#Gotta love shaggy dogs

[dragon-giggles]

Hey, what's your gender?

Um...

[xstarrgirllx]

mystery solved

xavier thorpe x outcast fem!reader

summary: bianca is having a halloween party in the quad and you and your friends go as the scooby gang.

warnings: best friends to lovers, throat fucking, p in v (no condom), reverse cowgirl, groping, hair pulling kink, hand kink, size kink, squirting, name calling; baby, bunny, & slut, not proof read, most likely misspelling.

writers note: i’m not good at smut so it kinda sucks but i got inspired by a tiktok

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becoming friends with xavier was the best thing you could’ve ever done. he was everything you could ever want in a best friend and more. you’ve two known each other for only 5 and a half years but it feels like longer. you grown up together. you went through puberty together. through all the hard times. you stuck together through whatever and it would always be that way.

and tonight was the night. halloween. what everyone has been waiting for. mostly because bianca has been raving about how fun the party is going to be. and partly because of the fact that it was the girls time to wear something sexy and the boys time to openly ogle at them.

you were really excited because this year you, xavier, yoko, ajax and enid were all gonna be the scooby gang. you were velma, xavier was shaggy, wednesday was scooby, enid was daphne and ajax was fred. enid had to beg wednesday to be scooby because her costume was a onesie and had color.

after 2 days of begging and puppy dog eyes from enid, wednesday eventually gave in. how could she not. she was in love with her. they were perfect for each other. you wish you had something like that. every guy that’s ever liked you just wanted to get in your pants. you kinda gave up on trying to find someone. if it was meant to be, he would come to you.

you were putting on your orange thigh high socks when xavier comes in. “heyy, you ready?” “almost” you respond. “like my outfit?” you ask teasingly. your red pleated mini skirt and tight orange long sleeve shirt showing off your curves in the best way possible. “it’s very revealing.” “ but it’s cute, don’t ya think?” he stalks closer to you and holds you close to him “of course bunny.” you loved that nickname.

he said he called you that because of how little you are compared to him. but you knew he liked it. xavier always found a way to tease you about how short you are but if you think about it you really aren’t that short. he’s just massive. you would be lying if you said that that didn’t make you hot though.

and the fact that you two were always touching didn’t help. you knew he was handsome. anyone who had eyes knew he was handsome. you didn’t necessarily like that others found him attractive too but it’s not like you could do much. you were just best friends.

he sways you both side to side. “xaviii we gotta go. we’re gonna be late.” “okay okay, hurry up.” you rush to put your red mary janes on and grab xavier’s hand running out of the door. “this is going to be the best party ever.” “yeah” he slowly replies looking you up and down. having to stop himself from palming his growing erection.

you guys met the rest of the scooby gang on your way to the quad. enid smirks “oh velma i think you dropped your glasses.” the blonde hits your glasses on the ground. “careful, i don’t want them to break.” you bend down to pick up, unknowingly in front of xavier. he eyes your bent form for a little too long. neither of you noticing the looks between the others.

they all knew somehow, someway you two would get together. enid could see how you look at the tall boy. admiring him. she knew of your ‘not so secret’ secret affections for the boy behind you. “come on, let’s party!” ajax yells as you put your glasses back on and walk into the loud room.

you’re all welcomed with hundreds of students dancing. yoko and divina were by the drinks, of course making her famous mojitos. bianca was flirting with some guy in our grade and kent was dirty dancing with a vamp.

you make your way to yoko and divina. “heyy how are you guys?” “great” they both answer. “how about you y/n/n?” “good but i could be better. if only i had one of the best mojito in my hand right now.” you hint. “coming right up.” yoko chuckles.

a boy with dark black hair and suit on joins you. josh. “hey y/n, would you like to accompany me to a dance?” “uh no thanks.” you turn away disgusted by his attempts. “you sure?” he grabs at your wrist. “yeah i’m sure.” you rip your arm away from his tight grip and make your way back to xavier.

he was sitting down on the ledge of the water fountain. “hi shaggy” you run your hand through his hair. “hi velma” he pulls you on his lap and you put your hand around his shoulders.

a new song starts to play and you start to move to the beat. smiling, laughing, talking, drinking. you were tipsy but you were having fun. you hadn’t left xavier’s lap. though he had to calm you down before you feel him rock hard against you.

just the idea of your clothed heat moving up and down his cock made his mind go wild. he places his hands on your waist. you don’t notice and he tights his grip on your skirt, accidentally making it rise. you look back at him catching his gaze as he stares at the skin of your ass. “you okay?” that’s when you realize that there’s something hard under you.

xavier quickly let’s go of your hips and acts like he wasn’t looking, but you knew. maybe it was the alcohol or the loud music making your heart race but you put his hands back on your skirt and slowly lift it up. giving him a better view without letting anyone else see. you twist around and kiss him. he immediately kissed back, tightening his grip.

you start grinding against him making him even harder if that was possible. you pull away and start kissing his neck. he whimpers but low enough for only you to hear. “we shouldn’t be doing this.” “you’re right” you agree but you don’t stop your actions. after marking him with a few purple bruises you begin palming his erection with your hands.

“i want you” you truthfully let out. “but-“ you cut xavier off and kiss him again. continuing to palm him, you unbutton his tan cargos. looking around to make sure no one was looking at you two before pulling his cock out. at least you thought no one was looking but did it really matter. everyone was drunk and most likely wouldn’t remember.

but this is something you want to remember. “bunny…” you move your small hands up and down his shaft making xavier groan. he bites your bottom lip causing you moan into his mouth. “fuck” he throws his head back. you turn back around and rub him against your clothed pussy.

“god you feel so good. gonna be so tight” he moves your panties to the side and grinds against you bare. his top hitting your clit with each push. you couldn’t stop whimpering. you didn’t even care that you were in public now.

xavier lifts your hips up right above his and slams you down on cock. before you could scream, he places a hand on your mouth and turns your head to look you in the eyes. “don’t want anyone to know what we’re doing right?” he lets go the second you nod.

he starts to snap his hips against yours. feeling him deeper. “be quiet.” he tells you firmly. you start to feel desperate. you want more. you need more. this wasn’t enough. you suddenly get up off of him and tuck him away before grabbing his hand.

“what are you doing?” “finding a better spot shaggy.” you inform him and run to the closest bathroom. locking the door behind you. he pulls himself back out and bends you over again. “you don’t know how long i’ve been waiting to fuck this cunt.” “then do it.. please” “aww my little bunny” he gropes your ass.

impatiently you push back against him. xavier wanted to take his time with you but was just as needy as you. groaning as he pushes back into you. “i love this pussy” you smile at the compliment and start fucking your self on him. “yeah just like that.”

