#Had bad luck in having ALL girls until finally wow he got a boy yay isnt that great

[freebooter4ever]

"he grew rather emotional, telling me how proud he was of his son. 'i remember being a little disapointed when our first child was born and it was a girl. I was hoping for a son who would one day perhaps follow in my steps. When slava was born i wrote a note and sent it to my wife. I said i would carry her in my arms her whole life long for this gift of a son.'"

Have i mentioned lately how fucking tired i am of men sometimes -_-

[jayascorner]

you can’t take my place

tyler joseph x reader

(the title isn’t a joke lol)

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piper thompson. the basketball legend. well, at least up to the third quarter of the year.

she had been known school wide for the best basketball player on the varsity team, for a girl. she’s even better than some of the guys. the spotlight was always on her. and sometimes....people were jealous. whenever she got the ball everyone would cheer for her, knowing her name.

this was all until tyler joseph came along. then the saltiness came upon piper. ever since he came, she’s hated tyler’s guts. not just because he’s a basketball player, but also because he took her place being wickedly talented at it. that just made her so infuriated. she didn’t even bother to talk to him about it or even become basketball buddies with him. they could have been, but she judged the book by its cover.

and oh was she wrong about him

“hey piper! you playin’ basketball tonight?” a guy asks. piper is currently at her locker, finally closing it for the day.

“wow! somebody remembers i play basketball.” she scoffs.

“so...are you?” he asks once more.

“yeah. how’d you know?”

he gives her a look like she was stupid or something. “uhh because you’re wearing a jersey.”

she looks down at her feet. “oh. that.”

you see what i mean? it’s like she doesn’t exist in the world of basketball anymore. all because of that dumb tyler guy.

“yo tyler! good luck at the game! OH RIGHT!! YOU DON’T NEED LUCK!” another guy shouts from across the hall, as tyler just smirks triumphantly.

piper hears that from her locker and totally just gapes at him. he glances at her, but thinks nothing of it and walks away.

it’s kinda rare for both varsity girls and boys to play on the same day. that usually doesn’t happen.

but you know what that means? she can watch him and see if he really is that good. and you never know, he might see her.

but anyways, this is a total nightmare for piper.

her spotlight.

going to another guy.

not.

cool.

>:(

but maybe....

she can confront him!!!

...

...nah.

“hey mom!” she calls out as she comes in her house. it’s common for her to walk home, rather than taking the bus or driving. she is an athlete, after all, and it’s best for her to do the most beneficial things for her body.

she comes in the kitchen to see her mom making dinner. “hi honey. how was school today?”

piper sighs. “just as usual.” she says while putting her backpack down. “i just wish that stupid guy would leave the school.” she mutters

her mom looks up in shock. “WHO’S STUPID?”

“oh just this dude named tyler. he’s new to the school, but totally just took my spot. like nobody pays attention to me anymore. it’s like i don’t exist.” she complains, leaning against the counter.

“okay now we don’t call people stupid. and how did he take your spot?”

“apparently he’s really good at basketball. once everybody saw his talent, they left me back in the dust. i feel like they all forgot i even play basketball.”

“aww i’m sorry sweetie. sometimes life can be hard. just try to tough it out. or maybe you can talk to him. you never know, y’all could become friends.”

piper scoffs. “i doubt it. he’s playing tonight anyways.”

“then talk to him! i’m sure you have a lot in common!” she claps her hands once.

“but mommmmm. i don’t want to.” she whines.

“what? is he good looking or something?”

piper stops to think about that. she never pays attention to his looks. but she could say, he’s definitely not bad looking.

“i mean, kind of. i don’t know. but i’m not very fond of him so don’t get any ideas.” she walks over to the table to do homework at.

“how do you not like him? you haven’t even met him yet.”

she just frowns in response.

“oh. you’re salty.”

piper nods in response.

her mom sighs. “you know, you don’t need to be mad at him for any reason. he didn’t do anything. the best way to change your mind is to actually get to know him. anyways, dinners ready. if you want some.”

“i probably shouldn’t. i have a game in 30 minutes, i’ll eat after.” she says.

“alright.” her mom says.

after a few minutes, she is ready to go. but she still has some time to do homework, so that happens. and of course, she doesn’t finish all of it.

“you really need to wear those slides?” her mom asks.

piper looks down at her new f/c slides and frowns innocently. “yes. they keep my basketball shoes from getting dirty. you know we can’t walk on anything other than a court with those.”

“you could just bring another pair of shoes.”

“but with slides it’s easier because you can just slip them on. why are you so against me wearing these?”

“i’m not against them. i just don’t like them.” she says while putting her own shoes on.

“well i like them. so i’m gonna wear them.” piper smiles joyously. her mom mutters a ‘whatever’ and they leave.

~time skip~brought to you by jish and ty kissing each other’s shoulders (ik ik you could’ve read that wrong)

it’s far into the varsity girls game, aka piper’s game. she notices tyler on one of the top benches of the bleachers, but sadly tyler doesn’t notice her.

wait a sec...SADLY??

...what just happened?

there comes a time where they get a foul and piper has to shoot a free throw. of course she’s gonna make at least one of them. she always does. mostly she makes both. everyone is murmuring her name since they can’t distract the player. at least they remembers she’s a good player.

and of course ya gotta hear those dumb cheerleaders chanting. “hey you! at the free throw line. miss it, miss it!” AS LOUD AS THEY FREAKING CAN!

it’s totally rude to say that but i mean, it’s the other school.

and all piper can hear was her own voice in her head telling her how to shoot the ball. because for some reason, she would always think of the steps to shoot the perfect basket. it’s like those cliché moments in movies if you know what i’m saying.

of course she makes the first one, to her luck, getting her team another point.

by the time she shoots the second one, everybody cheers in excitement. nobody is surprised though. piper looks over to where tyler is sitting. he is clapping and seems pretty impressed.

tyler’s pov

do y’all know what’s boring? waiting for a basketball game, when you don’t have much friends to talk to.

but ever since i saw that girl make more that one three pointers and make both free throws, i started paying attention. it wasn’t as boring.

i believe her name is...pipe? wait- no. why would someone name their kid pipe? maybe it’s pie... pier?? no.. none of those are actual names. maybe...piper? that’s an actual name.

if that’s her name, it’s really pretty. but dude! she is wickedly talented at basketball! i could never. i’m quaking.

sometimes i see her in school, but she doesn’t look to be very fond of me. it seems as if she doesn’t like me or something. all the people i meet like me, well i mean they like me as a person. they all think i’m the best at basketball, when honestly, i think this piper girl is better than me.

i’ve also noticed that she’s really supportive of her team. most team members are supportive, but not like her. i think that’s really nice.

okay now i just wanna talk to her.

maybe she’ll stay for my game.

