#AHAHAHAHA I forgot about this

[hello-galad]

Cid has a battered old radio in his workshop. It catches a frequency that plays old songs, sometimes nostalgic for couples dancing to the rhythm of soft blues, other times all it plays is rock music and Cid hums the lyrics absentmindedly.

Sometimes Cid can hear soft humming coming from somewhere above him, as silent as the turning of pages. Vincent likes to read, perched most of the time on one of the crates or the wing of one of the planes. Sometimes a rafter, others a chair next to Cid’s as the engineer goes over blueprints and equations.

That day the radio station plays a soft but rhythmic melody that Cid will be the first to admit he doesn’t know how to dance to, but he doesn’t really care as he reaches out to Vincent with an extended hand in invitation. Vincent, who had been watching him swing around the workshop, a feeling of peace and happiness in that smile that carefully keeps the cigarette Cid is smoking in place, accepts Cid’s extended hand. Without warning he is lifted from the chair, twirled around and back in the blonde’s arms.

The song ends and is followed by a softer one that Vincent recognizes from back when he was still a Turk for ShinRa.

They sway together to the voice of the singer who reminds her love that she’s forever theirs.

[lemon-wedges]

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[selfloverrrrrr]

Home invader Gojo, noncon and degradation kink pls

You're alone...?

Warnings : smut , heavy smut, unprotected sex, Noncon, Kidnapping, physically and emotional abuse, biting, torture, size difference, home invader Gojo, Mafia Au....

Summary: Gojo and Sukuna are rivals. Sukuna pulled Gojo's trigger without any reason now Gojo came to take revenge....

( All characters are aged up/18+)

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Mafia world is full of danger. But Mafias love playing with danger. Actually their life based on danger..... There were so many mafia families. But there were two most powerful families. One is Ryomen family another one is Gojo family. They were equally powerful and were rivals. They always fight with each other to take the most powerful's place. The head of Ryomen family is Ryomen Sukuna and the head of Gojo family is Gojo Satoru.

Ryomen Sukuna did a bomb blast in one of Gojo's drug selling company. Sukuna is my brother. My own brother. Sukuna was watching the news of the bomb blast he did. Watching the news and smirking. I just came down from the second floor, from my room and saw Sukuna watching news. "What are you watching" I asked and sit beside him on the couch. "Progress" he replied with the smirk.

"you did that?" I asked. "Who else gonna do?" He asked looking at me. " Why did you do that without any reason?" I asked. "Well sis, that's not a reasonless .... I did that because Gojo was trying to be the powerful again...so yeah " he replied. "That's not a reason tho.... but whatever, I don't care " I replied. "Oh?..." Sukuna said and started tickle me "I know my sister doesn't care about anything " he said with a smile and tickle me more. "Ahahaha... stop....ahahahaha Sukuna stop " I said between laughs. He finally stopped.

"you're an ass" I said. He smirked at me. "Oh... I forgot to tell you... I'm going out for a dealing tonight gonna return tomorrow night" Sukuna said. "Okey... and can you call your special jeweller? I was thinking about making a new diamond earrings" I said. "Okey...miss Ryomen" He replied.

Sukuna went for his deal that night. I was home alone now. Actually not alone there were some bodyguards with. Ofcourse Sukuna won't leave me without any protection. Being Mafia's sister is dangerous too. Doesn't matter if I have done anything or not life is still risky.

At Gojo's office:

Gojo was sitting on the chair of his office. Clenching his jaw. He banged his hand on the table infront of him. " That son of a bitch trying to play with fire huh? This fire gonna fucking burn him!!!" Gojo said with grinded teeth. Everyone was silent infront of him. " Just oder us , sir....we gonna end him" yuta said and everyone agreed with him. "Nuh... not gonna order this time... wanna do this with my own hands" Gojo said and went up from his chair.

Gojo's POV

It was night time. I went to that motherfucker's house. Already security out. I just walked inside normally because my gang members killed all the security of the outside. Going inside there were bodyguard as normal. I took out my gun and started shooting. All members of my gang are shooting too. Yuji, Yuta, Megumi, Nanami, Nobara and Maki. Everyone shooting. My guards were shooting too. But something seemed suspicious. After so many shooting sounds Sukuna didn't came? Strange!... Did he run? Doesn't seem like. All guards were killed now. "So so so ..... Where is the great Ryomen Sukuna? Is he sceared now.... bitch you started this shit... now fucking come out!!!" I scremed. But still no response.

End of Gojo's POV

Y/n's POV :

I was listening music in my room. Earphones were in my ear. There's a bell in my room. If I press the button the bell will ring and servent or someone gonna come. I was feeling hungry. So I pressed the button. Few minutes passed still no one came. I took off my earphone and pressed the button again. Still no response.... 'why ain't they coming?' I thought. I got out of my room and rushed down floor. "Why aren't any of you answerin-" I couldn't complete my sentence when I saw the dead bodies every where.

There were some people standing there. One guy with blonde hair, a girl with short brown hair, a girl with green hair, a guy with black spike hair, a guy with pink hair, a guy with black hair and then a tall guy with white hair and blue eyes. I know him. He's none other than Gojo Satoru. Our rival. They all looked at me hearing my voice.

My eyes widened. I couldn't say anything with fear. "Who's that?" Gojo asked. "That's Sukuna's sister, Mr.Gojo" Nanami said. Gojo again looked at me. "Oh... I see...it seems like that bitch isn't at home rn" Gojo said. I started going upwards back to my room slowly. " Lemme take care of Miss Ryomen... you all go to other side " Gojo said with a smirk. They all gave him a smirk back.

I didn't look at any where and run towards the bedroom. I could hear him running behind me. As I went into the bedroom I turned and closed the door. But Gojo didn't let it shut. He grabbed it from other side and pushed it. He pushed the door with more pressure. I was pushing the door from the other side. But didn't take much time for Gojo to come inside. As he came inside my heart beat fasten. He closed the door and locked it.

He came towards me and hold me tightly close to him. "P-please let me go.... I don't wanna die... please don't kill me " I said with shaking voice. "Oh don't worry.... I'm not gonna kill you sweetheart " He said with a smirk. One of his hand started squeezing my ass. It striked in my mind what was he going to do " no no... p-please no" I said. " shhhh.... you should relax..." He said. " Your brother did something... and I already gave him his gift for that.... I should give you something too" He said smirking at me. "Please no..." I panicked.

He started dragging me towards my bed. Then He threw me on his bed. Fear grabbed me by my neck. Gojo started crawling towards me. " S-stop..... please stop" I said. I tried to get off from the bed but he grabbed me by my leg and pulled me back on the bed. " I'm begging you....please stop" I begged but he crashed his lips on mine. Kissing me roughly. Making me breathless.

He started undressing me. I tried to stop him but my strength was nothing for him. He almost took off my clothes. I was just left in my panties. Gojo started licking my nipple. His was so teasing. I moaned. He continued his teasing licking and sucking on my nipple. With his one hand he grabbed my other boob and squeezed it roughly. I scremed so loudly.

When he was done playing with my nipples and boobs he got up and started taking off my panties. " Gojo please...." I begged again but he didn't listen to me. He bring his face close to my pussy and licked it. "Oh...someone is wet~.... so you're liking being a slut huh?" he whispered with a smirk.

He took off his pant. His huge length was out now. My eyes widened at his length. It was too long and too thick. "What slut? Thinking can't take it?" He said. He grabbed his dick stroked it two or three times then line it with my entrence. I began to panic. " Gojo Gojo no.... please no .... Gojo please no... It's too big.... it's not gonna fit." I sobbingly begged him. " Shhhhhh ..... Sluts doesn't talk too much.... so you should accept what I'm doing " He whispered in my ear.

" P-please no... s-stop" I begged but didn't even listen to me and slammed his whole dick inside me in one slide. I scremed. He didn't even give me time to adjust his size and started thursting in and out roughly. I was throughig my legs with pain and begging him to stop. And he was liking it so much. His thurst became harder and harder. I clenched around him tightly and he moaned loudly " ughhhhhh....ahhh s-so...ahhhh....so f-fucking tight " he started rubbing my clit with his thumb and I bite his shoulder scratched his back to control myself. "Look at yourself whore....fucking clenching around my dick like a whore you are" With a few more thurst I came. He again smirked at me. He was still thursting roughly. I felt his cock pulsing inside me. I tried to push him away with all of my strength." Ughh...no no no no...ahhhhhh...no please no....ahhhhhh..... n-not ahhhh.....not inside..." I moaned. He grabbed my throat and chocked me down to the bed. " Shhh.... shut up and just fucking take what I'm giving you." He screamed. Within a minute he came inside me I could feel his seed inside me. Then He pulled out.

"my....m-my brother's gonna kill you" I said before passing out. "He should care about himself first princess" Gojo said picking me up in bridal style.

Sukuna's POV:

I just arrived home. I opened the door. " Hey sis, I talked with the jweller about your diamo-" I couldn't finish my words. I saw dead bodies and bloods all over my house. I slowly took out my gun. "...sis?" I said. I was slowly going towards y/n's room. The door was closed. I opened the door and point the gun. No one was there. 'where is y/n?' I thought. Then I saw a envelope on the bed. I went towards it and took it. I opened the envelope. My blood started boiling. There's a picture of Gojo fucking y/n. This mother fucker!!!!! When I saw the backside of the photo there was written *Did you liked the gift?*"I'm gonna fucking kill this son of a bitch!!!!!!!!!" I scremed.

Part-2

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Softie!Abby Anderson x fem!reader - Modern Au, Comedic, fluff

Word count: 1k

You and Abby now enter a serious relationship, after months of Abby courting you- it was all worth it the moment you held her hand and professed your hidden love for her under the fireworks on Christmas Eve, Abby was shocked to even hear that! And so, both of you spent the evening, fingers interlocking never wanting to drop her hand. Romantic, isn't it? after that, everything has been steady. Cuddling during romcoms, and dinner dates-- you both have already gone through the "meet with parents" stage! Your relationship with each other has been all but a breeze.

While you ponder at your desk, a question drops from your train of thought...

Both of you only kissed once! wtf! You abruptly leave your seat, mouth agape, and hurriedly count your fingers

'one... two...'

THREE FREAKING MONTHS!? AND NOT A SINGLE TOUCH ON THE LIP!?

You don't know whether to laugh or cry. Sure, you pecked each other's cheeks once, and she does forehead kisses sometimes, but nothing more than that! Sure, you could go with the flow and wait for the moment to bloom... but still, both of you should be glueing each other's lips by now!!

or... maybe you're being too needy, this is your first relationship after all. 'Am I being needy?'

maybe! ... I actually don't know, I'm only writing this.

You groan in frustration and plop yourself back down to your chair, and suddenly a knock was heard at your door.

"_? you there?"

Oh crap, you forgot Abby said she mentioned staying over your dorm on the weekend.

"Just... a minute!" You yell as you groom your hair, and put a bit of chapstick on before you open the door. You see her in her iconic braid, white polo shirt, and earth-green cargo pants. And all you put on the table are just pajamas... But unbeknownst to you, this made Abby's heart tingle.

"Sorry for making you wait! um... chores!"

Abby chuckles and ruffles your hair, her lips forming a smile as she stares at you, "You do remember that I'm coming over today, right?"

"Oh! AHAHAHAHA-" you burst out while repeatedly patting Abby's shoulder, "...no."

"Ah," Your sweetheart replies, her eyes almost drooping down before she lifts herself up. "Well, are you busy?"

"NO!"

You cough, "I mean, no... not busy, completely free even!"

She takes a while to process your expressions, which is... not so like you, and her state looks as if her tail droops down.

"I feel I'm bothering you..."

"No, no! You cry out, sorry- I was just pondering about something and got completely startled.", Your eyes pan over hers, "Are you... angry?"

Abby sighs and smiles gingerly. Leaning down at you, she places her love on your forehead and shakes her head, "Of course not, just wanted to make sure I wasn't hindering your plans."

A smile tugs your lips, and your hand extends as you reach for hers, inviting her inside.

"So, what's your game plan, Anderson?" She chuckles and raises the hand you held, her lips tenderly brushing on your knuckles, making your cheeks warm and flushed.

"I was thinking... we watch the new 'savage starlight' franchise."

Your eyes light up at the news, "There's a new movie!?"

"Yes! Abby chuckles, I bought it on my netfl*x account."

"Wow, look at you- so updated, and here I thought you were so focused on your studies." You say, a brow jerked up and your mouth tugged to a smirk. Abby looks up above, avoiding any gaze, "Um... I just stumbled upon it, I swear!"

You let out a hearty laugh and pinch her pale freckled cheeks. She closes her eyes in response. "Ow"

"That's what you deserve!"

☆-☆-☆-☆ "Uhm." Abby blurts, prolonging the letter m for at least 3 seconds. "Oh..!" You respond, your tone as if you're almost gonna burst out from laughing.

It seems like, Abby 'Let's watch the new franchise' Anderson bought the wrong movie, and now both of you are stuck on thinking about doing anything fun. "We can play... board games?" You say, patting yourself on the shoulder in your silly head. "Definitely, we should do that."

so you did, but playing 'Mon*poly' with only two people can start to get... draggy. Abby jumps, pointing at the board with her face completely lighting up. "You landed on my train station!"

"Oh come on! I'm absolutely broke!"

Abby slyly slips a "You could sell one of your properties to me" in her mouth, making you feel as if you just popped a vein. "Can I at least pay with a different method!?"

"You can kiss me."

oh.

oh...

oh!

"Sure" You smile, catching her a little off guard.

She leans slightly forward, and you do the same. Abby almost lands her lips on your cheek till you avoid it by looking just straight through her soul.

'huh?' Abby thinks to herself.

She attempts to place a peck on your forehead and you do the same thing again.

Another attempt on your right cheek, you face her, again.

'!?' This time, Abby's extremely confused.

"Do you... not want to kiss me?" She mutters, her eyes almost teary. "What!?" Your eyes widen in shock, your face flushing with embarrassment. "No," you attempt to defend yourself, although you already see tears streaming down Abby's face. "Am I disgusting...?"

It feels like your throat refuses to let out any sound, processing the most unbelievable view you have ever seen. Without a word, you express yourself through action, hand cupping her face, and leaning in to kiss her lips. Abby's eyes widen in surprise before she melts into the moment, kissing you back with a little intensity going on with it.

before you let the moment go too deep, you push her away, making a weird 'pop' sound.

You take in the features before you, and you laugh. "Abby, you look like a pufferfish right now."

"You too," She smiles gingerly, her palm landing in yours.

And you spend the rest of the moment, giggling. Lost in the touch of each other's warmth. <3

[princesspastel8]

Chapter 6: "It's good to be back!"

Dipper POV

I wake up with a splitting headache. I groan as I sit up, pressing and rubbing my fits against the temples of my forehead. I swing my legs off my bed and hiss out in pain from moving to fast.

"Damnit....Bill.." I said while standing up and leaning against the wall for support. "My head...hurts so much."

I hear Bill laugh before he speaks. "Sorry, pinetree, I couldn't help myself. Seeing the fear in those meatsacks' eyes brought so much joy!"

I tense from his shouting. "Please...no screaming." I beg while slowly walking to the restroom next door to my room.

"Right, you had a pretty memorable night, huh?" Bill chuckles.

I take off my t-shirt and sweat pants, turning on the shower to warm water setting. I step inside, letting out a sigh as my tense body slowly relaxes. I lower my body underneath the showerhead, humming to the feeling of the warm water running down my body and soothing my headache.

"Yes, but enough with games. My plan is to bring you back today, but I can't think of who my last sacrifice will be."

"Haha, oh come on, pinetree. I'm sure there's someone out there who's stupid enough to get close to you -"

Bill is cut off by the sound of the bathroom door opening. "Oh! Oops, my bad dude. Didn't know anyone was in here." I hear Soos say.

I sigh heavily, pushing my wet hair from my face. I peek my head out of the shower currant. "So you're saying you didn't hear the water running through the door?"

Soos shrugs his shoulders. "Nope! But I'll wait until you're done. See ya later, dude." He said while walking out.

A smirk plays its way onto my lips as I pull my head back under the showerhead. "I think I found the idiot I can lead to their death...hehe." I chuckle while washing my hair and body.

"I forgot all about good old question mark! This is going to be hilarious to watch playout! Hahaha!" Bill laughs.

"Indeed." I said as I turned the water off and stepped out of the shower.

I wrap a towel around my waist and walk to my room. I open the door and walk inside, locking it behind myself. I drop the towel while walking to my dresser and pull out black shorts and a black tank top along with some boxers.

I dry my body, putting on my clothes. I place the towel on top of my head, and I walk down the stairs. I raise an eyebrow at everyone. No one's in the kitchen, but everyone is in the living room.

"Uh, why is everyone..." I trail off while walking into the living room. I look at the tv blankly. The news is on.

"A crazed serial killer is still on the lose. The bodies that were found and identified as Robert Stacey Valebtino, Tambry, Susan Wentworth, and Pacifica Elias Northwest. The police haven't figured out a clear motive nor how the murders could possibly be linked. I'm Jessica Jimenez, leaving a warning: be at home before sunset, lock your doors and possibly your windows, and stay safe. And now for the weather -"

Stan turns the Tv off to comfort a crying Wendy and Mable. Ford, however, is taking notes on his notepad, possibly writing everything the reporter stated. I sigh, walking over to Wendy, rubbing my hand up and down her back.

