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kerrtesy · 6 months

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A Heads Up

Hello everyone, I hope you all are having a great day or night, whatever time it is for y'all.

Making this post to explain and elaborate on some parts of the recent AU (Bowser's Bodyguard AU, which I'm thinking of renaming) I've been working on. This is going to cover the general story idea, overall vibe, and the games I'm covering with this along with questions I think people may have about the general au.

Don't worry I'll always have this AU tagged, so if you don't like it you can block it easily.

So as stated above this is more of a clarification post and just generally covering my plans for this AU just so people know what to expect.

So I want this AU to be around 6 to 8 main chapters, where I will see if I can combine the Paper and Mario & Luigi universes into one. The first chapter will be on the Mario Movie.

What games will you be covering?

So below are games I definitely want to cover, please note the games are listed in no particular order at the moment.

Super Paper Mario

Paper Mario Thousand Year

Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga

Bowser's Inside Story

Dream Team

All games are going to be rewritten within mind of the character/setup changes. I'm not a huge fan of just writing something that is a paint-by-numbers retelling of the original story; if that's your cup of tea more power too you this is not to throw any shade on that!

For both Superstar Sage and Inside Story I do want to include the side stories the remakes added.

I will say Bowser's Inside Story will be heavily rewritten and I plan on calling it "Fawful's Revenge." The two main reasons are that I'm having Luigi prevent Bowser from eating the vacuum shroom which prevents a lot of the original plot, and I just don't want to draw the inside of Bowser. I don't know what else to say here. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Games that will either be short stories or I'm torn on covering:

Super Mario 2

Mario Galaxy (combining 1 and 2)

Mario RPG

Mario Odyssey

Origami King

Mario Sunshine

Luigi's Mansion 1 & 2

Rabbids Spark of Hope

Paper Mario 64

Super Mario 2 is going to cover Luigi's history with the Shy Guys, particularly with him usurping King Wart. This one might become a full/long chapter.

Mario Galaxy is one that might become a full chapter. It depends on what I end up covering. For instance, at the moment I'm debating on whether to have a semi-character death in it. It's weird because on one hand I don't fully consider this a character death, but it also kind of is because they leave the comic at this point and this does heavily impact the cast. So I'm unsure how to fully label this yet.

Mario RPG is a game I am very intrigued by and I would like to incorporate it into the story, but I do not know the plot of the story so it is on the fence right now. I do have at least a few short comics planned for it.

Mario Odyssey is just going to be a few short comics.

Origami King is where I don't know the full plot, but I'd like to do a comic about Shroom City just for some fun world building.

Mario Sunshine I am so torn on whether it would be a full chapter or just a short. I'm going to have to see where I go with it. Whatever it becomes I do plan on calling the chapter/comic "Obligatory Beach Episode."

Luigi's Mansion I'm going to be combining the first two games. I really want this to be a full chapter, I have just been struggling to plan out a full story for it along with fitting it into the rest of the games. I do want to try, but just in case I can't I'm slapping it into this category.

I need to give Rabbids a Spark of Hope a comic or two as Luigi and Bowser have a mission in there that is solely tied to their characters called "The Brains and the Brawn" which helped me think of their setup in this.

Paper Mario 64 will be another backstory one where Luigi attempts to use the Star Rod to send him home, to mixed results.

Games I am not covering:

Please note the games listed below are NOT because I think they are bad games, it's more because I haven't played them and/or I just don't have good ideas for how to fit them into the story.

Color Splash

Sticker Star

Paper Jam

Partners in Time

For Color Splash and Sticker Star, I just don't know the full plots of these games. Though I might do the train scene that occurs in Color Splash when Mario talks to that one Shy Guy.

Paper Jam is similar to the two listed above where I just don't know the plot and I don't want to deal with the multiverse. As in this I'm trying to combine the Paper universe with the Mario and Luigi universe into one.

Partners in Time could change, but at the moment I'm counting it as not covering as I'm just using the concept and the machine E Gadd builds. It won't deal with time travel, but instead the concept of looking into someone's memories. I don't like covering time travel so I'm just skipping it. Like I said I might cover the Cobalt Star and Princess Shroob, but I don't have a lot of ideas going for this so it might just be skipped entirely with her and her sister as villains.

Will there be shipping?

No, I'm sorry if you were hoping for anything. The most there will be is probably implied Peach x Mario, but that's it for the moment. If any of this changes I'll give a heads up just so no one is caught off guard. But romance isn't really the focus of this comic nor do I want to write romance. Listen just trust me on this you don't want me writing romance, I'm not good at it, this is for the best.

Just in case I am also just going to flat out say this so no one gets mad or feels misled when reading these comics. There will be no Bowser x Luigi in this story. Listen it's a funny and shockingly mostly wholesome ship, but it's not happening here. So I'm sorry if you were hoping for it, but I'm not doing it.

There might be some one-sided Luigi x Daisy (honestly thinking about doing Daisy x Waluigi because their Mario Party team name is Awkward Date and that is hilarious), and/or one-sided Luigi x Peasley, but in this Bowser will be majorly crushing on Peach. Bowser and Luigi are just platonic co-parenting the koopalings (think the Dungeons and Dragon movie with Sofina and Edgin). I just wanted to state this here so everyone is on the same page.

Quick side note: This isn't about shipping, but character-wise Donkey Kong and anything related to his games will only be in the first chapter. I struggle to write him and I don't know how to involve him in the other storylines so I'm just gonna have him chill in his kingdom. He will probably be making a reappearance in Dream Team as that is where I plan to end the comic.

What is the overall story/vibe of the comic?

The main story is going to focus on adventure and learning to love yourself. That's really the main premise. The story itself is going to focus on Luigi learning how to like himself for who he is and reconnecting with Mario and others while going on adventures. The big overall conflict will be the Chaos Heart itself. In this I really want to play around with the concept of the Chaos Heart and what if it didn't just go away after Super Paper Mario. I don't want to say too much about it at the moment as I don't want to spoil that part of the plot.

I feel bad because with the initial comic/sketches of this au, I made it seem a lot more dramatic/angsty than it will be. Sure there's going to be some drama but it really is more focused on the fun of the world, the adventures the characters go on, and the friendships that form out of them. I swear it's not as angsty (or I guess edgy, not sure if it was or not??) as the original comic made it seem so I apologize if that is what you were looking for.

Why I am calling Luigi Mr. L in this?

So in this, I am having Mr. L be more of his 'work mode.' It is designed to be more of a persona he puts on so he can do his job more effectively, but it is also still a part of his personality. I want to include more of his temper which is often portrayed through animations in Mario & Luigi (you know his stomping tantrum animations). Along with a few other notes, like how in the first Luigi's Mansion you kind of find some pretty sassy/sarcastic remarks through the pictures he takes with the Game Boy Horror, along with some of his dialogue in the Paper Mario games. I also want to play into him having a bit of an ego as well (playing more into the Mr. L in Super Paper Mario).

However, at the core, I do want to keep him a more socially awkward, easily frightened, and a very kind person outside of the mask/persona. At the end of the day he really just wants what is best for his friends and family. And that he is always ready to help someone even if he is scared out of his mind (though he might complain about not getting paid, or take a bit of convincing when it comes to dealing with ghosts.) I am also keeping the self-esteem issues, more so dealing with the fact he feels like all he has done is stumble through life making one mistake after another, and never being enough for the people he cares about in his life.

What are the inspirations for this?

Ghibli movies, particularly Howl's Moving Castle, Princess Mononoke, and Spirited Away. I love their world building and how they handle character stories.

Magical Girl animes, I cannot stress enough how much the masks and his powers/setup are based on the magical girl shows I grew up on.

Majora's Mask, I want to do quite a bit with the masks themselves in this setup. I'm not going to elaborate much on them yet, because I prefer to reveal how they function in the comics than through this ramble.

