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somethinginworl · 11 months

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He would not fucking say that - Kirby franchise edition (Results)

Well! Seems like a lot of people had a lot to say about mischaracterized Kirby characters, as a matter of fact, there were a whooping 57 entries! Well, let’s get going with them, shall we? Just,,, beware that this is a LOOONG post.

Haltmann

The dude 100% did fucked up shit and needs to be held accountable but people seem to so easily forget the degree he was influenced/corrupted by Star Dream. I don't understand why people hate Haltmann and love Star Dream who is arguably the actual reason HWC started colonizing and draining planets. Also the fact that Haltmann isn't conventionally attractive to the majority of the fandom makes him less sympathetic ig?? But the dude is a grieving father who made mistakes that sent him down a spiral into being corrupted and then deleted by a heartless machine. I can't help but pity him

Prince Fluff

Go on ao3. Look in his tag on tumblr. He exists only to be Kirby or Shadow Kirby's love interest most of the time, with no personality of his own.

He barely gets recognized anymore, and if he does, it's usually as a ship Prince Fluff was a big part of my childhood, with Epic Yarn being my first game. To me, he was Kirby's fellow main character, and they had a cool sibling/best friend relationship. But now, a lot of what I see of him is just . . . Kirfluff. Which is cool and all, but man's a prince! He can do more than be a boyfriend! Heck, he runs an entire kingdom by himself! One thing that I want to see more of is Fluff as a stressed but caring ruler, not just a sidekick/boyfriend to the pink puff. Give yarn boy his deserved appreciation!.

Dark Meta Knight

Hello! I am here to spread the good word of a character with no personality. It's the mirror thing. Of course. Dark Meta Knight has No Personality. Zero. Nada. Zilch. He's Meta Knight but Dark. What does that mean? Your guess. He fights Meta Knight. And wins lmao skill issue blueboy. And fights Kirby. And loses a few times, which isn't surprising. He was dumb enough to split Kirby in four, though. Four times the Kirby is four times the amount your ass is grass. You're practically a forest at that point because you're so grass. So he's violent and has no personality outside of being violent. Woo! Triple Deluxe has him attack Dedede in Dededetour inside the Mirror. This has led people to think he fucked over Sectonia. This makes my heart bleed as much as Taranza probably did when he was punted off of Royal Road via Fuck You Lightning Ball. My man just has no sense of timing,,,, They just wanted to include a Meta Knight battle because Knight Battles are a Kirby standard at this point,,, You think a man that stupid can figure out how to take advantage of a woman's insecurity? I don't even know if he knows women exist. How many female Amazing Mirror characters are there??? Boxy??? Moley mentions having a wife once and Dameta doesn't know what he means. But other than being driven to immense violence and being scapegoated for the stuff his boss probably did, Dameta has other hobbies! Like whatever his motivation in Star Allies is. Something dastardly, I'm sure. People really like to pretend he's not part of the Star Ally club when my man is doodling with toddlers and posing with his less cool less edgy self. Would a villain have a silly little we heart kirby statue? No, didn't think so. Also I cannot imagine him as a dad to Shadkirby either. Do they even interact? I've seen both "Amazing dad" and "Outright abusive" as interpretations and I can't go with either. But I think that's because I don't enjoy Metadad that much. They're like awkward coworkers. He thinks they're student and mentor. They're not even that. Dameta barely knows Shadow exists.

Dark Meta Knight is very popularly characterized as like an abusive parent, usually physically abusive. Mainly to Shadow Kirby, of course. He's an asshole, yeah, but not THAT bad, christ. I've seen multiple fics where Shadow Kirby is some poor little hey what t the fuck hes fighting himself. um. Back to being a hater.

Shadow Kirby

Some folks still think he's shy/cowardly like from the Amazing Mirror Days. Not really true anymore. From what fans have seen from the ending of the game, he does protect the Mirror World. As for the spin off games that include him, he's pretty tough and even creates mischief sometimes.

Shadow Kirby is constantly treated as an "evil" Kirby. Especially bad after Fighters and fighters two. Not to mention "Parallel Kirby". There's also a strangely common trend of making them more sapient than pink Kirby, who tends to be infantilised to hell and back. Shadow Kirby also is often treated as a complete coward who can't do anything right, when they aren't called evil.

He's shown as completely different in several different occasions, not only in personality but in design I like shadow kirby he's purple and then he's not

Dark Taranza

Dark Taranza, gonna be honest what little characterization people give him are actually okay compared to the rest. But I'm still a hater and hang on im watching jerma clips. okay. He's like Sectonia if Sectonia was Taranza if that makes sense.

Shadow Dedede

Shadow Dedede barely gets shit but I'm going to be a little hater anyways. I don't like most characterizations. I see people make him like a dictator like bro he's literally just some guy.

Sectonia

have you seen how often people say that sectonia and taranza were boyfriend and girlfriend in canon?????? they were never!!! shes the gosh dang final boss but shes only ever used to give taranza angst. she is her own person with a personality!!!! yes their backstories are interconnected but gosh!!!!

This not too prominent but I can't stand it when people portray her as an uwu shy girl pre-corruption. While she gave in her worst aspects, she was probably always a kind of vain, girlboss! I mean she knows how to fight with rapiers c'mon!!!

idk it just feels like lots of people just see her as Taranza's tragic dead wife and like nothing else you know? like she is more than that and I feel like what little content we have of her proves that (like the soul boss descriptions (especially the original japanese text of the 2nd phase!!) and the eternal dream song) - or maybe im reading too much into those because im hyperfixating on my blorbo whoops

Kine

I'm not sure how true this opinion is considering how little people talk about Kine, I feel this is partially the anime's fault, or maybe its because of how he just looks, but Kine is cool and is not some stupid loser fish. Before the days of Crystal Shards, Him, Kirby, Rick & Coo were the dream team at the time, always hanging out going, with various activities long before the days of Meta Knight or even Dedede. Kine is an awesome aquatic rep for the Kirby series not to mention drinking and being a pirate and Kine even has a Wife! Kine has got it! I guess this is a partial compliant of Ship of Theseus which can be applied with Rick & Coo too, but I feel Kine gets the most hate if any because of people who are unfamiliar just see a dopey fish and are unaware of his origins and his past with Kirby. I'm not upset with the current representation of the Kirby cast (I love the RTDL team being the main crew) but I do hope the animal buddies get some more love, Especially Kine.

Dedede

reduced to his significantly less in-depth and compelling characterization from the anime

Anime Dedede.

Magolor

one time i read a series of fanfictions where he called every female character in the story a bitch and was portrayed as the good guy in the story

Is it possible to both be flanderized and woobified at the same time? There is a lot of "removing his responsibility for his actions" but can we get better jokes than "hehe Microtransgolor hehe scammer egg”

Always an uwu soft boy. Like no that is a criminal not a catboy.

Bro would never be intimidated by Magolor

Marx

People either portray him as a edgy sociopath or constantly bored and annoyed. Portraying him as an adult or a teen kinda annoys me as well. I'm very picky about portrayals of Marx so don't get upset if you portray him as one of these I've listed.

Sometimes I see people only joking about the "hungry so he came along" thing with Marx and it's pretty overdone

They took one look at him and said “to the insane asylum bitch”. I don’t think he’s some crazy murder hobo rather a dude with questionable morals and puts his own mischief and fun before others it seems. Though Marx is indeed one of the least “character” characters when I mean he doesn’t have much depth in comparison to other characters. But you could do anything else than have him follow the Jevil path of him being crazy. Make him evil? Sure. Make him a cringefail idiot? Sure. Make him a crybaby bitch? Go ahead. But making him the definition of what a 14 year old white girl in New Jersey that probably is addicted to Instagram and thinks Webtoon comics are the highest level of art and storytelling’s definition of insane doesn’t cut it cuz. Slapping the spaz label without a thought of what’s being done on a character who fits the mark makes the Schizoid peeved who coulda known. As this is all coming from the one person who has likely ruined Marx’s character the most for Kirblur by making him a somewhat empathetic manchild who clings to both pipe dreams of normality and being a monster btw. (Also this doesn’t mean jokes, you can joke about him being a psycho like Jerma it’s when it’s taken 100% seriously is when it’s bad). Also to add on, Woobification of Marx or any Kirby character period CAN be annoying if taken too far. I take full responsibility in the fact my variant is also woobifed to an extent but that train full of ticking bombs doesn’t bother me as much. Make him sadcry and be gay he deserves both those things. Send him to sad hell with the rest of them.

To the anon above... What?

Making him stupid or reducing him to just Silly Clown. Or just having him act in purely impulsive or spontaneous ways (which sometimes happens when juxtaposed with a more "collected" character like Magolor).

Daroach

this is something i’ve noticed specifically in chatfics, but when daroach is in the ensemble some of them tend to designate him as the Goofy Meme Dumbass for… idk, fandom quota? i really don’t know why it happens because he has a bunch of canon dialogue (and alternate continuity stuff like the novels) that show him to be cool and clever. i’m not saying he can’t have a sense of humor or anything (he’s definitely the type to have a bunch of quips), but it sucks when he’s mischaracterized because the fandom doesn’t give him that much attention as is. if you NEED a silly haha guy, marx is right there!”

Morpho Knight

"Morpho Knight is a creature of mercy. It's a benevolent entity putting tired souls to rest." NO?! I'm going to copy-paste some stuff I put in a post of my own. A while back, SYZekrom on Reddit translated Morpho Knight's entry, and it contains some... interesting information. Allow me to provide some excerpts. "He’s a red knight with butterfly wings, continuing from a pair of white wings like an angel’s, and a pair of azure wings with a bit of an evil feel." This is the first of two instances where Morpho Knight is outright stated to be evil. There's also stuff in the art book that supports my theory that Galacta and Morpho are permanently fused and the former is not dead, but I don't want to get carried away. These are its gacha figure descriptions in Forgotten Land: "The fluttering fiend that casts judgment upon final battles is drawn toward the isolated isles of Forgo Dreams. There, it feasts on the most powerful soul it finds and takes the fearsome form of a scarlet-clad knight… Let the most challenging battle of this new world begin!" –English "One of the dreaming birds, which are said to pass judgement upon decisive battles, drifts towards a forgotten, isolated isle as if summoned. There, it sips upon the strongest Soul and descends as a red knight. Finally, welcome the dusk… of the deadliest battle in this New World!" –Japanese While at first glance there doesn't seem to be any information of note, the "fluttering fiend" bit in the English version is outright stating Morpho Knight is evil, and the phrase "he deadliest battle in this New World" doesn't sound particularly heroic. But I digress... Morpho is NOT a good person! This is clearly leading up to a villain vs hero confrontation! Which, may I add, implies that reaping Galacta Knight wasn't necessarily a good thing for it to do?!

Elfilis

elfilis is NOT entirely malicious. they would gladly accept hugs and kisses. being in a fucking capsule ALONE and AWARE for likely CENTURIES will DO SOMETHING TO YOU YOU KNOW?? god fucking DAMN dude... and after the ending of the true arena in the game, WILLINGLY GAVE THEMSELF UP TO ELFILIN. also they're not fucking DEAD you PSYCHOPAYHS elfilis is STILL VERY MUCH ALIVE!!!!!!! RUUAAAGGGH!!!!!!!!!!

Susie

Being Evil or being a Sad uwu girl who has had bad things happen to her seems to be the only way most people can portray this character.

Susie isn't a friend. She's selfish and wanted to take over the company. Her "redemption" is pointing Kirby at the world-ending machine, gives him armor, and then stands around. She doesn't even know his name. The closest she does for good is tell Kirby to do something he would've done on his own.

My girl really became the subject of hate thanks to a mistranslation. I mean yeah she likes robots and shit but the fact that people think she is a terrible person and that she's still colonizing planets makes me upset. i blame the translation team for everything.

When people say she has fully redeemed herself and is reduced to cishet, pretty girl??? Like no, star allies mistranslation my ass you fell for her corporate propaganda. The female characters in this franchise, while lovable, is not nearly as popular as a lot of the male ones. HAL literally gave us a morally grey girlboss who we can still sympathise with. She actually feels like a very real character in this fictional world.

