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writeawaythepain · 21 days

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Oblivious

Tango Tek x (gn!reader)

Anybody else really miss watching Tango’s videos when he left?

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Prompts:

“I would be nervous too in your shoes. But you’d be telling me that I got this, so I’m telling you: You got this.”

Doing each other's hair.

Summary:

You convince Tango to finally take a break from his new big redstone project by inviting him over for a sleepover. You start to wonder if it was even a good idea, as your normal teasing back-and-forth banter starts to hit a little too close to home when you realize your crush for the redstoner was just getting worse…

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“I would be nervous too, in your shoes,” I try to reassure him with a smile. “ But you’d be telling me that I got this, so I’m telling you: You got this.” You look directly into his fiery red eyes.

“….Aaaa- you’re just making me more stressed!!” Tango yells out dipping the nail polish brush back into the bottle. “Why am I even so stressed?!”

“Cause I made your nails fabulous, and if you mess mine up I’ll never forgive you.” You answer simply, trying and failing to suppress a smile.

“You did do my nails fabulously, you did…but I think I’m actually going to go for a more abstract look-'' He flashes you a mischievous smile as he slowly lowers the brush closer to your finger, and nowhere near where your actual nail was. You instantly pull away, gasping in mock offense.

“Don’t you dare-“ You start.

“Wha -at, do you not trust me?!” He says snickering. You eye him suspiciously.

”Not when you say things like that!”

Your plan for making sure Tango took a break from his new big project was going well so far. Sure you felt a little childish when bringing up the idea of a sleepover, but Tango’s enthusiasm dashed most of your concerns instantly…Most, that is, except for your growing concern that you may love your friend in more ways than just platonic….

You usually always push those feelings to the back burner, not wanting to ruin the thing you two already had going, but seeing the way he stuck out his tongue in concentration while still managing to get polish all over your finger wasn’t helping. ”How are you so bad at this?“ You tease, smiling.

”I- you shush! I’m trying, ok! You keep squirming-“ He says trying to readjust his positioning by grabbing and tilting your hand slightly.

”I’m not squirming! I’m laughing. At you.” You say still giggling. He huffs, and eventually decides that his technique wasn’t working, and decides to try a new one. He gets up from his cross-legged position on the floor, pulling his knees up and toward himself to form a resting place for your wrist. His grip on your hand tightens a little as he yanks you closer.

”Just shut up and come here-” The rest of your body follows your hand, and you scooch closer to him, shutting up. Tango doesn’t even seem to notice your close proximity, too focused on trying to paint your nails neatly. After a few more beats of flustered (on your part) silence, he looks up beaming. “There, first hand done!”

You blink, your brain still catching up, before you inspect his work. The first finger he did was quite bad- unevenly painted and there was some color accidentally splotched onto your skin. But each nail got progressively better, and all in all… “Well- I’ve had worse. And I like the color!” He’d picked a bright red for you, a shade that reminded you of his bright eyes. You picked your favorite color for his nails, and you now wonder if he did the same.

”Ok- ok! See- I’m learning!” He says before holding out his hand again, “other one?”

You give him your other hand, and are forced to look at his adorably concentrated face again as he paints your other nails. You start talking to distract yourself. “So I assume this is your first time ever doing this?”

”Zed’s painted my nails before- but it was with some kinda poison for one of his science-y experiment-o thingies.” If he had been talking about anyone else you might’ve questioned it, but it was Zedaph, so you weren’t really even surprised. “I’ve never painted someone else’s before- no.” He responds not looking up, still entirely focused.

”Really, I couldn’t tell?” You say sarcasm dripping from your voice as you smile. He looks up at you for a second just to roll his eyes.

“I thought I told you to shush-“ He says, almost scolding if it wasn’t for the smile on his face. He rolls his shoulders, and it seems like being hunched over in concentration was starting to make him sore, so he instead leans back a little, pulling you even closer, and holds your forearm between his knees. Ok- this was getting ridiculous, there was no way your face wasn’t getting a bit red now.

“Do you want me to just detach my hand and give it to you?” You laugh trying to keep your composure.

”No- “ He laughs, seemingly oblivious to your suffering. “-I like you just as you are, all in one piece thanks.” You chuckle, looking anywhere but directly at him until he finally finishes, and releases your hand. ”Done! Now don’t you look absolutely fanta-bulous! The color really suits you-“ He cheers, sending you a wink that makes you wonder if he was doing this on purpose.

The second hand looks even better than the first, and if you were being honest, it really warmed your heart that he tried so hard. “It does look great, the red makes me feel like a model.” You pose in a silly vogue showing off your nails as if in a commercial, and it succeeds in making Tango laugh. He tries a pose of his own, showing off his nails in front of his face and pursing his lips. He looks at you, and winks. You burst out laughing, and he joins in as you both have goofy smiles on your face. When your laughing finally calms down, Tango looks up at you.

”So, what else do you usually do at sleepovers?” He asks, tilting his head slightly.

”Well…me and my friends would sometimes play truth or dare, or do each other's hair-“ Tango’s eyes light up.

“Why not both! Though, I don’t think there’s much you can do with this mop on my head-“ He responds pointing at his spikey blonde hair, “I kinda just have to let it do what it wants.”

You squint at it, sizing up his hairdo like it was a challenge. “I think I can figure something out…”

”Go ahead! Be my guest.” He says sitting up and taking off the goggles he had on.

You get up to grab some supplies from the bathroom, before returning and kneeling down behind him, trying to find a longer chunk of hair that you can work with. Satisfied with finding a section near his pointy ears, you start braiding. “Right, you go first. Truth or dare?”

”Well, I can’t really move- so truth? I did not think this through, huh?” He chuckles, and you pull on his hair slightly to keep him still.

”Stop moving!” You say, laughing as well. You think for a second, trying to come up with a good question. “Ok…When you first met me, what was your first impression of me?”

Tango smiles, and flushes slightly as he thinks back on the moment, remembering it fondly. You're too focused to notice. “Well- If I’m being a hundred percent honest. I just thought you looked really cool! But in kinda a like- a slightly intimidating way, you know?” You spare him an odd look.

”Really?” You ask, finishing up the first little braid before gently tilting his head the other way to do the same thing on the other side.

”Yea! Then, I got to know you and realized you're just a big ole softy!” He says chuckling. You roll your eyes and shake your head, but you don’t stop the small smile that spreads across your face.

”Yea, yea, whatever.” You chuckle, focusing back on his hair.

”Your turn now, truth or dare?” Tango asks.

“Truth, I’m still trying to finish this braid-“ He takes a moment to respond, giving you just enough time to finish the second braid, so you tie it to the end of the first one, forming a sort of halo around the back of his head.

”What’s a secret you’ve never told anyone?” He asks. One instantly pops to mind, but you shake your head, dismissing it instantly.

”Actually, nevermind, I'm finished. I switch to my choice to dare.” Tango turns around to face you, almost pouting.

”Wha- You can’t do that!”

”Yes I can, and look!” You pull out a hand mirror you brought and show him what you’ve done to his hair, his frown instantly turns into an excited smile.

”Woah- it’s so cute!” He says, turning his head a little to inspect the braids, grinning.

”You are! And your hair looks nice too.” You say shooting him wink, he laughs but you swear you saw his face get a little pink. He looks off to the side like he’s thinking, and then turns back to you with a toothy smirk.

”Alright, I thought of a dare. Give me your absolutely worst pick up line. Just- the most cheesy, corny, awful pick up line ever.” Your eyebrow raises a little at his request, and you take a moment to think.

”Worst pick up line huh…? That’s hard cause we both know how amazing I am at flirting.” You say sarcastically, just buying yourself some time to think of something clever.

Tango laughs, “Yep, uh huh. Totally. You're like, the flirting master.” He teases back.

Finally a really stupid one comes to mind, “Tango, are you a campfire? Because you’re hot and I totally want s’more-“ You say, barely able to get it out without laughing.

Tango stares at you blankly for a moment, before his face reddens and he bursts out laughing. “That- that’s actually terrible.”

“Hey you asked! I’m starting to think you just like the idea of me flirting with you.” You joke, turning your back to him so he could do your hair. Instead, he decides to lean forward and whisper directly into your ear.

“Maybe I do~” He pulls back and starts laughing, but you're frozen. Your face feels flushed and you try to calm your racing heart. You keep reminding yourself that it was all just a joke, that you needed to calm down or you’d risk making it weird. “Aw, too much?” He asks.

“I- just-” You stutter.

“Well too bad, it’s my payback for you not letting me work on my redstone stuff.” He says gently running his hands through your hair and…you were just now realizing how bad of an idea this all was. You were supposed to be getting over your feelings for the hot tempered blaze, but instead you’ve found yourself falling for him even more.

“Yea well, that’s what I get for being a good friend I guess.” You chuckle, but it comes out a bit strained.

“Friends? Is that all we are?” Tango asks slightly…disappointed?

“Alright Tango enough with the jokes, you keep doing that I might actually fall for you.” You try to keep up your chipper and teasing tone, but your voice wavered towards the end.

Tango stops playing with your hair, and moves in front of you again. He seems nervous, and looks down at his hands a lot. You don’t dare hope, you don’t let yourself think anything, too scared to lose the friendship that you two had, no matter how much you cared for him.

“Maybe…uhh…maybe I might’ve actually been the one, that has done the falling…for…you.” He ends it with a dry chuckle, wringing his hands and struggling to keep eye contact. When you don’t respond right away, he finally looks at you. You search his eyes, searching for any sign that this was all some sort of weird bit.

“Are- are you being for real…or…” You finally ask, still not sure.

“Uh…yea? I mean…I thought I was making it obvious and all but I guess...” For some reason you feel tears well up in your eyes. “...Ah! Oh my gosh, I’m sorry I shouldn’t have-” You interrupt him, quickly wiping the tears from your eyes.

“No! No it’s fine I’m just- I’m glad! I promise!” You reassure him, a huge smile spreading across your lips. His eyes are still wide with concern, and slight confusion.

“Wait so- I’m confused. Do you also…?” You bob your head up and down, laughing a bit as you try to regain your composure after the roller coaster of emotions that had been the past few minutes.

“Yes, Tango. Obviously, I’ve fallen for you too.” You finally respond, he grins and grabs both your hands in his.

“Well, obviously- neither of us are really good at reading the obvious-” He snickers, gently stroking your hand with his thumb.

