#“not everything has to be about shipping” - yeah but i will make it be

[woso-dreamzzz]

Bug and Bear

Lucy Bronze x Child!Reader (Bear) x Bug

Summary: Bug comes to your house

Sometimes, Lucy wonders where she went wrong.

If it was a moment way in the past or something more recent.

Being one of your mothers was the greatest gifts in the world. She loves watching you grow and change and get the tiniest bit more attitude even though she knows it drives Keira crazy.

She loves watching your big full body yawns and your big stretches and the way you insist on curling up on the dog bed with Narla.

What she doesn't love, however, is moments like this.

Sitting on the garden patio is meant to be relaxing. She's meant to be sipping a cold drink in one hand and have her phone in the other. She's meant to be able to see you playing so nicely in the garden. She's meant to be able to look up and feel pride at the wooden pirate ship she'd built for you.

You'd seen one in the store when you still lived in Spain and desperately wanted it but there wasn't enough space in the house. But now you're all back in England, Lucy still hadn't bought you one.

She'd built you one instead, convinced that she could build you the pirate ship of your dreams with just some wooden beams from B&Q and a lot of hope.

She'd slightly overestimated the project but with the help of some of the Chelsea girls, it had managed to get it done.

You love it now and Lucy loves seeing you play in it.

Or, she usually loves seeing you play in it.

Everything gets a bit more chaotic when Leah and Jordan's Bug is around.

Like now as you and her play on the pirate ship with wooden swords that Lucy definitely doesn't remember buying you.

She shoots up, interrupting Narla's (who had been sleeping next to her) nap. "Girls!" She says quickly," Be careful."

"We are, auntie Lucy!" Bug hollers back but it's not Bug that Lucy's worried about.

It's you.

You're docile most of the time, happy to let play happen around you. But sometimes, when the circumstances were right, you can get a bit competitive and Lucy thinks that this is one of those moments.

You've got a sword. You've got Bug nearly walking the plank.

Victory is nearly yours now.

"Don't you dare hit her on the head with that, bear!"

You've got your sword raised high above your head when you turn to look at Lucy, bottom lip already jutting out in a pout. "Why?"

"Yeah, auntie Lucy," Bug joins in," Why?"

"Because it will hurt!" Lucy says, trying to calm her hammering heart," And I don't want to have to explain to Bug's mummies why she's on concussion watch."

"Bug won't be on con-sion watch."

"Yeah, I won't!"

"Concussion," Lucy corrects," And yes she will be because it's like when you ride your bike, remember? You have to wear your helmet so if you fall, you don't hurt your head. Heads can be hurt really easily, remember?"

You think for a moment, slowly lowering your weapon as Lucy breaths a sigh of relief and mentally pats herself on the back for being so responsible.

You take Bug's hand, pulling her slightly.

"Come on, buggy," You say," You can borrow my helmet!"

It takes a moment or two for Lucy's brain to catch up but it's enough time for you and Bug to climb down from the pirate ship and start making you way to the house and, presumably, to the room that has your bike helmet in.

"Wait...Hey, wait, you two! Where are you going?!"

Lucy already knows the answer but she feels like she had to ask anyway.

"We're getting my helmet for Bug," You say with an eye roll and a tone that clearly shows you think Lucy is being stupid," So we can play pirates properly."

"You've only got one helmet, bear," Lucy warns," What happens when Bug hits you on the head?"

The look you give Lucy is absolutely disgusting, completely full of contempt like she's just dipped your blankie in the mud or something.

"Bug won't hit me on the head."

"I won't!"

"Because I'm the better pirate."

"She is!"

"So only Bug needs the helmet."

"Yeah, only I need the helmet!"

Lucy sighs. "Go and get the helmet. Give me the swords."

Perhaps while you're finding the helmet, Lucy can find something soft indoors to wrap the swords in.

If only to soften the blow.

[n1k0laa5]

“I Will Have It” vs. “I Have It” Why Your Words Aren’t Just Words

and why you keep manifesting “almost” instead of “now.”

