#;keeper of the brain cell

[charliemwrites]

From your latest post involving frustration with Shy Thing and Johnny, I can totally see that being a problem with all of the keepers. This sense of condescension comes with kidnapping someone, locking and hiding them away in a house that is practically baby-proofed, and then dismissing a lot of their fears or frustrations by saying something along the lines of 'I know what's best for you more than you'd ever know.' (I know they've done their research before taking them, but there are some things even the most well-trained soldiers can't know.)

And with a lot of your responses to the behaviors that the keepers show, they babify their pets in some sort of way, either by talking to them like a child or restricting access to items because they think they'll hurt themselves.

This level of coddling would drive me up a wall because as much as they're allowing me/the pet to do something, having them be the person who ultimately shoots down an idea, suggestion, or desire based on what they think is best for me is incredibly frustrating.

Just wanted to pop this into your inbox. Something about Shy Thing saying 'what’s the fucking point, you don’t listen' set me off into this discussion!

Hiii!!! Wow wow I adore this analysis because you’re absolutely right!! That’s some of the really deceptive and darker underpinnings of this au that I don’t tend to draw attention to. Because the fact that a lot of their chosen pets’ actual wants align with what the keepers think they need is pure happenstance (sort of… I mean they were picked out) and happy coincidence.

There’s a very good reason that Feral is feral, bitey and scratchy and snarly. There’s a reason that Johnny likes his Shy Thing so shy. And there’s a certain sinister tone to Good Girl having a collar - there were rules that she was trained to enjoy, rewarded heavily for abiding by.

In all practicality, it would be awful. I know that I, personally, would do a full crazy turn around and someone would not be surviving the experience. At the end of the day, these are normal human beings that got kidnapped from their normal (if unhappy) lives, isolated, manipulated to grow close to their captors, and encouraged to stop wanting their old lives because their new one is easier and safer and better showered in love and praise.

Thankfully, it’s safe to indulge and engage with fic like this. The narrative is still very controllable and genuinely safe (not keeper “safe”) for everyone to have a nice, temporary fantasy of a life being pampered and looked after.

(Also, on a more personal note, if you need me to tag more thoroughly, anon, let me know! I love you sending me this ask, I just want to make sure that the content is well-warned in advance)

[haleyusesherwords]

BDubs, whose literal task is to fight the dragon: Don’t mind me, I’m busy making The Orb of wool on my upside down house from hell

Gem, who gave approximately 4.3% effort to complete her assigned task and then gave up: Hey Impulse, here’s a pumpkin, go fight the dragon. No of course I’m not joining you.

[jun-hyungs]

big bro glide

[silverraes]

White. White ily and I bless you for having any resemblance of a brain cell in this moment. but you also literally just suggested to move the body. please take your own advice.

[vodika-vibes]

Yayyyy Tup & Arachne are besties! (Panicking besties but it’s fine all good—)

Oooooh Dogma or Echo as MJ . . .

Both Tup and Arachne are super competent people...when they're not together. When they're together they soft of play volleyball with the singular braincell that they share.

And while I was leaning towards Echo, Dogma amuses me more right now, so Dogma is MJ.

"So...like..." Tup eyes his brother suspiciously, "You and Arachne..." Dogma frowns, "What? You don't approve?" "What!? No! No...," Tup pauses, "Well, I mean, she's not exactly...I didn't think she would be your type." Dogma's frown deepens, "And what, exactly, is my type, Tup?" "Uh...not Arachne, basically." "If you're saying this because you have a thing for her-" "What! No! God No!" Tup makes a face, "Just...Has she told you about her name yet?" "Her name? I assumed that her parents gave it to her, you know, like how Natborns normally get names." Dogma replies as he raises his brows. "Right. Right. She hasn't then. Just...don't get too fond of her. Cause you might wanna dump her when you hear the truth." Tup says cheerfully. "You know, for someone who says that they're not interested in Arachne, you seem awfully thrilled at the idea of me breaking up with her." Dogma says, irritably. Tup presses his hands in front of his mouth, "Okay. So...she was bitten by a radioactive spider as a child and can now climb on walls and ceilings and is also actively trying to remove Palpatine from power because he's like...super evil. And she does so while dressed in purple skintight spandex." Dogma stares at him, jaw dropped, "She WHAT!?"

[autisticandroids]

CROWLEY BREAKING THE SPEARRRR

[purplesoup-lad-le]

marellinhiana book of life au

i am LOOKING please elaborate ash honey i need this in my life...

