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justheblueberry · 2 months

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twinsunstars · 25 days

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Thoughts on The Bad Batch Episode 11 - Point of No Return - A Discussion Post

This episode. So much happened, and so much emotions. Let's relive those emotions by looking back at what happened.

(SPOILERS IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE EPISODES YET! all screencaps from www.cap-that.com! https://www.cap-that.com/starwars/the-bad-batch/311/)

The episode begins with Phee arriving at a station for some fuel, talking with her droid Mel (who I'm glad is rebuilt). CX-2 is nearby, unknown to Phee, as he sneaks onto her ship to gather information and figures out coordinates to Pabu. The alarm does sound, but Phee had gone into a room blasting music, making it was hard to hear it, and CX-2 managed to turn it off quickly.

On the way back to her ship, Phee feels like there is someone nearby and gets ready to attack, but CX-2 had already managed to escape. He contacts Scorch, as they prepare for an attack.

CX-2 likely found out about Phee from Cid and sought her ship to gather more information to find the Batch.

While the sun sets on Pabu, the boys get ready to pack up and leave, listening to Ventress's warning. Wrecker works with Gonky to load up the ship, and really wants two ice cones.

We finally got to see the reg kids again from Episode 2, and I love their new clothes! I'm glad they got to live a peaceful life on Pabu and got to live like actual kids instead of soldiers, and they get to eat ice cones. Batcher is enjoying her time on Pabu as well, as she has made friends with a nice lady who gives her a treat. She looks so happy.

I'm so happy to finally see Lyana again, as Omega goes with her to one of Pabu's vaults where they keep treasures, and so does Batcher. Lyana is sad Omega is leaving, but it is safer for them this way. Omega decides to leave Tech's goggles and Lula on Pabu, as they are special treasures who will be waiting for their owners to return.

Wrecker picked a small fight with Gonky while getting tired and still putting supplies on the ship. Wrecker says he'll leave Gonky behind, and Gonky argues back. Sibling banter, for sure.

Meanwhile, CX-2 secretly arrives on Pabu, and the Marauder picks up the ship's signature, but he managed to turn it off before Wrecker could see it. (A clue, since he scrambled the ship's signature.) CX-2 lands and runs around Pabu, trying to locate Omega.

While collecting supplies, Hunter senses something while the birds fly above the horizon, and Crosshair asks him what he's sensing. Hunter's not sure, but they need to leave.

The Batch says their goodbyes to Shep and Lyana, thanking them for everything. CX-2 continues to look around the crowd on Pabu, and manages to recognize Hunter, Crosshair, and Omega. It's just going downhill from here.

CX-2 manages to plant a few explosives on the Marauder, causing it to explode into pieces (RIP the Marauder 😭, it's Razor Crest pain all over again). Wrecker heard the explosives before they went off and manages to pick up Gonky and try to run. Everyone on Pabu hears the explosion, and the others quickly run down to the scene. I was expecting them to be more distraught after the Marauder exploded and Wrecker got hurt. Their ship that they considered a home is now gone. Luckily Tech's goggles and Lula were taken out before it happened, I was so scared about that before this.

Omega kneels down to Wrecker, who is unconscious. Mox, Deke, and Stak help them after Hunter gives them orders, and he senses something. He looks up to the left, and the Empire has arrived on Pabu. Everyone runs, and Omega pets Batcher, scared.

CX-2 meets up with Scorch once troopers take the grounds, ready to find Omega. Omega feels guilty since this is all happening because the Empire wants her, but Hunter tells her that it is only the Empire's fault.

The scene from the trailer with CX-2 finally happens, and he said "Search every domicile...". Another clue; who else has said domicile in the past episodes? Shep goes to CX-2 and argues with him about what the Empire is doing to Pabu, as the docks and ships were being shot down.

Omega hides with Crosshair and Batcher, and Batcher growls after seeing the nice lady who had given her a treat earlier get hurt by the stormtroopers. Omega tries to hold her back and calm her down, but Batcher runs and attacks the troopers. They shoot at her, and she runs off. Omega wants to run after Batcher, but Crosshair believes that Batcher can take care of herself.

The two run off to the room where Wrecker is being kept with AZI, who is observing Wrecker's health. Lyana is with him, scared and staying safe.

Hunter sneaks around Pabu to try and obtain a ship they can use to escape, which is difficult with many stormtroopers around. Omega sees a ship that is swerving around in the sky and asks Crosshair if that is Hunter, which he replies, "Uh-huh." It was so funny the way he said it.

Omega talks with Crosshair, deciding to turn herself in and coming up with a plan for them to track her. Crosshair is too worried about her plan, trying to talk her out of it since she'll be taken back to Tantiss, and he doesn't want anything happening to her. Omega decides that it is her choice, and trusts Crosshair to plant a tracker onto the ship when she is being taken. Crosshair eventually agrees.

Omega surrenders herself, meeting eyes with CX-2. The tracker she tried to hide on herself is found, and now it's up to Crosshair to plant a tracker on CX-2's ship.

The ship Hunter had tried to get was shot down, and he managed to swim out of the water and reach land. Batcher found him, and his face looked so sweet when he pet her. He runs off to go find the others.

Omega had looked back at Pabu with sad eyes, feeling really guilty for what just happened, and now she'll be taken back to Tantiss. While being attacked by troopers and CX-2's ship is leaving, Crosshair shoots too quickly and misses. They'll have to find a way to track Omega now. Omega breathes while on CX-2's ship, looking confident and ready for what she needs to face next.

I am too worried for what is going to happen next. This episode was a big emotional rollercoaster, and it got so dark. I was expecting Hemlock to come to Pabu since he always goes wherever Omega has been spotted, but this time he let it be with CX-2. I'm so worried for Omega, and how are the Batch going to find her now? Echo needs to be caught up too, and I hope Wrecker wakes up soon.