You Know How People Are About Her

she's not even my blorbo!!!!!! everyone thinks she's a huge evil bitch who has done terrible genuinely unspeakable things. i read a fic that went on and on abt the horrible things she "did" to meta knight when he was mechanized (things so bad i cant even say) and i was pulling my hair out she did not fucking do any of that!!!! yes the universe can have pretty dark moments but good lord people only use her to woobify meta knight and give fuel to ship him with others and it pisses me off lol. or people go too far the other way and woobify HER to ship with him and aughhhh no one has a shred of media literacy. she's not purely good or purely evil she's such a complex character who did bad things because she was in a bad situation and the best example of a morally grey character who's on no one's side but herself and that will always be more interesting that 100% good or 100% evil. once again she's not even my blorbo but i've never seen a character butchered this badly by a fandom

Because of mistranslation (from what I've heard) Susie's whole mechanizing planets has been the number one thing when it came to susie hate and the only reason as to why people hate this girl so much. Honestly Susie's character has been fucked up immensely and no one has such a divided spread of opinions like she does. Some people brush away her backstory and make her a soulless being with no love whatsoever.

Oh my god. Oh my god. Susie Haltmann. I cannot with the fandom interpretations anymore. It's ridiculous how bad they've gotten. Susie is a two dimensional character. I absolutely despise seeing people portray her as some sort of greedy capitalist bastard and "the one with the braincell". In canon, she's consistently been portrayed as a sweet person (with a knack for violence, but EVERYONE in this series is like that). Everything bad she did in Planet Robobot was FOR WORK and the will of HER FATHER, and even if she did want to do the things she did, she's clearly not doing them any more. The "mechanizing planets and peoples" line in Star Allies is a mistranslation. And the "punishing savages" doesn't have to mean anything bad. It could mean she's punishing evildoers with her money and resources. In fact, I've seen some translations put it like that And Meta Knight... is just the straw that broke the camel's back. Oh lord. Why does everyone insist that he hates her? There's the little scene in Star Allies... but god, that isn't canon, it's clearly a joke. If anything, Susie might have been trying to talk to him and he was just trying to avoid her in a misinterpretation of the situation. It's supposed to be funny. Why are you imposing this onto people like this automatically makes Susie a devil incarnate and anything involving those two characters in problematic? Just shut up.

Meta Knight

Everyone thinks he’s just the ‘edgy character’ or ‘the uncaring mentor figure’ while in actuality he really does care for Kirby (and Bandana Dee) more than anyone gives him credit for!

Everyone either makes him all broody and lonesome, like shadow the hedgehog or batman; or they make him a goofy dad, like Dedede or Hugh Neutron. In reality, he's a weird uncle with unknown motivations, simultaneously selfish and practical. Also, he doesn't hide the fact that he likes sweets, he eats them away from everyone so no one steals them (Dedede and Squeak Squad).

He's not Kirby's fucking dad! He's an irresponsible uncle that hands out swords! And he is definitely in love with dedede, he is the only other dramatic bitch willing to build a skyscraper to beat up kirby (I am using intense anger for comedic effect)

HES A FUCKING TWINK ASS FRUITY ASS MOTHERFUCKING CRINGEFAIL MAN. HE NEEDS TO HAVE HIS PERSONALITY INTERPRETED AS BOTH THE MANGA AND THE GAMES. YES HE IS MYSTERIOUS BUT HE ALSO WOULD TRIP AND FALL OVER HIMSELF. I NEED STAR ALLIES KICKING SWORD PISSED. I NEED MANGA ROSES BITCHASS META. I NEED THAT PARTICULAR VERSION OF MY BOY meat knight RIGHT NOW. meta knight is cringefail. half of the fandom agrees the other half does not. im explode.

He wants to look cool so bad but he is actually a huge fucking goofy goober. Any representation of Meta Knight being a badass is propaganda made by Meta Knight himself to convince you he’s cool. I mean have you seen his RTDL Deluxe pause screen description? King Dedede’s and Bandana Dee’s are in first person, but his is in third person? He’s literally talking about himself in the third person like hello????? Meta Knight is such a fucking lame goofy little man who thinks he’s the most badass motherfucker on the planet.

To fair this has been less common lately but back during 2014-2016 MK was usually portrayed in fanart/fanfic as either this wise veteran or cold edgelord. He is just an unhindged!!! Silly!!! Guy!!! He can be cool and cringefail!!! But he is also compassionate in his own aloof, awkward way!!!

i am not a big fan of the metadede ship. i think people are shipping for the sake of having a ship and nothing else. As someone with a severely underrepresented orientation (aromantic and asexual), when I see a character I like, I will project onto said character. This is the case with my interpretation of Meta Knight. I saw a cool character that I liked who a) doesn’t have any canon love interests and b) didn’t really need a whole ton of friends/significant others to be happy with life. Meta Knight always seemed to be perfectly content with the friends he has on Popstar and his crew and everyone in the anime, so I looked to him for hope that I could live the same way. I was open to the metadede ship at first, but as time passed, I felt less and less comfortable with it. It seemed to me that people were so hungry for gay ships that they just pulled this one out of thin air courtesy of Kirby Fighters 2, which is to my knowledge the only piece of media that somewhat supports this. Why can’t people just be happy with MK and Dedede being friends or frenemies? I’m probably starting drama with this bc I know how popular metadede is on Tumblr so I apologize for upsetting you if that is the case. But I also feel that I shouldn’t apologize just because I have a different opinion.

I dislike how "pathetic" the fandom has made him out to be. I don't like it when he's portrayed as overpowered but... "pathetic, whiny manlet" could not be further from the truth. How did we get to that?

Kirby

Often people make Kirby more dependent on others than he actually is. He's an extremely independent person that literally cannot be stopped by anyone who tries to get in his way

ik its been covered to death but matpat made that video about how kirby is evil and completely ignored the themes of friendship and kindness that are present throughout the entire series

dude hes not a baby. he drinks in the manga adukt kirbies are a fine interp god. and hes not a godkiller or some shit he just fights for his friends hes not some terrifying monster kirby is literally just some friendly guy. strong yeah but just some guy. he fights strong entities incidentally lol

The anime portrays them as a literal infant, and due to its overprevalence (despite not being in the same stream of canon as the games), this is often their characterization in the fandom. Canonically, they indeed are a child (at most, they'd probably be a teen in the modern games), but they are old enough to talk, and they demonstrate a high amount of emotional and even technical intelligence.

Admittedly, this is one that usually only happens to people outside the fandom, but it bugs me when people portray Kirby as a sort of immoral monster who only does good things on accident. When it’s quite the opposite! He may not be incredibly bright, but he does his best to help people. Oddly enough, there’s not many cases of “he would not say that” in the fandom for me because of how loose Kirby’s story is. It is lore heavy but the actual characters aren’t super concrete save for a few and I think that’s perfectly fine

People forget that their air bullet!! is an attack!! its literally one of their only ways of dealing damage in DL1!!! I’m looking at you Smash Bros!!! Why isn’t it their nair?????????

making them a toddler who cant speak for themself

I swear everyone outside of the fandom sees Kirby as either a braincell infant or a merciless force of mass destruction

Taranza

WHAT DIDN'T THEY DO!?!?!? Taranza, as we see him in Triple Deluxe, is such a fun villain. He's dramatic, arrogant, a total suck-up to Sectonia, and it's so. Fucking. Good. He's a devious bastard, he monologues!!! His animations in the Clash games are so fucking campy and dramatic it's chefs kiss!!!! Fanon Taranza is as plain as white bread. Sometimes as pale as it, looking at some of the gijinkas. No shade though! As little shade as there is melanin in him lmAO- He is flanderised to hell and back. There are so. Many. Fucking. Taranzas who happen to be nothing but sad and weepy about his evil dead wife. Where's the bite!!! The pizzazz!!! Even in canon, when he is a bit of a wet sack later on, he still hunts for an altar he can bring her back on. My boy's a wannabe necromancer!!! Write that shit in your lost lenore Sectonia fic you fucking cowards Queen's Phantom ain't just for show. The above is also evidence for woobification! The fucker is obviously sad his crush is dead! But can we pleeease focus on anything else. This is definitely not targeted at Hal Labs. Imagine being woobied so hard your creators backtrack your personality I would just die. "Ehehe he's the responsible mage!!" No the fuck he isn't he can't be trusted with anything he tries take control it WILL blow up in his face. He knows magic he's good at magic but is he responsible??? Fuck no my man's strongest attack is "Blow myself the fuck up via a giant burst of magic" and it shreds. Even worse is the "Taranza got mind-controlled by Sectonia" theory in tandem with this. That wasn't confirmed right. Right. God I hope not that would be embarrassing. He can't even have a moment to realise his devotion has gone too far and she doesn't love him or even care for him, and he has to finally make that decision to free himself from her like ain't that cool!!! And then making him all sad over her afterwards it's just a Little Fucked if you're tryna put it all together eh. Eh. And he's not suuuper objectified (That usually goes to Seccy rest in piss girlie) but the way he's treated in some ships is. Eugh. Fucking Magoranza amirite he's basically there to look responsible and cute (I've already explained my issue with this) and to fix the tortured soul who is Magolor (I do not like Magolor. Nor Magoranza.) Tbh Sectaranza does the same he's there to be tragic because his girlie's dead. When you give him less personality than the dead cardboard cutout you know you fucked up. Anyways these ramblings are here to remind you what Hal Labs stole from us: Taranza but not a TOTAL saddo. Theatre kid Taranza. Arrogant prick. He's even British.

For the anon above me, I just wanted to say that this entry is probably my favorite and lives rent free in my mind.

I'm definitely guilty of it and it's all we have to go off of but PLEASE he needs more than to be Sad. Give him hobbies and interests that aren't just gardening, at least. Make stuff up about him, please!

So, SO many people make him an absolute crybaby over Sectonia. Even though, yes, he has grief problems, it's not his whole freaking personality. Pretty sure they're forgetting the fact that he LITERALLY HELPED KILL HER.

Taranza is not just a little pathetic guy!! He’s a bitch— a little schemer if you will !!! He’s smug—he’s formal—he’s a little fucker!!! Taranza needs a new partner and that partner is me

Oddly enough I do think people make him out to be a bit too much of a goody two shoes. Like he has done some mean things in the past and it wasn’t all Sectonia’s fault, he literally *stole* the Dimensional Mirror after all. Don’t get me wrong I think he’s a good person in the end, but cmon. He has committed crimes

Taranza in some corners of the fandom has kinda been turned into this forever crying baby who can never recover from losing Joronia and like, I never see people who do that write about the recovery and being able to move on to the final stage of grief.

HE IS NOT A SIMP, MY GOD

Everyone needs to stop reducing him to pathetic simp. He is allowed to grieve but he's probably one of the more mature characters within the series???

People disregard everything else about his character to make his tragic relationship with sectonia his only character trait. Not sure if this quite counts as woobifying since he does canonically still mourn her (and obviously seeing a close friend/crush go down the path of self destruction and ultimately die from it WOULD NOT be something you'd get over quickly). But I'm so tired of taranza in fanart and the like being an uwu softboy with Crying as his main character trait. Like he's canonically more than that! He goes full cocky villain mode when you confront him near the end of triple deluxe and he can pack a punch in star allies with his magic! If you're going to write about him prove that you don't just know about the guy from twitter artwork!

And here’s a graph!

Anyways, thanks everyone for your submissions! What I’ve learned here is important: We’re all fucking delusional.

#I'm going to fist fight the Tumblr editor #Kine anon Ily #Kirby #Rambles #Long post

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fabuloustrash05 · 2 months

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ROTTMNT Love Interests Headcanon

If the Rise boys were ever given love interest, here’s who I headcanon they should’ve been and what their dynamic would be like:

Note: Raph and Mikey's love interest are my OCs/HCs of a Rise version of existing characters.

