#Dragon Ball Super Chapter 38

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Dragon Ball Super Manga ch.36-38

Yeah, this manga Tournament of Power kind of sucks.

The big problem I’m seeing here is that there’s so many characters in this arc, and only ten chapters to showcase them, so ultimately nobody gets a chance to really shine.  Vegeta’s a major player in this thing, but we don’t even see him doing anything until Part 4 of this story.

And the scene he gets is pretty basic.  Top and Dyspo view him as U7′s #2 guy, and Vegeta takes offense and fights them until Top has to admit that Vegeta’s at least as good as Goku.  There’s nothing wrong with that, and while I’m only showing the beginning and end of that encounter, there is a good action sequence in the middle.  Still, it feels like it needs something more.  

The anime version solved that problem by having Vegeta constantly distracted by whatever Goku was doing at the time.  So even though he claimed to be U7′s ace, he couldn’t help but notice Goku’s rise to Ultra Instinct.  And the whole thing Vegeta had with Cabba was there too.  We get a little of Vegeta and Cabba later, but not nearly as much.  And if Toyotaro doesn’t have time for Vegeta in this story, then what chance does any other character have?

Again, the action in this thing is really great.  There’s plenty of hard-hitting shots and page after page of clobbering. The art’s not the problem, but the pacing is. 

Let’s look at the manga’s version of Ribrianne.  Here, there is no magical girl transformation.  Ribrianne, Rosie, and Kankusa are just Like This from the start.  Either they don’t have base forms in this version, or they transformed at home before heading to the Null Realm.  That isn’t too big a deal. 

Nor is it a big problem that manga Ribrianne flips the script from her anime counterpart.  In the anime, Ribrianne viewed 18 as a “fellow maiden”, but expressed shock that she would be married to a ugly dork like Krillin.  But here, she thinks 18 is ugly...

... and Krillin is the hottie.  She’s so disgusted that 18 could land a hot dude like Krillin that her attacks begin to weaken, and 18 defeats all three of the maidens.  Oh, by the way...

Rosie and Kankusa have stretchy arm powers in this?  I think this is about all they do in this version, so it’s kind of weird that they’re so fundamentally different.  It exposes some things about the way Dragon Ball Super is written as a whole.  I always want to believe that Akira Toriyama is hammering away at a computer, typing up longform, detailed scripts for everything that happens.  Because that’s how I’d want to do it if it was my story and someone else was drawing and animating the whole thing.  But by all accounts that’s not how it works at all.  A lot of work went into the character designs for the Tournament of Power, and from what I’ve read, Toriyama didn’t even design all of them.  Caulifla was something Toriyama drew as a partner for Kale, who came from someone at Toei, I think.  And Belmod and Marcarita were Toyotaro designs, I think. 

Clearly, some thought was put into Rosie and Kakusa.  They’re Ribrianne’s sidekicks, but that’s about it.  I don’t think Toriyama or anyone else wrote down “They have stretchy limbs” or “They do claws and weird ki blasts”.   It’s not a case of the anime and manga contradicting one another.  There was simply no guidance to contradict. 

And you might be wondering “What difference does it make?  It’s just Kankusa and Rosie.”  Sure, but the point is that if no one was in charge of deciding what powers they have, then no one was really minding the store for a lot of other plot elements.  Such as...

The invisible fighters from Universe 4 knock out Rosie, and Kankusa, and Ribrianne, and 18.   Then Piccolo defeats one invisible fighter and gets taken out by the other, and 17 takes out the second one.  Toei got a lot of mileage out of seven of those characters, but Toyotaro’s just zipping right through them like he’s got a plane to catch. 

As far as the invisible fighter stuff goes, that plays out almost exactly like it does in the anime, so I think that part might actually have been planned out in some detail.   Toriyama’s notes probably look like this:

“18 fights Ribrianne, and Ribrianne is very much into beauty and love.  She’s considered very beautiful in Universe 2, but in our world...?  She is upset to learn that 18 and Krillin are married”.

“Piccolo defeats the invisible fighter by sensing his ki, but when he tries to defeat the second invisible fighter, he fails and gets eliminated!  Then 17 listens carefully, and finds out that the second fighter isn’t invisible at all!  He’s just very, very small.”

“(laughs)”

And Toei and Toyotaro each got a copy of these notes, and went in totally different directions on the first one, but were able to stay fairly consistent on the second.  Toei had Goku help 17 out a little more, while Toyotaro had 17 flip his hair back over his ears, because he’s a huge fanboy who wanted to do a callback to Super 17 in GT.  Respect.

What I’m driving at here is that you end up with two different versions of the same story, and while one of them is bound to be better than the other, it seems strange to me that anyone would want it to play out like this.  For example, in the manga, Kale doesn’t discover her Super Saiyan form until we’re well into the tournament.  Frieza starts clobbering Caulifla, and Cabba realizes that Kale has been holding back out of respect for Caulifla.  She doesn’t want Caulifla to know that she’s stronger than her leader.  But as Frieza defeats Caulifla and Cabba, she loses it and flips out. 

And this is awesome!  No problem here, but what bothers me is how things go from this point forward.

Kale starts going berserk and eliminates almost everybody.  Universes 2, 3, and 10 all fall.  I think I lost track of Universe 4, so she might have gotten them too.  Dr. Paparoni and his three robots combine together into that big guy whose name I don’t want to look up, and Kale literally one-shots him.  It’s like Toyotaro was obligated to use every fighter in this arc, including this combined form, but no one said he had to let them stick around very long. 

Kale even chucks out her own teammates.  She picks up Auta Magetta, which even Vegeta couldn’t do, and when Saonel and Pilina try to reason with her, she throws them out too.  And this is also fine, because fuck Auta Magetta, but also, if you’re going to have a berserker Super Saiyan in your tournament, then let her go berserk. 

As Caulifla and Cabba decide how to handle this, they worry that Kale might self-destruct, so they have to try to stop her.  Then Caulifla drops a pair of Potara earrings,  which she stole from the Universe 6 Supreme Kai before the tournament.  Champa tells her to put one in her own ear and one in Kale’s ear.  In the anime, this was all planned out in advance, but here in the manga, it was blind luck that Caulifla happened to steal these things, and Champa called an audible. 

My beef here is that fusing Caulifla and Kale into Kefla this way doesn’t solve Kale’s long-term problem.  It solves Universe 6′s problem, because now instead of Kale going nuts, you have Kefla, who’s even stronger and retains her senses.  But there’s no scene where Kale learns how to control herself, and no scene where the two of them agree to use the Potara.  A lot of pages are devoted to Caulifla and Kale, but there’s not much character development to any of it.  It’s mostly just Kale going nuts and then Kefla wiping out the last of the small fry in this tournament. 

So you might be wondering: Well what about Goku and Jiren?  Well, the theme of this arc is that Goku’s been going straight after Jiren this whole time, but stuff like the invisible fighter and Kale’s rampage keep interrupting them.  We don’t get to see them fight in this part of the story, but the implication is that they’ve been fighting off-panel.  Then Kefla tries to attack them both, until...

... Gohan steps in and challenges Kefla so that Goku can focus on Jiren.  On paper, that doesn’t sound like a bad idea, but it really doesn’t work because we’re supposed to believe that Goku vs. Jiren is important but they won’t show any of it. 

Everything is sort of... implied with this adaptation. I can’t put my finger on it, but I get the sense that Toyotaro just sort of took it for granted that his readers already know these characters from the anime, so there was no pressing need to showcase them in the manga.  Anyway, here’s Winger with “Headed for a Heartbreak.” 

