#Not me having to tag this as OP spoilers because of one and a half panels from the latest chapter lmao
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You know I was wondering if Crocodile ever did have any kind of involvement with the Revolutionary Army in secret (lest the Government finds out and revokes his Shichibukai status), what kind of involvement would that even have been
And now, with both the Vegapunk/Ohara flashback and Kuma's flashback, it's being made very clear to us that the Revolutionary Army was broke as hell 22 years ago. Like the fact that this has been brought up twice now in a relatively short span of time is interesting to me, that's usually a sign it's not an unimportant plotpoint
But you know who would have had money to help fund the Army
A funny little warlord who would eventually go and build a fucking casino to run for funsies. A warlord who had to give the Government some of his Pirating Income to keep his warlord-status
Like Crocodile hated the Government anyways so why not help fund the Revolutionary Army in secret, out of spite if for no other reason
Vaguely related, but I keep on remembering this scene (post-Enies Lobby), which at first glance just seems like a basic Lore Dump
But then there's the
"Yet..."
(Or "however", she says "no ni" in Japanese and you could translate that in many ways, I would probably have gone with "however" but that wouldn't have fit into the speechbubble)
Mind you, the conversation just kind of ends there, next we see Garp realize he probably shouldn't have mentioned Dragon infront of such a massive audience, so wherever that "yet" was going to lead to we will never find out, because Oda conveniently changed the subject before we got to it
And you know. Like yes, Robin could be just expressing her shock over finding out that the leader of the Revolutionary Army had a child with someone
But also, Robin was a part of an organization that was trying to overthrow one of the founding countries of the World Government in an explicit attempt to go against said Government (compared to like, Blackbeard, who currently wants to make Fullalead into a "pirate country" that's a part OF the World Government)
Like you don't have to be a genius to look at Crocodile's ultimate goals and compare that to what Dragon is doing and find a few similarities here and there maybe
(Also like, Crocodile's equivalent in Romancing SaGa 2 is meant to be Wagnas, the queer-coded leader of the Seven Heroes (whom the OG Shichibukai are based on) who "hoped to help the world". You know, an interesting detail and all.)
Not to mention, during the time Robin spent with Baroque Works, if Crocodile was ever in contact with the Revolutionary Army at all, considdering she has the ability to easily spy on people and that she didn't trust Crocodile one bit, it wouldn't be unsurprising if she ever spied on Crocodile and/or just overheard a phone call or knew about Crocodile having secret spending habits or something
(Mind you, I'm not saying "she knew" Crocodile was involved with the Revolutionaries, more that she might've been Suspecting Things, that "yet" being about her connecting the dots while unsure if her conclusion was right or not)
Of course Crocodile's plans can't have been Dragon Approved by any means, especially considdering the Army had been looking for Robin for over 10 years (pre-timeskip)
Four years of which were with Crocodile. Like if he was FULLY allied with the Army and KNEW they were looking for Robin, surely he would've called Dragon and been like "hey I found the kid from Ohara, wanna come hang out" or something. But no, he had bigger plans and kept Robin a secret from the Revolutionaries and the Government alike
Also like, I have seen people question why the Revolutionaries weren't involved with Alabasta's rebellion at all, and "Oda hadn't come up with the Revolutionaries yet at the time of writing" (/"OP was meant to end at Alabasta at one point so there would've been no reason to introduce the subplot at that point") aside
Between Baroque Works being a secret organization working undercover (thus the Army might not have been aware of the civil war being manufactured), the framing of the King making him look bad and very much the type of monarch that deserved to be overthrown in the Army's eyes, and Crocodile maybe lying through his teeth about what was happening in the country... Yeah, the Army's lack of involvement with Alabasta suddenly makes sense
EDIT Minor addition: Just realized that because Crocodile was technically working for the Government, if the Revs ever did send forces to participate in Alabasta's civil army and taking down the throne, the Government could've easily ordered Crocodile to step in to stop the rebellion and take down the Revolutionaries, right? Because he was supposed to be on the Government's side, right? And surely the Army wouldn't have wanted to fight against Crocodile if they were secretly allied (Croc's secret betrayal aside), and if Crocodile refused to fight the Revs the Government could've seen that as a reason to revoke his Shichibukai rights (which wouldn't be great if they wanted to keep Crocodile in a position where he could fund the Army?). So it could've also been a case of it being for the best for everyone's sake to let this one play out "naturally"
But my point is
I'm just deeply intriqued by these little details and wonder if I'm Actually Masterfully Connecting The Dots Like a True Genius or just seeing a pattern where there's none.
Like this is far from confirming the theory, I'm just saying, the pieces do kinda fit together do they not
#Moon posting#OP spoilers#chapter 1097#I'm just saying Crocodile being the Revolutionary Army's Secret Sugar Daddy would be hysterical#Not me having to tag this as OP spoilers because of one and a half panels from the latest chapter lmao#Also Croc and Iva knew each other etc etc everybody remembers that I don't need to point it out#((Although in Impel Down Iva-chan does actually tell Bon-chan about Crocodile being imprisoned at Level 6))#((Saying ''he's crazy too in his own way''. Which is an interesting comment. IDK what to make of it. But it's there))#((Like Level 5.5 was able to access news from outside Impel Down to the point they knew Bon-chan had worked under Crocodile))#((To the point Iva-chan was like ''weren't you and Strawhat enemies''. So like. IDK I'm just Intriqued))#You could also make an argument that this could also tie into Crocodile's good ol' trust issues#'Cause if his involvement with the Army was ever found out he'd have his Shichibukai Rights revoked etc#Also interestingly the Kuma flashback has very much skipped completely the period of time during Luffy was born#Going from the founding of the Army 22 years ago to Ginny's kidnapping 14 years ago#Crocodad Real etc (jk)#You know the derangement is bad when I look at one irrelevant line of dialogue and go like ''is this about my blorbo''#OP Meta
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Twilight Clownery—Part One
You know it was time. For it is this series above all that brings all the clowns the yard, and if there is one thing I do so love to eat, it’s clownery. Feat. Movie Twilight getting more love than Book Twilight, human character simping, and my Bella Hate Dumb tag is finally born. Spoilers, I guess
You mean those same movies that had Edward follow her into the forest, drag her violently by the elbow, screaming “AS IF YOU CAN OUTRUN ME” and overall behave like an emotionally constipated jerk (randomly leaving mid-conversation, slamming on the school bus door) with zero sense of humor?
Stewart is solid gold if not right for the part, Pattinson much less so, Billy Burke a joy, but the rest? Solid B-cast all over them. Even so, the scripts for those movies were god-awful, so it’s no surprise even okay actors struggled.
Human Character Simping
There is this very weird tendency of the fandom to glorify the human characters, and I for one cannot relate. I have a suspicion it’s the movies’ doing—the actors for the human characters are much better written than the vampire ones.
But! The human characters’ mediocrity (bar Angela and Ben) is very well described. In Twilight alone Jessica is judgmental and small-minded—“they all, like, live together” thinks Esme being unable to have children is a failing (!!), and is clearly only friends with Bella because Mike is interested. Apart from that, though? She is just basic (and where the hell did you even get pervert???). Lauren is the only one who gets the bitchiness descriptor.
For her part Bella makes a good (and successful) effort at pairing Mike and Jessica together, simply because she knows Jessica is interested in him. In later books she is not as good a friend to her but that was because 1) she was literally depressed and 2) she was preparing to become a vampire.
Bella Hate Dumb
Bella disregards the feelings of others so much she decides to move to a place she hated just to set her mother free to travel with her boytoy husband. Bella disregards the feelings of others so much that she could not tell Mike directly that she wasn’t interested in him because it would hurt his feelings.
Because it’s Bella’s fault that James wanted to kill her and that Victoria wanted to avenge James through her. It’s Bella’s fault that the Quileutes are werewolves to begin with, despite the fact that Sam had already transformed before her arrival and the rest would have followed suit purely because of the Cullens’ presence. And of course It’s Bella’s fault that Irina saw her and Renesmee, just minding their own business.
What the hell is this victim-blamey insanity? It’s horrific, unhinged, pathological…and so, so delicious. Clown OP created a whole-ass chart! A chart!!!! Was clownery ever this tasty?
Bella thinks/Bella has no thoughts. Chef kiss. This rightfully belongs to the Clownery Hall of Fame. Muah.
This
Because everything about this 4-book romance series with vampires, werewolves, people trying to kill Bella, people trying to kill Edward and his family, people being against Bella being a vampire, people keen on Bella becoming a vampire or else, and Bella literally dying to birth her half-vampire nudger just screams “actually super easy, barely an inconvenience.”
#twilight#twilight renaissance#twilight clown takes#twilight clownery#bella hate dumb#it has begun#om nom nom#honestly that whole bella thinks/bella has no thoughts clownery pretty much sums it up#depending on the clown it's either bella has the worst personality or no personality
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Welcome to my sideblog
That has most likely become my main one. But idk how to change main and second one. So yeah.
I will try to keep this blog mostly related to Kuroshitsuji and twst but who knows what I will like next. From memes (mostly repost because I am not that funny) to theories you can find anything here.
I am not spoiler free BUT I try my best to protect the new fans and hide things under the cut. Unfortunately, I am human, so you may run into spoilers, I am truly sorry.
I am 25, she/her pronouns, INTP. I would love to get to know more people in the fandoms I am in, but eeeh my social skills are lacking. So feel free to hit my dms, I don't bite I promise. I am trying to make more moots/mutuals pls
Here most thing you can find me posting about/comments etc (under the cut because it became long ops)
Kuroshitsuji/Black Butler
Sebaciel shippers do not interact. I will just block and move on. If you see me liking one post tagged like that it's because I am stupid and I don't always read the tags, pls let me know and I will fix the problem.
Now that the important part is over: I AM SO EXCITED FOR THE NEW SEASON AAH. The Weston College arc is my favourite so I am very happy and it feels so nice to see my children here :3
I am up to date with the manga as well, so if you need to cry with someone, I am here. Sobbing.
My fave is Ciel, and Lizzie slander shall not be tolerated (half joking, you are free to dislike her but I am ready to fight at any time to defend her).
A couple of things you may want to check? If you are bored???
New manga chapter comments under: #Phxntomhives Kuro manga yapping
"The Parade of Battlers" song analysis
Finny grew up (chapter 211 spoilers)
Short analysis of the GFantasy May cover
Silly theory of the cricket's ending dance.
He sure is very much unlucky when it comes to life decision...
Vanitas no carte/The case study of Vanitas
Up to date with both anime and manga! And not so patiently waiting for each update. I miss them, I hope for a new chapter soon.
Twisted Wonderland (JP SERVER)
Up to date with main story and eons behind with the events ops. No I do not know japanese, tho I am trying to learn, but I started the game when that was the only version avaiable and I will not start again on eng server sorry. (Technically I have started but I had no more space on my phone and one had to go)
If you are curious about what I think about the story check #phxntomhives twst yapping (because I plan to type a lot and refuse to keep updating this list it's supposed to be pretty after all)
Theory on how the events are canon. Part 2: wish upon a star.
Silver gets a title copium.
Tokyo Aliens
READ IT LEGALLY. FOR FREE. HERE I TELL YOU HOW.
WHY IS THERE NO FANDOM IT'S SUCH A NICE STORY. PLEASE GIVE IT A CHANCE.
I AM LIVING OF HALF A POST AND FANMADE TRANSLATION. HELP.
