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alicerosejensen · 4 months

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Find me pt.1

Warning: kidnapping, mention of blood, two-person narrative (Leon v reader), castle with bioweapons, angst, trauma, dark, forced relationships, hints of sexual violence.

Summary: half a year. That’s exactly how long it took Leon to get on your trail and try to find you. He is ready to do anything to get you back, but hope fades every day.

A/N: I'll probably still post this when I get inspired. The warnings will vary depending on each chapter. You can think of this story as a big reference to another Capcom game.

I apologize for any mistakes because English is not my native language.

Feedback is welcome, but no insults please.

Prologue here.

His eyes closed by themselves from lack of sleep when Leon looked at the received data, which for him is now equal to the treasure, or more precisely, the key to the treasure is to you. Ingrid said that this could turn out to be a false trail, the threads that he had been looking for for so long turned out to be either a waste of time, or led to a dead end stopping the whole thing. And only now, six months later, a single clue that appeared literally out of nowhere makes you drop everything and try to find you.

Hannigan looks at the audio file trying to determine whether it is a fake or not. She runs it through a lot of programs trying to make sure that it's not gluing while Leon is standing next to her, clutching the back of the chair she was sitting at.

"Tell me this is a real recording," the tone of his voice was almost pleading and at the same time scared as he heard your recorded crying over and over again.

"Yeah." Hannigan's hesitant voice made Leon lower his head and look at the woman who continued to click her fingers on the keyboard.

"Hannigan?"

"We don't know when this recording was made…Maybe it's a trap. Another false trail that will lead nowhere. We've checked everything Leon! We found a car with DNA traces, but the trail ended. There were no witnesses, no recordings from the cameras, it was as if she had fallen through the ground."

Leon froze. The arguments were weighty, but what does he have besides this record?

"What's the point of being trapped after six months?" He sees Ingrid biting her lip trying to squeeze out as much data as possible. "If this was a kidnapping for ransom or luring me out, they would immediately get in touch, but nothing. So it wasn't me or the money that was needed, but my wife."

"However, we have not been able to find a motive. I checked all the documents, passport, parents, records from the hospital where y/n was born - there is nothing that could give us a tip. It's all clear."

"Or we don't see something," he sighed.

Leon was sure that something was missing. But it was not on the surface, but somewhere in the depths, which is not so easy to get to. When he was informed about the shots in his house and found a mess with a syringe lying on the floor, he really had hope that he would be contacted very soon. He waited a week, then a second without leaving the search, because with the current level of technology it is impossible to completely cover up all traces so that they lead nowhere, and in the end Ingrid quickly found a car with traces of your hair and drops of blood on the back seat, but that was it. You became one of those who mysteriously went missing.

But no one asked for money, no one sent any extortionate emails or calls. At one point, Hannigan even put forward the theory that you could have initiated your abduction yourself, but he refused to believe it. Why would you leave like that if you could just break up with him, even though on the day you left, Leon was ready to swear that everything was fine between you.

So it just didn't make sense.

Leon speaks softly. He is pacing the room, waiting for additional information, at least from where this recording was sent to him. The sound of the keys echoes in his head and Leon rubs his face tiredly, stopping his gaze at your photo.

"There was a drug in the syringe, there was her blood on the needle and on the floor, in total two shots were fired from the Matilda, one into the closet and the other into the ceiling... traces of a struggle..." Leon quietly wondered out loud, trying to understand what he could have missed, but it seems more there was nothing left that he could grab onto.

"Leon?" Ingrid suddenly called and Leon was next to her in one sharp movement. “I think I found it!”

A map and tracked coordinates appeared on the screen, presumably from the place where the recording with your request for help was sent.

"This..."

“Not low beam”

Leon twitched anxiously, seeing the designated forest area, looking meaningfully at Hannigan, who rested her chin on her hand, not believing what she found. At one time, intelligence discovered Ashley in a godforsaken Spanish village, but she was kidnapped with the aim of infecting her with a plaga and sending her to Graham, and what Leon saw on the map defied any logic. How did you end up in a mountain range in another country?

“This is Leon’s mistake. There is nothing there, mountains and forest, another mistake, someone made a cruel joke.”

“Not if there is any hint of civilization there.”

It was an unnecessary risk. Hannigan is still trying to find at least some information about the nearest village in these places. On the one hand, it’s an ideal place to hide a person, but on the other hand, there are no guarantees that you will end up there and that Leon won’t go to hell in a meaningless search. Suddenly you have been dead for a long time, although Ingrid’s female intuition tells her that until he finds your body or at least clear evidence of your death, Leon will continue to sniff out the trail of his beloved, like a devoted bloodhound, even if there are no traces left.

You are not the daughter of the president, only the forces of Leon and Hannigan are sent to search for you, the latter helps him only out of the kindness of her heart, and no one will send reconnaissance to find at least something that indicates that you were even really in this place. But Leon worked as an agent for too long, he saw the underside of this world and in theory assumed that there might be a house or village in which you are being kept for some unknown reason, but even if it’s all a trap and you are bait, then Leon is ready to go there.

"Nothing, Leon," Hannigan's annoyed voice must cut off hope. He himself sees no signs of human life on the screen. “No one even reports missing people in populated areas”

“I don’t have anything else anyway, right?” he answers confidently, taking his phone to get the exact coordinates “The fact that there is nothing on the map and no one reported missing tourists means nothing. There are places that someone hides very well.”

“This is your personal mission… I won't be able to help you there. I can book tickets, find someone to help with the weapons, but no outside support. You'll be on your own there.” Ingrid drawled sadly, hoping that he would come to his senses or at least weigh everything again before taking an unjustified risk, "You don't know what awaits you there, perhaps there is nothing there except trees, wild animals and mountains. Let's check it out again?!"

"For six months!" he exclaimed, "I've been trying for six months as a bloodhound to find at least something that can shed light on the kidnapping of my fiancee. I have the coordinates and her message for help, which you yourself confirmed was not falsified. Even if I can't find anything, I'll at least try. She wasn't taken away for money or to get back at me… there's something else there, and if she's there…" Leon poked his finger at the monitor, "then she's completely alone there. Defenseless and vulnerable to any danger if they want to harm her."

There was an oppressive silence. It was useless to convince Leon to wait at least a little longer before rushing headlong for a single straw, but she had already delayed him enough. All Hannigan could do for him was squeeze out any crumbs of information about the area, record it, and help with the equipment. At least the technical component. And if they both believed in God, they could pray for a successful return.

"Allright, have it your way." she spread her hands in surrender.

The awakening was painful and difficult. However, between brief glimpses of wakefulness that quickly ended with another dream, you could feel Leon's gentle touches all over your body. His breath on your neck and lips was like an apologetic kiss. You tried to dodge, as you usually did in the morning when you were still asleep, but he was persistent, after which you vaguely heard laughter through the veil… Heavy, broken, unlike Leon's usual laugh. Random images flashed before your eyes, and the last thing that made you fully wake up was the bang of your head on the floor and the sound of a gunshot, after which you abruptly opened your eyes, looking straight at the dark ceiling, trying to figure out what happened.

Tick tock tick tock

The sound of the clock ticking filled the space, remaining for a while the only thing your mind could focus on. Your head was pounding painfully as you stared madly at the dial, standing a few meters away from you, barely discerning what time it was. The lump on your forehead throbbed unpleasantly and may have caused a concussion after that bastard hit your head on the floor with all his might so that you lost consciousness. Feeling with your fingers the place where the skin painfully swelled, you painfully hissed down immediately removing your hand, stopping it and tried to breathe deeply trying to put the latest events in chronological order.

However, nausea rolled in waves, forcing you to squeeze the bedclothes in your hands and finally realize that the environment in which you are unfamiliar.

A dark room lit by a single fireplace in which a fire was still burning warmed the space making it less frightening, but the pouring moonlight from the window made the soul shrink from the horror of the unknown. You slowly looked around realizing that you were lying on a huge bed with a giant canopy of a delicate green shade on silk bedding of the same color. Everything seemed so unreal. As if it were a nightmare and now someone will jump out from around the corner at you and you will wake up realizing that nothing terrible really happened, but after sitting on the bed in one position for several minutes without moving in the hope of waking up, in the end you realized that you were no longer sleeping.

Your eyes involuntarily began to look at paintings by unknown artists. A portrait of a woman sitting at a small table with a human skull on it, an aristocrat with noble features as if carved out of stone, ordinary landscapes… You put your feet down on the cold stone floor, immediately shuddering and slowly wandered to the window to understand your location, but all you saw outside was an endless forest area without a hint of roads.

Listening to other sounds besides the annoying knocking of the clock and the fire, you hugged yourself by the shoulders, thinking that it was definitely not worth shouting just yet. The room you were in was clearly made in the Gothic style and in the current situation it only caused discomfort, given the fact that upon closer examination of the paintings you were able to understand that in front of you were originals and not reproductions. Old Varnish should have been removed a long time ago, perhaps it made these stories less dark, but this is clearly not something that should be thought about now. Turning around in search of some kind of closet to throw on something warm, you could see clothes neatly laid out on a dusty chair: a white shirt with wide cuffs tapered at the wrist, which was probably worn with a short tapered floral pink vest without sleeves, reminiscent of a corset with lacing on the chest, dark trousers and elegant boots next to them that look like they are made of real leather. The sole is small but looks comfortable and is just your size.

Examining the clothes in his hands, it was impossible not to notice the quality of the fabric, for the shirt was clearly silk, and besides, next to it, on an elegant carved table, someone had carefully left a metal box with decoration and a fresh red rose, which until recently seemed , bloomed in some garden, filling the air with its aroma.

You lowered your hands, taking the box in your hands, carefully opening it, as if a spider or other crawling crap might jump out of it, which always filled you with uncontrollable horror, but nothing catastrophic happened. Inside was a cameo brooch, decorated along the edge with fifty small stones resembling diamonds, and at the bottom hung a drop of pearls. Leon once gave you something similar, but it was in no way comparable to what was now in your hands. It was clearly worth your year's salary. It’s not like you had a choice… in the corner of the room, of course, there was a chest of drawers, but you couldn’t find anything in it except snow-white sheets, and you didn’t really want to walk around in negligence. Considering the fact that you were given no choice and that at least the clothes looked comfortable, you decided to comply, scared by the fact that everything fit perfectly as if it was tailor-made for you. You even caught the brooch on your vest because someone probably left it here on the table on purpose.

“Well, at least I feel a little better,” you thought, sighing as you found the mirror. The lack of light made it difficult to judge how bad the bump on his forehead was, but perhaps that was for the best. There were still no footsteps or sounds in the room behind the wooden door, but so you quickly put your hair in a not-so-neat bun so that it wouldn't get in the way while you explored the area and tried to figure out what happened to you after you were attacked and left here.

Perhaps you should find a phone and contact Leon or the police directly… There must be some connection, right? Looking back again, trying not to pay attention to the slight dizziness and nausea, your gaze lingered on a metal plate hanging directly above the fireplace with some kind of inscription engraved on it, but you did not look at it or at other objects in the room. . Not now… all that mattered at that moment was to find someone or something that would help you navigate and call for help.

With a soft tread, almost quietly like a cat, you pushed the door forward and it gave way, making a slight creak, forcing only to pray that it would not attract unnecessary attention, your head poked out looking around. Cold stone walls like in a medieval castle pressed down on consciousness, the wind blew down the gloomy corridor so that even clothes did not save too much and you wanted to throw some kind of jacket on top, but you took a step forward rejoicing that there are familiar lamps here, even if they shine a little badly, but it was better than if there were candles here.

However, the candelabra here were also really empty. When you were completely out in the hallway, you couldn't figure out which way to go to the right or to the left. It was too dark on the left and you wanted to go there the least, so you wandered in the direction where the wind was blowing, listening carefully to everything, trying not to fall off any stairs, although it was not very bright here, but still your eyes could distinguish the situation well and in the end you went down somewhere to a single door. Pulling the handle, it turned out that the door was closed on the other side and except for the old junk lying under the stairs, overgrown with cobwebs in places, there was nothing, which obviously made you turn around and go upstairs again, turning into that dark corridor where you initially did not want to go, but it seems that the choice was small.

Of course, you could go back to the bedroom and wait for a miracle or trouble, the latter seemed like a more obvious scenario, but still you can't leave everything on its own, even if you find yourself in the most non-standard of all situations. Eventually, after passing through the already familiar room again, you breathed a sigh of relief when you realized that the corridor was not at all as long as it initially seemed, and the door at the end was fortunately unlocked and led you to some long well-lit balcony. Your heart was beating wildly from fear of the unknown, but you still walked forward with your hand on your chest, walking to the other end, passing by some more locked rooms, stopping only at the moment when you clearly noticed a bright scarlet stripe on the floor as if something was being dragged… … like a corpse, and the red streak seems to be blood. Your feet were rooted to the ground as you looked around in a panic, looking for potential danger. Despite the disgusting silence, no one was nearby or someone simply did not want to be noticed earlier than expected, so at your own risk you decided to follow the bloody trail that ended abruptly. There were stains on the floor as if someone had tried to wash them earlier, perhaps they didn’t have time to do it or… Well, Leon always said that you have a rich imagination, which no one from your family ever argued with, so you decided not to give it free rein just yet because that otherwise it will drive you crazy.

It was all just disgusting. You realized for sure that you were in some kind of castle or giant mansion that clearly needed cleaning in places, and the worst thing was that all the rooms here practically remained locked. After an hour of wandering through the dark corners, you were damn cold and lost in addition, despite the fact that you found nothing and could not go anywhere except a couple of chambers, although mice ran through there a couple of times and spiders wove a web in the corners, which horrified you, forcing you to quickly slam the door and scream several times. No one really showed up. On the one hand, it was calming, but on the other it was aggravating.

You need at least some kind of map to figure out which part of the building you're in at all, but all you've found is useless trash and increased anxiety. Breathing exercises generally helped, which was why you were on the verge of hysteria. There must be at least a landline phone here! Panic was rolling in and my eyes started to water, I just wanted to call Leon and beg him to take you away from here because every rustle or shadow made you jump on the spot. And if someone really chases you? Where to run to? You don't have a mountain of muscles like Chris Redfield and you're not even Leon's equal. Your brain was clearly no longer trying to think of any plan, and it was at this moment that somewhere in the distance you heard a clock tinkling. It was dark outside, you couldn't see a thing, which made you think it might be midnight.

