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Streamer AU
Some of our favorite characters as streamers or youtubers! Including some I haven't seen done before so I wanted to bring something new to the table.
Characters: Ayaka, Xiao, Wanderer/Scaramouche
A/N: this ended up... being really long so I did less characters than I originally intended but if you guys like it I can do more!
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Ayaka
A fashion-focused youtuber, who occasionally dabbles in traditional practices, such as tea ceremonies and dances, and explains the stories and origins to her followers.
Most of them follow her for her fashion content but they religiously watch whatever she posts because her demeanor is so polite and elegant, it's almost like they can't look away...
Found a sudden influx of comments about her brother the first time he appeared in one of her videos, in the background asking if she wanted dinner, which she finds entirely embarrassing (Ayato thinks it's amusing).
After a lot of convincing from her fans, she ocassionally collabs with Ayato, both of them posting content on their respective pages featuring each other. Those videos tend to be their most popular.
Ayaka thought the teasing over her 'hot' brother would end after the hype sort of died down...
She was right but wrong as another wave of playful, teasing comments was soon to come.
You, like Ayato, appear first on accident; you just wanted to check in on your girlfriend who hadn't left her room in a while, unaware she was recording.
Ayaka turns to the door opening just as she was trying on another outfit from a recent purchase. She sees your face, blushing slightly though its entirely off camera and just for her to see, and giggles when you start to apologize.
"It's alright love." Ayaka's voice is... softer than her followers are used to. In the video, they can hear your voice in the background as you speak. "You... look really cute... Cuter than usual I mean."
She laughs at your awkward compliment but smiles, soft and lovingly, as she thanks you.
"Maybe you could wear that for our next date." That's the sentence that made Ayaka blush, making her turn towards you and punch your shoulder playfully, off camera.
"Aight sorry, I'll go, have fun." You kiss her cheek, your face only appearing in focus for a second, before leaving the room.
Even though it wasn't related to the video, Ayaka kept the footage in because she found it endearing.
She slightly regretted it as 90% of her comments after that were yelling that they wanted to know this mystery person that Ayaka's clearly dating.
She tries to draw attention away from you but it only works for a little bit. people really seem to want to know you.
Ayaka sighs, her face in her hands, but a small smile on her face. Guess she should bring it up with you one day, to see if you were okay with the idea of appearing once in a while.
Xiao
A gaming streamer, famous for beating most games without much effort.
People flock to his streams for his careful plays, like he's analysing every possibility to win fast and easily. Also his voice and looks are nice, so it's a bonus for them.
Does both single and multiplayer content. The latter he usually games with his friends, also streamers.
Gets along the best with Venti, argues the most with Scaramouche, gets eye twitches when Heizou purposefully does a bad play to see everyone's reactions (but otherwise he bites his tongue and stays quiet) and with Kazuha, he's oddly patient, with him being the least into games in the group.
People are naturally curious about his life, as Xiao's usually very reserved and doesn't mention anything private. He tries to keep it at an arms' distance from his fans, just because it's what makes him feel more comfortable.
That quickly comes crumbling down when you make an unexpected appearance in his stream one day.
Xiao's usually very aware of his surroundings even while gaming, so catching him off guard is extremely hard. This time, however, the volume on his headset was higher than usual and he doesn't hear you enter the room.
You call out his name and he can't hear you but his chat definitely can. They're exploding the chat, asking who that is; unfortunately for him, he's entirely too focused on the game to look at chat.
You call him again, touching his shoulder slightly and he immediately jumps, cussing outloud, his headset falling from his head.
He sighs as he tries to steady his heart thats about to jump out of his chest. The chat can now hear your voice clearer.
"Sorry baby I didn't mean to scare you..." Your voice is soft, a hand reaching from off camera to run your fingers through his hair. Xiao closes his eyes and starts to lean into your touch but stops midway, remembering he's live and hopes his chat doesn't notice.
They definitely do.
"...it's okay..." He speaks softly, looking at you and it's so obvious that theyre's a lot of love behind that stare. "Did you need something?"
"Oh no, I just... I thought you'd be hungry after playing for so many hours... I brought you some almond tofu, a little snack..." You smile shyly at him and Xiao can swear he feels his heart melt, grabbing the plate so gently.
"...thank you..." He smiles and it's so soft, so full of affection... His cheeks are dusted with a slight pink color and everyone's teasing him about it. "...let me know when dinner's ready I'll join you..."
"...yes of course... I'll leave you to it, have fun baby." You lean closer, slightly in frame as you kiss his forehead, before stroking his cheek lovingly and leaving the room, leaving behind your flustered boyfriend who is only now reading all the comments.
From people asking to know his significant other, fans and even friends, to others teasing how red Xiao's face is, how 'whipped' he is, etc.
You can hear him yelling from outside the room, into the mic that he's not a 'simp' and you can't help but giggle at how... flustered he sounds.
Wanderer
Also a gaming streamer like Xiao, and they usually play together with their other friends. Those two are also the two who fight the most and Kazuha's the one who breaks up their spouts.
Besides the occasional gaming with his friends, he's mostly a single player content kind of guy. He just gets mad at random people if they don't play as well as he does.
Gets jokingly called emo boy by his fans, which terribly annoys him.
Also similar to Xiao, he keeps his personal life to himself, not wanting people to meddle on his business. So, he tries to keep you off camera and not mention you while he's live.
Unfortunately for him, he chose to date someone who enjoys teasing others and being a little shit just as much as he does.
You really never minded the possibility of appearing on Scara's streams but he never offered so you kept it at that, not wanting to possibly push a button by asking.
Still, one day you feel particularly cheeky and want to play a small prank on him.
With his stream on your phone, you pick a time when he's clearly too focused on playing to possibly noticing you entering your shared bedroom/recording room. You open the door slowly, his back facing you as hes hunched over, mashing keys as he seems to be trying to beat a hard boss. You smirk slightly, slowly coming closer, waving at the camera and putting your index finger to your lips, to tell the viewers to not say anything or redeem any tts that might startle Scara.
Right as he died again and he grabs his face, sighing in frustration, you make your move. You grab his shoulders quickly, out of nowhere and it's impossible to not laugh at how he jumps from his seat, yelling and falls off his chair, with only his legs in shot.
Well, that and you laughing way too hard, clutching your stomach as you cant stop giggling; your boyfriend's glare certainly doesn't help, he looks entirely not amused at how you're laughing at him.
"The fuck's wrong with you?!" "So many things babe, take a pick."
He grumbles as he picks his chair up and sits back down, running a hand through his fringe. You smirk, hugging his shoulders from behind and it's certainly funny to you how he tries to shake you off with no real malice nor effort.
"You're so cute when you're mad, Kuni." "I swear to God one of these days I'm going to change the locks of this house." "Oh noo I'm soo scared~"
Scara rolls his eyes, and yells at his chat to shut up with all the comments professing their love towards you. You get closer to read them, still clinging to his shoulders and you laugh.
"They love me already, probably more than you do~" He frowns when you say that. "That's not possible you-"
He catches himself too late, realizing what the implications of his... choice of words could come across. You stare at him in slight shock but it soon wears off. tightening your grip on him and nuzzling his cheek.
"Oh, my Kuni is so sweet~ Chat aren't I lucky?" You wink at the camera and the blush on Scaramouche's face is bright pink; his face gets redder as you press a kiss on his cheek as he tries to push you away.
"Oh my God get OUT." You giggle as you finally release your boyfriend, waving a goodbye to the camera, leaving your boyfriend behind to deal with the onslaught of comments asking for more details about you.
You turn the stream back on and see his cheeks are still red, partly from what happened and from how mad he is at his chat. It makes you smile as you can hear him yelling in your room to his chat to stop trying to get you back in.
#genshin impact scenarios#xiao x reader#scaramouche x reader#ayaka x reader#streamer au#xiao x you#scaramouche x you#ayaka x you#can you tell i really like to torture scara with a cheeky s/o#its funny
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Alright, I am watching the reaction stream of another person to see the video of Jamesy and I have thoughts!
-Jamesy is REALLY counting on buttering up to Jessie Gender specifically. He named her so many times trying to "apologize" for weaponizing his audience against her when she told him to not erase her work in Nebula just because his whiny entitled ass couldn't accept that he wasn't invited to the platform. Not a single word about actually going to her and talk privately though, just a bunch of "ooh, Jessie Gender is the kindest, best human being ever and I am so sorry to her", like, bitch, WHY ARE YOU EVEN TALKING ABOUT HER? Jessie wasn't the worst victim of your actions! Your bullshit with her happened long BEFORE anything of this happened, so why the fuck are you even bringing her up?? My only guess is that Jamesy wants Jessie to speak on his favor and "forgive him", hoping that will bring him new good will from the queer community in youtube. I am fucking crossing my fingers and touching wood that Jessie does not fall for this manipulative bullshit. This guy is literally clout chasing because, again, when it came to the plagiarism, Jessie had NOTHING to do here. Jessie, if you want an easy win, don't say anything about this. Don't even aknowledge it. Pretend like a mosquito just farted in another building. You had nothing to do with this and I am sorry this piece of shit is trying to drag you into it to take advantage of your good nature.
-"I only cared about the production side of making videos, that is why I bring Nick in as the main writer." This motherfucker really went and did it. He is literally blaming Nick squarely now, because now he is just not a co-writer. No, now he is the MAIN WRITER. Jamesy here was just trying to making his little films and buy expensive ass equipment while telling everyone he was starving on the streets, he only cared about the production. NICK, THOUGH, HE WAS ALL ABOUT THE WRITING. He was the one who put the words and little Jamesy baby boy here only "produced, directed and edited" (omg, shut the fuck off, man, your editing skills are mid at best) everything.
-Way too many sob stories. I don't care, man. I don't fucking care that you got fired or whatever conditions you had. Do you have any fucking clue how many people do really struggle to reach the end of the month and they still never even think of stealing someone else's work? Everyone is struggling and yet, you were the one who made a career for fucking years out of stealing the works of everyone else in this community AND THEN, when call out, tried to paint them as the bad guys.
-A lot, and I do mean, a lot of time to "apologize" to Jessie Gender, but you know who he didn't apologize to? Literally none of the authors he stole from. Not the fan whose edit of Korra he used without credit. Not Alexander Avila. Not that person who was harassed to hell and back by Jamesy and his audience when they showed how he plagiarized on his disney video.
Jessie deserved to be name dropped at least thirty times, but those people?? They are fucking nobodies. They don't matter. Why name them at all? It's not like their WORK WAS STOLEN BY YOU OR ANYTHING!
And that is another thing! Even if Jamesy is really out there blaming Nick for all the words that they took without credit, then what the fuck is up with all the footage, edits and audiovisual works that weren't for you to take? You said your passion is production. That is part of the production, Jamesy. Is this you admitting you fully just fucking stole them and hoped nobody would notice because you are a lazy piece of garbage?
-"Having to do multiple edits because youtube copyright issues was so hard for me, guys, you don't understand uwu. It was so hard on me to make it less obvious I had plagiarized people!" THAT IS ENTIRELY YOUR OWN FAULT, BRO.