...eh probably not.

but just maybe!

oh yeah that’s right....

i’m singing the national anthem....

yay...

i really don’t know if people actually think i’m a good singer. i just came to this school like 2 weeks ago, and a lot has happened since then. first, they just let me on the basketball team for some reason. and let me remind you, that was way after tryouts were held.

and then, they just ask me to sing the national anthem. i sang like ONCE, and they were like ‘dudeee! you gotta sing for everyone. forget the instrumental track, we want you!’

seriously, i don’t get how everyone loves me all the sudden. oh except pipe. oh- i mean piper. man, i’m really bad with names. i’m still not entirely sure if that’s her actual name. anyways, the only time i saw her acknowledge me was like today, and she seemed completely offended by me. what did i do wrong, you ask? i don’t know what the heck i did wrong. i haven’t even spoken to her. i want to though. she looks pretty sick.

“tyler! come on!” the new coach (which happens to be my dad) yells. i notice that the girls’ game is almost over. my team is warming up, and i’m still on the benches! what is wrong with me...

i run over to my teammates and start warming up with them.

“bro what were you doing?”

i shrug. “just watching the game.”

“dude why? the girls are wimps!” one of them chimes in.

“no, not if one of them is a frikin’ beast at the sport. besides, they have one of the best coaches. i mean, besides my dad.” i say

“true...”

“yeah.” i said.

“but she’s not as good as you.”

i shake my head. “have you seen how many three pointers she’s made today?”

they all laugh. “yeah right man! girls don’t make three pointers!”

“gosh y’all are so sexist! she made at least 5. and that’s really good for a girl.” i say, starting to grow a bit annoyed at my mostly sexist teammates.

“oh whatever.” one says, while all of them scoff.

“tyler you’re up! go!” my dad said, as i realized that our game was just about to start. and yes, i’m singing the national anthem. not that i’m scared of singing in front of people, i’m okay with it, but i’m not the best with attention per say.

as i make it to my designated spot where the microphone is, i meet up with another dude that’s singing with me. i know he has a much deeper voice than me, so he’ll sing the low harmony. wait a sec...i already know this, we rehearsed it already.

i scan the crowd in hopes to see if piper might still be here, and to my surprise, she is in fact, still here. she’s on the very right of the bleachers, in the middle section.

it’s like she’s standing out to me, i don’t know how.

i have a higher vocal range than the average man. it just comes naturally. when the time comes, i open my mouth and the words start flowing out of my mouth to the music.

piper’s POV

we end up winning our game (hehe thanks to me). i asked my mom if i can stay for the boys game. don’t ask why. she said yes, so here i am waiting on the bleachers.

tyler joseph runs up to the mic with another dude that’s taller than him. “now will you all rise as we sing the national anthem.” the announcer says. everybody stands up, including me, and the boys start singing.

now i didn’t know that tyler could be a basketball champ, and a singer. because dang, he has a voice. this really reminds me of high school musical. he is a literal troy bolton!

and maybe you can be gabriella...

what? no! for one, i can’t sing, and two, gabriella didn’t play basketball in the movies.

ugh fine. worth a shot though.

yeah, a bad shot.

now let’s see if this guy is any good.

time skip :D

okay so yes, i can see what everybody is talking about. this dude it good as heck. man, you should have seen how much three pointer shots he got. there were a lot. seriously i need to talk to him, my mind changed. this guy sparks my interest, if you know what i mean.

right as i’m leaving the brown haired boy comes to me.

“um...can i help you?” i ask.

“are you piper?” he asks.

oh wow, how does he already know about me? do people still know who i am? did i not get kicked out of the spotlight?

“yes, and i’m assuming you’re tyler?”

“yeah, i just wanted to say good job tonight, it was pretty impressive.” he complements you.

“thanks, but i’m not nearly as good as you.” i say, and of course it’s true.

he flashes a smile at me, which is actually very charming. “thanks. but really, you should see yourself. you killed it.”

“but really, i could say the same about you.” i state, mimicking him.

“nah. anyways, it was pretty sick seeing you tonight.”

“yeah, see you later.” i say as i awkwardly walk away.

he’s nice, isn’t he?

THE END

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[makeste]

BnHA Chapter 109: Rescue Exercise

Previously on BnHA: Bakugou and Deku’s groups met up after passing phase one of the exam. Bakugou eyed Deku and was all, “I see you made that *~*~*BORROWED POWER*~*~* your own,” which caused me to lose my shit, but then he walked off without saying anything further. Aoyama and Iida were big damn heroes, but Aoyama really took the cake, firing up his laser and using it as a beacon to draw in the remaining class 1-A strays so that they could all regroup and pass. Which they did, with not a second to spare. Back in the anteroom, the 100 remaining examinees were directed to watch as the examiners demolished the testing field with a series of explosions, and then announced that phase two of the exam would be a rescue operation.

Today on BnHA: The exam guys explain that the second part of the test will involve rescuing old folks and little kids from a mock disaster site. The “victims” are professional actors who basically do this for a living. While the group waits for phase two to begin, Sero gossips to the others about Deku and the Weird Naked Girl from Shiketsu Academy. Meanwhile a polite Yeti from Shiketsu comes to apologize to Bakugou on behalf of his dick classmate (the meat lump guy from a couple chapters ago). Shouto goes up to Yoarashi and is all “is it just me or do you hate my guts” and Yoarashi is all “yeah I do, cuz your eyes remind me of Endeavor’s.” Phase two begins and the kids set off a-rescuin’. Deku gets chewed out for not being smiley enough, but recovers. Ochako decides she’s going to stop acting like she’s in a shoujo manga for the time being, which, finally!! The exam continues, with a plot twist or two very clearly on the horizon.

(As always, all comments not marked with an ETA are my unspoiled reactions from my first readthrough of this chapter. I’ve read up through chapter 148 now, so any ETAs will reflect that.)

~new volume time~!

oh. yeahhh

now that’s the shit I do like. my boys being two sides of the same coin

and in the background it looks like Yoarashi and Todoroki are indeed being rivals, and Todo looks to be embracing his fire side at long last!

and is that Gang Orca just randomly there in the background also or what

anyway

“IT’S ABOUT YOUR QUIRK FUCKWIPE”

(ETA: after this volume, FA got a new translator, and I feel like this was the original translator’s last hurrah lol. to be fair, the guy apparently had a ton of impact on early BnHA fandom. he was even the one who came up with “quirk” as a translation for kosei which obviously stuck. but all the same, I’ve definitely noticed a steep drop in the number of profanities uttered in FA’s translations since he left.)

oh my god shit’s gonna hit the fan. fucking finally. they wouldn’t have brought it up out of the blue in the previous chapter unless things were about to come to a head! I smell another Kacchan essay coming on before these next nine chapters are done

wow look at this title page though

Todoroki looks very ~moody~ here and I can’t help but feel more daddy angst is on the horizon. there’s got to be some reason why the otherwise stand-up guy Yoarashi keeps looking at him like he smells something bad

yay the character page has the characters in action again instead of just profile pictures of them! for a little while I was afraid Horikoshi was running out of steam to keep doing these. I really like them every time he does one and this is no exception

Bakugou looks like he’s gotten more jacked. been hittin the gym

is Tokoyami using Dark Shadow to fly...? can he do that?