#star wars #the bad batch #the bad batch crosshair #the bad batch hunter #the bad batch omega #the bad batch wrecker #the bad batch spoilers #the bad batch season 3 #tbb #sw tbb #tbb s3 #the bad batch batcher #phee genoa #the bad batch tech

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sweaters-and-vertigo · 22 days

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so i’ve seen a lot of people talk about the symbolism of omega leaving lula behind but i haven’t seen anyone talk about what tech’s goggles mean.

in the case that tech is CX-2 (which i think we’re all pretty sold on now), i think that leaving his goggles behind means the same thing as leaving lula behind. i think that both omega and tech are past their own “point of no return” and they’re in it together. because the goggles and lula are left behind in the same place while tech brings omega back to tantiss.

i know lot of fans want tech to “bounce back” but considering the likely brain damage from his fall along with the programming in his head, i don’t think we’re going to get him back. speaking from a realistic psychological standpoint, people don’t go through that much psychological trauma and come out the other end the same way. every person has a “point of no return” and i think tech might be past his.

i guess it just depends on how you want the human mind to be represented. personally, i would prefer a realistic representation. i’ve been through a lot of bad stuff and i changed a lot because of it. i nearly went past my own “point of no return” but i didn’t. my father did go past his. my father’s “point of no return” was when he unapologetically put my life in danger repeatedly for two days. do you see any similarities? and for a long time, we all held out hope he would get better but he never did.

if the writers are going to put a character through unimaginable horrors like what tech probably experienced, the true psychological effects should be there. anything else is just fan service at best but unfair at worst. whatever happens with tech/CX-2, i just hope they do it right.

an example of this being done correctly: powder/jinx from arcane. she had a mental illness, went through extreme trauma, then some more trauma, and then went past her “point of no return” at the end of season one. i love her and i relate to her character so so much. because she’s been through a lot of horrible things just like i have except when she reached her “point of no return” she welcomed it with open arms. it was heartbreaking and beautiful. i wouldn’t have changed it for anything.

EDIT: to be fair to the tbb writers, they did an incredible job representing crosshair’s trauma. i have shaky hands too, which people never get tired of telling me or asking about it. so i do have faith in the writers. ALSO SIDENOTE, i think that crosshair met his own “point of no return” that he didn’t go past. i think that it was when his commanding officer allowed mayday to die and crosshair killed the man. if he had simply continued following orders, we would have lost him for good but he came back to us. everyone has a different event or action that they can’t come back from. sometimes it’s a choice they make or sometimes it’s a trauma they experience but it is a real thing and it should be represented accurately.

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saelterlude · 2 months

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started making this list early (11/02) even though there's no new performance until 16/02 bcs i accidentally found somethings (also bcs I was doing that cursed height ranking).

so here is link click musical clip list pt.3! (pt.1, pt.2, pt.4, pt.5, pt.6 here)

37. 15/11/2024, this! the OG hug with Shu Rongbo and Wu Yihan! Back when Shu Rongbo still (attempts to) have canon accurate split bangs and ponytail (unlike now when he has, adorable, messy bangs and a hard-to-spot ponytail), and his jacket still fits lol.

38. 17/02/2024, Cai Qi being a menace at rock paper scissors, Cai Lu being a menace on the sofa (+dog hat), and Wu Yihan being a menace to Hong Guo and they struggle to hold hands?? during curtain call. Also I don't understand why does Wu Yihan look so tiny next to Cai Qi, like? I never thought he was smol before this??

39. 06/01/2024, maybe it's because I was very tired when I found this but Du Guangyi tossing the cushion away like that is exactly my type of humor.

40. 16/02/2024, Let me give you the loudest QL slap you'll ever heard courtesy of Wu Hanglu and Wang Yifei's shoulders. Also, behavior wise Du Guangyi maybe the least LG-like LG actor but god do I like his humor (pls he jumped up the table like a pocong lol, and the way he jump kicked Wang Yifei? He's a Gem.).

(Honestly, I think I can make a whole other list just full of the shit Du Guangyi pulls. He's very mischievous but also giving grandpa. But I won't because @shimmeringweeds is working on a gifset of it <3 Goodluck!!)

41. 21/02/2024, Cai Qi being extra heart hands <3 and Wang Minhui being extra aggressive.

42. 24/02/2024 day, I have nothing to say other than Guo Hongxu is really pretty. No, I cannot explain why i pick this particular clip. Look up stage door pictures from this day too, I swear he's just really pretty on that day.

43. 25/02/2024 day, a second Guo Hongxu clip. Look at him being embarrassed and becoming a loaf.

Counting down to the 100th link click musical performance! These are the official special encore recordings from the musical's weibo acc. So they're modified versions of the actual performance.

Since we're getting into songs outside the usual encore, I'll reference you to this post by @sgdlr-asdfghjkl with lyrics and brief explanation to each song, it's an unofficial transcript but it's the best we currently have.

These first two are "Words Can't Convey My Love" (M07)

44. 20/02/2024, Wang Minhui bets he can confess better than Bai Zhuoming better, sings the confession song and fails miserably. And poor Wu Hanglu accidentally got kicked by Bai Zhuoming.

45. 22/02/2024, You have to watch this one. You have Du Guangyi being the comedic genius that he is, cocky speech, dramatic pause, Lu Guang rizz, pathetic crying, failed confetti. You get the best Wang Yifei outfit, also he's skipping around the stage. And Qian Anqi can't help but laugh too!

46. 23/01/2024, We got "Faith of Friendship" (M05). Teng Chunpeng and Du Guangyi gotta do pushups if they fail to land a shot, and the ending is hilarious, do give it a watch.

*note: You can see how M07 and M05 are actually supposed to go in the bottom of the pt.2 list.

Next two are also of the same song, the extended ver. of the sofa song "Forget About It" (M03). TW: hanging/noose. They take CXS's "I'll hang myself here" joke and put it in the song.