-So, hey, funny thing. I was looking to see if other people were reacting or had reuploaded the video so I could put it here. They haven't yet, there is only two reactions, but while I was doing that I found a video of ANOTHER person talking about Jamesy ripping them off: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsD-wodn288 Apparently Jamesy had stolen a blog post that this person wrote about Lord of The Rings and they weren't known by anyone, they don't even like that article anymore, but still! Go see that video instead of watching Jamesy and support them if you find value on their work.
-Hey, Jamesy. Jamesy. You do know that epilepsy and head injuries or memory issues don't take you threaten, lie and weaponize your audience against people who call out your plagiarism with the evidence in hand, right? That has literally nothing to do actually, because you had to be aware off of the issue for you to lie about it after someone else brought it up. After the first time it happened, you could have hired another beta reader to tell you that ups, your memory/epilepsy/memory issues/ADHD strike again and you don't remember from where you took that quote from, sorry! You had money for that expensive ass camera, you could have.
-Like, my guy, there were so many steps involved here. So many steps from writing, production, backlash and your response to the backlash. Even if any part on this was an honest mistake, something I don't fucking believe in because fuck you, you had millions of opportunities to rectified it and change it. And yet you didnd't. And so here we are, without you receiving not even a miserable fucking like. Go to hell. A mistake doesn't get repeated so many times for years. That was all a choice, bitch. Fuck you.
And here is where I stopped because his voice is like nail on my ears.
Don't look at his video, it's truly not worth it. DON'T LEAVE COMMENTS EITHER, YOUTUBE TAKES THAT AS ENGAGEMENT ANYWAY.
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Max was in the back room monitoring the security cameras. He kept an eye on one guy who seemed suspicious. He didn't want to jump to conclusions before seeing any evidence of foul intentions. As he monitored him, he saw him stuff several store items into his jacket and zip it up. He had to teach this shoplifter a lesson. He told one his employees to keep an eye on him while he left to confront the guy.
The employee pointed to the guy when he got in the area of the store. He has had stuff go missing recently but was unable to catch the culprit. "I think you have something that belongs to us." He spoke to the guy, who seemed to brush off the accusation.
"I don't know what you are talking about." Larry replied back, trying to play it off. As long as they couldn't prove it, he could once again get away with stealing from the store. So far, they haven't caught him yet.
Max was not letting him get away with robbing them blind once more. "I saw you on the camera stuffing a few items in your jacket. You can either fess up or I call the police and show them footage from my security cameras." He paused as he decided to increase the pressure on him. "I think you have been the one doing the recent thefts in my store. I am sure my cameras can probably prove it if I look a little further." He finished. If the guy failed to submit, he would proceed with his threat for sure.
Larry didn't need to be arrested for shoplifting. He could call the store owners bluff, but that could land him into a lot of trouble with law enforcement. He didn't want that. He unzipped his jacket and handed the items to the store owner. "Happy now? Can I go?" He asked back, annoyed that he was caught.
Max had no intentions of letting the culprit just walk out his store without learning a valuable lesson. "Sure, just know I will report the other thefts, and report you as the suspect." He threatened to him.
Larry surely didn't want that to happen. He had to bargain with the store owner to keep law enforcement out of the situation. "What can I do to make this situation vanish? Do you want me to never come back into your store ever again?" He asked, wondering what he would request to keep the cops out of this mess.
Max smiled. "A weeks time helping me out here at the store and with other things would do." He offered to him. Max smiled because he knew exactly how the thief was going to help him, and it wasn't just in the store only.
"Okay, deal, just don't call the cops, okay." Larry agreed. He followed the store owner to the back as ordered. Once the door was closed, he saw him hold a strange device in his hands. "You time starts now." The store owner spoke as he fired a ray of light from the device. A few seconds later he lost consciousness and fell to the floor.
Max smiled happily as where the thief once stood was now a black pair of AND1 sneakers. One week's time under his feet should do it, he thought to himself as he took off his current shoes and put on the newly formed sneakers. They felt so good under on his feet. He should try more living inanimate objects more often, he thought.
Larry suddenly awoke to a slightly foul odor. He tried to get away from it but found himself completely unable to move on his own. He also felt himself wrapped around something that was causing him an intense measure of pain. He finally figured it out when he felt toes wiggling on his face. The foul smell was in fact the vinegar smell of sweaty socks. The pressure he felt was feet standing on and crushing his insole face. He was literally a pair of shoes. He knew exactly whose feet was wearing him, the store owner. He wanted to curse the guy out, but now all he wanted to do was be normal again. He didn't want to be footwear. Just standing still was very uncomfortable for him as sneakers. All of the store owner's weight bearing down on him, along with foot odor and sweat. He mentally pleaded for this to be some crazy dream, but it was his reality. A week's time as sneakers, he thought his mind might not survive it.
As Max continued to work, he decided to the thief really needed to learn a lesson that would be permanent. Since he stole from him, he would steal his humanity from the thief. He would keep him as his sneakers and treat him as the object on his feet. No more humanity for the thief. At least this way, he won't have to worry about him stealing from his store ever again. The next thief he catches just might be a pair of socks. If living inanimate objects felt this good, he just might have to get more. As for how the thief would feel about being shoes for the rest of his life, he didn't care how the guy felt about it. Shoes don't have any rights anyway.
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dare / mick schumacher
pairing: mick schumacher x reader
summary: he has had a crush on you for the longest time. what happens when someone challenges him to do something about it?
word count: 957 words.
warnings: reuploaded cause it wasn't reaching anyone lmao I really liked this one and wanted it to go well :( also, italic parts are supposed to be said in french
even though the challenge was relatively easy to explain (after all, they just had to taste different kitcats and guess the flavours), it was getting progressively harder to keep focus when a certain german boy was looking at you with the most attentive eyes you've ever seen.
you had been working with haas for a few months now, as part of the social media team. your job was to create new fun challenges for the youtube channel that could show the personalities of the drivers while also maintain them entertained during the free time they sporadically had at the race weekends.
but since you came to the first race of the season, you just couldn't keep your eyes away from mick. you knew that it was wrong, so you never dared to say or do anything about it. just keep your safe distance and try to not blush every time his ocean blue eyes stared directly into your caramel brown ones. which, today, was proving to be harder than you expected.
'so, just eat it and say what flavor they are?' kevin asked, already seated in his place while putting away his phone. 'while blindfolded' you replied, handing them both the black piece of cloth. with mick's help, kevin put on the mask. when he had finished, the blonde boy shifted his gaze to you, and raised his eyebrows while signaling at the small piece on his hand. 'can you help me?'
you made your way towards him, and standing behind his back, helped him tie the mask. you tried to ignore how red mick got when you accidentally caressed his hair when you had secured the mask in its place. his demeanor changed almost immediately, but there was no time to ask questions, as the camera started rolling.
it was a couple of hours later, and you were in the little cafeteria that was placed inside the hospitality, working to get the video done to post it the next day. it was getting kinda late so everybody that had finished their tasks for the day was leaving, but you still needed to check the last part of the footage and edit it correctly.
mick was outside with esteban, his best friend at alpine, with whom he did the track walks every race weekend. the two of them approached the door, with the french boy about to leave before nodding at you and asking mick. 'you still haven't asked her out?'. the blonde one could feel his cheeks reddening instantly. 'what are you talking about?'
esteban laughed. he couldn't believe that his best friend thought he was being discreet. 'i don't know, maybe about your crush with the new media girl? you've been throwing puppy love eyes at her since the season started'.
they were used to switch between french and english without a problem, but they didn't notice that kevin was right behind them, and the piece of information reached his ears in the perfect language for him to understand. 'oh, you're talking about y/n?' he said, now making his presence known. mick's eyes widened instantly, and he felt like if looks could kill, his best friend would be dead on the floor. 'he wouldn't dare to tell her anything. hell, i don't think he's even capable of speaking to her' kevin joked, which made esteban laugh. the german boy couldn't believe that they were laughing at his face and his cheeks reddened again, now accompanied with a frown.
'i've talked to her before. I just don't want to bother her when she's busy' he said angrily, while peeping with his eyes inside the hospitality to see you looking at the notebook screen frustrated. it had been hours since you started editing and you were growing tired.
kevin and esteban noticed his lingering stare instantly, and smiled at eachother. 'i dare you to buy her a coffee' said his teammate, and mick's eyes returned to the two guys in front of him. 'i think she would gladly appreciate it' esteban added, and then he left, rather fast, to avoid being punched by his friend. but kevin stayed, and his smirk was only growing with the passing seconds. 'i knew you wouldn't dare'.
'watch me' said mick, and regretted it instantly when he crossed the doors and entered the hospitality. of course, the german wasn't one to be scared of anything, and being the competitive guy that he was, he just couldn't refuse the challenge. but he did it without giving it a second thought, and now was in too deep to go back. would you prefer coffee or tea? what was your order? would you think he was awkward?
so he went with something he was sure you would like: a rather simple vainilla latte and a cookie. of course, he asked for the same for him, and once the order was done, he made a beeline to your table.
'hey, sorry to bother, saw you were working for a while and thought that you may need something to eat' mick said, and even though normally he wasn't a shy guy, you noticed that he was acting quiet and avoiding your stare. 'not bothering at all. thank you! you can sit here if you like'. he nodded and proceeded to sit next to you, sipping his coffee.
you two sat there and talked until the video was finally exported and ready to upload. after watching it again to be sure that it was good to go, and laughing about the different faces that mick did when he didn't like a certain flavour, you scheduled it to be posted at the right time.
it was getting late, so mick offered to take you back to the hotel. after all, you two were staying at the same place, just different floors. while you two were walking side by side to his car, you didn't notice the driver watching you from afar, smiling. 'just took a stupid dare' said kevin laughing to himself.
#f1 x y/n#f1 x you#f1 x reader#formula 1 imagine#formula 1 blurb#formula 1 fanfic#f1 imagine#f1 one shot#formula 1 one shot#mick schumacher x reader#mick schumacher x you#mick schumacher blurb#mick schumacher imagine#mick schumacher x y/n#mick schumacher one shot
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I'm curious about your stance on Dungeon Meshi, given that you tried Spy x Family and liked it.
There's a big difference between watching something for fun and covering it for work.
First of all, if I watch something for fun I don't tell you guys about it. I don't want the things I enjoy off work hours to be ruined by the inevitable 20 Questions and defensive arguing. Which is why my official stance on any show I haven't decided to cover for work is "No."
You guys have seen me shut down the idea of checking out the latest trend media before, only to turn around weeks later an announce a video on it, and that's because if I'm not covering something I'm not going to be honest with you about if I'm watching it or not.
Second, in order to cover something for work, I need the following:
There has to be something to talk about
There has to be enough material to make a video out of it. At least 1 streaming season, or half of a regular season.
I need accessible footage.
So even if an anime comes out that I want to cover, I have to wait until I have all the resources available to actually do that. And with anime in particular I need English Dub footage.
Even if I was willing to cover the subtitled version of a show (if I did I'd likely cover both anyway and compare and contrast them) I would still need dub footage for editing because subtitled anime has the subtitles baked into the video and editing with visible subtitles is just fucking tacky as shit.
"Oh but Lily, anitubers do that all the time! You don't have to use clean footage!"
