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Contrary to popular belief, when Soap joined the 141, he didn't attach himself obnoxious and irrevocably to his glowering lieutenant. There was no baby duckling moment, no imprinting from the sociable sergeant, no following Ghost around like a lost puppy

For his first few weeks on base, he was bright and loud in the way of the new kid on the block trying to make friends however he could, but he gravitated mostly towards Gaz, a man equal to him in rank, passion, and mischievousness. He sought out Ghost with the same enthusiasm that he sought out latrine duty or paperwork; a part of everyday military life that's easier to accept and move on than fight against. He didn't go out of his way to avoid Ghost, but he also didn't actively try to gain his attention either

Contrary to popular belief, it was Ghost who attached himself to Soap, not the other way around

Ghost has always stuck to the shadows, taken advantage of the brightness of others to stay hidden, to fly under the radar until he erupts with deadly force, and no one was brighter than Johnny. When Soap walked into a room, no one had the wherewithal to even think to check for anyone behind him; he stole the attention of everyone he came in contact with. He was a blaze of energy and charm and excitement, and Ghost shamelessly used it to his advantage, placing himself behind Johnny like he was deploying a decoy flare, knowing that he could rely on the shadow that Soap never failed to cast with his intensity. It wasn't a fear thing, either; Ghost never cowered in Soap's shadow. At worst, he lurked. At best, prowled. He did what he did best, assisted by an oblivious, brilliant sergeant

And when Soap caught on... Price never knew peace again, because Soap turned the glow up tenfold, intentionally creating pockets of shadow for his lieutenant to hide in, the two of them working in tandem until they didn't even have to speak, until they could move around each other with alarming, exceptional ease

Around base, Ghost took advantage of it for fun, or to get out of paperwork, or to avoid social interaction; he could trust his sergeant to distract anyone from anything for long enough that Ghost could slip away entirely unnoticed, with everyone around them none the wiser

In the field, though... They had never been a more deadly duo. There was risk involved, of course, because intentionally drawing attention to yourself in a firefight is less than ideal, but they trusted each other implicitly. Whenever Soap kicked up dust, Ghost took cover in it, hiding in plain sight, secure in the knowledge that the combination of Soap's diversion and his own trigger finger kept them completely safe. No one ever saw Ghost, not when they were too caught up in the pandemonium that was Johnny MacTavish, and then it was too late, because Ghost had already taken them out

And when Soap turned that wildness on Ghost himself, well... Simon could admit that he used his sergeant's influence to his advantage, but he'd never claim to be entirely immune to it himself...

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eepy

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More of this pirate AU for frankie... thank you always frankie 🤲🩵

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They match each others freak i know it

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Post-mission Nap

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Biker soap babyyyyy

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(via @tokillamockingbird427 )

Okay hear me out guys; Vampire! Logan who has the classic kinda powers like strength and the shape shifting and then also the super-persuasion but he kinda sucks at the last one... but not like "Oh he can't convince people for shit." but "He actually can't STOP convincing people for shit." because the poor guy has so little control but so much power.

So smthn as simple as "Hey Merrick, can you give me a ride to McDonalds?" results in Merrick basically sprinting to get his keys and pull the car around because the persuasion powers kicked in AGAIN when it didn't need to. (I mean Merrick would prolly do it anyways, Logan's his favorite.)

Logan can't say smthn as simple as "Can someone grab me my jacket?" because if multiple people hear it things can get very messy very fast. A whole brawl breaks out because six people are effected and NEED to be the one to give Logan his jacket.

Hence why he doesn't speak. Can't accidentally hypnotize people if you don't talk... hopefully.

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Okay hear me out guys; Vampire! Logan who has the classic kinda powers like strength and the shape shifting and then also the super-persuasion but he kinda sucks at the last one... but not like "Oh he can't convince people for shit." but "He actually can't STOP convincing people for shit." because the poor guy has so little control but so much power.