“you’re so big” he wasn’t your first but damn was he the biggest. you have never seen anything bigger than 6 inches and he seemed like 8. he takes hold of your hair and pulls you back against him. bucking his hips up into yours. your eyes roll as you hear the slapping of your skin. his balls hitting your clit perfectly.

you moan and can’t help but clench around him. “such a tight pussy. all mine.” “yeah yeah all yours.. xavii” you start to lose yourself in the pleasure. he fastens his pace and you begin to see stars. “fuckk i’m gonna-“ the tall boy cuts you off now “i know baby. do it. cum around my cock.” it was too much. you couldn’t handle this much.

you black out for a few mins as xavier fucks into you, trying to find his own release. “oh bunny, you squirted on me.” he tells you, watching through the mirror as you come back to reality. the over stimulation was becoming painful good. you start to feel another pit in your stomach. building faster and faster by the second. next thing you know you’re squirting all over xavier once again.

“god just making a mess all over my cock. aww is it too much for you baby?” he pouts and feigns sympathy. “xavi-“ your eyebrows furrow. “just one more time baby. you can do it for me.” “wanna swallow” you moan out. “fuck, you’re such a slut for me. gonna swallow every last drop like a good girl, huh?” he asks you roughly slapping your ass.

he hits you a few more times due to you being too caught up in pleasure to answer. “answer me.” “yes! yes i’ll be a good g-girl” “good. now kneel.” you gain enough strength to pull yourself off xavier and on your knees. you start to kitten lick at him but that wasn’t enough. “come on baby. you can do better than that.”

you slowly lower your head on his cock. you moan at the taste of yourself. “is my bunny to dumb to suck me like a good girl?” you shake your head while he’s still inside you. but he knew you were lying. “hm lemme show you how good girls take it.” he takes your hair in his hand once again and starts to ravishly fuck into your throat.

you feel his cock twitch in your mouth meaning he was close. your breath gets caught and you start to gag. saliva running down your chin and onto your shirt. xavier didn’t care though. at least not right now. right now was his time. he was giving you what you want. your nose hits his pelvis and he cums down your throat. “fuckk bunny. did so good for me. took it so well.”

he pulls you off his cock and rubs your cheek with his thumb. watching as you slowly blink your eyes at him. “so pretty.” you weakly smile at him. he helps you up and cleans you with a hand towel. “thank you” you finally say as you regain your strength. “of course bunny.” he kisses you passionately. you kiss back hugging his waist.

xavier let’s go. hugging you tightly and kisses your head. “i love you xavi” you tell him. “i wanna be with you” he looks down at you, shocked. he eventually grins. “i love you too bunny. and i’d love to be with you.” you kiss once more. after attempting to look like nothing had happened, you both walk out of the bathroom. holding hands and blushing.

“oh look who it is.” ajax says with his arms crossed. “mystery solved.” wednesday joins in with enid by her side. “oh uh hey guys. what’s up.” you nervously ask. “nothing much, you?” enid shares a knowing look with you. “nothing.” “oh really? then why were you in the bathroom together?” ajax asks already knowing the answer.

“just fighting some ghosts, ya know” shaggy tells the gang. “oh yeah i bet.” ajax squints. you all laugh and return back to the party.

the end

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[mymisfitsbabe]

Billy had just finished cleaning his kitchen, just finished putting away the last clean plate when someone pounded on the front door. Frowning, Billy pulled off his apron and tossed it on the counter. 

“Who is it?” Billy asked as he padded over on bare feet to the closed door. 

“Who the fuck do you think it is? Open the Goddamn door.” Gator called back. 

“You can't just start showing up here, Tillman.”

“Just open the fucking door before I kick it down, Hargrove.”

Opening the door Billy sighed.

“What are you doing he- What the fuck is that?” Billy hissed as Gator pushed into his trailer and handed him a large furball. 

“It's a dog.” Gator sneered as he moved further into the small living room.

“Uh, and why the fuck did you bring it here?” Billy asked as it wiggled in his hold, it's sandy brown fur already shedding onto his black shirt.

Gator turned and gave Billy an exasperated look, but Billy's focus shifted as he spotted the shiner Gator sported under his right eye. Gator was still in his police uniform, his vest had some blood on it and he was covered in dirt splotches. He smelled like sweat and dogs.

“What the hell happened to you?” Billy asked, shifting the pup to one arm so he could grab Gator's face and get a good look at his eye. 

“Nothin. Anyways, you need a dog round here since it's so easy to break in this shit hole.” 

“Oh fuck off, just cause you decided to go all psycho horror movie on me doesn't mean I need a damn dog.” Billy passed the ball of fur back to Gator. 

“Just keep the fucking dog, Bills. It ain't gonna kill you.”

“What the hell am I supposed to do with it? I'm at work 12 hours a day.” 

“Take it with you, Benny loves dogs and the shop is gated off.” 

“Great, then give Benny the dog if he loves them so much.”

“I didn't get the dog for Benny, I got it for you.”

Billy sighed, as Gator set the dog on the couch. The thing was huge for a pup, thick sandy brown fur with bright brown eyes. It's paws and ears seemed too big for its body and the thing looked half wild. 

“Where'd you get it from anyways?” Billy asked, crossing his arms over his chest and eyeing the pup suspiciously. 

“It's a police pup reject. The mom got knocked up by a wolf and this is the pup. Bright side is it's trained.” Gator rambled as he sat next to the pup and started petting it's head. 

“A wolf? You want me to keep a wolf as a pet?” Billy balked. 

“Course, they make great guard dogs. Roy has a pack of bout six back home.” 

“Gator, I don't know. I've never had a dog before,” Billy carted a hand through his shaggy hair and sighed. “I don't have food for it and the store is closed.”

Gator shrugged, his face turning down. “I got stuff in the truck, you don't need to get it nothing. I just thought you'd like it. It's gotta be shit being out here alone all the time.” 

Gator was chewing on his lip, looking like he'd been kicked and Billy sighed. “What’s his name?” 

“Gator Jr.” Gator smirked up at Billy.

“That's a shit name.” Billy said arching a brow and suppressing and grin 

“Fuck you, Gator's an awesome name.” Gator threw the old beat up couch pillow at Billy.

Billy caught it and laughed. “I'm not calling him Gator, pick a different name you fucking redneck.”

Gator jutted his lip out and scratched the back of his head. “Fine, I guess her name is Eleven then. That's whats on her tags.” 

“Christ, there's eleven of them?” 

“Yeah, but the others are full German shepherds. The station is gonna keep those.” 

“Go get her stuff and show me how to not kill her.” Billy sighed. 

[floralembarrassment]

Toddlers and Sleepovers (1/1) (jegulus raising Harry)

“But Dad, I don’t want to go!” Harry whined as James helped him get dressed and pack a bag to go stay with his grandparents for the night. James had a small backpack in one hand and a set of pajamas in the other that he had been asking Harry if he wanted or if he would prefer others. He was bit confused at his son’s words.

“Harry, you love going to stay with granny and grandpa, what’s the matter?” James asked as he sat down on the bedroom floor. Harry came right over to him, and flung his arms around his neck. “I heard you say to uncle moony that you were taking papa to a special place because he had been good all week. Its not fair.” Harry’s explanation offered very little, except the challenge for James to not chuckle.

“What's not fair my love,” James asked.

Harry pulled back and looked down at his feet. “Wasn’t I good all week too?” he said, speaking to the floor.

