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Soap knows Ghost is beautiful. He doesn’t need to see his real face to know. It’s in the way he carries himself, his thick British accent, the arrogant quirk of his eyebrow that shifted under his mask. He never had any urge to take a peek at his face under that mask, always respected his boundaries, always stayed fairly within line.
But during the mission in Las Almas, where Ghost had so unwaveringly pulled off his mask, Johnny felt like his whole world had been shaken. Maybe it was because Ghost was his whole world Soap had been obsessed ever since. The crooked curve of his nose, his clipped and messy dirty blonde hair, the slight curve of his Cupid’s bow on his upper lip, the jagged scar that had been carved into pale, almost sickly skin. It was all so utterly Simon. Soap felt unhealthily obsessed. Genuinely, he thought that he could not be any more head over heels, and he goes and does this.
It was stupid how eager Soap was to draw his face. It was like he was a puppet on a string, pulled by his untethered compulsiveness. He had to be cautious. He yearned rip off the mask Ghost has just put on again to kiss him stupid in front of everyone. 141, maybe. But not the Los Vaqueros. He does have that sliver of sanity to hold himself back. But god, if that doesn’t just open up a door of opportunities for him behind closed doors. The extra areas of skin that were now not so unreachable was like dangling a candy in front of a child and expecting them to not take it.
Simon is beautiful. Simon is so pretty. Simon is stunning. Pure Bonnie.
Soap wills himself to shut the fuck up and focus on the mission. He wants to see Simon again. Preferably, in a setting with more light. Soap feels like he’s rediscovering ghost all over again, he wants to see his smile, his annoyed expression, his huffs and grunts, everything on his face. Good lord, does he have dimples? Soap thinks he might just die.
The act of seeing ghost’s skin lights something in soap. He doesn’t know what it is, but he feels the impatience and desperation to find out what it is. He grapples and tries to identify it, but like his callsign, it slips away and he’s left with a frustratingly empty feeling he knows only ghost can fill. I’ll find out. I swear, I’ll find it out.
Soap has never been a patient man.
#ok so this is the last of the writing I’ve saved up#it may take more time to churn up more pieces#the stress and anxiety is#getting to me#I’m struggling guys I rlly am HAHHA#just when things were about to get better#stay safe guys love the attention I’ve been receiving about the other pieces#y’all are amazing 💞💞#robs ramblings#call of duty#john soap mactavish#ghoap#simon ghost riley#ghostsoap
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so, watched ep 1 of the atla live action and uhm, imagine not wanting one of your main characters to depict sexism because you believe it doesn’t read well in Current Times, so instead you double down on the character’s obsession towards leadership in order to give him that extra edge. but in order to make that work u have to make his sister quietly obedient instead of an outspoken leading presence that has the potential to overshadow him. because silencing a female character in order to write out a male character’s story arc of unlearning sexism is obviously a better and less sexist outcome.
#also the show made kyoshi say the opening of the show instead of katara cos apparently they’re obsessed with robbing katara of her voice#she’s literally just an entire different character and i cannot think of why except to make sokka look like a more prominent leader#which also goes entirely against sokka’s character trait of consistently feeling powerless#i don’t normally vent post about stuff like this but i’m just so baffled by this#atla#anna rambles#avatar the last airbender
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These dragons shows REALLY knew what we needed, we got a HUGE variety of cool new dragons w all of these different diverse designs and abilities, and they develop the relationships between the gang to make them feel like a family and give them the most WONDERFUL bickery loving dynamic, and also gave them 9 pet chickens, and gave us scenes of the dragons playing together and ALL of the adorable hicctooth and hiccstrid moments, and they gave all of the gang developed personalities and traits and stuff and depth and expanded the archipelago and referenced HTTYD 1 AND 2 and ALSO GOTNF I'm p sure they just tie it all together and flesh it out so WELL
#can you tell i'm thinking about how much i love rtte rn?#it's so#good#this is kinda ramble-y but i just need to talkl about it lol#how to train your dragon#riders of berk#defenders of berk#race to the edge#httyd#rob#dob#rtte#rosie's httyd brainrot
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The the real reason we never got a Zuko and Toph field trip is because they knew without a doubt these two would commit a crime so big Nickelodeon wouldn’t be able to pretend murder didn’t happen.
