#BTW this one is the easiest to argue

[spiegelgestalt]

Does the bible endorse slavery?

Soooo. A few weeks ago I watched the new video by Dan Olson. It’s about the futile quest to prove creationism is real by proving that dinosaurs and humans lived during the same period of time. It’s a good video. There was just one part that triggered me no offended me to my core and it was this one: the fundamentalist try so desperately to prove creationism because they want to keep the bible as unquestionable authority so they can continue their bigoted beliefs. And this angered me. I wasn’t angry at Dan. I’m pretty sure he’s right. There are Christians who think that the only thing standing between them and their ability to subjugate humans and treat others badly for their own personal gain is science, secularism and a critical read of the bible.

And as a Christian i just can't let this stand

This is me cleaning house (she said if anyone would read this and if she had any authority) Get your grabby fundamentalist prosperity gospel slavery apologist hands away from my holy scripture. We don’t want you here. Go away.

Does the bible think that slavery is okay?

Short answer: No.

Nuanced answer under the cut:

The bible has a harm reduction approach to a lot of social issues. A lot of rules and laws apply to concrete problems people had at the time. Some things were so far out of the realm of possibility no one thought of them yet. But the bible is very clear how all laws and rules should be applied:

They should protect those who can’t protect themselves – especially vulnerable people without a family unit: widows, orphans, poor people, foreigners, slaves because God is always on the side of those people

You can’t serve God properly if you are mistreating your fellow humans

Treating your fellow humans well is more important than the correct prayers/cult

One of the fundamental myths in the bible is getting freed from slavery. God is someone who saves you from slavery.

But and here comes the nuance: there was slavery in the bible. And it wasn’t abolished. here we get to the harm reduction approach. In the bible if you have slaves you should always remember that you (or your ancestors) used to be slaves themselves So you should treat them accordingly – one free day a week for everyone (BTW part of the ten commandments) , enough pay to have a decent life, and after seven years they should get the possibility to leave and be free but they could stay if they wanted to. Basically the enslaved person is a human like you.  This approach should make several things impossible which are usually highly connected to slavery: treating people as things/furniture (imo one of the biggest sins in the bible btw – you can always spot a godless person by the way they treat the people and animals around them), not paying them, destroying their families, beat them to death…

But what about Gen 9, Spiegel? What about Ham and this particular verse: “Cursed be Canaan;

a servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.“

Okay so you are saying that this one line makes chattel slavery acceptable, that makes it acceptable to breed people like animals, to break up their families, to rape and abuse them, to treat them like trash to this very day. This one line makes racism and slavery okay?  

This one line which is said by a Noah who drank so much that he lied around naked and was disrespected by his sons is enough evidence to make slavery okay? This one line which was clearly meant as jab at the neighbors of israel is enough evidence.

You know how you can also read this: You can read this as the Deluge not working. Because here’s the thing: There was a Deluge because conflict, evil and wars got so out of hands that God tried to switch creation on and of again. (lets not talk about the morality of this). God tried to switch creation on and of again and the people were still evil. That’s what they realized: People won’t change. People are evil. And so I won’t punish creation again just because people suck. – and how did God realize it – because even Noah wasn’t perfect. There’s a new dawn – new humanity and once again Noah’s putting brother against brothers – unlawful hierarchies appear and the whole cycle starts again.

But what about the slavery in the new testament, Spiegel? Paul said it was okay. Paul said slaves should remain with their masters. Huh! What do you say now?

Paul also made it abundantly clear that their was no significant difference between a slave and a lord. In the eyes of god they are all equally sinners and equally saved.

Paul honestly thought that the world wouldn’t exist much longer. It was very much: this is a temporary thing – tomorrow Jesus comes back and then all of this doesn’t matter anyway. So his drive to change the world/change the rules/ create a just society wasn’t really there. His stance was mostly: you got what you got so try to live the most god fearing live wherever you are. So as a slave with a unjust master that meant suffering but still trying you best – and know that you take part in jesus’ suffering. While as a master you should treat the people under you like Jesus treated them -> serve them, suffer under them, help them – the vibe was very much: if everyone acts well and decent we don’t even have to have a revolution. Is that realistic – no – but I don’t think Paul was big into structural criticism. The important thing is: would Jesus endorse chattel slavery? HELL NO!!What the fuck are you talking about??

Pauls stance on the whole unjust hierarchies thing is actually pretty interesting because it was basically an anarchistic stance. A Christian is completely free – they only serve God – but because serving God means serving your brothers and sisters they are a slave/servant to everyone at the same time. If you are a Christian there are no gender barriers, it doesn’t matter were you come from, it doesn’t matter if you are rich or if you are poor, your education doesn’t matter – you are free and out of that freedom you decide to serve other to the best of your abilities.

So TL/DR: Dear fundamentalist Christian: It’s not only science/secularism/liberalism which stands in the way of your selfish, ignorant, hateful ways it’s also the bible because Plot TWIST a lot of liberalism/secularism/socialism grew on top of or in conversation with Christian theology  and the first person who wrote about the Big Bang theory was a catholic priest. GTFOH

[complete-clownery]

Not me deciding that I wanna figure out how does Macaques dojo work, cuz I couldnt seem to find any ideas of it on the internet lol

Okay so long long LONG rant:

Ik that in canon the whole place looks kinda-- moldy and shit and I get the lot of hc about how Macaque probably doesnt even live there since its in a very industrial outer neighborhood of Megaplois, and also it probably isnt really decorated or looks like someone is living in there at all, but I like to think that he has standards and they put like 272636373 nois cancelation seals on their bedroom so he can sleep camly when he actually can sleep (since in my hc Macaque suffers from insomnia (its a pretty common hc tho, but you get it)) and I think the outer circle of Megaplois is even tho industral and under constructuion on most parts, its probably more quiet than downtown

And I also like to imagine, Macaque even tho if not commited to a place will make it more homy. But looking at my reference pictures, in the dojo there were also a lot of posters and paintings (and in MKAGC Macaque did mention he might have a poster of wukong soooo~~)

For the layout I went after whatever felt right, since I had like 4 pictures to piece together a two-story house with a gallery(??) so its actually just me deciding what I want and where I wanna put it

(Here are the screenshots from lmk s1ep9 I used:)

Okay Okay if you couldnt tell, for some reason im really hyped about this stuff so im going to lead you trough my thougtprocess, when imagining this whole thing, in order from ground level to gallery

1. Ground level:

Ahh yes ground level: the problem child

(Im going to keep it somewhat brief here cuz I wrote a shit ton of explanations for it, but that somehow got deleted which I am super pissed about btw)

So I saw that a lot of hc with Macaques place are mostly that first floor is the dojo and the second floor is the living area, buuut~~ based on the screenshots of the series that doesnt make any sense. My reasoning? Simple really, its bc you can see the ceiling If you are standing in the dojo. This could lead to the conclusion that:

"Okay maybe then there is no second floor just a gallery in there somewhere and thats it".

Sure we can say that, but then you would ignore the fact that you cant see the front door of the building when Macaque slams Mk into a weaponstand.

"Okay then its on the other side of the room that we never got to see in the episode"

I mean maybe sure but to me from an animation point of view it just doesnt make sense, just why would they flipp the camera angle like that (I mean anyone can think whatever they want, everyones opinion is valid, its not like anyone would ever argue me on this one ((or read this whole brainrot trough in the first place lol)))

Haha anyways regardless of anything, let's go back to talking about the first floor, shall we?

