#But Nines will take care of him

[narutothoughts]

Kakanaru au where kakashi gets hurt on a mission and passes out in the middle of a forest on the way back to Konoha.

When he wakes up he’s neatly laid out in the middle of an old shrine, with fresh bandages wrapped around his stitched up wounds and warm tea at his elbow.

The fact he remained unconscious through someone moving him and closing his wounds was discontenting even if it wasn’t particularly surprising. He did lose a lot of blood and chakra after all.

Now that he’s awake, kakashi knows he should leave. He knows better than to test his luck staying in place for too long anywhere outside of the village.

But…he’s curious. And despite the stitches, he’s still in danger of infection considering Konoha is over a week away in his current state.

So he leverages himself up, and tries to look around as much as he can. But the entire shrine is empty. Not a single sign of the one that helped him.

When he wakes up again a few hours later there’s a pot of warm tea at his side to replace the old cup, a little pile of fruit, and new bandages. The day after that, there’s sake and plum wine added to the mix.

Kakashi doesn’t really know what’s happening but he’s never been one to sit idle nor has he ever been an ungrateful man. So as soon as he’s able to get up without his head spinning he gets to work. he sweeps the floors and dusts the cobwebs. Even polishes a little golden fox statue he finds tucked behind a wooden alter.

It’s the least he could do for his hidden host. The caretaker of this place maybe?

Kakashi’s body and chakra recovers faster than he anticipated. After five days he leaves even as the Hatake part of him that lives in back of his head keens.

Before he goes he pats the golden fox on the head. It was oddly cute compared to the 9 statues of snarling stone foxes surrounding it, though there was undeniable beauty in those too.

A few months later he’s injured again and realizes the shrine is on his way back to Konoha. He stops there to rest for the night and heads out in the morning, only taking the time to drink some of the tea and wipe down the alter, barely noticing how his chakra coils have refilled already.

And it keeps happening whenever he gets injured. He comes, he rests, he cleans, and goes with a pat to the gold statues head.

Until one day he wakes up to a long limbed blond at his side instead of the usual tea and fruits. When the blanket shifts to reveal a bare back and smooth tan skin he thanks every god out there for his mask covering his blush. Sleepy blue eyes blink open at him right on cue and honestly? Kakashi thinks he deserved that for not putting the pieces together earlier.

This is blatantly inspired by @rayshippouuchiha

[whenthewallfell]

~ and if I can dissolve I do ~

(hanahaki au below the cut)

AU where Peeta develops the hanahaki disease during Catching Fire and the only people that understand the significance of it are Mrs Everdeen and Haymitch, both of which he swears to secrecy since he's going to die in the arena anyway. Snow also recognises the symptoms (rumour has it he underwent surgery shortly after his time in D12) when Peeta is unable to hide it from the cameras during the Quell. The flowers are removed as part of the hijacking process, but whether it was successful or not is uncertain - dandelions are a stubborn weed after all, and their roots grow deep.

[allpromarlo]

crying at how one of aglaea’s and phainon’s canon interactions is her taking one look at his clothes and going ‘your fit is NOT hard TAKE THAT SHIT OFF’

[mcchipisfried]

DEHomecoming: DÍA NUMBER VEINTIDÓS

I feel like he's like a child that doesn't like vegetables but just doesn't like things from the earth because they take attention away from what really matters (him)

[callmekebs]

Bro the “KILLS 99%” thing showing up when he Jimmy puts his hand on Curly’s arm before “taking care of it” is wild

If I’m right, I think it is a reference to how he kills almost everyone, almost 100%, but decides to be the “hero” and puts Curly in the cryo pod (idk how to spell it I’m sleepy). 99%. Anya, Daisuke(basically), Swansea, and himself. Curly is the only one left.

Anyways I hate you J*mmy.

[lucy-moderatz]

[katabay]

Publius toddler era antics vs Pompeio adult era antics

ngl this is actually a subplot I’ve been working on and refuse to let go of, but I also realized that last month that if I wanted to do a sequel with the next generation of politicians, I had to introduce them ahead of time, so it’s truly become a small storm of Antics That Are Happening All The Time around Crasso’s house

[oh-cramity-its-amity]

sometimes i think about that moment of dana talking about the cast's music taste and it makes me quite disappointed because i feel she got it completely wrong and missed the potential of what hunter would listen to. sorry but linkin park feels so basic??? hunter feels like he would like obscure shit. AND AS SOMEONE WHO LISTENS TO METAL LIKE BROO i have like opinions. also WHAT do you mean luz listens to kpop. i completely fucking disagree sorry. j-rock is more like it if anything or indie pop/rock. it does not fit with her at all. kpop feels to mainstream?? and besides she likes anime right? dont you think shed want to listen to anime openings and like all sorts of things having to do with the culture. j-rock fucks. i dont listen to MUCH of it because i havent found much but like she doesnt seem like shed listen to that dana why would you say that :(. ive been constructing her taste in my mind for YEARS and you say the wrong thing. BOO. hottest take ever and you arent cooking. your burning it.

[hadesknockedupintheunderworld]

What if I was insane again about the first thing Alpha Grim Sonic hearing when Nine creates him is his purpose—that he is Nine's friend?

Friendship as a concept in Prime is handled interestingly among its main characters. As Sonic (who thinks he knows a lot about friendship) comes to deepen his understanding of what it means to have a home/be home, I think it's safe to say his definition of friendship develops along with it. Compare this to Nine, who's learned everything he knows about "friendship" and personal relationships in general through his relationship with Sonic (at least, after his childhood of bullying).