James could have cried. “Harry look at me,” James instructed and Harry listened. “You have been excellent, you are such a good, smart, and savvy little kid. Daddy is so proud of you.” James began, and Harry smiled but then interrupted: “So I can come with you and Papa then?” His little eyebrows pumped on his forehead.

“Harry, where papa and I are going is only for grown ups,” James started and Harry groaned. “But-, hey, but, you will have so much fun with granny and grandpa, and then papa and I are going to pick you up tomorrow when we all go for lunch, okay?” James explained. “Okay,” Harry replied dejectedly.

“How’s it going in here?” Regulus asked, just popping his head in the room. He appraised the scene: Harry standing with a pout forming on his face and James sitting criss-cross on the floor trying to coax Harry into grabbing his stuffies from the bed. “Papa!” Harry said as Regulus came in the room, James gave him a look that was half apologetic and half defeat.

“How come your dad is doing all the packing hmm?” Regulus asked as he patted Harry on the head after he ran over to hug him, really only reaching around some of Regulus’ legs. “Well Papa, I just want to stay with you.” Harry continued his protest. Regulus picked him up. “Oh I see,” he began as he walked into the room and James stood up after he finished packing Harry’s things.

“Well I guess you can stay with us,” Regulus said, and James looked completely betrayed. “But we're just going to be spending the night sitting here telling each other how much we love each other,” Regulus said and then leaned over toward James making some kissy noises. “No no no okay I want to go to granny’s, just don’t kiss!” Harry said as he put both of his small hands on Regulus’ mouth to block him from kissing James.

“Alright, to the grandparents’ you go. Now do you want your lion or snake stuffy?” Regulus asked.

“Doggy!” Harry yelled in response as he nearly jumped out of Regulus’ arms to go and grab the shaggy black dog stuffed animal that he would one day learn looked a lot like Sirius.

James pulled Regulus into his side. “You gotta teach me how you do that,” James whispered to him and then kissed his cheek. Regulus smirked: “Sorry, but I was not letting our toddler ruin our one date night.”

[muffy-heeler]

notes about the sign after my second watch in no particular order

SPOILERS AHEAD‼️

When it dropped at midnight where I was (I was obsessively checking Disney+) I immediately dropped my paper to watch it and ohhh my god.

When Pretzel mentions his guinea pig I am almost certain he says "moms" as in two mothers despite the captions apostrophe, because "my mom's said he would come back" makes no sense to me and it's not the kind of weirdly written kid-speak Joe usually writes. Delightful!! My boyfriends been saying for ages they gotta put gay dogs in bluey lol

WINTONS DAD AND THE TERRIERS MOM‼️ I think theyre so cute even if theyre a tiny speck by the house with a pool at the end. And, of course it has a pool. I'm so glad Winton's dad found love :3

Lazarus Drug was THE song choice ever. Oh my god. I cried so hard. And I think choosing such a mature (and I don't mean that bc it's a drug metaphor I mean it bc it's a metaphor at all) song really gives kids something to grow into. Sure those kids who love bluey will only sorta remember it, but when they get older and relisten it'll blow their minds. I also just like the song lol it's very White Rabbit meets Laura Stevenson. Anyways. I also noticed they're credited on a few other bluey tracks according to Google, including some of my favorites like It Was Yesterday, Wagon Ride, and Rain!

Didn't notice any pretty dust particles in the episode, which was interesting because they save those for the most touching episodes and moments. Lmk if you see them anywhere!! I have a theory there's some during the butterfly hiking sign scene so hmu if they are there

Wheelchair dog spotted on the birds eye shot of the lookout before the shaggy dogs use the binoculars! I just love how Joe seems to understand the difference between representation, where diverse people are coexisting and living their own lives, sometimes as the focus of the story sometimes just existing as people, and that performative representation where you only see a minority when their story is being used to uplift the protagonists. Another great example of this is obviously Turtleboy where Dougie and Bingo's stories coexist, and one is not inferior to the other but instead we end up rooting for both of them. Bit of a tangent but my point is Joe is always putting disabled and neurodivergent and MORE types of characters into his show and it's delightful

That's all I noticed in my first two watches but I'm sure there will be more 😭

Edit:

When Bingo gets stuck in the railing Bluey goes to help her because, I presume, it's happened so often that even she can deal with it now

None of u were gonna tell me Meg Washington was Calypso cmon man

[ejzah]

Would you write a story about Deeks and Monty? Starting from when they first meet and maybe jump to different big moments for them like some undercover work, when Deeks adopts Monty after he retires and maybe some moments with Kensi pre and post Densi.

Thanks!

The Best Friend A Guy Could Ask For

***

“Deeks, we got a new partner for you!” Bates announced, poking his head out of his office as Deeks walked by. He stopped and backtracked several steps, leaning into Bates’ door.

“Woah, you know I don’t do partners,” Deeks objected. “You know that, Bates.”

“I think you’ll like this one.” Bates gave him an odd smile that instantly filled Deeks with a weary sense of dread. He could handle whatever crap LAPD threw at him, but sometimes he got sick of the idiotic jokes.

Standing up with his coffee cup in hand, Bates gestured for Deeks to follow him. “C’mon, I’ll introduce you.” Reluctantly, Deeks accompanied him up to the second floor, where the specialized teams were housed, and Deeks grew increasingly apprehensive.

“Hey, you remember what happened last time you paired me with someone,” Deeks said bluntly. Bates flashed Deeks an unamused look.

“I remember. Relax, Deeks.” He wrapped once on the door in front of them. “Brady, it’s Bates.”

An older officer with a thin layer of gray hair answered. He looked Deeks over, nodding once before he held out his hand, his grip firm.

“This is Officer Deeks,” Bates told him. “He’s ready to meet his new partner.”

“Well come on in,” Brady offered, stepping to the side, and pointing to the opposite side of the room. “He’s just resting over there.”

Frowning, Deeks walked around Brady’s desk, his eyes widening when he saw a dog curled up on a weathered cushion. He immediately knelt down, holding his fingers out for the dog to sniff before he carefully caressed the top of his shaggy head. “Hey, Buddy.”

“His name’s Monty,” Brady supplied. “Bates said you two might make a good pair.”

“Why?” Deeks asked, now petting Monty more vigorously. Monty made a contended sound, rolling onto his back as much as he could.

“He hasn’t been performing well recently,” Bates explained. By his tone of voice, Deeks guessed he found the whole situation extremely irritating and ridiculous. “He’s skittish. His trainer says he’s got PTSD or some crap, but the department doesn’t want to retire him just yet. Thought maybe you could straighten him out.”

“I’m supposed to start with the undercover unit next month,” Deeks reminded him tightly.

“And you will. He’s just your side project in the meantime. See what you can do with him.” Bates gave Monty an unimpressed glance. “Honestly, I’m not expecting much.”

Monty tilted his head, his eyes seeming to say exactly how he felt about Captain Bates.

“Well, I’ve always been good at circumventing expectations,” Deeks replied, holding out his hand for Monty’s paw.