#atla#zuko#toph beifong#avatar the last airbender#zee rambles#like you know it would be a B&E and you know it was be insane of the charts insane#they’d probably try to rob azula#and then commit war crimes to escape
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WAIT.
You mean to tell me. That we could have had an original animated film. About a girl falling in love with a shape-shifting star-boy. With a beautiful, magical love duet where he would sweep her across the skies in a glittery, weightless dance as they swear to protect each other. All while an evil power couple with a demented-looking cat are hunting them down.
YOU MEAN TO TELL ME WE COULD'VE HAD A BANGER EVIL LOVE DUET TO PARALELL THE GOOD ONE AND DISNEY JUST....DIDN'T DO THAT?!?!?!?!
#niki rambles#disney wish#if i was the head of Disney I would fire whoever was responsible for this decision#we were ROBBED
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It turns out the big boi Mario Movie post I’m planning out is gonna take a LOT longer than I originally thought it would, so have a funnie in the meantime!
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ik all of sunnyblr has talked abt it but we actually dont talk enough abt the scene where mac has gay dreams about dennis. like. macs heart eyes??? the almost kisses??? PLURAL??? that was actually in the show. glenn said on the podcast mac was just thinking "finally." wtf
#rcg you bastards. this was years ago please#macdennis#macden#iasip#always sunny#mac mcdonald#dennis reynolds#its always sunny in philadelphia#glenn howerton#rob mcelhenney#rcg#jay rambles
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Have no happy news to share but I finally finished a project that has been in the making for a while and now I never want to let these babies go. If you haven't read this series let this be a motivation for that.
#i feel like i was robbed by people who said that the series is only good for Rhys and Rhys alone#twisted series#ana huang#twisted love#twisted games#twisted hate#twisted lies#rambling bubbles 🫧
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If I had a nickel for everytime Kevin Michael Richardson and Rob Paulson worked together voicing a duo of unlikely allies in an early 2000’s tv show, with Richardson’s character getting regularly beat up and his stuff ruined and Paulson’s character’s having an R name, a far more famous blue relative, and a penchant for annoying Richardson’s character by making sandwiches, I’d have two nickels.
Which isn’t a lot of nickels but it’s strange that it happened TWICE.
#Lilo and Stitch#Lilo & Stitch#Captain Gantu#Gantu#Experiment 625#Reuben#Loonatics Unleashed#Tech E Coyote#Rev Runner#Kevin Michael Richardson#Rob Paulson#This realization hit me like a sack of bricks#Like- Reuben was my favorite experiment aside from Stitch and I loved his dynamic with Gantu#So imagine my surprise when I’m looking up Voice actors and find out Rev and Tech’s voiced by the same guys#Like I knew about Rev- he’s got Paulson’s ‘nerd’ voice#But I did not realize Richardson’s range bc holy shit#AngryComet Rambles
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I’m SUCH a sucker for drunk calls/texts confessing their love and y’all know I gotta project it onto ghoap (buckle up guys its a long one I had to break it into two parts SORRY) pt. 2
Soap’s blood is pumping. He can feel it heat up in his cheeks in the form of a blush, giggles bubbling up in his throat and his mind loose enough to just sew together a semblance of a bad idea.
Deployment had been boring at first. Stuck at home with unending nervous energy, fingers twitching and aching for the solid feel of a gun, the rough texture of his vest, the adrenaline clapping him on the shoulder before shooting through his veins like a drug. It was so unendingly dull. It’s not like he had anyone waiting for him at his apartment in Glasgow, and their break time was too short to visit his Ma.
So why not invite a few buddies out to drink? No harm, no foul.
