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First Impressions
Tags: Neteyam x Metkayina!Reader, Heacanons, Enemies To Lovers, Female!Reader, Anguished Declarations of Love, Reader is Kinda Mean, Forced Proximity
Warnings: None
You are another daughter of Ronal and Tonowari. When the Sully family shows up on your shores, you immediately dislike their eldest son; Neteyam.
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He was like no one else you had seen before.
He was a boy from the Omaticaya clan, a foreign stranger who had no business to be seeking refuge on your beaches.
After all, he was clearly suited for swinging in trees, not swimming.
You had heard of the fabled Jake Sully; the Toruk Makto, and as of right now, referred to as a great warrior by none other than Neytiri.
They had travelled a far distance to seek shelter with your people, so that their clan could be safe.
You were against allowing him and his family to hide within the Awa'atlu village. Danger would follow them, and they did not fit in with your people nor the environment.
Alas, you had no power to defy the orders of your father, Tonowari, as he was the Olo'eyktan.
Imagine your surprise when your father, not only simply allowing them to stay, also expected you and your siblings to teach them your ways.
You groaned at the thought, not wanting to spend time with these people or their children.
After their initial introduction, their eldest son Neteyam attempted to get to know you.
However, his kind demeanor towards you quickly turned sour when you made it transparently clear you wanted nothing to do with him.
‘The hell is wrong with you?’ is what Neteyam would think.
You both would want to avoid each other, but unfortunately, that’s not really possible.
He does try to be civil when he can, though. Neteyam has a backbone and won’t let anyone walk all over him, but he’s not like Lo’ak where he’ll freely start fights.
His father warned not to cause problems, and he doesn’t want him to be disappointed in him.
Your sister Tsireya had taken a liking to the younger son, Lo’ak, which meant you were stuck with teaching Neteyam.
So here you were with Tsireya, teaching the two brothers breathing exercises.
You were getting frustrated with Neteyam. His breathing wasn’t on par with your expectations, and time and time again you would smack him (lightly, of course) if he wasn’t doing it right.
“Here, do it like this!” frustrated, you placed your hands on his chest and abdomen. “Breathe like this!”
You took deep breaths through the diaphragm, then gestured your head for Neteyam to do it next.
Well, he wasn’t breathing through his chest anymore, but his heart was definitely going a mile a minute with you being so hands-on with him.
Just when you thought he was finally getting the hang of it, he smacked your hands off of him and said he can do it himself.
You tsked, and decided that if he wants to drown, he can. “Whatever, asshole.”
The next thing you tried to teach him about was riding the ilu and performing tsaheylu with it.
You honestly weren’t expecting much from him, you knew that it would take awhile before he could actually do so.
And you were right. The moment he started gliding underwater, he was thrown off the ilu’s back.
You remained in place treading the water, bursting into laughter at his falling form. This guy really doesn’t know what he’s doing 💀
When Neteyam meets with you again, his face is red with embarrassment. You can’t contain your laughter, and he has to remind himself to stay calm and not yell in a fit of rage.
A few days pass, and Tsireya and Aonung decide to go swimming with Kiri, Lo’ak, and Neteyam.
Tsireya urged for you to come along, and you agreed, because how could you say no to your sister?
As you are swimming, you have to slow down for Neteyam. You were quite irate with the fact that he couldn’t keep up, trading looks with Aonung occasionally.
As you kept swimming, Neteyam was in awe with the underwater scenery.
The schools of fish, bright coral, and the way the light refracted in the ocean made him amazed. He couldn’t believe that he had never seen something so beautiful before.
And then, he looked at you.
The scenery really tied everything together; being surrounded by a vast, blue world, you were like the centerpiece of an artfully woven painting.
It was in this moment that Neteyam really took in your beauty. He thought you were pretty since the first time he laid eyes on you.
But of course, you didn’t like him, so he quickly picked up the memo and forgot all about those thoughts of you.
Almost.
Neteyam was so distracted from daydreaming about you, that he forgot his breathing exercises instead.
You turn around to see him flailing in the water, and start panicking because he’s literally about to drown.
You quickly swam over, wrapped your arms around his waist, and hauled him up to the surface.
You start slapping his face, shaking him by the shoulders to breathe.
He’s coughing and sputtering now, muttering a thank you.
His near-drowning experience is swiftly forgotten when he processes the fact that you basically saved him.
At this point he’s making fun of you because you came to his rescue, and Tsireya and Aonung are not too far behind him either.
Angrily, you shove his head underwater, and swim away.
Later on, when it is well over eclipse, you push a stick through the sand to make stupid drawings.
Neteyam creeps up behind you, and you almost whack him with your stick when he sits down besides you.
“The hell do you want?”
He recoils at your attitude. Neteyam wanted to properly thank you for your help earlier that day, but it seemed now that all hint of gratitude left his body.
“What’s wrong with you?” is what he ends up saying.
You promptly begin to argue. Honestly, you didn’t really have a good reason for being so mean to him all the time.
In all honesty, you did find him kind of cute at first, but worrying about the safety of your clan overpowered that more than anything.
You would never admit this though. Instead, you scoop up a handful of sand, and throw it at him.
Neteyam’s patience completely snaps. He has tried to be cordial with you in the past, but that was it.
He tackles you to the ground, and fighting between the two of you ensued.
“You’re so rude for no reason!”
“What’s it to you?”
You’re both practically yelling at this point as you wrestle on the sand.
Out of sheer anger, Neteyam did something he’s never done before. Make an impulsive decision.
In response to you, he blurted out that he likes you, but you’re such a massive asshole to him that it makes him furious!
You aren’t any smarter than him, and reply with the exact same confession.
You both paused.
Neteyam was leaning over you, hands by either side of your head. All his anger had disappeared. Was this guy smiling??
Your face flushed with embarrassment that you had actually admitted that to him. You wanted the sand beneath you to swallow you whole.
You tried to back up, but found yourself trapped between Neteyam and, well... the sand.
Your about to start yelling again when he places a featherlight kiss against your lips, and that’s when your face erupts into a violent blush.
You can’t hide your face from him, which makes him all the more amused.
“Okay, fine. I guess you’re kind of cute...” you trailed off.
He let out a toothy grin, sharp canines on display. “I always thought you were.”
Okay, now you really wanted to be six feet underground.
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Ocean Eyes - Part 2
Neteyam/Ao’nung x Fem!Metkayina!Reader
PART 1
Summary: Why can’t relationships be easy?
Notes: THIS IS A REPOST!! When I first posted this, my account was glitched and none of my posts were showing up on tag pages. To anyone who has already read this, please interact again and sorry to those on my taglist who are getting an additional mention. This is part two in my Ocean Eyes series! Part 1 is above, please read that before beginning this. Thank you so much to everyone who read, liked, and reblogged the previous part. I was not expecting the fic to reach 800+ notes, I didn’t even think it was that good 😭! This would’ve been done so much earlier but life has been very stressful for me so it kinda got put on the backburner until I could recover. Credit to @keisobe for the idea of purple blush! Reader’s name is Loran because I’m really bad at using (Y/N) in my writing. All three main characters are aged 16. Feedback and encouraging comments are appreciated.
Words: 5.46k (I DIDN’T KNOW I WROTE THIS MUCH PLSSSS??)
Warnings: Angst, fluff, jealousy, swearing, discussions of overwhelming parental expectations, mentions of blood and injuries, fighting, Ao’nung being an ass
Taglist: @bella661818 @berryaide @vaness20 @flower-lise @arminsgfloll
“Have a good day Loran.” Your mother says, planting a kiss on your forward. “Make us proud, daughter.” Your father follows up, giving your shoulder a loving squeeze.
Before you leave, your mother calls out to you. “Come back later today, we’ll be clearing out the fish traps together! It shouldn’t take long.” You nod and smile as you leave the marui.
Your mind is clouded by the events of yesterday. The electric feeling of Neteyam’s hands on you, the way you couldn’t help but to stare during the ilu lesson, and Ao’nung’s vague conversation with you.
There wasn’t time to think about that though. You had duties to complete around the village and did not want to face your parents’ rage if they weren’t done correctly.
You complete your tasks as you’d do any other day. You gather fish, tend to the ilus, and assist other villagers with their own chores. After a few tiring hours, you finish and find a quiet place to relax.
It’s a secluded area on the shore, letting you be alone with your thoughts and the sea. You sit down, close your eyes and take a deep breath, clearing your mind.
“Loran?” Neteyam’s voice comes from behind, quiet enough for you to not be startled by it. However, you feel your body immediately tense up. Can’t you just have a moment of silence?
“Hey Neteyam,” You turn around and look up at him. “How was your first night?” You ask curiously, thinking of how difficult it must be to have to adapt to a completely new lifestyle and surroundings so quickly.
Neteyam sits next to you on the sand. “It wasn’t... bad. It took me an especially long while to fall asleep, but eventually I did,” He smiles at you. “I actually fell asleep thinking of you.”
“What?!” You can’t catch yourself before shouting, eyes widening in complete shock. Neteyam immediately raises his hands, realizing how his sentence sounded.
“I-I didn’t mean it like that!” He stammered, shaking his head. “What I meant was how you were so patient and encouraging in all of the lessons yesterday. It made me feel welcomed.”
You nodded, calming yourself before responding. “Have you been feeling welcomed? By anyone else, I mean?” Neteyam looks down and scratches his head. “No, not really. Tsireya has been sweet, but her attention is mostly directed towards Lo’ak.”
“I guess me and Tsireya have been doing the same thing. I haven’t exactly been balanced in teaching your siblings, have I?” You awkwardly laugh, meeting his gaze.
“I wouldn’t hold it against you. Ao’nung was a surprisingly great teacher for Tuk, and Kiri didn’t need much help with anything to begin with.” Neteyam says with a nudge to your shoulder. The comfortable silence follows, the both of you listening to the sounds of the ocean for a while.
“I saw you running around the village this morning. What was that all about?” Neteyam questions, an intrigued look on his face.
“I have duties that I have to complete daily. This was actually one of my lighter days!” You laugh weakly. “I usually work for a couple of hours longer, and everything has to be perfect or my parents will get so angry.”
“It’s so suffocating,” You pause and look up at Neteyam. “Sorry, I don’t know why I’m dumping all of this on you. You’re going through more than-” He shushes, taking your hand in his.
“Loran, I understand everything you’re saying. I can’t speak for being an only child, but I can speak for being the oldest. I always felt like I had to be perfect to please my parents and set a good example for my siblings. I often still feel that way,” Neteyam sighs. “But don’t think you can’t talk to me about this, alright?”
Your heart swells, all of your feelings being validated in that very moment. You exhale deeply, holding back heavy tears.
“Thank you Neteyam, thank you. You have no idea how happy this makes me feel.” You wrap your arms around him, embracing him in a tight hug. After a short while, you let go, looking down at the sand.
“I’m here for you.” Neteyam says softly, lifting your chin to face him with his hand. Your breath hitches, realizing how close your faces are together. Your brain and heart are in a tug-of-war, but your heart wins. You move your head towards Neteyam, and he does the same, closing the distance between the two of you.
“Loran!” Ao’nung shouts, his expression furious. You shriek and move away from Neteyam at the sound of his voice. “Ao’nung, it’s not what it-”
“Your mom needs you to help her with the fish traps,” He cuts you off, voice quieter yet laced with malice. “Let’s get going.”
You bite your lip and stand up, giving Neteyam an apologetic look. You want to say sorry, goodbye, anything, but you just can’t seem to speak. Ao’nung places his hand on your back, leading you to your family’s marui.
“Please don’t tell my parents.” You say weakly, heart pounding in your chest. Ao’nung doesn’t respond, keeping his eyes trained forward.
࿐ ࿐ ࿐
“Where have you been, Loran? You’re usually never late.” Your mother asks as you walk into the marui. Ao’nung looks down at you, a sly smirk on his face. “I’ve been- I was-” You stumble over your words, struggling to keep eye contact with your mother as her gaze becomes more suspicious.
“It was my fault,” Ao’nung speaks up, rubbing small circles on your back to calm you down. It surprises you, but you don’t interject. “I wanted to show her a cave I found but I lost track of time.”
“Ah, it’s fine then. I didn’t have the best time management skills when I was your ages either.” Your mother says with a chuckle, upsetting you a tad. Of course she’d pretend to be understanding with Ao’nung around. She’d reprimand you for way longer than necessary if you had returned alone.
“I could accompany Loran to clear out the fish traps,” Ao’nung says, an innocent smile plastred on his face. “I wouldn’t want to take up your time.” Your mother replies, shaking her head. “It’s no problem at all. I don’t have anything better to do today.” He says with a laugh.
Your mother nods, grinning. “You are such a sweet boy,” She exits the marui, but pauses and turns around. “No fooling around!” She winks and walks away, making you immediately cover your face in embarrassment. You hear Ao’nung snicker, making you groan.
Ao’nung calls over his ilu and you do the same. You bond with your ilu and pet it, taking off to the first trap with Ao’nung close behind. The short ride is quiet and somewhat tense, both of you having something to say to each other.
As you’re gathering fish from the first trap, Ao’nung speaks. “You know I’d never say anything to make your parents mad at you, right?” His voice almost sounds hurt, making you hesitate before talking.
“I know, I know. But you seemed so angry, and sometimes you can behave a little irrationally when you’re upset.” You say the last part pointedly, glancing over to him as you continue to collect the fish.