***

“Monty, we gotta get out of here,” Deeks hissed at the dog. Monty stubbornly stayed parked on all fours next to a flower bed alongside one of the small shops in a strip mall.

Any patrons had been rushed from the vicinity after a credible bomb threat was reported. Deeks hadn’t intended to bring Monty along, but he’d been on-call and didn’t have a chance to stow the police dog away somewhere safe.

“Buddy, I know you’re stressed, but this is not the best timing for a panic attack.”

Giving a couple sharp barks, Monty sniffed at the corner of the flower bed, then looked back at Deeks, barking again. With dawning realization, Deeks carefully eased past Monty, moved aside the flowers in the spot Monty had indicated, revealing a collection of wires.

“Damn. Good job, boy,” Deeks said, patting the top of Monty’s head as he grabbed his radio. “Now let’s get the hell out of here.”

***

Deeks tucked his hands under his armpits, rocking back and forth in a futile attempt to create some kind of warmth. It didn’t get truly cold in LA often, but when it did, it sucked.

Normally, Deeks loved working undercover. He enjoyed the opportunity to create and embody different aliases, the freedom of working on his own, and most importantly, the difference he made. After a week under as one of his newer personas, Artie, with increasingly chill tempts and intermittent downpours, he was starting to rethink that position.

“What I wouldn’t give for a vanilla latte right now,” he muttered to himself. A few other people sheltered around him, but he’d found for the most part that no one paid attention to what he said.

He heard a soft whine to his right, and sighed, seeing Monty wander put from the tiny spot between a dumpster and wall. When Deeks started this operation, he’d expected to be under for a couple day, tops. If he’d known it would go on for this long, he never would have brought Monty along.

“Sorry, buddy,” he murmured, reaching out to pet one his ears. Monty made another sound, and carefully crawled into Deeks lap, curling up in a mound. His familiar weight was comforting. Leaning close, Deeks whispered in one of Monty’s ears. “Hey, when we get out of here, I’m going buy you all the steak you want.”

Monty sighed, snuggling closer.

***

“What do you mean you’re retiring him?” Deeks demanded, leaning a hand on Bates’ desk. Every time he started to think he and the man had a heart, he pulled something like this. “He’s doing his job.”

“Yeah, but only for you,” Bates retorted. “That does us no good when you’re not using him.”

“It’s because I know how to talk to him.”

“He’s a dog, Deeks, not your girlfriend. Though from the sound of it, he might as well be.”

“Oh, I’ve missed your wit, Sir.”

“Can’t say the same for yours. The discussion is over, Deeks. The mutt’s last day is tomorrow,” Bates said.

“Fine, then I’ll adopt him,” Deeks decided impulsively.

“What?” Bates glared in exasperation.

“There’s no rule preventing me from doing so once he retires. Or using him to support my undercover work if I so choose. Believe me, I checked.”

“Of course you did,” Bates grumbled, shaking his head. “Damn lawyers. Fine, adopt him if you want. I hope you’ll be very happy together.”

“We already are,” Deeks assured him with the kind of grin he knew bates hated.

***

“I’m not going to walk into some kind of creepy swingers type bachelor pad am I?” Kensi asked, eyeing Deeks suspiciously as he unlocked his front door. She held a bag of takeout in one hand, and a carton of beer in the other. He paused to fix her with an unimpressed look.

“You overestimate my extracurricular activities,” he informed her. “And my fondness for 70s sex culture.”

“Say the guy who knows every girl at the strip clubs and bikini bars within a 20 mile radius.”

“Touché,” Deeks drawled, turning back to the door. “Oh hey, you’re not allergic to dogs, right?”

“No,” Kensi said slowly. “Why?” Her question was immediately answered A Deeks opened the door and Monty greeted them with a series of excited barks.

“Meet Monty,” he said, reaching down to pet him a couple times. “I’m glad to see you too, boy. Now sit down before Kensi thinks we don’t have any manners.”

“Oh, I’m already certain of that,” Kensi assured him, slipping in behind him. She’d never been to his apartment before, and he could see her taking everything in. “You didn’t tell me you had a dog.”

“He’s a semi-new addition to the Deeks abode. He’s a retired service dog I adopted.”

“How altruistic of you.”

“He pays his way,” Deeks joked, ruffling Monty’s fur absentmindedly. “He’s great at sniffing out armed devices, drugs, lost dolls.” He nodded to Kensi, who stood a little an awkwardly in the middle of the room. “Make yourself comfortable. I’m gonna go get this guy’s dinner, and then we can watch the best movie ever made.”

When Deeks came back in the room a couple minutes later, Kensi sat cross-legged on the floor, Monty curled up in front of her as she pet him.

***

“Hey baby, you have a visitor,” Kensi said, pushing open Deeks’ hospital room door. He leaned forward as much as he could without straining his head or torso, to see Monty walking in behind Kensi.

He immediately hopped onto the beside chair, resting his front paws on Deeks’ mattress. He sniffed at Deeks, giving a worried little woof.

“Hey Monty. I’m ok, bud,” he assured the dog, and Monty settled his head next to Deeks’ arm.

“How did you get him in here?” he asked, looking up at Kensi. She sat next to him in the spot Monty was occupying.

“It turns out this facility has a pretty relaxed policy about dogs as long as you keep them leashed, under control, and out of common areas,” she explained. She brushed her fingers through Deeks’ hair, similarly to the way he was petting Monty. “When I mentioned him, one of the doctors said it might be therapeutic to have him visit.”

“I think they were right.” Deeks sighed, hurting, but soothed by both Kensi and Monty’s presence. “Thanks, Kensalina.”

“Anything for you, baby,” Kensi murmured, leaning down to kiss his forehead. Not to be outdone, Monty licked his hand.

Deeks fell asleep with a smile on his lips.

***

A/N: I hope this was a satisfactory collection of moments.

Thanks for the prompt!

[jmagnabo92]

WIP Wednesday

CROSS OVER FIC with Alex/Henry + Sirius/James (and itty bitty Harry).

Not exactly Wednesday but close enough.

***

Alex alternates being looking at his phone and watching David wistfully and after ten minutes, he’s thrown when a big shaggy black dog that may or may not be some sort of sheep dog or deerhound brings him a toy ball and drops it in his lap. 

He blinks and looks around, totally confused.  No one’s looking at him or the dog, and clearly, the dog wants him to play so he puts his phone to the side and throws the ball.  The dog races after it, disappearing in the sea of dogs and so Alex returns to his phone trying to be unphased. 

The dog returns a minute later, dropping the ball in his lap and clearly expecting Alex to keep playing.  He looks around once again, but doesn’t see anyone looking so he does it, again.  And again, and again.

He gets lost playing fetch with a lovely, happy dog that is decidedly not his dog, but makes him feel a little less alone.  He’s so fluffy and loveable and clearly is determined to get Alex smiling (and succeeding) that he kind of wants to adopt him (especially since he doesn’t appear to have a collar)... maybe he’s a stray?   David could use a friend and he could name him properly and Henry might love bringing home a stray…

“Paddy!” a small voice yells to the left.

