#GOTTA SAVE FOR SHU FUCK

[pandashepherdwitch]

Brandon has amazing summon luck for how little he plays Arknights THESE WERE ALL IN HIS FREE TEN-PULL

[grand-theft-carbohydrates]

so now you're stuck with this lame loser of a liege lord because how the fuck do you explain that after a peach garden oath?

[beatrice-reden-official]

Actual thing that happened in my head/silly (this is long too sorry) (Also important context X is like. Me but different. None Orchid left X/silly)

X: Hey. O: Hey X: I KNEW this was gonna happen. O: What? What do you mean, you knew this was gonna happen? I'm TELLING you- look, i'm... I like everything, i'm a great cool. I feel a good, but you make me angry! O: Why, because I don't have my fucking passport? Is that what this- X: No! You remember...? The first time we met... you walk in, i'm on my shift and you come in, and you got a dick slip in your H.E.V. suit. And I tried- I tried to stop you- O: What? X: I tried to tell you! I was stopping you, I was going 'hey, yo dick out.' but you didn't-... I was tryna be nice, and then you were talkin' to my friend, J-Jefferemm and you're telling him like 'awwww I don't have my passport BLEUH, MNEEUGH' but- and he was so upset, he has anger issues, I was gonna protect you from him, we were- I was gonna be NICE to you. Remember that? O: Yeah, and then you contradicted yourself almost immediately, I didn't say shit to you, you immediately started attacking me! And you just harassed me- X: No! That's just my job! O: To do what, what is your job? What is this!? Where the fuck are we!? X: I mean, if there's a dick-, if, y'know, someone's dick out on the job, I gotta stop em'. O: What are you on about? What!? X: You don't remember? O: My dick has not been out all day! X: No, no! Like, the first time we met. O: Yeah, in fucki- before the test? X: What test? O: What does this have to- I don't understand, I don't- X: LISTEN! I had a whole thing planned at the end of my shift, me and my friend, gonna go home, we were so close to clocking out, and then you show up, dick out, ruining shit... And we're- we were gonna go home, and play- oh I got Playstation THREE we've both got Playstation Plus, one month. And... I got Heavenly Sword, new game out. Heavenly Sword is NOT a rip-off of God of War. O: Okay. Yeah. Hap- uhhh-, Heavenly Sword was gonna be the new Halo for Sony. O: What are you talking about!? What does this have to do- X: And it was gonna be GREAT. There was gonna- Heavenly Sword was gonna have DLC where you could have sixty people in one server! Throwing fraaags n' shit. O: Okay. Okay. Okay. X: And you ruined that! You ruined that! And now I have to go ask everyone at my job- it's embarrassing to ask for a free month of Playstation Plus cuz' I couldn't go home and play with my friend. You know how s- How sucks that is for me? Bro!? O: ...No. X: It's REALLY annoying! And then I have to go home, and I- I load up YouTube Yownloader to look up Heavenly Sword videos cuz' I can't DO IT because you RUINED it cuz I couldn't go to the GameStop and get it from my friend Josh who's the cashier. O: How do I factor into this!? I don't- What do you mean, the dick slip- X: You walked with your dick out and ruined the whole night! O: HOW DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH FUCKING ANYTHING!? X: My friends are here. *Gestures to the irredeemables* These are the people I met online when I had PlayStation Plus. SONY CEO JACK TRETTON SURVIVED A NUCLEAR- A NUCLEAR BOMB! O: What...? What? Should we shu- should we X: SONY CEO JACK TRETTON HIRED- uh- NINTENDO CEO REGGIE and they built a big BOMB that was gonna go off... but I saved the world! O: Should we stop him? Should we just start shooting at him? I don't know, it's not gonna do- Delta: NO! NO! Let hi- Let- We need to understand! O: I don't understand a damn- X: So I didn't, I didn't have a big plan! I was 'sposed to be nice but you forced me to be BAAAAD so I gonna be baad. O: How did I force you- X: Friend. O: How did I force... X: The- The big plot is slowly unraveling before our eyes O: What is he- What is happening to him? Omega: I can feel a change in his DNA! X: BBBBBB O: He's d- WHOA! X: Welcome

KWKDKDKKKR DAMM

[umiedibles]

Okie I'm just gonna say THE FACT THAT IF YOU QUIT A LIVE, IT DOESN'T REFUND YOUR BP??????????????? IT'S STRAIGHT UP DAYLIGHT ROBBERY????? NOT TO MENTION WITH THOSE REFRESH RATES. IMAGINE YOU FORGOT TO SET YOUR SPEED SLOWER AND YOU STRAIGHT UP FAIL THE LIVE and you lost 10BP just like that bc the game consumes energy currency upon entry instead of upon completion like please fucking fix that...

The stuff with Arashi and the SHITTY translations is a problem far too big to be labeled a pet peeve and deserves it's own post honestly...

Another is how the notification popup for store NEVER goes away until you buy the recommended packs like is that just me?? It's so damn annoying I ain't spending money on the EN server with dog shit translation either go awayyy

Another is the ABSURD and STUPID censorship in the English server?? I can say the f slur but not the word pull? Hello??? Or some basic harmless words... But I can say shit? Fuck? Okay whateverrr

Keito should be deleted from the game /j

The game doesn't let you skip the gacha animation like OHHH it glowed blue okay get it over with (aggressive tapping) even if it was gold or rainbow I should be allowed to skip pulls instantly??

The Double Face debut cards should be in the default pool idgaf??? Why do I need to get 30, 40 memorial coins so I can have the MV outfits??? Considering they disbanded this makes me even madder honestly

Another is not being allowed to auto during your first time on each tour. I'm using BP?? 3 BP, actually! LET ME AUTO I am not doing all these manually again for (30 × 4 = 120) 120 songs???? That's 360 BP MINIMUM LET ME AUTO FIRST TRY

On first time story reads, even if you auto, the story won't move on to the next episode, instead it'll stay on the reward gem screen like dude I put you on auto because I cannot be BOTHERED to tap to skip?? MOVE

Also back on tours, you have to clear the songs in order to the given chart instead of being able to select which one you want. Like wow I wanna clear PERFECTLY×IMPERFECT on auto to farm event points but I gotta listen to mother trucking Eichi first? And spend BP on him?? Eyeroll

The advanced auto button doesn't have an option for reduced voltage support or ensemble gauge increase I think we should have those.

Also those supports don't have a number or indicator? Like do they reduce/increase it by a certain percentage or multiplier? Can I actually see these numbers to decide if it's worth spending my gems on?

The fact that scout tickets expire is just so meaningless and predatory...?? Even big gachas don't make their tickets expire. Why can't I save all my scout tickets? Now I gotta spend those piss colored tickets on standard to get my 6th Shu copy as if it'll give me anything new

Event 5 stars being locked. Not necessarily whale needed, but needing to spend a sizeable amount to get just one copy?? I know the business and game model doesn't require you to get every little rare unit unlike other gachas, and maybe it's because enstars is my only rhythm gacha game, but that's just so stupid. At least lower the points needed so I can get one copy, and let the whales max uncap what they want. The punishment for missing a card is so great too. Not only do you need to wait a year for them to get added to memorial, you also need to save at most 30 coins for a first time copy and memorial coins are so damn scarce??? Considering the model, time, and the delay in schedule between JP and EN, it seems reasonable but it's still such a big penalty for what, not spending diamond resources which are already scarcely given?

Can't think of more rn uhmmmmmmm scratches head.

Just asking for everybody and u included, any Enstars pet peeves? :3

Mine is merely the fact that the flick buttons don't look different enough so whenever my colorblind ass has to flick a note it's usually too fast for me to see left or right, and the other options for a different colored flick notes are ugly set notes...

its kinda annoying that the starry live is refresh based and you have to do all of them before you can get new ones instead of being pages you can flip through cuz during events theres 3 normal songs and the event song and when you finish the normal ones sometimes youll have to do a few more normal ones to get to 100 event passes to get to the next page and it takes way longer than it should :// and it would be nice if they had a native english speaker helping with the translations cuz its pretty rough in some places especially with the lyric translations . thats pretty much it tho , the devs do a good job with it

[read-watch-listen-17]

CROOKED KINGDOM

I probably should have done this in multiple posts, but here are my random thoughts while reading Crooked Kingdom.

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Alright starting off with a bang, I like it. Poor Ratvenko :( I hope he doesn't get drugged. And what was the winged person? Was it a Grisha or something else? Who is it working for? Van Eck?

Wylan, I really don't think Kaz was joking in any way about what he said would happen to the little girl, her family, or the dogs. When it comes to saving Inej I don't think there's anything he wouldn't do to make sure he gets her back. Which is super sweet and scary.

Look at Inej trying to escape and of course it was a set up.

Shit! For a second I thought she was gonna lose a leg ���😳

Of course Jesper can't meet his father without a gun fight breaking out. 😅😅😅

Jesper: Look at you, asking all the right questions.

Nina summoned dust? But it's a Fabrikator thing? Was there someone else there? I hope she's able to beat the parem.

Damn! For a second I thought Van Eck had outsmarted Kaz, but I should have known better. Van Eck doesn't care about Wylan, but he cares a lot about his pregnant wife. Inej is right. He practically challenged Kaz to kidnap her.

Holy smokes batman! That exchange was a little intense. Of course nothing Van Eck came up with to double cross Kaz would work 😆

But shit. What are the Shu doing to the Grisha? Are those Grisha? Is someone else experimenting on them? I thought I read in Six of Crows that someone was trying to combine metal with Grisha, but I can't remember who mentioned it or who they were talking about. 🤔🤔🤔 Were they talking about the Shu? Why are the Shu collecting Grisha?

Okay so they're not Grisha and now I'm thinking it was mentioned in Shadow and Bone, not Six of Crows, but damn! They got some wolverine shit going on. 😳😳😳

Talking about the sugar plan and Kaz mentions a net for Inej. He wants her to be safe ❤️❤️❤️

Jespers sassy comments give me so much joy!

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Gonna sneak the Grisha out using one of Van Ecks own ships!

ZOYA!!! I missed you!!! ❤️❤️❤️

Ya know I already thought Van Eck was a dick. I didn't need another reason to justify it. I didn't need to find out that Wylans mom is alive. That Van Dick had her committed so he could divorce her after claiming all her money and property just so he could marry another woman who would give him a "true heir."

LOL Nina and Matthias making out.

Shit. Matthias, Jesper, and Kuwei are in trouble.

Well shit. Inej and most likely Nina are in trouble too.

