#And now she can't be sure we won't endanger her people

[sandy-shocks]

Every time a new female character in star rail gets the 'she's so evil and morally bad I hate her' accusation it's always people who are just mad a woman was mean to the main character. If yall cared about characters being bad people you would hate Kafka and Firefly. The literal terrorists.

[alwaysless]

A theory about Lenore's death and the reasons why she still hasn't manifested

Has it ever been said that Lenore and Annabel died at the same time? We know that Annabel died at the wedding, but what about Lenore? It would make sense if they died on the same day, but I can't remember any clear information or frames that would confirm this. What if Lenore survived? Maybe she ran away, or her parents took her home, or she was sent to jail or something like that.

So my theory is that Lenore died trying to avenge Annabel's death.

Let's get this straight: I don't believe that Lenore killed Annabel. It's kind of... too predictable. The deans want to make Annabel believe it, and the authors are trying to convince readers of it. But in this shot, Lenore is looking one way, and the gun is pointing the other way. We don't know who she's aiming at or who she's talking to, so I'm sticking to the theory that Annabel died at the hands of someone else.

So, revenge. Vindictiveness is not a trait of Lenore's personality. At least, if we talk about the Lenore that we know from Nevermore. She's not vindictive, she doesn't even really want to take revenge on Monty: in the catacombs, she prefers to humiliate him, and she doesn't seem interested in killing him at all (although his death would make life easier for everyone).

When Duke quite fairly tries to kill Annabelle (I'm not saying he's right, but he has his reasons, let's be honest), Lenore talks him out of it. Yes, including because it's her wife, but Lenore looks like a typical noble rebel with a golden heart, a knight on a white horse, ready to give people a chance.

She's helping Ada. She admits that Will doesn't deserve to be shot in the head, although in fact, he quite deserves it, he walled up a man alive. Ada didn't give Lenore any reason to trust her, but I'm sure that even after the first season finale, if Ada asks to join the misfits with a repentant look enough, Lenore will be the first to accept her.

So yeah. Lenore is not vindictive. She won't take revenge on people. Will she?

Here's the thing: Lenore from Nevermore is different from Lenore during her lifetime and white raven entire conflict is actually based on this. Lenore that Annabel remembers was a reckless daredevil who was ready to sacrifice the whole world for Annabel. Lenore set fire to her own house, endangering a bunch of servants, quite possibly even causing their deaths, and she didn't seem to care that much. She had nothing to lose except Annabel, so she was willing to take any risk for their happy ending. But if you take Annabel away from her as well?

Lenore from Nevermore is not vindictive. But I can easily believe that Lenore during her lifetime was ready to put a bullet between the eyes of the man who dared to kill Annabel, and eventually die, obsessed with revenge.

Perhaps that's why Lenore hasn't get her spectre yet. Simply because she is too far from the feelings she felt at the time of her death. At least for now.

[fantasyloverisabel]

Dragons Rising spoilers below

I've seen mixed opinions on Arin, specifically the selfishness. And some people are saying stuff like "He wants his parents back that isn't selfish!" And thats true, wanting your parents is never something thats selfish. What IS selfish is that you'll make everything about yourself, and completely disregard the fact that other people are missing their families too. It's not just Arin that lost his family/loved ones it's multiple people.

Even Nya can be used in this example (and Zane) they've both lost a loved one. And even when Nya "finds" Jay, she prioritizes the mission because she knows it's important to the world. Now you could argue saying "Nya is a grown adult and Arin is a kid" Arin is about 16-17 and when the Ninja first started about they were about that age and all I can really say is to just look at Kai's development from the beginning.

For Sora lying to Arin, I think in the moment she shouldn't have told him, but once they reached the monastery she should've. But her character doesn't like to disappoint others so she was fearful of that, but even when he confronted her she told the truth and didn't lie. But linking that with what Ras has been telling Arin, it's one of the reasons why it's annoying (no offense) when the "Arin isn't selfish" people are ignoring this. Arin is only with Ras because he can lead him to his parents, and despite the fact that Ras has endangered their lives on multiple occasions(even trying to split them up) and was sided with someone who was using dragons for fuel.

Then you move onto the training bit, where Ras inadvertently trained Arin on how to properly do Spinjitzu,(theory) and I've seen people talking about how when Arin does it fully it has red streaks because he's forcing it and it'll likely hurt him somehow in the future. But back onto the training, Lloyd had said multiple times he doesn't think he'll be a good master and Arin kept pushing that onto him(and excluding the fact he doesn't even see the Ninja as people more so idols and still saw them as such till this season).

Then moving on when Master Wu said he caused the merge (which he could've said that he did because he couldn't prevent it, me and a friend actually talked about that) Cole was in shock and Arin's immediate thought was "wow they can't even believe Master Wu would do something like that" No Arin, Cole was in shock because he didn't expect that. And you told Lloyd this information when he's fighting the enemy, and when he said he'll deal with it later that didn't mean "I won't believe this information you've given me" it's a "I'll digest this information AFTER we defeat the enemy" and even Zane says it's a lot of information to process. This entire time Arin was just being selfish and unempathic.

The only thing I can praise him on was the whole detective thing he has going on, which was good, but overall was selfish the rest of the time. What makes it a bit frustrating is that Arin being a character thats written selfishly isn't a bad thing, he can have major character development and seeing a main character like this is really cool to see. But trying to erase that crucial part of his character is silly.

Anyways I hope I didn't make anyone angry with this post, and if I did that wasn't my intention to. There's also probably A LOT of spelling errors I didn't see so I apologize for that. And Im open to discussion! If you haven't already make sure you drink some water to stay hydrated and have a lovely day!

[queensqueercourt]

"We found this reel near the mercenary's break room. mind going through it before going through the archives?"

Intern propoganda post for @tf2shipswag's oc tournament! Intern voiced by me, interviewer voiced by @beepiesheepie, and Alwyne voiced by @gordonfreemanreal.

Transcript under the cut!

IV=INTERVIEWER IN=INTERN AW= ALWYNE

The interviewer Rustles the mic and tape recorder a bit, setting it up

IV: test test one one, ok all set up! would you mind testing your mic kid?

IN: oh uh, hello? Hi?

IV: … right, all clear on my end! This thing is a real son of a bitch to set up- oh- I'm sorry, you're just a kid I apologize-

IN: oh no no it's alright! I'm 16, you won't tarnish my mind with some swear words.

IV: Well if it's alright with you… Let's start the recording then! Let's give a bit of a pause before we start since I'm gonna cut this part out.

In: ok, just, y'know give me the word…

A moment of silence

Iv: Timestamp: August 5th, 1971, today I will be interviewing Mann Co intern, [harsh bleep] Fleming. I'm here to ask some questions about your current employment.

In: Fire away.

IV: Excellent. Now, first of all, tell me about your day to day workload, what you do every single day to keep this place running.

IN: Well… it's definitely not easy. I do a lot of organizing.

IV: Of what kind?

IN: Oh, you know, files.

IV: … Mx Fleming, could you go into further detail about this organizing that you do?

IN: Sure! I keep files in place, and, I make sure they're how Pauling likes them. I organize by date, importance, ownership, type, secrecy, and-

IV: Ownership?

IN: Yeah! Ownership! Like, uh. Who owned them before they came to me, what station they were in before, like-

IV: Station?

IN: Yeah! Like police station. The guys- mercs- do crimes a lot, and I do whatever Pauling can't, like sneaking into police stations to steal reports, or hide bodies before said police show up! Pauling is really thankful for it, when I'm in the station she's hours away at a different one, forging documents! She told me she'd teach me how to do it, but both of us have been busy.

IV: With, what?