"Ahahahaha! Look at all the chaos and fear you put into those meatsacks! So proud of you, pinetree!" Bill cheers.

I feel my cheeks begin to heat up at Bill's words. I shake my head at the sound of Ford's voice. Everyone turns their attention to him.

"Stan and I will be leaving to hunt down this killer. My thoughts are that whoever is doing this has found out how to summon Bill."

Everyone's eyes widen at the mention of Bill, but my eyes hold shock for a different reason. "Just how did Ford figure it out? The deaths aren't linked in anyway....Unless he's referring to me killing two members of the cipher wheel." I thought to myself.

"What makes you think that grunlke Ford?" I question out loud.

"This killer only needs one more life to take. The fact that this killer killed two members of the cipher will speak for itself. So, in order to prevent such a thing from happening, Stan and I will find this killer and turn him or her over to the police."

Everyone nods their head in understanding as the two prepare to leave. "And no one is allowed to leave for any reason. Do I make myself clear?" Stan said rather sternly.

I sigh heavily while everyone else nods. They walk out the front door, leaving Wendy, Soos, Mable, and me.

"Soooooooo....duck detective?"

Wendy drys her tears and stands up. "I c-can't right now....I have to plan h-his funeral." She whispers, her voice cracking.

"And I have to talk with Candy and Grenda like we promised." Mable said while standing up and walking into her room.

"Oh...alright." Soos said sadly.

I watch as the two leave with a smirk on my lips. I glance at Soos as I stand. "Hey Soos, remember how we used to be dino bros?" I ask.

"Yeah, dude! It was so much fun....you know before the fight we had and almost being killed -"

"Right, right. How would you like to be killer hunters?"

"That would be awesome! It's been a while since I've been on an adventure."

"You didn't understand what I asked. Would you like to come with me to find the killer? Stan and Ford are too old to do it alone."

"Uh...I don't know, man, Stan did say not to leave no matter what." Soos points out with uncertainty.

"Oh come oooon Soos! They'll thank us for catching them!" I answer back.

"Well....if you say so! I trust you, Dipper."

"Great! Just let me get a few things, and we'll be on our way." I said while turning to leave the room.

"Hehe, things just got interesting.", Bill hums.

I chuckle while walking up the stairs to my room. "They have...yes they have."

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Mable POV

I sigh as I lay back in my bed, petting waddles with my good hand. I still can't believe that Dipper did that to me....he changed ever since that day. I blame myself for everything....I was drunk and just wanted to be cool. I can never forgive myself for that.

I sit up, hearing the door open to my room. It's Wendy. She's been down and out since Robbie was killed. She mentioned how he never came home last night but didn't think too much of it. I always thought Robbie and Tembery would last....I wonder what happened.

"Hey, uh Mable, have you seen dipper? I want him to look after the shack while I make a quick run. Soos isn't here either, so...." She trialed on.

"Huh?! But Stan said not to leave....should we tell them?"

She shrugs, "eh maybe...I'm sure they're safe."

But I don't believe it. Something feels off... really off. Dipper is different, far darker than he was back then. I never knew that he got the Cipher wheel on his back...I would sometimes hear him whispering in his room in the middle of the night. I don't know if it's me or the Mable juice, but Dipper isn't... dipper.

I hear Stan and Ford enter my room with a strange expression.....fear? "Grunlke Stan? Grunlke Ford? What's the matter?"

"No time to explain. Where's Dipper and Soos? We looked all over the shake but couldn't find them. We were hoping they were in here..." Ford said while nervously looking around my room.

"I don't know. I saw them walking into the forest through the window, just thought they were going to help you two find the murderer." I point out while smiling.

"Uh kid... we already know who the murderer is." Stan said in disbelief.

"Well, say it, old man." Wendy said in an impatient tone.

"Dipper. He's the killer." Ford finally said, his voice full of dread.

Wendy laughs as if it was a joke, but the look on my grunlkes faces says it all. The feeling in my chest grew heavier. How could my twin brother..be a killer?

I feel tears fill my eyes as I stare down at my broken wrist. "Wh-what makes you think that -"

"No time to explain! Get ready. We are leaving now before it's too late."

"What do you mean?" Wendy questions warily.

"Before Dipper brings back Bill."

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Dipper POV

As we get closer and closer to Bill's stature, the wider my smile becomes. So close...so so close...

"Aye dude, where are we going?" Soos asks while glancing around. "Isn't this where that Bill guy stature is?"

I turn around and chuckle, my vision flashing to yellow. "Yes. Yes, it is."

I can sense the fear coming off of Soos. It only makes my excitement grow. We approach his stature. I see tree veins wrapped all around his poor stature. I groan at the sight but smile as I hear Soos backing away from me.

"I don't know about this man. Dipper, I think w-we should head back..."

I chuckle, my chuckles changing to laughs, my voice becoming mixed with Bill's. "Sorry, question mark! But pinetree has other things planned."

I drop my bag, pulling out a pistol I took from my father before leaving for gravity falls. I turn around, aiming the gun right in between his eyes. "Dino bros... yeah, sure, when I was twelve. But things are different now....very different. Think about it this way! Your sacrifice will soon bring me happiness!"

Soos eyes begin to fill with tears, which only makes me laugh more. "Dipper, you can't do this, dude! Wh-what about your family?...you can't do this to us!"

"Family?....Bill is my only family." I frown before shooting him, killing him instantly.

I watch his eyes roll back as blood spats on my face. I place my gun back into my bag, picking up Bill's stature and placing it in the middle of an open space. I pull out a can of blue spray paint, drawing a huge circle around it. I then draw a star, the corners over the star with circles on the tips. I reach back into my back for the jars and 5 candles and a lighter.

I quickly place the jars and candles inside the circles on the tips of the star. I quickly open each jar, lighting up the candles. I watch as the red flame quickly turns blue. I stand before my art, my hard work finally paying off.

My smile disappears as I hear my name being called. I ignore it, holding my arms in the air as the palms of my hands glow with blue flames. "L-T-O-L-O-X-A! His time has come to rise! I invoke the ancient power that Bill has returned!!" I shout to the top of my lungs as my body begins to float from the ground.

"We're too late...." I hear Ford whisper in grief.

I watch as Bill's stature begins to float from the ground as the souls merge with it. The sky darkens, and reality freezes, turning to black and white. A bright yellow glow comes from the stature, causing everyone's eyes to shut tightly. Once everything settles down, I'm greeted by the voice I've yearned to hear from outside my head after all these years.

"Oh, gravity falls, it is good to be back! What is this? The second time?"

[devildomwriter]

You Go To See A Christmas Carol Part II

Not even in the theatre yet and things are already going wrong among the brothers and a joke by MC quickly and legally escalates.

You watched Lucifer drag Mammon to the parking lot across the street and knew you’d been right that Mammon had messed something up. Someone else was watching this happen from the balcony and decided to assist.

MC: “Barbatos? Why aren’t you with Diavolo?”

Barbatos: “I spotted a certain troublemaker and thought I’d help.”

MC: “Mammon?”

Barbatos: “You are most correct.”

Leviathan: “Wait, don’t leave me, I’m getting this on video!”

MC: “Levi you should probably stay here…”

Leviathan: “This is gonna get so many views on DevilTube. Lol.”

Lucifer: “What were you thinking you idiot?”

Mammon: “I forgot!”

Lucifer: “You forgot about thirteen different weapons?”

Mammon: “No! I forgot about seventeen!”

Lucifer: “Where the hell are the other four!?”

Barbatos: “Shall I help you look for them?”

Lucifer: “Good, Barbatos, you’re here. Please extend my apologies to Lord Diavolo.”

Barbatos: “That won’t be necessary he’s been watching from the balcony, I haven’t seen him so entertained in a long time.”

Mammon: “What the hell?!”

Barbatos: “Silence. Why don’t we find those four other weapons you mentioned?”

Mammon: “I was wrong, it was definitely thirteen!”

Lucifer: “Is that what the metal scanners and pat down will say?”

Mammon: “…”

Barbatos: “You thought it wise to lie to us?”

Mammon: “Someone save me!”

You looked up from your phone after hearing a bit of noise when you remembered that Mammon getting beaten up by Lucifer was not a common practice in the Human world.

MC: “Well…shit.”

Leviathan: “Looks like a crowd is forming.”

MC: “Yep, this is gonna escalate fast…”

Asmodeus: “I got the popcorn— AHHHH!”

Asmodeus: “Beelzebub you gave me a heart attack!”

Beelzebub: “Mmmmm.”

Belphegor: “Is that what human world cop cars look like?”

MC: “Yep. Wow. Three of them.”

Leviathan: “Huh? They just walked away!?”

Asmodeus: “Well that’s boring.”

Diavolo: “Of course they did.”

MC: “Dia!”

Diavolo: “MC! I’m so glad you could make it!”

Belphegor: “So…do the cops just not care?”

MC: “That’s definitely how it’s gonna get reported after seeing that.”

Diavolo: “Barbatos just used a bit of hypnosis that’s all. Oh, MC, I think someone is looking for you?”

You looked to see the officer you’d joked with earlier coming up to you, looking sincerely concerned, and you realized you may have made a mistake.

Security Officer: “Excuse me, I’d like you to have this.”

MC: “Oh, why thank you, Sir…”

Asmodeus: “What? What did he give you, his number?”

MC: “Some sort of phone number.”

Leviathan: “The fights over now so I’ll just look it up.”

Leviathan: “Uh…it’s the helpline for victims of….traffic accidents?”

MC: “Huh? No way it says that.”

MC: “………..I think I messed up…”

Belphegor: “Are you okay MC?”

MC: “No. I was making a joke, just telling him how I met you and I think maybe he thought I was serious…”

Diavolo: “How we met? You mean summoning you?”

MC: “Summoning…kidnapping…same thing.”

Diavolo: “Ahahahaha!”

Leviathan: “Are you sure you should be laughing…”

Beelzebub: “I’m out of popcorn.”

Asmodeus: “Ugh already! That was so expensive.”

Leviathan: “Satan, you came back. What are you drinking?”

Satan: “Some kind of tonic?”

Diavolo: “Hide it, quickly!”

Satan: “Hm? What?”

Diavolo: “I’d rather Lucifer not know there are bars here, especially given how things are going already.”

MC: “That sounds like a fun time, at least he’ll be smiling.”

Diavolo: “I don’t like his scary smile.”

MC: “I think it’s hilarious.”

Asmodeus: “Only cause you’ve never had to deal with the aftermath of one of those!”

MC: “He tried to murder me like three times.”

Leviathan: “Oh yeah, I forgot about that.”

Satan: “To be fair he wasn’t smiling.”

Asmodeus: “See!”

MC: “I’m going to sit down somewhere, tell me if anything catches fire.”

Satan: “Why would it?”

MC: “At this point why not?”

Mammon was back in line dragged past a crowd of worried and angry people and set right in front of the guard who was very anxious to have these people back in his normally calm line.

Mammon: “…”

Guard: “N-name…”

Mammon: “Mam— OW! Matthew…fucking ugly ass stupid bastard name…”

Guard: “…”

Guard: “You may proceed…”

Lucifer: “I apologize for my brother’s antics. Here’s a tip for your troubles.”

Guard: “R-right…”

Lucifer: “I’ll leave a good word with your managers. I never did get your name?”

Guard: “My name is…Matthew.”

Lucifer: “…”

Mammon: “…Shit, my bad man…”

Lucifer: “Stop talking.”

Mammon: “Fine.”

Guard: “…have a good show.”

Everyone was finally together outside the main entrance.

Diavolo: “Lucifer, so glad you could join us.”

Lucifer: “I apologize for our late arrival.”

Diavolo: “No need to apologize, I’m just glad we’re all here before the show begins.”

Lucifer: “I need a drink.”

Satan: “There’s plenty of Demonus waiting at home. This is a proper theatre, alcohol isn’t allowed.”

Lucifer: “I’m aware.”

Diavolo: *winks at Satan*

Satan: *nodding*

Barbatos: “Young Master why don’t we go find our seats.”

Diavolo: “Yes, let’s. We’ll have a chance to sit and talk before the show that way.”

Lucifer: “Right. Come along, everyone. Where’s Beelzebub…”

MC: “Popcorn machine.”

Lucifer: *sigh* “MC please keep an eye on him.”

MC: “That’s the plan. Diavolo save me a seat.”

Diavolo: “Next to me?”

MC: “Please.”

Diavolo: “Haha! Certainly.”

Leviathan: “Stupid normies…”

MC: “What was that?”

Leviathan: “Nothing!”

Belphegor: “I’ll stay with MC.”

Satan: “Okay. Levi lets go. There are pretzels upstairs.”

Leviathan: “I’m not a kid!”

Satan: “Fine. I rescind my offer.”

Leviathan: “Wait, I didn’t mean that!”

You sighed and leaned into Belphegor as you stood there watching Asmodeus talk his way into more bags of popcorn than he was paying for as Beelzebub wolfed them down just as quickly, scaring some children in line.

Luke: “MC!”

Belphegor: “Huh?”

Luke: “It is you! I knew it!”

MC: “Luke!? What are you doing here?”

Solomon: “We heard Diavolo invited you and the brothers to a human world play so I thought we’d come along.”

MC: “You invited yourselves?”

Solomon: “Sort of?”

Simeon: “We wanted it to be a surprise. Solomon got the same box too.”

Belphegor: “As long as Luke doesn’t kick the back of my seat it’s fine.”

Luke: “Keep talking like that and I might. Hmph!”

Simeon: “Now, now Luke. Oh my…that’s a lot of police officers did something happen?”

MC: “Oh dear…Belphie go get Asmo and Beel, we’re going upstairs now.”

Solomon: “Did something happen?”

MC: “Sort of. You should probably not be seen with us right now, why don’t you go surprise the others upstairs.”

Simeon: “…Right…that seems most advisable.”

Solomon: “Let us know if you need anything.”

MC: “Bail money possibly.”

Solomon: “Haha! You’re so funny MC.”

MC: “I wasn’t joking.”

Beelzebub: “I want more—“

Asmodeus: “No time for that hon, let’s get to the elevator.”

Belphegor: “Why are the lights flashing?”

MC: “It means the play is starting soon. We have to hurry. Just don’t run we’ll be more suspicious that way.”

Asmodeus: “Well, none of us beat Mammon up so we should be fine?”

Beelzebub: “It’s the guard…he looks kinda upset?”

MC: “Pardon?”

Guard: “That’s them.”

Cop A: “Excuse me, gentlemen.”

MC: *whispering* “This is America you don’t have to say anything you don’t want to.”

Asmodeus: “Okie dokie.”

MC: *sigh*

Cop A: “This guard here tells me you know who we’re looking for?”

MC: *panicking* “What guard?”

Cop A: “…”

Cop B: “…”

Asmodeus: “…”

Beelzebub: “…”

Belphegor: “Good one, MC.”

Guard: “Those four were with the others. I don’t know where the green one came from.”

Beelzebub: “The green one?”

Asmodeus: “He means Barbatos.”

Cop B: “So you do know him?”

Asmodeus: “Oopsie.”

Belphegor: “Don’t “Oopsie” me. Stop talking.”

Asmodeus: “But my voice is so pretty that’d be a crime.”

Beelzebub: “I’m getting more popcorn.”

Cop A: “Please stay here, sir.”

Beelzebub: “But I want popcorn.”

MC: “Officer I’ll answer all your questions, that man is…uh…special…he really just wants popcorn. He’s harmless.”

Belphegor: “Did you just airquote special?”

MC: “Please stop talking Belphie.”

Asmodeus: “Ooh, Lucifer’s calling me, I should take this!”

Cop B: “Lucifer?”

Guard: “That’s what they were callin’ the black-haired one who was beating the other Matthew.”

MC: “Other Matthew?”

Guard: “My name is Matthew.”

MC: “…Did my friend say anything—“

Guard: “Yes.”

MC: “I am so sorry, Matthew is a lovely name.”

Cop A: “I’m going to need to ask you all a few questions. First of all, do you know where the victim is?”

MC: “…no.”

Cop B: “Are you sure about that?”

Security Officer: “Mam, I have something to report as well.”

Cop A: “Right, is it related to the case?”

Security Officer: “To the person there yes.”

MC: “To me?”

Belphegor: “We kidnapped you remember.”

MC: “No that was Diavolo.”

Cop A: “Excuse me, sorry to interrupt but do you have the piece of paper this man gave you?”

MC: “Oh uh…no, actually, Levi took it.”

Cop B: “And Levi is?”

MC: “The purple-haired man…”

Guard: “The convent one?”

Belphegor: “Levi’s gonna love to know that’s how he’s being remembered.”

MC: “Yes, but—“

Cop A: “Why don’t we talk somewhere a bit more private, Officer McGuire can talk with your associates.”

MC: “Oh I’m fine, really.”

Cop A: “Are you being held against your will in any way?”

