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hangezoeenthusiast · 3 years

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God(hcs)

c!multiple x god!reader

notes: the reader will be the god of death to make it a little bit more spicy :). c!punz’s pronouns are he/they, i’m not sure about the others, but i know theirs. also why does ranboo take away my gender? /j

word count: 1,672

warnings: arson, violence, cursing, yelling, mention of death, voices in technos part, spoilers for wilbur if you haven’t watch tommy’s lore stream, revival for wilbur, making a religion, time travel, egg, prison, stealing, anarchy, playful name calling

Sapnap

so obviously y’all would be a great match :)

you have creative mode, so when sap would ask you to give him a lighter and tnt, you would GLADLY give it

also, can we talk about him being a nether hybrid

fire squared

like fires left and right, hide your mom and your children in your house lol /j

but besides the whole arson thing, you favor him above anyone else on the server

like if he asks for diamond blocks, well here’s a whole inventory of it, also, here’s some ancient debris and some netherite

if someone asked, you would probably grant them with poison and curses, just because you can’t be “unloyal” to snapchat

wouldn’t be lonely anymore

Dreamwastaken

this duo is less chaotic, but chaotic enough where people avoid you

he still asks you for stuff, but most of the time, you don’t give him it because he annoys you too much about giving stuff

“hey y/n/n, can i pretty please get some emerald blocks.”

“nope bitch, get it yourself.”

but sometimes, you grant him some op shit, when it’s your good day

“because i’m being nice, here’s some diamond, now, don’t ask me again you little piss baby.”

“shut your trap y/n.”

“or what homeless teletubby, what are you going to do to a god like me?”

“you hang out with technoblade to much.”

Georgenotfound

maybe the least chaotic duo

you guys keep on relaxing and relaxing until the point where you don’t do anything

he barely asks you for anything, but only when it’s really really important, like a house or build

especially when he was building his little cottagecore house, he needed your godly presence to help

“y/n, what should the roof be made of?”

“i suggest brick, it makes it more aestheticy if that makes any sense.”

also barely any drama or tea with you guys

never arguing and never betraying each other is a must

Tubbo

also another least chaotic duo

literally help him with his bee farm, he will (platonically) love you forever

gotta be close to ranboo, that’s the rule

gives him SO much stuff, he’s a precious boi 🙄

also gotta be close to tommy, but not as much unfortunately

you help him pick out things for builds, like what material clashes with another, etc

“do you think that the wool and the netherite blocks look good together y/n?”

“nah, what i suggest is the wool with the gold, it looks perfect.”

sometiems, gotta put him in check because he gets a little ego built up

you definitely yank his horn a little too hard because of your IMMENSE STRENGTH

“OW, WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT Y/N.”

“calm down sunny, you were just getting a bit over your head a little.”

Tommyinnit

chaotic duo like sapnap

snaps at anyone who annoys you and vice versa

you give him EVERYTHING, obviously except op and creative

he tries to persuade you to do something, but dreamxd wouldn’t allow it, since he is the main boss

“come on y/n, give me op.”

“no tommy, xd will kick my ass.”

“pweaseee.”

“no.”

you would DEFINITELY help him with the Big Innit Hotel, making the whole layout and color palette.

both of you have an intense hatred for ranboo, since he “stole” tubbo away from tommy

Ranboo

least involved in everything

just stay in the tundra and drink some tea, and you’re good for all of your life

helps him get netherite all the time so your boii can get the good stuff 😬

when he mines to get diamonds, he literally prays to you

“y/n, if you’re listening, please give me a 6 vein, i desperately need it for my collection of diamond blocks.”

and THERE IT IS

more than a 6 vein actually, a 12 vein

guess he needs to pray to you more

daily tea sessions, to talk about the good stuff, and NO, and i repeat NO skipping

threatening to flick water on him check ✅

Wilbur Soot

literally you spoil him

not to be angsty, but when he died and lost his last canon life, you revived him instead of Dream

now he’s practically at your knees

like he’s thinks that he owes you, but actually that’s the opposite

he was revived because you were lonely, and wanted your best friend back :(

prays to you when he goes to bed

“hey y/n, hope you’re having a great day, (platonically) love you.”

“love you too mortal.”

sometimes, to be at the peak of godness, you shower upon wilbur as gold to symbolize blessings, like zeus did before

“omg y/n, what are you doing?”

“i’m trying to bless you, shut up bitch.”

just saying, he would make a religion about you :/

Karl Jacobs

omg don’t get me started on this

first, you wouldn’t codone him going back in time

he would definitely forget your name a lot, so that’s why you hated it

“hey karl, how are you doing?”

“i’m sorry, but do i know you?”

ANGST IS TOO MUCH FOR ME

you were definitely the one to push him towards sapnap and quackity

this is also another spoiled boi

give him the entire world while you’re at it pwease

he wants a few diamonds, nope, give him a chest full of them

Quackity

why are there so much chaotic duos in here?

literally chaos times infinity

energy to the max

literally, did you take an energy drink

grants him every wish he can randomly think off

“can i get a bucket with lava and a fish in it?”

“weird choice, but ok man.”

gotta be close to sap and karl or he isn’t your friend anymore /j

helps with las nevadas a lot, and definitely tries to rig the machines so you get money

“hey big q, i got 10,000 dollars.”

“that’s impossible... y/n, did you cheat?”

“nooo 😊”

help him preen his wings, and he goes “I LOVE YOU, MWAH MWAH.” obviously in his mind 🙄

Awesamdude

definitely helps him maintain the prison

you both love setting up red stone contraptions and pistons and all that giz

“hey sam, do you know where the redstone torches are?”

“yeah, there behind the pistons in the back.”

also you helped build the prison, since he could do that by himself

“are you sure that lava wall will work y/n, your calculations seem inaccurate.”

“i’m sure sam, this will add some more security to this goddamn server.”

nerd squared lol

BadBoyHalo

wouldn’t condone the egg

you warned him multiple times to get away from its grasp, but most of the times he’ll decline

“i won’t y/n, the egg is the future.”

he still, even after all the advancements, even after everything, he tries to ask you to join the eggpire

“come on y/n, you’ll like being with us.”

“i don’t wanna be on a stupid egg side, like let me crack the egg, i wanna eat it and turn it into a omelette.”

he doesn’t like that joke :(

but before he discovered the egg, both of you were joint at the hip

sight seeing was a must

languages being thrown around everywhere, since you were the little language muffin

Punz

steals stuff from everyone

hide your stuff, because the punzo-y/n team is unstoppable

definitely they can be really stubborn and indecisive

like one day, he will be like, “i need gold blocks.” and the next, “nevermind, i need netherite actually.”

like hon, stop switching

also anarchy buddies

burning down forests and buildings are your guys’s specialty

when you give him gold when they doesn’t ask, his heart goes brrr and his brain goes, “pog pog, they’re so cool, lets hug them.”

Technoblade

now this is the most deadly duo in the entire Dream Smp

better not piss you guys off 😐

he’s the Blood God, and you’re the God/Goddess/God being of Death

so if some occasion where you need to battle someone, like Techno’s enemies, *clears throat and murmurs Quackity*, you will obviously back your boy up :)

help him with enchanting and potions and he’s set for life

also you got have to be close to the great Philza Minecraft since him and Techno are buddy buddy

anarchy squared

helps with the voices since you have some of your own

“so what you’re saying is that i need to pay attention to them?”

“yeah, when i first learned that the voices were in my head, i tried to ignore them, but that sucked. so what i did was try to distract myself with various tasks, and that sucked.”

“so what do i do, you’re saying that i should listen to them, but how do i do that when they literally shout at me.”

“just embrace it, obviously when they do their little chant of blood for the blood god, you have to ignore them.”

“you suck at advice.”

Philza Minecraft

so since both of you resemble death, him being the Angel of Death and you being the God/Goddess/God being of Death, y’all are fucking best friends, platonic soulmates if you will

death squared

watch out, because if you piss them off, prepare to d-

gotta be close to Ranboo and Techno, and obviously others who he platonically likes

he doesn’t need to ask you for stuff, he’s the fricking Angel of Death, but he will ask you to preen his wings :D

“ow, not there y/n.”

“oh shut up grandpa, let me do it.”

“I’M NOT OLD DUMBASS.”

Dream XD

two gods at once, damn there is so much chaos

left and right, you guys are noticed by everyone, like purrrr

y’all would be in some fancy shit, to show your power

you would get jealous of him hanging out with george

“why are you jealous y/n?”

“you’re hanging out with george to much, hang out with me please :(.”

gifts are a must, even though both of you have access to creative

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444tsumu · 3 years

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HAPPY 100 MARS!!!/&/&: AHHH! okay so i’d love a tier three if you didn’t mind! i wanted to know which 3 characters would smoke ouid and what you think smoking with them would be like? ily tysm!

▭ WHICH CHARACTERS SMOKE WEED?

includes matsukawa, hanamaki, suna

warnings drug use, explicit content, doing things under the influence, implied sexual content, slight nsfw.

authors note lol ik some people don’t like the whole “w*ed” and dr*g use hc but it’s all fiction and based on my own personal opinion (: i don’t mean to offend anyone lol i smoke too <3

This is a long one, beware <3 also it’s also my dream blunt rotation LMAO

𖥻 MATSUKAWA, ISSEI !

definitely the philosophical stoner

always has a question or an answer

depends on how much he’s smoked though

eyes get really red and he looks really hot

prefers backwoods over regular papers

always smoked regular papers though bc woods are bad for you (:

does that thing where they lick the paper and look at you at the same time

the hottest man smoking ever god please

always makes sure to have you sitting on his left so that he passes it to you first

loves smoking people out

doesn’t really care if you put in money or not

if issei is around, everyone is getting high

smokes makki’s unemployed ass out like everyday lmao

loves to hotbox

lights you up for the first time and tries to get you into another galaxy

“if you’re gonna get high, at least do it right”

definitely funny as fuck when he’s high

always definitely ready to fuck

very touchy when he’s high

will hold on to you for a long time and forget he’s doing it

but if you make him let go he genuinely feels the skin contact nearly rip off

calm down mattsun your possessiveness is showing

tries to explain all the different types to you but forgets mid sentence

literally cannot formulate a single structured thought

definitely leans in to make out with you more than once

loves shotgunning with you

already lazy but when he’s zooted he’s UNBEARABLE

he really does wanna fuck but ends up smoking too much with you because you played chicago and forgot

doesn’t really get hungry for food but munchies?

ate all of the snacks

has no remorse for his actions either

stares into the deep nothing for like 10 minutes

just to snap out of it and look around suspiciously

“do you guys hear that….?”

“…..no?”

“………..the paint is screaming at me?”

ok buddy don’t ruin this for everyone else

knows how to french & ghost inhale

has argued with makki many times over the earth being flat

doesn’t really think it’s flat

ends up believing it is after makki told him the world was actually dome shaped

has a grinder shaped like a dragon ball

not a peer pressuring kinda guy but thinks everyone should get high at least once

definitely gets iwa and oikawa to try

loves getting oikawa high cause he thinks the guy is fucking hilarious

laughs at everything

just a great guy, especially when he starts smoking

falls into a weed coma and doesn’t wake up for like 3 days though

treats it like it’s a regular hangover

definitely falls asleep with his entire body on top of you and no remorse for the weight

says “i’m fried” and isn’t embarrassed about it for whatever reason

he’s hot so no one judges him

𖥻 HANAMAKI, TAKAHIRO !

definitely a comedian when he’s high

always the funniest guy in the room

when him and mattsun are together though?

undefeated

him and issei both smoked for the first time together

after that though?

they became unstoppable

don’t get me started with after volleyball season ended

prefers bongs because he thinks he looks cooler lmao

everyone assumes makki is high but they don’t know he actually gets high

offers to smoke you out cause you’re hot lmao

makes fun of you when you cough

even though he still coughs

hates hotboxing because he can’t handle it

but refuses to pussy out so he’s always the first one to agree

in his own words

“my mother didn’t raise no bitch”

makki please

ideal smoking partner

is one of those people that fuck the passing rotation up because he refuses to pass it to anyone but you

secretly does it because he doesn’t want anyone else’s lips touching yours

prefers to smoke with just his close friends but doesn’t mind a session

doesn’t like shotgunning cause he starts thinking his breath smells bad

gives in anyways because he doesn’t want you doing it with anyone else

loves when you put your legs on him

the pressure gives him chills

makes jokes 24/7 because he likes hearing you laugh

can’t french inhale but mattsun taught him how to ghost inhale and he hasn’t stopped since

takes videos of himself cause he thinks he looks cool

realizes he looks like a fucking idiot but fuck it we ball

falls into a weed coma with his head on your lap and his phone unlocked and still on

does that thing where he lights it up with it in his mouth and looks really fucking hot while doing so

has a breaking bad rick & morty rolling tray and is really proud of it

gets really into music when he’s high

will sing along to all the songs while he’s packing the bong

as i repeat

looks hot while doing so

definitely a hungry high

orders food before you even get to ask

“makki, want some snacks?”

“oh nah it’s cool, i already ordered mcdonald’s”

“????? we just finished smoking????”

prefers smoking over drinking but will do both when he wants to go big or go home

eyes get really low

talks kinda slow but really deep and it’s fucking hot

laughs by throwing his head back and it’s really cute

gets cold when he’s high

it doesn’t matter the season

he gets fucking cold and it makes no sense

so he’ll need your body heat to warm himself up (;

𖥻 SUNA, RINTAROU !

a confused high

no doubt about it

this man never knows what the fuck is going on

ik everyone complains about the stoner!suna hc

but i think it’s fucking hot lmao

always has like 2 blunts rolled and on him at all times

is one of those people that will use any excuse to do it

“……(sighs) i’m gonna go take a smoke break.”