Parallels between Tokyo Aliens and Negai no Astro
Spoiler/Analysis from scans: chapter 41, chapter 42, chapter 43, chapter 44, chapter 45, chapter 46, chapter 47, chapter 48 (After I added these I basically took over the tags plsssss)
Dr stone
It's appearing more on my feed so I had the feeling I had to add this lol. I love it dearly, I finished the manga and I need to catch up with the anime. I am extremely worried about the rumored (?) new volume that is coming ngl
Negai no Astro
Damn, I am hooked.
Parallels between Tokyo Aliens and Negai no Astro
Aaand honestly many more, feel free to ask! If it helps, here is my not updated because it takes forever MyAnimeList! But I probably missed many of them so really, just come and ask.
I may drop some suggestions to read too sometimes, here they are
Suggestions for you <3
Why you should read Merry Marbling
If you like Negai no Astro or Tokyo Aliens PLEASE CHECK THE OTHER SERIE MENTIONED.
#kuroshitsuji#black butler#twisted wonderland#tokyo aliens#twst#vanitas no carte#the case study of vanitas#mutuals#searching for mutuals#negai no astro
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Through the Looking Glass, Darkly
Some thoughts and theories about Juane on RWBY Vol.9 OP, Episode 1 and onward.
But also something about the OP no one has mentioned yet. Could be minor, or it could be huge.
This contains spoilers, so I’ll do a break and tag accordingly.
So since the teaser and moving forward, and with everything that has been giving to us so far, one of the biggest things I see, and *partially* agree with is:
This is our White Knight, Possibly also the/connected to the White Rabbit (this character is seen with a JACKALOPE towards the end of the OP) and hinted to be Juane.
I agree . . but I do not believe this is ALL of Juane. I think this is only HALF of Juane.
So far, a lot of speculation about this season is about what’s INSIDE. The Within. “What are you?”
In fact, these scene during the OP has the lyrics ‘Inside’ framed on it. Looking in, seeing darkness, seeing nothing. And as pointed out by many others which I did not see before, there is no 11th hour. Hope is lost.
This man is broken. Fractured. Much like his sword.
This card, along with Ruby’s own card, are the only characters to have any other color on them that’s not a hue or tint of their predominate color.
Juane has the red of the blood from Penny, Ruby has white for emptiness, nothingness.
We see Ruby slowing down, loosing her light, lossing her way. She is slowly becoming undone.
But Juane, is already broken, and his mind is fractured. He has had no time to process the fact he had to kill someone dear to himself and even more so to Team RWBY - to Ruby herself. Ruby who is his very dear to him. His first friend at Beacon. His Team Leader buddy, who has helped him through so much.
It does not matter it was war. It does not matter the sacrifice was necessary.
That scream he let go of when he had to do what was asked of him, was the scream of someone breaking, and then smbolically, so too goes his sword.
And so he falls, he shatters.
So then. . . “What are you?”
Juane no longer can feel like he’s a Hero. Juane can no longer feel like he’s going to be there to save people.
Because now Juane feels like a monster. A killer. A murder.
So now this place takes that fractured mind, that broken boy and makes him into what he feels he really is, a monster:
“. . . or could I lose my mind?”
The first time we see the Jabberwalker, it is ‘Seeking, Searching, Scouring, Stalking.’
It then listens, senses danger and after accessing attacks. It then sizes up its target. Then, when it analyzed the battlefield and sees it is outnumbered, it makes the call to Retreat.
A creature of high intelligence and battle field tactics. Voicing its actions as if voicing commands to others, but no one is there except itself. Was able to show great strength against Blake, and then took evasive action.
I think this is actually the real Juane, or rather his mind and soul. I think the White Knight is his empty body, a vessel and little else. A malleable puppet.
Or perhaps the WK part of Juane is what is left of the hero he was suppose to be, and this creature is what he feels he’s become. A danger. A monster.
The Chevrons on the tail seem an interesting choice, and what are Chevrons is just a pointed arc?
Then lastly, the OP - At the end as Ruby falls, she falls downward and passes by all the important highlighting motifs. . . except. . . I saw something peculiar. She’s falling in front of every thing as she descends. . making this seem like a flat image. Making it seem she’s beyond their reach.
Except. .
This creature is not reaching UP the graphic, it’s reaching OUT of the graphic.
Ruby falls BEHIND this creatures hand.
That is an Animation CHOICE. To me that is SIGNIFICANT.
Also to me the significance of the broken mind is the placement of these two - the high standing hero figure (top) looking towards the horizon, and the other the demon/monster (bottom) look up towards where it’s trying to reach
But I will stress all of this is just my crazy brain putting little tiny things together, exploding those into a macro level of thoughts and feelings. I feel the WK/WR is a huge subversion, a great one, and no one has questioned what the sanity of an already broken mind could look like. . because we are instead watching the possible fall and break of another one.
#rwby spoilers#rwby spoiler tag#rwby volume 9#rwby theory#rwby thoughts#theories about juane#also ruby#god my poor cinnamon rolls ; - ;#jabberwalker#OP examination
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I tagged 278 of my posts in 2022
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Longest Tag: 139 characters
#like that was maybe 30 minutes ago in movie. you smell like alcohol and puke why would he kiss you just hygienic wise not even consent wise
My Top Posts in 2022:
#5
>attempts to pick up order, walks towards building
>building has gates pulled together like it's closed or something
>maybe it's a new security measure, keep walking
>door has little sign that the location is closed??
>man sitting in car calls out to me "You tryin' to go to [store]?"
>nod
>"I'm in the phone with her, she'll be right here."
>sit in car, perplexed
>write tumblr post
>she is right there.
>PICK UP ORDER SUCCESSFUL
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#4
this is probably taboo but I really like this post and OP (whose name and comment I deleted) turned off reblogs because people were being "annoying" (?)
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#3
anyone else have a nightmare about being stalked, harassed, and blackmailed by a terrorist organization that forces you to be an accessory to murder like half a dozen times and then have a second dream about you and some of the other victims teaming up and finally killing the head of the organization dnd style with magic and swords but your new partymates get upset after you actually take his life instead of turning him in because you know he has internal connections and would get off free and keep harassing all of you? and then they force you to clean out the house you grew up in of any sign you lot or your loved ones were ever there but in doing that you find some old fanfic your mom wrote and you start crying because you'll never be able to see or talk to her again after you all go on the run for murder? and then you wake up filed with just an immense sense of loss and dread and your throat hurts so much because you're sick? and then when you can't fall asleep you go downstairs and grab water and just sit and type this? no? just me?
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#2
I don't know if people consider 10 Things I Hate About You to be like problematic or bad but I just finished it and you know what? If my partner bought me a guitar anytime they screwed up I would absolutely stick around. Do you know how many guitars that could get me? So many. I could have enough guitars for all the picks I have. That's the dream, baby.
3 notes - Posted July 30, 2022
My #1 post of 2022
nick cage
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#tumblr2022#year in review#my 2022 tumblr year in review#your tumblr year in review#look#I don't use tags because I use the fast reblog fast queue function and I don't have the fancy things#is it bad#yes#will i change?#who knows
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Ruhnuk Dailies and More Thoughts on 7.2
No story spoilers here, just talking about the quest objectives and how soloable they are and other positive feels about 7.2
Overall, I think 7.2 launched really well. I know some folks are having issues with the new map system, but I haven’t any glitches or f-ups like we saw at the launch of 7.0. I haven’t had any tech issues such as constantly falling through the floor, having to log in and out to teleport, etc.
That said, I have had a few problems with line-of-sight with healing comps, as well as pulling one group chain pulling a group that’s WAY over there -- there’s one hallway that’s just a death run unless you’re in stealth. So be mindful of where your comps are at and pulling spawns into hallways, even if there looks to be enough distance between packs.
The dailies feel “natural” in the sense that you will eventually stumble across the objectives as long as you follow the way routes (which are pretty well done, given how twisty turny the planet is). The graphics are beautiful here. There’s a lot of stuff to do, so if you have double rep tokens, blow ‘em here; you’ll get the weekly cap of rep easily within about 2 days (I think I have 1130 rep left for this week?). The flightpoints are spread out enough that you’re made to see the planet, and that’s a good thing, I think.
I ran through the dailies once. The only one I’m having a glitch with is the Heroic Weekly, Blaze of Glory (kill Kithrawl). I’ve tried it in a op group of 8 and in a smaller group of 4 -- never got credit for the quest.
The mouse droid quest, Unconventional Methods, IMHO, because it resets all progress when you get killed:
Other than that:
Ani Ara’novor - find and sabotage equipment, well labeled on the map
One Mando’s Trash -- collect the blue objects in the mining map
Proving our Strength - burn Mando flags, summon one baddie, kill baddie; repeat 4 times.
Ruhnuk Rarebit -- kill animals to make snackies.
What’s in the Works? - don’t worry about finding this one -- you will. It’s not immediately obvious, but the other dailies will drag you there
Snapping the Chain/Natural Resources -- One of these is labeled a Heroic 4, but you can get the tags off regular pet creatures around camp -- you don’t have to fight the gold stars on the initial quest. Natural Resources climaxes with a Heroic 4. I defeated it on a scoundrel by running around like a chicken with my head cut off, using a healing tactical on my bushwack to keep me healed, Akaavi on heals at about Comp level 20.
Weak Links -- let the map lead you around, you’ll run across the blue objects across the planet -- I only used the heroic transport at the end to get the last one.
The Strongest Links -- again, follow the directions, kill the mobs.
There are other one-off quests and quests you find in the process of doing the others. One of these is Relic Hunt, which I haven’t started yet.
In sum, minus the Weekly Raid, you can solo everything with a 20 Comp; I don’t raid or do anything fancy beyond Seasons objectives. You don’t have to pump up Shae to get the intro quests done. Using Akaavi or Torian here is in general fun for RP’ing, but nothing is stopping you from using your other comps.
In sum, if 7.0 had dropped like this, I think reception would have been better for end-game content. Keep in mind too we got Life Day and PVP revamp -- that’s a hell of a lotta stuff. I’m actually hyped about PVP this week. I LIKE seeing what I get as I progress. Using the Seasons system is highly attractive to me, who can’t remember to visit the PVP vendor to save my life half the time.
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I tagged 118 of my posts in 2022
Only 1% of my posts had no tags
#reblog - 108 posts
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Longest Tag: 72 characters
#dora milaje could come into my couch and i be like kay i fucked up sorry
My Top Posts in 2022:
#5
The "Monthly" update
Doing this cause I got nothing left to do let's go
I'm doing physically well, if you can call "staying on a seat for the entire day well" with just my bines cracking.
The first part of my exams are in a week and I'm pretty sure I'm going to die. Today I just had the motivation to work on subject on 7. Great.
I started and finished Moonknight in 24 hours and I had a blast ! The co-op between Marc and Steven was epic and I had my "what is reality" moment that I had reading the comic. I also restarted Kimetsu No Yaiba because of one youtube video. That's it.
On another note, I realized I didn't touch my tablet since January and ... I feel a bit guilty about it, I don't know if it's my laziness speaking but I want to draw something but I don't know WHAT to draw so I'm kinda stuck ?
I try to take every bit of hapiness in life, but waking up at 10 am is not a way to study, I have to correct this.
Went into the BNHA fandom. I have finished reading everything interesting and looking at my screen thinking : "What now ?"
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#4
High School DXD could have been one of the best anime, with a fun storyline and mecanics (angels vs demons but chess) but infortunately they had to rely on fanservice (the bad kind of fanservice because YES there is a good kind) and I hate it for that
0 notes - Posted March 7, 2022
#3
So thank to AO3, I am back once again into Persona.