Well, that’s what he initially thought. A couple hours later of wheezing and pounding of the table, shoes sticking to the ground and the smell of booze wafting though the air, Soap could confidently say that he was wasted. He’s leaning heavily on his buddy, chum, pal, that he for the life of him cannot remember right now. He’s swaying from side to side, feeling unusually breathless as he mumbles what could be the song that’s playing right now. He’s not sure. He combs his fingers through his hair, scratching a bit anxiously at the nape of his neck. Soap’s not sure if he wants to cry or laugh or vomit right about now. Pretty sure that’s a sign to fuck off, pass out on his bed and deal with the rest tomorrow.
Soap pushes off his… friend? Wait, did he even come with him? And heads towards the general direction where the toilet is. Might as well not look like a homeless person before heading home, wouldn’t wanna scare anyone. His head is spinning, pounding, loud, loud, loud, and nowhere near done with its madness. Soap slams his hand on the wall beside the toilet door, squinting and hoping the door he’s reaching for is the actual door, not it’s double. He does, in fact, get the right door (small miracles), and pushes it open.
He fumbles with his zipper and exhales heavily as he relieves himself. The man beside him in the toilet exits with a sniffle and stumbles out, the music getting louder for a second before the door closes again. Soap leans heavily against the sink counter and washes his hands, placing his fingers together and splashing water onto his face. Soap drags his hands down before greyish-blue eyes look back at him with a piercing stare. He blinks, and re-evaluates again. His hair is flopping to one side, weighed down by sweat. His face is flushed and his skin glows slightly with a thin sheen of sweat, his freckles just shy of being seen under his rosy cheeks, eyebags evident through the haze. He looks down and- oh. It appears his attempt at splashing his face with water wasn’t as successful as he’d hoped, half of his shirt drenched in water. Soap tugs loosely at the corner of his sleeves, releasing the bundled up fabric at his pits. He frowns in discomfort as the sticky heat of his arms lay back down against his skin. He sighs once more, not really feeling like his lungs are filling with oxygen, turning around and laying his hip against the counter lazily before pulling out his phone. 0237. He swipes down on his home screen and pouts at the “no new notifications” tab. He unlocks his phone and swipes through his contacts, unsure of who to drunk text at this hour. Gaz is probably asleep by now, if anyone has a spotless sleeping schedule, it’d be him. Price would have his head on a platter if he texted him about anything non-military business. Laswell, no. Ghost?
Huh.
Ghost…could be someone he could text. Soap isn’t quite sure if he would be awake right now. Do ghosts even need sleep? He huffs at his little comment, tapping on their chat together. Do they have the kind of relationship where soap can dramatically drunk text Ghost at 2am right now? Soap lets out a little bemused huff when he sees that he reached a dead end to their chat after one swipe of his thumb. Of course. Right bastard doesn’t text anyone. He tilts his head up to meet the flickering white light of the bathroom ceiling, watching water damage and mold streak across the concrete. Ghost… how is he during deployment? Does he still wear that mask around the relative safety of his own apartment? Does he have any hobbies? Does he go to the gym as well? Does he long to be back on base? Does he long to be back in the chaos of the war zone, alongside soap? Does he think of soap? Does he ever think to- before Soap knows what he’s even doing, his fingers clumsily type out a greeting.
Hwlli
That’s not quite right.
Gellp
Nope.
Hellu
Oh my god.
Hello
There we go! Soap smiles giddily at his screen, bringing it closer to his face before very carefully writing a much more sophisticated and brilliant follow up.
U up?
He’s the smartest person in the entire world. He supposes a part of himself preens at the thought of even just being able to text someone like Ghost. Big, bad, Ghost. He decidedly does not giggle like a schoolgirl. Just as his mind starts to wander back to the world outside the sickly bathroom, his phone vibrates, and looks down in confusion.
Drunk?
Soap frowns.
Who
You.
Wanna try anf gues, Lt?
You are drunk.
He says it like it’s a fact, like he knows everything. It annoys Soap, much more than it should. He supposes that it could maybe be something to do with the massive amounts of alcohol thrumming through his bloodstream at the moment, but he knows for a fact that it slices through his brain, presses against his throat and contracts his chest.
Yiu think so?
I know so.
Soap thinks Ghost is being a real dick right now.
Ittle know iy all
You’re drunk, Johnny. What do you want me to do about it?