HOLY SHIT! When people are in danger and it changes POVs I tend to read faster to get back to them, but I can't do that when they're ALL IN FUCKING TROUBLE. My heart can't take this. The only upside is I know Pekka Rollins is behind it...not that that is really an upside. I gotta go find out what happens to EVERYONE.

Jesper: "I can't hear you. Come closer" 🤣🤣🤣

Awww Mathias wants to change the world now ❤️❤️❤️

Whew. Everyone is at least somewhat safe. That was stressful. And, umm, I guess Nina can control the dead now. Are we exploring the death part of control life and death for Hearttenders? Is that where we're going?

Exactly how many plans has Kaz hatched in this book? Like 5?

Poor Jesper 😭😭😭 kissed the wrong boy.

Kaz got the dregs back!!! 🥳🥳🥳

STURMHOND!!!! ❤️🥳❤️🥳❤️🥳❤️🥳

You handsome, sassy man wasn't expecting you to be in this neck of the woods. How long have you been here? How did you get past the blockades?

Yay! Genya changed Wylan back to his old self!! 🥳🥳🥳

Great plan! Brilliant plan!

Does Nina know Sturmhond as Nikolai? She recognized his voice, maybe from when they were little?

MATTHIAS DIED 😭😭😭😭💔💔💔💔

But everyone else is safe and happy...hopefully.

Kaz helped reunite Inej with her parents!!!! 😭🥳😭🥳😭🥳😭🥳❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I can't wait to see what happens in King of Scars, but there is one thing I still don't understand. Was Sturmhond there the whole time or did he sneak past the blockades?!?!?!

[namelesswolffreak]

"Boyfriends"

I've been working on this story concept for....3-4 years now and I've finally managed to work everything out to the point I'm confident in posting this little blurb of the main characters. So, I hope you enjoy and feel free to ask questions about them and their world.

Context: This takes place in a world of super powered people heavily inspired by MHA / Marvel / Miraculous. Waker (Way-kur) Atlas is Dare City's main hero who is put through quite a lot on a daily to weekly basis trying to beat the baddies and Cyrus Fauthrin is his infamous thief arch nemesis turned lover and best friend who causes trouble around the city just to get the Hero's attention.

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The melancholy of the day was waning on Waker as he patrolled the quiet streets of one of Dare’s many neighborhoods which was quite unusual considering every seven seconds a villain was after his head. The sun was barely above the clouds, no one was really awake yet and the only thing that accompanied him was his footsteps as he jumped, hopped and skipped to the next platform he summoned under his feet. He happened to be bounding over Lay Wind Park, the foxes fast asleep in their dens to his disappointment, but the Hero Monuments were still a sight to behold in the early sunrise as they shone with brilliance in what little light was filtering over the surrounding hillsides.

The wind blew past his frizzed locks as he stood above the park near a tree in the shade, expression steeled and focused as he watched for signs of trouble as he waited for a certain someone to arrive. Today was uneventful and rather slow, the kind of day Waker preferred if he were being honest. Heaven knew being bored all day was ten times better than returning home to the countless kitchen sink surgeries he’d have to do with worn needles and his mother’s thread pinching into his skin as he sewed up bloodied wounds full of shrapnel and debris. Much better. The birds were chirping a happy, lazy song as they flew by on the breeze and the distant hum of an awakening city filled the natural ambiance of cicadas and crickets quite nicely as he watched and waited. He dare let out a sigh as the scene took hold of him fully, a warmth washing over him that he hadn’t felt in the recent weeks.

Which wouldn’t be for long as the rustling of tree leaves and a “Boo!” have him falling off of his platforms and hurtling towards the ground with an embarrassingly shrill scream.

“Waker!” A concerned voice follows as a blue blur dives after him.

Ground spiraling as he falls, Waker braces for impact, too late to conjure any platforms beneath him to break the fall so, he readies himself, waiting for the hurt and pain that would surely follow with some scrapes and bruises…………...But it never comes. He unscrunches his eyes and removes his arms from his head to see a blue, sparkling light surrounding him.

Irritation and embarrassment take over him immediately.

His face turns a copious amount of red as he’s carefully scooped up in pale arms that hold him close and, humiliatingly enough, in bridal style. Oh god no, he curses mentally, murmuring a soft “No…” into his shield of arms. This was so not how he wanted to show up in front of his partner after their long and grueling few weeks of not being able to see each other outside of villain fights and breaks in between their testing week.

The sudden warmth of a chest presses against his side and the delicate rhythm of a frantic heart race beneath his one hand as the other quickly grabs for his cape to hide his strawberry cheeks. There was no way in hell he was letting ‘he knew who’ see him in such a state, there was no possible way he could let the witch-like thief catch him like this. A brave hero didn’t get scared or spooked by rustling leaves and the word boo! Absolutely absurd! Though a voice in the back of his mind said he already had.

“You are such a fucking clutz, I swear.” And a huge scaredy cat, the blue-clad ravenette doesn’t say aloud, but his tone implies anyways. “I should take you to my ballet classes sometime, maybe then you’d actually learn some balance.” The comment only makes him clutch the soft fabric tighter around himself.

He’s loathing the thought of unveiling himself now, but he knows he’s been caught, his normally stoic or serious persona now broken and practically burned away as he knows his cape isn’t doing much to hide his warm face or the tenseness of his grip. Plans to forever sink himself into a hole where nobody could possibly ever find him again after this mess are shortly abandoned for now and gaining courage Waker swallows the huge lump in his throat and tries to cleverly reply. “H-hey, what’s a-....What’s up, Witch Boy?” And he knows the intended playfulness doesn’t go through as he’s met with a narrowed glare.

The other isn’t amused. “Witch boy, really? Did I actually scare you that badly that you lost a couple of brain cells?”

“Shu-shut up, Cyrus!” He defends as this “Cyrus” just sighs at him, though his stare more sly than pointed now.

“Get out of that stupid thing so I can see your face.” He says with a tremble in his voice that Waker can definitely tell is laughter, the prick. “Or I’ll totally drop you again.” And like hell he will, Waker knows, but he takes the threat seriously nonetheless and loosens his grip on the cape just enough to see the Ravenette’s brilliant and ever playful smile.

For a moment Waker just stares and admires him, those brilliant blues sparkling, no, literally sparkling as he says something Waker doesn’t catch. The sun is framing his face so perfectly in the light, highlighting those perfectly red cheeks he would love to kiss every morning, and the slight upturn of his lips as he smiles down in reverence at him, and the slow flutter of his lashes that compliment his features nicely. Though braided off to the side Cyru’s hair never fails to make him look so ethereal as the gentle morning breeze brushes back his loose strands. Waker swears it looks like its made up of space itself when he lets it go during the night time, convincing himself he can see stars within the strands when he stands beneath the moonlight. It doesn’t take much to make the hero swoon regarding his partner nowadays. Daydreams of peaceful nights alone on the couch watching movies together after his nightmares keep him awake and alert run through his mind, or the times Cyrus has saved him from getting beaten to a pulp and they spent hours talking over stitching him back together about nothing at all, and every single time Cyrus has stuck up for him at school, reminding him of the warmth this person carries with them and all the love and affection he’s constantly showered in when they’re together. It’s strange how much Cyrus has changed over the past few months from raging emo to ride or die friend, but he wouldn’t change it for the world. He doesn’t even try to stop the lofty sigh that escapes his lips as more dear memories cross his mind.

And Cyrus is all too quick to recognize that dumb look on his face.

“Oh, hell no!” Is the only warning he gets before being promptly dropped, this time no blue aura to save him from hitting the dirt below, landing with a thud. “Not this early in the morning!” Though Waker could have sworn Cyrus was sharing the same look with him not minutes prior.

“Ow! Why’d you drop me, asshole!?”

Cyrus cocks his hips as he floats there, his wide brimmed conical now covering his eyes in an intimidating manner, making him way more menacing than he should considering his current attire. “Oh please, don’t even act like you’re hiding that stupid look on your face, Idiot! I ain’t dealing with your whole sappy dappy act this early in the morning.”

By “sappy dappy” Waker knows exactly what he’s referring to and scowls accordingly. Apparently, holding hands and having morning cuddles while complimenting everything about Cyrus is considered sappy and lovingly disgusting. Well at least to some people, it’s called affection and admiration!

“It’s a look that means I like you, asswipe!” Waker shoots back, malice nowhere to be found in his tone though, barring more on playfulness.

“Do you think I’m in love with you or something!?”

And they then stand there -well float there- in silence, both looking each other in the eyes, narrowed brows testing the other to make the next move or say the next snappy comment. And for a moment it looks as if the words really have cut too deep, but Waker isn’t one to remain serious for long as his shoulders begin to shake, prompting the other to clutch his stomach and stifle a grin as their eyes water over with laughter.

“Oh, no, not me, I could never.” Waker quips, leaning back and hugging both his arms, not caring for the dirt now caking his suit. Cyrus is quick to come back with his own natural snark.

“Pfft, as if! Absolutely not. Me and you, the orange haired frizz ball who kicks my ass more than twice a week over that one time I stole a candy bar? You gotta be fucking with me!” He bellows, Waker taking note of the boy flipping upside down where he floats in the air, his face a contortion of joy and happiness as his ripped dress flows with the wind.

He finds the display rather adorable, recalling that such a thing only occurred by accident when the thief was getting emotional. His inept ability to control his powers never failed to amuse the Hero. The little wrinkle of his nose didn’t quiet his thoughtful admiration either as he blushed in between bouts of giggles.

"I wouldn't have time to be your lover anyways!"

“It’s only 6am, when can I admire my boyfriend so it fits within your busy schedule?”

And the laughter is immediately quieted, a heavy silence filling the air, even the crickets and cicadas falling victim to it. The world is waiting in bated breath as if listening to the drama unfold.

Waker holds in a breath. Oh shit, oh fuck, he really fucked it up this time! Way to go, Atlas, you really did a number on today!

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“I-I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to, I just did-”

“It’s ok……” Cyrus breaths out, taking a long drag of air before finally finishing. “It’s….ok.” He manages to lower himself to the ground, dress falling at his sides, and crosses his arms in doing so. “We’re-I’m going to have to get used to it eventually.” He shrugs. “Right?”

