#GROOVY NEEDS TO GET HIS BUTT WORKING

[groovygladiatorsheep]

Alright chat I lost all motivation for everything else but to finish InsectVerse’s prologue, next post is either that or xunshine yuri !!!

[babylon-crashing]

Originally I thought it would be fun coming up with a story using Parliafunkadelicment (that is, the 1970s American music collective known as P-Funk) mythology, "funkology," as George Clinton called it. But the more I worked on it, the more it headed in different directions. Let's just say, I had fun along the way ...

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Blast Hardcheese: Space Detective Welcome to the distant future of 1983. The Man has taken to the stars to make the Galaxy safe for Disco by destroying the Mothership Connection (Though you'd think that the Grand Ole Opry and Hillbilly Country and Western music would be a much better antithesis to urban city Funk than, say, Disco, but no matter). Led by our glorious leader, Sir Nose D'Voidoffunk … THE FUTURE IS SAFE: For J. Edgar Hoover and law-abiding citizens such as ourselves. Obey puny humans! Welcome, Blast, to our groovy swinging party! In the future it's always Bedtime for Bonzo! I didn't know you could make pancakes! Yum yum! At last the last of those evil Parliafunkadelicment beats have almost been wiped from the Universe. Only small pockets of resistance remain … to get up by getting down.

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Our Rebel Hero: Bootsy Collins Glorious Leader: All hail Sir Nose D'Voidoffunk Lady Bunny: Smash the Sucka MCs! Old school forever! Meanwhile, somewhere else that fits within our limited filming budget, Lady Bunny was fighting the good fight. Really? “Lady Bunny” was all you could come up with? Not even Funky Fresh or Soulful Swag? Anahit Broccolian? Wait!--

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Yes, it's what our boffins at the H.O.N.K.E.Y. Institute feared … the Funk is back and far freakier than before! It's tub-thumping from here, the Electronica Zone. That's impossible! Electronica has been dead for ages! Are you sure? I thought the last Rumpasaurus had been hunted to extinction. All we know is that the Jive-Flux-Matrix is powerless against this new dope blood developed by the Phunklords. Our secret weapon: Tanner Tannington III, bio-engineered as the most unhip human in history ... ...volunteered as our guinea pig. Great Scott! It was cranked up to 11! Egads! The cads! Another one bites the dust. Hush your foul mouth. His dying request was to hear Achy Breaky Heart one last time. He died as he lived: unable to keep a beat. These old models only play German opera, we thought that was enough. Have you tried Oko Ono? Or maybe Yma Sumac?

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That's all we know so far, Fanny. But I thought we dropped da bomb on Bootsy Collins. Literally! So, how did the Funk survive? What did we miss? Word on the street is that there was enough of it in J-Pop to turn the beat around, I love to hear percuss-- No! Do not start quoting 'Nam movies and Disco lyrics … as tempting as that might be. I love the smell of napalm in the morn—ack! J-Pop? Are you sure? J-Pop or K-Pop, I can't really tell the difference. Plus it's only 1983, we haven't even gotten to Hammer Time! yet. Indeed. The power of the Funk is most insidious. I miss the police state. USA! USA! Remember when being sterile, one-dimensional, monochromatic and against freedom of expression was thought of as a bad thing? Tell that to the average American male voter. Someone put Trump in the White House … twice.

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Meanwhile, back on “The Planet.” And I'll go this way and look for some kind of audio-vibratory-physio-molecular transport device. You mean...! Yes, Brad, it's something we ourselves have been working on for quite some time. A vibrator! But it seems our friend here has found a means of perfecting it. A perfect vibrator! A device which is capable of breaking down solid matter and projecting it through space … and who knows, perhaps even time … Itself? Itself! Wow! Sex toys sure have gotten crazy in the future. This has a pump-action grip! Now all I need to find is a … Butt plug? Calling Pebbles and Bam-Bam Calling Pebbles and Bam-Bam … Not only did I find our audio-vibratory-device but wait until you see the size of “Operation: Neurological Enema”!

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Meanwhile, back with Lady Bunny … Wait! Is this my cue? Meanwhile, back on “The Planet.” [Anything to advance the plot!] Ignore her. She's just embarrassing herself. Get down! She won't be able to see us this way! What page of the script are we on? This is a very bad segue and you should feel ashamed! Hey, cool, retro robots! Finally! Something to do with fighting The Funk! Er... what is it doing? Warming up with calisthenics. Funk fighting is a strenuous activity. Bend with the knees!

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You know what this story needs? A training montage sequence! Cue: Styx! Beep bop boop! We are the Majority for Musical Morality! Kilroy was here. Dōmo Arigatō Misutā Robotto. Secret, secret I've got a secret! With parts made in Japan! O funk me! No! No funk! We put our faith in Sir Nose D'Voidoffunk!

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I'm sorry, M.E.C.H.A.F.L.O.P.S.Y., I thought you were going to have some speaking lines or at least do something. “Perhaps in the sequel.” I told my agent, “No nude scenes.” The American public is not ready for it. It's sum sawt ov Unident'ah'fied a-Flyin' Objec'! Why are you talking like that? Well, we haven't made a Hillbilly joke since page 2. I mean, wasn't this whole story about how terrible Country and Western music is? The plot seems to have drifted. Of course it has! Those robots were suppose to be break dancing! Originally we were the heroes, using Old School Hip Hop to defeat the Kosmic Sucka' MCs. We had our own theme song! There was going to be a cameo with Cameo and Salt n Pepa … but we ran over budget. As the Armenians would say, “Vo'chinch”!

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Ideas I couldn't work into the story … Afrika Bambaataa and the Soul Sonic Force, art by Ed Piskor “Take M.E.C.H.A.F.L.O.P.S.Y. down to the planet with you.” “It looks too cute to be evil.” “Have you seen it try to dance?” In the words of our glorious leader, “We must maintain mental constipation and prevent Funkadelica from deprogramming the population” … again. The death of a disco dancer Well, it happens a lot 'round here I feel faint, someone hum Toby Keith. Help!

[ryuichirou]

I saw the size difference art of the Diasomnia boys and all I can say is, damn Sebek you need a bra for those honkers. Much like the post about NRC boys’ butts, do you have any headcanons on their chest sizes?

Omg Sebek and his honkers 😭 the boy looks straight-up indecent lol I get what you mean!

With how my brain is wired, I feel like in a lot of ways it’s going to correlate with the genderswap chest sizes I also wrote some time ago (update: NOPE IT’S NOT LOL), but I’ll still go through the list! Since this is more about muscle definition, right? Right… Alright, who else got honkers…

(I also don’t have much to say about some of them, sorry in advance!)

Riddle – pretty flat. We’ve seen his Beach Wear Groovy, the boy is pretty flat… there is sooome softness if you really squint, but maybe it’s just an optical illusion??

Ace – also kind of flat, but with soooome definition. Nothing to write home about, really, even though he’d like to have a big muscular chest someday.

Deuce – he also has soooome definition, but is flatter than Ace; Ace just uses his upper muscles a bit more.

Trey – definitely the biggest one of his dorm, and even though it’s muscular, it’s also surprisingly soft and squishy.

Cater – I feel like he’s pretty plain, just a flat boy.

Leona – definitely on a bigger side; he’s also kind of soft-ish, but more toned than Trey.

Ruggie – sometimes it looks like he has negative boobs. He does have some muscles, but doesn’t eat nearly enough protein to get any type of boobs :(

Jack – big boy. Very big boy. Huge. His boobs are big and heavy, definitely even bigger than Sebek’s. There is some softness to them, but not much: Jack’s boob could kill a person…

Azul – surprisingly… he’s pretty lean, but his chest is pretty noticeable when it isn’t buried under layers of clothes. It’s not big or anything, but he works hard on his body, so it’s like a natural result of that. He has to keep the perfect balance in his exercise or diet though, because it’s pretty easy for his chest to either start losing definition or becoming a bit soft.

Floyd and Jade – biiiiiig. Not as big as Jack or even Sebek, and I absolutely overdo it whenever I draw these two lol But both of them are pretty big when it comes to the chest region; Floyd is a tiiiiny bit bigger though.

Kalim – pretty close to Ace and Deuce, but also kind of soft!

Jamil – nicely defined, muscular, a little soft, but mostly toned. A bit similar to Leona’s but a size smaller lol

Vil – now this is who takes this whole thing very seriously; just like with his ass, he makes sure that his chest looks exactly how he wants it to look: it’s not flat at all, it’s actually pretty well defined, but he also paces himself just so it doesn’t get too big. There is pretty much zero softness in it, too.

Rook – terminator. Pretty much as big as Trey, but with zero softness lol He hides his boobs just as successfully as he hides his huge butt.

Epel – flat, but with more meat than Riddle, for example. But it’s not nearly enough meat for his chest to be pronounced… ahhh maybe one day! >:(

Idia – skeleton… no boobs for this man… but it’s okay we love him this way <3

Ortho – yeah, this one is also pretty obvious lol

Lilia – FLAAAAT Flatitio Lilia Flatticelli is his full name. But to be fair, I think he had more pronounced chest when he was younger. But it was never big by all means, just a bit more defined.

Silver – yeah, you’ve seen the art, I think he’s pretty big, but not as big as Sebek… he also has some softness to him, but it’s mostly because his body is more relaxed than Sebek’s, who’s always super tense.

Sebek – HONKERS. That are also hard as rock unfortunately… I feel like Sebek could break a pencil with his boobs somehow. I’m not sure how, but he might.

Malleus – it’s pronounced, it’s very noticeable when he wears anything tight, but it’s not super big.

[one-silly-cart00nist]

The Bunker [Mark/David]

(my silly little take on how the Elders reconciliation could look like. manifesting Mark's gay panic when he sees Goth David for the first time *fingers crossed*)

Rated: G Word Count: 2.8k Pre-slash, Love Confessions, sometimes you have to be locked up in a dark place with your crush to make up after a fight

Things went like this: The Elders split up, Barry and David moved on, Mark learned a lesson. But then they also continued like this: Mark scripted the best apology he could muster, entered the Smoothie Groovy, saw David, lost track of what he was saying. Finally, things take a swift turn: running, pushing and pulling, until they find themselves stumbling into an abandoned war bunker.

Things went like this: The Elders split up, Barry and David moved on, Mark learned a lesson. But then they also continued like this: Mark scripted the best apology he could muster, entered the Smoothie Groovy, saw David, lost track of what he was saying.

He thinks he managed to get through that he’s sad and lonely and regrets everything and won’t speak bad of Kenneth again—nor be mad if Barry and David keep in touch with him. He means to say much more than that, but his mouth doesn’t cooperate when it comes to vulnerable moments, so he’ll take what it is. 

It doesn’t yield results. If anything, David looks more frustrated than when Mark first walked in. 

Next thing he knows, he’s storming through the creek barely keeping up with David a few strides in front of him. What they lead couldn’t be called a conversation, not when every attempt at breaking the silence is followed by “I don’t want to hear it. Stop following me, Mark!”

“Then stop running away!” he shoots back every time and skips a few steps to decrease the space between them. Unfortunately, that’s when David speeds up. 

They must have chased each other around the entire creek from how tired Mark’s feet are getting. He isn’t quite the sporty type. This needs to end here. “I’m trying to apologize! Stop being difficult! What do you want to hear?”

“Are you even listening to yourself?” David growls when Mark attempts to grab onto his wrist to finally slow him down. “Do you even know what you’re apologizing for?”

“That’s what I just asked—” Mark insists. 

“Well that’s the problem!” 

“Now you’re just being a jerk! I’m trying here—” 

David jerks his arm away to shake Mark off but Mark holds on and pulls back. They wrestle around. David tries to shimmer out of his sleeve glove to break free. They walk into a bush. It’s all over the place. 

What matters is: One thing leads to another and soon they’re losing balance, stumbling down a hill, and falling into an old war bunker. 

Mark would be actually impressed by the discovery—he spent every day for the last 10 years at the creek yet he never knew of a bunker—but right now there are more pressing issues to address than a new landmark added to his mental map. For all he knows that kid with a staff might have already noted it down. 

His butt hurts from the fall. He stands up to dust himself off and watches David’s silhouette do the same. 

It takes a solid moment for his eyes to adjust to the darkness but soon enough he can see the general layout of the place. 

He can also see his (ex-) best friend adjusting his shirt, a garment he hadn’t worn voluntarily since he was twelve. 

That’s new. 

It brings a familiar sting to his chest, but as he’s been trying to communicate until now, he’s willing to adjust to changes like this now. Sure, fine. David wears a shirt. And works a part-time job. Mark’s okay with that as long as they can share pocky under the rock again. 

He doesn’t understand what more David wants to hear. Definitely not that Mark kind of wanted to kiss him when he walked into Smoothie Groovy earlier and how it only motivated him to make amends faster…  

But enough of that. Back to the pressing issues. 

