I think the turtles’s personalities in regards to 2003 vs ROTTMNT is really interesting just because of how different yet similar they are

Rise Leo and 2003 Mike are annoying stuck up battle nexus champions who need a little whack over the head every once and a while(I love bullying these little shits but I do also genuinely love them) and are also SUPER queercoded

and then 2003 Leo and Rise Raph are super stressed out leaders who also (SPOILERS) BOTH HAVE SHELL SCARS?

2003 Raph and Rise Don can both be a little dry and rude, but genuinely are caring people who feel bad when they unintentionally overstep, also if given access to firearms they would probably be a… public hazard to say the least

and the 2003 Don and Rise Mikey, who hold the team together- sometimes literally- and are absolute sweethearts but also I am incredibly terrified of them

the correspondence but also how shaken up it is is wild to me

Gee, this would've been really nice to have seen, instead of it just being told to us.

The amount of "evidence" we collect before this infodump is pretty bare, with multiple characters even saying how bare it is and how hard it's gonna be figuring anything out. So what exactly are these guys doing for two entire days that makes them seem so efficient but also doesn't actually move the investigation forward?

Because we, the reader, know that UB knows what's going on from the very start, so this basically strongly implies they're faking it to seem cool and/or competent in front of the Detective.

So to me the question becomes: Is this intentional? Are we meant to believe UB are a scarily competent unit, like the Detective believes? Or are we meant to believe they're deliberately putting on a show for the Detective, because we as the reader know something the Detective doesn't? Because if this is intentional, then it's brilliant to write it this way, because the narrative is literally putting on a show for the reader while UB put on a show for the Detective.

But that would mean that we as readers aren't meant to take UB's competence and efficacy at face value, which, as a gaggle of romantic interests and a unit the player character later joins and becomes a part of, means that these characters aren't as competent as they pretend to be. That they're faking it 'til they're making it. And I doubt that was the point, because it would certainly paint UB in a bad -- or at least a deeply silly light, and M!shka doesn't seem like the author to vibe with that sort of portrayal.

Personally, I think we're meant to take this seriously. There is a section in Book 2 that's explicitly meant to show how the Detective has become a part of the team and how well they work together, in contrast to how the Detective initially was an outsider and jealous of UB's effectiveness. Implying that they're faking it would also go against the characterization of several UB members, particularly N, who is all about telling the truth from the very start.

But if we're meant to take this seriously, then what the fuck are they doing? What are they doing with the few pieces of evidence/clues we have that's so mindblowing? What are they doing that's so cool but not cool enough to advance the plot? How do they work like a well-oiled machine while essentially rotating on the spot on square one lest the Detective realizes they actually know everything already? How are they doing this for two full work days when going over the collected evidence would take a few hours, tops?

And, assuming we're meant to believe it, this whole section is just a blatant lie, anyway. Not only do we see how UB constantly bicker, disagree, and fail to communicate with each other, but several characters mention how the Detective makes them work better and has made them into a true team, but here we see how they're very competent from the start? Is that just the author manipulating events to make the Detective seem more like a sad sack who gets to join the cool guys later on?

The least charitable interpretation is that M!shka wants us to believe UB are amazing and competent and attractive, and that the Detective (and by extension the player) should want to join them, but simply doesn't know what they would do to show us this or what they'd be doing with what evidence to support this portrayal, so she had to just say they are super cool and awesome and competent in the vaguest possible terms and just use her authority to force this to be true in-universe, thus forcing the player to believe it, too.

AUGH.

Sorry I've been replaying the first book for fic outline purposes and I am losing my mind. Also s/o to @ribbonsandfeathers for helping me put these points together and being my sibling in arms in the T/W/C trenches.

Big Bro Zel High School AU

It happened like this.

"Meliodas!!" Diane half shouted, making her way over to the blonde in the courtyard. He was retying his hair back into its typical ponytail, and glanced up at her. "Yeah, Diane?"

"Can we come over after school?? Estarossa is making chimichangas, right?" The rest of his group suddenly turned all their attention to him.

Estarossa's chimichangas were out of this world.

"Uh, yeah he's cooking. I'll double check with him and 'Dris. You're all gonna have to pay a bit, yknow, since hes gonna have to make extra."

Ban whined. "Aren't you guys rich?"

"Freeloader." He teased.

Diane squealed happily and hugged him tightly. Even in her shrunken form, she packed a lot of strength, and he felt his back Crack. Heard it too, and it wasn't just him, judging by King's wince. "Yay!! Thank you, Captain! You're my favorite, but your brother is a MUCH better cook!"

He groaned, unable to form a coherent response with how hard he was being squeezed. She giggled and released him as he gasped for breath.

Diane was strong, scarily so. She was Captain of the girls basketball team, and rightfully so. The Giants looked up to her, as she actually had a beautifully strategic game mind.

The giants were comprised of very tall, very strong, very intimidating women, and Diane, sweet, excitable Diane, was their captain. It was bizarre.

Of course, as this conversation took place in the courtyard, a lot of people heard it.

Rumors had popped up that Estarossa and Zeldris, two of the most popular guys in the school, had a third brother. Apparently, they'd mentioned their little brother in passing to each other. Since then, the school had been trying to figure out who it was. (The running theory was Mael.)

But this... Most people had thought Mael, due to his uncanny resemblance to Estarossa. But Meliodas DID look an awful lot like Zeldris. Like, if he dyed his hair...

People started paying more attention to him, which is just what he'd been trying to avoid. He expressed his annoyance and Diane was very apologetic. He forgave her. She hadn't meant any harm, she just had ZERO filter.

"Hey! Hey it was, uh, it was Meladrius, right?" A girl asked, jogging up to him.

"Meliodas."

"Right, yeah, whatever, sorry. So are you really Zeldris's and Estarossa's younger brother?? You've heard the rumors right?"

"I've heard the rumors. I don't really see why you're all so obsessed with who their brother is, or why it's any of your business."

"Oh, come on, don't be such a stick in the mud. Everyone's just curious."

"Whatever." He shrugged her off and walked off.

It all came to a head after a month. There were a good dozen people that had crowded his table, cramming themselves in, uninvited, and essentially kicking his own group off to cluster around him.

His eye twitched, and the sins, who'd been standing, arms crossed and irritated as all their seats had been taken, KNEW that meant the last frail thread of patience had snapped.

He slammed his water bottle down, and climbed out of the table bench, not going out of his way to be gentle with the people pressed on either side of him. He stormed over to where Zeldris was sitting and chatting with his partners. "ZELDRIS!" He snapped. His brother looked at him quizzically, and yelped as he was yanked from his seat. He stumbled upright. "Meliodas, wha-?"

He grabbed his collar and gripped it tight, the two of them practically nose to nose. "I cannot take this anymore, Zeldris. Get your fucking fan club under control."

"Huh-??"

He grabbed his chin and twisted his face to HIS table, which had a dozen startled, blinking people, and his own impatient friends waiting to sit in their stolen seats. Zeldris blinked back, his cheeks squished between his younger brothers grip. Meliodas released his face and shoved him over towards them. "FIX IT!! I cannot TAKE the fucking harassment from your fucking fan club anymore, asshole!!"

Zeldris stumbled, but righted himself, shooting a concerned look at his brothers retreating back. "I'm going home!" He shouted over his shoulder. "This had better be resolved by tomorrow!"

"Hey- Mel- you still have classes!"

"Don't care!"

"Neither 'Rossa or I can drive you right now!"

"I'll walk!"

He just sighed as he watched him leave, and turned back to his "fanclub." He walked over to them, footsteps uncomfortably loud in the silence of the lunch room as everyone watched. "Please understand. Meliodas is a private person, and doesn't enjoy being crowded. You HAVE been harassing him for several weeks now, and his patience only lasts so long. Leave him alone." He was gentle with his delivery, but firm.

"So he really is your brother, then??"

"Well, yes. But that doesn't mean he had the same personality as me, or Estarossa for that matter. We all have our own boundaries. You generally respect ours, so why won't you respect his?"

"Well- why did you keep it a secret??" A different person this time.

Zeldris shrugged. "I mean, we didn't go out of our way to keep it a secret. But it wasn't anyone's business. Our friends know, and that's all who needed to know. I'll repeat myself." He lifted a finger and leaned forward, suddenly seeming a lot more menacing. "Back off my baby brother. He's got a temper, but he gets it from me."

Everyone is shocked at Zeldris' warning, and promise that they won't harass him anymore He gives Meliodas' friends their seats back, and wanders over to where his partners are waiting for him with wide eyes.

Don’t let me go. (Bucky x Reader One shot.)

Warnings: Blood, Character Death, language?, angst.

Pairing: Bucky x Reader

Word count: 2.8k

“Can we talk?” You say. The smile on his face dropped instantly. Those blue eyes full of joy and love dulled from that baby blue you loved so much to a dark grey.

“Uh, sure doll. What’s bothering you?” He sat down on the edge of the bed. You two had been preparing for the mission tomorrow, packing your clothes and essentials for the several night stay that you and the team would be taking part in. Bucky’s body language perfectly told you how he was feeling currently; the sweat beginning on his brow, his both metal and flesh hands being wrung in his lap, his hair falling in front of his eyes. You hadn’t even begun to say what you wanted to say and yet you felt like he could already tell what was about to happen.

You sat next to him on the bed, the packing forgotten about and rested your hand on his thigh.

“I’m so sorry Bucky, but I think we have to end this here.” You looked up at him to see him looking at you already, the sadness still taking over his eyes.

“The relationship? But why? What about everything we did together and everything we’ve been through?” His heart was breaking right in front of your eyes, you thought you could hear the crumbling of his hope and happiness as loud as a thunderstorm. You didn’t want to do this but you knew you needed to. It had to be done. No matter how much it made you wish you never came back from the snap and stayed dead, he had to be safe.

“Bucky, I have loved you and every single second of this relationship, but it can’t continue anymore. After the snap we both came back changed. Yes for us, it may have only been a matter of seconds but knowing we both died and nearly didn’t come back, losing Natasha and Tony… has only made me realise I need some time away from everything. Tomorrow will be my last mission with the team and I didn’t just want to leave with you having no idea where I am or how I am. I’m sorry Bucky.” You tried your hardest to hold back the dam of tears that threatened with every millisecond to break, but he couldn’t know the true reason of your split and leaving.

The world may seem like a loving place after everything that happened but if anything, the evil came back worse and more violent than it ever had been. HYDRA still tried to take over and wanted to ‘reclaim’ Bucky as though he was some lost toy, and you couldn’t let that happen. To you or him.

Bucky didn’t respond to you for what felt like an eternity but in reality was a matter of minutes. He stood up from the bed, dropped your hand and began to walk towards your bedroom door. As he reached for the handle, he turned to look back at you one more time.

“I would’ve given you the world y’know doll? You only needed to have asked.” With that, he turned back and left your room. His words struck your heart, shattering it into a million pieces and the dam of tears broke. You sobbed and sobbed and sobbed until your throat was sore and felt like it was bleeding. If only he knew. If only.

**

The Quinjet was silent. The news spread of yours and Bucky’s break up and no one knew how to react. Sam was sat next to him, cracking jokes like normal trying to get him to cheer up to no avail. Wanda was stroking your back, knowing you didn’t want to speak but appreciating the comfort all the same. Even after a year, the team felt too small to provide that familial feeling. Natasha and Tony would always fight over flying the Quinjet until he would realise trying to argue with Nat was fighting a losing battle. Steve and Bucky would sit together and reminisce about their childhood or at least what Bucky could remember while Sam would crack jokes about their age. Thor and Wanda were your best friends, you three would all sit together and laugh at embarrassing things the other Avengers had done and make the most inappropriate jokes to see whether Steve or Bucky would blush first.

Now it was just quiet. Wanda, Sam, Bucky, Bruce and you. That’s your family now.

“Okay, we’re landing now. Get ready guys.” You heard Banner say from the cockpit. You didn’t want to go on this mission, you knew you were paired up with Bucky like normal. But you knew what you had to do, you were given clear instructions. You knew you wouldn’t come back, you only hoped this way might spare Bucky some pain of being constantly reminded of you. How wrong you didn’t know you were.

You and Wanda hugged, that was your routine when heading out for a mission. You never said ‘be careful’ or ‘stay safe’, you both believed it would be bad luck so your own way was with a hug. She gave you a sad smile while rubbing your arm as more consolation, everyone knew how hard it would be to work with Bucky on this mission but you would make it work. It had to if your plan was to go correctly.

“Okay guys. Intel shows we got less than a dozen Hydra guards in the actual facility. Completely run down, simple job. Get in, get out. Zero casualties on our side if we can help it. You got that, (Y/N)?” Sam looked over at you after his mini-speech to the team. To be fair, you were the most accident prone person on the team so he had his fair reason to warn you.

“Hey bird-brain, let’s just get the job done yeah?” You piped back at him earning a snicker from Bucky. You looked over to him to see him smiling at you. Your heart broke a little more but you put on a brave face and smiled back.

“Okay; Wanda, you’re with me. We’ll infiltrate from above and take out any snipers. Bucky and (Y/N), you guys go straight in there and do what you do best.” And just like that, the pep talk from Sam made Bucky walk over to you, put an arm around your shoulder and assure Sam you guys would be fine.

Sam and Wanda took off towards the base knowing you two would follow but first Bucky grabbed your bicep and turned you towards him.

“Doll, I know you don’t want to be teamed up with me right now but still, we got work together on this together. Together?” He held out his hand towards you and gave you a cheeky grin. He knew damn well that grin got you every time. You put your hand in his and smiled.

“Together.” You whispered.

You and Bucky ventured into the base back to back. You always worked like this, complete synchronisation. You were the perfect team. The base was quiet, scarily quiet. The walls were crumbling, spiders making their homes within the cracks. Mould littering the walls proving the base’s actual age, it had to have been abandoned for decades so why would hydra be protecting now? At least that was Bucky’s train of thought. You knew exactly why they were here and what you were preparing yourself for, you just hoped you could follow through with it.

“Hey Sam, have you actually run into anyone yet? It’s too quiet down here. I cant hear a goddamn thing.” Bucky whispered harshly into his comm. He was getting stressed but hadn’t noticed the sweat on your brow or the way your hands were shaking. He was too focused on keeping his gun raised in front of him in case of any surprise attacks.

“Sam?” No reply. The comm crackled in Bucky’s ear.

“Shit, we’ve lost comms with Sam and Wanda.” He turned to face you and noticed your body language. You were shaking, not enough for him to be instantly worried but enough for him to notice. He turned back to face the corridor in front of you two. A large bolted door was at the end. That was your objective, now you just had to get Bucky to not follow you.

“Hey, way don’t you head back out and see if you can find the others? I’ll wait here. I won’t wander off. Scouts honour.” You smiled at him, hoping he’d take the bait and leave you be. You didn’t want him to be here for this. It would completely break his heart and you didn’t want to witness his whole world crashing down around him. You saw that look on his face when he lost Steve and when he lost you during the snap. You had vanished first.

Your eyes were blinded by a bright white light. At first you thought someone had used a flash grenade but remembered no one had brought any with them. What was the point? Who even knew I they worked on aliens? You were in the forest area with Bucky, Steve, Wanda and the rest of your team. Walking into the clearing you saw Bucky laying on the ground, clutching his side with Steve getting back up from the lush green grass of Wakanda. Suddenly, your heart dropped, you felt like it would fall out of your chest and crash to the floor. You lost feeling in your hands first and looked down to see them disappearing into ash.

“Bucky? I- I don’t know what’s happening. Oh god, don’t let me go please.” He immediately raced over to you and took you in his arms when your legs gave out. You laid on the ground in Bucky’s lap, tears streaming from your eyes. You knew you were dying, you just hoped Bucky could move on but right now all you could focus on was the heartbreak in his eyes.

“Hey. Hey doll, it’s okay you’re gonna be fine. Shush it’s okay. I’ve got you.” He cradled your head and began to stroke your hair, noticing your legs had turned into ash and were slowly being taken away by the breeze. You didn’t have long left.

“Please Bucky, don’t let me leave. I don’t want to leave you please. We were gonna get married. Please tell me you’ll still marry me. Please. Help me Bucky please.” You raised your remaining hand to cup his jaw but that too began to vanish. Soon after, the entire rest of your body was reduced to ash in Bucky’s hands. He began to sob and screamed your name, wishing for you to return to him. He didn’t understand but maybe Steve would.

