#Holy shit the noodle on a boat

[anotherdescentintomadness]

Wang YiBo X BRIDES Magazine — April 2018

Rainbow Groom photography by Maico Pereira

[lilith-little-world]

Sneak Peek of Chapter One(?) Pt. 2|| The Isekai’d Oracle

I know I haven't posted anything for a while. Got super busy, did a ton of research, and had slight writer's block. Yesterday I finally was able to write something only to have a... cooking accident. I'm fine just burn my hand from some boiling water and a slight cut on the other. Doesn't hurt and the red mark from the burn went away.

Anyways I don't know if I want to keep this in. Feels like it's too out of place since it's should be all from the reader's perspective but I do like how we see from the other’s point of view. It feels refreshing to not have all of it in the reader's. It also keeps you guys wanting to read more. Since few of the other characters know more than the reader, yet are somewhat clueless about the oracle's plans for this so-called good ending. So it kind of balances each other out, hopefully.

Also, I watched S4 and holy shit. Mei’s a thousand-time grandfather is hot. I want him.

It was a rainy day. Dark clouds consumed the skies, thunder shaking the world. People continued on with their day, not letting the rain stop them from their tasks. Mk and Mei playing around at the restaurant, messing with Tang. Pigsy tries to scold them for it but was too busy making noodles. Sandy watches from afar drinking tea since the storm had made the waves too out of control for him to stay on the boat.

The demon bull family stayed back home and kept their distance away from the city and heroes. After their embarrassing defeat. Macaque hides in the shadows waiting for the storm to pass. While Wukong relaxes at the temple, hoping that the storm won't cancel today's training.

It was a normal day so far.

Yes, nothing new or life-changing. Everything was peaceful. Then there was the blast.

In an empty street, sparks of a dull peach color form in the middle of the road. Until slowly turning into a small golden ball of energy. Catching the attention of the passerby.

Getting brighter and hotter, the ball of energy exploded. Blinding the street in golden light. As the shockwave shot through the city, shaking the ground and clearing the skies.

Buildings shook, people and objects fell, and cars swerved or came to a sudden stop. The once busy and loud city was silent for a moment. Not knowing what that blast was, especially for the gang.

“What was that?” Mei asks, clinging to a chair to steady herself.

“Maybe it was an earthquake?” Tang said questioningly. Not even believing it was that simple.

“No, it's not.” Mk states, staring at the entrance. Any joyous expression pushed off his face. That amount of energy shouldn't have shaken his soul like that.

It made him anxious.

“Then what was that?” Pigsy shouts annoyed. Picking up the noodles from the floor.

Mk stayed silent. That energy was familiar, yet he couldn't wrap his head around where he felt it before.

“I don't know…” Those words didn't feel right coming from his mouth. He sighs before pushing those feelings to the side.

“-BUT, I'll just ask Monkey King. He knows everything.” Mk said with a smile. He shouldn't worry too much about this after all. He can't lose his cool in front of his friends.

“You look stressed bud, here, have some tea.” Sandy gently pats Mk's back, giving him a cup.

“I'm fine honestly, that earthquake startled me.”

“Aww, don't worry Mk.” Mei wraps her arms around him. Giving the young man a rather tight hug.

“It was pretty scary, and out of nowhere. At least no one got hurt, right?” Mei smiles trying to cheer up Mk.

“Yeah, at least no one is hurt.”

However, he wasn't the only one shaken. Far from it. How could they? When their last encounter with the oracle was less than pleasant. No, they rather forget about the incident.

Iron Fan pulls out a small withered box. Time had worn down, and the fragile container.

“Are you sure about this? Was that blast from that spirit?” The Bull King asks.

“Yes, my love, no matter how many years pass. I will always remember that energy, even though it's a lot duller.” She takes off the cover, finally seeing the contents.

Few pieces of paper, with dates and instructions. Neatly stacked and tied together with a red ribbon. She pulls out the small paper that sits on top of the stack.

“Sorry for not making it interesting, especially when I made you wait so long to open it. There isn't anything impressive in the bag I gave you as well. Just some clothing and a few accessories. Hope you two are doing well. Remember, follow the instructions precisely, if not, I'll get very upset!” Iron Fan reads out loud the note.

“She’s vague as usual.” The Bull King mumbles outs.

“Aren't all seers and oracles? For being able to see the future, they like to be mysterious, it's their whole gimmick.” She takes out the stack of papers, ready to follow the oracle's Instructions.

“How do you feel about this? I haven't forgotten that reaction from earlier.”

There was a slight pause in her actions.

“I'm fine, it's all in the past, but best if we follow the instructions she gave us. We don't want to have another outburst.”

“Seers are truly unfortunate beings.”

Iron Fan stayed silent, sadly agreeing with her husband's statement. Luckily, from the notes that have been written. It seems there wouldn't be an outburst. Relief washes over her, letting out a sigh. The Bull King stood close and placed a hand on her shoulders.

Then it left the two mystic monkeys, who didn't know how to react. Yet concluding on the same action. Staying far away from the oracle, but for different reasons.

Macaque sees the poor woman as a bad omen and rather ignores it.

Wukong, on the other hand, thought he was the bad omen. Convinced that if he shows up, it will end badly for her. This time he won't help her. It was for the best. Wukong truly believes that she is strong enough to survive and complete the task she needs to do.

“Good luck little oracle, may your journey be painless and uncomplicated, this time around.” He said softly, before closing the door behind him.

Not daring to look back at the city or her.

[silverselfshippingchaos]

hi, ash! i'd love to hear about your ffxv s/i and your ship with gladio! also, what does iris think about your s/i? :O

YAY!! I love talking about this kind of stuff!!!

(Some talk of death, injury, drowning, a bit of blood + spoilers for the game)

F.FXV Ash was born in the Crown City to two members of the Crownsguard (eventually the Kingsglaive). Ever since she was young, Ash was always fed this idea that her kingdom was amazing. She loved her home so much and she wanted to grow up there forever with her parents and her sister. It all changed when she was 16. She parents were killed in combat.

(In Episode A.rdyn, there's a boss fight against two soldiers... Those were her parents.)

Ash stayed in the city long enough to graduate high-school, but after that, she just couldn't keep going. She felt hollow and empty inside. The murder of her parents shattered her in every single way possible, wrecked her faith and her love to kingdom, ruined her life. She's messed up.

And so, Ash leaves. She makes a name for herself as a monster hunter, drifting from town to town and protecting the people. She comes to be known as Eos' Rose. Beautiful, but with thorns too. She didn't choose to be called The Rose, it's just that part of her outfit is a long, red coat. I still need to work out the details of her outfit and all that, but she has a red coat and quite a few earrings. She has a chain threader going through two lobe piercings on one ear, and a dangling rose earring on the other. Both silver.

(Whenever she was about 20, she met a lonely chocobo chick. This chocobo stays with Ash for a long time. She is a green chocobo named Sage. Sage is Ash's companion and best friend. Sage is very friendly to everybody, but she has a distaste for Gladio and has tried to bite him on multiple occasions. She succeeded once, but more on that later.

Again, Sage is naturally green. Prompto asks about this once.

"Hey, Ash! Why is your chocobo green?"

"Well, I dunno, Prompto. Why are you blond?"

It gets a good chuckle out of everyone.)

Anyways, early into the game, the Chocobros run into Ash! She actually draws her sword on Noct at first and then she realizes "holy shit, you're the prince. Oh my god, I tried to kill the prince. Oh no, oh no, oh no-"

It's a bit of a funny moment, but she ends up allying with the bros and she gets especially close with Gladio. They get along really well, both protectors of people and absolutely dorks too.

Ash is a gamer, so she gets along well with Prompto and Noct. They actually all played Kings Knight together online! So it's a bit of a "WAIT WE'RE KINGS KNIGHT MOOTS?!" whenever they finally meet. She gets along really well with Ignis too! Ash is very close with all of the gang. It's not long before her and Gladio are falling in love, kissing and sharing Cup Noodles under the stars.

And as for Iris, Iris ADORES Ash! Looks up to her as the big sister she never had. Iris thinks Ash is so cool and strong! And she tells Gladdy that if he breaks her heart, she'll kick his ass! Ash really loves Iris too. She was always the youngest in her family too, so it means a lot to her to be able to be an older sister figure to someone. Ash teaches Iris a bit about how to use a sword too.

Anywho, back to the plot.

Ash accompanies the bros whenever they go onto the boat to Altissia. Her and Gladio have a sweet, romantic date there. But that happiness doesn't last. It's been a bit of a running joke that Ash doesn't know how to swim.

The last thing Gladio expected was to lose her.

As Altissia falls, Ash sacrifices herself to save Gladio and Prompto. They both have to watch as Ash falls from a bridge and into the water. They watch as Ash dies. But there's not enough time to save her. Prompto sobs, Gladio screams in horror. Ash is content. She's going to die protecting the people she loves, right? It's not that cute and her almost drowning to death was the scariest moment of her life. She's choking and gasping for air, trying to grab any rubble she can just to stay alive.

Ash isn't seen again for a while. It's part of the reason why Gladio lashes out on the train—he's mourning his girlfriend's death. Whenever he's sitting there across the table from Ignis, you can hear him crying.

However, a few chapters later... Guess who comes back. She's injured, has scars on her face, and her coat is in tatters. Gladio hugs her and cries, Ash tells him to loosen up a bit since she has a few cracked ribs.

"What's the matter? Not a fan of ghosts?"

Gladio tells her that this isn't the time to crack jokes, but he hugs her so tight. She was alive. She was okay.

(However, during this time, Gladio actually found Sage and told her that Ash was dead. Sage bit him hard that day.)

But... How exactly did Ash survive..?

That gets explained in Episode Ignis. I won't talk about Ash's involvement in every DLC just to not make this to lengthy, but in Iggy's... Ravus sees her drowning. He grabs her out of the water and onto land. He's not gentle about it, and the impact of being thrown against rubble isn't great for Ash's bones, but she's alive. Ash is nursed back to health by the survivors of the town. There's a lot more detail there, but that's the gist of what happens.

Ash's relationship with Ravus is fascinating. They bond quite a bit and have a chat under the stars much later, right before Ash reunites with Gladio. I had to dig through like two years worth of discord messages for this but it went something like this

Oh and you know that level that's just Gladio and Ignis? Yeah, Ash is there too. She cusses out Ardyn actually. Although I really like Ardyn, my S/I doesn't. He makes a comment that she's quite grown up now. You know how he gets those flashbacks of peoples' memories after he kills people in his DLC? He saw an image of a little girl with red glasses. And here she was, a grown woman.

She breaks off from the group before the Ravus fight. I don't want her to see him like that.

Anyways, then timeskip rolls around. Whenever Noct arrives at Hammerhead is met with a familiar "kweh-kweh!". Sage greets Noct after ten long years, and then Ash runs over. They have a cute hug scene.

However, Ash's outfit is different. Not only is her hair curly (pre-ts Ash had it straightened), but she's wearing... Kingsglaive armor?! Her outfit is vaguely inspired by Crowe from Kingsglaive, but Ash had become a soldier. Not just to follow in her parents' footsteps, but because she had spent her whole life feeling lost and she had finally found a purpose. Traveling with Noct and Co had made her realize that her life had a purpose. She wanted to spend her life protecting her kingdom.