IN: Work! What else do you think? I get the mercs coffee, even though Engie was supposed to fix the coffee maker months ago, and I run around with Bidwell to make sure every endangered animal made it to mercenary park, and I count every single kill on every strange weapon to make sure its at the right rank! Do you know how many people the mercs have to kill to get a weapon to the 'Hale's Own' rank? Eight, freaking, thousand. You know the Australium weapons too? The ones the mercs get after slaughtering down the robots trying to take over Mann Co? I'm the one that puts everything in those crates, every robot part, every fabricator and kit. I'm pretty sure those fabricators are in there to give the mercs enrichment, like they're zoo animals. That's kind of how Mr. Hale treats them anyway.

IV: I see… could you elaborate on what you do with Mr. Bidwell and Ms. Pauling?

IN: Sure. With Pauling I just do what she doesn't have time for. The Administrator puts a LOT on her plate, like a lot. Usually I do embezzling, body disposal, hiding the base from any goon that drives in the badlands, serving out contracts, getting takeout- I'm like a… mini Pauling! With Bidwell I write transcripts, approve or deny anything the mercs request, or kill company rivals-

IV: Kill company rivals?

IN: Yeah! There's a weird amount of munitions dealers and bootlegs of Mann Co out there!

IV lets out a small laugh: id imagine!

IN also lets out a small laugh as the room goes quiet as the IV is writing things down on the piece of paper for a few seconds

IN:so,,,what company do you work for?

IV: hm?

IN: the company. That you're representing. I've put together you don't know much about how Mann co works and its operation, and you're not very keen on the mercenaries as well. You've only interviewed me about this. Am i correct?

IV:,, and i thought i was the one interviewing you!-

IN: answer the question.

IV:,,,I dont see why this would be important to your interview mx. fleming, why don't we get back to the questionnaire? Film is quite expensive and id hate-

IN: Speaking of which! It's so crazy how you know my full name!I havent heard it in ages it's almost alien to hear it coming out of a stranger's mouth, who doesn't work at Mann co or is affiliated with the mercenaries.

IV:Kid, its just a name, can we please go on with the interview!-

IN:no! We cant! Because you know the name of a person who’s never even heard their name sputtered out or even known by their own boss. So you explain where you got that file. And why all your questions have been so private business oriented anyways.

The IV pauses for a second, realizing they are in danger before stammering: I- Kid, listen, this isnt about you its not “personal” its about your coworkers too! I mean what kind of interviewer wouldnt see it from all sides, itd be quite inefficient if you ask me-

IN: wow.

Iv: ,hm?

IN: You told the truth. I thought youd never stop spouting bullshit out of your mouth.

IV: you shut your god damn mouth, this is my interveiw you-

IN: Actually i think you DID taint my mind a bit after cussing at the start of this interrogation, and not only that but youre putting the pieces of the puzzle right in front of yourself and solving them without even knowing it! This IS about efficiency! Im the easiest of all the workers close to the admin and saxton to talk to. Bidwell and miss pauling are off doing some crap out and about im just the guy to tell you what those two are up to!! You and your thinly veiled espionage as some kind of “quick questionnaire for the new interns”, its take a world-class idiot to not recognize the pattern you've laid out.

The IV sits for a minute, questioning what to say next

IV:,,, you think youre so fuckin clever kid-

IN: oh i know i am. If i wasnt you wouldnt have put a gun under the table. I think this is a win for me. But thats just my opinion. So please IN taps the mic: tell me yours.

A few moments of silence pass before a screech of a metal chair is heard and IV tries to pull out the gun from under the desk but is stopped by IN, shooting them 3 times.

As the silence fades soft and faint gurgling and pained sounds are heard before IV dies with an exhale IN moves and shuffles through the files, moving papers and notes IN muttering and murmuring before saying: damn they did their homework,, i didn't think that Charles Darling needed to know about my H&M clothing receipts..??

After those moments AW enters the room looking around before saying: Christ Intern, got that fed up with their questions already? …I’m a little impressed, honestly. Thought you’d kill ‘em sooner. AW mutters to himself: Damn, I owe Brodie 20 bucks now..

IN Barks out a laugh: HA! Sucker! Ah shitshitshit theyre bleeding all over the carpet!! Al, help me carry em out before it stains beyond repair.

AW: Hold on. That thing’s still on.

IN moves around, before playing with the setup: now THIS will be interesting to show the team. I think Rep knowns how to put this stuff on a vhs! Plus a fancy new recording setup!

AW: Wait- how long has that been on?

IN: i think for the entire conversation, why?

AW: I’d get rid of it, probably blackmail material if you ask me, reeaaal easy to use in court if we ever get caught.

IN: shit, right…. Hey Al, what does this red button d-

End of transcript

[mysticcollectionbee]

Loki S2 Ep.2 (Breaking Brad): Pros & Cons

(SPOILERS!)

First the Bad to get it out of the way:

• Biggest thing I got a problem with: NOT a fan of the TVA brutality thing and really hope the TVA isn't seen as a 'flawed' system but just a system built to be awful. Only thing I agree with Sylvie is that the overall system is bad. And the protags shouldn't be chill using these tactics. Gonna hope this was just a one time thing because of X-5 just being a massive dick and pissing them to an extreme extent (Doesn't make it right, but if someone blamed me for a loved ones death...I might loose my morals a bit too).

• Sylvie being a bitch to Loki FOR NO REASON. Like everything else going on with her I love, but, why is she being horrible to Loki? He didn't betray or stop her. SHE BETRAYED HIM AND SCREWED EVERYTHING OVER, BUT SHE'S THE PISSED ONE?

Now that we got all the bad out of the way, onto the good stuff:

•Badass Loki, with MAGIC, with a bit of intimidation? YES. Sure, I don't like him and Mobius torturing X-5 BUT I'm all for Loki weaponizing his villainous history. And surprisingly keeping his temper under control. Nice.

• Unlike Mobius...My dude ya good? I love what this could be hinting and going for. And also showing that he isn't pure good, but as Loki said, Not all good which is why they get along.

• Loki being the one that kept a cool head and is the one trying to comfort is so interesting! He's never tried doing that for anyone besides Thor in a few small scenes. And that's his brother! He just wants to be there for Mobius and let him have some pie while they chill and talk stuff out, even trying to relate to mobius (albeit a funny ridiculous comparison).

•Both of the time duos being horrible with tech makes a bit too much sense. They are great at manipulating and reading people, but they probably can't build a single IKEA chair.

•CASEY! I love Casey actually becoming more of an important/useful character. And apparently a fan of O.B. So maybe our tech guy won't have to wait hundreds of years for a visitor anymore!

•B-15 being the heart of the team and the TVA, she should be in charge. Please. Also I need an offical name for her and D-90 because I really want to call them by actual names.

•X-5 is an asshole but a well written and neat asshole. I do kinda want him to get back to his movie life, that way he won't be such a dick to the characters I like and he gets to keep having his dream life. Win-win.

• Sylvie gets a fun retirement life please! I don't think her being on the team is good for her or for the team. I think she should only join when her life is endangered and when it's all over get back to it. I used to think she might join Loki and Mobius on maybe continuing fighting Kang after the season is over but like...That's not her fight? Leaver her be. And bad for the team cause well...The morale is already kinda shit and she's gonna be miserable and make everyone else miserable too.

• Just realized this: Is everyone keeping secrets??? Loki seemed to not have been planning to tell the others about the Ravonna and HWR convo until it was needed to mention (Mobius literally was asking, "When were you gonna-" then was caught off), Mobius seems to already know or have a serious fear that he's hiding, B-15 has yet to mention what she saw of her past life despite it obviously leaving an impact, etc.

[sparrow-in-boots]

okay so, I'm going to get to Lucy Stillman and the franchise's treatment of her, but i think I need to explain my own feelings about the portrayal of the modern brotherhood first. I do not buy the "brotherhood = conspiracy theory cult" angle. It's flawed and leads to terrible takes overall, by the lore and by the fandom.