He began to walk over to Steve to find out how to bring you back only for him to feel his arms getting lighter.

“Steve?” And with that Bucky vanished too, joining you in the soul stone.

That day would haunt you for the rest of your life. Seeing the devastation in his eyes was something you never wanted to see again.

“No way doll, we’re not splitting up. That’s how people in horror movies die. You know that as much as I do.” He rolled his eyes at you. He wasn’t going to fall for it, but you had clear instructions. Bucky could not be here. You looked back at the door judging the distance. You could make a break for it and hopefully get through before Bucky could reach you. After a couple of seconds, you decided to go with your second plan and sprinted towards the door. By the time Bucky had realised what you had done, you were at the door. A loud screech could be heard and you turned to see a large glass wall come down between you and Bucky. ‘This wasn’t part of the plan’ you thought.

You soon realised your mistake and backed away from the door hen a voice come over the speaker system.

“Welcome home Asset. I see you brought the Winter Soldier back with you. Surprisingly, we didn’t ask for this wonderful gift but it appears you both wish to return home, oh so desperately. Well your wish is our command.” A second loud screeching noise could be heard as the large bolted door suddenly opened and out stepped several Hydra agents surrounding a small middle aged man, presumably the scientist on the tannoy.

“Doll, what did you do?” Bucky’s voice wavered. He was scared and you knew it. You failed him. You only wanted to keep him safe and he wouldn’t listen. Now look what you had done. The scientist began to speak Bucky’s words but with no effect happening he soon released the situation at hand.

“So, you broke your chains Soldat. How disappointing. Oh well, time for plan B.” It was like slow motion, you realising your fate. Oh god, what had you done? One of the guards surrounding the scientist began to raise their gun and aimed it towards you. You had to run, you had nowhere to go but you had to run. You turned to run towards the glass, sprinting as fast as you could. You couldn’t shoot through it, Bucky was trying. It appeared to be bulletproof. You saw the dread and pain in Bucky’s eyes, you couldn’t save him from the pain and that’s all you ever wanted to do. You wish you never came on this mission, you wish you could’ve stayed in bed watching another rerun of The Office with Bucky in bed.

Only centimetres from the glass, you raised your hand towards Bucky. You’d never touch him again, feel his embrace or smell the sweet shampoo he used from your bathroom but swore he never used. You’d never stay in bed on a Sunday morning eating junk food and hiding from Sam as he tried to tell you how unhealthy you two were. As your hand connected with the glass, the bullet hit you in the back of your skull, your body dropping to the floor within seconds. The expression on your face of fear and pain wiped clean, replaced with dull eyes and blood within your hair.

Bucky screamed. He never screamed with this much pain not even when he was in the chair when he was a prisoner of war with Hydra. His gaze was focused entirely on your body, watching the blood pour out from the back of your head, you almost looked peaceful but the reality of the situation hit Bucky and it hit him hard. He dropped to his knees, the blood slipping underneath the glass and coating the edge of his knees. He didn’t care, he knew you weren’t okay but that didn’t stop him trying to get you to talk to him. He was crying, screaming your name, begging you to wake up and say it was all a joke but that punchline never came.

He looked up from your body to see the scientist grinning and turning to walk through the door. He didn’t even have the energy to threaten the man. He just wanted you back, all he ever wanted was you. He wanted to get married and be able to call you Mrs Barnes, he wanted to have children with you. Retire from the Avengers and grow old together on a small farm far away from the world and just be together. But Bucky could never win, Hydra stole everything from him and here they are, stealing his world and life yet again.

The scientist turned again to speak to Bucky.

���She didn’t tell you, did she?” Bucky didn’t break his gaze from you, only shook his head. He couldn’t speak. Not now.

“She was only supposed to hand herself over to us and we would spare you. She had a history with Hydra too. Our second soldier. Her programming wasn’t fully finished and now I understand why. She was weak. We wanted one soldier back, not two. It appears she didn’t follow the rules. And you know what happens to loose ends, Soldat.” The scientist walked through the door which bolted behind him and the base was filled with only the sound of Bucky’s sobs.

Ladybug Reaction/Thoughts!

Fair warning, this is a very long post! I absolutely love, love, love that we get to see that flashback of him actually making the lucky charm bracelet, wondering if it’s good enough to give Marinette, actually getting Plagg’s and Nathalie’s opinion. He’s just that worried about making sure it’s good enough for her. Wow I love my sunshine boy. Adrien was literally going to talk about how amazing Marinette is to his father before he cut him off. He was actually starting to do it! Ahhh that makes my heart so happy. “Please father! Marinette deserves to have all her friends there.” Just the fact that he begged him so he could go see her on her special day. sniffs I’m not crying tears of joy! ;~; Oh wow, we never thought about Lila possibly being there in Befana but yikes. “I thought you were supposed to be protecting Adrien from Marinette. The one you said was a bad influence.” Okay, so the disgusting part where Hawk Moth is using this and Marinette to chaos havoc aside, it sounds like Gabriel doesn’t actually believe that Marinette’s a bad influence on Adrien. Which I really appreciate and hope it means something later.

Lila: “Will you keep your promise if I succeed?”

Literally the only reason she gets to model with Adrien at the end. And remember, Adrien can’t refuse to work with her as his father arranged it, so he’s pretty much stuck with this.

Ms. Bustier: “Today someone placed an anonymous note in my mailbox, claiming that you’d stolen the exam answers. And it looks the anonymous person was right.”

Notice even Chloe is just outright shocked?

Yes Alya and Adrien standing up for her! And Rose too. At least at first.

Okay, really, if she fell down that massive flight of stairs, she’d have worse than a injured knee. Just saying. She’d be taken away in an ambulance and instructed not to move in case of neck injuries. C’mon adults, isn’t this a bit suspicious happening at once at this point?

“My daughter is not a thief!”

Just watched Rogercop the other day with a friend, it’s sad and interesting this line is being used again.

Wow. Framed for stealing Lila’s necklace and having it exposed to the entire class. That sucks so much. How embarrassing to have to be in such a situation. Accused of 3 crimes in one day? Psh, overplaying it Lila.

Alix: Angry

Mylene: Disappointed

Alya: Shocked

Sabine: Crying

Adrien: Sad because he knows exactly what’s going on and knows she’s innocent.

“You know I’m innocent, don’t you, Adrien?”

The look of anger on his face as he looks at Lila after she says this. Oh how I love this so much. If this must be done at all, this is what I want to come from it.

You know, it’s really sick. It’s really sick that this sweet boy goes and tells his father about how wonderful his friend is, how her friends love and care about her, and that he cares so much about too, and he uses her, ultimately hurting him, to get what he wants. Adrien’s essentially fueling Hawk Moth without even knowing. How utterly disgusting. My poor baby’s being used in the worst way by his own father.

Chloe protecting Sabrina instead of pushing her in front as a shield to protect herself shows so much character growth, I’m very proud of her.

Verity Queen. Princess Justice.

Does this confirm later their akumatizations? Because oof I’m afraid of Marinette getting akumatized. Especially after she was going to take off her earrings to give to Hawk Moth, had Nathalie not suddenly fallen into a coughing fit!

Okay, I’m going to say this: This today was a good example of why they should know about their identities. Had Adrien known, he would’ve more likely been able to keep her calm enough from being akumatized at all, or if not that, prevent her from giving him the earrings.

I still feel that way right now, the cons of them knowing outweigh the pros, but that is definitely a pro!

Alya being on Marinette’s side, even though it looks bleak and she doesn’t know if she’ll be able to prove her innocence. That’s all I ask is that she believes.

I seriously can’t believe her parents are like, until we find another school for you to go to, you have to work here at the bakery, starting right now.

That’s pretty much believing their daughter was guilty of everything she’s been accused of and that’s so horribly wrong. Okay, she’s not able to go to school right now. That’s out of their control. But you’re going to punish her, too, and prevent her from getting to the bottom of what happened so she’s allowed back at school?

“I want to help you.” “Never at that cost. Never at that cost again.” This just raises the question again at why Emilie wore the Miraculous in the first place, and why she wore it to the point that it put her in the state she’s in now. If Gabriel’s first use of the Butterfly was the Stoneheart episodes, she was using it only on her own. But what is this Miraculous capable of that she was so desperate to use it for, and why was she? Lol @ detective Alya. Too bad the lockers just so happened to be clean right before she got there. :/ True love right there, that Nathalie would very easily give up her life for Gabriel’s (and Adrien’s) happiness. Why can’t she just love someone else? Dx I know she said in Stormy Weather 2 she wonders if she shouldn’t have taken the job, and she’s right. She’s not even allowed to answer her own phone because she’s being punished for something she didn’t even do? Again, wow. “Don’t tell me. We have to go and help your Lady.” I love how Plagg’s annoyed at going to help Ladybug, and Adrien’s response is, “She and I are on the same team, Plagg. We’ll help Marinette.” as if Plagg likes and prefers Marinette over Ladybug. I already figured that, but I like how Adrien was reassuring Plagg he was going to help her. x3 “Chat Noir, I don’t feel so good.” LOL I can’t believe they put this in. XD “There’s something wrong,” HIS VOICE QUIVERED. MY HEART IS NOT OKAY. That’s NOT OKAY. “we’re supposed to be nearly invulnerable.” Wow. So I know that Mayura’s making Sentimonster Ladybug say these things, but two things: One, I feel like this is exactly what Ladybug feels about Chat. “I’ve always gone out of my way to hide my feelings for you.” Bingo! Chat: “I thought you said you loved somebody else?“ Did you guys see that look of shock on Nathalie’s face? Oh gosh. Oh no oh no oh no. Oh no. Oh heck no! Because now, she will give this information to Gabriel, and they’re going to try to figure out who Ladybug does love! And that would be Adrien! asdkjflg this is going to get real. “Your feelings haven’t changed, but mine are growing stronger every day. I can’t keep pretending anymore.” I really do think she’s pretending she doesn’t have any feelings for him, to keep them and everyone else safe. I also get the feeling that some of what Mayura’s saying can be applied to herself and Gabriel too? Okay, Chat was scarily close to having his Miraculous taken. But oh my gosh at Ladybug hurling them apart with that brute force. XD Sentimonster: Listen to your heart! Ladybug: Listen to your brain! Chat wanted to listen to his heart and believe that she really loved him. Oh ugh why must they hurt me so? “OHHH I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU FELL FOR THAT!” Totally laughing, but he wants to believe so much that you love him. :c “I’m sorry, Kitty, but you should have known. I’m nowhere near as perfect as her.” Ouch. “I love you just the way you are, m’lady.” Awwwwww. How could anyone not love these two? Sentimonster Ladybug may in their opinion be perfect, but he’d take imperfect yet authentic Ladybug any day. Sentimonster: gets a massive gun of destruction Ladybug: gets a fork “Okay, you’re definitely the real one!” XD Gabriel: Nooroo, why didn’t you wake me up?! Nooroo: I couldn’t bring myself to, Master, you were sleeping so peacefully! Lol first humor scene with them I think? I like that Ladybug gave the sentimonster her freedom and asked if she could help them. That’s so sad that she got destroyed by Mayura, but her disappearing would’ve been inevitable anyway. Dx Chat just saw some version of Ladybug being taken away from him. Again. And reacts with rage. He’s clearly been traumatized from Desperada and Party Crasher. Whoa dang, Hawk Moth vs Chat Noir. Was not prepared for this. :O “Getting sentimental on a sentimonster?” “You’re the real monster!” “Oh, that. You’ll find out very soon.” Yikes. Chat calling his own dad Grandpa. XD I can’t. I just can’t. Hawk Moth just throwing his own son off a building so cruelly like that. Doesn’t matter that he knows or not, he knows they’re kids. So Ladybug has Mayura in her hands. She could easily have just taken her Miraculous anyway, but there was no way she was going to let her kitty be harmed. “You had Mayura right where you wanted her. I could’ve managed by myself, why’d you do that?!” “Because we’re Ladybug and Chat Noir. Ladybug by itself doesn’t sound half as cool.” “You shouldn’t say things like that to me.” OOF. Then he puckers up, and she puts a finger on his lips and says, “But the real Ladybug’s heart still belongs to someone else.” “Ha, I should have guessed that too.” I love how they’re both smiling throughout the scene. No bad feelings or animosity. And I also love that not once, has she never said “I don’t like you” to Chat. It’s always been “I like someone else.” This really means something! I feel like this episode is really foreshadowing Ladynoir stuff. I also find it sweet and sad they’re both attached to Bugette. xD “Your idea was brilliant, but you don’t need a Miraculous to help me.” she sure doesn’t oh no. What’s she going to do next? “There was something else you needed Mayura for. To find the Guardian.“ “I’m not so sure anymore.” Not sure I like where this is going :/ Wait, his name is Giuseppe? I thought it was Vincent! :O Gotta make a note to change some fanfics later..... “Your papa’s new muse is incredible.” THEY’RE GOING TO BE MODELING A LOT TOGETHER OH NO. ABSOLUTELY NOT. DISGUSTING! I can’t believe he’s allowing such a thing! “She’s Italian, just like me!” I have Italian ancestors, why does that matter Giuseppe? She’s a disgrace to all Italians everywhere. Adrien: “Would you mind leaving us alone for a second?” in his normal Adrien voice. As he walks over to the chair, did you hear him grunt out of frustration? Then he just sits down and doesn’t even look at her. Which reminds me of his father. Adrien: “I warned you once already, Lila, but you didn’t listen. You hurt my friend Marinette, and that’s not okay." he says in a deep, angry voice. Yesssss! I’ve wanted this for so long! STAND UP FOR THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE. Also, he warned her not to hurt the people he loves. So he’s pretty much admitting he loves her without saying so. Ahahaha I don’t care if he thinks it’s only as friends, he loves her. x3 “I don’t know how to prove you lied Lila, because you’re good at it. So you’ll have to come up with another lie just as convincing. Only this time it’s going to prove Marinette’s innocent.” “Why would I do that?” “Because we’re friends, aren’t we?” Okay, Angry Adrien’s a bit scary but I’m so here for it! I’ve never heard him sounding so cold. You don’t hurt his Marinette. You harm her, you’ll have him to answer to. Again, really disgusted with Marinette’s parents sympathizing and caring about Lila. My mom would’ve seen past her lies and been on my side the entire time. I just don’t see how parents like hers that have always thought so highly of their daughter and know her so well would buy into this. But I suppose that goes to show the kind of power Lila has over everyone. Also is sad that after all this, Marinette is still nice towards Lila. She’s just too good. “As you said. Things aren’t always as they seem to be at first sight.” Hmmmm well this certainly is going to mean some things later. That disgusted look on Marinette’s face when she saw Lila and Adrien’s photos on TV. XD Like she can’t even believe how things keep turning out with this girl. But the way this episode ended, this was so not the end of all of this. As this was supposed to be the last episode before the 2 season finale episodes, I’d bet that it’ll continue then. If not, beginning of S4. Oh my, are we even ready for this?

in another world, ncis:la feeds us with actual Au episodes every now and again, but our world is imperfect and we just have to imagine this stuff here, but like, if this did happen i would Require these au’s;

A Bowling Au. Everything is played with exactly the same tone as the actual show, so it’s usually laughable but Sometimes super dramatic except instead of like, a terrorist attack, a rival team bowled a strike. Sam used to be on a super militant and well respected team and hasn’t gotten over that half the time people don’t know the name of this new one. He believes bowling balls should be polished before repacking, Every time, that Deeks just shoves his in the same reusable plastic bag he’s had for 8 years Pains him. G’s back story is Identical to the show except this isn’t a spy genre anymore so ppl just think he’s like, the super above it all edge lord because of it all. 

Teacher AU. Sam teaches all kinds of advanced math, G is a gym teacher who acts really stupid all the time to stop people giving him responsibilities he doesn’t want. Despite this, he is often dragged in to cover for language classes because somebody figured out he’s a language like, genius or something. He covered a drama class one time, too, and was scarily good at it. Deeks actually Is the drama teacher, the kids all Love him. Kensi teaches all kinds of physical design classes, like, anything to do with engines, she does woodwork, things like that, she’s not As liked among the student body (i mean, the boys and gays love her, but her jokes are Weird) but she isn’t classed as one of the asshole teachers. Eric teaches IT or whatever u call computing, he’s friendly, won’t put up with crap, but like, next to nobody understands him because he’s not good at dumbing things down. Nell doesn’t teach at first, was just an administrator dealing with all the complicated things, but sometimes substitutes, she’s tiny and Scary and is not a substitute u can walk all over, the ones who tried can’t figure out How she got them to behave??? but it happened. Mr Deeks and Ms Blye are the ‘will they or won’t they’ teacher couple of the school only for deeks to accidentally let slip that his wife is better at long distance running than he is and they all work it out that they’ve been married the whole time. Mr Beale and Miss Jones become the next will they won’t they couple except it embarrasses them so much all they do is blush at each other now. Hetty is the principal/head teacher. She is rarely seen, to be feared, but always watching. 