SECTION ONE: WORDS AREN’T FLUFF. THEY’RE BLUEPRINTS.

you wanna know why people keep telling you not to say “i’ll have it soon” and instead to say “i already have it?”

you think it’s some woo-woo bullshit like “oooo you’re not allowed to want!! that’s low vibe!!” like shut up, no. let’s be clear. this isn’t about forbidden vocabulary. this is about how your words reveal your state—and state is the thing that prints reality like a 3D printer.

you say you’ll have it? cool. the 3D heard you.

but what does that actually MEAN to your system?

it means it’s NOT HERE.

it means it’s on the fucking way.

it means you’re a person looking around, peeking at clocks, checking for tracking updates, biting your lip like “did it ship yet???”

and guess what your reality reflects now?

someone. who. is. waiting.

not someone who has.

not someone who owns.

someone who believes it’s coming. and belief is cute. but if the state under that belief is lack? you will loop. you will sit there talking about “i know it’s mine” and still feel like it’s not. because your body? your subconscious? your nervous system? they are NOT registering possession. they are registering anticipation. which is chemically, emotionally, neurologically coded as absence.

SECTION TWO: THE NEUROSCIENCE BEHIND “I ALREADY HAVE IT.”

listen. this isn’t some fluffy aesthetic tumblr rule made to give shifting girlies a god complex. this is literally how the human brain works.

go read up on predictive coding theory.

your brain doesn’t passively receive reality—it PREDICTS what it’s about to see, feel, experience, and then edits your perception to MATCH it.

so if you affirm: “i already have the thing.”

your brain goes “oh, okay, let’s find proof of that.”

it TUNES your filters to catch synchronicities.

you literally prime the reticular activating system to favor data that confirms you already got it.

this is what makes shit feel natural. this is what starts making your desire feel familiar. and when something feels familiar? it manifests like butter.

but if you say: “i will have it.”

your brain goes “got it. it’s on the way. not here yet. we’re in the process of it happening.”

and every second that passes where you don’t see it?

your brain logs that as proof of its absence.

“it’s not here YET. it’s still on its way. it’s probably gonna take a while.”

and suddenly you’re manifesting delay. not on purpose. but by design.

this is what they mean when they say your words reflect your assumption.

“i have it” = now.

“i will” = eventually.

and eventually is a cursed little word that can loop forever unless YOU call time.

SECTION THREE: THE SPIRITUAL LOGIC — BEING VS BECOMING

now let’s put the science hat down for a sec and put the god crown on.

you are the operant power.

you are the creator.

you’re not here to chase after what you want like a dumb little mortal. you declare and reality follows. you speak and the world bends. that’s the LAW.

but what happens when you keep saying “it’s coming?”

you become a beggar in your own kingdom. you’re literally standing in front of your throne, knocking on the door, like “uhhh hey I requested something three days ago and I don’t think it arrived yet?”

instead of realizing. you. ARE. the system.

saying “i will” is cute. it’s hopeful. it’s honest, even.

but saying “i AM” is POWER.

saying “i HAVE” is DECLARATION.

the self who says “i will” is still becoming.

the self who says “i have” is already being.

and the difference between becoming and being is the difference between waiting for a shift and living inside the shift.

you don’t become god by acting like you’re earning it.

you just decide.

and then the world updates.

SECTION FOUR: YEAH YEAH BUT SOME PEOPLE MANIFEST WITH “I WILL” THO??

let’s be real.

yes. yes, people have manifested using “i’ll get it soon.”

yes, people have gotten everything they ever wanted without doing one single affirmation.

yes, this shit isn’t a rigid ass religion. it’s a framework. it’s a set of keys. and you get to use the one that turns YOUR lock.

but here’s the actual insight:

people who manifest with “i will” or “i know it’s coming” often still succeed because they’re rooted in unwavering belief.

they’re not desperately checking the 3D.

they’re not obsessing over when.

they’re sitting there like “yeah i said it’s mine. duh.”

and they don’t create an assumption that says “it’s taking too long.”

they simply don’t get in their own way.

you, on the other hand?

you say “it’s coming” then wake up 3 hours later like “where is it tho??”

that’s a new assumption.

“it’s not here.”

and THAT’S the part that re-anchors you into lack.

not the words.

the underlying state.

so this isn’t about “you’re not allowed to use future tense.”

it’s about understanding the consequence of that perspective if you’re still identifying with the lack version of you.

if you’re still questioning it.

if you’re still depending on external proof before you commit.

you want to say “it’s coming” and live like it’s guaranteed? sure.

but the moment you say “it’s coming” and then question it?

you’ve just told the 3D: “oops, i lied.”

SECTION FIVE: SO HOW DO I SAY IT THEN?

say it like it’s done.

say it like you just remembered it, not like you’re asking for it. say it like you’re annoyed it took you this long to realize you already had it. say it like you’re describing a fact. not begging for an outcome.

examples:

“of course i live in that apartment. i literally forgot i moved already.”