Funnily enough, the character design that kicked off this au, or at least Mr. L's design was Death from Puss in Boots the Last Wish. I can explain, it was his cloak and his whistle. I've been playing through Super Paper Mario and I kept wondering what if they incorporated references to Luigi's Mansion more like maybe putting in his whistling, or going with a more horror aesthetic for him. Or even goes more into the concept of shadows as well, playing not only his ties with ghosts but also how Luigi feels like he is constantly in Mario's shadow. And when I saw the Mario Movie and that he was captured by the Shy Guys I was like hey wait a minute, I can do something with that.

So this story is just me playing around with those thoughts. Don't get me wrong though, him building robots to fight you along with the absolute banger of a jazz theme, and his cocky/petty attitude I have no notes and I like how he is done in the game.

So yeah this pretty much covers everything, if you read all of this kudos, I know this was long, but I hope I clarified what this comic is going to be like. Though please note that I have a job and I'm going through school, so this is going to take a bit to get going. I'm still writing out the base story, and I like to have one or two chapters fully drawn before I start posting it. I do plan on posting some of the short comics and doodles while working on the main writing.

Thank you for reading my rambles. I hope you all have a good one! : D

#bowsers bodyguard au #mario and the phantom #i think that might be the new name i call this au #im gonna test it out

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cyberdragoninfinity · 5 months

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have been putting together Iliaster Pokemon Teams off and on fooooor the last couple months or so... I always like to put way too much thought into teams so under the cut I have all my reasonings for these choices. I like Pokemon and I like these characters a Perfectly Normal Amount <3

BRUNO/ANTINOMY:

Lucario: feels just very much like a good partner Pokemon for him...same shade of blue, very noble and loyal, EXTREME SPEED!! something something Lucario's innate aura reading and ability to sense emotions and thoughts vs. Bruno's complicated quest to figure out who he is. I think they would be friends!!! It gets amnesia too in whatever funny Pokemon AU Bruno's situation happens in

Skitty: obligatory Bruno kitty cat pokemon <3

Armarouge: T.G. Halberd Cannon/Blade Blaster type vibes, its pauldrons literally turn into a cannon, fire type echoing the sun in the Antinomy/Yusei duel, also a very loyal Pokemon. Plus bonus counterpart to Primo's Ceruledge >:3c

Rotom: silly little guy who likes motors and electronics and machinery!! Also Bruno having a ghost type and being. yknow. a robotic copy of a dead man. I think it suits him.

Yanmega: T.G. Recipro Dragonfly, it literally has eyes covered with a red visor, it's super fast and its design echoes a vehicle (aircraft rather than motorcycle, but still.)

Registeel/Regieleki: in Tag Force 6 Bruno uses and seems to really like Machina Fortress, so I wanted to give him a big 'ol bulky Steel Type. Antinomy gets Regieleki as a counterpart because it's literally The Fastest Pokemon, probably great for Delta Accel Synchro <3 Also Modern Age/electricity/android type invocations...

Porygon/Porygon2: Bruno needs a boxy little computer friend!! Antinomy gettin the evolved form since a big part of Porygon2's lore is that it was made for space travel...thinkin bout that duel again. The Porygon line, Porygon2 especially, also has a really similar color palette to Bruno's various forms!

Miraidon: ok ive seen people give Jack Miraidon and i get it, it's his color palette, BUT LIKE. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST BRUNO POKEMON EVER. literal robot motorcycle from the future who washes up on the beach with limited memories!!! it has a silly goofy friendly form and a badass powered up fighter form!!! it can be the perfect counterpart to Yusei having a Koraidon!!! LISTEN.

LESTER:

Skarmory: Meklord Emperor Skiel of course!!! Violent metal bird moment!!

Wingull: in the Tag Force games Lester really likes the Stuffed Seagull Plush item and I think that's just so cute

Zorua: Little red-haired mischief-maker that can create illusions and false appearances?? IT'S PERFECT FOR HIM.

Klang: From the episode when he infiltrated the twins' school, he used Gear Golem the Moving Fortress....gotta give him some gears.

Durant: Skiel Guard! Little weird metal bugaboo :]

Iron Bundle: challenging myself to give all the Iliaster members (aside from Z-one) Future Paradox Pokemon...Lester of course gets the Bird one. It even shoots a laser like Skiel does!!

PRIMO:

Bisharp: god his whole team is just Mean Blade Guys but like. Look at Him. That's Primo. the way Bisharp commands an army of Pawniard the way Primo commands the Diablo also relevant.

Ceruledge: This is kind of the Primo Pokemon of All Time For Me--haunted grudge-powered knight that "cuts its enemies to pieces without mercy" with sword arms infused with "the lingering resentment of a sword wielder who fell before accomplishing their goal"--like... COME ON. DUDE.

Mega Beedrill: gotta shout out the iconic bee commentary of course, and also it's Another Violent Pokemon With Sharp Dangerous Blade-like Arms.

Melmetal: MEKLORD EMPEROR WISEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Scizor: Metal-clad evolution of a blade-armed beast, also violent and merciless. And it does the thing where it uses its pincers to look like it has three heads--funny for one of Aporia's components~

Iron Valiant: ANOTHER PRIMO POKEMON OF ALL TIME FROM GEN 9. LIKE!!! White robot with a big dangerous sword, created by a mad science supposedly, "said to be cruel enough to take its brilliantly shining blade and cut down anyone confronting it without hesitation"... THEY CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT

JAKOB:

Mega Aggron: Granel <3 Big fuckoff metal monster. I also thought it would be fun to try and give the Three Nobles each a pure Steel type Pokemon for the Robot Funsies.

Barraskewda: For Granel's bizarrely fish-like canons and components--Barraskewda also being based on a projectile weapon a bonus, too.

Skeledirge: GOTTA give one of the Nobles something that ties into their sub opera singer namesakes, plus Skeledirge's Spanish influence is perfect for Jakob/Jose. And its an aquatic-based animal like all of Granel's components, too :^)

Alolan Golem: For Jakob's big old beard and eyebrow, PLUS it's a grumpy stubborn beast that launches electric rock blasts. Just suits him imo.

Ursaring: gave myself the added challenge of giving The Three Nobles each an unevolved Pokemon that Aporia has the fully evolved form of.... Jakob gets Ursaring for their matching surly expression and eye(s) plus the Guts ability boosting Attack when inflicted with a status effect is perfect for the Gaining Power Through Suffering motif of these guys <3

Iron Hands: Freakishly powerful big bulky electric robot monster!!! Yellow color motif like Granel!!! probably one of the most Meklord-y Paradox Pokemon, to me.

PARADOX sidenote it's so fucked up he just doesnt have a tag force sprite. sad!

Origin Dialga: Since his whole deal in BBT is having a deck of stolen Legendary Iconic Dragon Cards, i GOTTA indulge and give Paradox a bunch of Legendary Dragon Pokemon!!! Origin Dialga is for the time travel and also it's just a bizarre creature that feels on par with Malefic Paradox and Truth Dragon tbh. Plus it was created by Arceus, and Pdox was created by Z-one <3

Zekrom: GEE PARADOX WHY DOES YOUR MOM LET YOU HAVE TWO UNOVA DRAGONS... he's got that whole black and white color motif with his mask/the Malefic dragon armor. And Zekrom's got an engine...like a motorcycle...

Reshiram: Beautiful long haired bishie of a dragon plus the aforementioned black and white motifs. Also the concept of wanting to make a true AND ideal new future is really fun and kind of Very at play with Paradox~

Espathra: A.) im a Psychic Duelist Paradox truther, I rly wanted to give him a Psychic type, B.) Espathra is a violent weirdo that literally has his hair color palette/style. In my mind's eye this was his partner Pokemon originally ....Paradox with a Flittle is so funny to me.