Johnny. Johnny. Johnny. His head spins. If he closes his eyes and imagines hard enough, he can hear the raspy gravel of Ghost’s solid, thick British accent murmuring commanders into his ear. Speaking of noises, his brain starts to register more of the music from outside, the start of a song that Soap can vaguely remember, but he can’t quite put his finger on it right now. The electric guitar, drums and bass all purr in his subconciousness, his lips parting over the words, moving silently as he tries to pinpoint exactly where in the song he is right now. There’s this tune… think of you.. repeat, until I fall asleep, spilling drinks on my settee…do I wanna know? Soap whispers, his mind curling and his ribs creaking. He feels like he’s truly, deeply losing it now, fingers slowly loosening over his phone. His head feels too big and his cheeks are burning, his shirt too tight against his chest and arms and his toes too restricted under his shoes. Everything was funny and everything was too bright and shiny and yearning and blurring and he wishes Ghost was here and he wishes everything was different and he wishes life could just be a little bit easier and-
His phone is vibrating.
Crawling back to you.
#lowkey haven’t even started on the send part#dw guys I write fast when inspo hits#I got a busy day tmr so second part may come in like two or theee days?#me staring at the 150 yes on the poll I made#y’all this better get 150 notes /j#stay safe out there guys#hope y’all like this one 🙏🙏#I really think I cooked#robs ramblings#call of duty#john soap mactavish#ghoap#simon ghost riley#ghostsoap
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GOOD AFTERNOON FELLOW ROB ENJOYERS!!
DO YOU WANNA DRAW YOUR FAVORITE GUY? ARE YOU TIRED OF USING THE SAME THREE STOCK IMAGES FOR THAT PESKY STATIC BODY? WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN HOW TO ACHIEVE THE SAME EFFECT USING ONLY YOUR PEN AND LAYER EFFECTS?
WELL THEN BOY DO I HAVE A TUTORIAL FOR YOU!!!
IF YOU FOLLOW THE SIMPLE STEPS LAID OUT DOWN BELOW, YOU TOO CAN BECOME CLINICALLY INSANE LEVEL UP YOUR ART SKILLS BY LEARNING HOW TO MAKE REALISTIC STATIC IN THE DIGITAL MEDIUM!!
okay i'll stop yelling at you now. on with the tutorial!
Step One: Blocking!
this is usually part of the coloring process for me, so you'll need a mostly complete drawing to start out with.
now, draw out where you want the static to be with white. the average hard round brush will be good for this step, but you can use whatever you like! i for example prefer to use the polygon lasso tool to get more crisp edges (however this effect can also be achieved with the eraser tool).
for his arms and legs, just outline them in white and color them in.
depending on the pose/perspective you might have to separate certain pieces into different layers. for example, here his left arm and lower torso are clipping through the line art
so we move them to be below the line art layer and boom! problem solved.
important note: you can not use another color for the blocking. the white base color is critical in achieving the most convincing static look!
Step Two: Brushes and Blues
now for this step, we will be using these four shades of blue-grey, as well as plain black and white. for your convenience, the hex codes are also included!
HEX: 1d2427
HEX: 4d5c65
HEX: 899eac
HEX: cce6f6
now go to the different brush presets for whatever program you're using. chances are, they'll have some variety of a paint-splatter brush (and if they don't, there's probably a way for you to download one or make your own).
the best kind to use is one where all of the particles are fully solid and not varying too much in opacity.
Step Three: Jackson Pollock That Shit!
now's the fun part! make a new layer and start layering the blues with your splatter brush in any order you like. just color vomit all over your canvas and don't worry about getting any of the particles outside of the base!
go back and re-layer any particular color as many times as you like until you're satisfied.
sometimes, all of this layering can result in loss of the original base color, like you can see here.
but don't worry! this can be fixed by tossing some white back into the mix.
once you're happy with that, go through and lightly sprinkle in some black. remember: a little is a lot! keep it subtle.
