#But reborn was NOT where I was expecting to find ash like that's basically the second lead of khr and it's the sadistic hitman????

[phoenixcatch7]

Okay so when was anyone going to tell me the eng voice actor for Reborn was also ASH KETCHUM???? And sailor pluto??? And princess elise from sonic 06 of all places??

This 50yo man is the world's greatest killer and when younger was unwillingly used as a human sacrifice to prevent reality as we know it from falling apart. He spends his time being paid to shoot a 14yo to coerce him into organised crime for a country he doesn't even live in. He enjoys gaslighting, cosplay and coffee.

ASH KETCHUM'S OG ENGLISH VOICE??!

[hashimasims]

Kanaloa: You might think that your Bond will keep her safe but obviously it's not infallible and you're right, I wasn't there then, so how about you give me a brief history lesson.

Very long Text Post below (sorry more history/lore revealed can't be helped)↓

Absalom: Things weren't right with the Bond back then. Almost like something was missing or threads didn't knot together. Maybe it had something to do with the stories Nitäl was spouting during Winterfest and something was taken from her and that's why we weren't fully tied together.

Kanaloa: Well she was born a Mermaid back then but that was taken by Haumea, you shouldn't have been able to Turn her.

Absalom: So she really was the missing Princess then, Nitäl wasn't just entertaining the family. We had guessed but I didn't believe it. It's good to have actual confirmation. But anyway, things back then were strange between her and I. Like she wasn't TRULY my Fated at all, even though I felt it when we met.

Kanaloa: Because you were fated to be with a Mer woman this entire time. As a Human she could have gone back to what she was but as a Vamp it's a bit more difficult to become Mer again. And at the point that you Turned her, her Soul wouldn't have fully been the same because you basically burned and turned to ash an important aspect of what she IS. I was trying to find a way to bring her back after I found out what you did but then it no longer mattered. Her soul also never made it back to ANY region of the Underworld. I've heard it said that the Vamp underworld, the Void as you call it, is just nothingness and once your kind goes there they don't come back. I thought that's where her soul went. Please, continue.

Absalom: It's harder for a Vamp soul to be reborn naturally, especially if they really embraced the stereotype laid out as a blood-sucking evil creature. They have to regain their humanity more or less even if they're reborn as a Vamp. That's why I had told those Human Zealots they would lose their Souls during the Turn. Why I made sure they included it in their Vamp Bible, "The Book of Absalom". *laughs sadly* But Elucea grew cruel to everyone and spent a lot of time with seers and sorcerers, she seemed to be trying to learn magic, trying to gain her own power to fill some sort of emptiness she felt, I don't know. And I'm not saying she should have been devoted to me but I wasn't expecting her to be completely cold either, like I was nothing to her. She told me once she only lay with me to fulfill her "wifely duties" and then she sought the company of other males and the occasional female. I stopped caring and killing her lovers after a few decades, stopped sharing a bed with her altogether around the same time. But I still loved her. I wanted to fix the Bond but couldn't find what was broken and then she was taken from me.

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[itstittycitybaby]

From the Ashes We are Born (Part 3)

A/N: Finally caught up to my ao3 account! All the chapters on there have now been posted here. New chapters published on ao3 should follow here after a day or two, just depends on what I am doing. Unrelated, but am I the only one who finds this gif hot? Hgghhh something about V’s leather gloves just hit different. As always enjoy!

Summary: A few months have passed. You and V are holed up in the Shadow Gallery together. V realizes he is infatuated with you and you have ensnared him in your cunning grasp. (Basically this chapter is in V’s perspective and reflects on the times you’ve had.)

He disliked how afraid you were. V didn’t see you as weak or fragile, but he hated how nervous you were. Of him. No, he couldn’t blame you of course. After all, you were now stuck in the Shadow Gallery, a place you were very unfamiliar with (not to mention being stuck with a wanted criminal). Anytime V would try to make conversation with you, it would be struck down. He could sense the uneasiness in your voice and the fear in your eyes. Any loud bump or noise made you tense up and rapidly search for the disrupted silence. It reminded him of all those years ago of Larkhill. Every time V looked at you, he could see the old soul of himself. Angry, hurt, and scared. The V with terrible trauma from the aftermath of Larkhill (sure it was still hard for him to function some days, but vengeance was the therapy he had found).

V wasn’t particularly excited about a new person in his home. He had been alone for years in the cold and loneliness of his house. It took him a decade to spruce the place up, decorated with stolen reclaimed contraband and suits of armour throughout the Shadow Gallery. Not to mention all the books stacked upon one another. V had a sense of pride as he paraded about his home. What he had created despite being in that terrible place. There was pride and satisfaction of being reborn from nothing but ashes, V felt something else. Isolated. Depressed. Rage. The unbearable and deafening silence. V craved a human connection (not that he would ever admit it). V wanted someone to talk to instead of making remarks with his victim before stabbing them multiple times. The void in his heart was always there, whispering and crying out for someone, somebody to listen to him so he wouldn’t go mad. Then you came. Something new, someone different. How could it be you were easily scared, but you were one of the most courageous people V had ever met? You were passionate about doing the right thing and stood up for what you believed in. Whenever V would actually get you to talk to you for more than five minutes it was delightful. You were snarky and witty. Whenever the telly or the radio hosts spat out some nonsense about V, your tongue was very quick to banter. You were sharp and god how V loved to see your eyes light up with a fire as you vented. From art, movies, books, to the injustice of Chancellor Sutler and the awful people he had hired. “They’re cowards,” you snarked at the news.

 “She’s scared,” you said as the news host prattled on about the new precautions against the masked terrorist. “Oh?” The both of you were sprawled out on the leather couch with a few feet between the two of you. Your brows were furrowed as you watched the blonde woman smile and laugh with the news guy. “She’s nervous; she’s laughing too much and smiling like a dumbass.” V just hummed as the news casters changed the subject. 

His sword thwacked against the dummy. It was late at night and you were already asleep. Or, so he thought. “V?” He turned around to see a very adoring sight. There was the fluffy blanket you had liked so much wrapped around your shoulders. Your hair was ruffled and your pajamas wrinkled. The sleepy look on your face made V smile. “Yes?” “It’s 3am. What the hell are you doing?” V tried not to laugh at the grumpy look on your face. “Fencing, mademoiselle.” You scoffed, “At 3am?” “It seems so. I apologize if I had awoken you.” The blanket moved as you shrugged. “It’s fine man, hard to sleep anyway.” V’s head tilted slightly. Your eyes were droopy as you stood there with the soft blanket pooling at your feet. “Something on your mind?” V felt like he overstepped a boundary once he said that. You paled a bit and twiddled with the blanket in your fingers. They scrunched it up tightly and let it go, repeating its movements. “Kinda yea,” you mumbled, shifting on your feet.  You looked nervous and gulped. “Today is.,,an anniversary of sorts. A very hard one.” V didn’t press, he tried to look as welcoming as much as he could. Comfort was not in V’s fortie, but he would try to in every way he could. “Just a lot of memories,” you muttered after a while. “It’s hard to talk about.” It felt awkward between the two of you. You could joke around with each other and talk about nothing, but this was something different. “Would you like a cup of tea,” V asked, breaking the silence. “If you don’t mind. I’d feel bad about you making some this late.” “Of course, to the kitchen shall we?” 

 Progress. Slow and steady progress. You were slowly opening up to V and to his surprise he was also. He was out late tonight and warned you he’d be gone for quite some time. You didn’t seem to mind, though there was a quiet sadness as you said goodbye. Maybe you did mind, but for what reason V couldn’t figure out. What was weirder is how much he enjoyed your company. He had been alone for so long. Memories of his family, his childhood were gone. They rose into the air like smoke’s wispy tendrils and disappeared. For so long V had found solace into the silence of his life. But ever since he had met you desparity’s hounds had caught onto the trails of his cloak and bit down like a harsh winter. V was desperate to find someone who wouldn’t make his world so lonely and cold. He was elated by the progress that the two of you made. You had enthralled him with your cunning grasp, like snakes slinging themselves around their prey. V was infatuated with you, enamoured with you. His heart fluttered and felt so much warmth like he was a bloody teenager. Something he hadn’t felt in years. V was convinced love would not be something he experienced, let alone felt after everything he has been through. But here you were, frollicking around like it was nothing. Did you feel the same? Were you infatuated with him as he was with you? What if you saw how ugly V was? How his skin was pink, raw, and scarred so horrendously. You would shriek in terror at the sight of his skin and be disgusted. V was sure of it. You saw his hands already, and sure you didn’t scream, but you didn’t see his face. God forbid you ever did. V snapped out of his thoughts as he heard the music once he got to the door of the gallery. 

“Wouldn’t it be nice if we were older, then we wouldn’t have to wait so long.” The sound of your voice captured him. His heart twinged as your lovely voice drifted through the walls of the Shadow Gallery. It was fluttery like a songbird and so heavenly .He softly closed the door behind him and snuck to where your voice led him. V would regret interrupting this wonderful moment. “And wouldn’t it be nice to live together in a kind of world where we belong.” There, V saw a sight he never expected to see. A white bandana was folded and tied behind your head. A baggy t-shirt reached your mid thigh. V hoped you had something underneath it he shuddered and his face flushed at the thought. Paint was smeared across the shirt and your arms and legs. A canvas lay on the floor with a towel underneath it. Various paints and brushes lay discarded on the living room floor. It was a rare and very cute sight. “Oh my god,” you shrieked as you turned around to find your masked friend witnessing his living room a bit in disarray. V didn’t fail to notice the way your cheeks became a nice shade of rose red. “H-how long have you been standing there?” “Not for very long,” he replied. The voice of the singer carried on as the both of you stared at each other. What an amusing sight this is, V thought. His ward covered in paint and dancing around the gallery. V couldn’t help but compare  himself in his infamous “battle” attire, the hat and everything. “May I see what you are painting,” he asked after the two of you eyed one another. “Uh sure,” You shook yourself out of your daze and bent down to grab the canvas carefully. He couldn’t help but notice how disheartened you sounded from the question. Don’t look down, don’t look down, V had to tell himself as you squatted down. However tempting it was, he wouldn’t dare to rake his eyes over your delightful- “The paint is still drying a bit but uh it was gonna be a surprise...here it is.” You timidly raised the canvas and showed it to V.

 His heart stopped as he observed it. It was a painting of him. His mask was tilted downwards and his hair swept forward; its strands like an inky curtain. The most noticeable thing, however, was the red rose grasped in his left hand. The nose of V’s mask was “smelling it.” You had captured him in the most beautiful light, something he would never say about himself.“I-it’s alright if it’s bad, I can redo it or just throw i-it away-” “It’s perfect,” V whispered. He was floored. “O-oh thanks!” You were relieved that he had finally said something. “Can I ask you something, mademoiselle?” “Yea of course.” “Why did you paint me?” Your eyes widened at the question. The tips of your ears went pink and you dropped V’s gaze. “I-I just..as a thank you. For everything really. I k-know this situation isn’t exactly i-ideal for you either and well I….I just wanted to try and do something for you. You’ve done s-so much for me and I know it’s not that big of a deal but...it’s the least I can do.” V was moved;here you were putting your time and effort to create something for him. Did you share mutual feelings towards him? You were so nervous, after all. “You know,” V said after some time, “You sell yourself short. Your art is incredible.” Your lips tugged into a soft smile, “Thank you, V.” You looked around the mess of his living room floor. “Sorry you came home to such a mess, I’ll clean it up.” “Nonsense, mademoiselle, I’ve seen worse in my time.” Your brows furrowed at that but you decided not to push it. Maybe another time. “After the sitting room is cleaned, I advise you to go to sleep.” “But I wanna hear about your kick ass fights,” you pouted as you set the painting on the coffee table. V tutted, “Not tonight my dear, it is late. In the morning you shall hear of them.” “What are you, my dad,” you teased as you cleaned up your mess. 

Oh, how wicked you were. You strutted to the kitchen tauntingly, pouring out your cup and cleaning your brushes. V chuckled darkly, “If that’s how you would like to play it, then I won’t stop you.” You felt heat rush to your core at those words. “W-what HEY!” V’s arm snaked around your waist and he gently hung you over his shoulder. Your head felt dizzy as the ground moved beneath him. Your fists smacked softly onto his chest and your feet dangled in the air. “Put me down V!” His arm was snug around your waist as he made his way to his room. “Not until you have a good night’s rest my dear.” Huffing you hung there helplessly. “Fine fine I’ll go to sleep! I promise!” Your head spun and you felt hazy as you hung there upside down. Seemingly satisfied, V plopped you on the ground. Your hand clutched his arm tightly as you stood there regaining your balance. Your arms trailed down to the mask’s lips. Something that didn’t go unnoticed by V. Your cheeks tinged once you realized you had been caught staring.  “Night V.” His arm was free from your grasp as you turned to the bedroom door. “Goodnight, mademoiselle,” V replied. You gave him one last smile before softly shutting the door. A night without sleep seems to be ahead.