I don't have to do a full body shave either, but it is a preference of mine.
Then because most anime these days only airs it's English dub on Crunchyroll and fuck me I'm not paying for Crunchyroll, I have to wait even longer for it all to be on a piracy site. And that's just to start watching it.
So when you factor the following
Something to talk about
Enough material to talk about
Accessible footage available for download
English dub footage for a minimum of clean editing
Streaming services can fuck off
I can't even start watching these things until they're uploaded to piracy sites
And you have the explanation for why I made a video on Spy x Family 2 months after it came out.
I think you guys forget sometimes that I'm not a content mill. I try to cover as much as I can in one video rather than churn out 60 videos on a topic. That's why the Avatar remake video has taken me a month to make because it's actually 17 videos rolled into one.
It makes absolutely no business sense to do it this way, but I just can't stomach the idea of making videos any other way. It's for the same reason I don't take sponsorships, because even entertaining the idea makes me feel gross. And I'm NOT working at burnout levels anymore. I have a 6-hour workday, and I take Fridays, Sundays and the day after a video goes live off.
This is the important part: Most of this is out of my hands. So pestering me about a given show isn't going to make any of it happen faster.
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Okay, have just finished Courage and now I feel like I gotta write my review of "the Morpherine episode" lol
Before we get into it, I have to say I'm a bit disappointed by the Sentinel plot after what happened during the finale of season one.
To recap, it turns out that the Sentinels are abducting world leaders because their programming told them to defend humans from mutants, but because "mutants ARE humans," Mastermold interpreted that to means their mission is actually to defend humans from themselves by taking control of the world. Brilliant way to resolve that arc, and a clever subversion of both the human bigotry that created them AND Xavier's/the X-Men's mission to promote equality between humans and mutants (because the Sentinels are still their enemies even while technically agreeing with them).
So having the Sentinels, especially Mastermold, just be generic mutant-hunting robots again is a let-down, especially without any explanation. They could have kept the Sentinels as the villains for this episode without ignoring all that, y'know? Ah, well. More superficially, they also changed the voice of the Sentinels for some reason? They just sound like guys now, it's weird.
Alright, that's enough of the actually respectable media analysis, let's get into what we're really here for:
While I didn't notice any bombshell lines like "Or maybe it's love you're missing?" in this episode, there were plenty of cute moments. For the most part, nothing they do really steps outside the bounds of best-friendship. For example, Logan is the only one who hugs Morph to welcome them back, but that's not particularly suggestive of anything besides a confirmation that the two of them are closer to each other than they are to the other X-Men.
That said, as soon as Wolverine and Morph are alone, there's a moment where they're both watching some drone footage of the factory they're going to investigate--or, at least, they're supposed to be watching the footage. Instead, the two of them keep staring at each other, then quickly glancing back at the screen as soon as they notice the other one looking. It's like they both know they should be focused on the mission, but all they can think about is each other and the fact that they're finally back together after so much time apart. Or they understand each other so well and have that kind of chemistry where they can have an entire silent conversation just by looking at each other.
There's also some dialogue during their mission together which could be interpreted as slightly flirtatious:
Wolverine: "Still haven't lost your touch, I see."
Morph: "Just like riding a bicycle."//"Looks like you haven't lost your touch, either. [laughter]"
It's wild that Wolverine--the jackass who once loudly demanded "Yeah, who? No deserters in this crowd!" after Cyclops tried to subtly explain that some mutants (Rogue) might want to be "cured" (Rogue) and live a normal life (Rogue) because their powers cause them so much pain and isolation (Rogue Rogue he's talking about Rogue she's literally sitting right next to you, catch a fucking hint!), and made fun of Gambit for reacting with alarm at the sight of a (deactivated) Sentinel--is so openly concerned for Morph's emotional well-being after realizing that Sentinels are involved. Like at one point Cyclops even has to step in like "the Professor's just been abducted by giant robots can you shut the fuck up about Morph's feelings for one second???"
We get yet another scene of Logan reacting to Morph's scent, this time as a direct parallel to the one in 'Till Death Do Us Part when he first realizes that Morph's still alive. There's something so weirdly intimate about Logan being able to identity people by scent, considering how closely smells are tied to memories and emotions. Add the fact that Morph's shapeshifting powers can change everything except their scent, so that means Logan can always recognize them no matter what they look or sound like-- it's so good. And the writers must have agreed, because they put in more scenes of Logan tracking or recognizing Morph by their scent than anyone else (at least at this point in the series, we'll see if anyone catches up).
When Morph does their usual shtick, Logan's right there grinning from ear to ear like a doofus. Sir calm down, you're one step away from giggling and twirling your hair around your finger. This is kicking your feet in bed writing "Mx. Morph Howlett" in your dairy type behavior, stoooooop.
Wolverine calls Morph "kid" a couple times this episode, the flip-side of Morph calling him "old man" in Whatever It Takes. Morph also calls him "big guy," which is cute.
Speaking of names, I think this is the first episode where Morph calls him Logan instead of Wolverine. While crying, too, which-- how dare you?? Like yeah, a moment of intense emotion is exactly the correct time to have one character switch to using a more personal name for another character, but also it hurts my feelings so stop it. Look at Wolverine's face, show-writers, you made him sad too.
Morph's very pretty brown eyes get a lot of focus and close-ups in this episode. I wonder if Logan misses seeing them more often now that Morph's going for the inhuman blank-eyed look in '97.
Not relevant, but I have to mention how much I love Wolverine's line-read of "keep your shirt on, puh-rettay boyuh." lol I don't think that's a Canadian accent Mr. Dodd but I do appreciate it thanks. Bringing it back on topic though, at the end, the heartbroken delivery of "Morph, wait!" when Morph takes off to go back to Muir Island is so freaking sad. His voice even breaks a little on the word "wait". He tried so hard to bring Morph home was so happy to finally have them back only to to lose them again and I
So anyway. Yeah. The hype is real. I was disappointed by the Sentinel plot, but that isn't really the focus of the episode. Despite my complaints, the time they could have spent explaining why the Sentinels are back to hunting mutants would have cut down on the exploration of Morph's character, their terribly-timed attempt to return to active duty, and their relationship with Wolverine.
And although nothing explicitly "shippy" happened between them in this episode, Whatever It Takes already established (in my opinion) that there was something not-platonic going on between them before Morph's supposed death (whether they were in a romantic relationship, friends with benefits who caught feelings, had a mutual attraction they never acted on, etc).
With that context, I think their interactions in this episode could be seen as an example of what they're like as a couple. We get to see their dynamic, how they banter, what names they call each other, an example of something that they argue about (Morph feels like they're being babied by Logan's over-protectiveness), an indication of how sentimental/outwardly affectionate they are (Morph mockingly asks if Wolverine's "going to get all mushy on me" and Wolverine answers "I don't get mushy"-- you know, like a liar), and so on.
I'll probably have more to say about this episode later but I've literally been up all night and need to go to bed before I pass out at my desk lol
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MERCENARY PART THREE
Pairing: Bucky Barnes X Enhanced!Reader
Genre: angst, fluff
Summary: In which Hydra never seems to give Earth's Mightiest Heroes a break, and while dismantling every known base, they find a weapon. In which this weapon is a young woman whose known nothing but the life Hydra gave her, and a certain super soldier becomes protective of her from the first time they lock eyes. AU AWAY FROM IW&Endgame, ALSO THERE ARE X-MEN
Warnings: swearing, reference to scars
Song: Punching Bag by Palaye Royale
Words: 1.6K
MASTERLIST
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"Stark Industries and and the Wakanda Outreach programme has helped thousands of mutants and inhumans, why don't we just hand her over to them and be done with it?" Kitty Pryde mulled over the idea, rolling her eyes as the clock ticked over into the third hour of bickering.
Y/N's sedation would wear off within the next half hour and the team were still yet to come to an unanimous decision on what to do with her. She was currently fast asleep on a comfy bed inside a room which restricted the use of her powers- but she didn't know that yet.
Bucky had tried his best to remain objective, but as he watched the large monitor streaming footage from her room, he couldn't help but be reminded of the girl he watched grow up into a woman and how he'd already missed four years of her life.
"I'll monster watch tonight, James." Y/N hummed, playing with a small flame at her fingertips. She looked over her shoulder and found him watching her with worried eyes, yet she just smiled, "You haven't slept for three nights in a row now. Trust me, they'd hurt you a lot more if you fail your mission tomorrow than they will if I'm a bit grouchy. Sleep, moya lyubov."
"She'd still be a great addition to the team," Tony sighed, standing up to stretch his legs, "and by team I mean the Avengers, I don't even know why you're here quite honestly."
Kitty flipped him off before storming out, probably going to find Charles or Raven to vent to them about how much Stark pissed her off.
Natasha leant over the table, eyes not moving from the tablet in front of her, "Is she like you were, Barnes?"
Bucky tensed and looked at the redhead, "In what way?" He asked slowly.
Nat glanced over at Tony before finding the super soldier waiting for her response, "Did they manipulate her mind and create triggers that'd turn her into a murder machine? Is she at all loyal to Hydra?"
"Come on, you saw her earlier, Nat, Y/N had tried to escape that many times they had to chain her up." Steve tried to reason as he saw Bucky's flesh hand clench up.
"We should consider every possible angle though, right?" Bruce spoke up from his seat towards the back of the room, propping his glasses on his nose and taking a better look at the security footage, "She seems harmless, but-"
"She is harmless." Bucky stressed, "Sure, when you look at her file you see a genetically engineered super-assassin with elemental powers, but not one day passed without trying to escape or planning our next escape. And okay, fine, she enjoys violence, but Hydra conditioned her to be that way and she's never had anyone to tell her otherwise. At the end of the day, she's scared- and I don't want her waking up alone."
The soldier felt Steve's hand squeezing his shoulder in comfort, but it felt cold and the sentiment felt short. Bucky watched each pair of eyes fall away from his sight and their voices stayed silent. He shook off Steve's hand and left the room, making his way down to the supervisory level. He looked down at the small piece of technology in his hand, matching the number to the cell like room and entering a six digit code into the keypad from memory. A single second later it pinged and the lights turned green.
The one armed man stood in the doorway for a moment, watching Y/N's healing figure peacefully sleeping. It was a sight to behold, even in tattered clothes and a thick layer of grime and dust covering her, she was anything but a weapon. She was soft and even delicate to the eye, resting as if her mind wasn't plagued with the tortured souls from her past.
Bucky sat down on the cool wooden floor, crossing his legs like he used to at the age of eight, playing tic tac toe with a small Steven Grant Rogers. Those memories didn't feel much like his own, more at peace with the ones of war he shared with Y/N.
"Stop pulling your punches, their hands are worse than yours." Nineteen year old Y/N warned James with a sharp whisper. His flesh knuckles were scorched from her most recent attack, goaded to use her powers by the watchful handlers. Metal collided with bone and he knew on impact two ribs had fractured, a further one would bloom with bruises soon enough. Training was often more taxing than the missions themselves, bored Hydra agents pulling on puppeteer strings to ensure they put on a good show.
