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general-cyno · 6 months

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I've been musing about it for a while, thanks to some posts I've read recently too, and honestly... one of the (many) fascinating aspects of zolu to me is the way they share parallels/connections and or similarities to important figures in OP's world. spoilers for the most recent arcs and reveals ahead!

perhaps the most blatant and one of my personal favorites, are luffy and zoro's similarities to roger and rayleigh. as OP's mc and someone who's on the road to become the pirate king, luffy's own similarities to roger have come up a lot throughout the story and they've been acknowledged or pointed out by other characters like shanks, rayleigh himself and yamato, for example. from the goofy parts of their personalities, to the strength of their wills, and their dreams, luffy and roger's parallels are consistent in OP,

and as seen in rayleigh's brief memory of their first meeting, the straw hat luffy received from shanks was originally worn by roger back when he was young.

albeit the circumstances are a little different - with them stumbling upon each other by chance vs luffy going out of his way to meet zoro after learning of his name and reputation - this first meeting is still reminiscent of zoro and luffy's, with both ray and zoro initially rejecting roger and luffy's invitations to join them in their journey.

as for rayleigh and zoro, there's also a bunch of parallels between the two!

due to his previous time as a bounty hunter in the east blue, zoro made quite a name for himself and as OP progresses, his renown as the pirate hunter and the straw hats' swordsman is only second to luffy's. he was also the 2nd straw hat to get a bounty, and he's usually right behind luffy whenever their bounties go up. similarly, rayleigh was (and still is) considered a legend second to roger himself, strong enough that garp still views him as a powerful foe the marines can't easily defeat and managed to scare blackbeard away from amazon lily without an actual fight, despite the latter's strength.

there's other stuff too: the eye scars, both zoro and ray being greatly skilled swordsmen, their love for booze, being users of all three types of haki and even their epithets! from what I've read from other OP fans in discussion threads and through some internet search, rayleigh's title of "dark king" in jp is actually the name or word for pluto (the god of the underworld, roman mythology's equivalent to hades) in said language. in comparison, "enma", the name of zoro's most recently acquired sword and the "king of hell" title that he claimed after defeating king in wano, are a direct reference to the buddhist deity of the same name in jp mythology, also known as yama - a god of the underworld in charge of judging souls.

from the most recent flashbacks of the god valley incident, too, you can see the physical resemblance between these duos:

(as a bit of a side note, I think it was nice that rayleigh not only took it upon himself to mentor luffy, he was also the one who protected zoro from kizaru in sabaody and after the timeskip, during the straw hats' reunion in the archipelago and as they bid their farewells, zoro went out of his way to thank him for everything too.)

all in all, considering how close roger and rayleigh were (to the point roger called him "partner"), their strength, reputation and their overall journey with the roger pirates crew - the fact that luffy and zoro share more than a few clear similarities/parallels to them is really good imo, and it speaks both of the importance of their relationship and of the kind of figures they're bound to become, or are already becoming, in OP's world and ongoing history.

although it'd be sweet to have zoro and luffy directly refer to each other as partners as well (which kid and killer, another captain/first mate duo, have done too) I'm not sure it'll happen, if only for the sake of keeping the relationships between luffy and the crew balanced, so to say. still, like I said, knowing how close luffy and zoro are and that they share parallels with other captains/first mates, I think that says a lot about them regardless and the importance they hold for each other and the story as a whole.

another interesting resemblance between zolu and characters who are connected to one another involves, of course, shanks and mihawk - both of which are not only acquainted with each other, as rivals and friends of sorts, but also served as luffy and zoro's mentors/guides at different points of their lives and presently stand as their eventual foes to face in order to reach their goals of becoming the pirate king and world's greatest swordsman.

aaand last but not least, because it's yet another favorite of mine: joy boy/nika and shimotsuki ryuma. I sort of talked about it in another post, and I find it pretty cool. nika and ryuma come from different eras and don't exactly have much to do with one another but luffy's DF awakening and defeating kaido led to "joy boy" (since luffy refused to take credit for it directly by name) being hailed as a hero to wano that's comparable and only rivaled by ryuma, who in the past defended the country and was considered a legendary swordsman, whose sword shusui (that zoro wielded for a while) is a national treasure even.

since the hito hito no mi: model nika is a mythical zoan and vegapunk's speculated that devil fruits come into existence as manifestations of hope and wishes (or a potential for human evolution someone's desired), among other things, nika's existence as an actual god is kind of a subject of current debate in the fandom BUT. the fact remains that whether real or myth, he's still mentioned in old texts and his story has been shared among those enslaved by the WG, as a call for hope and freedom. in addition, even though he was human, ryuma also became revered as a savior figure and a sword god by the folks of wano.

so when you have luffy embodying the sun god of joy and liberation,

and it turns out zoro is none other than a descendant of the shimotsuki (frost moon) family, who resembles the former daimyo of ringo and the god of the blade ryuma,

well. those are some crazy parallels luffy and zoro share outside of their equally kinda crazy and meaningful relationship, as individuals and crew.

#zolu #tp #long post #idk what oda was/is cooking with these two but it's insane lmao #as if the braincell sharing; nearly telepathic communication and almost ridiculous levels of loyalty and faith in e/o weren't enough #the manga is like. here. have all these narrative and thematic reasons as to why zoro and luffy are pretty much soulmates #love to see it #I also have Thoughts about how ray lost his home and lived on a ship when roger found him #while zoro got lost and couldn't return to his home village; which he tells luffy about after joining him #smth smth true north soulmates fate #jay reads op

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quitealotofsodapop · 5 months

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Hey Mac, we thought you were dead;

Sequel to this post on Macaque being back in the "Century Stone Egg Au".

After the pregnant Monkey King breaks his shock, he'd run to embrace Macaque, even if he'd just been super close to clawing his eye out (again) and that they're last meeting was a huge fight. He only holds back because he's honestly a little scared/worried how and why Macaque is there. Wukong is immediately trying to apolgise for his violent reaction, but Macaque just laughes out; "Nah, it's my fault. Should've asked first." It's only with the shadow monkeys' breathy, almost *fond* laughter that Wukong realises that Mac is truly there for peace. Mac's interaction with PIF further confirms this.

The reincarnation gang + the dragon couple are super sketched out though. Pigsy is the one to loudly ask "How do you know it's him and not some weird copycat?", mostly cus he's legit worried for Wukong in this moment. Somebody's dead partner don't just show up one day!

Wukong responds with his Gold Vision + its hard to fake the way Mac smells. The gang still refuse to leave the two alone together until they recieve a decent explaination.

The fact that Macaque literally looks like he crawled out of the grave quickly gives everybody a bad feeling, and they def force Mac to sit down and explain how tf he came back to life before he's even allowed smell Wukong.

Macaque: "I may have agreed to do something... kinda stupid in hindsight." Wukong, : "Mac... look at me. What did you do?" Macaque: "...ok don't be mad." Wukong: "I'm preemptively seething." Macaque: "I accepted a deal from the White Bone Spirit." Wukong: "I'M FURIOUS!!!" *starts throwing whatever's closest at Mac* Macaque, dodges a pillow: "Pfff! Calm down, it's not like I'm actually gonna do it! She brought me back to life to release her from a tomb or something and I chucked the key away the second I got back." The whole Room: "..." Wukong: "Mihou... thats the stupidiest thing you could have done!" *summons hair clones to throw stuff at Mac* Macaque, now failing to dodge fruit: "OW! Why are you upset!? We both know nothing good will come of letting that demon free!" PIF: "Mihou, if this Bone Demon was able to bring you back from the dead, then she has the power to track you down and recind her offer." Macaque: "...so you're saying that I have to fufill her deal, or I might get dragged back to Diyu?" Wukong and PIF, at the same time: "YES!!!" Macaque: "Shit." The Whole Room: *covering Red and Mei's ears* "LANGUAGE!!" Tang: "You should work on that before the baby gets here.

Oh you better believe Mac's in the doghouse until they can figure out how to resolve the LBD business deal. PIF calls up her lawyer to go over the exact terms and conditions.

Fire Star: "Ok, I've got good news and bad news." Macaque: "Bad news first." Fire Star: "The Lady Bone Demon's geas is airtight. You will have to open her tomb *slash* free her spirit in order to keep your place in this mortal realm - less you be recalled at a later date for a task of similar value or until she makes you redundant." Pigsy: "Translate for the non-lawyers please." Fire Star: "Either he does it, or she makes him do it, or she just takes his soul." Macaque: "Shit." Wukong & PIF: *glaring daggers at Mac* Macaque: "So what's the good news?" Fire Star, slyly: "Those are the only conditions to the geas. There's a reason you need lawyers for these kind of things nowadays. She didn't stipulate say... where to release her. Or whom would be present to greet her when her tomb opens." Everyone: *shares similar delighted/scheming looks* (*a few hours + a few calls to a worried Nezha later*) Macaque: *unlocks LBD's tomb* LBD: "Freedom! Freedom! Fr-" All of Wukong's allies in the Heavenly Army + Diyu officials:

LBD: "Oh bother."