So smthn as simple as "Hey Merrick, can you give me a ride to McDonalds?" results in Merrick basically sprinting to get his keys and pull the car around because the persuasion powers kicked in AGAIN when it didn't need to. (I mean Merrick would prolly do it anyways, Logan's his favorite.)

Logan can't say smthn as simple as "Can someone grab me my jacket?" because if multiple people hear it things can get very messy very fast. A whole brawl breaks out because six people are effected and NEED to be the one to give Logan his jacket.

Hence why he doesn't speak. Can't accidentally hypnotize people if you don't talk... hopefully.

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Here is the cover for the upcoming SFW Soap zine ( @sunshine-soap-zine ) that I was v graciously asked to do by the mod team! 🥺 You can see the front, and then the full spread.

I'm very honoured by their trust in me to design the cover. It was a lot of fun to work with the mods on this. I wanted to try to design something to do our boy Soap justice, and try to make a cover that really pops that people would enjoy looking at and having on their shelves. I hope you guys all like it! 🫶 And thank you so much for the opportunity! 🥺 I love this fandom LOL 🫶💙🧡💙🧡💙

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Baseball AU where Soap is an ace pitcher and Ghost is his catcher.

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it’s always “ghost isn’t gay” and never “soap isn’t gay”

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🏃‍♀️

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I gotta do mah laundry

So they must do laundry too

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Misc. requests... Thank you weedgolem, mio and Cambetaut! 🌿🧢☠️

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// GHOSTSOAP x sailor song! (🔊 ON ) // suggestive imagery ⚠⚠⚠ individual panels:

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god the way ghost’s voice drops when he tells soap, “you’ll need to improvise to survive”

before that, everything he says is steady but when he acknowledges that soap’ll have to do something outside his skill set, something he intimately knows to be difficult, his voice wavers. he does the same when he says, “welcome to guerrilla warfare”; it’s sombre and serious in a way he doesn’t act for the rest of the mission. if you read into it enough, he almost sounds apologetic; like he knows exactly what soap’s about to go through and wishes he didn’t have to

he keeps soap going; poking at him and making jokes, giving him tips and asking about his progress. he never let's him stop and take a second to think bc he knows the moment he does is the moment it'll all hit him; the betrayal, the pain, the fear, the deaths, all of it will drown him and if that happens, soap won't make it

he needs him to be a soldier through and through and he knows this is one of the worst kinds of battlefields you could end up on

and the only times he slips is when he acknowledges that fact

it happens again when he says, "tryin' to get you here alive and in one piece". his jovial dark humour facade drops for just a moment when he has to face the potential reality of losing soap. then he tries to pick it back up again with, "one of us has to survive to tell the tale"; completely discounting himself as a survivor to try and rally soap and make him think it’s all down to him

and soap does the same thing

when he's calling out for ghost on the radio, he's tentative, testing the frequency, then when he doesn’t get a response, he grows desperate; "ghost, this is 7-1, do you copy?"

then when ghost answers, he smooths out his voice; he hides the pain, the fear, and no matter what response you give to ghost asking if he’s injured, soap brushes it off (“i’m good”, “what’s the difference?”, “i’m not a medic”). soap decides it’s in ghost’s best interest to hide the extent of his injuries

he doesn’t know where ghost is, if he’s secure, if he has any weapons; he doesn’t even know if he’s in las almas until he says, “there’s a church, i’m headed to it”. for all he knows, he could’ve run in the complete opposite direction. if ghost knows he’s hurt, then his attention would be split between his own survival and soap’s

and soap, who lets himself be poked and prodded towards the church, needs to hide his own doubts. maybe he needs ghost to believe he'll make it so he himself can believe it ("what are my odds?" "don't make me bet against you", "think i'll live that long?" "probably not")

he all but begs ghost to tell him he'll get through it and if he knows just how bad off he is, maybe he'll change his mind. maybe he'll think he won't make it to the church

maybe he'll leave him alone for good

"you injured?"

"i"m good"

"let's find out how good you are"