Rat Principal’s just sitting there in All Might’s lap. interesting to see him here; I assume this means more plot stuff is on the horizon. WHO IS THE TRAITOR

poor Kirishima, shown here a split second away from falling flat on his face

Jirou is perfect as always, I wonder if she’s ever not been perfect

go away Mineta

anyways. on to the chapter

so the first thing I wondered upon reading this opening panel (“we’ll be having you conduct rescues as ‘bystanders’ at this disaster site”) is, what the fuck do they mean by “bystanders.” but thankfully the kids are asking the exact same thing

oh, you did it as a lesson once. REMEMBER? no I don’t fucking remember because I wasn’t there. I can’t believe you did a bystander rescue lesson without me. fuck you guys!

they’re saying that they won’t be acting as ordinary citizens, but as people who’ve already secured a provisional license. so basically, heroes who happened to be onsite during the disaster

and there are the old men and kids we saw earlier

I wonder if they’re going to purposely make things as difficult for the rescuers as possible

wow, apparently they all do this professionally. they’ve got fake blood and everything

the exam guy is saying they work for the “Help Us Company” or HUC for short. haha I love this

so okay, the examinees have to rescue them and do it as professionally as possible. but are there any other crazy requirements for this exam like there have been with all of the other ones

wow, apparently not. “this time you and your rescue efforts will be graded via points.” how curiously normal. almost suspiciously so

Iida and Deku are staring at the field

if that’s the case, I wonder is it just a rescue operation then, or did they hire any actors to possibly play villains as well...? like, exactly how realistic are they going for here

anyway, the resemblance seems to make this more personal for them. Deku’s looking serious and determined. “let’s give it our best shot”

hoh boy Sero is coming over to Kami and Mineta and says he has something to tell them, and immediately you know it’s gonna be about that naked chick from Shiketsu

I’m so torn on this because. basically they think Deku was fooling around with her and they’re like “WHAT, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE EXAM??” and caught somewhere in between outraged and impressed. but like, they’re horny teenage boys and of course they’re gonna be interested

really, if it was just Sero and Kaminari (a.k.a. the two that actually respect their fellow students and haven’t groped and/or attempted to peep on and/or raid their underwear and/or all of the other disgusting things Mineta has done or tried to do), I wouldn’t mind it, because really they’re just gossiping and fantasizing. but as usual Mineta ruins everything

ffff okay screw it, this is pretty funny. I mostly just like that they all think Deku’s got game now. and this girl is not helping at all

now they’re all disappearing in a cloud of angry fight smoke (as one does), and Ochako is staring

c’mon Ochako you know he wouldn’t do you like that. you know him better than that

over by the refreshments table, some guys from Shiketsu are coming over to say hi to Bakugou

they’re asking did Seiji go after him and he’s like “yeah and I knocked his punk ass out”

this sasquatch-looking guy is apologizing for Seiji’s behavior. hmmm

hmmmmm. is this sincere? I don’t fucking trust anyone from any of these other schools until the exam is finally over

everyone else is skeptical too lol

Todoroki is remembering Yoarashi’s >:( face from earlier and is like, then wtf was up with that

Shouto they all have hats. be fucking specific

obviously he’s talking to Yoarashi though

so he’s asking if he did something

Yoarashi’s turning to him like

“no. absolutely nothing at all”

haha. no, actually he’s addressing him as “son of Endeavor.” so yeah I’m starting to get an inkling here that he doesn’t like Todoroki’s dad

okay, whoa

okay, HOLD UP. you come into my house and you come up to my son who’s already been through enough dad-related trauma for a lifetime and who already has ten thousand hang-ups about being too similar to his dad, and who is actually THE SWEETEST BOY WHO EVER LIVED, TRUFAX, and you go up to him and you say you don’t like him because HIS EYES ARE THE SAME AS ENDEAVOR’S? Yoarashi, I’ll have you know that I liked you. but if it’s going to be like that, I WILL MAKE YOU MY ADVERSARY IN A HEARTBEAT and don’t think for a second that I won’t!!

AND HE’S REALLY GOING OFF NOW WITHOUT EVEN FUCKING EXPLAINING WHY HE DOESN’T LIKE ENDEAVOR AND WHY HE’S CONDEMNED SHOUTO TO NOT BEING LIKED JUST BECAUSE OF HIS JERK DAD

ARE YOU TRYING TO UNDO ALL THAT SHIT DEKU WORKED SO HARD FOR DURING THE SPORTS FESTIVAL ARC?? DEKU’S ARMS DIED FOR THIS

and I’m not sure if Deku actually saw all of this happening, but now he’s asking if Todoroki is okay

or at least he starts to, but then this girl whose name I unfortunately forgot (hold on I’ll look it up again... Camie) is bidding him farewell and he’s getting distracted by that. and then immediately Kami and Mineta are tearing into him again

meanwhile Ochako is staring at Camie with a weirdly contemplative look

jealousy!?!??! like, is it not obvious?? there’s a whole shipping thing that Horikoshi is trying to do with you and Deku here, but I’m really skeptical of his ability to pull it off even remotely gracefully. but it sure doesn’t look like it’s going anywhere so I guess WE SHALL SEE

whoa now all of a sudden a voice is blaring over the speakers and interrupting all of their teenage shenanigans

finally. Todoroki angst aside, that was beginning to get tiresome

and here they go!

I wonder if they’re also going to be tested on their ability to work with the kids from the other schools here. because in a real life rescue effort, they’d have to put aside their differences. and that scene just before this sure did a good fucking job of establishing that various people here all have various beefs. I hope they don’t get sidetracked by that

so they’re all setting off, and they’re wondering how they’re going to be graded. well, my speculation is that the ones who bring the others together and work cooperatively will get the highest score. in other words, I think this test is going to weed out the ones with too much ego, among other things

so, Bakugou... lol. good luck kiddo

(ETA: sob)

like two seconds in and they already stumbled upon a crying little kid

oh shit these instructors are not fucking around

DEKU YOU FUCKED UP SOMEHOW

he’s screaming at him why didn’t he check if he was okay first, look at all the blood on him, etc.

he says heroes with provisional licenses need to be able to judge the victims’ situations at a glance. well thank you for the helpful hint dude

someone from another school is saying that they’re going to mark the area as dangerous, and someone else is saying no, make it a wider area because we don’t know if the damage might spread

someone else is making roads and helipads

and some of Ms. Joke’s kids are setting up a temporary refuge and triage station

Aizawa’s rubbing his head and says he knew his kids would fall behind when it came to this sort of thing. well how much training have they had for this?

okay this is actually really interesting. this is something we haven’t gotten into at all yet

and that kid that was yelling at Deku says that most of all, a hero’s first words upon arriving at the scene shouldn’t be, “OH NO THAT’S TERRIBLE,” but rather...

