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It even has a dash of Darkstache, in my opinion. ^^

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Supermay II: Superman Vs the Klan of the Firey Cross!

Hello all you happy people and welcome back to Supermay II: The Sequel You Knew Was Coming. Not brought to you by Kellog's Pep. That's P-E-P PEP!

This review couldn't of come at a better time honestly: With Facisim on the rise, blatant xenophobia and tranpshobia used by the right as an easy tool, and people's bigotry being cashed in for big dollars, there's no better time to talk about both times superman smashed the KIan. First up is the original, a 16 part serial on superman's Radio Show titled Klan of the Firey Cross.

The Adventures of Superman debuted only a year and some change after Superman's debut in Action Comics #1. It was clear the man of steel was a massive hit and getting a big radio program only incresed it. It's also a key foundational piece in the superman mythos: It's where he learned to fly (solidfied by the Flescher shorts a year after), first encountered Kryptonite and met his pal JImmy Oleson, all of which was quickly ported back into the comics, also showing adaptations influcing comics is as old as the medium itself.

This 16 part marvel came about thanks to Stetson Kennedy, someone I had never heard of before doing the research but now want to know everything about. Stetson Kennedy, no relation. Stetson was a civil rights advocate, his views shaped at a young age when his maid and second mother Flo was beaten and raped by the klan. It showed him the lie of the Klan being good cristian men. Stetson was a hero, collecting folklore, diving into racisim and going against racist policies like Poll Taxes and White Primaries, both the kind of thing you just.. know are bad on instinct.

His biggest target ended up being the Klan. Since like yours truly he had a bad back, Kennedy couldn't participate in World War II and being a damn good man decided to still try and do some good. So with the help of the anti-defimation league, crated a second identity and inflitrated every white suprmacist group he could, settling in to primarily target the KKK, from joining the campaign of KKK friendly goverenor, facist and asshole I don't have time to cover here Eugene Talmidge (Check out the podcast behind the bastards excellent 4 parter on the guy).

Kennedy knew just how to attack them: He first planned to explore their weird, hilaroiusly dumb rituals, from calling the days of the week " "Dark, Deadly, Dismal, Doleful, Desolate, Dreadful, and Desperate" to using K words for everything, he recognzied a tool that modern activists have against facists and cult leaders today:

Now you have to be careful with this, not undermine or ignore the fact the people your mocking are a threat, we've made that mistake with Trump and Musk, but don't let them have the prestige they crave. Don't let them be taken completely seriously. Make it VERY clear that they are clowns. It's a strategy that almost worked in the election. If you take away your foe's aura of strength, it makes it that much easier to nail them for the shit their doing.

He also knew to hit them where it hurt. See something I didn't realize till watching behind the bastards despite "Superman Smashes the Klan" pointing it out.. was that the Klan was a pyramid scheme. You recurited whoever you could to your hate group to try and rise up a rank. The people who revvived the Klan for the 40's were more concerned with money than racial purity, like certain folks who shall remain nameless but your certainly thinking their names as hard as you can today. So he kept campanging with the georgia goveneor till he eventually removed their non profit status.

He wasn't done either: He worked hard to publish a book Southren Exposure, that threw back the curtain on the structural racisim in the south, with a damming chapter on he Klan, kept on them with the help of radio and even shoed up to huac in his own klan robes to try and get their attention. It didn't work because the far right comitte trying to use anti-communism as an excuse to get rid of anyone they didn't like was never going to give a shit about the Klan, but he gets points for pissing them off, and the Klan who put a bounty on his head.

So he decided to do one better: He was aware the Klan had ties to the goverment and law enforcment so while he had gone through proper channels and such, he knew that wouldn't be enough and could get snuffed. So once again ahead of his time he realized pop culture was a valuable tool in the fight against facists and racists.

So he wrote a letter to the producers of Adventures of Superman asking them to do a story on the Klan, or what ended up as a very thinly veiled stand in. They agreed because hey, they needed new bad guys why not and thus the Klan of the Firey Kross was born, a MASSIVE hit for the show and the Klan's attempt to boycott kellogs, the shows sponsor, was a non starter: Kellogg's was making WAY more money off the show than it would loose from any boycott. So the Klan throughly lost on this one. There was apparently a rumor about codes said on the show being real.. but this feels like an urban legend as having listened to all 16 parts, complete with ads... the Klan nor anyone smashing them never uses code.

So with that it's time to tackle this 16 part behemoth itself, around 3 hours without adds.. which is literal as Kev watched a cut that cut out all the ads and despite me mentioning the ads, didn't bring up this was a thing that existed. I reacted... measured and maturely...

So let's take a look as superman takes on bigots in a shockingly chilling and timeless tale.

Klan of the Firey cross begins from a chillingly mundane place: Young Tommy Lee beans fellow player Chuck Riggs with a baseball after Chuck won't stop crowding the plate, sore that Tommy's replaced him as star pitcher. It's the kind of thing we're used to. Sure superman is there.. but as Clark Kent, while Jimmy Oleson isn't turning into a turtle or anything he's just managing the Unity House Baseball team (Some kind of rec center judging from Smashes the Klan which is all I have to go on as this serial never explains what Unity House actually is. )

It's what starts the story.. and what makes it work so well. What starts this is just a simple scuffle between kids and one kid refusing to apologize and getting thrown off the team as a result. In a better world this would at worst lead to Chuck's uncle being a dick about it. Instead.. Matt Riggs is a monster. Matt Riggs is an abuser, with Chuck afraid of him and afraid to even get into the incident and it later being clear his sister in law, Chuck's mom, only puts up with him because it's Matt's house and being incensed when Chuck starts talking back to her too, refusing to take it from her own son. Chuck thankfully only does because he's worried, we'll get to that, but it shows just how bad Matt is before we learn just what a monster he is: Matt Riggs is a terrifying presence from the jump. While I do think this serial's adaptation does a good job making Matt blend in better, I still like this matt: the kind of evil that even superman can't easily deal with. An abusive monster.. who happens to be a racist.

The second Matt hears the story, the wheels turn and he coaches Chuck on the incident, wanting him to say it was deliberate when even Chuck realizes it was an accident. Matt dosen't see his nephew.. but a solider for a righteous cause.. a spark to light the flame and burn down those he sees as lesser. He takes a horrified Chuck with him into the hills.. and shows him a Klan meeting. The meeting.. is geninely creepy, matt's oration being genuinely unerving as it should be, his gravely voice echoing as he calls for action. Tommy Lee.. is chinese. His father Dr. Lee recently got a job with the health department. And Matt will not rest till they either leave town.. or leave this mortal coil.

The transition really helps... we know where Matt's taking the poor boy but Chuck has no idea and is utterly horrified to find out what his uncle is. ... but has no idea what to do.

Chuck however.. has already struck. The next day Tommy shows up.. to quit, being terrified after the Klan lit a cross on his lawn. Jimmy convinces him to still pitch but asks Clark to look into it. Why would the Klan do this.. but the answer is simple: Because they exist. The baseball incident was simply an excuse, the kind of thing bigots used all the time back then and now as an excuse. "They pushed me" "They pushed my kid" "they etc etc" when it was the other party that started it. But it dosen't matter. They have what they want: a thin excuse to beat up someone they deem unacceptable or kill them. Whatever gets rid of them. The writers of the show may of been lookign for a new villian.. but they understood HOW these racists worked. They wanted the lees gone already.. Matt just wanted a thin justification to avoid arrest. While the police aren't demonized here, with the police helping best they can, it's clear Stetson Kennedy's words got to them and the subtext I get is that Matt knows he can't be caught easily unless he's caught red handed. And even then eh dosen't care. The cause goes on, the fire burns and the all white future he wants gets closer.

The Klan fail on their attempts on Tommy and Jimmy so they try another way: have another kid plausably injure tommy during the game. Thankfully superman is there and just zooms in and out.. which leads to a thankfully hilarious part of this dark tale: Radio Superman is AWFUL at keeping his identity a secret. Just the worst. Jimmy rightfully brings up botht he blur and Clark vanishing and Clark is just like "Well jimmy you see OH LOOK GAME'S STARTING FOCUS ON THAT FORGET ALL ABOUT SUPERMAN WHO SAID SUPERMAN NOT ME GAME GAME GAME" Radio Clark is five SECONDS from accidently blurting out "I'M SUPERMAN" at any time. It's the best

Matt decides to do the hate crime himself , preparing to tar and feather tommy, a truly horrifying sequence as the klan show up, grab tommy and beat up his dad for trying to stop them. This leads to a tense sequence as tommy escapes...but you feel every second of it desperate for these bigots to not harm this poor child. You feel tommys fear , hearing every crunch. Tommy is caught but falls in a river.

The tension ratchets up as Tommy's only hope is chuck. The boy heard....but doesn't want to call Jimmy as he'd identify him. So he tries calling Clark. This sequence couldve been tedious, tommy trying to reach Clark, reaching the night desk then getting shoed away from the booth. All normal stuff ...but the life of a child being on the line all makes it agonizing.

So Tommy is saved, goes to the hosptial and is.. not seen again the rest of the serial. While Clan of the Firey Cross still gets a lot.. it's still a 40's radio serial. It does not give one Iota of a shit about his trauma having the Klan attack his home, kidnap him and nearly kill him. He's done what he was supposed to in the story.

Tommy is what tv tropes dubs "A Special Aseop Victim" He's there to be introduced, trotted out and usually die. Tommy does not die, but he still gets threated by racists, nearly blown up (In a scene that was apparently missing from my copy or I missed as the racists apparently try a bike bomb), kidnapped, nearly tarred and feathered , nearly drowns and breaks an arm all to show Racisim is what bad without actually ever once asking what he thinks about all this. While some cases of this CAN be better, Tommy's whole purpose is to suffer to show Racisim is bad so that the main characters can solve it for them. He's there as a prop. It's not suprising for the times but in an episode that's so progressive in so many way, that's speaking out about hate showing how it works showing just how TERRIFYING being on the receiving end of one of these hate mobs is.... it's disappointing. Tommy can and should of been the protaganist or deutragonist with Chuck if they had to. But he's not. He's shoved into a closet somewhere forgotten until he's mentioned in the finale and even then STILL dosen't get to show up.

So with Tommy injured Clark decides to look into this like any journalist: Have Perry put out a letter telling the boy who anonomusly contacted him and was clearly afraid for his life to come forward for all the children everywhere.

JOURNALISTIC INTEGRITY!

The intentions are good.. but he's betting a lot on Chuck both getting to him unscathed and that the kid dosen't have a relative in his house in the klan or in his neighborhood or somewhere near bye where they can stalk and beat him should he choose to confess. Which is exactly what Matt threatens a little later in the story after easily figuring out Chuck was the informant as he was the only non-klan member to see their secret hq. I get superman had some trouble with empathy back in those days

But even for him this is a lot to just ignore for the greater good. Chuck should come forward.. but Superman should do more to look for this kid than paint a giant target on the child's back.

Perry White has a better idea; A bounty: A thousand bucks a piece for the identity of any Klansman. Matt naturally takes this about as well and rationally as you'd expect and has the clan burn a cross on Perry's lawn, a truly chilling cliffhanger.

So the main trio go to look for Poco. You are not ready for Poco. I was not ready for poco. Poco.. is a fat alien who lives as Perry White's cook who came to earth and just.. stayed and speaks entirely in rhyme.

