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DEADASS old man shang tsung should be loved more
Like mk legends shang tsung specifically is absolutely delicious.
(Minus some things like not really showing his treachery to shao kahn. Like it's playing a bit too safe in the cunning department. And honestly makes it look like he's a sinp for shao kahn when he fucking wasn't and hated his guts and would happily stab shao in the back 1000 times over if you ask him and given him the opportunity to. And not to mention it's so convenient around plot. And i hate that. Because honestly holy shit this shang had potential. He had the presence,the aura,but never really shown to fight. And it sucks. Because shang is supposed to be a beast in kombat. He was a fucking boss after all. Like gdi nrs. Why you gotta fumble this guy so hard?! Like the writing is right there!)
Anyways. Old man shang. Let's get back to that.
The reason why i feel old man shang or at least how shang tsung IS SUPPOSED TO BE.
This mofo is cursed. To age. Less he takes the lifeforce/souls of others Because he decided to say "fuck you elder gods! Imma take your ritual healing dark magics and apply it to kombat. Imma take this shit and make it my own!" DEADASS a Dracula energy/soul vampire. Like this man despite everything,still could whoop your ass because he is fucking 500yrs old! From old dynasty china. In earthrealm. Yeah.
This man used to be a warrior from earthrealm,got into beef with raiden,and said fuck you im switching sides as soon as he caught whiff of an opportunity to(at least in his mind at the time) be treated "better" (which he really wasn't as better off,maybe even worse,but he had some power and some better standing tho at a cost)
Like you could take shang tsung in many ways. But all in all he doesn't need to be twirly mustache to be evil. Nor does he need to be good or "SOME GODS PLAYTHING!" to be righteous or do honorable things.
Legitimately mofo shang tsung as an old man should be written as a person who comes off as uncannily and eerily calm,a air of danger but you can't really run away nor want to. You're too damn curious even tho you're screaming inside to run. He needs that true fucking snake vibe.
Very few people have written and portrayed this successfully. And tagawa pioneered that well vibe for villains imho. (Tho the man was unfortunately typecasted by Hollywood this man by god set the bar high. He did it so damn well. He put his whole heart into this. And honestly out of all his roles,this was the most notorious of his roles. Tho i hope this man gets more leisure roles and happier roles in the future. And eventually has a safe,and peaceful retirement. He deserves it. Fr. Thank you Mr. Tagawa seriously. <3 )
Artt butler did a fantastic job with shang tsung,tho given a better script it would be better.
Same with alan lee. I feel his would have made me like it more if fans and story weren't shit.
But all in all shang tsung being rejuvenated and young is nice. And should be shown especially since he is cursed. But his default,unpopular opinion here but. His old man form should be his default look. If not old man old man,then a but of salt n pepper at bare minimum.
Honestly,shang i prefer at his old man look because thats what i well grew up on. And that's kinda how i see him. 🤷♀️ *shrug*
Like guy is a flashier more fancy pai mei from Tarantino's kill bill to me. Maybe slightly bit more nicer and considerate but not by much. Lol.
I could go on and on about old man shang tsung specifically. But I'll leave this at.
Honestly we just need to bring him back. We need to bring back shang tsung with that vibe. We need to not make him conveniently made for plot. No give me the shang tsung that i fucking knew.
That bastard needs to make a comeback. And mk11 can't be the only game that he does it in.
And mk legends can't be the only media outside the games that does it either.
Anyways,old man shang. I love this foxy grandpa.
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dave strider for the character ask thing?
favorite thing about them
his speech patterns enchant me
least favorite thing about them
that andrew hussie wrote him. yknow what i mean. hes so great at character writing but sometimes...
favorite line
oh god how can i choose ONE good dave line. the entire apple juice conversation at the very beginning is absolutely iconic. also the jupiter bit is quite funny. the whole conversation with dirk where he actually talks abt his traumatic childhood
^ this is so fucking stupid but it makes me cackle every time
^ does this even need a caption
^ one of the funniest scenes in the entire comic if im being real
i could go on for forever but i must stop here
brOTP
i do love pepsicola but also. imagine. john and dave as besties who maybe get a bittttt gay sometimes but like shhhh. they chill.
OTP
davekat rules i love yaoi but . i gotta go davejade here . childhood friends to lovers AND . the one pixel smile . like theyre so sweet but tragic and sometimes messed up but still soft and . theyre like straight yuri to me.
nOTP
hisses through teeth. why must large fandoms and sibling characters mix in such ways. i will stop there.
random headcanon
albino mixed asian guy (dirk has white boy surfer ecto dna and roxy would be of some kinda asian descent if she wasnt a paradox clone but i cant fuckin make up my mind for more specific than that help) + wears sunglasses bc light sensitivity. scars easily and has a ton from training w bro. thats like 5 headcanons in one whoops
unpopular opinion
shouldve been more texan. "thats just about the saddest thing i ever heard get said" please more of this. let me have my southern brethren.
song i associate with them
modern man by arcade fire and eight by sleeping at last
favorite picture of them
so silly
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Kimchay!
before I started reading @majestictortoise's writing about them I would've said "don't ship" purely because they gave me such secondhand embarrassment on my first watch but thanks to the aforementioned writing I am now on board. I'm pretty easy to talk into new ships a lot of the time, actually.
What made you ship it?
I think it was the realization that made me think about it where I was giving Porchay more credit, is maybe the way to put it? Because so much of my reaction to it was based on the feeling of cringe I got from seeing a teen boy pursuing his idol, but rethinking about their scenes and the way that Porchay is...actually more agentive than that, if that makes sense? Porchay sees a boy, likes a boy, and decides to pretty determinedly flirt with the boy, and he's actually remarkably self-assured about it, all things considered. It flips the scene where he plays his song for Kim, for instance, from feeling embarrassing to me to feeling more like 'oh yeah you are really putting feelings front and center and obvious which is kinda necessary considering how much Kim is living in a 'feelings, what are those' bubble.'
Between that and the fact that I am terminally weak to characters who think of themselves as cold and dedicated to a cause first and their personal life second if at all suddenly tripping and whoops! ending up in feelings, I guess I'm here now.
What are your favorite things about the ship?
Probably the aforementioned part about the experience for Kim, who has been on a mission and is such a weirdo and so maladjusted in his own particular way (differently from his brothers), and here he has this sneaky, sneaky plan to get more information on the conspiracy he's trying to untangle about what his dad is up to, and Kinn's new bodyguard's baby brother is the perfect target, and oh whoops this plan isn't going the way he thought it would, oh no.
Also thinking though about if Kim was thinking at some point about how nice it would be if this was a thing that was actually as completely separated from the fucked up tangle of his family as it looks if you don't know he's related to them, while he knows it's not, but maybe kind of wishing he could pretend it was.
And ultimately not knowing how to deal with emotional confrontation in a relationship so he just, you know. Doesn't.
I also think the fact that I realized that Porchay is actually the more emotionally mature one of the two of them is a big selling point here.
Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?
I feel like a lot of my opinions are just cribbed from, again, @majestictortoise, and I still don't spend a lot of time in this specific corner of fandom, but I will say that while I think Porchay deserves to get to yell at Kim a little, I don't think he actually wants to and I think it would be more devastating to make Kim suffer through an honest emotional conversation anyway.
#conversating#anonymous#kimchay#kinnporsche#kim theerapanyakul#porchay kittisawat#i love kim i really do#he's such a feral weirdo#ship opinions meme
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Walking person vs. Rolling person Etiquette?
We were at Pride last weekend. The time or place or event is largely irrelevant, but imagine a venue like a large public park, or an amusement park with big swaths of grass instead of roller coasters. There are wide walkways that are 90% flat; a few bumps show up where there are repaired cracks or manhole covers and stuff like that. While it’s not advertised as super accessible, it’s perfectly fine for mobility equipment as long as you’re observant of the paths from the handicapped parking to the wheelchair curb to the main park walkway, etc.
The major issue that became clear almost immediately, though, was that the event was packed with excited participants. (From a Pride perspective, that’s super awesome, and a lot of people are gregariously friendly and complimentary of my rainbow wheelchair tray.) Due to the way the event is set up, there are vendors and organizations in tents on both sides of multiple main walkways. There’s a large semi-circle of food vendors. The middle grassy area is full of people in lawn chairs/ lounging and listening to live music and watching performers on the main stage.
It’s all totally to be expected. I wouldn’t go to a big event like that and expect it to be unpopular or empty of other people. However, the people walking and moving along the walkways are not observing the “walk on the right-hand side of the path” guideline that generally controls traffic in crowds. There are vendors on both sides, so there is temptation to zigzag, but going all the way to the end and U-turning is much leas disruptive to the movement flow.
Regarding my locomotion, I don’t self-propel. I don’t have the upper body strength to make my chair go more than a few inches, especially when I have a gear bag hanging from my handles on the back. When I’m indoors on a hard floor, like linoleum, I do on-the-spot turns, like to come out of an elevator facing forward, but I can’t go down a hallway or anything by myself. I need a helper.
So, when we’re at Pride, we’re observing the “stick to the right” generalization, and trying to keep our party of 7 fairly close together, since it consists of 2 wheelchairs, one wagon, 4 walkers, and, among those, 4 deaf people. We pause frequently to talk to vendors and to do stuff like adjust clip-on fans and drink water. I don’t think at any point we clogged the walkway; we mostly stayed in a line. But, people kept walking by me and scooting in between me and DD (my helper) and hip-checking my chair, and just being a little too close for comfort. Most of them said “excuse me.” The words came out before they shoved on through.
I found that rather not ok. Some of it is personal preference, because I’m a word nerd, and I think words and phrases ought to be used by their proper definitions (“excuse me” is an apology, thus said after the offense. Something like “pardon” refers to action whoops, so better choice during the offense… but I know that’s nit picky and dumb to try to make a standard). But, the true issue here is this: in the case of one walking and one rolling person, who should accommodate whom?
I’m not that much of a jerk that I think just because I’m in a chair that I need to be treated like royalty that’s in an untouchable bubble. I realize I’m in a public space, and interacting with people is a thing.
But, like, when you’re on a hiking path that also allows bicycles, you don’t start chasing down a bicycle if you see one and rub your elbow across the rider’s face. You carefully pass one another. Maybe acknowledge each other. And if the path is super narrow, isn’t it traditional and most polite for the hiker to carefully step aside until the bicycle passes?
If it’s an impossible location, like my chair is blocking the only gap between a tent and a wall, I’ll ask DD to move me. But otherwise, wouldn’t it just be easier and more respectful and more comfortable for all involved if the walker chose the next most convenient place to change direction?
I’m also sort of a naturally anxious/guilty person, and I often feel the need to fall inferior to the other person and get myself and my stuff out of the way (yeah, you can thank my roommate for reinforcing that habit). However, I’m also easily offended to be told I’m wrong or doing something incorrectly, especially by someone who is out of the loop. So, I found myself looking to DD (who is deaf) and my roommate (who is deaf) for reassurance or direction of what to do. I didn’t really get answers. That’s ok, because there was just so much chaos.
The more I think about it, though, the more I think I’ve come to a conclusion. There’s a loose hierarchy of pedestrian/vehicle etiquette, such as kids playing in the cul-de-sac vacate for cars. Pedestrians on the sidewalk accommodate bicycles. Cars accommodate racing/commuting bicycles in bike lanes/bike boxes/observing traffic law. In general, wheels have power over feet, yet the relative vulnerability of all parties involved must also be observed. A wheelchair is most similar to a bicycle, so a pedestrian should work around it. Additionally, a wheelchair user is more vulnerable than a pedestrian, so again, the pedestrian should observe the safety of the wheelchair when planning their own movements.
I’m not trying to make edicts or enforce laws. I’m trying to logic my way through something that didn’t make a lot of sense. If you have thoughts, feel free to share. It’s not just one opinion that counts, after all.
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hiii im sooo sorry ive been away for a while i just wasnt feeling well 😓tbh punch has that signature nct title track sound that nonstop doesnt idk i feel nonstop is too cohesive? its not.. noisy enough i mean lmao it works really well as a b-side imo. also horizon as a title would be too powerful i dont think the world is ready for that yet 😳 it's one of my faves too it's just so *clenches fist* GOOD. oohhh dwc i see where you're coming from! no no youre right it does sound similar!! ~ 💚
mr seonghwa mr real life ken doll he is so perfect sis you have taste. i'm a multi but i dont know what it is w/ ateez i cant seem to pick a bias?? even after i've been stanning since pre-debut? i wanna say joong or maybe yunho but then again you cant leave out the literal devil reincarnated san himself but but!! wooyoung!! this era my man wooyung's been serving LOOKS!!!!! the album teaser just came out oohh oohh whats your fave track so farr?? ~💚
omg yk what i just realised. nonstop sounds like an evolved version of limitless aka nct's best title track to date. i see what you mean by saying it would probably chart better. i'm an idiot i apologise for my previous ramblings ~ 💚
you’re fine!! are you feeling any better though? no but i do kinda get what you mean about the sound? i would say punch is the most frankenstine-like title track with a lot of different textures too is (also superhuman’s bridge was like this but not the entire song). i actually find nonstop to be a softer(?) version of limitless, it just doest have the grit in the synths and vocals/rap that limitless has!! i also feel like this is an extremely unpopular opinion but limitless is not my fave title 😬 like it slaps but its not my FAVE sdhjfsd
ohhh yes the world is not ready for that but man i love the live stages for that song that they did do, the choreo is amazing!! hwa caught my eye first and then he just stuck in my heart :’) but oohh yeah i get what you mean!! all the boys are amazing i can see why it can be hard to choose one at all~ i actually didn’t know the released the previews until you sent this LOL but not sure yet? maybe fever or good lil boy?? but i haven’t fell in love with of yet and i think it honestly may take a few listens of the entire tracks cause it’s a different style w/ the complete new era and everything for ateez. like they had a distinct sound with the treasure series and since that’s /all/ they have done so far that’s what my mind is expecting but!! it’s just different this time around :’) what’s your fave so far? this also happened with baekhyun’s candy comeback it took awhile for me to come around to it cause in my mind i still had the expectations of UN village and it’s just different from it but it’s still really good~
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The daylight’s fading slowly (but time with you is standing still)
So, months later I finally was able to finish the prompt @mooooonshine gave me: The Corrs - Breathless + Summer Vibes. I hope it holds to your expectations, as it was erased twice accidentally! I love the Corrs, actually, so maybe that helped keep trying. You can also read this in AO3, if you rather.