It's a holdover from the fact that the game decides to run with conspiracy theories that we have in the real world, and assign them all to the Isu. they even poke fun of it in the earlier games with the whole lizard people and space wizards in tinfoil hats comments. now that's a whole can of worms in itself given how deeply racist and antisemitic the overwhelming majority of conspriacy theories are, but it's not a good way to portray the assassin brotherhood because that's not what they are. they are far leftists. they are anarchist cells, they are commune organizers, they are revolutionaries. that's not me saying it either, that's just canon, plain and simple.

but that would make the story too close to real-life politics and they can't do that cus it's not in their interests.

therefore, the brotherhood is coded as isolationist cultists, or at least as far as The Farm goes. in current year, i think we can all agree there's an inherent fallacy (if not outright disengenuous portrayal) of painting your leftist organization fighting against the capitalist neocolonial hegemony with the same strokes as the whacky people starting communes in the middle of nowhere to escape 5G towers, fluoride water and the [insert villanized minority group here].

i don't buy it, i don't appreciate it, and i think we could have had a stronger story without it, even regarding Desmond's backstory.

THAT SAID, let's take a look at Lucy. her's is the story of a girl who was forced into adulthood too early after being left to her own devices by a very sheltered and isolating community that failed her, and then inducted into a cult which ultimately killed her and then was promptly swept under the narrative. that cult is the templar order by the by.

Lucy was born and raised within the Brotherhood, and pretty much set lose on the world with no connectiosn to speak of. surely they must have given her a paper trail, fake parents and school enrollments, medical records, the works. she was told to infiltrate Abstergo and probably given a general path towards that, namely research that could be useful to them, but otherwise? she was on her own.

first thing that comes to mind is when Amish folks get their time away from their hometown to experience the world and choose to come back or not. i can't comment on their experience and general view on this so i won't attempt to draw a parallel here, but just that initial mental connection speaks for itself imo.

She speaks of having to wait tables to make ends meet, and while that's the socially expected experience of solo living for a young adult leaving home (work minimun wage jobs, go to college, climb the chain, start small, etc), she has no home to return to. In fact there's this looming tension that even opening up to missing her home or going into detail about it could blow her cover. Even in the privacy of being around friends and colleagues, there's this necessity of keeping up a front. She has to buy it so deeply it becomes her, inside and out, and doing that at such a formative age is bound to take it's toll.

You're removed from everything and everyone you've ever known. You don't know when or if you'll ever see them again. In fact they can die at any moment and you might never hear about it. Contact with them is a fraught and dangerous thing, and even the slightest slip could spell your doom and theirs. Connection is a constant swinging sword of Damocles over her, and who can take comfort and solace from community like that? No one, is who. So of course she'd seek that away from where she could endanger everyone.

So in comes Vidic. She knows he's a templar, of course she does, but he's kind and understanding, a bit frustrating and headstrong, but she can usually talk him into chilling out here and there. And of course, one can draw a parallel between him and Bill. Both are strict and charismatic (in their own way) father and mentor figures, but while Bill is cold and hard, Vidic feigns affection (as Haytham so eloquently put) and the worst part is, it works. Any affection and attention is good attention for the starved, and Lucy's been on the end of her ropes since she's been outside of the Brotherhood.

She knows and can see it's all manipulation, she's not that blind of course, but it chips away at her. That's what emotional manipulation does after all. And then, in come the agents to kill her, and Vidic stops them.

All her life she's heard how brutal and merciless the templars are, and surely she's seen it too while working under them, but right when her facade slips and she should be dead, she's not. Because Vidic spares her. Of course that leaves a deep impression on her, and further erodes her resolve. Slowly but surely, she opens up, and Vidic is an expert at what he does. She may hold quite a bit of guilt and shame at turning, but the templars were there when the brotherhood wasn't.

Bill says that of those they send to infiltrate the templars, they are either "too strong" and can't keep up the charade, or are "too weak" and turn. How is being a human being who needs connection and community "too weak"? How is being slowly lovebombed and manipulated into choosing the wire mother and then being foresaken the plush one when in need weakness?

Desmond says that she "seemed so sincere, like she really wanted to make a difference", and I truly believe she did. Her morals and belief were twisted through years of emotional torture and isolation, and she knew she couldn't return to the brotherhood after how far she caved under the pressure. There's no space for the nuances and endless gray areas of such an unbalanced war in the current brotherhood, and she knows it, so throwing in with the templars for her was the lesser evil. She's not fool enough to buy their propaganda wholesale, but it's a necessary concession in her mind so she can excuse her taking advantage of their attention and community. Again, as long as she's useful to them, she has a place among them.

However, the way she's treated by the narrative is... w o w. We never get the chance to hear it from her side, expect by a pathetically short email on the ACR dlc. While having the protagonists agonize over someone's beliefs after their passing and finding no solid answers, they really don't spend nearly enough time for that to carry much weight narratively. In fact, there's hardly much of a critique on the conditions that led her to that kind of fall from grace, and even less is done to fix it.

She, much like Clay, are the epitomes of how the brotherhood is mirroring too much the templar's and Juno's disregard for human life, and how that needs to change in order for them to turn the tides. But nothing comes of it, because our anchor to the modern timeline gets doomed by the narrative and now all those loose plot holes go nowhere. Her funeral, her burial, her memory, it all gets waved about like an annoying gnat on the dinner table, and nobody does anything but try their best to ignore it until it goes away. Her actress couldn't keep with their schedule, so they got rid of her in the most pathetic horrifyingly dismissive way possible.

Personally I'm not a fan of the templar turncoat plotline they gave her, but if that's what they wanted to go with, then it needed much MUCH more careful writing and it needed to fucking GO SOMEWHERE. But it doesn't. And it sucks.

[thebnha-auhoard]

Busts through the door

Au where Personas exist in the MHA universe and all of Class 1-A slowly gets Personas over the course of their first year.

It is first to be said though that this is not the first time that someone was brought into the Velvet Room to fight against a threat endangering the world. It is not the first nor it will be the last.

This however, is perhaps the longest instance of Persona Users fighting a Threat and arguably the most dangerous one.

It should not be a surprise that humanity's downfall would come from a human. Though, many would go and argue that All For One is hardly human now. Instead more of a caricature of what is believed to be all the worst villains in media and blended together into a terrifyingly cruel and powerful man.

Across time, One For All users would take up arms and unlock their Persona to fight All For One in both the real and cognitive world, all passing down the Quirk in hopes for someone to beat All For One. At the same time, they pass down access to the Velvet Room and potential to unlock their Persona.

When All Might landed the final blow on All For One all those years ago, it was thought to be the end of the conflict and a final goodbye to the Velvet Room for quite some time.

That of course did not happen. All For One is somehow still alive, Yagi doesn't have a successor and can't quite use his Persona as he used to, and it is becoming apparent that this World is running out of time.

So Igor does what he does best, he looks at humanity, chooses one person, and invites them to the Velvet Room.

Ruin has once again threaten this world. And now, the world needs its tricksters to stop it.

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Shouta sighs. “I hope you all know the gravity of the situation.”

He flips through the papers. “Breaking and entering, Larceny, Vandalism, Computer Crime, Destruction of Property, Possession of Firearms, Involvement with the League of Villains, Obstruction of Justice, and Vigilantism. You all have a file and it’s going to affect all of your futures.”

He looks up at all of them. “Especially since all of you are heroes in training.”

The entirety of Class 1-A looked away from him. None of them particularly looked like the famed Phantom Thieves but it's always the ones you least expect.

Again, he sighs. "You all are incredibly lucky that you were allowed to be interrogated together. I don't know what Nedzu pulled to allow this but it's something that you should be grateful for."