Alex and Paddy(?) both turn to the voice, which appears to be coming from a little boy with the messiest black hair that Alex has ever seen, and judging by the man behind him that looks like an older version of the boy with the same messy hair, although he looks far too young to be the father, he’s gotta be barely a year or two older than Alex. 

They reach Alex and Paddy(?), and the man says in a British accent, “Padfoot, you know better.”

Padfoot – not Paddy, apparently – doesn’t appear to care as he drops the ball in Alex’s lap and nudges his hand. 

Alex looks at the dog, the ball, and the man, who rolls his eyes and laughs.  “Go on, he’s stubborn sometimes.”

Alex laughs at the thought of a stubborn dog and throws it.  

The dog takes off and the man says, “I’m sorry if he’s been bothering you.  When he’s Padfoot, he tends to want to make people happy and he’s taken to bugging people that look sad,” he pauses as if realizing he shouldn’t have said that, and adds, “Not that you were sad or anything… I don’t know what you were or are – he’s just … he’s Padfoot.”

The man shakes his head and sits down, pulling the little boy in his lap.  “I’m James, this is Harry, and I’m going to stop talking now.”

***

@onthewaytosomewhere @roalinda @fiendishfyre

[dadswithipads]

Kk I know aint no one cares but I do.

Shaggy and Fred's moments in Scooby Doo the mystery begins (fraggy)

Fred seems upset that shaggy is getting tripped on the bus but he doesn't really do anything other than get kind of uncomfortable knowing that it's happening.

In the library I noticed most of the scene when it shows the characters, Fred is looking in Shaggy's Direction it's just like kind of um idk gay. And it's like every time it comes to show a Fred reaction half of those reaction scenes he's looking at Shaggy.

K so they get to the cemetery and Shaggy wants to back out but Fred and Velma link arms with him and force him to go into the cemetery. We cut to them getting to the graves and Shaggy pulls his arm away from Fred's grip, which meant Fred was walking and scooping Shaggy's arm the whole way there. So gay.

There's the scene in the graveyard and Velma is talking and Shaggy's on the total opposite side of her and so he's looking near her direction to listen to what she's saying. And he's looking that way and he standing right next to Fred so he's looking in his Direction. And the whole time for the total of almost 9 seconds, it looks like Shaggy is just staring at Fred and Fred is looking directly at the gravestone. And so he looks over at Shaggy because he feels his eyes on him and it's just very gay. It's a gay scene what else am I supposed to say?.

Everyone in this group has a crush on Fred. I feel like compared to curse of the Lake Monster, Velma starts to realize she's a lesbian in THAT movie.

Shaggy's basement / room is so cool btw.

Daphnes face when Velma calls her a "Hottie".

Fred looks so impressed when Shaggy takes the blame. Also shaggy looks directly at Fred during this scene. "It wasn't just them *licks lips* I was there too"-Fred lmao.

I love this Shaggy so much you don't understand.

"Thanks to Shaggy *arm grab* now we have our suspects" idk just cute.

And so we get to the stairwell scene. Fred is so open and smiley. Shaggy is so inviting its just adorable. "So what are we gonna go as?" *Fred looks him up and down* sir-

That stare between velma and daphne. K but Fred dressed like that making me wanna headcanon that he listens to hip hop now. White boy in Ohio of course he would. Bro he got the earings in and everything.

Gotta point out that when Shaggy is ranting Fred always cuts him off and addresses it. Cuute. Freds smile when Shaggy says he was held back. All their smiles. They're just so soft.

He got distracted and started ranting and Mr. Fred stepped in. LMAO Daphne's reaction to him getting distracted.

He got distracted and Fred brought him back. Aw and Fred encourages him.

Velma just ✨staring✨ at Daphne.

Shaggy runs into the room and Fred immediately asks what's wrong.

Fred and Shaggy parenting their dog together. Fred is growing a soft spot for Shaggy you can tell.

Their eye contact when trying to alert the villain.

The ending with close proximity fraggy and vaphne.

------------------------------

Curse of the lake monster.

K but a shaggy and velma friendship is adorable.

The hayloft for vaphne is true.

Shaggy latches onto Freds hand and tries to pull him to the van.

LMAO both Fred and Shaggy giving her uncle the eye.

Fred zipping Shaggys lips shut. Idk but it's there.

Fred fist bumping Daphnes uncle and Shaggy laughing at it.

I always thought during the Man to Man scene Fred was being disrespectful but now I think it's just because Shaggy's like a year or two older. Cause Shaggy asks to talk "man to man" and Fred says "sort of" which this version of Fred idt would say that in a disrespectful way. Maybe '02 Fred but not this one.

"Play the field" he would so experiment. Bisexual. He doesnt leave Shaggy in the dark and he makes sure to not only explain to him but also show that he doesnt look down on him for not getting it first thing.

Fred playing along to shaggys antics lmao. He just nodding and smiling.

Aw Shaggy's speech about futon's vs mattresses and Fred smiling down and shaking his head after.

Fred making his chilli cheese fries joke about Shaggy and then getting a kick out of it.

They know Shaggy so well at this point its adorable.

Aw shaggy and velma run to the group and Shaggy immediately grabs Fred's arm and hides behind him. While also screaming "Save me". Too cute.

He did it again. He looked at Shaggy when talking. It wasn't even directed at him. Shaggy held contact too. He looked at Fred for like 6 seconds bruh. Fred did it too. After the wanda grubwort story. His was like 3 sec.

He goes on a rant and Fred and Daphne just smile and look down as he tries to lie to them. And then Fred interrupts his rambling and addresses what he is trying to say. And Fred tells him "It's okay" before continuing. Just so much beautiful communication. Fred also looks at Shaggy when Velma jokes and then shaggy looks at Fred and laughs and -😭💗.

Its only when Fred looks at him that he finally comes clean. Close proximity Fred Jones. Hes so touchy. Also when he comes up to Shaggy he like, runs his hand down Shaggy back. K but the deleted scene (comes from the OG script) of Fred saying "I will Never understand girls".

I mean it is true. Of course Shaggy aint her type. He's not a girl. I love that he can't understand Scooby. Its so goofy and cute.

He reaches out to touch shaggy when he asks whats wrong. Shaggy pushing Daphne out of the way so HE can hide behind Fred.

Its too funny. Fred once again protects both Shaggy and Daphne and im just like-

"Shaggy, you're okay" *Freds hand lingers* awwww and then when Shaggy starts ranting again Fred grabs his arm and reassures him that Velma is okay. And then he touches his arm and leads him. Too cute im telling y'all.

Daphne and Shaggy curling up into Fred's chest. Not only THAT but Shaggy bends down into his chest. Like sir you are 6'2. Bisexuals. All 3. Daphne and Velma walk away with their arms comforting each other. And Fred puts his hand on Shaggys back.

Fred asked Shaggy how his date went and he rested his hand on his shoulder then he let it slide down to Shaggys back and let it sit there until Daphne began reading the list of names.

Fred once again reassures shaggy that the problem is something else. I mean look, he could be a jerk and just roll his eyes at Shaggy but no. He takes time to explain and communicate.

