brb writing like 5k of jealous Buck

liu kang > in the new era

reader used to be a sweetheart and hero in the previous timeline, but something changed this time around.

warnings: :(, i'm a bit of a yapper in this one

notes: idk this one kinda flew off the handle but i had a vision

masterlist <3

•liu kang creating everyone with the strength and humility he carried in thunder god raiden's honor following becoming keeper of time

•he made everyone beautiful, everyone worthy and capable of good, honest work and for that he was proud

•of course, some of them strayed from the ideal path and sought to increase their strength, but perhaps it was always in their character to conquer. that, liu kang couldn't change.

•but you... it was you that he least expected to abandon that honor you always had.

•you were a good fighter, an honest worker and a force to be reckoned with when it came to kicking shao kahn's ass. the shaolins looked up to you. the shirai ryu used you as an example. the lin kuei knew not to fuck with you. the special forces practically begged you to lead their army alongside the Cage-Blade family.

•he could have had you, the romantic attraction was heavily implicated. but alas, the only time you two interacted was during a horrific Koliseum brawl or otherwise breaking bones.

•the last time he saw you was before his battle with kronika. you said you hoped to see him after the battle, and perhaps get to know each other sometime.

•he was sad to see that version of you erased from existence, but you were absolutely first on his list of people to shape. it felt wrong at first, to create you from nothing like the god he was. but he wouldn't be able to make a perfect world without you.

•when he came to your home to recruit you, he was nearly winded with your beauty. you looked just like he remembered, but with an innocent sparkle in your eyes, the eyes that were yet to see murder and magic. skin that wasn't stained with deep red blood. clothes that were neat and ordinary.

•you were always so curious, so willing to step in where you were needed. so it came as no surprise when you asked the fire god where to begin to defend earthrealm.

•months of training passed, and you naturally found that fighting skill. you joked about how it must be in your blood to know how to fight, and liu kang would hold his tongue, his eyes staring down at you with that deep feeling of loss and longing. he would simply smile and innocently agree.

•the time came for you to confront shang tsung in his laboratory and take him in for questioning. you went with the other earthrealmers, yet found yourself naturally leading the way.

•kenshi lost his eyesight, johnny got his shit kicked in, and kung lao got clotheslined. you were the only one of the group to remain conscious. shang tsung inspected you closely, claiming that you were just what he was looking for.

•you go missing for over a month. liu kang gets the help of the royal family despite their lack of knowledge about the mission in the first place. everyone is searching for you, and he has to resist the urge to burn down every forest and smash every boulder until he finds you.

•the hunt for you turns into a search for your body, as most presume you dead. it brings a heavy blanket of depression over the earthrealmers and liu kang.

•liu kang spends far more time than usual in his personal quarters, meditating with a tense posture. how could he let you get away from him? it nearly drives him mad, missing you dearly, but he wouldn't be able to express it. you were your new era self, with no clue about your previous self.

•the mourning only lasts so long before an all-out timeline war begins, and liu kang has to shove past the grief eating away at his godlike heart and gather the titans and heroes of other timelines to band together and defeat titan shang tsung.

•liu kang stands at the foot of the pyramid, fists clenched and jaw shut tight. behind him are hundreds, thousands of pure-hearted titans, ready to combat evil. the tension only grows when titan shang tsung saunters into view, a dark aura surrounding himself.

•"there is nowhere to run, shang tsung," liu kang shouts upward at his mortal enemy, channeling his anger of his lost love. "nowhere to hide. we have banded together to rid all timelines of your evil. the threat you pose to them ends today. in all timelines, the arc of history bends toward justice."

•"such certainty, liu kang, that this battle will end in your favor," shang tsung replies with a devilish smirk, a peculiar confidence radiating from his words. "in this timeline, it bends toward me."

•and from behind shang tsung, you walk out, eyes dark and wearing armor that resembles an enemy. your mind had been corrupted by power. after being captured, you were passed onto titan shang tsung, who knew of your strength and potential from the previous timeline. he filled your mind with ideas of power and endless possibilities at the cost of betraying Earthrealm.

•liu kang does not often feel physical emotion, but seeing you in that moment crushed him. his stance faltered and his arms lowered to his sides. the once innocent glimmer he saw in you was now gone.

•liu kang fights his way up the stairs, sending various evil versions of his friends into the green, hellish pit. he knocked the glasses off of dark star cage, beat kitana kahn into submission, and even took down a fiery scorp lao.

•when he makes his way up to the top, winded but still ready to battle if needed, he feels that pang in his chest return when he sees you stand beside shang tsung in a fighting stance.

•"please... i do not wish to fight you," liu kang tries to reason with you with a hint of desperation. "it is not too late to return to the light."

•"i know of your deceptive behavior, fire god," you reply with a nasty tone, mind corrupted by shang tsung's lies and delusions. "i will not hesitate to take you down."

•liu kang really, really did not want to fight you. he couldn't even use the defense that you weren't his (y/n). but you were. you were from his timeline. he made you, and fucked up. bad.

•all he could do was stand there, fists clenching and unclenching rapidly as he debated his options. but all the while, he held eye contact with you and your snarling face. you looked at him like he was a villain, because you were convinced that he was.

•for the first time in eons, liu kang wondered if resetting the timeline would be best. he knew he shouldn't, he saw what the power did to kronika. but god, it had never been that tempting until this very moment.