Silence, before a quiet- "...Mei should be with us."

Shouta winces. "I am aware that Hatsume Mei is part of the Phantom Thieves but she was to be requested to be interrogated alone due to her separate crimes of both Vigilantism and illegal manufacturing of Support Equipment and Firearms. If you're worried for her then I want you all to know that Nedzu is making sure that the police won't arrest her for anything she didn't do and that she is getting a fair interrogation."

"How about Present Mic? What's going to happen to him?"

It takes all of Shouta's willpower to show nothing on his face. Hizashi is...What Hizashi did throughout the entire school year turned out to be a lot more than just "Figuring out who the Phantom Thieves actually were". He doesn't understand what Hizashi found and why he kept digging for more and why he continued to keep in touch with the people he did but he hopes- And he goddamn hopes that Hizashi did it for the right reasons.

There was a reason why he was here and not helping Tsukauchi with interrogation.

Instead of answering, he takes a deep breath. "Look, I can't help you if none of you say anything. And considering the present...circumstances of the world, you have to say something so that all of you may avoid jail time or worse. I can't guarantee that you'll still be able to attend this school, but I will try my best to protect all of you."

More silence.

"What about Shouto?" asks Kaminari. "What- What about him? He isn't here right now and- And I trust you Mr Aizawa I really do but we don't even know if he's-" Kaminari hiccups. "He got hurt really badly and we don't know what happened to him."

Kaminari looks at him with wide eyes. "Mr Aizawa is he-"

"He's recovering," he says immediately. "He's recovering and doctors are optimistic about him waking up soon."

Immediately, the entire class breath out a sigh of relief and god. That shouldn't happen. They shouldn't have to worry about their friend dying now. They shouldn't have to ever worry about their friend dying. He's trained them so that they can save people while also preventing their own deaths. So that this scenario will never happen to any of them.

So that someone doesn't have to see their best friend die in front of them.

Shouta can't help but wonder where it went wrong. When this year started, all of his kids were heroes in training, all promising, and all ready to do what was right.

Now he sits across from them interrogating them about Vigilantism and Association with the League.

"...Mr Aizawa?"

"Yes Midoriya?"

"I'm the Leader of the Phantom Thieves."

"Yes. You went and told us that the moment we first apprehended you all."

"Yeah. That also means I know how this started. And uh..." His student pulls on his sleeve. "Mr Aizawa, when do you think this started?"

Shouta thinks for a moment. "The Aldera Junior High Incident. A principal confessed all of his crimes regarding the mistreatment of students, bias towards Quirks, complacency towards bullying, and poor management of staff."

"Bingo. That's where it began. But uh- That was just our first successful mission. We had to go back and forth between it all so that we could succeed. To go and find a route to steal his Heart."

"And how, Midoriya did you manage to achieve that?"

For a moment, Shouta thinks Midoriya would close up again, that this was a piece of a puzzle that he had to figure out, but instead Midoriya talks.

"On my phone," he says. "There's an app. It's red and it has an eye in the middle of it. That's how me and Kacchan stole our former principal's Heart. That's how all of us were able to steal all the Hearts of our previous missions."

"...And how does that work?"

Midoriya leans back. "Mr Aizawa, I want you to first suspend all disbelief because if you don't then this is going to feel more confusing than it already is."

Shouta looks at his Class and sighs for what seems like the millionth time this hour. "I think considering the state of the world, I feel like I can believe anything at this point.

Midoriya nods and takes a deep breath. "That app is called the 'Metaverse App', and me and Kacchan got that app around our final months of our Second Year at Aldera Junior High."

[polyhexian]

Okay, but the exciting Willow and jasper murder bonding episode:

They all find out what happened with vee and are properly horrified, and that night Willow goes to sneak out of the house to kill him. She has decided that this man is willing to dissect a child alive and he can't be allowed free but he can't be brought to justice of any kind either without endangering vee or the rest of them. She makes the decision that it has to be done and she won't put this on anyone else's conscience and she also doesn't want anyone to stop her. So she's sneaking out when a voice in the darkness stops her like hm, where are you off to? And shes like ACK totally caught. And she doesn't think to ask why jasper is also lingering about fully dressed at three in the morning, but she is brave and deviant and she stands up straight and tells him the truth. She's going to kill Jacob.

Jasper is like hm. Interesting. Well I suppose murder requires adult supervision, how about I tag along. And she's like ?????? But he is not stopping her so she's like uh. Okay. So they're off on their little adventure. They don't know where he lives so they go to the historical society first to track him down and all that fun stuff, and as they're doing all this theyre chatting away. They talk about hunter and jasper promises not to tell him about her crush and she gets all flustered and embarrassed. He shows her some neat plant magic tricks to like pick a lock with a vine. She misses her dads like hell and he's being A Comforting Paternal Figure and he promises her that he's sure they're fighting with everything they've got to make sure they're still there when she gets back, and that even if they don't know where she is they'll never give up hoping she makes it back. It's all very emotional!

And then of course WHAM! we find our guy. They break in and kick his butt and now he's on the ground and Willow has her staff pointed at him and a hard look in the eyes and she's like okay. Do or die moment. Its time to kill him.

Only for dear jasper to interject, like, are you sure you want to do this? And she's like I have to. And he's like you don't have to do anything. You're choosing to. And she's like but it's the right thing to do! And he says it may be the right thing to be done, but that doesn't mean it's the right thing to do. And she hesitates and he tells her that once you kill someone, you're different. It changes you. From that moment on you have to live with the fact you have taken someone's life away, that you have been the arbiter of life and death for someone else. You decided their future held no value, that whatever they might have been, good or bad, is gone forever, because of you, and you can't ever take that back. And she's like I know. I can handle it. And he says he knows she can, but that doesn't mean she has to. It's just as hard to walk away as it is to pull the trigger. They're both decisions. And she has to decide who she wants to be, who she wants other people to know she is, what change she wants to put in her heart. Eventually he talks her down and she backs up and says she doesn't want to be a killer. She wants to see the best in people. She wants to believe people can be good, that people can change. Jacob is cowering on the floor begging for his life and she doesn't want to be the kind of person that kills someone in cold blood like that, even if he deserves it.

Jasper says she's very smart and very brave. He looks down at terrified Jacob and says he won't be a problem anymore, right? He knows that if he ever hurts anyone again that there won't be any mercy this time, right? So he's going to be good. And Jacob nods rapidly and says yup uh huh I've turned over a new leaf I am going to be soooo good and jasper says and you're also going to pack a bag, get on a train and never come back to graves field, right? And Jacob is like Yup uh huh whatever you say scary man. And Willow is like visibly relieved because The Adult Is Handling It and he tells her to go home and get back to bed before anyone notices she's gone. He will make sure Jacob leaves town. And she's like okay. Thank you. And she leaves.

And Jacob is sitting up like haha okay. Um. Thanks for that, I-- only for jasper to immediately shoves him back down with a boot to the chest like if you really thought that you could put a little girl in a cage and that I would let you live then you are more stupid than you look. Willow is a good person and she hasn't had to live in a world where she has to sacrifice her innocence for her safety or the safety of those around her. Unfortunately for you, that is not the world I have lived in. A little more blood on my hands won't change me a bit. And we just see the terrified realization on Jacobs face before we cut away with a scream. Dun dun dun.