Star Trek AU; Hetty is the captain of the ship they’re on, but the show is more about the main away team. Is the team’s reputation as bad as section 31 (the shady(tm) part of starfleet), No! Is their reputation necessarily good? No. In fact, they frequently butt heads with section 31 (we’re calling them the equivalent of the cia in the show, they can be friends but... yeah), however their results are rarely questionable and they save many, many lives. It is highly unlikely anyone will ever be promoted. Sam is a Vulcan, calm waters... except if you make him snap, Vulcans have deep running emotions. Deeks is just. The Most Obnoxious Human to him Ever. G is half betazed, it’s why he’s so good at reading people.  Eric is a member of a species that is super social but have few social graces similar to humans so is always super awkward. Kensi has a tragic backstory where she thinks the borg got her dad when she was a kid but it was a Cover Up. I would make Nell non human also, but i will be honest, i am running out of trek aliens i can make her (klingon nell is a Hilarious concept tho). Hetty is Bajoran. 

James Bond AU. Everything is the same except they all use bad english accents the whole way through the episode. 

I am a massive fan of alternate takes on soulmate au’s, i don’t like romantic soulmate au’s, but unusual takes on them are my Jam. In this one, people have soul marks from people who will have the most profound effects on them in their lives on their bodies. This doesn’t necessarily mean the effects will be good, just profound and altering. The team realise they all have marks from each other on their bodies, and are elated to find out all those marks are Positive effects. 

Though i will admit the ‘see in colour when you meet your soulmate’ one would be hilarious with legitimately Any of the partners on the show. Kensi: See’s deeks, learns what blue is. Kensi: spirals into deep denial and yells at him a lot. 

Queer Eye AU where the Fab 5 are called in when Hetty nominates her team for a makeover! Bobby redecorates the boat shed, is asked by hetty to keep what is already bulletproof, bulletproof. And to keep the trap door. And not to worry about any bloodstains and how they got there. Tan’s discovers how hard it is to style around Sam’s muscles. Tries very hard to stop Nell from mixing prints. Experiences horror at Eric’s wardrobe, Nell is shown in BG laughing. Every single man exhibits true, actual horror at the idea of JVN changing their hair and pack into Sam’s car and run away to hide in the woods. Nell and Kensi enjoy the salon appointment in their absence. Karamo manages to negotiate getting paid literally twice his previous rate by just having to try to fix these idiots’ lives and deserves every penny. Antoni trying to teach them to make fun and not disgusting food doesn’t end well. Deeks can cook but likes to Experiment and 97% of his food is awful. Sam can cook, but it’s all bland muscle building/health food. The rest of them are incompetent, set the kitchen on fire, are caught ordering chinese on the sly, ruin 5 pots and pans with burn marks. They open the new boatshed design by interrogating a criminal they just picked up on a case, he points out how fabulous the decor is as he’s led to the interrogation room. Everybody cheers. The team provided snacks in said interrogation Could be considered a torture technique, tho. 

The team go on jeopardy. I have never seen this game show and have no idea how it works, but i bet it would be funny so it is a bullet point. 

Buffy the vampire slayer au, Kensi is a vampire slayer who Happens to just be an ncis agent. She does her normal job but also tries to keep the vampire world a secret from her team mates. Callen: uh, kensi... why do you spend so much of your free time hanging around cemeteries? Kensi: uh... Bat watching???

Superhero AU but they all have really dumb powers. Sam can raise the temperature of any body of water from a lake to a puddle by ten degrees in temperature whenever he wants. G can spontaneously grow and un-grow his hair, if he gets drunk and makes it super long he has ringlets. Deeks can hover exactly one foot in the air, no higher, is designated ‘grab that off the high shelf’ guy. Kensi can sense sugar. This helps in no ways but essentially makes her a human version of one of the medical alert dogs for diabetics. Eric can make anybody around him mildly sleepy if he wants to. He never wants this. It doesn’t even send them to sleep, they just yawn more often and that makes Him yawn more. Nell can speak to cows, since she lives in the middle of Los Angeles, this is not helpful. Plus, cows mostly just talk about grass and are really very boring. Granger could create rainbows out of thin air which was obviously in perfect sync with his personality. Hetty can detach her toes at will. This is only useful in the case of uncomfortable shoes, but can be awkward if somebody routinely searches your bag and finds them in there and arrests you for being a creepy toe cutting off serial killer. 

i would watch it, s’all i’m saying.

Monster High doll collecting Questionnaire - answered

Finally had time to take photos for this thing. Hope it’s worth the wait!

1) Introduce yourself and tell us how long you’ve been collecting Monster High dolls! Hey y’all! My name’s Tori and I’ve been collecting Monster High since I think...either the end of 2014 or early 2015. Before S5 of the webisodes aired. 

2) How many MH dolls do you have?

Can I just say “a lot” and leave it at that? I kid I kid. I have like 27 Monster High dolls. That may not seem like a lot but I swear I just had 13 like four dolls ago...fingers crossed I didn’t forget to count anyone. That’s a sign of too many dolls :’D I also have two vinyl MH figures (Frankie and Draculaura) and a Rock Candy Draculaura figure.

3) Is Monster High your favorite doll line? Why or why not? Yes. Yes it is. Forever and ever. Took me a little while to realize it but as I accumulated dolls I realized most of my passion for collecting (as well as creative inspiration) revolved almost entirely around Monster High. That line is perfect for me in every way: tied to/inspired by classic Monsters, bold and edgy gothic fashion, a unique art style...I can’t tell you how much I’ve evolved as a creative individual since embracing my love of Monster High.

4) Who’s your favorite MH ghoul? 

I wish Cupid had stuck around in MH a little longer. I would’ve loved an elaborate dress (and makeup) for her!

5) Favorite Manster? My favorite Manster is actually Andy Beast from Skull Shores. Since he never reappeared in more than background shots and Mattel never produced a doll of him I’ll go with this guy:

6) Do you own any dolls of your favorite ghoul and/or manster? How many? I own one Deuce doll, his Boo York doll. He came with Cleo and I love Boo York Cleo so I had to get both. I actually hate how the writing team handled Deuce and their relationship in the movie: as far as I’m concerned it isn’t canon. (He fell so far from Ghouls Rule! Definitely the best part of that movie including his friendship with Frankie.)

I own many Frankie and Draculaura dolls. Stay tuned for pics~

7) Do you own any playsets? If so which one(s)? If not, is there a reason?

I found this at a thrift store. It didn’t have any accessories though. Still, I’m glad I own it <3 Considering I photograph Draculaura more than any of my other dolls.  I do wish I had another playset--either the catacombs or the Deadlux high school: they’d make such great backdrops for photography! Sadly I have no space.

8) Of the original main ghouls (including Ghoulia, Spectra and Abbey) which is your favorite? Got any dolls of them?

TA~DA! I’d actually also love to add Ghouls Rule Frankie to my collection but she’s not an immediate must-have.

9) Favorite character with only one doll release?

I know there were technically two but they’re essentially the same doll so it doesn’t count.

10) Character with too many dolls (in your opinion?) Uh...Toralei honestly. I don’t like her, I’ve never liked her but she pops up a lot more than I expected. Is this so there’s a matching bully in some of these sets or is she that popular and I’m the odd one out?

11) Any character you would’ve liked to see in a doll line that didn’t make it? (i.e. Lagoona in Sweet Screams or Draculaura in Power Ghouls, etc) Apart from another C.A. Cupid doll in like Dawn of the Dance or Dot Dead Gorgeous (can you imagine??) I would’ve loved to see Draculaura in Freak du Chic. I’m aware she had a Scarnival doll but that’s not the same thing. I want a doll with a similar design to her circus mini. I also think adding Lagoona to the “Scarily Ever After” line would’ve been neat (a la Little Mermaid, of course.) I know we saw her as a Mermaid in Great Scarier Reef” but I would’ve loved to see one with a fairytale twist.

Also more Sweet Screams dolls. Best line ever <3

12) Any ideas you would’ve liked to see in a doll line? An eighties glam-rock n roll band stylized after Jem and the Holograms but with a gothic edge. I’m not talking Fierce Rockers, I mean all of the core ghouls (with Ghoulia as like the manager) along with a better-designed Clawdeen. I didn’t mind what we got but she wasn’t “outrageous” enough for me. 

Also a “vintage-themed” line as an homage to the ghouls’ famous parents (including Operetta.)

13) Is there a “grail” MH doll for you? If so do you own it? I feel like my grail dolls keep changing. For a long time it was Collector Draculaura, then OG draculaura, then Dawn of the Dance Draculaura...then Ghouls Rule Frankie and the whole Sweet Screams crew. I guess I can’t make up my mind ^^; Truthfully I have most of these now so I’m pretty content with my collection. I still want a couple older dolls (CLAWDEEN and maybe OG Lagoona) as I’ve said and I must have all the Sweet Screams dolls. Beyond that I’m good. 

14) Thoughts on the cancelled Ever After High crossover? Okay so I will be forever annoyed Mattel didn’t wait to reboot everything until after the crossover. That said what I saw in the storyboards and posts floating around didn’t really impress me. There’s so much potential here and I feel like Mattel took the easiest route possible with it. If you’re going to crossover these two lines a) go ALL out with the designs and b) INVOLVE C.A. CUPID. Plus we’ll never know now if Astra Nova is the blue fairy/her daughter.

15) Thoughts on the 2016 reboot faces?

Why Mattel. Why was this necessary. 

With Vampirina and now Super Monsters you really should’ve stuck with your older audience. Or saved the “Monster Family” line exclusively for said younger audience and just scaled down the original line to remind your older crowd, collectors included, why we love this line. 

Heck, at this point I’d be happy with detailed collector-only lines released on like Amazon. A limited line is better than no Monster High at all, especially if it’s highly detailed and exceptionally spooky.

16) Thoughts on the 2016 “Monster Family” line?

So I like the idea behind this line but loathe the articulation. I held off buying Alivia and Kelpie for a long time because I hoped for better quality with later releases. Whoops. All of this said there was potential here to attract a younger crowd exclusively with a brighter and less-articulated family line. Siblings or not they could’ve avoided directly crossing over by merely mentioning the OG ghouls, instead focusing on friendships and relationships with their parents. That’s what I’d have done at least.

17) How bout the SDCC exclusives? What was your favorite? Do you own any? No and I wish I did ;-; While I wasn’t as impressed with them as the Ever After High exclusives I would’ve loved a Hexiciah doll. He’s actually my favorite “manster.” (Heck! You could’ve incorporated him into the crossover, being as he’s half fairy!) I should check ebay...

18) How about Amazon exclusives? I have two! The amazing and unique Draculaura who as far as I’m concerned is the best MH doll ever released and Zomby Gaga. The others never impressed me or lived up to the same quality promised in the first exclusive. I just couldn’t pass up a Lady Gaga monster!

19) Favorite Frankie Stein doll?

Aaah this is tough. All the Frankies I own are my favorite ^^; Sweet Screams, Freaky Fusion, her classroom doll I turned into a fearleading one, and while I don’t own her original doll (mine is the 2014 release) I love that one two. I also like Wave 2 Frankie and as I said Ghouls Rule. (Honestly though I thiiiiink Sweet Screams is number one...which is funny because I did not want her when I first started collecting. For whatever reason I thought I’d be happy with one doll of each character. Again I say: whoops)

20) Favorite Draculaura doll?

21) Favorite Clawdeen Wolf doll? Freak du Chic, her OG doll and I think Boo York. I’m so mad her outfit isn’t more stylish. Sometimes I wonder if it’s worth it to buy her and like one of her fashion packs...but that’s actually more expensive on Amazon than her original doll! 

22) Favorite Cleo de Nile doll?

Originally Dawn of the Dance wasn’t a favorite but now that I own the doll I realize just how much she stands out (why wasn’t purple lipstick used more often???)

23) Favorite Lagoona Blue doll? Skull Shores, her OG doll and I think Dawn of the Dance. I’m not a big fan of the mohawk but I appreciate the detail in her outfit...plus I love blue makeup.

24) Favorite Ghoulia Yelps doll?

 I also like Sweet Screams (although she’s my least favorite of the line) and Dawn of the Dance. Honestly maybe I should’ve set my sights on that whole line XD Except I’m not the biggest fan of the Clawdeen and Frankie.

25) Favorite Spectra Vondergeist doll? I’m not as familiar with Spectra’s dolls but I think either Dot Dead Goregeous or Ghouls Night Out.

26) Favorite Abbey Bombinable doll? Sweet Screams <3

27) Favorite Venus McFlytrapp doll? Zombie Shake

28) Favorite Rochelle Goyle doll? Zombie Shake

29) Favorite Operetta doll? Either or OG doll or Scaritage (the latter kind of reminds me of Lucille Ball for whatever reason)

30) Favorite Toralei Stripe doll? I’m really not a fan of her dolls (Orange is such a hard color to compliment correctly) but I do kind of like the stark design in her Fierce Rockers doll.

31) Favorite Jinafire Long doll? I’m not a big fan of her dolls either (I feel the same way about Green that I do Orange) so I’ll say her “New Scaremester” doll.

32) Favorite Skelita Calaveras doll? Scarnival! I’m still half-tempted to purchase this doll one day...provided I can find her!

33) Favorite Howleen Wolf doll? Her original doll. I wish she hadn’t switched to straight/pink hair! The orange stood out in a good way. Someday I hope I find her in a thrift store...

34) Favorite Twyla Bogeyman doll? Freak du Chic

35) What do you do with your dolls? (Display them, take photos of them, etc) I display them, sometimes change their poses and I take photos! I’m still an amateur at that but I’m learning as I go and I think I’ve improved!

36) Is Monster High the only doll line you collect? Why or why not? Sort of? It’s the only line I primarily collect now. I keep my eye on a couple others in case something catches my eye but like I said I’m low on space.  Some of my other collections include: Ever After High (complete with maybe the exception of TriCastleon Lizzie Hearts one day) Super Heroes (this also includes high quality collectibles. One day I’d like Mystique but she’s only available on ebay and out of my price range right now. Plus I’ve found the production condition of each varies...) Disney Princesses/Frozen (sometimes I tell myself I should get Mulan for varying reasons but I’ve only taken photos of my Elsa doll so what does that tell you) Vampirina + Hotel Transylvania (This includes toys as well. HT seems to have wrapped up for the time being and as I’ve stated numerous times I’m fickle with Vampirina merchandise. Nonetheless both of these are technically ongoing) Equestria Girls (Done unless Hasbro releases a new Adagio Dazzle doll. Also fashion packs or  a dAYDREAM SHIMMER DOLL COME ON--ahem-- I’m still planning to get rid of most of my older dolls.) I tried getting into Disney’s “Attractionistas” but only acquired two before they stopped selling in the parks. To be honest the quality dropped anyway and they’ve only got basic articulation. I’m not sure I’m going to keep the ones I have...we’ll see.

37) Do you still collect Monster High dolls? (i.e. scour the internet and/or secondhand stores?) Technically? I got three for Christmas and still poke my head in thrift stores now and then. For the most part though I’m essentially finished, I only say I keep going because there are a few older dolls I will definitely have someday.

38) There’s a lot of new Monster doll/toy lines out now: thoughts if any? H’okay so here’s the Earth--

jk jk I’m old XD

I make it a point to investigate new Monster lines: monsters are my life, nothing gives me greater creative fuel so it is my duty!

Right now there are technically three others out there although like I said, Hotel Transylvania seems to be out of stores. Don’t know if it’s still available on Amazon. The other two are Vampirina and Super Monsters. I’ve talked about them before--they’re largely for a much younger crowd, even younger than the MH reboot audience but there are some highlights for us older collectors if you love monsters as much as I do. I’m a big fan of world building and the spooky aesthetic: I love seeing how different franchises approach this. Character designs too: it can be a little tricky in the “family friendly monster” genre: a successful one balances spooky with well...friendly. I think Vampirina is most successful in this department. Super Monsters leans more towards the cutesy side.  That said, I actually prefer their world set up over Vampirina. As well as the approach to being a monster which isn’t surprising since Vampirina is essentially one giant whimsical metaphor. 