Startled, you looked around again and still decided to follow the sounds, hoping that they would not lead to your death. Another dark corridor gave way to a lighter one, which led you to a wide oak carved door, which made you even momentarily happy as you entered the wide hall with snow-white marble columns and an almost mirrored floor where a mosaic in the shape of a sun was laid out in the middle of the hall. Everything was luxurious and at the same time forgotten, but the clock that brought you here with a loud blow really showed midnight and it was a real antique! You were ready to swear to God that such a miracle could only be bought by a wealthy well-connected collector. Nearby there were several tables similar to those in your room, and although they were very dusty, in the vases that stood on them smelled sweetly of fresh flowers.

It wasn’t so gloomy here anymore, which helped relax a little. With sincere curiosity, you looked at everything that lay on the tables, and would like to turn the porcelain figurines of animals in your hands, something like this always caught you, causing memories to come flooding back against your will, how during your travels Leon could not tear you away from the souvenir shop where you emptied his card with great generosity, but this was not the case. And although you kept your eyes glued to everything you saw, your feet carefully walked down the steps until you stopped dead in your tracks when you heard loud clapping of hands.

You looked up at the source of the sound but didn't see anyone, however…

"So you've already woken up, my dear?"

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uzis-dopeaf-hat · 1 month

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Analysis of Episode 7

[MAJOR SPOILERS BELOW]

So I wanted to talk about the latest episode of MD and it's really hard to find people to talk about this with (surprisingly?) and the one discord I joined was a bit of a mess so I'm just gonna come here and try to word vomit cohesively.

Wanna start by saying that yes, even though V is no longer in the intro, I HIGHLY doubt she's dead or gone for good. I think the new intro is likely just the start of a new arc or progression of the story. We aren't supposed to know what happens to her, so they're taking any signs of normalcy of her being present away. They could have also just wanted a new intro in general (which I love!).

I would be incredibly surprised if she was permanently gone. I guarantee she has a clone like it's stated J (stated in episode 6) and N (mentioned in this episode by Cyn herself) have.

What I can see happening, however, is V not being the same as before. If the V from the last episode is damaged beyond repair, Cyn will need to get a new clone out for her. Cyn states in this episode that she keeps their personalities. So I doubt V would act like herself from before her DD days (though I did play around with the thought). I can see something happening where Cyn tries to delete the memory files of V interacting with Uzi and the events leading up to here and now. I'm not sure how practical this would be depending on how long they're planning on making the season finale be. I feel it would be easier to just have someone retrieve her or try fixing her (unless she is fighting this entire time, which again we don't know, anything is possible). If it is the case of attempted memory deletion, I don't think Cyn will be successful. I'll come back to this later.

It's revealed that the one chained up in the trailers is in fact Nori, who seems to be taken over by the Absolute Solver, or Cyn. It seems that the company is actually trying to remedy the mistakes of their former colleagues on Earth. They have created a patch that is located in a USB drive inside what looks to be a crucifix.

There seems to be a huge religious aspect, though it is not apparent why. Our researcher Ridley here seems to be wearing a Mitre Hat typically worn by bishops. I'm not sure if they're meant to be wearing a specific type of miter, but it resembles an auriphrygiata worn during celebrations of the sacraments. If we were to put whatever is happening here under one of those sacraments, I'd say the closest would be an Anointing of the Sick (meant to help various states of sickness in religious ways such as prayer). I think a big part of the religious aspect may be superstition on JCJenson's part, but considering what we see of Cyn being a seemingly eldritch being, I can't blame them.

"LAB SPACE FOR RENT LEASED RSCH012 - 'CABIN FEVER' PRIME CATHEDRAL REAL ESTATE"

So obviously this is partly a joke, with a cathedral underground being for rent and all.

But a catholic church is where some sacraments are held. Once again I'm not sure why they believe they need this space, but I doubt Glitch would pick this setting "just because." (or maybe they would, you tell me)

Alice refers to Uzi as a "witch" in episode 6, saying she's dealt with them before, and then immediately stating that "she hasn't seen 002 since she's left us to die."

Cathedral churches had many reasons for existing, but one small purpose they served was to ward off evil, specifically witches.

A pentangle was one of many symbols used to deter witches or anything thought to be an evil entity. The candles surrounding them are likely meant to be Votive Candles, meant to seek help from the saints.

Of course, it also seems to be a giant magnet which may have helped them more than the candles in this situation. This is about all I have for this episode regarding the huge religious themes (aside from the episode literally being called "Mass Destruction.")

Our intern Mitchell seems to realize something is wrong after grabbing Yeva (aka 048). I am unsure if these revelations make a huge difference in the outcome of events. It seems that when Yeva does save Nori from The Absolute Solver with the USB drive, they are intimately aware of how dangerous it is, as Nori seems to want her to chop her arm off when they realize the solver is going out of control. These events explain what happens to Copper-9 as the planet's core implodes in on itself, creating a huge crater in the planet. The rest we know: the planet freezes over and only the drones remain.

We cut to who we now know is Nori, in her - as I'll call it -her "Heart" form. It seems she is searching for the correct cross shown with the USB and has been all this time, only supposedly finding it in this episode. We can presume she finds it after running into N since she tosses a cross away after inspecting it and not seeing any resemblances to the crucifix in the video. She has the correct one later when she runs into N, so the only time she could have found it was between her leaving to enter the mineshafts and her actually finding the DD.

I won't be going too much into the dynamics of all the relationships in this post, but I definitely will make a separate post for those (feel free to ask for some as well) -- so I won't focus on any in-depth character analysis here unless I believe it needs to be mentioned for this post to make sense.

After "Tessa" and unfortunately N scare off Uzi, N is trapped inside the collapsed mineshaft with his human counterpart nowhere to be found. Likely because of the list she needs to find and confronting Doll.

It is also revealed shortly after that Thad and Lizzie seem to be looking for someone, most likely the person being V. I've seen some points where it could be possible V sent out a signal, which may explain why this just suddenly happens. I wouldn't be surprised either if she found a way to send a signal to Khan as well -- unless he suddenly decided to be a good father and look for Uzi (who apparently seemed to be last on his list of reasons for disliking DD's) I think he got some sort of clue as to what was happening from V or another outside source. We already know he went through Nori's closet along with Uzi's blueprints for her railgun to get information.

Back to N, Cyn reveals that she lets his team keep their personalities because of him. Whether or not this is true is unclear, as she manipulates N and many others to sway things in her favor. It's almost as if she sees them as playthings for her entertainment.

When she shows N a memory from before, seemingly right after or around Earth's destruction, we can see a symbol come across his face.

"ACCESS DENIED CONTACT ADMIN 'DARKXWOLF17'"

I know many people have already seen this, but I believe that Uzi has either intentionally put a safety guard on both N and V from episode 5, or that she has unintentionally done this.

It would make sense if she made the active decision to do this, to prevent The Absolute Solver from trying to hijack V or N again. This is why I believe if Cyn were to try to erase or tamper V's memories, she'd run into Uzi's failsafe. I don't think she'd exclude V from her protection, but we really don't know V's fate for sure until episode 8.

N finally runs into Nori, and as previously mentioned she now has the correct cross. She mentions he looks familiar. It's not because he's a Disassembly Drone, she already mentions this fact a few lines prior. I still believe there is huge potential for N to have killed Nori. It seems to be long ago since neither seem to really recognize each other beyond Nori's statement.

DDs don't vary too much in model, aside from 'female' versus 'male' models. Along with that, the two had much more important events happening in their lives, and N looks vastly different in his "murder" state as opposed to his normal one.

We don't know what exactly happened to Nori that had her ending up down here. I have a speculation that she likely wasn't down in the research labs the entire time, or else she likely would have found the Patch much sooner.

Something I want to point out about Heart Nori is her attire.

She is seen wearing something akin to a mourning hat (aka a widow's cap). Clearly, she is alive (and she seems to be confident of Khan's state), so why exactly is she wearing this? The veil is meant for privacy for a woman's emotions while grieving, so what is she grieving?.

It could be Nori is grieving the life she once had or the life she could have had before Cyn came and destroyed it. She is mourning herself and her losses while trying to remedy them. I think the veil also symbolizes that she will likely be closed off to others, hence why she is so crass and straight to the point. Perhaps in the next episode, it will be removed when she potentially confronts Uzi.

It's clear Nori believes all the bad things in her daughter's life are because of her, as she states "I caused every horror in her life." But she doesn't just sit and wallow in her sorrows, she decides to remain pragmatic and address the situation as best as she can with her knowledge.

Back with Cyn, or "Tessa" as she claims to be, she is seen walking through the same area shown before where Yeva resided. It seems the drones experimented on were chained up for precautions, as we also see several magnets on each drone's head. One of the drones even seems to have its teeth out and oil-coated on them.

We see her entering into JCJenson's "Project Cabin-Fever Database" to find the list she had previously mentioned.

I won't lie, this part perplexes me. Cyn apparently wants to take these drones (and presumably any connected drones) down. I'm unsure if it means just the top two or the entire list. Does "corrupted" infer that the specific drone didn't survive The Solver? Or that The Solver actually worked on them? I'm assuming "No Effect" means exactly that: The Solver had no effect on them when trying to "infect" them with it.

Cyn purges the list after viewing this, perhaps because it says "PATCH.2.1.8" next to Yeva. She doesn't want anyone to find out about the patch. She presumes that both Yeva and Nori are dead, so this not being true doesn't contribute to the fact she purges this list.

Purging the list also seems to purge the entire room, as shortly after confirming the process the area explodes to pieces.

We have an interesting encounter with Cyn and Doll here. Doll obviously believes she is talking to a human, and she asks about the patch. Presumably, she knew about this patch for a long while, just needing the key bug that Uzi found in episode 4 to obtain it since it was located somewhere underneath Cabin Fever Labs. Apparently, Cyn also needed this key bug, as it seems she couldn't gain access with just Tessa's skin suit. She knew about the patch from her previous encounters with Nori and Yeva, so her goal was to destroy it.

She tells Doll she essentially doesn't need her to go through with her plans, insinuating it's already too late to stop Cyn. Of course, Doll doesn't know this and is attacked by Cyn's true form after this short altercation.

This is startling (not referring to the jump scare, though it did its job), as Cyn knows that she's close to completing her goal. She doesn't need Doll at all, she is just another obstacle to eliminate (which she does so gleefully).

We see the results of Cyn's attack on Doll. "Tessa" shows up quickly after, and uses that as a guise to kill Uzi. I don't think this is purposeful, as N and Uzi are already separated and unless Cyn knows N is approaching doesn't need to use Doll's death as an excuse to blame and kill Uzi.

Perhaps this bought Cyn more time if N showed, but I find it more likely as a happy accident, as N finds "Tessa" before she's about to pierce Uzi's core.

Although, I don't think Cyn actually expected N to kill "Tessa." I believe she thought that N and Tessa's relationship was too sturdy to have N ever consider hurting her, let alone beheading her. Along with the fact that Cyn no longer knows N as well as she previously did, especially since he met Uzi, she seems to have miscalculated N's priorities.

The following fight deserves a post of its own, along with the analysis of N and Uzi's relationship, so I won't go too deep into it now.

So skipping that entire section (for now) let's jump back to Cyn. After Uzi and N's hug session, we see Cyn take Doll's body, proceeding to eat the girl's heart (which is seen writhing before being consumed). We can assume that the host is not necessarily dead until their heart is destroyed -- likely a big reason Cyn gave the Disassembly Drones so many offensive tools and the capability to consume Worker Drones: she wanted to create as many opportunities as possible to prevent a heart from surviving.

This may also explain why Nori survived, and why Yeva is presumed to be dead. Unfortunately, this means Doll is gone for good.

Cyn is labeled as what looks to be 001 (or 1001). We know she's not labeled as one of the experiments on Copper-9, but what was she the first model of? A normal worker drone? She was at the very bottom of a huge trash pile in episode 5, so this plays out if she was one of the very first models, especially one that may have been disposed of improperly early on.

It's obvious that the Absolute Solver existed before Cyn, but was this the first time it was able to successfully claim a host? It seems that The Absolute Solver and Cyn are one, and always have been since Cyn reawakened. Humans must have had evidence of The Solver existing beforehand though, since Cyn was marked with an armband here.

Something else to note about episode five...

Other drones in this scene were also labeled 001 (or 1001) So I am assuming it's more of a batch number if anything.

Back to episode 7, it seems that Cyn had been in Tessa's skin for a long time. She likely died with the rest of the humans in the manor. It is intriguing how the skin hadn't rotted off, but let's assume that Cyn's Solver helps create flesh to keep up appearances and keep Tessa's skin... fresh. This can help explain the blood coming from "Tessa" in episode 6 when she's bitten by a Sentinel.

It seems that Cyn intends to consume both N and Uzi after revealing herself. She states that she's "Honestly starving," before disappearing down the flesh chasm made long ago.

We see Uzi after her sacrifice... somewhere seemingly in space. Let's assume that this isn't some sort of vision/dream/hallucination she's seeing and that Cyn isn't manipulating Uzi's surroundings.

What she's seeing is Copper-9 from outside the planet... this isn't a flashback, nor is it the planet exploding. Remember Copper-9's core imploded on itself and sent bits of the planet out, hence why everything there is frozen over. I think she's seeing the core of (or supposedly the lack-there-of-one) Copper-9 here.

What is the core supposed to be here then? I'm not sure if it's meant to be similar to Earth where the core is made up of extremely hot metals. But with it exposed there's less pressure to help keep the core from melting (again, assuming it has a similar structure to Earth).

Copper-9 is no longer habitable for humans, so the existence of these metals in the core doesn't make sense.

Let's take a look at the scene before this.

Me and a few others played with the idea that Uzi fell into a black hole at the bottom. While I think a fun theory, I don't think that makes sense. The yellow sparks likely have something to do with The Absolute Solver, and Uzi ending up hundreds (thousands?) miles away from Copper-9 and her loved ones.