[yanderecandystore]

bullies x final girl reader? like, they were recently the only survivor of a killing and they’re being seen as a badass ( rightfully so )? bonus points if the reader seems like ur stereotypical ditzy cheerleader

Honestly, I love this??

Recently I've been getting into Dead by Daylight and Slasher movies, but because I'm just too much of an uncultured swine, I can't get enough courage to open the requests for DBD headcanons.

I wish I could put more fandoms on the masterlist, but because I only follow a couple of niche fandoms (some of those weird ones, ya know?) I'm always a little too worried about saying my headcanons for them. I'm afraid of getting out of character 😂😅

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Final Girl (yes, I know, really creative, I'm lazy okay?) - [Yandere!Bully Ocs x Survivor!Reader - Headcanon]:

Who would've guessed that someone like you would face such a tragedy so soon? A big event that would change people's perspective and morals due to the traumatic experiences, in a span of a day?

Or better question, who would've guessed that you would face everything in such a calm manner? Talk with your classmates like it was a common Monday afternoon.

Let's recap a bit, it was Friday when it happened, you were going back home and it was already getting dark and everyone was already either getting home after work, or leaving their home to go to work.

Your classes had just ended, but you still needed some work to do inside the gym, organizing some of the stuff that you and your friends used for practice.

You see, it's when the sun is starting to come down and everyone inside the city is being active and getting to one place to another, the exact moment when the city feels lively, that people feel more comfortable to just care about their business.

After all, it's a lot safer when there are a hundred strangers walking around. No one would be crazy to try to pull a move when there are so many witnesses.

But that's the catch, when the sunset ends and the moon starts coming into vision, it's the exact opposite of the calm daylight. It all depends on where you're going and how long does it take for you to get there.

Even if you live near the richest places with those beautiful villas, you still have a chance, even if it's minimum, to get killed in those silent streets. That's why everyone around that area is known to walk fast at night and be straight to the point.

But then again, you weren't going to the rich area of the city, no, you were going home, in a more moderate area.

I say moderate, because although crimes aren't really high around your house, it's not exactly a calm walk until you get home.

It would be worse if none of the students lived close to you. At least there are a couple of people to talk with, even if some of them are strangers or not really close to you.

It would be a shame if someone were to follow this group of people that aren't armed or prepared in any way, shape or form-

Oh no, wait!-

You can't like the whole event wasn't really traumatic, it's just that, your brain had blocked a couple of memories, you still have a hard time believing any of it happened.

In one second, you're in a group of 6, on the other, you're in a group of 5. "Someone must have got lost along the way", that's what the others in the group said, trying to come up with more positive interpretations while ignoring the worrying inside their heads.

" Everything is fine, we'll see Marie on school Monday surely!"

" She probably just went the other way, maybe she lives on another street and we didn't hear her say goodbye, that's all."

It was always like this, someone would ask where she could be, and someone would give them fake hopes that she was alright. But deep down you all knew she wasn't.

Something in the air wasn't right and everyone knew that. Even if y'all didn't really know each other (as some of these students were from other classes), you could still feel the same worries that Marie's classmate was feeling. He was getting worried that his classmate just disappeared out of nowhere.

He only had known her for a week, he told you explaining why he didn't know where she lived as she never told him. He decided that he would go back and see if she got lost or was needing help. And so, your group was considering if they should go after him or wait for them.

Or just continue like nothing happened.

After some minutes standing up and not seeing any sign of the two, you all decided to go home, as waiting any longer in the dark would be really dangerous.

So there was you and three strangers that were trying to break the ice as best as they could, but nothing seemed to change how terrible you were feeling inside, knowing that something could have happened.

You did make them laugh a bit though, you were fun to be around, and maybe y'all could have been friends.

But things didn't work out that way, things just got worse and worse that night. You were 6, then 5, then 4, then 1.

The killer wanted to go one by one, but he didn't think you or any of the other students would fight back. He shouldn't have attacked a group of six to be honest.

You managed to escape his grasp and turn to another direction so he couldn't follow you to your house, you were panicking, but using skills that you gained by being a cheerleader, you managed to reach a police station nearby.

Honestly, who said that cheerleaders are dumb just ate a mouthful of grass.

Of course they took some time to believe you, thinking it was a prank at first, but giving you a second glance it was obvious you were panicking and had run miles to get there.

They didn't find the killer sadly, but at least they found the bodies that were hidden in some of the alleys, a really sloppy killer, probably didn't have a plan B to cover his tracks.

The incident was all over the news, there wasn't a person who hasn't heard of what you've been through, people even want to have interviews with you, for you to tell the full story and experience, but honestly you're just too tired for that.

You wish you could rest a bit before going back to your daily life, since a lot of the things that happened that night are now a blank canvas inside your brain.

You weren't expecting people to treat you with so much respect though, it was… Pretty heartwarming!

People never have given you the benefit of the doubt, but now your classmates act like you're movie badass or something, but you can't understand why, you only did basic parkour skills to reach the station. You don't think it was a big deal at all!

( Although the cameras around those streets shown you making fucking backflips to jump a wall, but moving on-)

Even the twins that acted like mediocre bullies towards you actually show some respect for once. It's…. A really weird change and you don't know how to feel about it!?

But can you blame them? They were sitting in their couch messing around with their phones and out of nowhere the latest news passing on their TV is:

" Five students from Amaryllis Academy have been found dead at seven p.m by Police Officer Marcella Diaz, after a student named [Y/N] [L/N] had appeared at the Police Station claiming that a killer was following them all night-"

Like, can you imagine hearing that your soon to be wife had almost fucking died by some creep following them???! The audacity of some people, honestly.

But seriously, after hearing your name being mentioned in TV, they freaked out! Something terrible could have happened to you and they wouldn't know about it!

If you were dead they wouldn't forgive themselves even if they don't have anything to do with the incident. They wouldn't be able to sleep at night knowing that not only did you die and that the creep is lurking around somewhere, they wouldn't be able to tell you that they love you and that they're really sorry that they were assholes, and they will burn the man that dared touch you, and-

You know, some people say that after an extreme experience like this, a person would be reborned in a way. But honestly, you feel like your normal self, it just feels like the world is a lot different now. Maybe your perspective had changed, or maybe you did get reborn.

For someone that used to see the world as a great place, you're starting to see that not everything is perfect, and that things like this happen all the time.

That thought kinda scares you.

Lately, the twins have been really friendly towards you, almost suffocatingly so. They even started to welcome you inside their family's lamborghini so they could take you home.

They don't want you to go through anything like that ever again. You even began to go into their house on the weekends.

These past few weeks have been insane, you almost forgot how to breathe when you saw on the news that the body of the killer of your classmates had been found in a parking lot, burned to death.

You didn't know how to react, it was only two weeks after the incident, and he is found dead almost turning into ashes. It's so disturbing, that if it wasn't for the reassuring hug Alexandra has given you, you would fall flat on the floor.

You….. Are absolutely lost for words.

You guess… Maybe you don't need to be worried about him anymore….

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[peachdoxie]

Alrighty, I’m gonna read chapters four and five of Rhythm of War and give my thoughts below!

Interesting fabrial lore tidbits in the epigraph. Larger gemstones can draw out the Stormlight from smaller gemstones. Also there’s fabrial lore hidden in Thaylen guilds that the guildmasters are not letting Navani know. Politics, it seems.

So, Ialai wants the Oathgate in the Shattered Plains. Interesting. Also lmao, they suspect Ialai has taken over the Sons of Honor. I highly doubt that she’s in charge, or if she is, she’s being guided by someone. Nale or Kalak, maybe? I don’t think Ialai would have the know-how to pull off transportation between Roshar and Braize.

Ah, the chasms! We return to them after a whole book of absence.

The Sons of Honor claim to be the “grand architects of the future of Roshar.” Perhaps, but we know there are at least five other groups or people pulling the strings behind the scenes, not counting Team Dalinar.

Lmao, Veil cheating the Sons of Honor by making a fancy fabrial that can’t actually detect illusions and selling it to them.

“Oh you sweet soft breeze” sounds like the Rosharan equivalent of “Oh you sweet summer child.”

Fuck, a spy in Dalinar’s inner circles? Yeeks.

***

Anyway, chapter 5 now. I do not like the title.

So, Ash is working with Team Dalinar. Good to know. But to what extent?

Cord! Shardbow!

Yay, almost all of Bridge Four are full Windrunners now! But who hasn’t?

Oh hmm the honorspren are being dicks and not bonding with Windrunners. But there’s one who is willing but has no bond. Some lore going on there that I can’t wait to find out more of.

The Fused are like “1v1 me irl flying bridgeboys”

“...the more Kaladin fought these creatures, the more he respected their ways. He hadn’t expected to find honor among the enemy.”

Yeah that’s not gonna help his us vs. them schema that’s helped him be a soldier lol

Oh, Dalinar is opening perpendicularities with more frequency now, huh.

“Leshwi’s spear was lined with a silvery metal that resisted Shardblade cuts. More importantly, it was set with a gemstone at its base. If the weapon struck Kaladin, that gemstone would suck away Kaladin’s Stormlight and render him unable to heal—a potentially deadly tool against a Radiant, even one infused by Dalinar’s perpendicularity.”

I do not like the sound of this. Aluminum on her spear? A gemstone that can suck away all of Kaladin’s Stormlight? Sounds suspiciously like the knife that Moash used on Jezrien. Also, I wonder what Navani thinks of this gem and its Stormlight-sucking ability in relation to fabrials.

“...modern artifabrians had discovered things even the Heralds hadn’t known.”

Wonder if this will be important.

Lmao Syl giving a “dismissive sniff” at the ordinary spear Rock threw to Kaladin.

“Kaladin groaned, shaking his hand where he’d hit the ground. His Stormlight healed the sprain in moments, but it still hurt in a phantom way, like the echoing of a loud noise in one’s mind after it left one’s ears.”

Oooh fun, cognitive realm bullshit!

Hmm, not too big a fan of Kaladin being suspicious that Syl had told the others to keep an eye on him. Dude, first off: trust Syl. Second: all of Bridge Four can tell when you’re suffering. They don’t need Syl to know when you need help.

***

Back to Shallan and co. Not many thoughts except Oh, Adolin....

***

But Kaladin had drilled spearplay until he could practically fight in his sleep.

Like he’ll ever get the chance to try lmao.

“Killing him does no good. He’ll simply be reborn. He’s out anyway. What good is another death?”

I feel like the source of Kaladin’s depression has something to do with this. He’s fighting an endless battle, basically. Perhaps a change in tactics might be good, of maiming but not killing, to keep them out of battle.

“The others keep checking on me,” Kaladin said to her, “like I’m some delicate piece of glasswork ready to fall off the shelf at any moment and break. Is that your doing?”

“What? That your team is considerate enough to watch out for one another? That would be your fault, I’d say.”

Fuck yeah, Syl, call out Mr. Broodypants on his paranoia and remind him of his teammates.

Oh shit, Kaladin’s having nightmares. In some ways, I hope they’re just ordinary nightmares and not like some cosmere entity is haunting his dreams or something.

Lmao at Syl flicking Kaladin in the ear and calling him something she heard from Lift, which definitely means it’s a dirty word. Also cool, Syl has been around Lift.

***

Gotta say, the battle of 300 Windrunners vs 54 Fused is a cool visual. But it’s gonna be an absolute shitshow once it’s all nine kinds of Fused vs all ten Orders of Radiants. Granted, not all of the Radiants are fighting on Team Dalinar, so that muddles stuff up.