Yeah even in a mythos that would later include a flying dog, a 5th dimensional imp, a clone that was one half him one half his arch enemy, 80 types of kryptonite, a bunch of swell kids from the future, Jimmy oleson being married to a gorilla with superman officiating the wedding in his most racist costume, superman as pope, supergirl's horse having a crush on her, Lex Luthor posing as his own Australian but compitent son after cloning himself, Pa Kent throwing himself into a tornado to prove a point about how his son shouldn't help people, a half batman half superman super fighting robot, Lex Luthor stealing 40 cakes and that's terrible, and a whole ass musical... that this might be the silliest thing i've ever heard. Not just "let's give superman's boss an alien chef/butler/best friend to do shenanigans" but deciding to crowbar that into THIS story, AND get beaten up by the racists. You can use alien's a a metaphor for what immigrnats go through, Superman is an excellent example of this as is the Martian Manhunter and as this story's adaptation proves, you can absolutely do it in the same story with a real minority group if you do it with grace and tact. Having perry white's comedy relief sidekick who I assume looks exactly like this

Is the opposite of that. Unsuprisingly Gene Leun Yang did not adapt this beloved and treasured character.

Incensed that his beloved comic relief was ruffled, Perry vows to increase the bounty to 5000, which is a hundred thousand and some change in modern dollarbucks to keep perspective.

Matt decides to go back to his old tried and true.. he's gonna tar and feather em. Clark ends up being the only one who gives a fuck, with everyone else assuming the klan would NEVER attack a high powered businessman to make a point that their just all talk cowards. This... is a message I love as Lois and the Police are both HORRIBLY wrong. What they fail to realize, and what Clark picks up on.. .is the power of belief. Many bigots either participate because it's easy or because of money, something we'll see more of soon.. but Matt TRULY believes in the Klan. He's a white nationalist through and through and will "Cleanse" this nation if it costs him everything. IT's the kind of fire modern right wingers play with: They talked about how the 2020 election was rigged, how it was fake, how they should overturn it... and then tried to wash their hands when it lead to a violent insurrection they definitely helped cause. It keeps happening because humans just can't belivie someone would REALLY pull the trigger... and someone doing so keeps getting people killed again and again and again in mass shooting after mass shooting. I"m just.. so tired of it. Yes they would. They absolutely would and i'm as frustrated as clark hearing so many people assume violence won't happen.

But happen it does as Jimmy and Perry are kidnapped to be tarred and feathered. To Perry's credit he tells the klan to go fuck themselves and refuses to take back the bounty or stop and demands they pull of the mask and face him like a man. They don't because the bulk of them are cowards and Matt, while a monster, is not stupid. Jimmy.. is scared out of his mind but also refuses to back down, only admitting his fear in private when the Klan need to go get more tar.

Something that's fantastic about this arc... is how powerless superman is. He CAN solve things in seconds: when the klan actually fight him at any point it's a one sided fight and the catharsis of having a pure hearted, good man with the powers of a god easily swatting facist racist monsters left and right is orgasmic. But for a lot of the story Superman can't swoop in... for realistic reasons. He combs the county but they have Perry and Jimmy hidden, he has x-ray vision but he dosen't have the time to cover every inch of metropolis and it's surroundings. He has no idea where the Klan meets, where to find them, and thus they have the upper hand.

It's Clark Kent who can do something. He goes with his original plan: publicly appeal to the boy who sent it to get him to confess with a morning edition of the planet, something Lois agrees to before she peaces out of the story. It still feels a bit wrong to publicly shame a child who fears for his life, but I get it: Perry and Jimmy have been missing for days, he has no other options and the two soon find themselves in deadly danger: after they try escaping, they only manage to pull matt's hood off.... so he can't let the live to the shock of his fellow Klansmen. I do wish the show didn't treat this as an easy thing for superman to do, that risking this child's life was something he struggled with.. but superman was a bit more detached in those days.

Yeah I went easy on him in the Krypto review and that.. was a mistake. SECONDS after saying she wouldn't be alone... he's like "No that'd make MY life harder, to the orphanage you go!" So I completely buy he'd risk a child's life because "it's the right thing" versus modern clark who'd ONLY do it if there was NO other way and exaust every other option first. "I mean I can't ask every boy in town". Your superman. Yes you can. Clark just.. refuses to use superman to rally the children to find this boy or something less public that puts Chuck in direct danger.

And it does. Chuck sweats it out iwth guilt but his mom enoruages him to come forward.. well the boy but given how his mom is not being at all subtle with her speech and how she reacts with fear with Matt suddenly comes home, I get the implication she knows.. but knows she can't say it and knows matt would come after them if she just packed up and left.

That fear is sadly justified. The stories biggest strength is once again in it's realism: Matt Riggs is just as much a realistic portrayal of a zealous bigot as it is a potrayal of a domestic abuser whose family is trapped with him due to economic reasons. Keep in mind this was 1946, 18 years before the first women's shelter would open in the US. The Riggs have nowhere to run and nowhere to hide and Matt is on the surface a well respected member of the health department. No one suspects him of being what he is so there really is no escape. The way everyone acts around matt gives me the vibes of someone who at the very least is verbally abusive and likely has hit both his sister in law and nephew. The fact matt is blunt, saying "if the klan knew they sure would be watching that boy and sure would tar and feather him" the fact he has no qualms about harming his nephew or scarring the boy into not doing the right thing... it says a lot. Matt is chilling in that he exists: there are many matt riggs out there and many people who WANT to escape their bigoted families but can't. Imagine if Chuck was LBGTQ+... would Matt even bother with veild threats? Would Chuck still be alive if he were queer? It's only the heat it'd bring that keeps Chuck alive.. and only for so long.

So Chuck understandably is trapped. The right thing to do is tell someone.. but he can't and we never find out if Matt's warning is real or not. Given how the rest of the Clan is shown to be not nearly as loyal to the cause, he could be bluffing.. but to a child that dosen't matter.

Thankfully Clark does figure out that Chuck has probably been silenced.. and where he likely came from, as they mentioned the unity house team meaning the boy is likely one of the players. He explains this to.. some random copy boy that sounds like a stork. Why this couldn't of been tommy and saved us an episode or been lois I don't know. He has the copyboy interview players, tapping his pen if their voice dosen't match. It's a sequence that goes on a bit long, but works due to the tension: We know Jimmy and Perry are not far from the grave, Chuck is trapped and every second counts. We know who their looking for .. and that he's not there and that every second they don't know he's not there is a second they don't have to waste gone.

Thankfully Mugs, the assitant coach and Jimmy's friend who was in the story earlier but not releviant till now, points out Chuck is missing.. and Clark easily pieces the rest together and heads to chuck's house.

Chuck clams up at first... not willing to say anything and just wanting to be left alone. Clark eventually gets the truth out of him.. and the promise that Superman can protect him. Why once again Clark didn't just go as superman in the first place I have no clue. He's beaten up domestic abusers before.

But it works and him showing up gives Chuck the confidence to unmask his uncle and Superman takes the boy flying to find matt's secret lair. The Klan has departed from there by now, and is digging Jimmy and Perry's graves. Thankfully superman finds them and smashes the Klan before they can do anything, capturing many. He's understandably disturbed to find that Matt.. has escaped. While they've captured the Klan and gotten many red handed with Jimmy and Perry's testimony to put them away, Matt persists.

Chuck is put somewhere safe the next day as Jimmy prepares for the game and once again the police ignore the obvioust hreat of Matt returning. Surely after all this he woudln't keep going.. forgetting he just attempted murder on a big newspaper editor and his child sidekick and beat his comic relief into the floor.

Matt is not having a great time though and in a great sequence he meets with the head of the firey cross.. who berates matt for making things so public. It's a sequence so well done that it's the only one taken almost word for word and hardly altered at all for smashes the klan.

That last part is part of Smashes the Klan's own additoins to it but everything else is beat for beat and it's a great scene as it shows both just how much Matt believes in it... and exposes the Klan for what it and many hate groups like it are: a pyramid scheme. This is something I didn't know reading Smashes the Klan the first time but the Klan at the time REALLY was a racist pyramid scheme, set up more to get money than actually do hate crimes. For those at top Hate is just good money. It's a song as old as time and still true today: As Trump puts people in camps and flails desperately to become a dictator on day whatever we're up to, he still hocks nfts, gold, merch and other scams. Former Infowars owner and paranoid asscrack Alex Jones hocks god knows how much overpriced bullshit. The Daily Wire tried getting into the movie business. While some of the far right are ride or dies for this bullshit.. a lot just want money, power and whatever they can scam. The bulk just want to ride the outrage train to the bank and don't care how many people get hurt, how many lives are ruined.. as long as they get paid.

Naturally grand scorpion man plans to murder Matt as a loose end, but Matt instead murders the fucker because that's what happens when you tell the unhinged monster you helped create the cause is bullshit: they won't believe you, they won't back down and they WILL NOT stop.

Riggs finds no allies though: He goes from Klansman to Klansman and they all reject him, throw him out. The serial makes sure it's clear it's not morals, it's not a realization of what they've done: it's fear. Their being hunted as long as they keep their mouths shut and do nothing, their fine. The cause was good racist fun when it was just bullying a child, kidnapping people, bullying the powerful.. but now there's actual consequences they run. While the Matt Riggs of the world are the most dangerous their thankfully not the most common and the police were PARTIALLY right: the klan did mostly back down out of fear... what they got wrong was assuming EVERYONE is a coward who once their not behind a hood or a keyboard, will back the fuck down. The mask of anonminity was all they had a separation that let them do whatever they wanted. And now it's over their all afraid.

Matt however.. has lost it. Whatever thin scrap of sanity he had is gone. He wants to kill jimmy, perry.. and chuck. His own nephew is expendable and he believes if they all die no one can rat on him. He's spiraled down down and his voice actor does a fantastic job portraying his madness. His plan is nonsensical, has no chance of working but it must work. The cause MUST survive.

So he goes to his house and we get easily the most chilling cliffhanger of the serial: him sneaking into Chuck's bedroom murder in his eyes. Fortunately, Chuck isn't here, he's at Jimmys. Unfortuantely his mom is and while she refuses to tell, he figures it out and her protesting too much gives it away and he ties her up.

He ropes another klansman whose less willing but trapped with this monster to go to the house but seeing i'ts too guarded gets a better idea: they'll all be at the game tomorrow, with Chuck back on the team, so he'll just snipe all three in quick succession. Surely no one will catch him. Especially not superman.

So the game comes, the finals with chuck replacing tommy which feels wrong and the officer once again refusing to believe matt would do anything

So Matt gets to the roof of the stadium and plans to snipe them. It's chilling in how prescident this is.. a man with a rifle killing people en masse for darring to belive diffrent than him. Or trying to anyway. It's tense as hell.. but thankfully Matt is so obsessed with getting three perfect shots off at once so he can quickly flee he gives time.. and Clark eventually notices the glint of his rifle and in an awesome scene catches each speeding bullet as their fired before confronting riggs.

The day is saved, the championship continues.. and superman has smashed the Klan. Their may be more like them but he'll face them. We end on everyone getting golden baseballs .. but chuck has jimmy refuse his as he wants to give it to tommy. I do like that Chuck feels guilt, that he realizes he screwed up and shouldn't be here.. but that the story forgives him. He fucked up.. but he's more than risked himself to make up for it and perry already had an extra made just in case. They all go to see tommy and our story ends.

POCO DIED BACK ON THE WAY TO HIS HOME PLANET

Superman and the Klan of the Firey Cross is excellent. It's a bit padded in places and if you listen to the ads your bound for a bad timne. There are about 80 of them for Kellogs pep, all the same add copy. It's like 30 youtube sponsorship bits in a row it's a lot. I'm glad that breakfast cereal burning in hell where it belongs.