MC: “Aren’t we all?”

Belphegor: “That’s the wrong answer MC.”

Cop B: “That’s enough out of you.”

Belphegor: “I’m not the one that kidnapped them that was the rich guy upstairs.”

Cop B: “Are you admitting to knowing about human trafficking ploy?”

Belphegor: “Umm.”

MC: “Wait, it’s fine—“

Cop A: “Honey, I’ve met a lot of victims of abduction, you may feel that way now but I assure you it’s not okay what was done to you.”

MC: “I wasn’t kidnapped I was summoned.”

Cop A: “Excuse me? Like in court?”

MC: “Okay this has gone too far… Asmo. Remember how I said not to charm people…”

Asmodeus: “Ooh! Can I!”

MC: “Make this go away please.”

Asmodeus: “My pleasure! Hey Mr Cop, Misses Cop! Let’s go have some fun somewhere! This case isn’t that big a deal, got it!? Also, this is totally unrelated to any traffic accidents just a bit of an exchange program thing, k?”

Cop A: “Sounds good to me.”

Cop B: “Right it’s not that big a deal.”

Guard: “What are you two talking about? What just happened.”

Security Officer: “I don’t understand…”

MC: “Yeah…I don’t know how to erase memories so I’m sorry you’re both stuck with all this but if it’s any consolation I can tell you the truth.”

Guard: “Yes! What is happening here?”

MC: “My name is MC and I am the master of the seven rulers of the underworld, you’ve had the pleasure of meeting each of the seven deadly sins. Have a good evening.”

With that, you entered the elevator and Beelzebub quickly hit the close door button as the two men looked at each other bewildered.

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Wirt una cosa, sabes al de Lorna o Endicott?

Porque a ellos no lo has mencionado todavía lo digo por si sabes algo

Question: Wirt, do you know something about Lorna or Endicott? Because I see you haven't mentioned them yet

"Lorna... Heh, I almost forgot her. She was so kind to me and Greg, she really is... A good person. She may have forgotten us completely..."

"Still, I hope she is happy..."

"And Endicott was the millionaire guy of the mansion, right? He thought he was crazy..."

"TO THINK IT TURNED OUT TO BE ME! AHAHAHAHA!"

[theartsanityshoppe]

LOL LOL LOL LOL

You'll never guess what I found more of from even earlier in the year 😂 There's gonna be a few more queued posts at this rate next week... [they're now lasting until Friday haha. One post at noon every day, one at 4pm]

The rest to come later hehehe

I decided to post just all non-Detective Flint related stuff today...

The rest will come over the course of the next few days. I'm gonna queue it all up. There's about 54 pages of doodles just for them haha

[moonspirit]

Ok, Moon, holiday idea,

Annie comes home from shopping one day to find Armin in his office working feverishly, papers containing strange and incoherent calculations and mathematics littering the floor and his desk, Armin muttering to himself,” I don't understand it”

“What is it Armin”

“How does he do it”

“How does who do what?”

“Santa clause!!!!” Armin finally exclaims

“What” Annie asked puzzled

“Ive run the mathematics and so far as I know our current technological capabilities aren't anywhere close to what this guy has” he exclaims feverishly, “imagine if we had the abilities to drop desperately needed supplies in hours what takes weeks to deliver” he continues.

Annie starting to realize what going on “wait you think Santa clause is a-”

“Selfish bastard for hoarding technology that could save countless thousands”Armin interrupts “yes yes I do”

“Oooooo” Annie lets out a sigh, this is gonna be an awkward talk.

Omg ahahahaha xD You mean to tell me Armin believes in Santa but in the most annoying way possible xD

Well, yes, CANON!

Knowing him, he'd probably dive deeper than necessary into every single myth and legend taking them for fact, and you know the person who's really having a field day with this?

It's Pieck.

Because see, on the one hand you have Connie who ALSO believes in Santa but is satisfied with the explanation that Santa's sleigh is powered by reindeer fart. Armin, however, needs the SCIENCE behind it. How? How does Reindeer fart power the sleigh? What about its storage and transportation? Can you compress it into liquid? How much does it cost per kilometer? Can it be used to power a train, for example?

To Connie, Pieck says: "It's the stink, Connie boy, it has great propulsion power, that's how Santa flies so high."

"Woah! For real! Santa's goddamn awesome!"

To Armin, she says: "Yeah there's a chemical reaction, I don't remember it now, but try 2H2 + O2."

"... Pieck, that's water."

(Ah. She forgot, from one gaslighter to another, this isn't gonna be easy.)

"Really? I must be getting old teehehe, but oohhh I remember now, if you compress it into liquid and then light it on fire, it kind of expands into an incredible force that sends the reindeer flying through the air at the speed of light."

"... Hmm... I wonder how the math works out for that? Okay, lets see... if x is the weight of fart in liquid form..."

"... and y is the temperature of gunpowder..."

"... I see it I see it! Though... these calculations need some work, so I'm gonna go refine them tonight until I'm 100% sure they're right!"

Pieck: *nervous laughter*

Later, Annie and Pieck have a talk 😔

"... Thanks for putting up with him, but Pieck, did you have to go that far?"

"What? He's occupied for now isn't he?"

"Yeah but now he's gonna pull an all-nighter with the rubbish math you fed him."

"... I did my best."

"Hm."

"... how long before he finds out?"

"That it's bull?"

"Yeah?"

"... not long."

"Oh god. Can't you just... tell him Santa's not real?"

"That would kill him. And I can't do that."

"Ffs Annie."

"Well, 'night."

"Goodnight."

*from the hidden alcove in the stairwell, Reiner clutches at his heart, eyes wide with terror*

What do you mean, Santa's 'not real'??!!!

TLDR: All the boys are stupid 🥲 Except Jean. Only Jean.

[ddlcpoly]

how Yuri and natsuki end up together?

*Natsuki is rummaging through the clubroom closet*

Natsuki: Fuck.

*Yuri noticing that Natsuki is having problems decides to check up on her*

Yuri: Um, Natsuki, what seems to be the issue?

*Natsuki turns towards her*

Natsuki: Oh, ugh, it's just that I can't find my copy of the first volume of Ouran Host Club.

Yuri: Is it the manga that a character in a pink suit and a bouquet of flowers for a cover?

Natsuki, confused: Uh, yeah, why?

Yuri: Didn't Sayori borrow it?

Natsuki: Oh, shit, yeah. I forgot. How come you know?

Yuri: Oh, uh, well you gave it to her a few days ago in front of everyone.

Natsuki: Oh yeah, I forget that you always see everything.

Yuri: O-Oh I'm sorry I didn't mean to intrude.

Natsuki: Wa-Wait, wait no. I didn't mean it like that, yo-you're just attentive. I guess.

Yuri: O-Oh, really?

Natsuki: Yeah. Sure. Like, I’m not good at the whole complementing thing, but yeah, I’ve seen how good you are at paying attention to stuff.

Yuri: O-Oh, thanks.

*A small awkward silence fills the closet they're in*

Natsuki: So um. Can I ask you something?

Yuri: Sure. What is it?

Natsuki, her face turning increasingly red: So like, um, we've been friends and stuff and like, you like girls and I also like girls, so, um, would you- uh.

*She looks up at her, Yuri looks surprised*

Natsuki: N-NEVERMIND! I'M GOING NOW.

*Natsuki adverts her eyes away from Yuri and starts speed walking towards the door*

Yuri: W-Wait. I-I uh, you. Can I? Uhhh. Pl-Please can I? J-Just wait a bit.

*Yuri grabs hold of her sleeve*

Yuri: I-I think I know what you were about to say? So you can just say, please.

Natsuki: Y-You knew?

Yuri: Wait, no I.

Natsuki: Wh-Why do you want me to say it outloud? So you can reject me?

*Natsuki's eyes start to water*

Natsuki: Are you going to make fun of the raging lesbian that couldn't keep it in her pants?Is that's it? Or is it that you want me to stroke your ego by saying the shit that I find so hot and amazing about you, is that wh-

*Yuri leans in towards her and plants a kiss right on her lips, a quick and nervous peck, one that both girls felt it lasted forever and yet ended way too early*

Natsuki: I-uh, What?

Yuri: I-I-I like you Natsuki, a-a lot. S-So could we go out? Please?

Natsuki, blushing furiously: I-UH, WHAT?

Yuri: It’s uh, I do mean this, I-I know that you have had issues with trusting people and I-I know that sometimes people are assholes that say things without meaning them, but please believe me when I say that there is nothing I am more certain about than my desire to go out with you. So please, c-c-could we?

Natsuki: YES!

*Yuri takes a tiny step back, startled*

Natsuki: I-I mean, um, s-sure, I think i-it’s worth a shot.

Yuri: …

Yuri: Ahahahaha.

*Yuri starts laughing uncontrollably. Natsuki looks at her with concern and worry.*

Yuri: Aha, I am, ahaha, I am sorry. It’s just that you are really cute, Natsuki.

Natsuki: Wha-what!? D-Don’t say that.

*Yuri calms down from her laughing fit and smiles lovingly at Natsuki*

Yuri: Um, sorry, I don’t know what came over me.

*A default phone notification sound comes from Yuri’s backpack.*

Yuri: Oh, sorry, it’s probably one of my moms.

*She quickly glances at her phone after taking it out of her backpack*

Yuri: Oh, it’s really late, I need to get going if I want to make it for dinner. I’m sorry I can’t stay, but I’ll see you tomorrow?

Natsuki, with her phone in her hand: Shit yeah, it’s late, my dad probably won’t like it if I take any longer.

*As they both get ready to leave, Natsuki gets an idea*

Natsuki: So, uh-

*She yanks Yuri by the collar swiftly lands a kiss on Yuri’s lips, savouring the moment now that she wasn’t caught off-guard and starts running towards the hallway*

Natsuki: See you tomorrow bae!

*Yuri looks on at where she once was in stunned delight*

[hollow-lime-green]

Fanfic Writer Interview

This looks fun!

How many works do you have on AO3?

55!

Which is not what is listed lol. This is maybe a good time to mention that I actually have a side PWP AO3 although I haven't used it in a while, and haven't written any PWP for JJK. So only go check it out if you like FE3H rarepairs or Hades, I guess.

And if you do the math between my two accounts, you still won't get up to 55 because a few of those are actually posted anon. I did some kinkmeme fills for the FE3H fandom and while I'm not ashamed of the content lol, I did those as more of a writing reset thing and they're not as edited/polished as I would like? So I just don't want them under my real accounts.

Your top 5 stories by kudos/likes:

So first, just, full disclaimer - kudos is not a good stats metric to judge your fics. Kudos amount is not sensitive to quality, it is sensitive to fandom size, fic type (pwp vs plot-driven, oneshot vs multichapter, au vs canon), rating, and length. Please god do not ever judge based on flat kudos.

A better metric (which by the way you should still not care about metric when you do Enjoyable Hobbies) is hit:kudos ratio, which I find is almost always around 10:1. If I want to see how well a oneshot does, that's a good metric. Repeat readers can't give repeat kudos, so that metric is useless for multichapters.

Anyway this is why it's good to comment on the fics that you like - the nice words people say to you are infinitely more valuable and better than numbers. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

A Real Breakthrough - Arcane Jayvik, PWP, 4.3k Set in S1 Act 1 (so no spoilers for S2)

Yeah so this is my most kudosed fic and it is not even close. I love this fic, I snapped with this fic, however it is also the only thing I have ever written for Arcane so it's like this one massive outlier on my AO3.

2. it's not gay unless the domains touch - JJK Stsg 40k

It's a little surprising to me that this one has so many more kudos than 2sorcs, but that has more to do with a.) if you like 2sorcs you'll go back and read domains, whereas you may read domains and not go on to 2sorcs and b.) fandom life cycle and when domains was coming out vs 2sorcs coming out after JJK ended

3. Bend the Knee - Hades Thesterius PWP 3.6k

Ahahahaha i forgot about this fic, I did snap with it though. I will play Hades 2 when it actually full releases and then I'll probably be insufferable. Hades fandom was very very fun and friendly, especially the Thesterius subsection. It may have been the nicest and most accepting fandom I've been in.

4. two sorcerers chillin' in a hot tub (five feet apart cause they're not gay) - JJK Stsg 115k

she's up there! she's on the board!

5. The Torment of Stillness - Hades Charmes PWP 4.4k

good for her, I didn't realize this fic had done so well

Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

i really try to respond to all my comments, or if someone writes a bunch I'll respond to them as a group. I struggle to write comments myself, even when I absolutely love a fic, so to me it's no small thing when people take the time to comment, and responding is a way I can say 'thank you' and 'hi yes i am a real person and your effort has made me tangibly happy'. plus like, we're all doing this for community, and community only happens when we actually talk to each other. interaction is the life blood of fandom, and it's how you make friends :)

What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?

weelllll I don't really write sad endings tbh. and maybe that's giving away the game a little bit with FIYM but I promise it's gonna be a tough road to the happy ending there. so if i had to pick one, it would be a Satoru POV piece but it almost doesn't count to me because those aren't exactly 'endings'. for that, I'd probably say the uncertainty principle (JJK STSG 1.4k) is the angstiest. it's also not really a plot story, so not really an ending, but I think 'angstiest character study' still counts.

by my definitions though, I am going to nominate Swan Song (FE3H Balthuri, 9.4k) This one is more full bore angst, although I think the ending is... optimistic? I really like this fic, although it is for a tiny tiny niche ship.

What’s the fic you’ve written with the happiest ending?

uuuuuuuhhhhhhhh. how do you even measure happy? also i don't have a lot of longfics with 'endings' because i'm a piece of shit with abandoned wips (i am so sorry FE3H)

I'm going to say Limitless (Hades Patrochilles, 1.1k)? It's not a lot of plot to be ending but I think it's probably the most feel good? Second nomination to Condemned (Hades Thesterius, 7.5k) which has a little more plot.

Do you write crossovers?

not exactly. I write AUs, but I don't generally cross characters over, which I feel like is more of what 'crossover' entails. No hate, just not something I feel particularly compelled to do.

Have you ever received hate on a fic?

nope. literally never. it is extremely rare on AO3 (in my experience) unless you are dealing a Really Big Ship and you run into people with extreme T/B or characterization preferences. I have seen friends get hate, esp in Big Ships in the FE3H community, so I know it is a real thing that exists, but I have fully dodged it.

the closest thing I've ever gotten is someone being like "ew, you wrote Ares/Dionysus?? that's incest!"

but all you can do with that is laugh, because... my brother in christ, do you know Greek canon?

Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

yep. lots. I don't know what 'what kind' means, but I write all kinds. with and without plots, with and without inhuman genitalia, with and without consent.

i currently only have mlm and mlmonster posted, but i have written (and not been happy enough to post) wlw and het. hopefully that eventually changes, because I do feel bad that I don't have more equal opportunity smut out there. women are great we love women. i just don't feel like I write wl well enough yet.

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

i don't think so!

Have you ever had a fic translated?

i have had someone ask, i don't know if they ever posted, it is still an extremely high compliment and it makes me smile that someone even wanted to do it.

i have had a fic recorded, which is definitely my peak (The Prince of Roses, FE3H Ashedue Sleeping Beauty AU 1k/6min). that was so cool. podficcers are very cool, they are doing god's work, and I would totally do it if I didn't hate my voice.

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

no, and I think I would be a nightmare to work with, because I am very particular about everything.

however, i love love love collabing with artists and I have done that several times. and I would love to do more!

What’s your all-time favorite ship?

FE3H Balthuri. It's so niche but it's so good. Balthus has a lot of depth to him if you look past the surface. And Yuri's backstory is an incoherent, impossible spaghetti bowl caused by the creative team not being able to say no to any single idea. love them.

What’s a WIP that you want to finish but don’t think you ever will?

The Lion of Kupala - Balthuri Canon Divergent AU 30k Political Intrigue

i think my plot ideas for this fic were very interesting, but the amount of effort I put into the atmosphere building and stuff was burning me out compared to the size of the community. and I would expect the fandom for this ship is basically dead these days so if I did go back to it, it would be a pretty solitary labor of love. I am unlikely to finish my Ashedue fics either, but I am significantly more likely to finish those because there's more potential that people might cheer me on and help me get to the finish line for that ship.

What are your writing strengths?

comedy, apparently! i didn't really write comedy until JJK, so that was kind of a surprise.

i would probably say characterization too. different reads on characters are (or, can be) equally valid because you're working with limited text. I think the key is staying consistent.

i'm very good at dialogue matching if there is a good enough sample size to draw from, which I don't think there is for lots of manga. i don't think my dialogue matching is good for JJK, especially with the translation from JP making some of the ENG sound unnatural in the actual manga. but I think for my other fandoms, I did pretty good

What are your writing weaknesses?

action for sure. and people are very nice to me about my action scenes, but they are for sure the hardest pieces for me to write and they take a long time for me to conceptualize and wrangle into coherent words.

these days, atmosphere has been a weakness too, I think. i used to really focus on that in my writing, but it has been more fun to be a little more dialogue and plot driven vs super rich moments. that's part of why I burned out on some of my FE3H fics. it takes a lot of mental energy for me in the writing process to constantly check in on scene setting/atmosphere.