The way the light sparks reminds me of when Doll would teleport from place to place. I think Uzi may have been teleported away by Cyn since it seems Cyn was planning on consuming both her and N. It may have been a fluke on Cyn's part, though of course, we won't know for a while. Maybe Nori was able to manipulate The Solver in some way to prevent Uzi's death. Or perhaps Nori is also going to be in space scavenging or trying to determine a way back to Copper-9.

That's all I have for now. I'm planning on making a separate post for N and Uzi in this episode specifically at some point, along with some other character analysis and some final moments for others.

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Painting your nails with the demons | Fluff

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Content: Akaza x gn!Reader, Kokushibo x gn!Reader, Douma x gn!Reader, Gyutaro x gn!Reader (all separate)

Warnings: Douma LMAO

Notes: I just painted my nails after a breakdown (I'm fine lol dw) over college and suddenly got the urge to paint their nails too. These hc's are incredibly short, I apologize <3

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❥ Akaza

Akaza had walked in on you painting your nails a (color), and looked at his own pink nails

Turning to see him after you finished the first hand, you gave him a little smile

"Wanna join me, Aka?"

He'll happily sit with you, letting your hands hold his steady while you paint the same color on him

He loves matching with you, so this just makes him excited

Absolutely demolishes Douma if he makes any kind of comment about it

But the bastard just begs for more pain. He's got the fucking "Wow...your punch really turned me on!" energy going on (please tell me SOMEBODY gets that reference...)

Whenever you take the nail polish off, he's gonna wanna be there so he can take his off too. Then will probably ask if you're going to put on another color or not

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❥ Kokushibo

His multiple eyes scare the shit out of me, but I'd rather them be freaky than not utilized at all

I still love him tho <3

Koku's nails aren't painted like some other demons, but he suppose he'll do one hand in black if it'll make you happy

He's silent and keeps a neutral expression as he sits beside you, allowing you to paint his right hand and you can paint your left, so that when you hold his hand, it seems like you're joined together

He just likes the subtle domesticity

"Well, what about my other hand?"

"Do whatever you want." Koku spoke slowly.

"And what about your other hand?"

"No."

He only wants one hand painted, slightly questioning if Muzan would disapprove of his nails being painted in the first place

But then he remembers Douma's, Akaza's and Gyutaro's nails are painted, and then he suddenly doesn't care that one of his hands are painted

Wont do anything but direct a cold, neutral look at someone if they make fun of his nails only being painted on one hand

They were done by his s/o, eat shit and die, peasant

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❥ Douma

Is ecstatic

Immediately takes off his own blue nail polish to math whatever color you're putting on

Gives you kisses as you paint his nails, sometimes making you mess up and get the polish on his skin

"Not to worry, darling! I can always take it off my skin, you just keep painting!" Douma grins, continuing to kiss you

Parades your matching nails around like it's the greatest gift ever

Brags to Akaza about how he has "such an amazing s/o" and how Akaza doesn't

Of course he gets hit, but Douma then salivates for more negative attention from Akaza

Once the polish begins to chip away, he's going to sit you down, take off the polish from both of you and then paint your nails again himself, in a different color

"We should switch turns every time!" Douma exclaims

"Oh, maybe we could even mix and match depending on the upcoming holiday! How fun! Oh, this is the best idea you've had, darling~!"

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❥ Gyutaro

Okay, Gyutaro probably needs a serious manicure (and this is coming from someone who never gets manicures, but at least has a nail filer)

Would also probably do his skin some good to have his nails filed down, cause then it can't...y'know...COME OFF

But I do think the gray color on his nails is the natural color they are now, but I also like to believe that sometimes he paints his nails black to feel better <3

When he sees you painting your nails, he immediately wants to join. Ume is probably not too far behind, so she'll probably join in before Gyutaro

If the color you're painting your nails with isn't black, then he'll paint his nails himself while watching you and Ume match your colors

If it is black, then he'll happily let you paint his nails for him (the teasing from his sister later on is so worth it, because you touched his unworthy hands!!!)

Gyu would also probably keep re-applying the nail polish whenever it got slightly chipped, believing you'd grow angry and upset at what he deemed as "decimation to your art"

Whenever he sees black nail polish he thinks of you now, so have fun with that lol

Probably keeps a shit ton of black nail polish on standby cause he keeps stealing yours

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Here is my Masterlist in case you want to request, or look for more of your favorite character!

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I got an ask about my gif making process, and my reply started getting way too long so I figured I'd make an updated gif tutorial/a rundown of what my giffing process looks like today. I hope this is helpful!

The anon mentioned how they really want to start making gif posts but they don't know how to, and I really was in that same spot three years ago, seeing all the pretty gifs people were making and wanting to do the same thing but just not knowing how.

I taught myself to make gifs from many different tutorials I found on here, and now years later my method is a mix-match of all of them. In this post I’ll go through my personal process but first I will link some great resource blogs that have more in-depth tutorials and resources on all different aspects of gif-making.

Both @usergif and @completeresources have great organized tutorial pages that I check all the time for different techniques. They’re so helpful! For beginners I’d recommend *these * *tutorials* for example.

For a walkthrough of my giffing process, keep reading!

First steps

Alright, let's start with the basics: I make my gifs on Photoshop and I currently have the 2023 version, so keep that in mind when looking at the screenshots I included, since there can me small differences between versions.

There are really two main ways to start out the giffing process on Photoshop. You can take consequent screenshots of the scene you want to gif and then use ‘Scripts’ and ‘Load Files into Stack’ to load them into Photoshop. I used to use this method before, and my previous giffing tutorial explains all the steps for it, as do the gif tutorials I linked.

But these days I use the other method, which involves making a shorter clip of the scene you want to gif and then using 'File' > ‘Import’ > ‘Video Frames to Layers’ to import the clip into Photoshop.

The difference between the two methods isn’t really that big, just up to personal preference and what fits your workflow best. I think the reason why I switched over was just cause I found it annoying dealing with all the screenshots.

My current process starts with opening a clip I want to gif with ‘Video Frames to Layers’. In the window that opens, I use the little arrows to select the exact shot I want to use. Here it's good to include a couple frames from before and after the exact shot you want to gif. That way you can make sure to get the whole shot included.

When the frames load up, this is what my set up view looks like. It might look different depending on the version of Photoshop, and also depending on your personal customizations, but this is what my workspace looks like. In order to get this view, make sure you have 'Timeline' selected from the 'Window' menu from the top bar.

Real quick to help make the tutorial more clear even if you’re not that familiar with Photoshop yet, the three main views I’ll be talking about are the frames, the layers and then the adjustments. Frames are the little film-reel-looking horizontal row on the bottom, and the layers are the vertical stacked row on the right. I have the adjustments on the right above the layers.

To start off, we’ll be working with frames. Since I selected some extra buffer frames from the clip in the import phase, now I'll first delete those frames that I don’t need by selecting a frame and then clicking the little trash can icon under the row of frames. When you are left with the shots you want to use, go to the menu of the three little lines on the top right of the frames view and pick ‘Select All Frames’.

Now that they’re all selected, you can set the frame delay. This basically just means how “quick” your gif will be. There are different preferences to this, but generally you’d want to pick a delay from 0.05 to maybe 0.1 for really short gifs that you need to be slower. My go-to is a frame delay of 0.07.

Whichever number you go with, you’ll chance it by clicking the tiny downward arrow on one of the frames (with all the frames selected). From the window, pick ‘Other’ and then type in your number.

Resizing and cropping

After this it’s time to resize and crop your gif. Here there are again some different methods you can use, in my previous tutorial I used the Crop tool and then resized the image. But these days I do this in a different way. Again, what way you use is all up to preference.

So what I do is make sure that all the frames are selected, and then from the menu I pick ‘Copy Frames’. After copying the frames, I make a whole new file from ‘File’ and ‘New’. This will be the canvas where I’ll make the final product of the gif, making it the exact size I want the gif to be. I prefer this method because with it you can alter the cropped area easier to see what looks best. Also this way if you’ve initially loaded a lot of unnecessary frames that you deleted previously, this way only the layers that are left transfer over and it’s less bloated in the layers panel.

In the "New Document' window pick your gif size (keep in mind the Tumblr dimensions of 540 pixels wide for big, all-across gifs, and 268 pixels wide for side-by-side gifs). With today’s gif I went with the dimensions of 540x450.

When the new file opens up, select ‘Create Video Timeline’, then from the bottom left corner click ‘Convert to Frame Animation’ and then from the three-line menu select ‘Paste Frames’. After your frames load in, you can delete the first blank frame.

Now you will resize and crop your gif. Make sure to select all frames again and then press CTRL/Command + T to activate the Transform tool. Use the guide lines that appeared to drag and resize the gif to fit your canvas. Play the gif by clicking the play button under the frame row to test how it moves within the canvas and move it around until it looks right. You can also go and change the canvas size from ‘Image’ and ‘Canvas Size’ if you want to.

At this point my gif looks like this:

When you’re happy with the cropping, it’s time to start adjusting the gif!

Lighting

For coloring and lighting the gif, we’ll move over to the right to the Layers panel. Make sure you have the top layer selected. We will be using Adjustment Layers to change the appearance of the gif, and they will change the layers below them, so this way we make sure the changes apply to all layers.

There really are so many ways you can edit and adjust your gifs, these are just the methods I use the most. So, open up the Adjustments view and let’s get started!

(side note: Lighting dark scenes is a whole different topic, so for this basic tutorial I picked a well-lit shot so we won’t have to worry about all of that when lighting it.)

I usually start with the Curves layer. Pick the bottom eyedropper tool on the left, with the white tip. With this, click on the brightest part of the gif to set the white point. This is especially useful with gifs that have some kind of a color tint (for example the green hue in the Hawkins Lab flashback scenes). By picking the white point, it will adjust not only the lighting but also the hues of the gif.

After picking the initial white point, you can go in and adjust. From the RGB dropdown menu, pick the individual color channel (Red, Green, Blue) and drag and adjust the curve until the colors and lighting look good to you. Here again, it’s all up to your personal preference. I personally prefer coloring that is more on the warmer side, so in this phase I usually strengthen the reds in the gif and tone down the greens. Remember, this is just the first phase of coloring, it doesn’t have to look perfect right away.

Next, go back to Adjustments and make another Curves layer on top of the first one. This time pick the top eyedropper tool with the black tip. Then click on the darkest part of the gif to set the black point. I don’t always do this, especially with dark scenes, but in neutral lighting like this, it can help with the contrast and make the coloring more vivid. Here you can once again adjust the RGB curves individually until you’re happy with the result. Oh but don’t think we’re done with the Curves layers just yet! After the white point and black point layers, I usually open a third Curves adjustment layer for lighting the gif. Here I usually stick to the overall curve, not going into the individual color channel ones. I drag and adjust the curve to make the lighting of the gif look good. And here’s what my gif looks like with all the Curves layers:

The brightness is starting to look pretty good now, but I’ll just add a couple more adjustment layers that I usually use. Again, this is just my process, all the layers aren't always essential and their usefulness really varies depending on the specific shot you’re working with. My advice, especially when starting out with adjustment layers, is to try out different adjustments to see what they do and how they make the gif look. If it looks bad, no worries, just CTRL/Command+Z it away!

So at this point I usually apply a Levels layer to brighten a little and then to deepen the shadows a bit to up the contrast. Then a Brightness/Contrast layer and maybe an Exposure layer to help do the same thing. I find that by using the different tools and making small adjustments in each one, it makes the lighting look nice. After these layers, here’s what the gif looks like:

Coloring

Now it’s time for the actual coloring! My favorite part! There are a billion different ways to color a gif and a billion different styles to go for. Here I’ll be doing a pretty neutral, natural coloring, but I also love my exaggerated, color-themed sets. Let me know if you’d like to hear my tips for those in another post!

With my workflow, I usually begin coloring with a Selective Color adjustment layer. And on there, I tend to always go straight for the Yellow view. There my go-to is to drag down the Cyan slider, since like I mentioned, I usually go for a warm-toned look. Here again my advice is to just mess around with the different sliders, see what they do, test them out to find a coloring you like. You can do the same thing with the Hue and Saturation layer, picking different colors in the gif and adjusting them to how you want them to look. The shot we’re working with doesn’t need a ton of color manipulation, so I won’t be doing too much with these layers, but they allow you to make some really cool colorful stuff!

The Color Balance adjustment is up next, and it’s great at unifying the colors and also making the color shades look nicer after lighting. Especially with dark gifs, brightening a scene can make the darks look a bit muddy, so editing the Shadows of Color Balance can help with that.

And lastly when I’m done with all the coloring layers, I apply a Vibrance layer on top, usually to up the Vibrance and Saturation, since I love my bright saturated colors. This shot is pretty bright on its own so I won’t have to tweak it a lot.

Once I’ve got all the adjustment layers in place, I’ll usually group all of them together. You can do this by selecting all the adjustment layers and then pressing CTRL/Command+G to put them into a group folder. I like to have it organized like that and it also makes it easier to look between the original gif and the adjusted one by toggling the little eye icon on the left of the folder. This way you can check if there’s something you still want to change, or if you want to tone down some adjustments. With today’s gif I went and lightened the shadows a little. But after that I was happy with the coloring, and the gif looked like this:

Sharpening

It’s almost time to export the final product! But before that I'll sharpen the gif. I know many people like to sharpen their gifs before coloring them, that’s a pretty common way to do it. This is just the order I learned to do this in. I think it’s fun to sharpen last so that it’s kind of like a final polish to the gif!

To prep the gif for sharpening, go to the bottom left of the frames and select ‘Convert to video timeline’. Now go back to the right and select all the layers in the layers view, the adjustment layers and all. Then with all of them selected, right-click to open a menu and from it, pick ‘Convert to Smart Object’. Now your layers are all in one object.

From the top row menu, pick ‘Filter’ then ‘Sharpen’ and ‘Smart Sharpen’. In the window that opens, pick these settings:

Then repeat the same thing, with the Smart Object still selected but now apply these settings:

(I have made these steps into an action, so I can do it with a simple click)

Exporting

With the sharpening done, our gif is ready!

To export it, go to ‘File’ and ‘Export’ and ‘Save for Web (Legacy).

