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she/her | adult

[sleepypandabea]

Why do toxic fanfics keep popping up on my fyp, like no I don't want Gojo cheating on me, fucking me as an apology and me actually FORGIVING him???. I need a man who is OBSESSED with me and wouldn't even think of looking at another woman. The only fanfics that truly still my hunger are yander fics.

[pupsmailbox]

NEUTRAL NAMES︰ aaren. adair. adrian. alpha. amery. andy. angel. ari. arlie. armani. artie. ash. ashton. ashtyn. aster. aston. averill. avery. azure. bailey. bayley. beau. bertie. beverly. billie. billy. blair. blessing. blue. blythe. bo. bobbie. bowie. braidy. britton. bronte. brook. bryce. bryn. cairo,. cam. cameron. campbell. camryn. carey. carlisle. cary. casey. cassidy. cat. cedar. charleigh. charley. chase. cherokee. chesley. chris. christmas. cian. ciel. clancy. cleo. cloyce. coby. colbie. cortney. cove. cree. cyan. d'arcy. dale. daley. daly. danny. darian. dee. deja. dell. derby. devan. deven. devin. devon. devyn. dior. dove. dusty. eddie. egypt. ellery. ellington. emery. emmerson. emory. esme. esmé. ever. everest. ezra. favour. finley. fortune. frankie. gael. gale. garnet. garnett. gift. given. gray. greer. grey. grier. hadyn. happy. harley. hayden. hiroko. hollis. honor. honour. hunter. indiana. indigo. irin. izzy. jacey. jaden. jadyn. jae. jaeden. jagger. jaiden. jaidyn. jamey. jasper. jaycee. jayden. jayme. jesse. jessie. jewel. jewell. jimmie. johnie. johnnie. jordan. jordin. joss. journey. jude. jules. july. june. juno. justice. kacey. kam. kameron. kamryn. karsyn. karter. kasey. kayce. kelcey. kelley. kelly. kendal. kenya. kenzie. kerry. kevyn. kingsley. kirby. lacy. lake. lane. lark. lavern. laverne. layne. lee. legacy. leigh. leith. leland. lennie. lennon. leslie. liberty. lindsey. lois. london. mackenzie. maitland. malone. marley. marlowe. max. mckinley. meade. memphis. merit. merle. merlyn. mickey. mickie. mika. monday. moon. morgan. munroe. murphy. navy. neely. nevada. nico. ocean. odell. onyx. ora. owen. pacey. paget. paris. parker. parris. payton. pepper. peyton. praise. presley. promise. purdie. quin. quincey. quinlan. quinn. rain. raine. raleigh. ramsey. rayne. reece. regan. reilly. remi. rhodes. ricki. ridley. rikki. riley. ripley. river. robbin. robin. romilly. rorie. rory. rowan. rowen. royal. royale. ryan. rylee. ryley. sailor. salem. sam. sawyer. saylor. schuyler. scottie. scout. selby. sequoia. seven. sevyn. shae. shanon. shawn. shaye. shelley. shelly. sheridan. shiloh. shirley. sidney. silver. sincere. sinclair. sky. skyler. sloan. sparrow. stacey. sterling. storm. sunday. sunny. syd. tayler. taylor. teddie. temple. tennyson. terry. toby. tommie. tony. tory. tristen. tristin. tristyn. tru. true. tuvia. tylar. wallis. waverly. wes. whitney. willie. willoughby. windsor. winslow. wisdom. wynne. yancy.

MASCULINE LEANING︰ abner. abram. adam. alex. alistair. andreas. ariel. arlen. arley. arlo. ash. atlas. auden. august. austin. baron. barrett. baylor. beauden. bee. bellamy. bennett. blaise. bowen. brayden. brendan. bronson. byron. caius. caleb. callahan. callan. calloway. callum. camden. carlin. carson. cassian. chandler. cody. cole. connolly. corban. corwin. cyrus. dallas. damion. damon. daniel. darius. davis. dawson. daylon. denver. desmond. doran. dorian. drew. elian. elias. ellison. ethan. evan. fallen. farren. ford. foster. gabriel. gannon. garner. gavin. gentry. graham. griffin. guthrie. harlow. hartley. henley. henry. heron. ian. irving. isaiah. jace. james. jameson. jared. jeremiah. joel. jonah. joran. jory. josiah. jovian. julian. justus. kalen. kamden. kay. kayden. keaton. kellan. keller. kendon. kieran. kit. kylan. landry. levi. leyton. liam. linden. lowell. luca. madden. marlow. marshall. martin. mason. mathias. mercer. merritt. micah. miles. miller. milo. morrie. morrison. nate. nevin. nick. nicky. nicolas. noah. noel. nolan. oren. orion. percy. perrin. pierce. porter. preston. quincy. reid. reign. rein. remington. renley. rollins. ronan. russell. rylan. sam. samuel. seth. soren. spencer. stellan. talon. thaddeus. thane. theo. toni. tracy. tristan. tyrus. valor. warner. wells. wesley. whitten. william. willis. wylie.

FEMININE LEANING︰ abigaël. abilene. addison. ainsley. alexis. and. andrea. arden. aria. ashley. aspen. aubrey. autumn. avian. ayla. beryl. blaire. blake. briar. brooklyn. brooks. camille. celeste. channing. charlie. collins. cordelia. courtney. daisy. dakota. dana. darby. darcy. delaney. delilah. dylan. eden. eisley. elia. ellerie. ellie. elliot. elliott. ellis. ellory. ember. emelin. emerson. evelyn. fallon. fiore. florence. floris. frances. gwenaël. hadley. harper. haven. heike. ivy. jade. jamie. jocelyn. kelsey. kendall. kennedy. koda. kyrie. lacey. leighton. lennox. lesley. lilian. lindsay. loden. logan. lou. lyric. madison. mallory. marinell. mckenzie. melody. mercede. meredith. mio. misha. monroe. montana. nova. oakley. olympia. page. palmer. pat. paulie. perri. petyon. phoenix. piper. priscilla. raven. ray. reagan. reese. remy. rio. rosario. rylie. sacha. sage. sam. sammy. santana. sasha. severin. shannon. shelby. skye. skylar. sloane. sol. soleil. stevie. sutton. swan. swann. sydney. tatum. taylo. tracey. valentine. vanya. vivendel. vivian. vivien. wren. wynn. yael.

PLEASE READ PINNED BEFORE INTERACTING

[deansnoodle]

his prince of gotham era was so so good

[lettaniko]

Finally finished this piece after months of reworking. Far from perfect, but I’m glad it’s done. Inspired by the amazing Bruno Redondo, Dan Mora, and especially Dexter Soy.