The entrance—a metal door which was left inconveniently open when they fell through is now just as inconveniently closed shut. It doesn’t even have a handle. 

“Why did you grab the door you idiot!”

David inhales sharply and crosses his arms in front of his chest. “That’s it I’m leaving.”

“Where to? We’re stuck!” Mark throws his fists to the air in frustration.  

“Well if you didn’t make me let go of the door—” 

“I didn’t want your fingers to get crushed!” he exclaims. The fall was disorienting and happened way too fast, but it was a deliberate thought that made him reach out to David’s hand when, in a frenzy of trying to grasp onto roots and alike, he grabbed the door. He wasn’t gonna let him lose life points outside of paper. 

David doesn’t respond to that. 

Mark turns around to face the door that just shut them in, bracing himself. It is an unlucky situation but perhaps finally an opportunity to sit down and clear the table. 

Mark wants to apologize, and he wants to do it properly. “Since we’re stuck here… please listen to me David…” 

“No.”

“David!” 

“No. We’re not stuck. Look— a door!” 

Mark whips his head around to see David hover near the opposite wall. It was overgrown with dirt and ivy but upon closer look, when David dusts it off with his elbow, there’s a matching metal door to the one they just fell through. Except this one is slightly bent and the lock doesn’t align anymore. With a little luck they can force it apart. 

“How did you find that?” 

“Wanted to dig into the wall, it resisted,” David recapitulates proudly. 

It reminds Mark of when they played one of the board escape games and much to the frustration it brought to Mark’s competitive spirit, David mostly single-handedly led them to win. Mark aces at puzzles and codes. Barry solves the riddles. David stars at the out-of-box solutions. 

“That’s… clever.”

The door budges when they join forces, and with an unpleasant creak it grants access to the rest of the bunker. As far as they can see from the doorway, it’s a hallway that opens into rooms on both sides and disappears into a void of darkness. 

From the corner of his eye, Mark can see David waver at the door. He must be scared.

Mark holds out his hand towards his frightened friend and commands, “Hold onto me.”

David’s eyes flicker between his face and the offered hand, considering the offer, then he scowls and looks away. “No thank you.” 

Oh. For a moment there, Mark completely forgot how they got themselves into this situation. 

The tension returns between them, and he hates it. He hates when his body responds like this, whether it’s the weight in his stomach or the fluttering in his chest. And it’s always David. It’s different of course, when they fight and when they don’t, but when it comes to handling either it sets his nerves on fire. 

It’s been like that for the past eternity. Like it tries to tell him something—but Mark doesn’t speak its language. 

This time around he knows, at least partially, what he feels insecure about: David growing up and past Mark, past the predictable comfort, past whatever butterflies Mark tries to both chase and avoid. 

Mark doesn’t want him to change, he needs him to hold on. 

“You’ve done that since forever,” he reasons. “It makes you feel safe or whatever. Even if you just want to throw me at the monster as bait, works for me. Come on.”

David weighs, and seems to accept, at least one of the arguments because he finally holds onto him. Onto his cape, but that’s already something. 

Good enough. 

“Let me just turn on some light…”

He pulls out his phone to find the flashlight function. It will be useful to avoid stepping into trouble and to actually see where the hallway ends. 

However, before he can turn it on, David holds his hand. “You can’t do that! It will notice us!”

Mark doesn’t question what It is.

“It already heard our voices.”

David whines. He looks around in panic. “What if it’s light sensitive? Plus our eyes already got used to the darkness. It'll only bring attention to us.”

“Fine,” he sighs. 

There’s no point in making David even more scared. He pockets the phone again.

They make it through the tiny common room and past the first pair of doors. Both of them are shut tight but David leads a staring contest with them like they could mysteriously burst open any minute. 

Of course they can’t. 

Mark knows that. 

He still can’t chase away the images from Shiki flashing before his eyes, which he curses himself for watching at all. It wasn’t so scary sandwiched between David and Barry two years ago, but maybe he just couldn’t comprehend the danger of being locked away where his dead body may never even be found, back then. 

“Arggh!” 

He flinches when David shrieks.

His mind is still elsewhere, but he does the one thing he can think of: grabs David and yanks him into his chest. Like that could shield him from a maleficent demon spawn… 

But Demon spawns don’t exist in this universe as far as science can confirm. 

With his heart pounding, he inspects the situation—there’s lots of junk on the floor David must have tripped over. He chuckles in relief. David’s panic earlier must have gotten into his head as well. 

He looks down at his friend, and only when he sees his scowl he schools his own smile away. 

“You’re laughing at me!” David accuses him and forcefully pushes away. 

“Wha— no I’m not!” 

“What are you laughing at then?” he interrogates. His cheeks are dusted red from embarrassment. 

Mark feels his cheeks heat up too. He scratches his neck as he tries to convey his next words as casually as possible. “It scared me too, I guess. And the only thing I managed was to pull you close.”

It doesn’t have to mean anything if he plays it cool. 

After a charged silence, he adds: “I’d be dead in a horror movie.”

David softens, then. He glances towards the floor and tugs at his own shirt in a self-conscious manner. “I wouldn’t make it easier, yelping at every sound…”

“I’d still let you hold onto me,” Mark replies.  

David’s fingers find a loose thread to twist and pull. He still isn’t looking away from his feet but there’s a hesitant smile playing on his lips. “Being scared for your life really makes you soft…”

“I’m the scared one—? I just don’t want anything to happen to you.”

David’s eyes finally flicker up to meet his, at least for a moment. Mark cannot quite read the glint in them, but it finally feels like he said something right. 

“It’s… hard to believe that sometimes,” David admits quietly. 

It’s Mark’s turn to scowl. “What do you mean?” 

David takes a deep breath, like it takes effort for him as well to voice his feelings. When he speaks, it’s with confidence. “You act like such a jerk to me. I know we’re friends but… I never know if you actually care about me…”

Every word feels like a stab in the guts. 

Of course he cares. David, and Barry, are the only people he cares about. He wouldn’t choose to come to the creek everyday to hang out with them otherwise. They understand him and share his interests and passions. And, yeah, David is too much to handle sometimes, but Mark wouldn’t let anything happen to him. 

But how does he say any of that without sounding… ew, mushy? 

David spares him of that dilemma because he doesn’t wait for Mark to respond at all, spinning around on his heel and striding forward on shaky feet. “Come on, I think I see a ladder over there.” 

Mark swallows his heart down and follows closely behind as David takes the lead across the hallway, stealing glances into the open spaces that David pointedly avoids, like something worse than spiders could actually be hiding in them. 

There is indeed a ladder that leads towards the surface. A handle wheel is the last divide between them and freedom. 

It should be a relief, except they still haven’t resolved the tension, and the moment they step foot outside, David will have no reason to listen to him. David won’t need him anymore. 

Still, Mark lets him climb up first and be the one to spin them free. If there is by any chance a dark force lurking in the shadows ready to grab their ankles then it better take Mark, not like there’s much waiting for him out in the world right now. 

He says so out loud when David questions him. It earns him an eye-roll and a helping hand to climb towards the blinding daylight. He holds on. 

To give an official closure to this unsettling adventure, and to make sure no other kid encounters a similar fate, they shut the bunker opening behind them. 

It looks much smaller when Mark maps the distance between the hill they fell down and the clearing they stand on now. Even from his height, it’s almost impossible to tell there’s a whole infrastructure below their feet. 

If the wheel got stuck, they would be forgotten and lost in the sands of time forever. Phew. 

Done with reflecting on their possible death, Mark then turns towards David, knowing this is the last shot he has to address what he heard in the bunker, and what he approached David with today in the first place. “Wait, before we leave. May I talk to you?”

David turns to face him. “Okay, but… Make it count.”

He doesn’t flinch or move away when Mark steps forward. Good. 

Mark clears his throat. 

“Listen I… I’m sorry for the way I treated you all these years. It was never my intention to hurt you or push you away. I, uh, didn’t realize my actions had consequences…”

“What was your intention then? How did you not see it?” David asks, and this time it doesn’t sound accusing.

It encourages Mark to continue. “I just… couldn’t handle my emotions well. I thought if I pushed against them, they would disappear. Instead, it made things worse. I can see that now.”

When he pushed, he meant it for room to breathe, not to put distance between him and his best friends. When he allowed himself to take, he didn’t realize he took more than the feeling of satisfaction of it.

It still isn’t quite right. He wants more time to put his thoughts on the paper, but there is no paper. He feels like an underleveled hero facing a boss battle far too early in the campaign. The air is lava. 

He shuts his eyes, hoping to alleviate some of the pressure of David’s eyes piercing into him. They aren’t even piercing, they’re wide and gentle, and that makes it even worse. 

This is what he loses if he misses a single step. 

He braces himself. “What I’m trying to say… I do care about you… and… I really like you. The rest of the apology goes to Barry as well but this—this part is just about you. I really like you. I just suck at communicating that.”

He releases a breath he didn’t know he was holding when David finally responds, voice disapproving but gentle. “That’s no way to treat someone you like. How would you feel if Gorobi-chan kept pushing you away?” 

“Ouch.” 

“Exactly.” 

Yeah. That would hurt. But… 

“Wait. No, that’s not an accurate analogy.” 

It might be a fragile moment that he shouldn't risk being nitpicky about parallels but there’s one thing deeply wrong with what David just said. And he can’t just leave that unaddressed. 

“You can’t say it like that. In that case, I’m the one who likes Gorobi-chan and she hurts my feelings, so that would translate to you liking me and— that doesn’t make sense—”

Well, Mark certainly didn’t see that coming.

“I’m as surprised as you are,” David sighs. “So you see how bad it makes me feel when you toy around with me. If you want me back, as a friend, or as something else… Make me see that you’ve grown up.”

Mark cringes, but nods. “I promise.” 

When he looks at David, he finds his friend smiling in a way that makes his heart flutter. It’s nothing new, but somehow easier to handle after he admitted to it out loud. 

“Anything else you want to share or can we head home? I’m hungry.” 

Not really. If David is comfortable teasing him, this is a good note to leave on. 

And so they leave the bunker behind, definitely. 

This time they fall into step as they walk. This time, Mark doesn’t have words on the tip of his tongue. This time, when Mark reaches for David’s wrist he’s met with no resistance. 

All that tension from before is gone, spirited away with the wind. 

Mark pulls up Google Maps to see which way home when they find themselves lost, while David lists all the food he’d like to eat for dinner. 

“There’s shrimp chips at the rock. Or maybe we can reach the mall before closing hours?”

David shakes his head with a tired laugh. “I’ve had enough adventures for a day.”

“Do you want to go to the mall another day? My treat,” Mark offers with a small heart. 

David bumps into his shoulder shyly. It makes a smile bloom on Mark’s face, and a hopeful feeling settles in his chest. 

“Sounds nice.”

They’re getting off on the right foot this time.

[pianoperson]

Ikerev Army Boys Playing Twisted Wonderland

After reading @valnyte’s HC with Ikevamp, I wanted to do one with Ikerev too.

Alice introduces the boys to Twisted Wonderland and is shocked to get them all hooked into the game. Let’s say they all understand the game.

*just want to say, the strategies I typed in these HCs are actually legitimate strategies I’ve heard from people, and if you have the cards for it, I suggest you try them out

Black Army

Ray Blackwell

He’s in mainly for the story.

F for him, his fav character is Che’nya.

He claims Heartslabyul is his favorite episode because it has the best story out of the currently released episodes so far, but the Black Army isn’t falling for that.

He’s not wrong though, in my opinion. Heartslabyul, along with Octavinelle, has the best story.

He had to make it a rule that no one should spend the Black Army funds for gacha after the one time Seth spent 10k lin for gacha.

He does assemble his team but only bases his assembling on favs and a bit from Sirius’ advice.

He can’t help but smile fondly at Ace and Deuce’s shenanigans and dumbassery; they remind him of him and Fenrir.

Sirius Oswald

Oh he’s gonna have fun with the strategizing part of the game.

He will write down in a notebook all the card information he has attained and would ask from other soldiers for their cards if he doesn’t have a certain card so he can note down their stats at max level groovied, their magic skills, their typings, their buddies, and even how they perform in battle.

He’s the first and only one in the Black Army who scored SSS on tests. Everyone was floored.

Listen, he probably discusses these strategies at dinner especially because some people ask him how he scores ridiculously high in tests.

“Fairy Leona may be a defense card, but if with Kalim and Rook, who are his attack buddies, his attack stat will increase to 5k+. If you have SSR Kalim, who boosts your ally, his attack stat will increase further, and it’s even better that Kalim’s attack boost is magic 1 and he is Leona’s duo partner, therefore strengthening Leona’s duo magic. If limit broken at a certain level, he can deal 10k damage per hit with duo magic. The only other SSR who can inflict the same amount of damage is Riddle dorm and even then, you need to have Cater on your team with max buddy to even experience such a boost.”