After her parents died, she didn't know what to do with herself. Noct was both her best friend and her king. Noct says that the Kingsglaive outfit looks good on her. It makes her smile. Ash had finally come home to Insomnia, and she had finally found what she was meant to do.

Before the gang leaves, she gives Noct a long hug and tells him to come back alive. She gives Gladio a kiss too.

And that's basically it!

[help-i-need-a-cool-username]

Its the end of the year! Which means its time to post the

Tags That Made Me Smile 2022

The following are a collective list of tags, author notes, and fic names that i saw on ao3 and tumblr that made me either laugh or smile. Ive separated them by fandom but a good amount arent actually fandom specific. Ive added the character names or fandom at the end like {name} to clarify who the tag is talking about

[2021's list]

Author Specific / Non-Specific

i saw canon; acknowledged it; And promply burned it in a dirty trash can thanks; Have this instead

Give me pain I need to feel something

this is self projection thank you coming to my ted talk

Whats that?? Overused tropes that everyone has seen before????? Pfffffffft. This fic is literally just a big mess of "how can I cater to myself and myself only"

you ever just look at your life and wonder how you got here; bc that's what this fic is for me

Don't underestimate me I DO NOT know how long this fan-fic will be

can you tell my target audience is myself

this is content specifically catered to me and no one else

these characters are my landlords and i pay them rent

P O L Y A M O R Y   I S   M Y   P O L Y J A M O R Y

cheek kiss warning

kidnapping isn’t sexy don’t do it

i've never read the archie comics but that's not gonna stop me {archie sonic}

not me writing a whole fic for a ship only i care about; that like maybe two other people ship; rowing this boat is hard but someone has to do it {scourge x fleetway sonic}

ankles don't heal this fast but fuck it i do what i want

no beta we die like men; or rather we drown like the sad shipper with a pool noodle we are

I'm afraid of the Danimals mascot and you should be too

if you're getting flood warnings, don't worry. It's just MY TEARS!

me at every character: anxiety be upon ye

Me (Grabs canon and runs a marathon with it)

Quote: Do you think God stays in heaven because he too lives in fear of what he's created (Spy Kids) {tmnt crossover}

Alternate Universe - Monty Python and the Holy Grail

contains dangerous amount of bed based snuggling

(kind of its a very short very homosexual fight scene); and then they kiss.

Hostage situation takes a romantic turn???? Not clickbait????

enemies to frenemies

Improper Use of Pool Noodles

stone cold stoicism meeting determined stupidity

Star Wars

Kanan Jarrus: The Daddening

platonic love is what healed his lonely existence {din djarin}

when in doubt: road trip with the besties {din, boba, fennec}

Soul Eater

found family at its finest {kid, liz, patty}

The Witcher

wife (platonic) {yennskier}

at first I was like haha geralt and Istredd should kiss as a joke…. but bro I don’t think it’s a joke anymore….

Sonic the Hedgehog

Movie!Super Sonic is made out of LOVE no one touch me

Sonics gay awakening I guess

sonic movie 2 made me make an ao3 account lol

Sonic was made to love people

Two Bros Chillin’ in an ER Five Feet Apart ‘cause they’re not gay {sonic x shadow}

the most dangerous thing is to love {shadow}

Trapped in a small box with just enough room to face some feelings {sonic x shadow}

the R in rivalry stand for romance {sonic x shadow}

The L in Rivalry Stands For 'Love' {sonic x shadow}

A Largely Platonic Cave

i love boom!shadow so naturally i made him even more insufferable

Sad-ow

Wachowskis holdin it down in the bg; Absolute champs

I love how Shadow is just so mindbogglingly utterly done with reality

Knuckles is a guardian of all things great and small

“Would you kiss a worm?" “If he was cute as fuck? Yeah.” {wade x stone}

"What is this made of, bendable titanium?!" "INCORRECT. IT IS MADE OF THE FRUSTRATIONS OF MOTHERS EVERYWHERE." {team dark}

featuring a scourge that trips far too much because it's my fic and I said so {scourge x fleetway sonic}

no thoughts just soft hedgehog moments

listen if im going to die at the hands of injured lancelot shit i might as well take advantage of it

Everyone has a crush on Lancelot and I'll die on this hill

fairy Lancelot Fairy Lancelot FAIRY LANCELOT!!!

TMNT

Slow Burn; mostly on april's end of things; casey and donnie are basically on fire right off the bat {tmnt 2012}

Rise!Donnie and 2012!Casey be out there committing arson together for their first date >.>

Please enjoy Casey, the fool, realizing his feelings for Donnie, another fool {tmnt 2012}

Draxum and Splinter are the turtles' dads (it's a reluctant partnership)

just two absolute powerhouses holding each other gently {raph x mona}

“There’s nothing wrong with the way you love, Dee. Goodnight.” {rottmnt}

Wondering what to do when the apocalypse happens? Easy: fly across the country and get Vegas-married. That's definetley an appropriate reaction that won't involve your complicated feelings towards your roommate at all {hypno x warren}

Look rise are weapons of war 12 were accidents and I play with that HARD in this fic

"GET IN THE TURTLE TANK BITCHES WE GOING TO FAMILY THERAPY" {rottmnt}

Donatello is now Dad-Atello {rottmnt}

The other [Casey] is out on a beach in Tahiti; It's what he deserves after surviving the Krang {rottmnt}

Leo is now actively being hunted for sport; (the only sport Donnie is good at) {rottmnt}

These turtles can fit so much trauma

2018 Karai lives because fuck Nick; Casey x Donnie x April are a healthy ship and also fuck nick again

I cant be the only one pissed by Leo's and Karais 'love interest plot'; Leonardo's weird feelings were simply gender envy...Yes that is canon now {tmnt 2012}

What happens when two "dudes" call each other 'girlfriend'; Transgender activities, that's what! {tmnt 2012}

splinter is twice divorced and never married {rottmnt}

Papatello / Dadatello {rottmnt}

draxum's gone from dadxum to grand-dadxum good for him

HOLY FUCKING SHIT YES YES YES YES; GRANDPA BARRY COMING IN CLUTCH

draxum just be like gramps still got it; and by 'it' i mean a complete lack of forethought for care when creating random children

Puts the Bi in Bitchless {rottmnt leo}

its because ninja turtles

feral mamatello {rottmnt}

Marvel

it's the anguish, the self flagellation, the audacity to love the man who annihilate ur nation and killed ur mother; your m o t h e r {black panther}

[fictionkinfessions]

its weird being kin with a character who is so commonly headcanoned to have NPD (while not having npd), and then having NPD now like man i Didnt have npd i was riddled with a whole other set of mental health issues lol

"omgg leo isnt DEPRESSED he has NPD and just needs support from his family to validate himself!!" like good for you live your life but also No i Didnt i acted as the "face man" because a) i didnt have a Niche in the team and b) nobody else really Was the face man like i didnt have a *role* aside from just being The Fourth Turtle like, donnie had his tech and raph was built like a tank and also Is Raph i mean cmon, and mikey had his fucken Razzmatazz and i was just sorta There Leo, blue guy, red eared slider, liked instant noodles and cold drinks and warm blankets and sorta just not really A Part of it like why do you think i took up being the fucking medic? so id be like!! useful!!! so id have something to do to say i was helping!! do you know how taxing it is to go and set bones and be the one to help your brothers after they have their shit rocked by like. meatsweats or something? fuck like im not MAD at them but it was like. a stressful thing. but i HAD nothing else! i wasnt leader until way later on and no matter what raph would always be the Unofficial Leader. my portals didnt compare to any of the shit my brothers could do. like "oh yeah hey i can make fucking portals" meanwhile raph can a) FUCKING DUPLICATE HIMSELF and b) make a projection of himself thats like 5 times his size mikey can a) THROW BOATS??? AND BUILDINGS???? WITH HIS FUCKING NUNCHUCKS???? b) yk. make inter-dimensional portals so not even my PORTALS are unique c) FLOAT. EVENTUALLY. d) like. pyro-related stuff i guess. and donnie's so fucking smart he doesnt even NEED mystic shit!! his tech-bo is like, yaknow, EVERYTHING YOUD WANT out of something called a "tech-bo", he set up all of our lair's tech, he made the heaters, he made AI's with the same capabilities of a human brain, and then add on MYSTICS to that???? holy SHIT. then theres dad who can just Kick Ass apparently despite being a tiny rat-man. april is the most resourceful person i know, casey and casey jr. are both STUPIDLY good with hand-to-hand combat because of fucking course they are. barry is a) physically capable somehow, b) has his stupid fucking vines and c) is an ALCHEMIST. even fucking sunita is more interesting than me!!! like what the shit! the most I contribute is being a fucking pest!!! my unfunny-streak has CONTINUED into Now, and im just as uninteresting and all this is stupid because draxum made all of us WITH A PURPOSE. the tank, the strategist, the analyst and the mediator. raph, me, don and mikey. i know, factually im not "without purpose". im part of our stupid, biologically-designed unit. but i cant fucking help myself. what the point of a strategist if the analyst is smart enough to fix everything if something goes wrong. what good is a strategist if the mediator can, again, THROW. BUILDINGS. what fucking GOOD is a STRATEGIST if the TANK can protect everyone!! "oh but leo! you trapped Him in the prison dimension" it wouldnt have been a PROBLEM if I hadnt let them out in the FIRST PLACE. it doesnt MATTER that i didnt know what it was! it still happened BECAUSE OF ME. donnie had to fucking, idk, INTEGRATE with THE FUCKING TECHNODROME cause of me! mikey fried himself cause of ME! dad and april got hurt cause of me! raph got fucking kidnapped and infected BECAUSE OF ME! if i wasnt a factor, the invasion wouldnt have happened at all, and my whole "planning to trap Prime in the prison dimension + self sacrifice" thing wouldnt have even HAD TO HAPPEN, so that point is WORTHLESS! i am a """strategist""" that only serves to hurt his unit. and what kind of fucking strategist is that.

-leo (probably from Lemonade Leak i guess) 🔷⚔🌌. sorry for this ask, mpc. probs more venty than you bargained for.