“suna we just got here??”

“exactly”

likes joints and edibles the best

not much of a hungry high or munchie high

but he hyperfixates on a certain food and will eat it until there is nothing left

ate an entire pack of gum in one sitting before

definitely watches cartoons the minute he starts to feel the buzz

rarely talks unless to pass it to you or make a single joke that has you about to pee yourself

he doesn’t say much but when he does?

the man leaves an impact

hates smoking with other people

doesn’t like when they fuck his blunt/joint up

hates smoking joints rolled by other people unless he watches them do it

always complains when you ask to smoke with him but secretly loves it

shotguns with you and acts like nothing just happened

hello sir how dare you make me fall inlove like that

forgets everything so don’t try to say anything important to him

zones out because he’s too busy imagining fucking

but then forgets about fucking and starts thinking about what’s on the tv

can’t hold a conversation but will go in-depth as to why spongebob squarepants was more than just a sponge

“no you need to listen to me, patrick star is much more than just his best friend—”

“….rin what the fuck are you talking about?”

“you’re asking me like i know? pass the blunt.”

definitely got into smoking in high school but didn’t actually do it like that until college

lies on his drug tests lmao

smokes after every win as a celebration and smokes after ever loss as a reliever

lmao seek help sir

definitely tries to get you to take your shirt off when he’s in the moment

swears it’s because he’s doing you a favor but really just loves how you look in his clothes when he’s high

doesn’t really know when to stop because he’s never greened out before

all his supplies is a simple shade of black

he’s a simple man

can do all the smoke tricks

but won’t do it in front of anyone cause he hates when people point it out

likes hotboxing because it gets him higher faster

is actually friends with the guy he gets weed from lmao

his perfect date with you was that one time you guys stood home and did nothing but smoke and watch family guy

tears up every time he thinks about it

has a picture of himself with two blunts in his mouth and his eyes really red and it’s really fucking hot

giggles even though he tries not to

uses pens when he can’t physically have weed on him

doesn’t really like it because the pen high makes him knock out after a few pulls

once rin falls into a weed coma???

don’t even think about trying to contact him cause that man might as well be dead

doesn’t wake up to save his own damn life

you can smack him and the most he’d do is probably groan and turn his head lmao

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airenyah · 3 years

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what are the gayest destiel episodes you can think of?

ohhhhh i gotchu hold on (this is basically gonna end up being a list of my fave destiel episodes lmaooo)

ok so just a heads-up, i don’t really remember much from s10 onwards (a lot of those episodes i haven’t actually watched since they aired whoops) and i’m currently stuck at the beginning of s9 on my complete rewatch soooo this list focuses only on the first half of the show. i might do an update if i ever manage to finish my rewatch (and remember to post an update at all when the time comes)

ok here we go:

4x16 - On the Head of a Pin

dean calls cas “cas” to his face for the very first time

dean is all “you can't ask me to do this, cas. not this.” (about torturing alastair) and uriel is all “who said anything about asking”, but cas is all: “this is too much to ask, i know. but we have to ask it” and that is the moment that dean realizes that cas cares about him and his feelings/well-being and that’s when he demands to speak to cas alone

and it’s only after cas tells dean he really doesn’t want dean being forced to do the torturing that Dean gives in (”i would give anything not to have you do this”)

like, it’s so obvious already how much cas cares about dean already and we’re only in s4

cas is even starting to go down the path of disobedience (with a little help from anna admittedly, but still. he’s starting to consider it)

they’re so?? comfortable?? with each other. when cas visits dean at the hospital in the end

4x22 - Lucifer Rising

dean literally makes an angel fall in this ep, i mean come on... (the way cas shows up behind him all “you asked to see me” after dean smashes the angel statue cracks me up every single time gsdlka)

dean desperately trying to get cas to help him (bc he knows that IF there’s an angel that would help him it’s cas)

cas is too afraid though and dean gets pissed and literally breaks up with him (D: "you spineless, soulless son of a bitch. what do you care about dying? you're already dead. we're done." C: "dean-" D: "we're done!")

this is the episode in which cas makes his decision and chooses dean over heaven

5x03 - Free to Be You and Me

in the previous episode sam and dean had a fight and split up. this episode starts out with dean being pissed and annoyed and just in a bad mood in general

when cas shows up and asks for help dean is very grumpy and doesn’t want to help at first but then reluctantly agrees

throughout the episode, the more time dean spends with cas the better his mood gets (honestly this point is worthy of its own separate post, i have enough screenshots lmao)

like he’s even smiling at the end of the ep when he’s talking to cas in the car!! (except then he looks over and realizes cas has left mid-conversation again and that smile is wiped right off his face and i’m sad :( )

when they’re in that brothel dean mostly has eyes for cas, even when chastity the hooker is standing right next to him

after the brothel incident when dean is cracking up and goes “it's been a long time since I've laughed that hard. it's been more than a long time. years.” like... buddy. your crush is showing.

and the way cas smiles lovingly at dean laughing next to him

dean be like: “personal space” also dean: *reaches into cas’s coat without hesitation* *fixes cas’s shirt and tie without hesitation*

also the funniest thing about the whole “personal space” moment in the motel is that there was more than enough space for dean to step aside and increase the distance between him and cas if he had really been all that uncomfortable but he just. doesn’t. no he just stays right where he is

when raphael is trapped in the holy oil and threatens cas all “castiel, I'm warning you. do not leave me here. i will find you.” and cas goes “maybe one day. but today, you're my little bitch.” and walks away and dean tells raphael “what he said” like the impressed and proud boyfriend that he is

inside jokes (see here)

some more iconic quotes/moments from this episode:

“cas, we’ve talked about this. personal space”

“so, what, i'm thelma and you're louise and we're just going to hold hands and sail off this cliff together?”

“well. last night on earth. what are your plans?” “i just thought i'd sit here quietly.”

“let me tell you something. there are two things i know for certain. one, bert and ernie are gay. two, you are not gonna die a virgin. not on my watch.”

5x14 - My Bloody Valentine

hunter husbands!!

the way that dean is not in the mood for hook-ups on valentine’s day and then goes to stare at cas like That

that iconic phone call at the hospital where cas just appears in front of dean who nearly runs into him

cas be looking at sam while listing all the things people can be starving for, and then looks at dean before saying “love”

ok i know this doesn’t have that many points but really this entire ep is great, i very much enjoy all the interactions between cas and dean in this ep

like when dean is not hungry and cas is all “you're not gonna finish that?” and grabs the plate without waiting for an answer bc they’re this married in s5 already

6x20 - The Man Who Would Be King

i mean... this one is obvious isn’t it

this ep is literally all about how cas is doing everything for the winchesters aka dean

the way sam and bobby cautiously voice their suspicions of cas to dean has the same energy as carefully breaking it to a family member that you think their partner is cheating on them

and when they trap cas in the holy oil and confront him dean also acts like a betrayed wife(gn)

which is such a stark contrast to how sam and bobby react to the betrayal (they’re mostly just like “eh this sucks” while dean is emotionally affected)

and even in the following episodes dean is way more affected by cas’s betrayal than sam and bobby are and dean is the one who argues the most with cas (honestly, this entire arc is literally that post that’s all “how do i know dean is in love with cas? bc sam isn’t”)

ok but the holy oil scene is truly like a soap opera (i mean... “where were you when i needed to hear it?” “i was there. where were you?” and dean looking back at cas one last time before running away)

this is their first big break-up and it takes them until the s7 finale to make up

special shoutout to cas watching dean rake leaves

this ep is a LOT

7x17 - The Born-Again Identity

dean’s FACE when he sEES CAS. and then DEAN’S FACE AGAIN when “emmanuel” is all “what’s your issue?”

dean’s face all throughout that first scene with “emmanuel” and daphne, I’M

“you know, I used to be able to just shake this stuff off. you know, whatever it was. It might take me some time, but... i always could. what cas did... i just can't – i don't know why” BECAUSE YOU’RE IN LOVE WITH HIM, IDIOT

the way dean interrupts all irritated when meg goes “i think we're gonna be good friends too” at “emmanuel” (jealous bf much gsdlksafd)

the way dean kept the trenchcoat just in case so he can give it back to cas should he return (which ofc he did)!!!!

7x21 - Reading is Fundamental

yet another one of those “how do I know dean is in love with cas? bc sam isn’t”

at the beginning of the ep at some point sam’s phone rings and when he says that meg (who is watching over cas at the mental hospital) is calling, dean is quick to stand up and even tho meg called sam, dean is the one who ends up having the phone call with her lmao

also dean has no chill during that phone call lmao (he’s irritated when he finds out meg didn’t call them right then and there as soon as cas woke up and he’s immediately concerned when meg says cas is different, while sam’s just standing there holding his phone out to dean, being all ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ lmao)

dean: *pissed af at cas* also dean: *almost breaks his own neck at the speed with which he whips his head around at the mention of cas’s name and is desperate to know his location when cas calls meg after dean blasted him away with some other angels at the hospital*

ok no but then meg tells cas their location and cas zaps into the car and it’s hilarious how quick dean is to interrupt whenever cas turns his attention to meg in that scene

8x07 - A Little Slice of Kevin

dean seeing cas everywhere

when you see your best dudebro outside the window in the middle of a storm but when you get up he’s gone and you feel like crap because you could’ve made it out of the war zone together and you just cannot fathom why he didn’t try harder and you just don’t understand why you’re feeling what you’re feeling (and judging by dean’s reaction to sam’s suggestion, clearly it’s not survivor’s guilt)

dean’s FACE when cas suddenly appears behind him in the bathroom

jacting joices: the infamous boner scene (yet another example of “how do I know dean is in love with cas? bc sam isn’t”)

jacting joices pt 2: sam and dean are talking case and then cas walks over to join the conversation and there is literally no reason for dean to check cas out (see here)

during the rescue mission when cas zaps into the room and has a stand-off with crowley and then when dean finally manages to break into the room, can i just say... the way dean immediately rushes to cas (who’s ended up on the floor) and grabs him by the shoulder before he bothers to look around the room

D: “that was a bonehead move back there. you could have gotten yourself killed. why didn't you wait for me?” C: “well, i didn't get killed. and it worked” D: “and if it didn't?” C: “it would have been my problem.” D: “well, that's not the way i see it.”

the purgatory flashbacks when dean keeps insisting that cas is coming along with them back to earth and won’t hear otherwise

“i did everything I could to get you out – everything! i did not leave you.” “so you think this was your fault?”

“look, I don't need to feel like hell for failing you, okay? for failing you like i've failed every other godforsaken thing that i care about! i don't need it!”

i know we hate buckleming but this episode, man. this episode

8x08 - Hunteri Heroici

i was gonna put this as a special shoutout but then it turned out that i had more to say about this ep than i initially thought

it’s the way dean and cas keep gravitating towards each other in the first half of the episode. no seriously, they somehow keep ending up beside each other and you start wondering “what’s personal space” (friendly reminder that this is the ep right after they’re finally back together again after purgatory)

the married energy and the bickering

the “talk to me” scene where cas finally opens up to dean (but then interrupting moose strikes)

at the retirement home dean to sam and cas: “no flirting you two” then CUT to: dean and cas sitting at a table with an elderly lady who is staring at cas with heart eyes and... lady: “you are so pretty, charles” dean: *must look at young nurse’s butt immediately to distract myself from gay thoughts*

i’m sorry but the way he smiles so widely at cas at one point when they’re talking to that lady, like, she’s just called cas a bounder and dean’s amused about that but his amusement is not in any way malicious and his face is just so full of love when he looks at Cas, it’s embarrassing really (see here)

9x06 - Heaven Can't Wait

ok so i haven’t watched this ep in like 5 years so my memories on this aren’t as fresh as with the previous eps but! it’s the way that cas and dean act exactly like exes (who are still in love with each other) in this ep

dean’s face as he’s staring at cas through the shop window

dean’s smile when he shows up inside the shop

the entire “i can’t let you do this cas” scene in the car

the infamous fanfiction gap

special shout out to:

5x18 - Point of No Return for all the bickering (“you know what? blow me, cas”) and especially “well, cas, not for nothing, but the last person who looked at me like that… i got laid.”

6x10 - Caged Heat for the pizza man and dean’s reaction to all the megstiel (like jealous bf much?)

6x19 - Mommy Dearest for the strong married energy dean and cas give off in this ep (honestly, all their bickering, it’s glorious) (friendly reminder that this is right before tmwwbk)

7x23 - Survival of the Fittest for the “i’d rather have you cursed or not” scene

8x02 - What's Up, Tiger Mommy? for the purgatory flashbaks with that one monster calling cas dean’s angel and the reunion scene by the river with highlights such as “nice peach fuzz” and “i prayed to you cas, every night” and “i have a price on my head, and i've been trying to stay one step ahead of them, to – to keep them away from you” and “cas, we're getting out of here. we're going home” and “cas, buddy, i need you” and “let me bottom-line it for you. i'm not leaving here without you. understand?”

