#gotta be the change you want to see in the world ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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9 Fandom Peeps to Get to Know You Better
First of all, thank you Mickey (@thisautistic) for tagging me <3. Super thrilled that you thought of me for this!!
Now...
3 Ships You Like
1. Kimchay (Kinnporsche)
My babies. I want to protect them both. They're precious and perfect to be put in situations. A force strong enough to have me cooking a longfic after years of not writing a single one. Do I need to same more?? Absolutely obsessed 💜💜💜.
2. Pangwave (The Gifted)
Obligatory mention to my special little ADHD x Autism duo. Don't even arue that they're not canon, if you think that it's bc you missed very significant subtext, I suggest you rewatch this series. Pls and thank you. I will NOT take any criticism.
3. Sandray (Only Friends)
I knew from their 1st sex scene that I was down bad but their trailer sex scene just completely rewired my brain. Is their dynamic fucked up? Yes. Will they hurt each other along the way? Absolutely. But they're on their path to something better and I believe in them. Bc if Ray is deserving of love even after everything that went down then so are all of us. And there's that.
First Ship Ever
Larry Stylinson! (from One Direction)
Straight back from when I was 13, going strong! kskskskssksk I'm not so much there actively in the fandom anymore, but know that I'm there in spirit. sksksksksks Could never abandon the reason for so much change in my life! Good memories!!
Last Song Heard
Nooit Meer Spijt by S10
It's such a good song! I'm not Dutch or Dutch-adjacent but I was introduced to S10 by a friend of mine who's Belgian and I fell in love with her music ever since!
Favorite Childhood Book
A Fada Oriana (The Fairy Oriana) by Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen.
It's about a fairy named Oriana that has to take care of a forest but one day, while looking at the river, meets a fish who talks her into neglecting the forest, which causes a lot of trouble. Then, Oriana, has to learn how to repair the damage she made.
It's a book about responsibility, consequeses, the importance of individual action and learning from one's mistakes.
Currently Reading
Património Cultural: Realidade Viva (Cultural Patrimony: Live Reality) by Guilherme d'Oliveira Martins.
It's a book about the preservation of patrimony in Portugal under the context of belonging in the European Union in the 21st century.
It's not a very interesting book nor scientific, just a summary of Portuguese and European laws for people who don't wanna read the laws (?). I wouldn't read it on my own but it's a mandatory read for one of my classes in my Master's so I gotta ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
Currently Watching
23.5
I didn't know if I was going to but since GMM seems to be finally trying out more for the GLs, I feel like I need to show my support in this direction so I made the moral choice of watching as it airs to make it clear to them the audience for this is here and we want more of it!
So far ep.1 was super cliché and silly but I liked it a lot!! I want all the clichés for the girls too! Tired of seeing queer women suffer and die on screen...
2. 3 Will Be Free
It had been sitting on my watchlist for a while but I never gotten around to it for some reason... Nevertheless, my latest Wheel Decide™ for what to watch next landed on it, so... I'm watching it now!
2 episodes in only but I'm loving it a lot!! The plot's super interesting so far, really like the way they're going about it. Let's see where it goes!!
Currently Consuming
I'm gonna opt to mention the game I'm currently playing (besides Bloons TD 6, but I'm always playing Bloons, so... not news), which is Heaven's Vault by Inkle!
It's an extremely niche game, focused on figuring out an ancient language and, with it, the history of the world it's set in. It envolves robots, space travelling, discussions on xenophobia and religious intolerence and a lot more. I haven't finished yet but I'm loving the experience so far!
I understand it's not for everyone but I'm loving it!! <3 (not a Mickey D's reference, fuck Mickey D's)
Currently Craving
You know, I could go with bibimbap bc I really want some rn but I'm gonna go a bit deeper and say: after the terribleness of my last 2 relationships, all I really want is one that's not enirely chatastrophic. kskssksksksk That'd be pretty neat. kssksksk
So yeah... This was a lot of fun, actually!! I love to share stuff about media I like!!
Tagging @jukain4216 @lost-my-sanity1 @anthrotmnt @shannankle @defomin @aiyui @fiddlepickdouglas @tinysandwichstudent @sicknsadsicknrad @itsamzz28 @whomanist and any other of my lovely moots that hasn't directly been tagged but comes accross this <3.
All the love! 💜💜💜
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✨ Fic Writing Review 2023 ✨
Thanks for the tag @non-plutonian-druid 💖🌸✨💖🌸✨💖🌸✨
Words and fics
uhhhh 9,467 words written this year 🫣 I’ve got more unpublished… a lot more. Some of it is fanfic but most of it is original fiction I muse about for fun. No idea to determine the total word count alas. Overall, not a great fanfic year for me.
Total of THREE fics posted this year. The majority of those words are for the FNAF sequel I finally got around to writing. The two others fics were a Battlestar Galactica character study that came out of left field ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ and a little Star Trek series of one-shots I wrote in a fit of inspiration for the mind shenanigans I’ve always wanted to see for Bones and Spock after Star Trek III.
Top Fics by Kudos
I’m going with fics posted/updated in 2023. I didn’t count Promentory in the 2023 word count because I had finished writing it way before the year was up.
Promentory is obviously in the top spot with a whopping 970 kudos. Writing that fic was crazy. Fun, but crazy XD
Love does not see with the eyes, but with the soul (the Star Trek fic) is in second with 51 kudos. More than I ever expected to get with it XD
Worth One's Weight In Gold is in third with 10 kudos and boy when I tell you I was watching for every single one of those. This is the one I was most excited about sharing.
mutualistic symbiosis is my BSG fic with 7 kudos. I think it even got a comment. Thank u my dearest reader I did not expect that and I adore u for it
Art events 2023
I joined art fight this year. I was very nervous about putting orginal characters out there but I overthought per the usual. Even though I joined late, I had a lot of fun and I hope to do it again next year!
Fic Milestone
A milestone I REALLY wanted to mention is that I passed my ten year anniversary of writing fic! Can’t believe I’ve been doing this for ten years. It’s been a journey and I loved just about everyone I’ve encountered along the way. Even if you’ve felt like you haven’t done much this year, if you’ve just left me even one comment on one of my fics, I want you to know that you make the world feel a little less lonely and I really appreciated it :)
Upcoming 2024
I’ve gotta finish posting my fnaf fic. It’s literally all written I’ve just been procrastinating.
Not many plans other than that. We’ll see what happens :)
Rules & Tags below the cut!
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could i ask a bit more about the jade & prospit designations for maruki? i'd found purple & derse to be very telling but i haven't looked at the lists in a while shdjfkgky
minus the 2 points about "dryly macabre" fatalism and "will say out loud what everyone else was thinking" (he tends to hide what he thinks), i say every other sentence really, REALLY with what maruki is like (shibusawa even calling him the most stubborn man in the world).
he's deeply workaholic, will NOT stray from the path he has in mind, and only opened up to why he was really doing all of this to joker in rank 9 (slow to trust). deep down he knew his dream was out of reach but still tried anyways..... not to mention we had like 5 separate bossfight phases around 1) his mind being very difficult to change, and 2) trouble admitting he's mistaken and upset. "strictly monogamous & fiercely devoted" is a given, thinking about anybody besides rumi is impossible for him
(also i wanted to give screenshots as evidence for all these points, but the post would be horrendously long lmao). and of course the derse one is also debatable, but "so much of their identity is built on control" feels like a deadringer idk ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
"rebellion is in their blood" might seem a lil weird at first glance considering he's closer to *imposing* some kinda dictatorship over toppling one, but it just reminds me how from his POV he's "rebelling" against the cruelties deemed acceptable by society (enough to manifest a rebellion outfit like the rest of the PT in the metaverse)
"constantly look towards the future & analyze the past" is also very prevalent with his lofty plans for utopia and his treasure literally being the newspaper of rumi's parents dying (he cannot get over the past, it infests his every thought). throughout his confidant it's incredible how often his insecurities are quickly covered up with self-deprecation, tangents about work, etc. (again, so many screenshots but they aren't worth the length lol)
and of course the "one true path he sees" amongst all the wrong ones is the path he tries to impose on everyone else! at the end of the day hope is 10/10 his aspect i gotta agree tho, absolute bang-on. and since i'm frankly horrendous at designating classes i think whatever u said about sylph probably works??? he's definitely likely to botch up whatever healing he tries to do tho, so rip him i guess lmao
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I totally see where you're coming from tbh. Personally, it didn't feel right making any of the thieves any higher on the hemospectrum than Haru being an indigo, as being a highblood comes with a certain degree of social power, even if the system still oppresses them in some way. While I still believe Maruki is jade, him being purple makes an equal amount of sense given your explanation. You could even go further by stating his minor rewriting of cognitions early on could be a form of reverse chucklevoodoos. The more I think about it, the more purple maruki seems like a reverse dirk strider to me, which is as horrifying as it is hilarious. It could really go either way, but if I were to write a session, I'd still probably keep maruki as a middle-of-the road jadeblood.
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Song analysis - The 001 and 011 AU playlist
I've finally done it.
Note: This isn’t in any particular order like most of my other character/OC playlists are. Also, most of these songs were put in the playlist when I mostly focused on angst so take that as you will.
R.I.P. 2 My Youth - The Neighbourhood
[From El’s POV] I think overall this is about El feeling conflicted about Henry’s ideologies, but still deciding to “join” him. Not exactly though, I guess more like she doesn’t put up as much of a fight about it? Also, this is kinda about her trauma in general.
R.I.P. to my youth
And you could call this the funeral
I'm just telling the truth
And you can play this at my funeral
Wrap me up in Chanel inside my coffin
Might go to hell and there ain't no stopping
Might be a sinner and I might be a saint
I'd like to be proud but somehow I'm ashamed
Sweet little baby in a world full of pain
I gotta be honest, I don't know if I could take it
Everybody's talkin' but what's anybody saying?
Mama said if I really want it, then I can change it, yeah
R.I.P. to my youth
If you really listen, then this is to you
Mama, there is only so much I can do
Tough for you to witness but it was for me too
[About El also still wanting to make her mother proud as well]
I'm using white lighters to see what's in front of me (In front of me)
R.I.P. to my youth
And you could call this the funeral
I'm just telling the truth, yeah
You can play this at my funeral
Tell my sister don't cry and don't be sad
I'm in paradise with Dad
[“Sister”, could either refer to Kali or the other lab kids ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ]
[“I’m in paradise with Dad”, meaning she’s choosing to go with Henry and be free of the lab, but also trying to cope with his ideologies that he’s probably subconsciously teaching her.]
Close my eyes and then cross my arms
Put me in the dirt, let me dream with the stars
Throw me in a box with the oxygen off
You gave me the key and you locked every lock
When I can't breathe, I won't ask you to stop
When I can't breathe, don't call for a cop
I was naive and hopeful and lost
Now I'm aware and driving my thoughts, woah
What do I do? What do I do?
I don't believe it if I don't keep proof
I don't believe it if I don't know you
I don't believe it if it's on the news or on the Internet
I need a cigarette
I'm using white lighters to see what's in front of me
I'm using white lighters to see
R.I.P. to my youth
And you could call this the funeral
I'm just telling the truth
And you can play this at my funeral
Tell my sister don't cry and don't be sad
I'm in paradise with Dad
Close my eyes and then cross my arms
Put me in the dirt, let me be with the stars
I'm using white lighters to see what's in front of me
I'm using white lighters to see what's in front of me
Two Birds - Regina Spektor
This isn’t really from anyone’s POV, but I think it’s about how Henry wants El to follow his plans but knows she won’t. I think it’s especially about Henry having to decide to let go of his plans and goals to “reshape” the world for El’s sake. But he learns that it’ll be alright, as long as they have each other.
Two birds on a wire
One tries to fly away
And the other watches him close from that wire
He says he wants to as well
But he is a liar
[Henry at first struggling to cope with what to do about his goals, now that he’s focused on raising El]
I'll believe it all
There's nothing I won't understand
I'll believe it all
I won't let go of your hand
[Henry telling El that he’ll always be there for her]
Two birds on a wire
One says "C'mon" and the other says "I'm tired"
The sky is overcast and I'm sorry
[“and the other says “I’m tired”” this is about El being tired of Henry’s rants of how terrible humanity is and that she won’t agree]
[“The sky is overcast and I’m sorry” Maybe Henry apologizing about dumping his traumas and problems onto El]
One more or one less
Nobody's worried
I'll believe it all
There's nothing I won't understand
I'll believe it all
I won't let go of your hand
Two birds of a feather
Say that they're always gonna stay together
But one's never going to let go of that wire
He says that he will
But he's just a liar
[This being about deep down Henry still wishing he could enact his plans on the world, despite giving it up to raise El. Even though he won’t do it, that doesn’t mean that they’re aren’t times he wishes he could.]
Two birds on a wire
One tries to fly away and the other
Watches him close from that wire
He says he wants to as well, but he is a liar
Two birds on a wire
One tries to fly away and the other
Runs In The Family - Amanda Palmer
This is honestly more vibes than details, also I’m only including the lyrics that fit the most.
Mary, have mercy
Now look what I've done
But don't blame me because I can't help where I come from
And running is something that we've always done well and mostly I can't even tell what I'm running from
[Henry and El having to always keep a close eye on stuff in case they need to run again]
Run from their pity, from responsibility
Run from the country and run from the city
I can run from the law, I can run from myself, I can run for my life, I can run into debt, I can run from it all, I can run 'till I'm gone, I can run for the office, and run for the cause
I can run using every last ounce of energy
I cannot, I cannot
I cannot run from my family
[“I cannot run from my family” El probably had a bit of a breakdown when she eventually hears what Henry did to his family, and she especially does because she’ll always have a connection to him, whether she wants it or not, and that’s one of the things that bothers her the most.]