🐸

[aestheticvoyage2023]

Day 48: Friday February 17, 2023 - “Photo Reel”

What my photo reel can say about how we navigated our day together:

7:08am - Stacking garages at sunrise. I may never sleep in ever again. 10:49am - Story time at the Library, shy in my lap.  Taking in the scene.  William starts school next week, so some good socialization should be useful.  I told William that Libraries are where all the books come from. He obviously had no clue we were coming to Story time for little babies instead of nap today! 11:15am - William is caught reading “Where is the Pirate?” to another little boy with a stuffed rat. Biggest cat in the room once he figured it out. 11:54am - Holy shit, did you know Peacocks can jump?! 12:05pm - When we go to the zoo we work our way back to the Elephants, and apparently Noon is a really great time to be here, because at least today, Noon was feeding time and all the elephants were right up to the gate and what do they eat?  Cucumbers.  Check that out William! 12:15pm - After seeing the elephants, I get William out to run around and see if he’ll go hit the elephant butt.  Today he came close - but did really enjoy watching the other little boys do it.  He can point out every animal on the big donor mural back there! Even the Ostrich! 12:28pm - “Want to go see the bearded dragons today?”  “YEAAAA!” 12:53pm. - Lunch time. Zoo Fries.  Dippa Dippa. Ice.  We both love this part of the day. 2:02pm - Somewhere during the hour long afternoon nap.   Audrie asked me to try to stretch the morning out and only do one nap.  I gave it my best shot!  I kept him awake until 1:30 when we started to drive home.  I pulled into Michaels Parking Lot as soon as he was out and took advantage of that time to get some work done, hotspotting into my email.  Time is a premium.  I look up into the mirror to see if he’s still asleep and saw the most precious little boy with his Uncle Louie and I thought he looked just about perfect. 3:43pm - Time outside laying on the grass playing with the ice cream truck, turned into a big whirling dervish Dog Wrestle where all three puppies practiced their best moves and defenses to see who would be king for the day, and in practiced fashion, Havarti wins.  Because Havyvys is the King of every day here at The Finca.   4:33pm - Toot Toot.  Time to go try to take a nap because this guy is asking for Thomas The Train.... or maybe he’s pretending to be an ice cream train.  Hard to say but I look at this picture now at the end of the day and can literally hear him saying “toot toot” 7:20 - Butter Noodles are served with Potatoes/Ranch Dippa, and Cucumbers (like the elephants eat).  It took some wild coaxing (I know that was a lot of french fries dude but that was literally six hours ago!).  Even Mama couldnt coax him to eat over facetime.  Finally I got serious.  “What do you want to watch while you eat? Dora?”  “HOCKEY!”  Seriously? OK!  I found the Spartans playing Wisconsin, and William clapped and said “Lets Go Blues” and ate his dinner.  Sometimes something works and I have no clue why.  Like what kind of cheat code was that?! 7:45pm - Play time in the great room to wind down and digest that food.  Get your wiggles out running that truck transporter up and down the bench seat.  That truck transporter is early front runner for toy of the year. 7:53 -”What are you playing with there buddy?” - “Mama on the airplane.”  Now thats a heart melter.   “Mama flying the airplane? While the pilot rides?”   “Yea!” “Is that why it never leaves the ground?”   “Yea!” 8:13pm - Tubby time.  He really doesn’t like getting his hair washed.  Really its the rinse that gets him.  He’s taken to playing with the rinse bucket so that I can’t sneak up on him with it.  This kid really loves his nightly tubby time though, especially since we add the blocks to make a boat out of for Ernie and Cookie, and bubbles that smell so nice.  Its a great positive kickoff to bedtime routine and I am so glad he enjoys it and its not a fight.  I suppose we can thank mama and all those early bath times for that!  Writing about it now reminds me of how funny he was when we’d lift him up and out of the bath as a little baby.  Such great memories. 9:14pm: 15 hours after it started, almost exaclty, the day was done. Sure I had to come back in and reassure him the standard few times, but I called it with a photo at 9:14.  The bed time routine went fine.  He didn’t want to get out of the tub, and so got shivery cold as he brushed his teeth and I held him tightly in front of the mirror.  I moved him to the changing table where I combed his hair real nice with a part to the left (my favorite part of the routine), then lotioned him, added a diaper, and put on his lucky “No Wake Zone” pajamas - we might need these tonight after Mama had me take out the morning nap!  Then we read 4 books (Heads, Goodnight Hockey, Love In The Wild, and First 100 Trucks), while he ate a Peach Squeezy yogurt, the only one he’ll take these days.  He sucked it dry in about 2 minutes.  I should time him one of these days, but its very efficient. I suppose all that practice with the nipple raised a superstar squeezy sucker.  We put on the sleep sack, said goodnight to the dogs and everything else we passed along the way (elmo chair, monkey, baseball, hockey game on tv). He took some ibuprofen for his teeth, chased with some icewawa, looked at me and said “Bop” - Kenny Chesney, Nick Mulvey, Renee & Jermey, Sleep Sounds, Thunderstorm.   Bop goes the weasel and finally on the third of fourth try I had him down to stay and I snuck out.  Finally time for a break.  Turned the salt lamp up, stole a pic - the best one of the day.  The trophy prize - a happy healthy sleeping baby right on time at the end of a successful day where I planned my work and I work my plan.  The picture, at 9:14pm, of successful Dad Day.

Song:  Kid Cudi - Pursuit of Happiness

Quote:  “Listen to me son, I’ll tell you why your father is strong; Because he can still say ever single day, he’s yearning to belong. Yearning to belong, Yearning to belong,  My heart beats with a ceaseless longing of a yearning to belong In spite of myself, and all of these nursery songs My heart beats with a ceaseless, meets with a peaceless burning to belong”

~Nick Mulvey, CuCuRuCu   

[lonespektr]

SEPTEMBER 14TH HORROR WATCH

Slash/Back

Why are they starting it like a documentary ?

Okay fishing boat

Blubber whale seal? Diced raw fish

Daughter father hunting

She can shoot

6 years later

Snow cores? ( i was looking down 😭)

White guy? Researcher

Some samples

Pulsing brain looking thingy in the show

ALIEN FACE SNATCH

And he gone

Soilstice

She looks too old to be a playground

But too old to jand with dad

Quarter allowance DAMN

60 weeks to save 15$

The toothless kid is getting stolen from by older girl

With the braids

No this one got braids too

Bike rescuer bout to save lil bit money

BIKE RACE

Whooo 12! 🚨

Other girls are biking now too unclear why

Got her threw her off the bike.omg PEAK LIL KIDS

They are friends again now just like that she literally just ran her off the road now they are all gonna hang out 🤣🤣🤣

Some girl harpooned a whale (reportedly)

"you're vicious on insta" I LOVE A DEAD PAN DELIVERY

They conspiring to go out on a boat alone

Dead white man on the news

She sunk out with the gun

(it has a scope) she's a long shot

The lil bit wanted to come but they sent her on a snack run she keeps trying to make 15$ deals to hand out with the older kids

She said i can make deals 🤣🤣

Old man caught them talking the boat out peak small town

Lil bit biked all the way to where they are or is she somewhere else by herself??

No she there

Polar bear

Whoa! Very far away to shoot it isn't that illegal

Bear attack

One shot still coming 2 girl shooters

Oh but this over folds under pressure

It got lil bit

Ooo she dead

Shot 2 main hunter girl got em

But lik bit

Holy crap how is she not mauled to death

She was just out, not a single scratch concussion only

They bail

OH AND THE BEAR has the alien thing inside it

They at least clocked the bear looked sus and was charging all wild like one foot was twisted

Black blood

Whitecop hassles kids

Anuk cop saves the day

Look into the kids respectives home

Well off girl parents ignore her

Main girls?? Step mom kinda mean v young??

Dead pan girl mom feeds her only big girl

Tattling is still the primary currency at that age

Shooter no 1 went to find the bear

Find the bike

Alien got somebody at the dock

Granny got dementia

Earlier they were dating all the adults get shit faced

Reference to one abusive parent

Shooter no 1 found the (ookie?) Goopy alien mother ship

Good alien visual bad fox puppet visuals and fight scene

Ookie knifed the fox

Saw the dock worker and other animals getting turned

She's the only one that believes the old stories

At the hot guys house party

Hot guy likes main girl

Main girl is like very queer coded

Lots of internalized racism from her

Kfc expensive yikes

What defines country food ?

I guess shes the trailer trash kid of the already poor kids

White cop got turned by polar bear alien now the literal embodiment of terror to the community

Main kid )maika is being mean to everybody who connects to their culture like literally triggered

Uhp hot boy might just want to hang out with her dad and be a great hunter

Could be both

Ookie came back and warned them but they aren't buying it

Cop there

Oh full exorcist very nice up the stairs

All this is giving Vincent denofrio man n black meat suit doesn't fit btw

Ookie and maika both carry knives

Alien cop went after ookie maika slasher him he ran off

They realized lil bit could be next because she was attacked earlier

These things aren't much for marathons

Sprints only they give up fast

Or more accurate like humans

They sprint, wait, and track

They had sense enough to call police but not mention aliens (say it's drunk men)

This was a weird transition

But now they are building a fort (for nostalgia) the older girls are obviously trying to calm the younger ones down but it was a stiff scene

The acting and writing is a bit inconsistent

That cop lady come to the rescue but she got killed off screen

Strategy session

Noodles and claws

Knife is an oolu

They do the weird walk until they get close

When they get far away they just slow down and go back on exorcist walking 🤣🤣

🤣 dummies think they are tricking us 🤣

U have to be brave

The fuck i do!! 😭😭 that's the first time i heard that

Lol what did she spray

Speaking of it's a literal dkunk outside RN

Timing 🕝

Okay rich girl is staying with the lil kids inside a steel cargo carrier

The girls bail and get tooled up

And hunting make up (imitation ink)

They are unserious in only a way that kids can be

Set a trap 1 down

Hot boy

Trap 2 w/ the quad

Failure

Oakie injury

Maika lost the gun

Everyone is proving to be a better friend than protag

Aliens in maika house

Excellent transition

She got knocked down the whole screen went blank then we flash back to another childhood hunting scene

Old man managed to get away official mantle pass (mechete) to maika and she gets him

Oh the mother ship sent out a beacon after that death

Lol aliens said fuck this shit and just left

Back on the boat with pop

Maika got a job

Seem like dad drinking less is the implication

Lol i guess the news found out ookie is like me i found the aliens interview ME

LAND BACK at the end there

V cute

[kittydemon9000]

Because AU ideas go Brr, Chen And Krux Working Together AU

Okay so I can’t remember whether Krux and Acronix defecting came before or after the Serpentine war, but for the sake of this au let’s just say it came after.

ANYWAY when Krux appears in time earlier without his brother, for a while things go as canon. He creates Dr. Sanders Saunders, starts slowly befriending Ray and Maya, making plans to take over Ninjago, but then realizes that he can’t do this alone. If someone were to come along to fight him, it wouldn’t be much of a fight since he didn’t have his elemental powers, and 40 years is a long time to wait for both his brother and the Time Blades to reappear(he’d wait a life time for his brother, but practicalities).

That’s when he remembers an old enemy who was similarly banished, Master Chen.

Ofc, them meeting at first doesn’t go very well, Chen obviously being very upset over the whole banishing thing, but Krux is able to sway him by saying together they could rule Ninjago, doing whatever they pleased and making Wu and Garmadon pay for what they did. He also throws incentive in the form of Ray and Maya, which is what finally convinces them.

From there, they start planning things out. Krux is able to travel to Ninjago and bring news, and they start preparations for the tournament. With a combination of Clouse’s spells and some spying from Krux, they’re able to figure out just how to lure in each of the EM’s.

Now, when the ninja all meet up at Chen’s Noodles and find the invite, the first note they read very clearly says “Master Chen has personally invited the Masters of Earth, Energy and Lightning to participate in his Tournament of Elements.” Kai is very upset that this mean he probably won’t be able to go and he hates just sitting around, but there honestly isn’t much he can do about it.

At least until he gets back to the Bounty to find Nya frantically pacing.

He asks what’s going on but she just throws a scroll of paper at his face and tells him to read.

He does, and it’s a similar offer to the one he saw the other guys get and reads as follows

“Master Chen has personally invited the Masters of Fire and Water to partake in his Tournament of Elements. Meet on the docks at midnight. Tell no one.”

And Kai mentions how he just saw the guys getting a similar one, but Nya tells him to look on the back.

And it’s a picture of their parents along with a note saying they know where they are and will tell them if either win the Tournament

Cue a not so mild freak out since holy shit their parents are alive but also oh no they have to chose between Zane and their parents, but also Nya’s an Elemental Master???? 