8x17 - Goodybe Stranger for “i don't know, dean. if he's so sketchy, then why were you praying to him?” and the entire crypt scene (yes this is a big one and yes i’m still only putting it as a special shoutout and yes it’s bc of the megstiel content this ep ok bye <3)

#there is also the late s9 ep where cas chooses dean over an angel army #then i vaguely remember 11x03 being a good destiel ep #and the s12 ep with the ''i love you. i love all of you''??#i know people are still going crazy over the mix tape but i don't remember if the ep itself was very gay #oh and 13x06 - tombstone gets talked about a lot as well #when cas comes back to life at the end of the widower arc and dean goes from extremely depressed to happy af #15x09 was a pretty good one as well i think #and ofc 15x18 with the big ''i love you''#anyway this was fun #i should really continue with my spn rewatch #but the thing is that i'm actually journaling and making notes #and that requires brain #and i currently just don't have the energy to make all this effort just for a tv show #who knows if i'm ever gonna finish this project #oh well #asks #anon #destiel #spn #lmk if i've missed anything (from s4-s8 that is)

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astro-pioneer · 3 years

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Anyway thoughts about Dain and others. I'm gonna separate this into different parts since it's probably gonna get confusing. Might do a second part for certain parts of this.

So to get as accurate as possible I did search for more information about The Abyss and Khaenri'ah

OK so I'll give a little back story before diving into my thoughts: Khaenri'ah is an underground unreleased section where, in Dain's words, "the gods' gaze does not fall". It is the origin of Khemia, a type of alchemy heavily focused on the creation of life that ultimately destroyed it. Also, for the Sword Cemetery, that is a result of a war between Mondstadt and Khaenri'ah.

Khemia

Anyway thought time - so since Knaenri'ah has very little fauna and plants they have to find a way to survive and get food and whatnot - hence the creation of Khemia. Now, since there's no information on the aftermath of using Khemia on let's say a human, we're going to make assumptions.

So obviously altering with human life is bound to have it's backlashes, right? My three main bully victims are going to be Kaeya, Albedo, and Dain. Kaeya first: he was sent to Mondstadt as a last hope for his original homeland (I got too lazy to type it continuously) so I'm gonna assume that, before he was dropped off at Dawn Winery, he went through some alterations.

Kaeya

And you guys are gonna get mad but I'm gonna talk about his eye patch. Now, my assumption with the backlash is that it does something physical to the person undergoing Khemia. And yes, while Noelle does say she prepares Kaeya's eye patch, that doesn't necessarily mean that she puts it on him and has seen him without it.

Seeing as though Khemia isn't well-known by the common folk and is concerning to the gods (at least to Venti - thoughts on this later) it's best to hide any evidence of it when around people. That might be Kaeya's case with his eye patch, especially with the issue with Diluc and his father.

Albedo

Listen I hate myself for even starting this but I'm too far deep to give up so we gotta talk about his sexy ass. Now, his diamond. If that's a birthmark then holy hell that's one gorgeous mark. BUT I don't think it is. Since he's the one who practices Khemia, he probably knows how to manipulate the placement to be somewhere hidden or so small you can't see it.

Lmao that kinda contradicted my diamond topic but my thought behind that is that he got that from his teacher (I REFUSE to type that long ass name ok) before he knew the art himself. Him knowing the practice and Venti's wariness of it makes more sense now - will be explained soon.

Dain

THIS BITCH- Ok I need more content of him so I can understand him more but I hate him so muuuuuch. So since he admits that he saw Old Mondstadt before Dvalin resided in it, I immediately thought to the battle at Sword Cemetery even though it doesn't fit with the geography (be honest though nothing matches the geography since the "Wolf of the North" is in the wEST) and you can't see it even from atop the logs (before anyone says anything, yes, I did check with the tallest character I have and yes, I did blind myself at one in the morning just for that.)

Anyway we're getting off topic what I wanted to talk about is the galaxy thing right over his heart. This is going to be short since there's not a lot about him but it's very obvious that it's not natural (well duh) and it reminds me of the particles that erupt from Paimon and that appears out of Aether's hand for an idle animation (I, personally, chose Aether for the MC so I will be using him most of the the time). However, there's noy a lot on him and his attire so this is all I really have.

Venti and Khemia

So a little while ago someone found out that in front of Venti's statue in front of the cathedral it says "Gate to Celestia" backwards. And I do love the theories from many others about how the game might end right where it started, aka Mondstadt. Khaenri'ah dislikes the gods and is not under rule of the Seven and, with Kaeya as a "last hope" so to speak, I feel like (if he doesn't get too attached to everyone) Kaeya and possibly Albedo as well, is going to lead the hilichurls and possibly the Abyss to Mondstadt to open the gate to destroy Celestia.

This is probably why Venti is wary of anyone who knows Khemia or is a known member of Khaenri'ah. This is far fetched but what if he knows of a possible ending without the traveller that is Mondstadt and possibly Teyvat as a whole being destroyed? It's obvious that history and stories are told through songs and, as Venti said in the archon quest, he knows songs "from the past, present, and future."

The Abyss ft. Khaenri'ah & Dain (again)

This is probably going to be the biggest since there's a lot of parts to it. So it's been confirmed that the hilichurls, the people of Khaenri'ah, are being controlled by the Abyss. My thought process was that the Abyss was once a part of Khaenri'ah but there was so much Khemia practice on them that they became less and less human. On a similar note, Instagram user natrya_art made her own theory based off of the Abyss and the chambers just off of the opening screen itself (also one about Dain, Durin, and Alberich (Kaeya's last name) that's still on her story :D).

You guys are probably like "Astro where are you going with this" so I'll stop adding random information and get on with it. Dain specifically only mentions Lumine with "her" and "she" along with "is" and similar present tenses, meaning that she is still alive during whatever time he comes from (as he will decide fate himself if "Albedo were to make a single wrong move using Khemia" (possibly opening the gate) and that's the only time he'll interfere). It's obvious he knows Aether, as he's very easy to talk once he mentions being a traveller. Now, when have you ever heard anyone in genshin mention traveller that is not about Aether/Lumine? Exactly, barely ever if at all.

I mention this since Dain's interest isn't peaked when Aether introduces himself as an adventurer but only after he says he's a traveller looking for his sibling. I, personally, think that Dain was a travel buddy for Lumine since, branching off of Natrya's theory about the Abyss, she was probably brought to the Abyss when they were fighting on one of the paths in Celestia in the beginning.

Since Lumine is trying to redirect Aether from finding out anything about her plans, it shows that she does not want him to either catch her trying to destroy the world or get caught in the crossfire and die. In the time where Dain comes from, though, that's probably what happened and the Abyss wins in the end. So Dain, already knowing where Lumine and the Abyss went, brings Aether to every location that he can remember.

During the old timeline, let's call it that since it's obviously going to change with Aether having help from Dain and Friends™, Lumine most likely talked about Aether and what happened to them. Maybe Dain was just trying to see if he was the real Aether during the tavern scene? No one knows right now honestly (other than the voice actors and creators honestly but they can't say anything.)

It's also obvious that he knows how far Aether is on his journey, as he mentions the Contract to End All Contracts but not why it was made or what the Tsaritsa did with them all while knowing about Venti being Barbatos and the Stormterror battle. This could just be blamed on his failing memory but that's not the case, as he says that he doesn't lack time and will wait to talk about Rex Lapis. However, it's obvious he only knows one side of it, as Aether and the player know of Zhongli being a player in the Rite of Descension but Dain doesn't, as he questions his attitude towards it.

Prophecy

This is copied from Dain's profile on the genshin wiki: The confluence between the past and future. The original calamity had been overturned, yet the island in the sky set the earth to burn. Chalk pursues gold, in this time inopportune, the eclipse is swallowed by the crimson moon. The future must atone for bygone mistakes, as the bond familiar falters and breaks— of the same blood, elders and the youth... Such is the cycle of the world, in truth. Dain, what is that strand of blonde hair to you? Someone you must kill? Or the object of your penitence? - Self-proclaimed prophet

I changed the colour of the parts I want to talk about. The first line is obviously referring to Dain and his connection with going back in time to change the future he came from. "The island in the sky" is Celestia, and the line about setting earth alit could be talking about the gate opening or the gods thinking it'll be best to destroy earth to save themselves.

"Chalk pursues gold." THIS LINE. This one line is what I want to talk about a lot. Gold is not referring to the alchemist who destroyed Khaenri'ah, as it's not uppercased as all names should be. Instead, it's referring to Aether. (Note: the game is actually supposed to take place as you playing as Aether, which is why he's always in the trailers as the protagonist and is more expressive). Aether has multiple gold or gold coloured parts to him, including his hair, parts of his outfit, and it can even be argued that his eyes can be included too. Chalk is, obviously, Albedo, which connects to the quest about him where he's called the Chalk Prince when Dragonspine was introduced. Speaking of Dragonspine, Durin (the dragon that died there) actually came out of Khaenri'ah. Weird how Albedo is almost always in Dragonspine right? The pursuing part can go two ways: his ending line about how if he [Albedo] destroys Mondstadt, will Aether be there to stop him OR to make sure Aether is there to watch him destroy it. A third side is that Albedo pursues Lumine to help with her plan of Destroying Mindstadt/Teyvat.

Crimson moon is obviously about one of the trailers, where I think Lumine is seen walking on the path where her and Aether fought the god in Celestia with a red moon and sky in the background.

"Bond familiar falters and breaks - of the same blood, elders and youth" Aether and Lumine. I feel as though one of them (Aether most likely) will feel the most betrayed and he will lose all trust and love in Lumine and what's she's doing/done. Elders and youth is interesting. It can be nodding at the gods and the people of Teyvat or the gap between Lumine and how she's grown old while Aether died when he was young.

"That strand of blolde hair." English classes and teachers do not teach this enough!!! So I'll say it: blond, with no 'e' is masculine and is used to describe males. Blonde WITH an 'e' is feminine and for females. The use of blonde instead of blond eliminates Aether, Albedo, and Dain. The only blond we really encountered? Lumine. And I can already see the "well what if they didn't know the difference between e and no e" but we're talking about a game where a god dressed as a bard speaks in rhymes and riddles while Dain speaks like hes a poet. They know what they did. This might hint to him being the former travel companion of Lumine and any possible feelings he had that might get in the way of stopping him from helping everyone to stop her.

The Three Questions

When talking to Dain he asks three questions in order to see how similar your thought process is to Lumine. "Who do you think was the key to stopping the Stormterror incident" or something along the lines is the first question. Your answers are Barbatos, yourself, or the people. I will try to go off of memory with my answers, as his quest has yet to be added to the completed quests, as it's in chapter four which hasn't been released yet. I answered Barbatos for this question.

The next one is about Liyue and who will take care of it since Rex Lapis is no longer there to protect it. I said the people of the harbour, which was the third question. The last one is about Visions and who are more important in the eyes of the gods. The three answers are people with visions, without visions, or neither. I answered neither, giving me the dialogue of Aether's answers being similar to Lumine's.

Vision Question

The one about Visions struck me as odd. Visions are given by gods to people that they have acknowledged, yeah? Khaenri'ah isn't acknowledged by the gods and isn't run by any of the Seven. So that means that no one who resided in Khaenri'ah were never helped or were given visions. So why would Dain ask about them? I think it's due to Aether and most likely Lumine being able to weild the elements without a vision. There's also two certain dialogue options that are in the form of thoughts (I do not remember what quests they're from however) and the first one is like "(I'm getting back to my original strength)" I think it was in regards to getting geo too or something while the other one is "(I wish to get the powers of the gods)" or something.

When I first got them I paused for a second. Original strength and the powers of the gods... This obviously means the fact that with one touch of a statue we can switch to that element and can be "blessed" so to speak without actually being blessed. Also I've been meaning to talk about this ever since I leveled up Venti's statue but so far both Mondstadt and Liyue have an extra oculus. This is probably going to be for every region. I found that interesting, since you usually almost always interact with the statues with specific oculi, making it more powerful and giving you more stamina in the process. I think we have to use the extra one to fully harness the powers of that god in order to beat the final boss (probably Lumine.) They are also under the "Precious Items" tab in your inventory which is somewhat significant as well.

I'm gonna end this theory here for now since it got extremely long lmao. A part two might be coming though!

#ೄ sage #genshin thoughts #genshin theory #genshin impact theory #genshin impact thoughts #genshin #genshin impact

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yutaya · 3 years

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Iron Fist Rewatch 1x05: Under Leaf Pluck Lotus

I like this shot. The way the women are shown reflected in the wall first. Also lol quintessential synchronized female power strut

Why wait until you’re IN the office to move your wedding ring?? Or to unbutton your shirt? Well, that one I can understand - let all the people who see you heading INTO the office see the shirt still buttoned up. The ring, though - unless the POINT is to be seen moving it? Imply that you’re open to cheating or something? Ugh.

This is so sketchy.

Danny’s employees be like: “Having? My voice heard? At work? Having? My opinion? Be valued? My? Contribution? Being? Acknowledged? Personally??? ??? ??? What is happening????? ??????” And then it’s the “the worthy leader’s people love and are completely loyal to them” trope (aka one of my greatest weaknesses) forever. <3

Lmao Joy you’re cold.

“Is that heroin? You bring drugs into my office?” *Laughing/sobbing*

Ward just staring blankly while Danny name drops a bunch of triad stuff like Ward is supposed to know what that is. Danny: “...It’s a criminal syndicate.” Ward: *heavy sigh*

Danny, continuing: “So I was talking to the criminals with the hatchets and asked them for intel. They sent me a box, which was clearly a message!” Ward: “You 👏 sound 👏 in 👏 sane. 👏” Danny: “No, look, the proof is that the symbol on this heroin looks like the undying dragon that made me a living weapon!”

Lol “Harold said so himself” no faster way to turn Ward off a plan, sorry Danny

Danny. How do you manage to make half your conversations sound sketchy as hell?