[thiccq-cubed-biscuit]

THIS IS SO. THIS IS. THIS IS SO.

*runs away with art shaped lump in throat*

[derekscorner]

Wikipedia is lost to our friends across the waters.

[ahmoseinarus]

This means that Wikipedia has been banned in the UK, because Wikipedia refuses to require age verification from users in order to access the site. Other countries, including the US, are trying to put similar regulations in place. Basically, requiring people to identify themselves to access any content on the internet that their government considers “inappropriate for children”. This was supposed to be for pornography, but now, it’s so much more…

Governments are essentially moving to make it so that they can track our internet activity. There will be no such thing as privacy and anonymity on the Internet anymore. The world governments will be watching you, not just your own, all of them, and any site that won’t comply with the governments putting these laws into effect, will be banned in those countries.

This is a matter of privacy, of data security (how many places online do you want to be keeping your ID on file? The more that do, the more likely your data is exposed in a data breach), of censorship and of the freedom of information. The UK just banned an online ENCYCLOPEDIA. Not North Korea! Not China! The United Kingdom!!! Because they said it contained information inappropriate for minors, and it had to collect its users personal private data in order to let them see it, and they said no!

S.1748 - Kids Online Safety Act has been introduced in the United States Congress, and Australia and the EU are also looking at similar regulations.

This is just the beginning. This fight is going to be world wide. This isn’t “protecting the children”. This is censorship, and conditioning us to surrender our right to privacy!

[bridalribbon-deactivated2025081]

i've been getting an uptick in followers recently so i'd just like to make some things clear :

free palestine, free sudan, free congo, united ireland, land back, fuck the settler state, fuck the idf, fuck trump, fuck ice, fuck your cop dad and your military boyfriend, fuck anyone who doesn't think politics affects them. silence is neutrality in the face of genocide and oppression. educate yourself and listen to the voices of those affected. and if you disagree with any of this, i don't want you anywhere near me.

[fantastic-nonsense]

by far the funniest thing about reading fanfiction as a political professional is that I can always tell exactly who has and hasn't been to a fundraiser or gala based on how they write them

[fuckyeahladybug]

I’d love to hear your thoughts if you’d care to expand (I know this was originally about Batman but the Miraculous fandom also has a fair amount of gala-fic)

[fantastic-nonsense]

Sure! So my experience is more politics focused and thus cannot inherently be relied upon to discuss Bruce Wayne celebrity-level social galas (though I have been to one that was definitely on that level), but I'm more than happy to expound at length about what these events usually look like!

With that said, here's a (hopefully) in-depth rundown of what a lot of these events look like:

Fundraisers and receptions, for the most part, usually consist of a bunch of people—most of whom at least vaguely know or know of each other already—standing around chatting, eating hors d'oeuvres, and drinking. At some point, the host gets up and speaks, then introduces a special guest if there is one (there usually is at least one, and depending on the event there are usually at least two or three), who then speaks; occasionally the host is also introduced by someone else, depending on the event. Then there's more chatting as people start to trickle out, and then the host eventually boots you out at the end of the night if you've overstayed your welcome and they need to clean up.

You are expected to dress nicely for fundraisers and receptions, but they're not really "formal" events; I usually wear business professional attire as a staffer, and many attendees end up being somewhere between business casual and business professional. There are certainly events that happen to be formal or black-tie, but the vast majority of people are not doing black-tie fundraisers/receptions. The exception here tends to be things like high-dollar fundraiser dinners, which skew more towards being a formal dinner than a traditional fundraiser.

Galas, on the other hand, are much more formal and usually have a set schedule of events. There's some chatting and milling around (sometimes with hors d'oeuvres) and then a sit-down dinner (sometimes buffet style, sometimes served via catering staff). There is an advertised schedule of live entertainment and/or speakers who are formally introduced and speak to attendees—usually right after dinner, but occasionally they'll do it during dinner. Afterwards….the best way to describe it is an after-party, but it's not really an afterparty? it's more like "enjoy the open bar, chat (or don't chat), and then eventually you leave." Occasionally there is dancing afterwards, though I have personally only ever been to one gala where this was the case.

People make them out to be this big thing, but they're basically like fancy high school sports banquets in a lot of ways. They also sometimes give out awards during the speaking portion depending on what the gala's for, so it's even more like those sometimes. Dress code is usually formal, so this is where you would see your long evening gowns and formal suits or tuxedos, though I've been to a few where you can get away with fancy cocktail dress in a pinch.

Silent auctions/auction galas are their own special breed of event. They're fun, but there's a definite air of competition because people want to go home with stuff whereas most other fundraisers/galas are mostly just "hey, fun chance to drink and chat with my buddies and catch up on what's going on" (hot gossip opportunities, mostly). Yes, these are almost always charity fundraiser events. That does not stop anyone from wanting to take home cool stuff lmao.

Logistics: Galas are always professionally catered and will often (but not always) have at least one or two security personnel. Receptions are always professionally catered but are much more lowkey security-wise; there's usually just a check-in table with some staff checking you off the RSVP list and handing out nametags. Depending on the location, financial constraints, and attendees, fundraisers may or may not have professional catering (sometimes it's just some party platters you picked up at the grocery store). They rarely have anyone except staffers, lower-level employees, or volunteers manning set-up/clean-up, check-in, and security unless there's a particularly high-profile speaker in attendance (in which case that speaker usually brings their own staff and security with them).

Entertainment considerations: yes, sometimes there is a DJ, live music, or other live entertainment. This is far more common at formal galas, but some outdoor events will do live music too. Decorations at fundraisers and meet-and-greets are often minimal; these events are "signs and tripod posters" level for the most part. Receptions sometimes have decorations and sometimes don't (depends on how "big" or "formal" the hosts are trying to be). Galas at minimum have table-clothed and decorated tables and usually have at least light decorations on the stage (if there is a stage); everything else depends on what the gala is for, if the gala has any particular theme, and the host's personal tastes.

In terms of money/tickets: While fundraisers and galas both have a base-level ticket to get in, galas are much more focused on the levelling aspect of the money ("people get goodies for giving more money than the base-level requirements"). Gala hosts often sell plates or tables to the guests who attend. Fundraisers absolutely have donation tiers (obviously), but it's usually more about attendance/access and getting personalized shoutouts vs. sponsoring/being seen as a big donor at a gala-level event. Receptions are rarely about the money; while some will be ticketed events, these are often closed events aimed at a specific group or groups of people, and most attendees are invited by virtue of who they are/who they work for.

