you can be on your own like you always want to–“
“i might…” she cut you off. you waited, impatiently.
“i think i might,” she twisted her sweaty hands together, “like you.”
you stared at her, dumbfounded.
“don’t mess with my head, ellie, i swear.”
“i’m not,” she rushed over to you and took your hands.
“i know what i said when we first met and at the time it was true, i didn’t want anything serious,” she took in a shaky breath, “but things have changed and if i’m being honest with you, it scares the shit out of me.”
you looked at her wavering eyes. “why?”
“because i’m not, i wouldn’t, i’m scared i’d fuck it up if we got serious and i wouldn’t want to do that to you.”
you let her confession soak in, thinking carefully about how to respond. you didn’t want to just leap into her arms like a lost puppy but you also wanted what she was saying to be true.
“please say something?” she pleaded after your long silence.
“ellie, i understand being scared, i’m scared! but you shouldn’t let that hold you back from what you want.” your stomach dropped in anticipation.
“i want to be with you, properly.”
she lifted your hands up to wrap around her neck and placed her own on your waist. you tried not to smile too hard just yet.
“is that you asking me to be your girlfriend?”
“yes,” she smiled and you kissed her. she held you closer as you deepened it.
“is that you saying yes?” she mumbled against your lips.
“yes.”
an: i didn’t write it leading to smut but you can imagine that’s where it was heading. hope you like it <3
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pomplalamoose · 5 months
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DILF Luke headcanons / story draft pt. 5
🩵modern day AU🩵
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A/N: Hellooo! So while this is the official last part of these headcanons/ this story draft, it's definitely not my last post about Dilf Luke.
I simply wanted to finish fully exploring the potential confrontations and misunderstandings I had in mind before going back to more lighthearted content such as "dating Dilf Luke" or "spending Christmas with Dilf Luke"
I hope that's in your interest as well, have fun reading and thank you so so much for your support🫶🏻🩵
part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4
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• never before have you seen him like this and his intensity scares you
• theoretically speaking you know his anger isn't directed at you but the way he literally has you cornered, without a possibility to escape or change the topic, makes it rather hard to focus on that
• your mind is racing
• should you play along or expose your friends scheme?
• if only you knew all the details they came up with
• "Can we- can we go home to talk? I mean, to your house?"
• his knuckles around the steering wheel momentarily turn white before he sighs and reaches over you to strap you in
• for a moment you consider telling him that you are well able to put the seat belt on yourself but decide otherwise
• his cologne smells heavenly
• while he carefully merges the car into traffic, you discreetly take out your phone to text your friend
• since you doubt you'll get a chance to talk to them once you arrive, now is the time to collect as much information as you can
• "remember that one awful ex of yours?" comes the answer "yeahhhh I told my dad about him and said you're back together, so sorry xxx"
• pulling a face you start to reply
• but before you can hit send or see what else they have to say, Luke snatches the phone out of your hand and slides it into his breast pocket
• you gasp looking up at him, momentarily angry
• "I won't allow you to converse with that...person any longer, do I make myself clear?"
• you blink confusedly but quickly understand he thinks you were texting your supposed boyfriend
• you are about to say something, but then, remembering his car rule, decide to quickly clamp your mouth shut again
• better to not make this worse until you know what's going on
• the rest of the way you sit in silence
• Luke is fuming
• though now, that he has you safely by his side to keep an eye on you, he's slowly growing calmer
• the added fact that you called his home your home is nearly able to overshadow what his child oh so casually shared with him over breakfast
• yes, he can admit that perhaps his proceedings were somewhat hasty
• he definitely overstepped a line by taking your phone away
• and he's aware he scared you again
• with his hand on your thigh he can easily tell how tense you have grown
• slightly turning his head he sees how hard you're holding on to the straps of your bag and inwardly heaves a sighs
• you must believe he's angry at you; by now he knows you well enough to tell
• he doesn't want you to be afraid
• not of him
• NEVER of him
• at the thought he feels his anger bubbling to the surface again
• he doesn't understand how you could ever involve yourself with that imbecile of a man, while simultaneously failing to see him
• he's right there, right in front of you!
• there's so much he could offer you instead
• what does the other have that he doesn't?
• "owww"
• your little sound brings him back to the present and immediately he feels overwhelmed with guilt
• he is no better than your abusive so called "boyfriend"
• "I'm so sorry, sweetheart", he hears himself say; the words simply slipping out and away before he can stop himself
• but "'s okay", you whisper and release your bag to shyly touch his hand
• he called you sweetheart again
• your heart is racing and as your skin makes contact with his you suddenly feel rather light headed at your own boldness
• quickly you pull away again
• Luke restrains himself from ordering you to place your hand right back on his
• where it belongs
• you don't dare to ask him to return your phone
• not when the two of you eventually make it to your destination
• not when he helps you out of the car to lead you inside
• not when you sit down on the couch in the living room and make eye contact with your friend lingering near by
• especially not when his next course of action is to send them away
• you don't know what to expect, the anxiety making you feel slightly sick to your stomach
• you can't decide on what would be worse, an interrogation or a stern lecture like last time?
• but then he sits down close to you and when he speaks his voice is the gentlest it has ever been
• he isn't angry at you, just so, so worried
• who is that guy his child told him about?
• how did you end up in such bad company?
• are you really dating him?
• was this really your choice?
• or did he force you, leave you no other choice?
• does he hurt you?
• is he the reason you're not coming to visit anymore?
• is he systematically isolating you from your family and friends?
• you can tell him, you really can, he promises not to judge
• he'll take care of anything you ask if that's what you need to break free from this
• everything to make this easier for you
• he knows he's not your father, but surely he will never get a single night's sleep ever again knowing you're in a potentially dangerous situation
• please, break this off, he doesn't want for any harm to befall you
• overwhelmed you don't know what and how to respond
• at some point the situation got out of hand and there are so many things that you feel need to be taken into consideration
• so many questions
• it has never been more obvious how much Luke cares and how genuine his worries for you are
• but how does he view himself in relation to you?
• as a father figure or as a friend...or as something more?
• it would be easy enough to ask but you fear you won't get an answer, that he'll abruptly shut you out once more
• but won't he do so anyways when this conversation is done and over with?
• so far he always did after sharing an intimate moment with you
• confessing your own feelings isn't an option either, you promised your friend not to
• and from what you were told it would only elicit the same reaction
• in the worst case scenario it would lead to a rejection and a broken heart
• but even if it came to this, you could still uphold your friendship with your best friend, couldn't you?
• you wouldn't abandon them just because their father rejected you
• or maybe they want you to keep your secret for another reason entirely
• maybe they lied to you too
• this is such a mess and slowly the uncomfortable reality dawns on you then; there's no way out of this without someone getting hurt
• still you don't know what to say
• you look up at him and the pleading look in his lovely blue eyes; he truly is upset
• it would be easy, a relief even, to speak out, you think
• it would only be fair
• but continuing to lie would mean keeping your promise to your friend, saving face in front of their father
• in your panic you decide on something as close to the truth as possible
• "I- I don't know what to do"
• it's so hard to hold his gaze and when it inevitably softens even more, you start to cry
• alarmed he immediately reaches for you but you can't- you just can't take his comfort for a situation that is purely made up
• sobbing you push his arms away, desperate to ignore the way his brow furrows in...hurt?
• "I'm sorry, I'm so so sorry"
• your words only serve to confuse and worry him even more
• what are you sorry for?
• what is it?
• oh won't you tell him?
