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momentsatmydesk · 2 years

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~ My Thoughts on Yumi's Cells: Season 1 ~

I usually avoid ongoing dramas because I am more of a 'will watch once all episodes are out' person. But I couldn't wait to watch the show and so, I decided to go for it despite its bi-weekly episode releases. I am glad I did; I felt connected to the story for a longer period of time and it also gave me the room to let it ruminate and settle in my mind.

1. More than Yumi, I love her cells. I thought they were absolutely cool, amazing and it also made me realize how much work they put in to make a human function efficiently. I loved, loved the animations--- they were so funny and yet so human at the same time. I could totally relate to them, every single time and I laughed SO much.

2. My favorite cell hands down is 'Hunger'. I love the little ttetkeboki sign on its head, and I love how Yumi's palette and taste-buds are so in sync with her definition of happiness.

3. Yumi is such a cool character. She is sure of who she is, is so no-nonsense when she deals with people and I love how she's still hopeful about love, despite her devastating heartbreak. It was so nice to see Kim Go Eun in this story setting because as much as I love her in 'Sea of Hope', I was waiting for her persona to translate into an onscreen one. I fell in love with the Yumi I watched.

4. My heart also goes out to her because the way she deals with her romantic relationships is very similar to how I dealt with mine. However, I love how she arrives at the conclusion that she should be her own priority and not a secondary character in her own tale.

5. I loved the pace of the show. There was no hurry to any aspect of the story. The progression was so natural, so comfortable and so detailed, yet smooth.

6. This also happened to be the first drama that I've watched which is so honest about the strength, the insecurities, and the beauty of human relationships.

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7. I could also related hard to the 'Emotion' cell because I know how it dictates my own life, lol.

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8. Despite the fact that he is super unfair to Yumi as a partner, I like Woong. He's crystal clear about what he likes and what he doesn't. He's hardworking, a good friend. and also has a vision for where he wants to be professionally. I personally loved how non-floofy he is. I like his simple and straightforward way of being in the world.

9. I also love Goo Woong's natural and easy connect with Yumi. This is why it bothered me to see him not share what was on his mind with her, or to run away from difficult conversations. This is also why I understood why it was better that weren't together, as much as I'd wanted them to be otherwise.

10. With Bobby, initially I found him to be pitiable. He was struggling to keep his relationship alive, one-handedly. He was also fascinated with Yumi but maybe couldn't approach her because his heart was elsewhere. I loved how he was a cheerleader that brought back Yumi's writing cell from the graveyard, and how Yumi and him become friends more than colleagues.

11. There is a sensitivity to Bobby that was very tender to see. From noticing Yumi's talent through her social posts, to spotting the missing 'couple' photo on her desk, to telling her how he'd noticed her at the café the night his girlfriend broke up with him, there was no sense of judgment that I could find in him. He was open, vulnerable and invited Yumi to be the same.

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12. Yumi's 'Writer' cell also has my heart, haha! I can totally relate because I write for a living and the creative ups and downs were represented so nicely. I also loved her heart-filled captions that she shared via her social posts.

13. Chae Woo Gi was another favorite of mine. I would have liked to see more of him.

14. As much as Woong and Yumi's breakup sucked, I loved how Yumi learnt to choose herself because of it. I loved how she decided to see a breakup as an option to step out of a dead relationship, an unhappy one, where she had to fear losing out on someone each time she voiced what she wanted. I loved how she appreciated her time with Woong, still loved him but loved herself more to let go.

15. It was one of my favorite drama watches of this year. There is one moment that stands out in my brain--- Yumi's fake reaction to the 'battery' birthday present by Woong. Hahaha, sure she discovered a lovely necklace in it, but her initial reaction was priceless.

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itsclydebitches · 3 years

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Sometimes I doubt Marrow's commitment to sparklemotion. 'They're just kids'. Dude the city's under attack and they're 19 or 20. It's immersion breaking. We're shown a brewing TPK. Only Ironwood and Winter though are acting like everyone genuinely could die. The heroes are so wrapped up in their individual plot lines, fear and direct personal connections it genuinely comes off as if RWBYJNR see a 'win' as RWBYJNR all living. Not saving the cities. And it's been this way since vol. 4 started.

I had to look up “Sometimes I doubt your commitment to sparklemotion” and now I’m very glad I have lol

I don’t hate the concept of our heroes being “kids” on its own. Yes, they’re technically adults by our real-world definition, but they’re still young and, crucially, still in school (or still at the age where they would have been in school if not for Salem). There’s something to be said here about very young adults being forced into combat before they’re fully trained and before they were able to cross that graduation threshold, the barrier between “semi-powerless student under the protection of others” and “culturally powerful expert with the responsibility to protect instead of being protected”... but that’s not the sort of nuance RWBY is grappling with. The problem, really, is that there’s no nuance at all. The characters are just “kids” or implied “not kids” depending on what most benefits Ruby’s side of the moral line. She’s an adult when turning on Argus, an adult when taking control from Ironwood... then she’s a child again when hiding away in the Schnee manor, her allies are just children when viewed through the eyes of a likely supporter. Instead of grappling with what it means to make the leader a teen two years younger than the already too-young-to-be-professionally-fighting heroes in this war and settling on a perspective — 17 is old enough to be treated as a full-fledged adult and Ruby has proven her worth, making age a non-issue vs. 17 is too young and Ruby, as a still struggling teen, must rely on more experienced fighters to guide her, making age a major theme of the story — RWBY keeps using age as a way of excusing Ruby’s very deadly decisions. Things are beyond bad now, the plot has proven what a lot of us said from the get-go — Ruby was an arrogant fool to try and take Salem on without a plan — but instead of getting her to wrestle with that, everyone around her re-contextualizes her actions as that of a praise-worthy child: May tells this kid she’s done her best, Marrow sees her friends as kids who are tragically forced to be here, Blake gives two speeches about how important Ruby is and how they’ll wait around until she figures out what to do. Ruby is an adult only up until things go wrong. Then she’s a minor that everyone reassures isn’t responsible for any of this tragedy.

All of which ties into our heroes’ priorities this volume. Ruby loves the idea of saving everyone, so she throws herself into securing a position where she thinks she can do that: I’ll try to turn Ironwood’s other allies against him, knock out the Ace Ops, steal access to Amity Tower, convince Penny to come with us, and tell the whole world not to trust him. She’s in charge and has the power now — success! But once Ruby realizes she doesn’t know what to do with all that power, once she acknowledges that the way to save both Mantle and Atlas hasn’t conveniently dropped in her lap now that she needs it... her goals narrow, which wouldn’t be so bad if she hadn’t done so much damage in an unfounded attempt to meet those massive goals first. At least YJR have the decency to combine their personal goal with the kingdom’s: let us secure information about the whale while we try to rescue Oscar. We can do both. In contrast, Ruby has thrown up her hands and decided that since she can’t save everyone, she’ll stop trying to save anyone. I’m personally inclined to criticize Ruby for focusing on Nora and Penny while there’s a literal war going on outside her window — she doesn’t need to be there while both are unconscious and already being treated — but even beyond that, even if we decide to overlook Ruby choosing an unnecessary way to “help” her friends that conveniently keeps herself and her in-group safe too — we had that moment where May demanded that they finally do something to help... and Ruby still wouldn’t. Those few minutes before Penny crashed were Ruby’s time to decide how she would help outside of her “Everything is magically fine” fantasy and her answer was still to dither, putting off any action. Ruby’s heroism has become an all or nothing deal and that, more than anything, displays the problem with her age. For all that she’s lost, Ruby still makes decisions like our Episode One Ruby would: like life is a fairy tale and there’s some Perfect Happy Ending out there that she just needs to grab hold of. And when it’s not there? She’ll wait around until it shows up. Ruby doesn’t understand the concept of taking small steps and accepting small victories to eventually make the world better than it was before. She’s in the middle of a storm at sea, refusing to let anyone leave via the lifeboats because there aren’t enough for everyone, shouting passionately that she’ll just make the storm go away...somehow. And when she realizes she can’t change reality like that to suit her imagined Happy Ending? She hides away, crying because she doesn’t know what to do, ignoring the number of people who are straight up telling her this is what you could do to help. Because if it’s not an action that easily fixes everything, if it’s not an action without downsides, then Ruby doesn’t want it. If she can’t save Atlas, save Mantle, and defeat Salem in one fell swoop... then she freezes. Ruby is still functioning under a child’s fantasy that she’ll instantly fix the whole world by heroically cutting Salem in two with her scythe, while simultaneously placing herself in powerful positions that let her limit those trying to accomplish realistic goals that will hopefully lead to slow, imperfect, but long-term improvement. That’s one hell of a dangerous space to be in.

Which, to be frank, is really interesting! The concept of a hero who takes harmful actions because their view of what the world could be overwrites what the world actually is... that’s pretty intense. There’s a powerful story there. It’s just that RWBY doesn’t seem to realize this is the character Ruby has become, which means we’re unlikely to ever see the development of this flaw.

#rwby #rwby spoilers #rwby volume 8 #mymetas #Anonymous

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sometipsygnostalgic · 3 years

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Adventure Time Reviewed - S1E09 and S1E10 - My Two Favourite People and Memories of Boom Boom Mountain

My Two Favourite People

This ep is about Jake’s plight of not being able to spend time with Finn and Lady together, so he decides to solve the problem. Finn isn’t very supportive of Jake running off to hang with Lady, lol. He thinks it’s lame to want to spend lots of time with your girlfriend. He’ll eat his words in season 4, where all he can think about is Flame Princess. I love that the cat and shark appearing every day and getting decapitated. They were brought up later but the cat said the shark died of old age. That’s the only thing that can kill him... :(

The first appearance of Shelby the worm!!!! Jake trying to wave his arms in the air out of exasperation while cycling, so he crashes into a tree. Beautiful. They picnic by a fire lake, with skeletons and treasure, instead of by a normal lake. The joke that doesn’t translate very well is actually a very naughty reference to Jake and Lady dancing in the field. Jake felt too awkward to tell Finn LOL

Post getting the translator, I think this joke may be inspired by how they couldn’t decide how Lady should speak. At first it was jargon but they eventually settled on Korean. Old man voice: “Come on darling, wrap your legs around me!” Incredible.

I wonder how Finn got rid of the power rings? There are many instances of Finn and Jake having random magic abilities. These are usually explained as items - in Wizard, they always wore wizard robes, and in Chambers of Frozen Blades, they wear headbands.

This ep is an early example of Jake being a flawed character. Before this point he had been mostly reasonable, demonstrating some laziness but always being on Finn’s side. This time he blows things out of proportion in his head and acts immaturely, which is actually pretty sweet. He really cares about Finn and Lady but also has the tendency to feel left out!!!!! And to expand on Jake’s past, we get our very first appearance of TIFFANY. (and a passing mention of the flying lettuce brothers) “Why would I be jealous?” “Because TIFFANY’s.... A BOY!!!!!!!” Incredible- OH MY GOD FINN CALLED HIM A “HOMEWRECKER”. That refers to someone who “breaks” a household by sleeping with one of its partners.

“Oh sweet potato. I love you BECAUSE you’re an idiot. You make me feel like a genius.” Well at least she’s honest. A tender moment.

“Let’s always be stupid. FOREVER!”

Memories of Boom Boom Mountain

The start of this episode is brilliant. Pen Ward at his best, and I assume Bert Youn or Sean Jiminez too.

Finn having fun with the marauders, getting dissed because he wanted to help someone, then having a go at them and laying down that he helps everyone with the smallest of problems because he remembers when he fell into boom boom as a baby... it demonstrates the touching naivete of his pure righteousness. Finn doesn’t yet understand that some people have to solve their own problems, and some people don’t deserve his help. He’s pure hearted. That’s the obstacle this episode makes him challenge.

I love that the marauders clap for him when he’s done. They understand he’s just a kid. I love these sorts of interactions in season 1, where people treat Finn like a kid.

Jake looks out for Finn by taking those rocks for him. There are so many moments across the show where Jake takes damage on behalf of other characters. I think the most recent example is when he swallows the birds in the finale, and they make him explode. Jake is very brave in ways it’s easier to appreciate as an adult.

Finn also jumps off the mountain holding Jake, which indicates to me he used him to parachute down.

I love that the mountain is actually having a crisis of sexual identity, he can’t stand the roughhousing men because theyre too attractive, which is why hes so happy when his heterosexuality is reaffirmed by the girl mountain calling him attractive

The part where they tie ducks and animals to their hands always cracks me up, the quacking noises when the punches lands instead of thumping noises. It looks genuinely soft but at the same time I understand the mountain’s perspective at being alarmed over all this animal punching. Doesn’t seem the animals are too bothered though! I love how in AT you get animals undergoing experimentation, observation, all sorts of crap, and they just don’t care. There is that poor cow from the graybles ep mind you.

The petting part of this ep is pretty gay.

WHOAH! There is some music in this episode that is used in Varmints. The banjo that plays when Finn suggests rotating the mountain is the same banjo that plays when Bubblegum is rocking on her chair waiting for varmints.

After a hilarious scene with everyone of every species having problems, my favourite being the dandelion person that wants to be pollinated, Finn implodes, and we have a beautiful moment where we meet Joshua and Margaret for the first time. I believe this is when it was revealed Finn and Jake are brothers, not just best friends.

I love the Rune Goldberg device. It’s entirely unsustainable. The flies will leave the guy’s ears, the marauders will want to take a break, the dragon will stop scratching its butt and will stop blowing fire, and the mountain will probably start crying again. But for the moment, it’s a solution, so Finn probably goes home feeling happy with himself.

The part at the end with the dolphin is such a random early AT moment.

Overall this was a great episode. What I loved in particular is the worldbuilding. Not only do we get a look into Finn’s motivations and backstory, long before he would be revealed to have come from an overseas human colony, we also get adventure time characters of all sorts of different species. I think this is the first time a “dragon” had shown up, and naturally it doesn’t look like a normal dragon.

The end actually made me think of Obsidian. First of all, both episodes have weird “dragons”, which have their own emotional problems because of course they do. Secondly, the dragon transforming into a butterfly cat - which is actually a sea angel - draws from the randomness of this episode, and from the later episode with Gunther’s kitty baby.

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poetryinmotion-author · 4 years

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Refresh: A Mandomera One-Shot

Hi, all! As promised, here’s the beach day one-shot inspired by the flashback in Chapter Seven of Sanctuary. It takes place after “Bonds” in The Journey On, if you’re wondering about timeline stuff. (This got way longer than I thought it would, lol)

If you’d prefer to read it on AO3, here’s the link! https://archiveofourown.org/works/25754674

Warnings: None!

Tags: Fluff, so much fluff, flirty mandomera, day at the beach

As Din guided the Crest to a landing, he looked over the planet below with satisfaction. So he wasn't remembering with rose-tinted glasses; the sea really was that blue, that sort of blue that hardly seemed real—the kind of blue that looked like it had been painted on a canvas with freshly-mixed pigments, a fresh, vibrant cerulean, not yet dry. It hadn't changed a shade in the years since he saw it for the first time as a child. Finally—something that stayed untouched by the wars.

From where he sat on Din's lap, the child practically vibrated with excitement, and from behind him in the passenger's seat, Winta gasped.

"That's where we're going?"

"Sure is. Unless, of course, you want to turn around and find somewhere else."

"No!" she giggled as she slid out of her seat and leaned on the control panel to get a better look at the ocean below.

This little excursion had been her idea—or, at least, she had inspired it. A day or so 0ago, she'd been struck with an episode of homesickness. The thing she fixated on, the thing she said she missed the most about Sorgan, was going swimming with her friends at a nearby lake. Din had seen it, and could hardly have even called it a lake. It was a small pond, hardly bigger than a puddle. Idyllic, quiet, save for the croaking of some frogs. Small. With a sly grin, Din asked if she had ever been swimming on a proper beach by a real sea.