[propfortytwo]

heres the lore of the entire dark souls series

for some amount of time everything is grey and ruled by dragons, and some primordial race thats not quite human or gods or anything just kinda lives underground beneath giant trees. one day a fire, which has never existed until now, starts, and a bunch of the nondescript people get souls from it, turning into gods, and also humanity as an abstract concept pops up; humanity comes from the titular dark soul, which is a soul that can sort of exist without the fire. the gods and depending on who you ask the humans who were called the pygmies at the time beat the shit out of the dragons and make everything stop being grey; during this time the god of war who is the son of the god of sunlight allies with the dragons but loses and gets struck from history, hes important because hes the one behind the warriors of sunlight, specifically NOT the sunlight god. theres also a dragon who allies with the gods and invents sorceries but he dies in the first game and isn’t too important so dont worry. anyway humans and gods go off and form nations including but not limited to izalith lordran new londo oolacile berenike carim vinheim but only a few of them pop up in games so you dont have to worry about too many of them. theres also the ringed city which wont pop up for a while because of time travel stuff like it exists at the end of time like the restaurant at the end of the universe but thats where the gods put a bunch of the pygmies. anyway things just sort of run along as normal for a while, and one day a giant snake tells some people in oolacile, a cool magical society, that they should dig underground and find the remains of the first human and mess with it, which they do and it goes very badly. one of the knights of the gods who isnt human but isnt really a god either but is definitely not a pygmy(??) named artorias goes off to try and fix things but fails and gets corrupted by the abyss which is a fundamental force connected to the abstract concept of humanity. that gets resolved and everyone says ‘well we should probably try to make sure that doesnt happen again’, at which point it happens again in new londo and a bunch of skeleton dudes murder everyone so the gods flood the city to contain things. around this time someone named ariamis creates the painted world which is a mario 64 painting where a secret half dragon half god woman lives shes sort of important but dont worry right now. things just keep going for a while until one day the fire that gave everyone life starts to burn out, and everyone freaks out; humans start to become undead, coming back infinitely but more and more shriveled. one of the gods, the witch of izalith, who invented fire magic but not the same type of fire as the first one which is in fact called the first flame, tries to recreate the first flame but fails and gets turned into a fucked up tree and also accidentally makes demons and a new type of fire called chaos. eventually another god, the god of sunlight, marches into the first flame and lights himself on fire to give his power to it, extending its lifetime; this is called linking the fire. things go back to normal for a bit until the first flame fades again, bonfires and fire keepers are created to funnel undead into linking the first flame, and now the events of dark souls 1 take place, and you probably canonically link the fire and extend the world because theres 2 more games after this one. notable characters here include solaire, one of the first warriors of sunlight who is unflinchingly happy and helpful, big hat logan from vinheim who has a big hat and makes some new sorceries, andre the blacksmith who shows up in the 3rd game, and gwyndolin who has moon magic rather than sunlight magic and runs the secret magic police funneling people into linking the fire.

some unknown amount of time later but before dark souls 3, humanity continues to have the undead curse and some kingdoms come and go, including tseldora, the unnamed iron kings kingdom, shulva, eleum loyce, heide, and drangleic which is the important one where ds2 takes place, but the other ones are still important. the first human from oolacile in ds1 was split into fragments when he was destroyed, which later formed into women who traveled to flourishing kingdoms and attempted to seize power. eleum loyce, a nation founded to contain the chaos and demons by the ivory king who has a lightsaber, is one such kingdom, but the dark woman ends up truly believing in eleum loyces cause and devotes her existence to it, freezing it over when all seems lost as the ivory king tries to sacrifice himself to stop the chaos. meanwhile, the iron king is off doing his bullshit being bowser and hires a samurai named sir alonne to train his knights. alonne ends up leaving and the iron king throws a fit and falls into a smelter and dies, turning into literal bowser. he also has a place called brume tower which will be important later. ALSO meanwhile the kingdom of shulva, a giant underground city, is created as a sanctum to worship a sleeping dragon. theres a fragment woman here but she doesnt really do anything. eventually the drakeblood knights siege the city and try to kill the dragon but fail and are driven out, and they go found lindelt which is the equivalent to carim. the lost bastille is also constructed by a lost kingdom at some point to contain the reincarnation of the witch of izalith. now, drangleic, the important stuff; a man who is probably human but has enough magic that hes as big as one of the gods named vendrick founds drangleic and starts consolidating magical power from the remains of the old kingdoms for the purpose of linking the fire. at some point he marries nashandra, one of the fragment women, who convinces him to steal power from the giants, which he does. around this time, his brother aldia is off doing weird science shit with souls and dragons and horrifically murdering a bunch of people, and somehow completely removes himself from the both concept of humanity and the concept of the fire and is basically truly immortal; he also creates the emerald herald, an artificial human who may or may not be a fire keeper. anyway, the giants get pissed off at vendrick and invade drangleic, and basically wreck the whole place. around this time, the fume knight, one of vendricks closest advisors, is branded a traitor and leaves, ending up at brume tower, where he means nadalia, one of the fragments who arrived at the iron kingdom like a century too late, and they have a nice time together. meanwhile, vendrick flees into the undead crypt and goes hollow and for a while everything is just kind of in a limbo unable to progress. undead, which as it turns out suffer extreme mental degradation much like alzheimers when they are reborn, around the world occasionally find their way into drangleic through portals in search of a cure to hollowing, at the suggestion of an unknown old woman who may or may not be the old goddess of sin. one such undead is your dark souls 2 character, who once in drangleic is urged by the emerald herald to build up souls and link the fire, but its possible to just straight up find that cure to hollowing from aldia and vendricks advice by retrieving the crowns of old kingdoms, and refuse to link the fire. the world isnt exactly at a point where it needs to be linked anyway, but its definitely stagnating. either way it eventually gets linked. notable characters include lucatiel, a woman who helps you with a ton of bosses like solaire and is slowly losing her memory and sense of self from the undead curse, benhart, who has the moonlight greatsword, and the 3 old fire keepers who live in the void between worlds and give you your starting equipment.

that brings us to dark souls 3, which is like thousands of years in the future. the fire has been linked so many times that it barely gets anything out of a link, and when it fades the world starts to get really weird and clump itself together into a big pile of shit near the first flame, but people are still linking it, including the undead legion who are an army of artorias kinnies, yhorm the giant who barely has any lore but was a good friend of an npc who has armor that looks like an onion, and aldrich who is a disgusting piece of shit that im not going to talk about but who was contained in a cathedral. notable places include irithyll, a snowy city built at the base of the remains of the old city of the gods from ds1, farron keep, home of the undead legion, the profaned capital that yhorm is from which has almost no lore, londor which is inhabited solely by undead and vehemently opposes the fire, and lothric, where most of the game takes place. lothric is another human kingdom built to consolidate power and link the fire, built near the epicenter of where everything comes together; it houses the graves of the previous linkers of the fire who get revived when the fire fades, as well as the unkindled, people who were burnt to ash trying to link the fire and now come back to life like undead. its princes, lothric and lorian, are expected to serve as kindling for linking the fire but really dont want to, meanwhile the king has turned himself into a dragon and gone insane. it also contains a pocket dimension of an alternate timeline where the fire was never linked, which is where the first boss in the game comes from. before the events of the game, a few things happen; the painted world is burnt away and restored as a new world, and one of the founders of londor fails to link the fire but gets drawn into the painting. around this time pontiff sulyvahn leaves the painting and takes over irithyll, turning it into a place of worship for aldrich who is again an awful piece of shit i cannot overstate this enough, and begins throwing obstacles into lothric to prevent the linking of the fire. meanwhile back in the painting the founder of londor friede convinces the leader of the painted world not to make a new one and just let the current painting rot; an inhabitant of the painted world, gael, leaves the painting to find someone to stop friede and also go and find the dark soul itself so an unnamed little girl who is probably the daughter of the half god half dragon woman from ds1 can use it as paint to make a new ideal world. anyway, the player character is awoken to go find the old linkers of the fire who are understandably not too excited about getting lit on fire again and bring them back so they can link the fire. along the way they meet the nameless god of war who allied himself with the dragons and beat up friede. once theyre ready theyre either pushed forward in time or some illusion is taken off but either way they see what the world looks like when the fire isnt linked ie a giant pile of ash and buildings haphazardly flowing everywhere. just before they link the fire, however, they hear about the ringed city, where the dark soul supposedly is, and traverse the mess of bullshit trying to find it, which they do. they then find out that even the ringed city is just an illusion and the entire world is at that point just a barren field of ash. they then find and fight gael who has gone feral trying to eat the dark soul so it can be in his blood and therefore used as paint. you then give said blood to the painter so she can make a new world. finally, you either link the fire, let it die for good, or steal it and give it to londor creating a sort of hybrid dark/fire age.

notable characters in ds3 include greirat, a thief who tried to steal from lothric and share with the undead laborers and also probably protect his mother, orbeck who wanted to be a wizard but was forced by wizard school to be an assassin, irina who is a blind cleric and treated like garbage by her brother whose supposed to be guarding her, sirris who is a knight on a quest and the granddaughter of the merchant at firelink shrine and the old man who runs the purple covenant, and anri who is the opposite sex of your character and wants to beat the shit out of aldrich for murdering children but as part of the londor quest can get stabbed in the face as part of a marriage ceremony.

[ordulotusspa]

Checking in with Apollo | 17.06.19 🌻✨

This reading has been very clearing for me. I've been having trouble with interpreting the messages Apollo has been trying to send me but, I think this reading FINALLY did the thing. It all makes sense now. Im relieved.

What do you think of me?

Card: Knight of Pencatles

—Prepared, efficient, ambitious, practical; stagnant, lazy, careless, idle.

Now, I don't think I'm any of those “good” things, but if Apollo says I'm efficient and prepared then okay, I'll try to believe that. As a Taurus moon (with the moon being my dominant planet and chart ruler) I think this card mostly speaks to me in that sense, beside the keywords. An earthly faery; a wood nymph, someone who needs flowers around, but who is also stubborn and mind-biased. Colored by golden, green and soft yellow, this card speaks to me on a physical level more than anything. The Knight of Pentacles needs movement, and constant grounding, in order to not become stuck, too attached to a situation or the current state of affairs, or to just lose herself in the “visible” and “direct” world of the senses. Movement and change will be forced on her if she doesn't cooperate, for seasons must always come and go. She needs to stay tuned into her feelings, water her plants, raise her flowers and care for her animals. I think Apollo sees a lot of potential in me to achieve what I dream of, He also thinks I'm kind and somehow nurturing, loving. The thing is, I'm idle and in constant doubt. The Knight of Pentacles is the one closest to nature out of all the knights. The one who contemplates the most, who has the capacity to develop patience and wisdom the most. She sees leaves falling to their death during autumn, getting buried to be reborn again, beautiful and placid, and in them she finds herself.

What is something you're trying to teach me?

Card: Death rx.

—Resistant, stagnant, immobility, obsession; change, endings, beginnings, transition.

This is very self explanatory. Combined with how he thinks of me (Knight of Pentacles —and I must add, The Hanged Man jumped off the deck while I was shuffling it) Apollo has been experiencing issues with getting his lesson across. I need a deep transformation in order to continue striving for the life I wish to live, in order to find my higher purpose. I must die. Like those leaves making their way to the ground slowly during autumn and turning into ashes during winter. I must experience the deepest transformation and cleansing, I must bury my bones, let my blood become rivers, get rid of all the expectations, concepts and ideas that make me human. The first thing Apollo teached me were healthy habits. My routine became fixed, practical. However, I got bored. My emotions started boiling again and I lost focus and haven't been able to return to my path. Apollo is here to aid me; after all, I am the Knight and he's Eleleus; He of the War Cry.

What have I been ignoring?

Card: The Chariot rx.

—Aggression, self-doubt, defeat, loss of control; conquest, control, victory, motivation.

One of the things I've most been lacking is self-assurance. I find myself in a constant state of doubt, intellectuslizing everything, spending hours in my head unrolling a long and repetitive monologue of everything. My thoughts lack courage, they hyperfixate on the smallest things and turn trivialities into causes of chaos. Apollo is reminding me that I have control, I've never lost it. I need to know myself deeper, my strengths and weaknesses, to transform them. My thoughts wont race if I don't let them. My self-doubt is just boredom, it isn't real.

How are we benefiting each other?

Card: Nine of Wands

—Courage, determination, persistence, hope.

I mean, what can I add? The man in the picture is wounded, but he continues to defend what is his. Contrary to the rider-waite deck, in my deck he's still, fearless. Apollo asks nothing from me but hope, trust, creativity. I'm still a student, I'm learning, and thats fine; I'll hurt myself, I'll cry, but I should never give up. This card is vitality for me right now.

Are we a good match?

Card: The Hierophant

—Tradition, guidance, spirituality, orthodoxy, institution; rebellion, disobedience.