Joy: *brings up the Hatchet men and Red Hook right after Danny was telling Ward about it in relation to the Hand* Ward: *alarm bells ringing because HAS DANNY BEEN TELLING JOY ALL THE THINGS WE SPECIFICALLY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TELL JOY?* Joy: Anyway, about Dad’s cancer... Ward: Oh, ok then.

Siiiiiiigh this conversation where Ward reassures Joy that she’s a good person making the right decision when she feels bad about doing something but does it anyway - to protect their own company and personal interests - and adds on a load of “also you don’t really feel guilty because you think this is wrong, you just feel sad because you’re remembering Dad, don’t mix it up”

Colleen to Claire, Iron Fist 1x05: “Oh what was that? Come on, hit me.” Colleen to Misty, Luke Cage 2x03: *hitting directly on Misty’s stump while Misty yells at her to stop* “You came to me. I’m not easy. You don’t like that?”

Claire: “I guess I got tired of people doing things for me all the time.” Claire was a helpful nurse in Daredevil, and a friend with medical knowledge in Luke Cage - Iron Fist is where she says “I am tired of being reactionary”

LOL Danny’s cute little smile when he comes in to see Colleen doing her normal thing, training a student, just - it’s so loving and adorable even though they BARELY KNOW EACH OTHER YET

Claire just giving Colleen knowing looks ahahahaha

This scene is SO CUTE Jessica and Finn do such a great job playing all the body language and speech cadences like two teenagers with crushes on each other

DANNY ordering takeout for a talk with someone without even checking to see if they’re free first is SO PRESUMPTUOUS what if she wasn’t free (which she WASN’T) or didn’t want to talk or had already eaten/already had meal plans?

I’m literally laughing out loud hahahaha takeout hahahaha

Claire is laughing at them too. This fumbling “date?” conversation is too adorable I can’t

LMAO Claire knows EXACTLY how much she is third wheeling them right now but she doesn’t care because Damn that food looks good. Girl knows what she wants. (Also a little bit of female solidarity helping to buffer when your friend has literally said “no” to the guy - but in this particular case it’s SO OBVIOUS that Colleen likes him back that I read she’s leaning more towards the ‘it’s just to make sure but also that food looks REALLY good’ - then again, especially with all the things Claire has seen there really is no such thing as ‘too cautious’... let’s go with the way she hints is an opening and when Colleen leaps on the opportunity for Claire to stay it becomes ‘yep, I’m definitely doing this, Colleen doesn’t want to be alone with the dude: confirmed’)

Ward is looking at the problem as what it is: a set-up, and they don’t fall for traps. Joy goes “Remember that I am better at public perception than you - there are more factors here to consider than what everyone involved in this particular case knows. I’M thinking long term about potential future ramifications.”

“He’s in a completely different world, Joy.” “He lives in ours, now.”

That awkward moment when you’re already digging in and someone starts praying

The way Danny just goes shutters down mode when Claire starts probing about how harsh life in the monastery was

Colleen, brainwaving to Claire: ‘YOU BITCH DON’T LEAVE ME HERE’ Claire, brainwaving right back: ‘”Vow of chastity.” I’m good. You’re on your own, girl.’ She does do one last check in to make sure Colleen really isn’t worried though which I appreciate.

Danny. You lovable buffoon. You think Ward’s problem is that he doesn’t believe you? And that if he did believe this was happening he would of course immediately take action to shut it down? Colleen to Ward, sometime in the future: “Danny has Always had way more faith in you than you deserve.” ToT

Colleen: “Ok soooo I’m still not seeing the part where you had to come tell me this? Am I just your favorite sounding board or...?” Danny: “Well, I want you to come stakeout and possibly getting killed WITH me, of course.” Colleen: “Wait, is this a date?” Danny: “What? No! I mean. Unless you want it to be?” Colleen: “No!” Danny: “No. No, uh, definitely, uh, not a date. Heh.” Colleen: “Good.” Danny: “Good.” *both nod*

Of course the argument that gets to Colleen is how this will endanger her students.

DANNY trying to convince someone to do something and then when they hesitate dropping “by the way I’m your new landlord” on them is SKETCHY you foolish foolish boy. How do you manage to come across so sketchy all the time?!

Ward: *cheerfully throwing Danny under the bus* Joy: *warning Look* Ward: *sighhhhhh you ruin all my fun Joy*

Joy: *radiating ‘just wait til we’re alone’ vibes at Ward* “:) I will back up my brother wholeheartedly because we are a united front and I refuse to let the board see any cracks to even try and exploit :)” *’JUST YOU WAIT WARD YOUR ASS IS GRASS’*

Ahahaha “Ward has always led our company to greatness with his mad genius” when Ward knows most of those decisions were actually Harold I’m cry

Danny. That’s Colleen’s private property Danny. It’s very presumptuous to order takeout, buy her building, and start playing with her katana, Danny.

Martial art style teasing rivalry culture I love it

They’re too cute

AI YA

“suck on that, Dad” Ward be like “yeah i went against everything smart that Joy and board were arguing for me to do just to make your precious company look bad DAD whatchu gonna do, huh? gonna send me more vaguely threatening text messages about how not a single moment in my life is private from you, huh, DAD? fuck you”

Danny: “it’s just nice, having someone to count on.” Colleen: “You have the Meachums.” Danny: *remains silent* IT’S SO DAMNING ahahaha Colleen has so many reasons to hate the Meachums hahahaha

Danny: “I don’t even know what I’m doing or saying until it’s taken the wrong way,” Well, I’m glad you realize that, Danny. You’ve seen how many times in the last TWO EPISODES ALONE people have recoiled slightly and gone “woah, woah, what are you doing?” Oh buddy.

Danny: “Ok, look, this stakeout is dangerous, but it’s not ILLEGAL. Technically, I own that pier, so it’s not trespassing or anything.” Radovan: “No hospitals! I’m a wanted man in several countries.”

High Ward T_T and the two different conversations Ward and Joy are having right now T_T and the way Joy doesn’t have the information to even begin to know what Ward is talking about but how she can FEEL that it’s BAD and - T___T

High Ward with his walls down cuddling Joy’s arm and saying “you stood by me” and Joy scared as hell but not hesitating on “we’re family,” as her explanation T________T

“The Hand.” - Danny knew this was The Hand going in. Claire is freaking out because SHE LEFT HELL’S KITCHEN TO GET AWAY FROM THE HAND FUCK THAT HOW DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING TO HER? Colleen is freaking out for an entirely different reason. :(

“The Hand is everywhere.” Cut from Claire and Danny to a new shot of Colleen looking on in the background.

Claire: “This is not something a rich kid from the Upper West Side can just ‘handle’, ok? This is a job that requires someone with special.... skills.” Ahahahaa poor Claire how DOES this keep happening to her?

Danny, with utmost conviction: “I am the ONLY one who can defeat them.” Claire: *long, defeated sigh. How many freaking times has she heard this before and how many times will she hear it again?*

Colleen: “This is my choice.” Danny hears: “because it’s the right thing to do and I care about the people of this city especially my kids who are highly likely to be effected and also I maybe care about you too.” Colleen means: “because this is the Bad Hand that is sullying my family’s good name and I will not let that stand. I will work together with my family and we will defeat this.”

Gao: “’His hands’. Are you sure it wasn’t his fist?” Guard: “Ummmmm what’s the difference”

CULTS ARE SO SCARY HE REALLY JUST KNELT THERE AAAAAH

#iron fist #iron fist rewatch #under leaf pluck lotus #my stuff #the immortal iron fist

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Was reading your response to the Okumura Ryuji/Morgana fight, and the way the person worded Ryuji's character made me wanna ask... Do you think a bad fanbase is a fair reason to dislike a character? I've heard people say things like "no look at the character too", but... For example, I'm very neutral on Ryuji. When he's good, hes SO GOOD, EXCELLENT BOY, but Ann is my favorite girl. Guess who he pervs on exclusively and is rude to all the time? I've never seen his fans talk about (1/2 sorry)

His rude behavior, or his pervy tendencies, or his more selfish desires regarding the PT. That's fine!! Not everyone wants to constantly talk about bad things their fave has done!!! But people referring to him as a "woman respecting king" so insistently rubs me the wrong way, since he treats Ann Like That. That, and (more personal) i remember making a post/ask thing once about my grievances with Ryuji, esp his perv stuff, and the fans that interacted very aggressively denied his behavior (2/3)

And it even turned into a big discourse on the blog I submitted it to (it was that one confession blog). All the people that responded and just tried moving the arguments to "well Yusuke did this-" or even tried to push blame on Ann "she was asking for it" just kinda cemented my already growing dislike for Ryuji. Super sorry this is so long!!! Final question: is a bad fanbase a fair reason for disliking a character? (3/3)

Don’t say sorry about multiple sent asks, I don’t mind kfdsjla;fja As for the answer, I want to say yes and no, but really it’s just “yes with a side note attached.” Yeah, it’s ok to not like a char because of their fans, but I think it’s as long as you know why you dislike the char beyond the fans (well tbh, imo it’s usually the crazy fans so I think stans is a better word, but even then there’s diff stans). And tbh, I....can’t....think of a character I don’t like that the fandom/fanbase does....but I know nothing about the char all the while (closest and most recent example this....is....I know people dislike that grey haired moe blob on twitter even tho I don’t think they watched the show, and while I’m not a fan of the moeblobness I don’t know anything about the char so I’m personally not upset). I can only name chars I don’t like because of what happens in the text, fandom be damned (but sometimes they don’t help). Which is why it’s a yes with a side note. If you don’t like the char despite not knowing them.....probably get to know the char first even if your impression is clouded by the fandom....at least you gave the char a chance.

Under cut cause length (first few sentences in the first paragraph under the cut/tldr at the end gives you the answer a bit more in depth, the rest is rants related to that and why I get frustrated in a similar sense too, but yeah sorry if I repeat myself, I kinda jumped all over + my tendency to try to nail a point home I feel like might’ve had me repeat a bit more than usual akslfjdakfjaf):

I say this because.....it’s hard....it’s hard to keep them separated, unless you completely isolate yourself from the fandom (which is basically impossible if you wanna keep up with news, even the comment section is part of the fandom tbh...and you might be looking down their for diff reasons). And then.....well...the big reason....sometimes seeing the fans really highlights the reasons you dislike the char. That’s what happened to me and Makoto, specifically cause of....a certain fan (and buddy if you happen to see this, nothing against you, no bad blood, def won’t mention your name I respect you and the debates we had)....AND TO THE TUMBLR READERS WHO GET NERVOUS: It wasn’t on this website in case anyone is freaking out so if you’re thinking “Oh god it’s me” it is most likely not you (tho I think we do know each other on here cause of usernames/saw each other in passing but we def aren’t mutuals last time I checked), and while I do respect that person.......my god did they highlight the reasons I had issues with P5 and Makoto. Ironically in trying to defend her and show off her good sides, I realized the writing issues more and more and her bad sides became more glaring. It turned my frustrating dislike and attempt to try to work out my issues with her and P5 (ironically “working out” in hindsight would’ve been me....denying and refusing to look at P5′s flaws) into....well......the salt factory you know today. (same thing happens with like......Yukari and Junpei fans too tbh...that’s more recent tho, it feels like they are just downplaying their negatives constantly and I’m not about that). Basically, you probably have issues already, they are just more pronounced now.

As for “look at the character”....you kinda already are doing that, and that’s probably where your existing issues originated from (tho if someone wants a more in depth reason as to why, while you DON’T OWE them an explanation, it is also hard for someone to understand your feelings and reasons if you don’t try to explain).

As for Ryu, yea, I getcha, I like the guy, I’m neutral positive on him....was my best bro but he’s 2nd best thanks to post-Kamo writing. I like him because of his positives, but I always keep his negs in mind because. Cause like while I agree with the fans IT MAKES NO SENSE! P5′S WRITING IS BAD! it happened, same as I agree that Anne kicking Ryu’s ass, along with the other girls, is shitty. Hate the scene, and I accept that it happen (low key gonna start some kinda 2nd wave war with this bs cause the fandom be like that, but I’m really surprised no one took Anne smacking Ryu behind the neck cause he was being too loud as super offensive and abuse.......it’s def something a friend might do, not like belting him just a tap, and it’s framed as chill and also as warning him to reign in the volume control, but high key surprised no one has tried to cancel her cause of that). BUT that DOESN’T mean it erases all the creepy stuff he’s done. Is he the goodest boi when he’s being good? The best. Is he always a good boi? No, he def is not. And hearing that he is can be frustrating to people that do see his flaws (cause they are there). And like....you are 100% able to like a character despite and because of their flaws, while also accepting they have those flaws. I do it with Yosuke, Ryuji (for the most part), Teddie, Shinji, Ken, Kanji (when he’s not around Naoto, then he’s in a trash can for me), P1/2 casts, Aigis, Mitsuru, as long as the flaws are within reason and are treated pretty well....then I’m ok with it. (again, Kanji/Ryu have moments when I’m like....NOPE! but when they aren’t doing the bad thing I’m cool with them). As long as the flaws are withing reason (aka they aren’t making a jerk person out to be the person in the right, or the writing is trying to sweep what they did under the rug, or trying to force us into empathizing with them despite what they did while also trying ot sacrifice empathy towards another char.....*cough*Makoto/Yukari/Junpei*cough* if the writing isn’t doing that...... I’m probs neutral to pos on them).