You giggle, “Wow, and now someone has spilled about their crush, we’ve checked, like, all the sleepover boxes but-”

“-but sleeping?” Tango asks, quirking an eyebrow.

“No? No one sleeps at sleepovers, come on dude-” You respond and he laughs, “the only thing we haven’t done is watch a movie!”

“Hey well I’m not complaining. As long as I get to do your hair first, since it was um- interrupted.” He smiles, blushing slightly.

“Why not both!” You say mirroring his tone from earlier.

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This time when he runs his fingers through your hair, you allow yourself to melt into his touch. You're seated on the ground, while Tango sits on the couch. You're situated between both his legs, as he tries, undos, and retries to braid your hair. You realize you don’t really mind if he ever gets it right, you're just glad to finally relax with the knowledge that he loved being near you just as much as you loved being near him.

”Ok…I’m done…I think?” You hear Tango’s voice from behind you. You haven’t really been paying attention to the movie much, instead just enjoying the redstoner's company, so you lean over and grab the hand mirror.

”Aww, I love it.” You giggle a little, “But…maybe don’t quit your day job, hot stuff.” You tilt your head up to see his reaction, and he just rolls his eyes and snickers before leaning down and closer to your face.

”Is it good enough to get a little somethin’ at least? For trying?” He smirks, leaning just a little closer. Now it’s your turn to roll your eyes, but you smile and sit up, turning slightly, before gently grabbing his collar, and meeting him in the middle. And you swear, when his lips hit yours, you feel fireworks.

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#Tango x reader #Tango tek x reader #c!Tango x reader #Tango x gn!reader #x gn! reader #x gender neutral reader #Tango x gender neutral reader #hermitcraft x reader #life series x reader #traffic smp x reader #hermitcraft fanfic #traffic series fanfic #life series fanfic #mcyt x reader #x reader #slimewrites

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goldensunset · 6 months

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first they complained that nonnumbered kh games come out on like eleven different consoles from eleven different companies thereby making it inaccessible and difficult for the average consumer to be able to play all of them (pre fm or collections) and now that the nonumbereds are releasing on a console virtually everyone has (phones) they r still mad about it. blehgh

and like y’know. tbh that isn’t a ridiculous complaint. the series has historically been inaccessible. it’s still inaccessible to me (because i personally can’t justify the financial investment of a playstation; i’ve poured everything into my switch) but like that’s my issue not theirs lol. (i mean i am mad that they kinda like acknowledged there’s a demand for kh on the switch yet made it cloud-only which is almost disrespectful and totally not gonna happen here. but like. i can get over it). i don’t see anyone out there actually complaining about kh being a playstation series like lbr that’s totally fair

BUT they’ve updated them with the all-in-one-playstation collections now! if you have a playstation there is no excuse! it’s not that hard and not that expensive! smh!!! and yeah, even with the updated collections now you do sorta miss out on some of the stuff that was removed or changed from the original versions. the mobile games only offer theater mode now. but like… it’s ok to have to go on youtube or wiki or second-hand sources to dig up old easter eggs and trivia sometimes…

and it’s ok to not have physically played every game yourself!!! like i honestly think if you take every single game up until now into account you’d be hard pressed to find a person who’s done literally everything from the console games to the handheld games to the mobile games etc themselves. like i’m sure they exist but there aren’t a lot of them. it is perfectly fine to just watch cutscenes. and if you care about the story of this series as a whole you really need to

like… i get it. it’s a video game series. one would expect to be able to play a video game instead of essentially watching a bunch of movies. that’s fair. but if you care about kingdom hearts as a franchise, whether you’re an old nostalgic vet or a newbie, doesn’t the story matter to you??? wouldn’t you do what it takes to be immersed in this world in order to fully understand the story going forward? if it’s just the gameplay you’re after like idk man i feel like you could find a similar style of gameplay as a replacement out there but idk

point is. one would have to be completely blind at this point to not realize that the mobile games are full of lore that are relevant to sora’s own journey and especially will be going forward. nomura has made it clear he’s not forgetting about sora and he’s never gonna replace him as the protagonist and heart and soul of the series. it is simply not possible to jump between numerical titles and still comprehend this stuff. this is where the series is going. there’s this thing in fiction called plot progression where some narrative threads will be resolved and left behind while new ones will be picked up. and it’s up to the author to determine this, not the nostalgia of fans. either drop the series as a whole or get on board with where it’s going

the original khχ came out like what, 10 years ago? almost half the runtime of the franchise. it is not new anymore. this is not new information. anyone who still hasn’t bothered to pay attention to that whole storyline at this point, even given all the hard work that fans have put to make it more accessible to either casuals or specifically stubborn people like that, then like. skill issue tbh.

and people complaining it’s all way too complicated? man.., find another series. i feel like it should be self-evident that this series is not known for narrative simplicity. it’s known for making everyone insane in a good way. even back in kh1 stuff was always kind of wild. everyone’s beloved kh2 is especially where we start ramping up the insanity. i fail to see how all that’s ok but the concepts of more keyblade wielders and like a lengthy timeline aren’t. after 20+ years it should be evident that things aren’t so simple and clean.

rant over *drops mic*

#as far as i’m concerned someone who’s been into kh for just a couple years but is interested in everything #is more of a real fan than a vet who swears up and down everything past kh2 is a mistake #asks #thanks anon #kingdom hearts #(now granted. i haven’t fully watched every cutscene comp either.#but that’s for a different reason. that’s because i INTEND to play the games myself someday <- delusional #either by like mooching off of riya in small increments over many years [not gonna happen]#or eventually saving up to afford the stuff myself #or hoping they really do put it on the switch in an offline form #but like that’s *my* issue! i don’t make it everyone else’s deal #i’m not walking around ignorant either i absorb information about the main titles second-hand #or i watch some scenes and not in order #the reason i do this is bc w h e n i play the games myself someday i want to have a unique new experience #even if i know what’s coming i don’t know when or how #that’s what i want #but if there’s something i need to know i do my research dangit! and lbr i don’t talk about the numerical games that often #but when i do i approach the subject with love in my heart for the series and not disdain and willful ignorance)

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ngray192 · 8 months

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I love your madlyn one shots! They’re amazing!! There’s on going buzz on twitter for spider maddox. If you dont mind can you please do one shot on spiderverse madlyn? Thank you!

Ok I am living for Spider-Maddox. I am so excited to write this

Maddox sprinted through the halls of East High. She could not get another tardy.

The only reason she had been late so often this past month was because every low-level villain decided to perform a heist at dawn for some reason.

Maddox silently thanked the spider that bit her for giving her slightly super speed as she made it to class just as the bell rang. She panted as she settled into her seat next to her lab partner, Ashlyn Caswell.

"Hey, you're here on time!" Ashlyn said with a laugh. "Why are you always so late?"

Maddox tried to think of a good lie. There was no way she could tell Ashlyn the truth, that she was Salt Lake City's friendly neighborhood Spider- Woman. "I'm usually out late doing... stuff."

Ashlyn rolled her eyes fondly, "You're kinda weird, Gadget."

Maddox nodded, "I know."

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"So," Ash started as they walked down the hall, "homecoming is this Saturday..."

Maddox tried not to get whiplash with how fast she turned her head to Ashlyn. "Um, yeah?"

"Do you wanna, I don't know, go with me?" Ashlyn asked, not meeting Maddox's eyes.

Maddox nodded furiously, "Yes, that would be–" She quickly composed herself as Ashlyn laughed lightly, "Yeah, I'd love to go with you. Meet at my house and I'll drive us there?"

Ashlyn nodded and gave Maddox a light kiss on the cheek before running to EJ's car.

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Ash: leaving now!

Maddox smiled at the message as she finished tying her tie in the mirror. She was so excited for homecoming.

However, her watch beeped rapidly: a crime was in progress.

"Not now, please not now," she begged as she took the police radio out of it's hiding place.

"All units," a woman said from the radio, "We have an 11-78, an 11-78." Shit, an airplane accident. Maddox had to go help.

She quickly got on her suit and opened her window, pausing to send a text to Ashlyn.

Me: Ash, I'm so sorry but I can't make it tonight. I really wanted to go but something came up

Me: I'm so sorry

She sighed and pulled her mask over her face before shooting a web into the night sky.

"Maddie?" She nearly fell out of the window at Ashlyn's voice behind her.

"Ash?! What are you doing here?" She asked before looking down and realizing she was in her spider suit. "I uh I can explain..."

Ashlyn's jaw was practically on the floor before she spoke, "You're... you're –"

"I repeat, all units there is an 11-78, casualties are predicted," the woman repeated urgently.

Maddox looked between the open window and the love of her life. "Just go to the dance without me, I'll explain everything tomorrow, I promise," and she swung into the night.

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Maddox quickly got to the scene just before the plane hit the ground. She sprung into action, grabbing passengers with her webs and setting them down safely.

After another successful rescue with no casualties, Maddox swung back home, ready to sleep before she had to deal with the mess she created in her personal life.

She slowly opened her window and crawled into her room, taking off her mask. She started taking off her suit before she heard the door shut behind her.

"You're back." It was Ashlyn, still in her homecoming dress, still looking beautiful. "Sorry, I didn't mean to walk in while you were changing!"

Maddox shook her head and zipped her suit back up before sitting on the bed. "It's alright. Did you go to the dance?"

Ashlyn shook her head and sat in the desk chair across from Maddox, "I wanted to make sure you were safe." They sat in silence for a moment, Maddox couldn't find the words. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"I didn't tell anyone. I thought if I told you, or Jet, or my parents, or anyone else that I care about then something bad would happen to you guys. I couldn't let that happen." Ashlyn nodded, contemplating for a long time.

"Well, I think it's pretty cool. How'd you get so good at fighting?"

Maddox was slightly shocked, she didn't think Ash would handle it this well. She smiled and told her all about the spider bite, learning to fight, all of the things she'd gone through alone since the beginning. "I'm really glad you found out. Now I don't have to hide anything from you."

Ashlyn smiled, "Well, now that I know, will you show me how to swing on a web?"

Maddox rolled her eyes and stood up. She put her mask back on and opened the window, reaching for Ashlyn's hand. "One thing, though," she said. Ashlyn nodded, "You have to be my girlfriend."

"Thought you'd never ask, Spider-Woman," Ashlyn said before the two went swinging into the night.