While I've had my issues, the objectification of tommy lee, the padding to fill out episode and the random alien sidekick. ... i'ts still a fine tale about standing up to bigotry, that really gets WHY bigots exist how they operate and the diffrent kinds from the grifters to those who will drop it the second it's a danger to their livelyhood to the true frothing mad believers. It holds up shockingly well and the goofy bits don't detract from the narrative. It's a strong, chilling tale of hate and standing up against it. It completely deserved the adaptation it got, a comic that takes all the good that was here.. and gives it depth, heart , and character arcs galore and next week we'll see it all as Superman smashes the klan. For this week expect the death of superman tommorow and thanks for reading. If you liked this article follow for more and subscribe to my substack or patreon to help me keep the lights ona nd get exclusvie reviews from substack. Next month starts an exclusive retropsective of the oblongs for paid subscribers and continues the critic retrospective for free ones. Don't miss it

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Don't Download Mods from DMs from Strangers

This ought to go without saying, but people representing legit Discord servers aren't going to randomly DM you about anything, ever. If you accept that stranger's DM (really??), DON'T click on links or download files.

Don't take candy from strangers.

If that wasn't obvious, maybe quit the internet.

And, yes, this is a seriously idiotic way to try to acquire an NSFW mod. Or anything else.

If for some reason you actually accepted that DM and clicked on stuff and everything, please go see the post in the Sims After Dark web server. And run all your anti-malware software.

[lacunammmm]

the dark deku arc is where he should have failed the most! what’s the point of it if not to show where he went wrong?

The author can't help himself. Deku has to be really cool, even at his lowest point. One of the reasons I like MHA is because when you ask "what if?" it creates some excellent answers. A textbook story beat for when the hero leaves his friends behind to keep them safe is just for the bad guy to target his friends. AFO is notorious for going after people's loved ones. Attacking Deku a lot himself is a good strategy, but doing both is great. Imagine if the final war arc happened mid Dark Deku arc when AFO pulls the trigger on invading UA with the League by having Aoyama sabotage all of the security and the anti League measures they had in place. The heroes get caught entirely with their pants down, not even having seriously entertained the idea of there being a spy in the first place. Deku shows up to find the place is getting wrecked and realizes that "Hey, maybe wandering off from the place that counted on me as its greatest defender wasn't a good idea!" Izuku sees then that the "assassins" were never meant to actually take him down: just distract him from the invasion that would take out his allies and support base which he foolishly abandoned. He only knew this was happening because UA happened to be in the range of his danger sense. Or you could go further. What if it wasn't? What if AFO, like the genius the story pretends he is, watched Deku during the Dark Hero Arc and he plotted? How Far exactly is Danger Sense's range? What does it detect? How likely is Deku to follow it if he's already preoccupied? How sensitive is it? Here's a ham fisted experiment. Say you had some boys kidnap a civilian and tie them up on the ground, then they sit and wait and watch. If Deku shows up, they'll blast on him with guns + their long range quirks. For every 15 minutes Deku doesn't show up, they fire a non lethal attack into the civilian to cause them pain. They'll kill the civilian after an hour and repeat this process with another captured civilian. Can Danger Sense detect the fact that this is a trap? Does the threat of loss of life of the civilian send Deku rushing in to help? AFO doesn't know the rules of Danger Sense like we do, but with tactics like these, he'd learn them. And Deku doesn't exactly have the luxury of NOT showing up to save people. AFO doesn't care about any of the pawns he sends at Deku and each provides an extra data point to figure out how his abilities work. The most basic application of this knowledge? Leading Deku further and further away from UA and into another city where he believes AFO to be hiding.

Imagine a universe where the Dark Deku arc ends with an angry group of UA kids finding him. He tells them to go away and back to safety because he left to keep them safe. He remarks about how there's only 10 of them there, so clearly not everyone was committed to bringing him back. Only for them to explain that actually, everyone else is dead. UA has fallen, turned to dust by Tomura's power. The people here are all that's left of Japan's defenses. The only pro heroes left are people who either quit before or weren't at UA when it got dusted. Izuku is absolutely gutted inside. Funnily enough, Aoyama is also with them. The guy helped destroy UA and he's still working for AFO. He joins the underground guerilla force Deku forms with Gentle Criminal and Nagant and acts as a mole even there. The reveal of Aoyama being the traitor comes when AFO enters their base with his goons and nomu and reveals who his little "Friend" was.

Do you remember when Ojiro asked Aoyama what he'd have done if he wasn't discovered, but Aoyama wasn't forced to answer that? The answer in this universe, is continue to spy and put his life and his family's life first.

The hero victory in the final war arc was a miracle that entirely hinged on Aoyama getting all the villains into one spot, Shinso being able to fool AFO and Monoma having Kurogiri's power. Remove one of those elements and it all collapses. It's fun to think about, MHA universes where the heroes don't get as much plot armor.

[armpirate]

Anti-romantic || JJk | Ch. 1

Pairings: Boxer!Jungkook x fem!reader || Enemies to lovers, neighbors

Genre: smut, angst, fluff, curse, illegal boxing, violence

Warnings: fuckboy!Jungkook x reader, smut, dirty talk, curse, mention of tarot and fate

Summary: Jungkook had always been carefree when it came to love. He always believed he was worth sharing himself with everyone, and thought it was selfish of him to ever think of keeping himself exclusive to just one person.

And maybe that was exactly what got him into the big problem he was in.

A curse that kept him away from love didn't seem an issue for him. The fact that his ex-girlfriend thought he'd be affected by the idea of the girls he slept with running away from him after sex was ridiculous. She actually did him a favor, and took a burden away from him.

At least that was what he thought at first.

He had never found himself thinking of the possibility of repeating with neither of his hook ups, because they disappeared before he was able to even think about it. But when he makes the mistake of sleeping with the sexy neighbor that lives in front of him, he finds himself hoping to get the chance for a second round every time their paths cross.

Y/n hated him the second he set foot inside the building by the way he started making her life a miserable mess for no reason. Sleeping with him was a big mistake she wasn't thinking of repeating. At least not until he came up with the excuse that she rejected him for a curse. Not only she thought he was annoying, but she was also convinced he was crazy. 

There was no way she could take him seriously.

Next

MASTERLIST

Jungkook took a look around the place. It didn't change from the last time, it still had that dark and mystic aura that the thick black curtains allowed it to have, although some glimpses of the daylight peeked through some of the folds that, combined with some of the candles lit around the room, gave it the illumination needed to be able to see each other and read the cards. Apart from that, no one would be able to tell that house belonged to a tarot reader that had been dedicating her life to reading people's fate through cards -while she kept up with her daily tasks of being a housewife mother of five.

When she saw him through the door's peephole, seeing one of his eyes bigger than the rest of his face whenever he approached the glass to curiously look through it, she couldn't help but roll her eyes in annoyance. That boy had been persistently showing up at her place, always waiting for her to interpret his cards. At first, she thought it was due to the panic and pressure he mentioned his friends put him in. And she could tell he was hesitant on trusting a word that came out of her mouth when he first sat on that old chair, but his expression kept changing the longer she read through everything the cards were telling her about him, completely mesmerized when she brought up a possible hex that was thrown at him. Ever since then, he'd consistently show up at her door. But, unlike what she expected, his reaction through every reading left her speechless. Anyone else would've been upset over the idea of being cursed and not being able to get rid of it. Not Jungkook though. He almost celebrated it in front of her. And every time she spread her cards in front of him to confirm the curse was still there, and it was unbreakable, a proud smile formed on his face.

—I don't know why you keep coming. Your destiny won't change in a span of two weeks —she reminded him, tiredly sitting on the chair in front of him.

—You never know.

—It's quite easy though. If you want your life to keep being as it is, just don't change anything —the sound of the cards shuffling accompanied her words—. That way you won't be wasting thirty dollars on every visit you make. Take it as a golden advice I don't give to my customers.

—I just want to make sure everything is as it should be —he shrugged—. Just tell me if that curse is still there, and I'll leave you alone for two weeks.

The old lady raised her gray thin eyebrow, looking exhaustedly at her while her hands kept moving over the table.

—Three weeks —he raised three of his fingers in the air.

After clicking her tongue, she just shook her head in disappointment, making her short bob move in sync with the movements of her head.

—You must be the only person who's happy of being cursed, but I won't even try to understand you —she separated the cards in three different piles—. You already know how it works. Start.

After Jungkook picked a pile, she moved the other two to the side so the center of the rounded table would be completely free. As she placed the cards over the crochet tablecloth, her expression was unfazed. He'd get similar cards on every spread he got. Nothing new showed up in his life. Not in health, not in economy and even less in love. Her obvious expression, and momentarily roll of eyes were a good sign for him, and Jungkook suddenly felt relaxed, not even trying to hide the happy smile that was caused by it.

—Hmm I see changes —she hummed, tapping her fingers over the last two cards she pulled—. Are you moving somewhere?

—Yeah, I rented a house somewhere else —he sighed loudly—. I want to think it's for the better.

—It definitely is —she confirmed—. Are you changing your job, too?

Jungkook frowned. Certainly not. And it wasn't like he could either. After investing all his money on the boxing center, he was tied to that business. Not like he disliked it, but it wasn't like he expected.

—It's interesting —she nodded again, looking deep into the cards—. The curse still shows up in your spread —she pointed to one of the cards—, but there's something weird here. The lovers card also showed up with the chariot card. In the past, your Lovers card was reversed.

Jungkook's shoulders and neck started to tense at the mention of those new cards, making his smile fade at the speed of light as he sat straightly on the chair and looked attentively at the spread.

—And then this woman —she touched the Empress card—. I'm sensing this woman has a lot of attraction power, even if she's going through some difficulties now —the old lady hummed again—. This is so curious.

—What's curious? —Jungkook asked quickly— What's up?

—I'll explain. The Magician reversed and the Devil, along with the Lovers reversed, were the only cards that showed up for your love life. Easy words: that little thing that keeps you from being attached to a partner for longer than one night —Jungkook nodded—. But I'm seeing it might change —she muttered—. I see a woman coming your way soon, along with those changes you might go through. But I'm sensing the connection will be made through some work —she tilted her head—, that's why I asked if you're planning to change your job. But maybe she's the one who's going through those changes.

—Why is she showing up though? —Jungkook frowned— I've met several girls in the months I've come here.

—It's not clear —she tapped over the Lovers card—. Maybe she's the person who will help you to break the curse and will lead you to a romantic relationship with someone you're seeking. Or maybe you'll find the courage to try and break the curse due to this woman. I can't tell what her role is yet. But your love life will take a turn after she shows up.

—So you're telling me to avoid her, huh? Fine, I will.

—You don't understand —she sighed—. Whether you like it or not, she'll enter your life. And will probably give you the courage you keep running from.

—If this was a way to scare me and keep me from coming, you made it —Jungkook congratulated her, raising his thumb in the air—. Congratulations, you almost lost a customer right here and now.

Opening his wallet to take the thirty dollars out, he handed her the money and got ready to leave, putting his leather jacket on before he was stopped by the weak hand of the old lady.

—Love is not a scary thing, Jungkook —she assured him—. Stop running away from it.

While he wanted to be annoyed at how bad the reading turned out for him, he still felt softened by the way she was looking at him. Scoffing, he showed her a weak smile before he spoke:

—Love is the worst of all the curses —he assured her.

Jungkook left her house with a bittersweet taste on his tongue, tilting his head while peeking his hands inside the pockets of his jacket. Was he supposed to just ignore all the women he met from that moment and on? Because it wasn't like he could repeat with any of the girls he had previously met. And it wasn't like he wanted to keep himself celibate until the end of times.

Maybe she didn't read the cards properly. Or maybe there was a way he could avoid this new woman in his life. One thing for sure, flirting in the boxing center was officially forbidden for him.

Y/n's leg shook in sync with the ticking of the clock hanging over her head. She had been waiting for that package all weekend, only for it to be sent late at the same time she wasn't home because she was working. What was the point of confirming the arrival date if the order would come whenever the shipping company wanted?

