Fic title: So, that's the story. No, I'm not taking questions.
I feel like this title would lend itself well to a humor fic. Thus, this is Gojo explaining to Shoko how and why he currently has a much younger boyfriend. Despite his original statement, as quoted in the title, he folds pretty much immediately on the questions. Partly because he's shameless and partly because he just wants an excuse to talk about Yuuji. I feel like this would be a great way to explore Shoko and Gojo's relationship and draw in the ghost of Geto that's always hovering between them. Fun if Shoko doesn't see the appeal even slightly; she puts an expiration date a month out on the whole deal and goes back to ignoring all of it, except a month passes, then two, then three. The boyfriend keeps sticking around. At this point she might actually have to accept that somewhere along the line, Gojo has matured into someone who's able to keep up a steady relationship? Surely it's because they boyfriend is just young and idealistic and has rose-colored glasses.
It especially cracks me up to imagine this in a college AU context. Yuuji is a freshman, Gojo primarily does research while deigning to teach one class and has accrued a lot of fame for his research, Shoko is the administrator who pulled the short straw and has to ask about whether they're violating any university rules.
Modulo Yuuji with the most old man-type hobbies possible. He’s doing beach cleanups and complaining about overuse of plastics. He’s looking Out Into The Sea on a fishing boat. He has reading glasses. He’s tinkering with a little radio. He’s fucking a time/dimension traveling Gojo. He has a new birdwatching book that he’s been meaning to crack open and a birdwatchers’ journal of drawings that go from poor to actually not too bad (a decade of practice). Gojo makes fun of him for all of this and also is unfortunately deeply into it.
re: made up fic titles, might I interest you in "round and round the bend (here we go again)"?
A time shenanigans title if I've ever heard one! I'll go with time loops over time travel because I think it gives more of a looping vibe and do it with JJK which has taken over my brain. So, say that for cursed energy nonsense reasons, every time Yuuji eats a cursed finger, he gets stuck in a time loop that reverberates back to the original moment after an ever-shortening period of time. Eat a finger, then 24 hours later, time resets to the moment that finger was eaten; then 12 hours later, time resets to the moment that finger was eaten; then 6 hours later, reset; then 3 hours later, reset; then time continues normally again from the original point.
The first time it happens, Yuuji goes from one day out from his grandfather's death, packing his belongings at home while his grandfather is being cremated, back to the moment he ate Sukuna's finger. It's too late to do anything about it even if he wanted to and he's so confused anyway that he just carries on the same way he had in the original timeline. Twelve hours later, he's waking up the morning of his grandfather's cremation and then he's on the rooftop eating the finger again. Six hours later, he's lying in bed and then he's on the rooftop eating the finger again. Three hours later, he's in the containment chamber learning about Sukuna's fingers from Gojo again and then he's on the rooftop eating the finger again. And then this time around, it seems to be over. Yuuji keeps waiting for the other shoe to drop, but it looks like the really weird version of Groundhog Day is over.
As he places his grandfather's bones into the urn, Yuuji thinks it's a shame that the loops couldn't have started just a little earlier, for a few last moments with him. And then Gojo pops another finger out of his pocket and offers it to Yuuji, and Yuuji is like, oh wow, here we go again. He asks Gojo if there's anything weird that's supposed to happen aside from the possibility of Sukuna taking over him and Gojo doesn't seem to know what he means, so he just downs the finger and continues on. Twenty four hours later, he's back at the crematorium again, having met Nobara and started his jujutsu training. Maybe this time around, Yuuji spends longer at the cemetery, maybe he asks more questions of Gojo than previously, knowing that in twelve hours he'll be back here again.
At the detention center, Sukuna eats the finger and Yuuji makes the vow and wakes up in the morgue and he's spirited away to the basement. Then Sukuna eats the finger again and Yuuji stands before him and realizes he's already made this vow, already failed because he doesn't remember it from the first time around. Maybe he manages to argue for a better vow, maybe this time at least he gets to remember making the vow. He gets five tries and thoroughly realizes he's outclassed when it comes to Sukuna; only thing to do about it is to get stronger. If he remembers, it's now that he tells Gojo about the odd effect of eating Sukuna's fingers; they conspire together for the best deal that Yuuji can make.