Everything is pretty self explenatory: when you come in on the front door youll see a little shoe rack where you can but your shoes, and one stair to seperate the ante-room from the rest of the house

Then theres a long hall that leads to the enterence of the storageroom, the random room and the staircase that leads to the second floor

I couldnt decide on what to put in that big room-- I had no clue -- I was thinking maybe Macaque could let other people rent it for a few days of maybe theres a shop with an owner whos ranting the place from Macaque (I think thats an interasting concept, but I didnt explore any of them) oh well thats that tho

"""somewhat brief""""

Second floor:

This was probably the easiest, since 90% of it is the dojo

But before that when you walk up to the second floor you can see a big boubel door that opens to the dojo, and a normal door that opens to the bathroom, which is strategicly placed there by yours truely. There is big brain logic behind it,, it might be inconvinient for Macaque to walk down the stairs from his bedroom trough the dojo to the bathroom (but also he can just shadow portal there--), but when ocasionally he mentors Mk, he might have to go to the bathroom while hes at Macaques place and I dont think Macaque would apritiate someone stomping trough his personal area, and thats why the bathroom is conviniently placed next to the dojo and not that far from the bathroom I know im a genius (**read everything in the bathroom part with a lot of sarcasm**)

Anyways, we couldnt even see all four of the dojos walls so that was also a 'gamble', but I went with a simple bouble door that I mentioned before and two weapon stands (yes those are weapon stands) and other than that you can see the rest of the room on the screenshots, theres also the staircase and that has some closet underneath it, but thats about it

The gallery (my personal favorit):

Looking at my reference pictures i could see that the dojo took up a lot of space almost taking up the 1/2 of the building, which I think is reasonable and kinda cool, but that means small living area which I think is even cooler (I am a huge fan of small practical spaces, they feel so so cozy)

So Yeah the living space: mostly two rooms that I also illustrated on top of this post, (you probably saw it) with a balkony thingy before the enterence of the rooms, where you can look down and see the entirety of the dojo, good for observing.

When you go in the door (actually havent decided if I want to put a door there or curtains for style but meh who knows who cares), youll enter the small but spacious kitchen. I dont see the Six Eared Macaque as a homecook, more of a fake cooking guy (only making basic foods like eggs or toast, maybe ocasionally pancake), hints there is no built in stove or owen just a portable stove, a kettle and a toaster and a small fridge that has MKs drawing (that he drew for them at the end of season 3) magneted there :]

Other than that theres a sink and an old television, he got from the randomest place ever, maybe he fished it out of the trash idk, but he put it on top of the cabinets (rarely watches anything on it)

On the baseplan you can see that there was supposed to be a small table next to the sink with a chair, but it didn't make it to the final drawing cuz let's be honest: drawing interior in correct perspective without a reference picture is just not my strongest artskill I posess, so I got pissed and put a trashcan in there, Macaque can eat in his bed

Talking about bed, let's move on to the Six Eared Macaques room:

It is very small but pretty comfortable with a small bed but a shit ton of pillows for a good nights sleep, other than that there are a nightstand that has the Lantern on it (I know it sorta got lost/destroyed after defeating LBD but I wanted to put it there) and a drawer.

The nightstand probably doesnt have a lot innit, just some nick-nacks and tissues and maybe snacks, or a book or something, the drawer stores some of his clothes, but since I like to think that Macaque is a fashion icon that wont be able to fit most of their clothes, so maybe he stores them in a pocket dimension of shadows, and only has some esentials there when he needs to get ready quickly.

And we could talk about the posters plastered around the room, but most of them are kinda self-explanatory, but there are the poster of his shadowplaly of the hero and the warrior, some drawing, a "Hang in there babygirl!" Poster with a cat on it hanging in there, a poster of the monkey king (heh), phantom of the opera poster and a-- well--- that ones for my bestie hope she'll notice it, its a spies are forever poster (really fun musical a of spies, go watch it its on youtube), and a drawing he brought( maybe)

And thats about the bedroom

And we are still not done, how are we feeling about that?? Huh?? (You dont have to answert, this shit took me about 2 hours to write :] )

LAST PLACE: the corner of the windows opposit the kitchen and the bedroom. Its just a chill little place with pillows and blankets, where someone can bundle up and enjoy some tea or read a book or brood, whatever the monkey prefers. The special thing about it, is that you cant access the place without knowing how to levitate, fly, jump high, or use portals, not that much of a game changer since more than half of the lmk cast could get up there, but still a bit of a barrier in my opinion

AAAAAND~~~ thats it omg

Hi hello if you read this trough could you please comment or reblog with this: "🐵" cuz I wanna know about the brave soilders who went trough this immense amount of clownery,,, holly mother---

If you read this all 👏👏👏 you are amazing thank you for appreciating my work this much, have an amazing day or night ✨🪲

[captainuranium543]

Thing I've noticed about the Fairy tail fandom misogyny problem (I'm about to sound like such a nerd)

Not to be the loser of the year but the easiest way to see the bad treatment of women in the ft fandom is by imagining what would happen if you swapped the genders of gray and erza.

As we all know gray has a running gag of taking off his clothes, however while people clown on him for this it's also well known and obvious that he is more than that. He has depth and character beyond just that gag. In the more recent 100 year quest he really hasn't done that much by comparison to natsu Lucy erza or even Wendy. This has been (reasonably) upsetting to some fans arguing that he deserves better. I agree with this but I need you to imagine what the reaction would be if he was a women because it would be a completely different story.

If gray was a character who didn't get a lot of development and was always taking off his clothes as a women people would not be saying he deserves better then would be absolutely dog piling this dude calling him useless and fanservice only completely ignoring all his previous development.

How do I know this? Because that is literally what happened to Lucy. Back in the 2010s people WOULD NOT GET OFF HER ASS. people were constantly calling her useless (completely ignoring the fact that she's a brand new wizard being compared to guys who've been doing this since before puberty and NO SHIT SHES NOT THAT GOOD YET. THATS WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT COMES IN). It made sense for Lucy to be weaker than the others she was brand new to this and that was literally the point of her entire story to watch her grow as a wizard and become more independent and powerful. In some instances Lucy was written to be a damsel in distress character but rather then looking at her as an obvious victim of bad writing it was treated like it was somehow her fault. Gray and Lucy are very similar characters but gray is treated far more favorably right now than Lucy ever was back in the early days.

As for erza, people cannot stop calling her a plot armor character. All I see online is none stop hating, some people even claiming it's worse than natsu. The things is, to a degree they are right erza does have plot armor, the issue is that so does literally everyone else. As much as you don't want to accept it erza fights more so it's more noticeable with her but every single fairy tail fight outside of a few will have an element of plot armor ESPECIALLY for natsu.

The issue I have isn't that people are wrong it's that they completely ignore the fact erza is literally only being treated the same way male anime characters have been since the dawn of time but now suddenly it's a problem. Being overpowered and winning by punching things harder is fine as long as you're a dude ig.

It's even worse when people argue she's a Mary Sue because she objectively isn't. She not only has so many flaws that come to mind easily, she had probably one of the strongest character arcs I've ever seen. She's gone through more character development then 99% of the cast the only problem is that it happened very early and afterward Hiro didn't really know what to do with her.

That being said, even if she had no character arc at all I STILL WOULDN'T SAY SHES A MARY SUE. BECAUSE A MARY SUE IS A CHARACTER WITH NO FLAWS. AND NOBODY IN THIS SHOW IS MORE FLAWED THEN ERZA IS. I've heard people argue that all her flaws are comedic and, ignoring the fact this is just not true she has plenty of flaws that are genuine problems she needs to grow from (ie galuna island, tower of heaven and edolas), who cares if they are comedic? Natsu is also a very flawed person and has not had to change even a fraction of the amount Erza has and does that make him a Mary Sue? No. Do I still love him? Absolutely, he's funny as hell.