Super Monsters has only just joined the merchandise department which I know I’ve said before. I look forward to seeing how it evolves. Vampirina too: most of the toys, while cute, are more “toy” than doll and I’m not a big fan of gimmicks so I haven’t bought any of the singing dolls. Fingers crossed we get something a little more...elaborate? Even if it’s just a limited release (I do love the one figure/doll I have though! Best of the merchandise released so far <3)

Going back quickly to Hotel Transylvania...I maintain Jazware’s wasn’t the best choice of manufacturer. So many little things that needed a touch more thought. Although I will give them points for clothing quality and faceup!

39) And finally, what’s your favorite thing about Monster High? Can be past or present!

I think I’ve covered why I love it throughout this questionnaire: Monster High inspires me. It came into the world fresh and with a lot of creative power behind it. It turned so many heads and shook up the doll world as we know it. It brought monsters back into the light and that’s never gone away. If anything it’s blown up even more: that may not have happened without Monster High. Was the writing great? No. But the theme songs, the designs and especially the original lessons taught stood out on their own: Be yourself. Be unique. Be a monster.

Hell yeah, Monster High <3

🖊 + all do it coward

Yelling about my OCs // ACCEPTINGRabbit, you are a fool and so am I. I’m just gonna, like… give a headcanon per OC on this blog under the cut.

Achilles - His semblance is called Disconsolate. It makes others able fully feel what he is feeling, from absolute sorrow, blind rage, to pure joy, right down to the last ounce of pain he gets from a paper cut. It can take over other people’s rational thinking processes and make them react as he would, which is often never good (and leads to his death).

Alexus - She doesn’t have any real senses, even if she says its a simulated thing, she has none. She’s a cpu program! HOWEVER, she can still smell charred flesh from when her girlfriend shocked & burned to death. It’s burned into her mind even though her mind can no longer comprehend what a sense is.

Artharrachadh - Doesn’t actually like 7/11 or gas stations, they just give off the vibe he strives for in life. The mystery, the scandals, the robberies. It’s so out in the middle of nowhere that its perfect. Although, thanks to 7/11 he developed an addiction to slushies. Cherry/blue raspberry, for our god of liminal spaces, baby!!

Cas - Her powers have limits. Without her power retaining equipment (essentially, a choker, two bracelets, and two ankles), she would have ripped herself into shreds after a few usages of her powers. Her speed could send her cells into different dimensions, her ‘pyrokinesis’ could set herself on fire since she is not impervious to fire, and if she uses her luck too much, karma returns the favor with brain bleeds.

Cephriel - As angelic as they are, they are more monstrous and demonic than they’d like to admit. They eat sinners alive for nourishment, but it is all for the holy conquest. Plus, the more souls they consume, the stronger they get. The stronger they get, the quicker they can accomplish the holy conquest.

Dolores - She really wanted to get back in touch with her son but she could never find him. She went back to LA looking for him only to find that he’d been adopted and shipped off to Germany. She felt so, so horrible. It’s her fault that he was sent off to a totally abusive household and she lives with that guilt so, so horribly.

Dominique - Has never once acted like a true criminal, more like a robin hood type figure. He doesn’t kill, he doesn’t hurt, he doesn’t do anything like that, the worst he does is steal from the rich and give to the poor. Either through charity donations or through mysterious wads of cash showing up at people’s houses. However, since he steals from the rich and not the poor, that makes him evil for the media.

Eirian - Has never been one for conflict. Avoided school drama all throughout high school (minus his tiff with Lizzie which was created by him being an idiot). Now he’s running from town to town with an eldritch being chasing after him with so many guns in the back seat of his truck its almost fucking criminal. He’s learned, so, so much combat things that it scares him. He’s practically a weapon himself.

Erik - Has the hardest time keeping the ‘we’re all monsters or demons’ secret a secret out of all of Clearfall’s citizens, and he’s the one that made the whole thing happen. Lucky for him, Corey Booker, the human reporter, is kinda dense. Unlucky for Erik, he thinks that Corey is hot shit and would gladly sell him his soul to stay in Clearfall. But, for Corey to stay in Clearfall, he’d have to be turned into either a werewolf or a vampire but he doesn’t want to do that because Erik’s both a wimp and doesn’t wanna hurt

Eva-Marie - In Hell, everyone wears the sign of how their died. People shot have their bullet wounds, knife wounds, the blood loss makes you incredibly lethargic and cold, sickness makes you permanently sick and tired, burning makes you always feel like you’re on fire, and maybe you are! But Eva-Marie doesn’t show signs of her death, or at least, not if you’re not paying attention. She has perfect posture and never lowers her head, the thick choker on her neck is blood red, sometimes she starts choking and coughing up blood. She was killed via beheading, and she takes perfect care to make sure that her head never falls off.

Fane - Has extreme commitment and attachment issues because of how many loved ones he has lost. He couldn’t save… anyone. When one of his last surviving relatives, his great great great great hella fucking great nephew, Lucas, died, he was there. Fane was teaching him how to drive and they got in an accident because Lucas couldn’t take his fucking foot off the gas because he was scared shitless and they got whacked by a semi and Fane has never, ever forgiven himself for that. Or any other of the deaths.

Florian - Is destined to become fully evil, and will thrive in that evil. He was never meant to be a florist, to live and survive off of cuddles on couches and cheap pays for a good job well done. At the end of the day, he has a strong sadistic streak that was never fulfilled as a child. Florian is all smiles and no substance on the inside, and was going to kill himself if he ever had to live another second in that flower shop doing nothing, that’s what the explosion was, an attempt to end it. Now? He’s soft and sweet on  the outside as a cover, and on the inside, he’s ready to seduce your husband and blow up your house.

Fritz - Doesn’t need to sleep and doesn’t sleep. You see, on his home planet, people move so fast that sleeping was essentially something of a social death sentence. Entire empires would rise and fall while one of them was asleep, your wife could start another family and leave you behind because you would be out cold for another millennia. SO! To bypass that, they engineered a serum that would alter their chemical makeup so they’d be constantly producing energy to replace sleep.

Henri - Does not miss being a royal. She knows that the second she gets back, she’ll be forced into an arranged marriage with a guy who a) she will never love because she is a lesbian to every degree and b) she hates anyway, the guy’s a fuckin’ douchebag to every degree. She just wants to stay in NYC with the punk rock and the grunge and the Crownweaver gig with her punk gf, Dex, and never look back.

Jack - Used to be a Team Spectre Admin. Dated Salem for years, was there when the whole team got launched under Salem’s reign. They were really, really into the whole thing too, believed that the world would be better if they could just wipe everyone’s memory clean and start over with the same people, but have everyone listen to a group ‘concerned about their health, their sanity and their well-being’. Eventually realized that it was all bullshit, all of it, shit, bullshit, and that Salem? Asshole! Shit boyfriend, shit person, shit… just shit. Left, went legit, went good.

Julia - Knows everything about you. She has no clairvoyance or telepathy or omniscience or anything like that, but she knows everything about you. She has connections, her connections have connections, she’s met practically everyone in town and if she doesn’t know everything about you when you first meet? You can be sure that she’s going to hunt down someone who at least knows something. She’s incredibly well informed, scarily well informed, and also good at social cues.

Kennedy - Killed a man in university. It was her first kill and by far, her favorite. The rush she felt, the understanding of why people murder for fun, it made her understand. She had a knife on hand, took it out of the restaurant she was eating at just beforehand and completely forgot about it, but she was glad she had it. She gutted him, top of the chest all the way down to the lower stomach, and she hanged him from a fire escape by his own intestines. He was coming onto her and she was not about that life, rest in peace, fucker.

Klaus-Michael - Has a really hard time hiding his job from his father, aka the Spider-Gold job. Yes, his father is in Germany and Klaus-Michael himself is in NYC, however, it is a requirement between the two that they have a video call once a week. He comes home after fighting off an army of bad guys with so many bruises and so many cuts and dings and busted lips and broken bones and casts and oxygen tanks that his dad should be suspicious, especially since his dad is a genius. But, Klaus-Michael always seems to have some sort of excuse tucked up his sleeve.

Liz - Finds Atlantis. She does! With help, she arrives, and, unlike the dis.ney movie, there is no one alive. Skeletons line the streets of the drowned city, the location is crumbling, and she is horrified. The haunted location gives her the creeps the second she is in there, and for good reason, because something  is watching her. Not something living, but machinery, and once it catches up to her, it brands her on her side for the rest of her life. A marking, a warning.

Lizzie - Has slight celestial heritage. Didn’t think Arhkangelskaya was chosen as her last name for a reason? It was! While she doesn’t have archangel blood per say, she has guardian angel blood, and that’s what brings her back (her ghost back) from the dead to look after Eirian’s dumb fucking ass. The guardian angel blood comes from her great grandfather who was her great grandmother’s guardian angel, ever since then, the arhkangelskayas have returned as ghosts to the person they feel needs the most help.

Lori - Is destined to die at the age of twelve. In a way, she feels invincible because who in their right mind would kill a child? She thinks, that, because she’s so young, nobody is gonna raise a finger against her when she walks in to kill them, because she thinks that they don’t think that she’s going to kill them! And then, one day, she realizes that everyone is an assassin and assassins don’t have rules, assassins just want money. And, on that day, that is when she dies.

Lukas - Is not out for anyone but himself and his town. If you die, and it’s his fault, it’s not on his conscience. He’s not here to fix your problems, even though he fixes way too many of them anyway, he’s here to get the money and go. He’s here to get enough cash to either buy enough medicine to last him and his hometown years and years and years, essentially ridding them of their poisoning, or, he is going to use that money to entice scientists to search for a cure. He’s tired of having slag course through his veins, it hurts, more than he likes to admit.

Lux -  Is not impervious to fire. If she emits it from her body, she only does so from her hands for this reason, she’s not some hum.an tor.ch lookin’ chick, she’s completely human to every regard and her powers are created by machines. She can use her powers of vibrating molecules to a frequency on objects that she is not holding that are within close range, but she can also ‘set the air on fire’ (more like oxidation). She doesn’t realise this, but its how she makes her fireballs. The palms of her hands are incredibly scarred.

Madeleine - Killed a man in self defense and nobody will ever, ever know about it. Or, at least, she hopes so. She doesn’t want anybody to find out about it, because she knows that she’d be sent to jail. Sure, it started out as self defense when the main pulled out a gun at her at semi-close range in an alley way after a case where she sent a criminal away for life and she stabbed him through the heart with her rapier. It was when she took the gun and the sword and started going overkill with panic that it became less about self defense and more like making sure that that guy would never come back. She got an old friend with connections to clean the scene.

Marque - Isn’t trying to provide chaos to provide the world with equal opportunity to rise from the ashes and anarchy as a new, better evolved race, he’s doing it so he can control Giratina and take over the Reverse World. If he takes control of the pokemon, then he is also, by default, the master of the Reverse World. If he allows other to live within the other dimension, he will become their leader by default. And, by causing chaos in Kalos, Sinnoh and the other regions, he will have more and more people wanting to move into the Reverse, gaining more and more subjects and more and more power.

Matthew - Will not be able to survive if he ever leaves the Entity’s realms. His body is emaciated beyond what should be humanly possible (not like the hag is, more like he’s 6′4″ and 90lbs) and he’s surviving based on the Entity alone. His blood is complete and utter drugs at this point and he’s fragile. He’s skeletal, but in the same way that b.ane works, the drugs kind of give him a boost? They give him the strength to keep moving, but he will die if all of them ever get out because he was only a little better than this before he got into the realms.

Myles - Is suffering from unknown internal damage thanks to the facial scar that he is unaware of. The deal with this is, the scar pushed the outer layer of metal inward and, while it hasn’t damaged any of his inner workings yet, if anything happens to his face… welp! A good hit to the cheek, falling head first, anything like that will push the sharp metal further inward and damage his internal wiring. This could potentially be fatal depending on how hard the hit is, or how many times he gets hit. He is very stunned after a good head injury.

Ollie - Is a little hypocrite His whole episode is about the importance of not doing drugs, but in itself, the episode really leans towards how ‘some drugs are good’. Big companies will gladly sponsor a tv show into corrupting the minds of children to think that certain drugs are alright to take by hiding information about them, just like the tobacco industry in the past with cigarettes. Ollie, the pill bottle filled with prescription drugs, may say that some are bad, but he himself offers the pills he contains to the members of the show, getting them addicted, like a fucking hypocrite.

Richard - Wants to move onto news reporting on television, but is held back by Thomas. Their personalities are incredibly similar thanks to the method of their creation, but Richard’s has always been a little bit louder and more personable and much, much more suited for news reporting. He’s always taken to celebrity incidents more, so he’d be suited for something like…. eta.lk or en.tertainment toni.ght. Plus, wouldn’t it be fun to report a death on tv that you caused?

Salem - Does not understand that he is in the wrong. Like, you know how some villains understand that to do some good things, you need to break a few eggs? And they deal with that guilt?? LIke uh, shit, like Negan had guilt on cheating on his wife and all that, like they can realize that they’ve done bad shit? Salem is so insecure that he projects all guilt and anger and anything wrong onto other people. World falling apart? People losing their families to memory loss? Not his fault, all yours.

Shae - Never wanted to be the hero. She’s watched too many superhero movies to see how it all turns out. Metr.oman? From Meg.amind? Yeah, she doesn’t wanna turn out like that, but she knows that she’ll burnout from all the people saving and all the heroics and that one day she might just have to kill her best friend so as sunshine-y as she is she’s always dealing with this black cloud that hangs over her head and heart and it hurts her that the world is always so in danger and she can only do so much. She wants to have a break.

Sinclair - Has never lived for himself. He only ever helps others. When Jack disappeared, he took it upon himself to defeat the Team Spectre residing within the League. He took over so that people could still experience the League even though he didn’t actually technically become the champion. After all that happens, he leaves to go help others because he has nothing else to live for, he doesn’t know what to do but help. Even as a child, he poured himself into others rather than building himself up.

The Boys - Used to travel the world to sate their hunger before fully settling in their new home, a now dead, formerly economically booming, rural town that still sees some people coming in. When they travelled, they were not known as the boys, more as The Figure, as they did not hivemind as much. It is only thanks to their new setting where they take place in the high school like to eat teenagers that they hivemind as seven different boys (the most they can manage with having separate personalities and appearances while still being connected).

Thomas - Once tried to have a family outside out of Richard without Richard knowing to see what it was like. They aren’t connected other than their purpose, so they share no hivemind, just basic personality. He soon realised that a family would not be for someone like him, as they would always die before him, leading him to fake his death so it’d make human sense. He lost track of where his descendants are now, however, he doesn’t care because he’s dependant on Richard.

Virgil - In Agents of Mayhem, Virgil becomes M. Squelette, the title gained when becoming the leader of the Ivory Skeletons. Either way, his Saints Row verse, he still was a member of that gang, but he left the gang life there to move to Stilwater and then got rescooped into it. He has a lot of Saints ink, the fleur de lis and all that shit, one on his neck, y’know. However, he has a piece of Skeletons ink that he refuses to blot out because its… really nice. Like the tattoo artist obviously worked really hard on it and as loyal as he is to the Saints, he also has a large respect for the arts so there is no way in hell he’ll blot out something so nice looking. Besides, he can just pass it off as something he got when he was drunk considering that he never talks about his time as a Skeleton to anyone.

Woodland - Learned how to ‘speak English’ thanks to the dying screams of the people she killed and ate alive. Some people would try and bargain with her, others would just string together a stream of ‘shit’s and ‘no’s. Of course, this doesn’t help when learning English, as you only learn certain words and all their connotations are fucked and disjointed. She tries her best though. Also, she doesn’t actually have a name. Woodland is just a term.

Xander - Found out that he was a god when he didn’t die when he should have. By all means, he should have died. He was in a car accident with some sorta not really friends (all his other friends were in the other car, thank gods) and all the other ones died horrifically. Someone got flung out the windshield and into a tree, someone stepped out of the crash and got hit by a passing truck, when the car caught on fire, two people were stuck inside. Only Xander lived, but he was in a hospital with wounds that should have never healed, but they did. He then got a message from his fathers telling him about his true parentage.