The attendees and invited speakers will be different depending on the type of event. If you're writing a non-profit or lobbyist-hosted fundraiser or reception, for example, the point is for lobbyists and issue advocates to get face-time with targeted individuals (potential donors, elected officials, board members, community leaders, other advocacy group leaders, etc). Hosts/speakers will usually be talking about a specific issue, and their professional backgrounds will usually reflect that. Most of the time, the host will mostly just be thanking people for coming and talking briefly about the importance of 'x' issue before handing it off to someone else.

If you are writing about a campaign fundraiser (the ones I have the most experience with), the focus is on supporting the candidate/group of candidates, their causes, and working to make sure everyone there is engaging their family, friends, and neighbors to get involved, donate, and doorknock/phonebank/etc. The speakers—usually other elected officials and important political surrogates—are focused on why it's important to elect/re-elect whoever is up for election, the candidate themselves is usually the focus and many times the keynote speaker, and the money basically all goes towards a) the cost of the event and then b) the campaign. If your elected is up for re-election and they live in a safe district, that money usually goes towards helping out other party-affiliated candidates fighting to get elected in battleground districts and otherwise close races.

Galas usually fall into one of two categories: annual galas hosted by a specific organization (for example, an annual charity gala run by the local Rotary Club chapter, or an annual awards gala to celebrate the organization's successes over the past year) and galas thrown in conjunction with a major event (an organization might put on a gala to celebrate their 50th Anniversary). Speaker choices will reflect host organization priorities or the theme of the event; you will also often see "big name draw" speakers who are invited so that more people will purchase tickets and attend.

Attendees also depends on the type of event you're at. Political events are going to prioritize politically active and affiliated individuals. An event hosted by a museum is going to prioritize community leaders, major supporters, and potential new donors. Fundraisers focused towards the financial and social elite are going to prioritize inviting current and potential donors, major community leaders, cultural influencers, and whoever is considered "elite" in that space. However, most fundraisers and galas have a wide variety of people there. If you're staff or a lobbyist or very actively involved in whatever social scene the fundraiser's for, you're usually invited.

For reference, I've been to three political events of differing formality in the last week:

A social hour/meet-and greet hosted by my local Young Democrats chapter, which included chapter members, elected officials, a candidate or two that is currently running for office, a few issue-oriented lobbyists, and several adults active in our community who wanted to come and meet with us

A political fundraiser hosted by my boss that was was attended by her, other elected officials (including the mayor and our congressman), donors, a few local community organization leaders, and a couple of staffers (including me).

A gala associated with the state Young Democrats annual political convention, which included young Dems from across the state, current and former YD executive board members, elected officials from the city hosting the convention, some other electeds, the (adult) state party committee chair, various local party committee chairs, executive-level staff from a few key advocacy organizations, a few people who have a longstanding relationship with the organization, and several speakers who focused on their work and issues they felt mattered to Young Democrats aged 13-35 (including multiple candidates running for statewide office).

tl;dr: cater your attendees to the type of event being hosted and the people/organization who is hosting.

The social dynamics/internal politics that go on at these things will also be different depending on the type of event.

For fundraisers and receptions, people may or may not actually talk business or about whatever specific issue is top of mind for them with any given person; while talking issues is not out of the ordinary, the major point of these events is to act as a meet-and-greet opportunity so you know an advocate's face and recognize their name when they call or email you a few days later asking for a meeting. If you do have characters "talking business," do so carefully and couched in a context of "this is casual business talk;" people usually don't go to these events to have conversations that would be better had in an official meeting capacity. They're there to network, catch up with social peers and professional colleagues socially, and talk to people they don't normally get to talk to.

Do not talk business at a gala; that is profoundly not what they are for. You are there to eat, drink, and have a good time, not to do your job after-hours. If you're talking actual business at a gala, there better be a damn good reason for doing so. Chit-chat, gossip, and non-work related talk? All fair game.

Non-profit fundraisers/galas (like silent auctions) are, again, their own special breed because they're usually put on for a specific purpose (as a fundraising event for a capital project or specified charity issue, as an annual fundraising effort for the organization's work, etc), and so the attendees, talk, and event-relevant background drama will largely revolve around whatever cause the non-profit works on or why the event is happening.

And finally, the million dollar question: do children, specifically the children of the event hosts, normally attend these events?

The answer is: well, yes and no. It depends on the type of event.

Things on the level of the Met Gala? No. Political or non-profit event galas, or more formal reception-type events? Sometimes, but it's heavily event-dependent and minor attendees are usually older teenagers and kids old enough to conduct themselves in public. Seeing someone under 12 or 13 at an event like this is very rare. Fundraisers? Depends on the type, but kids will often show up at the smaller or more casual ones.

It's a tricky balance because most events are not exactly child-friendly and most people want to keep their kids out of the spotlight anyway, but there's nothing like a couple of cute kids to give off the wholesome family image and open pocketbooks at fundraisers. So they tend to leave them home for big galas, but they'll regularly turn up at specifically advertised family-friendly events and at smaller, more intimate fundraisers where they don't really have to worry about them getting into trouble or running off or grabbing a glass of alcohol when they're not looking.

Bonus: fun facts about drinking at events!

If there are drinks provided at an event, there are two types of 'bars': cash bar and open bar. At a cash bar event, attendees are paying for their own drinks. At an open bar event, drinks have been prepaid by the host or a sponsor and attendees are free from a financial perspective to get whatever and however many they like. Open bar events are often the mark of a rich or particularly generous host. You can signal stinginess or potential financial trouble by writing a rich host/host organization who puts up a cash bar at an event.

Regardless of bar type or the number/type of drinks served, these bars are universally run by professional bartenders (paid at an hourly rate plus a flat bartending fee; fees can also sometimes increase based on the quality or type of drinks being served).

Unless you are going to an event hosted at a restaraunt that already has an actual bar, the "bar" at these events is usually a designated table set up in a corner or along a wall. There will be an available drinks menu somewhere on the table and available bottled drinks (like wines and beers) will be openly displayed.

Most people know how to drink responsibly at events, even ones with an open bar, but you occasionally get 1 or 2 who take too much advantage and have to be looked after or escorted out by their buddies, staffers, and occasionally, a very unlucky host.

At galas: drink switching used to be a fun thing I sometimes saw in the pre-covid times. You'd usually see a couple of friends who would sit at a back table, get different drinks, and then switch up with each other at certain times, such as when speakers changed.

This is probably a lot more information than you asked for, but I know I still missed a lot of things. I hope this has been helpful! Please let me know if you have any other questions; I'm happy to do my best to try and answer them!

[suratan-zir]

I wish that when people think of russia, they wouldn't think of ballet, dostoevsky, dolls, ushankas and balalaikas first. Destroyed cities, corpses in the streets, and this. This is russian "glory". It's not an exception, not a few rotten apples, it's what the russian world really is. Torture, death, degradation.