• he'll make it all better if only you'll let him know what's wrong
• he'll keep it a secret too, nothing, not a word will leave this room if that's what you're afraid of
• ignoring your defensive gestures he cradles your face in his hands
• something in you breaks
• you have to tell him
• you just HAVE to
• how could you ever enjoy his caring attention when all it's based on is a lie?
• you'd rather have a broken heart borne out of honesty
• will your friend forgive you?
• will they understand?
• you hope so; the damage is done
• unable to calm down, with tears still spilling from your eyes, it takes you a while to stumble through your explanation
• Luke grows very quiet
• the fact that he's listening so intently, trying to understanding what's going on, only hurts you more
• you're horribly ashamed
• and even though you try to describe the situation from your point of view as best as you can, you feel like it will never be enough to make up for everything
• "I promised my friend not to tell you about my feelings for you", you say, "they are afraid it's going to end our friendship when you send me away."
• softly shaking his head he takes your hand in his to gently wipe your cheeks
• you gave him a lot to think about and eventually he will need to have several very very serious talks with you as well as with his child
• but right now he wants you to stop crying
• he is not angry at you
• in fact he's mostly relieved you're not dating that ex of yours again
• he tells you how thankful he is for your honesty; he sees and respects the courage it took to tell the truth
• it will all be okay, he promises
• you will always be welcome here at his house
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• "so, do you think that means he likes me?", you ask your friend after a few weeks went by
• they give you a look
• "you're driving me insane, do you know that?"
• they never told you about any details of the several long conversations they had with their father
• you are able to take guesses though and understand they don't want to share certain aspects, especially not those that might involve their dead mother and you
• still it'd be a lie to claim you aren't exceptionally curious
• first and foremost because their father didn't comment on your feelings towards him in any way
• and like it so often is the case you are left guessing
• maybe he does return your feelings but isn't acting on them because of his child
• or your age difference
• or because he doesn't know where to start and is embarrassed by it
• or maybe he doesn't want to enter another relationship because of his late wife?
• maybe he needs more time
• possibly he doesn't return your feelings and just didn't tell you to avoid hurting you and his child
• "Not knowing what's going on is driving ME insane! Didn't you say you want him to be upfront about how he feels towards me?", you ask
• your friend agrees
• "and I told him too", they say
• falling quiet you look at each other, when suddenly you can tell they made up their mind about something
• they'll let you in on a secret
• as it turns out their father didn't tell them anything regarding his feelings either
• but they know him well and it's obvious to see there's something going on
• they thought a lot about your descriptions of his behavior around you; the presents, his touches, his protectiveness, the pet name, the lingering gazes, all the offers to stay over, to drive you home, to help you out...
• "you were right to ask me if he's like this with all of my friends", they say "because he isn't"
• he isn't like this with anybody
• expect with you
• "do you mind?", you ask
• your friend admits they aren't sure
• they want to be happy that their father seems to be slowly moving on but like, how weird is it to think he'd be fucking their best friend?
• at your loud protest they have to laugh but quickly grow serious again
• "I'd be glad if it's you he goes for", they say "and not some woman I don't know who will want to be my new mom. But that doesn't mean I'm fully on board with this."
• you understand; of course you do
• they explain that they want their dad to be happy
• and if he is happy with you then so be it
• they absolutely don't want to witness any displays of affection between him and you though
• you are only allowed to move in once they have a chance to move out
• you will most definitely not call yourself their step mom, not even as a joke
• they won't give you relationship advice and don't want to hear any stories whatsoever involving their dad (okay, maybe they'll make an exception for the funny ones)
• but under no circumstances will they tolerate you spending more time with their father than with them
• they were your friend first
• it's a promise you give easily and without second thought
• never would you want to trade them against anything or anyone, not even their father
• they visibly relax at that
• "yeah well you can go have him then but I'm not helping you", they say with a shooing hand motion
• as relatively easy, even if not very happy, you feel about your current situation, Luke isn't able to say the same
• already over a month has passed since you dissolved into tears in front of him and admitted to your crush
• here you were, presenting yourself on a pretty silver platter, basically throwing yourself at him
• and still he didn't do and hasn't done anything about it, made immobile by his past experiences and fears of the future
• as different, as gentle, as you are from his late wife, he's afraid
• he's a coward
• what if he looses his temper?
• what if the ugly parts she used to coax to the surface so easily show themselves when he's with you?
• would you ever be able to look at him the same again?
• no, you'd probably leave him and it'd be his fault
• and he'd have to watch you go; he knows he would
• he can't let himself grow as dangerously and unhealthily possessive as he used to be
• you deserve a better version of him, even in the end
• and, most importantly, what would his child say?
• he could never make them choose between him and you
• what if they'd loose their dear friend?
• how could he ever make up for it again when similar things already happened so many times?
• and yet, despite it all, there's another part of him, a part that's raging against every single one of his reasons
• it's screaming at him to take the opportunity
• to take you
• you asked for it
• you are here
• he just needs to reach out, what is he waiting for
• now more than ever he notices things he was blind to before
• how you look at him when he opens the door to greet you, when he enters a room, when he sits across from you at dinner or beside you in the car
• he notices your eyes growing bigger, the blush on your cheeks and how you unconsciously worry your lip when he speaks to you
• he should have kissed you senseless
• long and hard and ruthless
• oh how he would've liked to, how close he came...and then felt like he'd be taking advantage of you if he did
• you were so distraught, so helpless, it wouldn't have been right
• and now, stuck in his inner conflict, paralyzed, he's watching you float away and out of his grasp as he keeps trying to convince himself it's better that way
• you'll find someone else
• someone your age
• someone as innocent as you
• someone that will treat you well
• someone without desires as dirty as his
• he tries to imagine how a perfect partner for you would look like
• but every time he does, it's like he's being devoured alive by all consuming jealousy
• he has to ask at least, he realizes
• he has to ask if you'd still take him, want him, if he made a move now?
• even over a month later?
• it will be easier to move on then, to say goodbye, with a no for an answer
(to his immense surprise you'll prove him wrong and say yes, but he doesn't know that yet)
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suzukiblu · 5 months
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i want to write and post kinky things, but i can’t get past this base level of… shame, i guess. or embarrassment. or anxiety over judgement. it feels weird to ask just another blog, but yet i still am… how do you do it? did you have to get over the same thing? if you did, how?? sorry. i love your writing
You're good, friend, don't sweat it! ❤️ Honestly I don't remember if I was ever particularly ashamed or embarrassed by the idea of doing smut or not, but I WAS once ashamed and embarrassed by the idea of writing and posting things that I thought were too id-driven or too self-indulgent or just Too Much.
And then I thought, "okay, but if I'm not having fun and not being authentic and not doing what I want, what's the point anyway?"
So I just slooooowly step-by-step stopped reflexively reining myself in, and then I found out that actually the world is full of people who are exactly as id-driven and buck-wild as I am and they are both delighted and GRATEFUL to see my hyper-specific opinions about gender and yes they WOULD like to read about this character being the exact kind of queer I am interpreting them as and no there is NOT any such thing as "too much" hurt/comfort or too many fix-it AUs or too much focusing on your favorite character and yes they DO wanna see those kinks explored too; actually, you should probably write all your fave things a few MORE times and commit even HARDER this time. Like, the more niche and self-indulgent I get, the more enthusiastic and involved the people who read my stuff seem to get, in my experience. People LIKE the stuff I thought I'd get judged over. Like, a lot of people! Not EVERYONE, but still, way more people than I ever would've expected when I was regularly thinking "no one will like my stuff if I get too carried away and do what I REALLY wanna do".