This would be great if I could play them, but like 75% of Persona fans, I don't posses the right console. So I'm stuck between watching let's plays and reading fics (Some of you are into some weird shit and I am not sorry for kinkshaming you). I'm thinking that I really want to write a fic but I know that I don't have the willpower to regularly post (hehe look at Alcandra 2,5 years and still in hiatus). I just hope I will finally be able to write something other than schoolwork because it fucking sucks.
0 notes - Posted January 10, 2022
#2
November, December & Half Of January Review
Yup. I do love lying. "I'm gonna try to do this every month". Hah. my *ss.
So, what happened to me during these month ?
For November, nothing. I just thought abiut "how about I make NNN again for the second consecutive year ?" and I finished it. +1 on satisfaction and that led me to my mental state of today. I know that some of my friends from schools are watching my blog (and I see you) and they tried but lost at the 25th. I judge you people. I then proceeded to uninstall reddit from my phone to get that sweet Go. No regrets, this app sucks more online data that youtube. Speaking of this bitch, it is way less entertaining than before. I don't know if it's me or what I'm watching, but I'm starting to get into my *winter mood* (aka I become apathetic toward pretty much everything). It's sucks. I feel like I don't deserve what I have and I hate this. Trying to make less depreciative "jokes" is helping but I just want to let it past me. But I lost myself in time.
December was more eventful. First, my Birthday. For being one year closer to adulthood, I'm scared. Like the world is waiting to devour me whole. But I got Metroid Dread ! Go play this game, I was able to escape the spoilers like Pm:TOK and these hours were 100% worth it. I also got a Gamecube controller and finnaly, I can play with my friend without the joycons. School is ... school is shit. I say it, and I'll say it again and again : school is fucked up. Some classes are just plain boring. Like, why the fuck is philosophical classes mandatory ? WHY ? 5 months, and it will end. I hope. The holydays I got for Christmas and New Year were the hardest. For 3 whole weeks, we didn't have a kitchen. I when you have to feed 7 people, It's Hell. For Christmas, I got myself amiibos.
Please, whoever is listening to us, be the devil or god, make Covid stop. I'm tired, you're tired, and if you're not, then you're dead. I'm happy that my family was not hit by this, but I don't want more suffering.
There things I still have to do. My homework, and study how to drive.
After a quick in and out of the Danganronpa fandom (thanks for the flluff btw) I came back into the Persona fandom (and I never left the Fire Emblem and TLOZ fandoms). I now realize that my entier schedule is based around my time on A03. I have to stop, or lessen my need. Hopefully, i did read what I wanted.
Time to prepare myself, for the future, I guess. Shame. Would have loved to stay a child forever, but sometimes, you have to give up on privileges to gain more.
That should be a wrap of what I wanted to say. I will my another post describing the moveis I saw during this time. ~toodles~
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My #1 post of 2022
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did all my freaking out about the potential leak on a Discord server so going back and reading like 3000 pages of tags where people are losing their minds is SO FUNNY, anyway here's my thoughts. Under the cut because SPOILERS, POTENTIALLY and also I'm gonna get wordy as usual.
- some of the dialogue in this does seem kind of weird/off but you seem really nice OP so I'm gonna give you the benefit of the doubt
- if this man is British did he meet Guillermo in London, and in that case did he freaking fly to the States to see him again? how serious are they? or is his being British a coincidence?
- he is absolutely casing the place, not because I want Guillermo's one-off boyfriend to be evil (I think they can get a good plot of out this whether or not he is), but because he mentions the antiques like 300 times. this show does a lot with very little dialogue, they always try to keep it down to like 23 minutes. if this guy mentions art/antiques and being really excited by them a trillion times while also thinking Nandor's this senile guy who wouldn't care if a few things were missing, that's a setup for something. either he's gonna try to rob the house (and maybe try to get Guillermo to help?) or he's going to figure out something weird is going on because he knows art? (and also because half the pictures in certain rooms are of Nandor and Nandor's housemates.)
- "I would have prepared a lengthy welcome dance." What the actual fuck.
- "Ah, I see. Best friends." Guillermo has called Nandor his best friend at least twice I can think of, how is Kayvan gonna read this line?
- "We're dating. I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner." Love your enmeshment with your very normal work friend, Guillermo.
- I want to know how Kayvan is going to deliver pretty much every line in this scene, because Nandor is trying so hard to be welcoming and nice, which means he's either sincerely happy for his very good friend Guillermo, or dying inside but trying to be happy for his hopeless crush/very good friend Guillermo. Either one is a win in my mind because my God, guys, they've come SO FAR.
- "Oh. Oh wow. You have nothing to be sorry about, Guillermo. This is fantastic. A long time coming. Guillermo has been so lonely. Like, really lonely. Like it was funny at first, but then it became a bit pathetic. At one point, I saw him having a tea party… with a dead body!" D-does Guillermo dress up corpses on the regular? Why a tea party? More importantly this is such a glorious combination of kindness/insensitivity, like it's the kind of thing I'd expect from a camera aside, not something Nandor would instantly tell his boyfriend, but also Nandor notices how lonely Guillermo was and is glad he isn't anymore.
- "So glad to have a new buddy." "That’s me. I am the buddy." This has big 'resigning yourself to the friend zone' energy.
- "Truly, a top-notch collection you’ve got here, Nandor. You should be very proud of yourself." "No one has ever said that to me before." Except for how Guillermo specifically has, so again, I really want to know how Kayvan's gonna deliver this one. I can see Nandor thinking about Guillermo here and I can see him completely forgetting when Guillermo told him that and saying this with complete sincerity because he is so weirdly proud of his homemaking he might as well consider their furniture to be homemaking-adjacent.
- "I don’t know what any of that means. But I love it." / "It would be my honor." Nandor, you are laying it on thick. My weird third option is that he too has developed a crush on Guillermo's boyfriend, which would be the funnier and more unpredictable version of this scenario, but it's awfully fast for that to happen.
- Anyway I would like Freddie to be casing the house to rob it and/or to be freaked out and put off by Guillermo's devotion to Nandor/his family in general, then Nandor basically tears the dude's throat out because "you were using Guillermo? you insulted and hurt my Guillermo?" and then maybe he doesn't want to hurt Guillermo too badly so he lies to him about exactly what happened.
If this is a slow burn romance, we can only win. (If it somehow isn't, after everything, but Guillermo is openly gay and dating guys? Still something of a win. I mean they know what the fans want, no reason they can't change their minds even if we've somehow misread every single storytelling signal up to now.)
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A Social Experience
Characters: GN!MC, Leviathan, Asmodeus, Mammon
Wordcount: 1700
Tags: Fluff, Domestic, Bonding Activities, Humor
(No spoilers for latter lessons, but takes place fairly late in the game.)
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"--a gross, shut-in otaku like me!" Levi finished, on the all too familiar note.
Usually by this point you would already be launching into reassurances that he certainly wasn't gross, and shouldn't talk about himself like that, but this time there was nothing but a silence that bounced off the walls, damning and louder than any words.
You reached into your bag of chips, removed a single potato chip, and ate it as you tilted your head in thought. Levi took your silence like a slap in the face, and recoiled, his face already wavering. The sound of your chewing was distressingly loud in contrast.
You finished chewing and swallowed. "I mean, is that even true anymore?" you asked after a nerve-wracking length of time.
Levi's expression twisted more into confusion than hurt. "Huh?!"
"Don't you kind of lose your hikikomori credentials if you become popular and people start coming to spend time with you all the time?"
"That's not-- I'm not-- You don't count!" Levi sputtered.
"Oh, I don't count, huh," you repeated, putting a hand to your chest and dramatically feigning heartbreak.
Levi looked abashed now. "Th-that's not what I meant," he rushed to add.
"I know what you meant," you said. "Give it an hour."
Now Levi tilted fully into confusion.
"Give what an hour?"
"My point to be made," you said, and placed your D.D.D. onto the lip of the bathtub, out of your own reach. It was also clearly visible to Levi as you both sat on beanbags in front of his TV, next to the bath tub. "An hour," you repeated in a portentous video game narrator voice.
Levi scowled and picked up his controller again, turning back to his game. But his reactions were off, now. His character moved jerkily around the screen, doubling back and taking wrong turns on the 8-bit map as Levi's mood roiled with the strangeness of the conversation.
You continued eating your chips slowly, savoring the taste of the limited edition novelty flavor that Levi had generously acquired for you. He'd tried to pass it as a coincidence, but he didn't really know anyone else who unironically enjoyed the taste of cream and devilradish chips.
Not even half an hour passed before there was a knock on the door.
Levi asked for the password on reflex. Surprisingly, from the other side of the door came a sigh, and then Asmo's melodious voice reciting the string of nerd trivia that Levi had set as a password for him ever since they became unlikely allies for the Bloody Moon competition.
"Come in, I guess," Levi replied, giving you a long look. Your D.D.D. was still on the edge of the bathtub, untouched as you sat there elbow-deep in greasy chips. You couldn't have called anyone over. And yet, was this what you expected to happen?
"Give it forty more minutes now," you said low.
Asmo fluttered into the room, like a passing breeze bringing in the smell of perfume.
"Oh, there you are, darling, I was wondering where you were," he said, face lit up as he saw you.
He sat uninvited next to you in the beanbag, and you scooted over to make space for him. Levi would have complained, except moving to make room for Asmo meant you shuffled closer to Levi instead, so he ended up biting his tongue.
"What do you want?" Levi grit out.
"Must I want something?" Asmo asked, "Is it not enough that I give my adorable brother the opportunity to entertain me?"
"He's bored," you translated.
"I'm soooo bored," Asmo whined, his shoulders rolling in a full-body sigh. But he perked up as he leaned forward to look at both you and Levi. "But what about all this? Mind if I join the fun~?"
"Let's find a game Asmo can play," you suggested.
"If you'd like," Asmo acquiesced with a shrug, indicating he'd had some other kind of fun in mind.
Levi gave you another sidelong glance, full of suspicion, but his head was out of the game he was playing anyway, so he exited and pulled up his game library instead. Deciding which game to choose was the trickier part, because Asmo had terrible reflexes, and an attention span worse than Mammon's when it came to playing anything. This ruled out anything requiring twitch reflexes or understanding complicated rules.
Asmo, meanwhile, scrunched his nose at your chips.
"All that grease and salt is going to be awful for your complexion, darling," he said, clearly disapproving.
"I'm not rubbing it on my face," you said, and defiantly sucked crumbs off your thumb. Levi nearly choked at the sound, which was borderline obscene. The little sound Asmo made in response did nothing to contradict this impression.
Levi managed to swallow back the wave of envy before it came undammed by concentrating on the list of games on the screen. He still had to make a selection.
A farming sim seemed like a safe enough choice; something bright and frivolous. Just like Asmo.
Levi passed the controller as the title screen came up, and Asmo, to his credit, managed to choose the 'New Game' option without messing anything up. Yet. When the screen went dark as the game loaded, Asmo couldn't resist looking at his reflection and primping his hair a bit. Levi did resist snorting and rolling his eyes, but it was a close thing.
The character creation screen popped up with its myriad of options, and Asmo gasped in delight.
"Oh! This is a good start! Much better than getting shoved into some ugly gray metal suit at the beginning," Asmo remarked cheerfully. He cycled through the hair and clothing options with the speed and deftness of a veteran player.