Wow, Winger sucks so much ass...

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Dragon Ball Super Manga Chapter 38

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ML Fic: Soulmate Survey Part 38

Sorry for the delay. Real life gets out of hand. But here it is! The antepenultimate chapter.

Shout out to @asongeverlasting for beta reading for me and making sure I actually got this out.

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“I shouldn’t have let her go out there.”

Fu watched the school nurse, Angela, fret as she paced back and forth.

“I understand your concern, but I believe that it will all be alright. Ladybug and Chat Noir haven’t failed in handling an akuma yet,” he explained. “The girl will be okay.”

The nurse stopped pacing.

“I appreciate your optimism but… I am really not used to this,” She said as she gestured to the air.

Fu blinked at the statement.

“Oh?”

“This! This whole thing! Super villains that appear whenever someone gets sad, teenagers with superpowers! This is all new to me! I just moved to Paris a month ago from the countryside. All I wanted was to further my education and get work in the medical field. It… It boggles my mind that everyone in this city is so okay with all of this! Even my new boyfriend Curtis is able to shrug off an akuma attack like a sudden drizzle. This isn’t normal!”

The guardian could tell the young woman was distressed, and he couldn’t blame her. In a way, he envied her. This was all foreign for her, but to him, this was his entire life.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to blow up like that. I've had a lot to deal with, and this whole situation is just so…”

Fu moved to her and helped her sit down.

“It’s alright, this is by no means a good situation. Your concerns are very understandable. I can tell that deep down that your frustration and fear come from compassion and empathy. You will make a wonderful doctor one day.”

She took a deep breath.

“Thank you. You have no idea how much I really needed to hear that today.”

“How about I teach you a medication technique that will help you calm down?”

“Meditation? I'm not really one for that kind of stuff.”

“If one wants to be a doctor, being able to calm down and handle an emergency situation is a must.”

The school nurse agreed that he had a good point, and that this may help get her mind off of things.

“Okay, I guess I'll give it a shot.”

Fu smiled.

“Good. Let us start simple. Close your eyes and put your hands together.”

Angela felt the action was a bit odd but complied.

“Now, take a deep breath. Count to 5 in your head and then breathe out.”

She took her breath and followed the order.

“Whenever you feel a thought come to your head, simply picture yourself putting it out of your mind and into a bucket.”

She tried her best to comply.

As she did this, Fu moved behind her and quickly pinched a nerve on her neck, causing the young woman to seize up for a moment before losing consciousness.

“That will help her relax.”

He carefully moved her to the cot and laid a sheet over her like a blanket.

Once it was clear that she was asleep, a turtle kwami flew out of hiding.

“So, what do we do now, Master?”

Fu took a moment to consider.

His plan was already in motion. Ladybug and Chat Noir had plenty of allies to help fight the akuma. All that needed to be done was to sit down and wait.

But as he thought about it more, he couldn’t help but think that he should go in personally. It was what he'd initially planned to do with akuma, after all. Listening to this young woman’s fears made him really see how his inaction has led to such fear and uncertainty.

For once, it was time for him to go on the offensive.

“Now we head out and find this akuma.”

“Master, you already sent out three miraculous. Let the other heroes handle this,” Wayzz insisted.

“The people of Paris should not have to become used to this. I have been far too lax with this situation. Right now, Ladybug and Chat Noir are facing their most dangerous akuma yet. For decades I have always remained passive in order to avoid making another mistake, but I have already made so many with my inaction. It's time I stop letting my actions be dictated by fear.”

“But Master, you can’t transform! Your body is too old to handle it!”

“Fear not, Wayzz. I have been exercising and restoring my vitality with the techniques of the guardians. By my estimation, I should be able to maintain the transformation without too much issue for 10 minutes,” Fu assured.

“That is not a lot of time, Master!” Wayzz pointed out.

“True, but it is better than nothing. We will head out and wait for the moment we need it. Be ready, Wayzz.”

The old guardian started heading to the door.

“But Master, what if you get captured? What if the akuma does succeed and you are unable to step in?”

Fu paused at the door.

“I know you are concerned for me. I appreciate your care. But I need to go out there. I have lived a long life, Wayzz, far longer than most humans. One day I may not be here to be the guardian.”

Wayzz felt a pang of sorrow hearing his Master talk about how he would no longer be around.

“But that’s okay. I know that when that time comes… I have two young heroes that will be ready to stand up and fight. The best thing an old man like me can do is pave the road for them.” The guardian said with certainty. He went to open the door.

“Fu…”

The old man stopped. Turning around, he saw the turtle kwami he had known for most of his life smile at him.

“I know you think of yourself as a failure of a guardian… but Su Han and the others were wrong. You are a great one. You are the most caring guardian that has ever held the title. And I will be by your side to the end.”

The old man felt his eyes well up at the sweet comment.

“Then let’s go, Partner.”

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The dragon heroine grabbed the confused snake hero and moved him to the closest room before closing the door.

“Okay we should be safe here,” she said as she looked over to her comrade. It was clear that Viperion was still very confused. It did not help that both his and her miraculous were beeping. They didn't have much time.

“Thanks… ummm,” Viperion started as he tried to rack his brain for a name. Part of him felt like he should know her. But his mind is blank.

“Ryuuko. You can call me Ryuuko. And you are Viperion.”

“Okay… weird name for me, but I guess it works.”

Ryuuko realized that the bubble Viperion had been put in wasn’t just to keep him frozen in place. One of the side effects must have been leaving him without any memory of who he was. Had her partner been aware of that risk when he took the bubble for her? She couldn’t know for sure. But right now, she needed to focus on the task at hand. Shehad to take charge since her partner was out of sorts.

“Okay, 'll try to explain this as quickly as possible.”

“Your real name is Luka. But when you are in your hero form, you go by Viperion.”

“Hero form...”

He looked down.

“Well, that does explain the costumes. I thought it was some sort of weird costume party.”

Ryuuko decided to ignore that.

“Okay, so I'm a hero. And you're one too?”

“Yes. We are both heroes picked by Ladybug to help her fight villains. Right now, we're fighting a bunch of them, and you got your memory wiped by one of their attacks. That’s why you are confused. Any questions?”

The boy took a moment to look himself over and then look at her. This was a lot of information to take in. Ryuuko was half expecting him to call her crazy. Which, given how bizarre the circumstances were, she wouldn’t blame him.

“Okay, I think if it was anyone else telling me this, I would have called it a load of bull. But… I don’t know why but I feel like I can trust you. You sound sincere,” Viperion responded.

“Okay great, now let's…”

“I still have a few questions.”

Ryuuko sighs.

“Look, we really don’t have much time. We need to hurry and get out there to help…”

And just before she finished the statement, both of their transformations wore off. Revealing their civilian forms.

“Oh no.” Kagami muttered in horror.

“What happened? Where am I… What am I?” The snake kwami questioned as he looked at himself.

“It appears that Sass was also impacted by the amnesia.” The dragon kwami that popped out of her necklace commented.

Luka stared wide eyed at the creature.

“Are you a snake?”

“A snake? I suppose?”

“A snake with limbs? That is very rock and roll.”

The two fistbumped. Thankfully they seemed to get along.

Longg looked at them.

“This is quite a predicament.”

“We need to hurry back in. Longg! Bring the….”

“Hold on a moment. Both Sass and I will not be able to do that yet.”

Kagami stopped.