I realize you're asking about specifically porn here, but that was sort of an overlapping thing for me in terms of the KINDS of porn I wrote, and like . . . I really do think making the things you really WANT to make is always gonna resonate harder than just making the things you think you're SUPPOSED to make.
I don't know if any of that was sufficiently helpful, but personally I always say you should just do what you want, in situations like these. You're not gonna be eighty and going "gosh I wish I'd had LESS experiences and tried FEWER new things!", you know?
(also if all else fails, there's always the good ol' "make a throwaway NSFW account to test the waters on your own comfort level and go from there" option)
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aita-blorbos · 3 months
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AITA for avoiding my BF for over a week?
(Canon characters, but based on an AU fanfic of mine. Will link after the poll closes)
Okay, yeah, that sounds bad, but I had a good reason. A really good reason.
I've. (54-55M) been together with this wonderful guy M (32-33M) for almost a year and we've been through A LOT together. We were on a dangerous expedition that involved many people getting killed by a giant robot lobster, we discovered a lost civilization (where we currently live, it's a great place), M was chosen as a host by this semisentient giant rock that protects the place (because turns out his grandfather was actually the king's younger brother) and merged with it, I fought and killed someone who almost stole him in this state to sell for money (obviously that didn't work, my friends, the king's daughter K (at least 8500F), and I brought the rock back and the rock gave M back to me), we fought the Kraken and won, we faced off against a conman (who tried to trap us in an abandoned mineshaft) and a desert spirit with an army of sand coyotes (we won again), and we stopped a crazy guy who thought he was Odin from using an ancient weapon (from OUR CITY) to bring about Ragnarok. And through all of this, I only loved him more and more every day. So much that I decided I wanted to make it official. I wanted to propose to him. But like any guy proposing to the love of his life, I wanted it to be special. I wanted the perfect time and place and all that. Well, I got the time and place. We were invited to a private party for us and everyone on the expedition to find this city, to celebrate the one-year-anniversary of that trip and its success. Perfect time to ask him, when surrounded by all the people that are most important to both of us. Now all I needed was the perfect ring. And that's where I might be a bit of an asshole.
See, I didn't want M to have any idea what I was planning or what I was doing, and it's really hard to keep things like that a surprise because M is incredibly smart (one of many reasons I love him). So I told him K (now the Queen) needed my help with something. Not him, just me. I should note that K was in on this whole thing, and had offered to help me try to find a ring. She and I spent probably a day or two searching and I found nothing. So K suggested I make the ring myself, and that she had people who could help me do it.
Making rings is way harder than I ever thought, especially with my big hands, and it took me well over a week to do it. As in getting up early and coming home to M late. I did my best every night to make up for being away from him so much, because I did feel bad about it. I also stole his grandfather's wedding ring that he keeps in his bag so I could get his size (it fits M perfectly) but I put it back as soon as I was done, and M never noticed it go missing. But I felt really bad, like I was a huge asshole, when I told M I was done helping K and he admitted that he briefly thought I didn't love him anymore because I was avoiding him so much.
I was just trying to make this as special for him as possible, by making my own ring to surprise him with when I propose. But.....am I an asshole for doing it?
(Additional note, since I'm writing this after the proposal. M loved the ring and seemed to understand what was going on all those days when I told him I made it for him myself. And more importantly, he said yes!)
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neon-moon-beam · 1 year
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Addressing Ableism In The Submas Fandom And Its Impact Again
The fact that I know multiple neurodivergent people who have bad feelings arise from seeing any content, including official, of Warden Ingo due to an influx people turning the Submas fandom into an ableist playground in the wake of PLA speaks volumes.
Before I continue, I want to stress: I am not calling anyone in particular out.
Unknowingly making ableist content does not make you a bad person. Everyone still has things to learn, everyone has room for change and growth. Self-education and critical thinking are very important here (and everywhere). A desire to correct a mistake, change, and grow from it is better all around than digging your heels in and refusing to budge or listen.
I am not responsible for bad faith interpretations or other potential misinterpretations of me addressing these issues that have personally affected friends, acquaintances, and myself, should people choose to make these interpretations.
I am also not responsible for the reading comprehension or critical thinking skills of others. If you don’t read the entire post and choose to be reactionary towards it, including making assumptions about what was said or putting words in my mouth, I am not at fault.
Bl*nkshippers are not welcome on my content.
I can't begin to forgive the contingency of the fandom that made neurodivergent people feel unwelcome and alienated in their own space, and made them wonder if other Submas fans, or even people in general, even see them as human.
Given that it’s widely accepted that Ingo and Emmet are autistic-coded characters, the fandom could have been a safer and enjoyable space for neurodivergent (but especially autistic) people. It could have even been a refuge for people upset by the uncertainty we were left with due to PLA being incomplete. Instead, a large contingency of fans took one look at Submas and went "how sad/unhinged/angsty can I make the train blorbos?" and decided disability, trauma, and mental illness were acceptable to use as props.
To the people who have been doing things along these lines (but with especially Emmet!);  this tells neurodivergent people that you think they're unhinged, will hurt others if given an opening to do so, and portraying Ingo and/or Emmet as never having been human, turned into something nonhuman (as in Submas is singled out as nonhuman, and NOT in something like a Pokemon Mystery Dungeon AU or other AU where everyone is not human), or otherwise being not in control of their own actions is telling neurodivergent people that you don't even see them as human. And yes, you can be sending this message even if you yourself are neurodivergent!
Because of all this, I now know multiple people who do not want to see any content involving Warden Ingo, or PLA at all due to the negative association from the fandom, and even some who have stopped engaging with Submas in varying degrees.
I've made it very clear in other posts that I don't like how fandom is on tumblr for many reasons and that I do not consider myself part of the Submas fandom. But the Submas fandom has further turned me off to fandom as a whole, and I currently do not wish to engage with PLA content outside of making reassurance posts compiling evidence Ingo will or has gone home.
My roommate barely posts Submas art anymore because the pervasive ableism got to be too much. This is saying something considering she’s the author of the Submas primer many people, probably including many of those making ableist content, reblogged. She’s also the author of a post detailing Submas as autistic-coded characters. She’s been alienated from a community that she had provided a ton of research for! Please think about that for a second.
Other people don’t want to see Submas interacting with certain characters ever again (namely Volo), because of the ableist content created around their interactions, or even ships.
And if you’ve been around since at least PLA, you may have noticed that there are a few people who frequently posted about Submas as well as the ableism, who haven’t engaged with Submas content in a long time.
Fandom shouldn’t become an alienating or even hostile space for people who just want wholesome or comforting content, or simply want to see characters they like or even find representation in NOT being treated as ableist puppets or being so ooc with angst and ableism they’ve essentially become the artist or writer’s OCs. But unfortunately that's the track the Submas fandom seems to frequently head down in the wake of PLA.
If you’d like more info about the ableism that has been going on in Submas fan content, there is a list of posts here, but this is by no means exhaustive.
This is a post I previously referenced in one of my posts about the ableism about the issue of making Emmet violent and traumatized for entertainment purposes and why it’s problematic to use trauma as a prop.
And here is a post I made (with my roommate’s addition) addressing the issue of people thinking ableist portrayals aren’t harmful or don’t have an impact on real people.