“Why wouldn’t I be angry? I caught you and forest boy making out! How’d you expect me to act?” Ao’nung hissed. “We didn’t even kiss! I wasn’t expecting you to act like a child about it.” You snapped back, glaring at him. “Oh, but you almost did, right? If I hadn’t found you, his tongue would be halfway down your throat!” He said, voice accusatory.
“Ao’nung!” You scream, silencing him. “That’s just inappropriate. I would never allow something like that to happen and you know it.” You huff, clearing out the rest of the fish and resetting the trap.
You both move on to the next trap, which is further away from the village. The uncomfortable silence is broken as Ao’nung begins working on the second fish trap. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean that. I trust you Loran, I know you. I don’t trust that- that skxawng.”
“I get what you’re saying Ao’nung. But... that’s not your decision to make for me. We’re not children anymore.” You solemnly say. “I understand that, and I’m not trying to make decisions for you. All I’m saying is you’ve only known him for a few days, just keep that in mind.” Ao’nung sighs as he resets the trap.
“I’d appreciate it if you stopped doubting me. Neteyam gets me, he-”
“He knows you better than your best friend of ten years, is that right?” Ao’nung’s bitter voice interrupts you.
“What the hell is wrong with you, Ao’nung? You always have something negative to say about Neteyam and you keep accusing me of things without context. If you had let me finish, I would’ve said that he goes through exactly what I do with his parents. Do your parents exhaust you with unreachable expectations and daily tasks that make you work for hours on end?” You feel tears well up in your eyes, Ao’nung moving his ilu closer towards yours as he listens to your words.
“I hate fighting with you,” You sob, trying your best to wipe away your tears as they fell. “This is such a stupid thing to argue about. You make such a big deal out of it and I want to know why.” You feel Ao’nung’s arms wrap around your body, pulling you close to him in a comforting hug.
He wants to tell you why he feels so strongly against Neteyam, but it just isn’t the time to do so. For now, Ao’nung simply runs his fingers through your hair as your sobs slowly turn into sniffles, and eventually shallow breaths.
“So... will you stop being a jealous asshole?” You chuckle, making him smile. “I can’t make any promises,” Ao’nung starts, making you pout. “But I’ll try my best, okay?” He wipes the rest of your tears away.
“I knew you were jealous all along.” A smug grin spreads across your face. Ao’nung laughs in response. “You’re right, I was. Really though, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to make you so upset.”
You nod, taking his hands in yours. “I forgive you,” You say, giving his hands a gentle squeeze. “I do have to ask though, what made you so jealous in the first place? Nobody could ever replace you as my best friend, Ao’nung.”
“That wasn’t the problem.” You immediately pick up on how nervous Ao’nung’s voice sounds. It’s shaky and slow, like he’s trying to put together a sentence for the first time. “What was the problem then?” You ask, confused.
“Loran, please don’t be mad once I tell you this.” He stares directly at you, tone slightly less anxious. “I won’t be, is everything alright?” You question further, worried that there’s something wrong.
Ao’nung gingerly cups your face with his hands, letting out a long exhale before beginning to speak. “You’re my everything, Loran. Sometimes, sometimes...” He bites his lip hard, almost making it bleed. “Sometimes I want to be more. More than just your best friend.”
His words make your brain short-circuit, barely processing everything that he just said. “Ao’nung- I don’t... I don’t know what to say.” You stutter, his words ringing in your mind.
“I messed up, didn’t I? I’m so sorry, I shouldn’t have told you, I-” Ao’nung begins to ramble but you shush him, covering his mouth with your hand. “Ao’nung, I just need some time to process this. I’m glad you told me, you didn’t mess up at all, okay?”
Ao’nung nods but looks down, not seeming fully convinced. “You don’t believe me?” You tease, eyeing him playfully. Before Ao’nung has a chance to respond, you softly kiss him on the cheek. It’s quick, but leaves a lingering warmth on your lips. A purple blush spreads across his dumbfounded face, making you giggle.
“We can’t forget why we came out here in the first place, remember? Let’s finish resetting all the traps.” You say with a smile as your ilu swims away. Ao’nung tries and fails to form words, so he just nods and follows you.
Eclipse has nearly fallen by the time you and Ao’nung finish gathering the fish and resetting the traps. You let out a sigh of relief, thankful to Eywa that you made it to the village on time.
After dropping off the fish to the sellers in the village's main marketplace, you reach the outside of your family’s marui. Before walking in, Ao’nung taps you on the shoulder. “Forgetting something?” He says with his arms opened, beaming. You know he had been spending the entirety of the day after your kiss building up courage, amusing you. “No, I don’t think I have.” You tap your chin in mock response, slowly walking towards him.
Ao’nung’s arms encircle you in a hug and he rests his head on yours. You can hear how fast his heart is beating, making you snicker. “What’s so funny?” He questions, and you hear his voice become a little less confident. “It’s nothing. You’re such a softie, that’s all.” You reassure him, feeling his body relax.
“Only for you.” You hear him whisper under his breath, making your heart flutter. The hug lasts for a long time, neither of you wanting to let go of each other. You never realized how safe and comfortable you always felt in his embrace until that moment.
“I don’t think we can hug all night, Ao’nung.” You say with a giggle, gently breaking up the hug. “What’s stopping us?” Ao’nung responds with a smirk, making you hit him on the arm.
“You’ve been planning to say that for the last few hours, haven’t you? You’re such a skxawng!” Your eyes can’t help but roll as you speak. “Come on, you know that was a good one.” He winks, making you cover your face to hide the blush creeping across your cheeks.
“Don’t push your luck,” You huff and try your best to put on an annoyed expression, walking away. “I’ll see you tomorrow, good night.” You say, smiling at him one last time before entering the marui.
You fill in your mother and father on the events of the day, purposefully omitting anything about Neteyam from your story. Dinner is quiet, other than small talk and general conversation.
Your mind once again withholds sleep from you though, the almost-kiss with Neteyam and Ao’nung’s confession are impossible thoughts to silence. How long had Ao’nung been keeping his feelings from you? How would a kiss on the lips feel, especially from a guy like Neteyam? However, one short sentence remains louder than the rest.
You’re my everything, Loran.
Just thinking about it made you feel flustered. No one had ever said something to you that made you feel so... special. You couldn’t stay up all night thinking though, you had yet another long day of chores tomorrow. Trying your best to just think about that, you were able to convince your brain to allow you to fall asleep.
࿐ ࿐ ࿐
You hum to yourself as you walk towards the ilu enclosure, carrying a basket full of fish to feed them for the day. Your ears perk up at the sound of a distant voice, unmistakably Ao’nung’s.
“Oh, another four-fingered freak.” His mocking laugh follows, alerting you to the fact that he’s messing with someone.
After you find someone to handle your task, you rush off towards the direction of the laughing and teasing. You can tell it’s a group by how the voices overlap. “Leave us alone!” Kiri shouts as you near, making you quicken your pace even more.
Finally reaching the shoreline, you duck under a bush, observing the situation closely before deciding to step in. “Baby tail!” One of the boys jeer, making the rest of them laugh as they push Lo’ak around and try to grab his tail.
You get ready to stand up and shut the group down, but your breath catches in your throat as you see Neteyam storm towards Ao’nung. He grabs Ao’nung’s shoulder and yanks him away from Lo’ak, a hostile look on his face.
“You heard what she said. Leave them alone.” Neteyam pokes his finger into Ao’nung’s chest, voice deadpan and serious. “Big brother coming-” Another idiot speaks up, but Ao’nung silences them.
Neteyam raises his finger, pointing directly at Ao’nung’s face. “Back off, now.” Neteyam’s voice sounds more threatening as his finger lowers back down to Ao’nung’s torso, lightly pushing him.
To your surprise, Ao’nung doesn’t respond. He simply raises his hands in the air and steps back with a smirk on his face. “Smart choice.” Neteyam says with a nod before turning to face the rest of the guys.
“From now on, I need you to respect my sister.” Neteyam glares at each one of them, his eyes piercing Ao’nung’s last. One of the boys hisses at Neteyam, but is once again quieted by Ao’nung. Even though you’re only a spectator, you can still feel the crushing tension of the whole situation.
“Let’s go.” Neteyam ushers his brother and sister away from the group, keeping his eyes trained on Ao’nung the whole time. He doesn’t turn away until Lo’ak and Kiri have passed him.
“Bye bye!” One of the boys laughs, making you roll your eyes. Can’t they just let it go? “Look at them, the whole family. They’re all freaks.” Ao’nung says, making Lo’ak stop dead in his tracks. He turns around and walks up to the group.
You watch him closely, wondering what he’s planning on doing. “I know this hand is funny. Look, I’m a freak. It’s alien,” Ao’nung tilts his head to the side, an amused grin on his face. “But it can do something really cool. First, I ball it up really tight like this. Then...”
You cover your mouth to muffle your gasp as Lo’ak punches Ao’nung in the jaw, then delivers two more punches directly to his face. Ao’nung falls to the ground, blood trickling from his nose.
“It’s called a punch bitch! Don’t every touch my sister again.” Lo’ak shouts, Ao’nung still down on the sand. Ao’nung quickly gets up and hisses at Lo’ak, tackling him to the ground.
Neteyam joins in to defend his brother, and things become an all-out brawl. You spring out the bush, running to Kiri’s side and watch them all fight. “Stop it!” Kiri shouts, both of you watching as the fighting becomes more intense. “This is stupid!” You follow, stamping your foot down. Ao’nung perks up at the sound of your voice, but barely even gets to glance out you before Neteyam’s fist connects with his cheek.
You hear Kiri laugh as the group shouts incoherently in pain, whining about tail and ear pulling. Her laughing makes you giggle, and eventually both of you are cracking up.
࿐ ࿐ ࿐
“Loran, we were just messing-” You shush Ao’nung, pointing your finger at his face. “No, you weren’t! You were being a bully, Ao’nung. I hate when you get around those guys because all they do is encourage your awful behavior. I should beat you up myself!” You raise your hand to slap Ao’nung, who closes his eyes and winces.
“I’m not going to hit you, but you really make me want to.” You lower your hand, walking away from him. “I’m sorry, it shouldn’t have gone that far. I was going to leave them alone anyway!” He keeps the pace next to you, explaining himself further.
“It’s not me you should be apologizing to, Ao’nung! You should be saying sorry to Kiri, Lo’ak, and Neteyam.” You say with an eyeroll, making him pout. “I’ll apologize to them, I swear.” Ao’nung moves in front of you, stopping you from walking. “Okay?” His fingers intertwine with yours, caressing your hands in the mesmerizing way he always does. “I’m sorry.”
It takes all of your determination to let go of Ao’nung, taking a deep breath before speaking. “I don’t forgive you. At least, not yet. I want to see you apologize to them myself.” You cross your arms, and look up at him. A frown spreads across his bruised face, followed by a groan.
“Aw, I’m sorry. It must be so hard for you to take accountability for your actions. You’re so brave for taking up this monumental task.” You say, each word dripping with sarcasm as you begin to walk again.
“I’ll do it, I promise! I just need some time, and I’m sure they do too. I mean, the fight just ended.” Ao’nung pleads, making you consider the decent point he made. “You know what, that’s fair. You should wait. In fact, I think that you should use this time to reflect on your actions! With that being said, this conversation is over.”
Ao’nung opens his mouth to speak, but quickly decides not to say anything to upset you further. He watches as you walk away, hoping that he hasn’t ruined your relationship.
࿐ ࿐ ࿐
You see Neteyam on his way to his family’s marui, deep in conversation with Lo’ak. “Neteyam, Lo’ak!” You shout, running up from behind him. “Are you both alright? I saw the whole thing on the beach.” You notice the dried blood on Lo’ak’s nose and Ao’nung’s busted lip, along with a few other injuries.
“I am so sorry about what happened. I feel like I could’ve stopped it sooner.” Neteyam places his hand on your shoulder. “It’s not your fault, Loran. Ao’nung is the one we blame.” His voice is tender and kind, relaxing you. You see Lo’ak’s knowing smirk from behind Neteyam, making you slightly embarrassed.
“Why don’t you stick around? I’m sure Neteyam would love- ow!” Neteyam elbows Lo’ak in the side, making him cry out in pain. “You don’t have to if you don’t want to, it’s totally fine.” Neteyam shakes his head politely.
“As long as I’m not intruding, I’d love to join you. The two of you, I mean.” Neteyam smiles in response to your words, Lo’ak only chuckles.
“Has Ao’nung always been a skxawng, Loran? You’ve known him a long time, right?” Lo’ak asks, making you giggle at his forwardness. “Yeah, I’ve known him since we were really young. He’s always been a bit rough around the edges, but he isn’t a bad guy. I’m basically the one who keeps him in check.” You chuckle, thinking about all the memories the two of you share.
“He’s never done anything like this before though, it shocked me. I’m angry about it too, you two and Kiri deserve an apology,” You sigh, crossing your arms. “I’m... kind of glad you guys beat those four up. They deserved it.”
Neteyam and Lo’ak laugh in unison, causing you to as well. The three of you continue to talk until you reach the marui. You’re the last to step inside, a bit hesitant about entering the Sully’s home since the parents probably don’t know you well.
“What is the one thing I asked? The one thing?” A deep, commanding voice from behind startles you, and you turn around to see Jake Sully glaring at his sons. He looks over to you, a confused expression on your face.
“Who’s this?” Jake points to you and you can’t help but look down, berating yourself mentally for tagging along. “Her name is-” Neteyam starts, but Lo’ak interrupts him.