Lena Luthor hates the beach.
She's aware that it's an unpopular opinion. And it's not just because standing in the shore of vast expanses of water trigger some trauma. It's not to be edgy either. Lena can actually appreciate the gentle breeze coming from the ocean, the calming sound of the waves. But she's not a fan of the Sun burning her skin, unless she's cocooned under a palm tree wearing a giant hat and shawl. Or the intense heat that makes the sand stick to her skin. Or the noise of too many people having too much fun, everyone trying to impose their respective playlists.
And yet, here she is. Dragged by her traitorous best friends with a flimsy excuse of getting back out there, Lena. So, it's been a while since she's last had casual sex. But less time since she had sex, though. She just ended a two-year relationship, and it's in no hurry to get back out there. Jack is still a dear friend, and it was her who ended things, it's not that she's opposed to casual sex, or one-night-stands, it's a matter of respect for the relationship they had.
"It's been a month, Lena. I think you mourned your kill long enough." Andrea's deadpan comment reaches Lena's internal ramblings, as if her friend could read her mind. She supposed she can, after all those years of friendship. Which is also why Lena glares at her openly and without remorse.
"No. Don't start, you two. We're here to have some fun, and enjoying a lovely day at the beach. We deserve a break!" Sam's always been the soft one out of the three of them. "It's also a good opportunity to meet new people!" Now Sam's throwing an unfairly sweet, hopeful smile at Lena, which in turn make her frown harder.
"Et tu, Brute?"
"Now, there's no need to be so dramatic, Lena. I'm not saying you have to, we're here to have a good time as friends, and if it happens, then, great!" Sam has the audacity to grin, and Lena is appalled to find herself softening in the face of her friends' love. Lena's not about to show this, though. Especially not when Andrea is smirking smugly at her, as if she knows she's won.
"Why are you smiling as if you enjoy spending time at a packed beach?" Lena fires at Andrea, who shrugs:
"I like it just fine. More so when I can eye such delicious, half naked snacks." She says this while pointedly looking in the general direction of a very tall, very handsome dark skinned man, who's smiling at a much shorter but equally gorgeous dark haired woman. Lena's about to point out how the pair seem to be a couple to Andrea, when Sam can't contain her enthusiasm any longer and explodes with an expressive:
"Who wants to get in the water!?"
Neither Lena, nor Andrea startle at the exuberant proposition, they both acknowledge it, however, with a decline. Though, Andrea promises to join her in a future immersion. The rejection doesn't affect Sam in the slightest, who skips the short distance that separates her from the ocean and dives head-first into the water, disappearing from view.
The attention of the remaining pair is grabbed by loud exclamations of joy coming from a group of people that are settled a short distance from them, only to discover that tall and handsome and short and gorgeous are part of the neighbors, and the actual reason they are whooping. Lena imagines it's because they come bearing alcohol and snacks.
"It seems like your snack is already taken." If she's going to have to get through this by force, Lena might as well be annoying, perhaps it will deter her friends from future abductions to the beach.
"Are you not familiar with concept of eye candy?"
"All I'm saying is, if you're going to fantasize about a handsome man, but it turns out he has a gorgeous girlfriend, and they're displaying it so publicly it must dampen the illusion somehow." Lena shrugs, not willing to let it go.
"You said that like it's a problem. All I hear is: handsome man and gorgeous woman. I'm sure you can also appreciate this combo." Andrea directs an arched brow at her, and Lena sighs in defeat, because she sure as hell can appreciate it.
"You're incorrigible." Lena huffs out with a laugh.
"Hey, guys!" They hear Sam, and turn in time to see her waving them from near the edge where sand meets water. Her smile impossibly large as droplets drip from every inch of her. Lena instinctively waves back with a small smile, but then freezes, because right behind her friend there's a goddess.
"Oh, no." She can't help the murmur that escapes her. It's a miracle that she recovers enough, despite Andrea's pointed, mocking, laugh. Just in time for Sam and her new friend to reach them.
"This is Kara!" Sam wears a smile that would be predatory when directed at Lena if it was in anyone else's face, specially Andrea's. "We were talking, and she's inviting us to join her and her friends to spend the day here at the beach!"
"Oh, isn't that wonderful, Lena?" And sometimes, Lena truly wonders why she allowed a friendship with Andrea to bloom after they fucked in college.
"Yes, so gracious." The growl is directed at her friends, but the moment she circles back to look at Kara, Lena finds herself smiling genuinely. Not only because the girl is ridiculously beautiful and fit, but because she's sporting one of the most charismatic smiles Lena has ever been hit with in her life.
"Hi! Sam said you guys were here to have a break from life, and so are we. So I figured we could just join forces and have a good time?" She's chipper, which should be enough to save Lena from this situation, because Lena Luthor hates the beach and Lena Luthor doesn't do chipper. And yet...
"That'd be wonderful, thank you, Kara. Are you sure it won't be a problem with the rest of your group?" Lena finds herself saying.
"Oh! Not at all! They're all very friendly and welcoming. Like I told Sam, it's really not a problem."
"Lovely. I'm Andrea, by the way. This is Lena. It seems as if our dear Sam has forgotten her manners."
"Right! Sorry!" She sounds anything but. "Anyway, shall we?" She's practically jumping with excitement and hurries to carry as much of their things as she physically can. Kara then jumps in to help, despite Lena's protests.
"No, it's no problem." And god, that smile is a weapon.
Turns out they fit right into the group, mostly because said group is outstandingly welcoming, at least after some awkward introductions that served to confirm that tall and handsome (James) and short and gorgeous (Lucy) are, indeed, a couple. Lena tries to send a smug smirk Andrea's way, but her friend looks, if anything more pleased. Incorrigible.
Kara doesn't leave Lena's side, not even when she looks like she's physically ill at the prospect of not getting into the water when most of the group decides to dip together. Andrea included, which almost makes Lena openly balk at her. Kara keeps stealing glances at the friends loudly enjoying the water, so much so that even Lena is close to feel like she wants to join them, too.
"You should go. I promise I'll be here when you come back." Lena teases. Satisfied when a light blush covers Kara's lovely face.
"Are you sure?"
"Of course! You look like you're about to turn green with envy." Lena appreciates Kara's laugh, like she's always been free to express it, and she finds herself wanting to hear it more. A lot more. Odd.
"Ok! I'll be right back! Have fun, don't let Alex scare you, she's actually a softy." And with that Kara bolts to the water as if she'll turn to sand if she's not wet promptly... Ok, maybe not the best analogy, now Lena feels like she needs to dip in cold water. Ah, Alex. The big sister. Right. She has been friendly enough, but she keeps giving Lena the side eye and Lena's afraid she may receive a shovel talk she's not sure if she's ready to face. Lena faces her with a solid, confident stare, she's a Luthor, after all.
"So," Alex starts, "how are the labs at Luthor Corp? You're awful far from Metropolis." She never leaves her stare from Lena's face, not even when she sips at her drink. Which is a problem, because even if Lena recovers well, she's sure Alex didn't miss how much her question startled her.
"Hm, are you keeping tabs on me? What is it, agent, special agent?" Lena remembers Kara gushing about her sister's accomplishments when she introduced them, FBI.
"Doctor Danvers is fine." She says. Smug. Lena squints at her. "I'm something of a scientist myself."
"Ah, that's what Kara meant when she said you were like Scully, then." And, surprisingly, they share a fond huff of a laugh over it. So maybe there's still hope.
"Yes. I like to keep up with the latest and greatest of the scientific community as much as I can. And that seems to lately involve Luthor Corp more often than not." Oddly, Lena sees the thinly veiled compliment, she tries not to blush.
"Well, it's a passion of mine. The lab, that is." Alex hums, but adds nothing, just keeps her gaze on Lena. And are moment like these when she's grateful for Lilian, she would be squirming if it weren't for her mother. They share a few more charged stares. Then Alex sighs and drops her eyes for a moment.
"Just don't play with her, all right?" Oh, wait what? Oh, no. She thinks... No!
"We're moving the company to National City!" What? What is she doing' why is she revealing secret information to a literal stranger? "We're changing the name, too. To L-Corp." Oh my god, someone please shut her up! Now! Oh she's dead. And Alex looks completely baffled, she even takes a couple of tries to speak.
"I...Oh. Oh, ok. That's, that's great."
"You can't tell anyone, though." She's not begging, just clarifying. "Please." An afterthought.
"Sure, no problem."
"I wouldn't. I wouldn't play with her." And here Alex sends her a searching look, no doubt looking for flaws. She doesn't seem to find any, because there aren't, and because she shrugs, finally.
"All right. That's all I ask. She's a big girl, she can take care of herself. But If you break her heart I'll make you regret it."
Lilian is going to kill her. Why is she revealing corporate secrets like this? For fear of the sister of a girl she finds cute (ok, glorious)? What the fuck? Since when does she panics like this? Why does she even care to make clear to Alex she's not playing with Kara? Oh Lilian is definitely murdering her now, no matter she's the only child she has left, now that Lex went crazy. So she probably shouldn't be making fun of her brother's very serious mental illness, but she's in self-destruct mode, apparently. Oh, forget Lilian killing her! Sam and Andrea are going to mock her relentlessly. Wait, they don't have to find out! None of them. Oh, good.
"What's wrong with you?" Andrea's usually unimpressed drawl has a tint of concern. And Lena is so caught off guard by the return of the rest of the group form the water that she gapes a little. Which only makes Andrea's frown deepen.
"Nothing. What's wrong with you?" Great. Excellent comeback. Andi's eyebrows almost touch her hairline.
"What did you do?"
"Everything ok?" Kara's sweet voice carries a hint of menace, and both Lena and Andrea turn to see her in such a defensive pose it's kind of uncanny to associate it with the sunshine girl they've met. It's actually kind of hot.
"I don't know. But she looks terribly guilty." Andrea, who seems to be a little impressed herself, says while pointing her accusing finger at Lena.
"Oh! Are you ok?" And she's back to being sweet, sitting back down next to Lena and scooting closer in case she wants to share a secret... again.
"Yes. Yes, of course."
The situation is gathering the attention of everyone, and Lena is sure that she's heading towards a panic attack. But her rescue comes from the least expected place: Alex.
"It's fine. She's just trying to reconcile the fact that I'm FBI and a scientist that knows science."
Lena sends a grateful smile Alex's way, because that seemed to be enough of an explanation for everyone else. Everyone else, except Andrea, of course. Lena does her best to ignore her, which is honestly not that hard with Kara so close to her giving her all of her attention, or the years of practice Lena has in the matter of ignoring Andrea. Also because Andres has her own source of distraction, in the form of James and Lucy. The day goes by in a whirlwind of fun, Lena's loathed to admit. Until Kara's stomach actually growls.
"Yep," Alex says, "that sounds about right. How about we order some actual food before hungry hungry hippo here resorts to cannibalism?" Kara's pouting, but she's also not offering any sort of dispute either. Something Lena shouldn't find adorable, and yet...
Somehow night crawls on them, and Lena is surprised to find that she's not drunk, despite having been drinking since they joined Kara's group. Actually, now that she thinks of it, none of them are. It's probably because Kara was making sure they were all drinking water and eating regularly, the whole time. She feels a little shift in her heart.
It looks like the spell will be broken when Sam regretfully announces that she needs to pick up Ruby from her dad's place. Andrea and Lena start to get ready to go with her, but Sam adamantly refuses them, ordering them to stay and enjoy the rest of the night. That she's just going to pick up her daughter and head home anyway. They insists, even Alex offers to be the one going with Sam, which strikes Lena as odd (doesn't Alex have a girlfriend?). But Sam, for her sweet disposition is really good at being a mom and having a mom voice.
"The only thing is that you two are going to need to find a way get back. I trust our new friends to take care of that?" James is the first to scramble to placate Sam that they'll make sure Lena and Andrea get home safe.
After Sam left night was quick to fall and they group started to retire for the day. Alex received a call from her girlfriend, Brainy and Nia left for Nia’s roommate’s birthday party, Winn had “mysterious date” his friends were teasing him about the whole time.