They're hiding inside me
, corpses on ice
Come in if you'd like but just don't tell my family
They'd never forgive me, they say that I'm crazy
But they would say anything
if it would
Shut me up
Shut me up
Shut me up, me up, me up, me up, me up, me up, me up, me up
Shut me up, me up, me up, me up, me up, me up, me up, me up
Buy the Stars - MARINA
This one as well might be more of a vibes one as well.
You bought a star in the sky at night
Because your life is dark and it needs some light
[El could represent the star/light for Henry]
You named it after me, but I'm not yours to keep
Because you'll never see that the stars are free
[Honestly, I can’t imagine Henry coping well when eventually El inevitably moves out and becoming more independent, doesn’t mean he won’t cope, just means he’ll struggle a bit]
Oh, we don't own our heavens now
We only own our hell
And if you don't know that by now
Then you don't know me that well
All my life I've been so lonely
All in the name of being holy
And still, you'd like to think you know me
[Maybe El getting frustrated that sometimes Henry forgets that El isn’t 100% like him.]
You keep buyin' stars
And you could buy up all of the stars
But it wouldn't change who you are
You're still living life in the dark
It's just who you are
It's just who you are
You bought a star in the sky at night
And in your man-made dark
The light inside you died
Oh, we don't own our heavens now
We only own our hell
And if you don't know that by now
Then you don't know me that well
All my life I've been so lonely
All in the name of being holy
And still, you'd like to think you own me
You keep buyin' stars
And you could buy up all the stars
But it wouldn't change who you are (Who you are)
You're still living life in the dark
It's just who you are
It's just who you are
Yeah, you know only how to own me
You know only how to own me
You're buying stars to shut out the light
We come alone, and alone we die
And no matter how hard you try
I'll always belong in the sky
(You could buy up all the stars)
(But it wouldn't change who you are)
(You're still living life in the dark)
(It's just who you are)
And you could buy up all of the stars
But it wouldn't change who you are
You're still living life in the dark
It's just who you are
It's just who you are
It's who you are, it's who you are
It's who you are, it's who you are
It's who you are, it's who you are
It's who you are, it's who you are
Stuck With Me - The Neighbourhood
[From Henry’s POV]
Now I'm feeling guilty for it
Didn't wanna leave
I got caught up in the forest
Hangin' with the trees
[“I got caught up in the forest” This could represent Henry’s focus on his goals but realizing he needs to let them go.]
Realised I'm less important
Than I thought I'd be
[Henry realizing he needs to put El’s needs above his own]
I'm not tellin' you for any certain reason but
Now I'm feelin' guilty for it
I didn't wanna leave, no
I got caught up in the forest
Hangin' with the trees, yeah, yeah
Realised I'm less important, oh, yeah
Than I thought I'd be, yeah
I'm not tellin' you for any certain reasons but
I just want your empathy
[Henry sometimes wishing he could be more compassionate and caring like El]
Our lives keep on gettin' shorter
Losin' opportunity
There might be some other ways of looking at it but
That's just what I see
I been gettin' over myself
Thinkin' about what you need
[Again, Henry trying to put El’s needs before his own, even if that means leaving his original plans behind]
Then I realised that neither of us matter
What's reality, yeah?
You are stuck with me
So I guess I'll be sticking with
You are stuck with me
So I guess I'll be sticking with you
[They really only got each other to rely on.]
(You) couldn't be more different than me
So each time we agree
I feel fulfilled
[Different in what they think is best for the world and humanity, but whenever there are times El does agree somewhat with an opinion of his, Henry feels like he really must be right.]
You always end up stickin' to me
Somehow, somehow
You are stuck with me
So I guess I'll be sticking with
You are stuck with me
So I guess I'll be sticking with
You are stuck with me
So I guess I'll be sticking with
You are stuck with me
So I guess I'll be sticking with
You are stuck with me
So I guess I'll be sticking with
You are stuck with me
So I guess I'll be sticking with
You are stuck with me
So I guess I'll be sticking with
You are stuck with me
So I guess I'll be sticking with
You are stuck with me
So I guess I'll be sticking with
You are stuck with me
So I
A Pearl - Mitski
I’ve thought about this one a lot, the POV switches depending on the lyrics.
You're growing tired of me
[El’s POV, she’s scared that Henry might eventually get frustrated with her about how she’s not ok with what he wants to do, that doesn’t happen though.]
You love me so hard and I still can't sleep
[El’s POV, she knows how much Henry cares for her, but it doesn’t make her trauma or nightmares go away, no matter how much she wished it did.]
You're growing tired of me
And all the things I don't talk about
Sorry, I don't want your touch
It's not that I don't want you
Sorry, I can't take your touch
[El’s POV, “your touch” not being literal, it’s supposed to symbolize Henry’s negative influence on her, and how she doesn’t want to follow completely in his footsteps. “It’s not that I don’t want you” Despite that, she still wants him in her life, she still loves him.]
It's just that I fell in love with a war
Nobody told me it ended
[Henry’s POV, sometimes he doesn’t want to move on from his trauma and what happened, he wants to get revenge. Though survival is more important than revenge, and he knows this.]
And it left a pearl in my head
And I roll it around
Every night, just to watch it glow
Every night, baby, that's where I go
Sorry, I don't want your touch
It's not that I don't want you
Sorry, I can't take your touch
There's a hole that you fill
You fill, you fill
[Henry’s POV about El, she helps him feel better emotionally, she ‘fills his heart with love’ in a way.]
It's just that I fell in love with a war
And nobody told me it ended
And it left a pearl in my head
And I roll it around
Every night, just to watch it glow
Every night, baby, that's where I go
Just to watch it glow
Epoch - The Living Tombstone Remix (Savlonic)
From Henry’s POV. Really these lyrics fit him pretty well.
Everyone makes mistakes
I've had more than my share
But it's ok 'cause I'm gonna repair it
[“But it’s ok ‘cause I’m gonna repair it” Indicating that Henry wants to be better, for El.]
They say there are no retakes
But I just don't agree, no, this show
Is of my own making
Take it back to the start
I've had a change of heart
I know we can make it better than it ever was
I know we can make it better
I know we can make it better than it ever was
I know we can make it better
[He knows he and El can make their lives better.]
I know there's things to change
The path that I could choose is loose and
I must find a new one
Our fates are not yet written
I will take the warning, choose a
Way that's less destructive
Yeah, I know
We look bad
But we have only seen one path
Can't you see?
We are free
To choose our destiny
And be the way we want to be
A second chance, you just need to believe
Believe, believe, believe, believe
Believe, believe, believe, believe
(Ah, ah, ah, ah)
Believe, believe, believe, believe
(Ah, ah, ah, ah)
Believe, believe, believe, believe
(Ah, ah, ah, ah)
Take it back to the start
I've had a change of heart
I know we can make it better than it ever was
I know we can make it better
I know we can make it better than it ever was
I know we can make it better
I know we can make it better than it ever was
I know we can make it better
I know we can make it better than it ever was
I know we can make it better
Take It Slow - Colony House
[I’m not sure this has a specific POV]
Sh-sh-shiver and put your hand in the river
Set the bottle afloat
Send the future a note
Tell yourself to be bold
Tell yourself to be bold
'Cause it's gonna get dark
And you're gonna lose sight
But the future is bright
For those who don't lose heart
So we might as well start 'cause we're falling apart
Yeah, we're falling apart
I'm a rose in a jar
I'm a rose in a jar
I-I-I
Want to be alive
While I am alive
While I am alive
Oh, I-I
Want to feel the light
Color in my eyes
So I can see clearly that this is all really a fight
Oh, a fight for my life
[Henry and El wanting to live and thrive outside the labs]
River
Like a rippling mirror
Is the child inside or did he run for his life?
Did he run for his life when times were tough
[This could represent Henry as a child sort of.]
When the light was lost?
These nights are long but I'm holding on
I-I-I
Want to be alive
While I am alive
While I am alive (I'm a rose in a jar, I'm a rose in a jar)
Oh, I-I
Want to feel the light
Color in my eyes
So I can see clearly that this is all really a fight
A fight to survive
It's clearly a fight
A fight for my life
Oh, so fight for your life
Fight to the death
Fight to survive
Fight for the rest of the time you have left on this planet
No need to panic
Fight for the moment
Take it slow
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Take it slow
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na (Oh, take it slow)
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na (Uh-huh, uh-huh)
Take it slow
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na (Slow, slow, slow, slow)
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Take it slow
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Take it slow
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Take it slow
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na (Uh-huh, uh-huh)
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Take it slow
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na (Uh-huh, take it slow, yeah)
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Take it slow
Here Before - Vashti Bunyan
I slightly wanted to add this just because I already previously liked the song.
Once I had a child
He was wilder than moonlight
He could do it all
Like he'd been here before
[Referring to Henry]
Once I had a child
She was smiling like sunshine
She could see it all
Like she'd been here before
[Referring to El]
Then I had a child
Took his while like northern summer
And he knows it all
Like he's been here before
[This also could represent Henry.]
Once I had a child
He was wilder than moonlight
He could do it all
Like he'd been here before
Once I had a child
She was smiling like sunshine
She could see it all
Like she'd been here before
Dog Days Are Over - Florence + The Machine
I think this is from El’s POV.
Happiness hit her like a train on a track
Coming towards her, stuck still no turning back
She hid around corners, and she hid under beds
She killed it with kisses, and from it she fled
With every bubble she sank with a drink
And washed it away down the kitchen sink
[I could see this possibly as El who is not used to being happy, being a little unsettled by it.]
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming
So you better run
Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father
[mother: Terry, father: Henry]
Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers
[The other lab kids]
Leave all your love and your longing behind
You can't carry it with you if you want to survive
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
'Cause here they come
And I never wanted anything from you
Except everything you had
And what was left after that too, oh
Happiness hit her like a bullet in the back
Struck from a great height
By someone who should have known better than that
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
'Cause here they come
Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father
Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers
Leave all your love and your longing behind
You can't carry it with you if you want to survive
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
'Cause here they come
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
'Cause here they come
The dog days are over
The dog days are gone
Can you hear the horses?
'Cause here they come
Sparks - Coldplay
I think this is from Henry’s POV, about El. I’m only adding the lyrics that fit.
But I promise you this
I'll always look out for you
Yeah, that's what I'll do
I say, oh
I say, oh
My heart is yours
It's you that I hold on to
Yeah, that's what I do
And I know I was wrong
But I won't let you down
Oh yeah I will, yeah I will, yes I will
[Henry knowing that even when he tries his best, there will be times he’ll fail.]
#001 and 011 au#henry creel#el stranger things#peter ballard#001 stranger things#stranger things 001#stranger things#my writing#pringles writing#Spotify
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For once it’s not child sole! Happy days! Anyway! What about a Sole who’s scary good at voice impressions, and their companion has gotten used to them just imitating random voices whenever they feel like it- but then walking in on Sole telling a story and doing a perfect imitation of THEIR voice. Idk I have too many OCs with weird talents ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Maccready
"What the fu-! How..? ... how are you doing that?"
Nope, nope, nope. Not today buckaroo to weird. The thing to note about Maccready though is that he's painful superstitious so he'd be raking his brain for what type of creature could change their voice like that, because no way a normal human could. He'd even confront sole asking them if they were human and got embarrassed when they laughed in his face...
Hancock
"Woah... never heard my own voice before......"
He'd whisper it under his breath to himself. It wouldn't even cross his mind that it could be sole. He'd just think he was either way to high, or he'd finally lost it. Either way he's asking Fahrenheit what she thinks hearing his own voice meant next time you're in goodneighbor.
Cait
"Cut that shite out right now if youd like to keep yer teeth!"
It wouldn't freak her out like the rest of the companions, but do you know how many people have mocked her accent over the years? Safe to say she's a. it sensitive about it so tread carefully.
Danse
"....."
*Existential crisis*
Is sole a synth? Sole must be a synth to be able to do that, surely? Right? What is happening? Is anything real? Has sole been sent to replace him and are they slowly starting the change? What is life? No not probable. The institute wouldn't put that much effort into keeping him alive that long. Humanity is flawed probably beyond repair... It's been 200 years how come everything is still radioactive? Surely people should've gotten further than they have in 200 years... has it really been that long? is time a lie? Time is a construct who's to say humanity collectively isn't losing touch with reality. Is sole a synth? Why is Nuka cola still fizzy?
Curie
"Madame/Monsieur how are you able to talk like me? Were you given ms nanny technology? This is so fascinating!!!"
Annnnddd you just started a 3 hour conversation on Ms nanny tech, and voice training exercises.... She's a curious girl what can she say. Gotta get that knowledge
Deacon
*Starts talking back in their voice*
Yeah he most likely can do this too. And even if he's really bad at it he's still gonna do it just to see the look on soles face. Priceless
Piper
"I'd ask where you learned that, but im scared I don't wanna know..."
How do even learn you have some of these talents? Like do you just wake up and suddenly damn I can speak in other people's voices? Trippy.
Nick
"Kid.... Look I got work I gotta do some work, and then you can tell me all about your story. In your voice please."
Hes a tired old man. He may love sole, but he also has work. You ever seen one of those super sweet parents that loves their kid with all their heart, is just so tired they can't even barely function that's him. Even though sleep may not be an issue for him I'm sure once he gets his mind set on something he wants to finish that task before starting a new one.