Leo’s love interest would be Yuichi

Leo met Yuichi through Hueso, who Yuichi works for as a new waiter for his restaurant in the Yokai city

Suddenly Leo constantly wants to go to Hueso's restaurant for lunch/dinner and his brother quickly figure out it's only because he wants to gawk at the cute new waiter.

Leo is overly flirty but Yuichi doesn’t notice him, not that he’s uninterested, it’s just he has lots of admirers, so sadly Leo in the beginning blends into the crowd.

It’s not until Leo takes a more forward approach by hitting on him with a cheesy pick up line, then proceeds to trip over himself and be humiliated by everyone, except Yuichi. He found the act endearing and Leo has now caught his eye.

Yuichi finds Leo annoying at first, but also charming/endearing thought he hates to admit it

*flirts* *flirts back* “I was not expecting this outcome, tf I do now??”

Leo tells a dumb joke and Yuichi thinks he’s a comedic genius.

They spar together, exchanging sword fighting tips/techniques

Hueso is their third wheel

Raph’s love interest would be Mona Lisa

My HC on how they first met (I guess you could say she really FELL for him ;D )

Mona is obviously in love with him but Raph is painfully oblivious. Everyone knows she likes him except Raph.

“She’s just a really good friend!” *said "friend" is wearing a shirt that says "I <3 Raphael"*

Raph would be very obvious to Mona's flirtatious actions towards him and not realize he's being hit on. Everyone knows Mona likes him, except Raph himself.

It took Raph a whole year to realize he liked Mona too. His bros can't comprehend his obviously stupidity when he asked his bros if he should ask Mona out and says he's worried she doesn't like him back (Raph end up freaking out and nearly faints when his bros tell him Mona has liked him the entire time)

She fell first, but he fell harder

For a while, Raph is conflicted with asking her out for a few reasons:

1) “What if she lost interest in me and I’m too late?!”

2) He feels he’s too busy as the oldest to have a relationship but his brothers encourage him to ask her out because him having a GF does not mean he’s being selfish for doing something for himself that makes him happy.

3) Mona’s got an overprotective father who hates the idea of his daughter dating. He liked Raph better when he was just her friend, but when Raph started having feelings for Mona he became a threat.

Eventually Raph does asks Mona out and she says yes! They become boyfriend and girlfriend shortly after their first date.

Everyone feels a wave of relief and satisfaction when these two FINALLY get together! "IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME!" But everyone soon realized that they are annoying as a lovey dovey couple, "Stop shoving your happiness in our faces!!"

Donnie’s love interest would be Kendra

Partners in crime, on again off again romance

Fake dating trope in the beginning with them both having plans to steal each others tech, “I’ll woo him/her and when they’re off his/her guard, I’ll robbed them!”

They actually start to fall in love with each other, but then the truth comes out and they “break up”

Now constantly bicker anytime they see each other, blaming the other for the betrayal and “break up”

Check out my post on how I HC they first started “dating”

*Cue “True Love” by P!nk*

Argues then proceeds to make out then argue again

They are the first couple to get together, but them being really officially together is a secret. They secretly date after their first "break up" and everyone doesn't find out about them until much later on, to which Donnie just mentions he's actually dating Kendra so nonchalantly while everyone just looks on at him with shock. This is after Leo x Yuichi and Raph x Mona became couples.

Mikey’s love interest would be Renet

Renet is a human orphan who grew up in the Yokai City and is practicing to become a witch, specifically a time witch!

They met when Mikey was in the Yokai city and came across Renet when she was practicing her magic spells (aka she fell on top of him when practicing a teleportation spell)

Everyone struggles to figure out if they are dating or just REALLY close.

Best friends, goofy dummies who eventually fall in love with one another slowly over time

Innocent young love. A playground crush.

Mikey hangs out with her a lot because he likes her. He doesn’t realize he likes her and no one tries to tell him cause they thought he knew he liked her

Act like a couple loooooong before they even become a couple.

“Are you two dating or just friends?” “Yes”

That tweet of that girl asking her bf if they are dating (they are living together and have a kid) cause they never confirmed they are boyfriend and girlfriend, so when she asked the bf he responds by fist pumping his chest, giving her a peace sign and saying "we're just Bros"

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the-teapot-hatter · 1 year

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I was the one who send the isekai protagonist request, what I meant was that the protagonist does everything to attract the boys’ attention like wearing nice clothes that suit their tastes, partaking in their favourite activities and giving them presents, all just to get them to notice her. But mc here, doesn’t do any of that stuff, they’re only interested in dumpster diving yet somehow has caught the boys’ eyes compared to the overlooked protagonist who actually makes an effort to be seen.

Sorry it took me a little bit to get back to this, I was a little busy. And thank you for the clarification.

This isn't particularly staring any of the boys, but rather a long list of them (their short interactions) and the protagonist's failed attempts at wooing them. After such, she investigates the Reader.

If this isn't want you wanted, or I messed up something while writing, please feel free to tell me and I'll try writing it again to see if I get it correct the next time around.

Really, Aerilyn had tried everything that she could think of. But absolutely nothing was working, which didn't make any sense. She had read all of the novels, had gotten the spin-off games, had spent a ridiculous amount of money to read ahead in the webnovel adaptation, she bought all the merch, had visited every con, had watched and was present for every single interview there had been with the author.

Out of everyone, Aerilyn could say that she was the one that understood the characters the best. She was the one that knew all there was to know about this world and it's characters. So, logically, she was the one that was best suited to wooing the harem of men that the Saintess had won throughout her travels in the original, right?

All Aerilyn had to do was woo them before the original heroine showed up, and the Saintess hadn't appeared yet, and Aerilyn did the same things she did when wooing the boys (or at least most of the same things), and yet they still weren't interested. Not one. Not one single one of them was interested in Aerilyn. And she had tried everything.

…First, was her attempts with the Phantom Thief…

She had intentionally moved the guards stations so he would have an easier time getting in and out. And once she noticed the guard walking about, placed in front of her new family's treasury, she couldn't help the wide grin on her face. Because she new that wasn't a guard. It was the one and only Phantom Thief Ace Trappola, the second son of Count Trappola.

A mischievous boy that never failed to make her heart flutter any time she read of him through the pages of a book, saw him through a screen, or heard iconic voice lines being spoken from.

Cooling herself, she walked over towards the faked guardsmen, fighting off the grin that wanted to spread across her face once more. She knew exactly what to do to catch his attention!

"You there! What's your name?" Aerilyn called, watching as the fake guardsmen turned to look at her. The pounding of her heart taking on an excited erratic pace.

"My name is Sept, Lady Cyprus." The fake guardsmen answered, and Aerilyn had to fight off the squeal that made its way up her throat. While Ace did well to disguise his voice, he would never be able to hide himself from a rabid fan like Aerilyn.

"Oh? I don't recall having any guardsmen being named that. Let alone assigned this section of the manner." Aerilyn didn't actually pay attention to the guardsmen's names, but she would let Ace think that she does in order to further impress him. "You're that Phantom Thief that's been stealing from nobles lately, aren't you?" Aerilyn accused.

What she didn't realize at the time, and would never realize, was that Ace was not impressed. In fact, he was more that a little annoyed with the ladies, and some men, that have been coming up to him lately and accusing him of being a Phantom Thief. He didn't mind a good chase every now and again, but this was ridiculous. Then there was the fact that he could be dangerous, for he has a very real sword on him, and the lady before him had decided to confront him without any guardsmen for protection. So, in other words, she was an idiot.

And, as if to further worsen his opinion of her, Aerilyn dug into one of the pockets of her overly huge dress and threw a pouch of coins at him. A particularly smug look on her face. "You shouldn't steal from others, but I need this less than you do. Consider me letting you go a mercy." And then she spun around and walked away. Leaving Ace feeling thoroughly insulted. He didn't steal because he needed money. He did it because of the thrill. Though, lately, it hasn't been nearly as fun due to the increasingly odd behaviors of others.

Days later, Aerilyn was left confused when the Phantom Thief never paid her a visit. He didn't even come up to her and interact with his real identity, leaving her to wonder what she could have possibly done wrong. After all, its what had happened in the novel, right?

…Then, there was her efforts with the Navy's rising star…

Aerilyn didn't actually like working out or doing anything that got her sweaty. But she also knew how beastmen like Jack worked. Or rather how wolves worked. All she had to do was perk his interest, get him interested in her, and she could drop the excessive exercise.

Until that happened, she would come out of her way every week and train with the patrolling guardsmen, and request training from the Navy to teach her proper self-defense. It wasn't the proper means, but she was a noble lady and could do whatever she wanted. As far as she was concerned, a full group of disgruntled people was more than fine if it would gain Jack's attention.

Only, the beastmen never came up to her. Never interacted with her. Never even offered to help her. She was left confused and frustrated as to why her efforts weren't working. Unknowing to the fact that Jack himself had just wanted the woman to leave. She was throwing everything off and putting a heavy strain on everyone else because of her whims. On top of it all, Jack could tell that she wasn’t even putting that much effort into it, instead ogling at him or one of the many other people.

It left him increasing uncomfortable, something he was growing used to feeling since she was far from the only noble to have pulled a stunt like this recently. He had heard that the Crown Prince was in the action of drafting and setting up a law to prevent this from happening again in the future, but all he could do until that time came was wait.

To Aerilyn's surprise, two weeks later, she was bared entry. A couple of guardsmen reciting Prince Malleus's new decree, something that Aerilyn had never heard of before. Unsatisfyingly, she ended up having to give up on wooing the wolf beastmen for now. Jack couldn't have been more relieved when his workplace finally went back to normal.

…Her attempts with establishing trade with the up and rising Viscount was a total failure as well…

For weeks, Aerilyn had sent letter after letter to Azul about a business venture she knew he would enjoy and profit from. Not only would she make money from the deal, she could establish contact with Azul as well. She knew the prospect would be successful, since Azul would do so himself in the future and gain a massive profit from it.

She wasn't stealing the idea from him if he hadn't yet thought of it. Not to mention, she would make sure he would still profit from it in the end, so she didn't see the big deal. However, he never answered any of her letters. Not a single one, and Aerilyn couldn't figure out why.

And long soon after, Azul started up the business she had been alluding to in her letters to him, even though she hadn't even given him the full details! She didn't understand why he wasn't answering and she didn't understand why the original seemed to be speeding up. Azul didn't come up with this idea until the saintess made an off handed remark about to Turtolois plant in the east. And the saintess hadn't appeared yet, so she didn't understand what was going on.

Unbeknownst to her, Azul had received letters from not just her, but a whole slew of people. While some were evasive in their letters, he knew enough to piece the information together. While Azul didn't understand why so many letters were addressed to him, why so many people knew about the money making venture and were doing nothing, and why so many people who hadn't had recent contact with each other all seemed to be doing the same things.

While Azul would get as much money from it as he can, he wasn't going to involve himself in something as crazy as this.

…She'd even tried helping the pitiful servant Jamil, but he didn't seem to appreciate her kindness…

She had gone to the Duke Asim's social party, unfortunately, too many people were crowded around Kalim for her to get close to him, so she tried the next best thing. She had requested Jamil's assistance, and as kind as the Duke heir was he granted it, which led her to taking the servant out with her onto the terrace.

"What was it you needed help with, my lady?" Jamil had inquired. Aerilyn's grin was wide, basking in the sound of his hypnotic voice for a moment before she responded to him.

"It was a little hectic in there, I wanted to give you a moment to rest." Was Aerilyn's cheerful response, knowing the servant beside her would appreciate the gesture. Only, he didn't appreciate it, and he was in fact annoyed by it. Multiple people kept pulling this same stunt, which was pulling him away from his work. Which meant he had to do everything later and because he had to do everything later, he had to retire even later.

By this point, Jamil was sure this was some cruel joke on him. That the nobles thought it funny to push him around just because he was a servant to the Asim's. Something he refused to put up with any longer.

At the next party, when Aerilyn made the same request of Kalim, he rejected her. Not only that, but she wasn't invited to the next few parties that the heir threw. In the end leaving Aerilyn confused. How could something like this happen? Was someone messing with her? Were they trying to take her happy ending?

