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Something fanon gets wrong
Dick Grayson is genuinely one of the greatest fighters in all of DC.
I know people have trouble believing this for some reason but a man who has defeated every single one of his enemies, other people’s enemies, and has consistently come out on top should have his abilities talked about a bit more because they’re amazing.
Let's start small to big. Firstly Donna talks about Nightwing's abilities.
When I read this I was confused by what she meant. Prowess means skill or expertise and that makes sense but Dick has a lot of power behind him though...
And then I realized she meant metaphysical power.
Dick isn't a magician. He can't run at supersonic speeds, throw buildings, speak to animals, communicate with the dark, fly above the clouds, bounce bullets off his chest (Oh, wait. He can do it off his ass instead never mind), turn into animals, or other amazing abilities. But his skill is so high that he is easily able to keep up with people who can.
M'gann, the white martian with extraordinary capabilities, tells Dick, "You are just a human, with no superpowers, yet you have consistently excelled throughout your career, despite being surrounded by godlike beings."
This is incredible.
We see Dick leading teams of superheroes and metas all the time and we take it for granted but we never acknowledge the immense power and skill he must have for him to be able to do this.
Repeatedly. Time after time. He outsmarts both his human allies and outfights his meta ones.
One of Dick’s greatest OP moments is when he takes down the entire Titans team -Gar, Raven, Donna, and Jason too when he hung around with them- single handedly. And when Jason put a gun to the back of his head in supposed victory, Dick opened his hand to let the golden bullets fall, gleaming in the light with the coldest line, “with these bullets?”
We all know how amazing Bruce is, but Dick is on Bruce's level.
No?
Okay, here's the evidence.
Dick has fought Azael in a sword fight to a standstill when Azael has beaten Bruce separately and Tim and Jason combined.
He has defeated Ra's in a sword fight and Ra's is one of the greatest swordsmen.
Sometimes he doesn't even need a sword to defeat a skilled swordsman.
He's a League of Assassins member and we all know that anyone from the League of Assassins is never just good. They're excellent. The entire fight Dick is looking for Blockbuster and he's so capable and good at fighting the entire scene was like watching Thanos flick Captain America away vibes. He's not even looking at him when he smashes his foot into Shrike's face!
Most importantly, he has defeated Deathstroke
The greatest thing about Dick is he is able to defeat Slade at the peak of Slade's abilities. Slade doesn't need to be weakened for Dick to win.
Here's where people has some hesitance accepting Dick's abilities.
"Bruce has defeated Slade but Dick has never been able to!"
He literally has in Dark Crisis but I'll give you the lead up.
Dick can easily disarm Slade.
He can predict Slade's moves ahead of time and properly counteract them.
He can go toe to toe with him and in one comic, they dance down a hallway, fighting, neither able to get the upper hand. The mercenary meta, considered by the US Government to be 1 of 2 greatest assassins (the other being Katana) isn't able to pin down and defeat a 20 year old despite his enhancements.
I left out the scene where Dick twisting Deathstroke's arm and smashing his face into a bedroom mirror despite being complete weaponless and in his civilian identity. No protection and no support. But it's another example of how Dick's poweress is much greater than people expect of him.
Of course there are panels where Dick has been defeated by Slade but Dick isn't 17/18 anymore. He isn't learning to fight without Batman hovering over his side.
Also there is a panel everyone references to when talking about Nigthwing losing to Deathstroke. This one.
sure. okay. whatever. BUT WHY WON'T YOU SHOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT COWARDS?!?
THEY DANCE-FIGHT LIKE THEY'RE ENEMIES IN A BALLROOM ON OPPOSING SIDES BUT CAN'T AFFORD TO LET ANYONE FIND OUT.
THIS IS SOME HIGH LEVEL JAMES BOND-RED NOTICE-MISSION IMPOSSIBLE- TYPE SHIT.
"Close the hold, you morons! Close the--Guuk!"
That's Slade talking by the way. To his allies. Who do you think made him "GUUK!"?
And here they were evenly matched.
But Slade had to pull out bombs he had been saving for when other people came in order to defeat dICK AND HE STILL LOST BECAUSE DICK BESTED HIM.
Yup. Dick is just that good.
Nightwing defeated Bane
Before you go into saying something like "it was a holographic construction." What the fuck difference does that make? Does a holographic construction alter the strength used by the enemy, change their fighting style, phase through when fighting, act dumber than the real deal? No, right? The fact is Dick broke Bane's back the exact same manner that Bane broke Batman's. All those scenes of Bane punching Nightwing around? Let me remind you that the guy snuck up on Dick. The second time Dick underestimated Bane's powers before getting ready to put in real effort before Batman interfered to take Bane for himself.
All those amazing scenes of him defeating enemies that we've scoffed at recently? They're just a continuation of what already is written. It's not new or unbelievable, it's expected.
Here's my final point. Dick has defeated all of the Justice League's enemies in one go.
This is Batman/Superman comic where Kara gets infected so Dick as Batman sends her to the medbay while he tears down the Watchtower to save her. As in every single defense mechanism the Watchtower has, he demolishes it with his pure skill and abilities. Furthermore, the Watchtower defenses were enhanced by cyborg Superman to be lethal. To kill on sight.
Just. Phenomenal.
He did it! He defeated all of them and made it to the electronic controls he was aiming for.
Another thing I want to point is Dick's strength is greater than what people assume it to be.
He's the world's greatest acrobrat and has a build fitting of that but the strength he packs in his body is equal to that of a meta. Maybe it's because of how he only fights with metas and has teammates that are all metas but he has raised his striking power to equal that.
He shatters cyborg superman in one blow.
He can handle blows from meta humans in a way most others can't which suggests to me that he must've done some kind of training or have maybe increased pain tolerance or have the ability to backseat the pain so it won't affect his fighting. How many can take a hit and rise up the next second?
He's not metahuman. Batman must've done several tests because he also was amazed by robin Dick's poweress lol but really Dick is just extraordinary. Give him any enemy and he will garaunteed defeat them without using cheap tricks or surprise moves which is why he is one of the greatest. The only time people have gotten an upperhand on him is when he has been emotionally weakened. Emotionally. Imagine the absolute monster he would be if he controlled his emotions like Batman.
But I would never want him to though because his emotions are the reason why he's the light of DC.
#dick grayson#nightwing#donna troy#m'gann m'orzz#shrike#dc bane#slade wilson#deathstroke#batman#kara danvers
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Thanks for all the prompts! I combined a few: Outsider POV, getting together with the help of friends, Steve Harrington is an Idiot (affectionate), Rocky Horror, and “did we almost just kiss?”
“Robin,” Steve says, before he’s even fully in the Family Video door. “I’m having a crisis.”
She shoves another VHS tape into the rewinder. “No.”
“What do you mean, no?” He whines, collapsing face-first onto the counter.
“I mean no. I don’t have time for a crisis right now. We just finished a crisis and I require at least fifteen business days between crises. I do not have the bandwidth.”
“It’s not like a crisis, crisis,” he mutters. “It’s…a personal crisis.”
She flicks the side of his head. “What is the nature of this personal crisis?”
He rolls his face so his cheek is pressed to the laminate. He meets her eyes. “How did you know you liked girls?”
“Oh,” Robin says. The tape rewinder clicks but she doesn’t move. “Oh. Yeah, we can handle this crisis now. It’s long overdue.”
“Long over—” Steve straightens, weight on his elbows. “What?”
“Honestly I thought we were going to have this conversation during the whole Rocky Horror Picture Show thing but––”
“Robin”
“Sorry. Right. I knew I liked girls because I liked girls. I knew I liked girls because I wanted to kiss girls.”
“Yeah. But how did you know it was more than the normal amount?”
“…the normal amount,” she repeats.
“Well sure,” he scrubs a hand through his hair. “Everyone wants to kiss everyone a little bit, right? Like. How did you know it was more than the normal heterosexual amount?”
Robin cannot believe she’s going to have to say this out loud. She glances around the empty store just to make sure no one has somehow teleported in during the last two minutes.
“Steve. Steven. There is no normal heterosexual amount of wanting to kiss people of the same gender.”
He crosses his arms. “Well, that can’t be right.”
“Hold on. Wait. What boys have you wanted to kiss?” She can guess, but confirmation would be nice.
“Are you sure that––”
“Yes, I’m sure. But back to the boys you’ve wanted to kiss. Have you…acted on that, ever?
“Yeah but just the––oh. Well. You’re probably going to say there isn’t a normal heterosexual amount of kissing the same gender either.”
“How are you this stupid.”
“I mean, everyone messes around with their friends at some point, right?”
“I desperately wish that was true,” Robin answers. “Because if it was, I would not be standing here at 19 years old finding out that Steve Harrington has kissed a boy before I kissed a girl. Jesus. Wait. How many boys have you kissed?”
“Three?”
“Three? Unbelievable.”
Except now he’s wearing his big-eyed, floppy-haired sad expression and she knows, she knows she’s not handling this the way she should.
Robin sighs. “Ok, I’m sorry. Thank you for trusting me with this. I love you and I’m here for you and it sounds like you’re bisexual. Which is actually pretty cool because that means I know two whole queer people other than myself in Hawkins. Well. Probably three. But that hasn’t been officially confirmed.”
“Bi-sexual.” He rolls the word around in his mouth like he’s tasting it. “Bisexual. Huh. Okay.”
“It means you like both. Or, any, I guess. Which no, is not normal for everyone.”
“Okay. Bisexual. Neat. Who else do you know?”
She raises an eyebrow at him.
“Right. That would be super uncool of you to tell me without their permission. But, um. Are they people I know?”
“They’re people you know.”
“Are they over the age of 16?”
“One of them is.”
The hopeful look on Steve’s face is actually a little gross.
“Are they–”
“Eddie!” Robin says, “hey, what are you doing here so early?”
Steve’s reaction to Eddie pushing open the door provides all the confirmation she needs about which boy Steve currently wants to kiss. Not that there was a lot of uncertainty there anyway. He’d practically kept vigil at Eddie’s bedside while he was in the hospital and in the last month since Eddie was released, they’ve become weirdly inseparable. Half the time when Robin calls in the middle of the night to talk though her nightmares, it’s Eddie answering the Harrington phone. And when no one answers the Harrington phone, a call to the Munson phone will usually do the trick. She’s tempted to think they’re already together except Eddie’s pining has only gotten worse over the last week. If they were banging he’s be less insufferable. Well. He might still be insufferable but in like, a happy, well-fucked way. She doesn’t want to think about that.
“Eddie,” Steve says, “hi.”