What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

clarity is the most important thing - your reader should understand what you are saying and be drawn into the context of the world. sometimes writing dialogue in other languages adds, sometimes it subtracts. does the character understand that language? if so, they should hear it in the reader's language so that is understood. if they don't, then it should be given outside of the reader's language. and in that case, you should always have your specific translation in the end notes (if you want the reader (not the character) to know what was said), or you lose some clarity/intent.

What’s a fandom/ship you haven’t written for yet but want to?

Chainsaw Man.

when i started FIYM, the other Big Project I was looking at was a multipart 'X Lives and Here's Exactly How it Could Work in Canon". but i didn't find the ship very compelling and it takes a lot for me to write gen because I find the community is better/more active for ship fics. so we went with FIYM even though my idea was less fleshed out (narrator: that would soon change).

What’s your favorite fic you’ve written?

string theory (JJK, stsg, E, 17.4k)

which is funny because it's the only piece of FIYM that was totally unscreened by betas, it took the least time to write (proportionally), and I wrote it when I was probably at my lowest with anxiety, sleep deprivation, and stress.

actually right before I started therapy lol.

'tortured artists' or something like that

Ty for the tag @marichild <3 Tagging: @detta-pica @fireflywitch @ anyone else who wants to do it :))

[mah-t-wordblog]

Hide and seek

Tickletober! Day 4

Lee: Tanjiro and Nezuko Kamado

Ler: Urokodaki

🧡💜🖤🧡💜🖤🧡💜🖤🧡💜🖤🧡💜🖤🧡

Ships: NONE

Warnings: This is a tickle fic, if you don’t like it, just scroll down

This fanfic is originally in Portuguese, my English is translated using an automatic translator, if there are any big errors you can tell me so I can fix them

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Tanjiro and Nezuko would often come to visit Urokodaki, and tell him about their recent adventures

This time the man had gone out to get some food and tea

When he was arriving at his house, he saw Tanjiro coming out the door and looking around confused, he seemed to be looking for something

“Master! Have you seen Nezuko?”

“No Tanjiro, why?”

“She wanted to play hide and seek, now I have to find her” Tanjiro laughed and winked with one eye as if he wanted to say something “if you see her let me know” he ran away

Urokodaki smiled and kept walking until he reached his house

When he opened the door and walked inside, he could hear giggles

Looking around, he saw little Nezuko hiding behind her box

“Ah, so this is where you’re hiding huh?”

“Hm, hm!”

Nezuko giggled, Tanjiro certainly already knew she was hiding there, but he wanted to give her a chance to play

“I was looking for you with Tanjiro, and it seems I found you” the old man said, starting to tickle the little baby girl

“Hm!” She started to laugh

“Be careful, Nezuko! If you laugh too loud Tanjiro will hear you”

The little girl squirmed and just laughed

Tanjiro opened the door to the cabin “Ah-ha! I found you Nezu- oh, it seems that Mr. Urokodaki found you first”

Nezuko ran out of Urokodaki’s hands and hid behind her older brother

“Hm!!!”

“What? Was he attacking you? I’ll protect you Nezuko, don’t worry”

Urokodaki stood up “are you going to protect her? It seems to me that you want to earn the losers’ punishment too”

“No! Master!” Tanjiro tried to run, but was pulled before him “ahahahaha nohohoho”

“And don’t think I forgot about you, little girl” Urokodaki pulled Nezuko and laid her on the floor next to her brother, with one hand he squeezed her belly and with the other his ribs

“PLEHEHEASEHE SIHIHIHIR”

“HM! HM!”

“Then don’t hide from me next time, Nezuko, or face me Tanjiro”

“YEHEHEHES YEHEHEHES”

The old man stood up and laughed a little, he didn’t hide that he liked the two of them or the visits they made to him

“Come on, get ready quickly, we’ll have dinner soon”

“T-thank you sir” the boy smiled affectionately

Nezuko stood up and hugged Urokodaki

He ran his hand over the girl’s head and went to prepare tea and food, while listening to the two excitedly talk about their latest missions and fights, he really considered them as his children

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Happy tickletober loveeees 💛💛

[weirdsht]

Lost - lotcf & reader

notes: hi ahahahaha I've been gone for what? 1 or 2 years? So many things happened lol. I'm gonna do my thesis next year, I think I'm about to become an orphan? My extended family is out to get my life, I think it's the same for my bio dad, overall life has been a rollercoaster. Like every time I try to get back to my hobbies something happens, but I won't let that stop me from fangirling lol

Anyways! that's not what y'all are here for, you're here for the fic!

tags: novel spoilers (late part of book 1), set in endable, transmigrator!reader, naru calls ws "eldest uncle" because that's what the wiki says (but i'm not sure because i forgot huhu), reader is a shrimp stuck between two whales

English isn’t my first language so there will be grammatical errors

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@eggb67 said: So imagine this, reader is from a complete waste land of a dimension and she crash lands into TOCF with no clue of where she is. She runs into WS and the first thing she does is attack him because he looks similar to the person who had been really close when it came to killing her.

The world you came from was one in chaos. Everyone has to fight to survive as if only barbarians lived there. It hadn’t always been like that. One thing leads to another; before you know it, the world is deserted, and only the strongest or the wittiest survive.

Survive, that was exactly what you were trying to do before you lost. Of course, the day you try to get food you encounter some bloodthirsty madman and die…

Well, at least you thought you did. 

You were sure the knife was going to stab your heart. To be honest, you accepted it, living in that world was tiring. You figured that since you have nothing left, no family, friends, or material things, then it should be fine if you disappear.

That’s why you were shocked when you opened your eyes and saw that you were in a different place. The place may be different but you can see the same madman that tried to kill you. 

And it would only be just to try and strike back right?

However, as you were about to swing your arms, that’s still injured, two men who look like knights blocked your movements. This made you fall over and sit on the ground.

“Explain yourself! Who are you and how did you appear here out of the blue?”

Now just what kind of roleplay is this? You were certain that you were in some dingy alley before. But now you look like you’re in a castle, or at least some luxurious lodging.

“Explain myself? I’m the most confused here. Who the hell are you people and where am I? Also, that bastard over there looks like the dude that killed me earlier.”

Now that you look at it properly the man that supposedly tried to kill you was the same but at the same time different. This man also had red hair and was wearing a white mask, but their clothes looked vastly different. Their aura was also different. This one feels more shrewd and has the vibe of a ruler.

Speaking of the mysterious man, he only looked at you as if he found a new toy to play with. That look only lasted for less than a second before it was replaced by a look of concern.

“There seems to be a misunderstanding, but first… Naru are you okay?”

Only then did you notice the white-haired kid near you. He looked shocked but seemed to be fine otherwise. Usually, you were soft when it came to kids.

But your instincts were telling you that this one isn’t a kid.

You have no way of proving it, but years- no decades of trying to survive in your forsaken world has honed your instincts. And your instincts were telling you three things:

The white-haired kid is not a kid

The redhaired man is dangerous

The kid is dangerous too but you’ll have a better chance of survival with him.

“Don’t worry Eldest Uncle no harm was done.”

“That’s good… Well usually we would send attackers like you to prison but as I said there seems to be a misunderstanding. You also don’t seem to be from here and look lost.”

Everyone around you started whispering about how merciful this White Star guy is. From the not-so-hush whispers, you gathered that these two are big shots in this place with the redhead being their ruler. 

That also confirms that you’re now in a world you have no idea of.

Your world doesn’t have a ruler. Well, it had one before but that was decades ago. The sight of people being orderly and following a single person seems so foreign to you now.

“Eldest Uncle if I may, can I take this person with me back home? I wish to treat their injuries and find out how they got here.”

It was only then you remembered that you were injured. Of course, all of them were from the madman from the other world. Just remembering about that encounter made you pissed. 

You kept your emotions in check and listened in on the conversation about you. They were acting as though you didn’t even exist, but it was fine. All you have to do right now is stay quiet and not offend anyone. You have to survive this room first then find out where the hell are you after.

“Are you sure Naru? They may be dangerous and bring you harm…”

“I will be fine uncle. I really want to treat them, seeing someone appear out of nowhere weak and battered reminded me of my own health. Thus why I wish to help them.”

The not-really-brat seemed to be a good actor.

You were far from weak. You may be injured, but not weak. If you want to you can still cause havoc in this place. That Naru guy seemed to know it too. His gaze only landed on you for a second but you can tell he has a good grasp of your strength.

That’s fine as it looks like he's trying to get you away from the more dangerous man so you played along.

As if touched by the kid’s words you tried to get up but only to fall back again. You added in some coughs for a good measure. 

Naru and White Star went back and forth a bit more with White Star saying he was worried and Naru adamantly proclaiming they just wanted to help a weak person like him. Luckily in the end White Star resigned and allowed Naru to do whatever he wanted on the condition that if you did anything rash Naru was to tell him immediately.

Soon enough you were being escorted out of the hall you were in to go to Naru’s residence with the help of some servants. The whole time you could feel White Star’s gaze on you and it felt just like how a mad scientist would look at their new test subject victim.

Let’s just hope you don’t have to meet him anytime soon.

[tobiasdrake]

Digimon Adventure 02x15 - Shurimon's Book of Martial Arts / Big Trouble in Little Edo

Previously on Digimon Adventure 02: Miyako met a cute boy over the summer who actually seemed to like her. Unfortunately, due to him being questionably canon, she was not allowed to keep him.

Shamelessly stolen from Dragon Ball Abridged. Again! This keeps happening to her. Michael only liked her in the dub, Wallace exists in a nebulous canonical space, and Ken only has eyes for Daisuke.

Don't worry, Miyako. I'm sure it will happen one day.

In any case, did you know that Miyako has a new Digimental? In case you forgot about it because the movie was so rad, here's another episode dedicated to her cool new Armor Evolution.

We open on the Digimon Kaiser perched atop his Airdramon, flying over the moon. Briefly reminding us all that he exists.

Wormmon: Ken-chan, you're taking over this area this area too? Ken: Yeah, since all those other kids stopped showing up for the last few days, it's been open season on new territories! It's great! Kaiser: Huhuhuhuhu... AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Zooming out over the Kaiser's new acquisition, we see a Japanese castle below him.

Meanwhile, in Odaiba, Daisuke's taking a bath with Chibimon to wash all Cherubimon's inner void gunk off of him. Chibimon erupts with laughter and writhes in Daisuke's arms.

Chibimon: Daisuke! Daisuke: Ahaha, hey now, stay still! I can't wash you like this! Chibimon: But it tickles! Ahahahaha! Daisuke: (whispering) Hey, don't yell so loud. They'll hear us.

Suddenly, Chibimon tackles Daisuke's face and pushes them both under the water. When they surface, Chibimon's aggressively tickling Daisuke in retaliation.

Out in the living room, Daisuke's parents are laughing at a loud program on TV and don't notice. But Jun's in the kitchen drinking milk, and she overhears all the shouting and hooting coming from the bathroom. She walks into the hall, staring at the bathroom door and looking concerned.

Jun: He's... laughing to himself in the bath...? I hope that kid's okay....

These days, she'd probably just think he was watching TikToks on his phone. But in 2002, this was weird!

In the dub:

Wormmon: Those kids can forget this area. It's all yours, boss. Emperor: Huhuhuhuhahahahaha! (Cut to Bath Time in Odaiba) Davis: Veemon, hold still! I still have to clean the dirt off your toenails! What have you been doing!? Tap-dancing in a frying pan!? Quit wriggling around so much, would ya!? DemiVeemon: I can't stop, it tickles every time you (unintelligible due to Davis talking over him) Davis: Let me at least wash under your arms! You don't want to stink, do ya? DemiVeemon: Not under my arms! That's work! Can't I just be stinky!? Davis: (playful) No way! All my girlfriends will think that stink's coming from me! (Veemon suddenly tackles Davis and starts tickling him) DemiVeemon: TICKLE TICKLE TICKLE!!! Davis: Haha! No fair! I'm supposed to be washing you! Stop it! I'm gonna bust a gut in a minute, so get off me! (In the kitchen, Jun notices) Jun: Huh? (Jun goes into the hall) Jun: It could be just my imagination, but I think my family's gone nuts.

Not sure why Jun ropes her parents into that punchline. They're clearly laughing at a funny show on TV.

"Tap-dancing in a frying pan" got me. XD Very colorful phrasing.

Meanwhile, in the Redub... there is no Redub. We're back down to two scripts.

Cut to Miyako's apartment, where she and Poromon are watching the news.

Reporter: In international news, the manhunt continues in America for runaway child Wallace. Several hitchhikers reported seeing him in the custody of these three Japanese children, whose faces were captured on gas station surveillance cameras. An international investigation is pursuing the possibilty that these children may have abducted and trafficked him overseas. Reporter: In other news, two months after the sudden disappearance of child prodigy Ichijouji Ken-kun, the search is still ongoing. Police believe he may have been wrapped up in some larger affair. Continuing their investigation--

The TV suddenly switches to a samurai cutting down another with a sword.

Red Samurai: GACK!!!

Poromon watches the action with rapt attention, while a blush slowly spreads on his face. Miyako, on the other hand, is not amused. She whirls around to see her father standing in the doorway, holding the TV remote.

Miyako: HEY!!! I was watching that! Father: Isn't it past your bedtime? Hurry up and get to bed.

In her dad's defense, Miyako already knows way more than the police do about what happened to Ichijouji Ken. It's not like this was valuable intel-gathering. She's staying up past her bedtime just to stare into the dreamy eyes of the photo they had up on the screen.

Miyako puffs out her cheeks angrily, but she bites her tongue and stands up. Suddenly, her brother backs into the living room wrapped in towels and carrying a hair dryer. Not watching where he's going, he trips over Poromon, kicking the little guy a couple feet across the floor.

Brother: Ack! Don't leave your stuff lying in the way! Miyako: (irritated) I know!

Miyako picks up Poromon and storms off in a huff.

She's absolutely in the right on that one. Brother was walking backwards into the living room and just expecting his path to be clear. And doing that even though he's still wet enough from the bath that he needs to use a hair dryer on his glorified buzzcut. All so he could watch samurai shows on the TV while drip-drying onto the living room floor.

100%, he is the one creating the unreasonable imposition here, not Miyako.

In the dub:

Reporter: And now for a news update. Kenneth Ichijouji, boy genius reported missing for the past two months, has still not been found. Police believe that he plotted his own disappearance and are continuing their investigation even though they have not had any solid leads so far.

Calling him "Kenneth" makes me want to throw things.

The channel change is a little confusing. After the one samurai slashes the other and the shot changes, they add the sound effect of the TV turning off. So, did Dad change the channel or did he shut off the TV?

Poromon: Huh? Yolei: DAAAAAAD!!! I was watching that! Father: Dads have dibs on the remote, especially when it's your bedtime. Yolei: Mrrrrgh.... (Yolei gets up; Brother trips over Poromon) Brother: Pick up your toys! I almost fell on my butt! Yolei: Looks like my space has been invaded! Hmph! (Yolei storms off)

That last line from Yolei is a little clunky. It almost sounds like she's trying to make a Space Invaders joke but that makes no sense at all. I think it's just a really awkward line.

Miyako goes straight to bed and... whips out her D-Terminal to contact her friends instead of sleeping. Yep. That checks out.

Each of the Chosen Children receives the message in their rooms. Iori and Hikari read it silently; Only Takeru is considerate enough of the third-person audience to read it aloud.

Takeru: "Let's go to the Digital World tomorrow. ~Miyako"

Daisuke is the last to be seen receiving the message. He smiles, then closes his D-Terminal.

Daisuke: Heh. Lights out! Chibimon: Ah!

The boys turn out the lights and go to sleep.

I'm sure this has come up before but just in case it hasn't, I want to point out that Taichi and Hikari are no longer bunkmates. Apparently their parents have decided they're old enough now for separate rooms, though Hikari has nonetheless still somehow managed to take the top bunk in a room built for one.

I guess she just likes sleeping high off the ground.

In the dub, Yolei's email is rewritten in English, though all we see are the letters "Make s".

Yolei: (thinking) My brother is getting on my nerves. Let's go to the Digi-World tomorrow! Cody: Yolei's brother needs us! Kari: Hehehe.... T.K.: "Make sure you all get lots of sleep! You'll need it to fight the Digimon Emperor!" Davis: Hmm... Better snooze! DemiVeemon: Or we'll lose!

Basically the same, apart from Cody's inexplicable random treachery. He doesn't even know what happened and he's already taking Brother's side! Rude!

Fun fact, this is actually a form of sexism! One of the ways sexism manifests is in the kneejerk reflex to assume that women are inherently wrong before you've even considered their position or opinion. "I don't even know what the topic being discussed is, but I disagree with you nonetheless."

Cutting over to the castle town in the Digital World, we find a lone Gekomon sprinting through the streets.

Gekomon: EMERGENCY-GEKO!!! EMERGENCY-GEKO!!! EMERGENCY-GEKO!!!

Inside the castle, a TonosamaGekomon sleeps soundly

Gekomon: MY LORD!!! MY LOOOOOORD!!!