#hsmtmts #madlyn #ashlyn x maddox #maddox hsmtmts #hsmtmts ashlyn #spiderman

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goodnightwednesday · 1 year

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Midnight Rain

Part: IV

Paring: Wednesday X Female Reader

Rating: Teen

A/N: This is an au I thought of inspired by the Taylor Swift song Midnight Rain and the Grumpy x Sunshine trope. This will also be written from Wednesdays pov!

Summary: You’ve started at Nevermore Academy the same time as Wednesday in the middle of the semester, and you and Wednesday have formed a connection. She’s intrigued by you since she’s never come across a witch. As much as Wednesday would like to be closer to you she’ll never admit it. She fights to protect you as weird things begin to happen at Nevermore.

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I attended all my usual classes like normal with the first day of detention with (Y/N) looming over head. The idea of being alone with her for an hour a day for a week straight plagued my thoughts.

I made my way out of my last class of the day and headed toward Ms. Thorhills greenhouse dreading the next the hour. Behind me I could hear Enid talking Ajax’s ear off about the Rave’n dance coming up next Friday as they walked off to their own assigned detention. She was bouncing around like a little excited puppy.

“So who are you thinking of taking to the Rave’n? Have you asked anyone?” I could hear the eagerness in her tone behind me as I walked.

“Well me and Xavier talked about going solo but now al of a sudden he wants to ask (Y/N), so I don’t know what to do.”

I halted and Enid bumped into my back. My body went still and my face frigid. I clenched my fists at my sides inhaling a sharp breath. I had no reason to care and tried to tell myself I didn’t. Ever since Tyler's attack (Y/N) consumed my thoughts the way sun and moon never leave sky. She was always there somewhere. Even more so after the vision I ha of her in danger.

“Are you okay Wednesday?” Enid asked taking a step backward after we had collided into each other.

“I’m fine. I’ll see you in the dorm after detention.”

I walked away while the icy tone of my voice clung in the air leaving them both confused. I picked up my pace trying to get to the greenhouse faster.

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“Hey Wednesday!” she greeted me as I walked into the greenhouse, her words were so warm and sweet the way honey is. I couldn’t help but feel some of.... whatever I was feeling melt way. She was crouched on the ground surrounded by various sized pots that contain a numerous amount of different plants.

“What does Thorhill have us doing?’ I ask as nonchalant as possible.

“This week we will be repotting plants that have outgrown their current home. A stray brunette strand fell over her eyes. She stood and looked at me for the first time since I entered. She knew. I thought I could hide it, but a knowing glance passed over her face.

“Wednesday, What's wrong?” she asked as she stepped toward me laying a hand on my arm. It felt warm, inviting even. It was in that moment that I realized I must always feel cold if this is how warmth felt. I looked down at it then back at her, realization dawned on her face as she pulled away.

“I'm so sorry I didn't mean to touch you.” an apologetic smile passed over her face. I saw sadness intertwined in it. In that moment I felt a small cave collapse in my chest at the sight of it.

“It’s ok, and to answer your question I’m fine just plotting murder.”

I crouched down by the pots she was working on and she joined me back in her position amongst them. “Where should we get started?” I asked. Trying to ignore the sudden chill I felt in the absence of her touch, and how much I craved feeling warm again.

An hour and half later and we finally had made some progress. We both agreed to call it a day. Covered in a light amount of soil we both grabbed our bags and made our way through the door of the greenhouse. We walked silently toward the dormitory to get cleaned up, The sun had almost fully set an the street lamps around campus turned on one by one.

“This whole goth girl thing you got going is kinda spooky she teased.” We had been walking for ten minutes and she had been doing most of the talking, mostly complaints about Ms.Thornhill. We’re approaching the bend in the pavement where our two paths crossed, when she turned to me to part ways.

“You know I prefer kooky” I say monotone tilting my head to the side. Despite the mood I was in, it seemed to lighten the tension that had been surrounding us all night.

“See you tomorrow!” she called as she walked away.

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I was still in a terrible mood the next day in detention. Worse for me even. (Y/N) could tell and I knew this because she had been shifting her weight like she was uncomfortable.

(Y/N) turned toward me looking hesitant with a question on the tip of her tongue. She played with her fingers as kept glancing back and forth walking in silence.

“Is there something you’d like to say?” I asked stone faced, looking at her from the corner of my eye as we walked. Ajax’s earlier comments still weighing on my mind.

“Uh… Well the Rave’n is coming up next week and I don’t have a date but still want to go and was wondering if maybe I’d see you there? I know Enid is hoping Ajax will ask her to the dance and I don’t really wanna be there by myself.”

I stopped in my tracks. It felt as though a breeze whirled inside my shaking the cobwebs loose around my organs. She was right Ajax would probably ask Enid, and Xavier would ask her.

“I won’t be attending, have no interest in socializing with adolescents I do not care about and parading around in a frilly uncomfortable dress. I’m sure you’ll find a date.” I said as if it were fact.

Turning I made my way to Ophelia Hall leaving her in the walkway refusing to turn around despite the urge to.

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I walked through the door of the shared dorm to find Thing on my bed flipping through a cosmetic magazine. He could be so vain. I turned to my left closing the door behind me to see clothes flying out the closet of Enids side of the room.

“Oh Em Gee Where have you been?!” Enids messy blonde bob and bewildered eyes poked out of the closet as she tripped on a pile of clothes making her way to me quickly.

“I need help Ajax asked me to the Rave’n next Friday, and I don’t know what to wear, and oh we have to find something for you too.” she trailed off moving through the room.

I made my way over to my side and into the closet changing out of the soil covered garments i was wearing to a clean relaxing set of attire and made my way ti the desk prepping my typewriter.

“I’m not going and I refuse to help. It’s obscene to partake in such frivolous adolescent activities when they have no use or benefit unless someone in the crowd dies.”

“Besides I have to draw up a plan to take down Tyler he’s up to something and I’m not resting till I find out what it is.”

I sat at my desk ready to type but Enid kept going.

“Oh come Wednesday just..” she started but then interrupted herself “Thing come help me pick something!” Thing scurried off the bed and disappeared into her closet, “think about it you have a week to decide.”

“Silence, I need to concentrate.” The clacking off the typewriter keys sounded throughout the room.

“I’ll take it as a maybe!” She said cheerfully. Turning back to closet clothes flying again.

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The next week in detention passed is silent awkwardness (Y/N) seemed off and tense. Other than the assigned detention she didn’t talk about much else. Which was fine I was busy focusing my time on Tyler and what should be done with him and where to bury the body when I’m done. It was better to occupy my mind with more productive things than the thoughts that nagged for attention.

“Wednesday…Wednesday…Hello Wednesday!” (Y/N) waved her hand in front of my face breaking the train of thought I was on.

“That was the last pot we’re done with out detention we can go for the weekend.” standing up she reached for her bag and turned to leave without another glance.

Her demeanor was hard to read, it seemed as though a tangle of emotions clouded around her. I got up staring at the door of Ms. Thornhill’s greenhouse where she had just been. I grabbed my things and walked and for a split second contemplating following her to Eleanor hall, to her dorm adorned with jewel tones and dark rusty colors. In a split second I was walking back to Ophelia hall going against my better judgment.

I walked through the door tossing my bag to the side of the room covered and antiques and void of color.

“Hey Wednes…” Enid started from behind me. Thing sat by her both mid manicure. I ignored them both grabbing the heavy and large cello case I made my way to the webbed spider window moving to unlatch it I heard Enids whispers to Thing as I crawled through.

“I know she only plays when’s she’s upset or stressed.”

“They been serving detention all week but (Y/N) hasn’t been by the dorm in awhile.”

“(Y/N) told me yesterday that she really wanted…”

The whispers stopped as yanked the window shut behind me.

I sat in the middle of the balcony and positioned my cello just right hoping it and the cool night breeze would kill the emotions I’ve been so dreadfully experiencing.

Enid poked her head out the window, though I couldn’t see her I could hear her behind me. Not wanting to talk I tried to ignore her. I was exhausted from the violent wind of emotions that had plagued me lately.

“Howdy pal, I know you want peace to play your cello but Thing and I just wanted to let you know we’re here for you if you want help with Tyler, want to talk about Y/N or just wanna speak about dark things we’ll more dark than you do.”

She closed the window afterwards not waiting for a response. Thankful for the solitude but worried because Enid usually goes on and on. I took the hoodie I was wearing off and tossed it fluently to the side to give myself more mobility. I stared into the night as a full moon made its way through the clouds.

With a deep breath, I positioned my hands on the cello to play a song I knew all too well. I began to play a melody about a child full of woe.

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A/N: This chapter is a bit shorter but like I said I’d love to drag this out! Also I feel the Hate to be lame by lizzy mcalpine explains them so perfectly. Like they know how they’re feeling but they aren’t sure.

#wednesday addams #enid sinclair #wednesday #wenclair #netflix #wednesday and enid #wednesday x reader #midnight rain #tim burton #wednesday netflix #bisexual #lesbian #fanfic #jenna ortega #thing #nevermore #wlw #witch

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rocketchip-comic · 4 months

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Totally ok if this isn't the vibe of what you're exploring in rocket chip's world, but I'm personally really interested in how different fantasy/sci-fi societies view gender & how that relates to characters, so how does Rocket's planet view that & how does that affect Rocket's worldview, and how does Chip view it, being a robot and all? :D (I adore these two btw your art is so fun & it brightens my day to see them!!)

Ooh I like this question! It's something I've thought about a lot . (BIG DISCLAIMER: every time I mention societal stuff here I'm speaking from a VERY American lens. For our purposes we can assume Rocket is from the equivalent of America. I can't speak for anything else.)

Fun fact, if you go back far enough, my original concept for rocket and chip had them both be boys! I ended up rethinking that after going through some reevaluation of my own identity. I realized that I only made them male because that's what I mostly saw in other sci-fi stories, and I wanted to make the characters be closer to my own experiences. I'm a girl, and I like being a girl! But I don't want that to define me, y'know? I decided that the label can mean whatever I want it to mean, and whatever I'm comfortable with. So I decided it would be the same for these two!

You'll notice I refer to Rocky and Chip as girls, but I only use she/her pronouns for them outside of the actual comic. Within the story's text, I've been trying not to have them refer to each other by any gendered terms at all! And if it can't be avoided, they both use they/them. This is mostly because I want readers to come to their own conclusions, and not focus on it too much!

Rocket's planet is extremely similar to ours, just with an extremely exaggerated version of our class divide. The rich cats created a barrier around the planet to contain all of the pollution, living on top while the poor "undercrust" cats stayed underneath the shell. Their society is capitalistic to the ultimate extreme, and everyone is focused on working their way up to the top. (Very unlike the cats from earth actually!)