There’s a weight to his words as Cyrus steps closer to the redhead that Waker recognizes near immediately. They’ve had this talk before, a talk that has led to a misunderstanding or two between them in the past and a verbal fight at that. The term “Boyfriend.” It was a touchy subject to say the least and while it had been a challenge for even Waker himself to start using it, it also seemed Cyrus was struggling to accept the lofty title. A long time ago before the two even met, the word had a different meaning to it for them both, but Waker had long since come to terms with it himself, but understood Cyrus’ hesitation in saying the word freely. He considered his next words carefully.

“I know you don’t exactly like the ter-”

“It’s not that I don’t like it Waker…..”

“I know, Cy, but.” Failing to put his thoughts into words Waker scrambles forward to catch Cyrus’ hands in his own, pecking each delicately, square on the knuckles, gauging his reaction whilst he does so. When Waker is met with a soft smile, he returns it, though his much softer and kinder in Cyrus’ eyes. “I shouldn’t have said it when you’re not ready. Just because I moved past it doesn’t mean you have.” Noticing his smile slipping he clumsily adds in, “And that’s ok! Really, it’s ok and I mean, and I love you and-uh, I get it and I mean I just say boyfriend because that’s what everyone else says, expects- wait no- I didn’t mean to phrase it like that uh-I don’t really get the need for a title for what we have anyways, like so dumb right!?”

Followed by more ridiculous rambling that has Cyrus covering his mouth trying not to giggle. It’s a nervous habit that has come to amuse the thief to no end. “And-it not like it means anything to us, its just there for other people so they know that um, we, us, you and I are an um item I guess wow that was cheesy and dumb and I am so sorry that you have to put up with me oh god I’m rambling and no, don’t look at me like that. I’m doing the thing again aren’t I-” Shaking with laughter again Cyrus has to put a hand on his shoulder to get him to shut up because he knows if he doesn’t Waker could go on well into the night and has before. It didn’t help that he could feel the tremble of the others fingers, realizing Waker was going to throw himself into an anxiety attack if he didn’t.

“Waker!” And Waker promptly closes his mouth, panic clear in his eyes that Cyrus quickly combats by brushing strands of orange out of his face and behind his ear. “Just take a deep breath.” And Waker does, following the instruction intently. “And let it out, slowly.” And Waker follows that too, looking that much calmer as Cyrus pulls him closer. “Slowly.” He rubs his thumbs over Waker’s hands. The trembling is still present, but less so. “There you go.” And doesn’t stop telling him to breath calmly until he feels Waker’s grip relax in his own.

Delicately and softly, each flyaway is combed back into place only to immediately pop out again, but Waker appreciates the sentiment anyways and Cyrus has no problem being given an excuse to keep combing through such lovely soft tufts. He loves the soft mane of fluff on his partner’s head that even since their first meeting has remained as untamed and wild as ever. -Such a shame he always ties it back when he’s on duty though- It just adds to the contrast between his actual self and hero persona, the sweet and endearing ball of anxiety vs the serious and battle ready hero of Dare city who couldn’t catch a break. And he wouldn’t be ashamed to admit to which one he preferred.

“You don’t need to tell me-er.” Waker quickly corrects, trying not to sound patronizing. “I don’t need you to explain yourself Cy. You-we don’t need to have a name if that’s what you want, that’s what I’m trying to say. Official or unofficial or whatever, I won’t treat you any different.”

“I know Waker. I…..I really want to call you that, just I-.......I just like what we have right now and-”

Waker just pecks him on the cheek quickly and pulls away to pat at a spot on the ground, looking longingly back up at him. A soundless “You don’t want to lose me.” goes unsaid as Cyrus complies, Waker taking the shorter one in his arms once more.

It wasn’t a matter of Cyrus being afraid to commit, though maybe it was, not even he was sure of what was going with himself anymore, but a fear that the wonderful friendship he’d built up with the hero would end or change or just not be the way it is now because they suddenly started calling each other boyfriends. He’s had it happen one too many times at this point, every one of his previous “boyfriends” changing everything once they started dating, acting as if kissing and romantic outings were supposed to be their only interactions from now on. They were no longer interested in the random silly things he found on the internet or just hanging out doing whatever, but were interested in using him, his body, parading him around and rubbing it in peoples faces, being denied having fun if it wasn’t their idea of “fun” and more. Cyrus' stomach curls remembering being ignored for weeks to months at a time because he wasn’t feeling up to being in bed with them or awkwardly sitting off to the side while his one boyfriend at the time showed him off to his friends and bragged. It was the same guy who he used to play videogames and eat cookies with on the weekends, talking about anything and everything…...It hurts him to realise there probably was never a friendship there to begin with. Just an elaborate ruse to get him into bed at some point.

And that was one thing Cyrus feared when they had held hands for the first time after awkwardly admitting to harboring feelings for each other after the high of a fight they were forced to join sides on. Never had the thief felt more relieved that his feelings were reciprocated, but also more scared that he had just ruined the one healthy relationship he managed to make in those many months spent together.

Cyrus removes his hat and huddles under Waker’s chin, placing his head right on his heart that gives out a steady, comforting rhythm and brightens when the taller of the two puts his head on him in return. No, Cyrus thinks, this is different.

A long silence falls between them as they cuddle in each other's arms, just watching the sun come up. Basking in each other’s presence, taking in the warmth of their bodies pressed together in this nice early morning, and relishing in the calm which was far and few in between with their double lives and they were thankful. There’s no need to exchange words now as a quiet understanding befalls them both.

It’s only after the sun seems to peak at the crest of the hillsides does Waker make himself heard again.

“Is that why you dropped me?” And Cyrus blinks for a quick second, processing the question before understanding and then playfulness cross his expression.

“No it’s because you’re a dunce.” He huffs. “And fucking heavy as hell.”

Waker chooses to ignore that last bit. “But I’m your dunce.” He boops his nose.

“Damn, straight you are.” And Cyrus retaliates with a kiss on his.

Boyfriend or just “friend who I like to kiss and hold hands with sometimes”, Waker loves him and Cyrus doesn’t doubt that for a second.

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[slides in here] forest is here to be predictable and request “why can’t you just talk to me” saiouma if u can tysm <3

Ouma’s late again.

It’s not something that would inherently bother Saihara, is the thing. He’s always the earliest to places, always walks home quickly and gets back to his apartment nearly the same time each day. He usually has to wait for others-- his friend, Yumeno, took nearly an hour to come visit, once-- so it’s not something that should bother him. He shouldn’t be upset.

But, Ouma always does this. Ouma always has some business to take care of, something Saihara can’t discern (and what kind of detective-), and the supreme leader is always a step ahead, always disappearing somewhere and Saihara never knows where he is for hours, and the veneer of patience slips every time Ouma slips on his shoes, kisses his cheek, and goes off the grid. 

It’s terrifying, gives the phantom sense like there’s something Saihara could lose, something he can’t afford to lose, after litanies of missing-people cases he’s so terrified Ouma could slip through his fingers, but he can never articulate that in a way that Ouma would understand. Because, when Ouma loses people, he changes the rendezvous location, he runs, he plans, he tries again. He keeps those losses tied down inside him and would rather die than show how it’s hurt him. 

(Sometimes, it doesn’t feel like anything can hurt Ouma. Which makes Saihara worry, but how do you even breach that? How do you even ask someone about something like that? How could he even be sure Ouma isn’t lying, when he’s lied so many times, when he’s said he’ll come back so many times that he has to break the pattern at some point, get bored of Saihara and never return, and then? Then, would it even hurt Ouma?)

Saihara flickers with his phone, leaning against a cupboard while dinner cooks on the stove. He could call. He could call, but Ouma always says only call me if it’s important and this isn’t really important, is it? This is just how he is, and he would love to think that Ouma would take the call and would reassure him, swoop by and save Saihara from the stress of loving him, but neither of them are damsels in distress and neither of them could really ever be saved. 

Should he call? Should he call someone else, flip the phone and call Harukawa, who will sigh and listen to him with vague exasperation, a redux of the two of them years ago, eating lunch together, where she said he’s not good for you, not good for anyone, and Saihara wrote her off. He could call Momota, who would threaten to beat Ouma’s ass but back off if Saihara presses, but he doesn’t like that victory. And Yumeno is probably asleep, and Chabashira might not listen, and Kiibo is really busy these days, and Shinguuji is too, and and and-

Ouma picks up on the third ring. 

“Heyyyyyyy, Shu-shu!” he greets energetically, sounding vaguely out of breath. Saihara’s brows knit (but it’s not exactly like he can breathe, either. He’s a hypocrite). “Is something up? I didn’t think the baby was due for, yet!”

Neither of them could ever raise someone, not even attempt, if they would just follow their footsteps. Still, it’s a joke, and Saihara isn’t laughing but he is relieved that Ouma is joking. “Ah, no, unfortunately,” he replies, slumping a bit against the wall. “I was, uhm, calling to ask to see where you are?”

There’s a distinct pause, one that Saihara breaks with a sigh, and eventually Ouma replies in a slightly-off tone. “Oh, y’know, I’m at a courthouse committing arson!”

“Kokichi.”

“Well, you asking where I am takes the fun out of it, detective!” And what kind of detective- “... Jeez, fine! I’ll be back by tonight. I always am!”

You’re not, Saihara wants to reply, because if you always came back, then I wouldn’t be so afraid, right? I wouldn’t be scared that you’ll leave, that you’ll disappear, that you’ll die. I wouldn’t be so scared, because I’m not impractical, I’m just a worried lover but I’m not fussing over you, there is a reason to be afraid, and-

Ouma has a subtle way of making Saihara feel like he’s losing control of everything. It makes the control he does have all the better, but when it slips out of his hands, when he doesn’t know…

“Jeez, am I that boring that you had to fall asleep on the phone? Wake up, Shu-shu!”

Saihara realizes how quiet he’s been and awkwardly coughs, speaking up again. “Ah, sorry. I got lost in thought, uhm.”

“Anything else I can do for you, my beloved? I have to run away from the cops now, so…”

“Why-” Saihara cuts himself off before he can start. He knows that it’s unfair, that putting that on him is so fucking unfair, but nothing about the two of them is fair, or just, or right. Because he’s always so scared, and there’s a kind of thrill in their relationship that he didn’t expect, didn’t want, and all he really wants is for Ouma to come back with no injuries, no scars, no fines, no prison sentences. And, Saihara knows he can’t set his expectations that high with the other, that he has to numb it down to something like can’t you just be honest with me, but is it even right, to lower the bar at all? And, and, and- 

Before he knows it, he’s saying, “Why can’t you just talk to me?”