47. 24/02/2024 night, actor/role swap stage! Wu Yihan played CXS, Deng Xianling played LG, and Ding Xingchen played QL. Wu Yihan was definitely having fun howling here. Also, disastrous cast introduction by Ding Xingchen lol.

48. 25/02/2024 day, the actors are the right way around this time with Guo Hongxu, Ji Xiaokun, and Cai Lu. But they're all using different local dialect! You can even see Cai Lu cheats and read from her phone.

49. 25/02/2024 night, "As The Saying Goes" (M08), where mother and son have a quarrel. Cai Qi as CX gets scolded x4 by the rest of the cast as CX's mama. Yes, that includes Wang Minhui putting him in timeout. But there's more!

50. 25/02/2024 night, a very important fancam on the performance above. It's shaky but pls pay close attention to Zhang Jiahao, should be easy, the fancam is focused on him. the wig, the very real fried chicken (i thought it was a fake, it wasn't), he was munching the entire time, and the chair, thank you very much sir. You can even see him offering a bite and getting scolded by Deng Xianling.

(very good, very funny, a very special one fitting for the 50th clip.)

That's all for this list.

Last time I added a bonus clip of Wu Yihan in Love Musical. This time you can have these two bonus clips of Shu Rongbo absolutely slaying it in Hey!Arizona Musical. IDK what it's about but the set and costumes are so damn cool.

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snorlaxlovesme · 3 months

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what is your favorite line/section of your sick CXS fic? It is so good and I love when authors can share some of their thoughts!

i feel so spoiled with these messages from you, thank you for being so kind my godd

(aforementioned sickfic)

it's hard to choose favorite lines bc genuinely i do love the whole fic so much. a lot of the time i'm writing off the cuff and it just flows out of me in one or two sittings (it's why i'm a one-shot writer) but this was a story that took me months to complete because of all the planning involved (and absolutely fruitless research into Chinese herbal soups, since literally NONE of that research made it into the fic lmao) and so the whole thing feels really special and different from my other stories just because of how much thought was put into it.

it took a long time, but i adored writing the second half, getting to write the same day over again and try to make it identical while FEELING totally different. having Lu Guang totally in pieces over every little change he accidentally makes to the timeline was mwaa *chef's kiss*

i think my favorite line was what i eventually pulling from to make the summary on AO3

"Lu Guang is so tired. He wishes he could freeze this conversation, this whole day, and go nap for a thousand hours. The stress of it all is sucking the marrow from his bones. He wishes he could do today over again. He doesn’t know if he’d have the strength to do today over again."

idk i just feel like it really encapsulates the struggle Lu Guang goes through in this fic and might literally go through on a day to day basis trying to re-live the timeline. like i'm sure every misstep feeling like something Lu Guang would want to do over, but how many times can he handle that, emotionally? like this day mentally broke him and it's literally the most nothing day. Lu Guang forgot to make one phone call and almost suffered cardiac arrest because of it.

plus its very sweet that Cheng Xiaoshi, sick as a dog and feeling down on himself for being left alone all day, comforts Lu Guang after this moment because he can see Lu Guang is going through like a panic-induced existential crisis and mistakes it for Lu Guang ALSO feeling ill, sweet boy ♥

i also really liked the simplicity of these lines (it includes spoilers so look away if you wanna read the fic first. )

But Lu Guang thinks of the tear-streaked smile after Cheng Xiaoshi took that first bite. Spending every waking moment agonizing over his next step won’t get him anywhere. Instead, Lu Guang folds up that smile and tucks it into a corner of his mind for safekeeping. Cheng Xiaoshi thanked him for today. Maybe that is enough.

that part wasn't in the original draft. these lines are in response to CXS thanking Lu Guang for caring for him and i think i had a bit of prose where LG internally laments that he spent half the day ignoring CXS and only took care of him when it was clear Qiao Ling wasn't going to be able to, so the thanks wasn't really deserved. or something self deprecating like that

i had sent my "final draft" to a friend after revising some bits in the flashback and said "i wanna post it but i feel like i need to mess with the ending still. it feels off" my friend insisted what i had was great but i didn't know if the last line of the fic ("Timeline be damned") felt earned. Lu Guang had been a slave to the timeline for the entirety of the story, allowing him to kind of/sort of say "fuck you" to the timeline for a brief moment felt like it was going against everything i had just established, of how IMPORTANT keeping to the timeline was to Lu Guang for the sake of being able to save Cheng Xiaoshi in the future.

it was my friend that gave me the idea to write a simple thesis line that shows what Lu Guang has learned from this. that disaster is definitely a potential outcome in Lu Guang's crazy plan, but seeing Cheng Xiaoshi at peace is enough to make him want to try. like you said in your comment on the fic, if you went back in time, you'd want to be kinder. those lines are Lu Guang reminding himself that seeing CXS at peace has an emotional effect on Lu Guang as well.

ALSO idk the "fold up his smile and tucks it in his mind" bit is cute okay? it's a very cute sentence and i'm proud i wrote it lol

this is very long so i'm gonna stop rambling but again THANK YOU so much for asking me this and for all your sweet messages. i truly can't get over how wonderful it's been talking about this story with you, it's only made me love it more and i already thought it was my magnum opus lmao

#you: talk about your writing i'd love to hear your thoughts!#me: feels guilty somehow about doing exactly what you asked of me #mykingdomforapen #link click #kelly got an ask

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inkstainedhandswithrings · 7 days

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TBB s3 ep 14

Only one more to go after this, we ready!? (no, pls help)

Yes Hunter, how IS Echo gonna get off the ship?

Oh I see we’re just gonna let him wing it and do it on his own?