I think this is a fairly good card for this position. Given that Apollo had illustrated the meaning of the reversed card for me before, in a context very similar to this, and that I'm not part of any religious institution or even have access to a community (or the motivation to call myself religious in the first place, and that's why I've always been unsure of this card), I feel the need to use some of its reversed meanings to my advantage. The reversed side of this card has always been more suited for me in many ways, I just like it more; revolution, rebellion, disobedience. This are not things I'm against. They're actually values I hold. However, what Apollo means here is that —He's my guide. I can trust Him with anything. Given my situation, He's basically the only one closest to being a “spiritual leader”, or better said, a teacher for me. All the knowledge I need He will provide for me; I can feel safe with Him. He's patient. It comes to mind right now, He might even want me to take an oath, to move my worship further. I shall reflect on this.

Update: He's probably also telling me that our relationship has become too conservative, and that I'm focusing too much on filling traditional standards or spending too much time studying the “appropriate” greek way of worship. He often repeats that my relationship with the Gods is mine, and I shouldn't look for anyone else's approval on this. This might also be tied to how he thinks about me right now (Knight of Pentacles) as too logical and focused on perfectly practicing my craft, worrying too much about any mistakes to the point where I just decide to not try anything at all, judging myself on whether I'm doing enough or if I even have an inherent right to do it. That sounds extreme, though. Things are right just as they are.

☀️🐰✨🌼💛

[kiliosthestarmaker]

Nyehehe 1-49 >.> all of dem 😏😉

I EXPECTED THIS BUT YOU’RE GOING TO K I L L M E

The Basics1.     Do you listen to music when you write?

YES, Gods yes! The inspiration! The characterizations! The playlists I listen to when dealing with a particular character I love it I crave it!

2.     Are you a pantser or a plotter?

Plotter, most things have already been decided on within my stories.

3.     Computer or pen and paper?

Computer, I’ll use a pencil and paper only when I have no tech on me. 

4.     Have you ever been published, or do you want to be published?

I’d like to be published

5.     How much writing do you get done on an average day?

Interesting question, I have no clue

6.     Single or multiple POV?

Kind of multiple? It’s all in third POV but we follow around different characters

7.     Standalone or series?

*cackles* SERIES

8.     Oldest WIP

A whole series called Ratio Cor that I finally got back too

9.     Current WIP

Worlds Rejoined

10.  Do you set yourself deadlines?

No. Gods no, I’d stress myself out.

The Specifics11.  Books and/or authors who influenced you the most

Lord of The Rings

J.R.R. Tolkien

George Martin

Harry Potter

Rick Riordan

C.S. Lewis

My two writer friends Wolfe and Jacks

12.  Describe your perfect writing space

My room, blasting with music in the morning when I have no school

13.  Describe your writing process from idea to polished

Sure

A) Wake up at 2 AM with an idea

B) write it down 

C) go back to sleep until you have to wake up properly

D) Write out a decent plot

E) Characters

F) World Building (My fav part)

G) Write and Feel your book

H) Make others suffer with you

14.  How do you deal with self-doubts?

Music and talking to Wolfe

15.  How do you deal with writer’s block?

Music, scrolling through Tumblr, talking to Wolfe and Jacks

16.  How many drafts do you need until you’re satisfied with a project?

Who the heckity heck knows

17.  What writing habits or rituals do you have?

Grab some food and a drink

18.  If you could collaborate with anyone, who would it be, and what would you write about?

I WOULD COLLABORATE WITH @princess-east AND @stressedwolfe and it would probably either be about the gods or some action/adventure/fantasy thing and we’ve done it before AND ALSO @koalajake CAUSE THE IDEAS HE HAS 

I

ADORE

19.  How do you keep yourself motivated?

My dad expresses interest in my plots (the only family member that do), he tells me about showing it to other people at work or while he’s busy with something and the person just so happen to be there. My loves also encourage me.

there is also music

20.  How many WIPs and story ideas do you have?

........ ehe well there is 1 collection, 4 series within that collection and about 3-4 books within each series sans one which will probably have more than that. Other than that...I have many, many ideas

The Favourites21.  Who is/are your favorite character(s) to write?

I absolutely love writing Kilios, not only is he my favorite character, he’s just purely iconic.

22.  Who is/are your favorite pairing(s) to write?

Most of my pairings are platonic as most characters are teens or children. There’s also those who have been married and are widowed now so-

OH THERE IS KOLFE I ABSOLUTELY LOVE WRITING THOSE TWO

23.  Favorite author

Wait I have to choose??

24.  Favorite genre to write and read

Fantasy

25.  Favorite part of writing

WORLD BUILDING!!!! I SWEAR ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS BE LIKE “Hey Kilios you wanna help me build a world for this AU?” or “Hey Kilios can you help me build the world for my story?” AND I WILL BE ALL OVER THAT

26.  Favorite writing program

Lmao does google docs count?

27.  Favorite line/scene

From...from my book?

(Ratio Cor)

“Okay...” She hums softly as she screws on her arm. She flexes the mechanical fingers slowly before twisting her wrist. She grimaces slightly at the creaking of the joint. “Grandfather where’s the thing?”

“What thing?”

“The...the thing...uh...whot yz yt collud… THE OIL!” Kala exclaims after figuring it out. She hears her grandfather laugh. Kala huffs softly at the laughter. Her grandfather taught her the surface language at a young age. He told her it might come in handy one day, but she doesn’t understand why it would. The Markian language was harder to learn afterward.

(Working Title: Caelum Enterprise)

“That's a child.” Kai whispers. Kilios nods his head in agreement. “That’s a child.” 

“Thirteen years old.” Kilios offers with a small grin. Kai’s face turns blank, and he stares at Kilios. A cold rage settles in his soul.

“So, I have to kill Zeus?” Shadow chokes on his laughter as he wraps his arms around Kai’s waist. Kilios snorts in amusement even though he knew his friend could kill the Lightning God if he wanted to.

“Now, now. Revenge is best served cold as you may know.” Kilios hums softly as they smirk at each other. Shadow and Oketh look at each other before shaking their heads in exasperation. “Zeus seems to want this kid somewhat broken down, so we’ll give the child the best childhood.”28.  Favorite side character

Kai and Shadow, purely for their dynamic

29.  Favorite villain

K,,,kilios

30.  Favorite idea you haven’t started on yet?

Three siblings were reborn as siblings in the modern world. One problem, the ex-youngest sibling is the only that remembers their past and the evil that caused them to die before has followed them. So now, the sibling has to reawaken their siblings' past selves and strive off the evil force all alone. What will happen if the evil, instead of harming the ex-youngest sibling, takes them away to where they are treated as they should be and are loved. What happens when their siblings do reawaken and come after them? What happens if the ex-younger sibling doesn’t want to go? After all, they found love in the darkness. They found light within it as well insert King Keir who isn’t willing to let his consort be taken without a fight.

The Dark31.  Least favorite part of writing

The,,, the writing part

32.  Most difficult character to write

Alim??? I guess cause he’s like grandfatherly and most characters I’ve done in the past never met their grandparents?? 

33.  Have you ever killed a main character?

Yes, even better! I’m going to kill one in one of my books!!

34.  What was the hardest scene you ever had to write?

Kilios’,,,, death I’m-35.  What scene/story are you least looking forward to writing?

KILIOS’ ORIGIN STORY

The Fun36.  Last sentence you wrote

“Yeah, I’m alright.” She assures her grandfather after he gives her a look showing that he didn’t believe her. “So, what’s for breakfast?” She quickly changes the subject.

37.  The first sentence or your current WIP

“Three creators, each lost in their own right. Their names were taken from books and erased from history. The first to come back will be the one who breathes the anger of volcanoes. Next will be the one who freezes the stars. Finally, the one with powers that are forbidden will come to light. Once together united as one. All will hail the Cold Sun.”

38.  Weirdest story idea you’ve ever had

All of them

39.  Weirdest character concept you’ve ever had

A manipulative character that ends up saving the world due to having the ability to see at least ten steps of ahead and calculating an infinite amount of possibilities for options due to having who is literally the concept of the creation of stars and demihumans/hybrids as a bearer (Aka Kilios)

40.  Share some backstory for one of your characters

AHAHAHAHA

Kyle Evren was born from a phoenix and the Primordial God Khaos. The toddler was neither male nor female. Ze was an outlier much like the being known as Udushunamir, who was a being created by the Egyptian Great God Ea. Kyle was born to die for the Gods.

Kavya Esther was created with the body of Saiph and life was breathed into her by Astraea. Her mother was a phoenix and the Star Goddess Astraea. Kavya was very radiant and creatures of all sizes tended to flock to her. The child was kind and lovely. Kavya was born to die for the Gods.

Kit Keir was born from a phoenix and the Hindu Celestial Deity known as Rahu. Kit was both male and female. Due to cer odd parentage, Kit gained both sexes from cer parents. Kit was a very elusive and dreamish teen. Ce would often be found drifting off into cer own little world without a care of anyone around cem. Kit was born to die for the Gods.

Kilios Caelum was born from the ashes of who he used to be. He was ruthless and tired. He was angry at what he’s been through. He swore to rise far above what he attempted to accomplish beforehand. He would build an empire, he would rise to the sky. Kilios refused to die for the Gods.

The Rest of It41.  Any advice for new/beginning/young writers?

Jot down any idea you have, no matter how vague or bizarre it is, write it down.Research, for the love of the gods, research whatever you need for your book and please please use multiple sites.Talk to other writers and ask for input, it’s alright to be nervous so just message them privately. Hell, you can ask me I’m always up for learning about new writers.

42.  How do you feel about love triangles?

As long as it makes sense and doesn’t cause the main plot to be pushed as a subplot I’m good with it fam

43.  What do you do if/when characters don’t follow the outline?

Mutter dark threats under my breath and curse my characters for putting me in the backseat of my own damn writing.

44.  How much research do you do?

Literally, a third of my whole writing process is contributed to pure research.

45.  How much world building do you do?

By the time I’m done, if someone finds it they’d think I just found the world and wrote down what the people told me.

46.  Do you reread your own stories?

Yes and it’s physically painful

47.  Best way to procrastinate

Youtube and Drawing

48.  What’s the most self-insert character/scene you’ve ever written?

KILIOS IS LITERALLY ME THEN HE WENT OFF AND GOT HIS OWN STORY THE BASTARD

49.  Which character would you most want to be friends with, if they were real?

All of them because they are my children and I love them.

[lighthouseofthewanderess]

Shirkers

Yesterday night, I watched a Netflix Original Documentary called Shirkers, set in Singapore. It was a story about enthusiastic teens filming a movie in the early days when there were only reels and cans of film. Their director, ‘a man of untraceable age and origin’, absconded thereafter with the tape and they <spoiler alert> never heard about the footage until he died. As I went to sleep after it, I mulled about what I had seen. The way a 2-hour piece left me registering just a few shots -- the close-ups of mosquitoes taped onto notebooks, the cigarettes that every woman smoked, and Catcher in the Rye. The movie’s overarching theme was that in the world there were the shakers and the movers, and then there were shirkers. The ones who got up and ran away, broke free and did whatever they wanted to do. Zero responsibility. Here’s a new word for myself, I thought as the concepts was unraveled. I was a wanderess, a Benjamin Button, and now I was a shirker in my own sense.

My teenage years were a breeze for my mom. It was almost as though she braced herself for it but I never got in to any trouble. I was being a responsible adult like I had always been. The more I grew up, the more that word started to feel heavy on my shoulders. Choke me and mock me. So what did I do when I couldn’t keep it calm around me anymore? I ran away and avoided it. This was the mind state with which I moved to Pune. Unleash the freedom, let me taste what everyone’s going gaga about I thought as I got off the bus with my mom in tow on a rainy, gloomy day. I was left with some staff of the college first as we didn’t have any vacancy at PGs. It was both a good thing and a bad thing. Bad part was my mom paid a bomb for them to just let me occupy some space. The good part was that I dived into a new world and tried to take it all in. The red-eared turtles that had super soft necks. The Sundays spent watching them wax each other. The smell of tadka in the air as they all rushed in the morning to work. Every day I learned something new. And I processed it with all too much time in my life. I lazed around, spoke to the turtles, took them on a walk and sometimes I just sat in a bakery nearby and watched the people. In the rain, they all looked like huge ants scattering about.