And now, the sea was so close they could practically smell the salt air through the transparisteel of the window.

The view became partly obscured with sand kicked up by the Razor Crests's engines as Din set them down. The second the ship was stable, Winta whipped around and scrambled down to the hold, gone before Din even had a chance to stand. The baby only fed off of his older sister's energy, and it was all Din could do to keep him from wriggling out of his arms and tumbling down the hatchway.

Winta’s outer dress flew across the hull as she bolted toward the door in her underdress, nearly bowling over her mother in the process.

“Hey!” Omera called after her, pointing to the discarded clothes. “Where do your clothes go, young lady?”

From his vantage point, Din could have sworn he saw Winta roll her eyes, but he decided not to bring it up as she trudged back over to where her dress had landed and flung it into the designated bin.

“That’s better. Now, how about you come help me carry some of this?”

Dutifully, Winta picked up the blanket that Omera had laid out on the bed and ran back to the door. Omera, for her part, looked frazzled, balancing a basket on her hip and a bag with toys in her other hand. She cast her eyes to and fro around the hull, making sure nothing was forgotten, and listed off everything they needed under her breath:

“Food, towels, extra clothes, drinking water, toys, do I have the toys—?”

“Winta,” Din said, “take your toys from your mother.”

Din was now absolutely certain that Winta rolled her eyes—and this time, it was accompanied with a frustrated sigh. But as Omera opened her mouth to correct her, Din stepped in.

“Excuse me?”

Immediately, Winta’s face fell, and her eyes grew wide. He didn’t do it often (and he thanked the ka’ra that Winta was so well-behaved), but when he pulled That Tone—the lower, firmer tone of voice that felt far different than the one he usually reserved for his family—she always knew, without having to have it explained, that she had crossed a line.

“Come here. Now.”

Lowering her eyes, Winta put her arms behind her back and crossed to Din, who knelt to her level and set the child on the floor.

“Winta,” he said, “I know you’re excited to get out there, but you do not disrespect your mother and I like that. Ever. Understood?”

“Yes, Dad.”

“Good,” Din continued, putting a hand on Winta’s shoulder and clearing the cloud from his voice. “We’re going to have a good day, aren’t we?”

The clouds cleared from Winta’s face too as she nodded and met his eyes behind his visor.

“Now take the toys from your mother and wait. We’ll get out there in a minute.”

“Okay!” she chirped as she took the bag from her mother’s hand and bounded back to the door—albeit with a much less impatient attitude.

Omera, meanwhile, turned to Din with a mix of gratefulness and surprise.

“Nicely handled,” she said.

“Thanks. I figured—” Din eased the basket from Omera’s begrudgingly relenting grasp, “You had enough going on. Do we need anything else?”

“I don’t think so,” she said as she hoisted a bag onto her shoulder. “I’ve got the clothes here, and…”

Finally having a clear moment to think, Omera gave Din a once-over.

“Are you going to keep the armor on?”

Din sighed as he considered. Wouldn’t it be nice to sit in the sand, let the sun hit your skin, feel the breeze across your face...sneak in a kiss every now and then? And, more practically, won’t it be hot? You’ll roast in here.

But in the end, prudence won out.

“Can’t be too careful,” Din replied. “This place isn’t exactly remote. There might be other people around.”

To Din’s relief, not even a shadow of disappointment crossed Omera’s face. No matter how many times she expressed it, her acceptance still had the power to take him by surprise.

“All right, then,” she said. “Shall we?”

The little squeal that both kids let out was too good to resist.

“Hmm…” Din teased, “I think maybe we should wait for a few more minutes.”

“Nooo!”

A laugh rumbled out of Din’s chest.

“You don’t think they’re excited, do you, cya’re?”

Omera’s hand smacked genially against his chest plate as she joined in.

“Din, I think if we wait any longer, they’ll break down the door themselves.”

As if to confirm that theory, Winta pounded her feet against the floor and jumped in the air, letting out a high giggle.

“Well, we can’t have that, can we?”

The minute the hatch was flat against the sand, Winta flung herself out of the Crest as if she hadn’t seen sunlight in weeks.That enthusiasm was immediately tempered as her bare feet met the sun-heated sand. She high-stepped back to the ship, a constant stream of "hot hot hot hot hot" spilling out of her mouth. Bashful, she looked up at Din.

"Daddy? Could you maybe…"

Without even letting her finish, Din bent and scooped Winta up, flipping her upside-down over his shoulder and hooking her knees around his forearm as she shrieked with laughter.

"Like this?"

"No!"

"How about…" Din maneuvered Winta to his front, then hefted her onto his shoulders with a grunt. "This? You good?

He felt pressure on the top of his helmet and knew Winta was leaning on his head.

"Yup! Let's go!"

With that, the clan of four stepped out into the sunlight. The ground sank under Din's boots, and he was instantly reminded of how hard it was to move with any urgency in the sand. Sand drills had always been his least favorite during his training, where not only did he have to wear full gear, but he also had to carry a 200-pound weighted bag on his back. But the awed gasp that came from the girl on his shoulders pulled him back to the much-preferable present.

After a minute, they found a suitable spot to set up for the day—a tree a little further out from the line of the sparse forest bordering the beach. After setting Winta down, Din directed her to lay out the blanket, which, when the wind kicked up, required all three of the humans to do. Even the baby put his little hands on an edge, trying to help. Thinking quickly, Omera pulled a few supplies from the basket Din had placed before them and set them in the corners, weighing it down. After laying down a few ground rules, Winta was finally set loose. Din's heart lifted in his chest as he watched her dance across the sand and make her first contact with the ocean, gasping with delight and surprise at the coldness.

The baby, too, started to move toward the water, but Omera caught him in her arms—much to his adorable chagrin.

"No, no, sweetheart," she said to the baby. "Not 'til I can be with you."

Din waved her off.

"Go on. I'll sit here."

Omera fixed him with a raised eyebrow.

"Din, this was your idea. And I want you to enjoy it as much as we do."

"Cyar'ika," Din replied as he grasped one of her hands in his, "just watching you and the kids is more than enough for me."

"Well, it's not for me. I want you to take off those boots and your shin guards and come to the water with us. Surely," she added, "if someone were to attack us, they're not going to go for your knees."

As if hearing the conversation from where she stood, Winta looked back and beckoned to Din.

"Come on, Daddy!"

A knowing smirk spread across Omera's lips.

"Are you really going to say no to her?"

Din let out a sigh—a long, conceding sigh. Then he knelt and started on his bootlaces.

He imagined he looked absurd. The torso of a fully-armored Mandalorian warrior, perched on top of two legs, bare from the knee down—he was certain anyone who might come across them would do a double take. But, to be honest with himself, he really didn't care. The beaming grin from his daughter, the delicate fingers laced with his, the baby boy trying to launch himself from his mother's arms and into the sand—that was all that mattered.

Din sucked a breath through his teeth as his feet hit the water. Despite the heat streaming from the sun, the water was somehow still freezing. But Winta had already gotten used to it, and was wading even further into the increasing waves.

"Not too far, sweetheart!" Omera called after her.

Winta turned back and waved at them.

"Daddy! Come play with me!"

"Coming, ad'ika."

The crystal-blue water surged around his ankles, then around his knees, then up to his thighs. Winta stood practically waist-deep, her underdress becoming absolutely soaked. Din was hit with another memory, one from the last time he was here as a child with his father—one which he decided, with a mischievous chuckle, to recreate.

"Hey, Winta," he said, "hold your breath."

Obediently, Winta sucked in an enormous gulp of air and held it. Din watched the waves as they approached, waiting…waiting...just the right moment—

Din thrust his hands under her elbows, bodily lifted her from the water, and tossed her into the oncoming wave as it rolled by.

For a second, Winta disappeared in the surf. Then, she sprang back up, gasping and shaking the water out of her now-soaked curls.

"What was that for?"

"Was it fun?"

"Yeah!"

"That's what it was for. Want to do it again?"

Instead of waiting for Din to pick her back up again, she watched the next wave as it approached and jumped into it, letting it carry her back to her dad as she resurfaced.

"Careful, love!" Omera had appeared next to Din, a line of worry appearing between her brows. Din's hand slipped into the small of her back and rubbed small circles there.

"She'll be fine, Omera," he comforted, "We're right here, and if something happens, we can get to her."

The almost hysterical, breathless laughter as Winta surfaced once again relaxed Omera's shoulders, and released the breath she'd been holding.

A complaint from the baby on her hip—he clearly felt left out, with his face fixed in a pout. Din reached out to take the baby and held him aloft, just above the water.

"Ready, kid?"

To the baby's delight, Din lowered him, splashing his little legs in the water. He squealed like Din had never heard before, and if his ears could go any higher, Din was sure that they'd be on the top of his head.

Din glanced beside him to gauge Omera's reaction. But Omera seemed to have drifted into her own mind. Her face had slid into a blissful idyll, and her hands skimmed across the water, rising and falling as the waves did, as her breath did. And it occurred to Din that he hadn't seen Omera truly unwound in weeks. A pang of guilt struck in his gut. How long had they been traveling? How long would she have to wait before he gave her a place to not just live, but to thrive—to finally be at ease again? And for the first time, Din almost considered that it may have been better to have left her and the kids on Sorgan. At least there, they'd be safer, they'd be with friends, and they—

A hand found the gap beneath his back plate. Her hand. With knowing tenderness, she worked at a knot that had formed there, the process aided by the coolness that came from the sea around them.

"We needed this."

They would find it. Din watched as a moment of light unfolded around him, all laughter, joy, ease of mind. Wherever they went, Din vowed, he would always find his family a glint of light.

"Yes," he replied. "Yes, we did."

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Din groaned in relief as his helmet fell into his hands and the aircon in the Razor Crest made contact with his face. He shivered as a drop of sweat, suddenly freezing cold, trickled down his neck.

“I don't know how you do it.” Omera shook her head and took the helmet from his unresisting hands, setting it on a nearby crate.

Din peeled off his gloves and tossed them next to the helmet. The abrasive cotton of his cape scraped against his hands as he dried them off.

“Sometimes, I don't know, either.”

Omera slipped her fingers under the edge of the base plate of one of Din's pauldrons and lifted. The more surface area that emerged from under the armor, the more he realized just how thoroughly he loved the cold as it breathed against his soaked underclothes. In this moment, if he never saw another desert, or even a particularly sunny day on an otherwise temperate planet, he would be perfectly satisfied.

He reached up to remove his chestplate, but Omera had already unfastened it. In almost an instant, it fell into her hands, and she set it carefully next to the rest of his armor.

“You're getting good at this,” he quipped as he fought the urge to wink. But from the way Omera's lips tilted, he knew she detected the affection under his tone.

“Well,” she replied as she pulled Din's cape over his head, “I would prefer if you didn't get heat stroke. And the best way to prevent that is to get all these layers off—as quickly as possible.”

The flush that spread across the bridge of Din's nose was no longer just from the heat.

“Right,” she continued, “to the fresher with you.”

“No. Take care of the kids first.”

“They'll have their baths later. In case you haven't noticed, they're a bit worn out.”

A long day out in the sun had proven to be as effective as a tranquilizer for getting the baby, and even Winta, to go down for a nap without even having to be tucked in. With a chuckle, Din noticed that Winta hadn't even bothered to take off her shoes before crawling into the berth, cuddling the child in next to her.

“Maybe we should get the baby into his crib.”

“Or,” Omera insisted, gently poking a finger into his chest, “I'll get the baby to his bed while you get cleaned up.”

Din feigned offense.

“Am I really that bad?”

A sly grin tugged at Omera's mouth.

“Din, my love, I would never lie to you. So believe me when I say...yes. Yes, you are that bad.”

The giggle lying beneath her teasing intensified as Din took her hips in his hands, leaned in, and burrowed his face into her neck, kissing her just to try and earn more of that laughter.

"Stop it! Stop it!" she giggled even as she pulled at his flak vest.

Obliging and faking innocence, he pulled back and met her eyes.

"Why ever would I do that, cyar'ika?"

"Because," Omera laughed as she patted his shoulders for emphasis, "you're smelly and sweaty and—"

She couldn't continue. Din was kissing her face too much for that. Her fingers curled into his hair as she encouraged him and retaliated with a few choice kisses of her own.

His fingers hit a spot on her bare shoulder and she drew a sharp breath. For a second, Din pulled away.

"A little sunburnt, my love?" he said as he brushed a feather-light kiss against it.

"Worth it."

"You should get some bacta on it," he said, turning toward the crate with the medical supplies. But Omera stopped his arm.

"Maybe...you could help me with that."

Din felt the flush in his face, and felt sure he was glowing like the lights on the Crest in the darkness of space. And again, just as he turned toward the medical crate, Omera pulled his attention back to her.

"On one condition."

Din slipped into his negotiation voice.

"Name it."

"You." Omera planted her hands on his shoulders. "Go." She turned him toward the refresher. "Bathe."

Din had never been so fast in the refresher in his life.

#the mandalorian #clan djarin #clan djarin series #mandalorian #mandomera #mando x omera #din djarin x omera #din djarin #omera #winta #baby yoda #a day at the beach #star wars fanfiction #star wars

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selfcareparker · 3 years

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LMAOO I WAS GONNA BRING UP FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLIDER BUT I WASNT SURE IF YOU WERE WATCHING IT HSKAJ (are you liking it? i know it’s only the first episode but ya know, another one tomorrow night- well tomorrow night for me, and did you like wandavision?? i loved it!!)

oh my goodness i’m watching lion king while writing this and i haven’t seen it in a while and i am..... emotional. but anyway, i love that streaming services think that imma pay for them while they charge $50 a month. like yes of course i have that kind of money and i am going to give it to you to watch tv 🙄 that $50 is budgeted to sims thank you. (ALSO SIMS!!! i’ll get to that in a minute) now see if i don’t google levidia right this minute LMAOO, not that i’m gonna use it.. just for the research...

AND HDKSHS SEND THAT CHAOS WALKING LINK LMAO i saw it for the third time with a different one of my friends and she wasn’t the best one to see it with? she literally was on her fucking phone and i was like ok whatever her loss not mine, and idk if you’ve read the books or if you’ve seen it by now, but by the end of the whole movie, after they’ve confirmed THE THING throughout the whole movie she asked the dumbest question and i’m like diD YOU NOT WATCH THE MOVIE, and i guess she didn’t. so. this sounds so vague but i don’t wanna spoil the movie for you just in case lol.

THE STORY LMAOO, so A DIFFERENT FRIEND LOL, like my oldest bff, we had a day together and we wanted to go see chaos walking. and i honest to God thought that no one would be seeing this movie. like NO ONE. every day, i checked the theater seating and no one was there right? plus i really wanted us to have the theater to ourselves. so we sit in the wrong seats, the row in front of us, STILL THINKING WE’RE ALONE. and then these 3 older people came in AND IM ABOUT TO SCREAM FHSJSH AND IM LIKE “are we in your seats?” and they we were like uh yeah, AND IT WAS SO BAD LMAOO , we’re moving and everything would’ve been FINE but my friend’s reclined seat was going down so slow and as it’s going shes LITERALLY SAYING ALOUD “awkward awkward awkward” so she thinks forget it, lemme just get up. HER BAG GETS CAUGHT ON HER CHAIR AND HER FRIES AND THEY SPILL ALONG WITH HER HONEY MUSTARD 😭😭 ALL OVER THE FLOOR! so i’m trying not to laugh lmao but those aren’t even our seats and we just made a mess, so naturally, i get on the floor and start cleaning it up with my napkins (this is going for too long) AND MY FRIEND IS STILL SAYING “awkward awkward awkward awkward” and i’m really abt to crack up bECAUSE LIKE SHUT UP HAHAHA and we’re cleaning it and shit and the oldest lady is gonna say “yeah you’re not gonna make an old lady get on the floor, are you?” AND I WANTED TO LAUGH AND SCREAM AT THE SAME TIME BC DID WE ASK YOU TO, NO, so then i had to get the manager and she helped us clean it, we got new fries and everything was fine, it’s just a crazy story bc LITERALLY WE COULDVE AVOIDED IT AND EVERYTHING BUT THESE ELDERLY PEOPLE HAD TO COME AND SEE THIS MOVIE😭😭 at least the gentlemen was nice.. he helped us clean. but then his wife was like “i aM nOt siTTiNg tHeRe” and at first i thought she was a teenager bc of her stink attitude but her husband was nice. and it’s not like we weren’t cleaning it up, we were!!! like i was so apologetic- anyway.

about sims! do you play console or pc? wait,, you already told me you play pc bc your computer was broken, i’m glad you can play now though :’)) litetally when i read in the tags that you’re playing sims !!!! and are you hyped for bunk beds? i have cc so i’ve had them for a bit, but they were glitchy... but i’m so excited we have them now! i should really play sims today...