My version of the Sun Village Arc

Aright, I need to fill in more gaps in my FT rewrite, and let’s get into a small, but potentially big one. Sun Village.

Everybody is adjusting to getting their popularity and status back after the GMG a few weeks ago

Lucy does some exposition about how everyone is feeling, but Natsu is a little bummed out how he doesn’t have much money after everything and thus can’t finance a trip for Igneel

Erza wants to take a high ranking job after the whole GMG and fight with Minerva. She feels shaken how even after all that training she still struggled against Kagura and Minerva

Erza notices that there’s a brand new S-Class request just put up this morning, and it calls for unfreezing a village

She says it’s perfect and asks her team to come with her. Lucy makes a small joke how even though they aren’t S-Class Erza’s asking them to come.

Erza (Scarily) explains that was them breaking rules, this time she’s inviting them with her

Natsu is exited because money for Igneel would be great

They travel to an unknown residence and all feel a strong magic presence

They knock on the door and meet Warrod

Warrod seems kind and humble, but everyone is shocked by this magic coming off him. Erza comparing it to Makarov and Jose.

Gray asks Warrod about his magic and Warrod says its been so long since he’s had company he forgot people are antsy around his magic

Warrod then reveals that he is one of the 4 gods of Ishgar

They are stunned as they remember this feeling from Jura, but this guy is stronger than him

When Gray asks about the frozen village, because there isn’t anything frozen here. Warrod explains how he came across the frozen village, that he’s been spending his days trying to stop desertification from expanding and one area where desert was growing was around this village near the southern part of the Fiore boarder. But it was no normal village, but a village of giants

Everyone is shocked, but Lucy asks if Warrod is a god why can’t he do it himself

Warrod explains his Green Magic and how it won’t unfreeze the giants, Natsu says he can easily

Gray then asks why didn’t just give them the location of the village and Warrod said he wanted to meet the people who would be accepting the job and with his alteration to the landscape it might be a bit harder to find it

Happy makes a small joke how the Woodworth Sea divided Fiore and Seven, now there’s more forest dividing them

Warrod makes a the magic traveling tree for them

While of the way it cuts to somewhere in a grassland, where there is Flare Corona, walking aimlessly saying she needs to see “it” one more time before she dies

Cut back to team Natsu and they are really taken aback by how the greenery is so dense and that it was all thanks to Warrod’s magic. But they don’t dawdle for too long and they do see that the village is indeed covered in ice

Natsu can’t seem to melt the ice and Gray says there’s something strange about it. Lucy asks if it’s similar to the ice on Galuna

While there they are introduced to Team Sylph Labyrinth

Erza says she hasn’t heard of a treasure hunter guild and they gloat how they aren’t part of any government system like mage guilds, Treasure Hunting guilds are underground gatherings of treasure hunters who profit off the treasures they acquire

Erza then just calls them a gathering of thieves and Sylph Labyrinth says they’re the best of the best and are here for the eternal flame

They state that the Eternal Flame is considered an S-Class treasure and that it has magically protected this village for years (Happy questioning why giants would need a protector)

Gray points out that they can’t unfreeze eternal flame because of the ice, but they show off their liquid moon drip

Erza tells them to grab the moon drip, while see checks the village for the flame

Cut away to the sky and there’s a giant winged cyclops beast. On its back is Minerva and Doriate

Minerva talks about the ice covering sun village and that their superior went overboard trying to freeze the eternal flame

Doriate says that given the myths about the flame they couldn’t afford anything less

Minerva pouts saying that they’re essentially acting as a cleanup crew for their boss. Doriate commenting that sub guilds like them exist to do the grunt work. Besides they gotta make sure the Flame has been destroyed and pick off any witnesses. Which Minerva grins at.

Cut to the new forest around Sun Village as Natsu, Gray, Lucy, and Wendy  chase after the hunters

They engage in a fight, but it ending in a draw when Happy breaks the moon drip bottle, Natsu then yells that there’s almst no moon drip the melt the whole village, the Treasure Hunters yell that it wasn’t meant to unfreeze a village only thaw a treasure.

Sylph escapes and Natsu says they should split up. He and Happy will go one way, Gray another, and Lucy, Wendy and Carla a third

Back in Sun Village Erza is using Black Wing armor to check the city and sees that there’s nothing resembling a treasure or flame. There’s nothing in any village or its center.

Erza thinks about the location and notices that this village is at the base of a mount chain. Not only that, but the mountains are on the east side of the village

She also thinks about this being the sun village and how the mountains are east like the direction of where the sun rises

She then concludes that the large mountain where the sun would most likely go over in the mornings is the home of the Eternal flame

But she then notices she’s shrinking and sees that she is an adult

Minerva appears saying that Doriate has quite the range. Erza demands to know why Minerva is here and she explains that she joined a dark guild

There’s a small flashback of Minerva quitting Sabertooth, slapping away Stings hand when he asks to help him make a better Sabertooth. She just declares she’ll never be weak and refuses to be a part of this weak guild

Erza asks why a dark guild and Minerva says she’s working up the food chain and that being in the legal world, she’ll always have to be measured up to Erza

Minerva says that she’s here now to make sure the flame is dead, after all, that was the intent of her higher ups

Erza says that a treasure can’t be killed and Minerva calls Erza blind, telling her that no magic treasure guards this village, but a demon

Erza is shocked and wants to know how Minerva knows this and she says that her superiors had been researching. Erza yells at Minerva to stop being coy and tell her who her boss is.

Minerva states it doesn’t matter only now she has an excuse to end Erza

Cut to Natsu who finds his way to the edge of the village and becomes a child

Doriate appears and tells Natsu he’s fallen victim to his law of retrogression

Natsu tries to fight, but Doriate explains that the mages magic also regresses. Eventually Happy pulls Natsu away when it looks like they can’t win

Cut to Erza, who can’t beat Minerva so she also makes an escape to avoid her, by running into tons of giant buildings

cut to Sylph Labyrinth and Rala explains that there are dark mages here now and they’re looking for the flame

Hiroshi complains saying they’re going to go back empty handed, but Drake remembers in their fight with FT, Lucy had golden keys and given their rarity, they can snag a big day

Sylph ambush Lucy and Wendy, but they are able to beat back both Rala and drake, but Hiroshi escapes. Saying he’ll prep another ambush, until he’s stopped by Flare

Flare shows up asking what he’s doing in sun village and he says he’s here for the eternal flame causing Flare to try and fight him when he keeps insulting her

Flare defeats Hiroshi and Lucy is shocked to see her hear

Flare says that this is her village. Lucy and Wendy are shocked

Flare has a small flashback showing how she didn’t fit in the giant society and due to her social ineptitude from coming of a village of giants, no one really welcomed her

She then found a home in Raven Tail when Ivan sees her slaughter a bear beast with her magic. Ivan brought her to RT and thanks to her upbringing and social issues she was easy to bend to the ideas of breaking rules

But when she messed up around Ivan he would beat her (established in GMG) and Flare never experienced that only people yelling at her

Wendy asks what happened to Raven Tail and she explains what happened was the same thing that happens every time a guild master s arrested and put in prison, the guild loses its legal status

Lucy asks why Flare isn’t in jail and she just says Ivan was breaking the rules and we were punished by losing our status. She doubts Nullpudding, Kurohebi, and Obra are gong to keep their noses clean

Lucy asks why shes here and Flare says she’s going to end her life. She can’t fit in human society or giant society so she thinks it’s the only option

She came here just so she could feel the eternal flame’s presence one last time

Lucy says she won’t let a mage as talented as Flare throw her life away, Flare says Lucy should want her dead after the whole GMG

Lucy says that she doesn’t forgive Flare, but she doesn’t think it’s too late for a second chance, but she’ll never know if she just gives up

Cut to Gray who meets Doriate and yells if he caused the frozen village and Doriate says he’s just picking off what’s left

Gray turns into a child and is able to use his ice creatively to knock out Doriate

Soon the law of retrogression wears off and returns people to normal, but Doriate quickly awakens and (being pretty livid) turns into a demon

Gray is shocked. Doriate says he threw away his humanity a long time ago and Tartaros made him this

Gray hears Tartaros and realizes they froze the village and Doriate attacks Gray

Gray uses his magic’s ability to mold ice and release a blast of ice and it completely fries Doriate

Gray is shocked at the power of the ice and Doriate says that Gray doesn’t know the power of Tartaros

Doriate, with his last breath whistles for the cyclops monster to come down

Cut to Erza and Natsu who revert to normal age, which causes Minerva to flee given their strength together

Lucy and Wendy show up with Flare, and Gray also appears

Gray says what he heard, Tartaros being the bosses of Minerva and Doriate and this ice coming from them

Erza then confronts Flare and asks if the Eternal Flame really is a demon

Flare says that the eternal flame is “other worldly” but it is a living creature

Flare confirms Erza’s hunch on the flame being located in the mountain and Says she’ll take them up to the chamber

Gray says he’ll go because he can unfreeze the beast and Gray asks Wendy to come to because if this beast is a demon then it’ll need to heal because this ice is wicked effective of killing demons

Lucy, Natsu, and Erza decide to watch if there is anymore Succubus Eye members coming

At the mountain top, they find the frozen flame (It having a vague skull shape to it on the front of the fire)

Back at the bottom the cyclops beast attack and Natsu, Lucy, and Erza try to knock it down, but it won’t go down easy

Natsu tries to meet it in the air with Happy, but still isn’t enough

Cut to the mountain and Gray using his magic and breaking the ice away from the flame and Wendy does find that it’s alive and starts to heal it coming out of the ice, but Wend also notices that it’s smell is familiar.

Natsu is trying to yell and warn everyone to get out of the way because the cyclops creature is heading right for the mountain

The Ice fully breaks and the eternal flame is released. It looks like giant flaming skeleton till it’s neck starts to elongate and yells Fire Dragon’s Roar

The Cyclops monster is burned apart by the roar and Wendy says that it isn’t a demon, but a dragon

The dragon identifies himself as Atlas Flame and says Natsu and Wendy smell like the children of Igneel and Grandeeney

Natsu says he’s Igneel’s son and Atlas laughs saying that it’s been so long. Natsu says he thought only his dad was a fire dragon, but Atlas says there was others that Igneel was the king of fire dragons

Natsu asks why h4e’s here and Atlas explains that 400 years aagon there was a great battle between the dragons of the east and the dragons of the west. Most dragons viewed humans as little more than food in the west and planned to spread east when they heard more were there

This was known as the dragon king festival and it seemed the east was able to keep up with the ferocious nature of the western dragons

It was then, dragons gave their power to humans to fight along side them. The dragon slayers were ambitious, but the war was ultimately won when Igneel and a coalition of western dragons who supported humans turned on the western dragons. But there was a side effect, this war gave birth to Acnologia. Acnologia rose up and was a human turned into a dragon. He slaughtered all dragons, east and west and started searching for more in the world

Natsu asks Atlas to tell him more about Igneel, but Erza still needs an answer of why Atlas is the eternal flame

Atlas laughs saying he can explain both, that after the war there was a new threat in the west a demon known as END

Igneel had grown close to humans and refused to let them die at the hands of this beast

Atlas felt so inspired by this. Watching a dragon defend humanity with everything he could. So Atlas went east on a journey to find something like that. A truly fulfilling cause.

He established this village, because years ago giants were spread out over the land and were hunted by groups of people. So Atlas made a home for them and protected them for years, but now he’s at his end

Gray asks what he means and Atlas says that what this village is covered in is ice devil slayer magic

Gray realizes that this is the reason why the ice is effective on Doriate

Gray reveals thaat this is the cause of Tartaros which causes Atlas to go wide eyed and he says that Tartaros was guild made by the demon END, the demon guild was made of all of Zeref’s demon and that if they are still around then they still have the same motivation, revive END

Erza asks if demons make up Tartaros then why did they try to destroy Atlas if they thought he was one

Atlas explains that they are different from demons and that they are etherios. Artificially made demon produced by living magic and any other demon that isn’t is an obstruction or lesser being

Atlas Says that he must free his people from the grip of demons just like how Igneel did it for humans. He gives his life to unfreeze the village due to there strength of the ice and says that after 400 years his time is up and that this is better because he’s always feared Acnologia coming here

Atlas dies saying goodbye to the village and Flare reunites with everyone

After everything Atlas said, she now wants to live like Lucy said and that she can have a second chance

It ends with everyone a bit shook by the END reveal and wonder when will Tartaros act.

Voice Auditions

Here we have the first four available characters under the read more! The next four will be up soon, hopefully.

Name: Leon Hall

Gender: Male

Voice: Can you do a chill gamer voice? Yes? No? That is generally the aim

Personality: Pretty relaxed, but scarily efficient, balancing advanced classes, a lot of video games, paintball, and now laser tag! The newest addition to the team, he’s learning a lot as he goes. While normally calm and in control outside of matches, in them he’s impulsive and goes with his gut. Determined not to date until high school is over. (Will he succeed? Idk, ask Kane.)

Lines:

“ Uh… hey? I know, like, half of you. Did NOT expect this to be the group that uses club funds to play laser tag, honestly.”

“Guess I’m not telling Maria, then.”

“If that sniper hits me one more time I’m going to throw my gun up his ass and call it a night!”

Name: Xavier Washington ROLE TAKEN

Gender: Agender, uses he/him and they/them pronouns

Voice: Can you excitedly ramble about things? Yes? Hired

Personality: An absolute sweetheart! Easily excited, and essentially devotes his free time to laser tag, history, and his friends! They’re the kind of guy that will let little kids shoot them during a casual laser tag match so they get excited about hitting one of the good players, then volunteers at the bookstore on weekends and knows the place by heart. Also loves to quote important historical figures!

Lines:

“Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.”

“Alright, we can’t talk much- go for the base, and I’ll stay close for cover! Do you remember the path I showed you?”

“I brought a friend! From coding class, remember? He’s really good at paintball, so I invited him to join! I bet he could be great at laser tag, too! Oh, uh- Leon, everyone. Everyone, Leon!”

Name: Elizabeth Lee

Gender: Female

Voice: I don’t have any particular aim for her voice, actually! Planned on building for her depending on the voice actor.

Personality: She’s kind and studious but honestly? Waiting for high school to be over. She’s done. She was the first to get Senioritus. Loves fish! She wants to be a marine biologist, and if you ask her something about the ocean, she can probably answer. She’s best at handling large groups, and was unanimously voted team leader. 

Lines: 

“What harm could it be? Who knows, we might find a new friend here.”

“This is Kiki! He’s my betta fish and I love him, look at his pretty scales and the way he swims- elegant and beautiful! Until he sees another betta fish, then he... sort of beats him up. Normal for the species, though.”

“I haven’t had enough coffee for this.”

Name: Julia Taylor

Gender: Female

Voice: Get ready to list brands and prices rapid fire,

Personality: Strong willed, easily jealous, and certainly a fashionista. The world is hers, and she isn’t afraid to let people know it! (probably because she’s rich as heck ngl) This doesn’t mean she’s unkind, however. She’s generous with her friends, and does her best to make sure her jealousy doesn’t make her petty, instead channeling it as motivation to do better! 

Lines:

“Stress Lizzy out one more time and I’ll- yes, I called Elizabeth Lizzy, and? Back to the point, I’ll rip out your earrings!”

“Honestly, the V neck is a little too much on this dress. If you’re looking for something modest and elegant yet modern and cute, then that thing is way too low and you’re bordering music video territory. Maybe you should go for the long sleeved crop top and mermaid skirt instead?”

“Dang, her design is better than ours- you know what we should do? Add fireworks.”

Tying Loose Ends

Fandom: BTS

Pairings: OT7

Genre: Adventure, Heist AU

Word Count: 3,469

Summary: The Heist AU no one asked for but I sure needed. Seokjin, Jimin, and Yoongi go in. Jungkook and Namjoon make sure they get out. Taehyung and Hoseok make sure no one remembers their names.

"Now I know he was being a dick, but did you really have to sedate him, Yoongi?"

Seokjin didn't hear a response, which meant the man in question was most likely rolling his eyes behind his back. Typical. He felt a remark coming up his throat but bit it back, instead focusing on the unconscious man currently dangling from an office chair. He supposed this would make transit easier, but that wasn't always a good thing, either. Sighing, he glanced at the third conscious man in the room, silently hoping to hear a vocal response from someone in the next five minutes.

"Jimin, have you heard from Joon?" Pink hair swung as Jimin turned away from a computer, hand pressed against his ear as his eyes locked on Seokjin's for a second.