When college started, I still had a lot of time. There was always one movie project in production, mostly with one of the seniors. I hung around them and helped wherever I could. We sneaked into parks were permission was denied, and shot in the blind spots where there were no cameras. And when we wrapped up and left, everyone looked like this was the only way to do it. We asked them nicely, but they denied. What else to do? Don’t worry so much about it. I on the other hand, was filled with euphoria that I got away with some trouble. So it was possible -- to do whatever you wanted and not fall prey to the normalcy with which others struggled. It was as though a very limited world, with rules set in stone, all vanished to leave a blank canvas. The real question was how was I going to fill it in and make it mine? Around this same time came the thought that changed me as a person. It divided my space and time into two halves -- the goody-two shoes girl who listened to everyone, had a plan for everything and always stayed two steps ahead of the rest, and the new procrastinator who went against her one-member family, stumbling and learning, but all the while loving and growing. I believed, in many ways, what Shirkers was trying to say: “In order to move forwards, you have to move backwards.” I had to unlearn the things that I thought were right so that I can look at the world with an objective eye. I had to let go of trying to earn praises from people so that I can find myself and give this new me to the world. And for Benjamin Buttons, this is a very hard thing to do. I started experimenting again, but this time not with hobbies or food. I was trying to stay true to myself and act in a way I wanted to be perceived instead of what others wanted to see me as. I forced myself to take breaks, slow down and try not to hold everything other. When I started doing that, things crumbled to ashes. I watched some ambitions burn down, some expectations lurking in the corner, waiting to be picked up and met. I felt I had made a wrong decision to be a Shirker and run away from my responsibilities. But once I had my pile of ashes, it was easy for me to be reborn. With everything shed, I could now choose a new identity. When I visited Bangalore every few months, my friends had started seeing the change. Some even stopped talking to me because they felt I had strayed too far. My mom was annoyed I wasn’t keeping my room clean. That I was up all night and sleeping in late. And me? I was beaming inside-out. This is the new me; and I’m a Phoenix. When I am bored of myself, I will burn every trace of my identity down and build myself up again. How cool yet powerful was that possibility? I could do it at will and don any hat I want. And to mark this rebellious phase and make it absolutely clear that I care only about myself, I went and got a tattoo on the back of my neck. It was a Phoenix.

There was a pack of wolves that I ran with in Pune. Prerna’s family, the Mahtanis Each one of them -- her, her sister, and her mother -- were all shirkers. They had some basic responsibilities in place but other than that they had their own version of UBE going on. From painting backdrops for birthday parties to choreographing sangeets at weddings, the two sisters did it all. And that energy, for me, was infectious. It was what I thrived on, no matter how less we slept or how unproductive an off day seemed. I left my flatmates behind and started living with them. Sometimes, in the middle of the night, Archana would take out the car and we’ll just ride off into the dark. Buy ice cream (buy some meds as well), and head back. The house saw us play board games, do havans, party till morning, as well as work our assess off. This is life I told myself, but like always I would be wrong.

I got bored of that routine too. I wanted more than dhoklas for breakfast, and long rides from college to home. More importantly, I needed a change of scene. It’s time to burn down this chapter of my life. So I made the move back to Bangalore. Since I had freelanced a bit in Pune, I got into an ad agency and slowly worked on what adults do. A career. As I stepped back into goals and dreams I found myself sorely disappointed. I had it in my head that come what may, I will publish a book when I turn19. This later turned to 21. What was I doing when I was 21? That’s right, editing my film with a horrible hangover. Then I sifted through all my years in Pune -- it felt like I had done absolutely nothing in life while others were carefully building themselves for the world! The lesson was learnt; shirkers cannot be shirkers forever. For me to splurge and do what I wanted, I need a career that will get me the means too. And if I wanted to grow super fast, I needed to work super hard and forget the fun a little. Goodbye scrapbooking. Goodbye long nights nursing a bottle. Goodbye Shirker.

4 years into that change, the familiar and unsettling feeling crept in again. I knew I had to unwind a bit more, air out my mind a bit more, and simply let go of the world for a while. Bitterness had set in and was festering in my work. I couldn’t love what I did for a living, and because of that I didn’t love myself too. Walking in to work, I would just stop on the first flight of stairs and breakdown. Then it turned into waking up and breaking down. The idea of not being happy and yet confining to something I decided to do was tearing me in two. What was I doing with my goddamn life? My health was too messed up -- internal hemorrhaging, abnormally high thyroid, eye infections and a slew mental illnesses. I knew what the problem was, but I was afraid to risk what I had going on for me at work.The Shirker in me wanted to forget it all and disappear. And that’s exactly what I did.

I took a 2-week break and traveled alone; it worked like magic. I went back to running up some stairs to catch the sunrise on top of a lighthouse. I stood rooted in the storm and snuck in to the warmth of my room, drenched and satisfied. I stuck my tongue out and tasted morning air as I waited for my coffee. But most of all, I felt lighter. I used my phone only to take pictures, which I would compile into an Insta story at the end of the day. For the larger part, I would carry my faithful doodle knapsack which contained: a book, a notebook, my Instax, a water bottle, some money all rolled up and hidden. When I came back home, I came back with the idea that I didn’t have to choose between a Shirker and a shaker. And folks, is how I ended up writing this book. I asked Shivangi what she’s up to and she introduced NaNoWriMo to me. A whole month to dish out whatever you want to write from your heart. Why not, I thought. I shall take three steps back with my ‘must-publish-before-21’ dream so that I can propel myself forward with greater speed. Hello forever shirker.

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Thoughts on Jonerys Part 4

So I haven’t been able to get to this post as quickly as I wanted. I’ve had a weird few months, I took a new job and was living with some friends for a bit, my grandmother passed away a few weeks ago, and at the beginning of the month I moved into a new place, but things are kind of settling now and I’m getting back into a routine. So I wanted to continue with my series of thoughts on the progression of Jonerys and what’s stood out to me about their relationship after my recent rewatch of the series and having read the books. I’m going to throw a cut in here, so I’m not filling up your dashboards and my thoughts may be a little jumbled here because I’ve been writing sentences here and there over the last couple of months. Anyway, bear with me, I think this makes sense.

This is part of a series of posts, so if you’re interested you can check out the other parts here, Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.

I know for me as a fan who started watching the series first, then started reading the books because I loved the show. The thing that really jumped out to me originally was the parallels between Jon and Daenerys. Keep in mind I had no notion of the books when I started watching the show and my brother was the only person I knew at the time who had read the books and watched the show. I remember talking to him one night on the phone and saying something about how I couldn’t wait for Jon and Daenerys to get together when she came to Westeros and my brother just said, “That won’t happen for a long time, if it happens at all.” I was so confused, I remember saying to him, “They have to meet, their stories are identical, they’re set up as having similar journeys and they’re obviously ice and fire, if they don’t meet it doesn’t make sense. I’ll be honest I was a little obsessed with them, and photos of Kit and Emilia convinced me the characters would have all kinds of chemistry. My brother then said that there was another character in the books who might be a Targaryen and was probably closer to meeting Daenerys, and I was not having it. I started reading the books right away after that and was even more convinced Jon and Dany were going to end up together. So doing this rewatch, all those parallels kept jumping out at me again, but now I know where it’s going (in the show at least) so when I see them, I see something different in them every time. I’m not going to elaborate too much on the parallels right now because there are so many posts, comparisons and metas about the parallels, but they’re obvious and there from the very beginning.

One major thing that jumped out at me reading the books and then again during this rewatch was the similarities of certain lines like Ygritte saying to Jon, “You know nothing, Jon Snow.” and Irri and Jhiqui (a character who is not really featured in the show that much) always saying to Daenerys, “It is known.” Both Daenerys and Jon are in these worlds where people are trying to enforce their worldview upon them and both Jon and Daenerys have this different view on things and how things should be. They see outside the norms of their cultures and are criticized in a way for it. People keep insisting that they’re wrong because things in their worlds are known to be different.

What always stands out to me too is the contrasting colours they use with Jon and Daenerys. Daenerys’ hair is silver, almost white, Jon’s is black, Daenerys gets her silver horse, while Jon takes the black, the dragon Daenerys rides is black, while Jon’s direwolf is white. They always set up these contrasting colours, but the colours also link them to each other. Especially when you do a rewatch you see things even in the cinematography, like the fact that Daenerys always has warm colours in her scenes to suit her fire symbolism, while Jon always has cool colours in his scenes to symbolize ice. There are so many hints of them being linked that it’s hard to miss, unless you blatantly ignore them. Their scenes always connect thematically and almost always, when you see one you the other in the next scene (there are a few instances where it doesn’t work that way, but they’re few and far between).

In season 6 the storylines for Daenerys and Jon was interesting too. Both storylines that season took them back to where they began in a way, but also signifies them breaking out of those places. First we have Jon who has been killed by his brothers of the Night’s Watch. At the beginning of the series he started at the bottom in the Night’s Watch, he was assigned the role of steward, he rose all the way to Lord Commander and was killed. The only way out of the Night’s Watch is death so his death broke him out of there. We also see him return to Winterfell to retake his family home which has been lost to the Boltons and him and Sansa returning is so symbolic. He returns home, restores his family, and rises above his bastard status to be named King in The North. For Daenerys, she started her journey sold to the Dothraki as the bride of Khal Drogo, known as a beggar Princess. After Drogo’s death Daenerys was supposed to go to Vaes Dothrak to live out the rest of her life as a Dosh Khaleen. She ran from this because her destiny has always been greater. She rose from a beggar queen and a widow to free slaves and take places like Astapor, Qarth, Yunkai, and Meereen, then at the end of the fifth season we see her captured by the Dothraki again after Sons of the Harpy have turned her city on her. Beginning of season 6 she’s a prisoner, she’s at her lowest in a way. The only way for her to break out of the expected role the Dothraki have for her is to overpower them and claim them as her own, and she does that. She burns down their temple and claims the Dothraki as hers and they follow her. Both Jon and Daenerys are reborn and viewed as gods by people within two episodes. 

Daenerys then returns to Meereen, overturns the Masters, and takes a fleet across the Narrow Sea, finally heading back to her birthplace and birthright. This is pretty much the same in the books, both are betrayed, we don’t see them rise back up because season 6 passed the books, but where they both ended season 5 is similar to where they end their stories in book 5.

Another thing that no one ever really points out about season 6 is how in Battle of the Bastards, both Jon and Dany have to retake a place. Everyone loves how Jon retakes Winterfell because “Yay the Starks!” But no one ever talks about how Daenerys basically just did the same thing as Jon. Jon and Sansa go throughout the North and rally houses to support them, Daenerys basically rallies the Dothraki and gets Meereen back on her side. Jon overturns Ramsey, while Daenerys overturns the Masters. Season 6 is such a pivotal season for both of their characters. Jon is named King in the North, Daenerys makes it to Westeros, it’s a big shift for them. Dany also makes an alliance with the Iron Islands, her first real backing house from Westeros, Jon pretty much makes an alliance with the Vale through Sansa. There’s such a big significance too in the fact that in Battle of the Bastards (6x09), Jon and Dany, who are both Targaryens basically live their family words, “Fire and Blood”. Daenerys takes back Meereen with fire, while Jon takes back Winterfell with blood. The whole episode is pretty much focused on Jon and Daenerys.

So both Jon and Dany are in a place of being betrayed at the beginning of season 6, Jon by his brothers, Dany by the people she’s freed, both are stripped down to nothing pretty much, Jon in death, Dany as a prisoner, and both rise up from the ashes. Jon retakes his home and Daenerys finally heads home. It’s a really big season for both of them and it propels them into the next season which finally brings them together. What’s really interesting is that while they are apart in the series they have to rise and continuously overcome all these obstacles. They always feel alone, and here is what stands out to me in that. Maester Aemon has the line, “A Targaryen alone in the world is a terrible thing,” in regard to Daenerys who he has just received news about and in walks Jon symbolizing she won’t be alone once they find each other. What also jumps out about that line to me is the fact that both Jon and Dany never felt at home where they were and always felt alone, Jon felt alone with Ygritte, Daenerys felt alone with Daario. They never really felt supported or at home until they found each other. Even Daenerys on Dragonstone seemed unsettled until Jon showed up there. When he goes to leave and head North, she’s impacted by it and she goes after him because part of her knows she won’t feel at home again if something happens to him. Both don’t hide anything in their pursuit of each other, they’re reserved at first, but once they let things show, they don’t exactly hide anything (sneaking off together in the dragonpit? Everyone can see them, everyone was there, they aren’t being secretive. Jon making sure she goes North with him? She willingly does it). 