…And on and on it went. She tried everything. And she does mean everything. She imported a rare mining material to Idia because she knew he would use it for his experiments in bringing back his kid brother, Ortho. She had expected him to come ask where she found it, he hadn't…

…She had attempted to empathize with Epel. Give him a moment away from people gushing over his appearance. She had advocated for Vil to play a role in the Opera house for once. She'd brought Riddle a strawberry tart and followed every rule down to the letter in hopes of his approval. She'd talked with Malleus with nonchalance and let him know she wasn't scared of him. She intentionally created "interesting" situations for the Leech twins to get involved in. She let Cater know that she wanted to see the real him instead of the facade he put up…

The point being, she did everything imaginable. And nothing worked! But she did just as the novel's descripted! As the webnovel showed! As the spin-off game suggested! Everything! And yet none of them took any interest in her. So, she launched a secret investigation to see what they were interested in, in hopes of coming up with a new plan.

And she found out that they were interacting with some trash diving peasant that wasn't even worth the dirt beneath their shoes! The character wasn't even mentioned in the original! Not one line dedicated to her! Not one image showed her! She didn't even have the appearance of the faceless NPCs! That's how unimportant she was, and yet all the boys took interest in this nameless nobody.

And then Aerilyn considered the fact that maybe she wasn't the only one that transmigrated. Obviously, this NPC wasn't just a nobody and had to be from the real world like her. They must have done something! And Aerilyn was going to find out what, if it was the last thing she did.

Unbeknownst to Aerilyn, quite a few nobles were already aware that she investigated their lovely trash diving maiden that they were still attempting to convince to live with them. Aerilyn was one of the ones put on top of a blacklist of radicalists that had been popping up more and more lately. Suffice to say, if she pulled anything, she'd be taken care of.

#disney twst wonderland #twst wonderland x reader #twst wonderland #disney twst #twst x reader #disney twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland x reader #twisted wonderland #female reader #off script au

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Do you think you’d be interested in doing a nsfw A-Z for BCS characters but mainly Jimmy😳🥴

ive had this in my drafts for the longest time but this was such a good idea!!! i rly wanna do more prompt type things so i may try to find some more :3

A = Aftercare (what they’re like after sex)

jimmy is the sweetest most cuddly loveydovey man you'd ever have the pleasure of banging 🥺🥺🥺 lots of hugs and kisses and telling you what a great job you did and oh my god you're so gorgeous he could do this every night

saul is not as affectionate but he'll give you some praise. maybe a high five and a "woo! nice job, kid!" if he's feeling silly. unless it's during business hours. then it's "get back to work, mr. squidward."

B = Body part (their favorite body part of theirs and also their partner’s)

partner - chest. man is a boob fiend. partly why trans men are a guilty pleasure for him bc whether they've had top surgery or not he's fixated on their chests

himself - i actually don't know? maybe his hair. he seems to put a lot of effort into it (even when he starts going better call bald 😔) so i think maybe that. also he loves having it tugged on bc he's a slut

C = Cum (anything to do with cum, basically)

facials. dirty boy loves making a mess of you >:3

D = Dirty secret (pretty self explanatory, a dirty secret of theirs)

i expanded on this here but basically he's repressing his bisexuality. he would like to have sex with men more often but he can't bring himself to go out and get some dick. again, trans men are a guilty pleasure bc to him they're a compromise. he rationalizes that it's not really gay if he has a pussy (let him have this he's trying)

E = Experience (how experienced are they? do they know what they’re doing?)

he is VERY sexually experienced with cis women. not at all with anyone else. but he's a quick learner. regardless of what setup anyone has, he'll figure out what makes them tick

F = Favorite position (this goes without saying)

cowgirl!! ride this baby boy he loves it. he likes it bc he loves having someone push him down and take what they want from him (and also he doesn't have to do as much work which is great for his old man joints 😌)

G = Goofy (are they more serious in the moment? are they humorous? etc.)

he'll be silly goofy in foreplay, but he gets more serious as things heat up

H = Hair (how well groomed are they? does the carpet match the drapes? etc.)

fuzzy wuzzy baby boy 🤗🤗 he may trim a LITTLE if it's getting too wild but never totally shave

I = Intimacy (how are they during the moment? the romantic aspect)

depends! not at all during his saul era. as jimmy he's more likely to be sweet with you in that way

J = Jack off (masturbation headcanon)

the first time he touched his prostate he screamed and came harder than he ever had before and he's scared to do it again

K = Kink (one or more of their kinks)

dirty talk!!! he's got a lot to say. he just loves seeing the effect his words have on you and how they can really make the difference between good sex and mindblowing sex

also when he's having sex with other men chances are he's topping, so if they're okay with it he'd be into calling them slurs bc it makes him feel powerful

L = Location (favorite places to do the do)

car sex! getting ridden in the driver's seat, his body pressed on top of yours as he fucks you in the backseat, bending you over the hood, he loves it all

M = Motivation (what turns them on, gets them going)

he's a shameless flirt. he'll go in with STRATEGIC rizz to try to get someone in bed with him, but he CANNOT deal with reciprocation. the second someone shows a crumb of interest in him he fumbles. and if you fire back with sass he'll basically beg you to take him right then and there

N = No (something they wouldn’t do, turn offs)

he cannot take extreme pain. he's curious about masochism and likes getting slapped/spanked and having his hair pulled but he's not into anything that would bruise. he's sensitive :( also he likes choking his partner but he doesn't like getting choked himself

O = Oral (preference in giving or receiving, skill, etc.)

absolutely loves receiving it!! he loves having his balls licked ehehe they're sensitive

loves giving it too BUT if it's not a cis woman's pussy he's in the trenches. the first time he saw a t-dick he was stunned. but, being the man of reason that he is, he figured "well! that looks like a little dick. can i suck it?" and immediately tested his theory and fell in love with t-dicks

when it comes to amab dicks? he's trash. he cannot suck dick to save his life. no lips and too bad of a gag reflex ☹️

P = Pace (are they fast and rough? slow and sensual? etc.)

tends to be on the faster/rougher side. slow and sensual is only if he's in a long term relationship with someone (or if he's subbing and needs his partner to be gentle)

Q = Quickie (their opinions on quickies, how often, etc.)

man CANONICALLY gets blown in his office during the work day. he loves em

R = Risk (are they game to experiment? do they take risks? etc.)

see above.

also! generally yeah. i think he's in the camp of "don't knock it til you try it" so he'd be down to try almost anything once

S = Stamina (how many rounds can they go for? how long do they last?)

old man. he can maybe nut once or twice before he taps out. but he'll always make sure his partner's taken care of

T = Toys (do they own toys? do they use them? on a partner or themselves?)

YES i think he'd have a pretty decent arsenal. he's got a couple vibrators for partners and some cock rings/sleeves for himself. for either he's probably got a ballgag and a blindfold and he's definitely the type to own a pair of those cheap fuzzy handcuffs.

also i can't get this idea out of my head of him trying to talk himself out of it but finally cracking, buying a buttplug, and then never trying it out because he's scared 😭

U = Unfair (how much they like to tease)

if i have to answer this question im logging off y'allready KNOW

V = Volume (how loud they are, what sounds they make, etc.)

jimmy's a whiny bitch and he's LOUD!!!!! saul does a better job of keeping it down (he actually tries to stifle himself a bit bc he doesn't wanna show feelings teehee send this man to therapy)

W = Wild card (a random headcanon for the character)

he has a piss kink. cope.

X = X-ray (let’s see what’s going on under those clothes)

abt 5.5 inches, fat, uncut, big juicy buals

Y = Yearning (how high is their sex drive?)

i think pretty high! mentally he's always down but he got old man dick (canonically takes viagra 💀) so he can't go as much as he'd like

Z = Zzz (how quickly they fall asleep afterwards)

after a particularly intense round he'll conk out almost instantly. but most of the time he's down for cuddling and pillow talk

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Heyyyyy so session 5 sure was a time SO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS!

BOOGEYMAN 2 ELECTRIC BOOGALOO WITH TANGO OF THE TEK

Team Ties really woke up and chose violence this session

were they even trying to kill anyone? i think they just wanted chaos

TANGO BOOGEY TWICE IN A ROW HELL YEAH LET’S GO

TEAM BEST FLASHBACKS TEAM BEST FLASHBACKS

soooo Team Bites hmmm, let’s see how long that lasts

Skizz I’m sorry, but Bdubs betrayed y’all before in Last Life and he sure as hell will do it again

EVERYONE STEALS THE MEAN GILLS’ SUGARCANE LMAO

I think the whole reason Team Ties blew up the bread bridge was because they had too much TNT and all of them are obsessed with blowing shit up

Like they didn’t go for anyone’s actual bases, they weren’t trying to destroy resources, and they weren’t trying to kill anyone

motherfuckers just wanted to make things go boom

AND I AM IN FULL SUPPORT OF THAT WOO GO TEAM TIES

Tango’s toaster PSA caught me so off guard WHO GAVE HIM THAT IDEA?!?!? WHY IS HE LIKE THIS?!?!?

the fact that Tango had already accepted that their tower was gonna get destroyed, mans may be insane but he’s fair that’s for sure

awwwwww them chanting MVP to Etho is so sweet

tango’s the server resident professional warden wrangler now

good to know Tango still remembers every person that’s wronged him

TANGO FINALLY GOT REVENGE ON BDUBS FOR LAST LIFE HAHAHAHA WOOOOOOO ABOUT FUCKING TIME!!!! >:D

also Tango getting an effective trap out of tnt minecarts is character development, good for him! :D

soooo does Tango have the most time out of everyone on the server now?

team bites did not last long askdghajsghkjadkdsak

Nosy Neighbors and Team Ties becoming allies is not something I expected to happen, but it is very welcomed

Team Ties are actually pretty great to have as allies as long as you don’t spite them, then honey you got a big storm coming

THE SATISFACTION I FELT WHEN TANGO BROUGHT UP LAST LIFE TO BDUBS IS IMMESURABLE HELL YEAH BABY REVENGE IS SWEET

Jimmy “sad boi” Solidarity everyone

Love how Jimmy spends most of Limited Life acting as though he’s in a Let’s Play series

mans is in the middle of a death game and he’s like “Alright gang, today we’re getting sheep!”

gotta love how the title for “most antagonistic team on the server” keeps bouncing between the Bad Bois and Team Ties

Flower Husbands and their never-ending divorce

bye bye bad bois bread bridge

why is Joel specifically blaming Tango akjfjhdkasghkadjs

it’s hilarious how they’re all questioning why Team Ties blew up the bread bridge when the actual answer is probably “they like blowing things up”

no thoughts, head empty, just boom boom

WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT GRIAN’S ALLIANCE WITH SKIZZ THAT SEEMS LIKE IT SHOULD BE IMPORTANT IS IT STILL INTACT???