And if you’re going to continue to make ableist content of Submas (or any other fandom) without any regard as to how your work impacts others, then there isn’t much anyone can do. But don’t be surprised if people choose not to engage with you or your content.
Thank you for your consideration.
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rosalind-hawkins · 3 months
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TLDR: Duke is smart boi, Mastershipping good.
Been thinking about Duke's arc in the anime, and here's the thing.
He was "in talks" with Pegasus about DDM, but it wasn't greenlit yet, yeah? It didn't get finalized and Pegasus just stops responding to his emails, hence the whole going-after-Yugi thing blah blah blah.
(Side-note about how clever and diabolical Duke is to go after Yugi via his good friend Joey; damn Duke, you make a good antagonist, I'd love and fear the version of you that goes full villain.)
But despite Duke not having the green light or official production yet, he's still got the DDM dice; probably a sample batch from manufacturers, okay, I can believe that they made a 100-bag batch or something as an early order. But he ALSO has a duel arena fitted out to be adapted for DDM specifically, and this can only exist a couple of ways.
Industrial Illusions commissioned the custom DDM arena from KC as an early model and it was delivered to Duke. (I think this is unlikely since, again, no final say from Pegasus yet.)
Duke bought a Duel Arena from KaibaCorp, studied it, took it apart, and made his own adjustments to convert it into a DDM arena, which means studying Kaiba's tech, redesigning portions of it, reprogramming some of the software, creating schematics and custom parts and reassembling everything for the final version.
Option 2, but Duke paid someone to do it. (This is unlikely to me because of how deeply personal this game is to him and how deeply involved he is.)
Option 2 is much more likely to me, and this is why in my Rock Bottom AU, I have Duke set up as a technical hardware genius. (In that AU specifically, Duke handles hardware and Seto handles software, and they're the perfect nerd team.) I do think he is a genius on some level. He's not on Kaiba's level, but I think he's highly intelligent and doesn't generally get enough credit for it.
What probably happens later on, after Pegasus gives the green light, is that Industrial Illusions formally contracts KC to design and produce DDM arenas, and maybe Duke tries to insist that he already did the design part, but KC won't produce a design that's not theirs, so they make their own.
I imagine that when Duke and Kaiba get together later, Kaiba just casually mentions that he knows about Duke's original bootlegged DDM arena, and Duke is like, "Yeah, I'm aware that I voided the warranty, and no, I'm not going to apologize for it." And Kaiba's intellectual curiosity gets the better of him, so he's just like, "Even though I know the official KC version of the DDM arena is superior, I wanted to know how you made the original adjustments," and then Duke gets to show off his own handiwork on his bf's tech, and Kaiba has someone that's not an employee that he can talk to about the intricacies of his inventions for maybe the first time ever? And it makes him happy in a way that he doesn't understand, but these inventor boys have each other to talk to now about this stuff, and it's so fulfilling for them.
When Duke eventually moves in with Kaiba, he gets his own workshop/office for all the creative and technical work he does for DDM, and Kaiba makes a point of stopping by every once in a while to see what he's working on and "no, I don't need your advice, I can do it myself" only needs to be said to him a few times in order for him to learn to withhold his opinions until Duke asks for them.
In the context of Mumbleshipping, I imagine that any time Duke or Kaiba talk about their inventions in any detailed way to Ryou, his eyes glaze over pretty fast, and bless him he's trying, but he doesn't have a brain for engineering or hard sciences, so this all goes in one ear and out the other.
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starchaserdreams · 11 months
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Erm, hello!
I am an aspiring writer. I have these stories in my head that I love and want to write about. But when I try, it's the absolute worst shit I've ever seen in my life.
Sorry, what I'm trying to ask is, any tips for younger writers who have no idea what they're doing...?
Hi! I have no idea what I'm doing ever, but I'll try to answer as best as I can. I'll start with generic advice, then say what works for me specifically. Sorry this got so long.
We're all kind of fumbling through life. The writing habits that I have have come from three sources:
a) hearing what other people do and building from them. I'm always in one writers group or another (currently I'm in a local writers group, and I'm regularly involved with two different NaNoWriMo groups in November, one locally and one virtually) and I've picked up a lot from them
b) a metric fuckton of trial and error. Because while part (a) is great some of the time, most of the things that work for other people don't work for me. I can't set a strict schedule at the same time everyday. I can't edit for a long time after I write.
c) NaNoWriMo (see link) helped me SO MUCH. I don't think everything can be written that way, but in terms of getting a handle on your own voice, preventing yourself from stopping to edit, and letting the story flow on its own, NaNo is amazing. It's a great starting point. Editing can come later, once the words are done on the page.
If you're unfamiliar, it's a (totally free) event that happens in November every year where everyone tries to write 50,000 words of a brand new novel in the span of one month. That's 1,667 words per day, so there isn't much time to stop and edit as you go. You just keep going. It's a competition against yourself rather than anyone else, to see if you can accomplish the task. It's also a community based event, so you can commiserate with other writers about the bad and celebrate with them about the good.
They have smaller events in April and July, but to really get the feel of it, November is when it's a party (or a rollercoaster, either way). I went to write-ins in cafes, bars, grocery stores, on the subway, etc. The event is a whole vibe, and now they have in person events again (they paused for covid). If you want to stay virtual, they have that too!
And as for what works for me:
1.
This most certainly wouldn't work for everyone, but it's my current strategy:
I think best when I'm in motion. By far. So most of my storyboarding I do while walking or driving, and I dictate into the notes app on my phone.
I do most of my dialogue this way too, because speaking it out loud makes it feel more like a conversation and more natural. I won't dictate the narration, but I'll include action tags. So it comes out like "Anthony: *flings door open, eyes wide* what in blazes are you doing??" (I add punctuation later)
Then when I get home, I often have several thousand words of notes to work from. My notes file for my last fic was 30k words, almost all of which had been dictated. It's a lot. It might sound daunting.
But it was done while out for a walk or drive, so it felt easy and effortless. And then when it came time to actually write, I got 48,000 words of a first draft done in 8 days (about 15k of which was just copy pasted from the outline. The whole time it felt like cheating and using guidelines to write the actual story, but it was all my original work, just done at different times.
2.
Keep writing as an exciting treat rather than a chore.
I've started to create little writers retreats for myself. My friends and I rented an AirBnB for two nights this winter, where the entire goal was reading and writing. Sure there was sitting around the fire talking and eating good food, but we built it up so that the writing was the exciting part. It worked SO WELL. We did writing activities together too, not just staring at a word doc. We did character studies and made little AUs to imagine our characters in.
A friend and I took a six hour road trip for another writers retreat too. We spent the 12 hours (RT) in the car talking about our stories and characters. We'd started with dozens of prompts so we'd have enough material, and we never ran out. Then we took rest stops at gas stations and restaurants and did little 15 minute writing sprints. It really got me fired up. I wrote 6,000 words over the two days of that retreat!
Keeping writing fun can be big things (my sister and I did a writers retreat like that in Hawaii) or little things (I always treat myself to a donut and a coffee on Sunday mornings and then have a leisurely morning in the cafe writing).
I can't say if any of this will work for you, because I can't even say whether it'll still work for *me* in a few years. But I hope it's food for thought!
Anyway this is like one million words long so sorry about that, hope it was interesting.
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steelthroat · 2 months
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for the fic ask game, because your concepts are so delightful:
☔Is there a fic concept you have that you'd like to just explain and share because you're not sure you'll ever write it? If so, what is it?
or if you prefer
🌤️Share your favorite piece of dialogue from your WIP.