He immediately wants to bite it back, the sharp silence on the line setting him on edge. It’s… it’s important to talk to Ouma about this, he knows he has to, he knows that their relationship isn’t all that great and he needs to work through it with the other in some way, but the quiet reminds him of his hesitance. 

Ouma responds, eventually, his voice as casual as ever, but with an undertone of something, a flicker of an emotion Saihara can’t discern. “Are we not actually talking right now. Ring-ring-ring, honey, I’m calling you on the telephone, can you hear me?” Can you hear me, can you hear me-

“I meant, uhm-”

The emotion is less discreet when Ouma interrupts him, stating, “I know what you meant.”

… What does Saihara say to that? “Uhm, s-”

“It’s been super super fun, Shu-shu,” his voice is back to normal again, the anger shining through before being carefully suppressed, and all Saihara can think is dammit. “But I gotta go catch a flight to Vegas! Really sorry, I hope to talk to you soon, my schedule is sorta filled with embezzlement plans but-”

Saihara is the one who hangs up.

He slides to the floor, looks at the ceiling, ignores the dinner still cooking-- probably burning-- on the stove. They need to work through this, can work through this, just need to get a couple counselor or spend a couple hours talking about everything…

… but Ouma feels so, so far away from here, and Saihara isn’t even sure where here is.

And. And, that’s just the way their game of chasing each other has always gone, even if neither of them want to play it anymore.

(Ouma does come back, gets home when Saihara is half-asleep at some hour of midnight, kisses him as an apology and stays at home, with him, for the next two days. But by day three, Saihara gets up to a rose on the bedside table and a text message, and he wonders how long one person could ever chase another.)

[mejomonster]

Wu Xie is a Mulder type, he joined the government and tried to revitalize the (heavily neglected) Special Investigations Division (that Wenjie used to work in). His family always wanted him to get a nice decent job, they never expected this. His third uncle went missing when he was a teenager, and Wu Xie is still desperately searching for him.

Xiao Hua also gets a job in the government, and sometimes works with Wu Xie on cases because the SID barely has any employees. But secretly Xiao Hua is already aware of the existence of extraterrestrials and his family is privately benefiting off their technology and exchanges. (He's still gotta be head of a crime family). His uncle ALSO went missing when Wu Xie's did, and Xiao Hua wants to know the truth.

Wang Pangzi is a spy, who infiltrated the government and is now "transfered" to SID to find out what information Wu Xie knows for his employer A Ning and her company. But he grows fond of Wu Xie and doesn't want to let him get killed, and ends up leaving his old employers to help Wu Xie.

Hei Xiazi has been through a LOT which he's not telling anyone about, and is the liason between Xiao Hua and the "others," he's got a lot of tech and information no one else has and is happy to sell for a price, but the most useful stuff he tends to keep to himself. He's probably got more experience with what private orgs have done and alien tombs discovered on earth than much anyone else, but his lips are sealed about it (not that they don't chatter on about everything else). He thinks it's all a mess, and he intends to benefit. He knows some of what Xiao Hua wants to find out about what happened to his uncle and how in deep the messes are, but can't tell Xiao Hua for his own safety, and it's a point of conflict.

Zhang Qiling's memory is shot, and private companies (including A Ning's, and the org San Shu disappeared into) have been trying to use him for decades to gain the same abilities he has, hes lashing out trying to escape one such confinement when he crashes right into Wu Xie and Pangzi trying to break into the place (Wu Xie to uncover the mystery, Pangzi to sabotage the attempt and try to protect Wu Xie at the same time). Wu Xie thinks he's found an abductee who escaped because of Zhang Qilings foggy memory, and Pangzi is aware they're harboring someone that his shadow org employers REALLY want to get back. Wu Xie clings hard though and Pangzi realizes he can't just use his position to slyly hand Zhang Qiling back to his employers, or it'll crush Wu Xie (and Wu Xie will risk it all to try and save him - and Pangzi already knows wu xie is on borrowed time, the more wu xie fucks with the shadow org the more they'll be inclined to try and kill him, but Pangzi can't lose wu xie). So pangzi realizes they may have to run and go into hiding together.

I might write an x files type dmbj au

[tranquiltatsumi]

God okay since the canon dorm assignments are fucking insane and honestly look like someone threw darts at a chart to decide where people would be, let's talk about the potential unit dorms- which actually Make Sense- have. I spent a lot of time thinking ab this earlier so here's some hcs:

(Note: Some of these are shippy! Includes Kurokei, Adosou, Kaorei and Ritsumao! Just thought I'd prewarn yall)

Subaru wakes the rest of trickstar up at like 5am every day bc he has too much energy and makes too much noise. Hokke throws everything in reach, including his alarm clock, in an attempt to make him shut up

When was the last time Mao actually slept in his bed? Nobody knows. They have a "you work too hard" intervention pretty much monthly

Kuro and Keito share bunks despite the fact that this almost always ends with Keito on the floor bc Kuro moves too much in his sleep

they always make sure Souma is getting enough rest. very hypocritical of Keito to lecture him about the values of sleep when he didn't come back to the dorm until 3am and there's 12 empty red bull cans in the bin that was emptied last night.

Natsume puts small, mostly harmless curses on tsumugi while he sleeps. things like making it so his shoelaces will always come untied. Mugi considers them friendly pranks (and fair game considering his war crimes)

on the flip side he uses his magic to make things good for Sora. if he had a bad day Natsume will stay up just a little later to make a spell that gives him the happiest dream he ever had. Sora doesn't know he does this.

Ra*bits have movie nights every friday n they have a movie picking rota so that everyone gets a fair shot. they build a blanket fortress to sit in while they watch the movie

Ra*bits cuddle puddle is a common occurrence. they just fall asleep in a pile. Ra*bits 100% most wholesome family

Hajime makes everyone tea every morning without fail, and he's learned what kinds of tea they like and saves to buy a few boxes of each. When Eichi finds this out he starts gifting hajime very specific boxes of tea. tea club gotta stick together

Kaoru is forced to confront his gay thoughts because Rei is too goddamn pretty even in the mornings and he can't ignore it anymore.

Eventually it becomes a common occurrence for Adonis or Koga to wake up and see Rei in Kaoru's bunk (they don't both fit in the coffin. Rei is unimpressed by this)

Adonis spends more time in Akatsuki's dorm than Undead's and Rei is developing concerned dad syndrome- he doesn't know why Adonis is "avoiding" them (don't tell him he's dating Souma he's gonna be so dramatic ab it)

Mao still has to wake Ritsu up every day bc even tho the other members of Knights are there to do it, Ritsu refuses to listen to them.

Izumi has literally sat on him before ad Ritsu went right back to sleep until Mao arrived.

when Mao knocks on the door someone always goes "Hey Ritsu your boyfriends here" and before the two of them actually start dating poor Ritsu gets so embarrassed he refuses to get up even for Mao, because he's bright red and doesn't need Mao seeing him like that.

with both Izumi and Arashi living there, the bathroom has So Much makeup in it. Too much makeup. Most of it is Arashi's considering Izumi spends most of his time in Italy. She has the longest morning routine you will ever see. How is she not always late to class.

One time Leo used eyeliner to write music on the mirror because inspiration struck while he was brushing his teeth. Nobody was particularly thrilled with him for that.

all of Ryuseitai notices Midori's depression like a month after they move into the dorm. cue very concerned chat ab how they can help him and whether he's getting professional help

all of them have forcibly carried him to bed and watched until he fell asleep because he stayed up till 2am to finish work

Kanata fills up the bath and floats in it when he's sad. They have to keep an eye out bc he falls asleep in there sometimes.

Shu still spends most of his time in Paris but he comes back often enough, and similarly to Keito he's a bit of a hypocrite about making sure Mika sleeps enough

Eichi is terrible for drinking too much tea in the evening and not being able to sleep despite being exhausted. Wataru and Yuzuru have taken to offering to make the tea for him and giving him decaf. He knows but he appreciates the gesture so he never says anything.

The fine dorm is often covered in rose petals. If Tori finds one more rose petal under his pillow he's gonna throw Wataru out the window. It doesn't matter that Wataru is like a foot taller than him.

[qweeby]

Nine Lives To Short Part 9: Fools like you

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Shinsou arc complete ??

Paring: Shinsou x Reader 👀👀

Genre: Angst

Taglist: @bakuhoetoedoroki @foxypuppy

Plot: You only have nine days to tell him how you feel but...maybe you've been chasing the wrong guy.

"Why did you drag me out here, Bakugo."

Shisou puts one of his hands in his pockets as he stares at the surprisingly quiet Bakugo.

"You know exactly why I called you out here, Tom Cat!"

"Tom Cat? Now that's a new one"

" UGH JUST SHUT UP AND LISTEN! It's about Y/n."

Shinsou gives Bakugo his full undivided attention after hearing that he wants to talk about you.

"Ever since Mr. Aizawa informed to the class about Y/n's qurik that shitty Deku been making theory about how to save her."

Shinsou eyes widen, "Wait really! What were some of his theories?"

"HIS THEORIES THEY ALL SUCKED! I BLEW UP HIS NOTEBOOK AFTER READING ALL OF THEM."

Shinsou let's out a long sigh saying, "Why am I not surprised" as he exhales.

"My theory is way better! Y/n's quirk only awakened when she fell in love right!? Well with you I mean!"

"Yeah, you're right on the money...but where are you going with this"

" Well,what if she falls out of love with you and she falls for someone else."

"Someone like me".

-Meanwhile back inside with Y/n and Momo-

"Ok ok this is fine everything is fine"

"FINE! NO EVERYTHING ISN'T FINE!" Momo says while shaking you furiously.

"MOMO STOP SHAKING ME! I JUST NEED TO LAY DOWN FOR A FEW!.

"Oh....are you sure, Y/n?".

Before you can respond to Momo you feel a tap on your shoulder, you turn around and see that it's Mei Hatsume.

"Oh Hello Hatsume-" In a instant Mei takes your hand and drags you off leaving Momo in the kitchen.

"H-huh! Umm Mei?"

"Sorry Creati, me and Y/n need to have some girl talk! I gotta introduce her to one of my babies!

Even though Mei has a huge smile on her face, you can feel her grip on her you arm tighten.

"Yeah, Momo I'll be ok just keep the party going!".

The chanting of Izuku name can be hear as you are being dragged out of sight and eventually out of mind.

Momo stares off wonder if she made the right choice because for some reason she didn't like the engery Mei was giving off.

"Umm Yoayorozu?"

"YES IM HERE AH, TODOROKI!?"