As the Bone Demon gets carted away for conspiracy to destroy the world, she gets yelled at by all of the Underworld/Diyu officials that now have to deal with the fallout of her actions.

King Yama: "Do you understand how much paperwork I have to do to mark this monkey as alive!? He doesn't have a death date! It's been blotted out! I'll be correcting his files for months!!" Macaque: *high fives Fire Star for the solid lawyer-ing*

As far as Hell/Diyu is concerned, Macaque performed a service and was paid upfront. They don't want the headache of trying to take him back if his mate (someone who's trashed Hell before) wants to keep him.

Wukong is still super-mad at Mac for a variety of reasons, don't get hom wrong. But he's atleast glad in the moment to have his mate back. And glad that LBD is gone for the forseeable future.

#century stone egg au #stone egg talk #pregnancy tw #shadowpeach #sun wukong #liu er mihou #six eared macaque #lmk pif #lmk princess iron fan #lmk pigsy #lmk lbd #lmk s3 spoilers #lmk #lego monkie kid

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kitorin · 1 year

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songs that remind them of you

pairings. chigiri hyoma, itoshi rin,

warnings. manga spoilers (kinda for rin), angst (also rin), not proof read + I'm rusty, i apologise if this was bad / ooc lol

Paper Rings - Taylor Swift

Love tends to be depicted as spoiling each other with material things, with higher monetary value being considered "better" and being labeled as more "loving". Yet none of that ever mattered to Hyoma. Naturally he assumed that the philosophy applied to him too, due to that illustration of love being so common. Only you made him realize that he doesn't give a fuck about material things- all he wants is your time and affection, he doesn't care about how it's represented, your love is the same no matter what, it's everything he wants and more.

Oz. - Yama

Even after joining Blue Lock, Rin was still lonely- rivals could only satisfy the need for relationships so far. His stocism and cold personality only scared others away, and the loathing and spite composing the relationship between his brother only accentuated his loneliness. Yet he was still able to meet you- someone who didn't reduce his identity to Itoshi Sae's brother, or avoid him for his struggles with communication. The day he realized he loved you was the same day he realized that he knew he couldn't return to his previous days of solitude. After having you, he could never convince himself that he's satisfied with seclusion. You embrace his weaknesses, he embraces yours- he loves you and you love him.

©kouyun : do not repost, plagiarize, change, or translate

#blue lock #bllk #bllk x reader #blue lock x reader #blue lock x y/n #blue lock x you #itoshi rin #chigiri hyoma #chigiri hyoma x reader #itoshi rin x reader #i wrote this on a train during intense burnout lol #probably not my best but eh

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shoto-lee · 8 months

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Tickletober Day 8 - "I'm Not Ticklish"

lee!tsukishima ler!yamaguchi

Summary: Yamaguchi wants to know what side tsukishima is more ticklish on - the left or the right. However, Tsukishima claims he isn't ticklish...

A/N: binging haikyuu so i decided to write something for my favorite character, tsukishima! (posting this a day early)

Tsukishima sighed. He didn't know why he had agreed to let Yamaguchi do this... Maybe it was because he was cute when he asked, maybe it wasn't. Who knows?

"When will you be done?" Tsuki asked, a slight frown on his face.

Yamaguchi ignored his question - he hadn't even started with his experiment. He was desperate to figure out which side of the taller boy was more ticklish. His left thigh or his right thigh? His left knee or his right knee? The question went on and on, and Tadashi was determined to answer it.

He already had a prediction. Thanks to some supporting evidence from a practice match some time ago, he knew that Tsukishima's right side was more ticklish than the other. During the match, Tsuki had gotten a cramp in his left calve. Daichi had tried to remedy it with a brief massage - pushing and circling his thumbs across the sensitive area.

When that didn't work (which he 100% expected it would), the captain of the team became confused and thought he was massaging the wrong calve, so he moved on to the right one. Tsukishima was a giggly mess as soon as he was touched there.

"Alright. I'll begin here." Yamaguchi placed his index finger on his friend's right thigh. Tsuki was wearing shorts, so the area was largely exposed.

Yamaguchi slid his finger down Tsuki's thigh until he met his kneecap. He then slid it back up to the end of his shorts. Nothing. Not even a slight grin.

Tsukishima could see Yama's visible disappointment. "I've told you already, I am not ticklish." He cockily laid on his back, putting his hands behind his head - leaving Yamaguchi kneeled down beside him.

The boy huffed and puffed. "I can't accept that! Everybody is ticklish, even you, Tsukishima."

The blond scoffed, shaking his head. Did he really believe he wasn't ticklish? Yamaguchi was right - everyone is ticklish somewhere. Tsukishima was in for a rude awakening.

Tsukishima's confidence began to crumble when Yamaguchi slid his hand under his leg, softly tickling the bottom of his outstretched knee. He pressed his lips together to keep from giggling.

Clueless to the fact that with a little bit more effort at the spot he was at, he'd have Tsuki a ticklish mess, Yamaguchi decided to make his way down to his calve. He lightly traced circles with his fingernails on the taller boy's skin.

Lips still pressed together, Tsukishima was nearly unphased - only on the outside, though. On the inside, his heart was slowly beating faster and faster. He hadn't felt the ticklish sensations he was feeling now in a while. He slowly began to remember the way his brother, Akiteru, would tickle him when they were young... This scared him because, with those memories, he remembered just how ticklish he really was.

"Y-Yamaguchi, are you finished yet? I already told you, I'm not ticklish." Tsukishima scratched his neck, a nervous look on his face.

Yamaguchi noticed this, unfortunate for Tsukishima. He could tell that he was close to getting to a ticklish area, so he continued down the boy's leg.

When Yamaguchi reached Tsukishima's heel, he tried to pull his foot away but was quickly stopped by Yamaguchi placing his ankle in an armlock.

"Why are you trying to get away? I thought you said you weren't ticklish."

Tsukishima tried to reach Yamaguchi's body to get him away from his foot but was stopped once again. The boy had begun to claw his fingers up and down the middle blocker's heel, causing him to gasp and giggle.

"Ahaha, Yahahamaha! StohohoHOhOHop it!" Tsukishima didn't know how to react to this ticklish feeling... All he could do was laugh and laugh. And laugh some more.

"Wow~ Someone's right heel is ticklish. What about the left one?" Yamaguchi teased, swiftly snatching Tsukishima's left ankle and scratching at his heel.

Tsukishima bashed around, trying not to laugh. He held his lips together but they were immediately separated by sweet chuckles and snorts every single time.

Yamaguchi took notes. Although he was having fun wrecking poor Tsuki, he still genuinely wanted to find an answer to his question. And as far as heels go, he concluded that Tsukishima's left heel was more ticklish.

But what about Tsuki's sides? Or his armpits? The experiment continues... But at another time.

Yamaguchi released the ankles that were in his grip. He quickly crawled over to a pink-faced Tsuki, rubbing his back.

"Are you alright? Do you need some water?"

Tsukishima caught his breath and replied, "No. But, I do need..one thing."

Yama tilted his head, listening carefully. The least he could do was help out his friend after tickling the hell out of him.

"I need you to not try and get any revenge after this." Tsukishima smirked, pushing Yama to the floor and pinning his arms above his head. All of this happened so quickly, leaving the smaller boy in a blur.

However, he quickly realized what was happening after he felt a hand reach under his shirt and dig into his armpit.

"NuhohOHOHA! FuhUHUHAHA!" He yelped, kicking his feet all around. It was only fair that Tsuki got a bit of revenge, right..?

#lee!tsukishima #ler!yamaguchi #tickle #tickle fic #tickletober #augtickletober2023 #tickling #haikyuu #tickle art #shoto-lee

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shankschewtoy · 2 years

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Spooky

a/n - happy Halloween :D this is just some modern hcs of how op characters deal with the spooky stuff lol-

Warnings ⚠️ - I bully kid, g/n reader, modern au

Yamato

- he promises, absolutely promises he’ll protect you if you guys go to a haunted house

- He’s like a little excited puppy when he sees all the decorations, and it’s so adorable how he points out how cool they are 🥺

- Really skiddish 😭

- Hides behind you when a knife pops out of nowhere

- He’s so tall that when something jumps out, he jumps up, hitting his head on the ceiling

- Those things that pop out often hit him in the face on accident, poor boy’s too tall

- he will need to hold your hand the entire time, or else he might get too scared

- HE WANTS TO CARVE PUMPKINS WITH YOU

- DO IT OR DIE

- he’ll buy those huge ones and get all the supplies, he loves anything that he can do with you :)

- He’ll decorate the house with cobwebs, put a fog machine outside, and he’ll answer the door for trick or treaters

- OR- you guys can go trick or treating :D

- He’s totally up for dressing up if you want to :0

- (I dressed up in a full Yamato getup today lmao)

- if he dresses up as a ghost or smth like that, kids’ll be so scared since he’s so tall lmao

- professional haunted house worker

- But then he feels bad for scaring kids afterwards 🥺

- “Y/n- am I scary-???”

- god I’m gonna cry

- PLEASE TELL HIM HES NOT SCARY

- “Yama- you’re not scary… You’re adorable.”