However they don’t have much time to dispute it as it’s almost midnight and they need to get to the boat. They quickly pack some things, specifically a pair of trackers and experimental communicators that are incredibly difficult to spot and head out

They’re just barely able to arrive on time, and because of that don’t immediately find the other ninja on the boat. They actually spend most of the trip in a corner trying to figure out what the hell Nya’s going to do since she just found out she had powers like, two hours ago and hasn’t unlocked her True Potential, and they weren’t allowed to bring weapons. They pretty quickly come to the conclusion that there isn’t much they can do, and to just hope her training is enough to get her through.

Kai doesn’t actually fight Karlof this time, nor does he meet Skylor.

They arrive, the other Ninja are like “:000 Kai and Nya? What’re you doing here?” And explain that the two of them got a separate invite, probably because they were siblings and how Nya is apparently the Master of Water, carefully leaving out their parents involvement.

During Chen’s explanation Krux is actually standing by Chen along with Clouse but disguised, but both Kai and Nya feel like he’s vaguely familiar.

Nya’s room is right next to Kai’s, actually where Skylor’s would’ve been and when it’s time to start he gives her the Jade Blade, saying he’ll figure something out, which I mean, technically he does but Nya punches him for cutting it so close

The Fighting Rounds occur basically the same. Nya ends up fighting Mr.Paleman, and I actually don’t need to change anything for that since in the show he doesn’t actually fight anyone….for some reason. Yeah not sure why that happened but it makes things easier for me and her match takes place after Kai and Ash’s.

Oh also Nya is Very Done with the love triangle bull and yells at them before the match to stop being idiots since it was all a misunderstanding that happened months ago, so they don’t Fight Fight but Cole still ends up getting eliminated.

During the Thunderblade match Nya is only slightly better than Kai at skating, being able to actually keep her balance, but again not much canon change.

Alliance time, they don't find the spy, badadadadada quick bounce back to Stuff Happening In The Factory

Through some events Cole gets hurt and needs to be sent to the medics. Nothing too bad, but he should probably get it checked out.

Surprise surprise, the pair is none other than Ray and Maya. The reason they’re there and not working is because they’re too valuable to be out and about, sort of like Zane. 

Cole likes them though. Maya reminds him of his mom. He also promises to get them out.... somehow.

Swigging swoo time for powers to get snatched.

Only now we also have Krux revealing himself, commenting on how much Kai and Nya have grown. They’re understandably confused, but then Kai remembers his parents had a friend who stopped visiting around when they went missing. Kai gets extraordinarily pissed, like full feral trying to throw himself at Krux, yelling about how it’s all his fault they were alone.

Chen steals their powers, however it doesn’t quite work with Nya. That’s because the block that keeps EMs from using their powers prior to True Potential also keeps it blocked from most methods of stealing it.

Sooooo they end up taking her which just pisses Kai off even more. (The other EMs are lowkey afraid of him, as they should)

Eventually Jay finally asks who that guy was and why it’s making Kai so upset at which they learn that the invite Kai and Nya got said that is they won they’d get info on their parents who disappeared when they were kids and that guy was a “friend” of theirs who stopped visiting around the same time and seems to have kidnapped them. Lloyd then asks what he meant by them being alone, at which Kai quickly explains how he’s been basically raising Nya since their parents disappeared. Then one of the EMs asks how long ago that was, and Kai just casually says since he was 5 and Nya was 3. Cue much concern, but they don’t have time to deal with that, they need to break out.

And it goes pretty well. They get Nya and Sensei G, fight off the cultists, free some of the other people trapped, and then Cole’s like “wait we can’t forget the medics” so they start heading that way, and bam revealed that those two are Kai and Nya’s parents and they have a nice lil reunion :D

And after that canon is....pretty much the same, Kai ends up getting captured along with Skylor because they’re salty, and he’s able to convince her to join their side. Ray and Maya are also pretty sad about Sensei G leaving since they just reunited.

I think that’s everything....

Oh right Krux. Well....he sorta escapes. He had escape plans long before he even officially joined Chen, so it wasn’t too difficult to escape. The ninja are on high alert and because Wu is aware the Twins might be an issue explains how Acronix, the other twin, will be retuning shortly after the DotD.

[wxsuthorn]

Yes, I am that person who spams the groupchat about BL.

I was watching A Round Trip To Love for the first time and here’s what i spammed my group chat:

omg what the im like one minute in and someone already got shot

ten minutes in and someone’s about to get topped

oh my god they are so cute look at that

oof he don’t wanna do the do

oh my god literally just get married

the rings i cannot

this is so frigging oh my god i love it

wait no omg they were found

NO DONT HIT MY SON SCREW YOU

ugh homophobes

now everything’s fricking sad

hong kong?

hey i used to live there

for 7 years

cool

omg the ringggggg

omg the letters

omg this is so sad what

what

jejskskjskdkxndndkkd no stop my heart is dying

NO WHAT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT I WAS NOT READY WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT OMG HIS BROTHER IS GAY TOO OH MY GOD WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIY WAIT HIS BROTHER HIS BROTHER HIS BROTHER HIS BROTHER BEN GAY KRUB AKMSNSKSNND

omg wait

this movie is so fast pace wait what

OMG WAIT

HE IS

THE CEO

OF THE COMPANY

AND HE STILL HAS THE RING

WHAT THE FRIIIIIIIIDGE

HOLY

MOTHER OF GOD

OH

MY

GOD

HE SEES THAT HE NO LONGER WEARS THE RING

HOLY FRICK

oh my god

oh my god

omg wait he’s giving him noodles

omg peak asian boyfriend material

omg wait that’s so fucking cute what uwu

oh my god

he said it

he

holy

LIAR

WHAT

WAIT THE RING

AND THE LETTERS

OMG THERE ARE SO MANY IM GONNA CRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

IT WAS HIS MOM’S FAULTH

DMEKKDKD

YES BOY RUN TO UR MANS

omg the mom is so homophobic that she’s asking to die instead of have a gay don

son*

what a great parent

HE LEFT

WHAT

HE LEFT

WHY WOULD HE DO THAT

WAIT NO

HE SENT A TEXT

wait

okay

oh wow

he threw his phone

omg

holy shit

oh my god noooooo fucking what the shit MY RICH SON I KNOW SHIT IS HARD BUT IT DO BE LIKE THAT SOME TIMES NOW STOP HITTING YOUR BOYFRIEND’S BROTHER’S BOYFRIEND

OH MY GOD NOOOO HE HIT HIS BACK ON THE CORNER OF THE TABLE WTFFF

THAT SHIT HURTSS

OMG NOOO

omg

holy shit

HE WAS PARALYSED

wait

oh my god

OH MY GOD NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

oh my god

omg stop fighting my children holy shit stoopooOooOoooppp

ugh

the friggin sound cut off

oh my god poor baby

xiao chen is just a baby

oh no

the mom

oh my god

she’s gonna die

i swear she’s gonna die by the end of this

aahhhh this is bad now the mom wil hate mr. lu even more

omggggg

太可怜

为什么jakkskskksksk我会哭死了kssmndkx他们为什么要打架????

omg is she gonna kill herself

no wait

okay

i think we’re safe

damn i feel so bad for her

even tho she homophobic she’s still got some shit going on

HOLY SHIT SHE

DIED

UH

WHAT

wait

she died

wait no waht

what

你为什么要答应她?makajskqkns

Istg if he runs over him im gonna loose my fricking marbles

Asdlkfjalsdjfsljkdf he stopped lets go

NO WHAT

DONT YOU DARE

FRICK

ALKDLKJDFLKJSFLJD

Omg he literally just did that

He just

Holy

NOEEEEEE

WHAT THE HELL WHY TF WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME THAT THIS WAS GONNA BE ANGSTY

PEOPLE JUST SAID IT WAS EXPLICIT

BUT THEY DIDNT WARN ME ABOUT THIS

WHAT

WHAT THE FRGGIN FRACK

WHAT

THE

HELL

WHAT

I JUST WANTED A BREAK FROM MAKE IT RIGHT BEFORE I STARTED SEASON TWO

NOT A BREAK IN MY FRIGGIN HEART SLKJDFLDSJFLKDSJ

Istg ill shove those flowers down the dad’s throat

I hate BL parents

I only like Pete’s dad, Kao’s mom, like a few other people who I can’t exactly think of at the moment, but other than that parents are disgusting creatures of beastiality

Oh my god

The ring drop

I will literally die

Watch me

Im dead

Im now ghost writing this

LKFJDL:SJDFL:JDSF:LKJLDFN

Omg the symbolism.

He drops the ring

Tries so hard to pick it back up again

But then someone stops him, before he could hurt himself.

Ring represents his love with xiao chen

I literally

What the hell

This is art

But it’s angsty and sad and idk what to do other than cryyyyyyyyLSJF

OMG WAIT SHE PICKS IT UP FOR HIM LETS GO.

Wait what if she symbolizes like the universe or nature or fate and its just like: relax i get that for you hold up a sec tho

Lu Feng is so strong. Like mentally

He has to suffer with the guilt of the death of xiao chen’s mom and the guilt of his brother being paralyzed

He is also heartbroken and his father literally is so oppressive and just terrible to him

He willingly got hit by a car just so that xiao chen would be happy

Not to get back together, but for him to be happy

Im frigging soft dont touch me

Goddamn he came back

periodt

Oh wow

Lovers to enemies

Okay then

Please dont hurt him anymore than you already have

For both him and yourself

And me

It’s painful to watch

HE HAS A KID

I REPEAT

HE HAS

A

SACK OF GERMS

WITH HAIR

HOLDING HIS HAND

AND A FEMALE WIFE

HE IS LITERALLY A BOTTOM

Welp we stan a bicon i guess

Or just a man refusing to accept his sexuality

hE CAN WALK

YAYAYAYAYAYAY

Chills

Literal chills

Damn this is a good movie

This man has the audacity to drug my son

This is kinda uncomfy man idk how i feel about this

Omg wait he pulls him in

Okay consent?

Yes?

Oh what

Okay

“I’m not interested in you” he said

Well damn

The bottom energy radiating from this man is impeccable

I feel bad for the bathtub

I am so conflicted

Why couldn’t they just be happy uwu babies that share noodles in a cozy little apartment

Ughhhhhh i hate that i still have an attachment to lu feng even though i should hate him cuz he’s crazy and a kidnapper and he literally raped xiao chen

ON THE BOAT

REALLY

They’re in a pool now

Damn that ring has been going through a lot

HE LOOKS FOR IT

XIAO CHEN LOOKS FOR THE RING OH MY GOD

Idk what to believe now this is crazy

Omg he’s drowning

As the police arrive

Oh my god is this where he gets shot

Holy crap

Im literally crying so hard right now i can’t

This hug

This mf hug

WHAT DO I DO AKJLSKDFJ DO I SHIP IT OR DO I DISAPPROVE BECAUSE LIKE RAPE?

HELLO????