“How come?”

“We need to refuel. The energy of transforming AND using our unique powers drains a lot out of us. We need some food to continue.”

“Food… Okay.”

The snake Kwami grabbed his stomach.

“I find myself rather famished,” he commented.

Luka looked at him.

“Let me see if I can help you out.”

The teen took off the backpack he was wearing to go through it. Thankfully there was a bag lunch in there. For some reason he felt that was important. But decided that if it could help the little guy out, he was sure it wouldn’t be a big deal.

He opened the bag lunch and pulled out a bag of apple slices. Opening it to grab a piece.

“I know snakes usually are carnivores, but how about some fruit?”

“Ooo! It smells divine!”

Luka handed the floating kwami a piece of the apple.

He takes a bite.

“Oh! It's delicious! Juicy and sweet!”

The snake quickly devours the apple piece.

As that happens, Kagami looked through her bag.

“I don’t have fruit but I do have some onigiri. It was my afternoon snack… but since this is a dire situation.”

“Rice? Yes please!” Longg exclaimed as he dive bombed right into the delicious rice ball.

“It’s Umeboshi, it’s not to everyone’s taste but It is one of my favorites.”

“It’s the most delicious thing I have ever eaten. The sour plum really brings a new dimension of flavor.”

Kagami smiled a bit at her kwami companion, happy that she could help.

The two Kwami finished their food and were ready for action.

“Okay, Sass. You need to help Luka transform.”

“Sass? Is that my name?” the snake inquired.

“So, he helps me transform into Viperman?”

“Viperion, and yes,” Kagami responded.

“All you need to do is say. Sass, Scales Slither. And to activate your special power just pull your bracelet back and say second chance. Then pull it back when you want to use it. But be sure not to use it right away,” Longg instructed.

“Okay seems easy enough. Are you okay with this?” Luka asked as he turned his attention to his snake pal.

“The floating horn snake seems fine with it so I say let’s give it a try”

Longg decided for the sake of his friendship with Sass to ignore the comment.

“Alright! Let's do this!” Kagami exclaimed as she prepared to transform.

“One last question.”

Kagami was starting to get antsy. She wanted to be back out there fighting. But she held back her annoyance, considering how he sacrificed his memories for her.

“Make it quick, we need to hurry.”

Luka scratches the back of his head.

“Are we a couple?”

If Kagami was drinking water she would have done a massive spit take. Her cheeks turned red.

“What?!”

“You know… together? You seem to know a lot about me, and I just feel this connection... like I can trust you even though I don’t remember anything. I don’t know how or why, but I feel like you matter to me.”

Kagami’s eyes went wide at the comment. It felt surprisingly bold of the musician to say. She had to admit that the statement made her heart skip a beat.

“No, we had just recently become friends.” Kagami responded.

“Oh…” Luka was saddened by the response.

“But, I have thought about the possibility it could be more than that one day," Kagami continued. "But that is something to discuss when you have your memory back. Maybe.”

The fencer felt her mind scream at her.

‘WHY DID YOU SAY THAT! Well, at least he won't remember.’

Luka smiled at that.

“Well, that must mean I must be a good guy, if I could have such a great friend like you.”

The teen prepared himself.

“Alright then! Sass! Scales Slither.”

The musician shifted into his hero form.

“Let’s go save the day.”

Kagami looked at her hero partner and smiled.

“Longg, Bring the storm.

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“Well, that might be a problem.”

Chat Noir and Ladybug looked to see a stone giant guarding the front door of the classroom. The two had hidden just out of the goliath’s view.

“Any ideas on how to take down Mount Akuma?” Chat Noir questioned.

Ladybug looked at the giant from their hiding spot and began formulating a plan.

“Stoneheart grows bigger when he gets mad. These akuma aren’t really able to express their emotions. That means we don’t need to worry about him getting bigger. We just need to find a way to incapacitate him.”

“We could ask Mayura,” Chat Noir pointed out.

“We could ask… wait WHA…”

Chat Noir covered his partner’s mouth and ducked down.

“Shhhh! She’s right there,” Chat Noir hushed.

Ladybug removed the cat’s hand from her mouth and looked from the spot to see that her partner was right. Mayura was in the building!

“She actually showed up?” Oh, this is a lot more serious than we thought. Hawkmoth is really playing it serious with this one.”

“To the butterfly man’s credit, he really has been throwing out some tough ones.”

“I will not give our worst villain credit for anything except this headache,” Ladybug retorted with annoyance.

“So, what do we do? Mayura is in the building and she is talking with the giant.”

Ladybug felt like the situation couldn’t get worse.

“Not so fast, Feather Freak!”

Ladybug recognized that voice.

“Chloé?”

Chat Noir and Ladybug glanced to see a familiar blonde strutting down the hallway. But their expressions of shock shifted to bewilderment when they noticed what she was wearing.

“So are you and that purple fashion blunder here? Or is it just you? I am guessing it's just you. Your boss doesn’t really like to show his face unless he thinks he is sure to win. No wonder Ladybug always kicks his…” The bee themed heroine confidently quipped.

“Queen Bee. Now that is a surprise. I thought Ladybug was done giving you a miraculous.” The peacock villainess commented. She had no interest in dealing with the bee heroine at this time.

“Well, you would be surprised by a lot of things. So how about we settle this. My fist really misses your face.”

Mayura rolled her eyes.

“Fortunately for you, I don’t have the time to deal with you. Stoneheart, I am sure Masquerade would love for you to take care of this pesky bee.”

“Oh don’t think you can walk away! You and that purple cockroach are the same. Both cowards that can’t even face children.” She jeered as she walked forward.

The stone giant moved forward, allowing Mayura to walk to the door and enter.

“Too scared to face me! Typical. I'll beat your pet rock as a warm up and then your butt will meet my foot!” Queen Bee exclaimed with confidence. “Because I am a real heroine!”

Queen Bee got into a stance and prepared to trade blows with the colossus of rock.

Chat Noir looked to Ladybug.

“Did you give her a miraculous?” He whispered in surprise.

“I don’t have any additional miraculous. I thought she had been captured with the rest of the class.”

“Wait… if it wasn’t you… you don’t think…”

“Either Master Fu is in the building and saw how dire the situation was or Chloé snuck away and had a Queen Bee costume stowed away in her locker.”

The two look at each other and immediately come to the same conclusion.

“We need to save her before she gets crushed!”

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Mayura walked into the classroom.

She managed to keep a straight face, but internally she had a lot going through her mind.

What was once a standard classroom now looked like an elaborate throne room. The amazing curtains, the high ceilings. The steps leading up to an elaborate throne. The portraits of Masquerade really brought together the utter decadence and vanity of the akuma persona. It reminds Mayura of Gabriel’s obsession with Emilie in the worst way possible.

Despite finding the décor off-putting, she had to admit it was impressive how Masquerade had been able to change the room into something completely unrecognizable. A testament to her vanity.

She took a moment to see what akuma servants she still had in the room. The Gamer, Reflekta with around 12 copies, Princess Fragrance, Robostus, Zombizou and Horificator. While the white masks obscured their expressions, it was clear that all of them were watching her. It greatly unnerved her.

She kept these thoughts to herself as the masked akuma that was running the school took notice of her.

“Mayura. I've been expecting you.”

Mayura looked up to see Masquerade sitting on the throne.

“Please, come in.”

She approached confidently. Though in the back of her mind something seemed off.

Masquerade stood up from the throne and walked down the steps, a smile of certainty on her face.