Anyway, all this to say, Yuuji's redo of Shibuya nearly drives him insane. Maybe eating 11 fingers at once means 11 of the 24-hour loops and so on, or maybe an 11-day loop, then 5.5 days, then so on. He keeps waking up to his worst nightmare again and again and again. Going round and round the bend as per the title. Sorry, Yuuji. You suffer beautifully.
I'm not caught up with the manga, but I'm imagining some sort of harnessing of this power with the last few fingers for Yuuji to loop from Gojo's death in order to fix it, for once being able to use this time loop power to make real change. And then they kiss happily ever after and Yuuji never gets stuck in a time loop again. He avoids all time loop movie premises thereafter.
goyuu thought of the day is an AU where Choso is goyuu’s child 🥺 in this ‘verse, Kenjaku doesn’t bother providing the death paintings with bodies because their loyalties could be suspect and he’s not sure if he can deal with “you human experimented on us and threw us away” drama in quadruplicate. Yuuji is enough, thanks. years later, long after the canon plot is dealt with, Yuuji learns from cleaning up Kenjaku’s various crimes (there are many) that he has half-curse embryo brothers and discovers a way to continue their growth. he starts with Choso first, keeping him with him at all times on a sling and feeding him a steady stream of cursed energy like he once did with Yaga’s doll. to Yuuji’s delight, it works. Choso starts to grow into the form of a baby. meanwhile, you have Gojo, who is mildly displeased to no longer be the baby in the relationship and likes to tap at Choso in the sling like a zoo exhibit, but who can’t help but love him anyway after Choso is “born,” outgrowing the sling and opening his eyes for the very first time. Kechizu and Eso come along a few years later. by that point, Gojo figures they may as well just go for it and have a baseball team of half-curse kids. Yuuji is only too easily convinced by Choso’s pleading expression and babble about how he misses his other brothers
promise not to stop when I say when by nothing_2_see_here (JJK, Gojo/Yuuji): I am such a big fan of goyuu matching each other's freak in an under-negotiated kink way. yeah they should in fact make each other worse 💕
The Shooting Star Cycle by EnigmaticInsignia (JJK, Hakari/Kirara): a cute and sexy getting together fic that reminded me about how much I love this ship
Run Rabbit by redgh0st (JJK, Gojo/Yuuji): a mutual noncon tragicomedy in which Gojo and Yuuji deal with the fallout of Sukuna having a massive aura, very fun
Frankenstein by catharsixii (JJK, Yuuta/Yuuji): canon shifted slightly to the left with Kaori as a persistent specter in Yuuji's life and Yuuji as so delightfully badass
All You See Are Sympathetic Eyes by blue_jack (JJK, Gojo/Yuuji): PINING. GLORIOUS PINING. THE YEARNINGGGGGGGG 🥰
Shallow Ends by SinningSaint (JJK/Naruto, Yuuji/Nobara/Megumi): the trio reincarnated into the Naruto world and assigned Genma as an instructor, fantastic character voice
aloe you vera much by glass_fossa (JJK, Yuuji/Sukuna): the most adorable modern AU that has me dyingggggg of cuteness
can you lift a curse with a single kiss by tenderblender (JJK, Gojo/Yuuji): they share a kiss 🥺❤️ incredibly delightful
a guy like you should wear a warning by voxofthevoid (JJK, Yuuji/Yuuta): these two are so fun here, lost and horny and hopeful
Orthos by StickyDog (HP, Sirius/Harry): my brain is on jjk time but this delights me too much to stop reading, I love the identity porn and time travel shenanigans happening here
goyuu thought of the day is that they would be so fun in a messy soulmate AU situation. in a world where only sorcerers have soulmarks, yuuji is born without a soulmate like most of the population. when he consumes sukuna's finger and sukuna's marks briefly appear on his body, so does sukuna's soulmark, which is a match for gojo's.
no one (living) is pleased about this. sukuna is darkly intrigued and keeps a constant stream of nonsense in the back of yuuji's head about stealing gojo once he's free of this prison. yuuji is affronted on his teacher's behalf when he's not too busy being blindingly jealous.