"You have a line of people asking for more cookies, it seems someone has ate them all" Todoroki glares at Uraraka that currently stuffing her face along with Mina and Kaminari.

"Oh hehe right I'll get right on it!."

...

Mei bring you into a random as she closes the door behind her.

"Soooo...what little robot did you make today Hatsume?" Y/n chuckles even though this situation feels awkward.

"I'm not here to show you anything...I just need to ask you something, it's about Shinsou." You notice that Hatsume is visible angry which makes feel uneasy.

" Oh Hitoshi? What about him?"

"Shinsou... is he your boyfriend?"

"BOYFRIEND?! PFFFTTTT NO NO NO NO! S-SHINOU IS JUST A FRIEND"

" oh so kissing is a friend thing?

(" Not right now!")

"So you won't tell the truth now...you're just like a him A BUNCH OF LAIRS"

"Huh? L-look whatever is happening between you and Shinsou has nothing to do with me"

"IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH YOU!"

Hatsume starts poking you with her finger, pushing you back as she angrier and angrier.

" Because of YOU Shinsou wants nothing to do with me."

"It's YOUR FALUT that me and him aren't together!"

"WHY DOES HE CARE ABOUT YOU ANYWAY WHEN, YOU DON'T EVEN WANT HIM!"

Hatsume pushes you into a closet and blocks it with something but you can't see that it is.

"HATSUME! HEY LOOK IM SO SORRY I-I THOUGH YOU AND SHINSOU HAD SOMETHING!"

"We did until you came along! AND TOOK IT ALL AWAY"

"Yesterday I went to Shinsou's house to check on him....I-I called so many times and all he did was push me away! HE PUSHED ME AWAY FOR YOU!"

"Shinsou didn't even want to talk he used his quirk on me and walked away".

Y/n puts her head on the closet door and sighs "Hitoshi...no he couldn't have.. b-but even if he did that give you no right to put me in here!"

"You'll stay in there until someone finds you..if they do. Hatsume walks to the door, you panic as you hear her footsteps slowly fade.

" HATSUME! LET ME OUT!"

"Don't worry just sit tight and enjoy the party~ oh! I almost forgot if you're looking for your phone it's...broken"

Hatsume says after throw your phone at wall leaving a big phone sized hole.

" Bye Y/n, I'll keep Hitoshi in good hands I promise".

You kick on the door screaming for help as you voice as muffled by the loud party music right outside the room. Leaning against the wall Y/n can't help but think about how everything she feared would happened.

"GASP! Is this you finally facing reality HAHAHA! GOOD!"

"Oh pipe down you stupid cat! I already gotta deal with this closet bullshit I don't need you right now"

" Now you don't wanna face the consequences of your actions? It's because of fools like you that think they have any control of there fate! They only set themselves up for failure."

" I do have control over my fate!"

"And yet when your given the options to change you don't take it! That's why you're a fool."

"You're right...I've been doing this all wrong... after this party I swear I'll make the right choice!"

"Tch...such a foolish response but I'm not surprised."

"YOKAI, SHUT UP!".

-Y/n continues to try to break out of the closet but she fails, she gave up after what feels like 3 hours until she eventual fell asleep-

" OI KIRISHIMA! DIDN'T I TELL YOU TO MOVE YOUR FUCKING WEIGHTS!"

Kirishima yells from across the hallway "Sorry BakuBro!"

Bakugo then notices the square shape hole in his wall and proceeds scream.

" WHO THE HELL LEFT THIS HOLE IN MY WALL! WHO THE HELL WAS IN MY ROOM!"

"I KILL WHOEVER DARED STEP IN MY DOMAIN!"

Bakugo glares at his closet as he hears rustling coming from it. Bakugo moves Kirishima's huge tower of dumbells and flings opens his closet.

"TIME TO DIE YOU BASSSSssss...tard? "

"Mmh?" Y/n squints, at the blurry figure until it comes into focus and she sees Bakugo.

"Oh...hey Bakugou hehehe"

"Why are you in my closet!"

Y/n faces palms "It's a long story...and I don't think you'd be believe me".

Bakugo smiles as he picks Y/n up help her get up "Knock yourself out I'll listen and I'll believe you, as long as it sounds believable."

-Y/n tells Bakugo everything that transpired and he's rightfully pissed-

" HUHHHHHH!!!! ARE YOU SAYING THAT GADGET GIRL DID THIS ALL BECAUSE OF THAT STUPID TOM CAT!!!!!?!?!"

"Pffffttt did you just call Shinsou a tom cat and me GADGET girl!"

"Quiet you!"

" Ugh DAMMIT! We just told him to leave too we all been looking for you, I can't believe that took 3 hours!"

Y/n's fall on Bakugou's bed and screams into one of pillow.

"3 HOURS!!!!"

" Yeah"

" AND SHINSOU JUST LEFT!"

"Yeah he actually left with sparky, but if you leave you'll be able to reach them."

Y/n feels something gentle grab her hand, she moves the pillow from her face as she stares at Bakugo who is...looking away.

" That is...if I let you"

"Hey...Baku-GO!"

Katsuki lays his head on Y/n's lap "Oops" he said with a smirk

"BAKUGO COME ON YOU'RE TOO BIG FOR THIS!"

" Thanks for the pillow, alley cat"

"ALLEY CAT! WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO IMPLY YOU ANGRY POMERANIAN!"

-As you whine at Bakugo he blocks you out for a sec. He can't help but think out what happened outside with him and Shinsou-

....

"Bakugo...don't tell that you-"

" I LIKE HER OK THERE I SAID IT! At the end of the day I'm a hero and if see someone in danger DAMMIT IM GONNA HELP!"

Bakugo gets in Shinsou's face

"You're a fool to think you could ever have a future with her, you should've stuck with Hatsume."

" BAKUGO! YOU'RE NOT TAKING HER FROM ME."

"YOU DUMBASS GET OVER YOURSELF IM DOING THIS FOR HER!"

....

" HEY BAKUGO ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME"

Bakugo snap back to it...only to hear your whining which irritates him.

"OI! SHUT UP!"

" NO I REFUSE!

"OI THE OTHERS ARE GONNA HEAR YOU SCREAM SO SHUT IT ALLEY CAT!

"BAKUGO YOU SHU-Mmmh" Bakugo simply SHUT you up with a kiss.

-Meanwhile Shinsou is walking with Kaminari-

" Hey you think they found Y/n yet?"

"Why are you worried?"

" YEAH! AND YOU'RE NOT!?????"

"Kaminari, Y/n gets lost all the time she like a cat, eventually she'll come back."

Right.

"Hmmm you're no different huh"

Shinsou quickly turns around to see who said that " Hey Kaminari did you hear something?"

"No...OH GOD YOUR GOING MAD BECAUSE OF YOUR LACK OF SLEEP!"

Shinsou slaps Kaminari in the back of the head.

" Dummy your brain is just fired"

" So he can hear me now"

Suddenly Shinsou falls to his knees and grunts in pain " AHH! OW ow ow!"

" Shinsou! Hey you ok man?"

Hitoshi looks in front of him and see a purple cat with a devilish grin on it's face.

" You're truly nothing but one and the same....a fool."

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[365days365movies]

January 12, 2021: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) (Part 1)

Hey, uh...

I can’t remember if I’ve seen this movie or not.

OK, HEAR ME OUT HERE. I was 9 years old when this movie came out in the USA, and I vividly remember the buzz around this movie when it came out in theaters. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, for those of you who don’t know, is the movie that really introduced wuxia to the United States in the modern century. Directed by Ang Lee - y’know, this guy...

...buuuuuuuuuut, also this guy...

AND YET, still this guy...

- this movie has won a HELL of a lot of awards, and was the critical darling of 2000. And again, I know some of you Tumblrites (goddamn Zoomers DO YOU EVEN REMEMBER NICKELODEON ORANGE AS A COLOR??? Kidding, by the way, y’all are cool) may not be old enough to remember that time, but lemme tell you: this movie was a Mandarin-language movie nominated for Best Picture. Not just Best Foreign Language Film (which it WON), but BEST. PICTURE. Trust me. It was a big deal at the time. 

The film actually did win Best Original Score, Best Art Direction, and Best Cinematography. And as I watch this, I’m going to be remembering both the time period it came out in, and the film that actually won Best Picture that year. What won Best Picture that year, you ask? Well...

Yeah. But is CTHD better or worse than Gladiator? Well, that’s what I’m gonna try to figure out, as well as whether or not 9-year-old me saw this movie already. I don’t think so, so that’s why I’m watching it now. 

So LET’S GO BACK TO THE YEAR 2000, PEOPLE! We just got over that whole Y2K thing (only for the ILOVEYOU virus to pop up), the election was TOTALLY NORMAL (that’s a joke, it...it was not), AOL was the most successful internet company ever (HA! Classic. And Ask Jeeves is gonna last forever, I’m sure), and the below movie would win Best Makeup at the Oscars.

Yeah. Yeah, that’s an Academy Award-winning movie. How the hell does THAT make you feel? Makes me feel conflicted, I tell you what. ANYWAY MOVIE TIME SPOILERS AHEAD!!!

Recap

Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun Fat, the man himself), a member of the Wudang sect of swordsmen, is retiring. He goes to his old friend (and maybe more), and leader of a private security group, Yu Shu Lien (Michelle Yeoh), who asks her to deliver his personal sword, Green Destiny. Shu Lien goes to Beijing to deliver the sword to an ally of theirs, Sir Te (Sihung Lung), while Mu Bai goes to the grave of his master, who was killed by an assassin named Jade Fox.

In Beijing, Sir Te and Shu Lien talk about the whole “more than friends” thing between her and Mu Bai, and they go to store the sword in a study. There, Sir Te’s granddaughter, Jen (Zhang Ziyi), speaks to Shu Lien about the sword, and about the nature of swordsmanship. This serves an introduction into the world of wuxia swordmanship...and I am GODDAMN HOOKED IN

So is Jen, it would seem, as she speaks with admiration about the freedom that comes with the Way of the Sword (which is distinctly different from the Way of Sarah (Blessed Be Her Fall)). See, Jen’s about to get married, in that arranged way, and she’s not a fan of the whole marriage thing. I get the feeling that she’s planning on doing something about that.