This post was not made to complain about gray or natsu btw Its not that I think they're useless or Mary sues I just don't think any of these characters are at all and I think people who do think that should all explode. Anyway this is just what I think feel free to disagree but don't try to argue with me because nobody is changing my mind on this one.

[notnights]

So obviously it's still too early to properly analyze the exact relationship dynamic between Jax and Gangle in canon. I promise this is less of me trying to find legitimate proof of any character speculations, and more just a string of very quick, messy personal thoughts on the topic. Context and motivation for their behaviors are likely to be explained in future episodes, and until then there's still quite a lot of uncharted territory left to explore. (Although I will say that both these characters are surprisingly more active and engaging with each other upon rewatch. aka, their willingness to be around one another seems mutual, the bullying is not.)

The only information that we can currently gather about Gangle are her canon appearances, the preview screenshot Glitch posted on the official account and to a lesser extent, Gangle's concept art sketches: Alot of it being about her fixation and dependency towards her comedy mask. We don't know whether she's fixated on the actual sensation being happy 24/7 or just the ability to appear joyful around everybody else just yet, or What her real-world equivalent of the mask was, or even if there ever was a real-world equivalent to begin with. But, Personal indictment is that she does genuinely want long term companionship and meaningful connections with other people. Or at the very least, not be subtly ostracized out of social convention. I think she believes that curating her outward demeanor might change the way others perceive her, and hopefully the way they interact with her as well. It doesn't really help that each of the circus crew are all a bit too much in their own heads to notice, one way or another. Even if they do mean well at the end of the day, it's never quite what she's really looking to accomplish. (It also doesn't help that her digital design is so detached from being human either, she's essentially a flat face on a piece of string. One can't really blame her for trying to make the most of what she's able to display tbh.)

So far, we know Jax is apathetic, violent and generally antagonistic towards everyone in the main cast, sometimes deliberately towards the girls. I think it isn't all that farfetched to believe he latched on to Gangle because she was malleable enough to target without facing most of the consequences. Subsequently, there's also the idea of him relating Gangle's tragedy mask to her willingness to comply: It's an emotional vulnerability for her (She already sees herself as less deserving of human interaction in this state, she won't have anyone else to go to, she doesn't seem to like being left alone). It's not farfetched to assume Jax sees the tragedy mask as a more "complied version" of Gangle, more entertaining and easier to string along. Me thinks he prefers it, but again. It's too soon to tell. Anyways something something designated role in group activities something something internalized self-worth I think Gangle and Ragatha have very similar philosophies when it comes to people pleasing and it almost makes me believe in the theory that they secretly don't get along even more.

(btw plz feel absolutely no pressure to respond to any of this at all - Again, very messy thoughts that I barely had time to collect. Ribbun is an unexpected infection with unfortunately very thought consuming brain fodder to me personally. Have a nice day.

I like these thoughts! It'll be really interesting to see how the Comedy and Tragedy masks work for Gangle.

I do agree Jax probably prefers Tragedy Gangle as even if it's only as deep as "she's funnier like that." And Gangle is the easiest victim for him in that state.

We've seen everyone (but Kinger, who Jax kind of doesn't bother too much, and you could argue it's because Kinger doesn't give an entertaining reaction) fight back against Jax's behavior in some way. Ragatha yells at him, Zooble isn't afraid to get physical, and we can tell Pomni had death on her mind when he threw her off the truck. The most Gangle has done is timidly resist for a few seconds before compiling. Steps on her mask, pushes her, grabs her and puts her in the drivers seat, she doesn't say anything.

She has a couple of bite back words, but then Jax just bites back and it shuts her down. Which is interesting because when Ragatha yells at him it's clear he thinks its funny and merely snarks back at her, often getting her to yell more. He gets different reactions out of everyone in the group and picks different entertainment from that. Gangle might be the one he knows he has proper control over.

As for the Ragatha and Gangle thing, I was really interested in the fact no one cared when Gangle broke her mask in the pilot, not even Ragatha who is our outwardly most caring. You could say it's because she had tunnel vision on Pomni, but I immediately interpreted it as, yeah Gangle's mask breaks all the time, she's crying all the time, eventually people stop caring. The boy who cried wolf, etc etc.

Even if Ragatha doesn't have direct conflict with Gangle, the fact Ragatha is someone who internalizes everything, and projects a positive outlook, I imagine someone like Gangle would make her pretty uncomfortable.

Here Ragatha is trying her darnest to keep it together and remain positive, meanwhile Gangle is crying all the time behind her.

"It's not so bad here Pomni, I promise!" as Gangle cries in the background.

Gangle being a constant reminder of how Ragatha, and maybe all of them really feel about being stuck here. Too early to say if Ragatha resents Gangle for this, or how she really feels about it. But if she does that's so sad because (we also don't know yet) Gangle has no control over these feelings, it wasn't her choice for her avatar to work like this.

Which honestly could be a good allegory for how certain people view mental illness in the real world too. Ragatha being a loved one who's uncomfortable with Gangle's moods, or even believes if Gangle just tried hard enough like her (example: keeping her comedy mask safe) she'd be fine. Ooh sad comic ideas.

[illprobsdeletethislater]

I was honestly going to write something more detailed and interesting about my thoughts on the finale but the easiest way to sum it up for me is that it was kinda just…boring?

Like I don’t think it was objectively *bad* (shitty magafv joke aside) but it just left me thinking ‘that’s it?’

I know some people liked that about it and claim that it didn’t need to be a whole song and dance but one of the things I love about wwdits is how creative and interesting their finales can be.

Overall I don’t dislike the finale but I can’t bring myself to be emotional about because it just felt like half an hour of the characters arguing, which is fun in a filler episode, but made for quite a lacklustre ending for me.

I also found the ‘it’s a comedy show it doesn’t need to have emotional closure’ thing to be quite a lazy way of closing off the characters. Just because it’s primarily a comedy doesn’t change the fact it’s had several emotionally impactful scenes and the characters are greatly cherished by the fans. It’s about finding the right balance between the two, not bringing one aspect down to accentuate the other.

The show was already funny, it didn’t need to make fun of its own character arcs and stories to achieve that as a way of being “meta” or whatever (although I did love the alternate endings, that was cool)

This isn’t meant to dunk on anyone who loved or hated the finale btw, everyone is entitled to their opinions and honestly I understand both sides a lot, but I didn’t find the finale interesting enough to feel strongly about it.

The entirety of s6 is a different story though. (In both good ways and bad ways, which I’m not bothered to elaborate on for the moment)

Lmk your thoughts if u want 😋

[kurczeno]

okay a quick question to dragon age fandom

why do we hate jennifer heppler?

i saw this few tumblr posts and everyone was like "but it was jennifer heppler, ew". I'll write my thoughts on her based on WHAT I KNOW and just keep in mind - I was 9 when DA2 came out, I played it but I might simply not know some things about her, some drammas or anything.

like first of all - i know there was a whole drama about her not liking playing games, but i hope we are not true gamers tm, bcs gross.

second of all - i know, she wrote anders in da2 and I hate him (I also like him, I just think hes super inconsistent + an asshole), I really do. He has a terrible char dev arc and is a kind of shitty romance, because no matter what you do, he never trusts you, which really sucks. Also the cannibal thing is weird and kinda makes no sense considering Justice is a spirit, so it's a valid argument. BUT!

a) anders in awakening was written by David. So, while as a writer she should be able to write a character, even if not from scratch, it wasn't the easiest job considering that I'm pretty sure the plan was to make him more tormented and depressed and all that jam. He turned out whiny and just... annoying at times, I'm not going to argue with that, but what I'm trying to say is that it wasn't the easiest job to go from "zevran but even more stupid" (i love daa anders btw) to what they PROBABLY had in mind, especially when you get an already established character. Still, could have been done waaaay better, true.

b) she did write branka, so one of the best characters in origins. The Orzammar plot is truly DA at it's peak, sorry.

c) back to Anders but I don't really think the whole "lack of trust" thing is her fault, because you know. DA2 was super rushed and they worked on tight schedule. So many of the game faults are because the game is barely an RPG tbh (still, a great fucking game though)

d) tbh the cannibalism short story, besides... well cannibalism, that makes a little sense is fine. Like, it's really interesting to see how Anders is slowly loosing his mind. And eating templars. (sorry I will never get over this, I just have all the memes in mind and theyre hilarious)

So is there something I don't know about or is it just "anders sucks, so Jennifer does too"?

sorry if it came out rude, i just wanted to lay down my arguments too and make it "as quick as possible".