"Hey, beginner armor in RPGs can be colorful too," Levi protested.
"But not fashionable, apparently," Asmo sniffed.
Asmo had only just barely settled on a hairstyle and color combination he thought was adequately cute, and was scrunching his nose at the shirt options, when another knock came at the door.
"Come in," you called out, before Levi could demand a password.
Mammon's head popped through the door, and he pulled a face when he saw you there, just like he always did when you were in somebody else's company and not his.
"Eh? What're you doing here?" Mammon asked, closing the door behind him and sidling up to the three of you.
He craned his neck and squinted at the screen, like he was verifying that whatever you were doing, it passed his requirements for propriety. Between knowing the kinds of games Levi had in his collection, and seeing Asmo there, maybe he was not completely unjustified in some suspicion, but it still made you want to roll your eyes.
"We're watching Asmo create his character," you explained.
Mammon guffawed. "Betcha been watching him do that for a while!"
"Fifteen minutes, more or less," you said. "But to be fair, Levi takes way longer to create characters."
"It's an important step!" Levi sputtered.
"Especially with the quality of the options," Asmo added. "Look at this. A purple T-shirt with a pink butt on it?"
"That's a peach!" Levi protested, his face turning red.
"I know what a butt looks like, Levi," Asmo replied tartly.
"Wait, wait, Asmo, that black one with the gold design ain't half bad! Go back an' pick that one."
"That gaudy thing! Absolutely not!"
"Mammon, why are you even here?" Levi asked, now completely exasperated with his brothers.
"I was just seein' if we were still on for Devil Kart against those Purgatory Hall guys. We need ta win back our honor, ya know."
"Do we?" Levi asked suspiciously, "or are you running a betting pool again?"
Mammon made a good show of appearing indignant at the very suggestion, but he'd hit you up earlier today about whether you'd be willing to take a dive in the second half of Candy Mountain in exchange for a lump grimm sum, so you knew too much about the subject to defend Mammon without exposing him.
"Can't I be showin' an interest without ya gettin' all suspicious a' me? What makes me so weird, huh? Asmo here doesn't even play games, and I don't see ya hasslin' him!"
"I do too play games," Asmo protested.
"Really? 'Cause only thing I ever saw you play was that stupid matching thing with the gems, and I ain't seen much of even that lately."
You knew which game Mammon meant, because it was the only game app you'd ever seen on Asmo's phone. You'd watch him play in moments of boredom, swiping his screen with a completely blank look of concentration as he matched the colors of the gems in rows and columns, and they burst into sparkles.
"Ugh, of course you haven't seen me play, I finished it. I have to wait until they add new levels."
"Didn't that game have like ten thousand levels already?" you asked. "You mean you passed all of them?"
"Eleven thousand and sixty five," Asmo corrected primly. "And yes, I did them all. I have to wait until they add more now. I asked."
The room fell into shocked silence at this. Even Levi looked mildly dyspeptic at the thought of completing eleven thousand levels of a match-3 game. You'd played it yourself for a while, and past the two hundredth level, the number of complicated mechanics the game introduced had completely broken you.
"Anyway," Mammon said after a few more beats of silence. He gestured to the screen, where Asmo was flicking between two shirt options. "This thing got co-op or somethin'?"
You finished your chips, and folded away the empty bag. When you picked up your D.D.D., fifty five minutes had passed.
"Still five minutes left," you muttered to Levi while Asmo and Mammon bickered over the choice of pants. "Wanna play the long odds and see if the twins show up too?"
"Okay, okay, you've made your point," Levi grumbled. "I let way too many people waltz in here. I'll have to tighten security."
But Levi's heart wasn't really in it, and when he turned to watch Mammon try to swipe Asmo's controller while the latter loudly protested, there was almost a smile threatening to spread over Levi's face.
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Still Breathing
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Summary: Six months after the defeat of Thanos, the world is still in chaos. The threat of the Flag Smashers combined with the new headstrong Captain America means it's time for Valencia Zicari to help save the world one more time. But, in doing so, she also has to pick up the pieces of a broken relationship.
Warnings: Major TFATWS spoilers, Swearing, Angst, Fluff, Slow-Burn, John Walker (just in general)
A/N: HHH, new fic time! TFATWS has been consuming my brain these past few weeks and it was only a matter of time before I made another oc and wrote for Bucky. I’ve had this in the works since the first episode but I’m super excited to finally be ready to start posting! This fic will be relatively short but I do also plan on doing a prequel fic eventually to further flush out my marvel oc, Valencia Zicari. I apologize that this starts off kinda slow, with just two phone calls at the beginning, but it will pick up a lot in the upcoming chapters. In the meantime if you have any questions or comments about the fic or Val’s story, don’t hesitate to send them my way! Hope you enjoy!
Chapter 1 - Your Number On Speed Dial
Bucky’s eyes shot open, his throat closing and lungs gasping for air. He felt the sweat covering his body, the thin blanket tangled between his legs. The cool metal of his dog tags swung against his chest as he sat up, chest heaving as he sucked in breaths and tried to regain his breathing. He looked around his surroundings, slowly calming down as he noticed he was in his apartment.
Another goddamn nightmare.
Realizing he was alone, Bucky instinctively reached up onto the chair next to him for his cellphone. He flipped open the phone, eyes squinting to adjust to the light of the small screen in front of him. He noticed the time, 3:08 am. While he knew that she would more than likely still be up and wouldn’t mind talking, he felt guilty for instinctively reaching out for her this late. Still, he let his hand press accept and after only two rings he heard her familiar voice pick up.
“Hi Buck,” she said with a smile, exhaustion evident in her voice.
“Hi,” he replied with a hoarse voice, sleep still clinging to his vocal chords. “Shouldn’t you be asleep?”
“I could ask you the same question,” she said with a small laugh. “But, yeah. Probably. I’ve been working my ass off trying to get in contact with Fury and nothing is working.”
“Not even through the SHIELD lines?”
She sighed, a hand coming up to rub at her temples. “I’ve tried, but he’s ‘on vacation’ and is only taking messages if they’re life or death.”
“I mean, shouldn’t he be able to make an exception for you? Given, y’know..”
“Unfortunately I lost the ‘you’re my adoptive daughter’ privilege when I decided to grow up and join the Avengers.” Bucky chuckled in response, his nightmare finally starting to fade from the back of his mind. “I’m just.. worried about Wanda. The whole situation still isn’t sitting right with me, especially since any information has been classified and no one at all can access it.”
“Val,” Bucky said quietly, his metal hand coming up to rub against the chain hanging around his neck. “When was the last time you took a break?”
He heard an audible sigh over the phone and a pause before she spoke up. “Not since half of the world disappeared.”
“Well, how about this. Thursday, you finally put all of that aside for a few hours and we can grab lunch. I’ll buy.”
She thought it over for a moment, Bucky’s breath hitching in his throat in the few seconds it took before she spoke up. “Yeah, that sounds nice. We can go to that sushi place you used to take me to.”
“Sounds perfect, doll. I’ll see you then. Now go get some rest.”
“You too, old man.”
~~~~~
Valencia stood in the common room of the compound, a scowl present on her face as she watched the tv. John Walker’s Good Morning America interview was playing at a low volume. She hadn’t even met the man yet and already hated him. Partly because of how he talked about Steve without knowing the first thing about him, and partly because every journalist in the state of New York had been contacting her in an attempt to interview her about the new Captain America. Pulling her eyes away from the screen, she noticed her phone vibrating to announce an incoming call. She answered, a smile tugging at her lips for the first time in the past day. “Hey Bucky.”
“Hi,” he said shortly. She could feel the anger in his voice. “Have you seen the news?”
“Absolutely,” she replied, her scowl returning to her face. “Everyone has been bothering me about it for the past day. I had to tell Pepper that if one more reporter asked to take a statement from me I’d throw someone out of a window.”
“Jeez. Little harsh, don’t ya think?”
“Probably,” she said with a small laugh.
“Hey, have you talked to Sam recently?”
“Yeah, I was just talking to him earlier before you called. He was telling me about having to go to Munich today, something about the Flag Smashers? I don’t know, he didn’t really give me a lot of information.”
“No, that's great. Thanks, doll. See you Thursday.”
“Alright, Buck. See you then.”
~~~~~
Any normal person would be astonished by the amount of trouble one person could get into in the span of 18 hours. But, in terms of being an Avenger, it’s just a normal Wednesday. Especially when it’s Sam and Bucky’s fault. But, Valencia still found a way to be freaking out when Pepper rushed into her room, shoving a phone into her face to announce that Bucky had a warrant out for his arrest. And had subsequently ended up in a Baltimore jail.
In under an hour she had flown down to the city and found the facility Bucky was being held in. She pulled open the door to the jail, eyes quickly scanning the crowd of people before landing on Bucky’s literal partner in crime.
She made a beeline straight for the dark haired man. “You want to explain to me what’s going on here, Sam Wilson?” Eyes narrowed, lips pulled into a tight line.
Upon seeing her he pushed himself out of his chair. “Val! How ya’ been? You been doing okay?”
“Oh cut the shit, Sam. You better have a good explanation for why I found out that Bucky not only had a warrant out for his arrest, but then ended up in a Baltimore jail leaving me to haul ass down here to figure out what in the hell is happening.”
“First, I need you to calm down. Promise me you won’t freak out?”
She glared at him. “Are you-”
“Val,” he said in a stern tone.
She let out a huff before nodding. “Alright, fine. I’m calm.”
“He helped me with that mission in Munich I told you about and then wanted to introduce me to someone in Baltimore. And he may have missed his therapy appointment in the process.”
“He missed-!” Val immediately yelled out, voice louder than anticipated, which drew the attention of the people around them. Sam put an arm around her shoulder and led the two of them over towards an unoccupied side of the room. “Sam, are you serious? He’s been doing so well! He put in so much effort to make sure he made the appointments and you let him go with you?”
“First of all, I told him repeatedly that I didn’t want him coming, but you know how stubborn he is.”
She let out a defeated sigh and dropped her hands to her sides. “So what do we do now?”
“Well lucky for you they’re actually releasing him.”
Before Val could reply she was cut off by the sound of heels clicking before a familiar voice spoke near them. “Sam. I’ve heard a lot about you.” She reached out to shake his hand. “I’m Dr. Raynor. I’m James’s therapist. It’s good to see you again, Valencia.”
Val gave her a smile. “Good to see you too, doc.”
“So nice to meet you. You two already know each other?”
“I took Bucky to the first few of his appointments to make sure that he would, y’know, actually go. But that was before..” she waved a hand in the air, “everything.”
Sam nodded. “Well thank you, Dr. Raynor, for getting him out.”
“Oh, that wasn’t me.”
From across the room a booming voice spoke up, instantly grabbing their attention. “Christina!” The three of them all turned in unison and were met with none other than the new Captain America himself, taking pictures with a bunch of fans. “It’s great to see you again.”
“You’ve got to be kidding me. You know him?” Sam spoke up with a frustrated sigh.
“Yeah, we did some field ops back in the day.”
“I heard you were working with Bucky, so I thought I’d step in.” Val watched as he approached the group, her arms instinctively crossing over her chest. “Miss Zicari, it’s nice to finally meet you. I’ve been trying to reach out for a formal introduction for several days now.”
“It’s Agent, actually. And unlike you I’ve had a lot of other pressing matters that required my attention.”
“Right. Well, anyway. Bucky’s not gonna be following a strict schedule any longer.”