They do this to each other too - countless videos out there of what they do to their own soldiers who refused to obey: they bury them alive, tie them to cars and drag them on the ground, keep them tied to trees, naked, beaten, without food or water and urinate on them, etc. Pretty much any degrading, disgusting, and inhuman torture you can think of - they do it even to their own, record it and proudly post it on the internet.

Now imagine what they do to the "enemy", to Ukrainians in captivity… Not all of it can be made public due to stigma, for example, genital mutilations.

When russia shows you its true face, believe it and assume that it's even uglier in reality.

[damianwaynerocks]

“jason hates tim” “jason calls tim ‘replacement”

jason todd’s relationship with tim drake is so personal to me. jason hated tim at first. he attacked him in titans tower. he was hurt and angry that bruce replaced him and he took it out on tim. and tim was innocent in that. jason todd is a tragic victim first a foremost, an imperfect victim who reacts with rage instead of tears, but tim was innocent in that. because yeah, jason was furious at bruce, but tim? tim was a civilian kid when jason died. i don’t think they ever met. tim had nothing to do with bruce not killing the joker and yet jason tried to murder him.

and yet somehow tim understands him arguably better than any of the other waynes.

tim was, to my recollection, the first person that jason gave a roundabout apology to about his behavior and tim looked him dead in the face and said he understood why he did it and that it was fine. tim drake, who has held jason during a panic attack and talked him through it. tim drake, who looked jason peter todd in the face and told him “you’re more than your failures and you’re not alone.” like. “tim hates jason” what do u mean. they have one of the most interesting dynamics in the batfamily.

like tim is canonically jason’s favorite person in the batfamily. jason invited tim for drinks (for a case i know but still). jason has eaten breakfast with tim in his apartment. jason canonically considers himself and tim to be ‘the two black sheep’ of the family. tim is arguably one of the characters with the most behavioral similarities to bruce and yet jason enjoys being around him. idk but they’re interesting and they care about each other and i wish that dynamic was explored more

[writingmaz]

Writing Tips

Punctuating Dialogue

✧

➸ “This is a sentence.”

➸ “This is a sentence with a dialogue tag at the end,” she said.

➸ “This,” he said, “is a sentence split by a dialogue tag.”

➸ “This is a sentence,” she said. “This is a new sentence. New sentences are capitalized.”

➸ “This is a sentence followed by an action.” He stood. “They are separate sentences because he did not speak by standing.”

➸ She said, “Use a comma to introduce dialogue. The quote is capitalized when the dialogue tag is at the beginning.”

➸ “Use a comma when a dialogue tag follows a quote,” he said.

“Unless there is a question mark?” she asked.

“Or an exclamation point!” he answered. “The dialogue tag still remains uncapitalized because it’s not truly the end of the sentence.”

➸ “Periods and commas should be inside closing quotations.”

➸ “Hey!” she shouted, “Sometimes exclamation points are inside quotations.”

However, if it’s not dialogue exclamation points can also be “outside”!

➸ “Does this apply to question marks too?” he asked.

If it’s not dialogue, can question marks be “outside”? (Yes, they can.)

➸ “This applies to dashes too. Inside quotations dashes typically express—“

“Interruption” — but there are situations dashes may be outside.

➸ “You’ll notice that exclamation marks, question marks, and dashes do not have a comma after them. Ellipses don’t have a comma after them either…” she said.

➸ “My teacher said, ‘Use single quotation marks when quoting within dialogue.’”

➸ “Use paragraph breaks to indicate a new speaker,” he said.

“The readers will know it’s someone else speaking.”

➸ “If it’s the same speaker but different paragraph, keep the closing quotation off.

“This shows it’s the same character continuing to speak.”

[artsyririblobbu-deactivated2026]

Optimal Reading Order for Caleb's Storyline (with an infographic)

SO! I HAVE COLLECTED ALL THE CARDS AND HERE IS MY THEORIZED TIMELINE FOR PRESENT DAY CALEB! TRUST ME, WHEN READ IN ORDER THIS SHIT HITS SO HARD. CALEB'S WRITING TEAM INHALED SOMETHING AND I WANT WHAT THEY HAD.

If you want me to do an analysis for the Past Caleb Cards too, we will have to wait until 10 Days With You ends, but pls let me know because I've already pieced those together too. I'd also do this with the other boys but it is MUCH harder due to there being less indication and less tells (InFold, please do what Tears of Themis is doing where they put the stuff in order in one of their CN updates plsplsplsplsplsplsplsplsplsPLSPLSPLSPLSPLSPLSPLS)

MILD SPOILERS (and by mild I mean I just noted vague points in time that allowed me to pinpoint where they were in the timeline + relationship progress you're not really getting spoiled but some ppl wanna go in completely blind and that's perfectly understandable!)

Caleb's Past - Old Days

Caleb's Present - Homecoming Wings and Beyond

Main Story - Yeah no duh. Caleb is basically a stranger here, and we're at square one.

Endless Summer - The card references it had been 2 weeks since she last saw Caleb in Skyhaven. They're awkward here.

Exclusive Aftercare - This is when MC starts letting Caleb more back into her life. This comes in between ES and Myth because of Caleb still trying to keep distance, distance that isn't all there in...

Myth - First time MC visits Skyhaven after the Main Story. She is on better terms with Caleb and their relationship makes so much progress here.

Hidden Waves - MC visits Caleb's home in Skyhaven. It's obvious they're now starting to repair what they lost.

Painful Signal - Hidden Waves is referenced here, and obvious revelations are obvious. Also, Gideon!

EXTRA NOTE: Canonically, by this point in the timeline, MC is at least Affinity Level 30 here due to Gideon's appearance in Caleb's Moments. There is also a very, VERY noticeable shift in his calls and texts and how MC starts replying to him after this, implying they definitely made progress. She was seemingly more off with him, as was he in expressing his desires, but once we pass this threshold, he starts voicing his affections more openly for MC, with her also starting to call out to him more.

Intertwined Gold - I cannot stress enough that this actually acts as a beautiful resolution to this little arc. I mean it so much. Their past already acted as their time to let things fester, and this is just... *sniffle* oh my god, it's beautiful.

I felt like I watched an entire TV Drama when reading through the cards in this order. Please read it in this order for optimal experience because you genuinely get to see the growth Caleb and MC get to have in this weird situation where they're adults trying to figure each other and their feelings out. I am a Sylus girlie (I KNOW I HAVEN'T MADE ENOUGH STUFF FOR HIM SO IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT, SHUT UP, I THIRST FOR HIM IN PRIVATE, IT COUNTS) but even I have to admit, this shit? Fire. Actual fire. Caleb's writing team is beautiful, and I hope they have good things happen to them.