The cats are biologically the same as earth mammals. They're actually the least interesting aliens that appear in the comic haha they're basically just anthro cats.

But another detail that won't be explored until later, is that their society necessitates working so much that the concept of marriage and parenthood doesn't really exist. Things happen and kittens are born, but the majority of the kittens are sent off to live in schools and don't know their parents at all. This makes their view of gender kinda different. There isn't really an expectation for women to have children or be homemakers, likewise there's no expectation for men to be strong protective breadwinners. It's better in some ways, worse in others.

But generally, even though gender inequality still very much exists, gender isn't considered as big of a deal. It's also more socially acceptable to present as gender neutral. Not that they're super progressive or anything, it's just that they don't really care about it as much. Especially from Rocket's point of view. See, Rocket was always ignored a lot. She's short for her species and shies away from attention so she never really cared to express herself at all. She was never really expected to be anything but neutral though. It was less of her choice, and more a side effect of being easily overlooked and not really thinking much of herself.

The ONE thing you could consider "girly" about Rocket is that her favorite color is pink and she loves things decorated with hearts. She's a little embarrassed about that now, but over time she'll start showing it more! But it's the reason she always wears that jacket with the pink heart and trims. But even if she was a different gender she would always love pink hearts!

Now Chip's origins are still a total mystery for now! 🤫 But she genuinely did not consider gender AT ALL. I think she still hasn't. Not a thought in her head. When the alien at the recycle shop referred to her as an "it" she was not at all offended. Chip genuinely would never care what pronouns you'd use for her. For that matter, Chip's body is all doll anatomy. If she wasn't already wearing clothes when Rocket woke her up for the first time, she would prefer not to wear any. (The only reason she continues to wear clothes at all is because Rocket gets embarrassed when she doesn't. Chip thinks this is hilarious. Chip thinks the concept of sex at all is hilarious.)

Now considering all that, why does chip use she/they pronouns? Because Rocky does!!! And Rocky is so cool! It's as simple as that!

#ask

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puffinshufflin · 2 years

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MK X READER (idk what to title yet lol)/Porty MK x reader.

(A/N): Okay so I hope this doesn’t suck but it probably does. I’m not sure where I’m gonna go with this story or if I’ll even write more, it just depends tbh. But I had this idea while bored at work and couldn’t not write it down. Pls forgive any spelling errors I’m kinda dumb!!! ⚠️There is definitely some suggestive content in here but nothing graphic atm, but I’ll give warning if things progress in later chapters. Also I don’t care how much of a jerk he is, all MK’s, clone or not, ask for consent!!!⚠️ This is an MK x reader fic that starts out with Porty MK x reader, not even sure if Porty MK will make a comeback for a while. Set just after season 1! TW- Alcohol and some light cursing. Ok I think that is everything! Pls let me know what you think!!!

Blaring base made ripples in the drink you clutched. What little was left before you threw your head back and downed the rest of it at least. Despite this being your…5th? Yeah 5th sounds right. Despite this being your 5th drink of the night, the heat of the bitter liquid still made you cringe like you swallowed a lit match. But it went smoothly and your head felt light as you rejoined the dance floor. Your friends had all parted ways, posting up at different areas of the club with different groups, leaving you to figure yourself out in the middle. Now, this wasn’t usually your scene, much more of a stay inside kinda person, but you started a new job that upcoming Monday, some little restaurant and the stress was mounting. After spending time and money in college working for a practically useless degree and claiming your independence early on by moving out as soon as you had the chance, you would take any job you could get to keep your lights on and water running. And it seemed like Pigsy’s Noodles would be that job for the time being until you could move on to a steady career. So a little liquid courage makes total sense.

The push and pull of the crowd had managed to get you closer to the front and the base somehow managed to ingrain the beat into your skull, you could feel the pulse from behind your eyelids as they fluttered groggily. It took a few seconds before you realized that you were making eye contact with someone. Said someone being the DJ as his shutter shades dropped from his eyes and rested on the bridge of his nose. He gave you, and this is not an exaggeration, the douchiest smile you’ve ever seen and you felt yourself smiling back almost immediately. He looked like a stereotype of a rave boy had gained consciousness, your eyes didn’t know what to look at first; the comically large teal headphones, the aforementioned fuchsia shutter shades or the literal leopard fur coat that was slung over his shoulders like a cape. He clearly thought your prolonged staring meant he should pose for you to check him out, so he did. A variety of hand signs were thrown your way, gang signs maybe..you weren’t sure, then he leaned forward and rested his chin in his hands, squishing his cheeks out, then he went as far as to turn himself around to send a smoldering look over his shoulder all while showing off his ass and damn…this dude has clearly never missed a leg day. You laughed outright at that one and his grin widened before he reached for the mic. “Alright porty people, make some noiseee”, his obnoxious frat boy sounding voice had an immediate effect on the crowd, you included, as you all cheered wildly. “That’s what I like to hear! Now I’m gonna take a quick break to rehydrate, but this dance floor better still be bumping when I come back..or else”. Oh dear lord he had fangs. Why did you find that hot? Where you really that drunk? When he glanced back to you and jerked his chin in the direction of the bar, you decided that yes you were that drunk and you followed.

Pushing past a crowd was difficult when sober so it was nearly impossible now, but you managed. The DJ was already seated and had an empty barstool waiting, a drink somehow already in his hand. You could see the people around him excitedly nudging each other and getting photos of him but he didn’t seem to pay attention as you approached. You didn’t sit, just in case your little dance floor interaction had been a side affect of the booze and you were about to make a fool out of yourself. But then he gestured to the chair then you you and you got the message. “Hey”, was all he said and got a closer look at those fangs. “Hey yourself”, you had at least attempted to be flirty and casual, but his little chuckle said he could see right through you. “What can I get you”, he raised a hand and immediately the bar staff was pushing over themselves to get to you both. A young, giggly woman approached and quickly got your preferred order down as well as the DJ’s second before scurrying off again. “So what brought you here…”, he lingered a bit so you could fill in your name. “(Y/N)”, you gave it. (Y/N)! My first guess”, he snapped his fingers and you rolled your eyes at the obvious lie. “Amazing”, you said flatly, matching his smirk. “So (Y/N), you porty much”? Porty? Wow this guy was committed to his persona. “Honestly no, it been a while. But with the way my life is going to could see it being a more frequent occurrence”. Wow, not three sentences in and you were already over sharing, nice one (Y/N). He didn’t seem to mind, just chuckling, “I wouldn’t mind you becoming a regular sight”. You flushed, blaming it on the alcohol, “Wow! You are very forward Mr. DJ”. “MK”. You hummed. “My name is MK”, he elaborated. “My second guess after Mr. DJ”, you snapped back. Your drinks had arrived as MK laughed and the conversation continued at the same pace. It was like talking with him was a competition, both of you trying to one up each other with sly remarks and shameless flirting. Well maybe you felt a little shame but you swallowed it with your drinks. MK eventually and to leave to get back to work, but you caught his eye numerous times while swaying along with the crowd and you met back up on his next break. And the next one.

As the night turned to morning, the club crowd began to filter out save for the die hard partyers. Portyers, you thought with a snicker. You had switched from alcohol to water as to not totally overdue it but you were still sloshed and MK was just as much if not more. He wasn’t up on stage anymore, but pre mixed tracks still blared through the significantly smaller mosh pit that you found yourself in the center of. Arms were around you from behind as MK lazily hummed and murmured along to the current song. Your head was thrown back onto his shoulder and you peered at him from behind the shutter shades that had somehow migrated onto your face. This wasn’t the first time you had gotten a little touchy-feely that night, you had both thrown that out the window within the first few hours of knowing each other. But as he turned you to face him, this was the first time you felt his hands travel to a more pg-13 area. Your ass, he was shamelessly pulling you closer by your ass. Not that you cared too much at the moment. You both clearly have something going on, even if it is just a drunken fling. So you got even and grabbed his ass right back and he had the nerve to groan lowly. His shades slipped down your nose as you made eye contact briefly. He looked as smug as ever but you could still see the question his his eyes. You nodded.

The walk back to your apartment took considerably longer as you drunkenly pawed at each other but you made it. At just the right time, cause as soon as the door was shut, your back was against it and those fangs were pulling your bottom lip to give him access. Not that you minded in the slightest. For such a pair of chatterboxes, there wasn’t too much talking after that, just a lot of huffing and panting as you blindly stumbled to your bedroom. He had you down on the mattress and you could swear his eyes were glowing. “Are you sober enough”, he looked serious for the first time that night. True you could feel the alcohol still in you but no more than you would after a few glasses of wine and you could very clearly understand and consent to what was about to happen. “Yes, I’m fine. Are you”, you asked him and his lazy smiled returned, “You know it baby”. With that out the way, he dove down into your awaiting arms. “Let’s gets this porty started”.

#lego monkie kid #lmk x reader #porty mk x reader #porty mk #mk x reader

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eddywoww · 11 months

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I live in a more conservative area in the US. My family isn't, but whatever. Being LGBT was looked down upon in this area, my parents made sure to tell me it was ok and people were close minded (hell they even left the church they went to and started their own). They were great parents.

That being said the surrounding area was not. Got bullied in school for being gay, even though I simply was just focused on academics. I wanted an A more than I wanted the D am I right? Hm. It frustrated me because no one even asked and I was straight. This went on from when I was 10 to 17, when I finally graduated and got out of that area. The bullying was intense, from something as simple as name calling to having group projects turned in without my name but slurs on it to getting physically pushed around and shoved.

I went to college and met some cool people. Went to a pride parade as an ally. Started learning about different labels. Proclaimed to be demisexual with a desire for men because I still didn't really have any sexual desire and again, focused on school.