Like I’m fine if they are criticizing the writing and being like “Him doing this makes no sense cause it conflicts with the good boi we’ve already seen!” That’s a-ok! Not only do you recognize your char has flaws, you also are able to identify issues with the writing. But saying “so I’ll choose to ignore that scene” isn’t....ok. Because sadly it did happen, as contradictory it did happen. AU it all you want, but you have to accept it happened outside of that AU. Like, I don’t like the Mika conflict in Anne’s CoOp, by which I don’t like how it went down (100% fine with Mika, and there being conflict with her). How it the whole thing started doesn’t make sense if you put MainStory!Anne in her CoOp. MS!Anne can read the room and other people’s emotions (only other person capable of that is Haru, or at least with Mona), hell she was so good at it she noticed something was up with Shiho without Shiho telling her about it! The issue was the fact Anne’s not a mind reader and could only assume the issue Shiho was going through that Anne was aware of (and that was her spot on the team). Now MS!Anne is not like Yosuke, she doesn’t put her foot in her mouth. She’s not like Naoto who can’t read the room. She’s not super eloquent, but can empathize and when she can interact with people she can do it pretty well. So why the hell does she basically not think before talking and insult Mika? Sure Anne’s not GREAT at school, but she’s not a moron, she can talk to people. But her CoOp makes her a moron all around, 100% airhead, and that’s how her issues with Mika start, by not thinking before talking and accidentally insulting her via blatantly “not caring” about the job to a full time person......it’s stupid, it makes no sense, I hate it. But it’s there, the flaw might not be present in the main story, but for the all around character (cause CoOps are included) it is now and I just have to deal with it. We can bitch about it all day (and trust me I will) but it happened. Basically never frame it as “it didn’t happen,” but instead “It SHOULDN’T HAVE happened.” One is denial, the other is critiquing the text.

Anyway my rant aside, yeah I hate it when...well Ren/Ryu/Yusuke (no one’s said Mona yet, cause....well yeah...which is good they haven’t labeled him as it yet tho), are labeled as “drinking respect women juice” and I’m like “I have one to a few women who would disagree.” I know some people will argue Goro is drinking it, and imo he’s not....he’s just eating the “I don’t discriminate sandwich” which is different. And yeah the “But Yusuke-” yeah yeah we’ll get to him, but right now we’re talking about RYUJI. I’m not a fan of derailing a topic *war flashbacks* *shivers* anyway. But yeah I remember that debate, I was probably one who was like “We’ll get to Yusuke but right now we’re talking about Ryuji” and pushing the blame onto Anne is disgusting and Kamo Arc!Ryuji would be very upset. >:( (btw high key I think I was the first one who started the first anti-makoto war wave with me saying “yeah Anne shouldn’t have apologized Makoto started it and blah blah she was an ass” not the exact words but basically just calling her out on her shitty behavior cause the game certainly didn’t......tho as Miley Cyrus would say.....”I didn’t mean to start a waaaaaar~!” I actually wrote my first Persona Problems on that topic.......but it got lost in the drafts....my photo examples kept getting messed up which is bad considering the whole post really relied on them....I should try to dig it up tbh....)

Tldr/short answer: Yeah, you probably already have issues with the char to begin with tbh, and the fanbase can highlight those issues more. It’s also hard to escape the fanbase (I see stuff I don’t wanna see despite trying my hardest to avoid certain circles, it just happens).

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areiton · 5 years

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text me maybe

Summary:

He’s drunk and there’s a really hazy decade in the nineties that Rhodey looks pained when he even thinks about that says doing shit when he’s drunk is a bad idea.

There’s also a new building on MIT campus and a yearly donation that supports that theory.

But MIT and Rhodey are far away and that clunky black flip phone is not, and he snarls as he snatches it up and punches in the message.

It takes almost five minutes because the tech is obsolete and he is drunk but he does and he smiles at it, viciously pleased.

~*~

Chapter 3 of 4. Lots of angst and miscommunication and pining. Enjoy.

Read on AO3

~*~

The truth is--he doesn't do it on purpose.

He's sitting on the couch, in the middle of the morning, and something under his ass vibrates, and it--

It's a message.

Angry and hurt , and he stares at it for a long time, before he every decides to respond.

~*~

He knows better, is the thing. He knows the right choice is--give the damn thing to Stevie, walk away. Don't make an already broken team even more fractured. He's done enough damage.

But there is Wanda's fury, when Stark's name is mentioned, the way Steve's mouth goes tight and unhappy, the way he looks at Bucky like he's reassuring himself that his best friend isn't dead.

He isn't. They're both fine, and even Sam and Wanda have been patched together. Natasha is quiet, especially now that Clint went back to his family and his farm, taking a voluntary house arrest to be with his family, and she doesn't get involved when Wanda starts spitting her fury at Stark.

They're all fine . They all walked away, even if it did take a prison break that stretched even his considerable skills.

Stark didn't.

Stark almost died in Siberia. He doesn't know if Stevie knows--but he kept an ear to the ground, hacked Tasha's computer to get the intel he wanted, and--he survived, but he was hospitalized for almost three weeks, and Rhodes was still recovering.

No one died--but Tony almost did, and he is still reaching out, furious and hurting, and almost begging for an answer.

He pockets the phone, and when Stevie mentions misplacing it, a few days later, he doesn't say anything.

Because it's almost relief, in his tone, at having lost that lifeline to his one-time friend. Because there is still righteous fury in his eyes, when he looks at the empty sleeve where Bucky's arm isn't .

Because he smiles, just a little, when Wanda mutters dark insults at the breakfast table, watching an SI press conference.

Because Tony--Tony was hurt, was almost killed, and maybe all of them fucked up, in Siberia and in the days before that showdown--but he thinks maybe Tony is the one who deserves an apology.

~*~

You're right.

I'm sorry.

I'm so fucking sorry.

~*~

It occurs to him, about the sixth message from Tony, that he should probably explain who he is.

That Steve isn't on the other end of these messages.

But Tony is so guarded, so defensive.

And there's the ugly, selfish truth:

Bucky is lonely.

He is so goddamn lonely.

He's on a team, for the first time in seventy years, has his best friend back at his side, and people who would throw themselves--had thrown themselves--into the line of fire without hesitation, and he felt more alone than he had when he was HYDRA's pet.

Steve watched him, constantly, big blue eyes hopeful and sad. Tasha watched him with wary caution tinged with disappointment. Wanda he avoided completely--she was a good kid, he was sure, Stevie said so, but she was created by HYDRA and she terrified him.

Sam--Sam was the closest to normal, quick to tease and snark, push Bucky on his bullshit. But he was wrapped up in Steve, head over heels pinning, and Bucky was on the outside of that, alone.

He was so fucking lonely, and the phone buzzing quiet in his pocket--made him wonder if maybe Tony was lonely too.

~*~

He reads what he can about Stark. He's careful about it, but sometimes, when he hides behind his tablet, he can feel Tasha's gaze on him, and he looks up to see her watching, her green eyes narrow and far too knowing.

He ignores it. Ignores her, as much as he can, and reads.

Before the war, he wanted to see the future. Took Stevie and a couple dames to an expo, right before he shipped out, because it's the closest he was going to get. But what Howard Stark had displayed at that long ago expo--it's nothing compared to what his son does.

Tony is the future he's always wanted to see, and he gets to live in it, gets to listen to the man babble about his projects and chatter about his bots, and with every text--he doesn't know how to give this up.

He doesn't WANT to give this up.

~*~

He sends pictures.

It's dangerous. He knows it's dangerous. But he can read the loneliness in Tony.

Honey bear went back to DC today. I know I can't keep him here--but the man broke his back, I thought I'd get him longer than this.

Pepper is dating Norman fucking Osborne. Norman. I think that's a step below Hammer.

He's lonely, and he can see that same loneliness reflect back at him, and he does it impulsively, sitting in Paris because Natasha's safe houses are only ever in the middle of huge cities and in the middle of fucking nowhere.

He sends it, and Tony is teasing him, gentle and sweet, about being alone, and Bucky drinks his too-sweet coffee and savors the feeling like, maybe--maybe they aren't.

Maybe together, like this, neither of them are alone.

~*~

He doesn't understand the accords.

Or maybe it would be better to say--he doesn't understand Stevie's reaction to the Accords.

They're watching a tiny TV. Stark is at a narrow table by himself, sunglasses perched on his face, arguing with representatives from around the world.

He looks tired, Bucky thinks, and touches the phone in his pocket.

"He's an idiot," Steve says, softly. It's the first thing he's said since they turned the damn thing on.

"He's trying to improve them," Natasha says. She's not against the Accords, Bucky knows. Of all of the Rogues, she's most likely to sign them. "That right there, what he's doing--he's trying to find the middle ground so we go home."

"No one asked him to do that," Steve says stubbornly.

"No one would," Tasha says, even and a little cold. "No one had to."

She leaves, and for a long time, no one says anything. Then, cautiously, Wilson says, "I could sign them. If he can get these concessions made--I could sign them."

"Sam," Steve says, and he sounds--shocked. Almost betrayed.

Sam flushes and looks away. "We didn't because as they were--they didn't work. But this puts the power in our hands, and yeah, we gotta answer to the committee--but Steve, we should have to be accountable to someone other than ourselves."

Bucky is silent. He doesn't get to have an opinion about this--or maybe he does, but he knows Steve sure as hell doesn't want to hear it.

He rubs his finger over the phone and pulls up the current version of the Accords.

If he is going to have an opinion--he sure as hell wants it to be an informed one.

~*~

Wanda treats Stark like a monster, her eyes narrow with barely contained hate when she talks about him. She treats him like something to be afraid of, something to protect yourself from at best and destroy at worse.

"Stark hurt her," Steve explains, and Bucky snorts.

Because he didn't. Something he created did.

But the image that Wanda presents doesn't match the one that he has, happy, goofy inventor who bitches about his bots.

U put motor oil in my smoothie.

They're trying to kill me. Skynet is finally happening.

Bucky smiles.

Maybe they're giving you oil because you give them oil.

You take good care of them, they're trying to do the same.

He gets a picture of DUM-E with a truly horrific looking smoothie.

Nope. Gonna die. Remember me fondly.

And watch Terminator. You and your frozen buddy would appreciate it, I think.

He pockets the phone after that, not wanting to deal with the inescapable fact that Tony still didn't know who he was actually talking to.

But he held that image in his mind, when Wanda ranted about how horrible he was, a put upon, fond smile and a bot nudging him with a black sludgy smoothie and laughter sparkling in dark brown eyes.

He thinks maybe--maybe his team never knew Stark. Not if they believe a man that gentle and patient with his children could ever be anything but kind.

~*~

Tony talks about Pepper and Rhodes and Happy all the time, the three satellites that orbit him like he's the sun. He knows who they are--one dark night, when the team was sleeping and Tony was quiet and he couldn't stop or distract himself, he looked them all up, reading everything he could find about the pretty CEO of Stark Industries, the decorated Colonel, the man who seemed to be in love with Potts and devoted to Tony.

The next day, three files appeared on his tablet and Tasha smiled at him, sphinx-like and lovely.

He didn't thank her.

But he did read the files, devouring the information.

He *knows that Tony doesn't have many friends, many people he's close to--and he knows who those people are.

And then he gets the text.

Pete says I’m happier.

And his whole world kinda screeches to a halt because there's someone else.

A man, who Tony cares about.

Cares about enough to actually mention, and that--he doesn't know what to say, and doesn't know *how to feel, so he shoves the phone away.

~*~

It takes three days for him to admit--he's jealous.

He's jealous .

And if he's jealous--he has no fucking right to be jealous is the thing.

Tony is allowed to be happy, with whoever manages to make him that way. Bucky has no claim to that.

If this faceless Peter can make him happy--who the hell is Bucky to take that away.

You ok? Been quiet.

I'm fine. Just got a lot on my mind.

Want to share with the class? I'm not always good at listening but I always try.

He pauses, considering.

He wants to say, I'm jealous. I don't want you seeing Peter.

He wants to say, I'm falling for you and it's the best thing to happen to me in seventy years.

He wants to say, I'm not Steve and I would never hurt you the way he did.

He doesn't.

He doesn't say anything, and eventually the phone goes quiet and still in his hand and he closes his eyes and breathes through the ache in his chest and tries not to hate a man he's never met for loving the man he wants.

~*~

"Do you know what you're doing, Yasha?" Tasha asks, one night. The phone is loose in his hand and a beer that will do nothing to get him drunk is dangling from his metal fingertips and he blinks at her, lazily. Her bright, avid gaze is trained on that damn phone, and he shrugs.

"Don't hurt him," she warns, and vanishes down the dark hallway, leaving him alone with his churning thoughts.

~*~

Peter is a child.

A teen with a big smile and adoring eyes and—if Tony is to believed and Bucky has made a habit of believing him at this point—a brilliant mind.

He’s a child, and Tony—

I'm not dating. Not since Potts left me. There were a few one night stands but not--not for a while.

Not since before we started talking.

There it is, spelled out in grainy pixelated green and black.

It shouldn’t give him as much hope as it does.

It shouldn’t fill him up with dread.

~*~

He curls in Tasha’s bed, his phone silent and still in his hand, and says, “I think I love him.”

She pets his hair, and he nestles into her lap. “What do I do?”

“Tell him the truth. He deserves that.”

“Will I lose him?” he asks, watching her, because she won’t lie. Not to him, not about this.

“You might. But if you don’t tell him—you’ll never really have him.”

~*~

Is it selfish of me to say I'm glad?

I want to keep you all to myself.