Y/N estimated another ninety minutes had past before her handler pulled her away for healing observations, for research rather than well-being purposes. It wasn't long until she found herself flung back into the dingy cell with a kick to the back of her knees and an expired first aid kit thrown to the ground beside her.
Once the door cranked shut, James knelt beside the stoic woman he knew was hurting so deeply within. He collected any supplies for sterilisation and allowed Y/N to collapse under his touch. She curled into his chest as he cleaned the wounds he caused, burnt knuckles stung from the movements but that was numb compared to the torment of seeing her in pain.
James was past the point of blaming himself for any injuries Y/N incurred from training and vice versa, too much of their precious time had already been taken away in arguments of how much the other was not at fault. Hydra allowed them one hour a day together, usually after training, to decompress and recover and mostly hold each other. Y/N had a knack for sneaking out of her cell to be with the super soldier, it took more time stopping her, punishing her and hauling her back than their current routine. Teamwork on missions became more efficient, so they were allowed their hour of peace unless it became a weakness.
That was when Y/N was most aware of time passing by, fingers habitually running over the rigid scars between metal and soft flesh as a reminder James was entirely real. He watched between the fire dancing in her free hand and the peace within tired features, her own eyes burning bright at his constant touch. The hour would soon be up, and there was no fight to leave each other other than the lingering fingertips as they were pulled apart.
"You cut your hair-" Y/N's gravelly voice was cut off with a harsh array of coughs, spluttering dust from her cell's destruction stuck in her lungs. She squinted at the bright sterile lighting, everything in the room intensely white with the exception of Bucky and his all black clothing sat at the bottom of her vision.
He dialled the lights down noticing Y/N's discomfort and handed her an unopened bottle of mineral water. Her eyes carefully surveyed his movements, not considering him a threat as she chugged the liquid gratefully.
"Do you like it?" He asked after a few seconds of silence had filled the air, taking a seat at the side of the mattress apprehensively. Four years had passed and although he trusted the woman he thought was dead with his life, she was indeed alive and Hydra could do a lot of damage in much less time apart. He had so many questions, so many missed touches longed for and so little worry that she was no longer his Phoenix.
Even with grime covering her from head to toe, Bucky couldn't take his eyes away from her as she scrunched her nose playfully and answered, "I'll miss your long hair, but this suits you- you look like a person."
Unlike Bucky, whose memories were fuzzy around the edges, for better or worse Y/N held all of hers. She remembered cutting his hair short for a mission the once and wishing Hydra wouldn’t let it grow out again. But seeing him this time was immaculate- he was his own human, and she looked to the dirt and disheveled clothing on her person and knew she wasn’t. Purely what she was engineered to be and not a thing more, a biological weapon owned only by Hydra.
Bucky sensed the mental downward spiral as she scanned herself, brows knitting together and tears welling threatening to fall.
He corralled her away from those cataclysmic thoughts with a cool touch to her hot fingertips, metal thumb running across the back of her hand soothingly. “It took a bit more than a hair cut, but the days I feel like a person outweigh the days I don’t. And we’ll get you there too.”
“Can I start that tomorrow?” Y/N pouted and lay against the plush pillows behind her head, content with the sounds of metal whirring against her skin that only super soldier hearing could pick up on.
The team, fewer members left in the conference room, watched the interaction from the projection. A few more words were shared before Bucky lay down beside Y/N, both infinitely still but continuing the motions on their joint hands. Steve’s chair rolled back a few inches as he eyed Tony, “Listen, I can already see Bucky following if we send her off somewhere, we’ve got to at least try re-humanising her.”
“Great, we adopted another murder machine- when the first one gets lonely, at least now he’ll have company!” Tony held his hands up in defence when Steve didn’t appreciate his humour, “Alright, Cap. We’ll observe, give it a few days and get to work on project no murder and less machine.”
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we have always been here: documentaries about trans people
documentaries about trans people, starting in the year 1953. I don't speak to filmic quality or whether or not something is problematic, what matters here is simply the testimony and the stamp of existence (including in those where the subject matter is spoken about, rather than getting to speak for themselves)
(I haven't seen every one of these yet, so some of them have slightly shorter texts to go along with them)
while (as you'll see) most of these are US-based movies, they are from all over the world. I'd be curious about whether there are any focused specifically on the intersection of transness and disability, I don't personally know of any, although of many speak to issues with access to healthcare (for example southern comfort)
all the ones that have links connected to them are watchable for free
some of these can be watched for free on the archive, youtube, vimeo, many could do with a few coins thrown their way: many of the movies, for example the the aggressives can be rented on vimeo, transgender tuesdays is free on youtube but accepting donations for trans women of colour, lotus sports club is doing festivals currently and is accepting donations to support the team and the vulnerable trans (now men) who have had to leave it to find work, call her ganda is accepting donations to support the family's legal costs in bringing justice for their daughter
remember, finding the stories that have been graciously shared is one thing, supporting our community is the next step
glen or glenda (1953): the first known movie about trans people, a mixed-media semi-fictional account (US)
the queen (1968) (US): following drag-queens at a national beauty pageant two years before stonewall, including footage of crystal labeija (US)
change of sex (1979-1999): a five-part series following trans woman julia grant as she tries to access gender affirming care via the gender identity clinic (UK - available on BBC iplayer)
paris is burning (1990): documenting queer people in the ballroom scene, community, competition, and challenges (US)
shinjuku boys (1995): following five young men who work at onabe bars, which cater to women, as they try to make ends meet (Japan)
transexual menace (1996): snapshots of the melting pot of trans life in new york, from famous faces, to protest, including several immigrants to america from columbia, west africa, japan, hawaii, and germany (Germany/US)
you don't know dick: courageous hearts of transsexual men (1997): about several trans men in different walks of life, who chat about their experiences, politics, and history (US)
the brandon teena story (1998): a documentation about the murder of brandon teena, using testimonies from the people involved (US)
southern comfort (2001): follows robert eads in the final year of his life, before he died of initially treatable ovarian cancer (US)
superstar in a housedress: the life and legend of jackie curtis (2004): a portrait of jackie curtis, one of the earliest punk pioneers, by (mainly cis) people who knew her (US)
screaming queens: the riot at compton’s cafeteria (2005): a rare documentary of the time featuring the voices of trans activists, about the pre-stonewall compton's cafeteria riot (US)
beautiful darling (2005): a portrait of candy darling (one of the trans woman superstars of the 60s) from the perspective of the (mainly cis) people who knew her (US)
the aggressives (2005): centered on black studs, mascs, and trans men, and more, exploring the term "aggressives," race and gender, filmed over five years (US)
Jayne County: man enough to be a woman (2005): a performance by veteran punk musician Jayne County and her band (UK/US) (excerpt)
beautiful daughters (2006): following a group of trans women who performed the vagina monologues in 2005 (US)
still black: a portrait of black transmen (2008): a series of interviews following black trans men speaking about their lives, careers, race, and gender (US)
the advocate for fagdom (2011): a series of political testimonies by queer activists, including the punk musician vaginal davis (US)
she said boom: the story of fifth column (2012): a documentary about seminal 1980s queercore punkband fifth column (Canada)
TRANS (2012): following a series of trans people at varying places in their transition, and the people around them (US)
hide & seek (2013): a group of trans people in pakistan speak about their experiences with the language they have access to (Pakistan)
before the last curtain falls (2014): transexuals and drag queens in their 60s-70s touring a show called "gardenias" (Germany)
mala mala (2014): following a number of trans people in puerto rico from all walks of life (Puerto Rico)
queercore: how to punk a revolution (2017): a primer to the history of queercore with interviews of some of the people who created the scene (US)
laerte-se (2017): a portrait of the underrated visual artist laerte (Brazil)
a year in transition (2018): 20 year old arab-american trans man documents one year of going on hormones (US)
call her ganda (2018): the story about the murder of a trans filipino woman named ganda by a us marine and the repercussions (Philippines)
indianara (2019): indianara is an activist fighting for trans survival and rights in brazil (Brazil)
disclosure (2020): going through a history of trans representation in the media (US)
transgender tuesdays (2020): featuring trans people talking about a groundbreaking gender-affirming clinic that opened in the 90s in the san franciscan tenderloin district (US)
prayers for sweet waters (2021): three trans sex-workers who live in cape town discuss their experience during covid (South Africa)
the end of wonderland (2021): follows erotic photographer tara emory as she goes through changes in her life (US)
travesía travesti (2021): the last performance of a cabaret during the chilean revolt of 2019 (Chile)
casa susanna (2022): documentary about the 50s summer retreat for male crossdressers and trans women (US)
la vida es un carnaval (2022): in a rural town, a group of trans women plan the first gay pride during its annual carnival and a bunch of scar tissue comes up (Mexico)
this is not me (2022): two young transmen in iran with supportive families share their daily lives (Iran)
lotus sports club (2022): a football club in cambodia run by trans man pa vann and a safe space for trans boys and lesbians (Cambodia)
nel mio nome (2022): four italian transmen share their thoughts, experiences, and identities (Italy)
the dads (2023): a group of dads of trans kids meet with the father of matthew shepard for a fishing trip (US)
kokomo city (2023): intra-community, celebratory documentary centering black trans sex-workers in america (US)
#queer stuff#trans stuff#queer resources#queer cinema#queer documentary#trans documentary#trans rights#queer rights#queer culture#queer art
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Gonna get things off my chest post
So I haven't been very active in almost a year, and I can say because it's been a really horrible hard year for us. My eldest who is nearly 16 was attacked in June last year by a group of kids while he was out with his girlfriend celebrating their one year anniversary, he had his shoes stolen right off his feet and was whacked round the back of his head and one of the kids (there were 12-14 kids around just those 2) tried to force him up so they could all take a turn trying to beat him up. Since then he's been suffering from anxiety and depression and ptsd. He's gone missing in the dead of night twice and has said on multiple occasions he wants to end things. We are still in court proceedings as because of his footage the police were able to itendify these kids as the same group that have been doing calculated gay bashings to adult men and almost leaving them for dead at times. So far they have been charged with 11 of these hate crimes plus my sons, so it has been a very long stressful process for us! We are still waiting on counselling for him and are getting really desperate for help from the mental health sector.
Then just before christmas my husband had COVID and now has been diagnosed with long COVID, has been having heart and lung problems and a lot of lack of sleep and then to top it off, diagnosed with high cholestrol, and now they want to send him for tests for colon cancer. So thats a whole lot of new stress as we were told this at the start of the week.
Because of the stress my mental health has taken a toll and the final straw came for me when I sat watching a show and started bawling like I'd lost my best friend when a character died. So I went to the docs for medication which has been helping. To top that all off I have really bad back problems lately that I was sure was siatica but tests have shown absolutely nothing wrong, but yet the pain is indeed real!
So long story short, life is shit right now, and if anyone reading this feels like they are suffering mental health (or any health problem) please get it checked! If you have a lot on your plate and feeling the strain the first thing needed is to help yourself so you can be there for others!
So today I've finally had a chance to sit down and open my sims, its been almost a year and I found this build in the works, which is a reno of one of my first builds I ever uploaded to mts! Hopefully I can work on this more and get it finished!
Sorry for the big long story, I don't usually talk about my personal life here, but opening up the game made me realise I haven't used the sim as my stress relief in almost a year just wanted to share why I haven't been very active.