“Masquerade. Your Sentimonster gave me the basics of your plan. Securing the school as your base of operations was a good first step. Your plan of creating a video to lower the spirits of those in Paris was also a nice touch,” Mayura praised.

“But of course! My plan is flawless,” Masquerade boasted. “Not even Ladybug and Chat Noir will be able to stop me.”

“Getting ahead of yourself aren’t you?” Mayura cut her ego trip.

Masquerade’s mood soured as her smile faltered.

“What do you mean by that?”

“You have yet to face the two heroes. Not to mention there's a pesky bee flying around.”

“A bee?” Masquerade was very confused by the comment.

“Yes, Chloé Bourgeois, or Queen Bee, to be precise. Seems that Ladybug and Chat Noir went and got back up."

“It doesn’t matter if they have one additional hero or three. This plan won't fail.”

‘Something isn’t right here. I need to leave now!’ Mayura’s mind screamed.

She wasn’t sure why, but something felt incredibly off.

“Speaking of heroes, your plan never really specified how you will deal with them. Care to elaborate?”

Masquerade’s smile grew more sinister.

“I am glad you asked. After Simularé relayed to me that you were here. I finally figured out the perfect way of dealing with those arrogant heroes,” the masked woman stated with certainty, moving forward.

She now stood only a few feet from the peacock villainess.

“Wait a moment, something is wrong here,” Mayura commented as she tried to focus. She couldn’t ignore the warnings in her head.

“What do you mean?” The mask akuma looked with confusion at the blue villainess.

Mayura looked around. Frantically trying to find something but it was fruitless. This distress caused Masquerade to smile.

“I can't sense it,” Mayura spoke with slight worry.

“Sense what?” Masquerade inquired further.

“Where is your amok? It should be on your person but I can't sense it.”

“Is that a problem?”

“Yes. If you don’t have the amok in your possession then that sentimonster will go out of control!” Mayura explained.

“Can’t you just rip the amok out?”

“If it's nearby and I sense it, yes. But I can’t do that if it’s out of my range.”

“So you’re saying you have no power over me right now.” A devilish grin appeared on Masquerade’s face.

“No, I am saying I don’t have any power over the senti…”

Mayura felt a chill as she realized that the masquerade in front of her was not an akumatized Lila.

“Horrificator, block the door,” the Faux Masquerade commanded.

The pink and purple monster quickly moved to block the door with her large form.

The controlled akuma started circling around her as Simularé undid the illusion and morphed into its true specter form, Simularé.

“You ungrateful little monster. You think your master will be okay with you attacking one of the ones that gave her power?”

“My master doesn’t care about you or Hawkmoth. You are a means to an end. And she gave me special permission to take your miraculous from you.”

“Well if your master isn’t here, then no one is jamming the signal. I can contact Hawkmoth and put this little coup to an end.”

Simularé shifted into Lady Wifi.

“I have access to every power my master does. You are trapped with no options.” The sentimonster mocked.

Mayura looked around as she was circled by the controlled akuma. She needed to get out of there.

She felt a pain rush to her head.

‘F*** not now’ She mentally cursed.

The odds were indeed not in her favor.

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Stoneheart began charging at the bee themed heroine, and just as Queen Bee was about to move, a yo-yo wrapped around her waist and pulled her away from the monster.

The stone giant had expected his charge to make contact but forced himself to stop when he noticed the bee was gone.

“Sorry tiny, but I’m your playmate now,” called a cat-themed hero.

The mindless akuma didn’t visibly react to the change in foe and simply charged at the cat hero.

Queen Bee found herself near Ladybug.

“Chloé! What are you doing?!”

“Uh… Saving the day? I got the jewelry box that you sent out because you needed my help.”

“Jewelry box… wait a minute that means. You are wearing a miraculous.”

“Yep! Don’t worry LB, I will show you that I am worthy of being Queen Bee. And not to boast, but I totally saved someone. But right now, we gotta go beat that ugly pile of rubble.”

Ladybug looked at Chloé for a moment. With the situation as hectic as it was, Queen Bee has shown some competence when there is real danger. Ladybug knew that right now, all hands that could help would be appreciated, and Queen Bee’s appearance could mean that Fu may be closer than she expected. So maybe there were more reinforcements. So if this was the case. She would trust Fu’s judgement.

“Alright, just be ready to return the bee after all of this is over.”

“Right, right, but just know I will probably change your mind about that after this is over!” the bee exclaimed confidently as she jumped back into the fray.

Ladybug shook her head. Whether she was Queen Bee or Chloé, she was still a handful.

“Are you finished gossiping? Because I could REALLY use a hand!” Chat Noir shouted as he held his staff up to hold back the rock monster’s boulder of a fist.

Queen Bee and Ladybug jumped into view and noticed the situation.

“Don’t worry you stray cat, The Queen Bee will put that rock in his place. Ve…”

Ladybug covered Queen Bee’s mouth before she could.

“Hold it. We might need your power for later.”

“I think it would be useful now!” Chat Noir shouted as he struggled to hold the weight of the giant’s rocky hand.

“Okay if my powers are a no no right now, what is the plan?”

Ladybug looked around. She found her attention drawn to a fire extinguisher, Queen Bee, a rubber band, and a discarded backpack.

“Okay, I have a plan.”

______________________________________________________________________

Gabriel had made a decision.

He hurried out of the lair in his civilian form. He was going to head to the school. Now he would just need to get his chauffeur and go…

Gabriel’s eyes went wide as he saw his son’s bodyguard and chauffeur fall to the floor at the steps of the main entrance, a white mask adorning his face that he was desperately trying to get off.

“What is the meaning of this?” Gabriel asked aloud in shock and anger.

He looked to see the mask akuma he created standing at the door.

“Well, if it isn’t Gabriel Agreste. Fashion mogul, and master manipulator.”

Gabriel’s visible anger faded as he stared at the akuma.

“Lila, is that you?”

“Oh quite astute! An amazing deduction. Was it that observational skill that made you the fashion success you are now?” the akumatized Lila inquired. “Though I go by Masquerade now.”

Gabriel knew very well the girl’s powers. He was the one that gave it to her. She was trying to antagonize him, get him angry. But that would not work.

“Well Masquerade, what brings you to my home at this time?” Gabriel asked calmly. Doing his best to keep his tone and mannerisms calm.

“Oh, I was just in the neighborhood, finding more people to join my little army and I notice my charm glowing as I was getting near.”

Gabriel’s eyes went wide as he realized something. The charm bracelet was configured to locate anyone that has ever been akumatized. That included him. His ploy to ward suspicion off of himself was now biting him in the butt. And of course, Lila was likely holding a grudge with how he pushed her with his words about his son and his classmate.

“My bodyguard was akumatized. What of it?”

The silent action figure enthusiast stopped resisting and his body began growing. Gabriel noticed the man was transforming into the gorilla akuma. Gorizilla! And he rushed up the steps as the akuma moved and pounded his chest.

“Gorizilla, go gather up anyone who has been akumatized that you know of. I will handle Mr. Agreste myself.”

The giant akuma nodded at its master and headed off, leaving the agreste mansion with a giant hole that was once the front of the mansion.

“Handle me? And what do you plan to do?”

Masquerade’s necklace began to glow.

“Oh! Well that is very interesting,” Masquerade mused aloud as she learned from the glowing charm.

“What do you mean, interesting?” Gabriel asked. He knew that the charm had the bonus effect of pointing out the emotional weak points of those that had been akumatized. But he had PRETENDED to be angry and wasn’t actually emotional when the akuma took over. Did the charm still impact him the same way it did everyone else?