To Lena’s utter surprise, Andrea ended up leaving with James and Lucy, sporting the smuggest of smirks. This left Lena in the sole company of one Kara Danvers. Lena is actually surprised of how good her day at the beach was, she had fun, she feels like she did make new friends, not acquaintances, but actual friends. She also learned a lot about Kara, who has no reservations in wearing her heart for all to see. Which in Lena’s life is refreshing. It’s why she can tell the blonde is nervous when she says:
“I, I could walk you?” She doesn’t word it as a question but her voice does this thing that makes it sound like one. It’s endearing. It’s disarming.
“I’d like that.” And Lena’s nervous, too. She’s just better at hiding it. She’s nervous because she really wants to fuck Kara tonight. But she truly doesn’t want Kara to be a one-night-stand, or something even more ridiculous, like a summer love. But, god, she really wants to make love to this absurdly beautiful girl. And the walk is lovely, the air is a little cooler, but mild enough they can stay in their beach clothes, it gets lovelier when Kara spots her favorite ice cream stand open and insists she introduces Lena to:
“The best ice cream ever, you’ll see.”
“I’m sure.” She is, because she’s starting to believe everything with Kara is going to be delightful, Lena’s never been more charmed in her life.
Kara ends up buying a monstrosity that’s like a sample of every flavor available in one giant cup. Lena voices her concern about the amount of ice cream, and how she doubts they’ll be able to finish it. And Kara looks at her with a genuinely offended expression. Admittedly, the ice cream is delicious, and surprisingly, Kara does manage to finish the whole thing by the time they reach the hotel Lena’s staying in while her new apartment is done. They both look at the entrance like it has personally offended them.
“Well, this is me.”
“Yeah. Uh… Would you… I know you’re an important scientist and are probably super busy, but, do you think we could see each other again?”
“I’d love that.” Lena’s sure she’s never sported a bigger smile on her face. “Here, let me add you to my contacts, and I’ll text you so you have my number as well.”
“Yes, yeah. That’s awesome!” They exchange numbers like giddy teens, but still linger just outside the door.
“Would you like to come up?”
“Oh, you have no idea. I really, really do. But I want you in my life for as long as I can have you, you know? I mean, I want to do this right.”
“Oh?”
“I mean, if… if that’s what you also want, of course!”
“What I want is you, naked, in my bed.”
“Oh… Rao…” Kara’s so red, it’d be concerning if it wasn’t so adorable. “I really want that, too. I do. But, will that mean like a one night thing? What are you proposing, exactly?” Lena is so surprise for a moment, about the openness of Kara’s feelings, that it’s taken the wrong way. “I’m not, like, trying to pressure you into anything! Please, don’t freak out! It’s just, I like you so much, I really would like to maybe try and see if we work? Together? Like, as a couple? I know we just met… What I mean is, I’d like to know where we stand.”
“Kara,” because Lena doesn’t ever want to be the reason Kara looks this distressed again. “I’d love to explore the possibility of a romantic relationship with you. I know what you mean, you want to go step by step. I appreciate that. I just really wanted to have my way with you tonight.” Lena teases. And suddenly, Kara’s whole body language changes, she gains some confidence at Lena’s confirmation of affection.
“Well, I’ll make it worth the wait.” And oh, Lena is going to hold her to that.
They’re close enough to each other there’s no way to tell who initiates the kiss, it’s probably both of them, honestly. It’s soft, but so full of promise, Lena suddenly has no problem with doing the thing right, doing it their way, at their pace. She has a feeling this is all going to be worth it.
As a matter of fact, she’ll be right. She and Kara would go to start a relationship that’d be the best either of them ever experienced. They complement each other nicely, when Kara is impatient, Lena steps up, and when is Lena the one rushing things, is Kara who grounds her. It’ll start with regular coffee dates, then dinner dates, then lunch dates at Lena’s office. Game nights, movie nights. It’ll be like watching a flower bloom. And yes, the wait for the love making part will absolutely be worth the wait.
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to begin with, take warning (1/3)
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Dick watched Damian physically try to not show his nerves on his face for a full ten minutes—with the success of a trained actor and the failure of a nervous fourteen-year-old playing it off to his older brother—when he caved. They had just driven past the Welcome to Gotham! billboard with “u sure?” and “go back to metropolis cuck!!!” graffitied in looping, hot pink script on the side. It’d be another twenty-five minutes of traffic before they made it to central downtown, and Dick could only stand so much of not-twitchy, not-nervous, I’m-above-this Damian before he burst into laughter and caused some problems.
So he said, “It’s okay to be nervous.”
And from the passenger side, feet up on the dash, looking at his phone, Damian snapped, “I’m not nervous! What is there to be nervous about? It’s an American high school. Big deal. Last week, I stopped a planet-wide catastrophe that would have killed billions in another galaxy, and every night, unless you don’t know, we fight actual monsters and supervillains who actively try to kill us. Some have even succeeded. This is nothing.”
“Yeah,” said Dick, “maybe don’t mention all that on the first day.”
“I know that.”
“And I think you mean ‘my friends and I went to space and stopped a war.’ You know you have to give them credit, too.”
“They’re not my friends,” said Damian. “I work with them. Father isn’t friends with every member of the Justice League, yet he’s worked with near every one of them on League missions. They are my colleagues.”
“So what you’re saying is that you are organizing and leading team missions?” Dick could not keep the amusement out of his voice. “What happened to ‘Teams are unnecessary and a waste of time’? What about the Titans? I know they invited you back.”
“Timothy leads the Titans,” said Damian. “And there’s no room for two Robins on the same team.”
“Mm, don’t know about that, but I also know neither of you would play nice long enough to really try. So no team, okay,” Dick agreed, “and you just happen to be having adventures with other underaged heroes of no relation to you on a periodic basis. And they’re not your friends.”
Damian blinked away from his phone—success!—and scowled. “I do not get your obsession with making friends, Richard,” he said.
Dick splayed his hands on the steering wheel. “I’m glad to see you hanging out with kids your own age, is all. It’s good for you.”
Damian snorted and looked out the window. Gotham’s littered streets and the growing mob of early-morning commuters blurred gray in the smog. In tones of great solemnity he said, “That’s what this whole thing is about, isn’t it? I am going to school to learn how to maintain a secret identity and cultivate a normal public persona. I will be surrounded by kids my own age, and I will be sure to make connections that I will treasure for the rest of my life. These next four years will be the happiest of my life, I know it.”
Dick laughed, and Damian smirked.
“Alright, smartass, I get it. You’re Damian Wayne, haver of too many titles and not leader of any teams, and you’re not nervous about going to high school. I believe you.”
They stopped at a light. Gotham Academy was a few blocks ahead. If they walked, they could be there in ten minutes. Driving as they were in the morning congestion, it would take at least fifteen. Dick didn’t mind. He hummed to himself, waiting. Damian went back to his phone. The light turned green. Dick eased his foot off the brake. They advanced slowly and made it to the front of the line of cars, when the light blinked yellow, then red, and they stopped again.
Damian said, “Father says you were a good student. Well-liked. Studious. Only Robin’s duties caused problems.”
“Bruce said that?” Dick rolled his eyes. “Of course, he did. School was fine,” he said, “though I was mostly focused on being Robin and then the Titans at the time. It was nice, I think. It seems so long ago. But it was hard to have a life there when the most important parts of my life were somewhere else.”
“Wait, Grayson,” Damian said, gleefully, “were you unpopular?”
Dick chuckled, and the light turned green again. “I don’t know what you mean, Dames. I didn’t have that much trouble, and I had a good group of friends. But sometimes I thought it was all a waste of time, time I should’ve spent being Robin. It wasn’t easy hiding parts of myself from my classmates. Keeping the secret meant I couldn’t really be myself or talk to anyone about anything other than school.”
“Until the Titans,” said Damian.
“Until the Titans,” agreed Dick. He glanced at Damian, still with his marginally tense shoulders. “If it counts for anything,” he said, “I don’t think it was a waste of time now. I’m glad I went. I think this is a good thing.”
“Tt,” Damian tutted, but his look was speculative.
“I won’t lie to you and say you will love school. But give it a chance. You might end up liking it.”
“Ever the optimist.”
Dick pulled up into the line of cars for day student drop-off. Gotham Academy stretched across the block, its front tower looming darkly over them in the morning fog. Teenagers in uniform and cheery-looking adults were wandering about, huddling in groups or directing the flow of foot traffic to the entrance and around the side of the façade.
“Got your schedule? Know where you’re going?” Dick asked.
Damian glowered at him.
Dick chuckled. “Right, right, ‘course you do. So I’ll pick you up at four o’clock, okay?”
“And not a minute later,” threatened Damian. And then he set his shoulders, got out of the car, slammed the door, and marched away like he was going into battle.
Dick couldn’t help himself. As he pulled away, he rolled down the window and shouted, “Have a great day at school, Damian! Love ya!”
Without turning around, Damian flipped him the bird.
A whistle blew, and in the rear view Dick saw an upset-looking woman, probably an administrator, point at Damian and loudly scold, “Young man!”
Dick winced, sympathetic yet unrepentant, and merged back into traffic.
Whoops.
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Yanez knew this would happen, but she had thought it would be at least until midday. Homeroom hadn’t even started. She was busy alternating between threatening her teachers to smile and look happy to be here and smiling half-encouragingly, half-threateningly at students and shepherding them away from their hormonal clusters, when Headmaster Hammer cut a line through the crowd and headed straight to her. A sour-faced Damian Wayne kept pace behind him.
“Good morning,” she greeted, raising an eyebrow, and silently prayed for patience. “Can I help you?”
“Principal Yanez,” said Hammer. He motioned Damian in front of him. “Your student is in need of a reminder of our disciplinary code of conduct.”
Yanez did not miss the emphasis on your. She resisted the urge to roll her eyes. Hammer was still smarting over his demotion from Grand Headmaster of Gotham Academy, with the full powers that entailed, to “Grand Headmaster” of Gotham Academy, a purely honorary title that delegated tasks to the grammar, middle, and upper level administration that Gotham Academy had been divided into. She ignored him and looked down at the dark-haired boy in front of her. He glared back, defiant.
Ah. One of those.
“Damian Wayne, right?” she asked. “Isn’t it too early to be getting in trouble on the first day of school?”
“That depends on your definition of trouble, I suppose,” Damian said. To her surprise, he had the barest hint of an accent. British, maybe. He stuck out his hand. “You must be Samantha Yanez, the Head Principal for grades nine through twelve.”
Bemused, Yanez shook his hand. “That’s me.”
“I can only hope you are better than your predecessor,” said Damian. He glanced at Hammer and managed to make it seem like he was looking down his nose at him, despite being a full foot shorter. “He left much to be desired.”
“Note that down, Principal. Another perfect example of abhorrent and disrespectful student behavior,” said Hammer.
Yanez frowned. “What happened? Perhaps we should take this in my office.”
Already Yanez could see the curious bubble of students starting to form, talking behind their hands or blatantly recording on their phones.
“Certainly,” said Hammer. “It will help expedite the expulsion process.”
“That remains to be seen, Headmaster,” said Yanez.
She led them back to her office, past the crowds of mingling students and through the arching stone hallway that had been commandeered for the clerical staff. She took a seat behind her desk and indicated for them to sit. She tried not to be too annoyed when Hammer went instead to stand behind her, looming over like a gnarled skeleton.
“Okay,” she said. “Damian. Why don’t you explain to me why Headmaster Hammer has brought you in here? He’s threatening expulsion, but I only reserve that option for the most extreme of cases. Think this merits that?”
“Hardly,” scoffed Damian. “My brother was dropping me off and I flipped him off.”
“You—you flipped him off? You put your middle finger up at him?”
“Yes.”
Yanez barely resisted the urge to laugh and glanced at Hammer. His expression was thunderous. She looked back at Damian and waited, but he did not elaborate. “Why did you flip him off?” she asked.
“He is an embarrassment to me.”
“All brothers are embarrassing to their siblings, especially younger ones. Is there more?”
“No.”
“He has treated every administrator that tried to correct his behavior with rancor and disrespect,” said Hammer.
“Hrm.” Yanez steepled her fingers together. “Headmaster Hammer, could Damian and I have the room? I’ll take care of this. I’m sure you are very busy, and I know Principal Trammer could use the help with the elementary kids.”
Hammer scowled—Yanez knew he hated dealing with the primary school kids—but did not argue and took his leave.
When he was gone, Yanez took a moment to study the young boy in front of her. Petulant and angry, dark-haired, brown-skinned, and light-eyed, something tense and haughty in his shoulders—he looked every bit like any of the troubled kids Yanez had taught over her decades-long career. And yet nothing like them at all. There was something different in the set of his chin, the sharpness of his gaze, his crossed arms, like he was looking for danger and ready to meet it.
“Do you want to be here, Damian?” she asked.
Damian’s mouth twisted. “In this room, wasting my time? Not particularly.”
“Well, we can agree on that,” said Yanez. “But I meant here, Gotham Academy.”
Damian shrugged. “My family insists this will be an enriching opportunity.”
“They’re probably right. But I have looked at your records. You tested out of most of the core subjects, and your home-schooling portfolio is very impressive. Yet you are signed up for the standard ninth-grade honors track. When your Father and I met this summer to discuss the terms of your enrollment, he told me you insisted on it.”