When I was 21 I moved to an entire new area for my job. Met a girl in her 30s who has a kid (12 or 13 at the time I dont remember) who came out as nonbinary and pan. Good for them! The woman was an "ally" except-

Tried forcing me to come out. Many times. Put me in secret uncomfortable situations. Some highlights of things she did were: take me to a gay bar without telling me thats where we were and then paying someone to kiss me and then kept asking if I realized I was gay because I didn't push the person away (I was shocked), after I claimed I was demisexual claimed that I had repressed my sexuality because society inherently tells you to be straight and that I was truly a lesbian, would claim I was a virgin if I never slept with a man because a woman couldn't take that so if i had "religious trauma" and wouldn't sleep with anyone based on keeping virginity i could with a woman and be fine (which I dont have any, my parents formed that church and were all inclusive and its a safe space hell they even organized pride events before the town did), and the worst of all got me drunker then I've ever been to the point I could barely stand and left me with a guy who had a crush on me who kept coming onto me. She talked to him and I saw her wink at him and she left me with this dude who got too handsy if you know what I mean. Nothing under the clothes happened thank God, and really it was my own fault for drinking so much at her place *she had many people over, I actually drank less then other people but still*. I asked why she left me with him and she said she was tired, then later said she wasn't surprised he tried anything and then said "well you're definitely gonna be gay now and not want to be with a man".

I left that area behind as my career progressed and it hit me, damn she was kinda fucked up. Kissed a few people and realized hold on I do have a sexual drive hello, and I dont have to get to know people first to have it?? Not demi then. Cool! Realised that the woman kinda fucked me up. I'm doing therapy which...is ok. But I got on Tumblr and have been on

And I've met some cool people. I've realized huh I guess a straight person doesn't think about boobs and vaginas while they get off. The dicks made sense, but the rest? And it hit me Holy shit im bi?? I think??

In my mind, being LGBT was okay but ME oh no suddenly it was the worst thing in the world. And im realizing its okay for me. Idk why I thought it wasn't except for the intense bullying. One thing that made me realize was everyone on tumblr. Like I said I met some cool people. I havent sent everyone a message because I want to be anonymous still. But you're one of the people who have helped me realize its ok. It is okay for me! So thank you for that. One of your fics really helped when I was first struggling with the realization and...thank you. It may not seem like a big thing to you, but its changed my life.

Thank you so much for sending me this. Like actually truly.

First of all, I’m so sorry for the situation with your ex friend. I can’t stand when people need to push and push to get the reaction THEY want, it sickens me deeply. Im sorry you went through that and I’m so happy you’re in therapy and that you’ve discovered yourself now.

It actually IS big to me when I hear about bisexual people accepting themselves. I don’t talk about it here much but I too grew up in a conservative area. I dropped out of school for bullying, etc but had the opposite story of knowing I was bisexual very young and not knowing how to word it? I just knew it was “bad” and I went to church a lot and I needed to repent for it. So I get that part in a warped way.

I think it gets to me for a very personal reason. There’s this inherent shake when you’ve been made to feel bad about your sexuality that resurfaces at random. I had an ex boyfriend who was obsessed with my sexuality in the opposite way. He was abusive and thought I was cheating constantly with my best friend, would call me a d*ke and a f*g constantly (almost always before some sort of physical abuse) and I was just deeply ashamed of my self, to the point of being biphobic at points.

What I’m getting at here is I came out after we broke up and I expected it to be this dawn of time shit because my family is accepting too! And I remember my mom getting upset and going, “Are you sure this isn’t about your breakup? Are you okay?” And I kind of just wanted to fucking scream. Or the way family members treat it like I’m divulging some sort of sexual secret. My sister coming out as bi years later really helped me. Dating someone who both did not care and didn’t want to sexualize me made it better.

In between all that, I ended up dating a girl who I could tell from the get go doesn’t see me (still now as friends) as “gay enough”. None of my struggle or my problems are the same, none of my fears are warranted, etc. that’s fine. I don’t need suffering to know who I am. What I’m trying to get at is even after years there are still tiny things that eat away at me but I’ve learned coping skills and developed friendships that make me feel so much better. And hearing stories from other people helps so much too. So thank you for telling me yours, it means a lot to me. I know you weren’t asking for a wordy response but I just woke up and I’m a sensitive bitch 😂

I’m sorry for the things you’ve gone through and I wish the world had been kinder to a young you. I’m glad you’re better now and if you ever need to message someone (if you ever choose to not be anon) I’m around ☺️💕

#asks #tw abuse

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wolfblood-of-anubis · 3 months

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ALFIE TRIBUTE VIDEO NOTES!!!

alfie’s video is probably the one i was most inspired to make, he’s my favorite (idk if you know im kinda subtle about it)

the song 'experience' was def an easy first choice for alfie (but guess what it was almost the song i picked for eddie) it’s a song about gaining experience and maturity and that’s exactly what Alfie does

im still using imovie, nothing new there

im writing this before starting the video so hopefully i managed to keep it in the 5 minutes that is the song (future caroline laughs in mocking, then proceeds to cry)

i got it to 8 mins, which imo is progress to my editing

but the uncut version is 14 mins

(so by that logic... Patricia's could end up being around 4-6 mins long while her uncut version could turn out to be 8)

but at this point it's anyone's guess

the opening for alfie being put down or called annoying or how he ‘ruins everything’ etc was in the back of my head for two months. during recording, during editing nina's video, i knew exactly how i wanted to start his video. (that's in the uncut version, and Sneak Peek 3)

then i listened to 'cult' by gabriel saban and realized oh no... no we can't start there unfortunately.

we needed to feel as terrified and as anxious as alfie got when he went through all that trauma (and future trauma)

we get this class clown causing mischief with his best buddy and then this traumatic event happens to him in the cellar.

something he can barely comprehend, and it involved people who are supposed to be taking care of him in this academy. he sees victor drink out of a skull and anubis dog masks and chanting and becomes catatonic by the end of it.

then he drinks who knows what and has to be hospitalized.

then he slowly becomes part of sibuna as they finally tell him the truth and he is eager to prove himself to them, that he isn’t scared and he’ll help (cut to him telling amber 'im part of the club now' to then him being traumatized multiple times from it)

what i love about this is that he IS scared, he’s terrified but he still does it, and he screws up, he gets tricked by jerome into spilling secrets, jerome just takes the ankh piece he was guarding, he messes up a lot but it was mainly in part due to jerome just being a bad friend

and then INSTANTLY i paired it with s3 Alfie telling Jerome after his advice to keep Amber in the dark about fashion school, “See that’s the great thing about having you for a friend, whatever you suggest I know I should just do the opposite.” and then he takes his sandwich, what a boss (ok so i didnt end up using this scene, but the scene exists and i wanted to remind people)

that’s just one little thing Alfie has matured in from S1 to S3, already in S2 he’s very careful about what he lets Jerome know. especially when everyone knows that Rufus is alive, Jerome is jumpy and thinks that whatever Sibuna is doing it could be Rufus-related but Alfie promises him it’s not. but he also never tells him anything else.

alfie's video weirdly gave me less of a headache than nina's if that makes sense. it's probably bc it's my second time doing it. with nina, that was my first tribute video ever. (very different from just pairing a song to silent clips)

when choosing subtitles, pick English bc i spent a lot of time on them, thank you.

i didn't include a lot of willow scenes (or amfie) because well, while he and Willow developing a relationship is sweet and healthy, and they're perfect together, it wasn't necessarily that big for the video

but if anyone wants an alfie + willow video, i have the content to do it, i just need a song to pair it to, so feel free to send me some!

i intentionally made the first part of the video, Fear, be very out of order, it's messy, and for me it's like it's Alfie trying to remember what happened and while he does, it's still fuzzy

the audio at the end of the video is from Doctor Who's S08 E04 Listen, where the Doctor tells a little boy to use his fear to empower himself. (the little boy could also easily play a younger Alfie)

if you want to watch it just type 'doctor who don't look. listen.' in yt, it's the first video that pops up.

however, there's other audio during the scenes where Alfie is running with the fake mask, "Fear is fear. It doesn't speak in riddles. Fear means you're smart. You understand the risks." (and that is from Star Trek Picard S2 E06 (no i dont want the show or anything to do with star trek, but the audio is fantastic and i really liked it)

anyway, that audio is probably my favorite part of alfie's whole video (including the uncut version)

#house of anubis #hoa #alfie lewis #alfie tribute #alfie tribute video

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rosa-cerdae · 7 months

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I'm bored right now, so I'm going to share a breeding project I'm working on

So, I recently joined the Dragonwish Foundation through a weird series of events and this is the second project I'm working on for them.

The goal dragon is a umber/gold/sunshine male imperial with metallic/constellation/glimmer and earth eyes.

The main challenge of this project stems from the fact I have to breed in all the genes because they're gem genes, which made the setup of this really hard and expensive, but it's been set up. I'm going to introduce each of the 4 starting pairs and talk about them a little

My first pair is Rhiada and Mimicat. Neither of them were of the right breed, but between them they had all the right genes and very close colors. Contrary to what the breeding card shows you, they actually didn't have umber in their range, but it was still pretty dang close and all of my other pairs have umber in their range, some even have umber guaranteed. They were the first pair I put on a nest, but while they were nesting I realized I should have scrolled them both as nocturnes to save sanity, so I was planning on discarding the entire clutch until

Loreen here popped out. She has all the right genes and is -2/3/0 off from the goal colors. She could even be parent material, but I want to try to take another generation to breed out Nocturnes so I don't have to deal with the pain of a baby with all the right colors and genes coming from the parents but it's a Nocturne. After Loreen was born, I ended up scrolling her into a nocturne (she was originally a snapper) and I sold Mimicat to someone in the DWF. In retrospect selling Mimicat probably wasn't the smartest idea but I still have Rhiada just in case and I'm sure they'll let me borrow Mimicat if I need too.

This is the second pair I have. This one is a bit more complicated. I have since scrolled Pasha into a Nocturne since making this but as you can see, we have a bigger color range. I'm ok with this, as they are the only other pair I have in my starting generation that have a chance for constellation. Myria is a stud, so I'll have limited breedings with her. I probably won't end up discarding most of the hatchlings from them unless they don't have constellation because of how important this pair is. The kid will be guaranteed to inherit Glimmer and I kinda need it to inherit Constellation, but I'm looser on it inheriting Metallic. It would be nice, but I have time to breed in Metallic in the next generation. If they give me nothing workable in the studdings I get, I have another dragon to replace Myria, Noa

Noa is lower quality then Myria, but I don't have much choice if nothing works out.

This pair is probably one of my roughest pairs in this project due their large color range and having only one gene I need for this project. Thinking about it now, I may swap Kaarija and Pasha, but for right now this is the pair. They need to pass on Glimmer and try to get decent colors, that's all I ask of them.

This is my last pair as of right now. Not an amazing color range either, but much better then Kaarija and Ardatha. They're my only pure imperial pair so breed isn't as big of a concern with them. I need them to pass Metallic and Glimmer. I would like them to maybe have a color past gold for secondary and a color before sunshine with the tertiary. I'll just have to see how that works out.