He may not have superb gacha luck and he is an f2p, but whatever cards he possesses, he can somehow make them work in his favor.

He has a spiritual connection to Trey Clover.

Luka Clemence

Hello, may I introduce you to Luka “I have 7 SSRs only, it’s not that much” Clemence?

No, I’m not kidding. This guy has insane luck as an f2p.

He snagged 7 SSRs in two weeks and when Seth was crying about his gacha luck, that was the only time Luka realized 7 SSRs was a lot?

“I JUST WANT AN SSR SO BAD, I ONLY HAVE MY TUTORIAL PULL ONE”

“Huh?¿ How can you only have one?”

“BECAUSE I’M THAT UNLUCKYYYYY WHY HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE”

“I only have 7...”

Seth’s screams could be heard from Red Territory.

Ok but Seth has every right to freak out. Luka has ALL dorm leader SSRs, biggest tank of the game SSR Trey, and tweels.

Luka dislikes Riddle and Vil for the fact they both bear similarities with his brother. He has mixed feelings with the former, though, due to his backstory.

When it comes to rhythmics, he laments about how he’s a musician yet he can’t get the timing right. Poor fingers are slow.

Rip him in hard mode, especially for Octavinelle’s and prologue 14. They’re h e l l.

Seth Hyde

Rip Seth, he just wants an SSR

His initial SSR was Ruggie and he was crying when he learned from Sirius that he could have rerolled.

His favorite character is Vil and he wants him to come home, but only his Rs arrived.

It’s a wonder how 10k lin wouldn’t bring robe Vil and lab Vil home.

And he still has less SSRs than Luka LMAO

He’s cried at almost every OB backstory except Leona’s.

His favorite rhythmic is the paint the roses one.

Fenrir Godspeed

Luck in battle? Yes. Luck in gacha? Who’s that?

Fenrir spends money on the game but he uses his family’s wealth. Don’t worry, he knows how to manage his savings, but that’s mainly because he accidentally inputted the wrong birth year when he first put it in, so it listed him as a minor.

He loves Ace because he felt like he could relate to him so much.

His first SSR was Riddle, so he really wanted Azul’s SSR when his banner first came out. He hit pity pull and got duped by Floyd.

It’s ok Fenrir, I feel your pain, except I never hit pity.

He loves the rhythmics. Often, he’ll be singing the tunes out loud.

He’s gonna sing the Magift rhythmic songs when he’s training with other soldiers.

Red Army

Lancelot Kingsley

It took him weeks to figure out where alchemy classes are.

He has 4 SSRs who duo with each other, so that’s lit af.

He doesn’t know why he keeps losing in certain battles, though.

He also spent money on gacha oof

Riddle makes him chuckle. He has such a huge resemblance to Jonah, after all.

Trey makes him think of Sirius too often.

He ends up laughing at the thought of Sirius being Jonah’s helper.

I mean hey, they could have at least been friends if things played out differently back in school.

His favorite is Malleus, though, for the fact that he is powerful and lonely.

Jonah Clemence

He didn’t touch on the game at first because he thought it was ‘a waste of time’. It didn’t help that Edgar teased him for having the same voice as Riddle. It was only when he found out Lancelot plays the game and looks so happy with it that he decided to give it a try.

He was surprised at how similar he and Riddle are, and he liked the little queen even more for his birthday, being the same as Luka’s.

He will never admit he likes the game, though, but the soldiers catch him humming some of the songs sometimes.

Another thing he will never admit: he felt a lump in his throat when he read Riddle’s backstory, but when he got to Azul’s, he cried for an hour. He found himself most impressed with Azul’s voice acting prior to the overblot, but the story about Azul’s past had hit him hard. They experienced the exact same thing after all (being bullied) but it was interesting how differently they both turned out afterwards.

Jonah isn’t too big on the meta gameplay. Sure, he strategizes, but he mostly takes into consideration the stats of a card, not so much with the performance of it in battle. He won’t ever say it to Edgar, but he does take Edgar’s advice into consideration, even applying it if he has the cards for it.

Jonah scoffs at spending on gacha. Ultimately, they’re just JPEGs. Why spend on something that can’t be touched? Anyway, he has 5 SSRs and several good SRs such as robe Jade, robe Vil, and lab Trey. He can manage.

He loves the rhythmic section of the game. He may not be the best in the battles, but he’s talented in the rhythmics. Sure, some rhythmics were difficult, but he always scores SS on one or two tries regardless of difficulty. His favorite songs are the fairy gala songs and he’s caught humming them.

Edgar Bright

Just like Sirius, he has fun strategizing in battle. He will blab to Lancelot, Jonah, and Zero about the different strategies he’s come up with.

“Did you know you can make SSR Jade an attack SSR? His magic 1 raises his attack stat, and if you max it, hm will it exceed 5,000? I forget. And if you put Trey in the same team as Jade, he will further boost his attack, and if their buddy level has been maxed, hm perhaps you might reach 6k+ for Jade’s attack stat?”

“Did you know Azul’s attack stat can surpass even Floyd’s attack stat? If you max his buddy with Jade, he can be as strong as Riddle dorm at lvl80.”

“I’m sorry, but after testing out fairy Kalim, his SR cards are still better performance-wise.”

He’s the first and only one to have SSS and just like Jonah, he aces the rhythmic section.

He finds himself most amused with Jade for his shadiness and is probably the one who goes, “Jade, don’t you just want to go apeshit?”

Kyle Ash

He tends to miss lessons often either because he has a lot of patients or because he’s hungover, so he tends to complain about how weak his cards are.

He doesn’t care much about the meta gameplay and plays by favorites. Somehow, he manages to use the good cards and hits rank S.

He doesn’t join the events and doesn’t understand the woes of gacha since he always manages to get the cards he wants.

Luckiest guy honestly, and some of the soldiers jokingly beg for his luck.

Zero

He also strategizes but he mostly follows Edgar’s advice since he tends to get to it first before Zero.

Zero doesn’t play too often because of work, but the game is addicting enough to make him catch the restored AP every 2.5 hours. Anyway, even if he didn’t want to, Alice would have tried to get his workaholic butt off of work.

Poor baby has given up on prologue 14 hard mode rhythmic.

His favorite character is Jack for his good boy nature and he found himself liking the Octavinelle chapter for his presence and rationality. Beans Day event was also fun for him because of Jack.

[frostedfaves]

To Build A Home (6)

Masterlist

Pairing: Rosa Diaz x fem!reader

Summary: Rosa spent years building a friendship, relationship, and eventually a marriage and home with you. This tale follows your journey together up until her sudden murder. Now that you’ve tracked down her killer before anyone else, will you do the right thing and send him to prison or take care of him yourself?

Warnings: brief mentions of a bomb threat, robbery, and alcohol use, poorly written detective work, Jake and Amy ignored on their own wedding day (I’m still so sorry faves)

A/N: this part doesn’t feature as much Rosa and wife interaction as the previous parts because I needed to set the scene for something that will come back later ;) but I hope you still enjoy it! feedback appreciated as always

Previous chapter here

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Your eyes roamed around the small store after passing the crime scene tape, assessing a surprising lack of damage for a robbery. You didn’t expect the place to be trashed, but there was barely a sign of a struggle or anything taken in a hurry.

“Hi there.”

You turned to face a white man in his possible fifties, at least from what you could tell with the graying strands of hair and incoming wrinkles around the eyes. A hint of a smile was directed your way as he stretched out his hand.

“You must be the detective the cops told me was coming. I’m Mark Collins, the owner of this place.”

“Detective Y/N Diaz,” you introduced yourself before pulling out of the handshake. “So you said you were robbed. What happened?”

He quickly explained to you the events that took place, starting with firing an employee the night before and leading into his return this afternoon.

“I had a feeling Thomas would retaliate and I would’ve been prepared for him, but my sister brought her daughter by this morning and they’re both terrified of guns, so I hid it in the back. I have a license for it, by the way,” he added when your brows raised at him.

“Do you mind if we take a look at your security footage?” 

You followed him into his office, watching as the same situation he described to you played out on camera. You sighed a bit when the armed man shouted his reason for taking the money, feeling that Mark owed it to him to help pay his rent since he didn’t give him time to find income elsewhere. Although you’ve felt the pain of suddenly losing your job before, it didn’t justify you or anyone taking money from someone else.

“Alright, I’m going to need a copy of that footage downloaded. I’ll come back for it later. I’m also going to need the address you have on file for Thomas so I can pay him a little visit.”

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Twenty minutes later you pulled into a parking spot just down the block from the apartment building of your suspect. You’d just taken off your seatbelt after cutting the engine when your phone rang, a smile appearing on your features at the sight of your wife’s name and picture.

“Hey, baby,” you greeted cheerily as you locked the car doors again. “How’s the wedding day craziness going?”

“Even crazier than expected,” she told you with a sigh. “You’re not on your way yet, are you?”

“No, why?”

“Someone called in a bomb threat on the rec center, so that’s getting checked out while Jake, Amy and Charles try to figure out who did it. I’m waiting for Terry to call back the driver of the car that he left Amy’s veil in.”

You couldn’t help but laugh. “Okay, so you weren’t kidding when you said ‘crazier than expected’.”

“I was not.” She chuckled along with you for a second. “So where are you?”

“I’m currently outside of where my suspect may or may not be. On the security footage you can hear him say he stole the money for rent since he doesn’t have a backup job but…” You let out a sigh of your own. “I don’t know. Maybe I’m giving him too much intelligence credit, but if I robbed the store I just got fired from, I wouldn’t go back to the address I gave my manager. Still going to give it a shot anyway.”

“Okay, well I won’t keep you on the phone much longer. Driver’s pulling up anyway. Be safe, and I love you.”

“Love you too, Rosa. See you later.”

You made your way up to the apartment quite easily as the lock on the secured door was broken. A knock went unanswered for several seconds. A second knock brought you face to face with a woman much younger than Mark.

“Detective Y/N Diaz,” you introduced yourself as you held up your badge for her to see. 

“Jessica Moore,” she offered. “What’s this about?”

“I’m looking for Thomas Moore. Is he here?”

“He was, but you just missed him by about an hour.” She shrugged. “Tommy was sleeping on the couch for a while because his girlfriend kicked him out. He was only gone maybe half an hour before he came back saying he was headed home, packed up his stuff and left.”

“Do you know where this girlfriend lives?”

“No, sorry. I don’t even know her name! Every time I ask about her, he just tells me I’m asking too many questions, as if he doesn’t try to interrogate every guy I’ve been on a date with,” she grumbled off to the side with her arms crossed.

“I know the feeling,” you told her and she turned back to you with a hopeful smile.

“You have brothers too?”

“Nope, just familiar with men and their double standards.” You pulled a business card from your jacket pocket and gave it to her. “Call me if he shows up, and thanks for your cooperation.”

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After gathering all the evidence you needed from the crime scene, you’d arrived at the precinct just in time to see Holt cleaning up what used to be a cake version of the Nakatomi Plaza. You had your questions, but you simply saved them for a moment when you weren’t completely focused on your case. Every single moment of the day, every conversation that didn’t come from the computer where you were studying surveillance footage was ignored.

“Yep, Terry fumbled the task. But we got you a bouquet.”

Your ears couldn’t help but tune in at the sound of Rosa’s voice, this moment being the first time you’d heard her in a few hours. Still, you couldn’t bring yourself to pull away from your work until her hands gently landed on your shoulders, effectively melting the tension from them.

“Hey.”

“Hi.” You turned in your chair with a smile, which instantly fell as you caught sight of Amy in a wedding dress. “Please tell me I didn’t accidentally work through the wedding.”

“Jake, Amy, let’s go downstairs. It’s wedding time!” Charles addressed the pair with a proud grin and Rosa gave your shoulder a teasing nudge.

“Looks like you’re just in time. Come on.”

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“But I do have some bad news. There’s a bomb at this wedding as well.”

“What?” The frown on Jake’s face matched yours, both of you confused by Amy’s calm demeanor.

“Your butt. Your butt is the bomb. There will be no survivors.”

“I love you so much. You’re my dream girl.”

Your laugh at the adorably childish pair was cut short when you realized Rosa was staring at you. “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing. I just missed you today.” She threw her right arm around your shoulders, gently pulling you in to lean against her and dropping a kiss on your hairline.

“I missed you too.” Your left hand grabbed hers, locking your fingers together in her lap, both of you smiling at the reciprocated skin-to-ring contact. Satisfied with the physical touch, you both turned your attention back to your nearly married best friends, brows raised as you watched a robot from the bomb squad bring the rings down the aisle.

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You thanked Rosa as she placed two drinks on the table, sliding into the booth next to you and this time wrapping her left arm around you. You slipped your fingers through hers once more as they dangled over your shoulder, extending your thanks in the form of a quick kiss on the cheek.