Masquerade started walking up the steps.

“You blame yourself for your wife’s passing.”

The statement was a blade pointed right at his throat. But Gabriel refused to react. He would not let himself be taken advantage of by his own akuma. He has been on the receiving end one too many times and he would be damned if he let that psychopath have control of him.

Masquerade saw that Gabriel was not reacting to the statement.

“I have never seen a man more miserable and pathetic,” Masquerade said. Her words sounded genuine and cutting.

Gabriel tried to turn around and walk away. But Masquerade jumped high with her superhuman agility and landed right in front of him, continuing her tearing down of his emotional state.

“All of this wealth and yet you are obsessed with what you don’t have. You are so blinded by the grief of losing your wife that everything else in your life may as well not exist. You locked yourself away, desperately trying to find something, anything that would bring her back. But now you are finding that color is starting to return in your life. You feel guilt over hiding the truth from your son, you loathe the attraction that you have been developing for another woman. You hate that you can’t dedicate every second to your lost wife and any speck of joy you feel without her here feels like treason since she is not here with you. You are a man so blind with his obsession that you fail to see the world doesn’t revolve around you. It's disgusting.”

“You know nothing of my life,” Gabriel dismissed.

But Masquerade knew he would say that. She only smiled. The truth was right in front of her. And she was ready to bring it home.

“You are actually terrified of facing her again.”

That shook Gabriel.

“What?”

“You are afraid of seeing her again. Whether it’s a year or 10 years, you feel that even if you could bring her back, she would be here and realize how much of a shell you had become without her. You are afraid that your obsession with her will be the very thing that drives her away once you see her again.”

“That isn’t true.”

“Then why haven’t you brought her back yet? Don’t you love her?”

Gabriel felt like his heart was being repeatedly punched.

“How dare you question my love for my wife!”

“Then why isn’t she here? If you loved her she wouldn’t have been taken from you and Adrien. But you were far too pathetic to do it. You failed her, and you are still failing her. You will never be with her again, and deep down. You know it to be true,” Masquerade answered coldly.

Those words were enough to get him down. That is what finally did him in.

Gabriel fell to his knees.

“No…”

Gabriel had broken. Masquerade knew she had him.

He was emotionally devastated, to the point where couldn’t even react to the mask coming his way.

____________________________________________________________

Well now things are now hitting their highest points of drama!

Will Ladybug and other heroes be able to stand up to Masquerade?

Will Mayura fall to Simularé's double cross?

Will I EVER update in time?

Tell me your thoughts on the chapter. Your support keeps it alive

[tsukikoayanosuke]

Behind the Fic: TW:OPT - Jonah Argentum’s Declassified Boarding School Survival Guide

We've finally done it, guys! We finally finished this filler arc!

This is actually harder to write since I don't have the base script for this. This arc is basically just me writing random incidents and hoping it could connect.

This was hard! How did anime do this millions times?!

WARNING: This will contain a bit of spoiler for the newest chapters of my fan fiction Twisted-Wonderland: Our Precious Treasure. Click here to read the whole arc from the beginning!

I think we should start from the beginning: why was this arc written? Well, originally it was supposed to tie up the "Jonah need to say thank you to Azul for cleaning his dorm" plot point. It was originally supposed to be a two bonus chapter, covering "Chapter 37: Come On and Get Your Game On!" and “Chapter 40: We Got a Hot Crustacean Band!". But because I was stubborn, I extended it into five episodes.

I have no reason why this arc was named after 'Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide'. I just thought it sounds cool (this will probably be a trend, I can feel it)

I also have no reason to pick random quotes from various media and memes as the summary. I just think that having quotes made it sound wiser. But then again, I’m quoting memes.

Title for each episode are from:

Chapter 36: No Colors Anymore, I Want Them to Turn Black! - ‘Paint It Black’, The Rolling Stones

Chapter 37: Come On and Get Your Game On! - ‘Get Your Game On', Yu-Gi-Oh! GX

Chapter 38: It’s the Same as Having Wings! - ‘You Can Fly’, Peter Pan

Chapter 39: Heads Held High, Touch the Sky, Our Hearts We Pledge to Thee! -  ‘R-E-S-C-U-E, Rescue Aid Society’, The Rescuers

Chapter 40: We Got a Hot Crustacean Band! - ‘Under the Sea’, The Little Mermaid

The first episode "Chapter 36: No Colors Anymore, I Want Them to Turn Black" actually covered Episode 2-3 until 2-4 of Savanaclaw Arc. I was thinking that Crowley needs to tell the boys about overblot as soon as possible.

I won't be revealing anything about Jonah's eye but it seems like absorbing the blot might end up damaging his eye.

"Chapter 37: Come On and Get Your Game On!" is part of the original draft. 

Ace was supposed to be there and it was partly inspired by Deuce's School Uniform Personal Story. 

This chapter was also inspired by Azul’s School Uniform Personal Story.

When Deuce mention about 'magical wheel', for some reason I immediately thought about a human-size hamster ball. I just think it's funny to see Deuce running around in a giant hamster ball.

The twins weren't supposed to appear here. It was supposed to be Azul who takes Jonah to the Board Game Club.

The reason why Jonah joined the Board Game Club is that I think the Board Game Club was the closest for Jonah to learn about strategy because being a captain in a pirate crew needs good planning.

In the original script, they were supposed to play a parody of Mario Party. But because of my wacky schedule, I have to cut it short and change it into a monopoly.

Originally, it was supposed to be based on PB&Jeff Super Mario Party gamplay but I changed into TheOdds1sOut Monopoly intro.

"Chapter 38: It’s the Same as Having Wings!" was interesting because it was supposed to show how Jonah is a natural flyer.

Originally, I was going to use the How To Train Your Dragon Test Flight sequence to show how Jonah and Grim can work together. But then I rethink it again. Jonah already has his natural cooking skill, if I give him a natural flying skill, will it make him a Gary Stu? So, in the end, I make him bad at flying. This is their early first-year after all.

Also, I let Epel shine in this chapter. I'm actually interested in how far their relationship will go and change before Pomefiore Arc.

"Chapter 39: Heads Held High, Touch the Sky, Our Hearts We Pledge to Thee!" was the hardest chapter to write and my least favorite. I was thinking to delete this chapter, but if that happens, I won't have a perfect episode list. This was also affected by Heartslabyul Arc. I think I deleted some chapters, which ended up with me keeping this Prefect Meeting episode.

The chats with Riddle about the Magishift Tournament was based on Episode 2-5 of Savanaclaw Arc.

Another reason why this chapter was hard was that I never pay attention to school student council meetings or was never invited, so I don't exactly know how it goes.

Jonah wants to punch Leona is probably the best part of this chapter. I was thinking to make them rivals, but I'm still not sure.

Jonah noticing Malleus was absent was an on-the-spot idea, completely unscripted.

"Chapter 40: We Got a Hot Crustacean Band!" was probably the best chapter in this arc. It's my personal favorite. 

It was a musical, so of course, it was longer.

What makes this chapter interesting, in my opinion, is the potentials in Octavinelle Arc. With Jonah already signing a contract with the Ramshackle Dorm on the line, what will he give when he needs to free his captured crew?

The food references here are: 

Octopus Turnovers with Spicy Creole Mayonnaise

Sea Salt Ice Cream (insert Kingdom Hearts reference here...)