Idk lu feng was so messed up

OMG THE BROTHER SHOT IT

YI CHEN

SHOT

XIAO CHEN

OMG

But he was aiming for lu feng sdlfjalskdjfla

This movie

Oh my dear god

程亦辰，我错了，我爱你

OH MY FRIGGING GOD I DONT WANNA FORGIVE HIM BUT I HAVE TO

Wait no

I don’t forgive him

I just give him a second chance

Cuz he went through shit

But xiao chen went through more shit and dealt with it better cuz of his sort of “cowardly” and “content” personality sal;djflsadkjfas;lkd

The flashbacks of his past self

Man this hits hard

Oh my god he’s waking up while lu feng is abou to fricking die

Oh my god please dont die

He’s dead

He’s fricking dead

That ending

WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME THAT THERE IS NO HAPPY ENDING

WHY WOULD ASJFLSDKFJ:LDJSF WHAT THE HELL IM GOING TO DIE

IM CRYING

IM LITERALLY CRYING SO HARD RIGHT NOW IT’S NOT EVEN FUNNY

His last words were xiao chen

Omg the cinematography in this movie was brilliant

All of the symbolism and all of the frigging flashbacks and back and forth and just everything.

Oh my god this was so so so so so sooooo good. I’m literally at a loss for words

Oh my fricking god

And when he was like reaching for lu feng at the end

Saying the there was a deeper feeling within the hate

I lost it

[the-blue-sandglass]

A SophBot’s Thoughts: Kingdom Hearts III

SPOILERS UP AHEAD! DON’T READ IF YOU HAVEN’T FINISHED THE GAME-

Here’s me summing up best I can my thoughts on a ten-hour game I’ve been pumped about for several years!

Two characters in particular will get their own post(s), as I have...things to say.

I love this game to death. The gameplay is smooth, there’s so much potential in battle, the graphics and soundtrack are beautiful, and beating the snot out of creepy hooded people has never been so much fun, at least in my eyes.

However, while I did enjoy the story overall, several things bring it down and can put quite a damper on the experience of the Dark Seekers’ finale. But first, I’ll start off with what I enjoyed story-wise.

Sora

Ah, Sora. Our good boi. One of the best bois.

Sora is arguably the character who’s written the best in the game - perhaps it’s a matter of screen time and being playable, but he ended up doing the most out of everyone (a problem on its own, but we’ll get to that when we get to it) - all while veering on the edge of despair.

Maybe I’m rather biased, as he’s always been one of my favourite characters in these games, but seeing him get up and fight again after that crap he went through at the end of DDD, and not only get back the strength he had initially lost but prove victorious was more than a prideful moment for me. His interactions with Donald and Goofy (for the most part, we’ll get to that bit when we get to it) were great and felt pretty natural and friendly, you feel the connection there. The idea that this lad’s also just barely holding on puts things into an interesting perspective...and makes that goddamn moment (you know the one) all the more heartbreaking.

You did wonderful, my good boi. You’ll be back. But that’s a matter that proves...problematic.

Worlds

Admittedly, the lack of Final Fantasy was disappointing. But the way most of the worlds were handled in the overall plot has a clear improvement that makes the story of each one a lot more investing. Holy hot damn, the villains have an actual reason to be there-

THE DAY IS G O L D-

Also...seeing these dramatic, edgy villains get torn to shreds by Disney characters is bloody glorious.

Never would one expect ‘Woody roasts Xehanort’ to be such a goddamn awesome search-

Skididdle, skadoodle, Xehanort. You are loved less than a noodle-

The Whole Rest

Since I don’t want this to be overtly long, here’s a list of other scenes I thought were-

-The reunion between the Wayfinder Trio (top notch, lads, tears all around)

-Most of the Roxas story (a bit more attention would have been nice, but still pretty good as far as I could tell)

-YEETUS VANITAS

-Luxord Overboard

-San Fransokyo in general (yes, I cried at BH6)

-Corona in general (those interactions! The dance in the middle of the square, YESSS-)

-CHOO CHOO, MOTHERF-

-Most of the Org XIII’s death scenes were handled well

-WHERE’S THE LAMB SAUCE, SORA- 

-I’M ON A BOAT-

-THAT BIT IN THE KEYBLADE GRAVEYARD WITH EPHEMER AND THE KEYS OF THE FALLEN

-Eraqus and the Wayfinder Trio (brief as it was)

-Those bits with Kid!Xehanort (where did you go wrong, kid-) and Kid!Eraqus

-Most bits of the credits (the final cutscene will be discussed separately) were goddamn adorable

-That cliffhanger could lead us to...interesting places.

-And that shot when Sora’s saying how Xehanort’s caught up in the shadows, as it won’t save for some reason and I feel it’s underappreciated-

And then it alllll went WRONG.

Okay, maybe I'm pushing it a bit. But the story’s hardly perfect. Where to start...oh yeah, the beginning and problems that peek their heads out.

No bulli Sora!

I’ve mentioned before my...distaste for Yen Sid’s actions in passing, but let’s get into the start of things, and this doesn’t apply just to him in particular. But it starts with him - and arguably ends with him too, but it’s one of the things I'm gonna talk about in the next post.

I won’t discuss it too much but - wow, there’s a startling lack of tact for this traumatic event Sora went through, how long ago? I doubt it’s been long enough for the boy to be completely over it, as he’s clearly still hurt and affected by the lack of strength he has; even Pete pointing it out clearly stings!

Yet, literally everyone treats it as a joke. Which, I wouldn’t be so bothered by if Sora’s chill with it (like maybe a ‘Hey!’ and then a laugh)...but he’s not.

He’s almost always folding his arms or frowning and not saying anything while everyone just laughs at what’s basically him being stuck with a crappy position. For most of the game, Donald and Goofy are pretty good - but when this pops up, it puts a damper on it, at least for me.

Which leads me into...

DDD’s climax? What’s that?

Did everyone besides Sora, Donald, Goofy, Yen Sid and Young Xehanort forget about DDD’s ending? The fact that Sora nearly got turned into a bloody vessel?

Well, apparently! 

As far as I remember, the only time the event’s really discussed as it is (not just ‘Sora lost his strength’) is near the start when Yen Sid’s reminding him of it even though Sora is literally the last person who should have to be reminded about it, LITERALLY OLD MAN HE WAS THE VICTIM OF IT-

Anyway, there’s that bit, and that one scene I joked about in Toy Box-

Well, no shit he remembers you. You only stalked him and tried to possess him. And then after that, it’s never really mentioned again? There’s not even a line like, ‘You’re no longer of use to us’ of any kind which makes the climax of DDD feel...well, empty. Hell, it kinda makes those parts where something bad happens to Sora (like when the asshat above yeets him into Verum Rex just to troll or when Marluxia uses ‘Sleep’ and never uses it again) feel like they’re cheap tactics to make the player go ‘Oh no!’. But yeah, story-wise, how does that impact the rest of III aside from Sora losing his strength?

Wow, as if it was just an excuse to have Sora be at LVL 1 at the start of the game!

OH WAIT.

THERE’S SO MANY GOOD CHARACTERS, USE THEM-

One that’s not as big to me anyway, but still worth noting. A lot of characters in KH3 don’t really get the screentime they should. They just sorta show up, and do what they have to. It works fine...! It just...feels kinda underwhelming not to see more of them.

Looking at the way Terra was handled, as I leave you with a question; after he gets brought back into his own body...what is he allowed to do?

Granted, I won’t complain that characters from Twilight Town and the Disney worlds get more to them - it makes you believe that Sora and his squad are friends with them now, but it would still have been nice to have seen more of characters like Aqua, Ven, TERRA, Roxas and Xion...though those last two might be helped in the new DLC.

I hope.

But, I doubt the DLC could help the next two cases out much...oh yes, I refer to Kairi and Yen Sid. And surprise - Xehanort will be getting his own in regards to his actions and how...our heroes respond.

Down the rabbit hole we go!

(sorry if this was structured a bit weirdly, my first time doing a post of this type-)

[laurens-lil-fics]

Hallucinate - Matt Murdock x Powered! Reader Part 1

Series Summary: When members of a criminal organization start flooding precincts all over New York, turning themselves in, Daredevil must investigate to see what new player has them running for the hills.

Chapter Summary: Matt, Foggy and Karen are among a group of lawyers called to the 15th precinct police station when a wave of baddies show up to turn themselves in. But what’s sent them scattering in the wind?

Word Count: 1936

Warnings: Violence, kidnapping

Author’s note: I’ve been wanting to do a powered! reader series for a while with Daredevil and I think I finally have a good way to execute that. I hope y'all enjoy!

The call came around 1:30. 

Matt was about halfway down with the takeout Karen had brought him when he heard Foggy cheerfully answering a call from Brett. His tone completely changed once Brett started speaking. He heard everything, but still bothered to ask what had happened once Foggy ended the call.

“It’s the 15th... Hell, not just the 15th, stations all over Hell’s Kitchen are getting tons of perps just walking in and asking to be processed.” Foggy said, repackaging his noodles and quickly doing the same to Matt’s and Karen’s lunches. 

“Wait a minute, so Brett wants us to go down there why?” Karen asked, glancing between the two.

“Every perp is entitled to a lawyer, I can’t imagine we’re the only ones he called...” Matt said, standing and quickly putting on his suit jacket. 

Karen quickly called them a cab, and the three were on their way to the 15th. 

It was Hell pushing through the crowd of people just outside the entrance. News reporters, lawyers, investigators, even some people waiting to turn themselves in. If it wasn’t for Brett, the three would have probably been stuck outside.

“You guys got a preference? Take your pick, not a lot of em are very talkative...” Brett said, leading them towards the interrogation rooms.

“I thought you said they were turning themselves in, how are they doing that if they’re giving you the silent treatment?” Foggy asked.

“A lot of em are parole violations, some of em are guys we’ve been trying to find on petty charges. I think it goes a lot deeper than that, though.” Brett explained.

Matt could feel a headache coming on from all the commotion, people shouting they stole this or defaced that, all trying to get locked up as quickly as possible. Despite the sensory overload, he tried focusing his hearing for anyone in an interrogation room who seemed the most on edge. Someone who would give up information easily.

He found his target. He could smell the pit sweat from 5 rooms away where they stood. Once they stood in front of the door, Matt tapped Foggy’s hand, prompting Foggy to ask Brett to let them in that room.

The man’s heart sounded like it was about to thump out of his chest and into oncoming traffic just from the sound of the door opening. 

Matt, Karen and Foggy took their seats on the opposite end of the table from him, making their introductions. 

“So, Mr. Mackie, says here you turned yourself in because of a parole violation?” Karen asked, glancing between the man and his file.

He quickly nodded his head glancing between the three. “Look, just have them send me back to prison. I only got like a year on my sentence, just get them to send me back for the year.” He sputtered. 

“Mr. Mackie, it says you had a 10 year sentence, you’ve been spending the past 6 on parole. Why give up 9 years of good behavior? And so suddenly?” Foggy asked.

“Does it really matter?!” Mackie snapped, his heart rate spiking. “I broke my parole, I broke the law, I should be locked up! I want a different lawyer, you two ask too many questions!”

Foggy and Karen sighed softly, getting up to leave only to stop when they saw Matt planted in his seat. “Mr. Mackie, lemme have a moment alone with you, without my partners. I want to get this sorted out just as much as you do... the sooner you and I can cooperate the sooner we can get your court date scheduled.”

Mr. Mackie considered the offer for a moment before quickly nodding, sending Foggy and Karen out into the hall.

“Mr. Mackie...” Matt began, motioning to the door. “It doesn’t take a genius to know something else is going on here, what with all the other people outside, trying to get in here...”

He shook slightly, shutting his eyes before giving a frustrated sigh. “We were supposed to all come in separate... go to different precincts all over the city, make it look in...incon... not suspicious, yknow?”

“So you know all those people?” Matt asked, leaning in closer as Mr. Mackie glanced at the two way mirror. Mr. Mackie leaned in as well.