We fade back in to the hustle and bustle of the Noceda household in the morning, Luz getting ready for school, vee making breakfast, Camila getting ready for work, all the kids laughing and yelling. Jasper walks in and yawns talking about what a good morning run that was, and Willow gives him a grateful smile before she notices like. A splatter of blood on his shoes he missed cleaning up. And you just see her frown like... Not quite sure if that means what she thinks it means, before hunter is like hey, Willow, are you okay? And she's just back to her sunny disposition like pfft! Of course! Now hand me the maple syrup dummy stop hogging it all! Jasper just ruffles vee's hair as he steps past her to grab a box of Cheerios and like. Willow knows. But she's not going to say a word. Cut away to the outside of the house and then cut to black. Ba ba BAHHHH

[nelfes]

9 and 10 violence ask game for Tales of Legendia

9. worst part of canon (aka wow this got long we will do the fanon one later)

Tales.of Legendia worst part of canon

Yes it took me a year to do this but I had to fit into my “looking at media through on a non biased lens” outfit on, you know how it is - esp w/ with blorbos and comfort media.

But I have many thoughts, several I've talked about before so let's go!!!

The one I've talked about before: and honestly a source of confusion for fandom I honestly can't fault them for - the conflation of Shirley’s romantic feelings for Senel and her care for Orerines as a whole

The ending of the main quest is beautiful, my favorite Tales of cutscene, and deeply symbolic. However!!! In terms of story telling? It simply does not work and leaves much to be desired

We have just found out that Maurits is not like Vaclav at all - taking the Legacy by force to endanger and conquer other nations; instead he is taking back a weapon of war that was used against his people as a tool of oppression. You, Senel and the party, are the aliens and invaders and have been all along. Shirley asks a pertinent question when she realizes this and for the first time in the entire game is given a choice in her actions with the assurance Senel believes she will arrive at a decision correct for her 

Call me whatever you like. But I won't let you kill these people [...] I understand now. Some people hate. Some forgive. So what should I do? What do I want to do? 

(I trust these people! I believe in the tomorrow that we build together! They have offered their hand, and I intend to accept it.)

It's a beautiful speech and one Go Tanaka most associates with Shirley’s character for good reason. Even after seeing the extent of the brutality and ugliness of the Orerines Shirley still tells Maurits she believes she can stop their cycle of hate and steps down from her role as his and their gods’ chief executioner.

But this has all hinged on Senel’s big declaration, one he only makes once Chloe&co convince him that staying away from Shirley after she’s told him she loves him is cowardly. Especially because his excuse is “my dead ex gf will be sad, her ghost told me ):”

His declaration to Shirley is that he trusts her and will no longer push aside her words of feeling as he has done for so long. It is the core of their conflict which reaches beyond the Senel-Stella-Shirley love triangle, and that is communication. Stella and Senel as her older guardians always hid things from her (like Senel’s past as a spy) and that is what causes her to snap, that the people who she treasures refuse to ever truly let her in.

But that doesn’t erase the romantic angle to Senel and Shirley’s reunion, and the Rite of Feriyen only exacerbates that issue as it’s introduced as a Ferines marriage ceremony. Sure, Tanaka meant for the final scene where the water lights up to be Nerifes accepting Shirley’s decision to co-exist with all the Orerines, but it’s emphasis on she and Senel holding hands muddles the issue.

The manga does this much better with the Ferines actively participating in the final fight and being horrified by the monstrous transformation of Nerifes!Maurits. In general, while removing much of the nuances to the Senel-Stella-Shirley drama the manga is incredibly respectful and empathetic toward the plight of the Ferines. Even Maurits. Walter's death, though bloodier, is meant to emphasize the terrible situation he was in as a child soldier and the scenes of Vaclav's torture are handled with care as are Fenimore's scars.

2. Let's talk Ferines

I honestly do not feel qualified to tackle this subject fully as it hinges on the treatment of indigenous people forcibly taken from their land and imprisoned. But that's the thing. That's an integral part of the Tales of Legendia universe - that is why the Legacy itself exists.

And as expected there's much good and bad with the portrayal here.

I think the Character Quest Interlude fail here, fail Thyra in general but that's an entirely different rant (gods the disparity between Fenimore and Thya I am soOOO). The Ferines in the aftermath of the Main Quest are no longer being shipped around in military facilities but neither do they have sovereignty or even a land, and it is a real shame that Shirley does not have to deal with that considering home/belonging is such an integral part of her character. This is such a missed opportunity.

Going to end this here until I have more/better researched things to say (I am a white anthropology student, my ideas really aren't game changing) but I think it's worth noting that the Ferines architecture seems clearly influenced by Ryukyu island culture. I think it's worth noting how Japan treats that culture.

[firespirited]

I think Dolly Parton is a brilliant singer songwriter and performer. She made her way in a music scene and a society that didn't respect women. But I don't like the way Dolly Parton runs Dollywood and her lack of political action (unless we find out she donates to actual leftists or runs an abortion underground railroad or something) . And I really can't stand "Dolly Parton" the persona, the huge hearted giver of folksy poverty advice that appears on TV. I love her work but totally cringe when she's called to play a magical whimsical godmother to all. I don't wish to harsh anyone's mellow about her, she's played delightful characters, she's a hard-working career woman who doesn't use her public.

I know It's not fair to hold her to higher standards to any other artists and yet. Dolly playing everyone's best friend and ally "Dolly" gets on my nerves. It usually involves some anecdotes about how she grew up dirt poor and that makes people have to be creative and resilient. Yeah and some don't make it and you could make sure your employees never have to feel the cold and rrrrrgh. Irrational annoyance not even at the woman herself but the weird pedestal society put her on.

So seeing her as a revered icon in a sci fi about the future was jarring. On one hand, she's tacitly taking a political position for trans and gender identity rights IRL by appearing in this episode which is huge. Dollywood probably won't have pro trans policies but as a quiet declaration, it's still not nothing.

On the other hand, in the story, her advice was as about as good as a fortune cookie saying "trust your heart" or "take one step then think about the next" and not very respectful of the fact she was dealing with a woman fighting for her people's lives against a violent state facing a complex ethical dilemma: one life for many. I really don't think that's the time to talk about your momma's can-do attitude. It's time to say "that sucks, that's an awful position to be in. would you like someone to bounce your options and potential moves off until you can see more clearly?" or even "that's rough honey, can I give you a song and a hug?"

IDK it was a complicated episode. Lots of issues to unpack: we fought for this teen's agency to get surgery for herself but now the teen's agency to join an activist group for her people against her repressive nation is in question? The father who lost sight of the mission and potentially endangered his daughter due to a need for vengeance. The diplomatic channels that were presented as the 'right thing' when they've been comfortable with human rights abuses before, it was just setting up these women to be failed by state apparatus. And they would have been if it wasn't for the last minute miracle evidence beyond evidence even though there was already plenty of evidence.

It's a good episode if I'm still thinking about it later, very good if I'm poking holes in the story writing.

The Orville new horizons has become quite the excellent sci-fi. I really hope McFarlane has enough dirt on studio execs to get another season made. Committing to the android staying aromantic was bold. Tackling the trans hot topic via intersex issues was bold. They even pulled a "Tuvix" ethical right that sure felt wrong with the time travel episode.

Now if Dolly could set the terms for the conglomerate that runs Dollywood and demand the right to unionize, living wages, healthcare and full anti discrimination policies regardless of what Tennessee laws may be passed, I'll open a shrine to Dolly Parton. Tacit just isn’t enough when your former poverty and status as gay icon is going to be part of your identity and selling points. I do hope she made bank on that vaccine though, excellent investment.

[little-lucky-angel]

Reason no.73728 why you still need to be vigilant as a queer individual around people who have no particular stance on queer rights: they might not be ineherently queerphobic to you, but they might surround themselves with people who are and let them into your life. 

I went home for the holidays and came back to find out my roommate held a party, which is fine, she cleaned up after it. Except I found my small, decorative pride flag poking out of the trash. This flag means a lot to me because I had it since I was a teen, nearly 7 years now, and got it from a youth support group when I was lost and confused. It holds a lot of sentimental value as it's been with me for so long and has seen me through some very shitty times.