“What?”
“We haven’t finished our work. Who authorized this?”
“Um,” John used both hands to gesture up towards himself. “He’s too valuable of an asset to have tied up.”
Val’s attention went from John to the sound of a metal door closing behind her. Her head turned towards the sound and she was met with none other than a familiar set of blue eyes side-eyeing the blonde man in front of her. She felt the corner of her mouth turn up in a half-smile as his head turned and saw hers. Almost instantly the token frown he wore at all times faded and turned into his own partial smile. She walked over to him, her arms finding their way around his neck subconsciously. “Hey, Buck,” she breathed as his arms wove around her middle, pulling their bodies flush together.
“Hey to you too,” he said with a small laugh. “Pepper finally let you leave the compound?”
She pulled away to look at him. “Less her letting me leave and more so her immediately getting me a flight and shoving me out the door when she found out you got arrested.”
“Alright lovebirds, break it up.” Dr. Raynor said from behind them. Val’s arms dropped to her side and before she had the chance to correct her, the woman spoke up again. “James, condition of your release, session now.” Bucky let out an audible groan, rolling his eyes slightly, to which Val couldn’t help but let out a small chuckle. “You too, Sam.”
“That’s okay, I’ll be out here with Val.”
“That wasn’t a request.”
She pulled her phone from the pocket of her leather jacket and noticed an incoming call. “Just go, I’ll be outside. I gotta take this anyway.” Val walked outside of the jailhouse, sliding a thumb across the screen to answer the call in the process. She partially paid attention to what Pepper was telling her as the new Captain America walked past her, obviously checking her out with a side-eye as she leaned against the chipped bricks. Her eyes narrowed at him as he turned to steal another glance her way before turning her eyes away and down the opposite side of the road.
“Yeah, he’s okay… no, I don’t know the specifics of how it works out with the pardon... I’ll keep you updated, but it doesn’t look like I’ll be back any time soon. I kinda feel like I’ll be joining the idiots on whatever they plan on doing next… Alright, I will. Keep me updated on the whole Westview situation and tell Morgan to stop stealing the snacks from my room. Oh, haha. Take care, Pepper.”
As she hung up the phone she saw the door next to her swing open with a visibly angry Sam walking out of it. Bucky trudged out a few seconds later, looking angry but more upset than the man in front of him. As the door started to close behind him he saw Val and walked over to her.
“Do you think Steve was wrong about me?” She could tell he was fighting back tears by the way his voice cracked at the end.
Her hands cupped his face. “Bucky, no, absolutely not. Why would you say that?”
He looked away, not able to look her in the eye. After all the nights they spent together, her talking him down from a nightmare, reassuring him and chasing the negative thoughts away, he couldn’t admit that part of him still felt that same way. “It.. doesn’t matter.”
“If it’s making you this upset, then yes it does.”
He let out a huff as her thumb began to lightly rub against the stubble on his cheek. “Sam shouldn’t have given up the shield.”
“I know, Buck, I know. But there’s nothing we can do now, so let’s just try to figure out what’s happening with..” she lifted a hand from his face and used it to make vague gestures around them. “Everything right now.”
The loud siren from a police cruiser halted their conversation, the sound making Val physically jump. She looked towards the source of the sound and scowled. This asshole again. “Gentlemen,” John’s eyes scanned Val’s figure quickly before adding, “and lady. Good to see you again.” Begrudgingly, she followed Sam and Bucky’s lead and walked towards the blonde haired man and his sidekick. “Look, if we divide ourselves we don’t stand a chance, you guys know that.”
Sam crossed his arms over his chest. “So what do you got?”
“Should she be hearing this?” John gestured to Val.
She scoffed. “I’m on board now, so out with it.”
“Alright. Well the leader’s name is Karli Morgenthau. We’ve been targeting civilians that have been helping Karli move from place to place. They geotagged a location, then scrambled the signal. But our satellites have found their symbol popping up in various displaced communities all across Central and Eastern Europe. We think that she's taking the medicine she just stole to one of these camps.”
“Well there’s been hundreds of those put up across the planet since The Blip,” Valencia interjected. “So I guess you’ll have to look real hard.”
“Good thing I have 20/20 vision, huh?” John shot back, annoyance prevalent in his voice.
“Where is she now, Walker? Do you know?” Bucky spoke up, patience quickly being stretched thin.
“No, we don’t know, Bucky,” Walker’s voice rose dramatically. “It’s only a matter of time before we find out.”
Bucky cocked his head to the side, eyes narrowing at the man in front of him. “Things are really tense for you, aren’t they Walker?” Val rested a gentle hand against Bucky’s chest, holding him back as a reminder not to do anything irrational- although she definitely wanted him to.
Sam approached the super soldier, putting a hand in the air to further make him back off. “Take it easy. Look, Walker’s right. It is imperative that we find them and stop them. But you guys have rules of engagement and all kinds of authorizations you have to get. We're free agents. We're more.. flexible. So it wouldn't make sense for us to work with you.”
The trio started to walk off before Walker stood up from the cruiser and spoke. “A word of advice, then.” The three of them turned to look at him once again. “Stay the hell out of my way.”
Knowing that it wasn’t worth it to get a final word in, Sam put a hand on either of their shoulders and pushed them to keep walking away. Once they were a reasonable distance down the street, Val turned to Bucky and noticed he was deep in thought. “What’s on your mind, Buck?” she asked with a hand coming up to rest on his shoulder.
“Well, I know what we have to do. When Isaiah said “my people”...” he trailed off, still staring ahead.
“Oh, don’t take that to heart. That’s not what he meant-” Sam tried to correct him before Bucky cut him off.
“No, he meant HYDRA.” He paused for a moment, feet coming to a stop as he looked between the pair next to him. “HYDRA used to be my people.”
“Bucky,” Val spoke up cautiously.”
Sam scoffed. “Not a chance.”
“Walker doesn’t have any leads.”
“I know where you’re going with this, no.”
“He knows all of HYDRA’s secrets. Don’t you remember Siberia.”
“Oh, you cannot be serious,” Val said as she dragged a tired hand over her face.
“So you’re just gonna sit in a room with this guy?”
Bucky hesitated for a moment, obviously not thinking about his idea that much ahead of time. “Y-yes.”
Val sighed, shaking her head slightly. “Out of all your ideas, this has got to be the dumbest.” She looked at Sam, who shrugged his shoulders and nodded. “Fine. Let’s go see Zemo.”
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Return
🛑 WARNINGS: Spoilers to The Phantom Menace. 🛑
✨ requested by: @sazafraz
✨ Pairing: Gray Jedi!Maul x OC
✨ Summary: Maul returns to Norella after a journey of self-discovery, having kept in contact with her through their Force Dyad.
✨ Solari Says: You’ll recognize this plot, Saz, because it is one we’ve talked over before on Discord. I hope it brings you as much soft as I hope. <3 For those who do not know, Norella is the Empress of a system called Lucent Prime, a fan-made kingdom that @sazafraz has thought of and told me all about. Also, Maul had only been stabbed. Not bisected. Know this, before moving forward.
✨ Prompt(s) -
Kunzite - experiencing unconditional love.
gif credit: to the OP.
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Norella’s eyes bore into the bustling city outside of her quarters window. Her drapes were pulled apart just so that she could thoroughly observe everything that was occurring--for any sort of signs that she could possibly receive. She remained hopeful, passionately hopeful that he would find himself back on her planet once more.
She missed Maul. Her heart ached every time that they would see each other, as clear as she saw the structures that were sprouted out of the ground below--all without the physical presence that she so craved. Her hands crossed behind her back, letting out a heavy sigh as she turned slowly to finally go perform the duties she was set.
Heron, her assistant and father figure since her parents’ passing, had his arms folded behind his back properly and bowed when Norella had moved her attention to him.
“What is on our agenda today, Heron?” she asked quietly, her posture professional but her eyes just hinting at her small bit of sadness.
“Nothing out of the ordinary today, my lady,” he answered honestly, straightening out.
“Good... I do not think I can handle something out of the ordinary,” she responded, her eyes averting downwards.
It was like a switch flipped, the parental side of Heron beginning to peer through the cracks of formality. “Is there something troubling you, Norella? You seem... off balance.”
The charm of Lucent Prime was that Norella and her direct assistants were all force-sensitive. As much as it made the Empress feel more at home, it also made things much more difficult in terms of stowing emotions.
Heron had been privy to Norella’s growing feelings for Maul. She had been responsible for him when he was found, stowed away on a supply ship headed for her planet after his battle with Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi. He was injured, barely hanging on through the sheer anger and vengeance he had stored inside. She had helped him regain himself, and during this time they had discovered the Force had directly connected them.
He began to calm down. He became less angry, less fueled by vengeance, the longer he stayed in her care on Lucent Prime. When he processed that he had been abandoned by his prior Sith master, he had decided to leave Lucent Prime in order to discover what his life was meant for. He wanted to figure out what he wanted for himself, if he wanted to build something after he had realized that no one from his past life was coming back.
It had been months now. After he had made his presence known for almost three months time, he had promptly disappeared.
She could not fault him for wanting to pave his own way, it was something that she knew he desired. A life of hatred, a life of abandonment, was something that would have drove him mad should he linger on it for longer.
She was happy to get any update she could. Little by little, she could see him change. His posture, the way that he spoke, began to change.
“I miss him,” she says simply, knowing Heron would understand.
“I know you do, my lady,” Heron responded, his eyes much softer than they had been before. “I’m sure that he will reach out to you again, in time. For now, we must focus on the task at hand.”
Norella nods her head a bit solemnly, before beginning to walk beside Heron out of her quarters. The door shut behind her, she lets out a soft exhale as they traverse the massive halls. The clicking of her heels echoed in the empty halls, as her mind began to wander during their short trip to the throne room.
When she was about to begin her ascent up the three steps leading to her throne, she pauses. There was a shift in the air, a breach in the Force that she just felt stir in her stomach. However, as sudden as it was, there was a familiar warmth that accompanied it. She places her hand over her heart in response to it, feeling it begin to pick up it’s drumming in her chest.
Maul.
She turns, her eyes much more lively as they searched in the throne room--as if he were going to barge through the door. She hears his ship fly overhead through the walls, lifting up her skirt slightly so that she may begin to move quickly.
She begins her running, her heels clacking on the floor. Her guards tried to step and stop her to due her sudden movements, but Heron raises a hand for them to stop. And they do, pausing in their tracks and watching as their Empress moved as fast as her garb would allow.
She charges through a blast door that opened up, causing the warmth of the sun to leak through and crash against her skin. She winces a little due to the sudden light change, but her eyes quickly adjust to the ship that had made its home on the landing bay.
The doors hissed open, and she could feel her heartbeat rise the lower it got to touching the bay floor. When it gently clattered, she began to approach it slowly.
She could see the beginnings of his dark boots stepping down, making her heart race just a little more. More of him began to reveal itself as he descended down the ramp. He had his dark robes on, his hood up and over his horns and tattooed skin. He paused when his eyes rested on Norella, and she could feel his content coursing through his veins through their dyad.
She picks up her skirt again, speed-walking towards him. As she drew closer, she could see the difference in his tunics that lay against his form. They were black, with intricate designs that only shown when the light hit against it. They were beautiful, and they suit him much more than the simple black that he had worn when she met him.
“Maul,” she greeted, smiling sweetly when she got close enough. She wanted to hug him, pull him close so that she could receive the physical affection she so craved.
“Empress Norella,” he greeted back, bowing in formality when she addressed him.