[gildedmuse]

Fandom rookie here. Could you please walk me through your Zoro/Law and Zoro/Ace HCs? Love your humor btw!

Ahhh! A little fandom greenhorn! So cute!

You have asked the wrong person the wrong question, newbie.

ZoLaw:

Zoro is from the East, and while he isn't use to Winter Island Cold, he naturally runs hot. Law is from the North and while he HATES being stuck on Summer Islands on hot days, he naturally runs cool. They balance each other beautifully when they share a bed.

Up in the North Blue, it's considered weak to admit that you're cold. Weaknesses gets people killed in the North Blue, so having someone imply you need an extra blanket is a direct insult to a person's ability to keep themselves and their loved ones alive. So obviously Law would never need the extra heat.... But he MAY find himself scooting closer to Zoro-ya on the chillier nights.

The handle of a katana isn't the only thing Zoro can talk around.

...

(Cock. He can talk around a mouth full of cock. And Law LOVES it. Its the only time he can stand one of the Strawhats yapping on).

Look, Law is scientifically minded and likes to believe he is very rational (that's open to debate). He's seen Zoro-ya in the sea and knows he doesn't have a devil's fruit. But sometimes it feels like he does. SPECIFICALLY, one that somehow manages to undo every single one of Law's plans. Because the problem certainly isn't in Law! His plans are complex and perfect. But anytime he comes up for one about how to, say, ask Zoro-ya out it always somehow manages to go terribly wrong. It MUST be a devil's fruit ability.

The first time Zoro actually properly asks Torao out, he first bows to and addresses Kikoku. Since it's imperative he has the curse blades permission to touch his master (especially with all the touching Zoro has planned).

Law doesn't get jealous. That's petty and below him

Law has personally threatened at least three shichibukai and one very (also highly annoying) horny yonko. Not because he was jealous, they just need to step off and stop looking at HIS Zoro-ya that way.

If you ask the boys when they started dating, you get VASTLY different answers. Law would argue that while he'd of course taken notices of the other Supernova back on Saboady, the boy then disappeared for two years and besides Law had a lot of plans that he needed to focus on and execute perfectly. They didn't really see each other again until after Punk Hazard and of course Law was very distracted until after Doflamingo..... Then the horrors they saw on Zou, though, admitedly he may have found himself distracted by Zoro-ya once or twice even at the time.... You know, he would say it was Wano. It was Wano when he realized what an idiot the other boy was, and how he absolutely needed Law on the ground watching after him or he would do something amazingly stupid like... Like listening to Law's plan for instance! When Zoro-ya endangering his life was CLEARLY not what Law intended! Yes, that is when Law decided this boy simply couldn't be considered safe unless Law is there to watch after him..... Also, it's sometimes nice when Zoro-ya looks after him as well.... SOMETIMES.

Zoro would say "Did you see Torao cut that island in half?" And that is all he has to say on the subject of when they started dating.

Law has noticed that Zoro-ya doesn't seem to pay much attention to what he wears, just picks up what is nearest and easiest and throws it on. On an unrelated note, Law has been "accidentally" making sure to strip down right by their bed, and leaving his shirts right there. His shirts with his jolly roger.

Nico Robin had to use not just her ability but her most Teacherly voice in order to separate Luffy and Law when Zoro shows up with the Heart Jolly Roger on his shirt. Law's smirking about it (while Zoro remained utterly confused through the entire fight) didn't help.

Zoro is super weak to people playing with his ear. This goes double when it's Torao and his stupid, sexy hands. He already wants to squirm whenever he watches Torao do that stupid switch-switch thing, but once Torao starts to sit closer and, even while reading his fingers seem to find their way to Zoro's earrings..... Twirl twirl twirl, TUG. Its enough to break Zoro's brain.

Historically, Northern denizens tended to have shorter and much more dangerous lifes compared to the relatively safe and stable East Blue, leading to them having a much different view of things like romance and marriage. That's part of why tattoos are so popular among North Blue denizens. However short your inevitably short life is, a tattoo is permanent. You can't change your mind or take it back. It's a way of wearing your loyalty.

Right behind his ear, the same side as his piercings, Zoro has a small black heart tattoo. He got it on their way up to Wano.

Usopp still doesn't understand how Zoro got lost on a submarine. He didn't see him for a whole four days! What's so funny, Robin.....

I actually have a number of HCs for these two that basically boil down to "Each Island should have its own culture, and by extension, each Blue should have its own culture the way each state has its own culture but the USA also has its own general culture." This can range from things like what I mentioned above, about North Blue having historically shorter lives due to the harsher environment or being more technologically advanced. But I also had smaller things like Law kissing Zoro-ya on the nose, since up North that was how you showed affection to family or younger friends and acquaintances. I also went the entire opposite direction of "smaller" and invented an entirely Shinto derived religion that's customs and kami differed based on the Blue.

I even came up with particular weather that happen almost strictly up North (Ice Storms which are incredibly deadly at sea and Black Mist, a yet unexplained phenomena that seems to choke the life out of any one who gets caught outside) and then wrote up an entire "Old North" mythology that explains the two phenomena and why they often follow each other even though one happens strictly on land and the other typically at sea. I pretty much full on created a whole religion and mythology and wrote individual stories just so Law could have a whole culture that belonged to HIS blue. The myth in question involved a human falling for a siren, and just like actual myths I created multiple retellings and versions where the characterization changed depending on the message the storyteller was trying to express. But in most every version the Siren, Isa, had green hair (because of course the North associates green hair with fertility; oh that's another thing, I created a whole sex profession hierarchy for the North Blue with the one common feature among different types of sex workers being they typically dyed their hair green, like that was a way to physically depict that you were fertile and later that you were, you know, open to being fertilized) and regardless of how they are depicted they end up turning into the shards of an Ice Storm either because they accidentally take human captain's life, do so and then regret their hunger, or are told they have killed them and in turn kill themselves. Law was told the latter version as a child and so always felt bad for Isa, who didn't know they were eating the captain's life force but the crew could have just told him and he would have left and instead because he is "different" they think it's better if he simply destroys himself. It's a character Law can both identify with but also see aspects of Zoro in; both his physical appearance which I'm sure to Law he just pictures Zoro now, but also in his loyalty and honor which aren't as important values up North which instead values survival and strength.

As you can see if I presented an accurate list of my HCs for these two, it would be insane and make no Earthly sense. I just really enjoy world building, especially when that world building leads to two hot sword boys pining after one another.

Oh, did I mention the whole "green hair = sex worker" association and just how personally All Hearts Law takes that when applied to his Zoro-ya?