“my sp? yeah they’re obsessed with me. next question.”

“i’m rich. i always have been. why did i ever think that changed?”

“i literally have everything i want. not even in a delusional way. like… it’s just true.”

“that reality already exists. i chose it. period.”

make the desire feel boring. familiar. obvious.

because when it feels obvious? it shows up.

when it feels casual? it reflects faster.

when it feels like “duh”? the 3D folds and hands it over.

SECTION SIX: THE TAKEAWAY — YOU’RE NOT WRONG. YOU’RE JUST OUT OF STATE.

you’re not stupid.

you’re not broken.

you’re not too late.

you’re not “failing” at LOA.

you’re just thinking like someone who doesn’t have it yet. and every time you think like that? speak like that? ask “where is it?” you keep reloading the lack reality.

so yes. saying “i will” is technically fine.

but if you want speed, power, override, and instant shift?

you say “i have it.”

and you don’t blink.

not because it’s a script.

but because it’s true.

[snailfen]

cohesive list of everything i want to talk about in ii s4e1

- so nothings been the same since the shimmerlight was removed from mephone?? obviously this makes sense, duh, meafterlife definitely wouldnt last without it, but im worried that something else could be up with mephone in the real world. Im sure we'll see what he and 3GS are up to later at some point but thats GOTTA mean something. RIGHT???

- are tape recorder and jack of spades also character clones/understudies? maybe my mind is glazing over something here but if they are my guesses is tape recorder is a microphone or cabby clone and as for jack..... yeah i got nothing lol. maybe a paper clone but thats all i got. bonesaw also strikes me as a clone for knife. buuuuuut I'd be fine if they weren't all related. points at magnet. where'd you come from. who are you.

- lowk i dont wanna talk about that damn play because of the discourse its causing. but i do wanna say this seems to be taking place... not long after the finale. Its clear toilets still grieving mepad pretty hard. hell, its clear the wound is still fresh on taco and marshs minds later on. the dedication ceremony stage is still up for gods sake!! but man, toilet seems to be taking it the worst if how he acted on stage is indicative of how he acts whenever mepad is brought up. it figures- toilet couldn't bear to go to the ceremony and assumingly the funeral. but man, poor guy...

- "I can never get those years back." ohhhhh box <:(. yeah no not everything is set right for her yet now that shes alive and that makes a lotta sense. those are years she could've spent doing anything she wanted. but she stayed dead. Hopeless and trapped and alone. poor thing.

- METAG IS HERE!!! or at least one of them? i hope both of them are here i liked those tortoise beetles. since its obvious they weren't on the ship (we didn't see them fall when it disappeared) it'd be really funny if they were sent to find cobs, found out he died and were like ohhhh nooo. anyways can we party with you guys now ^_^ (translated from happy machine sounds), and then realized that just like everyone else on this island they desire a purpose to guide their entire existence, and started following suitcase around as her lackey (because she killed cobs aka their former boss and therefore freed them of Working for him), and suitcase (uncomfortable with having a lackey) was like well i guess you can be part of the safety committee...??? and THATS why theyre there. I love metag :)

- bomb so prettyful with his new fuse. im adding a pretty braid to my gijinka design for him :D

- I WAS RIGHT!!! vibha melkote ended up inheriting soap since she already does her singing!!! im gonna be honest here i.... prefer vibha's soap voice 😭 her old one will be missed dearly but her new voice is so cute!!! so happy for her. mic still has yet to be recasted.... good luck to whoever they get honestly hailey brought something special to the table each time she voiced mic 😔

- SUITCASE MUSICAL NUMBER WHO CHEERED 🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻 SHES SO QUIET LMAO 😭 i love how oj and cabby have no problem projecting their voices but suitcase (for obvious reasons) is as soft-spoken as always. her gentle voice is cute tho. AND SHES SO CUTE IN THIS NEW ARTSTYLE GRRRRRRR RRAARARARARRARRAGAGAHHGRGRG

- oh my god bows new asset is PERFECT. SHE FINALLY HAS PROPER PROPORTIONS NOW !!!!!! thank GOD!!! i love that her torn ends now seem to eerily flow like her tail oh my god its PERFECT. adds so much to her ghostly vibe. THANK YOU WHOEVER CAME UP WITH THAT.