I hope eventually I'll be able to swap Ardatha out for a better dragon, but I don't even want to touch the AH for non Dom reasons right now, so I'll try again later. Ardatha being so far off from the goal is the bane of my existence right now, but oh well .

Yes the dragons I've named for this project are all named after Eurovision 2023 contestants. I like theming things, what can I say?

I will hopefully be providing updates as this project progresses and I hope you're all excited to follow along!

#dwf adventures #flight rising #breeding project #hell

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redheadbigshoes · 2 years

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for anyone planning to watch one day at a time for lesbian rep, they should also know numerous ppl make lowkey homophobic comments to the girl who's a lesbian that are never challenged("we know youre gay but do u have to act so gay?" type shit as well as her mom like. ughh, there's a whole episode where her mom is just really homophobic and in the end shes like "i may be thinking these things but its ok because i sould never say them to her and anyway my daughter coming out was an understandable shock") and also that the main family says some rlly racist shit( specifically their grandmother repeatedly saying theyre the "good kind of cubans" bc they're white, as well as referencing her family being invokved in the plantations where they lowkey owned black and brown ppl as a good thing, lots of pro us military bullshit as well, like, extremely,.) and that's never treated as a real issue either, just something to laugh at. so yea h. just throwing it out there because a lot of ppl recommended the show to me but being a brown lesbian, well, lol, lets just say it sucks to have to realize on tthe show that's being recommended to u for being "so progressive" and "such great latino rep" is racist af and repeatedly has homophobic insinuations about like, the only regularly seen queer character on the show. i lowkey doubt you'll post this anon, bc most ppl dont give af but. id appreciate it.

No, actually you’re right. When I said it was a good lesbian rep I was mainly talking about Elena, not how the other characters treat her or how they see her identity, it’s very very rare seeing lesbians being represented in a more positive way, not fetishizing or anything like that, and the fact that they do use the word lesbian (not as frequently as I’d like to but still better than never) is a huge thing because most lesbian characters are never referred as lesbians.

After I rewatched some episodes there really are some things that bothered me like those you brought up. That particular scene of “acting gay” I did not really like it, I don’t know if the character who said that (from what I remember it was either Alex or Lydia) was actually supposed to sound homophobic or not. But considering that scene is supposed to be funny I do think it’s just a way to kinda mock her. Also that scene of Penelope saying she can think homophobic things about her daughter because as long she doesn’t say anything to her is okay… That sounded so wrong. It’s not okay. Just because you’re not saying those things out loud it doesn’t mean it’s not wrong.

I’ve never actually noticed Lydia said that because they were white… wow. The part of the pro military I can’t really say anything because that’s the most common thing in american movies/shows. It’s very annoying though.

Yeah about being a great latino rep I don’t think it is, I say that as a latina. It’s still very much stereotyped, which is one of the things us latinos hate about how gringos see us. Tbh I don’t think I’ve ever seen good latino rep in american movies and shows.

Considering the show is still pretty much (from what I know) made by Americans for Americans, I’ve never really expected great rep from it.

#stephanie answers #long post #anon #one day at a time

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jamiscrazy4krerdly · 9 months

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The he/she/ghoul demigirl Catti fan focusing on ghoul not showing up in the spamton sweepstakes nor the newsletters: shriveled up, wilting away, beating up a pillow VS the he/she/ghoul demigirl Catti fan that realizes Toby Fox is intentionally hiding ghoul away because ghoul is the playable character of chapters 3-5: jumping up in joy, thriving, feeling the sun against their skin. (aw yeah progress report time >:3)

STUFF IS HAPPENING!!!! Wowowow so much stuffs its crazy how much stuffs is… I don’t… it’s… uhm, happening?!! I thought I should clear some shits up. Ok so basically I’m working on four simultaneous projects somehow!!! Two AUs (“Mystery Delta Dungeon” and Deltaswap Inspired “Delta Scene Change” title STILL pending) and the fourth and fifth iteration in my kind of Deltarune… Krerdly… series?? Idk what to call it but just know that that’s happening! The two new mainline fics don’t overlap too-too much which means working on both sort of at the same time is pretty stress free in the continuation department. Soo those are going smoothly (even if they’re still both kinda in the draft phase) and I’m really happy with the vibes there!! I actually decided to implement the fourth in the middle of the fifth so it’s more of a compliment to the series than anything but I definitely think it’s needed and a super welcome addition in my opini-onion. *~^* ~

The order I’m aiming to release my projs is Delta Dungeon 1st -> Delta Scene Change 2nd -> Pieromancer 3rd -> Boons and Banes of Love 4th! I think THINK (think) that Delta Dungeon could be finished by this year if I do a good job ;^> but don’t count on it because deadlines were my downfall for my last upload “Cosmetic Heart Container”. ònó I made the setting a friggin mall and pulled that “big fish small pond” shit at a MALL like omg there was so much… potential and I frew it all up but WHATEVER I’m proud of the buildup!! Just wish I didn’t have to spoil my own fun with deadlines (fuck deadlines)… maybe I’ll rewrite a sort of continuation for that fic and double it’s size when everything else is said and done?? I’ll see!!!! It definitely deserves justice!!

Speaking of aftermaths: I’ve been rolling the idea of a Catti-focused fic in my brain for a bit now. Don’t know about the nitty gritty details but after everything I think it could be fun to promote “major side character” to “main character” and see what happens. Don’t want to pull a Spamton NEO and drop dead after I sever my last string from Deltarune lol (ouch @o@) (won’t happen anytime soon @v@‘).

Since I posted Krises last time I felt like doing sneak peaks, here’s some supplemental Berdlys to keep them company.

Auugh the quality!! Sorry I blended the pixels and made a smoothie out of them. :( It was tasty tho.

Ok enough business it’s me time and I’m kicking it off with a huge announcement. I’m not afraid to say it anymore… I really like Gyftrot Noelle. I REALLY like Gyftrot Noelle!!!!! There’s something about her that speaks to me mhm mhm. My first experience with the concept was through the design done by @pespillo but while searching for references I also saw some really cute ones by @undertalegorls so definitely go and dig through their profiles to see the vision! ì.í

Okay I have to cut the silliness short because it’s time for… spontaneous Animal Crossing Headcanons!!

Kris Moment!!!

Bug Enthusiast Bug House Bug Island Only Bugs 3 Golden Nets In Inventory Flick’s Best Friend Flick Cosplayer Completed Bug Museum within 24 Hours via time traveling

Ugliest villagers imaginable

Most crafted item: pitfall seed

Crazy good at Hide-And-Seek, cracked custom outfit designer (countless horned-hat QR-codes)

Hates Blathers

“Sings” along at K.K. Slider concerts,

“Make Flick and CJ gay wedding real right now @NinninedoOfficial @NinninedoOfficial @NinninedoOfficial”

Programs the wedding themself out of spite.

Reaction Wheel - Mischief/Let’s Go/Sleepy/Cold Chill/Scare/Stretch/Sniff Sniff/Sneezing

Wordy Berd(l)y

Time Traveler Anti “I-IT’S CHEATING!!”

Achievement Enthusiast (according to his passport)

Doesn’t realize unlimited tasks are unlimited

Buys turnips up the wazoo but gets horrible selling price luck (always needs to use Noelle’s shop)

Keeps track of exact tool durability and customizes his tools different colors to refresh it

Can’t figure out why he doesn’t have every reaction

“Intellectual villagers ONLY” (that’s why)

Crushes on AND kins Raymond, very seriously considers getting a yellow or blue eye-contact to match his heterochromia

Hangs up all his villagers’ photos like trophies, including dupes

Regularly rants about his villagers to Kris (“Why is it that Raymond can spontaneously profess his love for me but YOU CAN’T?!”)

Cannot for the life of him make a pretty island, to his dismay

#1 Pocket Camp Hater

Blathers kinny

“Kris don’t let me fall asleep it is absolutely vital that I wish for star fragments tonight.”

Reaction Wheel - Pride/Aggravation/Thought/Smirking/Behold/Amazed/Mistaken/Heartbreak

Catti (Wow)

Queen of Nookazon

Hacked star trees

INVENTS fashion

Infamous haunted island dreamcode

Always has a matching umbrella

Favorite NPC is Brewster

“Wand-outfit slots… increase them.”

Reaction Wheel - Haunt/Take a Picture/Yoga/Resignation/Disagreement/Agreement/Intense/Work It

The bunny outside is frightful, Noelle

Cannot stop playing Happy Home Designer DLC

Permanently sets island to Winter

Terrified of Zipper the bunny

Completely normal about the New Leaf soundtrack being BETTER

Furnished extra houses for her family

Extremely attached to her villagers and convinced Catti and Ralsei to help her write fan-fiction for them

Takes animal crossing personality quizzes religiously

Highest HHA score out of her friends but doesn’t tell Berdly

Somebody get this girl more co-op features she is desperate.

Reaction Wheel - Eager/Pleased/Sighing/Sheepishness/Curiosity/Distress/Act Natural

Introducing… Ralsei!

Prince of Amiibo Cards (scans one every day because they are all his friends)

Really wants to show his friends every part of his island

Treats villagers like royalty

Can’t say no to villager requests

Posts ethereal flower patch combos

90% of his island consists of flower fields

Never had to look up a single fake painting tutorial

Jumped in joy at the food update

Mails letters to all his residents every day.

Reaction Wheel - Greetings/Wave Goodbye/Confetti/Glee/Delight/Worry/Apologetic/Here You Go

If anyone’s allowed to crash directly into the studio it’s Susie.

Borrows everyone else’s Switch to play

Runs everywhere holding an axe

Extremely emotional about fishing results

Goes out of her way to ask Blathers about fossils and responds with “woooah” every single time without fail

Claims the dinosaur exhibit is her favorite but finds all of the museum extremely relaxing

Dives off balconies into the water over and over

Sells everything through the drop-off box

Loves goofing around in Harv’s island

“The hell you mean you don’t grow rocks in your rock garden?”

Ralsei lets her terraform whatever she wants and builds off of it

Genuinely upset that she can’t terraform higher than 4 levels

“MOSS UPDATE??!”