Grilled Octopus Over Squid Ink Pasta and Tomato Garlic Sauce (insert Jojo reference here...)

Blackberry Mint Lemonade

'Sunday Supreme' is my own made-up event. This actually connects with future Octavinelle Arc.

Floyd is singing Under the Sea, obligatory The Little Mermaid song. Originally, I want him to sing Umbrella just like Tom Holland, but I want him and Jonah to interact in the song, so I stick with Under the Sea.

[crazysnakey]

Reactions to Dragon Ball Super chapter 38:

wow Kale is really super powerful, niiiiice

DAYUM LIKE 5 WHOLE UNIVERSES JUST GOT ERASED IN ONE CHAPTER SHIT

WHAAAAATT???? ANILAZA JUST GOT TAKEN OUT WITH ONE HIT IN LIKE 2 PANELS?? THE HELL??

Only universes 6, 7 and 11 are left???

AHAHAHAHA OH SHIIIIIIIT ^

KEFLA’S FINALLY HERE, YAYYY

JIREN WHAT THE HELL DO SOMETHING YOUR TEAMMATES ARE GETTING THE SHIT BEATEN OUT OF THEM DONT JUST STAND THERE AND SAY UNNECESSARY DAMMIT

Ohhhhhhhh!!!! Gohan vs Kefla! YESSSS

And the most important one:

heLLO GOKU WHERE IS MY ULTRA INSTINCT COME ONNNNNN AAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[coolartist1110]

I posted 3,347 times in 2021

98 posts created (3%)

3249 posts reblogged (97%)

For every post I created, I reblogged 33.2 posts.

I added 102 tags in 2021

#deltarune spoilers - 18 posts

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#doctor who - 13 posts

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Longest Tag: 138 characters

#basically the purpose of it is that it has safety features so i hopefully won't die (i have a license but i'm still not super experienced)

My Top Posts in 2021

#5

I’d like to remind everyone that Nickelodeon and Nicktoons have aired these shows

-Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness

-The Penguins of Madagascar

-Yu-Gi-Oh!

-Yu-Gi-Oh ZEXAL

-Dragon Ball Z Kai

-Dragon Ball GT

Imagine the SHEER POWER of a game where you can have Goku fight Po from Kung Fu Panda

123 notes • Posted 2021-07-14 01:12:01 GMT

#4

-Drake Mallard wakes up, and sees he’s been captured by Megavolt and Quackerjack-

Drake: Megavolt! Quackerjack!

Megavolt: That’s right! We’ve finally done it. After all this time, we’ve kidnapped Darkwing Duck—

Drake, internally: But how did they figure out my secret identity? Megavolt and Quackerjack are both too insane to even remember it!

Megavolt: -‘s Husband!

Drake: ...WHAT

Quackerjack: You two are Gosalyn’s dads, aren’t you? It’s so sweet of you to adopt.

Megavolt: Yeah, and it’s nice of Launchpad to help both of you out so much. Isn’t he a nice guy?

Quackerjack: Oh, absolutely! You’ve got such a lovely little family. What’s it like being married to a crime fighter, by the way?

Drake: I...uh...

Megavolt: And to think you were such a dweeb back in high school. Did you guys meet after the prom?

Quackerjack: How romantic!

Drake, internally: AAAAAA

123 notes • Posted 2021-01-16 18:42:30 GMT

#3

276 notes • Posted 2021-08-10 03:51:47 GMT

#2

Skyward Sword being re-released in HD is great ‘n all but honestly the best thing about it is we’re getting this bastard in HD

480 notes • Posted 2021-06-18 01:38:42 GMT

#1

I am very proud of this

781 notes • Posted 2021-09-23 17:00:20 GMT

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[duhragonball]

Dragon Ball Apocrypha

I liveblogged Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z in 2019.  Near the end, a few people asked if I was going to do GT or Super and I said no, mainly because I wanted to finish in one year, but also because I don’t consider those series to be part of the true DBZ canon.  Also, I tend to think of the other stuff to be small and insignificant.

Except, there’s a lot more of it now than there used to be.   It occurred to me one day that if I did cover all the other stuff, it would probably take me as long as it did to cover DB & DBZ.    But I never sat down and added it all up, so tonight I think I’ll just do that now.

Let me be clear: I’m not planning to liveblog any of this stuff.   I may do it sometime in the future, but I don’t want anyone taking this post as some sort of promise.  I’m just making a list.

First, the stuff I actually covered in ‘19.

Dragon Ball Episode 1-153 + Four movies (Blood Rubies, Sleeping Princess, Mystical Adventure, Path to Power)

Dragon Ball Z Episodes 1-291 + 2 TV specials (Bardock and History of Trunks) + 15 movies (Dead Zone to Ressurrection F)

And the rest.   Stuff I have never seen before is in bold.

I. Major Spin Off Series

Dragon Ball GT Episodes 1-64 + 1 TV Special (A Hero’s Legacy) (1996-1997)

Dragon Ball Super Episodes 1-131 + 2 movies (Broly & Super Hero) (2015-2018)

Dragon Ball Super Heroes Episodes 1-38+ (2018-present)

I’ve seen Episodes 1-20

21-32 is the Universe Creation Saga.

33-onward is the “New Space-Time War” Saga.

Dragon Ball Super manga (2015-present)

Chapters 1-44 are retellings of the stories from the anime

Chapters 45-67 is the Moro Saga

Chapters 68-72+ is the Granolah Saga

II. OAV’s and specials.

Goku’s Traffic Safety (1988)

Goku’s Fire Brigade (1988)

DBZ Gaiden: Plan to Eradicate [Super] Saiyans (1993/2010)

Dragon Ball: Yo! The Return of Son Goku and Friends!! (2008)

Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock (2011)

Dream 9 Toriko & One Piece & Dragon Ball Z Super Collaboration Special!! (2013)

III. The Shitty Live Action Trilogy

Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins (the Chinese bootleg movie 1989)

Dragon Ball: Fight Son Goku, Win Son Goku (the Korean bootleg movie, 1990)

Dragon Ball: Evolution (the United Statesian movie, 2009)

And that’s all I know of right now.

Looking it over, I’d say enough time has passed that I could see me re-watching GT and Super and actually having something new to say about them someday.   I gotta say, though, there is not much here for me to look forward to, aside from checking boxes off a bucket list.   It’d be fun to see the smoking Korean Puar puppet, rewatching the Tournament of Power, uh, that scene where Goku holds Bee in his arms and gets his face licked.   Wow, I’m really reaching here... uh, Cell started showing up in Super DBH, so that’s probably neat?

But my original thought still stands.  You add all this up, and you have 305 episode/chapter thingies, and 12 movie/special thingies.  Not quite as big as Dragon Ball/DBZ but big enough to qualify as a franchise in itself.

Hypothetically speaking, if I actually went through all of this in a one-year span, I feel like a lot of it would just be me bitching and moaning about all the mistakes and missed opportunities in the material.    There’s some good stuff throughout, but it’s so diluted by the bad-to-meh stuff that I’m not sure it would be much fun to write or read.   The nice thing about 2019 was that anytime I complained about a bad episode I knew I had 20 or 30 awesome ones waiting for me later on.  There’s plenty of people on the internet complaining about Dragon Ball without me.   I’d need to find a way to keep it fresh.

[thisweekingundamwing]

TWIGW February 11 - 17th

Happy Sunday Gundam Wing Fandom!