“We...we work together...” he mumbled.

“For someone... dangerous? Someone who threatened you?” Matt asked, his tone gentle so not as to scare his client into kicking him out of the room.

“It’s not the boss...” he whispered. “It’s the person after the boss...” Without warning, he pulled away from Matt, looking wildly around the room as if someone had caught the two of them. 

“Easy, Mr. Mackie, easy. Let me help you, do you know who it is?” Matt asked, keeping his voice level despite his obvious confusion. He didn’t hear anything suspicious nearby, nothing that could have alarmed Mr. Mackie.

“No! I don’t know what you’re talking about, I just violated my parole! That’s all I did is violate my parole!” He shouted, refusing to meet Matt’s gaze.

Defeated, Matt stood up before setting his card down in front of his client. “Well... if any other details about your parole come up... give me a call. I’ll come down here as soon as possible.”

Before Matt could leave, Mr. Mackie spoke up. “My parole... I broke it at the docks... the ones by West 57th...”

It wasn’t much of a lead, but that’s all Matt had to go off of. He told Foggy and Karen what he had learned, assuring them he’d be careful when he got to the docks. 

He was perched on the roof of a warehouse, one close enough where he could get a view of the docks and be able to run to them incase he saw anything suspicious. 

2 AM and no activity so far, save for some teens skateboarding by on their way to a bodega. 

A part of him worried Mr. Mackie had given him a false lead, something to satisfy him to stop asking questions about whatever his “job” was. Those fears were quickly discarded at the sound of several vans approaching the docks. 30 minutes passed without any movement, until Matt focused on the sound of a boat engine slowly approaching. 

It sounded too big to be a speedboat, maybe a yacht, but what would a yacht be doing at 2 AM in the Hudson in the middle of Winter?

Once the yacht was close enough, he could hear the sounds of people sobbing below deck, about 10 or 12.

“Holy shit...” Matt mumbled, sprinting down the fire escape and towards a cluster of shipping containers right beside the dock. Just as he climbed atop a container, the people were being taken from the ship and dragged towards the vans.

Armed guards waited outside the vehicles, looking around for any intruders. 

“Looks like tonight’s going off without a hitch.” One spoke up.

“Yeah, right when all those guys up and quit with their tails between their legs. More money for us.” another snickered, adjusting his hold on his rifle.

Another spoke up, this one sounding like he was ready to jump out of his skin. “You don’t think she’s really gonna show, do you?”

The first guard scoffed, it sounded like he nudged the other with his elbow. “Don’t be such a chicken shit. She would have gotten here by now. And if she does decide to show up,” he cocked his shotgun, “she’ll be getting a face full of this.”

Matt stood from his crouching position as the people were dragged closer to the vans, preparing to leap into action.

Before he could move, and just as a guard caught sight of him, he heard someone’s heart beating somewhere nearby. It was different, irregular almost. And hovering just above him.

“It’s Daredev-” before the goon could finish, he was sent flying into one of the vans, screaming until he made impact. The rifles the others were holding began to slowly twist and contort before flying out of the guard’s hands.

Matt could hear the wind whipping against the person’s clothing, their joints creaking as they twisted their hands and flicked their fingers this way and that. Vans went flying into the river, guards were sent this way and that. Those who had hold of the people they were attempting to kidnap began to clutch at their heads, screaming in pain and giving the people enough time to sprint away and hide.

The person slowly descended, glancing at Daredevil as they went. Once their boots hit the cement, they slowly made their way towards one of the men writhing on the ground.

Matt ran to the hostages who watched the scene in horror, only becoming more scared when they saw a man in a devil costume standing before them. “There’s a police patrol nearby, if you run you can make it to them in time and get to safety. Tell them to send back up to the docks as soon as possible.”

Some of them nodded, others looked like he had just spoken a made up language to them. Nonetheless, they all took off running in the same direction.

Matt leaned against the wall of the shipping container, listening as the person kneeled beside one of the guards.

“This can all stop... this can all be over.” She spoke, her voice muffled by the mask that covered the lower half of her face. “You just have to tell me where Blum is. And I’ll let it end.”

“Fuck you!” he spat, earning a sigh from the woman. 

“You never make it easy, do you?” she lamented. She raised a hand to his head, tilting it from side to side.

Matt wasn’t exactly sure what was happening, he had no idea who this woman was, if she was willing to kill these men or what. Just that she was after someone named Blum.

His train of thought was interrupted when she sighed disappointingly. “You really don’t know anything, do you?”

One of the more tenacious goons slowly stood up, trying to sneak up on her with his pistol at the ready.

Matt emerged from his hiding spot, throwing one of his batons at the man just as he fired. The impact made him miss, but still alerted the woman in front of them.

She flung her hand in their direction, causing the two to freeze in place. It was almost as if there was an energy around Matt feeding off of him, making him stay still. 

The woman stood up and approached Daredevil, her eyes trailing over his figure. “Daredevil... big fan. I’ll have to get your autograph later.”

Next thing he knew, he was sent flying towards a shipping container, smacking into the side of it. Upon impact, she kept his body planted against the metal.

She turned to the guard that tried to fire at her, only to be interrupted by the echo of numerous police sirens headed their way.

She turned back to Daredevil and released her hold on him, letting him fall to the ground. He felt absolutely drained, he could have fallen asleep then and there on the docks if she had kept her hold on him for just a second longer. At least that’s what it felt like.

“Next time don’t get in my way, Daredevil. This isn’t your fight.” With that, he heard her boots leave the pavement, and the wind whip past her until she had flown out of his hearing range.

Matt forced himself to stand up and run from the docks, just as the police arrived.

[murdoch-blogs-too]

Murdoch Mysteries characters as my favorite Danganronpa quotes.

William Murdoch: “Holy shit I love boats.”

George Crabtree: "Well, I was always taught that if you had bad penmanship, a ghost would come and haunt you."

Thomas Brackenried: "Make like a tree and fuck off"

Henry Higgins: “If Thursday was pronounced thars-day that be kinda funny.” 

Detective Watts: “It’s a washing machine... I doubt it’s the culprit.”

Emily Grace: "Welcome to the world of girl love! It's slippery when wet!"

Julia Ogden: "Would an Italian chef suddenly start making ramen, just because they're both noodles? Don't be stupid!"

James Gillies: “It’s a lie!”

[maguneedsalife]

WonFes Postmortem

Alright yall remember the bingo card I made a few days ago for my wonfes hopes?

turns out I did pretty good!!!

I did kinda shoot myself in the foot by dedicating a whole row to non-garage kit Granblue figures but... Granblue represents a pretty significant chunk of what I care about these days lmao. (Some optimistic part of me wonders if they’re holding off gbf figure announcements until the 5th anniversary in a few weeks...)

While there were many announcements/updates I was happily surprised by, there were a few things I’d been rly hoping to see but didn’t.... namely, a kotobukiya scale figure of Dawn. They’ve done all the girl protags except Dawn and Crys so far; since I don’t really think they’re going to make one of Crys at this point, I was hoping we’d finally get Dawn... alas, Koto’s big Pokemon announcement this wonfes was.... Professor Oak??? To say I’m disappointed would be the understatement of the century tbh!!!!! (like, I get it, I get why they went with Oak. Kanto hype is big rn and his voice actor just died recently. I get it. I’m still REALLY mad that they skipped Dawn)

Disappointments aside, we had some pretty big winners this wonfes!!! As usual, here’s my highlights:

Announcements 

There were some pretty huge announcements this time around!! Figma and Nendoroid Goro Akechi are all a fangirl could really hope for, and I’m really, really happy to see that GSC decided to make the whole main party in P5 (esp considering they’ve skimped on persona figures before... no, I am still not over never getting P4 protag). I may be considering quitting figmas, but I may also get the Akechi one for my Joker, who knows? Nendo Akechi is gonna be an insta-buy though holy shit.

Also... all 12 Hypmic boys were announced as nendoroids!! I actually had a vague premonition a few weeks ago that we’d get Hypmic figures this wonfes but not like this!!!!! (I put Jakurai on my highlights bc he’s the only one I care about)

I put down nendo Amaterasu not bc I’m personally interested in it, but I have friends who were really excited about it. Also, I am kinda curious how they’re going to make a nendoroid out of a wolf! 

Finally, I’m really glad that GSC could announce a Mutsunokami nendo with a prototype already made ;u; that swordboy deserves more love

Unpainted Prototypes

I mentioned Mutsu already, but I was also happy with a lot of the unpainted prototypes revealed this wonfes. (Not listed here were nendoroid Ann, nendoroid Hachisuka, and another scale figure of Arthur Pendragon; also cool, but not quite highlight tier). I’m glad nendoroid Mai-senpai is coming out so cute! And of course, I was pleasantly surprised to see Goodsmile shouting shuake rights with their photo of the Crow and Joker scales together. I prob won’t be buying them (I don’t like the poses that much) but I’m glad to see GSC is starting to realize that if you put the ships together, the fangirls will come in droves.

The most important prototype on this list though -  Flare’s Oswald emerges from the ether after almost 3 years of silence!!! Unfortunately I’m now long past the point of caring enough about Odin Sphere to buy him (thats what you get for taking so long flare) but I’m still happy to see he hasn’t been forgotten or canceled.

Painted Prototypes

aaaand here’s where more of the heavy hitters come in. Romani was in a similar boat as Oswald (wonfes after wonfes passing without a single update after the announcement) so I’m happy to see him done and painted!! He’s cuter than I was prepared for!!

Ozymandias was bound to be a winner after his unpainted prototype was shown off at Animate Girls Fest last fall, and it looks like Megahouse knocked it out of the park this time too! He’s so handsome!!!! His pose is absolutely killer, and the paint is amazing.

Speaking of amazing paint... Altair’s Merlin is out here looking like a goddamn dream!!! I wasn’t going to buy him bc I have the nendoroid already, but scale Merlin’s hair came out so beautiful.... It really brings out the ephemeral quality of Merlin as a character. I might have to start putting money away in anticipation of his undoubtedly high price.......

I’d been considering swearing off scales for a while after I preordered Altair’s Arthur, but these three have made me deeply reconsider!!!!

Other highlights: Nendoroid Yusuke looks really good!! And I had to include the noodle-sitting Nitocris bc she’s just so cute!!! nito might be the closest thing I have to a fate wife

All in all, it was a pretty successful wonfes for me!! Lots to look forward to and be excited about and save up for. I probably won’t buy everything on my highlights list, but nendo Jakurai and Akechi are definitely winners, and I’ll likely end up buying one of those fate scales too... or all of them....

[johndarryl-blog]

The Hero of Justice

(Ten-Minute Play)

 CHARACTERS

Manny Guevara- A mercenary that fortunately saw Jack and saved him from the burning town.

Jack- A teenager who got rescued by Manny from the fires, unfortunately he has lost his memories, right now he is living at the Guevara residence, adopted by Manny until his memories return or a relative comes and pick him up.

PLACE

The time is present

PLACE

A town in Manila, Philippines

Scene 1

Night. BURNING TOWN…

JACK

(Panting)

Fire… There’s fire,,, Everywhere. Oh God… I-I got to get… out of here.

(JACK falls down)

JACK

No… I can’t… Not now, shit… My consciousness… it’s… fading….

(MANNY is seen running towards JACK and dragging/carrying him away)

Scene 2

Day. Hospital

(JACK wakes up and looks around the room and sees MANNY)

JACK

Who are you?