Preston
"I don't know how you're doing that general, but it's probably the coolest thing I've ever seen!"
Preston seldom gets excited, but when he does he goes all out. Just image kid in a candy store. If sole has any other cool talents he'll ask about them and then demand they show him.
X6-88
"Ma'am/Sir please give me a moment I think my audio processors are malfunctioning"
He would think he'd finally busted something until sole breaks down laughing at him. The he realizes that the future director is just using him for a joke... what a sick cruel world he lives in
#fallout#fallout 4#fo4 companions#deacon#maccready#fallout 4 companions#paladin danse#john hancock#hancock#cait fo4#cait fallout 4#fallout cait#cait#fallout 4 curie#fo4 curie#fallout curie#curie#piper fallout 4#piper fo4#piper wright#preston garvy#fo4 preston#fo4 nick valentine#nick valentine#fo4 x6 88#x6 88
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So I actually finally watched Memories of Nobody. I actually saw it years and years ago, in a theater, for some reason, back in 2008. I had vague memories of being disappointed by it at the time, but we actually enjoyed it on rewatch quite a bit. Some thoughts:
According to my husband, who found it on some shady streaming site, this film takes place “between the Bount arc and the Advance Team arc” which is the 2nd most ass-pulled place to cram some filler, second only the Amagai arc, which takes place in the middle of the Hueco Mundo arc.
Ichigo spends most of the film wearing what I believe are zip-at-the-knee cargo pants, a king
Iba and Ikkaku are 🎶drinking at work🎶
Hitsugaya is so tired.
There’s a scene where Urahara explains a bunch of metaphysics while Tessai sits behind him flipping through a book of (presumably his own?) sketches, exactly like that scene in the Advance Team Arc where Renji and Rukia do this. Notably, Ichigo does not pick on Tessai’s drawing, not even once.
I guess Urahara has some way of extracting Kon’s memories and playing them, like on a tv? W H A T.
ngl the world-building in this movie kinda slaps???
I am obsessed with the fact that it’s not The Valley of Screams, it’s “a valley of screams” and it’s they make is sound like a thing that just happens (although they later back off on that and claim that there must be someone nefarious behind it)
Did I made a “what if we kissed in the valley of screams? j/k... unless...?” joke? You know I did.
There’s a scene where everyone comes to arrest Senna and it’s so ham-fisted and dumb. They sent, like, 3 captains, 2 vice-captains, some ninja, and Rukia and let Renji shout at Ichigo at the top of his lungs. Literally, all they had to do was send Rukia to say “hey, it turns out Senna is the memory crystal we should take her to Soul Society to keep her safe” and Ichigo would have been totally on board. Anyway, this is the dumbest thing that happens is movie, so let’s just move past it.
The Reigai arc sure did rip some beats off this movie
Rukia forces her way into a captains’ meeting while two guards with detaining sticks try to hold her back, this fucking rules. Yamamoto screams at her. Byakuya does not even change facial expressions.
Hey, is this, like a grifting thing? At any given time, you’ve got (1) older, distinguished Kuchiki who never reacts to anything and (1) young, feral Kuchiki who raises ruckuses? And the Kuchiki can use the hothead to start shit and cause trouble while the older one just shakes their head in vague disapproval?
Anyway, someone gave Yamamoto a kidou cannon and he is going to fire it at that valley of screams, ain’t no one gonna stop him now.
It is explicitly stated that firing the kidou cannon will destroy a significant portion of both Soul Society and the Living World but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
So you know that animated gif where Renji and Rukia do a sick backflip off a bridge? No one told me they were backflipping into the valley of screams.
My precious husband says “that would make a good animated gif”. “I got you, babe,” I say.
Okay, literally half the Gotei leadership ignores Yamamoto’s orders and goes to the valley of screams.
One thing I do not like about filler/movies is that they are so afraid to do anything new that they just copy the beats of the canon material, which sort of, I dunno, cheapens it. Like, this movie evokes both Rukia and Renji deserting to save Orihime in Hueco Mundo and the captains doing their own shit at the end of the Soul Society arc, and the overall effect is that no one has any respect for Yamamoto, which I don’t think was the point they were trying to make.
They should have let Orihime go to the valley of screams, but she probably would have fixed the problem in 2 seconds
The group of people who go to the valley of screams is perplexing. Mr. P suggested that the reason Soi Fon is here is because she had previously promised to do something with Omaeda (maybe it’s his birthday??) and was like “oh, shit, sorry man, valley of screams situation came up, catch you next time (i def will not)”
Yoruichi is not in this film. I am assuming she is off being a groupie for the Red Hot Chili Peppers or something.
Hisagi was here for maybe three frames and then did nothing. At least Kira got to release his sword.
Komamura is not here, but he is sort of a Yamamoto simp. We don’t see him hanging out with Ukitake and Kyouraku back at the kidou cannon, tho. Wait. Oh, no. That kidou cannon has gotta be pretty loud. Komamura probably had to go home and put on his thundershirt and hide under the bed.
Soi Fon’s shikai worked??????
RENJI USED ZABIMARU TO CATAPULT ICHIGO OVER SOME ENEMIES TO GO FIGHT THE BOSS!!!! MY HEART!!!!! 🐍💀💪🎇💯😍
I made a bunch of jokes about things Byakuya might be doing (napping, most likely), but then he showed up late and interrupted Rukia’s fight to announce “It is an honor to be slain by my bankai.” Dude, c’mon.
I kinda want to know more about this clan that got done dirty 700 years ago and learned to live in the Dangai like Westley and Buttercup living in the Fire Swamp??
If I had to wander the Dangai, instead of trying to implode the valley of screams and destroy all planes of existence, I would have just made a valley of screams and fixed it up real nice and lived there and not bothered anyone, but that’s just me
Yamamoto has fired the kidou cannon
RIP to Ganryu, you had kind of a cool design, dude, I’m sorry your plan was bad and also that you didn’t get any Vintage Soul Society Flashbacks
I am absolutely perplexed by the end of this film. Despite saving Senna, and being hit with the kidou cannon, the valley of screams is still imploding. Senna stops existing, Ichigo is sad, everyone is saved, it ends with Ichigo seeing a girl who looks like Senna because ???
Who cares! It’s time for Sen no Yoru wo Koete!!!!
Great movie, A+++
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This is long and contains more theater history than you probably want in a meta post but here it is anyhow!
Okay, here is my totally insane out-there theory that I shouldn’t be typing up, I should be editing and posting my lectures for tomorrow but here we are.
The pie scene that’s been released (see here) has a few things going on besides Dean being weirdly okay with Cas gone, more okay than Sam:
In the background we’ve got a truck that says Dabb’s Pies. Could just be a cute shoutout. Could be more.
Dean’s very first lines are “Oh, I don’t have a choice. This is my destiny.” This is the man who literally just spent an entire season freaking the fuck out over his lack of free will. Sure, Dean might make a joke about this, but the writers chose this to be (most likely) the very first thing he says one episode after finally shaking off destiny to get real free will?
Sam acts like Dean is crying and Dean responds as if he is trying to hide the fact that he’s crying when... he’s clearly not? At all? We’ve seen Dean cry so many times and it is not happening here?
(I say it’s probably the first thing Dean says in the episode because a) the scenes they release are almost always very very early in the episode and b) the music sounds like what they play when we come out of the cold open into a goofy Sam & Dean scene.)
Also do not forget that between the promo pics and the actual promo they seem to at some point deal with people who are very plainly dressed up as monsters but may or may not be monsters underneath. The initial photo took me to very meta places to start with, and it’s only gotten worse.
Okay so like, here are my crazy fucking thoughts that probably have nothing to do with what will actually happen:
Sam and Dean, of course, don’t actually have free will. They are still characters in a TV show written by other people. Dabb, in this case.
It’s Dabb’s Pies! Dabb is the one who caused the pie festival, and who is causing Sam and Dean to go there and eat pie!
My initial thought when I saw that photo, as it says, was “Did Brecht direct this episode?” Brecht was a playwright in the first half of the 20th century whose whole thing was breaking down the 4th wall. At the time theater tried to be as realistic as possible - hiding lights with set pieces, all sorts of stuff - in an attempt to make the audience forget they’re watching a play and get full immersion.
Brecht said “but what if we did not that?” and worked to make it explicitly clear to the audience that they are definitely watching a play and not real life. The movement was called “epic theater” or “dialectical theater” and the goal was to make the audience aware of their place as the audience and think critically about the thing they are watching as a play that was written and is being produced with the intention of communicating with them.
Brecht and others used a lot of techniques for this, from writing narrators and other 4th-wall-breaks into the plays to making it obvious that what you’re seeing are set pieces and props and not real things. Having what is obviously a man in a black costume with a skull mask play a monster (possibly a floating skull) would be right up his alley.
@shinychimera had a great comment on that post saying “They could squeeze a bit more meta in if it’s a real crew member playing something like a kuroko stagehand (from kabuki) who’s been pulled into the story…“
Kabuki is another theater tradition that explicitly does not try for anything like realism. You probably know it for its elaborate costumes and makeup, but yes, one part of it is that stagehands regularly come onstage to move things etc, dressed all in black and you’re supposed to pretend they’re invisible.
So anyhow what I’m saying is that what that photo SCREAMS at me is fourth-wall-breaking, meta, theatrical traditions that do those things.
I think the episode starts with what we’ve got here - Sam and Dean are moving on with their lives, probably on a pretty standard MOTW hunt, blissfully unaware that they are still not 100% free.
Somehow, this is going to start breaking down, Truman Show-style. I don’t know exactly how. A crew member wanders into the shot? Whatever.
From there it devolves into something super-meta and SUPER-trippy.
They realize that Cas is only in the Empty because the writers put him there, but somehow the fact that in real life Cas actually has affected the narrative in ways the writers didn’t expect is addressed. Cas loving Dean literally is something the writers never intended to be there but that grew organically because of who he is. Maybe same for Dean loving him back? Or maybe that doesn’t get addressed til later.
So now Dean knows that Cas really is the only real thing in his life and they gotta get him back.
However they get him back is gonna be, again, super trippy. They have to fight monsters like these, that are clearly not their-world-monsters but are people from our world dressed up as monsters.
They probably have to go through either Cas or Dean’s memories or both.
Dabb himself likely appears on-camera to talk to them at some point.
The one barn that that photo looks the most like to me is the one in On the Head of a Pin, which is one place where Cas could’ve died but didn’t (unclear whether it’s where they initially intended for him to die, sources conflict).
So maybe we’ll get a tour of the places where Cas’s love for Dean changed the narrative. Maybe Dabb himself will even explain them to us.
At some point, whether by Dabb himself or not, it will be explicitly mentioned that fans helped shape this, that we saw what was happening in Cas before they did.
IDK how this mindfuck ends but there is definitely kissing and Dean realizing that he’s been pushing down his feelings and denying them to fit a mold that the writers created for him years ago that doesn’t fit anymore.
So, uh, there you go. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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hoo boy, so here’s a Status Update i should’ve made like uhhh *checks watch* months ago? year ago? what is time anymore, anyway
I’m married now! So there’s that. That one hasn’t actually changed my daily life much, but it sure is neat. (That’s how it goes when you marry your best friend of 10 years, I suppose.)
Also I kinda work in the healthcare industry now. Front office receptionist at a small doctor’s clinic, baby!
yeah that’s actually kinda scary with the world being as it is right now
no i’m fine so far
no really, so far we’ve been good, not many people arguing about wearing masks to go see the doctor and all (around here anyway)
still scary but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ capitalism, gotta keep ourselves alive & save up for that house downpayment somehow
did i mention we’re hunting for a house soon? because we’re doing that. oh boy
Anyway between all that and the holidays and the two 11+-hour shifts a week it’s uh! Not been a great time for my spare time! So that’s why it’s been so quiet lately.
yeah i’m sorry about that
yeah i’m still watching all this year’s toku
yes i love kiramager
yes i love EVERY SINGLE RIDER in saber
holy crap ultraman’s been super Blessed this year
(also i watched Tiga and committed the mortal sin of merely Liking rather than Loving it, but we started Dyna and wow do i love him so far)
aight i think that’s about all i’ve got, stay safe and healthy my lovelies, i miss y’all and hopefully i’ll be seeing you on the other side of all... *waves hands*... this. 💖
also as usual if you want to see more of me for some reason, i yell semi-frequently on my twitter (same username) about various things. not so many WIPs over there lately but there’s the occasional stupid little art thing i don’t feel like putting the effort into posting here, lol.
#state of the blog#state of the artist#status update#rambling#saw a couple Kind Of Needy asks wander into my dusty ol' inbox and realized#i really needed to get around to spending 10 minutes on making this post lol#so here we are#see y'all on the flipside my lovelies
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Je vois que tu fais une prompt list alors je demande hmmmmmm.... Venec + hats (because Of CoUrSe)
Je ne sais pas pourquoi, mais ça m’est venu en anglais !? Anyway, here’s your booooii (c’est très court, pardon)
(lien AO3 dans le reblog)
Hats
Venec wears a lot of hats, both literally and metaphorically speaking.
He likes them – the literal kind. Venec likes pretty things. Which is only to be expected when you started your career in the back alleys of Rome owning only one pair of barbarian-style trousers and half a shirt. Clothes aren’t just a necessity to survive the elements (especially in gods-forsaken places that never see decent sunlight, like bloody Britain), they inject a sense of professionalism in undertakings like putting a business together. Nothing says “Look at me! I’m successful!” better than clean clothes in which you don’t shiver in the winter. And a good hat.