But no time for existential crises now! Someone’s trying to steal Green Destiny! A ninja sneaks in and succeeds in stealing it, but Shu Lien attempts to stop them. However, the thief is trained in Wudan, much to Shu Lien’s surprise. A rooftop chase occurs, giving us the first display of the rampant wire work and loose physics characteristic of this genre, and GODDAMN IT FUCK YE-NO

Keep it together, man, you gotta treat this film critically and seriously, not like an excited little kid watch some kickass martial arts shit. Even though this fight scene is AWESOME, holy shit...

The thief succeeds, but only because a second assailant appears with a dart, distracting Shu Lien. In the morning, the night guard says it was someone from Governor Yu’s household. In the street, the attacker is believed to be the mysterious Jade Fox, who would covet the sword of the man she killed so long ago. Ugh, this movie already rules so hard. Anyway, Shu Lien comes to see Jen again, who’s currently writing calligraphy.

Shu Lien comments that calligraphy writing is similar to swordsmanship. Jen quickly notes that she wouldn’t know. She expounds again on her regrets on marriage, and Shu Lien explains that she was engaged to a fellow swordsman who died. And although Shu Lien and Li Mu Bai love each other, they both feel bound to their fallen friend, and do not act on their feelings. Oh my God, I’m digging this fated romance shit SO HARD

NO. Professionalism. Breathe...focus on the year 2000...Napster...Survivor and Fear Factor...Harry Potter...Pokemon the Movie 2000...Pokemon the Movie 2000: The Power of One...

...Whew. OK. Back to CTHD.

Jen rests in her home, while two people spy on the...Yus. Wait, Jen’s name is...Yu Jen. Um...it’s her. The ninja is Jen. You couldn’t see it in the GIFS, but the ninja could easily be a woman, no question. It’s totally Jen, acting on her desire to be a true swordsperson. I mean, look at her stare at that sword earlier in the movie. Calling it now, it’s her. But...who threw the dart from the rooftop?

Looks like it’s Jade Fox, as a man from earlier explains. See, he’s a police chief from another area, looking for Jade Fox. He believes that she’s somehow infiltrated the Yu household, possibly arriving with them to Beijing. Jade Fox killed the policeman’s wife, making this personal. Together, the policeman Tsai (Wang Deming) and the Night Guard Bo (Gao Xi’an) team up to find her.

They aren’t the only ones, as Li Mu Bai just arrived to Beijing to talk with Shu Lien, and finds out that Jade Fox ha returned. Remember, Jade Fox killed his master, so he has some stakes in this. Meanwhile that night, Tsai and Bo (Team Law) meet Jade Fox, AKA...Jen’s governess! NICE.

Jade Fox (Cheng Pei-pei) fights the...wait...wait WHAT DID I JUST TYPE???

CHENG PEI-PEI FROM COME DRINK WITH ME IS THE VILLAIN OF THIS MOVIE???

And now Chow Yun Fat is fighting one of the first wuxia film stars? OH MY GOD

Chow Yun Fat’s about to kill her to avenge his master, and then the mysterious ninja (AKA probably Yu Jen) saves her from him. The two of them fight, and Jade Fox kills Tsai just before they escape using a streamer HOOOOOOOO IT’S REAL HARD STAYING PROFESSIONAL RIGHT NOW

The next morning, though, Yu Jen learns more about Jade’s crimes, and expresses guilt about taking Green Destiny. Additionally, Shu Lien claims to know who the culprit is, and threatens them with punishment unless the sword is returned. Essentially confirming my suspicions, the ninja returns that night to put the sword back, and Mu Bai is waiting there for her.

Yet another physics-defying rooftop chase occurs, although this one is less frought. They actually refer to the gliding technique as “flying,” and as a technique of Wudan. Interesting, engaging, cinematical, movielian, I love it. I need more of it, MORE PLEASE.

Looks like I might get what I want. Mu Bai offers to be Jen’s teacher, as he sees great potential in her. But she shuns the ways of Wudan, allows Mu Bai to take back Green Destiny, and returns to Jade Fox. Jade Fox is trained as a Giang Hu fighter, a more brutal lifestyle. 

And yet, Jen isn’t really into that either. Turns out that she’s been studying the Wudan manual on her own, and has EFFORTLESSLY surpassed her illiterate former master. With nothing left to teach her, Jade Fox leaves with a veiled threat.

The next night, a man visits Jen, and they embrace passionately. He’s a bandit from the Gobi Desert named Lo, AKA Dark Cloud (Chang Chen), and the two met when his gang ambushed her caravan travelling through the desert. He stle her comb, and this girl just GETS ON A HORSE, GRABS A BOW AND ARROW, and HUNTS HIM DOWN LIKE A DOG FOR THAT COMB. She faces down the gang of bandits, and Dark Cloud leads her away, gives her water, and she KICKS HIS ASS!! But she asses out from exhaustion, and he takes her back to his Cave of Wonders.

He cares for her, and as soon as she regains her strength, she just knocks him out. Cold-blooded, goddamn. But she gets lost in the desert, and passes out again. Lo brings her BACK to the Cave of Wonders, and cares for her AGAIN. My dude is a PRINCE. I mean, he’s a thief and probably a murderer, and definitely a bad person, BUT NEVER MIND THAT FOR NOW.

As you probably guessed, Stockholm/Lima Syndromes set in, and the two fall in love...like you do?

But Jen’s nobleman father is looing for her, making trouble for Lo and his people. He vows to go legit and make himself worthy for her love in her father’s eyes. He tells a story of a boy who leapt off a mountain to save his parents. A literal leap of faith. In their last night together, she gives him the comb that brought them together, saying to give it back when they’re together again.

But now...Jen’s fated to marry, and it can’t be avoided. Lo gives the comb back to her, as she tells him to leave. And I...I need a break. If I don’t take a five minute break, Imma explode from how much I love this goddamn movie.

PART 2 COMING IN A FEW!!!

[trash-tan]

Haikyuu Skincare Routines

I know most of these hoes would actually just use the bar soap they just used on their pubes on their faces but I’m a skincare whore and that’s unacceptable. This is mainly going to reference kbeauty bc that’s what I’m most familiar with. This is unedited brain heartburn please be wary

Kuroo would come across that one™ heavily quoted vit c research paper (15% ascorbic acid, 0.5% ferulic acid and 1% vit e in alpha tocopherol form) and literally only use that serum (he uses the wishtrend 15% with ferulic acid bc fuck skinceuticals and their $150+ serum) in his routine in combination with the Good Morning cleanser from Cosrx bc it’s cheap and the first thing that popped up when he searched for low acidity cleansers. Uses a combo spf moisturizer from clean and clear bc he hasn’t ‘gotten that far’ into skincare

Hanamaki would be the anti-skincare guru and only believe in cetaphil and whatever prescription his derm gave him but still wonder why his skin isn’t getting better. Uses Elta md sunscreen which is good but there’s so many better options out there honey (get out of your asshole we know you can see the results on your friends)

Mattsun would take a page out of makkis book but prob would opt for curology instead bc he doesn’t have the spare money to see a whole ass derm+/saw the ad somewhere and it worked for him so he kept the subscription. Doesn’t use spf like a heathen

Akaashi would have a solid three or four step routine depending on his mood for the day consisting of: 1. a cream to foam cleanser (bc he doesn’t like the way his face feels tight after super stripping cleansers) 2. probably that galactomyces toner from cosrx except he sprays it onto a cotton pad, tones his face, and then sprays it directly for a good pat down 3. (Optional) a lululun facemask or serum sample he got when he bought his toner 4. A thin layer of a rather dense cream but opts for a lighter cream in the summer or daytime but sometimes whatever bokuto got bc he basically shares akaashis stuff. Spf when he’s going to be out and about that day, but not to school bc he considers that indoors even with the windows flooding uv rays into the room but ok

Bokuto would use whatever akaashis using bc it looked cool to have a routine but then realized after following it for a while that he likes the super clean feeling after washing his face and would probably buy perfect whip by senka bc the foam is super satisfying to play with and it leaves him feeling super clean. He would feel bad about using akaashis products all the time and replace them every now and then with whatever he saw on a commercial or with whatever he got suckered into buying from the super convincing attendants at the beauty counter. One time bokuto used all his savings and bought the flagship pitera cream from skii bc if it’s the most expensive and best it’s gotta be good right? Akaashi sighed and tried using it but the fragrance broke him out and he couldn’t muster up the heart to tell bokuto so he just replaced the insides of the jar with the snail cream from cosrx and the placebo affect made bokutos skin shine like he belonged on the face of Elle. Doesn’t know spf exists unless it’s on a beach

Tendou would fall into any skincare fad and try it once. Has a billion products he’s tried once and thrown away bc it ‘didn’t work out’. Has definitely fucked up the pH balance of his skin, over exfoliated more than once, destroyed his skin barrier, and sometimes combined all of these in one sitting. Needless to say his skin is screaming all the time because it’s so damn sensitive from the torture he puts it through but he thinks the stinging is the product ‘working’, When he ‘tries’ a product he goes straight in without patch tests and applies w a y too much. Gets intoxicated with the feeling of slippy slidy on his face which makes him feel like the product is sinking into his skin better. Definitely makes faces and contorts his face while doing so. Does not actually have a semblance of an actual skincare routine other than doing it for fun. For some reason he always uses spf and remembers to reapply.

Ushijima would be the king of spot treatments and moisturization. Knows more than basics, and definitely incorporates skincare into his routine because he just likes the word routine jk he just gets frustrated from the occasional spot that typically comes up on his chin, otherwise he has immaculate skin. Moisturizes with a gel cream (probably the water bank cream from laneige) because he likes the feel of the oil/water balance on his face. Definitely tries the occasional fad with Tendou but in moderation and picks up whatever he likes/whatever tendou wants to throw away. Favorite products would probably be benzoyl peroxide spot treatments and would only use acne patches overnight. Uses spf occasionally but forgets most of the time unless tendou reminds him.