...also BEG INFOLD TO MAKE A FUNCTION WHERE WE CAN LIST MEMORIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER, THIS HIT SO HARD AND I WAS LUCKY I GUESSED RIGHT FOR MOST OF THE MEMORIES THE ONLY ONES I FUCKED UP WAS HIDDEN WAVES COMING AFTER MYTH, BUT ITS OK--

EDIT: I MADE AN INFOGRAPHIC WITH MY SISTER!!! YAY

EDIT 2: added the four stars!!! Gonna make an infographic on these laterrrrrr

[love-and-deepspace-incorrect]

[hil-arrr-y]

Two job-hunting resources that changed my life:

This cover letter post on askamanger.com. A job interview guide written by Alison Green, who runs askamanager.

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Shout-out to @ms-demeanor for putting these on my dash again, I’d like to add this exceptional interview question “answer guide” that explains traps and “the best” way to answer over 64 common questions. I don’t know who to attribute it to, but here it is: PDF from tri valley one-stop career center.

[the-real-numbers-deactivated202]

Hey some of these answer templates helped J get an offer letter from her dream job; strongly recommend you read them if you’re job hunting

[elizzsush]

Merfolk Courting Rituals | TWST

Octavinelle Dorm X Reader

Azul X Reader, Jade X Reader, Floyd X Reader,

---- Merfolk typically have instinctual ways they begin 'courting' or a relationship, in the deep sea you need to be sure of your partner after all. (Non-Human courting rituals part 2/3)

Savanaclaw Ver. | Diasomnia Ver.

Floyd:

It was spring when it happened. Almost summer. The days we’re warming up and everyone was suffering a bit for it.

Usually, you would be able to go about your business alone, or perhaps with the company of Grim if he felt like it. Today however, a certain eel was towering over your shoulder. “Shrimpy~” he’d giggle, a shiver was sent down your spin at his voice.

You slowly turned around. “A-ah? Hey Floyd…” you smiled warily. You usually, like most people in school, avoided the eel like the plague. He flashed his sharp teeth at you and extended his hand, the other one in his pocket in a more relaxed manner then your posture.

“A tooth…?” You squinted at the item, it was pointy: like his own teeth.

Realistically, you didn’t really wanna hold this. Not that you’d tell him that. You glanced up at him again and saw those same teeth, not a single one out of place. “Do ya like it?~”

He leaned closer to your face, his eyes widened ever so slightly in a more intimidating manner. Clearly his lack of personal space had never changed. “Um… yes! I do…?!” You were quick to awnser back.

Pleased with himself, he giggled loudly and walked away.

What was that about?

After that he’d keep approaching you with odd gifts… at one point he presented you with the largest pearl you’ve ever laid your eyes on and then the next day he gifted you with a handful of beautiful scales.

You dreaded to think about the poor mer behind that gift…

Either way, this was suspicious, right? When Floyd leech approached you, you either run away or get squeezed, why were you getting gifts? It also didn’t help your relationship with the Housewarden of Heartslabyul, who now avoids you like the plague.

Seriously, when you walk into a room Riddle happened to be in, he jumps up and leaves immediate- sometimes even running away like you were his tormentor instead of Floyd!

You’d also noticed that Floyd would yawn more around you… You didn’t think you were boring either because he wouldn’t be around you if you were boring to begin with! “Are you getting enough sleep?”

“Eh? Shrimpy doesn’t like me?” Floyd pouted, You noticed him glance at your mouth breifly. “Shrimpy~ that’s rude.” He’d whine louder, a darker look in his eyes than usual. You had no clue if you had offended him or not that time…

Another time was this happened. It actually happened far more often than you would think or enjoy.

“Shrimpy~” he’d say repeatedly to annoy you while you walked around school. Like when a sibling kept poking at you and claiming they weren’t touching you, but he had his hands behind his head as he followed behind you a bored expression on his face. He had been hanging around you more.

Sadly that meant your friends were less likely to approach you. And if they did it was because they neglected to see the towering eel boy.

“My, My, Floyd had taken quite a liking to you.” Jade stated offhandedly one day. You were at the Mostro Lounge (Azul was tired of Floyd skipping work and offered you free meals to hang out so Floyd would get back to work.)

You glanced at the Eel with a confused look. “What do you mean?” He simply looked down at the small necklace you had made with Floyd’s… gifts of a tooth and scales. I’m your defense they made very nice jewelry. Was it a bit messed up to be wearing some students scale and possibly their tooth? Perhaps… but you were poor and wanted something nice to wear.

With the same odd mysterious smile, Jade was off to serve the next costumer.

So you took it upon yourself to figure out what that meant!

First you went asking around Octavinelle. This was a bad idea because most students avoid you like you were Floyd.

Thankfully you managed to corner one, A trembling student you was glancing behind and around you the whole while you talked to him. "So?" You finally asked, a hand on your hip.

"Uh... What? C-could you repeat the question...?" He finally looked to you.

"Whats up with Floyd!" You finally snapped a bit, with a groan and a small eyeroll you glared at the smallfry.

"A-aren't you his...?"

"What on earth does that mean..." You groaned in annoyance too yourself. You were still, very, extremely lost.

Jade:

Whatever do you mean? You started courting him first if he wasn’t mistaken.

It was a Monday afternoon during autumn you believed, when he was serving you in the Mostro Lounge while you were studying. (They had a exclusive deal that lasted only that day) It was pretty late and so, you, like a very normal human, yawned. “My, If I’m not mistaken this is hardly that time of year.” He replied slyly as he gave you your half off drink.

You just glanced at him in confusion as he bowed and excused himself, ever the polite waiter.

That was… odd.

What was stranger was, now Jade has this habit of gifting you things he found on his hikes. It started with a flower to then a mushroom and for some reason he had gifted you a rock? He said he found it “fascinating” So he gifted it to you.

You didn’t really know either…

This whole issue began to intimidate you. I mean, Jade leech, gifting you things? There had to be some kind of motive behind it! There is always a motive behind the Octa-trios advances.

So, not wanting to owe him anything, you began gifting him things in return. “I found this at the store and thought you might like it.” You’d smile warily and a bit nervously as you extended a hand, in it a Dorsel Fin candy.

He’d smile and accept your gift, you’d breath a sigh of relief and go about your day as usual. At least now you didn’t owe him anything!

Now it became a habit, or a fun little game! Whenever Jade would gift you something, you’d look for something of equal value or better! Something he’d like. You’d attempt to one up him, but it was as if he knew about your game somehow and wasn’t letting you win.

Eventually it started to become something else, he was just... always there now? You'd turn around and almost scream! Because: was he there the whole time?