GURL IM SO PROUD OF YOU 🥺🥲 i know you aren’t fluent in everything and you aren’t a linguistic genius LMAO but it’s still soooo amazing :’) here i am reading the captions while ur just going hahah, yea i tried duolingo but.... i didn’t stick to it HDJSH talking to you though makes me so interested because you know all these languages, not even studying them like that, but you have this foundation and ahh it’s just super cool. LOL YOU DONT SOUND LAME HAJA IM TELLING YOU ITS SO SO COOL, i’m loving this lesson btw oh my goodness- HSKAJS YOU THOUGHT I WOULD ALREADY KNOW THAT??? HDYSJHS MY ONLY ENGLISH SPEAKING ASS??? HAHAHAHHAH i find that word (Rindfleischetikettie- i’m not gonna write the whole thing i’m sorry) very interesting... like... wow. did you have to google that or did you just know lmao

OKAH THE WATER THING HDKDJDKS UR GONNA TERRIFY ME HAHAH OH MY LORD- first of all CROATIA 😍😍 but thinking about it like that, I WOULD FREAK OUT TOO HAHSGSG i never go that deep into the water, or if i do i have my dad with me lol and i kind of hold onto him bc ive seen/heard too many things about people being dragged into the sea. but i loveee the water (i wanted to be a mermaid soooo bad ohmigosh)

I DONT UNDERSTAND HOW ONE CANNOT LIKE MUSIC ITS AWFUL !! lmao yeah i haven’t even listened to harry’s his first album, everyone says they love it more. I WAS GONNA SAY IMMA LISTEN TO ONLY ANGEL BUT THE WAY YOU DESCRIBE IT HUHAHAH also i have never listened to anything by mgk (i actually had to google who he was IM SORRY😔) i’m tempted to listen tho lol PLEASE JUSTIN BIEBER- I PROMISE IM NOT LAUGHING AT U IVE JUSY NEVER HAD SOMEONE SAY THAT B4!! like i don’t know many people who’ve liked him bUT NOW IM GONNA LISTEN & the cardboard cutout- okay. 😭😭😭

oh my goodness to see the vamps live 🤧 TO SEE ANYONE LIVE PLEASE JJDGSHAHGD and little mix is so good oh my goodness- i actually haven’t been to that many concerts.. i was at my first one, elsie fest (it’s like a broadway thing really) in uhhh october of 2019, yea i took my mom for her birthday bc she loves darren criss and i’m obsessed with glee lmao OH MY GOODNESS YOUVE BEEN TO SO MANY!!! and those are such great artists 😩😩

LMAO UR FINE, hamilton is a musical that lin manuel miranda wrote and i think generally made? i’m obsessed, but basically it was on broadway and then recorded and put on disney+ ... idk i guess it counts a film bc it’s like a movie really cuz it was recorded but in what 2018 or 2016? i don’t remembers the date that is on disney+ but it’s strange how i got into it, a lot of my friends were obsessed and i was like uhh why? and while researching it and watching it, trying to figure out why people love it... i fell in love with it LMAO but the music is FANTASTIC and lin is incredible😭 but yes yes yes i loveeeee high school musical!! my dad actually took my cousins to see it on ice or something (i absolutely forget lmao) but i don’t know how people don’t know hsm. it upsets me.

OKAY IM DOWN TO THE BOTTOM HAHAHA (it takes me so long to respond, now i’m on lion king 2 WHICH IS SO GOOD PLEASE FHHSSHHSHSH) i could respond in chunks but i kind of enjoy responding like this? it feels a bit like a letter but if this whole thing is overwhelming i’ll cut it up lol

+ yes that was me about your fic and sleep and everything lol but it was so good😭 i don’t understand how you write peter so well like you have this ability to capture his.. everything? i’m crine. all the time. over your fics. & i cannot describe my happiness for youuuu :’) i’m so happy you’re writing again 🥺🥰 the thing about how you only want to write the long peter fic but you don’t know how to continue... i feel that so so so hard, i don’t think i told you but ughh i was so blah bc of that feeling of having pent up inspiration for only one fucking thing and not being able to write it. it’s so frustrating 😭

not to add more to this but i need to vent a bit? the situation is definitely different bc with your major it obviously requires for you to ya know, know english lol, but uhm bc i’m homeschooled ive been cheating on all my work SHSHDHSJ like i google the answers but i’m still learning! it’s just..... i find it so unnecessary, like going for an audition no one is gonna say to me “i want you to chanel the knowledge within yourself of the centripetal force of the circle that is the table on this stage” like tf??? there’s literally no point. i’m gonna be getting into voice lessons again soon and i’m already doing dance, AND i’ll be doing this summer camp program (more hamilton lol) and thinking about school is only making me stress more, like i haven’t been able to rehearse dance at all this week bc of it...... so

hahaha reading your tags, lonely anon would still be accurate HAHAHHAHA // another add: yea i love ur current theme, i’ve gotten used to “seeing you” like this, but anything will look super pretty :)) ALSO HOW IS IT STILL SNOWING THERE, i swear it’s getting warmer and warmer by the day here 😭🤧

these long ass posts, my gosh🥲 lonely lovely anon <3

Omg yes it does feel like a letter sldkdj and then the few days of waiting also make more sense okay i love this ❣️💕❤️💓❤️💞🧡💜💘(wtf)sksjhz

Dear lovely anon,

ALSKSJVKD yes i‘m liking falcon and winter soldier dlkdh i haven‘t watched the second episode yet but i‘ll watch it tomorrow! but i didn‘t watch wandavision........ eidislskks i was going to but idk i wasn‘t that interested in it and watching series is already too much of a commitment (what can i say i‘m a Sagittarius—🤧 (no i’m joking i actually know NOTHING about starsigns)) didjj that i couldn‘t force myself to watch it, ALSO i hate (idk if this is an unpopular opinion) when every episode is like a whole hour. i‘m rewatching an old series today (it‘s german so i won‘t even get into it) and the episodes are 25 mins each and i‘ve already watched 8 episodes today ridlndjdjd,,, and i feel like if the episodes were an hour each i wouldn‘t have gotten past episode 2 today like idk.... even if series had the same length in total, i prefer when the individual episodes are shorter idk why tho tbh (so yeah i already wasn‘t 100% convinced about watching wandavision so i just couldn’t make myself watch a bunch of 1hour episodes— i‘ve heard that it‘s good tho- but i‘m not much of a series person so. Dldkk (have we talked about this already??? sorry i don‘t remember what i said lol and i couldn‘t find my own post anymore so dkdjsh) (WAIT I JUST CHECKED THE WANDAVISION EPIOSRDES ARENT EVEN THAT LONG??? Okay wait i might watch it now - did you like it? let me know if i should watch it— why did i think they were 60minutes???)

okay another confession i‘ve never watched the lion king????? i mean i watched it when i was a child but i was too young to actually pay attention to any kind of plot i just liked the songs lol sldkdj i‘ve been meaning to watch it for years tho 🦁 (idk it just felt appropriate to put a lion emoji lmoaoo)

OH MY GOD THE CHAIS WALKING/CINEMA STORY AHSJSKKS😭😭😭😭 NOOOOO (very fitting that there was so much chaos when you were watching a film that has chaos in the title loool) and the “awkward awkward awkward“ SAME SKSKSLSKDJ, that‘s literally me 24/7 ahajshshhshshsh. Like i was so skdjdjdkdllsldksnsnsnsb while i read what you sent me djslslsjdjdbdn why are old ladies always so grumpy btw 🥲🥲🥲 at least the man was nice tho! and wait did i read that right... you have fries (which, to me, are called chips dusuusldk) at your cinemas?? (Movie theatres sorry sksjsh) we just have popcorn and nachos and drinks i want chips too when i‘m watching a film what😭😭🥺🥺🥺🥺

Also i still haven’t watched it so thanks for not spoiling it!!! (idk when i’ll watch it i’m so bad with films and even worse with series💀💀💀- same with cherry. i literally forgot all about cherry, i was SO hyped when the trailer came out like i’ve never been so excited about a movie... and then it came out... and i still haven‘t watch it like what‘s wrong with me???? Dkdjdjdjdklsl i feel like i‘m not gonna watch it anytime soon tbh, but i wanna watch chaos walking i just have to find the time

Okay and @ your other friend who wasn‘t paying attention like why are you even watching the film then???? but ok (omg this sounds so mean i‘m sure she‘s very nice but in this situation just like❔❔❔)

SIMS ahhh, BUNK BEDS, ahhhh sdljdjdjdkdkdldksj i actually haven‘t played it since the update 🤧🤧 i made both of my sims (enisa (bestselling author already, thank you) and michael (aspiring doctor)) go to university and bro it takes so long 😭😭 and you can‘t do anything else if you want them to do well so literally the last three times i played sims i was just constantly clicking their homework and computerd to write their assignments (i play it in german so idk what its called on the sims) and do their presentations and do them all over again so that they get better or whatever for HOURS, but imma play again soon

also i‘m living my fanfiction life loool, so i made my two sims neighbours (on the same plot tho but i made two small separate houses lol, i still wanted to control both of them at the same time but i made sure they didn‘t interact before i wanted them to skdjdjdk). and first they both experimented and got some experience in the love department you know (all genders, cause i have to live my sexuality even in a pc game slskdjh— wait, i‘ve never lived my sexuality irl like i‘ve done NOTHING nothing with guys nothing with girls (🥲) but maybe that’s why i want to do it even more in the sims) and then they met at uni and realised like hey we‘re neighbours and now they‘re together (but michael accidentally had an alien baby with another woman (who was an alien which i was not aware of) cause i wasn‘t paying attention like i said woohoo not try for baby like michael why is your pull out game so weak tf LSHDDHDJDJSKKDKSKDKS okay but making out and flirting and doing all the fun stuff in the sims turns me on way more than it should PFAHAHHAHSH) so idk why i told you this but I’m creating that neighbour!au in the sims lmaoooo

i did not have to google Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsübertragungsaufgabengesetz (just did it again😌 sisjshhs) but i might have mixed up the words überwachung und übertragung or i might have even forgotten a word skskks but in the end it doesn‘t matter (by linkin park- ok i‘m so sorry it‘s 2 am and i have a headache from having waveformers in my hair all day but i still wanted to reply to this now so sorry if i‘m not making any sense right nowbahahshah)

i wanted to be a mermaid too dldjdksksj like h2O and all those series convinced me i could be one like. i remember i‘d always go in the deep pool and attempt to swim like them in all the series with that wave motion i must have looked so crazy with my goggles as well dkdjsksöksj (i was like twelve but still)

so mgk has two sides one is hip hop/rap which is like ~~~~ idk he has good and bad songs, but his latest album is like punk pop snd I LOVE IT SO SO SO SO SO MUCH, so if you like punk pop I’d recommend his album tickets to my downfall (i don‘t blame yoj if you don‘t like it tho like about a year ago i would have HATED that type of music dkdkdkkd)🥴

Okay talking about music, there‘s this german rapper and he is... not a good person. he‘s literally a criminal and extremely sexist but to me he‘s still hot???????? he‘s even cute at times even tho he has tattoos everywhere and is like 6‘5 and is super aggressive but i see him and i‘m like 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 my heart beats only for you💘💘💘💘and he released a new song today and i watched the video and i‘m wondering wtf is wrong with me 😃 (he did look particularly cute cause he was high so idk he wasn’t really aggressive in this one) 😭 so i thought i‘d share that LMAO IDK

(not saying tattoos aren‘t cute btw i LOVE tattoos imma get some soon, but you know he looks like someone your grandma would be afraid of (and in his case rightfully so💀)

okay wait i‘m getting so tired it‘s 2 am i think i‘ll have to do the rest tomorrow but i wanted to do it now😭🥺🥺 see you tomorrow

it is now 3:42 am and i couldn‘t sleep so here we go again

girl you can laugh at me for liking justin tho skskks i wanna laugh at myself idk, like i said i really really really liked him a few years go, basically my life was at least 50% justin and then he went on a break for a while and released an album last year which i hated 🥴 but this album is wow. (Still weird to me because it‘s literally the definition of pop and i don‘t ever listen to pop?) and it‘s so weird because i used to know so much about justin and had so many friends who loved him as well and now it‘s like I’m listening to someone new? Don‘t get me wrong i never KNEW justin and i never will and i‘m aware of that shahsh but yeah i used to be soooo used to him and it‘s like reconnecting with an old friend and you realise you don‘t know that friend anymore- like you don‘t know them anymore at all. I mean justin is weird nowadays 😂😂😂 so pls laugh at me tbh dskksjsjsh

awww it‘s so wholesome that you gave your mom tickets to the concert 🥺🥺🥺🥺 i gave my mum tickets for pink like 2 years ago and she loved it so much and i was like 🥰🥰🥰 (i went with her) AND OMG GLEE ok so unfortunately i barely remember glee, but i used to watch it too!!!! And it‘s actually on my list of series i wanna watch (again) so youre making me want to watch it even more (but like i said i‘m bad with series so 😩😩😩 who knows when i‘ll rewatch it)

When all this pandemic shit is over (let‘s be hopeful <3333) then you need to go to as many concerts as possible!!!!! i‘ve been to SO MANY and it‘s literally one of the things in my life i‘m the most grateful for, concerts are some of the best experiences i‘ve ever had in my life especially the ones that are in smaller concert halls where you can feeeel the vibe and everyone‘s energy (and that sounds awful thinking about it mid-pandemic 😐) anyway—

Okay omg you‘re absolutely making me want to watch hamilton right now like omg i WANT TO WATCH IT NOW but it‘s 4 am sodndkdldl

what you said about my peter fics🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺like omg i love these emojis they literally just describe how i felt when reading what you said so, yes, 🥰🥺 + thank you :) it really means a lot <3

and no omg i totally get the studying thing. like last year before i graduated .. was that last year? yes wtf omg okaykdjdj, so the last three months before i had my final exams we were just in a lockdown and we didn‘t even have online classes. We had nothing except one teacher who left our group chat (😭) because she was mad at us (?) and one maths teacher who did an online ““lesson““ once a week. he‘d ask: so does anyone have questions. us: . Him: okay, bye then. So. Yeah dndldldj. But we had one online test and it was in german and like i read the book wee were supposed to read? but the questions on the test were all unanswerable (is that a word?) and i had to google everything (got an A tho 🤪 but only because i googled everything so i was so scared that i wouldn‘t be able to get a good result on the final exam because what if i‘d gotten used to just googling everything and i couldn‘t do it by myself anymore? anyway it was all fine in the end but yeah at times i couldn‘t even study because i had so much anxiety about studying and yeah- like this whole annoying cycle. but you said you‘re still studying———- okay wait 👁👄👁 i forgot what i was going to say??????????????????????????????????????????????????? Like wtf. Is wrong with me? And i‘m reading what you wrote again and i just don‘t know what i was going to say? Like i get what you‘re saying obviously but i‘m like? Idk 4am brain ayeee, please vent more if you need to and elaborate further because right now i‘m???? Too dumb to respond to this right now wtf. I‘m so sorry lmao ddlkdjdjd what is even going on like i‘m sitting here open mouthed just like ? But btw the fact that you have Voice and dance lessons is like SO FUCKING COOL like oh my god that is sosososos cool wtf, i was thinking that when you first talked about it too