A window opens up showing you the export settings. The first thing I do in this window is check the size of the gif, which can be found in the bottom left under the preview image. The Tumblr gif size limit is 10MB, so you need to stay below that. If the gif is bigger, I go back and make it shorter by deleting frames from the start or end of the gif. There are other ways to reduce the file size, but this is usually what I do. With today’s gif the size is around 5MB so we’re all good!

If you want to preview the gif in a moving form, click ‘Preview’ from under the file size, and it will open in your browser.

On the right of the preview image in the Export window you can see a bunch of different settings. In the screenshot you can see the settings I use, you can test them out and then tweak them to your liking. I usually keep them the same, though sometimes if there’s some pixelation in areas of the gif I test switching out ‘Adaptive’ to ‘Selective’ or ‘Diffusion’ to ‘Pattern’. But these are the settings I use in 99% of my gifs, and what I have found give the nicest end result for me.

When you’re all set with the settings you can save your gif into its folder and then you’re all done!

So there we have it! A basic rundown of my giffing process. I tried to keep it as clear and informative as possible, but I know I can get rambly so I hope this was helpful! For more details and tips, please refer to the tutorials I linked. There really are so many useful tutorials on here to learn from.

Lastly I'll add that making gifs is a creative art form and a skill like any other. You aren't going to be perfect at it on your first try, it takes practice and trial and error. When I look back on my first gifs I can see a hundred things that I would fix now that I have more experience. And the same will for sure be the case if I look at my current posts a couple years from now.

Figuring things out, learning what you like to gif and developing your style is what I find the most fun about the whole gif making process. I've been making them for three years now and I can say that I've developed a style that feels my own. And I swear, every time I see someone leave a tag to my post saying that they like my coloring and the style of my gifs, it always makes me so happy.

If you're thinking of starting to make gifs, I say go for it, give it a go, and have fun with it! 💛

#kaisa talks #tutorial #gif tutorial #gif resources #answered #this turned into a mile-long post #but i hope it can be helpful!#long post

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Once Upon A Time I Used To Know A Girl

Chapter 7

Carol Danvers x Reader

Masterlist | This work's masterlist | AO3

Summary: Kamala tries a different approach to your recovery, you begin to work things out on your own.

Angst, Slow Burn, Amnesia.

Word count: 821

When All You Told Me I Know By Heart

Your sleep is interrupted by the pungent smell of ethanol and latex mixed with the unmistakable scent of blood, the room is pitch black. You hear someone open the door desperately and yell, "Hurry up, we can't hold The Captain back much longer." But, after a sharp pain in your neck, it all fades away.

Kamala stays up all night thinking of what you said about hearing Jessica’s voice and remembering the relationship you had with her.

At first she doesn’t completely believe it, maybe you did just meet up with her because you wanted to hire her, but the more she considers it the more it makes sense. You wouldn’t have just gone out to meet her if she was a complete stranger, you seemed to recall enough about her when you woke up to know that was a bad idea.

Kamala begins to wonder what would happen if you were to be exposed to something of Carol’s, seeing her face was definitely out of the question, but what if you heard her speak, would it have the same effect as it did with Jessica? She has to give it a try, so now, she’s gotta find a recording of Carol’s voice.

It is still early in the morning when Kamala sneaks into Fury’s office, "Lose something?" he says to her, seeing that she had no intentions of greeting him.

Kamala is startled, she was hoping he wouldn’t be there yet, "Hey, hi, hello, how are you?" she stumbles on her words as she stops her movements.

"Depends what you’re here for."

She gives him a big, innocent smile, "I was hoping I could borrow some audio files."

"Of what?" Fury already doesn’t like what he’s hearing.

"Anything of Carol’s?"

Fury is quick to deduce the girl’s intentions, "You can’t do that."

"Come on, just let me try!" she pleads.

"You’re gonna get my ass kicked."

"I promise I won’t say anything I just wanna see if she can recognize it," Fury shakes his head in strong disapproval, "We've all been tiptoeing around this and it's certainly not helping, she’s gonna figure it out on her own sooner or later."

"I already sent a strongly worded letter to Miss Jones."

"Like she will care," she scoffs, "listen, if you don’t give it to me I’m gonna find one elsewhere, at least if it comes from you, you will know what it is." It’s a threat.

Fury thinks about it for a moment, "Fine," he complies.

Kamala leaves Fury’s office with the file she wanted and goes to your room. When she enters she sees you’re still in bed which is a little odd, "Good morning," she says softly.

"Hey," you respond, wincing in pain.

"Is it your head?" you nod, "Did you take your meds?" you nod again.

"You think I can take another one?"

"I wouldn’t," she replies, her features are full of empathy, "it’s a very strong dose."

"You’re probably right, I guess I’ll just tough it out."

"I have something that might cheer you up." You look up at her, intrigued, "I found this," she pulls out her S.A.B.E.R. tablet, "I was thinking maybe it can help you remember some things." She tries to sound nonchalant.

You sit up in your bed, "Let’s see." She hands you the device displaying a big play button, you tap it and an audio begins.

It’s a soft, captivating voice that says, "Higher, further, faster." You stare at the screen, dumbfounded, Kamala looks at you expectantly. You graze your finger over the button, considering if you should play it again.

"Together," you whisper. The girl is amazed, her plan worked. "Monica used to say that," Kamala’s hopes go down, "but that’s not Monica," you think out loud.

"Do you know who it is?" She gives it one more try.

"No." You wince again, suddenly reminded of your awful headache. Your brain doesn’t linger too much on the audio after that, too preoccupied by the nightmare that woke you up, "Did you ever call Monica 'Captain?'" You ask out of the blue.

"Never seriously, I tried to help her find a codename, but she never wanted one."

"I don’t remember ever calling her 'Captain.'"

"I don’t think you did, either." She’s unsure what you’re aiming for, but she can see the cogs in your brain turning.

"Did I ever work with Steve?" Your question comes out of left field, Kamala does a quick search on her tablet.

"Doesn’t seem like it, what’s going on?" she finally asks.

"Was my partner a Captain, then?"

"What makes you say that?" she asks anxiously.

"I’ll take it as a yes."

"I didn’t say 'yes,'" she responds almost immediately.

"That’s the thing with you, you’re very quick to say 'no,' but you’re never quite able to say 'yes.'" You’re not really angry, you’re just tired of knowing they’re keeping her from you.

Chapter 8

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fromforeigntofamiliarity · 2 years

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Hello! I was wondering if I could request a Black Noir x reader where the reader is apart of The Seven and the two are dating? The reader has been secretly helping The Boys and giving them the information to take down Vought and Homelander, and when Noir is fight Starlight, the reader comes in to try to stop him and for Starlight to flee. But like, he finds out what the reader has been doing and feels betrayed but doesn’t tell anyone. Then they make up at some point? Maybe when Soilder Boy comes back? Hope that makes sense!

Warning: Violence

Requested: Yes

You don't know what is was or when it was. Your final straw. When you finally decided to cut the strings that Vought had been using to control you for three years.

Maybe it was Noir...Seeing his reaction after the news about Compound V came out and realizing that this wasn't just something that happened to you, not genetics, that someone injected babies without a care of who or what that child would grow up to be, of course not all Supes were psychotic maniacs, Nazis, rapists or just all around assholes but there were enough of them to outweigh any of the good that others were attempting to do.

After eavesdropping on Homelander telling Madilyn about 'The Boys' killing transparent, you realized that you didn't feel bad for him, you realized that it was about time that someone made him pay for all the shit that he had done. Did he deserve to die? Maybe not, but at least something was being done about it.

Surprisingly it wasn't hard to find the leader, Butcher. Unsurprisingly he attempted to kill you promptly after meeting, luckily he calmed down a bit after you handed him one of the files on a B-lister Supe that had more that a few cases of 'collateral damage'.

It was supposed to be a one time thing, that was until you got a call from Butcher weeks later 'asking' (demanding) more files on other supes, finding out he had received it from Hughie, who got it from Starlight. And it didn't stop there apparently considering you had just received a call from Frenchie, informing you that he and Kimiko were in desperate need of help.

Arriving in the Alley you see Noir walking menacingly towards Frenchie before he is slammed into the wall my Kimiko. Rushing over you pulled the super powered female behind you, pushing her towards Frenchie.

"Get out of here." You instructed.

"What about yo-."

"Now!" You snapped as you watched Noir pull himself from the ground before freezing up upon seeing you there. "Noir, I know your confused but, I can let you hurt them."

Shaking his head at you, Noir attempted to pass you to go after the couple. Stepping in his path you place you hand on his chest. Noir slapped you hand off of him before you raised you other one and pushed him back causing him to stumble backwards.

"Noir please listen to me, you know that I would never let anyone do anything that would ever hurt you bu-." You were cut off as Noir rushed at you out of instinct you swung only to have him grab your arm, twisting it behind your back before pushing you to the ground.

In terms of strength and durability you and Noir were pretty evenly matched though when you first joined Vought you depended mostly on you powers which is why Noir wanted to teach you hand to hand combat.

Stepping over you he once again tried to go after Frenchie and Kimiko, You rushed up grabbing his shoulder, turning him around and landed a punch on his face.

Swinging again he dodges before pushing you back, going at him again he dodges all of your attacks pushing you once again.

"Come on fight me, you think I betrayed you then fight me." You said approaching him again, as you get into arms reach Noir wrapped his hand around your neck pushing you against the wall. You felt your powers attempting to push forward to protect you, you pushed it back down. You would never use your powers against Noir.

"Because you know that I'm right, Vought needs to pay for all the shit that they have caused. They did this to us not for us. Homelander, The Deep, all those other fuckers that they need to be stopped, just like Soldier Boy needed to be stopped." You struggle out as his hand tightens at the mention of his ex-leader. "Noir please." You groaned out as you felt your powers once again reaching out. Suddenly he pulls his hand from your neck backing away as you slid to the ground.

Looking down at you for a while you both knew it was too late for him to try to find Kimiko and Frenchie but her could definitely find them if he tried, though part of him didn't want to go after them.

You didn't know what would happen next, you were unsure is Noir ever wanted to see you again or if he would tell anyone more specifically Homelander what you had been doing. Your heart was beating out of your chest as you walked into 'The Seven' meeting room taking your usual seat next you Noir.

"Lately some of you have been a little out of sorts," Homelander starts "Erratic, unreliable, down right sloppy. Not you Noir and Y/N you guys are doing great, though...Y/N I haven't seen you much not that that's a bad thing."

"And usually I really wouldn't give a fuck but given recent events you will all be needing to tighten the fuck up." He stated clapping his hands together. "Now being the generous and considerate leader I will now give you the chance to come clean on any of your less than publicly acceptable behavior before to see it on the six o'clock news, so..." Looking around the table at the five of you.

You kept you eyes locked with the table in front of you only occasionally glancing at Noir only to see his eyes glued to the side of your face.

"No? Okay meeting over." The blonde male smiled. "You can all get the fuck out."

No one wastes time vacating the room each going there separate ways as you followed closely behind Noir, once you far enough away from the meeting room(Homelander) you reached you hand to grab his shoulder causing him to halt in his step and turn to face you.

"So is this how it's going to be?" You asked. "I know your upset with way I did and I'm sorry about the fight but that's the only part I'm sorry for, they hurt people hell killed people and it wasn't right that they got away with it." You explained yourself only for him to continue staring at you.

"Fine, then I'll go tell Homelander what I've been doing." You said turning and walking back to the meeting room only for Noir to reach out and grab your arm. "What that's what you want isn't it, you think what I'm doing is wrong but I don't and I'm not gonna sit around waiting to see if you sell me out to Homelander. If I have to die for what's right I will."

Reaching behind him Noir pulls a notebook fro m his pocket, write something and hands it to you.

"Danger."

"Yeah, I know." You sighed. "But its even more dangerous for the humans going against people they could never hope to beat, I can't stop now."

"I can't lose you."

Placing you hand on his arm you attempt to comfort him, after a few moments pulling him into your arms resting your head on his chest.

"Your not gonna lose me Noir," You assured. "but these past few days have felt like I've already lost you and I just...I want it to be us against the world again, please."

Slowly you feel his arms circle around you closer to him. You both just stood there in each others arms.

"Okay, I love you both, but maybe take it to the room you guys." You hear Homelander's voice as he walks past the two of you, his cape drifting behind him.

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wpdariacutnes · 10 months

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Me: o well so enifing dogo is now okey and das like her yeah I can spek now a coffy bit cofuze a little one fact but yeah

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So enifing coffy a knows reddy a X female ver like the swallow is only brown and fluffy because more beige pet dys a protects me that's why they're fluffy and all that neckline but wadomo it's birds what will you do you can stroke it somehow all in all, the beaks are smaller than the male ones, just like the wings (such a perfect on figurine as if made of wood) but there is one interesting thing because the males do not have needles on the tongue and the female, i.e. caffy, has needles on the tongue, these whole papillae those that have these lampshades on their legs only nips this bird's tongue in these papillae is not harmful because it is enough to wash the hands without scratching or aggressive licking and no it's not white it's afraid and supposedly there are these papillae something like these snakes supposedly for self-defence it's like licking can beat infection but there are few such cases it's like stress hormones or something like that if he attacks by licking you renke because scratching is normal because tipping over or defending yourself without getting caught (like children if they find it) or you can survive for a short time just take some medicine for the headache and disinfect the wound from it and that's it or if you don't know what to do then maybe the pants will go and they will say the same they will only give you how much it takes or not at all then these will do better and pretty dys full a enifing more frendly a radom smoke snails knows dys Real one dys big animal but aqua snake but yeah better dont take a not so teshu

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So enifing vanilla is more wery toxic like is not snake but enifing types is a snake but water element like " smoke snails" and yes dys a can code a code get toixc and code make you self now a good food as dys robot types like enifing bass is so toxic because hey is snake and dys bedass on toxic so same dys but female type but is white and is aqua ( more better frendly is a lion fish but okey dont finks a never skip dys never) like enifing male like bass is wery toxic get bit a female more take esly a robot a not be dead but filing dizzy like bit look going WC and take bit longer like sick or sowing like code how knows so enifing a vanilla get language like "Hook and line" so same be effect a robot but more a panic a human because more bit like not so like bee a more a bear trap like a cramp right away but like smoking something or the last rainbow cigarettes it's enough to kill max 3 but wadomo it will be bożej because it's supposed to be swollen how female can swim (because I haven't seen male ver to be able to pee or lay eggs under water because children are doing better because they also have it, it's only possible to survive because it depends on what Size get like get 23 or 24 is a child a enifing get 56 or normally 125 now be dead sorry but you too later a dys)

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#gachapon megaman ver #megamancomunity #mereal #wpexpleing #parents take rule #youtube #art 2023

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seo-changbinnies · 2 years

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gifs of my sunshine (76/∞)

#stray kids #felix #lee felix #felixleenet #createskz #bystay #staysource #jypartists #malegroupsnet #yongbok #lee yongbok #stray kids gifs #stray kids felix #skz #my.gifs #mysunshine #these are some of the best gifs i've made in a long long while tbh imo #ok off to sleep i have a 10am flight tomorrow and it is 3am :))))))))#i will gif more later maybe. depends on if i get a file or not. if not i'll gif more when the replay airs

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bi-bard · 2 years

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More of an Intern - Crowley Imagine (Supernatural)

Title: More of an Intern

Pairing: Crowley X Demon!Child!Reader (about 16)

Requested: no

Word Count: 888 words

Warning(s): mentions of potential violence

Summary: Crowley wasn't expecting to get stuck with the half-demon child that the Winchester brothers had decided to adopt. However, when it comes to (Y/n) accepting their truth, Crowley is the first to step up.