except as time goes on, as sukuna's soul imprints its techniques on yuuji's body, so goes with it the soulmark. first recorded case of soulmate theft. yuuji is delighted with the situation. he finds a way to hurry the process along, grasping as much from sukuna as he is able. gojo is in no way displeased about the soulmate swap. anyone would be so lucky as to have someone so into you that they eat your actual soulmate and take over the bond. normal soulmate bonds are for suckers.
with the horrors fic wrapping up, I have been contemplating a goyuu kinktober fic. the idea haunts me. it would be a fic of loosely connected sex scenes set in the same 'verse, where post-canon future fic yuuji and gojo have started having Very Casual Sex That Involves No Feelings Surely (many feelings). it would largely be remedial sex scene writing practice for me, since this isn't something that I'm great at and would like to improve. the ambitious part of me would love to have 30 very short chapters for every day of kinktober, but I'd be happy to get half of that done, so I'll just see how well it goes. I'm using the official kinktober list for inspiration but not completely sticking to it. if there's any kinks that you think would be fun to see, let me know!
for the fic prompt gojo/yuuji bankrobber and hostage fall in love. Up to you who's who 😄
Anon, the moment I saw this, I had a vision of Choso and Yuuji as the world’s most ridiculous bankrobbers. I had to bring it to life. This isn't exactly a traditional robbery, but hope you enjoy!
"It's not unreasonable of me to want to have a nice day prior to my upcoming death. We should do this tomorrow instead."
Yuuji ignores his older brother's complaints with years of practice. If he were to listen to Choso in everything, then nothing would get done, and especially not this. "Then tomorrow you'll say it doesn't qualify as a nice enough day, then the same for the day after, and so on, and I'll be old and gray by the time we do this. No way!"
He places the finishing blow on the curse that guards the vault. In turn, the entrance creaks open and Yuuji slips inside. Choso follows him like a shadow, his arms crossed and an expression on his face that Yuuji's rarely seen directed toward him. Gone is the usual indulgence, even as he follows Yuuji into the vault.
"Just trust me on this," Yuuji says, taking his hand briefly. "It will all work out."
Thanks to everyone who gave prompts and all of those who voted, there were a lot more than I expected which is amazing! Comment any questions, but aside from that, happy whumping!
Nowhumpber 2026
"Get away from me!"
Exhausted to the point of collapse
Emotional whump
Kidnapping
PTSD/CPTSD
Abuse/rape aftermath
Suicidal ideation
"You're prettiest when you're on your knees"
Painful transformation
Trapped
Bleeding through bandages
Imprisoned
Carried
Failed escape attempt
"Don't touch them!"
Hidden injury
Scar reveal
Haunted
Forced intoxication
Living weapon
Noncon branding/tattoo/marks
"I'm the only one who can do this"
Distorted nightmares
Carving words onto body
Grief
Overworked
Came back wrong
Environmental whump
Life threatening injury
Self isolation
Nowhumpber 2026 Alt Prompts
Sleepy
Presumed dead
Memory loss manipulation
Addiction/withdrawal
Abuse rape reveal
Bleeding out
Rules:
Any and every media is accepted, writing, art, collages, playlists, moodboards, and anything else that tickles your fancy
EXCEPT FOR ANYTHING AI GENERATED. Obviously I can't police this, but if I find Al has been used to generate some or all of an entry I will not be promoting or reblogging it
You can use as many or as little prompts as you'd like, on any day, and are welcome to use prompts after the challenge ends as well (I may not reblog it then though)
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Any type of whump is accepted, OC, general or fandom, however please tag everything/add appropriate warnings I may or may not reblog NSF Whump and would prefer it be under a cut if explicit
HAVE FUN! This is meant to be something fun to look forward to, and since it's right after Whumptober I get that you
Project Hail Mary (science fiction movie): wow, I can't believe the movie that's been all over my tumblr dashboard is really good. How could this be. I finally gave in and watched it, and it was such a treat.
grocky works by spqr (PHM, Grace/Rocky): I ran here immediately after watching the movie because I remembered spqr had written for the fandom and I knew it would be great because it's spqr. My favorite is plans for life. Mawwiage 🥺
Obsession (horror movie): incredible of this guy to make every bad decision possible due to innate lack of a spine or sense of decency. 10/10 loved it would watch again
Goblin Heart by Fae Loxley (m/m romance novel): POV you're Cinderella's evil stepbrother and you fall in love with the goblin prince who's being mind-controlled by the royal family. Just all around fun read, great side characters, trans romance.