wow Deku you really did fuck up, huh. wasn’t this the entire reason you wanted to be a hero in the first place?

but thanks again HUC kid for your free advice

so now Deku is snapping himself out of it and getting his game face on

I kinda wish his game face wasn’t so cuddly, but I’ll take it

now the HUC kid is immediately getting back in character and telling Deku to go save his grandpa

so Deku’s directing the others to go help gramps while he takes the kid to the first aid station

Ochako is just STANDING THERE WATCHING HIM

I don’t know but get a move on, girl, I need you to get your license too so you can become even more of a badass

she’s thinking that she needs to push aside all of her DO YOU LOVE HIM??? feelings

and that whenever she sees Deku acting like that and never giving up, she thinks it’s just so cool

well, good, because this is the provisional license exam arc, not the Can These Two Crazy Kids Really Make It After All arc. we’re barely a hundred chapters in; there’s still plenty of time for that shit later down the line

and thankfully the last page seems to be introducing some sort of twist, because things were getting a little too straightforward for a finale lol

is that Todoroki? I can’t tell what’s going on. I GUESS I’ll just have to keep reading, oh well

 BONUS:

  Chewbacca here is first mate on a ship that might suit us

whaaaaaaaat he’s the class rep?? okay then, I guess that was a sincere offer of friendship. this guy seems like a solid bro

apparently he can freely manipulate his hair and make it longer and such. “though it’s tough how often it tangles up on him.” that sounds troublesome

I like him. Nagamasa... I’ll try to remember that

[catsprobably]

New Fan

Request: can you write for James where his wife is giving birth to their second child, a baby boy this time, and Salomé's reaction meeting the baby?

AN: Wow this was very cute and I loved writing it. I’m very sorry for not posting anything for such a long time :/ I have an Emotional™️ fic planned for the future based off some of the requests you guys sent in, so watch out for that soon. Thanks for your support!

Warnings: EXTREME FLUFF, mentions of a miscarriage

Word Count: 1729

Your husband began to cook dinner, stirring the pot on the stove in the kitchen. You and James had been married just over a year before the two of you decided to try for a baby and after only a few months you found out you were expecting. But then there was the miscarriage. It broke your heart. And it took you and James a long time to heal from that. You had taken a break from trying. You weren’t ready to go through anything like that again. But it seems as though life had different plans.

Now you were almost 4 months pregnant. The doctor said you and the baby were in excellent health. You were terrified but the excitement you felt was beginning to overpower that. Both of you were excited, although James was overly excited after finding out it was a boy. The two of you still hadn’t picked out a name for the baby, however, but you weren’t stressed about it. You had plenty of time.

You were worried about telling Salomé. The two of you had bonded quickly when you started dating James and now she was like your own daughter. You loved her so much and you felt guilty for not telling her yet, but to be fair only James actually knew you were expecting. But now you decided it was time to tell her. You couldn’t hide your bump with oversized t-shirts anymore.

James and you had gotten her a shirt that said “Best Big Sister” and wrapped it for her to open. It was blue, her favorite color, with white, cursive lettering and cute little daisies.

“(Y/N)!” Salomé ran through the front door and straight over to you.

“Hi, sweetheart. Did you have fun at school today?”

She nodded excitedly and looked up at you with big brown eyes. James came through the kitchen opening with Salo’s present.

“Hello, Princesa,” he said and she ran over to him, jumping into his open arms. He picked her up and spun her around before depositing her on a chair in the dining room. “Salo, (Y/N) and I wanted to give you something,” he handed her the box with the shiny green and white striped paper.

She tore into the paper and pulled the top off the box. She pulled out the shirt and furrowed her brows, reading the writing on the shirt.

“What does it say, Salo?”

“Best Big Sister? But I’m not a big sister,” she said in confusion. She looked at the two of you for clarification, and then noticed your hand on your swollen belly. Her eyes widened, “you’re going to have a baby?”

You nodded and she jumped up, wrapping her arms around you in a hug. “ So you’re excited to be a big sister?” You asked, pulling back to look at her face and smooth the curls away from her eyes. You felt James move to stand behind you and you gently lean back against him

“Yes!!! Is it a boy or a girl?”

“A boy.”

“Yay! Ohmygosh! I’m so excited!”

You felt James laugh behind you, and Salo pulled back and untangled herself from your arms. “He’ll be here in a few months. Do you want to see his room?” You had put his room across the hall from her room, hoping she wouldn’t protest. Salo nodded and you led her to the nursery.

The rest of the evening was spent answering her many questions (“where do babies come from?” utterly terrified James and you thought he was going to have an aneurism when she asked that). Eventually she calmed down and the two of you managed to convince her to go to sleep for the night.

And the next couple months passed in a blur, everything moving much quicker than you had anticipated. Everyday you felt more and more like a whale and you ankles and feet began to swell from the baby. Your back and breasts and feet and basically everything ached all. The. Time. After 8 and a half months, you were more than ready for this pregnancy to be done. You and James spent every minute of your free time preparing for the baby, painting the nursery, building the crib (Ikea was currently on your bad list) and reading every baby book you got your hands on.

Salo also helped prepare for the baby. She insisted on painting your toenails to cheer you up, because you definitely couldn’t reach your feet. She helped paint the nursery and she helped you back your overnight bag for in the hospital.

You particularly appreciated James and his extra attention. He was always mindful of what might be ailing you, he rubbed your feet when he knew you had been standing a lot during the day, and he massaged your shoulders when he saw you grimace and reach for them. He also cooked most of the meals, and catered to all the weird cravings you had. The two of you had been going to lamaze classes and you felt well prepared for this baby.

Until your water broke.

It was late, about 10 at night, when you felt the liquid running down your legs. You gasped at the feeling and James rushed into the kitchen where you had gone to get a snack for the two of you.

“Well, I guess we’re not watching a movie tonight.” He laughed at the annoyed expression on your face as you said that and pulled you into a hug.

“Hey, we don’t have to leave yet. Have you had any contractions? We don’t have to leave until they’re 7 minutes apart.”

You were about to tell him you hadn’t felt anything yet when your first contraction ripped through you, making you double over and clench your eyes shut for a moment before the pain faded and you straightened.

“Alright I guess I’ll start the stop watching to see how far apart they are.”

You nodded and began to waddle away to change out of your wet clothes.

You came back downstairs a few minutes later, in a loose maternity dress, just as another contraction began. After the pain faded you turned to James, “how long was that?”

“8 and a half minutes. We could leave now if you want. We do have to drop Salo off with Thiago.”

You nodded, “I’ll go get my bag and call him. Do you want to get Salo? I’ll meet you at the car.”

In 10 minutes you hobbled back down the steps with your bag in tow, having called Thiago to tell him you were coming. James’ Bayern teammate was more than excited to finally meet the newest FC Bayern fan.