Another thing that’s more so a thing in the show than books is The King vs. King, Queen vs. Queen thing. Yes in the books the White Walkers/others exist, but their role isn’t as big in the books (yet?) as on the show. So in the show going into this last season we get another great parallel between Jon & Dany, they each have their main nemesis set up in positions of equal power and, ironically, it’s like Cersei said in the first episode, “Enemies to the North and enemies to the South.” The only way to defeat both threats is together, Jon needs Daenerys’ army and Daenerys needs support in Westeros. Both are together in the middle, Jon is a King and his enemy is a King and Daenerys is a Queen and her enemy is a Queen, but together they’re King and Queen facing the Night King and King and Queen facing the mad Queen.

I know these may seem like random ramblings, but I think there’s been so much invested in the Jonerys relationship and their individual journeys leading toward each other and their journey that’s linked together that I can’t help but see these things. Especially with how the show has emphasized that they are facing things together now. Everything has come full circle, they both started alone, were outcasts with no real home and felt alone and now they have each other, they’ll do what needs to be done together.

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Phoenix Magick Part 3 - Incorporating the Phoenix into your Craft

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The Phoenix and Your Craft

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So we’ve begun with teaching you the history of the Phoenix and it’s origins. Then I gave you a glimpse to a practice in which it was used. But now let’s get into how you can incorporate the Phoenix into not only your craft but your life.

First let’s start with what type of Phoenix you’ve found yourself with. That’s the most important to your start. For it will help you decide how best to treat it and work with it.

Then we have to look at why this particular Phoenix has agreed to come work with you. Perhaps it’s your spirit guide or guardian. Maybe it came to be your familiar. Or maybe there’s something specific it had in mind or you.

After looking at the background of said Phoenix and the reasoning behind it’s being there we have to start looking at our own crafts and practices. Where does it fit? Perhaps your a fire witch so have a statue or candle dedicated to it on your fire altar will be perfect. Or maybe the same could be said if you work with the sun. If you work with a fire, sun, or death deity that may be associated with rebirth and transformation maybe there can be a way for them to work together with you.

But what if you’re none of those things. Perhaps your path is unknown to you. Or maybe you work with no deity or element of fire. Take a look at what you are interested in. What is it in your craft that led you to want to work with a spirit of this magnitude? Perhaps your craft is all about transformation and growth. Or perhaps it was the motion of which the world works. Constantly going through cycles. Working with such a power has led you to believe the Phoenix was the right choice for you to work with.

PLEASE DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES TRY TO WORK WITH THIS SPIRIT WITHOUT ANY RESEARCH OR TRAINING IN WORKING WITH SPIRITS. PLAYING WITH YOUR OLDER SIBLINGS QUIJA BOARD IN YOUR MOMS BASEMENT DOES NOT COUNT AS EXPERIENCE. THESE CREATURES DEMAND RESPECT AND THE ABILITY TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON PROMISES.

Now let’s get down to what you may experience while working with the Phoenix. Many have said that being in the presence of this spirit has brought a calming energy to their surroundings. These are lovely creatures who experience the joys of life. By working with the symbolism of their deaths and rebirths you’ll find that you can move past many things trying to hold you back. BUT BE CAREFUL. Just because it offers you the chance to burn the past and come forward from the ashes it does not mean the problems are solved. The past dies hard. It’s better to work through it by facing it head on. Of course for some it may not be that easy. So find comfort in what you can. Magick can’t solve all life’s problems like it does in the movies. These spirits offer counsel and can offer the tools to help you move on. But don’t expect a quick fix or for them to do everything. You put that energy forward and you will persevere. Burn through all life’s obstacles and heartaches and rise from the ashes in your wake. Continue to deal with things head on by talking it through with someone you have issues with. Or choose to forgive yourself for something you couldn’t control. Work hard for a life of freedom. For the Phoenix is not just a symbol of rebirth but also of transformation and time. You must take the time to transform your yourself to a better you and become reborn from the life that held you back. Be as free as they are. For no Phoenix bares chains.

I got a little philosophical there I apologize. But it’s all true. This is how you learn to incorporate and work with a Phoenix. By understanding their philosophy. Their way of life. It’s not an easy one. Some find it can be preventative to their growth. So at any time you feel the need to step back then please do. There’s more than one way to deal with the hardships in this life or even how to work your craft. But don’t forget once you’ve bonded with a Phoenix you’ve got a friend for life.

Next post will be the finale. It’ll include a few spells and visualizations. As well as the basics to a grounding meditation. Not to mention a better description of experiences with my spirit guide which is a Phoenix. Till next time this has been me Phoenix Brevitas and I’ll catch you later.

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If Xanxus died and was reborn as Uzumaki Naruto, who would he assemble as his new guardians?

Oh wow, if you were expecting cheer and good manners then you’d be disappointed. Because Xanxus growing up in Naruto’s childhood… where child soldiers are the norm, the government is a tyrannical lie, history is subject and genocide happened in the middle of town.

Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed, looking at the young ninja of the leaf. Per usual, there was a permanent scowl, a sense of impatient hostility and restrained violence. The feathers and beads in his hair really weren’t worth noticing other than the fact that he wore them and made him look wild, especially in conjunction with the whiskers. It would be more intimidating a look if the whiskered cheeks were less round with childhood still clinging to his face.

Uzumaki Naruto took after his father in looks and intelligence and his mother in terms of chakra capacity and had her drive in face of adversity.

His temper and general personality however seemed to been shaped by the less than ideal treatment of the villagers. Naruto had a suspicious, nasty mind that didn’t trust easily, if at all. Hiruzen had jonin that trusted more easily. More to the point, his personality was blunt, coarse and unforgiving in general. The less said about how short a fuse his temper had the better; he could control it, but training grounds afterward had needed remodeled when he finally let it loose. Some property of his chakra could cause immense destruction; the sort that seemingly removed trees and training equipment from existence and not by turning it to ash.

The young ninja had graduated early and proved himself well enough to have earned a vest. Currently just a chunin vest, but Hiruzen didn’t want the young ninja to be so distant from his age-cohort in rank for all that they were recent graduates. Most of those that Naruto spent time with were the more specialized tokujo.

Part of his reluctance might be from the fact that the last time he had promoted and trusted someone so much at such an early age had gone on to kill all his clan. And the others that had been promoted so early while capable ninja were not the most whole human beings.

“What’cha got old man?” The blond drawled. He sounded bored. Obviously he was looking for a mission and was impatient for one.

“What are you in the mood for?” Hiruzen asked, curious.

There’s a pause and consideration; Naruto would take any assigned, but had an affinity for the bloodier, more clandestine missions than his general temperament would suggest.

“Escort, if I can have my pick of people preferably.” In other words, he wanted to be out of the village and around people he wanted to be around for at least a week. Choosing Genma was a good sign, Raido meant that someone was probably going to die, Anko would be a sign to expect moderate property damage and there were worse signs.

“Asuma-sensei, when are we going to take a C-rank? Sasuke-kun’s team would have if their third member hadn’t come down with the flu. I want to prove my worth as a kunoichi!”

“Them.”

And that was the worst sign. Playfulness.

“Hey! I know you! I’ve seen you around my dad sometimes!”

“Uzumaki Naruto. Chunin of three years. Your team and your sensei will be with me on a C-rank of the Hokage’s choice.”

“How troublesome.” The young Nara groused.

Hiruzen mentally agreed with the young ninja; Uzumaki Naruto was angling for something and the best that Hiruzen could figure that to be was Hokage. Few other chunin had rotated through all of the village’s various departments such as the barrier squad, the police force that was instituted after the death of all but two Uchiha, the code-breakers and included a small stint in the academy as a teacher’s aide while one of the chunin was out for maternity leave.

That sort of rotation and dedication gave Uzumaki Naruto a basic understanding of most of the village. The best thing that came from that was a lot of connections around the village who thought well of his dedication and skills and the fact that Naruto actually had a friend his own age: Kurama Yakumo. Who was Team 7′s third member that had been laid out with the flu.

Yakumo had a prodigious genjutsu talent but had a frail body. She had been given to Kakashi as a student in light of Kurenai’s earlier failure with Yakumo as a student -the failure that Uzumaki Naruto knew of because he had been a friendly acquaintance of Kurenai’s back when she was teaching at the academy as a chunin. They even had nicknames for each other, although the meaning of the names was lost on Hiruzen and all observers.

Kakashi had been for failing this team as well but Sasuke’s decision to feed his teammate bound to the log had given Kakashi the sign that his team would care and fight for each other with all the strength the will of fire could give. It showed that Uchiha Sasuke still had empathy for others and a disregard for stupid orders. The sort of stupid orders that would be killing all your relatives.

Seeing no harm in humoring this decision, Hiruzen agreed with Naruto’s not-request.

“C-rank to Wave. Escorting Tazuna back home and protecting the bridge until it’s finished.”

Izzy accidentally fic’d.

Storm: Tenten or Neji

Sun: Lee? This is where lack of characters strikes. Because not many shown strike me as Suns. Hana? Genma?

Lightning: Ino

Rain: Genma or Raido

Mist: Yakumo

Cloud: Anko

Generally speaking, I’d prefer Xanxus/Naruto not to bond with peers aka Naruto’s age-mates. Because Xanxus/Naruto is mentally older/more experienced. Also a lot more damaged in some ways. But that’s where Naruto’s limited cast of characters acts up. Hence Yakumo the Mist, Yakumo being from an anime filler.

Storms are all about aggressive attack: Neji and Tenten both are like that.

Suns are considered ‘flashy’ but well, Anko is eccentric. Not flashy like Lee and Gai. Hana is understated flashy but three hounds compared to the usual one… Also Genma is pretty and does flashy things with senbon sometime.

Ino is the exception to the ‘not age-mates’ rule if only because the nature of her Clan techniques means a lot more mental exp from a lot of people. Later anyway. At the moment, teasing her is like teasing the shark and is fun.

Rains are supposed to be a calming influence. Genma is one because on a team between Gai and high-strung Ebisu someone had to be the calm one. Raido because I like Raido and he has a sword and specializes in assassination.

Mist is Yakumo. Where obviously the Kurama Clan has Mist Flames as their ‘kekkai genkai.’

Clouds don’t really care about social convention, so much as getting what they want. Which is Anko all over.

Xanxus/Naruto can still use Wrath Flames but anyone that asks gets ‘special chakra’ or ‘a twist to yin release’ as an answer. Which is true in a fashion.

Xanxus/Naruto is rather sympathetic to fox; points out it could be worse. Fox could be frozen. Not exactly best buds but moderately friendly.

Other things aka plot in case someone wants to adopt. Because I’m not going to have time to write this or thing about doing so any time soon.

Wave Mission is coached to Team 10 as ‘part of my eval to special-jonin’ and ‘revised some of the qualifications needed to promote in light of past events.’

One of the Demon bros get captured by Team 10, the other by Xanxus/Naruto. In the fight against Zabuza, Zabuza’s sword suffers a malfunction against Wrath Flames. Poor sword. Zabuza switches it to a ninjutsu fight. Against a shinobi who can just obliterate techniques with Wrath. It doesn’t go well. Haku intervenes. Asuma is third-wheeling like a pro.

Gato catches a case of death before Zabuza on the bridge. Gato’s minions then catch a case of death; it spreads fast. It even gets Zabuza because Asuma’s previously wounded him.

Haku isn’t happy. Haku is then given the choice to watch over Wave or come to the Leaf and join. Otherwise Xanxus/Naruto is happy to kidnap him, since Xanxus/Naruto’s keeping the sword so some shithead doesn’t steal it and put it to dishonorable use or something.

Xanxus gains Haku as a minion. Haku is a Rain, but lack of killer instinct puts him out of running of being Xanxus’ Rain, okay?

Ends up as a security peon in 2nd task. Clash with Orochimaru. Part of the Forest of Death ends up gone. Ends up getting bitten but well, Wrath Flames. Cursed Seal gets burned up. Doing so later to Anko has them bonding; it’s not a tight one but still enough.

Jiraiya shows up in Konoha but Xanxus is Not Amused. Jiraiya Earns Grudge. Hence why Jiraiya is not Sun-candidate.

Don’t care for the genin match-ups at the moment. Just know that Yakumo becomes chunin with Shika and Ino actually manages to progress to the finals by luck.

Gaara and Shukaku start acting up and well, not much stands up to Wrath. And well, demon in forest means no holding back. Xanxus mentally scars Shukaku into behaving and somehow Gaara finds sanity. Xanxus reveals that he plans to be Hokage one day. Is odd conversation.

(Xanxus is only a little miffed that Gaara’s the Kazekage at like fourteen. A little. Actually a lot pissed.)