She moved her head back, resting it against the wall while she stretched her legs. She had been sitting there for forty minutes, only for the queue not to move in the slightest. The numbers on the screen didn't change in the past ten minutes. They were stuck at the eighty-four, and she was the hundred twenty-two.

Not only was she bored, and in a bad mood after having one last argument with one of her colleagues at work, she was also starving because she had no time to have something to eat during her lunch break. She comforted herself thinking she'd get out of there fast, and would buy something nice to eat on her way back home. But instead she felt the chained chairs moving every time any of the other people sitting next to her made the slightest move, while her stomach growled in desperation because it hadn't been fed since she had breakfast almost thirteen hours ago.

Yes, she was indeed done with life. And that day was only a reminder.

Her jaw clenched when she remembered how she lost the chance to write about something interesting and deep, out of her comfort zone. She had planned the best way to capture poverty in her upcoming article, she had all sort out and even was planning to visit some centers to do some interviews to make more emphasis on the issue even more. But somehow the editor managed to hand that article to someone else, while she was in charge to cover up some dumb ass celeb that was being canceled on the Internet for snorting coke in the bathrooms of a charity gala.

She had been working on that newspaper for the past two years, yet someone who got there six months ago was getting more recognition and better articles than her.

It made no sense.

And whenever she tried to confront the editor about it, she'd always be given the same answer. She'd always be told how she was the one exaggerating things, and how it wasn't that big of a deal.

Several heads turned to her when her phone started ringing, as if it was the most annoying sound there was when she had heard shouting and baby crying for the past forty minutes.

—It's not the best time right now, mom —she warned her.

—Did you receive the Cooking chef?

—Wow. I'm good, thank you. What about you? —after sighing, she answered her mother's question— I'm on it.

—Good —she celebrated—. Don't bother keeping it in the box until I pick it up this weekend though. You can keep it. Take it as a gift.

—What? Why?

—Mitchell said he doesn't want it anymore. And he was sure you'd need it more than us anyway. It'll be easier and faster for you to cook food. He kinda wants to make sure you eat proper food from now on.

While she appreciated the gift, she was still thinking of the amount of money she'd need to pay her step-father for it. And while she tilted her head, and thought of the way her mother gave him the credit card info, yet still insisted on Y/n giving her address for the shipping information, she realized what they did.

—Mom, I won't take it —she assured her—. I know I eat like a cow whenever I go to visit you, but that's because you cook so well. I promise you I eat well when I'm by myself.

—Don't fight me. Fight Mitchell when he comes back from work —she tried to stop her daughter's rambling—. It was his idea and his gift.

Y/n sighed when her mother cut whatever complaint that'd come out of her mouth, insisting on giving back the huge box she hadn't even picked yet. She knew how expensive it was while she was ordering it online, and she knew how hard it was for Mitchell to earn the money to be able to pay it. Even if she appreciated the gesture, she just couldn't take the gift when she didn't need it in the first place.

After another twenty minutes, her turn finally came. And she tried to come up with a way to be able to carry that thick and heavy box back home frome where she was. The subway was a nightmare during that time, but she didn't have the money to spend it on a cab either.

She kept being pushed carelessly by the people that came out and those who were in a rush to get in, she barely fit the tight space she managed to get herself into when she was finally inside. And while the strength in her arms was poor, she still hugged tight to the brown paperboard box, not trusting anyone there to leave it on the ground. She knew someone would complain about how it would block the way, and some others would even kick the box accidentally while being pushed by others -or while being too busy looking at their phones, or just the double door opening, to care about what was ahead of them.

Her body tripped when some of the people behind her moved suddenly when the subway stopped, making her balance turn non-existent and almost getting her into a fight when the corner of the box hit the head of the bald man that was sitting in one of the places on her right.

All the way to her stop, she kept hearing the man huffing and complaining, although she already apologized and tried to excuse herself. It wasn't like she split his head open, although Y/n was dying to throw the box right at his head and run away as soon as the doors opened. And she probably would've done it if the machine inside wasn't as expensive.

The way back home was so long she thought she would give up at any time. Usually she'd just take fifteen minutes from the station to her building, but having to stop every two minutes to readjust the way she was holding the box was prolonging the walk a little bit too long.

The only thing in her mind was getting to the elevator, sharing the weight of the box with the wall while she waited to get to her floor, just to do one last tiny effort to her house before she would be able to finally feel her arms.

She clicked the button, waiting for the metallic machine to react to her reclaim. But it didn't change. The white arrow that would usually light up, showing up the elevator was moving, was turned off. There wasn't a reaction, yet the button on the ground floor still lit up every time she clicked on it.

In any other case, maybe she would've waited a bit more, but after five minutes, she gave up. Y/n concluded it probably was broken, and that it'd be faster for her to walk upstairs to the third floor and forget about the awful day it was once she closed the door to her apartment.

Her lungs were craving for air, her legs were sore and she stopped feeling her arms after she passed the first floor, sure her hands were holding onto the box just by pure instinct. The relief that invaded her body when she realized she'd only have to take five more steps to finally leave the box disappeared when she saw the elevator on her floor.

The metallic door kept trying to close, ending up opening again when the huge long white box that was on the floor kept blocking the lift from moving at all. When she looked at the door in front of hers half opened, she understood what was going on.

Someone clearly didn't know about basic coexistence rules, and was moving into the new free apartment in front of hers.

The only thing Y/n could hope for was that the elevator issue was just a momentary mistake.

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[bluemooniegif]

Sorry if you have already talked about this but do you think Dazai’s bandages are to cover sh scars or something like that or something else like a traumatic injury. I have always assumed it was sh but my friend pointed out that he has said repeatedly he doesn’t like pain. Idk but thoughts would be appreciated :)

I have definitely talked about this before, but I forgot where or when, so let's go for round two!

CW for Dazai-typical suicide & self harm mentions

The fact that Dazai's bandages are such an obvious part of his character design, yet are rarely discussed, is absolutely intentional. As far as I remember, they're never even mentioned in the anime (except for moments such as when Chuuya calls him a walking waste of bandages), so it makes a lot of sense for everyone to be curious about what lies underneath.

Most people's minds go directly to self-harm scars, because duh, Osamu Dazai is the poster boy for mental illness. But then we think, wait... he doesn't like pain? He bitches and moans about it so much, in fact, that it casts a lot of doubt over the idea, and we end up back at square one.

Could it be because of No Longer Human? So he doesn't accidentally touch someone and activate his ability? This is honestly one of my favourite headcanons ever, and very plausible, considering that we don't actually know all that much about how NLH works... like why is it that Dazai can't control when it activates, for example? Everyone else can activate and subdue theirs, so it's got to have something to do with the fact that NLH is an anti-ability.

ANYWAY. Despite all this, there is actually an explanation of what he's hiding under there! It exists within the first few pages of Dark Era, but wasn't included in the anime adaptation. It's such an offhanded, throwaway thing, I don't blame people for missing it (side note: I wanna take the opportunity to remind you that Dark Era is mostly written from Oda's perspective!)

So yes, this is solid proof that there are scars he's hiding under there, but the question then becomes how he got them. We get a few examples on the following page:

Now, this is so ridiculous it's funny, and teetering on the edge of impracticality. If you've read No Longer Human, you'll immediately recognise this as clowning- Dazai is purposefully acting this way to detract from the seriousness of the situation. While yes, he's talking about serious injuries, and even admits to trying to kill himself, he does it in such a way that you just want to laugh.

So can we take these claims seriously? Is Dazai telling the full truth? There's no way for us to know, at this stage. But here are our options:

He is telling the truth, nothing more or less

He's partially telling the truth: owning up to the injuries, but not exactly how he got them

He's lying about the injuries and how he got them

Honestly, I think we can write off the third option, because the way Oda talks about his scars in the beginning makes me think he's perhaps seen some of them before. This makes sense when we consider The Day I Picked Up Dazai, in particular.

There's also something to be said about the nature of Dazai's job; I think it'd be remis of me not to mention it when Oda does. How much is he actually expected to put himself in harm's way? How much unnecessary danger does he put himself in- how much of this is actually self-harm? We may never know, but it's interesting to think about!

[blairdii]

it’s the funniest thing to me that everyone supports an underdog driver till they actually perform exceptionally well.

take lando for example. he was the fan favourite when he had the midfield car, and was still consistently getting podiums or finishing in points. the second he got his first win, so many people switched and forced an egoistic attitude personality on him without even knowing if he’s got such an attitude or not. and then, everyone ran with it. so it became that when he celebrated his wins, he was egoistic, and when he didn’t celebrate his wins, he was ungrateful.

franco is one of lando fans’ fav, because franco reminds us of lando a lot. while he is loved right now, other fans would switch up on him soon and then force an image on him because it fits their narrative.

people hate on lando because of an image they added themselves, but not because his driving, because his driving is actually good. it’s beautiful.

and till the time, people were happy with their fav winning and their fav loving this little underdog dude. now that this underdog dude is defeating their fav and their fav still loves this little underdog dude, people can’t handle it, as if it’s a crime committed against them.

idk where i went with it, im sleep deprived.

sincerely,

your wyr anon

i have so much to say about this issue.

branching off of this post, which captures the entire saga perfectly, i think max fans see lando an inferior, lesser than. granted, lando doesn't have as many wins, doesn't have a wdc yet, but i'm talking 'he must always stay beneath max because that's where he belongs'. it very much boggled me when people started liking lando all over again when the contention (that wasn't even contention since mclaren weren't aiming for it in the first place; lando just so happened to be that good that he was crawling his way up and suddenly the were fighting not only for the wcc, but half-heartedly for the wdc too) was over in las vegas.

this is why i do not take any max fan seriously. i watched them batter this man to pieces in every post they made, wish death upon a man that didn't even do shit, just for them to do a whole 360 and claim they 'like him again'.

saying that he bottled the championship, which is genuinely the most deranged, degenerate thing i've heard because to bottle something, you actually have to be in the advantageous position (read: p fucking 1). which he never was. so this definitely told me that a) people were very much not smart enough to know the meaning off the word 'bottle', and b) they were all just leeching of what each other had said and posting it because they have no competent bone in their body to be independent.

ruined him so bad just for it all to be over something so stupid, for all of his antis to hop off the hate train only because he's not challenging max; it's like they forget the fundamental of this sport, which is competition. max is not always going to dominate, seeing as how many strong prospects are now coming to the grid (and are also having their time to shine after being in the dark for so long). and they need to find some other way to manage that frustration because it's irritating to watch them take lando's words out of context just villainise him.

now, could you argue that all of is this due to the fact that lando had been in a midfield car for so long, that now he has a competing car for basically the first season, people are outraged that someone with no winning experience placed so high? maybe. very much all ifs and buts, but i'm leaning more towards the idea that they just can't believe someone who doesn't act like your sterotypical 'wdc' can contend, or even win it.

proof is in the pudding (twitter, tumblr, instagram). they will yield lando's mental health, the fact that he's so self-critical, the fact that he practised sportsmanship and gave oscar the sprint win, to call him unready, soft, 'mentally weak' to quote some. but then they'll switch up when lando's finally confident about his performance calling him stuck up and egotistic.

max fans are the biggest cowards when it comes to accepting that their fave is, in fact, not untouchable, not the weird god they make him out to be. so they find the need to result to lying about lando to deal with it, and since everyone just acquiescents to it all, other drivers' fans that aren't even affected but just need to hate someone, end up joining the bandwagon as well.

and i fear the same will happen to franco. i've always had it nipping at the back of my mind, because everyone loves him right now. yes, he's in a shit car, and there's nothing he can do about that, but the second he'll starting showing up and properly competing, the fabrications people will hold against this man are inevitable. so many fans do not realise that because you're in a shit car, does not mean you're a shit driver, and that that your results are very limited depending on how inert the car is. hence, they're clouded by that image they've already got about the driver. when franco gets into a team with a better car, they'll still see him as the underdog and think he's unworthy how high he'll place (like we all know he will).