Awww k so the group hug at the end when Shaggy ruffles Fred's hair. And he goes "Not the hair, man. Not the hair".

[abalonetea]

Fun facts about Heath <3

he works as a park ranger out in Louisianan and has a heavy accent and looks all around fairly scruffy but he’s also got the friendliest smile you’ve ever seen

werewolf

loves a good home cooked meal even though he’s only been home twice since he left it, and they were both for very bad occasions

eats raw meat any chance he gets

loves soft things, including shaggy blankets and soft clothes

claws on his feet; odd shaped feet in general

this is the first time he’s ever been on a plane, it’s amazing

has been terrified of thunder since he was little, this did not helpfully

can hunt like a pro but only on hands and feet like a dog

friendly, loves to talk

was generally not expecting to find dinos here what the fuck

gotta figure out a name for his story and the other two mains <3

[einsteinsugly]

Fictober 7. That 70s Show. 1977. All My Love.

"Do you recognize this?"

It's his civic duty, to show Jackie Burkhart some good music. Some Zeppelin, and their most iconic tune. Stairway to Heaven.

"No. I told you, I don't listen to rock music," Jackie dismissively declares, "But Donna showed me Fleetwood Mac, and I really like them. Do they count?"

"Yeah." He smirks a little, thinking of the obvious. "Still can't believe you thought Led Zeppelin was a person."

"I can't believe that Donna thinks Steven Tyler is hot. She showed me Aerosmith, and God. Steven Tyler makes Eric look cute. Donna has no taste, and she even has worse taste in guys..."

Once again, Hyde relays the obvious. The elephant in the room, especially after what he heard went down at the ice shack.

Kelso's van sinking should be a fucking sign, man. "You thinkin' about goin' back to Kelso, huh?"

In turn, Jackie is quick to deflect. "Well, he was my first boyfriend. And he's gorgeous."

Hyde's no knight in shining armor, but by comparison, Kelso is an invading army. A pillager, at best. Other terrible things, at fucking worst.

"But he cheated on you with Laurie, Pam, and the girl from Sacred Heart, and he makes Shaggy look like fucking Einstein."

"He smells like dog sometimes, too," Jackie notably adds, hoping for some worthwhile affirmation, "I swear, I think he plays with the neighborhood dogs."

And Hyde is more than willing to provide it. With few stipulations. "He belongs with 'em."

"Yeah..." Jackie happily trails off, as the song devolves into a certain nothingness. Silence, like all that glitters isn't gold. Just some shimmery rust. "He's a dirty, dirty dog. And I'm way smarter than him, even when I play dumb..."

Now, here come the stipulations. The awkward pressing, to get her to think. "Why'd you do that?"

"So I can get what I want. Then I turn the tables." Jackie uncomfortably cackles, nervously taking Hyde's hand. "I do it with my cheerleading friends all the time, and it's fun."

And for once, he doesn't jerk away. "Are they really your friends? You haven't brought 'em 'round here in awhile."

Now, Jackie is forced to think. Beyond the stupid games. Beyond the good grades. "They're tools. Like a curling iron. You know, one time, I tried to buy Donna a curling iron..."

Hyde catches her trying to deflect, once again. "Uh huh."

But Jackie is purposely dense. "I had to teach that moose how to curl her hair."

So, Hyde cuts to the chase. "I still gotta teach you a lot of things, doll. The ways of the world."

"Are you taking me into your stupid dojo of coolness again?"

"You can say that."

*****

Zeppelin is blaring, and they're sitting in a circle. Smoke uncomfortably billows, as they pass the blunt.

Back and forth, back and forth. "You can't let old habits die hard, Jackie. Remember what dumbass Shaggy did to you."

Jackie uncomfortably exhales. "But what if I don't find anyone else?"

He keeps it simple, as he inhales. "You will."

And Jackie, as high as a kite, still catches on. "You didn't say 'not me' this time."

Hyde nods. "Uh huh."

*****

2002.

"He said he didn't feel anything, but he was a big fat liar."

Maybe Jackie glorifies their love story to their kids, providing only some symbolic puzzle pieces. It's a stupid game. And sometimes, Hyde doesn't like it.

"She was singin' the same song." But today, Hyde is more than willing to partake. "Then she still got back with Uncle Kelso, for awhile."

Jackie nods, taking Hyde's waiting hand. "I gave him a marriage ultimatum, so he could run away. And he ran to California."

Hyde looks at Jackie oddly, harkening back to a bygone era, and Jackie groans. "That wasn't the same thing! That was because I love you, I wanted to cement that forever and ever, and you were being stubborn! Big diff."

James opens his mouth to say something, a negative Nancy Drew by trade, but Becca angrily nudges him.

Because Becca doesn't feel like exploring a dusty attic of crap, and releases some sort of rhetorical statement. To cap it off, right then and there.

"What if your plan didn't work, and he didn't run away? That would be weird."

Jackie and Hyde nervously glance at each other, and for once, Jackie is at a loss for words.

So, Hyde picks up the tab. "Yeah, it would."

[mydysfunctionalvampirefamily]

The first memory Britta will always have is her losing control and killing a 17 year old girl. That has got to be rough.

Johnny is 5'11 with shaggy shoulder length brown hair??? Here I am thinking of him as a 6'6 hulking beast with a buzz cut. 😂

Johnny getting triggered by Britta seemingly carelessly draining someone out in the open. Him demanding 'what sect' she's from. And then redirecting his rage seeing how scared and confused she is. *chefs kiss*

The contrast between gentle Johnny and angry Johnny is very good.

Also poor Britta, imagine how confusing and scary this must be. Not remembering anything, slowly realising she actually killed a girl.

Wynn and Joey 😭😭

A 60pound dog with a human face and human arms??? e.e no thank you

Why does Miles immediately give me heartfelt good guy "I'm sorry I have to follow the rules" principal/exhausted exasperated dad vibes?

Miles being like you don't remember these laws but to be fair you remember nothing so that isn't saying much is too funny 😂

Poor Joey, I already hate Reese a lot.

Gotta love Neil just being a creep with his obfuscate and a little socially awkward but trying to help.

Also I know it's no weapons in elysium, but I thought that also meant no vampire powers. So how come Neil is obfuscating?

[jeepers-scoob]

💕 and 💖?

Oo thanks for the ask! Sorry if it's a bit rambly! Head full of thoughts and sometimes not coherent

💕(favorite relationship in the Gang): tbh I'm a big "the gang is in a polycule" person just bc I'm indecisive but I do think it fits them well especially in the WNSD era and some earlier iterations! Although even with some of the newer stuff I can still see it as a whole Velma x Daphne x Fred x Shaggy where Velma is only dating Daphne but still loves and cares about her gf's partners platonically.