Anyway, Jiraiya takes Xanxus to find Tsunade because strong shinobi needs to protect Kyuubi-container that can vaporize just about everything. Yay. Logic. Grudge grows stronger.

Also not impressed with Tsunade’s pity party of like twenty years. Because what would she do with the position? Rack up her debts more and send Konoha to bankruptcy?

Let’s just leave it as Xanxus has Plans. He just can’t do any of them because he’s twelve, freshly a special jonin and will be promoted to jonin for his 14th birthday.

Basically manipulates her into accepting the position. Because a ninja that can mentally scar a bijuu is good like that. Not sure how Tsunade’s fear of blood is dealt with but it is because that’s bullshit and Xanxus calls her out on it.

Anyway, due to Grudge, Xanxus is not letting Jiraiya take him off for two years doing fuck knows what. Ends up as Tsunade’s chosen successor from almost the get-go of Tsunade’s reign; which means dealing with lots of politics, renovating systems and diplomacy etc. Because benevolent tyrant position of power or not, you still have minions with power to keep content so they’ll do what you say willingly.

Chosen antagonist of these two years is going to be Danzo. Because no creepy seal on Sasuke but that doesn’t make Sasuke less of a person of interest. Because fancy eyes. Oh and somehow Sakura becomes less of a waste of space. Probably better than her part 2 canon self because ‘let’s send Sasuke away for his safety’ and Xanxus is nearby to keep her head on straight.

Although I should point out that Gaara puts up more of a fight against Akatsuki with Shukaku’s cooperation. It’s amazing what a little mental scarring to do. Or a lot. Deidara’s dick move is still dick move.

But anyway. Sasori’s puppets against Wrath. Wrath wins and then goes after Deidara. Because guess who has guns now bitch?

Deidara loses arm. Then he loses head. Gaara is revived.

The whole business with Orochimaru, Sai and Kabuto doesn’t happen because it’s not Sakura who kills Sasori and so gets ‘rewarded’ with the info. Sai is busy learning how to be human again because fuck Danzo that’s why. He dead, dead, dead. Dead.

Anyway, Sasuke gets back with Jiraiya because Jiraiya follows no schedule. Is the only genin of his year now because that’s hilarious.

Anyway, things progress. Zombie brothers get taken down, jinchuriki get their bijuu extracted, Sasuke kills Itachi and doesn’t end up in Madara’s hands. Jiraiya still dies but there’s no successor to the toad contract. Whoops. Kisame gets to hold off Xanxus and Yakumo and Lee, so is terrible match-up. Because Mist Flames aren’t chakra.

Zetsu ends up in a ranged illusion and then ends up shot. Black Zetsu somehow escapes.

Pain happens to Konoha. Wrath happens to Pain. Because it is hard to regenerate and control puppets if the chakra receivers aren’t conducting because they’re not there. Vaporized. Grudge against Jiraiya is validated, Konan lives, Nagato almost dies but well, Xanxus says fuck that. You’re going to atone properly and not suicide your way out of your mess.

Someone attempts at the eight-tails and so the kage meeting happens. Sasuke has no reason to cause a scene as he’s chilling in Konoha but Tobito has reason and attacks with the white Zetsu sparking off the 4th Shinobi War.

Xanxus takes advantage of Kyuubi’s cooperation and Sky property of Harmony to pick out Zetsu and vaporize them.

Orochimaru decides to defect over to the Shinobi side over the Akatsuki side and Xanxus gets a lecture in Sage Mode and how to use. Kabuto has been convinced to go to the Akatsuki side somehow, so is now enemy who has no problem with edo tensai-ing every fucking one. Tobito might have broke his mind or something.

Anyway Madara’s the big bad bitch until Nagato makes him dead again. Nagato’s got Rinnegan exp over his ass. Tobito is pretty much down for the count and then comes Zetsu.

And after comes Wrath, preventing bunny goddess from being reborn or revived because Zetsu is obliterated properly this time.

People go home, rebuild and Xanxus puts his plans into action so Konoha will remain strong long after he passes on.

And in the afterlife, he hunts down Byakuran and punches him. In the face. Repeatedly.

[ladypjmoon]

BTS FF Reads for July...

Greetings Readers!!!

Sorry this is a few days late—I like to post my reviews during the first week of each month—but it’s summer and I’ve been spending time with friends and family...while enjoying the sun and beautiful weather!  

So, without further delay...here’s my BTS FanFiction recommended reading list for July!!!

Summertime was made for reading and these are some fantastically amazing stories I’ve had the pleasure to read—and, of course, cheerzzz to all these talented writers...and Thank You for sharing your beautiful works of art with the fandom!

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01)   Title: Pull Me Closer

Ship:  Yoonmin

Author:  by Willow_Odessa2333

Link:  http://download.archiveofourown.org/works/11002941

Summary: College!AU where Jimin can’t sleep without listening to a *certain someone’s* channel, and then hears someone in the library that sounds JUST like him, but brushes it off until..... Or in which Jimin meets Yoongi, the voice behind the anonymous live stream host he kind of fell in love with.

My Review: I’m starting you out with a sugary delight that’s so sweet it’ll give you cavities—so remember to brush after reading, lol!  But seriously, this is Yoonmin at their most romantic—full of fluff and feels galore—and it’s sure to bring a smile to your face...so, enjoy!  

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02)   Title: Butterfingers

Ship:  Yoonmin

Author:  by ohdizzy

Link:  http://download.archiveofourown.org/works/7848391

Summary:  Jimin's life is no fairytale.  But if it was, it'd go something like this.  (Or: the AU in which Jimin is cursed to drop whatever he’s holding every time he sees the person he loves)

My Review: Here’s another Yoonmin gem where Jimin’s lost his creative edge and has a painting project due.  Taehyung decides he needs a muse—enter barista Min Yoongi, covered in tattoos.  The plot is pure love, the twist is Jimin’s cursed by the gods to drop things around the person he loves because he hates love and the friends to lovers ending is predictably cliché but beautifully done!    

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03)   Title: Come First

Ship:  Yoonjin

Author:  by jinified

Link:  http://download.archiveofourown.org/works/10155545

Summary:  “You could go in there, you know.” Hoseok suggests offhandedly.  “No,” Seokjin says immediately with a dismissive shake of his head, “he told me to never interrupt him when he’s in there.”

“Bullshit.”

“I’m serious! We have an established boundary zone because—”

“Please don’t.”

“—we’re roommates.”

or: Yoongi has been in the studio too long and Seokjin tries to persuade him to leave. It doesn't go quite according to plan.

My Review: This shorty is pure Yoonjin smut and fun while the simplistic plot only adds to the air of humor and believability—I can actually see this happening...oh yes!          

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04)   Title: Dahlia

Ship:  Yoonseok | Sope

Author:  by signifying_nothing

Link:  http://download.archiveofourown.org/works/8726908

Summary:  witchchild jeongguk accidentally summons a pair of demons

My Review: I find the summary on this fic a little misleading because it’s actually quite a soulful piece of work.  There’s a lot of meat to this one so don’t be surprised by the plot depth and fully developed characters.  Make sure you’re heart, mind and soul are open when you read this one because there’s a fuckton of good questions that are sparked by this basic angel-demon theme.  I loved this story a lot and those of you who like to read unusual story lines will too!!!

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05)   Title:  Daily Smoothies

Ship:  Taekook | Vkook

Author:  by Missmozzie

Link:  http://download.archiveofourown.org/works/8291000

Summary:  Taehyung likes smoothies, and so does Jeongguk.

My Review: I love awkward Taekook and this is a really cute college au with an added Yoonmin flare...enjoy!

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06)   Title: Eternal

Ship:  Jikook

Author:  by staycute1234

Link:  http://download.archiveofourown.org/works/6228838

Summary:  Jungkook has been chasing Jimin for centuries.

My Review: This story spans a few hundred centuries following the vampire, Jungkook, as he waits for his soulmate, Jimin, to be continually reborn so they can be together for another human lifetime. There is blood and smut in this story but it’s sensual and not gore—however, if you’re the squeamish sort you might want to refrain from reading this one.  For all you vamp-lovers, this is a fabulous story and a great read!  

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07)   Title: Finally

Ship:  Vmin

Author:  by rosiex

Link:  http://download.archiveofourown.org/works/10577745

Summary:  In which Jimin and Taehyung finally share their first kiss.

My Review: I adore this story—it’s quick but thorough!  We follow Jimin’s thought process surrounding his first kiss with Taehyung...which is also his first time kissing a boy.  Jimin’s mental dialog is genuine and detailed as he leads the reader through the physical and mental aspects that change his relationship status of his best friend from friend to lover.  This is a great little story with a big emotional footprint!          

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08)   Title: Homefront

Ship:  Namji | Minjoon

Author:  by ACatWhoWrites

Link:  http://download.archiveofourown.org/works/7998787

Summary:  There were times Jimin felt a lot and didn't feel at all. Times before he was a dad that he'd rather never forget and times he'd rather never think of again. Times when he was alone and choking on ash and slipping in mud made of blood and exposed dirt. Times before dancing with his daughter to animated guitar music and planning dates to pick flowers in the park.

My Review: I don’t normally read fictions that portray BTS members are parents (not my thing) but this one grabbed my heart. This is a multi-layered piece that surrounds a soldier (Jimin) who’s past and military obligations overlap with his life as a single father.  I love the underlying theme of finding love when and where you least expect it...because it reminds the reader there’s always hope!

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09)   Title: Insanity (in G minor)

Ship: Yoonmin

Author:  by neatospiffy

Link:  http://download.archiveofourown.org/works/9575978

Summary:  Yoongi is a pianist who runs a music shop in a small town. Jimin is his unlikely studentroommate?  the music!au that nobody asked for tbqh heavily inspired by Yoongi's First Love, the piano version of Butterfly, and several Yoonmin fics I've read in the past.

My Review: I have a hard time reading plots about or with child abuse—however, since it was implied, not graphically depicted, I got through it fine.  Most of the fiction revolves around how Jimin comes to live with his piano instructor and how their bond forms over a love of music...eventually, they fall into a romantic relationship.  This is a very touching Yoonmin story that deserves your attention and will reward you with a happy heart in the end!

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10)   Title: Meet The Parents

Ship:  Yoonjin

Author:  by rosiex

Link:  http://download.archiveofourown.org/works/7851541

Summary:  Yoongi predicts that meeting Seokjin's parents will be a disaster.  He was right.

My Review: An honest and cringe-worthy account of meeting your partner’s parents and knowing they instantly hate you.  I found this story both funny and sad as I suffered through second-hand embarrassment and dreaded the ride home and ensuing fight that had the potential to rip them apart, but doesn’t—with an ending that’s pure Yoongi...at least in my mind.

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11)   Title: Never Judge a Book by its Cover

Ship:  Jikook

Author:  by whenIseeUsmile

Link:  http://download.archiveofourown.org/works/9841067

Summary:  Thanks to Jungkook's idiot best friend, he drowned the books he borrowed from the library. Now, he has to work there to work off his debt. He doesn't really like the job but that one boy that always has his nose buried in his books makes his days much better.  Or in which Jungkook meets bookworm Jimin and falls harder than he thought he would.

My Review: This story is fabulous!  It has a generous amount of fluff and feels along with a well-structured plot that flows easily, making it a great read—and it doesn’t hurt to that there’s a healthy dose of side Taegi either...can I get an Hell Yeah!

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12)   Title: Passengers

Ship:  Yoonmin

Author:  by unclassified_senpai

Link:  http://download.archiveofourown.org/works/9180250

Summary:  The spacecraft Starship Avalon is traveling to a distant colony planet, Homestead II, a journey that will take 120 years to complete. The colonists and the entire crew are in Hibernation Pods, but a malfunction awakens one passenger, mechanical engineer Min Yoongi, 90 years too soon.  A YoonMin PassengersAU.

My Review: You all know I’m Yoonmin trash (she said proudly) and this is Yoonmin in epic proportion!  This is a must read!!!  And, if you’re a stalker (like me) you can go read the comments I made throughout the story however, here’s a section of my last comment...

“Seriously, you did a spectacular job on this story and the research you put into it (behind-the-scenes) shows immensely! I love Yoonmin but in this setting...I don't know, there was just something so beautifully quiet and peaceful about the Yoonmin ship that I haven't found in any of my other reading travels. The characters were so truthful and exactly how I see them in my own mind, including all their pain and insecurities--somehow you managed to keep this same quiet echo through the entire series...which is a feat in and of itself. And Namjoon killed me--every chapter watching his body fade and fail was done with honest and painful simplicity...I cried more for Joonie than I did when Yoonmin separated after their misunderstanding.”