Like don’t get me wrong I have full faith in Echo I just don’t like how Hunter is so focused on Omega he doesn’t even try to find a way to help out Echo

He also doesn’t listen to Crosshair’s remark about the Jungle being dangerous

Love how Omega is like “oh base on high security alert? Multiple explosions? it’s my brothers!!”

I swear Rampart and is constant bitching is so tiring

HAHAHAHAHHAH THE BITCH SCREAMS LIKE A CHILD

Gaaaahh Cross talking about his first time on Tantiss

His hand tremor acting up

Poor baby I love him give him a hug

“…but Omega didn’t leave me behind when she could have. I owe her.”

Bro just say you love your baby sisters like it’s not that big a deal we already knew

The utter fucking relief I felt when Echo made it off that ship unharmed

Jesus, I am so scared that we might,,,

Okay I don’t wanna jinx it so I’m just gonna say “scared that the writers pull another Tech”

Aaaaaaand Rampart’s bitchiness got them a) attacked by a giant beast and b) discovered by imperial troops

I hate him so much

Emerie not only recognising Echo but immediately volunteering to help?

She’s growing on me tbh

Is Omega gonna free the Zillo? To get out? Like as a distraction?

Idk that seems kinda dangerous girly

wait wtf that’s it???

That was already 20mins?

I wasn’t ready for the end there I though we were gonna get more😪

Tbh, I think it felt so short because they had to fit three storylines into twenty minutes. I really wish they were allowed 40 minute episodes, then they could’ve really done a deep dive into all three moving parts of this episode. Like at this point it’s not the writers or show runners fault, it’s just that they probably didn’t get the budget to make their episodes that long, which rlly sucks but like,,, ya can’t be mad.

But! I honestly still don’t understand how ALL OF THIS is gonna get wrapped up in 1 more episode. Like how? Genuinely, how?

On the one hand, that makes me worry that the last episode is gonna be super rushed and feel unfinished or whatever but on the other hand it gives me hope that we’re gonna get another show. Because we still don’t know how Gregor, Rex and Wolffe ended up on Silos (?) alone, what happened to their rebellion, where the entirety of the batch went, what the hell Echo Base on Hoth is all about, who tf CX-2 is and Hemlock and Rampart are still alive also?? Which seems like an oversight.

AND all the clones still need to be busted out of Tantiss and relocated and why am I getting the feeling that Tantiss is just gonna blow up with everyone still there and that’s the reason why Rex gives up SHIT FUCK DAMNNIT

Anyway, point being!! This can’t end well any way you slice it. Lovely.

I will say that all in all I did like this episode!! Rampart getting panic attack after panic attack was rlly fun, we got a heart to heart between Wrecker and Crosshair (brief as it was), Echo again proofed why he is an ARC Trooper and why, after the apocalypse and the explosion of the galaxy he will still be standing, and Omega showed us once again that she is a far cry from that scared kid in season 1 and has instead turned into a sharp, competent, mini soldier (lets not talk about the fact that she’s essentially been turned into a child soldier out of pure necessity)

Anyway!! Good stuff, I am terrified of the finale!! Hope y’all enjoyed!! Thanks for reading!! See you next week when I try not to have a breakdown!!

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linkcities · 10 months

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link's conjecture | zelda/link, botw/totk

I cannot promise you healing, nor can I promise you fulfilling redemption. I cannot promise you that the moon will stop revolving around us in order to give you more time; in the first place, time was what we didn’t have, what we don’t have, and quite possibly what we can’t ever be in total possession of.

or,

Link gives Zelda a letter, a year after the calamity's defeat.

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pairing | zelda/link, zelink

tags | letter format, implied zelink, drabble, post-calamity botw, pre-totk, light-hearted.

for @zelinkcommunity's zelink week, day 3 | letters.

word count | 630 words.

notes | 1/2 of my entries for this year's zelink week! this is part of a much larger 'fic that i'll be publishing within the year, if ever i get around to finishing it. cx

ao3

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Zelda,

Perhaps it will never be easier. Not for us, anyway.

I see the effects of the calamity on you vividly, when you’re walking right beside me, before you sleep at night; in the middle of it. You don’t like wearing your heart out on your sleeve, princess, but you’ve been trying too hard lately that you’ve forgotten how to conceal it. But I believe, fervently, that you shouldn't have to conceal it.

When you walk: there is a nervous skip to your step, even in lands filled with grass and green. I was the same when I came out of the Shrine of Resurrection, but mine was because I felt like I was in unchartered territory, which rang true for the most part. I can tell that we’re not the same in that regard. My caution stems from my initial knowledge about the world around me, or the lack thereof. Yours stems from your incapacity to look at things without getting reminded of the red, the screams from one hundred years ago. I’ve long forgotten about the past. You’re the only one tying me to it—though that’s not how it goes on your end.

Your exhaustion is apparent everyday. I understand why. It’s hardly been a year. I doubt that six moons’ worth of sleep is going to replenish your energy all at once. You always tell me to rest as though you weren’t as tired as me—as though you weren’t twice as restless. You were awake for a century, your consciousness barely felt, barely existing. Even now that you’re with me, you’re barely there. You’re always drifting somewhere else entirely, a place I don’t know how to get to just yet.

I’m a light sleeper next to you. I have to wake up lest trouble stirs up on the horizon. I wake up at dusk, sometimes, when I feel you clutching the sheets tighter until your knuckles turn pale. I’d give you one look the next morning and you’d smile, almost as if you knew just by sight alone that I was worried. You’d always say that you were fine, just unused to sleeping with someone next to you. That’s a lie. If it were true, why is it that you only fall back to peaceful sleep when I hold you in my arms?

Princess, it’s only going to get more difficult from now on.

I cannot promise you healing, nor can I promise you fulfilling redemption. I cannot promise you that the moon will stop revolving around us in order to give you more time; in the first place, time was what we didn’t have, what we don’t have, and quite possibly what we can’t ever be in total possession of.