Fittingly, the word for that is the 殿 tono of 殿様 tonosama. Gekomon is screaming, "TONO!!! TONOOOOOO!!!"

Gekomon throws open the door and hurries into the room, screaming and flailing.

Gekomon: WE HAVE A HUGE CRISIS-GEKO!!! HEY!!! WAKE UP-GEKO!!!

TonosamaGekomon slowly opens their eyes and turns their head to look at the screaming Gekomon.

Gekomon: A Dark Tower's been built nearby-geko! TonosamaGekomon: WHAAAAAAT-GEKOOOOOO!?!?

That gets them. TonosamaGekomon throws off their blankets, leaping to their feet and screaming in surprise. They pull a rope near their bed, activating the platform their bedroll's laid out on, which reveals a secret elevator. The platform rises while Gekomon struggles to avoid falling off the side.

Gekomon: ACK HANG ON!!! LEMME ON LEMME ON LEMME ON!!!

TonosamaGekomon continues to raise the platform, heedless of Gekomon's plight.

In the dub:

Gekomon: Listen up! We got big trouble! You better believe it, and it's really a doozy! (Cut to ShogunGekomon's castle) Gekomon: (offscreen) SHOGUNGEKOMON!!! Ugh, he's probably wearing those earplugs again. SHOGUNGEKOMON, WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY!!! (Gekomon bursts into ShogunGekomon's room) Gekomon: AHHHHHH!!! WAKE UP!!! THIS IS NO TIME TO ZONE OUT!!! IT'S A TOTAL DISASTER, I TELL YA!!! (ShogunGekmon opens his eyes and looks at Gekomon) Gekomon: Digimon Emperor has put up a Control Spire! ShogunGekomon: WHAAAAAAT!?!? NO WAAAAAY!!! (ShogunGekomon pulls the rope and raises the platform) Gekomon: HOLD ON!!! Could you wait 'til I get off this thing!? I'm afraid of heights!

They added a couple jokes into the dialogue but otherwise it's a pretty straight adaptation. The only notable difference is that Dub Gekomon wants down from the platform while Original Gekomon wants up.

At the top of the elevator, the Dark Tower comes into view. They play a fun bit with the Tower's reveal, cutting back and forth between the Tower itself and TonosamaGekomon's horrified reaction shots, playing notes of....

I don't know exactly what it's called, but it's a familiar Japanese tune I often hear associated with Japanese theater? Two clicks from what I think are hyoshigi and then one long drum note? I'm not very good with music.

But they cut back and forth between the Tower and TonosamaGekomon freaking out, with each shot of the Tower being another note.

Gekomon: It's just like the one I saw earlier in Morimori Forest-geko! TonosamaGekomon: (panicking) GEKO!!! So the Digimon Kaiser has finally made it this far!?!? (wailing and crying) GEKOOO-HO-HOO!!!

Down in the streets below, Mushmon and Floramon villages look up at the Tower in horror. It begins, as Evil Rings rain down from the structure, coming for them all.

An interesting note about the forest. Gekomon is referring to the events of Mimi's first spotlight episode. It's hard to tell whether Gekomon refers to the mysterious woods Mimi and Miyako ended up in as Murimuri Forest or Morimori Forest, as both have... possible meanings.

無理 Muri means "impossible" or "unreasonable". Murimuri Forest would mean, like, the impossible woods. Magical forests are a staple of Japanese pop culture; In fact, we literally had one of those last series with the Pinocchimon arc.

But it's just as likely that they're just... being silly. 森 Mori... is the word for "forest". Morimori Forest is 森森の森 Morimori no Mori, which is just a fun, goofy name to give a place that doesn't really need a more complicated meaning.

In the dub, they don't do the fun musical samurai notes thing. The background music continues as normal while the show cuts back and forth between shots of ShogunGekomon reacting and the Spire.

(Spire) ShogunGekomon: GADZOOKS!!! (Spire) ShogunGekomon: THIS IS HORRIBLE!!! (Spiiiiiire) ShogunGekomon: The Digimon Emperor's got his hot little mitts on our territory! NYAAAAAAGH!!! Gekomon: We gotta do something or we're gonna be slaves for the rest of our lives! ShogunGekomon: Right! Facing him is like a piccolo going up against a tuba! Gyogh, I'm too tired for this!

Without the playful musical bit, the Spire reveal just feels awkward.

They do, however, capture the vibe of the unmitigated panic sweeping through the scene. Neither TonosamaGekomon and ShogunGekomon are putting on airs; They both come across like they're about to start ugly crying at the sight of this thing.

The dub takes its first commercial break here, at the ominous sight of the Digimon Emperor's forces threatening ShogunGekomon's village.

The next day after school, the junior team meets up in the computer club to discuss the Kaiser situation.

Takeru: I'm worried about what the Digimon Kaiser might have been doing lately. Hikari: He hasn't faced us in person ever since he made Agumon Dark Evolve. Miyako: That's true, but he is still taking over new areas.

Miyako pulls up the Digital World map on the computer, showing the Kaiser's expansion of his territory. Gray and white squares are shown turning into an ocean of black squares, spreading from right to left. I remain confused on what the difference between gray and white squares is.

Daisuke: Heh. What, he's too busy to play with us? Iori: He could be plotting something. Daisuke: In that case, we should make the first move. Takeru: Yeah, we have to recapture at least one of the Digimon Kaiser's areas! Group: Yeah!

Good meeting, everybody. It's time to get in there. The Chosen Children line up and raise their D-3s to the computer screen. Miyako gives the command.

Miyako: Digital Gate, Open! Chosen Children, let's roll!

And just like that, they're gone. Into the Digital World for business as usual.

Returning from commercial, the dub re-establishes the scene by yelling at Davis.

Yolei: It's about time, Davis! Let's get moving! T.K.: I'm kinda worried. The Digimon Emperor has really started to move faster! Kari: I know one thing: He's not afraid of us or he wouldn't keep fighting after losing all those battles. Yolei: LOOK!!! Kari: Huh? Yolei: This is what I'm talking about. We'd better take the spin out of his wheels and fast! (Yolei shows them the map) Davis: Well, I'm all for that. I'm not going to let that brainiac get the best of us! Cody: Yeah, he's plotting something big. I can feel it. Davis: If I were an evil genius, what would I do? T.K.: He may have the brains but we have the brawn! We've got to at least take one of those areas back from him! Group: Mhm! (The kids prepare for transit) Yolei: We're gonna teach that Digimon Emperor a lesson once and for all! DIGI-PORT OPEN!!!

There's a lot of "Let's get him, ra-ra!" in both versions, but the dub skips the interesting point that the Kaiser hasn't shown his face in a while. He used to show up every episode to taunt and jeer and have wicked banter with the children. But ever since the MetalGreymon incident, he's become reclusive. He's still doing his thing but he's stopped showing his face. Why? What is he up to?

Arriving in the Digital World, the Chosen Children get their bearings in the Gekomon castle town.

Armadimon: Where are we-dagyaa? Patamon: What a weird place.... Hawkmon: It's just like what we saw on TV yesterday! Hikari: The Kyoto Uzumasa Studio?

Hikari stares straight into the camera as she asks that question. She's fourth-wall breaking.

Toei, the entertainment company that produces Digimon, owns what's called a "studio park" in the Uzumasa area of Kyoto. It's an amusement park themed around the Edo period of Japanese history, which doubles as the film set for live-action samurai movies.

Miyako: So this is some kind of Edo village, is that right? Iori: No, this has to be the Digital World. Look at that.

Iori points out the Dark Tower in the distance, looming over the village.

...I mean, there was one of those at the Dark Ocean too, buddy. But I guess Iori doesn't know that.

Takeru: Oh, you're right.

Upon noticing the Dark Tower, the Children suddenly realize that they're being watched. Pairs of red eyes are on them from hidden Digimon in every direction.

Takeru: Daisuke-kun.... Daisuke: Yeah. Looks like we aren't alone.

The tension hangs in the air as the wind blows across the sand at their feet, kicking a small dustcloud into the air.

In the dub:

Gatomon: The dust is making my whiskers twitch! Armadillomon: This place is weird! Patamon: Not to mention old! Hawkmon: It's reminiscent of the samurai era back in ancient Japan. Kari: (stares into camera) It could be a film set from an old TV show. Yolei: My dad watched one of those last night! Cody: I think this is definitely the Digital World. See that? (Cody points out the Control Spire) T.K.: It's a Control Spire! That's a sure sign. (Suddenly, everyone notices the red eyes) Cody: What was that!? Yolei: Yeah, red eyes give me the creeps. T.K.: This looks bad. Davis: What are they waiting for!? They already have us surrounded!

Davis asks a valid question. They lost the element of surprise by dragging their heels for so long.

The Kyoto Uzumasa Studio was one of those elements that the dub was just fucked on. There was no way to just name-drop the studio and expect American kids to know what they meant by that. But they did a good job of translating the reference here.

The wind blows by; One last moment of calm before the storm. Suddenly, the Mushmon and Floramon pour out of the buildings and the river, surrounding the Chosen Children in an instant.

Floramon is a Child-stage Data-attribute Plant Digimon. Mushmon is a Child-stage Virus-attribute Plant Digimon.

They and Mushmon are from the Wind Guardians V-Pet, and were seen during the Pinocchimon arc of the original series as Pinocchimon's put-upon subjects. Pinocchimon shot a Mushmon in the face with a revolver! It was Too Hot for TV!

Narrator: Floramon! A Child-stage Digimon whose face resembles a flower. Their special attack, a spray of pollen that causes the recipient to lose their will to fight, is Allergy Shower! Narrator: Mushmon! A Child-stage Digimon shaped like a poisonous mushroom. Their special attack is a small mushroom bomb called Poison Smash.

Once the rundowns are out of the way, the Floramon and Mushmon squads open fire.

Floramon: ALLERGY SHOWER!!! Mushmon: POISON SMASH!!!

The Chosen Children somehow run for their lives despite having been surrounded a moment ago. With mushroom bombs and willpower-sapping pollen everywhere, the Partner Digimon take this opportunity to show off some cool new moves.

V-mon: BOOM BOOM PUNCH!!!

V-mon hurdles the blast from a Poison Smash and spins his arms in circles, blowing away the pollen in front of him. He pours into the enemy ranks, knocking several out of the way.

Patamon slaps a Floramon in the face several times with his wings. It is not a named attack.

Armadimon: SCRATCH BEAT!!!

Armadimon punches the shit out of a Mushmon, which is a named attack.

One Floramon charges at Tailmon.

Floramon: ALLERGY SHOWER!!! Tailmon: CAT'S EYE!!!

Tailmon's eyes glow pink, paralyzing Floramon in place. Their Allergy Shower fires straight up into the air, then comes back down on top of them. Suddenly, Floramon collapses, reclining on their back.

Floramon: I quit. I'm too tired for this. Nap time!

Hey, whatever works.

In the dub, Davis takes back his question about why they haven't attacked yet.

Davis: (thinking) Me and my big mouth. Floramon: (rundown) We're Floramon! We may look like flowers but watch out! Our Rain of Pollen will make hay fever seem like a walk in the roses! Mushroomon: (rundown) We're Mushroomon! You definitely don't want us in your veggie omelet! We may be cute as buttons but our Fungus Cruncher will leave you scratching your head. Floramon: RAIN OF POLLEN COMING AT YA!!! Mushroomon: FUNGUS CRUNCHER!!! (Veemon hurdles a Fungus Cruncher and attacks) Veemon: Stand back! Move it! Coming through!

The rundowns fail to explain that Rain of Pollen will rob its recipient of their will to fight. Veemon does not use a named attack here.

Patamon's wing slapping and Armadimon's Scratch Beat are cut. I guess they were too violent.

Floramon: YOU'RE NO MATCH FOR ME, GATOMON!!! Gatomon: Oh, yeah? CAT'S EYE HYPNOTISM!!! (Floramon freezes and then gets hit by pollen) Floramon: I'm too tired to play anymore. I think I'll take a nappy now.

Not only do we no longer have the context that Floramon's pollen robs its recipient of the will to fight, but Floramon doesn't even fire the attack off. The pollen that hits them comes right out of nowhere, while the naptime reaction seems to just be credited to Gatomon.

Hawkmon, too engages an enemy Digimon. A Mushmon runs in parallel to him and takes a shot.

Mushmon: POISON SMASH!!! Hawkmon: FEATHER SLASH!!!

Mushmon throws four poison mushroom bombs at Hawkmon, who pulls the feather off his headdress and throws it as a shuriken. His feather pierces through each of the bombs, detonating them in succession before any can reach Hawkmon.

Mushmon: Gah... I'll remember this!

Mushmon runs off, leaving a triumphant Hawkmon to-- What's that noise? A rustling in the wind alerts Hawkmon. He turns to look and spots the shuriken flying through the air, then jumps back to evade it.

Hawkmon: A shuriken!?

Hawkmon looks up to see someone hidden up against a tree using a camouflage cloth to conceal themself. Realizing they've been made, the assailant casts the cloth aside and reveals themself.

Igamon is an Adult-stage Data-attribute Mutation Digimon hailing from the Digimon World video game. Their name is taken from... well, from Iga. The town of Iga in the Iga Province was the origin for the art Iga-ryu, which we commonly refer to as ninjutsu and which Igamon practices.

Narrator: Igamon! An Adult-stage Digimon who's trained themself in places all across the Digital World. Their special attack is a gigantic shuriken called Iga-ryu Shuriken Nage.

投げ Nage means "throw". This is one of those rare attacks that's actually named in Japanese instead of gratuitous English. Given the Digimon in question, that fits. It'd be weird to give English attack names to Igamon.

In the dub:

Mushroomon: FUNGUS CRUNCHER!!! Hawkmon: HAWK BEAM!!! (Hawkmon destroys the bombs) Mushroomon: Ack... I'm not getting fried! I've had it! (Mushroomon runs away)

As usual, the dub misses the sound of the incoming shuriken. Hawkmon's alerted to it by psychic premonition.

Hawkmon: Hmm? ACK!!! (Hawkmon dodges the shuriken) Hawkmon: Who did that!? (Enemy Digimon reveals himself) Hawkmon: (rundown) I should have known. That dart belongs to Ninjamon! He'll attack at the most inappropriate moment. He's a very vulgar Digimon if you ask me.

Well, that's rich given what's about to take place.

The dub referse to Igamon as Ninjamon for simplicity's sake. Easier than trying to explain fit an explanation of Iga into the episode. They also gave him this shrill, high-pitched weenie voice in place of Igamon's deep, confident warrior voice.

Igamon talks like the blood of many Digimon has stained his hands and Ninjamon talks like he's not touching you, not touching you, not touching you.

Igamon bounds onto the wall in front of Hawkmon.

Igamon: So, you've managed to dodge my shuriken. Seems you've got some spirit in you. But the next one won't miss. Miyako: From what I can tell, it would seem you're a skilled shuriken wielder. Igamon: Huh?

Igamon turns and sees Miyako leaning against the wall, looking cool and dramatic. She pushes herself away from the wall and holds up two fingers.

Miyako: But you're only second-best in the Digital World. Igamon: What? Then who's number one?

Hawkmon condescendingly shakes his finger at Igamon. HIm and Miyako are unapologetically doing an Edo period movie right now.

Hawkmon: Tsk tsk tsk. That would be me. Miyako: Let's go! DIGIMENTAL UP!!!

It's time to break out the Digimental of Purity! Miyako didn't get to use it all movie and now that the show is back, she is chomping at the bit for some Shurimon action.

In the dub:

Ninjamon: Ha! So I managed to miss you this time. So what!? I was just practicing! But next time, I'm going to split some feathers! Yolei: If you think you're the top ninja, think again! Ninjamon: Huh? Yolei: I'm sorry to tell you but you're number two on the food chain. Ninjamon: Come on! What birdbrain calls himself number one!? Hawkmon: Hehehehe... I'm afraid that has to be me. Yolei: Try him and see. DIGI-ARMOR ENERGIZE!!!

Decent. Neither Hawkmon nor Yolei manage to capture the performative action-movie coolness that their Japanese counterparts are giving off, and instead deliver their lines normally.

Once Hawkmon armors up into Shurimon, it's time for this shinobi showdown to begin!

As soon as he's finished evolving, Shurimon sends his right-arm shuriken straight at Igamon. Igamon hops to avoid it, but it lands in the wall Igamon had been stabbing on and definitely wouldn't have hit Igamon. Bad throw, Shurimon. You screwed up your moment of badassery.

Igamon: So you wield the shuriken too, huh?

Shurimon retracts his shuriken with a comical spring byoi-yoing sound.

Shurimon: Indeed! Igamon: I don't like that.

Igamon throws a shuriken low, baiting Shurimon into leaping over it. Then they pounce, meeting Shurimon in the air and drawing their katana.

Igamon strikes three times as they pass each other in the air, but none of their strikes hit home. Shurimon parries each attack with his shuriken hands until momentum carries them past one another and they land atop the opposite walls.

Miyako: EEEEEE!!! YOU'RE SO COOL, SHURIMON!!!

It's nice that Miyako's having fun but she won't be able to enjoy it for long. She suddenly notices a horde of Mushmon and Floramon at the end of the street, who've found her.