BRUH JIMMY IS SO EMOTIONALLY ATTACHED TO THAT FROG DO YOU HEAR HIS VOICE GODDAMN

awwww judge judy and executioner jumped to Jimmy that’s cute

PEARL NO

poor judge judy and executioner :(

Grian is so appalled at the carrot cake oh my gosh

GRIAN CALLING THE FROG CONFLICT A SIDE PLOT, THAT’S CANON

dude Grian is so done with everything

the Bad Bois and the Clockers are family now, this family tree is wack

Scar you can’t call them Boomers when Bdubs was literally on a team called the Boomers on Hermitcraft with Impulse and Tango

AMAZING HOW THE BAD BOIS WENT INTO THE TIES BASE AND JOEL AND JIMMY HAD NO IDEA WHY

this is why we all think Grian’s gonna betray them

GRIAN’S SHEER PANIC WHEN GETTING ATTACKED BY THE ENDERMAN MY MAN WAS LOSING HIS MIND

everyone is so nonchalant about reds this season

Zombiecleo watches her children make poor decisions for 40 minutes

Cleo packing snacks for Bdubs and Scar and then sending them to be supervised elsewhere is so funny

sending them to Etho was probably not a great idea though considering Team Ties need supervision themselves

they don’t have any which is why they’re constantly going off the rails

LMAO CLEO OVERHEARD TEAM BITES ENTIRE CONVERSATION

I LOVE THE SUBTITLES THAT CLEO PUTS IN HER VIDEOS THEY’RE SO FUNNY

ooooooooh Bdubs is in troubleeeeee

it really does feel like he’s being scolded by his mother LMAO

Scar really decided to make up a whole ass holiday and not tell anyone else on the server except for his family and only to give them presents

BDUBS WHAT DO YOU MEAN ETHO STARTED SMOKING HELLO???

love how aware Cleo is of whatever the fuck is going on with Bdubs and Etho throughout the life series

THE ENDERMAN ARE REALLY GOING OFF THIS SESSION

honestly i think Cleo dislikes Team Ties because of Etho and Etho specifically, like she seems pretty chill with Tango

“if you’re gonna be an absent father could you at least be absent” GOES SO HARD HOLY SHIT CLEO GO OFF QUEEN

Bdubs is so close to being disowned by his family

CLEO AND SCAR KNOWING FULLY WELL THAT BDUBS IS ABOUT TO BE BOOGEY KILLED AND SAYING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO HIM

whelp Team Bites is dead

THE AWKWARD FAMILY DINNER OH MY FUCKING GOD

“Bdubs, how was your day?” Etho asks fully aware that his teammate blew Bdubs up because of Boogey and a two season long grudge

“This episode is weirder than the one with the fever” IT REALLY IS

ETHO DIDN’T EVEN FLINCH WHEN BDUBS PLACED THAT TNT DOWN MANS JUST CARRYING ON AS IF NOTHING HAPPENED

“wth is this dynamic?” YOU TELL ME CLEO YOU’RE THE ONE PLAYING INTO IT DON’T ACT LIKE YOU AREN’T

mom and dad are fighting

WHY ARE THEY PLAYING CATCH WITH A TNT MINECART WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEM

“sometimes children only learn the hard way” THEY NEVER LEARN

i don’t even think Etho was trying to kill them, all of them are just insane

this is the reason that skizzle didn’t go red first, THIS IS THE REASON

Etho is definitely losing the custody battle

CLEO’S PANIC UPON HEARING SCAR’S ABOUT TO GO RED

i’m getting flashbacks with “the red army rises” goddammit

what the fuck is wrong with Skizz

In conclusion, next session is gonna be WILD

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splishsplashyouropinionistrash · 2 years

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An incomplete list of my favorite AFTG fics

All of these are on AO3, and yes I’m only writing this because I’m procrastinating working on TMHYHM. So, in no particular order, my favorite AFTG fics.

The Multi-Part Fics (Complete)

All of these have ended and taken a bit of my heart with them.

1. August by gus_47 (2/2)

If you know anything about me you know that I’m obsessed I enjoy anything and everything written by gus_47. I am their biggest fan; I would read their grocery lists if they let me. So obviously, I was obsessed with this story as soon as it was published. It’s Kevaaron and just- ugh. Heartbreaking. AND !! There’s going to be a second part. So technically it’s finished, but never fear because we’re not done with my boys yet.

2. 12 Ways To Woo A Minyard by NikNak22 (14/14)

This is a non-exy college Andriel fic with background Kevaaron and Jerjean. Basically, Neil is friends with the Foxes and has a huge crush on Andrew. The Foxes try and help Neil confess, lots of fun fluffy antics ensue. Plus, it’s a “Kevaaron is obviously happening but Neil’s too busy pining to notice” fic, so... yeah

3. Flavors of Fall by NikNak22 (20/20)

Don’t even get me started on this one. It’s Andreil, Andrew’s POV, small-town romance. Andrew’s a photographer and lives in a cottage!! in the woods!! and the Foxes have small-town spooky season fun!! It’s just so fluffy and fun and god the yearning. One of my favorite fluff fics, stg it’s so amazing.

4. Bad Habits by mitigates (2/2)

Okay so listen... I won’t lie, there’s a lot of smut. HOWEVER!!! There’s also fuckin soft Jeremy Knox running a childrens home!! and I need that in my life so badly. Anyway, it’s Andriel, Kevaaron, and Jerjean. Also Neil and Kev hooked up once, and it’s a big joke?? Honest to god, it comes up at least four times-

5. Red Rabbits by bloodydamnit, Jeni182, SeaBear13, and windeavesdrops (25/25)

It’s Andriel with background Renee/Allison, not a fluff fic at all so be warned. Andrew is a journalist who starts a podcast trying to hunt down Mary and Nathaniel Wesninksi. Neil, obviously, doesn’t want to be found. It was an interactive story, there’s a Tumblr page, it’s just so good? Really, go read it. I have no other words.

6. quicksand by likearecord (9/9)

This bad boy is Andriel with fuckboy Aaron and Neil is Kev’s little brother. The sheer amount of gay panic in this story, I simply cannot express to you how much fun this is. I cackled so loudly in the middle of the fucking night. Also like- Andrew gets to have friends?? and family who loves him?? And Neil is a being of utter chaos. It’s beautiful.

7. The Odds Are Never In Our Favor by MalikShah (29/29)

It’s not my normal style, but it was so good? It’s AFTG + The Hunger Games. Andriel, a few character deaths, and just a lot of tears. They’re so gay and so sad and it’s so fun.

8. Thorns by Mostly_Maudlin (2/2)

Andreil during Neil’s fifth year. Lots of healthy communication after some not-so-healthy communication. Just a sweet little fic of Andreil learning how to live when they aren’t right next to eachother. (there is smut tho, just so you’re prepared).

9. a switchblade is my preferred weapon by badacts (48/48)

LOCKED FIC, YOU NEED AN AO3 ACCT TO READ !!

Anyways, this is AFTG if Neil was in the Nest and left with Kevin. It’s Andriel and very good. The slowest of slowburns. You aren’t ready. You may think you’re ready, but you aren’t.

10. Am I Screaming To An Empty Sky? by phan_taloon (4/4)

guys... this one is just heartbreaking. It’s Andriel, hurt with very little comfort, and honestly super triggering so be sure to read the tags before you read. Basically, the Foxes lose the finals and Neil ends up in the Nest. I think I sobbed the whole time I was reading, honestly.

11. never fallen (from quite this high) by crystalcrow (43/43)

It’s AFTG from Andrew’s POV. Deffo a must-read, that’s all I have to say. Also, the first AFTG fic I read so... good memories, ig?

12. Back To The Start by fuzzballsheltiepants (11/11)

Andriel during Neil’s fifth year. Andrew gets injured and loses his memory. It’s just as heartbreaking as it sounds, but also so painfully sweet. gives major “I don’t know you, but I know that I love you” vibes. So good.

The Multi-Part Fics (Incomplete)

Some of these are abandoned, some are not, all of them are worth reading.

1. I left you alone in a house, not a home by ohhhhmygod (4/?)

Andreil after canon where Neil has a little brother. It’s not a super fluffy fic so far, but it’s so good !!

2. Blame It On My Youth by youreyestheyglow (115/?)

Andriel 10 years post-canon. They’re foster dads!! Nat and Paige are what I never knew I needed, I’ve fallen hopelessly in love with this story. The quintessential AFTG fic.

3. Hoax by gus_47 (31/40)

C’mon guys, it’s gus_47 ofc I love it. Jerejean after the Ravens. Absolutely, completely obsessed. It’s so fucking good y’all. Just read it.

4. Redemption by accioice (30/?)

So, Neil goes to the Nest as a kid, but instead of Riko abusing them, the Perfect Court becomes family (plus Ichirou). Eventually they go to Palmetto and there’s Andriel!! Kev is a bi disaster, we get some neurodivergent rep, and really really good found family. They just love each other so much. Honestly, it’s a good “what if..?” fic. Like, what if Riko broke the cycle of abuse? It’s just really good and you need to read it.

5. Andrew Minyard v. The Spear Family by preciousfoxes (10/?)

Andrew takes legal action against the Spears and Neil is a “feral dumpster raccoon lawyer”. Really, it’s just Andrew having gay thoughts for 10 chapters straight. And can you blame him? Neil with a man bun. Neil with piercings and tattoos. Neil in a suit.

6. I Beg You, Whisper My Name Like A Prayer by Louie__TheLonely (4/?)

Picture this. Highschool AU. Neil and Andrew are best friends. They are horribly gay for each other. And horribly oblivious. I AM OBSESSED.

7. Neil Fights The Foxes by This_Witch_Writes (10/12)

Neil picking fights when the Foxes treat Andrew badly? Yes, please. I am a whore for protective Neil. Be warned, there’s some triggering stuff in later chapters. Check tags and stay safe <3

8. Let’s make things interesting by Nico4undead (16/?)

Enter the Minyard-Josten rivalry. That’s it. That’s the whole thing.

9. Innominate by Major_816 (18/74)

Neil gets sold to the Moriyamas, but ends up with Ichirou instead of Riko. Now he’s a badass crime lord working undercover at Palmetto. Get ready for heartwrenching angst and heartwarming found family. I cannot express how obsessed I am.

10. In Which Neil Josten Is A PR Nightmare by CoverYourEyes (16/?)

Eve has the (mis)fortune of working as Neil Josten’s PR manager during the Minyard-Josten rivalry. Otherwise known as: Neil is ungovernable.

11. Tell Me How You Hate Me by Killingmeslowly_24 (that’s me !!) (3/18)

I can’t make a fic list without including my child. So, it’s TKM from Andrew’s POV. Andrew is absolutely feral for Neil, and he’s seriously in denial. It’s so much fun to write. Also!! we get the Nicky content we deserve!! Nicky as an adoring cousin!! (and is that Renee/Allison I see on the horizon? It is? 0.0)

The Oneshot Fics

They’re short, they might be sweet, and rest assured: they’re amazing.

1. Just Because I Can by NikNak22

Am I obsessed with this writer? maybe. Bro it’s 5+1, Neil pranking the Foxes and the Foxes pranking Neil back. Amazing, hilarious, I love it.

2. A Yellow Made Out Of Gray by thelessiknow

5 times Neil sees his friends feel loved + 1 time Neil feels loved. That’s it. That’s the fic. It’s just as fluffy and perfect as it sounds.

3. stay (you don’t have to go) by Major_816

Ohhhh boy. This one. It breaks me. Andriel highschool AU, they meet on a suicide prevention forum. So... major TW. It destroyed me, I’m not going to lie.

4. One day we’ll reveal the truth by allyasavedtheday

LOCKED FIC, YOU NEED AN AO3 ACCT TO READ !!

Aaron doesn’t trust Neil’s intentions, so Andrew tells him to watch how they interact. Cue the fluff.

5. Scribbles and Sticky Notes by Fortheloveofexy

I am so sorry in advance. Post-canon, Neil starts leaving sticky notes out for Andrew. Sweet things or reminders, whatever. Andrew saves them all. AND THEN YOU CRY !!

6 (and 7). goodbye, family. and don’t say goodbye by queenDay05

Neil knows his countdown is ending, so he records a video. The Foxes can’t find Neil, but they do find his goodbye. Absolutely soul crushing.

8. just a footnote by Anonymous

Kevaaron, they’re friends with benefits. Aaron is in love and not handling it well. Fluff and smut, so much mutual pining. One of my favorite oneshots ever.

Well! That was a wonderful little distraction, uhhhh.... expect an update by the end of the week? Life’s been... shit, honestly and I haven’t had the energy to write.