[molliehaswords]

I wonder what level The Crown Keepers are now. (Because we really need to add 3-4 more chucklefucks to this project, plus Fy’ra Rai and Mor, and also the Spider Queen)

[gardenofshadcws]

Voyage of the Nautilus Day 45

The Red Sea Part 1

Poor Ned is really trying to get Aronnax to see reason but Nemo blinded him with science

Also I wouldn’t be eager to leave a man willing to beat up a shark either

Aronnax has it so bad

[newlyfoundwren]

Probably not a hot take, but Rick should have made Jason just a little more of a freak. Not too over the top, but just enough because we already got:

Percy: Wanted by the FBI no less than 5 times and is described as “fighting like a demon” and still has self esteem issues when it comes to fighting. First magical horse girl

Annabeth: The worst abandonment issues you’ve ever seen to the point where her life goal is to build something that lives forever. Also wanted by the FBI and keeper of the brain cells

Piper: daughter of the most popular movie star and hates it. Former kleptomaniac turned professional gaslighter

Leo: ADHD gremlin who built a ship in 6 months which is based off of a drawing he made when he was a toddler

Hazel: Died in 1930 and doesn’t understand modern technology but swears like a sailor. Second magical horse girl and part time witch

Frank: The only one who isn’t ADHD or dyslexic and wishes he was. The chillest person you’ll ever meet but his dad is also the god of war. Third magical horse girl

And Jason’s just the normal one. He needs to not be normal

[lucyshypemaster]

@gethens-frozen-off-fingernails you are SO RIGHT FOR THIS. AND YOU SHOULD SAY IT A THOUSAND TIMES OVER.

look i'm not trying to hate on keefe or say his trauma and experience isn't valid, and that his parents aren't some of the worst, but sometimes it's refreshing to look at someone else for a change

alden seems to be very manipulative and fitz had no childhood because he was in the forbidden cities looking for a horse girl. "but keefe's mom-" DID I SAY ANYTHING ABOUT KEEFE???

[faetedforglory]

"th-this is what dad gets for saying th-those edibles weren't shit."

[totallyfluxd]

read the starless sea in like three days and I am. hmm. not capable of expressing how beautiful it is and how deeply it gripped me and hhhhhh I need a sequel about kat actually!!

[in-class-daydreams]

I wonder if Sen has a best friend (Like his own Geto or Shoko) he hangs out with? And if so, what would be their views of Sen’s mom? Would they also be extra “PROTECT MOM” mode as well?

Also I’m just imagining Satoru being the quiet laughing stock now or even in the story’s future where it’s like “You really fumbled your HOT AMAZING SWEET MATURE WIFE? 🤨 Because of your CLAN? But you’re the StRoNgEST?” And said Ex-Wife is getting her back d

Sen is practically inseparable from his bestie Naoki Zen’in (Nao for short). Nao inherited the Ten Shadows technique so they really are the SatoSugu of their generation.

Nao is obvs Naoya Zen’in’s son 🤢 but he and Sen bonded in the first place by being part of the “My Dad Sucks” Club. What cemented their friendship was when Nao set one of his shikigami on someone who made a comment about Sen's mom just because he thought it was gross. To this day, not once has Nao ever indicated that he looks at her that way. She's a nice lady that feeds him and gives him a place to stay outside of the Zen'in clan home, why would he ever disrespect her like that?

Nao is a ride or die type of friend that would help you hide a body and provide your alibi later so even if Sen's mom wasn't like a second mother to him, she's important to Sen, so he'd protect her with his life from both curses and creeps.

Another classmate he's close with is Hikari Higuruma, the girl in this trio and is the group's primary brain cell keeper.

And 💀 no but Sen and Co. are literally like:

Towards Gojo like wdym you let someone like that get away you were literally married to her dude legendary fumbling has happened here

~

Thank you so much for the ask!

Click [here] for more of Sen being mean to his dad | Ask stuff about Sen and the fam [here]

[gamelpar]

echo leaves to join rex's clone network and the bad batch immediately loses the Marauder and gets stranded on a planet

then after they accidentally poked the hide of a cloned zillo beast one could figure it's safer to just stay put somewhere (pabu) and wait until echo comes back

boom new season and Echo is not there bc hunter and wrecker didn't wait around for him and rex to join them checking out a planet for omega and boy do they have a fun time almost getting eaten by Some Fucking Form Of Creature Oh God What The Hell as well as finding and adopting three (3) baby clones

echo drops off the squad at rex's then leaves to pick up gregor and comes back to the base on fire and empire throwing a hunting party because no one could spot the one (1) shadow guy entering and leaving through the front door like he was right there COME ON

echo is ABSENT AGAIN after that hellshow and what happens??? omega and crosshair chill out on pabu while hunter and wrecker spends the day in space florida almost getting eaten by space gators and being clowned by a very rude woman

s3e9 and echo is still NOT HERE and once again it shows he really took the only braincell with him leaving the bad batch with nothing but the mere Protective Big Brother Instincts to lead them which has them pick and lose a fight with the one and only asajj ventress, another rude woman who proceeds to clown them throughout the episode except it's 10x times more devastating

what's next??? right now i'm calling it echo is gone for five minutes for caf when he gets back the Marauder is blown to hell

why is it that whenever echo leaves everything goes hell

[godmadeaterribleerror]

No Love Lost Series Masterlist

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Rating/Warnings: 18+ for canon-typical violence, swearing, mental health issues, mentions of rape/non-con, and sexual content.