Kenma would accidentally click an ad for a gimmicky all in one skincare product but then whirlpool himself into the world of skincare and pick up a thing here and there and use it most of the time. If he’s on a gaming binge he won’t wash his dusty face until his eyes water and the crap his long eyelashes have so desperately kept away for the last 18 hours get mixed into his eyeballs and then he’ll finally wash his face. Probably uses good morning cosrx cleanser like kuroo (they get 1+1 deals together) and then the anti stress carrot pads by bellamonster bc he liked the flip top and the big pads bc it’s faster to finish his skincare with more wiping surface area. Finishes with dr jarts cicapair cream bc he’s got somewhat sensitive skin and it doesn’t bother him for his long wear hours. Knows that he should wear sunscreen but still opts out bc he rationalizes it by saying that he prob doesn’t even get enough sun to get his vit d requirement so he doesn’t really need it and to that I say touché

Hinata watched a hadalabo commercial on tv when he was young so he has a firm! belief that your skin should be sticky enough so that the van der waals forces between your palms and cheeks feel like peeling tape after you’re done with your skincare routine. An absolute hyaluronic acid whore, started off with hadalabo but the paraben scare ultimately made him switch to isntrees hyaluronic acid toner plus, not to be confused with the normal one because the more diverse the molecule sizes, the better, no? He doesn’t really understand but he understands that it sinks in better than the original and he likes the dark blue color of the toner on his counter because it makes him feel 0.00001% more manly. Also uses the sleeping mask from the same line before tournaments to mentally(?) prepare himself. Doesn’t use spf unless playing outside because hyaluronic acid is all he knows about actual skincare

Asahi would probably try to find an oil that’s good for his beard and his face. A true connoisseur of cleansing oils as well because he got sucked into it after overhearing from the girls in class that it helps with clogged pores. He always needed something to help with that because he had been getting ingrowns ever since he started getting facial hair. It took a lot to muster up the courage to ask for recommendations and even though he started off with the kose speedy cleansing oil hes made his way all the way up to shu uemuras anti pollution cleansing oil. He doesn’t keep it in the open because he doesn’t want anybody to mistake it for hand soap (ahem nishinoya) and it’s kind of his little secret because he treats it as a mini stress reliever at the end of his day. Doesn’t use spf because he thinks it’ll make him tan unevenly

Osamu looooves using apothecary themed skincare or skincare with essential oils. Probably a whore for the klairs supple preparation toner and innisfree as a brand. The type to cup his hands around his nose after using a product on his skin and breathe it in. Solid skincare routine (that he actually makes a routine) equipped with regular sheet mask sessions every week. His skin is positively glowing and glorious and it makes atsumu mega jealous but he really just doesn’t put in the same effort as osamu does and it shows. Thinks if the packaging says ~derived from natural ingredients~ it’ll have less chemicals or something. If he ever went on a trip to Korea he probably went to jeju as well to experience the innisfree green tea/osulloc luxury tea shop (2 birds with one stone, ya know?). When he was younger he probably liked skinfood (I’m sorry I had to) or tonymoly bc it was cheap, gimmicky, and fun to play around with with atsumu. Hates it when atsumu steals his sheet masks, especially if they’re the mediheal ones he keeps at the back of his drawer. Uses spf at the end of his routine always but forgets to reapply sometimes.

Atsumu really likes fragranced skincare bc he thinks it makes the product more luxurious. Forgets to wash his hands between hair care products and skincare products which makes him break out from time to time. He thinks he has a routine but in reality it’s just the normal 2-3 step he puts on occasionally for the ~vibes~ but is still worried about that line or two starting to form around his eyes. Loves sheet masks, especially the cellulose ones where it feels like agar jelly on your skin. Honestly just likes masks in general (eye masks, wash off masks, sleeping masks, modeling packs) but he likes getting them done at the spa (he takes osamu with him when he steals one too many of his mediheal masks). Washes his face regularly with whatever osamus using because he’s too lazy to bother getting his own but too invested in looking good to ignore the pretty bottle of face wash just begging to be used. Uses spf when he remembers that uva=wrinkles

[kyrrahbird]

Ky’s 琅琊榜 Nirvana in Fire/Lang Ya Bang liveblog experience

EPISODE 3

OKAY EP 3 THE ONE YOU REALLY NEED TO STICK IT OUT TO

if u havent watched this show *please do*!! And maybe dont read this liveblog lmaoo

i forget entirely how much goes into each ep. but anyways to get this show on the road: this one starts with the child being beaten :( ...

Education in your serf class is bad obviously

I admire the gall of the eunuch to say “Prince Jing cant help you now” when Prince Jing is Right There

poetic justice

this is ALSO

dun dun

the first meeting of the DREAM TEAM 

!!

(Jingyan, Mei Changsu and Nihuang)

OOOH BOY THE UNDERCURRENTS

MCS goes straight to comforting the slave boy and i just feel,,, its sincere but there are,,, SO MANY layers of machinations going on here

like its manipulation of Every Person in this scene and i both hate and admire that cold blooded calculation

ESPECIALLY WHEN HE’S MEETING JINGYAN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TWELVE YEARS ;A;

Just an update: this man is still Dead Inside™. And so distrustful i die too

Quick aside to the terrible princes:

I would also like to note, and its been said before but

Prince Yu is NOT SUBTLE in his aspirations. if i had to say who was the crown prince i might be confused??

and back-

Nihuang and MCS just pulled a mean pincer maneuver on Jingyan and hes being equally pointy back. Stop being mean to my prince :(((

i do wonder if nihuang is clued in, bc if she is, she puts a hell of a lot of trust in mcs. or maybe its all just subconscious, and they’re falling back into their old dynamic 

this scene KILLS ME

bc Prince Jing is trying so hard to protect tingsheng but he really has such limited power and he knows it

(i should read the book)

The first time i watched i did not realise HOW YOUNG mu qing is supposed to be. i love a protective younger bro ;;n;;

I also appreciate the flashbacks to relevant information. just so we know whats important to mcs

MENG DA-GE

-just saved that dude’s ass

Fei Liu was ready to wreck him

This didnt need to be so ominous but i appreciate their dedication to the Melodrama™

EVEN THE TALKING WHILE NOT LOOKING AT EACH OTHER

Nothing sus going on here. look they’re even facing different directions

MENG DA-GE LITERALLY SAID MOVE INTO MY HOUSE

bless

He’s worried!!! His mother hen tendencies are coming out!!

No he doesnt. No thoughts, only protecc

like a puppy

I also love the fact that despite all her fancy headdresses and pretty outfits, we never forget Nihuang is a martial general. Its the way she holds herself and moves i think

“This person is a mystery” > cut to sir su napping in a chair

Theres definitely comedy here. quite a lot of it!!! and i adore it

Never fear, Meng da-ge is here to join the “Force Mei Changsu to look after himself” gang

Side note - I kind of take it for granted as the kind of person Meng da-ge is, but i do think its symptomatic of the empire that one guy can just rock up and basically suborn the entire royal guard. like. your majesty. u done fucked.

70,000 is a staggering number of your own people to kill in one go. Like. I can’t actually wrap my head around it.

And all those people would have had families and friends and sure, they’re mostly just common but. most likely a bunch of the prominent families were killed too. im just wondering if there were like. riots? Or everyone just kept their head down and were like “guess it must be treachery”  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Consort Yue is so goddamn transparent in her manipulation but also like - there’s layers there

Because I feel like the emperor sees through the first layer (having an interest in who Nihuang marries) but is completely incapable of seeing beyond that

Or he doesnt want to. I mean the man does encourage competition in his court

Anyways we find out that he’s going to choose Sir Su to judge the written part of the challenge

This is great because it means Su-xiansheng is going to COURT :D

why do i keep changing how i refer to him? its whatever fits the vibe baby

Man’s got too many names anyways

gotta keep them in rotation

Oh we just found out Baili Qi might be top of the Langya list. good to know the system isnt infallible

I love everyones reactions like

what

the fuck

SOMEBODY FIX THIS

LMAO

Yujin is here to drop Jingrui’s badass backstory

And why he has the name and surname of a prince

I do wonder what its like, for jingrui. Like sure, hes son of two families... but heir of neither? He’s the oldest child but hes also known his whole life that he wont inherit the title. 

idk must be weird

hes incredibly good natured given all that shit

Lin Shu gege just humouring them by listening to a story that hes totally never head before /s

if only they had a dna test

Who’s My Daddy™ ancient fantasy china

ghufdghuisrgu Mu Qing u cant just SAY that

Update: Mu Qing has kidnapped sir Su

OMG

HES ENTERING THE ROYAL COURT

I REPEAT LIN SHU/MEI CHANGSU IS ENTERING THE COURT

i need to just-

the fkn music man

i die

Like i said the first time, i didnt know the full scope of the big deal but i KNEW. that this was it

These were the stakes. All the way up to the emperor

theres gon be some PARALLELS

“You no longer need to refer to yourself as a commoner”

oof

(i would like to say now that i love Liyang

like, A Lot

Second only to Nihuang)

LMAO mcs giving the crown prince a subtle head shake

His POWER

This ep ends on Baili Qi beating the absolute fuck out of Jingrui while Su-xiansheng just peels and eats an orange smirks like the absolute shit he is

like a beyblade

I’m going to stop putting links in these bc i know tumblr doesnt like them, but ill keep up the tagging. I might not get to one ep a day, but every couple of days or so seems doable! i just love dumping my train of thoughts into walls of text :D

TTFN

[alkarinque]

nirvana in fire finale thoughts (FULL of finale spoilers):

i fucking KNEW lin shu was talking out of his ass in those earnest "of course i want to live look how much i want to live" speeches but i'm still a sucker i guess because i genuinely did not foresee "actively launching himself away from his loved ones into Death by Glorious Battle”.

BUT the final lin shu/lin chen conversation did work for me; i really liked the transition from "i gotta fight it's the only way to save the kingdom" into just totally unvarnished "all i want is to be 13-years-ago lin shu again"

and given the choice between envisioning a way forward and clinging desperately to who he used to be, "DOUBLES DOWN on clinging" as the crowning bad decision on lin shu’s bad decisions tower of babel is not something i'm opposed to! .... i just wish he had to look jingyan in the eye while making it? or that nihuang was, a LITTLE less graciously understanding...... or just that lin shu had to use his actual words to tell the actual truth to either of them, JUST ONCE, EVEN.

and the [everyone in court thinks fondly and with restrained sorrow upon lin shu, WORLDS BIGGEST DICKBAG, set to tremulous strings] happy ending falls a little flat for me...... i think in my ideal world jingyan & nihuang get together once a month post-canon to get absolutely shitfaced and then one of them goes "what an asshole" and the other one goes "god i KNOW right" and then they pass out & afterward avoid eye contact with each other for three weeks

um. i don’t know where i’m going with this. everyone should be more resentful towards lin shu. or like, the tragedy should be that lin shu bought HIS heart’s desire at the cost of the happiness of everyone around him..... which, it IS, but. the tragedy is that lin shu’s heart’s desire is just, so stupid.

[syncogon]

rainbow sea 星游记 new movie!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RToCz1Arveo

heretoforth referred as rs3 because i called the first movie rs2 and bc i still dunno what to call 风暴法米拉

LET’S. FUCKING. GO.