Take care of yourselves, my loves <3

#all for the game #all for the game fanfic #aftg #aftg fic #aftg fic recs #the foxhole court #tfc #tfc fanfic #splishsplash originals #splishsplash recs

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Cap-Ironman Rec Week - It’s About The Yearning Tuesday

Slightly controversial opinion - pining isn’t the trope I seek out most often? So the kind of fics that hit me the hardest are usually interesting/compelling/poignant takes on this fandom staple. So without further ado: Overhaul by Annie D (scaramouche)

Steve knows that Tony has feelings for him and, since he doesn’t return those feelings, has been mildly dreading the day that Tony decides to do something about it. When that day finally arrives, Steve discovers that Tony’s wooing strategy isn’t anything at all like he’d expected. Notes: Featuring a Tony whose methods of pining include trying to be a better version of himself (however he defines it) and expressing his actual emotions instead of angsty repression and I just... love it so very much? It’s a take on the SteveTony dynamic in general that I really, truly enjoyed.

inside my shell-shaped mind by Mizzy

Before Ikaris of the Eternals died along with the rest of his people, he gave Tony Stark the power of the Uni-Mind, a power Tony used in order to help stop the Horde from destroying the universe.

The Magistrati are the Living Tribunal's enforcers of Universal Law. They are the judges, jurors, and advocates of the universe. And Tony’s Uni-Mind ability has been judged too dangerous: he must be put to death.

Steve thinks he has a solution. To save Tony's life, he must undergo an intimate version of the Uni-Mind known as the Gann Josin, a type of bonding that creates a mental union between two people...and makes them lifelong soulmates.

Well, it's probably not the oddest way to save someone's life, but it's certainly not going to be easy. Especially when Tony seems determined that the bond should be broken, as soon as possible. (Set just after War of the Realms #4.) Notes: You know that very specific trope where two characters have to get bonded or married for the greater good, but also they’d very much like it for their personal good, because pining? This is it, and boy is it a joyous ride. All-Time Low by Sineala Tony's lost his company to Obadiah Stane. He's lost it all: his money, his friends, his Avengers team... and his sobriety. Drunk, homeless, Tony is living on the streets, and when he runs out of liquor money, he sells the only thing he has left: his body. And one day, he has the exact wrong customer. Notes: Oh, the angst. Oh the pain. This is pining intermingled with guilt, shame, self-hatred, and you’d think you wouldn’t be up for that intensity but it’s written so beautifully, and the pining definitely goes both ways, though not self-articulated. Couldn’t recommend it more. Marvels: The Bloodstone Odyssey by teaberryblue The year is 1940. In the middle of the Blitz, Tony Stark and Pepper Potts set out to London to recover Howard Stark's lost work. But it turns out that they're not the only ones hunting for it. Tony finds himself contending with Nazis, crooks, and perhaps his most formidable adversary yet: a scrawny, asthmatic, bullheaded kid named Steve Rogers. Notes: I wasn’t going to have a pining! reclist without Marvel Noir, come on. Handsome adventurer Tony Stark meets pre-serum Steve Rogers? Best dynamic, sign me the hell up. And love the pulpy-inspired plot to go with it <3 Wake Up Someday by thepartyresponsible Steve relaxes back against his chair. He takes a quick look – just checking, just making sure – over his shoulder, and he gets an unexpected and vaguely life-changing glimpse of Tony’s ass, as he bends over the pool table to line up his shot.

When he looks back, Bucky’s staring over Steve’s shoulder, a familiar, dumb, dreamy look on his face. Steve feels something catch in his chest.

“Oh,” he says. He clears his throat. God, he’s an idiot. He is an idiot. “Him, huh?”

“Yeah,” Bucky says. He catches the corner of his mouth with his teeth, but it’s not enough to fight off the stupid grin lighting up his whole damn face. “That’s the one,” he says, low and fond. Notes: Aww, Steeb <3 Rest assured, this doesn’t feature Steve or Tony with other characters, just Steve being - in his words - an idiot. Just some delicately fluffy, poignant, idiotic pining goodness. Gift With Purchase Remix by sabrecmc Gift With Purchase Remix wherein Steve actually is a hooker. But for a Really Sympathetic Reason. Notes: You also know that trope where Steve and Tony are very much sleeping with each other but also pining? Yes there’s some delightful miscommunication/assumptions in this one, but also the power dynamic at play makes things a lot more complicated, and I quite enjoy that nuance in my pining fic actually :D

Someone To Love by blue_jack What does it matter that it’d been because of Loki and his damn magic? He’d fallen in love with Steve once. He can do it again. Notes: Okay, this one’s a bit of an ambiguous squeeze into this category, but I had to get it in okay? There’s magic induced feelings, and then all the fallout and pining when the magic goes away, and it’s so interesting when Steve and Tony aren’t quite in the same place emotionally at different points of time, that it makes the ending all that much sweeter. Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree by Annie D (scaramouche) Steve doesn’t mind that Tony doesn’t return his feelings. He just would've preferred if it didn’t come with the side effect of his coughing up flowers and possibly dying. Notes: Oh look, it’s the ‘what if pining away wasn’t actually metaphorical’ flower disease :D I’ve always loved the way this author writes emotions though - Steve’s pining has peaks and troughs, he suffers but also loves, and in such a Steve way. And that’s it for the day! Remember not to repress those feelings, and show the authors all your love in kudos and comments!

#capimrecweek #steve/tony #stevetony #fic recs #stony #steve rogers #tony stark

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ecargmura · 4 months

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Here Are My Thoughts On The First Episode of Solo Leveling

Ah, yes, one of THE most anticipated animes of Winter 2024 is finally here. I’m not too familiar with popular Webtoons/manhwas these days despite me being Korean. I feel out of touch. However, I just feel like this has all the elements of the usual action fantasy story that is popular in the modern era and that’s not a bad thing. Action shows are the rage because it requires a lot of animation and engaging plot. I’m going in this show blind, so I have no clue what’s going on here, but the first episode was pretty decent.

So, is this considered an isekai fantasy? Not exactly. I’d say that it’s an urban fantasy as there are still real life elements mixed with fantasy elements. I think what makes this stand out is the fact that it’s Korean media. As Korean media is booming, people want the next best thing. In Japan, they have My Hero Academia, Jujutsu Kaisen, One Piece as their modern action hits. In Korea, I know about Noblesse, Tower of God and God of High School (which all got adaptations); I think they’re the founders of action webtoons in a way, so who would be their successor? Solo Leveling, most likely.

Solo Leveling is a web novel series that became popular to become a Webtoon, which is how the popularity sky-rocketed. From what I’ve seen, it’s dark but still has the usual isekai element of having a weak protagonist become strong. The story is about how gates to a fantasy has opened in the world and people eventually adapted by developing a Hunter system where they select people with Hunter capabilities and have them become soldiers to protect the world from the monsters that pop out of the portals. In some cases, hunters can even go into the portals to explore dungeons and such. There are ranks from S being the highest to E being the lowest. As you expect, the main character Sung Jinwoo (I usually write character names in Western order, but for Solo Leveling, I’ll write them in the Eastern order with surname first and then given name) is the weakest hunter in the world as he is Level E (is he the only Level E hunter?).

While he is weak, he still risks his life to become a hunter because his father went missing, meaning he has to be the breadwinner as his mother is hospitalized and his sister is in school. He needs money for the hospital bills and for his sister’s college tuition. Although he is a good boy, the cruel fantasy world is no place for a good boy like him. From the first episode alone, Jin-woo is shown to be very weak and can only really take out goblins in a very battered state. His guild makes a very dangerous decision to explore an unknown dungeon that popped up in the dungeon that they cleared and they reap the consequences. Unfortunately, what happens to Jin-woo will be revealed next episode.

From a viewer’s perspective, I think the anime did a very good job explaining what Hunters are and how the world changed in a decade in regards to these portals. Jin-woo has been stated to be a very weak hunter and it is shown too. The power of other hunters are showcased, showing off how powerful some of them are.

However, because there are so many characters introduced in the first episode alone, it’s really hard to keep up. The only character the viewers are really meant to care about other than Jinwoo is Joohee. She’s a B-class healer who worries a lot about Jinwoo. She’s also probably going to be that one girl who has a crush on Jin-woo but dies before anything can happen. That is such a fate of these action fantasy stories. Some characters that caught my interest in the first episode alone are the fire hunter and Cha Hae-in (I do wonder why her name is the one of the few that is just hyphened while everyone else has their given names stuck together). I’d like to learn more about them.

I watched the episode in Japanese dub, but there are English and Korean dubs available too! I haven’t watched them yet, but I know that they’ll be good because the voice actors they chose for this show are good. Jinwoo is voiced by Taito Ban in Japanese, Aleks Le in English and Min Seung-woo in Korean. I’m not too familiar with Taito Ban other than that he voices Shizusumi in Given, but he does give a good performance with showing the reserved side of Jinwoo. While he isn’t a big name, I do like that he was chosen as a potential rising star; in a year or two, his name will be seen in 10 different animes—just you wait. Aleks Le is also another rising star in the English dubbing world. I’m familiar with him as he voices Zenitsu in the Demon Slayer dub. I’ve been seeing this guy’s name in almost every anime dub cast news lately. Korean dubbing is a bit of an obscure industry as it isn’t as well-known as K-pop and K-dramas, but Korean dubs are good. Min Seung-woo is actually a really good voice actor. He voices Scaramouche/Wanderer in the Korean dub of Genshin Impact and is also known for voicing Loid Forger in the Korean dub of Spy x Family. I think that he’s also a rising star in the Korean dubbing world, so it’s nice to see that they’re getting potential big names for a big show like this.

Speaking of dubs, in the original Japanese trailer for Solo Leveling, Jinwoo’s name was localized to Shun Mizushino and everyone else had their names changed to Japanese as well. However, the animation staff had made it so that there would be two versions of Japanese dub, one with the Japanese names and one with the Korean names. I don’t think I’ve seen Japan doing this before and it surprises me because they usually keep the Japanese localized or translated names. I guess they want to appeal to the international audience because this is a non-Japanese media they’re adapting. I don’t know; I’m just theorizing.

Did I like what I’ve seen so far? Yes. I do want to tune in next week to see what will happen to Jinwoo as he and his guild members are trapped in the room with the scary, homicidal statues. What are your thoughts on the premiere of this anime?

#solo leveling #only I level up #sung jin woo #review #anime #anime review #manhwa #webtoon #ecargmura #arum journal

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alienelvisobsession · 2 years

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Thirst Watch #1: “King Creole”

Semi-serious thoughts on the first Elvis movie I ever saw.

“If you’re looking for trouble… you came to the right place” It’s sort of a musical noir. I can’t think of another movie that combines these two genres, but it’s a great idea. More of this please! I’m a big fan of film noir, so I really liked the gritty themes and the shadows in the night scenes. Some of the shots on location were very charming and New Orleans is beautiful.

Danny’s character was written for James Dean, but it’s perfect for Elvis as well. They both straddle that bad boy/good boy line so well, but the resolution to that conflict is a tricky thing to accomplish.

The excuses for Elvis to sing at the beginning are a bit ridiculous, but the songs are great. Craaaaaaaaawfiiiiiiiiish…

Elvis pierces the screen with his charisma, but when he starts singing it’s pure magic. His acting is still a bit stiff here and there in the dialogues, but in the scene where he’s in the hospital and he has to cry I thought he was good!

I love that thing he does with his hands when he first starts singing “Trouble” and he’s a bit nervous. Also when he asks Nellie out and he stutters a little. 🥰

Carolyn Jones who played Morticia in “The Addams Family” is fantastic in her role of a pseudo femme fatale. I loved that old 60s TV show: as a child I used to watch old reruns of it all the time. She throws herself at the feet of flunk-boy Danny so soon, OMG, ahahahahah, so embarrassing, but understandable! He’s so damn cute! KING OF FLOPPY HAIR! 👑

I love all the silly faces Elvis makes in the movie, especially when he sings. So rare to see such a beautiful man doing that. They’re usually too busy trying to look hot, but not him! He was such a goof! 🤩

When Morticia drops Elvis at school, she wants to be kissed. I didn’t understand at first that she was a prostitute. His classmates make fun of him and it bothers him so much that he has to punch one of them. A bit exaggerated, but OK, they have to show that Danny can throw a punch or two.