Yeah.....

ZoBurn FistRo PortZoro

ZoAce:

Upon meeting him during Alabaster, every single non Luffy Strawhat was - at least a little -totally into Ace. He just seemed so cool (and also hot.) He's like a sexy Luffy and the whole crew wanted some.

Zoro wanted it the most, bitches

[vampirevatican]

combining two fandoms here, but if the slashers and the obey me brothers met who do you think would be friends/enemies/other? i can just imagine belphie and ghost being frenemies

funny enough, me and mutual bestie have been over this with a breeze. easiest way to look at how tht'd go is know who can connect and then line up the rest from there.

levi and jay

both have low self esteem bc of bullying

yes jay's mom is a bully, no do not argue it bc parents are the worst kinds of bullies and she ain't do a damn thing right

no levi's family didn't bully him... not intentionally, but those damn demons at RAD did and turned him into a hermit

speaking of, low social interaction while also being able to socialize

capable of a whole bunch of stuff and it's surprising/off putting when you think about it

beel and leather

protectors of the group

big strong men

always looking out for someone that's dear to their heart and would feel terrible if anything happened to them

(not) surprisingly deeply, extremely empathetic

lucifer, satan and mike

stoic, smart types

but actually has a soft spot

extremely powerful, is not hiding it either

can be playful but usually guarded

asmo, belphie, mammon and ghost

all of them are messy af and full of themselves

likes to mess with others - b

thinks he's hot shit - all

will complain about helping you or even liking you - m

thinks he's soooooo hot - a

now as for how they interact??

jay probably tries to help levi build more confidence by encouraging him to just sick lotan on anyone who upsets him

lucifer and mike heavily agree they're surrounded by idiots, but mike likes satan's wrath so that's one area him and lucifer don't agree and he joins the anti-lucifer league just to leave bc ghost is there

ghost is in the anti lucifer league because he thinks lucifer has a stick up his ass and why not it'll be fun

beel and leather vent to each other. leather shows beel that working out as much as he does definitely helps but he can also space it out some depending on his demon anatomy. beel teaching leather how to slaughter devildom animals and leather going vice versa (both long dead btw). very good friends by the end of this wacky adventure honestly.

[livingproofoftbd]

dnf baby 🥺

a bit of a shorter one for you :) not to be confused with my mpreg fic btw

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“DREAM!”

Dream groans, rolling over in bed. “What?” he calls.

No response. Dream is reminded of when his parents would pull this same bullshit when he was young.

“WHAT?”

“SHE SPOKE.”

Dream launches himself out of his and George’s shared bed, running towards their daughter’s room. He catches himself on the doorway, wide-eyed and nearly frantic as he stares as George and Junie on the floor.

“She what?”

George smiles widely. “She almost said her first word!”

Dream’s jaw drops as he walks into the room. “Junie?” he asks, smiling. “Hi baby.”

He sits next to George as Junie laughs and claps her hands. She’s nearly eleven months old, which to Dream means almost a year but George always frowns whenever he says that.

“What did she almost say?” Dream asks.

“I don’t know, it was regular baby gibberish but it was almost words,” George says. “Isn’t that right, Junie?” He smiles as he reaches forward to tap her cheeks. She squeals and bursts into a fit of giggles, grabbing for her dads.

Dream is the one who lifts her up, cradling her carefully like she’s still a month only when they first adopted her. “Junie,” he sings. “Can you say Philadelphia?”

“What?” George splutters, smiling. “What is wrong with you?”

Dream giggles, which makes June giggle. “It was the first word I could think of,” he says, laughing.

“Why not dada?” George asks. “That’s like the easiest word for babies to say, y’know.”

Dream is still giggling as he sets June back down. She crawls towards her toys as Dream and George watch her. She begins banging her toys together loudly, as she always does. George leans against Dream’s shoulder, the both of them watching her with loving eyes.

“I’m happy,” George whispers.

“Yeah?” Dream responds.

George hums. “Yeah,” he murmurs. “I’m happy.”

“Dada!” Junie suddenly says loudly, turning to look at them.

Their eyes go wide. “Did she-“

Dream smiles. “She did.”

“Hi, baby June, my darling,” George says as June begins to crawl back towards them. “Hello my love. Hi!”

Dream leans over to touch her chin as George holds him, and Junie grabs his finger to bite it gently. Dream just smiles.

“Dada!” George says in a high voice. “Can you say it again? Dada!”

“Ba!” June says happily. She laughs, gripping Dream’s finger with her chubby baby hand.

“Ba,” Dream echoes.

“Baby gibberish,” George says, still high pitched. “It was nice while it lasted.”

Dream hums. “Who was she talking to?”

“Well she crawled over to me,” George says confidently.

“But I’m her favourite,” Dream argues, nudging George’s shoulder.

“No,” is all George says in response.

[raikkonenvettels]

For the ship thing. I want Simi. But....make it Dragon au.

enjoy :D

who hogs the duvet

it’s definitely seb, he loves the softness of the blankets all around him! kimi is much much more comfortable with sleeping without anything (the perks of being finnish)

who texts/rings to check how their day is going

mmm actually i think actually both? but mostly kimi because he is usually very worried and protective over seb! (and seb is the only person that actually can make him willing text or call someone, true love <3)

who's the most creative when it comes to gifts

it’s kimi and we both know it, he loves to add things to seb’s hoard and the gift are always super meaningful!!! i love u childhood teddy bear i haven’t forgotten about u 😭🖤)

who gets up first in the morning

seb, he usually is the one that has to literally drag kimi off of the bed (it’s either seb or the kids demanding attention usually)

who suggests new things in bed

two words: breeding kink (no i will not elaborate and yes i am embarrassed about this but come on it’s kimi’s fault)

who cries at movies

seb, especially during his pregnancies. the hormones are horrible

who gives unprompted massages

it was seb in the beginning BUT after the pregnancies (yes, i know again) it’s kimi doing it to seb (“because you deserve it for everything you do, seppi”)

who fusses over the other when they're sick

both, in different ways: seb is a very very big worried mother hen but he is usually very gentle, kimi is very authoritative and like “seb you have to take the medicines i don’t care about your protests” (which also matches with how seb and kimi are sick bc i think seb is more bratty and whiny while kimi is usually calmer and more subdued)

who gets jealous easiest

kimi. KIMI. for all their “ah ah red dragons” jokes, when people actually try to flirt with seb (way more common that people would think) he gets PISSED how dare ppl talk like that to HIS mate?!(seb was more jealous in the beginning btw)

who has the most embarrassing taste in music

i honestly have no idea, we all know seb loves 80s/90s rock (me too) while kimi likes more modern stuff? i always imagine seb “making fun” of kimi’s taste when he listens to rap or something, but then again seb did get taylor’s outfits sooo…

who collects something unusual

well, seb collects trophies/shiny stuff, kimi collects jewels (that he gives to seb). maybe it’s seb bc of the taylor stuff askdks

who takes the longest to get ready

i imagine seb because of the ✨insecurities✨ (and also the jewelry. did i tell you how much jewels kimi gifts him?)

who is the most tidy and organised

seb!!! he is the one that goes to dust his trophies and organize all his hoard everyday

who gets most excited about the holidays

probably seb? because he has all his family there (he loves going to his parents and talking with his siblings, being with them is very important to him) while for kimi (esp after the thing with his mum) the holidays are much more painful :(

who is the big spoon/little spoon

both as dragons and humans kimi is the big spoon and seb is the little spoon (sometimes they do switch tho they are not that fixed on it!)