MANNY

The guy who rescued you, the names Manny, Manny Guevara, but you can just call me Manny. What about yours kid?

JACK

Jack.

MANNY

Jack? What’s your family name?

JACK

I can’t remember…

MANNY

Oh great, please don’t tell me you got amnesia, can you really not remember anything? Like nothing at all? Not even your parents?

JACK

No… Nothing at all, not even my papa or mama, and I think they… Died… In the fire.

MANNY

You can’t recall anything at all? Not even your relatives?

(JACK shakes his head)

MANNY

(Face palms)

Great, just what I needed. Fine you know what kiddo do you want to come live with me? At least until the memories come back or someone comes to pick you up.

JACK

Okay…

MANNY

Ok then, it’s decided, I’ll go do the boring stuff and fill in some paperwork, meanwhile you can just go ahead and lay down on the bed, to recover your strength.

(MANNY walks out of the scene/stage)

JACK

Scene 3

Night. MANNY’S CAR

(MANNY notices JACK is still awake)

MANNY

Hey kid you should probably sleep, it’s already 10 o’clock in the night already, which in my opinion is already way past your bedtime.

JACK

I… I can’t sleep, whenever I close my eyes I see the charred corpses that I had to step on just to save myself, I hear the screams of the ones trapped under the burning rubbles of the city, shouting at me “Why did you have to be the one to survive”.(MANNY stops the car)

MANNY

Jack… listen to me kiddo, you had to do what you had to do to survi-

JACK

Don’t give me that stupid excuse! I knew I had to do what I did… but it does not make it any easier to bear with the fact that I left them all to die just for me to survive… that I stepped on the charred corpses of someone that I might have known, that I had just covered my ears to the screams of agony of someone that might have been my friend. I just…

(JACK starts to sob)

MANNY

Jack…

(MANNY stops the car and hugs JACK)

MANNY

Listen to me Jack, if I said I can give you an advice for this I would be lying, it’s normal to feel guilt over a situation like that, to feel grief that you are the only one that survived, that the people you have grown to care about is gone and that the days with them that you have come to like will never return again, there are no magical words that can be said to you to make that pain go away, the only thing that you can do is to move forward, and eventually the pain will go away, left with the times that have long passed.

(JACK pushes MANNY away)

JACK

Are you implying that I will just eventually forget those that I have previously loved? That along with the pain they will just disappear from my memories?

MANNY

Well I mean they already disappeared from your memories you know? Amnesia remember?

(JACK punches MANNY)

JACK

Don’t make fun of me!

MANNY

Ok I kinda deserved that

JACK

Kinda! Do you even hear yourself Manny! Or is your ego too big for you to look over and see how insensitive the words you have said are!

MANNY

Ok Jack listen-

JACK

Listen to what huh? What are you gonna say next? That I should have just gone and laid down with the corpses next to the fire?

MANNY

Now you see that joke is tasteless and just not my style

JACK

FUCK YOU MANNY!

MANNY

Ok now that was uncalled for Jack.

JACK

Your joke was uncalled for!

MANNY

Ok, ok calm down Jack I am sorry, it’s just I use jokes to cope with the crap that happens in my life ok? Sorry about that joke Jack. But what I wanted to convey to you is that you should go and move forward, not forget them, but to move forward. Live your life to the fullest, not only for yourself but also for them, to those that you have left behind.

JACK

Easier said than done…

Manny

Heh, tell me about it kid.

Scene 4

Morning. GUEVARA ESTATE

JACK

Good morning Manny.

MANNY

Good morning Jackie boyo.

JACK

What are you doing?

MANNY

Cooking us dinner and OH MY GOD! Jack help!

JACK

What! What is it! Holy crap it’s burning! How the heck did you screw up this badly!

(JACK takes the fire extinguisher and extinguishes the fire)

MANNY

(panting)

Hahaha, Nice job boyo!

JACK

Don’t nice job me Manny! What the heck were you cooking!

MANNY

Erm umm, I was boiling some water for noodles.

JACK

Excuse me? Boiling water?

MANNY

Yes…

JACK

Is this one of your jokes again?

MANNY

Nope.

JACK

I have multiple questions that I am afraid to seek the answer to. Just for heaven’s sake just let me cook from now on so we don’t have another town burned to the ground.

MANNY

Sure thing boyo, also check out the pamphlets on the table, those are the list of schools in this town.

JACK

Sure. Also... Does it really feel that good?

MANNY

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! kiddo, you are way too young to be asking that question!

JACK

THAT’S NOT WHAT I MEANT!

MANNY

Heh, priceless, then what are you trying to ask kiddo?

JACK

Saving someone…

MANNY

Hm? What do you mean?

JACK

Saving someone does it really feel that good?

MANNY

And why exactly are you asking that question? You want to be a hero or something?

JACK

When you were rescuing me… I regained consciousness for a few seconds and I saw your face, you were crying but also smiling at the same time, an expression of pure bliss, as if your purpose in life has been fulfilled. I... Want to feel it too.

MANNY

So you saw huh? Well yeah it does feel good, ever since I was a child I wanted to be a Hero of Justice, someone that can save the people he cares about and more, I said that every single conversation that I had with my dad.

JACK

Only your dad?

MANNY

Yeah, my mother, she died a long time ago, all I can remember is that I said I love you to her, and then before I knew it dad just hugged me while teardrops fell from his eyes...

JACK

I’m sorry for your loss

MANNY

Thanks kiddo, anyways what happened next was that my dad became crazy, you see he was a scientist that studied the human body… crazy bastard thought he could bring back mom through science like Dr. Frankenstein did to his monster so he started experimenting with the body of my childhood friend, all I knew was that she disappeared, never to be seen again, and when I saw her… she was a monster, a literal monster, flayed skin, exposed muscle, missing one eye, and other gruesome shit, I… I had to shoot her with the gun we kept at our house, and the most fucked up thing was… she said “I love you” she said I love you to me… That moment should have been the happiest moment in my life, the love of my life saying I love you to yours truly. But the only thing that I felt was regret… regret and sadness that we couldn’t have been together, And then my dad called, he told me to go to the warehouse in the abandoned part of town, and when I got there he said that he was near a breakthrough, that he can bring back mom if he could experiment with a few more bodies, and all I needed to do was to plant this bomb at the town square, the most populated part of town all so he could get a body to experiment on… but I couldn’t do it, I couldn’t let him screw over anymore lives, so I shot him too, I had become a hero Jack, I had saved thousands of people from a monster that I had once called father.

JACK

Holy crap…

MANNY

Holy crap indeed, heh. After that I became a mercenary, an occupation that allowed me to save people by being in the heart of wars, where a lot of people suffer every day, for years I roamed the globe going from war to war, saving all the people that I could.

JACK

Well that’s good isn’t it?

MANNY

Good? I had to kill people Jack I killed one to save ten, killed ten to save a hundred, and killed hundreds just to save a thousand people from their demise. And not only that I had to kill the woman who I considered as a mother figure.

JACK

What the hell?

MANNY

Yeah, she hijacked a plane full of criminals, I got ordered to shoot it down with a shoulder launched surface to air missile that was provided along with the boat I was standing on, if I don’t shoot it down the criminals would wreak havoc on the city the plane is meant to land on killing thousands.

JACK

Holy crap, not again.

MANNY

Not again indeed. I pulled the trigger to save the thousands that were on the city, I killed hundreds of criminals, and the only one I considered family to save thousands. And what’s ironic in that situation is that it happened in Mother’s Day. Look mom fireworks indeed huh?

JACK

I don’t know what I should be more surprised on, the fact that your life is so eventful, or the fact that you can joke about such horrible things in your life.

MANNY

Well I guess that’s just how I cope with all the bad shit that has happened in my life

JACK

Um Manny by the way who is the woman on that picture over there?

MANNY

Oh? That’s my wife

JACK

Wow she is beautiful

MANNY

Indeed she is.

JACK

So where is she? And don’t you have a daughter? I mean you look pretty old.

MANNY

Wow talk about rude, I’m 34 for your information,

JACK

Thirty four, Forty four same thing, but you still have not answered my question, what happened to your wife and daughter?

MANNY

...

JACK

Jesus don’t tell me you killed them too.

MANNY

I… I had to, the crazy bastard was gonna launch a nuke or else, he would have destroyed the world if I didn’t do that.

(JACK hugs MANNY)

JACK

Manny… you have led a tragic life.

MANNY

You don’t say…

JACK

Manny…

MANNY

(crying)

I… I had become a Hero of Justice, I had saved billions, so why do I feel so unfulfilled, why do I feel so empty. Can I… can I really be called a Hero of Justice? When I couldn’t even save myself? Sure I may have saved billions but at what cost? I had lost everything, in this stupid pursuit of an ideal that was destined to fail, there was no way to be a Hero of Justice… saving someone generally means not saving someone else, and that someone else can be someone that you love… That’s why kid, promise me, when you are given a choice to save, allow yourself to be selfish and save the one that you care about.

JACK

Yeah…

[sincerelylaureen]

❤️ Friday, November 6th, 2020

Dylan came over to my house at about 5pm-ish because he had dinner! He ate sinigang with pork and I honestly hope he liked it lol I was so nervous. So after eating me, papa, and him looked at the cars and papa asked about something to help him change oil so Dylan introduced this ramp for the car to go up to him and we went to Autozone to check it out and papa was amazed LOL. We’ve just never thought about it I guess. And omg when we got back to the house Dylan let me drive his truck around the block and it was... surprisingly fun! I’m lowkey swaying from buying the Gladiator now because he’s making the diesel Chevy Silverado a good choice lol. 33 miles a gallon is really selling me. So after that it still isn’t that late so we hang out in the house until mama comes home. She cooks him pancit noodles and he loves them!! I was so happy he did honestly. While waiting for the food to settle I question him saying I was nervous about driving to his place this weekend because it was raining. And then he said “what if I just sleep over here?” and in my head I was like omg I freaking WISH. But I said fuck it and texted mg mark and he said yes!! I was so happy oh my god. After eating at around 8:45/9pm, Dylan and I leave the house to head over to Old Town. It was super chilly, he was wearing papa’s jacket and shorts and a freaking tshirt lol. So we park at the garage, and walk to wherever was open. We wanted some appetizers and cocktails! We hit up Crush and Brew, Blackbird, and then this AMAZING place called Thompson and Twain that’s a speakeasy! Holy shit it was seriously so cool. It was like, Western Vintage Vibes. I loved it and Dylan did too. It was hidden behind red doors in Crush and Brew! We had a lot of great talks here. We’ve had a few drinks by then honestly and I was totally feeling it. Yes, I was feeling.... it. LOL. By the time we get home it was already around 1:20ish and we just get ready for bed. I changed and went downstairs to hang out with him and oh my godddd yes, we did it downstairs... in my house... on that bed and yes. Just yes. LOL. So for the past 2 times we’ve done it he’s made me slide on it when he’s close to finishing and I just do that until he does. It’s so much hotter than before and like it that way LOL he apologized if it was weird for me but he said “if I can’t cum inside you this is the other better option” and I was all for it. lol.