Venec goes through hats like he goes through trades, picks up some, drops a few others, picks them up again. While he’s well aware that some make him look better than others, they are his hats and he wouldn’t swap them for something more mundane. Boring. Non-lucrative.
King Arthur doesn’t wear a hat. He wears a crown, but not the kind Venec sometimes finds on coins that make their way from foreign parts, the tiaras and diadems. It’s a fairly simple circlet of bronze around his head, not very ornate nor richly decorated. It would be barely worth the price of metal if it were to be stolen. Not that Venec actually entertained the thought, of course. Not seriously.
“Hey, Sire,” he asked Arthur one day, “why don’t you ever wear a crown? A proper one, with gems and things. I could get you something good for a fair price.”
“Right,” Arthur sniggered. “And then one day I’d wonder where I left the thing and it’d be in the pocket of some other sucker who wanted something shiny for ‘a fair price’.”
“Come on, Sire, you wound me. I wouldn’t do you dirty like that.”
“Venec. Your men stole Excalibur. And then you tried to sell it back to me.”
“That was one time! And they were learning. You gotta be lenient with beginners.”
“Yeah, but you’re not a beginner,” retorted Arthur. “Thanks for the reminder that I’m already a lot more lenient with you than I should be. The next time I find you wheeling and dealing around Kaamelott or squatting a room here I might let you enjoy the dungeons, for a change.”
“Aw, Sire,” said Venec with the sort of guileless smile he put a lot of guile into, “you know you’d miss having me around.”
Arthur snorted. “Right. Like bunions.”
There wasn’t any sting to it, though. The thing about King Arthur is that, once you get past the sarcasm and the grumbling, he is a genuinely fair, decent man.
The other thing about King Arthur is that this isn’t a hat, any more than his being the king is. It’s part of himself. Strip him of his crown, his flaming sword, all the trappings of power, the essential stays.
Which is why, even after Arthur relinquished Excalibur and the throne, Venec can’t find it in him to call him anything but “Sire”, despite his many protests, more or less heated. How could he, when Arthur – Arthur, even tired and worn ragged by too many years of a fruitless quest and the equally fruitless wrangling of too many morons, Arthur who had got sombre and quiet and then left – still remains painfully noble. Like a true knight should be, for those who believe in such things. Like a true king.
Perhaps this is why Venec, after a couple of bad news too many, follows his impulse instead of the change he can feel in the wind. Perhaps that is why he leaves everything behind, his hats, his trades, his little skulduggeries, and sneaks into a tower bare-headed and bare-hearted to rescue what’s left of Arthur.
Arthur is a house in ruins after a fire when Venec rushes in his chamber. He is ashes, his hair coal, his eyes a couple of empty hearths. But something is still living amidst the wreckage. The kind of flicker of life worlds grow back again from afterwards.
They take to sea then, flee, knowing they’ll both be fugitives.
But that will come later. For the moment, Venec can feel the sea breeze in his hair and the salt of the ocean spray on his face. For the moment, his only goal is to stay alive and make sure Arthur does, too. Caretaker isn’t the worst line of business he’s ever been in, and neither is sailing.
He can always pick up another hat later.
_________
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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For the ship bingo: Pete/Trudy (back at you :D), Phantom Blot/Makandra (from the Darkenblot saga), Basil Blackspot/Candy (the girl from the Estate a Green Pond).
Sorry for the late reply, also you owe me a new pair of kneecaps for these asks sjsjskakkaka
Pete and Trudy
God I love them. SO. MU C H.
Especially Trudy, and if I didn't like and respect their relationship so much, I'd probably be shipping my sona with her sksksksk <//3
Anyway, I completely agree with the analysis you made for my ask, I just want to add that one, I gotta reread the Cronache dalla Frontiera because I remember absolutely nothing about it aside from that cute robot dude sjsksk, and two I don't really enjoy when they (as in the Topolino writers) keep recycling Pete as Mickey's love rival when it comes to conquering Minnie's heart in all their stories, even the ones with Trudy's involved (unless it adds more layers or some nice dynamics to their established relationship but even if so I'm picky).
I mean, do y'all need a rival for the new and exciting rodent love intrigues? Mortimer is right here, so come get yo nasty rat boi and leave piccioncini alone.
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PB and Makandra
Have you ever seen a dog trying to eat a lemon? That's me while attempting to write a coherent reply without frothing at the mouth too much sjsksk
Despite understanding what the casual reader may see between these two, I only see a partnership that's nothing more than blind fanaticism.
Makandra has the zealot mentality, as in she's ready to sacrifice everything to favor the Blot who, in her eyes is the "Supreme". A master, and fundamentally her owner, and despite the apparent respect and concern he seems to have for her, she's nothing but a disposable pawn he won't hesitate destroying the moment she's no longer useful to him, and while she appears to share the same ideals, I'm actually convinced he manipulated her (as well as many others) to believe so, but that's p much it. She's here to help him, not to make a difference in the grand scheme of things he and Nemo are working on.
I know y'all see a man and a woman with a significant height difference working well together and go wild, but nah lads. Maybe they fuck sometimes, between working on a prototype and whatnot, but I can't really imagine them building an actual relationship together, nope.
This is the hill I decided to die on and y'all can't change my mind.
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Basil and Candy
Of all the questionable ships I've came across in Goofy Reporter (both fanon AND canon), this is the only one that doesn't make me cringe. Also keep Agatha Christie's fursona away from me before I sink my teeth in her jugular and start chewing until there's nothing left to bite.
I'm a sucker for the childhood friends growing up together, falling in the love but then having to leave to follow their own path only to meet and rediscover how the feelings they had are still as strong as they were back in the old days. Also Basil needs someone to remind him there is more to it than vile money, someone who makes him rediscover his humanity and mostly that childhood innocence he had to bury under layers of cynicism and coldness to survive in the unforgiving world he was thrown into, and Candy sure does fit the role.
Maybe I'm projecting a wee bit too much, but still that's my opinion ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
#gotta say the makandra thing has more layers than what i wrote#but it's faster to toss the entire suitcase than unpack what i feel about skskks#I'll be waiting for my new pair of patellae thanks lmao#jk fam i love being able to ramble about this stuff 💕#Darkenblot#goofy reporter#ship bingo#get to know the corpse#esepoimipullula
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The BNHA Group Chat Fic Nobody Asked For
Pairings: Todoroki Touya (Dabi)/Mr/ Compress (Sako Atsuhiro), Shimura Tenko (Shigaraki Tomura)/Chisaki Kai (Overhaul)/Kurono Hari (Chrono), Yamada Hizashi (Present Mic)/Aizawa Shouta (Eraserhead)/Shirakumo Oboro (Loud Cloud), Fukukado Emi (Ms. Joke)/Kayama Nemuri (Midnight)
Word Count: 2,420 Words
Summary: Uraraka makes a fatal mistake, triple date night with the Emo Squad, Thery-oki strikes again, and Hitoshi in the morning is a zombie.
Warnings: Caps, Cursing, Half Blind Character, Deaf Characters, Anxiety Mention, Mostly Mute Character (due to a different medical issue), Selectively Mute Character, Mineta Minoru Exists (sadly), Autistic Meltdown Mention, Food Mention, Sleep Deprivation, Insomnia, let me know if I should add anything else.
Note: AU where the League Of Villains are just hero course students. btw Yukimura is Dabi (he goes by his mother's surname (mostly because it's his last hurrah at making Endeavor absolutely livid at him and partially so he and Shoto don't get confused whe someone calls for 'Todoroki')
Usernames: We Are Number One™ Aizawa: Dadzawa, Aoyama: immafiringmahlaser, Ashido: princessbubblegumknockoff, Asui: Galvan, Iida: Emergency Exit, Uraraka: 9.8, Ojiro: tailfloof, Kaminari: Pichu, Kirishima: baby shark, Koda: youredoingamazingsweetie, Sato: GuyFieriIsGod, Shoji: Cthulhu, Jirou: Jack Skellington, Sero: Spider-Man, Tokoyami: EdgarAllanCrows, Todoroki: WHERE?, Hagakure: cena, Bakugo: WHAT?, Midoriya: SmolMight, Mineta: Mineta, Shinsou: exhausted, Yaoyorozu: TheGreatCreator, Kurono: stopwatch, Chisaki: donthugmeimscared, Yukimura: choticgaydisaster, Bubaigawara: shadowclonejutsu, Shimura: idontfeelsogood, Awase: illrememberyouallintherapy, Kaibara: IDOWHATIWANT, Kamakiri: scyther, Kuroiro: itsmeyaboy, Kendo: Akimichi, Kodai: deadinside, Komori: shroomgurl, Shiozaki: wElCoMeToBiBlEsTuDiEs, Shishida: furry, Shoda: cryptid, Tsunotori: mylittlepony, Tsubaraba: airbender, Tetsutetsu: Iron Man, Tokage: t-rex costume, Fukidashi: glorifiedtextbubble, Honenuki: Eren Jaeger/spookyscaryskeletons, Bondo: Slimer, Monoma: HopeSummers, Yanagi: iLiEdImDyInGiNsIdE, Rin: snek, Toga: mystique, Sako: lostmymarbles, Hikiishi: queenofmagnetism, Iguchi: eye gucci, Shinokanri: stardust
Usernames: Emos Anonymous Kaminari: blackcloakedbrides, Shoji: fryingpan, Jirou: greentwentyfourhours, Tokoyami: myscientificinfatuation, Todoroki: twentyoneplotpoints, Bakugo: immobileinwhite, Midoriya: falldownboy, Shinsou: stabtheveil, Kurono: inhalecarolina, Chisaki: plummetingininverse, Yukimura: anxietyintheclub, Shimura: nappingwithsirens, Kuroiro: thousandfootcane, Kodai: marianaspit, Monoma: entiretimelow, Yanagi: recentyearsday, Sako: halfminutetomars, Aizawa: hollywoodlivingdead, Shouji: fryingpan, Kurono: inhalecarolina, Aoyama: phantomtown, Honenuki: visualizedragon, Sako: halfminutetomars, Awase: distressparade, Shinokanri: simplestrategy
Usernames: UA Teachers Are Tired™ Eraserhead/Aizawa: grumpy scarf cat, Present Mic/Yamada: screeching cockatiel, Midnight/Nemuri: chaotic goth gay Ingenium/Iida: gotta go fast, AllMight/Toshinori: actual sunshine, Vlad King/Kan: bloody hell, Power Loader/Majima: speechtotext, Ectoplasm: needalegup?, Snipe: kazoo cowboy, Cementoss: concrete block, Blackmist/Kurogiri: goth portals
The Rise Of The Emos-Chapter 2
9:32 AM
We Are Number One™
cena: so, Kirishima mentioned that there's an emo chat? is this true?
9.8: only one way to tell
9.8: when i was
9.8 a young boy
WHAT?: MY FATHER TOOK ME INTO THE CITY
exhausted: TO SEE A MARCHING BAND
WHERE?: HE SAID SON WHEN YOU GROW UP
SmolMight: WOULD YOU BE THE SAVIOUR OF THE BROKEN
EdgarAllanCrows: THE BEATEN AND THE DAMNED
HopeSummers: HE SAID WILL YOU DEFEAT THEM
deadinside: YOUR DEMONS AND ALL THE NON-BELIEVERS
idontfeelsogood: THE PLANS THAT THEY HAVE MADE
donthugmeimscared: BECAUSE ONE DAY I'LL LEAVE YOU
Jack Skellington: A PHANTOM TO LEAD YOU IN THE SUMMER
chaoticgaydisaster: TO JOIN THE BLACK PARADE
Pichu: WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY
itsmeyaboy: MY FATHER TOOK ME INTO THE CITY
spookyscaryskeletons: TO SEE A MARCHING BAND
lostmymarbles: HE SAID SON WHEN YOU GROW UP
stardust: WOULD YOU BE THE SAVIOUR OF THE BROKEN
stopwatch: THE BEATEN AND THE DAMNED
immafiringmahlaser: SOMETIMES I GET THE FEELING SHE'S WATCHING OVER ME
Cthulhu: AND OTHER TIMES I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD GO
spookyscaryskeletons: AND THROUGH IT ALL THE RISE AND FALL THE BODIES IN THE STREETS
WHAT?: AND WHEN YOU'RE GONE WE WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW
illrememberyouallintherapy: WE'LL CARRY ON, WE'LL CARRY ON
WHERE?: AND THOUGH YOU'RE DEAD AND GONE BELIEVE ME
WHAT?: YOUR MEMORY WILL CARRY ON
SmolMight: WE'LL CARRY ON AND IN MY HEART I CAN'T CONTAIN IT
HopeSummers: THE ANTHEM WON'T EXPLAIN IT
deadinside: A WORLD THAT SENDS YOU REELING FROM DECIMATED DREAMS YOUR MISERY AND HATE WILL KILL US ALL
itsmeyaboy: SO PAINT IT BLACK AND TAKE IT BACK LET'S SHOUT IT LOUD AND CLEAR
chaoticgaydisaster: DEFIANT TO THE END WE HEAR THE CALL TO CARRY ON
exhausted: WE'LL CARRY OOOON
illrememberyouallintherapy: AND THOUGH YOU'RE DEAD AND GONE BELIEVE ME
SmolMight: YOUR MEMORY WILL CARRY ON WE'LL CARRY ON
EdgarAllenCrows: AND THOUGH YOU'RE BROKEN AND DEFEATED YOUR WEARY WIDOW MARCHES
idontfeelsogood: ON AND ON, WE CARRY THROUGH THE FEARS DISSAPOINTED FACES OF YOUR PEERS
Pichu: TAKE A LOOK AT ME ‘CAUSE I COULD NOT CARE AT ALL
iLiEdImDyInGiNsIdE: DO OR DIE YOU’LL NEVER MAKE ME
deadinside: BECAUSE THE WORLD WILL NEVER TAKE MY HEART
stardust: YOU CAN TRY YOU’LL NEVER BREAK ME
stopwatch: WE WANT IT ALL WE WANT TO PLAY THIS PART
illrememberyouallintherapy: WON’T EXPLAIN OR SAY I’M SORRY
WHERE?: I’M UNASHAMED I’M GONNA SHOW MY SCARS
chaoticgaydisaster: GIVE A CHEER FOR ALL THE BROKEN
Cthulhu: LISTEN HERE BECAUSE IT’S WHO WE ARE
lostmymarbles: I’M JUST A MAN I’M NOT A HERO
immafiringmahlaser: JUST A BOY WHO HAD TO SING THIS SONG
spookyscaryskeletons: I’M JUST A MAN I’M NOT A HERO
itsmeyaboy: I DON’T CARE
SmolMight: WE’LL CARRY ON WE’LL CARRY ON
WHAT?: AND THOUGH YOUR DEAD AND GONE, BELIEVE ME
itsmeyaboy: YOUR MEMORY WILL CARRY ON WE’LL CARRY ON
Jack Skellington: AND THOUGH YOU’RE BROKEN AND DEFEATED YOUR WEARY WIDOW MARCHES ON
EdgarAllenCrows: DO OR DIE YOU’LL NEVER MAKE ME
idontfeelsogood: BECAUSE THE WORLD WILL NEVER TAKE MY HEART
donthugmeimscared: YOU CAN TRY YOU’LL NEVER BREAK ME
HopeSummers: WE WANNA KNOW WE WANT TO PLAY THIS PART
lostmymarble: DO OR DIE YOU’LL NEVER MAKE ME
Pichu: CARRY ON
iLiEdImDyInGiNsIdE: BECAUSE THE WORLD WILL NEVER TAKE MY HEART
SmolMight: YOU CAN TRY YOU’LL NEVER BREAK ME
Dazawa: WE WANT IT ALL WE WANT TO PLAY THIS PART
exhausted: CARRY ON
tailfloof: wow
baby shark: told you so
TheGreatCreator: even Aizawa-Sensei joined
Spider-Man: ...