“Loran. You know, the girl Neteyam won’t shut up about?” Neteyam immediately facepalms and you cover your face with your hands, feeling your face getting hot with embarrassment.
“It’s nice to meet you Loran, now go wait outside.” Jake nods to you, then points to the entrance. You nod back and rush out, but can’t help but eavesdrop on the conversation. You’re far enough to not be seen or discovered as soon as someone walks outside the marui, but close enough to hear almost everything.
You hear Jake repeat the first question he asked. “Stay out of trouble.” Lo’ak responds. “Stay out of trouble, right.” There’s a very brief pause before Neteyam speaks. “It was my fault.” You shake your head, knowing that he’s lying.
“No I don’t think so, you’ve got to stop taking the heat for this knucklehead.” Jake demands as you realize that this isn’t the first time Neteyam has tried to protect Lo’ak. It doesn’t surprise you in the slightest.
“Dad, Ao’nung was picking on Kiri. He called her a freak.” Lo’ak explains, and you hear his father’s exasperated sigh. “Go apologize to Ao’nung.” Jake says, eliciting a shocked “What?” from Lo’ak.
“He’s the chief’s son, do you understand? I don’t care how you do it, just go make peace. Just go!” Lo’ak leaves shortly after Jake’s words, barely giving you enough time to hide yourself better. Luckily, he doesn’t see you. Ao’nung has gotten away with many things due to being the son of the Olo'eyktan, and this time seems to be no different. It makes you even more frustrated the longer you think about it.
“Hey, so what’d the other guys look like?” You hear Jake ask Neteyam. “Worse. A lot worse.” You stifle a giggle, still not wanting to give away your position. “That’s good. Now get out of here.” You wait for Neteyam to pass you before slowly leaving your hiding spot.
“Neteyam!” You catch up to him once again, trying your best to make it look like you ran a good distance. “What happened? Where are you going?” You do an awful job at faking ignorance, and you see Neteyam raise an eyebrow. “I’m going to apologize to Ao’nung. But you already know that, right?” He smirks, causing you to sigh.
“You’re not mad at me for listening in, are you?” You question, looking away. “No, I’m not upset. Anyone would do the same in your situation, including me.” Neteyam shrugs as he begins to walk forward. You follow close behind.
“Why did you say the fight was your fault? Lo’ak started it, but I don’t even blame him considering that Ao’nung made that an opportunity in the first place. If anyone, you should’ve blamed Ao’nung.” You can’t help but be confused. You wouldn’t call yourself selfish, but you’d never take the blame for someone who’s guilty.
“I just can’t help it. My dad is pretty hard on all of us, but especially Lo’ak. I thought it’d be easier to take the blame since I know he wouldn’t react as negatively. I think I’ve been doing it too much, though. It’s not working anymore.” Neteyam chuckles softly as you listen intently.
“I don’t think you should be the one apologizing to Ao’nung. It should actually be reversed. He’s avoided responsibility constantly just because of who his parents are. It’s been like that since we were young.” You admit bitterly.
“How long have the two of you known each other?” Neteyam asks curiously. “Our parents have always been close, so I got to know him when I was very young. We’ve been friends for over ten years. I’d call him my best friend, and I think he’d say the same.” Neteyam gives you an unreadable expression, making you a bit nervous. “What’s wrong?”
“The two of you are so different, that’s all.” His words make you snicker, so you question him further. “How so?”
“Your personalities are so wildly different. You’ve always been patient and friendly, easy to get along with. Ao’nung is the opposite of that. I just wonder how the two of you managed to get along.” Neteyam says, making you laugh. “It takes a lot of patience to deal with someone like Ao’nung. But he has his moments, his great moments that make me so happy.” You’re about to ramble, but notice Neteyam’s conflicted expression and stop yourself.
“Sorry, this isn’t about him. I didn’t mean to get carried away.” You mutter, awkwardly fiddling with your hands. “No, it’s fine. I asked, I’m not upset at you.” He reassures you, his calm voice making you settle down.
“How about we take our mind off of what happened today? It was stupid and it shouldn’t happen again,” Neteyam nudges you. “I have a place in mind where we can unwind and relax.” You nod in agreement, your heartbeat quickening at the thought of being alone with Neteyam once again.
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Neteyam takes you to a familiar place, the secluded beach where the two of you almost kissed. When you realize the location, you feel your stomach doing somersaults. He notices your expression and puts a comforting hand on your back.
“I only chose this place because it was close and quiet, that’s all.” Neteyam sits down on the sand, patting the spot next to him. You follow suit, the sounds of the ocean making you feel just as calm as you did the first time you were here.
“I know you don’t think it’s my fault, but I’m still really sorry for not breaking up the group on the beach earlier. I could’ve stepped in before the fighting started but I didn’t, I feel like such a coward,” You sigh, looking down at the sand. “I made you get hurt, you and Lo’ak.”
“Loran, please. You shouldn’t blame yourself. I don’t blame you, nor does Lo’ak.” Neteyam reaffirms, placing his hand in yours. “I know you’re not mad. But I’m mad at myself. Your lip is busted and-” Neteyam shushes you, giving your hand a gentle squeeze before speaking.
“Loran, I don’t care about what happened at the beach anymore. It’s why I wanted us to come here, to forget about it. Plus, I think I look pretty cool with a busted lip, don’t you agree?” His silly tone makes you laugh, tension melting away from your body. “Yes, I agree.” You say with a playful eyeroll.
“Let’s talk about something else.” Neteyam says as he inches his way closer to you. “Like what?” You ask, feeling your face getting warmer as he gets closer.
“Like how beautiful you look today.”
Your heart nearly jumps out of your chest after he says that, and you awkwardly laugh in response. “T-thank you.” You can barely get the words out of your mouth and a goofy smile spreads across your face. Neteyam has almost kissed you before, so why are you still so flustered when he talks to you like this?
“Loran, can I ask you a question?” Neteyam asks with a small smile on his face, amused by how nervous you are. “Sure.” You manage to say clearly, looking up at him with slightly more confidence. “Can we finish what we started yesterday?”
And just like that, the tiny amount of resolve that you built up came tumbling down. The thought of his lips on yours made you completely unable to speak. After a short pause, you nodded slowly.
Neteyam’s movements are slow and delicate, cupping your face in his hands as he brings your face closer to his. You feel your body implode in on itself as your lips connect, every sensation you feel being heightened tenfold. It’s unlike any feeling you’ve ever felt, and you can’t help but melt into the kiss.
The way Neteyam kisses you is sweet and tender, yet longing. You feel his hands make their way up your back, lightly pulling you closer. You ignore the subtle, metallic taste of blood on his lips, focusing entirely on the indescribable sensation of his lips on your and his hands moving up and down you.
Eventually, the two of you pull away from each other. You don’t stop staring at him until he laughs at how astonished you look. “Was that- was that your first time kissing someone?” Neteyam says, catching his breath. You snap yourself out of your trance. “Y-yes! Was it yours too?” You ask, your voice still shaky. You smile when he nods in response.
“That was amazing,” You say, warmth radiating throughout your body. “I’ve never felt that way before, ever.”
Neteyam puts his arm around you. “I’ve been wanting to do that since I first saw you.” He whispers into your ear, making you blush even more than you already have been.
“It was your original idea to kiss me, wasn’t it?” You smirk at him, and he shrugs with a laugh. “And if it was?” Neteyam responds with a knowing grin. “Then... I guess you succeeded.” You giggle, laying your head on his shoulder.
The two of you remain in that position, listening to the waves crash softly onto the sand and simply enjoying the presence of one another in bliss.
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Additional Notes: I got a LOT of comments on the last part telling me to recategorize my story from “x reader” to “x oc”. I will not be doing that. Simply put, I have seen others do the exact same thing and not have one person question them or point it out. However, I will be adding the x oc tag to this and future Ocean Eyes posts. Part 3 will come (as long as this is successful PLSFHJDHV) and I hope you enjoyed reading! If you want to be added to the taglist for future parts, just let me know. I usually update my profile about future parts so follow me if you want to stay updated on the progress of my future works. Thank you for reading!! 💙
#avatar the way of water#avatar#avatar 2#james cameron's avatar#neteyam x reader#neteyam#neteyam x oc#aonung x reader#aonung x oc#aonung#ao'nung x reader#ao'nung#loak x reader#lo'ak x reader#jake sully x reader#avatar twow#na'vi x reader
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Super self indulgent Spiderverse AU for my ocs??? Yes. Yes it is.
(More self indulgent details under cut)
There's two spiders in this reality
Since originally Stella is a vampire who was turned to save her dying from Lukemia, now the spider that bites her saves her life
Her family still thinks she's dead except for her brother who she goes to freaking out
Effectively she is a homeless runaway who's fighting bad guys because what else is she gonna do?
Elliot gets bit the same day his dad dies (gotta keep my canonical deaths sorry Ellie)
Maybe the spiders are both being studied in a hospital and it's the same one Stella and Elliot's dad are in
If you lose your mutant spiders in a public hospital maybe you should fumigate or something
Anyways Elliot has the more classic spidey freakout when he starts getting powers
Hijinks ensue and his sister finds him stuck to the ceiling and immediately makes it her mission to play sidekick/guy in the chair
He sees Stella fighting villains and is like "oh shit! Im not the only one!" So of course he has to meet her
He ends up entering one of her battles trying to help
He does not help because he's a sweet unpracticed baby spider so he gets in the way
Villian escapes, Stell is mad, Elliot somehow convinces her to let him help her track the bad guy down/teach him how to get good
When they finally get the bad guy, Elliot's sister ends up in the cross fire and dies and its the most tragic (again canon deaths I dont make the rules)
Durring all of this Zack is super invested in these new literal superheros
He starts getting suspicious when Elliot starts acting weird + one of those superheros is wearing the same hoodie as Elliot usually does
Elliot saves him from something and says something dumb that absolutely confirms his identity to Zack
Good thing Zack is ride or die and definitely the love intrest
After Emily dies Zack steps up to help Elliot out despite Elliot's very angsty anxiety that Zack will be next
And that's all ive got, and if anyone actually read that ilu <3
#ocs#stella#elliot#zack#spidey au#karma draws#karma talks#oc rambles#sketchbook#im lowkey mad i have more thought flow for this au than thier canon story lol#spidersona#Spiderverse oc
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i think i'll eventually add this as a disclaimer on my pinned under the read more with the other general quick disclaimers but i do not under any circumstances default my mina/ko as related to anyone elses portrayal of the mc. considering how much i put into my portrayal i have done the same to the mc, minat/o, as well in relation to her. my canonical min/ato to my min/ako is written by me on my sideblog, @foolshonen. that is the default in all cases, that's her twin brother. however i'm happy to plot & establish sibling dynamics w/ other MCs that use the same naming convention as i do. basically the aris/ato name. this means i will not be accepting plotting for sibling dynamics with those who use yuki ma/koto or shio/mi sa/kuya, as i will never change my min/ako's name. my portrayal of mina/ko is not & never will be known as kot/one.
this isn't a response to anyone( considering the influx of mcs our widdle rpc is getting & the names of varying nature ), it's just been something that has bothering me for a while. mostly because i've gotten tons of anons before refusing to call my portrayal by her actual name. so i'm basically putting my foot down.
ultimately a sibling dynamic shouldn't be the standard for those approaching with MCs to plot with me, as that is a fanon concept vs a/tlus' who has canonically said that the MC & FeMC are the same person. && while i sub to the fanon bc i love twins & i love the idea of the MCs being twins, it's also never going to bother me seeing them as the same or two unrelated people/person(s). i AM happy to plot about this dynamic with people, as i do love to have sibling interactions & im capable of workin to build a combined world with my m/inako & someone elses min/ato, but i have plenty of verses to accommodate interactions & if things between my mi/nako are not plotting compatible but it's still chill, i do have my multi sideblog where i rp other characters within the series at @sociallinked so this isn't a fancy way to say no to folks about writing with me. basically again me just finally addressing something that's been bothering me since last year.
ok hi ilu go hydrate.
#( ooc; farllee opens his yap. )#im hydrating so u should too ok#i was mulling over the best way to address this for like two weeks now tbqh esp since it's been like#something that has bothered me since the old blog n the nonsense there#im not here to force ship romantically platonically or familially on ANYONE n this is me basically finally havin a proper#post about this subject n clearing the air n easing my mind !
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Tsaheyluri // Regarding the Bond
(A disclaimer for any fandom folk who stumble across this: I speak here of my own noemata as if they are The One True Canon(TM). This is purely for the sake of ease. I do not in fact believe in The One True Canon(TM); if your headcanons or interpretation of canon differ from mine, please take no offense and godspeed, have fun. I speak here only of my personal alterhumanity, my noemata, my Pandora. You are entitled to your own.)
Tumblr decided to shatter on impact and eat the first version of this, so here we go again.
Anyone who has read my previous writings about my hearthome has some idea of the fact that one of the things that draws my heart to Pandora most is tsaheylu, the Bond, and Eywa, the result thereof. For those unaware: tsaheylu is the Na'vi word for what happens when two Pandoran animals join their mehuru (singular kuru), their neural queues, specialized organs many Pandoran animals have which allow them to make a direct connection between their nervous systems, creating an intimate connection and mind-to-mind communication. The Na'vi famously use tsaheylu to tame and ride several species - the ikran, the pa'li, the ilu, and I'm sure many others - but it's not limited to Na'vi; fa'li are known to make tsaheylu amongst themselves before large herd movements, presumably to coordinate the herd.