Author's Note: We stan bestie Crowley. This is really short, but it's mostly just a break for me writing-wise.

Hey! I did a rewrite of the ending of Supernatural. It took a really long time to complete, so it would mean a lot to me if you check it out. Here’s a link! (it’s on my personal account)

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"I still don't quite understand why you're trusting me with this... child," Crowley motioned over at me.

"Because they wanted to meet you," Sam explained. "Plus, they're part demon."

That part made me look down in shame. I didn't like thinking about that part of my life. I would be much happier if I could forget about that part of who I am. The very name was associated with evil and I didn't want to be like that.

"Okay," Crowley muttered.

Dean grabbed Crowley's arm and dragged him over to the side of the room. Sam grinned at me before following them.

I had wanted to meet Crowley, but I didn't quite mean live with him.

Sorry to say, but hell was not my dream vacation.

Crowley walked back over a few moments later, "Ready to go?"

"I... I guess," I nodded.

He held an arm out to me.

After throwing a wave back to the Winchesters, I locked my arm with Crowley's.

Next thing I knew, I was in hell. In my own little room in hell.

"I'll leave you to get comfortable," Crowley said. "Then, go down this hall, first right and then the big doors on your left will lead you to the throne room."

"Okay," I mumbled.

After he vanished, I looked around at the room.

It was nice. Comfortable. I grinned at it.

Maybe this was going to be okay.

--time skip--

I had truly been underestimating how much I was going to enjoy my trip in hell.

After getting settled, Crowley had made me a bit of an intern. Mostly because I took it upon myself to organize some of the upcoming deals that were going to be closing soon.

It was pretty nice. Much nicer than normal internships, I'm sure.

I would just kind of be there for meetings and Crowley would find something for me to work on.

I was in the middle of going through a few files when Crowley interrupted me, "Can I ask you something?"

"Depends on what it is," I replied, not looking up from the file.

"Why don't you value your demon side," he asked.

That made me freeze and look at him.

"Sam and Dean," he explained. "They mentioned that you seemed to be hiding that part away, even when it could help. Why?"

"Why would I let so many people view me as evil? I know how people see demons. The mere mention causes people to see me as evil or different. If I can avoid that, I'm going to."

"You know why people assume demons are evil," he sat on his throne. "It's because that's a snap assessment based on what people are used to. They would rather assume evil and run than take the time to question it. It's human, truly."

"It's social psychology," I corrected.

"And it's present in most humans, don't ruin this for me."

I held my hands up for a moment.

"What I'm saying is," he sighed, "you have a chance to push against that stereotype. Those who are worth your time will give you that chance. Those who aren't, will run away before you ever have to worry about them."

"Thanks," I mumbled with a grin.

"Just try."

I nodded, "I will. I promise."

He grinned, "Good."

--time skip--

I had adjusted to the culture in hell pretty well.

I felt like I belonged there more. Not in a bad way, either. Just in a "this is a part of me and I'm okay with that" way.

Crowley seemed much happier to have me around now. It helped me find my place a lot.

I noticed it distinctly during one of hell's meetings. I was just standing to the side and just listened to whatever was being said by the demons reporting to Crowley.

I was caught completely off-guard by a sneeze that overwhelmed me.

It was loud and brought the meeting to a complete halt.

"Are you kidding," the demon reporting said. "If you can't hold yourself together, then just-"

The demon's words were cut off when Crowley stuck his hand out and started strangling him. He glared at the demon.

"Crowley," I said. "It's fine. I'm alright."

He sighed before dropping his hand, "Show some respect. I won't be so nice next time."

The demon nodded and stepped back in line.

I grinned at Crowley. He grinned back at me. All was good.

--time skip--

I was sad to leave hell.

I never thought I'd think that, but I was.

Being here had felt natural. I was happy to be going home, but I was going to miss working with Crowley.

He didn't speak when he zapped us both back to the bunker.

"Hey," Sam stood up and pulled me into a hug.

"Hi," I muttered.

"Welcome back, kid," Dean greeted, pulling me into another hug.

"Thanks," I said.

I turned around to see Crowley just awkwardly standing there.

I jogged back over and pulled him into a hug, "Thank you. For everything. It meant the world to me."

He hesitantly hugged me back, "Good luck, (Y/n)."

"Good luck, Crowley," I stepped back and grinned at him.

With that, he was gone.

"How're you feeling," Sam asked after a moment.

I let out a quiet sigh.

"Like myself," I answered with a smile. Finally.

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What I Write For

Some Original Characters

folklore/evermore Writing Challenge (and Masterlist)

Maisie Peters - “You Signed Up for This” Writing Challenge Masterlist

Lizzy McAlpine - “five seconds flat” Writing Challenge Masterlist

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honeypiehotchner · 3 years

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leave your lover (Hotch x Fem!Reader) — one shot

hi :) based on the song “Leave Your Lover” by Echos

Warnings: all angst babes, no happy ending here, some fluff if you squint, mentions of nsfw things but nothing explicit, basically an affair (but not really?? depends on your own morals ig)

we should leave our lovers and be with one another

Aaron’s laughter causes your own, and you cover your face with your hands. The two of you haven’t even gone to sleep yet.

“Is that really your alarm?” You crane your neck to look at the clock, cussing to yourself.

“It really is,” Aaron says, hitting snooze before laying his phone down on his chest. “How obvious do you think we’ll be?”

“Too obvious,” you giggle, hiding your face in his shoulder. “We’ve gotta stop doing this.”

Aaron says, “Yeah,” but neither of you really believe it.

You both lay there in silence, holding one another, dozing for the last few minutes of peace.

Before the snooze runs out, you push yourself onto your side, hovering your lips over his. He lifts his head, connecting your lips.

run your fingers through my hair and hide under my covers

Your fingers thread into his hair, tugging, wanting more despite all that you got last night.

The alarm rings again, ending the moment with a halt.

Aaron sighs, pulling away. “We should get up.”

“I know,” you say, frowning. “I wish we didn’t have to.”

“Me too,” he whispers, smoothing his thumb over your cheek. “Come home with me.”

“What?”

“When we get back,” he says. “I want you to come home with me.”

You blink, chuckling lightly. “Aaron, I—”

“Think about it,” he murmurs, kissing your forehead.

“Okay.” His forehead kisses always make you melt. Always. “I will.”

His second alarm goes off, and the two of you finally roll out of bed. You’re lucky you brought your bag in here with you last night when you came in for a few drinks.

It’s always “just a few drinks.” But the reality is that the two of you never drink, maybe one glass each, or sometimes you share his. “Drinks” is just an excuse for what the two of you really do.

we can share our secrets ‘til they swallow one another

Getting ready only takes a few minutes, and then you and Aaron are heading downstairs to the lobby. He holds your hand in the empty elevator, letting go one floor ahead of time to be safe.

You’re the first two downstairs, thankfully, even though it wouldn’t matter. You’re sure everyone on the team knows, but they haven’t spoken to either one of you about it. Aaron said Rossi mentioned it once, but only to tell him to be careful. That’s all.

You’ve mastered the art of keeping things strictly professional in front of the team. What you and Aaron share is only for closed doors.

“Coffee?”

“Double-shot,” you reply. “I’ll get the muffins.”

“Thanks,” Aaron smiles softly.

By the time you get muffins (for the whole team, by the way), Aaron is joining you at the table with your coffee and his.

“Table-side service,” Rossi quips. “What a place.” He sits down next to you, raising an eyebrow.

“Good morning, Dave,” Aaron says pointedly. “Coffee?”

“No, I’ll get it,” Dave says. “Sleep well?”

“Mm, slept great,” you comment, smirking around the rim of your coffee.

Aaron gives you a look and you mirror the expression. Dave leaves a moment later to get his coffee.

One by one, the rest of the team makes it downstairs until everyone is there and ready to get back on the case.

+++

You’ve been doing this with Aaron for months. You don’t really know when it started.

Well, that’s what you tell yourself to feel better. You know exactly when it started.

It had been a few weeks since Aaron told you Haley wanted to file for divorce. That’s all it was, really, a conversation they had. Aaron rented an apartment to give her some space, but he wanted to try to make it work.

Until Haley started to get more serious.

You knew it wasn’t technically right, but you couldn’t stop. You had wanted Aaron since the day you met him, but you saw the golden band on his ring finger and you distanced yourself. You knew better. You’re not a homewrecker. That’s the one line you’ll never cross.

Maybe it’s the fact that Haley was already letting go of him. She was wrecking the home, not you. Or maybe that’s just what you tell yourself to feel better about it all.

“Haley called yesterday,” Aaron says, not looking you in the eyes. “We talked.”

Standing across from him, separated by his desk, you nod slowly. “What’d you talk about?”

“She wants to see me soon. To talk more.”

“Okay.”

“I think she…wants to try again.”

“Do you?” You wring your hands. “Want to try again with her?”

His expression is unreadable, even to you. “I do. I…I still love her, Y/N.”

You smile gently, sadly. “I know.” You never wanted to admit it, but you knew. Deep down. “I understand.”

“Are you okay?” Aaron asks suddenly.

“Yeah,” you shrug, and when he gives you a skeptical look, you add, “I am, Aaron. I knew what I was getting myself into. I’m not stupid.”

“I wasn’t going to say that you are.”

You let the silence hang between the two of you like it does, like it has a habit of doing.

“I’m gonna go,” you say after a minute. “I think I’ll take tomorrow off,” you pause. “If that’s okay.”

“Yeah, of course,” Hotch says. “No problem.”

“Thanks,” you murmur. “See you.”

You don’t cry. You don’t even know why you asked for tomorrow off, but you’re still taking it. You need it after the last case, and now this from Aaron.

But you don’t cry. You don’t feel anything.

meet me in the silence, i’ll let you cut me open

+++

You rolled in the sheets with an old flame that night, spent the next day recovering, thankful for your impromptu day off.

Today, it’s back to work, which means back to being in the same vicinity of Hotch.

For a few hours, at least, because today he’s talking with Haley, so he leaves early.

You spend the day at your desk, flicking paper footballs at Derek’s head, making Spencer chuckle quietly to himself as he reads through old case files.

“Alright, out with it,” Morgan says. He grabs one of your paper footballs and flicks it back at you, that you block with your hand. “What’s got you in such a good mood?”

“Sex, Derek,” you deadpan, nearly losing it when Emily loses her composure. She leans over to give you a high five. “You should try it sometime.”

“Very funny,” Morgan rolls his eyes. “Who’s the lucky person?”

“Old friend,” you smirk. “You know, a very old friend.”

“Well, well,” Morgan stands up, walking over to you to give you a fist bump. “Who knew our little Y/N is a player?”

“There’s a lot you don’t know about me,” you wink, bumping your knuckles with his. “Anyone want to go out tonight? If you’re lucky I might invite my friend.”

“Oh, I’m in,” Emily says immediately.

“I’ll go ask Penelope,” Derek smirks. “But I’m in.”

“What about you, Spence?” You toss a paper at him, and it lands on his page.

“No thanks,” he says, unfazed. “I’ve got tickets to this Korean festival in town.”

“Of course you do, kid,” Derek says. “Have fun. I’ll be right back.”

Derek leaves to see Penelope and you grab your phone, shooting a text to your friend.

+++

i feel you in my blood, baby, bring your body closer

Somehow, Hotch found out about drinks tonight.

You don’t even know that he knows until you’re mid-dance with your friend, grinding on them, anticipating the events that are bound to come, when Aaron walks into the bar.

A gasp falls from your lips and you turn around, hiding your face from Aaron.

Your friend takes this as an excuse to kiss you. It’s a distraction. You don’t mind.

Until your eyes lock with Aaron’s while your friend’s lips are attached to your neck. Whatever look is in his eyes, you can’t tell.

love me with your sad eyes, drain me of my color

You go home alone. Some excuse about the liquor getting to you, making you nauseous. You are nauseous, that isn’t a lie. But the alcohol isn’t what gave you the feeling.

Your friend doesn’t offer to stay the night to take care of you, and you’re thankful. The last thing you want is your friend-with-benefits wanting more of a real relationship. There’s no one you want to date.

Besides Aaron, but you can’t have him in that way.

That’s the real reason you let yourself be okay with just sex from Aaron. You know you can’t have him in the way you want, but you’ll take however much he’ll give.

i need you like no other, no, i’ll never find another

+++

Work the next day is awkward. More than awkward, it’s almost mortifying.

Hotch doesn’t ask how you spent last night. He doesn’t need to. You’re sure he thinks the worst, that you spent the night in bed with your friend, but if he’d open his eyes, he’d see that you slept just fine. On your couch.