who gets most competitive when playing games and/or sports

both of them!!! ex f1 drivers and all, you know (they don’t argue about it tho)

who starts the most arguments

they don’t argue much but sometimes it’s kimi (he doesn’t do it intentionally, it’s just that he gets really overwhelmed sometimes and he is a bit aggressive?)

who suggests that they buy a pet

they don’t have pets in the au… but it would be kimi he loves dogs so much

what couple traditions they have

flying together!!!

what tv shows they watch together

not a tv show but idk why they definitely watch documentaries about everything skdks

also anything with dragons so they can shit on it

what other couple they hang out with

i know it’s stupid but the ones they are friends with 😭 (like norstappen, charlos, lewis and his partner, nando and his partner)

how they spend time together as a couple

they do a lot of stuff together, being mates and all! they talk, they cuddle, they spend time together in silence too, all those couple stuff. also they shift and go fly together a lot, and they spend time with the kids!

who made the first move

it was kimi, after he saw seb flying away! and yes, seb was shocked the whole time

who brings flowers home

kimi!!! he knows seb loves flowers and nature and he loves to give him gifts as well (even if they aren’t shiny)!!! in particular i think he gives him sunflowers :)

who is the best cook

it’s seb! i think he loves cooking both for kimi and the kids because they always compliment him a lot (and we know he loves compliments)

i am insane about them btw akdjsje

[thatweirdartist-artsy]

"ꀤ ꍏꂵ ꈤꂦ ꍟꃴꀤ꒒"

OK.

Its about time I explain this AU so my art about it isn't just "o woa grace but animals because the artist is incapable of drawing humans" even though thats technically it.

I'll talk about the characters first, then I'll get to the actual PLOT part, but I won't spoil tooooo much.

CHARACTERS:

There are a total of 6/8 characters currently in the AU, those being;

Akkine, a dog. Yes sooo basic I know.(The one at the top of the image. Pronounced Ak-een)

Navvi, a ram. (The one at the very bottom of the image)

Alterguard, a carcal. (The one in the middle of the image)

these three are the main-main characters, though the following are just as important

Exon a black cat. Yes, also basic I know ;-;

Miles. Named and designed after my irl dog, a rat terrier

and Dariah (or Domino) named and designed after my friends dog, Domino.

There are two more characters to be added, but I'll explain that at the end of this.

I'll go over their personalities, and how they died (because y-know, the place where Grace takes place is like- a purgatory? I think- uhhhhhhhh)

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Akkine- If it wasn't obvious enough, he hates everyone and everything. Why? Well, he doesn't like to talk about it but we think it has to do with his life when he was living. How did he die? Well.... he won't tell anybody. Only Genesis knows.

Navvi- Just the sweetest girl, shy, cares dearly for her friends, even Akkine, who despises her for being 'too nice' to literally everyone. And I mean every. Single. One. She died to the hands of the people who thought she was 'A bad omen'. For... some reason, she soon ended up being driven mad because of it. Killed a couple of people anddddd boom. They got her.

Alterguard- Always trying to find the easiest way out of things, pretty lazy but will try his best to 'TRY' to do something. He died during a wat between two kingdoms, he was a guard, yet he was found by a guard from his kingdom slacking off. The two argued, and the guard picked up, thew him off of the balcony, and right into the crossfire of the war....

Exon- Tired over everyone's antics, always serious, always keeping Akkine in check, and from getting himself killed over and over, though most of the time she fails. She died by... well.... that would spoil a little bit too much ;)

Miles- Absolutely crazy, does not fear death. Overprotective of the group and won't go down without a fight. Not scared of anything. He died when on a camping trip with his family. Then a bear attacked out of nowhere. His wrath got him killed quickly. (BTW MY IRL DOG IS OKAY LOLLL)

Dariah/Domino- Kind of like Navvi, but less shy and is like the mother of the group. She mostly obeys what the warning notes say and is overall a good girl. She actually was on the camping trip with Miles, though she was a friend, not related. She was able to escape, but her wounds were fatal.

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NOW TIME FOR THE PLOTTTTT

Basically, when the main three died, they were actually the first to be in this, Purgatory. So Genesis gave them the choice to redeem themselves for their past sins, and they can get to freedom. They didn't know about the monsters and stuff so they obviously said yes. The other characters just- show up or are found already in the labyrinth. The entities have their own little story too, but I'll save that for later!

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LASTLYYYY

For the last two characters, unless I decide to make one up my self, I would like some ideas from you all! So, it doesn't have to be lengthy (unless you want it to, thats totally fine!) just a personality or animal idea and it would help out a lot and show some support!

The name of the story they are in is "I AM NO EVIL" so yes, I do plan to write this, or at least start on it, rather soon tonight or tomorrow!! Where? on Wattpad! (Yes Wattpad, because I refuse to step foot on Ao3)

The AU itself doesn't have a name yet so uhm.... aNy iDeAs?

ANYWAYS, THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU if you actually read all of that, It makes me happy to know people may be interested in this AU. Things may change, but for now, this is it! Thanks for reading!!❤❤

[gwaaaaar]

Black Butler racism (or just overall bigotry) is the funniest shit ever (no it isn't. It's awful) because. Black Butler somehow got better. And worse. Spoilers under the cut for Baldroys backstory btw.

Please try not to take this as an entirely anti-black butler sort of argument. I was thinking about this in passing and thought it was something worth discussing. So DON'T COME AT ME!!!

I'm gonna start off with the easiest and earliest examples of racism.

Soma and Agni-! Wow... so I'd argue in the beginning Soma was based off of, I wouldn't say harmless stereotypes, but stereotypes that weren't applied with malice. He's a prince with like. 26+ siblings so he never really had a chance for the throne.

The 26+ siblings is... an unfortunate common stereotype applied to brown people, more specifically muslim. Soma is from Bengal and depending on where, there could be a high muslim population. But Soma is hindu. Either way, it's not. Good. To portray brown people like this. Like having 20+ kids that is a bad look. Indians do have big families, I should know, but not to that extreme and it has weird implications. Also when Soma tells Mey Rin to strip because painting naked women is better... yikes

Here is the harmful part: his and Agni's worship of Ma Kali is treated as a joke. Like ohhh look at this scary demonic hindu goddess!!! Even sebastian is weirded out and he's a demon!!! LIKE WHAT THE FUCK. :/

BUT. but. This. PALES IN COMPARISON TO THE SINOPHOBIA. Holy shitttt Lau... oh my god he is like a stereotype from mf Tintin. The opium den and the Chinese girl in skimpy clothing is crazy (and the implied incest??? What is ran mao to him again??? Theyre like siblings right???)... It really fucking sucks that the way hes portrayed almost implies that Chinese people wanted the opium crisis rather than you know. Having it pushed onto them by the British . I can be upset about Soma all I want but damn... maybe indian people did get the good end of the stick.

And, it's weird right? It's weird how one minority that normally isn't treated seriously can escape with relatively minor stereotyping compared to. TO THE SHIT TON OF OPIUM. Of course there's a lot of historical things going on, but wow the sinophobia is nuts.

I do think the main problem is somewhat classism. Victims are treated brutes for retaliating. Like that one miniarc where indian immigrants were tying up British nobles that visited India because they were angry that they were used and tossed aside and can't go back home. Soma, one of the few indians treated with sympathy, is a prince. I WILL NEVER FORGIVE WHAT THEY DID TO MINA... she was rightfully upset. The caste system is a terrible thing and she wanted to escape that, and she's the bitch? She isn't gentle to Soma, but she's in the right.