Roaring Moon: if anyone deserves an Ancient AND Future Paradox Pokemon it's... WELL. THIS GUY. Malefics are almost all Dark Dragons so give him the freakish vicious Dragon/Dark that's like a twisted version of an existing monster (much like how Malefics are twisted versions of existing cards ;])

Iron Treads: Successfully continuing to give all the Iliaster guys Future pdox 'mons...Iron Treads is a big robot tire effectively which works great for a guy who motorcycles through time!!!

SHERRY:

Lunala: For that freaky Soul Binding Gate skeleton door, also a Pokemon that is brought under Necrozma's (Z-one's) power. Sherry having Lunala and Aporia having Solgaleo also just makes me a little insane.

Florges: FRENCH. FLOWER LADY. EASY PICK.

Rapidash: For Horse of the Floral Knights/Sherry's horse shaped duel runner...i love that she's a horse girl 🥴

Teddiursa: For that TEDDY BEAR!!! And also, again, her having a Pokemon from the same line as Pokemon Aporia has is just a fun detail for me.

Tsareena: 100% female. Floral Knights/Chevalier le Fleur. Kicks and fights triumphantly.

Iron Leaves: in general Virizion is already a perfect Sherry 'mon (grass horse, based on French literature, etc.) and I imagine she originally had one before it somehow Became an Iron Leaves when she joined Iliaster :^)

APORIA:

Solgaleo: i mean. He Just Looks Exactly Like One!!!! Also Steel/Psychic is a really good type for this big miserable monster lion angel robot. Plus it can be controlled by Necrozma.

Kingambit: Evolved form of Primo's Bisharp, a powerful and intense leader that fights primarily with brute strength. It's also got an ability that boosts its power the more of its allies fall (die <3) Power through suffering!!!

Silvally: Synthetic chimera of mishmashed fused parts created in a lab :) Can only evolve and reach its true potential through friendship :))) also giving him Silvally and Z-one Arceus just to make myself a little sick in the head.

Klingklang: Evolved form of Lester's Klang, mechanical 'mon that echoes the Ark Cradle's Sun Gear(s) that Aporia protects

Ursaluna: Evolve form of Jakob's Ursaring, hulking powerful bear with big claws and a back sail that looks exactly like Aporia's big metal halo.

Iron Jugulis: MEKLORD ASTRO DRAGON TRISKELION!!!! also a hydra like Aporia's duel runner >:D

Z-ONE:

Necrozma: first of all it kind of looks like Z-one's freaky life support+huge claws contraption second of all something something Infinite Light vs. Necrozma being a light consuming monster third of all the way it can dominate and lord over Solgaleo and Lunala. pounds my fists on the pavement.

Celebi: HE'S THE BIG BAD HE GETS AS MANY LEGENDARIES AS HE WANTS and he needs Celebi of course. Time Angel :)

Omastar: Freaky ancient Pokemon that resembles the nautilus shape of Z-one's contraption...also there's something about fossils being kept alive in there somewhere I'm sure.

Mimikyu: this is like. perfect for him tbh HDHGSDFG Wears the guise of another Pokemon and pretends to be it (and I would definitely give Yusei a Pikachu,) reacts with violence and panic when pushed into a corner, Fairy type (like all the Timelords are), competitively can fill the niche of being Difficult and full of underhanded status effects and tactics and I think that's just lovely for Z-one <3 In my mind's eye I like to think this was his partner Pokemon from even before The Yusei Factkinning Event.

Bloodmoon Ursaluna: Well it's literally got the odd 'device' clamped over one of its (weird glowing) eyes and also. For Aporia <3 That's Aporia <33 Z-one's giant time-displaced apex predator with a big weird circle on its forehead <3333

Arceus: THAT'S GOD BABEYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#yugioh 5ds #iliaster #ygo posting #WHEEEEE POKEMON AU MACHINE GO BANANAS WHEEEEEE #i would like to make t5ds teams too but its been hard to figure them out so far...will ponder further....#iliasterliker9000 #get your pokemon

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2hero2academia · 2 years

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Season 1 Episode 3- “Roaring Muscles” (part 2)

sometimes working out feels great. it gives you a high like no other and makes you feel like you could do anything

sometimes working out makes you feel so shit you puke your guts up mid workout

question: is this all might’s truck? does all might own a truck? does all might have a driver’s license? these are all important questions that i need to know but never get answered. i’m losing my mind

izuku’s extra training finally catches up to him some six or so months after he starts training with all might, and he conks out in the middle of a run.

all might initially tells him “hey it’s not healthy to overwork yourself” despite being the person to give him a workout plan where he only sleeps four hours every weekday, but then izuku gives a little speech about wanting to be the best hero there is and not just scraping by. you know, in a lot of harry potter aus (obligatory fuck jkr), people make izuku a gryffindor because he’s a brave little boy with a heart of gold, but honestly i think he’d make a better slytherin. he has ambition for days, he’s a weird little fanboy creep, and he’s known for having a sharp mind. anyways, what were we talking about? overworking yourself and how it’s actually totally healthy and cool?

all might remembers episode 2, when izuku told him the type of hero he wants to be. take a sip.

all might is once again inspired by izuku’s tenacity and picks him up by his scruff like a wily kitten, promising to make him a better plan for the next uh (checks watch) four months? all might calls himself an old man because he’s at least fifty and probably feels seventy, but izuku is quick to say “you’re not old, all might” which proves that they actually aren’t related because everyone knows that children will always take any opportunity to call their parents old as dirt

ua’s entrance exam happens on february 26th which is very interesting because from what my limited research has shown me, most japanese high schools hold their exams in january. ua’s a little bit late, which is weird considering it gets literally thousands of applicants that it then has to go through in less than 2 months. crazy. go beyond, i guess

in preparation for the exam, izuku’s piled up all of the trash dumped on the beach and is screaming on top of it. that feels like it must be a great way to destress. i wish i had a mountain of trash to scream on top of when i had to go in for finals week at my high school

all might is super proud of izuku because he went above and beyond (plus ultra and all that) and cleaned up all of the beach and not just the area that all might told him to. izuku’s kind of out of it because i assume he just didn’t sleep at all last night so he could work on cleaning the beach instead

the ten months have passed, izuku’s cleaned the beach, the time is at hand. izuku is finally ready to inherit one for all.

… and the mechanism by which he gets it is by eating all might’s hair.

as all might encourages izuku to eat his hair (offscreen so the viewers aren’t traumatized), we get a nice shot of izuku’s sick ass kicks. why the hell wasn’t he wearing shoes while cleaning up the trash. all it would take is one cut from a shitty piece of garbage and izuku would have every disease ever in a heartbeat. i don’t trust this beach and izuku shouldn’t either. i don’t go to beaches barefoot even when i know they’re probably clean. to be fair, i kind of just hate beaches in general, so that might be a part of it. i’m like anakin skywalker, i hate sand. what were we talking about? eating all might’s hair?

is the exam location not just the main building? why are there three doors? school’s still in session at this point, so i wonder if the entrance exam is sort of like a break week for the students. that would be neat, i think.

i’ve been learning japanese lately, and while i can barely even recognize all of the hiragana, i’ve started learning a couple of kanji! one of the words i learned was 学生 (gakusei) which means student. i don’t know what the first kanji means by itself or what it means in this, but i got really excited when i recognized a kanji

izuku’s still traumatized because he had to eat all might’s hair, but he’s also worried that he hasn’t actually inherited the power because he doesn’t feel any different, which is funny because he should be getting super senses any second now. more on that when we get to the third movie. sorry.

katsuki’s here too. izuku kind of freaks out at the sight of him because he assumes katsuki’s going to end his entire bloodline for daring to take the exam, but katsuki just growls at izuku and walks on by. izuku is as baffled as the audience. apparently, ever since the sludge villain incident, katsuki’s stopped being a bully. he’s still a huge douchebag, just not a bully

izuku proves to be the most relatable person on the planet by tripping and deciding that this is what kills him

luckily for him, a nice girl stops him from falling flat on his face and accepting the cold concrete embrace of death.