- Marshmallows 15th Worst Day of Her Life just dropped. oh my god no one ever listens to her shes going to end up being so right about all this 😭😭😭 NO ONE LEARNS ON THIS DAMN ISLAND. MARSHMALLOW IS ALWAYS RIGHT FOR FUCKS SAKE !!! IDIOTS

- apparently in ii18 when cobs tears away three of his kernels to get dough off of him, he only crushed two of them afterwards, the third kernel bounced away.... so Thats How Poppy Happened. cant wait for episode 2 to come out i NEED to know more about them. they share my birfday :)

[dearestfallsummer]

I can't stop laugh at how SS and NH were so triggered by this post for speaking the truth,

that they tried to argue back with the most braindead arguments to ever exist LIKE...

Exhibit A:

Coming for shikatema itself is crazy and saying they had zero romantic interaction in canon is lying. I don't even ship shikatema that much, but I can see the build up from Chuunin exam arc and one thing they had is DEVELOPMENT. Sure, Temari is not pathetic lovesick stalker that can only gushing over her crush, unlike Sakura or Hinata.

But Temari had the most important things that neither Sakura or Hinata got from their supposed love interest is: mutual respect, attention, and attraction.

Saying "NH and SS had build up from day one" is a big fat delusion too, BUILD UP and all they had from the beginning is ONESIDED OBSESSION that was ignored and rejected by the boys lol, that was build up for ya? 🤣

Saying kishi teased it is funny too, most of the time he plainly MOCKED them, he kept talking about them in negative light instead of in supporting tone.

Why do you think he made both of men as deadbeats that barely home, one which did not even exist in his family's life for a decade; and one who prefer stayed in his office, sleep there or in different bedroom than his wife, and sending clone to his family.

Kishimoto did not give a shit at all ✌

Exhibit B

This one got me laugh for five minutes straight, thank you for the laugh.

"Everyone knows their love is pure" Yeah its just you and your minions, because there are more people asking how the hell they end up together, and you need whole ass garbage movie where the character of Naruto got butchered to elevate your Hinata 🥳

"Pure love and naruto has been interested in her from the beginning, unlike other girls" Oh but he did thought of her as world class weirdo and flat out ignored her confession throughout 700 chapter of manga, they need to killed fan favorite to remind Naruto that Hinata exist, which he kind of ignored again :) That was interest from the beginning and pure love to you?

I'm not even going to talk more about that garbage movie but stop lying about attractions from Naruto's side because it's embarrassing how he kept ignored her, the fact he did not give response to her confession SAYS A LOT. She was never in his radar from the beginning.

I applaud the effort making the dramatization edit of whatever is that in the picture since some of of them are just plain Naruto get worried for everyone else or just for her as human being. But what can I say, you only had 40 panels, of course you had to cherrypicking and twist everything.

Exhibit C

Girl, there is no way you said this with your whole chest in public 😭😭😭 everyone and their mama mocked your fav ship everyday and everywhere too, must be nice to live in delusion since apparently you are so proud with your stupidity.

Only when hell freeze you could say SS and turned out well in the same sentence. I don't even have to point out how suck your beloved SS, since everyone got the point already. A decade later you all kept grasping at straws seeking validation and picking a fight everywhere because how undercooked your ship is.

That echo chamber must be so damn thick if this person is so out of touch from reality, but keep going, this level of stupidity is kind of amusing 😭

There are a lot of more people screaming and crying with similar response lol, all because they could not accept SS or NH generally disliked by people lol.

No offense to saiino or choujikarui ships, they were coming from nowhere too but at least they were shown as having functional marriage and family, good for them I guess. The same can not be said for you-know-who 🤪

[asharkapologist]

If you’re still doing the ship headcanons, can you do Joe x Louis?

I’m totally normal about them

Most certainly! And @takoluka-magurofever also requested them, so tagging you as well! Yep, Joe/Louis was the other couple besides Zoevid that got requested twice, which, I'll be honest, actually surprised me a bit! But anyways, onto the headcanons!

At least they're together now in, uh....not heaven.

If they lived together, they'd certainly need more than one bathroom because Louis would take FOREVER to get ready in the morning (mostly because he's doing his hair). His hands would be covered in products as he meticulously curled his hair, and if they only had one bathroom, Joe would be knocking on the door, begging for Louis to let him use the restroom before he went to work. Louis would say, "Hang on, I'm almost done" (he's been saying that for the past 40 minutes).