- *yamato’s heart just got 10x bigger*

- 100% Halloween can be his fav holiday, or his least favorite lmao

Kid

- that one guy in the neighborhood that has a mechanical dragon or some shit on the front lawn that’s fully operational

- if kids take more than one candy from the bowl, he’ll know, and chase them down lmao

- “THE SIGN SAYS ONLY ONE YOU MOTHERFUCKER-“

- “Kid. Language.” Spray him with a spray bottle please

- yes he’s yelling at a 7 year old child

- loves candy, and will eat whatever you don’t like

- pssst he secretly saves the ones you like from the candy bowl so you can eat them later

- he’s actually a sweet boy :)

- when you two watch horror movies, and something jumps out, he’s like frozen to his seat, duct taped to the couch

- He was so spooked that he couldn’t fucking move

- He doesn’t make a sound, but he’s so scared it’s almost sad

- You have to hold his hand and then he gets all grumpy

- “I’m not scared!”

- “Kid- you’re gonna break my hand-“

- he’s visibly shaking when the movie ends

- Can’t fall asleep without literally holding you close to him and making sure every single window and door is locked 💀

Law

- he hates horror movies just because of the fact that they’re not accurate

- “Being stabbed in the bicep won’t cause that much bleeding for someone who didn’t-“

- “Law. It’s a movie.”

- if you get scared of horror movies, or haunted houses, he’s your man lmao

- This man cannot be spooked by anything 😭

- Knife in front of him? Meh. Some rando with gore makeup jumps out at him? Eh.

- he actually enjoys decorating with you, and he’ll help you if you ask!!

- He’s not that festive, but he loves to see you get all excited for a holiday, makes his heart beat for you even more 💜

- ok those pumpkin spice latte things are the bane of his existence

- He literally can’t get a coffee without gagging bec of the pumpkin spice thingy

- He thinks they’re more disgusting than drinking liquid medicine 💀

- at this point just make him a coffee yourself please, he might puke someday

- if you dress up for Halloween, all you have to do for him is to just slap on his doctor’s coat and some glasses and that’s it

- boom. Low effort costume

- He hates dressing up but he’ll do it to make you happy, anything for his precious y/n

- He’ll cuddle you if you’re scared about monsters 🥺

- AND AND AND- he’ll check under the bed and stuff, don’t you worry

- Man’s got it under control

- and if you get sick from eating too much candy, he knows exactly what to do 👍

a/n - happy Halloween guys :D what did you guys dress up as?? I dressed up as my boy yams ✨😭

#one piece #one piece x reader #one piece hcs #anime hcs #trafalgar d water law #law x reader #law one piece #eustass kid #kid one piece #kid x y/n #kid x reader #yamato one piece #yamato x reader #yamato x y/n #happy halloweeeeeeen

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sinzkiller · 1 year

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Let's go to the shopping mall! With Bleach Characters!

"Welcome to the world of living, today we are going to a place called shopping mall, where we can do many things there which you can figure out yourself later~" said Rangiku to the Soul Reapers. "The rules are simple, no stealing, no fighting, no Zanpakuto, no kidnapping, no killing, no experimenting...." she glares at Kenpachi, Mayuri and Ikkaku, hoping they listen to what she said "and don't get lost! We will gather outside shopping mall right at 6 pm, ok?"

"I...I think we're lost..." Says Hisagi as he pinching the bridge of his nose. Renji's face expression became serious, he looked around cautiously as if he's encounter a hollow. He let out a sigh, looking back at Hisagi with a huge grin on his face. "THIS. IS. HEAVEN" both of them shouted with sparkling in their eyes, but in reality they're just in women's underwear store

"I don't think you should eat that" Worried, Shunsui snatches the donut from Jushiro "Heyy that's not nice!" Jushiro looked at Shunsui and frowned. "This is your 10th Donuts! Knowing that you're not good in health I think it's better if we avoid too much sweets... anyway I'm going to buy something for old man yama, see you later bro" He gave Jushiro a worried look and walk away. Jushiro waved at him and waited until his brother figure was out of sight... Once Shunsui was far enough from him, he took another donuts from his pink tote bag and ate it. "No one can stop me hehehehe..."

"Hmmm...I wonder what I can do here" Mayuri said as Nemu followed him from behind. Everyone looked at him in awe, well going to the World of Living doesn't mean he will change his appearance at all....some of them even think that he's a cosplayer. "Perhaps we can go to the arcade, Mayuri-sama" Nemu pointed to a nearby arcade, hoping that Mayuri would go there with her. "No, I am not interested, that place looks disgusting" he replied. As expected he would says something like that. His answer upset her but she couldn't do anything about it anyway . "Hmph, that's not how you treat your little girl" Kenpachi says from behind, heading to the arcade with Yachiru sitting on his shoulder, a huge cheerful smile plastered on her face. "None of your business, Zaraki." Mayuri snarled at him. Kenpachi pushed Mayuri aside so he could see Nemu clearly "How about you join us?" The girl looked at Kenpachi, her eyes lit up, mouth slightly open and she's blushing. "Don't go with them, Nemu" Mayuri hissed at her.

"Well, seems like I'm the best father figure after all, better than Mayuri Kurotsuchi" Kenpachi smirked at him, as Yachiru got off of him to grab Nemu's hand, leading her into the arcade with Kenpachi walking behind them. "Let's go Nemu!!!"

Father's instinct kicked in, Mayuri hurriedly followed the three of them from behind. "Give me back my daughter you freak!" He shouted.

"If you want her back, you will fight me at dance battle since we can't use our Zanpakuto" Kenpachi pointed at the Arcade's dance machine

"Challenge accepted."

Rukia and Byakuya definitely going to the cinema. At first Byakuya wasn't interested, but with some convincing from Rukia he finally give up and join her. They' are going to watch horror movie! "I'd like this one, this one and this one please" Byakuya is a rich man, of course he will buy every popcorn the cinema has to offer. "Big brother, this is my first time watching movies here in cinema! I hope both of us enjoy this!" Rukia says excitedly. The movie has started, for someone who often sees hollow and spirit, it's quite surprising when Byakuya and Rukia start to get scared and scream at every jumpscare scene. You know this is serious when Byakuya starts to show his emotion.

Iba and Kira has their eyes locked on every men's clothing store in the mall. Well Ikkaku wasn't that interested but he has nothing to do anyway so he joined Iba and Kira. He most likely, will starts a fight with human. It's all started when he accidentally hit a stranger in the face while swinging his wooden sword, who happened to be a hot-tempered person. "Yeahhh??? Wanna fight you little weak anchovies???" Definitely had a huge smile on Ikkaku's face after saying that. Instead of stopping the fight, Iba and Kira joined him, their excuse is "a real men would never abandoned his friends, with the power of friendship we will win this battle"

Yumichika is having a peaceful shopping day with the girls. That's all, they're enjoying themselves ✨ Most of the time he help captain Unohana to choose which one of the dress that suits her. "You have a good taste, Yumichika" the captain praised him, which only increase his ego.

Finally it's 6 pm, and everyone gathered outside the shopping mall. "What the hell happened to you guys????" Rangiku almost faint after asking everyone how's their day.

Summary:

Ikkaku, Iba and Kira almost got arrested by the cops

Mayuri and Kenpachi break all the machines in the arcade which cause them to pay a huge amount of money

Shunsui takes Jushiro to the dentist because he ate too many donuts and now he has a bad toothache

Rukia and Byakuya destroyed the whole cinema with their Hado 31

Renji and Hisagi.. surprisingly not getting into any trouble today except that they were kicked out from women's underwear store.

"I don't think I'll let you guys join us anymore.." Rangiku said and lean on Isane as her support. "You guys are not shopping beautifully!" Yumichika added.

#rangiku matsumoto #bleach #bleach scenarios #mayuri kurotsuchi #byakuya kuchiki #jushiro ukitake #shuhei hisagi #shunsui kyoraku #renji abarai #yumichika ayasegawa #ikkaku madarame #izuru kira #kenpachi zaraki

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acaplaya-musings · 3 months

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Voiceplay Visuals: Queen In 5 Minutes

This is one of those videos where I'm gonna have to remind myself to not talk about the music, because Queen is awesome, I know quite a decent amount of their songs, and this arrangement/performance is really freaking good. But the video itself certainly isn't boring either (Freddie would be proud), and I'm very excited to talk about this one, so let's go! (Yeah this one's a long one, you have been warned)

Apparently this video (released on the 24th of November, 2018) was at least in part inspired by a health scare that Earl had while touring with Voiceplay, which no doubt was very distressing for all of them, but he obviously was fine or got better, which I'm glad about, and this video is creative as heck!

Won't talk about their appearances just yet, but of course I gotta point out the iconic Bohemian Rhapsody diamond configuration thing!

Cool necklace! I don't know the exact meaning of it, and whether or not it was just acquired for the video, but I do know that the album/track image for this cover on Spotify takes inspiration from it!

(Also this song is split into two parts on music streaming platforms, idk why)

*(clapping my hands together)* character time!