When I asked what the hell happened and why is it there, my roommate, through nonchalant laughter, showed me a video of her (boy)friend stuffing that flag into the trash and being all smug about it. It was funny to her and it really wasn't to me.

I had to take a few hours to ponder on it and I finally settled on anger and confronted her. I told her that next time something like this happens, I'm taking a piece of her makeup and smashing it, to which she responded by saying it's not like she is the one who did it and she was drunk anyway.

As if that somehow excuses the fact she allowed a stranger to go into my personal space and discard my stuff as he pleases, to my knowledge without ever reprimanding him for it. She didn't even have to make it about homophobia, it's a matter of touching other people's belongings without permission and while the owner is away and unable to do anything about it.

I've been through 7 apartments in the last 5 years, plenty of shitty landlords and roommates, this is the cheapest place I can live in as of right now because I can't work enough hours to both afford new housing and keep up with my studies. I don't have time or energy before exams either, so I'm stuck living with a person who can at any moment bring in someone who will jeopardise my safety and peace of mind.

Her aloofness lulled me into a false sense of security while making a decision to move in, and now I can't relax anymore in my own space knowing what happened because next time what will it be? I sure as fuck don't want to find out. I was endangered simply by the proxy of other people carelessness and stupidity.

As much as it is, it's also not about material belongings. I feel betrayed and violated. To me this means my roommate doesn't care about my safety and knowingly and willingly fraternizes with people who hold active resent against queers and are willing to act upon their urge to display their dissatifaction.

Yes you can argue about it being my fault for not setting down boundaries or something, but me setting them down doesn't mean they won't be crossed because the other person thinks nothing bad will happen for doing it once.

Queerphobia is not a matter of opinion, it never was. If it was only a matter of opinion, there wouldn't be a danger of violence. And this is why I aggressively criticise small acts like this. If we let them slide over and over, trashed flags and ripped posters will turn into dead bodies.

[eimearkuopio]

My life to date has been full of bizarre and unusual coincidences. Now, I know all about pareidolia, and people have always dismissed my particular brand of spotting issues as a form of that. And it is a form of that! But that doesn't make me wrong, because they think I'm saying "that cloud looks like a rabbit... that blob looks like a face... THE CLOUD IS A RABBIT! THE BLOB IS A FACE! I SEE THE OBJECTIVE NATURE OF REALITY! BEHOLD MY GLORY!"

And what I'm actually saying is, "Hey, folks, I'm not sure if anyone else has spotted this, but... These ants are marching in a pattern that seems to spell my name. I know, that's really weird, doesn't make sense. Few questions: most obvious one, can you lot see the ants too? You can? Is there... Maybe... A load of honey spilled on the floor is the shape of my name? Is someone playing an incredibly unethical prank on me? Have we checked with the kids running the ant farm experiment that they insist is properly contained and also that they are infallibly certain that they are the only people in the world with real ants because their ants look slightly different to all the other ants and only their ants care enough to spell people's names but only ever spell theirs? Yes, I know other kids have ant farms, but my roommate was on their board at one point and she insisted on bringing a mini ant farm INTO THE DORM ROOM in spite of my complaints and I'm not saying these are definitely her ants or that they definitely escaped from that ant farm but if you look at the markings they definitely LOOK like those ants! Of course they're going to deny it, part of the reason they get to run the ant farm club is that they're meant to know how to corral the fucking ants. Yes, I know I look crazy, because I roomed with someone who kept insisting that her ants would spell the name of anyone they liked enough, and that the ants definitely liked everyone enough that they COULD spell their names but also that they would only ever spell their names in secret silent ways that no one would really see, and now, THERE ARE FUCKING ANTS SPELLING MY NAME AND THE ANT FARM CLUB WANTS TO WASH THEIR HANDS OF IT IN CASE THIS HAS BEEN THE TIPPING POINT THAT DRIVES ME OVER THE EDGE AFTER HAVING HAD TO ROOM WITH AUTISTIC ANT FARM KID MY WHOLE FUCKING LIFE, AND THE MENTAL HEALTH PEOPLE ARE TELLING ME THAT THEY CAN SEE THE ANTS TOO BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEY CAN'T HELP WITH THE ANTS, THEY CAN ONLY HELP WITH THE IMPACT THE ANTS ARE HAVING ON ME, AND STUPID AUTISTIC ANT FARM KID IS DEAD SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THESE ARE HER FUCKING ANTS AND IT FEELS WRONG TO JUST HOOVER THEM UP EVEN THOUGH, AND I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH, I REALLY REALLY HATE FLYING ANTS MORE THAN ALMOST ANYTHING IN THE WHOLE WORLD AND WHILE I'M TRYING NOT TO HOLD THAT AGAINST THESE NON-FLYING ANTS IT IS EXTREMELY DISTRESSING THAT NOBODY IS WILLING TO HELP ME AND THAT I'M GETTING ENTIRELY TOO CLOSE TO JUST SCREAMING AND PUTTING DOWN ANT POISON OR HOOVERING THEM UP BUT MY ROOMIE SPENT HER WHOLE FUCKING LIFE TELLING ME HOW IMPORTANT AND SPECIAL AND ENDANGERED HER ANTS ARE AND I'LL BE HONEST TO ME THEY JUST LOOK LIKE FUCKING ANTS BUT IF THEY'RE SPELLING MY NAME IT FEELS LIKE I SHOULD TRY TO HELP THEM, COULD THE FUCKING ANT SOCIETY PLEASE RESPOND TO LITERALLY ANY OF MY REQUESTS FOR SUPPORT IN DEALING WITH THIS ANT INFESTATION ETHICALLY, THE MENTAL HEALTH PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO HELP ME HOOVER THEM UP AND IF YOU KEEP IGNORING ME I PROBABLY WILL BUT I GENUINELY THINK THESE ANTS MIGHT FUCKING MATTER AND EVEN IF I'M WRONG THE FUCKING ANT CLUB SHOULD AT LEAST BE WILLING TO COME AND TAKE A FUCKING LOOK AT THEM.

My parents have lived through enough ant infestations and been told their reward would be great in Heaven. My husband hates ants and is only avoiding getting the hoover out because he loves me and these ones keep spelling my name and I've asked him to give them a chance and promised I won't let them near him. He learned to love bees for me. I'm not going to ask him to do the same for ants. My brother thinks that ants either don't exist or do more harm than good, and I kind of agree with him but the point of my recently deceased roommate's ant farm was to try to change that, so if the ants have chosen me to care for them, I'll do what I can; but I will not let them harm my loved ones, and I want help from the fucking ant society. It's frankly the least they could do after all my family has been through: help me look after your stupid fucking ants that I never wanted in the first place, and that have somehow learned my name so I can't even ignore them.

[scentedchildnacho]

Northwest metis......the white sick had such a passion for furs. ..so the area doesn't appear all that solar western....they had differential ways to use the grid without westernism....they really dont like pesticides around the children....so

Missuse of the underground or my battery in a county jail in brunswick Georgia was to threaten a north western territory.....i only for beads needed to be invited to a moccasin event for missing indigenous women and children.....because if i get cancer they keep getting to detain animals.....

Well the addictive gross shitty males keep going around a pre school like little girls can't shoot coney so

That's me about moccasins there are responsible simple ways to use animals so they dont go missing....they had to find the donkeys a practice item for all sorts of slaveries so it's not good for the animals to go missing.....

Scarecrow

The black birds have been trained on plastic items because Aztec is such a gross dog shitty company that steals their palm foods......so i scared them away and tried to give them the seed pods from the yellow flower trees but they get more indignent that a mustard pack is their storm olive branch

Anyway sacred kyle with mental mckinney Texas wanted to know what i wanted to do with Hollywood....so Jennifer Lopez about hispanics that appropriated native philosophies is actually pretty good at scarecrow the white wedding military wife in the cell.....