Galvan: are we gonna ignore Aoyama joined too
Akimichi: And Honenuki.
immafiringmahlaser: Uncovered like this...
spookyscaryskeletons: I just really like their songs.
immafiringmahlaser: I guess my closet emo has been discovered. Whoops.
Emergency Exit: Are you guys okay? I hear crying from Kaminari.
WHAT?: ...
WHERE?: i'm adding them to the emo chat
9:54 AM
Emos Anonymous
twentyoneplotpoints has added Honenuki, Shinōkanri, Sako, Awase, Hari, Aoyama, Shoji, Aizawa to Emos Anonymous
twentyoneplotpoints has changed Aizawa's name to hollywoodlivingdead
twentyoneplotpoints has changed Shouji's name to fryingpan
twentyoneplotpoints has changed Hari's name to inhalecarolina
twentyoneplotpoints has changed Aoyama's name to phantomtown
twentyoneplotpoints has changed Honenuki's name visualizedragon
twentyoneplotpoints has changed Sako's name to halfminutetomars
twentyoneplotpoints has changed Awase's name to distressparade
twentyoneplotpoints has changed Shinōkanri's name to simplestrategy
twentyoneplotpoints: i believe, we already know they'll serve here just fine
twentyoneplotpoints: not onto business, why is Kaminari crying.
blackcloakedbrides: I miss that band.
falldownboy: cuddle pile in Kami's room after school.
hollywoodlivingdead: i'm turning on their songs for the remainder of class. 1b is welcome to join during free time.
immobileinwhite: Woe is our poor pure Pichu. Come hither, Denki.
entiretimelow: Denki
falldownboy: for the 1b kids not here to witness.
falldownboy: [video of Kaminari sitting on Bakugou's lap with Hotaru sitting guard on his desk, slightly obstructing view. "Deku, I will break that phone."-Bakugou "No violence during cuddle time."-Kaminari "Fine."-Bakugou; the camera begins shaking because Midoriya's laughing and the video cuts off while Midoriya starts laughing]
halfminutetomars: Ah yes, the burden of darkness that looms over my emo heart lessens slightly with the purity of witnessing two emos supporting one another.
myscientificinfatuation: ...Someone said it before me. I don't know how to deal with this.
anxietyintheclub: y'all two need to hang out. you'd get along way too well.
10:45 AM
UA Teachers Are Tired™
screeching cockatiel: @grumpy scarf cat who wrote 'Avaliable Screech' on the board?
grumpy scarf cat: that would be me, darling. love you.
screeching cockatiel: I love you too but you didn't come up with that, did you?
grumpy scarf cat: it was Hito.
screeching cockatiel: I can't even be mad, I laughed when I saw it.
screeching cockatiel: Sometimes I swear he's just a smaller purpler version of you.
grumpy scarf cat: thank you.
12:30 PM
We Are Number One™
spookyscaryskeletons: Aizawa-Sensei, do you know where my dad is? He said to meet him at the teacher's break room but he isn’t opening the door when I knock.
Dadzawa: he's fine, fell asleep on the couch in here.
spookyscaryskeletons: Well, I brought him lunch.
Dadzawa: kay, opening the door.
WHAT?: Wait, so two of our hero course students are the kids of two of our teachers?
WHERE?: Honestly, I expected Aizawa and Shinsou but not Ectoplasm and Honenuki.
SmolMight: How didn't you expect that?
WHERE?: I just never really thought about it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
WHAT?: How many other students have family members that are teachers here at UA?
itsmeyaboy: ...Shirokumo Kurogiri is my dad but my mom never told him about me because he has a wife and kids now so I’m keeping it that way.
lostmymarbles: Not a teacher anymore but my mother was Miss Marble and my father was a villain named Paralysis.
SmolMight: Miss Marble? As in the one who could control marbles as her weaponry? And Paralysis with the immobile touch quirk?
lostmymarbles: The ones and only.
cena: Didn’t her boyfriend kill her because she cheated on him?
lostmymarbles: He killed her because she had me.
Mineta: ha ur moms a hoe lol i knew a reject like you had to have a funny family story
chaoticgaydisaster: @Mineta you wanna fucking GO? Come and fucking fight me you fucking flavor-fucker piss-baby ripoff grape soda wannabe!?
WHERE?: I'm not stopping Touya, I suggest someone else take action. I'll be with my brother-in-law who is hAVING A MELTDOWN
Dadzawa: @chaoticgaydisaster don't fight him, I'll deal with this. Mineta, you've earned yourself a month of detention and garbage duty and you'll be apologizing to Sako.
Mineta: FINE
3:24 PM
We Are Number One™
mystique: Guys, look.
mystique: [pic of Honenuki asleep on his desk]
Dadzawa: that's cute but he shouldn't be asleep in class
mystique: says the teacher texting back during class
Dadzawa: touche
4:20 PM
UA Teachers Are Tired™
grumpy scarf cat: so, @needalegup? Honenuki's your son, huh?
needalegup: And?? Shinsou is yours
screeching cockatiel: Me too? dafaq?
4:56 PM
We Are Number One™
chaoticgaydisaster: @everyone all y'all fuckers stay outta my room, I'm cooking for my man. Don't you DARE interrupt our date night or you die.
lostmymarbles: Sweetheart, you don't need to do that.
chaoticgaydisaster: bullshit. meltdowns = extra love dammit and you will recIEVE IT ATSU
lostmymarbles: I really do love you, Tou.
chaoticgaydisaster: I love you too, now keep playing with Sora, she wants to cuddle.
TheGreatCreator: sorry for asking but I'm way too curious. Sora?
lostmymarbles: My weighted bat stuffie.
EdgarAllanCrows: Aw, bats are adorable.
EdgarAllanCrows: Also, keep up the great work, Atsuhiro.
immafiringmahlaser: You're doing great sweetie.
lostmymarbles: Thanks. That actually means a lot right now.
chaoticgaydisaster: Kay, dinner's almost ready. @EdgarAllanCrows @idontfeelsogood triple date night may now commence.
EdgarAllanCrows: it seems, Kai isn't feeling well and Tenko and Hari refuse to leave his side.
lostmymarbles: Oh dear, is he having a flare up again?
Emergency Exit: I'm afraid so, sadly.
9.8: What's a flare up?
idontfeelsogood: An anaphylactic flare up. He went into shock this time. Recovery Girl wants him to stay overnight because he's still not breathing right.
HopeSummers: How about we bring date night to them?
chaoticgaydisaster: ...it could work.
EdgarAllanCrows: Let's do it.
immafiringmahlaser: What a wonderful suggestion, dear.
HopeSummers: I just don't want them to feel excluded or anything.
5:07 PM
UA Teachers Are Tired™
bloody hell: btw @grumpy scarf cat I saw one of my students wearing an engagement ring today. wtf's happening?
grumpy scarf cat: ah, you mean Sako. yeah, he and Yukimura got engaged the other night.
bloody hell: really? how do you know?
grumpy scarf cat: because I’m in the kids’ group chat with both hero classes.
chaotic goth gay: How am I being surpassed in life by a teenager?
chaotic goth gay: AMERICA EGGSPLAIN!!!
grumpy scarf cat: quit your lying, you're dating Emi.
chaotic goth gay: And you're married to a human toucan and a human cloud! I wanna be married too!
grumpy scarf cat: y'all are engaged. just wait four months, y'all have your wedding.
chaotic goth gay: Unfair.
bloody hell: Hate to interrupt the gay, but some of our hero course students just took a pot, and several bowls with them out of the dorms and are headed toward the school. Should I be worried/concerned or should I just let it happen?
grumpy scarf cat: they asked to stay overnight in the Infirmary with Shimura, Kurono, and Chisaki.
kazoo cowboy: I'm still sorry about that, guys. I didn't know he was allergic to dairy.
goth portals: It's alright. Not many people know outside his friend group and me.
kazoo cowboy: I'm still sorry. I feel horrible and Shimura was pissed.
needalegup?: It's fine. He'll be fine.
kazoo cowboy: Okay. I’m just glad Recovery Girl knew what to do.
8:35 PM
We Are Number One™
WHERE?: So anyway, we already know Midoriya is AllMight's secret lovechild, Honenuki is Ectoplasm’s son, and Shinsou really is Aizawa's son.
WHERE?: But is Tokoyami Hawks' secret brother?
EdgarAllanCrows: God, I hope not
WHAT?: What is that supposed to mean?
EdgarAllanCrows: It means my parents adopted me and I have yet to get in contact with my birth parents and now I'm hoping to any god that will listen that Hawks is not my sibling, I can’t deal with that much sunshine in my life.
EdgarAllanCrows: I can hear Midoriya cackling from his room and it's very offputting.
idontfeelsogood: The whole building can hear it.
WHERE?: Also, what if Kirishima and Tetsutetsu are brothers?
baby shark: we are, dad got him and mom got me and both remarried.
WHERE?: Is Shiozaki Kamui Woods' daughter?
WHERE?: Is Jiro Present Mic's lovechild?
baby shark: go to sleep. this isn't good for you.
WHERE?: Crimson Riot is Kirishima's dad
baby shark: no he's not. sleep or I'll come up there and make you sleep.
WHERE?: fine
4:30 AM
We Are Number One™
exhausted: I’m so tiiiiiiired
WHAT?: Go to sleep then, you heathen.
7:30 AM
We Are Number One™
exhausted: angiejgbnlfdkvnlakfngao
Pichu: That’s an exhausted keyboard smash if I’ve ever seen one.
baby shark: That's cute.
WHAT?: I'll go help him wake up.
baby shark: Tell him I said hey!
Pichu: make sure you bribe him with cats or he won't get up.
WHAT?: I’m making curry bread, takoyaki, and matcha tea for breakfast when I get back if anyone wants any.
Jack Skellington: I'm suddenly awake.
princessbubblegumknockoff: Food!
SmolMight: @everyone get up and get food.
7:45 AM
We Are Number One™
WHAT?: He's up. I'm bringing him for food in our dorms.
Pichu: How many cats did you promise him? That was way too quick.
WHAT?: Dude, none. I said coffee.
baby shark: Ah, the forbidden word.
WHAT?: Yeah, still trying to get him to leave his coffee pot.
WHERE?: Good luck.
SmolMight: Do you need reinforcements?
WHAT?: No, it's good. I've got him. He's coming.
Pichu: How!!!???
WHAT?: Easy.
WHAT?: I told him to bring his coffee pot.
WHAT?: [pic of Shinsou clutching his full pot of coffee protectively while he looks dead on at the camera with a dead ass tired expression]
tailfloof: Wait, he drinks a whole pot of coffee in the morning?
SmolMight: Yup. He's a zombie without it.
tailfloof: That's...
cena: I believe the word you're looking for is scary.
tailfloof: Horrifying.
cena: That too.
8:00 AM
We Are Number One™
Jack Skellington: Did I just see Hagakure in a bodysuit? And hair dye?
cena: maybe
Galvan: Why is there dye in your hair? Isn't that defeating the purpose of being invisible?
cena: It's temporary. I can wash it out.
princessbubblegumknockoff: Oh cool.
TheGreatCreator: So now we can see you! What a great idea, Toru!
cena: aw, thanks.
5:00 PM
We Are Number One™
Cthulhu: Why are there children in the dorms?