“I... I wasn’t sure that you would be returning,” she admitted, attempting to swallow the feelings that she could feel boiling between them.
She could feel that he missed her, just as much as she did him. That he was also starved of affection that he so craved, hungry for her presence. She watched him closely, on his body language that gave away her assumption. And if she payed enough attention, she would begin to notice more differences with him.
He gazed into her eyes, and she felt entrapped by the blue that he had. Something about the way it contrasted against his red and black skin drew Norella closer and closer to him, finding it harder to look away. “To be quite honest, I wasn’t sure if I was to return when I had left here, but... I found myself thinking of you. Often. So I reached out to you.”
“I... appreciated that, you know. I enjoyed seeing your progression, your face,” she folded her arms behind her, averting her eyes downward.
She could hear Maul step closer and closer to her, and soon his body was only about a foot from hers. She looked up at him once more, a little surprised to see his soft expression as he studied her. He felt as if it had been years, even though it was only months, and seeing her beauty in front of him was almost surreal.
Like he had been dreaming.
They didn’t need to say anything to each other, in terms of their feelings. Their dyad made it impossible for them to hide the swelling love that they felt boiling in their chests. It was almost overwhelming, as Maul reached up and placed a hand at her cheek.
She leaned into his ginger touch, the aspect of it almost feeling imaginary. Something that she had craved for so long, and finally able to receive it. Nothing that they experienced through their dyad could surmount to the moment that they were in now.
So he leaned in, his blue eyes much more gentle than she had ever seen them. She knew what he was trying to do, and frankly hurried for their lips to meet in the middle. To describe their kiss would be a cliché, but she was half inclined to agree with them; there were butterflies in her stomach, fireworks setting off between the two of them. Whatever it may be, she felt it amplified by the Force--by their dyad.
And when they reluctantly pulled away, he brought her in close so his arms wrapped around her. His palm held the back of her head, so her temple was placed against his chest. She hummed in content, her arms raveling around him as she relished in the attention she had finally been able to receive.
“I take it this means you’re staying...” she said, her voice a low mutter as she almost drowned in the feelings she had.
“I realized on my journey, that I couldn’t see myself anywhere else,” he admitted, his thumb brushing against her white hair.
And she smiled.
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i’m a bit late to this but thank u @gaysarawat for tagging me in this!!!
list which 5 shows make you feel better then tag 10 other blogs.
spoiler alert: i’m not good with words shkfjshf don’t expect much from me pls. also, these are in no order, just how they come to my head
1. let me just start with my comfort drama, 2gether the series. this drama is so.. good? like i personally really liked watching tine falling in love with sarawat while watching sarawat fall in love with tine outside the bubble he created in his head about him. i love how pure their love is and, even with its flaws sometimes *ehem* the season finale handshake *ehem*, how they show it to each other in various ways. the side couples are good as well (even if it took me the existence of s2g for me to like milphukong) and so are the other characters. i hold this drama close to my heart and will always treasure it <3
2. next up is *drum roll* brooklyn nine nine!!! i rarely talk about it other than when it’s airing but this show is soooo good. i’ve been watching it for a few years (with a few hiatus in between because a bitch is dumb and forgot to keep watching... for months at a time) and half rewatched it half finished watching it to catch up before season 7 came out and let me tell you, the way this show has my heart????? god i love it i literally sobbed while watching the season 7 finale because my parents have a son now!!!!!!!! ah anyways, even though it’s a sitcom and sitcoms have like.... faint plots, i really like how it’s going for each character and i’m so excited to watch season 8 (for what i’m hoping it’ll be) next year!!!!
3. i had to think about this a bit but i think i’m gonna go with dark blue kiss! this drama was honestly a ride but seeing a grown up petekao and the idiots squad going through life was truly the highlight of it. after rahul’s post, i don’t think i can say anything close to the beautiful words he used hhhh but i’ll try and make sense sjfhs what i really like about this drama is how it’s a tad bit more mature than you’d usually expect from a bl? the side couple is definitely more mature since sun is like.. Years older than mork and shit sjfhks but yeah, u can see it in how it handled certain things that maybe other bls haven’t really touched on ((and i get that bls are like.. supposedly feel good content for (non) lgbt audiences but ignoring those does Not make us feel good... <3)) and i especially love the ending!! the last episode really highlights the character development from everyone during the whole series and i think there couldn’t have been a better one :-)
4. okay this might come as a shock to some but next is the untamed!! basically the drama that made me come back to tumblr sjfhksfj i’m so attached to drama i’ve rewatched it once *holt’s voice* AND I’LL DO IT AGAIN. no but really, i really want to rewatch and i would if the whole rip lotus pier arc didn’t make me want to punch jiang cheng’s ass Badly,,,, but other than that, what an amazing drama holy Fuck. the characters....... such complex characters and so many smartasses together. i fucking Love it. i especially love how the directors of the drama said “okay how gay can we make this without getting the attention of the government” ksjfjsfh but yeh . this drama makes me Feel things so it of course had to be here
5. and last but not least (and probably the hardest to choose because why did u just give me 5 op smh), theory of love!! now, does the power of this drama towards my person have something to do with me being whipped for half of the cast? of course yes. but cast aside, the story was really good!! and as someone who, at the time of watching, hadn’t really seen many non-engineers bls, this was truly a breath of fresh air. i love how, even though it’s the clear best friends to lovers, they added the one sided crush at the start and lots of angst in the middle to make it extra ✨🌶spicy🌶✨ and break our hearts even more :-))) also, something that i found really interesting was the fact the side couples were not in the book??? so someone in that writing room thought bone being into his teacher was okay.... lmao chile angays untwo! underappreciated couple and underappreaciated characters. two?? a literal sweetheart. un??? the man’s just vibing and hoping for two to stop hating him for no reason skjfhksj but oh well they ended up together so . win for the bisexuals ! khai and third Hurt and they (well, third) went through it all, but now tHEYRE ENGAGED BITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
okay that’s all sfhksjfhf this was really fun!! and it made me truly think why i love these shows and try and express it so !! great hehe
i’m now tagging @calaveritaenby @wjmild @wavelovespang @ppkrits @asianmelodrama @pangwave @class2clown @toptaps @brightwin and @midyears !! if u guys have done it or don’t want to do it u can ignore this 👉🏻👈🏻
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next collection of in-progress naruto thoughts!
[spoiler policy disclaimer first, as always: I'm only still in the early stages of Shippuden (we just finished the arc where we met Sora from the Fire Temple and the Guardian Shinobi Twelve. I literally had zero interest in Naruto growing up, so I remain unspoiled for virtually everything that happens past this point. I would love to stay that way, so please don’t interact with this (tags included, because the notifications now show them to me automatically) with any spoilery commentary, including even general things like “oh i love this show but it gets less good after X point” or “X season is better than Y season” or any general assessments of quality/likability/etc re: future seasons. Thank you! <3 ]
- i am really just losing it over how the relationship between naruto and sakura has become so strong and solid and how it’s so clear how much they care about each other and how they finally really feel like they have a deep friendship. like. they have a real bond now. naruto sleeping with all the notes sakura wrote him clutched in his hand - i was about to scream. how he is SO horrified that he hurt her while he was in the nine-tails state, and how she didn’t tell him because she knew how upset he’d be and she didn’t want him to feel guilty. how she sees him turned into this vicious creature that’s hurting himself and is flooded with all these memories of him as this happy-go-lucky little kid. how she tells him “i’m here too. we have to be strong, you and me, together” after they’re both devastated over how poorly their first encounter with sasuke has gone. his awestruck thought of “sakura...you’re amazing” when she’s treating kankuro in the sand village. i just can’t get over how their relationship has grown. how she used to think he was so obnoxious and annoying, and now they are perfect partners, with a deep friendship rooted in mutual respect and admiration - they really are the stiles and lydia friendship progression of naruto, aren’t they?
- also BRUH sakura was the first one to take out one of the guardian shinobi twelve AND the first one to take out an akatsuki - FUCKING INCREDIBLE! i cannot even explain how happy i am to see her out here being amazing. the story actually thinks she matters now, and it is beautiful.
- when asuma came out swinging with “CHILDREN AREN’T PAWNS”!!!!!!! oh my GOD. I was YELLING. ASUMA. I LOVE YOU.
- i have now met yamato/tenzo and he is precious. i was a little frustrated with him in his first arc because i didn’t understand why he was allowing the kids to drift so far off-mission and infiltrate orochimaru’s hideout to “retrieve” sasuke when there was literally no way they would be able to succeed, but ever since then i have become fond of him. i really, really like seeing him and kakashi be friends (the way kakashi just keeps fucking with him, lmao) and it warms my heart whenever kakashi uses his real name. (fyi the episode tag where yamato is drunkenly ranting to asuma about how overworked and underappreciated he is was SO fucking funny; i would watch a hundred episodes of those little slice-of-life moments without any hesitation.)
- sai was a surprise - i literally had no idea this character even existed. he is v. cute; however, i remain EXTREMELY concerned about what the fuck kind of training program the anbu black ops is running, and i hope we aren’t just gonna let this slide, because i mean, sai said they like - take in war orphans and like........turn them into child soldiers?????? i just????? this seems........Bad???? like something that perhaps the hidden leaf administration should uhhhhhhhh........be concerned about???
- the FACT that naruto was SLEEPING in kakashi’s HOSPITAL ROOM for DAYS waiting for him to be discharged lmao i CANNOT <3333333333
- LOVED seeing tsunade stand up for naruto when he wasn’t in the room. “he is a SPLENDID ninja and an asset to this village!” tsunade is fed up with naruto half the time because he drives her crazy, BUT i loved to see the show remember that her entire first arc was about how naruto manages to stir something hopeful in her and how “there’s something about him that makes you want to bet on him.” she cares about him and she does respect him, even when he’s driving her up the wall. when they flashed back to that forehead kiss she gave him, the one she gave her little brother - goD <333
- also absolutely LOVED seeing the kids being dumbasses together. when they all get into that silly, non-serious fight with sora and naruto, and then lee comes soaring in like “WHO PLANNED THIS MIGHTY MEETING OF FISTS WITHOUT INVITING MEEEE” and they’re all scuffling and yelling and shikamaru is just staring at them off on the sidelines with asuma like “...idiots”.........so beautiful.
- speaking of which - we started the team asuma vs. akatsuki arc the other night and boy i am enjoying seeing this group again, and i am esp. LOVING seeing more of shikamaru’s dynamic with asuma - one of my favorite moments in shonen jump was when asuma dropped out of the trees and annihilated the nine guys who were about to take shikamaru’s head off; it was the first time i cheered while watching the show - but i will say this: this arc is making me kind of nervous. i hope i am stressing myself out for nothing. :/
- i think this show is doing a really good job of giving all the akatsuki members unique and engaging personalities. i still cannot get over how all the members of this group seem to hate each other, lmao. i cannot believe they ever get anything done XD but i guess that’s pretty realistic for if you got a room full of selfish criminals together and asked them to cooperate with each other - it’s half of what makes them entertaining to watch.
- kakashi whipped out the rasengan in one of the last episodes we watched and honestly i could not POSSIBLY have been more pleased. i had wondered about that a long time ago, and now i have the answer :) naruto’s reaction......he is SO dismayed that somebody else can do it, lol; he literally doesn’t listen to the point kakashi is trying to make because he’s too busy grumbling XD XD XD
- relatedly - i sincerely hope kakashi takes the time to parade naruto’s inevitably successful new jutsu up and down in front of jiraiya like “well well looks like ONE of us was able to teach our student how to finish the rasengan” >:)
#naruto#i also have an ask to answer about kakashi and itachi and i promise it is in-progress but it got LONG so XD#it's coming!#eventually#:)#pan watches naruto
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17 Questions and 17 tags
Thank you @loudlooks for tagging me!