Reaction Wheel - Flex/Encouraging/Curiosity/Laughter/Day Dreaming/Excited/Bashfulness/Shocked

And if anyone wants to visit MY island my Dream Address is DA-8935-5288-7510 ùvú

Also to contextualize this seemingly random Animal Crossing section, I’m sure some of you won’t be surprised to hear that before I was crisping chicken I was… a Marshmond maniac. *insert ominous thunder flash* Marshmond stands for Marshal and Raymond btw. Krerdly is definitely more Bob x Raymond lean, though…

Speaking of related characters!! I’ve been keeping track of kin-lists for my fav trio on the side. Here’s what I got so far!!

Kris Kins: Karkat (Homestuck) - Flick (Animal Crossing) - Link (The Legends of Zelda) - Beast Boy (Teen Titans) - Gnabbit (Mario Bros.) - Mae Borowski (Night In The Woods) - Bax Twiford (Ikenfell) - Metal Sonic (Sonic The Hedgehog) - Gramble Gigglefunny (Bugsnax) - Prince of Ouji (Katamari) - Creeper (Minecraft) - Courtney (Paranormal Park) - The Devil (Cuphead) - Magalor (Kirby)

Berdly Kins: Tobey McCallister (Word Girl) - Falco Lombardi (Starfox) - Revali (The Legends Of Zelda) - Waluigi (Mario Bros.) - Blathers (Animal Crossing) - Ibn Oxley (Ikenfell) - Lace (Hollow Knight: Silksong) - Jet The Hawk (Sonic Riders) - Snorpy Fizzlebean (Bugsnax) - Amity Blight (The Owl House) - Miles Edgeworth (Pheonix Wright: Ace Attorney) - Ren (Oxenfree) - King Dice (Cuphead) - Sheldon (Splatoon)

Catti Kins: Raven (Teen Titans) - Bea (Night In The Woods) - Blaze The Cat (Sonic) - Beffica Winklesnoot (Bugsnax) - Katrina (Animal Crossing) - M’ggie (Broken Age) - Magic Witch Ashley (WarioWare)

“You better be afraid of the great CA-A-TTI!”

~~ OK ANYWAYS ~~

~~ LIGHTNING ROUND ~~

~~ DIRECTLY FROM MY NOTES APP ~~

~~ LET’S GO!! ~~

Kris and Susie going as Flick and CJ for Halloween.

Berdly asks Catti if they can go as Blathers and Celeste to follow suit and there is 1 (one) universe where ghoul says yes.

Kris and Susie love Bugsnax fr fr.

Kris and Berdly go bonkers over Bug Fables. Cosplay Group: Catti Lief, Berdly Kabbu, Kris Vi, Jockington Chompy.

Krerdly is so bogus binted x papers printed core <3

Berdly is Yikking out! (Leans in to kiss Kris at QC’s Diner without warning, they demand he never try to do so ever again.)

Kris pestering Berdly with “if. you. were. gay, da na-na na-na na-na. that’da. be. o-k. da na-na na-na na-na” all of pride month.

Catti and Noelle as the “should I kill off the characters in my book to make it more interesting?” audio.

Ralsei: Slay!! Noelle, internally: Sleigh??

Noelle, sweating and holding up a paw: Sorry I’m late, I was the man behind the slaughter! Susie, blowing steam out of her nose: I’m stuff…. wait what?

(To the tune of Fairly Odd Parents Theme Song) The trash and mash in that school stash Just gave out instantly When the magic little goat hidin’ his every dote Gave a prophecy!

“BANG, BANG, BANG STRAIGHT THROUGH MY HEEAAARRT” -Kris every moment of every day after creating 77 original animation memes

“Pray tell, companion of mine, what is this… “jiggle jiggle skin” you are referring to?” -Player 1

“Glizzyyy” -Player 2 110%

Berdly HATES jellybeans because they’re awful and manipulative

For that last one I originally wrote down that Berdly really liked jellybeans because they just seemed to fit his palette in my mind until I ate one that made me wanna puke and decided it wasn’t meant to be.

Also also idk where to put this but there’s this one scene in Broken Age after Vella escapes the sacrifice ceremony where she’s standing on the back of a giant blue bird flying through the sky in her ripped dress and a knife in her mouth and I’ve never wanted Kris to take the place of another character so badly before… (Berdly makes a fun Shay replacement also but the big blue bird is clearly the hanging fruit here)

Ok! Cool! Good post! Awesome job! Thanks for sticking around. Play Ikenfell, Chicory, and A Short Hike. Don’t forget to totally look at my island lol I definitely didn’t speedrun finishing it just for this post lol. Appreciate cha if you do (DA-8935-5288-7510). Amazingness. Goodnight gamers.

Posted July 27th, 2023. Sparkle Sparkle.

#I’ll just have to make all the Catti content myself now won’t I #lots of stuffs this time #respectable stuffs

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sushiwt · 1 year

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website update log #8 (April 16th, 2023)

ok so theres actually quite a lot that i changed here (the most contributions i made so far in github is today LOL)...

we are actually making progress on this, its just smooth sailing in here!!

so here is a list of all i have changed in the site!

i added a new fancy favicon for the website!

for now this only applies on /index but i will definitely add favicons of the other parts of the site too!!

changing the textbox

i actually changed a couple of things here, one of them is resizing the textbox to fit between the top navbar and the footer more.

in that textbox i also added a title and a smaller text for the description!!

the text is just text from my old website though ahaha... i plan to make a new description but for now this is a placeholder when the character image layered above the textbox is going to be added

i also added background stars to make it more decorative, but some people will def like it more than others.

neocities site redirects you to the new site

this one is pretty self explanatory... visiting the neocities site (well atleast the /index page), gives you this text, and after 5 or so seconds, it redirects you to the github site.

added silly not found page

as i was decorating the /index page, i was thinking, would it be funny if i recreate my old not-found page, as the new one was lookin kinda dull...

so i got out of visual studio code, went to Paintbrush, and got to work! this is the result:

after i finished, i then put the pic in the not found page, and i made the not-found page 1% more fun! its still a black void tho.

so besides the small changes like "made with firefox developer edition", and being redirected to a new tab when you open the "visit old site" tab, thats probably all the changes i made on this site!

but theres a problem that i havent been telling you at this point..

this part is just me ranting now so if you just came here for the updates, you can leave now!!

- sushiwt <3

i have no idea what slooshi is supposed to look like..

her character design is important so i can actually make the character be beside the textbox, but i cant do that if she always looks different everytime i draw her...

do i draw zigzag hair or this mountain shape thingy for the front hair??

do i draw her hair wavy or more straight or even more messy??

do i draw her chest flat or not??

this message from @pagerorgy was when i realized how inconsistent i was when i draw slooshi and i need to find an actual design for her lol

i need some kind of an oc reference for me to use since when i draw slooshi, i always use my head as the reference, and that could lead to inconsistencies!!!

anyway im done ranting, i will def make an oc reference for slooshi soon so stay tuned for that i guess..

- sushiwt again <3 <3

#web development #devlog

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sparklingpax · 2 years

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Anything about Minerva's backstory, or basically all the Valiance's kids past lives?

HI!

HOLY FUCK I UM. SO. I KNOW THIS WAS IN MY ASKBOX & I KEPT SAYING "later, I'll answer this when i finish this thing" & THEN FORGOT SO MY DEEPEST APOLOGIES BECAUSE ITS LITERALLY BEEN MONTHS LMAO--

But moving on to answer your ask, I just want to say I don't have fully-fleshed out/finalized storylines yet, but I have some ideas floating around! For the most part, I'm glad with what I've come up with in my various notes and ideas, but stuff could still change :D After all, I'm including ages and all that, so I'm trying to work out a timeline of events that makes actual sense...bear with me as I gradually lay things out and work out kinks in the timing of things.

I'd like to start with how they got involved with the Valiance team!

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Note: all three of them attend the same high school (working on a name, will probably be a reference to masterforce when I do come up with it) and have been friends for years--like, since elementary school.

...

Basically, Shuta's dad used to know Hawk, so Shuta does too (I'll elaborate when I get to Shuta's backstory). One thing leads to another, and one day, while the kids are having a normal school day, a natural disaster-related occurrence causes the kids' school to be in danger, and so Hawk and the only members of the team at the time (Landmine, Waverider) swoop in and save the day. During all the commotion, Shuta gets trapped under something, and Hawk ends up saving xim. As they're flying away from the danger, both of them realize at the same time they...know one another! And before Shuta can freak out and start asking questions, Hawk quickly drops xim off and flies away again to help anyone else in danger.

But, Shuta tracks down Hawk--knowing he likes to hang out at this one coffee shop sometimes--and ends up persuading him to let them (Shuta, Minerva, Cab) go with him and see the base, at least. He's known Hawk for years....and Hawk can do nothing but sigh and relent.

(Sorta similar to Masterforce, actually) when Hawk meets with Shuta, Minerva, and Cab, he asks them very seriously if they understand what they're asking to help with, if they are ready for this responsibility--if they are serious about this. Naturally, all three say yes, Shuta adding xe wants to make his parents proud, doing this. Hawk nods understandingly.

So the kids see the base, and start regularly coming to the base, helping out...eventually moving in, and more officially joining the team, taking on training and/or specific designated jobs around the HQ.

Also! Shortly after the kids join, the teacher who runs their their chemistry and engineering classes at their school joins--the one and only: Satsuki Knight.

And that's a whole thing. So after that point, you get stuff like during school days, Cab trying to persuade Satsuki to let slide one or two assignments, only to be told sternly that they made that decision to join the team, and in doing so also took on a responsibility to manage their own life in addition to school things. Cab relents, makes up the assignments. Or--another specific example--a moment where Satsuki leaves early to join a fight and the kids exchange looks, decided they can't just sit back and watch, and find a way to sneak out, only to be scolded by Satsuki (and other members of the team, but mainly Satsuki) when they show up at the base. But when the kids are interrogated by the school's principal the next day as to their disappearances, Satsuki ends up covering for them.

Idk I think this dynamic would be super cool and theres a lot you could do with it?? Like the "secret double life" kinda trope except not only does the teacher know about it, but is also participating in it??? sdksdkjsdjsd ok moving on--

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Individual backstories!

Brace yourself, I'm going to ramble for a long while.

Once again, these are a work in progress! I'm taking from a mix of canon and my own ideas that I feel like would be interesting at least. Also, they are in order of who moved in first, so Minerva was the first, then Shuta, then Cab.