Mushmon: There she is! Floramon: Found her! Miyako: AHHHHHH!!!

With her Digimon presently preoccupied, Miyako has no options but to run screaming for her life while pursued by the horde.

In the dub, they're still giving Shurimon hydraulic machinery noises over his vines extending and retracting. In all the fun of the movie, I totally forgot that the show's dub was trying to convince us that Shurimon is a robot.

(Ninjamon hops over the shuriken that probably wasn't going to hit) Ninjamon: WHOO!!! That's a pretty fancy move, but I'm not afraid of you! (Shurimon retracts his shuriken vine) Shurimon: Wanna see some more? Ninjamon: How about this one, big shot!? (Ninjamon throws shuriken, Shurimon jumps, blade clash) Yolei: GO, SHURIMON!!! You're better than the movies-- Huh? (Yolei spots the horde of enemy Digimon) Mushmon: FUNGUS CRUNCHER!!! Floramon: RAIN OF POLLEN!!! Yolei: AHHHHHH!!!

Mushmon and Floramon call attacks even though all they do is charge Yolei and chase her away.

As a funny note, I had to listen a few times to catch "big shot" because, in Ninjamon's shrill, high-pitched voice, it sounded like he was calling Shurimon "bitch app".

While Miyako runs for her life, the others have remained grouped up. Their Digimon continue fighting back relentlessly against the horde with still-shots of each Digimon firing their special attacks.

V-mon: V-MON HEAD!!! Armadimon: SCRATCH BEAT!!! Patamon: AIR SHOT!!! Tailmon: NEKO PUNCH!!!

With the scene re-established, Tailmon kicks us off.

Tailmon: There's no end to them! Hikari: Every Digimon in the village must be under his control by now! Miyako: GUYS!!! RUN!!!

Miyako, pursued by so many, comes running down the street. When the others see the size of the horde pursuing her, they scream and run too.

Miyako: WAIT FOR ME!!!

Down a nearby alley, a Gekomon pops up out of a manhole.

Gekomon: All of you, this way-geko!

At the head of the group, Takeru initially passes the alley by. But he stops and goes back, inspecting the alley with the second of the group, Iori.

Takeru: Gekomon!? Gekomon: Come on, hurry up-geko! Takeru: (calling to group) THIS WAY, GUYS!!!

Descending into the sewer, somehow Hikari managed to squeeze in between Armadimon and Iori going down. Probably Iori being gentlemanly. No sign of Tailmon either topside or below, though. Maybe she's holding the camera.

Daisuke takes this opportunity to complain that this is breaking his immersion.

Daisuke: A manhole? Why would there be a manhole in the Edo period? Iori: Because this isn't the Edo period. It's the Digital World. Miyako: NO ONE CARES, NOW GET MOVING!!!

Iori is the kind of joyless buzzkill that would say "Because it's just a movie" as the answer to a plot hole. I support Daisuke's valid criticism of the Digital World's set design.

Lastly, Miyako calls out to her Partner.

Miyako: (English) SHURIMON, COME BACK!!!

On a nearby rooftop, Shurimon and Igamon are locked in melee combat. Igamon's blade clashing again and again against the shurikens on Shurimon's hands. Hearing the command, Shurimon bounds into the air and spins his feet shurikens like helicopter rotors to fly away.

Shurimon: This match will have to wait! Igamon: (intrigued) ...Shurimon, huh?

Aww, he's made a rival!

In the dub:

Veemon: VEE HEADBUTT!!! Armadimon: DIAMOND SHELL!!! Patamon: BOOM BUBBLE!!! Gatomon: LIGHTNING PAW!!!

None of the attacks get cut this time, so I guess Neko Punch and this instance of Scratch Beat were fine.

Gatomon: They're under his spell! Kari: There's so many of them! How can we possibly free them all!? Yolei: Help, you guys! These bugazoids won't give me a break! (Everyone else starts running too)

Thanks, Gatomon. I hadn't realized they were being controlled until right this moment.

The gag where Miyako screams at the others to run but then gets mad when they do so doesn't make it into the dub.

Gekomon: Come on! You can hide down here! T.K: Huh!? (T.K. doubles back) T.K.: Gekomon!? Gekomon: Hurry it up before they findja! T.K.: (calling to group) WE CAN ESCAPE DOWN BELOW!!!

When Takeru passes the alley, there is a single frame of him suddenly spotting Gekomon. The dub perfectly times T.K. to go "Huh!?" right at that spot and it's great.

Davis: A manhole cover! I wasn't under the impression that they had those things in ancient Japan. Cody: You've got to realize that this is the Digital World. Anything can happen here. Yolei: WHO CARES!?!? Quit talking and hustle down, okay!?

Solid.

Yolei: Wind it up, Shurimon! We've gotta move! Please, we've got a schedule to keep! Stop fighting and come on! (Shurimon quits the fight) Shurimon: Sorry, but duty calls and so does Yolei! Ninjamon: We'll see each other again!

...we've got a schedule to keep? What?

I do like the play on words for "wind it up".

Escaping through the manhole, we find the Chosen Children receiving an audience with TonosamaGekomon.

TonosamaGekomon: So you must be the Chosen Children? You took good care of my Gekomon and Otamamon before-geko.

One Gekomon and Otamamon pair peeks out from the group.

Gekomon: I really appreciate what you did for us back then-geko. Otamamon: Tama! Miyako: Oh, that was you guys?

Silent flashback to the Morimori Village episode, when Mimi and Miyako were being chased by the Gekomon and Otamamon horde.

Miyako: I see. So you actually live here in this village? Gekomon: We support the lord of the castle here-geko. Otamamon: Tama! V-mon: By the way, do any of you know where the Digimon Kaiser is? Gekomon: I don't think he's here-geko. Otamamon: We only saw Evil Rings come flying and take control of everyone's minds-tama. Armadimon: So those of you in the castle were the only ones that were safe?

The Gekomon and Otamamon all nod, with tears in their eyes and various utterances of "Geko" and "Tama".

Gekomon: (crying) We don't want to be made to serve the Digimon Kaiser again-geko. (Gekomon whips around to face TonosamaGekomon) Gekomon: WHAT SHOULD WE DO, MY LORD-GEKO!?!? Otamamon: My lord-tama....

Otamamon's verbal tic causes them to refer to their Tonosama as "Tono-tama" which is cute.

TonosamaGekomon considers the question before him

TonosamaGekomon: At times like these.... Gekomon: At times like these.... TonosamaGekomon: ... Gekomon: ... Children: ... TonosamaGekomon: We sleep!

TonosamaGekomon flops over and goes to sleep, causing everyone to do comical face vaults. Useless-ass Perfect Digimon.

In the dub:

ShogunGekomon: On behalf of the Gekomon, we thank you from the bottom of our horns. If you hadn't shown up and come through for us, we'd still be servants of the Digimon Emperor! Gekomon: We appreciate what you did for us! You saved our lives! Otamamon: Yeah! Yolei: You guys are a lot nicer than the last time I saw you. (Flashback) Yolei (V.O.): You sure were evil. Not that I'm blaming you. I'd be pretty mean too if I had a Dark Ring around me. But that's all over with now and we're friends again! (End flashback) Yolei: Tell me, is this where you guys are living? Down here beneath the ground? Gekomon: I'm afraid that's true. It's the only safe place to be.

I'd assumed that the sewers had taken us to the castle but the dub suggests we're in an underground bunker. I suppose either is possible.

Veemon: Can you guys give us the inside scoop on where the Digimon Emperor is hiding these days? Gekomon: Hasn't shown his face around here yet. Otamamon: Yeah, he's been incognito! The Dark Rings just flew right in here and brainwashed everyone in sight! Armadillomon: That means the Digimon Emperor knows where you are and he can find you again.

That's not what that means. Armadillomon, why are you trying to give them nightmares? This village wasn't singled out to hunt down the Gekomon.

Imagine taking a single egg and marking it with a star before placing it into a carton, then putting that carton in a truck with a hundred other cartons. Then someone plows into the truck and smashes all of the cartons.

The egg you marked with a star was destroyed, but it'd be a stretch to say it was a purposeful action to spite your egg specifically.

Also, I'm not sure what "inside scoop" Veemon thinks these guys can give us about the Emperor's recent movements. He asks the same question in both versions, but it's awkward when Dub Veemon implies these guys might have some sort of insider knowledge about the inner workings of the Digimon Empire. Weird choice of words.

Gekomon: We don't want to be the Digimon Emperor's slaves again! That was way too awful! (Gekomon whips around to face ShogunGekomon) Gekomon: SHOGUNGEKOMON, DO YOU HAVE ANY GOOD IDEAS!?!? Otamamon: What should we do!? ShogunGekomon: That's simple, my little friend! Gekomon: Uhh, what do you mean by that? ShogunGekomon: ... Gekomon: ... ShogunGekomon: Uh, well.... Children: ... ShogunGekomon: We sleep! (Everyone face vaults) Gatomon: (sarcastic) Oh sure, that'll help.

The dub adds their own punchline to the end of the ShogunGekomon laziness joke. Which is basically the same punchline but conveyed through American eye-rolling sarcasm instead of Japanese physical comedy.

Everyone leaves the useless TonosamaGekomon alone to sleep. Unfortunately... we are not alone.

Igamon slides upon the ceiling panel above TonosamaGekomon.

Igamon: Huhuhuhuhu....

They drop into the room a lot more audibly than I would expect from a shinobi-themed monster, making not only a whoosh but a plop as they hit they ground. They then continue to make noise by talking to their sleeping target, brandishing an Evil Spiral.

Igamon: You too will serve Kaiser-sama!

TonosamaGekomon wakes up, opening their red eyes now under the Kaiser's influence. And they let out a furious roar. By this time, Igamon is tucked away back up inside the ceiling. With a smug grin, they say:

Igamon: He's next....

Referring, of course, to their new rival Shurimon.

The original takes its commercial break here.

In the dub:

Ninjamon: Heeheeheeheehee yahahahahaha! (Ninjamon drops into the room) Ninjamon: I'm sorry, but snoozing on the job's counterproductive! (Ninjamon attaches the Dark Spiral to ShogunGekomon and returns to the ceiling) Ninjamon: He's yours, Master!

The dub also takes its second commercial break here.

Both Igamon and Ninjamon laugh to themselves unstealthily and then whoosh-plop into the room and start talking shit to their unsuspecting target. Terrible ninjas, the both of them. This mission succeeds only because Tonosama/ShogunGekomon can sleep through an earthquake.

While TonosamaGekomon is sleeping, the Chosen Children discuss the situation.

Iori: In any case, our first priority must be to destroy the Dark Tower. Daisuke: No problem! We'll just Armor Evolve and knock it right out. Right, V-mon? V-mon: Yeah, these guys we're fighting are all weak. Piece of cake! Daijoubui!

大丈夫 Daijoubu is a very common Japanese phrase. It means "Are you okay?" or "I'm okay." I'm feeling good. I've got this. I'm in good health.

If you're worried about someone, you might ask them, "大丈夫か Daijoubu ka?" And if they're fine, no problem, then they might tell you, "大丈夫 Daijoubu."

V-mon's name is spelled ブイモン Buimon. There is no Japanese letter for V, nor are there any native Japanese words that use that sound. There's a couple ways this has historically been handled in Katakana for foreign words that require a V sound. For their part, Digimon spells it out as ブイ bui.

So here, V-mon is making an untranslatable cocky pun when he declares 大丈夫い Daijoubui.

He also jinxes them. The castle around them suddenly quakes heavily.

Hikari: Ah! Takeru: An earthquake!?

Miyako curls up and covers her head.

Miyako: NO!!! EARTHQUAKES ARE SCARY!!!

But soon the tremors cease.

Hawkmon: Calm yourself, Miyako-san. It's already passed.

Miyako looks up, seeing for herself that the room isn't shaking anymore. She can rela--

Gekomon: (throwing open the door) EMERGENCY-GEKO!!! Our lord is out of control! Group: EHHHHHH!?!?

This is not going to be 大丈夫い daijoubui.

In the dub:

Cody: First, before we do anything else, we have to destroy the Control Spire. Davis: Aww, that's no problem at all! All we have to do is Armor Digivolve. It's a cinch! Don't you think so, Veemon? Veemon: Yeah! Besides, we're not talking about what you'd call big muscle Digimon, you know? Most of them would rather toss a salad instead! Hehehehehehe.... (Building shakes) Veemon: WHOAAAAAA!!! T.K.: IT'S AN EARTHQUAKE!!! Yolei: Ah! I hate earthquakes! It reminds me of my brother waking me every morning! (Tremors stop) Hawkmon: Don't worry, Yolei. You can relax. It's all over now. (Yolei tentatively unfurls) Gekomon: (throwing open the door) THE SHOGUN'S COME UNGLUED!!! HE'S TEARING THE PLACE APART!!! WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DOOOOOO!!! Group: WHAT!?!?

Untranslatable pun is untranslatable so the dub has to go their own direction with it, and... I don't really understand what they went with. I don't get what he means when he delivers "They'd rather toss a salad" like it's an epic burn. Is it because they're vegetables?

Similarly, Yolei saying she hates earthquakes because they remind her of her brother waking her up is another gag that you have to think about too much for it to really be funny. Like. I get it. Shaking, her brother shakes her awake, which she is comparing unfavorably to being in an earthquake because... she hates her brother? I guess?

Outside, TonosamaGekomon rampages through walls and buildings. They crush everything in their path while projecting their roaring song throughout the village.

TonosamaGekomon: (singing) GEKOOOOOOMOOOOOON!!! GEKOOOOOO-HOHO-MONNNNNN!!! GEKO GEKO GEKO!!!

Emerging from the castle, the children immediately spot the problem.

Takeru: Ah! An Evil Spiral!

TonosamaGekomon is a Perfect-stage Virus-attribute Amphibian Digimon. This one, though lazy, is nonetheless a lot nicer than the one Mimi, Taichi, and Jou encountered back in their first adventure through the Digital World. We probably don't have to beat them into a coma. Just smash the Evil Spiral and we're good.

Narrator: TonosamaGekomon! As the name suggests, this Perfect-stage Digimon is the lord (tonosama) of the Gekomon. They destroy their enemies with an undulating low-frequency tone using their special attack, Kobushi Tone.

Pretty sure we talked about this last anime but Kobushi Tone is a play on words. 小節 Kobushi means an undulating melody, while 古武士 Kobushi means a feudal warrior, such as a samurai. I'm pretty sure TonosamaGekomon's entire reason for existing is this pun.

While TonosamaGekomon rampages, the Gekomon sound the alarm. They evacuate into the village with whatever they can carry. One Otamamon gets caught underneath a basket and can't get out. Directly in their mad lord's path, they scream for help.

Otamamon: HELP ME-TAMA!!! (voice breaking) DON'T LEAVE ME BEHIND-TAMAAAAAA!!!

V-mon doubles back and lifts the basket off the Otamamon's head.

V-mon: Are you okay!? Otamamon: T_T Tama....

This one traumatized Otamamon is really selling the intensity of this situation.

In the dub, they seem to have gotten the words but didn't realize that ShogunGekomon is supposed to be singing. He rampages while just yelling angrily.

ShogunGekomon: GEKO!!! GEKO!!! GEKO!!! GEKO!!! T.K.: Oh no! Look, he's got a Dark Spiral! T.K.: (rundown) I've seen him in action before. ShogunGekomon is an Ultimate Digimon! You may think he just toots his horn, but he can play a note so flat, it'll flatten everything around him! (Gekomon rings alarm bell) Gekomon: GEKOMON EVACUATE BEFORE YOU GET STEPPED ON!!! (Otamamon gets left behind) Otamamon: SOMEONE HELP!!! PLEASE, I'M STUCK, I CAN'T GET OUT OF HERE!!! Veemon: I gotcha!

T.K. has not seen ShogunGekomon in action before. He was with Matt finding Izzy while Tai and Joe were going through that episode with Mimi.

With that Otamamon safe, Gekomon and the children stare up at the out-of-control master of the Gekomon.

Gekomon: Even our lord is under his control-geko....

Gekomon turns to the children to implore them to help.

Gekomon: Please-geko! Save our lord-geko! Takeru: Yeah, we'll take care of it. Patamon: Careful, Takeru! The others are here!

Down one street, the Mushmon horde appears. The Floramon show up down the other, pincering the Chosen Children between then.

No more running. It's time to fight.

Daisuke: Alright, let's go, V-mon! V-mon: Got it! Daisuke: DIGIMENTAL UP!!! (Raidramon Armor Evolves) Takeru: Let's go, Patamon! Patamon: Yeah! Takeru: DIGIMENTAL UP!!! (Pegasmon Armor Evolves) Hikari: DIGIMENTAL UP!!! (Nefertimon Armor Evolves) Iori: DIGIMENTAL UP!!! (Digmon Armor Evolves)

And by fight, I mean two straight minutes of stock animation evolution sequences. Hey, this is a magical girl anime. It comes with the territory.