I have no clue what mythological being Layne's character is meant to be based off of, if any - "Guardian" is a bit of a vague name after all - and the main thing that popped up when I typed "mythology sentinel of the underworld" into Google was Cerberus, the three-headed guard dog from Ancient Greek myths. And well... it'd check out actually. Layne doesn't talk/sing in this video (not counting vocal percussion of course), he's wearing a big furry grey coat, and none of the other 3 are from Greek (or even Roman) mythology, so it's entirely possible that "Guardian" could just be a human-form Cerberus (minus the two extra heads).

Apparently "Yama" is the Hindu god of death and justice, though he was also adopted into Buddhist, Chinese, Tibetan, Korean, and Japanese mythology as the king of hell, so-

A 19th-century painting of Yama on his mount depicts him as completely blue, so Eli's blue face paint definitely fits.

("Dark angel" definitely sounds fitting)

Geoff is based on Baron Samedi, who is a spirit (Iwa) of the dead in Haitian Vodou, as well as of course the more well-known Louisiana/New Orleans Voodoo. Fun fact: Dr Facilier in The Princess And The Frog is partly inspired by Baron Samedi!

I'm sure most if not all of us have heard of Anubis, but regardless, Anubis is the Ancient Egyptian god of funerary rites, and he's also a protector of graves, and of course, a guide to the underworld. He can take both human and animal form, and in artwork is often depicted with the body of a man and head of a jackal/canine animal (which Voiceplay subtly refers to in this shot here with the little Anubis Shrine statue sitting next to J)

Cool and Normal! 😆

(Also really love that jacket/blazer)

"Anubis" is of course weighing Earl's heart against a feather to see whether or not he is worthy of ascending to the heavenly afterlife. And since the heart appears to be slightly lighter, he's good! (Not that he's actually ready to pass on, though)

(Also, from a production viewpoint, I'm guessing they had some small stones or counterweights hiding underneath the feather?)

...Not gonna say anything, just putting this here

Love how "Baron" glances at his cane as if to check for any dirt or smudges from Earl 😆

(Geoff still has that cane I believe; when he did a few Q&A/"how to sing low" videos on his channel back in 2020, the cane was just chilling in the background, behind where he was sitting in his home office/workspace)

(Also obligatory he's so handsome/pretty aaaaaaa)

The body language of "Anubis" here when Baron starts talking (i.e. when Geoff starts singing), and the way that he, "Yama", and "Guardian" are all at one end of the stage, while "Baron" is on the other, says so much in such a small way! (Geoff once again getting to be Special(tm), love that for him)

"I've done my sentence, but committed no criiiiiiime!"

Cool necklace! (Also really love the subtle red edging/trim on his blazer/coat, very cool and gives me Crowley vibes)

While I'm talking about Geoff, time for another hair study!

(This one I actually used separate screencaps for the outline and for the colour grabs)

Wasn't even trying to pause in this shot but pfft Eli/Yama and J/Anubis doing the 🤏 thing

(Also kinda sorta another Eli Eyebrow raise?)

Baron: *(evil laugh)*

Anubis: OHKAY it's getting a little tense in here, time to lighten the mood a little bit!

Baron: wow rude

Anubis: here hold this for me thanks!

Guardian: wait what am I meant to do with this?

(Though I'm pretty sure that's meant to be his sword anyway?)

"Nooo time for looosers"

Fight! Fight! Fight! (Eli/Yama: "I'm three ounces of whoop-ass")

Love the facial expressions here, Anubis/J looks like he half-wishes he had popcorn! 😂

Thumbnail moment! (Or close enough anyway)

Yama singing "I don't need you" to Baron and Baron doing a sort of sarcastic "haha very funny" head motion in return, love it

Not talking about the arrangement but I'd like to thank the Good Omens fandom, because I wouldn't have recognized/known the bridge of Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy in this medley otherwise (I didn't first see this video until like a year or so after it first came out)

If you ever wind up in hospital, don't actually try to rip out IV drips or cannulas or any other tubes connected to your body!

If I had a nickel for every time a different member of Voiceplay played air guitar in a video, I'd have at least four nickels! (Earl here, Cesar in Hellfire, Eli in Top 10 Sitcom Themes, and Geoff in at least three or more videos (maybe 5 if we count J None in the Frozen 2 Medley))

Full-body group shot! (Also Eli, those shorts and those shoes are... an interesting combination that's for sure 😅) Also check out the body language of Baron/Geoff and Guardian/Layne!

There's a comment or two that sums up "Guardian's" body language as "I don't actually want to hurt you, but I will if I absolutely have to"

Love "Yama's" expression right before he's turned into a puff of smoke 😆

Baron was on Earl's side the whole time!

It would have been cool to have Baron bow out himself and be like "you did well, you can go on living now", rather than being poofed away like the others, but eh I'm sure Voiceplay had their reasonings

I would post a pic of the final shot, but Tumblr isn't letting me (I'm guessing I hit an image limit, rip). But still, it's very cute and sweet.

There's a reason why so many people adore this video/cover. The arrangement is stunning, the vocals are great, the costumes are cool, the makeup is really well done, and the whole plot/direction of the video is such a creative and original concept! Shoutout to Layne and Eli, who were in charge of both the video and the arrangement!

#voiceplay #acapella #queen medley #queen in 5 minutes #geoff castellucci #eli jacobson #layne stein #j none #earl elkins jr #earl elkins #acaplaya analysis #voiceplay visuals

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step-on-me-khun · 1 year

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Hello ~ can I have a hickey prank HCs where S/o faking it to see the reactions of Eduan-Yama-Jinsung-White..each separately pls? Have a wonderful day

hello. i have to be honest, i've never heard of this - I'm never on tiktok, so I literally had to google what the hickey prank even is - if I get this a bit wrong, please forgive me

warning(s): threatening behaviour, and White, because he's one giant warning words: n/a taglist: @unexceptional-h @rizonacigaravenue @koi-chairowo @aoi-turtle @bangchanbin

Eduan

He's handsome, appealing, and, of course, he's the head of the Khun family - possibly the most attractive family ever

He would forever be proud of a lovebite he left on a woman, that included you

Eduan's quite the womaniser, so noticing a lovebite on someone other than another person he'd made love with made no difference

But you decided to test that, wondering the outcome

As you happened upon his field of vision, you slowed down and sat nearby smiling at him

Of course he notices, but just doesn't seem to think there's a problem

It's just a lovebite after all, and he didn't really care if you were with anyone else

It just confuses him a bit when you keep moving your hair away from your neck

But he just goes back to his business, not paying you any mind at all

You keep trying to get his attention, until he continues to wonder what you're up to

"Got allergies, or something?"

"What? No,"

"Then what's with that fake-looking lovebite?"

"It's not fake,"

"Okay, good for you,"

"It doesn't bother you?" it got you annoyed

"Why would it? There're other women, so you getting with someone else isn't my business,"

It descends into the opposite of jealousy, and you have to admit that you were attempting to prank him

To which, he sighs and facepalms

Yama

He's someone who could be pretty territorial, he's a dog so that's understandable

And also loyal, although he doesn't show it

So if you flaunt something obvious to him, he'll react, unless it's small, in that case, good luck getting his attention

And he's tall too, so you have to catch him when he's sitting down otherwise you've missed an opportunity

It was after meeting with his brothers, Yama's mind was nowhere and you happened to walk in front of him and stop, turning your head to flash the purple bruise you had created

Sometimes, Yama was oblivious, and other times he was able to take a hint

And he was able to take the hint, and as he notices he tenses up

"How did you get that mark?" He asks as he stands up, intimidating as fuck

"I-ugh, I don't know what you're talking about?" You begin to play with your hair, and he made you feel scared and anxious. Maybe this wasn't a good idea

"Stop playing dumb, who gave you that bruise?"

"No one,"

"Stop lying to me,"

Now you knew that playing a prank on Yama was a bad decision, you had to tell him

"Okay, okay, it's a prank, I'm sorry,"

Yama's eyes looked deadly like you were the next thing he was going to fight

"Never do that again, we're through if you play those types of tricks again,"

You've felt awful and scared since

Jinsung

Would notice the smallest of things about you, and knows of certain trends and tricks

Never in a million years would he ever think you were capable of pulling a tiktok prank on him

He's anything but gullible though, and when he thinks you're acting strange, he will confront you

You had to plan everything away from him, without acting suspicious

He could be silly at times, embarrassing Baam at any given moment, and if you were in front of others while showing off something, he would make sure everyone else knew too

But when he was serious, he could be scary, so predicting what the outcome would be was useless

As you enter the room Jinsung was in, you stare at him with confusion, then stood there, hoping he'd notice

"Did you forget something?" He asked

"I don't know?"

"You trying to hide something from me, precious angel?"

"Hide something?"

A look of sadness appeared on his face

"What's with that expression? Is something wrong?"

"There's someone else, isn't there?"

"What? Of course, there isn't,"

His eyes stare at you, and you could see a mixture of sadness and anger, but more sadness. This was something you didn't account for

"Where did you get that lovebite from, then?"