“...hi,” Eddie says, understandably confused by Steve’s strangled greeting. He rocks back and forth on his heels, hands shoved in the pockets of a pair of black jeans that are, for once, not ripped. “So. Big news.” He spreads his arms. “You are now looking at a gainfully, legally, employed, upstanding citizen of Hawkins.”
Robin isn’t really surprised. The owner of the auto shop across the street that Eddie applied to is friends with Wayne and a regular at Hideout. If there’s anyone who’s willing to look past Eddie’s poor reputation, it’s him. And Eddie had gotten some sort of automotive certificate the year before in shop class. One of the few things he’d passed with flying colors.
“Oh my god,” Steve says. He stumbles over to hug him and then twirls him around like they’re in one of the stupid romcom videos on the back wall. “Eddie,” Steve says again, this time so overwhelmingly full of tenderness that Robin feels like she’s intruding despite the fact that she’s, you know, standing behind the counter of her own place of work.
“Congratuations,” Steve continues. He’s set Eddie down again but they’re still so close, arms tangled together, that he’s practically speaking the words into Eddie’s mouth. “When do you start?”
Eddie doesn’t answer. Eddie seems to have misplaced his self-awareness because he’s swaying forward, through the scant space left between them, and oh my God, Robin is going to have to do something or they’re definitely going to have their first kiss in the Family Video with her watching.
Robin slams the clamshell case on the Aristocats return she’d just rewound. They jump apart, looking dazed. Steve runs a hand through his hair. Eddie plays with his rings. Even though they’re no longer touching, they’re still looking at each other with the kind of naked affection that could get them in trouble if they’re not careful. Well. More trouble.
“Eddie, that’s awesome,” Robin says brightly. “When do you start?”
“Oh. Monday, actually.”
“That’s great. You and Steve should celebrate tonight.”
“We…should.” Eddie agrees.
“I have plans. Important plans. That I can’t miss. But Steve was just telling me that he wanted to watch Rocky Horror again, right Steve?”
“I–yes?”
“And you like Rocky Horror, right Eddie?”
Eddie narrows his eyes at her. “I do.”
“Great.”
She gives Steve a significant look.
“I’ll come to your place with the movie once I’m off?” Steve suggests to Eddie.
Eddie nods slowly. “Yes. Cool. Cool cool cool. I’ll get pizza. And see you then.” He salutes for some ungodly reason but Steve salutes him back like that’s a normal thing to do and they grin at each other as Eddie walks backward toward the door.
Idiots.
God, she loves them so much.
Steve waits until the van has pulled out of the parking lot to resume his face-down position on the counter.
She goes back to rewinding tapes.
She waits.
“Did we almost just kiss?” he asks finally. “In the Family Video.”
“Sure looked like it,” Robin says. “Which is not advisable. I feel like I shouldn’t have to tell you that.”
“Yeah, obviously, but that means…if I try to kiss him tonight he’d probably go for it, right?”
“Only one way to find out,” Robin sighs.
Except she already knows that tomorrow morning Steve Harrington will have kissed four boys and she still has yet to kiss a single girl.
Unbelievable.
Steve sits up with sudden purpose. “I am. I’m going to kiss him tonight.”
“Great. Super happy for you. Can you help me rewind some tapes until then?”
Already working on PT. 2 which is Wayne’s POV when he accidentally intrudes on their celebration that night. So. Stay tuned for that.
Pt. 2 is Here.
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Stardew Valley Random Shane Headcanons
Since I’m incapable of thinking of any other bachelor in the game, here are some random headcanons for our best chimcken boi
-slight nsfw at the bottom- -MINORS DNI-
-Shane broke his nose on multiple occasions. Gridball field, college party or bar fight, you name it. Therefore, he has a big bump on his nose. But it suits him and who is he to care too much about his looks.
-Him and Emily briefly dated in college but broke it off fast as they realised they just care about each other platonically and not romantically, not to mention sexually. They remained friends though as it ended on good terms and are best buds still, almost 10 years after they’ve met. Now Emily is more a sister to him than anything else.
-this man LOVES affection, but he won’t admit it for the life of him, at least not right away. Banter, gifts, hugs, cuddles, CUDDLES, he is in for it. Even when you just met and he tells you to fuck off, deep down he hopes and aches for a decent soul in this god-forsaken town that he reluctantly calls a home, but his inner critic tells him to get wary and keep his guard up. It takes a lot of persistence and time till he finally decides to ignore his fears and let someone into his life, let alone admit that he likes someone’s company.
-speaking of hugs, he gives the best god-damn hugs for someone who pretends to hate physical affection. Hands down no one can do it better. Especially if you’re shorter than him (which can be a challenge since he’s a certified short king), he loves to drown you in them, quite literally.
-he’s quite the connoisseur when it comes to extraordinary food combinations, especially when it’s spicy. He usually eats his same microwaveable meals out of laziness, but he won’t say no to visiting new restaurants or trying new recipes with you. Sometimes the combinations he comes up with are quite frankly abominable, but he enjoys it, and he can take your criticism by calling you “uncultured” in return.
-should have been up there with the hugs one, but he is a soft boi. He has let himself go quite a bit since his gridball days, but his muscles restore fairly quickly once he does anything remotely physically challenging. So in other words, he has some bigger muscles still (especially from stocking shelves all day), but they are covered in a generous layer of pudge. He’s build like a mini fridge with cushioning, and it’s perfect.
-huge metal head. He also loves punk and post punk music.
-on that note: he was a huge subculture fanatic in his youth but kept it under wraps as he feared to become an outcast in his jock circle of friends. He never gotten the chance to express himself the way he wanted to till Emily’s clothing therapy session.
-He rarely speaks about his special interests, and he has quite some next to chickens. Once you get to a comfortable closeness with him, he will babble on about his favourite things once they are brought up and shyly smile to himself as he explains to you why he loves them.
-this man FUCKED back in the day. Even before the incident with Jas’ parents, he always struggled with his mental health and self esteem, so getting wasted at college parties and taking home random women was no rare occurrence. He would do that till he moved to The Valley and had to take care of Jas. Abstaining from it was a necessary evil at first, but receiving endless love and admiration from that child made him realise that none of his flings amounted to the joy he feels when Jas laughs at one of his dorky uncle antics or when she tells him that she loves him before drifting off to sleep.
-He’s bi…yeah that’s basically canon but he only ever acted on it once when he secretly visited a punk concert. It was a pretty man with long hair who told him that he’s very cute. That night threw him in a confused bi crisis and he never felt anything like that for a man again, at least till he met your farmer if they happen to be male.
#stardew valley#sdv shane#sdv#sdv bachelors#shane stardew valley#stardew valley shane#shane sdv#stardew shane#Stardew valley headcanons#sdv headcanons#headcanons
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ghostsoap fusion idea, pre-relationship
(potential errors oops/brought over from twitter)
soap and ghost are in ghost’s room chilling, bone dead tired with soap unwillingly to leave and ghost unwillingly to kick him out due to a close call, that ends with them squished together on ghost’s bed and they drift off in the comfort of each other’s presence and warmth.
they wake up confused as to why there’s only one body in the bed, sitting up call out to the other only to hear a unknown yet familiar voice. they get up to search the room only to notice how… strange, everything is. they stop to call out for the other again only to hear themselves respond.
they dart to ghost’s bathroom only to see themselves in the reflection but also not quite; brown and blue splotched eyes stared back, taking in the slightly lighter shade of tanned skin, scars that should be foreign on their bodies now sat upon the same skin, short hair that peaked towards the middle of their scalp—the blend of the colour making it impossible to tell if it was still brown or not—and the face. the face was almost uncanny with how familiar it looked. the features of john mactavish and simon riley perfectly melded into one; simon’s high cheekbones yet with john’s chin, the thickness of john’s eyebrows only tamed by the thinness of simon’s, it all balanced out.
that strange feeling they had was the result of john’s and simon’s combined consciousness, apart of the same inner monologue that they—whoever that is now—just intrinsically knew which thought stemmed from what half.
it was freaky as fuck and they would’ve properly lost it if only they could just decide on how to freak out.
nervously pace the room talking themselves into a spiral, or stand in the middle of the room near catatonic, in saying that by attempting to sort through what response to follow it they ended up comforting themselves out of it.
ghost, soap, fucking whoever stood as them, stayed there with their eyes closed controlling their breath and grounding themselves by focusing on their surroundings. now calmer, but just as confused, they took stock over everything. the mission, their routine, everything.
neither had be exposed to strange chemicals and it all felt too real to be a dream. they talked to themselves, quickly deciding it was weird to refer to themselves as two people when they felt like one. yes, thoughts had tinges of ghost and soap to them, like everything did but they were unified as was their person.
plus it felt… good to identify as a single entity, so much so that it’d begun to settle the anxiety. ghost and soap were just the foundations; identity crisis d handled for now, they moved onto a formulating a plan
forgoing the need for a new name happy to answer to either call signs, they changed into whatever laid about, it didn’t matter what they picked everything seemed to be just a bit too big or too small, and headed straight for price’s office.
they wore one of ghost’s balaclava to hide their new face, which only mildly irritated with what small amount of scruff they had, didn’t help though as seem everything about them now brought attention—makes sense, if ghost and soap had been fused together it would only stand to reason that their body language would too. they’d figure out their new perceived demeanour later however as they knocked on price’s door.
lucky the old man was in his office early despite being just as drained by the previous weeks of work. they greeted price as they entered and immediately price stilled, confusion apparent as he attempted to understand out of ghost and soap who he was currently speaking to. another no brainer, their accents had blended too and as it would turn out depending on emphasis it would lean one way or the other.