Finally some of the animosity slipped from Damian’s face. He seemed intrigued. “You spoke with my father?”
“Only the once and very briefly,” said Yanez, “but yes. He said re-enrolling at Gotham Academy and coming back to school was your idea.”
Damian scowled.
“So I believe some part of you wants to be here, wants to be a student. Is that accurate?” she asked.
“I already regret it,” Damian muttered.
Yanez smiled. “Not the resounding yes I wanted to hear, but I’ll take it.” She reached into a side drawer and pulled out a quarter-sheet of yellow paper and scrawled down a few details. “If you want to be here, then being a student means abiding by some ground rules. Respect others, respect yourself, respect the school.”
“My respect is earned,” said Damian, “not freely given because of some archaic code of conduct.”
“Then you’re already miles ahead of most of the people in this building,” said Yanez. She handed him the slip of paper. “Respect is earned, yes, but you have to give people the chance to earn it in the first place. That means holding off on rude gestures and comments when it can be helped, which is most times. I am giving you two days of community lunch tutoring for flipping your brother off on school grounds and insulting the administrators.”
“Community lunch tutoring?” Damian echoed, scanning the slip.
“It is similar to detention, but instead you tutor other students and help them with their assignments. Report to the technology atrium during your lunchtime today and tomorrow.”
“Sounds dumb,” said Damian. “Why not just expel me?”
“For expressing your feelings and saying mean things to grown adults?” Yanez chuckled and shook her head. “Damian, this is a high school. If I expelled every bratty kid with no respect for authority and a penchant for dramatics, I would be out of a job. If you want to flip people off and bad-mouth teachers and administrators, that’s your business. It is not in my power to stop you, not fully anyway. You’re a smart kid. If you want to be a delinquent then at least be smart about it. If you get caught or the wrong adult overhears you, then you and I will be meeting more often, the repercussions will not be as merciful, and I will have to do a lot more paperwork. And Damian?”
She waited until she had his full attention, and he looked up, curious.
“I hate paperwork,” she said. “Don't let it come to that.” She waved a hand. “Now get out of my office. You’re late.”
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TSUS Day 9- Analogince
Roman and Virgil persuade Logan.
Word Count: 1,054
Written for the Sanders Sides Unpopular Ships Challenge by @emy-loves-you
(AO3 Link)
also, i am officially out of backlog for this challenge xD hence why this one is going up late. i still super wanna keep writing these, bc they’re so fun! but any future drabbles might be a wee bit late, so be warned :3
For most people, if their boyfriend launched himself at their bed with enough force to bounce on the mattress, they would be freaked out. Surprised, maybe. Or at least shaken enough that they would make a mistake on the careful notes they were copying into their notebook.
After years of practice, Logan didn’t even react.
“You have to do it,” Roman said. His eyes bored into the side of Logan’s face; he wouldn’t give Roman the satisfaction of looking at him.
“I don’t have to do anything.”
“Yeah, but you should do it, though,” came Virgil’s voice from the other side, the mattress dipping slightly as he joined them. It was a bit of a cramped fit, the three teenagers in Logan’s childhood bed, but they managed to sit side by side by side against the headboard if they squeezed.
(Logan had never particularly minded the tight space, and he had reason to believe that his boyfriends didn’t either.)
“You keep saying that, and you haven’t given me one good reason to do so,” he said. They’d been going on about this topic of conversation for days, and although Logan was quite certain about his answer, he was interested in what argument they’d give him now.
He bit his cheek as Roman huffed a sigh, awkwardly shimmying down the mattress until he was flat on his back and staring resolutely at the ceiling.
“Reasons why Logan should absolutely run for senior class president,” he announced, holding up a finger. “Reason one: College applications.”
Virgil clicked his tongue. “Looks good on a resume.”
“That’s a low blow,” Logan said. “You know I love padding my resume.”
Roman continued. “Reason two: you’d be really good at it.”
At this, Logan scoffed, flipping the page of his notebook with a bit more force than needed. “Anyone would be good at it. The president barely does anything.”
“See?” Virgil added. “Reason three: it’s easy—!”
“The president does stuff!” Roman insisted over Virgil’s voice. He counted on his other hand as he listed, “The senior class president says the morning announcements over the loudspeaker, they organize community fundraisers, they help organize prom—”
Virgil lightly jostled Logan’s shoulder, finally making him pause his writing. “You can make our senior prom better than our junior one. Reason four.”
“And reason five,” Roman added swiftly, reaching over to snatch the pencil out of Logan’s hand. Logan looked up at him with a pout that was only partly genuine.
“You love taking charge with stuff,” Roman said warmly as he shot Logan a proud smile. “This would be a good fit for you.”
Logan softened at the look on Roman’s face, and the fondness in both his and Virgil’s voice. It was becoming increasingly difficult to say no to these two, but still…
“I don’t know,” Logan said, eyes down to where his hands where folded in his lap. Virgil looked at him appraisingly. “Oh, reason seven!” Roman said triumphantly. “You get the closest student parking spot there is—”
“You don’t have to do it if you don’t want to, L,” Virgil said. His eyes darted down to Roman. “Don’t listen to us.”
Whatever look the two of them had shared, Roman seemed suddenly sheepish. He turned on his side and ran his hand up and down Logan’s shin comfortingly.
“Yeah, Lo, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to make it a whole thing—”
“You didn’t make it a whole thing!” Logan interjected before Roman could spiral. “It’s okay. Honestly, I… I think it’d be. Good. To be— you know. To try it.”
He floundered for just a few more seconds before quitting the thought. Luckily, his boyfriends were experts in translating Logan speak.
“You want to be class president,” Roman encouraged. “So why don’t you wanna run?”
Logan shrugged, picking at his bedspread. “I don’t know.”
There were a few beats of silence, and then Virgil grabbed his hand. Logan looked at him, but he merely raised their combined hands to kiss the back of Logan’s hand.
“Reason number 8 you should run,” he said simply. “You’d win.”
Logan scoffed to distract from his flusteredness. “I don’t know. You don’t know that.”
“Of course you’d win,” Roman insisted, getting up on his knees to scooch closer to his boyfriends. “People really like you.”
“Yeah, dude, you always talk about the smartest shit in class, everyone thinks you’re a genius,” Virgil said.
“And they think you’re funny,” Roman said, grabbing Logan’s other hand and massaging it gently. “People always tell me how hard it is not to laugh when you make some comment behind the teacher’s back.”
“And people just like listening to you,” Virgil said, bumping Logan’s shoulder again. “You’re a leader, dude. You’d win.”
Logan kept his eyes on his lap. His face felt hot, and not just from the casual physical affection from his boyfriends.
“I don’t want to lose,” he said quietly. His face got hotter; how juvenile that sounded. But it was the truth.
Suddenly he felt something brushing his cheek: Virgil’s hand, gently urging Logan to look at him again. Logan looked, and was immediately gifted with Virgil’s mouth on his. The kiss was short, just a few seconds, but it made something lighten in Logan’s chest.
“You will win,” Virgil said. Logan could see the earnest belief in his eyes.
Then those eyes narrowed into something mischievous. “Roman, tell him he’ll win.”
Logan quirked a brow, but before he could react Roman was leaning into his lap to give Logan an overdramatic smooch on the mouth.
“You will win!” he said chipperly as Logan flushed and tried not to laugh. “Virgil, tell him again—”
“Okay, okay!” Logan said through his escaping laughter as Virgil tried to press another kiss to his cheek. “I’ll run for class president.”
Roman and Virgil made some whooping noises of celebration for a few seconds. Roman flipped onto his back again, while Virgil and Logan tried to move to lie down next to him. Despite how little room they had on the bed, they made it work, as they always did.
“Hey, you know what?” Virgil added when they were settled. He gestured between himself and Roman. “You got two votes right here.”
“Yeah, you do!” Roman said proudly, snuggling closer into Logan’s arm.
Logan smiled, soft and real. “Yes, I know.”
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unpopular opinion: Micah is terrible but he shows instances of having real, human emotions and completely erasing those moments to paint him as a 100% monster is a disservice for the fandom.
arrrrkajslkfjdsglk okay I'm gonna break Micah down and explain why I like him, just bc of everything going on and cause you've summed that up perfectly.
Let's make one thing clear - I don't stan his actions, I never have, I never will. A lot of ppl seem to keep ignoring that lmfao. AND we all know that Micah is a fucking piece of shit. He's the devil. We know. Like the list goes on and on and on when it comes down to why Micah's garbage, but I guarantee you, there is NOBODY out there who actually *stans* him. He's a villain and damn good one.
Now. Relating to what you've said, this man has just as much emotion as everybody else. I think the people who view him as an emotionless monster have either never seen ANY camp interactions with him, or they just choose to ignore them. For whatever reason. Idk.
It is VERY obvious that Micah has 100% been abused by his father, probably physically as well as mentally and emotionally. He openly talks about the monster that his father is, and he KNOWS that he is just like his father.
Now, Amos (his bro), on the other hand, has managed to break away from that lifestyle, straighten his ways, and settled down. Micah is so obviously jealous and even takes the time to write to his brother, probably to try and rekindle their sibling friendship or whatever you wanna call it. Amos basically goes 'NO' and slaps that idea right out of Micah's head, so I do feel bad that Micah was rejected.
Amos makes it clear that he will only rekindle that if Micah changes, but he doubts Micah is able to change. So now his only 'role models' are gone - his father and Amos - Micah has nothing left to lose. He has no family, friends that encourage his chaos rather than help fix him, and no partner. He's a loose cannon, and without guidance, Micah will only continue to fire. That's why he sucks up to Dutch so much, because he STILL needs acceptance, praise, and guidance, and Dutch gives him all of that. Yeah, it's creepy to see, but that man must be dying inside if he'll literally lick Dutch's shoes just for a bit of acceptance.
Micah clearly does try, like his approach to making friends is so cringe, but he's clearly never ever done this before, and he's only following the ways his father taught him. I mean, we see him still try to befriend Arthur at the start of the game, but Arthur barely looks at him and just continues to shoot him down. I know Arthur is probably following his gut, but people can't say that Micah didn't try. And we see him try it on with the women of the camp, he's clearly desperate to at least find a partner, and probably secretly jealous that his brother has that and a family. And if his brother can do it, then maybe he can too? and we do see him try. But Micah's no rapist, and it makes me cringe when ppl say that. There's a good post about it (here) that I won't go into detail, u can just read that for urself.
So - Micah has nothing to lose. The camp doesn't want him there, so it's no sweat off his nose if he rats them out. Obviously, I don't agree with it and I think Micah should have just left, but then that'd be a very boring game lmfao. There's nobody stopping him from causing chaos, and he's just going to continue to do what he was taught to do - be a fucking piece of shit. But to say he has no emotions? You sure about that? It's SO obvious that Micah still craves acceptance in any form, whether it's from a friend, a partner, his mentor, etc. He NEEDS acceptance and he seems very lost without it. And it's so clear that Micahs past trauma still controls his actions, and he clearly has no idea how to even begin accepting and moving past his trauma. That man just needs a therapist asap.
Peter Blomquist said it himself, that Micah is essentially just misunderstood. (here) And well, if his own actors said that then why the hell do people continue to ignore it? Because they just want to hate Micah. They view him as an evil and racist piece of shit and just want to hate that, which everybody does cause yanno, it's bad. But they continue to ignore that Micah, like Bill, suffers from a lot of mental trauma and issues, and his past has resulted in the person that he is today. I’ll say this AGAIN, I’m not condoning his actions, far from it, I’ve said many times before that Micah is fucking garbage, we just find him interesting.
Honestly, I think if the gang was accepting, or if Micah had someone to shove him in the right direction, then he would have redeemed himself and fixed his ways. Things like racism are taught, and if you can teach it, then you can unteach it, just like Bill begins to learn.
Micah is a villain and that's why I like him. Again, I don't support or stan his actions, but it's just so refreshing to see someone so chaotic and loose. People saying that you shouldn't like Micah because he's racist, also choose to ignore the fact that Abigails abusive, so why do y'all still stan her when we see the way she speaks to John? or the way she physically abuses him? So abuse is fine but racism isn't? hmm.
But if we shouldn't like Micah because he's bad then why the hell do we like characters like Darth Vader or all the fucking Disney villains? Have you seen how much merch those criminals have? But a bunch of strangers on the internet having a wank over the ratman is bad? We're allowed to enjoy those but not Micah? big sigh. Peter also said that there's nothing wrong with liking Micah. You're allowed to enjoy villains, it's not a fucking crime, and it doesn't mean you support their actions, it never has done.
PLUS, this is a game full of mass murderers?!?! Arthur does a LOT that is considered questionable, such as beating a terminally ill man into his grave, but people choose to draw the line at Micah. You’re free to enjoy whatever fiction you want, but there’s no line you can draw. Well, you can draw a line for yourself, but you can’t rule what others can and cannot enjoy.
It's just SO tiring (personally) to constantly see happy endings and pure, wholesome, golden characters. I'm a sucker for bad guys and seeing them win, so when I played RDR I was like 'oh yeah, this is what I need' and that's probably why Micah's my fave lmao. It's so refreshing to see, and there's nothing wrong with enjoying it. Some people just enjoy villains, big whoop.