#Thats life#mental health is real#take mental health days#ask for help#you are not alone#its ok to not be ok#sims 2
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My part of the DCMK Fanworks Server Halfiversary Exchange 2023! For @blenderfullasarcasm!
I decided to follow the Yu-Gi-Oh! and DCMK crossover prompt, which specifically highlighted "Season 0," the colloquial name for the first anime adaptation of the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga. So, I paired Detective Conan (and the eensy-littlest bit of Magic Kaito) footage with that anime's theme song, "A Yell of Thirst" by Field of View.
For as long as I've known about it, I've had my own soft spot for the Season 0 series. The portrayal of Yami Yugi as this frightening, malicious personality who emerges only in times of danger gripped me—and still does. Revisiting the series for this project, I could still so strongly recall scenes of Yugi and his friends grappling with his mysterious "other self."
And I also realized that maybe Detective Conan and Yu-Gi-Oh! are more similar than I previously thought. After all, couldn't "Sleeping Kogoro" also be described as a frightening, malicious personality who emerges only in times of danger?
(Or, more in line with the actual video I edited, Conan is "another Shinichi" who both terrifies and helps him, a dynamic perhaps not so unlike that of Yugi and Yami Yugi in Season 0.)
I hope you enjoy what I came up with! My goal was to utilize clips featuring every character and relationship noted in the prompts, and though an AMV can't exactly be a casefic or delve into worldbuilding per se, I also tried to capture the spirit of those prompts, too, including more actual detective-ing and backgrounds than I ever have in my Conan AMVs before. Huge shout out goes to @dcmk-scenery, an absolutely fantastic resource who were a tremendous help, as well as the Detective Conan World wiki, which definitely led me to clips from episodes I haven't even seen yet! The English translation of the lyrics are also courtesy of the Yu-Gi-Oh! wiki.
As a final note, though I know the requirement for the exchange was a 15-second AMV, I really wanted to make my gift special; Blender is so kind and does so much for the DCMK community, including setting up this event in the first place! I'm so glad I was able to to be a part of this, and I hope my final result brings joy.
This AMV can also be watched on YouTube in full 1080p and with subtitles that can be toggled on and off. Sources used are:
Episodes: 1, 2, 3, 9, 11, 14, 15, 16, 23, 33, 49, 52, 54, 58, 68, 76, 84-85, 87, 90, 91, 118, 129, 130, 136, 142, 147, 162, 166, 189, 191-193, 203, 217, 254, 304, 351, 361, 479, 490, 878, 909, 927, 994
Films: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 (film and trailer), 8, 10, 13, 15, 16, Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan: The Movie
Specials: TV Special 6 (Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small)
OVAs: 2, 9
OPs: 10, 11, 24, 25, 30, 32, 37, 55, 56
EDs: 5, 6, 9, 58
Other: Magic Kaito Episode 2, The Culprit Hanzawa Episode 2
#detective conan#case closed#dcmk#amv#my amvs#eye strain#yugioh#a yell of thirst#long post#video#i hope this was worth the wait!!!#i haven't had a chance to check out any of the other contributions yet but am so excited to!!!
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The loneliest
Bassist!Remus Lupin x Writer!Reader
Words: about 1.4k words
Warnings: none, just sad
Author's note: hi loves! here for you another bassit!remus lupin, this time a sad one. I had this idea bit ago, and I wrote it down in the drafts and today I said "why not?". As already said, I'm a superfan of Maneskin so here I am with another one of their song!
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Love is the cruelest curse that has ever been inflicted on humanity.
This is all I managed to write on my computer, while wrapped in about 20 blankets on my friend's couch. It has been months since I had to start writing my new novel, and of course I had to start now, after breaking up with my boyfriend, or rather with the love of my life.
I haven't been able to stop crying for days, the tears seem to have become part of my face as I stare at that blank screen.
Susy told me to let it go and think about recovering instead of thinking about the book, but this is the only thing that can distract me from the pain.
We have never quarreled like this in all the years we have been together. Every fight between us, no matter how small it was, but this time it really destroyed me.
It had all started with the fact that he hadn't spent the night at home for weeks now, every night out with his friends for events or for fun, and I couldn't help but be happy for him, but I felt in all this a bit neglected. When he was home he was always busy in his study or on the phone, and he never had a second to talk to me. In the evening we would have dinner in silence, and when he finished eating he would go immediately to another room, in case he was home and had not already gone out. After a long time I couldn't stand this anymore so I made up my mind to talk to him, but at that time he was at the studios of the record company. Once I got there I went to wait for him in his studio after greeting the other members of the Maraurders band: James, the drummer; Sirius, the singer; Regulus, the guitarist.
I waited a few minutes in the room, looking at that space so large and so charged with the 'essence of Remus at the same time, until my gaze fell on the small sofa in front of the window, or rather what was on the small sofa. I moved closer and realized that the colorful object that had attracted my attention from afar was a pair of red lace panties.
I remember how the air went out of me and tears came to my eyes, and before I could realize it I slumped to the floor. I don't remember the door opening, but I remember Remus's gaze, his eyes wide with astonishment and his running toward me. He was talking but I couldn't hear him; it was as if I were underwater and my ears were plugged.
Then I remember my screams, everything I had held in until that moment, and like a wave I had let my anger crash against him. Remus was trying to explain, to speak, but I was not giving him time, and before I could understand what my mouth was saying I had told him I did not want to see him again. I regained my senses from that empty feeling once in the car, where I screamed so loud that my throat hurt. After that I went home, got some of my things, and went to Susy's, looking for a safe haven. For days my fiancé had tried to contact me, or my manager or my friends, but never had anyone responded to him.
Love is a double-edged sword because you can get hurt when you love too much and when you love too little. The love I have for Remus is an eternal love, which no matter how bad it has made me feel will not cease to exist, because every cell in my body loves and desires him and for that I hate myself.
My thoughts are interrupted by the ringing of my cell phone, and I realize that my manager has sent me an e-mail. I open it and read it.
"This footage is from yesterday. Look at it. I love you. Mary"
That's all it says with a link attached. Immediately I open it and realize that it is a video of the last Marauders concert, and I am immediately ready to close it, when my eye falls on Remus. I've never seen him look so bad. He has dark circles under his eyes and a pale face. His eyes are dull as he looks out at the crowd and plays bass. When the song is over, Sirius asks the crowd for silence.
"Please be quiet. For the first time in my life, I find myself getting serious. Usually I'm the one messing around with girls, or boys, but apparently this time Remus has broken my record. The poor guy is devastated, and I can't help but feel guilty, because it's my fault. Y/N, if you ever see this video, I'm sorry for what happened, for all the misunderstanding, and please listen to poor Moony, we can't stand to see him so miserable anymore." He says walking across the stage, and looking at the camera, as I see Remus move to the center of the stage in front of the microphone.
"For example, you could start listening to him from this song that his poor broken heart wrote entirely for you." Sirius continues before remaining silent and giving his friend space.
You'll be the saddest part of me
A part of me that will never be mine
It's obvious
Tonight is gonna be the loneliest
You're still the oxygen I breathe
I see your face when I close my eyes
It's torturous
Tonight is gonna be the loneliest
There's a few lines that I have written.
In case of death, that's what I want, that's what I want
So don't be sad when I'll be gone
There's just one thing I hope you know, I loved you so
'Cause I don't even care about the time I've got left here
The only thing I know now is that I wanna spend it
With you, with you nobody else here
Tonight is gonna be the loneliest
You'll be the saddest part of me
A part of me that will never be mine
It's obvious
Tonight is gonna be the loneliest
You're still the oxygen I breathe
I see your face when I close my eyes
It's torturous
Tonight is gonna be the loneliest
I'm sorry but I gotta go
If you'll ever miss me give this song another go
And I just keep on thinking how you made me feel better
And all the crazy little things that we did together
In the end, in the end, it doesn't matter
If tonight is gonna be the loneliest
You'll be the saddest part of me
A part of me that will never be mine
It's obvious
Tonight is gonna be the loneliest
You're still the oxygen I breathe
I see your face when I close my eyes
It's torturous
Tonight is gonna be the loneliest
You'll be the saddest part of me
A part of me that will never be mine
It's obvious
Tonight is gonna be the loneliest
You'll be the saddest part of me
A part of me that will never be mine
It's obvious
Tonight is gonna be the loneliest
You're still the oxygen I breathe
I see your face when I close my eyes
It's torturous
Tonight is gonna be the loneliest
Remus' low, deep voice enchants me, and I feel tears flowing overbearingly down my cheeks. I listen to every second of that song, eagerly, holding each word close to my heart, imprinting them on my soul.
Without thinking about it I put everything to the side and run to the door with the intention of going to him and apologizing, but I am met with a scene I never expected. Remus is sitting with his head between his legs in front of the door, a bouquet of flowers abandoned at his side. Upon hearing the door open he turns and looks at me. He opens his mouth but makes no sound. His face is marked with tears as much as mine and I cannot resist. I throw myself into his arms, holding him tightly as I never have. He returns that gesture and strokes my hair. I begin to cry again as I ask him a thousand times to apologize, and he replies that he is the one who needs to apologize. We don't do anything else, we just stand there embracing, finding ourselves, and I realize that yes love is the greatest curse ever cast on human beings, but also the greatest blessing, because without suffering we would never experience such a strong and beautiful feeling.
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Ultimately I think Harry choose to come with out Meghan and I think she's pissed off about it but the public won't hear about it until the divorce. I think they honestly believed they would get an apology and that they had allll the ammunition to get anything they wanted this time around. Part of that would be to include his children more frequently for birthday posts, and photos and such. [I 10000% meghan wanted a birthday acknowledgment on the day of- she is THAT crazy]
The thing that's changed is shes learning she can't play all her cards at once, it hasn't happened very often but theres been a few articles that mention her mistakes (the jubliee last year with the booing) or rules for Harry around his family, there is an element of humanizing going on that I haven't really seen with her. It's always been shes the best at everything ever. She doesn't need to be taught anything shes just naturally good. This viewpoint has consistently come across as fake and it's a problem she desperately needs to solve if she wants to see long term success in Hollywood.
And it somewhat looked like she was addressing it, until she leaked that damn letter story. It made waves for 24 hours before falling off completely and that's bad news bears for her. That was a story she was keeping in her back pocket to keep her name in the news and she tried the same formula she used on her dad and with everything that's happened over the last 6+ months it failed miserably.
And since then shes almost entirely distanced herself from anything royal related. The page six leak referred to her as 'markle' and highlighted her wanting to move on.
I don't think the letter worked out the way she expected. She didn't think people would realize it was the same tactic she'd used on her dad.
They did think they would get more. Remember when they were asking for a "summit" with Welby and Geidt as negotiators? And they wanted an apology and public "acknowledgement" of wrongdoing by the royals? LOLOLOLOLOL.
I don't think she's learning. I don't think she's capable of it. She's now forty and she is who she is. Her press is acknowledging mistakes because they don't have any other choice. By now it's clear that it's not the racist royal family and it's not the racist British press.