Emergency Exit: Because we go to UA and they have set forth a dorm policy.
Cthulhu: No, like...tiny children.
Cthulhu: [video of two kids running up and down the fourth floor boys hallway, one with dark pink and light pink hair]
WHERE?: My sister, Fuyumi, is out of town at the moment with her girlfriend and brought her children over to me to watch because my brother is on an abroad trip to Korea with his boyfriend.
WHERE?: Their names are Hotaru and Yuki, they’re turning 10 in a few days. They’ll be gone by tomorrow morning, don’t worry.
Cthulhu: Ah, thank you, local cryptid.
WHERE?: No problem, pleb.
Cthulhu: I’ve never felt so honored to be insulted. This is weird.
WHERE?: Good, learn to fear the unknowns, Shoji, you need to with that one boyfriend of yours.
Cthulhu: I fear for the safety of my future children now, thanks.
WHERE?: No problem.
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day 16: bad day
prompt from: whumptober (tho i misread the title and can’t post to the challenge but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ i still like it)
pairing: felix x ace
notes: felix’s day goes from bad to neutral to Nice (tm). also everyone except david is a shitty person in this lmao.
warnings: implied emotional abuse, implied cheating, threat of violence
word count: 2900
It was official; this was the worst day of Felix’s life.
It shouldn’t have been. He should have been happy, maybe a little shocked and nervous, but definitely excited. Not anxious, scared and downright spiteful like he felt right now.
His girlfriend was pregnant. They hadn’t been trying, but she was excited to tell him regardless, already thinking of baby names and giving Felix no room to voice any of his doubts. He knew this was what he claimed he’d always wanted, what he knew his parents wanted for him, to continue the family name since he was the last of his line.
He took another swig of the foul-tasting beer and wondered if she’d done it on purpose. She’d been not-so-subtly hinting at marriage for months, and Felix had always brushed her off. Maybe this was her taking matters into her own hands, forcing Felix to commit to her or drag down both his family name and professional image for having a child out of wedlock.
He didn’t want to marry her because she always seemed way more fond of his money than Felix himself, and he didn’t want to have kids because…
Well. He hated children.
He probably should have brought up that particular piece of information sooner, but he wasn’t sure it would have even made a difference. Not to his parents, not to his girlfriend, and certainly not to the ungodly amount of distant relatives and business associates who kept bugging him about settling down and starting a family.
Because, for some reason, dedicating the last twenty years of his life to doing what other people wanted him to do wasn’t enough.
He’d stupidly believed it would get better. That the twelve-hour work days and countless all-nighters on uninspiring projects would eventually pay off, when in reality all it had lead to were more boring projects. He’d thought buying his girlfriend expensive gifts and taking her on weekly dates followed by the obligatory weekly sex would make them fall in love, but instead she was pushing him into commitments he wasn’t ready for.
He downed the rest of the beer and tried to numb out the suffocating feeling of being trapped. He was doomed to keep living his shitty life exactly the way others dictated, and there was nothing he could do to change his fate.
Maybe that’s why he’d chosen this bar. It wasn’t the usual high-end, after-hour cocktail bar next to his office where everyone would recognize him. It was a shitty sports bar owned and frequented by foreigners, where nobody would approach him to congratulate him on the “good news” after his girlfriend e-mailed his entire contacts list in her excitement.
He debated getting another beer, maybe finally being able to pick one that didn’t taste like piss. God, how sad was his life that the biggest act of rebellion he could come up with was getting drunk on cheap beer in a bad part of town?
Felix clutched the glass tighter in his hand, frustrated at his life but also at himself, how he was unable to do anything but play right into everyone else’s plans. Fuck, he needed to do something different, something he’d never even considered would be in the realm of possibilities for him. But what?
He looked around the bar, seeing a group of backpackers animatedly chatting in what sounded like Spanish. He could go travelling, but that wouldn’t accomplish much except buy him a little bit of time. Not to mention his girlfriend would guilt him until he let her come along.
He could always get blackout drunk and puke his guts out in the bathroom. Maybe get into a bar fight. Try to get his hands on some drugs. Hire a prostitute.
Unfortunately none of those things seemed even remotely more thrilling than the bland beer he’d been drinking the entire night.
Felix sighed and buried his face into his hands. For forty years, he’d kept telling himself he wasn’t like everyone else, that he’d do something meaningful in his life, that he was a risk taker and not a conformer.
And he still would; he just didn’t know what. If he only got a sign—
The door to the bar slammed open and Felix snapped his head up from the noise, his table rattling from the impact of the door hitting the wall.
There was a man, his grey hair and cheap suit both wet from the autumn rain, clutching something under his arm while panting like he’d just run a half marathon. He hurried to close the door, and Felix didn’t mean to stare, but it was the most exciting thing to happen all night.
The man caught Felix’s eye and gave a quick grin.
“You saw nothing,” he offered before running up to the bar.
“Don’t tell me ya fuckin’—” the bartender started, clear annoyance on his features.
“Oops, gotta run, I was never here!” the man offered good-naturedly before hopping over the bar and disappearing into the back.
“Ace for fuck’s sake!” the bartender cursed, yelling at the doorway to what had to be a back room or kitchen. Still, he made no move to follow him, instead sighing in agitation and aggressively started cleaning a couple of pint glasses.
Felix realized three things at once; one, the new customer screamed trouble. Two, he clearly knew the bartender. And three, Felix was intrigued.
He made his way to the bar with his empty glass, placing a ten euro bill on the worn wood that earned him a fresh glass of beer in only a couple of seconds. He appreciated that the bartender hadn’t tried to make small talk during the entire evening, and lamented the fact that he had to break the silence.
“Who is your friend?” Felix asked, trying to ignore the self-consciousness that always surfaced when he had to subject the world to his extremely obvious German accent.
“'Friend' is a strong word,” the bartender huffed in annoyance, though it seemed to be directed at the person they were talking about and not Felix. “'A pest who keeps comin' back like a boomerang no matter how many times I kick 'im out' sounds more fitting.”
Felix hummed in acknowledgement and sipped at his beer, deciding to sit down at the bar instead of returning to his table.
“He seems interesting,” Felix mused, trying to fish more information about the man.
Instead of humoring him, the bartender stopped cleaning the glasses and gave him an incredulous stare.
“You've gotta be fucking kidding me,” he deadpanned. “The hell's a guy like you see in a rat like 'im?”
“That wasn't what I meant,” Felix insisted, staring at his glass in embarrassment. He was just curious, he wasn't… interested, at least not that way. God, why could he never communicate properly? This is why he never tried anything new.
He heard the bartender sigh long and loud, like this wasn't the first time he'd had to put up with a similar situation.
“Look mate, whatever yer thinkin', don't,” he offered, like that was supposed to help Felix at all. “Guy's way more trouble than 'es worth, an' he sure as hell ain't here to make friends.”
Felix didn't have time to reply, not that he even knew what he would have said, before the door slammed open once again and heavy footsteps stomped into the bar.
“Oi!” the bartender shouted in annoyance. “Don't go draggin' mud into my bar!"
“Where is he?” one of the new patrons demanded in German, and his voice was threatening enough to make Felix glance over his shoulder at the new arrivals.
He saw a group of four men that looked like bad news, their cheap clothing and poorly made tattoos making Felix think of some lowly local gang.
“Read the sign, mate,” the bartender scoffed, pointing at a metal plaque in the style of a road sign that said ‘Service in English only’.
“What a fucking moron,” one of the thugs commented, not even attempting to switch languages.
“We know he's here!” the man at the front barked out and proceeded to slam a fist against the bar.
“I got no bloody clue what yer talkin' about!” the bartender claimed. “But if yer gonna come to my bar an' start a fight, so help me—”
"Let's just beat him up!” one of the men was getting impatient.
“For the last time, where is he!?” one of the thugs surged forward and grabbed the bartender by his collar.
“You've got the fuckin' wrong place, I dun know shit about what ya even want!” the bartender, to his credit, didn't even bat an eye. Then again, it looked like he could easily hold his own in a fight.
Felix heard a gasp and noticed one of the Spanish kids cower closer to the corner they were sitting in, observing the scene with fear in her eyes.
The tension in the air seemed like it was about to snap, and instead of making Felix want to bolt into the safety of his mansion, it made his adrenaline start pumping.
This was what he needed. A thrill.
“You heard the man,” Felix raised his voice, finally turning to address the group. “You're in the wrong place.”
“Shut the fuck up, this doesn't involve you!” one of them eloquently responded.
“It started involving me when you barged in and ruined my night,” Felix explained calmly despite feeling his palms start sweating from nervousness, years of faking an unphased persona finally coming to use.
“Okay, the fuck's your problem!?” the guy who seemed to be the leader demanded, finally letting go of the bartender in favor of looming over Felix threateningly.
“I said,” he emphasized, slowly lifting his pint glass to take a sip of his drink and flash his ring with the family insignia. “You've got the wrong place.”
There was a moment of silence when all Felix heard was his own heart beating in his ears, keeping his expression neutral and looking at the thugs like they were nothing more than a fleck of dirt on his expensive suit. Hopefully, they'd recognize the symbol, even if the Richters hadn’t been involved in the local underworld for years, not after the disappearance of his parents.
“The fuck is he on about?” one of the men, who looked to be the youngest, demanded. “Let's just beat them both up and—”
“Shut up,” the leader barked, glancing at Felix fleetingly. “We seem to have gotten lost on the way.”
Felix couldn’t help the smug smile.
“Happens to the best of us,” he said.
The group slowly started slinking out of the bar without further complaints, with Felix's eyes following them the entire time as if daring them to protest.
“Sorry for bother,” one of them even offered to the bartender in questionable English before the door closed after them.
“I'll be damned,” the bartender huffed and crossed his arms, giving Felix a look that could generously be described as somewhat impressed. Felix offered a shaky smile in return before he focused all his attention on staring at the surface of the bar and trying not to tremble from fear as the adrenaline left his body. He hoped it wasn’t obvious he was taking unnecessarily deep breaths and that cold sweat was running down his back under the suit.
That had been the most idiotic thing he had ever done. It was stupid, it was dangerous, and unnecessary and—
And he'd never felt such a rush of absolute victory before.
There was a thud as a beer was placed in front of him, and he glanced up to see the bartender smirking at him.
“It's on the house,” he said in a heavily accented but otherwise fluent German.
Well. It seemed this night was just full of surprises.
Soon after, Felix found himself sitting in a corner booth nursing his two beers. For the first time in what felt like forever, he felt good, and it wasn’t just from the alcohol buzzing in his system.
He’d proved to himself that he had balls. He was one wrong move away from ending up in a bar fight, and even that thought didn't make him cower in fear like it would have before. Despite never being in a fight before, his confidence was soaring, and he liked to imagine him and the bartender could have easily taken the four thugs.
And then his night only got better as a handsome stranger slid down into the opposite side of the booth.
“So, King told me you saved my ass just now,” the man said with a charming smile, casually leaning closer and propping his chin up on his elbow like they were old friends catching up.
It took Felix longer than he'd like to recognize the man as the one that caught his attention earlier. Without the baseball cap, sunglasses and cheap suit jacket, he cleaned up rather well, dressed in a simple light pink button-up and jeans. Slightly messy, silver hair was a stark contrast to the mischievous brown eyes and almost youthful, cocky smirk on his face.
Felix suddenly realized why the bartender thought he was interested in more than just the man's colorful personality.
“I suppose that's true,” Felix said after a way longer silence than was socially acceptable, but his companion was courteous not to mention anything.
“Well, whether you meant to or not, you have my thanks!” the man grinned good-naturedly. “I would have bought you a beer, but I see David's already got you covered,” he added, gesturing to the two pints where Felix was still working through his first.
“Yes, it's…” Felix started, debating whether he should be honest about his distaste for the drink or not. Fuck it, drunk and brave had worked earlier. “A shame it doesn't make it taste any better.”
The man barked out a laugh and Felix smiled at the success of his joke.
“I know, right?” his companion snickered. “I keep telling him to mix it up, maybe get some nice wines too, but he insists on importing that awful stuff the Brits call beer.”
Felix smiled politely, not knowing what to add to the statement. Regardless of what the bartender—David?—had claimed before, the two definitely seemed to be friends.
“I'm sorry, where are my manners!” the man suddenly seemed to realize, offering his hand over the table. “I'm Ace.”
“Felix,” Felix replied, returning the handshake firmly, like his father and numerous career coaches had taught him.
“So, Felix,” Ace continued, retracting his hand but leaning over the table even further. “What brings you here? I think I'd remember seeing someone like you before.”
Was that flirting? It had been so long since anyone had showed any interest in Felix, he couldn’t even recognize what was just casual conversation, too used to business world small talk about the stock market and someone's secretary's family.
“I needed a change,” Felix said, before realizing he probably shouldn't be revealing too much. “—of scenery,” he hastily added.
Ace regarded him silently for a few heartbeats and Felix gulped down some beer to try not to fret under the scrutinizing gaze.
“Scenery, huh?" Ace hummed. "Seen anything you like so far?”
Okay, that had to be flirting. Right? Felix stared at Ace's face, but the other wasn’t giving anything away. And Felix thought he was good a keeping a straight face.
“Maybe,” he answered simply, keeping eye contact much longer than appropriate on purpose.
Ace didn't look away and Felix wondered if he was the only one who noticed the tension in the air.
He always sucked at flirting, even in his native tongue, and now he had to do it in broken English. He thought he'd been pretty obvious, but he still wasn’t sure if Ace was just being friendly. Maybe he wasn’t even into men.