Oh hiiii and thank you 🥺💕
So yeah there are a couple of them:
The first one is a time travel/loop fix-it fic. So it would be based in the idw continuity and there are Megatron, Optimus and then also Rodimus stuck in their own time loops and they have to find a way to get out of them. The thing is they don't know how and they think they are alone, at some point they find out that in certain specific moments there are some "windows" in which their time loops meet and they can interact and make meaningful decisions that change the timeline. At some point there's also time travel involved because of their guilt and so they say "hey we're already stuck why Don't we try to go back in time and stop everything bad from ever happening?" And when I say everything I say literally everything, so Brainstorm is involved (and the rest of the science team lol). This is my most ambitious project, but it would require me to reread all the idw continuity and crossovers, take notes of a fuckton of things and then develop my plot while also not making it boring/prevedible/unrealistic\out of character. So yeah if I'll ever do this it won't be now because I definitely lack the time, the knowledge, and the maturity.
This one I started writing it a year ago and stopped because it was a big project and I needed to develop it more. So it's a new continuity, takes inspiration from the idw one regarding the society but with differences and the characters are in different settings kind of. So it would be a series retelling the story of how the war/revolution started and ended but from different points of view and different writing styles varying from character to character. So yeah we're going psychological/thriller/unreliable narrators. I think I can do this one, not now but one day it must be done.
Another new continuity this time taking inspiration from G2, very dramatic, but fun, not as big as the other two but still a multichapter. Also knowing myself and the fact that the characters gain their free will and things don't go according to plan when I write I feel like it would become big.
Okay, so this one is set in the bayverse continuity. It's a hate-mail to the movies, really. I'm gonna take the concepts I liked more and use them, I'll know I'll have done a good job if you feel the misanthropy-levels rising while reading. I also think I can do this one, it shouldn't be too long (?) Like idk it's a rewriting of the movies, basically.
Peace time/post war but Optimus and Megatron's mental health is in... dire state
Gladiator Optimus Au! I WILL do this one but I'm still deciding how.
Okkk now onto the dialogue... let's see:
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"So what about Autobots? Can we interface with them?" Vortex asked
Optimus shifted uneasily at the question "I- ahm... If there's consent involved- ah. Ahem, what is Lord Megatron's policy regarding cross-factional ah- interpersonal relationships?" he looked at Megatron, who was now frowning at Vortex... he had been frowning the entire time. Everyone turned towards him eagerly waiting for an answer.
"If anyone decides to act that recklessly, at least be smart enough to keep quiet about it, and if you get hurt, and I get to hear about it, then I'm going to finish the work said Autobot started," Megatron was now glaring at the mechs with poorly hidden disgust and disappointment, his stance was clear.
Optimus cleared his vocalizer. "Please, follow Lord Megatron's orders, but if something happens to you, go to a medic or come to me"
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shizazz420 · 10 months
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Dear Invader Zim Community
Hey. You may know me by many things. shtass, shizazz, smeebmob, smeeb, or most unfortunately, Inky's (also known as Inky Shitp0st, brainrotart, snaxart6, rotten ink, basically the creator of the Invader Zim Demon/Angel AU and the Killer Dib AU etc etc) partner. Inky, one of the most infamous people in the IZ community, was my partner for nearly 3 years. I am here to say that I am sorry I ever supported or believed them and their lies. This is my apology.
I know "sorry" doesn't cut it. I have defended some truly heinous things that I was made to believe were false accusations. Knowing what I know now, I look back on that time with shame. Shame that I let him get away with everything he did to not just others, but myself. It is not fair to anyone that I stood by his side and let his victims be harassed off of the internet or into hiding. It is not even fair to him. He was robbed of an opportunity to learn from his actions, and now continues to repeat them to this day as a legal adult. I forgive unconditionally, but I will never, ever trust him or forget what he did. Everything from grooming, abuse, sexual harassment, even to the horrific things he portrayed in his Killer Dib and Demon/Angel AUs. I'm all for dark fiction and creative freedom, but I draw the line when the writer genuinely thinks the things they are writing about are okay or acceptable in any circumstance in real life. And they did.
I will not go into detail here, but long story short, they abused me, cheated on me, betrayed me, lied to and about me, and much more, all while treating me in such a way that convinced me I did not deserve better.
But most of all, I am sorry for what I allowed him to do to the Invader Zim and ZaDr communities-- the communities that I have loved for years and always were my safe space. He singlehandedly split certain areas of it apart. He has done worse than what you all know and continues his disgusting behavior to this day. The horrific stories he produced were projections of his own mind, and he later acted on those thoughts to varying degrees. The police will be getting involved.
I am sorry to the minors he groomed and manipulated.
I am sorry for the person who I will refer to as Sia for him taking advantage of your unstable state and obsessive personality to later demonize you after he lied to you about me.
I am sorry to everyone who tried to help and support him for your time wasted, as he refused any real help.
I am sorry to everyone who he has lied about and to.
I am sorry for everything.
I am not innocent. I will be exposing my own faults along with his in due time. I only hope that even a few of you will lend your support during this time and help me and his other victims bring him to justice.
And to a certain person who may or may not be reading this... get out of there. You are too young for him and he is an adult. Stop telling him you love him. Stop shipping your characters together. Get out. I know you don't like me, and that's fine. But I don't want him to make another person into a husk of what they once were.
If you have any questions, anyone reading this, I will answer them. Thank you for reading.
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the-force-awakens · 2 months
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For the fic asks, 5, 29 for your Poe/Volya fics, and 37
!!! Ah, thank you!! *rubs my hands together gleefully* my time to shine, I love talking about these two
5. What do you wish someone would ask you about [insert fic]? Answer it now!
I feel like every single question I've ever wanted to be asked about Poe and Volya just like - flew right out of my head, lol. I contemplated something about their Force connection but I don't actually think I've included it yet in any of the fics I've posted to ao3, so I'm gonna go with something involving the "bad au" once again, cos it's something that jumped out to me when I was reading the tlj era fics back to back: the difference in when Poe and Volya both think something's changed between them, and why.
In my hand was the one you reached for, Poe mentions in his internal dialogue that something changed between them aboard the Raddus (which I think is reinforced in an earlier one-shot that @dameronalone wrote) during the events of tlj, but in the fic that's pretty much a direct sequel to that, if we got nothing we got us, which takes place from Volya's POV, she thinks that their relationship shifted after he made it back from Jakku and the Finalizer.
And I think that makes a lot of sense, 'cos although we definitely haven't touched on that specific era yet from Volya's POV yet, the days Poe is missing absolutely are what makes Voy in this verse realize just how much she loves him and just what she's been risking trying to hide that. Unfortunately, her crash course in "fuck I can't lose him, I love him too much for that and he doesn't even know it" gets a follow-up grade in tlj when they get put on separate transports during the evac to Crait....cos I'm. extremely evil.
And then of course, for Poe - they haven't really had the time to *stop* since he got back, until the Raddus, for better or worse (but mostly for worse), so I think that's the first stretch of time that he's actually had where he can notice something has changed for Volya that makes her a lot more open with her feelings than before, and ergo that their relationship has shifted because of it.
29. What songs would be (or are) on a playlist for [insert fic]? Explain your choices if you want!
I mean I have a couple of generalized poelya playlists already to be quite honest - their regular one, and one specifically for the aforementioned bad au. And one somewhere that's specifically songs I think Volya would put in a playlist that remind her of Poe.