So of course I think about Nine, who never wants to be hurt again, yet can no longer bear feeling alone (not after feeling that sense of companionship and belonging with someone else), which results in him creating a warped version of friendship for himself (one where he is surrounded by people, but people who only do whatever he wants, who have no opinions and thoughts of their own, who can't backstab him). And so I think about Alpha Grim Sonic, who is the very first robot Nine creates under this idea of frienship and companionship.

Nine is his master, and Alpha Grim Sonic is his protector, his bodyguard, his weapon

But he's also his friend.

Alpha Grim Sonic doesn’t talk back (can't even if he wanted to), but his purpose has always been clear to him: be Nine's friend. That's what he was created to be.

So I imagine Alpha Grim Sonic performing his purpose to the T at first under Nine's framework. He's Nine's friend, so he does whatever Nine commands, he never talks back or challenges authority, he protects Nine at all cost. And then, perhaps unbeknownst to Nine, he begins to shift ever so gradually. Sure, he's never insubordinate, he never offers up opinions, he still can't speak, but the lines of devotion begin to blur.

Is it in his code? Is out of a real sense of feeling?

Alpha Grim Sonic does not understand friendship, no matter whether it believes it does or not. But it's ironic to me if, despite being created under Nine's warped idea of it, the robot slowly grows their own soul, witnesses other displays of frienship and care, and drifts outside the bounds of that idea (a carefully crafted painting begins to leak out of its frame, expanding the masterpiece). They protect Nine, they do only what he commands, and yet they hate to see Nine in pain, they wish to bring Nine comfort (and so it feels good to him when Nine commands him to do such things that might bring his master comfort).

Does this make any sense? To believe that friendship means to hold one person on a pedestal, to protect them, to only listen to them, to never talk back, to never have opinions, and yet, despite believing what your creator tells you of friendship with them (your very purpose in this existence), to slowly fall further into those feelings that true care and love for another person brings, to wish to comfort someone the way one might describe a true friend would, despite not realizing any of this.

[armentas]

I think I've realized the reason why my other characters aren't as interesting as my Prodigal characters (which causes me to be more interested in working on Prodigal even though Haven is still technically my "main" project): Prodigal is the only fantasy. I've had this (maybe true?) idea that I can get away with writing extremely fucked up people in that one because 1. it's naturally divorced from reality and 2. there's enough interesting physical plot stuff going on that it doesn't matter if you don't agree with them, you still want to see what they're up to—but this doesn't track for a coming-of-age. There aren't life or death stakes, it's emotional stakes dependent on you being emotionally invested in the character, who should probably act like someone you met on the street because this is closer to Real Life, which in turn makes me go "especially fucked up behavior/decisions should be kept to a minimum". Heather is probably my most flawed and messed up character in a story taking place more or less in "our" world, but even then I constantly feel limited, and it's worst with Beau. Like, I would hope no one would be insane and A-Okay with Beau killing himself in the future just because he had some especially terrible moments, but you really can't predict this kind of thing with people. And it doesn't always feel worth risking the entire emotional impact, and therefore the entire success of the project itself.

[shsl-tsumugi]

tribe nine post-ch3 quest spoilers alongside somewhat of a kazuki analysis post

(I wish I took better pics of this quest but I got so caught off guard 🫠 thank u oomf for one of the photos I missed)

theres an interesting quest that pops up after you complete ch3 and i’ve been looking at it as a show of how kazuki is faring post-ch3

in summary, the quest has you help someone who was hired by kazuki to track down the person who stabbed ojiro during the fight and hear out her reasons for doing so. the person reveals that they did so for their mother who had become disabled during the events spurred on by ojiro during his rule of neo tokyo

after you complete the quest, you get these messages from kazuki

to me this quest felt like a glimpse into how kazuki is trying to cope with having been careless in the moment.

we’ve known that kazuki has always been a careful and analytical person who always keeps up with necessary intel for when the situation calls for it and how this was possibly shaped by his time in the facility as a means for survival. being one step ahead and always having a plan is pretty much as natural as breathing to him, so I reckon that one of the reasons why this quest happens is bc he wants to reason with the fact that he failed to consider this woman’s motivations and had he learned of it sooner he might have been able to prevent ojiro’s injury that became one of the catalysts for his death.

but he can’t do anything about it now so all he can do is get the burden off his chest by hearing out the woman’s motive. on top of that I believe that he considered what ojiro would’ve done in this situation, how he wouldn’t blame her for her actions nor would he want kazuki to punish her for what she did. so all he does is listen, and thats the end of it.

[spark-circuit]

*me through great personal restraint* i don't need more brooches. i don't. just because this one reminds me of my OC and is absolutely something he'd wear does not mean i need to get it for myself. i don't. i don't need it. i d-

[msdk-00]

life is strange 2 is making me sad as fuck. i think sean diaz has suffered more than jesus

spoilers in tags

[helianthus21]

reworked version

[ebitenpura]

It's really ironic that Eight was made as a direct contrast to the feeling of helplessness and powerlessness that Ciphers (particularly Nine with having their free will stolen unable to even ask for help) experience but his character has grown so much in that protector role that he misses that helplessness-- especially that of being an infant. Misses being weak and small an half-blind and relying on his parents for warmth and safety. He can't cry for his mother, or be surrounded on all sides by someone or something that would fight for him, tooth and nail. When you grow your fangs, you can never return to being so young-- you are the protector now and it is your duty to fight.

[justaboutsnapped]

Since that sports rpf breaking the containment post is making the rounds… does a fencing fandom exist on tumblr I REALLY need to know because every time I search it up here it’s either picturesque houses with wooden fencing or fanart of fence the comic…

I fenced recreationally for about 5 years, and because that was done rather unwillingly, I never actually got into the sport (as in I didn’t watch it whatsoever which is bad I know). However now that I’ll never be the one on the piste again it’s becoming increasingly compelling to me…