#(but if youre gonna go that route at least be consistent like shit)

[rinofwater]

So me and my friend were watching the dub for Ayakashi

And I'm usually the first person who would say "give the dubs a chance, I know they have a bad reputation but there are some pretty decent ones out there too"

Ayakashi Bakeneko is not one of them.

[alitgblog]

okok finally caught up on litg s9

gonna try to summarize this neatly bc my game didn't save properly and I played volume 10 twice and sped through volume 11

Zeph is hot and thats a problem for me bc I'm so annoyed at the lack of branching and consequences in this game it has manifested into me making up story for fusebox about MC being upset that Stefan keeps acting like nothing is wrong when I personally am still upset casa amor got Chen dumped (ok that was my fault technically but only bc I wanted him to come back to drama). So now I'm like MC should have a summer fling with Zeph, why not

they're so wishy washy about how Kelly and Finn broke up and it just all feels like hearsay all the time. at the end of volume 11 they seem to decide Kelly thought it was all done pretty respectfully but her comments in volume 10 about movie night seem to disagree??? just asking for a little bit of consistency since I gotta track other people's drama other than my own

also so sorry to kelly who is actually interested in zeph and I am less so interested in him and more just annoyed at the bad writing for stefan

the writing has always been stilted and/or cringe but for some reason I notice it especially with Zeph, like it does feel like his dialogue was written by AI unfortunately. And it puts me off his character a lot, except, again, he's hot and so maybe I'm just like hey don't hurt your pretty head trying to think up romantic scenarios, Zeph. Something odd about him too is he doesn't mention any previous connection to Love Island, and I know he's a new character, but at least Henri and Chen talked about their last times on the show.

I'd like to apologize

I don't know what surprise we're getting next volume but for my own storyline I kinda want the guy dumped post casa to come back. like I'd go back to Chen easy. but this is my delusional ass still just hoping we get drama from casa bc they dropped the ball on it again this season. Curious about talent show but considering how they fucked up Mr Love Island I have little hope.

I forgot this meant we'd have to deal with eddie. hes there like Johnny/Nicolas to the point where I almost prefer if it was one of them around but at least his chaos run makes more sense than johnny/Nicolas just randomly deciding to stir shit out of nowhere after leading MC on and the game forcing us to couple with them.

Eddie pls stfu poor Kelly

said this before but if eddie was gonna show up for heart rate challenge why didn't he do a little dance? is it because he sucks as a bombshell??? YEAH. It makes so much more sense to switch him and Zeph, like yeah that would mean we have less time with zeph and more with Eddie, but Zeph could put on a good heart rate challenge performance and Eddie could be way more catty and start shit during movie night than Zeph who wanted to play nice.

I'm so sad to say goodbye to Finn because it felt like he didn't get a good chance (unless MC is pursuing him I guess). but compared to Hamish, who, even if he got dumped here, would've had a lifelong friendship with MC and Natasha and had multiple chances to couple with people, it feels sad to see him go without a good ending. I mean I guess he's got closure with Kat and Kelly, but he felt always stuck in those couples whereas Hamish tried to explore connections with Natasha, Uma, and Melissa. I just think we should've let him punch Eddie in the face after eddie was so mean to Kat and MC.

I've decided to watch the hamish route vicariously through yall and I'll go for wither zeph or Stefan unless something else wild happens until the finale. so yall better tell me what happens it was such a hard decision when the game narrowed it down 🥺

I also think it would be great if we had chats with characters to decide who we're sticking with. like this season aside from maybe the beginning henri/chen/MC/Melissa thing, it feels like one of the other girls always asks you "who do you want to be chosen by" and then you tell her and that person picks you, but then you never address it or outright reject the other person face to face. it's always just like two sentences or just "a sad look" or a gem scene I'm not paying for.

one positive thing I've seen this last volume though is the mini date with your LI before Zeph's date. like its one of the better scenes they've written that isn't just someone outright saying I like you or just chatting. like its fun, and the only other moment I can think of that's similar that doesn't cost gems is the Hamish eavsdropping scene. now if only this was also tailored to your LI because as someone coupled with Stefan, low key unexpected, but imagine if I had picked Henri??

also a lot more choices this volume were worth 10 gems I think

that being said the amount they're asking for in the heart rate challenge is crazy for literally one scene because MC's outfit is like 14+ gems, then you van go for am extra 10 to see your male LI's outfit, and then another extra 10 for the female LI outfit. and this hardly changes the gameplay or gives you more info 🙃

[storiesofsvu]

This sounds ridiculous but what are your headcanon with Alex meeting Carisi for the first time in Sunk Cost Falacy?

Not ridiculous at all bestie!

prefacing this by saying: i usually base character ages on actors ages, and this makes alex only 6 years older than Sonny, which is weird to me, it seems like that should be bigger, so for the sake of these hc's, they're further apart than that!

Sonny's likely heard Alex's name before, whether while studying previous cases/through the lawyer side of things, or from Liv/through the squad (as Nick and Amanda would have both worked with Alex briefly)

Going the other way though, Alex has zero idea who this kid is.

She likely gives Carisi the "look"TM when he starts spewing off legal facts or whatever and Liv just kinda grabs her arm before she can say anything all "he's in law school... just let him have this"

Carisi doesn't truly understand *why* Alex is doing what she's doing with the whole vigilante shit stuff, esp from the legal standpoint. He's more leaning to the "there's a better way to do this" kinda thing. Not fully siding with Benson, but he's conflicted stuck in the middle a little bit, cause he's got that soft spot that wants these women and children to be safe

I like to think, especially after Alex takes the case to court that he kinda wants to pick her brain, ask her legal questions/any advice for his career moving forward

and that's gotta be when Alex is all "are you kidding me? after all of this, you *still* want to be a cog in the system that continually fails us and leaves victims consistently re-victimized??

TBH now that i'm thinking about this, considering how that episode ends and how much it does affect carisi, i'm sure he almost does change his mind about his career path, or at least, switch from a position like ADA to something more specialized with DV, and THAT is gonna be something he'll call Alex about and she'll have a lot of options/resources for him.

Now to re-route this back to Alex's POV lol...since that's what you asked: I kinda think she sees him as a little golden retriever, I mean, I think most people get that first impression from Carisi.

I don't think she really thinks much of him cause she's so distracted with the case at hand and running into/working with Liv after... six? years. He's kinda just an afterthought for her until things are wrapped up

But I do definitely see her kinda mentoring him through stuff, giving him advice on how to stay in the right lane and also do the right thing. She's been known to toe the line and fully cross it to get what's right in the past, and she also knows the times that she pushed things too far (hello Loss). I'd like think that esp once he and Amanda are together Alex kinda calls him up to be all "okay, remember what i said, don't do anything fucking stupid on the job now."

i dunno if that's what you wanted but this is the best i can come up with for now lol! Feel free to send some more for a follow up!

Thank you for the ask! I love things like this! <3

[dolldefaced]

read the recent stuff and i want to ramble about jason, bc really the rest of this plot was goofy. i appreciated the brief duke + tim stuff tho, cutee i missed u duke hiiii byeeee anyway

we start batman/catwoman: the gotham war the scorched earth #1 with bruce brushing off what he did to jason

at least it's getting better but like there's a fuckton of daily non vigilante activities that jump your adrenaline, you know, like running last issue?

GET HIS ASS JASON GET HIIIIIM!! NEVER LET HIM LIVE THIS DOWN!!!!!!

and HE STILL JUSTIFIES IT jesus

not jason but i think this exchange with zur is interesting because...bruce brushes him off. there is no indication zur is doing anything to him rn.

he's also not as freaked as he was in earlier issues. now these issues have the tone and pacing consistency of the weather in my hometown (none), but we will return to this

jason grabs the batplane and once again saves the fucking day even under the Fear tm. he blows up the meteor and does not die, despite the 5 second fakeout

jason babe literally you do not need to do this. jason's too good you should push him in at this point. comforting him after selina decided to have a 5 minute death....ilu :(

zur ofc could be lying his ass off (but also bruce made zur) and idk if that's the route they're gonna go later but.... honestly i don't think it's 100% zur. i dont think it was ever 100% zur. i think it's 50/50 at max, and maybe even way less in this moment.

also it's been two weeks and there's no indication he's apologized to jason or tried to fix what he did

also dick almost beat him the fuck up and now he's like 'im sure you had your reasons'

beat him again!!! don't say this shit!!! you were right the first time.

he still thinks what he did to jason was right imo!!! and i also read this like...he's saying he's not an example bc of how he is a vigilante...ignoring that the second time he met jason, jason was doing a vigilantism on the ma gunn gang without batman at all...girl it aint about you. the reason you suck is your control issues, not the helping people part, do more of the latter and way less of the former

also read that first bubble! he's justifying it! he's not apologizing!! also no they dont need you going off being fucking wild. dick LITERALLY just offered to help your ass. jesus.

unrelated to jason:

stop making the batfam nuclear. jesus. they dont need a mommy!!!!!!! they dont need 'parents'!!! SOME OF THEM EVEN STILL HAVE THEIR OWN GODDAMN PARENTS. fuck off!!!!!!!!

you can be a family without the nuclear core open your fucking eyes dc!!!!

ending thoughts:

idk i think if dc lets a writer actually go into the crux of bruce being the major problem rn i will enjoy it, because i like fucked up messy family dynamics, but i really don't want this brushed aside like the multitude of other fucked up things bruce has done. history, however, is not on my side. i suspect there will be something big at the end of all this, resulting in another big team up where we dont talk about shit :/ pretty please prove me wrong dc <3

[zalrb]

I LOVED the fic perfect Oh Stefan and his anticipation seduction took me back to 4x02 just🙏🔥 Thank you God for this Man! Stefan and Katherine rough sex I love it Stefan conquering her it's like I KNEW you were gonna go the route where he tells katherine the truth about Elena and how she'll NEVER have him like Elena does but I was NOT ready my jaw dropped I had to put my phone down for a second after hysterically laughing and fanning my face cause I can picture that sexy furrow he does with his eyebrows and how intent and intense he gets while talking about her. Hahaha Katherine trying to bring him to his knees thank God he flipped the script or I would've been mad then Katherine trying to hook Matt 😂 I did always like how she was always somehow flirting with him it's funny as hell. Elena get your shit together go fuck Katherine up and get your man back it was funny that she wanted to slap him though I won't lie she did ask for it so what did she expect?? Then her walking in on Katherine and Matt my eyes! 🤣 Then Matt acting like a frat boy caught by his mother and sisters glad he got to read her though bonnie was awesome as always! Oh my four new favorite moments in your fics 1. Stefan being the manly sexy GOD he is and putting Katherine in her lane cause honestly she was getting comfortable anyways, the get over yourself you didn't invent sex just because it's GOOD with you doesn't mean it won't be good with someone else and the only reason he hasnt went and found someone else is because she'll destroy them I was like GET HER STEFAN 😂and then she goes ballistic like yeah Katherine and Damon really need their delusional bubble popped 2. Elena's yeah yeah I know the drill like she's sooo done🤣 but honestly if Stefan says the word she'll break up with him! I'll talk more about that awesome Stefan and Elena scene in the next one but yeah that was fucking awesome AND LOVED seeing that simmering dark side of Stefan with Katherine🔥 3. Elena vamping out at the end f HER up Elena I really want to see Elena kick her ass for all the shit she's done to her and Stefan and as great as you write Katherine she STILL annoys me 😂but I like that you make her an active shit starter like her walking out to see the mess she makes niiice. 4. Last but not least just the Elena never had to make me get on my knees I was ALREADY there I would fall to her feet man just I knew it was true but perfection 💋 and then him just saying it with NO remorse to katherine just like yeah remember your place bitch. But uugh I can still hear her voice🙄 and her bratty pout but anyways REALLY enjoyed the fic Zal can't wait for part 4!

Thanks! Yeah, the Matt part was fun because I always thought that it was funny that Katherine was the only one who thirsted after Matt. Like Rebekah fell for him or liked him or wanted to date him or whatever, I honestly tapped out with that sl but Katherine was consistently like he's SO hot and no one else did that so I wasl ike Katherine propositioning him for sex stays in character and also despite the fact that the group is negligent toward Matt, he's like their symbol of innocence and they also get protective of him so her going after Matt would also spin the group out of control and piss Stefan off.

It's also interesting doing the Katherine/Stefan back and forths because I don't want it to get to Bonkai territory even though there are similarities but again Bonkai was like transcendental connection through hatred and sex and I didn't want it to be what I think Stebekah is which Rebekah and him indulge in excess and when he's in a bad boy mode or a "fuck it" mode like in season 4, he is with Rebekah, I wanted Katherine/Stefan to be this toxic conflict and power struggle but where Katherine can bring out darker - not Stebekah darker - aspects of him where the only way to prove that she doesn't conquer him is to conquer her and that means going to places he wouldn't have to go to with Elena or even Rebekah so having him on his knees and then flipping it and having him tie her up and leaving and being blunt etc. was a fun way to explore that.