I have noticed a discrepancy in how fandom folk tend to talk about tsaheylu versus how I think about it. When I see tsaheylu brought up in fandom, outside of "is this or that kind of bond possible" conversations at least, it's almost always in the context of "I wish I could bond with and fly on an ikran" or similar - that is, focused on the actions tsaheylu allows, rather than on the bond itself.
Perhaps it's just that my longing for flight is taken up by my longing for my own flight in the context of my draconity, but this is... beside the point of tsaheylu, for me. I long for tsaheylu of its own sake - the ability to bond with another being that closely, to Know another creature more intimately than this world allows. That is the point of tsaheylu to me - it's not just a tool to a greater end, it's an act of connection, an act of love.
In all fairness to the fandom: the movie does not do a great job of conveying tsaheylu, and that's no fault of the movie's either, just a side effect of the medium. Tsaheylu is really something that would be better conveyed in a written medium, because it's an internal, perceptive experience - you can't see the effects of tsaheylu from the outside. We get some idea of it from that first scene where Jake makes tsaheylu with a pa'li for the first time, with Neytiri serving to narrate and explain it to us, but it's still... shallow, at least compared to my gut instincts about what it's actually like. And then the rest of the movie it's just kind of a background feature - which is completely understandable, but kind of unfortunate.
Tsaheylu is a bond. It is a merging of two into one - a partnership, a working-together. This, I think, is also a common misunderstanding on fandom and sometimes canon's part, and I understand that this part is entirely my interpretation: the Na'vi do not command or take over the animals they bond with. They partner with them. The pa'li does not do what the Na'vi wants because it has to, it does so because the Na'vi asks respectfully, and because through tsaheylu it gains an understanding of why they are doing these things, why they are important, as the Na'vi understands it. It understands, at least while it can understand the world through Na'vi eyes, that the work they do together that would otherwise be utterly foreign to a "wild" pa'li enables them to care for each other and create a life that is safer and more comfortable for both of them than it would be alone.
This is, I think, part of why Jake struggles so much with learning to ride. He's constantly trying to command his mounts - we see it in his first flight with his ikran as well. Even in his Iknimaya -
This line, to me, is a sign that he still does not fully get it. He's still thinking of these animals in terms of possession, of mastery. And, predictably, his first flight almost gets him immediately killed.
Now, we don't... see him figure this out onscreen. But the way he talks to his ikran here, versus how he interacts with him later:
The fond smile, the use of "we," the acknowledgement of Bob's (yes, he canonically named his ikran Bob.) feelings about it, the fact that Bob came back for him unprompted after the destruction of Kelutral despite the potential danger that posed - all of these say to me that they have bonded beyond "guy and animal he considers a servant." Maybe I'm wrong about that, but it's kind of beside the actual point I was getting to here, I've just realized I've done the ADHD thing and derailed.
Back on track! (Can you tell I don't edit these before I post them?)
Anyway. The point is, tsaheylu is... so much more than "control an animal with your mind," or even "talk to an animal with your mind." You become not-two-not-one. You feel each other's bodies, each other's minds; with a little practice, communication can become so instantaneous that you move as one being. It is the deepest kind of tìkusame, of Knowing, that one can have.
And... we don't have it here. It crushes me, sometimes. Not because I'll never be able to fly on an ikran, not because I'll never be able to do something tsaheylu allows, but because I will never have that connection itself, that deepest knowledge of someone and being known in return. That is the importance, the meaning, of tsaheylu.
(A note: For anyone wondering about weird word changes in this, such as kuru -> mehuru, pa'li -> fa'li, etc., it's a function of Na'vi pluralization, which I prefer to keep even when the rest of the sentence is in English because "pa'lis" looks deeply wrong to me. Na'vi has three plural prefixes: me- (2), pxe- (3), and ay- (4+). All of these inflict lenition, meaning if the word they're appended to starts with certain sounds, those sounds get softened: tx -> t, kx -> k, px -> p, t/ts -> s, k -> h, p -> f, and ' gets eliminated entirely. Thus, kuru (one queue) becomes mehuru (two queues), pa'li (one direhorse) becomes (ay)fa'li (4+ direhorses), etc. The ay- prefix can be eliminated in cases such as fa'li where lenition is present, because if a word is lenited with no prefix, it's assumed to be in the general plural ay-; I frequently do this because it's faster (except when the lenition is getting rid of ', because I have trouble hearing the difference between, say, 'angtsìk and angtsìk when spoken), but it's not required.)
#hearthome#rani talks#journaling#additional bonus na'vi note: tìkusame = kame “to See (spiritual)” + tì- + <us> to create “the act of Seeing”#tì- (noun creator) is not productive on its own but in combination with <us> (adjective creator '[verb]ing' ie tul run tusul running) it is
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i thought you had two blogs [this one and one for art] but then i saw another blog. is it like a blog franchise?
So when I joined tumblr in the year 2011, I didn't know what fandom was. My only blog was onionjuggler, and I used it mainly to follow college and high school friends. Despite reading all of Homestuck, I remained fully unaware of fandom until 2017 when I played Mass Effect and became obsessed with a video game.
In order to not annoy the hell out of my real life friends by reblogging a thousand pictures of Shepard, I made a fandom blog. I still didn't understand fandom or even that the actual purposes of tags on tumblr was for finding fellow fans or whatever, but I was having a good time.
In the space from 2011 to 2024, all but around six of my RL friends have left tumblr, and those six probably go online like once a week. Meanwhile, my fandom habits picked up, and I made a bunch of online friends. This has had the unfortunate effect of my "main" blog being followed by like 6 people (ilu all tho), and my fandom blog having far more people I'm regularly in contact with through this site and people who follow me for whatever reason of their own.
Unfortunately, tumblr doesn't let you switch main blog vs side blog, which mean my follows, asks, and (until a couple months ago) replies all come from onionjuggler. This has confused people for seven years now. The only way to fix it is to delete the original main blog which will promote Baejax to main, and I'm unwilling to nuke onionjuggler because it is my old friends home for aging millennials.
My third blog is actually attached to a completely separate account because I realized my relationship with getting notes on my art made me feel pretty terrible, and I wanted to make it so i can't check that sort of thing on my phone AND so I couldn't compare the notes my reblogged art was getting to the art I personally made. It helped a lot. I highly recommend this for anyone having similar feelings.
Is it a franchise? Probably not. Is it a mess? Yeah. For a while I tried to keep "juggler" in the fandom blog title to make it more obvious, but people started calling me 'Jugs' and for obvious reasons I couldn't let that continue.
#the border of what post goes on what blog is so vague these days#like my RL friends do not get updates on my life from tumblr lmaoooo#so now my personal blog doesn't have any personal posts?#it's all weird dude#and tumblr won't let me collapse the blogs into one#so it is what it is#don't even get me started on how this fucks up blocking#If you block bae I can still see you because my main is onion#if you block onion then I can't see you but you can still see and interact with me but I'll never know it#if I block you it only blocks you from onion meaning same as last#unless I work very hard to find you in my list of followers which is unsearchable#so like yeah it's a whole fuckin thing
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top five fics (ever. for a fandom/pairing. by people you know. by strangers. whatever u want go crazy) ORRRR top five fob songs bc I know u and ilu and I wanna hear ur thoughts
hi sav. hope you know what you've unleashed here.
TOP FIVE FICS.....EVER
tell me about the big bang (star wars sequel trilogy, Finn/Poe, 37.8k.) i made my mom read this fic and that's not a bit i literally had her read this. and she isn't even a star wars fan. like she's seen tfa but she wasn't even that into it i just made her read this because it's one of humanity's greatest literary achievements and she still brings it up to me in conversation that's how much she enjoyed it. sorry this turned into more of tmatbb being one of my mom's top five fics but yknow. context. anyways i don't want to say too much about it because i don't want to spoil it for anyone who might check it out which Please Do That but suffice to say. it is a work of fucking art and i can only hope to someday write with half the talent nina varela possesses in her pinky finger
darling i'd wait for you, even if you didn't ask me to (the great pretender season 1, Laurent/Makoto, 11k.) swear to god this isn't me sucking up it is still the best gift i have ever received in my life. hey you reading this have you ever conceptualized a fic and went "boy i wish i could feed this into a machine and it would execute the idea perfectly in a way that managed to surprise and delight me as i read it" well you simply must get yourself a sav. because she will do that for you. anyways watch tgp season one literally just to read this fic.
Be Gay; Solve Crime (american vandal, Peter/Sam, 9.2k.) this fic has everything--outsider POV! perfectly in character banter! angie and michael who are real and canon to me! mr fernandez did you eat shit! gay lou carter! do your string thing man! MING, EVEN!!!!!! consider this a rotating spot for the work of my lovely lovely friends in the hanover high AV club, who have churned out some of the bangers of all fucking time which i talked about some of those in a top five ask four calendar years ago
Over & Through (dimension 20 fantasy high, gen, 62.7k.) also made my mom read this. she got the riz chapter first and said it gave her horrifying acid trip dreams. which is honestly so fair. if you are a dimension 20 fan and you haven't read this fic what are you doing. the form is inventive the prose is stunning the characterization is painfully sharp. if you've been watching neverafter going hey i wish this was actually horror READ THIS RIGHT NOW THE HORROR IS IMMACULATE
If You Could Let Me Inside Your Heart (leverage, ot3, 2.5k.) remains my favorite leverage fic of all time and also my favorite group character study. what a lovely premise and executed with such grace and perfect understanding of character and pacing like so much work is done for its length and GOD IS IT ALL GORGEOUS
okay haha onto the fall out boy--JUST KIDDING. I HOPE YOU HAD YOUR WEAPON READY TO TAKE ME OUT BECAUSE ONE TIME I SAID IF I EVER MADE A RECLIST WITHOUT I HATE TO LOOK INTO THOSE EYES AND SEE AN OUNCE OF PAIN YOU WOULD HAVE TO SHOOT ME BECAUSE I'D BE A POD PERSON. SO HERE'S ME DOING THAT, PLEASE READ IT, READ IT NOW. WHAT FANDOM OR PAIRING OR LENGTH? YOU GET TO FIND OUT WHEN YOU CLICK! THAT! LINK!
okay haha onto the fall out boy. so i earnestly did try to come up with my top five fob songs on my own. then i had a breakdown and filled out the whole damn fob song sorter yes all 500 battles. heres my top 25. note the repetition of numbers indicating my inability to make decisions
elaborations on the medal winners:
THE KIDS AREN'T ALRIGHT: when this song came out i was thirteen years old (in middle school) (did not have my own itunes account) (did not have spotify) and as all songs do it was released at midnight (i was thirteen) (supposed to be asleep) (it was a school night) i hid under the covers with my ipod touch on the lowest brightness setting (supposed to be asleep on a school night) midnight arrived and i could not buy the song on itunes because then my parents would get an email about the purchase and know i had stayed up (i was supposed to be asleep) so i just listened to the 30 second preview on itunes for like an hour straight (i cried) (a lot)
THE (SHIPPED) GOLD STANDARD: me for real bc im literally no good at math
(COFFEE'S FOR CLOSERS): also in middle school i used to doodle song lyrics to keep myself focused during class and my history professor was taking a walk around the classroom and spotted my doodle of a little coffee cup with the lyrics "i will never believe in anything again" and went "aw why not," clearly concerned for my mental health and wellbeing. and despite that horribly traumatizing experience, coffee's for closers remains one of my favorite songs in the world. so thats proof that its really very good
OF ALL THE GIN JOINTS IN THE WORLD: you only hold me up like thiiiiis cause you don't know who i really aAAaaAAAaam
PAVLOVE: sorry its the quirky girl tendencies again. when will they put this on spotify so i can scream my little heart out to I WANT TO MAKE YOU AS LONELY AS MEEEE SO YOU CAN GET GET ADDICTED TO THIS YOU CAN GET GET ADDICTED TO THIS! anyways folie >
now, a disclaimer: this sorter is obviously older than two weeks and thus does not include the songs off SMFS. i feel like recency bias means i can't accurately fit them into the list but i will say that there is no universe in which hold me like a grudge doesn't make top fifteen
if you've reached the end of this post, thanks for going on this journey with me. i meant to be asleep an hour ago. but i did this instead. was it worth it. well whos to say. if you ended up reading IHTLITEASAOOP then yes it was.
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B J U 😊
B - A pairing–platonic, romantic or sexual–that you initially didn’t consider, but someone changed your mind.
(talkin' bout JS&MN here): Anything other than Johnsquared, to be honest! I thought there was interesting potential in Johnsquared and I was delighted to see it was so popular when I first joined the fandom, but I didn't consider all of the wonderful possibilities other than that one specific ship. I'm going to say TomJohn because 1. it is such a niche ship that the fact that anyone has considered it is astounding and I will forever be in awe of Alex's brain for thinking it up, and 2. it's a fave now =)
J - Name a fandom you didn’t think about until you saw it all over Tumblr. (You don’t have to care about it or follow it; it just has to be something that Tumblr made you aware of.)
SAS Rogue Heroes. Maybe you've seen that one gifset? Yeah. That. Also The Magnus Archives! I saw some artwork of it and was intrigued. I've started listening to it at work and I'm really enjoying it. I love the spooks and the mystery.
U - Three favorite characters from three different fandoms, and why they’re your favorites.