"No, but JK says he's already moving into position, so he should be making a scene in a second." Relieved, Seokjin shrugged the man from his chair into a box Yoongi tugged upstairs. Stolen from the UPS guy, Seokjin smirked. He wouldn't miss it too much.

"Five minutes."

Yoongi rearranged his gloves, wiping down the chair the unconscious man previously occupied, making sure not to leave anything uncleaned. He was scarily accurate with these things, and Seokjin had to admire it in the smaller man. If anything, he knew it was safer having him on their side rather than hoping the 'Sugar of the Streets' wouldn't lace his drinks tonight. But then Yoongi groaned at fingernail clippings on the ground and suddenly Seokjin felt the affection cease.

"Jeez, would it kill him to toss his trash where it belongs? What is it with old business men and being corrupt and gross." Jimin bit back a laugh as Seokjin placed the box where it belonged on the roller, waiting for its delivery man to take him home. And return home you shall, Mister Yang.

"I'm in, JK, download them now." Jimin rolled his eyes at the sassy response he undoubtedly received from the other end of the ear piece, instead of responding chooses to tug it out and let the cable hang off his shirt collar as he faced Seokjin. "Why does he hate me so much, gosh."

"He doesn't hate you, he's doing his job." Seokjin patted the younger man on his pink head, watching the files slowly disappear from the computer screen. Their youngest was sassy and had a terrible habit of bragging, but at least he could back it up with proof.

"HYUNG!" A voice chirped from the forgotten ear piece as Jimin jumped before pressing it back in place, affirming his presence when a knocking came from the office door. They immediately stopped moving as Yoongi, being the closest, grunted in the direction of the knocking.

"Yes?" Grimacing at the roughness of his voice, they all held their breath as the voice behind the door called back.

"I heard you needed a package sent, love?" Sighing in relief, Yoongi swung the door open to reveal a grinning man in rose tinted hair and a smile too bright for a man in a baggy brown delivery outfit.

"Hoseok you nearly made me shit my pants what the fuck." Hoseok laughed, waltzing in the room as he gripped the roller handles and balanced the package easily.

"Would you have preferred me to just walk in without knocking?" Jimin slammed the laptop shut, mumbling at the echoing voice in his ear as Seokjin just shook his head.

"We might've shot you if you had." Hoseok nodded, a grim expression falling on his features, Yoongi double checking the spot the package previously occupied for stains.

"Which is why I knocked, hyung." Winking, Hoseok tugged the package out of the room with ease, Yoongi shutting the door behind him. Locking eyes with Seokjin, wordlessly they began retracing steps from the room, wiping down surfaces and packing their things. Pleased with the environment, they began packing their things away, Yoongi checking his watch.

"2 minutes 'til reactivation. Let's move." Yoongi moved to open the door, but at the sight of bodyguards approaching swung it shut again. "Alright, not through there."

"What?" Seokjin reattached his backpack -a small thing really, just the essentials- as Yoongi paled, sliding a finger across his neck before he turned to Jimin.

"JK, we have company. Gimme an out."

Finding a UPS man was simple any day of the week, but of course on the day that Hoseok wanted to take one's outfit the town decided to cease online purchasing. He scrolled through security cameras for this neighborhood four times and still, nothing but a FedEx truck, and lord knew Hoseok wasn't wearing navy in this weather. The sun was too hot and humidity too high for him to tolerate it for a second. Sighing, he resolved to check the main road once more before agreeing to maybe pay a visit to a costume store. Surely they wouldn't notice the difference, right?

"Hobi?" Turning, his resolve turned to glee as he was face to face with the dirty brown uniform of-

"Taehyungie, where did you find this?!" Bouncing from his chair, Hoseok gripped the grinning man by the shoulders.

"I ordered a teapot last week and made sure they would deliver by last night. Y'know, backup." Hoseok inspected the uniform, noting the size wouldn't be perfect -he was a bit thinner but it would still fit- when he realized it wasn't last night anymore and-

"Taehyungie, where is the delivery man this belongs to?" Tae's smile faltered slightly as he shifted his weight to his right foot. Lies incoming.

"Fine, I think." Shoulders falling, Hoseok was reminded that there was a reason the two of them were inside men and not workers. There was a reason they kept their hands clean, and only one of them was because of their terrible lying skills.

"Tae." The younger threw his arms up before Hoseok could say anymore and began rattling off without really saying anything. Before he could panic, Hoseok grabbed his cheeks and made him take a breath. Once his breathing was regulated, Hoseok tried again. "Now, where is the man?"

"Asleep in my bed," Hoseok smirked at the younger man, patting his shoulder approvingly.

"Nicely done, sex and an outfit. I'm proud of you, Tae."

"Oh no, I didn't do him. I knocked him out. There might be blood on the collar."

"Fuck."

"Now, there should be a staircase to your left. Make sure to go up both flights, any less and you're in a storage closet." Jungkook tried to ignore the grunting behind him as he read through the blueprints once more, memorizing the layout as Jimin repeated surroundings to his ear. He knew Namjoon was trying to hot wire a car behind him, but he hoped his hyung would've remembered what wires he needed to connect before he-

"SONOFA-" Jungkook momentarily muted his headpiece, letting his elder stick his electrocuted finger in his mouth like a toddler. Shaking his head, he let his hands type out a series of numbers before reactivating the headpiece and letting Jimin lead the team down a corridor. "Alarm systems off, you have fifteen minutes. One piece, still responsive and once you've got the computer let me know. I'll break in and get what I need before hyung hurts himself again."

"Again? Is he still hot wiring the car?" Jimin scoffed on the other side of the headpiece, Jungkook grunting in agreement before spinning his chair to lock eyes with the glaring man beside the car.

"I hurt myself because the stupid car doesn't want to run." Jungkook raised an eyebrow, watching a man with lavender hair kick the side of a white minivan, and it took a lot in Jungkook to not burst into laughter at the mere sight of it all. Rising from his chair, he nodded at his elder, Namjoon still glaring but now relocating his line of fire at the vehicle. Crawling into the front seat, he quickly spotted the problem.

"Hyung." Namjoon stopped his staring contest to hum in response to the younger.

"Yes?" Jungkook tried to keep a straight face as he locked eyes with his elder, his superior. The man who taught him how to be who he is, the man who engraved pride and respect and decency into his very core.

The man who didn't strip the wires properly and attached them incorrectly.

"Simple mistake. It should-" The motor roared to life, "-work now."

"Ah. Thanks, Jungkook." Nodding, Jungkook let his head drop as he made his way back to his seat at the computer. Before returning to address the locked systems Jimin sent to his screen, he turned to glance at his hyung.

"You, uh, gonna be okay out there, hyung?" Namjoon climbed into the front seat, glasses sliding over determined eyes.

"Absolutely, JK. You just stay put and back up from here. Be right back."

"Yeah," Jungkook watched him pull out of the small garage, turning when he heard Jimin's voice call for him. "He just left."

"Now, the benefit of having a UPS guy knocked out on your bed is that he leaves the keys, too." Taehyung swung the key ring as Hoseok dressed in the makeshift changing area they had in their small warehouse.

"Oh absolutely," Hoseok remarked, fighting the buttons on his shirt as he questioned just how the confused man would react to awakening in a hotel room halfway across town with no uniform and no truck. He didn't know how long it would take the service to look for their truck, but he figured Tae would. "How long until they realize he's missing, TaeTae?"

"The company will only realize after people call and wonder where their packages are. Then they'll realize the truck's gone, look up the employee and realize he hasn't reported back either. Most common occurrence is: employee finds a nice package in his truck, steals it, and runs away with the truck. Happens more often than you'd expect." Hoseok didn't want to be impressed, but it was really hard when Tae was a walking ball of usually useless knowledge that came in handy in the best of times. He didn't want to ask, but he had to.

"And if the guy wakes up before that?" Tae looked up to see that, yes the uniform was a bit snug on his hips but otherwise a loose and recklessly handsome look was graceful on Hoseok. He grinned, trying not to be too proud.

"I had some leftovers from the last time Yoongi-hyung had a meeting. He won't wake up for a while. Now, the truck." Swinging the keys, he let Hoseok pat his head before snatching the keys.

"Alright, let's tell Joon we're ready."

"Right behind you, hyung."

"How's that exit coming, JK?" Jimin pried open the window, grateful that they were only on the second floor. He didn't want to think of what his younger brother would have him do if they were any higher. Seokjin had tugged some chairs, jamming the door and buying them "approximately three minutes more" according to Yoongi. He was never wrong, but they didn't want to have to push their luck any more than they already were.

"On it. Joon-hyung is headed towards you but you're gonna have to relocate real quick." Jimin slid down the piping, feeling his hands bruise but kept moving as Yoongi swung past him, scouting past the corner to make sure they weren't surrounded. Seokjin looked at Jimin for directions, hoping JK was still in his ear, feeding him plans and back up and keeping him level.

"The alley on your right, head down it and you'll find a residents lobby. Duck inside, there's a storage room. I'm sending the location to hyung, he'll meet you there."

"Gotcha. Let's move." Yoongi and Seokjin followed wordlessly as they heard the resonating sound of the door in the office break down, adrenaline shoving them to move quicker, take bigger steps, make it to safety. And soon.

The sounds of people rushing in and out of the hotel was innervating, because they knew what happened when people rushed. People rushing meant cover was easily lost or gained. It was the turning tide they needed to make use of, so when Seokjin shoved past and slid beside a woman looking happily surprised, Jimin didn't blink. When Yoongi let himself become a wallflower and slid into an open door behind the resident's hall, Jimin wasn't phased at all.

He knew what they had to do to stay alive, even as he watched Seokjin slip his earpiece as he adjusted the woman's hair out of her face. Even as he heard Yoongi grunt at JK in his ear, a call for instruction.

"Storage room, turn right. Stay on the main floor, head past the two doors on your right before turning, there will be a garage in sight. Hyung is almost there. Stay put, stay hidden." Nothing unnecessary, Jimin shared a smirk of pride with the mirror reflection of Yoongi ten steps behind him. Trained the brat well after all.

"Nochu coming through after all." Seokjin fell into step fifteen paces ahead of Jimin, moving steadily as he stopped to ask someone for directions, allowing Jimin to move past him into the hall. Yoongi steadied behind Jimin, shoving past Seokjin roughly before picking up the pace, allowing the chase.

Acting like assholes, that's how you hide. Jimin recalled Namjoon telling it to Jungkook once. People hate assholes and try to avoid them at all costs. You get lost and they grunt and groan but don't remember what the hell you look like, just that you did something to them. It's elementary.

And it's exactly how they all found themselves sliding into the back of Namjoon's white minivan, dimpled man grinning at them from the front seat.

"So, how'd it go?" Yoongi, on the other hand, was doing anything but smiling.

"How about you drive before the fuckers catch up to us, huh?" Groaning, Namjoon threw the car into drive before muttering about the elders having all the fun. Jimin didn't feel like reminding him he was younger than Namjoon. It was better this way, he thought, smiling to himself in the rearview.

"Hyung, did you get out?" JK chirped through the earpiece, Yoongi flicking it out as Jimin giggled.

"Yeah, we're out. Headed your way, JK." Jimin smiled as Seokjin glanced at the guards outside, running around searching for the men who vanished. "We'll be home soon."

"How are you holding up, Hobi-hyung?" Tae clicked away on a laptop somewhere in the corner of the garage, headset on and alert as JK typed into his own computer a few feet away. Together but apart, Tae thought. It was the best way to work.

"Good, Taehyungie. Just gotta go drop something off and we'll be good." Hoseok smirked as he saw the open garage gate, a familiar black head of hair swinging something at him. Pulling up as best as he could -Hoseok said he could seduce mobsters, not parallel park- beside the man, he let himself go through the back and tugged out a box much larger than it was heavy. Nevertheless, he played the part and grunted as he let himself be led inside the building.

"Package for a Mister Yang?" He fluttered his lashes the way guards liked, and sure enough, he was on his way up the elevator to the second floor. What a shame, he thought, smiling to himself, that the guards didn't notice those three hopping in beside him in the elevator.

Reaching the front door, Hoseok gave his best knock and "delivery?" reenactment before stepping aside and letting Seokjin shove past the man into the office. Hoseok let himself sit by the side, becoming friendly instead with a cat that apparently lived on the floor. It wasn't long before he muttered into his earpiece. "Tae?"

"Yeah, hyung?" Hoseok heard faint grunts and a very upset Seokjin from behind the office door before sighing into the earpiece.

"I'm really glad we don't do grunt work."

"Yes, hyung. So am I."

It wasn't until Tae announced time was up that Hoseok pulled away from the cat -calico, his favorite- and made his way to the door, knocking as proudly as he imagined a delivery man would. When the speaking ceased, he realized they probably forgot he was outside waiting. Ugh, hyungs.

After recovering the package, he let himself whistle as he approached the elevator, refusing to speak until the doors shut behind him.

"Headed down, Tae. Keep me in sight?" A chuckle erupted from the line, assuring him his prayer didn't fall on deaf ears.

"Always got your back, hyung. Watching the monitors now."

When the elevator doors opened, the guard raised an eyebrow at Hoseok returning with a package he was supposed to deliver. Hoseok, however, was used to playing the dumb blonde, even when his hair was rose tinted.

"Wrong Mister Yang~ What a shame, he seemed to really want a package today, too." Winking at the guard, he made his way through the front doors before anyone could question it. Once he was loaded up, Hoseok sped down the road the way he knew delivery cars weren't supposed to, but he had to get the body to Namjoon so Tae could get the car back to the guy.

"Tae, we're headed your way. Prepare for drop-off." Tae dropped the pencil he was trying to balance, bored the moment he spotted Hoseok speed through the lobby without a second glance. He knew the man wanted out, but why was he moving so fast?

"Drop-off?" Tae raised his eyebrow as Hoseok sighed from the other side of the line.

"Yes, Tae. You have to get this back to that man."

"Ah, right. Okay, hyung." Tae tried not to laugh at the worry wart his hyung was becoming. It's gotta be the age.

When Namjoon pulled into the garage, Hoseok was plopped beside Jungkook at his desk rummaging through files and drinking sodas. Namjoon might've found it endearing if it wasn't for the fact that they had a man a couple minutes ago and now there was no sight of him. Yoongi and Seokjin unpacked the truck as Jimin voiced the concerns running through Namjoon's head.

"Where's Yang?" Jungkook spared them half a glance before pointing towards the basement door. Ah, they prepped him. Well, they couldn't blame Jungkook for being careless at least.

"He's supposed to be alive but seems like someone forgot to put holes in the box." Jungkook pointed a glare at Hoseok, who looked like he wanted to be innocent, he really did, but after searching the files he was left with little to no pity for the man dead in their basement. So, instead, Hoseok did the next best thing: shrugged.

"He was a dick, I don't see why we had to keep him alive." Yoongi made his way directly to the basement stairs, figuring he would try to see what he could salvage of the man, with Seokjin placing his gear near Jungkook before following him. Namjoon figured it would be best to leave it to them as he moved a chair to sit beside Jungkook and the monitors. Jimin threw an arm around Hoseok's neck, play strangling him before realizing there was something missing.

"Where's Taehyungie?" Hoseok shook his head, grumbling about hotels and UPS trucks before showing him the laptop screen.

"Busy, but take a look at this. We managed to salvage the information from the deal that went down in the Jakra Providence last week. We have names, addresses, numbers," Hoseok scrolled the page, Jimin mentally ticking names off a list he had memorized long ago. Names he knew he had debts that needed paying. Debts Jimin was willing to collect, any day of the week.

"It's enough to bring them down completely, Hyung." Jungkook passed his laptop to Namjoon, pointing to certain information every once in a while as the elder scrolled from page to page, the data pilling in like sand. Filling all the blanks they needed.

"Now the only thing we need is for that man to still be breathing and we'll be set." Namjoon let his gaze fall on Hoseok, who merely shrugged as they heard the garage door click open. Turning they spotted Tae walking in, smile etched on his face until he locked eyes with-

"Hyung stop looking at me like that, he's fine!" Hoseok nearly bounded out of his seat, Jimin holding him down for fear of the computer still resting on his lap.

"He better be fine, Taehyung, or who knows what else we'll have to clean up!" Just then the basement door opened, Seokjin standing with heavy breath.

"Actually, we have enough cleaning downstairs to keep us busy for a while. He's awake."