You wipe away the makeup and try not to avoid staring him in the eye

"Sorry, I was trying to prank you,"

"Oh, I need some time to think," he says before leaving you alone for a bit

Never do it again, you didn't end up breaking up, but still, you learnt now knew what Jinsung looked like when he was upset

White

Being around you made him a proud asshole, not that that was enough to make you constantly stay beside him. He was a jerk

White would be oblivious when it came to you planning anything, and he didn't care, unless it was about him

Pranks generally didn't affect him, he viewed them as unneeded and unnecessary

But that didn't stop you from being a little bit curious, what would be like if he saw a lovebite on you, one that wasn't his?

You playfully walk over to White and sit down beside him, the bruise on your neck on show

You were hoping he would notice you, but unfortunately, he didn't

So, you decided to move around next to him, reaching into your pockets to look for something that wasn't there, and tucking your hair behind your ear

"You're moving around too much," White complains

"I'm sorry, I can't get comfy,"

"And why are making that bruise so obvious, you've never been so proud of one before now, you're not trying to gain my attention are you?"

"What? You mean the small mark on my neck?"

"That's not small,"

"And when did I imply that you were what caused it?"

That question made White's smug expression fade, leaving behind one that was much scarier

"Who do I have to kill to make you understand you are only mine?" White's hand grabs onto your jaw. "I'll let this mistake slide, but don't think I'll ever be able to forgive-"

"It's a prank! It's a prank! I would never dream of betraying you,"

"Don't toy with me, (Y/N), or I might have to treat you really roughly, and give you lovebites that you'll be unable to hide,"

How could someone go from frightening in a scary way to frightening in an exciting way?

Either way, you weren't trying a prank like that again, your relationship wouldn't survive that, and maybe you wouldn't either

don't steal anything I write or translate on another platform

#tower of god #kami no tou #khun eduan #khun edahn #khun eduan x reader #khun edahn x reader #khun eduan x y/n #baylord yama #tog yama #tog yama x reader #jinsung ha #ha jinsung #jinsung ha x reader #jinsung ha x y/n #arie white x reader #arie white #white arie #tog white #tower of god white

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nikofortuna · 10 months

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JTTW Chapter 3 Thoughts

Third chapter for the @journeythroughjourneytothewest Reading Group!

What truly became clear to me this chapter, though was already foreshadowed in Chapter One with him stealing clothes from a man quite nonchalantly, Sun Wukong has sticky fingers! He clearly knows the concept of buying things, but if he can use his abilities instead he’ll do it.

My theory is that it is very much a monkey habit, instinctive or learned. Now being the Handsome Monkey King he likely never needed to fight much over anything, freely being given most things. However it has been shown twice now that monkeys generally do fight over things! First instance being when they moved into Shuilian Cave and fought over spaces and objects, the second being the weapons. So it would not be farfetched to say Sun Wukong internalized this behaviour as well in combination with the expectation of getting the things he wants.

Moving on to the underwater section of the chapter, the mental image of shrimp soldiers had me cackling. I really can’t take any of the seafolk serious. Though I’m sure at least a good few of them have more humanoid transformations and use them most of the time for practicality, how else would in particular the fishes carry weapons after all, all I imagine are the actual sea creatures wearing little outfits.

Now they are underwater, correct? So given the water has a higher density than air, all the weapons the seafolk carry should be even more difficult to lift on land. And since Sun Wukong is technically not in the water but in what I imagine to be an air bubble of sorts, he is lifting those weapons with their full land weight!

After getting Ruyi Jingu Bang when asking for some armour to go with it, he does get a bit unruly. Still he didn’t really ask for the best of the best, the finest armour of them all or something like that. He just wanted a set of armour that is regular quality, at least for a Dragon King, and looks the part. No need for any special magic or anything, just something fashionable. He’s already powerful, he just wants to be a fashion icon as well! He’s called the Handsome Monkey King for a reason, no? King of Fashion he shall be!

All in all he is becoming a bit of a troublemaker sure, but to be fair nobody tried just sitting him down and explaining in earnest that what he’s doing isn’t just harmless fun scaring the people a little, but genuinely upsets them. Not even in the ‘oh you’ve offended the higher ups’ kind of way, but just the regular people. He’s not a mean or malicious being, so long as it was explained in an honest and calm fashion I’m certain he’d understand. Even if he might not openly admit to his actions being out of line, he’d probably dial it down at least a little bit for the little guys.

Moving on to a little trivial on Jingu Bang, that he puts it into his ear actually has symbolic meaning as well! The German translation explains in a footnote that the Rod is metaphoric for the Yáng line in the Trigram Kăn, which is related to Water and the Kidney. It fits into the ear, because the ear is connected to the kidney in traditional Chinese medicine. So basically Sun Wukong can take out his life energy and put it away again at his leisure.

Anyway Sun Wukong making friends while travelling! We love to see it.

Another thing that shows he’s a nice person is him giving Yama the benefit of the doubt at first. He only gets angry when he isn’t treated well.

When he is treated nicely, as seen at the end of the chapter with the Gold Star, he is really kind in return.

Also love that Sun Wukong doesn’t let the Kings put the blame on the summoners, though he did turn those two into mush. He correctly looks for the error at the source aka the higher ups and the official documents. Very wise indeed.

Ox-head and Horse-face, yes singular there is actually only one of each in the Underworld, I recognized quite easily, this time thanks to an anime that featured them. Hōzuki no Reitetsu, if anyone else knows that one.

Lastly for today, I have a favourite new word that I learned from the Anthony C. Yu translation! Stratagem. A combination of the terms strategy and gem, which describes its meaning perfectly!

#xiyouji #journey to the west #jttw #sun wukong #monkey king #ruyi jingu bang #jttw reading group #jttw book club

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ultfan · 7 months

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@jcurneysend continued from this ask.

"I mean- yeah. That makes sense for you, Komaeda."

A flick of a oddly placed mushroom that somehow, someway found herself in her hair, and Junko stood up, stretching and cracking her back, giving a sigh.

"You probably expected you weren't gonna live long anyway."

"I mean, you're basically terminal, yeah? Not much else you can do to fuck around on this green ol' earth anyway.." Nonchalantly, she glances back, a vile sort of glare in her eyes. Komaeda was Naegi's antithesis- at least in her mind, in her warped vision, that was Komaeda Nagito to her. Rattle on about hope this, or perform his strange acts for the glory of mankind's hope that...

Like killing off his entire classmates or even getting near it since they were oh so easily swayed by her judgement and manipulations. Jeez! How annoying can he get? Do you know how hard it was to sway Peko-freakin-yama at times!?

Still, he was resolute. Yet that darkness in his heart could be his undoing..

"Buuuuut, it always makes me think! Man. Wouldn't it be funny if your luck somehow found a way to make sure you lived? I mean, sure! Realistically your body would be weak and feeble due to it. Like, did you know while taking treatments and the like to even fight against that, your bodys weaker to shit like the common cold!? Daaaaaamn. Anyways."

"..I think what I'm meaning to say is, its way easier for someone who wants to die to be forced to live and witness it all. Don't you agree?~"

Junko?

Shut up.

he did hate her. enoshima's existence was everything that he despised wrapped into a chaotic, yet beautiful package. the embodiment of everything he stood against. so he hated her... so he says. so he tells himself. so he copes.

but was there not a reason he could find himself speaking to her while only having one or two passing thoughts about how glorious it would be when she finally died? was there a reason that, despite his desire for ultimate hope, he still found himself working for ultimate despair? well... for him to entertain those questions would be despair-inducing in itself. he'll just claim that it's just the nature of the super high school level gyaru to be... somewhat charismatic. even when she was being the absolute worst.

‶ hm... i guess i do to some extent. ″ komaeda never wished for good things for himself. he would never dare to do that. it's not like he didn't want them, no. it's in a human's nature to desire happiness. to not want to feel pain. to avoid disaster. but he had to acknowledge that he would never be able to live a life without those things. nor did a lowly human such as himself even deserve a life like that.

he long since accepted that.

‶ this talent of mine really is unfortunate, don't you think so? you would think that someone with such good luck would have things go in their favor more often... and yet here i am having a conversation with you. how unlucky is that? ″ he cannot help the sardonic smile that creeps it's way on to his face. really, though, he must be down on his luck to find himself anywhere near her. he wonders if this bad luck would lead to something wonderful down the line. although compared to his past tragedies, this is a minor inconvenience at best. sigh...

‶ but... even though i'm not scared of dying, i can't really say that i'm desperate for a way out quite yet. though i wouldn't really mind it... ″ depending on the circumstances, that is. but he won't say that much. regardless he doubts his death would bring anyone despair... and if that's the case, maybe he'll be lucky enough to die in a way that can be used as someone's stepping stone towards a hope strong enough to beat even enoshima junko herself.