The cell for the serial killer I find pretty awfully done.....but thinking of positivity or the very naive loves people no matter what peace idea of scarecrow the white wedding wife I find some pretty good tejanos drugs in it

I met this Californian in Alaska who told me she did sex work because she was sure marriage was the worst thing for women so I think no children of God scarecrow there used multiple times without pay by multiple partners is a lot more tragic then a loved wife.....j...lo....and Jay z....the white wedding wife does just have to go through military hospital stuff because her husband is her companion....im sorry but those families are loved admirable stories

Anyway I'm tired of being called poor because scarecrow for me won't be a happy wedding so Jennifer at least shows it off as a feminist professional title and a.i. community....

Phosphate company.....

Anils ghost my sister does whatever the family is and gets to be called first nations.....people prostituted there may be graves here and they mow it

Uhm the mother superior at saint Brigid's let's that creepy meth er lady assume privilege over the group though she is a gross rude sexually active person that does nothing relevant for public unions but claims er pay.....

She did this to me so that desperate to reach the happy beef from my wretched condition squeezed past that nasty lady in the doorway...she said hey because she kept putting her body directly in the doorway though caught for budging in line so

So now I have that vaginal wall to empathize with the unborn about

Anyway that lady should not be around homeless the street is not for sexually active people the street is for people who can cope with low resiliency situations...and people who show up for meal with their sex kept that unashamed are noticed that way....we all have to separate our underwear pads for research purposes and they go tell nuns their that consciously split ...

Anyway her baby dike friend later came up and threatened me for pushing past that creepy group that expects preferential

The group better be there for their frees....but they better be meth prioritized off group efforts

The baby dike was like if you ever do that to my friend ever again....so I was like you just threatened a homeless person attempted murder like suicidal duress of endangered detained people can be years in jail retard.....if you won't finally get away from me the company will come extract all you have here get away from me retard

Then I thought stupid bitch no one there cares that your a crotch states and you go places Catholics could select you out of being states and they leave you as a creepy lyndie england crotch Koch states....no one there cares at all about you

You have to be crotch and no one cares at all about you for threatening me or they would have come for you already you fucking nasty Koch street state

Barcelona I've already been told selection for catholicists doesn't favor my too passive copeing skills and I just don't want to develop my incisors that much so I don't appear to want to leave the states so they don't select me either....

I did tell her firmly segregative crime is decades in jail and complete retribution so don't ever come around me with a segregative ticket to batter ever again displacement to the mafia is wrong

My family was agrarian and I don't hunt animal when women Austrians bring me silage and herding ....it's not kind to my sex to expect it to hunt they were bohemian's

Anyway I explained to her when I pushed past her that she tried to open the door for males already glutonously served and women and children first if males constantly keep their pay that high....

At the time I just admitted if she expected the situation to be decriminalized for her outbursts then......it won't it will still be a little underground then if I have to be some detainee to be barked at with nothing smarter then shut the fuck up get the fuck away from me.....

Anyway As.....prey....gilcrest and Soamese....she was already selected as a good person to bring hygiene from britian back and catholicists will keep telling me to get a job so i can have things British philosophers and chicago medicals tell me too ...

You can tell by the hygiene table that she leaves all these clues about how methodically she was chosen....

Ozempic is larger then Starbucks and a lot combined and I won't get a job because I'm expected to be like what hurts me

The meal service girls are trained to not think because it hurts me and incriminates the men....

And people that robotic and unthoughtful are on a paraffin...

Black babies lives matter.....and I'm sorry but I won't take profit off spreading Parisian pharmaceuticals. ..

It's not that simple ..people can suggest me and stuff would come in illegally ...truth is everyone has had illegal stuff trafficked into their employment record and those people treat me like I have to serve everyone's sentencing till I don't care if I find out about secret cook talks and military quarantine inclusion

So im sorry but the United States government has to be held accountable to me ......and I will do things slowly. .....if they don't stop stalking me to leave the home they will be held accountable I have a disability and i really cant do things in that company....

Francis Francis chanel my people yes chanel ...dark leader.....I'm for the home....I'm going for.....I am for the home yes

....it's actually these regulators and system controllers that are the barriers for variable renewables..... modi not dikshit

[indouloureux]

wait……do you mind writing this…

because i need to like…..….yeah…..

big brother eddie with a golden heart <3

who also got his name cleared bc duh he needs that fuck u duffer brothers

eddie's got an arm around your shoulder's for support, limping his way through the pavement, shoes scraping unevenly on tiny rocks. your hand remains secure around his waist as you pivot a corner and face a large house.

"you sure he's in here?" you ask him, voice small in the desolated neighborhood. "looks like that's abandoned."

"my uncle told me he's here," he murmurs. "that some family's been fostering him for three months since he tried running away and came looking for us. says this was his fifth home."

your hand around his torso feel his bandages — palm to the gauze. "how'd you loose him, anyway?"

"i don't know. i-..." he rubs his eye, a gentle click in his tongue. "ever since what happened to star court, uncle wayne decided it's for the best he grew up somewhere else. i was going to come with him to our aunt but...i was worried they won't take us if she saw me so i told my brother that he was going to stay with her for a while and we'd take him back once everything's okay."

"and?"

"well, little shit ran away from her. the authorities saw him and took him in, switched foster homes all the time since he wanted to be with us. and we were trying to-to get him but this whole vecna thing happened. a-and the gates too, so. we never really found him until last month after the trial."

you rub his torso, resting your head on his bicep. "well, you're here now. that's what matters. you found him, and we're gonna bring him home, okay?"

eddie sighs heavily, looking at you with tears on his eyelashes. "what if he's not safe in hawkins? what if taking him back would-would endanger him?"

"then you'll protect him, right?" you wipe his tears away. "you said you'd always protect him. that you'd never leave him. now here we are."

eddie looks down on his hand. "what if people would still talk about how i killed all those people and my brother hears them? babe, if he hears it he'll never look at me the same way again and i can't handle that."

you step forward, hand leaving his torso and coming up to cup his face between your trembling hands. "you're his brother, eddie," he kisses your palm. "he looks up to you. he loves you. and you're going to take him back to you and uncle wayne, got it?"

nodding, he closes his eyes. "i'm gonna take him back."

"great. now do you wanna open the gate?"

he hesitates for a bit, still looking at you before he slowly turns his head to the house that looks awfully lot like vecna's. sighing, eddie blinks the tears away and reaches over to open the gate, old metal structure creaking as it opens and collides with the fence.

you both walk the dirt pavement, the sound of shoes colliding with the ground and the trees falling on the overgrown grass is heard clearly in the desolated suburb. eddie walks the stairs in your guidance, and stares at the wooden door in front of him.

his hand raises, looking at you for your approval. and when you nod, his knuckles hit the door gently in three knocks. you both hear faint shuffling inside, until the door opens in a loud creak of rusty hinges.

eddie stiffens beside you, eyes meeting and old woman wrapped in a cardigan with an unwelcoming expression. "hi," he begins. "i'm...eddie—edward munson. i'm here for my brother?"

the old woman glares at the both of you before she looks back and calls a name you've heard when eddie talks about his brother. eddie straightens his back, and you swear you can hear his heartbeat pattering through his chest.

quick, light footed footsteps echo across the old hall of the old home, and behind the woman, your eyes meet a small frame of a lanky boy wearing rugged clothing beside the stairs. beside you, eddie's breath hitches and unwraps his arm around your shoulder.

it's an exchange of surprised stares of nostalgia and familiarizing tears that threaten to fall down to their cheeks. eddie's brother removes his hand from the stairwell, and eddie limps his way to the small boy before he's fallen to his knees; his brother immediately running to his arms.

it's a heartwarming reunion that hugs your heart, a hand coming up to your mouth when eddie hugs the life out of his brother, digging his face on the crook of his neck. the old woman looks at you with pursed lips.

and it's also then you realize that they almost look exactly alike — he looks like a little eddie munson with a buzzcut, like he told you he used to have in middle school. he doesn't have eddie's tired worry lines, but he does have the same cynical eyes minus the horrors eddie has seen. same nose, same lips, same melancholy smile.

the old lady looks at you. "kid's been a wreck since i fostered him. kept looking for his brother. didn't expect for him to look like he's in the satanic panic."

eddie hugs his brother tightly, pressed a kiss to his temple as he makes a mental promise to never let him go, before he turns his head to you and shows you his lachrymose tears.