OH and may I just say, if I have named someone after a Person and I should not use that name, it was entirely unintentional, I'm going off my notes here. As for places, I'm trying to use real locations, but any "cafes" or "schools" or specific places are not real, because this is a fictional alternate universe....so yes, real areas and locations/cities/countries/etc, but the buildings and research centers for example? Not real. idk if that makes sense--

Also, again, I'm trying to use a combination of canon details and my own ideas. So y'all? Please...do not attack me thank you--

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Minerva Marie (She/Her, 17)

Parents: Mallow and Stephen Marie (both are alive; Mallow is French, teaches painting and figure drawing classes at a college in Paris. Stephen is from England, and is also a teacher, at a university in Japan, I will explain why in a minute--)

History stuff: Minerva used to live in France, up until her father was offered the opportunity to teach at the sister school to the university he was currently working at, which was in Japan. The family had a discussion and came to the conclusion that it wouldn't hurt for her father to take this job--it was a higher-paying position, too--and for Minerva to see somewhere outside of her home country. So she and Stephen moved into Fujikawaguchiko, where her dad is going to work. Minerva goes to a public school in the area--where she ends up meeting Cab and Shuta. She does a lot of stuff, lives her life, and the events that cause her to join Valiance happen. When she decides she wants to move into the HQ, she sits her dad down to talk about it, but he stops her immediately and tells her that he trusts what she does with her life and her time, that she doesn't need to "report to him" or anything, and asks her only to make sure she takes good care of herself and her dreams. They share a fond moment. Naturally, she'll come and visit her dad's apartment, or go with him when he makes his trips back to France to be with Mallow on holidays and such. But after joining the team, most of her time is spent at Valiance HQ.

Powers: Minerva does indeed have them~ With a touch, she can feel the very feelings of anyone, and occasionally, she can hear someone's actual thoughts, though the latter is much harder and more physically/mentally taxing on her, so she doesn't do it much. She is the last of the kids to figure out she actually has powers, so she's 17 when she realizes. She's always known herself to be good with empathy, but after a couple significant occurrences during her time on Valiance, Minerva realizes this has to be a step above simple "empathy." She finally tells Cloudburst, during one of their training sessions, when she delivers a practice blow to him and feels an injury he's been hiding and nearly faints from the pain. Cloudburst is shocked and concerned, but she convinces him not to go tell anyone and explains what happened. They have a conversation about it, and Cloudburst tells her she has powers, and then admits that it's not a good idea to do what he's doing, so they conclude the session early so he can tend to his injury properly, and so she can go think all this over in her room. In the time following, she starts to practice using this power more consciously in hopes of getting to a point where she can use them at will to help the team.

Roles on the team: Minerva currently does medical-related things for the team, is the a communications operator (like, on the comm line when missions are happening, keeping track of members' coordinates or looking at stats and maps if someone else can't...yk computer stuff--), and is training under Cloudburst--who is coincidentally also helping her learn German--for combat stuff so she can "graduate" and join the rest of the team on the battlefield once she's 18. Landmine also teaches her combat things, but mainly trains her in various kinds of fighting that involve weapons.

Shuta Go (Xe/He, 17)

Parents: [Oh boy. Shuta did not have a kind childhood.] Xis parents are both Japanese, their names are Kiko and Daisuke Go...and both are dead. Kiko was a creative writer, his father was an astrophysicist. Shuta's current guardian is xis uncle, Hajime Go.

History stuff: Shuta was born in Yokohama, and had a happy little family life until Kiko died in a tragic car accident. Shuta was 4 when this happened, too young to remember it. Daisuke decided soon after that there was no good in them living in a place that reminded him so much of Kiko, the wife he so loved and had been married to since college. So he resigns from his current job and the two move to a different town and into Shuta's uncle's house, since the guy had enough space and was struggling with living alone. Shuta begins attending a school there (Shuta is 8 at this point). This is the same school Minerva and Cab attend, and xe makes friends with them. Meanwhile, Daisuke finds a new job in his field of work, at a cool research center built near Mt. Fuji (like, the location of the actual base in Masterforce canon, because this is what becomes the location of Valiance HQ, you will see why soon enough--). On the team of scientists, after a couple years on the job, he befriends a young 17-year-old intern...Hawk. Shuta (13 now) meets Hawk, who starts coming over to their place quite often, to talk about whatever projects they're working on at the lab, and a young Shuta listens intently to the science-y banter between Daisuke and the intern. Sometimes, Hawk helps Shuta with schoolwork, or attends school events with xis dad and uncle. So, Shuta's dad and Hawk (who gets the full-time position on the team at 19) end up accomplishing various things, making them both respected members of their team and life is normal again for Shuta...until one day, Daisuke is the victim of a mistaken assassination. (Shuta is 16 when that happens.) At the same observatory, there was a different group working on something to do with time travel, and there was gang involvement that led to one of its members being targeted. On a dark night, the assassin mistook Shuta's dad--who was reorganizing one of the labs in the late hours--for his target and killed him before realizing. The guy tried to escape, but was caught and thrown in jail, and Shuta's life was torn apart all over again. Now it was just him and Hajime in the house, with Hawk coming by to visit every now and then, or Shuta ran into him at a coffee shop in town. Only a week or two after Shuta's dad is killed, Hawk admits to Shuta that the center was on its very last legs with funding, and after the incident, all funding was pulled, and the center was shut down and abandoned. Hawk fortunately finds a new job, at a different research center but it's around this time that Hawk ends up returning to the abandoned one and begins using it as an HQ, inspired to action out of grief over losing his mentor and friend. A year later, the events I mentioned end up happening, and that leads us to present time, where Shuta and the others are a part of the team. Shuta's uncle becomes more reclusive and quiet after Daisuke dies, so Shuta eventually gives up on coming home every night and moves into the HQ, calling (or visiting) Hajime every now and then so he can make sure Shuta is alive and doing fine.

Powers: Shuta has the power of invisibility!! Xe discovered this at the age of 10, in the middle of the night, during a storm. Shuta thought the noises from outside were someone else inside the house, after checking on his uncle and dad, and finding them asleep in their rooms. Shuta went to investigate, and reached the kitchen, where there happened to be a mirror, and flipped on the light at the same instant lighting flashed, causing him to think there actually was a person standing in the doorway (it was only the coatrack), and this activated the invisibility. Shuta saw that his reflection was no longer there, and concluded either this was a hallucination, or a really cool skill. In the days following, Shuta tried this various times, and every time xe willed invisibility, it happened. Actually, perhaps it had happened before 10 years old, Shuta would ponder sometimes, but there was no way to tell since it didn't take too much concentration for it to work. Shuta never told Minerva or Cab until after the three joined Valiance, and was worried they'd think this was weird, but was pleasantly surprised when Minerva thought it was very cool, and Cab revealed his animal powers. Since Shuta doesn't plan on going into fighting scenarios if it can be helped, xe doesn't use the invisibility powers often, but understands how valuable it is to have this if there ever is a dangerous situation where it would come in handy.

Roles on the team: Shuta starts off as the secondary tech/communications operator, usually assisting Minerva or taking over if for any reason she can't be at her station. Keeping that role, after Satsuki joins, Shuta also begins training under him in various sciences and assists with a lot of the lab/mechanical stuff the team needs (this could mean a number of things, like designing or repairing things, going over specs and schematics with Hawk and Satsuki...). Xe recieves some basic combat training from Landmine, but no more than learning self-defense and how to use some weapons. Shuta hopes to become a third official team "scientist," helping out full-time with whatever Satsuki and Hawk are doing for the team.

Cab Homura (He/They/It, 17)

Parents: Jina and Nobu Homura. Jina is Kenyan, and works in finances. Nobu is Japanese, and is a chef. Both are alive.

History stuff: Cab's mom, set on working in finances, makes her way to Japan as a young woman, studies at university, and achieves just that. Along the way, in a bus that missed her stop, she meets a man who she starts talking to while she waits for the next stop. One thing leads to another and she later marries Nobu, who is starting up his culinary career. A couple years after getting married, Cab is born. At this point, Nobu was starting to hit it off as a chef, and Jina was still succeeding in her career. When he's about 5, the family decides that it's high time they move to somewhere quieter than their current location, so Cab can have a slower-paced and more peaceful childhood, and with the intent of starting a more "family-oriented" life rather than "work-oriented." It is a loving family, and of course, all holidays, birthdays, etc are spent together, but Cab's parents still end up out of the house and at their jobs most days, often not coming home--especially when Cab is older. But Cab doesn't mind it as he's not alone, usually. Cab enjoys many activities/clubs in school or around the town, and they understand and are fine with the family situation. Somewhere around second grade, Cab meets and immediately befriends both Shuta and Minerva. Being outgoing and friendly, Cab already has a lot of acquaintances or buddies, but to them, only Shuta and Minerva count as actual friends. Anyway, once the kids join Valiance, Cab ends up moving into the HQ after learning that both Shuta and Minerva did, excited at the prospect of getting to live so close to their friends! Cab keeps all of their activities at HQ a secret from his parents, making sure to be home when either or both come home, or to have an explanation if not. Over many years, Cab has found much solace in the act of trying anything and everything they can, but especially in writing (poetry and song lyrics, or short stories), as well as in tech-related stuff. Also! Cab is the one who discovers Pon-pon, and secretly feeds the cat as it hangs around outside the HQ until that is discovered and Pon-pon is more officially adopted by the team.

Powers: Cab has powers! The power to talk to/understand animals. They discover this around the age of 8, when they suddenly realize one day that they weren't imagining understanding what the birds were saying in the mornings before school, and eventually tries talking back to them. It works. So they try talking to other animals. This works too, and Cab deduces that talking to animals must be some weird cool skill people probably just have! After joining Valiance, Cab talks this over with other members of the team, and they all come to the conclusion that this is a power, and so far, Cab is the only one to have this that they know of.

Roles on the team: Cab does a lot of tech work for the team (not including being the third assistant for a communications operator), and works often with Satsuki and Shuta on any inventions they're working on, though mainly just in the programming/coding/etc kinda stuff. Malware problems, system damage, all that kind of thing ends up relegated to Cab, who enjoys it especially if it's a challenge. He also volunteers to test out new inventions or gadgets, creates his own sometimes. Finally, Cab trains for combat stuff under Waverider and Landmine, learning at about the same level as Minerva, and hoping to graduate into a full-time member, aiming to be able to be both a fighter and in the "science department" with Satsuki, Shuta, and Hawk.

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HOLY WOW OK SO. SUPER REALLY LONG INFODUMP, AGAIN, STILL WORKING THINGS OUT & IM SO SORRY IF TYPOS BUT LIKE....YEA! That's some history on the kids!! :D

-Kuni :3

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