I cannot promise you anything of substantial value, princess, I don’t think the Goddess granted me that power. I can promise you lasting efforts. I can promise you that I’ll try. Over and over again. I can promise you my world, everything I have left to give, but I’m certain that still wouldn’t be enough.

I would give you everything if I could. Even if I cannot, that doesn't mean I won't try.

I would go through the ends of the earth for you again if that is what you would wish of me. I would do anything.

I would. For you.

Perhaps you should let me start again.

Zelda,

My Zelda. Perhaps it will never be easier. I’m sorry it can’t be. But you have my word; and by word alone, I swear to walk at a pace that allows you to breathe. Should you choose to stay still, I’ll stand beside you until you’re ready to move forward. Really, I wouldn’t mind.

We have all the time in the world.

Link.

#botw/totk #zelink #botw zelink #totk zelink #zelda #link #legend of zelda #zelink week 2023 #day 3 letters #tloz #the legend of zelda #✧ | juno writes!#botw #totk

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aromantic-enjolras · 6 months

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Ten first lines game

Rules: Share the first line of ten of your most recent fanfics and then tag ten people. Don't have ten? Not to worry, just share what you have.

Thank you for the tag, @pumpkinspice-prouvaire! This is going to be so funny, too, I'm pretty sure a few of these are actually collabs with you...

I'm going to do only my Les Mis fanfics, because let's be honest, that's what you all care about. ;)

It is a warm day in early September, and all the Amis are having a picnic at the Batignolles garden to celebrate the arrival of Grantaire’s sister to town.

'Shall we Dance?', platonic Grantaire&Musichetta, Gen, 1.6K

2. Combeferre walks down the streets of Paris, his gait long as he hurries towards the metro that will take him to his apartment, to his comfy couch and his books and his cat.

'Still Crazy After All These Years', (past) Courferre, T, 8.5K

3. Combeferre dragged his suitcase through Charles de Gaulle airport, his tired gaze looking for the exit signs.

'Leave me where I am (I'm only sleeping)', platonic Triumvirate, Gen, 817 words

4. Enjolras closes the laptop, cutting the Congressmen from France Insoumise singing the Marsellaise and the voice of the reporter with a definite click.

'Sous les Pavés, la Rage', political Amis, Gen, 531 words.

5. Courfeyrac is just starting to get undressed to go to sleep when there's the sound of the outside of the tent unzipping, and then some muffled swears as Enjolras all but throws himself inside.

'Mess Me Up (Noone Does it Better), FWB Courfjolras, E, 5.1K

6. Enjolras has never been scared of Grantaire.

'Stronger than lovers' love (is lover's hate)', ExR, T, 1.5K

7. Enjolras hums as he tidies up the Musain.

'Dîtes si c'est vrai', platonic ExR + Amis, T, 9K

8. It had started out fine, or so Enjolras had thought.

'I wanna ruin our friendship', FWB ExR, T, 5.8K

9. The first time Enjolras saw him, they were at a demonstration.

'In the crowd', platonic Feuilly&Enjolras, Gen, 8.9K

10. It’s a Friday night, and the Amis are gathered at the Corinthe, a queer bar in the Marais.

'Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (A Man After Midnight)' FWB Courfjolras+ platonic Triumvirate, T, 11.2K

... Putting these all side-to-side is making it really really obvious that I really do not write romance, huh. I am living up to my "-but make it platonic" reputation... The only thing that goes up from Teen is our collab, and the only present-day-relationship is a spinoff from a fic of yours. You're a bad influence!!

Tagging @shamedumpster, @p-trichor, @peoplearescary, @storyweaverofgondor, @cx-shhhh, @quillsand, @uppastthejelliclemoon

#les misérables #text posts #tag game #my posts #my writings #enjolras #grantaire #courfeyrac #combeferre #musichetta #feuilly #courferre #FWB Courfeyrac/Enjolras #triumvirate #ships #platonic friendships

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sharowolet · 7 months

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link click s2 spoilers (it is not a good time)

well that sure was something

i can't say i've been very happy watching this season, being circle jerked with that kind of "plot" isn't my favorite past-time (good story, bad execution of everything)

the ending didn't make it much better? yeah it confirms lg's been doing a little naughty and diving back in time to save cxs but like... everyone already kinda knew that... ah... this season didn't need to be dragged out this long for... really bad cliffhangers and red herrings (what a great fight animation showcase right)

im just Tired and upset (friends and i joked that this show is giving us the ol' miraculous ladybug / bbc sherlock plot special but someone didn't hear that it was just a joke and now we're the ones suffering)

but its okay banger soundtrack right : )

time to wait another god knows how long to maybe get one small crumb of answers because there sure weren't any in this season!

a good point: seeing lg go apeshit for cxs

a better point: i want whatever they're having because one's had his wound reopened several times in a week and the other just got freshly shot and they're both just going at qj like Everything Is (not) Fine

#sharo rambles #sharo watches link click #sharo is going to kermit because of link click #link click spoilers

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nopenototdaysatan · 3 months

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if you get this, answer w/ three random facts about yourself and send it to the last seven blogs in your notifs. anon or not, doesn’t matter, let’s get to know the person behind the blog!

also I hope you're doing well!! :DD

This will be fun. CX

1. When I was in Middle School I was part of a competition dance team. What I didn't know at that time was that my principal's daughter was as well and that we had competed at the same competition. The week after that competition the principal called everyone who had been to that competition down to her office. I thought I was just hearing things, didn't go and the following morning got my name and the awards I had won at that competition broadcasted to the whole school. Was both humiliating and super nice.

2. Ages ago I did a modern Midna cosplay with some ex friends who wanted to do a loz photoshoot. Maybe one day I'll spend the time and money to do a non-modern Midna cosplay.