A new case is announced, and you see Hotch is wearing his wedding ring again.

but you’ll never leave your lover, no, you’ll never leave your lover

The case takes you and the team to North Dakota. The same state where you and Hotch spent your first night together.

You bunk with Emily and JJ, but you leave the room around midnight to see if Hotch is still up.

As you’re walking, your friend texts you. All you see are the first few words, but it’s enough to know what confession lies beyond the three dots.

It almost stops you from knocking on Hotch’s door. Almost.

You hear that he’s on the phone, so you don’t expect him to answer, but he does.

“Hang on one second, honey.” Haley.

The door opens, and you force a smile. “I can come back,” you whisper.

He shakes his head. “It’s Rossi, I’ll call you back in a few minutes, okay? Love you.” The lie slips so easily for him.

Once he hangs up, he gestures for you to come inside.

“No, I…” You pause. “It’s better if I don’t.”

Aaron nods slowly. “Right. What’s on your mind?”

You, you want to say, but you don’t.

“I just wanted to say I’m happy things worked out for you,” you say. “I saw you were wearing the ring again, and I just assumed—”

“We’re gonna make it work,” he finishes for you. “For Jack’s sake.”

You don’t have the heart to tell him your true opinion on that. “I’m glad.” After a moment, you add, “North Dakota was our first night together.”

“I remember,” he says, a hint of a smile on his lips. “I think we were in this hotel.”

“Yeah,” you murmur. “We were.”

Before things can go too far, you say goodnight, and your friend has perfect timing, because your phone rings in your pocket.

“Gotta take this,” you chuckle, holding up your phone. You press accept and bring the phone to your ear. “Hey, I was just about to read your text.”

“Don’t read it. I want to say it out loud.”

“Okay,” you smile, waving goodbye to Hotch.

He doesn’t see it because you turn away, but there are tears in your eyes.

we should leave our lovers, so that we can choose each other

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dingyuxi · 3 years

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COMPREHENSIVE GIFFING TUTORIAL (vapoursynth + ps cc 2018) + some tips and tricks on color correction, blending and subtitles

You guys asked for it, so here we are! This is by no means the gold standard to giffing. Rather, this is simply my process and my own preferences. Take it as you will. Additionally since I use a mac some of my controls/panels may look different than what you would see for windows users.

DOWNLOADING YOUR SOURCE

This step is extremely important to the quality of your gifset. If you want high-quality gifs I would recommend giffing sources in 1080p whenever possible (especially if you’re going for larger dimensions). You may get away with 720p for smaller gifs. For kdramas, your go-to source would be dr*maday or torrents. (you can search my faq tag if you’d like to know specifics on finding and downloading torrents).

IMPORTING + PROCESSING YOUR FILES WITH VAPOURSYNTH (VS)

Please note that this tutorial does not cover basic installation and set-up of vs. If you would like to know how to download and set-up vapoursynth (it works for both mac and pc) along with some of it’s basics you can find more information at: https://hackmd.io/@nibreon/vapoursynth-book/%2F%40nibreon%2Fvapoursynth-book

Once you’ve identified what portion of your video you’d like to gif, simply drag your video file into VS. Specify the start time and duration of the clip you’d like to import. Typically you’ll be aiming for ~3-8 second clip depending on how big your gifs will be. I am very lazy when it comes to importing. The less of it I have to do, the better. Therefore, I often import clips that are 10-15 seconds long, sometimes even up to 20 seconds. I wouldn’t recommend going over 15 seconds most of the time though, because this will usually bring you over the 500 frames photoshop allows you to import at once. (when I do go over, I will sometimes import the processed VS file into PS in segments). You can also choose to import the VS output as segments if you want all your gifs on separate canvases. (I'll go into more detail on this later)

Once you’ve imported the clip into VS your screen should roughly look like this once the resizer pops up:

In the top left is where you will be applying your cropping, sharpening and denoising filters. Cropping: Keep in mind the Tumblr dimensions: 540px for full-width gifs and 268px for half size gifs, 177/178/177px for 3 gifs across. The height is completely up to your own preference. Usually I work in 540x300px. Once you edit those parameters you can drag/resize your video file to fit your new canvas. Sharpening + Denoising: You can choose to skip this if you would rather sharpen in ps. I personally do all my cropping, denoising and sharpening in vs. I use finesharp and KNML for sharpening and denoising respectively. Once you select those two filters from their drop down menus, be sure the select the checkbox as well. You should now notice 2 additional lines of code in the top right box. The line that reads: video = core.knlm.KNLMeansCL(video, 0, 6, 4, 1.2, channels="YUV") is where you will adjust your denoising parameters. You will only be adjusting those 4 numbers. I usually use: 0, 1, 0, 1.2. Now find the line that reads: video = hnw.FineSharp(video, sstr=0.22). These are your sharpening parameters. once again we’re only adjusting the number at the end. I typically use somewhere between 0.33-0.55. Depending on the quality of your source and preferences these parameters may change.

Here is a breakdown of the KNML parameters (source: @/nibreon HackMD):

Once you have finalized your parameters, copy all the code in that top right box and paste it into your vapoursynth editor. Note: you can ‘inactivate’ certain lines of code by adding the # symbol at the start the line. That line of code will then be greyed-out. This is what your code should now look like (the highlighted section is the part I just copy and pasted):

If you would like to preview your filters and see if you need to make any adjustments, simply navigate to the top bar and select script > preview. If you like what you see, great! If not, you can adjust the parameters directly in the editor until you see a result you’re happy with. Once you’re happy you can move onto the final step in vs: processing.

Processing: Once again, navigate to the top bar and select script > encode video. Another window should pop up. Make sure you set ‘header’ to ‘Y4M’ then click ‘start’. Patiently wait for that to finish processing. The longer your clip is and the more filters you add, the longer it will take.

IMPORTING YOUR CLIP INTO PHOTOSHOP (PS)

Now you’re done with the vapoursynth section! Not too hard, right? I use the timeline method when I gif. To import your video file into ps navigate to file > import > video frames to layers. Here you can use the sliders to further specify what range you would like to import. Make sure the ‘make frame animation’ box is checked. To optimize smoothness of your gif, avoid checking the ‘limit to every _ frames’ box. Hit ‘OK’ and wait for the frames to import. Depending on the size of your clip, ps may notify you that you are importing a large file and it may take a long time to process, simply say ‘ok’ to this. UNLESS you get a message saying it will limit to 500 frames. This means your clips contained more than 500 frames and you should select a smaller section to avoid cutting out any critical parts. (Note: you can always go back and repeat this process to select a smaller range of frames from the same video clip until you’ve imported all the frames you need).

Timing: You can adjust the timing of your gifs before converting to timeline. Select all the frames (Navigate to the icon with the 4 bars at the bottom right of you screen. Select “select all frames”). Click the drop down next to the timing of any of the frames. Select ‘other’ and input a your preferred timing. I personally use ‘0.04′ but I've seen people use anywhere from 0.4-0.8ms. Also as a note: when you convert your gif to timeline it has a tendency to mess up your timing so even if you input 0.04 or 0.05 it won’t actually be that timing later. If you want the true frame rate you can set your timing right before saving. You can also adjust timing at the end. (see export/saving gif section for more info)

Now the next part can be tedious and for that reason I’ve created numerous actions to speed up this process. But for the sake of this tutorial I will walk you through the steps. At the bottom of your screen is your timeline. As you can see, it defaults to frames, but we want to convert this into a smart object so that all your coloring/edits are made to all of the layers. To do this: 1) Navigate to the icon with the 4 bars at the bottom right of you screen. Select “select all frames” 2) Now select all your layers in your layer panel. On mac you can use cmd + option + A as a shortcut. 3) Back to the icon with the 4 bars, select “convert to video timeline” 4) Right click on all layers (which should still all be selected) and find “convert to smart object”

(Aside: Actions) actions are SUPER helpful to streamlining your giffing process. you can find actions people have made available on resource blogs like itsphotoshop OR you can choose to make your own custom actions. To do this, all you need to do is locate your action panel. Then from the controls at the bottom of the panel select the one that looks like a sheet of paper to “create a new action” Once you’ve named it and hit ‘ok’ the record icon should now be red. PS will now basically ‘record’ whatever you do. To stop recording hit the square icon. Now whenever you want ps to execute the same set of steps you just did, you can locate the action you just made and ‘play’ it by selecting the triangle icon. I highly recommend making an action for the steps I just outlined above to convert your gif into a smart object timeline. It will make your process much faster and more painless.

COLORING

Now the fun part! I focus on emphasizing the colors already present in the video source or getting rid of some less-than desirable overtones when I color. It gives the gif a natural look, but makes everything pop a little more. We will be working with selective color, curves, levels, and brightness/contrast mostly. This is the original gif I will be using to demonstrate coloring:

Curves: I always start with curves. The first curve layer I use to set a desirable black point. To do this, locate the top dropper icon from the curves panel and select the darkest point of your image. This will set that section to “true black” Feel free to play around with this until you find a desirable outcome. Now add another curves layer. This one we will be using to adjust the brightness/contrast. First, I always start off with ‘auto’ and see where that takes me. If you like the outcome, great! If you don’t play around with the different curve points until you get an outcome you like.

Selective Color: This adjustment layer will be your best friend. For me, I will typically work with reds, yellows, and black. If the source has a lot of blue/cyan I will use those too. Basically look at your source and determine which base colors you’d like to emphasize/alter. For blacks I usually up the black by +1-5 depending on the source. For reds, it also depends on the source. But I will typically either decrease cyan (to make red stand out more) or increase cyan (to make the red not look so overexposed). You want to be careful here. Overexposing the red can make your skin tones look like red tomatoes! And for my content base, where most of the actors are of asian descent, we should be emphasizing the yellows and NOT the reds (see aside on color correction + skin tones for more info). After altering the reds to my liking, I do the same process for the yellows. To bring back natural skin tones and color, you will likely want to darken the yellows, expose them a bit more and maybe even up the yellow slider. A common rule of thumb: if you want to make any of the colors less exposed, increase the cyan. If you want to increase exposure on any of the colors, decrease the cyan. If you want a color to appear more strongly or prominently, increase the black. The magentas and yellows I use more to adjust hues. You can add multiple selective color layers to further emphasize your changes.

Levels: Now we will work on the lighting some more. This creates more contrast and depth to your gif, often making them look ‘crisper’ To emphasize the bright parts, move the right-hand slider to the left. The emphasize the dark parts, move the left-hand slider to the right. You may also choose to move the middle slider to adjust more neutral lighting. Do so until you find a setting to your liking.

Miscellaneous: Depending on your gif you may need to play with other adjustment layers. Some other ones I often use are the brightness/contrast and exposure to adjust lighting and add more dimension to the gif. For additional color correction I use color balance and to a lesser extent hue/saturation and vibrance.

(Aside: Color correction + skin tones): We are anti-whitewashing and anti-redwashing when it comes to asian media. Like I mentioned earlier, natural asian skin tones have yellow undertones, not red/pink. Therefore when you’re bringing in color you should be mindful of this delicate balance. Adding more red does NOT equal un-whiteashing. Be VERY careful how you balance the yellows with selective color/hues/color balance.

^^ Here is an example of what I mean by overexposing the reds. Poor seungho is looking as sunburnt as a cherry tomato. Note: if your original source is already overexposed with red, fix it! You can do this by applying the same basic principles I explained earlier. Try upping the cyan on the reds in selective color, or shifting the color balance to favor cyan over red with the color balance adjustment layer. You may also choose to favor the yellow over blue.

^^ Now this is straight-up whitewashing. This is what happens when you are not careful with your correction of yellow. I’m not saying you can’t touch the yellow slider or get rid of some yellow form the overall image (because sometimes it is very much needed), but you should be very mindful how your corrections can affect skin tones. If you decide to decrease saturation of yellows, or decrease yellow in the selective color section of the reds, do so with caution. If your reds are looking too pink, add some yellow in the red selective color, up the yellow and black of the yellow selective color.

^^ If you hit that happy medium, you can emphasize the natural skin tones without overexposure. Here the underlying tones are very much still in the yellow range.

(Aside: Blending): I will very briefly talk about how to blend two gifs together. First make sure you’ve imported both your gifs into ps and converted them into the timeline format. On one of the gifs, right click the gif layer in the layer panel > duplicate layer > select the canvas of the gif you’d like to blend the gif with. On the canvas you just copied your second gif to, you can now drag the two layers around the on the canvas to get your desired positioning. On the top gif apply a layer mask. This can be found in your layers panel at the bottom, and is indicated by the white rectangle with the circle. Next, make sure you select the mask in the layer panel (it will show up as a white rectangle on the layer you applied the mask). Grab your paintbrush tool and make sure your color is set to black. Now you can effectively ‘erase’ the part of the top gif you don’t want to show anymore. I recommend setting your brush hardness to 0% to get a smoother transition. You can also play with the opacity settings. If you want to add back in a part you erased, just switch to a white paintbrush and you will be able to undo what you had just ‘erased’ with the black. When you merge the gifs, they will play the same number of frames. This means your blended gif length is limited by the gif with the fewer number of frames. You can move around your timeline layer and shorten the included portion by dragging either end of the timeline layer in until you get both gifs to play the parts you want.

CAPTIONS/SUBTITLES

I often get asked about my subtitle font/styling settings. Personally I find the best fonts for subtitles are calibri and arial. I use calibri with the following settings: 12-14px, bold italic plus faux bold, 1px black stroke (optional: drop shadow set to ‘multiply’ at around 85% opacity), and tracking (VA) set to 75. If you would like your subtitles to fade-in or fade-out you can apply the ‘fade effect’. Locate the b/w square icon in your timeline panel. Select fade and drag it onto your text layer in your timeline. You can then right click on the wedge shape to adjust your fade duration. I usually use 0.35s. If you drag and drop the effect towards the beginning of your text you can get the fade-in effect. To get the fade-out, simply drag and drop your fade towards the end of your text layer.

