i think it is very depressing that like every aesthetic people try to emulate are of people doing things but they themselves are incapable of being somebody that does things… the mall goth 2005 aesthetic revived in 2022 but nobody goes to the mall to be annoying and weird and nobody lets themselves be cringe… the cottagecore aesthetic but nobody knows how to raise gardens or live self sufficiently … the dark academia aesthetic but nobody actually reads books…. The obsession of looking like you are a type of person who does something without actually doing anything … the Instagram effect
ok this concept is hard for me to put into words but lemme cook.
pasta men who have presence of mind while they're digging your guts out. not quite the opposite of being pussy-drunk, they're definitely enjoying themselves, locked in on doing you right but still aware of their surroundings.
I think the best example of this is Eyeless Jack. There's something so animalistic about having an instinct to be protective while he's inside you. I mean, you're naked on the forest floor, how much more vulnerable could you get?
You're gone, fucked-out and drooling, couldn't string together a sentence, but you can tell he's listening. Huge body curled over you as if to hide you from the dark, head tilting to the side when he hears something you don't. A branch snapping fifty yards west. He knows its probably nothing, but he still shifts to shield you from that direction. He makes this low, rumbling sound that tells anything else in the area to stay away.
You catch him looking around sometimes, but his rhythm never falters, and his attention always returns to you, mouth full of dagger-sharp teeth smiling down at you. "That's it, kitten. We're alone, you can let it all out~"
And you do, cuz you're fucking the most dangerous thing for miles.
He loves the way your noises bounce off the trees and right back into his ears.
Are yall picking up what I'm putting down??? CUZ IT DOES THINGS TO MEEE
Come to think of it, it really is insane that my entire country is burning alive and literally no one in the rest of the world cares. Thousands of Indians are dying every day from the heat, it's 45+ degrees in multiple areas, the government couldn't give two fucks, we're getting severe warnings and red alerts, and not a soul outside of South Asia is speaking about it because why would you ever care about brown people
as a regular donor to Gaza Soup Kitchen I get their email updates, and they said today that while they've continued to be able to expand, donations are slowing down as Gaza gets less coverage. If you have a few dollars to spare, I encourage you to send them here to continue the amazing work that Hani and his team are doing.
the concept and idea of “you can always start trying to be a better person” is extremely important to me both in media and irl and i continue to be deeply deeply disturbed by the trend on this site pushing that these ideas in media are bad writing or even morally reprehensible
because theyd rather someone stay terrible or just straight up die than become a better person
from a compassionate point of view it’s deeply distressing
and from a pragmatic point of view it’s outright frustrating
I think part of the pushback about this is the idea that, to “redeem” bad people, their victims must first forgive them for unforgivable acts.
This is false. No one is obligated to forgive you. You can learn from your mistakes and become the best, kindest person on earth, and the people you’ve hurt still won’t forgive you, and you’ll have to accept that. And that doesn’t mean you aren’t allowed to grow. Because we aren’t just “pure” or “sinful”, we’re complex.
Woke up in a burning escape pod, which is already concerning. Everyone’s dead. I’m on Planet 4546B, which is just an ocean aggressively pretending to be a planet.
My only companion is a sarcastic PDA and the sinking sense of doom
The survival plan so far: panic, sarcasm, and vibes.
It’s not going great.
Worst of all ? why did no one told me about the oversized fish flirting with me ???
Life on your houseboat up until recently has been quiet, peaceful, no complaints. That is, until two mers decide to make themselves your problem
Navigating the sea is hard enough when you're used to flippers instead of hands, and trying to keep that a secret is going to make things even harder.
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Sun & Moon's are based on CozyCircuits mer designs, this isn't canon to any story/narrative Citrus has shared, just something fun based on some shared ramblings between us for this story + some of their backstory/origins :D
You are a mer, just trying to live your life in the Kelp Forest you call home. But of course, being the creature you are, complications just have to arise. And it's not surprise that the complications in questions are covered in scales and disgustingly bright colours.
So... how DOES a mer like you deal with issues as big and menacing as these?
It was going to be a normal fishing trip. Just a normal hike to the secluded river beach and maybe relax while listening to the forest waking up around you. However, that isn't how things go for you and now you managed to gain the attention of a legendary creature. Now everything seems to be turned on its head. Hopefully, you can adapt to it quickly enough and help these living legends out as their world is starting to shrink around them.
You are the by product of an experiment gone wrong and now live in misery as your tormented throughout your daily life. That is till a new tank mate literally crashes into your water.
Sailors tend to be superstitious, and sailors of the stars are no different. It’s tradition to bring a good luck charm with them when they go on a long voyage for safety.
Life is great. You live in a forest, and within that forest, is your river, where nature sings its melodies without the greedy ears of humans to hear.
That doesn’t last long, though.
You thought the building of a town nearby wouldn’t be too much of a bother, and at first it isn’t. But of course, something called a circus makes a part of your territory its home, and you just can’t let that happen. You need to figure out a way to make all the humans that came with the circus leave, but as you try to, you slowly get closer to two sun and moon themed robots.