But.....the two songs that are just simply put the most Volya/Poe to me, to the point that they could really fit any fic I've written for them, is About Love by Marina and Storm by Ruelle. Their relationship is (obviously) very much inspired by my big ole feelings for Poe, so Poe's pretty much the first/only person Volya's also had big ole feelings for, and I think these songs really capture the "oh shit this is my one exception and oh man what do i do with all these FEELINGS" that Volya constantly feels around him:
… Started in the strangest way Didn't see it coming Swept up in your hurricane Wouldn't give it up for nothing Now I'm all caught up in the highs and the lows It's a shock to my system I don't wanna run away so I stay [About Love]
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I am caught off guard by you Like a wave I'm pulled into It's a feeling I can't fight Like a wildfire deep inside You're taking my heart by storm I'm lost in your love (lost in your love) I can't hold back any more I'm lost in your love (lost in your love) [Storm]
37. Promote one of your own “deep cut” fics (an underrated one, or one that never got as much traction as you think it deserves!). What do you like about it?
Okay, my first thought was not actually a Star Wars fic - although there's definitely some fics of mine there that I wish got more traction, and it'd be nice if my poelya ones got a leetol more attention but I'm also not terribly bothered by that because hey I'm writing for myself and my friends and it's fun - it was a crossover Spidey/Moon Knight fic that I wrote in 2022.
Just...maybe not the crossover you were expecting. I had finished replaying Spider-Man PS4, I think, and I was like....this would work really well for a crossover with Moon Knight. It ended up being a blend of the television show and the early Mackay run before I quit reading. It definitely got a little bit of attention, but mostly just of folks wanting a continuation, which I had no plans for. But it's definitely still one of my favorite fics I've written - writing for Peter really is just so much fun.
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cryptidclover · 1 year
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TaeKai Fic Rec List
A collection of fic that have stuck with me. (listed in no particular order)
Taekai Spy AU by taemin. series | M/E | When Jongin's cover is blown, he has to put his trust in the criminal he was supposed to assassinate. Burned spy AU. Reverie by Tae_amo. chaptered | E | Taemin has been recruited into an organization tasked with hunting down individuals that can conjure earthquakes and vortexes of fire at will. He's glad he has Jongin to keep his mind off his new job. Amour by Moonyki. one-shot | G | On a calm afternoon, Taemin has a very peculiar question for Jongin. A discussion ensues. You're my cup of tea by Moonyki. chaptered | M | Jongin recently discovered he likes tea a lot. Taemin works in a tea shop. But Jongin truly loves tea. Not only the cute tea shop's seller. Chanyeol gets involved in everything. & Kyungsoo speaks french. Happy Panda by atomickitten03. (Sequel) one-shot | PG | Working at a fast food restaurant isn't Jongin's dream job, but dance classes don't pay themselves. If only he could find one thing he isn't terrible at...
Error 404: shame not found by atomickitten03. one-shot | E |  Being a webcam nude model is a perfectly respectable career, in Jongin’s eyes. But when he sees Taemin in real life for the first time, completely on accident, he doesn’t quite know the camboy etiquette to follow. Awkward Firsts by officiallykris. one-shot | E | Taemin likes the sound of his own voice. Kai finds this all a little amusing. baby me like yuh by soundandfury. one-shot | E | “Minnie-hyung. Taemin-ssi. Taetae. Taemin-oppa.”
Taemin feels a shiver of heat shoot down his spine at the last name, eyes widening and body stiffening up for a microsecond before he relaxes and schools his face into fond amusement. “Y-yeah, Jongin?”
Jongin laughs brightly and presses a sweet, chaste kiss to his cheek. “Buy me yakitori, please, oppa~?”
What's Your Kink by Layittofire. (chapter 12 specifically) series | E | Taemin and Kai each have their kinks, nearly all of which the other just loves to exploit. take care by gdgdbaby. one-shot | E | semi-public sex @ the august 18 smtown concert in seoul
friends like these by gdgdbaby. (scroll down to find it) one-shot | E |  post-music bank win porn, bc of reasons. ft. boys crying
you can't dance and stay uptight by gdgdbaby. one-shot | E | melon music awards aftermath because i can't help myself, ever u__u a really terrible photo for your reference hey there, mr. blue sky by gdgdbaby. one-shot | E | flight attendants au ft. spontaneous telepathic mindbonding. Talking Body by fridaysblues. one-shot | E | Just some shameless late-night grinding. PWP. there was a time by junos. series | M | Taemin is sitting in his kitchen, peeling an apple. His hair is blond. He cocks his head at Jongin as if remembering something. As if he were only holding a thought, waiting for Jongin to return. “I wouldn’t break into your place if it wasn’t important,” he offers smoothly. The Couch by andbreatheme. one-shot | E | The casting couch AU literally no one asked for. Salty by maeryeok. one-shot | G | Taemin is making this absolutely disgusting noise that’s something between a snort and a scoff, with his lips turned unattractively upwards, when Jongin realizes he’s in love with him. stuck on you by Anry. one-shot| M | Jongin needs help taking off the kinesio tape.
Baekhyun-hyung, I need your credit card by gothtaemten. series | G | Taemin, Baekhyun and Jongin are locked out their hotel room, with no hope of getting back in until the rest of SuperM get back.
Taemin has an idea on how to get back in.
NEXT STOP G-SPOT by Tae_amo. one-shot | E | Taemin and Jongin fuck on a crowded Japanese subway. That's it that's the fic.
314 by jeannedarc. one-shot | E | Now that he’s at the scene, Jongin’s not entirely sure he should be. This might have been a mistake.
high on the taste of you by taeminsfw. one-shot | E | There was something entrancing about the way Taemin’s jaw tightened while inhaling the thick smoke, only to relax again with the exhales. It was nothing new, of course, that Jongin thought of Taemin as attractive. Maybe even beautiful, or breathtaking.
It was familiar, like everything else always has been in their relationship. It all came naturally, at one point, and it’s never been unwelcome. play me (소나타) by londoneyedgirl. one-shot | E | the one where jongin and taemin make a sextape. that's it, that's the plot
Dancing as If We Were Always One by Snapdragonia. one-shot | E| Jongin witnesses the pyn choreography for the first time and Taemin's dance practice takes a turn for the better.
mama called you baby center stage by goldminegoldmine. series | not rated | autochorrissexual/aromantic Jongin navigates his relationships with the rest of the members (+Taemin) and explores his identity Animal Style by Snapdragonia. one-shot | E | Frat boy Taemin smells his mate on the wrong person. Disaster ensues. i wish every time he touched me left a mark by taekai. one-shot | E | even when breathless and greedy for friction, something is graceful about the way taemin moves.
Low Tide by fridaysblues. series | E | Jongin wakes from a years-long slumber and doesn’t know how to atone for his sins, but the pleasure-seeking Lee Taemin’s happy to help take his mind off of his guilt. Play me by Life_Not_Knife. one-shot | E | This time the piano is a beech colour and the ivory keys look whiter than they should, none the less, the melody that flows from it is both familiar and beautiful – just like Taemin.
Only One (or, The Taming of the Taemin) by Rogue_TaeminBot. one-shot | E | In which TaeKai are a besotted pair of adorkable horny idiots who get in over their heads and face a challenge they are wildly unprepared to handle. i licked it so it's mine by gothtaemten. one-shot | E | The scent of sex and sweat is thick in the enclosed space of the hotel room. No light escapes around the closed curtains, the light under the door blocked by a towel to hide any noise that might come from within.