3. The first experience I ever had with loz was of playing in the kokiri village area of my dad's oot game with my younger brother. The awe I felt as a kid trying to understand the buttons and trying to find that darn shield at like 5 years old. 5 year old me would stay in the woods for forever if they could have which they did because I was not a gamer at 5. (Child me would be utterly shocked that I enjoy doing savages in FFXIV let alone that I can even do them.)

I could be doing a lot better, friend; but the worst parts of my sickness are gone just in pain now thankfully. *Flops onto the floor tired.*

#my gaming abilities went from non to maplestory's 3 buttons to music based wii games to Assassin's Creed to FFXVI savages #my brother probably hated my backseat gaming in our childhood #good memories besides the ex friends part

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snobgoblin · 2 years

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personally i chose to make Buttercup a bit tougher and here's why

WANNA REITERATE THAT this is not putting anyone down except for corporations and societal standards fuck those guys

if I come across as angry that's because I am I'm fucking seething

we don't have any edgy representation. especially not for teen girls. it's all "oh she has long purple hair and wears black so she's so edgy" because directors dont give a shit anymore about costuming

we don't have any butch lesbian representation.

we don't get to see teen girls be gross, be mean, be flawed, because they're always expected to be prim and proper and out of sight

I want someone with a bold look and a personality to match. Buttercup is a perfect contender for that.

She has always been used to represent edgier themes, like with Mange, she was used to represent the grimdark comic trend of the 90s, while Blossom represented more 60s comics and Bubbles represented manga

In my opinion, making Buttercup masculine isn't stereotypical. It's breaking barriers. Its saying you can be a powerful woman, you can be feminine, and you can still look like this, you can do whatever the fuck you want and fuck anyone that says otherwise

I'm running with what was given in canon, building on their already existing traits

being feminine isnt bad but I am so ridiculously tired of having next to no masculine women. no masculine female superheroes. I mean look what they did to she hulk-

and hey look I am super aware CX BD isn't super butch rn, she has to gain the confidence over time because I do want to explore how judgmental people can be and how hard it actually is to dress punk/goth/grunge/alt/edgy bc ppl are dickheads

idk more of a rant than anything and entirely my opinion so dont take it too seriously. might revisit this when I'm not so mad

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letters-i-can-never-send · 1 month

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Im trying to grow forward, but everyone wants me to grow backwards cx

“You’re blaming yourself”

No I’m taking accountability for my actions and how they made another person feel.

“But you thought it all that time!”

Just because I thought it then, doesn’t mean I think it now. I used to think all Fairytales had happy endings. Well guess what baby, the Grimms brothers existed. And also, just because Im scared something is happening, doesn’t mean it is?? As much as I try to always be right, I’m wrong 90% of the time.

Yes you can quote me on that

Like honey bunny, we are GrOWING here. Im not focusing on everything he did and didn’t do. I can’t change that. I spent so much time in my relationship wishing he would take me on dates and do things with me that I’m tired of focusing on it. I can’t control or change another persons actions. I can only control my own.

And ya gorl is reflecting on her actions !!!

Like

Dont get me wrong- miss him. Literally only person I’m attracted to (I’ve been trying dating sites, everyone gives me the ick rn lol)

But ya gorl can’t be focusing on that.

It’s

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testingacc344 · 1 month

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International Student

Hello, everyone who visits my post; this is my first time posting anything on this website. As a college student who lived in another country for 20 years and just came to the United States two years ago, everything is new to me. I still remember that in my hometown, I could always see my parents and friends in person, and whenever I had issues, I could always find my parents or someone I knew for help. But all of these things disappeared when I came to the United States. I can only call my parents through my phone; sometimes, I talk to them for less than an hour. If I encounter a problem, there is no one I trust, so I use Google to solve my issues. While living in the United States, I experienced lots of things that I had never experienced in my whole life. The three most significant things happened when I lived in the US.

Firstly, I couldn't believe that buying a car would happen to me. Before I came to the United States, I worked two part-time jobs in two convenience stores. I could save that money for future expenses because I wanted to buy a huge single house and get a dog or cat. However, after living in the US, I realized that there were better ideas than taking public transportation or Uber. So, I decided to get a car; I even had to argue with my parents and calculate everything, including the gas, insurance, and maintenance fees. I went to several car dealerships and test-drove a few vehicles before researching. Then, I tried to find the consumers' online reviews about specific vehicles. Then, we went back to the dealership and negotiated the outdoor price. Ultimately, I bought a used Mazda Cx-50 that will stay with me for 5-10 years.

Secondly, when it was my birthday, I always celebrated it with my girlfriend and my parents. But since I came here and lived by myself. I could only celebrate on my own. I celebrated once in 2021, the year I came to the United States, and after that, I have not celebrated my birthday ever since.

Lastly, people in the United States often need clarification about my nationality. When they hear me speaking Mandarin Chinese, they automatically think I came from China. That was wrong; many Asian countries use Mandarin Chinese a lot, and I came from Taiwan rather than China. I used to be sensitive and would explain my nationality to others. But now, I don't even care about it because I am tired of explaining. (HAHAHAHA)

Overall, as an international college student, I will meet many things in the future; I am not afraid of challenges because they make me grow into a better person.

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beatsboy · 1 year

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4.7

new dorian electra. new feelings. newer than yesterday. feeling different than the morning before. still so much to do. so much to decide. realizing, over and over again, that this is my life, and do i make the same mistake, or do i choose the same convictions, no matter their consequences? was my mother an idiot for continuing to bring people in her home, trying to save every person who trusted her? was it all performative? just one white woman trying to atone for her sins and the sins of her husband? am i doing the same thing? at what point do i choose my own peace. he says trust your gut, trust your intuition--my intuition tells me not to bring more chaos into this house, but my head, my higher morality tells me that i am never in the position not to help someone, especially someone in my own community. maybe i need to accept that not everyone will like me for good.

thinking about CX all the time. telling myself that doesn't mean i'm in love with her.

this text.