Step Four: Layer Effects!
this is where the magic happens! turn your blue splatter layer(s) into a clipping mask!
ka-boom! looks great, right? well, its about to get even better! go into your layer effects panel and select "Hard Light"
Step Five: Motion Blur
now, this step is optional depending on whether or not your program has more than one kind of blurring effect, but for the sake of the tutorial we'll pretend that it does.
find the motion blur panel and open it. set the angle to zero.
(ignore that i had my distance set to 2 here i just needed to have an example screenshot lol)
now crank that shit up!!
if your static layers had to be separated like in our example, make sure to do the same amount of blurring there as well. depending on your preferences, you can change the level of distance to highlight some kind of feeling. having it at 2 allows the viewer's eyes to rest on the darker colors, but having it at 7 brings out the brighter colors, calling attention to how annoyed he is with me right now.
depending on how you mix the different colors and level of blurring, you can get a lot of different variations in the static's look. feel free to experiment with it!
Step Six: Glow (optional)
unless you're drawing a dark/low-light setting, you can skip this part entirely. again, for the sake of the tutorial, lets pretend its dark!
now, since its supposed to be super dark here, i've selected the base layer for the static and deleted the black from it.
now for the fun part! make a new layer above the one we just made, then take the lightest blue color and cover the static with it! in the next step, this will become your glow!
i like to use a typical hard round brush and then apply a gaussian blur until i think it looks appropriately blurry, but you can also use your average pressure-opacity airbrush! both have their strengths, which you'll see in the next step!
for this step it helps to already have some knowledge of how light interacts with objects, but its not required! if you don't have a lot of prior experience, take this as an opportunity to practice! take it from me, making fan art of specific things is a great way to get good at drawing in general.
once we have an appropriate amount of glow and blur, we set the layer mode to Linear Light! your program might not have this layer mode, so try to find a mode that does something similar or is close enough
here you can see the strengths i mentioned before!
in the areas where i used the solid round brush + gaussian blur, i had a bit more control over how concentrated the light was at the center and how far it could spread, making it look more artificial/computerized.
meanwhile in the airbrushed areas, there's a very different vibe! on the right side where i applied the airbrush harshly in one stroke, it has a sort of cloudy look, but on the left where i applied it in multiple strokes, the varying opacities create a more painted aesthetic, which adds a lot of visual interest!
now we have arrived at the final step of this process! go to the current layer's opacity box and lower that sucker!
you should raise/lower this meter depending on how dark it is. Keep messing with it until it feels right. for our specific example(and more specifically the gaussian blur areas), a good opacity level is 73% !
and with that, we're done!
thank you for reading this! i had a fun time putting it together :)
before you go, please know that you don't have to follow every step of this to the letter!! feel free to break away from my methods and do your own experiments! mess with the hue of the static colors, use different brushes for the glow lighting, add variation in your particle sizes - go crazy with it!! half of art is experimentation and i wouldn't even have this process without it! :3
if you end up using this tutorial for Rob art on tumblr, please tag me in it!!! i would be absolutely overjoyed to see whatever you make :D (not a requirement though! either way, i'm very proud to have put this out into the world)
if you need help with any of these steps or the process in general, feel free to reach out in the replies of this post or in my ask box! i'd be happy to help out with whatever you need :3 thank you for reading this and i hope you have a wonderful day!
#at first i was just gonna use a normal box for this tutorial and then i got silly and self indulgent with it so its a lil comic thing now lo#art tutorial#static tutorial#my art#long post#tawog#tawog rob#rob tawog#the amazing world of gumball#tomothy rambles
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Billy Batson at a convention
Hear me out on this-
Yes I know I have a billion fic ideas on my list waiting to be written, but shush!
Imagine the Justice League deciding to attend a huge superhero convention as guests of honor for their fans and meet everyone, and to also help raise their public image. They don't all appear on the same day, showing up on separate days bc of security reasons, and Captain Marvel, being a long standing member of the JL, is invited, too. He is completely ecstatic about it, but decides to decline. He says he has important Champion of Magic duties to attend to and before anyone can ask, he Flys off. JL is a bit disappointed he won't be there, but understanding.