thanks nice girl, i hope we see you again

this is perhaps one of my favorite izukus. i love when he looks like a scrawny noodle boy because at this point in time he is canonically ripped. he canonically has a six pack, but he just looks like a soft and squishy little noodle boy

he’s also super lame! and i love him for that

if there was ever a voice i wasn’t prepared for in the english dub, it’s presentation michael’s. oh my god that voice hit me like a freight train and not in a good way. i feel winded. is… is that sonny strait?

anyways, it’s time to learn about the exam that the hero kids are going to be participating in! telling everyone about it is the voice hero: present mic. izuku fanboys over him because he’s a nerd guy. katsuki calls him a nerd guy.

present mic begins explaining the exam right as the episode suddenly starts displaying captions out of nowhere. the way it works is that you have to beat up some robots to earn points. the more points you get, the better you do. also, people who apply from the same school are sent to different fake cities so they don’t help each other out during the exam, which is lame. katsuki also thinks it’s lame, but because he was looking forward to crushing izuku… in the exam. how many fake cities does ua have? stupid question, i know, but also the answers kill me.

tenya has a question

tenya asks about the fourth robot shown on the handout and also tells izuku to shut the fuck up. kind of mean, tenya. some of us have social anxiety

present mic goes on to explain that the fourth kind of robot is worth zero points. it’s functionally an obstacle and little else and there’s one in each of the cities.

is the implication here that there’s a battle center a-z? or is it some arbitrary amount, like a-f? it’s killing me. i need to know how many fake cities are on ua’s campus

izuku psyches himself up for the battle to come and the credits roll

episode 3 is perhaps a quieter moment in between the high points of the sludge villain incident in episode 2 and the meat of the entrance exam in episode 4. it’s funny that this episode has so little going on in it, because it has one of the most important things in the story contained within it— izuku receiving one for all. either way, the preamble is almost done, we’re just about at the starting line, just about ready to leap into the story proper. we just have one more episode to go.

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#2022 mha liveblog #season 1 #bnha #mha #midoriya izuku #all might #bakugou katsuki #uraraka ochako #present mic #iida tenya

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wow-cool-robot · 1 year

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Episode 13: Coming Home

oh boy, are we going to get to see amuro's mom on earth? he should have to explain what happened to his dad to her.

i really like all the background work in this series. even if not all of the animation looks good, the backgrounds do

the white base has been parked so long on this vacation island that it's growing moss? did i miss an episode? or ten?

hooting and hollering at the non-horny beach scene with mirai and sayla tanning. they're just there! and kai isn't doing anything gross, just chatting! truly the 70s were a different time

mirai, i'm not saying you're wrong about the "not everyone on earth is an elite" but you're definitely the wrong person for this message to come from. (look at me remembering throwaway lines from the first episode)

amuro's mom having a jazz party?

oh, it's a bunch of soldiers (in fragrant violation of the 4th amendment!) in this abandoned house. these drunk soldiers are listening to jazz for their party? weird choice

the flashback with baby amuro :(

these soldiers are pricks. i'm not sure what amuro is hoping for here. he's not even part of the military in any official capacity, unless that happened off screen, so his only real option once they didn't listen was violence. props to him for going for it though!

"war is really terrible"

he's so excited to go see his mom. man... he's 15 and he's doing all this?

oh goddammit, i forgot we weren't going to go an episode without a fight. go away zeon! i want to see interpersonal drama tonight, not explosions!

the war coming to even the places where he felt safe, interrupting his long awaited reunion with his mother

this bit in the shelter is really good. amuro having to kill in front of his mom? chef's kiss

"it's not right to point guns at people!" true, but maybe amuro isn't the one to yell at here given the circumstances. like, zeon was going to kill him, and also maybe everyone else in the shelter for hiding him.

"i don't remember bringing you up like this! go back to the way you were!" it looks like you haven't seen him in at least 5 years, i don't know that you really have a leg to stand on here. didn't exactly do much raising

also, this was amuro's first time shooting anyone outside a mobile suit or something. he's not handling it great either if that makes you feel better mrs ray. i assume you're a mrs ray, i guess i don't really know

man amuro seems basically suicidal after that talk with his mother

the goofy tranformation and the obligatory gundam fight sort of ruin the mood of the episode, i'll be honest

bright yelling about ammunition sort of brings it back, as does the fact that it's clear amuro is just stomping on these guys to vent/protect his mom, but you guys are in federation territory! i thought you’d be good for supplies now!

bright clearly trying to apologize a little for being such an asshole to amuro by hyping him up for his mom but saying all the wrong things

good episode! glad to meet amuro's family and i always appreciate an episode that focuses on non-gundam things.

#0079 #gundam liveblog

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faulty-writes · 4 years

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I have an idea for the Bakugou vs Mirio sequel! Three words: obligatory beach episode. Class 1-A has a beach day and The Big 3 tag along. There's swimsuits, the two bicker over who's gonna help Y/N with her sunscreen, and just general summer love shenanigans. Mirio and Bakugou do agree on a 'temporary truce' somewhere in the middle of the trip when they catch Mineta perving on Y/N, but once he's dealt with it's right back to hating each other. They (rly Mirio) TRY to behave for her, though.

When Mirio had first heard that Class 1-A was having a beach day, well he couldn’t pass up the opportunity to help. Of course, there was an alternative motive for his volunteering to be a monitor. The Big Three was going to tag along as a group, however, his intention was to fully make sure Bakugou didn’t get his hands on you. Maybe it was a little selfish but he still didn’t appreciate the way Bakugou had treated you and he wasn’t about to let the angry blond be alone with you. So somehow he convinced Nejire and Tamaki to join the first years on their trip.

Of course, he was also a little eager to show off his body in a way that didn’t necessarily use his quirk. The sun felt amazing on his skin and he smiled as he heard the gentle crash of the waves against the sand. It was beautiful, however, he didn’t have much time to enjoy it. His goal was set, to find you. Of course, on his way, he had bumped into Bakugou who also seemed to be looking for you. “Back off, dumbass! Y/n is mine and I’ll be damned if you fuck up this trip for me, got it!?” he snapped at the third year, but Mirio just laughed him off.

“Hey now, that’s not really nice!” he pointed out as he placed his hands on his hips. “Besides, she isn’t an object. I think I’ve told you that before, right?” Bakugou growled in response and curled his hands into fists. “Just stay out of my way!” he snapped before pushing against Mirio’s chest and continuing his search, of course, Mirio didn’t let him get far. He trailed behind the younger male and they both paused when they saw you. Sitting on your towel toward the middle of the beach. Their eyes scanning you, taking in how you looked in that bathing suit.

Mirio cleared his throat, trying to ignore the blush on his face and though Bakugou had an equally red face. He was the first one to charge over to you, which took Mirio by surprise. “Hey, wait!” he called after him and Bakugou once more tried to shove the third year away. “I said back off, hedge head!” he snapped and Mirio frowned, “Hedge head?” he repeated, unsure of where Bakugou had gotten that nickname from. However, they both seemed to forget you were sitting in front of them. “Um...hi guys, what’s up?” you questioned, somewhat hoping they wouldn’t start a fight like last time.

You really didn’t want to be in the middle of drama again. But they both seemed to turn their attention to you with large smiles, “Hi y/n!” Mirio was the first to greet you. “Need help with your sunscreen?” he questioned and Bakugou growled, “Eh Y/n, don't listen to him. I can help you, I’m better at applying sunscreen!” he claimed and Mirio laughed, crossing his arms over his chest. “How exactly are you better?” he questioned and Bakugou turned to glare at him.