Oh no do I even have three fandoms oh no. John Segundus from JS&MN! He's the cinnamon roll he's the guy who asks inconvenient questions he's so polite he's a drenched kitten. I want to feed him soup (I don't care how much he wants beefsteaks he's getting soup) and listen to him ramble about magic. I think there's a lot of potential for exploring hidden depths (Ed) and how the events of canon have shaped him.
Leliana from Dragon Age: Origins! I love how she came to her faith in a roundabout and disastrous way, and how other members of the Chantry turned against her after she talks about her visions. And even after being constantly rejected and threatened by the people she loves, despite the personal danger she's in, she still just wants to help people in a world about to be overwhelmed by darkness. Ahhh I just love her. Also she (and Zevran, from the same game!) is one of the first characters I... read? experienced? saw featured in a piece of media I enjoyed? who is canonically bisexual and actually talks about her attraction to multiple genders. Redheaded lockpicking devout spymaster queen.
Kim Secretan from Will Darling Adventures! Honestly I could say, like, all the characters from WDA (Maisie ILU) but I'm focusing on Kim here because I feel like he goes through so much growth. He's a very different person at the end of the series, which is good because hoo boy he's kind of awful in a lot of ways at the beginning. It feels very earned, though. He acknowledges the ways he hurts people and chooses to do better, even though it's hard and he isn't sure he can do it. That's great I love that.
Thank you for asking =)
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UHHHH…
I HAVE SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT ICE CREAM THIEF
LIKEEE WHERE DO I BEGIN???
I LOVE THE DETAIL OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT MEMBERS BEING INCLUDED!!!!!
LIKE EVEN SEEING KUN’S NAME FOR THE FIRST TIME MADE ME GO 🤩
IT JUST FIT HIM IDKSKDM
EVERYTHING FITS
I DON’T WANT TO SPOIL ANYTHING BUT THE PERSON WHO ENDED UP BEING THE ICE CREAM THIEF WAS NOT WHO I EXPECTED BUT STILL SO CUTE!!
IM SORRY IM NOT MAKING SENSE
I LOVE IT SO MUCH!¡
OMFG BESTIE THANK U SO MUCH 🫶🏻🫶🏻 like 1) tysm for taking the time to read it 😭😭 2) for send this it literally made my day 😭😭
KUN IS JUST SO TECH SAVVY GUY idc what anyone says i know he’s a genius and a pilot but he’s also a little tech wizard with a huge computer and like seven monitors and he enjoys building pcs for fun 🫶🏻🫶🏻
i’ve seen like comments/rbs and i don’t know if everyone knows who the actual ice cream thief is like i know it’s sorta open ended for reader to decide but it’s so funny how everyone has a diff opinion
thank u again like so so so much ilu 🫶🏻🫶🏻
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Ochisia Chapter Two
/oh-kee-zee-uh/
the fear that the role you once occupied in someone’s life, could be refilled without a second thought; questioning if there is someone who can better support them, bring them joy, or show them the love that you’re unable to.
or,
namjoon is hopelessly in love with you and you remain blind.
genre: childhood friends to lovers, idiots2lovrs, fluff, angst, future smut, slowburn
word count: 2.2k
warnings: angst, brief mentions oc's family history, health issues, minor character death, joon is literally the best friend everyone needs, tae makes his appearance which is a warning in itself, it's really sad guys i'm sorry, lil bit of jealousy, little bit of cussing, sadness, grief, please let me know if i missed anything!
a/n: omg hi bbys!!! here’s chapter two that literally no one asked for but i kinda struggled with this chapter at first :’) i really hope that whoever finds and reads this knows how much i appreciate it. i know that this story is (for now) quite heavy and i understand that it’s not a lot of peoples taste, but to be honest i hope that it reaches the right audience and is loved all the same. ty and ilu!! banner made by @missgeniality
As time passes, you find yourself and Namjoon getting settled into your childhood home. Although the spaces that fill these walls are seeping with warmth and love for your younger selves, the reasoning behind your current occupancy here are dark and hang onto your shoulders like a weight you'll never seem to be able to bear. The house that was once always alit with laughter and bright smiles has drastically changed into a melancholy of quiet tears and unsetteling nerves.
You never once thought that you'd come home for the first time in months under these conditions. To put it frankly, your mother's time is simply running out. For years she has struggled with various health issues, one after the other, so much so that her body has decided that it's had enough. Your mom, a sweet woman who'd always fought tooth and nail to raise you, who was able to breathe so much life into anyone that encountered her, is dying. There's nothing that can be done anymore.
Getting pregnant at the ripe age of 20, your mom instantly knew that despite all the odds that were against her, she'd give you every bit of love her frail heart could ever muster. Your father, however, was more than ready to relinquish his future as a father to you and partner to your mother. So, your mother simply let him walk away. She'd always told you for as long as you could remember that if someone wanted to stay by your side that their actions alone will speak for themselves. Something you both stand by till this day.
At some point, you had initially thought that your mother would actually make it. That she'd live to see you and Namjoon conquer the world, to see you eventually get married to who you thought was the love of your life and bear his children. That's why you had taken a break from the annual visits, as it was at least a six hour drive from where you'd moved after graduating college. She was okay. Until she wasn't.
You'd gotten the call when you and Namjoon were out grocery shopping, totally catching you off guard on your rather peaceful Sunday morning. Dr. Kim's name flashing on your phone instantly making your heart fill with trepidation. You knew. Still, you shakily answered, and your biggest fears were confirmed, "Ms. Y/L/N? This is Doctor Kim calling," He said in a voice with as much composure as he could while knowing the news he was about to bear.
"Yes, hello?" You answered unsteadily, trying to remain calm.
“Well… I’m sorry to inform you, but.. your mother isn’t going to—“ The sound of his voice is cut off by the loud ringing in your ears, Namjoon immediately catching your crumbling frame.
The days that followed after the phone call seemed to all blur together as you both prepared for your journey back home. Bringing yourself out of your revere of the events that lead you here, your soft footsteps echo in the long hallways of the all too familiar hospital. Soft murmuring and smells of antiseptic linger as you and Namjoon make your way to room 707, where your heartbreak awaits you.
Upon entering the room, you hear the soft beeping of the heart monitor, the loud sighing of the ventilator immediately making your heart rate mimic the thrumming of a humming bird's feathers. There your mother lays, surrounded by the clutter of equipment, looking less than half of the woman you grew up loving with every fiber of your being.
You slowly take a deep breath, Joon softly bringing your hand to his, causing you to startle a bit. You'd almost forgotten that he'd been beside you this entire time, as you turn to him, he leads your hand to his plush lips and plants a soft kiss to the back of the appendage. He pulls away, giving you a slight nod indicating that he's here, he's got you.
You try your best to muster up a smile, it comes out as a grimace but he leads you into the room nonetheless. When you reach your mother, you shakily reach out to delicately caress her hand. The moment feels surreal as her tired eyes flutter open, the dimmest of lights shinning in her eyes as she takes in your crushed face.
"Y/N.... My baby." She whispered weakly, her voice sounding sluggish as she used every ounce of strength to get her words out. You sigh as the tears begin to fall, closing your eyes as her hand gingerly reaches out to stroke your cheek. "Momma.. We're here." You mutter, heart shattering into pieces. Just as she's about to speak, the sound of a knock flutters into the space. Dr. Kim enters, his clipboard in hand as he looks up to see the scene in front of him.
"Miss Y/N, I see that you've made it safely. I was just about to bring in the latest test results. Please, take a seat." He offers, as you two make your way to the bedside couch. Your anxiety starts to rise, feeling the lump in your throat grow stronger as the doctor makes his way to stand beside your mother, clearing his throat. "I'm afraid that the treatment that we have started has made no changes to your mother's condition. Her organs are beginning the early stages of shutting down. She has about maybe a few days left, at best." He says quietly, his sympathetic eyes telling you that they really have done the absolute most they could to save her.
"So, where do we go from here? Will she be brought home? Will she be comfortable?" You say, the dread in your voice evident. You look over to your mother, her eyes closed once again. "The decision is entirely up to you, we can proceed here as we have been or we can start the paperwork for hospice so that you may bring her home. Whatever suits your needs best, but I can assure you that we will do everything to assure that she is comfort and free of any pain." He replies, taking his glasses off as her lets out a soft sigh.
"I know that it's a heavy choice to make, and as much as I wish you could take your time deciding, we may need to know sooner rather than later. Please give me a call when you've reached a decision." He says, softly nodding his head as he makes his way to the door, shutting it closed.
You expel a huff of air, closing your eyes with your face pointed to the ceiling, wishing this was all just a bad dream. Then, you feel your phone start to vibrate in your pocket, vaguely remembering that you forgot to shut it off before entering. Pulling out your phone, your frame stiffens as you read the contact. You stand up, excusing yourself as you make your way back to the hallway. Taking a deep breath, telling yourself to just rip the bandaid off, you finally answer.
“Hey, Tae.” You say softly, forcing the nerves down as much as you can as his deep voice filters through your speakers.
“Y/N.. I’m glad you picked up. Are you back in town? Kookie said he thought he’d seen you, and I just figured you’d call but….” His voice trails off, a little pinch of hurt evident in his voice that you refuse to acknowledge. Not now, you tell yourself. You can deal with it later, pushing yourself to get on with being the bearer of the bad news.
“I’m sorry if it seems like I’m ignoring you, I’m not, it’s just.. Mom, she’s… She’s not going to make it, Tae.” You whisper so quietly that it's almost inaudible, but by the way he gasps you know that he heard.
"Y/n, I... Fuck, I'm so so sorry. Please, can I see her? I know things between us are a little.. awkward, but still.. I need to say goodbye." He says, his voice cloudy with regret.
"Of course you can Tae, but.. I just need you to be prepared, she doesn't look too good. Namjoon and I are here, you're free to stop by any time." You rasp out, willing your emotions to calm at the thought of seeing him again. You refuse to rob him of the chance to say his final partings, the pair of you having so much support from her, blocking that would leave more regrets than you choose to acknowledge. "I'll be there in 10, see you soon Y/n." He mumbles, the call dropping as you hold your phone to your chest. Taking a deep breath, you start to make your way back to the room when you collide with Namjoon.
"Joon? What're you doing out here?" You ask, surprised by his sudden appearance. He's anxiously running his hand through his hair, taking in your drooping figure. He steps a little closer, encasing your hand in his as he sees the exhaustion behind your eyes.
"You were out here for awhile, just wanted to check in on you. Who was that?" He tentatively rubs circles on your hand, making you relax just a bit. Leaning your head into his chest, your dark hair covering your face so he can't see the anxiety that flows through you, even though you know that he'll instantly see through you as you say, "It was Tae, he's on his way over now." You shakily say.
"Will you be okay? It must be a lot for you right now, but I'll be beside you every step of the way." He says gingerly, encasing you in his arms. Thankful wouldn't even come close to the emotions you feel for your best friend. He surely isn't okay either, but just knowing that he's willing to put it aside to walk this mournful path blooms another level of love for him in your heart.
Your hands wrap around him and you feel him sigh as you pull him tightly close to you. "I'll be okay as long as you're here, but you don't have to be strong for me Joon. I'm here for you just as much as you are for me." The two of you stand there embracing each other with unsaid words, as you hear footsteps heading closer to you.
You peak your head past Namjoon's shoulders, and deeply inhale as you step away, shooting Joon a look of hesitancy. Taehyung looks just as handsome as he did the first day you saw him, if not more. His feet coming to a slow stop as it feels like everything around you fades when your eyes meet. He holds the contact until his gaze drops to Namjoon's hand incased in yours, a look of remorse flashes in his gaze just as quick as it came.
Stepping closer, he clears his throat and gives you both a slight nod, "Joon, Y/n, I would say it's nice to see you both but, under these circumstances.." He trails off, biting his lip. A gentle reminder of the real reason that you're able to see him now. You nod back, retracting your hand as Joon looks at his with wistful expression. You don't notice, but Taehyung does as you step closer to him and envelop him in an awkward side hug. "Hey. Let's get you to her, huh?" You say, leading them both back into the room.
You notice immediately how Taehyung steps ahead, inclosing his hand around your mother's as he leans in, pressing a gentle kiss to her forehead. Namjoon and you step to the side to give him privacy, watching as they whisper back and forth to each other for what seems to feel like an eternity. Finally, he slumps forward onto her stomach, his body raking with the silent sobs he lets out. You carefully move forward, your hand coming to his back to let him know that he's not alone. He stills at the feeling of your touch, but sits up and encases you in a tight hug. His head dropping to your shoulder as you let yourself feel the traces of sadness for the both of you.
Namjoon stays as he was, observing the scene in front of him with clenched hands. His fingers itch to pry Taehyung away from you, a protective instinct but he chooses to let him have his moment. Even if Taehyung doesn't deserve it. The little bubble that encases the two of you is suddenly bursts as a loud beeping sound comes from the left of you and you notice your mother is fighting for air. You quickly rush to her side, panic sets in as the nurses come rushing in.
They take every measure they can, but in the end, you never did truly get to say goodbye.
Stepping out of the hospital, the weather seems to fit the storm inside your heart. The wrathful showers coming down, as you tumble to your knees, finally letting out the heartbreak you've been keeping at bay. You faintly register the touch of a hand on your shoulder, pulling you up and around, cocooning you in their arms. The whisper in your ear telling you that it's okay. You look up, anticipating to see your best friend's soothing face, but all you see is a pair of unexpected brown eyes.