‶ even so, i'm rather glad i've lived this long. ″ his eyes, cold and perhaps even deranged, look to meet hers. there's a darkness in him, one rather ironic for someone who speaks hope's praises so adamantly. ‶ after all, the longer i'm around to witness this all, the greater the chance i'll be alive to see a hope great enough to destroy the despair you've worked so hard to spread. sure, the odds of that aren't very high... but if i wouldn't be worthy of the title super high school level good luck if i let something as silly as that bring me down. ″

#✁ ⇾ despair.#✁ ⇾ ic.#jcurneysend

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not-your-fucking-kacchan · 2 years

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yooooooooooooooo how would Yamaguchi confess????? flowers???? Choclate???? NOTES?????????????????????? I MUST KNOW. THANK YOU.

Ooo thats real interesting? Im thinking hes gonna be all sweet and corny about it 😭

Masterlist <3

Yamaguchi Confession Headcannon

The sweetheart would probably get you a few daffodils and present them to you with the most adorable blush on his little freckled cheeks.

He most definately looked up the meanings for almost every flower he could get his hands on.

When he confesses, it's probably in a very non-crowded spot, like on school grounds after hours.

He would want to take you to the nearby park to look at the tadpoles in the pond because he's just a sweet little wierdo like that.

He's definately asked your friends what your favourite chocolates are because he surprises you with them along with the flowers.

He really went all out for you, he's even ironed his school clothes.

Tsukishima is definately standing behind a bush somewhere not too far off. The tall blonde tried to act like it was against his will but he worries secretly that Yamaguchi might actually be crushed if you were to reject him.

You're definately very bashful and embarrassed but so is Yama so it's fine.

There's also a note in your locker because he was heavily contemplating not confessing face-to-face, and he's currently internally panicking on how he's gonna get it back so he doesn't look like a fool in front of the person he has more than just a little crush on.

While he's confessing he rambles a lot, and you realise just how close he pays attention to all your little changes, like a different skin or haircare routine and it makes him all the more adorable in your eyes.

The little mopheaded baby scrunches up his face and closes his eyes tight with anxiety as he speaks, shakily holding up the flowers and chocolate and bowing to you, making you sweatdrop as you try to get him to calm down a little, scared he might faint and die where he stands.

He's just so precious.

#haikyu imagines #haikyu x reader #haikyū!!#haikyuu x reader #haikyuu headcanons #haikyuu drabbles #yamaguchi tadashi #yamaguchi fluff #yamaguchi x reader #yamaguchi x y/n #yamaguchi x you #confession #hq yamaguchi #yamaguchi imagine #yamaguchi headcanons

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tonguetiedraven · 2 years

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May I request just a lil fic where Rin was on an exorcism or something where he had to clear out a hive of demons or whatever, and he felt bad bc one was scared and he just brought it home with him. So noe him and Ryuuji have to deal with another tiny lil demon running everywhere

This was an adorable prompt <3 Rin absolutely collects stray demons and Ryuuji longs for the day when they have a big enough space for them all, lol. Also, he's going to get that tamer meister after all, lol.

— — — — —

“Rin?” Ryuuji kept his voice impressively even, all things considered.

“Yeah, babe?” Rin called curiously from the other room.

“Can you come here for a sec?” There was a slight scrape and the sound of something shuffling, and then his boyfriend was peering around the corner.

“Yeah—oh.” Rin’s eyes went all wide. “I can, er, explain?”

“I certainly hope so.” He hadn’t said anything about the coal tars or the kodama. He had let the baku in and just cleaned up after the yama-oroshi’s leftover gratings. He’d welcomed animalistic demons and nightmarish demons and demons he could hardly conceptualize and nursed the hurt ones back to health and helped Rin find them new homes. He knew his lover had a bleeding heart for every demon and that he couldn’t rest if one was in some kind of distress. He’d fallen in love with Rin, and that included the part of him that had a tendency to collect strays.

But that didn’t mean he always had to let it happen.

“He was alone!” Rin hurried over and scooped up the demon in question. A small red toad like creature Bon hadn’t seen since their school days. It immediately croaked and curled up in Rin’s arms, hiding its face in Rin’s right elbow and trembling a little. It was a fantastically pathetic show.

Rin’s eyes were going big in full puppy dog display. Bon kept his lowered to the demon because he was not getting drawn in by those big blue eyes this quickly.

“Ryuuji, he was alone.” Rin said again. “The rest of his nest had left him and the other exorcists were getting ready to use the holy water grenades to clear the old place out, and I — he’s so little.”

“He’s an okka. They’re all that size.”

“They are?”

Bon nodded and almost lifted his gaze. He managed to avoid looking Rin in the eyes at the last second. “And I’m sorry, but what happened?”

“I was on a mission with some of the students and the nest got destroyed. Tsubaki was just gonna clear it all out, and the rest of his group abandoned him.” Rin hugged the okka and stepped closer so Bon had to work to avoid his eyes. “Ryuuji, I couldn’t leave him there all alone. He was an orphan.” Rin’s left hand moved to Bon’s arm, warm fingers squeezing gently.

It was cheating and Rin knew it. Cheating to say his name in that soft pleading way, cheating to try and make a connection — however vague — between Rin’s past situation and the okka, cheating to rub his thumb in that little caress, and cheating to stare up at him with those big sad eyes.

“Rin,” he sighed, already knowing he was going to give in and hating himself a bit for it. “We can’t—”

Rin stepped into his space and wrapped his left arm around Bon’s chest, hugging him close (careful not to squish the okka) and tucking his head under Bon’s chin.

“Please?”

“They need packs. They can’t—”

Rin’s tail drooped low. “I’ll take care of it. I promise. I’ll feed it and clean up after it and—”

“Sunshine—”

“Please.”

Bon sighed. “Just for a while, okay? We gotta get him a real home and —”

It was too late. Rin’s tail was wagging wildly, he was hugging Bon tight, and he was gushing about his plans while the okka gave a happy croak. Bon had been (knowingly) played, and he’d be lucky if they managed to rehome this one in a month.

— — — — —

The okka (which Rin had named Mistle “Iike mistle-toad, Ryuuji! Get it?”) was immediately a menace. He liked to hop to high places and knock things over and no water was safe from him. Baths, pots, sinks, showers, and even cups of water. The okka could and would jump into any of it. Bon had to have wasted a few gallons of water in unfinished glasses of water.

Mistle also took great delight in lunging at bugs, or things he thought were bugs. He would leap into the air, croak, splat himself against the wall and then slide down despite his best efforts not to. He left stains on the walls and furniture where he hit it, and he would spend all night croaking. Kuro would get annoyed and run after the demon, and the ruckus they caused would make sure no one could sleep. (Well Ryuuji couldn’t sleep. Rin could sleep through a damn concert.)

The okka also liked to hop into plates of food.

Ryuuji loved Rin dearly, but he was hungry, tired, and dehydrated.

“Rin?” Bon sighed as he walked into the house to the sight of water spilled on the floor.

“Ryuuji?” Rin hurried into the room with Mistle on his shoulder and Kuro perched on his head with a scowl directed at the frog creature. “Hey, babe! I got dinner ready and I talked to Mistle and he’s gonna be chill so you can go to sleep right after dinner and I’ll make you a bath and—”

Mistle croaked extremely loudly and made Bon’s eye twitch a little.

Bon closed his eyes and pinched his nose. There was a migraine coming on. He needed some damn sleep.

Rin made a concerned noise and hurried closer. “Babe?”

“It’s fine,” Bon muttered. “Just… promise he’ll behave?”

Rin nodded hard and kissed his cheek. (Bon didn’t like full kisses when there were demons hitching a ride on Rin. It was weird to have that close of an audience for a kiss.)

“I promise. No noise tonight. Now,” Rin moved around to be behind him and got his hands on Bon’s shoulders to steer him into the room and towards the couch. “You sit down and get comfortable. I’m going to go get dinner. Want a drink?”

“Water please.” He sank onto the couch, accepting the quiet insistence for the apology and attempt at amends it was.

“Just water? Nothing harder?”

Bon shook his head and offered Rin a stiff smile. “Not tonight.”

Rin nodded, tail drooping to curl nervously around his leg, and hurried to the kitchen. Bon watched him go and tried not to sigh.

He sat still for a few moments, just focusing on his breathing, and then got up to straighten the room a bit. There were only a few items that had been knocked over today. Nothing broken, thankfully. He realphabetized the books and at that point Rin came back in the room with two plates and no demons. Bon took one of them from him and gave him a soft kiss. He wasn’t mad at Rin, not really. He was just tired and a bit stressed. He knew Rin couldn’t stand demons being left behind or hurt, and he knew who he’d picked and who he wanted to marry.

They just needed something bigger than this apartment to do it. They’d be able to move to the temple and inn someday, and while his mom wouldn’t let the demons in the inn, they could still roam the grounds. Rin would have all the space in the world.

Bon led Rin towards the couch and sat next to him, pressing in close and listening as Rin started to talk about his day. He ate a few bites, relaxing into the couch and feeling the tangle not of everything loosening in his chest.

A loud croak and a crash broke through it all. Rin shot up, knocked Bon’s water over on the table, and hurried towards the kitchen to see what had happened. Bon left him to it with a sigh. He finished a few more bites and lifted up some of the cabbage between his chopsticks. A few steps had him by the snake plant. He dropped a few pieces of the cabbage into it, watching as the greenmen and kodama that lived there got all excited and chirped their cheer at the meal. A few more steps had him at the small tank. The heikegani was grumpy as hell but seemed to be less murderous each day. Bon was hopeful they’d be able to rehome him soon. The shadow shied away as he neared it, but seemed happy when he turned off the hall light so it could slink away.