It took a bit but after having removed the mask price believed them. the captain spoke honestly about needing time to figure out where to even begin in dealing with this predicament, he agreed that they should keep responding to ghost’s and soap’s call signs as long as it felt comfortable, but shared how it also felt wrong to only refer to them by their halfs. mac-riley was the closest to decent name either party came up with and would act as a placeholder name in the meantime.
end :D
(also any open to suggestions for a ghoap fusion name)
(edit: this is only sorta inspired by su, there’s no gem shenanigans happening here just regular shenanigans. both ghost and soap are humans (I think) in this)
#ghostsoap#soapghost#simon ghost riley#soap mactavish#simon riley#john soap mactavish#cod mw22#ghost x soap#ghoap
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wiihtigo.tumblr.com/post/743934944739557376/ okay enough about Nell dying. what about that bad ending 2 with Casey dying 👀
grimacing at you sort of mournfully
similar to nell I think it happens during some big event- not as big as a crisis event alien invasion like nell but a citywide threat..(otherwise known as a regular tuesday in gotham), nell is out as ladybug helping out along with some gotham regulars (i imagine batman and nightwing are skulking around) shes not working WITH them exactly. theyre just out and shes also out at the same time and theyre fighting the same things. you see.
casey tags along sometimes when ladybug is out doing her thing because she lowkey doesnt respect nells job and thinks they can just combine patrolling and hanging out, BUT this time she actually stayed home. shes just laying on the couch, maybe scrolling her phone or finding something to watch on tv or dozing off into a nap when something hits their building. For the kind of big show-y jackass-y destruction thats happening in the city ive had it in mind this is a joker stunt. Not that thats super important even, hes not directly involved with casey blowing up. Anyways something hits their building and casey is crushed or...pierced by debris. She manages to fish out to phone (now cracked to shit) and calls nell for help (her reasoning being that nell will treat her as priority and come get her and help her ASAP meanwhile the ambulance's and police in gotham are pretty busy already)
Luckily, Nell picks up and immediately hears something is wrong even though casey (delirious and in shock) does not open with "there is a wooden beam lodged in my ribs come fucking get me" and instead is like "um...are you almost finished with work i think you should come home now. someone broke your window. its cold in here" but her voice is really strained and shes breathing kind of hard.
Nell is already speeding away but hes really far from their apartment and these stupid henchmen just keep getting in the way and its hard to keep casey talking when casey is usually the one DOING THE TALKING. but they do. keep talking together i mean. nell is kind of short with her at first because hes also kind of freaking but once casey starts panicking near the end when hes starting to realize hes cooked he starts lying to him telling him that hes almost there hes almost up the stairs and to just hang on a second more (hes like 20 blocks away)
at first casey was like. freshly in shock. so she wasnt talking about things like they happened. she asks nell to come home and clean up the glass on the floor because if she looked down and sees the blood coming out of her she was going to flip out or something. but the longer nell takes the more she starts to get scared and desperate and whiny (notice how i can find ways to insult her even as shes dying..now thats love) the more nell lies to her the more her solid faith in ladybug saving her ungrateful self is wavering. shes never let her down before! casey always follows nell/ladybug around and gets into trouble and nell always picks up her by the scruff of her neck and drags her back home. its basically what their relationship was built on, nell taking a random criminal home and promising to keep her on the up and up. nell is big and tough and strong and confident and independent and stable. these are all qualities casey really liked about nell right from the get go and its why, aside from being given a rent free place to live in, she stuck around this long even through the less desirable traits of hers and how insufferable she finds her sometimes.
in her fear (and pain) she starts swinging wildly between anger and pleading like "why arent you here yet!??! do you think im gonna die?? are you even coming?? are you doing this on purpose because youre mad at something i did.? WELL IM SORRY! FUCK! WILL YOU PLEASE COME GET ME NOW!!!!!!' (im sure this isnt doing anything to help nells stress levels. can someone tell her to relax?)
Nell.....did the smartest thing anyone has ever done in the history of the world, and before, when he took the call and nightwing noticed his alarm and comes down to say "hey is everything ok--" he brushes him off and speeds off to go deal with casey himself. Because casey is his responsibility and he doesnt really like nightwing. or any of the bats. nell is self sufficient, over confident, and (quoting from marty) "she has tunnel vision and chronic independence syndrome and by viewing caseys wellbeing as her own responsibility she has inadvertently doomed them" (unquote) (crowd booing sfx)
he could have asked for help from someone who could fly, or asked oracle to patch him through to an ambulance to get to the apartment faster than she could, or accepted nightwings offer to help knowing that hes more experienced than she is as a hero or done any number of things that would have to involve swallowing his pride, but he didnt and when he arrives back home casey is already gone
to be fair she wasnt really thinking straight. but wow, way to go nell. you really fucked that one up. can we cancel this heinous heinous bug?
when i compare our intrepid heroes death scenes in my mind i lol bcuz nell is like (coughing up blood) fuuuck i cant believe i loved that stupid girl. oh well. bleh. but casey in her last moments is like NO NO NO NO NO I DONT WANT TO DIE STOOOOP WTF WTF WTF
i think shes so panicked and frantic and scared in her last moments the complete opposite of nell accepting death and feeling content she did everything she could have (at least in regards to crimefighting that day)
she probably didnt even think it was a possibility until the last minute. shes so self confident. too self confident. some might even call it...stupidity.
in the way nell is letting her eyes creak shut thinking about a phantom image of casey and is just filled with regretful sadness, casey is not thinking fondly on ANY memory shes clutching onto her phone and wishing nells voice would jump out of the speakers and be there in front of her and carry her away and keep taking care of her FOREVER i mean keep financially supporting her until shes casted into the new scream film. she cant accept shes going to die. she wont accept it. she did so much hard work for so long to make something of her life and it was all just going to end in one night...she finally found a friend she could stomach the company of, actually enjoyed the company of, and it was all for nothing. AGAIN! these are depths of despair only previously felt when booster FIRED HER! she doesnt ..blame nell, exactly. well she kind of does. but its different than it was with booster. she put the full brunt of blame entirely on booster to shield herself from the possibility .. maybe her own choices and actions have something to do with the outcomes in her life? (NO NOT POSSIBLE) she is angry at nell for not being there. but shes also sad and confused and scared and all these mixed up emotions and even though shes angry at nell Somewhat she also...eugh....CARES about nell, and she thinks that nell also cares about her. (unclear in what way. and now we'll never know..SAD) so she isnt casting hexes on her like she had with booster, who she knew didnt really give her the time of day like ever. she just wishes she wouldve been there with her
but when have i ever given casey anything she wanted.
again, i advise you to go knock down martys door if you want more nell deets but im told ted and michelle support him through this (and isnt that more than casey ever got in the canon end? see..not so bad)
im also told he doesnt tell spider, caseys mom, about casey dying until 8 months after the fact. which im sure just about drives that poor woman over the edge. nell bishop are you ready to die..?
#koby you never add readmores you always just leave us to the dogs what changed BItch im scared#asks#casey
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"So you know how, in Remake, the main branch of Avalanche shows up to raid Shinra? It is heavily implied (particularly after the release of the Yuffie DLC) that their presence there is a direct result of Rufus."
how was it implied that they were there as a result of rufus
Ah -cracks knuckles- time to revisit some Remake cutscenes!
But first, just for a more complete background on my thoughts, a big part of my take comes from what we know about Rufus's role as the main source of funds for Avalanche in Before Crisis. It's unclear what of BC still holds for the purposes of Remake, but these are basically the moments I see the game making nods to that, even though (theoretically) by the time of Remake, Rufus and Avalanche should have long ago parted ways.
Tseng's phone call.
"The VP needs us."
The next we see the Turks, they're with Rufus, on the helipad at the top of Shinra tower. Rufus had no clue who Cloud even was at this point. He certainly wasn't there to fight him. He was there to kill his dad (not the first time he's tried); Sephiroth just beat him to the punch.
2. Wedge's report from the mayor's office.
Wedge comes on and tells the main party that HQ is there to "flush out the president." Given Rufus's historic relationship to Avalanche and the fact he just called in the Turks, it makes a lot of sense that he was the one to rally the troops. It was all hands on deck to cause the necessary chaos to go commit patricide.
3. Zhijie's tease (from Intermission).
While Solider is trying to beat Zhijie's informant out of him, first he tells them it was Heidegger. When he's told "Wrong answer!" and is hit again, he comes back with, "All right, all right, I'll tell you. It was Rufus."
To me this is either:
a) Zhijie being sassy knowing these guys won't even believe the truth
or
b) SE making a huge wink at their audience who know what's up
(or both, tbh XD)
There may have been a few other throwaway lines from Intermission that I'm not thinking of now, but these are the main three things that, in combination with my knowledge of BC, have formed the foundation of my belief that it was Rufus who called them in.
Thanks for the question! I love theorizing about these games.
ALSO, no spoilers, but in Rebirth there have been some BIG teases between Rufus and a certain other group... I'm withholding commentary until I finish the game, but boy howdy...
#sometimesrufus answers#megashadowdragon#discourse#my musings#ff7 remake#ff7 intermission#rufus shinra#ff7 spoilers
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I'm trying to get into comics, any recommendations?
I'm a DC girl so this list is gonna be very DC heavy, sorry.
DC
All-Star Superman by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely: The book that made me a Superman fan. Beautiful, joyful, self-contained story.
The Flash by Mark Waid: Will make you a Flash fan. Some of the first comics I ever read come from this run. The original run is collected in omnibus format but Mark had a second, shorter run from around 98-2000 that wrapped up a lot of loose ends, and another one around 2008. Those are good too.
The New Teen Titans by Marv Wolfman and George Perez: This book probably saved DC, and it's a wonderful read.
Batman by Scott Snyder: One of the best modern Batman runs, although it suffers from the stink of the New 52 at times.
52 by Mark Waid, Greg Rucka, Grant Morrison, Geoff Johns, and Keith Giffen: Might need some onboarding for this one but it's a great read focusing on some of the second-string characters in the DCU and a triumph of collaborative storytelling. Its spinoff Booster Gold series is great too.
Kingdom Come by Mark Waid and Alex Ross: A surprisingly-accessible refutation of the 1990s trend towards darker and edgier superheroes, it's a must-read for the beautiful painted artwork alone.
Mister Miracle and Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, both by Tom King: Tom King's had some big misses, especially Heroes in Crisis, for which as a Wally West fan I should want his blood. He makes up for it when he hits, though. These two titles are his best work.
Secret Six by Gail Simone: A great off-beat title revolving around a small group of supervillains trying to do good. Wish they'd bring this concept back tbh.
DC: The New Frontier by Darwyn Cooke: A love letter to the Silver Age of Comics with gorgeous artwork. Was later adapted into an animated film, which is also very good.
Dwayne McDuffie's original Milestone Comics (incl. Icon, Hardware, and Static), are all very good titles focusing specifically on Black heroes. McDuffie also had a great run on Justice League of America from 2007 to 2009.
Justice League International by Keith Giffen, J. M. DeMatteis, and Kevin Maguire: A great and hilarious book that offers a much more lighthearted take on the DC Universe. There's a lot of focus on more obscure and minor characters which I always enjoy.
Doom Patrol by Grant Morrison and Rachel Pollock: If you've seen the TV show, it cribs heavily from this. A lovely series featuring a group of misfits trying to find their way in the world.
Jack Kirby's Fourth World: Brilliant, esoteric, at times close to incomprehensible. A must-read.
The Question by Dennis O'Neil: A wonderfully cerebral and philosophical series. Denny left reading recs in every issue! See also his run on Green Lantern/Green Arrow, which is a bit outdated but still electrifyingly political for its time, and his seminal run on the Batman titles.