Black Butler has evolved as a story significantly since the beginning and when I say it's kind of gotten better I mean, the characters have evolved so much they can no longer rely on stereotypes. We have to take Soma and Agni seriously, they are no longer just some funny foreigners. LAU DOESN'T EVEN DO OPIUM ANYMORE AFAIK... that was like 50% of his personality and she got rid of it lmao.

edit: i lied he still does opium its just that isnt his personality anymore.

And that's a good thing! They shouldn't have been portrayed in such ways in the beginning. Stereotyping is just objectively shit writing. But also yeah shitty thing to do to minorities.

I think one of the most beautiful cultural references made later on is post Agni's death, when Soma has had enough and finally snaps. The panel that says "he has gone down the path of Maa Kali" is so poetic and my roman empire . It's a good reference back to the deity they worship, but instead of her being treated as something to ridicule or be scared of, it shows how Soma's personality, and background has lead him to who he is today. I think it's beautiful! I'm happy Soma is in the story because of that.

The same can be said about the slight transphobia with Grell in the beginning. NOW I know in the beginning, there wasn't a particular word for trans women or people in general so a word referring to effeminate/gay men or crossdressers was used. This isn't about that, language changes etc etc. Its moreso how she was portrayed as like, a sicko serial killer. Like yk, negative trans stereotypes. But over time she was recognized as a woman and gets to be her own character. Which is awesome! It's good that shes been viewed more postively over time.

Now... here's where things might be getting worse.

Baldroys backstory pisses me off. The idea that native americans were like ravaging his hometown and killed his innocent family. He even says something like how he knows their land got stolen so their reaction was probably justified but he doesn't care. It just. It just feels like siding with the colonizers you know? Like perpetuating these stereotypes to give people a reason to be "afraid". I know conflict was pretty rampant back then but there's just certain things people should be careful with when portraying... and I don't think Black Butler did a good job. I was really surprised to see that it was from a recent chapter bc it honestly read like something from the older ones.

AT LEAST we finally got a black grim reaper wooo mama

[shapesintheklouds]

The Brittany Theory

A little theory idea I wanted to share that's been on my mind lately: This has to do with the introduction of Brittany in season 2 and it would appear this came out of nowhere, but I have a hunch that it didn't.

In season ones episode Charlie dies and doesn't come back, Charlie is rescued from hell by god (having them voiced by Gilbert Godfrey btw was great lol) then sent back to earth. The devil is foiled and we move on to Charlie never speaking about it again. This episode was after frowning friends where Grim and gnarly were introduced, attempting to ruin Smiling Friends but ultimately failing. My overanalyzing brain thought about a possible connection of the two episodes, mainly the part where the devil says 'foiled again!'.

Since he's the devil it could be that a deal he made was ruined....or it could be that frowning friends was his doing, so he could destroy smiling friends to make the world a more miserable place. We never really see who the boss is for frowning friends so I could argue that the devil is the one pulling the strings.

But what if he wasn't? What if Brittany had been sent to earth earlier and was the boss behind the scenes of frowning friends? She's definitely powerful enough to control people's minds to do her bidding, so it's possible Grim and gnarly could have worked under her. We come back to the season 2 episode where Mr. Boss gets married to satan's daughter, whose plan is to drain Mr. Boss of his life source and take his kingdom, which is smiling friends. There's a clear lack of information as to how they met, so in my mind the easiest solution is through a dating app. She would have made her move after frowning friends so there could be no way to track her back to the company, leaving her as just someone "looking for love" on the app.

I also want to point out Charlie's hesitation in the episode when he's all ready to kill Brittany, but he tells Pim to do it. This could be because the devil knows Charlie and has a beef with him, so if he killed Brittany things could become very bad for the people Charlie cares about (aka every one of the smiling friends.)

So in summary my theory is that Satan sent Brittany to earth in season one as the unmentioned boss of frowning friends, in order to destroy smiling friends. When that failed she began courting Mr. Boss through a dating app posing as a "regular person looking for love" and wasn't suspected, because this universe is full of oddities that everyone just accepts. She got married to the boss, attempted to take over his life force and kingdom, then failed.

But tell me what guys think! Does this theory make sense? Share your own theories down below if you'd like to :D

[teriwrites]

Below: 'On the Run'

My Live Reactions to Reading Through My 2011 Novel, pt. 5

"My name is Raevin," the girl who had helped us smiled, and offered us a couple hotdogs each.' that's the FIRST LINE for this convergence

Nick's two personality traits: always talking, always eating

'It was like heaven, sitting in front of a fire with a couple bags of hotdogs.' BAGS??? how is Raevin storing these?? Where did she get them?? Was she carrying them the whole time????

"He's trying to make an army," Raevin explained. "He wants to take out the U.S. government and end up taking over the world. You know the typical villain thing." typical villain thing, of course!

Was there a time jump?? Why is Kristen acting like she's always been on the run???

Raevin: I keep my second power a super secret

Also Raevin: oh btw here's my second power, teens I literally just met

(Her superpower is traveling back and forth along her own timeline)

Lea claiming she only has one power, despite just having seemingly healed Nick's ankle like two chapters ago

Cop randomly generates in this middle-of-nowhere field, immediately gets Wrecked by a gaggle of malnourished, mistreated kids, aka early glimmerings of ACAB!Teri

"I hear Auburn's one of the biggest, if not the biggest city in Alabama." It ranked 9th in 2011

"The police there are clueless people that just wanted to get decent paying jobs and availability to guns." ACAB!Teri strikes again

'Raevin swiveled her head back towards us. "I once thought he was the strongest, bravest man ever. When I was five that changed." i caaaaan't lmao

'Mr. J could probably make a fish want to be his dinner.' fish have come up exactly 1 time in this whole conversation. it's in this sentence.

Raevin's first childhood best friend broke his ankle, got mauled by a loose bear, and Mr. J's mercy killing him is what traumatized her the most

Clearly, the best and easiest way to travel across the state is to pretend you're a part of a circus so you can disguise your 16-year-old new friend in so much heavy clown makeup that he can pass off as 25 and rent a car for the 14-year-old you've just met to drive all of you down the interstate. This is entirely logical and will work perfectly

There's a store in this small town called the 'Happy Clown Store'

The other teens: asking genuine questions about how Ben doesn't have a license or any paperwork denoting him being 25 Raevin: "That's where my old pal Gina comes in. She's excellent at forgery, and it barely costs a penny. You see, because it costs so much, she's causing a monopoly in the area. That way, she gets a lot of money for very little work." (if anyone can make literally any sense of that, Please let me know)

"Okay, so that's three laws broken so far," I counted off on my fingers. "Let's see, we've attacked guards, attacked people, and attacked a police officer. Now we're going for our fourth: forgery. I bet we can break twenty laws before the month is over." that's absolutely how laws work, Kristen, great job

Why is the most comprehensive dialogue all coming from the antagonist?

'Bill got to his feet and crouched over, brushing the dirt off his knees. It took him several minutes to catch his breathe again.' i hate it when i can't catch my breathe

"Sir, is that what all this is about? This is all about getting the dreamer?" Bill asked. Mr. J turned to him and dropped his binoculars, which fell onto his chest. "What else would this be about stupid?" Mr. J demanded. "We've been looking for a dreamer for years. Why should we give up the dream now? How could you even think that we're going to give up just because the dreamer is a young child? Young child or not, this dreamer could finish our army. We would march into the government and take control. After the USA's ours, we could quickly move on to take over other countries. We could be world rulers Bill, with that dreamer! And without her... we would be just like every other villain and we would be made fools of." No good speaker could argue with that speech, much less Bill. (I take it back about the comprehensive dialogue)

Okay apparently it's been several days since they left??