It was a weird home, but it was at least welcoming.

Rin came back with Mistle tucked in his arm and a sheepish frown.

“You know,” Bon said around a yawn he couldn’t quite stifle. “Those are pack animals.”

Rin nodded and stared down at the little okka with a hang-dog expression. “I’m sorry.”

“You don’t need to be. I’m not telling you to get rid of him. I’m just—” he yawned again and scrubbed at his eyes. He needed a damned nap and he needed to stay calm. “They don’t like to be alone. That’s why he keeps acting up.”

Mistle stared up at him with big solemn eyes. Bon, too tired to really think it through, reached over and pat the toad demon on his red head. He croaked low and contentedly as Rin stepped closer.

“You saying he’s lonely?”

“You said he had a nest. Probably.”

Rin wrinkles his nose as the okka stared up at him. It was always a bit weird to see Rin talk to demons. Weird to know there was a conversation going on around him that he couldn’t actually hear.

Rin’s lips spread in a grin. His eyes darted up to Bon, and he felt himself slumping at the pleading look in them. He was probably going to regret whatever was about to happen.

— — — — —

Bon was laying on his side with Rin’s back pressed up against his chest. His knees were tucked behind Rin’s with his arms around Rin’s middle. He had a blanket over their legs, but Rin was warm enough that he didn’t need more than that. Kuro had curled up behind his head, purrs rumbling around in Bon’s head as his eyes slipped close. Mistle was curled up in Rin’s arms, happily held in the middle of their cuddle pile. The shadow demon had taken a spot near the foot of the bed, the coal tars had gathered in the closet, the naga had hidden in Bon’s sock drawer, and the salamander had curled up in the old candle jar. Bon’s sleep mask was enough to block out that light, and the quiet rumble of Rin’s purrs mixed with Kuro were enough to drown out the sound of so many demons breathing around him in the darkness.

He hugged Rin close, letting his own breath even out, and finally fell asleep in their small demon menagerie. — — — — —

and bonus art of Rin's pleading face and Mistle.

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quitealotofsodapop · 7 months

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So in the Monkey King and the Infant AU, Guanyin and Iron Fan are sisters right?

What was their relationship like? And how did Guanyin feel about Red Son being taken from Iron Fan?

Would Guanyin put up much resistance to Iron Fan trying to take her son back or would she just kinda let it happen? It's Iron Fan's kid afterall.

It's... complicated.

I did try to draft up a rough Royal Family Tree a while back, and Guanyin/Songzi is listed as one of the Jade Emperor and Xiwangmu's daughters, aka Iron Fan's older sister.

You see Guanyin isn't biologically related to the Jade Imperial Family.

But her soul is.

Let me explain.

Guanyin/Kuan Yin is the current incarnation of the First Jade Princess Songzi - the eldest child of the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother of the West.

Whilst studying under Bixia Yuanjun, the Goddess of Birth and Destiny, Songzi realised that she was disatisfied with her heavenly existence, and longed to experience the cycle of mortal life and death her teacher spoke of.

Then one day Zhinu the Seventh Princess; would abandon her cushy life in the Celestial Realm to be with a human man. Only for the Jade Emperor and his wife to tear the happy couple apart by literally splitting the skies open so that they could never meet. Zhinu and her husband and children were forced to become cosmic castaways in order to escape Heaven's authority.

Songzi had lost her then-youngest sister all because she loved someone.

So one day, Songzi decided to no longer eat the Peaches or drink the Wine. Many fights were had between her and her family over the matter, with them even trying to force her to consume an Elixir of Immortality just to lengthen her time.

Until one day, Songzi passed on. The details are unclear.

The Celestial Realms quaked with the sorrow that overtook the royal family for thousands of years to come.

Songzi would reincarnate many times in the proceding years. Sometimes as an animal, an asura, a mortal man, or in the case of Miao Shan; a human princess. And each time, she would choose mercy over violence or spite.

As Miao Shan, she refused to marry and instead became a buddhist nun/healer, much to the distaste of her father Miaozhuang Wang. He would then execute Miao Shan for defying him/having powers that scared tf out of him, but she still forgave him and her executioner. Even while staying in a layer of Naraka/Hell, Miao Shan managed to alleviate the pain and torment of those around her - so much so that King Yama the God of Hell kicked her out. (Bonus lore detail+ Miao Shan is frequently associated with Tigers and lions during her tale, which is the celestial animal of Xiwangmu...)

The now-revived Miao Shan would spend many years meditating and helping out lost fisherman while chilling on Fragrant Mountain/Southern Seas. Until one day she heard that her King bio-dad was dying, and that the eyes and arms of a pure being could cure him - so she offered up her own. In this great act of forgiveness she became Guanyin.

The Celestial Realm noticed this and upon recieving confirmation of who she once was; wanted Guanyin to immediately return to Heaven and retake her position as the First Jade Princess.

However, Guanyin realised that she couldn't just leave earth behind while there was still so much mortal sufferring that she could heal. So she became Bodhisattva so that she may still act directly with mortals and the Buddha.

All the Jade Emperor and Xiwangmu can do is sigh with both frustration and resignation. Thats their eldest daughter for you.

From Heaven's perspective, it's a lot like the "Steven isn't Pink Diamond, but kinda?" situation in Steven Universe. The Celestials don't 100% understand that reincarnation isn't a direct copy-paste; Guanyin isn't Songzi anymore, though she still holds her soul and her powers. If she ever truly wanted, she could become next in line for the throne.

A similar situation happens later with Lady Yin - Nezha's mother, who reincarnated as a human woman and decided to stay that way even as her husband and sons become Gods/Celestials in their own rights. Nezha is in turn considered *legally* the grandchild of the Jade Emperor, despite not having a genetic link to him.

Princess Tieshan/"Iron Fan" was born shortly after all these deaths occurred, becoming the youngest out of all of the royal daughters. She grew up hearing how perfect her missing sisters were. All perfect except for that One Little Thing that caused them to lose their place in Heaven and by-proxy; their parents love. These harsh warnings and lessons to never let her emotions rule her decisions, accidentally led Iron Fan to fall for a demon who wore his heart on his sleeve - the Demon Bull King.

As for how Guanyin felt about Red Son being taken from his parents? She felt bad honestly - but she thought that he would cause so much more damage if he was allowed to run around undiciplined. And being legally First Princess, she was allowed to make the decision for his "punishment" when the toddler Red Son did something that greatly angered/terrified the gods...

As for Iron Fan coming to pick Red up from the Southern Sea? Guanyin is literally like; "Ok sure. I'm glad you're taking initiative again. I made sure Red didn't age so you two could make up for lost parent-child time. Call me if you need anything."

Princess Iron Fan really isn't sure how to react around Guanyin. The Bodhisattva may have the soul of her eldest sister - but she acts like a younger one to her (as Miao Shan was the youngest of three), and is a neutral party in the debate of Heaven vs Everyone Else. So the best PIF can do is call her Red's "auntie" and not elaborate on the details.

One of my mutuals @dorothygale123 has been reading through chinese mythology, and was the one to open the door for me on the Guanyin origin story. I've been looking through different articles, and have decided "tired reincarned goddess" is my au's interpetation of Guanyin.

#lmk guanyin #lmk backstory hcs #chinese mythology #the monkey king and the infant #the monkey king and the infant au #lmk princess iron fan #lmk pif #lmk red son #hong hai'er #lmk the jade emperor #lmk xiwangmu #lmk the queen mother of the west #long post

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Warning! IDOLiSH7 part 5 spoiler

Thank you, So-chan, for representing my current emotion.

Every IDOLiSH7 story update always left me breathless, and Part 5 climax is no exception.

Re:vale's relationship is very stable as of now, and I think that stability is important going forward, both for themselves and for supporting their juniors. I'm glad Momo and Yuki communicate better now, let's hope that they keep it that way.

ZOOL's bond just keep getting stronger now that they have a supportive manager by their side. Utsugi is truly the person they need. Also, past me wouldn't have guessed that now I think of ZOOL as cute kids (or a guy with jealous girls for a harem lol). However, Tora and to a lesser extend Mina still have their own hung-ups that they need to resolve (probably in part 6).

And TRIGGER... Holy shit. Gaku and Ryuu, while they had their own struggles, are such sturdy presences that they could support each other and especially Tenn in those difficult times. I always have a hard time talking about them (compared to ZOOL and Re:vale) not because I dislike them, but because they understand themselves the best.

As for Tenn, I'm glad he has Ryuu and Gaku. It's been such a slow progress to make him able to rely on other people, but he did. And he opened up about his struggle as Riku's big brother. FINALLY! It's a sentiment that I've felt over and over, but it's good that he has older people around him who treat him both as their equal and younger. Because he relied on them, Tenn was finally able to help Takamasa to part with Zero.