It's hotter this way, Jongin decides.
this love isn't crazy by unconscious. standalone/series | E | After more than ten years of friendship and a little bit of sex on the side, Taemin and Jongin debut in a group together. Los Angeles changes things. Suddenly there's a difference between what Taemin has and what he wants. sugar honey sweet by unconscious. (note: this fic is not taekai centric but has a wonderful depiction of them) one-shot | E | “Taeminie won’t admit it, but you remind him of himself,” Jongin hums. He keeps moving his fingers through Taeyong’s hair, dizzying pressure; his brain goes static. “Hardworking, ambitious, a little perfectionist. Difference is, Taeminie’s always had his hyungs looking out for him. Yongie” —Jongin curls his fingers in the hair at Taeyong’s nape, then tugs his head back, so Jongin can see his face— “who’s looking out for you?”
Taeyong is antsy. Jongin decides to do something about it. the thing i miss the most about you is everything by WhoTheBuckIsStucky. one-shot | E | Jongin and Taemin are very happy to be practicing together, and happy to have an excuse to be in each other's arms.
Waiting for You by GeeLiz_98. one-shot | E | Jongin and Taemin are embarking on a blossoming relationship filled with passion, secrecy and an excitement that Jongin had never experienced before.
An exciting dynamic he had never had with his boyfriend.
Will Jongin finally have to make a decision that will change his life forever?
Moth To Flame AU by taemin. series | G-E | "It's God's house, Jongin," Taemin says, sounding annoyingly reasonable for someone hurtling towards sex in a confessional, which is not a reasonable situation to be in at all. "We can be here anytime we want." Pour toujours & à jamais by Moonyki. one-shot | G | Taemin needs to confess something to Jongin. His thoughts. His feelings. His worries. Jongin listens & they talk it out.
Under The Same Sky by sleepydanceur. one-shot| M | Dragonriders!AU - the Bond between and dragon and their rider is as pure as it is rare. Jongin doesn't know how that feels until he meets Taemin.
heated gaze by snowglobes. series | T | Jongin goes to a club and gets more than he bargained for.
Shining Sunshine by melancholywhite. series | T | Retired dancer Kim Jongin, also known as Taemin's best friend since birth, is adopting a baby. Since he's such a loyal friend, of course Taemin ends up getting roped into raising the child with him. It sounds like an easy enough job at first, but when old feelings start to resurface, Taemin doesn't know anymore.
When The Lights Are Down by etonnant67. chaptered | E | Jongin spends his time searching for the stories hidden in music, for the message woven into the magic of the stage. It makes sense that he’d be drawn to Taemin. But he’d never expected that he’d fall so deep.
Catch Me If You Can by sleepydanceur. one-shot | E | Bounty hunters in space!AU. Taemin and Jongin as rival bounty hunters who clash when they both go after the same mark.
With Me, Settle Down by (orphaned fic). one-shot | E | Taemin accidentally catapults Jongin into the realm of his own latent bisexuality. Baekhyun is there, too.
Last by softraincloud. one-shot | E | With the void of immortality to fill, demons have to entertain themselves somehow, and Taemin has found the perfect way to do just that.
However, even within eternity, not everything lasts forever.
make it up as we go along by unconscious. (note: this fic is not taekai centric but has a wonderful depiction of them) one-shot | T | The first time it happens, too much happens.
mark finding his footing in superm (:
I See You by Tired_Little_Space_They. chaptered | E | In the coolest darkest part of a forest long forgotten by modern living, something very old and powerful is waking up, hungry, searching for something it can not live without.
If there are any fic not on this list that you'd like to recommend please feel free to drop it in my askbox or leave it in the replies. This list is always changing, updating, and is merely a reflection of my personal taste.
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musingsfromalily · 1 year
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Royalty AU Sentence Starters / Knights & Nobility
Lines taken from/inspired from misc. but primarily Kageki no Kuni Remember to specify muses for multimuses! Feel free to modify any of the lines to suit your muse.
“Why am I aching for you to understand my true self?”
“I’m unable to hold back my desire to confide in you.”
“This emotion...Please use your words to give it a name.”
“My apologies, making you listen to my ramblings...”
“The only thing that I can do is to risk my life protecting your secret, until the end of me.”
“No matter the sacrifice, I still wish to protect you.”
“I want to stand up and face it with my own strength.”
“If you value your life, don’t get close to ___ anymore. If you continue to remain beside them, disaster will fall upon you.”
“....Can you please leave me alone without asking anything for now?”
“Please don’t involve yourself with me anymore.”
“It’s a matter that has nothing to do with you, ___.”
“From now on, properly keep your distance from her. 
“Although my life has no freedom; As long as I can act, my soul is free.”
“Even if my fate is to be used by others, this is the path I have decided to walk!”
“The enemies are also attacking from above us!”
“My utmost apologies for coming so late.”
“I’ll be both your sword and shield.”
“My beloved ___ .... I will protect you, even if I have to bet my life on it.”
“A woman who can only be protected is out of fashion, after all.”
“I don’t want you to give up what’s important to you anymore.”
“ ____ isn’t the gentle person you believe them to be, you know.”
“Just the fact that he survived such an upbringing....You have guts, being with him.”
“The guy I’ve seen so far, he’s not the kind of person who gives any mercy to his enemies.”
“They are going home, let’s go too.”
“No matter how dirty that feeling is, you have to let it out. Don’t hold it in even in the slightest.”
“You’ve been acting strange since yesterday.”
“He won’t say anything, but in place of that; He smiles.”
“We are royalty, so we have been taught not to show our feelings on our faces. It’s something like a ‘habit.’ ”
“Your being able to live freely is a result of your older brother’s kindness. You understand that enough, don’t you?”
“Just now, there was a transmission. If it is deemed that you are unable to complete your assignment, you will return home immediately.”
“That means you will have to return to your former life.”
“You absolutely have to complete the assassination. This is the last chance that I am giving you.”
“Please think more about your position.
“Sorry, there was no other way to protect you but this.”
“It was an instant decision, but I think it’s better than being discovered by them.”
“This situation is very rude towards a lady.”
“Please forgive me, ___.”
“Take my hand so you won’t slip.”
“I don’t want you to close your heart, so...I came here.”
“I don’t know how I should say it, but...I want to convey my feelings properly.”
“If possible...I want to know your feelings, too.”
“If my incompetency makes you feel uncomfortable, then...”
“--You completely found out my inner feelings. Even though I was supposed to be trained not to show them...This is really embarrassing.”
“That’s why, without running away--Please answer me properly.”
“I thought you didn’t trust me.”
“I...I’ve never kissed before.”
“The moment I think of ___ ....My inexperienced heart can’t stop racing. It becomes very hard for me to act.”
“If I’m like this...everyone...and ___, too....Won’t I disappoint you...?”
“Having these feelings, it’s embarrassing--I ended up avoiding you.”
“Just keep silent and act like it’s nothing; I already trained myself to give up....”
“You’re the first one that I want to tell anything.”
“There’s not much time left. You’ll have to let me train you like a Spartan.”
“Your heartbeat is so loud.”
“It’s okay. I’ll accept everything.”
“Only I can see __ like this...I’m so happy.”
“Have you...ever kissed someone before, __?”
“I’m almost at the point where I don’t want to let the others see this.”
“Throw away your restraints.”
“Are you thinking of another person? You can’t do that. Now, just look at me.”
“That gaze, too...Everything is mine.”