Zodiac: Libra
Height: 5’5”
Hogwarts House: I keep getting gryffindor in every quiz but no I am really a huffelpuff
Last thing I googled: When Volume 12 of the Jibaku Shounen Hanako Kun Manga will be available digitally in English. (I need it now I just finished volume 11 and my heart is in shambles 😭)
Song stuck in my head: Fly me to the moon (If you know you know :,() and basically always any of my favorite anime OPs and Eds from TBHK, MHA, Promise Neverland etc etc.
Number of followers: 1,192 but to be honest that number isn’t at all accurate. People followed me for other fandoms way back when and I doubt half of these accounts are still active. Really want to have more Tbhk followers rn cause I have so much to share but I’m not yet caught up with the manga so ... I really can’t if I don’t want so many spoilers .. darn it :(
Amount of sleep: Heh heh next question? I mean I guess it depends on the night but 4 if i’m lucky lol
Lucky number: none
Dream job: Well I do have my dream job. HOWEVER my dream role in this dream job would be to be cast in an anime. I’m a VA (voice actor)
Wearing: Casual dress
Favourite song: Tiny Light (It’s the Hanako Kun ED but it's just my favorite song cause.. well just listen to it with the subtitles of the lyrics)
Favourite instrument: Voice. Your voice counts as an instrument. But If I can’t say that then close second is Piano. Not for me playing it but to hear Piano score music oh so good!
Aesthetic: I really don’t have one I don’t think. Used to think I did now i’m not sure.
Favourite author: Manga counts right? So it’s AidaIro. I know I sound like a broken record but that is the combined name of both the writer and Illustrator of the Jibaku Shounen Hanako Kun Manga. I can actually answer this question honestly this time cause I didn't really have a favorite author but because of this manga I am actually invested in reading! I never say that and no I don’t read any other manga’s I like the anime of. Just this one.
Favourite animal noise: Puppy squeaks. Not barking I don’t mind it but I have 4 dogs I have heard enough barking lol. But baby puppy squeaks I could listen to always.
Random: I’m double jointed is that a good enough one? I’ll try again- This one isn’t so random but my favorite hobby is really complicated jigsaw puzzles. If you didn't know that about me.
This was fun! Ok I tag...
@thehopeelias @sunlightinourheadlights @certainyanderecatperson @lilaclisianthus @0chazuke @pok3n @trish-chan @ameriboo @dbzebra @lovingtheshow @tivafan-yupthatsme @ameriboo see I don’t know if anyone else on other platforms still uses there tumblr account so thats all I can tag I think? But I tag anyone that wants to do this :)
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For Something Greater .Chapter One.
Bucky Barnes x Reader
Summary: (Y/n) is an active duty Navy SEAL Commander, the first and only woman to ever be a SEAL. When two American spies are captured during a reconnaissance mission at a HYDRA base in Transia, (Y/n) and her team are forced to team up with The Winter Soldier to rescue the captives. Being wary of the avenger, she agrees to do one mission with Barnes, and one mission only. But after an unexpected turn of events, her team and Barnes must work together to finish what they started, while (Y/n) and Bucky try to sort out their complicated feelings. (Set six months after Endgame.)
Words: 2000+
Warning/s for this chapter: mild Endgame spoilers, cursing, mentions of war violence
Warning/s for the series: Endgame spoilers, cursing, war violence, eventual smut
Note: Transia is a fictional European country appearing located between Romania and Serbia. (Marvel comics)
Recommended: listen to Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes while reading this chapter
(I reuploaded this because last time it didn't show up in the tags)
Nobody thought you would make it.
Not even those closest to you.
When you were 18, you heard that that women were now allowed to serve combat roles in the military, and you were ecstatic. You joined the navy and didn’t tell anyone until a week before your plane took off to go to boot camp in Chicago.
The boot camp was separated, male and female. You made friends with some of the aspiring recruits, but they all laughed at you when you said you wanted to be a Navy SEAL. You were a girl, they thought, and girls aren't supposed to become SEALs.
You ignored them.
You joined the boys in the crash course on the physical standards required to even attempt to become a SEAL, and to prepare you for BUD/S, Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL Training.
You heard your fair share of judgement, of people talking behind your back.
“That girl? You’ve got to be kidding me.”
“She won’t make it.”
“Watch her cry home to her mama.”
“I bet she won’t last through Hell Week.” “I bet she won’t even make the selection.”
This fueled your motivation, turned it into anger and aggression.
And you passed the first selection. You not only met, but excelled the standards of swimming, push ups, pull ups, sit ups, and running.
You surpassed nearly everyone in training, despite being a girl.
Then came Hell Week.
During Hell Week, candidates participate in five and a half days of continuous training. Each candidate sleeps at most four hours during the entire week, runs more than 200 miles, and does physical training for more than 20 hours per day. It was tough on you. Hell, it was tough on everyone. Almost half of the candidates failed or quit during Hell Week. The boys who talk behind your back mostly quit during Hell Week. But not you. You stayed strong, a goal in your mind. You were going to make it. You were sure of it.
Throughout Hell Week, your instructors remind you that you could quit anytime, almost taunting. But they were tougher on you, because you were a girl.
“Why do you put yourself through all this, girl? Just be a nurse or something! You know you want to.” an instructor snickered.
You mustered up your strength and shouted for all the candidates to hear, “No, Sir, I’m staying right here!” Your voice echoed through the air like a breeze.
During Hell week, there was an exercise to test the breaking point of each candidate.
Surf Torture is laying in 6 inches of water where the white wash rolled in from the surf. That’s it. You lay there with all the other candidates in cold water for an unknown amount of time, as waves washed over your face. After a few hours, it was starting to drive some crazy.
“We aren’t getting out until 3 people quit, we’ve got nowhere to be, we can do this all night long… all you need to do is quit. It’s easy!” your instructor yelled.
All you need to do is quit…
You were not going to do that.
After 2 hours, a candidate quit. Another one after 6 hours, and the last one after 9 hours.
But you made it.
You made it through the first phase, the second, and the third, and eventually became a full-fledged Navy SEAL, the first woman to ever graduate. You checked in to SEAL team six, white squadron, and got deployed for your first assault ops in Syria.
After that operation, you went on another, then another, then another, until you worked yourself up to where you are now.
Now, you were a commander, leading the white squadron.
You made history, and you’ll continue making them.
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Today, you got a briefing call.
Another day at work, right?
You gathered your team, six men you trusted with your life, as SOCOM officers briefed you on your new mission.
You sat at the end of the table, three of your men on your right, three on your left. On your right were Jones, McCoy, and Miller, on your left were Woods, Harris, and Lawson, all with a familiar look on their faces that said, Here we go again. Let’s get this over with.
These were your brothers, your family.
“As you know, two CIA agents have gone missing earlier this week during an undercover mission in Transia to locate possible terrorist activities near the border. We lost them, and hadn’t heard a word from them, until now.” the SOCOM officer said, “Black Squadron have identified suspicious Hydra activity around the area, and they have located a warehouse in the Transian mountain range, which we believe may be where the spies are being held.”
“Hydra?” Miller asked, “I thought they didn’t exist anymore.”
“So did we,” the officer said, “But then we got intel that Hydra is slowly rebuilding itself.”
“Are we sure it’s Hydra?” You asked.
“Yes,” the officer confirmed.
“Are we sure the spies are there?”
“Not a hundred percent, no,” the officer explained, “They could’ve risked tipping off Hydra if they got too close.”
You sighed, and smiled at your team. You gave them a look that said, Well, what’s new?
“Command agrees it’s enough info to send a team into the area. There’s a safe house seven klicks from the target, and our allies have arranged ground transportation to the ORP,” the officer said.
You shifted uncomfortably in your seat. “Allies?” you asked.
The officer gave you a faint smile, “Since it’s Hydra, we decided to form an alliance with the Avengers. Assisting you on this mission is The Winter Soldier.”
Whispers rose among your team.
“James Barnes?”
“War hero, right?”
“Wasn’t he the one who killed JFK?” “Yeah, and Howard Stark, too.”
“Enough,” you silenced your team, and they complied.
You stood up, “With all due respect, sir, my squadron can handle this alone.”
“This is Hydra we’re talking about,” he said, “You need all the help you can get.”
“He’s an Avenger,” you sneered, “I’m not working with one of them.”
“He served in the army,” the officer said, “You’ve worked with the army before.”
You raised your eyebrows, “That was 1945,” you said, “He’s an Avenger now. He won’t follow my orders.”
“Who said he’d be following your orders?” he said, “He will be leading with you. Side by side.”
“No,” you said sternly.
“This is non-negotiable,” The officer stared down at you.
“Fine,” you said, “One operation only.”
The officer gave you a half-hearted smile and a small nod, then looked to your team, “Wheels up. Four hours.”
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Four hours wasn't enough. It has never been enough for anybody, but that was okay, because you've gotten use to never having enough time.
You packed you bag in the locker room of the white squadron, your team bickering playfully and laughing in the background. Diego Miller, Logan McCoy, and Ian Lawson were currently playing Go Fish around the table. Nolan Woods and Collin Harris were having a small but intense chat about the Winter Soldier. Lastly, there was a new kid who just checked in your squadron two months ago, Oliver Jones, frantically checking for everything in his pack. He's 19, was an NYU law student, and has only ever gone on one operation, and that was only a recon op without expected confrontation.
Despite graduating at the top of his class, this was still his first hostage rescue op, with high possibility of violent confrontation, and it was a big deal.
You trained him and hand picked him for the white squadron. You knew he was exceptional, but the first offense mission was still the first offense mission.
You remembered your first SEAL operation. It was a nerve-wrecking experience, an assault mission that nearly got your teammate killed.
What was even more terrifying, was that it was the first time you ever killed. You killed someone, and you hadn't realized that he was just-
"Commander?" Jones asked, snapping you out of your dark thoughts. His voice didn't indicate his nervousness but his eyes gleamed of a certain worry that could only be fear that he tried to surpress. It was a familiar gleam, one that you've experienced yourself. But he'll get over it, like you do. He'll have to. He doesn't have a choice.
"Yeah, Jones?" You answered, packing the last of your thing in your bag, closing your locker. You turned towards him.
"When was your first kill?" He asked, his voice not wavering. He was good at hiding his feelings, and that was good.
You raised an eyebrow, "Too many years ago," you replied, "why?"
"Did you ever know who it was?" He asked again.
"No," you said. It wasn't exactly a lie. You didn't know his name, where he came from. But you saw his face after he was dead and... the reality had overwhelmed you. You did what you had to do.
"How do you get over it?" He asked, his voice still not faltering.
"Over what?" You asked him, "The guilt? Or the realization that you have just taken a life?"
He nodded, "Both."
"You don't. You live with it for the rest of your life," you said faintly, "Whether or not the burden destroys you, is up to you."
"I'm ready," he said sternly, and you gave him a small chuckle as you squeezed his shoulder in reassurance, "No one is ever ready."
You walked past him and to the other boys. "Eyes on me!" You called, and your team stopped doing whatever they were doing and listened to you.
