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harpers-tartarus · 11 hours ago
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Temari gives her tessen to Naruto and he nearly drops it.
"Wow," he says, impressed, "you're so strong, Temari-san!"
Temari tries not to preen. "Wanna learn some Fuuton jutsu?"
Naruto positively beams.
As soon as Shikamaru is sorted she takes off running and nearly crashes into Kakashi as he is carrying Naruto on his back and her heart drops right into her stomach at the blood soaking through his jacket.
"Is he alive?" she demands.
"For now," Kakashi says and all she's thinking about is seeing Shikamaru and Naruto with their parents, laughing together in the village and thinks its not fair.
Later, she and her brothers come to visit him in his hospital room and his brother is sitting there, face pressed into his knees, eyes red and wrathful.
"He'll live?" Gaara asks cautiously and Shikamaru rubs at his cheeks, looking more like a kid worried about his brother than a chunin back from his first failed mission.
"He'll do more than that," he says like its a threat, raising his voice. "You hear me, you idiot? You're going to be fine."
"Can I ask you something?" Naruto asks, surprisingly serious.
"Sure," Mito says, surprised by his tone.
"Do you think I'd make a good Hokage?"
She looks at him for a long time. "No," she decides and he deflates, "I don't think you have the heart to make the difficult calls that Hokage have had to make in the past. The game of politics is just not where you're gifted...but I do think you'd make a phenomenal ambassador."
He lifts his head. "Really?"
"Oh, for sure...in fact, we're actually down one and now that Konoha and Suna are renegotiating our treaty, you could actually try your hand at it, see if its your taste." She squeezes his shoulder. "You have a rare skill in making friends everywhere you go and seeing what needs to be fixed which others overlook...give it a try and see what you think."
"You don't think that...I'm taking an easier path instead of trying to become Hokage?" Naruto asks cautiously.
"You think making nice between multiple villages is the easier path?" Mito snorts. "The great thing about dreams is that they change as we change; there's no shame in that."
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harpers-tartarus · 23 hours ago
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Me making an off hand comment about how Fabian doesn't need sex if that's something Riz isn't comfortable with and he can survive on wet dreams alone and had no follow up until chapters later when Riz asks what's involved in those dreams lol
These two have so much healthy communication bc Fabian's like are you asking bc you're curious or bc you feel like it's something you're supposed to ask about?
😭😭
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harpers-tartarus · 3 days ago
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Team One and Shikaku discovering a conspiracy "The worst part is that we can't prove Danzo's responsible for shit but we can make his life VERY uncomfortable"
I knew going into FnM that there would be no redemption for Sasuke and that Itachi isn't 'good'. His mind fractured under the weight he tried to bear and he doesn't have Shisui's eye.
"Keep my eye safe, Sensei," he gasps out.
It feels wet and slick in Inoichi's hand. "Shisui," he begs, "let me help you-"
"Too late for that," Shisui promises grimly. "I'm sorry."
The last thing Inoichi sees is his only living student forming the appropriate hand signs for a self-combustion jutsu.
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harpers-tartarus · 3 days ago
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wayne enterprises almost certainly has clothing as one of their retail subsidiaries and i like to imagine it getting really profitable just because bruce spends so much time listening to models bitch at parties. all of their product lines have names like “It Has Real Pockets” and “Not See-Through” and “Full-Length Sleeves” and “Secret Elastic Waist”. the marketing department is like “okay obviously these are all working titles” and bruce is like “no. leave it. that is what it’s called.” and they try to talk him out of it but he owns a helicopter and you can’t argue with a man who owns a helicopter. they sell so fast. the women of gotham are well-dressed and comfortable and always have somewhere to keep their phones.
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harpers-tartarus · 3 days ago
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I made the first page so long ago but hey, I finished.