You soon find yourself questioning what the feelings of your heart racing and your cheeks flushing mean, since it only seems to happen around those two bots.
But then you make a mistake, and from that silly little mishap, your life is sent crashing down all around you.
Will you be able to escape to safety with your two closest companions, or will you find yourself drowning in the consequences of your actions?
As a Sea witch used to seeing the paranormal, you've never expected that you would have such a fateful encounter with two special individuals so unlike yourself. Yet it seems like it was written destiny that you would discover the other halves that complete your heart, forming a loving connection with your beloveds.
Yet someone sinister wishes to covet you and your abilities and rips you away from your homeland and your soulmates. Will you and your partners be able to withstand this trial that tests your resolve and your relationship and be free?
Come and read this fairy tale of love and tragedy, and see through the eyes of a mage and the oceanic fantasy within.
AquaVision has been a hot-spot location for you to set up where you frequently engage in your street dancing. You've become determined to make it a full-time job, but it hasn't been working great. In front of one of the country's largest, most extravagant aquariums, is a prime location for an amenable audience. The spot is great, tourists, children, and families frequent the location when a park is right across the street too. All that means you get the best tips there, it's a shame the aquarium staff kept trying to shoo you away... It never swayed you since it was completely within your rights.
That all changed when you met the owner of AquaVision, August Vaughn. Apparently, he has a problem with his biggest attraction and a desperate man will call for desperate measures. Since you're in a rather desperate situation with money yourself, who are you to refuse?
Supporting My Thesis With the Evidence Below (MerMay 2026) by mintermelontea
You, a researcher, grew up in a conservatory research center that specialized in rehabilitating and studying special creatures called mers. Since you were little, you found yourself drawn to two mers and grew up alongside them. Now grown up as a researcher-in-training, you dedicated your thesis to your friends. However, your little friends have also been studying you with their own goals in mind, waiting for the right time to claim what's theirs.
"Are you going to sing to me?" You prod. The siren tilts its head. "No?" You chew the dry fruit for a bit, forcing it down with somewhat of a whince.
A beat passes. The gentle flow of slow waves continues to fill the silence. There's a tension to the way it keeps itself perfectly still, and you wonder if it's anticipating the pounce just as much as you do.
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You meet a siren at night. The situation escalates when it keeps coming back.
A mute siren is taken from an unethical lab and displayed as a rare living attraction at Freddy Fazbear’s Mega Pizzaplex. While struggling to recover from captivity, they form bonds with two particular animatronics. But the scientist who created them wants to reclaim them as property—and won’t let anything, or anyone, stand in his way
Emergency sirens echoed in your ears, the sound of explosions signaling the end of the Aurora's flight as you crashed into the ocean planet 4546B.
Lost and frightened on this mysterious, unexplored planet, you don't know if there are any survivors other than yourself, but you have no choice but to survive if you ever want to see your family again. So, in spite of everything, you decide to brave the unknown, trying by all means to get by in this place filled with creatures, each more dangerous than the last.
And when you attract the attention of not one, but three of the most powerful Leviathans on planet 4546B, you don't know whether your plan to survive until you can leave this planet will continue to unfold as you planned, or whether these Leviathans will turn your life upside down in the most unexpected ways.
One fish, Two fish. Sun fish, Moon fish. by Random_Tail
Heading back to the place you once called home. You weren't expecting to fall into the mystery of missing children and memory's slipping your grasp at every turn.
This is my second attempt to write this to be honest and I'm not the most confident writer. So please be kind and enjoy
The newbie is a budding aquarist interning with FazCo Aquatics when one day they're shoved into the amazing(?) world of Merfolk, Courting Behaviors, Shady Ethics, Workplace Corruption, and The Joys of Navigating Weird, Inter-Special Relationships™
Had this one of the back burner a while now, figured it would be a nice little hello for all of my lovely ducklings! Gotta admit i had a lot of back and forths on some of these ;-; Jester is an annoying bish to write for. Love you all kisses
WARNINGS: The Freak Circus is for 18+ only, Neko has expressed this multiple times please respect Neko's wishes and go away if you are under the age of 18.
❤Pierrot❤
Giving: Everything
It's Pierrot, what do you want from me? He constantly whispers to you, is always wanting to give you things, he is practically your servant if you ask him to do something he’ll do it. If you want to hold his hand just rip his arm off and keep it so you never have to let go! Pierrot will do everything and anything for you, even to an unhealthy degree Hell he even murdered someone for you so who's to say he can’t spontaneously gift you a rock or something? So I genuinely can’t pick a single Love language he would go for.
Receiving: Words of Affirmation
I thought about physical touch for a while but then when I went back through the game to refresh… Word of Affirmation just made more sense. Pierrot lives for your validation - when you tell him he did something good or are just there to sooth him with your voice, it does something to him. Pierrot will actively seek you out for validation after the shows or look for you when he's having a rough day. Your kindness and words are what got him to obsess over you in the first place. So tell him you love him and he did a good job, you’ll make him the happiest monster in the circus.