I know you have Pete, have Rhodes--but I hate them sometimes, for seeing you, for getting to see your smiles and hearing your laugh. Is that stupid?

You asked what i'd want if I were there. i wish I could show you, baby. I wish I could touch you.

We're leaving here, soon. I don't know where we're going.

Tony, please talk to me. I know you're scared, sweetheart, but I promise I'd never hurt you.

You got no reason to trust me. I know that.

There's--we--

He hesitates over the picture. He’s never sent pictures of himself, or any of the team—to big of a security risk, too much of a chance Tony would put it together, that he wasn’t talking to Steve.

But he wants to send this.

He pushes send before he can talk himself out of it.

PICTURE ATTACHED

I want to go home. I'm so tired, Tony.

And scared. I wish--I wish things were different.

i need to talk to you and i'm so scared.

I know--we have to talk. Not like this. But soon. We have to talk.

We're going out on a mission. I'll text when we get home.

~*~

The mission goes to hell, and he sees the messages—two—from Tony when he turns on his phone, but he can hear the gushing of Steve’s heart behind him, and terror is bright and coppery on his tongue, and he says, “Stevie got hurt.”

~*~

Tasha squeezes his hand, and steps away, steps down the ramp, and he swallows the fear in his throat as he follows the rest of the team.

Tony—Tony is standing there, near Rhodes, beautiful and fragile, his eyes big and bright and hurt as he watches Steve in Sam’s arms, and yeah.

Maybe he had a chance. Maybe those feelings weren’t one sided.

Too late, now, he thinks, and reaches out, phone in hand.

He sees the fury and hurt and grief in Tony’s eyes, a moment before they go blank, and a heartbeat before Tony punches him and he thinks, this is exactly what I deserve.

#text me maybe #winteriron #winteriron fic #bucky barnes #tony stark #arei writes fic

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ninjakitty15 · 3 years

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Chapter 14 :Witch, Please (Loki x OFC Pairing)

We didn't actually arrive at the Hotel, but by the piers where you can tour the old pirate ship near several restaurants and another hotel entirely overlooking the ocean. Loki stood in front of me, looking down worriedly at me the entire time.

"None of it's my own," I assured him, getting the feeling he was looking for injuries.

"You can't blame me for wanting to be sure, I don't think I've really seen you fighting without an army of your own to even the odds."

"I didn't survive as long as I have only to be outed by a bunch of power hungry humans. I'm ok, really, just really sticky and in need of a nap. Are you ok though? You had worse luck than I did back there."

"Not the first time I've been electrocuted unfortunately, not that it's something I can really get used to but I'll manage just fine, never you worry."

I snorted at the last bit. "You know, for someone that's been around since the dawn of man and takes after his mother, you should know it's not wise telling another woman not to worry, we'll do just the opposite anyway."

"You never seem worried though."

I shrugged. "I try not to but I'm still a woman with a soul at the end of the day."

"You're so much more than that," he murmured.

"You are ok though, right?" I asked again. "It wasn't just electric shocks they used on you."

"Extreme heat, yes, I know. I probably won't be at my best for a bit, but like I said I'll manage. Thank you though."

I smiled lazily. "You protected me when you could when we weren't even that close, it's the least I could do seeing as you wouldn't even be there if it wasn't for me."

"How did they catch you last time if you could so easily break out this time?"

"In the middle of a plane ride surrounded by innocent people. If I'm not on the ground, I can't raise the dead as they aren't airborne...things. They highjacked the plane with their own jets, took me off the one I was on and into theirs and before I could even try to escape, they bound me in more or less what you saw me in when you broke me out. Maybe next time I want to get out of the country, I'll go by cruise ship, lots more dead in the sea."

"You could also just ask me to take you," he suggested smoothly.

I grinned at this. "Mischief has many uses. I'd kiss you but I doubt you'd be turned on by this much blood, you don't strike me as a horror fan."

"There's people that are fans of gore?"

"Sweety, there's people who are fans of everything and anything, we live in a sick, twisted world of which there is no cure for."

"Except there is in fact a bunch of people called The Cure," a familiar voice interrupted.

We both turned to see Zari standing there, hands on hips, and giving us an unamused look.

"What took you so long?"

"Alicia turned sides, I had to give her my vote, George also. I don't know who else but there's gotta be a bigger player than those pawns."

She snorted and rolled her eyes. "Does it matter, you're still the biggest player of the board."

"That makes it my job to wipe it clean and correct it. Only problem they sided with people that pop up all over out of nowhere, I mean they literally came out of trees catching me the second time, the first time was out of air."

"Then if they want you two again, they gotta come to your turf, our turf even where they can't and won't catch you off guard, where everyone still on our side will see them coming and be ready. Isn't that why you're here?"

"No? I came here because I just wanted to be somewhere familiar and empowering to me, regardless of where I just came from, I missed home."

"Aw hun," she pulled me into a sticky hug then pulled away and peeled me off her. "Let's get you both cleaned up and away from the public for a bit, come, there's plenty of room in my home for two demi gods to crash."

Her cottage was just as I remembered, smelling of herbs and spices both locally and Lousiana grown, charms all over the place for protection and blessing, she was a basic witch after all, although an extremely powerful one as a voodoo priestess. She also provided me with new clothes once I was completely clean of blood and guts, offering to get Loki some clothes as well though he just did his magically changing thing but rather than just changing clothes, not wanting to be tracked facially by Tony, he turned into a slightly different person altogether. Instead of pale smooth skin, he had slightly tanned skin with some stubble by the jaw, he actually looked more human and less perfect like a god but still damned attractive even as the long black locks became short brown curls and green eyes turned to soft blue. Of course with the human face came the less sharp attire, jeans and a button up polo type shirt.

"I know you said you don't like facial hair but-" he began as I studied his disguise.

I reached up and stroked one side of his face, feeling the prickles he concocted. "Not bad, it's really just long gross beards I can't stand, stubble ain't a problem."

"What do you think?"

"It's...different. I think while you'll stay off Tony's radar, you'll be on every straight female's radar that sets eyes on you, as a god there was an air of perfection and being untouchable so no one else made a move out of fear, as a human however you're now considered fair game."

"Worried I might be snatched up by a mere mortal?" he teased.

"I'd say over my cold dead body but um that's actually already done so maybe a little?"

"Rest assured, you still have me in every form I come in."

"Interesting choice of words," I mused. "Can you come in that form too?"

He arched an eyebrow at me. "Just how many forms do you want?"

"Listen, buddy, I only ever knew of the two you told me about and now you're in yet another form just as attractive as the others, you can't blame me for being curious here when you chose that one yourself."

"I still hate your logic."

"And still love me so once more it all works out."

"Should we still call you Loki even though you're in disguise?" asked Zari, coming into the living room we were in with a tray of food and hot apple cidar.

"Kinda blows the cover there when there's ears and eyes and social media everywhere these days," I muttered.

"What's a good normal name here that doesn't sound too extravagant or outlandish?" Loki asked.

"Bob but you don't look like a Bob in any form or shape," Zari noted.

"John, Steve, Sam, Paul," I listed off.

"What about Tom?" suggested Zari. "Like Tom Felton or Tom Riddle?"

"I'm sensing you still see him as a villain since you chose the name of one and the actor's name of another in the same series," I pointed out.

"I'm just saying, its a good name, also Malfoy wasn't a villain, just fell into the wrong crowd."

I scoffed. "He was born into it since his family were Death Eaters."

"No one's born evil," Zari argued.

"Demon babies are."

"And just how many of those have you actually seen to know that?" she challenged.

"Wouldn't you like to know," I countered.

She glared at me for a long moment before the facade crumbled and she engulfed me in another hug. "It's good to have you back and just before things get really busy too. You can help me decorate the place and help me set up shop before the real crowds come in."

I grinned. "I can't believe I missed five years of that holiday, if my heart still worked it would be breaking all over again." I chugged the mug of hot cider happily, thank gods I still could taste after death or I'd probably try to go right back to the grave.

"I think I still have the costume you were planning on wearing for it before you disappeared too," mused Zari.

"You are the bestest best friend I've ever had, do you know that?" I asked her.

"I could stand to hear that more," she teased. "I really did miss you but I also knew you couldn't be gone for good, if I knew what happened or where to look even..."

"I didn't even know where I was when they highjacked the plane, was in the middle of a short lived nap when it happened and then suddenly I was in a fucking glass cell."

"And you still don't know who spilled?" she asked. "I didn't even know and we tell each other everything."

"It was a last minute change and you know how flying stresses me out, I didn't even think to tell you the change, I just wanted to go home."

"It had to be someone that saw you between England and the airport though right?"

"Seems only logical," I agreed while snuggling against Loki/Tom on the couch. "We'll come back to this, I think us demi gods could use a nap or something of that ilk at the moment."

"Is it that exhausting being dead?" she teased.

I grinned wickedly at her. "Care to find out?"

"Not today, bitch. I'll let you two recover, I'll be at my shop if you need me, lock up if you leave please." With that, she left us alone in the living room curled up on the couch and enjoying the much needed peace in each others unconfined company.

"I like her," Loki spoke up.

"I'd say she has her charms but that tends to come with being a witch."

#loki fanfiction #loki fanfic #avengers #hydra #loki x oc #loki x original female character #necromancer #necromancy #zombies #loki and nell #loki x nell #nell the necromancer

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winstonhcomedy · 5 years

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“Dope A-F” - 3/28-4/10 - “JFL & SPRING BREAK BITCH”

Time to hop right in. I was busy doing comedy/nothing at all over my spring break so I did not write at all. But it is time to get back to it baybees!

3/28

I had a couple of open mics to do this night. I was going to swing by and do Beans Bits and Brews at Crossroads hosted by Sarah Ahmed, and then afterwards head over to Penny Lane Pub. I figured I’d run a few jokes and a have a good time and hopefully feel better about my audition.

I headed to Crossroads right after work to meet up with Alida Harper. She had offered to help design me some business cards. It was super cool to be there for the design and she was definitely doing me a huge favor. They ended up looking amazing, and I am super grateful. I used to have business cards and I hated them. They were so lame and only one sided. So I splurged and went double sided. She also walked me through a bunch of new terms that I don’t remember but were cool to know in the moment.

Alex showed up and we started to hang. When Sarah got there we helped her unload her PA so she could set up. She then talked to me about how they were implementing a few content retrictions. She was worried about what people would think, but I told her it was her show so who gives a shit. It was a super fun time. I ordered a sandwich and Alex ate my chips because he is a garbage person (I had already had two desserts so I didn’t need to eat the chips). I then bought him ice cream because he was feeling a little wonky. We are pretty cute.

There were a ton of comics on the showcase I had never really seen before. Sarah is usually pretty good about putting new comics up. Some of them had pretty good sets, but the crowd seemed a little reserved. I was on the open mic which came on after the showcase. I was going up about 8th and was just ready to do my time.

By the time the open mic started the audience was not into it at all. They were done. There was a group of hecklers outside and they were drunk and lame af. So it was just going to be a typical brutal open mic. As I am waiting for my turn to go up I get on fb and notice that one of my friends had unfriended me and I had no idea why. I feel bad about it, and legit as soon as I saw it they walked into Crossroads.

I’m not going to name who, but I went up to them shook their hand and asked them if they were mad at me. They explained about a situation that had happened and how they felt the community had reacted in a negative way. They lumped me in with that, and I apologized that’s how it felt and explained my side. We shook hands on good terms. It was positive. I was starting to feel like a magnet for drama, and I am trying to handle situations like this with as much care as I would at work. I feel good about how this worked out, but I think the friendship will need time to recover.

It was finally my turn to go up and I absolutely bombed. I notice one of the hecklers was someone who had done comedy before, and worked at an escape room. So I said I wish I could do an escape room where I can get away from her and her shitty friends. This made them finally leave and it got my biggest laugh of the set. The rest just felt like nothing. I did my jokes, and couldn’t get anything going. It was one of the worst sets I’ve had in a long time. Made me want to quit comedy. I’d give it an F. I get off stage and grab my stuff. I then head over to Penny Lane to try to get the taste of this set out of my mouth.

I get to Penny Lane and find out I am going up in a few. John Thomas, Anthony Thompson, Bryan Williams, and the new girl Stella are all hanging out. We started shooting the shit, and chilling in the back room. Anthony is busting balls a bit (we all are it Is the best part about comedy). Stella is new and doesn’t understand the relationships we all have right away. So I can tell that the way we are talking to each other is making her a bit uneasy.

Anthony has a moment where we are all being open and honest and there was a misunderstanding and then the rest of the night was weird. Nothing bad happened, there was no arguing, or anything at all. There was just this weird energy that thankfully got cleared up by the end of the night.

I go up and have a super fun set. I don’t run my JFL set and just do some newer stuff. I was able to connect and have a blast for like seven minutes. It isn’t my best set by any means, but compared to Crossroads it is amazing. I’d give it a C.

I get off stage and the energy is still weird. Everybody else goes up and has rough/weird sets. I end up hanging with everyone in the back for like an extra 2 hours. It was super fun to just get to hang and have a good time. Even though the night ends a little weird (it all got cleared up, and wasn’t a big deal) it was one of my favorite nights of the week. I love nights when I get to stay out late and just shoot the shit. I love comedy so much. I then headed home and passed out. I was ready for this weekend.