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harpers-tartarus · 3 days ago
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this post inspired where the Gem of the North is located in TGS lol
Caves are weirder and more varied than you think
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harpers-tartarus · 3 days ago
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I don’t think anything quite gets me like ‘grieving character starts wearing something of their dead loved ones,’ particularly if the clothing/jewelry/object/weapon was something that sorta trademarked that other character. It’s like the character is gone but you can still visually see their memory living on through those that loved them. It just hits so hard.
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harpers-tartarus · 3 days ago
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I knew going into FnM that there would be no redemption for Sasuke and that Itachi isn't 'good'. His mind fractured under the weight he tried to bear and he doesn't have Shisui's eye.
"Keep my eye safe, Sensei," he gasps out.
It feels wet and slick in Inoichi's hand. "Shisui," he begs, "let me help you-"
"Too late for that," Shisui promises grimly. "I'm sorry."
The last thing Inoichi sees is his only living student forming the appropriate hand signs for a self-combustion jutsu.
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harpers-tartarus · 4 days ago
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Good news! The chapter is done (hopefully lol) and should be updated in Feb!
Here's the trigger warning list for the upcoming chapter: General violence in war, murder, mentions of previous suicidal ideation and past suicidal thoughts, references to child death, references to attempted rape and allusions of rape, description of disembowelment, references to genocide, discussions about potential character death, infidelity, character death
Hey Shini, I hope everything is going alright in life. I see you’re writing and updating a few different fics (not in the fandoms but they look really interesting) I’m curious about Brace For Impact, if it’s been put on hiatus or something similar? Regardless, I hope December is treating you well so far and I hope the new year greets you with kindness
Worry not! BFI's next chapter is 34.5k and is nearly done, it might be a month or two out, we'll see. I have only a few more scenes to write :)
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harpers-tartarus · 10 days ago
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When the news breaks that Hiruzen is dead, Yoshino books it to find Mito and finds her in the Hokage's office with Shikaku trying to figure out what to do about the state of the village.
They both stare as she rushes through the door and gasps "Adoption paperwork!"
"Oh I got that signed weeks ago," Mito admitted and Yoshino nearly screeched. "I had a pile of paperwork that needed his signature, he didn't think to question it."
"Conniving," Shikaku mused fondly as his wife starts jumping up and down in delight.
"You are my favorite of my husband’s children!" She declared, hugging her tight as a startled laugh burst out of her.
Yoshino: when you die, im going to adopt Naruto
Hiruzen: you might be waiting awhile
Yoshino: ...you sure about that?
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harpers-tartarus · 11 days ago
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hi shini so i just did a re read of BFI bc i love that fic so bad and then i was sad that i finished that re read so i decided to read LB to see what the origins of BFI were all a one and then i started writing down all the differences in my BFI notes doc (i wrote a bunch of character stuff down bc i forget a lot) and crazy how non human hope was so early on and also how many good adults she had in her corner (nath,diane,quinn,etc) but i’m really enjoying it so far!(im on third year rn)
god
LB is a trip and a half. I do reread some parts of it occasionally bc I liked writing the beginning of DH and bits of HBP and OotP, but it got a little...weird towards the end. BFI is very much the improved version is all I can say and Nath, Diane, and Quinn are very much the best parts of BFI :)
Good luck finishing LB it is certainly a SLOG
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harpers-tartarus · 12 days ago
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@mindovermuses @scyllasong how does it feel to be the funniest people on the planet?
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Brennan Lee Mulligan, Matthew Mercer, Aabria Iyengar
the weavers of tales of Exandria
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harpers-tartarus · 12 days ago
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I'm just thinking about a possibility where Naruto advances to Chunin with Shikamaru because they promised each other they would and Konoha and Suna open up their borders to allow for a treaty negotiation.
"How did you know?" Naruto asks Tsunade, surprise plain. Her eyes flick towards Mito, who remains impassive.
"A little birdie told me something about it," she says. "Ambassador Uzumaki is a worthy pursuit, lets test your mettle."