They'd be so chatty when watching movies together, everything from drama to comedy to romance to action to suspense, to literally whatever. They'd flop on their couch, commenting on what they're watching, even if they'd dislike other people commenting when watching stuff with them. But with the two of them, it's fine.

Unrelated note: It would suck to watch something with Bateman, especially as he'd probably mostly like really violent films and laugh really loudly if he found something amusing.

I was joking around with two of my friends, and one of them misread something I typed as "Louis has a Costco membership," and we came up with the idea that he does indeed have one. Rozetta, Julia, and Bateman steal it whenever they want to go the store to buy whatever, but Joe always asks nicely first, and he and Louis go to the store to snack on samples and buy whatever they need.

Joe felt incredibly guilty that he wasn't able to break Louis out of prison in time, even though he tried to focus on keeping the rest of his friends alive in Newmark to distract himself from his grief...but that didn't stop him from having nightmares that manifested from his fear, guilt, grief, everything, nightmares that got worse throughout Newmark to the point where he was indeed ready to die by the end of Blaze of Glory.

You know how Joe was canonically the only person Louis told that the neohumans were a hivemind who were biologically compelled to have absolute loyalty to their leader? I headcanon Louis only told Joe this is because, one, not only did Louis trust Joe the most out of everyone in Ad Astra, but also because Louis did NOT trust Bateman, the only other member of AA not in prison when he found out, with said information, thinking Bateman would try to take control of the army and do something crazy/violent/impulsive with the neohumans if he could, and both Louis and Joe were afraid that if Rozetta and Julia were told about the biological loyalty, they wouldn't want to keep a secret from Bateman.

In the period between Denise causing the blackout to stop Louis from sending the message about Plan Supernova going "wrong" to the rest of Ad Astra and Louis being arrested, when Louis was panicking, knowing he was being hunted by Denise, he was scared enough that he wanted to spend his nights with Joe for safety, not wanting to be alone in his home. (Louis might've begged Bateman for shelter at his large, secure, busy estate, but Bateman would probably laugh him off and tell him to man up/that he was panicking about nothing/vastly overestimating the threat Denise posed.) However, Louis was extremely torn about sheltering with Joe, not wanting to make Joe a primary target of Denise as well.

Related to the above, when Louis, Joe, and Bateman were meeting after Louis broke into the dome and where Louis was clearly freaking out, Bateman was openly indifferent and apathetic to Louis' fear. Joe was trying to calm Louis down, frustrated by Bateman's complete lack of empathy. (Yeah, that's what happens when you "befriend" a violent sociopath, dude.)

After Louis murdered Zoe and drove home to change out of his bloody clothing, he tried to call Joe multiple times. When Joe was finally able to answer his phone, Louis basically had a panic attack over the phone, saying how badly he'd screwed up in panicking/losing his temper and killing Zoe, aka the only person they could've used to learn more about the serum, and how they now had no good way to learn about the effects of the serum and fight against Denise, and how Louis was terrified of being either arrested by the police or murdered by Denise. Joe, with much difficulty, managed to calm Louis down, saying that Louis needed to change and go to work where he'd be safe in public, and as soon as Joe could, he'd help Louis escape to either their secret hideout or make Bateman hide him before anyone could hunt him down, but, well, we know what happened to Louis instead.

Speaking of...Joe learned of Louis' death at work in excruciating detail. Mandy/Joe's deputy mayor (weird that we never met them, but I assume he had one?? Where tf were they during all this nonsense lmao) told him there'd been a violent murder at the prison. Joe froze, getting a suddenly horrible gut feeling, but managed to ask, who, what happened? You can probably imagine how horrified he was when he learned the prisoner's name and how he died: limbs blown off in a huge explosion, thrown against a wall, severely burned, blood everywhere, clearly died in agony and terror. Joe's mask slipped for just a moment, enough that the bearer of bad news asked if he was alright. Joe forced a smile, saying it was just disturbing news, before dismissing the person from his office and then having a bit of a breakdown at his desk, before calling up Bateman, saying they needed to get Rozetta and Julia out of prison ASAP before they were murdered, even if it meant taking the serum.

Shoot, okay. That was multiple angsts in a row. Now for a lighthearted one. I was joking with @astra-galaxie and said Louis would be the Daphne of Ad Astra, in the sense that he would be constantly getting kidnapped. I added that he'd be a very annoying hostage, either always screaming or threatening to sue his abductors/expose their secrets on CCN, and Astra said that the real reason Rozetta didn't want the members of Ad Astra to interact in public was to prevent anyone from thinking Louis was important enough to Joe to abduct, and then said that the abductors would drop Louis off at Joe's house due to being extremely annoyed by Louis. That inspired me to sketch this at work:

Louis is a complainer, always whining about something, such as annoying people at work and annoying people he has to interview. I can imagine him flopped on a coach, legs hanging off the side, as Joe sits next to him, nodding along and listening, because Joe is a good listener and advice-giver.