“--It’s my first time. I kissed the person I love on my own.”
“Ever since I arrived here, I was trapped in a cage.”
“Something like love, I thought I couldn’t have it.”
“But precisely because of this life, I met you.”
“My happiness is like an overflowing song; I want to dance.”
“For now, let us only allow the moonlight to see us.”
“For our whole lives, we will definitely never forget. Our love story.”
“This is something I received from my mother, it’s my protective charm. I want you to hold onto it. My mother told me that one day, when I found the girl I love--To give it to her.”
“That love--Every last drop is mine, right?”
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lilysmiles11223345 · 9 months
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ITS BEEN A WHILE BUT I DID IT \o/
I was able to finally get myself to finish these drawings >:D this post will be about my characters in @bobmirum ‘s mafia au!! :D
Your au is lovely and it’s given me many cool story ideas >v< so many I could not fit them into here properly -w- im hoping to be able to write a fic with those ideas and maybe post it soon! :D💗
TW: Some of the info will be very dark, there will be lots of serious topics! this au is based on something already pretty serious irl(mafias)- so Ofc I had to add my own spins <3
~read more for the info/drawings!~
~fiore(Anthea)~
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“A kind and gentle florist, one that just so happens to be peppino’s childhood friend. She seems to see the good in most and that includes peppino— as she is completely clueless to him being the right-hand man to a mafia
To be fair, peppino does try and keep her in the dark about it too- she isn’t allowed to visit any of his restaurants for this reason. But it does seem that the idea of peppino being in such a situation is a topic she’s most oblivious on. As if she couldn’t really see him as evil in any shape or form— and if she knew, perhaps that wouldn’t change at all.
There are times she can defend herself, though there are rumours that a traumatic event happened in the past that had caused her to have forgotten parts of her past— including the traumatic event. peppino was there for the event, and wants to keep her safe and protect her from danger like that from now on. Though, Knowing it’d be risky if she got too involved with him he doesn’t visit her often, but when he does he still can’t help but get a bit soft…
Though when someone on pizzaheads side discovers their closeness.. will Anthea still be shielded from all of this?”
Fun fact! I came up with this whole backstory before I even knew about this au <3 it was for normal evil peppino at first! I just changed It ever so slightly for the mafia au! Though I understand the love for evil X evil I also really like evil X oblivious sweetheart so much >v<
I also decided her being a florist would be best in this au >:3 like to imagine that peppino listens to her ramble on about flower meanings— and eventually he started secretly asking her for flowers to give secret messages and stuff >:D she probably does get the meanings of the messages he’s putting together with flowers but because he just says they are for one of his restaurants she just brushes it off, thinking it’s slightly odd.
~mutey/masky(mute)~
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“A loyal guard dog. Masky is apart of pizzaheads little gang- and to an extent Darling’s part of it too, though cares more about Noise than anything else involved. They and noise had known each other since childhood- and have had history together. Noise was there for most of masky’s trauma— so they are greatful and plan to stay with noise through anything.
when noise started gambling— they didn’t really like that, but felt powerless to stop him..
Instead they opted to help noise in other ways, making sure to protect him and doing little things for him. Now and then they would slightly try and protest on the addiction, but when that failed they wouldn’t do more but continue to stay by his side through it.
Now, they ended up working at pizzahead’s casino with noise— though they never wanted to be involved in the first place they wouldn’t want to get out of this mess without noise— so they silently repress their own feelings and do any job they are told to.
..though if it ever came to them finally standing up for themself, and disobey darling.. would they still be alive to keep noise happy?”
Mute is probably the biggest simp in this au AND that’s saying something 😭👍
Like normal mute also can’t talk- so they’d have to find some other way to communicate such as cherades, a whiteboard or a voice box ^w^
Noise despite not really realising how important they are to him— understands mute very easily still too..
Since noise seems more focused on making money in this au - it takes a while but eventually he comes to realize how important mute truly is to him.. but, the problem is it may be too late before that happens 😔👍
~whippy/sugar(Chelsey)~
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“Whippy works for pizzaheads little gang, but more for Darling herself. She used to be a highly trained assassin but with some “small talk”, Darling was able to “convince” her to work for her. For the most part she is only needed as a bodyguard for Darling, though there are times she is given jobs to kill someone.
With such a cold expression, you’d expect a heart completely void of love. Though this is what she’d like you to believe— not only does she take care of two orphaned twins as her own siblings (after her real ones died in an “accident”), she had caught feelings for a specific cop(vigi).. and even fully knowing that her love was unrequited - she couldn’t stop herself from getting a bit soft around him.
It’s possible that this crush weakens her slightly, and may even make her hesitant to do one of her jobs in the future..
Though if it ever came to him being her target, and the safety of the twins relied on it— how could she ever deal with the possibility?”
Yeah if you thought mute gets hit hard in this au- Chelsey’s angst may be a contender for my favorite in this au~ she is completely taken over the edge and never will be able to be truly happy 😔
Cause yeah, it’s possible mute and noise could get together maybe- but Chelsey and vigi? In this au?? Impossible. Poor Chelsey 😔👍
~darling(mrs.Neapolitan)~
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“a sweet face huh? Her charm and mesmerizing features are enough to fool most into a false sense of security- though Darling has never been the most sane of people.
She’s definitely good at keeping up a sweet and caring persona to most, though in reality she enjoys most people’s suffering, and is pretty manipulative to others. This goes to all she knows, except for one..
Pizzahead.
It’s unknown at how long they’ve known each other, but a while ago she had joined in on helping with pizzahead’s gang, working for the casino in secret and keeping her “mostly” innocent makeup brand separate.
She’s madly in love with pizzahead and is very loyal towards him, she watches others that work for him (and her) to make sure they keep in line, and isn’t afraid of dispelling punishments to those she sees are lacking slightly..
When she figures about the quarrel between peppino&gustavo’s gang and pizzahead’s gang, she immediately takes matters into her own hands to find a way to take peppino and Gustavo down..
And when she discovers peppino’s weakness, his childhood friend.. let’s just say things get a bit interesting..~”
I made her so pretty but so evil,, I hope you guys still like her 🥺
I did really like having the chance to do a human design for her~ I hope her design still translated her ice cream themes!! <3
Fun facts:
-You will find that all the characters names in this au (or well- nicknames) are names someone important calls them . “Fiore” is what peppino calls Anthea, “mutey” is what noise calls mute, “sugar” is what vigi calls Chelsey, and “darling”.. is actually just what everyone calls her but yeah ;v;’ it originated from pizzahead. :D
The only two with seperate nicknames that others call them is Chelsey and mute , others call mute “masky” and Chelsey “Whippy”. :)
-I have ideas for the missing two ocs too (strawbetty and Evi) BUT Evi’s doesn’t have enough structure yet and strawbetty’s will come later— it’s definitely boring compared to everyone else’s story’s LOL <3 strawbetty’s nickname would be berrie tho!
-mute was just starting to warm up to noisette and even crush on her too when noise and her broke up- they had to quickly get back on noise’s side after.
I hope you like them!! As I said I’m trying my best to write a fic with what happens to them all~ I may post it when it’s done! ^w^
also I put alot of effort into this but it’s possible I may have messed up somewhere and I’m so sorry if I did! ;v; I hope you all like it anyway ^^
May even skip ahead to do the good parts, who knows >v<
That’s all for now, thank youuuu!! QwQ
P.s I will draw the canon mafia au characters as soon as my brain lets me!! >:D
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