“So how did it go earlier? I’m guessing by the way you were buried in your case that your suspect wasn’t stupid.”

“No, he wasn’t,” you sighed. “I found his sister, who told me that he’d left some time before I got there to go back home to his girlfriend. I can’t find any evidence of him having a girlfriend, but I have to wait until Monday to get a search warrant for the apartment. So I won’t know whether or not the sister was lying until then.”

“Well when you do find him, which I know you will, don’t forget to call me. I love watching my woman take down bad guys.” She winked and you laughed so hard you nearly snorted.

“What about you? How’d you end up with a shower curtain and flowers instead of a veil?” you asked after settling down, keeping your eyes on her as you sipped your drink.

“The customer after us knocked the dry cleaning bag out of the car when he left and we found it soaked in urine because, you know, New York streets are gross like that.” 

She shuddered, her look of disgust shifting into adoration when you held her glass and straw up to her lips. As you returned it to the table, you caught sight of Jake and Amy gazing at each other like no one else existed within the walls of the bar.

“I’m so happy for them. I can’t believe our best friends are married.”

“I can,” she responded as she shifted even closer to you, her eyes landing on the pair. “They’re the perfect example of the ‘opposites attract’ concept. They’re going to grow old together.”

“It’s funny that you say that, because they think the same thing about us.”

She turned back to you, that specially reserved smile back on her lips as she took in your appearance. Using the arm around you, she guided your own lips close enough to leave a kiss on them that was far too short for your liking. She settled back into the booth again and picked up her drink, her eyes never once leaving yours.

“Let’s prove them right, then.”

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Tags: @gaulty74 @creepingwolfberry @rosadiazswifey @milkfromhell @xetherealbeautyx @jay-is-groovy @marie-03

[imaginejamesandsirius]

Prompt where James and Sirius are being very protective of Remus and being a power couple to shoo away unwanted attention from Remus. Thanks so much!

Marlene frowned, looking at Remus with worry as he entered the Great Hall and slowly made his way over. 

"If you keep your face like that, you're gonna get wrinkles," Sirius said, half hoping that she would make a quip back about how-- wrinkles or not-- she was still the most gorgeous person at Hogwarts and would sufficiently forget about Remus and the activities that would make him look so downtrodden. 

"Is Remus hurt?" 

She always had to make things difficult, Sirius thought with a pout. 

"Not really," James said casually. 

"What the bloody hell is 'not really' supposed to mean?" Dorcas said from her spot next to Marlene. 

"Well, I'm 'not really' hurt because of what me and James did last night," Sirius said with a snort, "but it's enough to notice." 

"Ew, I don't want to hear that," Lily said, wrinkling her nose. You could always trust Lily to butt in when someone was sharing overly personal details, and it's one of the things Sirius loved about her. "Please, let's talk about anything else." 

Later, James put an arm around Sirius's shoulders and quietly said, "Funny how the sex last night was wild enough that you're sore but I don't remember it." 

Sirius smirked at him. "And to think, no one noticed." 

"You're a magnificent bastard," James declared, pressing a smacking kiss to Sirius's cheek-- which elicited another 'ew' from Lily. 

*

Someone the table over in the Common Room was having an argument about 'creature rights'. Do goblins deserve to be treated as equal, have the centaurs had their rights violated by Hogwarts clearing out three-quarters of the forest to build on their land, that sort of thing. It wasn't a very fun conversation, all things considered. Mostly because someone was actually arguing that they should-- basically-- get over it and accept that wizards were better. They didn't phrase it quite like that, but it was the general idea: wizards can wield magic, they can't, therefore we're better. All in all it was sickening but not their business, so they kept their mouths shut and did their homework-- or, in James's case, worked on Quidditch formations for the upcoming game that he wanted to try and their next practice. 

And then werewolves got brought up, and it's like a hush fell over the Marauder's table. They hadn't been talking much to begin with, but they all paused in place, quills hovering over parchment and knuckles too tight on books. Remus sort of hunched in on himself. Not enough to be noticeable to anyone but them. It still made James's blood boil. 

Sirius's jaw ticked, and him and James glanced at each other. They needed to do something. If it were third year or before, they'd be able to let off some sort of explosion and claim it was an accident, but that stopped being believable after a while-- not that anyone had believed it by the end of their first year, but still. 

James's saw Lily at the corner of his vision and darted his eyes at her. Sirius gave a slight nod, and then they were reaching for each other, snogging like there was no tomorrow. Peter and Remus were far too used to them being weird that they didn't question it, and it had the desired effect of making Lily notice and interrupt them. 

"Potter! Stop snogging in the middle of the bloody Common Room," she called from where she was. 

"Sod off Evans, I can kiss my fiance anywhere I want," James yelled back. 

Predictably, all other conversations stopped and the Common Room was filled with people talking. Either they knew it all along, someone lost a bet, someone won a bet, or they were yelling congratulations from their seat. The werewolf talk had ended immediately. 

"Since when are we engaged?" Sirius murmured against James's mouth. 

"Since about five seconds ago," James said with a grin. 

"No take-backs." 

"I wouldn't dream of it." 

*

Remus stared at them. Blinked. "You're getting married," he said flatly, like he thought they were the dumbest people on the planet. "So people would stop talking about me." 

"Yes. Oh and because we love each other, but that's like, a secondary reason," Sirius said, waving a hand dismissively. 

The look on Remus's face managed to intensify. Like yeah, he'd known before that they were stupid but now he was thinking it harder than before. "I'm... you have to end it." 

"No way," James said. He was laying on the floor of the dorm, legs kicked up on Sirius's bed as he held a Quidditch magazine over his face. "Mum's already made up invitations and put a notice in The Prophet. If we cancel it now, we wouldn't be able to do it again later." He lowered the magazine and looked over at Remus. "Besides, that's not the kind of drama we're going for. We're spectacularly in love, whether you want to believe it or not. Oh, Si, that reminds me. Are we inviting Regulus to the ceremony? Your parents aren't invited because I hate them and you hate them and I'm pretty sure Mum would commit double homicide if they tried to say anything to you." 

"I dunno how we'd get my brother there without my parents." 

"We can send him an invite and worry about it later," James offered. 

Sirius nodded. "Sounds good." 

"Groovy," James said, then turned back to his magazine. 

Remus was left gaping at them. No matter how long he stared though, he couldn't form the words to describe how dumb he thought they were. 

[aj-allen97]

Zack Snyder’s Justice League response and opinions on Part Four:

Spoilers!!!!

- Part Four starts off looking like a black and white noir film and here’s Batman! Being all Batman and he brought friends much to Jim’s confusion

- aww poor clueless Flash

- also it’s hilarious how the fastest man alive got left behind in a blink of an eye

- Poor Jim he’s definitely thinking he’s not being paid enough to deal with Batman and Cos shenanigans

- It’s hilarious to see all that random pocket stuff in a nice pile - makes it nice and clear that the Parademons picked up their victims held them by their ankles and gave them a nice shake down on the off chance one of the prisoners may have been hiding the Mother Box in their pockets

- Alfred ex-machica

- Oh wow prisoners actually being tortured- Zack Snyder is not playing around with his R rating

- Janitor survives being thrown into a wall

- Go Diana! Show that bully your inner goddess!

- Oh Barry that’s why your my favorite in this movie

- I actually like this team fights Steppenwolf in the tunnel scene better in this version - no pep talk needed for Barry and still manages to being hilarious and awesome at the same time

- gosh that back ground sound track - chilling

- 😂😂😂 oh Diana your a utter delight to watch

- does it matter Barry??? Get you butt in the armored car before you drown

- You know for being a average dude compared to his team mates Batman is doing a pretty good job on keeping up with his teammates - what I like about him

- Welp it’s definitely Russia because that church has that groovy dome roof Russia is known for

- Mother Box - Anti Life??? I have no clue what the heck these two are talking about but I guess it pushes the plot along

- Stripping for his master as the ultimate show of loyalty

- Victor your precious child never change

- Lord of the Rings vibes going on

- Of course it was the freaking Nazi that found the mother box - after all Marvel had Nazis/Hydra wanting the cosmic cube (which was basically Nazis) in their movie and it was successful - what is it with powerful alien cubes??? (Marvel, Transformers, now DC)

- Welp thats creepy...getting Frankenstein vibes now

- All were missing is the pledge of allegiance

- filler filler - Lois and Martha filler dull

- Wait wait what????

- It’s The Martian Manhunter!!!!!!

- To bad this is probably the last time we’ll see him

- So why does Martian Manhunter needs Lois to go back to work???

- Why doesnt Martian Manhunter go to the team??Why not pose as Superman??? And help the team Bluff their way out of a fight???

To Be Continued....

[readbetweenthelineslove]

Thoughts While Watching SK Homecoming

I was literally smiling and laughing like an idiot while watching these wonderful amazing people and thinking of all of the memories from years of enjoying their musicals. I am so glad I bought the digital download because they deserve all of the love and support. Just a word of warning I will be spoiling what happens throughout the show so if you haven’t seen it yet and/or you don’t want to have anything spoiled for you, I would not proceed any further. You have been warned. Also, as the show is over two hours long, buckle in cause this is gonna be a doozy and I have a lot of feeling about this wonderful show.

Disclaimer: these are just my own personal thoughts and opinions as a long time fan of Starkid, please don’t come at me.

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1. Darren is so cute with how he encourages and interacts with the crowd, you can tell how much he loves Starkid and loves the fans

2. we stan a founding knucklehead of Starkid

3. I am so proud of the musical daddies as they conduct a literal orchestra!! how far they have come!!! also, hearing all of the songs with the orchestra is such a treat.

4. I am living for Jeff Blims outfit! the eyeliner, the necklace, the vest!! honestly, iconic.

5. It is so funny to me that they had to edit out fuck from their songs, i.e. “i mean what the what”; “tiger lover”; “he porked a tiger”.

6. Did they change the octave that they were singing, because Jeff seems to be struggling?

7. I love how Jon Matteson looks the same as he did TGWDLM, he is Paul.

8. I don’t know why but the TGWDLM medley is increasing my appreciation for Jeff, previously who wasn’t really on my radar in terms of my favorite starkids, but I love his little dance moves and funny things he does

9. Robert Manion fucking performs the hell out of show stopping number and I am here for it every single time. I feel like he can’t help it and you can tell he’s into it because he can’t help but make the Hidgins face and wiggle his hips. Also, THE BODY ROLLS I AM LIVING FOR THEM !!! (@9:10)

10. Both Mariah and Jon are confirmed working boys and I love them for it. I love that Corey brought Mariah in at the end to make sure she was included.

11. Okay but Lauren Lopez knows how to perform like she knows how to work and engage a live audience. I so enjoy watching performances like this where there isn’t a wall between performer and audience because I think that that’s when she shines. I also feel like the same applies to Rob, Joey, and Darren, they are just so fun to watch.

12. How are all of these people so attractive!! I especially love Lauren’s outfit, but that’s probably just cause I love her so much.

13. I don’t know why but Brian’s “I still don't know!!” at 12:08 gets me every time.

14. Joey’s look behind him for his shadow at 12:24 while he bops kills me.

15. The orchestral swell at 13:05 with “this is the dawn” is so beautiful.

16. Lauren's arms are unbelievable, but we already knew that

17. 14:43 where Joey and Lauren walk and then turn back is so funny to me.

18. The second naked in a lake kicked in at 17:05, I got so hype. also, love that Corey took off his jacket during the song.

19. All the different faces and actions during the “fasters” at 19:54 are so good.

20. I never realized how tall and gangly Clark was until the Ani section, the boy's limbs are too long for his own good and I love it. His voice is so beautiful though!!

21. Joe calling Twisted the first-ever live-action Disney remake is iconic and no one can tell me otherwise.

22. I was legitimately afraid for the buttons on Joe’s shirt at 27:43.

23. Britney Coleman and Carlos Valdez singing 1001 Nights was a wonderful surprise and literally so beautiful, also their exit as Dylan started singing was so cute.

24. I’m kind of sad that they didn’t actually sing Twisted in the medley cause that was one of my favorite songs, but I understand that they had time constraints.

25. After 32:38, I feel like I need to watch the Lego Batman movie to see how similar it is to HMB.

26. Semi-disappointed that they didn’t do the usual choreography for the “I want to be your friend forever” part, but I respect that the handheld mics restricted them.

27. The bass or guitar or whatever in the background at 36:30 was so groovy, I was a fan of that.

28. Tbh, I didn’t really get Denise’s whole bit about how Starship is a show only for dreamers, it just felt a little off to me.

29. I’m a little bummed that Joey didn’t sing Status Quo, but I like that they gave it to Mariah and Alex who both have lovely voices. I appreciate that they had a moment to shine when they might not have because they are newer members/ only had a small role.