[cleopatrasbaby]

i don't think i'm selfish.

I don't think I'm a selfish person, but at the same time, I don't really know.

I was called selfish many many times while I was growing up, and now I always wonder why.

Because I don't feel like I'm selfish but other times I think, well yeah, maybe I am. Maybe we all are a bit selfish and maybe in some ways we are meant to be.

I get frustrated at myself when I don't want people around, and I get frustrated at myself when I can feel people are frustrated at me.

I get frustrated when I can't control the positive outcome of a situation for others, and then I internalise it. And then I feel selfish.

But then again, I am realising, I don't think I am selfish because I don't want people around sometimes.

I don't think it is selfish that I can't be the answer to people's problems, and I don't think it's selfish to think those people are selfish for expecting that from me.

I think for a long time in friendships I have acted as a placeholder for other people's problems, just kind of like the empty cup that they fill with their bullsh*t which I then have to vomit out and work through on the other side. Their insecurities, their judgements, their projections, all of this, and it gets me to a point thinking, I should be a goddamn paid professional with the amount I am taking on other peoples problems.

How much people don't want to face their own problems and then so project them on others who then take on those problems as their own. I'm thinking, well maybe that's what is selfish!

To be so rapped up in your own problems that you bring that sh*t storm to the table that you eat at and share with others...how is it that I am calling myself selfish when I am actually the one consistently showing up and trying to do my best?

I work on myself, to heal myself. I look at my shadows and wounds, and I do those things alone. And I do those things so I can show up in my relationships feeling the absolute best and bringing the absolute best. I don't think it is selfish to expect that from other people. I don't think it selfish to not believe other people should believe they can shortcut through me as a side route through their own life's problems. You have to do the inner work if you want to feel contentment and satisfaction with life. I want to be surrounded by these people only. People looking at themselves, honestly.

I feel like this is a deep, ancestral feminine wound buried down, and now coming up for my healing and transmutation. It all begins with the days of Eve and her choice to give into desire and eat the forbidden fruit, it is the story that Christians have used to demonise the desires of women for generations on generations. And so when I am here, genuinely feeling fed up, drained, exhausted, like I've had enough, like I'm sick and tired of being a dumping ground for other peoples problems, I'm sick of feeling into peoples shit storm and trying to dig up answers for them, and I want to feel at peace and chose myself, then that's when I feel selfish.

I don't feel selfish when I leave the world behind, I only feel selfish when I carry the belief that I have to carry other peoples problems.

I don't feel selfish when I play the music I like, I don't feel selfish when I sit down and chose to write.

Because ironically, the least selfish thing you can do for all of humankind is to literally chose yourself.

And so yeah, I am going to let go of anything that holds me to that. That tells me where I gotta go, who I gotta be and how I gotta act.

Na, I'm gonna be selfish, if being selfish means self-expression, if being selfish means self-love, if being selfish means self-care, pleasure, wealth and adoration. Then fuck yeah, lol. I fucking chose selfish to the day I die.

It is so interesting how writing is my tool for healing. I sit down to write and I feel so miserable and confused that I could die.

But as my fingers rip through this keyboard and the words trail through my shakti spirit translating as these words from my mind, body and soul I experience a return to myself.

And I remember that it is this woman that doesn't sacrifice herself, but this woman that choses to sit down at her keyboard, and write, it is that woman that will be demonised, it is that woman that will be called selfish, but inherently, it is that woman who is liberating everyone with what she does.

[capth0wdy]

The fact I even feel a need to be here is wild.

Me “shit talking” you for quite some time has realistically just been me, seeing you say absolutely insane & dark shit about/toward someone over a man you claim did heinous things to you. Judging your reoccurring scary ass behavior when it happens again and again..and again. You, suddenly decide to come for me with some of the most childish insults because you’re upset I’ve made a negative assessment of you for what I feel are pretty fair reasons. It’s the principal of it really my dear, if you’re gonna snap at me at least snap at my current self concerning the situation- just as I do.

Going for the essential “well you’re ugly and gross teehe” route is just..goofy. I’m not gonna sit here and call you anything you clearly aren’t, and especially not 5 years down the line of meeting you once in the comfort of your own home. But what I will do is call a situation as I see it. But thank you. Yes, 2018 wasn’t a great time period for me. Surely I wasn’t in awesome shape but hey, I’m not required to be tip top in my own house. And with what was on my plate at that time I really didn’t owe anyone my best 🤷🏻‍♀️ what’s important is that life was left far behind by the next year and hasn’t been looked back on. So perhaps if you’d like to come for me, do as I do, and speak on present time. Silly insults based on a 1 time meeting 5 years ago? Grasping at straws as you clearly have nothing else that’s actually real to say.

Your friends think you’re better than this behavior, I’d like to believe them. But seriously dude, there’s nothing okay about obsessively fantasizing about someone’s death over a…man. Hm. Do you see why I’m a bit side eyed at you? Be so forreal about it.

I’d also just like to add, I don’t JUST see her posts. If you think I’m dumb enough not to do my own looking into both of y’all’s shit you’re nuts. I’ve seen, I’ve compared. Still thought your end is way out of pocket and mad uncomfortable and generally concerning for the safety of people around you. Who the fuck fantasizes about someone’s death, like actually. Why do you think there was nothing wrong with that and why am I not allowed to make the assessment you’re a bit fucked for that? I’ve damn sure never said some shit like that. It’s not okay dude.

and like I’m sorry but your defense of “well she said she COULD deck me” and shit is just not at ALL in the same realm of what you say to provoke that 💀

im not with her out of any friend loyalty, we’re barely friends. I’m “with” her because I just consistently see awful shit out of you, and a response from her. “Private” blog or not babe you put something out on the public internet and the girl happened to find the shit. It’s out there forever. People are absolutely going to judge that accordingly. Intended private thoughts or not- it’s very fucked up.

[haleigh-sloth]

I'll take the bait. How is rei's hospitalization not supposed to be something that helped her? The reason she was put there was crazy sure (the one that needed some hospitalization was always endvr) but its not like her kids forgot about her in the end. Also I believe the long time she was there was just for narrative purposes because hrks wanted her to be away.

Sorry I was gonna get around to posting it, I was tired yesterday lol.

I understand it's shown that she got better there. But I don't think enough people understand that 10 years being locked up in an institution is very fucking abnormal.

There is NO type of psychotic break or mental health break down that should lock you up for a fucking decade, unless it resulted in something serious like someone's death. And there is a reason that there is a shift from hiding people away to shifting them back into their community as soon as possible in several countries (not just the US), OR keeping them out of the hospital in the first place with research based protocols. Rei shouldn't have been separated from Shouto for 10 years. That is insane. That literally will make any parent more ill. Every mental health model you read up on will have an emphasis on a support system which usually consists of friends and family.

Endeavor put Rei in a hospital to get her out of his way, not because he gave a shit about her wellbeing.

Idk if Caleb put a twist on this or not, but it doesn't matter because the obvious tone here is "Oh, I got rid of her, she was getting in my way." Not positive. Then:

This is not a happy picture. I mean hopeful yes, but Shouto saying "I'll save her" while she's sitting in this small ass room, alone, staring out a window? I mean this is not...good. TEN YEARS???? I just cannot fucking fathom anyone justifying keeping someone (especially with Rei's circumstances) there that damn long. Holy shit.

And I mean, this isn't even a cultural debate. This is straight up not good for a person's wellbeing, to be separated from the real world, including your damn children only to have to wait for your older kids to decide to come visit you--and only when the hospital will allow it-- for ten years. But if we're gonna talk cultural, look up Japan's average psych bed ratio in comparison to other countries. Their reputation is not great lol. And I've seen plenty of commentary saying Rei's character kinda represents Japan's poor mental health care. It's just commentary so it's not fact or anything, but it's interesting I'm not the only one who thinks this about Rei, and I wouldn't be surprised if that was the intention.

BUT, anyway honestly the reason I said that is because I see a lot of "I hope the villains get what Rei got 🥺". And I hate it. Because...she was locked up. Away from her family, no freedom.

Like if the manga is going to go for a "I'll save them no matter what" ending, then why end it by putting them in a place where Shouto felt like he needed to save his mom from?

Also...I mean please. This is shonen, it's a fantasy. We don't have to stick to realistic irl answers to shit. Jail is just stupid, but the hospital ending is even dumber imo. Especially if we're talking ten years like Rei--who was put away by her husband for the purpose of keeping her away from his children.

I mean, let's say we stick as close to realistic as possible without going the jail route--hospitals aren't therapeutic, that's not a healing setting. Mental health care is a community action and the idea is to get people back home with their support systems as quickly as possible. AND! If that's the case then damn, at least show ALL of the UA kids getting their damn counseling sessions too since they've been in two wars? And seen dead bodies of their loved ones? I mean, go all the way with it. But! I have 0% expectations of that happening. So...it's STILL dumb.

Just, I'd rather Horikoshi just go balls to the wall with the fantastical power of love and friendship and acceptance ending. Personally I have no desire to see Tomura or Touya or Toga or anybody end their story in a freaking hospital bed. Just, why. Give them hugs, hold their hands, and send them on their merry, unrealistically sappy way.

[jypbae7]

Could you do a breakdown natal chart for Kun from Wayv?

QIAN KUN - NATAL CHART

Kun was one the most requested I got which was a pleasant surprise!!❤️❤️

(Not claiming to be an expert this is just for fun please don’t take anything too seriously!) Hope this is helpful and that you enjoy it 🥰❤️

Personality: Capricorn Sun, Leo Rising, Taurus Moon, Capricorn Mercury, Capricorn Mars

Clearly a LOT of Earth sign placements but nicely broken up by the fire sign rising

Capricorn Sun has serious and long term plans for the kind of future they want for themselves and once they set out for it they seldom give up. Stubborn to a fault, but also consistent enough to actually persevere. They want the perfect job, reputation, partner, house, family, etc.

Leo rising is a bright, warm and outgoing personality. Lots of energy, creativity and flair. They enjoy having a strong core of friends that they feel understand and enhance their experience and effect on the world. Leo’s are known for being hardworking and as a fixed sign it offers a lot of consistency and determination. They are extremely devoted and loyal once they develop a bond and trust with someone. Though the passion can fizzle out quickly if they aren’t feeling the kind of attention and passion they want.

Taurus Moon is a very grounded person with more social charisma and approachability than Capricorns are known for. They also have a tendency to like bold styles, they have big dreams and goals and you’ll be surprised at how well they can attain them if they’re focused enough (Kun is a Capricorn Stellium so yes this boy KNOWS how to get shit done when it needs to be done) Taurus is also a fixed sign which along with the stubbornness everyone knows about also comes with patience and consistency making them really good leaders when added with their natural friendliness and perseverance

Capricorn Mercury indicates a strong preference for structure, somebody who tends to follow rules and feels uncomfortable breaking them. They tend to have authoritative energy and demeanor. Big ambitions and determination to succeed and excel in their chosen career. Spend more time thinking than they show with a generally very logical mind which can sometimes lead to a black & white perspective

Capricorn Mars - responsible, organized, secretly a thrill seeker, can come off as aloof or guarded when they are around new people or people who they really want to make a good impression on.

Relationships:

Non-Romantic Relationships: Capricorn Sun, Taurus Moon, Leo Rising, Capricorn Mercury, Capricorn Mars

Trustworthy and dependable - the “dad” of the friend group who everyone calls when they have something serious to deal with

Platonic love languages: acts of service and quality time - he loves spending time with people with shared interests especially music. Also loves going out to different places such as different trendy cafes, movie theaters, museums - you name it.

Likes other thrill seekers who push and motivate him to get out of his comfort zone

Sense of humor is a lot more childlike and playful than one would expect from his serious and strict side

Capricorn energy is NOT to be crossed or messed with. These are the ones who are calm af and calculated when angry - this is when you know you are screwed. When Capricorn is calm and collected while enraged, ohhh boy, do they figure out ways to hurt you in the smoothest and most effective ways without so much as lifting their finger. Spare yourself the trauma and DO NOT LIE to him no matter what.

Romantic relationships and preferences : Aquarius Venus, Capricorn Mars, Capricorn Juno, Aries Eros

Aquarius Venus is outgoing, friendly and charismatic. They are attracted to interesting and unique people who stand out of the crowd. They like bold and spontaneous gestures and they will do them back for their partner as well.

Aquarians also dislike overly clingy/needy partners which Capricorn also isn’t a fan of either. These signs are all about independence, individuality, personal expression and achievement. Meaning that while they do yearn for a partner (especially Capricorn placements) they want a partner who is self sufficient and independent with their own hobbies, careers, dreams, goals, etc.