I have been appreciating Fred and Daphne lately tho I enjoy how they both can fill the leadership role when they need to and when it's not a jealousy plot I like when there is a lil conflict between the two (I'm specifically thinking about how flustered Fred was in Scooby Doo and the Curse of the 13th Ghost) and it does get resolved in a good way

And with platonic stuff I'm always gonna be a Scooby and Shaggy person but Velma and Fred are second cause I usually love their interactions(also hc wise they are both on the autistic spectrum for me but in pretty dif ways so they Get each other but they also Do Not Get each other which I like). Also any guest star from Guess Who and Scooby it's always so funny to me when a famous person is like oh yes my very good friend Scooby who I've encountered without the rest of the gang present

💖(favorite relationship outside of the Gang): This is a tricky one bc I really focus on the gang most of the time and it's also an occasion where all my thoughts immediately flew out my head!

For platonic relationships: Crystal and Amber gotta love this one it's just a given

I like Meadow and M'Lady Moonbeam from WNSD bc I would also sabotage a dog show to help my dog

And Vincent and Flim Flam bc I love a good found family and it reminds me that I need to rewatch 13 ghosts

Romantic: The Hex Girls are also poly it's just how it is

I thought Cher and Sonny from TNSDM were fun I liked the humor in that episode but I have no thoughts on the real people

Lena and Simone! Literal power couple if you can't drain people's souls together for centuries are you even in a relationship?

This is a joke(👀) but the Joker and Penguin from TNSDM I mean it's like I said on my lil screenshot post if you and someone else work to find and rig up an entire cave system I'm gonna assume it's love

[gwaindrifter]

tagged by @full---ofstarlight for this "people you'd like to know better" tag game! ty for the tag :3c

THREE SHIPS: 

Lumity; I already love rivals to lovers, but the fact that they get to develop the relationship past just getting together is just *chef's kiss*

Kaguya x Shirogane; the slow burn of these two genius idiots has me both rooting for them the whole way and ready to beat them both with a paper fan

Fred x Daphne x Velma x Shaggy; gotta go with a classic polyam representation, and mystery Inc don't get more classic

LAST FILM:

I think it was Green Room, which was pretty good.

CURRENTLY WATCHING:

Nothing to actively, but I guess Guy's Grocery Games and Are You Afraid Of The Dark.

CURRENTLY READING:

Just finished Dylan Dog: Mater Morbi while I was on my train ride home from Chicago, and I'm presently waiting for Dylan Dog: Case Files to arrive at my work.

CURRENTLY CONSUMING:

Mountain Dew Spark

Dried Mango

Excedrin

CURRENTLY CRAVING

More Alan Wake 2 content

Sushi

A lover that won't drive me crazy

Tagging: @rainbowdata @discount-actuary @number1alpacaqueen @kasakimatsuki

[sins-of-the-sea]

//Also: anyone who's played Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, how's the game patched up nowadays? Is it still a hot mess? I've re-picked up Pokemon Go as I am trying to spend more time every day walking around for exercise, and I have fallen in love with Greavard. Not only because GHOST DOGGO, but 1.) Greavard seems to be based off of Catalan folklore of phantom/vampire dogs such as the Pesanta or Dip, and 2.) It's a shaggy doggo with its eyes covered.

And if you don't know, Captain Frascona's favorite breed of dog is the Catalan Sheepdog, which often has their eyes covered under shaggy fur. And, well, Frascona is a spooky guy who fogs up like a ghost.

I had hoped to play as Arcelia as a student in Paldea, so she's GOTTA have a Greavard somewhere, or perhaps her father has one or at least wants one. I do want one, I just gotta. I am completely in love with this Pokemon like you have no idea, holy shit.

[m1ckeyb3rry]

Ok so I forgot to put a checkmark on this note so delete this if I’m repeating….

No fr the shaggy gold would’ve been fine….what in the bungo stray dogs haircut….

SHSHSH IF YOURE REFERRING TO RECENT CH W MEGUMI ETC THEN YES I SAW!!! Lowk kinda crazy only three more chapters who else will they bring back….i wasn’t expecting so many survivors atp though honestly

Im crying he would totally proclaim himself to be “big bro ollie” SHSHVSHS and then you have snuffy looking from afar with a mix of “wtf is going on” and “ah young love” LMFAOO

Trueee ok but I can’t get over this “midfielder oat” LMFAOO i first thought of a bowl of oatmeal but forgive me I cannot decipher what this means my only other guess was goat…but fr too many extremist fans only the ones on the two ends of the spectrum…

Honestly that’s such a hiori move….bro doesn’t understand how to express his feelings properly due to obvious reasons so he just builds a whole ass house

Manifesting Karasu beats the player allegations….please clear his name….

That emoji is so sae LMAOO I’m just thinking about all the chaotic possibilities I didn’t realize aiku had so much potential LOL

HSJSHS dw we make up for it as much as possible….just gotta stock up on some hair wax and be like “style your hair like this or we’re over also you should get a beauty mark under your eye”

OOPS LMAOOO I think your random thoughts are funny though so if they don’t enjoy they’re mixing out LOLL but OOOOH BIRD THEME wait that’d be so on brand….bird theme….but yes a thought for later LOL

- Karasu anon

LMAOO no worries i did get your ask earlier but last night was a little crazy for me…long story short i returned to the party scene for the first time in a WHILE and in the span of a few hours my best friend got cussed out by a guy on coke, a man downloaded linkedin for me because drunk mira wanted to build he professional network (??) and then slid into my linkedin dms trying to date, a DIFFERENT guy who we literally met on the street after the coke guy kicked us out of the party we were at flirted w me for like half an hour on the side of the road while my friends talked to his friends and then he asked me to dinner (i told him i was too drunk to answer properly but actually i just thought he was unattractive and didn’t want to be mean 💔), AND THEN to make things worse i woke up today with an awful hangover and migraine 😭 threw up so hard i burnt my throat and sounded like a chain smoker for a solid hour it was horrible 😰 truly a night where bfb karasu was needed but alas…here we are…i’m finally able to look at my phone without my migraine flaring up though so i will answer you now 🫡

PLSSS NOT BSD i’ve never watched it but one of my mutuals (ironically the one who got me to watch bllk) loves it!! lowkey from what i’ve seen of her posts though yeah kaiser would fit right in 😭

no literally like i’m surprised at how lenient gege was honestly!! i will reserve my opinions until the last three chapters are out ig though KFJDKS i wonder how he’s going to wrap everything up though…

snuffy is so lost but he’s like “if it makes the kids happy 😄” so he’s supportive…omg but imagine snuffy as the final wingman boss??? after aiku gets every single ubers member (except maybe niko) a girlfriend he’s all satisfied and smug but still single himself and then SNUFFY of all people finds him a girl who he actually settles down for (at first because he’s scared of making snuffy upset but then it’s just because he genuinely falls in love with her)

LMAOO oat is just of all time kinda like goat is greatest of all time 😭 but yeah i just meant that hiori obv isn’t competing w sae and charles yet but he’s def not a horrible player either the way some people make him out to be…NO FR like why confess when he can just build a house and wait?? you KNOWWW karasu and otoya are like what the fuck when they find out that’s his strategy 😓 meanwhile rin is like yo that’s fire let me steal that HAHAHA

FREE KARASU FROM THE PLAYER ALLEGATIONS at best he’s that one rlly hot guy in the nerdy classes that the three girls also in the subject are in love with because he’s smart plus handsome plus respectful?? but he def wouldn’t be aware of it

no because it feels like my third eye has been opened like wow wingman aiku i was unfamiliar with your game!! there’s def many directions that i could go with it so as long as i’m still interested by the time i finish my reqs i’m def writing the series

FBSKDNSJSB random thoughts + irl lore + occasional writing is basically my blog tbh i love oversharing on here because nobody knows me irl so i can say wtvr i want 😭 very freeing…and yes a bird or flower theme would be rlly cool considering those are very miraverse ™️ concepts but we will see when we get there!!