You met James at the car and he took your bag and tossed it in the back, along with Salo’s. He started the car and drove the 15 minutes to Thiago’s house, who met you at the door and cradled a sleepy Salomé in one arm and her bag in the other and wished you luck before heading back inside.

James pulled back out onto the highway and another contraction, your sixth (you thought, although you had kind of lost count) started to tear through you. James saw your pained expression and grasped your hand tight in his, keeping you grounded and letting you know you weren’t alone in this.

When you got to the hospital they rushed you to delivery where you met your OB/GYN. After several long hours of labor, (you were cursing James half the time for putting you in this situation) you finally got hold your baby boy.

The nurse placed him into your arms and James came to stand next to you, placing an arm around your shoulders.

“He so… perfect,” you whispered as the baby cooed.

James was silent for a moment, taking in his son. “We still have to pick a name for him.”

“How about (B/N)?”

“I love it,” James said, kissing your forehead and resting his head next to yours.

It was early morning, about 8, so James figured Thiago and Salo would be awake by now, and he left you alone with (B/N), who was looking up at you with James’ big brown eyes. You held his tiny pink hand and made baby noises to your bundle of joy. After almost half an hour, James returned to your room and peaked his head in.

“Are you up for some visitors?”

You were tired but you didn’t think you could sleep anyway so you nodded and he opened the door and Thiago stepped in with Salo.

You gave them a tired smile. “Salo, do you want to meet your new brother (B/N)?”

She tentatively stepped towards you and you leaned towards her so she could see the baby.

“Do you want to hold him with Daddy’s help?” She nodded, not taking her eyes off her little brother. You handed your son to James, who sat on the chair near the bed. Salomé climbed up into his lap and he wrapped his arms around her and help the baby in front of her. You watched the two of them for a little, a small smile coming across your face.

“You’re exhausted, huh?” Thiago stood next to your bed, his arms crossed as he watched the others.

“Oh my god you have no idea,” you said with a small laugh.

“I can imagine,” he said with the hint of a smile, “hey, guys, why don’t we take this party outside so Mommy can get some rest?”

James and Salo looked up from the baby and James’ eyes fell on you, a look of guilt and sympathy crossing his face. “That’s a great idea, uncle Thiago. Can you take the baby for a second?” He handed (B/N) over to Thiago and Thiago and Salo made their way to the door. James leaned down next to you and kissed you on the forehead. “We’ll be back in a bit. Get some rest. I love you.”

You smiled and pulled him down for a quick kiss on the lips, the taste of coffee lingered on your tongue from his lips. “Thank you. I love you too.” James turned and joined Thiago and Salomé and you collapsed back onto the pillows, closing your eyes and falling into an exhausted but peaceful sleep.

[ghost-town-story]

He Was Never Mine to Have: An Unexpected Part 2

boi it’s 4 am so let’s make some more mistakes

So follow up time on the events of He Was Never Mine to Have: it’s been a good three months since that night and boy oh boy has it been interesting for my goddamned feelings but let’s start off with the weekend after that.

First off, Tech wasn’t in pep band (for somewhat bullshit reasons but you know what whatever), so I didn’t have to figure out how to interact with him there. Or ask him to take me off campus for food, since I barely had time to run from pep band to the theater before call time :P But that’s not really important in the grand scheme of things.

That weekend there was a party at the director’s house. I got a ride with Tech and his friend (whom I am still friendly with, even more than Tech perhaps?). Friend’s nickname shall be Chuck. The night before, Chuck let me know that he was nominating Tech for the “shameless flirt” award because of what happened at the cast party. I’m like “lol that’s funny don’t worry about me I’m cool with it honestly” because he was like “Yeah thought I’d let you know since this vaguely involves you.” So at the cast party, I curl up in a corner of the couch (which was hella nice let me tell you) and when awards started up, Chuck was sitting next to me, with a bit of space between us. Tech decided to sit between us, so I moved more into the corner to make space for him. I gave him my chips to hold while I moved. He ate some the lil shit.

Awards happen. Tech wins shameless flirt because he’s “thirsty.” I laughed so hard at that. Stories happen. One of them involves repetition of a phrase in the first half, while twist ending means it doesn’t happen in the second half. I laughed as I saw Tech’s face twist into utter confusion when the second half rolled around and repetition didn’t happen. He was like “wait, what?” And I asked him if he knew this story. He said no. I laughed and told him to wait because it got better. The second story involves “brightly colored hankies”. Tech smirked at my beaded bandanna, and I teasingly smacked him in the face with it the next time they were brought up, only to apologize literally a second afterwards because I am cringe as hell. I offer him food. It seems like everything’s okay.

After awards and stories, everybody kinda disperses and people start to leave. I’m left alone on the couch, though Tech and others were nearby, including this girl. I don’t actually know her name, but she looked like a Maria so I’m gonna call her that. Maria was wearing a baseball cap. Tech and Maria start talking, kinda with other people, kinda not. I’m kinda half in my head, half half-assedly paying attention to all the other conversations around me, so I’m not paying a ton of attention to them, but at one point I notice Tech is wearing Maria’s cap. Fuck. It’s none of your business. You have no right to judge him.

Since I got a ride with Chuck, I chill around until Tech and Chuck are ready to leave. This takes a couple of hours. After most people have left, the remaining people migrate to the couch and sit around chatting for another couple of hours. During this, I have a good view of Tech with his arm wrapped around Maria, and Maria eventually migrating to basically sitting in his lap. It’s none of your business. You have no right to judge him.

I avoided looking at him as much as fucking possible because I just felt sick. I was so jealous, even though I kept telling myself I had no right to be, even though I was trying so hard not to care. I was hopelessly in love and viciously bitter. I swung between blaming him: You’re a fuckboy for doing this, for making out with me and maybe flirting with her when you told me you wanted to date Al, and feeling inadequate and insecure: What if he told me he wanted to date Al because he didn’t want to say he’d never date me and he’d never want to and somehow that’s better than the truth. None of my rational thoughts helped the jealousy coiling in my stomach and clawing at my throat.

I was tired enough at the director’s house that thankfully neither Chuck nor Tech expected much conversation from me on the way home. I wasn’t keen to give it. I’m not sure if this is at all related, but I stayed up till five or six in the morning, crying and feeling out of place and unable to attempt to sleep without feeling like shit and way too much cold blue (I know that only makes sense to me, but I can’t describe the feeling any other way).

But life went on.

On Valentine’s Day, our school was showing Moana in the theater, after band ended. Me and one of my band friends decided to hang around the theater after band until the movie, and meet our other friends there. I briefly entertained thoughts about what would happen if Tech was there as well, but I tried to ignore those. It was none of my business what he was doing, and I thought he would probably be going with Al anyways. 