30. Brian and Jaime’s eye contact with the camera at 40:48 is so powerful and I’m here for it.

31. Joey mouthing the lyrics at 41:21 is so funny and I love it.

32. AJ’s little jump in the background at 43:02 is so cute.

33. Their constant need to have to avoid saying dick throughout the whole MAMD section is so good and hilarious, with so many expertly timed entrances from AJ Holmes and Joe Walker.

34. Joey saying no to the different microphones at 44:00 is absolutely artistic and fucking hysterical. It gave me similar vibes to Bo Burnham’s bit about seeing the most beautiful penis at a urinal.

35. 45:40, AJ Holmes is a delight of a man, need I say more.

36. “Do I smell?” “Pretty bad.” 45:07

37. Seeing Meredith and Brian standing next to each other at 48:49 makes my heart so happy cause this is what brought them together and now they are married and it’s amazing.

38. “We’ve written on all of the Starkid shows” 50:46, what a powerful statement.

39. I had no clue that the Starkid movie (1997) was a thing and I love that Nick just straight-up roasted it.

40. The subtitles at 52:56, dramatical instrumental music. I am here for it, I love this revamped version

41. Darren is so extra singing Goin back to Hogwarts and I am here for it. Our boy has grown so much! 

42. Pulling out the glasses at 54:03 is a power move.

43. I’m not sure about how I feel about people singing along to the songs during this. I know it is supposed to be for the fans but don’t people want to just sit back and listen to how amazing these people are and just enjoy. Maybe that’s just cause I only am viewing it through a computer and if I had been there I might have felt different, but who knows.

44. 56:05, AAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!! It’s Bonnie!!! She looks amazing and I’m so happy that she’s here!!!

45. Joey trying to the clap in the ear with mic at 58:04.

46. 58:16, I love how Darren always hypes up the crowd for Lauren’s entrances as Draco, he’s done this a number of times and it makes my heart so happy how he supports his friends.

47. I love Lauren so much the way she moves across the stage at 58:57, the power stance at 59:05...absolutely incredible.

48. I love seeing Rob in the chorus cause he was a fan, he loves AVPM just as much as we do and now we get to see him up there performing one of the most iconic songs. It honestly just makes my heart so happy.

49. 1:00:12, Dylan emerging from the audience is honestly so funny to me and I love him for it. Also, I love the ongoing trope of the “welcome” getting progressively longer each time they perform the song. Bless Dylan’s lungs and abilities to sustain that note.

50. 1:03:45 Jim little butt taps are so good.

51. The saxophone at 1:04:19 is so enjoyable.

52. I like how the slowed things down for Home at 1:06:10 with Darren sitting on the stage just having a personal moment with the audience, it was really nice.

53. Darren’s hops at 1:08:45 are so adorable and I love them.

54. I know that AVPM songs are iconic and everyone loves them, but I would have liked to see them so some more songs from AVPS and AVPSY, especially since they had some time rehearse them and there would be no mic issues.

55. Yay for a Bonnie and Meredith duet, both women are wonderful and have done an amazing job as Hermione and I love them both.

56. “Art imitates life a little bit on that one”, it’s okay we love you Darren with your silly guitar.

57. I didn’t think watching this would be educational, but I now know what a litmus test is and what slant rhymes (aka really pushing it rhymes) are thanks to Darren and google, so there’s that.

58. This may be a bit controversial but I feel as though this was one of the weaker performances of Granger Danger, usually Joey and Lauren have fun with it and I love it when they do, but this time they seemed to be more going through the motions. There were good moments (i.e. Joey’s hips, Lauren sliding down the mic stand, the back and forth head turns) but overall it was just kind of eh.

59. Darren’s twirl at 1:28:36 is delightful.

60. I firmly believe that AJ has permanently memorized the fantasy monologue and I refuse to let anyone tell me otherwise, 1:31:10. Also, I’m curious if it was planned because someone in the audience calls out for it, but that might have been a plant so who knows.

61. I just realized at 1:32:20, where he’s talking about mouse wives and concubines that would be bestiality. He only shrunk his size down, he would still technically be a human...

62. Tyler Brunsman singing Guys like Potter is now kind of funny considering AVPSY and Cedric ending up with Lily in the afterlife.

63. Joe Moses face at 1:38:57 is classic Snape and I am here for it.

64. Another yay for Sidekick, this is one of my fav AVPSY songs and Joey kills it every time.

65. 1:43:19, goddamn that man can hit a high note.

66. I love the addition of Rob to Everything Ends, what a pretty song and Rob’s voice works wonderfully with it.

67. 1:44:58, Rob struggling with the mic is hilarious.

68. Classic Snape speech at 1:46:30, simply inspiring.

69. I love Jaime and we all know her voice is incredible, but something seemed off during Not Alone and at times it sounded like she was struggling.

70. 1:51:56, I don’t know if I just don’t know much about music but Joey’s make was a little off, but on another note, I think it would have been really sweet if they had let Lauren sing too so that Draco could finally add to that harmony.

71. That sick piano rift at 1:54:33, hell yeah!

72. Even though they always use Days of Summer as the closing song, I love it every time, it’s just so fun and gets me so emotional.

73. That key change at 1:56:50 tho.

74. Yay for enthusiastic but sometimes questionable fanart ;)

75. Brian and Joe recreating the ending scene of AVPM is absolutely beautiful and I am here for it.

76. The matching jackets at the end speaks to the fact that Starkid at its essence is just a bunch of friends who were theatre nerds and wanted to create something fun together and I think that's wonderful.

In conclusion: Props to whoever made it to the end of this ridiculously long post summarizing the different thoughts I had while watching Homecoming. I truly think it was something for the fans and I love them for it. I am so proud of Starkid and all they have accomplished since 2009.

I want to encourage others to continue to support Starkid in the future, maybe even by purchasing Homecoming for themselves, I would definitely recommend giving it a watch. Also, feel free to respond and let me know your own thoughts on Homecoming, I’m sure there’s lots I missed and I would love to hear what others thoughts. 

[oreomonsterhunter]

ON:E D2

Day 2 continued (even though there isn’t really a part one since TuMBlr DeLETed iT and I do not have the energy to try to recreate my thoughts, plus they wouldn’t be first impressions anymore since I’ve seen it already. Le sigh)

My Time is up first and I’m not prepared. My laptop even decided to quit the hell out of the website I was watching from, I assume in an attempt to protect me from 23 year old menace Jeon Jungkook. But the show must go on...

Ok I love the guitar move, I loved it the last two times and I love it now

No one come for me but his voice sounded a tad bit off when he first came in

I say this with love because my eyes and ears are peeled for injuries and strain and it is 2000007191819% believable that jk went too hard on day 1

But you know he’s right back on top again when the backing vocals come in and it sounds like a recording 😍 that’s my boy

I SEE TIDDIES I REPEAT THERE ARE TIDDIES ON THE SCENE

This choreo is impeccable

And I say that having seen it thrice and had my eyes peeled for the footwork and hand work because jk can Dance with that real good technique

You can almost touch the hours he’s put into this performance

Can you tell I’m avoiding the sexual nature as long as possible because I am

The leather fit was better for the thighs I’m just gonna say it

I like the red (and spoiler: the fact that he and jimin switch colors) but I reeeeeally liked the leather

My gawd those shoulder moves he’s so aggressive with it I’m 😳

The fact that his entire chest is out is absolutely sending me off the deep end, I am losing it, I have lost it

This sure is a...pectacle

Insert Jin windshield wiper laugh here

Jeon jungkook has pretty broad shoulders...and an itty bitty waist...and he’s throwing it in my face I’m like damn

Ok the backup dancers are lovely, and I like the symbolism of jk being followed by shadowy strangers, his every move inspected and copied

Imma say it: I liked day one hair better

I AM GASPING FOR BREATH JEON JUNGKOOK STOP IT RIGHT NOW I SAW ABS AND A WHOLE FRICKIN SHOULDER PUT THAT AWAY YOUNG MAN

I am keeping my eyes on the prize there is more to come I gotta stay cool but his THIGHS ARE A SIREN SONG AND I AM HELPLESS

That vocal run oof 😍😭 and right after that intense dance nonsense

Ok Santa I’ve had enough, all I want for Christmas is to squeeze jk’s thigh. Just one. Just for a moment. That’s all I ask.

I see sweat 👀 I’m not gonna say the thought I’m having I’ll scandalize you

FILTERRR JIMINNNN FUCK ME UPPPPP

Ok so he has his first note and immediately spreads his legs what am I supposed to do here jimin

His shirt is thin and almost missing as many buttons as mr doesn’t-know-what-buttons-are-jungkook so HOW does he do the outfit change later...we’ll find out

THE ROBE yes this is better this is the one heck yeah new fave

Jimin is Carmen right now (if you know you know) this is my ultimate goal

His hair...I said I was obsessed on day one but tousled is 😍 I love silvery jimin

And yes his eyeshadow is perfection absolute chef kiss Gordon Ramsay is on his knees praising this five star look

The lift and the half fall with the backup dancers is even MORE chef kiss ughhhh I’m so glad I’m watching this again to catch the details (and now I can pause lol)

Oop I caught a glimpse of those hand tattoos hello

Yeah jimin said “jk isn’t the only one with a chest”

HOW the outfit change was FOUR SECONDS OR LESS I COUNTED

I am literally yoongi looking at jhope doing hip thrusts right now. Hand over mouth, phone fallen to the floor, my entire life in shambles. Jimin has brought literal tears to my eyes how is he this potent even through a screen

Potent is the word, he is an actual SIREN like what

Jimin get over here I want you

And now I’m soothed with Jin 😌 thank you

THE PINK SHIRT nvm I’m not soothed I am a massive fan girl

His hair is also perfection, the whole vibe is It

Jin’s voice is sweeter than the WWH kisses he blows to the audience all the time 😭 omggg

I really do love that shirt, the sleeves are so fun and pretty and flowy

The little prince theme is killin me ahh

Things I want after this concert (since part 1 was deleted I’ll repeat myself...thanks tumblr I really love that you deleted valuable notes): jimins ripped sparkly pants, jungkook’s thighs, jimin, Jin’s shirt

HOLY HELL THAT HIGH NOTE

Jin are you sure you’re human I see no flaws, pretty suspect if you ask me

What?!? The song is over already? Excuse me?

Probably because I had to keep taking breaks from jk to breathe, and jimin to regain some control of my brain cells

The way tae does lil kid things as an adult

Not just on stage but I was reminded by that lil finger wave, this absolute cutie

The way he holds a mic is 👀 this man really does everything differently and somehow makes anything look damn good

What’s cuter, this kid or taehyung’s smile right before the chorus??? Impossible choice?

NOPE it’s the way tae makes those little faces at him and pats his head and you hear army in the background 🥺😭😭

His high notes at the end? Are they all trying to murder me with these vocals? Vocal line doesn’t REST

EGOOOOOO I think I need hobi in a red car for the rest of my life

How am I supposed to stay calm when you look That Good, hobi?

This choreo is so much fun ahhhhh I wanna dance but I’m definitely not good enough to learn this on the fly

The lil woah

Ripped jeans hobi 😍

Skipping hobi is an absolute joy, a bit of sunshine everyone needs to witness, the cure to what ails you, the light at the end of a long day, I sob

His joy is seeping through the screen he really is sunshine

He can really make any dance look easy, that’s such a skill

I mean these leg moves? I know they’re hard, or at least tricky, and he just? Does them? And makes my brain think they’re easy because he’s just doing them so naturally? What a lie he’s just gifted beyond this dimension. And also practices to perfection so there’s that

Tae is seriously shaking his booty right now lol

I know the boys always make fun of suga’s rap during boy with luv but I really love it

Jin’s so happy 😊 they’re all excited and having so much fun

I’ll never stop screaming over bts harmonies. Jk can actually turn anything into a masterpiece he blends so well with everyone, goosebumps every time I forget about a harmony and get surprised and ughhhh yesss

Jimin doing the ego dance lol this cutie

See I’m not crazy, they really are so happy on stage 😭 they’re all glowing and now they’re gonna talk about it I better not cry I’m too tired for that

Mmmmm Joonie wearing necklaces is 👌

All of their hair looks stellar oof

DNA choreo is one of my faves (who can watch them and say they’re not amazing performers, seriously)

Yasss Jin goooooo

Dance line really knows how to take and grab my attention like...I’m addicted to them

The hobi center part at the end though 🥳

I love the old songs, I’m always smiling when some of them come on idk

It makes me happy that bts still like performing their old stuff, like...we enjoy it but so do they

SUGA ON THE THRONE WHERE HE BELONGS #king of swag

You know it’s an old song when rapper jk reappears, and y’all know how much I love rapper jk *cough* ddaeng *cough*

The baseball is weird not gonna lie

Ooh little groovy jhope

Jimin seriously considered yanking his shirt up, I saw him think about it 😂 but shirt still tucked in

NEVER OVER THIS DANCE BREAK

Ok usually my jaw drops over jhope NOT NAMJOON excuse ME whAT

This should be ILLEGAL SIR, ILLEGAL

Ok yeah jhope has my jaw dropping again how does he move like that

😳😩🥵 red alert, that smirk is worth calling 911 to put out a fire because Hot Damn

I love jimin’s voice ok I love it

The closeups on heavy breathing sweaty bangtan are actual threats against my life

Not sure I have a pulse anymore

Can anyone in bts perform cpr I think I need it

Ok nvm jhope’s intro in spring day is the virtual version, I’m saved

What excuse me park jimin you better be ok go drink some water bb

Jin forehead I see you, worldwide handsome on full display

Gahhhh hobi vocals simultaneously kill me and bring me back to life

Also harmonies with rapline and vocal line (suga and jimin are lovely omg)

IDOLLLLLLLL YASSSSSS QUEEN

jk is totally doing sound effects lmao

I like how tae has the bandana around his bicep again (they totally stalked the internet and found the thirst, it’s the least practical thing, he’s only wearing that for one reason lol

They are the MOST HYPE how do they just keep going my introverted ass is in awe

Jk like move y’all are in my way this is my moment get out of it ahahaha

Wait how did I not notice tae put the bandana on his head

It must be a pain in the butt to clean up all that confetti

Encore song is only for army 🥺 these are the most precious boys i swear

Jimin fixing jhope’s hair...I thought I couldn’t uwu any harder but I can

Apparently I can uwu even harder because jimin saying he’s not gonna cry and smiling so big his eyes turn into smiles too I’m the softest for one man and his name is park jimin

President joon, I’m happy too 😭

[bunnies-and-sunshine]

Everybunny needs a little help sometimes.