Marvel
Uncanny X-Men by Chris Claremont: One of the greatest comic book runs of all time. Largely defined the X-Men for several generations basically until the Krakoa era. Most X-Men stories on the "greatest of all time" list come from this run.
Vision by Tom King: Hey, it's Tom King again! He wrote for Marvel too. This one's a really good character piece featuring a character who often doesn't get to stand on his own.
Daredevil by Mark Waid: The best Daredevil run, hands down.
The Amazing Spider-Man by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko: The original Spider-Man run is still my favorite. Some great Silver Age nonsense combined with great character drama is what put Marvel on the map, and it's on full display here.
Runaways by Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona: A really good series that's mostly self-contained about a bunch of kids who run away from home after discovering that their parents are supervillains.
Fantastic Four by Mark Waid and Mike Wieringo: I sing Waid's praises a lot, but damn can he write. The best run for Marvel's First Family.
Others
Bone by Jeff Smith: An epic fantasy adventure starring three cartoon funny animal characters. My favorite comic of all time.
Usagi Yojimbo by Stan Sakai: Another epic starring funny animals, this time set in the Edo period of Japan. Mostly episodic, so it's really easy to jump into.
Astro City by Kurt Buseik: Another love letter to the Silver Age, and to superheroes in general. Essential reading.
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Is there mommy competition between Jenova and the darling? CC Sephiroth is obviously very needy and clingy but I'd imagine the other Sephs are a bit conflicted as well!
Content Warnings: NSFW, Discussion of Mommy Kink, Oedipus Complex, Breeding and Teratophilia. This is a long, intricate ramble.
All the Crisis Cuties love both. They all have some variant of the mommy kink, overlapping with their oedipus complex. They are broken men who share a broken darling.
༻❁༺ The Darling and Jenova's Union.
7R and Dissidia Seph are slightly conflicted about the two, at first. They see the darling as kin (as all Sephiroths do) because of her Jenova DNA, but, of course, they still love Jenova too. OG and AC Seph take it a step further, already seeing the darling as an extension of Jenova, and the latter wanting to fully merge them. Two birds, one stone, right?
They already understand the darling's bond with Jenova and find it rather fascinating. It's important to know that OG Seph is Jenova!Sephiroth plucked sometime during FF7, so his true body is in the basement, somewhere near hers. He has control and the most influence over Jenova since she came from his universe. And with his control, he definitely uses her tentacles for frisky times with the darling. Or to help the pregnant darling when she needs support, like getting out of the mako pool, etc.. The other Sephiroths have a connection to Jenova too, but it's weakened because they come from different universes. However, they can still influence her as their connection grows.
And it didn't take long for 7R and Dissidia Seph to join suit with the other two Sephs, as they recognized the special union between Darling and Jenova.
༻❁༺ C.C's View On This Situation
Now for C.C, it's rather complicated, considering he was plucked from his universe when the Nibelheim Incident was underway, right during his monologue to the Jenova doll... That's a big traumatic event, adding to many others he's suffered throughout Crisis Core. There is a reason he's more feral and childish than the other Sephiroths. Now, he's ecstatic to find that the darling and Jenova are both in this mysterious house. The two of whom he cherishes so much, IN THE SAME PLACE! The glorious reunion he always wanted... Yet, his connection to this Jenova is weaker as she comes from OG Seph's universe. It will grow stronger eventually, alongside his connection to OG Seph and the other Sephiroths.
But the fact remains that Jenova has been dormant for thousands of years, making it impossible for her to show/emulate to C.C the human, motherly love he desires. With the darling's occasional display of motherly nature, C.C. could feel his desires start to become reality. And we know for any Crisis Cutie, the darling is like a constant drug rush for them, especially if she induces positive feelings within them. So eventually, he forced the darling to give him what Jenova lacked, full time... But it raises another matter: the darling is an object of his romantic and sexual desires. So with these factors combined, that's why he has his mommy kink with the darling.
In a nutshell: he already fully combines the two in his shattered mind, a lot. There are times he can distinguish the two. Like forcing the darling's legs apart for Jenova's tentacles to get easier access to her cunt when the darling is nursing him. Or getting creepily giddy examining sticky, white fluid that was all-too familiar to the darling when he's fingerfucking her...
Also, Sephiroth's habit of projecting his feelings and views onto others is extremely important. And it's something ALL of his incarnations do, yet we should save that discussion for another time.
༻❁༺ C.C's Mommy Conflict.
I like to think in his occasional personality switch, he might seek relief from Jenova's dormant body in the basement. He feels liberated to express himself in her presence because of her blank slate, if that makes sense. He will do this when the darling is pregnant sometimes, resulting from his jealousy and envy of the spawn in her womb. I can only imagine how the situation would go...
The darling will sought him out, wondering why she didn't feel his usual embrace when it's time for them to be together. She would already know he's in the basement, with Jenova's body. The surrounding air was icy when she arrived, and he didn't even turn around to greet her, or even acknowledge her.
And then, he spoke cruelly and without mercy to Jenova about his darling, starting by announcing to her that the ungrateful traitor carrying his precious mother's spawn was now with them..
(Out of scenario mode now)
When he called the darling a traitor, it was saturated with his anger and resentment towards her relationships with other Sephiroths and her not wanting to join the "reunion". It also comes from his inner turmoil (envy, jealously, etc) at being replaced by the spawn… And the most tragic thing, a part of him can feel the shame and regret, for not having that romantic dynamic with the darling. His longing for that maternal love and affection is so intense, since he had been taken away from his "mother" at such a crucial moment. Yet, his heart ached with an equal longing for the same romantic love and affection that the darling shared with the other Sephiroths... It hurts him to no end.
(Back to scenario now)
The darling was so hurt by his words that she ran out of the basement to her room, tears streaming down her face. What he said hurt her more than any other rough times they had together. As she wept, she felt the warmth of the Sephiroth doll (Theatrhythm Seph) as it embraced her pregnant belly. His presence was a reminder of the strong, unbreakable connection between the darling and the Sephiroths. He would reassure her that no matter the hurt the Sephiroths caused, their love and dedication to her would not waver, even if it's warped...
House of Sephiroth is definitely a Tragicomedy now. I declare it. The Sephiroths in general have a strange, twisted familial relationship with the Darling and Jenova. Hope I answered your question well.
If you're interested and hadn't already, check out my Mother's Day fic centering on C.C, he expresses many of these insecurities in that fic.
This is a Sephology 101 post.
#ff7#ff7 sephiroth#sephiroth#final fantasy 7#Jenova#final fantasy x reader#sephiroth x reader#crisis cutie#yandere sephiroth#yandere sephiroth x reader#c.c rambles#house of sephiroth au#tw: mommy kink#tw: tentcles#final fantasy#final fantasy 7 x reader#yandere x darling#yandere final fantasy#Sephology 101
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“Attack on Prime Autobot Anthology: A New Identity
Main Story
Optimus’ perspective
Mikasa Ackerman
Wheeljack’s Perspective
(This is something I should have done ages ago, and part of me is ashamed that I didn’t do it considering what I know.)
“So your Wrecker unit is considered like the Survey Corps correct?” Hanji asked as she continued to take some notes in the driver’s seat of Wheeljack’s alt mode.
“Did you do dangerous missions that no one would come back from?” Wheeljack asked through the radio.
“Oh, absolutely,” Hanji answered, “Survival rates were in the gutter before Optimus showed up. Hell, even Megatron helped reduce the count.”
“That will never not be shocking,” Wheeljack proclaimed.
“Thanks for taking me to the neutral ship by the way,” Hanji said to Wheeljack.
“You did tackle my hood and begged me to take you,” Wheeljack retorted, recalling how Hanji practically jumped onto the front window with a big grin on her face.
“Sorry, I’m just really excited,” Hanji apologized.
“It’s fine. You’re still a lot of fun,” Wheeljack said.
Hanji smiled a little before returning to her notes. “So back to the Wreckers, they disbanded after Cybertron went dark and you tried to find them before coming to Earth.”
“Yep,” Wheeljack answered. “We used to be a pretty big group from Combiners to Minicons.”
“And Minicons are smaller versions of you guys?” Hanji recalled.
“Yeah,” Wheeljack answered, “We saved a Minicon called Honk when the war started and they were so inspired that they wanted to join our team.”
Hanji paused at that. “They?”
“Yeah, they,” Wheeljack answered.
“Honk’s multiple people?” Hanji asked.
Wheeljack was quiet for a moment before realizing what was happening. “Oh right! You humans have this weird thing about gender!”
“Excuse you?” Hanji was confused.
“Well, from what I understand, you guys have this weird thing about being only mech or femme. Sorry, male or female. On Cybertron, it doesn’t matter. You could be they, it, all of it, none of it,” Wheeljack explained, “I think the humans got better at it now, but I haven’t been paying too much attention to that.”
“So then, Honk goes by ‘they’ and ‘them’?” Hanji asked.
“You got it,” Wheeljack answered, “Humans call it ‘non-binary’. At least that’s what Miko told me.”
Hanji hummed at that as she took some more notes in her notebook. “And non-binary people don’t have a gender?”
“No, it’s like a third gender if that makes sense,” Wheeljack answered, “You’re not a mech of femme. You’re just someone else.”
“Do I have to look a certain way?” Hanji asked.
“No you don’t have to-,” Wheeljack paused at the way Hanji phrased that question, “Something on your mind?”
Hanji thought it over as she tapped her pencil against the notebook. “Guess I’m questioning some childhood and adult related stuff.”
“...my knowledge about this stuff is a tad bit spotty,” Wheeljack proclaimed, “But I can tell you what I know.”
“That...would be great.” Hanji smiled at that.
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Later
Optimus was...a little confused. He had returned from training Eren earlier today because he wanted to collect parts that could be used as resources for the 3D gear. He went to his station where the energon liquefier was to work, but he saw Hanji on the table. She was mumbling to herself as she mulled over notes that were scattered all around her.
“Hey, Chief,” Wheeljack greeted, causing Optimus to turn to the Wrecker. He was leaning against the wall as Hanji’s mumblings continued.
“Hanji’s still on that,” Wheeljack remarked.
“What happened?” Optimus asked.
“...I think I might’ve caused an identity crisis,” Wheeljack answered.
“What?” Optimus snapped his helm to Wheeljack.
“It wasn’t on purpose,” Wheeljack insisted.
Optimus’ mouth formed a thin line before he walked into the room. “Commander?”