[ageingfangirl]

You're My Secret! (Eunhyuk) Super Junior

You were cleaning up your bedroom having cleaned the whole apartment when you feel a pair of hands cover your eyes from behind, making you jump backwards and stifle a scream as a familiar male voice howls with laughter.

'Don't fret, it's just me!' Eunhyuk laughs.

You remove his hands and punch him in the chest, 'you asshole, wear a bell or something next time you decide to sneak up on me.'

Eunhyuk grabs you around the waist, and dips you back before kissing you quite passionately, 'I think you'd suit a bell more y/n. Now give me some love.'

As much as you wanted to kiss him back and sleep together, you had bigger fish to fry, and Eunhyuk turning up out of the blue had thrown a wrench in your perfect plan. You push yourself out of his embrace and shake your head.

'You need to hide, my brother's coming over any minute now,' you hiss.

Eunhyuk's eyes widened, Heechul was his best friend and groupmate as well as being your big brother, who was very protective and anti-any relationship, especially with any member of Super Junior. Heechul could be a big cuddly goofball, but you didn't want to see his angry side because it had made many of your dates growing up cry like little babies, and you feared what he'd do to Eunhyuk if he found out.

'Hey sis, where are you?' Heechul calls out from the lounge.

In a panic, you open your wardrobe and all but shove Eunhyuk inside and slam the door shut, 'I'll be out in a second brother.'

Walking into the lounge you embrace your brother and prey Eunhyuk stays hidden. Though you got a kick out of hiding him just like he hid the many girls that came before you, maybe he could use this time as reflection.

TIMESKIP

Thankfully Heechul didn't stay too long, he had some things to drop off from your parents before having to go deal with his own business. You close the front door and lock it, peeping through the peephole watching until your brother got in his car and pulled away.

'I like being your dirty little secret Miss Kim,' Eunhyuk whispers in your ear, making you jump back into his chest, but he simply picks you up and carries you towards the bedroom, 'now shall we pick up where we left off?'

You wrap your arms around his neck and kiss him, 'Oh I know you're getting a kick out of this, sometimes I question you.'

One day you hoped you could share your relationship with your brother, but Eunhyuk had to prove that he loved you and wasn't just using you. Eunhyuk was taking your secret relationship seriously and Heechul was slowly noticing small changes in his friend he approved of. Just how much longer you had to hide in the darkness you had no clue.

[narhinafan]

So I was reading this anti sakura post here on Tumblr, and it was about how they can't believe that people were right about sakura being a garbage character, the person basically acknowledged that sakura is intentionally and purposefully written to be a hated character, that person said they really started hating on her after her fake confession and her "trying" to kill Sasuke.

What they highlight in the fake confession point, was that her inability to understand Naruto's reason for going after Sasuke and wanting to save him, because in her head whatever Naruto is doing is for her because he a made a promise to her and and sai basically reaffirms her delusions that whatever Naruto doing rn is for you (like what!?) and that basically gives her a reason to "lessen" the burdens she inflicted on him by "confessing" to him and tells him that he is worthy of praise now that he achieved a impossible feat and now that she like other villagers will treat like a human with basic respect and now that just like other villagers she will also not think of him as a nuisance and a waste of space anymore and afterwards goes to Sasuke herself to kill him, and the person pointed out that she feels disgusted when she realizes that how much darkness Sasuke has on the inside and that he is not like the prince charming she imagined in her head. Basically the person realized that she is a waste of ink.

And someone reblogged that post saying that fake confession was to make sakura look like a bad character (which she already is) and some how that person thinks that fake confession could have actually lead to "genuine romance build up" between Naruto and her and how kishimoto forgot about this confession and never brought it up again.

My only question is how the hell can these people and most ns stans think that fake confession could have actually lead to something genuine between her and Naruto, when the whole point of the confession was that she DOESN'T UNDERSTAND HIM AT ALL, she doesn't understand his feelings even tho she has know him for a while like bro seriously she doesn't even understand the person she claims to "love" every since she is a kid, she can't understand the suffering, the trauma and pain Sasuke has gone through over the years despite claiming that she understands him??? Then what the hell makes anyone think she will understand someone she basically hated half her life??

Makes a lot of sense Kishimoto did admit that he originally made her unlikable on purpose to make her seem more realistic. Later on though I think he just couldn't be othered to do the character development she needed as she needed a lot and would take away from the main plot.

Yeah for the fake confession the fact Sakura truly believes Naruto was only chasing Sasuke cause of her showed how little she truly understood Naruto despite the years they were on the same team. Its even worse cause she makes it out as if she only returns her feelings cause Naruto became a hero as where before she still wouldn't give him the time of day.

The fake confession only proves there was nothing between Naruto and her. Like even paying attention to Naruto's reactions when Sakura confess he isn't even happy and its why he could doubt her right away. If he took had feelings for her he would have believed her and been happy about it before he realised the truth, but nope he wasn't happy at all and instantly realised.

They really are in denial since Hinata's confession pretty much set NaruHina in stone they wanted to use Sakura's fake confession to counter it and make it out to be genuine. Instead it put the final nail into NaruSaku showed Sakura was selfish and didn't understand Naruto and wasn't above manipulating him to make herself feel better.

[lepurcinus]

Then I finally took a look at the WD graphic novel. Since I found it uploaded online on a site.

I would have liked to read it in physical, still, I'm resigned to the fact that this may not happen for a long time. Anyway, I read the novels in online version anyway.

It's definitely the most faithful visual adaptation we'll have in a long time. And that's something I really appreciate, especially being so tired of adaptations that don't quite get the tangent and go for "too dark" "or too cutesy funny" without giving a good balance. There are all the important characters there, they have their specific moments. The scenes are also beautifully done, both in the quiet moments and in the more harrowing ones.

The art style is beautiful, the authors managed to make realistic rabbits but at the same time stylized and recognizable from each other. Although I admit that like some of the comments I also found that at some moments I got confused about who was who due to certain characters with very similar colorations, besides the fact that the body types do not vary much for rabbits that are not close-up. But that's a minor complaint.

On the other hand, my biggest complaint is basically the same sin from which the movie suffers from.

-Having to have cut segments, sequences and characters out of the story. Which, in addition to missing out on important things also makes several parts feel very rushed, not all of it unfolding at the same time.

Sure, I don't need the novel to be +600 pages long and I understand it's hard (almost impossible) to have every detail perfectly. But still, I regret again not being able to see Nildro-hain nor my boy Speedwell physically in an official way, same for Avens. Also I felt the lack of Silverweed and Thethuthinnag (although there was a female near Hyzenthlay who seemed to be her, but she is never named) and some other. But hey, we finally got to have Buckthorn and Acorn in all their glory and that's something I appreciate.

But as I say many sequences feel like they happen too fast, despite the inclusion of the characters many times we don't really see them participating either and several things boil down to just being things you know because a character narrated it and not because you saw them doing it directly. It all came to me in a rather fleeting way.

Plus elimination of important elements for something in the story or a character, again to have discarded the part of Woundwort's story, not even said in an indirect way or as a slight narration. The explanation of why he is the way he is and why he does what he does is lost again, so again he just comes off as a evil rabbit who is bad just because. To give an clear example.

Now yes, what I never forgive is THE LACK OF THE STORIES WHERE ARE MY STORIES?

I'm seriously not lying it's possibly the most underrated part of this whole story, it's always overlooked in adaptations without leaving room to show it's true importance in all of this. It's my favorite part of this whole book that got me hooked on it in the first place and I can never win on this 🫠.

I appreciate again the inclusion of the first El-ahrairah story and the very slight mention of The King's Lettuce. As well as finally being able to see a visual version of the black rabbit story (still cropped and with the notable absence of Rabscuttle).

Also love the detail of taking into account what Richard said on Reddit and having shown King Darzin and his people as beavers. (On the other hand, I wasn't a big fan of the design Frith was given in the stories, I'm sorry, that silly and cute look clashed with me a bit. I would have preferred him to be faceless, I kept seeing him as a giant happy face Emoji or one of those anti-stress balls that you squeeze with your hand.)

But still, it feels so empty. Again Fiver giving the idea of the dog doesn't feel as epic without having heard Rowsby Woof's story, plus again following the form of showing Fiver convulsed directly saying what Hazel should do instead of the sequence of Hazel having shared the vision and the voice calling him to do it.

Incidentally and as a silly detail, I was a bit annoyed that when Fiver scares Vervain it was with Vervain seeing a vision of the dog rather than the ghosts of the rabbits he killed in the past, which certainly gives me a bit of a cringe. But like I said, it was just personal annoyance.

Another silly detail, I adored how there were certain important features in the rabbits' gesticulation, mainly how Cowslip had such an unnatural movement moving his paws in a more humanoid way. Although at other moments I missed again the lack of showing the rabbits making use of body language before the spoken one (but this is something all adaptations suffer from and if I get bored enough I might do a post about it)

Beyond this or anything else I could say, I'm satisfied with the result. I still say it's possibly the best adaptation we're going to get in a long time, I highly recommend giving it a chance, you won't regret it regardless. Even with what I said, it better captures the true essence of what WD is more than the animated adaptations have managed.

If Tales is ever adapted to this same format, I'd be more than happy to read it (I might even like it better)

I'd say it's even a great start for new people to get to know WD and give it a facelift after the years of infamy it has suffered. I have nothing more to say, a beautiful job and very well done, it's what WD deserved all this time.

[halloworhorecrux]

Fic idea

10 years after the battle of hogwarts, Auror Harry James Potter comes home to the child at his doorstep (Jaime)

Jaime was raised by a paranoid DLM

He did not have access to the Malfoy accounts and is hunted by death eaters and regular wixen alike.

Jaime is a menace to society. He can pick locks the muggle way (as well highly illegal wixen ways). He has combat training because Draco's wand is suseptible to expelliarmus (thanks, Potter).

Harry tries to bond with him but all Jaime wants to do is break into his office and look at crime portfolios, he has also broken into the holding cells and interrogated a suspect, though Harry cannot prove it but Harry knows. Just like he knew when Draco was up to something, only now he can't prove it. Curse his genes for getting away with things.

Harry is sent into a remote location when Hermione pings him that Jaime is missing from her home, and no, she doesn't know how they did it.

Harry is ready to return home when Jaime pops up out of nowhere with "Don't bother, I stole your broom and cloak, do better wards dad"

Then he starts drawing with chalk ...

"Jaime, right now is not the time for your doodles, and you are soooo grounded. Then whoosh, an anti apparation ward is placed on the compound"

Okay, but hold that thought, and he runs and leaps onto the roof.

Somehow, they knock everyone out

Jaime seems to be fine, so Harry thinks he can call back up only to return to Jaime punching a man yelling, " Where is my father?" Kick to the groin* pathetic then on to the next guy

Sigh they are able to find Draco Malfoy and Harry is equal parts raging mad that he had a child and stunned at how affectionate the duo are.

Only when they are supposed to return and auror are like aren't we arresting Draco Malfoy and Harry is like "No."

Aurors : no?

Harry: No!

Aurors: ahhh no we didn't see the wanted criminal snuggling the child that is apparently yours. Cheers

Draco whispers to Jaime then faces Harry "Take care of our offspring Potter, I'll return for him" then he disapparates

Harry is, of course, ready to wring his neck while Jaime is just like, " So glad you're mad at Father instead of me "

"Oh no you are still grounded until forever "

Right so wanna race home?

We are a half days ride from home, Jaime.

" What I'm hearing is your scared to lose, understandable, father always said you weren't up to the hype "

Gritting his teeth because, seriously, this is a child, Harry is a grown man

They race home and Harry wins but only barely

Jaime wasn't actually racing he just wanted to have fun with his dad of course he couldn't just ask like a normal person, he is half Malfoy.