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13)   Title: The 8 by 8 Rule

Ship:  Taekook | Vkook

Author:  by Rix

Link:  http://download.archiveofourown.org/works/7344526

Summary:   Jungkook drinks a lot of water. Taehyung's into it.

My Review: This is another story that won’t be to everyone’s liking so READ the TAGS!  I laughed and blushed my way through this one because Rix’s sex scenes are off the MF hook!  I enjoyed reading this one—but again, I love me some bottom Jungkookie so yeah...don’t read this one in church, lmfao!

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14)   Title: sidereal

Ship:  Vmin

Author:  by darling

Link:  http://download.archiveofourown.org/works/8029858

Summary:  Here we observe the Earth and the Sun in their natural habitat: each other.

My Review: This story is another with the theme of domestic abuse—it’s heart-wrenching and bittersweet—with a happy ending but I caution you all to READ the TAGS for triggers!  Darling is one of my favorite authors because of the unique perspective, style and voice...so I highly encourage you to read this or any other piece by this fantastic writer!    

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15)   Title: you have 1 new message

Ship:  Namjin

Author:  by bazooka

Link:  http://download.archiveofourown.org/works/7481172

Summary:  

r u n c h r a n d a.

fuck, this is going to sound like the weirdest shit. okay look i used ur selcas to catfish and this older dude is gonna buy me stuff but i have to send him a selca with a peace sign

~ * ~ pingkeu jin ~ * ~

hahahahahahaha wtf

My Review: This is a long one however, don’t be afraid—it’s written in a texting format so it’s a very fast-paced read.  It’s Namjin centric with the other members contributing here and there but the plot spirals into a suspenseful thriller and has a great ending...that’s sure to put a dimple in your smile! ;)    

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16)   Title: Figuring It Out as We Go

Ship:  Jikook

Author:  by peppermint_wind

Link:  http://download.archiveofourown.org/works/6078801

Summary:  Jungkook never thought this would happen to him; eighteen years old and questioning everything he used to know. Staying up late watching gay music videos with wide-eyes, phone tucked to his chest, probably isn't helping him much, either, but what is he supposed to do when he realizes seeing two men together makes his whole body ache?

**Based off of Jungkook covering Troye Sivan's, "Fools."

"Jimin’s breathing begins to even, and Jungkook watches his chest rise and fall, steady and slow, like how waves wash up on Busan beaches."

My Review: A very sweet coming about Jungkook discovering and accepting that he’s gay and has feelings for Jimin.  The feels in this story are deep and intense—it’ll make your heart beat faster, ngl!      

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17)   Title: breathing underwater

Ship:  Taekook | Vkook

Author:  by parallels

Link:  http://download.archiveofourown.org/works/3604374

Summary:  Taehyung meets Jungkook on an impromptu summer road trip to Busan.

My Review: This is an odd little gem that I really love—it’s very poetic and beautiful.  I will mention that Taehyung almost drowns and Jungkook saves him so if this is a trigger for you please be careful as drowning is described with great feeling.    

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18)   Title: describe your ideal type here

Ship:  Sugakookie

Author:  by fruitily

Link:  http://download.archiveofourown.org/works/11229873

Summary:  he means well. this is what jungkook tells himself when taehyung shoves a sheet of paper in his face at eight in the morning when he’s mechanically shoveling cereal into his mouth at the kitchen table in sort of a dissociative state. TAEHYUNG’S MATCHMAKING SERVICES, it reads at the top in taehyung’s glaring handwriting. jungkook doesn’t even want to read the rest of it.  or: taehyung makes a business out of matchmaking. yoongi smiles at jungkook at a coffee shop and it's really a downwards spiral from there on. both jungkook and yoongi probably need new roommates.

My Review: This story is wonderful!  Sugakookie done well is always a good time but honestly, I absolutely loved Vmin in this one.  The fact that you never know for sure if Vmin is a couple through the entire story is delightful and fun! Definitely read this one!!!    

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19)   Title: Good Job (with a G and a J)

Ship:  Namseok

Author:  by taetaetiger (sexyvanillatiger)

Link:  http://download.archiveofourown.org/works/8045644

Summary:  “Good, Hoseok," Namjoon says. "That’s exactly right. Very good.” Oh. Oh, Hoseok thinks. Oh, he feels crawling down his spine. Oh, he sits higher in his seat. Oh, he tightens his legs together and feels a rush through his stomach, through the insides of his thighs, through his groin. Oh.

My Review: A college au story with brilliant Namjoon tutoring Hoseok at Seokjin’s request.  This story is cute, funny and all-around a good read so add it to your summer reading list!    

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20)   Title: when the lights go out (run away with me)

Ship:  Sugamon

Author:  by JemKay

Link:  http://download.archiveofourown.org/works/5690152

Summary:  Yoongi’s soft when he’s tipsy, softer when he’s cold, and softest when Namjoon says “I

love you.”

My Review: God this story is “Chick-flick-central” and so worth your time an effort—Namjoon is precious and Yoongi is his spitfire-self that melts in Joonie’s hands—this is a beautiful love story...so check it out!  

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Alright, that wraps up my listing for July—it’s a long one because it’s summer and most of you have extra free time on your hands...I know I do!!!  So, hope these keep a smile on your face during daylight hours by the pool, lake or beach!

As always, let me know if you’ve fallen in love with a certain story and send me the link so I can check it out!!!

Happy Reading and see you all next month!  

^___^  PJ

[joebuscus1031]

Samurai jack season 5 episode 6

Last nights episode was awesome ! This in my opinion has to be the best season of the whole series, because genndy does it again by blowing us away with another great episode. It’s starts off how the preview starts with the zeppelin flying past a dense forest, and we see ashi looking down from it no doubt thinking of jack and where he went. Then we see two hooded figures which as expected were the woolies in disguise, talking about how she was aku’s bounty hunter and they were sure it was her. They try to catch her which she easily dodges, say they will not let her hurt the samurai of Ashi is confused but tells them she doesn’t intend to hurt them she just wants to find them because she believes he’s in trouble (he definitely was lol) and they proceed to ask her if she’s a friend of his. That’s when they finally reveal themselves and tell her the story about how jack save them and their people from slavery, which see an awesome flashback of Jack Kickin ass. Of course this shows ashi that jack has also been a good person, and once she finds out from the captain that Jack was last seen over the area that they were flying over, she thanks them for telling there story and proceeds to jump from the zeppelin and free falls in to the forest below…badass moment. Now this part confused me because she uses a kusarigama to slow down her fall, which was awesome but where did she get a new one ?!? I know it’s not important but her last one broke lol Then we find out scaramouche is still alive…he’s just a head but still alive lol so as we expected he decides to go tell a girl that Jack has lost his sword. Moving on, ashi safety lands into the forest and comes across Beetle drones that have been attacked and sees three figures approaching her distance and fires and arrows at her (a pretty damn strong arrow I might add, it pierced through a goddamn tree 😱) asking if she’s a minion of aku they suggest she’d run but if she’s another then reveal herself. Of course she asked the same question to them as well and they lead her to there village they’ve built, which as a pretty awesome monument of jack. They process to tell her the story on how jack saved their lives and destroyed they evil in the well (which is revealed was Akus doing which I don’t think was established but was implied in the past) then she thanks them for telling their story and moves of to finding him. We go back to scaramouche where he is board a ship and hitches a ride from a rather… peculiar looking person, we get a funny moment of him saying “woah what a freak, looked like a talking penis” still dying from that 😂 Then we go back to Ashi where she here’s a strange noise coming from the woods which we find out are the ravers jack has saved from aku’s evil DJ. We get an insanely cute moment of Ashi dancing with all of them and having fun I might add, she thanks them for telling their story and leaves. Now we come to a part in the episode where it takes a completely dark turn where Ashi is looking down at a pool of water and gets a flashback of when she was a child and the mother forces them to jump in a pit of hot ashes NAKED saying aku is one with the darkness and so should we and pushes ashi in…..now it dawns on me..she’s been naked the entire time ! And that wasn’t an outfit she had on, it was ashes that was almost permanently seared to her skin 😨….I really, really, REEEEALLY want the high priestess to get her ass kicked or worse because that was brutal and uncalled for. So then she jumps into the pool of water and proceeds to take rocks and starts rubbing them against her skin and removes the ashes which takes the entire night understandably, then we get a rather….sexy shot of her coming out of the water with a behind the back shot through the waterfall… I got one thing to say that…DAMN THEM CURVES 😍❤️ And we see her wet her hair and let dry naturally, realizing she’s still naked of course she makes a new outfit out of the foliage around her and we get a pretty nice shot of her and her new attire. She’s so damn pretty ! She reminds me of a forest goddess or something. The whole scene is of her being reborn as a new person and leaving the past behind her. And then we go back to Scaramouche where he spots a telephone both on the boat and decide to make a collect call to aku, however he can’t hear him because the dog people are talking too loud (also nice Easter egg of modeling one of them after Astro from the Jetsons) so of course he starts talking shit and thinks he could just go back in and tell aku what’s going on. Of course that doesn’t happen and the dogs throw him overboard forcing him to find another way to get to aku. Then we cut back to Ashi that where she stumbles upon a bar thats owned by a very familiar face. We find out it’s actually Sam-moo-rai ! And they continue to tell her that Jack is the toughest “S.O.B around” and we get a random and surprising encounter from an old villain demongo ! Who has returned (after being crushed by aku) to look for the souls of powerful warriors but moves on because he sees he’s in the wrong place. After seeing she wasn’t getting anywhere with them she moves on and finds a short mysterious women (which reminds me of an owl lol) asking if she’s looking for the samurai and tells her to follow A certain path to find him then disappears and ashi rushes off to find him. Now, who the hell was that ?! I’m really curious, maybe will find out in a future episode ? Then as ashi follows the path we see the environment and ambience change instantly as she realizes she May or may not be in the realm of the dead or some kind as she comes across a graveyard and fines Jack and sees that something is clearly wrong and the mysterious Warrior on horseback appears again saying “you may witness but may not proceed any further” she of course replies witness what ? “The end” as the Warriors of the past gather around jack who has a sword in front of him as he lifts the up Ashi’s eyes widen when she realizes he’s about to commit seppuku (A ritual in which a samurai kills him self with a sword because he has now honor left) and begs him to stop. Of course the horseman objects and tells her that “it doesn’t concern her and that there is no hope” but she tries to get through to Jack by telling him that he save the lives of countless people and has inspired them. Then we get some pretty emotional dialogue from her saying how he helped her see the light and made her more than what she was and I hope he gave her saved her life… not going to lie it actually made me tear up a bit and I was kind of expecting her to say “and I love you” in the middle of all that but…. hey there still future episodes for her to say it lol She eventually reveals to him that the children they saved we’re alive and didn’t die, The horseman fed up with her talking goes to attack her but is then blocked by Jack who has snapped back to reality and defend her by seemingly getting rid of the horseman. Once the Warriors the past realize it wasn’t his time the immediately disappeared. Then we get a cute moment with the two where Jack looks behind him and complements Ashi on her hair and dress and she smiles ❤️ I’ll take it as a romance thing ! lol Then she asks what’s next and Jack says it’s time to finally get his sword back 🤘🏻✊🏻😆

This was a great episode and really wouldn’t be surprised if Ashi’s feelings towards Jack grows and it she realizes she loves him. I’m sure he’ll take Jack a little longer for him to develop feelings but it’ll ultimately happen I believe 😋👍🏻

The pacing of the episode was really good and the return of all the characters from the previous seasons was heartwarming to see even if one of them was demongo lol Then we get the preview of the next episode which looks like Jack is going through a spiritual journey to get a sword back while Ashi watches over him. Then we see there is an army approaching and she says where do you think you’re going ? and one of the guy says of the mountain to kill the samurai what it to you ? I’m like… dude really of all the things to say in front of Jack’s future wife your gunna say that ? That’s basically asking for your own funeral lol Then we get a pretty sweet shot of her sucker punching one of them in the face, I’m over here like “Fuck yea ! Protect your man ashi !” It’s still unclear whether or not my prediction will be right or not about them kissing in the next episode, I’m hoping they do. What do I do predict though is well Ashi is fending off the army Jack will get his sword back and fight side-by-side with her.

Goddamn I know the episode was last night but damn I want next Saturday to come already lmao The show is literally what is been getting me through each week of work.

So what did you guys think of the episode last night ?