Capricorn Juno implies they’ll be a tough to nail down for very long because Capricorn wants only the best of everything and they’re always busy trying to excel at things and scoping out their options. So you’ll have to prove your worth to them before they are willing to commit because once they do it’s for the long haul

Capricorn likes natural ethereal beauty while Aquarius likes the bold - my guess is healthy mix of both. Natural looking and soft featured with some bold/unique traits like bright/bold hair or fashion style, a bit of spice/sass here and there is another secret pleasure

Be prepared for endless serenades and songs made and sent to you like love letters - whether he’s singing or composing a warm ethereal instrumental for you, his whole heart is in it

Love languages (most to least) - words of affirmation, gift giving, physical touch and quality time

Words of affirmation makes him feel really wanted and needed, he’s also really really good at giving it out to people he loves so if he’s doing it one sidedly it would hurt him and make him feel insecure.

Gives either unbelievably beautiful luxe gifts or unique/fun gifts and loves to surprise his partner with them often especially after time apart

Capricorns HATE wasting time they are hyper aware of how many hours in a day and how much can be done in a day. So, if he’s spending a lot of time with you, you’re very very special and important to him and he prioritizes this time very highly

Star gazing dates, beach dates, camping trips - this man will go out of his way to make sure every date is an experience. He is PREPARED, he has an itinerary in his mind, he’s looked up the travel routes and picked the best one. When you go camping he will FLEX with his efficiency and ability to handle the labor heavy tasks. This man will purposely wait till you’re looking to start chopping wood (not that ANYONE is complaining), put the tent up and have it filled with blankets and pillows galore in 2.00034 seconds because he practiced in the dorm living room with the others like a drill routine. (Lucas taught him how to chop the wood & still look hot while doing it)

Is the MOST polite and endearing person to your family and friends. Goes above and beyond to be the perfect partner around your family and they are unable not to LOVE him. Is especially soft and doting of any children or elderly relatives. And none of it is phony at all, he doesn’t know anyway else to even think. Respect, manners, and family are extremely important to Earth signs. They’ll probably end up liking him more than you but honestly you can’t even blame them

(None of y’all ungrateful people better ever slack on Zaddy Kun’s visuals ever again!! If I don’t get to see his happy trail during 2021 I’m burning the SM building down once and for all)

18+ Preferences:

Aries Eros ooof - passionate, possessive and steamy. Pick their partners off instinct and energy - once they really like you they become infatuated and want to STAY that way. If it’s not the “I need you so fucking bad I’m gonna lose my mind” type of love they DON’T want it.

Leo Rising is a possessive as fuck placement thankfully when they get riled up or jealous they have the confidence not to get angry with you or insecure about it. BUT.... you‘ll still be awakening a whole new type of beast and quite frankly he will let you know that it’s all your fault as he holds you down and uses you like the stupid toy you are till you remember who you belong to

If he sees you doing anything even remotely domestic his Taurus Moon and Capricorn Juno will have his mind go from soft and warm thoughts to bending you over the kitchen counter and taking you right there without a care or second thought spared

Positions where he feels in in control are his favorite - he likes being on top of you, behind you and if he can pick you up and carry you while ramming into you best believe he will.

His favorite is position is missionary - likes to feel big and dominant he also wants to be able to see as much of you as possible and kissing you as much as possible from your lips to just about anywhere else he can reach. Will be staring at you 99% of the time with big smoldering eyes that don’t waver in the slightest. In fact if you give him eye contact back he’ll just be even more turned on

Now...this might be controversial but... Capricorn Mars usually suggests power play/dynamic kink - think rich powerful CEO who secretly fantasizes about being tied up and blindfolded. Not to say that is exclusively his main kink bc it’s definitely not, he is 100% mostly dom BUT with the right person he’d be more than willing and very excited to try it out - probably because they are always in control so it’s an adrenaline rush for them to relinquish it to someone else. Doesn’t necessarily mean an extreme level of being submissive even just simple restraints can feel very extreme for a bossy and in-control Capricorn

Aquarius Venus also likes breaking relationship “norms” and trying out new things. They are super fun and bright when happy so when he’s in love he’s in LOVE. Wants to sing about it 24/7 but is too stubborn to be clingy or needy. The type to smile during sex, especially when he’s on top of you or drunk. Don’t even get me started on drunk handsy Kun whining in your ear about how he just wants to sneak out of the party early.....bc I will genuinely never recover

Very vocal in the bedroom - gives his partner tons of praise. Completely loses his mind and is loud af when you kiss your way from his neck down to below the hips

Most of the time sex with him is more passionate than kinky, not lightening fast jack rabbit thrusts instead hard and deep rhythmic ones that make your whole body shake - Hungry makeout sessions, sneaky little hickeys where no one else will see, massages than turn into hours of love making, takes his time to hit deep and hard inside you, handfuls of your hair, gaspy whispers

When he is feeling more kinky it’s usually spur of the moment. In the car in the middle of a rainy night during a cancelled schedule or after an especially steamy date night where he decides to take you to a hotel afterwards

KING OF AFTER CARE (NOT up for debate) - cooks you an amazing meal afterwords or orders up a feast if he’s too spent to get up too, cuddled up in blankets watching a movie for the rest of the night afterwards.

[blackcatanna]

The time has come for me to do another stupidly long bullet point reaction post to a Hakuoki route because I am feeling kinda stressy depressy and screaming my opinions about inconsequential things into the void brings me deep satisfaction.

Now I just have to decide which one to do... Which ones have I done so far? I have played Souma, Saito, Iba, Kazama and Okita, I think... But only ranted about Okita and Kazama? Maybe? I do want to play Hijikata's route (I did start it in lockdown but got distracted by life) but I also want to revisit Iba's route and scream into the void about it because I remember doing a lot of "WTF"ing when I first played it and I feel like some void screaming would help me cope. Also, bullying Takeda is always fun. He is the worst but he looks so good doing it :')

OKAY, IT IS DECIDED THAT I SHALL ONCE AGAIN COMMENCE IBA'S ROUTE

The Tale of the Demon Arms of Horniness

Prologue: Welcome to Sunnydale (in which our heroine gets attacked by Not Vampires)

(Beware! Here be self indulgent rambling (I haven't actually started yet but I am self aware enough to know that it's coming...))

Do I want to skip the prologue? Fuck no! It has blood and death and multiple kinds of thirst!

Chizuru feels like a lonely outsider. Relatable content. They know their audience.

In all the routes I've played so far, Kodo cutting off contact with Yukimura makes no sense to me... She is important! Even if he never gave a shit about her as a person, she is incredibly valuable to whichever evil plan he happens to be embroiled in so why would he just abandon her for literal fucking years? Do better villainy, Kodo!

I feel like Chizuru's assumption that dressing as a guy makes her safe is just so monumentally stupid. Posing as a warrior invites a different kind of danger and, regardless, muggers gonna mug.

"I did rather well" at swordplay. Oh really. And yet you consistently stand around in the middle of battles waiting to be rescued. At least, that's how it feels to me... Souma Hen does a good job of showing her at least defending herself in battle, to be fair. I wish there was more of that here...

Hehe, that ronin who just got sliced has the same name as Miki

This is the first time I have played the game with voices on and it's so gooood! Also, I love that you can turn off individual people... Tempted to turn off Takeda out of spite but hearing him bitching is better.

Them's some good screams and manic giggles ("YOUR SCREAMS ARE LIKE MUSIC TO MY AUDIO RE-CEP-TORS")

Loosing these guys on the city is just such a terrible idea X_X Honestly, someone SHOULD expose them. This is fucked up.

Maybe you're not the good guys if you're contemplating murdering a child to cover up the fucked up demonic experiments you've been unleashing...

Oh here we go... Hijikata thirst time -_- I think that Hijikata is great (his swearing is so creative) but this is just ridiculous... Honestly, this is probably the reason I haven't played his route yet.

Drink every time Hijikata tells someone to shut up. Twice if it's Okita.

I actually love how fucked up the Shinsengumi situation is but it's just another thing that makes me pissed at Souma when he gets on his high horse... Sorry, getting distracted from the current route!

Ooh! The intro :) I'm surprised that Sakamoto's route only seems to add one new character... In fact, I have no idea how his route is even worked into the narrative but I look forward to finding out... Eventually.

Takeda and Miki getting some love at the end! I am surprised that they gave a character who never even has a reason to show up a route instead of one of these guys. I don't like Takeda (as in, as a person. He is a great character) but I would love to play a route with him just being awful the whole time. It doesn't even have to be romantic. Him and Chizuru can thirst over bishies together (because I believe first and foremost in historical accuracy). I actually do like Miki, though. I feel like I have made that clear in many posts and should probably stop going on about it (but will I?).

Chapter 1: Stockholm Syndrome (in which our heroine is locked up with a load of killers and bloodthirsty monsters but it's okay because they are hot)

WIGGLE WIGGLE WIGGLE

Squirm, worm!

Maybe I am just a pervert but I am imagining some kind of shibari situation going on here (hey, it's not inherently sexual) for her to be unable to do anything but wriggle.

"If only I could wake from this strange nightmare" for some reason, this is giving me campy Rocky Horror vibes

"my body was sore from being bound up all night." This feels unnecessary... My kink senses are tingling...

"They are all truly gentlemen." HAHA HA HA HA HA hah...

Inoue's head is so big and dome like...

OH GOOD. "LIVELY" MEN. MY FAVOURITE -_-

I feel like I have said a lot of this before in previous playthroughs...

How do you know that Souji didn't go anywhere near my room, Saito?

I love how ready to tell Okita off Chizuru is here. More of that in the rest of the story, please!

Talking about there ages is always interesting because Chizuru is canonically 16 fucking years old! I age her up in my head because EW, WTF??? Also, Souma says at one point in his route that he's younger than Chizuru but he was born in '43 and she was born in '47... So he's also older than Saito, Heisuke and Iba ('44). And most of the others are closer to ten years older than Chizuru which, on top of the holding-her-prisoner thing is pretty, uh, uncomfortable... So I tell myself she's the same age as the younguns to make myself feel better. If I can pick her name, I will also decide her age and whatever else I need to do to make myself happy!

Sanan's voice is so nice to listen to... Maybe I should play his route... (side note: he is 30 entire years old right now so, uh... Yeah...)

"Isn't it rude to ignore your guests?" Kondou, you are very sweet but I am a fucking prisoner, not a guest and you running your mouth is endangering my life.

Every time I see Saito, I want to hug him because he looks so warm and snuggly in his scarf and his hair is so floofy (not at all relevant to this route but important information nonetheless).

Who the fuck is capturing me to interrogate me about Shinsengumi secrets in this hypothetical scenario? I have no affiliation with them (as far as they know so far)!

"A man should always be ready to face death." I think the fuck not, Nagakura.

I wish there were dialogue options here which would get you fully murdered.

"A man should know when to accept his fate." Fuck all the way off, Heisuke!

The guide told me to try and escape but I wanted to tell Heisuke that I am not a fucking man so I could see his reaction and I am not disappointed... Hopefully, this won't affect my relationship with Iba, since he is not here...

"Girls may wear pants when training with swords." Bless this man XD (of course, it is Saito) He gets it

Everyone piling in and fobbing me off onto a grumpy, reluctant Hijikata fuh teh lulz is kind of a dick move >:(

And, as usual, I don't get a say '-_-

"Weapons... Hurt people..." ... No shit '-_-

And yet she loves it when her chosen bae chops people up...

Kondou bringing poor lonely Chizuru sweets and tea is so heartwarming <3

When Saito asks if he's interrupting something, I always wonder if he thinks Chizuru and Okita are flirting... I guess he knows Okita well enough to know that his flirting is basically bullying...

Yada yada, rasetsu, poor Sanan, still no Iba...

Given how empathetic everyone is when they hear about Sanan's injury, I am surprised that Chizuru constantly forgets that she's not the only one who has feelings (perhaps I am being too harsh...)

"An unknown warrior..." HERE COMES THE BITCH QUEEN SUPREME <3 (all hail)

His eyebrows are nearly escaping his face

Being so tall really helps him look down on people...

"enormous" XD why is this description of Takeda so funny to me? Perhaps because it makes me think of an elephant...

We stan a giant nerd

Maybe he has low blood pressure because he's so enormous and that's why he likes salt so much... If he fainted, he'd surely injure himself and anyone nearby... TIMBEEERRRRRRR!!!

Hijikata and the others might at least have spun some helpful lie so that we could avoid this confrontation -_-

Takeda is SUSPICIOUS (and rightfully so...)

His nose is so pointy...

"almost like a petulant child," omfg, Chizuru is savage today and I love it! Get that salty motherfucker!

I also frequently find Chizuru's uming and ahing annoying af but Takeda needs to take a fucking chill pill...