3/29

I AM OFFICIALLY ON SPRING BREAK! I am off work and ready to get some sets in before my big day. So I hop in my car after work and drive up to DC. I park forever away and walk to Comedy Club DC at Club Heaven and Hell to get a set in. When I get there I realize I forgot to put money in the meter and quickly do it on my phone (I am still waiting to see if I got a ticket in the mail). I see the list when I get there and all the spots are full except for crazy late. I sign up and Tom Mango tells me that if I want to go earlier I’ll have to switch with someone.

I am officially bummed because I don’t want to ask people to switch with me, but I do have a show at Big Hunt ( I was a late addition to a showcase at Underground Comedy Festival). So I sit down and begin my wait.

The show starts and Tom has put on a Gumby costume and is yelling at the crowd to get into the show. It is insane. You can barely understand him, but he is yelling and getting people psyched. He then brings the host Reid Clark onstage and he has a good set. He then brings Tom up without his costume and Tom does about 20 minutes.

After him Reid brings up Tommy Taylor Jr who is also doing an audition for JFL. he works his five and does really well. During this set Tom comes to me and says I am next, I am super stoked and ready to go. After Tommy gets off I am ready and get brought up.

I go up and have a super fun set. I work part of my five and only do a little bit of crowd work. Everything is working, but there is one super drunk lady who is having a blast. The only problem is she is throwing off my timing because she keeps yelling super supportive shit. Which is a tough situation to be in. You can’t shit on her because you will lose the audience, but you also have to say something because it is screwing up my rhythm.

I keep powering through and get some huge laughs and an applause break. It is a great set that I definitely needed. I got confidence back in my material and I’d give this set a B+. I stuck around for a few more sets, and talked to some of the other comics. They all have good things to say. I thank Tom and Reid and head off to Big Hunt.

I meet up with my buddy Chris is who is also on the show at Big Hunt. We are both on this ticketed showcase but it is already starting late. There is a ton of comics so the vibe and energy is super fun. A lot I don’t know (since there are people from. out of town here).

The show finally starts and the crowd is ok but weird Everybody is doing pretty well, but no one is slaughtering yet. The crazy thing is while we are there Jeff Singer (booker for JFL) is in the audience. He shows up to hang with Mia Jackson (she got new faces the previous year). He watches a little over half of the show and you can tell people are treating this like they are getting a free Just for Laughs audition.

Chris and I don’t get an opportunity to go up before him because he and I both are near the end of ht show (I am closing it out). Chris goes up and has a really dope set. People are into it, and he is working some new and old. He had them eating out of his hands anti is always a blast to watch this dude work.

I kept hanging, but you could tell that the audience was getting more and more tired. Sami Sfeir goes up in front of me and does ok. The audience has pretty much checked out. I finally get called on stage and like 20 people leave. I’ve got an ok crowd left. I’m not mad at the people that left, and I just channel my energy to do something positive. I do my JFL set and get a great response for that room. I’m super proud of how I closed out. I know I am still working to gain respect in the scene and I just hope that doing well in these late night spots is getting seen.

Afterwards Chris and I head back to my car and drive to TJs. We are all chilling for a bit, but before I know it I have passed out on the couch. I was absolutely exhausted. Tomorrow was the big day and I needed the rest.

3/30

This is it. The big day. I’ve got my audition for Just For Laughs New Faces today. It has been the only thing on my mind for the last month. It has consumed me. I have done the best I could to not think about it, but there is only so much you can do when faced with a crazy opportunity (even though it is a long shot).

I wake up really late. I try to sleep in just so I can be well rested. After this Chris and I go to the mall. We both get some new clothes. I got a pair of New Balance and a black t shirt. I am officially ready for this show.

We head into town and get there at about 6:30. The first show starts at 7:30. Chris is on the first one and I am on the second. I start to get nervous, but it is a good nervous. This is it. This is an opportunity. It’s a pretty big one too. This could be life changing.

Chris finds out he is last on the first showcase, and he is not into it. Nobody wants to go last. The sweet spots are usually in the middle (but you have to assume Jeff Singer isn’t looking too much at audience response.) The show is packed, and the energy is electric. We were all nervous because we heard the audition show the night before was rough. Heard the crowd was weird and it wasn’t a lot of fun.

This crowd was completely different. Andrew Cook was hosting and from the get go the crowd was into it. He had a hot set and it seemed to just continue to be that way for the duration.

My buddy Dylan was next door hosting for Brendan Schaub so it was pretty cool to get to hang with him. He kept bouncing back and forth between the shows. Everybody is in the hall busting balls, and trying to not freak out. A lot of my friends were on these shows. Tim Miller, Umar Khan, Josh Kuderna, Natalie McGill, Lafayette Wright, and plenty of others.

Everybody is absolutely murdering. Tim Miller destroyed, Umar had a hot one, Josh killed, and Lafayette slayed. It was a blast. Then it was Chris’ turn. I could tell he was super nervous but after he got that first laugh he closed incredibly strong. Legit always amazed to see that dude work. He is an amazing comic.

So after that show Jeff talked to that group and they reset the room for the next show which was supposed to start at 10 and was supposed to be sold out. Neither of these were true. The show ended up getting started around 10:20 and was about 2/3 full. The energy was not dope for the second show and I found out I was going last. So I would be going up at the end of lightly attended late night show. I was super nervous.

I ended up pacing a lot during this show. I couldn’t even really focus on any one else’s set. No one was killing like they did on the first show, but not a ton were bombing either. It was a tougher room, and definitely was making us work. Some dope ass comics were on the lineup including some of my good friends like Naomi Karavani, Benjy Himmelfarb (hot set), Donnie Sengstack (killed), Ty Davis (solid set), and countless others. We could tell the show was going to be rough just because of how hard it was for Andrew Cook to get them going. It was the exact opposite of the first show.

The night is going on the crowd is getting worse and worse it feels like. I am trying to stay in good spirits, and making last minute adjustments to my set. I keep waiting for my spot but they added a couple of comics so it is coming even later. Dylan had to leave before it started which was a bummer, but I get it. He was super supportive and I love that dude. It is about 11:40 and I finally go up.

I go up and my first line doesn’t get much. I am just trying to win this crowd back. As I went on my rhythm was tight, and my cadence was there. I was having fun and the audience picked up on it. I had one of the stronger sets of my showcase. I didn’t kill the hardest, but I’m hoping that Jeff Singer was able to discern where I went and coupled with how the crowd was give me a fair assessment. I closed really strong and all of my jokes got a laugh. It felt ok. I kind of blacked out in the middle of it. I remember doing ok, but other comics said I did really well, and I brought it to close it out. It felt good and it was such a relief to get it finished. I would give this set a B+.

After the show Jeff got us all on stage and talked to us about the process and thanked us. He gave us the whole spiel and asked if we had any questions. He then said he’d stick around to talk to people for a bit if we wanted to. I definitely wanted to talk and say thanks (hopefully make a good impression.)

So I waited for everybody to have their moment talking to him and I kind of chilled in the back. He saw me and told me to not be shy. He and I had a really nice conversation. He asked me how long I had been doing standup. He seemed surprised that I’d only been doing it 4 years. He gave me some compliments on my set and mentioned that I should probably move to NYC. I made him laugh a few times and we talked about the documentary about new faces on Amazon. I don’t want to get too in depth because I feel weird talking about it. I then mentioned I knew he had a lot of people to talk to and that I would see him soon. I could not have felt better about the conversation. I have no idea if I am going to get a call back. I doubt it, but only because of how many people tried out. I do know that I am on their radar. I am FB friends with him (sent him a message thanking him) and he knows who I am. This feels good. This feels very good.

Afterwards Chris and I head to Big Hunt to see Keaton Ray. We hang out and watch part of the show and shoot the shit. We talked about the show, and it is good to catch up with Keaton. After the hang we go our separate ways and Chris and I pig out at Denny’s. We then head back and I pass the hell out. It was finally done.

4/1

I took Sunday off to enjoy myself and relax, but I was back at it on Monday at The Southern. It wasn’t too crazy. It was one of the more poorly attended open mics there. There was about 16 comics and only 6 audience members.

The show started and people were not doing so hot. Honestly not a lot of people had good sets. There was a couple in the audience who had made “open mic bingo” where they were going to check off hacky things that the comics did. They weren’t dicks about it, but it was one of those things where you definitely did not want them to check anything off while you were on stage.

The comics gave it their best shot. A lot of bombs happened, but also Chris made people do at least one new joke. So this led to some productive sets. I went up around 8th or 9th. I had one of the better sets of the night. I did all new stuff, and riffed on the guy who brought the bingo. I asked what he did (travel agent) and was like I’ll be in tomorrow at your travel agency with travel agent bingo. It got a big laugh and I had some of the best responses of the night. I’d give this set a B. It was super dope and felt good.

The rest of the show went ok. Honestly it was just a race to the finish. I can’t remember any standout or super weird sets. Colby did a bit involved a tortilla chip. He has quite a few props in his act nowadays. We still have the newer comics coming out even though the shows haven’t been amazing and that’s a good sign. The scene is coming along but there is work to be done. It was also Colby’s birthday. He turned 21 so we decided to celebrate it.

A group of us went out to Applebees. It was super fun. We had a blast. It was Paige, Jake, Charles Bill, Sam Padgett, Colby, McCallie, Jared Berthelsen, JR, and Kenn. We had a blast. It was a super fun hang. Love the late night Applebees hangs.

As we were leaving McCallie made a comment about how we had had our dick problems in the past and he thinks it is because I went to VT. I know that he was just making a joke but we were outside and this seemed like a good time to actually air grievances. We went over the issues I had with him and his show. It was super productive. I had left the group chat with all the Charlottesville comics because I was told my advice was too intense and they wouldn’t tell if I was roasting/ or giving advice. So I took myself out of it and now let the new guys have to ask me for advice.

McCallie and I talked about this, and how Chris isn’t going to be the one giving advice because he already walked people through that (Kenn, Alex, Paige, and I). So now I help the way that Chris helped us. If it was too intense than I can’t help them. I give honest advice when it is necessary. Honestly the conversation went well. Paige jumped in and said a few things and I think the scene is better for it. They asked me to join the group chat back since I started it, and I decided that I think it would be better if all the new comics used it. Paige is still in there and I think it is his turn to kind of lead those guys. It was a good talk. I’ve had a few confrontations lately and I’m super over it. I’m glad they all ended well, but it is exhausting to be involved in this stuff. It happens because I am passionate, and really care more about comedy than I probably should.

After this I drove home to enjoy a nice night. I wasn’t feeling great, and I was exhausted. So I passed out immediately ready for the next day.

4/2

The next day since I was on Spring Break I helped my parents clean out their basement a little bit. I chilled with them, and hung out with my dog. It wasn’t too insane of a day. I was very excited though because Kenn Edwards was going to be hosting a show in Waynesboro. I hadn’t been to Waynesboro since Black Friday and hadn’t performed there in even longer.

Kenn sued to run a room out there before I started comedy. It was a local performance oasis called The Hot Spot. A lot of people who were my first friends in comedy got their starts there. It is where Paige, TJ, Kenn, and Chris all met. It is also where Paige did his first set. Apparently every show was super fun, and packed. They were doing not great jokes and still killing. It is where they learned a lot, and the scene in Charlottesville/Harrisonburg/Waynesboro really started.It closed the month before I started doing comedy. I only heard stories about it, and am incredibly bummed I never got to perform there.

This was my chance. Kenn was going to have a comedy open mic outside of the old venue. He called it the Hot Squat and it was going to be BYOC (bring your own chair). The show was starting at six, it’d have no PA, and we had no idea if comics/audience would even come. It was a labor of love for Kenn, and he took the idea and ran with it,

When I got there I pulled out a paper jams mini PA. It was terrible, but I thought it’d be funny to perform with it. You’d hook it onto your belt and it’d make your voice a little louder, but it was mostly just a gag. Kenn and I went to grab some pizza at this place called Ciro’s and Paige met us there. We had such a good time reminiscing and talking about comedy.

When 6 o clock rolled around we checked and there was actually 5 people there who wanted to watch. We knew Alex, Padgett, and Charles Bill were also coming so we waited a while. Kenn poured himself some wine, I set up my camera, and hooked the PA on. Then we started the show once Padgett and Charles got there (Alex was going to be way later and Padgett’s gf Lucy was there too).

It was actually incredibly fun. Kenn had a blast hosting. It was so weird to be doing comedy and people were just driving by in the parking lot of this strip mall, and kids were coming out of ballet/karate. After Kenn it was my turn.

I went up and just read new jokes off of my phone. I didn’t have a great set, but people were laughing and the new stuff kind of worked. We had a dude come from the tanning place and light up a cigarette so I riffed about knowing how he was going to die. I’d give this set a C- in execution, but it was one of the most fun times I’ve ever had.

After me was Charles and he had fun too. His one liners got some big laughs, and Padgett followed him and got another dope response. We were all being weird and just having a wonderful time.

As soon as Alex got there it was his time to go up. He did some crowd work, and found out the PA would play songs. So he turned the music on and just kept doing his set. It was so incredibly dumb and perfect.

Then we closed the only way we could. With Paige Campbell. Paige did about 12 minutes and just was doing great. The PA stopped halfway through so he put it on the ground but kept holding the mic that wasn’t working up to his mouth. He killed a moth while on stage, and asked a kid who walked by if he liked comedy (the kid responded, “NO”) It was perfect. Kenn got back up and closed it out before we all headed to The Fishin Pig.