I will preface this post with:  DO NOT BATHE A RABBIT UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.

If you do find yourself in need of cleaning a bun, first try a dry bath using cornstarch.

If that doesn't work, move to a damp washcloth to spot clean the area.

If the first two methods fail, use as little water as possible and try your best to ONLY get the dirty area wet.  Avoid getting the inner ears wet at all costs because it can lead to an ear infection.

Bunny baths are stressful for all involved and should only be used as a last resort.

Through a perfect storm of heavy shedding, something a bit too rich in his diet, and being a senior bun (turns 8 in December), Simon needed a bit of help getting his backside all nice and flowery again.

I gave him breakfast before I started because I knew that he would be cleaning himself off and I wanted him to have food to help him pass any fur he may ingest while doing so.

Once he realized that I wasn't trying to drown him in 1 inch of water, he started cleaning my forearm (that he was draped across like a fluffy little football) while I attended to the mess.  Here he is flicking water all over the wall while enjoying some groovy tunes on the radio.  He was fascinated by the radio, so spent most of his drying off time hanging out there.

Slowly getting drier.  Despite what the above pics look like, the only truly wet parts on him are his hind feet, butt, and tail.  The rest is just a bit of damp that splashed on the top coat (the undercoat and skin was dry).

Typically, it is suggested that you use a cool blow drier setting to help dry their fur, but given that I never use one myself, I think the noise from it would be more stressful to him than it would be worth.

Noogies and a temperature check to make sure the wet fur hasn't made him hypothermic (too cold a body temperature).  He's mostly dry at this point and his temperature was good.  A rough day for the little guy, but he's happily eating hay as I type this.

Going forward, we will be decreasing his pellet ration a bit and offering a few different types of hay as well as limiting treats to one a day.  I imagine that like people, bunnies can start to have trouble digesting higher calorie/richer foods as they age.  A couple of dried cranberries a day is not worth this kind of drama!

[thewritewolf]

Eating Habits Chapter 5: The Storm

The gang goes to a Jagged Stone concert and everybody gets a little more concerned about Marinette.

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The roar of the crowd helped to drown out the sound of Marinette’s heart pounding in her chest. It had been ages since she had gotten to go to a concert. There had always been something going on to stop her, whether it was akuma attacks, studying, or helping at the bakery. And while she was sure there was probably something she should have been working on, what was she going to do? Tell Jagged Stone, ‘Sorry, can’t go. I’ve got some embroidery to finish a week ahead of time. I’m sure you understand.’

And Jagged probably would have too, but he’d also have been sad, and that was the last thing Marinette wanted. It would have been a poor way to repay him after he had helped Nino get his internship with his production company.

As she flashed her VIP pass to the security guards standing at the backstage, Marinette smiled. At least this wouldn’t be like attending just any old concert. Jagged Stone had made sure to give them only the best seats in the house and backstage passes besides. He always liked when she visited before the show started. Something about her being his lucky charm. If only Jagged knew the half of it…

Marinette lead the four of them through the ordered chaos that was the dimly lit backstage, straight for the source of the ordered part of the chaos.

“Hi, Penny! How are you doing?”

“Marinette, honey!” Penny wrapped her in a hug. “Now I know tonight is going to go smoothly, with you around.”

Marinette giggled. “Jagged finally get to you? Trust me, I’m not as lucky as he thinks I am.”

“Don’t confuse lucky and clumsy, sweetie,” Adrien said beside her. “You’ve got plenty of both to go around.” He kissed the back of her hand that he was holding while she huffed at him. Alya and Nino snickered behind them.

Penny smirked. An assistant rushed up and whispered something urgently in her ear. She cursed in English. “It was great to see you, but I’ve got to get back to it.” She pointed with her thumb over her shoulder. “My hubby is over there if you wanted to say hello before we get started.”

“Thanks, Penny!” Marinette said to her retreating back. She guided them over in the direction Penny pointed them in, descending into the basement of the building. Once the roar of the crowd was dulled by the walls, it was easy to follow the sounds of idle strumming. It was never hard to find Jagged Stone once you were in ear range of him.

Marinette knocked on the door that had his name on it before gently pushing it open. On the other side, Jagged was checking himself out in the mirror while Fang slept on a nearby chaise. He noticed her arrival in his reflection and quickly turned around, a big grin on his face.

“Hey, love! You made it after all. And I see you brought me my tune master,” he said while fist bumping Nino. “Enjoying your day off, my dude?”

“You know it, boss man!” Nino finger gunned at him. “Decided to listen to some quality music tonight, ya know?”

Jagged chuckled. “And I bet the free seats from the little lady helped too, huh?” He looked past him to Adrien and Alya, who he quickly wrapped up in one armed hugs. “You must be the better halves, yeah?”

“Well,” Adrien said with a light blush, “I wouldn’t say that, but-”

“Hell yeah I am,” Alya grinned.

Still smiling, Jagged turned his attention to Marinette. His smile vanished, replaced by naked concern. “Woah, love. You’re looking less rock ‘n roll than usual. Are you sleeping? Maybe had a bite to eat in the last week?”

Marinette grimaced. Maybe it was to be expected - her friends had certainly been babying her recently, even if they were trying to be subtle about it. Jagged had always acted like a caring uncle to her, something that had only gotten more pronounced after Penny gave birth.

Plastering a smile on her face, she said, “Oh, you know. Uni has been pretty rough, but I’m hanging on. But I’m here to forget all that by rocking out!” She threw up metal horns and Jagged’s grin came back as he returned the gesture.

“Rockin’! But remember to take care of yourself, love. I’d like to keep my best concept artist in one piece.” He winked at her. “It’s been way groovy to see you all, but you’d better get out there if you want to be ready. I’ll make sure this performance is nothing to miss.” He strummed a power chord on his guitar.

“See ya later, boss man!”

Jagged grinned and nodded his chin at Nino as they walked away. The sound of his solo still audible through the door.

Marinette pouted as they made their way back to the concert area. It was irritating that he’d singled her out like that, but before long they were back in the crowd near its front. Being back in among the excited energy of the throng made sure that her irritation didn’t last long. They were playing some tunes to get people distracted, turning the crowd floor into a dance floor. Naturally, Adrien pulled her close as they rocked out to the music together and soon the only thing going through her head was the beat of the music.

It was pretty jarring when the placeholder music pumped out through the speakers stopped, but only for a moment as the real concert started. The experience of dead silence as Jagged Stone appeared on the stage in full Rock and Roll glory, only for the moment to suddenly break as hundreds of voices began screaming all at once… it was something that Marinette never got used to. The only problem?

Marinette was very short.

Even up in the front, it was starting to hurt her neck to stare up at the stage and peer between the few people in her way. She silently stamped her foot in frustration, plotting to find a better vantage point.

At least until Adrien caught her wrist. He motioned her towards him as he turned his back toward her and crouched down. Even without words, Marinette picked up on what he was trying to say and climbed on. While she’d certainly been in more dangerous situations before, rising up on her boyfriend’s shoulders and breaking above the crowd made her uneasy and she gripped his head to keep her balance.

She only hesitantly let go when she felt his strong hands gripping her bare thighs, an electric tingle rushing up her body at the touch. She was suddenly very glad that she’d chosen to wear shorts for this concert. Hoping to repay him a little, she ran her fingers through her wonderful boyfriend’s hair before turning her attention back to the show and her new vantage point.

The music pounding in her ears, the roar of the crowd that she could now see over, the feel of Adrien below her… it was all intoxicating. For just a few hours, she let herself not have a care in the world.

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Naturally, the cares really snuck up on her the following morning. She jolted awake a few minutes before her alarm went off, which was the least ideal time for her to wake up. In her panic she threw herself out of bed and rushed to get ready for university. If she wanted to catch up on everything she needed to do, she’d have to skip breakfast… and get greasy fast food. Even in her frantic state, she scrunched up her nose at that. The sacrifices that had to be made for art.

She burst into her living room and smelled something cooking in the kitchen. There was no wall between the two rooms, so she could easily see the source. Her thoughts came to a grinding halt when she saw Adrien laboring shirtless over the stove. As she froze, the floorboards creaked underneath her and he turned around, spatula still in hand.

“Oh!” His smile was dazzling, especially given how early it was. “Good morning, bugaboo.” His eyes swept over her hungrily. “You’re looking pawsitively stunning. Care to join me for breakfast?”

“Morning, handsome.” She crossed the space between them and snared his lips with her own, her fingers dancing across his bare chest. “And I can’t stay, I’ve got to go into class.”

His eyes were dragged downward just as his eyebrows rose. “...That so?”

Confused, she glanced down, only to let out a mortified squeak when she realized she had forgotten to put on pants. She struggled to pull her shirt down to cover herself, managing a glare when Adrien chuckled.

“You know I saw way more of you last night, right?” He waggled his eyebrows and gave her that cheshire cat grin that she had so thoroughly associated with her partner. It was hard to believe their identities had been a secret at some point. “Butt hey! If this is the latest fashion trend, then who am I to argue?”

She huffed and turned around to storm back into her room, which conveniently hid the smile she had cracked at his pun.

“Breakfast is waiting for you, sweetie!” He called after she shut her door.

After digging through her clean clothes pile, she fished out a serviceable pair of leggings and stepped back out into the kitchen. He looked her over and gave her a thumbs up. Deciding she didn’t want to waste the food Adrien had made for her, she took a seat across the table from him. His chin propped up on his hand, he watched her with an amused smile.

“Can you lock up behind you when you leave, Adrien?”

“I’m heading out at the same time you are. I’ve got a shift at the bakery today. I might be a little late today with all this excitement but…” he winked theatrically. “I’m in good with the bosses, so I think they’ll let it slide.”

She snorted. “You and your nepotism.”

“Aw, come on. I got in on talent alone! Who else would smile and bat their eyes at the customers like I do? And get them to buy a lot more pastries than they might have otherwise?”

“You’re a dork,” she said with a smile as he walked around to stand behind her.

“Your dork, maybe.” He kissed her cheek and kept walking to the refrigerator and pulled out a little lunch box like she might have had in lycee. “Anyway, I know you’re busy so I packed a lunch for you while I was at it.”

She blinked at the box. “...How long have you been awake?”

“You know I wake up early,” he said nonchalantly. “I like to see the sun rise.”

“Well… anyway, thank you. This is super helpful.”

He bowed. “I’m glad to be of service, m’lady. Are you ready to start the day?”

To her surprise, she was. It was the first time in weeks that she hadn’t felt desperate or like she was running out of time. They walked out of the apartment, hand in hand, sharing a kiss after they had to part ways outside the building. Marinette went to class with a spring in her step, excited to face the challenges that the day would bring.

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“Tikki!” Marinette whined as she failed to get the stitching right again. “I hate design!”

From her vantage on the couch behind her, Tikki giggled. “No you don’t, you’re just tired and frustrated.” She floated forward and landed on Marinette’s shoulder. “I know you want to get this done, but I’m sure the person who commissioned this won’t mind if it isn’t finished by tonight. That deadline you gave was soft for a reason.”

“I know, but I can finish this tonight. If I just try a little harder...”

“It’s alright to take a break, Marinette. Maybe grab something to eat…?”