And “i want you to chanel the knowledge within yourself of the centripetal force of the circle that is the table on this stage” ODHDKSLDBDJDOFIDKDNDLDK

Yes i know about the weather dkdkdkjd but it‘s getting (a lot) warmer here too and where i live we kind of get a weird type of wind called föhn (which literally means hair dryer but idk if that‘d the reason why it‘s called that, i‘m too tired to think of whether it makes sense rn) and it gives me headachesssssss and the changing weather is also giving me headaches 😭😭😭😭 so this season right now is just headache season and i hate summer so i wish it would just snow again lmao (okay it‘s getting so late that it‘s early already snd i can hear this bird chirping so fucking loud wtf i‘m also getting a headache 🤧🤧🤧) but at least i can do my new theme soon (i hope it‘ll look good🥺 and omg thank you for what you said about my current theme- i always feel like i‘m so bad with aesthetics, i obviously like my theme but i feel like every single person on tumblr has a theme that is prettier than mine so it was very nice to hear you say that you love it👉🏼👈🏼 (i‘m so used to it by now that i actually hate it lmao so it‘s getting yeeted soon and i‘m making megan thee stallion my pfp 🤪 (if the graphics and shit works out skdjdjdj)

#lovely anon #<333 #okay its so late now i dont wanna post it now in case i‘m too tired to notice losds of mistakes #but i also wanna post it now so.#*loads #i‘m posting it #and i absolutely do not mind if you answer like this!!!! but if you ever do feel like it‘s too much or you uust want to respond to one thing #in particular sooner then pls go ahead! <3

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wildselkie · 4 years

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Top 10 Scenes in TDP Season 1 (pt. 1/3)

*not ordered in which is better or worse, but it will be in chronological order*

Also some things are worded weirdly. I have a pain in the ass time trying to get my thoughts across in words so... I thank you for your patience :))

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1) The scene where Callum, Ezran, and Rayla find the dragon prince. Ep. 2

I think this is one of the more pivotal moments in the show. I mean it is literally the scene that sets the story in motion after all! Two human princes, an elf assassin, and the lost dragon prince (who was thought to be dead/gone/egg destroyed(?)).. this is just IT.

*also i’m aware that Ez probably found the egg first cos he already knew about this secret area but still

2) Viren (attempts to) proposes the idea to trade his life in for Harrow. Ep. 3

Now there are other well thought and well written posts on this scene with Viren and Harrow, so I won't waste your time with all the gushy stuff. I find this scene important because it shows the lengths that Viren would go for his friend. Whether he's doing out of the goodness of his heart or some other selfish reason... maybe both(?)..

!WARNING! MINI VIREN POST ALERT EVEN THO I SAID I WOULDN'T GET INTO IT

In the book Moon, it dives deeper into the plot along with expressing the characters' thoughts and feelings. As for Viren, it's stated in the book that he wanted to:

"offer his life for Harrow's, but he wanted him to understand that this was more than just a sacrifice of a subject to his king. This was personal"

"... he would need to be straightforward. He wanted to say simply I love you and I will die for you" (Ehasz 80).

I have no doubts that Viren didn't not love Harrow or anything of the sorts, but at the same time it feels like there was another motive. Maybe there was, who knows.

All we know about Viren is that he's a father of two (Claudia & Soren), divorced/ separated from his wife, and he's a dark mage. Of course there's some more (like he's taller than Harrow according to the character line up)... also his staff... like if you look at it, it's the same one as the mage who faced Sol Regem all those centuries (?) ago. Maybe he's related to him, or possibly descended from one of the followers. I'd imagine that teaching dark magic may be a thing within his family and ancestors... he taught Claudia dark magic. That doesn't prove anything but it's a small thought.

ANYWAY-- this scene is one of many scenes that show Viren in a vulnerable state. The book gives a look into how he felt when he decided to sacrifice himself and everything. It's just interesting and I'm here for it.

3) Amaya and her weapons grade baguette Ep. 4

On a less serious and more fun note, the fact that Amaya is a breakfast connoisseur is just perfect. Amazing. Fantabulous.

"As a breakfast connoisseur, she was offended that Ezran would neglect a hearty morning meal" (Ehasz 120).

I only emboldened and italicized "offended" because in the show YOU CAN LITERALLY SEE HER FACE WHEN EZ TELLS HER.

Bruh she was so offended lmaooo

It's right at 13:36 time in the show... the slow zoom in and all 😂

4) Amaya and Gren meeting Viren at the statue Ep. 5

I’m trying to see if I should have paired this with the first scene where Amaya arrives first. That scene is pretty calm but has a somber feeling. It introduces the relationship of Amaya and Sarai without having to directly say it.

But this scene here is... interesting. Not in a good way or bad way, but we see they’re reminiscing of the past. At some point, they all got along nicely. Callum even noted in his spellbook that Viren’s family became like a second family to him when he moved to the castle.

This interaction was cute tho. It started out positive (sort of) with them joking about Viren eating the last jelly tart which pissed Sarai off lol. But then Viren went on to apologize to Amaya and reassured her that what he does is out of the goodness of his heart and love for Katolis. But...

“Aaaaand, he’s back, Amaya thought” (Ehasz 150).

And then went on to sign that he’s on a bunch of bs. See? Even Amaya knows he’s full of shit lol. But really tho... it makes me wonder how much of bs Viren goes on even before the events of the current story line.

5) Rayla saves Bait from the sea monster Ep. 5

Let us give a round of applause for Rayla going against her fear of water to save Bait, the grumpy frog who hates her. I think this just goes to show how compassionate Rayla really is. This would include the time when she goes back to grab bait back in the banther lodge in episode 4.

6) Viren giving his kids their *secret* missions Ep. 6

Okay this isn’t just one scene. I cheated yeah yeah whatever >:3

When Viren is telling Soren what he must do when he finds the princes, at first he doesn’t fully get it, but then.. OH n0

Viren’s intentions are starting to unfold and come together as one. Like, this man just told his own SON that should he find the princes, he should kill them. This 18 yr old bby

bruh

And Viren didn’t say it aloud, but he heavily implied it. Only to then gaslight him later on when Claudia confronts him in prison.

As for Claudia, Viren tells her that she must retrieve the egg. And do everything in her power to bring it back, even if it means that she’ll have to sacrifice Soren... her own damn brother ;-;

7) When Callum finally lets Rayla hold the egg Ep. 6

This scene is pretty big. Rayla knows that Harrow is long gone and is trying to find a way to tell them. Obviously she doesn’t choose the best time to try it.

They were in a dire situation that could potentially kill them (even tho they had plenty of those moments already). The reason why this scene is so big is because it shows her struggle to break the bad news (ever since the right binding fell) as she continues to grow closer to them. Here you can see Callum passing the egg to her, despite her hand being in the terrible state that it is in. It is also the scene where right before passing it, he finally tells Rayla that he trusts her.

8) Human Rayla!! Ep. 7

Human Rayla is so corny but it’s the good kind of corny. One of the best comedic jokes in the series!

That is all cos human Rayla needs an AU of being a nighttime tv host or smthg

9) Viren and Runaan Ep. 8

yo this is alot okay. The scenes with these two introduced some Moonshadow philosophy and such (ie. not being scared of death). Runaan being the stoic and serious assassin that he is. And Viren not having any of this shit.

There are three major things here:

Runaan knows about the mirror and is most likely aware of who Aaravos is. He literally says, “That mirror? You have found something worse than death.” Goddamn...

And then Viren just... trapped his soul.. his essence into a goddamn coin. Just like that? wow. And hold it, almost admiring it in front of Gren.

Also this is the first time we officially see Viren in that form. In the beginning of episode 5 we are given a darkened silhouette of Viren and the butterflies. But here we see the damage resulted from years of having done dark magic, and it’s horrifying. He is the high mage and all but goddamn. I mean with every action there are consequences so-

10) Callum destroying the primal stone Ep. 9

I feel like this is one of the “of course it’s this one!” scenes but it really is! Callum realizes that only a sky dragon can be hatched in the eye of storm and there he is with a literal storm in his hand. By now, Callum has come to understanding what feels right and that being a mage is his destiny. But he also understands that he needs to sacrifice some things for new beginnings. This whole journey was to get the lost dragon prince home and restore balance and peace and with the egg starting to die... well you can’t really do that without the egg.

It’s at 18:50 where he realizes all of this. It’s one of the big boy moments in the show. Seriously, it’s a big moment and the suspension helped get the feels in. And we got a cute baby dragon!!

End, begin. it’s all the same. (pls someone get that reference ;-;;;)

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Some honorable mentions:

- Episode 7: Claudia and Soren interacting. I love their sibling bond; it’s so silly and sweet and I love it. It makes me wish I had an older brother of some sort.

Ellis and Ava,, I like the flashback story given when they meet the dragang. I just like it, okay? Smol chiald w/ smol wolf pup and a hippie Lujaane seeing the beauty & strength in Ava.

CGI Coran. That all I have to say about that guy lmao

- Episode 8: When the group is going up the cursed caldera and they encounter that giant leech. Like can we just appreciate Callum’s funny way of making out a plan? Fat respect for that.

Another is when the group split up and waited for the leech to leave. The conversation between Ellis and Callum were sweet as was the one between Rayla and Ez. I loved Ellis’s admiration for Callum being a mage. And her expectations of what a mage was is pretty hilarious. So wholesome. The same goes for Ez when he gave Rayla that daily fill of positivity.

Like... Ellis is telling Callum how smart and confident and cool he is. And meanwhile Callum is like... it’s not me, it’s this. *whips out primal stone* And she goes on to tell him that she believe he’ll be amazing with or without the stone.

And Rayla is telling Ez how she failed in her job of killing the enemy. And Ez is telling her how she’s awesome at everything she does.

this is the positive wholesome shit I come for like... this is parallels but GODDAMNIT it’s so.. ;;;;-;;

Yo this is long ENOUGH! Thank you so damn much if you read to the end. You’re the real beauties. Anywho... uh parts 2 and 3 will be up soon.

It’s 11 now so I need some sleep. goodnight kids

#callum #ezran #rayla #tdp #the dragon prince #zym #hot brown morning potion #applause for the beautiful show that is tdp #tdp soren #moonshadow elves

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merinnan · 4 years

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DMBJ Explore with the Note Ep 3

Okay! Recap post for DMBJ season 2 (Explore with the Note), Ep 3!

Current counts:

Season 2 Xiaoge Rescue Count: 2 for Wu Xie, 2 for protagonists, 3 for everyone

Season 2 Wu Xie Swoon Count: 0

Season 2 Evil Hair Count: 2

Cumulative Xiaoge Rescue Count: 12 for Wu Xie, 17 for protagonists, 18 for everyone

Cumulative Wu Xie Swoon Count: 6

- Hopefully this ep has less snorkelling scenes

- But to be honest

- It would be hard to have MORE snorkelling scenes than ep 2 and still have plot

- Oh yeah, they've just had the first switcheroo of the side chambers and Wu Xie is Very Confused

- And Xiaoge just realised he's been here before, and is admitting he has memory problems

- You are still such a bad liar at this point, Wu Xie.

- Oh my god, Pangzi, you can't just ask people if they inject Botox or have a radiation-caused genetic mutation

- Also, yes, I am already on my bullshit with the soft looks Xiaoge gives Wu Xie

- Well. The looks. Because this Xiaoge looks at people who are not Wu Xie about the same amount as Yang Yang's Xiaoge did

- It is very convenient how the flashbacks in this one are colour coded with that soft yellow lighting

- It's taken these guys from 20 years ago a lot longer to get out here than it's taken Wu Xie and co. in the present time

- Like. I'm kinda wondering if this past Xiaoge was just straight up watching the idiot Xie accidentally kill himself.

- I mean, I wouldn't blame him, tbh

- Going out diving by yourself without telling anyone is borderline suicidal without adding sneaking into an underwater tomb without adequate preparation to it

- It's nice to have better lighting in the flashbacks, though

- There's a snek-browed fishy, and past!Xiaoge is shook

- Also, that Xie guy looks like he was boiled or roasted down there

- Oh, is past!Xiaoge remembering something about snek-fishies?

- Wu Xie coming in with some epic side-eye as Xiaoge tells the story

- Why does the flashback get a much more clear and visible snorkelling scene?!

- You can actually see things! - Are they trying to make a low-key accidental statement about water pollution?

- Okay, this episode's snorkelling scene starts 6 minutes in

- Let's see how long it goes for

- Hopefully it will end before the 17 minute mark

- That's the bar it has to beat here

- Surely it can't be that hard

- Oh, I spoke too soon on the water clarity

- Hey, if Sanshu and Wenjin could properly communicate underwater without arm notepads and without pulling out their fucking snorkles to try to literally talk underwater, WU XIE AND PANGZI, then why couldn't people in the present timeline do the same?

- Not looking at anyone in particular

- At all

- Especially not ones named Wu Xie and Pangzi

- The sea monkey that Sanshu chased off looks like baby compared to the one on the ghost ship

- Wow. Snorkelling took less than a minute and a half, with almost twice the number of people

- Obviously A-Ning needed more people on her expedition

- Then they wouldn't have had to swim around aimlessly for eleven fucking minutes before getting into the tomb

- Hahah, a perfume tomb

- Sure it is

- Don't you think that should make you suspicious, Sanshu?

- There's always gotta be a big, interesting mural. Let's see what exposition this one will trigger.

- Ofc Pangzi goes sniffing for perfume after hearing about it being there 20 years ago

- In a different room in the tomb

- After people had traipsed through it with their stinky diving equipment

- And ofc he doesn't smell it and then complains that it can't have been there in the first place

- Xiaoge's expression just says everything

- See, Wu Xie is the smart boy with the logical suggestions of why that might be, Pangzi

- This guy who wants to leave is like the only genre-savvy one of the lot of them

- Smart suggestions from past!Sanshu that yes, everyone should listen to

- They're not gonna listen to him

- Yep, taking a nap is never a good idea in these situations

- Which is why he's gonna do it

- After DMBJ 1 Pangzi, it's so nice to have a Pangzi who's smart and competent straight off the bat, instead of having to take like 4/5 of the season to get to that point

- And ofc you were a hooligan as a kid, Pangzi. I am totally unsurprised by this news

- I'd wondered why he jumped straight to aroma hypnosis, but him having come across it before when he was younger explains it

- This Wu Xie has some fantastic facial expressions

- For instance, this one is wondering if Pangzi is bullshitting him

- He doesn't even need to say it. It's right there on his face

- Oh yeah, Xiaoge recognises that

- And I was wondering how they'd intro that in without Wu Xie's disreputable antique store contacts telling him about it

- Pangzi is ofc the logical choice for it

- Hahah, yes, Wu Xie, you're right and you should say it

- Wu Xie: There's no such thing as ghosts

- Xiaoge's expression: You might want to reconsider that

- Oooh, Wu Xie has heard about it, too.

- Like almost 20 years ago, judging by how young he is in these flashbacks. And that this one looks like it takes place not long after Sanshu got into trouble from Grandpa Wu

- But like, Sanshu, why are you telling a five year old about this? Or maybe he's six. BUT STILL

- Sanshu, do not recommend evil, possibly-ghosty, nightmare-inducing perfumed bone to your baby nephew as a sleep aid

- Who tf let you near children?

- Ah, now time for the Sanshu-POV flashback. Which is happening within Wu Xie's flashback

- Flashback-ception!

