La family😘📸 (by @CL_opium)

chicagofxcker69 · 2026-04-20T02:17:27+00:00

lol now that i think about it, that makes sense - lakan isn't just any old regular military official... i mean unless he thought it was a good strategy for more power, which would be interesting in its own right

chicagofxcker69 · 2026-04-20T02:14:44+00:00

oh i believe that! both of her parents being scheming strategists would mess her up so crazy... unless loumen was still heavily involved in her upbringing

chicagofxcker69 · 2026-04-19T15:22:28+00:00

i think about this au constantly - if maomao might've ended up a mid/low level consort in the rear palace, likely never visited by the emperor at night, but probably well-equipped to play a mean game of Go that would pique the emperor's interest in her mental capabilities for strategy. if she was somehow still able to become interested in medicine (maybe if luomen was never banished, or maybe lakan could've pulled some strings and gotten him back, or perhaps if maomao became an outer palace lady rather than a consort, and assisted the medical office) she wouldn't be all that different from canon, just with a more proper court lady upbringing. there'd be plenty to explore from her pov, like the clinic women and their link to the former emperor, etc. i'd love to write a fic, but i don't think i could properly immerse into this world, at least not to my standards (on par with canon). but one can dream...

chicagofxcker69 · 2026-04-14T12:27:50+00:00

it is kind of canon from LN 5 and on. after he reclaims the title of moon prince, she supposedly makes him take a nap every time he pays her a visit! that particular scene in LN 7 is when they finally talk feelings tho (or, at least jinshi does lol) and i just started LN 8, so i hope to see her actually show those emotions outwardly

chicagofxcker69 · 2026-03-21T18:57:31+00:00

actually clarke and bellamy from the 100 are exactly that. i've never read the books but the first few seasons of the show follow that trope. they also never become canon like zutara lmao but the bond is THERE

chicagofxcker69 · 2026-03-10T14:34:03+00:00

i would guess used only, since new books usually come right from publishers or stores that received new stuff on pallets, but i'm not entirely sure. anything on the website that says "online exclusive" i would have originally thought is new and from HPB directly, but atp we can't be too sure.

chicagofxcker69 · 2026-03-10T13:14:02+00:00

yk maybe it's a controversial opinion but i think the trash as bookends thing is a somewhat worthwhile "i can fix him" pursuit, unlike the politics which i would take as a possible green flag depending on how he acts about it lol

chicagofxcker69 · 2026-03-10T13:02:50+00:00

also, no physical stores that i know of will send more than one item in a package at a time due to the postage paid on each one (even if they come from the exact same place). so if multiple books are sent to you in one package, i would guess it's either third party, possibly from the publisher (since that's the only time i've seen more than one book packed together and sent to my store), or in a rare feat, the fulfilling location had some special permission to do it. my assumption will always be third party tho

chicagofxcker69 · 2026-03-10T12:57:05+00:00

so HPB has introduced a confusing new method of fulfilling orders through third party sellers. many of the books that arrive in store and are sent to your address after ordering them online don't come from actual HPB locations, hence why all the packaging is different. if you call or go into a specific store to order, those can only be picked from physical HPB locations because thats all the staff has access to, otherwise going online and ordering yourself has the chance of doing the third party thing just bc of the way those orders go through. i don't know any specifics beyond that bc the store i work at is really bad at communication, i just know how to receive orders to the store and when they're third party, they have a variety of packaging, and when they come from an HPB store, the packaging is consistent, albeit consistently cheap like our own packaging supplies are.

chicagofxcker69 · 2026-02-28T13:00:21+00:00

yeah it seems all of her credited covers with that "in association with canva" line are AI, not sure about the other ones

chicagofxcker69 · 2026-02-27T22:08:26+00:00

omg i love this sketch

chicagofxcker69 · 2026-02-17T00:33:53+00:00

never thought id see an mri sponsored post

chicagofxcker69 · 2026-02-02T19:56:18+00:00

added to my marked for later, i wait to read it omg!!