Why on earth did they cut “Hard Headed Woman” from the movie? That song slaps. 🎸

SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER When Elvis brings the other girl directly to the hotel room…. 🤦🏼‍♀️ Are you dumb, EP? Couldn’t you see that she’s a like a church girl? Nellie is kind of a meh character anyway and I didn’t care for her or for the cop-out ending where Danny is like “well, I’m not sure what I want to be”…

SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER I think I would have preferred if Danny had ended up with Ronnie (Morticia) in the end. Also, now I’m imagining a parallel universe where Elvis Presley guest stars in “The Addams Family” and tries to woo Morticia while Gomez tries to chase him away! Look at that kiss! 🔥

You can totally see that Elvis is not really strumming the chords of his guitar, punching or stabbing anybody, lmao, it’s so obvious.🤦🏼‍♀️

Overall, pretty good movie, directed by Michael Curtiz who made “Casablanca”, but I bet the script has been touched upon by executives. I’d be curious to know how the novel ends. The music is great, I have listened to the soundtrack many times. ELVIS IS FREAKING HOT, BUT WE KNOW THAT ALREADY!

#elvis presley #elvisaaronpresley #king creole #film review #film noir #morticia addams #gomez and morticia #1950s movies #1950s music #golden age of hollywood #classic film #movies #Elvis #elvis songs #elvis photos #if you’re looking for trouble #elvis movies

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slytherinlesbians · 6 months

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Whumptober 2023, Day 25: Storm/Buried alive

The worst part is, he’d been doing really well.

Something about being the golden child for the first time in his life was making the world seem a whole lot more excellent than it used to. Kendall’s gone off the rails, Shiv keeps making terrible decisions, Connor thinks he’s gonna be the next president, and for once, Roman is the one their Dad is turning to with proud eyes for opinions on important matters. And this, for some reason, makes him want to live a little more.

He’d been doing really fucking well. And then, as usual, he’d gone and fucked it all up. He shouldn’t be so surprised; it was always only going to be a matter of time. But he’d been living in a pleasant haze of success and pride, clouding his vision and making him feel like nothing could get to him. He had no idea just how good the taste of success in the eyes of his father could feel. But now that he knows, falling to rock bottom feels ten times worse than it ever did before.

Dimly, as he lies on his living room couch while the hunger pains start to kick in, he wonders if this is how his siblings - mostly Ken, if he’s honest - feel all the time. Not exactly like this of course; they’re not, as far as he knows, food-phobic freaks that can’t eat their meals like normos - but there’s something about his dad being embarrassed by him again after the last few weeks of feeling like he could do no wrong that is like coming down from ecstasy. When Logan Roy turns to you with pride in his eyes, you are a king on top of the fucking world, but it doesn’t take long for reality to kick in, your crown to be yanked off of your head, and you to be right back where you started: the bottom. The storm you’ve been putting off begins to brew inside of you once more.

They’d been out for dinner last night trying to woo a shareholder. No one major, but some bitch who counted for something; Logan had stressed the importance of it on the car ride over, but Roman hadn’t been paying too much attention. He’d been having one of those days where he felt uncomfortable in his skin for no good reason. Everything was buzzing and all he really wanted was a hot shower and some sleep. But he’d gotten busy, hadn’t eaten lunch, and was fucking hungry (oh, the irony). More importantly, his dad wanted him there. Roman still wasn’t used to this feeling of being wanted by Logan. He fucking relished in it, and he wasn’t about to let it go over some stupid anxiety he couldn’t pinpoint.

So he’d gone, and it had all been fine. They got into the details with the shareholder reasonably quickly, and it was relatively smooth sailing after they’d done the whole “Kendall’s a mentally ill headcase who needs to prove he’s a very special boy,” song and dance. She got up at some point to use the bathroom, and whilst she was gone, the food arrived. Roman had ordered more than he usually would - he needed to balance out the fact that he’d gotten busy and hadn’t eaten lunch - and Logan had stared as the plates were put down on the table. There was a pause, and they made uncomfortable eye contact, Logan’s eyes boring into Roman’s.

“I told you how important our image is here,” Logan says in a low, dangerous voice. “Send some of that back. Make up some bullshit reason, I don’t care. I won’t have you looking like a pig in front of her.”

Roman feels like he’s swallowed shards of glass. His throat gets hot and tight and painful, and he exhales shakily and nods. Doesn’t argue. Why bother? His dad is right. Roman knows this much food isn’t necessary, he’s survived on far less. And if there’s one thing he cares about more than anything, it’s his image. He waves over a waiter and sends the food back. When the shareholder comes back to the table, he plasters on his most charming facade, and between them, they impress her. They get in separate cars home, and Logan gives him a vague goodbye - no thank you, no goodnight, but Roman’s not sure what he expected.

In a fit of humiliation and rage, as soon as he’d gotten home last night he’d thrown out all of the food in his apartment. He’s been distracting himself in the twenty four hours since, but since his legs started to get wobbly he’s resorted to lying on his couch miserably. He feels heavy, like he’s sinking, being buried alive by all of the feelings he’s been pushing away and avoiding for the last few weeks.

He’d been doing so well. He shouldn’t be surprised that it didn’t last. It never does.

#whumptober2023 #no.25 #storm #buried alive #succession #fanfiction #eating disorder tw #roman roy #kendall roy #shiv roy #logan roy

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senorablack · 1 year

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And We're Gunna Get to That Place, Where We Really Wanna Go

Words: 6099 Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson Characters: Robin Buckley, Original Characters Additional Tags: Nurse Steve Harrington, Rock Star Eddie Munson, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Humor, Fluff, POV Eddie Munson Summary: Eddie repeatedly sacrifices his limbs and rock n' roll lifestyle in attempt to woo the hottest nurse at station 3 West. It eventually works, but not in the way he expects.

“So I said to the guy, please, sir, I’m a Christian woman, but no stranger to discretion, so if you want to meet me behind that KFC-A&W combo in half an hour, I’ll bring these veteran knees and you bring that same put ‘em in their place attitude—to which he said, something like, would you shut your trap and let me assess your god damn injuries already. He smiled though, so, you know, I think we’re getting somewhere significant pretty quickly.”

“What’s that mijo?” Abigail asks from behind her hand.

They’re playing poker—strip poker, but as neither of them are particularly good at poker they’re only missing a sock and cardigan respectively. Abigail takes an indulgent drag of the long Marlboro red that she’s been nursing from the corner of her mouth. Smoke blows out her nose as Eddie lights up his second of the last hour.

“Talking about my last run in with Steve. He’s always trying to get me to strip. Guy’s gu-hon for me.”

“Nurse Harrington—with the butt?” Abigail says, throwing down a three of a kind.

“That very one, yeah.” Eddie says, laying down a pair of aces.

Abigail’s eyes go glassy as she considers Eddie’s laid out cards. The radio is playing Good Old Fashion Lover Boy. Eddie drums his fingers to the tune while he waits for her direction.

“Did I tell you about that time I went parasailing with Queen?”

Eddie grins, all teeth and full dimple. He doesn’t mind the abrupt change of conversation. He’s used to it now. Abigail tends to go in and out, but boy oh boy when she’s brought back, she’s clobbering Eddie over the head with juicy little tidbits that never fails to make Eddie feel less like the money-hemorrhaging rockstar he is, and more like a preschool teacher who coupons for sport.

“Not yet, you haven’t Abi.” Eddie says, taking a sip of his watermelon wine cooler.

It’s going to give him a headache later, but it’s not terrible. He nicked it from an intern and bandits can’t be choosers or however the saying goes.

“Mind you, I was much less fragile then.”

“This from the lady who rugby tackled me in therapy yesterday.” Eddie points an accusatory cigarette at her and she slaps it away with the smallest giggle.

“Didn’t say I was broken, eh? These hips got a few years left on them.”

“See, that I believe.” He says, leaning back into his wheel chair. “Bet you taught Shakira all that she knows.”

#my steddie fic #steddie

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katierosefun · 2 years

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june has come and gone (no idea how that happened), so once again: an unasked for list of things that i watched/read/listened to/whatever + my unasked for thoughts on them. fair warning, there’s quite a lot of stuff because the escapism was hitting hard this month:

kdrama:

my country: the new age

i’ve never actually seen dramas about the goryeo dynasty (i feel like i’ve seen many more dramas about the joseon dynasty), but upon learning some family history, i grew more interested in it. that led me to watching my country, which . . . oh boy. basically, this show is about two young men named seo hwi (yang se jong) and nam so heon (woo do hwan) who come from different families and different social statuses but still wind up being close friends. this mostly has to do with the fact that even despite their different social statuses, they’re both very much so outcasts in regular society (ie. seo hwi being the son of a famous swordsman whose reputation was tarnished after death, nam so heon being the illigitimate son of a high-up government official). as the goryeo period becomes bloodier and bloodier, these two find themselves constantly opposing one another over the course of the next ten years.

my country is def. one of those dramas that you really need to be sitting down and paying attention to fully appreciate the story. don’t watch this while going to the gym or doing chores or whatever--watch this show fully seated with no distractions, because i think that’s honestly the best way to watch this show. (and you really can’t get away with being distracted in this show, just because, like a lot of saeguks, there’s so much happening.) overall, i really liked this drama. i loved hwi and so heon’s relationship (and cried a lot of tears for them)--and like. i dunno what else to say except sun + moon/red + blue pairings really are the pillars of society, huh.

less than evil

i watched a nice edit on twitter of less than evil, and so i immediately started the show. while i’ve heard of less than evil before, i was always a bit hesitant to watch it because i heard so many mixed reviews, largely from luther fans--because less than evil is based off luther. so while i’ve never watched luther and therefore can’t really say anything about whether it’s a “good” or “bad” adaptation, i can say that i really loved less than evil.

basically, this show follows a notorious detective named woo tae seok (shin ha kyun). i say notorious because he’s known for being insanely ruthless when catching criminals, often choosing either legally questionable or outright illegal methods to catch people. we learn a bit more about why he’s become so ruthless and bitter once looking into his past, when he was just a patrol officer in a small town--where an awful death occurred, one that he still blames himself for. now 13 years later, tae seok’s still angry about never managing to catch the person who he knows was the killer--but his life starts to become more and more disentangled once he meets reporter eun seon jae (lee seol), who may or may not be connected to the death that’s been haunting tae seok for so long.

so like. god. this show was so good. it was def. much better than i’d anticipated, mostly because the acting was fantastic and the plot’s brutal (one reason why i don’t always like crime dramas is that there’s a lot of Macho Detective Man vibes + a Lot of Sad Female Victims . . . unfortunately, less than evil kinda follows along those vibes, although i will say it feels a little more different given seon jae’s character, and i do think tae seok’s a pretty fleshed-out character, as far as typical macho detective types go). but what really carried the show, i think, was tae seok and seon jae’s dynamic. it’s delicious, an absolute must for people who are fans of any kind of cat-and-mouse dynamic. insane. i never thought i’d like another cat-and-mouse-esque type duo since lee dong sik and han joo won in beyond evil, but i think woo tae seok and eun seon jae actually come up as a close second, and that’s saying a lot. so i would recommend this in a heartbeat!

mr. back

goddammit, the things i watch for shin ha kyun and jang na ra--the THINGS I WATCH FOR SHIN HA KYUN AND JANG NA RA--but weirdly, it only took me like . . . five episodes for me to actually .. . . . unironically . . . .like this kdrama? which i’m mostly going to chalk up to the fact that jang na ra is adorable + shin ha kyun is very attractive in this drama. the costume + makeup department really made up for the fact that they gave us 80 year old ha kyun and made sure that he would Always Look Absolutely Hot in Every Single Frame After.

basically. this show is about an 80-ish (maybe late 70s, i forget) old man named choi bo gong (shin ha kyun), who’s kinda like scrooge in that he’s wealthy (running a hotel business) + stingy. he has a crappy relationship with his entire family (which is somewhat understandable, considering they’re also all wealthy vultures) + his son, choi dae han (lee joon), who has an awful reputation (ie. fooling around with girls). meanwhile, eun ha soo (jang na ra) is a new intern at the hotel, who mostly just wants to like. make a living. when suddenly, she crosses paths with choi bo gong + winds up getting in a freak accident with him--and while ha soo gets out fine, the accident makes bo gong de-age so that when he wakes up, he’s suddenly a man in his mid-thirties (except he’s still mentally 80). now in this new state, choi bo gong tries to figure out who might have set up the accident . . . and in the process, inevitably falls in love with ha soo + also starts to mend his rather broken relationship with his son.