- See, Sanshu, told you sleeping was a bad idea

- None of them listened to you

- Because you fell asleep and couldn't tell them no

- He can see surprisingly well for a man left in a sideroom of an underwater tomb with no light sources

- It looks like they took all his diving gear as well as their own

- How rude of them

- OH GOOD, it's not just me who was thinking that this room looked really empty

- I thought I was imagining things, or mixing up the room they were in earlier with the room that Wu Xie and the rest were in last ep

- Are those...claw marks where the mural used to be?

- OH WAIT NOW I REMEMBER WHAT'S HAPPENED TO HIM

- If this is following the book as closely as it seems for this bit, anyway

- I am less confused now

- Weird flash of light and sudden coffin appears

- Which Sanshu can still see without a light source

- Remember, kids, eat all your carrots like Sanshu obviously does!

- Do they just paint the same mural in every side chamber that has a mural? Because that looks just like the one from the other room.

- Oh no, I can see some differences in it now

- Yeah, that's not a good sign

- WTF Sanshu don't touch the creepy coffin that's suddenly pouring dark liquid out of it

- Is that another sea monkey?

- Apparently diving equipment is only necessary to get down to the tomb, not to get back up. You won't even swallow much water, you'll get back perfectly safely, just a bit out of breath

- And tired enough to pass out on the beach, but that might be from fighting a sea monkey first

- JFC, Sanshu, why are you telling all this to a five year old?

- You really think this is gonna dissuade him from this when he grows up? No. You are planting the early seeds of encouragement.

- Also the early seeds of lifelong nightmares

- You know, I still haven't worked out how Sanshu didn't recognise Xiaoge in DMBJ 1 - both drama and book. I mean, drama can be explained by them only adapting the first book that time, but book? Unless it gets explained later on

- Or I somehow skipped the explanation, which is also possible - I'll go back and reread them another time

- lol, Pangzi

- And look, more spiderwebs

- The undersea spider colony here really works hard

- Aaaah, Wu Xie's figuring it out already

- Pangzi seems to be serving the purpose of giving all the hints and little plot points that book Wu Xie already had before he stepped foot in the tomb

- Hahahah, 'can you please speak human'

- Pangzi with the major concerns. Who cares about running out of oxygen if the food is gone?! Not Pangzi!

- lol, looking at each other when they think Pangzi's being silly or unreasonable is already their go-to response

- lol, and Xiaoge doesn't agree until Wu Xie nods

- Ah, first thing they come across is the coffin from one of the other rooms, and Pangzi is showing off that this time around he actually knows things! Yay!

- Okay, this little smile and nod from Xiaoge to Wu Xie is just too adorable for words

- And in they go to investigate the coffin

- I do have to say that it's a very pretty coffin, though

- Yes, Xiaoge, that look is the appropriate look to give to Pangzi for saying that XD

- WTF is that

- lol, I like this troll Wu Xie

- Well. That was dramatic.

- IDK how the coffin lid when flying off like that though, there doesn't seem to be a sea monkey hiding in there this time

- Ew, that's a little gruesome

- Wu Xie is appropriately horrified by this

- It does still amuse me how Pangzi isn't even pretending not to be a tomb robber this time. He's so refreshingly honest about it.

- Hahaha. "Are you a Virgo? You're so picky" because Wu Xie is more interested in looking at the vases than in just grabbing a few to bail water with

- But hey, Wu Xie is a Pisces, nice to know

- You're just gonna walk over the top of that coffin lid like that, huh, Pangzi? Weren't you the one talking about how valuable the coffin was? And how you needed to do the proper rituals to show respect before opening it?

- And Wu Xie is back in the other room happily playing with vases and looking at the stories painted on them

- Alone

- Nothing bad could possibly come of this

- It's not like Wu Xie has a tendency to get into danger without even realising it

- Not at all

- But he's so happy! Like a cute little puppy

- lol, you really were so wrapped up in the vases that you didn't notice him leaving, huh, Wu Xie?

- Oops, looks like you stayed there a bit too long, Wu Xie. The entrance to the other room isn't there anymore

- Hahah, Xiaoge is so delicately scooping out water with the bowl compared to Pangzi just fucking going for it with that huge vase

- Aww, Xiaoge is worried about Wu Xie.

- But, y'know, guys, maybe you should turn around and realise that there's no entrance anymore

- Although that body is pretty creepy and attention-grabbing

- Yeah, I don't think that's gonna help, Wu Xie

- You're so adorable, though

- WTF how is there a live cat there

- Yeah, I don't blame you for pulling a gun, Pangzi

- Now back to poor, worried Wu Xie

- WTF does the theory of relativity have to do with the current situation?

- Awww, he's talking himself down from panic again. And it seems to be working.

- ...or not

- Ooh, the cat corpse is gone

- Xiaoge doesn't seem that concerned. More interested in the human corpse

- And they STILL haven't noticed that the entrance is gone I thought you had better situational awareness than this, Xiaoge

- Oh, that's not a good sign

- Ah, finally, NOW you notice

- As always, Xiaoge takes this the most calmly out of all of them

- I think it's a little late for not getting anxious, Wu Xie, when you were practically panicking earlier

- Uh-oh

- Here's the sea monkey, and Xiaoge is trapped in another room with no way of knowing

- Even though he does seem to have a sixth sense solely dedicated to Wu Xie being in trouble

- Run, Wu Xie, run!

- Lose your balance on those arrows! Throw those priceless vases as ineffective weapons!

- Ah, a side chamber which conveniently as a door that closes and locks

- GDI, Wu Xie, don't taunt the monster that's chasing you

- lol, his, 'wait, did that actually work' face

- Oh, so it's just gonna...dig through those stones. Fantastic.

- Why is there no blood on his knife? There really should be blood on his knife after stabbing that deeply.

- Hahah, Pangzi says that Wu Xie's guess was wrong, and Xiaoge just gives this lovely 'bitch please' look

- That's a hairy hairy hand right there

- I don't think Xiaoge so much as flinched

- Even when Pangzi's dart almost hit him

- Oh, okay, he seems vaguely concerned about the mark on his wrist now

- Oh, and now he's worried

- Yeah, when Xiaoge is worried and yells at you to run, it's time to fucking book it

- Guess he's a bit too distracted for his Wu Xie Is In Danger sense to be tingling right now

- That's a weird looking coffin

- And on Wu Xie considering anachronistic elements of this tomb that he's now noticing, Ep 3 comes to an end.

- And with no updates to the Rescue Count, the Swoon Count, or the Evil Hair Count.

#alicia watches dmbj #daomu biji #dmbj #explore with the note #xiaoge rescue count #wu xie swoon count #evil hair count #wu xie #xiaoge #zhang qiling #wang pangzi

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neverwatchedonepiece · 5 years

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603-604: "Launching the Counter Attack! Luffy and Law's Great Escape!" and "Get to Building R! The Pirate Alliance's Great Advance!"

DING, DING, DING! It’s round two. And you know Luffy ain’t playing this time.

Not a huge amount happened over episodes 603 and 604. Still, the episodes were essential. The story needed a transition phase to tie up the plot threads and set everything up for the final push against Caesar.

Everyone is safe inside the lab, the Strawhats are all accounted for (sans Chopper, who is still in Caesar’s lounge), Luffy is in an alliance with Trafalgar Law and - I never thought I’d say this - Vice-Admiral Smoker of the Marines!

Actually, what the hell am I talking about?

Loads of big things happened.

Including this sweet and juicy nugget of off-island context that has me rubbing my hands with glee.

Juicy Opening Reveal Alert!

Attention: Kidd, Hawkins and Scratchman Apoo are discussing an alliance. This is not a drill.

It started out fairly innocuously. I say “fairly”. The Brokers and Dodgy Characters of the OPverse were kicking back and watching Caesar’s madness play out. Pekoms and Tamago had some lines, so I focused in on them.

“How did those big names get caught by Caesar?” Pekoms asked. “So that’s where they are now. What should we do?”

“We wait a bit and see how things play out,” Tamago answered.

This was a teeny tiny scene. But it was interesting. Why? It revealed Pekoms and Tamago know Caesar by name. Maybe Caesar introduced himself to his audience and I missed it, but if he didn’t, then that’s interesting.

After that, the action switched back to Kidd, who had also been watching Caesar’s broadcast. Kidd has earned himself a 470 million bounty, which is impressive. His right hand man, Killer, has a 200 million bounty. Less impressive. Kidd seemed happy Luffy had finally made some moves. He switched off the feed. “You’re not the kind of guy who wants to play an arms dealer, are you Killer?”

Not sure what Kidd meant by that. Does he mean Killer’s not interested in what Caesar has to offer? Or that he doesn’t want to get involved with an obvious head case like Caesar?

They walked off through their extra edgy hideout complete with gloomy paint job and atmospheric candelabras (lol). They discussed Law and his shenanigans on Punk Hazard. Kidd couldn’t believe they were all there together. He thought Law had lost his mind when he became the World Government’s lapdog. But now... Law was definitely up to something. Kidd does not want to fall behind, so they’d have to make a move too.

Upon opening the door an explosion boomed them right in the face. It was Scratchman! At first I thought, is this an assassination attempt? Then the camera panned to Hawkins and I thought.... okay, so a team-assassination attempt?

Nope. Killer had called them to Kidd’s hideout to discuss forming an alliance.

This is cool. I like this seemingly random development. Oda has made a good move here showing the other rookies in the Worst Generation are also working hard behind the scenes. They’re in the New World now. The Yonko are a-callin’. If they don’t team up, they’ll be destroyed. (R.I.P. Gangster Pirate dude and dinosaur guy. Still not sure what Urouge is up to.)

I kind of hope their alliance works a little more smoothly than the Strawhat/Heart Pirate alliance does at the moment. xD

Just Get Out of the Damned Cage, I Don’t Even Care Anymore...

There are a few teething problems but I’m sure Law has now realised that Luffy is a major loose cannon and will learn how to point him in the right direction. Maybe. At some point. In the distant future. (Ahh, that golden moment when Robin and Franky straight up told Law not to turn his back on Luffy because he’ll be off like a rocket, yelling their secret plans at the top of his lungs.)

Law’s cunning plan from the episode 402 cliffhanger was revealed. It was surprisingly simple and dangerous. But then if it’s not dangerous, is it really a good One Piece plan?

Absolutely not.

Law asked if anyone could set the nearby broken ship on fire. Franky obliged.(That fireball was badass, by the way. Just need that on record.) Once the rising smoke had obscured Caesar’s view of the cage, Law revealed his sneaky ruse. While he had freeloaded at Caesar’s house, he swapped most of the seastone chains with normal ones. Law broke free from his and freed Luffy, Robin and Franky.

Once he had failed to convince Luffy to stop cheering like a madman, Law dealt with a spot of business.

Smoker and Tashigi. They knew too much. They knew Joker’s real identity. He had their destiny in his hands. I knew he wouldn’t kill them (not evidence for that, I just didn’t think Oda would go there) but I was not prepared for what would happen next.

Law unshambled them and struck a deal: he would spare their lives because if they made it back to Marine HQ it would make life difficult for Vergo. In exchange, Smoker and Tashigi were to FORGET everything they had heard about Law and Joker. This was not a favour. It was a condition of their release.

Now, this had me bewildered. Why, if Law is no longer working for Doflamingo, is he still protecting the guy? If Doflamingo goes down, then surely Vergo will also go down and the whole operation will fall to pieces? Unless what you guys hinted at is bigger than I thought and Doflamingo has so many side hustles that some Marines being mad at him is small potatoes.

At any rate, the deal was accepted, despite Smoker’s pride, because of Tashigi’s sense of duty and practicality overcame it. She basically said, “Yes, untie us for the love of god. We need to live because if we don’t, we can’t save our people from Vergo and we can’t rescue Caesar’s experiment kiddies!”

So the deal was done. The neatness of Law’s plan was totally ruined when Luffy bent the bars of the cage and pinged out in a fit of enthusiasm. Then Franky basically turned to Law and said, “Yeah, I’m gonna pass on the plan. I’m off to look after Sunny.”

Then he farted himself out of the plot.

I think I just made a new sentence there.

Deal done, Law roomed them all to the back door, whereupon the sneaked inside the lab and pulled a Very Important Lever that meant the Fodder Marines outside did not die a horrible, painful death from Caesar’s chemical weapon.

Yay!

And there was this great, dramatic reveal moment.

Look. Look at this Beautiful Shot

While Luffy, Law and Smoker stood with their backs to Caesar’s bemused minions like total badasses, the poison gas rolled over the island.

Zoro, Sanji, Brook and Foxfire still hadn’t caught up to the dragon. However, Sanji because super motivated by tits and found a sudden burst of speed. The only thing was, the dragon wasn’t quite good enough on its own. It was tiring too.

Luckily, Nami and Usopp rode up on the back of Brownbeard and caught Brook just as he fell off the dragon. They all leapt on Brownbeard’s back (dragon included) and galloped to the front door.

Which was rapidly closing, as the Marines had all scuttled safely inside!

Indoors, the Marines squinted. What was that white, powdery cloud in the distance approaching at speed?

It was the rest of the Strawhats trying really damned hard not to die.

Zoro and Kinemon teamed up to slash the doors and force their way in. I thought it was majorly dumb at first (to be fair, so did most of the other characters). But the Fodder Marines patched up the hole with a speed that makes me think they’ve missed their calling and should be flipping houses instead.

Still think the gas would probably seep through those gaps but maybe Caesar’s got some wicked air filtration system going on. I mean, it is a state of the art lab specialising in chemical weapons research.

Have I Left the Stove On?

There was a moment after the Strawhats reunited where the action cut to a shot of the devastation Caesar’s weapon had wreaked across Punk Hazard.

If you thought the island was screwed before, it’s beyond help now. Utterly Pompeii’d. Every inch of it is covered in petrifying, poisonous ash. There is nowhere on Punk Hazard that is now habitable. Caesar took immense pride in this achievement. Some people just love destroying stuff, right? The only thing that survived outside was a single DDM protected by a bubble for Caesar’s broadcast.

Brook’s ghostly form confirmed it. Going outside would be a Bad Idea.

Inside, a lot of guns were pointed at the Strawhats and Brownbeard (Brownbeard was just pleased the Marines had remembered his name. Awww...you’re infamous now, Brownbeard. Just like Luffy. Enjoy it!)

Once the plot threads and outstanding issues of the whole reuniting scene were dealt with (Law unshambled Nami and Sanji and also told Smoker not to let his men stand in the way of the pirates), the plan to fight back against Caesar and escape the hell of Punk Hazard began.

As Law had been a guest at Caesar’s Weird Hotel, he knew the layout of the labs. They were in the foyer of Building A. To escape, they must force a path through to Building B, the large central area. There, they would find a gate at the back leading to Building R and a door marked R-66. Behind that door, is a passage to the sea that would be unaffected by any poison gas.

Law declared he’d rather not have to create a massacre, but could only give everyone about two hours. To anyone staying longer than that, Law could not guarantee their safety.

And the idiots still tried to attack the Strawhats, so I don’t have much hope for them.

One of the most interesting scenes here was the one between Zoro and Luffy. While fighting Marines, Usopp updated Zoro on what had happened. Caesar had soloed everyone with his de-oxygenation trick. Even Luffy had fallen for it. Zoro took that hard. He had flashbacks to Sabaody, to everything he had trained for in the past two years. What the hell? How could Luffy just lose like that?

Luffy (who had hatched a secret plan with Robin I know nothing about yet because Oda did let us hear it), was heading for the next room. Zoro caught him before Luffy barged his way through.

“LUFFY! GET A GRIP. THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW WORLD!”

And Luffy replied, “YEAH, SORRY. I WON’T LET MY GUARD DOWN AGAIN.”

Then he tried out a hilariously dumb UFO move on the Fodder Marines and Zoro performed a mental facepalm.