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tbc.
hey y'all. sorry for the long wait! this chapter was honestly kind of hard for me to write. my apologies for it being so heavy but i promise i'll try to make up for it in the next update! as always, i hope you enjoyed. pls feel free to like share and comment! ilu!
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I feel like the nature of Light’s ideology and his methods get caricatured a great deal in the fandom (especially by those who only viewed the anime). I keep seeing popular memes about Light killing petty shoplifters who are only attempting to feed their family and I always get the sense that they’re largely inaccurate (for the most part). Light notices in the Yotsuba arc that Kira’s sentencing spares those: who’ve served their sentences and improved their ways, who committed justifiable crimes, and who have shown remorse. So it feels off to seeing portrayed that way, especially when Light’s elimination of innocents (such as the FBI agents, Naomi, etc...) are usually for strategic purposes, intended to help him progress ahead. Not to mention this pervasive belief that Light apparently didn’t know that he would be bound to sentence some innocents to death (with his large kill count per day). Wouldn’t it be more likely that Light knew that it was inevitable and was willing to sacrifice those lives for “the greater good,” in his view?
This is a doozy of an ask, anon. But it is GLORY bc these are all excellent things for me to ramble about Light (thank you!). I’ll take them point by point, strap in cause this is a bit long. *cracks knuckles*
You’re absolutely right that fandom often boils Light’s character and ideology down to a few basic elements that are distorted, mostly to drag him. Let’s be honest-- it’s fun to drag characters, even our favs-- and pretty much everyone in Death Note deserves it. But it does become annoying when its inaccurate, like with your example about who Kira focused on killing and some others I see. To be clear, this isn’t any kind of apology for the bastardly things Light DID do, but clarifying what he was and wasn’t about.
Did Light kill petty criminals?
The only time it is mentioned that Light kills criminals for non-serious crimes is when he was under surveillance by L (the infamous potato chip scene) and had to kill someone on the news right then, as well as the immediate coverup. In that circumstance, he couldn’t afford to be picky-- he needed L to see a signature Kira death (heart attack) when Light supposedly couldn’t be doing it. The crimes that appeared on the news that night (in his chip bag TV lol) ended up being non-serious criminals, and Light wasn’t so thrilled about this.
Mainly because it meant he had to cover his tracks and kill a few more minor criminals so it really did look like Kira’s work.
But his focus was putting himself in the clear with L; those minor criminals were incidental, and when he had choice/freedom again, he did not focus on them. The ruse didn’t completely work because L thought minor criminals dying was suspicious since it deviated from Kira’s usual MO. So, L knew the real focus.
This was a strategic move in service of, versus reflecting, Light’s ideology. This is something we see pop up again and again for Light. He is willing to do ‘wrong’ for the greater ‘good.’ We also see his distaste for killing petty criminals later when Light rebukes Mikami’s off-script killings in his thoughts. If Kira had been acting this way all along, then the Task Force wouldn’t have been surprised and Light wouldn’t have been pissed off that Mikami was doing it.
Kira was looking for violent criminals who had escaped justice, that’s his main goal. He’s also disagreeing with Mikami’s methods of punishing wrong-doers who paid their debt to society (as opposed to the Death Row criminals I discuss below who haven’t ‘paid their debt’ yet). He doesn’t want people to fear Kira and thinks shooting fish in a barrel, so to speak, would do that. His ideology is not punitive; to him, its about prevention. Petty crime wasn’t on his radar until he had to make that a temporary focus for his safety.
Did Light focus on criminals already in prison?
I’ve seen plenty of posts in the Death Note tag grousing about how Light was ‘dumb’ because he only focused on criminals in prison, but that’s not wholly accurate. The first two names he wrote were criminals he witnessed in the process of a crime with actual victims that needed help (a hostage scenario where the perp had already murdered people, and a man about to rape). Then he went for the Big Bads in the news- the most vicious criminals world-wide.
Other than criminals at large, he DID kill some criminals in prison. The times he did so were:
1) Killing criminals on Death Row who, in the eyes of law enforcement, “deserved the death penalty several times over.” These are criminals who had already been sentenced to die and Kira enacted the ‘justice.’
2) During Light’s ‘testing phase’ of the Death Note when he was trying to understand the rules in a population he could control
3) When he was trying to be conspicuous about deaths for L’s benefit, like throwing off the assumption that Kira was a student. Light knew that those deaths would be found immediately and attributed to Kira.
For 2 and 3, these criminals were likely to be on Death Row given what was said by INTERPOL about who Kira was killing behind bars. Ironically, even L thought Death Row criminals needed to die-- he chose Lind L Tailor from Death Row for his stunt, and said on TV he’d seek the death penalty for Kira. Hmm.
Why did Light kill innocent people?
The innocent people that Light killed include Raye Penber, the rest of the FBI agents in Japan investigating Kira, and Naomi Misora. L and Watari might be considered innocent per Kira’s ideology (Watari had probably murdered people but L had probably not, directly). Rem technically killed L and Watari, but Light certainly wanted them to die and orchestrated it that way. The innocent people that Light WOULD have killed include the Task Force (Mogi, Aizawa, Matsuda, Ide) and the SPK (Halle, Gevanni, Rester, Near,) if he’d won in the warehouse.
The main thread tying all these people together? They were all imminent threats to Light and were actively trying to stop and/or kill him. Killing them would never have crossed his mind if that hadn’t been the case. THAT DOESN’T MEAN HE DIDN’T ENJOY IT. Taking out his enemies was something Light did savor, he really loved that win. But it wasn’t like he wiped out the entire FBI or Japanese police force. Those were not his targets; these were individuals who threatened his goal and life, and he saw their killing as self-defense.
Did Light kill any criminals who were innocent or wrongly convicted?
It’s certainly possible that he did but the manga never touches on it. Given that his MO for killing incarcerated criminals was limited to Death Row, he probably felt like those were safe bets (we know that’s not always the case in the real world, of course). But let’s say that Light, in canon, found out he’d killed someone wrongfully convicted. In the beginning of his journey as Kira (at 17-18), I honestly don’t think he’d given this a lot of thought. What’s funny is that Light was naively, and paradoxically, putting a lot of faith in the human justice system while simultaneously enacting his own justice that relied on having zero faith in the traditional channels. Makes my head spin, but Light is a fascinating character because of that kind of thinking. He championed sweeping ideals of right and wrong, but couldn’t be bothered with getting in the murky details.
But by the time he’d grown up and matured some, especially after becoming part of the police force himself, he would have know it was a possibility. At that point, I agree that he’d view it as an inevitable sacrifice in service of, but not directly reflecting, his ‘greater good,’ like the previous choices he’d made.
So why is Kira’s ideology so often distorted? For one thing, his thinking is kind of convoluted. The anime has less nuance about what Light’s about, and many people just watch that. Another common reason I see for this is that someone really, really hates Light for defeating L, and once we dislike someone it becomes easier to roll in more and more unlikeable qualities into a nasty villain pie. Any trait that is ‘bad’ can be overlaid onto Light because he is ‘bad,’ so it fits right?? Ha....no. He has plenty of bad traits and actions of his own to drag him for without inventing new ones. At the same time, I see L’s flaws and negative traits/actions being hand-waved away or justified because he is their fav. It happened with Minoru, too.
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At first, I thought that maybe the confession scene was romantic, but now after having watched some interviews with J2 it just seems like Misha said it was romantic to get attention. On rewatch, I also noticed that Cas is not really written as being in love with Dean in s15, even the Bobo episodes don't really feel that way. The writers seemed to write them as friends who don't get a long very well in season 15.
I think that's one of the fundamental underlying issues with a romantic interpretation - there is zero actual buildup in the canon to justify it.
The shippers who argue that there is? Are basing that not on anything which demonstrably happened in the show, but on their own years-in-the-making collection of very elaborate speculative reinterpretations of cherry-picked scenes pointedly removed from their context. In the cases where the interpretations aren't absurd on their face when you put them back in their original context? In the cases where it's not just regurgitating toxic masculinity and gross homophobic stereotypes as proof of sexuality and sexual interest? In the cases where there's even any there there to interpret beyond ascribing hidden meaning to actors making eye contact in a dramatic moment or characters who are frequently absent continuing to be frequently absent? It's still just one possible interpretation of many, where there is usually at least one that fits the established characters and ongoing story much more obviously than some kind of deeply (Earth's mantle subterranean deeply) hidden romance. Yet they present the whole mountain of questionable self-made scribbles as if it's some clear, indisputable storyline intentionally added by the writers - it's the real focus of Supernatural!
Which it's clearly not to anyone just watching the canon without a predetermined agenda. Even in season 15, when Misha and Berens had apparently already decided from the start to end on that confession? Dean and Cas mostly just fight about Jack. That's not fighting like an old married couple, that's just fighting. There's nothing inherently romantic to it.
Which it's clearly not to anyone who has listened to all of the people who aren't Misha who have very clearly said it's not over the years - Jensen, Jared, Bob Singer, etc. Hell, even Castiel's Spanish voice actor didn't see that scene as romantic because of the entire context of their previous relationship as brothers-in-arms.
My opinion on the scene has remained pretty steady. I think the intention from Misha and Bobo the Clown was shippers would be able to see it as romantic while everyone else would read it as just another familial dying ILU from Castiel like the one in 12.12 because he is a weird, awkward non-human. Without knowing the context of the fandom containing all these "Here's my 15k essay on why the number of times Dean blinks in scene X of episode Y shows he's totes in love with Castiel!" fans, the only context for that scene is a relationship of over a decade that never had any canon romantic implications. The writers know there's a lot of different factions in the fandom including shippers, and this leaves room for all of them to headcanon whatever they want in terms of that relationship, so everybody'll be happy, right?
The obvious problem with that being you'd have to be an absolutely monumental fucking idiot to not realize by season fifteen that throwing the destihellers a bone was tantamount to inviting them to gnaw your whole damn leg off and keep going. They built their own storyline up in their heads and anything short of the ending of the show focusing on their ship and validating that it was the real central story all along wasn't going to be good enough. They didn't want their ship to be possible, they wanted their ship to be undeniable: they wanted to win. Writing in such a way as to make a romantic interpretation possible in a half-assed ambiguous way was just enough validation mixed with insecurity to encourage them to keep acting like ridiculous entitled assholes calling everyone who doesn't agree with their One True Romantic Interpretation homophobic. I've said this before, but I still mean it: I hope Berens unexpectedly steps on Legos in the dark on a regular basis for the rest of his life.
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BnHA Chapter 313: Deku VS Lady Nagant
Previously on BnHA: Hawks’s super-hot badass murder senpai Lady Nagant showed up to fire a cupid’s arrow into my heart, and a bunch of literal bullets into my son. Deku was all “oh shit it’s Hawks’s super-hot badass murder senpai, what do I do, let me think back to Hawks’s advice for a sec.” Flashback!Hawks was all “anyway Deku so if my super-hot badass murder senpai ever shows up you’re basically screwed so you’d better abscond the fuck out of there.” Present!Deku was all “lol idek why I flashed back to that conversation since I’m just going to do the exact opposite of what Hawks said” and charged directly toward Nagant because WHY NOT. Overhaul was all “waah I need to get back to my boss who I put in a coma out of love” and Nagant was all “jesus christ why did I even bring you here” and had a flashback to AFO who was all “ILU NAGANT IMMA GIVE YOU AN EXTRA QUIRK SO PLEASE CAPTURE DEKU FOR ME PLEASE AND THANKS” and yeah. Shit is all over the place right now and I love it.
Today on BnHA: All Might gets attacked by a pair of discount assassins and is all “Call an ambulance! ...BUT NOT FOR ME” and it’s really badass but also I really wish he would stop tempting fate like this. Lady Nagant is all “[casually flies around town shooting shit]” and I’d be lying if I said I wouldn’t read an entire chapter of just that. Deku is all, “[gets shot (≥_<)]” and releases a giant Smokescreen which prompts En to show up. En is all, “( •᷄⌓•᷅ ) (⌣̀ Δ⌣́) ( •̀_•́ )σ (¬､¬) (눈_눈)” which I consider to be a high point of both the chapter and of my life. The chapter ends with Deku using the Third’s quirk to launch a bunch of random objects at Nagant so that he can jump up and grab her arm all sneaky-like, and I’m sure this is going to prompt another week’s worth of discourse that I don’t care about at all, but fuck it, I’m having a good time.
OH WE’RE CUTTING BACK TO ALL MIGHT WELL THAT’S NICE I GUESS. CONGRATS ON NOT BEING DEAD
you named your car??
you named it Hercules??
I love you so much??
please marry me you giant fucking dork???
lmao speaking of huge fucking dorks
who the fuck are you clowns. la dee da we’re gonna murder All Might with our synchronized spear attack!! I mean... they’re clearly trying their best... maybe I should just be nice and politely hype them up like All Might is so clearly trying to do
like okay, but we all agree that this is actually the least intimidating attack any of us has ever seen, right?? these guys zipped up their hoodies all serious-like and are trying to attack All Might and Hercules with their Walmart tiki torches, but just, no?? right?? like the only way this could possibly be effective is if they were trying to kill All Might with secondhand embarrassment
“those are assassins” this is a VERY generous assessment, All Might
OH MY GOD THE TIKI TORCHES ACTUALLY KILLED THE FUCK OUT OF HERCULES
[slaps roof of car] this baby can fit so many weaponized festive backyard lighting solutions in it
and yet, even after watching this with my own two eyes, I still can’t take these dudes seriously. idek what it is. anyways r.i.p. Hercules, I loved you a lot but I guess you weren’t actually a very good armored car were you
omg they didn’t know it was All Might??
okay 1) for a moment there I was like “oh hey maybe they’re not so bad after all” but then a moment later it was like “ah nope, they are.” like, that was an interesting .06 second emotional journey there. anyways 2) All Might you have my permission to kick their asses for this disrespect, and 3) anyone else all of a sudden getting “wouldn’t this be an interesting time for Stain to suddenly show up” vibes?? no?? just me???