tbh. if you’re still with me despite that rather bonkers summary . . . this show surprised me in that yup, there are literally so many questionable moments, but weirdly enough . . . i don’t know if it’s shin ha kyun’s insane acting or lee joon’s usually rather unimpressed face suddenly turning warm and excited or jang na ra’s bright personality, but i found myself actually caring about the characters and somehow finished this show in like. 3 days. which. uh. maybe part of it really is to do with shin ha kyun having actually genuinely good chemistry with everyone in the cast (and also . . . fine, i’m not above admitting i made eyes at shirtless shin ha kyun), but like . . . hey. if you’re willing to sit through (or just skip through) some awkward moments, you’ll find that the characters are at least interesting. (even if . . . everything’s a bit questionable. listen. just focus on the actors’ faces, okay. just focus on them.)

brain

you know, i’m not the biggest fan of medical dramas at all (the only even remotely medical drama i watched was perhaps descendants of the sun, and oops, i actually wasn’t a fan of it)--but in case it wasn’t obvious, i was (am) on a huge shin ha kyun kick. this drama is about a very determined, very intelligent, very asshole-y surgeon named lee kang hoon (shin ha kyun). he’s on his way to becoming the top neurosurgeon. along the way, he bashes heads with people up on the med world’s social ladder, as well as doctors in training (i have no idea what to call them . . . are they doctors in residence? idk?) like yoon ji hye (choi jung won).

like . . . i think i started off liking this drama, and there were def. some strong character moments (shin ha kyun won a daesang award for this show, i believe, and it’s very obviously well-deserved, bc he plays an EXCELLENT asshole who actually is equal parts obnoxious and annoying and punchable as well as oddly pitiful and like . . . you might want to sock him in the face, but you also want him to win, just because you very slowly see the kinds of obstacles he’s up against). that said though . . . . did i really enjoy it? eh, not really. i kinda skipped around some scenes tbh (mostly the surgeries, i am so sorry shin ha kyun u are a very sexc surgeon but i cannot deal with people poking inside someone’s brain i really really can’t). there were some tropes that i wasn’t the biggest fan of. this drama is honestly pretty romance-light, although when there’s romantic scenes, they really do hit, even if i still think that yoon ji hye deserves someone better than kang hoon (but also, weirdly, i want kang hoon to be happy? and ji hye to be happy, and she apparently likes kang hoon so??? it’s so complicated guys)

but idk, if you dig medical dramas, then maybe this is worth the watch? just because i do think it’s interesting that this show covers a lot of different themes and hey, for a drama from 2011, i think it presents certain themes with a touch more nuance than i expected. and also. shin ha kyun wears multiple suits in this show and he looks very hot. that’s all.

tomorrow

so @hanjuwonsupporter actually recommended this show to me, and i am very glad she did, because i feel like these are one of the shows that really proves just how . . . insanely healing the fantasy/supernatural genre can be. like, i always knew that the power of the fantasy/supernatural genre, particularly in kdrama, can be incredibly powerful and healing, but tomorrow really just reminded me even more so of just how insane and lovely it is to use ideas of the afterlife and etc. to create a story that can so personally touch the lives of so many people.

in short, this series is about a group of grim reapers whose jobs are to keep people from committing suicide. so yes, right off that one-sentence logline, you already know that this show is going to touch on a lot of sensitive topics, so do be aware of that if you feel you’re not in a good place to consume content related to this ordeal.

but that said: it is also perhaps the most healing series i’ve ever watched in a while. you’ll fall in love with all the characters--the dumb of heart, brave of ass choi joon woong (ro woon), who becomes a grim reaper after falling into a coma, the badass grim reaper who came from hell koo ryeon (kim hee sun), the seemingly detached lim ryung gu (yoon ji on) are personally my favorite trio in kdrama history now, just because they are the perfect mix of SUNSHINE and SUNSHINE PROTECTORS squad. they are truly the perfect team, and by the end of this series, i guarantee that your heart will be at least five times bigger.

move to heaven

i started this show a long time ago, but i finally got around to finishing it this month, and i’m really glad i did, because this is one of those incredibly special shows that, like tomorrow, covers a lot of different topics related to death, only it’s right in the coming-of-age/slice-of-life genre. essentially, this drama is about a neurodivergent young man named han geu ru (tang jun sang), who, with his father, runs a trauma cleaning business. for those who aren’t familiar with the term, trauma cleaners are people who come to clean out someone’s home after they’ve passed.

things start to change when han geu ru’s father suddenly passes away, leaving geu ru’s estranged uncle cho sang gu (lee je hoon) as his new guardian and co-runner of the business. along the way, geu ru’s friend na mu (hong seung hee) comes in to help, and we watch these three come to some sort of rhythm in this trauma cleaning business.

this show is just . . . it’s really lovely, and i’m very glad that i got around to watching it. move to heaven truly covers a series of different themes and handles them each with care, and at the end of the day, this show is about the difficult ties that one has with the ones who might no longer be here anymore.

navillera

i started this show way back in late april/may, but i didn’t get around to finishing it until this month. this series is about a young ballerino named chae rok (song kang) who, while struggling in a slump, finds himself teaching ballet to the 70 year old sim deok chul.

this drama is just so . . . there are some stories that you just know are going to move you the older and older you get, and i think that’s exactly what navillera meant to do. because to be honest, i think a lot of us have some sort of dream or something that we want to pursue or always meant to pursue but either felt that we had no time or competence and etc. and then there are a lot of us who simply don’t know what our “dream” is yet--some of us just feel like we’re going through the motions. and then there are a lot of us who might be currently pursuing our dreams, but it’s actually a lot harder than we anticipated, and maybe we feel like we’re on the verge of giving up before something really beautiful happens.

that’s basically all that navillera is about. a lot of stuff related to dreams and what it means to pursue them, what it means to want them, what it means to have a dream to begin with--how no dream is quite too big or quite too small, and that they’re all incredibly worthy of wanting and following and how you are never out of time. never. which, i think is something that i know i personally needed to hear--so i’m sure there are plenty of people out there who just as badly need that message. so really, this show was fantastic, and i have a funny feeling that i’ll appreciate it more and more the older i get. an absolute fave and a must-watch for everyone!

tv:

obi-wan kenobi

i mean, is anyone actually surprised? the kenobi series has been my most-anticipated star wars creation for years, so of course i was going to keep up with it. like, seriously. i haven’t been this in love with star wars since the clone wars season 7, and that’s saying a lot. i feel like i can’t really elaborate much more on this show just because everyone’s probably already witnessed me lose my mind, but i do genuinely think that this show is one of the best things that have come out of star wars because it somehow balanced out character + plot in such a beautiful way.

were there things that could have been better? probably, yeah. but we got to see obi-wan genuinely struggling with his trauma, and we also see him slowly heal by the end of it, and that’s what i signed up for, and so rarely do i get to see what i genuinely want from star wars.

movies:

the inside outtakes

so earlier this year, i watched bo burnham’s the inside special and absolutely loved it, even if it was a trip and a half. and also rather sad. and also maybe persuaded me into thinking that maybe i should just cut off my hair. (tbh, there was a lot leading up to it, but the final tipping point was listening to all eyes on me for the first time and watching bo burnham lose his mind and reacting normally to it. ie, going “lol me too” and then deciding now would be a great time to saw off half my hair. it’s grown back now though! no harm no foul)

so anyways, imagine my pleasant surprise at learning that bo burnham uploaded the inside outtakes on youtube! and like, i dunno--i think i actually liked this film better (is it even a film? unsure). there’s some new songs here (although i use the term “new” loosely--like the title says, these were all songs that were outtakes/didn’t make the cut of the original special). they feel like a fever dream. there are bits and pieces that just make this collection of film absolute gold, and mayhaps i’m just a bit obsessed with it. (and as always, there were a lot of pieces, esp. towards the end, that made me feel like. oh. yeah. i get it.)

a frozen flower

y’know, i think that if this were a different year and we were much more starved of queer + steamy content, maybe this movie would have been considered actually rather compelling, but tbh, i felt mostly . . . “eh”d out by it. maybe it’s the fact that the dynamics of the male/male romance were . . . insanely . . . uncomfy, but i think i can say the same of the male/female romance because it’s pitched as some True Love thing but in actuality, i think it’s just that both parties involved in that particular mess were just horny as fuck. but that’s just me.

basically. this movie takes place during the goryeo dynasty. the king (ju jin mo) is gay and so doesn’t want to sleep with his wife the queen (song ji hyo), except they need to produce an heir ASAP because court politics reasons. now, the king sends off his lover/guard hong rim (zo in sung) to sleep with the queen so that she can get pregnant. only, oopsie, now hong rim and the queen are in love, and now the king’s jealous, and now this whole thing is a mess of a mess of a mess.

so um .. . was it any good? tbh, not really. maybe it was the overwhelming amount of sex scenes (i mean, i knew that frozen flower was meant to be pretty steamy, but if we wanna compare movies: empire of lust (2015) was considered steamy, and it had i think 3 sex scenes total. frozen flower had at least 6, although there honestly felt like more because we sure did see a lot of stuff happening in each scene)--or maybe it was the fact that i just could never buy the romance happening whatsoever (do y’all even like each other? or are you guys just horny? which, like, understandable, but pls give me a reason outside of the sex to understand y’all genuinely love each other)--but like . . . . the costumes were neat. the music was neat. i did feel at least a touch sad for the characters by the end, but not by a whole lot. baby yeo jin goo was cute in this movie though, he really stole his 3 minutes worth of screen time.

books:

emergency contact by mary hk choi

so during april, i read yolk by mary hk choi and promptly fell in love with her writing. her writing’s just so addictive somehow, in that her characters’ voices are so witty and yet don’t manage to sound too similar to one another. her characters are also so deeply flawed in ways that are actually believable. and so of course, emergency contact was no exception. i started off the book pretty slow because i was busy with finals, and then when i actually sat down with it again, i’d somehow flown through 110 pages in an hour. so.

this book is about penny lee, a korean-american girl heading off to college to pursue writing. along the way, she meets a young man named sam, who once dreamed of becoming a documentarian but due to financial troubles, dropped out and is now working at a cafe. they connect, and the story takes off from there. it’s a beautiful story, and tbh, i thought it was going to be cliched at first, but this book turned out to just be so rich and complex. the characters are so multifaceted, and they show so many of their flaws with each other, and that’s part of the appeal.

one last stop by casey mcquinston

i started this book a long time ago, but i only got around to finishing it this month, and i’m really glad i did! this book is a cute sci-fi-esque/coming-of-age romance following august landry, a young woman who’s moved out to the big apple to finish up her college education. things get a little bit more interesting when she meets jane, a mysterious punk gal who seems to almost always be on the q train as the same time as her. pretty quickly, august discovers that jane is actually stuck on the train . . . and has been somehow frozen there since the 1970s, only she’s still miraculously in her 20s and has no memory of who she actually is. so of course, august puts it upon herself to help jane get her unstuck from the q, while also maybe falling in love just a little bit (or maybe a lot) with this person out of time.

i personally thought this was a really cute book. it does have its slower parts, but the writing is so . . . i don’t know. cozy? it feels cozy. the atmosphere is totally vibrant, and everything feels warm somehow, although maybe that’s just the really lovely setting of a diner in the background as well (seriously, i’ve always loved pancakes, but now i crave them extra after this book). i thought it was cute, and i mean, haven’t we hopeless romantics at least somewhat wondered of having some magical connection on public transportation?

rewatch list:

beyond evil

beginners

empire of lust

reread list:

six of crows by leigh bardugo

#caroline recs #i feel like i actually didn't . . . see as much stuff this month #not sure why #i think it's because of the new kdramas #they really sucked up my time but i'm not complaining #and to be fair i watched quite a lot of kdramas

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