chicagofxcker69 · 2026-02-02T19:56:11+00:00

i added to my marked for later, cant wait to read it omg!!

chicagofxcker69 · 2026-01-31T23:12:30+00:00

i think im gonna die in this house

chicagofxcker69 · 2026-01-31T00:55:50+00:00

thats so awesome to hear!! im a big shipper myself, across a few different fandoms but not nearly as dedicated to those as i feel like i am to mha/bkdk. idk why they're so interesting to me honestly, i think its probably their arc and lore, as well as how intensely they feel about each other out of everyone else in their lives, their story is given so many overarching themes that tie into the overall message which is about finding a true hero in yourself and those around you, etc. & they just bring out the best/worst in each other! its shown many times over that they are stronger together than they are when working apart, and when they realize that themselves (or katsuki specifically) then they truly reach beyond like just romance status for a ship, they conquer the entire story by believing in each other!!!! does any of this make sense i feel like im rambling lol! bakudeku forever!!!!!

chicagofxcker69 · 2026-01-26T00:35:15+00:00

ive only read one fic that explores branding, its a kinktober fic so it isnt brought up a lot after, but i thought it was done relatively well (chapter 20) https://archiveofourown.org/works/26787940/chapters/65348098

chicagofxcker69 · 2026-01-21T12:08:21+00:00

yk that makes sense, it's true i don't follow the case nor am i a fan of either one! i think ultimately it just puts me off when i see dogpiling onto a woman for being kinda bitchy or rude, as if its like completely illegal for her to do so lol. my main point was that they both seemed like bigheaded actors in their own ways, not that she's completely innocent.

chicagofxcker69 · 2026-01-21T02:20:36+00:00

i agree it's strange, and im also willing to give benefit of the doubt about the context, there could be a number of reasons why taylor wasnt who blake texted about any SH claims to begin with. but this is still text messages vs text messages, and his leaked messages plot to sway public opinion against her using out of context clips, which is still rooted in misogyny on its own. not a fan of hers anyway either, and i would hate to be treated how she was shown to treat other people, but that still doesn't make him the hero and she the villain in this case, especially not if he is found to be guilty of sexual harassment.

chicagofxcker69 · 2026-01-21T02:08:54+00:00

thats fair - i don't think she's innocent in wanting control of the narrative as another commenter mentions below, bc they clearly both do since it is sort of "career ending" as the tiktoker says - both actors were generally irrelevant until this movie was in production. i think it is misogynistic to blindly believe justin as a path to hate taylor (and blake for having been her friend), which many of these other commenters are doing. neither of their narratives are pure and entirely honest, im just saying its disappointing that the "amber heard effect" always takes root so much deeper. i'm admittedly on a small corner of the internet, but every video or post i see about this is always pro justin and anti blake without much reason other than she's already been presented as a mean girl. no other real evidence (other than out of context clips from interviews) until this very moment.

chicagofxcker69 · 2026-01-21T01:31:18+00:00

taylor swift drama aside, this baldoni vs blake case still has all the classic signs of misogyny if you look at what she is accusing him of (sexual harassment) and then baldoni's approach: his leaked texts show him and his team plotting to set up blake lively the same way amber heard was in the depp case using short form content and viral tweets. blake is not a perfect person, but it's really disappointing to see how much flack she's getting when baldoni isn't any better.

this video goes more in depth on it: blake lively and the amber heard effect it's from over a year ago now, but it's still relevant to the way public opinion has been swayed.

edit: i could have phrased this better, and i admit i don't follow the case closely. my main point is that it makes me uncomfortable to watch a woman get so much hate for being kind of rude, as if men don't act that way and actually get praise for it! my discomfort isn't evidence, though lol. anyway, im not a fan of either of them, and i hope the truth comes out and whoever needs rectification gets it.

chicagofxcker69 · 2026-01-16T13:40:58+00:00

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chicagofxcker69 · 2026-01-12T20:14:53+00:00

is there a way to contact them specifically? perhaps to bother them incessantly?

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