I'm super satisfied with the resolution to Takamasa's plot thread. The fact that it needs TRIGGER, not just Tenn, for him to be able to say goodbye to his dear friends is amazing. I'm also glad that everyone who has beef with Takamasa is able to symphatize with him because they understand the feeling of being left behind. It's such a perfect conclusion, and it's only possible because of TRIGGER's determination. They're super cool! As expected of TRIGGER!! TRIGGER IS THE BEST!!!

Meanwhile, IDOLISH7... Hoo boy, not gonna lie but I'm worried about them. At the end of part 5, Re:vale, ZOOL, and TRIGGER are in a condition where they will be okay going forward in part 6 (except if there's a new conflict). But IDOLiSH7 is unrevealing at the seams now.

I'm not worried about Phytag trio, because Yama-san, Nagi, and Mitsu have found their strengths. I think I can safely say that Yama-san is out of the woods now as he has made peace with himself regarding Chiba Shizuo. And while Nagi is still mourning Haruki, his healing is progressing nicely. Plus, his relationship with Seto has gotten better. Their character developments are important because I know their reliability will be needed as well because we've seen how Mitsu's character development affects Iori and his decision-making.

The pandora box which contains Iori helping with producing IDOLiSH7 and controlling Riku is something that a lot of managers (including me) thought would blow up in everyone's face since part 1 (and especially part 3). Iori had warned Tsumugi multiple times to keep it a secret, because he knew it would hurt Mitsu again. He also told Riku to keep it a secret because he knew "controlling" Riku wouldn't be taken so well.

But we underestimated Mitsu.

Because Mitsu has learned to appreciate and love himself (which took him until part 5), he can see others' actions more objectively without his lack of self-esteem hindering him. He can see now that Iori is only trying to help everyone in a way he knows best. Mitsu understands Iori and himself. He even admitted that he would be pissed if Iori had said it sooner, but because Iori said it now he can realize that Iori kept it a secret because Iori doesn't want the past to repeat again--because his little brother is scared of his anger.

Iori didn't realize how much Mitsu has grown, and neither did most of us, me included. Mitsu's belief in Iori made Iori spilled literally everything about what he did--although he only keeps the controlling Riku part to himself, Riku, and Mitsu (compared to how he revealed his involvement with IDOLiSH7 production). While Mitsu has his reservations ("'control' isn't a word you use to talk about someone..."), he believes Iori also only wants the best for Riku and IDOLiSH7.

The domino effect for this is Iori telling the truth to Riku, which is the possibility that Tenn might be in danger at the opening night for the musical Zero. He learned that it's better to take risks rather than Riku losing trust in him in the future. He learned from Mitsu's reaction, that maybe telling the truth isn't as scary as he thought it would be. Sure, Riku almost had an attack from the shock of the news, but Riku gave control to Iori who prove that he could do it just fine--calming Riku down while simultaneously explaining his thoughts.

As of now, Iori's control over Riku is still a good thing, but I'm worried unlike Producer Iori, this one would bite everyone in the butt. Thinking about how they write the reveal of Producer Iori as not a big deal, I'm scared that they're giving us a false sense of peace to just drop a nuclear bomb on us later.

I'm kind of worried about MEZZO", especially Tama. My heart physically hurts when I hear him think about how unfair it is for So-chan to have repaired family bonds and dreams while he has nothing (as expected of KENN's voice acting skill). He doesn't resent So-chan, but he can't help but feel jealous. But that jealousy isn't an ugly thing, as it motivates him to look for his passion. And he found it--dancing. He wants to be better so he can support IDOLiSH7 better. But that means he needs to leave IDOLiSH7 temporarily.

I hope it'll go like Producer Iori reveal, which is something that we thought would be disastrous but apparently not, but I'm also worried about So-chan. So-chan is still taking baby steps in improving his family relationships and pursuing his dreams, and if his biggest supporter leave I don't know how it might affect him. Maybe it'll make him stronger because he wants to make Tama proud, or maybe it'll make him waver because he doesn't have anyone he can be honest with. Ugh... I thought they're gonna be fine but apparently not.

Now, for the twins, I'm super glad that they finally made up. It's been such an up-and-down ride with those two since part 1, but it always hurt whenever they pass each other. In trying to protect Riku, Tenn pushed him away. In turn, it made Riku lashed out at Tenn. Tenn's actions and Riku's reactions are understandable but that doesn't mean it's okay. It's painful how they keep hurting each other because they care. But after finally fulfilling their childhood wish, the both of them has genuinely exchanged "I'm sorry"s and "I love you"s--and peacefully said goodbye to Nanase twins.

There had been Nanase Tenn and Nanase Riku before, but that twins are gone. Now, they are TRIGGER's Kujo Tenn and IDOLiSH7's Nanase Riku.

It's such a bittersweet resolution, and it's a conclusion to the twins' story that I know most (if not all) managers have predicted. After all, when they first reunite in part 1, Tenn and Riku both acknowledged each other as rivals. It's one thing to know that there's no Nanase twins anymore, but it's another to accept it. The both of them knew that they're not the same people as they were before, but their deep-seated wish on wanting to be that Nanase twins were still present all the way until Part 5 climax.

Now, Riku knows that Tenn is never the invincible big brother and Tenn knows that Riku is strong enough to protect him in return.

That doesn't mean that they'll treat each other as strangers. On the contrary, I can say that their relationship will be stronger--because they don't have their regret chaining them. They can support each other because they can see each other's weaknesses and strengths--although it may be another story because Tenn still wants to look cool in front of Riku and Riku likes to be spoiled by Tenn.

(Also, their duet is so beautiful. Saito Soma and Ono Kensho delivered as Tenn and Riku. I've been waiting for their duet since 2018 and I finally get it. Maybe after this they'll give us the long-awaited MechaLulla duet...)

Although Riku's conflict with Tenn has been resolved, his personal conflict just keeps compiling like a mountain. It's kind of harrowing because while Riku is always trying to be optimistic, he has these negative thoughts that just never go away. At least his guilt about Tenn has been appeased. But now that Riku has seen the scenery of "the last stage", and his repeated thoughts about how IDOLiSH7 is an eternity in a moment, I wonder how he'll go from here on out. He's okay right now because he has IDOLiSH7 and especially Iori, but it's pretty telling that they didn't show his reaction about moving out of the dorm. Adding it with Tamaki possibly going abroad, I'm afraid of the impact these changes will do to Riku. Especially if what my sister (who has a degree in psychology so her opinion isn't baseless) said about Riku possibly having depression since part 4 is any indication.

(Oh my god, as a Riku oshi I can't stand this!! They've been beating Riku on the head since part 1!! Riku is strong, I know that, but he's also fragile!! He already let go of Nanase Tenn, what more do you want?! I can't take this anymore. I just want to see Riku and everyone happy...)

Well, that being said, I'll still patiently wait for Part 6!

#idolish7 #ainana #idolish seven #i7 #idolish7 part 5 spoilers #i love idolish7 #analysis #impression

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n30n-le0n · 11 months

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💝- A memory that made them feel loved

"Daddyyyyyyyyyy!"

The terror-filled tiny squeal filled the lair as Leo ran as fast as his little legs would carry him to his father's room, tripping over his own feet and tumbling to a halt before the door. He slapped a hand over his eyes then, trembling as he cowered there. He wasn't supposed to be like this. He was supposed to be a big boy. He didn't run from monsters anymore, and he certainly didn't think they were hiding in the dark, shadowed corners of his room anymore--but the thunderstorm in the city had woken him up, and it had sounded so loud reverberating through the grates, and Donnie was sleeping with April so he didn't have his twin around to try and explain the monsters away--

"Leonardo?" His father's face appeared before him, a worried expression pinned to its familiar grey visage. "What is wrong, my baby Blue?"

He couldn't help it. As soon as he saw that familiar grey and black fur--now starting to go white with age--Leo practically leapt at his father, clinging to him with all the strength his tiny little body could muster as he distress-chirped and hiccupped into Splinter's sleep robe. "'M scared, Daddy! 'M s-so, so scared! It's loud outside an' it's dark an' th' monsters are gonna get me! Don' let them get me, Daddy!"

"Oh, my sweet baby blue. Sssssh, ssssh. Dry your tears. No monster will hurt you when I am around. They will not even touch you." Splinter patted his head gently then, voice soft and soothing. "Here, here. Do you want to sleep with Papa tonight?"

He only had to consider for a moment. And then he was nodding into his father's chest, still sobbing quietly.

"Oh, my baby blue. Ssssh, ssssh. Papa is here. Papa will never let go of you."

And as he nuzzled into his father's fur, as he let the familiar grey strands tickle his snout, Leo smiled softly as he heard the soft tones of a Japanese lullaby, lulling him off to sleep. His dad was here. His dad would protect him. He was safe.

Nen, nen korori yo, Okorori yo. Bōya wa yoi koda, Nenneshina~

Bōya no omori wa, Doko e itta? Ano yama koete, sato e itta.

Sato no miyagē ni, nani morōta? Denden taiko ni, shō no fue--

#rottmnt rp #leonardo hamato #roleplay blog #(no replies please!)

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