The worst part? He helped you so much more than half the time you turned around, and he wasn't there, you wished he was. He was making your life harder by not being there!

Here is the thing, you can't just get someone use to having a nice, helpful helping hand who is also attractive and then just take that away! Its inhumane.

You gifted him a terrarium you made yourself.

You didn't know why you did it. Maybe you liked his company and wanted to show your appreciation, maybe it was just because you were fond of him.

It was pretty out of the blue as well. You had been working on it for a week now, it wasn't anything remotely at Jade's own level but it was nice. (It better have been because that hike to gather everything almost killed you.)

Was it worth it? Yes. Seeing his eyes widen slightly before he regained his composure was absolutely worth it. He almost had to cough into his hand in Suprise.

Jade wasn't the most expressive, but you had a few ideas of what his Suprise would be look like. "Do you like it?"

"I do perfect. Thank you."

Note: Jade will never confess. It'll be one of those relationships where you don't know how it started but now your married so... Have fun!

Azul:

He was hopeless. Everybody knew this simple fact, except of course: you.

He was a businessman, not a... romance man!

From the way he'd tug at his tie like it was choking him when you were around, to how flushed he'd get when you even glanced in his direction. This guy was absolutely hopeless.

He actually turned... A very bright red was he turning purple as well? and immediately fixes his posture when you're in the room.

Thankfully, it takes two to tango and you were interested in him as well.

So, yeah, it was up to you to pursue the shady businessman who isn't very shady around you and instead acts like, in his own words, "an idiot."

So, no... he doesn't exactly court you. You court him.

You bring him cool things you find, blabber on about what you like and what you think he would like. He was... very confused and flustered, but happy you were there.

It was only after you took an active role in the relationship that he relaxed slightly and began to play along. Giving gifts back and ranting about the business and some poor unfortunate soul he scammed helped.

As everything began to relax in your guy's relationship. It got too comfortable, well, comfortable wasn't the right word. He was comfortable, you were suffering.

Why wasn't he making a move?! Didn't he like you?

Meanwhile, he was feeling pretty good. Jade and Floyd had gotten to a place where they don't tease him as much about not being able to make a move with you. (He didn't you made all the moves.) And his crush was showering him with attention!

You'd glance at him nervously while you sat at Mostro Lounge. He was counting his contracts. His new ones he had started to reaccumulate.

You physically couldn't hold it back anymore. It had been a week. A whole week of nothing new happening between the two of you. The words fell from your lips fast, like rushing water you tried to hold back but couldn't. It would have always slipped through the cracks in your fingers anyway... So you asked him, the burning question. "I like you. Do you like me...?" You finally blurted out.

"What?" He froze up. His head whipping in your direction he didn't know what to do or say and- he was ruining this wasn't he?

Azul had always been an anxious boy, it helped him- Because despite those anxieties he'd show them. he'd overcome them! He always had. But what do you do exactly when the person your heart has been beating oddly for asked that?

"I- um..." was all you needed before you stood up and left. Trying to fight back the small burn that began in your eyes before you cried. "Wait!" He called out but you had been out the door far too soon to even remotely hear him.

It was... a whole thing. He hated it, you hated it, and despite him refusing to admit it, you both cried over it. You always did love the classic miscommunication trope. But it happened. And frankly, you' prefer it this way in the long run. Because when everything was cleared up...

You got to kiss the octopus boy!

A smile on your face when you pulled away, he stared at you slightly shocked but very happy.

In a side note, after you kissed him, he wondered around aimlessly for a good while before he broke out of whatever spell you put him under. (You're still the magicless perfect of ramshackle...)

___________

Note: Floyd is my favorite. I hope you could tell lol Do I adore Azul? Yes! Was he the last one I wrote so it was kind of rushed and not very long? Also yes... I tried to make it a bit special-er?

[ms-kaie-lurks]

What a great start, 2024! My yandere MLs are stepping up their game. Both couples showing us their relationship breakthrough.❣️

OMG!!! My heart is so happy. 😍

Kirishima, with that gentle kiss on Yoshino's forehead, he sincerely and genuinely loves her. I'm still not sure how Yoshino feels, but she seems to be more accepting of Kirishima's affection this time.

And then there's Shinpei, always blunt and unfiltered, his confession's finally getting through Satoko. She finally realizes her own feelings for him. The wholesome hug in the end, I died happy.

Here are some panels from their latest chapter release, but honestly, the entire chapter.... beautiful.🌸

Great chapter (translations) releases to start the year.

[cuuno-moved]

its unreal how all of my favorite characters have exactly the same traits and hobbies and diagnoses as me

[technicalzombie]

oh, have you been tricked into loving yourself?

[cuuno-moved]

oh my fucking god is that what just happened

[ladynephthyss]

words to use when writing

Appetite:

craving, demand, gluttony, greed, hunger, inclination, insatiable, longing, lust, passion, ravenousness, relish, taste, thirst, urge, voracity, weakness, willingness, yearning, ardor, dedication, desire, devotion, enthusiasm, excitement, fervor, horny, intensity, keenness, wholeheartedness, zeal

Arouse:

agitate, awaken, electrify, enliven, excite, entice, foment, goad, incite, inflame, instigate, kindle, provoke, rally, rouse, spark, stimulate, stir, thrill, waken, warm, whet, attract, charm, coax, fire up, fuel, heat up, lure, produce, stir up, tantalize, tease, tempt, thrum, torment, wind up, work up

Assault:

attack, advancing, aggressive, assailing, charging, incursion, inundated, invasion, offensive, onset, onslaught, overwhelmed, ruinous, tempestuous, strike, violation, ambush, assail, barrage, bombard, bombardment, crackdown, wound

Beautiful: 

admirable, alluring, angelic, appealing, bewitching, charming, dazzling, delicate, delightful, divine, elegant, enticing, exquisite, fascinating, gorgeous, graceful, grand, magnificent, marvelous, pleasing, radiant, ravishing, resplendent, splendid, stunning, sublime, attractive, beguiling, captivating, enchanting, engaging, enthralling, eye-catching, fetching, fine, fine-looking, good-looking, handsome, inviting, lovely, mesmeric, mesmerizing, pretty, rakish, refined, striking, tantalizing, tempting

Brutal:

atrocious, barbarous, bloodthirsty, callous, cruel, feral, ferocious, hard, harsh, heartless, inhuman, merciless, murderous, pitiless, remorseless, rough, rude, ruthless, savage, severe, terrible, unmerciful, vicious, bestial, brute, brutish, cold-blooded, fierce, gory, nasty, rancorous, sadistic, uncompromising, unfeeling, unforgiving, unpitying, violent, wild