Its sobering, knowing that it could weeks or months before he sees any of his friends again. Most of the genin (and recently made chunin) come to his good bye dinner and its raucous affair.
But he's still nervous when he arrives in Suna and Mito was right when she said that his age would seem like an insult to the Suna elders.
He spends a lot of time with Gaara who is struggling and trying and wants to be better, and then Temari finds out he's a Fuuton user and she's EXCITED
"Can I ask you something?" Naruto asks, surprisingly serious.
"Sure," Mito says, surprised by his tone.
"Do you think I'd make a good Hokage?"
She looks at him for a long time. "No," she decides and he deflates, "I don't think you have the heart to make the difficult calls that Hokage have had to make in the past. The game of politics is just not where you're gifted...but I do think you'd make a phenomenal ambassador."
He lifts his head. "Really?"
"Oh, for sure...in fact, we're actually down one and now that Konoha and Suna are renegotiating our treaty, you could actually try your hand at it, see if its your taste." She squeezes his shoulder. "You have a rare skill in making friends everywhere you go and seeing what needs to be fixed which others overlook...give it a try and see what you think."
"You don't think that...I'm taking an easier path instead of trying to become Hokage?" Naruto asks cautiously.
"You think making nice between multiple villages is the easier path?" Mito snorts. "The great thing about dreams is that they change as we change; there's no shame in that."
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harpers-tartarus · 13 days ago
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ITS BEEN WRITTEN! CHAPTER FIFTEEN! IM SO EXCITED!
okay but Danzo totally comes by the Nara compound to have words with Shikaku about Naruto spending more time there and how he is shifting the power balance between the clans -Shikaku's no fool, Danzo had long wanted Naruto in his grasp- and tells him off and to never step foot on his lands and after he slams his door shut, Danzo looks up to meet eye(s) with his young but very clever son.
Shikamaru flips him off and shuts his window.
And a month later Shikaku, Inoichi, and Chouza are on a mission -for the first time in an age- and they hear shouting and Ino screaming "I need more chakra! Shika-hang on!"
And terror burns through him as he races around the corner to see Team Ten in ruins. Asuma with his hands against Ino's back, transferring chakra that she's pressing into his son's chest as he gasps for breath and Chouji cries beside him.
He drags his son into his arms and vanishes, Shikamaru whisked off to surgery and his wife races off to bang on Mito's door as he stands in the hospital waiting room wearing his son's blood on his hands.
And he thinks about what Mito said about the masks of the men that attacked them two years ago, and the ones that attacked Team Ten. And that's the beginning of the end for Danzo.
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harpers-tartarus · 16 days ago
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I'm rewatching Elementary bc its where I get the best ideas for Tempest (remember Corpse de Ballet? literally inspired Amy's relationship with the girls in the GCB. Everyone? You mean the inspiration for Blacknet and TempleofDelphi?) and I'm thinking about The Red Team from s1, where the government basically runs war games and the red team's job is to cause as much of a ruckus as possible, so the army has wanted Oracle to be a part of it for awhile.
Ariel would be down to do it, but Amy's absolutely against it, bc on paper it sounds really interesting and Oracle likes interesting, but Amy sees it for what it is, a snipe hunt.
No one's ever seen Oracle, they don't even know Oracle is more than one person. For all they know, its a polyglot insomniac who is perpetually online and involved in aiding and abetting at least a dozen crimes.
"Stupidity will kill you first in this family," Amy tells Ariel, "don't help it along."
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harpers-tartarus · 16 days ago
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people telling you they reread your fic is the biggest compliment you could ever receive. there are thousands of stories out there begging to be found, to be explored, but your story meant so much to someone that they came back to it eagerly, they went over every word again. to love is to return and loving a fic is rereading it. thank you to all readers and rereaders <3333
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harpers-tartarus · 17 days ago
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Murph: You look over at Hardwon sleeping-
Jake in an extremely quiet whisper: How dare you, Murph, you son of a bitch...go on
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