SPOILERS FOR ARCHON QUEST CARIBERT

Screaming crying throwing up rn

(my fuckin breakdown in the tags)

Is it just me or the older you get, the more emotional the movie Up gets?

I haven’t watched it in years and yet all it took to make me bawl my eyes out was listening to the Married Life soundtrack once, my mum probably thinks I’ve gone through a bad breakup now help-

Also that scene where Carl sat down and flipped through his and Ellie’s album destroyed me within the first few seconds

Heh… just saw the Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 trailer… heh… no big deal… HEH…

I’M SO HAPPY LYLLA IS HERE! 😆

I wonder if we’ll be introduced to Blackjack O’Hare… (please, people are starting to think I’m making up a fictional hare rival that’s in a love triangle and fights a raccoon over an otter’s affection 😭 (I just decided the three of them are dating each other 🥲))

So, um, weird hare rant aside…

I’m also concerned that Rocket’s going to die, but I think it would be best from a narrative perspective: the selfish jerk who pushes everybody away because he’s afraid of caring about others and vice versa being a selfLESS sorta-jerk begins to embrace his friends and finds true happiness before sacrificing himself for them and the rest of the galaxy.

No, not him.

HIM!

There we go 😌

Anyway, gonna go curl up unmoving in a corner while I listen to these two songs now! ^-^

One for an idea I have where Rocket leaves the Guardians to confront the High Evolutionary by himself but keeps on thinking about his past until he’s surrounded by Evolutionary and his minions:

And one that I imagine could be played at Rocket’s funeral (similar to what they did with Yondu):

But before I leave, take this angst with a little bit of meme:

Drax:

"You should really start prioritising other more than yourself."

"Okay."

"People are hurt and you dont care about them, you should understand."

"Okay."

"Stop being dramatic and get a life and go study. This is for yourself have you ever thought of that?"

"Okay."

"Do you even know how hurt your parents are to do everything and do hardwork only for you and you dont accept it and instead give them embarasment and disgust?"

"Sorry."

"Why are you overthinking on you classmates so hard, they should be the one to judge you."

"Okay."

"That goes for the teachers aswell, you know that job is hard yet you continue to rant at them and take out your anger on them for no reason, do you even know how hard it is to check and compute a bunch of grades and how tiring it is for them more than YOU, yet you still so it? Grow up."

"Okay."

"You should start being more generous and accept people and your parent's critisim it is an important part of your life and you need to grow with it!"

"Okay."

"Stop being embarassing and do better for the people around you, they are in pain at you and your actions so do better."

"Okay."

"Just do what and people say and BALANCE YOU FUCKING TONE. Dont sound angry, dont be annoying, dont be quiet, dont speak low and speak fucking louder."

"Okay."

"Ignore your feelings and priorites others just grow up. Its part of fucking life."

"Okay."

Dont say your real feelings, just keep nodding, even to yourself

my partner made me a crocheted frog keychain… fighting the aromantic urge to marry them rn

I cant handle this stress

Sheep from Old School RuneScape / RuneScape 2

oda really made Law with no intention of doing anything with him, saw people liked him, and then pulled one of the best, most heart wrenching backstories out of his ass. he is the definition of "shh let him cook" like fuck this show man.

i am so sorry to everyone waiting for a reply in my messages + inbox rn. will get to everything soon i am just neck deep in finals atm! wish me luck!

I think the HD pics from this shoot will actually give me a heart attack

stef no why would you do this it's not what we agreed on

dreamy✨

I am in my silly goofy mood tired making shit in my mind want to do something not tiring i wanna burn fucking paper i wanna cause destruction i am vivid i am bottled with rage i really wann swear so hard i wann throw a vase i am fucking down to shit i wanna bash my head until it bleed i want to throw something off a building i wanna bash my head on the floor i am fucking shit i wanna swear i want somebody to help me i hate my parents no dont tell me that they take good care of me i have heard enough i am tried of that shyt the fuck up you shut the fuck up no i am not being dramatic why are you making me think i am and no i am delousional you cannot say that once im completely am delousional and out of reach what is even there for me other than this its is much more better i still wanna use an anesthesia i am too lazy to do suicide plus my parents would probably be livid and be angry at me "nOT TaKiNG gOOD cArE oF MySElf" or either at the hospital bills or whatever, even if my room is sound proof i still wont be able to do it cause you know like trauma is such a fycking good thing and even if i can im too fucking weak, grades grades grades who the fuck cares at this fucking point just shut the fuck up it either work like shit or be a piece of shit theres nothing like of that you say, thats literary impossible, yeah idk if i word hard would someone notice me being depressed other than parents acting like they care or sthm when they are literary the one who gave me trauma, non no non no i dont wanna hear you saying anything like "wHaT wOULd yOu d0 If yOUrE iN tHeIr SiTuATiON?" or "yOU ArE So UNgRATefUL" or "tHEn wOULd YoU Like THeM tO lEAve YOu rOtTinG iN tHE sTrEETs tHEn?" like stfu bitch and other thing i dont wanna fucling hear is this shit "ThEY ArE mAnIpULaTINg yOU" like unless they get money worth shit from me yeah idfc like literary tell me wtf do i even have last left on my fucking straw man 😭😭😭, also no stfu you dont say you think better than fucking me like bitch

no of course i'm not jealous