"We're about to go to a Hydra base with the Winter Soldier. We're here to rescue the spies, but we're bound to find some weird shit. Weapons, experimental particles, biological weapons, whatever. Take some with you back to base for intel if you find any," you said, "But this is still a US military mission. Anything we find there will be brought back to SEAL base, not to the Avengers. Watch out for Barnes, and what he brings back."
"What do you have against the Avengers, Commander?" Harris asked, "They saved the world. They brought us back."
Harris were one of those who disappeared. He was the only one who disappeared in your team.
Harris, like everyone else, was brought back six months ago. If he had any trauma tied to the experience, he didn't show it.
"I have nothing against them," you mentioned sincerely, "I'm glad they brought you back. I really am. But this is still a government operation, and the Avengers have a bad history with the government."
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You climbed up the hatch of the cargo aircraft with the rest of your team.
You were already in your uniforms.
Your uniform color depends on where you're going.
Since you're going to the snowy mountains of Transia, the color today is white, like the name of your squadron.
The white squadron, your team, is a little different from other teams. While other squadrons used standard-issue uniforms, you wore kevlar suits, even almost resembling Captain America's stealth suit. While the other squadrons wore helmets, you wore no such protective head gear. You didn't need it. Your goggles were already fitted with night vision and various other settings, and your mask made it possible for you to breathe under water without an oxygen tank. While other SEALS had regular standard-issue fins that they had to take off after swimming, you had retractable fins that were stored within the fabric of your suit. The only thing that was normal was your choice of firearms, your utility belt that was filled with ammunitions and various other explosives, including grenades and smoke bombs, and lastly a golden trident pin that was the only thing that contrasted with the color of your uniform. The pin, however, was hidden from view. It rested under the uniform, against the thin shirt between your skin and the kevlar suit. Invisible, but always there. Undetected, but ever present. It was the universal symbol for all SEALs.
But your team weren't like the other SEALs.
Your team was special, because to the world, the white squadron didn't exist.
You were a secret SEAL team, with special set of skills that surpassed all others. You could take down a super soldier, not because you were stronger, but because you were better. Strategy over brute force, quality over quantity.
The very few people who have encountered your squadron and survived called your team 'The White Death.'
A very fitting name, indeed.
You got in the plane, the boys trailing not far behind you.
And there he was, The Winter Soldier, sitting on one of the benches, double-checking his rifle.
His hair was tied back into a bun, and he stood up when he saw the group coming.
"Which one of you is Commander (L/n)?" He asked. The first person he locked eyes with was you, for a few seconds, but his gaze quickly averted to the boys, scanning them. He was looking for the Commander, and he didn't think it was you.
Typical.
You stepped out and looked up at him in the eye. "You're looking at her, Sergeant Barnes."
Bucky flinched a little, indicating his surprised look, but covering it up as soon as he realized he was showing physical signs of his shock. He raised his eyebrows and broke his gaze on you, "We've got work to do."
Well, this was gonna be fun.
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Terms:
Op: operation (mission)
SOCOM: Special Operations Command (Organization that gives orders to the US military)
Klicks: kilometers
ORP: Objective Rally Point
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Note: I did the Google research about SEALs, Navy, and US military in general, but I do realize that the data might not be 100% accurate, so if I got something wrong, please let me know so I can fix it!
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uhm sis (or bro or whatever u prefer i just call everyone sis) pls reblog more fics like i need some good ones and pieces was hella good
Ahhh i’m really glad you like Pieces!!! It deserves more love for sure and the feels are only going to get better I can promise you that hoho \o/ (and I’m good with both sis/bro, I don’t mind either or it’s cool)
So far I’ve been blindly going through the AO3 tags for jojo fics so I’m not sure if my fic recs would entirely appeal to you … but if you’re interested you could definitely take a look at some of these faves! (Do mind the fics’ tags if you’re sensitive to certain tropes) Most of these are going to be heavily skewed towards part 4 and 7 (absolutely no one is surprised), but there’s other parts under the cut too!
Part 2
see you again by efthemia (6k oneshot with background Part 7 ship) - A Caejose reincarnation fic! This is set in a modern day au where Joseph and Caesar meet in another life … by crashing vehicles into each other lol
Can You Ever Go Home Again? by alexclusive (4k oneshot, contains Part 4 spoilers but is mostly centred around Part 2 and 3 characters) - I don’t want to spoil too much for this fic so I’m just going to copy paste the fic’s original summary here: “A few months after his adventure in Morioh, Jotaro goes on another personal errand at the request of his grandfather, and ends up discovering yet another lingering ghost.” A lowkey fix-it with feels!
Part 3
Torture Me by Xyloto (nsfw 2k oneshot) - The SDC gang walks in on jotakak inappropriately using their stands lmaooo enough said
Young Flame by greenteafiend (nsfw 7k multichaptered) - More Jotakak! Takes place during the Devil-Yellow Temperance part of SDC where Jotaro and Kak share that hotel room in Singapore lol
Kiss With A Fist by nevermordor (nsfw 6k oneshot) - Tempers and egos flare between Jotaro and Kakyoin as they make the long tenuous journey to Egypt – Fistfights inevitably happen. I really like how much of a cold hardass bastard Kakyoin gets in this lol
time after time by dimolto (11k oneshot) - TIME LOOP TIME LOOP TIME LOOP!!!! God time loops are one of my favourite tropes of all time, I don’t think I could get sick of it. SDC canon compliant (kinda) – Jotaro is the only person that’s aware of the loop and has to work his way out of it somehow. It’s jotakak too!! Highly rec this fic
Part 4
No place where we can’t go by tjesje (4k oneshot) - Josuyasu! Two dudes slowly fall in love over the course of their summer break. OP really nails the friendship between Josuke and Okuyasu – the banter flows so easily you can’t help but get caught up in how close and in sync they are with each other. Also, the summer vibes are super strong in this fic! Always a big plus with duwang content lmao
electric word life by Fluffifullness (8k oneshot) - More Josuyasu mutual pining + confessions, suuuuper sappy and sweet with some light post DiU angst.
Just Let Me Know, How Do You Feel? by hushroom (6k multichaptered) - Post DiU – Set during their college years, Okuyasu meets up with Josuke for the first time in a while, and they work towards overcoming emotional distance caused by the strain of long distance relationships and misunderstandings. Aged up Josuyasu content is always such a treat and this one doesn’t let down!
Bosozoku Boys by VulpesVulpes (nsfw 4k oneshot) - Takes place a few years after DiU. One night during a sleepover Josuke accidentally stumbles upon a porn mag under Oku’s bed – midnight confessions and feels ensue. This fic always has a soft spot in my heart just because of how vulnerable Josuke gets, argh my heart it aches
Crashing Waves by chamomilekai (7k multichaptered) - Post DiU – Josuke and Okuyasu deal with the lingering effects from the final Kira fight. It’s a slow burn romance with heavy feels where both bros find comfort and support in each other, very delicious part 4 h/c sob x10000
Part 5
the passenger by havisham (nsfw 5k oneshot, contains Part 6 endgame spoilers) - A Brugio fix-it …. of sorts. Ten years after Vento Aureo ends, mob boss Giorno somehow finds himself sent back in time with the opportunity to save Bruno and the others. I really like how desperate and jaded Giorno is in trying to save everyone, and how despite everything things still don’t go entirely the way he wants them to …
DIOmestic by writers_haven (4k oneshot) - Yep, it’s modern au mudad lmao. Some JonaDio here and there but the focus is mostly on Dio+Gio father-son fluff. It’s stupidly cute and there are little nods to canon material that I love to bits, like Hamon being reimagined as a fancy form of new age yoga ahahaha
Part 7
Riches and Wonders by etymology playground (8k oneshot) - A lighthearted gyjo fic that takes place during canon events – Two weeks after Sugar Mountain, Johnny and Gyro spend some R&R at a stand-powered onsen lmao. This was one of the first few fics I read right after finishing part 7, and it really helped to soothe the post SBR pain … not that I’m completely over it yet but then again would anyone ever be lol
Laundry by Petronia (2k oneshot) - Another lighthearted canon gyjo fic with lowkey ust lol – Johnny and Gyro take time between travels to do laundry. Idk, there’s something about gyjo domestic downtime that’s so comforting sob
i’ll see your face again by queenieofaces (2k oneshot, Part 7 endgame spoilers) - Oh boy this one … It’s a reincarnation au where Gyro experiences deja vu and misplaced memories from Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency during the events of SBR. 10/10 lots of feels bc reincarnation aus pair so incredibly well with gyjo gosh
nowhere to go; I’m already inside by librisdedita (31k multichaptered, major Part 7 spoilers all around) - A canon compliant gyjo fic – Johnny’s perspective on life is especially bleak in this one. OP tore my heart asunder by the end of this fic but oh man I wouldn’t have it any other way lmao
Cowboys Ain’t Easy To Love by jotarosgirl17 (36k multichaptered, Part 7 spoilers) - A series of interconnected slowburn gyjo canon compliant fics, suuuper heavy on angst and period-typical homophobia and internalised homophobia. Very good for a cry … or ten lmao
see you when the sun sets east by mourn (nsfw 2k oneshot) - Two cowboys sit five feet apart from each other not talking about their repressed feelings yeehaw. Jokes aside this is a quick but intimately tender glimpse into the beginning of Johnny and Gyro’s relationship
Spin This! by polyphenols (17k multichaptered) - A modern day office au where Diego works at a new tech startup named Steel Ball Run. Honestly, I don’t think I could ever properly articulate how much I love this fic – It’s full of sooo many nods and easter eggs to all the bizarre eccentricities that happen in part 7′s canon, and I think nearly every major/minor character gets featured one way or another, if not all (everyone works in the same horrifyingly open air office space after all). The witty banter and dialogue between characters are so snappy and succinct you can’t help but smile or laugh while reading along. Diego in particular stars as the long suffering Straight Man and audience surrogate into the madness that is SBR, with a lowkey crush on HP that slowly builds as the fic progresses (there’s background gyjo too!). While there’s more of a central focus on Part 7 at first, characters from other parts also make an appearance and gradually become more involved as well. I can’t rec this fic enough!!!
Diamond Ball Run by polyphenols (15k multichaptered, Part 7 endgame spoilers) - A gyjo fix-it of sorts … Johnny takes up Funny Valentine’s offer and asks for an Alternate Universe Gyro. The fic is mostly told from Alt Gyro’s perspective in the later half, and argh this makes my heart ache in so many ways I didn’t know were possible god help me –
happy new year, johnny by 3kanite (7k oneshot, Part 7 endgame spoilers) - Aaaah I just read this one today lmao – The fic is written from Johnny’s POV over the course of several new year celebrations – pre-race and during SBR canon. It really nails Johnny’s characterisations and personality shifts down nicely and makes the last year spent with Gyro that much more bittersweet and heartbreaking oh why won’t these part 7 feels stop coming for me
desperado by 3kanite (35k multichaptered) - Features missing scenes that take place during the events of SBR – Admittedly I’ve only read the first two chapters so far and haven’t fully processed things yet but I’m already so caught up in these pre-slash gyjo feels that I can’t help but rec this one catch me crying behind Owson’s @ 3am bc it’s just that good urgh I need an adult Could possibly be nsfw but I haven’t gotten that far in yet obvs
Aaaand that’s about it for now! Hopefully some of these interested you haha. Go show these wonderful OPs some love because they deserve it!!!
#anon#asks#this hyper fixation is going to be the death of me god#look @ all these fics i can't hold all these feels
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