And finally, Louis, for the life of him, cannot open jars. He is always asking Joe for help to do so.

And that's a wrap! I hope you enjoyed these, both of you! I actually have a comic regarding one of these headcanons cooking (and almost done), so stay tuned for that....

(Hint: it'll be angsty.)

[corellianhounds]

AU where Mando— lethally efficient bounty hunter and detective— searches for a Jedi teacher for the kid post-Season 1, but all of the ones he finds aren’t in a place where they can train the kid, so he either takes their advice looking into locations that used to be important to the Jedi or he continues searching for them through other means

Thing is though, he… keeps finding more Jedi. None of them are the right choice to train the kid, but it slowly, steadily becomes apparent to those he’s found and the people he’s talked to that this Mandalorian has found a dozen Jedi within the span of a year and he’s got leads on several more? Any Jedi who escaped during Order 66, any Force sensitive who received training afterwards however partial or complete that may be, any of those who’ve connected with Quinlan Vos or others through the Hidden Path, children now grown who were at one time abducted by Inquisitors and bounty hunters, even ex-Imperial Force-sensitives themselves—

This Mandalorian bounty hunter has somehow accidentally located more Force-sensitive people himself than anyone has in years. Nobody has any idea how he’s doing it (“You just do the work,” he says dismissively, assuming they’re asking how he finds people in general) and when they realize that he knows very little about the Jedi at all, only recently familiarizing himself with the Force and its different followers, they’re even more baffled because how? And then he’s talking about locations that have provided clues through other means, codices and cave drawings and long-lost temples and did he just say he found a cave of crystals?? On a planet nobody’s ever been to or has ever been considered a nexus of the Force? Just who is this guy?!

Is some of it influenced by the kid somehow being able to zero in on locations across the galaxy that may house former Jedi? Do they happen across more holy sites like the henge on Tython that provide answers or directions? How many Force-related experiences has this guy had that he’s entirely unaware of because he has no basis for comparison and figures “The galaxy is full of all kinds of unexplainable phenomena, how am I supposed to know if it’s the Force. Also didn’t one of you just say it surrounds every living thing and connects the universe together, couldn’t ANYTHING be because of the Force at that point”

People are finding old friends and allies and mentors (and enemies!) and connecting with one another for the first time in over two decades and it’s all because this one, regular, entirely non-Force-sensitive guy with a very adorable Force-sensitive child have somehow managed to be the connecting thread between them all

(Or even better, maybe very few of them know how many other Force-sensitives he’s found or made contact with and it isn’t until some inexplicable upcoming two-part finale battle where he recruits all of his new allies to help him fight that they all show up and realize they’re not as alone as they thought.)

[trashcanwithsprinkles]

The new chapter is lovely ❤️

I'm glad Childe figured it out himself since Zhongli would have never told him that he isn't human ...

Aah, now I really want to read what Chongyun/Hu Tao think about Childe and Zhonglis spar/interactions.

After all, Ghuizhong already ships them, maybe they're going to start thinking that Childe has a chance with Zhongli after all?

Considerung Hu Tao already tries to wingwoman Childe 🤔

chongyun and hu tao are mostly like staring from the sidelines. honestly everyone is, guizhong might 'ship' them but she doesn't take direct action just because. like- sending childe to the clothes retrieval trip wasn't just because hehe i want my otp to spend time together, but more like- zhongli clearly enjoys childe's company and she's worried about him so maybe sending his friend along will do him some good, maybe they'll have a spar and it'll help or smth that the otp gets to spend time together is an added bonus

[dennisboobs]

i love seeing normies chardenning, like yesss... please speak more on their friendship, this is fascinating to me....