They've had THREE years with tons of money, piles of contracts and the best consultants unlimited money can buy and they have nothing but tawdry family gossip to show for it. They had a prize-winning biographer ghostwriting Harry's book and the result was "frozen toddler" jokes. They had another prize-winning creative helming their documentary and got phone camera footage of Meghan in a towel. There's no big charity project. There's no big activism movement. There's not big political platform. There's nothing. They have to acknowledge that. There's only so much lipstick you can put on this pig.
Yes, now she's distancing herself, but it's not because she has any creative ideas or projects up her sleeve. She's distancing herself because she blames the family for her failure. It's always someone else's fault.
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The Freedom of Expression Ep 20 - Shopping in Shimokitazawa
(Long post - Kaoru showing his fashion preferences, and buying a new item)
K: Hi, this is The Freedom of Expression, I'm Kaoru from Dir en grey.
J: And I'm Joe Yokomizo.
K: Its so hot!!
J: Agh, yes! Its almost pointless saying it at this stage, but we still can't help it.
K: Why has it been so hot recently??
J: I don't know, but its the first thing you wanna say, right?
K: Isn't it always super hot whenever we film on location?
J: Haha, yes, but at least its not raining.
K: Well, yeah.
J: A lot of typoons come in this season, so we are lucky to get a sunny day in that sense. But actually, I was gonna say, there is something slightly different about today...someone is missing. Isn't it strange?
K: Huh? Whats going on?
J: Well, we are here in Shimokitazawa this morning...
K: Yeah, its kinda early, right?
J: Yeah...well, its early for us.
K: Haha
J: But Tasai didn't turn up at the meeting time. He is usually always on time, right?
K: He is usually early.
J: Yeah, he is always the first to arrive, isn't he? So I thought it was a bit strange for him not to be here, so I called him, but he didn't answer. If he was on his way, he'd answer, right? So I thought, Huh??, and tried calling him again. Eventually he answered, and he was like, 'Joe, whats wrong, why are you calling me at this time in the morning?'
K: Haha
J: 'Nevermind "whats wrong"! We are filming on location today!!', and he was like, 'Oh my god , oh my god!! I'll come now!'
K: Haha
J: He was really panicking.
K: So, he's still coming even though we started filming already?
J: Yep, hopefully. I don't want to give away too much personal info, but he doesn't live far from Shimokitazawa, haha.
K: Oh, so he'll probably be here.
J: Yes, everyone look out for his reaction when he arrives! Anyway, so we are in Shimokitazawa today, in front of this sign for Azuma dōri. Leader, do you know this area?
K: Well, I've been here a few times, but not tonnes.
J: Oh really?! You are not that familiar with it?
K: Not really, no.
J: Shimokitazawa is the place for bandmen to hang out thought, isn't it?
K: Yeah, so I've come here to drink and stuff, but I haven't really had a look around the streets much. Having said that, I do feel like around here has changed a lot since before. The train tracks have disappeared!
J: Yeah, the tracks have moved underground, and there was some talk about having tall buildings here. But the locals fought against this, saying that Shimokitazawa is not that kind of neighborhood, so now its just as we can see here. There is also a lot of redevelopment going on, there used be so many filthy, old shops here, but now there are a lot of really nice places. Ok, so why have we come to Shimokitazawa? Well, on the last live broadcast, we talked about going to record stores, didn't we? Do you remember, Leader?
K: Yeah, we did say that.
J: So today we are gonna visit the famous store Disc Union! Do you know this store?
K: Yes. I've never been to the branch in Shimokitazawa, but I've been to others.
J: Yeah, i buy a lot of records, so Disc Union has been very useful. From where I live, I tend to use the Shinjuku branch, but there are loads of musician types who live in Shimokitazawa, right? So, who knows, we might get some rare finds. We will have a walk through Shimokitazawa and then check out Disc Union, but we won't do any editing to the footage.
K: Will it be ok?
J: I don't know, anything could happen. Like just then with cars and motobikes driving right in front of the camera.
K: Well, we can't do anything about that.
J: Right. Anyway, yeah, so no editing. I'll just do the notifications before we get started. Uh, we are still taking comments, thoughts, and messages, and questions, anything is ok. Twitter users can use the tag TFOE. The first part of this show is free for anyone to watch, but the second part is for members only. If you become a channel member, you can watch this live broadcast in the archives for a year, and there will be member only videos. So please do join using the link at the top of the screen, and enjoy the show to the end. Ok, Tasai still isn't here, but should we get started?
K: Yep
J: So, there is a second hand clothes store right before our eyes that I think you probably like the look of, Leader. You like second hand clothes, don't you? Is this shirt you are wearing now a second hand shirt?
K: No, this isn't second hand.
J: Oh, it isn't? Well, anyway, Shimokitazawa is known as THE place for second hand clothes, so we will have a look at this store SPiCe, which is right by the station. Lets go!
*They walk towards the store, and enter a flight of stairs up to the 2nd floor*
J: Aghh, I'm so relieved to be going indoors.
K: Haha, yeh, this is what its like on location.
J: My vision is suffering coming into the dark all of a sudden!
K: Haha
J: *entering the store* Ah, this is nice, Tshirts of course. Hello, thanks for having us.
K: Hello
J: The staff member is wearing a Ramones shirt, of course.
K: Oh yeah.
J: It really feels like Shimokitazawa. *To staff member* Whats your name?!
Staff: My real name?
J: Either, anything is ok!
Staff: Uh, I'm Ōhori, I just started working here 1 month ago.
J: Thank you Ōhori san! What are your biggest sellers here?
Staff: All sorts of genres and styles, ringer tshirts, band shirts, hip hop shirts. Its an amazing store where you can be made over into any fashion style you choose.
J: Oh great! Well, Leader, lets start looking around. Tell us if you see anything you like...Oh, my eyes are drawn straight to the tshirts!
K: Right
J: Cause you can never have enough tshirts in Summer.
K: Haha, yeah, I end up changing a few times a day.
J: Yeah, especially when filming on location...Ah, here are the hip hop tshirts.
K: Yeah, and band shirts.
J: You like this kind of thing, don't you, Leader? Agh, I wanna look at them all. I wonder how much they cost?
K: Well, probably not that much. The ones hanging up above here will be expensive.
J: Ah, yeh of course. That Beatles one will be expensive. I wanna find something for a good price. Ahhh
K: *mocking Joe* Ahhh, haha.
J: Yeah, forgive me, its early, its hot, my head may still not working as well as it should, but Im ok, don't worry. Anyway, lets find some good items. *To staff* Do you have any items to recommend?
Staff: What genre do you like?
J: Leader, what genre?
K: Uh, like movie tshirts.
Staff: Well, if you like movie shirts, we have this 'The Fire In The Sky' shirt. Also, hmm, we recently got another one over here...
J: Are tshirts usually sold for about ¥10,000?
Staff: The cheap ones go for about ¥4000, and the expensive ones are like this one. This is ¥44,000.
J: Which one??
Staff: The Eminem one.
J: ¥44,000?! Leader! Leader! Leader!
K: Nah, I'm not that into Eminem, hahaha.
J: ¥44,000! What about this one?
Staff: Thats a Van Gogh print shirt.
J: How much is it?
Staff: Thats ¥33,000.
J: Ahhh. What about the Pink Floyd one?
Staff: Yep, that a 'The Wall' shirt, thats ¥14,390.
J: Ahh, ok. I thought the ones hanging up would have a more extravagant price tag, but around ¥10,000 is not that bad.
K: Yeah, its affordable, right?
J: Yeah. Look, there are more over here. That looks like tie-dye...Oh!! The Grateful Dead!!
K: Thats for you, no doubt. It looks good.
J: It does!
K: Its ¥9900.
J: Yeah, I could get this.
K: Show the camera.
J: I'm a huge fan of The Grateful Dead. I was at Fuji Rock up until yesterday, and I wore Grateful Dead tshirts the whole time. It's ¥9900, ¥9900..
K: Haha
J: If I say it five times, it might get cheaper, haha. Im trying to think of how to get discounts, but I doubt the staff will give me any, haha. Oh look, this one is good too, The Stones (Voodoo Lounge)!
K: Yeah, and it looks the right size for you.
J: The price is...omg!...¥25,900.
K: No problem, surely.
J: Leader, you should get this!
K: I'm not that into The Stones though.
J: Oh, but it suits you! Leader! Leader! It looks cool on you!
K: It does, doesn't it? haha
J: Right?? Whether or not you actually like The Stones is a seperate issue.
K: Well, yeah.
J: ¥25,900...
K: The pattern is cute. Joe, you should get this.
J: No, it suits you more.
K: It suits you too.
J: Ahh, maybe if it was cheaper..
K: If it was any cheaper it would be too cheap! haha.
J: I have no money left, haha. But these types of shirts are great, they have such an impact...Ah, Leader, you found something! What is it?
K: Its a KMFDM shirt.
J: Ah, hold it up to you...That won't be very expensive. It looks good. How much is it?
K: ¥14,000.
J: Ohhh...But that Stones shirt!
K: Haha
J: *picking up another shirt* I can never have enough of this kind of shirt.
K: Yeah, that is nice.
J: Ok, the price, how much is it?! It says 'WE ARE SO FUCKED'..
K: The price is ¥6500
J: I could get this. It has a print on the back too. This is nice. But...ahhh..
K: You like the Stones shirt?
J: Yeah
K: What about this one?
J: Oh, its a simple design.
K: Its a Greenday Crew shirt.
J: Oh yeah, it says 'Local Crew' on it.
K: This is good.
J: Plus is doesn't really look second hand.
K: Right?
J: It looks like its probably only been worn about once.
K: Its ¥14,000. Size XL.
J: What size do you like for tshirts? Still oversized?
K: Yeah, I like a bigger size.
J: This shirt works well if you wear jewelry or stuff.
K: Yeah.
J:...Don't you want a Slipknot shirt? You probably already have one, right?
K: No, I don't have one.
J: You don't??
K: No, but it's difficult to wear a Slipknot shirt out anywhere, haha.
J: Yeah, haha. I get you, I understand that. Thats not a slight on Slipknot though, right? Its just difficult to wear it anywhere.
K: Yeah, haha.
J: Ah, that Pink Floyd shirt is good too.
K: Yeah, that well-known cover.
J: I bet thats expensive.
Staff: Not really, its ¥14,000.
J: Ahh, not that bad. This is an odd thing to say, but aren't second hand shirts going through a bit of a gradual price boom at the moment?
Staff: Yeah, the prices are seasonal..
J: So we should buy in this season?
Staff: Yeah, now is the cheapest time to get them.
J: They will only get more expensive from now on?
Staff: Yep.
J: So if we see something we like, we should get it. Plus we might not get the same luck again if we find something good.
K: Ahh! *points to the Stones (Voodoo) shirt*
J: Haha, but its over ¥20,000. I could get the Grateful Dead one instead. ¥10,000 is managable, but ¥20,000 is a bit steep for me. Anyway, lets have a look at the other end of the store...they have button up shirts, pants/trousers. Leader, you like these kinda summer shirts, don't you?
K: Yeah *finds a leopard print hawaiian style summer shirt* This is nice.
J: You could even end up showing your nipples with that.
K: I could wear this.
J: Yeah, that is very you.