Tell us about the wip 👀

*vibrates and glitches through the map*

Okay so you know the fae changeling stuff? The YA/urban fantasy romance stuff where the main character turns out to be the long lost fae princess and she returns to her real family and there's a dark prince there waiting for her who's evil and wants to kill her but also he's super sexy but also the enemy of her parents' court?

I was thinking ... What if ... I told the story of the human girl who got replaced? What if the fae king and queen kidnapped a human child and put their own in her place, and then left her to rot as a servant or serf in their court, all to "protect" their real child from a prophecy?

And this abused and neglected human child grows up to be a quiet, damaged, but deeply calculating person, who, upon the real princess's return, begins to plan the court's downfall by using that very prophecy? Because even after the princess returns, nobody like ... cares to help protag return to her life? Like she doesn't even get her real name back.

So she teams up with the dark and "evil" fae prince who's supposedly destined to be the princess's killer. By pretending to be in love with the prince herself, she creates a narrative around him that makes him irresistable in the princess's eyes, using the very tropes of "light and dark" and "forbidden fruit" and a heaping helping of "I can fix him" in order to get the princess to fall for this guy. She goes so far as making the prince wear special earrings that let her control what he says, so she can personally poison the princess's mind with his false love. All while pretending to be a clueless, lovestruck human in front of the princess, who secretly gloats to her friends that she's stealing the prince from her human "sister."

And yes obviously the prince 1) is actually pretty normal, as far as fae princes go 2) kind of inept, really, because I love pathetic men 3) falls in love with protag because she's very cool and competent. But protag has issues and defo hates the fae and is just using him to destroy her enemy, and defo doesn't have feelings for him, nu-uh.

This will be a romance but I'd focus more on like ... the protag's evolution into essentially becoming an anti-hero. Like I want to use this fae setting in more standalone stories, and I kinda want her to be an antagonist in some of them, maybe? So this is like her villain origin story.

Obviously the fae who hurt her, and the princess, are all assholes so her anger and actions are justified, but I wanna lean into the idea that she's just straight up ... a skilled manipulator and a force to be reckoned with. I don't want her to revel in the things she does or to be a moustache-twirly Disney villain, but like ... scarily competent, in a way that's perfectly understandable and sympathetic.

I like changeling type storylines in theory, but I always find them a bit ... idk, boring? I get the idea of wish-fulfillment and all that, both the angle where you're whisked away to be important in a fairytale world, and the angle of being oh-so-normal but secretly super cool and powerful. But I want to explore the story where the protag is truly a nobody, truly powerless, and has to crawl and scrape their way up the hierarchy using nothing but their wits, and probably losing pieces of themself while doing so. I also like the idea of having a human character who grew up in the fae world instead of the opposite. Idk I just think it's fun and fresh, at least to me, who can't read.

Stuff I Couldn’t Fit Into TWiFFON [Chapter 5]

Trying to keep the ‘unreliable narrator’ theme going is a fun exercise, but it also means there was a lot of stuff that’s being missed in the background.

So, some things that did happen but I couldn’t mention for this round:

Natasha the not-spy.

Tony noticed Natasha's currently having some trouble in court defending her actions. He’s busy with other stuff, but he’s wondering if it’s an act or not.

What he doesn’t realise is, she’s used to having Coulson or just SHIELD in general covering her, and she hasn't realized yet that she's persona non grata with the ones Tony's rescued.

And the SI Legal department, like the rest of the company, holds a grudge when it comes to corporate espionage, and what Natasha did in IM2 fits the bill, so they're only doing the bare minimum for her.

And the new SHIELD's more focused on trying to put itself together than a single burned spy among many, at this point.

Speaking of which...

SHIELD is a mess.

Agents loyal to SHIELD, in this AU, are a lot smaller in number since here, a good chunk of them defected to Stark.

 Ditto as how many lost to HYDRA. 

They’re reeling, and fragmented beyond belief since Tony inadvertently recruited quite a few active agents, etc. 

Some hacker’s running amok and while they appreciate the breathing room [because this new guy seems to hate HYDRA, holy crap that last move was vicious], they’re also nervous because some of their data got caught in the crossfire and that’s really not helping. They tenatively put him on the ‘recruit if possible’ list.

 The Stark Industries Legal department now has a grudge against Captain America.

 The lawyer volunteered because she went 'hey, bit of a Cap fan, plus it'll look good on my resume'

She quickly regrets it.

 The dude's not working with her, he’s a no-show and seems to not care about collateral damage, and wow this was so not what she'd signed up for...

 She gets a very nice bonus at the end of the year, and comes out of it with a new respect towards Tony for resisting the urge to punch the man.

The realization that the ‘indifference towards collateral damage’ thing isn’t a one-off incident means that the department hates him, because settling cases is a lot easier if the defendant doesn’t rack up a huge bill in damages.

Sam Wilson, in this AU, has a measure of respect that he didn't get until too late in canon towards Tony.

the lawyer went 'oh yeah the boss asked if any of us wanted to help you out, he's busy right now but he's got a buddy in the Air Force, you know how it goes'

plus the fact that the lawyer was very competent about it all while insisting it was free of charge, and kept showing up everyone else in the courtroom

 [he'd been on the team when SI had made the post-Afghanistan switch, some dude running around with SI gear was nothing]

 and now Sam's kinda wondering why Steve didn't call this guy who's clearly willing to help...eh. All's well that ends well, right?

JARVIS has been a very busy AI. [This is a common theme.]

 He’s now officially added someone else to his 'allies' list [aka the Tony Stark Protection Squad 

The list originally was comprised of Pepper, Happy, and Rhodey. And slightly iffy on Fury, with an asterisk by his name saying ‘only when the end of the world’s involved’

Harley Keener's now scratching his head as to why his tablet's asking him for ideas, but rolls with it

He’s still on that search-and-destroy mission, and is so scarily efficient at it that some are starting notice.

Remember the hacker SHIELD was wary of? That’s him, once the kid gloves come off. HYDRA’s currently the biggest threat, so of course he’s going to obliterate it. 

On Steve’s search, he’s going to find a lot of bases that are essentially graveyards, and the computers wiped clean. He thinks it’s HYDRA being one step ahead of him, or that the bodies are from the SHIELD v. HYDRA fight, but it’s really JARVIS. Some of the bodies were actually from that fight, but some of them were from the rescue missions the Iron Legion went on. 

Speaking of which, Steve finally called Tony...to ask for help looking for the Winter Soldier. 

JARVIS is looking on facial recognition, but Steve’s low priority ranking [the new intern in R&D who broke the coffee machine has a higher priority ranking than Captain America] mean that he’s being really passive about it, and takes his time in letting Steve know about possible sightings. 

Rhodey's noticing something's up, but is kinda busy to realize just how much.

 He knows Tony has weird coping mechanisms but it doesn’t strike him odd just yet.

 Rhodey knew the original Jarvis, how could he not notice?

Figures Tony’d go for a robot therapist. Then again, it’s not the unhealthiest thing he’s done, so he’ll take it. With a grain of salt, of course.

His career was chaotic before, but now he’s dealing with even more bureaucracy than before because of the events of Iron Man 3, and now his best friend is embroiled in a mess the likes of which can only be rivaled by what Tony did just after Afghanistan. 

Really, Tony? 

Review of the songs from ESC 2017

As this year’s contest is scarily (or even excitedly) close, I have quite a few opinions on all the songs. Now, I might sound a little bit harsh, which I apologize for. But opinions are opinions and that’s why I love eurovision, it’s something for everyone.

I will tell my thoughts on the song, after listening to them up until now and giving their studio version a final listen before writing my comment and giving them my points. Point scale is 1-7, 8, 10 and 12, in proper eurovision tradition.

Albania: World - Lindita Comments: Oh, Albania. What the fuck is this? It kind of feels like you wanted to do something James Bond-esque, but just wrote something and it didn’t feel quite right, but you stuck with it. I mean, that isn’t bad, per se, but yeah... This song doesn’t tickle my fancy. The girl can sing, that’s for sure, but with a meh song, she doesn’t really help. Points: 3

Armenia: Fly With Me - Artsvik Comments: At first, I was like oh joy, a ballad. But after some of the music picked up, I was kinda feeling it. Then, more of the bass came in and the drums and the slightly haunting vocals, and I was seriously bopping my head. I thought it was gonna be boring at first, but it kinda grew on me. I do not know if it was because this is the first time I have heard it using my headphones, but I did not expect to like this as much as I did right now. Points: 7

Australia: Don’t Come Easy - Isaiah Comments: Oh boy... Australia has been sending two good songs and now comes the boring stuff. Isaiah is quite a nice singer, but his song is so boring.  Points: 3

Austria: Running on Air - Nathan Trent Comments: A very positive, feel good song from Austria this year. I like it a lot because it makes me feel ready to take on the world (or a school presentation). Nathan is quite a nice singer and I feel like the song fits him, personality-vise. I don’t think we’ll go to Vienna or Innsbruck next year, but I think it’ll do generally well. Points: 7

Azerbaijan: Skeletons - DiHaj Comments: I really don’t know what I feel here. The song is alright and I got no problems with the singing, instrumental or what I hear of the lyrics, but there is something there that I am like eh?? Something is not rubbing me the right way and I am just over here like alright. Sure. I like it, but I don’t think we’ll see the land of fire again anytime soon. Points: 5

Belarus: Historyja Majho Zyccia (Story of My Life) - Naviband Comments: This song is so positive and happy that I just smile while thinking of it. I have been walking around singing the “hey, hey, hayayayo!” since I heard it and just this is a very good song from Belarus. I also like how they are singing in Belarussian, even if it isn’t what makes or breaks it for me. They could probably be singing in english and I’d be as happy with the song. But it still adds a small charm to the song and I just like it a lot! Points: 10

Belgium: City Lights - Blanche Comments: This song is very much a middle runner for me. I like it a little bit, but I am not hoping for Brussels 2018. I like her voice, yet I feel as if it can be a bit monotone. The part where she sings higher quite into the song kind of confused me, though. Why would she suddenly switch how to sing? It just doesn’t flow right with me. Points: 4

Bulgaria: Beautiful Mess - Kristian Kostov Comments: This is the perfect ballad, in my opinion. It starts a bit slow, then it picks up to turn into a gorgeous song with quite the little extra. The extra oomph. Kristian is an amazing singer, especially at his age. But seriously, I am ready for Sofia 2018. I probably gotta find my sunscreen though. Points: 12

Croatia: My Friend - Jacques Houdek Comments: What in the holy hell did Croatia think this year? This song is, uh, interesting at best. I am very intrigued by the genre flip in the song, going from pop in English to opera in Italian. I am very intrigued by how it’s going to play out on the stage... But in general, this song is really not my thing. Points: 3

Cyprus: Gravity - Hovig Comments: I like the beat in this song. It just gives the song a very interesting mood and Hovig’s voice really fits these vibes. In general, I think this song is pretty good and I hope he makes it to the final! Points: 8

Czech Republic: My Turn - Martina Barta Comments: I really do not know what to think here... I really don’t like her voice, I kinda feel like the song is just meh and the lyrics are sweet, yes, but if this was a lyric contest then it would look quite different. Points: 2

Denmark: Where I Belong - Anja Nissen Comments: I want to like this song. I want it to work out for Denmark and I, but there is just something somewhere that causes me to not properly get into it. Anja is a lovely singer and the song sounds alright, but there is something here that just I cannot with. Points: 3

Estonia: Verona - Koit Toome & Laura Comments: Oh boy... I have called this the boring swede pop song to my mother and honestly, yes. This is such boring pop that appeals to my mother, much to my questioning. I, on the other hand, just cannot get behind it.  No. No. No. No. No. So not my thing. Points: 1

F.Y.R Macedonia: Dance Alone - Jana Burcheska Comments: I love the vibe of this song. It’s the eighties, yet modern. It’s very dancey and I wanna dim the lights and just close my eyes and lose myself in the music. Points: 7

Finland: Blackbird - NormaJohn Comments: This song is very beautiful, with a very nice singer and a lovely instrumental... But I cannot get behind what the lyrics are about. Essentially it is this mofucking bird used to caw as my boyfriend and I was fucking. Now this bird is cawing and we have broken up and I can just think about the two of us. That is quite weird, especially when I put it that way. But again, it is not a lyric contest. And in general, this song is beautiful but very heavy to get into and kind of boring. Points: 2

France: Requiem - Alma Comments: This is a gorgeous pop song. I think Alma’s voice quite fits the song and the vibe that it got going on. Also, I am not angry with the random english in the chorus. I know it had to be changed so France could be in the contest. I feel like based on that info, being annoyed with the lyrical change isn’t going to get us anywhere. But back to the song, generally nice song. I like it. Points: 6

Georgia: Keep the Faith - Tamara Gachechiladze Comments: Oh boy... This is not my cup of tea. I only like very specific ballads and this is not that type of ballad. I like the singer’s voice, but this song is very much not my type of thing. Points: 1

Germany: Perfect Life - Levina Comments: Welp. Germany decided on a very bland pop song this year and I am really not feeling it. Levina can at least sing quite nicely. Points: 2

Greece: This is Love - Demy Comments: This is very generic, to be very honest. It misses what that makes Greece’s songs Greece’s songs. But without that, the singer is alright. The song is just a very generic pop song about love and I am not really feeling it. Points: 2

Hungary: Origo - Joci Papai Comments: Hungary took this year’s slogan to heart. And I love it. At first, I didn’t really enjoy this, but it has certainly grown on me. The beat is cool and I really don’t have any problem with the rapping. His flow isn’t bad and I feel like it adds more than just the other singing that is during the majority fo the song. (Not that I dislike that either.) Points: 8

Iceland: Paper - Svala Comments: This is another one of those songs where I am like eh, I enjoy it, but there is something that rubs me the wrong way. I want to love it, because it really sounds like something I’d listen to outside of the contest, but seriously, something here is just not right for me. Points: 5

Ireland: Dying to Try - Brendan Murray Comments: At the first listen of this song, I knew kinda what I was getting into. A guy with a surprisingly high voice. And yeah, Brendan sounds like he hasn’t gone through puberty when he is singing, but eh, his singing isn’t awful. And his song is quite nice. It’s kind of meh, tbh, and I really do not know what I think about that climax, but I kinda like it. I would definitly say it’s one of the best ballads this year and yeah. I am not crazy about it, but yeah. Ireland will probbly be in the finals this year. Or I hope they will! Points: 7

Isreal: I Feel Alive - IMRI Comments: I really enjoy this song. It’s kinda yeah, party song, but I play a lot of Overwatch and while listening to this song, I feel like I can just murder the entire enemy team. (Don’t worry, it’s kinda the meaning of the game.) But also, just it has really been a favorite since I first heard it. It makes me feel alive, even with that weird ass eagle in the beginning. (what the fuck, Israel?) Points: 8

Italy: Occidentali’s Karma - Francesco Gabbani Comments: Oh joy. Not to start hate because of this, I like this song. It’s clever and I enjoy singing with to the allez parts and it makes me jam, but I do not see this as a winner. It just isn’t that good. It’s like Belgium, a middle runner for me. There are some parts of the instrumental that kinda falls for me (the beginning, for example, it sounds so cheap? I guess that is the best for me) And because I am so in the middle about this, then I don’t see why everyone is tooting its horn. Yeah, it’s fun that he got a gorilla on stage and the song if very, very clever, but it’s not a 12 for me. Points: 6

Latvia: Line - Triana Park Comments: This is actually my favorite this year. It used to be Montenegro, but we’ll talk about that later. Line is very interesting, because I love the slight techno yet band sounding rave vibe it gives. It’s also just super catchy and makes me wanna dance like a mad man. Just, it’s a very nice and essentially perfect song. Now, will it do good in eurovision? I really don’t know. It’s a song for those who want to enjoy it, but not a very eurovision-esque song. Points: 12

Lithuania: Rain of Revolution - Fusedmarc Comments: Yeah. Yeah, yeah yeah. This is honestly mediocre at best. It’s very messy and I really don’t like the voice of the singer. Her singing is alright, but I am really not into screaming yeahs. Points: 2

Malta: Breathlessly - Claudia Faniello Comments: This just feels very generic. Claudia’s singing is very pretty, but boy, oh boy, this is boring. At the start is just feels like it is dragging on, but then the rest of the song goes by like a whim without anything really standing out to me. Points: 1