A sigh escaped as you slowly tiptoed away, eventually finding Mina and joining her and the rest of the girls in a friendly volleyball game. Mirio and Bakugou had taken search after you, almost relieved when they saw you playing a harmless beach game. Mirio smiled and watched as you delivered some nice hits and blocks. He turned to look at Bakugou who had his arms crossed and an annoyed expression on his face. He chuckled and looked around at the small crowd forming, most of which consisted of the male students from Class 1-A but Mirio noticed something as he looked at them.

It seemed the young boys were only interested in the chest physics of your game, rather than the actual sport itself. Which somehow bothered Mirio, given you looked amazing in your swimsuit but there was more to you than just your body or at least he thought so. He elbowed Bakugou, “Hey,” he whispered, “Do you notice the stares?” Bakugou turned to him with a glare. “Eh!?” he snapped and Mirio hushed him before continuing. “They seem to be awfully interested in Y/n.” he continued, though Iida and Midoriya seemed to be the most appropriate out of the boys.

“So what?” Bakugou said and Mirio shrugged, “I don’t want Y/n to be bothered by all of this so…” he frowned a bit and extended his hand out to Bakugou who seemed both confused and angry. “I want a temporary truce, at least to make sure Y/n is protected from all these guys,” he said, and though Bakugou didn’t like the idea of a truce with someone he was competing with. He nonetheless took Mirio’s hand. “At least until that problem is solved, then it’s back enemies. Got it!?” he snapped and Mirio smiled in return. “Got it,” he said, though he failed to notice that Mineta seemed to be the worst out of the crowd.

He was practically drooling and making comments there were less than appropriate. But you and the rest of the girls seemed to pay him no mind, at least not until later. Somehow Mineta had set his sights on you and despite the fact you were actively trying to avoid Mirio and Bakugou, Mineta was an added annoyance. You couldn’t help but feel his eyes on you and tried to shrug it off as your beach day continued. You eventually found another spot to sunbathe, played in the water for a bit, and even got a treat from the ice cream truck. Of course, you hadn’t expected Mineta to come up to you when a bit of ice cream dropped from the stick and onto your chest. “Gee, that seems like quite the problem. Want me to lick it off?” the purple menace questioned.

You froze, your eyes growing wide. “Uh...what?” you responded before a voice broke through the air. “Back the fuck off!” immediately you recognized it was Bakugou and he was glaring at Mineta, his hands held out and fingers spread as multiple explosions sounded from his palms. Mirio was right behind him and decided to try and pull the angry blond away. “No need for violence, hey there friend,” he said, referring to Mineta who still looked terrified. “Can you not talk to Y/n that way, she’s kind of special to me and well, there’s no need to make anyone feel uncomfortable,” he explained though Mineta seemed more afraid of the fact that Mirio was at least four times his size and his smile came off as intimidating.

“Huh?” Mirio blinked when Mineta took off running, “Well, that’s a little weird.” he said as he rubbed the back of his head. However, you were busy trying to wipe off the ice cream and Mirio turned his head when he noticed this. Bakugou merely licked his lips, “Oh here, you can use my towel.” Mirio insisted as he pulled it off his shoulder. “Oh uh...thanks,” you replied, “Pff.” Bakugou huffed and crossed his arms.

“Why the hell did you stop me!? I could have had that little dumbass taken care of.” Mirio frowned and turned to him. “Violence isn’t always the answer you know.” Bakugou scraped his teeth together, “What the hell are you talking about dumbass!?” he snapped, “There’s violence everywhere, I don’t give a damn if you’re a sunshine boy! Even you should be able to see it.” Mirio chuckled, “Well...sometimes it’s best to distance yourself from it, isn’t that right, Y/n?” he turned to look at you, but much like before you had chosen to walk away from the almost fight between Mirio and Bakugou.

“Oh great! Your dumbass scared her away! Idiot.” The angry blond growled and Mirio tapped his chin. “She has my towel, well I don’t mind! She can keep it for as long as she needs it. But I am a little worried about Mineta.” Bakugou’s anger disappeared for a moment. “Yeah…” he said, turning to look away. His hands curling into fists. “I’m going to find her first!” he declared before taking off and Mirio nearly panicked, running right behind him. One day maybe the boys would eventually come to another compromise, but not today.

#bnha requests #bnha reader insert #mirio x reader #bakugou x reader #Anonymous

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reviewabeautifulstory · 3 years

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Sotus the Series Episode 14 Review

Aw a date!! And Arthit using the same request for help as Kong’s favour to shop for a birthday gift for his niece was great! Kong asking if it was a date tells me he considered the last Saturday outing one too even if he wasn’t brave enough then to admit that’s probably what it was!

Their friends are clueless aren’t they? Ah the magic of TV dramas. Your friend is stood literally behind you within earshot and arranging a date and yet they somehow don’t hear!

And we also have the obligatory – not together, we just conveniently ran into each other at the cinema excuse. I get why Kong looks a little hurt – they don’t need to come out and say they’re dating if they’re not ready to say it yet – and everyone comes out at their own speed when they’re ready which is fine but they could easily have said they were there together and I doubt anyone would’ve batted an eyelid. I do feel bad for them that it put a bit of a downer on their date after they were so excited.

I think they're struggling to step over the line from maybe friends and freshman/senior to boyfriends a little? It's always weird resetting the boundaries of relationships though.

Ya know what, I really wish we’d gotten more of that scene from Arthit and Knot and him coming out to someone. From the small part we did see, the actors would’ve had the depth to deal with it so I don’t know why they just didn’t do the full coming out scene. It sort felt a bit slapped in between a couple of other scenes and not given the weight it deserved. I know some coming out scenes don’t need to be big or flashy or gasp out loud in shock; they can be more quiet and in the moment like this one but I felt like given the scenes before it in the episode it would’ve been nice to see more of it.

Not forgetting what I just said, but the beach scene did make up for it a bit!

Prae likes girls. OK that could’ve been a wealth of good material had Kong had someone we could see him talking to about falling for someone of the same gender. Not sure why that never happened. We were robbed!!

Arthit finally asks a question I was actually wondering – why is Kong in engineering when he has what it takes to do something else and wow they actually have a backstory together! I didn’t see that coming! Now I get where Kong’s immediate admiration came from. Arthit had already helped him come to terms with engineering and that sometimes the place and not what you’re doing it just as important.

That does help an awful lot of things click into place. I almost wish we’d had a hint of that a little bit sooner!

#sotus the series #sotus episode reviews #kongpob x arthit #arthit x kongpob #sotus kongpob #sotus arthit #arthit #kongpob #Thai BL #BL series #bl drama

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idratherdreamofjune · 4 years

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Apen or Faramir, Endeavour "Neverland" or "Coda", Leverage "The Wedding Job" or "The Juror #6 Job", Chara's wardrobe or Melete's wardrobe, beaches or prairies, The Perilous Gard or Fire and Hemlock, St. Claire or Alvarado siblings, swords or shields, Agatha Christie or Ngaio Marsh, "Gutair" or "Gosh", leaving or coming home, LotR or SW (prequel) costume design, Avidan or Velvare, Enel or Aquil for creating a distraction, Sutcliff or McKillip, Bhatair or Berlyne in a tight spot, & Ansam or Melly.

YIKES

Okay - first a disclaimer I should have included in the tags when I reblogged that prompt post: sadly this will not be responded to in graphics (I’ve seen a lot of “this or that” graphic responses and those are great but I don’t have the guts to take that on. Though. I could try to do one random graphic response per ask/asker.... Hum...

[Prompt post]-->[Make me choose]

Back to the ask at hand: quite a lot of tough ones!!! There will be spoilers.

Apen or Faramir - sorry sports fans, Apen is really an excellent young man but there may not even be a single character who is better than Faramir in my mind.

Endeavour “Neverland” or “Coda” - “Neverland” is not one of my preferred episodes even taken alone, as the subject matter is too dark for me personally. Meanwhile “Coda” functions as “the usual, not to say obligatory,” crime show bank robbery episode. XD That’s a good thing, because I enjoy bank robbery episodes. :P Of course the ending with Joan leaving is ROUGH but she lives so it’s okay; there’s always next season!