Anyways Draco is on a mission to rescue his mother. The person holding her hostage is Lucius as a horcrux for the Dark Lord.

Poor Lucius has to die 😢 Sorry, for the spoiler

[enbysiriusblack]

13 for James

13- ideals or philosophies

ok um. i have a LOT to say on this so bare with me.

i think james' core moral beliefs are in part about his hatred towards his notions of dark magic, hatred for people that view others as lesser for what they are simply born as, and simply a wish that everyone could just be happy & comfortable in life. and each of these things sort of bleed into each other to create his general ideals/philosophies of life.

firstly, with the notions of dark magic. honestly, i am not an expert on this at all like idk the magic theory confuses me in hp & like.. but from what i understand dark magic is magic made/practiced with an intent to harm (physically or psychologically). james shows a clear disdain for dark magic, which is a commonly hated thing throughout wizarding society, so it isn't really a him specific hatred, but likely more something he grew up learning to hate. however, there are different platforms of dark magic, and james doesn't mind the lesser ones, such as likely the spell him and sirius use to enlarge bertram's head?, and levicorpus (however he also uses things like scourgify which is like. literally a cleaning spell 💀 instead of other dark magic, which i think does indicate his preference for actually more repurposing those sorta household spells for an intent to pick on snape (obviously then with the exemption of levicorpus, which perhaps shows that james tends to follow trends? with levicorpus being a popular trend during their school years?). but anyway, dark magic is definitely something james is very against.

secondly, is the hatred towards those who view people as lesser for what they are born as. james is very staunchly anti-blood supremacy. i mean in golden era time we have ron, for instance, saying the word 'mudblood' (obviously not towards someone but he says the word itself), whilst james can't bring himself to even do that, he's so disgusted by it. in swm james is for, the most part, always messing about & joking, however when severus calls lily a mudblood he immediately seems to become much more serious, showing he takes that kinda thing extremely seriously. and then obviously there's also him joining the order & fighting the de's in the first war- his ideology clearly aligning with the order's & against the death eater's.

thirdly, he wishes people could just be happy & live comfortable lives. i think this specific ideal is something that he doesn't really think about until hogwarts. i think before then he kinda assumed everyone just did have happy & comfortable lives, as he himself did & never really came across another kid, or even adult, that wasn't. however then suddenly sharing a dorm with a two poor kids (i hc peter as poor), one being a werewolf and a halfblood, and a best friend that hates his home. all he wants is for them to be as happy & comfortable & cozy as him. and i think that kinda definitely gives him a realisation that he's lucky & that a lot of people dont have that kinda life.

one thing i haven't mentioned yet which i definitely think is worthy of mention is that a lot of this are things james would've likely grown up being told. he hates dark magic, as does a wide population of the wizarding world, so likely his parents & generally wizards he'd perhaps come across. he hated blood supremacy, something the potters are known for, so again, an ideal his parents would've distilled into him. he wants people to be happy & comfortable in life, something he grew up having & expected everyone else to have only to realise that wasn't the reality of the world when starting hogwarts & meeting other kids that weren't so well off and/or had such great home lives as he did. james' ideals arise from what he has been shown and taught rather than something he has sought out and discovered himself (highlighting his very close connections to people, perhaps his quite heavy need for close companions & a sort of. well a pack). however, the way he goes about deciphering what to actually do with these ideals, with these philosophies, is all himself & is changing as he matures and develops.

ask game

[goobleck0]

hi okay a friend sent me a twitter post of yours and i just HAD to send you an ask. im not gonna say my account but i personally identify w/ the profic label and am active in the proship community, so ignore my ask if you'd like, but i am genuinely just. so curious.

in the post im referring to, you say that you wish that portraying toxic and/or abusive relationships in fiction wasn't stigmatized by proshippers writing about them with sexual intent, because they are extremely interesting to explore. but i'd like to inform you that that actually is what proshipping is! and especially profic. i consider proship as more of an anticensorship identity than anything else - ship and let ship, live and let live, write and let write.

of course, many do write sexual things w/ those relationships, but i don't see why that's a bad thing. i assume that you mean that profic writers writing about sexual concepts poisons the public perception of these abusive relationships, but i don't think that's a fair perspective. puritans will always be puritan, no matter what you are doing. you can't appeal to them enough to be good enough for them - you just have to be yourself.

if you just generally see writing something for sexual gratification bad, then i can't agree at all. that would be a very puritan perspective and actively harmful to free speech and the freedom to write what you desire. and, really, THAT is what proshipping is. it just so happens that many people desire writing things with sexual themes. that's just how people are - sexual themes are interesting in the same way that dark themes are, as a facet of the range of human experience. it might surprise you to learn that a lot of my fellow proship/profic writers who write about sexual themes are actually asexual themselves, and I am on the asexual/aromantic spectrum.

also, i too am autistic, and i too have a fascination with exploring dark themes in media. i consider myself an academic, and i want to become an author in the future. the things that i write now are dark fiction, and they would be considered "proshipping" because they portray dark ships. i never intend to stop writing what i do. i intend to continue writing dark fiction, and to publish it, even if it includes sexual themes, because that is contained within the spectrum of human experience and i believe it is incredibly important to portray. in fact, that would be a necessity to include in stories of many abusive relationships, which often contain degrees of sexual abuse.

if you want to post this, go ahead. if you just read it, that's fine! if you want to reply to it privately you can dm onthelamby and they can put u through to me

I wasn't going to (seriously) respond to this initially, but I agree with most aspects of your take here.

I am a huge on anti-censorship and free speech, always have been. and, I would even consider myself "proship", if the label still meant what it did during its early days. I love to see the portrayal of taboo topics in writing and other forms of art, especially by other victims. but, a lot of the proship community today has made itself into something else entirely, I fear.

as you said, you're profic yourself. and being in the community, it's very difficult to see how it is seen by outsiders. a lot of the proship community that is seen by antis are shotacon, pedos, and things of the like, I don't know the terms... I will give it to you that these people give your community a horrible wrap. the content that these people consume and produce are so damning and make genuine, educational and interesting dark-fiction hard to find for people like me that are into exploring the topics at hand.

I will never be against exploring taboo topics in media, fics where abuse happen, explicit or not, can AND SHOULD be in the mainstream. something like lolita (Vladimir Nabokov), for example, is exactly what I'm talking about, even if this work was misconstrued as something praising the topics at hand. that is what I like to see, that is what should be read and spread around! however, a lot of what I see nowadays are less like lolita and more pornography.

I am not against pornography, but that is not a media that should not explore serious topics. browsing ao3, I often see fics where characters are just abused for no reason other than the idea of the abuse being sexy. that is something I will never, ever support. that is where the stigma comes from, works that explore dark topics in such a way that promote, endorse, and support them.

several people in this community stay in their eco-chambers where they only dig themselves deeper into their trauma by consuming and creating meaningless, nothingburger abuse pornography. I want art, I want things that create a message and spread awareness. I don't want content that purposefully gives even one person the idea that these topics are erotic.

I'm sorry if I repeat myself in this, I don't normally lock in this hard on discourse posts, lol...

[firehologram]

This is a recopilation of Adventure Time episodes that is recommended to watch before Fionna and Cake (up to date to episode 6). Credits where credit is due, I only put this together, and added the season, episode and description when it wasn't mentined in the original post. Also i modified and added some that I find particularly important. Please don't take this post seriously and remember that Adventure Time makes even filler episodes important down the line. Have fun!

Episodes of Adventure Time about Fionna and Cake:

"Adventure Time with Fionna and Cake" [Season 3 Episode 9] - Prince Gumball is captured by the Ice Queen , and it's now up to Fionna to save him.

"Bad Little Boy" [Season 5 Episode 11] - Marceline tells a story about Fionna and Cake to show the Ice King how it's done.

"The Prince Who Wanted Everything" [Season 6 Episode 9] -  The beautiful and sensitive Lumpy Space Prince flees his cruel parents to start a new life.

"Five Short Tables" [Season 8 Episode 9] - Fionna and Cake go on a cooking adventure to push Cake's art to an all-new level.

"Fionna and Cake and Fionna" [Season 9 Episode 12] - An unexpected critic shows up at Ice King's latest Fionna and Cake book reading.

Simon and Betty story:

Cred to: fandomwiki

"Holly Jolly Secrets" [Season 3 Episodes 19 & 20] - Finn and Jake stumble across the Ice King’s video diary and look to uncover his secrets, meanwhile the Ice King tries to get his video diaries back.

"Prisioners of love" [Season 1 Episode 3] - Ice king introduction / Finn and Jake must free themselves and seven princesses from the ice king.

"I remember you" [Season 4 Episode 25] - Ice King visits Marceline to ask for help in creating a song to attract princesses, but Marceline struggles to deal emotionally with his presence.

"Simon and Marcy" [Season 5 Episode 14] - Marceline tells Finn, Jake and Ice king, about her life 996 years during the the Mushroom War.

"Betty" [Season 5 Episode 48] - Ice king reverts to Simon after being exposed to an anti-magic being, and gets help from Finn, Jake, and Marceline in order to get Betty, his former fiancée, back.

"Evergreen" [Season 6, episode 24] - The story of Evergreen, and his young assistant Gunther, during the Cretaceous period, long before the Mushroom War, where they try to keep a major catastrophe from destroying Earth.

"You Forgot Your Floaties" [Season 6, episode 38] - Finn and Jake storm Magic Man's house to rescue his new apprentice.

"Everything Stays" [Season 7, episode 7] - Marceline  looks back on her life on her last day. "Everything Stays" is the second part of the Adventure Time  miniseries Stakes!!

"The Dark Cloud" [Season 7, episode 13] - The final confrontation begins. "The Dark Cloud" is the eighth and final part of the Adventure Time miniseries Stakes!!

"King's Ransom" [Season 7, episode 21] - Ice King suffers a heartbreaking loss and it's up to Finn and Jake to find the culprit.

"Broke His Crown" [Season 8, episode 1] - When Ice King's magic crown goes haywire, Marceline and Princess Bubblegum resort to extreme measures to help him.

"Bespoken For" [Season 9, episode 3] - Ice King weaves a tale filled with drama, romance, and men's fashion. "Bespoken For" is the second part of the Adventure Time miniseries Elements!!

"Skyhooks II" [Season 9, episode 9] - Finn and Lumpy Space Princess work together to unlock one of Ooo's greatest secrets before time runs out. "Skyhooks II" is the eighth and final part of Adventure Time miniseries Elements!!

"Temple of Mars" [Season 10, episode 11] - Searching for answers on Mars, Finn and Jermaine discover that they must first survive a cunning Martian mental trap.

"Come along with me" [Season 10, episode 13] - The fate of Ooo is revealed to two adventurers in the distant future; Princess Bubblegum gathers her allies while Finn and Jake look for a way to prevent the coming Great Gum War against Gumbald and his army; An evil and powerful deity is unleashed upon Ooo. "Come Along With Me" is the series finale. It is the length of four of the show's standard eleven-minute episodes combined.

Distant Lands: Obsidian [Episode 2] - Marceline and Princess Bubblegum journey to the imposing, beautiful Glass Kingdom, and deep into their tumultuous past, to prevent an earthshaking catastrophe.

Cred to Antelope_Some

Prismo Episodes + Farmworld Episodes (purple ones):

"The Lich" [Season 4, episode 26] - Finn is led by Billy on a quest to save the world and beyond from the Lich. First mention!!

"Finn The Human" [Season 5, episode 1] - Finn and Jake chase the Lich through a dimensional portal where they meet Prismo, who tells them that the Lich wished for the extinction of all life. This leads Finn to wish that the Lich "never even ever existed" and the creation of the Farmworld reality.