After band, my friend and I chilled in the hallway, and to my surprise, Tech hung around, as well as another random person. We all hung out for a bit, mostly me fucking around on the internet and chatting with my friend. Since it was Valentine’s Day, my lovely Athena sent me a valentine involving scalene triangles (long story). My friend saw it and was confused until I showed her the video that Athena was referencing (if you value your sanity, don’t go looking for this video. Just don’t.) Tech wandered over and looked over my shoulder at the video while I was showing it to my friend, and at the end just said “I am very uncomfortable now.” Dude same that video is so fucking weird. Eventually, Tech asked why we were still here. I was just kinda like “?? Dude, Moana tonight?” I had thought he was hanging around waiting for Al. “Oh yeah. I shouldn’t stay for that, I have a test tomorrow.” I was very confused by this point by Tech like dude why are you still here then get yo shit together lol. But after finding out he had never seen Moana before, with a bunch of teasing and calling him lame, I somehow managed to convince him to stay and watch the movie. 

And then promptly ditched him for my other friends XD Okay, not really. More like when the movie was about to start and we left the back hallway, Tech got separated from me and my band friend, and then I went and sat with my friends that we were going to meet at the movie. He wasn’t in the theater at the time and didn’t chose to come sit next to me. Whatever, he’s a grown boy, and I’m trying not to have a crush on him anyways (though that didn’t stop me from looking for him before the movie :P).

Afterwards, as we were leaving the theater, I saw Tech kinda chilling near the back of the theater. I waved at him, and was vaguely surprised when he started walking next to me. Not that I was complaining or anything lol. I asked him if he enjoyed the movie, and he said yeah. He then went on to say that during the movie, a couple of his frat brothers that he was going to study with had tried to contact him, since he hadn’t told any of them he was going to the movie. I laughed and told him to reassure them he wasn’t dead. As we left the theater, he started towards the parking lot and his car, and I went towards the dorms in the opposite direction, wishing him luck on his test. 

For the rest of the quarter, I pined and I saw him in band. I went home to Minnesnowta and tried to get over him.

The first day of the new quarter, I was dying because I decided to have 4-6 classes back to back every day, and this was one of the 6 class days. I just wanted to go back to my room and collapse and not think for the rest of the day. When I got to the staircase in the Union, though, I saw Tech. I was just gonna nod and do my usual salute if he saw me, but he fell into step beside me. We chatted about our breaks. I felt extremely awkward, especially when I bid him farewell at my dorm. But I had also fallen head over heels for him again.

I continued seeing him in band, though not as much when we split into woodwind and brass choirs. We had just enough encounters when I was already feeling socially awkward from other situations that I think he might have an inkling of my hella crush I don’t want to have. I also saw him and Al hanging out together, which solidified my desire to get over this stupid crush.

For the spring musical, he wasn’t in tech. It was a small mercy, I suppose, because I would probably just make a fool out of myself as per usual yaaaay. But now it gets interesting cause Chuck takes on a larger role in this story.

For background, Chuck and Tech are pretty good friends from what I can tell. They’re also frat brothers and live together if I’m remembering correctly. Chuck is a senior and Tech is a sophomore.

One thing that happens is offhanded comments that just so happen to include Tech. Ones that are not aimed for me to hear, but I do anyways. And I start to think “Wow, I kinda don’t wanna date Tech. Like, he’s a great kisser and all, and not a bad dude, but idk if I would actually be able to get past these things I’m learning about him.” Which is yay, because I’m apparently getting the fuck over this shitty ass crush.

So one night I’m talking to Chuck and a couple other people, and Chuck brings up the last cast party, and the fact I “ended up on the floor.” “Yeah,” he said, “So I get a text the next morning from Walter that just says ‘fuck’. So I’m like, ‘are you still alive dude?’”

I thought I was finally basically over everything, but for some reason that really fucking hurt. Like, the first thing Tech thought of when sober was that he had done fucked up. Like wow, that kinda hurts, knowing I’m just a fucking mistake for you. Perfectionism, ya know? Don’t want to make mistakes, yet one of the most fun nights of your life is a mistake for the boy you spent it with. It’s just, I’d be more fine if he was like “yeah, that happened, but I don’t want to date you, so let’s just move along and be cool with the fact that it happened,” but it doesn’t seem like that.

Fuck you Walt. Even though my feelings are my own goddamned fault, still. Fuck you.

Also. Before the spring cast party, I had three people (Chuck, another techie, and an actress) all kinda mothering me about the party, which was kinda weird and hella embarrassing. The other techie basically banned me from the beanbag in his apartment (not that I ended up in his apartment, but still) cause he didn’t want me to “end up on the floor” again. Which, I mean, good goal, making sure the freshman girl who’s barely had alcohol before doesn’t make too many mistakes, but it’s not like that’s me. The actress offered to keep an eye on me. She’s sweet, but I turned her down. Why? Because I like to think that even when I’m slightly drunk, I still have a semblance of control.

So here’s what I want to tell everybody but won’t, because they probably don’t care enough. But I do.

Making out with Walt wasn’t me just doing dumb drunk things. That’s not who I am, while drunk or sober. There is nothing that could prompt me to make out with random boys, even if I was drunk. I’m too socially awkward for that, and I feel a lot more alcohol would not help. But I was well aware of what I was doing when I leaned against Walt and let him pull me close and kiss me. I kinda liked him, he made it seem like he liked me back, and that’s why I let myself end up on the floor. He flirted with me, pulled me close, murmured sweet things in my ear, and I responded, knowing full well what I was doing. The alcohol just made me brave enough to say, “Fuck it, let’s roll with this cute boy I like who’s flirting with me.” I pushed him away when I needed to. When we left the cast party together, it wasn’t to fuck. I never had any intention of that, even though I probably vaguely thought that a lot of people would think that. No, we just made out some more, and I went back to my dorm, tipsy and on cloud nine and alone. Nothing. Happened.

Except for Walt’s mistakes.

Guess I’m one of them.

Alternative title for this: My head’s yelling “fuck no” while my heart cries “yes”.

[thegeminisage]

i realized i had been typing up zelda blogging into notepad for like a week plus without posting, cause i didn’t wanna post everyday once i finished the main story? but then it got SUUUPER long. i waited for it to kinda taper down since now i’m mostly down to completionist stuff, and since it has, i’m gonna post it & just do small posts if i decide to blog abt anything else.

it feels rly weird not to zeldablog now

i ran into a blue? silver? lynel and got trapped fighting it on my way out of hyrule castle AND KILLED IT!! yay!!

also im going back to the mountain to check out that glow

i checked the shrine out next to it, since i was only activating them near the end and not DOING them

and they've gotten way more complex

now i understand when the monks commend your resourcefulness like before i was like, pls. that was way too easy. literally anyone could have done that

i went to the lake at night and it isn't glowing ): idgi did i see something else? does it only do that from a distance? on certain nights? i could see it from SO far away...

o my god theres a GOLF minigame the camera angles even do the thing

fucking fuck dinraal showed up WHILE I WAS PLAYING GOLF 

i MISSED him im so mad i couldnt fast travel away bc minigame!!!