This is my favourite quote about Takeda, "His swordsmanship is decent, but he is well read and possesses a cunning mind for military science." I feel like that should be an "and" rather than a "but" but I feel like Hijikata is calling Takeda a filthy nerd!

Just got back from grocery shopping and opened this draft and holy fucking shit I have written so much shite and Iba hasn't even shown up yet.

Side note: I want Takeda to teach me about whatever the fuck "military science is" because it sounds really interesting, he is pretty, he has a nice voice (when he's not saying douchebagy stuff) and while he's nerding out, he can't be out committing CRIMES.

"Spring shed its blooming skin, giving birth to lush, green trees facing the wide, open sky." What a nice little description! This game is so pretty! Although... As I was typing, I couldn't help but think, "MOVE YOUR BLOOMING ARSE!!!" but that's a me problem, not a problem with the writing...

Hijikata is putting zero effort into pretending that Chizuru is his page -_- STEP YOUR PUSSY UP

To be fair, I would also not wish to have a sixteen year old following me around while I try to do important, dangerous stuff...

It's YAM! <3

"The man's words caused Hijikata's face to turn blank," and yet, I can see his pissy-looking face right here on my screen... Maybe that's just how he looks...

Okay, we're in the shop... Here comes the boooooiiiiiii (actually, I think Takeda shows up first but let's see...)

Oop, there he is. I'm not sure whether Saito or Takeda wins the award for "Least Practical Hairstyle for an Active Warrior" but I think Takeda takes it because of how long and wild his hair is. Although... You can still clearly see his enormous angry eyebrows through the hair which almost entirely covers one of his eyes (who needs binocular vision, amirite?)... Perhaps the angry eyebrows are the true weapon!

He's like a fucking ridiculous giant seamonster. That's what he gives me... With his swirly hair, absurd height, scary expressions and majestic robes.

"a sticky glare" uh... What?

Takeda, you really are making the Shinsengumi look bad and I resent you for that (even though they're actually even worse than any of these people could guess...)

LEAVE THE POOR MAN ALONE, YOU HORRIBLE SEAMONSTER!

HERE IS THE BOI!

"I became completely distracted by his perfectly sculpted facial features." XD ffs Chizuru! Also, if his facial features are so perfectly sculpted, how have you completely forgotten them?! Perhaps I am biased because I am told that I have an unusually good memory but how do you just forget a whole person? Unless you've had some trauma, I guess... Perhaps Chizuru is suppressing memories of her childhood because of how she was treated by the other kids... But still, how do you forget the only person other than your Dad who was important to you??

"Almost as gorgeous as Hijikata." OMFG XD So that's why you were so keen to accompany Hijikata today! Also, poor Iba! I think he's prettier than Hijikata! Hijikata is more interesting, though. Sorry. Also, WHERE ARE THE THIRST INTROS FOR ALL THE OTHER BOIS?

"U-Um..." -_-

"Takeda was massive," XD SEAMONSTER

Takeda: "How dare you question me like this. >:( " Iba: :3

"I wouldn't want to upset the lady here." IBA NO!!! DON'T OUT ME LIKE THIS, FOOL!

"you sound afraid of getting your pretty face all bloodied up. Not surprising." Uwu. Is the historically-famous-for-hitting-on-pretty-boys Takeda hitting on Iba???

"Takeda huffed smugly to himself and waddled out of the store" XD SEAMONSTER BEHAVIOUR!!!

Wait, did Chizuru follow them outside? I thought she was supposed to be staying put...

OH NOW IBA IS ALL UP IN TAKEDA'S PERSONAL SPACE, "L-Let go!"

"Things between you and me are going to get serious, and I'm not sure you're ready for things to get serious." O_o How have I never noticed how homoerotic this dialogue is... It sounds like they're dating -_-'

"Seems like we're drawing some attention. Do you still plan on drawing your sword?" I can't unhear it now! Everything that Iba says in his soft voice while pressed up against Takeda sounds fucking flirtatious X_X

"I never forget a face, you bastard." Chizuru can't relate...

"His face was flushed with red," Uwu

Iba looks so smug! :3

"Ah, you even blush just like her." This man needs to be STOPPED XD

"Although I liked the attention," yeah, I bet you do XD

Awe, he looks so sad that you don't remember him :(

"Your tea and snacks must be ruined by now." Not muh snacks D: ChizuruXSnacks is my new otp

"as if I'd caught the scent of the city's sweetest bun." No, just Iba's sweetest buns (I hate myself)

OT3: Iba/Chizuru/Sweet Bean Jelly

"Would you like some of my sweet bean jelly?" O_O (I don't even know what that'd be a euphemism for but the seed has been planted in my brain and I cannot stop X_X)

"He expressed delight after each bite." Now I am just imagining Iba obscenely moaning and eating sweet bean jelly while Chizuru just sits there...

"smiling as if he was the happiest person alive." I can hear the game cackling maliciously as it plots how it's going to torture this poor sunshine person...

"It wouldn't be too much of a stretch, maybe, to guess that he and I were close in age." When you are sixteen, someone bring three years older than you is a lot! So, I don't buy this if we are to accept Chizuru's canonical age (I need to stop harping on about this...)!

"He can't be a samurai! He's too handsome. He's got some quick hands, though..." Yet another man thirsting over Iba X_X

"Apologize about Takeda" - Takeda stans

Iba is so tactful! He's just too perfect! And I do mean that in a bad way!

"Takeda did what?" Oooooh! Hiji-mama is ANGRY! 8D

"that buffoon, Takeda, who knows nothing." XD poor Takeda. Everyone hates him so much but he's such a cunt that it's hard to feel bad for him...

"Oh. I forgot to ask his name." FFS, CHIZURU. Iba probably thought that you already knew it...

"I-I don't know! It all happened so fast." GIRL, YOU WERE SITTING THERE WATCHING HIM EAT FUCKING SWEET BEAN JELLY FOR AGES

Chapter 2: The Rise of the Annoying Oni (in which Kazama starts appearing and fucking things up for your hot new friends)

"For some reason, they (Choshu) find foreigners repulsive," XD

"It seemed like I was serving my part to the Shinsengumi in a meaningful way." Girl, do you even know what the Shinsengumi does? I know that they're hot and it's nice to be useful but you seem way too eager to support these guys without having any idea of what they stand for... I guess that's the point of a visual novel protagonist: to be passive af...

"Maybe they were starting to think of me as a warrior in training" can't be a warrior in training without doing any training in being a warrior...

"Oh, right... My father's been here, hasn't he? They'd mentioned it, but they hadn't told me why." -_-' Ugh, Chizuru being so useless is really starting to piss me off... I guess that I am picking a lot of passive options so that I don't get affection with the non-Iba characters...

Sanan needs a hug. :'( perhaps I will do his route soon and he will get the hug he deserves!

"Sanan's unpleasantness had started after he was wounded during his trip to Osaka." No shit. I feel like everyone could have done a better job of helping him feel better instead of calling him "unpleasant"

"I knew the loss of his arm hurt him, more than I could understand, but..." Honey, nothing that you say before the "but" counts, "... I wished he could go back to being the warm, kind man he was originally." Yeah, Sanan! Why can't you just stop being depressed? (That was sarcasm)

At least she makes some effort to reach out to him!

"He glanced down almost absently at his hands, holding a candle and an exceptionally long needle." Oh dear. Is this even grey morality any more?

"I don't understand..." Oh my sweet Summer child...

"Does that mean... You'll protect me?" Awe :)

"Half a year indoors did little for my physique, and I was out of shape." Mood.

"Yamazaki deserved my utmost trust " YUS >:) TRUST THE YAM!

"Sanan lost his arm, not his brain." Tbf, that was a pretty stupid question (sorry, Saito. You are still my favourite)

Oo... What's Hiji-mama up to? Gonna stick with him and find out because I don't remember...

"for reasons I still don't understand, I decided to go with Hijikata." Because I tell you to! Or maybe... Because thirsty!

Uwu Hiji-mama is pleased with me

"Your commander needs to go have a word with a bunch of useless bastards." Yes queen! Slay those fools! "Mama needs to go spank some naughty children"

"I'll make sure they don't screw us." YES. GET THEIR ASSES

"You will not interfere." "YOOOU SHALL NOT PASS!!!"

Oh, they're trying to steal the Shinsengumi's glory XD

"The Shinsengumi allowed me to sweep the area in front of the headquarters on my own " WHAT PRIVILEGE.

Here comes the boiiiiiiii!

Every time she fails to remember him, poor Iba looks crushed. CHILD, DO BETTER.

"Hehe. Are you surprised?" Iba is such an anime girl.

Hijikata's face is fucking hilarious right now XD

Uwu Hijikata is blushing. I want a full on harem version of this game where you go around collecting everyone but you play as Iba instead of Chizuru.

Chizuru is fully fangirling over Iba X_X

Hijikata and Iba are so cute together. Hijikata doesn't know how to process the adorableness. Chizuru should take notes from Iba...

"Iba's eyes shined with adoration," omg guys, just kiss, "but Hijikata scoffed and rolled his eyes." Shush queen, we know you love him!

Everyone loves Iba. They just can't help it!

Omg, Iba is calling Hijikata out for keeping a pet woman!

"It wasn't difficult to tell that she's a girl" lol, tell that to Souma and Nomura X_X

"only a fool couldn't figure it out." Hehehe

"Would it be too much to ask about her reasons?" Um, hello! You can ask me! I am right here and I CAN HEAR YOU!

"Hey, why are you saying you remember him now? Don't lie to him. He's our guest." - Hijikata finding the weakest reason to justify being protective of Iba bae.

Hijikata just made a sound like a surprised donkey...

"Iba drew Hijikata in closer in a jovial manner, and Hijikata blushed" omfg XD

"Hijikata is normally really uptight, so seeing him behave this way was startling." - yus yus! A fine ship dynamic!

"Hijikata was actually... enjoying himself." Don't be jealous now, Chizuru!

"All of the commotion must have alerted the captains because they popped up from nowhere." Here comes some more of Iba's harem!

"Long time no see, boys." Is such a femme fatale line, ffs

"I'll bet you he's here to protect someone important" everyone worships this slut, we stan.

"Don't be stupid and die or something." A LOVE CONFESSION?! FROM OKITA?!

"Hey, we should go drinking some day! I mean, we could go now if you want!" Iba just shows up somewhere and immediately gets asked out...

"It seems no one can escape his amiable nature." Hijikata, don't act like you're so superior. We saw you blushing. BLUSHING!

The seamonster returns! Omfg, Iba is seriously pretending not to recognise him! Probably wants a chance to add Takeda to the harem...

"Do you dare mock me...?" - Takeda "YES." - everyone

"You're here to spread lies about the other day!" -_-' this bitch...

"W-Whatever you say." Despite his tough talk, Takeda submits very easily, which I can respect. He needs to stop bullying people, though!

"Toshi, who is that man?" A BITCH

"I'll make sure he doesn't bother you any further." AHAHAHA Hah

"What is it that you do?" BITCH, HOW MANY FUCKING MONTHS HAVE YOU BEEN HERE BEFORE YOU THOUGHT TO ASK THAT FUCKING QUESTION???

"What? War? There wasn't a war, was there?" "Oh yeah, we didn't tell you yet, huh?" GUYS?!??! O_O

I will stay behind and pray that my love shall visit me while everyone else's backs are turned!

ISHIDA MEDICINAL POWDER XD

Hijikata's such a fucking drug pusher :')

"Did you just ask me to gut you? Because that's what I heard." XD Chill, Hiji-mama

"I'll need you to keep tabs on Heisuke and Souji." WHAT ABOUT MY TRYST WITH IBA? D':

"Screwing around in this old place is boring!" Maybe you're not doing the right kind of screwing around, Heisuke...

"Maybe I can use a huskier voice," XD "Maybe I can try using words men use?" XD I'm surprised she hasn't picked up some of Hijikata's excellent swearing techniques!

"puffed my chest up, practicing some more... MASCULINE words." XD "Er... So, they think I look like a woman, huh? Heh, joke's on them. I'm a, uh, man... Just got a cute face is all..." Big Mulan energy. "I-I, uh... Despite my looks, I am very much a man, yo..." XD She should try this on Miki

"I think that was a good start. Pretty manly..." XD CHILD

"Talking with such bravado doesn't suit you." >:(

"Iba, when did you get here?!" Normally, I judge people for eavesdropping but I too would have lurked and enjoyed this absolute shit show.

"I never expected you to be so playful and fun." Uwu..

"You're blushing. Was it something I said?" YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID

"Soooo, heh, what brings you here today?" YES QUEEN, YOU GOT THIS! YOU CAN RECOVER! I BELIEVE IN YOU! DON'T LET THE PRETTY MAN GET THE BETTER OF YOU! >:D

"Oh no, I am not here for Toshi, but rather, for you." Uwu...