We all went to eat and shot the shit for a couple hours. The food and company were great. After everyone else left and they closed the restaurant Kenn, Paige, and I didn’t want to go home yet so we didn’t. We did an old tradition and just went to Wal-Mart and walked around making fun of shit. We did this for about an hour. We saw a copy of a boardgame called Waynesboropoly which is insane. We said out goodbyes and as I went home I realized this was one of the most fun days of comedy I have ever had. It made me reminisce from when I was jobless for 18 months staying up at Paige’s house all the time. Doing all of these late night hangs. Truly the best times in comedy even though we were terrible. A truly great night.

4/3

The next day I didn’t have much to do during the day. I came into town purely to do the open mic and grab my GoPro that I left at work. I got to town grabbed my camera and asked Beau Troxclair if he wanted to meet me for dinner. We decided on Burger Bach.

I love Beau. He is one of the best/funniest political comics I know. I hate most political comedy, but Beau is informative and funny. He is also just a great guy. We had a super long and fun conversation about everything from politics, to him moving (UK), to comedy, and so much more. I am really going to miss him. Thinking about people I respect, enjoy, and care about moving makes me realize that there isn’t much tying me down here. I have to keep affirming to myself that this is the year to move to make it.

After dinner I was able to talk him into going back to Home Sweet Home. I had asked to go up early, and he didn’t know if he was even going to perform. We got there and Jacob McFadden showed up and talked him into taking a spot. Jacob is another of my friends who is moving to greener pastures (PA outside of Philly). He was looking to hand over HSH and didn’t know who. So when Jason Kusterer walked up I told Jacob to ask him. Kusterer took it, and if nothing else I am excited because if he is running a bimonthly room it means I get to see Jason at least twice a month. I love that dude and he is genuinely funny. He took some time off, but he is back and really doing great.

The show started and Bryan Williams went up first. He had one of the better sets I had seen him have. There was a small audience and they were actually attentive which is super rare. He did well, and so did Beau. I was up third and rearing to go. While waiting I threw pieces of paper off the balcony at Mu Cuzzo. He looked up and thought someone across the bar had done it and looked ready to fight. I finally got his attention and he about died laughing. Such a fun moment.

I went up and had a pretty hot set. I did mostly new stuff and a little crowd work. Most worked. I did a joke about rape and the moment I started it a table of five SJW looking ladies kept looking at each other waiting to get pissed out. The joke worked and I saw them nod in approval which is exactly what I want. It got laughs and wasn't offensive. I’d give this set a B-. Afterwards I jetted off to be with my family/dog. It was a great night.

4/5

On Friday I was booked in Petersburg for Wabi Sabi. I usually have a super fun time at this show and looking at the lineup I was really excited for how it was going to go. It was me, Kenny, Jason, Dylan Vattelana, Patrick Buhse, James Paulk, Mu Cuzzo, Anthony Thompson, and Klingman. Bryan Williams came to hang out. I was feeling a little weird and out of it, but I was ready for the show.

I knew I wasn’t going to be able to stick around for the whole show due to some obligations I had, but I wanted to stick around for as long as I could. Klingman went up first and did pretty well. They seemed to be into it, and that put me in a good mood. After him was Dylan who had another fine set. He is one of my favorite comics and for good reason. He always has new shit, and is an excellent joke writer.

After him was Buhse, and he did ok. He lost them towards the end, but that happens in this room. It felt weird and wasn’t super packed and I was up next. So I went up with newer stuff I wanted to work on.

I jumped into some crowd work to try to wake them up. It was kind of dirty and about choking people in bed. I riffed off of a little person joke that Buhse did, and that went well. I got some really really big pops in the first ten minutes. Like I had to work them back from nothing and that was nice to do. Then I tried out this joke about “incest porn” and I have never lost an audition so fast. Like it got absolutely nothing. Sucked all of the energy out of the room. I started laughing on stage it was so funny to see faces go from pure joy to terror. I fused my last three minutes to dig out of a hole again and end on an ok laugh. So crazy how quick shows can turn. I could have done better, but the first 10 was super strong, and I learned a lot so I’d give this a C+/B-.

I stuck around and watched a few more sets. Mu Cuzzo murdered. He had the set of the night. He has infectious energy and his writing and definitely coming along. One of my favorite dudes in comedy right now to watch and hang with. Then Anthony had a good set too afterwards. So glad he is back in the scene. He is a killer, and he just has to come out to keep showing people that.

After this I said thank you, grabbed my chicken tenders and calamari, and headed out. Definitely a fun night.

4/6

The next night I got to head up to Jammin Java in Vienna for the Later Late Show hosted by Ben Daniels. It was the 7th anniversary show, and I was beyond excited for it. This is one of the best venues to work, and there is always as super dope crowd into the show. No matter how late it is (10ish start time.)

I got up there and decided to put on my new David Bowie Vans. I had picked them up the day before and was dying for a place to wear them. The 7 year anniversary show felt like the right place. I get there and walk in to talk to Ben. We talk about comedy and how he had been while the band (yes there is a band on stage during this show) tunes up on stage.

My buddy Kevin Skiffington shows up as well. Then a bunch of my favorites make it out to perform. Ian Salyers (Baltimore), Martin Phillips, TJ Ferguson, Natalie McGill, Danny Charnley, and Jason Weems were also on the show. We are all hanging out and riffing in the back and it is legit one of the best hangs I have had in a while.

When the show starts it gets off on the right foot. I am bouncing back and forth between the green room and the stage trying to get pictures of everybody performing. Everybody is doing dope. Ben starts off super strong, and he is followed by Danny Charnley. Then the audience got some good sets from Natalie, Ian, and Martin. Then TJ went up before me and killed super hard. I was nervous following him. I wanted to get the audience back on my energy, but I also might have needed to just ride the wave that TJ started.

I went up and I have a super hot one. I started out a little weird. I do some crowd work, and ask people how they are doing. I have some fun back and forth and then go into my material and it is murdering. For the first ten minutes I am on a crazy high. I get the light right when I finish one joke that destroys. So I tell the audience that I should probably end there, but I won’t. I tell them if the next joke bombs just remember the last one and how funny I was. I then do another joke about my dad and it kills. I’d give this set an A from top to bottom. I loved it.

After this I go in the green room and shoot the shit during Weems set. He is murdering and doing no material. He is super good at crowd work, and his energy rules. Rahmein showed up to watch a little and hang out as well. When the show ended Ben brought a cake on stage and blew out some candles. I was super glad to be apart of this.

I had already had Mac and cheese for my dinner but Was so happy I saved room for dessert. Nothing made me happier than eating cake with my hands with like 6 other comics. It was beautiful. It was super late and time to go home, but I was so happy to be a part of this amazing show.

4/9

I had a few days off for personal reasons and was back at it on Tuesday. It was time to get a couple mics in. I love Tuesday night in Richmond. I love being able to go up multiple times in a. night. It is the best feeling in the world. Even if you are bombing your ass off all night long.

The first place I was going to do time was at Mojos. Buhse was hosting and he was cool enough to let me go first. I am hanging at the bar talking to the b bartender and waiting for more comics to show up. It looks like it is going to be a super light crowd.

Some more comics show up, but there is still basically no audience. I realize this is going to be one of those mics where it is only disinterested comics. I always have to work hard in this room. This is because I want to actually work on material, while I feel like this room is suited for people who want to play to the back of the room (which is fine, but at this point in my development isn’t super productive.)

I am enjoying a pretty good hang Anthony and Jordan Halpern show up. The very funny and sweet Jason Kusterer shows up. Along with a few others. There’s a newer comic named Ryan who is originally from the UK. He is a great hang. We had a blast talking about how we got into comedy, how he got here, and what we grew up watching that influenced us.

The show is most definitely going to be comic appreciation night so I tell myself I am just going to be doing newer stuff, or stuff that just isn’t finished. Buhse goes up and is getting nothing. So you know it is going to be shitty. He is working out some stuff, and honestly has a fun set, but the comics are too focused on their own shit to enjoy what is happening.

I go up and it is the same. I am staring at like 15 people who have been doing comedy like 6 months and a handful of older guys like me. I stick to my material and don’t resort to crowd work (because that doesn’t help my growth at all). I get a couple of laughs at some newer lines and act out. All of this stuff is too wordy and I am just not able to riff it out on stage because the energy is weird. I’d give this set a D but I definitely learned a lot and was ready to apply it at the next mic at Fallout.

I tell Kusterer I can give him a ride there and back to his house since he walked. We have a fun drive just talking comedy and catching up. He is a dude that legit just needs to keep going out. He loves comedy so much, and it really shows. He took time off for personal reasons, but honestly dude’s like him and Anthony being back is huge for the scene. They need more leadership in the scene since a lot of people have moved or are about to.

We get to Fallout and I had texted Jesse Jarvis asking him to put us up near each other since I had a long trip home. He obliged us and when we got there Jesse Pearlstein was gong up and then it’d be me followed by Kusterer.

The crowd was actually pretty dope. There was only a handful of comics but there was about 15 audience members who were actually turning into the show. Which is amazing. When Fallout is good it is freaking excellent.

Pearlstein does ok and then it is my turn. I go up and I have an absolute blast. I tried a brand new joke about the Charlottesville March and UVA winning the national title. I doubt it will work everywhere, but it definitely worked there. It got me huge laugh up top, and then I went into newer stuff. Everything was working. I riffed some new lines and was able to get the ball rolling. I”d give this set a solid B/B+. It was awesome to see some of the adjustments I made from Mojos actually pay off at the second mic.

After I got off stage Kusterer went up. He did pretty well. He was working out this really funny x and Y chromosome bit. He lost them a few times and he wasn’t happy with how he did. He did new stuff though, and Jarvis and I were able to give him some productive notes and he seemed stoked to do it.

After this we headed to my car and then I drove him home. It was a super fun and dope night. I love that dude. I showed him this great app I’ve been using that I heard about from Dom Grayer called the One Note App. It is a great cloud based organizational tool that is really changing the game for me.

We both said goodbye, and we saw Pat Nowaczyk walking down the road so we just followed him to Kusterer and Pat’s place. I dipped out and headed home ready for the mics the next day.

4/10

The next night I had a stupid long day at work. I honestly have been having one of the roughest weeks of all time. It is starting to really drain me. I soldier on and am ready to do The Funny Bone open mic and McCormacks (I was way too emotionally and physically tired to get to Nuevo Mexico even though that is a great work out room).

I also had a stressful day because a friend of mine on FB and I had a rough interaction. I didn’t think much of it until several other comedians reached out to me and were making a bigger deal out of it than I thought. So that put me in a rough headspace. The post was about people choosing to work comedy clubs that book certain individuals (Louis CK, and TJ Miller) being shitty. Now I am someone who does work those clubs, but I assumed it was just a general statement. Until other people led me to believe otherwise. I decided to not get in an argument online or in DMs because that is dumb. I figured they’re my friend and I’ll just talk to them about it in person.

I headed to the Funny Bone in time to sign up. I find out I am going first and I get caught up with Liz Carr. Jason Kusterer and Tom Hall show up to get some mic time so it is obviously going to be a fun night. A bunch of my other friends show up too. Mu Cuzzo and his gf Paula were there. Along with Ryan, Nick Deez, Torrey Huggins, Jayron, Dylan Vattelana, Melissa (his gf), and some others. It was a super fun hang, but it was also definitely the kind of night where it was going to be mostly comics.

I talked to the gm about how the week went with Louis CK and Tracy Morgan (this is a huge week for them. They sold out every show in a week which is nuts). After getting the scoop on that I started to get my set together. I decided to do new again.

I go up and it is not my best set. I reword stuff and a lot of it wasn’t working. It was mostly comics so I couldn’t connect, and that was ok. I made sure I did what I wanted to on stage, and was able to work on some timing things. Not a great set. I’d give it a D-. But it was definitely an amazing learning experience.

I hang for a while and watch my friends go up. Kusterer, Dylan, and Mu all do pretty well. I love all their new stuff, and Kusterer’s commitment to yelling even if the audience isn’t there for it. I need to get over my own insecurities and practice the way I perform.

After this I drove to McCormacks and luckily found out I was going to be going up first again. Bert, Bryan, John Marg Castagne, Anthony, and everybody from the Funny Bone ended up showing up as well. Jarvis was in a good mood and we actually had a little audience. Marg and I catch up on some Charlottesville comedy gossip, and talk about not getting to do The Southern Monday.

Jarvis goes up and does pretty well and it is my turn to follow, and I end up doing really well. All the stuff I did earlier that didn’t work worked tonight. I was pleased with how most of it went, and I did some different bits than earlier. I love seeing these jokes grow. It’d be amazing if jokes were finished the moment they were written, but honestly it wouldn’t be as satisfying if it wasn’t so trying. I’d give this set a C+. Not everything hit, but I connected and set the show in the right direction.

After I got off stage I saw my friend who posted on FB. We had a really nice and civilized talk. Even though we disagree on a lot of stuff it was super cathartic to have a reasonable and civil conversation. This is how these talks should go. In person where you have to look the person in the eye, and not on a computer. We ended things on a great note, and they explained the personal reasons for why they felt the way they do. I respect this person and they respect me and that is why we could have a talk like that.

After this I watched a few other people perform including Torrey Huggins who has a GREAT joke/premise about black school shooters. It was a great note to leave out on. I said thanks to Jarvis and headed to my car and talked to Castagne a bit. Gave him a hug and headed home.

HOLY SHIT LAYDEES! I did it. I really thought I wasn’t going to but I did. When I had spring break I never thought I’d finish this blog. Especially when I had 4 shows the last two days. I did it though. I found a way. I won’t ever let this happen again (JK this will happen very soon.) I love you all so much and thanks for the support. Keep reading and I’ll keep loving you! xoxoxo

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