"Jake the Dog" [Season 5, episode 2] - Jake continues to watch the consequences of Finn's wish within the Time Room with Prismo. As the situation gets worse in the world of Finn's wish, Prismo tries to help Jake make the right wish to save both Finn and the entire world.

"Wake Up" [Season 6, episode 1] - Prismo helps Finn and Jake commit a cosmic-level crime in order to access the Crystal Citadel to meet Finn's father.

"Is That You?" [Season 6, episode 19] - A memorial service for Prismo turns into a resurrecting adventure for Finn and Jake in another dimension.

"Crossover" [Season 7, episode 23] - Finn and Jake crossover into Farmworld Finn's dimension.

Cred to fandomwiki

[cousmemes]

dialogue starters from DOCTOR WHO SEASON 8. feel free to edit for context / continues under the cut.

"I'll wager you've not seen anything like this before."

"Listen to me. You need to calm down."

"I'm not flirting, by the way."

"What have I done wrong?"

"Are you judging me?"

"Just because my pretty face has turned your head, do not assume that I am so easily distracted."

"Whatever it takes, I will keep you safe. You will be at home again."

"I'm cold. There's no point in us both being cold. Give me your coat."

"Are you cross with me?"

"You were talking about me?"

"What is happening right now to you and me is more important than your egomania."

"Nothing is more important than my egomania."

"You've redecorated. I don't like it."

"You can't see me, can you? You look at me, and you can't see me. Have you any idea what that's like?"

"I was being funny. I just do that."

"How long have you been there?"

"Are you going to look that terrified when you take me out for a drink?"

"You were smiling at nothing. I'd almost say you were in love."

"I need you."

"An anti-climax once in a while is good for my heart."

"We cannot waste this chance. It won't come again."

"Isn't the universe beautiful?"

"I think you're probably nice. Underneath it all, I think you're kind and you're definitely brave. I just wish you hadn't been a soldier."

"I don't know if you're a good man. But I think you try to be and I think that's probably the point."

"Old-fashioned heroes only exist in old-fashioned storybooks."

"Do people ever punch you in the face when you do that?"

"Well then, draw your sword and prove your words."

"People are so much better at sharing information if they think the other person has already got it."

"Right, you do that again and you'll regret that."

"We can't just let them kill him!"

"She should not have told you any of that."

"Perhaps others will be heroes in our name. Perhaps we will both be stories. And may those stories never end."

"I wasn't making assumptions about you."

"You just have to squeeze through."

"How did you get in?"

"You know, you should have more than one chair. What do you do when people come round?"

"The deep and lovely dark. We'd never see the stars without it."

"I mouth off when I'm nervous and I've got a mouth on me. Seriously, it's got a mind of its own."

"Tell me the truth - because I know when people are lying to me."

"I am not going to leave you in danger!"

"Sorry, who put you in charge?"

"However this goes, whatever happens, don't let me end up like that."

"They have no power over you now. You can do exactly what you want to do now. Exactly what you've always wanted to do."

"Go and enjoy yourself. Don't do anything I wouldn't do."

"There's no way out of this. We're going to die here."

"Why are you being nice?"

"Every time I see you, it's like you're in a rush."

"The next few days are all about you. I promise."

"Human beings have incredibly short life spans. Frankly, you should all be in a permanent state of panic."

"How can you think that I'm her dad when we both look exactly the same age?"

"He's my boyfriend. I thought you'd figured this out."

"Why wouldn't I be okay? I was fine till you blundered in."

"It's funny, you only really know what someone thinks of you when you know what lies they've told you."

"Please, tell me how I fix this."

"I'm bored. Let's go somewhere fun. What do you say?"

"I know men like him. I've served under them. They push you and make you stronger, till you're doing things you never thought you could."

"Is there some sort of fancy dress thing on this evening?"

"I am so sorry. I've had a wobble. It's a big wobble, but it's fine. Forget about it."

"Where are you and are you in trouble?"

"Lying is a vital survival skill. And a terrible habit."

"Do you want the good news or the bad news?"

"We're in the bad news! I'm living the bad news!"

"Why can't you just say it? Why can't you just say I did good?"

"You are enjoying this just a little bit too much."

"Don't make me say it."

"I don't want to be the last of my kind."

"I don't want to see more things. I want to see the things in front of me more clearly."

"I just want to know the truth. I don't care what it is. I just want to know it."

"Shut up, shut up, shut up. I need to talk to you."

"Oh, everything is better when you're here."

"Please speak to me. This is - this is killing me.

"I love you. And you are the last person who's ever going to hear me say that."

"By now, I'm sure you've heard the rumours, and it is with great sadness that I must confirm them to be true."

"He was alive, and then he was dead and it was nothing."

"Don't. Be very, very careful with that."

"I know what you're doing. You're trying to take control."

"I am in control. Do as you are told."

"I was curious about how far you would go."

"You betrayed me. Betrayed my trust, you betrayed our friendship, you betrayed everything that I've ever stood for."

"Do you think I care for you so little that betraying me would make a difference?"

"Speak for me again, I'll detach something from you."

"This isn't possible. The dead don't come back."

"Be strong, even if it breaks your heart."

"Say something only you could say. Tell me something only you would know."

"Whatever it takes, I will be with you again, I swear."

"So you know who I am, right?"

"Look, are you going to help me? Because I can't do this alone."

"And didn't all of those beautiful speeches just disappear in the face of a tactical advantage?"

"I wasn't very good at it, but I did love you."

"There's something that I have to tell you and, er, it's not good news so just - just listen, okay?"

"Never trust a hug. It's just a way to hide your face."

"Thank you for making me feel special."

[armpirate]

Anti-romantic || JJk | Ch. 32

Pairings: Boxer!Jungkook x fem!reader || Enemies to lovers, neighbors

Genre: smut, angst, fluff, curse, illegal boxing, violence

Warnings: fuckboy!Jungkook x reader, smut, dirty talk, curse, mention of tarot and fate

Summary: Jungkook had always been carefree when it came to love. He always believed he was worth sharing himself with everyone, and thought it was selfish of him to ever think of keeping himself exclusive to just one person.

And maybe that was exactly what got him into the big problem he was in.

A curse that kept him away from love didn't seem an issue for him. The fact that his ex-girlfriend thought he'd be affected by the idea of the girls he slept with running away from him after sex was ridiculous. She actually did him a favor, and took a burden away from him.

At least that was what he thought at first.

He had never found himself thinking of the possibility of repeating with neither of his hook ups, because they disappeared before he was able to even think about it. But when he makes the mistake of sleeping with the sexy neighbor that lives in front of him, he finds himself hoping to get the chance for a second round every time their paths cross.

Y/n hated him the second he set foot inside the building by the way he started making her life a miserable mess for no reason. Sleeping with him was a big mistake she wasn't thinking of repeating. At least not until he came up with the excuse that she rejected him for a curse. Not only she thought he was annoying, but she was also convinced he was crazy. 

There was no way she could take him seriously.

Aprox. time of reading: 16 minutes

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Chapter warnings: smut, explicit language, dirty talk, oral sex (female and male receiving), titjob, protected sex

The wind whipped through their hair as Jungkook and Y/n sped down the dark streets on his motorbike, the city lights flashing by in a blur. They had left the wedding in a whirlwind of laughter, the joy of the night still buzzing in their veins. Y/n held onto Jungkook, her laughter vibrating against his back as they joked about the awkward dance moves they'd witnessed and the overly enthusiastic drunk uncle who had insisted on sharing his life story, just like the bar moment also turning into another story to laugh at.

As they pulled up to their apartment building, the laughter continued. They bantered back and forth, replaying the most ridiculous moments of the evening.

—I still can't believe you actually caught the bouquet —Jungkook teased as they climbed off the bike, his eyes sparkling with amusement—. See how the universe is speaking to you?

—Thank god I'm not so witted to catch those signs —Y/n shot back, grinning as she pulled the helmet off her head, letting her hair tumble down.

—I was going to say you aren't dimwitted, but you're rejecting me, so... nevermind —Jungkook chuckled, running a hand through his own hair, which was a mess after the ride.

—Also, if that was a sign from the universe, it has a really good sense of humor —she continued, rolling her eyes playfully.

—The universe is sending you a boxer with a motorbike, and plenty of bad jokes. Why'd you take it as a joke? —Jungkook shook his head, taking that conversation a little bit too seriously as they entered the lift and pressed the button for their floor.

—The same guy who needed a curse to get his eyes on me? —her eyebrow arched with the sneaky question.

—3A, my eyes would've been on you, curse or not.

They shared a look, the kind of look that held more than just teasing, but before either of them could delve into it, the elevator doors opened with a soft ding. They stepped out, still grinning and jostling each other as they walked down the hallway.

But as they rounded the corner toward Y/n's apartment, her steps faltered. Jungkook noticed immediately, his smile fading when he saw what she was looking at.

Y/n's apartment door was ajar, the wood splintered around the lock as if someone had forced their way in. The door hung slightly off its hinges, creaking ominously as it swayed.

—Wh...? —Y/n whispered, her heart dropping into her stomach.

She instinctively reached out to push the door open further, but Jungkook grabbed her arm, stopping her.

—Wait —he said, his voice low and serious, all traces of their earlier lightheartedness gone.

He stepped in front of her, cautiously pushing the door open with his foot. If someone was still there, he wanted to be the first one to confront them.

The sigh behind him was loud, with the air escaping her lungs but still, somehow, ending up stuck in her throat. Her apartment was a disaster. Furniture overturned, drawers pulled out and emptied onto the floor, broken glass scattered across the hardwood. It was as if a tornado had ripped through the space, leaving chaos in its wake.

Jungkook's eyes scanned the room, his expression darkening as he took in the extent of the damage.

—Stay here —he instructed, his voice tense.

He stepped inside, ready to throw hands at whoever had attempted to break into her place and touch any of her things without her consent. Only to realize it was something deeper and more dangerous than a mere theft, aware of it as soon as he stepped inside her room.

It isn't so funny when others dig in your business, right?

The words were painted across the closet in front of the door, red paint and capital letters. It couldn't be more obvious who that was coming from.

His fist moved up instinctively when he felt something touch his back, relaxing when noticing Y/n's scared eyes looking at him from up close.

—I told you to stay back —he sighed—. Go back to the living room, there's nothing here.

But while Jungkook tried to push her back, she managed to see the red letters over his shoulder, a cold shiver running down her spine when she was able to read the whole sentence.

Y/n swallowed hard, unable to tear her eyes away from the warning. Her closet had been left untouched in terms of the mess, as if whoever did this wanted her to see this specifically. The message was clear -they knew she was getting close to something, and they wanted her to back off.

It was the first time in those two months Jungkook saw her in such shock, shaky hands letting go of him, while her eyes were kept widely open without moving away from the warning.

—Let's get out of here. You aren't staying here tonight —he assured her, softly pushing her away.

As they stepped back into the hallway, Y/n glanced back at the wreckage of her apartment, a chill running down her spine. The reality of the situation was sinking in fast, but she knew one thing for certain -whoever had done this wasn't going to scare her off.

Jungkook gently squeezed her hand as they made their way back to his apartment. Despite the fear gnawing at her, Y/n couldn't help but feel a small sense of comfort. Whatever came next, she wasn't facing it alone.

Her thumbs pushed against one another, pulse still racing up while sitting down in his couch, with her sight being overshadowed by the glass of water he placed in front of her. He sat next to her, unsure of what to do or say, because he knew nothing would change how scared to death she was.

—They want me to stop —she whispered.

—They're trying to scare you —Jungkook assured her—. I know who's behind this. I've seen these antics several times. It's their way of warning you before things get worse. Why don't you just give it up?