Moldova: Hey, Mamma! - Sunstroke Project Comments: This is very nice, in my opinion. I really like the sound and the song is very fun and very cool. I definitely think that Sunstroke Project decided on a good comeback song and that they are coming back in style! Points: 10

Montenegro: Space - Slavko Kalezic Comments: I really like this song. It was my favorite this year, but as I listened to more and more of the songs, it just didn’t hold up. That doesn’t mean that I dislike it or anything, it’s still very good. But it isn’t in my top 3 this year. Just my top 5 Points: 10

Norway: Grab The Moment - JOWST, Alexander Walmann Comments: Can I even review this? (For the record, I am norwegian and I live in Norway.) But I guess I can? This is certainly not a favorite this year, even if it’s still pretty good. It isn’t I Feed You My Love amazingness or got the same epicness as Monster Like Me or emotions as Silent Storm, but it is certainly better than last year. It also very much grew on me. Points: 7

Poland: Flashlight - Kasia Mos Comments: I really like the chorus on this, it sounds very mysterious and dark, but in general, this is just a slow kinda boring song. I really wanna try to like it, but wow, it just feels so slow. Points: 4

Portugal: Amar Pelos Dios - Salvador Sobral Comments: This song is very beautiful. It’s really simple and very charming. I don’t speak portugeese, so I cannot comment on the complete lyrics, but from what I’ve heard it’s also very lovely. My only complaint with it is that it gets kind of boring after awhile. That’s just what docks it in points for me. Points: 8

Romania: Yodel It! - Ilinca ft. Alex Florea Comments: When you get over the first what the fuck Romania, then this is an alright song. The rap and singing is alright, even though my favourite part is when Ilinca really does her best during the breakdown. But in general, the instrumental isn’t boring or anything, it just gets a bit too much for me. I am still very much what the fuck did you think, Romania, but after a bit of thinking then yeah, the slogan of this year is Celebrate Diversity and sure, gotta have some yodeling then! Points: 6

San Marino: Spirit of the Night - Valentina Monetta and Jimmie Wilson Comments: Look, I enjoy disco once in awhile, but christ almighty. This is just tiring. Luckily, both Jimmie and Valentina can sing, so it doesn’t sound like super tiresome disco with two dying cats screaming over it. Points: 2

Serbia: In Too Deep - Tijana Bogicevic Comments: This just feels so like they have gotten the best producers so that they can send the best song, yet it just feels very unpersonal. I like the breakdown/instrumental break in the middle with the drums, but without that, it’s kinda catchy but alright. Nothing special, tbh. Points: 3

Slovenia: On My Way - Omar Naber Comments: I am not gonna talk about what I think about Omar has done, because this is a song review. But trust me, it doesn’t give him a good start. And holy fucking cow, this song is so boring. It just feels way too unpersonal. I have also heard that he has waited 10 years before joining the national selection in Slovenia with this song and I can hear it, because it just sounds very dated. (And that comes from someone who’s favourite eurovision year is 2007.) Points: 1

Spain: Do It For Your Lover - Manel Navarro Comments: This song is a delight, in my opinion. It’s easy on the ears and got a very sweet message. It makes me think of summer and being at the beach and my birthday and traveling and just positive stuff. I also love the simple sound of guytar and just a beat, but with the hint of editing on his voice. It gives me a slightly more happy Kiss Me by Ed Sheeran vibe (even if those songs are barely anything alike, wow) Points: 12

Sweden: I Can’t Go On - Robin Bengtsson Comments: I used to really like this, but I have grown tired of this song. It’s just kinda bland trashy pop with some cool bass in it. It used to be very catchy and I’d walk around singing it all the time, but ye... I just have grown so tired of it. Points: 4

Switzerland: Apollo - Timebelle Comments: This is alright? There is really no other comment than that. The singer is alright and generally, the song is alright? This is just an alright type of deal. Points: 4

The Netherlands: Lights and Shadows - O’G3NE Comments: This song isn’t really my thing? Like Switzerland, it’s just kinda yea, everything is alright! I don’t really have any praise or complaints. Points: 4

Ukraine: Time - O.Torvald Comments: I think this song is actually pretty cool. It isn’t really anymore rock in this year’s competition and I feel like it’s definitely an interesting choice from Ukraine. I like it though. It isn’t top 10 material, but yeah, I can listen to it and feel it. Points: 6

United Kingdom: Never Give Up On You - Lucie Jones Comments: This is competing with Germany for the worst big five/already qualified songs. I think it drags on for too long and is too boring. Lucie can sing and all, but I am just over here like yes, but please just fucking finish already. Points: 1

2/9/17: Organized

This morning when I woke up, I thought I was going to a jazz show tonight with my friends from Northwestern and Nico’s dad, who’s here visiting.

It’s now 12:54 AM, and I just got back 10 minutes ago from an amazing night that involved no jazz whatsoever. 

I got an invitation from my friend Natalia from Las Piqueteras to a charla that was happening tonight at 7:30. She asked me to text her friend Lio, the guy I met up with at the march last Friday, for details.

I was conflicted, because I had committed to this concert and it sounded cool. And despite all my totally unrealistic attempts to calculate how I might possibly do both, it was looking like it would have to be either charla or jazz. And after a little while of agonizing, of asking Lio if there’d be another one, of general FOMO, I decided that I’d had quite a bit of fun these past few days, and that this charla sounded way more worthwhile than some random jazz concert.

Of course, being someone who always tries to do everything and use every last minute I have (my psych major friend tells me I’m a “maximizer”), I still emailed the jazz club to see if I could come to the show late and still get in. I couldn’t totally let go, but I did successfully convince myself to change course.

So after work, I took a train and then a bus waaaaay down to the southwest part of the city, an almost 2 hour ride. There, I met up with Lio in a car, who had already picked up Amanda, who I’d invited along. We drove a few blocks and arrived in villa 21 24, the largest villa in the city; about 31,000 people live there, according to a 2016 report by the city. (https://www.estadisticaciudad.gob.ar/eyc/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/poblacion_2016_023.pdf)

There, we met up with Juana, a smiley, round Paraguayan woman who was hosting the charla. Hold up though: what is a “charla”, you ask? Well, “charlar” in Spanish means “to chat”, so a “charla” is literally a chat. But in my experience in Nicaragua, it meant more like a community meeting where people come to talk about some subject. That’s essentially what this was too.

Juana led us down a couple blocks to her home. The streets were part asphalt, part dirt, a minefield of cracks, holes and jutting pavement shards. The buildings stood tight on either side of the street, wide enough for a car to pass through, but only by forcing everything in its path to stop and squeeze to the side. There were storefronts that looked a lot like the ones in the main part of the city: an empanada stand, a place selling cheap t-shirts, a kiosco with the usual snacks and drinks. The only difference was they were along this tiny road instead of a wide city avenue with sidewalks and shoppers and cars everywhere. 

Oh, and the fact that everything was pulsing with the barking, running, sniffing and shitting of countless dogs. Dogs on roofs, dogs under cars, dogs weaving in-between our legs to chase other dogs. A cat’s worst nightmare.

 We got to Juana’s house, but I didn’t see much of it because the charla was actually outside in the street. They set up a bunch of chairs in a circle, and by the time we started, about 20 people had gathered. It was dark, but we were lit by a couple lamps on the wall, like the ones people have outside their front doors, and the light from the t-shirt store and kiosco behind us.

 The charla was all about a decree that Macri’s government recently passed that makes it more difficult for immigrants with criminal records to enter Argentina, and makes it easier to deport those with criminal histories or infractions. The decree blames immigrants, who come mostly from Paraguay, Bolivia and Peru, for the drug-related crime and violence in Argentina. But this reasoning has already been questioned, especially because the Minister of Security Patricia Bullrich cited stats in a TV interview that claimed 33% of jailed immigrants in Argentina are there because of drug involvement, when in reality, taking all jails into account, it comes out to 17.5%, a very different number. 

(Check out this La Nacion article a woman on my team put together for more: http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1980510-inmigrantes-y-delito-que-dicen-las-cifras)

Anyway, the charla was awesome because all these people talked about how this would affect them directly, a perspective that I honestly hadn’t heard at all from major media, though admittedly I don’t read all the Argentine outlets. They talked about how the law is targeting immigrants, blaming them for the country’s problems, putting them all into a stereotype of violent and criminal. It was scarily familiar.

 One woman especially resonated with me when she talked about how they were being discriminated against because of the color of their skin, the look of their faces, the neighborhoods they live in. FINALLY, after weeks of Argentines telling me that “racism just is really a thing here” and that “there is discrimination against immigrants, but it’s not that bad”, somebody was giving me a different viewpoint. It’s really crazy how, when you only have your own life experience to refer to and you don’t come into contact with a lot of people who are different from you, your ideas of “the way things are” are so different from other peoples’ realities. Racism and classism are alive in Argentina, but the people who are feeling it are not the ones most foreigners are talking to, and are not the ones in charge of making the news and teaching in the schools. So of course the Argentine-born Argentines would have no experience at all with racism, just as most white people in America can get away for a long time, if not their whole lives, without ever really thinking about their race.

After a while, people started talking about what they could do to fight back against this law. This part was super inspiring to me, because everyone was contributing to this vision of organizing themselves and their community. People wanted to go door-to-door to ask people if they had their immigration documents, and if not, to help them get them. Others had already connected with the local radio stations to get info out. One woman emphasized the prime importance of voting, as a huge constituency that deserves to be heard in the city’s politics. It was truly awesome to see this grassroots organizing happening, and I felt really really grateful to be able to be there, learn from them, and feel solidarity with these people on the other side of the world who are doing the same kind of radical, community-building work that I do back home. 

At the end of the charla, they asked Amanda and I if we wanted to say anything about what was happening with Trump in our country. We both talked a little; I emphasized how inspired I was by the airport protests after the Muslim ban, and the importance of not just letting the government do what it wants, but fighting back when you don’t like what’s happening. And I pointed out that, just like people of all colors stood together with their Muslim comrades at those protests, at the charla, Argentines and immigrants were organizing together against the larger forces trying to hurt people. Finally, I offered the only thing I have: my camera. I said if they wanted to make a video to inform people about the decree and what to do through Facebook, to please let me know, and they were all nodding their heads. So hopefully, I can use what skills I have to make a contribution to this community without overstepping my bounds and ignorance as a total outsider. Easier said than done, but I think this was a start.

<3 Escoot

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Please could you analyse an optimistic seer of light, thief of hope who's a bookworm, female mage of heart who's heart has been broken one too many times and is now quite cynical, heir of space that's a naturally talented artist and rebellious prince of time. All of them are humans, and the thief and heir are besties whilst the mage is quite bitter with the prince after a fling that went wrong in her flirtatious days.

You have both cardinalaspects

You have a slight preferencefor active classes

You have a strong preferencefor positive aspects

You do not have any repeatedclasses or aspects.

Just by looking at the abovebullets one can assess that this session is looking pretty good! In fact, if itweren’t for the prince as one of the cardinal aspects, I’d say it is a guaranteedsuccess… bear in mind though, princes being unstable as they often are, meansthat this guy isn’t just a small threat that is easily blighted but a major threat, that could easily doom asession if he isn’t careful. You also have to careful with the imbalance of positiveaspects because without a little negativity or carefulness, it is obvious thatthese players could become reckless after becoming certain to succeed.

Undercut will be a deeperlook into each player and their impact on the session.

Heir of space

Having an heir for your spaceplayer is a massive, massive boon to your session so breeding the genesis frogfor one will be a pinch, although with the prince’s interference or withouthelp it could be a lot harder. A “naturally talented artist” sounds spot on forthem, as it is directly related to creating original work and requires “thinkingoutside the box”, and due to the fact that space is a very literal aspect thatrelates to science, I feel like they’d be one of those naturally gifted peoplethat are a fast learner and did well in school without having to think about itmuch.

At the same time, the heir isprobably one of the most impatient of all the space players and combined withthe fact that they both have the necessary job of frog-breeding and being a successfulacademic they could become quite bossy, thinking that their views and opinionsare the most important and that their orders should be carried out now.

Role: No matter how in touchwith space the heir is, there will always be a challenge when breeding thegenesis frog and that’s where their problem is. As a prince ghosts his oppositeaspect, the time player will be spontaneous and badly grounded, so it is likelythat they and the thief will initially try to team up due to them already bestfriends. This might end badly, because whilst the theif will have a lot ofconfidence in what they’re doing, the hope aspect is more figurative and justwouldn’t be much help with this task. This could lead to lots of drama andpossibly falling outs. The heir of space may need to seek help elsewhere,whether from other players or even their denizen.

Prince of time

This prince of time… Iimagine he might be a lot like our canon prince, Eridan? He doesn’t like peoplesaying no to him. He will spend as much or as little time as he wants onthings, thank you very much, and if he doesn’t finish them at all than that’sokay too because who cares anyway, right? At least, that’s the type ofpersonality I’m getting from your single word of “rebellious”. He would have ahard time in the game I feel, and like the space player he’d be impatient andprobably quite reckless. He might struggle with his land quest or actcondescending or cold to players that are trying to offer him constructive criticism.

Role: As a cardinal playerthis guy normally has a lot to do, but when it comes to timelines he mightactively try to screw with the ideas he doesn’t like just to try and spite therules of the game. If the other players realise this quickly enough then theymight try and coax him out of interfering early, which would spare manytimelines that could have been doomed. This could also lead to him becomingannoyed with his irrelevance in the game and lead to a big snapping, in whichhe utilises time scarily well to get back at the other players. They’re a highrisk player and time is one of those things you don’t want to mess with.

Thief of hope

A thief steals their aspectfrom another, and uses it for their own benefit… this is one confident playerwho is boosted by the compliments of others- and when they don’t get thecompliments they’re looking for, well… they’ll squeeze them juicy good commentsout of someone. Essentially, they feed off of good reputation, and as such theycan use hope to keep powering through things and fighting for their ownbeliefs.

On the flipside, when theteam loses hope, they’ll suffer the worst and probably bring the team down too,bringing them all into a spiralling downhill slide into failure.

Role: The thief is quite awily character, and I feel like they’d already know a lot about the game andabout characters in general from their book knowledge. They’d be a goodstrategist, and either be a diplomat with things being as charismatic as theyare, or more than likely, stealing the hope from the black armies after risingin the echeladder and in turn, making themselves and the team more hopeful.

Mage of heart

Your mage is a criticalplayer to the session. They have already undergone their development (but havecome out on the other side negatively, which normally is a bad thing, but inthis case will keep the team grounded), and their cynicism and negativity willoften be supported by examples. They are cautious, careful, and will probablytake the seer’s job of questioning things and advising others. It’s up to the otherplayers whether or not they take her advice seriously though; on the one handthey will have seen her become the gloomy person she is and take note that sheunderstands heart break and such, on the other hand this might be the reasonthey don’t take her seriously- she isnow just a doom and gloom girl that lets her negativity influence her input.

One person that isn’t goingto listen to her is the prince.

Role: I think most of this hasbeen covered accidentally oops. I imagine she has a pretty passive personalitydespite the active class, so if she was to open up again and give love anotherchance this would be a very, very slow process, but only at the end of it wouldshe be able to unlock all that potential inside of her that has been lockedaway with her heart.

And finally our seer of light….That I kind of forgot about until now reading over the ask.

Hey it’s Rose…! Well, kindof. As your sole word to describe her is “optimist” (something that is alreadycovered well by the thief), I’m going to take it that she is a strong optimist,and honesty with a mage there already as an advisor and with the heir having smarts,I doubt she’ll be adding much more to the team. Despite my cold words, I know that her thoughtfulness that is a trait that all seers have that willcome in handy- she might be one of the only ones to stop the prince for doingsomething drastic by arguing with facts she’s accumulated.

Role: I think that light hasa lot to do with plot relevance, and with the mage and heir already taking upwhat she does already she might be fighting for importance. Of course,tactician wise the light aspect is probably more useful than the heart aspectwhen it comes to those fierce battle plans, but she will have to try and fightto have those plans heard. Fortunatuely, she sounds amiable enough and I thinkthe other players will trust her as the voice of reason so she probably willhave less difficulty with that than the mage.

Now we’ve come to the end ofthis little (long) analysis, I’ve realised that one other problem you have isnot having enough heavy hitters. You have only five players and two of them areunderstanding class with another destructive. The heir of space is going tohave their hands full whilst the prince is off skulking or being up to mischief.

In summary, I give thissession a 7/10. Success is possible, but there are going to be somebumps on the road by the looks of it.