Hanji snapped her head to Optimus and smiled. “Oh, Optimus hi! Sorry, if I’m a little distracted. I’m just going over notes I took from Wheeljack.”
“Is this about a new project?” Optimus asked.
“No, it’s about the possibility that I might be this thing called ‘non-binary’,” Hanji answered.
Optimus was surprised by Hanji’s answer before turning to Wheeljack, who merely shrugged in response.
“Well, I think,” Hanji continued, “When Wheeljack was explaining what he knew it just got me thinking about my own life. When I was a kid, I never liked dresses or even being a proper lady as my mother put it. I never really conformed to what the Walls wanted me to be as a lady because it just didn’t feel right for me. At the same time, I never felt like a man. I don’t think. I’ve worn suits; I like suits. But never felt the need to do stuff that men do, I guess. I still like how I look. I like my hair. I like my figure and don’t feel the need to change that. Maybe this is just how I feel in my gut. Wheeljack says I don’t have to look a certain way to be non-binary. I can just be me. And I have never known that there was a word for it until Wheeljack told me. There’s actually a word to what I’ve been feeling for a good portion of my life.”
Optimus could see Hanji growing more nervous as they continued. “But part of me wants to be sure? I guess? I mean what if I’m wrong about this? What if I ‘grow out of it’? What if this is sudden and I need more time? If I stay this way, will it affect the way people treat me? How many people would treat me differently? Would I lose friends because of it? I’ve always been seen as the ‘mad scientist’ or a ‘maniac’ but my contributions still mattered. Would people treat me with less respect even though I’m a commander?”
Hanji laughed before continuing. “I just...I’ve never been so...unsure about something like this before.”
Optimus sat down in the makeshift chair and folded his arms on the table. “You are afraid.”
Hanji laid back on the table and looked up at the Prime. “...yeah. I’ve faced titans, but...it’s weird to be afraid of something like this.”
“Change is daunting,” Optimus explained, “You are trying to understand another part of yourself that you might not have considered before, and you are afraid of the consequences of that.”
“Does it make it a bad thing?” Hanji asked, “What if...people think this is a choice? I don’t think it’s a choice...Is it?”
“No, it is who you are,” Optimus declared, “And your identity in this does not change the fact that you are a brilliant mind and a good friend. No matter what happens, I will always be by your side like I always have.”
Hanji felt tears coming out of their eyes and quickly wiped them away. Hanji picked up one of the papers to their notes that had a circle around the question ‘who am I?’. They flapped the paper a little before looking back up at Optimus. “In your all-seeing wisdom, you happen to have some extra information on this, would you?”
“There are a quite a few figures on both Cybertron and Earth who identify as non-binary,” Optimus explained.
“Really?!” Hanji asked excitedly.
Wheeljack could only watch in stunned silence as Optimus explained his knowledge on the matter, with Hanji listening in great interest. The Wrecker couldn’t help but smirk at the sight before leaving the two alone. Only on this world.
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A few days later
“Any idea why the Commander called this meeting?” Jean asked as the Survey Corps sat down in the makeshift classroom.
“Maybe it’s a new plan for how to deal with Marley,” Armin suggested, “Or maybe it’s about Hizuru.”
“I’m kind of hoping not,” Eren admitted, “The ambassador still rubs me the wrong way.”
The door opened again and the Survey Corps were surprised to see Nile, Pixis, and Zackley enter the room.
“Sir!” A good portion of the Survey Corps stood up and saluted their superiors.
“I assumed this was a private meeting,” Zackley remarked as they all sat down in the empty chairs that they spotted.
Nile turned his attention to Levi. “Any idea what this is about?”
“Not a clue,” Levi answered as he leaned back in his chair.
“You’re Hanji’s second in command,” Nile retorted.
“Have you actually tried to keep track of Hanji?” Levi shot back.
“...fair enough,” Nile sighed.
Hanji slightly peered inside the room, seeing the Survey Corps and military heads talking with one another. They found themselves flexing their fingers to shake the uneasiness that they were feeling.
“I don’t know if I can do this,” Hanji confessed as they turned to Optimus’ holoform.
“You can do this,” Optimus reassured them, placing a hand on their shoulder, “Try to view this as one of your regular meetings.”
“But...it’s not.” Hanji smiled sheepishly, trying to hide their nervousness.
“I know,” Optimus said to them, “But no matter what happens, you will always have me as your ally.”
Hanji smiled at that. “Thanks Optimus. Can you...give me a moment and head inside?”
“Of course,” Optimus answered as he entered the room. They could hear the people in the room asking Optimus questions about their location, but the Prime stated that they would be there momentarily.
Hanji took a deep breath and slapped their cheeks. No turning back now. They were a member of the Survey Corps. They were the Commander! They could do this!
Everyone in the room turn their attention to the door as Hanji walked into the room. Hanji glanced at Optimus, who merely nodded his head in encouragement. The Commander then grabbed some chalk and turned their attention to the board before writing.
“For the past few days, I’ve been on a journey of self-discovery and identity,” Hanji explained, “I have learned that gender is a social construct and that I do not fall into the gender norms set by the Walls.”
“Wait what?” Connie spoke in confusion.
“I do not identify as a man or a woman,” Hanji continued. They finished writing before pointing to the words they wrote. “I am non-binary, and my pronouns are they/them.”
Hanji then pulled out a stopwatch and set the time. “I will now allow three minutes of questions to address confusions.”
Hanji placed the stopwatch on the table. “Go.”
“...huh?” Jean said in confusion. Hanji grew tense when Levi wordlessly got up and left the room. They turned to Optimus, but the Prime merely gave a quiet nod in reassurance. Mikasa raised her hand.
“Yes.” Hanji pointed to her.
“How long have you known?” Mikasa asked.
“I suspected since I was kid, but I didn’t have the proper knowledge until Wheeljack and Optimus told me about it,” Hanji explained.
“Gender is more of a human concept and not common on Cybertron,” Optimus explained, “We have mainly adopted it for human translation.”
“What?” Eren was baffled.
“Oh, me!” Sasha shot her hand up.
“Yes.” Hanji pointed to Sasha.
“So how does...down there work?” Sasha asked.
“My biology does not change in this situation,” Hanji answered.
“But isn’t sex and gender the same thing?” Armin asked.
“Sex is referred to the biological condition while gender is based on the cultural conditions and expectations of a society,” Optimus explained.
“So we will have to start addressing you as ‘they’ in the reports?” Nile asked.
“Is that a problem?” Hanji demanded.
“It’s going to cause some confusion for a while. I just need to be prepared,” Nile explained, “Honestly, this is not even the weirdest thing you’ve done.”
“Was this decision based on anarchy reasons?” Zackley asked.
“It’s based on acceptance of myself,” Hanji explained, “The anarchy I guess is a bonus?”
“I respect both either way,” Zackley proclaimed.
The door opened and Levi walked back into the room with a bucket in his hand. He set the bucket on the table before sitting down in his chair with his arms crossed.
“...okay,” Hanji spoke with uncertainty, “And other questions?”
Floch raised his hand. “What do we call you rank wise?”
“Them?” Jean answered with a guess.
“No, like you’re a Commander, but if ‘sir’ is meant for a man and ‘ma’am’ is meant for a woman, how do we address you?” Floch clarified.
Hanji placed their hand under their chin. “That...is a good question...Commander will work for now until further notice.”
“Thank you,” Floch said.
“Does anything about how you look change?” Eren couldn’t help but ask, “Do you just not look like a male or a female? Can it be both?”
“I can still decide how I want to dress,” Hanji explained, “Besides, I’ve never really dressed like a woman in the first place.”
“...are we going to get in trouble if we call you by your previous ‘pronouns’?” Jean asked, “Cause this might take some getting used to.”
“If it’s by accident, I won’t fault you for it,” Hanji explained.
“That’s dumb,” a scout declared.
“Excuse you?” Hanji demanded.
“It’s dumb,” the scout repeated, “This just some weird concept and you’re a w-,”
Levi shot up, grabbed the bucket, and chucked it at the Scout before he could finish his sentence. The bucket made direct contact with his face, shattering his nose and knocking him to the floor. The soldiers next to him look down in shock, realizing that he was unconscious.
“Anybody else got something to say?” Levi demanded, earning urgent shakes from the others.
“Captain, that was unnecessary,” Optimus proclaimed.
“A point needed to be made,” Levi declared before turning to Hanji. Levi saw the tears of joy in Hanji’s eyes but ignored them for the moment. “Does your hygiene improve in any of this?”
Hanji couldn’t help but laugh with the tears in their eyes. “C’mon Levi, you know me better than that.”
Levi sighed in defeat. “You sure about this? People are going to have shit to say.”
“Probably. I still have questions I don’t have the answer to, but...now I’m sure,” Hanji declared, “Now I am.”
Hanji managed to catch the ghost of a smile on Levi’s face, bring them that much joy. Arcee’s holoform opened the door to the classroom.
“Sorry I’m late. Wheeljack told me there was a meeting...” Arcee trailed off when she noticed the unconscious soldier on the ground, “What happened?”
“Hanji is a they/them now!” Sasha answered.
“Oh scrap, really? Congrats,” Arcee said.
“Thank you.” Hanji couldn’t help but be choked up at Arcee’s praise.
The day...proceeded as normally as it could be in this situation. Some soldiers gave Hanji weird looks, but quickly stopped once they all heard what Levi had done. Historia and Ymir had provided their congratulations at Hanji’s news. Hanji did send a letter to Erwin; they didn’t know how he would respond. The Autobots caught on quickly with Hanji’s pronoun changes. The Survey Corps struggled a little a quickly apologized for their mistakes but managed to catch on for the most part by the end of the day.
There was still one hurdle they were certain was going to be an issue.
Hanji was sorting through some of their paperwork to ensure that the documents were getting their pronouns right. It was something they were going to have to watch out for from now on. They didn’t know how much malicious compliance or contempt was going to come their way, so they needed to be prepared. But they were happy.
Hanji heard a knock on their office door and stood up. They walked over to the door and opened it, feeling a little tense when they saw Megatron’s holoform leaning against the wall.
“Oh, it’s you,” Hanji remarked.
“Have you figured out the schedule for the Wrecker and Two-Wheeler?” Megatron demanded.
“Work in progress,” Hanji replied, “I was going on a journey of self-discovery.”
“Really?” Megatron deadpanned, “What could someone like you go on a journey like that for?”
“I’m non-binary. My pronouns are they/them, and you fuck that up even once you can consider our little deal off,” Hanji warned.
Hanji expected the former warlord to bite back. To insult them and not even respect them. But they were surprised to see that Megatron wasn’t even phased by their threat. “That’s it?”