We need to stop expecting characters to be pure cause that's just so unrealistic. Everybody has flaws of all different kinds, and that's what makes these characters human. Like, are we just choosing to ignore the fact that Arthur is the most wanted out of the gang, who has probably murdered the most people? Do we just wanna sweep his kill count under the rug and choose to hate Micah based on the one fact of him being racist? The whole fucking gang are outlaws, they're all essentially villains, even the babies like Kieran!!
Micah is just as complex as every other character in this stinky game, and people who refuse to acknowledge his layers and just portray him as a monster are whack as shit.
And remember, those who tell you what you can and can't enjoy are just as bad as Micah Bell himself. Especially the ones who abuse you over FICTION.
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My yearly list of Eurovision songs after the first impression (I mean, for like, half of them. I heard snippets of some songs.). Judged on music videos, because...if I only listen to the songs on Spotify, my eyes get bored. :’)
(oh, and don’t talk to me about iceland’s placement, I know this might be unpopular)
X. Belarus
Fuck Belarus, all my homies hate Belarus. Not even going to grace them with a rating.
Norway (TIX – Fallen Angel)
...no. :( And it’s not even because Keiino didn’t win, I just wholeheartetly hate this song. And I’m kinda sorry to TIX, because he seems like a cool dude and his stage outfit is absolutely hilarious, but oh my god do I hate this song with an absolute burning passion.
Poland (RAFAL – The Ride)
eye emoji mouth emoji eye emoji – well, this is a non-qualifier if I’ve ever seen one. Can we just...skip this?
Belgium (Hooverphonic – The Wrong Place)
Nap time! This song annoys me. I cannot explain it, but it gives me a headache and my whole body is revolting against this song. I am not kidding. Objectively, I don’t even hate it, but there’s just something about it...that makes me go...hnghgng…
North Macedonia (Vasil – Here I Stand)
eye emoji mouth emoji eye emoji ver. 2 – I am not trying to sound mean, but does North Macedonia do any music that is not dramatic power ballads? I’m serious. (And I don’t like it, sorry. :((...except for the high notes, I like them. When he can hit them live.)
Estonia (Uku Suviste – The Lucky One)
This (the music video)...is soft porn. I am slightly scared of Uku. I don’t know why. But, uh...this is better than last year’s song? Still, it wouldn’t qualify under my watch, whoops.
Georgia (Tornike Kipiani – You)
He stopped yelling angrily at the microphone. :((( Nah, but this isn’t my thing. It’s great that they are doing their own thing, it’s just not really my thing...it also reminds me of a song I know, damn.
Austria (Vincent Bueno - Amen)
He looks like a german youtuber. I don’t know hich one, but he looks like one. I also canot tell if he’s 18 or 38, lol. (For some reason he also reminds me of Alex Albon, which is even weirder.)...oh, uh, the song? Idk, I don’t care for I. It’s fine.
Spain (Blas Cantó – Voy A Querdarme)
Confession: I’m probably the only person who actually doesn’t like the sound of Spanish all that much. Whoops. Apart from that though, I’m not the biggest fan of this song. Can’t really say more about that. Meh.
The Netherlands (Jeangu Macrooy – Birth Of A New Age)
Listen: I really like the tone of this voice. It’s great. I am not a fan of the song. There’s something just very off about the loud percussions (?) in the background that make me go absolutely crazy when listening to this. My sensory-overload-prone ears hate it, and I’m sorry...the part before the last chorus on the other hand I love. The whole song could have sounded like that and I would have loved it. (...and I can’t unhear “You are my broccoli – You know my broccoli!” ;-;)
Azerbaijan (Efendi – Mata Hari)
Whenever I see Efendi, my brain still goes “Cleopatrrrrra!”, oof. This song sounds like a song I know. Which...is super unprecice, but I genuinely don’t know which one. I do like that they kept the weird pre-chorus thing from Cleopatra (and reference the song later on), but I must say that I liked Cleopatra more...but it’s a party song, so I think it will be fun on stage!
Romania (ROXEN - Amnesia)
I didn’t like her song last year, I don’t enjoy this all too much and I’m kinda sorry but also...I don’t want to apologize for my taste in music, lmao. I want her hair though. Give me her hair.
Denkmark (Fyr & Flamme – Ove Os Pa Hinanden)
Ring ding ding, native language bonus. This is also way more fun than I thought it would be, hah. VERY retro, but I don’t hate that? :D (this and sweden really aren’t any different in terms of how much I like them)
Portugal (The Black Mama – Love Is On My Side)
I can appreciate this. I just wish it was in Portuguese, honestly. I don’t really know if I like the English for this song. That being said, I don’t know if you can make these very specific tones (you know what I mean) in portuguese without it sounding super off, so…
Ireland (Lesley Roy – Maps)
Okay, you do you Ireland. :D
Israel (Eden Alene – Set Me Free)
This exists. :D
Cyprus (Elena Tsagrinou – El Diablo)
Cyprus came to party, and I can’t be mad at that. I just don’t know why everybody in the YouTube comments loves this SO MUCH that they are sure that it will win if it gets the jury votes. I don’t think it’s as good as Fuego or She Got Me were, but maybe I just have no taste in party music. I don’t party. (Only if you got a 2000s playlist and some iced tea.)
France (Barbara Pravi – Voilà)
FRANCE sending a BALLAD? In MY Eurovision? It’s more likely than you think. It’s good, objectively. Personally, I don’t really care for it all that much and feel like I already know it.
United Kingdom (Embers – James Newman)
A good, modern song? In my british eurovision song? What happened on the Isles over quarantine? Are you guys okay? Did you find yourself? Have you taken your last breath (breath!) and looked at your past results? I’m impressed enough to put this relatively high, wow.
Serbia (Hurricane – LOCO LOCO)
*adore delano voice* party! Oh, and native language bonus...for a party song! I’m...impressed, actually. I cannot decide wheter I prefer this or Hasta La Vista, but I think it’s this one? The flows smoother, if that means literally anything.
Bulgaria (VICTORIA – Growing Up Is Getting Old)
*shrugs* I think a lot of people will like this. And I get that. I think I even understand it...yeah. I didn’t like her song last year either. It’s just personal preference, I think. I just want to have fun during Eurovision, hah.
Finland (Blind Channel – Dark Side)
Finland: FUCK YOU!!!
Germany: Fuck you. <3
That’s all I’ll say, we know how the Finnish are, this is not surprising, lmao. (And I’m one of those children that grew up on Rammstein, so I legally cannot dislike this.)
Croatia (Albina - Tick-Tock)
Tick-tock, can you hear me go tick-tock? My heart is like a clock, I'm steady like a rock-...oh wait, wrong tick-tock! Still, really enjoy this song’s chorus – I actually enjoy it so much that it makes up for the utter loss of interest I experience once it’s over, chrm.
Sweden (Tusse – Voices)
I mean...let’s be honest, it’s a generic swedish pop song. It sounds like every other Swedish entry, and I think that bothers me. I know, that sounds kind of...weird, looking at my choices higher up in the list, but...meh. I think this will easily qualify for the Final and place high, and I am totally okay with that. It’s just not...what I wanted, I guess? :D (and i’m sorry but as a german-speaker I cannot get over the name “tusse”) (oh, and tusse seems to be super cool)
Albania (Anxhela Peristeri - Karma)
Oh, we’re going to war in 130 A.D.? Fine, let me just pack my spear and- oh, Albania has already sent a singer? Ah, well, might as well give up and just vibe.
Czech Republic (Benny Cristo - omaga)
This sounds fun. Not a winner or anything, but fun. I’ll probably still be on Twitter when he’s performing, whoops.
Slovenia (Ana Sklic - Amen)
Wait, there’s TWO songs called Amen? And why do I actually kinda like this? Oh well, might as well just accept it. (Her voice though...mhmmhmhm…yes please)
Iceland (Dadi og Gagnamagnid – 10 Years)
We just vibin’. I liked Think About Things more, but I’m very much biased here...because I’ve known that song for a year now. But this is still very good, and very on brand. (And I understand like...half of the lyrics, but I am okay with that.)
Australia (Montaigne - Technicolour)
not australia flexing at all of europe that they can hold big gatherings! D: oh, but I like this way more than last years song. I feel like Montaigne can show her GREAT voice way better in this song. (Even though her outfit and the sound of the song reminds me of the UK song that had...a dude run on the stage. I can’t think of the word for it right now.)
Malta (Destiny – Je Me Casse)
Destiny’s voice is just….wow. This is very different than All My Love, but it’s fun. The topic of the lyrics kinda remind me of Toy, and I like that…..I don’t really like the music video (especially the dancers in the colorful dresses? idk), but I’ll just ignore that.
Germany (I Don’t Feel Hate - Germany)
Confession time: I actually actively enjoy this song. Everybod is shitting on it, but it’s FUN and it has a good message, and Jendrik seems like the nicest dude ever and...it doesn’t deserve all the hate it’s getting? It’s completely self-produced and just fun. Stop being mean. :(
(...also someone on youtube said “pewdiepie” and I can’t unsee that now so fuck you >:((...no, no I don’t feel hate, just rethink your life choices)
Moldova (Natalia Gordienko - SUGAR)
What in the “Eis.de ist in der Kiste” is this music video? And I thought I would absolutely hate this song, but I actually don’t mind it all that much. It’s actually fun. Oh no, I’m splipping, someone catch me, aaaaaahhhhh….(and that poor cake dude. Is this song about cannibalism? Does she want to eat him?)
San Marino (Senhit – Adrenalina)
Catch me hum the chorus of this song at least once a day...but honestly, without any malicious intent: what the actual FUCK san marino? This is so much better than Freaky, and even though I do not believe for one second that this will win, the simple outragiousness of bringing Flo Rida to Eurovision deserves attention. (Bringing someone like Flo Rida to ESC sounds more like Scandinavia/Bulgaria, doesn’t it?)
Russia (Manizha – Russian Woman)
Not gonna lie, I miss Little Big, but at least they are sending something that’s at least as weird. I love that. Russian Rap is cool as fuck anyway, so I’m fully here for this...but I’m glas this song doesn’t have a music video, this just has to be a live performance. (Oh, and another strong woman!)
Ukraine (Go_A – SHUM)
I’m SO glad Go_A are back. But, let me be completely honest: I know why they had to change the lyrics, but I still liked the first version better. BUT I feel like the new one will grow and me and it will climb one or two places, because the Instrumental just slaps SO HARD. (Makes me feel like putting on a Cybergoth outfit and start dancing at a German industrial park, lmao.)
Latvia (Samanta Tina – The Moon Is Rising)
Does this count as my guilty pleasure this year? I loved her song last year, and this sounds similar, so...I like this too. It sounds modern as fuck (well, for Europe, you know) and I can definitely...”vibe” with that. I genuinely really enjoy this, and I don’t know why. (Even though I prefer last years drop.) A lot of “strong, independent women”-songs this year, and I’m not complaining.
Switzerland (Gjon’s Tears – Tout l’Univers)
Just so we’re clear, this and Italy share the exact same spot. I just cannot compare them at all. Gjon’s voice just takes me hostage throughout this whole song and won’t let me go. And everything that isn’t english/is in the countries offical language immediately gets plus points from me. As if this song needed them anyway.
Lithuania (The Roop – Discoteque)
Aaaaaand...dance break! Good, I just love them so much, it’s not even funny anymore. And I’ve been singing this song randomly since it came out. I can’t stop. It has burned itself into my brain. Let’s dis-co-teque right at my home! *waves arms around with no sign of coordination*
(and does anyone else feel like he’s serhat, just with a different alignment? Like, they are both chaotic, but serhat is chaotic neutral and he’s either chaotic good or chaotic bad, it really depends on the way he looks at the camera)
Italy (Maneskin – Zitti E Buoni)
Italy delivers, as they do every year. Not only do I really like this song (it is very much my genre), THIS is an aesthetic I can get behind! Knowing Eurovision, I doubt it will win, but damn if it won’t be super fun! (I am so glad this won Sanremo, hah.)
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Character ask thingy: Garviel (Best Boi) Loken and Zso Sahaal?
G a rviiiiiiii
Yes
GARVIEL LOKEN
Favorite thing
His sense of right and wrong! Hes so honorable!!
Least favorite thing
That.. tbh so far, he doesnt stand up and get his point across. Hes fone it when pushed but.. Garvi.. cmon
Favorite line
"I was there the day Horus killed the Emperor."
BrOTP
Torgaddon. Nuff said.
OTP
MERSAAAADIIIIIEEE AND LOKEEEEN!!!!
NOTP
Loken with anyone else tbh
Random headcanon
If he ever tried it, Lokens fave candy would be licorice
Unpopular opinion
Loken needs more fanart.
Song I Associate with them
Running With The Wolves by AURORA amd Running with the Wolves by Courtney Jenaé and Adam Grahn
Favorite picture of them
HIM!!
ZSO SAHAAL
Favorite thimg
His focus! And.. how human he is. Compared to some other astartes, hes so emotional. Grieving and whooping for joy
Least favorite thing
As i de from child murder, how criminally underrated he is
Favorite line
I dont have the book with me rn because so many of thie lines are good but probanly..
"How the mighty have fallen" or something like that? Barring how Konrad said it first
BrOTP
Zso and Konrad. Or Chianni before death
OTP
....M...Mita...