Marinette threw her hands up in frustration. “Now you’re starting to sound like Alya and Adrien!” She narrowed her eyes suspiciously at Tikki and pointed a ruler her. “You aren’t in league with them, are you?”

Tikki watched her and raised an eyebrow. “Well, if being on their side means talking sense…”

“Hey, I’m not a child! I’ve been taking care of myself!”

“You forgot to eat that nice lunch Adrien made you and then accidentally threw it in the garbage.”

“Ugh, don’t remind me.” Marinette buried her face in the dress in progress. “It smelled so good… so briefly…” She sniffled and her stomach growled at the memory of the destroyed pasta.

“See? Your stomach agrees with me. Go get something to eat, Marinette.”

Irritation flared up. She was doing just fine on her own, not matter the hints they were giving her. Stupid overbearing boyfriend. Stupid overbearing best friend. Stupid overbearing kwami.

Grumbling all the while, Marinette dragged herself away from where she was working and opened her refrigerator. She was nearly brought to tears when she saw that there was an even bigger container of Arrabbiata pasta, her favorite, in the front. On it was a handwritten note by Adrien, which she read through grateful tears.

‘Missing you lots, wish I could be there to make this for you in person! I hope this is good enough! [badly drawn heart]’

She giggled at the poor sketch of a heart while hers was warmed by the gesture. While she heated up her pasta, she silently forgave Adrien. His heart was in the right place, at least. And if that meant she got more of his constantly-improving cooking… then so be it.

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A few days later, it was time for patrol.

At this point in their superhero careers, it probably wasn’t necessary. There weren’t any miraculous unaccounted for anymore and they hadn’t fought an akuma in over two years now. But somehow, it felt right. If they could keep the streets a little safer at night for the average citizen, then so be it. Even if most nights all they did was run across the rooftops, wind in their hair, the city open beneath them, and their worries left far behind them.

...Okay, so maybe the patrols were helpful, if only for their mental health. Marinette had tried to get out of a few of them to get extra sleep, but Adrien quickly realized she was just going home to work more.

Maybe it was because her thoughts were already being pulled in a dozen different directions at once. Or maybe it was because it had never gotten this bad before. But it didn’t occur to her that maybe such physical activity wasn’t best performed on an empty stomach.

Either way, she suddenly felt faint and would have collapsed to the street below if Chat Noir didn’t catch her just in time. The panicked worry in his emerald eyes was enough to pull her back fully into consciousness.

“Stay here, I’ll be right back.” He took an extra moment to set her down somewhere relatively comfortable and out of sight. After a few minutes, he returned with a bag full of croissants.

“How’d pay for this?” She asked groggily.

He shrugged. “I threw a fistful of euros at them and hoped it was enough.” He shook his head and put a croissant into her hand. He patiently waited while she worked her way through a couple pastries. “When did you last have a proper meal?”

She was feeling better now that she had food in her, which meant that she was fully aware of the vaguely disappointed tone that had slipped into his voice.

Bashedly, she replied, “...When did you leave that pasta for me?”

He took a deep breath and sighed. “We’ll call patrol off for tonight.” He got to his feet and helped her up. “Looks like I should make you dinner more often,” he said dryly.

“...Fine, fine.” Not that she wasn’t looking forward to more of his cooking, but she didn’t like to admit she needed the help. Especially over something like feeding herself. There was no way she’d be able to talk him down after tonight.

“And remember our date for next week.”

“I know,” she sighed. “I wouldn’t miss it for the world.”

He kissed her forehead. “I’m glad to hear it. Goodnight, lovebug. I love you.”

“I love you too, kitty.”

[nomnivore1]

35, 41, 59, 79, 85, 88, 96, 121, 144, 180, 189, 195, 219, 224 wow lol that’s a lot

34- Are you nice to everyone?

the answer is yes, mostly. Because some people are assholes. 

41- Share 2 habits:

sleeping way too fucking much and biting my nails. it’s a weird mix of being anxious and being exhausted. 

59- Five weird things that you like:

1. i’ve been weirdly into tonic water lately, it’s replaced seltzer as my go-to drink. seltzer was to replace soda cause i drank way too much of that. 

2. i fucking love nudibranchs. the little tiny sea slugs with the lungs-out look. so groovy. so squishy. 

3. Red Dwarf and Blackadder. two old-ish BBC comedy shows that are incredibly underappreciated. 

4. planes. I really fucking like planes. especially engines. and spacecraft. that’s why i’m an aerospace major. as i write this im raving to someone about the B1 Lancer, a variable wingsweep supersonic bomber. 

5. i guess my music taste is a little weird. its a mix of indie rock, punk, and ska, and my friends can only tolerate parts of it. 

79- What’s your favourite scent? And on the opposite sex?

i wear old spice and nautica. if i’’m being honest i get it from my dad, thats what he used to wear when i was little and it reminds me of working on our old boat with him. 

on the opposite sex, i definitely prefer natural scents, like vanilla and stuff, over manufactured perfumes, but the particular scents i like tend to be more subject to who they remind me of and what the person i’m with wears. 

85- Favorite place to shop at?

i don’t do a ton of shopping, but there’s a sporting goods shop in my hometown called Bill Jackson’s that had an annual diving gear sale, and a really reliable diving center. there’s a place i go to shot when im on the gulf coast called Shooter’s World, and while it kind of caters to the tacticool kind of shooter, it also has a decent selection of sporting guns and handguns, plus the people there put any political rhetoric out the window, i’ve never heard any weird 2nd-amendment-rights bullshit while i’m there. the range officers are really reliable too, its a place i feel safe and comfortable shooting at. 

88- Are you more like your mom or your dad?

probably my dad, but i take after both of them. my temper comes from my dad. he’s the kind of person that has a short temper and no time for bullshit, but has spent his life learning to handle that. i’ve never seen him raise a hand against someone, ive never seen him become unjustifiably angry or violent. im hot-blooded as he is and i’m working to be as level-headed as he is. i get my politics from him. he’s pragmatic and reasonable, but not emotionally disconnected. 

i get my smartassery from my mom, and my moral compass is a weird amalgam of my mom’s family’s compassion and my dad’s reasoning. they’re both good people, even if they watch weird anime. my mom also spends a lot of time outside working on her plants, and ive done a good bit of yard work with her, but they both raised me to be an outside kid.

96- Where would you like to live?

anywhere with ocean. i like the Caribbean, it’s familiar waters are something i understand, but the planet is heating up and it’s getting less and less pleasant to live in Florida. as long as there’s a coastline, where i can sail and dive, somewhere with living, breathing ocean, i’ll settle down. 

121- What is the first thing you noticed in someone?

it’s never the same. i usually look for intelligence and compassion. also, self-sufficiency and independence. strong women good. 

144- What turns you on?

huge fan of intense intimacy. making out is extra groovy. fingers in hair, neck kissing, intense making out. as far as stuff like BDSM goes, i’m into it, but its subjective to my partner. if the girl i’m with isn’t into it, there’s no point in it. definitely a butt person, and i definitely like noise. silent sex is only fun if you need to be silent.  

Had to come back to add this: eating pussy is very good and men who don't do it are both cowards and missing out.

180- Share a song that takes you to a certain memory in the past:

The Wheel by The Grateful Dead. specifically, the recording from their performance at the Knickerbocker arena in Albany. also, Ruby Soho by Rancid. my dad used to have a mix CD that he made that he would play on long car rides, and i used to fall asleep to that Grateful Dead song. 

189- What’s something you can see yourself going to jail for?

hospitalizing someone. i’m generally careful about things that would put me in jail, because that poses a risk to my security clearance in the future, which i need to work in most of the aerospace industry. but i’m six feet tall and i wear big black combat boots and if anyone lays a finger on someone i care about i’ll kick their teeth out. there was this guy bothering a girl i’m friends with and my brother and i were preparing to show up to his dorm as a brute squad and tell him to step down. she talked to him first and he handled it better than we expected. i still wanted to throw him into the mosh pit at the Authority Zero show,  but axel talked me out of that.

195- You’re an Action Movie Hero. What’s your weapon of choice and the line you scream when defeating your arch enemy?

gun. i’m good at guns, they’re pretty effective. i think, uh, something like “when you get to hell tell them who sent you” but i’m not usually one for drama like that. 

219- Which movie character do you most identify with and why?

I really like Kale Tucker from Titan A.E., he’s a bum on a ship in space, i grew up as a bum on a sailboat. we both like heavy metal and space babes. he’s also voiced by Matt Damon, which is why matt damon seems so natural in sci-fi movies to me. 

224- Something that you’re proud of:

i work really well under pressure. i tend to be an anxious mess until something actually goes wrong and i need to react and then i switch modes. i think its from diving, where all you have is the stuff you brought down with you (including air) and you have to keep completely cool if something goes wrong. i have lots of first aid and emergency response training/experience as an eagle scout, and being ready to respond if something bad happens is a skill im happy to have. 

if you haven’t gone and followed this absolute babe yet go do it. 

[ohshimaacademy]

She Actully Has MySpace account and here is what her personality is like

Personalty:she is self-assured, outgoing, smart and witty. She's quick-tempered yet quick to forgive. She is athletic, neat, popular, nice to n3rd5, environmentally conscientious and she pops her gum loudly. She's Also into phrases like "So very cool!" and "Groovy!" and "What are you, some kind of freak?" and "Have some soup" and "I'm a dot" and "Bitchin'" and "Like, 'Duh'" and "This is SO bunk!" and "Don't let the door hit you in the butt!" her special powers include her Jump Spark Attack, Tacheyon Tornado and Hover (Figure-8). Tiara's Interests: General Hobbies include tennis, snowboarding, step aerobics, bicycling, rollerblading, dancing, electric bass guitar, my band, boys =P Favorite foods include tacos, soup and buffalo wings. Favorite colors are red and blue. Turn-ons include intelligent talk, Grunge music and puzzles. Turn-offs include rude people, dumb blondes and arrogant hedgehogs.

series of four color designs were created for discussion purposes in 1995. Each retained the same basic facial  and hair designs, but varied in terms of clothing. Proposed designs included a form-fitting red dress, a tank top with miniskirt, and a midriff-bearing version of the former. A design featuring no clothing changed her fur pattern.[9]

For the second to last design, Senn used the midriff-bearing design using a red and yellow color scheme.[1]However, Michael Kosaka envisioned the character as having more attitude, so Senn changed her accordingly. Along with her stance and visual demeanor, her clothing style changed dramatically. She was given tight pants, a bikini top, and tennis shoes. Additionally, her hair was shortened.[1] Chris Senn felt this design conveyed her attitude, but after the game was cancelled he admitted that her original, cuter design was his favorite

also Practically everything was unknown about Sonic X-Treme in the year 2006. How it felt to play, what the levels were, how many bosses, the story… When information was revealed about a female character, people wondered whether she was going to replace Amy Rose, and if she’d be the timid ‘damsel in distress’ type. Chris Senn, co-lead Designer and Art Director, has revealed concept artwork of Tiara Boobowski. Tiara is a Manx kitten, according to Senn. The concept was going to be a bandicoot, but the resemblance beared more of a Manx.

The character of Tiara was not going to be the helpless girly type, but rather someone more of a match for Sonic. “I didn’t steer towards or away anything other than what seemed to work right as a character I could see Sonic interacting with… she needed to be spunky, and match Sonic’s “tude.” I think the final sketch design of her captures that (at least for me).”

“Michael Kosaka wanted her to have this type of character, so we went in that direction. You’re right in that the “damsel in distress” was not what we were looking for and I think that exemplifies some of the (at least then) cultural differences between the Japanese and American markets.” If we’re going to be talking about cultural ideas as well, Tiara’s ‘well rounded’ figure not only is quite a link to the definition and traits of a real life Manx cat (long hind legs, raised rump and large chest) but also perhaps a (probably unconscious) decision to exercise some ‘girl power’ within the series with the ‘X-Treme’ (sorry!) feminity of the character. “Personally, I still like the idea of Sonic meeting his “match”… and seeing that involvement evolve through experiences together. Unfortunately, the back story that would support gameplay like this was never really a part of Sonic Xtreme. The storylines we had all pretty much focused on supporting the worlds and basic plot premise between good and evil… but didn’t delve into the involvement of the characters with each other as much as we could have. To make it a deeper, more rewarding game, I think this should take place…” Not only did Tiara have a matching attitude, she had matching gameplay too. Concept images were made showcasing how Tiara would look if played in the game. This shows that Tiara was under consideration as a playable character instead of a simple storyline piece, but as the project progressed Tiara was removed as a playable character due to time constraints. Click on the thumbnail to see an entire animation of Tiara running through the level, it also displays a lot of the 3D level manipulation that had been designed for the game.