We have some super awesome things for you to check out this week!  Many many thanks to those who submitted and tagged us in content - it makes our job so much easier! Especially with the archiving happening on AO3! If you’ve created something we missed, please feel free to let us know so we can feature you too!

Remember, if you find something you love, please please make sure you let the creator know how much you enjoyed it!  Every little comment/like/reblog goes a long way towards fueling their desire to do more!  

Thank you for all that you do, and keep submitting your great content to us!

-Mod CB

Fanfiction:

A Little Piece of Gundam Wing

The archive is being ported to AO3! Check it out!

@ahsimwithsake

Fickle Faithful

Heero-centric, implied future 1x5x3. This might grow into something more.

Late entry for @gwblockparty Rewrite the Romance

Rated T for swearing

Amberly

Knife in Hand

When Duo learns there's a hit out on him, he turns to the only person in Chicago he believes capable of helping him. But will the cost of the Broker's help be too high?

Pairings: 2x3, past (underage) 6x2, past 1x3

Warnings: Implied Childhood Sexual Abuse, Consent Issues, Organized Crime, Assassination, child trafficking, Past Abuse, Federal Agents, Abuse of Power, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Gender Issues

Amberly with @yourbloodlikewine​

In This Light

Duo spent the last semester working in his older brother's coffee shop. He's resigned himself to a boring spring when a stranger appears, shaking up his entire life. Eli left home last fall, choosing to spend the last six months living out of his van on his travels from the Midwest to the East Coast. By the time he arrives at Ink's, the novelty of traveling alone has started to wear off. Still, the last thing he's expecting is to meet someone who's going to change all that for him

Pairings: 2xOMC, 3xOMC, Solo x OMC, 

Warnings:  Rape/Noncon, Original Characters - Freeform, Alternate Universe, child abuse mention, Sexual Assault Mention, homophobic parents, Re-Written Characters, Drug Use, Violence, off screen murder, gratuitous author indulgence

@anaranesindanarie​

Cocktail Friday

Cocktail Friday drabbles.

Pairings: 2x3

Warnings: bar, diplomats, Russian accent

Death Unspeaking

What happens when a Gundam Pilot is mute? What happens when the other Pilots look down at him because of it? Will he overcome the odds or will the odds overcome him? For Manny who encouraged me to work on this.

Pairings: 2x3

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Underage

Designation01

War Tactics

Heero's perception leads to an interesting discovery: Duo Maxwell avoids mirrors. An introspective ficlet that aims to explore using BDSM and possible lack of body autocracy to overcome self-image issues.

Pairings: 1x2

Warnings: Mirrors, Body Image, Body Horror, Hand Jobs, NightmaresComfort, Emotional Discomfort, Control Issues, Complete

@duointherain​

To Be Human is to Love

Duo and Heero are working a damaged part of their new colony, things go wrong.

Pairings: 1x2

Warnings: Spaced

EclipseMage

Broken and Bloodthirsty

Duo is terrible-awful at coping. Quatre gets the brunt end of it after a reckless mission-gone-wrong.

Pairings: none

Warnings: Pilot angst, Physical fight ensues, Underage Drinking

flamingofics (hey @idkmybffflamingo​ is this you? let us know!)

Will You Have Me?

Duo returns from a Preventers mission on the fourteenth of February. Trowa takes the opportunity to attempt to confess his feelings for him.

Pairings: 2x3

Warnings: Fluff and Angst, Confessions, Misunderstandings, Gundam Wing Valentine's Day Fan Exchange

Gift fic for @claraxbarton​ from a GW Valentine’s Day exchange in 2016

Ginnybag

Past Tense

'Milliardo.... I'll be waiting on the other side....' A quarter of a century after the fight at MOII, the Epyon System follows the last command given by its maker, returning him to where he will, once again, be needed. But 25 years is a long time and the world he left behind is not the one he wakes in, and fighting to be more than the ghost that he has become to his friends and family may be one battle Treize Khushrenada really cannot win.

Pairings: 6x13, 3x11, 5xMariemaia, 4xR, 2xDorothy, 13,OMC

Warnings: Newtypes, POLITICS!, Sanc, Past Heero/Relena, Past Treize/OFC, Past Treize/OMC, Dysfunctional Family, Family Issues, Parents & Children, Discussions of Politics/War/Abuse/Sex, References to Drugs, Romefeller Foundation, Mentions of Past Nastiness, ZERO System, Canon - to a point

Poison Seven - A Thousand Words

Part 7 of Poison

Pairings: 6x13

Warnings:  none listed

Wild Roses: Cold Comfort

December AC 191: Six months after creation, Treize's new Wing is rapidly gathering a reputation as the best of the best. A routine patrol in space cements Zechs's status as an Ace and leaves Treize injured, revealing the depths of his religious beliefs.  As the 10th Anniversary of the Fall of Sanc combines with the fallout, Leia begins to doubt her husband, Lady Une summons the Zodiac to form, and Noin earns her wings. On Christmas Eve, Treize marks his 21st with a mission he did not expect, culminating in professional triumph and personal revelation for both men.

Pairings: 6xOMC, 6xOtto, 13x11, 13xLeia Barton, 6xOttoxOMC, 13x6, 6x9

Warnings: Nuclear-powered suits, The Duchess of Richmond's Ball, Medical Euthanasia

JunaAzumi

Aún existen los príncipes azules

Trowa sabia que habia separado a los 5 pilotos pero no se arrepentia de nada.

4x5

Bailemos hasta que se acabe el mundo

Quién puede tener una cena en medio de una guerra? Quatre y Heero te darán la respuesta

1x4

Quatre vs Duo

Los chicos se van de vacaciones a Playa del Carmen, Quatre y Duo compiten por las atenciones de Heero ¿Quién ganara?

1x4

Quiero Acordarme de ti

Resumen: Quatre encontró a Trowa, estaba preparado para cualquier cosa menos menos para lo que encontró 04x03 escena perdida del capitulo 38

3x4

facetiousfutz

Short Oneshot Requests

Occasionally I open the floor to short fic and drabble requests on my personal Dreamwidth account (same username, if you want access), and these are the fills I've deemed worthy of lurking eyes. I have a ton of fandoms. This will focus heavily on humor pieces and M/M and F/F ships, with some exceptions. If any archive warnings ever apply, I will make a note of it in the beginning.

Multiple fandoms/pairings, please see chapter specific warnings

All characters underage in canon are aged up accordingly in smut fics

@kangofu-cb​

If You Let Me

If Trowa could give the new residents one rule for surviving the ICU, it would be ‘Don’t Touch Anything. (Especially The Patients.)’.  In reality, he’d actually give them a lot of rules, possibly with diagrams for clarity.  But his main rule essentially covered the bases. When you worked in one of the largest ICUs, in the biggest medical center in the country, at a hospital known for taking on unstable patients for the most complex and risky surgeries that were performed no-where else, new residents were a menace. Until he meets Dr. Maxwell, the newest anesthesia resident.

Pairings: 2x3, background HxD

Warnings: Alternate Universe - Medical, Doctor/Patient, Nurses & Nursing, Fluff and Smut, this is literally my feel good thing guys ok, I mean I'm not saying there won't be any angst, but basically this is all WAFF

@ladyjstruth-blog​

Going Home

Quatre has a secret that comes out unexpectedly and now everyone has to deal with the fallout. The news is hardest on Trowa, who still loves him, even after years of breaking up.