(ETA: hmm tbh I’ve still got those vibes and they haven’t gone away lol. Stain?? you out there buddy?? do you want to be cool for just once in your life. ball’s in your court pal.)
OH SNAP ALL MIGHT ARE YOU REALLY GONNA DO IT ARE YOU GONNA KICK THEIR ASSES
PROTECTIVE DAD MODE ACTIVATED?? BECAUSE YOU KNOW I’M HERE FOR THAT SHIT, SO YEAH, FEEL FREE
omg he’s shouting at them about how much Deku has suffered lmao and they’re just like falling over from being scolded
so they have absolutely no idea what he’s talking about though, right? “SIR THIS IS A WENDY’S” well whatever, you killed his pet car so he’s in a bad mood now
OH MY GOD
LIKE, JUST SO WE’RE ALL CLEAR, THESE FOUR PAGES SO FAR HAVE MADE ALMOST ZERO SENSE. LIKE MAYBE 2% SENSE TOPS. BUT ASK ME IF I CARE. GO AHEAD AND ASK. I SAID GO AHEAD, IT’S OKAY. ...NO I DON’T CARE AT ALL THANK YOU FOR ASKING
(ETA: also, the more I look at this panel, the more I’m just like, why the hell would you phrase it like that though, sob. way to doubly tempt fate?? are you trying to give Horikoshi a challenge??)
and now back to Deku who is randomly bouncing around the city and narrating it to himself just in case he was confused about why he was doing this
who are you talking to Deku. but thanks we appreciate it
man you gotta love that overconfidence. the smartest guy in the world warned you away from this lady, so SURE, LET’S RUN RIGHT UP TO HER. “I APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT, FLASHBACK!HAWKS, BUT I’LL TAKE IT FROM HERE” well okay then!!
I think it would be funny if RHA.com put little Buzzfeed-style polls in between the chapter pages so they could survey people at random intervals as they read their way through the chapter. like, you finish this page and then there’s a little poll there asking “do you think Deku’s plan of catching up to Lady Nagant and finding out where Shigaraki is will work?”, and you click “no” just like everyone else and then nod as the results show that 97% of your fellow readers also picked “no”, and you chuckle to yourself wondering how many of the 3% accidentally clicked on the wrong option by mistake, and then you keep on reading
ANYWAY, SO
HOW’S THAT PLAN WORKING OUT FOR YOU SO FAR DEKU. nice kick, though!!
omggggggg
ouch
update: Deku’s plan not really working out. sources tell me my boy has been fucking shot. this is an ongoing story and we will keep you posted with the latest developments as they come in
wait what
feel free to explain to the rest of us what all of this “UNLESS...” and “THAT POSSIBILITY...” shit means anytime, Deku
oh lol did he realize she could fly??
BREAKING NEWS UPDATE, CNN’s John King reports that Deku is still fucked. eyewitness reports now coming in that Nagant is doing no-look shots and basically not even giving a fuck. sources described her mannerisms and expression as “sexy, but in like an effortless sort of way.” we will continue to bring you the latest
so now there’s basically an entire page of Deku being all “ah fuck so she’s basically closing in and she could already hit me with impossible accuracy even from Far Away, so if that’s the case then her being Up Close is probably going to be even worse!” making good use of that Big Hero Brain there, Deku
so now what, you’re doing some kind of spiraling kick thing?? how is that going to help
oh lol he’s using Smokescreen to create some cover. aww, good for you Deku you named one of your Smokescreen attacks
OH NO LADY DON’T TELL ME AFO DIDN’T EVEN FILL YOU IN ON THE BASICS
seriously, AFO?? you basically told her what Deku’s exact strategy was going to be but then couldn’t be assed to drop that little, small, barely notable piece of knowledge that Deku is rocking multiple quirks?? is it supposed to be a secret or something?? you dropped the ball here man
damn this is getting intense now
(ETA: the way En is poking Deku’s head in that first panel is fucking sending me, I love this guy so much omg.)
well then what are you planning, Deku?? I’m actually really curious!! I am genuinely starting to be invested in this fight scene not only in the “wanting to see who wins and how that impacts the plot” sense, but also in the “wanting to see how it happens because the choreography and strategy is actually pretty cool” sense, which honestly hasn’t happened for quite a while now! this is fun
anyway so what’s up Deku, are you going to use another quirk?? I’ve been speculating that he hasn’t actually unlocked the last two yet (since Two and Three didn’t exactly seem convinced when we last saw them), but maybe I’m about to be proven wrong
(ETA: well he clearly has Three’s obviously, but Two’s is still MIA, and that’s the one I am of course the most curious about. that’s the one we’re all curious about, let’s be real.)
OH SNAP???
AHHHH I’M HYPED LOL. ANOTHER SHINY NEW QUIRK LOL SHOULD I PUT UP THE USUAL DISCOURSE DISCLAIMER
(ETA: so yeah, after thinking on it, I’m not gonna say “please no Deku discourse on my blog” this week, but I probably will ignore any discourse that does come my way though, just because I don’t have much interest in getting involved in what would probably be a pretty repetitive discussion. like, I can just sum up my opinions (which is what they are) here instead. in fact here they are lol:
1) I like the SIXQUIRKS and I like seeing Deku be a badass.
2) I also don’t think Deku is too OP. more like he’s exactly as OP as he needs to be at the moment, given that we’re approaching the end of the series. I expect the other kids will also be pretty damn OP when we see them fight again. we’re just at that point now where they’re all badasses (as well they should be; they’ve grown a lot and they deserve it). it’s just that Deku’s the one we’re getting to see right now.
3) of course I miss Kacchan and the others, but for me this vibes much closer to the MVA arc where even though I missed them, I was still having a blast (as opposed to the dark days of the Basement arc where I was pretty much losing it lol). like, even though Kacchan’s my favorite, I still love Deku a lot and this arc has been amazing for him getting to shine on his own (for like the first time, really).
4) y’all know I love the OFA plot and I’ve never been shy about that lol. I like all of the Vestiges a lot. Banjou and his over the top personality; En and his “guy you thought would be serious and :| all the time but is actually hyper-animated and ALL OVER THE PLACE” energy; Shiro who actually is a :| sort of guy lol; Three who I still expect will be fleshed out in a more detailed flashback at some point; and of course Two, who, well. you know what I think about him lol. Bakuverse is still on the table and I’m still hyped. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that we still have yet to see Two actually talk to Deku (as opposed to talking to the other Vestiges while Deku is distracted). did he lend him his power yet?? or is he still holding out?? either way it’s definitely going to be a Big Thing when it finally happens and I can’t wait to see it.
5) Lady Nagant is Everything and just because Deku grabbed her arm doesn’t mean the fight is over yet lol. Overhaul hasn’t come into play yet either. not to mention that even if the fight is over, the “where do we go from here” part still has me excited either way. her connection to Hawks and the HPSC is very intriguing and we’ve barely touched on that as of yet; she definitely has more of a role to play in this.
6) last but not least, I feel like every week the discussion is all about how much focus Deku’s getting, and how OP he is or isn’t, and OFA this and OFA that, but meanwhile I’m actually so invested in the character development here though?? the way Deku has distanced himself from everyone (except for the Vestiges, because of course they’re already dead so it’s not like they can die again lol)?? the way he’s pushing himself far too hard and we can see the shadows in and under his eyes, and the fact that he never smiles, and even All Might has remarked on how he isn’t taking care of himself at all?? the fact that he’s so single-mindedly obsessed with focused on stopping AFO?? the fact that he’s still the same sweet old Deku despite everything and was so kind to that fox lady with the umbrella, but there was also something so sad about that scene because it felt like a reminder of the type of hero that he wants to be, but that he’s not allowed to be right now?? because the stakes are too high and the world is falling apart?? and he feels like he’s the only one who can do something about it?? and that he has to be?? and that he is putting so much pressure on himself right now, and it’s absolutely too much pressure for any one person to bear, and I feel like no one is fucking talking about this lol goddammit.
anyway so yeah. I have feels about this, and every week that slow-burn angst is getting more and more intense behind the scenes, and I feel like it’s all going to hit a breaking point eventually. sooner rather than later. it really feels like a mirror of Katsuki’s post-Kamino arc. where all that angst was just churning below the surface for like twenty chapters and then it finally was like “okay it’s time” and it all came bursting out and we got the best five chapters of the fucking series (in my admittedly biased estimation lol).
basically, I know that most of fandom is billing this as either the “villain hunt” arc or the “solo Deku SIXQUIRKS fighting arc” or whatever. but for me, it’s always been and still is the Deku Angst arc lol. the cool fights are a sexy bonus (the worldbuilding less so because even though it’s interesting to see society at such a low point, it’s also very depressing and gets old pretty fast), but for me the thing that’s really keeping me engaged chapter after chapter is seeing Deku like we’ve never seen him before. seeing him all quiet and withdrawn and brooding and focused on AFO, AFO, AFO, and seeing that “he just doesn’t take himself into account” mentality taken to extremes. I am invested in that. I’m soaking up that angst each and every week, and I’m invested in seeing what comes of it. it’s a big picture thing. week to week this arc might just seem like a bunch of villain fight scenes, sure. but Deku’s emotional journey is the thread that’s going to carry this arc through from beginning to end, and for that I’m willing to be patient.
anyway that turned into a BIG OL’ RANT there but yeah! so those are my thoughts on the disk horse as it currently stands. and like I said, I’m open to discussion, but tbh I will probably just wind up repeating these same talking points endlessly so just a fair warning lol.)
anyway so Three says Deku has yet to use his quirk at ALL but now he’s trying to combine it with another quirk?? damn. also please check out En’s face here you guys
En launching a sneak attack up my favorite character list by the sheer power of his expressions alone. he really knows how to make the most of his screentime
OH DAMN DEKU
at this point the 3% from that hypothetical poll earlier are starting to feel prettttty damn smug, I’ll bet. well shit
what in the fuck
?? so like releasing his chi or whatnot?? isn’t that basically just like base OFA all over again?? also Deku did you seriously just apologize to Gran’s cape
update: Nagant has turned her eyeball into a gun
hm. hmmmmmmm. ...okay yep, still somehow sexy
anyway so she’s just floating up there building suspense, as one does. lord I sure hope she has good reflexes because something tells me she’s going to need them
OH SNAP HE THREW GRAN’S CAPE AS A DECOY WHAAAAT OKAY THAT’S SOME SMART SHIT DEKU
LOL SHE’S MAD NOW
JESUS CHRIST SHE JUST NEVER TAKES A GODDAMN BREAK FROM BEING AWESOME HUH
DEKU ARE YOU JUST THROWING EVERY DAMN THING IN YOUR INVENTORY
but without the cape and the hood how will you continue to look like an enigmatic badass. you really can’t. which means we might finally be moving on from the wandering nomad part of this arc, stay tuned
LOL YOU MANIAC
I hope he went full Kacchan with the dialogue there. his face sure looks like it lol. popped out of a building all mad fdskljlkj omg
well this was fun, shit. I still have basically no idea what Three’s quirk does though lol. like, can he use it to charge up objects with kinetic energy or something?? but then what was all of that talk about combining it with one of the other quirks?? or was that just because he was using Smokescreen at the same time??