Leverage “The Wedding Job” or “The Juror #6 Job” - These are both good, but while I really enjoyed the mafia spoofs and fake FBI act from Parker and Hardison in “The Wedding Job”, courtroom drama takes the cake for me. :)

Chara’s wardrobe or Melete’s wardrobe - probably Melete’s, because Chara defaults to a more girly, pink look. Melete also tends to be more eyecatching and interesting (if unpractical).

beaches or prairies - beaches! As long as it’s not crowded (I’d take a private prairie over a packed beach any day).

The Perilous Gard or Fire and Hemlock - Perilous Gard all the way!! Fire and Hemlock is certainly a good book (and I need to reread it for sure) but The Perilous Gard got into my heart immediately and is dear favorite. Kate and Christopher are somewhere near the top on my nebulous list of ships.

St. Claire or Alvarado siblings - !!! After a lot of consideration, I’m picking the St. Claires. I think. They need more love (not from fans - just in general).

swords or shields - my first instinct is to go with swords, but maybe that’s just because they get more screentime (or page space hah). Sting and Anduril come to mind, and of course The Sword of Martin the Warrior! However I actually am especially attached to Captain American and Wonder Woman specifically because they use shields more than swords/guns/etc. (though, of course Captain America uses his offensively quite a lot. It’s the concept, okay?! XD )

Agatha Christie or Ngaio Marsh - definitely Ngaio Marsh. She can be a bit hit-or-miss (her penchant for the theater and formula for wrapping up endings are a bit worn), but some of her books are almost comparable to Dorothy Sayers mysteries - while Agatha Christie never comes close, in my opinion. Christie always seems a bit flippant about crime, even when she’s trying to be serious. And while Christie’s settings are good, Marsh’s are sometimes magnificent. Also I think Ngaio Marsh’s secondary characters go deeper than Christie’s. Anyway. Thank you for coming to my TED talk, as they say. :”P

“Gutair” or “Gosh” - if that second one is Gudrun and Joshua, that’s a no from me. The main thing I’ve always been disappointed in Joshua over is how interested he was in Gudrun while Bhatair was still ... in the picture (I was going to say “eating” but that’s just weird and vague). And once he wasn’t, they sure got married awfully quick. :/ Plus, despite all the tragedy, “Gutair” has my support.

leaving or coming home - COMING HOME. Leaving has almost nothing to recommend it (except that it sets you up to come home at some point). I suppose if one were to leave WITH family then that would be okay. But I haven’t gotten to experience that lately.

Costume design: LotR or SW Prequels - Both have their good points, but based on sheer wearability of my favorite pieces in each, LotR wins by a long shot. Padme’s outfits are my favorite in SW, but by and large they look far from comfortable-for-everyday, let alone adventure-ready.

Avidan or Velvare - Avidan, because Velvare constantly has me wondering why I even care about him, whereas Avidan is a lonely prince doing the best he can despite being raised by that jerk. Avidan is making mistakes but I believe he’s trying to do what is best for the country, and I also believe hope he wants to do better. Velvare has yet to convince me of that, and seems driven more by his own interests, affected by whatever phase the moon is in (I mean, come on, he’s made some strange decisions). He’s shown some remorse but has yet to try to change, as far as I can see (arguably Avidan is in the same place in that regard, which is why I said “hope” hah).

Enel or Aquil for creating a distraction - !!! Another hard one, but more entertaining to consider. Seems like six of one, half a dozen of another, to me. XD Aquil seems to have a much better grasp of what he can do, curse-wise, which might come in handy. Except he frequently accidentally (? presumably) messes up on directions. Meanwhile Enel would probably go about following the plan and then end up breaking his leg or a window or accidentally tripping you. He reminds me of Sid the Sloth in Ice Age, now that I think about it. Aquil is probably the safest choice after all.

Sutcliff or McKillip - Sutcliff!!!!! McKillip’s books are good but she’s never gotten to me on an emotional level like Sutcliff. Also I can’t connect as well with her settings, they usually feel a little too castle-on-a-cloud. Enjoyable to read about, but not as livable as the landscapes in Sutcliff’s books.

Bhatair or Berlyne in a tight spot - Bhatair might be a better fighter, but I’d trust Berlyne to have my back and do what’s right, no matter what.

Ansam or Melly - Melly is sweet, and no offense meant to dog fans, but I prefer horses. Especially such a smart and loyal horse as Ansam! Too bad we haven’t seen more of him. Yet. Now, if it were Pigeondove vs. Ansam... that’s a little harder.

#The Silver Eye #this or that #meta #Valia #asked

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frcmashes · 5 years

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run away wedding au / handon

( loosely inspired by grey’s anatomy episode s10e12; get up, stand up )

VERSE: it’s au but it’ s not. i picture it as like… canon adjacent. the twins became heretics to avoid the merge and hope is a full tribrid. ok thank you, please proceed.

it’s the third saturday in september and landon’s sitting behind the wheel of his car, dragging off a cigarette as he watches the clock. it’s 12:45 pm and he watches as the wedding party exits the church, a photographer following like a shadow as he snaps photos. he turns away when the bride comes down the steps, eyes on his phone as he fiddles with the music playing softly through the speakers. in truth, he hasn’t heard a single note since he pulled up outside; as he kissed his girlfriend goodbye as she went to join the rest of the wedding party. her sister’s getting married — as maid of honor, it was imperative she be on time.

he checks his phone again. 12:49 pm. he sighs, curses under his breath as he stubs his cigarette out in a takeaway cup. usually it helps, especially when he’s stressed, or on edge, but he thinks there isn’t enough nicotine in the world to help you get through your ex-girlfriend’s wedding to your current girlfriend’s twin sister. he knows there’s no greeting card that covers it; he’s already checked. the card he picked is impersonal, a message of blessings, or good wishes, with a pottery barn gift card stuck inside. a obligatory gift to go along with his obligatory invite.

okay, maybe that’s not fair. since the break-up, they’ve been civil. in fact, he’d go so far as to say they’re friends. they go to brunch every sunday, double date in the city when the twins want to go shopping, or see some play that’s come to town. they hover in each other’s orbit, make small talk and send memes back and forth when their respective twins are caught up with each other. but. he can’t remember the last time they spent more than 45 minutes alone together. he thinks it’s purposeful. you can be friends with someone you used to love, he knows this is true, but it’s never the same. you never really recover. ( or at least, he hasn’t. he’s great at falling in love, not so much at falling out. ) it’s the reason why he’s out here in the car searching for distractions rather than standing up beside MG with a suit and a forced smile for the photographer. lizzie had asked, had said that she knew hope wouldn’t ever ask for herself, but knew her fiancée well enough to know that he was important and she would want him by her side. if it’s a no, lizzie had said with as much sincerity as lizzie really could, she never needs to know that i asked you. just think about it. he had thought, he had, but there were some lines you just couldn’t cross. some asks that were too much, too soon.

he watches with a dispassionate interest as the bridal party continue taking photos, glancing away intermittently when the twisting feeling in his stomach starts wreaking havoc. the pack is almost gone by the time josie’s slipping back into the car, a disapproving gaze cast between him and the takeaway cup. she’s no idiot but she doesn’t ask the question he knows she’s dying to ask; are you sure about this? he’s glad she doesn’t because he’s not sure of his answer. that’s not to say that they haven’t had this talk. they have, several times. each time he’ll tell her he’s fine, that he’s over it, and that it’s not weird to go to your ex’s wedding. he’s said it so many times he really believes it. or maybe he just wants to believe it, wants to feel absolutely nothing when hope and lizzie stand up in front of all of their friends and family and promise forever to each other.

