#it compels me

[bobbs]

Once again, them

[lepusrufus]

Is it too late to give Nicole a badass tattoo

[cicerfics]

If you're triggered by emotional-infidelity-related concepts, look away, but I keep chewing over the whole JudBlanc thing in relation to Phillip.

In my heart, I feel like Blanc's marriage simply did NOT survive the pandemic, and that being penned up together like that exposed some cracks that were already forming in Blanc and Phillip's relationship, and ultimately they wound up divorcing circa 2023 or so, after a trial separation that stretched out uncomfortably until they both realized that there was simply no piecing things back together.

Blanc's energy in WUDM is so middle-aged divorcé to me, and even that brief glimpse we got into the Blanc-Phillip marriage makes me think that their domestic life was probably pretty strained in between cases or when Blanc didn't have enough to focus on, so I do think they're divorced by the time Blanc meets Jud.

But. God. What if, right. What if he's not.

What if his marriage is still limping along, not in a great state, maybe, but they've been together a long time, it's a rough patch, couples have those, they're not as young as they used to be, busy careers put pressure on marriages, it happens.

They're both passively hoping things will improve while also tacitly accepting that things are at least livable as they are, and they'd rather limp along like this forever than divorce and start over at their age. They're accustomed to each other, and there's still affection and longstanding companionship there, and they're at least committed to looking after each other in their old age.

And then Blanc meets Jud.

[epicmilly]

please somebody convince me that it is NOT A GOOD IDEA to start crocheting the quilt from phm. PLEASE STOP ME!!!! I WILL DIE!!!!! I WILL BUY SO MUCH YARN AND NEVER FINISH IT!!!!

[mockerd3light]

SaShiSu and SatoSugu

I'm not going to lie, I am a big SaShiSu fan and that ABSOLUTELY bleeds into so much of the SatoSugu I write. Like I need to make it SO clear that even when SatoSugu are in a closed and healthy relationship they have had at least ONE threesome that involved Shoko in some capacity in every AU.

AroAce!Shoko? She tried it once and used them as her experimental dip into sexuality. Sometimes wanders into the relationship on the rare blue moon when she decides that getting off can involve other people. SatoSugu are happily married and do not question their friend that stays in their extra bedroom more often than not and think everyone else is weird for asking questions.

Lesbian!Shoko? Used them to work through her comphet. It happened once and they all had a heartfelt conversation about her struggle with attraction and the larger 'if it was any guy it should have been one of you' iykyk.

Bi/Pan!Shoko? Absolutely messy, has a few whirlwind romances throughout college and ends up falling into bed with SatoSugu in her off-periods where she can complain about all these people thinking relationships need 'opening up' and 'sharing your burdens' while SatoSugu just kind of exasperatedly offer orgasms as a temporary fix until her next inevitable trainwreck.

Het!Shoko? Same as Bi!Shoko, except she complains a little more about men in general and vaguely wishes she was attracted to women in that annoying het way that drives me personally up the wall.

Poly!Shoko? SatoSugu are not part of her polycule/closed off metamours that do not participate in any group activities.

Ace!Shoko? Sits on SatoSugu's couch and grumbles about people expecting sex from her while SatoSugu try to pointedly tell her they are having date night and want to get frisky without the kids around. She flatly tells them she wants to watch movies on the big screen and they can do whatever. Weird voyeurism ensues that SatoSugu(exhibitionists) deeply enjoy.

[silvysartfulness]

♦️Gem Collector♦️

No but this ship makes perfect sense in the happy scrapyard found family au in my head. Source: trust me bro.

Dottore's hidden mask implant under the usual bird mask and his dialogue about discarding one's useless primitive eyes to perceive a new world compel me.

Unfortunately (fortunately) his sensory processor gem compels that stupid fae Flins, too. It's calibrated to be extremely sensitive to external sensory input. 😏

[lummophoenix]

ch 4 beyond repair still hits super hard

specific passage below cut

"Sales never sleeps.

Tenna couldn't help but visualize...

A hunched over white addison at his desk, holding the phone between the side of his head and his shoulder as he tirelessly wrote down whatever feedback he was getting from it. 

His eyes looked stressed, bags under them dark and pronounced, a notable challenge for the cover up makeup crew before the shoot tomorrow, and his signature ivory glow faded in and out with what were probably ripples of absolute exhaustion. Tenna standing in the doorway, looking at him and waiting to be noticed, with a despondent and defeated frown on his face. The addison seemed to be moving stiffly, with sharp, sudden movements, as if he was being yanked around against his will by either something pulling his limbs or by sheer determination to stay awake–"

[aphelion228]

do you think that samisa went off trail somewhere along the hike so misa could suck sam off in the trees?