I liked that glimpse of the relationship between Luffy and Zoro there. Sometimes, even though Zoro has his moments, he’s always there to give Luffy a kick up the arse and deliver some home truths on occasion. And because Luffy respects Zoro, he will take them on board and acknowledge them. But of course he’ll still have a damned good time and try out dumb moves on fodders because when else can you do that, am I right?

He Did Not Leave The Stove On

In the lounge, Caesar was about to take a special delivery from the Bad News Fairy.

One of the nice things about Caesar is that he is not a total dumbass. He looked at that cage. He noticed there were no petrified bodies clawing at the front door. He *knew* something wasn’t quite right. He asked Monet and Vergo. Vergo actually hypothesised that the Strawhats had broken free and helped the Fodder Marines escape too. But Caesar ignored him.

Then the Bad News Fairy arrived. A minion burst through the door. “Master! All of the enemies have entered the lobby with Strawhat Luffy in the lead!”

You all probably remember Spandam and Enel and those golden freakout faces. Caesar is giving them a run for their money. I love how he can shift seamlessly from twirling round the room in joyful glee, to “wait a minute....” suspicion, followed by shrieking outrage.

Two in-universe hours, Caesar. That’s how long you have.

Can’t wait to see what nasty tricks you’ll pull in your increasingly futile attempts to cling to power in Punk Hazard.

And they will be futile, because if there’s one thing we all know about Luffy, it’s that he always, always learns from his mistakes.

He is going to kick your ass and kidnap you.

At least he recycles?

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elusetta · 6 years

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89 for jey/faith? :D

o my gosh thank u so much!! I did my best here, but as always, writing Faith is a struggle (since we really don’t see much of her actual personality in-game. Here’s hoping I didn’t butcher everything!

(I don’t want to bombard people with a bunch of words, so I put it below the break lol)

“I still can’t believe I bought a bow,” Jey mumbled, trying to move her hands into the correct position. Guns were simple. She should’ve stuck to her good old SBS, not bothered with this hunting crap.

Jess gave her a single quick look before letting out a groan. “Jesus Christ, Jey, how hard can it be to– oh, fuck’s sake, give it to me.”“No!” Jey protested, clutching the bow to her chest. “I may be bad at this, but I still want to give it a shot!”“Yeah, yeah, yeah. You’re not giving anything a shot with the way you’re holding that. You’re supposed to- just look at me.” Jess pulled an arrow back, years of practice evident in the deadly elegance of her form.

Attempting to copy her for the third time that afternoon, Jey slipped and fell flat on her back.

Jess sighed. When she offered her arm, it was obvious that she was beyond exasperated, but a hint of amusement glittered behind her eyes. “Come on, up you go.”

Jey whined, feeling a copious amount of mud stick to the back of her shirt as Jess pulled her back off the ground. “I hate this.”“Yeah, so do I.” Jess glanced at the bushes, adjusting her hold on the arrow. “That’s our dinner. You’re gonna have to figure it out yourself.”

Jey tried to shake off some of the mud, feeling like a wet dog. “Okay. Meet you back here at five?”“Got it.” Without another word, and hardly another sound, Jess disappeared into the wilderness. Crazy, how she could just do that. It was true, what people said about Jess being a master huntress, a predator even the wolves feared.

Jey turned back to the Henbane, which was, as always, flowing steadily along its path. In the distance, the hills rose high and forbidding. The best game was in the Whitetails, but Jey didn’t want to face Jacob again; he still had it out for her in his region, after all, and the second she stepped foot in the mountains, there would be five capture parties on her tail within minutes.

To be honest, she was too tired to actively hunt. These hunting trips were mostly for Jess’s benefit. It was nice to take a break, though. Jess bagged enough game for both of them, and usually extra, so Jey didn’t really have to do anything herself.

She sat down on the shore, watching the river flow. This always brought back fuzzy memories, full of pale green mist and whispered words, that stirred up a wild tumult of sadness, and anger, and grief. Vaguely, she knew that those moments were the place that she had met Faith.

Faith…

Jey ignored the sharp clench of her chest. The first few days after killing Faith had been like hell. Constant shame, constant pain, everyone around her congratulating her for something she wished she hadn’t done. But as time passed, so did those feelings. Virgil and Marshal Burke deserved justice.

Even if what Faith had done to them hadn’t been her choice.

Every time Jey’s mind went back to the world of the Bliss, she came back to reality less sure of Faith’s appearance, of the sound of her voice. At this point, weeks after Faith’s death, she could hardly recall what her face had looked like at all. Jey hadn’t exactly been conscious during those episodes, after all. She didn’t know why it bothered her. Again, Faith was her enemy, and a Herald. Jey should not have felt anything but hatred for her.

Was this what the people had meant when they had said that she poisoned people’s minds?

No. This wasn’t Jey’s mind.

For lack of better phrasing, Faith had poisoned Jey’s heart.

Damn, did that sound cheesy. But, honestly, process of elimination: she didn’t hate Faith, she didn’t want to forget what should have been a traumatic experience, what else could it be?Jey squinted at the other side of the river, trying to make out what appeared to be a woman on the other side. Not many people were here. So who would be? Probably a resistance soldier, maybe a member of the Whitetail Militia who’d strayed down. They were close enough to the border for that.

“Hey,” Jey called out, waving to the woman. “You lost?”She froze. Even from this distance, Jey could see a certain unnatural movement in the woman, sort of… shaky. Like she had sea legs.

Jey stood up, brow creasing. “Come here. It’s okay,” she reassured the woman, when she saw the tension in her only increasing.

When the woman made no movement, Jey waded into the water. Something wasn’t right here, and she’d be damned if she wouldn’t try to fix it. The woman stepped back as Jey neared her, looking dangerously close to turning tail and running into the woods, but ultimately continued to stay still- although she kept on shivering.

The water reached up to Jey’s chest, but she plowed on. A sense of urgency reached higher than the water did, whispering to her heart that she needed to keep going. Besides, being in this deep was a good thing. It’d wash the mud off.

Finally, she reached the shore, only to freeze in her tracks when she saw the woman up close.

Scared green eyes surrounded by dark circles. Those soft features, those trembling hands. The hair that wasn’t tinged with green, unkempt, golden, a touch more wavy than Jey remembers it. The details clarified themselves in her memory.

Total silence for two moments. The birds stop chirping. The wind pauses in its rush across the river. Or maybe it’s the sudden pounding in Jey’s ears that makes the world seem so quiet, a manifestation of the feelings that she’d thought were gone.

“Faith?” Her voice was barely above a whisper.

The woman took a single step forward. “Rachel,” she said, voice shaking just as much as her body was. “Rachel… Jessop.”

Jey wanted to cry, but whether it was in rage or grief or fear or hope or happiness, she didn’t know. Rachel Jessop. The name that was lost to Faith Seed.

A tear slipped down Faith’s cheek, and Jey could feel her own eyes welling up. What was this? She had seen Faith fall dead into that river. To have her back was… wrong, yes, but also so incredibly right.

Maybe her heart had made the right call.

“I didn’t think you would remember,” Faith murmured. Her voice broke in a sob. “I- I didn’t think you could. The Bliss-”

The Bliss. Of course. The shaking- it wasn’t fear, it was withdrawal. “Of course I remember,” Jey interrupted her, somewhere between laughing and breaking down into tears. “I could never forget you.” Without thinking- which was becoming the norm- Jey stepped closer, running a hand along Faith’s cheek- had she ever even touched her before? Was she normally this soft?

She looked into the other woman’s eyes, searching for any trace of hesitation.

She found none.

Letting out a breath, Jey glanced from Faith’s eyes to her lips. The desire was there, but so was everything else; so many questions, circling her head. Why are you here? Why are you alive? What are these emotions? What do I feel for you?

She looked into Faith’s eyes, and found the same answer that had always been.

Oh, Deputy. Have faith.

Except this time, it isn’t a warning. It isn’t a threat, or a means to an end. It’s just her.

It’s just Faith, in the flesh, facing Jey.

She must have waited too long, because in the space of a second, Faith surged forward and kissed her. It’s somewhere between innocent and seductive, just like the tightrope that the old Faith had walked so perilously. But it isn’t the old Faith. It isn’t the Siren.

They separated, and Jey felt some sense of confidence come back to her.

Fighting off the need to cry, she pulled Faith into a hug. And she’s real. And she’s solid, and this isn’t the Bliss, and she’s here.

“Welcome back, Faith,” Jey whispered. “Let’s go home.”

#faith seed #faith seed x deputy #deputy clark #far cry 5 #far cry 5 fanfiction #oc #tbh i dont know what i was doing here #faith is such a hard character to write #i tend to write her as slowly coming into her own but even that's difficult #but i'm sure i'll get the hang of it eventually!#also thanks for the prompt i loved it to bits #:D

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The Ancient Magus' Bride: A Review

Big spoilers ahead.

I’m not often compelled to write full-length reviews on series that I watch, but this one elicited an interesting response from me. I don’t think I’ve ever negatively changed my mind about an anime halfway through. If I like something from the start, I usually like it all the way through to the end. If I loathe something from the start, I try to determine if there’s room for development/improvement before continuing. And I’ve seen a good amount of shows turn it around.

But TAMG was really a strange experience for me. Everything pointed towards this being a quality show. All the signs were there. And I will commend it on what it did right. This show had gorgeous animation, lovely voice acting, and a breathtaking original soundtrack. As I said, all the signs pointed to this being a winner, maybe the best anime of the last 5 years or so.

But sadly, TAMG is, at its core, a reductive escapist fantasy for young girls.

I know, that is a bold statement. But I have evidence to support my claim! Promise.

We start off the show with Chise being bought by the titular Ancient Mage at a slave auction. It’s okay, though, because she willingly sold herself into slavery. Wait, you can do that? I guess. Anyway. This show’s big selling point is Chise’s growth from a sad girl with nothing to live for to...well, someone who is not that way. And it’s a relatable backstory for a main character. So far, so good.

But the rest of plot fails to sufficiently develop the rest of the world, lore, and characters in a way that makes Chise’s development interesting enough. Side characters are given at most one (1) episode of backstory before being utterly forgotten for the entire rest of the series. Plot points that you think will eventually loop back for an interesting game of Raise the Stakes just kind of wander out to sea and never come back (aka Chise’s family...um...her dad and brother are still out there!). The lore of the fairies and magic is just kind of there and never properly explored or utilized. Chise is supposedly there to learn magic from Elias as her teacher, yet we don’t really ever see him instructing her in the theory of it, or her magical skills progressing. All we’re really told is that Chise is both incredibly strong and weak as shit as the same time. Makes sense.

Elias’ origin is completely ignored, even that could have been an amazing addition to the story as it’s so shrouded in mystery and intrigue and often hinted at by several characters. So, at about the rough halfway point of the series, I had all these loose ends and unexplored areas of the story in my head that I was really excited about, but they never materialized in the second half. The main “villain” in the show was kind of sad and easily defeated.

The second cour of the show was focused almost exclusively on what is, in my opinion, the most mundane, cloying, and dull part of the story: the relationship between Elias and Chise. Yep, sorry friends. I don’t find these two even remotely well suited to each other in any capacity, least of all romantic. Try picturing them together when Elias is in human form; that creeps me out more than his usual form. From the very beginning, I have disliked Elias. I find him boring. Oh boohoo, you’ve been wandering around Earth for hundreds of years and still haven’t figured out what “sad” “happy” “jealous” and “angry” feel like? Are you stupid as well as inexperienced, or just willfully ignorant? Because he managed to study and become proficient in the art of magecraft, but never could figure out why watching Titanic made his eyes leak? How many times do we have to watch Elias clutch his heart and say, “Is this what _______ feels like?” Just shut up. I find it hard to believe that in between all the magic and failed cooking lessons with Lindel, they never talked about how they felt in the hundreds of years that Lindel was taking care of him? *Dr. Phil voice* Really now?

Elias’ cluelessness about basic human emotions is the basis for about 99% of the personal conflicts/drama in the story, and it gets tiresome and feels cheap. Why does anime love to center on characters who don’t know how to feel? Does it give them more agency to act like a dick? Do young girls swoon after men who don’t really care about anything? Elias is frustrating, because we never get to see him break through that monotonous “teach me how to feel” crap, except for when he’s having a rage tantrum. But we never see him buckle down and really unload on how he’s feeling in an open and communicative way. He’s very selective with what he shares, and when he does it’s because Chise is prodding him to do it.

What I found essentially disappointing about this story is how everything in it was just there to further the drama between Chise and Elias without actually furthering the story itself. Everything Elias does to Chise, from how he constantly touches/grabs/picks her up without her permission, how he looms over her menacingly in his monster form when he’s jealous, how he calls her diminutive pet names, irritates me. Chise is a child who has nothing; of course she is going to gravitate to someone who offers her the only thing she wanted: a place to call home. What’s his excuse? He is the one in the position of power, and does he ever use it to his advantage.

How many times do we witness Elias withholding information from Chise, policing her, acting shady, throwing a giant temper tantrum, and being generally creepy and possessive? The anime is masterful in that it succeeds in writing it all off as romantic and cute, because “Elias doesn’t know what emotions he’s feeling! It’s cause he must love her LOL” Again, this was a lame excuse so that Elias could have license to be an asshole. All they needed was a cool/handsome/monstrous character design and a smooth af voice actor to make it all okay. But it isn’t. Chise did not, and still doesn’t have the agency to choose differently.

And I almost fell for it too; that’s how good it is. Because it ropes you in with great production value. I admit that instinctively I am just a dumb ape who will go gaga over anything shiny and pretty. And this anime certainly is those things, but it doesn’t capitalize on the amazing potential it set up from its very beginning, choosing instead to focus on relationship drama between two people who really should not be involved romantically at all.

I ask this: would it have detracted from the story at all for them to have had an adoptive parent and child relationship, to which both characters’ age, experience, and power dynamic was a lot better suited? Would it have been less meaningful? Why did they have to be set up as husband and wife from the get go? What was the point, other than to provide a weak and frankly disturbing plot point? If parent/child is a no-go, how about we make the female main character older than 20 years old for once? Even that would have been preferable.

I did read the manga, and the author tries to dance around the issue by once again using Elias’ inexplicable lack of emotional intelligence as an excuse. He doesn’t know what a bride is, he doesn’t understand the concept of marriage, he means it innocently etc. Okay, BUT, Chise, the rest of the characters, the author of the manga himself, the readers, and literally everyone else understands exactly what marriage is and what it implies. That is the connection the author intends us to make with all the symbolism and mushy dialogue between the two of them (as well as other characters’ observations about them both). It doesn’t matter how ambiguous the author is being about something; if it’s there, it’s there. Let’s call the spade a spade.

So the story revolves primarily around the romantic development between an indisputably adult male who also holds all the resources/power, and an emotionally broken child who can’t refuse. TAMG did not develop the rest of its story enough to distract me from this point, and I was just never able to look past it. It was glaring at me with each episode I watched.

Sure, Chise gets mad sometimes, and Elias eventually comes around from pouting when he realizes he could lose her. He eventually offers a monotone apology and all is right as rain. Chise eventually develops into the Needlessly Self-Sacrificing Main Character that anime relies on just a touch too heavily. It feels disingenuous and not at all relatable. It’s tiresome.

Towards the end, Chise gets some resolution from an old painful memory during an arc where she finally breaks free of Elias so she can act of her own accord for once. Which I really liked. But then she just ran home, forgave Elias a little too easily for all his bullshit, and ended up “marrying” him (again, everything is shrouded in an infuriating layer of ambiguity because nobody wants to call it what it is, but alllllll the right symbolism is there, we can figure it out ffs). That came completely out of left field for me and solidified my hunch that this is meant to be a teen fantasy and little else: leaving everything behind only to be saved, controlled by, and obsessed over by an ominous, rich, handsome, and overbearing man who just won’t keep his hands to himself.