K: I like shirts like this.
J: Yeah, especially in the summer.
K: *finds a shirt with beach scene print* This is pretty ordinary, but I could wear this too.
J: Its very summery. Leader, do you wear shorts?
K: Yeah, I do. Look, there are shorts here.
J: Ahh, I think you should get these! haha *hands Kaoru some orange and blue striped shorts* You wouldn't wear those, would you??
K: No, not this kind of thing.
J: They look like they would suit Europeans.
K: Like a fashionable older guy, or something?
J: Yeah, yeah.
K: *finds some camouflage print shorts* I like these.
J: Yeah, thats more like it.
K: They are ¥2900.
J: That's cheap!
K: Yeah. I might buy these, haha.
J: Oh! A purchase??
K: I could easily wear these.
J: Ohh, Leader is thinking about it. ¥2900, so cheap.
K: Yeah
J: The Tshirts are a bit expensive, but I suppose it can't be helped if there is a price boom.
K: Its because everyone here is wearing them...Oh, those Dragonball shirts are good.
J: I wonder how much they cost...Excuse me, how much are the Dragonball shirts?
Staff: These were made in America, so I think they are about ¥22,000. *checks price* Yes, ¥22,000.
J: You know all the prices well!
K: Thats expensive!
Staff: They are both around ¥22,000.
K: Probably because they are American made.
J: Imported second hand. I bet these are popular.
Staff: Yeah, this, and Akira and stuff are popular.
K: Ahh, Akira, yeah, that will be expensive. That can't be helped.
J: Yeah.
K: You don't often see second hand Akira shirts though, right?
J: Yeah, if you buy it, you wanna keep it.
K: Oh, look! This is good *finds an In-and-out burger shirt* I wanna eat there.
J: Yeah, me too. Let's go on location overseas one day!
K: Hahaha
J: It would be tough with this exchange rate.
K: Yeah, that would be one expensive hamburger.
J: It'd be over ¥1000 right? Like $8/9 or $12 for a meal set. Thats close to ¥2000 from our perspective....Are these hip hop tshirts? Oh, movies!
K: Yeah, Halloween.
J: And its cheap, ¥5400. But you like a bigger size, right?
K: Yeah.
J: Is this just about right, size wise?
K: Yeah...Halloween.
J: You found a good one, ¥5400, ¥5400..
K: You keep doing that even when its cheap, haha.
J: The price is the first thing I say, I just do, the design comes after that, haha.
K: You look at the design last? haha
J: Yeah, well I usually just go for white or black anyway. Oh, there are sweaters too, and all these tshirts folded in piles....Def Lepard, Nirvana..
K: Nirvana shirts are still really expensive.
J: Yeah, the originals are. You often see replicas though.
K: Look, this one says 'DIR'.
J: Oh yeah!
K: Its DIRTBO??
J: Oh, I see, I didn't even realise!
K: Hahaha
J: Have you ever found a Dir tshirt in a second hand store?
K: No, I haven't.
J: I guess people don't want to sell them.
K: No, there is no demand for them.
J: I think there would be! Ah, I see more Nirvana shirts here.
K: I've always thought this, but you buy band tshirts and stuff new, right? And you wear them and wash them loads of times, but they never stay as in good condition as all these.
J: I suppose if these are bought from America...
K: But over there they still shove them in huge washing machines all the time. They will still wear out.
J: But over there, they use dryers, they don't really dry clothes outdoors. So there is that, and they probably use different detergent than Japan.
K: Ah, they use more heavy duty stuff?
J: Yeah, and when they are imported to Japan, they wash them again before putting them in stores. Thats why they look so nice.
K: They all smell the same, don't they?
J: They do! Second hand clothes stores have a very particular smell. I really like it.
K: So do I.
J: This is unrelated, but when I was born..
K: No, we don't wanna hear!
J: Really? haha, listen to me!
K: Oh, ok. Haha.
J: When I was born, my mum apparently really loved the smell of dirty drains, (She) was always trying to smell the drain. (*Japanese often omits pronouns, so here Kaoru thinks Joe is referring to himself smelling drains, but he is actually talking about his mother for both the liking and the smelling of drains*)
K: You? Haha, gross.
J: And I became the type of man I am now, haha. Its usually a bad smell right? But I think its like when women are pregnant, their tastes can change, they can start to hate things they used to love etc. Well, she suddenly started to love the smell of dirty drains! She was always searching for the drain to smell it.
K: Oh, your mother?!
J: Yes, and this is the child that formed.
K: You are made of the smell of dirty drains? haha. I don't think so.
J: I'm drainman, haha. Anyway, we'd better start heading on to the next store, say in about 5 minutes. So, Leader, if you want to buy anything here, now is the time. There are still areas we haven't looked at.
K: I like this.
J: Oh thats cute, thats a real second hand shirt. An American comic strip print.
K: Its ¥20,000.
J: Now see, since we are on location here, its gonna be hard to leave here if we don't buy something!
*Staff laughing*
K: *clapping* Jo~e! Jo~e!
J: This would be the perfect time for Tasai to arrive!
K: Hahaha
J: You could buy those shorts, and we could leave, but its not very Japanese to just leave without buying anything, especially when we are coming and filming in here! Should we do Rock Paper Scissors?
K: Thats even less polite! Hahaha
J: No, I mean, I really do want to buy that tshirt...but hey, its August from tomorow right?
K: Huh?
J: I mean, I'm on a budget each month. I'll be a different person tomorow, haha. This month I went to Fuji Rock, I spent a lot...I'm on a commoner's budget.
K: Ahh, ok.
J: I really want those two shirts, I just feel like we shouldn't leave without buying something. But I don't have the courage to buy them. You are the one who has to buy something. You could buy those shorts?
K: Yeah, I can buy those.
J: Oh, good!
K: I like this tshirt, I just wish the size was a bit bigger.
J: XXL is best, right?
K: Yeah...hmm, how much is that Rob Zombie tshirt?
J: The staff just said 'Ah!'. Does that mean its gonna be really expensive? haha.
Staff: Its ¥22,900.
K: Ah, yeh, of course.
J: 'Cause its a big sized Rob Zombie shirt. Its cool though...Its times like this I wish I was the type of man who could buy that Voodoo shirt.
K: You could buy it.
J: It IS cute.
K: It is really good. That The Grateful Dead shirt is more common. The Voodoo one is rarer.
J: Its the perfect size.
K: It really suits you. You could wear it on your late night shows.
J: Would I look cool?
K: Yes
J: Ahh, for now Leader you just buy those shorts.
K: Hahaha
J: In the meantime...
K: Really? But I like this Greenday shirt too.
J: Ok, buy that! How much was it again?
K: ¥14,000.
J: Ah, thats ok. Oh, the cameraman is behind you.
K: Hmm, ok I'll buy the shorts.
J: Are you gonna try them on?
K: No, I'll just hold them up against me.
J: They'll probably fit you...I wish Niconama would let us have ¥30,000 each for shopping. Then I could buy the voodoo shirt.
K: ¥30,000 each? Haha, thats quite a lot.
J: Yeah, like ¥100,000 between us. Does it say the size on the shorts?
K: Well, I can tell they will fit by looking at them.
Staff: I think they are about M size.
J: What about the size in inches?
Staff: Ah, Im not sure. If they are American military...
J: I think they are. Kaoru, don't you need to try them on?
K: No
J: Ok, well, we pondered over a lot of things, but ended up with shorts in the end.
K: Huh?
J: We looked at so many tshirts, but then just decided on shorts.
K: Is that how it is?
J: No no, its not a bad thing, haha. I just don't have it in me to let us leave without buying something. Where is Tasai?!
K: *finding a NIN shirt* Oh! I have this shirt!
J: Really? That makes me want to buy it.
K: Its a bit small.
J: Yeah, if only it was a bit bigger. But I do remember you wearing this somewhere.
K: Yeah
J: If only it was bigger...I do like that double sided print tshirt though.
K: Which one?
J: This one. I'm not sure about the size though.
K: The size looks ok on you.
J: Does it?
K: What brand is it?
J: Im not sure....Oh, my phone's going, that must be Tasai. That sucker is on his way! Hold on, let me answer.
K: During the show!? Hahaha
J: Helloo? Where are you? Do you know the east exit? If you come out of the east exit, and then look immediately to your right, you'll see a sign for the store 'SPiCe' on the second floor. Can you see it? Ok, come up here...Tasai is coming, I can't believe he will be here. *Joe continues to talk on the phone to Tasai*
K: Ok, I'll buy these now then.
Staff: Thank you.
K: Where is Toru? I don't have any cash on me....*shouts down the stairs* Toru! I need your wallet.
J: Lets make Tasai buy something as a forfeit.
K: Do you take card?
Staff: Yes, we do.
J: Well, I'm glad we were able to do some shopping, and glad that Tasai is coming.
Staff: Thats ¥2900, with tax it comes to ¥3190.
K: Ok, I'll pay by card please.
J: Here he is! At last!
T: I'm so sorry!!
J: What on earth are you doing??!
T: I'm so sorry! I hope you are all ok.
J: We are not ok! You'll have to buy something for us to make up for it!
T: Anything!
J: Tasai, this Voodoo Lounge shirt would be good. Is it too small for you??
T: Joe, you have good taste.
J: It won't fit you though.
T: Its ok, I'll buy it.
J: Have you checked the price? Its so cheap.
T: I'll put it on now.
J: Check the price though.
T: How much is it?...Omg, its expensive! Its ok, I'll still buy it.
J: Haha, ahhh. Hey but, Leader liked the look of this Greenday shirt too.
T: Oh, this is for Kaoru? Thats ok.
J: Really??
T: Yeah
K: Hahaha
J: You are so sweaty!
T: Haha, Hi everyone.
J: You look like Cunning Takayama!
K: Hahaha
T: Eh?
J: What happened, did you just forget about the plan today?
K: Put that tshirt back first, you'll get sweat on it.
J: Ah, right, yeah.
T: I think I forgot what day it was.
J: Didn't you get the group mail?! *laughs at Tasai trying to mop sweat off his face*
T: I didn't realise it was this week, I was just in the gym. Then my phone rang, and I wondered why you were calling. Then you told me you were already getting started, and I thought OMG!, and rushed here.
K: Are you actually free for the rest of the day? Apart from the gym?
T: Yeah, I was wondering what I should do with the day after the gym, haha. I'm sorry.
J: No, its good, we are glad you are here.
T: Don't be late, people!
J: You were panicking, right?
T:· Yeah, it was terrible.
J: I've done that once before on this show.
K: Oh, you have! Thats right.
J: It happens sometimes. Anyway, now that we've bought something, should we go to the next place?
T: Really? Ok, I'll come back and buy this tshirt later! Ok, off we go!!
J: Haha, why so sudden??!
T: Oh, sorry, haha.
J: A big thank you to the staff for having us! Everyone, come and check out the stuff at SPiCe.
T: Right next to the station in Shimokitazawa.
J: Yep, zero seconds from the station. Its the closest second hand clothes store to Shimokitazawa station. It has a lot of great stuff, and a lot of things which Kaoru liked, so please check it out. Ok, lets go to Disc Union. Thank you! *walking out* Ahh, that was good. You came at just the right time, Tasai.