NOTP
Zso and uh idk anyone but Mita maybe
Random headcanon
When Zso sleeps, he makes little squeaky noises because he and his fellow Raptors are surprisingly vocal and vocally diverse. Known to make lots of squawks and screeches
Mostly screeches.
Unpopular opinion
Zso is so criminally underrated that its so fuxking tragic
Song I Associate with them
Congrats, you get 3
How Did You Love by Shinedown
Warrior by AURORA
Favorite Picture of them
Listen hard, hear me sob cause there is non. Yet.
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For the character thingy, romana and leela?? ❤
ROMANA - I’m going to answer for Romana I, since I already did Romana II!
favorite thing about them: so I fell in love with Romana I instantly when I watched The Ribos Operation. I was like “wait no one told me that Romana’s basically a recent graduate who always thrived in school but has now suddenly been thrust into the Real World and is a bit of a mess” and oh my god why is she so relatable, also I love that about her. I love that she doesn’t quite know what she’s doing, and her academic brilliance doesn’t necessarily help in the situations she’s finding herself in, but she keeps trying and learning, so by the end of season 16 she’s much more confident and capable on her own than she was when she started. I just absolutely adore the premise of her character and how she develops during the key to time quest. also her banter skills are so excellent. (….this wasn’t one thing whoops. 😄)
least favorite thing about them: I feel like it’s something about how she’s portrayed in the Gallifrey audios, but I can’t quite articulate what? but I feel like somehow, some of the things I really liked about her on TV (her witty fun banter, her determination even when she’s out of her depth) aren’t represented as much when we get glimpses of Actual Romana I (not Pandora or an alternate universe version). idk if this is even fully true, it’s just….she doesn’t quite have the same vibe as the character I remember from the TV show (but this is also tricky because the Lies scene, the Matrix projection in Lies (which *isn’t* really her technically) and the remains of her consciousness in the body that Pandora’s using are the only times we get Actual Romana I - which isn’t that much time to express all the nuances of her character.)
(continuing to skip the favorite line question because it’s too hard)
brOTP: her and the Doctor!! (like I said in the Romana II ask, I used to ship them more, but lately I’ve been more into a platonic interpretation.) I just as instantly fell for their dynamic in the Ribos Operation - two people with very different personalities who don’t get along but are forced to work together and gradually become friends?? this is exactly the kind of relationship arc that I adore. Their banter and snark is So Good (I was so entertained by their interactions in Ribos Operation that my brain refused to pay attention to anything but their scenes, and I ended up having issues following the plot later oops). And I love their growing respect and care for each other - how they go from being mutually dismissive of each other to valuing each other and being a solid Team and just really genuinely liking each other! their friendship is just Very Good (…..and now I really want to rewatch season 16….I’ve only seen it like one and a half times but I loved it very much….)
OTP: I don’t think I have any ships with Romana I that I would consider an ‘otp’? (the closest would be her and the Doctor since I have sometimes shipped them and I adore their relationship in general)
nOTP: Brax/Romana again….and tbh with Romana I it’s more of an actual nOTP (rather than ‘kinda nOTP, kinda ‘it’s complicated’’) because this is the time frame when she’s actually his student and so my discomfort with student/teacher relationships really rears its head (although there’s still one fic out there that I just think is so well-written.....but it does show the relationship as very unhealthy).
random headcanon: .....so sorry to continue Sartia posting, but oops the first thing that popped into my head is my new maybe-unrealistic headcanon that Sartia was Romana’s first kiss. in a teenage “I’m curious and want to try this thing and you’re the only person I hang out with, but it doesn’t mean anything....or does it??” way. (.....this is so self-indulgent in such a terrible way rip.)
unpopular opinion: Armageddon Factor is my favorite Key to Time story! (I gather this is an unpopular opinion in Doctor Who Fandom At Large, it doesn’t seem to be liked as much as some of the earlier stories in the season.) technically I’ve only seen it once and it was a couple years ago, but I remember loving it as a Romana story, there were a lot of really interesting character bits for her!
song i associate with them: hmm I don’t really have one? my Romana playlist is specifically for Romana II in Big Finish so....yeah.
favorite picture of them: anything with her Ribos Operation outfit (with the full cloak), it’s iconic and beautiful! on a similar note, I love this Romana I art by @volucris-liga, it’s the first Romana fanart I ever reblogged and it’s so pretty!
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LEELA
favorite thing about them: her resilience and her kindness. Leela goes through so much grief and pain, she has her world upended again and again, she never really finds a place where she belongs. and yet she still keeps choosing to love, choosing to keep fighting for what she believes in, choosing to rebuild again and again. and sometimes it’s really hard and she doesn’t want to go on….but she does, and she finds moments of happiness again. and that strength is really powerful. and no matter how cruel the universe (and other people) are to her, she is still relentlessly kind - she listens, she protects, she wants to help, she cares.
least favorite thing about them: I mean, the “savage” stereotype that her character references is a racist/anti-indigenous trope (especially the whole dynamic of the Doctor trying to “civilize” her ugh). and I hate that characters keep calling her “savage” (even when they’re the Bad Guys, it’s still bringing up this trope again and again, and it’s even worse when it’s the Good Guys). why are they still doing this.
brOTP: see all characters listed under otp, every relationship that I ship is also an incredibly important friendship in Leela’s life and I love all of them <33 as far as relationships that I see as entirely non-romantic….I really love the version of Leela and Ace’s relationship that exists in my head (and in fandom) - they didn’t get to interact enough in the audios, but I absolutely think they were really close, because of their shared experiences and the ways their personalities mesh. (I feel like I should also say the Doctor here, but tbh I don’t remember her TV stories that well, so I don’t really have a solid memory of what their relationship was like.) and of course, Leela’s parental relationship with Rayo is very important to me!
OTP: once again, ot3 my beloved <33 and Leela/Romana first and foremost (I already rambled about them here, so I’m just going to second everything I said earlier).
and I also ship Leela/Narvin, although I’m not quite as invested in that pairing? (due to a combination of ‘Romana is my favorite character and so I’m just more interested in her relationships with other characters,’ ‘I joined the fandom when things were pretty much all Leela/Narvin all the time (I say with great respect and affection for the artists and writers putting out amazing content for that ship) so I was motivated to write fic primarily for R/L and N/R to balance out the ot3 content,’ ‘apparently I have a contrary streak with Gallifrey and the more the writers push a romantic interpretation of a relationship, the less interested I am in actually shipping it,’ and ‘I’m not really into Leela/Narvin as a pairing on its own - although I do love a lot of fic that portrays them that way bc it’s just very well-written.’) But just. how they form a grudging alliance for Romana’s sake and then develop genuine respect for each other and then build this really solid foundation of teamwork and fondness and care and really relax and feel comfortable around each other….the way they become ride-or-die for each other and just trust and love each other so much….it’s Very Good!! (And I did love writing scenes with the two of them in Call It Home - I might not focus on them, but I do genuinely love their relationship.)
And of course Leela/Veega <33….I debated if they even interacted enough in the actual audios for me to consider it an otp, but I love the idea of their relationship and the story of them in my head so much?? going to link to this post because it really captures my feelings about them - they’ve both been through so much grief and pain by the time they meet, they’ve both lost people they love before, so the idea of them choosing to love each other and build something together against the odds is just. very powerful. plus I have a whole playlist for the family they’ve built together, which is a strong indication that I really love this ship. 😊
nOTP: Leela/Andred. last time I answered an ask meme about Leela, I had this complicated response about how I hated Leela/Andred when I watched Invasion of Time (bc it’s so abrupt and arbitrary), and then Louise Jameson’s voice acting Convinced Me To Care because oh she really did love him....alas i am a Leela/Andred detractor at heart, and I have been nudged back to my default state by re-listening….I simply hate how he treats Leela in Gallifrey.
random headcanon: I really like the idea of Leela being more politically involved in her own right after they all return from the Axis. She’s just spent a lot of time leading a group of people who don’t have a voice in the government, fighting for their rights against the established injustices of Gallifreyan society. I don’t think she’d easily slip back into only being Romana’s bodyguard after experiencing more political autonomy on the other Gallifrey. What exactly this looks like in practice I’m not sure about - in my one fic ‘verse, I wrote about her being more directly involved with the Academy as a political liaison and guest tutor, and also advocating to Romana for policies that would benefit those who live outside the city on their home Gallifrey. but there’s probably a lot of options to explore here!
unpopular opinion: hmm I don’t think this is necessarily unpopular but idk and I want to talk about it: even though Leela identifies so strongly as a warrior, a “happy ending” for her would, I think, need to involve getting away from fighting. too often she throws herself into a fight to try to avoid thinking about how much she’s hurting, and it doesn’t work, it doesn’t stop the pain. and in the Time War, she’s tied her identity so strongly to war (it’s inevitable, inescapable, and she will Fight and Defend because that’s all she has left). there’s a difference between “I am a warrior” and “all I am is a warrior,” and Leela’s slid too far into the second one, and she needs to untangle her own identity from war to heal.
song i associate with them: Freedom by Karmina (it’s a song about going on defiantly in the face of heartbreak - “Tearing my room apart, I’m starting over” / “Take my pride I can still survive I’ve got my freedom” / “Hunt me down you’ll never find me now that I’ve got my freedom”)
favorite picture of them: the first one that came to mind is this gorgeous art by @laurelhach (which I didn’t realize was based on a picture until I stumbled across the original picture and was like oh my god!! it looks exactly like the art!!)
#thank you for sending these!! <33#sircarolyn#asks#gallifrey audios#romana#leela#ramblings#gallifrey spoilers
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akihana? (and also a side thought of imagining what a dynamic between majima and kashiwagi would be)
HOPE YOU DONT MIND TWO BC I ACTUALLY REALLY ENJOY KASHIWAGI/MAJIMA
AkiHana
What made you ship it?
who in their right mind WOULDNT like this, honestly. both of them have big bi energy imo and their dynamic is so fucking funny. the games themselves have enough fuel for this, and i am simply another man on the bandwagon.
What are your favorite things about the ship?
hana has him wrapped around her little finger. its so good. he might gripe and groan but he'll do anything for her when push comes to shove. she undoubtedly cares for him so much, she went sick with worry over him 🥺 i just. HHH. whether you see their relationship as something slightly beyond platonic or full-blown romance, its lovely ❤️
Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?
hot takes..... most of my opinions are quite cool, temperature-wise, i think. hana... very good. women... very good. everyone is bi. you cant change my mind.
KashiMaji
What made you ship it?
literally i think i saw one art in particular of kashiwagi picking up a beaten majima by the lapel, both with bloody smiles. and i just. immediately head over heels and down the stairs. (said art is now one of my favorite yakuza pieces)
and then i thought about it. and kept falling further.
What are your favorite things about the ship?
the tojo officer shenanigans. at most points while they are aware of each other, theyre both fairly high in position. captains of direct families, or patriarchs of direct families, even eventually the captain of the whole clan... whos gonna stand up to those ranks? well obviously someone of similar rank. i love the idea of them finding a camaraderie in two hot-blooded powerhouses fighting each other, especially when there are few other formidable options (ie when kiryu's gone, like during the times between the games). theyre familiar with one another because of the fight in 0, and obviously as officers they would have to interact at some point. why not blow off some steam during the peacetimes? if there happens to be some flirting and kissing and other activities adjacent to the fighting, even better >:)
Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?
bro do other people even have opinions on this ship ??? ive found maybe three artists that like it and theyre all japanese so i havent heard any lmao
aside from adachiwagi (which is purely during y7 for me, no flashback surprise! old acquaintances) this is prime real estate for kashiwagi ship. some real fun for the old man without any angst that could be caused by kazama and his whole thing.
sorry if that was too much whoops...
send me a ship and ill answer questions about if i ship/dont ship it!
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30 Days of the Dark Crystal Challenge
Decided to do poultry-blocks Dark Crystal challenge because it looks like a lot of fun to do. However I’m cheating and I wrote all of this within a couple of days. Warning: fairly large post with pictures and fan ramblings.
EDIT: I FORGOT TO INCLUDE DAY 16 WHOOP. It’s in there now.
Day 1. Your favorite skeksis
Idiot, feral, wildman who stole my heart. How? Why? Who knows. *chef kisses* Beautiful stinky bastard.
Day 2: Your favorite gelfling
Bless her and her skeksis cosplay. What a queen.
Day 3: A character that you love that everyone seems to hate.
The tides are changing for her it seems. I think people are appreciating her more, but she still faces her fair share of controversies. Not that I don’t think it warrants discussion nor am I excusing her actions. But she’s way more complex than what a lot of people are making her out to be.
Day 4: A character that you hate that everyone seems to love.
Hate is a strong word as I don’t hate him, but I don’t really care for Amri. He feels like a bootleg Deet mixed with a little bit of Kylan and Gurjin. Wasted potential and honestly shouldn’t have been the POV for Tides of the Dark Crystal. Seems I’m alone in this opinion, though. Maybe the book warrants rereading?
Day 5: Movie or TV Show? Why?
TV Show by miles! I think the series accomplishes way more than the movie does, like establishing lore, better written characters, and a more engaging story. I actually cared about the gelfling and it really fleshed out the skeksis in an interesting way outside of “oh they do evil things because they’re evil!”. Doesn’t mean it does everything right, but I’ll get into that later.