( he’s immortal. they all are. forever’s a long time when there’s no light at the end of the tunnel. no escape. to him, immortality feels like a burden. feels hopeless. josie’s always been more optimistic, found the bright side in all the dark, but landon’s never been that good at it. he’s happy-ish, but that doesn’t always feel like enough. but he clings to the hope that maybe it could be. maybe it will be. )

at 1:45 pm he reluctantly gets out of the car, straightens out his shirt in the mirror and heads inside. he sits on hope’s side because he knows he’s supposed to, will be in full view of josie once she comes down the aisle. he knows because she told him; it was intentional, a gift from lizzie. he’s not sure if he should thank her or if he hates her. he’s never really hated anyone, not in ways that counted, but there’s a bitter taste in his mouth that he’s struggling to swallow. that taste never goes away. not when the music starts, not when the doors open, and not when lizzie comes down the aisle. alaric and caroline flank her on either side, their eyes wet with tears as they approach the justice of the peace. landon keeps his gaze set a few inches from lizzie’s face, never making eye contact. it’s easier this way. josie and MG come next and he makes eye contact as they pass his row. josie’s smile is soft, maybe even a little concerned, and he wishes for the first time that this was a bigger wedding. he wishes that there were 12 sets of bridesmaids and groomsmen, a never-ending sea of taffeta and black suits as far as the eye can see. if there was, if there was a god, the music wouldn’t be swelling in anticipation of the bride.

( that’s how he refers to her in his mind today. the bride. he’d hoped it would hurt less, would make it possible to sit through the wedding while ignoring the dread pooling inside of him. it hadn’t worked. it isn’t working. he wants nothing more than to run away but he can’t because it’s too late. )

her mother walks her down the aisle. at the end, her father rises from his seat in the front row and presses a kiss against her cheek. he thinks that klaus says she looks lovely but he can’t hear. he’s focusing his gaze on the train of her dress, trying to ignore the way his palms sweat and his heart races. he knows instantly that he can’t be here; that he needs to leave, put as much distance between himself and this ceremony as humanly possible. whatever the justice is saying is lost on him, the only thing he hears is the pounding of his own heart. when it becomes too much to bear, he moves to stand – to FLEE.

his abrupt movement disrupts the crowd. the justice pauses mid-sentence, the wedding party turn to look at him. he’s frozen, unable to move a muscle. “ uh, sorry. ” he sits back down, cheeks blazing red. it feels as if he’s burning up, like his insides might literally melt from sheer embarrassment. his eyes drift to josie, sees the warning in her gaze. he knows her well enough to know she’s equal parts concerned and afraid. the FEAR is unexpected but then again she’s always seen right through him, even when he was blind to the truth. so when he stands again, surprising even himself, her face shows nothing but quiet acceptance.

“ i’m sorry. ” he says it quietly at first. then he clears his throat, makes eye contact with hope for the first time. he can’t look at lizzie, can’t see the fury. he can already see alaric tensing out of the corner of his eye. if there wasn’t a church filled with guests, he’s sure klaus ( or even caroline ) would have snapped his neck already. a repeat engagement. “ i’m sorry i didn’t say this sooner. or that i’m saying this at all. i don’t know what i’m sorry about anymore. i just am. ” he feels nervous, so much so that he’s shaking. “ i just know that i love you. i love you, hope. i’ve always loved you. i never stopped. ” he swallows, hard. the church is so quiet you could hear a pin drop. “ don’t marry her. ” he hears someone gasp. he doesn’t blame them, this is a gasp worthy moment. “ don’t marry her. ”

the church is so quiet. hope is looking at him, her eyes wide and so vulnerable, and he hates that he’s put her in this position. he hasn’t thought this through. when he’d walked through those doors, he’d been resigned to their fates. this wasn’t something he planned. he’s just about to sit back down, to pretend it never happened and take his licks when they came, when he hears a whisper. “ i’m sorry. ” his eyes snap up, watch hope take the engagement ring off her finger and press it into lizzie’s. “ i’m so sorry … but i can’t do this. ” her voice wavers, eyes wet but never letting those tears fall. she never did like crying on front of people. “ i love you. ” she says to lizzie. “… but i can’t give you what you need. what you deserve. ”

lizzie, to her credit, is somehow composed. her posture is rigid, the ring sitting in her hand like it’s a pebble as she stares at her bride. “ what i deserve, ” she says icily, “… is to NOT get left at the alter for the littlest hobo ! ” hope nods, her chin quivering as she leans in to kiss lizzie on the cheek. she apologizes again before reaching down and hiking up her dress, kicking off her shoes as she takes off down the aisle.

their eyes connect. his hand extends, takes hers as they run. they run outside the church, past the caterers who are lugging things into the reception venue, past the car with the words ‘ just married ‘ on the back. they run, and they run, and they run, until they’re both gasping for breath and doubled over. “ i can’t believe that just happened. ” he feels a little DRUNK. maybe it’s the adrenaline, maybe it’s the high that comes with relief, but he can’t help but feel the most like himself in … god, he doesn’t know how long. he turns to hope, meets her half way as they kiss. it’s so good, so right, that it only makes sense they take the first flight out and get married on the beach in the bahamas. no time for hesitation, no time for second guessing. they’d already missed out on so much time, why not let their eternity start right away?

* * *

a brunette figure taps the microphone. she’s wearing an elegant white pantsuit, a wedding ring resting on her finger. beside her, her wife smiles as she clinks her knife against a champagne glass. her wife casts a spell, amplifying the sounds coming from the microphone. “ thanks, babe. ” penelope park smiles, steals a kiss from josie saltzman-park before continuing. “ i know a lot of you never thought we’d get here. the bride herself included. ” josie rolls her eyes playfully as the crowd chuckles. “ … and yes while i did tag myself out for awhile there, a good friend of mine was happy to tag me back in after he publicly stole my wife’s twin sister’s wife for himself. on her wedding day. at the alter. ” she makes a ‘ yikes ’ expression. “ … so this one’s for you, landon kirby. the guy who made all my dreams come true. you better enjoy this moment because i’m never complimenting you again. ”

the person who laughs the loudest is lizzie. while she’d been livid at first, going so far as to publicly blast them in the post, she’d come around in time. it helped that she’d met her now-husband the same very night she’d been left at the alter. he was working catering at their reception venue. it hadn’t been easy, or even the smoothest, but lizzie flynn was undeniably happier now staring down forever with her soulmate.

#( meme )#( answered ask )#( hope )#ft #( lizzie )#( josie )#( penelope )#( will )

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drunklander · 6 years

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Drunj!Der Yells About Outlander

Thoughts on Ep. 311

It kind of took all I had not to fast forward through the first half of this episode. But whatever. Survivalist!Claire’s aesthetic does things for me. Drunk!Claire is my everything. And hey, not-a-dick!Jamie is back. There are only two episodes left so y’all are almost done having to scroll past my profanely-expressed disappointment with how that character has been written in the back half of the season.

But yeah. The first half of the episode, my shallow feelings about Claire looking nice while traipsing about in the jungle aside, is pretty much pointless. But I’ll take the fluffy second half. Same disclaimer as usual though about watching it as its own thing and not part of the larger season. (Is it just me or does this season feel like just a series of episodes rather than a larger overarching story like the other two did? Obvi every season is a series of episodes. That’s how TV works, duh. But idk, there’s something different about this one and for me it feels like there’s something missing...)

Anywho... DRUNK!CLAIRE AND SECKSI TIMES AND DRUNK!CLAIRE AND FERSALI AND DRUNK!CLAIRE AND MIRRORS AND DRUNK!CLAIRE AND MARSALI STARTING TO LIKE CLAIRE AND DRUNK!CLAIRE AND CHECKING THINGS OFF JAMMF’S SECKSI TIME BUCKET LIST AND DRUNK!CLAIRE!