(when i have no fellow english fans to talk to i have to make up for the lack of hype all by myself)

i thought the news was fake, i had to reread it to be sure, i could NOT believe that after 3 years they would just drop it on us with 0 warning!!!

the poster is... beautiful... i cri...... (please... more posters??) 

notice the silhouette of his dad in the bg too :0 

hang in there maidang bb fight off the darkness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RToCz1Arveo

the trailer/teaser wasn’t directly linked in the announcement posts, but!! i found it!! and it’s also really good and made me exponentially more hype!! because i’m me i’m giving this the frame by frame analysis treatment.

when i saw this i couldn’t tell if this was an old scene redraw, or just an old scene, or a new scene... i think it’s a new scene? in the past they’ve been at a river and this looks like an ocean. but it’s so cute! look at baby maidang and how he’s sitting!

so cute..... baby...... don’t cry ;_; also i still love the eye styles in this show

:eyes: but also how the markings have spread aaa :(

ooh i forgot this was what... europa i think? looked like in this. it looks so cool 

go gudong! i hope he plays a more significant role / has more character moments

white eye??? mm i never figured out how i should spell his name. whiteye? white-eye? bc redeye looks nice as is but too many of the other pentachrome end in ‘e’, blue, purple (maybe violet)... maybe i should just call them baiyan hongyan etc... but yeah im also super hyped to actually see the other pentachrome in action!!! it been 9 years man let us see more of them! 

wondering what challenge this is. i hope this competition is more than just straight up fights now haha

DIYA BEING BADASS! HER POWER IS SO COOL PLEASE LET HER USE IT WELL DIYA I LOVE YOU if i didn’t already have a new discord pfp from the poster i would totally use this screencap ngl

auroras also being badass!!! love his power too. GOD IM SUCH A SUCKER FOR CREATIVE AND CREATIVELY USED SUPERPOWERS ive been a superpower high since hh13 and also my qzgs superhero au and now this just keeps getting better!! wonder if we’ll get more char dev for him? please? more of him being embarrassed around diya? 呵呵

yeah this whole thing is really just me yelling huh 

MILONG MILONG MILONG MILONG MILONG MILONG MILONG MILONG

i’m going to cry

IT’S BEEN TOO LONG

WE WERE ROBBED OF YOU LAST MOVIE

I’M READY TO SEE YOU FIGHT AGAIN AND BE BADASS AFTER YOU HAD SOME SENSE KICKED INTO YOU

AND ALSO HEAR AH JIE’S WONDERFUL VOICE 

I’M GONNA CRY WHEN YOU APPEAR

WILL YOU HAVE NEW MOVES FOR US ooh actually i wonder if others will too

MILONGGGGGGG

wait since when did he have a knife/sword?

just some pics. fight scenes!

aaaaaaaa

sis boom rah

yo what’s with the ground here

it’s ya boi redeye!!! actually looking scared/shocked/alarmed!!! im so hyped to see him in action again??! kick his ass and save maidang!!! was auroras fighting him?? (man im kind of hoping to see tang wude again too but probably he’s still stuck on pluto sadd)

man i should do some screencap redraws tbh

aaaaaaa

i was super curious about the 3 figures here, but it might just be metaphorical - middle one is definitely redeye, other two look a bit like kela and kaliya

quiet sobbing

but yes im very very excited

hmmmm she wasn’t in this at all but i hope we get more of shu!!! (and her robot ofc.) theory of shu being milong’s long lost sister has so much support please let it be true. i gotta post that thing i wrote three years ago. (and the other rs things i wrote 3 years ago)

oh wait we didn’t see the guy that redeye reached out to at the end of last movie! the guy counting primes. wonder what role if any he’ll play? who is he? 

what else.... aaa i do wanna see tang wude too and more of his umbrella powers hehe

im just. so hype. i bet this also prob won’t be more than like 70 min but by god am i ready. 3 years for this, please let it be good. i also hope i can watch this soon bc idk when it’ll be available. i wanna pay to support them but idk if i can...

all my love to the rainbow sea team!! see you soon, fly again! 

[goodbyekillingharmony]

I have no regrets - Saimota

((A.N. i wrote this a few days ago, but only got around to posting it now lol. so if youve seen this on a03, then 8). anyway, enjoy some fluff(?) with some very angsty undertones, so yeah!!))

“W-Wait! Kaito, o-one more thing.”

Shuichi couldn't really put into perspective on how his mind was functioning at that very moment, nor could he ever forgive himself if he didn't say something before leaving the exisal hanger.

In a way, he kind of knew this would be his last chance really being able to talk to Kaito. Detective's intuition, maybe?                                                                                    

“Huh? What is it? Although I think Kokichi is going to come in soon, so I'd make it qu-”

“I don't care if he comes in or not…!”

Admittedly, neither Momota or Saihara expected the shorter to yell as loud as he did, or so uncharacteristically. It even took Shuichi by surprise.                                

“I-I'm sorry! I just gotta tell you something. I promise I'll be quick.”

“H-Hey, no need to apologise, bro. I'm sorry for rushing you. I-I got all the time in the world… hopefully.”

“I'm just really scared, Kaito. I don't know what'll happen to you… And if anything does happen to you… I'll-”

“Shuichi.”

“H-Huh?”                                                                                                                   

Kaito’s expression faded, only leaving a somewhat empty shell in its place as he looked over to the bathroom door. His body grew more tense, at least, that's what Shuichi thought anyway.                                                                                  

“Kaito…”

“Shuichi, again, you don't have to worry about me. I-I'll be fine. I promise.”               

The sudden wavering in his voice was a dead giveaway that even the astronaut didn't know how the outcome was going to end or what events will transpire later that very same night.

A chuckle was what broke tension between the two, from Momota himself.           

“I don't think that's all you wanted to say, Shuichi.”

“How’d you-”

“It's written all over your face.”                                                                                 

Momota turned back around to face Shuichi once again, flashing one of his signature wide smiles at him, making Saihara blush a bit, albeit unnoticeable to Kaito.                                                                                                                        

“C’mon, bro! You know you can tell me anything! You're my sidekick, after all!”            

It almost seemed unreal. Like the very next thing he'll say will greatly impact their relationship, or something like that. To Saihara, Kaito was always his pillar of strength, the one thing he can believe in. His saviour, in a sense. The detective couldn't put into words how much he cared for the astronaut. It seemed like everything was leading up to this moment. Casting aside his fear, anxiety and despair. He was going to do this. He was going to say this. Nothing will stop him. This'll turn out perfect. I-                                                                                   

“I love you, Kaito.”

“Wh-?”                                                                                                                      

Before letting Kaito have a chance to respond, he realized what territory he had stepped in and decided to push forward. There was no turning back now.

“You mean so much to me, Kaito! I-I couldn't live without you…! Without you helping me… Without you being by my side, I wouldn't have ever gotten over Kaede! It's all thanks to you, Kaito! Y-You don't know how much you mean to me, how grateful I am to be your sidekick and be by your side! You have no idea how long I wanted to tell you…!

The way I feel when I'm with you…

It's the best feeling in the universe. All my worry and sorrow melts away… I feel totally at ease just being by your side, training with you… I've never felt this way before about anyone. I'm so thankful to have you in my life.

T-Thank you so much, Kaito…! I love you…!”                                                                  

As Shuichi suspected, the room fell silent. You could practically hear someone on the other side of the bathroom door. The boy hadn't yelled that much before. Hell, as he said, he never felt like this before. It was so new, and it was so scary.

Saihara imagined his face to be beet red, due to the yelling and the overall embarrassment that comes from confessing such an important piece of information. He honestly expected Kaito to say something along the lines of, “I'm sorry, but I don't feel the same way, bro.” or for the astronaut to at least say something.

But, he stayed quiet, his eyes firmly closed.

Shuichi felt tears forming as his vision became a tad bit blurry, but he tried to wipe them away the best he could before Kaito would open his eyes again.

If he ever would.

…

Shuichi never expected to be pulled in closer by Kaito, practically eye level at this point, the astronaut holding a strong grip on Shuichi's coat.

Kaito still had his eyes closed when Shuichi's face was practically touching his, and before either of them knew it, Kaito was pressing his lips against Shuichi’s.

Although Saihara’s eyes widened at first, he quickly closed them focusing only on Kaito. He didn't have any lingering thoughts or reactions to the situation. All he wanted to do was focus on the moment, and Momota himself.

They let go after a few seconds before Kaito felt Shuichi's tears dripping onto his palm, jumping into a state of panic before looking at the detective.                        

“Shit… Shuichi, are you okay…? P-Please don't cry, I'm sorry! I wasn't thinking right, I-”                                                                                                                     

A quiet chuckle was audible, belonging to Shuichi Saihara.                                     

“What do you need to be sorry for?”

“Shuichi…!”

“I'm still really scared, Kaito, but I'm really happy I told you… Y-You honestly almost gave me a heart attack back there…I-I could never have imagined you'd like me too… T-That just seemed impossible…”

“Well, you know what they say…”

“H-Huh?”

“The impossible is possible! All you gotta do is make it so!”                                     

Shuichi couldn't help but blush like an idiot at Kaito's remark, earning a soft smile from Momota himself.

He really did have the cutest smiles, Saihara thought.

Before any of them could say a word, they heard the bathroom door starting to slightly move. The doorknob was shaking violently. Momota knew he didn't have much time left.                                                                                                           

“Shuichi! You have to go! Now!”                                                                                  

Kaito whispered as loudly as he possibly could to Shuichi, looking frantically to the door and was in shock to find that it was nearly open, it was so close to just busting out of the hinges.                                                                                         

“O-Okay! T-Thank you, Kaito. I-I love you, and please stay safe, okay?”

“Love you too, Shu. Now run! As fast as you can!”                                                  

Shuichi ran as fast as his legs could take him, not even paying attention to the exisals. He eventually, after a lot of inconveniences, returned back to his own door, trying to catch his breath.

After about a minute or two, the detective managed to stumble his away to his bed, before falling onto it.  

Saihara had a small smile on his face as he slowly closed his eyes to get some much needed rest.

He honestly had no idea why he was worrying so much. Kaito could take care of himself! He's the ultimate astronaut, for fucks sake! If anyone could do it, it'd be him.

There's no one like Kaito Momota. And there won't be anyone like him.

…

Shuichi drifted to sleep peacefully, already anticipating seeing Kaito again tomorrow.  Saving the very man who has saved him countless times in the past.