💚Harlequin💚
Giving: Gift Giving
Harles was a hard one to pin down but I settled on Gift giving, after all he makes his own puppets so it wouldn’t be much of a surprise if he also made small trinkets or keepsakes. He knows he can be difficult and that his words can give the wrong impression sometimes, so a gift is his way of telling you what he means whether it's a conversation starter, an I'm sorry or an I love you. Harles much prefers giving you something you can keep then words that could be misinterpreted or an action that can easily be overlooked. Plus he cannot clean at all, Mop who's that?
Receiving: Physical Touch / Words of Affirmation
Harles isn’t particularly picky early on in the relationship, just being around you and being able to tease you is good enough, but it's when you start teasing or complimenting him back that does something to him. Hearing you tell him you trust him or telling him how good his performances were just anything and he's thinking about it all day. LATER in the relationship once he's grown to fully trust you though, physical touch becomes a need from him. He needs you to hold his hand, to rub his arm to initiate a hug with him all the time. I've mentioned before that he isn’t the one to initiate even late in the relationship, so knowing you trust him enough to do it for him, that's something special.
🖤Doctor🖤
Giving: Physical Touch / Acts of Service
Doctor’s entire job is to touch you, not in a weird way but he is a Doctor, clues in the name: he ‘examines’ people a lot. So naturally he has an instinct to touch you. More often than not he usually has his hand on your lower back, or when he walks past you he'll run his hand over your shoulders when passing. Always reaching for you, wanting you in his arms. But he also knows the value of acts - he is the circus janitor when it comes to ‘rowdy guests’ so he is no stranger to doing the heavy lifting. If you need something done he is more than happy to do it. Bonus: He brings you shiny things. I will not elaborate.
Receiving: Acts of Service / Quality Time
Sometimes he needs a break from doing all the lifting though, so if you take some of the weight off his shoulders? he is falling deeper in love with you than he already is. Helping him sterilise his work space, clean off his apron, help organise his records: The little things. But in general he can focus so much better if you’re just in his line of vision, he has many fond memories of conversation you both have shared just being in each other's company. Throw on some metal music and he is a very happy bird.
💙Ticket Taker💙
Giving: Quality Time
Ticket is a busy man, he knows it, we know it, you know it. So when he finds time to spare he will always spend it with you. Work is banned during these times, if you mention the circus and his work he is shutting that conversation down and is asking something else. He wants to make memories with you, spend time with you, make you happy - not talk about payroll and circus numbers. Bil does have a soft spot for sitting in silence with you, it's a comforting silence but your presence is enough to keep him focused. It's those moments that make him feel as if he's breathing for the first time.
Receiving: Acts of Service / Words of Affirmation
In a weird way, I view Bil as one of the loneliest members of the circus. He may be quite close to Doctor and Jester but he has so much more work to do than the others as he runs all the behind the scenes stuff. He is also the ring master, greeting every guest and wearing himself down to the bone on the daily. Take some of the work from him, give him that well needed break, tell him it's okay to take a moment to himself. Ticket can work himself so hard he forgets what's going on around him. He needs that hand to hold sometimes, so if that hand is yours and it's telling him to go to bed and rest then he will. Whilst he won’t let you do his work, he will start asking for your input or thoughts, maybe having an extra pair of eyes is too bad.
💜Jester💜
Giving: Gift Giving
It's Jester, he loves to be praised and adored, even if he loathes the humans doing it. But he also loves meaningful things - he appreciates that hard labour and dedication people give to their crafts. Jester notices every little thing, every facial expression, change in body language - so he will take notice of the details in gifts you make for him or the thought behind something you have bought for him. He values your taste and appreciates anything you give him, hand made or not- if it was a gift from you, he treasures it, even if in the moment he didn’t seem like he was interested.
Receiving: Gift Giving
He is very similar to Bil when it comes to being Busy, whilst he isn’t as busy as Ticket, he still has his hands full babying Harlequin and Pierrot or making sure Doctor doesn't accidentally kill a patient he wasn’t supposed to. Unlike Ticket though, he shows his love through gifts of his own. You could argue Quality time but he gives the perfect amount of his time to everyone, that's nothing special. It's the gifts and the true attention that he gives you that's special. Jester puts thought into what he wants to present to you - He doesn’t do that with the others.
🩷Columbina🩷
Giving: Acts of Service
Columbina is a sweet girl and she loves doing things for other people. She wants to be helpful, especially to the one she loves. Let her clean up for you, make your breakfast, help clean up the home. Columbina is so used to being asked to do things and help that it's second nature to her, besides sometimes being about to take something off your plate and see the smile on your face brings light to her day.
Receiving: Physical Touch
She has such a soft spot for your touch, to her it feels as if she was being touched by an angel (get it). Columbina gets heart eyes if you hold her hand or put your head on her shoulder, it makes her feel so safe, a feeling she hasn’t had in a very long time. Has a soft spot for shoulder massages too, there is something so relaxing of you rubbing the tension away and knowing she can relax completely with you.
I read a fic where sebastian stalks you for weeks waiting for you come to his shop w/o ur whole squad cuz he's decided you're his mate. and well. i was inspired 😊💕
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