Burly:

able-bodied, athletic, beefy, big, brawny, broad-shouldered, bulky, dense, enormous, great, hard, hardy, hearty, heavily built, heavy, hefty, huge, husky, immense, large, massive, muscular, mighty, outsized, oversized, powerful, powerfully built, prodigious, robust, solid, stalwart, stocky, stout, strapping, strong, strongly built, sturdy, thick, thickset, tough, well-built, well-developed

Carnal:

animalistic, bodily, impure, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libidinous, licentious, lustful, physical, prurient, salacious, sensuous, voluptuous, vulgar, wanton, , coarse, crude, dirty, raunchy, rough, unclean

Dangerous:

alarming, critical, fatal, formidable, impending, malignant, menacing, mortal, nasty, perilous, precarious, pressing, serious, terrible, threatening, treacherous, urgent, vulnerable, wicked, acute, damaging, deadly, death-defying, deathly, destructive, detrimental, explosive, grave, harmful, hazardous, injurious, lethal, life-threatening, noxious, poisonous, risky, severe, terrifying, toxic, unsafe, unstable, venomous

Dark:

atrocious, corrupt, forbidding, foul, infernal, midnight, morbid, ominous, sinful, sinister, somber, threatening, twilight, vile, wicked, abject, alarming, appalling, baleful, bizarre, bleak, bloodcurdling, boding evil, chilling, cold, condemned, creepy, damned, daunting, demented, desolate, dire, dismal, disturbing, doomed, dour, dread, dreary, dusk, eerie, fear, fearsome, frightening, ghastly, ghostly, ghoulish, gloom, gloomy, grave, grim, grisly, gruesome, hair-raising, haunted, hideous, hopeless, horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrific, horrifying, horror, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, inauspicious, inhospitable, looming, lost, macabre, malice, malignant, menacing, murky, mysterious, night, panic, pessimistic, petrifying, scary, shadows, shadowy, shade, shady, shocking, soul-destroying, sour, spine-chilling, spine-tingling, strange, terrifying, uncanny, unearthly, unlucky, unnatural, unnerving, weird, wretched

Delicious:

enticing, exquisite, luscious, lush, rich, savory, sweet, tasty, tempting, appetizing, delectable, flavorsome, full of flavor, juicy, lip-smacking, mouth-watering, piquant, relish, ripe, salty, spicy, scrummy, scrumptious, succulent, tangy, tart, tasty, yummy, zesty

Ecstasy:

delectation, delirium, elation, euphoria, fervor, frenzy, joy, rapture, transport, bliss, excitement, happiness, heaven, high, paradise, rhapsody, thrill, blissful, delighted, elated, extremely happy, in raptures (of delight), in seventh heaven, jubilant, on cloud nine, overexcited, overjoyed, rapturous, thrilled

Ecstatic:

delirious, enraptured, euphoric, fervent, frenzied, joyous, transported, wild

Erotic:

amatory, amorous, aphrodisiac, carnal, earthy, erogenous, fervid, filthy, hot, impassioned, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, raw, romantic, rousing, salacious, seductive, sensual, sexual, spicy, steamy, stimulating, suggestive, titillating, voluptuous, tantalizing

Gasp:

catch of breath, choke, gulp, heave, inhale, pant, puff, snort, wheeze, huff, rasp, sharp intake of air, short of breath, struggle for breath, swallow, winded 

Heated:

ardent, avid, excited, fervent, fervid, fierce, fiery, frenzied, furious, impassioned, intense, passionate, raging, scalding, scorched, stormy, tempestuous, vehement, violent, ablaze, aflame, all-consuming, blazing, blistering, burning, crazed, explosive, febrile, feverish, fired up, flaming, flushed, frantic, hot, hot-blooded, impatient, incensed, maddening, obsessed, possessed, randy, searing, sizzling, smoldering, sweltering, torrid, turbulent, volatile, worked up, zealous

Hunger:

appetite, ache, craving, gluttony, greed, longing, lust, mania, mouth-watering, ravenous, voracious, want, yearning, thirst

Hungry:

avid, carnivorous, covetous, craving, eager, greedy, hungered, rapacious, ravenous, starved, unsatisfied, voracious, avaricious, desirous, famished, grasping, insatiable, keen, longing, predatory, ravening, starving, thirsty, wanting

Intense:

forceful, severe, passionate, acute, agonizing, ardent, anxious, biting, bitter, burning, close, consuming, cutting, deep, eager, earnest, excessive, exquisite, extreme, fervent, fervid, fierce, forcible, great, harsh, impassioned, keen, marked, piercing, powerful, profound, severe, sharp, strong, vehement, violent, vivid, vigorous

Liquid:

damp, cream, creamy, dripping, ichorous, juicy, moist, luscious, melted, moist, pulpy, sappy, soaking, solvent, sopping, succulent, viscous, wet / aqueous, broth, elixir, extract, flux, juice, liquor, nectar, sap, sauce, secretion, solution, vitae, awash, moisture, boggy, dewy, drenched, drip, drop, droplet, drowning, flood, flooded, flowing, fountain, jewel, leaky, milky, overflowing, saturated, slick, slippery, soaked, sodden, soggy, stream, swamp, tear, teardrop, torrent, waterlogged, watery, weeping

Lithe:

agile, lean, pliant, slight, spare, sinewy, slender, supple, deft, fit, flexible, lanky, leggy, limber, lissom, lissome, nimble, sinuous, skinny, sleek, slender, slim, svelte, trim, thin, willowy, wiry

Moan:

beef, cry, gripe, grouse, grumble, lament, lamentation, plaint, sob, wail, whine, bemoan, bewail, carp, deplore, grieve, gripe, grouse, grumble, keen, lament, sigh, sob, wail, whine, mewl

Moving:

(exciting,) affecting, effective  arousing, awakening, breathless, dynamic, eloquent, emotional, emotive, expressive, fecund, far-out, felt in gut, grabbed by, gripping, heartbreaking, heartrending, impelling, impressive, inspirational, meaningful, mind-bending, mind-blowing, motivating, persuasive, poignant, propelling, provoking, quickening, rallying, rousing, significant, stimulating, simulative, stirring, stunning, touching, awe-inspiring, energizing, exhilarating, fascinating, heart pounding, heart stopping, inspiring, riveting, thrilling

Need:

compulsion, demand, desperate, devoir, extremity, impatient longing, must, urge, urgency / desire, appetite, avid, burn, craving, eagerness, fascination, greed, hunger, insatiable, longing, lust, taste, thirst, voracious, want, yearning, ache, addiction, aspiration, desire, fever, fixation, hankering, hope, impulse, inclination, infatuation, itch, obsession, passion, pining, wish, yen