In the dub:

Gekomon: The shogun's being controlled by the Digimon Emperor! We're in trouble! (Gekomon turns to the children) Gekomon: He's big and obnoxious, but we like him! Can you do something? T.K.: Huh? Of course! Just leave it to us! Patamon: T.K., step it up! They've got us all surrounded! (Mushroomon and Floramon hordes appear) Davis: Come on, Veemon; Let's plant these guys! Veemon: I'm with ya! Davis: DIGI-ARMOR ENERGIZE!!! (Raidramon Armor Digivolves) T.K.: Take 'em down, Patamon! DIGI-ARMOR ENERGIZE!!! (Pegasusmon Armor Digivolves) Kari: DIGI-ARMOR ENERGIZE!!! (Nefertimon Armor Digivolves) Cody: DIGI-ARMOR ENERGIZE!!! (Digmon Armor Digivolves)

Solid.

Last on the list, it's Miyako's turn.

Miyako: Let's go! Hawkmon! Hawkmon: As you wish.

Before Miyako can say the words, a shuriken comes flying through the air.

Hawkmon: Look out!

Hawkmon shoves Miyako out of the way. However, the shuriken wasn't aiming at her; It plants itself in the ground a couple feet to her right with a note attached. The note is written in DigiCode.

Hawkmon: This shuriken.... (Hawkmon takes the note) Hawkmon: Igamon! Miyako: What's it say? Hawkmon: It's a challenge letter. Miyako: (action movie serious business) Challenge letter!

Miyako is adorable in this episode. XD She's so happy that this is the adventure du jour.

In the dub:

Yolei: Let's join the troops, Hawkmon! Hawkmon: Of course! (Shuriken! Hawkmon silently shoves Yolei out of the way) Hawkmon: There's a note on this dart. (Hawkmon takes the note) Hawkmon: ...from Ninjamon. Yolei: What does it say? Hawkmon: He wants to challenge me. Yolei: What kind of challenge?

Hide and seek. What kind do you think, Yolei?

Low-key but it bugs me that they keep referring to the shurikens as "darts". I was a kid when this was airing. We may not have recognized shuriken as a terminology unless you were a super nerd but we all knew what ninja throwing stars were. Ninja caricatures were very popular in the U.S. during the 90's and early 00's.

This was a time when Saturday Morning Cartoons were practically obligated to have one ninja villain in the mix. If you didn't have a ninja villain somewhere, were you even an SMC? Shit, one of the most popular cartoons was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. We were familiar with these concepts, albeit only in caricature.

While Miyako and Hawkmon are off dealing with that, the rest of the Chosen Children engage the Kaiser's forces.

Hikari and Takeru challenge the main problem of TonosamaGekomon.

Pegasmon: SILVER BLAZE!!! Nefertimon: CURSE OF QUEEN!!!

Firing beams of energy from their faceplates, Pegasmon and Nefertimon converge attacks on TonosamaGekomon's topknot, where the Evil Spiral is mounted. Their shots simply glance off, however.

Takeru: Ah! No good! It didn't come off!

Down below, Daisuke and Iori are dealing with the Child Digimon hordes. A group of Mushmon surround Daisuke, brandishing their Poison Smash bombs.

Daisuke: H-Hey... Hold on now....

How he got separated from Raidramon is unclear but they don't remain separated for long. Raidramon swoops in and knocks the Mushmon flat with a tail sweep.

Raidramon: Daisuke, hop on! Daisuke: (English) Ehehehe, thank you!

It doesn't take the Mushmon long to get back on their feet. They open fire immediately.

Mushmon: POISON SMASH!!! Raidramon: THUNDERBOLT!!!

But Raidramon's lightning breath makes short work of their bombs.

While Daisuke's dealing with the Mushmon army, Iori faces the Floramon.

Iori: They're coming. Digmon: And they're all in one spot. BIG CRACK!!!

Fracturing the ground beneath their feet, Digmon's Big Crack swallows up the Floramon mob.

In the dub:

Pegasusmon: EQUUS BEAM!!! Nefertimon: CAT'S EYE BEAM!!! (No effect) T.K.: I can't believe it's not working! Kari: He didn't even yawn!

They have a new name for Curse of Queen, rather than calling it Rosetta Stone.

Davis: Whoa! Just mellow out, guys! (Raidramon swoops in and tail sweeps all the Mushroomon) Raidramon: Need a lift? Davis: Yeah, I have enough vegetables! Mushroomon: LAUGHING SMASHER!!!

Poison Smash is now Laughing Smasher for some reason instead of Fungus Cruncher, while Thunderbolt is nothing. Raidramon just roars and spits lightning.

I think Davis's line was supposed to be "I've had enough vegetables" but it comes out awkwardly.

Cody: They're coming! Digmon: I'll put them in the garden where they belong! ROCK CRACKIN'!!!

Digmon's one-liner is a lot stronger than Davis's. He uses Rock Crackin' to plant the Floramon. That's pretty good.

While the others are fighting their battles, Igamon waits right at the spot they promised to: The castle's roof. Before long, a kite approaches the rooftop carrying Shurimon and Miyako.

Shurimon: (dramatically) Shurimon has arrived! Igamon: I've been waiting for this!

As soon as Shurimon frees himself from the kite and touches down on the roof, Igamon rushes him.

Igamon: OUR BATTLE HAS BEGUN, SHURIMON!!! Shurimon: Prepare yourself!

Igamon and Shurimon leap into the air, clashing blades as they pass one another before landing on the rooftop. Behind them, Miyako floats by on the kite.

In the dub, Yolei and Shurimon quip about Ninjamon's choice of duel location on their way up.

Yolei: What do you think he's doing up here? Shurimon: Meditating? Yolei: Yeah, right! WAKE UP!!! Shurimon: (dramatically) I accept your dance invitation. Igamon: Good, then let's boogie!

Despite intending to boogie, the dub cuts the initial blade clash between Shurimon and Igamon.

Shurimon: Now! Miyako-san, hurry up and get inside the castle's tower! Miyako: Okay! Shurimon, make sure you win this!

Igamon hurls a shuriken at Shurimon, which Shurimon deftly deflects.

Shurimon: Leave it to me!

Shurimon extends his right shuriken at Igamon. Igamon hops over it, landing atop Shurimon's own vine, then rushes for his face.

Igamon: GOT YOU!!! Shurimon: What!?

Miyako makes it inside the tower just inside to see Shurimon fail to keep his promise, falling past her with a comical:

Shurimon: GWAUCK!!! Miyako: SHURIMON!!!

Though he goes by so fast that you might miss the detail that Igamon has Shurimon in their grasp and is piledriving him.

After skipping the opening clash, the dub starts back up with Yolei's line on the kite.

Yolei: Come on! Knock that little twerp's socks off! (Shurimon launches his shuriken at Ninjamon, who pounces onto his vine-arm) Ninjamon: Missed me! Shurimon: Hrm? (Yolei watches them fall) Shurimon: AHHHHHH!!! Yolei: Hey, you're supposed to win this!

The action here is a little confusing. Cutting out the line where Shurimon tells Miyako to take cover inside the tower causes Yolei to suddenly be in a new location for no clear reason.

Also, a large shuriken suddenly appears embedded in the roof beside Shurimon between shots because Igamon's deflected attack was part of the cut material.

Meanwhile, Hikari and Takeru are still confronting TonosamaGekomon, who has finally noticed that they're under attack.

TonosamaGekomon: Ehh... KOBUSHI TONE!!! HAHA!!!

Pegasmon and Nefertimon shoot straight up into the air just before the sound waves coming out of TonosamaGekomon's horns reduce a chunk of the castle to rubble.

Nefertimon: That was too close. Hikari: We can't defeat a Perfect level by ourselves!

Takeru observes TonosamaGekomon for a moment. And then his eyes scan over to the Dark Tower. ...what if....

Takeru: (thinking) That's it! If we could lure them over to the Dark Tower.... Takeru: Hikari-chan!

Getting Hikari's attention, Takeru points to the tower. He doesn't need to say any more.

Hikari: Got it!

With that, a plan is made.

In the dub:

ShogunGekomon: MUSICAL FIST!!! (ShogunGekomon destroys a chunk of the castle) Pegasusmon: That was close! Kari: There's no way we'll be able to defeat an Ultimate on our own! T.K.: (thinking) Somehow, we've gotta get him to destroy the Control Spire! T.K.: Let's move into position! (T.K. points) Kari: Huh? Ah.... (Kari looks where he's pointing) Kari: It's perfect, T.K.!

Solid.

Taking position in front of the Dark Tower, Hikari and Takeru bait TonosamaGekomon into firing.

TonosamaGekomon: KOBUSHI TONE!!! Takeru: NOW!!! MOVE!!!

Nefertimon and Pegasmon quickly vacate, leaving the Kobushi Tone to slam full-force into the Dark Tower. The Tower instantly crumbles under the attack's Perfect strength.

Takeru: WE DID IT!!!

In the village below, the Evil Rings snap off of all of the battered Mushmon that Raidramon beat up. And also all of the Floramon trapped inside the Big Crack.

Floramon: What was I doing?

Over at the shinobi showdown, Igamon calls an attack for the piledriver.

Igamon: JOTEN SAKAOTOSHI!!!

上天 Joten means upper heaven or ascending into heaven or... something to do with up and heaven. There are many uses. 逆落とし Sakaotoshi means to plunge headfirst towards the ground. So putting them together like this means "Plunging headfirst from the heavens above".

As the ninjas fall together, Shurimon suddenly extends his leg vines up into the roof of the castle above, planting his shurikens. At the same time, Igamon's Evil Ring suddenly snaps off.

Shurimon: BUNGEE JUMP!!!

Shurimon uses their stretchy vines to jerk themselves back upwards, using the whiplash to toss the disoriented Igamon off of him.

In the dub:

ShogunGekomon: MUSICAL FIST!!! T.K.: It's coming! GET OUT OF THE WAY!!! (T.K. and Kari part; The attack destroys the Dark Tower) T.K.: Wow! Check it out! (All the Digimon in the village are freed) Floramon: Suddenly, I feel like my sweet little self again! (Shurimon plants his legs into the roof above) Shurimon: I'm sorry but this is your stop. (Ninjamon's Dark Ring suddenly breaks off) Ninjamon: Huh? Shurimon: Watch that first step! (Shurimon tosses him)

Neither Joten Sakaotoshi nor Bungee Jump get attack names in the dub.

The Evil Spiral can continue to function even without a Dark Tower, so this isn't over yet. But now Daisuke and Iori are free to join Hikari and Takeru in the fight against TonosamaGekomon.

Yes. Just those two.

Takeru: It's up to you, Daisuke-kun! Iori-kun! Daisuke: We'll take care of it!

I don't know why it's up to them. Now that we have backup, this seems like a good opportunity for Sanctuary Bind. But I guess Hikari and Takeru are breaking for snack time. This was not a reinforcements call; It's a shift change. The two veterans are citing seniority and clocking out early; The new hires can deal with the rest of this shit.

Raidramon: LIGHTNING BLADE!!!

Raidramon calls down a bolt of lightning into his horn, then fires it straight into TonosamaGekomon. The bolt electrocutes TonosamaGekomon, momentarily stunning them.

Digmon tunnels down into the ground.

Iori: I'm counting on you, Digmon! Digmon: Leave it to me! GOLD RUSH!!!

While TonosamaGekomon is stunned by the Lightning Blade, Digmon fires his drills. I do not know why he was digging a moment ago. It did not contribute anything to this fight.

Struck by the combined force of Lightning Blade and Gold Rush, TonosamaGekomon collapses into the ruined buildings, defeated. Albeit still with an intact Evil Spiral on their head.

Iori: We did it! Daisuke: Huh? Where's Miyako? Raidramon: Hawkmon's gone too. Daisuke: Where did they go?

They had other business to attend to. The better question is where Hikari and Takeru went.

In the dub:

T.K.: Well, he's all yours now, Davis! Davis: Gotcha, T.I.! Raidramon: THUNDER BLAST!!! (Raidramon shoots) Cody: You know the drill, Digmon! Digmon: I'll make him eat dirt! GOLD RUSH!!! (Combined attacks KO ShogunGekomon) Cody: You did it! Davis: Hey, where's Yolei!? Raidramon: Hawkmon's missing too! Davis: It figures. She's always up to something!

...is she? That came out of nowhere.

T.K. fucks off just as unceremoniously as Takeru did. I really do feel like this KO would make more sense if they trapped Tonosama/ShogunGekomon with Sanctuary Bind first. We know it can work on Perfects for a short time.

So what did happen to Miyako? Well, she and Hawkmon are still... busy....

Igamon: IGA-RYU SHURIKEN NAGE!!!

Running along one of the castle's walls, Igamon throws not one but four shurikens at Shurimon.

Shurimon: MOMIJI OROSHI!!!

But Shurimon has four shurikens too. He spins all four of them to deflect Igamon's weapons.

Meanwhile, a very confused Miyako points out the elephant in the room.

Miyako: The Dark Tower's been destroyed! Why are you still fighting!? Igamon: There cannot be two wielders of the shuriken!

The Evil Ring may have compelled Igamon to fight us at the start but all that rival stuff was completely sincere. This really is a duel over who is truly worthy of the shuriken. That is a thing that is happening separate from the Kaiser.

No two ways about it. We're going to need to beat this guy's ass.

The dub cuts Igamon's shuriken throw and Shurimon's deflection, beginning this scene on Yolei.

Yolei: Hey fellas, I hate to inform you but the Control Spire's been destroyed! Fight time is over now! Shurimon: Sorry, Yolei. This is between gentlemen. Ninjamon: Well, we're one short. So let me introduce you to a few I've met!

Shurimon's the one who spells out the sincerity of this--

Oh you fucks, that's clever. Holy shit. I just got why this is the direction a Shurimon episode went in.

Shurimon's the one who spells out the sincerity of this duel for Yolei instead of Ninjamon.

Igamon: IGA-RYU OUGI BUNSHIN NO JUTSU!!!

Fuck me, that is a mouthful.

As mentioned before, イガ流 Iga-ryu is the martial art of the shinobi or ninja. 奥義 Ougi means secret, mysterious, etc. 分身 Bunshin is a doppelganger or counterpart to one's self. And then 術 jutsu just means skill, art, or technique.

So this attack is the Iga-style Mysterious Cloning Technique, which produces eleven illusory clones of Igamon.

The twelve Igamon quickly surround Shurimon, running in a circle. At once, they all call their next attack.

Igamon: (horde) IGA-RYU SHURIKEN NAGE!!! Shurimon: KONOHAGAKURE!!!

Those familiar with Naruto may know this one. I'm not; I just know it's a thing there from osmosis. But 木の葉隠れ Konohagakure means "Hidden in tree leaves".

木 Ki means tree and 葉 ha are leaves, blades of grass, pine needles, etc. So 木の葉 ko no ha are the leaves of a tree. And then 隠れ kakure means hidden or concealed. Ko no ha kakure or konohagakure, hidden in tree leaves.

Shinobi-ass Digimon refusing to follow standard attack naming conventions and making me teach a Japanese course.

Shurimon creates a tornado heavy with fallen leaves in his place. The heavy gale winds surrounding him pick up the thrown shurikens as well, mixing them in with the leaves and whipping them around harmlessly.

Igamon: What!?

Then the winds die down, letting the leaves and shurikens fall harmlessly to the ground. There is no sign of Shurimon; He vanished from the center of the storm. Igamon is so astonished that their technique expires and the clones all poof into oblivion.

The dub doesn't call the cloning as an attack, but instead continues on from the sharp exchange Ninjamon just had with Shurimon.

Shurimon: Sorry, Yolei; This is between gentlemen. Ninjamon: Well, we're one short! So let me introduce you to a few I've met! (Ninjamon clones himself) Ninjamon: Haven't you ever heard of multiplication!? (The Ninjamon throw their shurikens) Shurimon: NINJA WIND!!! (Shurimon's winds deflect the shurikens and he vanishes) Ninjamon: Where'd he go!? (All the clones suddenly poof)

Konohagakure does get a dub attack name, however.

From high above Igamon, Shurimon calls out a warning. Revealing his position and once again proving that these guys suck at being shinobi. That's what you get when you try to re-enact a samurai movie from the wrong art style.

Shurimon: IGAMON!!! PREPARE YOURSELF!!!

How about Igamon doesn't prepare themself and you just stab them in the back of the head while they're still trying to figure out where you went? How about that? XD

Igamon grabs their katana, readying themself for the coming attack.

Shurimon: KUSANAGI!!!

Drawing the large shuriken from his back, Shurimon hurls it down at Igamon. Due to an animation error, the Kusanagi on his back mysteriously regenerates a couple frames after he throws it, though it disappears again a few frames after that.

Igamon draws and swings their sword in one fluid motion. Blade strikes blade, breaking Igamon's katana in half and sending their blade flying.

Kusanagi lands, embedded in the ground in front of Igamon. Defeated, Igamon falls to their knees.

Shurimon: This match is over. Igamon: Next time... Next time, I will defeat you! Remember that!

Igamon tells some lies to salvage their wounded pride and then vanishes with a smoke bomb. Say goodbye to Igamon, everybody. We will never see them again. They know better.