Pairings: 3x4

Warnings: Drama and Romance, Post-Canon

Lil_1337

2018 Comment Fic_Feburary

Drabbles and short fics written for the Live Journal community Comment Fics which can be found here: http://comment-fic.livejournal.com

Multiple fandoms/pairings, please see chapter specific warnings

Maldoror

The Source of All Things

Center, a planet where magic and technology blend. Or more accurately, fight tooth and nail. A planet of Sources, holes in our boring dimension letting through arcane power, chaos and pseudo-deities. In this hot-house of myths and very real dangers, Trowa and Quatre find a mysterious man at the end of a shamanic voyage. Portents suggest this Heero Yuy is crucial to Center’s survival. He’s important enough to have some interesting enemies after him, at any rate: a devious killer and thief called ‘Shinigami’, and a very irate Dragon. Beyond them looms an even greater threat. Indeed, the greatest of them all.

Pairings: 3x4, 2x5, eventual 1x2x5

Warnings:  alternative universe, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Plot Twists, fairly graphic depiction of sex, Mild description of self-harm, Mathematical Magic, weird science, crones - Freeform, Magic and Technology brawling and eventually screwing, Eventual Threesome, Kinda, Insanity of arcane origin, The universe is a pile of marbles and other dubious allegories

Two Halves

The two kingdoms of Sanq and Lin were at war for years; a conflagration involving magic, armies and political murder. The conflict left both nations devastated and strewn with refugees. The king of Sanq finds his infant son, lost at birth, among the death and the ruin, a miracle he barely dared to hope for. But there isn't just one boy, there are two, clinging together like two halves of a whole that cannot be separated. Decades later, the truth behind that second child’s existence will put a hole in the world, or possibly save it.

Pairings: 1x2

Warnings: Fantasy AU, medieval setting with magic, starts with our heroes as children, Cousin Incest, sort of, eventually, being royalty this is in fact the norm and rather expected of them, Canon-Typical Violence

Shinohoshi13

By Demons Be Driven

For years she struggled to live, burdened by a long-forgotten past, an unclear present, and a non-existent future. War consumes her life, forcing her to live as if every day is her last. Fate has seen fit to gift her with unnatural abilities far beyond the normal human capacity. With those abilities, she leads a daily game of tag, putting her life on the line over and over again. Will a chance meeting with a young man give this tired young woman the will to keep fighting? And with the war escalating higher and higher, will she have the time to find out who, and what, she really is?

Pairings: 5xOFC, background 1x2, 3x4, 6x13, unrequited Rx1

Warnings: Relena bashing, Adult Content, Graphic depictions of violence - Freeform, Crude Humor, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Strong Language, Torture, Violence, Psychological Horror, Magical Realism

Sol1056

Tetractys

In a reality where Kushrenada won, the five gundam pilots live a half-life, effectively prisoners. An unexpected chance at freedom may let them regain what they'd lost, but it also means a return to battle. Some things, once lost, cannot be regained. | Significant rewrite of original version.

Pairings: 4x5, 1xR

Warnings:  Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Multiple Universes Colliding, Post-Canon, Mecha, Alternate Reality, War, Politics, Rebellion, Slow Burn, Accelerated humanity, Paranormal skills, Butchered scientific theory, Global warfare, Significant battle scenes, Mecha reduxes, Multiple Pairings, Female gundam pilots

Thai_Tea_Addict

Wolves and Lambs

On the cusp of war, Remus Lupin discovers he has a son. Facing a prejudiced wizarding world unwilling to believe Voldemort has returned, Remus must now navigate his duties as both a member of the Order and as a father to one Duo Maxwell. Duo doesn't know a lot about families, but he knows war. HP Fifth Year, Post-GW main series

Pairings: 1x2, 2xHP, 3x4, Romione

Warnings: Harry Potter crossover, Family Reconstruction Act, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Politics, Wizarding Politics, War, Disturbing Themes

@vegalume​

Ellion - Book 1

Set in a world where one mad man tries to rule all and destroy the last traces of magic, one young man must overcome a life filled with war and death in order to save those he holds dear.

1x2, 13x11

A/U, Fantasy, Angst, Mpreg, Character Death

Snippets:

@chronicwhimsy

WIP Wednesday - Post-canon 2xR snippet for @gwblockparty Rewrite the Romance

@kangofu-cb

We Won’t - AU RxH snippet for @gwblockparty Rewrite the Romance

@lifeaftermeteor​

LAM!verse snippet featuring Relena on the Warpath

@remsyk-blog

Thrill of the Chaste - AU 2x3, HxR Amish Romance for @gwblockparty Rewrite the Romance

@terrablaze514

Flu Aftermath Writing Prompt

@thefallenstar-treizekhushrenada

Valentine’s Day drabble about cake, 13x11

Photo Edits/Manipulations

@zechs

Incorrect Zechs Quote

Headcanons / Meta / Discussions:

Multiple Contributors

Self-Destruct suit discussion

@gundamwing-ellesmith

Otakon’s Gundam Wing Panel thoughts

Fanart:

@arubees

Heero and Duo

@cree8ions

Dorothy Catalonia

@hainekoken

Heero Yuy

@hasuyawwn

Duo Maxwell

@noelleian​

Quatre Raberba Winner

Trowa Barton

Sally Po

@outofworkshinigami

Duo twin commission for @anaranesindanarie

@oxymoronicidiosyncrasy

Heero Yuy

Duo Maxwell

@rockmandash2

Duo Maxwell

Duo Maxwell sketch

@vegalume​

Taste the Rainbow

@versari-arts

Hilde Schbeiker

@xan-drei

Heero and Duo  from LAM!verse, commission for @lifeaftermeteor

Cosplays:

@18thcenturylove​

Duo Maxwell 

Calendar Events:

Cocktail Friday

https://gwcocktailfriday.tumblr.com/

A new prompt every Monday!

Submissions should be posted Fridays between 3 and 5pm EST, and tagged with @gwcocktailfriday

Interview with a Creator by @remsyk-blog @interview-with-a-creator

Remsyk has created an online interview for fandom creators to fill out and then she features one each week so that everyone in the fandom can learn a bit about each other.

If you haven’t filled out her interview, go! do! now!

Honorable Mention:

@kangofu-cb​ was mentioned by AO3 Admin as a winner in the 2018 Feedback Fest Challenge, and won a prize!  Thanks to everyone who recc’d something on their post as part of the challenge! Over 500 fanworks (in total, not just Gundam Wing) were mentioned as part of the challenge! And special thanks to @terrablaze514​ for bringing this to the attention of the mods!

[birdiesenpai]

I absolutely DESPISED her like nothing else in the anime. ... I want to MARRY Kale in the manga.

[beshamaru]

Super Dragonball Heroes- Big Bang Mission Chapter Three pg 30-39 Art by Nagayama Yoshitaka Scans by beshamaru Scan cleanup/editing by Marb and nwoscans pg 1-9 pg 10-19 pg 20-29 pg 40-47 full chapter

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[autobot2001]

A New Problem | The Nightmare ch. 38

Author: Autobot2001 Genre: Fanfiction Fandom: Dragon ball Super, Transformers Rated: T Warning: None Pairing: (sort of) Drift and Jamie Description: Crosshairs discovers how terrified J.R. gets if he or any other bot isn't with her. Jayce sees how terrified she gets even though she doesn't know why J.R, is terrified. Hound believes there's something else on Crosshairs' and Drift's minds. 

Links; AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/25120912/chapters/68491460 FFN:  https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13638626/38/The-Nightmare Wattpad:  https://www.wattpad.com/986189213-the-nightmare-ch-38-a-new-problem