SAVING/EXPORTING YOUR GIF

We’ve reached the final stretch! If you need to adjust your frame rate timing: you will need to revert your timeline to frames. To do this: 1) Navigate to the icon of 4 bars at the right of your timeline panel. Select convert frames > flatten frames into clips. 2) Navigate to the icon of 4 bars at the right of your timeline panel. Select convert frames > convert to frame animation > when promoted hit ’ok’. If at this point you see more than one frame in your timeline panel, delete the frames until only one is left. In the example below I would delete the first frame by hitting the trash icon from the timeline panel.

If there is only one frame, leave it as is. 3) Navigate to the icon of 4 bars at the right of your timeline panel. Select ‘make frames from layers’ You will most likely need to delete the first frame in your timeline panel (it won’t have your coloring). Sometimes ps adds in some ‘blank’ frames as well, delete those too. Now you can adjust your timing.

Once your timing is set: When you’re saving your gif, just keep in mind it must be under 10mb. Navigate to file > export > save for web. When it comes to your save settings I typically use either selective diffusion or adaptive diffusion. I also also occasionally use adaptive pattern (I find this is best for dark scenes without a lot of contrast). Set colors to 256, quality to bicubic and looping options to forever. If you want to preview your gif, hit the preview button in the bottom left. Otherwise, go ahead a hit ‘save’ and you’re DONE!

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Feel free to check out my ‘ps things’ tag for more photoshop stuff/mini tutorials. Additionally @/nibreon and the hackmd site I linked previously are your best resources for vs questions. If you would like to see my giffing process in motion feel free to check out this video. It’s sped up but you can slow down the playback. Additionally be sure to check out resource blogs like itsphotoshop for more helpful tutorials and resources.

If you reached the end of this beast, kudos to you! I hope this helps and never be afraid to reach out with any questions.

#gif tutorial #itsphotoshop #resources #kdramaedit #ps things #m:tut

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playbucky · 3 years

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Flirting

You have been Max’s friend since childhood, both of you becoming doctors and eventually working together in New Amsterdam. A/N – just a little short introductory one. Characters – Max, Reader, Helen. Word Count – 487.

‘Maybe you and me could hit the pubs like the old times, and get jaggy with it on the dance floors.” Max said behind you, you were shocked ‘I’m sorry but is Max Goodwin flirting?’ You asked, pulling back slightly watch as he lowered his head and his cheeks turned a light pink. ‘I thought you were too good for that?’ You teased him, he rolled his eyes before trying to reach forward but your pager went off. ‘I need to go, I’ll talk to you later.’ You told him, pressing a quick kiss to his cheek before jogging off.

‘Somethings in your mind.’ Helen said, you both sat shoulder to shoulder. ‘If someone was flirting with you would you respond?’ You asked her, she looked at you confused. ‘Depends who it was.’ She said, you raised an eyebrow for her to clarify. ‘If it was drunk at a bar, probably not but if it was someone I liked then yeah, well to the best of my abilities.’ She joked, you both giggled. ‘Do you like them?’ Helen questioned, you went silent for a second before nodding. ‘Yeah, they just come with a lot of eyes on them.’ You informed her, she nodded. ‘But would you put up with them?’ She asked, you fell silent for a second, you already were. Everyone came to you when they couldn’t find him or when they need him to be convinced. ‘Yeah, I would.’ You admitted, she smiled and tilted her head. ‘Then, you have your answer, flirt away.’ She said, you smiled slightly before turning back to the paperwork.

‘Hey I didn’t see you all day, I hope I didn’t scare you away.’ Max said, you shook your head and turned to him. ‘No, the patient was a lot more difficult than we originally thought so Helen and I had to talk and plan it out.’ You explained to him. ‘You should’ve asked for help.’ He said, you rose an eyebrow at him. ‘Max, you had the board meeting today, I can’t pull you out of them.’ You informed him. ‘I would’ve left.’ He admitted, you knew that. He would literally do anything for anyone rather than sit still. ‘Yeah, but then they would’ve hunted me down and ask where you are and why you left, it was easier to keep you in hell for a couple of hours.’ You informed him, he puffed his cheeks out. ‘Hell it was.’ He sighed. ‘So we aren’t on good terms with them?’ You asked him, he scrunched up his face. ‘We’re on a thin line.’ He told you, you pressed your lips together and sighed. ‘Pizza night?’ ‘Yeah, we just need to go get Luna.’ He stated, you nodded and gathered up the file you were working on, shutting it over and sliding it onto the small shelf. ‘Let’s go get my favourite Goodwin then.’ You said, Max chuckled behind you.

#Max Goodwin x reader #reader x max goodwin #max goodwin #max goodwin imagines #max Goodwin fanfiction #new Amsterdam x reader #reader x new amsterdam #New amsterdam

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specialagentlokitty · 3 years

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House x reader - Jealousy is an ugly colour

great thanks :) could you maybe write something based off that part in season 1 where cameron came back on the condition that house goes on a date with her? maybe greg and reader have been together or even married for a while (but kept it a secret from most people because they don't like flaunting their private life around the hospital) and she also works at the hospital, and when reader finds out about it she gets jealous and decides to make it obvious to cameron that house is not available 😏 like maybe she weighs in on a case and is super flirty with him in front of the ducklings or someone catches them kissing in his office (i mean it's all glass it's bound to happen sooner or later lmao) oh god i'm sorry this got kinda long - @ohladymoon 💜

A/N: I cant remember season 1 very well so amma just make smth up ahah

Leaving your patients room, you headed to the nurses desk to fill them in on what to do and grab another patient file when you saw what was going on.

You saw your husband stood there, arm resting on the table while Cameron was stood in front off him.

“So, for you to come back what’s your condition?” You heard Greg ask.

You walked over, standing behind him, tapping his back lightly to let him know you were there.

“I want you to go on a date with me.”

You had to hold back your laughter, and smirked, grabbing another patient file as you turned around, resting your back against his.

“A date... how interesting.” Greg mused.

“Yes, a date. That’s my condition.”

“Fine.”

Greg walked away leaving you shocked, Cameron grinned from ear to ear and you scoffed, slapping your file on the desk as you marched away.

You were usually bothered by this, but agreeing to a date when you were there, that’s just frustrated you.

Storming around the hospital, it was around lunch time when you ran into your husband.

“What’re you sulking about? You’re like a big baby.”

“You, fucking asshole.”

There was a genuine look of shock on his face, and he seemed upset.

“What have I done?”

“You’re going on a date with Cameron?” You hissed.

Greg stared at you for a moment before he laughed, shaking his head at you a smirk plastered on his lips.

“You really think I’d actually go on a date with her? Sometimes you are an idiot (Y/N), I’m not actually going to go on a date with her.”y

You frowned and crossed your arms over your chest, but you couldn’t keep up the facade so with a sigh you nodded.

“Sorry for shouting at you.”

“It’s fine, just try not to be so jealous.”

You rolled your eyes and looked around before leaning up and kissing his cheek.

“You know you love it.”

“Oh I do.”

You laughed and started to walk away, knowing full well his eyes were trained on you.

As the day slipped but, you happened to be on his floor again, and you found Cameron getting all close with him, and once more jealousy bubbled inside of you.

Storming over, you watched as she pulled herself away from him and straightened her uniform.

“Good afternoon Miss (Y/N).”

You flicked your gaze to her and ignored her, turning your attention to Greg.

“I’m going to join you for this patient.”

“Oh really?” He mused, “and whys that?”

“Curiosity.”

He hummed and smirked, knowing the real reason you were going to be with him while he treated his next patient.

You sat next to him, seeing the looks Cameron kept giving you, so you decided to play her game.

Moving your chair, you rested your head on Greg’s shoulder while you read the file in his hand.

“You know, I think it could be Toxoplasmosis.” You hummed.

“Toxoplasmosis, interesting theory.”

His team threw out a few more theory’s out there before he tested to test for toxo.

“Lets Go.”

When Greg stood up you did as well, and walked along him while Cameron walked on his other side.

“So hotshot, takeaway tonight?” You asked.

“Hm, depends if you’re paying.” He mused.

“I think i can do that.”

“And beer?”

“Always.”

Cameron glared at you and turned to her boss.

“I thought our date was tonight, it’s the whole reason I’m staying.”

Greg stopped and rolled his eyes, pressing a kiss to your head as he walked past you to head to the observation room.

“Sorry Cameron, But my wife does come first.”

He walked away and you smirked at the horror on her face. Watching as it changed from confusion to fear.

“I... I’m sorry...” she whispered.

Walking over, you places your hand on her shoulder.

“Leave him alone.”

She quickly nodded and you walked away happily, you’d had your fun now but you were going to speak to Greg later on that night about agreeing to the date

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endorspeaches · 3 years

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Loki Series: Pt. 1 - Insanity

PART 2

Warning: mainly just fluff, some crying.

Pairing: Reader x Loki, x Thor

Summary: What is this you are feeling? Is it love? You couldn't possibly be in love with a God.

Listen with: The Night We Met -Lord Huron

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A/N: Hey ya'll this is my first series so PLEASE let me know what you think <3 I hope you enjoy it!

Working along Loki was complicated but nothing short of exciting. Sure Loki was someone who couldn't be trusted but traveling the galaxy with him was something you never thought would happen. All he is known for is causing mischief. All and any tasks were always done by loads of improvisation. It made things exciting, you never did feel alone or threatened at his side. He was a great partner. Right? Because being in love with a God would basically mean pleading insanity.

“Y/N, might I say you look ravishing this morning,” Loki says as he grabs an apple and tosses it to his other hand all while keeping his eyes on you.

“Loki shut up it's too early for you… wait did you say I look ravishing?” You put your hands down from rubbing your eyes just to be met with his stare.

“Would you rather I speak the truth?” He immediately jokes.

“Loki, I no longer have to keep you alive. Remember that,” you smirk as you pour yourself a coffee.

“I will take that as a no,” he wanted to say more but he refrained. He stood, bowed, and walked out of the room.

“What the heck?” You mutter to yourself as you walk down the hall to find Thor.

“Good Morning,” you raise your cup at Thor.

“Y/N, how did you sleep?” Thor asks looking at you strangely.

“Like a baby..."

You look up and narrow your eyes, "...What?”

You set your cup down.

“Why are you looking at me like that?” You say to Thor.

“I thought you were Loki for a second, he always tries to trick me” Thor crosses his arms.

“It's me don’t worry. What’s his deal anyway? He said I look 'ravishing' this morning.."

You gesture at yourself, "and then I joked back and he got his feeling hurt and left the room.”

You take a sip of your coffee.

Thor chuckles.

“I believe my brother fancies you,” he points at the clips of you and Loki fighting outriders.

“What? How do you get that from that?” You pull up a chair and sit down.

“Watch, here.” He points to the screen.

You watch a clip of you and Loki back to back fighting off outriders. Thor slows down the video and zooms in to Loki placing his hand on your hip to gesture you to move along with him.

“He always guides me like that,” you respond in confusion.

“I know my brother Y/N, anyone else he would have left them unaware and possibly dead,” Thor turns to you.

“We were dependent on each other, he had no choice but to keep me alive.” You cross your arms.

“Exactly!” Thor boasts.

“Exactly what Thor?” You laugh.

“Loki is dependent on no one.” He gestures back to the screen.

You watch the screens pop up one by one, you begin seeing Loki save you, you save him. You watch as he guides you.

“What is with you children of Odin this morning?” You say as you get up from the table.

"Where are you going?" Thor tries to keep you from leaving the room.

"Anywhere you two aren't. Now excuse me this meeting will have to continue when I'm not weirded out by you guys anymore." you push past Thor.

Later that afternoon you head back to the meeting room. You sit at the edge of the table. You contemplate telling Friday to locate Thor. You run your hands through your hair in frustration. All you keep thinking about was those videos Thor showed you of Loki. With your hands still in your hair, you take a deep breath. You sit with your eyes closed for a moment. As you softly open your eyes you glance down and see the keyboard remote. You press your hands on the edge of the table. Maybe you can figure out what you're feeling if you watch the clips, maybe just maybe there might be an explanation to your frustration.

You type your name, you watch the slow blinking of the cursor as you type out...

L O K I ...

All the files begin to pop up. You click on the first video where you met Loki. You were on Asgard by Thor's invitation. Part of you begins to get excited to see him as you first saw him, butterflies in your stomach and a smile across your face. He appears on the screen in front of you flashing you his glowing smile, his eyes lit up. It is almost haunting to watch. He was endearing, eager, and attentive to your every word. You pause the video on Loki laughing with you. What was this you felt? You hear the meeting room door begin to open. You rush to close the video and sign out before the person enters the room. It's Loki, sly, mysterious, and charming as always.

“Y/N, I was beginning…We were beginning to worry about you.” He takes a seat next to you.

You were sitting in a weird almost dream-like state from what you had just seen. Being pulled out of that feeling created some type of whiplash effect, it made your stomach turn. You didn’t have any smart comment or remark to say. You didn’t want to seem off or odd but you had no means of being sarcastic.

“I’m fine I guess I just woke up on the wrong side of the bed,” you turn to look at him.

He’s sitting tall looking over at you. You can see a soft smile forming on the side of his mouth only to be erased with worry as he met his eyes with yours.

“I know something is going on with you Y/N, you do not truly believe you can deceive me?” he leans forward and places his hand on your hand.

Your eyes quickly shift to his hand on your hand. You can feel your face begin to burn up. You thought you wanted to pull your hand away, but you didn’t. You allowed Loki to take your hand completely. He kisses your hand.

You feel your face burning up.

As you prepare to speak Thor enters the room. "Good you both are here, we can finally begin," Thor says without looking over at you two.

Loki still has a hold of your hand, you look at Thor as he's struggling to use the keyboard remote. You look over at Loki and he flashes you such a sweet smile and pats your hand and places it on the table.

"Y/N could you help me?" Thor says looking away from the screen.

You feel like a deer caught in headlights. "Uh yeah...umm Friday pull up footage from my last mission."

It begins to play and you watch as Loki glides across the screen protecting you and helping you effortlessly almost as if it was second nature.

You look down from the screen, disconnecting your attention from the video. You sense Loki leaning toward you.

"Are you alright?" He whispers as he places his hand on your lap.

His voice soothes whatever anxiousness or nervousness you felt. A feeling you did not understand.

"Really? I need you two to pay attention," Thor says snapping you back into the room.

"Sorry, I'm not feeling well," you respond to Thor.