"I worried more and more for him every day..." KODO YOU BASTARD, STOP HIDING

INOUE, I LOVE YOU BUT DO NOT COCK BLOCK ME!!! >:(

Uwu! Iba is taking us on an adventure >:)

"Are you sure it's okay for me to be out here?" Why does Iba get a say in this all of a sudden?

Oh, Inou-bae has my back! I never should have doubted him!

Hehe, Iba doesn't want to tell her about the rumours of Kodo working with the enemy...

"I'm sorry, I need to be honest with you." Love to see it!

OH

OH

IBA, YOU SNEAKY WHORE

HE MADE THE WHOLE THING UP TO LURE CHIZURU AWAY FROM THE COMPOUND FOR A FUCKING DATE

FFS

I can't believe I forgot about this...

Iba... -_-'

"I figured the least I could do for you is take you out, get your mind off of things." You smooth fucking bitch...

"So, in other words, you lied to Inoue?" YES QUEEN, CALL HIM OUT! >:)

"Inoue was the first member of the house to show me kindness." Inoue route when? Not romantic but I want to see him and Kodo have a dad battle...

"What does your heart desire?" A threesome with you and Takeda. J

"if I can't obtain any information on my father, it might be best for us to return now." GIRL NOOOOO.

"Going back to the compounds without giving yourself a chance to relax would be treading on the courtesy of Inoue, let alone myself." You slyyyy motherfucker XD

"Why don't you do what you want?" Now this is a plan I can get behind!

"What does your heart desire?" A threesome with you and Takeda. Jk but can you imagine XD I do sometimes wish Chizuru was a bit sluttier...

Why is "Return to the compounds" even an option here? Who does that? Who is seriously going to pick that option?

Awe, look at how happy he is :)

"Boy, it seems like you're easily charmed." Exqueez me, bitch? "You could get away with asking for a hairpin or two, you know that?" Yus! :) Plz buy me pretty things, pretty man! :)

"I would never do that..." *Rolls eyes almost as hard as Sanan in the Souma Hen musical when Hijikata tells him not to cut Chizuru open to harvest her blood* actually, to be fair, I also would never do that (unless it was my hypothetical partner) but these games are supposed to be escapism!

"Sickness and health start with the mind" ... Iba... How dare you reach through the fucking computer screen to read me like this?! X_X

"All of the girls wore kimonos with hairpins, and they all dressed so fashionably that it captivated me." This is both a wlw mood and a sad-bitch-looking-at-fashion-on-the-internet-during-lockdown mood

"Some say that the only thing people from Kyoto spend money on is clothes." MY PEOPLE. Side note, since Miki is a confirmed fashion queen, I want to run around Kyoto with him buying clothes and reading people. Itou can come too because he is a shade master.

"Every girl in Kyoto wore lipstick." ME

"Tsk, such a waste to see you in this." IBA!!! I already feel bad enough about having to wear ugly ass clothes! >:(

"I would love to see you dressed in an elegant kimono, some day." This would be problematic if I wasn't wearing these ugly-ass clothes out of necessity... Or maybe it's more problematic this way because he's reminding me of the things I want but can't have... :'(

"You are such a serious person." WHY SO SERIOUS 3:)

"Iba was rather blunt..." XD sick of him already, are we?

"Next time," Oop!

"There's even an egg inside, so there's nutritional value," Iba is one of those wine mums who insists that wine is one of her "5 a day" -_-

"Do you remember what I said to you back then?" BITCH, I LITERALLY JUST TOLD YOU I DON'T REMEMBER SHIT!

Gurl, he obviously did not mean back at the tea shop. It was a stupid question but your answer was somehow even stupider (they are perfect for each other)

Chapter 3: The Annoying Oni Emerges (in which someone finally decides that Chizuru is important but oops he doesn't know how consent works)

ENTER THE GRAND HIGH BITCH HIMSELF: ITOU KANSHITARO (cue Takeda simping)

How does Heisuke know this guy, I wonder?

I love that the Shinsengumi is choosing a new evil lair for themselves! Yaaas! Commit to the aesthetic!

Kondou loves his evil nerd babies :')

I guess forcibly occupying a temple is a dick move but no one seems to be offering an alternative...

Oop. Here's Miki to tactfully, gracefully diffuse the situation :) :) :)

Tbf, he has a point (I have become a Miki apologist O_O) "Wouldn't it be just peachy if all those Choshu ronin were on their best behaviour, like a Kamakura warrior?" And I don't get why the Shinsengumi is acting so high and mighty when they're literally turning people into bloodthirsty monsters and then (spoilers) they get Itou pissed, murder him and use his corpse to lure out and slay their former comrades. Like, simmer down.

I love how Itou's face is just like, "Omfg Saburo shut up, you are not helping -_-" while his brother is talking

Bless Itou for keeping this disaster man around him XD

"Even if your left arm is useless," harsh but true X_X "your indubitable wits and book smarts shall prove useful, I'm sure." Is this a compliment from a fellow nerd or Itou subtly reminding Sanan that he's being replaced both on the battlefield and on the strategic side (I suspect the latter XD )

Hijikata is ready to slay this bitch right now (soon, Hiji-mama, soooon)

Itou did not expect Hiji-mama to call out his read!

"He is NOT replaceable!" Oop! Hijikata saw right fucking through Itou! We stan!

Itou doubling down on the cuntery! "Next time, I'll keep my thoughts to myself." Translation: you are a bunch of delusional snowflakes who can't handle my truth bombs. "Sanan is quite the beloved member here, isn't he?" Translation: anyone in their right mind would have got rid of this dead weight months ago so obviously you're only keeping him around for sentimental reasons. Itou is so fucking shady! XD Although, he is kind of right to insinuate that the Shinsengumi should change with the times more... I mean, they die horribly and perhaps could have learned something from Itou... Maybe...

I feel like everyone could have done a better job of taking care of Sanan instead of pretending that his wound wasn't a problem and expecting that he'd suddenly stop being depressed but I feel like what actually happens is far more realistic than any positive outcome :'(

Takeda is so ready to suck up to Kondou and Itou XD

"It is our responsibility to grow and gain knowledge, to expand our horizons..." I agree with Kondou but it feels like the Shinsengumi is only willing to do this up to the point where it doesn't interfere with their rigid worldview... I feel bad for Heisuke trying to expand his horizons, live life according to his own convictions, but getting dragged back to the Shinsengumi as a rasetsu >:(

I love that Miki lingers long enough to give a little display of bitchiness before "slinking" off (as villainous verbs go, it's better than "waddle" XD )

Yeah, why the fuck did Itou join the Shinsengumi if he's not aligned with the Shogun?? Unsurprisingly, my knowledge of 19th century Japanese politics is limited X_X

"Oh, no, poor Sanan..." Indeed :'(

"There is, however, a rather serious flaw." Understatement of the century...

"I've never tested it on anyone." Uh... Good for you? Maybe?

White hair and red eyes does look good on Sanan, tbf... Silver linings!

"I hate to impose, but... If you could...?" The politest request for suicide by Okita X_X

"You aren't really going to kill him, are you?!" -_-

"It's really annoying, you know." ... Can't argue with that, if I'm honest...

"Um, are you going to make me repeat myself?" Yeah, Chizuru can be pretty annoying...

"We didn't make them take it." Oh? "You see, the Shinsengumi had this thing called the Rules of Conduct." Oh. I see where this is going and I feel like making them choose between death and ochimizu isn't really a choice...

"Usually, if you break our rules, we make you cut yourself open." "Cut yourself open?!" "Uh, why are you so surprised?" Uh, because that's pretty fucking brutal! I want to know what these rules are, now... I guess one is about not participating in personal fights...

"Don't you feel bad for them?" FUCK YES.

"Aw shit, Itou..." XD

"We were given this task by the Shogun himself..." Sounds like a great guy to throw in your loyalty with -_-

I really need to watch the prequel anime...

"You look like you've seen a ghost, which I hardly feel is polite." XD

"I'm fine. I think I just caught a cold or something." Oh honey, you are coughing in a period drama. That can only mean one thing...

"Wadda ya mean, "no"?!" -_-' Someone give this man a pamphlet

Ugh, now my brother is flirting with Okita -_-

Yada yada, shogun is visiting, yada, where is Iba?

At least Takeda seems happy...

"If only Sanan was alive." Itou is not likely to win any oscars... "Itou wiped crocodile tears away from his eyes with a silk handkerchief." Ffs XD This dramatic bitch...

"Aw... Itou." -_-' You better wise up, Kondou Isami...

I'm surprised that Itou is participating in this shogun stuff but Heisuke is not... I guess Itou has social climbing to do...

"I'm using the hell out of you." Uwu...

"What, you're the messenger? This isn't the playground, you know." Charming as ever, Miki -_- XD he looks genuinely shocked "Well, I'm not here to play." Uwu >:D YES QUEEN! SASS HIM BACK! START A SASS WAR, I HAVE FAITH IN YOU! "Heh... Is that so? Then what could someone like you, who can't even use a sword, do for anyone?" -_- well, clearly I am here as a messenger, Miki. Has that not been established. I don't need a fucking sword for that, do I? Not that there's even anyone here to stab... But if Miki has any suggestions of what I can do, I am all ears 3:)

"Would you mind if we stopped playing games?" Chizuru, no! Stay and play with Miki! He will teach you how to be a bitch! You desperately need instruction in that area!

"Speak..." Woof.

"Huh...? That's it? It's that simple?" Even Chizuru is disappointed XD Girl, you asked him to stop playing with you and he did and now you're giving the Pikachu face?!??

"What's up with your dumb face?" Miki is not familiar with the Pikachu meme...

"Maybe he's a responsible person." Well... He tries his best, bless him XD

"There's no way anything would happ--" Of course XD

I love Shiranui's voice

"Hey, don't tell me what to do." Yes, Shiranui! Stand up to that bastard! "The kid's being stubborn, so what can I do?" UM, YOU COULD NOT SHOOT ME??!

"It isn't as though we need your permission to kidnap you." Kazama, are there really so few female demons that you haven't learned how to behave towards them?!

"Pale and grasping like the tentacle of some hideous subterranean monster." Or Takeda the Sea Monster's hair.

Er mah gerd! It is The Boi!

"But she is an ordinary girl. She always has been." -_- Iba, normal girls don't magically heal themselves.

"He moved like a flowing river; his economy of motion was natural and in total control." ... I'm not gonna say it... I'm not gonna say it... I'm not gonna say it! So, this means he's good in bed, right?

"Amagiri, I have a new toy for you to play with." Fucking rude. Finally, a person who doesn't immediately fall in love with Iba.

Bless Amagiri for agreeing to fight Iba so that he's not obliterated by the two fucked up demons

"You seem only to aim for my arms and my feet." Interesting, interesting... I guess anyone threatening the shogun needs to be taken alive and questioned...

"I take it you've never taken a life before." *Incredulous Saito and Okita noises*

"This is probably just some trick the shogun's dog learned to kiss the shogun's ass." ... Has no one ever told Kazama that he's a massive cunt?

"Shiranui grew impatient, and he pulled out his handgun in irritation." Ffs XD classic Shiranui...

Omfg, this idiot shot me -_-

"Ugh. What the hell are you doing?" BITCH, YOU LITERALLY JUST SHOT ME. SHUT THE FUCK UP. Side note: I want a gun! Somebody get Chizuru a gun!

"His bullet shot through both of my hands." Ew. Squishy blood noises...

"Are you all right?!" Bitch, no! I got holes in me hands! Serving stigmata realness!

"Y-Yes... I'm all right..." UH, NO!

"Damn it, Shiranui." For once, I agree with Kazama -_-'

"Hey, it's not my fault." It is ABSOLUTELY your fucking fault -_-

"You make a compelling point..." NO HE DOES NOT >_<

Hiji-mama, Saito bae and Harada bae have come to the rescue! :3

"Did these weak shits do this to you?" Yes, Harada! :'( Please make them unhappy!

"I-I'm fine." YOU GOT HOLES IN THEM THERE HANDS!

"every time something shady happens, you three always turn up." Hiji-mama is really channeling Professor McGonagall right now...

"You're all just attention-seeking whores." XD Yes, and?

"We've accomplished what we set out to do here." In what universe is this even remotely true? Or wad there plan just to say hi and things got out of hand?

"I will eventually come for you. Just you look forward to that moment." ... Does he seriously not realise how fucking creepy he is? Maybe he just doesn't care...

"I made a vow with someone" GIRL, PUT TWO AND TWO TOGETHER. YOU LITERALLY HAVE NO OTHER FRIENDS.

"If there are scars left on a girl I was entrusted to protect," well, you weren't so it doesn't matter!