*clings to scraps because otherwise why bother*

Claire napping/passed out on her raft reminds me of the time I literally fell asleep while floating in a pool. Because it really is possible to nap anywhere. Naps are great. #TeamNap

Ok so the fire ants are gross but that sequence did result in a reminder that Claire has really nice legs. So thanks for that, ants.

*pours one out for Coco’s dead relatives*

Why bother having Mamacita notice the zipper and then not have it even be a thing?

Hated the stuff with Fogden in the book. Hate it in the show. His only purpose is to marry Fersali and foreshadow the cave so the amount of time spent on him makes me roll my eyes like whoa.

Every time Claire tells someone she’s a doctor, have a drink and smash the patriarchy.

Ok. Tom Hanks literally had no one to talk to when he went all in with Wilson. Fogden has a fucking human woman living with him. And animals. And a town like a day away. WHY THE FUCK IS HE TALKING TO A COCONUT. STRANGER DANGER. RUN THE FUCK AWAY, CLAIRE.

I’m apparently a bit salty about sitting through so much with him.

Like we spend what feels like forever on his story about Ermenegilda. (It’s really like two minutes, but when you give no fucks about the story, it feels like 20.) We know more about this rando fucker who means nothing to Claire than we do about Joe, her best and only friend who was like the most important person in her life, besides Bree, for more than a decade. You make weird af choices, show. #TeamJoe

Of course the guy who fucking talks to a fucking coconut is also menacing af. Jfc, Claire. Get the fuck out of there. There is literally nothing stopping you. Mamacita will gladly point you in the right direction. Why are we still here with this dude.

Can Mamacita not call Claire a whore though? Can we just generally stop having people call Claire a whore? Cool.

Aaand now we get more about his dead girlfriend. Yes, loving people and missing daughters, yada yada. I still don’t care about this character. Didn’t need Sandy’s sob story. Don’t need Fogden’s. Stop trying to make fetch happen.

YOU DON’T NEED TO CONVINCE FATHER FOGDEN TO LET YOU GO, CLAIRE. JUST FUCKING LEAVE. IT’S NOT LIKE HE HAS YOU LOCKED UP. ASK THE LADY WHO WANTS YOU GONE TO POINT YOU IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF THE TOWN AND JUST BOUNCE.

Oh hey, Abandawe again. That’s probs not going to be a thing later...

See, look! Look how happy Mamacita is to give you general directions that transcend the language barrier, Claire! Oy. Moving on...

Well golly gee willikers it looks like the boys have somehow showed up at the beach equivalent of Galavant’s Forest of Coincidence! How fortunate.

(For serious. That scene is great.)

(I mean the one in Galavant. Not the boys on the beach.)

“Ye may have impure thoughts... But wi’ a pure heart, ye will have His forgiveness.” Ok this right here basically sums up my issue with second half of the season Jamie. Yes, it’s a comforting thing to say to Fergus, but it’s also how Jamie apparently rationalizes his not-stellar behavior. That one NYT recap said the show had a Jamie problem because he never had to answer for anything he did, and this is Jamie basically being like yep. That’s correct.

Apparently Claire has “freakishly accurate with mirror signals” in the special skills section of her resume. Wat.

It’s ok though because LOOK AT HER FACE WHEN SHE SEES JAMIE COMING FOR HER.

Their hug is magical, but I can’t stop giggling over Jamie going all phoebe buffay running dot gif.

“Mac Dubh’s wife turns up in the most unlikely of places, does she no?” “Aye. She just drops out of nowhere.” Thanks for that oh so totally necessary bit of on-the-nose meta, Lesley and Hayes. I still am in no way invested in you.

Obligatory “I love Yi Tien Cho” bullet. Like obvi with his acupuncture skills, he has some knowledge of medicine. But he just fixes Claire’s arm up like a boss. I really do love the two of them together.

Also I’m so fucking happy they cut the nonsense with the pirates. Like there are a bagillion ways for Claire to hurt her arm and thank fuck they decided on a way that’s so much better and less time consuming than fucking pirates. That said, no brownie points for fixing things that obviously needed fixing. That’s literally the job of the adaptation.

Oh right. Searching for Young Ian. That’s what all this is about. I’d forgotten that, what with all the side-quests...

I still don’t get why Jamie like considers himself to be all magnanimous for giving Fergus and Marsali his blessing. Like there really isn’t a good reason for him to object? Whatevs.

Yi Tien Cho giving Fogden the chicken is basically like “Jamie, you’re lucky I like your wife so much. Because fuck you for making me do this.”

THE SCENE WITH CLAIRE AND MARSALI IS MY EVERYTHING. GIVE ME ALL THE SCENES WITH CLAIRE AND MARSALI.

CAN MARSALI PLEASE STOP CALLING JAMIE “DADDY” THOUGH? IT’S SO FUCKING CREEPY.

Pretty sure Claire forgets to actually tell Marsali about ye olde timey birth control though, lol, because she is basically just constantly preggo for the rest of the series. (Yes, I know in the book Claire does tell her. But if we don’t see that convo in the show, I’m headcanoning that they forgot because Marsali basically gets pregnant every time Fergus like looks in her general direction.)

THEIR LITTLE SMILES AT EACH OTHER WHEN MARSALI SAYS MAYBE CLAIRE IS NOT THE DEVIL AFTER ALL. I JUST LOVE THEM SO MUCH.

I love Marsali being sassy at her wedding. And Claire and Jamie being all proud of their first child in the background. And Jamie giving Fergus the name that’s basically been his since before Culloden. And apparently Fergus share’s his dad’s affinity for ridiculous scarves. And Fergus’ little smile at Jamie and Claire after the ceremony kills me in the best way possible.

OK GUYS IT’S HAPPENINGGGGG. I love this scene and word-vomited about why way back in August and it’s finally here. The actual plot at this point in the season is not something I give a single fuck about. I’m here for fluffy smut.

DRUNK!CLAIRE IS MY EVERYTHING.

DRUNK!CLAIRE DECLARING THAT SHE IS IN FACT A DOCTOR IS MY EVERYTHING.

DRUNK!CLAIRE’S FACE WHEN SHE SPITS OUT THE THINGY FROM THE SYRINGE IS MY EVERYTHING.

DRUNK!CLAIRE SUCCESSFULLY PUTTING THE NEEDLE ON THE SYRINGE ONE HANDED AND BEING QUITE PROUD OF HERSELF THANK YOU VERY MUCH IS MY EVERYTHING.

JAMIE BEING AMUSED BY MAKING THE NEEDLE JIZZ A LITTLE AND DRUNK!CLAIRE BEING STARTLED BY SAID NEEDLE JIZZ IS MY EVERYTHING.

DRUNK!CLAIRE BEING LIKE YES, STAB ME IN THE ARSE PLEASE IS MY EVERYTHING.

DRUNK!CLAIRE STABBING HERSELF IN THE ARSE BECAUSE BOYS ARE USELESS IS MY EVERYTHING.

DRUNK!CLAIRE “MMM”-ING AT JAMIE IS MY EVERYTHING.

DRUNK!CLAIRE DECLARING THAT DAMMIT SHE *IS* RESPECTABLE IS MY EVERYTHING.

DRUNK!CLAIRE CRAWLING ACROSS THE TABLE IS MY EVERYTHING.

BOLT THE FUCKING DOOR, JAMIE! BOLT THE DOOR! BOLT DOOR! BOLDOR! BODOR!

CURRENT SEXUALITY: DRUNK!CLAIRE GIGGLING AS SHE GRABS THE D.

DRUNK!CLAIRE BOLTING THE DOOR HER DAMN SELF BECAUSE BOYS ARE USELESS IS MY EVERYTHING.

GUYS JAMIE FINALLY GETS TO DO IT THE BACK WAY. YOU KNOW, LIKE HORSES.

DRUNK!CLAIRE’S “NO, SHE HASN’T” IS MY EVERYTHING.

BANG ON, FRASERS.

#*#drunj!der yells about outlander #outlander starz #outlander 3x11

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