There’s so much more I wanted to know about, and I get that you can’t fit everything into 24 episodes. But people like Silky, Ruth, Renfred, and Alice were utterly forgotten about even though they had solid, developed stories in the beginning of the anime. It’s like they hooked me in and left me hanging; the whole time I was waiting for MORE from those characters. For Silky to say even one word or to have more of a relationship with Chise other than hugging her dramatically from time to time, for Chise and Ruth to have another mage/familiar moment (or even arc). Things like that would have added so much more depth and significance to the story than even one more minute of Elias and Chise awkwardly and needlessly cuddling (or sleeping in bed together....honestly, wtf).

So in conclusion (am I writing a thesis or something?), The Ancient Magus’ Bride felt something like a betrayal. It drew me in with the promise of a gorgeous and heartfelt story, only to focus on what I thought was an inappropriate and forced relationship. I’m sure 16-year-old me would have eaten all of this up like a six-course meal. It’s a Japanese twist on Twilight (therefore also reminiscent of the even worse Fifty Shades franchise). As I get older and automatically tend think a lot more critically about why I like or dislike things, something like this isn’t going to cut it for me. It pulled at the heartstrings with emotive music and pretty visuals, but left me wanting so much more. I don’t want the media I consume to make me feel like I should like it; I just want to.

To any teen girls who adore this anime, I’m not telling you what to personally like/dislike. But I do hope you’ll think about why you do, and contemplate the fact that just because something is wrapped up in pretty packaging, doesn’t necessarily mean it’s harmless. Love doesn’t have to mean being dominated, stalked, policed, or controlled. And you don’t have to be married before you’re 20 or it’s game over. Healthy relationships are balanced, with an equal flow of power, love, and trust between parties involved. They can happen at 17, 45, or never, and that’s all okay. My fear is that this anime will reinforce the exact opposite message with its audience, in a manner that is honestly kind of insidious. It was so well-made, the tone and ambiance they created is so lovely that the harmful messages will just fly over your head; like they almost did to me.

Or...just enjoy it without a second thought and leave me to my over-analyzing. I do admit I look very closely at things, but I don’t know any other way to be.

TLDR; A lot of style, not a whole lot of substance. 4.5/10

#review #the ancient magus bride #mahoutsukai no yome #beware if you liked the series you may not want to read this lol #diary of nova #i'm not even trying to be a contrarian or anything #this has been my genuine emotional and critical response and honestly i'm a bit sad #i really wanted to love it

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BTS FF Reads for August

Greetings Readers!!!

Here’s my BTS FanFiction Recommendations for August!!!

This is the last long-ish reading list for the summer as university terms begin later this month for the majority of the US. I hope you all had a fantastic summer and were able to create happy memories with family, friends and maybe even a love interest!!!

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01) Title: Blow Me Like Your French Horn

Ship: Jikook

Author: by ohdizzy

Link: http://download.archiveofourown.org/works/5742976

Summary: In which Jimin undergoes a transformation from Cinnamon Roll to Sinnamon Roll and Jeongguk is a little too ompetitive, a little too tsundere, and a little bit too moony-eyed for his own good. (A tale of red converses, sandpit wrestling, shitty best friends a little too obsessed with playing Cupid, emotional constipation, existential crises, and that one body roll Jimin does that makes Jeongguk re-evaluate his life)

“i see that you adore playing your loud ass trumpet at random moments in the middle of the night, well fyi i happen to be a master at the French horn so fuck u i challenge you to a brass off” AU

My Review: Wow, I adored this story—it’s packed with fun, mischief and mayhem...but the ‘feels’ are definitely here too! Jungkook is emotionally constipated and entirely to competitive with his new neighbor and we follow their relationship from age 7 into college. This has fantastic dialog and a healthy side of Taegi so enjoy!

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02) Title: don't be like a prey (smooth like a like a snake)

Ship: Jikook

Author: by sugacravings

Link: http://download.archiveofourown.org/works/10749690

Summary: “what do you mean, me?” jimin asks dubiously, blinking up at the village leaders. he sees taemin scrunch his eyebrows in worry, and minho grimaces. “out of all the qualifying youths, hoseok is immediately a no,” kibum pipes up. “he’s scared of garden snakes. and tae...well, tae would just get lost.” jimin tries to think of a way to defend his friends’ honour but comes up empty.

(a red riding hood au except not the original plot and gay)

My Review: Here’s another Jikook story with a very loosely related Red Riding Hood, fairytale theme. All the BTS members are in this one and it’s a solid plot, well written and quite funny in places. There is implied smutt but it’s not graphic or pwp by any means.

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03) Title: In The Same Boat

Ship: Vmin

Author: by pornographicpenguin

Link: http://download.archiveofourown.org/works/11221653

Summary: "You want to what?"

"Dock," Jimin says.

Taehyung blinks. "You mean like...with a boat?"

My Review: Holy fuck this is some fabulous shit!!! There’s a fuckton of sexual tension packed into these 9 pages and it’s not all smut—there’re some serious sparks and feels between these two...you literally taste it, lol!!! You will fall in love with this story!!!

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04) Title: just stay here (forever, if you want)

Ship: Taegi

Author: by Indigofingers

Link: http://download.archiveofourown.org/works/8257759

Summary: "My roommate is drunk and won't open the door, can I sleep here tonight?" Or, Yoongi doesn't let people sleep in his room but can't turn Taehyung away. Invites him to stay, even.

My Review: This Taegi story is your basic feel-good plot on crack. I’m a sucker for anything Yoongi—but a soft, grumpy hyung is my personal favorite...and this story oozes Yoongi fluff so check it out!

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05) Title: Love Me Across The Universes

Ship: Taekook | Vkook

Author: by Kavbj

Link: http://download.archiveofourown.org/works/7784662

Summary: It starts and ends with Jungkook chasing after the boy he sees in glass windows and passing reflections. It starts and ends with Taehyung.

My Review: This is a very powerful plot that will sneak up on you. I found it enthralling—but I will warn you up front, the author did not wrap the ending up with a nice, neat little bow on top—so if you don’t like teary goodbyes, you’re having an emotional week or just a little short on sunshine...then you might want to pass on this one.

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06) Title: Of Spiced Honey and Apples

Ship: Yoonmin

Author: by tinycloverspot

Link: http://download.archiveofourown.org/works/7252357

Summary: One month of separation across a seemingly infinite sea and Jimin was finally back in Yoongi's arms. Jimin was finally back home. Or: Jimin comes home and they have filthy sex yeah that's a better summary XD

My Review: And here’s a short Yoonmin story—straight up ABO smut. Jimin is great as a sexy, possessive alpha—so grab some ice for your drink...it’s about to get a little hot!

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07) Title: One Minute English

Ship: Vmon

Author: by rosiex

Link: http://download.archiveofourown.org/works/9622331

Summary: Sometimes you don't need words to understand each other. Or: Namjoon goes to Seoul and meets a handsome stranger. Just a very short fluffy piece inspired by the Rapmon 1 minute English lesson on the latest Vapp broadcast.

My Review: Here’s a sweet little 5-pager that will absolutely melt your heart—this is full of fluff and feels with a picture-perfect ending too. You will want to download this one and read it over and over again!!!

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08) Title: Boys who Talk Shit

Ship: Yoonmin

Author: by internetpistol

Link: http://download.archiveofourown.org/works/6535498

Summary: When Yoongi enrolled in BTS (aka Boys who Talk Shit) Boarding School, he wasn't really expecting to be the only 'straight' (to be read sarcastically) guy in a room of seven geniuses (aka children aged five to ten, honestly). Plus four pet spiders. Yes, plural. Chaotic episodes in A Place of Love and War, where Yoongi learns all about True Love via Park Jimin, Music and Marriage. Sort of. Brain bleach and ear plugs are strongly recommended.

My Review: An amazing story, well written and fantastic characters! This story has humor, great dialog and plenty of action to keep you entertained—you’re gonna wish there was a sequel to this one, ngl!!!

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09) Title: Can't keep my hands to myself (no matter how hard I'm

trying to)

Ship: Taekook | Vkook

Author: by sunshineandpixiedust

Link: http://download.archiveofourown.org/works/6020827

Summary:

6:00 | tae hyung

What are you wearing?

or: Taehyung and Jeongguk starts to sext as a game. Jeongguk will not lose.

My Review: Here’s a cute Taekook story that starts off with some sexting—but don’t worry, there’s huge helping of Taekook smut! Spoiler alert...this is a bottom Jungkook (yassss!)

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10) Title: Resonance

Ship: Taekook | Vkook

Author: by rix

Link: http://download.archiveofourown.org/works/9538235

Summary: Jungkook wonders if the fact that soul-focused battle techniques make people horny as hell is just something the professors politely ignore. Or maybe he's just weird.

My Review: This is a soul eater au so make sure you read the author’s notes if you’re not familiar with the au. This story is lit—it’s got action, drama, romance and humor so enjoy it!

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11) Title: You're My Angel

Ship: Sugakookie

Author: by katesicle

Link: http://download.archiveofourown.org/works/11426052

Summary: Jungkook's tattoos don't mean anything in particular, except how Yoongi gets when he's frustrated, and needs to do something with his hands, or when Yoongi wants to practice a new design style, or how Jungkook keeps Yoongi with him during long months apart from each other. Okay, so the tattoos mean something. Jungkook's just not sure what.

My Review: Three pages of feels! This is quick read and it’s seriously an awesome little story.

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12) Title: all of your sides are good

Ship: Vmin

Author: by knth

Link: http://download.archiveofourown.org/works/5040898

Summary: “I’m serious,” he whispers before slipping into slumber. “You have to do whatever I want. No ifs or buts about it.”

It's Jimin's birthday and Taehyung has to do whatever he wants. (Or where Jimin doesn'tknow what he wants, is what Taehyung wants too.)

My Review: Here’s a fantastic Vmin story for this month! This one has it all—heart and with the added benefit of smut between friends so it’s a definite winner for your summer love enjoyment!

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13) Title: kiss and cry

Ship: Sugakookie | Yoonkook

Author: by darling

Link: http://download.archiveofourown.org/works/8632942

Summary: it makes sense, perhaps, that yoongi's music only sounds right in the hands of someone

who loves it just as much as he does.

My Review: Thanks to darling I fell in love with Sugakookie and I don’t think anyone writes this ship more justice! This is a Yuri On Ice-themed story with a f*ckton of feels and mental imagery from one of the best writers out there...in my opinion—so give it a go and see what you think!

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14) Title: Soulmate? No, Thanks.

Ship: Yoonmin

Author: by Bookworming

Link: http://download.archiveofourown.org/works/5891656

Summary:

Min Yoongi has been waiting to have his first colour dream since he was 17 because a dream in colour is the dream of your soulmate, whoever they are. In a world where all humans have only black and white dreams the only colour dreams one gets are those of their soulmate, if they have one. Soulmates get each other's dreams in colour and can speak to them through those dreams, a privilege Yoongi has coveted for a long time. Yoongi has also coveted his best friend Kim Seokjin for a long time but unfortunately for

Yoongi, Seokjin's soulmate loves sleeping and occupies his mind in a way Yoongi never does.

Park Jimin made the worst mistake of his life by getting drunk and driving himself home one day before his 17th birthday. When he wakes up, things have changed drastically, the biggest change being the sexy voice that interrupted his first pleasant dream in a LONG time.

My Review: This is a beautiful story that starts out sad but don’t worry, there’s a happy ending!!! It’s a soulmate au where both Jimin and Yoongi are in love with their best friend—both of whom find love (and soulmate) in other people over the course of the story. The plot will make you cry, roll your eyes and cringe from second-hand embarrassment (mostly Yoongi) but it’ll leave you smiling in the end...I promise!!!

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15) Title: The Angel In You

Ship: Jikook

Author: by bangtansunyeondan

Link: http://download.archiveofourown.org/works/10476954

Summary: “I’m his ex boyfriend who knows that you’re a piece of shit. If you ever speak to him like that again, i’ll fucking kill you.” The guy with chocolate brown hair spoke in a voice so low and threatening. Jimin swallowed the lump in his throat. “We’re done, don’t try and contact me. I can’t stand your insults any longer. Goodbye.” Jimin walked off, feeling his face burn at all the

stares he was getting. ***

Jimin turned around, not realizing he was crying until the guy’s look softened and tried to wipe his tears away but Jimin pushed his hand away and sniffled. “Listen, thanks for defending me and all, but I don’t know who you are.” The guy looked at him with a small frown. “I’m Jeon Jungkook, now you know me.”

very loosely based on ‘my current partner is a huge asshole and i need a reason to break up with them so will you pretend to be my possessive and violent ex’ au

My Review: Honestly, this story will leave you breathless from the feels! Jungkook comes to Jimin’s rescue and he can’t help but fall in love with the younger boy. They decide to take things slow since Jimin just got out of an abusive relationship...but the chemistry between them makes this difficult. There’s no smut but the makeout sessions are well written and get quite heated leaving the reader wanting more and although sexually frustrating...it’s a great read!!!

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16) Title: Hai Shi Shan Meng

Ship: Taegi

Author: by handintheshot

Link: http://download.archiveofourown.org/works/11079393

Summary: Yoongi soon realizes that what people love the most about witch burnings is the noise. There’s something about the wails of terror and pain that really rile the crowd up, because yes they deserve to die so painfully and slowly. They deserve their own slice of Hell on this earth. Yoongi deserves this piece of Hell. As roars of pain rip from Taehyung’s throat, something animal laces with his guttural noises. Everyone can hear it, Yoongi is sure. It’s neither demonic nor angelic, just primal, and it strikes as much fear in the crowd as it does anger. All it strikes in Yoongi is ache. And soon he cannot see the charring skin of his love, cannot hear the cries that sound like they belong in the heart of the jungle. As the fire grows with blinding light, he hears those words whispered and flooded into his brain. We’ll meet again, my love.

-OR Three instances in where Yoongi holds Taehyung's life in his hand, and the only thing Taehyung can tell Yoongi is "We'll meet again, my love."

My Review: This Taegi story is an incredibly interesting love story. We follow the couple’s love story through two historical episodes which they’re both forced to remember in their present day lives. This is a very unique and intriguing concept with a touch of smut that gives it some grit. I really enjoyed this story so I’ll be checking out the author’s other fics as well.

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As always, let me know if you’ve read any great stories or have a favorite author—I’m more than willing to read (most) BTS suggestions...so, send me the link and I’ll check it out!!!

See you all next month and you can reach me at any of the following sites!

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^___^ PJ

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fantasticnewtimagines · 7 years

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RULES: you must answer these 92 statements and tag 20 people

I was tagged by @itsmhayward ^_^

THE LAST:

1. Drink: Coffee with creamer

2. Phone call: My mother

3. Text message: “JMO DON’T LIKE MY SCREEN” (followed by a screenshot of my Eddie Redmaybe phone lock scree photo)

4. Song you listened to: Powerful Magic | Once Upon A Time Musical Episode OST

5. Time you cried: I think last week? lol

6. Dated someone twice: Nuh, bro.

7. Kissed someone and regretted it: HECK YES

8. Been cheated on: No one is brave enough. I’ll catch em if they do...

9. Lost someone special: Yes :(

10. Been depressed: Yes

11. Gotten drunk and thrown up: Yes. I actually got drunk for my first time last Sept at my friend’s Bachelorette party and I lost count of my alcohol intake and the moment I stood up- fell to the ground and the rest of the evening my friend’s had to lug me around downtown while I threw up in a bag and cried while sharing my darkest secrets. The next day was not fun for me. But hey, now we no longer wonder what I’m like when I’m drunk! I’m a super sad mood killer LOL

LIST 3 FAVOURITE COLOURS:

12-14: Kelly green, pink, sea foam green

IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU:

15. Made new friends: Yeah!

16. Fallen out of love: No

17. Laughed until you cried: Every. Day.

18. Found out someone was talking about you: Yeah. But like, I didn’t even care. Everything she said was invalid and made up. I just laughed.