"You are an ordinary girl" I want to be cynical but this is sweet, in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary

"The promise you made with me back then, you've been keeping it all this time." Awe <3

"you've gotten so tall, Hachiro..." That's, uh, a weird thing to say...

"Um, I don't remember you being this gallant..." Come on! Play it cool!

Omfg, Itou being terrified by the medical examinations is definitely a relatable moment!

"Those SAVAGES?!" XD Itou elegantly combines the subtle art of being a cunt with the practice of asserting boundaries, we love to see it!

"he tried to remove them himself! By FORCE!" tbf, that does sound pretty traumatic! Poor Itou! I too would have kicked and screamed until I could run away and plot my revenge.

"And the rest of them just... Just STOOD there!" Damn, that's pretty horrible of them >:( Regrettably, I know that feeling! Itou, you can have a hug from me! <3

"I'm going to go watch the physical exams!" -_-' Chizuru... Noooo.... Don't go perv on people

"Oh my... So you WANT to see those savages? What peculiar taste..." CHIZURU, SHIT LIKE THIS IS WHY MIKI THINKS THERE'S A NANSHOKU SITUATION GOING ON HERE! I love that Itou is judging your tastes but seems otherwise supportive!

Nagakura, stop showing off your tits -_-'

"Don't you wanna order a slice of this beef cake? I got two meaty servings on a plate, right here." -_- please stop immediately.

Wow, Matsumoto has a big mouth!

Wtf? Iba coordinated this? But this happens in every route -_-'

"Iba then appeared from behind the building, as if he was summoned." -_-' now this is getting ridiculous... Is Iba a Mary Sue? Do I care?

Damn, I am so tired. It's only ten but I am going to wind down. I didn't get very far through the story... Turns out, I have a lot of dumb things to say and I type on my phone with one finger like my Granny X_X Anyway, I really enjoy putting my thoughts and feelings into words and hopefully this will help me make my own visual novel (though I'd be lying to say that that's why I am doing this)...

[laplacesangel]

okay well, since salt route is popular on here i figured i might as well post a bit about what happened in my dream last night. no guaranteeing this is gonna get popular, however if this does end up reaching at least a few people i want to know what you guys think.

sans introduced [in pain], frisk looking up at toriel in realization and begs about the real world only for toriel to put a hand on their cheek and claim they blew everything up long ago and frisk turns and sees chara silently sob so frisk grabs their hands and asks them about something that comforted them in the real world and tells them how no matter what they’ll both see it again and frisk will be sure of it and then toriel gets pissed and is like “no! i’m trying to protect you both! you have to stay down here in the dark world” and then brings out sans who looks like he’s gone through a Lot and frisk and chara look at one another in fear like “oh . Shit.” but then spamton and jevil something about the raw power and so they hop out of frisk’s pocket and step beside chara and frisk and they’re like “kris! we need kris!” so chara and frisk look at one another and this cool formation thing happens after frisk says “I promise.” and kris is back but jevil is like “oh . my .” and taps on kris and points so kris looks and it’s susie noelle and berdly under the rubble from before so they all run as fast as possible over to them and kris starts to panic not knowing how to cure them but spamton is like “kris! [[pardon]] me for [[interrupting]] but i think i know how to [[Heal Them]]!” and he prompts kris to hit f1 so when you do mini spamton comes and since the pure power and shit mini spamton is able to fully heal them all so they’re like “h.” and then blah blah blah kris is like are you all hurt and they’re all hugging and they’re like “wait. where’s ralsei.” but they’re only allowed to remain by the rubble or sans will kill em and shit of the castle and then they find lancer but lancer is so deeply traumatized and scared cause he’s just a kid and then they continue looking until they make it to The Room where they see his figure next to toriel’s so they’re like “ralsei you’re okay!!!” but kris takes another step in realization that’s not ralsei and he turns around and it’s asriel and he’s like “kris! did you miss me?” and kris is like hyperventilating at this point and he’s like “come give me a hug!” and kris refuses to and that makes him angered and he’s like “oh? what’s this? your pathetic little friends from like what, 3rd grade? kris we could’ve been so powerful together! you could’ve helped our dear mother!… but you Didn’t, kris!” from there asriel insists they all go to the ballroom so the party goes then he laughs and tells kris how ignorant and naïve they are and how they always wanted to be like him for a Reason then toriel and sans come in and they said a couple of lines but then something happened starting a fight. the fight parties consisted of [kris, susie, noelle, berdly, jevil, spamton] and [toriel, sans, asriel]

i forgot most of what happened after that but i do know you have to fight gaster as well later on but he’s trying to use jevil n spamton but they’re trying their hardest to resist and to help kris instead and stuff . but yeah that’s all i remember have fun with this tumblr!

[chickpeatalia]

I heard "working class!Arthur" and I can't think of anything else yes please!!!

Anon, I know you didnt exactly ask for it, but now that you have put the words “working class!Arhur” into my ask box, you have practically opened pandoras box so I’m just gonna go ahead and talk about it anyway. *mwua*  First things first, I shall note that I am not in fact British, so I might not get a few things right. Second, what we’re gonna talk about today is a rather specific human AU that lives in my head.  Third, this ended up being....incredibly long, I’m sorry. The rest is under the cut!

So, why is working class Arthur splendid?

Obviously, there are many different version of how to do a human AU, and oftentimes fandom likes to go down the rich/royal/elite!Arthur route. Which, in fact, is super valid and oftentimes quite fun too. I like these versions too. However, I think oftentimes a working class background is favourable because 1) it makes more sense, to me, on a meta level  and 2) it has a certain charm to it.

Lets consider the meta level first: - despite stereotypes, Great Britain does not consist of aristocracy and royals alone. What are 600 arstocratic families to 60 million of the rest of the population? - the Industrial Revolution started in Great Britain - factory work, steel mills, textile and most prominently, coal mines in the North of England were all operated by the workers. I feel like in Britain, social classes matter way more than on continental Europe, and also to me personally the working class seemed like a particularly important one, historically speaking. Okay, enough history for now, so lets get into the human AU: - Arthur, who grows up in a large family with four brothers (Alasdair & Dylan who are older. And Sean & Peter who are younger) - his parents had Alasdair very early on and you know how it is. With a baby on the way, you got to make the best out of it and take the first stable job you get. (Which was in Glasgow at the time). - but unforntunately high unemployment rates hit the country, especially the working class (thanks Maggie T</3) and what to do if you lose your job and no new work is to be found? Well, you just go and look somewhere else. In the Kirklands’ case, that somewhere else is Cardiff, Wales where Dylan is born. - So they end up sort of moving quite a lot, practically in every part of the UK, in hopes of finding stable jobs for a bit. - Eventually they settle in a suburb of Manchester, England at long last.

- And life goes on

- They recycle so much clothes between the brothers. A good 40% if not more of Arthur’s clothes used to be either Alasdair’s or Dylan’s. - In turn, Sean and Peter also get Arthur’s old school uniforms. Theyre not particularly nice after all these years, but look, they have five kids. They simply don’t have the money for new ones. ( “Says much about the efficiency of a system when it forces you to wear school uniforms in order to avoid social stigmatisation and yet makes you buy the uniforms yourself, as if richer people couldn’t afford the better ones anyway.” Arthur would say darkly) - lots and lots of second hand shopping. (this is where Arthur got is first leather jacket and Doc Martens from, and yes, this is also when his punk phase has started) - thus his outfits tend to look quite ...interesting. A various mix of old jumpers from the 90s, Dylan’s old plaid shirts and some band t-shirt he got for £5. - one year, he and his brothers were looking for a gift for their mum’s birthday. Arthur didn’t have any cash anymore (yes, it was after he bought the Doc Martens, sacrifies had to be made), so he suggested he tried to bake her a cake. Much cheeper than any other gift. Obviously his brothers mocked him for it (until they actually tried the cake and found out that it actually tasted quite good). Since then Arthur took up baking here and there, and his brothers while not encouraging, do not mock him anymore. They do hope he makes the lemon cake again for Ma’s next birthday though

- SCHOOL ho boy... so the thing is, Arthur is rather clever.

- Academically, he was above average. Acing it in subjects like English and History, being quite good in French (no, he does not bring this fact up often...or...at all), and getting decently by in the rest. Except that one time in PE when he got rowdy with the other boys during a football match (no, not our boy’s brightest moment). - He is intelligent, he even understands subject that he doesn’t particular like, like chemistry. He is quick-witted and sharp tongued and has a natural talent for words and writing. Even rather sophisticated articles and topics do not resent a challenge for him. - Naturally, Arthur toys with the thought of going to university and immediately wants to slap himself for that ridiculous idea. - The thing is, nobody in his family has gone to university so far. Like, he has no, absolute no frame of reference what it entails. - Being from a working class family and then going to university is a scary thing, man. - also, being £30,000 in dept by age 18 is a terror of its own kind - Eventually, he contemplates applying maybe perhaps for the local university and that information seeps through to Alasdair who found it to be a rather ridiculous endeavour. - “Look, you’re shitting your pants about this application one way or another, so why not just go immediately for the top universities instead. If you get rejected, well, at least you got rejected by one of the top universities in the world. But if you get accepted....” “Aw, are you saying you think I could get accepted by one of the best universities in the world?” “I’m not saying anything, you wee little shit. Don’t put words in my mouth. But......being the overachieving know-it-all that you are, you might have a chance.” - For as long as he lives, Arthur’s never gonna admit it but this conversation might have really been the most meaningful thing Alasdair has ever said to him. - And yes, he does apply and yes he does get accepted.

FURTHER HEADCANONS:

- he toned it down by now but the punk never died in him. lots of LGBT+ pins on his jackets too. - that being said, he hates it when people think punk is an aesthetic rather than a political stance (”You cannot be bloody punk and right wing. You just cannot!”) - genuinely likes the taste of beer. Or it might be that it was the cheepest alcoholic beverage he could manage to buy. Situation unclear. - is so prone to get into bar fights oh dear lord when he says “fight me”, he genuinely is 100% down to throw hands even if you beat him bloody - obviously, always votes Labour - will call you a cunt if you’re a Tory - unrelated to anything, but I think he’d wear earrings regularly and they’d be cute - also, has a tendency to dye his hair in crazy colours when he is under pressure - one last thing: oftentimes, Arthur strikes people as incredibly cynic or gloomy or ‘overly engaged in politics’, but growing up the way he grew up, facing so many hardships through the years of which many were directly caused by careless conservative politics...its just hard not to be cynic. My final words here are: this is most definitely not what you were looking for when you sent that ask, anon, but I seriously needed to get this out of my system. If anyone wants to ever talk about my favourite boy Arthur, my ask box is always open.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk<3

[turtle-steverogers]

I Watched TWS for the Millionth Time So Let’s Over-Analyze This Shit

-TFA theme at the beginning 🥰 (that theme is so fuckin good)

-Sam’s lil jogging route around the Tidal Basin/Mall

-Steve being sassy , just as a general

-Steve’s sadness errands

-Sam relating to Steve on the soldier front and making him feel seen

-Just. Sam Wilson

-The way that Steve’s to-do list in the movie varies from country to country (For instance, the UK list has Sherlock instead of I Love Lucy and The Beatles)

-Also I wanna know Steve’s thai order

-The fact that this whole exchange is happening at 6:39 am

-Natasha drives with all the recklessness of a 16 year old that just got their license

-Stealth Suit Stealth Suit

-Steve deflecting Nat’s date suggestions

-Steve’s aversion for parachutes...reckless endangerment ✨

-Steve speaking/understanding at least a little french

-Tony having designed the Helicarriers to have arc reactor power instead of turbines because “he got a close up look at the turbines” in The Avengers 2012 when he got caught in them

-“This isnt freedom, this is fear” aka the embodiment of Steve’s character

-Steve’s exhibit being in the Air and Space museum even tho he flew a plane once and crashed it

-Bucky’s display having two different birth years (1916 and 1917. the correct one is 1917)

-In the little video of Steve and Bucky, Sebastian Stan was saying “We *are* friends” after the director told them to “act like friends” for that shot

-Steve acknowledging Peggy’s family and therefore acknowledging that their relationship with each other, while still close and special, is not romantic anymore and Peggy telling Steve to move on and start over wtf endgame

-The parallel of Peggy losing her memory as Bucky regains his

-Sam Wilson willing to show vulnerability and not being ashamed of his PTSD and treating Steve like any other attendee and hoping Steve will open up too if he sees that it’s okay to

-Steve’s face after “it was like I was up there just to watch” cuz he gets it and both sam and him had to watch their other half fall

-“What makes you happy?” “I don’t know”

-The Winter Soldier theme is just Bucky’s scream pitched different and made to sound mechanical because Henry Jackman wanted it to sound like a man trapped in a machine

-Why is Steve a lucky bastard that has his own laundry machine

-Steve leaving his apartment building after Sharon points out the music and then SCALING THE SIDE OF HIS OWN BUILDING AND CLIMBING IN THROUGH HIS WINDOW LIKE CAN YOU IMAGINE SEEING CAPTAIN AMERICA JUST CLIMBING INTO HIS APARTMENT THROUGH HIS WINDOW ONE NIGHT

-STEVE’s APARTMENT I HAVE MANY THOUGHTS (i might make a separate post on that)

-The fact that “A Long, Long Time” is playing when he sees Bucky for the first time in the future and the song is about lovers reuniting after the war i’m not saying it’s gay but i am

-He calls Fury “Nick” which really indicates theyre not close in the slightest

-Steve is excellent in adapting under pressure (him immediately catching on and using Fury’s code story: “who else knows about your wife?”)