T: Oh really? Good.
K: You got here quite quickly.
T: Well, I wasn't far.
J: Its a right turn from the entrance.
T: Right, ok. Shimokitazawa is my hometown. The camera is behind us? Ok.
J: But its hot!
T: Yeah, it is.
J: Today is certainly a hot day.
K: You wanna get rid your clothes, not buy more. Its too hot.
J: Yeah. Leader, how are you managing in this heat? But I guess you are just working at home at lot, are you?
K: Well, I do like going out for walks.
J: Oh, you do go out??
K: Yeah, I do feel the need to get some sun. Not always though.
J: Ahh, I thought you would be shut up inside the whole summer.
K: Well, I am shut up inside a lot..
J: But you get out for walks a bit too.
K: Yeah
T: Kaoru, I saw on your Insta that you'd been to Asakusa.
K: Yep, I was there. There is this crepe shop there, they did actually once make an offer to this show for us to come and eat there.
J: Oh, lets go next time.
K: But anyway, Im doing my art exhibition, and at the same time I'm gonna be doing a collaboration with that crepe shop. So I just went to check out the store, we made a video for my blog TheThe Day.
J: Wow, collaboration crepes?
K: Yeah, they've done Dir collaborations there before.
T: ...Collaboration crepes?
K: Yeah.
J: What, you make crepes with your product theme or something?
K: I have these characters Krim&Zon, I'm using those as the theme.
J: Ahh, I'm sure the fans will love that! But it seems a shame to eat it, haha.
K: You have to eat it. So, yeh, they invited this show to go there too, but we couldn't due to timing.
T: Do you draw Krim&Zon pictures on thr crepes?
K: Its not drawing, but kind of foods resembling the characters, or something with a small print on. But I haven't actually finalized them yet.
J: Well, thats something to look forward to.
T: Thats from September, right?
K: Yeah. By the way, its actually July when we are filming this.
J: Yes, so you still have time to get it done. Ok, lets cross the road here.
T: There is a lot of performance halls here.
K: Yeah, Shimokitazawa has that image.
J: Yep, its a theatre town, a live house town. Its brilliant at night, it has a very different atmosphere from Shibuya or Shinjuku.
K: Yeah.
J: Its exciting to drink here.
T: And there are a lot more second hand clothes stores here now.
K: Yeah, we've just been to one.
T: Oh, did you?
K: Hahaha
J: Yeah, you weren't there, were you?! Too busy at the gym.
K: You got there right when we finished.
J: How can you even go to the gym this early in the morning?? You are like a celebrity!
T: No, I'm not like a celebrity.
K: Wasn't SHELTER (*venue name*)around here somewhere? Oh, there it is. I've been there before.
T: Have you played live there before?
K: No
J: Has Dir ever played in Shimokitazawa?
K: I don't think so, no....Ah, there it is!
J: Yep, thats Disc Union. A bit further up is The Suzunari theatre.
T: There is also a famous soup curry restaurant up there too.
K: Ahh. Should we cross the road here?
J: Yes....Ahh, but its hot! I'm sure a lot of the viewers have been here.
K: We could get a beer somewhere around here, haha.
J: Thats a nice idea! Its quite compact here, so it feels like there is more stuff here than Shibuya, and its not as busy as Shinjuku. Its the best place to go out for a walk and go shopping.
T: Kaoru, you said you don't come here much?
K: Not much, no.
J: For me, I always feel like this is the place where bandmen or theatre people like to drink. Either here or Koenji.
K: Ah, I've been to Koenji a lot of times. I tend to go there.
J: You are a Koenji guy?
K: Yeah.
J: Ok, so we have arrived at Disc Union. Lets stand over here. So Disc Union in Shimokitazawa sells records and Cds of all genres, Rock, JPop, Jazz, Soul, anything. We are gonna search for some records here today! But actually, Dir en grey released a record too, right?
K: Yes
J: Oh, congratulations *claps* Is it sold out?
K: I'm not sure, there might be some left in stores.
J: Ah, here it is.*Staff passes Phalaris LP to Joe, who passes it to Kaoru* It looks cool! I wanna see the inside too.
K: There is a lot to see.
J: Yeah, you can do that with records. Ok, so for the rest of the show we will be searching through loads of records, so please keep watching. But unfortunately, the free part ends here, so our Disc Union searching will make up the paid half, and you can look forward to whatever discoveries Kaoru makes. Can we also do a present for the viewers? Yep, ok. Tasai will see to that.
T: I'll pay for it myself.
K: Hahaha
J: So please become a channel member to enjoy all this. Ok, I'll just explain how it works. The second part is for members only, so you have to join if you wanr to watch it. If you join, you can watch this broadcast in the archives for one year, and you will get a members only video in the coming days. Here's how to join, click the blue link at the top of thr screen. Thanks for pointing, Leader. You will then get a page asking you to choose your payment method. Choose your method, and click proceed, enter your details, and you're done. If you haven't joined yet, please do so to enjoy the rest of the show. Leader, before we move on, do you have any announcements?
K: Uh, we have a tour starting from November. And my art exhibition Nouteikarano2 will start in September, so please check it out. You two should come too.
J, T: Of course!
J: Yes, I'll go to both.
T: I'm looking forward to the exhibition.
J: Yeah. How are your preparations going?
K: Well, I've finished most of the art.
J: Ok, well everyone can look forward to that. Lets have a quick break here, and the members only section will start very soon, so just wait there. See you there!
T: Don't be late!
J: Exactly!
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Finally part 1
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She had had enough, she had endured their verbal abuse thinking that they would realise the truth but she couldn't have been more wrong if she tried.
She realised that most of her classmates were just greedy people who would be kind to the person who could make them more rich or famous or preferably both except chloe and adrian cause they were both already rich.
When they cornered her after school they must have thought that they would teach her a lesson but boy they couldn't be more wrong.
This was the finale even though it may have been unplanned. She checked this corner and got what she was looking for a cct v camera. She would have to time it just right.
All of the class was present except chloe. They cornered marinette and ivan and kim held her while others were beating her after 2-3 minutes Marinette escaped from their hold and attacked everyone present, it took the class by surprise as they hadn't thought Marinette could harm them.
But this was just the beginning Marinette took out her phone called the police but after that she called nadja chamack and the media and told them to come here. The police and media reached at the same time they hadn't known what to expect but whatever they expected this wasn't it. the class was lying on the floor with injured limbs and were more surprised to find the media and police there, but before lie-la could start with waterwork Marinette started.
"These people tried assaulting me but because i know some martial arts i defended myself I called because i thought they would start again." said Marinette.
And to the class's surprise Marinette was crying and bruises were forming where they had hit her. the policer officer took the scene in and found though these children were on the floor there were any bruising or anything except on two large boys.
"Miss why don't you sit and tell those officers there your parents number. And if you won't mind do you think you could tell us what happened here. You can write a complaint and we can restraint these people in the office until we find further evidence." said the police officer.
"o-o-ofcourse sir, t-t-they won't beat me again wil-l-ll they" said Marinette while sniffling and crying.
now how to bring his attention to the camera without making him suspicious
"sir, there is a camera at the wall and its on maybe it has recorded what happened here." said one of the officers.
"right you are well I guess this makes our work easier and contact these people's parents as I believe they are minors." said the head officer.
the class who had heard all this paled. This wasn't supposed to happen Marinette was supposed to learn a lesson but these police were trying to arrest them.
At the police station
All the Parents including Gabriel and lie-la's mother were present. They knew what had happened as the media was going live and therefore everyone in Paris knew of this.
"What do you think you are doing arresting my son do you know who he is?" Shouted Gabriel.
"I request you to calm down. We haven't arrested anyone yet. But with what we have seen of the video footage everyone here was responsible and they will surely be arrested after we question them thoroughly." said the head officer.
"My daughter would never do anything like this and everyone here are children surely you aren't thinking of arresting them." said lie-la's mother
"Well I guess you should see the video footage yourself with a few more additional details that we acquired through the school board."
The parents were shocked with what they saw how could their children do this to someone let alone their friend Marinette. Then they were even more shocked to see another footage(this was from school) where their children were verbally abusing the poor girl.
"where is Ms dupain cheng ?" asked Gabriel. He knew that if he wanted to stop the police from arresting his son he would have to speak with her there was no other way to save his son. The head officer of this case was someone who took his duties seriously and wouldn't be bribed.
"she is at the hospital with her parents. She has to be hospitalised for atleast a week. She is also suffering from trauma. And she has already said that she doesn't wanna meet anyone related to this fiasco including the parents." said the head officer.
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I’m obsessively interested in this game, but I don’t have a PC or MacBook (u don’t even want to know how hard I tried to get it to work with shady Windows-emulator apps and sheer dumb hope 💀 ) SOO I was wondering if anyone has posted a play-through or anything? Or if there’s a wiki or smth where I can at least read the lore? Idk help I’m going insane 😭
Oh my gosh - I am so flattered!! There are no play-throughs YET (barring my own crummy demos of like... 2 different routes?), and there are infrequent streams from small creators, but I will absolutely be posting here if I or anyone else releases a Let's Play!
My YouTube can be found here! Animatics and voice actor previews are put here, as well as some AMV oddities and the like :) I haven't updated in quite some time because YouTube scares me now I've been busy with IRL stuff and programming, but I intend to update the channel in the future :)
My St. Agatha Play Through footage can be found here!
As for keeping up to date with fan content, projects, and lore -
My Toyhouse acts as an informal wiki. Many pages are under construction or contain outdated info, but will be updated overtime, especially if prompted to make any pages or characters a priority :) You can do that in my DMs, inbox, on Toyhouse, or via Discord (more on that in a second.)
If you want a Toyhouse code to join the site (as anyone can view, but only invited members can utilize it's services) for the purpose of leaving comments, saving things to your favorites, or for storing your own characters and lore - DM me here! I can get you one no problem :) I also make tutorials and answer questions on how to use the site, as it has a fairly steep learning curve, but is WELL worth the time if you have it to spend. I love it so so much now that I know how to use it.
People who are sixteen or older can join the Discord! It's invite only, but you are encouraged to message me for access! You can meet other fans, see WIPs, and ask questions to me or others in-the-know more directly :) I also do dev tests and we host live play throughs there!
⚠️ Heads up - the themes and subject matter of this game are discussed openly. This is a mature, but not adult game. There is no nudity or pornographic content, but there might be references to this as well as to gore, death, drug use, assault, and animal violence. As for other potential triggers - suggestive humor, references and cartoon depictions of violence and mild gore can be seen in art and fan art. Any art involving blood will be censored :) We do not tag self harm scars, but do tag open self harm wounds in art. That's another thing to keep in mind.
These are matters of importance or passing importance in the game, mostly in character backstory, they can be expected to be brought up in the server, and I don't advise joining if this might be a deal breaker for you
This server is also plural friendly, and hosts both pluralkit and tupperbox. The server is also pro-endo, and I will not be entertaining discourse on the matter.
I'll do some asking around to see if anyone has seen or has been considering doing a Let's Play! I've had some people bring that up to me before.
Thanks for sending in the ask!! And thank you for your interest 💌
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