[bakedcrossaintt]

people who say shit like "ugh not everything has to be about shipping! these characters are just friends, stop making them gay!" are annoying as fuck pass it on

[necrotic-nephilim]

do you ship helena bertinelli with anyone? if yes, then which characters and why? what's your favorite helena ship? do you have any helena rarepairs? (i know you've talked about helena/steph and you're so right about it, it's a very interesting ship)

!!!! i have so many ships for my best girl ever yes oh my god thank you for asking.

my top pairing is probably Vic Sage/the Question. Vic is the basic answer, but man. i love them so much. no couple has matched each other's freak like that have. Justice League Unlimited is a great adaptation of Helena in general, but it also did a great adaptation of Helena and Vic's relationship. how he just dedicates himself to helping her with no expected return, but also wants to make sure she doesn't go too far in a hunt for vengeance that never ends for her. i think a lot of characters often want to change Helena or expect things out of her for their own needs, like the Batfam and the BoP. but Vic is one of the few people who just wants her to be better for her own good. when he tries to stop her from killing it's not because of his morals, it's because he doesn't want this crusade to consume her. and i just. man i think about them a lot. Helena rlly likes weird little men who give themselves wholly to her.

Zinda Blake/Lady Blackhawk is also a top ship for me. tbh i just like Zinda. but i do love how Helena and Zinda interact, being the more rough and tumble members of the BoP. they're both outsiders, in different ways. Helena is an outsider of the Batfam and Zinda is literally from a different time and an outsider to the current world. their friendship is so genuine and i think if Babs and Dinah can have. whatever homoerotic nonsense going on during BoP, then Zinda and Helena deserve some homoerotic nonsense too. as a treat.

if we're willing to count New-52 Helena, then i enjoy Helena/Dick/Tiger. i think Helena and Dick being a past relationship is really important in pre-Flashpoint for Helena's development, though i don't ship them as a serious couple beyond a fling. but in the New-52, i think this throuple be fun. Helena and Tiger respect each other as two very driven, no-nonsense agents and then well. they both clearly have some kind of thing for Dick. so it's fun finding the balance of how they could all work together romantically.

and ofc. it's a crime to mention Helena ships and not mention Renee Montoya/the Question. every time they interact it's really fucking gay. it's so gay that Kate Kane, Renee's own ex, assumed Helena and Renee were gay. i cannot be convinced against this ship. i genuinely think this ship should be canon. i mean. DC did tease us with this moment from an alternate universe and it's lived rent for me since. fucking criminal for us to only get one panel of what we could have if DC let Helena be a fruit in the main universe. being in love with Helena Bertinelli should be a right of passage for the Question mantle, i personally believe. if you asked me like. genuinely who i want to see Helena date in the current comics, Renee is my top pick. (i would say Vic but he's fucking dead and the New-52 butchered him so rip my mans-)

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besides those ships, just about every ship for Helena probably falls into the category of rarepair. like you said i've talked about my love for Helena/Steph before bc god. i think it should be a thing more people ship. once i finish the fic i'm writing about them i will convince others to like it.

i also think Helena/Cass could be fun. in a *lot* of ways Helena and Cass are narrative parallels to each other. Helena was a victim of her family being murdered at about the same age Cass was forced to be a murderer. Helena grows up to believe in lethal justice because of this, and Cass grows up to be staunchly against it. Cass' Batgirl suit was made *by* Helena. they both want to be protectors of the most vulnerable people. they balance each other out in a lot of ways and i think they should kiss about it.

also probably a rarepair, i think Helena/Lady Shiva is fun. their fight during Birds of Prey (2010) had... questionable moments for Helena's characterization, but i do love so much that Helena knocks Shiva off her feet and gains a deep respect from Shiva. like. Shiva gives her a nickname and shows her admiration. i would like to see fanfic where Shiva continues to be weirdly admirable of Helena and bothering her non-stop. they could be a fun fucked up toxic yuri moment. this is just. so gay to me.

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my most rare Helena pair would probably be Helena Wayne, actually. but specifically Helena Wayne of JSA (2022). ever since, for some reason, it was made canon that the current Helena Wayne was named after Helena Bertinelli and took the name Huntress to honor her i *cannot* stop thinking about them meeting. because in-universe it makes *no* fucking sense for Bruce to name his kid after *Helena Bertinelli*, someone he's regularly at odds with and doesn't like. it's clearly an awkward explanation to try to make the whole two Huntress situation make sense. (it's almost as bad as Helena Wayne in the New-52 using Helena Bertinelli as an alias.) but because it's such an odd choice, i do think it could be fun for Helena Wayne, when she's back in time to see Bruce, to find Helena Bertinelli to get to know the woman she was named after and Helena Bertinelli just being. baffled by the idea of *Batman* naming his kid after her. it could be a fun fucked up moment.