“The fuck do you mean ‘that’s it’,” Hanji demanded, “This was very difficult for me to figure out and even accept.”
“I’m sure the Prime has explained that your human concept of gender is different on Cybertron,” Megatron assumed.
“So you’re completely fine with me being non-binary?” Hanji questioned, “The genocidal maniac that hates humans is fine with my pronouns but not members of my own species? You actually draw the line somewhere?”
“You humans are so primitive.” Megatron sighed as he stood up, “If you have nothing for me, mad scientist, then I’m leaving.”
“I can’t believe you’re the least of my problems today,” Hanji declared.
Megatron rolled his eyes before deactivating the holoform. The Commander then shut the door behind them and...felt a weight lifted off their shoulders. Hanji took a deep breath before smiling in contentment. It was still going to be an uphill battle, but...they had people who gave a damn. That was enough.
(When I first got into Attack on Titan, it was through the anime, and I was introduced to Hanji as she/her. That’s what I wrote for AOP so far. It wasn’t until years later that I learned that Isayama never specified Hanji’s gender, keep it as neutral as possible in the manga, and left it up to the reader’s interpretation.
...As someone who literally saved Ymir from her fate and tries her best to be as inclusive as possible, this was supposed to be a no fucking brainer for me. And I was definitely not going to do it at the last possible second because that is also another form of a cop out and I refuse that. No. No way. I just wasn’t sure how to introduce it because I assumed with how primitive the Walls are they wouldn’t know what the hell non-binary meant. And then I remembered the Covenant of Primus where Alpha Trion stated that gender was a human concept, and I’m like, ‘Okay I have something’.
I just hope I did it justice because I am a cis woman and know nothing of the topic! I had to read a bunch of articles and first hand accounts and ask a few people on tumblr. Shout out to @gelu-the-babosa-multiversal @asunnycoffee @justawannabearchaeologist and @echoblaze5 for letting me know if I needed to fix anything. But if I have written anything here that is offensive in any way, please let me know and I will fix it. Thank you so much for reading and now I have to do a shit tone of corrections for future chapters.)
#attack on prime#ao3#fanfic#autobot anthology#transformers prime#tfp#tfp wheeljack#wheeljack#optimus prime#tfp optimus#hanji zoe#eren jaeger#armin arlert#mikasa ackerman#jean kirschtien#connie springer#sasha blause#levi ackerman#captain levi#nile dok#tfp arcee#arcee#tfp megatron#megatron#non-binary#enby#attack on titan#aot#snk#shingeki no kyojin
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NEGOTIATING OVER US (part six)
notee: am i exaggerating for doing so many parts? cuz they're not that long lol i just want to post them as fast as I can my badd 😣
summary: you're trying to figure out how to fix things with roman, one thing for sure, you don't want to become big red hulk at him again, although, it does feel you got swallowed by sadness, and not because of roman specifically.
content/warning: a combination of angst and fluff, emotional crisis, coping with the moral, every day struggles?
Full sunshine once again. You feel it hitting your face; you slowly begin to open your eyes although is hard knowing that the sun is blocking your sight. You lift yourself up and stayed sitting on top of your bed.
You didn't wake up the whole night, you slept through the pain you felt from yesterday. You looked around you; it looked a bit messy. You felt quite numb, the sunshine tho, the sunshine was good for you, really sunny day fortunately.
You decided to get out of bed, you couldn't stay there any longer. Every step you made from your morning routine, decided to do them very slowly. Put on some nice music to lift your spirit up, while brushing your teeth, have breakfast and then finally changing clothes.
You leave your place, at last, and bravely now going to work. You take the subway, full of people today; sadly though, you start to think again.
i hurt him
it wasn't that bad, or was it
hope he's okay
am i allowed to care about him? why wouldn't I?
i feel like they can hear my thoughts- 'You have arrived to the next stop, please mind the gap'
You walk out of the subway station and head to the coffee shop.
"Hey!" You see someone making signals from a distance, and it's Liza trying to waive you from a far, from the café. You finally get closer to her right outside the shop. "Hey, shit y/n what happened? you're never late, thank god you give spares keys, if not, i couldn't have open up the café." Liza seemed like agitated, kinda worried. "yeah sorry Liza i didn't give a heads up" You were so sad that you kept on looking down like a sad puppy. "hey, so tell me, what happened..." Liza asked a bit distressed. "Something... weird, and hard to explain i-" you paused for a second, wasn't sure if you should tell the whole thing or not, didn't want an opinion, just wanted someone to tell you that you were not crazy and it was all gonna be okay; still, you didn't know if Liza was going to give you the answer you wanted or not so, "never mind, but yes, something came up that made me feel very down today, can't think completely straight." you decided to not tell the whole truth. "hey hun, I'm sure it will pass, it will go away, if you want me to promise, I'll promise you." Liza gives a warm hearted response. "long story short, i hate... society? I hate the world, i can't escape my mind." However you do speak part of your truth about it out loud to her. "amen to that" she chuckles a bit, and now you with here, by finally smiling to each other out of comfort. "but seriously, I'm here for you" You shrug then smile at her while nodding. "i know liza, thanks. Now let's get back to work." You added by then smirking.
Working at your café is the only thing that it could keep your mind distracted for a while. But i guess, it didn't last that long. "yeah sure we have that cake would you like that with-" While you were taking the order, you hear your little doorbell making the sound that someone came in, so you turn your head to take a glimpse. "hey... um, i don't know." Roman showed up to your café, and you were taken by surprise, you didn't know how to react, if either happy or angry; on the other hand, roman seemed really tensed. You looked over him, words can't come out of your mouth, you slightly turn to your costumers, "of course, your order will come up now." You smile at them and then shifting your eyes back to roman, you try to avoid him, and honestly you had work to do, so you kept on doing your job; deep down, you wanted to talk to him. "i know you don't want to see me right now but-" i did, i did want to see you, you think, but your face was still neutral, keep on taking orders and such, like if he's not there. "-but i was wondering if we could, talk." After he said that, you turned your whole body to him, didn't know what face to put, what was he going to interpret based on it. "We can" You speak to him finally, still very serious. "after my shift" you clarify. He doesn't says anything, he just nods.
Your shift has ended now, and roman has been waiting all this long. You both sit at a table there on a corner, to get a bit of more privacy. You didn't start to talk, he took the initiative.
"So... um" you sensed his voice was breaking for a split second, and couldn't help but to frown a little bit. oh roman. He then clears his voice and stars to talk again, couldn't look at you that long tho. "So, i know that last night, was not, right... i made a mistake, and honestly, that kind of situation happened to me, before um... yeah basically there's something wrong with me" He chuckles. "Dad said I'm disgusting, frankly, everyone thinks I'm disgusting, and now you do as well, and i get it...." he takes a big breath, while looking down at the coffee he ordered. "if I'm being honest, i don't know why I'm like that, it's not like i do it purposely, or maybe i do, i don't know" He didn't say anything more after that; you were completely unsettled by his speech, in shock almost, you felt really bad, your eyes were practically wide open, as well as your mouth, trying to found the right words, but he suddenly cuts off and fired up again.
"And i think you were probably wondering why am I telling you this... The people that i know that as far as I know care about me, is my family, but other than that, ugh, bad reputation i guess... but you, you said once that you didn't hate me, and maybe i got, too excited by that i believe" Still can't make any eye contact. "And it's been a while since I heard someone saying that they didn't want me to be burned alive" he chuckles once again. "And possibly, while you, not being part of anything corporate as i know it, made me feel at ease, so i think that's why I get carried away with you... like now, taking about fucking... feelings" he smirks. "yeah, i do strangely like you, and not!... not like last night, nothing like that." He looks at your eyes. "i like like you..." he grins at the situation and laugh trying not to making awkward. "Jesus i feel like im in middle fucking school" he smiles, but anxious to hear your response.
You're now realizing how pretty his eyes get when the some sunshine would get on his face, you were mesmerized. However, no words were coming out of your mouth, you didn't believe this kind of confessionary; it was too much for you, you didn't know why, you hate the fact you were like this. You could see he was getting a bit heartbroken, you didn't want to hurt him.
Something like this happened before.
Your friend, best friend, the one you had your same dreams, like the café; the one you shared everything with... everything, everything, everything... everything was too much at times, it didn't do well with her.
So now you're stuck on a trauma, can't tell everything
You were moveless. blank mind, although there was some words that wanted to get out, i like you too. But it didn't. He didn't look that happy, hidden with a fake smile, he tried tho, but it looked like he would tear up again.
"Okay, fair, but you know, i don't give up easily, that's... daddy trauma, trying to make him proud and blah blah blah, but i am ironically not joking" he laughs, by then smacking his lips to make his proposal. "i want to... invite you, to a party my brother Connor's doing to celebrate, i don't know something s-stupid about politics but, I'm hoping i will see you there."
You stared at him, in complete silence. At of nowhere he stretched out his hand to you, remembering that time you awkwardly tried to stretched out his, and there he was, waiting for your response. "... please" he whispered. And so you you stretched your hand; your fingers touched each other skins, and you wanted this moment to last forever. He takes his hands back while standing up and makes you zone back in to reality.
"i will be waiting for you, at the party" He always pauses to wait for a response but you don't give what he wants still. He nods understanding your position; you were feeling strained. He didn't leave just yet, he was still standing next to you, and you were feeling shameful looking down at the table, then you see, his hand, his fingers slightly touching the wood, near you; it's like a non-verbal and non-physical way to say goodbye if he doesn't see you later that day at the party.
He wanted to hug you at most, and so did you. He takes his hand back again, he exhales through his noise quite loudly. "uuh, bye... yeah." He finally leaves; you inhale a big chunk of air and then exhale through your mouth, slowly. What a rollercoaster. But now, you know what to do, you're definitely going to that party.
I don't hate you roman, I'll be there, i promise.
continue.
#roman roy#roman roy x you#roman roy x reader#roman roy fic#succession#succession fic#fem reader#angst#light angst#fluff#fluffy#part six#fanfic
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Journey to the West ch1-6
I've gotten my feet wet with Journey To The West, and I feel like I need to record some observations as I go, since this is going to take a while, and there's a lot to take in.
I guess I should start by explaining my agenda here: Dragon Ball is famously inspired by Journey To The West, with a number of characters and situations based on the 16th Century novel. Goku's magic staff, his flying cloud, his numerous transformations, his monkey tail, his name, it's all a callback to Sun Wukong from JTTW. I've been a Dragon Ball fan for about a quarter century, and I feel like it's high time I got in on the joke.