-Steve is Awful at lying but hes also Excellent at lying

-How tf did Steve get the flash drive in the vending machine without the vending machine dude noticing i-

-“Captain Rogers” “Neighbor >:(“ petty little shit

-Steve’s observation skills are A+++++ as we can see in the elevator scene

-More reckless endangerment like imagine just going through your work day and captain america falls through the ceiling

-Steve stole someones gym clothes after escaping SHIELD. let that sink in

-Natasha has about a billion masks on at all times (“I only act like i know everything, rogers” “the person that programmed this was slightly smarter than me. slightly” “the truth isn’t all things to all people all of the time”) also she’s quite insecure, especially when it comes to being perceived as a good, trustable person

-Meanwhile, Steve’s consistently himself even if it costs him

-Bucky trained Natasha in the Red Room (at least in the comics) so theres a good chance she made the connection between him and Steve and withheld that information

-The honeymoon in New Jersey😭😭

-Steve and Nat both have very different, but entirely valid approaches to situations: Steve’s is that of a tactiction, Nat’s is that of a spy’s. We see this in the scene at Pentagon City Mall

-Steve’s looking for someone with shared life experience and bucky has that

-Bucky killed JFK

-When Zola tells him that his death and life both amount to that of a zero sum, he punches the screen with his bare fist, not his shield, indicating just how much that upset him

-Pierce offers Bucky milk cuz he knows “the asset” can’t refuse or accept offers. He’s taunting him

-Sam drinks orange juice straight from the bottle and also doesnt refrigerate his mustard. There’s also a baseball trophy in his apartment so,,,,, baseball player sam anyone?

-Sam is also a gem who immediately helps out Steve and Nat with no judgement in his tone so they don’t feel ashamed

-Nat straightened her hair somewhere in Sam’s house

-“Cuz thats really not your style, Rogers” “you’re right, it’s not” *rubs sitwell’s arm* “it’s hers”

-Steve and Nat banter Steve and Nat banter

-Sam is just *clenches fist* so cool

-Nat immediately knows where Bucky’s gonna shoot when he lands on the Sam’s car and later she knows how to affectively fight him best because he trained her so she knows his fighting style

-Steve alone saying “Bucky?” was enough to break Bucky’s conditioning the slightest bit

-Sam met Steve like 36 hours ago and he’s already being arrested and made into a government fugitive with him and it won’t be the last time

-Steve is the only one entirely restrained

-“Even when I had nothing I had Bucky”

-Everyone meets Sam and is just like “aight let’s trust him with the highest clearance security information”

-Steve looks super nauseous all through the scene where Rumlow is handcuffing him and later when he says, “he looked right at me, like he didn’t even know me” he sounds sick and choked up

-Steve carries a lot of weight on his shoulders

-Steve’s “Bucky?” after the highway battle and Steve’s “Bucky?” in Bucky’s memory in the Vault Scene being different (in Bucky’s memory, he looks more heartbroken)

-Sebastian’s acting. Just all of it. And the way Bucky just opens his mouth for the mouth guard before he gets wiped....heartbreaking

-Steve realizes an organization that was meant to protect the people has become its own antithesis so hes like “aight. get rid of it” damn that’s the right mindset right there

-In the memory scene after Sarah’s funeral, Steve is so out of it and distressed, that he can’t find his key but Bucky immediately knows exactly where it is and what he’s lookin for

-Bucky was vain as shit and also had money: tailored suit, hair w shit ton of brylcreem in it

-The big breakfast Steve had was at Sam’s house

-The whole scene on the helicarrier between Steve and Bucky is incredible here are some highlights: Steve never backing down from a fight until it’s Bucky he’s fighting, Steve dropping the shield for him, Steve being ready to die if living means he’s living in a world where Bucky’s alive and doesnt remember him

-Their acting in that scene is so genuine and heartbreaking i can’t- i can’t-

-Steve’s got a comm i’m so chances are Nat, Sam and Maria can hear a portion of what’s going down on the helicarriers

-“I’m with ya to the end of the line” is basically “til death do us part” so the equivalent of wedding vows between Bucky and Steve is what ultimately broke Bucky’s conditioning

-When bucky fell, steve didn’t jump after him but when Steve fell, bucky went after him even tho he’s brainwashed. don’t think about steve’s guilt surrounding that. youll only get sad

-Bucky waited until Steve took a breath to leave him

-Sam waited by Steve’s side in the hospital

-In the end credit scene, Bucky and Steve originally were supposed to make eye contact, but the writers didn’t want it established that Bucky remembered Steve until CW

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Every time I watch it from here on out, I’m gonna add a lil more as I notice hehehe

[venhedish]

So I have thoughts about 5.20 Hammer of the Gods and I guess it's probably a hot take because I haven't ever seen this one mentioned as a least good episode, but this was BY FAR my least favorite episode of the show so far on my rewatch.

Yeah. Not Bugs, or Route 666 (though that one’s a close second). Oh, man. I just decided to give IMDB a check and this one’s actually well inside the top 50 best episodes by user rating at number 41, so this really is a spicy hot take.

Listen. I get what they were going for here, and I appreciate that as a pagan I’m not really in the target demographic the show was trying to hit. I’ve read American Gods; I feel the vibe. But the execution on this one just really leaves something (a lot, basically everything) to be desired.

When I watch Supernatural, I put on my disbelief-suspending goggles and my ignore-problematic-representation-issues helmet more than with like 90% of the other media I consume because, yeah, there’s a fucking killer story under all those layers of network: CW and every-monster-is-just-some-guy syndrome. But even with all that protective headgear this episode still gave me a fucking concussion.

There are just so many weird plot holes this episode introduces into the show for basically no reason other than to shoehorn more badly drawn pagan gods into the mix. (GUYS though I’m not gonna go off on a tangent about this I promise but I do have to mention the Halloween episode with SAM HAIN the demon as like, peak comedy to my little pagan heart.) Also the issues of turning gods into monsters that need to be killed is not the topic up for discussion either because Supernatural has been doing that since season 1 even though it’s tacky and I hate it, though AT LEAST it’s equal opportunities bad because The Abrahamic God and Satan are just some-guy’d like the rest of them and also are monsters to be killed so whatever! Though can you imagine if they’d put Jesus the Christ in this show? lmao the CW would never.

Okay so here’s my big issue that afaik is never canonically explained sufficiently, though correct me if I’m wrong! A couple episodes before this one, Zachariah is at a bar shooting the shit with a human lamenting getting fired, and he makes a comment about how he’d been working for the Man Upstairs for five or six millennia, which, har har—fun reference to the fundamentalist belief that the earth is only 6,000 years old. But then in this episode, Kali, who, by the way, is way more fucking badass than she gets to be in the show and I resent that, says something to Gabriel about how the pagan gods were here first. So ... where does that leave us as viewers with brains that think thoughts? If the pagan gods came first, then the “Christian” god the show makes use of didn’t create the world, or humans? They were both already there?? So how could Lucifer have rebelled over not wanting to love his father’s second creation, humanity, if humanity already fucking existed??? Like this episode sets in stone that gods like Kali and Odin were here first, and in order to exist, surely they’d need humans to worship them??? So what thE FUCK, SUPERNATURAL? WHY CAN’T YOU BE CONSISTENT WITHIN YOUR OWN GOD DAMN LORE ESPECIALLY ABOUT A THING THAT BECOMES BASICALLY THE ENTIRE PLOT FOR THE NEXT 10 SEASONS OF YOUR STUPID SHOW FOR STUPID BABIES?

But the thing that gets me even more is just how unnecessary this was. Even if Zachariah was making a joke and the angels have existed since, I dunno, the philosophical “beginning,” Kali and the pagans would still have existed first per her line. Like?? Just don’t include that line?? Just make it vague and say something like, “just because you’re the top dog now doesn’t mean you always were,” or literally anything else, UGH.

There’s a reason why American Gods pitted all the gods of historical religion against modern concepts like technology and media, and it’s because when you start trying to debate which deity came first in a world where they all actually exist, you make a big mess.

I’m sorry I thought about this so hard, but I did. I liked the Gabriel/Lucifer stuff we got in this episode, but I want to throw the rest in the garbage. You can make the argument that the reason these old gods are so weak compared to Lucifer is just because they’re members of pantheons that are fading in worship, but Hinduism is practiced by over a billion people! It’s the third largest religion in the world! ARGHHHHHH!

I get it, Supernatural. The whole universe exists in America and everything is fine. Why are you like this? Please seek help.

[icefire149]

An Angel’s Vow

[Dean/Castiel - Season 12 divergence where Cas was the only one with Kelly when she gave birth and he goes on the run/in hiding with baby Jack. He’s trying his hardest to be a good dad.]

Chapter One - (Or Read on AO3)

It was the third car he ditched, and the fourth he’d stolen today. Cas knew that he was being excessive at this point, especially with the erratic out of the way routes and doubling back he’d been doing in case he was being followed. He couldn’t afford a mistake. Not now.

His gaze slid over to the rear-view mirror for probably the thousandth time today. Still, there in his eye line was Jack sleeping in his car seat. The sight unnerved him every time.

Reading books, watching videos, taking online classes were all one thing, but...actually taking care of a child was a completely different experience. Jack wasn’t even twenty-four hours old yet, and Cas had already frozen in panic and broke down crying more times than he’d care to admit.

They crossed over the state line into Washington. Cas’ grip tightened on the steering wheel. What he wanted most was to be going in the opposite direction. To an extent, yes, the Men of Letters Bunker would be safe for Jack, but nowhere was going to offer the protection they needed from Heaven. His body ached to head for Kansas, because after these last several years on Earth, Cas was starting to associate the feeling of home with the Winchesters. And home was something he badly wanted for Jack.

The sun was rising when they drove up to the small cabin in North Cove. Cas parked the car, but he didn’t move from his seat. Guilt was coiling and tightening around his throat for the entire drive, but it was only now with the house looming over him that he desperately felt like clawing for air. It wasn’t fair what happened to Kelly.

The next several weeks were bumpy. Jack was definitely growing faster than human babies his age, but no where near as fast as Amara. Whether any of that was a good or a bad thing, Cas had no idea. The nephilim was an utter mystery to him. At the very least, as far as Cas could tell...Jack was a happy baby.

That was the only thing that kept Cas grounded while he tried to master the finesse of diaper changes, formula, and wrangling wiggling baby limbs. What didn’t help was the disharmonious tune of longing encircling him. Some days it was quiet like a lullaby, but others it was erratic and thunderous. The worse days were the ones where there was nothing at all.

It stung, but he knew that Dean wasn’t intentionally praying to him. He would if he absolutely needed to, but Dean was stubborn. Cas figured that even if Jack was aware of the situation, his reasoning skills were sufficient enough to surmise Dean was angry and that he wanted Cas to return to the bunker just so he could be told exactly so.

Castiel was in no mood to be chastised for doing exactly what Dean would do if the situation was reversed. The man’s double standards were maddening.

Today though was different. Cas was busy at the kitchen sink washing dishes when he heard a whisper. Castiel? Are you there? He dropped the small bowl that was in his hand. It splashed soapy water back up at him. You better be alive.

He stood there waiting for several minutes after that, but there was nothing else to the prayer. That was it. Cas picked up the dish towel on the counter and dried his hands, looking over his shoulder at Jack in his high chair.

Jack’s smile widened when they made eye contact. He started lightly tapping the palms of his hands on the tray part of the chair.

“Is it okay if I make a quick phone call?”

Jack’s head tilted to the side while he babbled.

The soft smile on Cas’ face grew. “I know. I know. We’re supposed to be off the grid hiding.” Cas dug his cell phone out of his coat’s inside pocket. He looked at the black screen before looking back at the baby. “It’ll only be for a minute. And after all this time there’s no way anyone is watching close enough to find us, right?”

Jack continued to babble away while he tried to wave every limb he could. Even his metaphysical wings.

Cas couldn’t help but chuckle at the sight. He knew this was Jack’s way of signaling he would like to be released from the chair’s confinement. “Can you wait until I’m done with my phone call, and then we can sit in the other room? It won’t be long.”