Well, to be fair Felix didn't think he was either, university time experimentation aside. There was something about this particular night, like he was desperate to prove to himself that he was still capable of making decisions for himself.
He’d always thought he wouldn't cheat, but he also knew that if Ace offered, he wasn’t going to say no. If this was the only thing in his life he still had control over, he was going to make the most of it, and he no longer cared if that made him a bad person.
“You know, I've stayed in a bunch of different hotels in the area while I've been here,” Ace mentioned out of the blue, and Felix furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. “There's a pretty good one just down the street.”
Felix swallowed, at last realizing what the other was getting at.
“Really?” he asked, trying to mask his suddenly surfacing nerves.
“Yup. Kinda cozy, very… discreet,” Ace chirped casually, like he was talking about the weather and not propositioning a stranger.
Felix cleared his throat and shoved a hand in his pocket, managing to fish out a crumpled twenty euro bill despite his sweaty palms. He slapped the money on the table, hoping the tip would convey his gratitude to David for setting him up for the best night of his life.
Finally, he stood up from the booth and offered Ace a nervous smile that probably made it glaringly obvious just how eager he was.
“Lead the way."
#riconti#felix richter#ace visconti#david king#dweetwrites#dbd fanfic#dbd#dead by daylight#prompt#felix x ace#abusive relationship tw
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a critical role s2 pining beau/jester college au concept I will never do anything with but planned extensively ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Beau: Sophomore. Already jaded. Doing her best. Plays field hockey very aggressively. (also does some martial arts club stuff) Everyone thinks she’s here on a sports scholarship but nope! she’s majoring in history and is REALLY smart actually and is here on a full ride scholarship cause her parents refused to help her pay through college after trouble she caused in high school. She wants no one to know this and would rather be perceived as ‘uncaring jock’
>> Classes: World Wars, War in Literature, Theater I, History of Musical Theater
Jester: Freshman. Bubbly. READY TO GO! She’s an art major and LIVING HER BEST LIFE! Her mom is VERY wealthy and putting her through college easily. Is trying to start a cult (but in like a joking college way... they think. they’re pretty sure.)
>> Classes: Drawing Fundamentals, Painting Fundamentals, Freshman Writing Course, Poetry Workshop
Fjord: Freshman. Not sure what he wants to major in yet. Was going to do business but the RA keeps nudging him towards switching majors because he is VERY stressed and doesn’t like his major at all. it’s only been a month
>> Classes: Statistics, Freshman Writing Course, Calculus, Into to Psychology
Cad: Senior? They think... No one is sure and he refuses to give a straight answer. A lot of people seem to think he’s been around longer than 4 years. Calm. Religions studies dual major with psychology. Doesn’t do well on exams yet is very knowledgeable and doesn’t seem to actually be failing his classes? Help him. RA. All the freshmen go to him for advice. Sometimes he will come to them before they even realize they need advice. An enigma.
>> Classes: Thesis…. class? (man idk i’m only going in junior year and i’m an art major) Religion and Nature, Religion and Medicine, (some sort of psychology class)
Veth (nickname to certain friends: Nott): Junior. Chemistry major. Has been accused of stealing things from unlocked rooms multiple times. Has yet to be caught. Unsure if she’s actually done these things. Is always seen with Caleb and hanging around his classes. Does she actually go to her own classes? Unknown. Also an enigma but a different kind. Dating the intro to chem TA (first year grad student).
>> Classes: The Organic Chemistry of Polymers, Molecular Neurobiology, Chemical Thermodynamics and Kinetics, Theater I
Caleb: Junior. English major. Has an emotional support cat that is sometimes permitted to wander the hall. He’s not supposed to let it out of his room but Cad never tells on him. Doesn’t really talk to people much. Very diligent with class and studies. There are some whispers about some really bad stuff happening at his high school, but few people know what happened.
>> Classes: War in Literature, The American Renaissance, Poetry Workshop, Multivariable Calculus
Molly: Junior. Film major, theater minor. Transferred from another college and changed his entire vibe after. New place new face. (there are some whispers there’s more to the change. something about a bad accident. he doesn’t talk about it). Always seems to be around. Has defo gotten in trouble a few times.
>> Classes: Poetry Workshop, History of Musical Theater, Social Justice in Film, Musical Production Participation
Yasha: doesn’t actually go to school here. Stays in molly’s room when she comes by. Quiet. Big. Some shit went down a while back. She keeps the flowers in molly’s room alive. he’s bad at it.
Oh this thing was WAY longer than I thought. More content under the cut!
Shared Classes:
War in Literature: Beau, Caleb
Theater I: Beau, Nott
History of Musical Theater: Beau, Molly
Freshman Writing Course: Jester, Fjord
Poetry Workshop: Jester, Molly, Caleb
Rooms:
Beau and Jester’s Room:
Jester’s side is decorated with frills and the walls are practically covered in clothesline ropes and clips for hanging doodles. So many plushies. Everything is more or less tidy and clean. There’s a photo of her mom on her desk. Shrine to the traveler on her desk. She is running a cult someone stop her. Jester put fairy lights all over the room. Beau’s side is pretty plain all things considered. She has sports gear and some other stuff. Blue covers. No photos. A bunch of books on her shelf and notes all over her desk. Beau is… messy.
Caleb and Veth’s Room:
A fucking disaster someone help them. There are books and papers everywhere. Veth’s bed can be better described as a nest. Where is her desk? is it under that pile of random things? Possibly. No one is sure. They have not cleaned the floor ever. At least they take out the trash? Has anyone ever seen them in the laundry room? Do they do laundry? There’s a cat tree in there. It’s the only surface without things on it. The cat runs the room. It has only been a month. Veth isn’t even always there, often goes to Yeza’s apartment
Molly’s Room (also sorta of yasha’s):
A surprising amount of flowers in pots. He has a bunch of tapestries on the walls. Fairy lights. Lots of fancy pillows. He’s taken over the other bed with pillows, blankets, and clothes after Fjord left to stay with Cad a month in. Lot of wild clothes everywhere. Makeup and hair products on the desk along with assorted jewelry. He has his schedule hanging up on his closet door.
Caduceus’s Room:
Started in the room alone before he let Fjord move over. So many plants. Including succulents and funguses. Some of them may be poisonous? Some crystals. A little shrine in the corner. He has a tank of pet beetles. He loves them very much but doesn’t seem to care much if one dies? He just puts them with the funguses if they do and makes little necklaces with the wing shells. Some glow mushrooms. His whole room smells like tea and he usually has a little pot going on a hot tray. The top bunk used to be for plants. Now it is for Fjord.
Plot points in no particular order:
Getting to campus
Meeting hall mates
when beau first gets to room jester is already set up and her first thought is “god damn it i’m suck with a girly girl”
beau listening to jester talk forever and ever about fjord. it is killing her
Meeting jester (and they were Roommates. my god they were roommates)
beau leads a ‘yoga class’ for her friends
beau gets in, like, an actual fight
molly gets really badly beat up. at one point because of something idk. probably was cheeky to the wrong drunk person. DOES NOT DIE FUCK YOU
Tattoos!!!!!
Beau talking with molly. he gives her advice
Caduceus just watching her closely. He doesn’t bring it up but has his eye on her. gotta love that high wisdom
Molly directs a musical theater show for a club he’s in
Veth comes to War in Literature with caleb every class. beau is confused to find out she is not, in fact, in this class when she doesn’t show up for an exam
Theater time with Veth and Molly
Confessing to Veth. who offers to do something but doesn’t when beau begs her not to
seeing jester get together with fjord and sad times
confessing and jester kisses her. jester has TWO! HANDS!
classes with caleb (veth is also there)
beau switches to a different room halfway through the year cause she can’t do this
meals with the crew
Jester birthday time!!!
Some sort of nightlife adventure
DRINKING TIME PARTY!
gay thoughts about yasha but knowing it wouldn’t work. not doting on it much. Yasha was her freshman crush, but has someone else
Beau goes to one of jester’s cult meetings. there is a concern
Haha. A lot. I’d as that if someone wants to do something with all (gestures vaguely) this please ask though ask or dm first. When will the hiatus end
#cr#critiacl role#cr2#beaujester#jester lavorre#beauregard lionett#cr au#cr college au#college au#god is anyone gonna read this? probably not. but we like to scream into the void
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Ray Gigant NG+ Epilogue - Transcript (Major Spoilers)
Ok so I know this acc is inac to hell and back but I promised to upload Ray Gigant’s epilogue transcript once I completed it on my Twitter account and this is the best place for it, so here it is! Originally this epilogue is exclusive to NG+, but it’s trickier than the main game and even with god mode activated the fights take a while so nobody’s really played it, so I’m uploading these for the people who want to read the epilogues but aren’t really interested in replaying the whole game for it! I’ll be posting pics I took of the CGs (with the exception of the CG officially released) cause I don’t think my vita could handle screenshots, and I wasn’t able to get one before the text showed up, so apologies on the quality there, but they’re kickass CGs either way so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
<credits roll ends>
Ichiya: Well, it’s been one year since...
Ichiya: Now that I have a chance, I figured I’d talk...
Ichiya: About the future we won with our hands.
Ichiya: Uh, I guess the simple story is, I’m just gonna let you know what happened afterward.
Ichiya: First, Nil. She said she was gonna go and explore the world, but...
Ichiya: ...as you can see, it looks like exploring the world wasn’t enough.
Ichiya: Right after, Nil started saying that she wanted to go to space, so she sent in her resume to become an astronaut.
Ichiya: And, what do you know, she passed the test with flying colours, and made it in as a final candidate. No, seriously.
Ichiya: Well, that alone is awesome, but this is where things get Nil-freaky...
Ichiya: It’s common sense that astronauts need years of training before actually going out to space, right?
Ichiya: Well, Nil doesn’t have common sense. The moment she heard that, she resigned.
Ichiya: Then she used Ezekiel’s secret stash to join a space tour conducted by a space travel agency.
Ichiya: I dunno where to start with what to say about her...
<CG fade out>
Ichiya: Note that this travel agency was shady as hell with no pedigree behind it...
Ichiya: As expected, there were system troubles on their return, and they got caught in an accident.
Ichiya: Well, stuff happened and in the end they were safe, which is good, but...
Ichiya: ...we already know she’s super active but I wish she could’ve been a bit more calm.
<CG fade out>
Ichiya: Huh? Kyle?
Ichiya: Oh yeah, you gotta listen to this! I don’t know what got into his mind...
Ichiya: He somehow landed a part in a movie, which became a huge hit, and all of a sudden, he’s acting like some pompous young rising actor.
Ichiya: I don’t have a clue what’s so good about that sulky face of his, but it looks like he’s super popular now.
Ichiya: That would’ve been fine and well, but he’s such an ass, even on television.
Ichiya: “I was born to be a hero.” Pfft... yeah right.
<CG fade out>
Ichiya: I can’t believe he’s acting like a poser when all he’s gonna appear in is some lousy instant ramen commercial...
Ichiya: But, I guess it’s just like him to act like that without a concern in the world.
Ichiya: Come to think of it, I saw him on TV about getting some sort of movie actor award, but...
Ichiya: ...from the looks of it, it seems like he’s doing pretty well with Riona.
Ichiya: Damn it... I dunno why, but seeing that pissed me off. What a show-off!
<CG fade out>
Ichiya: I mean, like Riona’s too good for someone like Kyle.
Ichiya: Uh, but I can’t imagine being able to handle Riona...
Ichiya: Well, that’s about it for everyone.
Ichiya: Me? Well, nothing’s really changed...
Ichiya: Whoops, sorry... I just got an emergency contact from Mana.
Ichiya: Huh?! An accident at the Sky Tower construction site?! I gotta get going!
Ichiya: Looks like we need to get in action again...
Ichiya: I’ll borrow your power again, Habakiri!
Ichiya: Uh, not that I’m trying to act like a hero, but...
Ichiya: It was a major pain just to get the world back in order again, so I want to make sure it stays like that.
Ichiya: No one’s gonna complain about having a few more happy endings, right?
Ichiya: Anyway, off I go!
Ichiya: See ya’ again!
<CG fade out>
<End>
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Yugioh S4 Ep21: Duke Puts on Duel Disk, Immediately Takes Disk Off
So last time we ended, Yugi and Tea were stranded in the middle of an ancient warfield that was hundreds of feet off the side of this cliff topped with a seldom used railroad track.
And yes, this is all somewhere in what should be one of the most populated parts of the Bay Area.
Amazed that this school uniform can go through such rugged terrain. But then again, last season it got hit squarely with a fireball, so...this school uniform is essentially a Batman suit.
But I just want to point out that Yugi didn’t take the duel disk off before vaulting up this cliff. Tea has a bag youknow...but gotta sweat up the duel disk that our entire world relies on.
It would be very funny if this season ended abruptly because Yami either dropped this thing on the ground and finally broke it, or just plain forgot he needed to charge it’s batteries.
And so now we just walk...kind of in the direction where they hope Joey and Tristan are?
I do appreciate that although Pharaoh is completely lost in a foreign country, he will not admit it.
(read more under the cut)
On the other side of the tracks, Joey is dragging his Sisyphean stone.
Please admire that this entire scene takes place somewhere in the Grand Canyon. Like it’s episode 20 and I just still can’t get past how they went to California and didn’t include a single beach.
Mai has decided she’s done screaming off the back of a motorcyle, and has decided to come over to Dartz’ lair to scream where the traffic isn’t quite so bad.
And she just rage quits.
Is this the first rage quit we’ve ever had in this show about games? Incredible.