The book is surprisingly simple and complex at the same time. It's kind of fascinating, really. Sun Wukong is born, becomes leader of a community of primates, then learns super powers from human teachers to better safeguard his "kingdom". He seems to be nigh invincible, and so he just kind of does whatever the fuck he wants. It's not that he's evil, it's just that no one seems to be able to stop the guy. A guy named Erlang finally fights him to a standstill and this allows the combined forces of Heaven to (barely) capture Sun Wukong, and that pretty much covers the first six chapters. It's pretty easy to follow.
At the same time, there's this dense mythology surrounding almost everything that isn't a wild animal. There seem to be hundreds of supernatural beings and concepts in the story, and most of them don't appear to actually do anything, they're just casually mentioned throughout. The Jade Emperor runs Heaven, and there's lower deities that report to him, and that's pretty easy to understand, and there are a lot of them, which isn't unreasonable, but at times the redundancy almost seems to be an end unto itself.
The first six chapters feel a lot like a big dumb Marvel crossover, where 900 superheroes meet up in a conference room to fret about the latest crisis. Or, in this case, I guess it's a lot like that picture of all the Marvel heroes facing off against Goku and Vegeta, only it's a bunch of Chinese deities vs. Sun Wukong. They keep throwing guys at the problem and none of them can get the job done, and then some other guy shows up and he wants to give it a try and that doesn't work either, and then they call in another guy who apparently hadn't heard about this whole mess.
The thing I'm picking up here is that I probably don't need to study all these concepts in depth to follow the story. In a "Goku vs. Marvel" image, they probably put Captain Britain in there somewhere, but you don't need to know anything about him. He's just a face in the crowd. The "who" and "how" and "why" of it is less important than the "what", which is this cool OP monkey dude owning all the strongest gods. Well he beat Hulk and Silver Surfer, but there's no way he can stop Galactus, ope, he beat him too. Wow, this guy's strong.
So I appreciate that there's this entry-level access to this story. I think there's a lot of other levels to all of this, but even if you don't know much about Chinese folklore of Buddhism, you can still relate to the idea of a monkey getting drunk and stealing God's peaches. Journey To The West is giving me permission to read this on easy mode. I don't regret skipping that 100-page introduction at the start of the book.
#journey to the west#that fanart of broly punching out the living tribunal keeps coming back to me#i still need to read the e-mails from the jttwdaily group but one thing at a time
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since people are talking about ATLA again I have decided to get mad about my One Big Gripe with the narrative again
I think Aang should have been the last avatar. I think Azula should have killed the avatar, and Aang should have been the one who Katara revived. Aang would have the same existential crisis and think he failed as the avatar and then after a lot of angsting about it he would realize that if he and his friends worked together they could combine their talents and be just as strong --- and maybe they could all work together in order to bend away Ozai's powers at the end.
OR
the other way this could work is for Aang to have to exchange the concept of the avatar entirely in order to take away Ozai's bending. I still think spirit bending having no final/ultimate cost makes it way too overpowered and not as strong of a narrative beat as it could be
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Do you think the Aryan Invasion Theory is true? I watching Mahabharata (star plus) and they kept using Aryavarta which reminded me of the Aryan race that Hilter used and so I did a little research and obviously he had no idea what he was talking about but what I found on the theory was a bit unsettling. I always believed that Hinduism/Sanskrit/Vedas originated in India (Indus Valley) but this theory seems to have genetic research to support it and it set off my whole belief system and gave me an identity crisis for some reason
Well, I am not really big on this theory because it has zilch proof to it as far as I have seen, only theories.
A simplified take on the same is the Indian Express article on Rakhigarhi excavation.
Other than that, there was this lengthy India Today article on the same excavation that gave me a headache because it won’t go to the fucking point, but I suppose it is in favour of the theory? I don’t know man, it’s fucking long and I did not read it all, just understood that IVC people from 4500 were native and that apparently we have outsider DNA.
There is no proof of any migration other than those based on change in genetic make up, a more plausible theory of which I explain later.
The interesting thing is, that the said Aryan invasion Theory first pinned us to be central asians from 1500BC and now we are Iranian farmers.
It completely ignores the fact that Indians have little genes in common with Europeans who we supposedly come from moreso with South Indians (and I mean much more, we have almost the same gene combination except a few), and seems as if the India today article, based on the same premise of “Aryans had this one gene (r1 to be more specific) common with Iranians that Indus people did not have” fails to realise that people from the northwest of Indian subcontinent can have common genes with the bordering land for other reasons aswell because no shit sherlock, people fuck💀
I mean, how else do you explain the much higher genetic connection to south indians?
Another factor they use for the theory is the simultaneous developement of modern day Hinduism and Zorastrianism, but that too can be chalked upto influence rather than migration, given that Hinduism is actually older by a little margin (oldest living religion) and for the theory to be true, the migration should have gone westward instead.
Heck, the influence thing can easily exclude the theory altogther, because Iran is close to what are now the areas of IVC, and them slowly influencing the culture during or after IVC when they became more civil, (in 4000BC) or us doing the same, or even intermixing of the two will make more sense than AIT.
The migration of these Aryans cannot be proven otherwise aswell because there lies no proof for same. Literally none. The archeologist in the India today article and few others uphold it yet are unable to prove it beyond circumstantial evidence that makes more sense when turned against the theory rather than its favour, like the Iranian thing I mentioned. It might also very well be a migration to eastwards in Hind from the western part, because the Vedas were written before the supposed “Vedic Aryan invaders” happened and they are clearly neither Monotheistic nor Tribal, and align more with the Indic religions, so I digress they came from Central Asia or Iran.
Plus, the Vedas were written by the "aryans" on banks of saraswati, and the saraswati dried up centuries before they "destroyed IVC and took over". Another interesting thing is that Saraswati flew through the IVC sooooo.... yeah, maybe it all can be summed up to people fucking🫠
The thing is, we are locals, this culture was very much developed here on this land. Vedas, Sanskrit, Sanatan, there is a reason you do not see traces of them elsewhere, and I am certain this theory is BS because of the little I have read, because it has nothing to prove for itself.
But other than that, this particular subject was never of my interest because of how lengthy it was, and I fucking sucked at history, so may I suggest asking others who do think of this topic as often. I only know @tiananmen-square-orgy to be my nerdy mutual on this topic, and if finnie cannot help you I'll try geting you connected to a friend who is not on tumblr yet can help becuase of his extensive knowledge.
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Which Disgaea Party would Persona Characters Join?
((After a while of thinking, I couldn't help but realize that I haven't done this yet. Instead of thinking about which Disgaea characters would join groups in other games, why not do the exact opposite? Starting things off with characters from the Persona series mainly because I still have P3 on the brain. Instead of going one group at a time though, I'm going to see which parties each persona character across the series would most likely join. For this list, I'm going to go over as many playable characters in the Persona series as I'm currently familiar with, which while it is definitely enough to warrant this to be a multiparter, but there are some characters that will slip through the cracks. Simply put, I've currently done only 2 playthroughs of Persona 1 (one with Yuka Ayase and another with Eriko Kirishima), finished Innocent Sin, but never played Eternal Punishment, and the only spin-offs I've played are P4 Arena and Persona Q1. I have PQ2, but didn't get far in it yet, I'm not really into rhythm games so I never touched any of the dancing spin-offs, watched my brother play some of Ultimax, but never played it myself, and I am debating on getting 5 Tactica at some point, but I'm currently not interested in 5 Scramble at all. So that should give you a good idea on who might be missing from this list. So with that out of the way, let's get started.
It's really hard for me to place Naoya Toudou in a specific group honestly. As I said before, his personality isn't as defined compared to the other main characters, though I have heard he is rather blunt at times and we know he's a gamer. That combined with him being the first main character kinda makes him being in Laharl's party adds up.
As a therapist, I can see Maki Sonomura trying to get into Evil Academy for the sake of looking into the heart bank. I don't think she'll try to use it like Maruki from P5, but might think of how to use it to help others deal with their identity crisis.
It's hard for me to place Masao Inaba in any of the groups too, but I think the best bets would be either the Rebel Army in Disgaea 5 or Pirilika's party in Disgaea 7 mainly because I can see him getting along with Zeroken or Yeyasu.
Same goes for Kei Nanjo as I can see him either learning to become successful from either Pirilika or Seraphina so he can become #1 in the world, or becoming their rivals.
Yuka Ayase would most likely join Zed's group, mainly so she can try to mooch off of Misedor's seemingly endless supply of cash, as he's most likely to share the wealth without her having to put work into it, unlike Pirilika who would try to convince her to put in some effort until she eventually gets kicked by Fuji, and Seraphina would shoot her for even thinking of trying to mooch off her or get to her dad.
Eriko Kirishima would probably join Laharl's group as they tend to go on the most chaotic and random adventures compared to everyone else. That and Naoya's there.
I think Yukino Mayuzumi might feel the need to help Zed save his sister in Disgaea 6. Maya Amano's not the only "Big Sis" character in this series. Hell, that's probably why the two became partners.
Speaking of Maya, I can see her joining almost any group as they're all likely to give her a good story for Coolest, but since Yukino's her partner, Zed's group is where she'll most likely go.
I think Tatsuya Suou would be an interesting member for Adell's group in Persona 2, (and not because he's the second protagonist). He and Adell may have conversations about their conflicting views when it comes to their families, though I can see him targeting Zenon for stealing humanity's memories.
Jun Kurosu would also join Adell's group for the sake of stopping Zenon as he's responsible for altering Veldime's nature and we all know how much he cares about plant life.
Now I can also see Lisa Silverman joining Adell's group because Tatsuya's there and wanting to stop Zenon's curse, but I can also see her joining Zed's group for pretty much the same reasons as Yuka Ayase from Persona 1.
I can see Eikichi Mishina joining either Adell's group or the Hades Party from Disgaea 4 specifically for trying rival Axel when it comes to music. Though I would say the Hades party might be more fitting since his Persona his Hades, and Valvatorez would be interested in the fact that he's the son of a sushi restaurant owner, though mainly so he can try some sardine based sushi crafted by a professional.
Minato Arisato could join Mao's group at Evil Academy as he would be used to the environment of an ever evolving dungeon that is Evil Academy, making it similar to Tartarus, as well as helping Mao overcome his past, but I can also see him joining the Hades Party because of the looming threat of Fear the Great.
Hamuko Arisato would join either Mao's group of the Hades party for the same reasons as Minato. Yeah their personalities may be polar opposites, but their goals are practically the same.
Yukari Takeba would probably join Zed's party in a heartbeat after discovering Super Reincarnation. Anyone who finished P3 should know why, but I can also see her joining Adell's party, not wanting to risk Zenon taking away humanity's memories after everything she and her friends went through, and I can see her relating to Adell pretty well.