Miyako: AHHHHHH!!! SHURIMON!!! YOU WON!!! YOU'RE SO COOL!!! I LOVE YOU!!! Shurimon: Eh!? (blushes) ...Miyako-san....

There are a few words in Japanese for loving someone or something. The one Miyako uses here is the word that one of her colleagues is named after: 大好き daisuki. It's a pretty well-rounded word that can be used to represent platonic love, romantic love, love of a possession or place, etc.

Essentially, a general-purpose "I really, really, super-like xyz" as opposed to 愛してる aishiteru which is unambiguously "I want to give you couples smoochies and pick out drapes."

Nonetheless, that was an intimate expression of fondness for her partner. And. Y'know. Miyako. So that left Shurimon feeling super-embarrassed.

In the dub, Shurimon's line plays off of Ninjamon saying he was practicing multiplication.

Shurimon: I prefer subtraction! Ninjamon: Huh!? Shurimon: DOUBLE STAR!!! (Ninjamon's sword breaks against Shurimon's Double Star) Shurimon: Who's number one? (Ninjamon falls to his knees) Shurimon: Come on. Don't be a poor sport. Ninjamon: The next time we meet, I'm going to turn you right into a dishrag! 'Til then, pal! (Ninjamon vanishes in a smoke bomb) Yolei: Shurimon, have I ever told you you're the coolest guy I've ever met? Shurimon: Huh? (blushes) Oh... Yolei....

There will not be a "next time we meet". But, unlike the Dagomon episode, that is not the dub's fault.

The "Haven't you heard of multiplication?" "I prefer subtraction" exchange is some solid children's cartoon badass dialogue. It's a shame Shurimon didn't get to do something to make the other clones disappear himself, because that would have been a great place to put that retort.

The exchange is strong but they don't quite have the right animation to go with it.

As for the 大好き daisuki exchange, I don't think Yolei gushes hard enough to justify Shurimon's reaction. The intensity of the sentiment is there but she's too matter-of-fact with it.

The dub picks this spot for their third commercial break.

While Miyako's wrapping that up, the other kids are still figuring out what to do with the loudly snoring TonosamaGekomon.

Hikari: ...they fell asleep. Takeru: (incredulous) Seriously?

Even the Evil Spiral is no match for TonosamaGekomon's laziness.

Shurimon appears, spinning his Kusanagi as a helicopter rotor and carrying Miyako.

Iori: Miyako-san! Where have you been all this time!? Miyako: (shrug) Around. Gekomon: Please-geko! Can you remove the Evil Spiral now-geko?

We could, but Daisuke has a better idea. He points at the large head stalk that the Evil Spiral's mounted on.

Daisuke: (playful) That's too much hassle. Let's just cut off their chonmage instead. Gekomon: YEEEEEGH!?!? WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE SAYING-GEKO!?!? Daisuke: I'm just kidding-- Huh?

Not only is Gekomon throwing an absolute fit over this suggestion, but all the other Chosen Children are glaring at Daisuke too.

Gekomon: STOP-GEKO STOP-GEKO STOP-GEKO STOP-GEKO STOP-GEKO STOP-GEKO STOP-GEKO STOP-GEKO STOP-GEKO.... Daisuke: W-What did I.... Gekomon: AWFUL-GEKO AWFUL-GEKO AWFUL-GEKO AWFUL-GEKO AWFUL-GEKO AWFUL-GEKO AWFUL-GEKO.... Hikari: (disappointed) You're so cruel, Daisuke-kun.

Hikari turns away from Daisuke and crosses her arms, though she's clearly playing up her outrage to mess with him. Takeru shoots her a knowing smile.

Daisuke: B-BUT I SAID I WAS JOKING!!! HIKARI-CHAN!!! IT WAS JUST A JOOOOOOKE!!! OWAAAAaaaaugh....

Opening one eye, Hikari peeks at the look Takeru's giving her. Then she chokes. She can't hold it in any more and starts laughing.

Alright, so to explain what just happened to Daisuke....

A 丁髷 chonmage is a style of topknot worn during the Edo period by samurai. It was a symbol of their office and status, only to be cut off when they retired from their post. To forcibly cut off someone's 丁髷 chonmage is to violently disgrace them from their office.

That was the joke Daisuke was allegedly making. He was making an awful suggestion on purpose for the absurdity of it, but his joke was then taken seriously by Gekomon who reacted appropriately to someone proposing we disfigure and disgrace their lord.

Or he sincerely suggested that and is now frantically backpedaling, but I do buy that he was joking poorly. It's the look on his face when he proposes it. That is the look of someone who is saying something outrageous on purpose to get a rise out of others.

Either way Hikari played along to have a little fun at Daisuke's expense. Play shitty games, win shitty prizes.

In the dub:

Kari: Gee, it looks like the big guy's all crashed out. T.K.: (sarcastic) That's rare! (Shurimon arrives, carrying Yolei) Cody: Haha! You're back, Yolei! We were worried about you! Where have you been? Yolei: (shrug) Just here and there. Gekomon: If you'd be so kind, we'd appreciate it if you could take the Dark Spiral off his head. Davis: How about we chop it all off? He needs a haircut anyway! Gekomon: WHAT!?!? YOU CAN'T DO THAT!!! THAT'S HIS PRIDE AND JOY!!! WITHOUT HIS TOPKNOT, HE WOULD BE BALD!!! Davis: Calm down! I'm kidding. Gekomon: IF YOU THINK IT WAS BAD BEFORE, JUST TRY CATCHING HIM ON A BAD HAIR DAY!!! Davis: What did I do? Kari: Davis, sometimes you're so insensitive! Davis: AHHHHHH I'M SO SENSITIVE I USE A SPECIAL TOOTHPASTE SO MY TEETH DON'T HURT WHEN I EAT ICE CREAM aggggggggh....

Solid. They do a surprisingly good job of playing the 丁髷 chonmage bit straight despite not having room to explain the specific role that a 丁髷 chonmage serves in samurai culture. "He would be bald and mad about it" is a pale imitation of the actual concern here but it works for the purposes of Gekomon's explosive reaction.

Also, Davis frantically confessing to dental sensitivity got me. XD

Once we're all done having a good laugh at Daisuke, it's time to finish this. Takeru takes charge.

Takeru: Alright, team! Aim for the Spiral! Pegasmon: SILVER BLAZE!!! Nefertimon: CURSE OF QUEEN!!! Raidramon: BLUE THUNDER!!!

Pegasmon and Nefertimon converge their lasers on the Spiral. The spikes on Raidramon's back crackle, summoning down lightning and then shooting it into the Spiral as well. Once their powers have converged, Digmon and Shurimon fire their non-beam projectile-based attacks for that shattering impact.

Digmon: GOLD RUSH!!! Shurimon: MOMIJI OROSHI!!!

Digmon's drills and Shurimon's shurikens join the assault. It takes all five of them together, but the Evil Spiral finally breaks off of TonosamaGekomon.

Down below, Gekomon and Otamamon are crying by TonosamaGekomon's side.

Gekomon: T_T My lord-geko....

Then TonosamaGekomon awakens, sitting up just a little to look at everyone gathered beside them.

TonosamaGekomon: What's wrong with all of you-geko? Why are you crying-geko?

Gekomon and Otamamon continue crying. However, this time, it's tears of joy.

In the dub:

T.K.: Let's zap that Spiral with all we've got! Pegasusmon: EQUUS BEAM!!! Nefertimon: CAT'S EYE BEAM!!! Raidramon: THUNDER BLAST!!! (Beams converge on the Spiral) Digmon: GOLD RUSH!!! Shurimon: DOUBLE STAR!!! (Combined attacks break the Dark Spiral. ShogunGekomon wakes up) ShogunGekomon: That was a great siesta. Anything good happen while I was out?

Both Lightning Blade and Blue Thunder are Thunder Blast. Eh, I guess they're similar enough.

Cut to the Digimon Kaiser's control center. The Kaiser watches the Chosen Children big the Gekomon farewell.

Gekomon: You really, REALLY helped us out! TonosamaGekomon: You took care of everything! Daisuke: (smug) No, no need to thank us, really!

Daisuke says that, but he waves a fan with a Japanese flag on it that he's acquired just for this imagery.

Takeru: He's getting really into this. Miyako: (rolls eyes) He's getting carried away.

Ugh, those cringeworthy samurai movie nerds. Amirite, Miyako?

Iori: And after he tried to cut down the lord, too. Hikari: Well! Let's head home! Daisuke: Take care!

Wormmon approaches the Kaiser, who's watching this unfold in silence.

Wormmon: Those kids got the better of you again. Kaiser: Hmph! They can do as they please. (to screen) Go ahead and enjoy this. After all, none of you could possibly comprehend my plan. Huhahaha HAHAHAHA!!!

Yep, the kids were right from the start. Ken's not showing up in person to these things anymore because he's got something new cooking in the oven. We close here on that ominous line.

In the dub:

Gekomon: We're just so glad you're back to normal again! ShogunGekomon: Of course I am. I just had a nap. Davis: You're cool! By the way, I really like your haircut! T.K.: Talk about changing your mind all the time! Yolei: (rolls eyes) Yeah, that's Davis in a nutshell. Cody: Hey Davis, maybe you should get a new hairstyle. Kari: (joking) How about a topknot? Davis: (serious) If you like it, maybe I will! Wormmon: It looks like the DigiDestined have defeated you again, Master. Emperor: Well. Perhaps they think they have, anyway. Those half-wits have no idea what they're up against. I'm just putting them in position. There's no way they'll figure out my master plan because I'm just way too smart for them. Huhuhuhahahaha! Narrator: What is the Digimon Emperor's master plan? Perhaps he'll reveal it on the next Digimon: Digital Monsters!

Narrator has guessed wrong about so many things lately that now he's just straight-up pitching Maybes into his next-episode teases.

Where was Mimi and why wasn't she here today? PERHAPS she will rejoin the core cast on a permanent basis on the next Digimon: Digital Monsters! (Spoiler: She will not.)

We lose Miyako's flagrant hypocrisy, so that's a shame.

The Kaiser's final lines are some classic bad guy dialogue, but I guess he had too many lip flaps because the Emperor is vamping the shit out of it. What is "I'm putting them in position" supposed to mean in this context? Also, you're not supposed to say "I'm too smart for you" out loud when gloating. That's the subtext. XD

Assessment: It's interesting how much of a Mimi episode this is given that we just had a Mimi episode one movie ago. Not only are the Gekomon associated with Mimi specifically but, as I suddenly realized mid-fight, there's something very Purity/Sincerity about the reveal that Igamon and Shurimon are samurai dueling for real, and not because of the Kaiser.

I like how Miyako got all caught up in the COOL SAMURAI MOVIE aesthetic but also doesn't want to admit it and even makes fun of Daisuke for getting carried away. As mentioned last episode, Mimi's Crest doesn't come naturally to Miyako. She's not earnest and forthright with her feelings like Mimi. There is a degree of fakeness to Miyako, like there is with most people.

"Just being yourself" doesn't seem like it's that complicated of a virtue for a Crest, but no. Actually. It's not common for people to 100% wear their hearts on their sleeves like Mimi does. The new kids don't perfectly fit well with this second set of Crests they're inheriting and have to work for them.

(I honestly think Daisuke would be a decent candidate for Purity.)

Her dad and her brother like samurai movies, but Miyako's too cool for them. And yet it's clearly a guilty pleasure, as she lets her Purity out and gleefully engages in one with Shurimon when nobody's looking. Before putting her Purity back in the box and sheepishly refusing to talk about it once she gets back to the group.

I don't think this particular detail comes across in the dub. In fact, I think it might have gone over the dub team's head, that guilty pleasures and the relationship of that concept with Purity is what the episode's about.

But I will say, overall, that the dub did a much better job with this very Japanese episode than I expected them to.

In any case, this is a very good Mimi Episode despite the absence of Mimi herself, and also a very good Miyako episode.

[ticklish-n-stuff]

Tickletober day #15: Tickle fight

That clip of Kazuha getting drunk and being all giggly and sleepy IS MY NEW FAVE THING EVER

So enjoy two funni drunk people having a tk fight

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Kazuha x Venti (interpret as you wish)

Lees: Kazuha, Venti

Lers: Kazuha, Venti

Warnings: Tickles! Drinking!

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"Cheers!" the bard and samurai toasted in unison.

Kazuha had stumbled upon Mondstadt once more and stumbled paths upon the eccentric bard, Venti, whom quickly invited him over for a drink at the tavern. For old time's sake.

It wasn't long before the effects started kicking in, sending both boys into a loop of giggles.

"Hahaha! I forgot how giggly you got, Kazuha~" Venti teased with a playful poke to the samurai's side, causing him to jolt.

"Eek! *hic* Well chehearly I'm not the only one that gehets all giggly..." his words slurred ever so slightly as he usually got a bit sleepy when intoxicated, but that didn't stop the playful teasing between friends.

"Oh plehease, I have a much higher tolerance than you, my friend. I mean, look at you!" Venti grinned mischeviously as his fingers clumsily scribbled over Kazuha's side.

"Pfftahahaha! *hic* Ventihihi, thahat's cheheheating...!" Kazuha's giggles grew in power, his body squirming around like a fish out of water, as he tried and failed to swat away at the bard's evil hand.

"Gehehe! Ahalls fair in drinks and giggles~" Venti let out a hiccup of his own as he kept trying to tickle Kazuha.

"Fihihine! You ahasked for thihis!" Kazuha had a giddy grin on his face, whether it was from the alcohol or tickling, who knows. He managed to tackle Venti onto the ground, laying on top of him. They both got a couple of stares but if anything this was the most normal thing to happen in that tavern.

"WAH!" the bard let out a surprise shriek as he tumbled down, letting out an 'oof' when Kazuha landed on top of him.

"Hehehe! Let's sehee how you lihike it, friend~" the samurai smiled brigtly as his fingers started to knead at Venti's sides and waist.

"gyAH! AHAHAHAHA! *hic* K-KAZUHAHAHA! NOHOHO! I'M SAHAHARRY! PLEHEHEASE! *hic*" poor Venti squealed and bursted into uncontrollable laughter, kicking his legs out playfully from behind.

"Lohooks like I've got the upper hand! Hmm... why don't you sihing me a tune, bard?~" with that, Kazuha massaged his fingertips against Venti's lowest ribs.

"EEP! waHAHAIT! NOHOAHAHAHA! *hic*" Venti's face was as red as a jueyun chili, letting out the most comedic high-pitched squeals as Kazuha's fingers climbed up his ribcage.

"Your laughter is lihike music to my ears~"

If Venti's face could get any redder, it surely would have. With the drinking, and the tickling, and the teasing?! Not even the anemo archon stood a chance. Thankfully, not all hope was lost. He saw a small window of opportunity, and while Kazuha was distracted, he shoved his fingers into his exposed armpits.

"GYAH!" Kazuha let out a girlish shriek of both fright and ticklishness, his body instantly giving out and collapsing next to Venti's.

"Haha! Whahat was that about you having the upper hand?~" Venti shot him a playful smirk as he got on top of Kazuha, making sure his short nails scribbled every spot of those ticklish hollows.

"WAHAHAIT! NAHAHA VENTI! WAHAHAHAHA! I-I GIHIHIVE! PLEHEHEASE!" the samurai arched his back, shook his head, even tried prying off Venti's hands. Anything that could hopefully relieve the ticklish feeling, but the bard was determined to win this silly tickle fight they ensued.

"Okay, okahay! I'll stop if... you say that 'Venti's the best tickler!'" the anemo archon smiled proudly. He decreased the intensity of his tickles, but still kept his fingertips lightly caressing Kazuha's armpits. Keeping him in his cute giggly and hiccupy state.

"I- Aehehehe! *hic* Vehenti ihihis- *hic* the behehest tickler!" it was barely comprehensible from his consistent giggles and funny sounds, but this was as good as he'd get. So Venti showed mercy and ceased his tickling for good.

"Ahaha! Oh my gohohod, my stomach feels like it's gonna blow!" Venti giggled like a drunkard, crashing down on top of Kazuha and nestling his head against his chest. Before long, Kazuha had already fallen into his sleepy state, still, it was cute how he giggled ever so sligthly even when asleep.

"Ehehe... We should do this again sometime..." Venti spoke with a sheepish smile before closing his eyes, falling asleep himself cuddled with Kazuha. Hopefully Diluc won't mind them using the floor as a bed.

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[reiderwriter]

Hiii firstly how are you doing? I saw your requests are open so here I am! Can you write something about she/her reader being both a BAU member and also a researcher in the academy? She and Reid work together on a case to figure out another researcher who is also an unsub. Reader and our boy wonder's relationship status is complicated as Reid is admiring her from afar and reader has a little crush on Spencer. Throughout the case they are slightly flirting with each other in a nerdy way, but their tension getting more and more as the case comes to an end. Other BAU members being "what in the actual f... is going on with these two??" I was thinking a fluff theme, but it can easily turn into smut I think ahahahaha. If it sounds difficult to figure out, please feel free to ignore my request. Thank youu ☺️💜

Hi!! I totally forgot when I posted it that it was a request, but I finished writing it and here it is!! I don't know if you saw it already but I definitely made it smutty 💀