19. Met someone who changed you: Yes! ^_^

20. Found out who your friends were: No. I know who my friend’s are <3

21. Kissed someone on your fb list: No

GENERAL:

22. How many of your fb friends do you know irl: Like all of them; minus like 10 people who I met over the internet!

23. Do you have any pets: Yes! Two cats a dog!

24. Do you want to change your name: I like my name! But I would change it to Rose if I had to

25. What did you do for your last birthday: I forgot. Omg... I don't remember!

26. What time did you wake up: 9:10 AM

27: What were you doing at midnight last night: Talking to a friend

28. Name something you can’t wait for: GOING TO DISNEYLAND IN 49 DAYS!!!!!!

29. When was the last time you saw your mom: Yesterday

30. What is one thing you wish you could change in your life: I wish I had been more confident growing up.

31. What are you listening to rn: Once Upon A Time Musical Episode OST

32. Have you talked to a person named Tom: No

33. Something that is getting on your nerves: This girl at work who constantly bothers me...

34. Most viewed website: Tumblr!

35. Mole/s: You mean angel kisses? ^_^

36. Mark/s: I have a scar on my knee from when I scraped my knee on a coral reef while snorkeling in Hawaii

37. Childhood dream: I wanted to be a Marine Biologist. That shut down pretty quickly when I learned math and science were involved lol

38. Hair colour: Brown with highlights

39. Long or short hair: Medium

40. Do you have a crush on someone: Just actors lol No one in my life is like crus worthy right now lol

41. What do you like about yourself: I am funny! I make people laugh and I like that!

42. Piercings: Just my ears!

43. Bloodtype: BLOOOOOOD

44. Nickname: Jelly ^_^ The iPhone always autocorrects my name and so people call me Jelly now! That or Jelly Bean

45. Relationship status: SinGLeee But mentally dating like 10 people

46. Zodiac: Leo (DiCaprio)

47. Pronouns: she/her

48. Favourite TV show: ONCE UPON A TIMEEEEEEE!!!!!

49. Tattoos: Yes! It’s the NEDA symbol and the words “Stay Strong” below it ^_^

50. Right ot left hand: right

51. Surgery: Tonsils when I was like 4

52. Piercing: I don't want anymore

53. Sport: Hahahah no.

55. Vacation: England or anywhere tropical

56. Pair of trainers: HUH?

MORE GENERAL:

57. Eating: Right now? Nothing

58. Drinking: Coffee

59. I’m about to: Dry my hair

61. Waiting for: True love

62. Want: Peace on Earth. Cheesy, but true.

63. Get married: Yes

64. Career: Artist is my dream career. I am currently a pastry chef!

WHICH IS BETTER ?

65. Hugs or kisses: Hugs

66. Lips or eyes: Eyes

67. Shorter or taller: I don’t care

68. Older or younger: Older

70. Nice arms or nice stomach: EW. WHO CARES.

71. Sensitive or loud: Both

72. Hook-up or relationship: Relationship

73. Troublemaker or hesitant: Troublemaker ( to an extent )

HAVE YOU EVER:

74. Kissed a stranger: Well, it was a first date with someone I met over a dating app.. Needless to say, I regretted it.

75. Drank hard liquor: Yeah. Didn’t like it much.

76. Lost glasses/contact lenses: YES

77. Turned someone down: Yes

78. Sex on the fist date: NOPE.

79. Broken someones heart: I did. One of my best friend’s. I just didn’t see him in that way.

80. Had your heart broken: Gawd, yes.

81. Been arrested: Nope!

82. Cried when someone died: Yes :’(

83. Fallen for a friend: Yes

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:

84. Yourself: I have my days

85. Miracles: Yess

86. Love at first sight: Hahaha, only with Eddie Redmaybe & Colin O’Donoghue LOL

87. Santa Claus: WHAT?! o_0

88. Kiss on the first date: I usually avoid it

89. Angels: Well, I’m here, so.... lol But yes, yes I do

OTHER

90. Current best friends name: Sarah

91. Eyecolour: Green

92. Favourite movie: T I T A N I C

Tagging: @drdanwrites @irlus @sinuhmyn-apple @ache-withme @another-wannabe-author

#questions #get to know me #its me #all about me

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611-612: "A Small Dragon! Momonosuke Appears!" and "A Deadly Fight in a Blizzard! the Straw Hats vs. the Snow Woman!"

Caesar’s Minion: “Wait... Didn’t Vegapunk leave a man made Devil Fruit here.”

Felt the pace across this pair of episodes was a bit slower. Not a problem, though, because all the loose ends must be tied up. To to this, all plot threads must be lovingly prepared and set in place before the final, arc-ending knot is tied.

So far, Oda’s been great at that, so I’m not worried. Even if some threads are left loose, they’ll just be woven into a future plot because he planned it that way. At least Momonosuke, the last outstanding plot point, has finally wound his way onto the stage. All that remains are those elusive sea prism stone cuffs.

But there was one Huge Reveal here...

MAN MADE DEVIL FRUITS.

THEY ARE A THING.

WTF?

Your Dad Talked Through His Farts

I loved this weird little meeting between Luffy and Momonosuke.

Luffy worked on his past experience with talking dragons on Punk Hazard. First, he thought Momonosuke would be edible (nooooooooo!) Then, he figured the child’s voice was coming from someone who was stuck on the dragon’s body and maybe Momonosuke was talking with his farts.

“How rude!” Momonosuke seethed. These samurai are very proper people, Luffy. Gotta show some class around them, I guess.

Then little Momonosuke’s tummy rumbled and Luffy realised the dragon kid was starving. That was sad. Instant empathy for dragon child right there.

But Momonosuke was a samurai child. They did not get hungry after only ten days of fasting. (Only ten.) He asked who Luffy was and why he was there. When Luffy introduced himself, Momonosuke didn’t think he could be a pirate, as pirates were “all big, heavyweight men. More violent and strong-looking.”

I guess he is from an isolated island and has never seen Buggy the Clown and Galdino: the Dream Team.

Once they talked a bit more, Momonosuke said he wanted to get out of the garbage dump to help save the kids trapped in the labs. Why? He overheard Caesar saying something shocking.

On the kidnap ship bound for Punk Hazard, the other kids tried to make friends with shadowy Momonosuke. But he was a samurai type and didn’t appreciate their attempts to “give alms”. Crucially, this meant Momonosuke did not take any of the candy Caesar and Monet offered. (Nice one, Momonosuke.) In fact, he escaped and wandered the lab corridors, looking for an exit, because he had something he needed to do in his home land.

He happened to wander into the Secret Room (that everyone knows about, lol). Starving, he spotted a suspicious looking fruit in a glass cabinet. He took one look at it, smashed the glass and scoffed the fruit.

I knew it was a Devil Fruit. It was purple and had those spots on it. But I was not prepared for what Caesar’s minions would reveal. It was a Man Made Devi Fruit constructed by none other than Vegapunk himself! The minions heard it was a failure. Obviously, that wasn’t the case, as Momonosuke morphed into a dragon, freaked out and scarpered. Maybe like Caesar’s drug, the man made DFs only work on kids? Or Caesar was lying about the fruit being a failure (seems more likely, knowing Caesar).

But... this is huge.

Man made Devil Fruits. This could turn the whole power structure of the OPverse upside down. Rich pirates could demand and receive whatever power they want. Hell, the WG could have whatever power they wanted at their disposal.

I imagine a man made Devil Fruit could go pretty wrong too. Maybe some wicked side-effects.

Caesar has some world-shattering stuff in that lab. Now I get why he has such a great booze collection. He’s probably swimming in cash from Doflamingo, who is the one who’s managed to secure his services.

And now I know what you guys were talking about when you said to look at the texture of the fruits. Momonosuke’s man made fruit was SMOOTH. The true Devil Fruit, the one Smiley had eaten, was swirly and textured.

Luffy listened to Momonosuke’s fruit tale and was like, “You’re a Zoan type. Why don’t you just change back?”

Momonosuke didn’t know he could do that. (Maybe he can’t with the man made type?) Still, it wasn’t a priority. He had to get out to tell the other kids what he’d heard.

Caesar Makes People So Angry They Morph Into Popeye

As Momonosuke was skulking about in his new dragon form, he walked past an open door and heart Caesar and Monet talking.

“We have another group of obedient kids. The others are growing bigger without problem. But after all, this is an experiment to see the limitations of drug dosing. I don’t think they can take it that long. I assume they’ll all be dead in five years.”

“So we’ll need more kids?” Monet asked.

“Well, experiments come with failures. It’s a necessary sacrifice. Those stupid kids can help the world’s greatest scientist and do good for the world. Even if it’s a short life, they have to be happy with it.”

Holy. Moly.

Those poor kids. It’s lucky Chopper and Nami met them when they did. Hopefully, Chopper will help them get off the drugs and they’ll be well enough to go home. I wonder about the giant kids, though. Will they be giant all their lives? Probably.

Flash forward again and Momonosuke finished his tale. All he wanted to do was save the other kids. He thought Caesar was a doctor but he was a bad man who would let kids die. Momonosuke was on his way to save the kids but fell into the trash heap. It would be a disgrace to his honour as a warrior to not help them.

Luffy’s eyes were shaded. You know when that happens, he is maaaaaaaad.

He decided to climb out of the garbage dump and take Momonosuke with him.

Luckily, he didn’t have to climb anything. Momonosuke had a weird, triggering moment when Luffy said, “Stay with me...” which unleashed a Goku/Monkey style golden cloud power. (Everyone knows from DB and Monkey that you can walk on golden clouds. “Born from an egg on a mountain top. Funkiest Monkey that ever rocked. If you’ve never watched that show, hook yourself up with an episode. It’s hilarious.)

The luck, alas, did not last. Momonosuke came to his senses and they fell back down into the heap. At least Luffy is stretchy, right?

BREAKING NEWS: Caesar Sets Morality Bar Even Lower!

Meanwhile, Caesar had kicked back in his lab, waiting for the bottleneck gas chamber carnage to unfold. Little Mocha was tearing away from the other kids, who wanted to attack her for the candy.

Naturally, she was distraught. The people she had thought were so nice: Caesar and Monet, turned out to be the worst pieces of actual shit ever.

The flashback of Caesar from Mocha’s point of view actually made my jaw drop.

Every time I think, surely Caesar can’t sink any lower? No, it’s not possible.

In true scientist fashion, Caesar continues to push the boundaries of possibility.

Mocha was one of the first kids to be transported to Punk Hazard, including the blonde kid who’s name I forgot. (Sorry, blonde kid.)

Caesar came to meet them personally when they arrived. He ramped up the charm and faux-concern, of course. “I’m glad that you made it! Good to see you. My name is Caesar Clown. Call me Master. (First red flag right there, imo.) You two are a part of my first generation of patients. I’m looking forward to working with you.” Brief interruption for a hug. I cannot believe he even hugged those kids. He is such a SNAAKE. xD “I bet you were scared and worried when you heard you were sick out of the blue. But everything is okay now. You don’t have to worry about anything. I will treat you at any cost!” (Technically true but, kids, you will not like the treatment.)

Then he dropped the bomb that actually made me gasp.

“To tell you the truth, I lost my only son to this disease. I never want to see another child suffer from it. I don’t want to see another parent lost their child and have to grieve like me! Oh... Oh, I’m sorry. How embarrassing. I shouldn’t cry in front of you.”

I just...

I can’t even.

I mean, Caesar is a great villain and all, but damn, Oda, that is low.

The morality bar has not only been lowered. It is buckling under the sheer weight of Caesar’s evilness and will snap at any moment.

Why Has Zoro Not Yet Kicked Ass and Taken Names?

Monet pretty much said what I’m thinking right now. She wasn’t sure she could beat Zoro: a swordsman who uses Armament Haki trained by Dracule Mihawk himself. But for some reason, Zoro hasn’t made a move. All he’s done is parry and protect the other Strawhats.

Then again, it is a dangerous environment with a lot of friendly fire concerns.

The Biscuit Room has devolved into a freaking riot. There are crack-candy addicted kids charging about. Mocha, the one kid who is off the candy, is an ally, so they need to be extra careful around her. Sure, they’re not in the Biscuit Room any longer, but collateral from the fight could take them out. Sanji and his G5 army of fans have appeared. Nami, Robin and Chopper are still around and have been sealed in the room by Monet’s ice wall.

Plus, Monet is no slouch. She has some blade skills and a good logia fruit to boot.

Nami could be an asset in this fight. The Heat Egg attack has been the only one that’s really put the hurt on Monet so far. (Zoro, use that haki please.) If Nami could power up a strong heat attack, she could take out Monet.

I loved it when Monet was monologuing, debating with Chopper about her being responsible for the kids. Who planted that rebellious spirit in Mocha’s mind? Then Zoro mercilessly cut her short. He does not respect villain speeches. xD

Monet called out the Strawhats for acting like pirates. “Every day we treat the children nicely and allow them to live in great comfort. What you people are trying to do is take away these treasures from us foster parents. You people are like pirates.”

Laying aside the awful issue of gaslighting children, experimenting on them and claiming you are anything like a foster parent (that could be an entire post in itself), Zoro’s reply was ice cold and straight to the point.

“So you have no problem with it, right?”

There’s the awesome main-character grey morality again. I really do love that about One Piece. Zoro is like Luffy in that regard. The Strawhats are pirates. They will “kidnap” kids if they have to. Though this time, the Strawhats are on the right side of the moral divide. They’re counter-kidnapping the kids to return them to their parents.

But Zoro had better hurry up and make that move against Monet if he wants it to happen any time soon.

The G5′s Grand Entrance

And I totally was not expecting a comedy gold moment to interrupt a boss battle.

Just as things were getting serious, Zoro heard the sound of Sanji’s voice in the distance. Obviously, this turned Zoro’s head and he was greeted with the sight of Sanji leading a charge of G5 soldiers.

“WHY ARE YOU LEADING THEM?” Zoro yelled.

“Oh, there’s Zoro!” Sanji shouted. “Alright guys, stick out your lower lip and make fun of him.” xD

But Zoro knows Sanji inside out, so he said, “Oi, Nami and Robin went that way.”

Unfortunately, Monet, the feathered siren, proved a distraction. Monet’s flirtatiousness is a big part of her character (she flirted with Law and Luffy for fun). It must be pretty lonely being stuck in Punk Hazard with Caesar, so it made sense that she enjoyed the attention for half a second before getting back to business.

She burned through a couple of fodders with her Ice Form (freezing and biting a chunk out of one’s shoulder was savage).

Then Tashigi made *her* grand entrance.

And she can use haki.

That was a revelation.

She has always been several steps behind Zoro. Teaming up with him to take down a villain might boost her confidence. I sure hope so, anyway.

Meanwhile...

Usopp, Foxfire and Brook (or should I say “Corpse-dono”) are still charging about, hunting for sea prism stone cuffs. Shinokuni gas is now following them, so they’ll be caught up in Caesar’s bottleneck gas chamber plan.

I’m guessing that’s where they’ll find the cuffs. If Tashigi and the G5 also end up there, Usopp could pilfer or borrow some cuffs from her. I’m just assuming captain-level Marines carry cuffs on them here. The fact Usopp willingly initiated a “let’s split up” plan and offered to work alone was pretty brave of him. Usopp definitely has got stronger and more confident in his abilities.

Must also say there was some really nice art in the Smoker vs Vergo short update in episode 611. Not an artist myself, so I don’t tend to notice or be very good at critiquing these sorts of things. But even I noticed the quality this time. Good job, whichever team worked on it. :)

There goes the morality bar again, slip slidin’ right into hell...

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