—I can't —she whined—. It's the first time in years I'm finally seeing some light. I can't do this to Noah —her head slowly shook while looking down.

An urge to protect her suddenly fell over him, invading each one of his thoughts while he looked at her. But, at the same time, he knew the relief, the feeling of closure, how much she craved them to be able to move on, and he just couldn't look away from it.

—Then I guess you know things will get tougher —he mentioned, trying to wash off the concern in his face to bring back the confident facade that made her feel at ease—. And I guess this is the moment you realize you need me more than ever.

—You'll help me?

—I have nothing to lose —he shrugged—, and that's my habitat. You won't be able to do anything without me. And also, they'll have to walk over me first to get to you.

As he pronounced those last words, his bratty expression slowly turned into a serious one without him noticing, eyes piercing through hers to make sure she understood how serious he was about his words.

But her mind had left behind the worry out of nowhere, only being able to focus on him, and how shiny his lip rings looked under the warm lights of his living room, in full contrast with his soft pink lips.

—What's that look? —his face moved back a little to be able to look at her face— Do you want to kiss me?

—Do you always have to speak so much?

The scoff was followed by a new advance that he didn't interrupt, feeling how his body turned warmer when her mouth covered his in a gentle kiss where their lips merely touched. The first brush of lips was tentative, almost as if asking for permission from each other, just to realize it was something they both had been dying to do.

The kiss deepened, becoming more urgent, more desperate as their hands began to explore, memorize, and claim. Tongues pushing against one another, while their hands ran over their bodies like it was an unconquered space they needed to own. It was like they had no control over themselves, the kiss was what dictated their next move.

His tattooed fingers ventured down the skirt of her dress, feeling like melting when he realized how soft her skin felt under his touch, and almost losing his sanity when he thought how soft she'd feel around his hips every time he pounded into her.

His touch was an invitation that Y/n took nothing to understand, moving over him to straddle his lap, not thinking a single time of breaking off the kiss. Jungkook's hands moved up her skirt again, tracing the curve of her ass, moving past the fabric to reach the zip on her back.

—Have I ever told you how good purple looks on you? —he smirked, teasing the sensitive skin on the back of her arms to reach the thin straps.

Before he could move them down, Y/n stood in the middle of his parted legs, slipping down her dress with such grace that Jungkook was thankful he wasn't standing. The fabric moved down her curves, exposing each centimeter of skin, while she was left only with white lace panties.

—Shit, you're going to look so beautiful in our wedding.

Y/n pushed him back to the backrest when he attempted to reach for her, being the one bending over him to kiss him again.

—Jungkook, don't you ever shut up?

—And not let the woman of my dreams know what I think? That's selfish.

—Fine. I'll have to find a way to shut you up.

At that point, Jungkook was expecting anything. Another kiss, maybe even another kiss, but not her sinking to her knees in front of him.

She was right: she found the way to get words stuck in his throat.

The way her smirk expanded when she was aware of how nervous he looked only worked to feel him tightening against his boxers. She could feel the way his muscles tensed as she moved her hands up his thighs, dangerously close to the bulge that was forming.

—Cat got your tongue? —she teased, unzipping his pants.

—If I say all the things going through my head right now...

His body squirmed, interrupting his sentence again when he felt the humidity of her tongue tracing his length over the black fabric.

—I don't think it's a good idea to suck me off.

—Well, if you cum —she started, moving down his boxers—, I might have to get you hard again.

Her tongue's first contact with the tip almost had his toes curling. It was a reaction he had never had before, and it only made sense for it to happen with Y/n. The licks started in circles, taking a taste of the sensitive spot before her eyes darted up to him when she started closing her lips around it, moving down to show off the bulge on her cheek, which she slowly gulped down until half of his dick was inside.

Jungkook was unable to hold eye contact, with his head falling back with a heavy sigh. Too lost already on the feeling to add something else to destroy him. The feeling of her mouth was warm and wet, tongue strategically moving down her lips to lick at the same time she sucked up and down slowly. And he also concentrated on the sounds, on every bit of air she took whenever she got the chance, on every wet sound coming from the spit in her mouth, which was slowly coating his dick, and every damned hum she made, making sure he knew how much she liked it.

—Babe, if you keep using your mouth, it'll be over faster than it started.

Her lips were parted when she moved away from him, eyes barely open while she cleaned off the drop of saliva running down her chin.

—I won't use my mouth, then.

Jungkook thought that was the moment she'd move up his lap to ride him, but he should've known better than to think he'd know her next step.

She moved her breasts over his length, at first brushing her skin against his, before she placed both of her hands on each tit, wrapping his dick between them. The movements were slow and relaxing, in wide circles, but she didn't take long to start moving up and down.

And whenever she thought she couldn't get encouraged to take the next step, Jungkook showed up hotter than before. There was something about that night, the words he said, the way he looked at her and the suit he was wearing that just made it click for her.

—You're looking pic worthy right now —he assured her with a raspy voice, thumb moving over her lower lip before she moved her head to trap it in her mouth—. Shit, who am I kidding? Not even a pic would be able to capture this. Fucking god. That's it, let me get a condom.

—No, I'll get one —she stopped him.

It was faster for her to look through her purse than letting him go to his room to find one.

As Y/n bent over the coffee table to reach the small bag, Jungkook thought it was too harsh to just stay still. His face sank in her buttcheeks, almost making her lose her balance when his tongue teased her entrance over the fabric. Her knees went weak, almost betraying her, when he moved the panties aside to be able to taste her, sinking his mouth on her folds so his tongue would be able to move around her entrance.

—Two can play this game, bunny —he hummed against her core, lips coated in her arousal before he licked himself clean.

His hand was firm on her belly, holding her when she was about to trip when two of his fingers digged inside her humid channel.

—Open it and hand me the condom —his other hand reached for hers on her side, grabbing the package carefully.

His breath was heavy when his fingers moved down to the base, wrapping himself with the latex while two of his fingers stretched her out, making him wish it was him doing it.

—Let me ride you —she asked with a weak voice.

There was no point in him fighting her command, she moved away, slipping his fingers out, before he could even open his mouth to complain.

—I need your cock —she said under her breath, straddling his lap again.

—You need me?

Y/n was too focused on moving her hips down, feeling the way the tip of his dick pressed against her entrance before it stretched her out until both of their hips met. Only then she was aware of the smirk and the cocky tone in that sentence, matching him by doubling down his smirk, tilting her head while she looked at him.

—You're going to use this against me, aren't you?

—I might —his hips thrusted up, making her gasp when their hips collided once again as she moved down— frame it somewhere.

Her lips collided against his as her hips started a hypnotic movement, curving her hips as she hopped on him. One hand on the wall to keep her balance, another one on his neck so he wouldn't move away and break the kiss, and he loved seeing her having everything under control.

But it wasn't enough, because Jungkook broke the kiss, pushing her a bit higher, bulking his hips against her with steady, yet slow and deep, thrusts. The hand on his neck fell to his shoulder, while some weak moans just sounded louder when his lips started kissing her side, moving up to her breast and getting dangerously close to her nipple.

—Move over the armrest.

It was like in that moment there was no point of thinking by herself, quickly moving to his orders, belly over the right armrest, while her ass was up in the air. Too tempting for him not to get a taste of her again.

Her eyelids fell closed when his tip pressed against her core again, digging deeper with one thrust.

He was a tease, but she was one bigger tease. Her eyes hunted over her shoulder, looking at him before she started moving back and forward around his dick, letting him enjoy of the way he kept disappearing inside of her, only worrying about cupping her ass, squeezing her cheek with his right hand before he traced a small line down her arched spine, reaching her nape.

Succumbing to him, after he made such a small gesture as closing his fingers around the back of her neck, while he bent her body forward until her torso was pressed against the furniture, was one of the best feelings, knowing it'd only lead to an unforgettable experience.

Her body bounced when he pounded into her with a harsh move, followed by another one, and another one, slowly increasing the speed of his hips until the constant clapping of their bodies filled the room, his groans and her moans creating a perfect synergy that only added more to their hunger.

—Huh, you're not so considerate to neighbors anymore —he groaned, four fingers holding tight on some locks of hair, while his thumb caressed the spot behind her ear—. Look at you being so loud while I pump into you.

Those words only worked to turn her on even more, making her aware of the lengths she always went when it came to Jungkook. She didn't know what he had, what was so special about him, but she folded whenever he tried enough. And she was starting to think there was no reason to keep fighting it anymore.

Her face was hiding in between her arms, belly over his mattress, while she tried to recover some air back. Her legs were sore, her throat was hurting, yet it was worth every second of it.

Jungkook stood at the door frame to his room for so long he lost count of it, finding himself smiling when he noticed the way her left foot rested over the right one, slightly curving when she found the right position a few seconds ago. His head was tilted when he pointed out the dimples on her spine. He had never found himself so mesmerized by someone else's body.

She was indeed perfect from every angle.

Her body squirmed when his fingers traced an invisible line from one mole on her side to another on her shoulder, ending up moving his fingers over the curve of her shoulder to get her attention.

—I brought you some water —he whispered, raising the glass on his other hand, as if the eyes on her nape would see it.

—Maybe a new pair of legs would be better —she mumbled, voice muffling against the sheets.

—Do you want a massage? —he sat next to her— I'm really good with those.

With that suggestion, her eyes peeked over her upper arm with a curious and smiley look, before she shook her head and clicked her tongue, forcing herself to roll over her body and rest her weight on her elbows.

—Some rest will make it —she smiled, pressing her lips against one another—. I know where that massage will take us and nope. Sorry, but I have to decline.

—Hmm okay. Will save it for the next time.

—Who said there will be a next time? —her eyebrows furrowed when he moved over her to lie at her right.

—Watch —he assured her, nodding while he rested his head on the pillow—. I'll make you never want to move away from me, just the same way I don't want you to move away a single millimeter right now.

Every possibility of teasing was erased by his expression, leaving aside his cocky nature just so Y/n would understand the seriousness in his words. She finally laid on her back next to him, staring at the ceiling.

—How will you do that with that, supposed, curse going on?

—I'll work against the curse —his eyes moved slowly on hers—. That's how bad I want you.

—That sounds like something that would be said in one of the teenage movies in 2012 —she whispered, getting closer to him.

—Y/n... I can't... —his overacted words, imitating any of the acting in those movies had her giggling—. I know you want to give me a chance —he went back to his normal tone—. How long do I have to crawl for you to take me in?

—Just a little bit more.

—Will you spend the night here?

—Do you want me to spend the night here?

—Isn't it obvious? —he scoffed— Feel lucky if you don't wake up tied to the headboard.

—That's... actually... making me think twice whether to stay or not —she hesitated.

—You can't walk. Your legs are hurting.

No reaction was allowed from her when his arms were already wrapped around her body to glue her to him, hiding his face in the curve of her neck while he felt the vibrations running through her as she giggled.

They stayed like that for a few minutes, in silence after he turned off the lights, until his brain went back an hour and a half ago, remembering something he had said.

—Bunny, of course —he clicked his tongue—. How did I not think of that nickname that night?

—What night?

—The night you tried to make me jealous while jumping on your bed.

—Oh, fuck off. I can't believe you're thinking of that now.

Jungkook held tighter to her the more she pushed to move away, making it impossible to keep a safe distance.

—I did get jealous though —he admitted in between her huffs—. Honestly, I was thinking of, at least, five ways to get that asshole to run away.

—Five ways, huh?

—I won't tell them —he quickly answered when he felt her eyes on him— I'm not giving you ideas.

Y/n didn't move when he took advantage of her position to slide his arm under her neck, she didn't complain when he squeezed his cheek against her head. She liked the rhythm of his heart against her back, she liked the way Jungkook felt skin to skin. She liked the feeling of reassurance he gave her with small gestures.

Did she... like Jungkook?

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