CX: love u <3

CX: thank u for always taking care of me.

me: thanks for saying it back

i always tell her i love her before i say goodbye. and each time, she hasn't said it back. i always wait for the last possible minute, of course. right before the car door shuts behind her, before she disappears down the street. right as the call ends. before her face vanishes from my screen. that was last night. but she said it back this time.

i know she loves me, i know i love her; it's just difficult to figure out how exactly that love flows sometimes.

i still miss TB. i miss him more than anything. maybe not as much as i've missed her every day of the last year. i missed her even when i thought/knew i was right, when i stood by my decisions. i know i can't be her boyfriend. that has always stood in my way. i know that she can never be mine. but i also know, in a way, inherently, that she is and always will be mine. and i don't know if i'm obsessed with the power trip this makes me feel when we're out together and i am the only thing she can focus on, or the way it drives me insane when i'm not, but i just know--somehow--that no matter who she loves, fucks, or trusts, i will always be there in the back of her mind.

but for a minute--i just need to relinquish this information. lately, when i'm around her, it takes every ounce of will in my body to not kiss her. when we were laying in my bed, on edge for any sound of jo coming home, breathing in waves, the way sapphics intended sexual tension to be, i just couldn't help but want to grab her, savor it, and then, as it does, i broke the spell. we made some comment about almost falling asleep, but that's not it. that's never it. we weren't on the edge of falling asleep. we were on the edge of fucking.

and maybe that's easier to say aloud, because that's what we used to do. for two people who are so adamently sexual in public, we always waited for the quiet of night to finally give in. right before we fell asleep, back at my house in buena park, we would kiss in the dark, and then, sometimes (often times) more. her mouth between my legs, her thigh between my legs, my hand in between hers, a drop of saliva the only layer between my thumb and her skin.

i order her food so she'll eat; i know this is not tiring to me right now because i'm freshly back in her life. i know, logically, that if i had spent the last year being her only partner, i would be tired too. i probably wouldn't be any different than DG in this relationship. we would fight. we would become tired of each other. we would grain against each other equally as much as we found each other like perfectly aligned cracks in pavement. but right now, i am so grateful to love her again, in any capacity that may come in, and so, once again, i take what i can get. and i am grateful.

freak tells me to leave my boyfriend, that i'm already half out of the door. and yes, in a way, this is true, and this is good. and in ways, this feels terrible. it feels gut-wrenching, and it feels so oversimplistic. i know CX doesn't want to leave DG either. we both know that there is so much more to situations like this. freak doesn't even know how hard it can be to be single in a city like this. he says no one can tell him what his la experience is going to be, but la is kicking his ass, just like it's done to everyone else. and CX may not be paying rent, but i'm proud of her for still being here, and making it work. honestly, impressive.

i want to fix everyone else's lives, but i still struggle to take the time to properly fix my own. i keep telling myself to pull back, but the universe, it seems, just keeps sending people my way that i can help if i want to. the struggle is trying to decipher what lesson i'm supposed to learn in all of this. to stay leveled, to stay sane, to stay excited and motivated. to focus on the small stuff, even when the big plans become overly distracting. to not let the small stuff fall through the cracks.

small stuff like taxes, like my car registration, like my credit card bill. you know, stuff like that, that slowly becomes bigger and bigger over time when you don't think about it.

#confession #truth #raw posting #journal posting #diary posting #trans #dysphoria #relationshipissues #inlove #bestfriend #twinflame #audhd #adhd #confessions #deardiary

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kevinjarrett · 1 year

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SLY FOX CX 2022

Wanted to share some of my favorite shots from @slyfoxcx. Thanks for your kind words & support!

1) Evan Coleman BLASTED this mud hole (I don't think he slowed down at ALL). It's the first lap (note the clean kit). This location was one of my favorite spots all day.

2) But one area I effectively did NOT shoot was The Pit, because: a) I didn't love the compositions and b) getting into position was tough; it got harder as more spectators arrived. I knew I'd have to be able to move quickly back and forth between locations, so The Pit was a no-go.

3) The grassy off-camber near the top of The Pit provided some nice shots but the area quickly got PACKED with spectators making it hard to get back into position. I abandoned shooting there. :(

4) The shipping container with the stuffed animals was interesting but again the compositions weren't really working for me, so I didn't shoot there more than a few times.

5) @staceybarbossa came in HOT here, taking the high line, demonstrating the bike handling skills of a seasoned pro. This spot, right by the entrance to the main spectating area, was great all day, with good lighting and plenty of interesting things going on.

6) Barriers ... the essence of CX, but again I didn't shoot here much due to the crowd; I did manage some full sequences, including @samstone05, who made his into a neat animation.

7) I loved the WOOOMP WOOOMP WOOOMP sound made by tires as people HAMMERED down the paved stretch towards the finish line. You could HEAR the speed...

8) This far section of course allowed me to get some decent shots, including this one, and ...

9) this one of @ella_brenneman with @staceybarbossa in hot pursuit.

10) This post would not be complete without mention of the awesome costumes some wore during the last race of the day. So great! The beer and other handups were fun to watch and provided a great counterpoint to the "serious" racers hammering out one last effort for 2022.

Can't wait to see you all again in 2023!