❤️ Saturday, November 7th, 2020

I woke up earlier than usual and went downstairs and mama and papa prepared breakfast for him! They cooked eggs, garlic rice, and chicken tocino with pancit as a side and this salad mama tossed lol. He ate it all!! He told me we’re making him fat and I felt so bad LOL. Today I thought he was going to go home (hope he wouldn’t though tbh) and he didn’t!! yay hehe. We decided to go to Bass Pro Shops in Rancho Cucamonga! Along the way we made a couple of stops. First was at O’Reillys and Lake Elsinore to get some adhesive for his truck lining thing that kept flying lol and then at Chevron by Dos Lagos to add some more because it wasn’t sticking enough! But yeah that was fun, we went around the whooole Bass Pro Shops. He talked about how to cook a turkey, we looked at some fishing stuff, jackets, the fish, boats, electric bike. After that we got hungry so we went to Victoria Gardens to eat but the food court was closed!! So sad. We had to look for other things to eat and that took a little bit of time but we finally chose a place in Haven City Market. It was all of our first times going there. We went there for wings but got burgers instead lol. Oh! And we got boba from bobatime. I still get so happy when he says he wants some, I never say no LOL. After that we put some gas in his truck and head back home :) Mama was already back so papa actually was sleepy so he went upstairs and to bed. However the 3 of us decided to go to that speakeasy again! There was a wait so while waiting we checked out another one towards the end of Old Town called the Apparition Room inside Devilicious! It was sick too. LOL. We got a cheese board and Dylan made me try the White Russian drink. It was super fun. We got a text that a table was ready at the other place though so we had to kindof rush lol. Ended up at Thompson and Twain and mama and Dylan had some deep talks. It was honestly really nice. Today Dylan got some time to talk with my dad and mom separately. With papa it’s hard kindof because he’s quiet lol. It’s okay though. I was just happy that he got to hang out with both of them today... and he just gets along with both of them you know? AHHH. <3 We go home after that and get ready for bed. I hung out with him downstairs a little bit again but we were both suuper tired so he knocked out pretty quick. I kissed him goodnight and went upstairs! 

❤️ Sunday, November 8th, 2020

So I woke him up at 9 and we got ready for breakfast at Penfold’s Cafe. Dude it’s so crazy he was here the whole weekend!!! LOL. It was rainy now so there wasn’t much to do. So we went our separate ways :,) I enjoyed this time with him so so much. <3 

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Autumn Colors

@discorded-noodle-popcorn asked: Bro, I have a bit of a hankering for some Dear Evan Hansen stuff man like…I don’t care what ship or how long the fic is. Just…Some DEH.

Evan rubbed his arms, holding them close to his body. He tried his best to focus on the fog his breath was making instead of that squelching feeling in his stomach. He pressed his phone tight against his ear, the heat radiating from the screen almost soothing, but also too much contrast from the cold atmosphere.

“I-I don’t know man maybe this was a mistake. Was this a mistake? Oh god thus was a mistake. I should…I should just leave- right now- and leave.”

“Dude. Relax ok?” He heard Jared shove some popcorn over the phone, “it’s just a date. A date with a physcopathic emo kid but a date nonetheless.”

“Not funny Jared I am really freaking out here. Did I dress up too much? I’m wearing a flannel and uggs-”

He heard a snicker, a wheezing one and instantly knew mockery was coming, “Oh my God are you really wearing uggs right now? What you gonna tell me you put on date pants too?”

Evan stared down at his khakis and blushed “Uh…maybe?”

“Oh man Hansen you are killing me. I am currently rotting in my grave way to go murderer. Listen this is literally the easiest possible date you could have. A walk in the fucking woods, that’s some cheesy hetero rom-com shit right there. Seriously you can’t fuck this up”

Evan stared down at his sweaty hands and preyed he didn’t have pit stains, “I don’t know about that. Wh-whatever just- can you just go back to your weird video games or something so I can be anxious in peace?”

“I dunno man, I don’t wanna leave you to have another meltdown.” Despite how nice this could have been, Jared’s tone was full of mockery and sarcasm. “…besides he’s 20 minutes late and when you realize-”

“Oh my God he’s late. Oh no. 20 minutes how did I not notice!” Evan was now pacing in a little circle around the tree he was waiting at, gripping his arm painfully, “he ditched me didn’t he. He realized what a loser I am and-”

“Now now normally I would agree and say that’s what you get for asking out a sociopathic animal abuser-”

“Jared he doesn’t-”

“Yeah but he looks like one. Anyway, he’s probably-”

“Ah shit I- he’s here-” Evan stumbled and neatly dropped his phone as he fumbled to hang up with Jared. He shoved it into his back pocket and tried to straighten out his posture. He read it was really unattractive to slouch and boy does he have a slouching problem.

Unlike Evan, who had gelled back his hair with the help of his mom, Connor didn’t look like he tried to dress nice at all. He has wearing sweatpants, a hoodie, and his hair was in a lazy messy bun. But damn Evan still found his knees weak. He leaned against a tree, finally stopping his pacing and fidgeting to a good look at his- oh god this is his boyfriend now. He smiled and waved “H-hi. Uh. Nice bun are you how?”

Connor paused in his walk over to Evan and looked up at him with a confused look, “…Uh…what?”

“I-!! How are you! That’s a nice bun?!”

Connor rolled his eyes and laughed a small laugh that could only really be heard if you listened for it, “And nice…uggs?”

Evan blushed and tapped the toe of his foot to the ground, “y…yeah so.”

“…so…”

God it was awkward. I mean- it was their first date. But after all the romance shows and movies the media had thrown at him, Evan imagined it’d be more magical. Instead he’s selfconcious because he decided to wear uggs.

Connor himself was awkwarder, and Evan was the awkwadest. But at least he didn’t show 20 minutes late only to look like he didn’t even bother to spend more than 10 maybe 15 minutes getting ready. They stood their for a bit, just outside the hiking trail. Cool wind brushing against his neck reminded Evan how distant they were right now. A few feet between each other, stiffly standing with no talking, no eye contact. A great first date really.

Suddenly Connor began walking, hands in his pockets, into the woods. Connor would have stopped walking if it wasn’t for the sound of crunching leaves behind him. Somehow he just couldn’t loom at Evan.

“Sorry I’m late.” Connor said blankly, sinking into his hoodie.

The crunching behind him got faster until Evan was by his side, looking up in curiosity.

“I had another fight with my parents or whatever and I woke up late. It was shit.”

Evan nodded, eyes on the golden red leaves stuck to his boots, “yeah life can be like that sometimes.”

“Annoying?” Connor smiled.

“Shit.” Evan shook off the leaves.

Connor cleared his throat, moving a little closer towards Evan, “So. I’m curious, I guess. Why a hike?”

Evan shrugged, hopping up over some rocks without even thinking about it, “I just think…i just think that you can really get to know a person like this you know?”

Connor nodded, following Evan closely. He trusted Evan more than he trusted the painted on trees, “Well. My first thought was ‘Great Murder Place’ instead of ‘Great Date Place’”

Evan blushed, “I know I know it’s dorky.”

“Not to worry tree boy. I kinda like the dork in you.” Evan smiled at that and it was all that Connor needed.

In all honesty though, Evan had a point. Deep in the woods it was just the two of them and their thoughts. Just the autumn wind and their close proximity. It was like…a movie. Where the two main characters grew closer because they finally had a real open chance to know each other. And he wanted to know Evan.

“Uh Evan?”

Evan turned, halfway over a rock, “Yeah?

Connor pointed towards a little bridge and stream, “Path’s that way bud.”

“Oh uh.” Evan rubbed the back of his neck, “there’s a nice spot over here that…that I wanna- if you want, show you? I guess.”

“Evan Hansen breaking the rules? I like it, let’s go” he stumbled up the rock and after Evan.

It was a surprisingly hard climb. Evan took them into a little groove behind a tree that led to a slanted cliff. Evan expertly grabbed onto tree branches to hold himself up as he shimmied along the dirt over to his goal. When Connor was finally catching up with Evan, he was dusting dirt out of the grooves of his hand, standing on a rock and staring at something Connor couldn’t see. Connor gripped tighter to the branch when Evan turned towards a stream of light. Poking through leaves, the light left soft copies of what Evan loved so much over his face. Even more so was the way it brought out the color in Evan’s eyes and hair. It was the most stunning sight Connor had ever seen.

“Connor? You ok?”

Connor swallowed the sudden lovestruck feeling down and nodded, “Yeah…”

Evan held his hand out for him, “Come on, it’s right over here”

After Evan pulled him from the cliff to the steady rock, they kept holding hands. Evan dragged him along through wooded areas until they landed upon a place that looked out of a book. It was a circle of emptiness in the trees, with a large sitting rock only slightly off center. Autumn leaves surrounded the area, making it look like a fairy circle. The trees, Connor realized, were a lot taller than he realized. Now that he had a moment to stare up at them, and in an empty space, they suddenly seemed to stretched over all of them. He enjoyed the shade the gave, and the nice breeze that whistled between their branches.

Evan let go of his hand and sat on the rock, looking up at the trees, “This is my favorite spot on the trail”

“Holy shit.” Connor said, spinning on his heel to look around. “This is some video game bullshit here.”

Evan smiled, pulling his knees to his chest.

Connor, after getting a good look at the scenary, sat down next to Evan on the rock. Evan was poking a little thin stream of running water with a stick.

Connor craned over his shoulder, “so why this trail? You know probably a hundred so…why this one?”

Evan shrugged, “I just…like this one I guess? Lots of good…memories here so I thought…” He cleared his throat, “I mean it’s short and pretty so.”

Connor put a hand on Evan’s back, watching him push a small leaf into the stream. It flowed down along with it like a boat.

“Don’t you ever just wanna get away like that?”

“Hm?”

“Like the leaf. I mean it’s so natural. No..no you know struggling? It just…floats away.”

Connor entwined his fingers with Evan’s again, holding him down, “So you wanna go on a boat for our next date?”

“No. Yes? I don’t know. Let’s just…” Evan looked down at the floor

“Go with the flow?”

Evan smiled, “Yeah. I like that.”

Connor shrugged, “That’s all we really can do. So tell me Hansen, what crazy thing is the flow guiding you to now?”

Evan held up a few dry leafs and smiled, “Stay still ok?”

He gently lifted up his fingners to Connor’s hair and began entwining the leafs into it. Connor found he wanted to look away but couldn’t, he was in awe of Evan. Evan drew leaf after leaf into Connor’s hair. His hands shook a little, and at this closeness Connor could see all the bitten nails he had.

Evan pulled away, admiring the crown of leafs, “…Autumn colors look really nice on you.”

“Yeah?” His heart was racing.

But not as much as Evan’s, “Yeah.”

He glanced at his reflection through his phone screen quickly, seeing the way the leafs layered themselves into his hair like they belonged there. He feel he should be upset at it but…it looked nice. Felt nice.

He looked back at Evan, who now looked really nervous.

“Can I kiss you?” Connor blurted out.

“…huh? Oh! What? Now? I mean- i-i” Evan covered his mouth, his face instantly went red up to his ears.

Connor leaned back, trying not to look nervous himself, “You don’t have to if you don’t want to of course but. I wanna kiss you? I guess.”

Evan looked relieved, his shoulders slouching, “S-sorry…”

“Hey don’t feel bad we just started dating i get it.”

Evan squeezed his hand and lifted it. He stared at Connors hand for a moment and the way their fingers locked in together. Then he gave a quick kiss to the back of Connor’s hand, looking back into the woods embarassed.

Connor laughed, holding his waist with his free hand, “It’s a start!”