Also, I didn’t realize you could just quit the end of the world cult in the final hours of ending the world, but I guess it doesn’t really matter much to Dartz. Whether Mai ends up killing Joey or doesn’t end up killing Joey, it’s still a soul in the Leviathan bucket so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Now, in the actual dialogue of the show, Dartz tells Valon that Mai’s basically going to get what she deserves and no one here needs to even do anything to change or stop it. But, it was still somewhat surprising that this 10,000 year old serial murderer world destroyer was so down to shell out some relationship advice. Almost like maybe he has somewhat of a fatherly concern for his stupid ass murder boys. Kind of. Sort of.
Enough to try and tell Valon to leave this one alone because she’s gone maniacal pixie dream girl and there’s no coming back from that.
In order to have motorcycle gangs, you have to have bearable enough traffic for said gangs. That’s why we just don’t have a motorcycle gang problem in real deal California like a lot of 70′s-80′s movies would have you think. They’d only be able to drive in like...one lane, and they’d get constantly cut off and driven off the road by Google buses.
TBH the Google bus is our true modern motorcycle gang, there are just so many of these damn buses. And also, I deleted a lot of text right now when I went off about the ongoing bus war, which is absolutely a thing here. The motorcyclists are just doing me a solid by not being a car on the road and staying out of my lane.
In a more realistic version of this show, Mai would have never made it to the desert, she’d be too busy watching only one single car able to turn right onto Octavia every light cycle because of all the damn private buses and uber cars flooding our itty bitty one way streets.
And to try and tame Mai, Valon decides to do this...motorcycle stand off?
It’s like he’s trying to catch a feral cat.
At some point one of them stops, and like I was focused too much on how good their brakes are to pay attention to who stopped first.
Probably Valon, because Mai is completely insane.
And so then he just...
Y’all I know they had to give Valon motivation to be in love with Mai, but this kids show jumped through so many hoops to make this very unhealthy relationship appear like Valons love was pure and true while still showing that this is a very unhealthy relationship. Kind of a hard balance.
It’s actually interesting how much work they put into Valon’s very tragic and problematic relationship after they’ve dodged every other problematic relationship this show has brought forth.
Like the villain with a heart of gold is a trope, but it’s a trope that works. There is no hope in the world that this relationship could pan out. They’re not a misunderstood pair like he thinks they are. They’re freakin terrible and they don’t deserve each other. But he’s gonna try and do it anyway.
We get to watch Valon bargain (mostly with himself) about how this relationship (which exists mostly in his head) is going to absolutely work out, because to him, if he feels so intensely, eventually she’s gotta feel the same. Most people haven’t murdered people, but it’s still a very relatable type of situation that the show displays without getting too preachy about how it’s clearly bad news. They just introduce it for the audience to come to their own conclusions, and I was really surprised by that level of maturity.
I’ve been sitting here saying “There’s no way this show could balance Tea with Yugi and the Ghost in his head. There’s no way they can really touch on Kaiba and that paper card. There’s no way that this show knows how to do a relationship because they don’t want to get involved with that weird gray area.” and you know what? Maybe they can.
Like they’re doing it right now. Did they just need 4 seasons of people complaining to go “Fine! I’ll write out the problematic relationship! I’ll do it!” because--this works for them. They finally did it.
Now, I’m not saying it’s Oscar worthy or developed beyond a trope, I’m just saying I’m genuinely surprised to see it on this show, and they should have done it more often. It’s a super weird pairing, but way more interesting than like...all that time we spent with Serenity because I actually have something to look forward to. (which will be when Valon inevitably dies in a ball of tragic glory)
So many romance stories give me nothing to look forward to, y’all. You have to give me something. Like, I’ve been reading a lot of not great romance in my life, and you have to have some sort of time limit in place for me to care about your couple. To have only have so much time before the other person gets married, moves, ends the world--I don't care--but man that time limit is crucial and so much romance just...forgets.
Like Bonnie and Clyde, Romeo and Juliet, and other ill fated couples, Valon and Mai end up being interesting because we just love seeing people fall into pieces. Hell, I just finished watching Tiger King and damn, what makes that show so good is that you are just waiting on that time limit to see how bad it gets. (and it’s crazy, super recommend Tiger King, although it’s very clear that they pushed the drama a little beyond realism but man. Good TV.)
Of course there’s always the chance that maybe Valon just got bored. But, youknow.
Anyway, it IS a romance on Yugioh, so we do have to very quickly drive a truck through it.
Man.
What are they DOING here?
It took me kind of a while to remember that Mai would be going where Joey would be living, which is most likely where Raphael dropped off Arthur Hawkins. But, if you don’t remember that fact, this is the most random thing ever.
Like you got this huge ass desert in the Califorizonado mesas, and then BOOM enter Rebecca Hawkins, just omnisciently lording over all of the West and just so ready to fight you.
Every girl interested in Yugi Muto has this thing where they’re normally pretty chill and then they just snap and get angry as hell.
PS she’s in a different outfit now, but I don’t feel like changing her font color. I’ve had some Photoshop.......incidents.......and I don’t think I have this plaid pattern anymore and I don't feel like making a new one yet.
I mean Valon’s got the green outline on his text, so I figure we’re good.
Also, Rebecca wears a tie clip?
This 12 year old girl wears a tie clip.
And like don't get me wrong, this was 2003-4, alt rock was big, and yes, we did have tiny Avril Lavigne ties at American Eagle. I will admit that I very much considered getting an Avril Lavigne tie at one point in my life, but didn’t want the commitment of needing to pair it with a skirt.
But either way, old man tie clips aren’t alt rock. The only thing that makes Rebecca’s outfit not exactly that alt-grunge Avril Lavigne look is that tie clip. They were SO close to making her look cool. Just so close.
Also the bifocals. But anyway...
So Valon was going to straight up ignore Rebecca, because he has a warped sense of morality and will not kill a 12 year old (but will kill a 17 year old). But, Mai did ask nicely.
Thankfully, because of Valons weird sense of morality, he did not pull out the Oricalchos. Instead he pulled out...a new mechanic!
OK.
Fine, whatever. I don’t go over cards in this show so I don’t have to even worry about this.
And Rebecca and Duke freakin lost, because Duke is never allowed to win. Rebecca may have won if Duke didn’t join this battle with his ass luck, just throwing that out there.
And Mai is like “wow, Valon is doing a really good job. He’s right, he IS amazing”
and she bolts.
And back on the tracks, we see another group of our protagonists sprawled on the desert floor.
REALLY lucky that this train track only has one operating train that is currently out of commission because you should not lie down on a track like this. Probably goes without saying that this is a great way to die. But youknow...the world is also ending so sure, why not? Getting killed by a train is probably more pleasant than the Leviathan.
And then, because we MUST talk about commuting, lets see Kaiba’s commute on this huge ass very normal plane.
I know.
That’s just a normal ass plane.
Even Kaiba needs to take a break youknow? And maybe since he hallucinated last time he drove a plane he decided to just...not drive one for a while. Probably a good move.
On the way, we get to see Seto’s form of parental advice. It was weird.
Like in the actual dialogue of the show Seto is just SO CLOSE to giving good advice and then just slips in these chestnuts where it’s like...well that’s gonna be like 12 years of therapy for Mokuba in the future Seto, thanks for that.
Also lets welcome back Seto’s dueling jacket. Been a while, big sleeves.
Also, the Aurora Borealis has also hit the plane, which is very Twilight Zone of them.
...
Correct me if I’m wrong but Alister was in Dartz’ room during that convo with Mai.
like...just a few hours ago?
Was that a hologram of Alister in Dartz’ boardroom or did the animation team forget?
Oh Alister.
Also, I just want to point out that the same day Seto sent Roland out to fix his problems, was the same day that Kaiba got hella abducted, just a few hours later. Man, Roland. Turn around for like 2 minutes and Seto’s back into cards, they’re both abducted by cultists, and they’re both half-way across the world to California. It must be hard to be Roland.
Anyway, if you just got here this is a link to read the rest in chrono order. All four seasons.
Hope y’all are staying safe in this Pandemic time, goes without saying. Been a weird couple of weeks, but thankfully the internet is still here to help us all keep sanity.
#ygo#yugioh#yu-gi-oh#valon#mai valentine#tea gardner#yami#yami muto#tristan taylor#joey wheeler#rebecca hawkins#duke devlin#seto kaiba#mokuba kaiba#dartz#man just every character was in this episode#episode recap#photo recap#S4#ep21
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♦ What's an AU that you've always wanted? ⚜ What is the best time to write for you? Why? ツ Who has been your favorite muse to play so far? Why? uwu
Questions for the mun!
♦ What's an AU that you've always wanted?
Honestly I don’t think I’ve got like, a set AU I’ve ALWAYS wanted? XD I think the closest thing to that I’ve had is the Phoenix AU I have with @soulburnings - It’s loosely based on lore I wrote for another OC on another blog in terms of it being a phoenix with a priestess, but otherwise built from the ground up between us with a different plot, motivations, etc. into something amazing between Mako, Takeru, and Kiku. I always love seeing things flourish over something small like that. <3
But since I don’t have an ALWAYS WANT AU, then I can say I’m a sucker for fantasy and what if scenarios! You can always catch me with AUs that explore the what if within reason, like... What if Earth hadn’t died? How did the plot change? I mean, I get picky on actual plot (things like ‘what if Yusaku joined Hanoi’ don’t really catch me because it feels like it goes against his character while something like ‘(...) Takeru never left his hometown’ makes more sense), but... Seriously, What if?
Honestly though, it all depends on where my mind is for what AU I could be interested in. Just ask Kasa, I can come up with a new one in under a minute in the right mood. XD Semi-sorry Kasa, Mew, Vel- XD
⚜ What is the best time to write for you? Why?
Of late, anytime between midnight and 8AM. I’m pretty sure anyone who knows me knows I deal with a LOT offline that’s out of my hands, but those are usually things that end up focused on during the day - Once the rest of the house is asleep, there’s nothing outright demanding I pay attention to it and my muses aren’t as muffled under everything else. Provided the day’s going well I can do a lot during the early afternoon, but I’m most likely to buckle down at night, when everything’s quiet.
ツ Who has been your favorite muse to play so far? Why?
Mew how dare you make me pick between my children- XD I can’t pick just one? I’m sorry I just can’t - I love them all for so many different reasons. Which means I’ve gotta stick to this fandom and say Mako, Kiku, their kids Hiko and Sumi ( @valkyrianflame ), both Aois (Zaizen ( @cardrisen ) and my OC, Sakazaki ( @getyouraoion )), Ash ( @genierisen ), Rin, and Kazumi. Apologies for this being long XD
I’ve been with Mako and Kiku and their kids now for over two years and their story means so much to me, their growth and their fight to overcome, be it Kiku in her search for freedom from an overbearing family or Mako and her attempts to fight back against fears and nightmares to come out stronger and stand tall on her own. Even the kids deal with bullying (more Sumi than Hiko) and learning how to be themselves and unique and not let anything hold them back.
Aoi (Sakazaki), my GX/ARC-V OC, partly for being my introduction to the rp’ing side of the fandom after being out of it for 10 or so years, but mainly for her story of going from a happy go lucky dork to learning how to be mature and yet still never give up her smile, or what makes her, her, all while continuing to fight for those she loves, both friend, family, and found family.
Aoi (Zaizen) for realizing she made mistakes and trying to improving herself and make up for them, but also because a socially awkward muse has just been seriously fun to play? She’s awkward in ways Aoi Sakazaki and Mako aren’t and it’s been an interesting road in developing her - Especially where she’s the first muse I’ve taken and decided no, canon didn’t do you justice WE’RE FIXING THIS.
Rin for her already proven strength, but also because she takes her situation post canon and uses it as a reason to talk to Yuya ( @duelrisen ). She uses it as a strength and it’s nice? And even I’m a sucker for how cute she can be with Yugo XD Exploring her muse has been just as much fun as it has Aoi’s!
Kazumi, for being a complicated boy with a lot going on in his head he can’t handle, but does something I’m all too familiar with myself: Covering with jokes. He’s Windy’s origin and has so much going on post-canon but he refuses to let it drag him down and stop him and even on a hard day I can look at Kazumi’s muse and feel a little better about things and remember pushing through to brighter days is possible - Until he makes a bad pun about squirrels.
And Ash... Lordy, Ash - He’s special. I haven’t been making any secret about how Concrete Genie is a game that means a hell of a lot to me and I think everyone should give it a try, but Ash is a boy who dealt with serious bullying head-on and wouldn’t let it break him, not completely. He’s a boy who’s had a life very much like my own in that regard and he will always mean the world to me, just as much as all my muses do, and the ability to launch a blog for him and explore how he doesn’t sit down and take it, nor really forgive despite wanting to move on... Ash and the game Concrete Genie have been a blessing to me as someone heavily bullied most of my life and unable to properly handle it until this game.
Again, I love all my muses and Mew made me pick, it’s her fault. XD
#kaibacorpbros#Whispered Questions [Asks]#Out Of Cards [OOC]#Long Post#I ddn't mean for the last one to get so long but like#I can talk for HOURS on why I love all my muses#and how they're all a favorite in their own right#But YES you better believe I'm going to sit here#And take a moment to plug Concrete Genie#I've dealt with heavy bullying my entire life#and had no way of dealing with the scars they leave?#CG is a /special/ kind of game#In which it tells you it's okay to move on but not forgive#but that you can't let it break you#You're stronger than that#And Ash may not be ygo#but he is /special/ to me and he needed to be on this list#so totally - Anyone with a PS4 try it out!#There's vids on YT too <3#But I'll stop babbling now XD
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