Introduction to another one of Mr. J's cronies: Trinity

(I thought Trinity was the one they were trying to extract in the first place, and I thought she was Bill's fiance whoops)

Trinity seems to have mind reading powers, too?? Also she's 19, which means she was intended to be like 27 lol

IS MR. J FLIRTING WITH A 19-YEAR-OLD

Okay I don't think he is but fucking Yikes on Bikes if that's where this goes

Still acting like Auburn is some huge city (Auburn had a population of about 55K at the time)

Referencing the smaller city of Decatur as a pit stop (Decatur was the larger city at the time of writing this)

Raevin's forger friend 'Gina' apparently is now named 'Amy', with no explanation

'He didn't remember any of his friends anymore, but he did, however, remember the taste of fast food.' honestly, Nick, I get it

He was in the compound for Five Years

"Thank goodness I stole all that money from the bank." After catching our widening stares, Raevin added, "Just kidding. I've been saving up so that I could leave Mr. J ever since I was five." phew! also what kind of money is a five year old making??

'No news is good news right? Well, that's how it felt right now. Unfortunately, we had a lot of news coming our way at the moment.' pfft

'My stomach gurgled for about half an hour, but then I fell asleep. It's kind of hard to hear a stomach's growling if you're asleep.' pfft pfft

Finally a little tension between Raevin and Kristen, as Raevin naturally leads them around and Kristen struggles to give up control

'I guess she didn't think I was capable of anger.' honey, nobody doubts that you're capable of anger

They decide to break into a hotel and realize that they can't pick the locks into a room. Because the locks are electronic. So they steal pillows and blankets from the front desk and decide to sleep in the hallway.

There is no backlash for this. It goes off perfectly.

'My view of Raevin kept getting more and more twisted and tied in knots. She seemed like a nice girl, but then she suddenly turns all brilliant criminal. I didn't know what to think of her.' well that's too bad, because personally, i love her and think she's never done anything wrong

'I dreamed of a beach I could vacation on, even if Auburn was in Alabama.' Kristen(/Teri), there are beaches in Alabama... it borders the Gulf of Mexico...

Lea wasn't stolen from her parents, her parents gave her away! Yikes bro

'It took me a couple of hours to get comfortable enough to sleep. It was almost like it was too comfortable for me to be comfortable.' bro that's such a real thing though

"I guess that I was a bit of a flirt back then. It's hard to even imagine being like I used to be. I got in trouble because of this one boy who was obsessing over me. I got into so much trouble because of some stupid idiots back then." Ben snorted into his pillow. "You were a flirt?" he smirked. "I can barely imagine you thirteen, much less a flirt. All I see is Kristen who is always getting angry at people who get in her way. You'd make a fine villain for a story you know." (you didn't get in trouble because that boy had a crush on you, you got in trouble for breaking his brain for liking you! also honestly Ben summed it up pretty well lol)

Nicole (Kristen's cousin) POV!

'At first sight, most people would have thought she was a regular girl who got caught in the middle of things. On the contrary, she was a girl who made other people get into the middle of things.' love that for her

A QUARTER of the inmates in this prison are 'in here because of her'?????

How??????

'Everyone she had ever held a grudge against was in here, even when she had been a very small child.' honestly go off evil little queen

Either Nicole has made a Lot of superpowered enemies, or this implies there are Tons of people in this prison who don't even have superpowers at all, which is honestly an interesting take

Oh, super chill, her superpower is to REMOVE HER SOUL FROM HER BODY

She's just casually waltzing around the entire prison compound, watching the scientists freak out about the breakout

Apparently she hates Kristen and wants to bring her back

Heavy implication that she's the reason Kristen was brought in in the first place????

Immediate cut away to Trinity/Mr. J/Bill

"How much longer until it is the right time [to unveil your plan]?" Trinity asked coldly. "I'm guessing about a million years. You'll still be around won't you?" go oooooff, she's been with Mr. J for like one day and is already sick of his shit

They're sitting on a hillside overlooking a city/town of over 50,000 people and Mr. J's upset that he hasn't spotted 5 specific people yet

And we end the chapter with the three - no Martha in sight anymore ig - overlooking Decatur, trying to figure out where our main cast has holed up

Ending Thoughts

Wow. Well, we've definitely come to the part of the story where I think the threads of the plot are loosening a little bit. Random time jumps, setting jumps, characters appearing and leaving and being renamed mid-chapter. I don't think I have too much to say about this chapter. Nicole's snippet was a bit of a surprise, I thought her role factored more into the second book (which I did start, but never got through). I also forgot that she's kind of another antagonist, but I think her role was always more in the gray between the two. I guess we'll find out! Also, Trinity is quickly becoming one of my favorites. Her absolute no-nonsense takes on Mr. J's ridiculously cartoonish view of world domination are a 10/10 Also also! Raevin is reading as way less of a dark horse than I remembered. She's just kind of a classic 'teen with a dark backstory', but otherwise she seems to be less of a loner and more of a chill figure than I was expecting, which is really cool! Kristen's still nuts, ofc, but I do love her for that

[behindnightmaresanddreams]

people argue abt what the hardest Zelda dungeon is and I don't feel like weighing in on that (it's water temple in OoT btw) but I will difinitively say the easiest "dungeon" is Wind from TOTK. Cologera is so easy I could almost one cycle him and I don't even speedrun. The actual "dungeon" is really straight forward. Botws wind dungeon was harder and even that wasn't bad.

[omniblades-and-stars]

Orange, peach, and marmalade for the inevitable ot3

I love that you've asked me so many questions about the three of them together that you did convince me to make it real. So thank you for that, btw.

ORANGE - What is their favourite food?

Lou: She will always associate grilled chicken and oven roasted veggies with sitting on her back porch with her dad watching the stars. It's a simple meal, but it always feels like home.

Nilea: I'm gonna go with real human food that I can eat for my two alien girls here. Nilea is definitely a steak and potatoes kind of woman. Simple, hearty, and tasty.

Inonsi: Cotton candy, of course. (She does, in fact, eat real food, but she does have a terrible sweet tooth.)

PEACH - Which traits are they most attracted to? Are they physical traits?

Lou: Listen, Lou is just …. attracted to people (this includes alien people). But maybe, just a little bit, she's very attracted to the tall, muscular types? Don't ask about non-physical traits, she's too willing to look past someone's bad behavior/red flags because she's desperate not to feel lonely.

Nilea: Funny you should ask, I have just created two small women who have poor impulse control but deep down are lovely, caring people for Nilea to fall in love with. She is definitely drawn towards women who are confident and driven.

Inonsi: Man right now, Inonsi is in her "do you look like fun?" hours. It's less about specific physical or even personality traits so much as whether she thinks there's a good story or adventure waiting for her by getting involved. Buying her fruity cocktails helps though.

MARMALADE - Would they sacrifice their meal if someone else needed it?

Lou: Lou's southern ancestors would come down from the heavens and strike her down where she stood if she would not sacrifice her own meal for someone else who needed it. She was raised under the ideas of southern hospitality. You don't refuse to give someone food who needs it. Hell, she'd give up her meal and then make more food for someone who needs it. She likes cooking :)

Nilea: The one thing Nilea wants most in the world is to feel like she's making things better for people who need help. Giving up her own food for someone in need seems like one of the easiest ways for her to do that. Of course she'd go without even though her cabinets are currently empty and she doesn't have very much money left. She'll live off nutrient past if she has to, as long as someone else doesn't go hungry.

Inonsi: She would but she'll still argue with you tooth and nail that she doesn't have a philanthropic bone in her body. She's only out for herself and that's that (lying).

Thanks for helping spread the good word of my OT3 OCs <3

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