#slyfoxcx cyclocross

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roscgcld · 3 years

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HEADCANON + VARIOUS || daydreaming!reader turning into a toddler

request: Okay you know the turn into toddler on but with bimbo reader, she'd be so cute ❤️❤️as a toddler and they have an excuse to use the leash because children are fast

note: this was originally going to be an ask, but then I decided to write headcanons for our daydreaming!reader - so this was born lmaoooo. i hope you enjoy cx you can find all the original prompts for this under the hashtag daydreaming!reader on my profile!

also - yuta is going to be in this because let’s be honest - stressed yuta is lowkey really cute lol

pronouns: she/her

daydreaming!reader masterlist

let me say this - when she was first turned into a child, it was absolute chaos

the worse part was it happened mid battle - one moment she was charging to the curse with her katana in hand, next thing the rest of them knew she had shrunk and she was freefalling from the jump she launched herself into

yuji, who was the closest to her, widen his eyes before he ran towards his senior and caught her before she landed on the ground, holding her against his chest as he stares down at the girl with wide eyes; who blinked up at him as well

“Y-Y/N-senpai?” yuji mutters in shock as he stares down at the young girl in his arms, who just smiles back before she reaches up to cup her tiny hands on his sweaty cheeks.

“doggy.”

after the curse was exorcise, the rest of the first years gathered around yuji, since they were supposed to accompany their senior out to exorcise a curse in a nearby hospital

how are they going to go back to school carrying a child with them?

they did - and the first person they ran into was gojo, who waited by the door to greet his students; only to freeze when he saw the child staring back at him in yuji’s arms

“wait a minute,” gojo mutters as he pulls his blindfold down as he narrowed his sapphire eyes at the young girl, who just blinks and smiles up at him in delight. “holy shit - it really is her.”

the first stop they visited was ieiri, who held the giggling child in her arms after running a few tests. “it’s not permanent - it’s a cursed technique. I can’t reverse it since it’s not an actual wound, so the best remedy is waiting.” she stated as she bounced the young girl in her arms, who was busy playing with her hair in her tiny hands. “my guess is that it’ll last no more than 24 hours.”

24 hours wouldn’t be that hard, right? i mean, they already take care of her on the daily - what’s another 24 hours?

well - the fact that she runs on pure energy. fushiguro looked down as he pulled out a tissue from the packet he was holding in his hands for one second, and when he looked up again, she was missing

it took the three first years and their tall teacher a solid 10 minutes before they found her

she was curled up in inumaki’s arms, the cursed speech user just cuddling her without a care in the world while maki looked mortified that her already handful classmate was now a child

and she hates children with a burning passion

after getting the brief rundown by their teacher, they just watch how the little girl, who was now set down on her feet, ran about their legs as she giggles to herself; as if she was trying to traverse an endless maze. “what an idiot.”

the next person who saw her was yuta, who returned from a meeting with the higher ups

he had entered the campus, just in time to see gojo running past with a child on his shoulders, giggling to her heart’s content

that sight alone was confusing to yuta, but when gojo noticed him and came over with a grin, yuta got a good look at the child resting on his tall teacher’s shoulders

and then almost past out from the shock of seeing his fellow classmate blinking down at him, her small hands gripping onto gojo’s hair as she smiles down at him

after a cup of tea and a lengthy explanation, yuta watches the young girl play with the strap of his weapon’s bag that resting on the ground, making a noise

“at least now we have a reason to use the child leash.”

“..now that you’ve mention it - we should break it out.” maki stated simply before she got up and left, leaving yuta to explain to the confused group of people how him and maki had purchased a children’s leash to use on her whenever they go out to tokyo so they never loose her

they never really had a chance to use it; but since she is the way she is now, it was probably the better option then running around chasing her

so now there was maki, with one end of the leash wrapped around her hand whilst the other was wrapped around the young girl’s wrist as she ran about

feeding her was an absolute pain - it took a solid 30 minutes to get her eat half of the food since she kept getting side tracked and forget to chew her food. so it just sat in her cheeks as she played with yuta’s fingers or tried to catch a flying beetle

poor maki got the scare of her life when the little girl gifted her a squirming beetle that refused to crawl off her uniform; her grossed out expression evident as she flicked it off with her fingers

nobara and yuji were laughing their asses off as gojo recorded the entire incident. inumaki was biting his fist as he shook with laughter while yuta grinned and told the confused girl how she shouldn’t be picking up bugs at random unless she ‘wants them to give you an owie’

for once they had a relatively normal day - cloud watching, flower picking, feeding the koi fish in the pond on the school grounds, playing tag in the huge field. she forced everything to do the more mundane somewhat normal things as well, forcing everyone to take a well deserved break

by the time the evening arrived, many of the students and gojo were laying on the grassy field of the school compound, watching how the sky slowly started to bleed with different shades of reds and oranges as the sun started to set

“is it bad that i enjoyed this day?” fushiguro muttered as he closes his eyes, one arm covering his eyes whilst the other was petting his Devine dog that he had summoned to track the little girl down earlier

she had escaped to go and pick flowers in the wooded area, almost giving everyone a heart attack when they couldn’t find her.

“nah, it was nice.” maki said with a tired hum as she watches the clouds, her head laid against panda’s side whilst yuta laid on the ground beside her, watching the clouds with a content sigh. “who knew it took a brat to make us relax.”

said brat was fast asleep in nobara’s side, who cuddled the sleeping girl close. “well, whatever the reason may be - i enjoyed it a lot, and it will be fun to look back on in the future.”

somehow they managed to clean her from all the sweat and dirt before tucking her back in her room, and somehow had to read a few bedtime stories after she whines and refuses to go to bed until she was read to

by the time the others went to bed, they were pretty much dead to the world - having the best night’s sleep after having been worked to the bone by one child

when the next morning arrived, and maki saw a sleepy Y/N walking about tiredly as she tried to fill her bottle of water from the water fountain, she just sighs in relief

to the point where she goes over and hugs the sleepy girl, who just yawned and hugged her back with one arm while the other filled her bottle of water

“good morning to you too, maki.”

when she saw all the videos and pictures of what happened yesterday, she just smiles over at the tired students, clapping her hands softly in delight

“at least you guys had fun, no?”

her simple answer had everyone pausing as they shared a look with one another before they all just agreed, since yesterday was definitely fun

maybe having her as a child wasn’t that bad after all

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