Calling Out by Aryashi (SVSSS, SJ/YQY): alpha YQY spontaneously becomes an omega and SJ is totally normal about it (not). The YQY feels! He's so miserable and overworked and aaaaaa just bite him, SJ. I have also long been obsessed with Cellmates by the same author. The YQY characterization is so good.
DVDown Bad by glass_fossa (JJK, Yuuji/Nanami): a reread, this fic makes me consider removing my usual filter that excludes no curses AUs because what if I had missed out on this amazing fic
a few friends and I are watch partying Obsession (supernatural horror) on Discord on Wednesday 7/15 at 7 PM EST, feel free to join us if you'd like!
After breaking the mysterious "One Wish Willow" to win his crush's heart, a hopeless romantic gets exactly what he asked for. However, he soon discovers that some desires come at a dark and sinister price.
Okay so I made a list of 30 (well, 29 actually) prompts I am releasing into the wild. The point of this is that at least one of the participants are not having a good time.
It has 30 prompts for November but feel free to write and post whenever, but please add the tag #No one nuts November or #NoonenutsNovember wherever you post. You do not have to @ or credit this blog if you use any of these prompts.
(Text version under the cut)
1. Safeword
2. Sub/dom drop
3. Loosing intrest halfway through
4. Trying something that doesn't work
5. Medical emergency (bonus points: it happens during bondage)
6. Bad/failed orgasm
7. Should have safeworded
8. "Wait, it's not supposed to hurt?"
9. "Let's never try that again."
10. Sex so bad they break up after
11. Realistic shower sex
12. Incompatible kinks
13. Threw up on that thang
14. Can't get hard/wet/aroused
15. Says wrong persons name during sex
16: ugly crying/overwhelmed
17: "I remembered you being better at this"/"I'm not impressed."/"I've had better."/"You're not hung chill"
18: Allergic reaction/cut off circulation
19. Dirty talk/degradation gets too real
20. Ignored/missed a safeword
21. Random horny confession that kills the mood for the other person/people
22. "No really, that's not going to fit."
23. Fire alarm goes off/interrupted by a third party
24. Pushing themselves into sex they aren't ready for
25. Sex toy gets stuck
26. Only one person having fun/agreeing to boring sex
27. Couple brings in a bad 3rd
28. Sex in a bad location
29. Sex so bad it kills you/one of the participants dies
Jjk prompt: remember when Yuuji's using that cursed puppet in Gojo's basement and training how to steady his cursed energy even while being distracted with movies? Prompt: Gojo provides more hands-on distractions :lenny: ya know, just to help his student improve (Yuuji may have gotten the hang of managing his cursed energy output during emotional movie scenes, but sensei's hand creeping up his thigh under the blanket is MUCH harder to ignore. But also the hand goes away when Yuuji's concentration fails (and he's punched in the face and Gojo laughs))
jade your brain is so big and beautiful
"You're getting too good at this," Gojo says.
Yuuji tilts his head back against the couch to catch his teacher standing in the doorway. It's easier to look at Gojo upside down, blood rushing to the bottom of his head instead of to other places when he sees his teacher wearing a tank top instead of his usual jacket. It's not a new sight, but Yuuji isn't inured to it yet. Not with the way Gojo's arm muscles look in it, the way it gives the impression of just barely hiding the definition of the muscles of his chest. Yuuji’s never been so concerned with cleavage as when Gojo moves just so in that shirt. Unfortunately, his teacher’s pants are as loose and unflattering as ever.
"Thanks!" Yuuji says. Then, "Why does that sound kind of threatening?"
Gojo's smile has too many teeth. Very, very hot. Yuuji's careful not to squeeze the doll in his lap too hard, the movie continuing to play on the television. "It just means that you need better distractions."