Day 6: Something you wish that happened in the series but didn’t.
Just a few things. I miss the gelfling intermingling with the mystics, particularly urVa. I love everything that happens with urGoh and skekGra, but some of the bonding moments Naia had with urVa are precious and I wish we had more of that. I also wished the gelfling got the message out to the other clans like they did in the book where Kylan dreametched their message onto the Santuary Tree’s blossoms and scattered them all throughout Thra. I also wished Tavra and Onica were an established couple, but maybe it’s not too late for that.
Day 7: Favorite gelfling clan
The Sifa! It was the Dousan at first, but the more I learned about the Sifa the more I grew to love the clan. If I were a gelfling I would probably be a sifa myself LOL.
Day 8: You opinion on Aughra
She’s a fun and fascinating character! Aughra puts a unique spin on the whole beautiful, wise earth goddess trope by making her ugly, old, and cranky. She’s also a character with her own flaws, even having a mini arc about neglecting to take care of her planet and doing whatever she can to make amends. Not to mention she’s wildly entertaining. Much love for Aughra!
Day 9: Skeksis or Gelfling?
Both!
Day 10: Your opinion on podlings?
They’re just funky little potato people who just want to have fun, dance, and drink all day and I respect them for that. They’re great. Also Hup exists and he’s just an amazing character so there’s that.
Day 11: Your The Dark Crystal unpopular opinion
I think it’s okay to sympathize with the skeksis as long as one is not excusing their actions. I see a lot of people say you shouldn’t because they’re evil and they commit atrocities. Which, yes, it’s true, but I think both can co-exist. I mean, skekTek’s whole cycle of abuse is written very sympathetically yet the show doesn’t coddle him. It shows the ugliness of his character and what happens when someone isn’t capable of cutting off from said cycle. Also the writers consider the skeksis as tragic characters due to their broken nature so I don’t think it’s wrong to be a little sympathetic. But once again with great emphasis, sympathy is fine as long as their actions are judged. They are awful bastards and no amount of sympathy will change that.
Day 12: Something you dislike about the series
I think the stuff I don’t like about the show is a result of its pacing and cluttered cast. There are so many stories going on and while I liked how they handled it for the most part, you can also see how the show rushes to get through all of them. A lot of important moments where a character should reflect or something that should simmer more is pushed aside for the next thing. Maybe if the show was given more episodes and time to breath it would have been better off.
Day 13: Most disappointing thing about the series
SkekMal and urVa didn’t have enough screen time and we were honestly ROBBED.
Day 14: Your OTP
Speaking of which... . Its a crack ship, but I’m all about that allegory for self love (and I just want these two to be alive).
Day 15: Favorite quote
Listed plenty of my favorite quotes before, but I’ll pick this one:
“ Life is my paint. Death is my canvas”
Day 16: Rate the skeksis from least favorite to favorite OR rate the gelfling from lest favorite to favorite [or both!]
And if you want my gelfling hot takes, here’s this list (just backwards in context to this post)
Day 17: Opinion on Raunip?
Raunip is a fantastic character. I loved him in Creation Myths and I can’t wait to see what role he’d play in the resistance. And I absolutely love the parallels between him and the urskeks it’s great.
Day 18: A character that is most similar to you.
I too am a dark-dwelling gremlin who constantly forgets where I put things and crack a few dark jokes at my expense.
Day 19: Which character do you strongly dislike, why?
This is entirely based on the books, but I find Mera to be awful. I think it’s because she’s so fake and condescending? When Naia arrived in Sami Thicket, she was acting nice and polite but when the Drenchen asked her why the skeksis never visited Sog Mera responded “It’s only worth counting what’s valuable”. She continuously disrespects her by calling her pet names even when Naia became maudra. It doesn’t come off as cute, it’s gross. I don’t recall Mera ever apologizing for any of the shit she did to Naia... or Kylan for that matter. She was a pretty neglectful step-mother to him. She doesn’t have an excuse being busy with Maudra stuff because Laesid was a kickass mom to her kids. So in conclusion, fuck this bitch.
Day 20: What do you like so much about the Dark Crystal?
The better question what’s not to love about the Dark Crystal? It has amazing creature design, an expansive world that feels real and alien from our own, having complex and interesting characters as well as villains, the fact that it relies heavily on practical effects a.k.a puppetry... . There’s nothing like it and that’s what makes it so wonderful and unique. It needs to be appreciated more.
Day 21: Favorite music piece from the soundtrack?
Can’t beat that opening theme.
Day 22: Your opinion on the sequel comics [Power/Beneath the Dark Crystal]
They have cool concepts and ideas, but they’re not written well. Power is just the movie if it was put into a blender and shredded and ignoring a large portion of established lore for the sake of plot. And Beneath is just a generic fantasy story with the Dark Crystal logo slapped on it.
Day 23: Which character from the YA novels/comics do you wish we would see more of?
There are plenty of characters that are a given to appear in the series at some point (skekSa, skekLi, urSan, etc). And of course I want to see them, but I really hope Periss shows up (and his brother too). He is one of my favorite characters from the book series and we could use some more Dousan rep!
Day 24: Your opinion on the Age of Resistance comic?
I have yet to read the comics. I’m waiting on them to be part of a collection so I don’t have to buy all of the volumes at once (I prefer owning physical copies). I’ve heard good things about them, especially the story with Hup and the current Mayrin arc. I’m excited to get my hands on them.
Day 25: The best moment/scene in the series?
There are a lot of great moments, but Rian and Ordon’s fight with skekMal is still my favorite in the entire series. The "Speak For the Dead” scene is a close second.
Day 26: The death of a character that hurt you the most?
He did not deserve this. Fuck you, skekMal.
Day 27: Your favorite episode from the series?
It’s got to be 4. Not just because a number of my favorite characters debut in this episode, but it’s an important one for the plot. Stakes are being raised, we’re seeing set ups to major story elements and character arcs, and events that impact the rest of the series. It also has a handful of my favorite character moments and interactions.
Day 28: Your favorite non-skeksis and non-gelfling character? Why?
I’ve come to realize the reasons why I love urVa are the same as why I love skekMal (incredibly appropriate I might say). There’s enough information about him that we get a good understanding on who he is as a character, but still mysterious enough that there’s interest in wanting to know more. Much like his skeksis, he’s unique from the other mystics and thus giving him unique experiences that are fun to speculate. However, the YA novels are responsible for my current fondness of him.
Day 29: Do you like the urru and skeksis apart or like them as urSkeks together?
A main theme of the Dark Crystal is unity and balance. The main conflict of the franchise are the skeksis, the broken fragments of their urskek self who, according to the writers, “...[have] a dire need for the qualities they lack”. Their only salvation is to become urskeks again and unfortunately many of the pairs never achieve this. They’re basically a giant allegory for the self and self-love. While we don’t really know what they were like when they were an urskek (aside from SilSol perhaps), we can get some understanding when we look at their pairs and see what traits they share. Speculation is also fun! So as much as I love the skeksis and mystics as individuals, I prefer them to be whole again.
Day 30: What are your wishes for a possible season 2?
A whole bunch of things. I want to see them explore more about the mystics and their lifestyle, having Raunip play a big part in the plot, seeing more of skekSa’s fall from grace from her perspective, the beginning of the Garthim Wars, and more.
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Hi Val. How are you? For the ask game, could you do Dazai from BSD. Thanks in advance and I hope you have a good day/night ahead. Stay safe and healthy💕
Hello! As of right now I’m doing pretty well, thank you for asking :) I absolutely can do my favourite bandaged man! Have a good day/night yourself and take care too! <3
Send me a character and I’ll answer these questions!
Under the cut cause it’s long!
And um, spoilers for the Dark Era in the first question!
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Favourite Thing About Them
Everything
His development. The way that he’s (probably) trying his best to live out Odasaku’s wish as much as possible. He took those parting words and made the effort to change his ways - to help people instead of kill. Dazai didn’t just give up living after Oda died, he actually sought out the means to do as Oda said and continues to do so, even if only a little.
Least Favourite Thing About Them
Nothing
How he treated Aku while he was in the mafia. Yeah I get that the mafia is a dangerous place and that if you’re not careful enough you are going to die but still. I want to believe that, maybe by some shred of hope, Dazai was just trying to look out for Akutagawa, to make sure that he could defend himself against the evils of the underworld - but I also believe that he could have done some things differently. Like not gonna lie, some of it was a little extreme and unneeded.
Favourite Line
“There's nothing worth pursuing at the cost of prolonging a life of suffering"
“Evil expects evil from others”
Those two are the only ones that're coming to mind right now.
BrOTP
Odasaku and Dazai, hands down. Next question please-
OTP
Soukoku ^^ (to some degree)
Not 100% why, but it might be that they’ve got history being partners and they’re like ‘I hate you’ ‘lol I hate you too’ but then their actions clearly show ‘-hey wait are you okay??? Please don’t die, you can’t die???’ (basically the episode(s) where they fought with Lovecraft and that other guy - forgot his name...)
NOTP
Probably Dazai/Ango since, while they may have been friends, I don’t think there was much of a deep connection between the two, nothing like Dazai had with say Odasaku or, hell, even Chuuya.
Random Headcanon
Just thought of this but I could totally see Dazai just sitting on his s/o’s lap while their trying to work and they’re not giving him the attention he wants. But he’d do it last of the rest of his tomfoolery doesn’t work (poking their arms/sides/cheeks, draping himself across their back or smth, whispering/blowing in their ear to distract them etc.)
Unpopular Opinion
I think this topic is pretty split but I don’t think Dazai would let a relationship go on long unless he was actually serious. Like, if he was to use someone (cause I’ve heard he’s done that - or maybe it was just a thing for writing certain scenarios) I think he’d leave after a week or a month or something but if he’s stuck around for some time I think he’s actually trying to commit. (I think a way you can tell also is by his subtle actions - does he laugh? Is it forced or does it sound actually genuine? Things like that, if that makes sense...)
Then again, I’ve never the manga so maybe I’m just spouting nonsense ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Song I Associate With Them
I got four whoops-
Meet Me in the Woods by Lord Huron (the chorus in particular)
I’ll Be Good by Jaymes Young
Who Are You, Really by Mikky Ekko
Bullet by Hollywood Undead
Favourite Picture of Them
I really like pictures of him from this scene, but that might be just because I love this scene so much. I just find it stunning visually and (from what I remember) when I first watched it it gave me this breathless ‘...wow’ kinda vibe (if you know what I mean)
A close second for my favourite picture would be this one
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His New Partner
Chapter 22: The Party Crasher
Series Masterlist
Previous Chapter
Pairing: Steve Rogers x Reader
Words: 3033
Warnings: Some angst, violence, gun use, a small injury, mentions of alcohol, protective!Steve, controlling!Steve, cussing.
A/N: Unpopular opinion, but Age Of Ultron isn’t actually as bad as everyone says it is.
“But it’s a trick.” Clint argued as he twirled a chopstick around in his left hand, back pressed against the foot of one of Stark Tower’s many sofas.
The party, or ‘revels’, as Thor had called it, was long since over. The only remaining people were scattered upon the couches; those being the world’s six most popular crime fighters, as well as Rhodes, Maria Hill, Dr. Helen Cho, and the sweet Y/N of course.
Dozens of empty Chinese food takeout containers were distributed over the coffee table, as well as too many beer bottles and alcohol glasses to count. Though the most eye-catching, and certainly heaviest item on the table was Thor’s great, mighty hammer; Mjolnir.
“No, no, it’s much more than that.” Thor insisted while he passed even more Asgardian mead to Steve, internally making the Y/N worry about what the Captain would be like the next morning.
“‘Ah, whosoever be he worthy shall haveth the power.’” The archer imitated in a fake deep voice. “Whatever man! It’s a trick.”
“Well please, be my quest.” The God of Thunder smugly gestured to his hammer, making the room go silent with anticipation.
“Come on.” Stark urged.
“Really?” Clint asked, making sure that he was actually allowed to touch this legendary piece of weaponry.
“Yeah.”
Rhodes chuckled. “Oh, this is ‘gonna be beautiful.”
“Clint, you’ve had a tough week. We won’t hold it against you if you can’t get it up.” Tony quipped, causing the group to laugh in response.
“You know I’ve seen this before, right?” Barton claimed as he walked closer towards the hammer, completely wrapping his hand around its handle.
Thor gave him a small nod in encouragement.
Barton used all of his human strength to try and lift it, only to just give up and let it go with a grunt. “I still don’t know how you do it!” He exclaimed in disbelief.
“Smell the silent judgement?” Tony quipped from his seat next to Rhodes.
Clint pointed to the billionaire. “Please, Stark, by all means.”
Without missing a beat, Tony stood up from his spot and unbuttoned his jacket cockily.
“Okay.” Maria laughed.
Rhodes shook his head. “Uh oh.”
The billionaire stepped closer towards the hammer. “Never one to shrink from an honest challenge.”
“Get after it.” Clint encouraged.
Tony just shrugged like this was no big deal. “It’s physics.”
“Physics.” Bruce repeated, finally tuning out from his flirty conversation with a certain red-haired assassin.
“Right, so, if I lift it, I then rule Asgard?” Stark clarified.
“Yes of course.” Thor told him, already predicting the outcome of this situation.