(ETA: having seen and read an additional half-dozen explanations of Three’s quirk, I can say with confidence that I still have basically no idea what it is or does.)
anyway so!! Deku is a badasssssss but something tells me not to count Nagant out just yet even so. also I really enjoy seeing Deku flip out on people like he doesn’t have a fucking hole in his torso because it reminds me of A CERTAIN SOMEONE and I always love to see him channeling that feral energy; I feel like it’s been a while
anyways good luck to you both!! I truly wish that both of you could win. but if not, then maybe you can at least become friends instead. you have so much in common, you both can fly and have multiple quirks and you’re both badasses, and plus it would just be really funny to see the look on Hawks’s face lmao
#bnha 313#midoriya izuku#lady nagant#bnha meta#deku meta#bnha#boku no hero academia#bnha spoilers#mha spoilers#bnha manga spoilers#makeste reads bnha
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ok for those who don't play video games, or never played journey when it was on the ps3, let me tell you what this game did for me and still does. i'll have to spoiler it a little bit, but pls if you ever get the chance to play it, try it.
journey is a game that has no way of communicating and no written instructions within the game. there are no time limits or specific goals apart from moving across the levels. as the title suggests, you are a mysterious looking person on a journey and have to traverse this dessert-y land and it's kind of an obstacle type game. you also have one power, you can make this "chirp" sound and you can collect these glowing signs to gain a bit more power.
the music is very much part of the experience as you go from level to level, and i'll just say the story is kind of the heroes journey. so, the first time i played through the game (can be done in one setting), i was like "cool game, never played anything like this, will play again." didn't think much about it.
but then, why did i on the 2nd or 3rd play-through suddenly realize there was another player on the screen. this game was co-op! and as i said, there is no chat-window or menu or anything you can use to communicate. all you can do is chirp and they'll chirp back. so this other person came over to me chirping, and i'd chirp back at them. and then i realized that when our bodies came close, we'd glow and charge our powers. so the game encourages you to work with the other player to get through the game, especially the harder parts.
playing through an entire play-through with one co-op partner is so powerful. the end is so emotional and so, i can't even put it into words for tbh. there is a reason why people would try to write messages in the sand at the very end of the game, most would draw a heart because it was easiest. i played the game so many times, i actually activated the white coat. i would show newer players where do get the shiny powerups, i would fly and chirp with them. i would protect them from the dangerous thingies and show them secrets paths. when we reached the cold windy area we'd huddle together to stay warm.
now, me being a dummy and not really that active in games, never checked my playstation messages. why would i, i wasn't really social with anyone on there. but one day, months later, i noticed it: i had new messages. i opened the mailbox and there were at least 15-20 messages from people whom i'd played journey with. i never receive any kind of messages! and all of them thanking me for playing with them. what kind of a game makes people message others for playing with them?? a unique and exceptionally good one, that's what! i got even more emotional and wrote them back and apologizing for taking so long. i have since lost my ps3 account and don't have a console at the moment. and i have journey on my phone, but unfortunately haven't managed to play co-op on there, it seems empty. and only few things are worse than playing journey alone.
anyway, if you ever get the chance, play it. i hope you have the same experience as me. something about that journey and the music, it just unlocks something. i think this game brings out something fundamentally human in people. wandering around free, helping each other traverse difficult challenges, working towards one existential goal, losing each other, finding each other and feeling sad when it's time to say goodbye. and even now, i know this sounds dramatic, but i just heard the opening music and felt better. it activated something within me, to look beyond just the problems that are right in front of me, that there are solutions out there, too. anyway 😩 if you've read this far, ilu.
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Appreciation post for the eggpire and more during the red banquet cause I'm not seeing enough love for how well they organized and delivered and because I'm so proud of cc!Bad for how far the Bloodvines arc has gone ♥ (this stuff is from Bad's vod btw)
Also something to cheer people up a bit in case the lore got u hard like it got me cause I'm still not okay bestie <3
The starting soon screen being an animation (with glitches to show another frame!!) plus the jazzy electro-swing soundtrack underneath. Just such a good intro, I felt like I was actually in the waiting line for an event, just awesome.
Ponk. Just Ponk, dapper man, handsome Ponk just standing there. Gorgeous, thank you, standing ovation, I love him.
Just everything Bad and Ant did with the building of the room, the stairs!! The coat room!!! The statues right in front of the table, everything looked SO pretty.
ANT MY BELOVED LOOKING HANDSOME AS ALWAYS I just loved all their outfits. The banquet's skins just SLAPPED HARD.
The little moment where Bad changed view of his character and we could see him, Ant and Ponk cwc
Bad singing >>>>>>>>>>
Everyone getting lost despite the oak signs
THE ARC ABOVE THE DANCEFLOOR, WHAT THE HELL YOO
Bad complimenting everyone on their outfits and giving out some gapples here and there
Bad also always repeating the same catchphrases
Sam just drinking copiously and the dumpy situation
People actually dancing + HBomb being the dj
Puffy walking around Bad to see his outfit and complimenting him, just felt like their old friendship cwc
FOOLISH GAVE BAD A FLOWER <3
Bad scolding George for not wearing an outfit (Sam's "his name is Gogy and he is beautiful")
"It's almost time for the feast. It's gonna be delicious." the foreshadowing
Everyone dancing together cwc
"minecraft dancing is speed squats" eret ilu
Bad and Ant complimenting moment ♥
The eggpire all on the same side of the table. Them
Ponk's little "Hello!" after Bad said he made the soup, plus everyone going "good job!!" just twt
When Bad started asking if anyone wanted to give a toast, I realized eventually that this was more of a disguised "Want to say your last words before death?" and it now sounds s o freaking cool. ye s
P O N K 'S S P E E C H
"you look beautiful right now" sam i will cry
When in the middle of his speech, Bad turns to Ant who's already looking at him, nods, Ant nods back, and as Bad turns around again we can see Ant walking away from his seat. I am OBSESSED with this scene, like you already know something is about to go down and oh gosh it was delivered so good
THE LAVA COMING DOWN FROM THE CEILING AS BAD KEPT TALKING, NONE NOTICING, HIM TALKING ABOUT HOW THE BANQUET WILL BE UNFORGETTABLE. SO HOT
"And yeah! Thank you for coming everybody" the little mischievous giggles right after "And prepare uh ... yep. Prepare to die." AND THEN HE FUCKIGN DRINKS FROM HIS GLASS LIKE COME ON YOU CANT BE ANY COOLER THAN THAT YOOO
"The leaf is staying the way it is" you can hear the laughter in his voice like HAH GOTTEM that's so good
Bad still giving Hbomb gapples cwc
"Where you looking for this perchance?" AND THEN EQUIPS THE ENTIRE ARMOR AND WEAPONS E Y E when the twists started dude. this si where the twists started and never ended
HANNAH CROSSING SIDES AND SIDING WITH THE EGGPIRE. QUEEN SHIT that was such a cool moment for her i'm so glad she's getting her moment
The eggpire laughing, just pure villainy, love them
"Time to get on the main event" the nonchalance. The way they equipped the crossbows and readied the arrows at the same time. B r u h fucking awesome they are
The eggpire faking being afraid when Sam was talking about blowing the egg up. Sad that we already knew about the obsidian thing, but still made it a very cool scene. Especially right after when they started laughing at them again. I don't know what it is about it but I love them being so sassy.
FREAKING EXECUTIONS THEY WORKED FOR MASS EXECUTIONS they were able to trap all those freaking people!! And trick them and counter attack all the time! what the fuck, I'm so impressed
Thank you Fundy for sounding super terrified /gen ♥
Wait ahah they really said EGGSECUTION-
THE EGG HATCHES THE EGG HATCHES THE EGG HATCHES im not saying IT but im saing Velvet
"Follow me! Follow me!" HANNAH SOUNDED SO ENTHUSIASTIC i love
"We trusted you!" "Well, that was your first mistake-" THE WAY BAD WAS ABOUT TO LAUGH. DUDE they definitely had so much fucking fun making this
sassyboyhalo
Foolish acting thank u ily. Also the thunder not working what the heck i wanna know what was going on inside his mind right then he sounded so lost. THE ACTING
"Sacrifice!" Hannah idk how to say this but I love you
ANT MOMENTTTT
When puffy called them selfish i was expecting bad to just do a huge double take. I wanted him to snap immediately PLEASE SNAP-
BAD DELIVERING AGAIN WITH THE AMAZING ACTING
"Not just for the egg but for what the egg is going to give us" he's so desperately trying to make them udnerstand it promised him his friend back he literally mentions it every single time but everyone calls him selfish because they think he wants power when he just wants skeppy's friendship back in this essay I will- Anyway yes I love that he never explicitly says it because it kills us viewers with pain cause we KNOW and then the reveal will be 100 times more powerful. This is so awesome
"I can't stop Quackity and you know why I can't stop. If I stop I can't get what I need." his voice grew so much lower like he's just holding back MAN I HH IT WAS SO GOOD
SECRET RETREAT ROOM YOOO
Ponk giving Bad some food and telling him to stay safe, Bad telling both Hannah and Ponk to stay safe too. My tears
And now the solo Bad lore part, where we actually see the true part of him that's absolutely devastated and makes me cry, the way he acted all confident and then saw everything crumble in a few seconds and now he's destroyed again because what if they find a way to destroy the egg what then? what if he never gets skeppy back? dude, you can just read his emotions it's so sad and i love how it was portrayed
"I know where I can go. I know who I can see!" BDI REF BDI REF FOR SURE I have a feeling that's going to be explained in the next lore stream with Skeppy and I'm so hype. I love the little crumbs of references here and there.
"But now they have it.." he sounded so broken??? bad your acting please ill cry
"I didn't really want to hurt anybody" his true self trying to get back cwc especially because he's farther away from the egg. I just love the transition between the guy Bad portrays who's so sure about the egg when it's in front of others and the doubts and anxiety he actually has when he's alone. Just so cool
"Did I screw up?" im just pointing out everything that moves me emotionally cause these people's acting is so cool
Ending the stream with simple black background my beloved
Okay but really I'm so so so proud of the ccs for making this happen and it's only going upwards, I'm literally so in awe, they really said go big or go home
Free space for Ant's villain speech I wasn't able to hear yet, but they said it was v cool, so I'm trusting people on this
Thank you for listening, stan Bloodvines arc /hj
If I made typos no I didn't
#badboyhalo#antfrost#ponk#hannahxxrose#captain puffy#awesamdude#fundy#foolish gamers#hbomb94#georgenotfound#velvetiscake#skeppy#quackity#dream smp#dream smp spoilers#purp pls stop#long post#red banquet
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75 with Sora and Xion and Ven. Also hi ilu <3
Prompt List: Here
75. “Stay with me, I don’t mind.”
His chest feels more hollow nowadays than it used to.
Then again, a lotta things for Sora are different now. He's died a few times, come back to life, been to some places in-between, and he's lost a few hitchhikers along the way. Maybe he's been so used to having people in his Heart that it hurts to be alone there, trapped in a cage far too big for one boy. But that really hurts to think about, wishing someone could keep him company in his Heart like that. All the people who took refugee in his Heart only fled there because they were hurt.
And Sora doesn't want anyone to hurt again.
So he wears a smile, even though he's been beaten to the ground, dragged through hell, and left to rot away in his own body. Alone. Afraid. Still grinning.
(Honestly, everyone's had enough of it by now. Even though Sora's healthy and free and alive, having him back among the land of the living is hard to celebrate when his eyes are more hollow than they were before the face-off against Xehanort. His friends are tired of seeing him hurt. They're tired of watching him smile through the pain.)
Sora's not the only one struggling.
Her head feels emptier than it should. Not a surprise, considering the fact Xion needs more room for memories that are hers (not Sora's or Kairi's, just hers), but still a nuisance. Sure, it's nice to not deal with fears that aren't her own, but it's scary to wake up one day and forget what kind of ice cream Kairi likes, or the name of Sora's mother, or just how Sora felt the first time he summoned his Keyblade into his hands.
(Now, don't get it wrong; Xion hates having days where her head is so full of other's memories and hopes and dreams that she can't tell her own life from someone else's. It can get cluttered in Xion's brain. She's not great at organizing things, but she does her hardest to remember where her memories are.)
Maybe for Xion, the problem is less about being alone, and more about being forgotten and forgetting others. It's scary to be forgotten. To know no one misses you. So losing those memories hurts, because what is a memory but a reminder that someone you love will be remembered?
Sometimes, Sora misses holding those lives that weren't his own. A Heart's a heavy burden, and sometimes you want to forget about your own and worry about someone else's.
Sometimes, Xion misses having visions of memories that aren't hers. Knowing another's secrets can bring you down, but the pain's worth it to make sure they're remembered.
Besides. There's not really many people they can turn to, who understand how they're feeling. So, they grin and they bear it. Pretend their problems are theirs alone.
But they’re not alone, obviously.
He feels a lot older than before, but maybe that's how these things are supposed to be. Ventus can't keep pretending he fits in his own body like he should, cause when he really thinks about it, this body was never really his to begin with. He’s still Ventus, but he’d forgotten who he was so many times, that the Ventus of today must’ve been very different than the Ventus that Should Have Been.
Ventus was born centuries ago, his 30th birthday was last year, he's about to turn 18 for real and he's still not sure when his actual birthdate is, having amnesia and all. He's getting older but he's not quite there yet, and with every new day he feels smaller than someone his age(s) should.
See, Ventus isn't as strong as either Sora or Xion. He can’t fake a smile the way Sora can, take on everyone else’s problems as quietly as Xion. When Ventus feels, everyone knows, and maybe a few people (Vanitas. It’s just Vanitas.) call him a Drama Queen.
Ventus is soft. He's emotional. He's easy to read.
Easy to break.
But it takes one Broken Heart to recognize another. So of course Ventus is the one who seeks them out when he knows they’re having a rough time
It’s one of those nights where every member of Sora’s Heart-mates are on edge, but Ventus had acted quick. Sora’s already half-asleep next to Ven’s lap, a empty cup of hot cocoa resting on the coffee table next to the large sofa they’re crashing on. They’ve got all the blankets Ventus could find in Yen Sid’s Tower piled up next to them, and the TV is on, mostly serving as background noise. When Xion creeps into the den, armed with a bunny plush and wearing her coziest slippers, she’s greeted by that warm sigh of Ventus brushing his hand through Sora’s hair.
She glances at her phone, and Ventus’ text is the first thing she sees.
if youre having a bad night, stay with me. i dont mind <3
Xion looks up, and Ventus smiles warmly. There’s a mug of cocoa waiting for her, and hey, so long as Ventus has a hand free, he can play with her hair, too.
Ventus might not be as closely connected to Xion’s Heart as Sora’s is, but he’s perceptive. Of course, he’s the one who sought her out. Asked her how she was feeling. Wanted her here.
Remembered her.
Xion crawls into place next to him on the couch. Ventus draws her in, wrapping his arm around her without a word. They stare at the TV. Sora snores. Xion cuddles her plush.
And Ventus watches over them, knowing well that they’re hurting, that their smiles are sometimes fake, and they both miss something he would never understand. But he loves them still and always will.
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