"Friday end video," Thor says. "Maybe you should rest. I apologize for not giving you time to settle before this meeting. You two did great and it was not easy." Thor stands.

"Thank you, Thor, Imma go to my room we can resume this later. I'm sorry." You stand and Loki follows your lead.

"You should be re-evaluated again, they may have missed something when you arrived. Traveling for so long through realms can be a lot to take on," Thor steps forward to help you to the door.

Loki steps up and takes a hold of you "I got her brother, I will make sure Banner takes a look at her as well."

Thor nods at Loki and flashes you a smirk.

You leave the meeting room with Loki holding your arm.

The door closes behind you and Loki leans over to your ear. "I will not take you to the medical bay if you tell me what is going on."

What do you even say to that? You don't understand what it is you're feeling. Loki guides you down the hall to the open balcony. Loki knew you love coming here to take a moment. It was rarely used at all. It was away from almost anything but you didn't mind the extra bit of walking to get away for a moment.

He opens the door and letting his hand slide from your arm to your hand. He guides you and walks with you hand in hand to the nearby outdoor sofa.

"If you wish to be alone I can leave," Loki says watching you take a seat.

"Stay with me, I have this feeling I don't understand. I think you're the only person I can talk to about it." You look up at him.

Ever since Nat's passing, you lost everyone. Ironically the God of mischief was the closest thing you had to a friend in a long time.

He takes a seat next to you. He looks so normal, regular "human" clothes suit him. He looks good in anything really.

"What is this you are feeling?" Loki says waving his hand over the fire pit bringing it to life.

"Loki don't waste your magic, I could've turned it on." you nod at the button to ignite it.

"Oh it was nothing, I'll be out of this realm tomorrow." He looks over at you.

"You're leaving? When did you plan on telling me?" You meet his eyes, he tries to press a smile but you're not amused.

"It is not an issue, we came out here away from my brother. What does it matter to you anyway? This morning you were so relieved that you did not have to keep me alive," his voice was full of hurt.

"I was only joking as we always did. You have not once complimented me since we met. I'm supposed to just act like it's a normal thing for us?" you press on.

He stands.

"Where are you going?" you reach out to him.

"What is it we are playing at here? What the hell am I supposed to do?" he turns away from your reach.

"I saw you watching the video of how we met earlier. I stood outside the meeting room and watched it with you. Why were you watching it? Why did you watch it?" he turns to look at you.

Loki is one of the most hated people on Earth, Thanos takes the cake. Loki created so much chaos and people lost so much because of him. No one in their right mind would care for him. Thor loved Loki no matter what, but they are siblings they have lived together for hundreds of years. Your relationship with Loki was just a mission. Calling it a relationship is odd. You couldn't possibly care for him the way you think. Maybe you do need to get checked out.

"I was trying to pull up our last mission and that came up and I miss Asgard." you try to cover.

"You can lie to Thor, I cannot believe you keep trying to lie to me." he walks back inside.

You sit alone look at the sun setting over the compound. You feel tears welling up inside you and the feeling of letting out an audible sob is burning in your chest. You try your best to keep it in as tears stream down your face. What is this you are feeling? Is it love? You couldn't possibly be in love with a God.

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kokiseiko · 3 years

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Astral Binding | Part 1

Shouta Aizawa x Reader: Supernatural AU

Word Count: 1.2k +

Fandom: Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia

Pairing: (?)Villain!Aizawa x Reader

Rating: SFW | 13+

Warnings: Kissing, Strange Beings, Feeling of Being Watched, ¿Paranoia?

Summary: You’re concerned with how your colleague-now-boyfriend is acting much more strangely these days.

Note: This is my piece for @chaoticyuna’s Summerween Event. This will have a second part, and maybe a third? It really depends if my brain and the story’s pacing cooperate with me.

I’d like to thank @nire-chann for helping me form and polish my plot in this piece and for beta-reading it together with @saudade-mayari | @yourgoddessselene 😘💙

The pairing and title will make sense on the next part(s).

Reaching for the eye drops on his bedside table, he slowly opened the cap, dropping some on his bloodshot eyes. He shouldn’t have overused his quirk during the commotion on the area he was assigned to patrol last night.

Sighing, he went ahead and move towards the bathroom to shower quickly, ignoring the strange bugging feeling acclimating inside his gut.

The hot splashes of liquid that trickled down his body eased the knots and sore muscles from the hits he took with that villain.

Refusing to open the blinds due to the irritation that the sudden intrusion of sunlight causes to his already dry eyes, the dimly lit room is filled with dancing shadows as he continues to dress in his hero attire.

Now walking along the halls of the UA building wanting to get some files- and maybe spend his morning with you- before class starts, strands of hair begin to stand above his nape. His stomach once again wrenching with nerves. Strides are becoming much quicker than usual.

Security measurements are strict. It’s impossible to enter the building without the staff being notified.

The thought of being followed is becoming unbearable. Looking around the cobalt blue-coated walls of the halls, the erasure hero saw nothing out of the ordinary, but that feeling of being watched never faded.

***

Opening the door to the faculty room, he spots you on one of the corners of the premises, humming to a tune in your head while making coffee for two.

You perked up when you saw him, your smile urging his mouth to twitch upwards.

“Shou! Coffee?”

Taking the cup from your hand, he nods, thanking you with a kiss on the cheek. You both proceed to sit on your desks, having the usual morning chat on each other’s lesson plans for his homeroom class.

“I was thinking of giving them a no-quirk combat training on Wednesday til’ Friday. What do you think?”

“Sounds good.”

His small reassuring smile for you suddenly turned into a tight line. Shouta’s head is suddenly pounding, and a foreign feeling is similar to being dipped into the depths of the unmerciful tides of the oceans. It vanishes as quickly as it came. No one seemed to notice, not even you.

***

The week felt longer than it usually does now that he had time alone inside his dim room. His thoughts are the only ones entertaining him whilst his body is laid underneath his white sheets.

Maybe it was the tons of reports he needed to make due to the commonly occurring accidents with 1-A during training. Or was it the tons of files he needed to arrange?

Perhaps the week felt like a play in slow motion because of the reoccurring feeling in his gut.

Head spinning. Fading in and out of vignette. Thoughts weren’t helping him to anchor to consciousness. He hears a symphony of whispers whilst feeling uncomfortable with the contrast of the delicate touches of warm, calloused hands tracing all over the surface of the bubbling sweat on the surface of his moistening skin.

Like imprisoned in a non-existent bind of ropes, his mind battles an unexplainable intrusion, a feeling of throbbing then bursting pain filling the seams of his every nerve.

Shouta feels like he’s losing, a replay of memories filling his retinas as his eyes were forced shut.

***

Despite a good few weeks that passed, Shouta’s been fighting every night while feeling being watched. It had taken a toll on his mind. Cold sweat stains are what greets him every morning, along with his more than usual dry eyes.

His limbs felt like he had gone through an intense sparring session, joints aching and popping as he stretches them.

---

He had finally found a suitable vessel. Snickering while he sees the composure of his subject crumbling into rough sand. No worries though, it’ll be a few more months before his absence is sensed once more, and he’ll be ordered to go back. He’ll savor every moment of chaos from what this may become.

He licks his lips, entertained by the paranoia that the man he’s been observing from the shadows is experiencing. Soon. He’ll be ripe enough. After all, he has been using his body for mischief every night.

---

Now sitting in the soft covers of the sofa in the teacher’s lounge, you went over to what happened earlier. Sipping coffee while conversing early in the morning was almost like a routine for you two, so you were obviously shocked when Shouta suddenly lashed out at you after questioning how’s his patrol last night.

Maybe he just had a rough night? No. That won’t explain how strange he acts lately.

You decide that maybe you’ll offer to have a joint patrol later. More time to spend together with him, plus you might be able to talk about it and offer help on whatever’s bothering him- it’s a win-win!

As usual, the day continues. Your mock-battle training in the second-years of the hero course in the mornings was splendid since no one got any severe injuries and needed to go to Recovery Girl. All were cautious and up on their feet, as they were battling with the third years’ “Big Three.” Your second-years lost, but it was by a small margin.

Now cradling your third cup of coffee this day -it helps keep you alert during patrol- your eyes lands on the clock on the wall, taking note of the time your orbs begin to search for that familiar yellow that usually lays atop the couch or near the corner of the room.

You frown. It’s the fourth time this week. That’s unusual. He always follows his nap routine in the lounge at this hour.

Placing your coffee tumbler atop your desk, you checked every corner of the campus in the following hour, searching for your boyfriend.

---

Locked in the suffocating walls of a storage room near the dorms, his vision was spinning as he fights off the invisible force that was penetrating his mind and hitting his body every now and then.

He hacks a cough as he was punched in the gut by the shadow, his knees buckling from the force of the succeeding attacks.

Kneeling at the floor, unable to stand, hands palm down, doing his best to support his weight and not wanting to lose from whatever this being might be. Still, the moment of weakness displayed upon the gleaming eyes on the wall made the figure lick its lips, savoring the exhibit of ragged breaths full of frustration, tinged with fear, and wracking with dizzying anticipation.

---

You sigh in relief as your search finally ends near the dorms. You ran towards the black mass exiting the storage room.

“Shou! I was looking all over the campus for you!”

He smiles. Wait, what? Simply humming as if he’s amused with something, you ignored the devilishly handsome smirk that was now plastered upon his face.

“Yeah? And why does this pretty kitty went looking for her… Eraserhead?”

You blushed. His tone had a different ring that made your stomach feel funny. You’re feeling odd. Shouta wasn’t one for pet names, nor PDA for that matter, even when you’re both alone in a public place, especially on campus.

“Well, I was wondering if you’d like to spend patrol with me?”

“Sure princess, meet you at 10 near the gates?”

“Yeah, su- mmph!”

Kissing was a no no in public. You both agreed to that. Something’s definitely going on, right?

#Shouta Aizawa #Shouta #Aizawa #Eraserhead #Shouta Aizawa x You #Shouta Aizawa x Reader #Eraserhead x You #Eraserhead x Reader #BNHA Fanfic #Villain? Aizawa #Supernatural AU #Summerween Event

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Maple Memories With the Prince // Voiced Mini Stories

wooo yea likely the last bmp1-related event of the month. yes, yakov will be featuring in the election benefit event coming soon, but since that’s likely gonna be an AU bc he has to be a knight. meh

but hey, this event overlaps with yakov’s season 2 campaign. i dun care for the route itself bc ive read it multiple times, but they have done minor edits (like better bgs) so thats better than nothing imo season 2 is very filler arc-y bc they introduce a character that takes up a variable amt of screentime. they serve as a personified test to their relationship and/or the prince’s character, but for some routes it’s just... is this Joshua’s route or Hana’s (the side chara’s) route. cough i guess bc yakov’s was written much later than everyone else’s (by several years), they figured out what makes a sequel enjoyable to read bc his is good. no bias i assure u

quicc translations behind the cut

Glenn (CV. Ishikawa Kaito)

[G]: “This here, is a place I quite like.” [G]: “In the fall, the green leaves turn red and yellow, and then you can enjoy the autumn leaves.” [G]: “I wanted to come here with you no matter what.” [G]: “…I’m glad you like it here too.” [G]: “For some reason, being here with you right now has made me way too happy.” [G]: “It’s made me truly think that it’d be nice if time could stop.”

Zain (CV. Hirakawa Daisuke)

[Z]: “What do you think of the autumn shades of Nobel Castle?” [Z]: “I never tire of seeing your expression change with the seasons of the Castle, you know.” [Z]: “…Somehow, they resemble you.” [Z]: “You also show me all sorts of faces depending on the season, place, situation at hand...” [Z]: “…(kiss)” [Z]: “…If I do that - What kind of face will you show me, I wonder?”

Joshua (CV. Namikawa Daisuke)

[J]: “Ever since I discovered it as a child, I’ve kept this place in mind.” [J]: “A spectacular view of the leaves changing for autumn…” [J]: “I thought, ‘I want to take you there.’” [J]: “I’m pleased that it could become a reality, too.” [J]: “You hear me? This place is a secret between the two of us, after all.”

Edward (CV. Okitsu Kazuyuki)

[E]: “The autumn leaves are lovely— Oriens’s autumns have several beautiful spectacles, hm?” [E]: “Since you were raised here, with this beautiful scene surrounding you,” [E]: “I wonder if you have a similar heart of such beauty within?” [E]: “More and more, I want you to show me things that shall make me think of just how beautiful you are.”

Keith (CV. Kondo Takashi)

[K]: “What, you like the fall leaves?” [K]: “Hm, well, how about I get a bunch of maple trees planted in Liberty Castle’s gardens?” [K]: “Huh? You don’t want that?” [K]: “…’the Hell, I just wanted to see your delighted face, and you…”

note that the original phrase isn’t a swear, but has an informal “what the heck” vibe so yea

Roberto (CV. Kimura Ryohei)

[R]: “The autumn leaves are so pretty!” [R]: “I was thinking that I wanna burn this very scene with you into my mind, but…” [R]: “Maybe I don’t have to after all, I guess.” [R]: “Soo, it’d be okay to renew this (memory) every year, right?”

⋆ the term he uses for “renewing (this scene before me)” is closer to “overwriting” (commonly used in the context of computers, e.g., “overwriting” files, data, etc.), “writing over something” but in engl, (at least to me) overwriting smth like a memory has the implication that the preceding memory was “bad” (and not so much “old”) so yea

Wilfred (CV. Sakurai Takahiro)

[W]: “You see how the autumn leaves have piled up over there?” [W]: “When I was a child, I would often keep this a secret from Claude…” [W]: “I’d throw myself into a bed of autumn leaves, and stuff like that.” [W]: “It’s been a long time since I’ve wanted to do that again.” [W]: “…How about we do it together?”

Yakov (CV. Yasumoto Hiroki)

[Y]: “The autumn leaves are quite splendid.” [Y]: “When I look at these red-tinted leaves, your face comes to mind.” [Y]: “It’s because they resemble the hue of your bashful cheeks, I suppose.” [Y]: “Heh- Don’t sulk like that.” [Y]: “When you’re with me, I can’t help but want to tease you.”

#be my princess #bmp #spoilers

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