Junpei Iori I can see joining either Mao's group, simply because he would be counted as an honor student there, which I can see him rubbing in Yukari's face about, or the Rebel Army in Disgaea 5, so he could fulfill his goal of being a hero and across multiple worlds at that.
Akihiko Sanada would join whichever group he would see giving him with the most challenge, so probably either Laharl's group, because of all the chaos he goes through on a regular basis, Adell's group, for the sake of fighting the God of All Overlords, or the Rebel Army, because war. I can also see him joining Zed's group because he knows the pain of losing a sister and would want to help Zed overcome that.
I actually have a tough time thinking about which group Fuuka would join. Maybe Mao's group in the Evil Academy for the same reason as Minato and Hamuko? That and to help Rutile with her relationship with Stella. That's the best I can come up with.
Mitsuru Kirijo on the other hand was piss easy to figure out. She'd join Fuji's group in Disgaea 7 in a heartbeat. The moment she finds out the existence of the infernal weapons, she would start collecting them to make sure they won't fall in the wrong hands!
Aigis would join Zed's group for the same reason as Yukari, Fuji's group to learn about the infernal weapons, especially Suisen and Ao, or the Hades Party for the same reason as Minato and Hamuko. You know what's sad and crazy, with her robotic body, Aigis would likely have less of a chance of having her body break down from using Super Reincarnation over and over again compared to Yukari. Like I said, the themes of Persona 3 and Disgaea 6 really don't mix.
Koromaru's in the same boat as Naoya. I can see him joining any group he wants, aside from maybe Zed's group in 6 because of Zed's relationship with Cerberus. That's not going to look well on the surface for him.
Ken Amada would join the Rebel Army as he was also on the path of revenge. Granted, it's not against Void Dark, but it's still something he can connect with the other overlords about.
Shinjiro Aragaki might join the Hades party to try to atone for what happened with Ken's mom, but I can also see him joining Fuji's party for the same reason as Mitsuru, or the Rebel Army.
At first, I wasn't going to include any of the Velvet Room attendants, but considering that I already included Fuuka Yamagishi who technically isn't playable while 3 members are playable in P4A/P4AU, I have a feeling at least someone might complain so here goes. Elizabeth would join either the Hades Party to learn about Fear the Great or Zed's party to learn about Super Reincarnation.
Yu Narukami might join the Hades Party to figure out the issue with the corrupterment, but I can also see him joining Laharl's party, specifically during the events of D2 and Inifinite because of the mysteries behind the disappearing angels and Laharl's "assassination".
Yosuke Hanamura I can see joining either the Rebel Army, Zed's group, or Fuji's group because all three of these groups involve exploring multiple different worlds, which he would probably find exciting deep down. Though he would need to be careful around Seraphina. The moment he tries to push her buttons, he'll be put under her Balor gaze doing something humiliating.
Unlike Akihiko who would go after the strongest challenge, Chie Satonaka would join either Adell's group or the Rebel Army specifically due to her strong desire to protect others. She would go after Zenon or Void Dark to prevent more people from becoming victims of them.
Yukiko Amagi would join the Hades Party because out of the all of them, it's the closest she'll get to a horror themed group, though if Valvatorez thought not scaring Artina would hurt his pride, trying to scare Yukiko would have it completely shattered.
((Stay tuned for part 2))
#disgaea hour of darkness#disgaea 1#disgaea 2#disgaea 3#disgaea 4#disgaea 5#disgaea 6#disgaea 7#disgaea rpg#disgaea d2#disgaea infinite#persona 1#smt persona#persona 2#persona 2 innocent sin#persona 3#persona 3 portable#persona 4
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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, by James McBride
⭐⭐⭐⭐ 1/2
In 1930s America, Chicken Hill was a community of immigrants, with recent Jewish arrivals living and working side-by-side with the Black descendants of slaves taken from Africa a hundred years ago or more. Most residents would agree that the heart of the community was the grocery store run by a Jewish woman named Chona. But when Chona intervenes to protect a deaf black boy from institutionalization, a series of events are set in motion that would lead to the discovery, 40 years into the future, of human remains at the bottom of an abandoned well. The question of whose body it is and how it got down there can only be answered by tracing the actions of the entire community, as they come together in response to crisis.
This was the first book by James McBride that I've ever read, and if the rest of his books are anything like this one, I understand why he's so popular. This is a story that takes its time, circling repeatedly around the same events to examine them from multiple perspectives, before moving swiftly to cinch the plot tightly around the conclusion. But through all of the plot circling I never felt bored with it, because it was fascinating to get to know the community through the eyes of so many different individuals. I wouldn't go so far as to say the pacing is off, but you will need to bring patience for the slow build-up. It pays off in the final quarter of the story, but it's a journey to get there.
It's worth mentioning that, despite the dark elements in the story — and there are many — this book has a sharp sense of humor. It has to, because if we'd had to read through all of that heavy, grim subject matter without the tension breaking with a chuckle now and again, it would have been too much. That said, the dark parts are incredibly dark. Aside from the obvious racism and white supremacy present throughout, there's some not-so-obvious content, so I encourage readers to check warnings. Despite the negative attitudes expressed by many of the characters, I found the various groups depicted — Black people, Jewish people, and people with disabilities — to be treated with respect by the author.
Despite all the good, there were a few things I wasn't a huge fan of. First, there were some dangling plot elements that seemed to be set up and then forgotten about. For example, there was an ominous deal made out of the half of the note that Fatty dropped, but it ultimately seemed like it didn't matter. And there was also a recurring character who seemed to be set up for a big role in the events, but ultimately he re-entered the plot just before the climax kicked off only to chill off-screen. Don't get me wrong, the matter of who wound up down the well and why was answered in a completely satisfactory manner. But I got the vibe that some additional clarifying scenes had been cut, leaving me with lingering questions about some of the background action.
The other thing that stuck out to me were the occasional preachy asides, where McBride nudges aside the fourth wall to speak directly to the reader on some matter or another. I can't decide if I thought they added to or detracted from the narration. As much as I feel like the story's message should stand on its own without needing to be explained to the reader, I do realize that sometimes we have to hammer the point a bit more obviously to make sure it lands. So I'm conflicted on this.
Ultimately, this was a very good book that deserves every best-of spot it's been landing itself on. I went into it expecting a book about a combined Jewish and Black community standing up against white supremacy, but found a story about the power of community to come together when it matters to take care of each other, regardless of ethnicity or ability.
#books#book review#the heaven & earth grocery store#the heaven and earth grocery store#james mcbride#historical fiction#i do post book reviews on this blog i swear#gonna get back to it starting with the books that are due back first
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Any thoughts or ideas on 3Below and how it could’ve been more deeply ingrained in the world of TOA?
*cracks knuckles* alright it’s time to make the entire ToA series better.
So in order to make 3below fit into ToA better there needs to be changes to Wizards primarily and then also in how the Arcane Order is introduced. Yes this may seem backwards since I’m not directly discussing 3below but stick with me for a second this will all make sense, or at least I hope it will.
Let’s start with the Arcane Order as they are the cumulative big bads for all three series. Now they were introduced in Wizards and their introduction sucked! To make ToA more cohesive and to make the arcane order fit better into the world as well as to build up their like danger level, one member of the arcane order should have been introduced per series. Belroc in Trollhunters, Skrael in 3below, and Nari in Wizards.
The main goal of the Arcane Order is to rebalance man and magic on Earth. Now let’s say that for some reason they can’t directly interact with Earth directly and instead have to act through vessels. Their first vessel would have been Morgana obviously back at the Battle of Killahead Bridge. That fails like in the canon series and Nari defects as usual. In Trollhunters Belroc attempts to bring about the downfall of man again, this time using Gunmar. And in 3below, after Belroc failed, they try to destroy mankind this time using idk Morando or whatever stuff they were building up with Seklos and Gaylen in the canon series. And then in Wizards idk Douxie and Nari become weird siblings and they love each other and have a fun time and nothing bad happens to them because I love them. Already introducing each member of the Arcane Order in each series connects them together and then having all three groups come together to defeat the reunited Arcane Order makes more sense because they each already have experience with one aspect of the order.
Ok now for Wizards. So I would say that Trollhunters and 3Below serve the same sort of purpose in the ToA series, to introduce the fantasy and sci fi aspects of the world. Now canon Wizards deals pretty much only with the fantasy side of the equation, so to make 3below fit better into the universe, wizards needs to serve as the glue to connect the fantasy and the sci fi. Now Douxie is a wizard from Camelot so we’ve pretty much already got the fantasy side set. But here’s my proposal for how to include the sci fi elements. So Douxie is immortal and as such has experienced loads of technological advancements. I think the wizards series should have one season showing snapshots of Douxie’s life over the course of his immortality, and show how he has discovered that magic works surprisingly well with technology. Maybe over the course of this season he learns more lore about the arcane order and so we’re building up to the final confrontation. And also this would allow us to see exactly how moppet!Douxie transformed into punk rock modern day Douxie but that’s a whole other issue. Then in season two we are now in the modern day, i think this would go mostly the same as canon wizards but Toby and Krel would have more prominent roles. Specifically Krel would have a more prominent world. He’s already living on a technologically behind planet and now he’s thrust 900 years in the past? Dude is going to have a complete crisis. But with whatever bits of Akiridan technology the gang managed to take back with them, he and Douxie can really begin the work together to combine the two. Plus being in the past we can see more of how medieval magic worked, and seeing that can serve as a contrast so we can see truly how well magic and technology are able to work together.
Oh also here’s another thing that I stole from someone on tumblr but o can’t for the life of me remember who it is so credit to them and if this is your idea and you see it I will for sure put an edit in to properly credit you. But the trolls should also be aliens and the darklands should be a different planet. Something happened to the darklands to make it no longer habitable to trolls, so they travelled to earth like millions of years ago and have been living here ever since. I think this would be revealed in 3below and that way House Tarron could still have a connection to the trolls. Maybe the Akiridians recommended earth to the trolls since at the time it had no sentient life forms or something and Aja and Krel then got sent to earth because well if House Tarron has allies on earth it would be a pretty convenient place to send the queen and king in waiting.
Idk how to do a TLDR for this so TLDR; to make 3below fit better into the ToA series there needs to be a more direct connection between the fantasy elements and the sci fi elements and I think rewriting wizards would be the best way to do that.
#trollhunters#tales of arcadia#3below#toa 3below#toa wizards#wizards toa#or at least this is how i think it would be best to make the whole series more cohesive#i wish 3below and especially wizards had higher budgets
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