"lets go home."

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i’m not sure how to explain this properly because i struggle with english (sorry 😢) but are there any fanfics where inuyasha makes a mistake or upsets kagome and they break up/stop talking/something like that and inuyasha tries to fix it and apologizes and they get back together? i probably didn’t explain good but i like those types of fics

Fear not anon, we understood the assignment! We've compiled a list of the misunderstandings you're after and would also like to point you towards the Break-Up and Make-Up list we posted a little while ago. Happy reading! ❤

Until You're Mine by manga3x (E)

Now in the midst of adulthood and recently married, Kagome Higurashi is more than shocked when she sees her ex-boyfriend from high school, her first true love who still has a special place in her heart but has also broken it. Despite her reservations, she agrees to a seemingly meaningless reunion when their conversation brings back memories she doesn't want to remember, choices she can't make, and heartache she can't handle.

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Delicate by @akitokihojo (T)

To trust someone, to let them in, what an unsettling ordeal. Kagome is easy and safe, and Inuyasha is difficult and guarded. She can put him at ease with a smile, simultaneously setting him on edge. It was nothing until it was something, creating absolute chaos and uncertainty within the both of them.

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Song and Dance Man by @mamabearcat (T)

“What if we’ve been fooling ourselves Inuyasha.” “Huh?” “I mean, look at us,” she said, gesturing from Inuyasha’s faded Soundgarden t-shirt and ripped black jeans to her heart patterned leggings and hot pink t-shirt which proudly proclaimed she was Fuelled by Theatre and Coffee. “We couldn’t be more different.” “But”, spluttered Inuyasha, his heart suddenly beating faster at the dangerous direction the conversation was taking. “Different is good! Yes, we like different things, but that shouldn’t matter!” Kagome’s bottom lip quivered. “It might not matter tomorrow, or next week, or the week after that, but sooner or later, it would."

When Kagome is suffering from a bad case of PMS fuelled anxiety about their new relationship, will Inuyasha know the right thing to do to calm her fears?

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Done For by @purdybaby (T)

Inuyasha is sick as a dog so he pushes Kagome away and hard!

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Trust by @splendentgoddess (T)

Believe none of what you hear and only half of what you see. But if we cannot trust our own eyes, then whom can we trust? Inuyasha had thought that he could trust Kagome, until she betrayed him in the cruelest of ways. Or did she?

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The Secret by @inunanna (T)

Kagome always thought that coming back to the Feudal Era would mean finally being together with Inuyasha, openly and officially together, but she was the only one. Inuyasha won't never endanger Kagome, even if that means forcing himself to stay away from Kagome. One of them will have to change their mind.

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To Tell the Truth by @splendentgoddess (M)

Mistaken identity has a priest giving Kagome a tea that temporarily makes her incapable of lying. Assured that the inu-tachi are not who he thought they were, they're free to go. But how long before the tea wears off? And just what will Kagome admit?

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One Love by Eev (T)

Certain events compel Kagome to run away and start a new life elsewhere. Can Inuyasha convince her to come back?

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the deception. by @fandomobsessions016 (E)

Kagome and Sango have just graduated college, and Kagome is set to return home… to the city. The city she left behind four years earlier. Almost as soon as she arrives and is unceremoniously reacquainted with her ex, Kagome realizes she’s made a mistake. Four years of distance and alleged personal growth have done nothing to tame her tumultuous heart or lessen her pain. Now, she has to confront her agonizing past while traversing through a myriad of emotions as she comes face to face with the very people she left the city to avoid; Inuyasha and Miroku. Thankfully, she has Sango by her side, as not all is as it seems…

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Asks and Answers (Chapter 3: Mine) by @lavendertwilight89 (E)

Ask: I wanna cuddle but if I touch I won't be able to stop.

[tvrningout-archived]

Give me anything with Kaigaku and Nicolette!! His thoughts on her in general. His possible fear of her death. The evolution of their relationship through affectionate touch. Him feeding on her. ANYTHING

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while i prepare to go off about these two, pls look at kai's lil fangs! they're very cute and he's very cute and i think we all need to acknowledge this for a sec

i'm so sure that at the beginning of their friendship, kaigaku thought nicolette was annoying bc he's him and unfortunately can't stand very many people asdfg but now traits he found annoying he admires -- like her persistence ( which translates into her refusal to give up on someone even if they've given her plenty reason to drop them like a sack of potatoes ) and how hard it is to properly deter her.

now kaigaku thinks she's annoying but in an endearing way <3 does he get all embarrassed and prickly when she wants to be verbally/physically affectionate to push his buttons? yup, but he can't say he 100% hates it! does he get mad when she endangers herself for his sake? yep, but just bc he doesn't want her to get hurt vs. feeling like she thinks he can't take care of himself!

listen i just love thinking about how far they must've come since day one of knowing each other :' )))

btw if nicolette dies, kaigaku will 100% blame himself for not being there, not being strong enough, etc. he won't care what the circumstances are -- in some way, it's gonna be his fault in his head. i don't think it's something he allows himself to think of while idle ( or at least tries not to ), but it's definitely something he worries about every time they get into a serious fight. he's always got half a mind to tell her to run away.

ALSO the infinity castle arc...... they better go into that fortress together and nicolette better be prepared to have kaigaku be on edge bc he's so so scared what might happen to her ;;;; like for the first time in a long while, whatever fear he might feel for his own life is just! not even there bc he's too busy worrying over her!

as for the affectionate touch AHHH alright i'm just soft thinking about it bc kai isn't very physically affectionate, but the fact that nico is changes that a lil! kai can't bring himself to be casually affectionate even as time goes on bc he feels so awkward, unnatural compared to nicolette; he always initiates touch bc of some larger reason, such as grounding nico after an intense fight or seeking comfort when his mistakes start to plague his mind. in those moments, he doesn't second guess it. he lays his head on her shoulder, grabs her hand, etc. and it just feels right :' )

that's another thing to note -- he always goes for small touches vs. going for a hug, and i think that's just bc he's not naturally affectionate physically, so he goes for more subtle gestures.

you know i always let myself forget that nicolette lets kaigaku feed on her to control his hunger and every time i remember i scream bc kai must feel so icky and guilty about it for the longest time : ((( especially bc at the beginning, he surely loses himself at least once, probably when he's pushed himself for too long without eating, and he gets furious with himself for hurting/almost hurting her.

i imagine that at some point, kaigaku requests that they get bottles or flasks or something bc he doesn't want to feed from nico directly if there's even a chance he could lose control. he just wants her to be safe ;;;;;

tbh i think about how nicolette is kind of the one person keeping kaigaku going and helping him grow in our lil au and how i dunno how he'd handle her death. like he came back to the corps bc she fought for him. she's the one who accepts him despite everything, who cares for him when he feels so alone, so what happens if he loses her?

on a lighter note, pls imagine kai growling inside his box bc nicolette said something he dislikes and the person she's talking to goes " what's that?? " and she says " oh it's just my cat! he gets grumpy if i don't give him attention <3 " and kai is just very silently fuming asdfgh