As for Tiara’s occupation and background story, that’s still not been fully revealed to date. We know she is the daughter of a Gazebo Boobowski, who is a revered Professor living in the Castle of Light. An official ‘myspace’ account was created to reveal more on Tiara’s character, which can be accessed here. On this profile it states Tiara is a “Princess”. Which would make sense given her father’s abode and her name – Sonic characters are usually named in relation to their abilities or status. In fact, certain blogs being posted on Tiara’s myspace even appear to reveal certain plotlines to Sonic X-Treme, with references to “climbing the tower” and a recent entry containing the following:

“Breaker says station lost communication with Base Orbit – and I haven’t heard a peep from Dad. I’m worried. He never gets anywhere without contacting me. I’m gonna go run for awhile. Hopefully that will clear my mind a little.”

A blog on January 15th is written as an “Emergency Transmission”, with a broken ‘May Day’ message. Also of equal interest is Tiara’s apparent dislike for Sonic the Hedgehog – her profile mentions ‘arrogant hedgehogs’ as a turn-off, while she openly claims she wouldn’t ask Sonic for water if she was dying of thirst. Pretty bold statement. But is there real dislike there, or is it all a front? Time will tell, when information on the rest of the game is revealed…

[kathibbard]

The Deaths of Charles Manson and David Cassidy

On our way to pick up the turkey from Costco, Bub and I heard a Motorhead song. Listening to Lemmy belt it out, I felt a bit sad for a moment. I mentioned to Bub, all of our rock and roll heroes are dying off. While I feel a pang of nostalgia when hearing of a famous person’s death, I never feel the need to post something about it on social media or carry on in memorial conversations. Because I’m up so early scrolling, I normally read about a death before my media buddies. I expect the rest of the day to go as follows. Bub comes down and tells me of the death. Throughout the day and possibly over the next few, the stream of posts about  the death roll in along with my favorite RIP.

I should have included this on my top 5 annoying social media habits of others. Since I’m still writing this book I can actually make the change but now I am committed to creating an entire chapter on the subject, I choose to unravel the tale right here. Plus, I came up with such a clever name so no use in scrapping the idea.

Back to RIP. First of all, let’s be real. The person is dead and can’t hear your wishes for them to rest in peace. Secondly, what does this even mean. Do we need to look at death? When a person dies, all life fails to exist so yes, the dead body may be considered resting but any feeling of peace left with the last breath. Finally, why do people either want to be the first one to tell of the death (like I heard this first)? Why also, do they feel the need to post about it. I’m not sure what type of human desire this fulfills but now I want to read up on it and see if the desire could possibly be filled another way and maybe I can make an app out of it and become a millionaire.

You can’t imagine my joy then this morning to see all types of posts wishing Charles Manson to rest in peace. Come on you guys! This is so fucked up! Your innate desire to be a part of the news just sent wishes to a mass murderer to rest in peace. How about RIH, or DCD or even GRTBR? Yes, I will translate and it is funny to me that my spell check only rejected GRTBR. Rot in hell, die Charlie die and one of Richie’s favorite things to say to me, good riddance to bad rubbish. I’m sure there are many more and all far more appropriate than RIP. To add to the widespread stupidity, folks thought Marilyn Manson died and gave him the RIP treatment.

In the midst of this malarkey, my teen idol is in the hospital dying of organ failure. David Cassidy represented everything that was good, pure, happy and loved in my rocky world. Yes, the adult me knows he had a tough road with addiction but the 10-year-old me only saw that fresh face, that sweet body, the hip clothes and only heard the groovy songs about life and love.

Something terrible happened when I was ten and I may have written about it in Bullets but since I am in flow, I don’t want to risk going to look it up. Also, I am at work and really need to finish this chapter so I can get some work done. Some boy came over to my house and I’m not sure why because I didn’t have any friends and if I did the certainly wouldn’t want to come over to my house. Whatever the reason, the boy went right up to my precious David Cassidy poster. You may think it was just a poster but you have to remember, I spent so much time hiding in my bedroom while Richie was throwing Janet and furniture around, that poster was all I had.

When things were rough, I would just stare at the poster and sing happy Partridge Family songs to myself to shield the pain. So this boy and boy would I like to remember who he was so I could find him on facebook (it’s a joke) and seek my revenge. Anyway, he grabbed the poster off of the wall and entered into a game of keep away. I was screaming. It was the kind of scream you utter when your child runs out into the street. I was pleading for him to please give it back to me and to this it only amused him further. At some point, he told me I could have it back if I pulled down my pants and showed him my butt. How does a kid think of this in the heat of the action. I mean I understand how the butt grew to be something guys would go to any length to view but at 10, it was just a tiny, skinny and white butt.

Yes, I did it and he gave me the poster back and I kicked him out. With tears in my eyes and with my whole body still shaking, I taped that poster back up and cried the rest of the day. It’s tragic my relationship with boys bullying and abusing me didn’t stop there but gladly this story ended well or at least my young perception of well.

A few years back, I saw an ad for a David Cassidy event not too far from my home. I purchased tickets and asked Bub to go with me. This is the great thing about us. There may be times when one of us in not interested in what the other is but we make the trip for solidarity and end up having some fun in the end. I dressed up and fixed my hair pretty and we were off. I was so disappointed when I found out it was a question and answer session with him only playing one or two songs. I thought it was a concert and if I had known I would never had went. Well, we were there so decided to make the best of it.

About midway through the show, they opened up questions to the audience. I said to Bub, I was going to make the most out of this and since I didn’t get to see David in concert as I didn’t have the chance to in my life, I was going to get up on that stage for a hug. We played it perfectly.

I went up to the stage and took my place in line. I had the question formed in my head. While we didn’t formally come up with a plan, Bub had his part ready. Remember, my goal was to get on stage with David. When it was my turn, he said hello sweetie, which could have been enough but of course I was riding this train all the way. I calmly said, “first of all.” There I turned around in circles several time while waving my hands in the air and squealing yeeeeeeeeee! The audience exploded with laughter. My plan was underway.

Now time for my comment to get me up close and personal. “David, my childhood was void of joy due to abuse in the home (here is where he is already saying awww sweetie), your music brought happiness into a dark place and for this I thank you. He responded warmly with thank yous and more awww sweeties and at the appropriate time, Bub yells out, “give her a hug.” The audience explodes once more and all David can do is invite me up for a hug. SUCCESS!!

We have video of this and I watched it knowing David is on his deathbed. I don’t remember the question but I do remember him being off now that I was on stage and he was rushing me through it. I didn’t care, mission was accomplished. I got on stage. I got the hug and we had it on film to last an eternity.

I’m thinking about posting this video on my wall in memory of David and of how he touched so many people in his career. Whether I do or not will remain to be seen. What we do know is my post will not contain RIP but rather a celebration of the  memories. I imagine, fans are meaning to do this with all their RIP posts and vigils so I get it but I guess I would like for people to not be lazy about it. If you mean to memorialize someone then do with feeling and not with an acronym which leaves you open to posting well wishes to a deceased mass murderer. 

[enterinit]

SolSeraph and other games coming to Xbox One this week

SolSeraph and other games coming to Xbox One this week. Doughlings: Invasion (July 10, 2019) Another tribute paid to yet another arcade classic from the Hero Concept team! Doughlings: Invasion promises a fun gaming experience to gamers of all ages with the innovations it brings to the shooting genre. “GET OUT OF MY PLANET!” In Doughlings: Invasion, the second game of the series, the story continues right where it left off. This time our hero Morpheus arms himself to defend his people from alien invaders. Morpheus is ready for battle with his unique personas all armed to the teeth! Varieties of raving space invaders and challenging end of the level bosses are all waiting in line to get their butts kicked by you! WRECK THE PLACE UP! Get ready for an adventure with an ever increasing pace and tension! Throughout the game you will develop novel battle strategies, acquire untold powers by modifying your DNA, and make life miserable for those unwelcome space invaders with your dazzling Show Off powers. Features: A new breath of life into the classic arcade shooter genre.5 distinct personas whose unique skills you can level up.15 different breeds of invaders that pose unique threats.5 grueling bosses.Challenging the world with global leaderboards. SolSeraph (July 10, 2019) Retro-inspired tower defense and action platformer SolSeraph reinvents the classics! As the guardian of humanity, civilization is in your hands. Build your cities and set up defensive structures to protect them from the constant threat of monsters, then descend into their lairs with sword and spells to eliminate them for good. Explore floating islands, ancient caverns, and lost cities. The world is yours! Brought to you by ACE Team, the creative minds behind Rock of Ages and Zeno Clash, SolSeraph combines action and strategy for a rich and unique gameplay experience reminiscent of the 16-bit era. Grass Cutter: Mutated Lawns (July 10, 2019) Grass Cutter is a game about cutting mutating lawns, that requires lightning-speed response and great logical thinking. Here every level is a challenging puzzle. The goal is to cut the grass. Very simple, but only at first glance… Grass Cutter calls for focus and commitment. Just one blink of an eye – and you lost. It is very challenging! The game is made in a cubic retro-style, has high complexity at advanced levels and is ready to truly test your reaction! Features: Feel yourself in the shoes of a lawnmower who saves the world of peopleMore than 10 types of lawn mutations that give you a real challengeA lot of obstacles. Bypass the security system and laser fences, escape the fire of security gunsYou don't want ordinary lawn mowers? You can play with animals. There are many animals in the game: from cows and sheep to beautiful fairy unicorns. Blazing Chrome (July 11, 2019) In Blazing Chrome, machines rule the world and the few humans left are on the edge of total extermination, lacking power, prestige or status among their metal and circuits overlords. Bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights! Humans are expendable after an AI controlled robot army take over the world. They survive in hiding while their hunters rule the surface. When a small rebel group gets an intel about a big AI's power plant, the machines strike their camp before they can organize an attack. A small group of rebels escape and go in a suicide mission to destroy this power plant. Choose to play as Mavra, a super badass human resistance soldier, or Doyle, the equally groovy and deadly insurgent robot. This suicide mission will result in heavy casualties and a ton of lock-and-load fast-paced action where scraping robots and blazing chrome with your powerful weapons is the only thing standing between you and your freedom. Dash through 5 apocalyptic environments with hundred of robots-enemies to blow to pieces. Blast your way through the enemy lines and and try to defeat a bunch of mechanical bosses with using hoverbikes, huge armors and a whole arsenal of kick-ass weapons. Features: ● Local Co-op Gameplay● 16-bits post-apocalyptic environments● Classic fast-paced run-and-gun experience● Epic boss battles and crazy lot minibosses fights● Genuine arcade feel● Rad pixel art● Motorcycle and jetpack action Aggelos (July 12, 2019) Step through time and discover a mesmerizing new action-RPG that looks like it was plucked straight out of the 16-bit era, but plays like a modern-day marvel! Inspired by non-linear Japanese retro adventures, Aggelos hurls players into the middle of a colossal struggle for survival as beings from another dimension threaten to invade the peaceful Kingdom of Lumen. Bursting with secrets and side-quests, and boasting slick melee combat that any 2D action game would envy, Aggelos is the perfect combination of retro style and modern-day game design. Features: A Vast Kingdom to Explore - Venture through forests, seas, cave systems and ancient temples as you seek to uncover the magical elements needed to save the world from total annihilation.A Classical Non-Linear Adventure - Explore a sprawling world that gradually reveals itself, Metroidvania-style, as you gain new abilities and equipment. Deadly Encounters - Thwart towering bosses and their tricky minions as you take on perilous mainline quests and optional odd-jobs for the people of Lumen.Tactical Depth - Unlock magical abilities and high-level attacks, expertly chaining these immense powers together to clear screens of enemies in seconds.Stunning Sprite Art - Forget out-of-place modern art: Aggelos boasts superlative character designs and animations while remaining proudly, and faithfully, 16-bit through and through.Memorable Chiptunes - Lose yourself to a retro-inspired soundtrack that floods the Kingdom of Lumen with life. Redeemer: Enhanced Edition (July 12, 2019) Punch, hack, and blast your way through enemies using fists, hammers, fire arms, and even the environment. Play as an elite operative who once worked for one of the biggest arms industry corporations in the world. When the corporation decided to get rid of you, you manage to narrowly escape. Now after all of these years the corporation is finally closing-in on your location, and in so doing they have given you one last shot at redemption. Streets of Rogue (July 12, 2019) Streets of Rogue is a rogue-lite about player choice, freedom, and anarchic fun. The game takes inspiration from fast-paced top-down rogue-lites and adds free-form, experimentation-driven, emergent gameplay elements of immersive sims and RPGs. Rather than taking place in a dungeon, the game is set in a functioning, procedurally generated city, where complex AI informs denizens from all walks of life, who are just trying to get by in their daily activities. In order to progress, the player will need to accomplish specific mission goals in any way they see fit through the use of their special character traits, items, and the environment. Will you play as a soldier who shoots first and asks questions later? A stealthy doctor who uses chloroform and tranquilizer darts to take down the opposition? Or how about a gorilla, rescuing other caged gorillas to form a small mobilized gorilla army? Read the full article