Jack stopped his wiggling and went back to rubbing the palms of his hands all over the chair. Cas took that as a, yes. Sighing, he leaned his back against the edge of the counter and turned his phone on.

It came to life and buzzed erratically for a couple minutes. Cas wasn’t sure what to do other than wait for it to stop. Even Jack was eyeing the phone oddly. Eventually, the buzzing ceased and Cas discovered that he had: over a dozen missed calls, tons of text messages, and a couple voice mails.

He groaned. It was bad enough that he had to keep track of the phone at all times, but what he really hated were the angry, red notification icons. So Cas did what he had to and cleared them out. All the missed calls were from Dean and they were consistent. He never went more than four days without calling. Cas opened the text messages next. The majority were again, from Dean.

Cas opened the ones from Sam first: Hey, I know you’re doing what you think is best but please pick up the phone once in a while.

Hey, is there any chance you can let Dean win the competition for being the most stubborn bastard this time and call him back? He’s driving me insane.

I saw on the news an aerial shot of the blast zone. I hope you and the baby are safe. Send us any kind of sign that you’re okay. Please.

It was too much. Grief battered into him in an unforgiving wave. Cas put the phone down and plucked Jack from his chair. He held the baby close to his chest. “We’re okay,” he whispered. “We’re okay. We’re okay. We’re okay.”

And they were. And so was Sam….and Dean. But not Kelly. It was inevitable. They all knew that, but still….Cas hoped that there would still be something he could try.

For now he was just grateful that he had the foresight to get Kelly far enough away from the cabin before Jack was born. He knew that she wouldn’t survive the birth. He knew that it was likely going to alert every angel, demon, and curious moron in creation, but he still wasn’t prepared for what occurred. The power blast….atomized her and tore apart tons of trees in the wooded area. He couldn’t imagine what the sight was that Sam saw on the news.

The tiny fist pounding into his collarbone finally snapped Cas out of his thoughts. Tilting his head down, he saw Jack’s big blue eyes intently staring into him. “We’re safe,” Cas whispered. He kissed the top of Jack’s head. “Everything’s fine.”

Cas went back to the counter and retrieved his phone. He brought Jack into the living room and they sat in the rocking chair by the window. The moment Jack caught a glimpse of a bird flying by, he was entranced by the window. Cas hung onto him with one hand while he stared at his phone.

There were still messages to read. He opened Dean’s: Where ARE you?

We’re not gonna do anything to the kid, okay? Removing their grace was just an idea.

I DO get it. You know that right?

The ship has sailed stopping the kid from being born. We’re not gonna let anyone go Old Testament on the kid. Besides the bunker has more than enough warding.

We’ll figure something out.

PpiECE o f shit. PICCJ UPP

What did Satan jr do? Tear down the nearest cell tower?

Come on Cas.

Are you even getting any of these?

Call me back NOW.

We’re not dead in case you care.

WHAT HAPPENED?

It looks like a bomb went off. That’s what the news is calling it.

I know you’re not dead. You’re too damn stubborn to die in a blast like that.

Cas.

It took several deep breaths before Cas felt calmer. Knowing Dean, any of that could have been worse. He scrolled back up through the messages again, trying to piece together the timeline of each one. We’re not dead in case you care. That one in particular concerned him most.

Cas ruffled Jack’s sandy brown hair. Jack leaned back and stared up at him making a couple happy noises. He looked back at the phone again. Dean could hate him for the rest of his life and that would be okay, because that meant he was safe enough to live that long. And Castiel could live with that.

He listened to the voice mails next: Cas, buddy, I…...I don’t want to be having this conversation like this. Those British assholes started killing us...the hunters. Everyone we know is fine….as far as I know. But….Cas, I really need to know that they didn’t get you. There was a long pause where Cas assumed the message was over. He held onto Jack tighter. Cas….they trapped Sammy and me in the bunker. Sealed us in...to suffocate. There was another pause, and Cas felt cold. He knew they were fine. They sent messages after this voice mail was made. He felt like he was the one suffocating. I’m sorry.

The next one started on it’s own before Cas could even try to pull himself together. You don’t get to do this. You’re either laying low in hiding right now or you’re in pieces from whatever happened in that blast zone. Did you ever stop to think ho- Cas felt himself lean forward, wondering where the thought was going before Dean cut himself off. He strained to pick up any sound, but there was only silence. Come on, man. Pick up your damn phone. Pick up any phone. And that was it.

Cas felt like he was being held together by one frayed thread. The part of him choking on guilt was begging it to snap, but the baby lightly kicking the heels of his feet into Cas’ thighs gave him enough reason to keep moving forward. He had more responsibilities and worth now than being the Winchester’s bulwark. Castiel hoped that one day they would understand that.

“Okay, Jack.” His voice came out strained while he turned Jack around to look at him easier. He cleared his throat before continuing. “I can’t put off making that phone call anymore. Wish me luck.”

Jack’s big blue eyes stared at him intently.

“Your wish is received. Loud and clear,” Cas said getting up and crossing the room to Jack’s playpen. It was made of rainbow pastel colored panels with star decorations. He placed Jack down in the safety of the pen, and then Jack immediately latched onto the foot of a plush lion doll.

Cas went back into the kitchen. He paced the room, again and again. The whole time his eyes were glued on the name in his contact list. Finally, he tapped the name and the line started ringing. Cas held his breath, worried that he was only going to make things worse.

It rang, and rang, and rang. And then, “Castiel?”

“Hello, Claire.”

[dantelionwishes]

poppy’s team: lore dump ahead!

this is gonna be super long since I may have just copy-pasted stuff from my old notes AJSGJAHJASGJH I hope the blocks of text are to your liking!

ELIAS THE LUCARIO

As a pup, he actually broke open from his egg alone without any parent or adult pokemon nearby 

This explains his lonely nature 

He wasn’t exactly taught how to get through life and had to figure everything out by himself 

Pokedex entry: “It can crest three mountains and cross two canyons in one night,” SO he goes on a trip, rather, training journey around sinnoh to try and take care of the loneliness ended up in route 217 since its from the other side of coronet mountain  

Ended up in route 217 since its from the other side of coronet mountain 

This was where he met the kirlia who got annoyed by his standoffish nature and decided to fight him

He was already pretty beaten up from all the shit he’s recklessly been doing his whole life so far so it shocks him on why this kirlia isn’t using any psychic moves to finish him off

Before any of them can do a finishing blow on each other, they sense a powerful, hurting presence 

Pokedex entry: “It has the peculiar power of being able to see emotions such as joy and rage in the form of waves.”

They decide on a truce to check it out (they’re both emotional pokemon so their instincts put this up on front 

They find the trainer who seems to have fainted from, what they assume would be, the cold

He’s shivering and stuck inside the acuity cavern and they realise he doesn’t even have any pokeballs…how on earth did he even get there? You needed at least a pokemon (with rock climb) to get there if you were a human

Because this riolu is so used to being alone and against the world, his initial decision was to leave him alone, but the kirlia convinced him to give the trainer a chance

Because of the suggestion of a chance, he himself wanted another chance at life too, so he agrees and, alongside the kirlia, helps him to bring the knocked out trainer to snowpoint city, where the nearest pokemon centre is

GALAHAD THE GALLADE

In the wild, as a ralts he was part of a family that mostly consisted of adults who were gardevoirs (and others, ykno, other kirlia and other ralts)

There gallade wasn’t much of a thing in the wild bcos dawn stones were rare, and before male kirlia knew it, they would already naturally evolve into a gardevoir  

He accidentally ran into a trainer once who owned a gallade and it amazed the young ralts, realising he could evolve into that made him excited  

He started to train in knight-like ways with makeshift swords, acting valiantly, becoming brave, the protector of his siblings in the family 

Because he trained so much, he ended up evolving into a kirlia 

He didn’t want to end up accidentally evolving into a gardevoir but still wanted to train 

(Idk who but an intrigued trainer) ended up making him an actual sword with the hilt of it being made out of everstone 

He treasured this unique item and trained with it more to improve his attacking skills 

He ended up saying goodbye to his family in order to train in other places

He ended up in route 217 where he encountered a riolu  

The two had rubbed off each other in a bad way so he wanted to defeat the other which ended up with both pokemon having a long battle 

Although he was psychic type, he wanted to try fighting the other with physical moves instead of special moves  

The two of them ended up stopping the fight bcos since they were both emotion/aura sensing pokemon, they sensed a strong presence up in lake acuity  

Pausing from their fight, they decide to check out who is pretty much dying in their senses to find a trainer knocked out cold, literally, shivering inside the acuity cavern  

The riolu wasn’t fond of doing anything at first, but was persuaded by the knightly act of kirlia 

The two decide on a truce to bring the trainer to snowpoint city 

They vouch and pretend to be the trainer’s pokemon until he recovers 

Pokedex entry: “If its Trainer becomes happy, it overflows with energy, dancing joyously while spinning about.”

he has never actually felt the need to dance, especially after focusing on his life in the future to become a gallade he doesn’t exactly see poppy as a trainer yet, only vouching for the trainer until he gets better, but once the young man actually laughs and smiles for once (bcos he’s been pretty silent, depressed, confused ever since he woke up bcos apparently he’s lost his memory), the kirlia suddenly feels the need to dance 

He is unable to stop this feeling, so he dances in reaction to poppy laughing/being happy/enjoying the Pokemon’s company 

LATTE THE (shiny) LOPUNNY 

As a buneary, he was abandoned by previous trainer who was a contest contestant 

trainer always spent time with him and got frustrated because he wasn’t evolving into a lopunny yet

went and did contests all the time, but never appealed because of his “non-cute” personality, (he was rowdy) 

was fed poffins (probably overfed tbh) to raise his cuteness stats but as much as it was raised, it never worked because of his personality 

trainer got fed up and abandoned him (LMAO TRAINER DIDNT EVEN KNOW HER BUNEARY WAS A MALE, talk about an asshole,)

Afterwards, he started to frequent the poffin house to steal poffins made by other trainers, getting the attention of the house owner

He keeps stealing and eating poffins to raise his cuteness stats, wanting to return to his old owner 

Poppy comes to the poffin shop, experiences latte actually stealing the poffin from him, and hears the story from the house owner before deciding to follow the “thief” 

Poppy follows the buneary from eating the poffins to finding him in the contest hall trying out to perform once more

Latte sees his old trainer and is overjoyed, running to meet her but realises she is with a different pokemon performing and is heartbroken  

But before he can leave, he is pushed to perform under the spotlight without a trainer but Poppy saw this and had come from backstage to the front to vouch being Latte’s trainer 

During the contest the buneary actually evolves into a lopunny (to which even Poppy is fucking SURPRISED AS HELL)

They actually win the contest, to the previous trainer’s dismay and confronts Poppy that she’s the og trainer, wants her pokemon back, and wants the contest badge 

The contest judges intervene and questions what’s going on and to who the trainer really is: but seeing as Poppy vouched for Latte and that Latte stuck to him instead of her, they decide that she was a liar and they escort her out of the contest hall for throwing a tantrum 

Poppy is confused as fuck as to how the goddamn buneary evolved so quickly, but this is probably because the pokemon was in such depression and desperation that when pulled out of that combined with a true trainer/partner, it opened the possibility for evolution via friendship 

Pokédex entry: “You can tell how it feels by the way it rolls its ears. When it's scared, both ears are rolled up.”

When he was with his trainer until before he met Poppy, his ears were always rolled up

Now that he’s Poppy’s Pokémon, his ears have calmed down

ZACHARIE THE TOXICROAK

Previously owned by a galactic grunt 

it was very disobedient towards its original galactic grunt trainer (I guess a good example would be Brock and his croagunk?)

even though it was disobedient, it was a lot more intelligent than a regular pokemon and so it often hated how the galactic grunt would handle things since it knew somehow it could do better than that

despite being part of the terrorist group, it always ran into Poppy (who was trying to stop team galactic) and often gave clues and helped him out a lot 

poppy is chaotic stupid so this special Pokemon, literally working for the enemy team, would literally tell him what to do

In the end, when the galactic grunt faced off with a fight against poppy, the croagunk, when commanded to attack, instead attacked his oWN FUCKIGN TRAINER LMAO 

decides he doesn’t like being on the evil team and joins Poppy’s team, helping him to the point of even removing the clothes of his galactic trainer to help Poppy disguise himself and go undercover in team galactic’s hq  

Pokédex entry: “Inflating its poison sacs, it makes an eerie blubbering sound for intimidation,” but instead of making a strange croaking sound it would sound as if he was chuckling, making fun of you kind of laugh

despite being part of poppy’s team he is still very “my pace” as he tends not to listen to poppy, acting more independent as if it were a wild pokemon