WOW AND HERE COMES THE BLOOD MOON WHICH I WAS WAITING ON AT THE LAKE MOUNTAIN im so pissed i fuckin hate golf at this point its faster to finish than to run all the way back and quit :|

i finished golf but the blood moon just turned into?? a normal moon??

ah okay the glow is random and it's a rare mount!! thank god it wasn't just me losing my mind lol

haha i went to kill the shock arrow lynel just to see if i could and it only took like less than a minute with atk+ armor and decent weapons/shields

plus i'm just better at that special timing stuff now

figures it wouldn't happen til post-game

wtf another blood moon only a few nights later???

i read it was super glitchy but i never really realized until i was paying attention...

aww i bought a house!! maybe link and zelda can live there until the castle is restored YES THEY WILL BE MARRIED SOMEDAY

it's a cute quest i wish i had brought enough rupees to buy all the furniture in it

anyway like. it's super nice to have finally beaten this game's story?? i feel like now i don't have to Rush, i can stop and poke around and explore just like i want, tbh i kinda wish i had done it sooner

anyway im done for the night but i think i will rack up a bit more blogging before making a post i don't wanna be making one every day anymore

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okay so im gonna wait for the blood moon at this shrine

ive been reading that its random and glitchy?? but had i never read any of that i would have been SURE it was just every full moon, like clockwork

so maybe i'm wrong or the internet is

anyway i have enough fire arrows and wood to camp for a full 10 nights, after which im bailing lol

OH FUCK CANCEL EVERYTHING A SHOOTING STAR

I WONDER IF I CAN FAST TRAVEL TO IT??

only one way to find out

I CAN!!!!!

tonight's a halfmoon...if it's waxing then only 2 more nights, if the blood moon is the fullmoon

waning - 6 more nights :/

and who even knows if the blood moon is the full moon...

i've been reading so much and there's so much i was aching to do while trapped in bed that i don't know where to begin...! yet i am waiting at this dumb shrine, haha

i think i wanna to the terrytown quests? tarrytown? where you build a town, those sound so fun, but ofc i need rupees

three-quarters moon! pleeease letthe next one be a blood moon, i say for once in my life lol

oh no...full moon but no blood moon ):

ugh i do not WANT to camp here for a hundred years

i suppose with the nearby shrine i can get to it fairly quicky but not quickly enough for my liking...once the moon rises you only have literally like two minutes before it leaves

so i have to notice it, get out there, and get naked in less than 2 minutes, without warning :/

ok yeah no this is stupid i'll just do something else while i wait

ah, but what! this is what i was talking about earlier, where do you even BEGIN

i could go back and solve shrines, but puzzles are only fun for so long, i wanna explore and there's so much left to see

i could also rupee farm hahahaha

and for better or worse i do eventually wanna get all the korok seeds...

actually i think i wanna fight minibosses?? which is so weird but i feel like i can take em

i know the silver lynels will kick my ass from reading tvtropes but i can take the others!!!

i also read about the lon lon ranch ruins, which i either missed or didn't realize what they were...i don't have a clue as to where they are, but i wanna see them, i know i'll be Sad

omg people startle when i get close to them wearing dark link armor

oooh i was wondering what this big circular tower was...man i havent seen ANYTHING in hyrule field

apparently there are monsters inside...i see a blue lynel? silver lynel? who knows

but i fought one before, so maybe i can take it

i WAS wanting to fight stuff

camera says it's silver, tvtropes says silvers are harder than calamity ganon himself

but the ones that aren't red all look alike to me, so i have no idea which kind i fought in hyrule castle...and my sword had superpowers then

the problem is all these OTHER monsters...no way could i take them on all at once

so i gotta go around and pick them off first without being noticed if i can

omg i cant drop the master sword when electrocuted ahaha nice

oops i dropped a lizalfos down there with the lynel....lmao maybe i better just go fight him before i fuck up anything else

ah no it's coming back on its own. well done

ok, got em

man, wouldn't it be just my luck if the blood moon rose NOW

tbh if it did i would have to abandon this entire thing, which i would, reluctantly, just so i wouldn't have to wait anymore

ooh god he saw me i was hopin for a sneak attack ;w;

ok here we go i guess!!

i did it!!!!

it actually wasn't that bad, tho it got a bit dicey a couple of times

so much of this game is like, your buffs and armor and weapons, i've had harder fights against weaker foes just bc i wasn't properly equipped

but learning to dodge and use my shield a bit better certainly didn't hurt

tbh it looks like most of what i wanna do requires rupees, so i should go farm some i guess!

boring, but you know

apparently i was wrong about the music in goron city and the gerudo areas and they ARE the classic tunes...i just didn't hear it??

AAAAH the satori mountains are glowing!!

;w; i caught him

what a freaky-lookin boy

i wish i could keep him!!

jesus fuck the blood moon came up and i idled at the screen without looking, god, the ONE TIME

i bet i'll never make it in time but i gotta try

dark link armor will make me move a BIT faster at night for what its worth but i dont even think i have revali's gale ready jfc

thank god i made it with just a few seconds to spare

yikes its lightning af outside so im gonna quit for now

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aww tarreytown looks so cute so far!! i wanna build it up ;u;

lol i hate when you know a guardian is nearby and can't find it even tho i can fight them now my heartrate is still so jacked up

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god the tarreytown sidequests are so pleasant and relaxing like

i havent felt so calm playing this game since...i don't think ever

and like, they talk about the yiga clan and the monsters outside

and if i were a person with more time i would write the cute genfic about how tarreytown gets put under seige but their location makes that hard and they fight off the bad guys

it's always sunny there!!! no matter the weather elsewhere :')

also i finally did break the hylian shield cleaning out the guardian room on maze island and i got a replacement there......for3k, but still

anyway im finding all the chests from the shrines i missed and one is in the plateau ): my heart

like, i can't believe i used to think this mountain was massive, this plateau was massive. it's so small compared to everything else. and so lonely ;_;

like, i miss it, weirdly, but i miss the version that had the easy enemies and the old man and where when i looked outside of the walls it was all very misty and i couldn't even comprehend the true size of this world

so: nostalgia, i guess

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jesus FUCKING christ i went out to see the ranch ruins with epona and i got attacked by a guardian, a yiga clan member, and two silver bokoblins on horseback

FINALLY fought them off, terrified the entire time something would happen to epona, and i got attacked by three stal moblins

fought THEM off and there's a stal bokoblin on a stalhorse! but i can't catch it or ride it because of all times, the blood moon is rising!! j e s u s c h r i s t

now i've gotta get on my horse and get the hell out of dodge before those things come back to hurt her

i was thinking of a nice relaxing-if-sad trip before bed but no i gotta come back on FOOT to kill these guys AGAIN and then bring her back during the DAY so we can properly look around

who KNEW this would be so awful, jesus

okay update i did get on the stalhorse bc i have about 30 seconds to snap a cool pic (no way i can ride it out to whatever stable i need for the quest...even if i could leave epona here, it's much too long of a trip) but fucking hell dude