[otakween]

0-Man - Volume 4 (Final volume!)

Woooo this was a wild ride. Kind of a repetitive, hard to read ride, but wild nonetheless. This was probably a bizarre choice for my first Tezuka manga, but it was first alphabetically so that's just the way the cookie crumbles! Overall it was a fun concept, the art was great and I love Ricky a lot. He's adorable and I want a plushie. Just look at this awesome animation of him I found on YouTube!

Ch. 36

So now Liz is just buddy buddy with her dad again because "he's my only father!" Filial piety has its limits lady!

There was a weird bit of exposition this chapter that appeared to be Tezuka speaking directly to the reader. Like there was just a random paragraph thrown in between panels. That's one way to do things I suppose.

The 0 Man origin story was like a mix of the Bible story with Adam and Eve and the story of the first pilgrims that came to America lol. I wonder how much time has passed since the first Venus residents traveled to Earth?

There's a new human character named Charcoal Black...gratefully he's not Black lol

Ch. 37

Ah, I was fooled. Ricky did not crash land on Mars, it was Japan all along! Dun dun dunnn...Apparently most of Earth is just a big ball of rocks at the moment, no countries, towns or roads. It's kinda giving Dr. Stone vibes. They gotta start again from scratch!

Ricky goes all "shaggy dog" in this chapter when...absurdly...a sheepdog provides him with a dog suit so he can disguise himself around humans who want him dead. Sure, why not? Seeing the dog emote was really cute, I wouldn't mind reading a Tezuka manga with dogs as the main characters.

The current bad guy's plan is to use the ice machine left behind by the 0 men to rule the world. The 0 man universe sure has a lot of megalomaniacs in it.

Ch. 38

Pete just immediately accepting that talking dogs are real was cute

Once again the spears are OP as heck.

Did Pete really fly from America to Japan in like 2 seconds? Man, why do SciFi people get all the fun? 😭

This chapter was really short, but essentially Pete found out about the evil dude's plan to take over the world and came to Japan to reunite with Ricky and meet Tanigawa (the other human dude that I mentioned).

Ch. 39

Charcoal Grey returns and we find out he was helping the grand priest hide. I swear this series has had like 15 random, generic villain dudes. I haven't cared about a single one of them lol

It was nice having some happy, peaceful panels at the end. Very "Disney movie-esque." I didn't even really realize how little plant life there's been in the past volumes until Ricky got so excited to see grass. Wholesome but sad.

Ch. 40

Liz fights with her dad and eventually blows up the ice machine when he threatens to use it again. (She continued to be quite badass in this chapter, we stan).

I enjoyed the little detail that the climate change has stimulated some new plant species to evolve. I doubt things would happen that quickly, but it's still a fun concept.

Ch. 41

I guess it's all happy fun times from here on? Let's see what happens in the final 4 chapters...This one was short and cute. Ricky and his 0 man friend/adopted brother (never figured his name out lol) become peace ambassadors and bring messages from humanity to 0-man country

This is it's 2nd appearance but I like the "spicalia" tool that the 0-men use. I takes words as input and outputs images. I hate to say it...but we've sort of reached that future with the advent of AI image generators. (Too bad they suck).

Ch. 42

Lol I knew the happy fun times were too good to be true. We immediately get too more deaths in this chapter (Professor Royal and Crazy Cats...yeah, that's a character's name). If this wasn't a kids manga, Ricky would be a basket case riddled with PTSD by this point with all the shit he's been through!

I can't believe the frickin' high priest and Liz survived. Did that bomb actually do anything at all? Ugh, I hate pointless fake outs like that. Okay, let's see how they actually defeat him for real for real this time...

Ch. 43

To be honest, every chapter is starting to feel the same at this point. "Ah, we're finally safe...just kidding we're under attack!!!"

For some reason they thought it would be a good idea to introduce a random side character 3 chapters from the end of this series. He's the stereotypical dumb fat guy character who just eats a lot. Speaking of offensive stereotypes...

This was like the racism chapter. First we have Tezuka's racist stereotypes of Black, Chinese, Inuit ("Eskimo") which I suppose is "well intentioned" by 1960s standards (but come on, he basically had the Black person and the Inuit say "Oonga boonga" gibberish) and then we have racism between bad guys. One of them calls Japan a backwards country and basically says that "yellow" people are inferior. It just felt ironic to have Tezuka's racism (portrayed as inspirational) and then his character's racism (portrayed as bad) back to back, the irony!

Damn, will all these villains just die already!?

Ch. 44

Lol well egg on my face, that guy that was "introduced" last chapter was actually a character (Donpei) from like volume 1, chapter 1 that I completely forgot existed. To be fair, he hasn't been relevant in a very long time. I don't think I even acknowledged him in my old posts and I tend to not remember stuff I don't write down. (Blogging is great for improving memory, kids!)

And the final battle ends...by the bad guys just disappearing?? Unfortunately the explanation was too kanji heavy for me to grasp, but my headcanon is that the laser that Charcoal Grey was trying to use caused some kind of quantum event and he got sucked into another universe (I have been playing a lot of Steins;Gate though...) Either that or it was just a total bullshit, Deus ex machina moment ending lol.

Ricky comforting Liz when her dad died was super sweet. Low key wanna see them grow old together.

Ch. 45

LMAOOO they really just said "eff dis shit" and moved to Venus LOL. So much for "ally to humanity!" Even Ricky was like "nah...humans suck." Based ending.

No but for real, the ending for this was so dark and cynical. They literally said "we're going to bide our time on Venus until humanity inevitably offs itself out of stupidity, then we'll come back to Earth." Sheesh.

So I'm not sure what the deeper meaning behind this ending is other than "violence and greed = bad." The message about "the weak and kindhearted will always eventually overcome the strong and terrible" seemed like a metaphor for something specific (like an IRL war) but no other English speaker in existence has read this (I'm being hyperbolic) so I have no one to analyze it for me lol.

I kind of wonder if the 0-Man will even be welcome on Venus. They've been away for so long that the squirrel people on Venus are basically a different species. I wonder if they would actually come across as colonizers? That might make an interesting sequel manga...

(Love his expression in this panel. RICKY DOESN'T GIVE A SHIT ANYMORE.)

Pete reading the goodbye letter from Ricky's mom was so touching 😭. She's like "I consider you my son and I love you" and he calls her mom in his mind. Poor Pete got the short end of the stick with this ending honestly, being stuck on Earth.