Tags: Soldier Boy/Supe!Female Reader, enemies to friends to lovers, canon divergence, slow burn, smut, angst, fluff.

Series Summary

Three years ago you were normal, the only demons you had to fight were your own, and you the most you knew of Vought and the Boys were what you saw on TV. But then you met Homelander at a stupid party, and woke up the next morning in a cell.

After almost two and a half years of you being Homelander's little project, Soldier Boy was woken up only go rouge and be put back under. Somewhere in there, you escaped. And before Queen Maeve went underground, she told William Butcher about the Anomaly, a powerful supe who recently escaped Vought captivity and may have an agenda against Homelander.

One month later, the Boys found you.

You spend the next five months helping them best you can, though your control over your powers is weak and your fear of Homelander makes you useless in combat. But you get an idea. A stupid, dangerous idea that turns you into Soldier Boy's keeper, giving him a second chance to take down Homelander, you hanging over his shoulder, a threat should he want to go nuclear again. It's exhausting and frustrating, and you might kill him and yourself as soon as this is over, but you said whatever it takes.

And this is what it takes.

Author's Note

This story is non-canon compliant, with the two main differences being;

1) Butcher doesn't have brain cancer, because I said so.

2) All of Gen V didn't take place, because I don't want to deal with the whole supe-plauge thing. Also that's too many characters to keep track of squad.

Because of this, the story will start in a similar setting as s4e5, but with different events leading up to it, and will deal with similar themes and have similar events to the rest of s4, but at an inconsistent rate. If you have any questions about other, smaller changes I have made, feel free to ask!

Navigation Key

❤️‍🔥 = Smut

🚩 = Additional Warnings

Chapter List

Chapter 1 - Where Winning Looks Like Losing Chapter 2 - A New Kind of Tension Chapter 3 - You've Torn Your Dress 🚩 Chapter 4 - You Might Be The Same As Me Chapter 5 - Popped, Cool, and Ready to Go Chapter 6 - I've Been Searching for a Fortified Defense Chapter 7 - The Blinding Ultra-Violence 🚩 Chapter 8 - I Just Find My Way Back ❤️‍🔥🚩 Chapter 9 - Can't Cover It Up ❤️‍🔥 Chapter 10 - Lead Me To The Ark ❤️‍🔥 Chapter 11 - The Wolves or The Ocean Rocks Chapter 12 - While My Blood's Still Flowing Chapter 13 - The Terror of Knowing Chapter 14 - Choke on Sun Chapter 15 - I Found A Martyr ❤️‍🔥 Chapter 16 - Let It Flood ❤️‍🔥 🚩 Chapter 17 - Make My Chest Stir Chapter 18 - Something In The Static ❤️‍🔥 Chapter 19 - Don't Look Back 🚩 Chapter 20 - Forget to Fall Down Chapter 21 - Some Things You Just Can't Speak About ❤️‍🔥 🚩 Chapter 22 - I Stayed In The Darkness With You Chapter 23 - Wherever You're Going ❤️‍🔥 Chapter 24 - You'll Never Be Alone ❤️‍🔥 Chapter 25 - All I Know ❤️‍🔥 Chapter 26 - I’ve Loved Everything About You That Hurts ❤️‍🔥 Chapter 27 - Just A Shot Away 🚩 Chapter 28 - Something That I'm Supposed to Be ❤️‍🔥 Chapter 29 - All My Bets On You (11/26) Chapter 30 - Every Demon Wants His Pound of Flesh (12/3)

Bonus Footage (Standalone Chapters)

Dying’s Up to Me - A Prologue. Takes place 6ish months before Chapter 1. 🚩 Back to Here - Request! They get horny at the dining table, and Butcher takes it personally. Takes place in Chapter 14. It's So Simple - You make Ben do icebreakers. He's a little bitch about it. Takes place in Chapter 14. Just Your Time - You give Ben internet lessons. Takes place in Chapter 14. As Much As I Do - Request! Ben finds you dancing, is immediately very normal about it. Takes place after Chapter 14 and around Chapter 15. Calling Your Name - Ben's first birthday awake isn't great. Takes place in Chapter 19. ❤️‍🔥 I Skip My Pride - You share some music with Ben over text. Takes place in Chapter 22. The Only Place That I Call Home - It's team game night, and everyone is sick of you and Ben's shit. Takes place in Chapter 24. ❤️‍🔥 Can't Help Myself - Request! Ben has a breeding kink, and you're incredibly horny, so it works. Takes place in around Chapter 24 and Chapter 25. ❤️‍🔥 Anywhere Else Is Hollow - A halloween special episode! Takes place in Chapter 25. It Was Smiling Down - A Ryan pov Chapter. Takes place between Chapter 26 and Chapter 27. A Call To Motion - Request! There's a lot of things you're good at. Sex with Ben is one of them. Takes places in Chapter 28.❤️‍🔥 I’ll Hold Your Hand - Request! You get your period, and Ben has to do his job and take care of that. Takes place post series.