FUCK i took too long it rose epona and i are STILL HERE LMAO (((:

i didn't know if i should get on epona and ride for it or teleport to the stable and then board her

i teleported and it looks like she's still safe bc they boardered her ;_;

i took her back out and gave her a bunch of apples ;____; my poor brave girl

lol as if that wasnt enough its about to start lightning

ugh i'm coming back tomorrow and cleaning that place out good and fucking proper

i'd kinda like to do it tonight but it's already so late and i don't feel well and it would take a long time and also be a bit stressful probably

at least now i know where to find lots of stalhorses lol

although if you think about it they're there bc a lot of horses died

aaaaand i'm sad again

(super mad i didn't get pics on my in-game camera of the horse, but the snapchat pic i snapped of dark link riding it under the blood moon was still pretty damn cool)

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w o w

i kinda wish i had been able to bring epona, but i couldn't—it's so dangerous here

but after clearing it out and actually getting to look around, uh

this is brick-for-brick the most faithful recreation of oot's lon lon ranch

and i am SO sad

ugh i just had to restart an entire shrine bc i dropped my korok leaf at the last second bc i was trying to open all the chests and i had to go back and get my good spear that i had to drop to get the korok leaf in the first room...but i needed the korok leaf to get back to the end!!!!!

i hate the weapons system in this game sometimes i won't lie like sometimes it's really good and sometimes it drives me bonkers

oh my fucking god lmao

i can't even RESTART the shrine bc the leaf was in a CHEST which is now empty. holy shit

like, that is NONFUNCTIONAL

they should have had a tools section for leaves and axes and shit i swear to fuck bc i always drop korok leaves as soon as i can bc i don't ever use them to sail and i have so little room and there's so many weapons...jesus christ

i made a huuuuuge list of everything i need to fully upgrade all my armor. it took hours but i think i did the math wrong

remember when i said i was never going back to eventide? well here i am! i'm farming bokoblin guts/general monster drops lol and i knew there were a bunch here :|

but i'm better armed now! so it should be a cakewalk

even red hinoxes don't give me much trouble these days. we'll see

sniped the upper camp no problem with some pretty basic bows. don't know WHY i sniped it, i could have fought them...

haha just kidding. yes i do

time to fight the hinox, i suppose

tbh this is giving me trauma flashbacks lol

duuuude theres a lil star by this hinox's name!!

does that mean the game keeps track of which i kill.......awhile ago the fang and bone guy said he wanted me to kill every hinox and i'm like "fffft yeah right like the blood moon wouldn't come up halfway through each and every try"

but maybe that doesn't matter O:

now i can use stamps to only mark hinoxes i HAVENT killed............interesting

unfortunately i've also been stamping lynels, and i'd hate to take stamps off just bc i'd killed something...man

i wish i had more kinds of stamps and the ability to USE more stamps, geez

i could kill all four moldugas first and see what he did before deciding if it was Worth It

this doesn't make me feel like a badass and i'm not actually getting any great drops. i just have war flashbacks and feel slightly creeped out and anxious. so i'm leaving

holy fuck i finally got the rubber armor and duuuuude it really is shock proof! i got struck by lightning and it knocked me off my feet but only took a quarter of a heart!!!

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guess i should make a list of taluses, hinoxes, and moldugas i KNOW ive killed :|

it won't be comprehensive but i wanna keep track of it, sigh

i'm trying to farm bokoblin guts but this one area is like all these high up bridges and platforms and they ALWAYS fall so every time i have to fly down and climb back up :|

this place was from one of the coolest parts of the trailer though i really like it

i thought foolishly to knock them all off and then go down and get them. of course they'd despawned by then </3

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I FOUND KASS IN THE RITO STABLE? HE HAS A WIFE AND KIDS BACK HOME??

like tvtropes spoiled that for me i'll admit but im still cryin...hes so homesick!! he fulfilled a promise!!!! kass buddy i'm gonna clear those shrines for you ;_;

also update i get medals for killing all the things so ofc i gotta do that if i want 100%

i Dread the getting of the korok seeds i just dont know if i am Capable especially knowing there's no reward

like, i'm trying to get all the shrines done before i finish off the sidequests bc once i finish off the sidequests i am not gonna wanna play anymore, the story stuff and exploration stuff will mostly be over, my drive to keep going will drop dramatically, so like

gotta do the shrines first so i actually have time to WEAR the super cool armor i get

otherwise it would be sidequests, shrines, armor, but then no more playing lmao

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I GOT IT AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL

I MAY NEVER WEAR ANYTHING ELSE

(thats a lie i gotta wear other stuff until i can get this upgraded bc the stats are so low...but its BEAUTIFUL)

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i did all the stables so why won’t kass come see his daughters? ;_;

oh ok i had to go get the cache

AWWW BUDDY

he finally knows it’s me!! furthermore zelink #confirmed thank u nintendo this is probably the most overt it’s ever been tbh

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finally fully upgraded my armor & i never wanna see another dragon again

they kept failing to spawn where they were supposed to and the only one who spawns reliably/is easy to hit/doesn’t send scales flying 100000 miles away is farosh, naydra and dinraal are absolutely horrible, naydra in particular has nowhere you can fast-travel to, you have to fast-travel to a nearby shrine and then walk a good distance no matter where you drop in at. naydra was also the most finnicky about showing up when she was supposed to

at least i figured out i can use a flame sword instead of fire arrows to light campfires

getting honey was pretty easy there’s a fuckton next to those hinox brothers and acorns are kinda everywhere

the beetles were a little more tedious but once i put them on my sensor not too bad...the worst part was turning beedle down every time he wanted one because he does a LONG speech that is SUPER annoying after the 100th time and you’re just trying to buy arrows

anyway im gonna go test the defense

surprise! lynels and guardians can still kick my ass!

everything else seems to fly right off me tho so that’s something

it’s been ages since any hinox or talus was able to put up a fight against me

i’ve still only killed about half of each tho like :/ damn they are everywhere & there’s sooo many

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i’m lowkey wondering if i will attempt to 100% this game like i do Not look forward to getting all those fucking korok seeds, at that point it is no longer fun, yk, and the reward is so stupid

also i saw a video about having to visit every major named place on the map as well

and both of those things obviously guarantee that you see EVERY INCH of this huge and exapansive and beautiful world, but i feel like if i forced myself to keep going and doing it i would learn to hate the game a little bit lmao. lowkey feel like that’s adding fake hours onto your game for something that stop being fun and turns into absolute tedium, but i guess i can understand wanting to give completionist players a reason to see EVERYTHING

we’ll just see how i feel - i still have quite a few sidequests left, and while i don’t wanna burn thru them too quickly (bc again, after they’re over my interest will drop dramatically) i also still wanna fight the minibosses and upgrade as much of my armor as i am able to

but like, who the fuck has time to farm 160ish star pieces...? not me my dude and that mmo-type drop rarity is like :/ i disapprove, that’s like...cheating. but anyway. we’ll see how far i get