my other super rarepair is Kara Zor-L/Power Girl. they had like. one meaningful interaction of JSA Classified and it's been PLAGUING me. something about when Power Girl doesn't remember her past and she's seeking a friend, she instinctively goes to find Huntress? but it's wrong bc this isn't *her* Huntress and neither of them understand why Power Girl would seek Helena out? god it's so good. i'm always a big fan of ships where one person in the ship is *so* obviously using the other person as a replacement for someone they lost and they both know it. it's such a doomed angsty thing where you could play with Helena actually really liking Kara, but knowing that she's just a replacement for Kara's Helena Wayne. good fucked up shit man.

and lastly: i really ship her with Dawn Granger/Dove. there's no canon basis for this, they didn't have a ton of interactions even when they were both on the BoP. but there's a very kind innocence to Dawn that contrasts Helena's violence really well. and i do love a ship with a corruption kink vibe to it. let Helena corrupt Dawn. i could write such fucked up porn about these two.

[stop-breaking-my-heart-telltale]

if dorian didn't show up, do you think louis would have shot minnie?

I do. I know some people think either he wouldn't have or he would've missed so that's why the writers had him shoot Dorian instead, but mmmmmm no, I don't personally think so. I like to think that if he had taken the shot, his shaky hands would've caused him to shoot her fatally.

Mostly because I'm already so normal about the fact that of the Ericson crew, Marlon and Louis are the only ones with a body count. Well, that we know of, but shown to us in the game, at least. Plus, we know it's Louis' first kill.

Like yeah, Clementine and AJ become part of the crew and they have bigger body counts, and if we're counting indirect kills caused by actions, then Tenn has a count... and I guess everyone has blood on their hands for blowing up the boat... but I'm talking about killed directly with a weapon like....... I lied, I'm not normal about that at all, Louis and Marlon are the ones who have killed someone in Louis' route. I'm also not normal about the fact that Louis kills Dorian and then even as he's clearly in shock, he tries to go with Clementine to get AJ, and then later on when they talk about it, he says it feels like bile but not quite and he's glad he has it in him to do it.... listen, listen, listen... I'm obsessed with that.

Anyway, so if Louis shot Minerva, I think he would've accidentally killed her and can you imagine? He's already enough of a mess after killing the woman who pinned him down and tried to cut his finger off [or succeeded] but he knew Minerva, they were friends before the twins were taken. Even Violet couldn't kill her even though that would've been the smarter thing to do, and we know thanks to meta knowledge that killing her would've saved lives, but Violet couldn't, and I don't think Louis would intentionally either.

Speaking of Violet, if Louis killed Minerva, I hate to think about what that would've done to Vi. I think she might've actually left at that point, like what was planned before it got changed to her being burned. I don't think she would've attacked Louis over it, though, like yeah she attacked Clementine in the cell but Louis? I don't know, but I don't think so just because it's Louis and he'd be a mess about it anyway.

Though if he did kill her, it would be a neat parallel to draw... y'know, because Louis forgave AJ for killing Marlon even though he was pissed and heartbroken, and Violet was annoyed with him the entire time... but could she ever forgive Louis for killing Minerva? Y'know? We already have a similar parallel with AJ shooting Tenn, but still.

If Clementine killed Minerva in that moment, though, then I could see Violet attacking her since in her eyes, Clem proved her right.

So yeah, I get why they added the Dorian kill to his route. It adds another compelling element to Louis as a character, but we also need Minerva alive for episode 4; Louis can't kill her, he can't miss, and he's not going to stay with her because we need Violet to stay on the boat and him to be on shore for all routes.

[libertys-lovers]

I wanna go to the library with Hoove. So badly

He has a fucking astrophysics textbook in his hands, and I have a book about the history of themeparks or some shit in mine.

And you know what

He’d be just as invested in what I’m reading about as I’d be invested in what he is

…even if i’d have a hard time understanding it-

[m0thlegs]

Me when I’m in a fandom and the shipping discourse begins to overshadow any meaningful discussions about the work itself

[mansplainmanipulatemalewife]

I think the reason I like oldboy so much is because deep down I too an a bitter old queen

[aromanticasterisms]

my god lingsha's design is so ass. my god

[elisedonut]

sudden itch to write a rare pair fic thats not Percy related

but like

the last time I did that it ended up becoming my top fic and lead to me deciding that you know... actually I hate that ship just out of spite so i'm not sure how good of an idea it is

maybe if i try like femslash or something super super rare with side characters or something