On the days of the convention, the JL are met with endless happy fans overjoyed to meet them. They all sign autographs, shake hands, etc. They all even remember one cute fan by the name of Billy Batson who handed them all adorable hand drawn pictures of them as a little gift. He was so sweet and even got to take a picture with all of the members.
The reason CM couldn't attend the convention as CM was bc he wanted to express his love, respect and admiration to his coworkers fully. He also was too nervous to ask for their autographs before, so this was a golden opportunity to have some fun as just Billy.
#billy batson#dc captain marvel#Shazam#justice league#I'm just rambling#Billy is too cute#Billy gets all their autographs and pretends to be disappointed he couldn't get CM's autograph#The JL hounds at Cap the next day for missing the convention and disappointing little Billy#Some thugs try to rob Billy at the convention and gets saved by GL#Maybe a future one shot
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i dont have a screenshot but on tallyall.club theres a photo of joe, rob, rob, joe, joe and rob called weezer.png
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i think one of the funniest things ive seen recently is the dev who made Iron Lung and The Pony Factory is so fascinated and interested that Turnip Boy Robs a Bank is trending more than The Pony Factory
#btw both turnip boy games are amazing#i just started playing turnip boy robs a bank and it honestly has a fun gameplay loop and the dialogue is still just as funny#wahoo rambles
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Mr Bilbo Baggins using his going away presents as an opportunity to insult all of his extended relatives int he first chapter of Fellowship is fucking hilarious.
#ramblings of a bystander#middle earth#tolkien#bilbo baggins#lord of the rings#listening to the rob ingles audiobook but just had to pause what i was doing when i heard this to find the text and share it. fucking gold.
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Imagine the chaos if the people in the indignity test suddenly came into the LCF world-
Dodam calling Cale 'the terrible bastard' while everyone is confused
Raon is happy knowing that even in another world, his human will always save him, just like he promised
Maybe even them fighting for Cale's attention
Both CHs look at each other warily but bond over the confusion that is known as Cale Henituse. Also, CH promises to teach indignity test CH how to become stronger to protect his new-found family. Cale is scared at this, as always
Alver laughing with a refreshed smile, while the younger him wonders if he's gone crazy when he sees how much paperwork he has.
Tiny Alver being happy when he sees that the dark elves, and them too, have been accepted by people. It only reaffirms the fact that he didn't make the wrong choice.
Baby KRS who is wary at first and sticks to CH like glue, however soon opens up with the help of the children. I can imagine Alver going 'Aigoo, why can't I have such a cute dongsaeng?'
However it's ruined when they teach baby KRS how to scam with a bright smile to get money (a critical hit to Alver)
(If you want angst then they wonder why KRS is here when he's so young, however they see how skinny he is still, his footsteps too quiet to not have been learned, the way his eyes were always looking for escapes and he hated people getting too close. The way he dissociates sometimes, just staring blankly at the wall. It's... unnerving, to say the least, to watch a child go so blank and unmoving.
It's clear that something terrible had happened, but both CH, KRS and Cale (to Alver) hold their silence, so all they can do is treat him with care.)
Tiny KRS and the children bonding.
Raon being taught by Eruhaben and Rosalyn.
If they still had the cintamani, maybe they could also dote on baby KRS and how cute he was as a kid, asking 20yr KRS why couldn't he smile at them like that and how such a cute kid turned into such a grump- (tsundere-
Them helping each other out for the future, and sharing concepts/ideas from their worlds.
Vicross having to babysit but he doesn't mind
Ron noticing the similarities between KRS and Cale and deciding to pay more attention to the two of them
Anyways, wow. This got way longer than I expected-
#I don't have the motivation or skills to write this#So I'll just ramble about it instead#kim rok soo#trash of the count's family#lout of the count’s family#alver crossman#alberu crossman#Tcf#lcf#cale henituse#choi han#raon miru#I'm super curious about CH's indignity test#The author really trolled us by giving snippets but not all of it#I wanted to see his reactions and how he solved everything (plus him most likely beating up KRS's uncle)#We were robbed of tiny KRS too :(#I hope it comes up again at least in side stories if there's going to be any#If it doesn't then I'll just write it myself-#beacrox molan
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