Pain: 

ache, afflict, affliction, agony, agonize, anguish, bite, burn, chafe, distress, fever, grief, hurt, inflame, laceration, misery, pang, punish, sting, suffering, tenderness, throb, throe, torment, torture, smart

Painful:

aching, agonizing, arduous, awful, biting, burning, caustic, dire, distressing, dreadful, excruciating, extreme, grievous, inflamed, piercing, raw, sensitive, severe, sharp, tender, terrible, throbbing, tormenting, angry, bleeding, bloody, bruised, cutting, hurting, injured, irritated, prickly, skinned, smarting, sore, stinging, unbearable, uncomfortable, upsetting, wounded

Perverted: 

aberrant, abnormal, corrupt, debased, debauched, defiling, depraved, deviant, monstrous, tainted, twisted, vicious, warped, wicked, abhorrent, base, decadent, degenerate, degrading, dirty, disgusting, dissipated, dissolute, distasteful, hedonistic, immodest, immoral, indecent, indulgent, licentious, nasty, profligate, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, shameful, shameless, sickening, sinful, smutty, sordid, unscrupulous, vile 

Pleasurable:

charming, gratifying, luscious, satisfying, savory, agreeable, delicious, delightful, enjoyable, nice, pleasant, pleasing, soothing, succulent

Pleasure:

bliss, delight, gluttony, gratification, relish, satisfaction, thrill, adventure, amusement, buzz, contentment, delight, desire, ecstasy, enjoyment, excitement, fun, happiness, harmony, heaven, joy, kick, liking, paradise, seventh heaven 

Rapacious:

avaricious, ferocious, furious, greedy, predatory, ravening, ravenous, savage, voracious, aggressive, gluttonous, grasping, insatiable, marauding, plundering

Rapture:

bliss, ecstasy, elation, exaltation, glory, gratification, passion, pleasure, floating, unbridled joy

Rigid:

adamant, austere, definite, determined, exact, firm, hard, rigorous, solid, stern, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding, concrete, fixed, harsh, immovable, inflexible, obstinate, resolute, resolved, severe, steadfast, steady, stiff, strong, strict, stubborn, taut, tense, tight, tough, unbending, unchangeable, unwavering

Sudden:

abrupt, accelerated, acute, fast, flashing, fleeting, hasty, headlong, hurried, immediate, impetuous, impulsive, quick, quickening, rapid, rash, rushing, swift, brash, brisk, brusque, instant, instantaneous, out of the blue, reckless, rushed, sharp, spontaneous, urgent, without warning

Thrust:

(forward) advance, drive, forge, impetus, impulsion, lunge, momentum, onslaught, poke, pressure, prod, propulsion, punch, push, shove, power, proceed, progress, propel

(push hard) assail, assault, attack, bear down, buck, drive, force, heave, impale, impel, jab, lunge, plunge, press, pound, prod, ram, shove, stab, transfix, urge, bang, burrow, cram, gouge, jam, pierce, punch, slam, spear, spike, stick

Thunder-struck:

amazed, astonished, aghast, astounded, awestruck, confounded, dazed, dazed, dismayed, overwhelmed, shocked, staggered, startled, stunned, gob-smacked, bewildered, dumbfounded, flabbergasted, horrified, incredulous, surprised, taken aback 

Torment:

agony, anguish, hurt, misery, pain, punishment, suffering, afflict, angst, conflict, distress, grief, heartache, misfortune, nightmare, persecute, plague, sorrow, strife, tease, test, trial, tribulation, torture, turmoil, vex, woe

Touch:

(physical) - blow, brush, caress, collide, come together, contact, converge, crash, cuddle, embrace, feel, feel up, finger, fondle, frisk, glance, glide, graze, grope, handle, hit, hug, impact, join, junction, kiss, lick, line, manipulate, march, massage, meet, nudge, palm, partake, pat, paw, peck, pet, pinch, probe, push, reach, rub, scratch, skim, slide, smooth, strike, stroke, suck, sweep, tag, tap, taste, thumb, tickle, tip, touching, toy, bite, bump, burrow, buss, bury, circle, claw, clean, clutch, cover, creep, crush, cup, curl, delve, dig, drag, draw, ease, edge, fiddle with, flick, flit, fumble, grind, grip, grub, hold, huddle, knead, lap, lave, lay a hand on, maneuver, manhandle, mash, mold, muzzle, neck, nestle, nibble, nip, nuzzle, outline, play, polish, press, pull, rasp, ravish, ream, rim, run, scoop, scrabble, scrape, scrub, shave, shift, shunt, skate, slip, slither, smack, snake, snuggle, soothe, spank, splay, spread, squeeze, stretch, swipe, tangle, tease, thump, tongue, trace, trail, tunnel twiddle, twirl, twist, tug, work, wrap 

(mental) - communicate, examine, inspect, perception, scrutinize

Wet:

bathe, bleed, burst, cascade, course, cover, cream, damp, dampen, deluge, dip, douse, drench, dribble, drip, drizzle, drool, drop, drown, dunk, erupt, flood, flow, gush, immerse, issue, jet, leach, leak, moisten, ooze, overflow, permeate, plunge, pour, rain, rinse, run, salivate, saturate, secrete, seep, shower, shoot, slaver, slobber, slop, slosh, sluice, spill, soak, souse, spew, spit, splash, splatter, spout, spray, sprinkle, spurt, squirt, steep, stream, submerge, surge, swab, swamp, swill, swim, trickle, wash, water

Wicked:

abominable, amoral, atrocious, awful, base, barbarous, dangerous, debased, depraved, distressing, dreadful, evil, fearful, fiendish, fierce, foul, heartless, hazardous, heinous, immoral, indecent, intense, mean, nasty, naughty, nefarious, offensive, profane, scandalous, severe, shameful, shameless, sinful, terrible, unholy, vicious, vile, villainous, wayward, bad, criminal, cruel, deplorable, despicable, devious, ill-intentioned, impious, impish, iniquitous, irreverent, loathsome, Machiavellian, mad, malevolent, malicious, merciless, mischievous, monstrous, perverse, ruthless, spiteful, uncaring, unkind, unscrupulous, vindictive, virulent, wretched

Writhe: 

agonize, bend, jerk, recoil, lurch, plunge, slither, squirm, struggle, suffer, thrash, thresh, twist, wiggle, wriggle, angle, arc, bow, buck, coil, contort, convulse, curl, curve, fidget, fight, flex, go into spasm, grind, heave, jiggle, jolt, kick, rear, reel, ripple, resist, roll, lash, lash out, screw up, shake, shift, slide, spasm, stir, strain, stretch, surge, swell, swivel, thrust, turn violently, tussle, twitch, undulate, warp, worm, wrench, wrestle, yank