“I will be reinstituting prima nocta.” Stark joked, hopefully, before beginning to pull on the hammer and miserably failing to lift it. “I’ll be right back.” He said as he headed in the direction of what looked like his workshop.
Several minutes later, the man returned with an Iron Man arm and tried to lift it once again, only to become unsuccessful for a second time.
Now Rhodes finally joined him, a War Machine arm on and all. “Are you even pulling?” He asked through laboured breaths.
“Are you on my team?” Tony retorted.
“Just represent. Pull.” Rhodes instructed, but they still didn’t end up getting anywhere.
Up next was Bruce, who actually stood on the table and used all of his might to try and lift it. The man even pretended to turn into the hulk for some fun, unfortunately only earning a pity smile from Natasha and a few giggles from Y/N. “Huh?”
The next Avenger to try was Steve. As he got up from his seat next to Y/N with a hopeful expression, the group gave him a couple of joyful whoops.
The actress, who was clad her fiancé’s brown leather jacket, clapped her hands in excitement. “You got this, honey!”
“Go ahead, Steve. No pressure.” Tony supported.
The Captain rolled up the sleeves of his fancy blue dress shirt, giving Y/N a flirty wink. He adjusted his large hands around the handle of the hammer and began to pull.
“Come on, Cap.” Barton cheered.
A small squeaking noise came from where the hammer and table met, causing Thor’s face to looked a little worried for the first time during this entire game.
After a couple of seconds of pulling as hard as he seemingly could, Steve put his hands up in defeat and sighed, moving back down to sit next to his fiancée.
“Nothing.” Thor laughed, partially reassuring himself, as he took a sip of his liquor.
Y/N leaned closer into her man’s side, bringing her lips up to his left ear. “Are you sure that it didn’t move?” She whispered. “Because I swear-“
“I got no idea what you’re talking about, doll.” Steve responded coolly, though the girl could tell that he was trying to hide a smirk.
Stark cleared his throat. “And?”
“Widow?” Bruce asked, gesturing to the woman.
Natasha sank back into her seat with a chuckle. “Oh, no, no. That’s not a question I need answered.” She took a sip of her beer with a grin.
“Baby?” Steve questioned, wondering if Y/N wanted to give it a try as well.
The girl shook her head with a playful smile. “Don’t feel like ruling the Nine Realms today, maybe another time, though.”
“All deference to the Man Who Wouldn’t Be King, but it’s rigged.” Stark stated.
“You bet your ass.” Clint agreed, slapping Tony on the back.
“Steve, he said a bad language word.” Maria pointed to Clint, referencing when on the previous mission Steve had corrected Tony for using foul words.
The Captain sighed and shook his head. “Did you tell everyone about that?” He scolded Tony.
“The handle’s imprinted, right? Like a security code.” The billionaire suggested, completely ignoring Steve’s question. “‘Whosoever is carrying Thor’s fingerprints’ is, I think, the literal translation.”
“Yes. It’s a very, very interesting theory.” Thor said as he stood up from the couch. “I have a simpler one.” He smiled, grasping the handle of his hammer and flipping it in the air for show. “You’re all not worthy.”
The room erupted in groans and laughter, Rhodes even booing.
“Oh, come on!”
Though all of the good fun was suddenly interrupted by a high-pitched noise, making everybody in the room flinch and grab their ears.
Tony checked his phone to see if everything was okay, but unfortunately, it seemed like he was too late.
A large robotic figure, that had an uncanny resemblance to Tony’s Iron Legion, began to stalk it’s was towards the group. The thing looked like it had been through hell, all torn and busted up, practically limping as it went. Though without a doubt, it was simply terrifying.
“Worthy.” The robot said in a gravely voice, making everybody turn their heads towards it. “No. How could you be worthy?” The thing walked closer toward them in uneven steps. “You’re all killers.”
“Stark.” The Captain said in confusion.
“J.A.R.V.I.S.” Tony tried to get a hold of his artificial intelligence system, only to get no response.
“I’m sorry, I was asleep.” The robot said. “Or I was a-dream.”
“Reboot Legionnaire OS.” The billionaire spoke to his technology. “We got a buggy suit.”
“There was this terrible noise.” The creepy machine went on. “And I was tangled in... in... strings. I had to kill the other guy. He was a good guy.”
“You killed someone?” Steve asked sternly. He not-so-subtly stepped in front of Y/N, completely blocking her off from any possible harm.
“Wouldn’t have been my first call.” The robot insisted. “But, down in the real world, we’re faced with ugly choices.”
The Captain turned his head towards his girl. “Take off your shoes.” He ordered with a whisper, making Y/N confused.
She glanced down at her high heels. “What? Why?” She asked from behind him, making sure to be as silent as possible.
“Heels off. Now.” Steve demanded, leaving no room for further questions.
“Who sent you?” Thor spoke up.
Just then, an audio recording of Tony’s voice began to play through the speaker of the robot. “‘I see a suit of armour around the world.’” It said.
“Ultron.” Bruce stated, finally figuring out what this weird creation was.
“In the flesh.” The robot spoke. “Or, no, not yet. Not this chrysalis. But I’m ready.”
“When I say ‘go’, you run as fast as you can towards the elevator. Go down to our floor.” Steve spoke quietly over his shoulder to Y/N, making the petrified girl nod in response.
Thor took a hold of his hammer and Maria gripped her hand gun, everybody in the room ready to spring into action at any second.
Ultron continued. “I’m on a mission.”
“What mission?” Natasha asked.
“Peace in our time.”
And with that, three more of the robots burst through the wall of the party floor; splints of wood and pieces of glass flying everywhere.
“Go!” Steve shouted to Y/N as he kicked up the coffee table, using it as makeshift shield.
The girl bolted as fast as she could towards the elevator, ducking out of the way of any flying debris. Though on her way, she saw her fiancé get flown back by one of the robots and crash to the floor. “Steve!” She yelled with worry.
“Go!” The man quickly responded.
After giving him a second glance, Y/N continued to head to the elevator.
Tony got thrown though a bookcase, Rhodes fell through a large price of glass, and numerous other Avengers began to get tossed around by these robots. Clint slid underneath a table to hide as Bruce and Natasha headed over to the bar, slipping over top of it and also falling to the floor.
One of the evil machines even grabbed ahold of Loki’s Scepter.
The redhead started to shoot at one of them as Steve jumped on the back of another, only to be forcefully shoved against the wall behind him. The man fell to the floor with a thud while Natasha and Bruce headed up the stairs.
Clint got shoved though glass and slid down a ramp, just as Tony headed with a screwdriver to disassemble one of the many robots.
Meanwhile, Thor continued to annihilate them with his hammer, tossing the metal to the side after every kill.
“Stark!” The Captain shouted.
The legionnaire began to speak as well. “We are here to help.” It repeated.
Tony struggled to get the thing dismantled. “One sec.” He spoke. “One sec, I got this.”
“Please back away.” The robots stated.
“Hmm.”
Half of one of them flew up and began to aim at Helen, but luckily, Steve arrived just in time to throw it out of the way. “Thor!” He called, making the God of Thunder smash the machine to the ground with his hammer.
“Is unsafe... is unsafe.. is unsafe.” The thing continued.
Fortunately, Clint was right next to where Steve’s shield was located. “Hey, Cap!” He yelled, tossing the thing to his Captain.
The blonde man easily caught it in the air with a grunt, spinning around and throwing it at a robot. The thing fell apart and crashed to the ground in several pieces, making the room go quiet.
The group just stood there, catching their breaths.
“That was dramatic.” Ultron stated as Tony finally sat down. “I’m sorry, I know you mean well. You just didn’t think it through.” The machine continued. “You want to protect the world, but you don’t want it to change. How is humanity saved if it’s not allowed to evolve?” He picked up one of the other legionnaires by its unresponsive head. “With these? These puppets.” He threw it to the ground. “There’s only one path to peace. The Avengers’ extinction.”
And without hesitation, Thor forcefully threw Mjolnir at Ultron. The hammer came flying back to him.
“I have strings, but now I’m free.” The destroyed robot hummed. “There are no strings one me.”
The friends continued to stand there, in shock of what just happened, before they heard a small clunking noise coming from a distance.
“What’s that?” Maria asked.
Tony secured the screwdriver in his hand and stood up. “Probably another bot. Let’s go take care of it.”
“It’s coming from the elevator.” Natasha stated, causing Steve’s eyes to widen with worry.
“Oh, god.” He breathed out, before rapidly picking up his shield and sprinting towards the lift.
Much to his horror, the sound was coming from a robot’s foot that was caught within the elevator doors, and the familiar scream of Y/N coming from behind them.
The man quickly shoved the doors apart and slashed the machine down with his shield, all of the care he has for his girl giving him extra adrenaline.
“S-Steve.” She sobbed from her place huddled in the elevator corner. “St-Steve, I-”
“O-Oh my god.” Her fiancé sighed, heading a bit forward and trying to help her up by grasping her elbows.
“Ow.” Y/N winced, left arm flinching away from him. “That’s where he g-got me.”
By now the whole team had huddled around them, watching the exchange with a frown.
“The robot?” Steve questioned while he walked the girl out of the elevator, earning a nod from her as the doors closed behind them.
“H-He followed me to the elevator.” She continued to cry. “I k-kept pressing the down button inside, but it was too slow. The doors tried to shut on his foot but he was too strong, so they just kept repeatedly closing on it.”
“What about your arm, N/N?” Steve asked, rubbing a soothing hand down her back that was still in his jacket.
She let out a shaky breath and sniffled. “He was grabbing me as I was r-running, and I think he sprained it or something.”
“I can get a look at it right away.” Helen insisted.
“T-Thank you.” Y/N said as she began to walk with the doctor, the whole team following behind them except for Steve.
“You coming?” Bruce asked.
The Captain ran a hand over his face, trying to hide the couple of tears that sprang into his blue eyes. “Of course. Just give me a second.”
The scientist nodded his head and continued walking with the group, unbeknownst to the fact that his leader was crying right behind him.
‘I was the one that told her to go to the elevator in the first place.’ The internal voice in Steve’s head was shouting loud and clear. ‘Now she’s hurt, and it’s all my fault.’
*****
The Avengers had lost. Their battle, their sanity, their pride; all of it was lost.
Ultron was still alive, and the twins had gotten away, but not before picking and plucking with each of the Avengers’ deepest fears, displaying them at the front their minds.
Hulk had lashed out and injured; killed multiple people, making Bruce feel guiltier than ever before.
Thor, Natasha, and Steve were all still recovering from their dreams as Clint flew the quintet, and Tony was on video call with the Tower.
“The news is loving you guys.” Maria stated into the camera from her place in New York. “Nobody else is. There’s been no official call for Banner’s arrest, but it’s in the air.”
“The Stark Relief Foundation?” Tony questioned.
“Already on the scene.” She told him. “How’s the team?”
“Everyone’s...” Stark looked around the jet, seeing everybody’s deep frown lines more prominent than ever. “We took a hit. We’ll shake it off.”
“Well, for now, I’d stay in stealth mode and stay away from here.”
“So, run and hide?” Tony clarified.
“Until we can find Ultron, I don’t have a lot else to offer.” Hill spoke truthfully.
The billionaire sighed. “Neither do we.”
“Maria?” The team heard in the background of the video call, right before Stark was about to shut it off.
“Here might be something to lighten your guys’ mood.” The agent gave the Avengers a small smile. “Hey, N/N.” She said, head turned slightly to the left of the camera.
“Is that them?” The voice, presumably Y/N, asked.
Maria stood up from her chair and held it out for the other girl to sit in. “Their all yours.”
“Hey, Tony.” Y/N spoke as she sat down. “Is Ste-?”
“Doll?” The man who she was looking for came up behind Stark.
“Steve.” She sighed in relief. “I just wanted to see if you’re okay. Thank goodness you are.”
“Why aren’t you up on our floor?” The Captain asked, eyebrows furrowed as could be.
“I-I know that you wanted me to stay up there, but I just wanted to talk to you. I-”
“I don’t care.” Steve cut her off with a stern voice. “I want you up there, it’s safer.”
“But, Steve-” Y/N started.
“Now.”
The girl scoffed and shook her head, ready to give up. “Fine, whatever.” She stood up from her chair with a puff.
“I love you.” Steve spoke, almost remorsefully.
Normally Y/N would smile at those three simple words from him, but right now, her face was cold as tone. “Love you too.” And with that she shut off the video call, leaving an empty black screen in its wake.
The Captain turned back to his team and saw them all staring at him skeptically.
“What?” He asked.
Tony just ignored it and stood up, walking to Clint who was piloting at the front of the yet. “Hey, you ‘wanna switch out?”
“No, I’m good.” Clint told him. “If you ‘wanna go get some kip, now’s a good time because we’re still a few hours out.”
“Few hours from where?” Stark questioned.
“A safe house.”
‘A safe house.’ Steve mocked the words inside of his head. Were they truly ever safe? This walking group of accidents waiting to happen? It didn’t seem so.
Steve always brought catastrophe wherever he went. Whether it was huge battles like these, little fights back when he was younger, or even robots attacking his fiancée.
Has he ever really lived without a war?
Could he ever really live without a war?
It didn’t seem so. But, Steve definitely knew one thing for certain. There was no way in hell that he was bringing Y/N into one ever again. Whatever it takes.
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